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(;enealo(;ical and family history
OF THT.
STATE OF MAINE
COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERV'ISION 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
AND
ALBERT ROSCOE STUBBS
Librarian Maine Genealogical Society
VOLUME IV
ILLUSTRATED
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
NEW YORK
1909
Copyriglit, 1909,
I.KWIS HISTORICAL PLBLISIIIXG COMPANY.
New York.
Cla.il, 24 4 (",8 0
JUL 23 f909
STATE OF MAINE.
The narrative here writ-
RICHARDSON ten concerns the family
and descendants of one
of three immigrant brothers, all of English
birth and parentage, who came to New Eng-
land and were among the first settlers in the
plantation at Woburn in the colony of Massa-
chusetts Bay. They were Ezekiel, Samuel
and Thomas Richardson, sons of Thomas and
Katherine (Durford) Richardson, of West
Mill, Herts, England, whose marriage is re-
corded as of date August 24, 1590, and whose
children were baptized in the parish church at
West Mill. It is with the second of these
brothers and his descendants that we have
particularly to deal in these pages.
(I) Samuel, son of Thomas and Katherine
(Durford) Richardson, of West Mill, Herts,
England, was baptized December 22, 1602
(or 1604), and died in Woburn, Massachu-
. setts. March 23, 1658. He was the last of
the three brothers to come to America. He
inherited lands from his father and was ex-
ecutor of his will, his father having died after
March 4, 1630, the date of his last will and
testament. This business perhaps may have
delayed his coming over, for the will was not
probated until 1634, and it was not until after
1635 that Samuel Richardson and his young-
est brother Thomas sailed for New England.
He appears first in Charlestown, Massachu-
setts, in 1636, and in 1640 was one of the
signers of the town orders in Woburn. In
1642 he was one of the founders of the church
in Woburn, and in 1644 and several times
afterward was selectman of the town, and his
name appears in the first tax list there in 1645.
In that year he paid the highest tax of any
settler in Woburn. In 1637-38 Samuel Rich-
ardson was admitted to the church in Qiarles-
town, and November 5, 1640, he was chosen
with his brothers, Ezekiel and Thomas, and
others, as commissioners for the settlement of
a church in the north part of Charlestown,
and the part of the mother town which was
set off to form the new town of Woburn ; and
when the church was established in Woburn
in August, 1642, Samuel Richardson and his
brothers, with four others, formed the nu-
cleus around which the church itself was built
up in its early membership and found its early
support. Samuel Richardson died in Woburn,
March 23, 1658, and it may be said of him
that he was one of the most useful men of the
town in his time. The baptismal name of his
wife was Joanna, but her family name is not
known. She bore her husband eight children :
I. Mary, baptized February 25, 1637-38, mar-
ried Thomas Mousall. 2. John, baptized No-
vember 12, 1639, married (first) Elizabeth
Bacon; (second) Mary Pierson ; (third) Mar-
garet Willing. 3. Hannah, born March 8,
1641-42, died April 8, 1642. 4. Joseph, born
July 27, 1643, married Hannah Green. 5.
Samuel, born May 22, 1646. 6. Stephen, born
August 15, 1649, married Abigail Wyman. 7.
Thomas, born December 31, 1651, died Sep-
tember 27, 1657. 8. Elizabeth.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) and
Joanna Richardson, was born in Woburn,
Massachusetts, May 22, 1646, died there April
29, 1 712. He lived about one mile north of
the present village of Winchester. He was a
soldier of King Philip's war, and on April 10,
1676, his family was attacked by Indians and
three of its members were killed. On the
afternoon of that day Mr. Richardson and one
of his sons was at work in a field, and observ-
ing a commotion near the house he hastened
there only to find that his wife Hannah and
son Thomas had been slain by the savages.
The house had been plundered of much of its
most needed belongings, and a further search
revealed the fact that his infant daughter Han-
nah had also been killed. Her nurse had fled,
carrying the child in her arms, and went in the
direction of the neighboring garrison house,
but being closely pursued she dropped the in-
fant in order to save herself, and it was slain
where it fell. The father pursued the In-
dians with a party of men and overtook them
in the woods near the edge of a swamp, where
they had seated themselves, and immediately
fired upon them, wounding one of the Indians
fatally, as the body was afterward found bur-
ied under the leaves where his companions
had laid him. The fact of his being wounded
was shown by traces of blood which led to the
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place of concealment after being shot; and at
this place the Indians left behind ihem a bun-
dle of linen in which was found the scalps of
one or more of their victims. . .
Samuel Richardson married (first) Martha
. who died December 20, 1673; (sec-
ond) September 20. 1674. Hannah Kingsley,
who was killed bv the Indians, April 10, 1676;
(third) November 7, 1676, Phebe, daughter of
Deacon Baldwin. She died October 20, 1679.
and he niarried (fourth) Sarah, daughter of
Nathaniel Mavward, of Maiden. She sur-
vived him and died October 14, 1717. Sam-
uel Richardson had in all fifteen children, four
by his first wife, one by his second wife, one
by his third wife, and nine by his fourth wife :
I. Samuel, born November 5, 1670, married
(first) Susannah Richardson; (second) Es-
ther r -. 2. Thomas, twin with Samuel,
killed by Indians, April 10, 1676. 3. Eliza-
beth, bon about 1672, married Jacob Wyman.
4. Martha, born December 20. 1673, died No-
vember ( . 1677. 5. Hannah, born April 11,
1676, kii'.td by Indians, April 10, 1676. 6.
Zachariah, born November 21, 1677, married,
February 14. 1699- 1700, Mehitable Perrin. 7.
Thomas! born August 18, 1681, died Septem-
ber 9, 168 1. 8. Sarah, born August 20, 1682,
married William Chubb. 9. Thomas, born
September 25, 1684, married Rebecca Wy-
man. 10. Ebenezer, born March 15, 1686-87.
J I. Infant son, born August 17. 1689, died
same day. 12. Hannah, born .August 11, 1690,
married Pratt. 13. Eleazer, born Feb-
ruary 10, 1692-93. 14. Jonathan, born July
16. 1696, married Abigail Wyman. 15. David,
born April 14, 1700.
(Ill) David, youngest of the fifteen chil-
dren of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Ilayward)
Richardson, was born in Woburn, Massachu-
setts, April 14, 1700, died in 1770. He was
a blacksmith by trade, and lived during the
greater part of his life in the town of Newton,
Massachusetts, where he died. He married
(first) May 21, 1724, Esther, daughter of Ed-
ward Ward, of Newton ; she died February 26,
1725. Married (second) October 19, 1726,
Remember, daughter of Jonathan Ward, and
cousin of his first wife; she died in August,
1760. Married (third) January 28, 1762. Abi-
gail, daughter of Joseph Holden, of West-
minster; she died .August 5, 1777. David
Richardson had fifteen children: i. Esther,
born 1725, married, November 15, 1750, Elisha
Fuller. 2. Edward, born February 26, 1726.
Children by .second wife: 3. Jonathan, born
July I, 1727, married, October 31, 1751, Mary
Woodward. 4. Lydia, born about 1730, mar-
ried. January 16. 1755, Abijah Fuller. 5.
David, born February 24, 1732. 6. Samuel,
born .April 25, 1734, married (first) Decem-
ber II, 1760, Sarah Parker; (second) Febru-
ary 6, 1764, Sarah Holland. 7. Jeremiah,
born March 13, 1736, married. May 7, 1761,
Dorcas Hall. 8. Moses, born May 17, 1738,
married, April 26, 1763, Lydia Hail. 9. Cap-
tain Aaron, born Oclober 2, 1740, married
Ruth Stingley. 10. Abigail, born May 16,
1743, married, March 28, 1765, Aaron Fiske.
II. Ebenezer. torn June 14, 1745. married.
May 3, 1770, Esther Hall. 12. Elizabeth, born
September 15, 1748, married, January 18,
1770, Daniel Richards. 13. Thaddeus, born
May 29, 1750, married Ivlary Sanborn. 14.
Sarah, born August 25, 1755. 15. Mary, born
March 23, 1757.
(IV) David (2), son of David (i) and
Remember (Ward) Richardson, was born in
Newton, Massachusetts, February 24, 1732,
died in Monmouth, Maine, May 27, 1825. He
made his home in Newton until about the time
of his second marriage, then removed to Pear-
sontown, now Standish, Maine, lived there
from 1778 to 1807, when he took up his resi-
dence in the town of Monmouth. He married
(first) February 13, 1755, Mary Hall, born
March 7, 1734, died 1775, daughter of Ed-
ward and I\Iary (Miller) Hall, of Newton.
Married (second) September 20, 1778, Han-
nah Mills, born June 3, 1748, died June 10.
1809. David Richardson had sixteen children,
nine by his first and seven by his second wife :
1. Sarah, born August 25, 1756, died young.
2. Mary, born March 23, 1757, married Isaac
Small. 3. Thomas, born November 2, 1758.
died young. 4. David, born March 20, 1761.
married, July i, 1784, Sarah Wiley. 5. Jo-
seph, born July 3, 1763, see below. 6. Elisha,
born March 21, 1766, married Dorothy Frost.
7. Jonathan, born September 10, 1768, mar-
ried, March 14, 1790, Mary Thomas. 8. Hul-
dah, born May 13, 1771, married, September
I, 1 79 1, Ephraim Brow'n. 9. Edward, born
1773, died young. 10. Ilannah, born August
4, 1779, married Captain Jonathan Moore. 11.
Esther, twin with Hannah, married
Rich. 12. Sarah, born .Vpril 27, 1781, died
1786. 13. Thomas, born April 27, 1781, twin
with Sarah, married (first) Mary Ayer; (sec-
ond) Mary Dearborn. 14. Nancy, born Octo-
ber 8, 1782, married Captain Artemas Rich-
ardson. 15. Lucy, born October 8, 1782, twin
with Nancy, married Philip Ayer. 16. Wil-
liam, born September 4. 1784. married Lydia
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1655
uary 5, i860, married Walter C. Allen and
had one child. Blanche, who died at three years
of age. 10. Phoebe Maria, born Baldwin, Feb-
ruary 16, 1862, died April 14, 1870. 11.
George Parker, born Baldwin, December 20,
1866, married Annie Fitzgerald and had How-
ard T., George E. and Mabel F.
(V'lII) John Samuel, son of Hon. Daniel
Thompson and Eliza Ann (Sawyer) Richard-
son, was born in Baldwin, Maine, .August 25,
1855. He was educated at Norway, Maine,
Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy, law office
of General Charles P. Mattocks, Portland,
Maine, and Harvard Law School, and was ad-
mitted to the Maine bar in 1884 where he
practiced until his admission to the Suffolk
bar, March 23, 1885, since which time he has
been in active practice in Boston. He began
teaching school in Maine in 1873, when only
eighteen years of age, and taught for some
years. After coming to Boston he continued
teaching in the evening schools for a period
of twenty years (until 1905), si.xteen of which
he was principal of the Dearborn evening
school. As a young man he took an active in-
terest in politics ; he served on the boards of
selectmen, asses,sors and overseers of the poor
two years, chairman one year; was elected
and served as a representative to the general
court of Massachusetts in 1893-94; was a dele-
gate to the national Republican convention in
1896; in 1898 was nomniated for district at-
torney of Suffolk county. Of over 70,000
votes cast, his opponent, Stevens, only received
2,012 majority. He acted as assistant district
attorney from June, 1906, to May, 1907; was
a member of the various city committees and
has been delegate to a large number of city
and state conventions. He is a member of
Greenleaf Lodge, No. 117, Free and Accepted
Masons, of Cornish, Maine, and of" the Golden
Cross. He married, December 31, 1884, Min-
nie J., daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Per-
rott) Bennett. Children: i. Zana Frances,
born Novem'ber 8, 1885. 2. Joseph Leland.
born March 10, 1887. 3- Jol»i Samuel Jr.,
born January 9, 1890. Joseph Leland gradu-
ated from Dartmouth College in class of 1908,
and John Samuel Jr. is now in his sophomore
year in the same college.
From an excellent account of the
SMALL Small familv, by Lauriston Ward
Small, published in the proceed-
ings of the Maine Plistorical Society, 1893,
that part of the following sketch referring to
the four earliest generations of the family is
taken ; the remainder is from other sources.
"Of the Smalls in England, some of them
were lowly ; some of them were knighted and
held high social positions ; one of whom — Sir
John — was chief justice of India; another of
whom — Colonel John — protected the Ijody of
Warren at Bunker Hill, as seen in the picture
by Trumbull. I am not now to speak. In the
year 1330 John anil William Small, of Dart-
mouth, were flatteringly mentioned in an act
under Edward III, and some of their descend-
ants seem to have resided there continuously
to this day. Just three hundred years later,
or in 1630, one or more of the Smalls, who
presumably lived in Dartmouth or other place
in Devonshire, was a cavalier of higli social
position and a kinsman of the Champer-
nownes. Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Sir John and
Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh.
The Champernovvnes were the most powerful
family in Devonshire, and were descendants
of the old Byzantine kings, hence the Smalls
of Maine, all of whom were presumably de-
scended from that cavalier of whom 1 am
speaking, can reasonably claim to have a drop
of old Byzantine blood. One of the Champer-
nowne girls married a Gilbert and became the
mother of Sir John and Sir Humphrey Gil-
bert. .\fter her husband's death she married
Raleigh, and became the mother of one of the
most brilliant men of that remarkable age. Sir
Walter Raleigh. y\ll these four noblemen and
kinsmen were much interested in American
colonization. Presumably because of kinship
and the social influences incidental thereto,
five Smalls came to America betw-een 1632 and
1640; and that one who was certainly -a cava-
lier brought with him a son of about twelve
years named Francis. They were William,
three Johns and lulward. William was un-
married and went immediately to Virginia.
Two of the Johns were in humble life. The
John who came in 1632 with Winslow, and
married Elizabeth Huggins or Higgins, and
was one of the founders of Eastham or Cape
Cod, may have been the father of Francis,
but a thousand silent tongues proclaim Ed-
ward as the man. I shall assuine that it was
Edward, it being clearly understood that I
am without positive proof."
(I) "Edward Small, the presumptive father
of Francis, came to Maine under the auspices
of his kinsman. Sir Ferdinando Gorges, about
1632, or possibly a few years later. He and
Champernowne, together with several others,
founded Piscataqua. which has since been di-
vided into the towns of Kittery, Eliot, South
Berw ick and Berwick. He was in Piscataqua
in 1640, and seems to have been there some
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years. He was a magistrate in 1645. He
sold a part of liis land in 1647, and perhaps
went to Dover, New Hampshire; possibly he
went to the Isle of Shoals. All in all it is
most probable that he tired of a rough life in
the wilderness and returned to England. Tra-
dition says that he and John, the father of
Eastham,' were brothers, and many facts
strengtlicn that tradition. The name of his
wife I have not yet learned. In addition to
Francis, I am confident that he had an older
son, named Edward, who once lived in Dover,
New Hampshire."
(II) "Francis Small, who may be regardeil
as the father of the Small family in America,
was born in England in 1620, and came to
America in or about 1632. He received his
name from his famous kinsman. Captain
Francis Champernowne. In 1648 he resided
in Dover, New Hampshire, and had a wife
named Elizabeth (nee Leighton). In 1657 he
lived in Falmouth, and in July of that year
bought of the Indian chief, Scitterygusset, a
large tract of land near Portland called Ca-
pisic. In 1663 he was attorney for Falmouth
in some of the government squabbles of the
times. He was at Cape Small Point for a
time, and the place took its name from him.
In 1668 he resided in Kittery and had a house
and trading camp where the village of Cornish
now is, and his was doubtless the first house
built in that town, or on any part of the Os-
sipee lanils. In the history of Shapleigh we
find the following story, which the author
found among the old papers of Colonel Shap-
leigh. In the summer of 1668 Francis Small
sold goods to the Newichawaiinoch tribe of
Indians on credit, to be paid for in furs in
autumn, but when the time of payment drew
near, the red men deemed it easier to kill
Small than to ])ay him, and they decided to fire
his liouse and shoot him when he came out to
escape the flames. Captain Sundy, the chief
of the tribe, was friendly to Small, and told
him what the Indians were to do, and as he
could not control them in the matter he ad-
vised Small 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 oti
a hill nearby, which I assume to have been on
the south of the present village known as Dr.
Thompson's hill, and there watched through
the long November night. With the coming
of the first gray of approaching dawn, a flame
shot up from the burning house, whereupon
Small took to his heels with all possible speed
and paused not until he reached the settle-
ment at Kittery. The chief followed Small to
Kittery, and there made good the loss by debt
and fire by selling Small the entire Ossipee
tract of land for a merely nominal sum. The
deed was made November 28, 1668, and has
the Indian signature of a turtle. It conveys
all the land between the Great Ossipee, the
Saco, the Little Ossipee and the Neihewonoch
rivers known as Ossipee, the same being
twenty miles square, that is 256,000 acres. It
is as large as a German principality. Dis-
tances were not well known in those days, and
Small soon learned that the two Ossipees were
not twenty miles apart, whereupon he sold all
the land south of the Little Ossipee and re-
served to himself Ossipee proper, which is
now divided with the towns of Limington.
Limerick, Newfield, Parsonfield and Cornish,
and constitutes the entire northern part of
York county, Maine. Aside from Capisic and
Ossipee, Francis Small bought other large
tracts of land in Maine, and was known as
"the great land owner." When the Indian
wars came on, he left his son Samuel in Kit-
tery, and with his wife and other children re-
moved to Truro. Cape Cod, which adds a bit
to the belief that John, the founder of East-
ham, was his uncle. April 30, 171 1, he deeded
Ossipee to his son Samuel. He died in Truro
or Provincetown, about 1713, aged about
ninety-three years. Of the personal appear-
ance of this greatest of his race in America,
we know nothing. He was active and alert.
Governor Sullivan in his history of Maine
says that he was one of the most enterprising
and wealthy men in the slate. His children
were : Edward, Francis, Samuel, Benjamin,
Daniel and Elizabeth."
(III) "Samuel, third son and child of Fran-
cis and Elizabeth Small, was born in Kittery,
in 1666, and seems to have spent his entire
life in that neighborhood. \\'hen his father
fled to Cape Cod to escape the Indian wars,
he remained in Maine, and his name appears
frequently upon the public records of his time,
but he was not an ambitious man like his
father. He married Elizabeth, widow of
James Chadbourne, and daughter of James
Heard. In 1711 he received from his father
a deed of the Ossipee lands, hence was the
second owner thereof. He was living in 1737
at the age of seventy-one years. His children
were : Elizabeth, Samuel and Joseph."
(IV) "Deacon Samuel (2). second child of
Samuel (i) and Elizabeth (Heard) (Chad-
bourne) Small, was born in Kittery, April 17,
1700. In that town before he was quite six-
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teen years old he married Anna Hatch, and
in no very long time thereafter removed to
Scarborough, vi^here he spent all the remaining
years of his long and eventful life. His
house was opposite to and a little south of the
Black Point cemetery, and is supposed to be
the one now standing, sometimes known as the
Robinson house. In 1728, when the Old Con-
gregational Church was organized, he was
made deacon. He was the third and last single
owner of the Ossipee lands. In 1773 he
deeded the land to some of his children as fol-
lows : To Samuel and Joshua, three-eighths
each. To Anna, Elizabeth, and his grandson,
Benjamin, son of Samuel, one-twelfth each.
The three men went up to Limington and took
possession of their ancestral acres, and after
a contest in the courts, the Indian deed was
pronounced valid, and the title perfect. It
should be noted that in 1712, when Francis
was too feeble to even write his name, he
deeded Ossipee to liis son Daniel, with whom
he was then living in Provincetown, Cape
Cod, but the deed was invalid. When the
Smalls had the land tlivided into towns, they
reverentially named one of them Francis-
borough in honor of the first owner, but the
settlers changed the name to Cornish. It
should have been Smallton, as Carrollton was
named for Carroll." Deacon Samuel was
chosen clerk of Scarborough in 1727 and
filled that otfice for many years. He was very
often moderator of meetings, and usually one
of the selectmen and a member of all impor-
tant committees. Samuel Small, though sev-
enty-five years of age in 1775, was active on
the committees of correspondence, inspection
and safety. For many years his was the most
conspicuous name on the Scarborough record.
The date of his death is unknown, but his
years probably equalled those of his grand-
father, Francis. Deacon Samuel had a son
Samuel who was also a deacon, and whose
name frequently appears on the Scarborough
record prior to 1775, and to him are now
credited some acts formerly ascribed to his
father. Of Deacon Samuel's wife we know
only her name. Their children were : Sam-
uel, Anna, John, Joshua, Elizabeth, Sarah,
Benjamin, James and Mary.
(V) Samuel (3), eldest child of Samuel
(2) and Anna (Hatch) Small, was born in
Scarborough, May 26, 1718, and some time
after the outbreak of the revolution removed
to Limington. He was town clerk and held
various other town offices in Scarborough. He
married Dorothy Hubbard and had eleven
children.
(\T) Benjamin, son of Samuel (3) and
Dorothy (Hubbard) Small, was born in Lim-
ington, August II, 1744, and died there. He
was a farmer in comfortable circumstances
and much respected by his fellow townsmen.
He married Phebe Plummer.
(VII) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i)
and Phebe (Plummer) Small, was born Feb-
ruary II, 1771. He resided in Limington. He
married Mary Chase, born 1780. Children:
Benjamin, Moses, Richard, Sewell, i\Iaria,
married a Mr. AIcArthur; Nathan, Joseph and
Annice.
(VIII) Colonel Richard, third son and
child of Benjamin (2) and Mary (Chase)
Small, was born September 29, 1808, died
August 18, 1882. He was a native of Lim-
ington, and resided there until he was twenty-
one years old. He then went to Buxton, where
he became a merchant. In 1845 1^^ moved to
Guildhall, Essex county, Vermont, where for
many years he was a prosperous farmer.
While a resident of Maine he took a deep in-
terest in military affairs, in which he was
active and attained the rank of colonel in the
militia. In Guildhall he took a leading part in
local affairs, and served as selectman many
years, and twice represented the town in the
legislature. He was also associate or side
judge for some years, and was known as
Judge Small. He married Abigail Ann Jose,
born April 23, 1810, daughter of Alexander
and Sally Emery Jose, of Buxton, Maine. She
died March 8, 1898, aged eighty-seven years,
eleven months, fifteen days. Judge Small and
wife were members of the Congregational
church. Their children were: i. Sally B.,
married Ossian Ray, of Lancaster, New
Hampshire ; he was one of the leading
men in the New Hampshire bar, a Re-
publican, and served two terms in the
national house of representatives. 2. Hora-
tio N., graduated from Dartmouth Col-
lege ; soon after the beginning of the slave-
holders' rebellion he enlisted as assistant sur-
geon in the Seventeenth New Hampshire Vol-
unteer Infantry : this regiment did not leave
the state, and Dr. Small was transferred to
the Thirteenth Regiment, with wliich he saw
active service some months. He was then
made surgeon of the Tenth New Hampshire,
later brigade surgeon; remained until the end
of the war, being on the staff of General
Charles Devens, of Massachusetts, whose regi-
ment was the first to enter Richmond. After
the close of the war Dr. Small settled in
Portland, Maine, and became one of the most
popular physicians, attaining a very large
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STATE OF MAINE.
practice ; lie died in 1887. 3. John Chase, men-
tioned at length below. 4. Ahbie A., married
Horace I'orter. of Lancaster. X. H.
(IX) John Chase, third child and second
son of Judge Richard and Abigail Ann (Jose)
Small, was born in lUixton. .Maine, Novem-
ber 5, 1841, and at three years of age was
taken by his parents on their removal to Guild-
hall, X'ermont. He was educated in the com-
mon school, Guildhall, and in Lancaster
Academy, just across the river from his home,
in New' Ham])shire. At seventeen years of
age he returned to Maine and entered the
employ of his uncle, Charles E. Jose, a whole-
sale dealer in crockery, in i'ortland. He be-
gan as a clerk, showed an aptitude for the
business, performed his work well, pleased his
emplovers and their patrons, and in 1866 was
taken into the firm. In the twenty-two years
which followed, he put his best efforts into
the firm's business, and in 1888 saw it the
leading establishment of the kind in the state.
Withdrawing from this business, he Ijecame a
partner with another uncle. Horatio N. Jose,
dealer in lumber, under the firm name of
Bartlett Lumber Company. After remaining
there two years, he became a clerk in the em-
ploy of Richard Briggs. of Boston, an ex-
tensive dealer in china ware, and tliere spent
two years. From 1890 to December 16, 1891,
he was again engaged in the lumber business
in Portland. ( in the last mentioned date he
was appointed postmaster of Portland, the
metropolis of Maine, whose postofiice is the
most important m the state, being the deposi-
tory of all postoffices in .Maine, northern New
Hampshire and \'ermotit. This office he held
until February, 1895. While postmaster, he
was custodian of the building in which the
United .'states courts and the postoffice are
situated, and also had charge of the improve-
ments on the building. Mr. Small is an ener-
getic and practical business man, and is a
director of the West End Land .Association,
and one of the executors of the will of the
late Horatio N. Jose. From 1897 to 1905
he was special executive agent of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, and from 1906 to
the present has been cashier of the Portland
Water Company. Mr. Small, it is hardly
necessary to state, is a Republican — one of
that kind of men who always supports the
principles of his party and never flinches. In
1908 was alderman of ward 5. In religious
sentiment he is a Unitarian. In fraternal
circles he is prominent, and is a member of
Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Ancient
and Free .Accepted Masons; Mount Vernon
Chapter, Roval Arch Masons, of which he was
high priest two vears; Portland Commandery,
No. 2, Knights Templar, in which he filled all
the offices, serving as commander for three
years: and Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes
of the Roval Secret, in which he has received
the thirtv-second degree. He is a memtx'r of
the Cumberland Club. He married, October
20, 1869, iMary S. Dresser, born in Buxton,
1850, daughter of Richard and Mary Dres-
ser, formerly of Buxton, who removed to
Portland in .Mrs. Small's childhood. Children:
I. Sally B., married John .M. Kimball, who
was superintendent of Slater's Mills, at Slat-
ersville, Rhode Island : after the mills ceased
to operate Mr. Kimball became the general
agent of the Equitable Life .Assurance Com-
pany for Eastern Massachusetts, office in Bos-
ton: he was active and efficient, and actpiired
a large business; he died in 1902. 2. Rich-
ard I)., mentioned at length below. 3. Mary
S., died young. 4. John C. Jr., resides in
Portland, selling agent for Strawbridge &
Clothier, of Philadelphia : member of the Cum-
berland Club. Unitarian in religious sentiment
and in politics Republican.
(X) Richard Dresser, second child of John
C. and Mary S. (Dresser) Small, was born in
Portland. March 15, 1872. He obtained his
primary and preparatory education in the com-
mon and high schools of Portland, and en-
tered Harvard I'niversity in 1890, graduating
in 1894. The following four years he spent
as a student at the Harvard .Medical College,
from which he received his diploma in 1898.
In 1898 and 1899 he was house surgeon in
the Worcester City Hospital, and from there
he returned to Portland, where with his ex-
cellent preparatory training he has established
an extensive practice. He is associate sur-
geon of the Maine (jeneral Hospital, and in-
structor in obstetrics and histology in tile Maine
Medical School. He is a member of the
Boyleston Medical Society, Boston; the Maine
Medical Society and the .American .Medical
Society. He is a L'nitarian in religious belief.
and a Republican in politics. He is a menilx-r
of the Cumberland Club. Dr. Small married,
1901, Grace Florence Cogswell Potter, born
in Boston, 1878, daughter of Henry Staples
and (irace (Robbins) Potter. One son. C^arle-
ton Potter Small, born October 31, 1902.
Small is an abbreviation of Smal-
SM.ALL ley, Smalle, Smalls, and Smale.
and was originally descriptive of
the stature of the person who first bore it. It
has been a family that has produced strong
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men and handsome women who have made
their mark on the stage of action. For two
generations, father and son were country
physicians, that noblest of professions, tliat re-
lieves the sufferings of humanity, sympathizes
with their misfortunes and vexations of spirit.
The old family physician ! He knew the se-
crets of every home and the skeletons in the
closets, but he was mutely noncommittal about
other people's affairs, and no breath of scan-
dal ever escaped from his sealed lips. Ex-
posed to the inclemency of the weather in all
hours of the day and night, much of his work
he did gratuitously. He had a kind word for
everybody, and was solicitous for their wel-
fare. He was more than a physician to the
body, he was a comforter to the spirit, he was
a friend, guide and counselor as well, often
consulted in matters material. He knew every-
body, and everybody knew him. He was pres-
ent at the birth of every child born in town
during the period of his active practice, and
he attended them in their ailments, and of
many of them it may be said lie closed their
eyes in death. Long will live in memory the
sweet old country physician. He was the
friend in whom was no guile, whose bosom
was transparent and deep ; in the bottom of
whose heart was rooted every tender and sym-
pathetic virtue, every kindly emotion.
(I) The paternal ancestor of the people we
now have in hand was John Small, who was
in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1632 ;
freeman in 1642, in which year he moved to
Cape Cod; constable in 1646; surveyor in
1649; and of the grand inquest in 1654. In
1637 he was appointed with other "honest,
lawful men" to lay out hay ground in Ply-
mouth. ]\Iarried Ann Walden in 1638. He
was living as late as 1668. He was one of
the first settlers in Eastham, Massachusetts,
and later lived in Truro, same state. Chil-
dren : Samuel, Taylor, Francis, Mary, Isabel,
Lydia and Hix.
(Ill) Taylor, who may have been a grand-
son of John and Ann (Walden) Small, was
born in Truro, Massachusetts, in 1716, mar-
ried Thankful, daughter of Thomas Ridley,
and settled in Harpswell, Maine, in 1755.
There was an island in the eastern part of
Quohaug Bay named after him. His children
were : Deborah, Thankful, Taylor, Joseph,
David, Thomas, Samuel, Ephraim, Lvdia and
IMark.
(V) The supposition is, and there is the
most reasonable ground for maintaining the
belief, that Samuel Small, who was a physi-
cian in Jay, Maine, all his life, was a grand-
son of Taylor of Harpswell. He married
Elizabeth Barnard, of Di.xfield, Maine. Chil-
dren: Harrison, Samuel F., William, Mary
Ann and Eliza.
(VI) Samuel F., second son and child of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Barnard) Small, was
born in Jay, Maine, in 1820. and died in 1881.
Educated in the schools of his native town, he
completed his schooling at the town academy,
and taught a country school several years. He
attended the Maine Medical College at Bow-
doin, graduating in 1848, and began the prac-
tice of medicine in Temple, Maine, where he
lived the greater part of his life, and where he
died. He was a Republican, and served as
selectman of Temple, represented that town in
the legislature for two terms, the last session
being in 1878. He was a member of Maine
Lodge, No. 20, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, at Farmington. Dr. Small married,
in 1848, Rachel C. Tuck, born in Phillips,
Maine, in 1850, and died in Farmington, Feb-
ruary 8, 1908. Children: Elizabeth, Ella and
William Wallace.
(\TI) William Wallace, youngest son and
child of Dr. Samuel F. and Rachel C. (Tuck)
Small, was born in Temple, Maine, October
10, 1857. Educated in the common schools
of that town, he concluded his studies at Wil-
ton Academy, and began business in a gen-
eral store at Temple, in which he was en-
gaged fourteen years. In 1895 he removed
to Farmington and opened a general store,
which he now operates in connection with a
grist mill. The business is now merged in a
stock company, called the W. W. Small Com-
pany, of which Mr. Small is treasurer and the
largest stockholder. Like his honored and
respected father, he is a Republican and has
served on the school committee of Farming-
ton. He is a director of the First National
Bank of Farmington, Maine. He is a mem-
ber of Maine Lodge, No. 20, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, of Farmington ; Franklin
Royal Arch Chapter; Jeptha Council; Pilgrim
Commandery, Knights Templar; Franklin
Lodge, No. 58, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Mr. Small married, in 1883, Delia,
daughter of Henry Conant, of Temple. Chil-
dren: I. Elizabeth E., born in Temple, 1884.
married Benjamin J. Woodman, of West-
brook, Maine, who is postmaster there; chil-
dren: William Small, Clyde and Rachel. 2.
James H., born in Temple, 1886, is a graduate
of the high school in Farmington, and is now
completing his studies in the academical de-
partment of Bowdoin College. 3. Frances Jo-
sephine, born in Farmington, 1889.
iC)Ch)
STATE OF .MAINE.
.\ staifinciit on early Irish
STUKGES history in a French pubhca-
tion by .-Vbbe MacGrogliegaii
in substance recites: That about the year 815,
during the reign of Conor, Turgesius, a son
of the King of Norway, landed a fleet on the
North coast of Ireland; and again about the
year 835, another fleet comniancled by the same
man landed on the west side of Lough Kca,
where he fortified himself, and after laying
waste Connaught, Meath, Leinster and the
greater part of Ulster, was declared king and
ruled about thirty years. The first accurate
records from English history is of William dc
Turges who held a grant of land from Edward
I, including the village of Turges, afterwards
called Northfield, in Northampton county,
where for many generations this family was
located. In the si.xteenlh century some of the
family settled at Clipston in the same county,
and the name became Sturges. Descent is
claimed by the .'\merican family from Roger
Sturges, of Clipston, w^hose will was dated in
1530, and wife .Mice, through his son Rich-
ard, whose first son Roger had a son Robert,
whose son Philip was of Ilannington, North-
amptonshire, whose W'ill was made in 1613.
(I) Edward Sturges, the .\merican ances-
tor, was first son of this Philip of Ilanning-
ton, and was born in England, coming to this
country in 1634, settling first at Sandwich,
Alassachusetts, and then going to Charlestown,
removing thence in 1639 to Yarmouth, Cape
Cod. He was constable at Yarmouth in 1640-
41; member of grand inquest, 1650; surveyor
of highways, 1651 ; admitted freeman, June 5,
1651 ; committeeman on the affairs of the col-
ony, 1657; constable, 1662; deputy to general
assembly, 1672. He died at Sandwich, Octo-
ber, 1695, ''"'^ ^^^s buried at Yarmouth. He
left a large estate. The following record of
children is believed to be correct: i. Alice,
born in England, December 23, 1619. 2.
Maria, born in England, October 2, 162 1. 3.
Edward, born in England, .'\pril 10, 1624. 4.
Rebecca, born in England, February 17, 1626-
27. 5. Samuel, born in Charlestown, 1638.
6. Thomas. 7. Mary, baptized in Barnstable,
January 1, 1646, married Benjamin Gorhani.
8. Elizabeth, born in Yarmouth, .April 20,
1648. 9. Sarah, married Joseph Gorman, who
w-as born at Yarmouth in 1653. 10. Joseph,
died in infancy, 1650. 11. Hannah, married
(first) a Gray and (second) Jabez Gorham,
and moved to Bristol. Rhode Island (possibly
also a son, John, born about 1624, who went
to Connecticut). Elizabeth, first wife of Ed-
ward Sturges and mother of his children, died
February 14, 1691, and he married (second)
.\pril, 1692, Mary, widow of Zachariah Rider,
the first male child born in Yarmouth of Eng-
lish parents.
(II) Edward (2), eldest son of Edward
( I ) and Elizabeth Sturges, was born in Eng-
land, .April 10, 1624. He went to A^armouth
with his father and married Temperance,
daughter of Captain John and Desire (How-
land) Gorham, and granddaughter of John
I lowland and his wife. Elizabeth Tilley,
daughter of John and Bridget (Van de \'elde)
Tilley. The last four ancestors were "Alay-
flower'' Pilgrims. Temperance Gorham was
born in Marshficld, Massachusetts, May 5,
1646. and died March 12, 1715. Edward
Sturges died December 8, 1678. His will
(nuncupative) recorded at Plymouth, June 3,
1679. left one-third of his property to his
widow and two-thirds to the children, the es-
tate being valued at nine hundred pounds — a
large one for those days. His w^idow mar-
ried (second) January 16, 1679-80, Thomas
Ba.xter and had three sons, John, Thomas and
Shubael. Children of Edward and Temper-
ance Sturges were: i. Joseph. 2. Samuel,
born 1665, married Mercy Howes. 3. James,
born 1668, married Rebecca Thatcher, died
January 3, 1718. 4. Desire, married (first)
Captain Thomas Dimmock and (second) John
Thatcher. 5. Edward, born 1673.
(III) Edward (3), fourth and youngest
son of Edward (2) and Temperance (Gor-
ham) Sturges, was born in A'armouth, 1673.
Pie married, November 25, 1703, Mchitable
Ilallelt, who died January 20, 1745. He died
January i, 1738. Their children W'Cre : i.
.Abigail, born October 25, 1706. 2. Temper-
ance, October 29, 1708. 3. Edward, July 24,
1710. 4. Jonathan, December 15, 1714. 5.
Jerusha, F""ebruary 21, 1716. 6. Mehitable,
February 16, 1718. 7. Benjamin. July i,
1721. 8. Mary. March 8, 1722. 9. Mehitable,
November 17, 1723.
(IV) Edward (4), eldest son of Edward
(3) and Alehitable (Hallett) Sturges, was
born in Yarmouth, July 24, 1710. He mar-
ried, February 3, 1730, Thankful Hedge.
They had six children: i. Temperance, born
June 23, 1731. 2. Elizabeth, .August 11,
1734- 3- James, .August 23, 1735. 4. Edward,
July 27, 1737. 5. Abigail, January 17. 1739.
6. Samuel, December 11, 1742.
(\') Edward (5), son of Edward (4) and
Thankful (Hedge) Sturges, w^as born in A'ar-
mouth, July 27, 1737. He married, in Barn-
stable, January 28, 1767, Mary Bassett. born
January 20. 1744. Children: i. Mar\. born
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1661
December 12, 1767. 2. Abigail, January i,
1770. 3. Samuel, April 15, 1772. 4. Thank-
ful, April 12. 1775. 5. James, October 6,
1776. 6. David, January 10, 1779, died De-
cember 6, 1882. 7. Olive, December 13, 1780.
8. Jonathan, November 26, 1782. 9. Lucy,
August 5, 1786. 10. Heman, November 9,
1789.
(VI) James, second son of Edward (5)
and I\Iary (Bassett) Sturges, was born in
Yarmouth, October 6, 1776, died November 5,
1839. He married (first) Hannah Faught
and (second) in 1813, Nancy A. Packard,
born April 27, 1794, died September 18, 1873.
Children by the first marriage were: i. John
S., born October 17, 1799. 2. Samuel, June
2, 1807. 3. Ambrose, 1809. 4. James, Alay
7, 1810. Children by the second marriage
were: 5. Ira Daggett, November 20, 1814.
6. Nancy Ann, September 27, 1817. 7. Han-
nah E., November 10, 1818. 8. Caroline ]\Ia-
tilda, August 27, 1822. 9. Emmeline P., April
15, 1825. 10. Harriet Angelia, April 10, 1832.
II. Esther Kendall, December 18, 1836, died
February, 1853. (Four daughters who died
young.)
(VH) Samuel, second son of James and
Hannah (Faught) Sturges, was born in \'as-
salboro, June 2, 1807. He married, Alarch 6,
1829, Lois Danforth, daughter of Joseph and
Mercy (Cross) Colman, and granddaughter
of John and Lois (Danforth) Colman, of
Newbury. Her immigrant ancestor was To-
bias Colman, born in Marlboro, Wiltshire,
England, in 1602, who came to Cape Cod with
the colonists in 1630 and settled on Nantucket.
Tobias Colman had a son Thomas, born ]^Iarch
16, 1672, who married Phoebe Peerson and
had a son Benjamin, born February 6, 1720,
who married Annie Brown, born April 2,
1724, and had a son John, whose son Joseph
was the father of Lois Danforth Colman.
Lois (Colman) Sturges was born April 26,
1800, and died in Lewiston, Maine, Septem-
ber 5, 1883. Her husband, Samuel, died at
Vassalboro, April 12, 1843. Their children,
all born in \'assalboro, were: i. Alercy Ann,
born September 6, 1830. 2. Hannah Jane,
November 2, 1832. 3. Almon Packard, March
6, 1835. 4. Alijert Henry, May 2, 1837. 5.
Perley Franklin, October 31, 1839. 6. Alonzo
Walton, June 16, 1842.
(VIII) Alonzo \\'alton, fourth and young-
est son of Samuel and Lois D. (Colman)
Sturges, was born in Vassalboro, June 16,
1842, and resided in Lewiston. He married,
April 4, 1867, Frances Ann IMurray, of
Greene, Maine, born August 11, 1841. She
was the great-granddaughter of Peletiah War-
ren, a soldier of the revolutionary army in
Captain John Lane's company from July 29,
to December 31, 1775; roll call dated "Cape
Ann; residence North Yarmouth, Maine";
and was the granddaughter of Nathaniel War-
ren, soldier of the war of 18 12. Peletiah War-
ren was a cousin of General Joseph Warren,
of Bunker Hill. Alonzo Walton Sturges was
educated in the public schools of Augusta and
Lewiston. :\Iaine, and the Maine State Semi-
nary (now Bates College). He early learned
the printer's trade, but in 1862-66 was en-
gaged in mercantile business in Belmont and
Boston, ^Massachusetts, Patterson and Jersey
City, New Jersey, and in New York Citv. In
1866, at the request of the late Congressman
Nelson Dingley, of Maine, he resumed work
on the Lcicistoii Journal and in 1868 became
foreman of the paper. In 1886-87 he was a
member of Lewiston city council and was in-
strumental in establishing the Lewiston Mu-
nicipal Electric Lighting Plant. He was a
member of the Lewiston school board. 1891-97,
and a member of the committee on Text-
books. He was the compiler and publisher
of the Sturges Genealogy, and was a mem-
ber of the Mayflower Society. He died Au-
gust 12, 1907, at Old Orchard Beach, where
for more than twenty-five years he had spent
his summers. He was a member, active
worker and trustee of the Hammond Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Lewiston.
The children of Alonzo Walton and Frances
A. Sturges were two sons: Ralph Alonzo and
Leigh Francis.
(IX) Ralph Alonzo, older son of Alonzo
Walton and Frances A. (Murray) Sturges,
was born in Lewiston, April 29, 1871. He
was educated in the public schools of Lewiston,
and from there went to Bates College and was
graduated with first honors in mathematics,
with the degree of A. B., in 1893. In 1893-
94 he was principal of the high school at
Winthrop, Maine, and in 1894-95 of the high
school at East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from the law school of
Columbia L'niversity, where he was president
of his class, in 1898; was admitted to the bar
in June of that year and began practice in
the office of Bowers and Sands, New York,
after three years practicing independently.
He is a member of the Bar Association of the
City of New^ York ; New York County Law-
yers' Association ; State Bar Association ;
American Bar Association ; charter member of
Maine Society of New York ; charter member
of Bates Alumni Association of New York
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STATE OF MAINE.
City; member of Columbia University Club;
University Club; Xew York Yacht Club; Re-
publican Club of New York City; and is also
a Free Mason. He married, April lo. 1901,
Edith Masur\. of New York City, daughter
of the late John W. Masury, the pioneer paint
manufacturer of New York. They have four
children: Ralph Alonzo Jr.. Grace Frances,
Edith Mary and John Masury.
(IX) Leigh Francis, younger son of
Alonzo Walton and Frances A. (Murray)
Sturges. was born in Lewiston, Maine, April
3, 1874. He was educated in the public
schools of that place and was graduated from
the Nichols Latin School (president of his
class) in 1893. He entered Bowdoin College,
but did not finish his course, leaving to enter
upon the study of medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania, graduating from New York
University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-
lege in 1900, with the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. After serving as interne at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital, Utica, New York, for
one year, he has since been engaged in the
practice of his profession in New York City.
He is instructor in nervous and mental dis-
eases anil electro-therapeutics at New York
Post Grailuate Medical School ;- visiting phy-
sician to Post Graduate Hospital and chief of
X-Ray Clinic; also late attending surgeon at
St. Bartholomew's Clinic. Fie is a member
of the New York Academy of Medicine, New
York State Medical Society, New York
County Medical Society, .American Medical
.Association, Eastern Medical Society. Greater
New York Medical Association. American
Roentgen Ray Society and American Electro-
Therapeutic Association. He is also a mem-
ber of Sagamore Lodge, No. 371, F. and A.
M.. New York City: B. P. O. E., No. 1. New
York Citv; and m -•■"■• Societv of New York.
I nc several families of
CRAWFORD Crawfords who. early in
the eighteentii century, set-
tled in New Hampshire were of Scotch origin,
and were descendants of very ancient ances-
tiirs. The surname Crawford originally was
derived from the barony of Crawford, in
Lanarkshire, which had long been held by
feudal lonls who eventually took their title
from it. The first person bearing this sur-
name of whom there is any account in the
public reccnis was Johannes <le Crawford, who
is frequeiitlv mentioned in the Registry of
Kelso, about 1140, and from him has been
traced a long line of descendants in England
and Ireland, as well as in Scotland. During
the reign of Alexander H, Sir Reginald de
Craufurd was appointed heritable sheriff of
the shire of Ayr (.Ayrshire). His family ap-
pears to have been closely associated with the
history of Scotland down to Alexander, son of
Sir Malcolm and Margaret (Cunningham)
Crauford, who was a seafaring man and owner
of the ship in which he sailed. About 1612
he went to Ireland, and there his descendants
became numerous. It is im]X)ssible to trace
the course of the family in that country, but
it is reasonable to assume that most of the
persons of the surname in the region were
his descendants.
(I) George Crawford, immigrant, was born
in Leitrim, in the north of Ireland, in 1787,
of Scotch ancestors, and came to America
probably about the time of the second war
with the mother country. He lived for a time
in liethel, Maine, and his name appears there
in December, 181 5, as one of the petitioners
to the governor and council of Massachusetts,
praying "that they, together with such others
as may lawfully join within the bounds of the
first regiment of the second brigade, be or-
ganized into a company of artillery and au-
thorized to elect their ofificers and fill up the
company." In 1818 he bought an acre of land
in the center of the town of Bethel, paying
therefor the small sum of sixty-five dollars.
He removed to Durham, however, before
1820. Mr. Crawford was a man of middle
age when he united with the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Durham, "and his devout con-
versation attested the thorough transti>rtnation
of his character." Fie was a well-informed
man and had a remarkable family, four of his
sons having become clergymen of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. His first wife, Eliza
Ann Lyttle, was born in Sligo, Ireland, in
1790, and died in Durham, December 11,
1856. He married (second) December 6,
i8<x), Catherine Newell. Children: i. Ann,
married, March 22, 1837, Isaac Graves, of
Topsham. 2. James, died in infancy. 3. John,
married, September 4, 1842, Sarah A. Bon-
ney, of Durham, and lived in Brunswick,
Maine. 4. Thomas, married, December 18,
1842, Thankful D. Johnson, and died July 25,
1852, aged thirty-four years, seven months.
5. Rev. George C., died Sejitcmber 25, 1878,
aged fifty-ciglit years: married (first) I'"ebru-
ary 15, 1848, Mercy II. Booker, and (second)
Mrs. Julia A. (Varney) Coombs, who died
April 2, 1888. 6. Rev.' William Henry, men-
tioned below. 7. Lemuel, lost at sea. 8. David
F., died September 14, 1854, aged twenty-
eight years; was studying for the ministry
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and preached occasionally. g. Rev. James
Barbour, died ]\Iarch 31, 1869; married, June
2, 1855, Harriet A. Woodside.
(II) Rev. William Henry Crawford, son of
George and Eliza Ann (Lyttle) Crawford, was
born in Pownal, Maine, October 4, 182 1, and
was reared in Durham. After a thorough ele-
mentary education he studied for the minis-
try, and was admitted to the Maine confer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
afterward served on several important charges
in the eastern part of the state until 1870,
when he was superannuated. '"He was a very
godly, useful and beloved pastor and preach-
er." He died February 18, 1889. He mar-
ried, July 7, 1848, Julia \. Whittier, born in
Athens, Maine, October 19, 1825, daughter of
Artemas N. Whittier (see Whittier VH).
Children: i. George Artemas, born April 29,
1849. 2. Carrie C, Wiscasset, Maine, July
20, 1853, lives in Camden, Maine. 3. Melzer
Thomas, Waldoboro, Maine, April 24, 1858;
married Mary Howard, and had Donald, born
April 27, 1899. 4. William IMorrison, Hamp-
den, Maine, February 15, 1865, now pastor of
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Spring-
field, Massachusetts.
(III) George Artemas, eldest son of Rev.
William Henry and Julia A. (Whittier) Craw-
ford, was born April 29, 1849, ^"^ Calais,
Maine, and received his early education at the
public schools and the E. M. C. Seminary at
Bucksport, Maine ; he graduated from Boston
University in 1878, with degrees of A. B., and
later A. AI. and Ph. D., and in i8go received
the honorary degree of D. D. from the New
Orleans University. He served for a short
time in the civil war, though very young, and
May 10, 1870, received commission of chap-
lain in the United States navy, being retiretl
March 2, 1890. on account of the disability
incurred in line of duty. During this time he
served in the West Indies on the "Severn"
and "Worcester," in the East Indies on the
"Richmond." also at the navy yard at Charles-
town, iMassachusetts, and on the receiving
ship "Wabash." Much of this time he was in
active service, and at the time of the Spanish-
American war he re-entered service for a
time. Rev. George O. Crawford has also
spent many years of useful work as pastor of
various churches, his charges having been : St.
Johns Methodist Episcopal Church, Temple
Street, Broomfield Street Church, all in Bos-
ton ; Methodist Episcopal churches in Pittston
and Waterville, Alaine ; also at South Law-
rence and Woburn, Massachusetts. He is an
earnest and gifted speaker, and his wide e.x-
periuice and many years of travel have been
of great value in his chosen field of labor. He
has a large circle of friends and fs a man of
pleasing and genial disposition. He takes an
uiterest in the affairs of his day.' and is treas-
urer of the National Automatic Heater Com-
pany. He belongs to the following clubs and
societies : Grand Army of the Republic, Post
No. 161, at Woburn, Massachusetts; lioston-
ian Society ; Sons of the American Revolution ;
Society of Colonial Wars; Naval and Mili-
tary Order of Spanish-American War, and he
is a Royal Arch Alason. He is prominent in
Beta Theta Pi, one of the largest and most
influential college fraternities in the United
States. Rev. George A. Crawford married
(first) September 3, 1872, Mary E.. daughter
of John M. Patten, of Waldoboro, Maine;
by this marriage three children were born. He
married (second) May 21, 1904, Clara L.
Loveland. His children are: i. Howard Tri-
bou, born June 16, 1874, in Gardiner, Alaine;
married Nell Tallant Cutler and has a son,
Howard Tribou Jr., born April 30, 1908. 2.
Kendrick Patten, November 27, 1875, in Chel-
sea, Massachusetts; married (first) Susan
Young, and had one daughter. Evelvn L., born
May I, 1898. and died January 2, 1905; mar-
ried (second) Hattie W. Muirhead. 3. Tru-
man Kimpton, June 13, 1878, in Charlestown,
Massachusetts.
In the maternal line, George A. Crawford is
descended from Thomas Whittier, the immi-
grant (q. v.), through Nathaniel (II), Reuben
(HI), Nathaniel (IV), and
(I\') Joseph, fifth son of Reuben and De-
borah (Pillsbury) Whittier, was born May 2,
1721, at Salisbury, ^Massachusetts ; he mar-
ried, January 13, 1743, Martha, daughter of
Hon. John Evans, of Nottingham. New
Hampshire, and they lived in Salisbury, .Mas-
sachusetts. Their children were : Deborah,
born September 4, 1744; Dorothy, November
30, 1745; Sarah, September 18, 1747; John,
June 19, 1749; Reuben, September 19, 1751 ;
Chase, October 6, 1753; and Joseph.
(V) Joseph (2), fourth and youngest son
of Joseph (i) and Martha (Evans) Whittier,
was born October 31, 1755, at Salisbury, Mas-
sachusetts, and died May 18, 1833, at Solon,
Maine. He removed with his brothers to War-
ren, New Hampshire, though he remained
there but a short time. He enlisted in the
revolution as private in Colonel Gilman's regi-
ment, September, 1777, and was also on the
payroll of Captain Porter Kimball's company,
in the regiment of Colonel Stephen Evan?,
that marched from the state of New Hanip-
STATE OF MAINE.
M.i.L a.,.; joined the northern continental army
at Saratoga in September, 1777, discharged
November 30. time two months and sixteen
days. His name al.so appears on ilie payroll
of'Captain Joseph Parson's company, Colonel
Moses Xic'hors regiment, New Hampshire
N'oUmteers, Rhode Island Expedition, in Au-
gust, 1778, entered August 5. discharged Au-
gust 27. He afterward married, March 7,
1778. Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Lydia
(Eastman) Chandler, of Epping, New Hamp-
shire, sister of General John Chandler, and
they settled in Epping, where the five eldest of
his' nine children were born, and then they
removed to Solon. Maine. Their children
were: John, born April 24, 1779, married
Abigail Titus; Enoch, November 12, 1780;
Joseph. October 13, 1782; Nathaniel. Novem-
ber 17, 178O; Lydia Claramond, August 18,
1784: Jemima; Martha; Artemas N. and
Hannah.
(\I) Artemas N., fifth and youngest son
of Joseph (2) and Lydia (Chandler) Whit-
1820, Alice Cass, daughter of Captain Moses
and Mary (Page) Cass. Children: Sarah,
tier, was born June 4, 1795, at Haverhill, New
Hampshire, and died in Cornville, Maine,
June 20, 1876. He lived most of his life
at Cornville, Maine. He married, June 2,
Moses, a son Francis, died young, Julia A.,
Lewis Cass, McKcndree, Ploma M., married
(second) March 15, 1865, Sophia Fox.
(\'H) Julia A., second daughter of Arte-
mas N. and Alice (Cass) W'hittier, was born
October 19. 1825, at Athens, Maine; she mar-
ried. July 7, 1848, William Henry Crawford.
(See Crawford H.)
In the early English and New
OAKES England records the surname
now almost universally written
Oakes is found written Oak. and Oaks, as
well as Oakes. but however the name appears
in New England it has reference to some
descendant of Nathaniel Oak, whom tradition
says came from Wales to America as a cabin
boy on an English ship which foundered nine
miles oflf the New England coast, and he
alone of the entire crew was saved, by swim-
ming ashore. Notwithstanding the fact that
he may have come from Wales it is under-
stood that Nathaniel Oak was a descendant of
stood that he was a descendant of English
ancestors.
(I) Nathaniel Oak, born about 1645, was a
boy of about fifteen years when he came in the
ship which was wrecked off the coast of New
England, between 1660 and 1665. While strug-
gling against the waters in his heroic and suc-
cessful attempt to swim ashore from the foun-
dered ship young Oak "solemnly promised the
Lord if He would preserve him to get to land
he would never go onto the water again." This
promise he sacredly kept, for never afterward
could he be persuaded even to cross Charles
river in a boat, but always would go around
by way of "the neck." It is said that after
safely reaching the land young Oak was
bound out to a farmer to earn the means of
his support, and that on one occasion, while
picking up pine knots for his master in the
forest, he was attacked by a catamount (wild-
cat), and that he slew the animal with a heavy
pine knot which he happened to hold in his
hand when attacked. The master gave the lad
the bounty money received for the hide of
the wildcat, and this he invested in sheep,
which he let out for their increase, and thus
was laid the foundation of his own subsequent
fortune ; for ultimately he became possessed of
a fortune, and his name is mentioned in the
records sometimes as yeoman, and planter and
also as gentleman, the latter indicating some-
thing of the standing he attained among the
townsmen and the success which was the re-
ward of his industry and thrift. He served
as a soldier of the early colonial wars, and
after King Philip's war he was one of the
garrison in 1692 and again in 1707. He mar-
ried (first) December 14, 1686, Mehitable,
daughter of John and Ann Rediat. She was
born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1646, and
died November 25, 1702. lie married (sec-
ond) May 20, 1703, Mary, daughter of Adam
and Hannah (Hay ward) Hallo way, and
widow of Jacob Farrar, who was killed in
King Philip's war, 1676. Nathaniel Oak had
eight children: i. Nathaniel, born June 7,
1704. 2. William, February 18, 1706, died
1723. 3. Hannah, December 27, 1707, died
March 23, 1807. 4. Mary, March 31, 1710,
died April 4, 1805. 5. Ann, September 9,
1712. 6. John, March 16, 1715, died 1752.
7. Jonathan, August 21, 1717. 8. George,
February 15, 1720, died after 1777.
(II) Captain Jonathan Oaks, son of Na-
thaniel and Mary (Holloway) Oak, was born
in IMarlborough, Massachusetts, August 21,
1717, and died in Skowhegan, Alaine, in 1784.
He was a housesmith and farmer and lived in
Westboro, Massachusetts, until about 1741.
He was living in Bolton, Massachusetts, in
1744, and in Stow, Massachusetts, from 1745
to 1749. He held various town offices, such as
trial juror, constable, tithingman, surveyor of
highways, tax collector, and was called cap-
STATE OF MAINE.
1665
tain. The tradition is that he was a soldier
of the French and Indian wars, that he served
under Wolf at Quebec, and that he made the
coffin in which that soldier hero was buried.
About 1750 he bought a valuable farm on
Bare hill in the town of Harvard, Massachu-
setts, built a mansion house, and lived there
until 1771, when be sold his lands in Massa-
chusetts and secured by grant a large tract of
land in Canaan, Maine, where he settled with
his family in 1772. The city of Skowhegan
is built up partly on land originally owned by
Captain Jonathan Oaks. He married (first)
about 1740 Rebecca, datighter of Robert and
Rebecca (Osgood) Barnard. She was born
about 1725-27, and died before 1748. He
married (second) January 2, 1749 (inten-
tions), Elizabeth, (laughter of Thomas and
Elizabeth Wheeler. She w^as born February
15, 1727, and died November 23, 1750. He
married (third) about 1751, Sarah Wheeler,
sister of his second wife. She was born Au-
gust 23, 1733, and died May 22, 1761. He
married (fourth) April 23-6, 1762, Abigail,
daughter of John and Abigail (Whitney)
Rand. She was born November 14, 1736,
and died in 1813. Captain Jonathan Oaks
had in all sixteen children: i. Mary, born
July 16, 1741, died September 13, 1794. 2.
Lydia, born June 6, 1743, died 1802. 3. Eliza-
beth, baptized November 25, 1751. 4. Sarah,
born January 12, 1752. 5. Jonathan, born
about 1754. 6. Rebecca, born about 1756. 7.
John, born October 22, 1757-58, died in 1844;
soldier of the revolution and served four en-
listments. 8. Daniel, born about 1760-61 ; sol-
dier of the revolution from 1777 to 1781. 9.
Lois, baptized October 2^, 1763. 10. Levi,
baptized October 23, 1763, died 1831. 11.
Millie, baptized September 11, 1768, died
1783. 12. Solomon, born May 9, 1769, died
Parkman, Maine, January 24, 1857. I3- Sy-
bil, baptized November 19, 1769, died about
1845. 14- Abel, born April 10, 1771. 15.
Elder William, born June 4, 1774, died 1851.
16. Lucy, born December, 1776, died Decem-
ber 2/, 1852.
(Ill) Abel Oaks, son of Captain Jonathan
and Abigail (Rand) Oaks, was born in Har-
vard, Massachusetts, September 10, 1771, and
died in Sangerville, Alaine, December 21,
1856. He was an infant when his father re-
moved to Maine, and in his business life was
a farmer in Sangerville, where he settled
about 1806-07. ^^^ married, at Canaan,
Maine, November 23, 1792, Betsey Hamlin,
born Gorham, Maine, May 22, 1770, died April
9, 1850. They had twelve children: i. Lucy,
born Canaan, March 28, 1793. 2. Simeon, born
Sangerville, December 21, 1794. 3. Stephen,
born February 28, 1797, died May 29, 1S74. 4!
Abel, born March 22, 1798, died' February 12,
1858. 5. James, born March 24, 1800, died
in Fo.xcroft, Alaine. 6. Samuel, born Novem-
ber 27, 1801, died December 24, i884.' 7-
Eliza, bom August 10, 1803, died October 31,
1854. 8. William, born May 18, 1804-06. 9.
Ebenezer Gardner, born October 16, 1808,
died July 26. 1882. 10. Rev. John Ames!
born Sangerville, June 28, 1809, died .August
26, 1886. II. Lovina, born lulv, 1812, died
March 16, 1873. 12. Daniel, born Julv,'i8i5,
drowned in 1836.
(IV) Colonel William Oakes, son of Abel
and Betsey (Hamlin) Oaks, was born in
Canaan, Maine, May 18, 1804, or 1806, and
died February 28, 1888. He was a man of
much prominence and influence, a Mason of
high standing in the order, and a colonel of
the state militia. He went to California and
was one of the pioneers of the far west, al-
though he did not live permanently in that
region. In 1829 he married Sarah Partridge,
who died April i, 1852, having borne her hus-
band five children : Emily, Abigail, Florence,
Drucilla, who married Isaac Fairbrother (see
Fairbrother ), and Corvdon.
This surname is found among
ROUNDS the descriptive ones, Bigge,
Small, Little, Heigh, Haupt,
Strong, Low, etc., and in England it is usu-
ally spelled without the final s. A Robert
Rounds is recortled in the calendar proceed-
ings in chancery (time of Elizabeth), and the
Round family were located in Kent and Ox-
ford counties, England. Savage gives the
name of early date as Roundy, Rounday and
Roundee. He records a "Samuel Roundy of
Salem, Mass., married November, 1671, Ann
Bush and died 1678 (as the inventory of his
estate was made that year)," and adds, "per-
haps Mark Round, one of the soldiers, etc.,
was his son," but this statement is erroneous,
as Mark was engaged in King Philip's war,
1675, but four years after the marriage of
Samuel.
(I) Mark Rounds, the immigrant ancestor
(as far as known), was probably born in
England. He was a gunsmith, and is first
on record as one of those who marched from
Sudbury, Massachusetts, in King Philip's war,
February 15, 1675, to Marlboro. In 1681 he is
credited under Captain James Oliver, and his
name appears in the list of soldiers in garri-
son at Fort Mary, February, 1699, and also
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STATE OF MAIN!-:.
"among the wounded of Capi. Oliver's com-
panv that arc at Rhode Island. December. 19,
1675." Mark Rounds was located at Fal-
mouth (I'uriland). Maine. July 20. 171O. His
will, dated 1720, proved 1729. shows that he
left a widow Sarah, and had three sons: Jo-
seph, George and Samuel.
(II) Samuel, youngest son of Mark and
Sarah Rounds, was born in Falmouth, per-
haps in 1 717. and settled in Narragansett
township No. i (now Buxton), Maine, in
1740, in the near vicinity of Gorham. He was
in the Penobscot expedition under Captain
Alexander McClennan. of Colonel Jonathan
Whitney's regiment, in 1779. The name of his
wife is not recorded. Their children were:
Samuel (2), married Dorcas Edwards, lived
at Buxton: Theodora, lived at Shapleigh,
Maine; Joseph; Jonathan, married John Mc-
Donald, of Buxton.
(III) Joseph, son of Samuel Rounds, was
probably born in Buxton and resided in that
town on "the Gore" near Gorham, where he
died. He was a soldier of the revolution in
Colonel Phinney's regiment, and was present
at the surrender of Burgoyne. In May, 1775,
he marched with the regiment to Cambridge
and went thence to Ticonderoga. When the
British troops evacuated Boston the next year,
his regiment was the first to enter the town.
He married Sarah Gerry, of York, Maine.
Children : Joseph, Mark, Lemuel, James, Bet-
sey and Polly. The names of Mark and Lem-
uel Rounds also appear in the list of those
who rendered revolutionary service.
(IV) Joseph (2), eldest son of Joseph (i)
and Sarah (Gerry) Rounds, was born in Bux-
ton, and married, November 5, 1778, Susan
(or Susanna), daughter of James and Abi-
gail (Frost) Mosier, of Gorham. who was
born June 17, 1789. She was granddaughter
of David Mosier, of Fisher Island and Gor-
ham, and great-granddaughter of James, the
grandson of Hugh Mosier. James came from
Scotland in 1730 and settled in New London,
Connecticut, and Newport, Rhode Island. Jo-
seph and Susan had twelve children : i. Betsy,
born 1779. married Elihu Gunnison. 2. Sam-
uel, born May (t. 1781, married, I'ebruary 23,
1806, Mehitable Libby. 3. Benjamin, born
1783, married Polly Fisher. 4. .Abigail, born
1785. married Daniel Irish. 5. Susan, born
May 10, 1788, married Isaac Libby. 6. Gerry,
born March 26, 1790, married Mary Gage. 7.
Isaac, born 1792, died F'ebruary 6, 1856. 8.
George, born 1795, married Rebecca Prentice
and died at Bridglon, Maine, October 24, 1839.
g. Catherine, born 1797, married Joseph Dow.
10. Nathan or Nathaniel, born I'ebruary 18.
1799, married Betsey Brown. 11. Harriet,
born 1802. died November 19, 1839. 12. Jo-
seph, born 1805, married, April, 1833, Elsie
Dow.
(\") Nathan (or Nathaniel), sixth son of
Joseph (2) and Susan (Mosier) Rounds, was
born February 18. 1799, in Buxton, and settled
in Waterford. Maine, in 1816, residing in the
lower village, where he died August 5, 1868.
He was a skilled blacksmith, held the rank of
captain in the local militia, was prominent in
church affairs and filled numerous town offices.
He married, in 1822, Betsey Brown, daughter
of William and Betsey (Wheeler) Brown,
probably of Stow, Massachusetts. The latter
was born in 1765, and saw the soldiers march
to and from Bunker Hill. William Brown
was a son of Jabez Brown, a lieutenant in the
F'rench and Indian war and an adjutant in the
revolutionary war. He served the town of
Waterford in Maine, and his sons settled there
about 1783. A grandson of Jabez Brown,
Charles E., is widely known in literature as
.■\rtemus Ward. Betsey (Brown) Rounds
was born in 1803 in Waterford and died in
1882 in I'-armington. Their children were: i.
Jane, born 1822, married Calvin M. Follett.
2. Edwin, 1827, married Maria Jordan. 3.
Cyrus. 1829, died 1833. 4. Charles C, 1831,
see forward. 5. Harriett, 1834. died young.
6. Harriett FI.. 1835. 7. Rowena, 1839. ^■
Christina, 1842.
(\'I) Charles Collins, third son of Nathan,
or Nathaniel, and Betsey (Brown) Rounds,
was born August 15, 1831, in South Water-
ford, and passed his early boyhood in that
town. He attended a district school and pre-
pared for college at a Maine academy. When
a young man he learned the printer's trade in
Portland. .Xn incident of this experience
shows his habit of mind. Smyth's Algebra
was being printed in the establishment where
he was setting type and it was his custom to
carry home at night the proof sheets and work
out the problems for himself. In this way he
detected several errors in the book which were
corrected by the author at his suggestion. He
subsequently entered Dartmouth College and
was graduated from its scientific department
in 1837. I'rom that time until his death his
life was devoted to educational work. F'or
two years he was principal of the South Paris,
Maine, Academy, and thence went to Cleve-
land, Ohio, where he was principal of a public
school for six years. During the summer of
1864, w'hile a resident of Cleveland, he en-
gaged actively in the work of the Christian
STATE OF MAINE.
1667
Commission among the Union soldiers in Vir-
ginia. Returning to Maine, lie became princi-
pal of the Edward Little Institute in Auburn,
and in 1868 was made principal of the State
Normal School at Farmington, where he re-
mained until 1883. He resigned this position
to accept the principalship of the State Nor-
mal School at Plymouth, New Hampshire.
After thirteen years in this work he resigned
to spend some time abroad, and on returning
devoted himself to lecturing and institute
work. Dr. Rounds held the degrees of B.
S. and M. S. from Dartmouth, and his scholar-
ship and eminent services in educational work
in Maine brought to him the honorary de-
grees of A. M. from Bowdoin and Colby and
of Ph. D. from Bates College. His work in
the Farmington State Normal School con-
tributed much to the educational development
of the state. He came to the school when it
was just in the experimental stage and while
the opposition of conservatism and prejudice
was still strong. He undertook the work with
a mind clear and critical, with the training of
one of the best scientific schools of New Eng-
land, with great energy of mind and body,
with intense love for his profession, and with
a profound knowledge of the needs of the
common schools, gained by eleven years' ex-
perience as a teacher in this and other states.
The school was without apparatus, or a library
that deserved the name, and the buildings were
entirely inadequate. He established in 1869
one of the first primary training schools in
the country, improved the buildings, secured
a library and equipment, and for fifteen years
gave the best there was in him to the upbuild-
ing of the school and the creation of right
professional standards in the state. In the
Normal School at Plymouth, New Hampshire,
he did equally important and lasting work.
He was a student in the old meaning of that
term, and a scholar in the best sense of the
word. He loved nature, and was at home in
literature, appreciated art, and v^^as one of the
closest observers of life as seen in New Eng-
land, the Great West, the New South and
modern Europe. His knowledge of social, in-
dustrial, political and educational conditions
made him an exceptionally intelligent and
safe investigator and adviser, and enabled him
to contribute much toward the solution of the
most difficult educational problems. In all
his work the truth interested him more than
the vindication of pet theories. What was,
what is, what should be, were questions that
he strove to answer in a way that would be
useful to the individual and to the state. He
occupied many positions indicating the esteem
in which he was held by the profession in this
country. He was president of the Maine
Teachers' Association, a life member of the
National Educational Association ; was twice
president of the New England Normal Asso-
ciation : twice president of the normal depart-
ment of the National Educational Association ;
was state commissioner from New Hampshire
to the Paris Exposition of 1889; was presi-
dent of the National Council of Education in
1895, being a charter member of that council
and a member of the committee of twelve on
rural schools. His counsel was sought in
questions involving the most difficult educa-
tional problems during a period of thirty
years. It has been said of him by the pro-
fession "he was one of the noblest and most
useful school men that Maine has trained and
given to the world.'' He died at his home in
Farmington, November 8, igoi. He was a
Congregationalist in religion and in political
matters was a Republican. He married,
Alarch 6, 1858, at South Paris, Maine, Kate
Nixon, daughter of Thomas Nixon and ]\Iar-
tha Hanson (Clarke) Stowell, of that village.
She was born December 12, 1836, and sur-
vives her husband and now resides in New
York City with two of her children. On the
maternal side she is a granddaughter of Peter
Hanson and Rhoda (Richards) Clarke, of
Durham, New Hampshire, and great-grand-
daughter of Samuel Clarke, whose wife was
also a Hanson. The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Rounds are: i. Agnes lola, born August 15,
i860, married, in 1888, Edwin Scott Mat-
thews ; resides in New York, and has a son
Harold Nixon, born April 17, 1891. 2. Ar-
thur Charles, mentioned below. 3. Ralph Sto-
well, mentioned below. 4. Katherine Eliza-
beth, May 22, 1868.
(VII) Arthur Charles, elder son of Charles
Collins and Kate N. (Stowell) Rounds, was
born December 28, 1862, in Cleveland, Ohio.
He attended the Hallowell Classical Academy,
Maine; the Maine Normal School at Farm-
ington : Amherst College and Harvard Law
School. He was graduated from Amherst in
1887, completed his law course in 1890, and
at once began the practice of his profeswon
in New York City. For a time he was also a
professor in the New York University Law
School. He is now in active practice as a
member of the firm of Rounds & Schurman, at
96 Broadway, New York City. He is a mem-
ber of the Chi Psi and Phi Delta Phi fra-
ternities of the university, and other clubs.
In politics he is a Republican.
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STATE OF MAIXl-:.
(\TI) Ralph Stowcll. younger son of
Charles CoUins and Kate N. (Stowcll)
Rounds, was born September 3, 1864, in
Cleveland, Ohio, and pursued his early edu-
cation in llic same schools as his elder brother,
graduating from Amherst College in the same
year. He was graduated from the Columbia
Law School <if New York in 1891, and is now
engaged in practice in that city, as a memljer
of the law firm of Rounds, Hatch. Dillingham
& Debevoise. He has been a professor in the
New York I'niversity l^w School. He mar-
ried. June I. 1905, Mary Ricks, a native of
Cleveland, Oliio, daughter of Judge Augustus
Ricks of that city. Their children are : Ralph
Stowell. born June 9, 1906, and Kmma Ricks,
July 10. lyoS.
This is an ancient name in that
ROUNDS part of Maine which borders
Casco Bay and the ocean west-
ward. "Mark Rounds was in Falmouth
(Portland). .Maine. July 20, 1716. He made
his will in 1720, which was proved in 1729.
He left three sons, Joseph, George and Sam-
uel." From this Mark Rounds have de-
scended (hose of the name of Rounds in the
following sketch, and many others.
(I) John, son of William Rounds, was born
in Buxton, May 8, 1787, and died in Poland,
September 20, 1865. He was a cooper, and
spent the principal part of his life in Poland.
He married. October 27, 1811, in Sanford,
Dorcas Low, who was born in Sanford, Alay
21, 1787. and died in Portland. January 22,
1880. Children: i. Mary ^L, born in Bald-
win. October 14, 1812. died unmarried in Ox-
ford, .\ugust 21, 1833. 2. Betsey, Baldwin,
August 15, 1814. died unmarried in Buck-
field. December 14, 1838. 3. Abigail, Baldw-in,
October 15. 1816. died in Buckfield, Novem-
ber 6, 1837. 4. Ephraim, Buckfield, July 16,
1818. died in Auburn. November 7, 1857;
married, in Minot, June 9, 1839, Johanna
Noyes, by whom he had nine children : Ru-
fus, X'irgie. .-\bby. Diana. Harrison. Dana,
Fontaine, Bcrlba and Alvacc. 5. James L..
Buckfield, July i, 1820, died in Portland, June
5, 1898; married, June 6, 1847, Sylvia Ben-
nett, born in Harrison, December 15, 1825,
by whom he had Jennie S.. who married
Charles Henry Bain. (See Bain.) 6. John,
Buckfield. March 30, 1822, died in Minne-
apolis, Minnesota. March 29. 1888; married, in
Fayette, January 4. 1853. Marcia Chase, and
they had two children : Melleti Woodman and
Lincoln. 7. Greenleaf, Buckfield. .^pril 22, 1824,
died July 22, 1908; married, in Lincoln, June
10. 1848, Miranda Matthews, by whom he had
two children: Charles (died young) and
Charles Wesley. 8. Dorcas. Buckfield, March
17, 1826, died October 15, 1908; married, in
Poland, August 4, 1844, Major B. Bourne.
They had one child, Sylvanus, who married
Georgiana Stillson, and had two daughters,
one of whom is Ella .\ugusta, married C. E.
B. King, and has one child, Sylvanus Bourne
King. 9. Sarah Maria, Buckfield, April 19,
1828, died in Poland, January 6, 185 1 ; mar-
ried, in Poland, May 6, 1849, Sylvanus Bourne.
10. David, mentioned below. 11. Mary L.,
Oxford, October 20, 1833, died unmarried in
Poland, April 17, 1855.
(H) David, fifth son of John and Dor-
cas (Low) Rounds, was born in BuckfieKi.
.May 31, 1830, and died in Portland, January
I J, 1897. He was engaged in cooperage in
Poland until 1868, when he removed to Port-
land, where he lived many years, during w hich
time he carried on coopering for twenty years.
He was elected to the office of sealer of
weights and measures of city of Portland, and
died while in that ])osition.
He married, in Poland, September 29, 185 1.
Beulah A. Ray, who was born in Auburn.
February 19. 1834, daughter of Samuel and
Caroline Ridley Ray, and granddaughter of
William and Prudence (Hatch) Ray. Will-
iam and Prudence (Hatch) Ray had four
children : Samuel, Jonathan, William and
Thomas. Samuel and Caroline (Ridley) Ray
had five children: i. James R., born in Au-
burn. January 4, 1830, died August, 1874;
married Cordelia ■NL F'ernald, and had by her
three children: Annie (died young), Ada and
Fred. 2. Beulah A., mentioned above. 3.
Mary C, Brunswick. November, 1837, died
August 3, 1876: married (first) Almon Brown,
who died, and she married (second) John
Bishop and had tw-o children, John and Clara.
4. Samuel, Auburn, May, 1839, died Septem-
ber, 1906; married (first) Martha Scoficld
and (second) Sarah Cheetham, and had one
child, Carrie, who married AL G. Small, and
had a son Ray M. 5. William A., Auburn,
April 17. 1844, died August 4, 1903; married
Jane Perkins, by w'hom he had Lualma, who
married Frank jilitchell and had two children.
Hazel and Ray; and William A., who mar-
ried Winnie Whitem, and has one child Theda.
David and Beulah A. (Ray) Rounds had
seven children: i. F'rank A., born March 27,
1853, died March 13, 1854. 2. Edgar E.,
mentioned below. 3. Mary, February 16.
1857, tlied January 1, 1859. 4. Charles A.,
February 12, i860, married Alice Callahan,
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and had one child Hazel. 5. David B., Octo-
ber 19, 1861, married Mary Pettengill, and
had one child Elizabeth A. 6. John S., May
4, 1867, died September, 1867. 7. William
A., April 2. 1869, died June, 1870.
(Ill) Edgar Elphonso, second son of David
and Beulah A. (Ray) Rounds, was born at
Minot Corner, February 19, 1855. He at-
tended school at the brick school house in
Minot during that part of his life when he
was of school age until 1866, when he went
with his parents to Lewiston. There he at-
tended the grammar school on Oak street un-
til he entered the New Grammar school on
Ash street. He then worked in mills sum-
mers and attended school the remainder of the
year until he completed the course and grad-
uated in 1870 from the grammar school. His
diploma bears the signature of United States
Senators Nelson Dingley and William P.
Frye. In 1871 he accompanied his father on
his removal to Portland and assisted for a
time in the cooper shop. For a few months
previous to May, 1872, he worked at the
slater's trade with Major Bourne, and then
entered the employ of the Maine Central rail-
road. After a service of two years there he
went to the Grand Trunk, wdiere he was simi-
larly employed for a like time. Then return-
ing to the Maine Central, he was employed
for a year, and in 1878 became night yard
master of the Eastern road, and held that po-
sition twenty years. In 1897 he built a cot-
tage on Great Diamond Island and began to
study the development of island property. Two
years later he bored a well two hundred and
three feet deep on Peak's Island to get water
to supply the inhabitants there and thus
started the Peak's Island Water Company, of
which he is the sole owner. The first year he
had forty-three patrons, the second year ninety-
three, the third one hundred and fifty-two, the
fourth one hundred and ninety-three, the fifth
two hundred and thirty, the sixth two hun-
dred and fifty-six, the seventh three hundred
and eleven, the eighth three hundred and fifty-
two. In 1898 he initiated a steamboat line
between Peak's Island and the mainland, with
a five cent fare, which is still maintained. Mr.
Rounds is a Republicart and has had some e.x-
perience in politics. In 1890-gi he was a
member of the city council of Portland ; over-
seer of the poor in 1894-95-96; in 1892 was a
candidate for alderman, but did not receive
the nomination: in 1893 was nominated but
not elected ; in 1897 was elected alderman for
the term of two years; in 1898 was nominated
for representative, but withdrew ; in 1908 was
nominated again to the same office and elected ;
he was a member of the Republican executive
committee of Portland for nine years, and
was chairman of ward committee of his ward
for seven or eight years. He is not connected
with any church, secret society or club. Ed-
gar E. Rounds married, in Portland, Novem-
ber 6, 1877, Emma E)ow, born in Portland,
February 28, 1852, daughter of Stephen H.
and Martha A. (Snell) Dow. The father was
born July 20, 1822, and died i\Iarch 20, 1882;
the mother was born September 7, 1830, and
died January 20, 1905; their four children
are: Clara, Emma, Albert L. and Fred E.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rounds are:
I. Alice, born February 14, 1880. married
Walter S. Crandall, and has two children:
Gerald and Donald Arthur. 2. Gertrude, born
March 10, 1882, died December lo, 1885. 3-
Arthur, born May 18, 1887, died June 7, 1903.
4. Gerald, born March 10, 1891. 5. Edgar,
born January 22, 1894, died January 30, 1894.
The Young family located in
YOUNG Pennsylvania before the revolu-
tion, coming thither from Eng-
land, where the family has an ancient and
honorable record. The revolutionary ances-
tor of this lineage enlisted from Philadelphia
and was in active service in the revolutionary
war. After the revolution he located in St.
John, New Brunswick.
(I) John Young, son of the revolutionary
soldier, was born at St. John, New Bruns-
wick, January i, 1796. He was brought up
in his native place and educated in the schools
there. He followed farming for an occupa-
tion. In 1830 he removed to Bridgewater,
Maine, removing later to Westfield. ]\[aine.
By unremitting industry, enterprise and thrift
he accumulated a comfortable competence. He
died in 1876. He married Eleanor M., daugh-
ter of James Tompkins. Children: i. Eliza-
beth, born December 25, 1830. 2. Charles
Wellington, September 10, 1835, mentioned be-
low. 3. Maria, March 11, 1837. 4. William
H., May 2, 1840, resides on Mars Hill. 5.'
John, February 21, 1842. 6. Benjamin G.,
Februarv 20, 1844, resides at Minot, Maine.
7. Hannah, December 16, 1846.
(II) Charles Wellington, son of John
Young, was born in Bridgewater, September
10, 1835, died November 6, 1895. He fol-
lowed lumbering in the pioneer days of Aroos-
took county, Maine, and later farming in
Westfield, Mars Hill and Blaine, Maine. In
politics he was Republican. In religion he
was a Seventh-Day Adventist. In his home
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STATE OF MAINE.
he was particularly happy and fortunate, of
kindlv and affcctio'nate nature, he was much
beloved by his own household and friends.
Of exemplary character, he was a good neigh-
bor and a useful citizen. He married, Novem-
ber 8, 1864, Marinda Thompson, born March
14. 1845. at New Vineyard, Maine, daughter
of Stillman Stone and Sarah (Locklin) Sav-
age. (Sec skelcii of Savage family here-
with.) Children: i. George Warren, born
June n, 1865, mentioned below. 2. Nellie
Emma.\March 13, 1870, at Mars Hill, Maine,
died September 18, 1 87 1.
(HI) (k'orge Warren, son of Charles Wel-
lington Young, was born at Temple, Frank-
lin county, Maine, June 13, 1865. He was
educated in the public and high schools. He
studied medicine for three years at Blaine with
Dr. Fulton, but preferred a mercantile career.
He also studied civil engineering for a time
at Farmington, Maine. His boyhood and
youth were spent on his father's farm. When
he was twenty-two years old he built a store
at Mars Hill, and established himself in busi-
ness as a general merchant. He picked up the
trade of barber and followed it for a time in
addition to conducting the store. He sold out
three years later and followed farming for two
years. He then conducted a grocery store at
Blaine for a year and a drug store for a
shorter period. He again opened a general
store in Blaine and was appointed postmaster
there May 25, 1895. In i8g6 he added a de-
partment of hardware and afterwards added
the real estate business to his other interests.
In all of his lines of business he has been
successful. He has built up a very extensive
and profitable mail order trade in watches and
jewelry. His rule is to handle only staple
goods at honest prices and the reputation he
has established from following this rule has
contributed largely to his success in business.
Mr. Young is a Republican in politics. He
was town treasurer of Mars Hill two years,
and has held his present office as town treas-
urer of Blaine since i8g6. He has been post-
master since his first appointment in 1895; is
a member of the school board and a trustee
of the Aroostook Central Institute. He is a
member and treasurer of Aroostook Lodge,
No. 179, Free Masons; .secretary of Blaine
Lodge of Odd Fellows ; member of Alvah
Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, No. 61 ; of
Eastern Star Chapter; of Friendship Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry. He is an honorary
member of Robert J. Gray Post. Grand Army
of the Republic. He is an attendant and be-
liever in the doctrines expounded in the L'ni-
versalist church. He marrietl, October 2,
1889, at Mars Hill, Mary Alice, born No-
vember 2^, 1867, at Mars Hill, daughter of
Isaiah and Catherine (Rideout) Snow. Her
father was a farmer, a private in the Thir-
teenth Maine Regiment in the civil war.
Children of Isaiah and Catherine Snow :
Henry W., Seth L., Mary A., Fred W.. Bliss
J., Lena, Mary Alice (Mrs. Young). Chil-
dren of George Warren and Mary .Alice
(Snow) Young: i. Faith Eleanor, born July
6, 1890, student in the Aroostook Central In-
stitute, class of 1910. 2. Roy Otis. June
20, 1892, student in the class of 191 1, Aroos-
took Central Institute. 3. How-ard Aniericus,
November 18, 1895.
Thomas Savage, immigrant an-
SA\".\GE cestor, born in 1603, was the
son of W'illiam Savage, a black-
smith, of Taunton, Somersetshire, England.
The family lived in that county as early as
the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He came from
the parish of St. Albans in the ship "Planter,"
sailing April 2, 1635, and landing in Boston.
He was admitted to the church there Jan
uary 3, 1635-36, and a freeman May 25, 1636.
He was a tailor by trade, but became a promi-
nent and wealthy merchant. He was appren-
ticed to the Merchant Tailors, London. Jan-
uary 9, 1621, aged eighteen, and learned his
trade there. He was captain of a military
company in Boston in 1651. He married
(first) in 1637, Faith, baptized August 14,
1617, daughter of William and the famous
Anne Hutchinson, of Boston. Savage siiared
in the religious views of Mrs. Hutchinson
and John Wheelwright and was disarmed by
the authorities, as a punishment. November,
1637. He was driven to unite with Governor
Coddington and others in the purchase of
Rhode Island, where he settled in 1638. He
was one of the signers of the constitution. He
preferred Boston w-ith its persecution, how-
ever, to the wilds of Rhode Island, and sold
his land there .\ugust 12, 1639, returning soon
afterward. He was a deputy to the general
court in 1654 from Boston, later from Hing-
ham and Andover ; was speaker of the House
in 1659-60-71 ; assistai;t in 1680. His first
wife died February 20, 1652, and he married
(second) September 15, 1652, Mary, daugh-
ter of Rev. Zachariah Symmes, of Charles-
town. He bought lands of the Indians at
Saco. He bought of Roger .Spencer a quar-
ter share in a sawmill near the great falls of
Saco river, January 28, 1659, another quarter
May 26, 1669, including land three miles in
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extent along both sides of the river. He
bought the interest of Mrs. Hill in lands at
Winter Harbor, paying her annuity therefor
of fifty shillings a year, by deed of April 16,
1663. From that time to the present the
Savage family has been prominent in Maine.
The will of Captain Thomas was proved
February 28, 1681, devising to wife Mary,
daughters Hannah Gillam, Mary Thatcher,
Sarah Higginson, Dionisia, sons Thomas,
Ephraim, Ebenezer, Benjamin and Perez; to
the widow Hannah and son Thomas of de-
ceased son Habijah ; to the four children of
Mary Thatcher and to Mary, daughter of
daughter Higginson. Children of first wife :
I. Jiabijah, born August i. 1638, graduate
of Harvard College, 1659. 2. Thomas, May
28, 1640, lived in Maine and was trustee of
lands of Joshua Scottow at Scarborough, May
6, 1665. 3. Hannah, June 28, 1643, married
Benjamin Gillam. 4. Ephraim, July 2, 1645,
mentioned below. 5. Mary, baptized June 6,
1647, married Thomas Thatcher. 6. Dionisia,
December 30, 1649, married Samuel Ravens-
craft. 7. Perez, February 17, 1652. Children
of second wife: 8. Sarah, June 25, 1653, mar-
ried John Higginson. 9. Richard, baptized
August 2~, 1654, died September 23, 1655.
10. Samuel, born November 16, 1655, died
young. II. Samuel, born August 22, 1657,
died same day. 12. Zachariah, baptized July
4, 1658. 13. Ebenezer, born May 22, 1660.
14. John, born August 15, 1661. 15. Benja-
min, baptized October 12, 1662. 16. Arthur,
born February 26, 1663. 17. Elizabeth, born
November 8, 1667. 18. Elizabeth, born Feb-
ruary 24, 1669.
(H) ■ Captain Ephraim, son of Captain
Thomas Savage, was born in Boston, July 2,
1645. He was admitted a freeman in 1672;
belonged to the Artillery Company in 1674
and was captain in 1683 ; town clerk ; deputy to
the general court in 1703 and six years after-
ward. He was in King Philip's war, the
Phipps Expedition against Canada in 1690,
and captain of a company that invaded Nova
Scotia in the war of 1707. He was a promi-
nent merchant of Boston. His will was made
December 3, 1730, and proved March 22, 1731.
He bequeathed to each of his wife Elizabeth's
three children a gold ring and to his three
daughters, Sarah Wells, Mar>- Trescott and
Hannah Parmenter. Through his ownership
and sale of lands on the Kennebec and at
Arrowsic we are able to identify the Savage
family of Georgetown. John Butler, who
married Ephraim Savage's daughter, settled
at .Arrowsic, now Georgetown, ^Maine. Eph-
raim Savage and wife Elizabeth sold a thou-
sand acres of land at Whigby on the Kenne-
bec, alias Woisqueage, January 6, 1714-15, to
John and Hannah Butler "for parental affec-
tion." Butler deeded back some of the land
on Hanover Island, Georgetown, February 20.
1720-21. This land was bounded by land of
John Minot and others. Ephraim deeded
back this land to his daughter Hannah, widow
of John Butler, April 9, 1730. Richard Whar-
ton, of Boston, owned much land in what is
now Georgetown. By permission of the court,
Ephraim Savage, administrator of his estate^
sold this land to a syndicate of Boston men,
of whom Stephen Minot was one. Minot was
extensively interested in land along the Ken-
nebec and about Georgetown. The land in
which we are specially interested was on the
island of Arrowsic, now in Georgetown, and
was called Pleasant Cove, when James Minot,
of Boston, who inherited it from Stephen
Minot, sold it to Arthur Noble, November 3,
^7 11- This was part of the land that Eph-
raim Savage deeded to the Pejepscot Com-
pany, as Stephen Minot and others in this
land speculation, called it. It was in the
second division of this land and consisted of
eight hundred acres on Winnegance creek on
the Kennebec along Fiddlers beach adjoining
land of Adam Winthrop. The deed states
that the farm was "in the present tenure and
occupation of James Savage and Thomas
Williams." So we know that at the time
Ephraim Savage sold the land or very soon
after James Savage occupied it. That he was
a nephew, son of one of Ephraim's numerous
brothers, seems certain. Again James Savage
is mentioned, January 5, 1729, in a deed of
John Butler, son-in-law of Ephraim Savage,
as occupying a farm on land deeded Butler
by Ephraim Savage. If not the same farm it
was part of the original property owned by
Ephraim Savage or Richard Wharton at Ar-
rowsic.
Ephraim Savage married (first) Mary
Quincy, daughter of Edmund Ouincy Jr., of
Braintree; (second) Sarah, February 26, 1678,
daughter of Rev. Samuel Hough. She died in
1687 and he married (third) April 12, 1688,
Elizabeth Symmes, widow of Timothy Sym-
mes, daughter of Captain Francis Norton, of
Charlestown. She died April 13, 1710, and
he married (fourth) January 8, 1713, Eliza-
beth (Brown) Butler, daughter of Abraham
Brown and widow of Peter Butler. Chil-
dren of first wife, born in Boston and all died
young. I. Mary, November 19, 1671. 2.
Mary,' April 8. 1673. 3. John, November 30,
1672
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i(i74, graduate of Harvard, 1694. 4. Han-
nah. August 7. 1676. Children of second
wife: 5. Sarah, October 27, 1678-79, married
Joshua Wells. 6. Mary. November 10, 1680;
married Zechary Trescott. 7. Richard, Sep-
tember 15, 1682. 8. Elizabeth, January 8,
1685. 9. Hannah. January 17. 1687, married
(first) John Butler; (second) about 1730
Parmenter.
(HI) James, nephew of Ephraim Savage
and son probably of his younger brother, John
Savage, was born before 1700, probably in
Maine. As stated above, he was a tenant of
land owned bv Ephraim Savage, later by John
Butler and Stephen Minot on Arrowsic.
Georgetown. Maine, before 1729. He went
there, the local history tells us, to carry on
the farm for Stephen Minot. In 1745 he
/bought a farm of three hundred acres at
Kequasset of Edward Hutchinson. The title
of the land was in dispute and Thomas John-
son, from whom Hutchinson had his title,
obligated himself to pay costs and expenses in
case the purchaser was harassed by lawsuits.
Children of James and Christian Savage: i.
Catharine, born about 1725, married James
Grant, of Wiscasset. 2. Mary, married James
Savage, of Georgetown, mentioned below. 3.
Jane, married Bryant Robinson, of George-
town. 4. Sarah, married George Bolton. 5.
John, removed to Cushnoc in 1762. 6. Dan-
iel, born 1729, came to Cushnoc in 1762; was
tythingman there and took part in the organ-
ization of the town of Hallowelj, of which
he was selectman eleven years and town clerk ;
captain in the Bagaduce Expedition ; married
(intention dated November 16, 1753) Eliza-
beth Robinson, who died December 16, 1764;
married (second) August 7, 1766, Anna John-
son, who died December 3, 1826; he died Jan-
uary I, 1795, aged sixty-six years. 7. Ed-
ward, removed to Hallowell. about 1762; mar-
ried, November 18, 1757, Mary Hall.
(IV) James (2), nephew of James (i)
Savage, was born about 1720. He married
Mary Savage, his cousin, of Georgetown,
daughter of James Savage (3). Hannah
Savage, who married John Rccde, of Topsham
(intention dated December i, 1743), wa.e
probably his sister.
(V) James (3), son of James (2) Sav-
age, was born about 1755 at Georgetown. He
was a soldier in the revolution in Lieutenant
Nathaniel Tibbctts' company under Major
William I.ithgow in 177(;. defending the sca-
coast in Lincoln county. Maine. Children:
Asahel, mentioned below ; Susannah, Mary,
Abagail, Hannah, Deborah, Johanna.
(\T) Asahel, son of James (3) Savage,
was born at Kingfield. about 1790. He mar-
ried, in 1814, Jane Perry, a native of Maine.
He w-as a member of the Congregational
church ; a Democrat in politics and a well-to-
do farmer. Children: i. Americus, born June
9, 1816. 2. Stillman Stone, November 4,
1817, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, October
29, 1819. 4. Cyrus, September 9, 1821. 5.
Perry, June 19, 1823. 6. Marinda, November
II, 1825. 7. Asahel Jr., January 19. 1828.
8. Hiram, September 4, 1830. 9. Solomon,
June 29, 1832. 10. Sarah Jane, August 10,
1834. All born in Kingfield, Maine, except
Solomon and Sarah Jane, who were born in
Freeman, Maine.
(\'II) Stillman Stone, son of .Asahel Sav-
age, was born at Kingfield, Maine, November
4, 1817. He married Sarah, born May, 1841,
daughter of George and Sally Locklin. Chil-
dren: I. George A., born April 6, 1842. 2.
Marinda Thompson, March 14, 1845. married
Charles Wellington Young. (See sketch of
Young family herewith). 3. Stillman Stone
Jr., October 17, 1850. 4. Stephen L., July
27, 1856. 5. Belinda .\., June 2, 1861.
The immigrant ancestor of the
LOCKE Locke family, a section of W'hich
is w'rittcn below, was a pioneer
in the New Hampshire settlement, where he
w'as a prominent citizen and long remem-
bered for his useful life and tragic death.
(I) Captain John Locke, according to tra-
dition, came from Yorkshire, England, in
1644, or. 1638, as some accounts say, and
"first settled at Dover, New Hampshire, w-here
he owned a right of land," thence he moved
to what is known as Fort Point, in New Castle,
and from New Castle to Sagamore Creek,
where he lived until 1655, when he removed
to Hampton. The foregoing is only tradition
and not fully relied on. This statement as to
him is found in the Portsmouth records : ".And
likewise John Locke is to have a house lot
between John Jackson's and William Cotter's
rails, the lot eight acres. At a town-meeting
held this first day of January, 1656," at a
meeting January 22, 1660, "John Locke hav-
ing eight acres to have eight more," and the
same year there w-as laid out to him eight acres
from Stony Brook towards John Jones, 24
pale wide and 40 pale back "into the woods
upon a South West line. John Locke of
Portsmouth, carpenter, and wiie Elizabeth
sold James Drew a new dwelling house and
eight acres of land March 23, 1661, and Sep-
tember 8, 1674, he sold eight acres to \\'illiam
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1^7 i
(Collier?) "divided land in Portsmouth.'' At
a town meeting in Portsmouth, March 8, 1666,
he subscribed five shillings for Mr. Moody,
the minister, and the same year Captain
Locke was fined five whether shillings or
pounds, or for what is not stated, "Oct. 26,
1 67 1 a note drawn on Hen. Bering, Constable,
to pay John Locke 125," probably for car-
penter work done for the town. From the
town records, it seems that Captain Locke
"sat down with common lands at Josselyn's
Necks'' much against the wishes of the pro-
prietors within the town of Hampton, and that
trouble grew out of it ; but on the 8 or 28 of
^larch, 1667, the town records show the fol-
lowing action was taken : "Upon the motion
of John Locke, who desireth to yield himself
to the town of Hampton as an inhabitant here
amongst us, being already settled upon Jos-
selyn's Neck in Hampton bounds, the towne
hath accepted of ye said Locke for an inhabi-
tant accordingly," and thus the "Squatter"
was transformed into an "inhabitant" and
there he resided the remainder of his life.
The Hampton town records, state that "John
Locke Senr. was killed by the Heathen in his
lot at work upon Aug. 26, 1696." This stated
that he was killed by the Indians as he was
reaping grain in his field ; that the Indians
had a grudge against him on account of his
having been very active against them and in-
strumental in defeating them in several of
their attempts to destroy the inhabitants of
the seacoast; and that at this time the In-
dians, eight in number, came with an express
design (as appeared afterward) to avenge
themselves in his death ; and having accom-
plished their bloody purpose, returned again
without any other material damages. Another
account says that a boy who was with him
secreted himself under some bundles of grain
and escaped, and that Captain Locke, after
being shot, struck one of the Indians with
his sickle and cut off his nose. Years after-
ward a son of his met a noseless Indian in
Portsmouth ; the recognition was mutual, but
whether vengeance followed we are not in-
formed. Captain Locke was about seventy
years of age at his death. About 1652 John
Locke married Elizabeth, the daughter of
William Berry (who was probably the first
settler of Hampton), at a place called Sandy
Beach, now Rye. She was living in Febru-
ary, 1707. According to the records the chil-
dren of John Locke were: John, Elizabeth,
Nathaniel, Alice (or Elsie), Edward, Trv-
pheria, Rebecca, ]Mary, William, James and
Joseph.
(II) Nathaniel, probably son of Captain
John and Elizabeth (Berry) Locke, was born
in 1661, and died November 12, 1734. He
married, June 22, 1688, Dorothy, daughter of
Jasper Blake. He is said to have had nine-
teen children, but the names of only twelve are
on record. They were : John, Dorothy, Try-
pheria, Elizabeth, Rachel, Nathaniel, Joseph,
Samuel, Jonathan, Deborah, Abijah and Tim-
othy.
(III) Captain Nathaniel, second son of
Nathaniel and Dorothy (Blake) Locke, was
born October 18, 1698. He married (first)
Abigail Prescott, born March 23, 1703, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Prescott, of
Hampton. She was lost at sea, on her passage
from her home in Maine to Boston. He mar-
ried (second) Mary Stubbs. He settled in
Falmouth (Portland), Maine, where he died
about 1780.
( IV) John, son of Captain Nathaniel Locke,
was bom in 1742, lived in Falmouth, Maine,
and died there in 1810. He married Susan-
nah Locke, who was born in 1730 and died
in 1825.
(V) Ebenezer, son of John and Susannah
Locke, was born September 8, 1774, died No-
vember II, 1831. He married (first) Jan-
uary 3, 1801, in Falmouth, Maine, Hannah
Tewksbury, born November 29, 1780, died
October 15, 1825. He married (second) July
25, 1828, Mrs. Ann Pomroy, a widow with
four children, who was born June 10, 1770.
His children, all by the first wife, were: i.
Susanna, born January i, 1802, died Decem-
ber 15. 1826. 2. Hannah, September 28, 1803.
3. Ebenezer, November 12, 1805, died Novem-
ber 21, 1844. 4. John Mason, see below. 5.
Stephen, March 9, 1809, died September 26.
183 1. 6. Nathaniel, March 8, 1812, died De-
cember 9, 1873. 7. Joel, October i, 1815. 8.
Miles Standish, May 17, 1818, died February
I, 1881. 9. Lucy, December 9, 1821, died
August 18, 1843. 10. Elizabeth, July 19, 1824,
died April 9, 1896.
(\'T) John Mason, second son of Ebenezer
and Hannah (Tewksbury) Locke, was born
May 15, 1807, died April, 1883. He was
engaged in agricultural pursuits, and lived in
Falmouth Foreside. He married Phebe Pom-
roy. Children: i. Cordelia P., born April 16,
1842, married Charles D. Thompson ; children :
i. Charles Edward, married Cora Thomas ; ii.
Stephen C. : iii. INIabel, died young; iv. Ches-
tena Warren, married Elmer Lowell and had
two children, Philip Eugene and Glenda
Locke ; v. Bertha, died aged eighteen ; vi.
Fred Pomrov, died young; vii. Florence Isa-
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bcUa- viii Nellie Elizabeth, married Harry
White lived in Waterbury. Connecticut. 2.
John Mason, born April 22, 1844. married
Nellie Bridges; children: i. Phebe. marned
kmerv Dennison and had Hazel and Edward;
ii Elizabeth. .V Edward Howard, born 1-eb-
ruarv 28. 1846, married Chestena Freeman;
children: i. Walter I., married Alma Levin;
ii Mildred H.. married Franklin Skilhngs, one
child. Mabel; iii. Mary Edna, marned George
Sprague. one child. George Edward. 4.
Stephen Brainard, see below. 5. Warren Gil-
man, born January 29, 1851, marned Eliza-
beth Moore.
(VH) Stephen Brainard, third son of John
Mason and Phebe (Pomroy) Locke, was born
in Falmouth. Maine, August 25, 1848. He
was educated in the public schools. He learned
the trade of sailmaker. engaged in this in-
dustry on his own account and had a pros-
perous bur iness in Portland, employing a large
number of workmen. He attends the Con-
gregational church, and votes the Republican
ticket. He is a member of Hodatta Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Una
Encampment, and Munjoy Lodge, Knights of
Pythias. He married, in Portland, April 8,
1874, Susan Jane Sargent, daughter of Fitz
Edward and Clarissa Jane (Hood) Sargent,
granddaughter of David and Mary (Davis)
Sargent and sister of Mrs. Thomas S.
Laughlin, of Portland; she died January 29,
1909. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Locke: i.
Harry Warren, born December 19, 1874, a
stenographer, resides in Portland. 2. Elmer
George, born September 6, 1882, in the em-
ploy of the Clark Eddy Company, of Port-
land. 3. Lester Sargent, born June 2, 1884,
died November 21, 1885. Mr. Stephen B.
Locke died January 29, 1909.
The name and family of
BOOTHBY Boothby are of great an-
tiquity, and may be traced
back at least a thousand years. One distin-
guished antiquarian slates that about the year
800, King Egbert divided the Saxon nation
into counties, hundreds and wapentakes, and
that one of the latter sections in Lincolnshire
was named Boothby. In the same county
was a market town named Boothby- Paynell ;
and also a manor house called Boothby. The
historians, Cambden and Leland, say that
these places received their name from the
Boothby family, then resident there. More
modern writers have objected to this theory,
because few surnames existed at so remote a
period. The family tradition is that the name
in its rudimentary form was derived from a
Danish tribe named Bobi that settled early
in Britain, and that the present house is de-
scended from the chiefs of that tribe, who
settled in Lincolnshire. Ethnologists are of
the opinion that the name is of undoubted
Danish origin; it is certain that it is neither
Roman nor Saxon. The Boothby pedigree
was compiled by Dr. Sanderson, who subse-
quently became bishop of Lincoln, and the
original manuscripts in Latin are preserved
in the British Museum. He traces the family
through more than twenty generations, from
Thedoric de Bothcb\ , knight, Lord of Botheby.
who married Lozelina. who laid the founda-
tion of Croyland Abbey church and endowed
the same in the year 1114. The seat of this
family is at Ashburn Hall, county Derby, and
the present owner is Sir Charles Brooke Booth-
by, born in 1856. One of the more interest-
ing of the recent ancestors was the second Sir
Brooke Boothby. who succeeded to the estate
in 1789. He was a poet and author of some
note, and was one of the literary circle of
which Dr. Erasmus Darwin, Miss Seward and
the Edgeworths were members. Perhaps he
will best be remembered as the father of the
lovely little Penelope Boothby, who died
young, but whose portrait is one of the most
celebrated of the great Sir Joshua Reynold's
canvasses. Thousands of people, who have
no other association with the name of Booth-
by. have probably seen a reproduction of this
picture of the little girl in the quaint mob
cap. with the modestly folded hands, and have
felt a sympathetic interest in her history. The
arms of the Boothby family are : Argent, on a
canton ; sable, a lion's paw, erased, in bend
argent. The crest is a lion's paw, erased,
erect, or. The motto is: '"Mors Christi, mors
mortis mihi," which may be rendered : The
death of Christ is the annihilation of death for
me.
(I) Henry Boothby was born in England,
migrated to Ireland, married and had children
there, and came to Kittery, now in Maine,
about 1720. His brother Thomas, who had
been with him in Ireland, came by way of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Wells, Maine. It is
possible that Henry Boothby moved to Scar-
borough with his sons, and was the Henry
Boothby whose name appears as a charter
member of the Black Point church. It is
known that he had two sons : Thomas, whose
sketch follows ; and Samuel, who settled in
Scarborough. There was also a Jane Booth-
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bv. who might have been a daughter of Henry,
who was published with John Moore (2) at
Kittery. December 18, 1742.
(II) Thomas, son of Henry Boothby, was
born in Ireland in 1700, and died at Scar-
borough, Maine, March 25, 1758. He came
to Kittery, Maine, with his father about 1720,
and settled at Scarborough between 1730 and
1736. The intention of his marriage to Lydia
Came was recorded at Kittery, January 8.
1725. They had seven children: i. Jonathan,
born December i, 1725. 2. Samuel, whose
sketch follows. 3. Joseph, May 19, 1729, mar-
ried Susan McClellan, of Portland, and lived
at Scarborough. 4. Miriam, April 17, 1733,
married John Deering at Kittery. 5. John,
April 27, 1735, died young. 6. Eunice, No-
vember 22, 1736, married Philip Aubin, and
died in 1756. 7. Lois, November 22, 1736,
married Isaac Deering.
(HI) Samuel, second son of Thomas and
Lydia (Came) Boothby, was born at Kittery,
Maine, February 10, 1727, and died some time
after 1783. On July 3, 1752, he married his
first wife, Susanna Milliken, of Scarborough,
by whom he had three children : i. John, born
February 21, 1753. 2. Eunice, March 10, 1755,
married Joseph Merrill, and lived at Liver-
more. Maine. 3. Susanna, March 10, 1757,
died in 1833. Samuel Boothby's second wife
was Molly Deering, whom he married Novem-
ber 14, 1765. They had seven children: i.
Richard, born July 22, 1766, married Anna
Staples and settled in Saco. 2. Paulina, April
5, 1 77 1. 3. Susanna, March 31, 1773, died
April 7, 1805. 4. Anna, May 19, 1775. 5.
Cornelius, November 18, 1777, married Mar-
garet and settled in Saco. 6. Jeremiah,
September 30, 1780, married Abigail M. E.
and settled in Saco. 7. Lemuel, No-
vember 13, 1783, married Rebecca >.loulton
and settled in Saco.
(I\') John, eldest child of Samuel Boothby
and his fir.st wife, Susanna IMilliken, was
born February 21, 1753, probably at Scar-
borough, Maine, and died January 27, 1840.
He made his home in Saco, where he was
engaged in agricultural pursuits. On Novem-
ber 24. 1773, he married Elizabeth Milliken,
of Scarborough, who died November 27, 1833.
Five children of this couple are recorded: i.
Isaac, born October 10, 1774, married Hannah
Foss and settled at Leeds, Maine. 2. Lydia,
January 25, 1777, married Hamilton Jenkins.
3. Stephen, whose sketch follows. 4. Susan,
December i, 1781. 5. Rev. John, September
30, 1787, married Anna Foss, and made his
permanent home at Saco. Isaac Boothby, the
eldest son, was a man of resolute will and
great endurance. He cleared field after field
at Leeds, Maine, till he had one of the largest
and best farms in town. Boothby's hill, north
of Leeds Center, was named for him. He also
engaged largely in the live stock business, and
carried many a drove of sleek bullocks to the
Brighton market. Although possessing but
limited educational advantages, he was a natu-
ral mathematician, and was endowed with a
keen and logical mind. Elder John Boothby,
the youngest of these children, like his brother
Stephen, lived to be ninety-one years of age.
He spent his early years in Leeds, but returned
to Saco in 1815. and made his permanent
home on a large farm where a brick mansion
was erected. He was ordained in the town
of Wayne, October 12, 1812, the services being
conducted out of doors in an ox cart. He
spent the early years of his ministry as an
evangelist, preaching in six states. He was
engaged in the ministry more than sixty
years, and was held in great esteem by his
younger brethren, who vied with each other
in doing him honor. His commanding and
stately presence at the conference, during his
old age, was a benediction.
(V) Stephen, second son of John and Eliza-
beth (Milliken) Boothby, was born at Saco,
Maine, November 7, 1779, and died June 5,
1 87 1. When a young man he went to Leeds,
Maine, and took up a farm on which he lived
till death. There was an old house on the
place, which he bought for fifteen dollars, and
he occupied this dwelling for some years. He
had had no educational opportunities in early
youth, but after his marriage he determined to
learn to read. In later years he became as
good a scholar as some who had had advan-
tages in childhood. He was an owner of ex-
tensive lands in Leeds and Wayne, which he
sold to many natives of the Saco valley, who
were induced to settle in those towns. Mr.
Boothby was a staunch Republican, and at-
tended the Baptist church. His first wife and
the mother of all his children was Susan
( Buzzell ) Boothby, of Winthrop, whom he
married about 1807. They were the parents
of Rev. Samuel, whose sketch follows. Will-
iam, born October i, 1810. Abigail, who died
young. Stephen Boothby married (second)
Hepsabeth Tibbetts, of Wells, Maine ; she died
September i, 1838. He married (third') Mrs.
Hannah (Churchill) Page.
(VD Rev. Samuel (2), eldest child of
Stephen and Susan (Buzzell) Boothby, was
born at Leeds, Maine. 1808, and died at Lew-
iston in that state, July 9, 1884. He received
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a common school education, and remained o
the farm till of age. He ^vas bapt'^'-cc an
united with the Baptist church '" }) ^ "^ "
1830. and was ordained m 1840. bhortl> be
fore he began preaching he bought a farm u
Lccd-^. He served as pastor at Turner l.rulg.
four years, and afterwards at Wayne for hve
years' He labured for a year as a missionary
in Aroostook couniv, under the auspices of tlie
Maine Baptist Convention, and tlien entered
the service of the American Foreign hMebo-
cietv where he continued till ib83. A iter
I8S7 he lived at Lewiston, Maine, where he
acted as local missionary. He was a good
man a good husband and father, a good citi-
zen a good church member, a good minister
of the New Testament. On May i, 1831, Key.
'Samuel (2) Boothbv married Sarah Lead-
better, daughter of Samuel and Betsey
(Parcher) Leadbetter, of Leeds, Maine. She
died at Lewiston, June 12, 1887, and it was
said in her obituary : "Her devoted and self-
sacrificing life will ever be fragrant in the
memory of her four surviving children, and
many others who knew and loved her." Eight
children were born to Rev. Samuel (2) and
Sarah (Leadbetter) Boothby : i. Susau E.,
May 2, 1832. married Orson Lane, of Leeds.
2. Colonel Stephen, whose sketch follows. 3.
Elias P., September 22, 1835, died October 31,
1S40. 4. \iora (i.. July 8. 1838, married Or-
son Lane, of Leeds, after the death of her
elder sister. 5. Roswell C, whose sketch fol-
lows. 6. Emma S., February 9, 1842, mar-
ried Willard Lothrop, of Leeds. 7. Sarah
H., March 19. 1851, married Frederick B.
Stanford, of Brooklyn. New York. 8. Mari-
etta, July 12, 1853, died September 22, 1872.
(\TI)' Colonel Stephen (.2), eldest .son of
Rev. Samuel (2) and Sarah (Leadbetter)
Boothby, was born at Leeds, Maine, October
23. 1833, and died of wounds incurred in the
civil war, June 5, 1864. He entered Water-
ville College in 1853. and was graduated in
1857. He afterwards taught school, and also
served as an instructor and lecturer for teach-
ers' institutes, under the state superintendent
of education. In the spring of 1861 Mr.
Boothby formed a partnership with Mark H.
Dunncli, afterward a member of congress, and
engaged in the practice of law in Portland
with flattering prospects of success; but they
had scarcely entered upon their legal career
before the civil war broke out, and both men
responded to their country's call. Stephen
Boothby entered the First Maine Cavalry as
first lieutenant of Company F, and was pro-
moted to a captaincy the next year. He was
on duty with his company till appointed ma-
jor in 'April. 1863, with the exception of a
few months in the autumn of 1862. when he
acted as aide de camp to tlic military governor
of Frederick, Maryland. In July, 1863. he
was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, which
rank. he held until his death. While skirmish-
ing at Shepardston, he was badly wounded in
the back, but remained some time in the saddle.
He was allowed a furlough, and returned
home, where he stayed a short time to recu-
perate. On May 10, 1864, he led a charge in
the battle at Beaver Dam Station, \irginia,
and yvas shot through the right breast and
shoulder, which necessitated the operation of
exscction, and the removal of the right arm
at the shoulder joint. After a wearying ride
over the rough roads in an ambulance about
Richmond for five days, he was placed on a
hospital boat, and his splendid courage and
indomitable will kept him up so that hopes
were entertained of his recovery, but he died
in a hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland,
June 5, 1864, in his thirty-first year. His
body was taken to his father's home at Lewis-
ton, and received a military funeral. Almost
the entire Cumberland bar, of which he was
a member, was present, and a large military
escort followed the body to the grave and
fired the last salute. The horse he rode in
the field was led in the procession.
As a man Colonel Boothby was loved and
respected to an extraordinary degree, and his
memory is revered. He was one of those
noble men who remained uncorrupted amid
the temptations of a military life. Strictly
temperate, using neither liquor nor tobacco,
upright in morals, addicted to no vice or evil
habit, inflcxiblv honest, inaccessible to a
temptation to fraud or meanness, he was the
very soul of soldierly honor, and commanded
the highest respect of his fellows in arms.
Such qualities as his ennoble human nature,
and the brief record of his life must arouse
a thrill of admiration even in the breast of
the casual reader. Colonel C. H. Smith, at
a reunion of the First Maine Cavalry at Lew-
iston, on September 2, 1879, in the course of
an eloquent address, made the following re-
marks : "Lieutenant-Colonel Boothby died.
And as his noble soul went out, there came
to take its place the spirit of a deeper de-
votion to duty, a higher love of country, a
nobler disregard of danger in the cause of
right and justice, that hovered over the regi-
ment until its muster-out, and that still lingers
around and guides the comrades who were so
fortunate as to serve in the light of his ex-
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ample. Lieutenant-Colonel Boothby died.
And shall we here to-day mourn his loss?
Shall we drop a tear, or breathe a word of
pity that he died so young, while so bright a
future was before him ? No ! Lieutenant-
Colonel Boothby died. Let us here, standing
by his grave, remembering his noble life and
glorious death, each one pledge ourselves to
emulate his example * * * Then shall
Lieutenant-Colonel Boothby not have lived in
vain. Then shall our sacrifices and hardships
not have been in vain. Then shall the war of
the Rebellion not have been fought in vain.
Then shall we be found worthy, at the last
grand roll-call to stand by the side of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Boothby, in the awful presence
of the Great Commander of all, and joyously
answer 'Here !' "
(VII) Roswell C, third son of Rev. Sam-
uel (2) and Sarah (Leadbetter) Boothby, was
born at Leeds, Maine, January 16, 1840, and
remained on the farm till the age of seven-
teen, when he moved with his people to Lewis-
ton. There he attended the high school and
the Maine State Seminary (now Bates Col-
lege), from which he was graduated in the
class of i860. During the winters he taught
school to assist in paying his way. After
graduation he entered the Androscoggin Alill
as overseer of the cloth room, where he re-
mained for four years. In 1864 he bought a
farm at East Livermore, which he sold two
years later, and purchased a grist-mill at Liv-
ermore Falls. He managed the latter for
twenty years in connection with the "feed
business," and finally added a coal and wood
establishment. After a time he disposed of
his mill, and now confines his attention en-
tirely to the latter undertaking. Mr. Boothby
is a Republican in politics, and has held many
local offices. He was one of the board of se-
lectmen from 1875 to 1887, and from 1891 to
1894, and chairman of the board during the
last twelve years ; county commissioner from
1883 to 1893; justice of the peace; trial jus-
tice for many years, and finally made munici-
pal judge; member of the governor's council
for two years. He served as member of the
school committee from 1866 to 1869; and as
supervisor of schools from 1871 to 1874. For
forty-three years he has been chorister of the
Baptist church, and also holds the office of
deacon. He has given much attention to vocal
music, is blessed with one of the richest bass
voices in the state, and has sung with that
distinguished daughter of Maine, Annie Louise
Cary, whose fame as an opera singer is still
fresh in the minds of music lovers. For
many years Mr. Boothby has been prominent
in fraternal organizations, being a Mason of
the thirty-second degree, a member of the
Shriners, past master, high priest and district
deputy of the district. He also belongs to the
Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He
is a man of sound judgment, excellent char-
acter and respected as a wise counselor. On
v\pril 27, 1861, Roswell C. Boothby married
Julia A. Coffin, daughter of Warren and
Betsy (Crowell) Coffin, of Lewiston, Maine,
who died at East Livermore, March 31, 1868.
Their children were : Eugene H. and Vesta,
deceased. Eugene H. Boothby lives in Wash-
ington,' D. C. He married Ida Simons, and
their son, Roswell E., is a famous boy soprano,
singing in the Episcopal church of that city.
The other children are : Marietta, Allene and
Fred W. On December 6, 1870, Roswell C.
Boothby married (second) Clara A. Atwood,
daughter of Hezekiah and Nancy (Coffin) At-
wood, of Portland. Their children were Sam-
uel, died young, in Boston, and Heloise, mar-
ried Ernest T. Cushman, of Paris, Maine,
who is now a teacher in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire ; the)- have one child, Ruth.
The DeCosters were orig-
DE COSTER inally French, and went into
Portugal, where the leader
of the family distinguished himself at the
siege of Ceuta ; returning to France, they be-
came strong Huguenots, and after the revo-
cation of the Edict of Nantes they went to
England, thence to Boston. In the Colonial
Records the name is spelled both DeCosta
and DeCoster, but the original spelling was
DeCosta, which spelling some of the family
still retain. In the Revolutionary Records,
where the name is found spelled both of these
ways, is found Temple, Jonathan (also given
John) and Joseph, from Boston, Jacob from
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, also some others
from the same Colony.
( I ) Samuel DeCoster, the first member to
be found of the family here described, lived at
one time at Buckfield, Maine ; children born
there : Varanes, James, Samuel, Harry, Ozias,
who has three sons living, Edwin, Cyrus C.
and Granville, and several daughters.
(II) Yaranes, son of Samuel DeCoster, was
born at Buckfield, Maine, where he was en-
gaged in farming; he married Louisa, daugh-
ter of L^zza and Abigail W. (Elliott) Thomp-
son, born March 12, 1814 (see Thompson
^TI). Their children were as follows: Fran-
cesco \'. : William P>., who was a volunteer in
the civil war, and died in the service of his
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country ; Georgia, wlio married Stephen Mor-
rill, of Strong, Maine: Louisa \ictoria: \ ir-
gil P., a farmer; \irginia, a twin to \irgil P.,
was a schoolteacher: married Barnum Jones,
(if Auburn, Maine; and Cleora H.. also was a
schoolteacher, married D. M. Hildreth, and
resides in Washington, D. C.
(Ill) Captain Francesco V'., eldest son of
\aranes and Louisa (Thompson) DeCoster,
\\a> bom November 19, 1838, at Buckfield,
Maine, where he attended the public schools,
finishing his education at Phillips Academy.
For some time he was a successful teacher in
the schools of Buckfield, Hartford and Can-
ton, Maine, and in 1858 removed to Minne-
sota, where he first worked at carpentering
and teaching school, and later was a justice
of the peace. He traded with the Sioux In-
dians, buying many thousands of dollars' worth
of furs, skins and articles of their manufac-
ture ; learned to speak their language, at-
tended their war dances and feasts, and was
well acquainted with Little Crow, the chief
and leader of the outbreak and massacre in
1862, when more than one thousand whites
were murdered. Captain DeCoster had a bril-
liant war record, and took part in the famous
maneuvers of the Marine Brigade, made fa-
mous in 1862. He enlisted in 1861 in the
Fourth Minnesota Regiment Infantry, as a
sergeant, and when the Ellets. under the aus-
pices of the war department, made up the Ram
Fleet and Marine Brigade, Francesco V. De-
Coster became captain of Company D Cav-
alry: though being part of the army, they
were to co-operate with the navy in opening
up or blockading the waters of the Mississippi
river, fighting Guerillas, transporting supplies,
and became an important factor in the opera-
tions at Forts Henry and Donelson, Pittsburg
Landing, Corinth, Vicksburg, and other places.
-At the siege of \"icksburg he had two horses
shot from under him; lost thirty-two men
from his company in night ambush; was mili-
tary comiTiander of one vessel of tieet and had
thirty-nine shells thrown into it bv a si.x gun
rebel battery below .Memphis. Captain DeCos-
ter has written several able articles describing
actions in which he took part, and discussing
the dissatisfaction and jealousy of officers of
the regular navy. .After the close of the war
he returned to Minnesota, where he became in-
terested in mining, and also became a retail
merchant, at first handling general merchan-
dise and later jewelry and music. For twenty
years Captain DeCoster was court commis-
sioner and probate judge for :\Ieeker county,
Minnesota, and was postmaster in 1867; '"'
1897 he removed to Washington, D. C, where
he first filled a position in the government
printing office, later being employed in the
document department of the National Capitol
Building, which position he still fills. His
home is still at Litchfield. Minnesota, where
his family resides most of the time, and where
he belongs to the order of Ancient Free and
.Accepted Masons. Golden Fleece Lodge, No.
89, and is a member of Frank Daggett Post,
No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic. He is
a member of the Mississippi River Ram Fleet
and Marine Brigade, and was the second com-
mander of the association; first meeting was
held in St. Louis, the second in Milwaukee ;
this meets annually with the National En-
campment, G. A. R. For thirty years he was
superintendent of the Sunday school of the
Presbyterian church at Litchfield. Minnesota,
has been ruling elder of the church since 1871,
and is now a member of the Men's League of
the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church of
Washington, also of the Soldiers' Union of the
First Congregational Church of Washington.
For three years Captain DeCoster was presi-
dent of The Short Story Club, for one year
president of the Optimist Club, of Washington,
where he is much in evidence in literary cir-
cles, and he is a member of the Elaine Associa-
tion of that city. As a public speaker he is
very popular, and for the past six years has
given the oration for the public school children
of Washington on the occasion of Flag Day.
In March, 1867, he married Mary Ellen Tor-
rey, of Turner, Maine, a niece of Senator T.
O. Howe, of Wisconsin, and two years later
she and Louisa, her infant daughter, died. He
married (second) Mary Emerett Campbell, of
Hartford, Connecticut, in 1871, and they have
one child, Esther Louise, who lives at home,
and is unmarried. She is a graduate of the
L'niversity of Minnesota and a graduate of
music in New York Citv.
The first of this family to
THOMPSON emigrate to America
spelled the name Tomson,
and as he was born in the northern part of
Wales, not far from Scotland, it is presumed
he w-as of Scotch extraction. The name has
long been known in England, Scotland and
Ireland, spelled in several different ways.
Soon after the family located in America it
was spelled with "Th," but the p was not in-
serted for more than a hundred years.
(I) John Tomson was born in 1616, in
Wales, and it is a tradition that his father died
soon after his birth and his mother married
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again. From his limited means of eilucation
and his youth at the time of his emigration,
about 1622, it is probable he did not know his
lineage. He died June 16, 1696, and his grave
is marked "Lieutenant John Thompson."' He
married Mary Cook, who died March 21, 1714,
in the eighty-eighth year of her age, and both
of them are buried in the first burying-ground
of Middleborough, Massachusetts. Their
children were : Adam, John, Mary, Esther,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Lydia, Jacob, Thomas,
Peter and Mercy.
(H) John (2), second son of John (i) and
I\Iary (Cook) Tomson, was a carpenter; he
was born in 1648 and died November 25, 1725.
He married Mary, daughter of Ephraim Tink-
ham, the emigrant, and she died in 1731 in the
sixty-seventh year of her age. Their children
were : John, Ephraim, Thomas, Shubael,
Mary, Martha, Francis, Sarah, Peter, Jacob
and Ebenezer.
(HI) Shubael, fourth son of John (2) and
Mary (Tinkham) Thomson, was born in 1685
and died July 7, 1734. He married Susanna
Parker, who died June 9, 1734, and their chil-
dren were : Shubael, Thomas, Isaac, John
and Mary.
(IV) John (3), fourth son of Shubael and
Susanna (Parker) Thomson, was born in
1727 and died June 22, 1776. He married
(first) Lydia Wood, who died January 28,
1761, and they had ten children: Shubael,
Susanna, Isaac, John, Ezra, Lydia, Sarah,
L'zza, Fear and Priscilla. He married (sec-
ond) Widow Sarah Soule, who died August
20. 1805, and they had one child, Mary.
(V) Isaac, second son of John (3) and
Lydia (Wood) Thomson, was born February
1, 1746, and died December 21, 1819. He
represented the town of Middleborough in the
state legislature, then represented the county
of Plymouth in the senate until his age com-
pelled his retirement from public life, and was
justice of the peace until his death. He was
in the service of the public sixteen years, and
was an industrious and public-spirited citizen,
acting as ^a peace-maker in his capacity of
magistrate. He was well known for his piety,
uprightness, for his cordial and hearty man-
ner and happy disposition. He had a large
family and was very fond and proud of them.
He married Lucy Sturtevant, who died No-
vember 4, 1834, and their children were: i.
John, born March 22, 1775, married (first)
Sarah Austin, (second) Belinda Dean and
(third) Jane Richardson, and settled in Maine.
2. Cyrus, born December 23. 1776, married
Rebecca Robinson and lived in Maine. 3.
Lydia, born March i, 1779, married Rev. Eli-
jah Dexter. 4. Isaac, born November 7, 1781,
married Abia Haskell. 5. Uzza. 6. Lucy,
born October i. 1786, married Cephas Thomp-
son. 7. George, born August 12, 1788, mar-
ried Deborah P. Clark. 8. Mary, born .'\pril
14, 1790, married Robert Capen. 9. Ezra,
born Alarch 8, 1792, married Cynthia Clifford.
10. Harriet, born December 19, 1795, married
Solomon Thompson.
(VI) Uzza, fourth son of Isaac and Lucy
(Sturtevant) Thompson, was born August 23,
1784, and died January 5, 1849. He settled
on a farm in Hartford, Maine, purchased
from the Thompson grant. He married .\bi-
gail W. Elliott, of Rumford, Maine, and they
had children: i. Lucy S., born September 22,
1808, married James B. DeCoster, of Buck-
field, Maine. 2. Mary Ann, born May 8, 1810,
married Hiram Hall. 3. Louisa. 4. Ezra,
born May 4, 1816, died May 30, 1816. 5.
Charlotte, born October 6, 1817. 6. Abigail
E., born June 3, 1821, married (first) Alanson
Bradford and (second) William R. French.
7. George C, born October 15, 1827, married
Harriet B. Bisbee. 8. Isaac H., born January
3, 1 83 1, married Hattie E. Bray.
(\TI) Louisa, third daughter of Uzza and
Abigail W. (Elliott) Thompson, was born
March 12, 1814, and married V^aranes DeCos-
ter, a farmer of Buckfield, Maine. (See De-
Coster II.)
The ancestors of the
ALEXANDER Alexander family which
was active in the settle-
ment of Brunswick. Topsham, Harpswell and
adjoining tow-ns in Maine, lived for centuries
on the peninsula of Kintyre, in Argyleshire,
Scotlanil. The family was closely allied with
the Argyles, a sort of cousin clan. In 1641 a
member of this family settled in Coleraine, in
the vallev of the Bann, near Londonderry, in
the province of Ulster, Ireland. His great-
grandson was the immigrant founder of the
family in this country. In 1719 Robert Tem-
ple, an old officer of the English army, sought
to settle with desirable emigrants large tracts
of land which he had purchased of the Kenne-
bec and Pejepscot companies. These people
landed in Topsham, Maine, which probably
received its name from the port of Temple's
departure, and took up lands extending from
Merrymeeting Bay along the Cathance and
Androscoggin rivers. They constituted the
majority of the early inhabitants of Bruns-
wick, living between New Meadows and
Maquoit. Because of Lovewell's Indian war.
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STATE OF MAINE.
172J-25. further immigration was checked and
most of those already settled abandoned their
homes, some removing to Londonderry, New
Hampshire, and others, perhaps the majority,
to Pennsylvania. Professor Perry, of Wil-
liams College, has well said : "These Scotch-
Irish were all in general, one sort of people.
If thev had but one book to a family, that book
was surely the Bible, and if there were two
volumes to a family, the second place in most
cases was disputed between Fox's "Book of
Martvrs" and Bunvan's "Pilgrim's Progress."
Each'companv brought with them as a part of
the indispensable outfit the much prized po-
tato, to which the lands of New England, al-
wavs so sandy, are adapted. Each company
also brought the agricultural implements need-
ful for the culture of the flax-plant, and the
looms for weaving the linen textures. Noth-
ing connected with the new comers excited so
much interest in English and Puritan Boston
in 1719 and the three following years, as the
small wheels worked by women and propelled
by the feet, for turning the straight liax-fibres
into thread."
(I) David Alexander came with Robert
Temple from Ulster, Ireland, in 1719, and re-
moved to Topsham, Maine, accompanied by
his son William and by numerous other
Scotch-Irish immigrants, who settled in the
vicinity. No record appears in this country of
his birth or marriage, and the names of his
wife or children, other than the one above
named, are unknown. He was killed by an
Indian sometime during Lovewell's war, and
the place of the sepulchre is unknown.
(II) William, son of David Alexander, set-
tled upon his father's lands in Topsham after
Lovewell's war, and there remained until
shortly after 1 730. when he removed to Harps-
well Neck. There he built a house in 1737,
which is still standing. He was noted for his
strength, and served as a soldier in Lovewell's
war. He married Jennet, daughter of James
\\'ilson, who settled in Topsham at the same
time as his father. William Alexander and
wife lived until after 1773. Children: David
(q. v.) : James, 1739; William, 1741 ; Samuel,
1743; John. 1745; Hugh, 175 1.
(III) David (2), son of William and Jen-
net (Wilson) .Alexander, was born at Harps-
well, 1737, died October 29, 1792, in the same
town. In 1 761 he married Anna, daughter of
Joseph Ev.ing. of Harpswcll. She was born
in 1736, died September 22, 1809, and both are
buried in the Harpswell Neck churchyard. Iler
father, Joseph Ewiiig. uas a mason by trade,
and lived on (Ireat Ireland. In 1757 he was
a member of Adam Hunter's company of In-
dian fighters, and during the revolution served
on several revolutionary committees, and also
as a soldier in Captain Nehemiah Curtis' com-
pany. He was a Congregationalist, and promi-
nent in the first parish of Harpswell. Chil-
dren: William (q. v.); Joseph, born .March
16, 1765; David, March 13, 1767; Anna, Sep-
tember 3. 1769; James, October 12, 1771 ;
Isaac, (ktober 10, 1774: Isabell, October 10,
1775; Jennett, July 9, 1777; Rebecca, Septem-
ber 10, 1779.
(IV) William (2), son of David (2) and
Anna (Ewing) Alexander, was born in Harps-
well, Maine, November 13, 1762, died in
Brunswick, Maine, October 10, 1847. He
served in Captain John Rogers' company of
the Second Cumberland County Regiment of
Massachusetts militia under Colonel Nathaniel
Jordan, and was also a seaman on the United
States ship "Protector," carrying twenty-six
guns and two hundred men, commanded by
(Taptain John Foster Williams. .After his dis-
charge he became a farmer and ship carpenter
and removed to Brunswick in 1791. He mar-
ried. December 23, 1786, Betsey Cami)bcll, of
I'ortland, daughter of Captain William and
Elizabeth (Price) Campbell, of Falmouth.
Both are buried in the Growstown (Bruns-
wick) churchyard. (See Campbell V.) Chil-
dren of William and Betsey ((Tampbell) Alex-
ander: 1. Aletta, born March 12, 1788. died
June 3. 1792. 2. James, born November 2,
1789, died October 3, 1876. 3. Campbell (q.
v.). 4. Isaac, born October 19, 1793, died
January 11, 1794. 5. Isabella, born Decem-
ber 4, 1794, died February 29, 1852. 6. Eliza,
born June 11, 1797, died June 4, 1875. 7.
Ewing, born June 14, 1799, died May 6, 1883.
8. Aletta. horn March 31, 1802, died Septem-
ber 21. 1830. 9. Joseph, born November 28,
1804, died May 17, 1890. 10. Ann. born .\pril
4, 1806, died July 8, 1881. II. Hiram, born
May II, 1S08. died December 20, 1896.
(V) Campbell, son of William (2) and
Betsey (Campbell) Alexander, was born Oc-
tober 18, 1791, in Harpswell, died October 15,
1864. in Richmond. He was a ship builder,
and settled in Richmond in 1818. He mar-
ried, March 20, 1812, Margaret Stanwood, of
Brunswick. She was a daughter of James
and Margaret (Chase) Stanwood, of Bruns-
wick (sec Stanwood \"). She was bom Au-
gust 13, 1790, died December i, 1845, buried
in the cemetery at Richmond. He married
(second) December 16, 18J9, Hannah Weston,
of Brunswick, born 1795, died October 11,
187 1, buried in the cemetery at Richmond.
STATE OF MAINE.
1681
Children by first marriage: i. Stanwood (q.
v.). 2. \\illia,/i, born JNIarch 21, 1815, died
]\Ia\' 21, 1834. 3. Henry, born January 30,
1816, died July 12, 1840. 4. Charles, born
September 17. 1818, died October 27, 1851. 5.
Isaac, born February 18, 1820, died March 9,
1892. 6. Margaret, born May i, 1824, died
May 30, 1903. 7. Betsey, born April 30, 1826,
■died August 8. 1826. 8. Rebecca, born March
30, 1827, died October 9, 1843.
(VI) Stanwood, son of Campbell and Mar-
garet (Stanwood) Alexander, was born Au-
gust 13, 1813, in Brunswick, IMaine, died in
Richmond, August 7, 1852. He early ex-
hibited rare skill in the construction of ves-
sels, and before he was thirty years of age
had become one of the most extensive and
popular shipbuilders on the Kennebec river.
P'rom 1845 t^o 1852, during his partnership
with Thomas J. Southard, the firm built six-
teen ships, barks and brigs, as follows : In 1846
the brig "Josephine"; 1847, the barks "Alice
Frazier" and "John Murray," brig "Sea Bird"
and ship "Alasonic"; 1848, ship "Buena \'ista,"
bark "T. J. Southard" ; 1849, ships "Hamp-
ton" and "Forest Queen" : 1850, ships "Delia
Maria" and "Washington"; 1851, ships "B.
Sewell." "Lucy W. Hale," "Arctic" and "Har-
riet Frances" ; 1852, ships "B. K. Page," which
was upon the stocks when Mr. Alexander's
death occurred.
He married (first) July 10, 1841, Eleanor
Elizabeth, daughter of James and Eleanor
Dunlap ; she died September 25, 1842. Mar-
ried (second) November 25, 1843, Priscilla
Brown, of Litchfield, born May 18, 1823, died
November 17, 1864, daughter of Solomon and
Sarah Elizabeth (Rumery) Brown, of Gor-
liam (see Brown VI). Both wives are buried
in the cemetery of Richmond. Child by first
wife: James Henry, born June 26, i8_|2, died
July 4, 1904. Children by second wife: i.
De Alva Stanwood (q. v.). 2. Ellen Lucette,
born June 10, 1847, fl'ed August 10, 1849. 3.
Edward Payson, born October 26, 185 1, died
December 13, 1852.
(\ II) De Alva Stanwood, son of Stanwood
and Priscilla (Brown) Ale.xander, was born
July 17, 1845, i" Richmond. After the death
of his father he removed to Litchfield, being
a student at Litchfield Academy. In 1862 he
enlisted as a member of Company C, One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and continued in the military service
three years, until the close of the war. After
leaving the army in 1865 he prepared for col-
lege at Edward Little Institute (Lewiston
Falls Academy), in ;\.uburn, Maine, and sub-
sequently entered Bowdoin College, from
which he was graduated in 1870 with the de-
gree of A. B. Three years later his alma
mater conferred upon him the degree of A.
M. and in 1907 that of LL. D. In 1906 he was
elected an overseer of the college. Immedi-
ately after his graduation in 1870 he went to
Fort Wayne, Indiana, to teach school, and
soon afterward became one of the editors and
proprietors of the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette,
the leading Republican paper of northern In-
diana. In the meantime he had engaged in the
study of law, and was admitted to the bar
at Indianapolis in 1877 and at once engaged
in practice. He was a delegate to the Repub-
lican national convention in 1872, and was
secretary of the Indiana Republican state cen-
tral committee from 1874 to 1878. In 1881
he was appointed fifth auditor of the United
States Treasury Department, and took up his
residence in Washington, D. C, where he re-
mained until 1885, when he formed a law
partnership with his college classmate, Hon.
James A. Roberts, and engaged in the prac-
tice of law at Buffalo, New York. In 1889
he was appointed L'nited States attorney for
the northern district of New^ York, and held
the office until December, 1893. In 1896 he
was elected to the fifty-fifth congress and has
been successively re-elected and is now serv-
ing his seventh term, as a member of the sixty-
first congress. He has been continually a
member of the judiciary and rivers and har-
bors committees. In 1906 his "Political His-
tory of the State of New York," in three vol-
umes, was published by Henry Holt & Com-
pany, of New York. During his first resi-
dence in Washington as an auditor of the
Treasury, he was elected and served one term
as commander of the Department of the Poto-
mac, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Ale.x-
ander is a thirty-second degree Mason, a mem-
ber of the Buffalo Club, the Buffalo Univer-
sity Club, the Buffalo Westminster Club, the
Buffalo Historical Society, the Maine His-
torical Society and the New York State His-
torical Society, being a director of the last
named. He attends tlie ^^'estminster Presby-
terian Church of Buffalo. He married (first)
September 14, 1871, Alice, born January 11,
1850, died at Buffalo, New York, February
23, 1890, daughter of Dr. Jonas and Almira
(Hull) Colbv, the former of Henniker. New
Hampshire, and the latter of Defiance, Ohio.
Married (second) December 28, 1893, Anne
Gerlach, born July 19, 1846, daughter of
David Gerlach and Mary (Feiro) Bliss, of
Buff'alo, New York. No issue.
i682
STATE OF MAINE.
William Brown came from Eng-
BROWN land to Plymouth, Plymouth
Colony, Massachusetts, about
1635. He married, July 16, 1649. Mary Mur-
dock. He took part in the King Philip's war,
being one of the soldiers in the colonial army
that took part in the celebrated Swamp Fight,
December 16. 1675, being a member of Cap-
tain Groton's company. lie died in Plymouth
about 1694. Children of William and Mary
(Murdock) Brown were: i. Mary, born May
14, 1650. 2. George (q. v.). 3. William, born
April I, 1654, was an original settler of Bris-
tol, Massachusetts, in i68o, and member of
the council of Sir Edmund Andros, 1686 ; mar-
ried Susannah Harding, October 2-j, 1699, and
had children : Susannah, born in Eastham,
October 30, 1700, and Liddiah, April 30, 1702.
4. Samuel, born March, 1656. married Martha
Harding. February 19, 1682-83, and had cliil-
dren: Bethia, 1684; Bethia, 1685; Martha,
1688; Samuel, November 7, 1690. 5. John,
married and had children: Sarah, 1690: John,
1692; Hannah, 1694: Zebulon, 1696: David,
1699; Mary. 1701. 6. James, married Deborah
and had: Martha, 1694; James, 1696;
Deborah, 1699; Jedediah, 1701 ; Thomas, 1703.
(II) George, eldest son and second child of
William and Mary (Murdock) Brown, was
born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, January 16,
1652. He made his home in Eastham, Barn-
stable county, established June 7, 1651, and up
to that time known as Nawsett. He married
Martha, daughter of Joseph and Bethia
(Cook) Harding, and granddaughter of Jo-
seph Cook, of Plymouth. His name appears
among the legal inhabitants of Eastham, en-
rolled in 1695, and the George Brown whose
grave in the Eastham burial ground records
his name and the date of death, January 18,
175 — (the unit figure obliterated) was evi-
dently his son, as the name seldom occurs.
He had also a son Samuel.
(III) Samuel, son of George and Martha
(Harding) Brown, of Eastham, Barnstable
county, Massachusetts, took part in the Span-
ish war of 1745-49, and the first Indian and
French war, 1754-60. He was moderator of
town meeting, June 12, 1729, Eastham, North
Precinct. His uncle, Samuel Brown, married
Ruth and had children : Abigail, born
in Eastham, July 28, 1709; Samuel, April 27,
171 1 : Samuel (2), January 25, 1713-14; .Me-
hitable, December i, 1714; Ruth, December
25. 1716. He died May 3, 1739, aged fortv-
eight years. Samuel and his wife, whose name
is not identified in the lost list of Browns, had
children, including a son Solomon (q. v.).
(IV) Solomon, son of Samuel Brown, of
Eastham, Barnstable county, Massachusetts,
removed to Gorham, Cumberland county, dis-
trict of Maine, which township had been
granted to the soldiers who served in the King
Philip war, 1728. and was first settled in 1736,
and at that time was known as Narragansett
No. 7, afterwards Gorhamtown, in honor of
Captain John Gorham, and the town was in-
corporated in 1764. Solomon Brown was a
member of Captain Hart William's company
in the Eighteenth Continental Regiment, Colo-
nel Edward Phinney. He married and had a
son Simeon (q. v.).
(V) Simeon, son of Solomon Brown, lived
in Gorham, from which town he joined the
Continental army as a member of the Fifteenth
Massachusetts line. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of James and Alary (Bean) Emery,
of Buxton, York county, Alaine, and grand-
daughter of Captain Jonathan Bean, of Bidde-
ford, York county. They had children in-
cluding Solomon (q. v.).
(\T) Solomon (2), son of Simeon and
Elizabeth (Emery) Brown, was born in Gor-
ham, Alaine, Alarch 5, 1795, died July 19,
1875. He married (first) October 17, 1813,
Sarah Elizabeth Rumery, of Biddeford. Mar-
ried (second) 1825, Sarah P. Saleme. Mar-
ried (third) 1854, Julia Plimpton, of Wal-
pole, Massachusetts. He settled in Litchfield,
Kennebec county, Maine, w^here he was one of
the founders and first treasurer of Litchfield
Academy. Children of first marriage: i.
Elizabeth Emery, born 1817, died at Defiance,
Ohio, November ii, 1883: married (first) Ja-
bez Xickerson; (second) Thomas J. Cole; no
issue. 2. Priscilla (q. v.). Children of sec-
ond marriage : 3. Margaret, born September
15, 1827, died March i, 1869; married, in
1857, Israel Preble, of Richmond, Maine; chil-
dren : Frederick, L., Horace W'ilber
and Horace E. 4. Edward Payson, born Sep-
tember 15, 1828; married, in 1849, Margaret,
daughter of John Scott, of Terre Haute, In-
diana; died at Terre Haute, November 12,
1855, leaving one child, Ida Scott, wdio mar-
ried Harry Simmons, of Indianajjolis, Indiana ;
she left one child, Harry Simmons Jr.
(\TI) Priscilla. daughter of .Solomon and
Sarah Elizabeth (Rumery) Brown, born May
i8, 1823, was reared in Litchfield. Maine, and
married, November 25, 1843, Stanwood Alex-
ander, of Richmond, Sagadahoc county, Maine.
She died November 17, 1864, leaving one
child, De .A.lva Stanwood Alexander. ( See
Alexander.) The Stanwood line:
(1) Philip Stanwood, the immigrant, came
STATE OF MAINE.
1683
from England to Gloucester, Massachusetts, in
1652, and served as selectman of the town in
1667. By his wife Jane had children as fol-
lows: Philip; John, 1653; Jane, 1655; Sam-
uel (q. V.) ; Jonathan, March 29, 1661 ;
Naomi, April 29, 1664; Ruth, IMarch 10, 1667';
Hannah, September 16, 1670. Philip, the im-
migrant, died August 7, 1672, and his widow
married, September 12, 1673, John Pearce, as
his second wife, and she died x\ugust 18, 1706.
(II) Samuel, son of Philip and Jane Stan-
wood, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts,
January 5, 1658. He married, November 16,
1686, Hannah Babson and had five children
before 1695, of which Ebenezer (q. y.) is
named as having in 1695 removed to Ames-
bury. Samuel Stanwood served in King
Philip's war, 1676-78, Queen Ann's war 1703-
13, and received a grant of land at Kettle
Cove, Cumberland county, district of Maine,
for services in the Colonial wars.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Hannali
(Babson) Stanwood, was born in Gloucester;
removed to Brunswick, Cumberland county,
Maine, 171 7, was lieutenant in Captain John
Gile's company in Lovewell's war, 1722-25,
and selectman in 1743-45. He married and
had three sons as follows: i. David, had a son
William who was at the battles of Monmouth
and White Plains in the revolutionary war ;
he served as selectman, was representative to
legislature, and was an overseer of Bowdoin
College. 2. William (q. v.). 3- Samuel, the
first representative to the general court of
Massachusetts; to Samuel's branch belongs
Mrs. James G. Blaine and Mary Abigail Dodge
(Gail Hamilton).
(IV) William, son of Ebenezer Stanwood,
was born in 1726, in Brunswick, Cumberland
county, Maine. He served in the Spanish or
fifth Indian war, 1745-49; as a selectman 1767-
69 and 1774-81, and in 1778-79 was a mem-
ber of a committee to supply families of revo-
lutionary soldiers and to fix prices so as to
prevent a monopoly in trade. He married
Elizabeth Reed, of Topsham. Children : Will-
iam, Thomas, David, James, Samuel, Philip,
James (q. v.), Margaret and Elizabeth. Will-
iam Stanwood died July 17, 1797; his wife
died October 6,.i8i9, aged ninety-three.
(V) James, son of William and Elizabeth
(Reed) Stanwood, was born in Brunswick,
Maine, February 28, 1763. He married, Oc-
tober 29, 1786, Margaret, born November 7,
1767, daughter of Judah Chase, of Brunswick,
who settled there in 1752, served in the French
or sixth Indian war, 1754-60, and married
Margaret
Children of James and
Margaret (Chase) Stanwood: David, .Mar-
garet (q. v.), James, Judah and Elizabeth.
(VI) Margaret, daughter of James and
Margaret (Chase) Stanwood, was born in
Brunswick, Maine, August 13, 1796, died De-
cember I, 1845. She married, March 20, 181 2,
Campbell Alexander, of Richmond, Sagadahoc
county, Maine (see Alexander). The Camp-
bell line is as follows :
(I) William Campbell, of Campbelltown,
Argyleshire, Scotland, a descendant and cadet
of the house of Auchinbreck and a Covenanter
who, after participating in Monmouth rebel-
lion escaped to Londonderry, Ireland, in 1685,
and afterwards engaged in the defense of that
stronghold against the siege holding the rank
of lieutenant-colonel in the forces of William
of Orange. He left two sons, James and
Samuel (q. v.).
(II) James, son of William Campbell, was
born in county Ulster, Ireland, and settled in
Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1735, from
whence he went to Cherry Valley, New York,
1741. He married, in Ireland, Jane or Jennet
Humphrey; children: John, William (q. v.),
James and Elizabeth.
(III) William (2), son of James and Jane
or Jennet (Humphrey) Campbell, settled in
Londonderry, New Hampshire, and afterward
removed to Falmouth, Maine. He had at least
one son, William (q. v.).
(IV) Captain William (3), son of William
(2) Campbell, was born in Falmouth, Maine.
He married, 1765, Elizabeth, daughter of John
and Sarah (Jenkins) Price, and granddaughter
of Samuel Jenkins, all of whom removed from
England to St. Eustatius, one of the Dutch
West India Islands, and afterwards to the
English island of St. Kitt, where in 1747 John
Price and Sarah Jenkins were married. Sub-
sequently Sarah (Jenkins) Price and her
daughter, Elizabeth Price, removed to Fal-
mouth, Maine, where Sarah, or Madam Price,
as she was popularly known, taught the first
ladies' school established in that place. Madam
Price died August 5. 1824, having attained the
age of ninety-four years. The Price family
are buried in the Eastern Cemetery of Port-
land. Captain William and Elizabeth (Price)
Campbell had three children: Betsey (q. v.),
Aletta and Alexander.
(V) Betsey, daughter of Captain William
and Elizabeth (Price) Campbell, was born in
Falmouth, Maine, September 15, 1769, died
November 18, 1848. She married, December
23, 1786, William Alexander (see Alexander),
i684
STATE OF MAINE.
of Harpswell. Cumberland county, Maine.
William and Betsey (Price) Alexander are
buried in the Growstown churchyard, Bruns-
wick, Maine.
This name, also spelled Cour-
CORSOX son, first appeared in the town
of Lebanon, York county,
Maine, two years after the town was incor-
porated and the name of Lebanon substituted
for the Indian name of Towwoh, by which
the territory was granted to the settlers by the
general court of .Mas.sachusetts, June 25, 1767.
Moses and John Corson (spelled in the muster
rolls. Courson), of Lebanon, Maine, enlisted,
the former May 15, the latter May 20, 1775,
in Captain Philip Hubbard's company, Colonel
James Scrmmon's regiment, and were sta-
tioned at Bunker Mill during the historic bat-
tle at that place, June 17, 1775. John was a
private and died in the army, July zj, 1775.
Moses, who married. May 15, 1769, Eliza-
beth Perkins, left the army July 2, 1775, and
returned to his home.
(I) Aaron Corson came from Rochester,
New Hampshire, in 1769 and settled in Le-
banon, Maine. He was an original settler on
the farm which in i8g6 was occupied by the
widow of William Corson. Prominence is
given to Aaron, as he was a corporal in Cap-
tain Jedediah Goodwin's company. Colonel Ed-
ward Wigglesworth's regiment, during the
American revolution, and was discharged at
Albany, New York, November 30, 1776. The
name of his wife is not on record, but he had
children : John, see forward. Enoch, married
Betsey, daughter of Daniel and Dorothy
(Tuttle) Lord, of Lebanon. Dorcas, died un-
married.
(II) John, son of .\aron Corson, was born
in 1773 in Lebanon, Maine, four years after
his father settled there, and he died April 18,
1885. He was married in Lebanon, Novem-
ber 13, 1794, to Tamson Hodgdon, who was
born in 1774, and died July 10, 1865.
(I) Samuel Corson, brother of Aaron,
settled in Lebanon, Maine, in 1770, and died
there in 1785. The New Hampshire Revo-
lutionary Rolls show him to have been a mem-
ber of a party "Scouting in the woods under
Captain Timothy Robards, for ten days, from
June 18, 1744," at Rochester, New Hampshire.
He was also in a scouting party at Rochester
under Samuel Miller from June 29 to July 13,
1744, and is borne as a sergeant on the muster
roll of Captain James Guppy's company of
twenty men who received allowance for serv-
ices at Rochester in 1746. Among his chil-
dren were: John Tibbits, see forward. Levi,
a lieutenant in the militia of the town of Le-
banon.
(II) John Tibbits, son of Samuel Corson,
was biorn in Lebanon, Maine, November 15,
1774, and died February 29, 1848. He was
also a lieutenant in the militia of the town
of Lebanon. He married, October 28, 1794,
Sarah Churchill, who died January 6, 1863.
Of their seventeen children eight attained ma-
turity.
(III) Eri Drew, youngest child of John
Tibbits and Sarah (Churchill) Corson, was
born September 6, 1818, and died January i,
1853. lie married, iVugust 12, 1841, Lydia
(who died in Washington, District of Colum-
bia, April 7, 1891), daughter of Ebenezer and
Margaret (Lord) Peircc. They had three
sons : George Edgar, see forward. James
Hyler, enlisted at the age of seventeen years
in the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteer In-
fantry, October 12, 1861, and died of typhoid
fever at Camp California, near Alexandria,
\'irginia, January 9, 1862. Eri Everett, died
at the age of three years.
(I\') George Edgar, eldest child of Eri
Drew and Lydia (Peirce) Corson, was born
in Lebanon, Maine, July 30, 1842. He re-
ceived his education in the public schools of
his native town and in the Lebanon Academy.
August 30, 1861, at the age of nineteen years,
he enlisted at Dover, New Hampshire, in the
Seventeenth United States Regular Infantry,
the regiment being at that time stationed and
in progress of organization at Fort Preble,
Portland Harbor, Alaine. Soon after report-
ing at the fort he was placed on extra duty
as acting quartermaster and commissary ser-
geant, and assisted in the organization of the
quartermaster and commissary departments of
his regiment, and in arming and equipping it
for service in the field. In March, 1862, he
accompanied his regiment to Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, where it was assigned to
duty with the Army of the Potomac, with
which it savi' active and honorable service until
the close of the war. While stationed in front
of Yorktown in April, 1862, he was appointed
by the commantling officer of his regiment the
commissary sergeant of its First Battalion,
which rank he held for the remaining two and
a half years of his enlistment. He saw service
with his regiment in all the campaigns of the
Army of the Potomac, on the Peninsula, at
Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, in New-
York in the suppression of the draft riots, at
Mine Run, and in the spring of 1864, llirough
the Wilderness to Spottsylvania. Though a
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non-combatant by virtue of his office as com-
missary sergeant, his post of duty being with
the wagon train in the rear, and being thereby
exempt from all the risks and hazards of battle,
yet having the patriotic and fighting blood of
his colonial and revolutionary ancestors in his
veins, and being desirous of seeing service with
his comrades on the firing line, he, on May 8,
1864, applied for and obtained the permission
of his superior officer to report to the com-
manding officer of his regiment for duty at
the front. He did so at once, and participated
with his regiment in the battle of Laurel Hill
on Way 10, and in the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House, May 12, 1864. In the last-
named engagement he received a severe gun-
shot wound through his left side, which be-
came the subject of great interest to the army
surgeons, and is noted by Surgeon George A.
Otis in his "Surgical History of the War of
the Rebellion," among the celebrated cases of
gunshot wounds of the abdomen. For faith-
ful and meritorious service as a non-commis-
sioned officer, and for courage and gallantry
in action, he was recommended by his regi-
mental officers for a commission in the regular
armv. but being incapacitated by reason of his
wound for service in the field, and having no
liking for life at an army post, he declined the
proffered honor and at the expiration of his
term of service, August 29, 1864, took his
discharge. A few weeks later he went to
Washington, District of Columbia, and on Oc-
tober 10, 1864, was appointed to a clerkship
in the war department, where he has continued
in various positions of trust and responsibility
up to the present time (1909). He is an
alumnus of the George Washington Univer-
sity, having been graduated from the Colum-
bian Law School in June, 1871, with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Laws, and was at once
admitted to the bar and to practice in the
courts of the District of Columbia. He was
mustered into the Grand Army of the Re-
public in 1 87 1 and has been an active worker
in that organization for nearly forty years.
He was one of the "Old Guard" that pre-
served and kept intact the Department of the
Potomac, of which he was department com-
mander in 1878. He has risen to distinction
in all the rites and orders of the Masonic fra-
ternity, is a past grand junior warden of the
Grand Lodge, past grand high priest of the
Royal Arch Masons, past grand commander
of the Grand Commandery of the Knights
Templar of the District of Columbia, and in-
spector general, honorary, of the Thirty-third
Degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite :
he is president of the Masonic \' eteran Asso-
ciation, a member of the -Association of Old-
est Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, of
the National Geographic Society, of the Amer-
ican National Red Cross, and of the Maine
Association in the District of Columbia. iMr
Corson married. May 30, 1885, FJlen Louisa'
daughter of George M. Seipp, of Baltimore'
Maryland, and their only child, Edna Lois,'
was born March 5, 1886, and is pursuing her
studies in the George Washington University,
and also in the Library of Congress, in which
she holds a position in the classification divis-
ion, given her by the librarian because of the
special aptitude shown by her as a library
student and her interest in library work.
The names of Stedman and
STEADMAN Steadman often appear on
the early records of towns
in Massachusetts and Connecticut. John
Stedman was of Cambridge in 1638; John
Stedman, of Hartford, had a son John, born
there in 165 1 ; Robert Stedman, of Cambridge,
was a freeman in 1638; another member of
the family resided near Boston, participated
either in the revolution or war of 1812, pre-
sumably the former, married a Miss Randall,
and died of yellow fever. William Stedman
rnoved to Hebron, Maine, married a Miss Gar-
diner, whose ancestors came on the "May-
flower," her father being one of the members
of the famous "Boston Tea Party." From
these and others are descended many worthy
citizens of New England. The Stedmans
came to this country from England, and many
of the name are found in Scotland, where it
is pronounced as though it were Steedman.
Amasa Steadman, grandfather of James M.
Steadman, was born in Hebron, Maine, toward
the latter part of the seventeenth century. He
married Martha Washburn, and among' their
children were Ephraim M., see forward ; Mrs.
Harriet Burnham, of Sanford ; and Mrs. J.
Keen, of Bridgton.
Ephraim M. Steadman, father of James M.
Steadman, was born in Hebron, Maine, Octo-
ber I, 1825. He attended the schools of his
native town, acquiring a practical education,
and in 1855 established himself in trade at
North Livermore, and from that time until
his death, a period of half a century, was
actively engaged in his chosen vocation of
merchant, advancing from the position of pro-
prietor of the small country store in Livermore
to become the head of Steadman, Hawkes &
Company, one of the principal wholesale com-
mercial houses in the state. He had a lono-
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and unifoniily successful business career. He
was in trade in Lewiston from i860 to 1874,
when he came to Portland and entered the
firm of Atwood. Stcadman & Company, whole-
sale gjocers. Shortly afterward, upon the re-
tirement of Mr. Atwood, he acquired the en-
tire interest in this business, and with the
assistance of his son, James M. Steadman,
establi.shed the firm of E. M. Steadman &
Company, at 221 Commercial street, Portland,
which by the united efforts of father and son
became one of the most successful wholesale
houses in the state. In 1902, after twenty-five
years of successful business, it was incorporated
under the name of Steadman, Hawkes &
Company, uniting the business of Skillin,
Hawkes & Company with that of the firm and
creating one of the largest and most substan-
tial wholesale grocery houses upon Commer-
cial street. Mr. Steadman took an active part
in the management of the company, though
his duties at the last, owing to his failing
health, were largely assumed by his son and
partner, James M. Mr. Steadman had large
and important interests outside of his mer-
cantile connections. He was one of the found-
ers of the Chapman National Bank, in which
he served as director from its establishment
until his death. He was a member and trustee
of the Pine Street Methodist Episcopal Church
of Portland, and his benefactions thereto were
always timely and considerable. He was a
member of Androscoggin Lodge of Odd Fel-
lows, and of several other charitable and bene-
ficial organizations. He was a prominent and
commanding factor in the commercial world,
and his career, from the small commencement
till success crowned his efforts, should prove
an inspiration for others to follow. Mr. Stead-
man married, in Winthrop, Maine, 1846, Ann
L. Whitney, born at Canton, Maine, October
15, 1826, daughter of James and Ann (Gibbs)
Whitney, the latter of whom i? a descendant
of the Gibbs family, one of the first settlers of
Livermore, Maine. Two children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Steadman: James M.. see
forward, and a child who died young. The
married life of Mr. and Mrs. Steadman was
particularly long and happy; the fiftieth anni-
versary of their marriage, which was fittingly
celebrated in i8g6, is well remembered by their
many friends as an occasion of great felicity.
Mr. Steadman died at his residence, 62 Thom-
as street, Portland, May 14, 1905, after a
protracted illness of several weeks. His death
was keenly felt in the home to which he was
most sincerely devoted, and also bv all with
whom he had connection, either in business or
social life.
James M. Steadman was born in Winthrop,
Maine, March 24, 1847. He attended the pub-
lic school of Livermore until he was twelve
years of age, then attended the Lewiston
school, after which he entered the Auburn
Academy, completing his studies in that insti-
tution. He then became a clerk in his father's
general store and was there employed until
April 27, 1864, when he enlisted as a private
in Captain Sylvanus Cobb's company, Maine
Volunteer Infantry, for sixty days. He served
with his command at Kittery, r^Iainc, for seven-
ty-three days and was then discharged. Soon
afterward he returned to Lewiston and became
an apprentice to the trade of machinist. Af-
ter working at that three years, he concluded
that mercantile life better suited his tastes and
inclinations, and accordingly entered the em-
ploy of A. M. Jones, retail shoe dealer, in the
capacity of clerk, remaining in that capacity
two years. In 1870 he entered into partner-
ship with his father, and they carried on busi-
ness together until 1874, when they disposed
of the store and stock. He then became a
member of the firm of Atwood, Steadman &
Company, of Portland, which firm conducted
an extensive and remunerative business. In
1877 the Steadmans, father and son, having
gained experience, purchased, Mr. Atwood's in-
terest, and the firm became E. M. Steadman &
Company. In 1902, on the incorporation of
Steadman, Hawkes & Company, the following,
officers were elected : James M. Steadman,
president ; E. M. Steadman, vice-president ;
James F. Hawkes, secretary and treasurer.
The business was well and successfully con-
ducted, and its owners prospered and were ac-
counted among the leading merchants in their
line. On January i, igo8, James ]\1. Stead-
man purchased all the stock of the company,
and is now sole owner of the business, which is
being conducted under the incorporated name.
Mr. Steadman is interested in other business
enterprises in Portland, serving in the capacity
of director in the Ciiapman National Bank
and in the United States Trust Company. He
is recognized in the community as a shrewd
and practical business man, conducting his
operations in a straightforward manner that
cannot fail to attract attention and elicit praise.
He votes the Republican ticket in national elec-
tions, but in local politics is independent. He
is a member of Androscoggin Lodge, No. 24^
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Au-
burn, ^.lainc. Himself and family attend the
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Methodist Episcopal church. James M. Stead-
man married, March 22, 1872, Addie F.
Car\ill, Ijorn in Lewiston, Maine, Septem-
ber 17, 1849, daughter of Orrin S. and
Nancy (Dennett) Carvill, formerly of Lew-
iston, who moved to California after the
civil war. Mrs. Carvill died in Lewiston,
Maine, 1873, aged forty-six years. Chil-
dren of ^Ir. and Mrs. Carvill: Almon
C, Abbie J-, deceased, who married Ed-
ward Judkins : Alice, who married George H.
Pippy : Addie F., aforementioned as the wife
of James ]\L Steadman. Children of Mr. and
Mrs. Steadman: Annie C, born January 17,
1873, died July 10, 1876. Fred E., born May
18, 1877, died December g, 1883. Maud, born
November 19, 1881, wife of Dr. D. W. Co-
burn. Patty, born April 23, 1884. Mabel,
born June 8, 1887.
This surname was often spelled in
KING England, Kynge ; on the Rolls of
Parliament and the Hundred Rolls
are recorded Hamond le King, Sayer le King
and Robert le Kynge. It is an uncommon
name north of Shropshire, and though some
branches of the family scattered through many
counties, Devon, Cornwall, Cambridge, Essex
and others, the Kings were best known in
Gloucester, Hampshire, Warwick, and espe-
cially Somerset and Wilts. Many of this name
came to America after 1634 whose records
show little to indicate a relationship between
them. After much research, however, several
lines have been connected with the English,
and indications are strong that kinship e.xists
betweeen the Kings of Hertfordshire, Kent
and Surrey. But the emigrant ancestor of
the following line in America is not yet clearly
placed in his English home. But wherever and
however ancient that may be, his family was
undoubtedly of high standing or he would not
have married into the family of a Massachu-
setts clergyman. There is strong evidence that
the descendants of Philip King, of Taunton,
IMassachusetts, have been distinguished for
their intellectuality, industry, patriotism, love
of order, etiforts to promote education and for
the advancement of all civil and religious in-
stitutions. Each generation has successively
laid broader foundations for their descend-
ants.
(I) Philip, the earliest ancestor, came from
England with his brother Cyrus and was set-
tled in Braintree. Massachusetts, prior to 1680.
At that date he went to Taunton, Massachu-
setts (the part now Raynham), where he pur-
chased land, the deed of which is on record at
Taunton. He built a home on this land soon
after his arrival and married "about 1680, Ju-
dith, daughter of John Whitman, of Milton,
Alassachusetts." He became a favorite with
the Indians and he and his family were never
molested by them. Captain Philip's funeral
was an impressive one, with military honors,
a large concourse following to his grave in
the cemetery at Neck of Land, Taunton. Chil-
dren: I. Mary, married John Leonard. 2.
Lydia, married Nathaniel Williams Jr., and
(second) John Macomber. 3. Judith, married
Ebenezer Williams, of Taunton, and (second)
Colonel Ebenezer Robinson. 4. Hannah, mar-
ried Jonathan Padelford, whose descendants
possess the walking staff Philip the emigrant
brought from England, bearing his full name.
5. Elizabeth, married John Hall. 6. Experi-
ence, married Nicholas White, of Taunton. 7.
John, married Alice Dean.
(II) John, only son of Philip, and Judith
(Whitman) King, was born in Taunton in
1681. He married, about 1700, Alice Dean,
of a prominent Taunton family. He died, ac-
cording to his gravestone inscription, in 1741,
"in his 60th year." His wife died in 1746.
They had thirteen children : Judith, Philip,
John, Hannah, Isaac. Abigail, Jonathan and
David (twins), Josiah, Ruth, Mercy, Ebenezer
and Benjamin. John King, hke his father,
was interested in the Indians, and educated
two — Campbell and Occeun — at his own ex-
pense, to become missionaries to their native
brethren.
(III) Benjamin, youngest son of John and
Alice (Dean) King, was born in Taunton
(Raynham). He died 1803, aged eighty-five.
He married Abiah, daughter of Deacon Sam-
uel Leonard (and married twice after her
death — Deliverance Eddy and the Widow
Cobb). He was a worthy citizen, and pos-
sessed a large estate bordering on the river.
He was representative from Raynham to the
general court in 1774, and was a delegate to
the provincial congress. The children of Ben-
jamin and Abiah were: George, William, Asa,
Gains, Anna and Hazadiah.
(IV) George, eldest son of Benjamin and
Abiah (Leonard) King, was born in Rayn-
ham, November 27, 1744. He married Bet-
sey, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth
(Hall) Shaw. He is described as "a power-
ful, athletic man, with a courageous and pa-
triotic spirit." He served in the revolutionary
war for a year or more, under General Wash-
ington at Roxbury and other places. He was
orderly sergeant and clerk of the Raynham
company. On the first call for soldiers he
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rode through the town to the accompaniment
of fife and drum, rallying his townsmen to
drive out of the country the British who "were
killing Alassachusetts men." Children of
George and Betsey w'ho grew up: Samuel,
born May l8, 1771, married Sally Hall;
George, born August 9, 1779, married Polly
Hall. These two brothers were early settled
in Maine ; Betsey married Enoch Shaw.
(V) Samuel, eldest son of Sergeant George
and Betsey (Shaw) King, was born in Rayn-
ham. May 18, 1771. He was a carpenter and
builder, also a farmer, and moved to Paris,
Maine, with his uncle, Jairus Shaw. He mar-
ried Sally, daughter of Jonathan Hall, who
died December 9, 1862. Captain Samuel died
April 26, 1856. They had eleven children:
Samuel, born February 4, 1799, married Eliza
Shaw, of Portland; Alonzo, February 3, 1801,
married Miranda Prentiss; Sally Hall, Decem-
ber 26, 1802, married Charles Durcll, of Ox-
ford; Polly, February 20. 1803, married Ira
Brett, of Portland; Joseph Haven, March 17,
1807, married Charlotte Cushman, and (sec-
ond) Lucy R. Clifford; Betsey Shaw, August
7, 1809, died May 20, 1810; Horatio, June
21, 181 1 ; Maria M., September 27, 1813, mar-
ried Thomas H. Brown, M. D. ; Jairus Keith,
February 2, 1816, married S. Jane Shaw ; Cy-
rus S., September 2, 1818, married Dorcas K.
Perley, of Portland ; William Otis, August 6,
1820. married i\Iary Ann Clifford.
(VI) Horatio, fourth son of Captain Sam-
uel and Sally (Hall) King, was born in Paris,
Maine, June 21, 181 1. He supplemented his
common school education by extensive study
and voluminous reading, acquiring also a good
knowledge of the French language, which,
added to his unusual literary culture by prac-
tical training, proved of great value to him in
his subsequent career. In 1829 he entered the
office of The Jeffcrsonian, a Democratic paper
published in his native town. In about a year
he became one of the owners and six months
later the sole proprietor, employing the village
schoolteacher to assist him in his editorial
work. He continued to edit this paper until
1838, when he sold out and then terminated his
professional connection with the public press.
In the fall of that year he visited Washington.
D. C, to look for a newspaper opening, but
finding nothing to his mind he concluded to
accept a clerkship in the Post Office depart-
ment tendered him by Postmaster-General
Amos Kendall, thus "commencing at the foot
of the ladder that connection which proved
alike beneficial to the country and honorable
to himself and whence he climbed every step
marked by his ability and energy, to the chief
position." His was the unique distinction of
being the only person who ever started with
the lowest clerkshi]) and ended with the high-
est office in the department — that of post-
master-general. He filled successively the
offices of correspondence clerk for New Eng-
land ; superintendent of foreign mail service ;
assistant postmaster-general. 1854-61 ; acting
postmaster-general, being nominated February
12, 1861, by President Buchanan as post-
master-general, serving until the inauguration
of President Lincoln and the appointment of
his successor March 7, 1861. .A.ll these im-
portant and responsible places Islr. King
"filled with fidelity and distinguished ability."
He was loyal and patriotic, and though exempt
by age from military duty he furnished a repre-
sentative recruit who was mustered in and
served in the Union army. For this exhibition
of patriotism Mr. King received official ac-
knowledgment from the L'nited States govern-
ment. After retiring from the postoffice de-
partment he was appointed by President Lin-
coln one of the commissioners to carry out the
provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation
in the District of Columbia, a service which
continued nine months, when he became at-
torney for the executive departments and in-
ternational commissions until 1875. He then
retired from active business. .After a second
European tour, 1875-76, he published a book
entitled "Sketches of Travel, or Twelve Months
in Europe." He was a strong and ready
writer and contributed to newspapers and
magazines. He originated Saturday evening
literary entertainments at his private residence
in Washington, which became popular, and
contributed largely to the cle\-ation of the liter-
ary tone of the city. The one hundredth meet-
ing was held February 21, 1884, aitd at the
request of citizens, the proceedings were pub-
lished in a pamphlet of forty-eight pages. Mr.
King was a member for sixteen years (and
most of the time was secretary) of the Wash-
ington National Monument Society, and had
the great satisfaction of witnessing the com-
pletion and dedication of the beautiful obelisk.
In 1894 another book of Mr. King's most im-
portant writings was published, under the title :
"Turning on the Light," compiled with a
sketch of his life by his son, Horatio C. In
June, 1896, the degree of Doctor of Laws
was conferred upon him by Dickinson College.
In November of that year Mr. King had a
severe attack of the grip, from the effects of
which he did not entirely rally, and after sev-
eral months of increasing weakness he died
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on J\Iay 19, 1897, a peaceful passing of a re-
markably active, useful and noble life. It
mav truthfully be said that "his career is one
of the most remarkable in the history of this
coimtry." Mr. King married, May 25, 1835,
Anne Collins, of Portland, Maine, and had
seven children, of whom but three survive :
Mrs. Annie A. Cole, of Washington. D. C. :
General Horatio C. King, of Brooklyn, New
York; and Henry F. King, of West Newton,
Massachusetts. His wife died September 22,
1869, and he married (second) February 8,
1875, Isabella G. Osborne, of Auburn, New-
York, who survives him.
(\TI) Horatio C, son of Horatio and Anne
(Collins) King, was born in Portland. }ilaine,
December 22. 1837. His parents soon re-
moved to Washington, D. C, where his early
education began. He became a studen: first
of Emory and Henry College, Virginia, and
then of Dickinson College, Carlisle. Pennsyl-
vania, from which institution he was grad-
uated 1858. He was popular at college and
indulged in the sports, though a ready scholar,
winning the esteem of his professors. Since
1896 he has been a trustee of the institution.
After leaving college he entered the law office
of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton (afterwards sec-
retary of war), where he remained for two
years ( 1859-1861 ) . He was pursuing his legal
studies in New York City preparatory to his
admission to the bar in May, 1861. At the
outbreak of the rebellion he was eager to join
the first troops responding to the call, but was
persuaded by his parents to continue in his
profession, which he did until July, 1862, when
he applied for a position in a light battery,
but all places having been assigned, he went
to Washington, and learning that General
Casey was in need of a quartermaster, he se-
cured through the Secretary of War, his friend
and instructor, this position, with the duties of
which he was unfamiliar. But after a few-
days leave of absence he reported for duty
and proved equal to all emergencies and re-
sponsibilities. Later he w-as assigned to the
department headquarters, and finally as chief
quartermaster of De Russy's division, which
included an extensive line of fortifications
south of the Potomac. Captain King's man-
agement of this department secured for him
the highest commendations of his superior
officers. But desiring to be assigned to more
active duty in the field, he applied in person to
Secretary Stanton and an order was soon
issued for him to report to General Philip
Sheridan, commanding the army of the Shen-
andoah. As soon as he could transfer to a
successor the immense property for which he
was responsible, he started for the Shenandoah
\'alley. Acconipanying the first escort to the
front, the day after his arrival he reported to
General Sheridan, and was assigned to the
staflf of General ]\Ierritt, the great cavalryman,
as chief quartermaster of the First Cavalry
Division of nine thousand cavaln.', with the
rank of major. He assumed the weighty cares
and so conducted the department a'; to win
special official mention from General Merritt.
In all the duties which iNTajor King was called
to discharge to the close of the war he did not
once fail to exhibit ability and distinguished
service. He participated in the final campaign
until the surrender of General Lee, and when
he returned with the command to Washington,
after the great review in which he took part,
his resignation was accepted and he returned
to civil life. Many testimonials appreciating
his distinguished service and his value as an
officer were received from the highest officers
of the armv. and the brevets of major, lieu-
tenant-colonel and colonel were conferred upon
Major King by the war department. He was
also awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor for conspicuous gallantry outside the
line of duty at the battle of Five Forks. Vir-
ginia. After his return from the war, and re-
entering the law business, he became associate
editor of the Nevj York Star, and later pub-
lished the Christian Union, edited by Henry
Ward Beecher. Later he was also connected
with the Christian at Work. His poems, songs,
musical compositions and magazine articles
have been widely published. Colonel King is
secretary of the' Society of the Army of the
Potomac since 1879; charter member of the
New York Commandery of the Military Or-
der of the Loval Legion: and member of
the Grand Arm'y of the Republic; Phi Beta
Kappa Societv ; and is a jMason and member
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. He was appointed by President Cleveland
to the position of judge advocate general, with
the rank and honor of a brigadier-general.
Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, conferred
upon him the degree of LL. D. He was a
member of the board of education in Brook-
lyn, New York, 1885-1894, when he resi.gned,
and in 1894 was appointed trustee of the New
York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. He
was also one of the State Commission on the
Law's Delavs. (General King's first wife was a
daughter of Russell Stebbins, Esq., who with
her infant child of three months died in 1864.
He niarried (second) in 1866, the only daugh-
ter of John T. Howard, and had a large fani-
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ily. One son and two daughters died in in-
fancy, and in May, 1897. a lovely and uni-
versally loved daughter Ethel, aged nineteen,
died. The five surviving daughters are mar-
ried; namely: Emma (Mrs. Percy R. Gray) ;
Alice (Mrs. John Hanway) ; Susan (Mrs. S.
S. Norton) ; Clara (Airs. Cleveland Litch-
field), and Mabel (Mrs. George L. Brown).
There are (1908) sixteen grandchildren.
General King's publications include "Pro-
ceedings of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac" for thirty-one years, "Silver Wed-
ding at Plymouth Church," "The Great Con-
gregational Council of Plymouth Church,"
"King's Guide to Regimental Courts-Mar-
tial," "Sketch of Dickinson College," "Remin-
iscences of Brooklyn," "Sketch of the Army
of the Potomac," "Sacred Songs and Carols,"
"Twelve Songs," "Songs of Dickinson,"
"Songs of Phi Kappa Sigma," and "Souve-
nirs,'' besides several poems and numerous mu-
sical compositions in sheet music form.
It is impossible at the present time
KING to state how the first bearer of this
surname acquired it. He may have
taken it from his lofty bearing, or the place
he occupied in the mock ceremonies of the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as, for in-
stance, Epiphany, when there was a great feast
and one of the company was elected king, the
rest being, according to the lots they drew,
either ministers or maids of honor; or he may
have been "King of Misrule," who initiated
and conducted the merry doings of Christmas-
tide; or the king who with his queen was en-
throned in each English village on May morn-
ing.
(I) Samuel King was born in Ireland dur-
ing the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
He and his young wife, Mary (Rodney)
King, being ambitious to better their condi-
tion, decided to hazard their fortune in the
new world, and they accordingly embarked
for America soon after their marriage. They
decided to settle in Maine, where Rlr. King
found employment in shipbuilding, then the
leading industry of the state. He worked on
vessels as a rigger, and was killed by an ac-
cident in Bangor while aloft on a mast. Chil-
dren : Eliza, Jane, Joseph, whose sketch fol-
lows, John and Charlotte.
(II) Joseph, the elder son of Samuel and
Mary (Rodney) King, was born at Orring-
ton, Maine, in 1808, died in 1895. He was
educated in the common schools, and at the
age of four was bound out to Squire Goodell,
one of the pioneers of that region, w-hose
original home was in New Hampshire. When
Joseph had reached his majority, he was given,
according to the custom of the time, a suit of
clothes and a pair of steers. He remained
with Squire Goodell one year after receiving
his freedom, which shows that the apprentice-
ship must have been satisfactory to both par-
ties. For the next two years he had charge
of the place of Captain Snow while the latter
was at sea. After his marriage Mr. King
settled in Herman, where he carried on farm-
ing, and also owned a sawmill and hauled
lumber to Bangor. After living there for ten
years, he moved to Orrington, his native town,
where he took up land, cleared it, and erected
new buildings. Mr. King lived in this home
till his death. He was a Whig in early life,
and later became a Republican. He w-as a
man of upright character and strong religious
feelings and was a life-long Methodist. In
1833 Joseph King married Susan Huntley, born
at Machias, Maine, 1812, died in 1891. Chil-
dren : Fred, Mary Elizabeth, Laura, Addie,
Melville and Gershom (twins), wdio died in
infancy, Susan Jeimie, Sophia, Arthur W., and
Josepli j\l.. whose sketch follows. Fred King
married Matilda Bearse, and has one son, Fred
Elmer. Arthur W. King lives on the old home
place ; married Dora Atwood, and they have
six daughters : Josephine, Addie. Helen,
Ethel, Olive and Hazel. Lizzie King mar-
ried .\. P. Smith, of Orrington. Jennie King
married A. B. Baker, of Orrington, and lives
in i\'ew Hartford, Maine; child, Georgia C.
(Ill) Dr. Joseph Melville, youngest child
of Joseph and Susan (Huntley) King, was
born at Orrington, Maine, September 19, 1853.
He was educated in the town schools and at
the East Maine Conference Seminary at
Bucksport, and was graduated from the School
of Medicine, Boston University, in 1880. The
same year he began the practice of medicine
at Damariscotta, Maine, and has remained
there ever since, and is now one of the oldest
and most widely known physicians in the re-
gion. Dr. King is a Republican in politics,
and a member of the Methodist church. His
professional duties keep him too busy to en-
gage in ofhceholding or other outside interests.
May 6, 1880, Dr. Joseph Melville King mar-
ried Alzea M., daughter of Holmes W. and
Lovica (Small) Ramsdell, of Harrington,
Maine. Mrs. King's grandparents came from
IMartha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The Rams-
dell name is one of the oldest in the country,
and is numerous in that part of the coast,
where it has produced some distinguished sea
captains. In New Hampshire the family had
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a worthy representative in George A. Rams-
dell, of Nashua, governor of the state from
1896 to 1898. Children of Dr. Joseph M. and
Alzea ]\I. (Ramsdell) King: i. Geneva E.,
born January 16, 1881, is a graduate of Lin-
coln Academy and a graduate nurse of the
Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, New
Hampshire. 2. Jessie R., November 12, 1883,
was graduated from Lincoln Academy ; mar-
ried Walter M. Boynton, a machinist and tool-
maker of Nobleboro; one child, Richard. 3.
Joseph Holmes, June 12, 1885, a graduate of
Lincoln Academy and of the New York School
of Journalism ; is now connected with the Hart-
ford Courant, of Hartford, Connecticut. 4.
Fred Melville, June 9, 189 1, is now a student
at Lincoln Academy.
This is a very old Ameri-
TWAMBLEY can family which has been
somewhat distinguished for
the longevity of its members and which has
taken an active part in the settlement and de-
velopment of southwest Maine. The name
seems to have had the form Twombly on its
arrival in this country and this spelling is still
used by many who bear it. The family was
long located in Dover and Somersworth, New
Hampshire.
( I ) Ralph Twombly, immigrant, was a na-
tive of England and settled as early as 1656
in Dover, New Hampshire, where he was first
taxed in that year and had land laid out to
him on October 4 of the same year. The bap-
tismal name of his wife was Elizabeth, but
her family name is yet undiscovered. His
will was made February 28, 1685, and proved
October 7 of the following year, his son John
being made executor. There were five minor
children at the time of his death. In addition
to the eldest just mentioned, his children were :
Joseph, born 1661 ; Mary, married a Tibbetts ;
Ralph, who left sons Ralph and William ; Will-
iam, Sarah, Hope, Elizabeth and Esther.
(II) John, eldest son of Ralph and Eliza-
beth Twombly, was born about 1660 in Dover,
New Hampshire, where his life was passed.
He was married (first) April 18, 1687, to
Mary, second daughter of Thomas Canney, of
Dover, who survived but a few years. He
was married (second) October 3, 1693, to Ra-
chel Allen. He died soon after July 18, 1724,
when his will was made. ChiMren: John,
Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin, William, Sarah,
Mary, Rachel, Esther and Hannah. Most of
these lived in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
(III) Samuel, son of John Twombly, and
grandson of Ralph Twombly, was born in
Dover, New Hampshire, March 10, 1699, ^f"^
died there November, 1769. He married, No-
vember 26, 1723, Judith, daughter of Tobias
and Ann (Lord) Hanson. She was born
September 12, 1703, and died June 23, 1793.
Children, born at Dover: i. Ann, born Au-
gust 15, 1724, married James Nock (Knox).
2. Samuel, March 18, 1726, mentioned below.
3. Jonathan, October 21, 1727, married De-
borah Wentworth. Four other children, names
not known.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i),
Twombly, was born in Dover, March 18, 1726,
and died there March 12, 1794. He married
Sarah, born February 6, 1729, daughter of
Ebenezer and Sarah (Roberts) Wentworth,
granddaughter of Benjamin Wentworth, and
great-granddaughter of William Wentworth,
the immigrant. Children, born at Dover: i.
Samuel, February 22, 1750, married, Decem-
ber 22, 1777, Mary Barrows, born July 30,
1755; resided at Milton, New Hampshire. 2.
Sarah, died unmarried February 17, 1827. 3.
Daniel, mentioned below. 4. Tobias, born
May 30, 1757, married, September 20, 1801,
Lois Wentworth. 5. Lydia, married Benja-
min Hanson. 6. Joanna Ichabod Cousin, of
Rochester. 7. Stephen, mentioned elsewhere.
(\') Daniel, second son of Samuel (2) and
Sarah (Wentworth) Twombly, settled in Ber-
wick, ]\Iaine, where his descendants continued
to reside for many generations. He was mar-
ried November 6, 1784, to Mary, daughter of
Deacon Thomas and Mary (Goodwin) Hods-
don. She was baptized in 1765 and was the
mother of: Rufus K., Samuel, Mary J., Da-
vid and James.
(\T) Rufus K., eldest child of Daniel and
Mary (Hodsdon) Twambley, was born 1786
in Berwick, died June 19, 1829, in Shap-
leigh, Maine. He was a jeweler and watch-
maker by trade and kept a store at what was
called in his time South Berwick Landing.
Three of his sons learned his trade. He mar-
ried (first) Olive McSoo, who lived but a
short time, and he subsequently married her
sister Roxanna. There was one child by the
first wife, namely Olive. Children of second
wife were : Charles, Thomas, George, Alex-
ander, Mary, Ann, David, Rufus K., Roxanna
and Samuel G. The last named is still living,
in his eight}--first year, and still engaged in
the jewelry business in Biddeford, where he
has occupied the same store since 1862.
(VII) Rufus K. (2), sixth son of Rufus
K. (i) and Roxanna (McSoo) Twambley,
was born November 23, 1823, in Berwick,
where he died August 3, 1878. He was edu-
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cated in the common schools, and learned the
jeweler's trade from his father and elder
brother. When about thirty years old he en-
gaged in business as a jeweler at Saco, Maine,
and conducted the same successfully to the
time of his death, which occurred in 1878. He
was a Republican in politics, but took little
active part in public affairs. He was married
November 15, 1846, to Ann Murphy, at Shap-
leigh. She was born March 24, 1824, and
survived him about seventeen , years, dying
January 6, 1905. Their children; were : Mary,
Lizzie, who died in her twenty-^second year;
George Edwin, mentioned below ;iAnna Louise,
wife of Charles A. Siegemund.
(Vni) George Edwin, son of Rufus K.
(2) Twambley, was born in Saco, Maine, Au-
gust 20, 1849. I^c was educated in the public
schools of his native town. He learned the
watchmaking and jeweler's trade of his father
and became associated with him in business.
At the father's death he succeeded to the busi-
ness, which he has conducted with success to
the present time. He is a Republican in poli-
tics and a Unitarian in religion. He married,
November 19, 1871, Amanda Josephine, born
1850. died March 20, 1907, daughter of Jo-
seph Whittier, of Biddeford. Their only child,
George Frank, born September 19, 1876, was
educated in the public schools of Saco and is
now associated in business with his father.
(For early generations see preceding sltetch.)
(V) Stephen, son of Sainuel
TWOMBLEY (2) Twombly. was born
1750-60, at Dover. He set-
tled in Rochester, New Hampshire. He was
baptized, an adult, while on his sick bed. May
12, 1800, and his three children — Stephen, Ann
and Betty — were baptized in the Rochester
church, which he joined at that time, June 19,
1800. Qiildren, born at Rochester: i. Nancy
(Anna), September 2, 1788, married Daniel
Hoyt, of Rochester ; died December, 1858. 2.
Lucy, November 25, 1790, died April 30, 1791.
3. James, July 24, died December 16, 1795. 4.
Betsey (or Betty), January 17, 1796, married
Nahum Corson, who died October 2, 1845. .S-
Mary, February 13, 1798, died August 18,
1798. 6. Stephen, mentioned below.
(VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i)
Twombly, was born in Rochester, January 13,
1800, and died in early manhood, in 1836. He
married Olive Plummer, of Rocliester. They
settled in Lebanon, Maine. Their only child:
Joseph B., mentioned below.
(VII) Joseph B., son of Stephen (2), was
born in Lebanon, Maine, June 10, 1831. He
was educated in the public schools of Lebanon
and Rochester. When he was eighteen he
joined the gold seekers and sailed in 1849 ^O""
California from Newburyport, in the brig
"Arkansas," Captain Coffin, rounding Cape
Horn. He remained in California a year and
a half. In 1851 he returned to Great Falls,
New Hampshire, and for a time followed the
sea in fishing boats from Gloucester to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Grand Banks.
Early in the civil war he enlisted in Company
H, Ninth Regiment of Volunteers, Captain
James Edgerly, and was mustered into serv-
ice at Concord, New Hampshire. He took
part in the battles of South ^Mountain and
Fredericksburg, where he was wounded. He
was sent to a Philadelphia hospital and later
returned home to recuperate. He was dis-
charged with the rank of sergeant. He en-
listed in the navy and was gunner's mate at
the battle of Fort Fisher, under Lieutenant
(afterwards Admiral) Dewey. After the
war he returned to Rochester and entered
the employ of Wallace Brothers, boot and
shoe manufacturers, and continued with the
same concern for a period of thirty years.
During most of that time he was at the
head of the sole leather department. In
politics Mr. Twombly was a Republican.
He was a member of the Congregational
church of Rochester, and of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He married (first)
Almira H. Randall, born 1836, at Som-
ersworth, died 1869. He married (sec-
ond) Mary Jane Junkins, born 1832, died
1897, daughter of John Earle and widow of
Horace Junkins. He married (third) a sister
of his second wife. Children of first wife: i.
Harriet Elizabeth, born 1862, died December
25, 1905. 2. William J., born 1863. 3. Ed-
win Dow, mentioned below.
(VIII) Edwin Dow, son of Joseph B.
Twombly, was born in Rochester, New Hamp-
shire. May I, 1865. He attended the public
schools of his native town, graduated at the
Rochester high school, and was in Phillips
Academy, Exeter, for three years. He en-
tered the newspaper business as correspond-
ent and special writer for various New York
and Boston dailies. In 1889 he established the
South Bcncick Life, at South Berwick. Maine.
In 1892 he sold his newspaper and went to
]\Iinneapolis, where he was on the staff of the
Minneapolis Times and Journal. While there
he was injured in an accident and has never
fully recovered. In 1898 he established the
Old York Transcript, of which he is still the
owner and editor. He is well known through-
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1693
out York county as a writer of recognized
ability. He is a Republican in politics. He is
a member of the executive committee of the
Maine Press Association. He married, Octo-
ber, iSSrj, Elizabeth, daughter of Alonzo
Stackpole, of South Berwick. Maine, descend-
ant of an old colonial family of Kittery, Maine.
Children: i. Beatrice R., born November 5,
1890, in Rollinsford, New Hampshire. 2.
Philip Y., September, 1894, in ^Minneapolis.
Minnesota. 3. Elizabeth H., November, 1907.
was a Swedenborgian. He married, in Gor-
ham Village, Eliza A. Cressey, who was born
in Gorham, May 21, 183 1, who survives him
and resides in Portland. Her parents were
James and Hannah (Hasty) Cressey. (See
Cressey V.) Mr. and Mrs. Twom'bley had
no children.
The name of Twombley or
TWOMBLEY Twambley appears early in
New Hampshire. Ralph
Twombley was of Dover, in 1656. His will
was made February 28, 1685, and probated
October 7, 1686. By his wife Elizabeth, as
shown by the will, he had children : John,
Ralph, Joseph. Mary, Elizabeth, Hope, Sarah,
Esther and William. Nathaniel Twombley is
mentioned as of Dover, in 1658, but nothing
further is heard of him. From Ralph are
sprung all or nearly all of the name in New
Hampshire and in Maine.
(I) Ephraim Twombley was born in 1782,
died July 29, 1833, and was buried in the
Eastern cemetery, Portland. He was a farmer
and resided the principal part of his life in
Berwick. In politics he was a Democrat,
and in religious faith a Unitarian. He was
a captain in the militia. He married Abigail
Samson, who was born in Portland and died
there, aged seventy-two years, and was buried
in Eastern cemetery. They had four children :
I. Fred, born February, 1802, died single,
January 28, 1877. 2. Mary Ann, died at
forty-five years of age. 3. Elizabeth Janet,
born 181 1, died in 1899. She married Colonel
Charles F. Little, who was born 181 5, and
died in 1865. They had one child, Georgie,
who married John Lowell and had one child,
Payson Tucker Lowell. Payson T. married
Bawn Carmen and has three children : Bea-
trice, John and Payson. 4. Leonard William,
mentioned below.
(II) Leonard William, youngest child of
Ephraim and Abigail (Samson) Twombley,
was born in Portland in 18 19, and died in that
city May 15, 1873. He was educated in the
public schools, after leaving which he learned
the trade of painter and decorator, and fol-
lowed that occupation successfully for twenty
years, and retired from business on account of
failing health, having accumulated a handsome
property. He was a Democrat in politics, but
never sought office or took a conspicuous part
in public affairs. ' In religious affiliation he
Of the disproportionately large
SHAW number of Shaws who settled in
the New England colonies before
1650, Roger Shaw, if in New England as early
as 1630, as claimed, is the earliest. To him a
multitude of their descendants trace their
lineage.
(I) Roger Shaw, immigrant, came to this
country about 1630. The compiler of the
"Shaw Notes" gives him as the son of Ralph
Shaw. The Register of St. Peter's, Cornhill,
London. England, has the following entry :
"1594, Sept. 1st, Sunday. Christening of
Roger Shaw, sonne of Ralph Shaw, Vintnor,
at the Sunne on Cornhill, born Monday, 26th
of August." By this record the occupation of
Ralph was that of "X'intnor." and Roger the
immigrant was a vintner and keeper of an
ordinary. The similarity of occupations tends
to prove this relationship. Roger Shaw first
settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was in at-
tendance on the general court in 1636, was
made freeman in 1638, having bought one
hundred acres of land and built a house on
Arrow street. He served on the jury 1639,
was town clerk 1640, and selectman 1641-45.
Roger's name appears among the petitioners
forthe incorporation of Hampton, New Hamp-
shire. The town was incorporated 1639. He
bought land of John Crosse in the new town
in 1640; in 1647 he ^^'^s granted a large tract
of land of King Charles First; in 1648 sold
his property in Cambridge and removed to
Hampton. He was a very prominent man ;
was representative to the general court 1651-
=,^^, selectman 1649 and 1654, and filled many
other offices, was appointed commissioner for
trying small cases 1651, was chairman of a
committee to re-examine the book of town
land grants, and to lay out highways 1658.
He was vintnor and keeper of the ordinary,
and was authorized by the general court to
sell liquors. He died May 29, 1661. His
first wife Ann was the mother of all his chil-
dren. He married (second) Susanna Tilton,
widow of William Tilton, of Lynn. His chil-
dren were : Margaret, Joseph, Ann, Esther,
Mary (died young), Benjamin and Deliver-
ance.
(II) Benjamin, youngest son of Roger
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Shaw, was born in Cambridge, Alassachusetts,
in 1 64 1. He lived with his father on the home-
stead, but was also a merchant and blacksmith.
His account book is still in existence, and is
an interesting relic of this very remarkable
man. As soon as possible after the first saw-
mill was built in that region (about 1658), he
built a new frame house, which was con-
structed so as to be used as a garrison in
times of war — was two stories in height and
was afterwards enlarged and improved by his
son Edward, but early in the fifties of the last
century it was demolished by his descendants
to make room for a modern structure. His
name appears on the list of voters prepared by
the president and council in 1680, from that
of the selectmen of each town in New Hamp-
shire when it was a royal province, each one
named therein being eligible to the oflice of
councilman and privileged to vote in their
meetings. He is said to have had great in-
genuity and skill in mechanics, and though the
possessor of great wealth for those days, made
the gravestone which still marks his grave. In
his will dated December 26, 1717, he mentions
five sons and six daughters ; he died, accord-
ing to family records, December 31, 1717, but
according to the inscription on his gravestone,
January 17, 1718. His widow Esther was
generously remembered in his will, and lived
on the homestead with her son Edward, the
two being named therein as executors of that
instrument. He married, May 25, 1663,
Esther, daughter of Ezekiel and Susannah
Richardson. She died May 16, 1736, at the
age of ninety-six years. Their twelve chil-
dren were: Mary, Esther, Sarah, Abigail,
Ruth, Benjamin. Roger, Joseph, Edward (died
young), Edward, John and Hannah.
(Ill) John, eleventh child and sixth son of
Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) Shaw,
was living at the time of his father's death,
and received a bequest in his will made in 1717.
There is no further record of him.
"John Shaw, who died in Holderness, New
Hampshire, at the age of 103 yrs., is said to
have come from England to New Hampshire
early in the 18th century, and settled in that
part of Durham which was incorporated Jan.
6, 1766, as the town of Lee. In spite of this
tradition, however, after a large and fruitless
search for particulars regarding the fate of
John, the son of Benjamin Shaw, the youngest
son of Roger Shaw, immigrant from England
prior to 1636, who was remembered in hi?
father's will made in 171 7, but never after-
ward traced with any certainty by genealo-
gists." says Harriette F. Farwell, compiler of
the "Shaw Records," "it is believed that the
latter may yet be identified as the John first
mentioned above, having moved from Hamp-
ton, N. H., where Roger and his son Ben-
jamin, with others to localities theretofore un-
settled and farther removed from the seacoast
and civilization. The date of this son's birth
must have been between 1680 and i6go." John
Shaw, of Lee, New Hampshire, was a man
of sterling qualities morally, and of the most
vigorous constitution physically — never having
been sick a day in his life, passing away sud-
denly and painlessly at the close of a day's la-
bor at chopping wood. When in his one hun-
dredth year he made a profession of religion
and was baptized, being then in full possession
of all his mental and physical faculties. He
married Mercy Vernet, and though little has
been ascertained concerning the family of this
couple, they were known to have had four
sons : John, Samuel, Daniel and George.
(lY) Daniel, son of John and Mercy (Ver-
net) Shaw, was born in Lee, New Hampshire,
and lived in Lee and Tamworth. He married
in Kittery. Maine, Elizabeth Staples, by whom
he had eight children, whose names follow,
though they are not known to be recorded in
their natural order: James, Olive, Daniel,
Elizabeth, Mary. Hannah. Samuel and Noah.
(V) Daniel (2), third child and second son
of Daniel ( i) (the History of Industry, Maine,
calls him Samuel) and Elizabeth (Staples)
Shaw, was born in Lee, StrafiEord county.
New Hampshire, April 16. 1784, and died in
Industry, November 28, 1852. He removed
to Industry, Maine, about the time of his mar-
riage, and settled and made a farm of several
hundred acres. He was a man of much busi-
ness ability and held in high esteem by his
townsmen. He became an extensive drover
and dealer in country produce, which he often
shipped east to the British Provinces, from
Wiscasset, or to such other points as prom-
ised the most favorable market. He had thus
accumulated about $10,000 in ready money
when the great land speculation craze of 1835
occurred. Though naturally very cautious in
business transactions, he was at length drawn
into speculative transactions from which he
emerged a ruined man. He moved to Bangor
about 1836, and continued in the stock and
produce business in connection with farming.
He married in Kittery, February 7, 1814,
Elizabeth Staples, born March 9, 1787, and
died in Industry, July 29, 1827. He married
(second) (published June 10, 1831), .-Mice
(Lewis) Fernald, widow of Jonathan Fernald,
of Cherryfield, Maine. She died in Bangor,
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April 8, i860. His children, all by first wife,
were: Albert, Daniel, Sarah Gilman, Benja-
min Oilman, Emily Newell, Milton Gilman,
two sons (died young), Adeline and Mehit-
able.
(VI) Milton Gilman, sixth child and fourth
son of Daniel (2) and Elizabeth (Staples)
Shaw, was born in Industry, December 31.
1820, and died in Bath, December 18, 1903.
He lived on the farm his father had cleared
until he was twenty-five years old. When a
young man, just setting out in life, he w-ent to
Chicago, performing a large part of the jour-
ney on foot. At that time the great metropolis
of the west was but a small place and offered
him no inducement to stay, and he returned to
]\Iaine. In 1841 he went into the woods and
engaged in farming and lumbering at Green-
ville and at Flagstaff, where Benedict Arnold
camped and raised his flag on his famous
march to Quebec. Mr. Shaw's first work was
for his brothers, Albert and Daniel, the latter
afterward became prominent on the Chippewa
river in Wisconsin, and it was not till 1845
that he began business for himself. In the
fall of that year he located at Greenville, on
the southern end of Moosehead Lake, which
was ever afterward the headquarters of his
operations. His business was logging and sell-
ing logs, both pine and spruce, and he lived
there forty years, engaged also in farming
and commercial pursuits. In 1849 he began
buying land. He bought with others and for
himself alone. He did not begin the manu-
facture until 1883, when he with his sons went
to Bath to build the now massive Shaw mill
which gives constant employment to eight}-
men and annually manufactures several mil-
lion feet of logs into long and short lumber,
such as boards, clapboards, shingles and lath.
Mr. Shaw had many partners during his long
business career, but his associates in his later
years were his sons, Charles D., Albert H. and
William M., the second named, Albert H.,
was general manager of the Bath business, the
other two residing at Greenville. The M. G.
Shaw Lumber Company was incorporated in
1897, with Milton G. Shaw, president, Albert
H. Shaw, treasurer and manager, and William
M. Shaw, clerk. Mr. Shaw's lumbering ex-
perience covered the whole of what may be
called, for lack of a better term, the modern
history of lumbering in Maine. When he be-
gan his career in the early forties the pine on
the Moosehead had been pretty well culled.
During the first four^years, during which he
was working for his brothers, from 1841 to
1845, when he began logging on his own ac-
count, began the felling of spruce, the latter
being soon the most important part of the
business, though some pine has been cut every
year down to this date. As before stated, Mr.
Shaw's first purchase of land was in 1849,
w-hen he bought a half-interest in fifteen hun-
dred acres at twenty-five cents an acre. Shortly
after that, he with ex-(]overnor Coburn, Jo-
seph Bradstreet, Elias Milliken and a Mr.
Drummond, bought land for which they paid
$1.25 and $1.50 an acre. Those lands, after
being cut over again, are now worth $3 to $5
an acre, and some of them more. In the early
fifties the best pine then remaining on Moose-
head waters could be bought for about a dollar
a thousand. Now the timber, cutting every-
thing of log size, and with very little pine in it,
is worth $3 to $6 a thousand. When Mr.
Shaw began his operations the sawmills were
equipped with the old style sash saw. Later
came the Muley and gang, and it w^as not
until about i860 that the rotary or circular saw-
began its appearance in the mills of Maine.
Later still came the band, which is now the
leading sawing tool in all the larger mills.
For more than sixty years Mr. Shaw was a
prominent figure on Moosehead lake and the
Kennebec river. His logs went steadilv to
market every year after 1845, ^nd he not only
built up a handsome fortune for himself, but
in the timber holdings of himself and the com-
pany there was the foundation for a business
of indefinite duration. One of his sons, in
speaking of the matter, said : "At our present
rate we shall never cut our timber." The rule
adopted by the company in logging was to cut
nothing less than eight inches in top diameter
in twenty-foot lengths or seven inches in diam-
eter in thirty-foot lengths. This means prac-
tically twelve inches on the stump. The effi-
cacy of this method of logging is shown by the
fact that Mr. Shaw cut several times over the
same land. Coupled with this method of fell-
ing was an exceptional degree of care in
guarding against fire, with the result that a
very few thousand dollars — perhaps a few hun-
dred dollars — would cover the entire loss by
forest fires. Mr. Shaw was also interested in
Maine hotels on an extensive scale during his
life, having built the Moosehead House at
Greenville with Josiah Hinckley, his father-in-
law. This hotel was successfully conducted
until at last it burned. Mr. Shaw then built a
new and much larger hotel on the same site
which he conducted for a year. He was also
interested in the great industrial development
at Rumford Falls several years ago, and be-
sides erecting the largest hotel in the place, he
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also owned a large amount of real estate there.
While a resident of Greenville he did a great
deal in the way of building up the town, and
filled at different times all the town offices of
any importance, and was a member of the
Maine legislature in 1859. He w^as a strong,
conservative business man, keeping close con-
trol of his vast business interests until about
ten davs before his death. He was for many
years president of the First National Bank of
Bath, and was also a director in the Bath
Trust Company and the Rumford Falls Trust
Companv.
Milton G. Shaw married, in Greenville.
June 6. 1847. Eunice Spinney, born in In-
dustrv, INlaine. January 6, 1824, daughter of
Josiah and Xancy (WiUiams) Hinckley, of
Industry. Children, born in Greenville: i.
Mellen,"May 27, 1849, married, September 19,
1875, W. Ella Mitchell ; he died March 4, 1880.
2. Ellen, February i, 185 1, died April 20,
1863. 3. Charles D., April 5, 1852, married,
October 25, 1875, Clara F. Norcross. 4.
Frank, June 27, 1855, died May 16, 1867. 5.
Fred (twin to Frank), June 27, 1855, died
January 27, 1856. 6. Albert H., April 21,
1857, married, August 19, 1879, Martha E.
Mansell, and resides in Bath; hevvas engaged
in lumbering and mercantile business with his
father. 7. William M., March 3, 1861, mar-
ried. October 24, 1S85, Ida J. Mansell, and
was a member of the firm of M. G. Shaw &
Sons. 8. George M., February 20. 1863, died
the following August. 9. Mary Emma, Sep-
tember 6, 1865, married, October 19, 1892,
Frederick H. Kimball, and resides in Bath.
This name is also spelled Maxey
MAXCY and Maxy in the Massachusetts
records, and the family were
quite numerous around Attleboro in the early
part of the eighteenth century. The most
noted member of the family in early times was
Rev. Jonathan Maxcy, second president of
Brown University, of Rhode Island. Among
the other members of the family are to be
found soldiers, physicians and other profes-
sional men.
(I) Alexander Maxcy, with his children and
his wife Abigail, removed from Gloucester to
Attleboro, Massachusetts, about 1721, and
there became proprietor of a public house ; he
died September 20, 1723. He had five chil-
dren : Alexander, Joseph, Josiah, Mary and
Benjamin. Josiah married Marj' Everett and
had eleven children ; his second son, Levi, be-
came the father of Dr. Jonathan ]\Taxcy, who
became president of Brown University at the
early age of twenty-four years, and of X'irgil
P., who graduated from Brown University.
(II) Joseph, son of Alexander and Abigail
Maxcy, was a resident of Attleboro, Massa-
chusetts. He had a son Benjamin and prob-
ably others.
(III) Lieutenant Benjamin, son of Joseph
Maxcy, was born May 11, 1740, at Attleboro,
Massachusetts, and in 1791 moved to Union.
Maine, where he died July 26, 1791. He mar-
ried (first) Sarah Fuller, by whom he had
three children, and (second) Amy, daughter
of Nathaniel Ide, of Attleboro, by whom he
had four children. Amy (Ide) Maxcy was
drowned in May, 1793, at Union, Maine.
Lieutenant Benjamin's children were: i. Ma-
jor Joseph. 2. josiah. 3. Benjamin, born July
16, 1772, married Esther Fuller. 4. Sally,
born November 20, 1778, married Ebenezer
Daggett. 5. Lydia, born March 26, 1780, was
drowned at the same time as her mother. 6.
Harvey, born April 30, 1782-83, married
Sally Eastman. 7. Amy, born October 26,
1784, married Joel Reed.
(IV) Josiah, second son of Lieutenant Ben-
jamin and Sarah (Fuller) IMaxcy, was born
July 25, 1766, and removed to Maine from
Attleboro, Massachusetts ; he died October 4,
1829. He married (first) Chloe, daughter of
Mayhevv Daggett, born April 15, 1769, at At-
tleboro, Alassachusetts, and drowned in May,
1793. He married (second) in 1794, Sally
Pickering. In 1811 Mr. Maxcy removed
from L'nion to Warren, Maine, where he died.
His children were: i. Smith. 2. Chloe, mar-
ried Jason Davis. 3. Ward, married Mary
Jones. 4. Harvey, born March 8, 1801, mar-
ried Olive Andrew's. 5. Mary, married Will-
iam Andrews. 6. Anna, married Addison
Libbey. 7. Daniel, married Catherine Blood.
8. Micajah G., married (first) Elizabeth
Blood, (second) Nancy Walker and (third)
Mrs. Sarah Leach.
(V) Smith, eldest son of Josiah and Sally
(Pickering) Maxcy, was born February 3,
1795, died November 14, 1872; in 183S he re-
moved to Gardiner, Maine. He married (first)
in 1819, Clarissa Boggs, who died in 1839,
and (second) Mary F. Crane. His children
were : Josiah, Ira, Angelina, Matilda and San-
ford.
(VI) Captain Ira, second son of Smith and
Clarissa (Boggs) Maxcy, was a sea captain,
and married Sarah A., daughter of Thomas
and Abigail (Day) Fuller; he died October
7, 1869, and his wife October 25, 1869, both
of them being about eighty years of age.
Thomas Fuller, born February 29, 1789, was
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1697
a son of Edward and Mary (Jones) Fuller,
who were the parents of eight other children,
namely: Abigail, born 1773; Olive, 1778;
Catherine. 1780: Edward, 1783; Allen, 1786;
Samuel, 1792: Francis, 1793: Charles S., 1796.
Edward Fuller was born December 28, 1746,
at Barnstable, removed to Gardiner, Maine,
1781, married, December 26, 1771, Alary
Jones, and died July 9, 183 1. He traces his
ancestrv through John (\'), John (I\'), John
(III), 'Matthew (II), Edward (I).
(\TI) Frederick E., son of Captain Ira and
Sarah A. ( Fuller) Alaxcy, born May 15, 1.853,
at Gardiner, Maine, died Washington, D. C,
December 25, 1908. He entered the medical
department of Bowdoin College in 1875, and in
1879 graduated with degree M. D., after which
he served a year as interne in the Maine Gen-
eral Hospital, and then took up the practice
of his profession, being located in Saco, Alaine,
for eleven years. In 1891 Dr. Maxcy settled
in Washington, where he earned for himself a
reputation for skill in his profession, and
where he had a large circle of friends. In
1896 he took a course at the Xew York Post
Graduate School of Medicine. He took thirty-
two degrees in Masonry, was a member of
LaFayette Lodge, No. 19, of Washington, was
past high priest of Eureka Chapter, and be-
longed to De Alolay Commandery of Knight>
Templar. He was a Republican, was a mem-
ber of the Unitarian church, and belonged to
the University Club, Medical Society of Wash-
ington and American Medical Society. For
the last seventeen years Dr. Maxcy was
medical examiner for the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. He married Estelle A.,
daughter of John Gilpatrick, of Saco, Maine,
January 26, 1882, and two children were born
to them: i. Caro Estelle, born October 30,
1886, graduated from Gunston Hall College,
of Washington, and married James R. Hewitt,
of Louisville, Kentucky : he is treasurer of a
mercantile house in Baltimore, AlarXdand. 2.
Kenneth Fuller, born July 27, 1889, attended
the public schools of Washington, and in 1907
entered George Washington LTniversity, pre-
paring for the study of medicine.
The two immigrant settlers
HITCHCOCK of New England bearing
this name are : Matthias
Hitchcock, who came from London. England,
to Boston, ISIassachusetts Bay Colony, as a
passenger on the "Susan and Ellen" in the
spring of 1635, and settled in Connecticut. His
distinguished descendants in New England in-
clude : Noah Hitchcock, who married Abigail
Lombard; their son, Judge Samuel Hitch-
cock, who married Lucy Allen, daughter of
General Ethan Allen ; their son. General Ethan
Allen Hitchcock (1798-1870), a soldier in the
Seminole war, the war with Mexico and the
civil war: Judge Henry Hitchcock, who mar-
ried Anne Erwin; their son, Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, born in 1835, the diplomatist and
cabinet officer ; Valentine Hitchcock, who mar-
ried Sarah Hotchkiss ; their son. Chief Justice
Peter Hitchcock (1781-1854), of Ohio; their
son, Henry Lawrence Hitchcock, D. D., presi-
dent of Western Reserve College, 1855-71 ;
Amasa Hitchcock, who married Sarah Brad-
ley; their son, Amasa, who married Elizabeth
Austin ; their son. Commander Robert Brad-
ley Hitchcock (1804-1888), United States
naval officer, 1825-88, who married Mary Ann,
daughter of Miles Hitchcock.
The other branch of the family have as their
progenitors Luke Hitchcock, the immigrant,
and his wife Elizabeth Gibbons, who came to
New England in 1635 and were original mem-
bers of the New Haven Colony ; their son,
Luke, who married Sarah Dorchester; Luke
(2) married Martha Colton and had a son
whose son Pelatiah was the father of Enos
Hitchcock (1744-1803), Congregational min-
ister in Beverly, Massachusetts, chaplain in
revolutionary army, 1780-83, minister in Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, 1783-1803; Caleb Hitch-
cock, brother of Pelatiah, was the father of
Justin, who married Mercy Hoyt, and whose
son was Edmund Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D.
(1793- 1 864), the noted scientist and president
of Amherst College, who married Orra, daugh-
ter of Jareb White ; their son, Edward Hitch-
cock. LL. D., of Amherst, married Mary,
daughter of David Judson, of Bridgeport,
Connecticut : their son, Edward Hitchcock,
born in Stratford, Connecticut, September i,
1854, was director of physical culture in Cor-
nell Universitv and lecturer in hvgiene from
1888.
Another line of descent from Luke Hitch-
cock, the immigrant, is Eldad, who married
Esther Hoar; their son, David, married Han-
nah Owen; their son, Dr. Alfred (1814-1874),
was a prominent surgeon of Fitchburg, Massa-
chusetts, and through his second wife, Aurelia
Phebe, daughter of James Ripley and Phebe
(W'yman) Wellman, was the father of Ripley
Hitchcock, born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts,
July 3, 1857, a descendant also of Elder Will-
iam Brewster and Governor Bradford, of
Plymouth Colony, and a celebrated author,
traveler and art critic. He married Martha
Walcott Hall, of Washington, D. C. Another
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son of Edmiincl and Orra (White) Hitchcock
was Charles Henry Hitchcock, the noted geol-
ogist, meteorologist and professor in Dart-
mouth College. Another son of Luke (2)
and Martha (Colton) Hitchcock was the Rev.
Caleb Hitchcock, who married Sarah Win-
chester, and their son. Gad Hitchcock, mar-
ried Keziah, daughter of Lieutenant Sanuel
Bates, and became the father of Samuel Aus-
tin Llitchcock (1794-1873), of Brimfield, Mas-
sachusetts, who made large benefactions to
Amherst College; Andover Theological Sem-
inary ; Hitchcock Free High School, Brim-
field'; Illinois College ; Tabor College ; Congre-
gational House. Boston, etc., etc. Vermont is
represented by Elijah Hitchcock, who married
Sarah Tounsley, whose son, Alfred Hitchcock,
and his wife, Sarah W. (Stevens) Hitchcock,
became the parents of Henry Ethan Hitchcock,
born in Vergennes, Vermont, May 3, 1822, a
founder and graduate of Knox College and
professor there 1850-72, in the University of
Nebraska, 1872-95, where he was also chan-
cellor 1882-84, and removed thence to Cler-
mont, California. Through Phineas Hitch-
cock, who married Elizabeth Phelps, and their
son. Gad, who married Nancy Prime, we have
Phineas Warrener (Hitchcock (1831-1881),
who married Annie M. Monell, of New York,
removed to Nebraska territory, settled in
Omaha, and was appointed by President Lin-
coln marshal of the territory. He was dele-
gate to congress, surveyor-general of the new
state of Nebraska, and United States senator
1870-77. This brings us to:
(I) Samuel Patch Hitchcock, son of John
and Martha (Perkins) Hitchcock, of English
descent, was born in Damariscotta, Lincoln
county, Maine. April 3. 1834. He was edu-
cated at Lincoln Academy and in 1850 en-
tered the employ of his older brothers, Harry
and Rufus, shipbuilders, of Bath, Maine, where
he learned the shipwright's trade. Then he
became associated as master builder with
George M. Adams, and later became his part-
ner in the firm of Adams & Hitchcock. This
firm was the pioneer in the construction of
three-masted schooners in Bath, when any
tonnage over 200 was regarded as extreme
and hazardous. They built and managed suc-
cessfully quite a large fleet. Later Mr. Hitch-
cock built four large ships for his brother-in-
law, Isaac F. Chapman (formerly of the firm
of I. F. Chapman & Company, New York).
One of these, the "S. P. Hitchcock," was his
namesake. December i, 1869, ^^ married
Katherine Hilton, of Wiscasset, ;\Iaine, daugh-
ter of Calvin and Sarah (Mitchell) Plilton.
There were four children : Sarah, born in
Bath, Maine ; Herbert, Harry A., Samuel. Mr.
Hitchcock' died June 15, 1884.
(II) Harry Alton, son of Samuel Patch
and Katherine (Hilton) Hitchcock, was born
in Bath. Maine, January 9, 1877. He was
graduated at the Bath high school in 1894 and
from Cornell University in 1900. He was
employed in the business and editorial depart-
ments of the publishing house of Houghton
Mifllin & Company, Boston, Massachusetts,
1901-06; was circulation manager of the Xeii/
York Xatioii, 1906-08, and in March, 1908,
became assistant to the secretary of the Amer-
ican Real Estate Company of New York City.
He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fra-
ternity, and was for two years district secre-
tary for the New England States. His club
affiliations include membership in the ]\Iaine
Society of New York, the Beta Theta Pi Club
and the Cornell University Club. Plis church
membership is with the Free Will Baptist de-
nomination, and he is a Republican in party
politics.
The earliest mention of the
VERRILL \errill family in New Eng-
land history is undoubtedly
that made in Babson's "History of Gloucester,
Massachusetts," wherein it is said that Rich-
ard, Thomas and Samuel Variel were settlers
on Cape Ann between the years 1701 and 1750,
and that the first family of Variels went to
that region from Ipswich, Massachusetts, in
1727, where, on January 12, Richard Variel
married Martha Day, and had children : ^Mary,
Hephzibah, Richard, a second Mary, Susanna,
Dorothy, Abigail and Jeremiah. Thomas
Variel, the second of the settlers mentioned,
married, December 11, 1728, Susanna, sup-
posed to have been a daughter of John Dol-
liver, and had children : Thomas, Joseph,
John, Susanna and William. The form of the
name has varied, as is the case with many of
the early settlers, but there is no doubt, as the
records show, that the name was spelled \'ariel
until the early part of the nineteenth century,
when the change was effected by Benjamin
Verrill, a justice of the peace.
(I) Samuel Variel, of Cape Cod and
Gloucester, is said to have come from Eng-
land. He married. May 7, 1731, Sarah Stev-
ens, and had a son, Samuel.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) and
Sarah (Stevens) Variel, was born April 20,
1734. He is without doubt the Samuel men-
tioned in the "History of Androscoggin
County, Maine," as having come from Cape
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1699
Ann, Massachusetts, to New Gloucester,
Maine, about the year 1760. and afterward set-
tled at Bakerstown. near Centre Minot. He
is mentioned as having been "an eccentric man
in many ways ; one was in being strictly free
from debt. His favorite and oft-repeated
motto was 'Owe no man anything, but love
one another.' " He died in 182 1. The fact
that he is mentioned as having died in 1821
does not prevent his having been identical
with the Samuel born in 1734, as stated by Air.
Babson, and there is little doubt that he was
the Samuel of Cape Ann and New Gloucester
who is known to have emigrated to Maine
about 1760. The name of his wife is not men-
tioned, but he had four sons — Samuel, Davis,
mentioned below, William and Daniel, and six
daughters.
(IH) Davis, second son of Samuel \'ariel,
was born August 30, 1759. He married
(first), about 1780, Elizabeth Jumper, born in
November, 1758, and died May 16, 1803,
daughter of Edward Jumper, who was born
at Cape Ann, and died in Minot, April 3,
1792, and who married (first) Anna Lee, by
whom he had children : Edward, Ezekiel,
Abigail, David, Elizabeth, mentioned above,
and Anna; he married (second) Elizabeth
Noyes, born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, No-
vember 25, 1755, died in Minot, January 8,
1795, and by this marriage there were born:
Elizabeth. ^Vnna, James Jewett, Edward, John,
Nicholas, born in Minot, January 5, 1787, and
Phebe. Davis and Elizabeth (Jumper) Variel
had children : Samuel, see forward ; Eunice,
born April 27, 1784; Davis, January 15. 1786;
Emma, December 21, 1787; Ezekiel, January
6, 1790; Lucretia, October 11, 1795. Davis
Variel married (second), December, 1804,
Lydia Ellis, who died April 11, 1816, and by
this marriage there were born : Elizabeth,
born November 28, 1805; Davis Ellis, April
12, 1809; Sophronia, September, 181 1.
(IV) Samuel (3), eldest child of Davis
and Elizabeth (Jumper) Variel, was born Sep-
tember 6, 1782, and died November 16, 1853.
He married, November 24, 1803, Experience
Jackson, born January 25, 1787, died in Au-
burn, Maine, September 27, 1871. She was
a direct descendant of John Alden and Pris-
cilla Mullins, who landed from the "May-
flower" at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
The line of descent is as follows: (I) John
Alden, born in England in 1599, died in Dux-
bury, Massachusetts, September 12, 1687;
married, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1623,
Priscilla, daughter of William and Alice ]\Iul-
lins, of Plymouth. (II) Joseph Alden. born
in Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1627, died in
Bridgewater, Alassachusetts, February 8, 1697,
married, 1652, Mary, daughter of Moses Sim-
mons, Esq., who came to this country in the
"Fortune." (Ill) Isaac Alden, born in Bridge-
water, Massachusetts, in 1660, died in the same
town in 1742; married, December 2, 1685,
Mehitable, daughter of Deacon Samuel Allen.
(I\') John Alden, born in Bridgewater, Alas-
sachusetts, in 1694, died in the same town in
1762; married, 1727, Ilannah, daughter of
Henry Kingman. (V) Jonathan Alden, horn
in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1732, died
in the same town, February 18, 1825; mar-
ried, 1766, Experience, daughter of Cornelius
Washburn. (VI) Mehitable Alden, born in
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, September 15,
1767, died in Minot, Maine, January 25, 1850;
married, in Bridgewater, August 24, 1785,
Henry Jackson, born May i, 1762, died in Feb-
ruary, 1840: they had children: Experience,
married Samuel Variel ; Sally, born September
28, 1788; William, September 2, 1790; Han-
nah, born June 26, 1792, died August 8, 1793;
Joseph, born May 26, 1794; Henry, May 23,
1796; Alden, October 2, 1798; Cyrus, born
December 28. 1800, died August 16, 1802;
Hannah, born January 5, 1803, died May 15
of same year; Samuel, born March 5, 1804;
David, April 25, 1806; Jeremiah, August 24,
1808. (VII) Experience Jackson, mentioned
above. The children of Samuel and Experi-
ence (Jackson) Variel (or Verrill) were:
Lewis, born October 9. 1804; Hannah, born
February 17, 1807, married George Farwell,
of Cumberland Centre, Maine ; Emma, born
November 26, 1809, married (first) Andrew
Mann, (second) Nathan Weston, of Madison.
Maine; Cyrus, born July 5, 1812; Charles, see
forward; Lucy, born July 6, 1817; Lucretia,
twin of Lucy; .\lden J., born May 29, 1820;
Laura A., died in infancy.
(V) Charles, third son and fifth child of
Samuel (3) and Experience (Jackson) Ver-
rill. was born in Minot, Maine, October 11,
1814, and died in Auburn, Maine, September
2, 1896. He attended the common schools of
his native town imtil he w-as eighteen years of
age, when he began to learn the trade of car-
pentering, which he followed for several years.
He received an appointment as first station
agent at Empire Road, Poland, after the com-
pletion of the Grand Trunk line of railroad
through that place, and continued in that office
for several years. In 1870 he removed to Au-
burn, Maine, where the remaining years of his
life were spent. He married Martha, daugh-
ter of John Lord, of Lebanon, New Hanip-
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STATF. OF MAINE.
shire, and granddaughter of Ebenezer Lord, a
native of Lebanon, Maine, where he was a
farmer and died about 1818. John Lord,
father of Mrs. Verrill, was liorn in Lebanon,
Maine, June 8, 1783, and died in October,
1865 ; he married Polly Ross, born January 29,
1784, died in October, 1841 : they had chil-
dren: Ebenezer, born March 23, 1806; Jolm,
April I, 1808, died March i, 1896; Mary,
born June 17, 1810, died in July, 1895; Sarah,
born May 7, 1812, died November 3. 1829;
Martha, born May 29, 1814, married Mr. Ver-
rill, died July 16, 1908; Peter, born July 10.
1816; Horace, born November 23, 1818. died
October 14, 1903; I'atiencc. born March 13,
1821 ; Jotham, born July 6. 1823, died May
10, 1870; Betsey, born October 21. 1825, is
living in Maxfield, Maine ; Andrew, born Jan-
uary 20, 183 1, died in Oakland, California,
June 4, 1904. Charles and Martha (Lord)
\'errill had children: i. Samuel K.. born July
10, 1837; now living in Goodland, Indiana:
enlisted and served in a California regiment
during the civil war. 2. Emma X., born Feb-
ruary 15, 1839, died January 23, 1907. 3.
John L., born October 23, 1840, died January
5, 1904; enlisted in Fifth Maine regiment. 4.
Horace A., born March 2, 1842, died .April 12,
1897; also enlisted in Fifth Maine regiment.
5. Martha .A., born January 7, 1844. 6. Ella
M., born November 11, 1845. 7. Charles \V.,
born September 13, 1847; died in .Anderson-
ville Prison. July 15, 1864; he enlisted in Com-
pany G, Thirty-second Maine A'olunteer In-
fantry. 8. William W., born November 30,
1848, died in infancy. 9. ^^'illiam H., born
December 4. 1849, was a soldier in latter part
of the civil war : now living in Oklahoma. 10.
Abbie E., born January 4, 1852. 11. Mary C,
born December 12, 1853. died in infancy. 12.
George \\'., born June 5, 1855. 13. Albert E.,
sec below.
(\^I) Albert Edward, youngest child of
Charles and Martha (Lord) Verrill, was born
in Poland. Maine, November 12, i860. He
attended public schools in Auburn, Maine, and
at the age of fourteen years, after finishing the
grammar course, went to work in a shoe shop.
In 1878 he left that employment and went to
York county, where he worked on a farm for
a time. The following year he went to Wa-
terville and entered the Waterville Classical
Institute, and one year later the Nichols Latin
School at Lewiston, Maine, from which he
was graduated in 1882. Thus fitted for a col-
lege course, he matriculated at Bates College,
and in 1886 was graduated from that institu-
tion. During his junior year at Bates he
taught in the Latin School. After having been
graduated from Bates College he entered the
law office of Savage & Oakes. and in Feb-
ruary, 1889, was admitted to practice at the
bar. In the same year, 1889. he was made
chairman of the board of registration, and in
March, 1891, became clerk of the nnuiicipal
court, in which office he still continues. Air.
\'errill is a member of the Grand Lodge, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of
all the orders of Masonry, including the
Thirty-second degree ; he is past master of the
Blue Lodge, and a member of the Knights of
the Golden Eagle. He married, June i, 1896,
Mabel A., daughter of William F". and Jo-
sephine (Daicy) Lord, of Auburn, Maine.
The name Bates, according to
li.VTF.S one authority, was derived from
Bartholomew's son, and short-
ened to Batte or P>ate, but other authors give
as the more probable origin the Anglo-Saxon
word "bate," meaning contention. The early
form in England before the Puritans left for
America was universally Bate, which was re-
tained for some time after the emigrant and
his descendants were located in New Eng-
land. About the time of the revolution the
name began to be written Bates. In England.
1 593- 1 669, we have record of George I'.ate,
physician -to Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and
Charles II, who was also one of the first mem-
bers of the Royal Society ; 1625-99, William
Bates, a non-conformist divine; and 1740-99,
John Bates, an eminent musician, born in Hali-
fax, Y'orkshire, England, who was unani-
mously chosen conductor of the commemora-
tion of Handel at Westminster Abbey and con-
ducted the choral performance of ancient mu-
sic until he retired in 1793, being succeeded by
Greatore.x. The family coat-of-arms is a lion's
head erased gules. The emigrant ancestor it
is supposed was a direct descendant of Thomas
Bate, of Lydd, county Kent, luigland, who
died in 1485. "leaving a son John." John
Bate, of All Hallows Parish, county Kent, who
died 1522, was probably the son of this
Thomas. John Bates was the jurat of Lydd
and he left by will about twenty pounds to the
church there. He was buried March i, 1580.
He married (first) October 28. 1346, Mildred
Ward, who was buried June 2, 1577. He mar-
ried (second) June 16, 1579, ^fary Bennett.
Children of John and Mildred: Mary, James,
Thomas and Andrew. James, the eldest son,
married, June 6, 1580, Mary Martinc. He
died March 2, 1614. Their children were :
Robert, James, Anna. John, Thomas, Edward,
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Clement, Joseph, Mary, Isaac. Rachel and
Martha.
( I ) Clement Bate, the American ancestor,
was the sixth son of James and JXIary (Mar-
tine) Bate, of Lydd, county Kent, England,
and was there baptized January 22, 1595. The
list of "Emigrants to America" shows that
"Clement Bate, aged forty years, taylor, with
wife Ann. five children and two servants em-
barked at London for New England, April 6,
1635, in the ship 'Elizabeth.' " He arrived at
Hingham, ^Massachusetts, September 18, same
year, and was granted five acres of land wdiich
has since been almost constantly in the pos-
session of his descendants. He died at Hing-
ham, September 17, 1671, aged seventy-six
years, and his wife Ann died there, October
I, 1669, aged seventy-four. Children: James,
born 1621 ; Clement, 1623; Rachel, 1627; Jo-
seph, 1630; Benjamin, 1633; Samuel, of whom
further.
( II ) Samuel, son of Clement Bates, was
baptized at Hingham, March 24, 1639; mar-
ried, February 20, 1666-67, Lydia. daughter
of Thomas, and Mary (Tilden) Lapham, of
Scituate. He resided at South street, Hing-
ham. and tradition says he removed to Long
Island. Both sons settled at Sandwich, Mas-
sachusetts, according to the records. Chil-
dren: I. Lydia, born September 2, 1669. 2.
]\Iary, August 31, 1671, died young. 3. Sarah,
December 2^), 1673. 4. Anna, April 12, 1676,
in the garrison house during King Philip's
war. 5. Judith, April 17, 1678. 6. Samuel,
February 28, 1679-80. mentioned below. 7.
Thomas, March 17. 1681-82, died aged eleven
days. 8. David, February 22, 1683-84, mar-
ried Abigail ; settled at Sandwich, Mas-
sachusetts. 9. I\Iary, April 12, 1685, died Jan-
uary 5, 1690-91.
(HI) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i)
Bates, was born at Hingham, February 28,
1679-80. He and his brother David settled in
Sandwich. The records give the baptisms of
the following children to them, but we are not
able to distinguish the two families : Baptized
in 1716: David, Remember, Joseph, Thomas,
Samuel. (Some were born several years
earlier no doubt.) Born in 1717: John, set-
tled in Barnstable, Mary. Baptized in 1719:
Abigail. Child of David and Abigail : Lydia,
baptized 1722.
(IV) Barnabas, son or nephew of Samuel
(2) Bates, was born in Sandwich, about 1720.
He was a soldier in the French and Indian
war, enlisting March 4, 1745, for the Cape
Breton expedition (p. 169, N. E. Reg. 1889).
He and his brother Thomas settled in the ad-
jacent town of Wareham, and are the ances-
tors of most of the Bates families of that town.
He was received from the Second Church of
Sandwich by letter to Wareham Church, Feb-
ruary II, 1749-50. He married, at Wareham,
September 17, 1747, Phebe Gibbs. Children,
born at Wareham: i. Barnabas, Jr., June
15, 1748; married Sylvia and had Wil-
liam, Barnabas and Stephen. 2. Joseph, May
4, 1750, baptized June 3, 1750. 3. Betsey,
June I, 1752. 4. Asa, August 13, 1754. 5.
Samuel (twin), January 6, 1757, married
Sibell ■ , and had Clarissa, born March
15. 1787. 6. Thomas (twin), January 6,
1757, mentioned below. 7. Phebe, June 29,
1759. 8. Abigail, October 4, 1761. 9. Mercy,
November 2, 1763. 10. Zilpha, May 27, 1766.
II. Joshua, June 8, 1768. 12. John, May 10,
1770, baptized June, 1770. 13. Isaac, January
20, 1773-
(IV) Thomas, brother of Barnabas Bates,
was born in Sandwich, and his record is given
here on account of the close association of the
two pioneers at Wareham. Barney's Point
was named for Barnabas Bates, and Lydia's
Island, Wareham, for the wife of Thomas
Bates. Lydia was dismissed from the Sand-
wich church, October 21, 1744, to join the
Wareham church, but Thomas appears to have
remained a member of the West Church of
Sandwich until September 26, 1785. Children
of Thomas and Lydia Bates, born at Ware-
ham: I. Lucy, December 16, 1737. 2. Mercy,
November 13, 1739. 3. Lydia, January 16,
1747. 4. Patience, 1750, baptized April i,
1750. 5. Patience, March 23, 1754. 6. Mar-
garet, May 8, 1756. 7. Samuel, August 11,
1758. This Thomas Bates, or an elder son
born before coming to Wareham. was a sol-
dier in the revolution, a corporal in Cap-
tain John Gibb's company, Colonel Ebenezer
Sprout's regiment on the alarm at Elizabeth
Islands in 1776; marched to Falmouth. He
was in the same company on a similar alarm
at Falmouth in 1778 and 1780. He was ser-
geant in Captain Joseph Parker's company,
Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment, at Rhode
Island in 1778. Other records may belong to
this man or to Thomas, son of Barnabas, men-
tioned below.
(V) Thomas (2), son of Barnabas Bates,
was born in Wareham, January 6, 1757. He
married, at Wareham, Ruth Besse. He was
a soldier in the revolution from Wareham,
called "Thomas 2d" in the records to distin-
guish him from an uncle or cousin of the same
name and town. He was a fifer in Captain
John Gibbs's company. Colonel Ebenezer
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Sprout's regiment, in 1778, at Falmouth, on
the alarm at Elizabeth Islands; also in Cap-
tain Elisha Ilackett's company, Colonel Ben-
jamin Hawes's regiment (Plymouth county)
at Rhode Island in 1778, and at Falmouth in
1779. Among their children was Constan-
tine B., mentioned below.
(\T) Constantine Barnabas, eldest son of
Thomas (2) Bates, was born in Sandwich,
Massachusetts, June 10, 1785, died March,
1873. He was a farmer located on Ten Lois, a
tract of two thousand acres, divided into ten
lots, from wiiich it derived its name, now called
Oakland Heights. He married, March 10, 1805.
Sally r.lackwell. born January 5, 1875. Their
children: I. Asa Blackwell, see following
sketch. 2. Sophronia. married Alden Bates, of
St. Albans, Maine ; children : i. Constantine ;
ii. Thomas, married and lived in Winthrop.
Maine ; iii. Enoch, married and lived in Win-
throp; iv. Lorrainey, married a Mr. Goodwin,
of St. Albans; is living there; v. Phoebe, died
at about thirty years of age, unmarried ; vi.
Sarah, married a Mr. Higgins, living in
Maine; vii. Horatio, married twice, living in
Winthrop; viii. Lizzie, married and living in
Maine ; i.x. Mary, married and living in Maine.
3. Anson, see forward. 4. Cynthia, married
Solomon Bates, and moved to Aroostook ; they
brought up a large family of children; Mr,
Bates carried on farming on a large scale, and
was prosperous in that line. 5. Phoebe, mar-
ried Albert Lyford ; both were very musical ;
children : i. Elvira, married A. J. Lang, who
located in Waverly as principal of the high
school there ; he was a fine Greek scholar ;
children : Herbert, employed as a journalist
in New York City, and Percy, a banker in
Waverly; ii. Louisa, married (first) a Mr.
Marriner and (second) a Mr. Campbell, of
San Francisco ; no children ; both Mr. and
Mrs. Marriner were very musical ; Mrs. Mar-
riner studied abroad, and had a beautiful so-
prano voice; iii. Maria, married a Mr. Nor-
cross ; one child, a daughter, who has been
musically educated, and is now living in
Waverly, New York ; iv. Charles, enlisted in
the civil war and was killed in the battle of
Fredericksburg ; v. Monroe, enlisted, volunteer
service, in the Si.xteenth Maine Regiment,
serving to the end of the civil war ; is now lo-
cated with the Lehigh \^alley railroad, Waver-
ly, New York; vi. Frederick, married twice;
children of first wife were Charles, Albert and
a daughter; children of second wife were
Frederick Jr. and a daughter. Mr. Lyford is a
self-made man, and is now holding the posi-
tion of president of the First National Bank of
Waverly, New York. His first and second
sons were educated at Cornell University.
(VH) Anson, son of Constantine Bates, was
born March 11 or 18, 1812. He was a farmer
of Fairfield, also an expert mechanic and of
fine musical attainments. He married (first)
Sally Gibbs, of Fairfield. Married (second)
Cordelia Sarah, born in 181 5, died when fifty-
three years of age, daughter of David and
Mary (Ricker) Huston, of Oakland, Maine,
formerly of Waterville. Children of first
wife: I. William T., enlisted in the Sixteenth
Maine Regiment of \'oluntecrs in the civil
war; was a hospital steward and was killed at
the battle of Gettysburg. 2. Sarah E., died
March 19, 1864. 3. Emma J., born July i,
1845, married Stephen C. Watson, and lived
on the Ten Lots, later called Oakland Heights ;
children: Arthur T., Henry and Harry B. ;
Arthur T. now resides in Des Moines, Iowa,
and was graduated from Colby University,
Maine ; Harry B. was a graduate of Colby
L'niversity ; is now living in Hinckley, Maine ;
is principal of the school at Goodwill Home.
Children of second wife : 4. Henry Anson,
see forward. 5. Helen Delia.
(\TII) Henry Anson, fourth child of Anson
Bates, was born in Fairfield, Maine, April 26,
1848. He was educated at the public schools
of that town, also attending high school at
Oakland, finishing with a course at the Com-
mercial College of Augusta, Maine. In 1869
he left home for Providence, Rhode Island,
working at the carpentering trade for about
two years. Subsequently was engaged in the
dry goods business for fourteen years in that
city, when he removed to New York City, and
became buyer for J. A. Bluxome & Company.
He was subsequently employed by Adams &
Company, and later with B. Altman & Com-
pany, until he engaged with the importing
house of J. R. Leeson & Company, of Boston,
with New York offices, and remained with
them several years. He then became interested
in thread manufacturing, the company being
called The Bates Thread Company, of which
he was president. Later the Bates Thread
Company consolidated with the Summit
Thread Company, of which he is now vice-
president. Mr, Bates has always been of an
inventive turn of mind and has invented and
patented many valuable attachments for sew-
ing machines and sewing machine shuttles,
and is used in connection with threatl manu-
factured by the Summit Thread Company,
and has also patented other inventions of lesser
importance. The Summit Thread Company is
located at East Hampton, Connecticut. Air.
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Bates is a member of St. Johns Lodge, No. 2,
F. and A. M., Middletown, Connecticut ;
Washington Chapter, No. 6, which is one of
the oldest in the Cnited States ; Cyrene Com-
mandery. No. 8, Knights Templar, of Middle-
town, Connecticut; also Knights of Malta. He
is also a member of the Baptist Church of
JMiddletown, Connecticut, treasurer, and one
of the board of trustees. Mr. Bates married
(first) Ellen Stone, of Providence, Rhode Is-
land. Their children were: i. Arthur Henry,
born April 6, 1878, is now living in Brockton,
Massachusetts ; is a graduate of Princeton
University ; now employed in the interest of
the Summit Thread Company. Married
Blanche Happenstat, of Yonkers, New York;
child, Dorothy Ella Bates. 2. Alfred Stone,
died one year old. Mr. Bates married
(second) Emma Bethia Smith, of Sudbury,
Massachusetts, daughter of George and Han-
nah Adelia (Morton) Smith. Emma Bethia
Smith was born March 24, 1856. Her father
was the son of Elisha and Clarissa (Parks)
Smith, a descendant of Benjamin, who served
in the revolutionary war. Her mother was the
daughter of John and Bertha ( Cook) Morton,
of Friendship, Maine, and a direct descendant
of Governor William Bradford, and Francis
Cooke, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mrs.
Bates's paternal emigrant ancestors came from
Sudbury, England, and named the Massachu-
setts town where they settled. A monument
has been erected there : "In memory of John
Smith and Mary his wife, the first of the name
who came to ^America from Sudbury, Eng-
land, some time in 1600." Their children are :
Ethel Smith, born in New York City, August
17, 1887; Helen Delia, born in New York City,
March i, 1889; Henry Anson Jr., born in
Yonkers, New York, July 25, 1893; William
Bradford and Alger Huston, twin brothers,
born in Yonkers, April 29, 1897. Ethel Smith
and Helen Delia are both being educated, one
at Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, and the
other at Wesleyan University of Middletown.
The other three sons are preparing for a col-
lege education. This family was also very
musical throughout.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)
(VII) Asa Blackwell, son of
BATES Constantine Bates, was born in
China, Maine, October 6, 1807,
and died April 24, 1890, in Oakland, Maine.
He was four years old when the family moved
to Fairfield and he attended the public schools
there. He learned the trade of carpenter in
Fairfield; worked for a few years as journey-
man anil then engaged in business as a carpen-
ter and builder on his own account at Oakland.
He built many of the houses in Oakland and
Waterville and was one of the leading contrac-
tors of that section for many years. He lived
in Oakland from 1863 until the time of his
death, and in addition to his other business
conducted a farm of one hundred and sixty
acres in Oakland. He was an active and use-
ful citizen. In politics a Republican, he repre-
sented the town in the state legislature. He
was a member and deacon of the Baptist
church at Oakland. He married, September
18, 1831, Azuba Sturtevant, born January 25,
1810, in China, died June 5, 1890, in Oakland,
daughter of William Sturtevant, of China.
Children: i. Ellen A., born October 20, 1832,
married, April i, 1854, Gustavus Mower, of
Dexter, Maine. 2. Erastus W., May 8, 1834,
married and lived in Augusta, Maine. 3. Liz-
zie M., November 13, 1837, married, March
14, 1864, Warner Farr; she died April 11,
1905. 4. Martha F., July i, 1840, married,
January, 1868, Samuel Hersom. 5. Mabel,
October 17, 1841, married, October 19, 1866,
William H. Fessenden, and lived in Boston.
6. JMary B., August 30, 1843, married, July 13,
1871, Charles A. Whiting, of Norwidgwock.
7. Henry E., mentioned below. 8. Julia A.,
May 27, 1898. 9. Albert M., March 14, 1850,
died March 13, 1857. 10. Herbert M., Janu-
ary 25, 1853, died January 26, 1863. 11. Lil-
lian F., June 23, 1854.
(\'III) Henry Edward, son of Asa Black-
well Bates, was born April 21, 1846, in Fair-
field. He was educated in the district schools
of Fairfield and West Waterville, Maine, and
afterward worked with his father in the build-
ing business, and learned the trade of carpen-
ter. He was associated in business with his
father. They had a saw mill on Messalonskee
stream and manufactured various kinds of
lumber, saw frames and saw horses. Upon
the death of his father he succeeded to the
business. The saw mill was destroyed by fire
in 1885, was promptly rebuilt ; and in October,
1907, fire again destroyed the mill and it was
again rebuilt. The firm of A. B. Bates &
Company was organized in 1893 with Mr.
Bates at the head and Henry E. and Julia A.
Bates as members. It is one of the representa-
tive business houses of Oakland. At the pres-
ent time the Bates saw mill is manufacturing
boxes largely for the manufacturers of Oak-
land, in addition to the lumber and other work
of the mill, employing a dozen regular hands.
Since 1907 Mr. Bates has been tiie owner of
the Benjamin Allen Machine business and has
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conducted it successfully. In Oakland .Mr.
Bates is one of the leading citizens. Actuated
by motives of public spirit he has supported
every movement for the welfare and improve-
ment of the town ; he is interested in public
affairs and is an influential Republican. lie
has demonstrated unusual capacity for busi-
ness, and great persistence and enterprise. He
is a prominent member of the Baptist church
of Oakland. He belongs to the Ancient Oriler
of United Workmen of Oakland. He married,
January i6, 1873, Helen Messenger, born -Au-
gust 24, 1847, in Corinth, Maine, died May
4, 1898, in Oakland, daughter of Hazen and
Harriet (Oak) Messenger. Their only child,
Lena Evelyn, was born October 31, 1876, in
Oakland.
This family name is found
S.AWYEK among those derived from oc-
cupation and the race is
proverbially one of mechanics. It has been
said by a descendant that "a Sawyer was never
known who could not handle the saw easily
and they usually follow the occupation of a
wheelwright, millwright, cooper, carpenter,
machinist, engineer or master builder." In
England the Sayers are mentioned as an old
family of wealth and municipal importance of
Colchester county, Essex, in the sixteenth cen-
tury. About two hundred years earlier they
held of the king eighty-two acres of land in
Copperfield in the village of Latchingdon in
that county. Sayere and Sayer was an ancient
name in Norfolk county, in the thirteenth cen-
tury, and this branch were lords of Pulham
Manor in the seventeenth and eighteenth cen-
turies. A John Sayer was of Worsall, York-
shire, in the time of Henry VHI, 1509-1547;
Francis Sayer, of Marriet Park North Riding,
was one of the Yorkshire Roman Catholics
who lost his estate in 1505. In Hertfordshire,
at early date, the name is said to have been
Sears. The American Sawyers, "according to
the best traditions," were originally from Lin-
colnshire, England, though the town or the ex-
act locality is not mentioned.
(I) William .Sawyer, immigrant ancestor,
came from Lincolnshire, England (with his
brothers Thomas and Edward) in 1636. He
was on record in Salem, Massachusetts, 1640;
went for a short time to Wenham and thence
to Newbury, 1643. His birth date was about
1613, as he called himself sixty-five years of
age when he took the oath of allegiance in
1678. He was one of the founders of the Bap-
tist church at Newbury in 1682. He died
there 1702-03. administration on his estate be-
ing granted to his widow, Ruth. .March i,
1703. There still remains in the burying-
ground at Newbury, various tall slate grave-
stones inscribed with birth-dates that antedate
that of the arrival of the emigrants and indi-
cate that these burials were of the family of
William of Newbury. The children of Wil-
liam and Ruth were : John, born .Vugust 24,
1645; Samuel, November 22, 1646; Ruth, Sep-
tember 13, 1648, married, .August 27, 1667,
Benjamin Morse; Mary, February 7, 1650,
died June 24, 1659; Sarah, November 20,
1651, married, January 15, 1669, Joshua
Browne; Hannah, February 23, 1654, died
January 25, 1660; William, February i, 1656;
I'rances, March 24. 1658, died February 7,
1660; .Mary, July 29. 1660, married, June 12,
1683, John Emery; she died November 3,
1699; Stephen, April 25, 1663; Hannah, Jan-
uary II, 1665, died August 28, 1683; Frances,
November 3, 1670.
(II) Samuel, second son of William and
Ruth Sawyer, was born in Newbury, Massa-
chusetts, November 22, 1646. He married,
March 13, 1670-71, JMary, daughter of John
and Mary (Webster) Emery, of Newbury,
born June 24, 1652. He was made freeman
May 12, 1675, and was known as "Lieuten-
ant." He died in Newbury, February 11, 1718.
Children were : Mary, born January 20,
1672; Samuel, June 5, 1674, married ^lartha
Moores; John, March 15, 1676; Hannah, Jan-
uary 12, 1679; Josiah, January 20, 1681 : John,
February 23, 1683, married Mary ]\Icrrill;
Joshua, February 23, 1683 ; Benjamin, Octo-
ber 27, 1686, married Elizabeth ; and
two others who died young.
(III) Josiah, third son of Liea t Sam-
uel and Mary (Emery) Sawyer, Wc.:! born in
Newbury, January 20, 1681, and died .April 4,
1756. He married, January 22, 1708. Tirzah,
daughter of Thomas and Tirzah (Titcomb)
Bartlett, of Newbury. She died September 2,
1739. Their children were : Josiah, born
1709; Moses (Dr.), February 21, 171 1,
died August 25, 1778; Tirzah, November 7,
1715, died 1782, married David Ring; Israel,
C)ctober 9, 1717, died .August 2, 1739; Gideon,
December 15, 1719, died December 26, i8i6;
Hannah, died August 16, 1739; James, May
12, 1722. died September 27, 1723.
(IV) Josiah (2), eldest son of Josiah (i)
and Tirzah (Bartlett) Sawyer, was born in
Newbury, -April 12, 1709. He married, about
1735, Mary, daughter of Deacon John Ord-
way, born November 2, 1714, died March 2,
1796. He died June 10, 1792. He was a far-
mer and resided in Newbury until 1746, when
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he purchased a farm at Southainplon, New
Hampshire, and removed there with his family
in April of the same year. Children were :
Josiah; Israel; Miriam, died September 4,
1780, unmarried; John; Hannah, born 174O,
died September 24, 1770, unmarried; Richard;
Matthias; Moses; Tirzah, 1758, died Septem-
ber 2, 1832, unmarried; Molly, 1764, died Sep-
tember 21, 1789, unmarried.
(V) Richard, fourth son of Josiah (2) and
Mary (Ordway) Sawyer, was born in South-
ampton, New Hampshire, March 31, 1748,
and died June 22, 1818. He married Eliza-
beth Clark. He was a farmer and lived at
Corinth, Vermont. Children : Hannah, born
October 21, 1774; Richard, December 14,
1776; Plant, April 19, 1779; Betsy, September
I, 1782; Sally, November 17, 1785; Abigail,
August 15, 1789.
(VI) Plant, second son of Richard and
Elizabeth (Clark) Sawyer, was born in
South Hampton, New Hampshire, April 19,
1779. He married Ruth, daughter of Obadiah
and Mehitable Eastman, of Coventry (Ben-
ton), New Hampshire, born July 26, 1785. He
was a farmer, "died of dropsy, February 28,
1840." Their children were: Ira, born No-
vember 6, 1808, died November 26, 1823 ; Ro-
silla, August 25, 1810, married Horace Rich-
ardson, of Corinth, Vermont ; Otis, February
17, 1813; Alvira, March 31, 1815, died March
7, 1817; Dana, August 14, 1817; Alvira, Sep-
tember 13, 1819; Emeline, January 9, 1822,
married Hilas Dickey, of Manchester, New
Hampshire; Lucinda, September 14, 1826,
married Amos P. Collins ; Moreau, June 14,
1829, unmarried, resided in Missouri. The
father of Plant's wife, Obadiah Eastman, was
a leading man in the public affairs of the town
of Coventry (Benton) ; was the moderator of
the first town meeting; appointed first justice
of the peace, 1789. He rendered good service
in the revolutionary war, and his marble mon-
ument erected in the High Street cemetery has
been marked by the Sons of the Revolution
with the insignia of the Society.
( \^II ) Dana, third son of Plant and Ruth
(Eastman) Sawyer, was born August 14,
1817, and married Sally C. Sanborn, of Cov-
entry, who was born February, 1818. They
had two children : Emma V. and Henry T.,
and probably others, but the record is not ex-
tended and the father, Dana Sawyer, probably
removed from New Hampshire to Maine.
(VIII) Ira Cole Sawyer, M. D., was born
in Hiram, Oxford county, Maine, March 2,
1840. His childhood days were spent on the
farm of his father, and he received his early
education in the academies of Limington and
Parsonsfield. He was but sixteen years of age
when death bereft him of his father's care, and
he was practically thrown upon his own re-
sources. He was a lad of great force of char-
acter, and having determined to make the med-
ical profession his life work, he taught school
in various places for a period of four years in
order to obtain the necessary means to pursue
his course of studies. By dint of great econ-
omy, he ultimately succeeded in his ambition.
He was eighteen years of age and teaching
school at the time when he commenced his
professional studies under the preceptorship of
Dr. Moses Sweat, of Parsonsfield, a most able
physician. With him he studied for four
years, and in November, 1863, was graduated
from the medical department of Dartmouth
College. He immediately established himself
at Naples, Maine, where he was engaged in
successful practice for many years. IDuring
the early part of this period of time, he took
a special course of study at Bellevue Medical
College, New York City. He removed to
Springvale in 1884, and built up an excellent
practice in that town. He was a close and
painstaking student, working hard to qualify
himself for his profession, and as a physician
and surgeon ranked among the foremost in the
country. Pie was also greatly esteemed per-
sonally. His political affiliations were with the
Democratic party, and he was an attendant at
the Congregational church. He was a member
of Oriental Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Bridgton, Maine. His death occurred
April 12, 1906. He married (first) Ellen
Edes; (second), 1878, Georgiana Page, born
in Windham, Maine, daughter of Warren and
Mary Caroline (Hormon) Page, and grand-
daughter of Samuel Page. Dr. and Mrs. Saw-
ver had children: Florence Alildred, born
July 3, 1879, died February 21, 1896; Claude
B., born August 13, 1886, married, November
28, 1907, Ada Durgin, of Sanford, Maine.
Warren Page, father of Mrs. Sawyer, was
born in Windham, April 7, 1824, and died
October, 1903. He was educated in the com-
mon schools of his district, was a farmer in
Harrison and Naples, and also operated a mill
in Windham. In politics he was a Democrat.
His children were: Howard and Georgiana.
Georgiana (Page) Sawyer was educated in the
schools of Harrison, Maine. She is a woman
of great ability and noble aspirations, and is
prominent in all charitable undertakings in the
community.
1706
STATE OF MAINE.
Benjamin Xve, son of Thomas Nye,
NVE was born .\iay 4, 1620, at liidlen-
(len, county Kent. England. He
came in the ship ••Abigail" to Lynn, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1635 and settled in 1637 in
Sandwich. He was on the list of those
able to bear arms in 1643. He took the
oath of fidelity in 1657, and held many impor-
tant positions in public affairs; was supervisor
of highways 1655 ; on the grand jury 1658 and
at other times: constable 1C61 and 1673; col-
lector of taxes 1674. The town voted August
8, 1675, to give permission to Benjamin Nye
to build a fulling mill on Spring Hill river. It
is said that the ruins of the old saw mill at
Little Pond are still extant, at Spring Hill,
just west of East Sandwich. He married, in
Sandwich, October 19, 1640, Katherine,
daughter of Rev. Thomas Tuppcr. who came
over on the same ship. Children : i . Mary,
married Ji.ne 1, 1670, Jacob Burgess. 2. John,
mentioned below. 3. Ebenezer. 4. Jonathan,
born November 29, 1649. 5- Mercy, born
April 4. 1652; married Matthias Ellis. 6.
Caleb. 7. Nathan. 8. Benjamin, killed by In-
dians at battle of Rehoboth. in King Philip's
war, March 26. 1676.
(II) John, son of Benjamin Nye, was born
in Sandwich. In 1678 he took the oath of fidel-
ity. With his brother Ebenezer he bought a
hundred acres of land in Falmouth, and in
1689 they were granted two hundred acres
more. He resided in Sandwich, and in 1695
served on the school committee. He married
Esther Shedd, and died in 1722. His will was
dated July 19. 1720, and proved November 2"],
1722. He bequeathed his Falmouth property
to his son Benjamin, who lived there. Chil-
dren: I. Benjamin, born November 24, 1673.
2. John, November 22, 1675. 3. Abigail, April
18, 1678; married September 26, 1695, Edward
Dillingham. 4. Experience, December 16,
1682 ; married June 23, 1718, Josiah Swift. 5.
Hannah. January 19, 1685 ; married, October
31, 1723, Isaac Jennings. 6. Ebenezer, Sep-
tember 23, 1687. 7. Peleg, November 12,
1689. 8. Nathan, mentioned below. 9. Joseph,
1694. 10. Cornelius, 1697.
(HI) Nathan, son of John Nye, was born in
Sandwich, and died there November 27, 1747.
His will was dated November 14, 1747, and
proved January 20, 1748. lie was a cord-
wainer by trade, and his will shows him to
have been a man of property. Pie married,
April 12, 1715. Dorothy Bryant. Children: I.
Rebecca, born November 26, 1715; married
July 15, 1739. Solomon Foster, of Sandwich.
2. Mary, born .'\pril 26, 1718; married
Bourne. 3. Stephen, born June 6, 1720; men-
tioned below. 4. Nathan, born October 13,
1722. 5. Deborali, born (October 5, 1726; mar-
ried, June 29, 1748, John Freeman Jr.; died
January 29, 1770. 6. William, born Septem-
ber I, 1733.
(I\') Stephen, son of Nathan Nye, was
born in Sandwich, June 6, 1720, and died July
6, 1810. He was very prominent in town
affairs, and served as deputy to the general
court eighteen years. He was a member of the
committee of safety, and a delegate to the first
and third provincial congresses of Massachu-
setts. He married, June 7, 1744, Maria
Bourne, who died August 29, 1814, aged
eighty-four years. Children: i. Elisha, born
April 2"/, 1745; mentioned below. 2. John,
December 26, 1746. 3. Nathan, February 20,
1749. 4. Hannah, May 10, 1751 ; married
Tobey. 5. Stephen, April 30, 1753.
6. Susanna, July 27. 1755. 7. Abigail, July
27, 1755 (twin) ; married Motto Bryant. 8.
Jonathan, November 27, 1757. 9. William,
July 24, 1760. 10. Zenas, March 31, 1763. 11.
Rebecca, January 24, 1766; married Paul Gif-
ford. 12. Christina, April, 1768. 13. Sabra,
married George Ellis, of Sandwich.
(\') Captain Elisha, son of Stephen Nye,
was born in Sandwich, April 27, 1745, and
died May 12, 1843. He served in the revolu-
tion, lieutenant in Captain John Grannis's
company, stationed at Elizabeth Island ; en-
listed July I, 1775, service to December 31,
1775; also captain, on list of seacoast officers
stationed at Elizabeth Island and Martha's
Vineyard, commissioned January i, 1776; also
captain, entered service January 4, 1776, to
February 2, 1776, stationed at Elizabeth Is-
land for defence of seacoast ; also in same
company from April 5 to November 21, 1776,
at the same place; also captain of a company
stationed at Naushon, December 16, 1776; also
chosen captain of a company stationed at
Naushon in 1777. In 1781 he removed to Hal-
lowell, Maine, where he died. He married
(first) .■\pril 2, 1767, Lucy Tobey, who died
September 22, 1775, daughter of Eliakim
Tobey, of Sandwich. He married (second)
Aleliitable, daughter of William Robinson, of
Falmouth. Children, born at Sandwich: i.
Alvin, May 22, 1768. 2. .A.nsel, December 17,
1769. 3. Maria, March 25, 1771. Children of
second wife, born at Chilmark : 4. Elisha,
June 8, 1776. 5. Lucy, January i, 1778: mar-
ried Stephen Hinckley. 6. Abigail, born De-
cember 25, 1780, at Falmouth: married Philip
Lord. 7. Susanna, born January 5, 1783, at
Hallowell, Maine; married (first) •
STATE OF MAINE.
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Kent: (second) Captain Caleb Heath. 8.
Eimice, born September 26, 1784; married,
August 31, 1803, John Charles Schofl' ; died
July I". 1877. 9. Mehitable, born May 30,
1786; married, and was mother of General
George H. Xye. 10. Charles, born February
4, 178S.
(\T) General George Henry Nye was born
at Hallowell, ]\laine, February 24, 1828. He
adopted his mother's maiden name, Nye. He
was educated in the public schools of his na-
tive town. Fie began work in a cotton mill at
Hallowell, and later served on a steamboat ply-
ing between Boston and Portland. After a
few years he was employed in a cotton mill at
Brunswick, Maine, and later worked at farm-
ing a year at Rome, Maine, then returned to
Lewiston and worked at his trade in the cotton
mill. He won promotion, and when the civil
war broke out was an overseer. He left this
position, in which his wages were five dollars
a day, to enlist as a private when the call for
volunteers came. His pay as a soldier was $11
a month, but the financial sacrifice he under-
took cheerfully, as well as the hardship and
danger of the service. He enlisted April 20,
1861, in Company K, First Maine Regiment
of Infantry, for three months : as he was com-
missioned previous to the company being mus-
tered in, he forfeited a bounty of one hundred
dollars, and was commissioned second lieuten-
ant May 3, 1 86 1. At the expiration of his
term of enlistment he raised a company for the
Union service, and on C)ctober 4, 1861, was
commissioned captain of Company K, Tenth
Maine Regiment. With this regiment he took
part in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Moun-
tain, Rappahannock. Sulphur Springs, South
Mountain and Antietam. At the end of two
years his company was mustered out of ser-
vice, and he raised another for the Twenty-
ninth Maine Regiment, enlisting the men for
three years, and was given Company K. He
was commissioned captain on November 13,
1863; on October 18, 1864, promoted to major,
and on December 20, 1864, to colonel. He was
breveted brigadier-general October 28, 1865,
and major-general, to rank from March 13,
1863. The Twenty-ninth regiment served in
Louisiana, and took part in the engagements
at Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Cain
River Crossing, and later in Virginia at Ope-
quan. Fisher Hill and Cedar Creek. He was
badly wounded in the battle of Cedar Moun-
tain, but was able to take his place at the head
of his regiment at the Grand Review at the
close of the war. He was wounded in the
mouth at Cedar Creek. The official report of
the battle of Cedar Mountain states that he
was struck three times, but was not off duty a
day in consequence. At the close of the war
he was stationed with his regiment at Savan-
nah, Georgia, then at Georgetown, South
Carolina, also at Hilton Head, South Carolina,
and finally at New York Cit"\', where he and
his command were mustered out of service
June 29, 1866, at Hart's Island, (jcneral Nye
was probably the only man to enlist as a pri-
vate and rise during the war to the rank of
major-general.
At the close of the war he returned to Lew-
iston, Maine, and took up his duties as over-
seer in the mill. Soon afterward he was ap-
pointed agent of the Dwight Mills in Chicopee,
Massachusetts. During the five years in which
he had charge of this property, three large
mill buildings were erected. The next five
years he spent in Montreal as agent of a mill
in the vicinity, and there had charge of the
erection and equipment of a large new mill.
He was agent for the next five years of a mill
company at Laurel, Maryland, and again had
charge of the building of new mills. With
the purpose of providing for the education of
his children he returned to Massachusetts, and
accepted a position as inspector for the Mu-
tual American Liability Company. Upon as-
suming this position he purchased a home in
South Natick, Middlesex county, Massachu-
setts, near Wellesley College, where he resided
most of the time until 1884, when he came to
Boston. During his connection with the com-
pany named, he traveled extensively in New
England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, JMaryland, Ohio, and other
eastern states, covering a period of over twenty
years luitil 1895, when he resigned, this ending
his active career. He died Octolier 22, 1908,
at the Dunbar, Roxbury district, Boston,
where he had his home for some years.
General Nye was made a Mason in Bruns-
wick. Elaine, in 1854. He was afterward a
charter member of a blue lodge in Montreal,
which he was active in organizing. He was
a Royal Arch Mason ; member of Council,
Royal and Select Masters, and of the various
bodies of the Scottish Rite Masonry to the
33d degree, which was conferred upon him in
October, 1896, and at the time of his death he
was one of the oldest Masons in the country,
having been a member of the order for fifty-
four years. He never lost his interest in mili-
tary afifairs. and when the Spanish-.American
war broke out, he tendered his services to the
government, but on account of age he was not
accepted. He was a member of the Minute
1708
STATE OF MAINE.
Men, also of the Union \'eteran Union, and
the Military Order of the Loyal Legian, which
latter he joined at the same time as Captain
Sigsbee, Admiral Dewey, General Harrison,
General Arthur. Major ^IcKinley and others,
in Washington. Afterward he was trans-
ferred to the Massachusetts Commandery, in
which he was prominent. In politics he was a
Republican, and for many years was active in
political life. He was a campaign speaker of
much ability and in various campaigns spoke,
chiefly in the southern states in company with
John P. Gorman and others. He was a promi-
nent member of the Grand Army, and in 1904
took a leading part in the national encampment
in Boston. Though seventy-si.x years old, he
paraded with Thomas G. Stevenson Post No.
26 of Roxbury, of which in later years he was
a member.
He married (first) November 29, 1851,
Charlotte A. Ilussey, who died December 21,
1885. Children: i. Georgianna II., born at
Rome, Maine, September 19, 1852: died Janu-
ary 18, 1861. 2. Clara A., born at Rome, April
5, 1856; died July, 1906; married February 18,
1880, at Washington, D. C, Shields IJurr, who
died September 6, 1883 ; children : i. George
Houston Burr, born May 20, 1881, in Mon-
treal, Canada; ii. Shields Burr, born July 29,
1883. 3. Grace A., born at Rome, March 12,
1859; married, July 8, 1880, at Washington,
W. Harry Steiger ; she died January 26, 1888,
at South Natick; children: i. Walter Van
Patten Steiger, born December 19, 1881 ; mar-
ried Alice Burks, of Natick ; ii. George Nye
Steiger, born October 24, 1883 ; iii. William
Tell Steiger, born November 24, 1885 ; iv. Neil
Burr Steiger, born January 19, 1888; v. Clar-
ence Burr Steiger, born January 19, 1888
(twin). 4. Charlotte A., born at Lewiston,
Maine, February 14, 1864: married, August
17, 1886, Albert Ross Cuthbert, at Berthier,
Canada; connected with the English army,
now stationed in northwestern Canada ; chil-
dren : i. Margaret Ross Cuthbert, born May
12, 1887; ii. Ross Cuthbert, born February 6,
1892 ; iii. Stuart Ross Cutlii)ert, born Decem-
ber 23, 1896. 5. Gertrude II., bom at Lewis-
ton, June 16, 1867, teacher of music in Cornell
University. 6. Catharine A., born at Chicopee,
Massachusetts, July i, 1870; died May 20,
1871. 7. George H., born at Montreal, Can-
ada, October 24, 1873; married, July 9, 1897,
Maude L. McCarrick and lives at Lynn, Mas-
sachusetts; children: i. Charlotte Houston,
born July 3, 1898: ii. Philip Rawdon, born
September 26, 1901 ; died May 7, 1906; iii.
Gertrude, born December 7, 1906; iv. Hous-
ton, born December 8, 1907.
General Nye married (second) September
20, 1892, Mrs. Elizabeth .Vdams, nee Stetson,
born in Bangor, Maine, daughter of Milton
and Amanda (Adams) Thompson, grand-
daughter of Peter Adams. Peter Adams was
a descendant of the immigrant, Henry Adams,
of Braintree, Massachusetts, from whom the
Presidents .-\dams descended, and was born in
Franklin, Massachusetts, settled in Gardiner,
iMaine, where he became one of the leading
men, removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, but
died at Boothbay, Maine, being then one of
the oldest Free ^lasons of that state : married
(first) Betsey Stone, and (second) her sister,
Nancy Stone; children: Elmira. Nancy,
Amanda (mentioned above), Maria. John
and William, all by first wife; Elizabeth, Julia,
Cyrus, and Peter of Danvers, by second wife.
The children of ^Milton and Amanda (Adams)
Thompson were : Elmira, Edwin. Lucretia,
Delia and Elizalx'th. ^Irs. Thompson was a
woman of fine education and ability, and re-
tained her faculties throughout her long life.
Milton Thompson died by drowning at the age
of thirty, leaving five children, who were
reared by the widow. Elizabeth .Adams
Thompson married (first) Adelbert II. Stet-
son, who was a carriage trinnner b\' trade
and carried on this business and harness mak-
ing and died in Boston. By this marriage she
had four children, three of whom died young.
Her daughter, Nina M. Stetson, born in
Maine, ]May 14, 1880, married Joseph M.
LeCain, of Somerville, Massachusetts; chil-
dren : Elizabeth Adams LeCain, born yiay
24, 1906, and Robert LeCain, ^lay 20, 1907.
(For ancestry see Jolin Farrington I.)
(Ill) Benjamin, fifth
FARRINGTON son and tenth child of
D a n ie 1 and Abigail
(Fisher) Farrington, was born in Wrentham,
Massachusetts, March 12, 1714-13. He mar-
ried Christiana Cox, and had four children as
follows: I. John (q. v.), October 20, 1756.
2. Susan, married Benoni Cummings, had
eleven children, lived in Royalston, Massacliu-
setts, where she died February 2, 1838. 3.
Jemima, married James Llawes and had six
children. 4. Hannah, March. 1765, married
Thomas Fisher, December, 1786; lived in
Teni])Ieton, Massachusetts; had ten children,
and died October 15, 1826. Her husband died
in Wrentham in 1772.
(I\") John (2), eldest son of Benjamin and
STATE OF MAINE.
1709
Abigail (Fisher) Farrington, was born in
W'rentham, ^Massachusetts, October 20, 1756.
He was left, by the death of his father, when
onl_v sixteen years of age, with the care of his
mother and three sisters, and he worked as a
carpenter in \\'ellington,\'ermont, in 1781, and
in Claverack, New York, in 1784. He also
served as a soldier in the American revolution,
the last years of the war, and in 1786, in com-
pany with seven or eight of his comrades,
went to the district of Elaine and settled on
land seven miles east of the Penobscot river,
and the place they located became the town of
Holden. He married, July 14, 1788, Cynthia,
daughter of Daniel and Abiah (Bramin)
Hawes, of Wrentham. 2^1assachusetts, and he
carried her to the woods of ]\Iaine and they
lived in a log cabin in the wilderness, while
her husband was clearing a farm. He was a
deacon in the church for many years, and rep-
resented his district in the general court of
Massachusetts. His wife died October 13,
1840, in Holden, ]\Iaine, and he died there Sep-
tember 30, 1843. having lived an exemplary
christian life. The children of Deacon John
and Cynthia (Hawes) Farrington, born in
Holden, Maine, were: i. Sylvia, September
13. 1789. 2. John, February 4, 1791. 3. Ben-
jamin, April 27, 1792. 4. Daniel, November
2, 1793. 5. Nancy, January 17, 1795. 6.
Silas, April 15, 1796. 7. Oliver (q. v.), Sep-
tember 18, 1797. 8. Cynthia, December 11,
1800. 9. Pliny, July 8, 1803.
(V) Oliver, fifth son and seventh child of
Deacon John and Cynthia (Hawes) Farring-
ton, was born in Holden, Penobscot county,
Maine, September 18, 1797. He was brought
up on his father's farm and when he reached
manhood purchased a farm in Brewer, Penob-
scot county. He married, November 11, 1822,
Hannah, daughter of Deacon Lot and Hep-
zibah (Skinner) Rider, of Brewer, and ten
children were born of the marriage in the
home established by their parents in Brewer,
Maine. Oliver Farrington, like his father, was
a christian citizen of excellence and was a
foremost advocate of moral reform. He died
in Brewer, ]\Iaine, September 16, 1863, and his
widow at the age of ninety years. Their chil-
dren were: i. Henry Mertyn, January 12,
1824. 2. Ann Louise. October 29, 1825. 3.
Hannah Jane, October 3. 1827. 4. Joseph
Rider (q. v.), ]\Iay 3, 1830. 5. Sarah Eliza-
beth, May 17, 1832. 6. Clarissa Elvira, Octo-
ber 25, 1834. 7. Charles Oliver, May 4, 1837.
8. Edward Payson, September 24, 1839. 9.
George Shepard, June 14, 1842. 10. Caroline
Amanda, April 13, 1845.
(VI) Joseph Rider, second son and fourth
child of Oliver and Hannah (Rider) Farring-
ton, was born in Brewer, Penobscot county,
Maine, I\Iay 3, 1830. He attended the public
schools of Brewer, Maine, and Farmington,
and taught school several winters. He was
deacon of the church, a farmer and brick
maker; superintendent of the Maine State Col-
lege farm at Orono; professor of agriculture
at the Alaine State College; superintendent of
the']\Iaine State Reform School, South Port-
land, for seventeen years, and a useful and in-
fluential citizen, educator and philanthropist.
Fie died May 30, 1897. He married. October
II, 1855, Ellen Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon
Ed\^»rd and Melinda (Snow) Holyoke. She
died in South Portland, Elaine, February 28,
1895. Children: i. Arthur Manley, Septem-
ber 22, 1856, was assistant chief of Bureau of
Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. 2, Sarah Perkins, Novem-
ber 19, 1858, married George P. Merrill, one
of the head curators of the National Museum,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington. D. C,
and their children were : Joseph, Margaret,
Mildred and Ruth ^Merrill. 3. Edward Hol-
yoke, born Brewer, Maine, December 20, i860,
Maine State College. B. S., 1881, Sheffield Sci-
entific School, Yale University. 2vl. S.. 1882;
professor of dairy husbandry. University of
Wisconsin, since 1894; married, June i, 1898,
Margaret Tate, of Chicago, and have a daugh-
ter Isabel, born 1899. 4- Oliver Cummings
(q. v.), October 9, 1864. 5- Horace Parker,
?ilay 26, 1867, teacher of manual training,
Newark, New Jersey, and draftsman at United
States navy yard. New York, borough of
Brooklyn, 1908. 6. Wallace Rider. Orono.
Maine, May 3, 1871, University of Alaine.
B. S., 1891, newspaper worker in Bangor, and
Augusta, Maine, Springfield, Alassachusetts,
Rockland, Maine. Honolulu. Islands of Hawaii,
since 1894; member of the territorial board of
education of Honolulu ; married, October 26,
1896, Catherine ]klc Alpine Crane, of San Fran-
cisco. California, a graduate of Stanford LTni-
versity ; their children are : Joseph Rider,
born October 15, 1897, in Washington, D. C. ;
Ruth, born January 22, 1899, in Flonolulu.
Hawaii Islands ; Frances.
(\TI) Oliver Cummings, third son and
fourth child of Joseph Rider and Ellen Eliza-
beth (Holyoke) Farrington, was born in
Brewer, [Maine. October 9, 1864. He was pre-
pared for college at the public schools of
Orono, [Maine, matriculated at the University
of Maine in 1878 and was graduated B. S.,
1881, M. S., 1888. and after" a post-graduate
I/IO
STATE OF .MAIXF..
course in philosophy at Vale University earned
the degree Ph. D., 1891. During his col-
legiate course he taught the sciences in acade- ,
mics in Maine. 1882-87, ^nd was a tutor on
mineralogy and biology at Yale University,
1889-91 : assisted in the United States Na-
tional Museum; Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C, 1893-94; curator of ge-
ology in the Field Museum of Natural His-
tory, Chicago, Illinois, since 1894, and lec-
turer in mineralogy in the University of Chi-
cago, 1894-1904. He was coUaborateur in the
United States department of mines and metal-
lurgv at the Paris Exposition, 1900; member
of the international jury of awards, Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri,
1904. He is the author of "Meteorites" ; "The
Volcanoes of Mexico"; "Gems and Gem Alin-
erals" (1903) and a voluminous contributor to
current magazines. He was married in Glov-
ersville. New York, August 6, 1896, to Clara
Adeline, daughter of Frederick and Clarissa
J. Bradley, of New Haven. Connecticut, a
teacher of music. They have no children ;
their home is at 5741 Monroe avenue, Chicago.
His church affiliation is with the Congrega-
tional denomination, and he is a member of the
University Congregational Church of Chicago.
His political views are those of the Republi-
can party. His professional affiliations in-
clude membership in the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science, the
American Association of Museums and the
Genealogical Society of America.
"Os" as a root word implica-
OSGOOD tive of Deity, has made for it-
self a firm place in Osgood
and other surnames which are as old as the
Saxon language. John, Christopher and Wil-
liam Osgood, who do not seem to have been
relatives, though they and their families were
closely associated, settled in Massachusetts
Bay Colony within a short time after the set-
tlement of the Puritans at Plymouth.
(I) John Osgood, born in Wherwell, Hamp-
shire county, England, July 23, 1595, died in
Andover, ^lassachusetts, October 24, 1651. He
came from Andover, England, and settled in
Andover. Massachusetts, before 1645. He
had been at Ipswich and Newbury before his
settlement at Andover. John Osgood was one
of the petitioners who had liberty to begin a
plantation at Hampton in 1638. On a leaf in
the town records a list is written in an ancient
hand, without date, but probably when most of
the settlers were living, and may be considered
correct : "The names of all the householders
in order as they came to town: Mr. Brad-
street, John Osgood, etc." So, John Osgood
was the second settler in Andover. He was a
freeman in 1639, one of the founders of the
church in Anclover, October, 1645, and the
first representative of the town in the general
court in 165 1. His will was dated April 12,
1650, and probated November 25, 1651. He
was married in luigland. His wife Sarah sur-
vived him more than fifteen years, and died
April 8, 1667. Their children were: Sarah,
John. Mary, Elizabeth, Stephen and Hannah.
Abbott, in "The History of Andover," men-
tions two more, Christopher and Thomas.
(H) Stcjihen, son of John and Sarah Os-
good, was born in 1638 at Ipswich or New-
bury, Massachusetts, and died of small pox,
January 15, 1690-91. Fie took the oath of
freeman at Andover, May 19, 1669. On Oc-
tober 24, 1663, he married Mary Hooker; they
had five children, the eldest and youngest of
whom died in infancy. The children were:
Stephen, born March 11. 1665. died October
I, 1667; Hooker, mentioned in the nexl para-
graph; Stephen, August 16, 1670; Joseph,
June I, 1673; and Mary, December 23, 1677,
died March 4, 1678.
(III) Hooker, second son of Stephen and
Mary (Hooker) Osgood, was born at And-
over, Massachusetts, August 24, 1668, and
died at Lancaster, January 29, 1748. He was
a Sadler by trade, and moved from Andover to
Lancaster about the time of his marriage.
Whether at this time he became a permanent
settler is not known; but in 1710 and 1714 he
bought land in that town. In 1715 he was one
of the selectmen of Lancaster, and the next
year he held a license to sell liquor. He was
very active in town affairs. On April 26,
1892, he married Dorothy Wood, and they had
ten children, seven sons in succession, and then
three daughters. It is somewhat remarkable
that all of these ten children lived to marry
and rear families. The children were : Hooker,
born Alarch 26, 1693 ; Joshua, September 2,
1694; Jonathan, September 16, 1696; David,
October 8, 1698; Benjamin, whose sketch fol-
lows; Moses, 1702; Aaron, 1706: Dorothy,
1707, married Josiah Whitcomb, of Lancaster;
Elizabeth. 1709, married Thomas Sawyer;
Sarah, 1710, married John Divoll, of Lancas-
ter.
(IV) Benjamin, fifth son of Hooker and
Dorothy (Wood) Osgood, was born at Lan-
caster, Massachusetts, May 21, 1700, and died
at Keene, New Hampshire, October 29, 1789.
About 1725 he married Hannah Divoll, and
thev had six children, all of whom lived to
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mature years. Children were: Benjamin
(2), whose sketch follows; Oliver, born 1728,
was a cripple and died unmarried ; Abner,
1734; Ebenezer, 1736, was lost at sea; Han-
nah, 1738, married Joseph Wilson, who was
killed in the revolution; Elijah, March 27,
1740.
(V) Benjamin (2), eldest child of Benja-
min (1) and Hannah (Divoll) Osgood, was
born at Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1726,
and died at Keene, New Hampshire, in 1808.
He was originally a farmer in Lancaster, but
accompanied his father on the latter's removal
to Keene, and made his permanent home there.
He united with the church in Keene in 1767,
and was chosen selectman in 1775. He was
probably the Benjamin Osgood taken prisoner
at Fort Dummer by the Indians in 1748. On
December 5, 1753, he married Mary Carter,
and they had seven children, all of whom livecl
to mature years, and many of them to great
age. Children were : Benjamin, born De-
cember 17, 1754, lived to be ninety-three;
Samuel, August 19, 1757, married .^my Rich-
ardson; Mary, November 18, 1759, married
Hananiah Hall; Oliver, February 18, 1762;
Jonas, 1765; Peter, whose sketch follows; Je-
mima, 1774, married Cornelius Howlett, of
Keene.
(M) Peter, fifth son of Benjamin (2) and
Mary (Carter) Osgood, was born at Keene,
New Hampshire, in 1768, and died at Still-
water, New York, October 16, 1852. He was
a farmer, and lived for some years at Eaton,
Canada East, but spent his last days with his
son Barnanl at Stillwater. Alwut 1793 he
married his first wife, Lucy Wheeler, wlio died
about 1800 at Keene, leaving three children :
Safford, whose sketch follows ; Sylvia, De-
cember 24, 1796, died April 27, 1799: Abigail,
March 17, 1798, married Benton. The
name of the second wife is unknown, but there
were two children: Barnard, July 24, 1802:
and George.
(VH) "Safford, eldest child of Peter and
Lucy (Wheeler) Osgood, was born at Keene,
New Hampshire, ]\Iarch 21, 1794, and died at
West Worthington, Massachusetts. He was a
farmer, and lived at New Lebanon, New
York, and West Worthington, Massachusetts.
On December 6, 1816, he married Olive Abby,
who died February 25, 1864. They had seven
children : Henry A., whose sketch follows :
Ann J., 'Slay 6, 1820, died in November, 183 1 ;
Charles F., October 25, 1822, died unmarried
in Boston. January 13, 1857 ; Lucy A., Decem-
ber 27, 1824, married Austin Geer, of West
Worthington. [Massachusetts: George, Alay
27, 183 1, married Lucy Allen, of Becket, ^las-
sachusetts ; Milo, December 14, 1833, died
July. 1836; Oliver, August 6, 1835, died No-
vember. 1838.
(VHI) Henry A., eldest child of Safford
and Olive (Abby) Osgood, was born .April 6,
1818, at New Lebanon, New York, and died
December 7, 1905, at Lewiston. He was a
trader in jewelry, and lived at Groton. New
Hampshire, from whence he moved to
Lewiston, Maine, January 28, 1859. In Sep-
tember, 1844, he married Elizabeth Hannah
Place, of Dover, New Hampshire. They had
two children : Ann Elizabeth, born Decem-
ber 5, 1845, married Frank W. Martin ; and
Charles H., mentioned below.
(IX) Charles H., only son of Henry A. and
Elizabeth Hannah (Place) Osgood, was born
December 28, 1849, at South Berwick, Maine.
On June 27, 1871, he married Henrietta -■\.
Parker, daughter of Jacob and Louise ( Robin-
son) Parker, of Greene, Maine. Mrs. Osgood
is a member of the Congregational Church,
while ]\Ir. Osgood is a member of the Parish,
and also on the Prudential committee. He is
a member of Rabboni Lodge, No. 150, -A. F.
and A. M. ; King Hiram Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 9 ; Lewiston Commandery, No. 6, K. T. ;
Maine Consistory, 32d degree Sublime Prin-
ces of the Royal Secret ; Industry Lodge.
No. 2, K. P., of Lewiston ; Kora Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S., Lewiston; Golden Rule
Lodge, No. j^, I. O. O. F., Lewiston;
Worumbus Encampment, No. 13, I. O. O. F. :
and B. P. O. E., No. 371, of Lewiston, I\Iaine ;
for three years was the only Elk in the state
of Maine, and for three years and until ]\Iarch,
1908. was a member of Boston Lodge, No.
10, B. P. O. E., but got a demit.
The Gordon name is one of
GORDON the most ancient in England
and is now represented in the
peerage by the Earl of Aberdeen. The fam-
ily is of Norman origin and dates back to very
early times. In 11 50, Richard de Gordon,
knight banneret, granted to the monks at
Kefso, lands at Gordon near Huntley Strather.
There were several early American immi-
grants of the name, and their descendants can
be found in all parts of the country, especially
in the south. The Gordons in America are for
the most part of Scotch origin, some of them
being the progeny of an immigrant who came
from Scotland by the way of England, while
others are of Scotch-Irish descent. The first
of the name in New England was Edmund
Gordon, who came in the ship "Susan and
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Ellen" in 1635. A John Gordon was residing
in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1682, and a
Nicholas Gordon was in New Hampshire in
1689. Nathaniel Gordon, born in Tyrone, Ire-
land, in the year 1700, emigrated in 1749 to
join his eldest son Samuel who had preceded
him. Nathaniel was accompanied by his other
children, whose names were John, Jane and
Haimah. He and his son Samuel went to Dun-
stable, Massachusetts, where they entered the
employ of one William Gordon, a merchant of
that town, and presumably a relative. John,
son of Nathaniel Gordon, was a brewer, and
between the years 1750 and 1760 became asso-
ciated in business with the famous patriot,
Samuel Adams, in Boston. Five of this name
were graduated from Harvard University
down to 1834; three were graduated from
Yale and Dartmouth, and five from other col-
leges.
(I) Alexander Gordon, the first of the name
in New Hampshire, was a member of a High-
land Scottish family which was loyal to the
cause of the Stuarts. While a soldier in the
royalist army of King Charles the Second, he
fell into the hands of Cromw^ell as a prisoner.
After being confined in Tuthill Fields, Lon-
don, he was sent to America in 1651, and held
a prisoner of war at Watertown, Massachu-
setts. In 1654 he was released and went to
Exeter, New Hampshire, where the town gave
him a grant of twenty acres of land, ten years
later, and he became a permanent resident. He
engaged in lumbering upon the Exeter river,
and was a successful and exemplary citizen.
In 1633 he was married to Mary, daughter of
Nicholas Lysson, and they had six sons and
two daughters.
(II) Daniel, youngest son -of Alexander and
Mary (Lysson) Gordon, was born in 1682 in
Exeter and resided most of his life in Kings-
ton. In partnership with his brother, Thomas
Gordon, he engaged for several years in lum-
bering, at the mill of Mathew Harriman, in
Haverhill, ]\Iassachusetts, and both married
daughters of Mr. Harriman. The latter was
a son of Leonard Harriman, who came from
Yorkshire, England, in 1640, and settled in
Rowley. Massachusetts. Daniel Gordon was
a blacksmith by trade and gave his attention
to that occupation after settling in Kingston.
He married, September 5, 1708, Margaret
Harriman, and died prior to 1736. The inten-
tion of marriage of his widow to Samuel
Bradslrcet. of Suncook, New Hampshire, was
published January ig, 1736. Daniel Gordon's
children were: i. Elizabeth, born June 28,
1709. 2. Mary, February 20, 171 1, married
Nathan Merrill. 3. Abner, mentioned in the
next paragraph. 4. Margaret, died at the age
of three months. 5. Alexander, June 29, 1716,
married (first) Susan Pattee, (second) Han-
nah Stanley.
(HI) Aimer, eldest son of Daniel and Mar-
garet (Harriman) Gordon, was born Novem-
ber 24. 1712, probably in Kingston and lived
in South Hampton, New Hampshire, Suncook
and Hopkinton, and probably died with his
children in Henniker. He married, at South
Ham])ton, 1745. Elizabeth, daughter of Sam-
uel anil Elizaljcth (Dimond) Straw. They
were the parents of nine children: i. David,
baptized at South Hampton. 2. Jonathan,
mentioned below. 3. Daniel, February 16,
1748, was a cripple. 4. Miriam, November
26, 1749. 5. Hannah, died in her eighteenth
year. 6. Amos, October 4, 1755, married
Anna George and removed to Garland, Maine.
7. .'^anuiel, died in his ninth year. 8. Mary,
November 14, 1758, married Eben Rider. 9.
Abel. January 18, 1762, married Hannah
George and died 1837.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Abner and Eliza-
beth (Straw) Gordon, was born October 31,
1746. and settled in Henniker, New Hamp-
shire, in 1795, dying there March 13, 1827.
He married, in 1771, Mehitable Eastman, a
native of Salisbury, w'ho died June 20, 1832.
Their children were : Samuel, David, Jona-
than, Hannah, Sarah, Jeremiah, Enoch, Jacob
and Mehitable.
(V) David, second son of Jonathan and
Mehitable (Eastman) Gordon, was born May
27, 1774, and resided in Henniker. His death
is not recorded, but he was married in 1800 to
Polly, daughter of George Hoyt, of \\'eare.
New Hampshire, who survived him, dying
January 18, 1852. Their children were: John,
Asa, Jacob, Daniel, Cyrus, Mary, Eliza, Me-
hitable, James, Enos and David. •
(\T) David (2), youngest son of David
(i) and Polly (Hoyt) Gordon, was born May
23, 1822, in Hopkinton, and died in July, 1907,
in Calais, Maine. He settled in Calais, and
was there engaged in the manufacture of boots
and shoes ; subsequently engaged in the retail
boot and shoe business. He married, at Ca-
lais, Mary Brooks Keen, of that town, who
was born March 6, 1831, in Calais, daughter
of Jarius Keen, of Calais, and the following
children of this marriage are recorded in
Calais : Alvin L., George C, Helen M. and
Arthur Horace.
(\TI) Arthur Horace, third son of David
(2) and Mary B. (Keen) Gordon, was born
October 23, 1863, in Calais, and received his
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primary education in the public schools of his
native town. This was followed by a four
years' classical and scientific course in the
Calais Academy, ending in 1880. He subse-
quently read medicine in the offices of Dr. H.
B. !\lason and Dr. C. B. Swan, of his home
town, after which he entered Hahnemann
Medical College, of Chicago, graduating with
the degree of M. D. in 1887. Since that year
he has been actively engaged in the practice
of his profession in Chicago, and is professor
of physical diagnosis in Hahnemann Medical
College, and state medical examiner for the
Knights of the RIaccabees, being also a mem-
ber of the executive board of that order. He
is a member and medical examiner of the
Sons of St. George, of the Improved Order of
Heptasophs and life member of the Chicago
Press Club. He is a member of the .American
Institute of Homeopathy of the Illinois Home-
opathic Medical Association, Chicago Home-
opathic Medical Society, and of the Clinical
Society of Hahnemann Hospital. He has at-
tained to the thirty-second degree in Free Ma-
sonry, being a member of Lincoln Park Lodge,
No. 611, of Chicago, of the Oriental Con-
sistory and Medinah Temple, Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine of that city. In religious belief
he is a Unitarian. Dr. Gordon is president of
the Chicago Job Press Company, a concern in-
terested largely in the printing of medical and
other documents, and is treasurer of the Mod-
ern Needle Company of Chicago. He mar-
ried, December 30, 1891, Julia Agnes Cava-
naugh. daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza M.
Cavanaugh, of Chicago, and they are the pa-
rents of a daughter, Julia M.. born November
30, 1899.
The Coolidge family of this
COOLIDGE country is quite a large and
widely scattered one. From
out its numbers may be noted many men and
women in the several branches, who have won
distinction and honor among their fellow-
countrymen. The Maine branch of Coolidges
has descended from those who originally set-
tled in Massachusetts, in and near Watertown.
(I) John Coolidge's date of arrival in New
England is not fixed definitely, but was prob-
ably about 1630. His will dated November 19,
1 68 1, was proved June 16, 1691. He men-
tions his wife and sons : John, Stephen,
Simon, Nathaniel and Jonathan; also daugh-
ters : Sarah and Mary Mixer. The family
was a very ancient and honorable one in Cam-
bridge, England, from which place they emi-
grated to America. The name has with vari-
ous generations been spelled in almost every
conceivable manner. Quite common ways
were Coollidge and Cooledge.
(II) Simon, son of the American progeni-
tor, was born in 1632 and died 1693. He mar-
ried (first) Hannah Barron and several years
after her death he married Priscilla Rogers,
by whom were born : Mary, Obadiah, Joseph,
Hannah, Stephen, Lydia and Sarah.
(III) Obadiah, second child and first son of
Simon and Priscilla (Rogers) Coolidge, was
born in 1664 and died 1706. Pie married
Elizabeth House, of Hartford, and settled in
Sudbury, but subsequently returned to Water-
town, in 1694. Their children were: Eliza-
beth, Joseph, Hannah, Obadiah, Sarah, Abi-
gail, RIary L^'dia, Simon and Stephen ; the
youngest child was born November 2, 1705,
but soon died.
(IV) Simon (2), son of Obadiah and Eliza-
beth (House) Coolidge, was born June 12,
1704. He was by occupation a bricklayer. He
married Abia Sanderson, and the children of
this union were : Joseph, Lydia, Lois, Annie,
Sarah, Eunice. Simon and Mehitable.
(A") Joseph, eldest child of Simon and
Abia (Sanderson) Coolidge, was horn Octo-
ber 4, 1 76 1. He served in the Fourteenth
Regiment of the Continental army, in 1780.
He was under Colonel Bradford, and was a
United States pensioner from the date of De-
cember, 1833. He married Mary Adams, of
Lexington, Massachusetts, and they emigrated
to Maine, settling at Jay in June, 1790, but
later moved to Canton, Maine, where he died
October 17, 1843. His widow survived until
March 19, 1852, being ninety-one years of
age. Their children were : Joseph, Mary,
Mercy, Nancy, Aaron, Jane, John, Cyrus Ham-
lin, Sally, Jeiiferson and Merrit.
(VT) John (2), son of Joseph and Mary
(Adams) Coolidge, was born in Canton,
ilaine, December 12, 1796, and died in 1874.
He married Eliza, daughter of John Bigelow
and wife, born December 12, 1800, and died
in 1893. Their children were: John Oberon,
born December 22. 1826; Silas Rutillus, May,
182S; Charles Archelarus, December 29, 1830;
George Mariner, December 6, 1834.
(VII) Dr. Charles Archelarus, third child of
John (2) and Eliza (Bigelow) Coolidge. was
"born December 29, 1830. He received his
earlv educational training in the public schools
and at South Paris Academy, after which he
entered Bowdoin College (medical depart-
ment), where he studied two years, and then
went to the same department of Dartmouth
College, from which institution he graduated
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STATE OF MAINE.
one year later. The first year after his gradu-
ation from Dartmouth lie spent in the Massa-
chusetts (k'ueral Hospital, and the following
year in the Philadelphia Hospital. In 1855 he
began the practice of medicine in Weld,
Maine; remained there two years, then re-
moved to Livermore Corner, where he con-
tinued until May, 1861, when he located at
Canton. .Maine, at which place he is still prac-
ticing medicine, with much skill and success.
Dr. Coolidge was the township physician for
many years, and is well known and highly
appreciated both as a physician and citizen.
He married Sarah N., daughter of Solomon
and Adeline (Billington) Foster, of Weld,
Maine. Children : Eliza, died in infancy ;
Henry E., born December 23, i860, and
Charles M., September 24, 1863.
(Vni) Henry E., second child of Dr.
Charles A. and Sarah N. (Foster) Coolidge,
was born in Livermore, Maine. He received
his education in the public schools, and Nich-
ols Latin school at Lewiston, attending the
latter in 1875-76. In 1877 he entered Bates
College, from which he graduated with the
class of 1 88 1. He then chose law for his pro-
fession and studied under Hon. Enoch Foster,
of Portland. Elaine, teaching school during the
two years he remained in the law office as a
student, thus showing his industrious nature
and perseverance in whatever he undertakes.
He was ne.xt elected principal of the schools
at North Berwick, Maine, having charge of
the high school. He returned to Lewiston and
entered the law office of Savage & Oakes, in
.'\uburn, and in 1889 was admitted to the bar,
the same year going to Lisbon Falls, Maine,
where he began legal practice on his own ac-
count, lie is still an honored attorney of that
place, and has built up an almost enviable
practice in the courts of Maine. In March,
1899, he was made cashier of the Lisbon Falls
Branch of the LewMston Trust & Safe De-
posit Company. During the years 1896-97-98
he was superintendent of schools, and is at
present trial justice. Politically Mr. Coolidge
affiliates with the Republican party. In his re-
ligious faith he is a Free Baptist. He inar-
ried, April 26, 1883, Josephine, daughter of
Daniel and Celestia (Low) Dearborn, of Can-
ton, Maine. They are the parents of one child,
Charles Wilson, born January 23. 1884. He
was educated in the public schools. Nichols
Latin school, and Bates College, graduating in
1903. He is the present manager of the Maine
Farmer Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He
married, August 16, 1905, Jane, daughter of
Joshua and Mary Taylor. Their two children
are: Muriel T. and Charles H., being of the
tenth generation of Coolidges from the Amer-
ican ancestor.
From Scotland, whose
HAMILTON sombre climate and rugged
hills have developed one of
the most energetic, industrious and thrifty na-
tions on the globe, have come to these shores
a people, who wherever found have been a
credit and a help to the community where they
dwell. -A colony settled in Londonderry. New
Hampshire, and at a critical time contributed
largely to the victory of the patriot arms at
Bennington and the subsequent capture of
Burgoyne. Other Scots settled in ]Maine and
their descendants now constitute a consider-
able proportion of some of the thrifty towns
of the coast region. Among these are many
worthy citizens of Chebeague Island, whose
progenitor was Ambrose Hamilton.
(I) .Kmbrose Hamilton came from Scot-
land to the province of Maine with his wife,
Betsy Franzy, from Ganzy. Children : .Am-
brose, Roland and John. Roland settled on
Cousin's Island, John settled on Walnut Hill,
and Ambrose on Chebeague Island.
(II) Ambrose (2), eldest son of .\mbrose
(i) and Betsy (Franzy) Hamilton, settled on
Chebeague about 1760. being the third per-
manent settler on the island. He married De-
borah Soule and had fourteen children, seven
sons and seven daughters, and seventy-one
grandchildren. All his children lived to be
about ninety years of age, and some to even a
greater age. Children : Betsy, Ann. John,
.Ambrose. Deborah, Jane, Jonathan. Roland,
Dorcas, James, Reuben, Lydia, Lemual and
Lucy.
(III) James, son of Ambrose (2) and De-
borah (Soule) Hamilton, was born on Che-
beague Island, and lived and died there. He
married Mary ; eleven children : James,
Isaac, John, \Iary, Benjamin, Reuben, Simeon,
Sarah, Eliza. Rcliecca and .Sophronia.
(I\') Benjamin, fourth son of James and
Mary Hamilton, was born on Chebeague, Sep-
tember. 181 1, and died on that island in 1844.
He followed the occupation of farmer and
fisherman at Chebeague, where he resided
thirtv-three years. He married Eliza Ross, in
1830; she was born in Cumberland, 1812,
daughter of John and Dorcas Ross. Children :
John R.. Caniline A.. Benjamin. Hcnrv O.,
"Royal T.
(V) Henry O., third son of Benjamin and
Eliza (Ross) Hamilton, was born at Che-
beague, November 7, 1843, ^nd was educated
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in the schools of Chebeague. tic learned the
trade of mason and has been engaged all his
life since that time in structural masonry. He
resides on Great Chebeague Island. He is a
Republican in politics, and a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Ele married, in
Januar}-, 1864, Margery E. Jewett, who was
born in Westport, September 5, 1846, daughter
of John G. and Elizabeth Jewett, of Westport.
John G. Jewett was born in Westport, Feb-
ruary 14, 1819, and died at Westport, Feb-
ruary 12, 1848. He married Elizabeth Reed,
who was born September 16, 1812, at Booth-
bay, Maine. Children : Margery E. and
Amasa. Henry O. and ]\Iargery E. (Jewett)
Hamilton have three children: i. Helen J.,
married Reuben H. Cleaves. 2. Fred. G.,
mentioned below. 3. Harry (Henry) B., mar-
ried Gertrude Crockett.
(\T) Fred G., elder of the two sons
of Henry O. and iMargery E. (Jewett)
Hamilton, was born on Great Chebeague, Feb-
ruary 22, 1868, and educated in the public
schools of Great Chebeague and Cumberland,
the high school of Chebeague, and at Gray's
Business College, Portland. April 8, 1888, he
became assistant bookkeeper for the C. M.
Rice Paper Company of Portland, was later
bookkeeper, and since i8g8 has been a mem-
ber of the firm. He has resided in South
Portland since 1891, and for fifteen years has
taken an active part in the political affairs of
that city. In politics he is a Republican. He
was elected alderman in 1904, and served one
term, and in 1908 was elected mayor, and now
fills that ofHce. He is well known as an in-
dustrious and successful business man. He
and his family attend the People's Alethodist
Episcopal Church in South Portland. He has
attained the thirty-second degree in Free Ma-
sonry, and is a member of the following named
organizations of that order : Hiram Lodge,
No. 180, of South Portland, of which he is a
past master; Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 13, of which he is a past high priest;
Portland Commandery, No. 2, Knights Tem-
plar, Portland Council, No. i, of which he is
a past thrice illustrious master, and Maine
Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Se-
cret. He is also a member of the Knights of
the Golden Eagle, Forest City Castle Lodge,
No. 22, and the United Order of the Golden
Cross, Gorges Commandery, No. 313. Fred
G. Hamilton married, in South Port-
land, September 23, 1891, Evelyn Frances
Campbell, who was born in South Portland,
March 26, 1867, daughter of Alexander and
Harriett EHzabeth (York) Campbell. Alex-
ander Campbell, deceased, was the son of
Alexander and Elizabeth (Heal) Campbell, of
Eowdoin. Harriett E. York was the daughter
of Charles and Eleanor (Goodrich) York, of
Yarmouth. Children of George F. and Eve-
lyn F. (Campbell) Hamilton are: i. Philip
C, born January 19, 1896. 2. Marguerite E.,
January 21, 1899. 3. Frederick R., August 17,
1902.
This ancient personal name long
EAIERY ago became a surname. Some
of the original spellings in Eng-
land were Americ, Almeric, Almaric, and El-
meric ; and it is the same to which, in the Ital-
ian form of Amerigo, we now owe the title of
our own country. It is a name which has
been honorably borne by many citizens of the
United States, one which was very early in
New England, and has been from that cradle
of American citizenship distributed over a
wide area. It was early identified with .Maine,
and has been borne by pioneers of numerous
towns in this state.
(I) The first of whom positive record is
now obtained was John Emery, who with his
wife Agnes resided in Romsey, Hants, Eng-
land, and probably died there.
(II) Anthony, second son of John and Ag-
nes Emery, was born in Romsey, Hants, Eng-
land, and sailed for America 'with his elder
brother John, from Southampton, April 3,
163s, in the ship "James," of London. William
Cooper, master, their wives and one or two
children each probably accompanying them.
They landed in Boston, Massachusetts, June
3, 1635. Anthony, it seems, was in Ipswich,
in August following, and not long after settled
in Newbury, where he lived until about 1640.
In the latter year he removed to Dover, New
Hampshire, and on October 22 of that vear
signed the "Dover Combination." For ' the
nine years following he was identified with the
interests of the town. His house was at Dover
Neck, about a mile from the present railroad
station at Dover Point, and three or four miles
from Major Richard Waldern's (Waldron's)
settlement on the Cocheco river. There he
kept an ordinary or inn, which was destroyed
by fire. In 1644 and 1648 he was one of the
townsmen (selectmen) for the "prudential
affairs" of Dover. He bought of John White,
November 15, 1648, a house, a field, and a
great barren marsh on Sturgeon creek, in
Pischataqua, afterward Kittery, now Eliot,
Maine, and two other marshes. He served on
the grand jury in 1649, and in the same year
removed to Kittery, where he resided until
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1660. He was juryman several times, select-
man in 1652 and 1659 and constable. He was
one of the forty-one inhabitants of Kittery
who acknowledged themselves subject to the
government of ^^lassachusetts Bay, November
16, 1652. 1 le received at four different times
grants of land from the town. He also bought
of Joseph Austin, of Pischataqua, July 15,
1650, "a little Marsh soe Commonly called
above sturgeon Cricke, with a little house and
upland yrunto belonging, as also one thousand
five hundred foole of boards, for & in Con-
sideration of Two stears Called by ye name of
Draggon and Benbow, with a weeks worke of
himselfe & other two oxen wch is to be done
.in Cutchecho." In 1656 he was fined five
pounds for mutinous courage in questioning
the authority of the court of Kittery, and in
1660 he was fined a second time for entertain-
ing Quakers, and deprived of the rights and
privileges of a freeman in Kittery. On May
12, of this year, he sold to his son James all
his property in Kittery, and sought a residence
where he could enjoy more liberty. He re-
moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and was
there received as a free inhabitant, September
29, 1660. He served as a juryman from Ports-
mouth on several occasions, was chosen con-
stable June 4, 1666, and deputy to the general
court, April 25, 1672. The last evidence of his
residence at Portsmouth is that of a deed of
land in Portsmouth to Rebecca Sadler, his
daughter, dated }ilarch 9, 1680. An Anthony
Emory was representative from Kittery at
York,' Maine, March 30, 1680, but it does not
seem probable after what had happened to that
time that Anthony Emery, the immigrant,
is the person referred to. He was a man of
good business qualifications, energetic, inde-
pendent, resolute, in purpose, bold in action,
severe in speech, jealous of his own rights,
and willing to sufifer for conscience sake. He
was one of those men who did their own think-
ing and would rather be right than be presi-
dent. His wife's forename was Frances. Plis
children were : James, a son unknown, and
Rebecca.
(HI) James, eldest child of Anthony and
Frances Emery, was born in England about
1630, and came to America with his parents.
He was the grantee of lands in Kittery in
1653-56-69-71 : was selectman of Kittery
1674-76-77-84-85-92-93-95; was elected repre-
sentative to the general court 1693-95 ; and
was grand juror and constable in 1670. He
seems to have resided in Dedham after he was
elected representative, and later to have lived
in Berwick, in the Province of Maine. He
weighed over three hundred and fifty pounds,
and is said to have made the journey from his
home to Boston, his carriage being a chair
placed in an o.x cart drawn by a yoke of steers.
This mode of conveyance was necessary, as
there was not in Kittery a carriage large
enough to carry him . over the rough roads
safely. He is supposed to have died in 1714
or earlier. He married (first) Elizabeth
, who died after 1687; and (second)
December 28, 1695, Mrs. Elizabeth (New-
comb) Pidge, widow and second wife of John
Pidge. of Dedham, Massachusetts. His chil-
dren, all by first wife, were : James, Zacha-
riah, Noah, Daniel, Job, Elizabeth and Sarah.
(I\') Zachariah, second son of James and
Elizabeth Emery, was born about 1660, in Kit-
tery. where he resided and died about 1691,
in the neighborhood of thirty-one years of age.
He married, December 9, 1686, Elizabeth,
daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Spencer)
Goodwin, of Kittery. She married (second)
December 22, 1692, Philip Hubbard, of Ber-
wick. Zachariah and Elizabeth had a daugh-
ter and a son, namely : Elizabeth and Zacha-
riah.
(V) Zachariah (2). only son of Zachariah
(i) and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Emery, was
born October 5, 1690, and resided in Chelms-
ford, Massachusetts. He enlisted there in
June, 1745, for the expedition against Cape
Breton, as a member of Captain Gresham
Davis' company. In October of that year he
was sent to Boston as the agent of the com-
pany to make up its muster roll and was taken
ill so that he did not return to Cape Breton.
His son Samuel was also a member of the ex-
pedition and died about that time. After his
recovery, Zachariah Emery made, a petition
to the general court for the value of his gim,
and that of his son Samuel. He placed the
amount at twenty-five pounds ten shillings and
was granted three pounds eighteen shillings.
He died in 1752. He married (first) Sarah
(surname unknown), who died October 8,
1732. He married (second) ]\Iay 20, 1733,
Rebecca Reddington, of Topsfield, Massachu-
setts, who died in 1743-44. He married
(third) June 26, 1744, Thankful Foster, who
married (second) Jonathan Spaulding, of
Carlisle, and died .Vugust 31, 1785, at the age
of eighty-five years. There were ten children
by the first marriage, one by the second, two
by the third. Sarah (died young), Noah
(died young), Zachariah, Noah, Samuel, John,
Sarah, Daniel, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, James,
Thankful and Samuel. The first Samuel died
as before noted at Cape Breton, about 1745.
STATE OF AIAIXE.
1717
John and Daniel were soldiers of the revolu-
tion.
(\"I) Zachariah (3), second son of Zacha-
riah (2) and Sarah Emery, was born August
26, 1 7 16, in Chelmsford, and resided in
Townsend, ^Massachusetts, where he died May
3, 1804. He was a man of standing in the
community and served as selectman there from
1754 to 1756, in 1761-63-72-73-76-77, nine
years in all. He married, December 2, 1741,
Esther Stevens, who died a little more than a
month after him, on June 17, 1804. Their
chiluren were : Zachariah and James (twins),
Amos, Esther, Sarah, Elizabeth, Thankful,
John, Lucy, Samuel and William (twins) and
Levi. Zachariah and Amos were revolution-
ary soldiers.
(\TL) Levi, youngest child of Zachariah
(3) and Esther (Stevens) Emery, was born
November 3, 1762, in Townsend, and settled as
a young man in Blocmfield (now Skowhegan),
Maine, where he died April 22, 1857. Before
he was nineteen years old, he enlisted July
13, 1781, in Captain Asa Drury's company,
Colonel Turner's regiment, which company
was raised to serve five months from July i,
1781. He served four months and twenty-
three days, travel included, in Rhode Island.
He married, in Bloomfield, 2\Iindwell Ireland,
who was born January 6, 1772, and died April
15, 1857. Their children were: Sally, Esther,
Levi, Darius, Eunice, Asa, Zachariah, Char-
lotte and Sophronia, all born in Bloomfield.
(\"IIIj Zachariah (4), third son of Levi
and Mindwell (Ireland) Emery, was born
September 10, 1804, in Bloomfield, and died
at Athens, Maine, October 26, 1881. He was
a farmer in Athens, and a deacon of the Bap-
tist church. He married Abigail Cole, born
January 15, 1808, died August 5, 1898, at
Athens. Their children were: i. j\Iina A.,
widow of Alanson Lock, residing in Athens,
3.1aine. 2. Asa Cole, receives further mention
below. 3. Mary Angeline, widow of Way-
land Leighton, residing in Skowhegan, Maine.
4. INIartha Abigail, married (first) Ferdinand
Spaulding, who died in the civil war; (sec-
ond) Samuel Goodrich, who resides in Ath-
ens. 5. Henry Harrison, lives in Camden,
Maine. 6. ^Matilda Arrabell, deceased. 7.
Zachariah Judson, deceased. 8. Charles E.,
lives in Boston, Massachusetts. 9. Miranda
Alice, wife of William H. Wood, of West
Medford, ^Massachusetts.
(IX) Asa Cole, eldest son of Zachariah (4)
and Abigail (Cole) Emery, was born Febru-
ary I, 1831, in Athens, !\Iaine, and resides in
that town, where he has been a farmer, inn-
keeper and merchant, and is now retired. He
is affiliated with the Baptist church and the
Patrons of Husbandry, is a Republican in
principle and was a candidate for representa-
tive on the Greeley ticket. He married, De-
cember 30, 1856, Ellen Frances Hutchinson,
born January 19, 1839, in Athens, a daughter
of Ebenezer and Sabrina (Williams) Hutch-
inson (see Hutchinson XVH). They were
tlie parents of two sons, Eben Hutchinson and
Charles Augustus. The latter is now a resi-
dent of Athens.
(X) Eben Hutchinson, elder son of Asa
Cole and Ellen F. (Hutchinson) Emery, was
born December 8, i860, in Athens, where his
early years were spent. He was a student at
Somerset Academy at Athens, Maine, and the
Nichols Latin School at Lewiston, Elaine,
graduating from the latter institution in 1880.
He immediately entered Bates College, from
which he was graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in 1884. On July 30 of that
year he entered the government service in the
weather bureau, and has continued in this ser-
vice up to the present time. He was first sta-
tioned at Wilmington, North Carolina, subse-
quently at Key West, Florida; Chattanooga,
Tennessee ; Bismarck, North Dakota ; Havre,
^Montana ; Chicago and Cairo, Illinois ; Huron,
South Dakota ; Atlantic City, New Jersey ;
and New York City ; and is now located at the
last named point, where he is district fore-
caster of the weather bureau, in charge of the
New York City local office. His long ex-
perience has made Mr. Emery very expert in
his line of endeavor, and his genial nature and
democratic character make him friends among
his associates and those of the public who
come in contact with him. He is verj^ active
in the Masonic Order, having risen to the de-
gree of Knight Templar, and is a member of
Temple El Riad, Nobles of the ]\Iystic Shrine,
of South Dakota. He is a member of the
Maine Society of New York City, and is es-
teemed by his fellows. He married, October
6, 1897, Elizabeth Fillmore, of Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, born August 19, 1867, daughter of
John C. and Anne J. Fillmore. They are the
parents of a son and two daughters : Marion
Hutchinson, Elsie Fillmore and Josephine
Lodge.
In the maternal line, Eben Hutchinson de-
scends from Barnard Hutchinson, through an-
cestry elsewhere given in this work, and lead-
ing down to
(12) Benjamin, third son and fifth child of
Joseph Hutchinson and youngest child of his
first wife, was a native of Danvers and died
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STATE OF MAINE.
intestate in 173,^ He was a farmer, and lived
in that part of tlie homestead which he re-
ceived by deed of gift from his father, October
2, 1691. This contained thirty acres, and he
afterward acquired considerable land by pur-
chase, contiguous to this, and he also owned
a tract of ten acres on the west side of Ips-
wich river, which he bought August 6, 1713,
from his brother Robert. Before his death he
settled a snug estate upon each of his remain-
ing children, and disposed of the remain-
der of his property by sale. While an infant,
he had been adopted by Deacon Nathanial In-
gersoll, who had previously been bereaved of
his only child. lie married (first) before
1690, Jane, daughter of Walter and Margaret
Philips, who died in 171 1. He married (sec-
ond) January 26, 1715, Abigail Foster. He
was received into the church May 7, 1699, and
his W'ife on the 28th of the same month. She
was the mother of his eleven children. The
first, a son, died in infancy. The others were :
Benjamin (died young), Hannah, Benjamin,
Bethiah, Nathaniel, Sarah, Bartholomew,
Jane, Israel and John.
(13) According to the above, the first son
of Benjamin Hutchinson died in infancy. It
is believed by the writer that this is an error.
A thorough search of the records has failed
to discover any account of the birth of Timo-
thy Hutchinson. He is the first to be found in
the line herein traced, and the first record of
him appears in Hampton Falls, New Hamp-
shire, where in 1710 he appears on a petition
of the inhabitants of that precinct, asking to be
set off as a separate town, the petition bear-
ing date of May 3 of that year. The earliest
date of land purchased by him is November
13, 1 718, when he purchased land in that part
of Hampton now known as Kensington, which
land became his homestead. In the following
years his name is frequently on record. The
date of his death is unknown, but he was alive
as late as 1759, in which year he deeded the
homestead to his son Jonathan. His wife
Hannah was baptized and admitted to the
Hampton Falls Church, July 14, 1717, and her
death is recorded as of November 21, 1752,
and her age seventy years. A list of his chil-
dren has been made up from various sources
as follows: Ebenezer, John, Hannah, Jona-
than, Alary, Johnston and Phoebe.
( 14) Ebenezer, eldest son of Timothy and
Hannah Hutchinson, was born August 11,
171 1, in Hampton Falls, and resided in the
portion of that town which is now Kingston.
He signed a petition there in 1739. In 1741
he was in Exeter and in 1743 a citizen of
Brentwood. He was a member of the Exeter
company on the Crown Point Expedition, 1755
and 175S, and died August 11, 1788. He was
married in Kingston, November 2, 1748, to
Elizabeth Alarsh, who was born about 1708
and died August 21, 1804, at the age of ninety-
six years. Their children were : Henry,
Theophilus, John, Joseph and Elizabeth.
(15) Joseph (2), fourth son of Ebenezer
and Elizabeth (Marsh) Hutchinson, was born
August 4, 1750, in Brentwood, and settled in
Readfield, Maine, where he died August 17,
1828. He married, December 6, 1785, Ann
Whittier, born July 2, 1766, died January 3,
1819, and they were the parents of: Benja-
min, Elizabeth, Joseph, Ebenezer, Ann. Polly,
Hannah. Edmund Bridge, Phebe Bridge,
Sarah Hodge, Julia Ann, Henry Augustus
and Martha.
(16) Ebenezer (2), third son of Joseph (2)
and Ann (Whittier) Hutchinson, was born
April 25, 1794, in Readfield; settled in Ath-
ens and resided in that town, where he died
May ig, 1862. He married (first) August 22,
1 813, Alartha Maddocks and they were the
parents of two sons : Harrison and Charles.
Fie married (second) December 23, 1832,
Sabrina Williams, who died January 7, 1840,
aged twenty-nine years. She was the mother
of Henry Williams, Ellen Frances and George
Franklin. He married (third) October 28,
1840, Lois Williams Bishop, who was born
June 26, 1805, died September 10, 1878. She
bore him a son and daughter : Ebenezer and
Emma A.
(17) Ellen Frances, eldest daughter of
Ebenezer Hutchinson and second child of his
second wife, Sabrina Williams, was born Jan-
uary 19, 1839, in Athens, and became the wife
of Asa C. Emery (see Emery IX).
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(II) John (2), son of John
EMERY (i) and Agnes Emery, was
born at Romsey, September 29,
1598. In company with his brother Anthony
and their wives and children he sailed from
Southampton on board the ship '"James" of
London, William Cooper, master, which ar-
rived in Boston, June 3, 1635. Shortly after-
ward he proceeded to Newbury, where land
was granted him for a house lot. December
27, 1637, he was fined twenty shillings for hav-
ing enclosed a piece of groimd which had not
been previously laid out by the town, but in
the following February he was given legal
possession of the lot by a town order to that
effect. He was admitted a freeman in 1641
STATE OF IMAINE.
1719
and his name appears in the list of ninety-one
freeholders of Newbury compiled in 1642. He
received an additional grant of land in 1644
(records say "Twenty-one acres and five
rods"); was a selectman in 1661 ; fence-
viewer and grand juryman in 1666; served
upon a trial jury in 1672 and was chosen to
carry the town's votes to Salem in 1676. Hos-
pitality was a crime in those days of religious
intolerance as evidenced by the ancient town
records of Newbury, which state that on the
complaint of the constable "John Emerrie"
was prosecuted and fined four pounds in 1663
by the court at Ipswich for entertaining trav-
ellers and Quakers. His death occurred in
Newbury, November 3, 1683. His first wife,
Mary, whom he married in England, died in
April, 1649, ^"d he married (second) Mrs.
Mary Webster, born Shatswell, and widow of
John Webster, of Ipswich ; she died April 28,
1694. JMr. Emery was the father of: John
and Ann, who were born in England ; Eben-
ezer, born in Newbury, September 16, 1648
(the records at hand state this child to have
been a daughter) ; and Jonathan, born in New-
bury, 'Slay 13, 1652, who was of the second
union.
(III) John (3), eldest child of John (2)
and Mary Emery, was born in England about
1628. He was made a freeman in Newbury
in 1660 and in addition to possessing forty
acres of land, the gift of his father as a token
of "love and Affection,'' he was granted an-
other forty acres by the town, this lying over
the "Artichoke and Rasberry River." He
served at dififerent times as selectman, vote
carrier, trial juryman and tything man, and
in the records is designated as sergeant. His
will was made August 3, 1693. He married,
October 2, 1648. Mary Webster, a daughter of
his stepmother by her first husband, and she
died February 3, 1709. The children of this
union were : Mary, Hannah, John, Bethiah,
Sarah, Joseph, Stephen, Abigail, Samuel, Ju-
dith, Lydia, Elizabeth and Josiah.
(IV) John (4), third child and eldest son of
Sergeant John (3) and Mary (Webster) Em-
ery, was born in Newbury, September 2, 1656,
and died July 14, 1730. He married (first) June
13, 1683, Mary, born July 29, 1660, died No-
vember 3, 1699, daughter of William and Ruth
Sawyer; (second) Abigail Bartlett; (third)
Mary ]\Iarch. His children were : Mary,
Johnj Josiah, Daniel, Lydia, Sarah, Ruth and
Hannah.
(V) Lieutenant John (5), second child and
eldest son of John (4) and Mary (Sawyer)
Emery, born in Newbury, September 29, 1686,
died June 30, 1750. He married, December
30, 1714, Mehitable, who died June 11, 1773,
daughter of Henry and Ann (Sewall-Long-
fellow) Short. Ann Sewall was a daughter of
Henry and Jane (Dummer) Sewall, widow of
William Longfellow, and the second wife of
Henry Short. The children of Lieutenant
and Mehitable (Short) Emery were: Moses,
Anna, Josiah (died young), Mary, John, Me-
hitable, Sarah, Jane, Josiah, Daniel and Sam-
uel.
(VI) Moses, eldest child of Lieutenant
John (5) and Mehitable (Short) Emery, born
in Newbury, October 12, 1715, died April 11,
1789. He married, March 24, 1738, Lydia
Emery, born in 1718, died July 11, 1800, a
daughter of Stephen and Ruth (Jacques)
Emery, and a distant relative of her husband.
They had children : Lydia, Mary, John,
Moses, Josiah, Nathan, Sarah, Ann, Amos
and Michael.
(VII) Moses (2), second son and fourth
child of Moses (i) and Lydia (Emery)
Emery, was born in Newbury, January 31,
1745. Leaving his ancestral home when a
young man, he braved the dangers and priva-
tions of the wilderness of Maine and became
the third white settler at Bakerstown, now
Minot ; the first saw mill in that locality was
built by him. He married Ruth Bodwell, born
February 13, 1750, and noted for her piety
and courage, amply demonstrating the latter
quality by sharing with her husband the lonely
life of a pioneer. Of this union there were six
children : Olive, Ruth, Moses, Nathan, Mary
and Stephen.
(VIII) Moses (3), third child and eldest
son of Moses (2) and Ruth (Bodwell) Em-
ery, was the first male child born in Minot
and at his birth, which took place September
20, 1772, he was granted fifty acres of land
commemorative of the occasion. His last days
were spent at Livermore, Maine, where he
died November 4, 1861. He united with the
Methodist Episcopal church and became a lay
preacher at about the age of fifty years, and
thenceforward devoted much of his time to the
propagation of that faith. In 1793 he married
Susannah Woodward, born in 1775, died June
8, 1859, who bore him children: Moses, see
forward. Susannah, born January 9, 1797.
Abigail, October 15, 1799. Eunice, Novem-
ber 20, 1802. Irene, August 2, 1805. Eliza
Ann, July 23, 1809. Nathan Addison, Octo-
ber 25, 1813. Mary Ann, July 23, 1816. Sarah
Stowell, September 22, 1819.
(IX) Moses (4), eldest child of Mo.ses (3)
and Susannah (Woodward) Emery, born in
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STATE OF MAINE.
Minot, July i6, 1794, died in Saco, Maine,
May 12, 1881. Prompted by an irresistible
desire for a liberal education, he made strenu-
ous efforts in the face of numerous obstacles
to prepare for and enter college. Having
mastered the Latin text books by candle light
and without the aid of an instructor, he pur-
sued a short course at the Bridgton (Maine)
Academy and was finally admitted to the
sophomore class at Bow-doin College, from
which he was graduated in 1818, having de-
fra\ed all his expenses by teaching school.
He was accepted by Judge Bailey, of Wiscas-
set, as a law student, and w^as taken into part-
nership with his preceptor after his atlmis-
sion to the Lincoln county bar in 1821, and
four years later established himself in the gen-
eral practice of law at Saco. His long and
honorable career at the York county bar was
made notable by his connection with many
exacting litigations involving lofty principles
as well as important financial issues, and in
these he had as opponents such famous legal
experts as John Holmes, Nathan Clifford,
John Fairfield, Daniel Goodenow, N. D. Ap-
leton, the Shepleys and others. His methods
were based wholly upon the rigid rules of
common law and his victories were obtained
solely through the application of honest means.
He was a firm believer in equity trials, in
which he acquired special distinction, and out
of nineteen cases tried by him in the equity
court he lost but two. For many years he
was president of the York County Bar Asso-
ciation. In politics he was originally a Whig
and later a Republican, served with marked
ability in the Maine legislature, and as a can-
didate for congress in a strong Democratic
district he nearly defeated his opponent, who
obtained a majority of only three hundred
votes. While a member of the legislature,
1836-37. he secured the act authorizing the in-
corporation of the Portland, Saco & Ports-
mouth Railroad Company against formidable
opposition, and he w-as equally zealous in ad-
vocating the adoption of other improvements.
As one of the pioneer supporters of the tem-
perance cause he accomplished much toward
creating sentiments which finally resulted in
the enactment of the prohibitory liquor law,
and he displayed a similar enthusiasm relative
to the increase of educational facilities, serv-
ing for many vears as president of the board
of trustees of Thornton Academy. In his
religious belief he was a Unitarian. He mar-
ried, November 27, 1823, Sarah Cutts Thorn-
ton, a detailed account of whose family will
be found below. She became the mother of:
I. Thornton Cutts, born November 16, 1824,
married Abby Little Bailey, who died at
Emery's Crossing, Middle Yuba, California,
May 10, 1858. 2. Anne Paine, born February
25, 1827, died June 11, 1842. 3. Charles Car-
roll, born May 31, 1830, married Anna Cald-
well, who died February 27. 1897. 4. Sidney
Ilamaden, born September 27, 1832. died Sep-
tember 13, 1833. 5. Sarah Gennett, born Sep-
tember 6, 1834, died November 8, 1835. 6.
;\Ioses Jr., born September 15, 1837, died Sep-
tember 4, 1838. 7. George Addison, see be-
low.
(X) George Addison, youngest child of
Moses (4) and Sarah Cutts (Thornton)
Emery, was born in Saco, Maine. November
14, 1839. He was graduated with the class
of 1863 from Bowdoin College, taking his
bachelor's degree, pursued his legal studies
under the direction of his father and was
admitted to the York county bar in 1866. Es-
tablishing himself as an attorney in Saco, he
was shortly afterward appointed judge of the
newly organized municipal court, serving in
this capacity with a great amount of credit
until 1871, and since his retirement has acted
as recorder of the court for the greater part
of the time. Upon his retirement the mem-
bers of the bar presented to the court a set
of resolutions expressing their gratitude to
Judge Emery for his able and impartial con-
duct while in office, and their pleasure in that
he would again join their ranks. These reso-
lutions were responded to in an appropriate
manner by Judge Emery and it was tiien or-
dered that they should be recorded in the books
of the court. Now, for about forty years
Judge Emery has conducted a profitable gen-
eral law business in his native city, being gov-
erned in his practice by the same lofty prin-
ciples and sound legal ethics which charac-
terized the career of his distinguished prede-
cessor, and he has attained an honorable record
both as a member of the bar and as an upright,
public-spirited citizen. He has figured promi-
nently in various matters outside of his legiti-
mate field of action, and has ably filled many
responsible positions of trust of a public and
a semi-public nature. He represented his
town in the lower branch of the state legis-
lature in 1881-83 ; is a charter member, and
at the present time secretary of the York
Institute; director in the York National Bank,
having served in that capacity continuously
since 1882; trustee of Saco Savings Bank;
trustee of the Dyer Library Association : trus-
tee, secretary and treasurer of the Thornton
Academv ; has acted as general agent of the
STATE OF MALXE.
1721
Provident Association for nearly thirty-five
years ; and was secretary of the Saco Board
of Trade. He is a member of the Park Com-
mission, of the Laurel Hill Cemetery Asso-
ciation and the Maine Historical Society, is a
IMaster Mason, and has been secretary of the
local Blue Lodge for more than twenty-five
years. In politics he is a Republican, and his
religious affiliations are with the Second Par-
ish (Unitarian) Church, of which he is a lead-
ing member and in which he has taken an im-
portant part in the administration of affairs.
The ancestral line of Sarah Cutts (Thorn-
ton) Emery, mother of George Addison, is
Anthony (i), James (2), James (3), which
see elsewhere, and :
(4) Rebecca, daughter of James (2) and
Margaret (Hitchcock) Emery, married (first)
Captain Daniel Smith, of Saco; (second) Cap-
tain Nathaniel Ladd, of Falmouth, Maine.
Her children were: Theophilus, Daniel, Re-
becca, Lydia, ^lary, Nathaniel, Alexander and
Noah.
(5) Rebecca, daughter of Captain Daniel
and Rebecca (Emery) Smith, married Domin-
icus Scammon and had Dominicus and Eliza-
beth.
(6) Elizabeth, daughter of Dominicus and
Rebecca (Smith) Scammon, married Colonel
Thomas Cutts, of Indian Island, Saco, who
was the son of Hon. Richard and Eunice
(Curtis) Cutts. Colonel Cutts acquired pos-
session of the larger part of Indian Island by
purchase and for many years it was called
Cutts Island. Alost distinguished among his
children was Hon. Richard, at one time United
States representative and afterward comp-
troller of the treasury, and who married Anna
Payne, sister of Dolly, the wife of President
Madison.
(7) Sarah, seventh child of Colonel Thomas
and Elizabeth (Scammon) Cutts, married. No-
vember 26, 1793, Dr. Thomas Gilbert Thorn-
ton, born August 31, 1769, died IMarch 4,
1824, son of Timothy and Eunice (Brown)
Thornton, and a descendant of Rev. Thomas
Thornton, early of Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
On the maternal side he was descended from
James and Sarah (Cogswell) Brown, of Ips-
wich, Massachusetts. Dr. Thornton studied
medicine under Dr. Joseph ^Manning and at
Harvard College, and settling in Saco, Elaine,
became an eminent physician. He was also
engaged in commercial pursuits and was one
of the most successful merchants in the state.
Upon Thomas Jefferson's accession to the
presidency Dr. Thornton was appointed United
States marshal for the district of Maine, and
held this office under Madison and Monroe.
He was also president of the Saco Bank and
a leader in the Democratic parly. The insti-
tution, however, with which his name is most
frequently associated is the Thornton Acad-
emy, with which he was closely identified. A
petition was presented to the ^Massachusetts
legislature in 181 1, placing before that body
the advi.-iability of establishing an academy in
Saco, York county, for the instruction of youth
in science, literature and morals, and the name
of Dr. Thornton was second in the list of
subscribers ; Colonel Thomas Cutts was the
first. The petition was granted, the institu-
tion to be called the Saco Academy, and Dr.
Thornton was named as one of the trustees.
The trustees organized at Cutts Hall, near the
new meeting-house in Saco, and Dr. Thorn-
ton was one of a committee of three ap-
pointed to draw^ and submit a suitable plan
for the academy. In the Weekly Visitor of
September 2, 1820, the following notice ap-
peared : "Saco Academy. The Trustees of
this institution respectfully inform the public
that the term will commence Monday the nth
of September next. Their funds having been
lately increased by the liberality of individuals
they have engaged as a permanent instructor
Rev. Phineas Pratt, a gentleman every way
qualified for so important a trust. Students
can be accommodated with board in respect-
able families at the moderate price of $1.75
per week. T. G. Thornton, R. C. Shannon,
Seth Storer, Jun., Com." Three thousand
dollars was required by the charter to be raised
and secured for the endowment of the acad-
emy before land was granted, and almost four
thousand dollars was contributed by eighty-
three persons, a very large amount in those
hard times, and among those who contributed
one hundred dollars was the name of Dr.
Thornton. November 21, 1821, a committee
was appointed to draw up a subscription paper
and obtain fifteen hundred dollars to increase
the funds of the institution. Dr. Thornton
gave ten shares of Saco bank stock, valued at
one thousand dollars, and thirty-one others
contributed six hundred and forty-three dol-
lars. In consequence of this gift the legisla-
ture of ]ilaine passed : 'An Act to change the
name and style of Saco Academy in the County
of York. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in Legislature as-
sembled, that from and after the passing of
this act, the name and style of the said Saco
Academy shall cease, and the said academy
shall henceforth be called and known by the
name and st\ le of Thornton Academy, any law
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to tlie contrary notwithstanding : and nothing
in this act contained shall be constituted, to im-
pair any of the riglits or liabilities of said
corporation." This act passed January 25,
1822. Dr. Thornton was a representative in
the general court of Massachusetts in 1795-
96-98-1803, and was a candidate for congress
at the election on the first .Monday in .\pril,
1823, but as neither candidate was elected at
that time he withdrew his name from the con-
test. He had a large house in Saco, and
President Monroe and General Lafayette w-erc
entertained there. This mansion was con-
verted into a hotel known as the "Thornton
House," after the death of Dr. Thornton, and
was destroyed by fire in January, 1851. It
was located at the corner of Maine street and
Thornton avenue.
(8) Sarah Cutts, one of the children of
Dr. Thomas Gilbert and Sarah (Cutts) Thorn-
ton, married Moses Emery, as mentioned
above.
(III) Jonathan, third son and fourth child
of John (2) and Mary (Shatswell Web-
ster) Emery, was born in Newbury, Mas-
sachusetts Bay Colony, May 13, 1652. He
took the oath as a freeman, April 19, 1691,
having already been present at Newbury, De-
cember 3, 1675, as a soldier in King Philip's
war, and he took part in the great Narragan-
sett fight, December 19, 1675. and received a
wound from an Indian arrow in the shoulder.
He married. November 29, 1676, ]\Iary, daugh-
ter of Mr. Edward Woodman, and they had
ten children, as follows, all born in Newbury :
Mary. September 25, 1677; John, 1678; Jona-
than, February 2, 1680; David, September 28,
1682; Anthony, November 13, 1684: Stephen,
June 13, 1687, died 1688; Sarah, December 18,
1688, married Ambrose Berry ; Stephen, June
24, 1693; Edward, November 10, 1694; James,
baptized .\pril 10, 1698. Jonathan Emery
made his will February 6, 1722-23, and it was
proved October 7, 1723. His estate was
valued at two hundred and two pounds, two
shillings, ten pence. He died in Newbury,
September 29, 1723, his wife having died six-
teen days before his demise, the date of her
death being September 13, 1723.
(IV) James, youngest child of Jonathan
and Mary (Woodman) Emer}-, was baptized
at the first church at Newbury, April 10, 1698.
He was a farmer. He married, December 10,
1719, Ruth Watson, of Haverhill, and they
lived on a farm in that town up to about
1725, when they removed to Dracut. The
first three of their eleven children were born
in Haverhill and the remainder in Dracut. On
March 30, 1757, James Emery petitioned the
general court of Massachusetts for remunera-
tion for e.xpenses incurred as follows : That
his son, Ambrose, a minor, "Enlisted himself
in the Alajestie's Service and the Expedition
carrying on against Crown Point, in the year
1756, under the command of Captain Butter-
field, and after he was dismissed (discharged)
at Lake George, as he was returning home, he
was taken sick at Glasgo, and not able to
travel; and when tidings thereof was brought
to your Petitioner he sent a man and horse
to fetch his son home, which occasioned con-
siderable charge to your Petitioner, accord-
ing to the accounts herewith exhibited." He
was successful in his petition and receive(i as
recompense for the services named three
pounds, nine shillings, six pence. The chil-
dren of James and Ruth (Watson) Emery,
born in Haverhill, were: David, October i,
1720; Jonathan, November 23, 1722- Eliza-
beth, July 6, 1724. Those born in Dracut
were: Anthony, 1726; James, died November,
1755; Moses, said to have been master of a
ship; Alary, spinster in Dracut, living May 4,
1792; John, 1736, killed at Fort William
Henry in a battle with the Indians Septem-
ber 18, 1756; Ambrose, February 25, 1738-
39; Edward, July 26, 1741 ; Nathaniel, March
8. 1743-44, a soldier in the .\merican revo-
lution with splendid record. He married
twice, but there is no record of children by
cither marriage. James Emery made his will
May 3, 1762, at which time he stated in the
instrument that he was "now Inlisted a soldier
in his Majestie'd Service.'' He died at Dracut
before April 4, 1763, but there is no record of
the dates of his birth or death of either him-
self or of his wife.
(V) Jonathan, second son of James and
Ruth (\\'atson) Emery, was born in Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, November 23, 1722. On
December 7, 1753, he entered the intention of
his marriage to Jonathan Brown with the town
clerk of Dracut, and the date of his marriage
is not preserved. His wife was the daughter
of John and Hannah Brown, of Dracut, and
she was born August 4, 1735. They lived at
Dracut, removed to Winthrop. Maine, and
finally settled at Fairfield, Maine, in 1771,
and was probably the first settler of that town.
He located on the west side of the Kennebec
river, on a hill, and the place became known
as Emery Hill. He was both a carpenter and
farmer. His benevolence became proverbial
and his home was the stopping place for trav-
elers, all being much welcome, and from none
would he receive pay. When General Arnold
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made his famous expedition into Canada, his
army passed through the place and while his
boats and baggage were being transported by
land over the carrying-place provided to avoid
the rapids in the river at that place, General
Arnold made the Emery homestead his head-
quarters for two weeks, and during this time
his services as a carpenter were called into
requisition in repairing the boats damaged by
the rough passage over a poor road. He
served as an Indian scout for eight years,
assuming this service, it is said, in order
to revenge the death of his brother John,
killed by the Indians at Fort William
Henry, Lake George, New York. He was
an intimate friend of the Rev. Paul Coffin.
His wife, Jerusha (Barron) Emery, the
mother of his children, died in Fairfield,
Maine, 1781, and he married the Widow Whit-
ten, who outlived him, but bore him no chil-
dren. She died about 1810 and he died in
Fairfield in June, 1807. The seven children of
Jonathan and Jerusha (Barron) Emery, born
in Dracut, were: David, September 24. 1754:
Jerusha ; Hannah ; John ; Thankful, Septem-
ber 10. 1763; James, 1766; Briggs H., No-
vember II, 1767. Those born in Fairfield
were: Jones, 1770 or 1771 ; Samuel, June 15,
1773; Rachel, January or February, 1777.
(VI) Samuel, sixth son and ninth child of
Jonathan and Jerusha (Barron) Emery, was
born in Fairfield, Maine, June 15, 1773. He
married, in February, 1801, Deidamia, sister
of Alice Johnston, who married his brother,
Jones Emery. Deidamia Johnston was born
in Vassalboro, IMaine, April 2, 1783, and their
fifteen children were born in Fairfield, where
the father died March 7, 1839, and the mother
February 20, 1851. Children: William. No-
vember 20, 1801 ; Butler A., January 15. 1803;
Louisa Cain, November 4. 1804, married
James Sands and had no children ; John J.,
August 28, 1806; Lucy J., March iS, 1808;
Samuel, May 22, 1810; George B., September
27, 1811 ; Deidamia P., June 7, 1814; Darius
B., June 16. 1815; Thankful C, April 23,
1817: P'aulina, December 3, 1818: Briggs H.,
August 25, 1820; Thomas J., March 7, 1823;
Parthenia D., February 8, 1825; Augustus F.,
April 4, 1828, never married and lived in
Benezetta. Pennsylvania.
(\'II) William, eldest child of Samuel and
Deidamia (Johnston) Emery, was born in
Fairfield, Maine, November 20, 1801. He
married, December i, 1833, in Clinton, Maine,
Julia Ann Reynolds, born in Clinton, June 6,
1813. They had ten children; the first two
born in Clinton, jMaine, the next six in
Phillipsburg, Maine, the ninth in Augusta,
Maine, and the last in Fairfield, Maine. This
would make the parents to have lived in Clin-
ton, Maine, from the time of their marriage
up to 1637, in Phillipsburg, Maine, up to
1853; in Augusta, Maine, 1853-54; in Fair-
field, Maine, after 1855. The father died in
Fairfield, January 17, 1866, and November 16,
1872, his widow married, in Augusta, John
H. Weeks. The children of William and
Julia Ann (Reynolds) Emery were: William
Gardiner, November 11, 1834; Lucy Jane, De-
cember 7, 1836, married George Packard;
Daniel Webster, October 24, 1839 ' Esther Da-
vis, July 4, 1841 ; Freeman Henry, November
8, 1844, a soldier in the civil war in the Nine-
teenth Maine and Eleventh \''eteran Reserve
Corps, wounded at Gettysburg and lived after
the war at Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania; George
Evans, August 19, 1846; Mary Emma, Octo-
ber I, 1849; Matilda Helen, May i, 1852;
Hollis Campbell, born in Augusta, Maine, Jan-
uary 3, 1854 ; Charles, born in Fairfield, Octo-
ber 3, 1846.
(VIII) Daniel Webster, second son and
third child of William and Julia Ann (Rey-
nolds) Emery, was born in Phillipsburg,
Maine, C)ctober 24, 1839. Pie was brought
up in Phillipsburg, where he received his
school training, and in 1861, on the outbreak
of the civil war, he enlisted in Company F
of Fairfield, Third Regiment Maine Volunteer
Infantry, May 28, 1861, and was mustered
into the United States service as corporal,
June 3, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant,
September 11, 1861, and received his com-
mission as first lieutenant of Company F, Au-
gust 19, 1862. He was in the first battle of
Bull Run, July i, 1861, and with his regi-
ment formed part of the regiment of the Poto-
mac in the Peninsular campaign under Mc-
Clellan, where he saw service at Yorktown,
Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, where
he was wounded in the knee. Peach Orchard,
Glendale Malvera Hill, Georgetown, White
Oak Swamp and Mimocracy. On being or-
dered to withdraw from the Peninsula his
regiment saw their next battle at Manas-
sas, under Pope, and like the first, under i\Ic-
Donnell on the same field, at Bull Run in
1861, it resulted in disaster and retreat to
Washington. He was then engaged at Freder-
icksburg under Burnside, and at Chancellors-
ville under Hooker, in which battle he was
wounded in the side. He was mustered out
with his regiment, June 28, 1S64, and August
31, 1864, married Rose Bowman, daughter of
James and Anne (Lander) Lawrence, early
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settlers of Fairfield, whose parents came from
Sandwicli, Massachusetts. Rose Bowman
Lawrence was born in Fairfield, November
12, 1844, and they had three children. He
engaged in the lumber business, and held after
the war various political positions under the
government, including chief clerk in the office
of the state treasurer at Augusta. lie became
a Mason of high degree, a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and in 1907
removed to Colorado. The children of Dan-
iel Webster and Rose Bowman (Lawrence)
Emery were: Walter Howard, born in Au-
gusta, Maine, July 21, 1864; Ernest Webb, in
Fairfield, Maine, December 19, 1872, and
Creswell Alton, in Pittston, Maine, Septem-
ber I, 1882.
(IX) Ernest Webb, second son of Daniel
Webster and Rose Bowman (Lawrence)
Emery, was born in Fairfield, Maine, Decem-
ber 19, 1872. He was educated at the pub-
lic and high schools, and was clerk in the
office of a nurseryman in Augusta, and subse-
quently in Rochester, New York. In 1891 he
was appointed as assistant librarian in the
Maine State Library, held this position for
fifteen years, and March 23, igo6, was made
state librarian for a term of years to expire
March 23, 1909. He affiliated with the Re-
publican party, the Unitarian denomination, the
Masonic fraternity and the military order of
Sons of Veterans. He married, June 30, 1897,
at Augusta, I\Iaine, Flora Etta, daughter of
Andrew Davis and Henrietta Temperance
(Knowles) Ward. Mr. Ward is a hardware
dealer in Augusta and his children are : Jo-
seph Burton, F'lora Etta and David Carl Ward.
Flora Etta Ward was born in Augusta, Alaine,
September 18, 1874, and the children by her
marriage to i\Ir. Emery are: Lawrence Ward,
born September 12, 1898, and Esther Webb,
February 9, 1907.
(For preceding generations see John Emery I.)
(R') Daniel, fourth son of James
EMERY Emery, born September 13, 1667,
died October 15, 1722. He re-
sided in Kittery and Berwick, and was a noted
surveyor. He was surveyor of Kittery from
1706 to 1713: selectman several years. In
1718 he was one of the commissioners to mark
the line between Kittery and Berwick. He
was moderator in 1707 and 1718. He was
elected deacon of the Berwick church in May,
1703, and elder November 21, 1720. His will
was dated April 5, 1722, and proved Novem-
ber following. He married, I\Iarch 17, 1695,
Alargaret Gowen, alias Smith, born Novem-
ber 15, 1678, died November 21. 1751. Chil-
dren born in Berwick: i. Daniel, June 25,
1697. 2. Noah, December 11, 1699. 3. Simon,
January 6, 1702. 4. Zachariah, March 12,
1704-05. 5. Margaret, March 3, 1707, mar-
ried Stephen Tobey ; died s. p. 1795. 6. Caleb,
October 17, 1710, mentioned below. 7. Ann,
March 19, 1712-13. 8. Joshua, June 30, 1715.
9. Tirzah, September 19, 1717. 10. Iluldah,
August 4, 1720.
(V) Caleb, son of Daniel Emery, was born
in Berwick, IMaine, October 17, 1710. He
was king's attorney in 1761. He was a law-
yer, a farmer and tanner. He read law with
his brother Noah and was admitted to the
court of common pleas in 1750. He was a
lawyer of ability and of peaceful character,
discouraging litigation even after he had en-
tered the legal profession. He married .Mary
Hambleton and had a son Caleb, mentioned
below. Probably other chiklren.
(\T) Colonel Caleb (2), son of Caleb (i)
Emery, born April 6, 1741, died at Sanford,
Maine, iMarch 4, 1825. At seventeen years of
age he was a soldier in the French and Indian
war; at Lake George in 1758; probably in
Captain James Gowen's company. Colonel
Jedediah Preble's regiment from April to Sep-
tember ; in Sir William Pepperell's expedition
in 1759; corporal in Captain Joshua Moody's
company from November, 1759, to January,
1 761 ; sergeant in Captain Simon JefTerd's
company from December, 1761, to May, 1762.
He removed from Berwick to Sanford about
1773, where he resided for more than fifty
years, a tanner, shoemaker, potash manufac-
turer, trader, innholder, one of the most promi-
nent men of the town. He served in the revo-
lution from May 19 to July 18, 1777, in Cap-
tain Abel Moulton's company. Colonel Jona-
than Titcomb's regiment ; w'as a member of
the committee of safety in- 1782; was captain
in the militia in 1785, major in 1786, colonel
in 1788. He was town clerk in 1780: select-
man several years ; representative to the gen-
eral court in 1785-86; deputy sheriff in 1784-
86; justice of the peace; postmaster. He was
one of the nine original members of the church
in 1786, and its first deacon. In politics he
was a radical Federalist. He was one of the
original grantees of Porter, Maine, and in
1793 built the first sawmill in that town. He
married (first) in 1764 Elizabeth Gowen, bom
September 15, 1743, died August 17, 1799.
He married (second) February 21, 1802,
Elizabeth Emery, died February 26, 1812,
daughter of Simon and Elizabeth (Bean)
Emery. He married (third) in 1812 I pub-
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1725
lished November 14) Mrs. Hannah Gould,
born 1746, daughter of Rev. John and Su-
sanna (Swett) Hovey, and widow of James
Gor.ll. of Kennebunkport, Maine. Children :
I. WiUiam, born March 23, 1765; mentioned
below. 2. Elizabeth, born October 21, 1771.
Probably others.
(VH) WiUiam, son of Caleb (2) Emery,
born Alarch 23, 1765, died March 2, 1848. He
resided in Sanford. IMaine. He married, De-
cember 3, 1786, r^lary Salter, born ]\larch 8,
1761, died May 2, 1842, daughter of Captain
Titus Salter, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Children born in Sanford: i. Caleb, June 17,
1787, mentioned below. 2. Thomas S., May
13, 1789. 3. William, April 10, 1791. 4.
John S., June 11, 1793. 5. Elizabeth B.. Au-
gust I, 1795, married, October 5, 1817, Henry
Hamilton Jr. : died April 2, 1818. 6. ^lary
A., November 3, 1797, died August 29, 1882,
unmarried. 7. Hannah B., September 16,
1799. 8. Sarah, December 10. 1801. 9. Abi-
gail, ]\Iarch 31, 1804, died October i, 1825,
unmarried. 10. Samuel B., August 29, 1806
(mention of the last named and descendants
forms part of this article).
(yUl) Dr. Caleb (3), eldest son of Will-
iam Emery, born in Sanford. Maine, June 17,
1787, died February 16, 1831. He married,
October 14, 1813, ]\Iary Ann, born March 19,
1794, died August 8, 1872, daughter of Rev.
Samuel Chandler, of Eliot. He resided at
Eliot. i\Iaine, where he was a practicing phy-
sician. He was captain of the militia at nine-
teen ; member of the Massachusetts JMedical
Society in 1820; member of the governor's
council of Maine in 1830. His death was sud-
den. Children born at Eliot, Elaine: i.
Chandler Spring, July 25, 1814, mentioned be-
low. 2. Sarah S., September 16, 1816, died
in ]\Ialden, Massachusetts, February 21, i860.
3. Elizabeth S., April 9, 1818, died July 5,
1849. 4. Caleb, April 3, 1820, died in Augusta,
Georgia, December 16, 1872. 5. Lydia S.,
October 8, 1822. 6. William H., November
19, 1827.
(IX) Chandler Spring, son of Dr. Caleb
(3) Emery, was born in Eliot, Maine, July
25, 1814. He attended the schools of Eliot,
and entered Bowdoin College, but on account
of the death of his father was obliged to leave
before graduating. He removed to Florida
and settled in Mandarin, where he practiced
his profession. Later he removed to Jackson-
ville, and was judge of the municipal court
there for many years. He married Elizabeth
Saunders, born in Jacksonville, Florida. He
died suddenlv Tulv 20. 1880. Children: I.
Chandler S., born in Jacksonville, physician
in Florida. 2. Caleb J., born April lO! 1846,
mentioned below. 3. Alpheus Spring, resided
in Jacksonville, Florida. 4. Anna Maria, born
Eliot, IMaine, died in Jacksonville, 1903. 5.
William, born Jacksonville, Florida, died in in-
fancy. 6. Thomas, born Jacksonville, died in
infancy.
( X ) Dr. Caleb Joseph, son of Chandler
Spring Emery, was born in Alandarin, Florida,
April 16, 1846. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Mandarin and at the Lavilla In-
stitute at Lavilla, Florida. In 1863 he was
appointed surgeon steward of the L'nited
States steamship "Yantic" and served during
the civil war and until 1866, when he came
north and took up the study of medicine under
Dr. Parsons, of Ayer Junction, ;\Iassachu-
setts. In the fall of 1869 he entered the
Brunswick IMedical School, from which he
was graduated with the degree of M. D. in
1871 ; attended Harvard ^Medical College in
1870. He opened an office in Biddeford,
]\Iaine, and has practiced in that city to the
present time. He has taken high rank in his
profession and enjoys a large practice. In
politics Dr. Emery is a Democrat, and has
taken an active part in municipal politics. He
has been a member of the board of health for
several years ; three years a member of the
school board and city physician for many
years. He has been a member of the com-
mon council and board of aldermen, two years
in each body, with an excellent record as a
city official. He was United States pension
examiner for many years. He is a prominent
and popular Free Alason, member of Dunlap
Lodge, York Royal Arch Chapter, Maine
Council, Royal and Select ^Masters, and of
Bradford Commandery, Knights Templar, In
religion he is a L'niversalist, He married, Au-
gust 6, 1876, Luella D,, born April 15, 1844,
daughter of Samuel Bassick, of Belfast, Maine,
Children born at Biddeford: i. Grace Chand-
ler, born April 14, 1879, a student at Tufts
Dental College. 2. Helen B., born August 10,
1886, attended the public schools of Bidde-
ford, graduating from the Chicago Musical
College in 1905 and is now a student in St.
Gabriel's school, Peekskill, New York.
(Mil) Samuel B., youngest child of Will-
iam and ;\Iary (Salter) Emery, born in South
Sanford, Maine, August 29, 1806, died Sep-
tember 25, 1880. He received a common
school education, and after peddling tinware
a few years formed a copartnership with his
nephew, William L. Emery, for the purpose
of carrving on a tin and stove business. After
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se\cic;i Min.>.>->tul years he sold out, and asso-
ciating himself with his elder brother, William,
in the general mercantile business at Spring-
vale, and later with Samuel Lord, carried on
trade until 184G. In that year he erected a
store at the Corner, in which he traded in
association with various partners until 1869.
He was cashier of the ^lousam River Bank,
1856-57: president of Sanford Bank, 1860-
61. He was deputy sheriff for several years,
sheriff by appointment in 1856, served the
town on the board of selectmen for five years
and was treasurer for three years, discharging
his duties with zeal and ability. During the
civil war he rendered especially valuable serv-
ices to the town. He was an ardent Demo-
crat, and as such was several times a candi-
date for county offices. He was jealous of
the reputation of his party and resented any
remarks against it as he would against his
own character. He was of a generous dis-
position, and many a poor man owed him a
debt of gratitude. He married, February 27,
1832, Alice, born June 3, 1803, died January
17, 1879, daughter of Moses and Rachel (Car-
roll) Pray, of Sanford, Maine. Their chil-
dren were: i. Harriet A., born November I,
1832, is unmarried and resides in Washington,
D. C, where she is a clerk in the treasury
department. 2. Benjamin F., born June 16,
1834, died in Sanford, May 28, 1882. 3.
Moses W., born April i, 1836. 4. Charlotte
S., born July 25, 1838, married John B. Bod-
well : died in Logan, Kansas, April 9, 1882.
5. Samuel Benton, see forward.
(IX) Samuel Benton, third son and young-
est child of Samuel B. and Alice (Pray)
Emery, was born October 15, 1848, on the
Emery homestead in Sanford, where he re-
sided with the exception of two or three years
until October, 1898, when a residence was
bought at Melrose, Massachusetts. He at-
tended school at Lebanon Academy and Maine
State Seminary, Lewiston. At the age of
eighteen years he entered the store of his
father as clerk, and on January i following
formed a copartnership with his father under
the firm name of S. B. Emery & Son. This
was continued until the health of his father
failed, and for two years he was associated
with his brother, Moses W., and then the busi-
ness was sold to Nowell & Bennett. After
several months spent in various occupations he
contracted with the Sanford Mills Company
for the handling of their waste products and
commenced the manufacture of mattresses for
the trade. Iking convinced that there was a
demand for a furniture store in Sanford, he
added furniture to his business. The first lot
received consisted of about two carloads of
common varieties. The business prospered
and later carpets, crockeryware, wall papers
and general housefurnishings were added. A
further contract was made with the Sanford
Mills Company about 1882 for the sale of their
plush renmants and seconds. When the citi-
zens decided that a larger school building was
needed, and the old one was to be sold, Mr.
Emery saw his opportunity for a larger store,
and buying the building, removed the same to
a vacant lot on Washington street and added
largely to its length. Having need of still
more room in i8g8, further addition was made,
making this the largest store building in San-
ford. Mr. Emery has never taken an active
part in political matters, often remarking that
his father, an active politician, only made ene-
mies, and he preferred to devote his energies
in other directions. He has always taken a
leading part in all public enterprises, and was
treasurer of no less than six corporations and
organizations. For several years he has been
the largest individual taxpayer in Sanford, and
in December, 1899, purchased the Springvale
Cotton Alills property and dwelling houses.
Plis success may be attributed to hard work,
strict attention to business and honorable
dealings. He is a member of Riverside Lodge,
No. 12, Knights of Pythias, and attends the
Congregational church. He married, January
II, 1870, Elizabeth F. A., born in Sanford,
October 29, 1847, daughter of Hon. Increase
S. and Miriam W. (Bodwell) Kimball. They
have had children: i. Frank M., born De-
cember 9, 1870, married, August 2, 1890.
Elice A. Spinney. 2. Miriam K., born April
30, 1872, died June 28, 1872. 3. Walter K.,
see forward. 4. Herman B., born June 9,
1877, died December 3, 1883. 5. Faith Eliza-
beth, born August 11, 1884.
(X) Walter Kimball, second son and third
child of Samuel Benton and Elizabeth F. A.
(Kimball) Emery, was born in Sanford,
March 26, 1873. He was the recipient of an
excellent education, passing through the com-
mon schools of his native town, the seminary
at Kent's Plill, the Nichols Latin .School at
Lewiston, and Gray's College in Portland. He
entered the business of his father in 1892 and
was taken into partnership in 1900, the firm
name being S. B. Emery & Company. This
was continued until recently, when a stock
company was formed known as the S. B.
Emery Company, of which Walter K. is a
director. He is a member of Preble Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons ; White Rose Chap-
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ter, Royal Arch JMasons ; St. Armand Com-
mandery of Kennebunk; Riverside Lodge,
Knights of Pythias ; Sagamore Tribe, Im-
proved Order of Red Slen. He married
(first) December, 1895, , and has one
child: Ford, born September 22, 1896. He
married (second) November 16, 1906, Lillie,
daughter of Caleb Lamb, of Belmar, JMaine.
(For early generations tee preceding sketches.)
(V) Simon Emery, third son of
E3iIERY Daniel and Margaret (Gowen)
Emery, was born in Berwick,
;\Iaine, January 6, 1702. He married, Octo-
ber 21, 1725, Alartha, daughter of Nathan
Lord Jr. He made his will November 8,
1760, and the same was proved November 22,
1760. He signed the Kittery Memorial,
March 20, 1757; was on the alarm list, 1757;
grand juror, 1744-50; surveyor of highways,
1745-46-48. He died November 10, 1760. His
wife died April 29, 1760. Their children: i.
Martha, born August 6, 1726, died May 5,
1773 : married Ebenezer Lord. 2. Simon, born
November 26, 1727; married, January 17,
1746, Elizabeth Bane. 3. Margaret, born
July I. 1729, died January, 1822; married,
December 21, 1750, Noah Tecker. 4. Stephen,
born Alarch 21, 1730; married, March 6, 1753.
Sarah Hodgdon. 5. Samuel, born 1732 (see
post). 6. John, born May 15, 1734, died
April 10, 1810; married (first) Adah Amcry,
(second) May (Bragdon) Dunning. 7. Mary,
born February 15, 1737-8, died July 29, 1824;
married January 30, 1755, Japhet Emery. 8.
Meribah, born March 20, 1740, died February
24, 1838; married about 1760, Jabez Dame.
9. Sarah, born September 3, 1742, died Jan-
uary 25, 1825; married May 18, 1762, Captain
Jonathan Tibbetts. 10. Charles, born August
16, 1745, died May 14, 1823; married (first)
Ann Hodgdon, (second) October 11, 1803,
Jane \'ance.
(VI) Samuel Emery, son of Simon and
Martha (Lord) Emery, was born in Kittery,
IMaine, in 1732, and married (first) April 15,
1756, Abigail Shackley ; (second) January 29,
1785, Abigail, daughter of Eleazer and Ann
(Emery) Ferguson. He lived in Emery
Town, Kittery, and died June 25, 181 1. His
children: i. Samuel, born May 12, 1757, was
a revolutionary soldier; married October 21,
1784, Eunice Ferguson, sister to his father's
second wife. 2. Simon, born May i, 1758;
married December 23, 1781, Elizabeth Men-
dum. 3. Isaac, born June 9, 1760 (see post).
4. Israel, born !\Iay 18, 1763: married March
18, 1791, Prudence Emery. 5. Jonathan, born
August, 1764, died young,
(VH) Isaac Emery, son of Samuel and
Abigail (Shackley) Emery, was born in Kit-
tery, Maine, June 9, 1760, and died in Par-
sonsfield, Maine, November 22, 1825. He
married, December 19, 1782. Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Joseph Kingsbury. She died February
15^ 1846. In 1802 he removed to South Par-
sonsfield. Maine, He was a farmer. He had
eight children, all but the two youngest of
whom were born in Kittery, or what is now
Eliot: I, Joseph, July 26, 1788, died at sea,
August 19, i82i. 2. Hannah, Alarch 7, 1791,
died August, 1876; married David Campbell,
3. Lovey, September 26, 1792, died February
3, 1883, unmarried. 4. Mary, January 11,
1795, died November 4, 1857. 5. 'Hiram, Oc-
tober 25, 1796 (see post), 6. William, April
2, 1799, died April 25, 1884; married Novem-
ber 29, 1827, Sabrina Drew. 7. Ivory, Au-
gust 19, 1802, died March 4, 1890, unmarried.
8, Temple H., August 19, 1804; married Octo-
ber 7, 1831, Sarah Weymouth.
(Vni) Hiram Emery, son of Isaac and
Elizabeth (Kingsbury) Emery, was born in
Eliot, Maine, October 25, 1796. He was a
carpenter and wheelwright, and lived in Po-
land, Maine, from 1828 to 1850, when he re-
moved to North Falmouth, where he died Oc-
tober 31, 1876. He married May 11, 1825,
Margaret Young, of Surry, Maine, born Au-
gust 15, 1804, daughter of Samuel and Betsey
(Brown) Young. Children, all born in Po-
land, Maine: i. Ehzabeth A., April 28, 1829,
died February 12, 1843, 2, Esther E,, July 21,
1830, died unmarried, January 5, 1906, 3, Jo-
seph M., October 7, 1832, died September 15,
1837, 4. Martha D,, June 21, 1834: resides
on the old homestead at North Falmouth,,
Maine, 5, Abbie L., born April 2, 1836, mar-
ried November 14, 1853, James Larry ; he en-
listed in Company C, Thirtieth ilaine Volun-
teers, and died in the service, July 6, 1864, 6,
Joseph H,, August 8, 1838, died in Missouri;
married, October 14, 1863, Delia A, ;
she died December 11, 1905, 7. George B,,
C)ctober 12, 1844, died April 2, 1845. 8.
Thomas J., December 26, 1845 (^^^ post). 9,
Hiram J,, November 23, 1849, died September
7, 1850,
(IX) Thomas J, Emery, son of Hiram and
Margaret (Young) Emery, was born in Po-
land, IMaine, December 26, 1845, and grad-
uated from Bowdoin College, A. B,, in 1868.
He then went to Hingham, Massachusetts,
where he taught for a time in the Derby
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Academy, and then took a position in the
English high school in Boston, where he taught
five years, at the end of which time he entered
the Boston University, from which he grad-
uated in 1876, with the degree of LL. B. The
following year he was admitted to the Suf-
folk County bar, since which time he has been
engaged in a general law practice in Boston.
He was for a time a member of the faculty of
the Boston University Law School. From
1881 to 1883 he was a member of the Boston
city council, and from 1889 to 1893 was a
member of the school committee.
The name suggests men of
DRU.MMOXD science, theology, engi-
neering skill and poetic
genius in Scotland. In current encyclopedias
we find Henry Drummond F. R. S. E. F. G. S.
LL. D. (,1851-1897), theologian and scientist;
Thomas Drummond (1797-1840), inventor of
the Drummond Light. William Drummond,
of Hawthorndale (i 585-1641). poet, friend of
Ben Johnson and author of "Notes in Ben
Jonson's Conversation."
(I) Alexander Drummond, progenitor of
the Drummonds in America, and either a na-
tive of Scotland who migrated to the North
of Ireland, or born in Ireland of Scottish
parentage, was a Scotch Presbyterian by faith
and inheritance, and came to America with
a family of grown up children, fully imbued
with the religious views of that sect, and a
number of grandchildren, in 1729, to gain that
freedom that neither Scotland or Ireland af-
forded, and located in Georgetown, Maine. He
buried his wife in Coppa, Ireland, before he
undertook this journey to and settlement in
the New England states. His life in George-
town was of short duration, as he died there
in 1730 at an advanced age.
(II) Patrick, son of Alexander Drummond,
was born in Coppa, Ireland, June 11, i6p4, and
came with his venerable father and sisters to
Georgetown, Maine, in 1729, and he married
as his second wife Susanna, daughter of the
Rev. Robert Rutherford, a Scotch Presb\-
terian clergyman, who was a pioneer preacher
of that denomination to settle in Maine east
of the Kennebec river, and of the same fam-
ily that gave to Scotland Samuel Rutherford
(i6oo-i66r). the theologian, controversialist,
silenced for preaching against the Article of
Perth, and banished to Aberdeen, 1636; Rec-
tor of St. Andrews University, and commis-
sioner to the Westminster Assembly.
fill) John, son of Patrick and Susanna
(Rutherford) Drummond, was born in
Georgetown, Maine, September 2-j, 1744, mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Daniel and Alargaret
(Stinson) McFadden, and they had children.
The father died in Georgetown, September 10,
1771.
(IV) John (2), youngest son of John (i)
and Alary- (McFadden) Drummond, was born
in Georgetown, Maine, April 13, 1772, a
posthumous son. He, with his brother, Ruth-
erford Drummond, were brought up by the
widowed mother, residing in Georgetown un-
til after he became of age, and on June 10,
1793, they sold their real estate in Georgetown
to Alexander Drummond, and they sought a
new home near Seven Mile Brook, in Anson,
and there the Ijoys, Rutherford and John,
cleared a farm, planted a large field of corn
which gave great promise of an abundant
crop, but on the night of August 31, 1794, it
was killed by an untimely frost. This so dis-
couraged the young farmers that they aban-
doned their farm and returned down the river
to Vassalboro, where Rutherford purchased a
farm on July 24, 1795, it being the most north-
ern farm in \"assalboro, next to the \\'inslow
line on the river road, and here Rutherford
lived for many years and most of his children
were' born on the farm. John went beyond the
boundary line that divided the towns of Vas-
salboro and Winslow, but on the same river
road, and purchased the Parker farm, about
one mile up the river from his brother, and he
lived there many years, but later bought a
place three-quarters of a mile north on the
same road, where he died December 24, 1857.
He had married December 2. 1795, Damaris,
daughter of Colonel Josiah and Silence (How-
ard ) Hayden, and fifth in descent from Rich-
ard Williams, one of the principal founders of
Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was
born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Febru-
ary 18, 1775, and died in Winslow, Maine,
September 3, 1857, but little more than three
months before the death of her husband. Chil-
dren : Clark, Charles, Robert R., Mary, Sibyl,
John W., William E. and Manuel S.
(V) Clark, oldest son of John (2) and
Damaris (Hayden) Drummond, was born
July 5, 1796, on his father's farm on the Ken-
nebec river, at Winslow, Maine, and he was
educated in the district school and worked on
his father's farm. He married, June 5, 1821,
Cynthia, daughter of Captain Mordecai and
Sarah (Burgess) Blackwell, born in Sand-
wich, Massachusetts, January 9, 1799, and on
"The Old Farm" in the town of Winslow,
Maine, ten children were born, named in the
order of their birth : Myra V., Micah B., Jo-
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siah Hayden (q. v.), John Clark, Cynthia A..
Everett Richard (q. v.). Sarah B., David H.,
Carohne R. and Charles L. Drummond. Be-
sides carrying on the farm Clark Drummond
engaged in the occupation of lumberman, and
when a young man he purchaseil "The Old
Farm." which was the Ijirthplace of three gen-
erations of the Drummond family. Clark, his
son Joseph H. and his daughter Myra S., also
his daughter Sarah Jenkins, and two of the
children of Sarah. Clark Drummond died on
"The Old Farm" in September, 1888, after
living on the same farm and in the same house
for ninety-two years and two months. His
wife died on the same place February 8, 1868,
twenty years before his death. He was en-
sign of the militia company of Winslow, and
was drafted for service in the war of 1812,
and he served for sixty days, being mustered
at Augusta, and ordered to Edgecomb, where
he was discharged. He was a pensioner for
ten years; served for many years as justice of
the peace and as a selectman of Winslow.
(VI) Josiah Hayden, second son of Clark
and Cynthia (Blackwell) Drummond, was
born in Winslow, Maine, August 30, 1827. He
graduated at Waterville College, A. B., 1846,
and received from his alma mater, then Colby
University, the honorary degree of LL. D. in
1871. He was a lawyer; representative in the
Maine legislature for three terms ; speaker of
the house for two terms ; state senator ; at-
torney general of the state four terms, 1860-
64 ; grand master, grand high priest, grand
master (Council), and grand commander
(Commandery) Knights Templar of the state
of Maine; as a Free and Accepted Mason he
was general grand high priest of General
Grand Chapter, U. S. A. ; general grand
master. Grand Council, U. S. A., and grand
commander of Supreme Council, Thirty-third
North Masonic Jurisdiction, U. S. A., for
twelve years, chairman of committee on for-
eign correspondence of Grand Lodge of Maine
twenty-seven years. He married, December
10, 1850, Elzada Rollins, daughter of Benja-
min and Lucetta (Foster) Bean, of New York.
He is the author of "Maine Masonic Textbook
for the Use of Lodges."
(\T) Everett Richard, fourth son of Clark
and Cynthia (Blackwell) Drummond, was
born in Winslow, Maine, September 14, 1834.
He attended the public school of Winslow,
Vassalboro Academy, Waterville Academy and
the Maine \\'e5leyan Seminary at Kents Hill.
He studied with his brother, Josiah H., in a
law office in Waterville, and was admitted to
the bar of Kennebec countv in 1858. He
joined his brother in forming a partnership,
and the\' remained together in Waterville in
the practice of law up to iSrjo, when his lirother
removed to Portland, and he soon after formed
a partnership with E. F. Webb, which was
continued up to 1863. His fellow citizens
elected him to the office of city councilman and
three years to the board of aldermen, and two
years served as president of the board. He
served as treasurer of the Waterville Savings
Bank from 1874; was made a trustee of the
Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill in
1874, and has served as treasurer of the semi-
nary since May, 1897. In 1867 he joined other
leading Methodists of the city of Waterville in
organizing a Methodist church, and he was
superintendent of the Sunday school 1867-85 ;
trustee and treasurer of the church from its
organization, except three years of the time
as treasurer, and treasurer of the Sunday
school since 1885. He became by right of
inheritance of Colonel Josiah Hayden a mem-
ber of the Sons of the American Revolution,
Maine Society, and he was initiated into the
mysteries of Masonry in Waterville Lodge,
and served as secretary of the lodge for sev-
eral years, and was standard bearer of the
Grand Lodge of Maine for two terms. He
married, December 26, 1859, Aubigne M.,
daughter of Benjamin W. and Lucetta (Fos-
ter) Bean, of New York, and their children
were: i. A'iola B., born in Waterville, March
3, 1862, married Robert Scott Thomes, and
lives in Portland, Maine. 2. Clark W., De-
cember 6, 1863, married Anna Marie Veth,
and left a daughter, Hildegarde Veth. He
died February 27, 1899. 3- Albert Foster,
May 26, 1866, received his school training in
the public school of Waterville, the Coburn
Classical Institute, and was graduated at
Colby College, A. B., 1888 ; was clerk in the
Waterville Savings Bank, of which his father
was treasurer, and on May i, 1898, was elected
assistant treasurer. The children of Albert
Foster and Josephine (Prince) Drummond
are : Louise, Prince A., Katherine S., Clark
and Everett R. 4. Aubigne Ellen, November
22, 1868, married Elwood T. Lyman and re-
sides in Warwick, Rhode Island, with their
children : Everett L., Elwood A., Sidney P.
and Howard Wyman of the eighth generation
from Alexander Drummond, the immigrant
ancestor of the Drummonds of America.
It is a matter of history that
BUTLER Nicholas Butler, the ancestor of
all of the name on the island,
was a resident of jMartha's Vineyard as early
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STATE OF MAINE.
as 1662, when with sunie twenty others. Nich-
olas Norton among them, he formed a band
for defence against the Gay Head Indians, a
fierce and w^arhkc tribe wlio were accnstomed
to commit depredations of rapine and murder
upon the defenceless inhabitants, h'amilies of
the name were numerous in the early settle-
ment of the island, but the connecting links in
the line of descent from the immigrant have
not been secured for all tiie various branches.
(I) About the middle of the eighteenth cen-
tury, Benjamin and Elijah Butler are found
residents of Martha's Vineyard, but what ties
of relationship existed between them is not
known. Benjamin Butler always resided upon
the island and died there in 1821 at an ad-
vanced age. He was the father by a first mar-
riage of Benjamin Butler ; of Mchitable, who
married Jonathan Pease ; and of others. And
by a second marriage, with Sarah Gould, of
Ephraim G. Butler ; of Sarah, who married
Joseph Francis ; Simeon, who married Abigail
Norton and settled in New Vineyard ; and of
Hannah and William, who died unmarried.
(H) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (1)
Butler by a first marriage, was born at j\lar-
tha's \'ineyard, Massachusetts, in 1748, and
died in Avon, in February, 1828. He re-
moved to Farmington, Maine, in 1790, and
purchased of Joseph Sylvester river lot No.
23, east side, the same long owned and occu-
pied by Thomas Hunter Esq. By trade he
was a house carpenter and took lead in build-
ing the first dwelling houses upon the river.
He had charge of framing the Center meeting
house in 1803, and was the contractor for
building the first bridge erected upon the river.
It was opposite the Center Village and was
completed in 1808. He married, in 1769, Amy
Daggett, and had thirteen children, ten of
whom were born on the island and three in
Farmington: 1. Nancy, born February 2,
1770, marrieil, March 4, 1805 (pub.), David
Paine. 2. Amy, February 10, 1772, died Feb-
ruary 24, 1772. 3. Mary, March i, 1773, died
May 17, 1773. V. Mary, August 30, 1774,
died April 12, 1844; married, December 24,
1800, Elisha Bradford. 5. Benjamin. August
30, 1776, married (first) December 24, 1800,
Huldah, daughter of Joseph Bradford ; mar-
ried (second) November 1, 1847, Mrs. Kath-
erine L. Johnson, widow of Thomas Johnson.
He was captain of artillery and selectman of
his town in 1818. 6. Zimri, October 25, 1778,
died October 29, 1778. 7. Ebenezer Cheney,
April 8, 1780, went to the province of On-
tario in 1824, where his death occurred; mar-
ried, March 12, 1802 (pub.), Betsey Johnson.
He possessed great physical strength and many
stories are still told of his wonderful power
and agilit)'. 8. Ralph, September 27, 1782
(see post). 9. Melindy, February 5, 1786, died
in 1836; married, January 12, 1804 (pub.),
James Paine. 10. Levina, December 28, 1788,
died January 18, 1790. 11. Levina, April 20,
1791, died April 25, 1791. 12. Lovey. April
19, 1792, died in 1838; married. May 11. 1809,
John Paine, of Anson. 13. William, October
10, 1795, died April, 1849; married, April 23,
1818 (pub.), Betsey, daughter of Captain
David Davis, of Industry.
(III) Ralph, son and eighth child of Ben-
jamin (2) and Amy (Daggett) Butler, was
born on the island, Martha's Vineyard. Sep-
tember 27, 1782, and died Phillips, Maine,
June 6, 1868. He removed to Farmington,
Maine, and first lived on river lot No. 2, east
side, and removed thence to Avon in 181 5. He
married, November 10, 1806 (pub.), Mary
Stevens. Their children were : William O.,
Whiting, Lorenzo, Harrison, Ralph, living in
Dorchester, Massachusetts, aged ninety-seven
years ; Caroline, Mary, Benjamin, Melinda,
Emily, Nancy.
(IV) Benjamin (3), youngest son of Ralph
and Mary (Stevens) Butler, was born in
Phillips, Maine, March 10, 1828. He received
a good common school education, became a
school teacher and taught in Franklin county,
Maine, for sixty terms. But during the
greater part of his life he has been occupied
with farming. Fie served as selectman of
Avon for a period of from thirty to forty
years. Since the organization of the Repub-
lican party he has been its loyal supporter and
served as representative in the legislature in
1875. He married, 1857, Susan H. Badger,
born in Falmouth, Maine, in 1833, died March
10, 1900. Mr. Butler now lives with his son
in Phillips. Maine. His children: i. William
B., born May 7, 1858, treasurer of the Phil-
lips Hardware Company, Phillips, Alaine. 2.
Whiting L., April 12, i860, engaged in the
lumber business in Rangeley. 3. Ida M.,
March 12, 1862, now lives on the old home-
stead. 4. Frank W., October 4, 1864. 5.
Amos K., May 11, 1867, lawyer, engaged in
practice in Skowhegan, Maine. 6. Ernest C,
March 17, 1872, lawyer, in partnership with
his brother in Skowhegan. 7. Frank Webster,
October 4, 1864 (see post).
(V) Frank Webster, son of Benjamin (3)
and Susan H. (Badger) Butler, was born in
Phillips. Maine, October 4, 1864. He attended
school at Phillips and later the state normal
school at Farmington, where he graduated in
STATE OF MAINE.
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1887. He taught school for three years, one
year in Aroostook county, and two in Frank-
Hn county, and in 1888 took up the study of
law in the office of P. A. Sawyer in Phillips.
In August, 1889, he went into the law office of
J. C. Holnian in Farmington and in 1890 was
admitted to the bar. Since then he has been
engaged in the practice of his profession in
Farmington. For seventeen years he was
register of the probate court, to which office
he was elected in iSgo. In politics he is a
Republican and for four years w'as a member
of the Republican state committee. Mr. But-
ler is prominent in fraternal circles, a member
of Alpha Lodge, K. P., of Farmington ; Maine
Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M., of Farmington ;
Franklin Lodge, No. 44, R. A. C. ; Jeptha
Council, No. 19; Pilgrim Commandery, No.
19; Kora Temple of Lewiston. In his religious
faith Mr. Butler is a L^nitarian. He married,
October 2, 1891, Alice E., daugliter of Joseph
and Sarah G. Harmon Smith, of Marshfield,
jMaine. Their children are Frances Alice, born
August II, 1900; and Benjamin, August 7,
1905. Four of the ancestors of Mrs. Butler
came over in the "IMayflower," viz. : John Til-
ley and his wife Elizabeth, their daughter,
Elizabeth Tilley, and John Howdand, who
married Elizabeth Tilley. Her great-great-
grandfather, Captain Stephen Smith, was an
officer in the revolutionary war.
The bearers of this well known
BUTLER name have been distinguished
in the various professional
walks of life, and have served their country
well and faithfully in military anti political
affairs.
(I) Rev. Benjamin Butler was born in
Windham, Connecticut, April 9, 1729, and
died at Nottingham, New Hampshire, Decem-
ber 26, 1804. He was graduated from Har-
vard College in the class of 1752, and settled
in Nottingham in 1758, becoming the second
minister of the Congregational church. He re-
ceived a settlement of three hundred and
thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, and
a salary of three hundred and fifty-one pounds
sterling. After officiating for a • period of
twelve years he requested his dismissal, con-
sidering that his tastes and feelings were not
adapted to the work. It is related that upon
retiring from the pastorate and designing not
to preach any more, he committed, his manu-
script sermons to the flames, rem irking that
"they gave more light then than e\er before."
His residence was situated where now stands
the house of Colonel Joseph Cilley, and he
continued to reside in Nottingham and held
the office of justice of the peace until his
death. He married Dorcas, born May 11,
1729, died April 19, 1789, daughter of Henry
and Mary (Platts) Abbot, and a descendant
of George Abbot, who emigrated from York-
shire, England, about 1640, lived for some
years in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and was one
of the first settlers of Andover in 1643. He
was a proprietor and lived and died on the
farm now owned by John Abbot. The chil-
dren of Rev. Benjamin and Dorcas (Abl)ot)
Butler were: Htnry, Benjamin, Benjamin,
Mary, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Jemima and James
Platts. The famous General Benjamin F.
Butler was a nephew of Rev. Benjamin, and
Hon. James H. Butler, of Nottingham, and
General James H. Butler, of Bangor, ]\Iaine,
are aniong his grandsons.
(II) General Henry, eldest child of Rev.
Benjamin and Dorcas (Abbot) Butler, was
born November 27, 1754, died July 20, 1813.
He served during the war of the revolution,
was afterward major-general in the militia,
justice of the peace, and in 1810 was a mem-
ber of the state legislature. He married (first)
April II, 1776, Isabella Fisk, born August 2,
1757, died in January, 1808. They had chil-
dren : Isabella, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Henry
Jr., Sarah Cotta, Dorcas, Ward Cotta and
Samuel Abbot. Ebenezer lived on the square,
kept a tavern, and was a member of the legis-
lature. His son, James Henry, succeeded his
father on the homestead and was a representa-
tive for the town in 1842-43 ; in the militia he
served as aide to Major-General Pillsbury and
also to Major-General Gale, and in 1852 was
appointed associate justice of the court of
common pleas for Rockingham county, holding
this office until the form of the court was
changed. General Butler married (second)
March 22, 1810, Ruth Parsons.
(III) Henry (2), third son and fourth
child of General Henry (i) and Isabella
(Fisk) Butler, was born June 30, 1783, and
lived at first in the square, later removing to
Maine. He married (first) October i, 1808,
Abigail Ford, by whom he had children : Isa-
bella Fisk, Elizabeth Norris, Mehetable Ford,
Sarah Ann. Abigail Ford and Harriet. Mrs.
Butler died June 7, 1817, and Henry Butler
married (second) March 12, 1818, Nancy
Hersey, and by this union had children : Mary
Frances, Henry Abbot, Calven Luther, Har-
rison Hersey, Jacob Tilton and James Harri-
son.
(IV) General James Harrison, son of
Henry (2) and Nancy (Hersey) Butler, was
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STATE OF MAIXE.
born in Athens, Maine, May 24, 1830. Ac-
quired his education in the common schools
and Newport Academ.v. Me was clerk m
Bangor postoffice at the age of sixteen, after-
ward was clerk in a hardware store in Boston
two years, came back to Bangor and engaged
in the hardware business there. A few years
later the .Market Bank was organized, and he
w^as appointed its first cashier, performing
these duties until obliged to resign on account
of failing health. In 1859 he was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of the militia by Governor
Lot M. Morrill. He was elected by the legis-
lature major-general of the first division of
the state militia, 1861. under the administra-
tion of Israel Washburn Jr., and was active
in recruiting, forming and forwarding rein-
forcements during the late war. In June, 1863,
he bought the "farm known as the Captain
Wheeler place, of the late ^Ir. H. Willey, and
moved to Hampden, Maine. He represented
Hampden and \^eazie in the legislature of
1872. was elected treasurer and collector of
Hampden in 1888-89-90. He was a prominent
Mason and became a member of Rising Virtue
Lodge, F. and A. M., of Bangor, in 1853;
also a charter member of St. Andrews Lodge ;
Royal Arch, Mount i\Ioriah Chapter, 1855;
Knight Templar, St. John's Encampment,
1865. Since residing in Hampden he took
an active part in Mystic Lodge, F. and A. J\L,
in the councils of which he was much missed.
When the board of trustees of the Academy
was reorganized in 1886, he was chosen presi-
dent and has taken an earnest and active
part in every undertaking which contributed
to the prosperity and advancement of its in-
terests. He died in La Fayette, Indiana, in
1901. He married, June 22, 1852, Fannie M.
Crosby, daughter of the late Timothy Crosby,
of Bangor. Their children were: i. Mary
F., born August 2, 1854, married Professor
A. E. Rogers, of Orono, Maine, November
25, 1880, died May 17, 1886. 2. Maria
Crosby, March 12, 1856, died July 13, 1856.
3. Frederick Haywood, July 30, 1858, married
Blandina D. Atwood, of Hampden, October 29,
1888, died March 6, 1901. 4. Timothy Crosby,
July 15. 1862, died March 5, 1878. 5. Harry,
May 14, 1868.
(V) Harry, son of James II. and Fannie M.
(Crosby) Butler, was born in Hampden,
Maine, May 14, 1868. He was educated in
the local schools, the Hampden Academy, and
was graduated from the University of Maine
with the degree of Bachelor of Science in
1888. He was then engaged in teaching in the
Hampden Acadcmj' for three years, entered
the medical school of the University of Penn-
sylvania, being graduated in 1895. After
serving for a year in hospitals he began the
practice of his profession in Bangor, Maine,
and has followed this successfully up to the
present time, making a specialty of eye, ear
and throat diseases. He is a member of the
American Medical and Maine Medical asso-
ciations, president of the Penobscot County
Medical Association, 1908, and is affiliated
fraternally with the St. Andrews Lodge, No.
83, Free and Accepted Masons, and Mount
Moriah Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons.
He is a member of the Tarraline and Madaca-
wando Clubs. Dr. Butler married, August 25,
1897, Caroline C, daughter of Dr. L. Norris,
of Hampden, and they have two children :
Harry, born July 12, 1898, and Theodore
Herrick, .\ugust 27, 1902.
The family herein traced may
BUTLER have been connected with the
previous one founded by James
Butler, of -Lancaster, Massachusetts, but im-
perfect records render it impossible to make
this certain. The family tradition makes the
progenitor John Butler, who came to .A.merica
from the Island of Guernsey, England, with
his sons Philip and John, settling on Cape
Ann. The inconsistency of tradition is illus-
trated by the fact that this same account makes
his wife come to this country when young and
settle in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The follow-
ing at least is certain.
(1) John Butler resided in Newbury, Mas-
sachusetts, and was a ship carpenter, living at
Cape Ann. His wife, Hannah (Heard) But-
ler, had the following descent:
(i) Edmund Heard, of Claxton, county
Norfolk, England, married Sarah Wyatt, of
Assington, England.
(2) Luke, son of Edmund and Sarah
(Wvatt) Heard, came to Massachusetts, lo-
cating first in Newbury, whence he removed to
Salisbury, and thence to Ipswich, where he
died in 1647, leaving two sons, John and Ed-
mund.
(3) Edmund (2), son of Luke Heard
settled in Ipswich and was married in 1672
to Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Warner, and
they were the parents of six children.
(4) Nathaniel, son of Edmund (2) and
Elizabeth (Warner) Heard, was born Sep-
tember I, 1685, probably in Ipswich. He
married Agnes Hunt, the bans of their mar-
riage being published September 10, 1709, and
they were the parents of five children : John,
William, Elizabeth, Sarah and Hannah. The
STATE OF MAINE.
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last named became the wife of John Butler as
above noted. In 1756 John Butler conveyed
lands in Newbury, and in 1768 again deeded
lands. In 1752 he received a deed of land
from his widowed mother, Sarah Butler.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Han-
nah (Heard) Butler, was born 1751 in New-
bury and died in 1835. In 1789 he was re-
siding in Nottingham-west, now Hudson, New
Hampshire, and probably passed much of his
life in that town. He married Abigail Brown,
of Philadelphia, F'enns^lvania, who was born
1756 in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and died in
Newbury in 1830. Both were members of Dr.
Spring's Congregational church. They were
the parents of nine children, namely : John,
died in infancy ; Elizabeth, Hannah, Abigail,
Sarah Ann, John, Charles, Mary and Nathan-
iel. Only two of the sons grew to maturity,
John and Nathaniel.
(III) Rev. John (3), second son of John
(2) and Abigail (Brown) Butler, was born
April 13, 1789, in Nottingham-west. Before
he was fourteen years of age he experienced
religion, and his intention of entering the min-
istry was early formed. In 1806 he was bap-
tized and united with the Baptist church in
Newbury. In 1827-28 he delivered astro-
nomical lectures at many points in Maine, in-
cluding Wayne, Livermore, New Gloucester,
Bowdoinham, Mount Vernon, Fayette, Mon-
mouth and North Yarmouth. His active min-
isterial work covered a period of thirty-nine
years. His first pastorate was for the Baptist
church at Hanover, Massachusetts, from 1810
to 1824, being ordained at the age of twenty-
one years, first pastor of the church. In 1824
he removed to Waterville, Maine, where he
had charge of a school for one year, preach-
ing in various places during this *time and
baptizing sixty persons. He was installed as
pastor of the Baptist church at East Winthrop,
Maine, May i, 1825. For seven years he
lived in the parsonage attached to this par-
ish. From 1831 to 1837 he was settled at
North Yarmouth, Maine, and for nearly two
years of this time was agent of the Maine
Baptist Convention, traveling over five thou-
sand miles in one year. On account of fail-
ing health he resigned this office, and from
1839 to 1849 resided most of the time in Hal-
lowell, j\Iaine, and was employed as an evan-
gelist. In 1827 he was elected a trustee of
Waterville College and attended every annual
meeting for many years. He delivered the
charge of ordination on numerous occasions
where candidates were inducted into the min-
istry. In 1831 he was appointed trustee of the
Maine Baptist conference and of the western
examination committee of the Maine branch
of the Northeastern Baptist Educational So-
ciety. In 1832 he was appointed president of
the Cumberland Baptist American Foreign
Missionary Society. On July 25, 1832, Water-
ville College conferred upon him the degree
of Master of Arts. He made numerous ad-
dresses at different points in Maine upon the
subjects of temperance, and conducted many
revival meetings at various points in the south-
ern portion of the state. He died July i,
1856, at Franklin, Ohio. He married, May
31, 181 1, at Hanover, Massachusetts, Nancy
Payne, daughter of Richard and Jane ( Board-
man ) Payne, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. She
was born April 6, 1788, the eldest of six
daughters, and was left an orphan at the age
of eighteen years, having the care of her
younger sisters. She died April 10, 1857, in
Franklin, Ohio. Her father, Richard Payne,
was born 1764 and died in Amesbury in 1799
of yellow fever. His wife was born 1769 in
Newbury, daughter of Thomas and Nancy
(Noyes) Boardman, natives respectively of
Chelsea and Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The first nine of Rev. John Butler's fourteen
children were born in Hanover and the tenth
in Ipswich, Massachusetts ; they were : John
Richard, Almira, Esteria, Anne Judson, Abi-
gail, Sarah, Charles, Elizabeth Lewis, Han-
nah Heard and Nathaniel. In East Winthrop
were born : John Payne, Mary Simons, Sophia
B. and Maria S. (twins). Both parents died
at the home of their son in Franklin, Ohio.
One who knew them in their old age speaks
of Rev. John Butler as follows : "A lovely
Christian gentleman, with sadness in his eyes
and lines in his face as of one whom life had
brought many sorrows and disappointments."
And his wife as a "woman of strong char-
acter and great capabilities. She had per-
formed the varied and trying duties of a
minister's wife, and reared a large family of
sons and daughters, and seen them one by
one go out from the old home to enter a
larger world, and now with strength failing,
she had laid down the burdens and active
duties of life, and was content to leave them
in other hands, and with sweet patience and
resignation was looking forward to the end
of a long and useful life."
(IV) Rev. Nathaniel, third son of Rev.
John (3) and Nancy (Payne) Butler, was
born October 19, 1824, in Waterville, Maine,
and fitted for college at Yarmouth Academy.
For three years he was a student at George-
town College, Kentucky, and subsequently en-
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tered Waterville (now Colby) College, Maine,
where he was graduated in 1842. He was
ordained pastor of the Baptist church at Tur-
ner, Maine, October 28, 1845. Five years
later he was appointed agent for the Ameri-
can Baptist Missionary Union of Maine and
Eastern Massachusetts. From 1852 to 1855 he
was pastor of the church at Eastport, Elaine,
and in the first five months of 1853 one hun-
dred and fifteen new members were added to
the church. He retired from this pastorate in
1855 to become secretary to the Baptist So-
ciety of Philadelphia. From January, 1856,
to October, 1859, he was pastor in Rockland.
Maine, and became pastor at Auburn in 1860.
In 1865 he was located at Camden, Maine,
and in 1869 at Alton, Illinois. In 1872 hi;
went to Leavenworth, Kansas, and from 1873
to 1876 was pastor of the Second Baptist
Church at Bangor, Maine. For short periods
he filled pastorates at Dexter, North Vassal-
borough and Hallowell. In 1881 he became
associated with the Bod well Granite Company,
through the influence of a parishioner and per-
sonal friend, Mr. Bodwell, of Hallowell. From
1 86 1 to 1865 he was private secretary to Han-
nibal Hamlin, vice-president of the United
States. For many years following 1865 he
was a trustee of Colby College, which con-
ferred upon him in 1873 the degree of Doc-
tor of Divinity. He was the author of numer-
ous hymns published in a volume entitled
"Baptist Hymn Writers and their Hymns."
In 1880 he was a member of the Maine legis-
lature. He died April 25, 1894, in Burlington,
Wisconsin. His memorable sermon at the
funeral of his classmate and friend, Major-
General Hiram G. Berry, of Rockland, is
spoken of as a notable address; also his speech
at the unveiling of the statue of General
Berry, and an address in memory of Rev. Na-
thaniel Milton Wood, an associate in the Bap-
tist ministry. He married, December 19,
1849, Jennette Loring Emery, of Paris, Maine,
the eldest daughter of Hon. Stephen Emery
and his second wife Jennette (Loring) Emery.
Mrs. Butler was born May 16, 1828, at Paris
Hill, Maine, where she resided until her mar-
riage. She attended school in Gorham and
studied music in Portland. Like all of her
family she was passionately fond of music,
possessed a kind sense of humor and was fond
of the best reading. "She was an ideal pas-
tor's wife, of a quiet, modest and refined dis-
position and of a singularly winning character
which won hosts of friends wherever she
went." She survived her husband more than
eight years, being a confined invalid during
her last twenty j'ears, and died September 18,
1902, at Augusta, Maine. Her children were :
Jeannie, who became the wife of George
Wood ; Nathaniel, mentioned below ; Ellen and
Anna ; the last named married Sidney S. Em-
ery, of Maiden, Massachusetts.
(V) Nathaniel (2), only son of Nathan-
iel (i) and Jennette L. (Emery) Butler, was
born May 22, 1853, in Eastport. and received
excellent educational advantages. He received
the degree of A. B. from Colby University in
1873, and for the succeeding three years was
associate principal of Feny Hall Female Col-
lege, Lake Forest, Illinois. In 1876 Colby
University conferred upon him the degree of
A. M., in 1895 that of D. D. and in 1903
LL. D. He was associate principal of High-
land Hall College for Women at Highland
Park, Illinois, from 1876 to 1879, and master
of Yale School for boys in Chicago for the
next two years. He was again principal of
Highland Hall College, 1880-84. and was or-
dained in 1884 to the Baptist ministry, at
Highland Park, Illinois. He became profes-
sor of rhetoric and English literature in the
old University of Chicago in 1884. continuing
two years. He was professor of Latin in the
University of Illinois, 1886-89. ^"d professor
of English language and literature in the same
institution for the next three years. He was
acting director of the university extension di-
vision of the University of Chicago in 1893-
94; delegate of the University of Chicago to
the World's Congress on University Exten-
sion, London, England, 1894; university ex-
tension associate professor of English liter-
ature, and director of the university exten-
sion division of the same institution, 1894-
95. Froi^ 1895 to 1901 he was president of
Colby College at Waterville. Maine, and since
1901 has been professor of education and di-
rector of co-operative work of the University
of Chicago. Since 1905 he has been deart
of the college of that institution. Professor
Butler married (first) April 28, 1881, Florence
Slieppard, born July 9, 1861, died June 21.
igo2. Three sons were born of this mar-
riage: Sheppard Emery, July. 1883; Albert
Nathaniel, January, 1888; Frederic Hamlin,
August, 1892. JNIarried (second) December
21, 1903, Lillian M. Googins, born Decem-
ber 3, 1876. Of this marriage there was
born Jeanette, January 25, 1909.
Jeanette L. (Emery) Butler, wife of Na-
thaniel (i) Butler, and motherof Nathaniel (2)
Butler, was a descendant of John Emerv ( 1 )
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STATE OF MAINE.
1735
through John (2), John (3), John (4), Lieu-
tenant John (5), i\loses (6), Moses (7), all
mentioned elsewhere, and
(8) Stephen, third and youngest son of
Moses (2) and Ruth (Bodvvell) Emery, was
born April 29. 1790. and died in 1863. Much
against the will of his father he fitted for col-
lege, and by dint of hard work and untiring
energy was enabled to graduate from Bow-
doin College in 1814; while reciting in college
he taught school in the daytime, at the acad-
emy at Hallo well, and taught singing school
as well. He then taught a year at Portland,
Maine, and studied law at this time whenever
he could find spare time. He had the good
fortune to study law with Governors Parris
and Lincoln. Governor Parris was a man
of fine character, and was a strong advocate
of temperance : Stephen Emery was one of the
pioneer temperance workers of the state of
i\Iaine, and was an able and enthusiastic
worker and speaker in its cause. Li June,
1819, he was admitted to the bar, and settled
at Paris, Maine: at first he had his office in
his house, and helped out his income by teach-
ing a school which was located over a store.
Soon after this he went to Columbia, Wash-
ington county, Maine, but returned to Paris
a year later, and continued his residence at
that place until his retirement from practice.
He was attorney general of Maine under Gov-
ernor Fairchild, and chairman of the state
board of education, and under Governor Hub-
bard served as district judge until the court
was abolished by act of the legislature. He
was a man of high character, and recognized
by all who knew him as upright and honor-
able, a man of scholarly and gentlemanly hab-
its. He was very fond of music, and by his
devotion to it in his younger days, when he
was studiously preparing for his admission to
the bar, he jeopardized his health and never
became physically strong afterwards. His ca-
reer was markedly successful, and he was
honored by the most prominent men of the
state. He married, January 15, 1815, Sarah,
daughter of Daniel Stowell. one of the early
settlers of Paris, Maine, born March 26, 1792,
died November 18, 1822, and thev had three
children : Sarah Jane, who married Hon. Han-
nibal Hamlin, and died April 17, 1855; George
Freeman, born November 10, 1817, also a
lawyer, married Eliza Appleton ; and Stephen,
born in 1820, died in infancy. Hon. Stephen
Emery married (second) February 7, 1825,
Jennette. daughter of John and Jennette (Bar-
rell) Loring. of Buckfield, born July 25, 1800,
died September 29, 1858, and had three chil-
dren: Jennette; Ellen Vesta, born September
14, 1835, married Hon. Hannibal Hamlin,
after the death of her sister ; and Stephen Al-
bert, born October 14, 1841, professor of mu-
sic in New England Conservatory at Boston,
one of the foremost teachers in the country of
the science of harmony.
(9) Jennette, daughter of Hon. Stephen
and Jennette (Loring) Emery, was born May
16, 1828, and married, December 19, 1849,
Rev. Nathaniel (2) Butler (see Butler IV).
The name of Butler is well-
BUTLER known in New England, and
several progenitors of large
families bearing the name were early found
in New England. Researches in Great Britain
claim the descent from the famous Duke of
Ormond, who was lord lieutenant of Ireland.
His descendants are numerous in various por-
tions of Great Britain. No definite connec-
tion between this family and those found in
America has been established, but it is a
reasonable supposition that they came of this
well-known stock. The family found in this
country has been identified with the leading
moral, educational and business interests of
the country, and is still so known.
(I) James Butler was in Lancaster, Massa-
chusetts, as early as 1663. He received lands
in the distribution among proprietors, his
home being known as No. 39. According to
the proprietor's records, he owned five lots
consisting of two hundred and si.xty-eight
acres in Lancaster at the first settlement. In
1664 the town of Lancaster gave "libertie to
James Butler to have a Rode of upland, in
breadth to set a fence on at the side of the
seven acres of Intervale which he bought of
Goodman Joslin." In the same year he re-
ceived from Rebecca Joslin, widow of Thom-
as, certain land east of Still river, Lancaster,
recorded 1666, and there his son James lived
after the massacre. When the town was
abandoned he removed to Woburn and soon
after that to Billerica, Massachusetts, where
he died JMarch 20, 1681. The Lancaster rec-
ords say he died on the 19th. He was taxed
in Billerica in 1679, and the oldest record
back, in that town,> has the following :
"20 day 01 1681 James Butler, Irishman,
dyed." He had a wife Mary who was mar-
ried March 9. 1682, to John Hines. She was
the administratrix of James Butler's estate and
their children were : James, who lived upon
the parental homestead in Lancaster. John,
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mentioned at length in the next paragrapli.
Mary, born July ii, 1679. Elinor, September
3, i68i, in Billerica.
(II) John, second son of James and Mary
Butler, was born July 22, 1677, in Woburn.
and lived in that town until 1721, when he
removed to that part of the ancient town of
Dunstable, now Pelham, New Hampshire,
where he died 1756. When he built his house
he wished it to remain as long as the tim-
bers would hold together, as a monument to
his posterity of the "courage, perseverance
and endurance of the pioneers of the wilder-
ness." The house itself was built of pine logs,
hewn and locked or dovetailed at the corners,
and around the same he dug a ditch, which
was provided with a drawbridge to be let down
during the day and drawn up at night. He
also provided portholes, through which they
might shoot Indians who might prowl around
and attack them. This house lasted eighty
j'ears, and was used by two generations after
him. He was town clerk and selectman, and
was st)led deacon. His descendants were
noted for their honesty, also for being strong
and hardy. He married Elizabeth, daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Pierce) Wilson, of
Woburn, born January 28, 1683, and buried
beside her husband in Pelham. Their chil-
dren, all born in Woburn, were : Elizabeth,
John. Samuel, Sarah, died young. Joseph,
Phebe. Abigail and Sarah.
(HI) Lieutenant Joseph, third son of
Deacon John and Elizabeth (Wilson) Butler,
was born December i, 1713, in Woburn, and
died in Pelham, New Hampshire, aged nearly
one hundred years. He owned a large amount
of land in the northwest corner of Pelham
and in Nottingham West. He built mills
called Butler's Mills, his homestead being op-
posite his mills, the common lying between.
He married (first) Abigail Nourse, (second)
Hannah Gragg. and (third) November 30,
1754, Mary Ladd. of Haverhill, Massachu-
setts. His children were : Abigail, Nehemiah,
Gideon, Molly, Jesse. Dr. Thaddeus, Hannah,
James and Dr. Elijah.
(III) Jacob, fourth son of Deacon John
and Elizabeth (Wilson) Butler, was born No-
vember 10. 1718. in \yoburn. and was about
three years of age when the family removed
to what is now Pelham. He married Mary
Eames and they were the parents of Jacob,
Daniel. Mary. Jonathan, died young, Phebe
and Jonathan.
(IV) Abigail, first child of Lieutenant Jo-
seph and Abigail (Nourse) Butler, was born
about 1738. in Pelham, New Hampshire. She
married Joseph Wilson, of Dracut. Massachu-
setts, and they were the parents of the fol-
lowing children: Joseph, Benjamin (died
young). Thaddeus, Nabby, Lydia, Life, David,
Polly, Iluldah, Benjamin and Cyrus.
(IV) Daniel, second son of Jacob and Mary
(Eames) Butler, was born October 23, 1748.
He married Molly Tenney and had children
as follows: Dole, married Delilah Butler;
Polly, married Daniel \'arnum ; Phebe, died
young; Nabby. married Jacob Butler; Daniel;
Phebe, married Amos llazelton ; Manly, mar-
ried Sarah Ilamblett; Betty, died young;
Betty (2nd), died young; Olivia, married
Noyes Tenney ; Belinda, married Samuel P.
Hadley: Thomas J. and Joseph B. (twins),
who died young.
(V) J^Ianly. seventh child and third son of
Daniel and I\ lolly (Tenney) Butler, was born
at Pelham. New Hampshire, March 25, 1792.
He married, .April i, 1817, Sarah, daughter of
David and Sarah (Wyman) Ilamblet. and
their children were: i. Manly Orville, born
July 19, 1812. 2. Sarah Carsina, August 29,
1813, died December 30, 1813. 3. David
Hamblet, September 12, 1814. married (first)
Eliza Trull, and (second) Susan Cutler. 4.
Daniel Jefferson, February 17, 1817, died
January 5, 1827. 5. George Washington, De-
cember 22, 1818, died October 25, 1822. 6.
Charles Varnum, June 25, 1820, married Laura
Jewett, of New London, New Hampshire. 7.
Sarah Carsina, February 21, 1822, married
William Henry Rook, of London, England.
8. Louisa Marie. July 3, 1823, married Stephen
Sawyer, of Saco, Maine. 9. Mary Tenney,
July 14, 1828, married John Trowbridge, of
Detroit. Michigan. 10. Catherine Augusta,
July 17, 1830, married Daniel \\'ebster, of
Boston: she died December 26, 1872. 11.
Daniel George, December 15. 1831. died Au-
gust 6, 1833. 12. Phebe Ann, February 10,
1833, married Austin Waite Perr}-. of L'pton,
Massachusetts. 13. Henry Clay, December 26,
1835, died January 13, 1838. The first two
children were born at Lyndsboro, New Hamp-
shire, the third at Pembroke. New Hampshire,
and the others at Pelham. New Hampshire.
(\'I) I\lanly Orville, eldest child of :\Ianly
and Sarah (Hamblet) Butler, was born July
ig, 1812, died in 1902. He was then engaged
in the retail grocery business. He married
(first) I\Iarch 17. 1836, at Boston, Massachu-
setts, Elizabeth Howe; she was born in 1815
at Kittery, Maine, and died in 1869, at Charles-
town, Massachusetts. He married (second)
June 24. 1870, Julia Mendum. He had eight
children, all by first wife, as follows: i.Or-
STATE OF MAINE.
1737
ville Washington, born February 22, 1837,
see forward. 2. George Henry, December i,
1839, see forward. 3. Arthur Caverbo, 1842,
died March 24, 1S44. 4. Charles Hamblet,
April 30, 1845, see forward. 5. Frank Fair-
field, February 4, 1848, died unmarried May
24, 1875. 6. Sarah Elizabeth, February 29,
1S52. married John Henry Wilson, and had
no children; she died October 20, 1906. 7.
Edward Burgess, December 16, 1853, see for-
ward. 8. Olivia Annette, November 13, 1857,
married Charles C. Lloyd, of Cleveland, Ohio.
The first two children were born at Charles-
town, the third, fourth and fifth at Rox-
bury, Massachusetts, and the last three at
Lewiston, Maine.
(VII) Orville W'ashington, eldest child of
Manly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler,
was born February 22, 1837, at Charlestown,
Massachusetts. He married, February 20,
1879, Edith M. Estes, of Sandwich, and they
had three children: i. Frank Orville, born
January 25, 1880, graduated from Harvard
College in 1903. 2. Elva Lena, September 7,
1882. 3. Charles Edward, May 22, 1884, died
October 12, 1884.
(\'II) George Henry, second son of Manly
Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler, was
born at Charlestown, jMassachusetts, December
I, 1839, and died March 5, 1880. He mar-
ried Harriet Winn, September 3, 1866,
at Bridgewater, i\Iassachusetts, and among
their eight children were : Alice Hays,
born July 20, 1867, died July 15, 1869. George
Manly, January 26, 1870; he graduated from
Amherst College in 1896, and entered Yale
Theological School the same year.
(VII) Charles Hamblet, fourth son and
child of J\lanly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe)
Butler, was born April 30, 1845, died in Sep-
tember, 1889. He married Adelaide L. Col-
lins, February 4, 1868, and they had one child,
Charles Lloyd, who died in June, 1895. They
adopted a child, Edward K.
(VII) Edward Burgess, sixth son of Alanly
Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler, was
born December 16, 1853, in Lewiston, Maine,
and received his education in the public schools
of Boston, in which city he was employed after
leaving school by a wholesale drygoods firm.
After several years of experience in this es-
tablishment and having become thoroughly ac-
quainted with the business, he became asso-
ciated with his elder brother, George H. But-
ler, in founding the firm of Butler Brothers,
at Boston. One year later they were joined
by another brother, Charles H. Their busi-
ness was that of supplying department stores.
and was therefore very wide in the range of
articles covered. As the enterprise grew and
flourished, they enlarged the business by open-
ing branches in other cities, and are now
carrying on very large wholesale general mer-
chandise houses in New York, Chicago, St.
Louis and Minneapolis, besides having sample
houses in Baltimore, Dallas, Omaha, San Fran-
cisco and Seattle. In 1887 this business was
incorporated and is now the largest establish-
ment of its kind in America. Edward B. But-
ler is its president, and the only one living of
the original firm. He is one of the most
progressive citizens of Chicago and is well
known for his public spirit, having served as
director of many institutions. In 1892 he was
appointed chairman of the ways and means
committee, and also of the department of ad-
missions and collections of the World's Colum-
bian Exposition at Chicago. For many years
he has been president of the board of trustees
of the Illinois Manual Training School Farm
at Glenwood, Illinois, and has also been trus-
tee of Hull House Social Settlement of Chi-
cago, of the Chicago Orphan Asylum, The
Girls' Refuge and the First State Pawner's
Society of Chicago. He has sustained the
same relation to Rockford College, the Bu-
reau of Associated Charities of Chicago, and
is now chairman of the committees on Lake
Shore Parks of that city. He is a director of
the Corn Exchange Bank of Chicago, and is
widely known in commercial and financial
circles throughout the country. He is identi-
fied with many clubs, including the University
Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, Union League, City,
South Shore, Midlothian and Commercial,
being the ex-president of the last nam.ed. He
is a trustee of the Central Church, of which
Dr. Gunsaulus is the minister. Mr. Butler
was married in 1880 at Norwalk, Connecticut,
to Jane, daughter of William Henrv and
Esther (Pratt) Holley.
The Butler family was early
BUTLER identified with the settlement of
what is now Maine, and has
continuously borne an active part in the de-
velopment of its resources and the progress of
its intellectual and moral interests. It has
always been prominent in large financial opera-
tions down to the present time, and its mem-
bers have been respected for upright char-
acter and conscientious devotion to duty.
(I) The first of record in this country was
Thomas Butler, who was born about 1674. un-
doubtedly in England, and of the ancient stock
of Ormond. He appears in Berwick, now
1738
STATE OF MAINE.
Maine, in 1695, when lie witnessed a deed,
and was married there about 1697 to Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Ab-
bott, and granddaughter of Walter Abbott, a
pioneer settler of tiiat region, lie must have
been better educated than the mass of early
residents of the colony, as shown by the fact
that he was appointed in 17 16 to teach the local
school until some other who could teach Latin
could be secured, and continued as its head
nearly a year. A leading citizen, he was
prominent in the management of town affairs
for a quarter of a century, and was selectman
and surveyor of lands at the same time he
was teacher. He was possessed of means, as
well as education, and was the intimate friend
of such distinguished citizens as Governor
Wentworth. Sir William Pepperell, Hon. John
Hill, Captain Ichabod Plaistow, and others.
On Mav 2.;. 1699, he was granted twenty-one
acres of land by the town of Kittery, at what
is now South Berwick, but did not live on it.
Soon after he purchased a large tract east of
what is now South Berwick, on which he built
a large and handsome residence, at the foot
of Butler's Hill. The village of South Ber-
wick now occupies part of this tract, which
also embraced the academy grounds, Butler's
Hill and lands until recently occupied by his
descendants. Here he exercised a generous
hospitality, his house being a double, two-
story structure, and here he passed the re-
mainder of his life. Beside being a large
landholder, he was a proprietor of mills at
Quamphegan. In 1720 he served on a com-
mittee to settle disputes about land boundaries
between Kittery and Berwick. Although the
latter town became a separate parish in 1701,
it was not incorporated as a town until 1715;
at the first town meeting, held March 22, 1715,
he was chosen a selectman, and the next year
was a grand juror, in addition to the offices
previously mentioned. With the exception of
the years 171 7-18 and 1722, he continued to
serve as selectman until 1727. From 1713 to
1736 he was surveyor of lands, and was suc-
ceeded by his sons, and his parchment records
of surveys were preserved until recently by a
great-grandson. They were loaned to aid in
the settlement of a land boundary and never
returned. He was elected to office more than
thirty-five times, and last appears in the rec-
ords in 1736. when he was serving in official
capacity. He became a member of the church
September 2, 1727, but was active in its sup-
port long before that, having served on a com-
mittee to deal with a minister, and gave of
time and money for the promotion of schools
and the improvement of the river. In 1730-31
he was one of a few citizens to advance money
to secure a representative of the colony at the
court of Great Britain. No record appears
of his death. His wife died December 2, 1728.
Children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Moses, Abigail
and Love.
(II) Thomas (2) eldest child of Thomas
(i) and Elizabeth (Abbott) Butler, was born
March 6, 1698, in Berwick, and baptized there
after attaining his majority, August 14, 1720.
He inherited and lived upon the homestead.
and was engaged in the manufacture and deal-
ing in lumber. He was elected constable in
1725 and 1735, was surveyor of lands and
served in other offices. His wife's name was
Mehetable; children: Mary, William Good-
win, Olive, Thomas, Elizabeth, Samuel, Icha-
bod and Moses.
(III) Samuel, third son of Thomas (2) and
Mehetable Butler, was baptized May 19, 1734,
in South Berwick, and died there July 15, 1799.
He inherited two-thirds of the homestead, on
which he lived, and also received all his father's
property in mills, and was an extensive lum-
ber dealer and merchant. He served as select-
man and in other official capacities, and was
moderator in 1772. He was among the signers
of a petition against the oppressive revenue
laws of the mother country. He was married
May 4, 1757, to Lydia, daughter of Nehemiah
and IMary (Wentworth) Kimball, of Dover.
She died May 13, 1802. Children : Ichabod,
Samuel, Nehemiah, Mehetable, Ephraim, Ly-
dia, Mary, Paltiah (Peletiah), Robert and
Martha.
(IV) Ichabod, eldest child of Samuel and
Lydia (Kimball) Butler, was born July 4,
1758, and died September. 1810. He was in
the revolutionary army and his record in the
"Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the
War of the Revolution" is as follows : "List
of men mustered in York county by Joseph
Bragdon, Jr., ■Muster Master, dated March 17,
1777; Captain Samuel Derby's company. Col.
Joiin Bailey's regiment ; enlistment, three
years; also Private 2d Company, Col. John
Bailey's regiment; Continental Army pay ac-
counts for service from February i, 1777 to
December 31, 1779; also Captain Samuel
Darby's (2d) Company, Colonel Bailey's regi-
ment ; company return dated \'alley Forge,
January 25, 1778; also Colonel's company.
Col. Bailey's regiment; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from January i, 1780, to
February i, 1780." He lived directly in front
of what is now known as "Butler's Hill," in
the village of South Berwick, where he died.
STATE OF MAINE.
1739
Old deeds describe liim as a fanner, trader and
lumberman. He married, December 20, 1786,
Abigail, born April 23, 1757, daughter of
Colonel John and Abigail (Millet) Wentworth.
Abigail died in October, 1812. Children:
John \\"ent\vorth, Harriet, Ichabod, George
and Edward Heyman.
(Y) Ichabod {2), third child and second
son of Ichabod (i) and Abigail (Wentworth)
Butler, was born in Berwick, now South Ber-
wick, June 13, 1/93 (June 30, 1791, according
to the Wentworth Genealogy). He read law
with Hon. John Holmes, of Alfred, and was
practicing in town in 1821, having been ad-
mitted to the bar as a practitioner at the com-
mon pleas. At the April term, 1824, he was
admitted to practice at the supreme judicial
court. After living at the Corner some time,
Ichabod Butler built a house near the Thomp-
son bridge, so called, and thus gave it another
name, Butler's Bridge. He lived at the Cor-
ner the last part of his life, and died there
March 28, 1833 (^larch 11, according to the
Wentworth Genealogy). He married, 1823,
Mary (Wise) Alorrill, widow of JMoses I\Ior-
rill, daughter of Captain Daniel Wise, of
Wells (Kennebunk), granddaughter of Cap-
tain James Wise, and great-granddaughter of
Rev. Jeremiah Wise, of Berwick. Her
mother's maiden name was Hannah Hubbard,
daughter of Captain James Hubbard, who died
at Cambridge. j\lary Wise was born Octo-
ber 4, 1794. and died May 11, 1825. Chil-
dren: Edward Heyman. who died young, and
Moses Morrill, whose sketch follows.
(\ I) Hon. Moses Morrill, son of Ichabod
and I\Iary (Wise) (Morrill) Butler, was born
in Sanford, March 8, 1824, died in Portland,
October 21, 1879. The History of Sanford
says of him : "He prepared for college at Al-
fred, Gorham, and North Yarmouth academies,
and graduated at Bowdoin College in 1845,
with the highest honors of his class. During
his collegiate course he taught school in his
own district at the Corner, and immediately
after graduation a school at Springvale, at the
same time pursuing his profes.sional studies.
He read law w-ith Hon. Edward E. Bourne, of
Kennebunk, and completed his legal course
with Hon. Sumner Wells, of Portland, sub-
sequentlv one of the judges of the supreme
court of Maine, and governor in 1856. Mr.
Butler was admitted to the bar of Cumberland
county, November g, 1847, and immediately
took the office in Portland vacated by the ele-
vation of his instructor, Mr. Wells, to the
bench. He soon after took the office and busi-
ness of Hon. Augustine Haines, and subse-
quently formed a law partnership with Hon.
William Pitt Fesscnden, United States sen-
ator, and at a later period with James D. and
Francis Fessenden, his sons, in December,
1875, he formed a copartnersiiip with his
nephew^ Hon. Charles F. Libby, which con-
tinued until his death. iMr. Builer was county
attorney from 1859 to 1865, representative iii
1854, and representative elect at the time of
his death. He was mayor of Portland, 1877-
79, tw^o terms, during which time his services
in the interest of the city were efficient, and
will long be remembered. One anecdote will
illustrate his strict integrity in the discharge
of his official duties. Among the items of a
bill presented to him for approval was one
for cigars. The bill was respectfully returned
with the endorsement thereon : "The city
never smokes." We well remember his stern
appearance in the schoolroom and the severity
of his government. But it was such as the
make-up of an ungraded village school de-
manded that the pupils might not feel that
they could rule or bully the youthful teacher,
wdio had been brought up in the community
in which he taught. His studious life and un-
tiring industry in the home of his maiden aunt,
his quiet dignity and reserve, his manlv deport-
ment, are not forgotten by those with whom
he then came in contact. In 1843, before he
reached his majority, he was chosen a mem-
ber of the school committee, and did his duties
well in that capacity. One of his old pupils,
Stillman B. Allen, of Boston, once said of
him : "He was the smartest man that San-
ford has ever produced." On February 5,
1880, at a session of the supreme court in
Portland, Judge Symonds presiding, the Cum-
berland Bar x^ssociation took action with refer-
ence to Mr. Butler's decease. Hon. Bion
Bradbury, president, addressed the court, and
James D. Fessenden offered a series of reso-
lutions, which were adopted, prefacing there-
with a few fitting remarks. A eulogy was
delivered by Hon. Nathan Webb, to which
Judge Symonds replied. The latter's estimate
of Mr. Butler was: "He was a man of ex-
perienced and disciplined sagacity, a wise
counselor, prudent in the management of af-
fairs, cool and adroit in doubt and strife. No
motive of personal ease or comfort, nor indo-
lence, nor carelessness, ever held him from
fidelity to the trusts committed to him. His
work was faithfully done." The following is
from the History of Cumberland County:
"From the beginning Mr. Butler was an able
and successful lawyer. In investigation he
was laborious, discriminating, and thorough,
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STATE OF MAINE.
and in the conikici of business prompt and
sagacious. He always presented the strongest
point of his case and maintained it with his
whole strength. At a younger age than most
of the eminent lawyers he managed an ex-
tensive practice in all branches of the pro-
fession. An untiring student, a convincing
advocate, carefully preparing his cases, with
great powers of cross-examination and ex-
cellent judgment, he soon attained the fore-
most rank. At middle age he was prostrated
by fever, caused by excessive labor. Upon
his return to his profession his accurate bear-
ing, his great experience at the bar, his judicial
temperament, and his habits of profound in-
vestigation, united to a firm yet amiable tem-
per and pure life, qualified him for the highest
judicial positions, and he was spoken of for
such service. He would have adorned the
bench. At this period of his life the aiifairs
of the city of Portland and its relations with
public enterprises required examination and
advice. The city appointed Air. Butler tiic
chairman of a commission for this purpose.
To this work he brought those great qualities
which had distinguished him at the bar, labor-
ing for his adopted city with characteristic
earnestness, and declining remuneration. In
a report remarkable for its clear exposition of
long and intricate relations between the city
and its railroads, its correct estimate of the
situation of affairs, the wisdom of its sug-
gestions, and the vigor and propriety of its
style, he placed the whole subject before his
fellow citizens. This invaluable service made
him so pre-eminently suitable that, although
disinclined to public office, he was twice com-
pelled to accept the mayoralty of the city. His
administration of city afYairs could not be sur-
passed. He managed its interests with an in-
formation which no other man possessed, and
with results which no other man has accom-
plished. His tried abilities and knowledge of
afifairs were too valuable to his fellow citizens
to be suffered out of their service, and he was
now elected to the legislature at a' time of
special importance to the city. Before the
assembling of the legislature, while in court
conducting a trial, he was struck down by
paralysis, which in a few days proved fatal.
The universal sorrow of all parties at his death
was the noblest tribute to his memory. His fel-
low citizens lost his services at the fullness of
his powers, when he was most able to serve
them, and with his place in their regard con-
stantly increasing. His ofificial papers show
his capacity for public afifairs, and his tribute
to his college president, Leonard Woods, de-
livered in Portland in 187S, at the annual
meeting of the association of the resident
alumni of Bowdoin College exhibits his power
of refined and tender eloquence. .\ self-sac-
rificing, public-spirited citizen, a useful mem-
ber of his church, a distinguished lawyer, a
kind husband, a wise and gentle father, and a
good man, he evaded no duties and acted his
part well. He had been a director in the
Cumberland Bank, and was a director of the
Portland Fraternity. He was a member of the
First Parish (Unitarian) society, and offi-
ciated as moderator of the parish meetings."
Moses M. Butler married, May 1, 1850,
Olive j\l., born in Sanford, November 15, 1826,
daughter of John and Meribah (Hobbs)
Storer, of Sanford. She is living in igo8.
John Storer was a descendant of Joseph
Storer, of Wells, who was an ensign in 1680,
reprcsentiative in 1681 and 1685, a man of dis-
tinction and energy in the Indian wars, was a
merchant and man of influence in Sanford.
To Closes M. and Olive M. Butler were born
three children: John Storer (died young),
Harry and Grace. Harry is mentioned be-
low. Grace, born March 4, i860, died April
12, 1895.
(VII) Harry, second son of Moses M. and
Olive M. (Storer) Butler, was born in Port-
land, February 22, 1858. After leaving the
public schools he attended Phillips Exeter
Academy three years, and then went to Har-
vard University, from which he graduated in
1879. Pie then entered Harvard Law School
and there remained one year. In 1882 he
entered the employ of the First National Bank
of Portland as a clerk. After three years em-
ployment there he promoted and organized the
Portland Trust Company, which opened its
doors for business January i, 1885. Mr. But-
ler was secretary and treasurer of this insti-
tution until 1903, and has been its president
since that time. His well-known integrity and
unusual financial ability attracted business and
soon placed the Portland Trust Company in
the foremost rank of Maine monetary insti-
tutions, a position it still holds. Mr. Butler is
independent in politics, never giving his sup-
port to a candidate or a measure which he be-
lieves to be unworthy. In religious faith he is
a L'nitarian. having membership in the First
Parish Church. He is a member of several of
the leading clubs but of no fraternal orders.
Harry Butler married (first) May 29, 1890,
Julia Payson Ives, who died January 22, 1906;
(second) February 16, 1907, Elizabeth M.,
born July i, 1875, daughter of Clement J. and
Kate (Dingley) Stetson, of Portland.
STATE OF MAINE.
1741
The name of Storer, Storr,
STORER Storee, Story, Storah appear to
be synonymous, and the imme-
diate English ancestor appears to have been
the Rev. Thomas Storr, vicar of Bilsby, Lin-
cohishire, England. Tradition has it that in
the early days of the settlement of Massachu-
setts Bay Colony two brothers bearing the
name of Storr settled in New England, one in
Boston and one in Wells, Province of jMaine,
and that the Boston Storrs were shortly after
known as Storys, and the Maine family as
Storers, and that from the Boston Storys
Elisha Story, a staunch revolutionist in Bos-
ton, was one of the "Indians" who boarded the
ships laden with tea, in the harbor, and threw
the taxed commodity in the sea, was descended.
Chief Justice Joseph Story (1779-1845), son
of Elisha and jMehitable (Pedrick) Story, was
a brother of Augustine Storr, who with his son,
William Storer, was among the first settlers
of Wells, District of Maine.
(I) Augustine Storr or Storer was the son
of the Rev. Thomas Storr, vicar of Bilsby.
Augustine Storr was a brother of Marie, the
wife of the Rev. John Wheelwright (1592-
1679), '^'^'ho came to New England in 1636.
William Hutchinson, brother-in-law of the
Rev. John Wheelwright, married Ann IMar-
bury about 1612 and came with her to New
England in 1634. He came from Alford, Lin-
colnshire, and in New England his wife gained
great notoriety as a religious teacher and
leader of the doctrine of the Antinomians
(vide Anne Hutchinson 1590- 1643). August-
ine Storr suffered persecution with John
Wheelwright, and i\nne Hutchinson and he
became one of the combination of Exeter and
a founder of the church at Dover, New Hamp-
shire. He died before 1643.
(II) William, son of Augustine Storr, or
Storer, was with his father an early founder
of Dover, New Hampshire, and after the death
of his father he went to Wells in the Province
of Maine with Rev. John Wheelwright and
was a founder of that town and church. Will-
iam Storer married and had at least four chil-
dren : Joseph, see forward, Jeremiah, living
in Wells in 1726, Samuel, Benjamin. He
removed with his family to Wells after 1643,
and died there in 1660; in 1661 his widow
married Samuel Austin, and the family were
placed under the guardianship of their step-
father.
(HI) Joseph, eldest son of William Storer,
was born in Wells, Province of Maine, in
1648, where he was brought up and learned
the business of lumberman, and when his
father died he was but twelve years old. When
he reached his majority he came into posses-
sion of his father's estate, as his brothers did
not live to reach manhood, and he built a saw-
mill and manufactured boards and sawed lum-
ber for building purposes. He had already
been a soldier in King Philip's war, 1675, and
had learned the lesson taught by Indian war-
fare under that cruel leader and relentless foe
of the white settlers. He continued active in
the militar}- service of the province, and was
made ensign in 1680. His knowledge of the
treachery and cruelty of the methods practiced
by the Indians caused him to provide for the
safety of the women and children of the settle-
ment beyond that offered by the strong arm of
the husband and father, who not infrequently
was called from home as a member of the or-
ganized militia. He built a strong and roomy
house in 1679, using heavy timbers in its con-
struction, placing it on the main road in a cen-
tral position, and this he strengthened as a
military post and garrison house by surround-
ing it with a high and strong fence constructed
of logs placed upright, close together, with
loopholes for the use of rifles. Within this en-
closure he built several small houses for the
comfort of families obliged to flee to the gar-
rison house for refuge. The larger strong-
hold was always open for the accommodation
and entertainment of the people, and officers
and soldiers in the service of the Colony al-
ways found within its walls a hearty welcome.
He disbursed his provisions with a liberal
hand, and the defenseless settlers were sure
of a safe retreat within its hospitable doors.
He was, as well, active in the defence of the
Province and encouraged the people to main-
tain their homes and continue to cultivate their
farms, and when driven out they were given
lots of land for tillage near the fort and ample
pasturage for their cattle. In case of actual
conflict with the Indians, the wounded were
brought to the house, where he provided as far
as in his power to their desperate needs. This
was done with no expectation of reward either
from those he benefited or from the Colonial
government under which he was at the same
time serving as a military officer. His treat-
ment of all, through the trials of the Indian
wars, was marked by unchangeable humanity.
He was a noble Christian man in all his inter-
course with his fellowmen, and from him have
descended all the Storers of Maine, including
such honorable names as Bellamy Storer, Cin-
cinnati. Ohio (born 1847). the diplomat: Bel-
lamy Storer, LL. D. (1798- 1875), a represen-
tative in the twenty-fourth congress, presiden-
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STATE OF MAINE.
tial elector on the Clay and Fessenden ticket
in 1844. judge of the superior court of Ohio,
1853-71: Clement Storer (1760-1830), physi-
cian, major-general, speaker of the house of
representatives of New Hampshire, represen-
tative of the tenth United States congress,
1807-09, United States senator 1817-19, high
sheriff of Rockingham county, 1818-24; David
Humphreys Storer, U. D. (1804-1891), found-
er of the' Tremont Medical School, Boston,
1887, physician to the Massachusettts General
Hospitak 1849-58, Dean of Harvard Medical
School, 1855-64; his father, Woodbury Storer,
chief justice of the court of common pleas in
Falmouth: Francis Humphreys Storer (born
1832), professor of agricultural chemistry,
Harvard University, since 1870; Horatio Rob-
inson Storer, M. D., Newport, Rhode Island
(born in 1830), physician, editor and author;
George Washington Storer (1789-1864), rear-
admiral U. S. N.
Ensign Joseph Storer married Hannah,
born !May 6, 1680, daughter of Roger and
Mary (Cross) Hill, of Saco, Maine. Joseph
Storer died in 1700, soon after the close of the
Lovewell war, and at the time of his death he
was the richest man in the town of Wells, his
property being appraised at over £1,000. The
children of Joseph and Hannah (Hill) Storer,
born in \\ells. Province of Maine, were :
Sarah, Mary, Abigail, Colonel Joseph, A. B.,
Harvard, 1745, died 1777; John, Hepzebah,
Ebenezer, a merchant in Boston ; Seth.
(IV) Colonel John, second son and fifth
child of Joseph and Hannah (Hill) Storer,
was born in Wells, Maine, September 5, 1694,
while all the people of Wells were shut in the
garrison house built by his father. He rebuilt
the sawmill in 1730. He was a member of a
committee of three to finish the inside of the
meeting-house in 1734. He built a sloop in
1739 for himself and his brother Ebenezer,
a merchant in Iloston, which was lost at sea
in 1741. the crew being rescued by a vessel
bound from Bristol, England, to Philadelphia.
John Storer was in the government employ
in 1740, being sent to Fort Richmond and St.
Georges to put the forts in condition for de-
fence. He enlisted a company in Wells for
the Louisburg expedition, and was at the time
called major, and in the list of volunteers his
name appears as "Colonel John Storer, Cap-
tain," and the troops were transported to Bos-
ton by water in February, 1744, and he wrote
a long letter to his wife, April 26, 1744, which
was addressed to "Mrs. Elizabeth Storer at
Wells in New England," which indicated that
he was a gentleman of good education, high
standing and excellent repute. He again
writes his wife, this time from: "At the Camp
Cape Breton, May 21, 1745," describing the
landing of the troops and capture of the town.
On September 16, 1745. Rev. y\r. JelTerds
wrote to Colonel Storer congratulating him on
the triumphs of the army, and asks him to
"present my duty to his l-l.xcellency, Capt.
Gen. Pepperell." In it he says "your aged
holy mothers are still living; your pious con-
sort bears her trouble with sweet serenity of
mind ; your eldest son keeps our school ; your
second looks after your husbandry ; your eld-
est daughter is in Boston ; your two youngest
daughters are at home, and little Samuel is
ready to tly and jump in your arms." On
March 9, 1756, he was ordered by Sir William
Pepperell to see that no man go six rods from
his lodging without his gun and a supply of
ammunition. John Storer. "the right hand
man of Sir William Pepperell in the expedition
against Louisburg," died in Wells, IMaine, Oc-
tober 3, 1768.
(\') John (2), son of Colonel John (i)
and Elizabeth Storer, began life as a miller
trader, and this led to his becoming a shipper.
In 1795 he built the largest ship ever built in
Wells or Kennebunk, being of two hundred
and ninety tons burden. His business ven-
tures turned out unprofitable beyond the ac-
quirements of the means necessary for the
wants of his famih'. He was a selectman in
1785 and again in 1791, when by re-election
he held the office up to 1807. He was town
treasurer 1785-1810, representative to the gen-
eral court of Massachusetts, 1791-1800 and
1804-09. He was a member of the committee
chosen July 5, 1779, to request the legislation
to afford relief to the town unable to pay the
claim against it : a delegate to the convention
held in Falmouth in 1785 to consider the ques-
tion of separation from Massachusetts ; was
moderator of the town meeting held May 2,
1796, to discuss the merits of the Jay treaty,
and he signed the memorial prepared and pre-
sented to the United States congress praying
"that the treaty be carried into full and com-
plete effect. He married Hannah, daughter of
Rev. Moses Morrill, of Biddeford, December
24, 1772, and they had nine children. His
first wife died May 25, 1790, and he married
as his second wife, ]\Iay 12, 1793, Elizabeth,
daughter of Rev. John Fairfield, and widow
of William Scammon, and they had five chil-
dren. Of the children of John and Hannah
(Morrill) Storer, the first two died in infancy:
their daughter Sarah married Rev. Nathaniel
H. Fletcher shortlv after his ordination as
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minister of the church of Wells, July 5, 1800;
Alary married William Cole; Elizabeth, never
married ; Hannah, married William Gooch ;
John Langdon ; Samuel ; Olive, married Sam-
uel Curtis jr. in 1827, she being his third
wife. Children of second marriage : Martha
Ruggles, married Lauriston Wood, of Saco ;
John (q. v.), born January 18, 1796; Mary
Ann ; Caroline Langdon, married Samuel B.
Morrill, and as her second husband George
Starrett ; Hannah, married Dr. E. G. Aloore ;
Hannah Elvira, married Ralph Hobbs ; Al-
mera, who died at the age of eleven.
(VI) John (3), son of John (2) Storer,
was born in Wells, Maine, January 18, 1796.
He attended the district school, and when
quite young became a clerk in a general store
at Kennebunk carried on by Benjamin Smith
and Horace Porter, who were also engaged
in shipping merchandise to other ports under
their firm name of Smith & Porter. Their
knowledge of the business ability of young
Storer induced them to offer him a half in-
terest in a new store to be opened at Sanford,
they furnishing the capital and he giving his
time as manager. This offer resulted in the
establishment of the firm of John Storer &
Company at Sanford, Maine, and he built up
a flourishing business which he carried on
successfully for several years, when he pur-
chased the half interest of Smith & Porter and
continued the business on his own account up
to his retirement, with an ample fortune, but
greatly impaired in health. As his health im-
proved he associated in business with active
partners in Portland for a short time, when
grief over the death of his wife in i860 and
anxiety over the issue of the civil war, 1861-
65, ended his useful life on October 23, 1867,
at his home in Sanford. He had served his
town as selectman and member of the school
committee, being elected to both positions in
1837, having previously been postmaster at
Springvale, 1832-33. During the civil war he
had the Union cause greatly at heart, and his
support of the government and of the soldiers
in the field and the widows and fatherless ones
at home was generous and continuous. After
the war he offered to erect a monument to the
memory of the soldiers from Sanford who
gave their lives for their country on the battle-
fields, in prison pens, or in the malarious re-
gions of the southern states. The town, how-
ever, refused his liberal offer, not being willing
to comply with certain stipulated conditions,
and the project was not carried out. In 1867
he contributed $10,000 as a foundation for a
college for the education of the freed men and
their children, and Storer College, Harper's
Ferry, West Virginia, was the result of his
benefaction, and its doors were opened Octo-
ber 2, 1867. He also contributed $1,000
towards a library for the school. He was mar-
ried soon after leaving his native town of
Wells to Meribah, daughter of Joseph and
Abigail Hobbs, born in Wells, Maine, January
'/• 1797> Slid died in Sanford, Maine, IMarch
10, i860, and by her marriage with John
Storer became the mother of six children,
born in Sanford, Maine, as follows : Horace
Porter, George Lord, Olive AL, married, Alay
I, 1S50, Moses M. Butler, John Lewis,
George Lord, Frederick. His second and third
died young.
(VII) Horace Porter, eldest son of John
(3) and Meribah (Hobbs) Storer, was born
December 6, 1822, in Sanford, Alaine. He
removed to Portland at an early age, where
he learned the drygoods business and he car-
ried it on successfully, part of the time alone,
then in partnership with his brother, George
Lord, as H. P. & G. L. Storer. He married
Mary Thomas Barker, and had five children :
Fred Lewis, Alice Porter, and three who died
in infancy. He died in Portland, Maine, De-
cember 6, 1897, aged exactly seventy-five
years.
(\'II) George Lord, fourth son of John
and Meribah (Hobbs) Storer, was born in
Sanford, Maine, May 8, 183 1, became a clerk
at eighteen and a partner at twenty-one with
his brother, Horace Porter, in the drygoods
business in Portland as H. P. & G. L. Storer,
then as Storer & Cutler, his brother H. P.
having retired, and, on the admission of his
brother Frederick, in 1863, as Storer, Cutler
& Company, until j\lr. Cutler withdrew, when
the firm became G. L. Storer & Company. In
1865 he, with his brother Frederick, with-
drew, and he located in Madison, Wisconsin,
where he died August 12, 1905. He married
Mary F. Johnson, and had five children : Mary
Porter, George Cutler, Isabel Corey, John and
Annie Hepworth. His widow died in 1908.
(\TI) Frederick, fifth son of John and
Meribah (Hobbs) Storer, was born in San-
ford, Alaine, August 6, 1833. He was edu-
cated in the district school, and in 1848 became
a partner in the drygoods house of Storer &
Cutler in Portland. In 1852 he formed a
partnership with J. R. Corey in the same line
of business, as J. R. Corey & Company, and
in 1863 sold out his interest and became a
partner in the firm of Storer & Cutler, the
new firm being Storer, Cutler & Company, and
he withdrew from the firm in 1865 at the
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same time his brother, George Lord, with-
drew. He helped to form the wholesale dry-
good; firm of Locke, Meserve & Company, of
Portland, in 1867. and this firm remained in
business up to 1875. In 1866 he built the
Pondicherry Woolen Mills at Bridgton, Cum-
berland county, Maine, which he operated
1866-72. employing from seventy-five to one
hundred operatives and the output in woolen
goods amounted to a value of $300,000 an-
nually. He was a member of the firm of
Storer Pirotliers, wholesale dealers in drygoods,
in Portland, 1872-83, and in 1883 he retired
from the drygoods trade and engaged in the
real estate business, in which he was still actively
engaged in 1908. He attends the Unitarian
church, votes independently of party ties, and
is a member of no club or social organiza-
tions. He was married in Portland, Maine,
September 10, 1858, to Anne, daughter of
Hon. Nathaniel Swett and Joanna (Gibbs)
Littlefield. Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (1804-
82) was a son of Ebenezer and grandson of
Elisha Littlefield, of Wells, Maine. He prac-
ticed law in Bridgton, Maine, was a state sen-
ator 1837-39, and president of the senate in
1838: a representative in the twenty-seventh
and thirty-first United States congresses, 1841-
43, and 1849-51 ; a representative in the ]\Iaine
legislature, 1854; a delegate to the Union Con-
vention in Philadelphia, 1866.
The ancestor of the Hill family of
HILL this article was a very early immi-
grant to America and was almost
as early a settler in New England as John
Hill, of Plymouth and Boston, 1630. This
Hill family is probably the earliest of the name
in Maine.
(I) Peter Hill, the settler, sailed from Ply-
mouth, England, in the ship "Huntress" with
John Winter, and landed March 22, 1632-33,
at Richmond island, and settled with his son
Roger in Biddeford, near the mouth of Scad-
lockes. now Little River, a few years previous
to 1648. He is described as a "planter and
sailor," was admitted freeman July 5, 1653,
in Saco. and was a member of the assembly of
Liconia, or Lygonia, in 1648, and died Au-
gust 29, 1667. New Hampshire having sought
admission into Massachusetts, w^as soon fol-
lowed by the settlers of York county, who had
become weary of the government of Thomas
Gorges, and among them was Peter Hill, who
was notified by the government to take the
oath of allegiance in 1652.
(II) Roger, only son of Peter Hill, was
born in 1635, as shown by a deposition, and
died in Wells, in 1696. He was admitted a
freeman Jul\- 5, 1653, and was constable in
1661. He married, in November. 1658, Mary,
daughter of John Crosse Sr., of Wells. She
died June 24, 1696. Their children were:
Sarah, Hannah, John, Samuel, Joseph, Mercy,
Benjamin and Ebenezer.
(lllj Joseph, fifth child and third son of
Roger and Mary (Crosse) Hill, born in Saco
in 1 67 1, resided in Wells, where he died July
12. 1743, in his seventy-third year. The "His-
tory of Wells and Kennebunk" says of him :
"He was a prominent man among the inhabi-
tants, though he does not appear to have been
much in public office. Pie served as justice
of the peace for many years. He was a gen-
tleman of the old school, and his intercourse
was marked with that courteous and gentle-
manly demeanor which the best civilization of
the day inculcated. He had a good property,
and indulged in a style of life above that of
the people of that period, and was anxious that
the dignity of the family should be maintained
through all coming time. He therefore made
such an entail of his estate that from gen-
eration to generation it should "bear up" the
name of Hill. He was commissioned as a
magistrate; was representative in 1727; col-
lector of the excise in 1734. \'arious munici-
pal offices were committed to him, and in the
disposition of the pews in the meeting-house
the best appears to have been conceded to him,
as a matter of propriety. He had three slaves,
Sharper, Plato and the "negro boy Tom." In
his will he gave the first and the last to his
wife, Plato to his son Nathaniel, and to the
church and the minister each ten pounds. His
wife, the mother of his children, was Hannah
Littlefield, who died October 10, 1738. Hav-
ing no sympathy with celibacy, and his own
experience concurring with the declaration of
Infinite Wisdom that "it is not good for man
to be alone," he two months afterward, De-
cember 12, 1738, married Sarah, daughter of
Daniel Sayer. He served as a lieutenant under
his brother. Captain John, at Saco fort. The
children of Joseph and Hannah (Littlefield)
Hill were : Joseph, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Han-
nah and Peniniah.
(IV) Nathaniel, third son of Joseph and
Hannah (Littlefield) Hill, was born in Wells,
November 13, 1701. and he and his brother
received by request the large estate of their
father, among the property being several
negroes. The records of \\'ells shows that in a
certain year Nathaniel Hill raised one hun-
dred and fifty bushels of corn and kept nine
cows and six oxen. He married, December
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II, 1729, Priscilla Littlefield. Their children
were: Joseph (died young-). Joseph, Hannah,
Benjamin (died young;), Nathaniel, Benjamin,
and Jonathan, whose sketch next follows.
( V ) Jonathan, youngest son of Nathaniel
and Pri.scilla (Littlefield) Hill, born in \\'ells,
June 22, 1746, died March 11, 1817, aged
seventy-one years. He was a man of high
character, well olT and much respected. In
1808 Nathaniel Wells, Jonathan Hill, and Jo-
seph Oilman were appointed a committee "to
make a survey of the outlines of the propri-
etors" lands which remain undivided and re-
turn a plan of the same." Jonathan Hill mar-
ried, October 9, 1766, a few months before
he was twenty-one, Huldah, daughter of Sam-
uel Littlefield. Their children were : Priscilla,
Nathaniel. Jonathan, Abraham, who was lost
at sea; Jepthet. Jacob, Samuel and Hulda.
(\T) Nathaniel (2), second child and eldest
son of Nathaniel and Huldah (Littlefield) Hill,
born in Wells, March 19, 1769, died in Greene,
December 28, 1847, ^ged seventy-eight. In
1808 he removed his family from Wells to
Greene, where he settled on a farm which
he tilled \\ith care and diligence, and in the
season when agricultural labor was not press-
ing he busied himself with shoemaking, and
was a useful and respected citizen of the town.
He was prosperous and thrifty and increased
his original farm of one hundred and twenty-
five acres by purchase to one hundred and
sixty. In politics he was a Whig; he filled the
offices of constable and tax collector. His
wife Mary, whom he married February 7,
1793. died November i, 1838. She was the
daughter of Benjamin and Dorcas (Black)
Littlefield. Of this union were born six chil-
dren, all natives of Wells : Priscilla, Jane,
Dorcas, Huldah, Jonas and Tristram, the sub-
ject of the following paragraph.
(\TI) Tristram, youngest of the children
of Nathaniel (2) and Mary (Littlefield) Hill,
born in Wells, June 26, 1806, died in Greene,
December 2. 1877. He was educated in the
common schools of his native town, and at the
age of twenty began teaching in the towns of
Greene, Webster and Harpswell for fifteen
years. He succeeded to the ownership of the
Hill homestead, which is still the property of
a member of the Hill family. He served the
public schools faithfully for a number of years,
being a member of the school committee, se-
lectman, and justice of the peace, and repre-
sented the town in the legislature. His in-
terest in agriculture was strong and intelli-
gent, and he was one of the founders of the
Androscoggin Agricultural Society, of which
he was also an officer. He wedded. May 28,
1837. Christina Brewster Sprague, born Au-
gust 29, 1817, died October 7, 1887, daughter
of William and Martha (Brewster) Sprague,
of Greene and Leeds respectively. Their
children were : Winfield Scott, Byron Gordon,
Cedora Jane, Clara Acte, Mary Christina, and
Frederic Tristram. Winfield Scott is men-
tioned below. Byron Gordon, born October
2O, 1840, married, June 20, 1865, Octavia
Hannah Lowell, by whom he has six children.
Cedora Jane, February 8, 1845, married, No-
vember 16, 1872, Arthur Given Moulton, and
has one child, Edith Sprague, married Charles
A. Knight, September 14, 1901. Clara Acte,
October 9, 1848, became the wife of Wilbur
F. Mower, December 27, 1868, and died child-
less, February 25, 1878. Mary Christina, Au-
gust 20, 1853, was married to John W. Moul-
ton, September 2, 1873, and has one child,
Clara Ella. Frederic Tristram, July 15, 1861,
married, November 15, 1882, Stella Adelaide
Washburn, of Greene. They have two chil-
dren : Ada Louise and Royden Mellen.
(VIII) Winfield Scott,' M. D., eldest child
of Tristram and Christina B. (Sprague) Hill,
was born in Greene, January 19, 1839. He ac-
quired a common school education in his na-
tive place, was fitted for college at Lewiston
Falls Academy, and the Ivlaine State Semi-
nary in Lewiston, and in 1863 entered Tufts
College. In the following year, thinking that
he could be of service to his country and at
the same time obtain a valuable professional
knowledge for himself, he left college and for
several months was employed in the army
hospital at Augusta. Subsequently for a con-
sitlerable period he was surgeon's steward in
the United States navy and was stationed along
the Atlantic coast. Prior to this time he had
begun the study of medicine under the super-
vision of Dr. Milan Graves, of Sabattus. The
close of the war terminated his connection with
the government service, and he matriculated
at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New
York, from which he graduated March i, 1867,
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. April
17, 1867, he opened an office in Augusta,
where for more than forty years he has prac-
ticed with success, and has a wide reputation
as a surgeon and a physician. Early in 1874,
Prof. Esmarch, the distinguished German sur-
geon, made known to the surgical profession
his wonderful discovery of bloodless amputa-
tions. Acting on his description of his method,
Dr. Hill, assisted by the late Dr. George W.
Martin, performed, December 8, 1874, for the
first time in this section of the state, a blood-
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less amputation of the leg, on tlie person of
William B. Small, of Augusta. The operation
was perfectly successful, and the patient made
a rapid recovery. Tufts College, when erect-
ing a memorial to the civil war soldiers, placed
Dr. Hill's name upon it. He is a member of
the National .\ssociation of U. S. Examining
Surgeons. Me is a United States pension ex-
aminer and meilical examiner for the New
York Life, the Equitable Life and the Etna
Life Insurance Companies. He is a member
of tlie Maine Homoeopathic Medical Society
and the American Institute of Homoeopathy.
August 9, 1888. he became a member of the
oldest existing fraternal organization of this
country, and is now a member of Bethlehem
Lodge, No. 35, Free and Accepted Masons ;
Cusiuioc Royal Arch Chapter, No. 43, Alpha
Council, No. 3, and Trinity Commandery No.
7, Knights Templar. He is also a member
of the Abnaki Club.
Dr. ^^'infield Scott Hill married, August 30,
1868. in Gardiner, Catherine Ward, born in
Gardiner, October 9, 1843, daughter of Elia-
kim and Caroline (Nelson) Norton. She died
August 2, 1877. He married (second) at
Augusta, October 16, 1889, Lydia Estelle,
daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Treat)
Park, of Searsjxjrt.
The name of Hill is self-explana-
HILL tory. It numbers among its scions
former Governor John F. Flill, of
Augusta, Maine. The name is strong in the
south and in New York. It is a hardy, vigor-
ous race, attaining longevity, and it is a race
in which large families were the rule. They
have heeded the Biblical injunction and mul-
tiplied rapidly, replenishing the earth with
noble sons and lovely women. To such people
our Republic owe an inestimable debt of grati-
tude. Men who go down to the sea in ships
and till the soil in the piping times of peace
are the sources from whence our armies and
navies have been recruited when the sounds
of war blow in the ears.
(I) \'alentine Hill, a mercer from London,
was in Boston in 1638, and a freeman in
1640. He removed to Oyster River, now Dur-
ham, New Hampshire, where he had a large
grant of land in 1652, and was representative
in 1652-55-57. He died previous to 1662.
His grant of land on the north side of Oyster
River extended from the falls near Durham
village across the line of the Boston and Alaine
railroad. He gave, in 1658, one pound and
ten shillings to support preaching. Children :
Joseph, John, Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth and
Nathaniel.
(II) Captain Nathaniel, youngest son and
child of \'alentine Hill by his second wife,
was born in Oyster River. He inherited his
father's property. He married Sarah, daugh-
ter of Anthony Nutter ; children : Samuel and
Valentine.
(III) Samuel, eldest son and child of Cap-
tain Nathaniel and Sarah (Nutter) Hill, was
born at Oyster River, New Hampshire. He
had a son Benjamin.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Samuel Hill, was
born in Oyster River, and lived for a time in
Epping, New Hampshire. Then he removed
to Northwood. Rockingham county. New
Hampshire, and was one of the pioneers of that
town. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Nicholas Dudley, of Brentwood. Children:
Sarah, Nicholas Dudley, Jonathan, Elizabeth,
Benjamin, Samuel, Deborah, Trueworthy,
Noah and Abigail.
(\') Jonathan, third child and second son
of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Dudley) Hill, was
born in Epping, New Hampshire, May 27,
1763. He married Abigail Tilton, of Stra-
tham, settling in Northwood on a farm near
the Strafford line. He died May 8, 1854. his
wife surviving him till December 8, 1857.
Children : Sarah, Abraham, John, Jonathan,
Daniel Tilton, Comfort, Nicholas Dudley, Da-
vid, Hezekiah and Hazen.
(\'I) Hezekiah. ninth child and seventh
son of Jonathan and Abigail (Tilton) Hill,
was born in Northwood, New Hampshire, on
his father's farm, August 10, 1805. His early
life was spent in lat)or upon the farm, later
he learnecf the trade of tanner and currier.
Soon after removing to Milo. Maine, he was
engaged for many years in making and selling
shoes. He was a Republican, and a communi-
cant in the Methodist church. He married
Emilv M.. daughter of General Benjamin Hill,
of New Hampshire. Children: Jonathan, Ab-
bie M., Charles W., Emilv M.. Benjamin J.
and Hollis B.
(VII) Hon. Benjamin J., fifth child and
third son of Hezekiah and Emily M. (Hill)
Hill, was born February 13, 1840. He was
educated in the common schools of Stetson,
and at the age of seventeen learned the trade
of tanner, at which he worked until the war
broke out. He enlisted September 17. 1861,
as a private in Company C, Ninth Maine
Regiment. His promotions while in the serv-
ice were very rapid, and as orderly sergeant
he had command of the company. \Vhile lying
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in the trenches, partly filled with water, ■ at
the battle of Strawberry Plains, or, as it
is sometimes called, the battle of Deep Bot-
tom, he was promoted to be lieutenant.
At the battle of Cedar Creek he was made
captain. He was wounded in the hip,
the bullet he still carries, at the battle of
Chapin's Farm. He was again wounded in
the knee at the battle of Cold Harbor by
a piece of shell. After the expiration of his
term of enlistment he re-enlisted, remaining
with his company till they were mustered out
July 13, 1865. Coming to Lewiston, Maine,
he engaged in the dry goods business. This
he carried on for about twenty years, at which
time he took his brother into the firm. He
retired from active business a few years ago,
and now spends the summer months at his
farm, enjoying a well-earned rest. He has
many interests in real estate, and is at pres-
ent erecting a block for the Shoe and Leather
Bank. He is also vice-president of the George
Q. Hill Machine Company, of Boston. For
five years he was major of the First Maine
Volunteer Militia, and was quartermaster witli
the rank of major on General Joshua Cham-
berlain's staff. He resides in the city of Au-
burn, Maine, and was representative in the
lower house four years, state senator four
years, and sheriff of Androscoggin county for
six years. He is a member of Blue Lodge and
Chapter, A. F. and A. M., of Loyal Legion,
the G. A. R., of which he has been commander.
He married, November i, 1872, Flora A.,
daughter of Ruel and Polly (Lothrop) Foss,
by whom he has one child, Mabel F.
This name was formerly spelled
HILL Hilles, and that form is still used
by a large number of the descend-
ants bearing the name. It has been traced to
a somewhat remote period in England, hav-
ing been found nearly two hundred years be-
fore the Puritan emigration. It has been borne
by numerous prominent citizens of the Amer-
ican colonies and of the United States, and is
still among the most widely distributed names
known in the history of the country.
(I) Abraham Hill, the first American an-
cestor of this branch of the family, was born
in 161 5, and was an inhabitant of Charles-
town, Massachusetts, in 1636. He kept a mill
for John Coitmore, and was the owner of
five lots of land in Charlestown and the neigh-
borhood. He was admitted to the church in
1639, and his wife, Sarah (Long) Hill, daugh-
ter of Robert Long, born in England in 161 7,
w'as admitted to the church in 1644. Abraham
and Sarah Long were married in 1639, ^"^
had eight children: i. Ruth, baptized in 1640,
married William Augur. 2. Isaac, 1641. 3.
Abraham, 1643. 4- Zachary, about 1645. 5-
Sarah, 1647. 6. Sarah, born and died in 1649.
7. Alary, 1652. 8. Jacob, see forward. Abra-
ham Hill died February 13, 1669-70, and the
inventory of his estate amounted to six hun-
dred and thirty-three pounds.
(II) Jacob, youngest of the eight children
of Abraham and Sarah (Long) Hill, was
born in that part of Charlestown, now 2\Ial-
den, ^ilassachusetts, in March, 1656-57, and
died December 12, 1690. His widow Sarah
was appointed administratrix of his estate,
April 7, 1691. Jacob Hill married Sarah
Stone, daughter of Elder John Stone, and they
had five children: i. Jacob. 2. Tabitha, mar-
ried William W'arland, February 3, 1701-02.
3. John, September 25, 1684. 4. Nathaniel.
5. Abraham (2), whose sketch follows.
(III) Abraham (2), youngest of the five
children of Jacob and Sarah (Stone) Hill,
was born at Alalden, Massachusetts, about
1688, and died December 27, 1754. He was
a mason by occupation, and lived in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, on the westerly corner of
Brattle and Mason streets, near where Saint
John's Memorial Church now stands. The
original estate contained four acres and ex-
tended to the common, including the site of
the Shepard Congregational Church. Mr. Hill
bought the place of the Rev. Thomas Blowers
in the year 1713. On December 18, 1718,
Abraham (2) Hill married Prudence Han-
cock, daughter of Nathaniel Hancock, who
survived her husband more than twenty years,
dying January 16, 1775. Children: i. Rev.
Abraham (3), whose sketch follows. 2.
Prudence, August 13, 1721, married Joseph
Clark. 3. Alary, November 11, 1722, married
William Codner. 4. Abigail, baptized August
23, 1724, married Rev. Stephen Badger. 5.
Elizabeth, baptized September 4, 1726, died
young. 6. Elizabeth, baptized November 26,
1727. married Benjamin Eustis. 7. Aaron,
baptized May 3, 1730. 8. Martha, baptized
November 28, 1731, married William Bell.
9. Sarah, baptized October 7, 1733, married
Rev. Nathan Fiske, of Brookfield. 10. Tabi-
tha, baptized January 4, 1735-36. 11. Lucy,
baptized December 16, 1739, died probably
before 1754. Elizabeth Hill, fifth daughter,
and her husband, Benjamin Eustis, were the
parents of Governor William Eustis, who was
born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 10,
1753. Two of the other daughters of the fam-
ily married ministers, and the only son, Abra-
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ham (3), became a minister. This shows that
the parents must have been people of excellent
standing, who afforded their children the best
advantages for association and education.
(IN) Rev. Abraham (3). eldest child of
Abraham ( 2 ) and Prudence ( Hancock) Hill,
was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sep-
tember 2-j. 1719, and died at Oxford, Massa-
chusetts, lune 8, 1788. He graduated from
Harvard College in 1737, and taught at Wes-
ton, Massachusetts, the next year. On Octo-
ber 2-j, 1/42, he was installed over a church
at Road Town, now Shutesbury, which was
formed that very day. So far as can be
learned he was an acceptable preacher to this
people for more than thirty years, but when
the revolution broke out the minister unfor-
tunately espoused the Royal cause. This
caused a bitter quarrel in the church, and
alienated the majority of the people. The
ministers in those days were settled by the
town, and Mr. Hill sued for his salary, which
he won ; l.ut he was not allowed to preach for
two years, and on February 27, 1778. was for-
mally dismissed. Although he was sixty years
of age at the time he became an active Tory,
and public feeling ran so high that neither
his gray hairs nor sacred office sufficed to
protect him from popular indignation. It is
said that at one time he was impounded dur-
ing the day and given smoked herrings for
food, but allowed to return home at night.
After that he was forbidden by vote of the
town to leave • his house, and authority was
given to any person who saw him out to shoot
him. In Janv.ary, 1780, he changed his place
of abode to the northerly part of Oxford,
Massachusetts. Here he purchased the Gen-
eral Ebenezer Learned house for ten thou-
sand pounds (in the depreciated Continental
currency), afterwards selling the same to his
son Aaron in 1787, who in turn sold it in
1790. After moving to Oxford Mr. Hill
preached occasionally, in Mr. Bowman's ab-
sence, but the town in 1782 refused to pay
him for his services. He married Thankful
Allen, daughter of Ebenezer Allen, of Water-
town, Massachusetts. Three children were
born to this couple: i. Naomi. 2. Dr. Aaron,
mentioned below. 3. A child who died in in-
fancy at Shrewsbury. Naomi, in December,
1773, became the second wife of Rev. Ebenezer
Sparhawk, of Templeton, and was the mother
of eight children. She received from her
father's estate three lots of land in Shutes-
bury, a chaise and a pair of steers. This shows
that the Rev. Abraham Hill, despite the dif-
ferences with his parishioners, must have fared
better than most of the Royalists, who suffered
confiscation of their estates, and in many in-
stances were compelled to leave the country.
(V) Dr. Aaron, only son of Rev. Abraham
(3) and Thankful (Allen) Hill, was born
about 1750, probably at Shutesbury, Massa-
chusetts, and died in Rucktown, now Bucks-
port, Maine, in 1809. Like his father, he was
an only son and a graduate of Harvard Col-
lege. About 1780 he married Abigail Bell,
daughter of Deacon Bell, of Boston, and
moved to Oxford with his father, where his
wife Abigail Bell united with the church at
Oxford, February 4, 1781. Here he lived
with his father until about 1799, when he
moved with his family to Bucktown, now
Bucksport, ;\laine. He was the first medical
practitioner in Bucksport, and is buried in the
cemetery at North Bucksport. No stone marks
his last resting place. After his death his
widow married a sister's husband,
White. After his death she married Colonel
John Brewer, of Brewer, for whom the city
is named. She is buried beside her first hus-
band, Aaron, at North Bucksport. They had
thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to
marry: i. .Aaron, born February 8, 1781,
married Sparhawk. 2. Betsey, Novem-
ber 2, 1782, married Fiske. 3. Abra-
ham, May 28, 1784, died April 18, 1850; he
married Elizabeth Hopkins. 4. William,
March 6, 1785, died at Exeter, August 4, 1865 ;
he married (first) Greely; (second)
Garland. 5. Abigail, June 6, 1786,
married Joseph Buck, of Bucksport, Maine.
6. Francis. J^larch 4, 1790, mentioned here-
after. 7. Desire, married Thorndike.
8. Henry, March 5, 1793, died in Bangor,
Maine; married (first) Hannah Tibbetts and
(second) M. J. Howe. 9. Christopher, Jan-
uary 26, 1797, died in Exeter alx)ut 1850; mar-
ried Clarissa Southard. 10. Leonard, Novem-
ber 4, 1797, died at Bradford, Maine, about
1892; married (first) Holyoke and
(second) Tibbetts. 11. Prudence,
March 13, 1800, married (first) Joseph Tib-
betts and (second) David Greely. 12. George
W., October 28, 1801, died at Bradford,
Maine, about 1898; married Bicknell,
of Newport, Maine.
(\T) Colonel Francis, fourth son of Dr.
Aaron and .Abigail (Bell) Hill, was born at
Oxford, Massachusetts, March 4, 1790, died
in Exeter, Maine, December 8, 1881. He
moved from Oxford, Massachusetts, to Buck-
town, now Bucksport, ]\Iaine, with his father
about 1799, where he lived until 181 1, when
he moved to Cape Rozier, in the town of
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Brooksville, ]\Iaiiie. He lived there until the
fall of 1813. when he moved to Exeter, Alaine,
being one of the pioneers of that town. He
purchased wliat is now known as the Hill
Stock Farm, at Exeter Center, where he spent
the remainder of his days. Colonel Hill was
an industrious man, prosperous farmer and
business man. He held numerous positions
of trust and -was for many years a director of
the ^Merchants' Bank, of Bangor, ]\laine. On
January 19. 1815, he married Elizabeth Was-
son, of \Vest Brooksville, Maine, wdio was
born November 26, 1789, died October 4,
1870. In politics he was a Whig, later a
Democrat. To Francis and Elizabeth (Was-
son ) Hill were born seven children, five of
whom lived to marry: i. Abigail B., born
December 6, 1815, died at Exeter, r^Iaine,
September 5, 1868; she married Nelson Whee-
ler (see Wheeler), June 9, 1839; they had
four children, Abby, Frances N., Roscoe L.
and Rossie. Nelson Wheeler was a promi-
nent farmer in Exeter and married for his
second wife 2\lrs. Alary Butters. 2. Fran-
cis \\'., born Alay 23, 1819, died at Exeter,
Maine, June 15. 1900. He was a prosperous
farmer and business man, a large owner of real
estate, director of the Maine Central Railroad
and at the time of death w'as the nominee of
the Democratic party for governor of Maine.
He often represented the town in the state
legislature and held numerous offices of honor
and trust in his town. On January 11, 1845,
he married Sarah A. True, of Garland, Maine,
born }ilay 28, 1824, died in Exeter, Maine,
June 24, 1904. They had four children:
Emma, ]\Iabel, Gertrude and Francis W. 3.
Mary \\'., born January 5, 1822, died Jan-
uary 8, 1845. 4- Elizabeth N., born June 10,
1824. died in Bangor, jMaine, about 1893.
August 2. 1840. she married Lewis Barker, of
Stetson, ]^Iaine. who died in Bangor, October,
1890. Lewis Barker was a prominent attorney
and a leader in the affairs of his state. At
one time speaker of the house of representa-
tives, several times one of the governor's coun-
cillors. They had two children, Eva and Lewis
A. 5. Cordelia A., August 19, 1827, married
Joseph Bragdon Wheeler (see Wheeler VIII).
6. George S.. December 6, 1829, died Febru-
ary 29, 1832. 7. George S., born July 6, 1832,
died in Exeter. Maine, August 26, 1886. He
married Ellen E. Raines, of Bangor, October
26, 1854. She died in California about 1896.
In politics he was a Republican, and in early
life was a prominent merchant in Exeter and
like other members of his family held numer-
ous offices of honor and trust in his town.
On numerous occasions he represented his
town in the state legislature. Later in life
he disposed of his mercantile business and
becaine an Episcopal clergyman. At the time
of his death he was rector of the Episcopal
church in Exeter and Dexter. They had one
child, Lillian, who married and died in San
Jose. California.
Joseph Hills, immigrant ancestor,
HILLS was born at Great Burstead, Bil-
lericay, county Essex, England,
son of George and i\Iary Hills. His mother
married (first) William Symonds. Joseph
Hills married (first) July 22, 1624, at Great
Burstead, Rose Clark. Thev removed with
several children to Z^Ialdon, in Essex, where
John, Steven and Sarah were born. In 1638
he became a stockholder or "undertaker" in
the ship "Susan and Ellen," in which he and
his family sailed for Boston, arriving there
July 17, 1638. He settled at Charlestown,
Massachusetts. In 1644 he was selectman of
that town, in 1646 was in the general court,
and the next year was elected speaker. He
lived on the ^Mystic side of Charlestown in
the part that became :\Ialden, named for
Mr. Hills' old home in England. He was
captain of the train band. He represented
Maiden first in the general court and served
continuously in that position until 1664, when
he removed to Newbury. It is of interest to
note that John \\'aite who succeeded him was
representative for nineteen years, and that he
was his son-in-law. In 1645 Joseph Hills was
of a committee to set out lots to the settlers of
the Nashaway plantation. In 1650 he was on
the committee headed by the governor to draw
up instructions for the Massachusetts dele-
gates to a gathering where commissioners of
all the colonies w-ere to meet. In 1654, with
Captains Hawthorne and Johnson and the
treasurer of the colony, he served on a com-
mittee to frame a reply to the home govern-
ment which had demanded an explanation for
certain acts. He was an auditor of treasury
accounts in 1630-53-61. One of his most im-
portant public services was on the committee
to codify the laws of the colony in 1648 and
later. He made this first code in his own
handwriting and supervised the printing. In
part payment for this work he received a grant
of five hundred acres of land on the Nashua
river in New Hampshire, and remission of
taxes in his old age.
His wife Rose, whom he married in Eng-
land before he came to America, died in Mai-
den, March 24, 1650. He married (second)
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June 24, 1651, Hannah Smith, widow of Ed-
ward Mellows. She died about 1655 and he
married (third) in January, 1656, Helen
(Elliua or Eleanor) Atkinson, daughter of
Hugh Atkinson, of Kendall, Westmoreland,
England. His marriage was attended with
some unusual circumstances. In those days
clergymen were not allowed to solemnize mar-
riages. All marriages were performed by
magistrates. In 1641 Governor Bellingham
» raised a storm of controversy in the colony
by acting as magistrate at his own wedding.
He married himself to Penelope Pelham.
Public opinion was divided. When the gov-
ernor was called upon to come down from the
bench and plead to a complaint against him
for what his opponents charged as an illegal
act, he refused, and it was left for Joseph
Hills, some years later, to put the law to a
real test. He married himself to Miss Atkin-
son, acting both as magistrate and bridegroom.
He was called to account by the authorities
and in the language of the general court, "he
freely acknowledged his olTence therein and
his misunderstanding the grounds whereon he
went which he now confesseth to be unwar-
rantable— and was admonished by the Court."
His third wife died January 6, 1663, and he
married (fourth) March 8, 1665, at Newbury,
Anne Lunt, widow of Henry Luut, and lived
at her house at Newbury the remainder of his
Ufe. She was born probably in England about
1621. His note book, containing business
memoranda from 1627 to nearly the end of his
life, is in the possession of the New England
Historic-Genealogical Society. He became
totally blind in 1678. He died at Newbury,
February 5, 1688, aged about eighty-six years.
Children of first wife: i. Mary, baptized at
Great Burstead, England, November 13, 1625,
died at Maiden, November 25, 1674. 2. Eliza-
beth, baptized at Great iiursiead, October 21,
1627. 3. Jo-seph, baptized at Great Burstead,
August 2, 1629, died April 19, 1674, at Mai-
den. 4. James, baptized at Great Burstead,
March 6, 1631, died young. 5. John, bap-
tized at Great Burstead, March 21, 1632, died
at Alalden, July 28, 1652. 6. Rebecca, bap-
tized at Maiden, England, April 20, 1634, died
at Maiden, Massachusetts, June 16, 1674. 7.
Steven, baptized at Maiden, May i, 1636, died
at Alalden before 1638. 8. Sarah, baptized at
Maiden, August 14, 1637, died there same
day. 9. Gershom, born at Charlestown, Mas-
sachusetts, July 27, 1639, died at Maiden,
1 710- 1 720. 10. Mehitable, born at Maiden,
July, 1643. Children of second wife, born
at Maiden, Massachusetts: 11. Samuel, July,
1652, mentioned below. 12. Nathaniel, De-
cember 19, 1653, died 1664. 13. Hannah.
Children of third wife, born at Maiden : 14.
Deborah, March, 1C57, died at Maiden, Octo-
ber I, 1662. 15. Abigail, October 6, 1658,
died at ^Maiden, October 9, 1662.
(H) Samuel, son of Joseph Hills, was born
at Maiden, Massachusetts, in July, 1652, died
at Newbury, August 18, 1732. J-Ie was ser-
geant in the Indian wars and was in the
battle of Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675,
and at Narragansett, December 19, 1675. He
married, at Newbury, May 20, 1679, Abigail
Wheeler, daughter of David and Sarah (Wise)
Wheeler, of Newbury. David was son of
John Wheeler, who was born in Salisbury,
Wiltshire, England, in 1625, and came to New
England in the ship "Confidence" in 1638;
married Sarah Wise, May 11. 1650. Abigail
Hills died April 13, 1742. Children, born at
Newbury: i. Samuel, February 16, 1680, died
at Rehoboth, July 27, 1732. 2. Joseph, July
21, i68i, died at Newbury, November 6,
1745. 3. Nathaniel, February g, 16S3, died
at Hudson, New Hampshire, April 12, 1748.
4. Benjamin, mentioned below. 5. Abigail,
September 2, 1686, died at Newbury, August
II, 1688. 6. Henry, April 23, 1688, died at
Hudson, New Hampshire, August 20. 1757.
6. William, October 8, 1689, died at Newbury,
before January 20, 1724. 7. Josiah, July 27,
1691, died at Newbury, April 26, 1726. 7.
John, September 20, 1693, died after 1734.
9. Abigail, June 27, 1695. 10. James (twin),
February 25, 1697. 11. Hannah (twin), Feb-
ruary 25, 1697. 12. Daniel, December 8, 1700,
died in the French and Indian war, October
28, 1756. 13. Smith, April 10, 1706, died at
Leominster, August 23, 1786.
(HI) Benjamin, son of Samuel Hills, was
born at Newbury, October 2, 1684, died at
Chester, New Hampshire, November 3, 1762.
He was the first representative elected by the
town of Chester in 1744 to the colonial assem-
bly. He made sales and gifts of land from his
Chester estate to his sons Samuel. Benjamin
and Moses. He married, November 7, 1709,
Rebecca Ordway, born December 22. 1690,
died September 4, 1769, daughter of tlannan-
iah and Abigail Ordway, and granddaughter
of James Ordway. Children, born at New-
bury: I. Samuel, August 10, 1710, mentioned
below. 2. Abigail, November 30, 1713, mar-
ried Isaac Bailey. 3. Rebecca, April i, 1715,
died at Newbury, July i, 1795. 4. Joannah,
March 15, 1717. married Thomas Haseltine.
5. Ruth, July 10. 1 719, married Nathan Mason.
6. Benjamin, March 12, 1721, died at Chester,
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J\lay 6, 1801. 7. Abner, February 13, 1723,
died at Chester, October 3, 1794. 8. Hannah,
November 10. 1724, died October 5, 1806. g.
Prudence, February 12, 1726, died May i,
1775. 10. Moses, February g, 1728, died at
Hopkinton, New Hampshire, 1799.
(I\') Samuel (2), son of Benjamin Hills,
was born at Newbury, August 10, 1710, died
at Chester, New Hampshire, February 2,
1762. He married (first) January 28, 1735,
Rebecca Thurston, of Newbury, who died May
21, 1743. He married (second) November
18, 1743, Elizabeth Swain, of Newbury, who
married (second) Lieutenant Ebenezer Dear-
born and died at Chester, July 31, 1793. Chil-
dren of first wife, all except the first born at
Chester: i. Edmund, born at Newbury, De-
cember 7, 1735. 2. John, March 25. 1738,
died at Candia, February 27, 1818. 3. Parker,
born about 1741, of Candia, in Captain Hut-
chins' company. Colonel Reed's regiment, and
was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, June
17, 1775. 4. Samuel, March 12. 1743, married
Anne Morse. Children of second wife: 5.
Isaac, August 31, 1744, died September 24,
1824. 6. Stephen, j\Iarch 29, 1746, died at
Chester, January 31, 1831. 7. Elizabeth, Jan-
uary 4, 1747, died 1778. 8. Ilannah, June 5,
1750, married Nathan Morton. 9. Reuben,
August 14, 1752, mentioned below. 10. Rachel,
August 6, 1754, died young. 11. Rebecca,
August 6, 1756, died May 20, 1857. 12. Jo-
siah, October 30, 1758. 13. Dr. Ebenezer,
September 30, 1760, died at Chester, Septem-
ber 22, 1790. 14. Rachel, May 12, 1762.
(V) Reuben, son of Samuel (2) Hills, was
born at Chester, New Hampshire, August 14,
1752, died at Union, JMaine, September 28,
1828. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, in
Captain Hutchins' company, Colonel Reed's
regiment, of which his brother John was ser-
geant. He settled at Hawke (now Danville),
New Hampshire. About 1784 he removed to
Warren, Maine, and about 1802 to the ad-
joining town of Union. He married, January
18, 1779, Sarah Currier, born December 10,
1758, died November i, 1825, daughter of
Gideon Currier, of Chester. Children: i.
Samuel, born at Danville, November 18, 1779,
died May 16, 1853. 2. Sarah, January 27,
1781, died May 3, 1862. 3. Nathan, War-
ren, July 17, 1784, mentioned below. 4. Reu-
ben, Warren. March 2, 1786, died October 3,
1874. 5. Josiah, April 2, 1788, died iMarch
28, 1875. 6. Isaac, February 12, 1790, died
January 7, 1840. 7. Nancy, January 29, 1793,
died May 25, 1862. 8. Betsey, March 2,
1795, died Alay 8. 1796. 9. Cyrus, January
16, 1797, died October 26, i860. 10. Alden,
July 14, 1800, drowned July 17, 1807. 11.
Charlotte, Union, June 29, 1802, died 1804.
12. Louisa, L^nion, Julv 6, 1804, died June 11,
1850.
(VI) Nathan, son of Reuben Hills, was
born at Warren, Maine, July 17, 1784, died
at Union, Maine, August 28, 1858. He mar-
ried, July 9, 1807, Mary Ware, born at Union,
July 8, 1787, died February 25, 1875. Chil-
dren, all born at Union, Maine: i. Vinal, July
27, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Isaac, April
23, 181 1, died October 20, 1886. 3. Mary, Oc-
tober 30, 1813, died March 10, 1814. 4. Polly,
March, 1815, died June 12, 1882. 5. Nancy,
April 30, 1817, died April 8, 1903. 6. Nathan,
September 25, 1820, died November 2, 1881.
7. Caroline, July 11, 1823, died September 13,
1894. 8. Silas, March 29, 1826, died October
26, 1902. 9. Lavina, xApril 21, 1828, died De-
cember 23, 1904. 10. Matilda, April 18, 183 1,
married William B. Lawrence.
(VII) \'inal, son of Nathan Hills, was born
at L'uion, Maine, July 27, 1808, died at North-
port, Alaine, February 6, 1866. He was col-
lector, selectman and treasurer of the town,
and represented his town in the Maine legis-
lature. He resided at Northport. He mar-
ried Cordelia Robbins, born at Union, July 9,
1807, died November 20, 1890. Children,
born at Northport: i. Spencer R., Decem-
ber 25, 1833, died March 6, 1894. 2. Ade-
laide, October 30, 1835, died April 16, 1836.
3. Oscar, September 10, 1837, died June 18,
1903. 4. Cyrus C, September 12, 1841, mar-
ried Adella S. Fuller. 5. Isaac, mentioned
below.
(VIII) Dr. Isaac, son of Vinal Hills, was
born at Northport, Maine, April 15, 1843.
He attended the public schools of his native
town and the East Maine Conference Semi-
nary at Bucksport for two terms. At the age
of eighteen he enlisted in the Union army in
the civil war. Company B, Nineteenth Maine
Regiment. He took part in many engage-
ments and was wounded at the battle of Get-
tysburg. He returned home in December,
1863, and during the following year was clerk
in the clothing store of E. C. Smart at Ban-
gor. During the next nine years he was in
the employ of the firm of Philip & Morse,
Boston, dealers in clothing. He was clerk in
the store of Jordan Clark & Company, one
year; with Miner Beal & Company two years
and with Knowles & Leland, clothing dealers,
four years. He began to learn the art of
dentistry in 1875 at Skowhegan, Maine, in
the offices of Dr.^Leavitt, and in 1876 started
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in business for himself. He had his office
at Lincolnville two years. Since 1878 he
has been located in the city of Belfast, Maine.
For thirty years he has practiced in the same
office in which he began. He is a leader in
his profession, one of the veteran dentists of
the state. Dr. Hills is independent in poli-
tics; a member of Phoenix Lodge of Free
Masons, Belfast, and of Seaside Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, Belfast. He is a mem-
ber of the Unitarian church. He married,
1873, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, Catherine
Josephine Welch, born in Canada, daughter of
Robert and Alice Ann Welch, of Lawrence.
Children: i. Cordelia, born at Northport,
Maine, October 23, 1874, married Marion E.
Brown, of Belfast; child, Katherine Cushman
Brown. 2. June Katherine, born at Lincoln-
ville, June I, 1877, graduate of New England
Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachu-
setts ; teacher of music ; founder and secretary
of the Brookline School of Music, a school of
high repute. 3. Alice Ada, born in Belfast,
P'ebruary 13, 1880, teacher of calisthenics in
Boston. 4. Maine, born at Belfast, October
30, 1883, educated in the public schools of Bel-
fast, now traveling salesman for the Mitchell-
Woodbury Company, Boston, dealers in china
and crockery.
(For ancestry see John Hastings I.)
(HI) Robert, son of Dea-
I^ASTINGS con Walter and Sarah
(Means) Hastings, was born
probably in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1653.
He married, in 1676, Elizabeth Davis, daugh-
ter of James and Elizabeth (Eaton) Davis.
Children: i. Catherine, born November 7,
1677. 2. Elizabeth, January 3, 1679. 3. Rob-
ert, March i, 1681, married Elizabeth Bailey,
sister of Edna Bailey, wife of his brother, John
Ha.stings. 4. Ann, October 15, 1684. 5.
George, April 24, 1688. 6. John, September
3, 1691. 7. Esther, January 19, 1693.
(IV) John, youngest son of Robert and
Elizabeth (Davis) Hastings, was born in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, September 3, 1691.
He married. May 2, 171 7, Edna, daughter of
Joseph Bailey, and granddaughter of Richard
Bailey, of Rowley, who is said to have come
from Yorkshire, England, some time from
1630 to 1638; he is represented then as a lad
of some fifteen years, a very pious person,
called on to pray for the safety of the ship
during a storm encountered on the passage ;
the ship was the "Bevis," one hundred and
fifty tons. Richard Bailey was one of a com-
pany to inaugurate at Rowley the first cloth
mill in America; his death occurred between
1647 3nd 1650, aged thirty-three to thirty-five
years perhaps, just in the young flush of mid-
dle life. Richard Bailey left one son, Joseph,
who was a leading man in state, church and
army ; a selectman in Bradford and a deacon
from the formation of the church there till his
death ; he in turn left eight son? and daugh-
ters, among" whom were Elizabeth and Edna,
who married Robert and John Hastings, re-
spectively, as aforementioned. Children of
John and Edna (Bailey) Hastings: i. John,
born January 23, 1718. 2. James, May 4,
1720. 3. Abigail, August 12, 1722. 4. Jonas,
January 12, 1727.
(V) John, eldest son and child of John and
.Edna (Bailey) Hastings, was born in Haver-
hill, ^lassachusetts, January 23, 1718. He
married (first) Rebecca Bailey, and (second)
Mary Amy. Children of first wife: i. John,
born April 11, 1744. 2. Richard, October 12,
1745. 3. Rebecca, 1746. 4. Jonas, November
9, 1747. 6. Timothy, April 12, 1750, died
young. 7. Amos, February 3, 1757. Children
of second wife: 8. Levi, June 6, 1762. 9.
Evan, July 12, 1764, died unmarried. 10.
MoUie, September 12, 1766, died young. 11.
Joshua, June 7, 1768. 12. .Abigail, August 2,
1770. 13. Ann, March 3, 1772. 14. David,
June 17, 1774.
(\T) General Amos, son of John and Re-
becca (Bailey) Hastings, was born in Haver-
hill, ]\Iassachusetts, February 3, 1757. He
went to Bethel, Maine, in March, 1778, on
snowshoes from Fryeburg with Benjamin
Russel, his wife and daughter, but returned to
Fryeburg and afterwards to Haverhill, ]^Iassa-
chusetts. where he was married, September
10, 1778, to Elizabeth Wiley, of Fryeburg,
Maine, born January 12, 1737, sister of Jeru-
sha Wiley, wife of John Grover, and subse-
quently returned to Bethel, ?^Iaine, and settled
at Middle Intervale, where the first town
meeting was held at his house. He was a
man of influence among his fellow townsmen.
He was a soldier of the revolution, was pres-
ent at the battle of Lexington and helped to
dig the intrenchments and build up the breast-
works at Bunker Hill, where he also took part
in that memorable engagement. He came out
of the war with a captain's commission, and
afterward was promoted colonel and later
brigadier-general. Children of General Amos
and Elizabeth (Wiley) Hastings: i. Jonas,
married a Miss Baker from Baker's Hill,
Newbury, New Hampshire ; settled in Grant-
ham. New Hampshire. 2. Amos, married De-
borah Howard and lived in Fryeburg. 3. Bet-
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sey, married Samuel Russcl ; moved to Michi-
gan. 4. Liiciuda, born April 24. 1785, died
May 5, i/yo. 5. Susanna, born May 31, 1788,
married Jcseph Gay, of Raymond ; moved to
Saratoga, New York. 6. Timothy, born Oc-
tober 31. 1 79 1, married Hannah Bean. 7.
Lucinda, born April 17, 1794. married Thomas
Fletcher. 8. John, born May 6, 1796. 9.
Huldah, born April 17, 1798, married Na-
thaniel Barker, of Newry.
(\'II) John, son of General Amos and
Elizabeth (Wiley) Hastings, was born in
Bethel, Maine, May 6, 1796, died April 5,
1859. He was the well known village black-
smith at Bethel Hill, and lived in that locality
many years. "A model smithy was John
Hastings, who long carried on the business at
Bethel Hill, and he was a fine specimen of
muscular manhood. He died when by no
means old, and that was the fate of most of
his father's family. He left a number of sons
who have made their mark and honored their
native town." He married, Mav 25, 1820,
Abigail Straw, of Newfield, Maine, who was
born March 24, 1799, died in Bethel, Novem-
ber 7, 1874. Children: i. Gideon .\lphonzo,
born February 18, 1821, married, October 3,
1847, Dolly Keyes Kimball. 2. David Rob-
inson, August 26, 1823, married jNIary J. El-
lis, and lived in Fryeburg. 3. John Decatur,
June II, 1825, married Emma B. Kimball. 4.
Daniel Straw, August 13, 1828, died July 31,
1833. 5. Solon S., August 25, 1832, died June
2, 1833. 6. Moses Mason, December 2, 1834,
married Louise Gould and lives in Bangor. 7.
Agnes Straw, August 8, 1837, married Wil-
liam O. Straw. 8. Daniel Straw, May 5, 1840.
(Vni) Daniel Straw, youngest son and
child of John and Abigail (Straw) Hastings,
was born in Bethel, Maine, May 5, 1840. By
profession he is a civil engineer, a stock
rancher by years of practical experience, and
more recently a moderate farmer by way of
employing leisure time. His earlv education
was acquired in public schools in Bethel and
afterward at Goulds Academy, and after leav-
ing school he took up the study of practical
civil engineering with the view of making that
his business occupation. For six years he
worked on the line of the Portland & Og-
densburgh railroad, surveyed and established
the line of that road through Crawford Notch
in the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
During its construction he was an engineer on
the line of the Boston and Maine road from
Berwick to Portland, and later on the narrow
guage road from Bridgton Junction to Bridg-
ton. In 1880 Air. Hastings, then known in
engineering circles as one of the most capable
and efficient men of his profession in the east,
was employed by the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company to survey and establish a line
of railroad from Superior to Ashlaml, then
farther west into Montana, and it was he
who surveyed that part of the road between
the towns of Billings and Benton on the
Northern Pacific route. In 1884. while en-
gaged in his engineering and railroad con-
struction enterprises in the west, Mr. Hast-
ings became so deeply interested in ranching
and stock raising that he purchased thirtv-two
hundred acres of land at Judith Basin in Mon-
tana and devoted his attention to an entirely
new field of activity, and one which had for
him an especial attraction and turned out to
be a perfectly satisfactory investment. On the
ranch he kept eight thousand head of sheep,
one hundred and fifty head of horses and one
hundred head of cattle. In 1900 he sold of?
the stock and returned to his old home in
Bethel, where he was born, and conducts a
small farm, which was his father's, but his
purpose is to return again to Montana and
turn his fertile acres there into a wheat farm.
During his many years of residence in other
parts of the country, Mr. Hastings never has
forgotten his "down east" home, and always
has maintained some connection with its in-
terests and associations : Bethel Lodge, F. and
A. M., of which he has long been a member;
the Democratic party in whose ranks he has
always claimed a place ; and his relatives and
a large circle of acquaintances, whom he es-
teems and by whom he is highly regarded. He
also has business interests in the town and
now is president of the Bethel National Bank.
Mr. Hastings married, September 29, 1868,
Eugenia L. D. Roberts, daughter of James G.
Roberts, of Hanover, Maine. Children : i.
Mabel, born in Bethel, August 29, 1869, mar-
ried Ernest M. Skinner, of Dorchester, ]\Ias-
sachusetts. 2. Han^ld. born in Bethel, April
5, 1873, was educated in Bethel and for four
years was a student at Kent's Hill school,
later taking a collegiate course at W'esleyan
University (classical department), Middleton,
Connecticut, and was educated for the profes-
sion of law in Boston Law School. He was
admitted to the bar in both ]\Iaine and ]\Ias-
sachusetts, and is now engaged in general
practice in Boston. He married, June 30,
1903, Euphemia Dick Inglis, who died April
22, 1908: one child, Euphemia Dick Llastings,
born April 21. 1908. 3. Edith, born in Bethel,
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April 22, 1884, graduated from Gould Acad-
emy, Bethel, and the Emerson School of Ora-
tory, Boston ; now teacher of physical culture
and oratory in Superior, Wisconsin.
(For early gcneratious see preceding sketch.)
(\'II) Captain Timothv, son
HASTINGS of tleneral Amos and Eliza-
beth (\\iley) Hastings, was
born October 31, 1791, and died in Bethel,
Maine, March 11, 1844. Mis home was on
the north side of the river Ijelow Maysville,
and he was engaged chiefly in farming pur-
suits. He was for many years one of the
officers of the town and was a member of the
state legislature for several terms. His wis-
dom and sound judgment brought many to
him for advice. His house was ever open to
ministers of the gospel, and he was generous
to all who needed assistance. Captain Hast-
ings married Hannah, daughter of Josiah
Bean, and by her had six children: i. Mary,
born December 5, 1810, married, October 16,
1832, Leander Jewett. 2. Timothy, born Oc-
tober 16, 1814, died August 21, 1880; mar-
ried, November 28, 1838, Sarah A. Stowe. 3.
Cyrene, born April 12, 1818, died January 26,
i860; married, July i, 1838, Orange C. Frost.
4. O'Niel R., born July 17, 1822, married,
April 4, 1845, Mary Ann Small. 5. Sarah
Jane Straw, born June 25, 1828, married
(first) Albert Small, (second) Hon. Charles
W. \\'alton. 6. St. John, born March 12, 1832.
(\TII) St. John, son of Captain Timothy
and Hannah (Bean) Hastings, was born in
Bethel, Maine, March 12, 1832. He was a
farmer and lived on the old homestead near
the mouth of Sunday river. Like his father
he was generous and hospitable, a staunch
friend and a worthy citizen. He married.
May 15, 1853, Elizabeth Wyman, daughter of
Josiah and Betsey (Carter) Athcrton,"of \Va-
terford, Maine. They had eight children: i.
Fannie Carter, born January 6, 1855. 2.
Maria Athertdn, born December 24, 1857. 3.
Sarah Straw, liorn December 10, 1859. 4.
Major William, born August 25, 1861. 5.
Henry Harmon, born March 25, 1865, gradu-
ated from Bowdoin College, 1890, teacher,
1891-1900; lawyer, residing at the old home-
stead; member of the state house of repre-
sentatives in 1905, and of the state senate
1907 and 1909. 6. Charles Harris, born No-
vember 6, 1867. 7. Cora \\'allon. born Janu-
ary 29, 1872, died August 6, 1899; gradu-
ate of Bates College, 1S94. 8. Carrie Jewett,
born August I, 1875.
(IX) Charles Harris, son of St. John and
Elizabeth Wyman (Atherton) Hastings, was
born in P.ethel, Maine, November 6, 1867, and
received his elementary and secondary educa-
tion in Bethel public schools and Gould Acad-
emy, and his higher literary education in Bow-
doin College, from which he graduated in
1891. After leaving college he spent four
years in post-graduate work in social science
and history at Johns Hopkins University
and Chicago University. He then took
up library work in the departmental li-
braries of Chicago Universit\-, where he re-
mained until 1899. In December of that year
he accepted a position at the Library of Con-
gress and is now chief of the card section
there. On 'September 5, 1895, ]\Ir. Hastings
married Alice Duncan, daughter of Captain
Albert and Helen (Dunlap) Otis, of Bruns-
wick, J^laine. Captain Otis was a master ma-
riner. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have four
children : i. George Sands, born July 27, 1899.
2. Atherton, born February 14, 1901. 3. Helen,
born June 2. 1904. 4. Elizabeth, born January
24, 1906.
This ancient patronymic is sup-
DUNN posed to be derived from the
Gaelic dun, meaning a heap, hill,
mount; and by metonymy, a fortress, castle,
tower. Another origin would be from the
Saxon dintii, signifying brown, swarthy. The
former derivation is favored by the coat-of-
arms. The illustrious Irish family of Dunne
have as their heraldric blazon : Azure, an
eagle displayed, or. Crest : In front of a
holly bush a lizard passant, or. Motto : Mul-
hich abu (The sununit forever). The name
was anciently written O'Duin, whence come
the forms Doyne, Dun, Dunn and Dunne. In
England and Ireland there are many people of
prominence bearing this surname ; among
them Albert Edward Dunn, member of parlia-
ment ; Right Rev. A. H. Dunn, bishop of Que-
bec: and some surgeons of eminence and offi-
cers in the army and navy. Among contem-
porary Americans are Jesse James Dunn, a
Democratic politician and associate justice of
the supreme court of Oklahoma ; Mrs. Martha
Baker Dunn, the writer of Hallowell, Maine;
Edward Joseph Dunne, the bishop of Dallas,
Texas ; and Finley Peter Dunne, the immortal
Mr. Dooley.
The earliest American pioneer of the name
of Dunn appears to be Richard, who was a
freeman at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1655 ;
and served as deputy in 1681, 1 705-7-8-9-1 1.
William Dunn, born in the north of Ireland,
came to Pennsylvania in 1769, served in the
l.aii.1:, aisisri.-.c: J-uV Co
STATE OF MAINE.
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revolution, and founded Dunnstown in Clinton
county ; he left a numerous posterity. There
were many of the name in New England by
the middle of the eighteenth century, for no
less than forty-nine Dunns are found on the
Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls.
(I) Peter Dunn, the first of this line of
whom we have definite knowledge, was born
in Gorham, Cumberland county, JXIaine, about
1780. and settled at Dunn's Corner, now
IMount Vernon. Elaine. His father is sup-
posed to have come from Salem, Alassachu-
setts, but no records can be found ; and his
grandfather was one of the Scotch-Irish im-
migrants, who have contributed brain, brawn
and character to this country. Both the father
and the grandfather served in the revolution.
Peter Dunn followed the occupation of farmer
and carpenter and lived and died at Blount
Vernon. He married Dolly Bartlett : chil-
dren: I. Joshua, born jNIarch 17, 1805. 2.
Elvira, July 25, 1810. 3. Elbridge G., Octo-
ber 14, 1812, whose sketch follows. 4. Rich-
ard, February 9, 1815. 5. Peter, May 9, 1817.
6. Sarah, August, 1820. 7. Albion K. P., Jan-
uary, 1821. 8. William P., February 25, 1823.
(II) Elbridge G., third child of Peter and
Dolly (Bartlett) Dunn, was born at Mount
Vernon, Maine, October 14, 1812, and died
at Saint John, New Brunswick, September 24,
1900. He remained at home till nineteen years
of age when he went to Frederickton, where
he worked as carpenter. In 1839 he moved to
Fort Fairfield, Aroostook county, and was en-
gaged in the construction of the barracks. He
subsequently took up his abode in Ashland,
where he was engaged in farming and lum-
bering until 1867, when he went to Saint John,
New Brunswick, where he was engaged in the
milling and lumbering business on an exten-
sive scale until his retirement, a short time be-
fore his death at the goodly age of eighty-
eight. Mr. Dunn was a very successful busi-
ness man, and accumulated a handsome prop-
erty. In disposition he was modest and retir-
ing, and had no time to engage in politics.
About 1846 Elbridge G. Dunn married Lou-
isa, daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Lovejoy)
Brackett, of Ashland, Maine. She was born
July 25, 1821, and died at Saint John, New
Brunswick, December 21, 1894. (See Brack-
ett, ATII.) Children: i. Caroline S. 2.
George Bancroft, whose sketch follov\'S. 3.
Mary L., married Edward J. Johnson, who is
engaged in the insurance business in Win-
chester, Massachusetts. 4. Elbridge G. (2),
who died January 4, 1904.
(III) George Bancroft, elder son of El-
bridge G. and Louisa (Brackett) Dunn, was
born at Ashland, Maine, June 18, 1849. II2
was educated in the schools of his native town,
and spent one year at Houlton Academy and
one year at the Institute of Technology, Bos-
ton. From 1866 to 1868 he was engaged in a
business office in the latter city, and then re-
moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, where
he worked for his father in the mill and in
the woods until he engaged in the lumber
business on his own account. For many years
George B. Dunn was a large lumber oper-
ator and manufacturer, having mills in Saint
John, and doing a big logging business. Of
late years he has dealt chiefly in standing tim-
ber, owning immense tracts of land, and sell-
ing the trees to those who would cut and log
them. Nobody in Aroostook county has been
more prosperous in a business way than Mr.
Dunn, and nobody has more friends. He is a
director of the Presque Isle National Bank,
and also of the First National Bank of Houl-
ton, J\Iaine. He belongs to Houlton Lodge,
No. 835, Brotherhood of the Protective Order
of Elks, and attends the L'nitarian church.
On September 19, 1877, George Bancroft
Dunn married Lucinda Rich, daughter of
Andre and Delia (Rich) Gushing, who was
born at Frankfort, Maine, in 1851. (See
Gushing below.) Children, bom in the parish
of Lancaster, Saint John, New Brunswick :
I. Louise Gushing, July 7, 1878, was gradu-
ated from Radcliite College in 1901, and mar-
ried, August 2, 1905, Robert William Sawyer
(2), son of Robert William and Martha
(Paul) Sawyer, of Bangor, Elaine. Mr. Saw-
yer was graduated from Harvard University,
and from Harvard Law School, and is now a
practicing lawyer in Boston. Mr. and Mrs.
Sawyer have children: Robert W. (3) and a
child unnamed. 2. Deborah Briggs, May
14, 1880, married Dr. H. M. Chapman, of
Bangor, Maine: one child, George D. Chap-
man. 3. George Elbridge, ]\larch 22, 1883, is
in business with his father.
Lucinda Rich (Gushing) Dunn was a de-
scendant of William Gushing (i), through
Thomas (2), William (3), John (4), Thomas
(5), Peter (6), Matthew (7), which see else-
where, and (8) Daniel Gushing, eldest child of
]\Iatthew and Nazareth (Pitcher) Gushing,
was baptized in Hingham, England, April 20,
1619, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts,
December 3, 1700. In 1638 he embarked with
his parents and their four younger children in
the ship "Diligent," which sailed from Grave-
send, April 26, and landed at Boston, August
10. The party at once proceeded to Hingham,
1756
STATl-: OF .MAIXE.
Daniel Cusliing lived and died. He was a
man of considerable prominence and served as
selectman in 1665, and for many years after-
ward. He became a freeman in 1671, was an
active magistrate and for many years town
clerk. He tilled the latter office most effi-
ciently, and by his complete and accurate rec-
ords has rendered invaluable service to the an-
tiquarian. He was delegate to the general
court in 1680-82-95; and from 1682 and there-
after he kept a country store. A work has been
published, styled "Extracts from the .Minutes
of Daniel Gushing, of Hingham," with a pho-
tograph of his manuscript, etc., Boston, Press
of John Wilson and Son, 1865.
Daniel Gushing was twice married, but his
children were all by first wife. She was Lydia
Gilman, daughter of Edward and Mary
(Clark) Gilman, and was born in England,
and died at Ilingham, JNlassachusetts, March
12, 1689. They were married January 19,
1645, and the children were: i. Peter, March
29, 1646. 2. Daniel, July 23, 1648. 3. De-
borah, November 13, 1651. 4. Jeremiah, July
3, 1654. 5. Theophilus, whose sketch fol-
lows. 6. Matthew, July 15, 1660. On March
23, 1691, Daniel Gushing married (second)
Mrs. Elizabeth Thaxter, widow of Gaptain
John Thaxter, and daughter of Nicholas and
Mary Jacob. She was born in England in
1632, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts,
November 24, 1725.
(9) Theophilus, fourth son of Daniel and
Lydia (Gilman) Gushing, was born at Hing-
ham, ilassachusetts, June 7, 1657, and died
January 7, 1718. He was a farmer, and lived
on Main street. South Hingham. He was se-
lectman in 1697-1707-15 ; representative 1702-
04-07-13. Theophilus Gushing w'as united in
marriage, November 28, 1688, to Mary Thax-
ter, daughter of his step-mother by her first
husband, Gaptain John Thaxter. She was
born August 19, 1667, and after Mr. Gush-
ing's death married, January 11, 1722, Gaptain
Joseph Herrick, of Beverly, ^ilassachusctts ;
she died in 1737. Ghildren, born at Hingham,
Massachusetts: 1. Nehemiah, July 18, 1689.
2. Mary, February 9, 1691, died at Boston,
August 8, 1699. 3. Adam, January i, 1693.
4. David, December, 1694. 5. Abel, October
24, 1696. 6. Rachel, August 17, 1698, died
September 9, 1699. 7. Mary, September 26,
1 70 1, died August 30, 1716. 8. Theophilus
(2), whose sketch follows. 9. Seth, Decem-
ber 13, 1705. 10. Deborah, September 26,
1707, died November 20, 1730. 11. Lydia,
February 13, 1710, died before her father.
do) Theophilus (2), fifth son of Theo-
philus (i) and Mary (Thaxter) Gushing, was
born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June 16,
1703, and died June 15, 1779. He lived on
the paternal homestead at South Hingham,
was a farmer and mill owner, and for many
years held the offices of constable and select-
man. On September 18, 1723, Theophilus
(2) Gushing married" Hannah, daughter of
Robert and Sarah (Lewis) Waterman, who
was born at Hingham, May 22, 1704. Ghil-
dren: I. Pyam, August 8. 1725. 2. Emma,
March 17, 1728. 3. Tamar, March 6, 1730,
married Elijah Gushing. 4. Tamsen, July 19,
1733, died February 22, 1736. 5. Theophilus,
June 14, 1737, died November 25, 1738. 6.
Tamsen, October 28, 1739, died November 15
of that year. 7. Theophilus (3), whose sketch
follows. 8. Hannah, January, 1744, died Feb-
ruary I, 1745. 9. Perez, July 13, 1746.
(ii) General Theophilus (3), third «m of
Theophilus (2) and Hannah (Waterman)
Gushing, was born at Hingham, Massachu-
setts, December 5, 1740, and died March 11,
1820. He was the third of the name to live
on the paternal homestead at South Hingham,
and beside his farm was the owner of a saw
and gri.st mill. He was a man of prominence
and distinction and held much public office.
General Gushing was selectman in 1778-79-80,
and again in 1796 and 1803; was representa-
tive in 1776-82-83-85-86-87-88, also in 1794;
and a member of the state senate in 1795-96.
He was an officer in the revolution, serving as
clerk in Gaptain Pyam Gushing's company,
Golonel Solomon Lovel's regiment, in 1776; as
second lieutenant in Gaptain Ilcinan Lincoln's
company, Golonel Lovel's regiment, and was
later made a brigadier-general. General The-
ophilus (3) Gushing married, April 6. 1768,
Patience, daughter of Peter and Hannah
(Dunbar) Dunbar, who was born at Hing-
ham, July I, 1739, and died May 13, 1822.
Ghildren: i. Theophilus, born May 3, 1770,
died a young man. 2. Emma, January 17,
1772, married Bela Tower. 3. Hannah, Jan-
uary 17, 1774. 4. W'ashington, January 3,
1776.
Nehemiah, w^hose sketch follows. 6.
Tamsen, May 28, 1779.
(12) Nehemiah, third son of General The-
ophilus (3) and Patience (Dunbar) Gushing,
was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June i,
1777, and died June 27, 1829. He was of the
fourth generation to live on Main street. South
Hingham. where he carried on the occupation
of farmer and tanner. On January 15, 1800,
he married Deborah Briggs, of Alilton, Mas-
sachusetts, who died at Hingham, May 16,
1832, aged fifty-one years. Ghildren: 1. De-
STATE OF MAINE.
'/,v
borah Barker, born January 31, 1801. 2. The-
opliilus, June 28, 1802. 3. Nehemiah, April
18, 1804. 4. Peter, j\Iay 10, 1806. 5. Ben-
jamin Barker, September 29, 1808. 6. Wil-
liam, September 21, 1810, died in 1835. 7-
Seth Briggs, September 18, 181 2. 8. Rebecca
Partridge, February 14, 181 5. g. Abigail,
1817, died unmarried, 1845. 10. Andre, whose
sketch follows. 11. Harriet Briggs, 1822, died
unmarried at Winterport, Maine, 1876. 12.
Volney, October 5, 1826.
(13) Andre, seventh son of Nehemiah and
Deborah (Briggs) Gushing, was born at
Hinghani, Alassachusetts, February 3, 1S20,
and died at Saint John. New Brunswick in
1891. He was engaged in the lumbering bus-
iness at the latter place, in partnership with
his brother, Theophilus, uilder the firm name
of Andre Gushing and Gompany. He was the
first one of his line to leave Hingham, which
had been the family dwelling place for six
generations, and to migrate to a new state,
and finally to another country. In 1846 Andre
Gushing married Delia, daughter of Gaptain
Isaiah and Betsey (Curtis) Rich, of Frank-
fort, Maine, who died in 1871. There were
five children, the first three of whom were
born at Frankfort, Maine, and the last two
in the parish of Lancaster, Saint John, New
Brunswick. Ghildren : i. Rebecca Partridge,
March 21, 1847. -■ Allston, March 25, 1849.
3. Lucinda Rich, mentioned below. 4. Rich-
mond Hersey, 1853. 5. Ghauncey Drew, Oc-
tober 30, 1859.
(14) Lucinda Rich, second daughter of
Andre and Delia (Rich) Gushing, was born
at Frankfort. ]\laine, in 185 1. C)n September
19, 1877, she was married to George Bancroft
Dunn, of Houlton, Maine. (See Dunn, III.)
Tradition agrees that the
BRAGKETT Brackett family and all of
the name inhabiting Amer-
ica came from that portion of England by the
name of Wales ; in other words, they came
from the western portion of the island of
Great Britain. The name is not a common
one to-day in England : it occurs less than
half a dozen times in the directory of Lon-
don. It has often been contended that Brack-
ett is but a variation of Brockeft, the name
of an ancient family that can be traced to the
times of the Grusaders. Their coat-of-arms is
a shield of gold with cross patoncc (three
points to each arm of the cross, slightly
curved), sable. The crest is a young brock
or deer lodged. This would furnish a very
interesting origin for the name, but the his-
torian of the Brackett family asserts that the
claim is unproved. "There are no more rea-
sons for believing that the name Brackett is
a variation of the name Brockett than there
is for believing that the name Brackett is a
variation of any other name ending in "ett," as
Breckett or Brickett." The coat-of-arms that
has been adopted by the Brackett family is a
shield sable, three garbs (sheaves of wheat),
or. Grest, goat's head, or.
(I) Anthony Brackett, the progenitor of all
persons of the name who live in Maine or
New Hampshire or trace their descent to early
residents of those states, came to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, some time before 1640, spent
his life there and was murdered by the In-
dians, September 28, 1691. In 1640. Anthony
Brackett with several others who lived within
the present limits of Portsmouth, signed a
deed for a glebe. This conveyed to the war-
dens of the Episcopal church for its benefit
and the benefit of the local clergyman fifty
acres of land in Strawberry Bank, now Ports-
mouth. Anthony Brackett was a member of
this church till his death. It is thought that
his original home was with the other early
settlers at Little Harbor, but from 1649 till the
end of his life he lived on Brackett road near
Saltwater brook. On August 13. 1649, the
selectmen granted a lot of land to "'Anthony
Brakit": on January 13, 1652, the town voted
thirty acres to "Anthony Brackite."" At vari-
ous other times up to 1660 he received differ-
ent grants amounting in all to over two hun-
dred acres. Anthony Brackett was chosen one
of the selectmen in 1656, and for several years
thereafter. In 1665, when the king's com-
missioners for the settlement of affairs in the
colonies arrived in New Hampshire, a petition
was presented them signed by sixty-one of the
settlers, setting forth their hardships and
grievances, and praying to be relie\ed from
Puritan rule, which meant Massachusetts Bay.
One of the signers to this petition was An-
thonv Brackett. In 1688, six years after New
Hampshire had become a royal province, An-
thony Brackett with the other settlers signed
a petition for the removal of Granfield as
governor. Anthony Brackett suffered much
from the ravages of Indians during his life-
time. Thomas Brackett, one of his sons, was
killed at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, in
1676. The children of Thomas were re-
deemed from captivity by their grandfather,
with whom three of them abided for several
years. The Indians wrought great desolation
in Maine, and from 1690 the neighborhood of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was virtually on
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STATE OF MAIXE.
the frontier. The slaughter of Septemher 28,
1691, is thus descrihed by an old chronicler:
"The sons of Francis Rand went a fishing;
the sons of ould (ioodman lirackett were in
the salt marsh and with no suspicion of danger.
The settlers went about their usual avocations.
Early in the afternoon a party of Indians came
from the eastward in canoes, landed at Sandy
beach, left the garrison there unmolested, and
attacked the homes of the defenseless ones,
killing and capturing twenty-one persons.
Among the killed was Francis Rand, one of
the first settlers. When his sons came in
from fishing they followed the Indians over to
Bracketts. fired upon them and frightened
them away. The sons of Anthony Brackett
who had the guns with them ran to the gar-
rison at Odiorne's Point." Fifteen people
were killed in this massacre, among them An-
thony Brackett. Their graves, marked by
rough stones, can still be found on a little
knoll covered with bushes, and entirely sur-
rounded by the salt marsh. The place is near
Saltwater brook, in what is now the town of
Rye, Xew Hampshire.
Anthony Brackett may have had some pre-
monition of his coming end, for he made his
will September 11, 1691, but a few weeks be-
fore his death. Among the provisions is
this : "my housall goods I leve with my wifif
for hur one use." We do not know the name
of Anthony Brackett's wife, nor the dates of the
birth of his five children: I. Captain Anthony,
who became a prominent citizen of Falmouth,
Maine, and was killed by the Indians there in
1689. 2. Elinor, who married John Johnson,
December 26. 1661. 3. Thomas, whose sketch
follows. 4. Jane, married ]\Iathias Haines,
April 19. 1667, (second) Isaac Marston, De-
cember 28, 1671. 5. John, who lived at Rye,
and was the only male member of the family
who died a natural death.
(II) Thomas, second son of Anthony
Brackett, was probably born at Sandy beach,
now a part of the town of Rye, New' Hamp-
shire, about 1635. Soon after 1662 he re-
moved to Casco, Maine, and was there shot
down in his field by the Indians, .-Vugust 11,
1676. He was prominent in the new settle-
ment, and was one of the selectmen in 1672.
He married into an influential family, his wife
being a granddaughter of George Cleeve. In
167 1 Thomas Brackett entered into an agree-
ment with his wife's mother by which he
agreed to provide for her care and main-
tenance, receiving in return a grant of land.
Thomas Brackett was only about forty years
old when his life was sacrificed. The follow-
ing vivid description is given by the historian
of the Brackett family:
''When, on the capture of Captain Anthony
Brackett and his family, August 11, 1676, the
Indians divided, a part passing around Back
cove and a part onto the Neck, the first house
in the course of the latter was Thomas Brack-
ett's, on the southerly side of the Neck. Be-
tween the houses of the two brothers was an
unbroken forest. It is thought that the In-
dians went along the northerly side of the
Neck until they had passed the farm of Thom-
as Brackett. In their course they met John,
the son of George Munjoy, and another, Isaac
Wakely, and shot the two. 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 farm to harvest grain.
They probably rowed over the river from Pur-
pooduck point and had left their canoe near
Thomas Brackett's house. From there they
crossed the Neck towards Anthony's house, to
where they went near enough to learn of the
attack by the Indians on his family; the three
hastened onto the Neck, perhaps over the
course pursued by the Indians, to give the
alarm. On their way they heard guns fired
'whereby it seems two men (perhaps ]\Iunjoy'
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 the 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 the
killing of Thomas Brackett was Megunnaway,
one of the braves of King Philip. All of the
residents on the Neck, except Thomas Brack-
ett, his family, John Alunjoy and Isaac Wake-
ly, succeeded in reaching Alunjoy's garrison
house, which stood on JMunjoy's hill at the
end of the Neck."
Thomas Brackett married Mary Mitton,
daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Cleeve)
i\Iitton. Children: i. Lieutenant Joshua, of
Greenland, who became a man of wealth and
prominence. 2. Sarah, married John Hill, of
Portsmouth. 3. Samuel, whose sketch fol-
lows. 4. Mary, who married Christopher
Mitchell, of Kittery. Maine.
(HI) Samuel, second son of Thomas and
Mary (Mitton) Brackett, was born at Fal-
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mouth, Alaine, about 1672, and died at Kit-
ten-, Maine, April 27, 1752. At the time
his father was killed, Samuel was taken cap-
tive by the Indians, and he was but six years
of age when his mother died. It is traditional
that upon his redemption by his grandfather,
Samuel went to live with his Aunt Martha in
Kittery, ilaine. This aunt's husband, John
Grove, was a Quaker, who afterwards moved
to Crompton, Rhode Island, to escape the per-
secution of his Puritan neighbors. It was
probably owing to his early association with
this family that Samuel Brackett became im-
bued with more liberal religious views than
were then prevalent, and later in life came
in conflict with the church officials. Samuel
Brackett had his full share of suft'ering from
the Indians. When he had reached the age
of sixteen, a war broke out which continued
for ten years; so early in life he became a
soldier, and was a minute-man, every ready
for duty. When he and his wife were first
married, they lived in garrison houses much
of the time ; and on one occasion Samuel Brack-
ett escaped death by being fleet of foot. Dur-
ing the Indian war which lasted from 1703
to 1713, Samuel Brackett received a long
knife cut in the abdomen, which let out the
intestines. He hastily replaced the parts, and
by pressing his hand tightly over the opening
was enabled to get to the garrison house.
Probably his subsequent length of years (he
was eighty when he died) was due to his youth
and strength rather than to any surgical skill
that was available at the time. If his wound
healed without further trouble, Samuel Brack-
ett may have served in some of the wars
against the French, though we have no posi-
tive evidence of his having done so. Notwith-
standing all the desolation of the times, the
Puritan officials did not relax their rigor, and
in June, 1696, Samuel Brackett was charged
with the crime of "not frequenting the public
worship on the Lord's day.'' Later he and his
wife were charged with a similar offence, and
he was lined five shillings and she was ad-
monished. It would seem in those troublous
times, when men were in hourly danger from
a savage foe, that they might have been spared*
the persecutions of the saints. Samuel Brack-
ett owned several tracts of land in Berwick,
which was then a part of Kittery, Maine ; and
the site of his house and the well that he dug
are still pointed out. From the inventory of
his estate, it is probable that he accumulated
considerable property. His wife died soon
after he did, and the list of her clothing, which
was included in his estate, would seem to in-
dicate something like affluence. Tlic list enu-
merates ■■7 gowns, 3 silk crepe ones, 8 petti-
coats, 3 under-vests, 2 silk hoods, 1 riding
hood, I pair of stays, black gauze handker-
chief, black fan, i pr. of sleeve buttons. 3 pr.
of cotton gloves, muslin and linen aprons,
considerable number of other articles."
On November 25, 1694, Samuel Brackett
married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Botts,
of Berwick, j\Iaine. She was about a year
old when her father was killed by the' In-
dians in an attack on Salmon Fall's in Ber-
wick, October 15, 1675. Upon her mother's
remarriage, Elizabeth Botts became a member
of the family of Moses Spencer, with whom
she was Hving at the time of her marriage.
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Botts)
Brackett were: i. Samuel (2), whose sketch
follows. 2. Mary, married Thomas Tuttle, of
Dover. 3. Bathsheba, married Jonathan Ab-
bott. 4. Elizabeth, married Samuel Abbott.
5. Hannah, married Samuel Thompson. 6.
Dorothy, baptized January 21, 1728.
(IV) Samuel (2), eldest child of Samuel
(i) and Elizabeth (Botts) Brackett, was
born September 6, 1695, at Berwick, Alaine,
and died December 31, 1786. He lived on
the westerly slope of Blackberry hill, about
three and one-half miles south from the house
of his father, and the farm that he cleared
is still owned by his descendants, having
passed from father to son through live gen-
erations. In various conveyances of land he
is described as "turner," though it is prob-
able that farming was his chief occupation.
The Second Church of Berwick was organ-
ized in 1755, and Samuel (2) Brackett and
his wife were charter members. .He was
chosen deacon, June 12, 1755, and elder, July
21, 1768. He was selectman in 1749 and 1750,
and probably held other town offices. On Au-
gust II, 1720, Deacon Samuel (2) Brackett
married (first) Sarah, daughter of Job and
Charity (Nason) Emery, of Berwick. She
was one of a family of fourteen, was born
February 4, 1700, and died December 20,
1742, shortly after giving birth to her eleventh
child. On September 12, 1743, Deacon Sam-
uel (2) Brackett married (second) Airs. Abi-
gail Cass, widow of Thomas Cass and daugh-
ter of Jonathan Banfill, of Portsmouth. Chil-
dren were: i. John, born June 29, 1721. 2.
Isaac, October 7, 1722. 3. Samuel, August 5,
1724. 4. James, whose sketch follows. 5.
Joshua, July 9, 1728. 6. Alary, October 2,
1730, married John Woodsum. 7. Elizabeth,
F"ebruary 20, 1733, married John Kilgore. 8.
Sarah, June 8, 1736, died at the age of three.
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9. Jacob, Xovember 8, 1737, died at the age
of two. 10. Joseph, -Xpril 7. 1739- died at the
age of three." 11. Sarah, November 15, 1742,
married Zebulon Libby. Children of second
marriage were: 1. lia'thsheba, June 19, 1744.
married Pray. 2. Joseph, October 22,
1746, died February 3, 1755. 3- (Jl'^e, Sep-
tember 6. 1750, died October 13, 1751.
(\') lames, fourth son of Samuel (2) and
Sarah (Emery) Brackett, was born April 10,
1726, at Berwick, Maine, and died at China,
Maine, January 3, 1825. Deacon James Brack-
ett lived in his native town for sixty-eight
years: in 1794, in company with his youngest
"son fohn. he moved to Vassalboro, Maine,
where he dwelt for sixteen years; and in 1810
moved again with his son to China, Maine,
where he spent the last fourteen years of his
life. Deacon Brackett was elected selectman
of Berwick in 1763, 1775 to 1778 inclusive,
and held many minor town otfices. He served
in the French and Indian war, and the gun
which he carried was preserved for several
generations. There is a tradition that during
this war he brained an Indian with a goad-
stick. .Although too old at the time of the
revolution to take an active part, he was most
earnest in patriotic measures, and sent droves
of hogs, sheep and cattle to Boston when that
town was closed to commerce in 1774. On
April 10, 1750, Deacon James Brackett mar-
ried Margery, daughter of Benjamin and Pa-
tience (Nason) Lord, who was baptized No-
vember ID. 1736, in Berwick, and died July
7, 1816. at China, Elaine. Children: i. Jo-
seph, whose sketch follows. 2. Patience, Aiay
20, 1753, died young. 3. Patience, August 6,
1755, married Rev. Wentworth Lord. 4. Ly-
dia, March 16, 1760, died young. 5. Stephen,
.'Kpril II, 1762, died young. 6. James, April
12, 1764. 7. Lydia, j\larch 24, 1767, married
Benjamin Stanton (2), and (second) Caleb
Wentworth. 8. John, .\ugust 16, 1769.
(Vi) Joseph, eldest child of Deacon James
and ilargery (Lord) Brackett, was born
June 6, 1 75 1, at Berwick, Maine, was a
farmer and settled at Ossipee, New Hamp-
shire, where he died May 3, 1816. He was a
revolutionary soldier, and served as a private
in Captain Ebenezer Sullivan's company, Colo-
nel James Scamnion's regiment, enlisting May
5, 1775. He also served as private in Cap-
tain Samuel Grant's company. Colonel Storer's
regiment. He enlisted August 14, 1777, and
was discharged November 30, 1777, at Que-
men's Heights after a service of four months
and three davs in the Northern armv, which
participated in the campaign which resulted
in the surrender of Burgoyne. Joseph Brack-
ett married, t'ebruary 21, 1782, Jemima,
daughter of Joshua and Ruth (Smith) Rob-
erts, who was born March 19, 1763, at Ber-
wick, Maine, and died June ig, 1796, at Ossi-
pee, New Hampshire. On December 27, 1797,
Joseph Brackett married (second) Anna,
daughter of Job and Sarah (Hobbs) Win-
chell, who was born in 1770 at Waterboro,
Maine, and died at Ossipee, New Hampshire.
Her father was a teacher at Hartford, Con-
necticut, was a Continental soldier, was taken
prisoner, and died on board the famous prison
ship "Jersey." Children of Joseph and Jem-
ima (Roberts) Brackett were: i. Margaret,
born December 27, 1782, married Thomas
W'iggin, of Wakefield, New Hampshire. 2.
James, March 30, 1784. 3. John, February 9,
1786. 4. Hiram, February 14, 1788. 5. Mary,
April 8, 1790, married Samuel Hurd. 6. Jo-
seph (2), whose sketch follows. 7. Lydia,
March 4, 1794, married John Hill, of Wake-
fiehl. New Plampshire. Children of Joseph
and .Anna (Winchell) Brackett were: i.
Charlotte, born April 15, 1799, married Ham
Garland. 2. Levi, .April 15, 1800. 3. Betsey
L., September 8, 1802, married Rev. Jacob J.
Bodge, of Farminglon, New Hampshire. 4.
Azriah, April 21, 1804. 5. Thomas, January
II, 1807. 6. Sally, October 20, 1808, married
Wentworth Hayes, and (second) Benjamin
Mason.
(VH) Joseph (2), fourth son of Joseph
(i) and Jemima (Roberts) Brackett, was born
Alarch 4, 1792, at Ossipee, New Hampshire,
and died February 26, 1841, at Ashland,
Maine. Like his older brothers, he moved to
China, now Albion, Maine, where lived his
uncle, John Brackett, and his grandfather.
Deacon James Brackett. .About 1835 he
moved to Aroostook county, where he died
at the comparatively early age of forty-nine.
Joseph (2) Brackett married Lucy Twist,
whose maiden name was Lovejoy. Children :
I. Abigail, born June II, 1815, married James
McCann. 2. Hiram, November 11, 1816, died
in Minnesota. 3. John Y., March 20, 1818,
died November 2, 1841. 4. Louisa, mentioned
below.
(\'Iin Louisa, youngest of the four chil-
dren of Joseph (2) and Lucy (Lovejoy)
(Twist) Brackett, was born July 25, 1821, at
China, Maine, and died at Saint John, New
Brunswick. .About 1846 she was married to
Elbridge G. Dunn, of Ashland, Maine. (See
Dunn II.)
STATE OF MAINE.
1761
Two brothers, Francis and John
WYMAX W'yman, of German descent,
came from England to New
England before 1642, with two other brothers
names unknown, landing in Charles Towne
on Massacluisetts Bay. They were tanners
and located in Woburn, where in 1665 they
bought of Joseph Rocke, the attorney of J.
Coggin, the administrator of Thomas Coitman,
five hundred acres, the grant of the general
court of i\lassachnsetts, being where Billerica
or Burlington townships were established.
There were two other brothers, names un-
known, but the son of one of them removed
to North Yarmouth, province of JMaine, and
had a son Thomas (q. v.).
(II) Thomas, son of a brother of Francis
and John W'yman, of Woburn, was born in
Woburn, Massachusetts, April i, 1671. He
married, ]\lay 5, i6g6, Mary, daughter of
Nathaniel and Mary Richardson, and after
the death of Thomas Wyman, September 24,
1 72 1, his widow married as her second hus-
band Josiah Winn, August 17, 1733, and died
November 18, 1774. Thomas and Mary
(Richardson) Wyman had one son, Aaron.
(III) Aaron, son of Thomas and Mary
(Richardson) Wyman, was born in Woburn,
Massachusetts, December 6, 1709. He mar-
ried, December 27, 1731, his cousin Elizabeth,
daughter of Captain James and Elizabeth (Ar-
nold) Richardson. Aaron Wyman died soon
after his marriage, leaving at least two chil-
dren, and his widow married Sanuiel Buck-
man, of North Yarmouth, Maine, September
19, 1738. This marriage explains the fol-
lowing entr}' on the church records of North
Weymouth, Maine: "Baptized 6 Sept. 1741
John and Anne Wyman children of Samuel
Buckman's wife." The children of Aaron
and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman were: i.
John (q. v.), born June 6, 1733. 2. Anne,
November 25, 1734, married Nathan Oakes,
October 7, 1751, and died July 11, 1775.
(IV) John, eldest child of Aaron and Eliza-
beth (Richardson) Wyman, was born in Wo-
burn, Massachusetts, June 6, 1733. He was
a mariner engaged in the coasting trade, hav-
ing removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, on
the marriage of his mother to Samuel Buck-
man, .September 19, 1738. He married, June
8, 1758, Mercy Johnson; children: William,
Josiah, Bela, John (q. v.), Robert, Amy, Eu-
nice.
(V) John, fourth son of John and Mercy
(Johnson) Wyman, w-as born in North Yar-
mouth, ]\Iaine, about 1770. He was brought
up in Yarmouth and removed to the new set-
tlement of Searsmont, Waldo coimty, Maine,
married there and had eight children, includ-
ing John (q. v.).
(\T) John, son of John Wyman, was born
in Searsmont, Waldo county, Maine, Febru-
ary 14, 1813. He married Clarindia, daugh-
ter of Thomas Tolman, of Rockland, Maine,
born in Rockland, September 10, 1819, Chil-
dren: I. Joseph D., born Rockland, Novem-
ber 9, 1838, married Julia E. Turner, of Mill-
bridge, Washington county, Maine. 2. John
Francis, Rockland, November 26, 1840, mar-
ried Elizabeth Colby. 3. Jesse Ames, Mill-
bridge, January 11, 1843, married (first) Han-
nah Ramsdell and (second) Fanny Cannady,
of Waldoboro, jMaine. 4. Clara A., Mill-
bridge, March i, 1845, married Addison Smith,
of Northfield, Minnesota, and after his death,
John S. Richardson, of Portland, Maine. 5.
Judson L., ilillbridge, Jamiary 25, 1847, died
March 30, 1851. "6. James T., Millbridge,
October 15, 1849, married Rosie Lamberson,
of i\Iinneapolis, jMinnesota, and as his second
wife Mrs. Grace Shotwell, of the same city.
7. Jasper (q. v.), November 5, 1852. 8. Fred-
erick, Alillbridge, September 30, 1854, married
Cora Brooks, of Digby, Nova Scotia. 9. Ed-
gar Albert, Millbridge, January 17, 1857, mar-
ried Florence Brown, of Eastport, Maine, and
as his second wife, Regenia Wallace, of Mill-
bridge. 10. Chandler C, Millbridge, Decem-
ber 19, 1858, married Fanny Crittenden, of
Waterloo, Iowa. 11. Adelbert Ames, July 24,
1864, married Josie Finnigan, of Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
(\TI) Jasper, son of John and Clarindia
(Tolman) Wyman, was born in Millbridge,
Washington county, Maine, November 5, 1852,
He went to Bucksport, Maine, after he had
completed the public school course in Mill-
bridge and was a student in the East Maine
Conference Seminary and on graduating he
engaged in the canning business in Millbridge
as an employee of the John W. Jones Com-
pany, where he acquired a thorough knowl-
edge of the business. In 1874, in copartner-
ship with his brother Edgar Albert, he formed
a copartnership as J. & E. A. Wyman, to
carry on the canning business on a large scale
at Millbridge, Bethel, Reedfield, Cherryfield,
Columbia and East Corinth. The product
canned included corn, sardines, lobsters, clams
and blueberries. This firm continued a large
and growing business for fifteen years, and
in 1889 having grown so as to demand the
advantages afforded by a corporation and the
J. & E. A. Wyman Company carried on the
business up to 1901. when Edgar Albert Wy-
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man sold out his interests on account of ill
health and removed to the state of Wash-
ington, and Jasper Wyman, controlling the
stock of the corporation, sold the corn canning
factories, retaining the large factories at .Mill-
bridge employed in putting up sardines and
clams and the blueberry factories at Cherry-
field and Columbia. In i(j05 Mr. Wyman be-
came interested in the lumber business m
Cherrylield, and the firm of Ward Brothers &
Wyman, manufacturers of short lumber, came
into existence, and in 1901 the firm name was
changed to Jasper Wyman & Sons. He had
also carried on a general merchandise business
at Millbridge from 18S0 to 1895, under the
name of A. Wallace & Company. Jasper Wy-
man was elected state senator in 1906. Mr.
Wyman is a member of Pleadies Lodge, A. F.
and A. M., Dirigo Chapter, R. A. :\1., Cherry-
field, the Commandery at Machias, Maine,
Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and mem-
ber of Eastport Lodge, No. 880, B. P. O. E.,
of Eastport, Maine.
He married, December 18, 1875, Lucretia
D., daughter of James Jr. and Nancy A. (Up-
ton) Wallace, of Millbridge, Elaine. Captain
James Wallace Jr. was a sailor and master
mariner, having been master of a sailing ves-
sel for many years. Children: i. Helen
Nancy, born July 5. 1878, married Joseph W.
Sawyer; no children. 2. James Stewart, Feb-
ruary 21, 1881, unmarried; in 1901 became a
partner with his father in the can goods busi-
ness under the firm name of Jasper W^yman &
Son. Mrs. Wyman died April 15, 1890, and
on December 23, 1891, Mr. Wyman married
(second) Gertrude Louise, daughter of Cap-
tain Edwin H. and Laura (Haraden) Tracy,
of Gouldsboro, Maine. Captain Tracy was a
sea captain for many years. The children of
Jasper and Gertrude Louise (Tracy) Wyman
were: 3. Phillip T., July, 189S. 4. An infant.
5. Jasper H., born June 6, 1900.
This is among the early New
PURINTON England families which was
active in the settlement of
the Atlantic coast and the struggles with the
Indians who sought to prevent such settle-
ment, and has through all the generations been
actively identified with the various professions
and in the political and civil aiTairs of the
several communities where it is or has been
found. The spelling of the name varies among
the descendants of the present day.
(I) George Purinton (often spelled in the
records Puddington) was a resident of York,
Maine, as early as 1640, and died within a
few years after that. His wife's Christian
name was Mary and both were probably na-
tives of England. Widow Marj' Puddington
was licenced to sell wine under the jurisdic-
tion of York in 1649, 3'""' before 1661 she
was married to Captain John Davis, of York.
The children of George and ^lary Puddington
(Purinton) were: John, Elias, Mary, Frances
and Rebecca.
(II) John, elder son of George and ^fary
Purinton, was probably born in England. He
removed from York to Cape Porpoise, and
was living there in 1678 and had a grant of
land in 1681. He served as town clerk and
selectman and was in office when the town
was deserted in 1690. Within two or three
years thereafter he died. He married Mary
Scammon and their children of record were :
John, James. Joshua and probably George.
The latter was a resident of Salisbury, Massa-
chusetts, where he appears of record as "for-
merly of Cape Porpos"" and is presumed to
have been a son of John.
(III) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and
Mary (Scammon) Purinton. was presumably
born at York, and resided in Salisbury, Mas-
sachusetts, where he was a house carpenter.
The Christian name of his wife was Sarah and
a daughter bearing the same name was born
in June. i6gi, in Salisbury. There were un-
doubtedly other children bom at York or Cape
Porpoise before his removal to Salisbury.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Sarah
Purinton, was born in Maine and was a minis-
ter of the Quaker denomination. He was prob-
ably a child when his parents removed to
Salisbury, where he resided.
(V) Stephen, son of John (3) Purinton,
w-as born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where
he spent his entire life engaged in general
farming. He died while still a young man.
(VI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i)
Purinton,' was also born in Salisbury, in 1749,
and died in T^Iay, 1838. When quite young
he removed to Pierwick, Maine, and after a
short residence there removed to Waterboro,
thence to Limerick, and finally took up his
abode in Limington, Maine, in 1800. 'There
he purchased a large tract of land, built a log
cabin, and proceeded to cultivate his posses-
sions. He was patriotic and served in the
revolutionary war, but as the sentiments of the
Friends was opposed to war, he destroyed his
discharge. He and his family belonged to
the Society of Friends, and in national politics
he affiliated with the Whig party. While liv-
ing in Limington, he walked twenty-three
miles to Saccarappa (now Westbrook). carry-
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1 7('>3
ing- a bushel of corn, and after having it
ground, he bought a jug of molasses and salt
fish, carrying these back in addition to the
corn. Shortly after this he was instrumental
in having a mill built. He married (first)
Guptill, by whom he had five children ;
(second) Mary Stimpson, who was a preacher
in the Society of Friends and who had four
brothers who were all ministers of the gospel,
but all of different denominations. Ijy his
second marriage, Mr. Purinton had children :
John, concerning whom see forward, and
Naomi.
(VII) John, only son of Stephen (2) and
Mary ( Stimpson ) Purinton, was born on the
homestead farm in 1803, and died in 1883.
He followed farming on the homestead, and
officiated for a number of years as a member
of the board of selectmen, of which body he
was chairman a part of this time. In politics
he was at first a Democrat, but after the or-
ganization of the Republican party was con-
nected with that body. He was an honored
member of the Free Baptist church of Lim-
ington. Mr. Purinton married Shuah, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Shuah (Libby) Manson,
and granddaughter of William and Rachel
Amy Manson. William Manson was born in
Kittery, York county, Alaine. and after re-
siding there for some years removed with his
family to Limington in 1787, and was the first
of that name to settle in the town. He had
a family of eleven children. Samuel Manson
married (first) Shuah Libby and had seven
children, among them being Shuah and Joseph,
the latter reaching a ripe old age in Greene,
Maine. Samuel married (second) Abigail
Woodsum and had seven children, one of them
being Maria, who married John B. Philpot, of
Limerick, Maine. John and Shuah ( Man-
son) Purinton had children: i. Stephen L.,
see forward. 2. John M., who resides in Ips-
wich, Massachusetts. 3. Mattie J., who mar-
ried Deacon Horace N. Farnham, of Acton,
Maine. 4. IMary A., wdio married Leonard
Douglas, of Limington.
(VIII) Stephen L., eldest child of John and
Shuah (Manson) Purinton, was born in Lim-
ington, Maine, June 24, 1838. He enjoyed
superior educational advantages at the South
Limington and Parsonsfield academies, and
upon the conclusion of his course of studies
there was clerk for one year in the general
merchandise store of Mr. H. Moore, in Lim-
ington. He was then engaged in the ice
business for three years in Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, and upon his return to York county
settled at Saco and was engaged in general
farming during the summer months and man-
aged a large ice trade during the winter. He
loaded the first cargo of ice, which required
two schooners, that was ever sent out of- Saco,
and remained in that town for nine years,
being one year identified with the grocery
business. He removed to the old homestead
in 1870, and has resided on it since that time,
now owning a farm of one hundred acres in
extent, equally divided between pasture, till-
age and woodland, and keeps about one dozen
head of cattle and several sheep and horses.
Mr. Purinton is an enterprising and prosper-
ous farmer and has made many general and
extensive improvements on the property ;
among other things he has piped a spring
which is about ninety rods from his buiklings,
has connected it with his house, barns and
highway, and thus secured a never-failing sup-
ply of fresh water. He has served in many
important public capacities, among them being
justice of the peace for fourteen years, member
of the board of selectmen of Limington, for
two terms as chairman of that body to which
he was elected in 1872, and again in 1874,
and the following year was nominated, but
refused the candidacy ; has acted frequently
as moderator of the town meeting of Liming-
ton ; in the term of 1878-79 he served as
representative in the state legislature ; in 1890
he was elected county commissioner for a
term of six years ; was an inspector at the
custom house on a special and temporary
force for six months ; also spent five years
in the postal service, half of this time on the
Portland & Worcester route, and the other
half on the Boston and Portland route, to
which he was promoted after a serious in-
jury received in the railroad accident at Derry,
New Hampshire. In consequence of that mis-
hap his health became impaired and he was
ultimately compelled to resign his position. In
religious sentiments i\Ir. Purinton is a Free
Win Baptist, associating with the church of
that denomination in Limington, and has been
clerk of the parish and also deacon. He is a
member of Adoniram Lodge, No. g, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, of Limington, be-
coming associated with the INIasonic order
when he was twenty-one years of age, and less
than two years filled the ofiice of junior war-
den. In National politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Purinton married (first) 1861, Jennie,
daughter of Peletiah Hamion, of Saco, and
had children : i. Herbert Harmon, see for-
ward. 2. Nettie Shuah, born April 25, 1869,
married Edward A. Anderson, of Limington,
for many years deputy sheriff. 3. Frank How-
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ard, born March 25. 1872. is a graduate of
Bates College, class of iSgCt. He married
(second) J 878. Alida, daughter of Dennis
Mulloy. of Berwick, Maine, and had chil-
dren: I. Ethel A., born June 3, 1882, was
graduated from Limington Academy ; married
Professor Case. 2. Dana Stephen, born Octo-
ber 14, 1884.
(IX) Herbert Harmon, M. D., first son and
child of Stephen L. and Jennie (Harmon)
Purinton, was born in Saco, Maine, April 22,
1865. His early education was obtained in
the public schools of Saco and Limington and
at the Limington Academv. Later he matricu-
lated at Bowdoin College, from which he was
graduated with the class of 1891, and was also
graduated from the Portland Medical School.
He was entirely dependent upon his own ex-
ertions in obtaining the necessary instruction
to fit him for his professional career, the only
assistance offered him being the gift of two
books and forty dollars. In consequence of
this need he accepted any and all kinds of
work that opportunity presented, spending his
spare time in canvassing, clerking in stores
and several other occupations. After being
graduated, he commenced the active practice
of his profession in Maine (Greene), but at
the end of two years of arduous w^ork was
compelled by illness to abandon his practice
for a time. He removed to Lewiston, Maine,
in 1893, where he has built up a large and
lucrative practice. He is a member of the
chief staff of surgeons of the Sisters' Hospital,
which is a non-sectarian institution, and
probably treats more patients than any other
in the state. The first towMi or city office
which Dr. Purinton was called upon to fill was
that of superintendent of schools, while he was
in Greene. lie was appointed city physician
soon after settling in Lewiston, and filled the
office two years. In 1902 he was elected a
member of the common council, and the fol-
lowing year was elected alderman. One year
later he was made president of the board of
aldermen, and in 1905 was nominated liy the
Republicans for mayor of the city. Though
polling the largest Republican vote for a num-
ber of years. Dr. Purinton was defeated, as
the city is strongly Democratic. He is a mem-
ber of the following organizations: American
Medical Association: ex-president of the O.
A. Horr Medical Association : president of
the Androscoggin County Medical Associa-
tion; Maine Medical Association. He is a
thirty-second degree Mason and affiliated with
the following fraternal orders: Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Pilgrim Fathers, Gol-
den Cross and Improved Order of Red Men.
Dr. Purinton married, March 24, 1888, Cora
L., born May 15, 1864, daughter of Hasty and
Eunice (Strout) Brackett, granddaughter of
Freeman Strout, and a descendant of the same
line as Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed. They
have one child : Stephen Robert, born October
I, 1892.
Robert Purinton, a brother
PURIXTOX of George Purinton, above
named, was a landholder of
Portsmouth, Xcw Hampshire, from 1640 to
1647. He was a member of the church there
in 1640; was a freeman in 1672. He mar-
ried Amy Davis, and two sons of his are re-
corded, namely John and Robert.
(II) John, elder son of Robert and Amy
(Davis) Purinton, was born about 1633, and
resided in Exeter, New Hampshire, whence
he removed to Salisbury, ^Massachusetts.
(III) Deacon Hezekiah, presumably a son of
John Purinton, and grandson of Robert Purin-
ton, was born about 1674, and was a soldier
from Salisbury at Wells in i6g6. He subse-
quently lived for a time at Dover, and re-
moved from there about the close of the seven-
teenth century to Cape Cod and settled at Tru-
ro, Massachusetts, about 1704, dying there Jan-
uary 8, 1 717, aged forty-two years. He re-
ceived a grant of land May 15, 1705, was
made a freeman in 1707, and was evidently
one of the leading men of the town, as his
name a])pears frequently upon the records.
He was a farmer and fisherman by occupa-
tion, and was one of the first owners of cattle
in that section, and filled various town offices.
He was a deacon of the church, a selectman
and member of the connnittee chosen to select
a minister and provide entertainment at his
ordination, for wdiich purpose ten pounds were
expended in the entertainment of elders, mes-
sengers and scholars wdio were present on that
occasion. The minister ordained at that time
was Elder Avery, and neither he nor the
other elders were "Teetotalers," as spirits w-ere
included in the list of cxj^enses. Deacon Pur-
inton was honored in the community and
Deacon Elkinah Paine writes in his diary : "I
was pained to hear of the death of Deacon
Hezekiah Purington this morning. A good
and upright man has gone." The children of
Deacon Purinton were : Xathaniel, Joshua,
Hezekiah, James, Humphrey, see forward ;
Abial, who married Brigadier General Sam-
uel Thomjison, of revolutionary fame, who
captured Colonel Menott, who afterward
burned Falmouth.
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i/f'S
(r\') Humphrey, son of Deacon Hezekiah
Piirinton, was born about 1700 in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, or vicinity. He removed to
Truro, Alassachusetts, with family, but re-
turned to the eastward when a man and set-
tled on the Bath side of New Meadows river,
Maine. His children were born in Truro: i.
Hezekiah. baptized at Truro, July 16, 1727.
2. Humphjey, baptized at Truro, September
7. 1729, mentioned below. 3. David, baptized
October 31, 1731. 4. Mary, baptized June 16,
1734. 5. Nathaniel, baptized July 11, 1736.
6. Abiel, baptized July 23, 1738, married Sam-
uel Thompson. 7. Joshua, baptized May 4,
1740, resided in Bath. 8. James, baptized
June 13, 1742, born April 3, 1742.
(V) Humphrey (2), son of Humphrey (i)
Purinton, w'as born in Truro, Massachusetts,
haptized there in infancy September 7, 1729,
removed to Bath, Maine, in his youth and
settled there. Among his children was Hum-
phrey, mentioned below.
(\'l) Rev. Humphrey (3), son of Hum-
phrey (2) Purinton, was born in Georgetown,
August. 1759. and died in Bowdoinham, Jan-
uary 25, 1832. His military record is an ex-
ceedingly honorable one. He enlisted from
Harpswell, July i, 1775, in J. Curtis' company,
serving one month and eleven days, probably
on home guard duty. Re-enlisted soon after,
as his name appears on the pay rolls of Cap-
tain James Curtis' company, James Gargill's
regiment, and is recorded as enlisting August
9, 1775. and the pay roll record is February
14, 1776. He enlisted as a private, October
4, 1777, in Captain Benjamin Lament's com-
pany, Colonel John Allen's regiment, and w'as
tlischarged December 31, 1777. He was also a
private in Captain Samuel Johnson's company,
Colonel W'iggleworth's regiment. Colonel
\'\'iggleworth was a Newburyport, Massachu-
setts, man, and led his regiment through his
state to reinforce the Continental army sta-
tioned at Fort Edwards. The army had suf-
fered severly from smallpox, and every town
in Cumberland and A'ork counties was or-
dered to furnish its quota to form a force to
reinforce the army, and Humphrey Purinton
was one of those who volunteered from Harps-
well. It appears that he was discharged from
Albany, New York, as the revolutionary pay
rolls show that he was allowed pay for travel
from Albany to his home at Casco Bay. He
was a Baptist and the "First Baptist Church
accused Elder Humphreys Purington of being
a Universalist because he believed in the
Atonement." His ideas were too liberal for
the Baptist denomination, and he is said to
have mounted his horse and ridden to Edge-
comb to hear the new Free Will doctrine, be-
came a convert and one of the first F'ree Will
Baptist ministers, and by far the larger part
of his descendants have been connected with
that denomination. He was an active leader in
his day, and was chairman of the first board
of selectmen ever elected in Bowdoin, this
being in April, 1788. He married Thankful
Snow.
(VH) Abiezer, son of Rev. Humphrey (3)
and Thankful (Snow) Purinton, was born in
Bowdoin, Maine, about 1780. He married,
about 1798, Eunice Thompson. Children:
Abner, Abiezer, Humphrey, Abel, Elisha,
Amos, Cornelius, Daniel, Josiah, Betsey, Fan-
ny, Esther and Eunice. Abiezer Purinton
cleared a farm from the wilderness, and in
connection with farming was a shoemaker.
(Vni) Amos, son of Abiezer and Eunice
(Thompson) Purinton. was .born in 1813. in
Bowdoin, Maine, died in 1897. While his
opportunities for acquiring an education were
no better than those of other boys of his day,
he, however, improved his time and at seven-
teen years of age was qualified to teach school,
wdiich line of work he followed in connection
with farming for a number of years. He lived
all his life on the farm where he was born.
He served as selectman of the town, was jus-
tice of the peace for many years, and per-
formed much legal work for his neighbors.
He was a Universalist in religion, and in poli-
tics was first an old line Whig and later a
Republican. He married, 1841, Martha J.,
born in Winslow, Maine, 1822, daughter of
Elisha and Charity (Eaton) Patterson. Chil-
dren: I. Amos Edwin, mentioned below. 2.
Margaret R., born June, 1844, married L. C.
Allen. 3. W. Scott, 1848, married Ada
: lives in Augusta, Maine. 4. Horace,
1850, married Clara Preble. 5. Martha Emma,
1852, married James Milard. 6. Charity Ella,
1854, married F. S. Adams. 7. Elisha Emery,
1856, married Hattie Rheads. 8. Nancy, 1861,
married G. L. Combes.
(IX) Amos Edwin, son of Amos and ]Mar-
tha J. (Patterson) Purinton, was born in
Bowdoin, Maine, May 3, 1842. He was edu-
cated in the public schools, and when a young
man taught school in the vicinity of his native
town. He engaged in business as a meat and
provision dealer in the town of Richmond,
Maine. In 1887 he removed to Waterville and
embarked in the manufacture of brick, con-
tracting and building, a member of the Horace
Purinton Company, a business he has con-
tinued with uniform success to the present
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time. He is one of the substantial men of the
city. While in Richmond he was first select-
man several years, atid has been alderman of
Waterville. In politics he is a Republican.
He is a prominent member of the Free Baptist
church of Waterville, and was a prime mover
in establishing this society there. He mar-
ried, December i, 1866, Sarah M., born Feb-
ruary 22, 1845, daughter of Fairfield Moore.
Children: 1. Herbert R., born October 15,
1867, married Gary I. Knowlton ; children :
Arthur L., Edwin Moore, Carl and Francis.
2. Charles Edwin, mentioned below. 3. Fran-
cis B., April 20, 1872. married Annie Bates:
one child, Willard. 4. Flelen B., February 2,
1875, married Earnest Decker, of Portland ;
one child, Katherine. 5. Sarah, died at age of
three. 6. Solon W., February 5, 1883.
(X) Charles Edwin, second son of Amos
Edward and Sarah M. (Moore) Purinton, was
born January 19, 1870, in Bowdoin, Alaine.
He was educated in the common schools of
that town, and then learned the contracting
business under his father's instruction. After
four years he went to Colby College and took
a three year special course. He entered part-
nership with his brother, Francis B. Purinton,
under the firm name of Purinton Brothers,
dealers in coal and wood in Augusta. The
business is incorporated, Charles Edwin being
president and Francis B. treasurer of the com-
pany. Mr. Purinton is a Republican in poli-
tics, and has been a member of the common
council of Augusta from ward 7 for two years,
a member of the board of aldermen four years,
and acted as mayor for a lime. He is a mem-
ber of Augusta Lodge, Xo. 141, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons: Cushnoc Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons; Alpha Council, Royal and Select
Masters : Trinity Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar, of Augusta; Kora Temple, Mystic
Shrine ; charter member and treasurer of the
lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks ; member of Knights of Pythias ; Asylum
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He married, Xovember 4, 1894, Carrie L.,
born in Xorth Appleton, Maine, October 24,
1873, daughter of Arthur L. Ripley. Chil-
dren: I. I'Vances L., born August 18, 1895.
2. Lawrence G., April 17, 1897. 3. Lucille M.,
January 4, 1902. 4. Irene A., March i, 1903.
5. Richmond M., Xovember 9, 1905.
(\TI) Jonathan, son of Rev. Humphrey (3)
and Thankful (Snow) Purinton, was born in
Bowdoin in 1 81 9, and died in Fairfield in
1874. He w'as educated in the schools of his
native town, admitted to the bar, and early
commenced the practice of law in the town of
Fairfield, a practice he continued until within
ten years of his death. He was at one time
sheriff of Sagadahoc county, served with
Petersburg with the Christian Commission,
and was a Whig and a Republican. He was
a charter member of Bowdoin Lodge, An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons. He mar-
ried (first) Hannah Allen, who was born and
died in Bowdoin, and they had children : Col-
umbus A., Cornelia A. and Hannah. He mar^
ried (second) Hannah G. Bradbury, who was
born in Buxton and died in Fairfield, and their
children were : Henry O., Frank B., see for-
ward ; I lorace K.
(VHI) Frank Boody, second son and child
of Jonathan and Hamiah G. (Bradbury) Pur-
inton, was born in Fairfield, October 19, 1847.
He was educated in the common schools of
Fairfield and in the Gray Commercial School
at Portlanil. He found employment witli the
Fairfield Broom Company, working on the
river, and remained with them for a period of
tw-elve years, when he entered the employ of
S. A. Nye, also in river work, with whom he
continued until 1891, when he became asso-
ciated with Mr. Nye in the lumber business,
establishing in 1902 a factory for the manu-
facture of folding chairs and tables, known as
the S. A. Xye Company. In addition to his
connection with this concern, Mr. Purinton is
a treasurer of the Canaan Power Company.
He has always been a staunch supporter of
the principles of the Republican party, was
appointed postmaster in 1898, and reappointed
in 1902 and 1907. He was also for two terms
chairman of the board of assessors. Mr. Pur-
inton is identified with the following organiza-
tions : Member of .Siloam Lodge. Ancient P'ree
and Accepted Masons : Mount Lebanon Coun-
cil, of Oakland : Drunnnond Chapter of Oak-
land ; St. Omer Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar, of Waterville ; Noble of Kora Temple at
Lewiston ; member of Fairfield Lodge I. O. O.
F.. and Encampment, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of Waterville : Improved Order
of Foresters, of Fairfield. He married. June
2, 1896, Edna Clark, of Bristol, daughter of
Edwin K. and Fanny (Hodgkins) Hall. They
have no children.
The Prince family is among the
PRINCE few wdio have a pedigree trans-
mitted to them from the earliest
emigrants and that, too, from the accurate
manuscript history of the Rev. Thomas Prince,
pastor of the "Old South" Church in Bos-
ton for nearly forty years in the early part
of the eighteenth century. While on a visit
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in England, the relatives of Rev. Thomas
Prince presented him with the family coat-of-
arms, which was granted by Queen Elizabeth,
and is as follows : Arms : Gules, a saltire, or,
surmounted of a cross, engrailed ermine.
Crest : Out of a ducal coronet, or, a cubit
arm, habited gules, cufifed ermine, holding in
the hand, proper, three pine-apples of the first,
stalked and leaved, vert. From reliable rec-
ords we learn that in the reigns of Queen
Elizabeth and King James I, the Rev. John
Prince, Bachelor of Arts, of Oxford, was rec-
tor of the parish of East Shetiford, Berkshire
county, and was a rigid churchman all his life.
He married, 1609, Elizabeth, daughter of Wal-
ter and Ann Toldervy, and granddaughter of
the Rev. Dr. John Tolderbury, of the Uni-
versity of Oxford, the family name being
spelled variously. Of their four sons and
seven daughters, all became Dissenters. The
eldest son, John, is mentioned below ; Francis,
the second son, became a merchant in London,
England.
( I ) John, eldest son of Rev. John and Eliza-
beth (Tolderbury) Prince, was born in Eng-
land, in 1610, and died in Hull, Massachu-
setts, August 16, 1676. He was educated in
Oxford, but on account of his dissenting prin-
ciples received no degree, and to escape the
persecutions of Archbishop Laud, like many
others, he emigrated to America in 1633, and
located first at \\'atertovvn, Massachusetts.
After spending a short time at Hingham, Mas-
sachusetts, where he received a grant of land
in the Broad Cove meadows, was made free-
man in 1635, he finally settled at Lighthouse
Island, Hull, Massachusetts, about 1638, be-
came prominent in the affairs of the com-
munity, and was for nearly thirty years ruling
elder, and died there greatly respected. His
will, which was dated May 9, 1676, mentions
all of his children with the exception of Ben-
jamin. Elder John married (first) in Water-
town, May, 1637, Alice Honor, who died about
1668; he married (second) Ann Barstow,
widow of William Barstow, of Scituate, Mas-
sachusetts, whose daughter, Martha Barstow,
married Samuel, fourth son of Elder John and
Alice (Honor) Prince, so that a part of her
direct descendants also bore the name of
Prince. The children of Elder John Prince
were: 1. John, married Rebecca (probably
Vickerow, daughter of George and Rebecca
(Phippeny) \'ickerow, who lived next neigh-
bor to Elder Prince ; she w-as a cousin to Job's
wife. 2. Elizabeth, married Josiah Loring. 3.
Joseph, married Joanna Morton, and died in
Quebec. 4. Martha, married Christopher
Wheaton. 5. Job, shipmaster, married Re-
becca Phippeny, and was lost at sea. 6. Sam-
uel, who married his stepsister, Martha Bar-
stow. 7. Benjamin, died in Jamaica, West In-
dies, prior to the death of his father. 8. Isaac,
married Mary, daughter of John and Mary
(Brewster) Turner. 9. Thomas, see below.
(II) Thomas, seventh son and youngest
child of Elder John Prince, was born at Hull,
Massachusetts, July 8, 1658, and died at Bar-
badoes. West Indies, 1704. He settled at Sci-
tuate, Massachusetts, and married, December
23, 1685, Ruth, daughter of John and Mary
(Brewster) Turner, and twin sister of Mary,
the wife of his brother Isaac. She was born
in 1663, and after the death of Thomas Prince,
married Israel Sylvester, of Duxbury. Her
father, John Turner, came from England to
Plymouth, M-assachusetts, in 1628, with his
parents, Humphrey and Lydia Turner, and
there married iMary, daughter of Jonathan
and Lucretia Brewster, and granddaughter of
Elder William Brewster, born in Holland dur-
ing the sojourn of the Pilgrims in that coun-
try. The children of Thomas and Ruth (Tur-
ner) Prince were: i. Thomas, born July 10,
1686. 2. James, born in 1687, married De-
borah Robinson. 3. Ruth, born in 1689. 4.
Benjamin, see forward. 5. Job, born in 1695,
married Abigail Kimball : became the ances-
tor of a number of families of Boston, and
has many descendants throughout New Eng-
land.
(III) Benjamin, third son and fourth child
of Thomas and Ruth (Turner) Prince, was
born at Hull, Massachusetts, February 28,
1693-94, and died December 5, 1737. For a
few years after his marriage he resided in
Duxbury, Massachusetts, after which in 1727
he removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, with
his wife and five children. This was the third
and permanent settlement of North Yarmouth,
and in the division of land he was appor-
tioned Lot Number One on the Foreside (now-
called Prince's Point), including Basket
Island. November 18, 1730, with eight others,
, he founded a Congregational church, which
was the first ecclesiastical organization of the
town, and the tenth in jMaine. He was promi-
nent in public affairs, an enterprising and use-
ful citizen, was elected collector of the town,
(Jctober 14, 1734, and was sent as one of a
committee of three with the town clerk, March
22, 1736, to Bridgewater, to interview Rev.
Mr. Keith with reference to his accepting a
call to the new church. The town allowed
him fifteen pounds for his traveling expenses.
He was married, April 17, 1717, to Abiel, born
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in 1697, died September 15. 1744, daughter
of John and Patience (Morton) Nelson, of
Duxbury, and they had children: i. Benja-
min, born April 14, 1718, in Duxbury, died in
1758, in the expedition for the capture of
Louisburg. He married (first) Rebecca
Fisher, (second) Hannah Harris. 2. Paul, see
forward. 3. S_\lvanus, born in Duxbury, Sep-
tember 17, 1722, died September 18, 1790. He
lived at Foreside, North Yarmouth, and mar-
ried Elizabeth Johnson. 4. Sarah, born in
Duxbury, April 8, 1725, died in 1738. 5. John,
born May 20, 1727, died young. 6. Ruth, born
January 20, 1730, at North Yarmouth; mar-
ried John Robins and .settled in Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia. 7. Lydia, born in 1732, died
young. 8. Lydia, born April 11, 1735, in
North Yarmouth : married Captain John
Washburn, of Plymouth. 9. John, born April
24, 1737; embarked in the expedition for the
capture of Louisburg, died July 26, 1758, and
was buried in the Bay of Fundy.
(IV) Paul, second son and child of Ben-
jamin and Abiel (Nelson) Prince, was born at
Du.xbury, May 14, 1720 (O. S.). He re-
moved to North Yarmouth with his parents.
At the time of his marriage, as it was deemed
essential in those days to be within reach of a
place of refuge, he and his young wife re-
sided for a few years in the "Loring Block
House," with their brother-in-law, Solomon
Loring, and there their eldest children were
born. Soon after 1745 they chose for a per-
manent home a spot near the Scales garrison,
and on it built a one-storied house. It is said
that this never had a room finished off, al-
though the parents were w-ealthy enough to
give each son one hundred acres of land and
each daughter fifty acres. Some of this lantl
is still in the possession cf the heirs of those
to whom it was originally given. The house
stood on the site of the dwelling now occu-
pied by Captain Reucl Drinkwater. In Au-
gust, 1762, Paul Prince, Yeoman, sold his
inheritance, the farm numbered as Lot Number
One, or Prince's Point, to John Drinkwater.
The original deed is now in the possession of
John B. Drinkwater. Mr. Prince was an able
and energetic man and sustained his share in
public and private trusts. When the difficul-
ties arose between England and the colonies
which led to the revolutionary war, he warmly
espoused the cause of his country. He mar-
ried, in North Yarmouth, September 8, 1743,
Hannah, daughter of David and Rachel (Lew-
is) Cushing, of Hingham, Massachusetts, and
had children: i. Sarah, married Eliphalct
Greely. 2. Cushing, married Hannah Blan-
chard. 3. Rachel, married (first) Salathiel
Sweetser, (second) Nathaniel Weeks. 4.
Hannah, married Thomas, son of Joseph
Prince, the "Blind Preacher," and fifth in
descent from Elder John Prince. 5. Ruth,
married Onesiphorus Fisher. 6. David, see
forward. 7. Elsie (Alice), married William
Sweetser. 8. Paul, married Sarah Southworth.
9. Pyam, a sea captain, who married (first)
Martha Leach Drinkwater, (second) Susan
Huff, widow of Captain Malcolm. 10. Ammi,
w^ho entered the army one year before the close
of the revolutionary war, served in the disas-
trous "Bagaduce_ Expedition," and married
Desire Sylvester.'
(V) David, second son and sixth child of
Paul and Hannah (Cushing) Prince, was born
May 7, 1753, and died February 3, 1849. ^'^^
was a farmer, resided for some years at North
Yarmouth, later at Cumberland, Maine. Four-
teen of his descendants served in the Union
army during the war of rebellion. He mar-
ried, November 20, 1777, Elizabeth, daughter
of Nathan and Amy (Wyman) Oakes ; she
was born June 5, 1754, died February 19,
1828, and they went to housekeeping Decem-
ber 30, 1777. Their children were: i. Zenas,
born January 21, 1779; married Rachel Noyes.
2. Edward, born August 2, 1780, died Novem-
ber 4, 1789. 3. David, born March 10, 1782;
married Sophia Blanchard. 4. Lucretia, born
January 26, 1784; married Elias Banks. 5.
Paul, see forward. 6. William, born May 7,
1787; married Rebecca Gurney. 7. Corne-
lius, born December 2y, 1787, died unmarriea,
November 10, 1810. 8. Elizabeth, born May
30, 1789; married Charles Kent. 9. David
Brainerd, born November 22, 1790; was prin-
cipal of the Classical Institute of York, Penn-
sylvania.
(\'i) Paul, fourth son and fifth child of
David and Elizabeth (Oakes) Prince, was
born -August 30, 1785, and died August 13,
1868. He married (first), Abigail, born De-
cember 23, 1787, died November 8, 1819,
daughter of William Reed, and had children :
I. Paul, born November 8, 1809; married
Charlotte Mitchell. 2. Cornelius, born July
22, 1812, died unmarried. 3. Sophia Smith,
born September 18. 1813; married Daniel Cof-
fin. 4. Newell Anderson, born October 4,
1815; married Mrs. Mary R. (Fisher) Burn-
ham. 5. William Reed, born August 11. 1817:
these brothers, Newell Anderson and William
Reed, both graduated from Bowdoin College
in 1840. and from Bangor Theological Semi-
nary in 1S44: William died one year after
graduation ; Newell was a Congregational min-
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17(59
ister for fortj-lhree years; he was the in-
ventor of the fountain pen. 6. Abigail Reed,
born September 29, 1819. He married (sec-
ond) Sarah, born November 24, 1796, died
March 18, 1826, daughter of Asa and Jane
(Merrill) Greely. He married (third) Vienna,
born June 17, 1802, died December 6, 1S38.
daughter of Thomas and Anna ^lyrick, and
had children: i. Abigail Greely, born Feb-
ruary 20, 1829; married John Prince Stevens.
2. Lucretia Jane, born April 4, 183 1. He
married (fourth) Abigail Jeftords, born in
\\'arren, Maine, April 27, 1808, died in New
Gloucester, Maine, May 8, 1871, daughter of
Ebenezer and Hannah (Morrill) Wells, and
had children: i. Howard Lyman, see forward.
2. Frederick Cornelius, born June 15, 1842;
was quartermaster-sergeant, Second Maine
Cavalry, 1863-65 ; commissioned second lieu-
tenant, but not mustered. 3. Mary Wells,
born April I, 1844. 4. \\'ilmer, born June 8,
1849.
(X'H) Howard Lyman, eldest child of Paul
and Abigail Jeffords (Wells) Prince, was
born at Cumberland, Maine, Aiay 17, 1840.
He received his education in the public schools,
and the North Yarmouth Academy, was grad-
uated from Bowdoin College with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1862, and received the
degree of Master of Arts from the same in-
stitution in 1865 ; he was the third son of
Paul Prince to graduate from the institution.
He enlisted froin Cumberland, Alaine, before
leaving college, and was mustered into the
Twentieth Maine Lifantry Regiment, August
29, 1862, as quartermaster sergeant, and on
I'"ebruary 13, 1864, he was promoted to the
rank of first lieutenant. He was severely
wounded at Laurel Hill, Virginia, May 8,
1864; rejoined his regiment in August and
served until January, 1865, on the staff of
Brigadier-General J. J. Bartlett, commanding
the Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps.
At the battle of Peeble's Farm, September 30,
1864, he was the first to enter the enemy's
works and secured the surrender of the officer
in command. For his services in this action
he was breveted captain, and on December i,
1864, was promoted to full captaincy. From
February, 1865, to the close of the war he was
judge advocate of the First Division, Fifth
Corps, commanded by Major-General Griffin.
From 1865 to 1868 Captain Prince was assist-
ant principal of the high school at Portland,
Maine, then became clerk of the registrar in
bankruptcy, General James D. Fessenden. He
removed to Washington in 1870, taking the
post of secretary to Hon. John Lynch, mem-
ber of congress, and two years later was em-
ployed in the Treasury Department of the
United States, 1872-75. Mr. Prince was grad-
uated from Columbian College (now George
Washington University) in 1875, with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Laws, a^id was clerk of
the police court of Washington. 1875-88. lii
1889, through civil service e.xamination, he se-
cured the position of librarian of the Patent
Office Scientific Library, and holds this posi-
tion at the present time (1909). He is a man
of more than ordinary ability and enterprise
and has served his country long and well. He
is a Republican, affiliates with the Episcopal
church, and is a member of the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States, and the
University Club of Washington. Captain
Prince was married, June 11, 1874, to Susan
Jane, born in Gawcutt, Bucks county, Eng-
land, February 21, 1846, daughter of' George
and Susan (Soden) Tew, and they have chil-
dren :
I. Paul Gushing, born June 9, 1875; grad-
uate of Washington high school, 1894; ap-
pointed cadet in U. S. revenue cutter service,
Mav 20. 1896: graduated as third lieutenant,
April 28, 1898, and assigned to revenue cut-
ter '"Manning,"' at opening of Spanish-Amer-
ican war ; on duty on northern coast of Cuba,
where his vessel covered the first landing of
American troops on Cuban soil. The '"Plan-
ning" formed part of the convoy which es-
corted the army of General Shafter to San-
tiago, and was the despatch boat of Admiral
Sampson during the investment. After the
destruction of the Spanish fleet she took part
in an action on the southwest coast of Cuba.
Later she represented the navy when General
Brooke received the formal surrender of the
Spanish troops at San Juan, Porto Rico. .As
the result of Cuban fever, his health gave way,
and he was retired in July, 1902. He is now
an architect in San Francisco, California. He
married, June 3, 1903, Gertrude Bradley Was-
son. born in Genoa. Nevada, Novemjjer 12,
1870. daughter of Warren and Grace (Tread-
way) Wasson. Children, born in San Fran-
cisco : David Treadway, January 4, 1905, and
Clara Louise, March 28, 1906.
2. Ethel Thomas, born November i, 1S76;
unmarried.
3. Susan Warr, born October 2, 1880; mar-
ried Louis St. Elmo Burgess, of Charlottes-
ville, \'irginia ; children : Elizabeth Oakes,
born March 8. 1904, and Ethel Anderson, born
December 31, 1907.
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STATE OF MAINE.
\Vc must go back to the misty
ST. CLAIR Northland to find the well-
head of this ancient and noble
family and to the year of grace 888. It was
long before suniaines were known, and we
begin the table with :
\l) Rogenwald. Earl (if .Macrlc in Norway,
who was called the "Rich," was a great favor-
ite of King Harold, whose relative he mar-
ried. He received a grant of the Orkney
Islands, which his descendants ruled for five
centuries.
(II) Prince RoUo, son of Rogenwald, was
a half savage chief, but ambitious, energetic
and resourceful, \isions of conquests to the
south found lodgment in his busy brain. Fit-
ting out a fleet of dragon ships and summon-
ing" his faithful followers, he set sail in search
of booty and aggrandizement. Sighting the
fair and' alluvial plains of Normandy, he there
made his landfall and committed grand lar-
ceny of a portion of that well-favored prov-
ince. In 912 he met near St. Clair Castle the
imbecile, Charles, surnamed the Simple, then
King of France, and easily obtained from that
weakling a concession of the province. He
embraced the Catholic faith and married King
Charles' daughter, Griclle by name, and be-
came the fir.st Duke of Normandy. He abdi-
cated in favor of his eldest son in 917 and died
in 931. Children: William, the Longsword,
Robert. Earl of Corbueil, and Gerlotte, who
married the Earl of Poitiers.
(HI) William, the Longsword, son of
Prince Rollo and Grielle, was born in Nor-
mandy and succeeded his father in the duke-
dom. He married a daughter of Count Rob-
ert, of \'ermadon, and his other wife was
Sporta. Longsword was assassinated in 948.
(IV) Richard, third Duke of Normandy,
the son of "Longsword," was born in Nor-
mandy, dying in 960. He married a daughter
of Hugh, Count of Paris, and (second) Gon-
nora, a princess of Norway. Children : Rich-
ard, Robert, Earl of Evreux, Malger, Hed-
wiga. who married GefTrey, Earl of Brittany ;
and Emma, who married Ethelred, second
king of England and her second husband was
Canute, the Great.
(\') Malger. third son of Richard, was
created Earl of Corbueil and Archbishop of
Rouen. He was great-uncle to William the
Conqueror. It was he who adopted the sur-
name of St. Clere after the town and castle
in which he lived, and was among the first
to use a surname. It was then spelled as
pronounced "Sinclair." Children: Hamo,
Walderne and Hubert.
(\I) Walderne. second son of Malger Sin-
clair, was born in Normandy in about 1006.
His home was not the famous castle from
which the name was taken, but at the castle of
St. Lo, the abode of his descendants for many
years. He and his three sons rallied around
\\'illiam the Conqueror at Hastings, England,
on that eventful October day in 1066, in the
irrepressible conflict between Norman and
Sa.xon. As we know, the former won and
Walderne's allotment of land was on the Med-
way river. He was living as late as 1075.
For a wife he took his cousin, Margaret,
daughter of the fourth Duke of Normandy.
Children : Richard, Britel and William.
(X'H) William (2), youngest son of Wal-
derne and Margaret Sinclair, was born in
Normandy about 1028. Yellow of hair, regu-
lar of feature, symmetrical of proportions, his
beaut)- of person won for him the sobriquet of
"The Seemly St. Clair." On the roll in the
church at Dives, Normandy, he is alluded to as
"William le blcmde." He followed William
to Hastings, but seems to have disagreed with
his illustrious kinsman and in 1068 left Eng-
land and formed an alliance with Alalcolm III
of Scotland, who made him steward to the
queen and warden of the marches. He and
William became bitter foes and they met in
battle array near the Tweed repeatedly, in
which contests the Conqueror more than once
played a losing card. William lost his life in
one of these sanguinary conilicts. He mar-
ried Doratha Dunbar, daughter of the Earl
of ]\Iarch. and obtained a grant of the barony
of Roslin, in Midlothian. Children : Sir Will-
iam and Henry.
(VIII) Sir William (3). son of William
(2) and Doratha (Dunbar) Sinclair, suc-
ceeded to the baronial title and estate of his
father.
(IX) Sir Henry was a son of Sir W'illiam
(3) Sinclair and took the succession.
(X) Sir William (4) was the son of Sir
Henry Sinclair and died about 1270.
(XI) Sir William (5) was the son of Sir
William (4) Sinclair. He was sheriff of
county Edinburg for life, and sat in the par-
liament of Scone, February 5, 1284. when the
succession to the crown of Scotland was set-
tled after the death of Alexander III, The
same year he was of the commissioners sent
to France to obtain a queen for the king who
was a widower, which resulted in making
Joletta, daughter of Count de Dreux, the
queen. In 1292 he sided with Baliol, who
aspired to the crown, and swore fealty to
King Edward of England; he died in 1300,
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1771
leaving three sons, Sir Henry, William and
Gregory.
(XII) Sir Henry (2), eldest son of Sir
William ( 3 ) Sinclair, swore fealty to King
Edward of England in the dispute over the
Scottish succession between Baliol and Robert
Bruce, the English monarch espousing the
cause of the former, but Henry subsequently
went over to Bruce. Henry asserted the in-
dependence of Scotland in a letter to Pope in
1320.
(XIII) Sir William (6) was the son of
Sir Henry Sinclair, or St. Clair, as the name
was interchangeably used, and accompanied Sir
James Douglas on his expedition to the Holy
Land and was killed with him in fighting the
Moors in Spain, August 25, 1330. His tomb
is still to be seen in Roslin Chapel and repre-
sents the person of a knight in armor, at-
tended by a greyhound.
(XI\') Sir William (7) was the son of
Sir William (6) St. Clair, or Sinclair. He
married Isabel, daughter of Malise, Earl of
Strathern and Orkney.
(XV) Henry (3), son of Sir William (7)
St. Clair, became Earl of Orkney and in 1379
obtained confirmation of his title from Haco
IV of Norway. This was the island where the
original Rogerwald, the great father of the
race, held sway in 888.
(XVI) Henry (4) was the son of Henry
(3) St. Clair, and was the second Earl of
Orkney and Admiral of Scotland. He was
the chief attendant of Prince James, after-
ward James I, when he was captured at sea
by the British in 1405. The earl was sent to
the tower c! London, but released and per-
mitted to return to Scotland. He was not
living in 1418.
(XVII) William (8) St. Clair, third Earl
of Orkney and Earl of Caithness, the first of
the family to hold that title, was the son of
Henry (4) St. Clair. He held various im-
portant offices in the kingdom, including high
chancellor, and was a laird of vast influence
and an extensive landed proprietor. He re-
sided at Roslin Castle, the scat of the "lordly
line of St. Clairs" for many generations. It
was eight miles from Edinburg. was situated
on a projecting rock overlooking the Eske
valley, being reached by a bridge. It is ruins
now, but all parts are visible and some of it
in a fair state of preservation. In this earl's
day it was noted for its baronial splendor
and open hospitality. Father Hay, a member
of the household, said: "As a prince at his
palace of Roslin Castle he kept a great court
and was rovallv served at his own table in
vessels of gold and silver and was waited
upon by lords. He had his halls and other
apartments richly adorned with embroidered
hangings. His princess, Elizabeth, was served
by seventy-five gentlewomen, whereof fifty-
three were daughters of noblemen, all clothed
m velvet and silks, with chains of gold and
other ornaments, and was attended by two hun-
dred riding gentlemen in all journies : and if it
happened to be dark when she went to Edin-
burg, where her lodgings were at the foot of
Fryars wynd, eighty lighted torches were ear-
ned before her." This earl founded Roslin
Chapel m 1446 and endowed it with lands and
revenues. It is still extant and is a noble
creation of Gothic art. It stands above the
castle a short distance. Beneath its pavement
the old lords of the manor lie buried in ar-
mor. There was a superstition that the night
before the death of anv of the family the
chapel appeared in flames. Sir Walter Scott
has apostrophized the legend :
"O'er Roslin all that dreary night
A wondrous blaze was seen to gleam ■
Twas broader than the watuh-flre light
And redder than the bright moonbeam
It glared on Roslin's castled roik,
^ It ruddied all the copse-wood glen ■
Twas seen from Dryden's groves of oak.
And seen from caverned Hawthoruden.
Seemed all on Are that chapel proud,
Where Roslin's chief uncofflned lie •
Each Baron for a sable shroud
Sheathed in his iron panoply."
The present earl was described as a very fair
man, great stature, broad bodied, the tradi-
tional yellow hair, and well proportioned. He
married Margaret, daughter of Archibald,
fourth Earl of Douglass. He married (sec-
ond) Marjorie, daughter of Alexander Suth-
erland, of Dunbeath. Children by Margaret:
William, and Catherine, who married the Duke
of Albany. ^ By Majorie he had Sir Oliver,
Wilham, his successor in the earldom ; Sir
David, Robert, John. Bishop nominate of
Caithness; Eleanor, Elizabeth. Marion and
Marjorie.
^ (XVIII) William (9), second Earl of
Caithness, was the seconti son of William (8)
and Marjorie (Sutherland) St. Clair. He
was killed at that desperate and death-dealing
bout between the Highlanders and the English
on Flodden field. His marriage was with
Mary, daughter of .Sir William Keith. Chil-
dren : John and Alexander.
(XIX) John, third Earl of Caithness, was
the eldest son of W'illiam (9) and Mary
(Keith) Sinclair. He invaded Orkney and
was met by a body of Orcadians, commanded
by James Sinclair, governor of Kirkwall Cas-
tle, and the earl and five hundred of his fol-
lowers were slain. He married Elizabeth,
STATE OF MAINE.
daughter of Sir William Sutherland, of Duf-
fus. Heirs: William, who died issueless;
George and David.
(XX) George, fourth Earl of Caithness,
was the second son of John and Elizabeth
( Sutlierland ) Sinclair, lie was a cruel, malev-
olent man and imprisoned his own brother.
He was in favor with the crown, however, and
held high offices of trust, with Justiciar of
Caithness and sat as a peer at the trial of
Bothwcll. He died September 9, 1582. He
had married Elizabeth, daughter of Earl of
Montrose, and tlieir i>sue was John, William,
George, Barbara, Elizabeth, Janet and another
daughter.
(XXI) John (2), Master of Caithness, was
the oldest "son of George and Elizabeth Sin-
clair, and died in Girnigo Castle, 1576. In
1543 he obtained from Queen Mary a charter
by wliich the earldom became a male fee to
him and heirs male. He married Jean, daugh-
ter of Patrick, Earl of Bothwell, and (second)
Bessie Gunn. Children: George, James, who
was the ancestor of General Arthur St. Clair
of revolutionary fame, who settled in Penn-
sylvania ; John, Agnes and Henry.
(XXII) Henry (5), youngest son of John
(2) and Jean Sinclair, received a conveyance
from his brother, Earl George, of part of the
lands of Borrowstone and Lybster with the
"miln and fishings," and he made a reversion
of them to the earl September 23, 1606. He
died of paralysis while besieging the castle of
Kirkw-all in 1614. He married Janet Suther-
land and had a son John.
(XXIII) John (3) there is cumulative force
in saying was the son of Henry (5) and Janet
(Sutherland) Sinclair, was born about 1630,
and was in E.xeter, New- Hampshire, in 1658,
living on Wheelwright creek. After many
centuries he landed on the shores of the broad
Atlantic, where mayhap some of his Norse
ancestors, some "viking bold," had moored
his dragon ship. John and his descendants
spelled his name phonetically as Sinkler. It
was a common occurrence for a man in com-
ing to a new country to change the way of
spelling his name. Exeter was settled by in-
voluntary emigrants, led by Rev. John Wheel-
wright, who was ostracised from the old Bay
Colony on account of his Antinionianism. The
Puritans left the other side of the Atlantic
because of religious intolerance and no sooner
had they set foot here than they had troubles
of their own making. They bounced out
Roger Williams.* John Wheelwright, perse-
cuted the quiet Quakers and hung the witches
in old Salem. This was doling out medicine
to their neighbors which they had refused in
iconoclastic England and had traveled far to
avoid, and certainly shows an inconsistency
difficult to explain. It is not known whether
our John was of the Wheelwright set ; at
any rate, the colony was feeble and glad of
any accessions. In 1659 ^<^ purchased sixteen
acres of land, and the town thought enough
of him to grant him "fyften acres"' October 10,
1664, "lying on the old Salesbury way, be-
yond James Walls land," and in 1680 twenty
acres more. They had the usual neighbor-
hood troubles in those da3's and there was a
dispute relative to the line betwixt him arid
Leftenant Hall. It was referred out for set-
tlement, but John sued Ralph Hall for tres-
pass (see Norfolk county records, for New
Hampshire was under Massachusetts jurisdic-
tion). He took the oath of allegiance and
fidelity in November, 1677, and December 6,
1678, he took title to twenty acres of upland
from Daniel Robinson. John Mason had been
granted New Hampshire by a patent from the
crown, and his representative was Edward
Cranfield, an arrogant, arbitrary magistrate,
who ruled his subjects with a rod of iron.
Public feeling ran high against him, and open
rebellion broke out. A petition was sent to
his Majesty, which may be seen in the Mas-
sachusetts archives, praying for relief, and this
petition bears John Sinkler's signature, though
he made a mark to his will. He was a sturdy
man, full of the Scotch traditions of pluck,,
frugality and persistence, and accumulated his
share of this world's goods to cheer his life in
the "sere, the yellow leaf." His province rate
was sixteen shillings and four pence. He w-as
the basic ancestor of most of the Sinclairs and
St. Clairs in America. Their diverging lines
are many, and their abodes are everywhere the
sun shineth. His w-ill was made September
14, 1700, to which he made his mark, a round
robin. The first name of his wife was Mary.
She died, and he next married one Deborah.
She was a shrewd woman, and drove a good
bargain, having an eye to the main chance.
She made a business contract with John be-
fore marriage, anticipating the modern sociolo-
gists. W'e imagine it was not wholly a real
love ai¥air. Issue : James, Mary. Sarah,
Maria and John.
(XXR^) James, eldest son of John (3) and
Mary Sinkler, was born in Exeter, July 27,
1760, and this town, beside the tidal Swam-
scott, was always his home. He was a hus-
bandman. At sixteen he entered the military
service in King Philip's war, in Captain John
Holbrook's company, and took the oath of al-
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^771
legiance and fidelity November 30, 1677. He
signed the petition condemning the despotic
Crandall, and his bold signature- may be seen
in the Massachusetts archives. He was a con-
stable in 1694, jur}man in 1703, selectman in
1695, 1700 and 1706. The Indians hung like
a pall over the little community and fell upon
the unprotected settlers unawares. They knew
not of their impending doom till too late. The
home of John Sinkler had been marked for
pillage, but an accidental discovery of the lurk-
ing foe in ambush prevented the terrible catas-
trophe. John was used to the discomforts of
the camp and the sword-play of the field ; for
thirty years of his life was more or less on
the march or the defensive. He bore the title
of sergeant. He was one of the proprietors
of Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and notwith-
standing his blood-letting encounters and his
long, wearying journeys from home and loved
ones, John's life was on the whole a winner
and things ran smoothly and prosperously
enough considering the trying times in which
fate had cast his lot, and as his sun dipped
toward the western horizon he had the where-
withal to make his last days "days of peace."
His will was made July 23, 1732, and his
province rate was two pounds, eighteen shill-
ings and six pence. He married Mary, daugh-
ter of Richard and Prudence (W'aldron)
Scammons, who was born May 31, 1673.
Progeny : John, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan,
Richard, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Mercy, Martha,
David, Zesiah and Mary.
. (XXV) Joseph, second son of James and
Alary (Scammons) Sinkler, was born in Exe-
ter, 1692. He was one of the original pro-
prietors of Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and
by the will of his father received forty acres of
land in Epping, New Hampshire. His name
is upon a petition in the state house at Con-
cord, New Hampshire, regarding an election
in Newmarket. He lived in South Newmarket,
now Newfields, New Hampshire, on Smart
Creek. "Westward the star of the empire takes
its course.'" Joseph disposed of his holdings in
Newmarket, and being of an adventurous turn,
acquired of the Masonian proprietors a tract
of land on Buck street, in the town of Pem-
broke, New Hampshire, and plunged into the
wilderness. His was lot number one, .of fifty-
nine acres, and was near what is now Sun-
cook, on the banks of the musical Merrimack.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Lyford, of Exeter. Children : Thomas, Jo-
seph. John and James.
(XXVI) Thomas, eldest son of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Lyford) Sinkler, was born in
South Newmarket, now Newfields, in 1721,
and is the first time the name Thomas ap-
pears in the family, which conies from the
Lyford line of his mother. He went with his
father to Buck street, Pembroke, the people
hereaway partially obtaining their living by
fishing for lamphrey eels in the Merrimack.
In order to protect the fish in the river, a
petition was sent to the state government to
restrain fishing on certain days. Thomas
signed this, and we may infer he was a fisher-
man as well as a farmer. This was probably
the first attempt made in the United States to
protect fish by law, and the Buck street peti-
tioners builded better than they knew. . The
roaming spirit was still upon Thomas, and he
purchased, September 21, 1764, a farm in "El-
lonstown," now Allenstown, which adjoined
Pembroke. To this place he transferred his
household abode only to remain one year.
Sanborntown, New Hampshire, was the next
place to enroll him as a citizen, and his farm
of ninety acres was on Steel Hill. He was
surveyor of highways, tythingman, and signed
the Association test in 1776. True to his kin-
dred, he could not remain idle when the smell
of powder was in the air, and we accordingly
find him in Captain Chase Taylor's company.
Colonel Stickney's regiment, and General
Stark's brigade. They joined the northern
continental army, but went only as far as
Charlestown, New Hampshire. Thomas once
was young, whereas now he was getting old
and decrepit. The weight of seventy-two win-
ters that had rolled past rested upon his stoop-
ing shoulders somewhat heavily, and the clouds
of eternity were sweeping down upon him.
He had been a pioneer in four towns, South
Newmarket. Pembroke, Allenstown and San-
borntown. Right nobly he had done the work
of a town builder. It would seem he had but
one more move to make, and that to his last
resting place, but his courage was yet good.
The flow of emigration was still westward,
and Vermont was the objective point of many.
Two of his brothers had already gone there,
also his son Benjamin. Together with his son
James, he went to Hardwick, Vermont, and
living a few years, his bones were laid at rest
in December. 1796, in a cofifin painted black.
The records do not state the name of his wife.
His descendants, named from both classical
and biblical sources, were : Thomas, Sarah,
Bathsheba, James, Zebulon and Constantine.
(XX\'II) Thomas (2), second son of
Thomas (i) Sinkler, was born in Newmarket,
April 14, 1751. He settled in Aleredith, New
Hampshire, on Lake Winnepesaukee. His
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home was in the Pease school district near the
Oak Hill church, and the farm he occupied is
now owned by a son of Thomas Veascy.
Thomas was a tall, slender man, and not
blessed with the best of health, which was
contrary to the Sinklers, a robust race. He
died of consumption, a taint which probably
came into the family from other lines. He
attended the Free Baptist church, and though
not a communicant, the reading of the good
Book was a daily custom in his home not hon-
ored in the breach. He was a home body, in-
oflfensive of manner, attended to his private af-
fairs, taking very little interest in public mat-
ters. He married Alary Weed, of Stratham.
New Hampshire, w'ho was born October 25.
1755. 5he died. He married (second) Nancy
Pike, of Meredith, who was thirty-four at the
time. Six of his children were borne by
Mary and two by Nancy. John Meed, James,
Thomas. Mary, William, Joseph, Sarah and
Susan.
(XX\Tn) James (2), second son of Thom-
as (2) and Mary (Meed) Sinkler, was born
in Meredith, New Hampshire, May 9, 1777.
He changed the orthography of the name to
St. Clair, and defying the laws of emigration,
turned his steps eastward, landing at Owls
Head, Thomaston, Maine, December 5, 1803.
This was an undeveloped region, but fast com-
ing into notice as a migrating point for Alas-
sachusetts people. He was a joiner and
worked at his trade in Thomaston, Warren
and Union, Maine. He invested in ninety-six
acres of wild land in Union, and built a log
hut thereon. The new land was rich and fer-
tile, and jjroduced abundant harvests under the
magic touch of the husbandman. Wild beasts
were troublesome, and his wife often fright-
ened away the bears as they were breaking
down the corn. Both husband and wife were
devoted Christians, and the "St Clair path"
over the hill, along which they went to church,
still marks the way. He was dark complex-
ioned, black hair and eyes, six feet and one
inch tall, weighing one hundred and ninety
pounds. He married Sally Wiggin, of Stra-
tham, New Hampshire, who was born Sep-
tember 18, 1778, and died Jime 5, 1868, a
nonagenarian. Posterity: Lavina, Mary,
George Washington, Mehala. Thurza, James
Madison, Erastus, Sarah, Lucy L., Abigail B.
and Guildford D.
(XXIX) Guildford Dudley, youngest son of
James (2) and Sally (Wiggin) St. Clair, was
born in Union, Maine, September 30, 1824,
residing in Camden, that state, and was a ship
carpenter and farmer. He assisted in the con-
struction of many ships for the government in
war time, and was in Maryland and \'irginia
manufacturing ship timber for the northern
market, in 1877 he retired to his farm in
Camden, near Raggcil mountain. He was a
pronounced Republican, taking a deep interest
in public questions of the day, and was an
omniferous reader. He married Leonore
Helen, daughter of Colonel Asa and Hannah
(King) Payson, of Hope, Maine. She was
a schoolteacher, and a w'oman of rare intelli-
gence and much executive ability. Issue :
Ashley, George I'\, Lauriston F., Edna P.,
Eva L., Grace L. and Elmer C.
(XXX) Ashley, eldest son of Guildford
Dudley and Leonore Helen (Payson) St.
Clair, was born in Camden, Maine, IMarch 22,
1847. He was educated in the public schools
of Camden and at the Normal school at Farm-
ington, Maine, where he graduated in i86g.
He came to Calais, where he taught school for
twenty-five years as principal of the high
school. He studied law in the otifice of I Ion.
George M. Hanson, and was admitted to the
Maine bar in 1894, when he formed a partner-
ship w-ith his old law preceptor. He was
elected superintendent of schools for Calais in
1904 and has been relected every year since.
He has been a member of the Calais city coun-
cil, and run one year for the office of county
attorney on the Prohibitory ticket. He is now
a Republican and very active in party coun-
cils. He is a member of the Baptist church,
as also are his family. He is a member of
Calais Lodge, No. 45, Knights of Pythias, of
the Joel A. Hancock Post, No. 34, Grand
Army of the Republic, of which he is past
commander. He enlisted in Company E.,
Second Maine Cavalry, for three years from
November 10, 1863, and served till the end of
the war. His service was in the Department
of the Gulf, under General Banks. His battal-
ion was stationed much of the time at New
Orleans. He had his horse shot from under
him in a skirmish at Marianne, Florida, and
his sabre was shot away from his side at the
same time, in a raid when the rebel legislature
was dispersed. He married, in Philips, JMaine,
September 17, 1871, Sarah Evelyn, daughter
of James and Sarah Tarbox, of Philips. She
was born in Philips in 1850, died Januar\' 20,
1887. Their children were three : Louisa Eve-
lyn, born January 3, 1872, in Philips, married
William A. Holman, of Rockland. Maine; Eda,
born August 18, 1874; Alice Winifred, born
September 2-, 1883, died .August \2, 1885. He
married (second) Mary Louise, daughter of
Isaac and Mary Hanson, of Calais, August 6,
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1890, and three children resulted from this
union: Mary Phyllis, born December 7, i8gi ;
George Ashley, February 19, 1894; and
Guildford Payson, January 22, 1896. They
are all in the Calais public schools.
This family is not so nu-
HODGKINS merously represented in this
country as many others, but
it was early imported from England, and has
borne its full share in proportion to numbers,
in developing the civilization in the settlement
of the nation. It has been conspicuous in
Maine from an early period and sent out to
other states from this commonwealth many
worthy representatives.
(I) William Hodgkins, immigrant ances-
tor, was born before 1600 in England and
came to Plymouth, New Hampshire, among
the early settlers. He was admitted freeman
in 1634 and served as juryman in 1636 at
Plymouth. It is probable that his first wife
died in England. He married (second) De-
cember 21, 1638, Anne Hynes, at Plymouth,
who deposed March 2, 1641, that she had
lived at the house of Mr. Derby, father of
John and Richard Derby. In 1643, January
2, Mr. Hodgkins placed his daughter Sarah
with Thomas and Winfred Whitney to remain
until twenty years of age. He removed to
Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 164 1, and prob-
ably died there. His children born of the first
marriage were : William and Sarah. Those
of the second : A child born at Ipswich, No-
vember 30, 1647, ^"'J Samuel, 1654.
(II) William (2), son of William (i)
Hodgkins, was born 1622, in England, and
came with his father to Ipswich in 1641. He
resided near Little Neck in the town of Ips-
wich for over fifty years, beginning about
1641, and died December 26, 1693. He mar-
ried Grace, daughter of Osmond Dutch, of
Gloucester, Massachusetts, and they were the
parents of William, Samuel, Mary, Edward,
Hezekiah, Thomas, Christopher, John, Mar-
tha, Abigail and Hannah.
(III) Samuel, son of William (2) and
Grace (Dutch) Hodgkins, was born Novem-
ber 2, 1658, in Ipswich, and settled in Glouces-
ter before 1684. In 1694 he was appointed to
keep the ferry at Tyndall Cove, where he had
already built a house. By trade he was a shoe-
maker. His first wife, Hannah, was born
about 1660, died July 28, 1724, and he mar-
ried (second) May 3, 1725, Mary Stock-
bridge. His children were : Samuel, Han-
nah, John, Philip, William, Adam, Jedediah,.
Patience, Abigail, Mercy, David, Martha,
Anna, Jonathan and Experience.
(1\') Philip, fourth son of Samuel and Han-
nah Hodgkins, was born January 25, 1690, in
CSloucester, and removed to Falmoutli, Alaine,
in company with his brother Jedediah ; the
latter was married in 1722 at Gloucester to
Sarah Millet, of that town, and had born
there before his removal two daughters, Sarah
and Judith.
(V) Philip (2) and Shemuel, probably sons
of Philip (i) Hodgkins, of Gloucester, were
settlers about 1774 in Hancock, jMaine, on the
banks of the Skillings river, about ten miles
north of Mt. Desert Island. Others of the
name in that vicinity were : Moses and Ed-
ward Hodgkins, and all had farms in the same
vicinity. That of Philip consisted of one hun-
dred and sixty-five acres and fifty-six rods, at
F"renchman's Bay, at the mouth of the Skill-
ings river, in what is now Marlboro. He had
children : Edward, Jane, James, Mary, Lucy,
Moses, Samuel and William. ( Samuel and
descendants receive mention in this article. )
(VI) Samuel, fourth son of Philip (2)
Hodgkins, married Sally Flagg and their chil-
dren included ; Philip, Eben, Selinda, Xancy,
Eunice, Hannah, Polly, Susan and Sally.
(VH) Philip (3), elder son of Samuel and
Sally (Flagg) Hodgkins, married Mary Blunt,
and their children were : Edmund, Alfred,
Sophia, Amanda, Walter, Wallace and Jeffer-
son.
(VIII) Colonel Jefferson, youngest son of
Philip (3) and IMary (Blunt) Hodgkins. was
born October 27, 1844, at Lamoine, Maine,
and attended the public schools of his native
town. When a young man he became a sailor
and for several years went out from New
York and Boston. He served his. country as
private in Company C, Twenty-sixth Maine
Infantry, enlisting from Trenton, now La-
moine, and was mustered out with his regi-
ment at Bangor. In 1867 he removed to Cali-
fornia and engaged in farming for a time,
then became a railway engineer, and drove the
first stake for the Southern Pacific railroad in
1868. He removed to Kansas and joined a
United States preliminary survey party, spend-
ing two years in the Chickasaw Lands. He
was taken sick in Kansas and his illness lasted
long enough to compel the expenditure of the
money he had saved, and in 1872 he arrived in
Chicago with only two and a half dollars in
his possession. The first work he did in that
city was loading sand on the dock. He was
for three years superintendent of the Chicago
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Dredging & Duck Company, and then en-
gaged in contracting business for himself.
About 1 88 1 he organized and became president
of Kimball & Cobb Stone Company-, after a
few years consolidating with Browncll Im-
provement Company, of which company he is
now president. The firm's principal quarries
are located a few miles south of Chicago, at
Thornton. Illinois, where they own five hun-
dred acres and have an annual capacity of five
hundred thousand cubic yards of crushed
stone. They also have extensive lime kilns,
and take large contracts for elevating the
tracks of railroad companies within the city of
Chicago. He is independent in his religious
views, is a Republican, served two terms as
commissioner for Cook county, and was for
twelve years one of the South Park commis-
sioners. He is a member of the order of An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons, being a
Knight Templar, and belongs to clubs as fol-
lows : Union League, Chicago Club of Lake
Geneva. South Shore and Commercial. Colonel
Hodgkins served on the military staff of Jo-
seph Fifer during that governor's term, in the
state of Illinois. He is a member of Columbia
Post, Grand Army of the Republic, also Vet-
eran's Club. He is a director of the Engle-
wood State Bank of Chicago. He married
Jennie, daughter of William Lewis, of Orange,
New Jersey, and they have two children. Wil-
liam Lewis and one adopted daughter, Edna,
who married Roy Adams.
(IX) William Lewis, only son of Colonel
Jefferson and Jennie (Lewis) Hodgkins, was
born May 15, 1875, at Chicago. He received
his education in the public schools of Chicago
and Purdue L'nivcrsity of Lafayette, Indiana,
graduating with the class of 1897. ^1 th^^
year he entered the service of Brownell Im-
provement Company, of which he is now vice-
president. He is a member of Builders',
Union League, Chicago Yacht, Lake Geneva,
Kenwood and Midlothian clubs. November
24, 1903, he married May Press.
(\T) William, youngest son of Philip (2)
Hodgkins, married Susan Doane, and they
were the parents of: Samuel, Nathan, Thomas,
Asa, Eliza, Phoebe, Daniel, William, Alartha
and Henry.
(VII) Thomas, third son of William and
Susan (Doane) Hodgkins, married Margaret
Moon, and their children were: Asa, Roland,
Curtis. Caroline. Fairfield and Thomas Jefifer-
son.
(\TII) Tliomas JefTerson, youngest son of
Thomas and Margaret (Moon) Hodgkins,
was born September 20, 1844, at Hancock,
Maine. Attended the schools of his native
town, also seminaries at East Corinth and
Bucksport, Maine. At the age of seventeen
he began teaching schools, which he followed
during fall and winter months in his native
and adjoining towns for fifteen years with
marked success. \\'hile teaching he was also
engaged in farming and fishing business. Fol-
lowing this for five years he engaged in fire
insurance and cooperage business. Served his
town one term as member of the town board
and assessor, and three years as school su-
pervisor. For several years was in charge of
the office and general stor^ of the Stimpson
Granite Company of Sullivan, Maine. In
1887 he removed to Chicago, Illinois, when
he became conncited with the firm of L. A.
Marshall, general contractors. After spend-
ing two years with this firm he was for two
years secretary and general manager of the
Minnehaha Granite Company of Rowena,
South Dakota. Following this he entered the
employ of Thomas J. Ryan on the Chicago
Board of Trade, with whom he remained for
four years as chief and confidential clerk.
Since 1895 he has been in the employ of the
Brownell Improvement Company of Chicago
as manager of the sand and cinder depart-
ments and now general salesman. He is a
Democrat, and independent in religious views.
January 5, 1867, he married Myra Cecelia,
daughter of Jeremiah Wooster, of Hancock,
Maine. They became the parents of: Sarah
Wooster, Harriet Mabel and Harold Curtis.
Among the passengers of the
FULLER "Mayflower," 1620, were Ed-
ward and Samuel Fuller, who
have been mentioned by various chroniclers of
early colonial history as the "famous broth-
ers." They were among the signers of the
compact. Edward Fuller and his wife both
died in 1621, during the second winter after
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. They had a
son Samuel, who came in the "Mayflower,"
and also a son Matthew,' who did not come
over until 1623, and then in company with
Bridget, wife of Dr. Samuel, brother of Ed-
ward.
(I) Dr. Samuel Fuller of the "Mayflower,"
progenitor of the family here under considera-
tion, was a physician of much skill and a man
who was distinguished for his great piety and
upright character. He lived in the Plymouth
colony and died there in 1633. He married
(first) in London, England, Elsie Glascock,
who died before 1613; married (second) in
Leyden, Holland, in 1613, Agnes Carpenter,
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who died before 1617; and married (third) in
Leyden, in 1617, Bridget Lee, who came over
in the "Ann" in 1623, in company with
Matthew, son of Edwanl Fuller. She also
brought with her an infant child, who died
soon after she arrived at Plymouth. Dr. Sam-
uel and Bridget (Lee) Fuller had two chil-
dren born in Plymouth, Samuel and ]\Iercy,
the latter of whom married Ralph James.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Dr. Samuel (i)
and Bridget (Lee) Fuller, lived in Aliddleboro,
Massachusetts. The baptismal name of his
wife was Elizabeth, and she bore him seven
children: i. Mercy, married Daniel Cole. 2.
Samuel, born 1659. 3- Experience! married
James Wood. 4. John. 3. Elizabeth, married
Samuel Eaton. 6. Hannah, married Eleazer
Lewis. 7. Isaac.
(III) Samuel (3), of Plympton, Massachu-
setts, son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth Fuller,
of Middleboro, was born in 1659, married
Mercy Eaton and had by her eleven children :
I. Nathaniel, born 1687. 2. Samuel, 1689. 3.
William, 1691. 4. Seth, 1692, married (first)
Sarah, daughter of Adam Wright, (second)
widow DelDorah Cole. 5. Ebenezer, 1695,
married Joanna Gray. 6. Benjamin, 1696. 7.
Elizabeth, 1697. 8. John, 1698. 9. Jabez,
1701. ID. ]\Iercy, 1702, married Ebenezer
Raymond. 11. James, 1704, married Judith,
daughter of Henry Rickard.
( I\') Xathaniel, son of Samuel (3) and
Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, was born probably in
Plympton. Massachusetts, in 1687, and mar-
ried in 1712. IMartha Sampson. They had
seven children: i. Sarah, born 1712, married
(first) Isaac Sturtevant, of Halifax, (second)
probably Austin Bearce. 2. Ruth, 1714, mar-
ried James Cobb. 3. Amos, 1719, married
(firr-t) Abigail Harlow, (second) Rachel
. 4. Xathaniel, 1721, married Lydia
Perry. 5. Barnabas, 1723. 6. Jesse, 1726. 7.
Samuel, 1729.
{V ) Barnabas, son of Nathaniel and ]\Iar-
tha (Sampson) Fuller, was born in 1723, and
married in 1748 Rebecca Cushman, a de-
scendant of the fifth generation of Robert
Cushman, who was born in England about
1580 and about 1602 joined the church at
Scrooby with Rev. John Robinson, Elder
Brewster, Governor Carver, Governor Brad-
ford, Isaac Allerton and others. It was he
who hired the "Mayflower" for the transpor-
tation of the first colony of Pilgrims, 1620,
while he and his son Thomas took passage in
the "Fortune" in 1621. He was a preacher,
although not a clergyman, and the day before
he sailed he preached a sermon to his old
friends and gave them great hope and cour-
age, notwithstanding their misfortunes. It
was a remarkable discourse, and was the first
printed sermon delivered in New England.
He was influential in securing the charter for
the Plymouth colony and also took a promi-
nent part in the settlement of the Massachu-
setts Bay colony at Cape Ann. He died sud-
denly in 1625. Governor Bradford said of
him that "he was our right hand with the ad-
venturers, who for diverse years has managed
all our business with them to our great ad-
vantage." The name of his wife is not known,
and his son Thomas, who came with his father,
is the only child of wdnom there is a record.
Barnabas and Rebecca (Cushman) Fuller had
nine children : i. Jesse, born 1748. 2. Bar-
zillai, 1 75 1. 3. Robert, 1752. 4. Martha,
1754. 5. Azubah, 1736. 6. Joshua, 1758. 7.
Rebecca, 1761. 8. Ruth, 1764. 9. Barnabas,
1768.
(VI) Jesse, son of Barnabas and Rebecca
(Cushman) Fuller, was born in 1748 and went
to live in the province of Maine. The later
years of his life were spent in Lincolnville, and
he died there. He married Ruth, born Au-
gust 7, 1738, daughter of Kimball Prince,
born May 9, 1726, died 1814; married No-
vember 13, 1749, Deborah, daughter of Dea-
con John Fuller. Kimball Prince was a
son of Job Prince, who was born in
1695, ^nd whose wife was Abigail .
Job Prince was a son of Thomas Prince,
baptized August 3, 1638, and lived in
Scituate, Massachusetts. He married Ruth
Thomas, and had sons Thomas, Benja-
min and Job. Thomas Prince was the young-
est of twelve children of John Prince, who
came from England and died in Hull, Massa-
chusetts, August 6, 1676. He was a son of
the Rev. John Prince, of Strafford, England.
Jesse and" Ruth (Prince) Fuller had thirteen
children: i. Joshua, born 1778, removed from
Castine to Thomaston, Maine, in 1794, and
there was apprenticed to the trade of car-
penter and joiner with H. Prince : married
Nancy Adams. 2. Deborah. 3. Captain Sam-
uel, born 1782. 4. Jesse, died young. 5.
Noah. 6. Ruth. 7. John. 8. Rebecca. 9.
Barnabas. 10. Kimball. 11. IMartha. 12.
Sarah. 13. Jesse.
(ATI) Captain Samuel (4), son of Jesse
and Ruth (Prince) Fuller, was born in 1782,
probably in Castine, Maine, and died in Thom-
aston in 1846. He went to Thomaston from
Castine and there learned the trade of car-
penter and joiner, but in 1807 removed to St.
George. ]\Iaine. and for a time engaged in
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trade with H. Prince. Esquire. He afterward
returned to Tliomastoii and carried on trade
at Mill River, aijid also engaj;ed in coasting,
in which latter occupation, being a ma.ster
mariner, he acquired the title of captain. For
a time also he lived in Boston, but .soon re-
turned to Thomaslon, and was deputy sheriff
from 1815 to 1S21, postmaster, register of
deeds for the eastern district of Lincoln
county. On July 9, 1806, he married Nancy
Coombs, born St. George, Maine, December
31, 1792, who carried on business as a mil-
liner from the time she was sixteen years old
until the time of her death, being then eighty-
two years old. Captain Samuel and Nancy
(Coombs) F'ullcr had twelve children: i.
George \V., born May 23, 1808, died July 1,
1808. 2. Colonel Sylvester, born Castine, No-
vember 19, 1809, died January 10, 1855; lived
in Thomaston and was a tavern keeper; mar-
ried, April 8, 1837, Amelia D. Holmes. 3.
Asa E., born March 8, 181 2, was a trader
and lived in Thomaston; married (first) July
5, 1846, Mary D. Snow; married (second)
October 25, 1857, -^"n B. Snow. 4. Caroline
S., born October 30, 1814, lived in Wiscasset
and Thomaston ; married Edwin Rose. 5.
Nancy, born August 19, 1816, was drowned
in September, 1860; married, March 31, 1845,
Charles N. Flopkins. 6. Sarah L., born De-
cember 3, 1818, married, April 7, 1842, Cap-
tain Jeremiah Murray, and removed to Cali-
fornia. 7. Mary S., lx)rn March 18, 1821,
married Captain John T. Spofford, and lived
in Rockland, Maine. 8. Isabella B. P., born
Boston, June 20, 1823, died on board the ship
"Alice Counce" on the passage from Alel-
bourne to Callao, and was buried in Thomas-
ton, July 20, 1861 ; married Captain William
John Singer. 9. Rev. Samuel Alexander, born
July 10, 1825. in Boston. 10. Ruth J., born
November 2, 1827, died April 19, 1850; was
a music teacher and assistant regi.ster of deeds.
II. Abby B., born iMarch 4, 1830, married
Levi B. Miller and lived in Chelsea, Massa-
chusetts. 12. Jane G., born October 4, 1842,
married Captain William John Singer, of
Thomaston.
(\]I1) Rev. Samuel Alexander, son of Cap-
tain Samuel and Nancy (Coombs) Fuller, was
born jn Boston, Massachusetts, July 10, 1825,
and for many years w^as a clergyman of the
Methodist Episcopal church. He also was an
artist of considerable celebrity and many fine
portraits and landscape paintings have been
produced by his brush. I''or fifteen vears he
was connected with the East Maine' Confer-
ence and afterward was transferred to the
New England Conference. He preached sev-
eral years at West Hampstead, giving his
services where he felt the need of a chapel for
the benefit of those children and older ones
who could not go to the Centre. They at first
formed a Sunday school and the interest in-
creased, and in 1897 the Methodist Church of
the New Flampstead Conference was estab-
lished. He retired from the active work of
the ministry about 1898. For many years,
too, he was earnestly identified with the tem-
perance work of the Massachusetts Total .\b-
stinence Society. In 1862, during the second
year of the civil war, he enlisted for nine
months and served as chaplain of the First
Maine \'olunleer Cavalry. On May 12, 1S55,
Mr. Fuller married Susan Elizabeth Greenlaw,
of Waldo, Maine, daughter of Alexander
Greenlaw, who built the first framed house at
\\'aIdo, aild sister of Alexander Greenlaw, a
s(;l(lier of the civil war, and who was killed
in the battle of Williamsburg, \irginia. Alex-
ander Greenlaw, after leaving Maine, entered
the Fortieth New York Regiment at West
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts. Before departure
he nailed the American flag on a very high
pole, with the request that it remain for him
to take down on his return. It floated as long
as there was a vestige left. Rev. Samuel
Alexander and Susan Elizabeth (Greenlaw)
Fuller had three children: i. William John,
born Newport, Maine, February 26, 1856; af-
ter leaving the public schools he attended the
Wilbraham Academy, at Wilbrahani, Massa-
chusetts, and later was associated with his
brother Samuel A. at law in Boston. While
at his summer home at Derby he broke his
arm, and died at the Massachusetts General
Hospital of blood poisoning, July, 1906. He
was married to Ada Spaulding, of Charles-
town, Massachusetts, February, i8go; they had
four children : Samuel Alexander, born No-
vember, 1891 ; William John, September, 1S93 ;
James Spaulding, 1895, died 1899; Benjamin
Butler, November, 1905; all were born in
Derry, New Hampshire. 2. Catherine Marie,
born May 28, 1857. 3. Samuel Alexander,
born Dresden, Maine, February 22, 1859, at-
tended Pinkerton Academy of Derry, New
Hampshire; studied law in the office of Steven
B. Ives and Otis P. Lord, of Salem; after-
ward at Boston University Law School ; was
admitted to Essex bar in 1882, at Salem, Mas-
sachuetts, and in 1886 went to Boston; mar-
ried Sadie Isabella Dean, July i, 1895. at
Somerville, Massachusetts ; five children : Dor-
aihca Isabell, March 3, 1897; Susan Beatrice
September i, 1898; William D., June 22,
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1900; Samuel Alexander, October 27, lyoi ;
Earl Randolph, April 20, 1908.
(IX) Catherine ^larie, only daughter of
Rev. Samuel Alexander and Susan Elizabeth
(Greenlaw) Fuller, was born in Brewer,
Maine, iMa}- 28, 1857, and was educated in
public schools in Searsport, Brew-er, Maine,
^Irs. Hill's private school at North Brook-
field. Leicester, jMillbury and Topsfield, ]\Ias-
sachusetts, and Adams Female Seminary, at
Derry, New- Hampshire, where she graduated
in 1878. She is a member and treasurer of
the Sons and Daughters of Maine Society, of
Nashua, New^ Hampshire; the King's Daugh-
ters, the Good Templars, of Hampstead, New
Hampshire, and Daughters of Grand Army of
the Republic, of Nashua. At Derry, New
Hampshire, October 4, 1884, she married
Charles A. Huntington, of Nashua, and had
four children, three of whom were graduates
of the Nashua public schools: 1. Edgar Al-
stein, born August 22, 18S5, married, January
31, 1904, Molly C. Brackett. 2. Helen Al-
meda, June 22, 1889. 3. Anna ^lay, July 9,
1893, died August i, 1894. 4. Isabel Fuller,
March 31, 1895.
The surname JMayo may be iden-
AIAYO tical with IMayhew. a name dis-
tinguished by Rev. Thomas May-
hew-, the noble preacher to the Indians at Mar-
tha's Vineyard, son of Thomas JMayhew, of
Watertown, Massachusetts, but some authori-
ties believe that the names are distinct and the
immigrants not related, stating that 2\layo is
distinctively an Irish name.
(I) Rev. John ]\Iayo, immigrant ancestor
of this family, was born in England, edu-
cated there, and was presumably a college
graduate. He came to New England in 1638
or 1639, ^""i '" the latter year became teacher
in Mr. Lothrop's church at Barnstable. Ply-
mouth colony. He was admitted a freeman
March 3, 1639-40, by the general court at
Plymouth. About 1644 he removed to Nauset,
or Nawset, later Eastham, Massachusetts,
upon the gathering of a church at that place,
and became the minister. There is no account
of his connection with the church at Nauset
in existing town or church records. Among
the list of men able to bear arms in 1643 ™
Plymouth county, we find the names of Mr.
Mayo and his sons Samuel and Nathaniel, all
of Barnstable, however. Samuel i\Iayo and
his father were of the forty-five original set-
tlers of Barnstable. Mr. ^layo remained at
Eastham until 1655, when he was called to
Boston to become pastor of the Second
Church, and ordained there November 9, 1655.
He preached the election sermon before the
general court in June, 1658. There is little
known of ^Ir. Mayo's pastorate excepting
what is contained in the church records in
the handwriting of Rev. Increase Mather, wdio
succeeded him in the ministry: "In the be-
ginning of the year 1670, Mr. Mayo, the pas-
tor, grew very infirm, insomuch as the con-
gregation were unable to hear and be edified,
wherefore the brethren (the pastor manifest-
ing his concurrence) desired the teacher to
take care for a supply of the congregation that
the worshipful God may be upheld amongst
us, wdiich was for the present by him consented
to, as Christ should enable him." "Tn the
15th of the 2d. month (April) 1673, ^Ir. iMayo
removed his person and goods also from Bos-
ton, to reside with his daughter in Barnstable
wdiere (and at Yarmouth) since he hath lived
a private life, not being able through the in-
firmities of old age to do the work of the min-
istry."
He died at Yarmouth, May 3, 1676, and
was buried at Barnstable. His widow Tamsen
died February 3, 1682. While living in Bos-
ton, Mr. Mayo owned a house lot and house
on Middle (now Hanover) street, thirty-eight
by one hundred twenty feet, selling it in 1672
for 210 pounds to Abraham Cording. A
horse belonging to him was killed in the ex-
pedition against King Philip at Blount Hope,
in 1675. He must have been born as early
as 1590, for his son Samuel at least was of
age in 1640. A committee was appointed by
the court to settle his estate upon his wife
and children. June 7, 1676. The inventory
was presented by his widow Thamasin, not in-
cluding goods she brought at marriage. The
division of the estate was agreed upon be-
tween the widow, the son John, Samuel, Han-
nah and Bathsheba, children of son Nathaniel,
deceased: Joseph Howes; daughter Hannah
Bacon. «
Children, all born in England: i. Samuel,
mentioned below. 2. Hannah, married Decem-
ber 4, 1642, Nathaniel Bacon. 3. Elizabeth,
married Joseph Howes, and died in 1701. 4.
John, married, January i, 1651, Hannah Rey-
croft, of Lecroft; had eight sons, of whom
Daniel lived at Wellfieet ; children, born at
Eastham: i. John, December 15, 1652; ii.
Wilham, October 7, 1654; iii. James, October
3, 1656; many descendants at Eastham; iv.
Samuel, August 2, 1658: v. Elisha, November
7, 1661 ; vi. Daniel, January 24, 1664; vii. Na-
thaniel, April 2, 1667 ; viii. Thomas, June 24,
1670, died young; ix. Thomas, July 15, 1672.
1780
STATE OF MAINE.
5. Xatlianicl, married Febniar)- 13, 1650, Han-
nah Prcncc. and lie died in 1661; children:
Samuel, Hannah, Bathsheba.
(II) Rev. Samuel, son of Rev. John -Mayo,
was born about 1615, in England. He was
ordained a teaching elder (minister) .April 15,
1640, at I!arnstal)le, and was associated with
his father there. His name does not appear in
the settlement of his father's estate, but he
probably had sold his interest to one of the
other heirs. At any rate he was then living
on Long Island, at a great distance. All au-
thorities agree that he was the son of Rev.
John. He followed the sea, and became mas-
ter mariner: bought a large tract of land of
the Indians at Uyster Bay. in 1653, and went
thither about 1654. Four years or so later
he settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he
died in 1663. He married Thomazinc (same
as Tamsen. etc.) Lumpkin, daughter of Will-
iam and Thomasine Lumpkin. His wife joined
the church at Barnstable, January 20, 1649.
His name is one of the list of those able to
bear arms in 1643. Children: i. ^lary. born
at Barnstable, 1645. 2. Samuel, born at Barn-
stable, 1647; baptized with Mary, February 3.
1649. 3. Hannah, born at r.arnstable, 1650.
baptized October 20, 1650. 4. Elizabeth, born
at Barnstable, 1653, baptized May 22, 1653.
5. Joseph, born at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
1654-55. 6. John, born 1656-57; mentioned
below. 7. Nathaniel, born at Boston, 1658.
8. Sarah, born at Boston, 1660.
(III) John (2). son of Samuel Mayo, was
born in Oyster Bay. Long Island, 1656-57.
He settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, and
removed later to Harwich, now Brewster,
Massachusetts, where he died February 15,
1744. .He was elected the first representative
to the general court from Harwich after it was
incorporated, and served several years after-
ward. He held many other important offices.
A monument was erected on h^s grave in
Brewster, and is still standing. He married,
April 14, 1681, Hannah Freeman, born 1665,
died February i, 1756, daughter of Major
John and Mercy (Prence) Freeman. Her
father was born in England, in 1628, and
died at Eastham, October 28, 1719; her
mother, Mercy Prence (or. Prince), was born
at Plymouth, in 1631, died at Eastham, Sep-
tember 28. 171 1 ; married, I'ebruary 13, 1649-
50, Major John Freeman. She was daughter
of Governor Thomas Prence, who was born
in England, in 1600. and died at Plymouth,
March 29. 1673 ; married. August 5, 1624,
Patience Brewster, who was born in England,
and died at Plymouth in 1634, daughter of
Elder \\'illiam Brewster, born at Scrooby,
England; married Mary ; died at Ply-
mouth about April 18, 1643, one of the most
distinguished Pilgrims who came in the "May-
tlower" in 1620. All the descendants of this
generation of the Mayo family are entitled to
be classed as Mayflower descendants. Chil-
dren of John and Hannah (Freeman) Mayo:
I. Hannah, born January 8, 1682. 2. John,
1683. 3. Samuel, July 16, 1684; mentioned
below. 4. Mercy, 1688. 5. Rebecca, 1690. 6.
Mary, 1694. 7. Joseph, i'696. 8. Elizabeth,
1706.
(I\') Samuel (2), son of John (2) Mayo,
was born in Harwich, July 16, 1684. He
lived in the easterly part of liarwich, now the
southerly part of Orleans, near which many
of his descendants now reside. He married
(first) Abigail Sparrow, (second) Mercy
Snow. Children, all born at Harwich, by
first wife (mentioned in will dated April 1(3,
1759) • '■ Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Sam-
uel, died young. 3. John, died young. 4.
Samuel. 5. Rev. John.
(\') Thomas, son of Samuel (2) Mayo, was
born in Harwich, Massachusetts, about 1720.
He settled in South Orleans, on or near the
homestead, and was a farmer. He died at
Orleans in 1794. He married (firsf) Feb-
ruary 28, 1745; (second) October 27, 1757,
Sarah Iliggins, widow. Children: 1. Thom-
as. 2. Samuel, died young. 3. John, died
young. 4. Samuel. 5. Rev. John. 6. James,
mentioned below.
(\T) James, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Higgins) Mayo, was born June 16. 1761.
He lived in Orleans until after his marriage
about that time, then settled in Hampden,
Maine, probably just after the revolution. He
was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain
Isaiah Higgins' company, Major Zenas \Vins-
low's regiment, at the alarms at Bedford and
Falmouth, on Cape Cod, 1778. He married,
and among his children was Jt)seph, mentioned
below.
(\'TI) Joseph, son of James Mayo, was
born in Hampden, Alaine, about 1790-1800.
He was educated in the public schools, and
learned the trade of cooper in his native town,
Hampden. He married and had Leonard,
mentioned below.
(VIII) Leonard, son of Joseph Mayo, was
born in Hampden. Maine, and died at Hodg-
don. ]^Iaine. He was educated in the public
schools of his native town, where he also
learned his trade as cooper. He was called
to the ministry and studied divinity, was or-
dained a Baptist minister at St. George, Maine,
STATE OF MAINE.
1 78 1
and for many years followed the profession
as minister of the gospel in North Haven,
Surry. Deer Isle, Sherman and Hodgdon,
Maine. He finally settled upon a farm that he
bought in Hodgdon, and remained there the
remainder of his life. He was a Republican
in politics until his last years, when he voted
the Prohibitionist party ticket. He married
Nancy Wythington, born at Camden, Maine,
died at Hodgdon. Children: i. Joseph S. 2.
Emma. 3. Lizzie. 4. Edward Payson, men-
tioned below. 5. William. 6. Harriet.
(IX) Edward Payson, son of Leonard
Mayo, was born at North Haven, April y,
1853. He received his education in the pub-
lic schools of Llodgdon and in Houlton Acad-
emy. He then began to work as an appren-
tice in the office of the Portland Daily Press,
and was promoted step by step until he be-
came the city editor. In 1878, after ten years
on this newspaper, he purchased an interest in
the Somerset Reporter, a weekly newspaper
published in Skow began. He was in partner-
ship in this venture with J. O. Smith. After
seven years the firm was dissolved, and Mr.
Mayo purchased the Fairfield Journal. A
short time afterward he admitted W. S. Ladd
to partnership in the business, and five years
later he sold his interest to his partner. He
then became the Boston and New York repre-
sentative of the Lezi'iston Journal for one year,
resigning to become manager and editor of
the newspaper, Turf. Farm and Home, pub-
lished at Auburn, and afterward was elected
treasurer of the company. In 1894 the com-
pany moved its plant to Waterville, and con-
tinued to publish their newspaper under more
favorable conditions. Mr. ilayo has been an
important factor in the success of this well-
known publication.
Mr. Mayo is a Republican in politics. By
appointment of Governor Hill he is state iiV
spector of prisons and jails. He was formerly
president of the Central Maine Fair Associa-
tion, and is an institute speaker. He is sec-
retary of the i\Iaine Conference of Charities
and Correction, and member of Cascade
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Oakland, and
of Unity Lodge, Odd Fellows, Portland.
He married, October g, 1877, Fannie L.
Higgins, born February 27, 1857, daughter of
Henry D. and Helen (Dudley) Higgins. To
them two children were born : Grace E., born
June 27, 1879, and Marion D., born January
12, 1886. Grace E. married William A. Ar-
cher, of Fairfield, October 9, igoi. and they
have two children : Wesley Mayo Archer,
born November 3, 1902. and Edward Mayo
Archer, born August 23, 1904. Marion D.
was married, April 2, 1907, to George W.
Powers, of Plattsburg, New York, and has
one child, Gertrude I\layo Powers, born Octo-
ber 29, 190S.
The list of the passengers of the
ROGERS "Mayflower" as preserved by
Governor Bradford and given at
the end of his history, cannot be overestimated
by the genealogist. In this "List of May-
flower Passengers," he gives :
(I) "Thomas Rogers, and Joseph, his sone.
His other children came afterwards." And
thirty years after this record he writes : "And
seeing that it hath pleased him to give me to
see thirty years completed since these begin-
nings ; and that the great works of his prov-
idence are to be observed, I have thought it
not unworthy my pains to take a view of the
decreasings and increasings of these persons,
and such changes as hath passed over them &
theirs, in these thirty years. It may be of some
use to those who come after, but however I
shall rest in my owne benefite. I will there-
fore take them in order as they lye." Against
the name of Thomas Rogers he numbers the
living persons "6," and records : "Thomas
Rogers dyed in the first sickness, but his sone
Joseph is still living and is married and hath
6 children. The rest of Thomas Rogers
(children) came over and are married & have
many children." He was the eighteenth
signer to the compact in the "Mayflower," No-
vember II, 1620, and died in Eastham in
1678.
(II) Lieutenant Joseph, probably eldest son
of Thomas, the "Alayflower" passenger, was
also a passenger with his father, and lived
for some time in Duxbury, then in Sandwich,
Plymouth Plantations, but removed to East-
ham after 1654. He had two lots in the
division of the lands of the Plantation, "on
the south side of the brook, to the baywoods"
in 1623, he probably having been granted one
lot on account of his father, who died within
the first six months of the existence of the
colony. In the division of the cattle that had
been imported, especially the "great white
back cow that had been brought over on the
ship Ann." he was made a shareholder in
her yearling calf, a heifer, the ownership in
which priceless property was shared bv thir-
teen of the "passengers." including the Gov-
ernor. This division was made in 1627. Con-
stance Southworth, Samuel Nash, Frances
Sprague, William Peabody and Christopher
Wadswortli were with Governor Bradford
STATE OF MAINE.
and Joseph Rogers, the first settlers of Sand-
wich, which became Duxbury upon its incor-
poration as a town in 1637, and here Sarah,
oldest child of Joseph and Hannah Rogers,
was born, August 6, 1633, and died soon after.
Their second'^child and first son, Joseph (2),
was born in Sandwich, July 20, 1635, and
married, April 4, 1660, Susannah, daughter of
Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring) Deane. Stephen
Deane was one of the pilgrims or "first com-
ers," and arrived at Plymouth Plantation as
one of the passengers of the "Fortune," the
second vessel to arrive, making landing No-
vember, 1621, being made up mostly of pas-
sengers left behintl when the "Speedwell," the
companion vessel to the "Mayfiower," was
abandoned. He set up the first corn mill in
the plantation, having been granted an ex-
clusive right by the colony court in 1632, to
erect a pounding mill. He married, as late as
1627, Elizabeth, daughter of Widow iMary
Ring, but whether Ring was her maiden name
or the name of her mother's first husband,
whose name is not recorded, it is impossible
to ascertain. Stephen Deane died in Septem-
ber, 1634, and his son-in-law, Joseph (2) Rog-
ers, December 27, 1660. Thomas, third child
of Joseph ( I ) Rogers, was born at Sandwich,
March 30, and baptized May 6, 1638; Eliza-
beth, fourth child, was born September 29,
1639; John, fifth child, April 3, 1642; Mary,
sixth, September 22, 1644; James, October 18,
1648. According to Bradford's History, six
of these children were living in 1650, and the
eighth child, Hannah, was born August 18,
1652. The father of these children gained his
rank of lieutenant in the militia enrolled for
protection against the Indians, and Lieutenant
Joseph Rogers, the younger immigrant, died
at Eastham, in the winter of 1677-78. He
married his wife Hannah before 1631, and she
was still living in that town January 12, 1678.
In 1640. when Governor Bradford, on March
2 of that year, surrendered to the freemen the
patent to the colony which right to ownership
had been taken in his name, Joseph Rogers
was one of the "old comers" to share with
the twenty-one others these lands which were
divided in lots and assigned to each as his or
her portion. Lieutenant Joseph Rogers gained
his title from his prominence in the militia,
which was made up of every able-bodied man
in the colony. He had a brother John, of
Marshfield, who became a noted man in the
colony ; and a brother William, who settled in
Hempstead, Long Island, in 1647. William
had a son Noel, who removed from Hemp-
stead to Branford, Connecticut. These chil-
dren of Thomas came over in one of the
many vessels that carried numerous Pilgrims
to the shores of America between 1620 and
1645, ^"'l ^s they were not in company, John
may have come to Plymouth as a servant in
some family, and William must have left the
colony shortly after arriving and found an
abiding place across the sound on Long Island,
where his widow, Ann Rogers, died in 1069,
and his son Noel removed to Branford, Con-
necticut, about the same time, and there mar-
ried, April 8, 1673, Elizabeth, daughter of
IMicall and Elizabeth Tainlor, her father being
a wealthy coaster trading on the New Eng-
land coast. William Rogers may have come
over in the ship "Increase," with James Rog-
ers, possibly another son of Richard. The
"Increase" left England April 15, 1635, and
James liveil in Stratford and ^lilford, Con-
necticut colony, and in 1658 settled perma-
nently in New London, where he was counted
as a man of wealth and power. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Rowland, of
Stratford, and had children : Sanuiel, John,
Baihsheba, James, John and Elizabeth. Lieu-
tenant Joseph Rogers made his will Wednes-
day 2, 12, January 1677-78; the day on which
the inventory of his estate was made was
Tuesday 15, 25, January, 1677-78, and he died
probably a few days after the will was made.
At this time the oldest surviving son, Thomas,
was made executor of the estate, and his
youngest son, James, was also living. Both
of these sons died before October 30, and on
November 9, 1678, Captain John and the only
surviving son, John Rogers, were made ad-
ministrators of the estate which was inven-
toried as worth 56 pounds 9 shillings 1 1 pence.
In his will he named his wife Hannah, his
daughter Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Higgins,
and their son Benjamin Higgins, who was
giii'en two separate bequests, one on condition
that he "the said grandson, l!enjamin Hig-
gins, continued to his grandfather until he
dies."
(Ill) James, youngest son of Lieutenant
Joseph and Hannah Rogers, was born in East-
ham, Plymouth Colony, October 18, 1648. He
married, January 11, 1671, Mary, daughter of
Thomas and Mary (Snow) Paine, grand-
daughter of Nicholas and Constance ( Hop-
kins) Snow, and great-granddaughter of
Stephen Plopkins, a passenger on the "May-
flower,'' 1620. James Rogers was the owner
of the homestead by the will of his father.
James and Mary (Paine) Rogers had three
children born in Eastham : James and Mary
(twins), October 30, 1673, and Abigail,.
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March 2, 1677-78. He was an officer in the
militia with the rank of lieutenant, and died
in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, April 13, 1678,
and his widow subsequently married Israel
Cole, the wealthiest man livino; in Eastham.
(1\) James (2), eldest child and only son
of James (i) and Mary (Paine) Rogers, was
born in Eastham, October 30, 1673. His par-
ents named him Samuel, but his father having
died when he was five years old, his mother
desired to perpetuate the name of her husband,
and caused him to be baptized in 1680 as
James. He married, February 17, 1697, Su-
sannah Tracy, and they lived in that part of
Eastham now known as East Orleans. James
Rogers died September 8, 175 1. Their chil-
dren were: Alary, born . November 20, 169S;
Isaac, December 8, 1701 ; Susannah, January
ig, 1703-04; James (3), May 2, 1706; Abigail,
August 3, 1708, and Thomas, October 2, 1710.
(\') James (3), second son of James (2)
and Susannah (Tracy) Rogers, was born in
Eastham, Massachusetts, May 2, 1706. He
married, May 21, 1730, Hannah Godfrey, of
Chatham, Massachusetts, and settled in Or-
leans, then a part of Eastham, where he died
in February, 1759. The children of James
and Hannah (Godfrey) Rogers were: Lydia,
born April g, 1731 ; James, December 21,
1732; Silvanus, May 14, 1736, died young;
Prince, June 29, 1738; Samuel, August 7,
1740; Silvanus, December 22, 1742; Susan-
nah, October 19, 1748; Jonathan, August 3,
1750. Prince Rogers removed to Hampden,
Alaine, about 1780, but soon after returned to
Eastham, Massachusetts, and later his son
Prince removed to Maine and his descendants
settled in Orrington and Brewer.
(\T) Samuel, fourth son of James (3) and
Hannah (Godfrey) Rogers, was born August
7, 1740. He was of a roving disposition and
his successive places of residence after he left
Orleans were Orrington. Maine ; Eastham.
Harwich and Nantucket, Massachusetts ; El-
lington, Connecticut ; Castine, Orrington and
Hampden, Maine. He married (first) De-
borah Basset, of Chatham. November 12, 1762,
and their children were : Lydia. born in East-
ham, April 10, 1763; Deborah, June 27, 1765;
Samuel, date of birth unknown ; James. June
24. 1767; Nabby, July 23. 1780. He and his
wife Deborah were members of the South
Church, Eastham, before 1772, and some years
after 1775 went to Orrington, Maine, where
they resided for several years, returning to
Orleans after selling their land in Maine to
Jesse Rogers. He married (second) Amy,
daughter of Elnathan and Hannah (Allen)
Wing, of Harwich, Massachusetts, and widow
of William Cooper, and while they lived at
Ellington, Connecticut, their only child. Allen,
was born, I'ebruary 21, 1786. His wife died
in Orleans, Massachusetts, in 1804, and in
1814 he was at Castine, when the British at-
tacked that place, and he removed up the river
to Hampden, where he died September 5, 1825.
His brother Silvanus married Pricilla Young,
and was living in Hampden, Maine, about
1780. when his brother Prince was there, and
they lived in lot No. 40, where their son Isaac
and two daughters, their only children, were
born.
(\TI) Allen, only child of Samuel and Amy
(Wing) Rogers, was born in Ellington, Con-
necticut, February 21, 1786. He lived with
his half-sister, Cynthia (Cooper) Wing, at
Livermore. Maine, until he was twenty-one
years of age, and then removed to Mt. Vernon,
Maine, where he studied medicine with Dr.
Ouimby, a physician of wide reputation, and
on being admitted to practice he settled in Or-
rington, Maine, removing in a few years to
Hampden, Maine. He married (first) Mary
\\'yman, born January 14, 1786, died May 18,
1858; children: Lucinda, born December 30,
1804, died June 3, 18S7: Cynthia, November
29, 1806, died July 28, 1808; Samuel, March
2~, i8og, died February 10, 1889; Allen (2),
June 7, 181 1, died July 8, i860; Cynthia, Au-
gust 7, 1813, died June 9, 1816; Mary, Feb-
ruary 3, 1816, died June 27, 1875; William
W., February 12, 1817, died September 7,
1896; Frankhn, February 5, 1819, died May
18, 1842; Eliza, May 16, 1821, died June 29,
1829; Lovina, August i, 1823, died April 15,
1835 ; Andelusia, March 7, 1826, died July 29,
1830. The mother of these children died May
18, 1858, and Dr. Allen Rogers married (sec-
ond) Sarah (Wood) Ouimby, who had no
children by this second marriage. Dr. Rogers
died July 28, 1864.
(VHI) William Wyman, third son and
seventh child of Dr. Allen and Alary (Wy-
man) Rogers, was born in Hampden, Maine,
February 12, 1817. He began his active busi-
ness life as a sailor, and became master of a
vessel, and later was engaged with his brother
Allen as a dealer in ship stores and groceries
at Hampden Corners. He was next at Ells-
worth, Alaine, where he was in the mill busi-
ness and a furniture dealer. When his father
gave up his drug business, William returned
to Hampden and took the drug store owned
by his father, and subsequently engaged in the
coal and hay business. He married (first)
Mary Stubbs ; children: William, born July
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STATE OF JNIAINE.
23, 1840; Franklin G., June 10, 1844; George,
March 14, 1845, died April 23, 1858; Henry,
October 9, 1849, died August 10, 1881 ; Clara,
June 28, 1850, 'died September 5, 1855; Eliza
E., January 18, 1853; Allen E., April 21,
1855. He married (second) Eunice Staples,
widow of William Berry, of Stockton, Maine.
(IX) Franklin Green, second son of William
Wyman and Mary (Stubbs) Rogers, was
born in Hampden, Maine, June 10, 1844. He
was an apothecary in the drug store of his
father, and when the civil war broke out he
went as master's mate in the ship "Union," in
the United States navy, and at the close of the
war went to sea as master of a ship. After
one or two voyages he returned home, took the
drug store of his father, and was married
December i, 1867, to Georgiana, daughter of
Abisha and IMary Garland Higgins, and their
three children were born in Hampden, as fol-
lows: Clara, September 30, 1869; Franklin
G., November 7, 1873, died December 25,
1874; Allen, May 22, 1876.
(X) Allen, youngest son of Franklin Green
and Georgiana (Higgins) Rogers, was born
in Hampden, Maine, January 22, 1876. He
was prepared for college at Hampden Acad-
emy, and was graduated at the University of
Maine, B. S., 1897, and at the University of
Pennsylvania, Ph. D., 1902. He served as
an instructor in chemistry in the University of
Maine, 1897-1900; was a graduate student at
the University of Pennsylvania, 1900-02; sen-
ior fellow of the University of Pennsylvania,
1902-03; instructor in chemistry, University of
Pennsylvania, 1903-04; research chemist,
Oakes Manufacturing Company, New York
City, 1904-05 ; instructor in industrial chem-
istry, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York,
since 1905. His university affiliations were
with the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and the
Sigma Xi honorary society. His professional
affiliations are membership in the American
Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical In-
dustry, the American Leather Chemical Asso-
ciation, the American Electro-Chemical Soci-
ety, and he is a member of the Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Education, and the
Chemists Club. His church affiliation is with
the Universalist denomination. He w-as mar-
ried, in Hampden, Maine, December 25, 1897,
to Maude Florence, daughter of Charles E.
and Margaret (Wheelden) Couillard, of
Hampden, Maine. Charles F. Couillard was
a soldier in the civil war, and on returning
from the war he married Margaret Wheelden,
and their children are : Alice, Charles, George,
Elvira, and Maude Florence, who was born
in Hampden, Maine, April 14, 1878. The
marriage of Dr. Allen and Maude Flor-
ence (Couillard) Rogers was blessed on
October 19, 1904, by the birth of a son, Allen
Ellington Rogers.
It has been asserted that the
HIGGINS name of Higgins was origin-
ally Higginson. but informa-
tion derived from a careful study of the origin
of English surnames makes it quite evident
that Higgins and not Higginson was the par-
ent name. The name is doubtless of Celtic or
Irish origin and was Anglicized from Hu-
gonis. Freeman's "Cape Cod Families" states
that the latter name existed in England in the
reign of Richard the Second. The first of
the name in America was Richard Higgins,
and the Charlestown family now in hand is
the posterity of that immigrant. The Hig-
ginscs were enrolled among the patriots in the
American revolution.
(I) Richard Higgins, the ancestor, was of
Celtic origin, but seems to have emigrated to
America from the south of England, though
some of his descendants claim that he came
from the north of Ireland. By trade he was
a tailor. He was a man of great strength and
integrity of character. His name appears in
the Plymouth records as early as 1633, and
he was one of the original settlers at East-
ham, Cape Cod, in 1644. He married (first)
November 23, 1634, Lydia Chandler; married
(second) October, 1651, Mary Yates., Chil-
dren of first marriage: i. Jonathan, born July,
1637. 2. Benjamin, born July, 1640. Children
of second wife : 3. Mary, born September 27.
1632. 4. Eliakim, born October 20, 1634. 5.
William, born December 15, 1655. 6. Judah,
born March 5, 1657. 7. Zerma, born June,
1658. 8. Thomas, born June, 1661. 9. Lydia,
born July, 1664.
(II) Benjamin, son of Richard and Lydia
(Chandler) Higgins, born July, 1640, died
March 14, 1691. He married. December 24,
1661, Lydia, daughter of Edward Bangs. Chil-
dren : Ichabod. Richard, John, Joshua, Lydia,
Isaac, Benjamin, Samuel, Benjamin. The
youngest child, Benjamin, married Sarah Free-
man, a member of one of the choice old Ply-
mouth families. Thomas, the second of the
fourteen children of Benjamin and Sarah
(Freeman) Higgins, married Abigail Paine, a
woman of great religious faith, and their first
child, Philip, purchased three miles of land
near where the city of Bath now stands, and
was the ancestor of most of the members of
the Higgins family in that part of Maine.
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(III) Richard (2), son of Benjamin and
Lydia (Bangs) Higgins, was born October 15,
1664. He married, 1694, Sarah Freeman, of
England. Children : Joshua, Eleazer, Theo-
philus, Jedediah, Zaccheus, Esther, David,
Reuben, Moses and Abigail.
(IV) Reuben, son of Richard (2) and
Sarah (Freeman) Higgins, was born 1709.
He married . Children : Abigail, Han-
nah, Reuben, Esther and Isaac.
(V) Reuben (2), son of Reuben (i) Hig-
gins, was born June 24, 1739. He removed
from Cape Cod to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at
quite an early date. He married • .
Children : Hannah Morton, Thankful, Reuben,
Sylvanus, Eleazer, Alariah, Frances, Henry,
Abigail, twin of Henry.
(\T) Eleazer, son of Reuben (2) Higgins,
was born at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, July 8,
1772, died of billions colic at Yarmouth, No-
vember 19, 1826. He was a man who had in-
herited all the sturdy qualities of his ances-
tors, and was of great influence in every com-
munity in which he lived. He was one of the
successful shipbuilders of Portland, and fol-
lowed this work later on at Yarmouth. He
purchased a farm in Gray, which his son
managed, and Eleazer continued in active busi-
ness and was superintending the building of
a ship when his last sickness overcame him.
He married Susanna Dyer, of Cape Elizabeth,
born Jime 11, 1777, died November 3, 1S37.
Children: i. Amos, born April 22, 1797, see
forward. 2. Charlotte, born June 18, 1804,
died February 28, 1875. 3. Arthur, born Feb-
ruary 8, 1808, died February 6, 1888; mar-
ried Susan Perley, of Gray, who bore him
children : Martha, Orrin and Susan. 4.
George, born June 29, 1809. 5. Charles, born
May 20, 181 1, died April ig, 1883. 6. Alvin,
born May 12, 1813, died 1890. 7. Elias Smith,
born March 29, 1815, became a very successful
manufacturer of carpets in New York City.
8. Eleazer, born May 2, 1817, died January 3,
1855. 9. Ellen, born April 14, 1820. 10. Na-
thaniel, born December 18, 1825, died January
10, 1882.
(VII) Amos, son of Eleazer and Susanna
(Dyer) Higgins, born April 22, 1797, died in
Charleston, Maine, 1870. He was a very
faithful student in the common schools, and
early in life saw that there were fine openings
in the new towns of his native state. With
the same pioneer spirit which had caused manv
of his family name to make grand successes
in life by removals into new conditions, he
went to Garland, Maine, bought wild land,
built a log cabin and began the work to which
was devoted his entire life, farming. In 1884
he changed this farm for one in Charleston
and there he lived the remainder of his days.
In politics he was a sturdy Republican, and
ever took a deep interest in all national aft'airs.
Tie was a very faithful member of the Free
Baptist church, and was never absent from
church services unless detained by some seri-
ous illness. He married Sarah Hamilton, born
at Yarmouth, died at Charleston. Children :
I. Sarah Jane, married Hazen Tilton, of
Charleston"; four children: Fred, Helen, Ben-
jamin and Ann Tilton. 2. Ann H., married
E. B. Page, of Charleston ; children : :Melissa,
Peter and Jennie Page. 3. Amos, married
Flora Wilbur; children: i. Alvin, superintend-
ent of the Hartford Carpet Works at Thomp-
sonville, Connecticut; married Mary Stewart,
of New York, and has two children : Flora
and Grace Higgins ; ii. Edward. 4. Alvin,
married NeUie Clapp, of Charleston; hejs a
retired salesman and resides in New York.
5. Smith, married (first) Alattie Hitchborn ;
children: Addie, Henry, Minnie, Frank, Sadie,
John and George Higgins; married (second)
Louise Lougee, and has a son, Ralph ; Smith
Higgins is a farmer of Charleston. 6. Char-
lotte Ellen, born in Garland, 1839, was grad-
uated from Rutgers Female Institute, New
York City, where she afterward taught for
several years; she married (first) in 1866, E.
D. Sargent, M. D., of Washington, Vermont,
now deceased; one child, Mabel E., deceased;
married -second, in 1878, the Rev. H. R.
Howes, of China, Maine ; two children : i.
Stella A., born in East Burke, Vermont, July
8, 1879, graduated from Higgins Institute,
Charleston, and from Bridgewater Normal in
Massachusetts, and is now a teacher in New-
ton Center, Massachusetts; ii. J. Herbert, born
in South Woodbury, \'ermont, December 5,
1880, married, in 1906, Edith M. Hatte, of
Machias, Maine ; they, with the Rev. and :\Irs.
Flowes, reside in Charleston. 7. John H., see
forward. 8. George, was superintendent of
the Higgins Carpet Works, New York City;
enlisted in the Union army, was wounded and
honorably discharged from the service in con-
sequence of his injuries; he married Maria
Terry ; children : Olney, Arthur, and a daugh-
ter Lulu, deceased; George Higgins died in
New York City. 9. Charles, died unmarried
at age of tw^enty-four. Three other children,
daughters, not mentioned.
(VIII) John H., fourth son and seventh
child of Amos and Sarah (Hamilton) Hig-
gins. w-as born in Charleston, 'Way 28, T841.
At the age of sixteen years he concluded his
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attendance at the old Charleston Academy, and
going to New York he entered the employ of
E. S. Higgins & Company, a well-known car-
pet manufacturing concern of which his uncle,
Elias S. Higgins, was the senior partner. Hav-
ing diligently applied himself to the task of
mastering every detail of the husiness during
the first five years of his connection with it,
he was^ advanced to the position of manager
and retained that responsible position for a
period of twenty years, directing its affairs
with marked ability and advancing still fur-
ther the high reputation enjoyed by the firm.
Severing his connection with that concern
about the year 1882, he engaged in religious
work as an evangelist, and subsequently re-
turning to Charleston, he devoted a number
of vears to evangelistic and pastoral labors in
small communities which were unable to sup-
port a settled minister, in 1891 he purchased
the farm adjoining his homestead in Charles-
ton, and removing the old buildings, proceeded
to erect what is now known as the Higgins
Classical Institute, a regularly incorporated in-
stitution of the state of ]\Iaine, for the promo-
tion of Christian education and instruction of
youth in the languages, arts and sciences. The
building was completed and dedicated in 1901
and opened as a preparatory school for Colby
College. This institution, which has a force of
five regular instructors and a capacity for two
hundred and fifty students, comprises a main
building and a dormitory erected at an ap-
proximate cost of one hundred thousand dol-
lars, with grounds comprising twenty acres,
and it is thoroughly equipped for its intended
purpose, having every facilitv necessary for
the carrying out of advanced educational meth-
ods. The highest standard of scholarship is
maintained, and being an endowed institution,
the expense to students is confined to the actual
cost of board and other dormitory expenses.
There are the courses of study, the college
preparatory or classical, the English, and the
teachers' training, or normal. The school pro-
vides also a well-defined course in music and
harmony. Mr. Higgins is president of the
board of trustees, chairman of the executive
committee and of instruction and instructors.
The efficient principal of Higgins Classical In-
stitute is Linwood L. Workman, A. B. In
adding the Higgins Classical Institute to the
list of Alaine's preparatory schools its titular
founder has displayed a spirit of wisdom and
generosity, the benefits of which cannot be too
highly estimated. In igo6 Mr. Higgins re-
linquished active ministerial work, and is now
living in retirement at his home in Charles-
ton. He is a member of the Baptist church,
and a Prohibitionist in politics. His labors in
the interests of religion and education have
left an indelible impress upon the lives of the
men and women of his native state, while in
his own town he is universally loved and es-
teemed.
In 1865 Mr. Higgins married Fanny E.
Perley ; she died January 8, 1867, leaving one
daughter, Fanny M., who died in March,
1872. In October, 1868, he married Emma L.
Perley, a sister of his first wife. She died in
January, 1894. Of this union there were six
children, three of whom died in infancy. The
survivors are : Florence Ellen, born May 18,
1879. Ethel May, born December 6, 1880,
was graduated from i\Iount Holyoke College
and studied two years at Colby ; married Por-
ter Beck, formerly a professor at Colby and
now engaged in the real estate business in
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania ; they have one child,
Elizabeth Emma, born July 22, 1908. Alice
Emma, born December 14, 1882, married Od-
ber Boadway, formerly of Charleston and now
of New York. They have one daughter, Lu-
cille, born in Charleston, December 30, 1903.
On March 12, 1895, Mr. Higgins married for
his third wife Mrs. Ellen McCully (nee Har-
vey), widow of Judge Lawrence McCully, late
of Honolulu, Hawaii. She is a daughter of
Greenleaf P. and Abigail Lois (Dexter) Har-
vey, of Corinth, Maine. Her grandfather was
Francis Harvey, and her great-grandfather,
James Harvey, served as a sergeant in the
revolutionary war, and as major in the state
militia. Her first husband, the late Hon. Law-
rence McCully, of New York, was a graduate
of Yale College, a lawyer of distinction and
a justice of the Honolulu supreme court. In
1855 he went to Honolulu and resided there
until his death. Judge and Mrs. McCully had
an adopted daughter, Alice, graduate of Hig-
gins Classical Institute, who is now the wife
of Francis William Smith, of San Francisco,
and has one child, Frances Ellen, born Octo-
ber I, 1906.
(For preceding generations see Richard Higgins I.)
(Ill) Benjamin (2), youngest
HIGGTXS child of Benjamin (i) and Ly-
dia (Bangs) Higgins, was born
at Eastham, Massachusetts, September 15,
1681. He married, ]\Iay 22, 1701, Sarah,
daughter of Lieutenant Edmund and Sarah
(Mayo) Freeman. She was a descendant of
Thomas Prince, who came in the "Fortune,"
1 62 1, became governor of the Plymouth Col-
ony, and married Patience, daughter of El-
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1787
der William Brewster. Benjamin and Sarah
Higgins had fourteen children: Priscilla, born
November 17, 1702; Thomas, June 24, 1704;
Sarah, July 13, 1706; Paul, June 25, 1708;
Reliance, May 13, 1710; Elizabeth, April i,
1712; Experience, January 31, 1714; Benja-
min, March i, 1716; Thankful, October 28,
1717; Zaccheus. August 15, 1719; Solomon,
September 8, 1822; Lois, August 6, 1723;
Isaac, July 12, 1725; Freeman, see forward.
(IV) Freeman, youngest child of Benjamin
and Sarah (Freeman) Higgins, was born at
Eastham, July 28, 1727. He married, Novem-
ber 13, 1747, ]\Iartha, daughter of Timothy
and Alartha Cole. She was descended from
Daniel Cole, who was in Plymouth about 1633.
He was constable, selectman and town clerk.
Freeman Higgins married (second) Thank-
ful ( Hopkins) Paine, July 14, 1757. His
children by his first marriage were : Timothy
and Apphia. By his second marriage the chil-
dren were: Twins, born April 9, 1758; one
named 'Afartha died young, and the other,
named ihankful, married, November 12, 1783,
Thomas Stoddard Boardman; Zedediah, April
II, 1760; Priscilla, born March i, 1762; Mary,
August g, 1764; Elisha, November 9, 1766.
(\') Elisha, youngest son of Freeman and
Thankful (Hopkins) (Paine) Higgins, was
born in Westbrook, Cumberland county.
Maine, November 9, 1766. He married Lucy
Stevens, of Westbrook, a descendant of Cap-
tain Isaac Stevens, who kept the first hotel
on Steven's Plains, and this celebrated hos-
telry was kept successively by his descend-
ants, Zachariah B. Stevens, Esq., selectman
of the town 1824-27, and his son, Samuel B.
Stevens. The Stevens name is among the
most honored in the town of Westbrook.
Elisha Higgins was a carpenter and builder
and a useful citizen of the town.
(\^I) Charles, son of Elisha and Lucy
(Stevens) Higgins, was born in Westbrook,
Cumberland county, jMaine, in 1809. He was
brought up to the trade of tinsmith, a business
complimenting that of his father, and his pro-
clivity, inherited and cultivated, was to affiliate
with the Whig party, which party received his
fullest support up to its dissolution in 1852,
when he joined the Free Soil party, which in
1856 merged into the Republican party led by
Fremont, and so thoroughly crystalized and
tempered by Lincoln. He married Catherine
Mitchell, born in Westbrook. Maine, 1812, and
they removed to Bath, Maine, where Charles
Higgins carried on his trade of tinsmith and
removed after the birth of their son Algernon
Sidney, to Turner Village, and thence to Au-
burn, and soon after across the river to Lew-
iston.
(VII) Algernon Sidney, son of Charles and
Catherine (Mitchell) Higgins, was born in
Bath, Elaine, March 6, 1834. He was edu-
cated in the primary schools of Turner Vil-
lage and Lewiston and afterward was grad-
uated at the Lewiston Falls Academy. Mr.
Higgins has been in educational affairs all his
life. He began teaching in Lewiston at an
early age. In 1854 he was called to Hunting-
ton, Long Island, New York, to take charge
of the village school. Largely through his
efforts the village districts were consolidated,
and a union school, centrally located, was erect-
ed. This school promptly became the leading
school in that section. It was conducted in the
New England educational spirit, and many
of the methods of instruction introduced sur-
vive to this day. This school embraced pupils
of all ages, from the primary to the high
school, and its graduates who entered college
at that time took a high rank. Mr. Higgins
has always had original ideas in education. It
was in this school that he organized a juvenile
agricultural society, out of its pupils. It was
modeled after the county fair. Every fall
the pupils exhibited the product of their work
in the field, shop and home. These annual
fairs attracted wide attention. Each year the
scope and interest extended, and the village
on Fair Day wore a holiday appearance. Mr.
Higgins believes that if he had remained and
carried out this idea to its legitimate conclu-
sion, the subject of manual training, now so
prominent in the educational world, would
have been early practically and economically
solved. In the fall of 1864 Mr. Higgins took
charge of the grammar school on Mountjoy
Hill, Portland, jMaine. Here he remained only
one year. Then he was selected to organize
public school No. 29, Brooklyn, New York.
This then was the latest addition to the Brook-
lyn schools. Now these schools number over
one hundred and sixty-five, exclusive of high
and special schools. He remained at No. 29
for eight years, when the principalship of a
larger school becoming vacaat, the authorities
thought his success merited a transfer to pub-
lic school No. 9. He remained principal
twelve years. He introduced several improve-
ments in subjects or method of instruction
which so commended themselves to the educa-
tional authorities that they now form part of
the course of study in all the schools of the
city of New York. Influenced by both money
and friendship, at the end of twelve years in
public school No. 9, Mr. Higgins resigned and
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STATE OF MAIXE.
became the advertising manager of a lartj^^^
Broadway firm in New York. Here he re-
mained twelve years. He did not, in the least,
lose his interest in the schools, nor after a
few years his official relations with these, for
the Hon. David A. Boody, an honored son of
Maine, then mayor of Brooklyn, appointed him
a member of the school board. He served as
such for nearly eight years. He was largely
instrumental in securing the passage by this
board and subsequently by the legislature of
the teachers' retirement act under whose pro-
visions teachers may be retired on half salary
after a fixed period of acceptable .services. .A
change in the affairs of the firm with which he
was connected determined him to return wholly
to the schools. When this was known, the
school board promptly elected him assistant
superintendent of schools for the city of Brook-
lyn. This was in 1898. In this capacity he
served until 1892. In that year an amende 1
act of consolidation brought the adjoining
cities into closer relations with New York.
Their boards of education were abolished and
the school system w-as administered by a board
of forty-si.x members, made up of a fixed num-
ber from New York and each of the neigh-
boring cities. Under this board and dealing
more directly with the intellectual part of the
school, was a board of superintendents, com-
posed of the city superintendent of schools and
eight associate superintendents. To this board
Mr. Higgins was unanimously elected. Here
he served until the spring of 1906, when, on
his application, though still in good health, he
was placed on the list of retired superintend-
ents.
Mr. Higgins was one of the organizers of
the Maine State Association of Teachers. He
has been a member of the National State,
County, City and Town Teachers' associations
all through his active school life, believing
strongly in the organizations and associations
of those engaged in the same profession.
Mr. Higgins married, August i, 1857,
Sarah Maria, daughter of Ezra and Jane A.
(Brown) Conklin, of Huntington, Long Isl-
and ; she died in 1897 ; she was a descendant
of the Conklins who came from England and
were among the very earliest settlers of Long
Island. Captain John Conklin came from Not-
tingham, England, to Salem, ^Massachusetts
Bay Colony, about 1636, and in 1655 removed
to Southold, Long Island. Before he came
to America he was a manufacturer of glass
in Nottinghamshire, carried on that business
in Salem, Massachusetts, in connection with
his sons who had immigrated with him, and
they were the first glass manufacturers in
.America, and recorded in early land grants as
"Glassimen." The children of Algernon Sid-
ney and Sarah Maria (Conklin) Higgins are:
Algernon Sidney Jr. and Myra Burgess Hig-
gins. Algernon Sidney Higgins Jr. is a prac-
ticing physician at 1 1 Kingston avenue. Brook-
lyn, New York. He married M. Ida Preston ;
children: Edith, died young; Harold Preston
and Marjorie Higgins. Myra Burgess Hig-
gins married Frederick H. Baldwin, and re-
sides at 150 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn. New
York. To them were born two children :
Frederick Rhey and Olive Natalie Baldwin.
Mr. Higgins makes his home with his daugh-
ter.
He was made a ]\Iason in Jeptha Lodge, at
Huntington, Long Island, in 1864. After re-
moving to Brooklyn he affiliated with
Mistletoe Lodge, No. 647, of which he is still
a member. When he had been a Mason for
twenty-one years he was eligible to the
Masonic Veterans. This body he promptly
joined and is a member to this date. ^Ir.
liiggins is a charter member of the Montauk
Club, of Brooklyn, and with the exception of
about a year has been its secretary since its
organization in 1889. In that year was or-
ganized the Berkely School for Girls, a large
and flourishing school near Prospect Park in
Brooklyn. The Hon. David .-\. Boody, whose
biography will be found in another volume,
has been its president, and Mr. Higgins its
sccretarv since its organization. Thus has Mr.
Higgins, like thousands of the sons of Maine,
done and is still doing credit to his native
state.
(For preceding generations see Richard Higgins I.)
(IV) Benjamin (3) was the
HIGGINS son of Benjamin (2) Higgins.
He had Eleazer, Theophilus,
Jedediah and Reuben.
(V) Eleazer was a son of Benjamin (3)
Higgins. The name of his wife was Sarah.
(VI) Eleazer (2) was the son of Eleazer
(i) and Sarah Higgins. Children: Eleazer,
Joseph, Enoch, Jedediah, Richard, Sarah and
Hannah.
(VII) Jedediah, fourth son of Eleazer (2)
and Sarah Higgins, was born in 1733. lived in
Truro, Massachusetts, and w-as the head of
that branch of the family. He married
Phoebe, daughter of Azubah Paine. Chil-
dren: Jedediah, Mary, Joseph, Hannah, and
several others.
STATE OF MAINE.
1789
(VIII) Israel Higgins was born in South
Truro, Cape Cod, and was probably a son
of the above Jedediah and Phoebe (Paine)
Higgins. He removed to Bar Harbor, Maine,
about 1776, and settled near Edd3-'s brook,
formerly called Salisbury brook. The first
mention of his name in the Mount Desert
plantation records is that in 1776 a road was
laid out between Ebenezer Salisbury and Is-
rael Higgins, north from the main road to
the salt water and the landing. He held re-
sponsible offices in the plantation and town of
Mount Desert and also Eden, and he was alto-
gether one of the leading citizens of the island.
He died November 11, 1818. He married
Mary Snow, of Cape Cod ; children : Henry,
Stephen, Deborah, Israel (died in infancy),
Oliver, Israel, Jonathan, Zaccheus, Seth,
Mercy and Mary.
(IX) Israel (2), fifth son of Israel (i) and
Mary (Snow) Higgins, was born on Mount
Desert Island, March 5, 1778, and lived at
Bar Harbor. Pie was a master mariner and
drowned at sea. He married Polly Hull, and
she died February 26, 1818. Children: Jona-
than, Samuel, Eliza, Stephen, Charlotte, Ro\-al
Grant, Warren and Sophia. Polly Hull was
a daughter of Samuel Hull, a sea captain from
Derby, Connecticut. Captain Hull settled on
the south side of Hull's Cove, Mount Desert,
before 1789, where he kept a store and built a
number of vessels. He was the chief citizen
of the little village and the cove was so named
for him. He took an active part in the or-
ganization and business of the towns of ^lonnt
Desert and Eden. The first town meeting was
held at his house and he was chosen the first
selectman. In 1797 he paid a tax of fifteen
dollars and ninety-four cents. John Hull, mint
master of ilassachusetls, and Commodore
Isaac Hull was of this line, and Hull, r^Iassa-
chusetts, was named for the family.
(X) Captain Royal Grant, second son of
Israel (2) and Polly (Hull) Higgins, was
born January 31, iSog, at Bar Harbor, and
died in 1873. He was a sea captain, follow-
ing the foreign trade and commander of a
United States coast survey vessel. He mar-
ried (first) Sarah F. Suminsby, of Eden,
Maine. iMarried (second) ^lary Frances
Snow, born at West Eden, December 25, 1839,
and who is now living at Bar Harbor. Chil-
dren of first wife : Harriet Ann, Leander and
Florence. Children of second wife : Ella F.,
Royal G. and Stephen W.
(XI) Dr. Royal Grant, the eldest son of
Royal G. (i) and ^lary F. (Snow) Higgins,
was born in Bar Harbor, September II, 1867,
and educated in the public schools, and at
the East Maine Methodist Conference Semi-
nary at Bucksport from which he was grad-
uated. He entered the Hahnemann Medical
College of Philadelphia, graduating therefrom
with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and
was interne at that institution for one year.
He began to practice at Princeton, Indiana,
remaining thereat ten years, when he came
to Bar Harbor, where he is engaged in gen-
eral practice. He took a post-graduate course
at the New York Homeopathic ^Medical Col-
lege in 1903. He is an Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Mason, being a member of the Bar
Harbor Blue Lodge, and a Republican in poli-
tics. On February 21, 1894, he married Kath-
erine (Grant) Little, of Philadelphia, daugh-
ter of Thomas Little, a builder and contractor.
One child. Royal Grant, born February 11,
1895, at Princeton, Indiana, who is now in the
public schools of Bar Harbor.
(For preceding generation see Robert Fletcher I.)
(II) Francis, son of Robert
FLETCHER Fletcher, was born in 1636,
in Concord, Massachusetts,
and remained with his father in that town.
He became a large land owner, being the pos-
sessor of seventeen lots of land in Concord,
amounting to four hundred and thirty-seven
acres. He was admitted freeman in 1677, and
in the same year was reported "in full com-
munion with ye church in Concord." In De-
cember, 1661, he was one of the signers of a
petition to license men to sell wine. He mar-
ried, August I, 1656, Elizabeth, daughter of
George and Catherine Wheeler. She died
June 14, 1704. Their children were: Sam-
uel, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Sarah, Hezekiah,
Hannah and Benjamin.
(III) Joseph, second child of Francis and
Elizabeth (\Mieeler) Fletcher, was born April
15. 1661, at Concord, IMassachusetts. He was
married June 17, 1688, to ^lary Dudley, who
died April 27, 1701. Their children were:
Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel, Mary, Francis and
Jane.
(IV) Samuel, third child of Joseph and
Mary (Dudley) Fletcher, was born Novem-
ber 30, 1692. at Concord. He was married
January 18, 1721, by Justice Minot, to Abigail
Hubbard, and they were the parents of the
following children : Jonathan, ]\Iary and Ebe-
nezer.
( V) Ebenezer, youngest child of Samuel and
Abigail (Flubbard) Fletcher, was born ^larch
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STATE OF MAINE.
17. 1725. and resided in Rutland, Massachu-
setts, where his children were born. He was
married February 28, 1748, to Elizabeth
Fletcher. Their children were : Elizabeth, Eli
and Samuel.
(VI) Samuel, youngest child of Ebcnezer
and Elizabeth Fletcher, was born April 2,
1754, in Rutland, Vermont. He does not ap-
pear further in the records of that town, and
there is little doubt that he was the Samuel
Fletcher who enlisted July 15, 1776, as a sailor
at Kittery, Maine. In the entry of his en-
listment he is described as an .American, sta-
ture five feet, seven inches, complexion dark.
His wages were eight dollars per month. He
subsequently served under John Paul Jones
on the "Bon Homme Richard," and probably
resided at Kittery after the war, from which
arose the tradition that he was born there.
There is no record of such birth in that town,
or of any Fletchers. The name of his wife is
not preserved.
( VH) Furbcr, son of Samuel I'letcher, w-as
born at Kittery Point, and lived in the town
of Kittery. He married Eunice Gunnison,
and they were the parents of Joseph, Furbcr,
Benjamin G., Lorenzo and Samuel.
(VIII) Benjamin G., third son of Furber
and Eunice (Gunnison) Fletcher, was born
1817, at Kittery Point, and was drowned at
sea in i860. He followed the sea, as did most
of his neighbors, and was first engaged in
fishing. Subsequently he became a master
mariner, and followed the coasting trade to the
West Indies, sailing on such vessels as the
"Carl Hanson."' "Jacob Rudd," "William Aus-
tin," and others. He was a member of the
Christian Church, and affiliated politically with
those who formed the Republican party shortly
before his death. He married Mary J. Sew-
ard, a native of (jerrish Island, and their chil-
dren were : Elizabeth Jane, William James,
Mary Jane and Joseph Benjamin.
(IX) Joseph Benjamin, youngest child of
Benjamin G. and Mary J. (Seward) IHetcher,
was born June 10, 1846, at Kittery I'oint, and
received his educational training in his home
town and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, going
to sea for a short time with his father. At the
age of fifteen years he began an apprenticeship
at the government navy yard at Kittery, and
served his time as .shipwright. He was sub-
sequently employed in the yard as a pattcrn-
maUer. On account of his skill and efficiency
he was employed by Thomas Davidson, in an
expedition, of which Davidson had charge, to
Saint Croi.x, Danish West Indies, where Mr.
Fletcher assisted in the launching of the
United States ship "Monongahela." The ex-
pedition went from the Brooklyn navy yard
in a sailing bark, and occupied five months.
The unfortunate "Monongahela" had been
throw-n up on the shore by a tidal w'ave, and
its relaunching was a task of considerable mag-
nitude. Mr. Fletcher continued in the ports-
mouth navy yard until 1884. when he served
on board the "Bear," in the Greeley relief
expedition, lasting five months, having been
fitted out at the Brooklyn navy yard. The
nine survivors of the Greeley party were found
at Cape Sabine, in a pitiable condition, and
returned to their homes. On February 4, 1885,
Mr. Fletcher received an appointment as car-
penter in the navy from William E. Chandler,
then secretary of the navy, and was later pro-
moted to chief carpenter, w'ith the rank of
ensign, which position he now holds. Having
been identified w'ith the United States navy
since fifteen years of age, Mr. Fletcher has
seen many adventures and valuable experi-
ences. He was at one time on duty at the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
and also at Cramp's shipyard near Philadel-
phia. For seven and one-half years he was
on board the cruiser "New York," with which
he visited the West India and South Ameri-
can ports, and Copenhagen and Kiel, being
present at the opening of the German ship
canal at the latter point. He sailed through
the Suez Canal, visited Honolulu and the
Philippine Islands, numerous Chinese, Japan-
ese, Korean and Siberian ports, spending ten
months in the Philippine Islands. l-"or a time
the "New York" was Hag ship of the Pacific
fleet, and visited Puget Sound. Unalaska and
Californian ports, and Panama. ;\Ir. Fletcher
left the vessel at Panama and returned to
Kittery, where he has since been employed in
the office of the department of construction
and repairs. He takes an intelligent interest
in the ])rogress of the community, espt^cially
in education, and has served as agent of the
town schools. In political principle he is a
Republican. He is a member of St. John's
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
of Portsmouth, and of Long Island Council,
Royal Arcanum, of Brooklyn, New York; also
New Hampshire Lodge, No. 17, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. He was married in 1867 to Mary
Louise, daughter of Samuel Ilanscom, of
Portsmouth. New Hampshire, and they have a
son and daughter, namely : George Pierce,
born 1868, and Bertha Noyes, 1871.
STATE OF .MAINE.
1791
John JMcLaughlin. of
McLaughlin Washington, District of
Cohimbia, aide to the
commandant at the Washington navy yard
and an officer of the United States navy for
the last thirty-five 3'ears, is a native of Ham-
den, ]Maine, born October 7, 1852, son of
Michael and Mary (Kane) AJcLaughlin, both
natives of Ireland, and the former a soldier of
the union army during the war of 1861-65,
and who was killed in battle, ilichael and
!Mary (Kane) McLaughlin had two children;
Francis M. and John AIcLaughlin.
John ^McLaughlin attended public school in
Bangor, Maine, until he was about fourteen
years old and then for several years followed
the sea in the West Indies trade, until the
"Virginia affair," when he enlisted at Boston
navy yard for three years as an able seaman
in the L'nited States naval service, and very
soon afterward became a petty officer. In
1880 he quit the service with the intention
of going west, and while on his way to Colo-
rado stopped in Washington to visit some of
the places of interest at the National capital ;
and while there events occurred which materi-
ally changed the plans he had formed, for on
the advice of Admiral Nichols, United States
navy, he determined to enter the service again,
and accepted an appointment as boatswain
which through the admiral had been offered
him. Since 1881 he had been in continuous
naval service on various ships at the govern-
ment navy yards. In 1899 he was commis-
sioned chief boatswain, United States navy,
agreeable to an act of congress creating an
office of that grade. Thus in one capacity and
another 2^Ir. ^IcLaughlin has been in the naval
service for the last thirty-five years, and for
twenty-seven years of that period has been an
officer. During this period he has at various
times been in command of transport vessels,
the "Triton" and the "Uncas," and was on
board the United States ship "Trenton" when
she was wrecked at the Samoan Islands ; was
on the "Wachusetts" on her first cruise in Pa-
cific waters and when that ship was delegated
to attend the function of the crowning of
King Kalakauka of Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1883.
During his long career he has been stationed,
among other places, at the Brooklyn navy yard
and also the Newport training station. For
a time, too, he was executive officer of the
L'nited States transport "Fern," and was
aboard the "Newark" in i8g8 when she trans-
ported the American marines to Cuba, in 1S98.
Mr. McLaughlin is a thirty-third degree Ma-
son, president of the I\Iaine Society of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, in 1909-10, a
Republican in politics and a Presbyterian in
religious preference. He married (tirst) in
November, 1881, Jessie R. Cole, of Washing-
ton, a descendant of Arthur Middleton, of
South Carolina, one of the signers of the Dec-
laration of Independence. She died in August,
1892, and he married (second) Theodora^
daughter of Rev. J. B. North, of Washington.
Mr. McLaughlin has three children, all born
of his first marriage : i. Edna Aliddleton, born
February 19, 1885. 2. Stanley Briggs, Sep-
tember 21, 1887. 3. Frances Alice, August 26,
1890.
The earliest of the Blair family
BLAIR of Scotland (of which Hugh
Blair (1718-1800), Scottish di-
vine, licensed as a minister of the church of
Scotland in 1741, minister of the Canongate
church, Edinburgh, 1743-58, of the High
Church of Edinburgh, 1758- 1800, professor of
Rhetorical Belles-Lettres University of Edin-
burgh, 1760-1762, regius professor, 1762-82,
distinguished author and doctor of divinity, is
a distinguished member) to come to America
was Dr. James Blair (1656-1743). He was an
Anglican clergyman in Edinburgh, Scotland,
and removed to Virginia in 1685 to become
commissary of the bishop of London for the
provinces of ^Maryland and Virginia. He was
instrumental in procuring for William and
Mary College in Williamsburg its charter,
February 14, 1691, and he was the first presi-
dent of this now ancient college. \Mth him
came his brother. Dr. Archibald Blair, the
father of Judge John Blair (1689-1771), who
was president of the council of \'irginia, and
acting governor of the colony, and grand-
father of Justice John Blair, 1732-1800, jus-
tice of the United States supreme court, 1789-
96 ; James Blair, attorney general of Kentucky,
the father of Francis Preston Blair (1791-
1876), the eminent statesman, and his son,
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (€821-1875), and
Montgomery Blair (1813-1883), are of the
same family. The New Jersey family came
from John Blair, a Scotch Presbyterian who
came from Scotland between 1730 and 1740,
and was the grandfather of John Insley Blair
(1802-1899), who gave during his lifetime
over $1,000,000 to educational institutions, in-
cluding $150,000 to Princeton University, and
$50,000 to Lafayette College, and when he
died his fortune was computed to be $75,-
000,000. The Blair family in New England
came from James Blair (q. v.), the Scotch
immigrant of 1738.
STATE OF .MAINE.
(.!> Jaiiui lilair, wilh his wife, Jane (Todd)
Blair, came to New England in 1738, having
but recently been married, and they settled in
Wiscasset,' Maine. They had a family of
eleven children born to them, the oldest while
on a passage to America, and the others in
Wiscasset, Lincoln county, i\laine. The order
of their birth was as follows: i. Robert (.q.
v.). 2. James Jr., married 2ilehitable Robin-
son, who died October 7, 181 2, and he mar-
ried as his second wife I^Iary, widow of a Mr.
Monroe, on February 2, 1815; he had seven
children by his first' wife, and one child by
his second': Mary (Monroe) Blair died IMarch
28, 1838, aged 'fifty-eight years, and James
Blair Jr. died March 28, 1828. 3. Nancy,
married, December 5, 1780, Thomas Stinson,
and died September 25, 1830. 4. John, born
in 1760, married (first) Hannah Russ, Octo-
ber 7, 1780; she was born November 17, 1757,
and died November 16, 1782, leaving no chil-
dren; married (second) March 28, 1783, Mar-
tha Carlton, who bore him seven children ;
married (third) September 17, 1801, Eliza-
beth, widow of Pushard Marson, who bore
him five children. 5. Polly, or Mary, married,
June 7, 1792, Richard Knowles. 6. Jane,
married, September 20, 1785, Joseph Atkins,
and had eight children. 7. William, married,
September 19, 1790, Mary Bean and (second)
February 23, 1793, Rebecca Knowles. 8.
Thomas, married Polly Lung. 9. Sarah, or
Sally, married. May 3, 1791, Charles Perry.
10. Margaret or Peggy, married, October 31,
1802, Francis Norris. 11. Alexander, mar-
ried, January 7, 1808, Elizabeth Pollard.
(II) Robert, eldest son of James and Jane
(Todd) Blair, was born at sea on the pas-
sage of his parents to America in 1738. He
married Charity Robinson Knight, of Bow-
doinham, Maine, and they had six children
born in Woolwich, as follows: i. Jane, mar-
ried. May 28, 1815, Alfred Stinson. 2. Mar-
tha, married, April 25, 1820, James Mains. 3.
Sarah Todd (q. v.). 4. Margaret, married
Rufus Stinson. 5. Charlotte, married Benja-
min F'owle. 6. Charles, married Sophia Libby.
(III) Sarah Todd, daughter of Robert and
Charity Robinson (Knight) Blair, was born in
Woolwich. Maine, May, 1786, married John
Blair and had two children, John (q. v.) and
Daniel Blair. John Blair, the father of these
children, died, and his widow married Sam-
uel Higgins, of Bowdoinham. Maine, and they
had two children, Mary Elizabeth (q. v.) and
Ephraim Higgins.
(IV) John, eldest son of John and Sarah
Todd (Blair) Blair, was born in Wiscasset,
Maine, in 1810. He married Isabel Staples, of
Topsham, Maine, and their children were:
Charles Albert (q. v.), Elizabeth Plummer,
Cora Lena and John. John Blair was a
farmer and carpenter, and resided with his
family first at Woolwich and subsequently at
Richmond, Maine.
(IV) i\Iary Elizabeth Higgins, daughter of
Samuel and Sarah Todd (Blair) Higgins, was
married to Captain Reuben Mooers, of Pitt-
ston, Maine, and they had six children: i.
Albion King, married Frances Weston. 2.
Ella M., married Charles R. Donnell, of Bath,
I\lainc; children: Florence E. and Charles J.
3. Alary E., married George Sanford ; chil-
dren : Alay B., Harold A., Euna R., Blanche
and Joseph R. ; Euna R. married Stephen
Bunker, of Bar Harbor ; children : Jennette,
Paul S. and Ruth Bunker. 4. Annie L., un-
married. 5. Lillie M., married Charles Al-
bert Blair, of Bath. 6. Lula E., married Frank
Haggett, of Bath, Elaine, and resided in that
city; child, Eric Blair.
(\') Charles Albert, eldest son of John and
Isabel (Staples) Blair, was born in Richmond.
Maine, December 16, 1856. He has a common
school education. He worked as a boy on tug-
boats on the river, and at the age of ei.Ljhteen
went to sea, and in 1876 was made captain
of a tugboat. From that time he has been con-
tinuously a master mariner, and from iSg8 in
command of coastwise steamers, including the
swift and elegantly equipped turbine steamer
"Yale," launched in 1907, and having a speed
of twenty-three knots per hour, and plying"
between Boston and New York by the out-
side route and between Boston and Bath. He
had previously commanded the steamers "Bay
State" and "Governor Dingley," plying be-
tween Portland and Boston, and the steamer
"Ransom B. Fuller" plying between Boston
and Bath. He has had charge of the trial
trips of the United States battleships launched
at the Bath Iron Works (Limited) in
their various trials of speed and endur-
ance, before being accepted by the gov-
ernment. This has placed him in temporary
command of the United States battleship
"Georgia," the United States scout ship "Ches-
ter," and others included in the present United
States naval fleet. He is a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
Lodge No. 934. Captain Blair married, De-
cember 25, 1879, Lillie M., daughter of Cap-
tain Reuben and Mary Elizabeth (Higgins)
Mooers, his wife's mother and his own father
being half brother and sister. No children
were born of this marriasre.
STATE OF MAINE.
1793
William Harrison Schoppee,
SCHOPPEE born Gilman, mu of Richard
E. and Sally (Weston) Gil-
man, of Jonesboro, Washington countv, Maine,
was legally adopted by his uncle, Francis
Schoppee, when he was a boy. and was there-
after legally William Harrison Schoppee. He
was married in 1868 to Antoinette, daughter
of Levi and Delia (Watts) Farnsworth, and
their children, all born in Jonesboro. were :
I. James. November 2, 18C9, married Hilary
Atherton Hallowcll : was a millman. 2. Albert
Dana, January 30, 1874, became a farmer. 3.
Frank Harvey (c^. v.). 4. Fannie, who died
young.
(II) Frank Harvey, -third child of William
Harrison and Antoinette (Farnsworth)
Schoppee, was born in Jonesboro, Maine,
June 23, 1879. He was educated in the public
school of Jonesboro and at Westbrook Semi-
nary, Portland, ilaine. He returned to Jones-
boro. where he found his first employment in
a lumber mill and as a lumberman in theAlainc
woods. jMarch 14, 1907, he opened a general
store for the sale of guns and gunners' sup-
plies, adding to it stationery and small wares,
fruit, confectionery, tobacco and cigars, in
fact such goods as met the needs of the tour-
ists who entered the Maine woods from Jones-
boro every summer, as well as the other army
of lumbermen who laid in a winter supply
when entering the woods to spend the winter
there, maintaining also a telephone station for
his convenience and his customers. In 1907
he was appointed postmaster of Jonesboro, the
business of the office growing to the dignity of
a presidential postoffice and he received his
appointment direct from President Roosevelt.
He was made a member of the Ben Hur
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Machias, Maine,
and of Jonesboro, jMaine, Lodge No. 357, Na-
tional Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. His
church affiliation is with the L'niversalist de-
nomination and his political faith that of the
Republican party. His ancestry embraces the
Weston. Gilman and \\'atts families.
(I) Samuel Watts came to ]\Ias-
WATTS sachusctts P.ay Colony, 1635-40,
at the time the new settlers came
from England to the Colony to the number of
upwards of tliree hundred souls.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Watts.
was a deputy from the district of Maine to
the general court of i\Iassachusetts. 1704-05.
He married Abigail, only surviving child of
Thrimas and Hannah (Emerson) Dustan.
Hannah (Emerson) Dustan. born probably in
1660, was taken captive by the Indians at
Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1697. Hannah and
her nurse, iMary Neff, were spared the toma-
hawk that killed her infant in her arms,
scarcely a week old. Many of the inhabitants
of the place shared the fate of Hannah Dus-
tan's eighth child. At her earnest solicitation
her husband had fled to a place of safety with
their seven elder children. The two women
were marched through the snow without shoes
and in the dense wilderness day after day
until they reached the wigwam of the Indian
chief on an island near the present city of Con-
cord, New Flampshire, and known thereafter
as Dustan Island. In the company of Indians
who were her captors was a white boy, Samuel
Leonardson, who had been captured by the
Indians at Worcester, Massachusetts, a vear
before, and with this boy as an ally, Hannah
Dustan determined to escape. She took ad-
vantage of a dark night, and the three cap-
tives, finding the Indians sleeping soundly, se-
cured each a tomahawk, and ]\Irs. Dustan suc-
ceeded in scalping the nine braves of the party,
while Leonard killed the chief, while a badly
wounded Indian boy and a squaw escaped in
the darkness. The victors then possessed them-
selves oi the guns, tomahawks and scalps of
the slain Indians, and provisioning one canoe,
they sank the others and proceeded to make
their way down the river ; on reaching Haver-
hill she was joyed to find her husband and
seven children safe. (In learning of the
powers of the captive whites, the general court
voted Mrs. Dustan and Samuel Leonardson
each $250, and Mrs. Dustan presented the
trophies she had so bravely won to Governor
William Stoughton. In 1874 the states of
New_ Hampshire and Massachusetts united in
erecting at Haverhill a granite monument on
the bronze tablets of which were inscribed
the names of Hannah Dustan. Mary Neiif and
Samuel LeonanlMin. with bas-reliefs of the
scenes that called the monument in existence,
the w^hole surmounted by an heroic statue of
the chief heroine. The seventh child of Thom-
as and Hannah (Emerson) Dustan married
John Watts, a relative of Samuel Watts, who
himself married Abigail, the eighth of the
thirteen chiklren who lived to reach maturity.
Chihiren of Samuel and Abigail Watts: Sam-
uel, Hannah, Thomas, Joseph. Abigail, Mary.
The mother of these children died i\Iay 5,
1727.
(Ill) Captain Samuel, son of Samuel and
Abigail ( Dustan 1 Watts, was bom in Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, August 16, 1716. He was
a captain in the colonial arniv during the
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STATE OF MAINE.
French and Indian wars, his service extending
over a period of seven years. His commis-
sion to the captaincy, which bears date of more
than a hundred years, he always preserved.
It was in 1903 in the possession of Captain
Samuel Watts, of Jonesboro, Alaine, as was
also the muster roll of the company which he
commanded, and both, having always been
kept in the original tin box or case, are in a
tolerably good state of preservation and can be
read with but little difficulty. The improve-
ment in the art of printing and manufacture
of paper of the present uay compared with
what existed upwards of a century ago, rend-
ers these papers interesting relics of the past.
In the same tin box or case is another commis-
sion to the captaincy issued by Thomas Hutch-
inson, '"Lieutenant Governor and Commander-
in-Chief of his Majesty's forces in the Massa-
chusetts Bay," to serve in the regiment of foot
whereof John Wliitcomb was colonel. This
bears date, the loth day of June, 1760, and is
signed in the handwriting of Governor Hutch-
inson, also by A. Oliver, secretary of the
province. In the year 1759 he accompanied
General Wolfe on his expedition for the reduc-
tion of Quebec, and commanded a company of
forty-one privates, four secretaries and four
corporals, in Colonel Whitcomb's regiment.
About 1760-62 Captain Watts removed from
Haverhill to Falmouth, now Portsmouth, or
Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He resided there but
a few years, as in 1769, in company with a
large number of families, he settled on Chand-
ler's river, now Jonesboro. He built a log
house on what has ever since been known as
the Watts' lands, and devoted himself to clear-
ing his fields and farming in the summers, and
in the winter to lumbering. Captain Watts
married Elsie Bean. Children : Samuel, born
February, 1756, died March, 1849; Hannah,
see forward; David, 1761; Betsey, 1764; El-
sie, 1767; Abigail. 1780, died 1852; Sally,
1783. died 1838; Thomas, 1786.
("l\') Hannah, eldest daughter of Captain
Samuel Watts, was born in Haverhill, Massa-
chusetts, November 22, 1758, died in Jones-
boro, Washington coijnty, Maine, December
12, 1855. In October, 1774, she married Jo-
siah Weston, who was born at Falmouth,
Maine, July 22, 1756, died in August, 1827.
He came to ChancUer's River some time be-
fore 1772. After his marriage, which was
performed by the Rev. James Lyon, they set-
tled on a farm in Jonesboro. which he cul-
tivated and occupied until his deatli. He
served in the revolutionary war. Subsequenth-
he became a mill owner and did considerable
lumbering at Chandler's River. He was a very
active and industrious man, and in hunting
excursions after moose and deer he generally
excelled, as his bodily strength enabled him to
endure great fatigue, in religious faith he
was a Baptist, having united with the church
in Columbia as early as 1807. He was bap-
tized at Epping, and from that time after-
wards continued a member of the society in
good standing. In religious views !Mrs. Wes-
ton was no bigot ; her faith was of a liberal
order. A monument was erected to her mem-
ory and placed over her grave at Jonesboro ;
it was mainly paid for by contributions of
descendants. On it is inscribed the follow-
ing: "This stone was erected June 12, 1902,
under the directionoftheHannah Weston Chap-
ter, Daughters American Revolution, Machias,
Me. In memory of Hannah (Watts) Weston,
wife of Josiah Weston, born in Haverhill,
Mass., Nov. 22, 1758, died in Jonesboro, Dec.
12. 1855. She was a woman of great courage
and bravery. She manifested it during the
battle -at Machias on June 12, 1775, by col-
lecting ammunition and carrying it through
the wilderness to aid the citizens in defense of
the town." Children of Josiah and Hannah
(Watts) Weston, born in Jonesboro, Maine:
I. Eliza, born October, 1775. 2. Hannah. Feb-
ruary, 1778, died 1779, being burned in the
house. 3. Hannah, February, 1780. 4. Susan,
September, 1783. 5. Betsey, November, 1785.
6. Elsie, April, 1788. 7. Aphia, February,
1790. 8. Sophia, May, 1792. 9. Frances. De-
cember, 1794. 10. Phoebe, August, 1797, died
181 1. II. Sally, November, 1799. married
Richard E. Gilman, and their son, William
Harrison, was adopted by Francis Schoppee,
of Jonesboro, and his name changed to William
Harrison Schoppee as ab^ve related. 12.
Amelia, October, 1802. 13. Joseph, April,
1806.
The genealogy of the Jewett
JEWETT family has been traced to one
Henri de Juatt. a knight of the
first Crusaders. Being Huguenots, the family
fled from religious persecution to England,
where some of its members still reside. In
ancient records the name appears as Juett,
Juit, Jewit, and in various other forms, but
in all cases the spelling preserves the pro-
nunciation. The record of the Jewett family
in America begins with the settlement of
Rowley, Massachusetts. In 1638 about sixty
families led by the Rev. Ezckiel Rogers came
from Yorkshire, England, and began the set-
tlement of Rowlev earlv the following season.
'tiji^'S^
STATE OF MAINE.
1/95
Among these pioneers were the brothers,
MaxiniiHan andi Joseph Jewett, men of sub-
stance from Bradford, Yorkshire, England,
and they were the ancestors of all the Jewetts
in this country, a large family, which includes
many members of distinction in various walks
of life. ^laximilian Jew^ett was the first dea-
con of the church in Rowley, was several times
a representative at the general court, and many
of his descendants were well known in iS[ew
England history as prominent divines, au-
thors, journalists and statesmen. Others were
active on the field of battle, among them ]\Ioses
Jewett, who participated in the revolutionary
war. These brothers were the sons of Ed-
ward Jewett. of Bradford, England, whose
will was dated February i6, 1614, and proved
by his widow, ]\Iary (Taylor) Jewett, July 12,
1615.
Dr. Charles Jewett is a grandson of Jona-
than and Hannah (Hale) Jewett, and a son of
George and Sarah (Hale) Jewett. His grand-
parents removed from Massachusetts to JMaine
about 1800, and were among the early settlers
of that state. His father was a native and a
lifelong resident of the state of Maine. The
representatives of the Hale familv, of which
his mother and grandmother were members,
include many men of note in public affairs.
The name in the early records appears as
Heale, Heales, Hailes, Held, Heald and Hales.
The latter name was borne in England by
three distinct families, those of Hertfordshire,
Gloucestershire and Kent.
Dr. Charles Jewett was born in Bath, jMaine.
He received his early education in the high
school of his native town, and in 1864 was
graduated from Bowdoin College with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Arts. Three years later
his alma mater conferred upon him the de-
gree of Master of Arts, and in 1894, the cen-
tennial year of the college, the degree of Doc-
tor of Science. In 1868 he began the study
of medicine. He attended a course of lec-
tures in the Long Island College Hospital, and
succeeding courses in the Universitv iledical
College and the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of New York, and w-as graduated
from the latter named institution in 1871 with
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Shortly
after his graduation he located in Brooklyn,
New York, and engaged in practice, which
for a time was of a general character, but in
later years has been confined to gynecology
and obstetrics, in which specialties he is known
throughout the world. In recognition of his
attainments he has been called to many im-
portant positions. In 1880 he was appointed
professor of obstetrics in the collegiate de-
partment of the Long Island College Hos-
pitals, and in 1900 succeeded to the professor-
ship of gynecology. He is also gynecologist
and obstetrician to the hospital. For many
years he has served as consulting obstetrician
to the Kings County Hospital, has been con-
sulting gynecologist to the Bushwick Hospital
since 1894, to the Swedish Hospital since 1906,
and was recently appointed consulting gyne-
cologist to the German Hospital, Brooklyn.
He has also been for several years consulting
surgeon to St. Christopher's Hospital, and a
member of the board of trustees of the Brook-
lyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Though busily oc-
cupied with a large priyate practice and the
duties of college and hospital positions. Dr.
Jewett finds time to take active part in the
work of the many professional societies of
which he is a member. He holds membership
in the Medical Society of the County of Kings,
of which he was president for three years,
1878-80; the Brooklyn Pathological Society;
the Brooklyn Gynecological Society, of which
he was president in 1893; the New York Ob-
stetrical Society, of which he was president in
1894; the New York Academy of Aledicine;
the Medical Society of the State of New York;
the American Academy of Medicine ; the New
York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, of
which he was vice-president in 1891-93 ; the
American Gynecological Society, of which he
was vice-president; the Associated Physicians
of Long Island ; the Brooklyn [Medical So-
ciety ; the Associated Physicians of the City
of Greater New York ; the Red Cross So-
ciety ; the American Society for the Advance-
ment of Science : the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity ; the University Club ; the Hamilton
Club and the Federation of Churches. He en-
joys the distinction of having been made an
honorary member of the Gynecological Sec-
tion of the Royal Society of Medicine of Great
Britain and of the Detroit Gynecological So-
ciety. Pie was honorary president of the Pan-
American Medical Congress in 1893, and was
one of the founders of the International Peri-
odical Congress of Gynecologists and Ob-
stetficians. Dr. Jewett has made many con-
tributions to medical literature, which are well
known as standard works. The titles of his
own volumes are : "Essentials of Obstetrics,"
and "A Manual of Childhood Nursing." He
was editor of "Practice of Obstetrics, by
American Authors." and the writer of several
of its chapters. He was a contributor to
"American Textbook of Obstetrics," Hamil-
ton's "System of Legal [Medicine," Keating &
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Company's "Clinical Gynecology," Foster's
"Handbook of Therapeutics," and was one of
the collaborators of the "American Journal of
Gynecology and Obstetrics." -A. large number
of monographs and professional papers, read
before the leading medical societies, have been
published in the medical journals and in
pamphlet form.
Dr. Jewett married, in 1868, Abbie E. Flagg,
of New Hampshire, since deceased. Children :
Harold F. and Alice H. Dr. Harold F. Jew-
ett, embracing the profession of his father,
located in Brooklyn, _New York, and is meet-
ing with marked success as a physician and a
gynecologist.
i
The surname Bennett or Ben-
BENNETT net is of ancient English ori-
gin and history, derived from
the personal name Benedict, of Latin origin.
It was in general use as early as the reigns of
Edward II and Edward III in England.
Among the early forms of spelling we find
Fitz Benedict, Bcnediscite, Bcndiste, Bendish
and Bennett. The ancient seat of the Bennett
family of England was the city of Norwich.
\^arious branches have coats-of-arms.
( I ) Nathan Bennet, as this branch of the
family has spelled the name for many gen-
erations, settled in Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick. He married Nancy Benner.
Among their children was Josiah, mentioned
below.
(II) Josiah, son of Nathan Bennet, was
born in New Brunswick, January 30, 1815, in
the same house in which his son was born, in
the parish of Harvey, Albert county. He died
in 1864. He was a farmer all his active life,
living on the homestead at Harvey and in
Caledonia. He married, in 1840, Annie Ol-
son, born in New Brunswick, January, 1822.
Children: i. William, born in Harvey, Sep-
tember 12, 1842. 2. Martha, Harvey, May 5,
1845. 3. Eben Homer, Harvey, June 20,
1848, mentioned below. 4. Mary W., Cale-
donia, January, 1851. 5. Sarah J., Caledonia,
January, 1854. 6. Robert Watson, Caledonia,
September, 1857. 7. Peter W., Caledonia,
February, 1861. 8. Josephine, Caledonia, Jan-
uary, 1864.
(III) Dr. Ehcn Homer, son of Josiah Ben-
net, was born June 20, 1848, in the parish of
Harvey, Albert county, New Brunswick. He
attended the public schools of his native place
and graduated from the New Brunswick Nor-
mal School 1870. He taught for the ne.xt
three years in the public schools, then began
the study of his profession in the Jefferson
Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pennsylva-
nia, where he was graduated* with the degree
of M. D. in the class of 1875. He took post-
graduate courses in New York City and at
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Mary-
land. He was also a special student under
Professor Simons, of Baltimore, in the subject
of clinical microscopy. He began to practice
in Bryant, Illinois, in November, 1875, '^^'^
six months afterward, Alay, 1876, he came to
Lubec, Maine, where he has contiinied to the
present time in general practice as physician
and surgeon. He is a member of the County
Medical Society, the ]\Iaine Medical As-
sociation and the American Medical Asso-
ciation, and has been president of the
county society and vice-president of the
state society. He is a member of Wash-
ington Lodge, No. 37, Free Masons, of Lu-
bec. In politics he is a Republican. He is a
member of the school board and for many
years was superintendent of schools. He mar-
ried, February 3, 1873, Annie Wealthy, born
November 3, 1855, died May 11, 1892, daugh-
ter of William Conley, of Deer Island, New
Brunswick. Children: i. Cecelia Millicinth,
born October 28, 1876, attended the public
schools of Lubec, graduate of the Portland
high school and as trained nurse at the Bos-
ton City Hospital in 1902; married, 1902, C. E.
Watts, of Windber, Pennsylvania. 2. Mame
Seely, December i, 1879. attended the public
schools of Lubec. graduated Lubec high school
class of "96, Colby .Vcadcmy at New London,
New Hampshire, in 1897, Bates College, in
1901 : assistant in the Bates College library
for two years ; graduated from the Farming-
ton (Maine) Normal school in 1904; teacher
in the Lubec high school for three years : grad-
uated from Teacher's College, Columbia Uni-
versity. New York, in the class of 190S. 3.
Grace Lee, May 30, 1883, graduate of the
Lubec high school, took a course at the Farm-
ington Normal school; married, 1908. Ralph
H. Preble, of Portland, Maine. 4. Da Costa
Fitzmaurice, June 4, 1895, graduate of the
Lubec high school and the Hebron Academy ;
student in the University of Maine, class of
1909.
It is a course of great profit
PENLEY and pleasure to study the char-
acters and lives of those individ-
uals who stand forth in bold relief as leaders
in literature, politics, and in the stern com-
petition and activity of business life. Among
those of the two latter named classes belong
Hon. Albert Manchester Penley, a descend-
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1797
ant of one of the oldest families of Danville,
members of which have been prominent and
influential in the management and develop-
ment of the various communities in which they
settled, and have left descendants and repre-
sentatives to follow in their steps.
( I ) Joseph Penley, was born in Gloucester-
shire. England, Jnly 13, 1756. One day, while
visiting his elder brother, a hatter, in Lon-
don, he strayed down to the docks, was
seized by the press gang, hurried on board
a warship, which sailed without allowing him
the slightest opportunity to communicate with
his friends. AVhile the vessel was cruising oft
the iNIaine coast, angered at having received a
flogging for some trifling oiTense, he, with a
messmate, stole the ship's boat and came
ashore. Though closely pursued, they suc-
ceeded in escaping. He enlisted in the Amer-
ican army in the war that shortly followed,
served several years, and settled near its close
in Freeport, Maine. He married Esther Fogg
and among their children was a son, John, see
forward.
(H) Captain John, son of Joseph and Es-
ther ( Fogg ) Penley, was born near Strout's
Point, in Freeport, then included in the town
of North Yarmouth, May 11, 1782. He was
a boy of ten when the family removed in 1792
to P'ejepscot. Although his opportunities for
acquiring an education were very slight, he
improved them to such an extent that his busi-
ness career did not suffer in the least from
the disadvantages under which he labored. His
entire life was spent upon a farm, and some-
times he owned and operated as many as eight
or ten, but the purchase and sale of horses and
cattle was the occupation in which he was
specially interested and to which he gave much
attention during the fourscore years he lived
in Danville. He was one of the pioneers in
the now important industry of sending JMaine
cattle to the Brighton market, and one of his
droves was the second driven out of the state
to that market. He was an active factor in
the management of the Lewiston Falls Bridge
Company, for forty years the inost important
of the local corporations, and in 1847 '^^'^^
one of the organizers of the Auburn Bank,
which was first named the Danville Bank, and
long continued one of its directors. He repre-
sented the town of Danville in the legislature
in 1824 and 1838, and was repeatedly elected
to various municipal offices, in all of which he
gave entire satisfaction to his townsmen and
constituents. He was an attendant of the Free
Baptist church near his homestead, gave liber-
ally of his time and money toward the care
and repair of the building and of the burying-
ground adjacent, during his life, and at his
death bequeathed to it $1,000. He was a man
of exemplary character, sterling integrity, just
and honorable in all business transactions,
kind and considerate to the poor and needy,
and was esteemed by all who had the honor
of his acquaintance. Captain Penley married
(first) in 1802, Desire Dingley, by whom he
had thirteen children. Married (second) in
1834, Julia A. Wagg, by whom he had five
children, namely: i. Louisa V., married Asa
Garcelon. 2. Flattie E., married S. T. Davis.
3. Caroline M., married J. \V. Peables. 4. Al-
bert M., see forward. 5. W'infield S. Captain
Penley, who won his title by many years' serv-
ice in the state militia, died January 13, 1873,
in his ninety-first year.
(Ill) Albert Manchester, son of Captain
John and Julia A. (Wagg) Penley, was born
in Danville, July 22, 1847. He was reared on
the home farm, and his education was ac-
quired at the Edward Little Institute and
Maine State Seminary. For two years after
completing his studies he served in the capa-
city of school teacher, after which he turned
his attention to the farm, conducting opera-
tions thereon until January i, 1874, when he
purchased the meat and grocery interest of
L. F. Chase in the mercantile house of Chase
& Peables, and formed the firm of Peables &
Penlev, which continued until Mr. Penley re-
tired, January i, 1883, a period of nine years.
The following September he engaged in the
same business on his own account at No. 98
Maine street. Auburn, which he has continued
to the present time. In addition to this he
has been a director of the Auburn Foundry
Company from 1883, 'and its president since
September, i8go ; a director of the Auburn
Loan and Building Association since its or-
ganization ; a director and treasurer of the
Androscoggin Land Association since its for-
mation in 1887; a director and president of
the Penley Cemetery Corporation, organized in
1889. Mr. Penley has always been staunch
in his advocacy of Republican principles and
candidates, and has frequently been selected
for positions of official trust. He served as
warden of ward 4 of Auburn from 1872 to
1874; member of the common council, 1880-
82; alderman, 1884; member of the Republi-
can city committee, 1883, and was its chair-
man in the important campaign of 1884; over-
seer of the poor from 1883 to 1885; mayor,
1887. re-elected in 1888: in 1889 was chosen
to fill a vacancy in the officer of overseer of
the poor until 1891, when he was elected for
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three years, and in 1890 was chosen one of
the superintending school committee of Au-
burn, and continued in that capacity for ten
years, and also one of its representatives to
the legislature for two terms, 1891-93. In
1897 he was appointed to fill an unexpired
term as county commissioner by Governor
Llewellyn Powers, serving thus for one year.
He was then elected for a short term of two
years, and in 1900 was elected for a full term
of six years. In 1S93 he was elected a trustee
of the Auburn Savings Bank and has served
to the present time (1909). J\lr. Penley is
also prominently connected with brotherhood
associations ; is a Knight of Pythias, a Knight
of Honor since 1887, grand dictator of the
order in Maine in 1885, and a member of the
Supreme Lodge in 1886-87. He joined Tran-
quil Lodge of Free Masons in 1873. King
Hiram Chapter, Dunlap Council, and Lcwiston
Commandery, 1874; Lewiston Lodge of Per-
fection, 1880; Portland Council of Princes of
Jerusalem, Dunlap Chapter Rose Croix and
Maine Consistory, S. P. R. C, 1881 ; received
the thirty-third and highest degree in Masonry
in 1888, creating him sovereign grand in-
spector-general of the Northern JMasonic Ju-
risdiction. In 1875 h^ assisted in organizing
Ancient Brothers Lodge, and was its master
from 1876 to 1878. He was high priest of
Bradford Chapter in 1878-79, thrice illustrious
master of Dunlap Council from 1880 to 1882,
commander of Lewiston Commandery from
1882 to 1884, and thrice potent grand master
of Lewiston Lodge of Perfection from 1887
to 1889. He has served as senior grand war-
den in the Masonic body in 1895 ; was grand
high priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chap-
ter of Maine from 1892 to 1894; was grand
master of the Grand Council of Maine, Royal
and Select Masters, from 1889 to 1891. He
joined Aleppo Temple, Boston, September 15,
1887, and is a member of Kora Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S., of Lewiston, of which he was
a charter member in 1891 and served as poten-
tate in 1905. Mr. Penley has always resided
in "Old Danville." and in i8go built one of
the handsome residences of Auburn, on the
corner of Maine and Elm streets. He is a
man of strong personality, generous impulses,
and possesses the faculty of winning and re-
taining friends to an unusual degree. Mr.
Penley married, at Deering, Alaine, October
18, 1875, Georgia A., daughter of Jonathan
and Mary (Fickett) Pennell, of that town.
Children : Georgia Maryett, married Samuel
Stewart, of Lewiston, Alaine, in 1900; two
children, Evelyn E. and Ruth F. ; John Albert,
married Ethel F. Lindsay, of Lewiston, Maine ;
Julia Lida. The family are attendants of the
Congregational church of Auburn.
The genealogists appear all at sea
W'lLL.S in tracing the ancestral line of
the descent of the Wills of Somer-
set county, Maine, and by reason of the ease
by which the three surnames, Wills, Willis and
Mills, are confounded, it has proved futile to
make any reasonable connection in the sec-
ond, third, fourth, fifth and sixth generations.
It is presumed by the family and supported
by tradition that the immigrant ancestor was
Thomas Wills, of Exeter, England, w-ho was
granted one hundred and sixty acres of land
in Kittery, Maine, in 1677, and who mar-
ried for his second wife, in 1669, Lucy, daugh-
ter of James (who died before 1650) and
Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, and widow
of Humphrey Chadbourne. She was born in
Kittery about 1632 and married as her third
husband Hon. Elias Stileman, of Portsmouth.
They had a daughter, Sarah, who married
John Gear, and a son, Thomas Jr., a mariner,
who married Sarah, daughter of Walter Ab-
bott, of Portsmouth. Supposing that Thomas
Jr. was born in 1675, the third generation
would be 1705, the fourth 1740, the fifth
1770, the sixth 1795, and the seventh 1824.
Assuming this, we place Ruel Wills as of the
seventh generation. If this is not the Ameri-
can immigrant ancestor of Ruel and Fred J.
Wills, we find one Samuel Wills, of Hartford,
Maine, who was married November 28. 1688,
to Mary (Taylor) Love, widow of William
Love, of Salmon Falls, Maine. She died be-
fore 1695 ^"d 'ic husband, Samuel Wills, sold
to "his late wife's brother. John Taylor, of
Hampton, the estate of William Love."
(VH) Ruel Wills was born in Mercer,
Somerset county, Maine, in 1824, and died
February 10, 1903. He received a common
school education and learned the shoe manu-
factory business. He was for many years
a member of the shoe manufacturing firm of
John F. Cobb & Comi^any. He married
(fir.st) Rhoda Millet, sister of John F. Cobb's
first wife, 1849. H's wife died 1859. In i860
he married (second) Lavina Millet, sister of his
decea.sed wife. She died 1861. In 1862 he
married (third) Esther, daughter of David
and Patty (Robinson) Corliss, of Hartford,
Maine. His children were: i. Herbert, born
September, 1863, Auburn, Maine. 2. Carrie,
born July 30, 1865, in Auburn, married Gil-
bert Hersey. 3. Fred Irving (q. v.). 4. Ar-
thur A., born Auburn. 5. Elmer, born Turner,
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June I, 1S71. 6. Albert, born Turner, Octo-
ber 27. 1S72. 7. Perley, born Turner, ilay
28, 1874. 8. Ernest, born Minot, December
25, 1879. All born in state of Maine.
(VHI) Fred Irving, second son and third
child of Ruel and Esther (Corliss) Wills, was
born in Auburn, Maine, December ig, 1867.
He was but eight years old when he was
bound out to a farmer, who cultivated a large
farm and here worked and received his board,
clothes and short winter terms at school until
he was sixteen years old, when he worked for
a grocer, receiving for his first year's work
his board and one hundred dollars, with a
liberal increase from year to year. When he
had reached his majority, he had accumu-
lated a considerable sum of money, which he
invested in the grocery business in Lewiston,
Maine, which he was still carrying on in 1909.
In addition to this business he was passenger
and exchange agent for the Atlantic liners
running between Boston, New York and other
American ports to all parts of Europe. He
affiliated with the Masonic fraternity; with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
with the Sons of St. George. His political
affiliation is with the Republican party, and
his religious home the Protestant Episcopal
church. He married. June 19, 1889, Nettie A.,
daughter of John and Alice (Hartley) Gar-
ner, of England, and their children, Carrie
Alice and Russell Garner, were born in Lewis-
ton, Maine.
This name is not of fre-
MERRIFIELD quent occurrence inx\mer-
ica, but was common in
Devonshire, England, where at one time its
bearers were of considerable distinction and
owners of large landed estates. The name is
probably a contraction of St. Mary's Field,
there having been in England a village of this
name, which was also given to a bridge and
used to describe an estate. John Merrifield ap-
pears in the list of passengers on a ship which
left England for America in 1635, and he was
probably the ancestor of all those bearing the
name in this country.
(I) Simeon Merrifield was probably born in
1718 or 1720. He enlisted under }\Iajor John
Storer, in Wells, Maine, in 1740, and sailed
for Boston in a transport, March 24 of that
year, to join the Louisburg expedition under
Pepperell. As far as can be ascertained his
children were : Simeon, who settled in Wells
near the" South Berwick line, Samuel and
W'illiam.
(II) William, son of Simeon Merrifield, was
born in 1747. lie settled on the Sanford
Grant, where he cleared a fine farm, which
has been held by his descendants since that
time. He married, December 6, 1771, Hepzi-
bah Furbush, and as far as is known their
children were : Nathaniel, see forward ; Will-
iam, born February 16, 1774; Jacob, January
4, 1776; settled in Sanford, married Lucy
Ricker and had a numerous family.
(III) Nathaniel, eldest child of William and
Hepzibah (Furbush) Merrifield, was born
September 21, 1772. He resided in Lisbon,
Maine. He married Furbush, and had
children : Jacob, see forward ; William,
Abram, Nathaniel, Margaret, Rhoda and Rc-
hef.
(IV) Jacob, sou of Nathaniel and
(Furbush) Merrifield, was born in Lisbon,
Maine, about 1800. While still a young man
he removed to Waterville, Maine, where he
followed the occupation of a lumberman. He
was married to Esther, born in 1812, a daugh-
ter of Tristram and Miriam (Nason) Ricker,
the former a farmer. They had children:
George Alpheus Lyon, see forward; Helen M.,
born January 28, 1841 ; three who died in in-
fancy; Tinnie, born June 7, 1849, is living in
Falls Church, Virginia; Clara Isabel, born
April 20, 1851. Of these children only George
Alpheus Lyon and Tinnie are living at the
present time (1909).
(\') George Alpheus Lyon, eldest child of
Jacob and Esther (Ricker) Merrifield, was
born in Waterville, Maine, March i, 1839. At
that time the family were living in the little
cottage long occupied by the late Rufus Nason
(a relative of the Merrifield family), now
standing on Upper Maine street. Mr. Merri-
field was named for the Hon. George Evans, a
noted politician of that time, and the Hon.
Alpheus Lyon, an early resident of the town.
His education was acquired in the public and
high schools of his native town and in the
Waterville Liberal Institute. He was engaged
until 1865 in the boot and shoe business in
Waterville, wholesale, retail and manufactur-
ing branches, and in that year went to Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, where, through
the influence of the Hon. H. Hamlin, he was
appointed to a clerkship in the United States
pension office, June 5, 1865. He rose through
the various grades until he now holds the
position of principal examiner, under an act of
congress creating that office. He is one of the
few persons enjoying the distinction of having
served continuously in the United States pen-
sion office at \\'ashington for a period of over
forty-four years. He has resided in Falls
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Church, \irginia, for thirty-four years, going
to Washington on ihe morning of every legal
business day. Mr. Merrifield is Republican in
politics. The town of Merrifield, Fairfax
county, Virginia, was named in his honor.
He is a director of the Falls Church Bank
and Trust Company, and president of the
Falls Church Improvement Company. He is
a member and deacon of the Falls Church
Congregational Church, a member of the
Waterville (Maine) Lodge, No. 33, Free and
Accepted Masons, a member of the Congre-
gational Club of Washington, District of Col-
umbia, and was its president, secretary and
treasurer for a number of years. Mr. Merri-
field married (first) September 22, 1868, El-
len Augusta King, of Washington, District of
Columbia, who died March 21, 1892, and had
children : Edith Octavia and Everett Piatt.
Edith Octavia married the Rev. Arsene B.
Schmavonian, of Constantinople, Turkey,
where they now reside, and where he is pas-
tor of an Armenian Congregational church.
He was educated at the Divinity School in
Hartford, Connecticut, and lived for a time
in Falls Church, and in Hyde Park, Massa-
chusetts. Their children are: Gregory, born
in Falls Church, Virginia, in 1900, and Mar-
garet Virginia, born in Constantinople, Tur-
key, August 16, 1908. Mr. Merrifield married
(second) September, 1898, Martha Frances,
born in Oakland, Maine, daughter of George
Rice, of West Waterville, Maine ; Mrs. Merri-
field died January, 1907. He married (third)
January 16, 1908, Margaret Gray, daughter
of William Buckner and ]\Iargaret (Gray)
Dickenson, and granddaughter of William and
Jane (Buckner) Dickenson, the latter a native
of Caroline county, Virginia.
John Ward, immigrant ancestor,
WARD was born in England in 1740. He
came from London in 1770 to the
province of Maine and settled there.
(II) John (2). son of John (i) Ward, was
born in 1775 in Sidney, Maine. He settled in
the west part of Sidney and was a farmer.
He also lived in Windsor, Maine.
(HI) Joshua, son of John (2) Ward, was
born in Windsor. 1801. He married Betsey
Cunningham, and they lived in Augusta,
Maine. Children : John Ellis, Frank O. and
Mary.
(IV) John Ellis, son of Joshua Ward, was
born in Augusta, IMaine, died there Mav 20,
1895. He was educated in the common schools
of Augusta. He engaged in the business of
trucking and heavy carting, and was success-
ful in his undertaking. In politics he was a
Republican, served in city council, 1854-55, for
several years was overseer of the poor in
Augusta, was street commissioner of Augusta
twelve years, and he was chosen to various
other offices of trust and honor. He was a
member of the iViethodist Episcopal church of
Augusta. He was a member of Bethlehem
Lodge, Free Alasons ; Cushnoc Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons; Trinity Commandery, Knights
Templar, of .Xugusta. He married, 1853,
Mary EHzabeth Clement, born 1833, daugh-
ter of Samuel Clement, of Winterport. Chil-
dren: I. Mary Davis, born June 20, 1858,
married Scott A. Simpson, of Portland, JNIaine.
2. S. Curtis C, mentioned below.
(V) S. Curtis C, son of John Ellis Ward,
was born March i, 1863, at Augusta. He
was educated in the public schools of Augusta
and at the Dirigo Business College. At the
age of eighteen years he became a clerk in
the Augusta postoffice under Postmaster Jo-
seph H. Mauley. He left this position four
years later to become bookkeeper for Howes,
Hilton & Harris, wholesale grocers, of Port-
land. He went to Buenos Ayres, Argentine
Republic, South America, in 1887, a buyer for
the firm of Beck & Company, commission mer-
chants. New York City. In 1890 he returned
to Augusta, and for two years had a retail
grocery business in that city on his own ac-
count. He was in the employ of the street
railway company at Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, for the following three years, returning
to Augusta to become the state deputy of the
Maccabees of the World, being supervising
deputy for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces also. He
was elected one of the ten executive officers
at the convention at Detroit, Michigan, and
has been a national officer of the body since
1907. He is a member of Bethlehem Lodge,.
Free ]\Iasons; Cushnoc Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons ; Trinity Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar; a Noble of Kora Temple, Order of the
Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. He is also a
member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, of Augusta. In politics he is a
Democrat ; a member of common council in
Augusta, 1906-07-08, and president of that
body in 1907-08. Mr. Ward married, May 31,.
1889. Cora B. Brown, born Chelsea, Maine,
daughter of James T. and Abbie (Davis)
Brown.
John Brow'n, immigrant ances-
BRO\\'N tor, was born in England, 171 5.
He was in Boston before De-
cember 12, 1738, when he married .Abigail
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Colesworthy. He was an iniiholdcr and also
a tailor. He settled in Charleslown and was
a taxpayer from 1746 to 1773, owning various
lots of land. He deeded land to James Brown,
of New Castle, Maine, probably a relative, in
1773. He was sixty years old when the revo-
lution broke out, but he adhered to the Crown
and joined the Loyalists who went to Nova
Scotia, with his family. Children: i. Sarah,
died November 22, 1754, in Charlestown. 2.
Abigail, born August 8, 1740, married John
Bowles. 3. Mary, born July 19, 1741. 4.
Nathaniel, died January 8, 1743. 5. Stephen,
died January 17, 1747, aged four months. 6.
Joseph, born March 23, 1752, mentioned be-
low.
(H) Joseph, son of John Brown, was born
in Charlestown, March 23, 1752. He removed
at the time of the revolution or earlier to
Hallowell, Maine. He married, 1774, Char-
lotte Tinges, of Boston. Children: i. Henry,
born at Charlestown, December 21, 1775. 2.
James, mentioned below. Probably others at
Hallowell. Joseph Brown died March 4,
1824.
(IH) James, son of Joseph Brown, was
born in Hallowell, Maine, April 14, 1782, died
October 27, 1858. He served in the war of
181 2. He married Hannah Meady. Chil-
dren : Hannah, Thomas, James, mentioned be-
low ; David, John, George, Lucy, Charlotte,
Eliza.
(IV) James (2) Jr., son of James (i)
Brown, w-as born in Chelsea, Maine, Febru-
ary 2, i8og, died February 2, 1868. He mar-
ried RIartha Coss, of Pittston, Maine. Chil-
dren : James T., mentioned below ; Charlotte,
Martha, Lucinda, George, Orlena.
(V) James T., son of James (2) Brown,
was born in Chelsea, Maine, November 12,
1832, died there August 7, 1888. He married
Abbie Davis, born Windsor, Maine, [March 4,
1838, daughter of Simeon and Abigail Davis.
Children: i. Martha M., born May 11, 1856,
married Eugene E. Randall ; children : Ernest
B., Arthur E. and Cora ]\L Randall. 2. Cora
B., born October 19, 1864, aforementioned as
the wife of S. Curtis C. ^^'ard. 3. George
Thomas, born February 15, 1871, married
Cora E. Spear ; one child, Edwin F. Brown.
The ancestors of the present
MANNING members of the Manning
families early founded in
this country, were from England, where rep-
resentatives of the general family had long
been numerous. It is claimed that British
records, published by order of parliament.
show that the name occurred in twenty-two
counties in the kingdom as early as the year
1272. The predecessors of these early inhabi-
tants went to England from what is now Ger-
many. All Englishmen of the present time
make this statement. The accounts differ
slightly as to the particular continental prov-
ince wdience their ancestors came, but nine-
tenths of these unite in saying that the family
is of Saxon origin. In Hasted's "Kent"
(County of Kent, England), published in
1797, occurs the following reference to the
Mannings: "They are said to be descended
from an ancient and noble family which took
its name from Manning (Mannheim), a town
in Saxony, whence they came to England be-
'fore the Conquest." In the colonial wars the
Mannings were represented by nineteen per-
sons bearing their name; on the Rolls of the
Revolution fifty-two appear; in the war of
1812, sixteen; in the war of the rebellion,
eighty ; and in the Spanish war, six ; — an indis-
putable evidence of the patriotism and fighting
qualities of the family. In many other ways
honors have come to the name through those
who have been high in church and state, sci-
ence and art, and the three learned profes-
sions of law, medicine and divinity.
(I) William [Manning, ancestor of this ex-
tensive family, came to America about the
year 1634 or before. Whence he came has not
been learned, but as the Mannings had long
been a numerous family in England, and as
he came contemporaneously with the migra-
tion of other emigrants from that country, it is
certain that he was from a branch of that
ancient family. After living a short time in
Roxbury, JMassachusetts, he went to Cam-
bridge, where he may have been a merchant.
He was the owner of a house and of other
lots of land, but when he bought and sold is
not known in full. William Manning was a
freeman in 1640. His will is dated February
17, 1665, and proved April 28, 1666. He had
removed to Boston as early as August 25,
1664, w-hen he became connected with the
church there, and perhaps earlier. The name
of his first wife, whom he married in Eng-
land, is not known. She was the mother of
his children, and died on the voyage to Amer-
ica. He married (second) Susannah — ,
of whom we know no more than that she died
in Cambridge, October 16, 1650. He married
(third) perhaps at Boston, Elizabeth -.
He had two children: William, born in Eng-
land in 1614, and Hannah.
(II) William (2), son of William (i) Man-
ning, was born about 1614, in England, came
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STATE OF MAINE.
to the colony of Massachusetts Bay in or be-
fore 1634, settled in the latter year in Cam-
bridge, and made that town his home the
remainder of his life. He early purchased a
homestead and other land, and engaged m
business as a merchant, a calling he followed
throughout his life. This enterprise was not,
however, limited to the mere selling of goods,
for he owned a warehouse and a boathouse on
a canal to which boats had free access. Early
in life he became one of the most prominent
and trusted citizens of the town, and was often
called to public offices of trust. He was
elected highway surveyor, 165 1, and the same
year "to s'ize casks," or as a ganger ; constable
1652-66-68-75-79, and selectman 1652-O6-70-
72-75-81-83. or a total of fifteen years. His
name also frequently appears in connection
with different public affairs. He often filled
offices in connection with the settlement of
estates. He was a freeman in 1643, and was
as earlv as that date a member of the church.
After the death of Rev. Mr. Mitchell, in 1668,
IMr. Manning was selected by the church to go
to England to prevail upon Rev. L'rian Oakes
to come to Cambridge and accept the vacant
pastorate, and this mission he performed. The
most important trust of his life was in con-
nection with Harvard College, he having been
selected, with Deacon John Cooper as an asso-
ciate, to replace the old college building with
a new one, and to receive and disburse the
funds for this purpose. This was in 1672,
and the final accounting was made in 1684.
Each steward received £25 for his ten years'
work. He was one of the inhabitants of Cam-
bridge to whom the Shavvshire (or Billerica)
territory was granted in 1644. he being allotted
sixtv acres, and who joined in tlie '"great deed"
of 1650 conveying it to the Billerica settlers.
He left at the time of his death an estate of
£163 2s. gd., free of all debts and expenses,
and had during his lifetime distributed among
his children £308 2s. 7d. He married Dorothy
. .He and his wife were buried in the
now old cemetery of Harvard Square, and
the headstones to their graves remain in good
condition. They record that \MlIiam Man-
ning died March 14, 1690, aged seventy-six,
and Dorothy, his wife, died July 26, 1692.
aged eighty. Their children were : Hannah,
Samuel. Sarah. Abigail, John. Mary and per-
haps Timothy.
(HI) Samuel, eldest son and second child
of \\'illiam (2) and Dorothy Manning, was
born July 21, 1644, at Cambridge. He was
reared in his native town, and seems to have
received a superior education. Between the
years 1664 and 1666 he removed to Billerica,
where he afterward resided. His first home
was at the northern part of the village, which
was the same as the present "'Center'' village,
but at a later period he removed to and occu-
pied his farm west of the Concord river. The
old homestead was erected in 1696; in times
of Indian massacres it was one of the offi-
cially appointed garrison houses, to which an
allotted number of families could hasten in
time of danger and defend themselves from
attacks of the enemy. The house has been oc-
cupied by his descendants for nearly two hun-
dred years, and is now held by the Manning
Association, which was incorporated by special
act of the Massachusetts legislature in 1901.
The old home contains a large and valuable
collection of family mementoes, relics and rec-
ords to which additions are constantly being
made. Addresses, pictures, relics and interest-
ing information concerning every member of
the family, including the children, should be
sent to the secretary at the Manse. Reunions
of the family will be held annually on June
17 (Bunker Hill Day). Twice the Indians
raided the town and killed some of his neigh-
bors. Mr. Manning was corporal in the mili-
tia 1682; sergeant 1684; ensign 1699. The
town elected him to nearly all the offices within
its power to bestow. He was surveyor of
highways, 1668-76-77: sealer of weights and
measures, 1675-1700; constable. 1677; trial
juryman, 1679; assessor, 1694-98-1702; tith-
ingman, 1679-82-95-97-1704-09, or twelve
years; town clerk, 1686-90-92-99, or seven
years; selectman, 1673-77-79-82-90-92-94-96-
99, eighteen years, and representative to the
general court 1695-97. He was a surveyor, and
at various times served on committees or alone
to survey land and run lines, and performed
many other trusts and duties of a public na-
ture. He was made a freeman of the colony in
1670. The house he erected on his homestead
west of the Concord river still stands. He
was a large holder of real estate, for, on the
death of his father, he had become owner of
the latter's homestead and warehouse in Cam-
bridge. The large farm he owned remained
directly in the hands of his descendants, pass-
ing from father to son several times, uiuil
1880, and is still held subject to the testament-
ary will of its latest Manning occupant. 'Sam-
uel Manning married (first) April 13, 1664,
Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Stearns, born at
Watertown, and died June 24, 1671. at Bil-
lerica. He married (second) May 6. 1673,
Abiel, daugiiter of John ^\'ight. born at Med-
field, January I. 1654. who died some time
STATE OF MAINE.
1803
after Jul)- 3. 1713. Samuel .Manning died at
Billerica. February 22, 171 1. The children by
the first marriage were : Samuel and John ;
and by the second marriage : Timothy, Han-
nah. William. Mary, Sarah, Dorothy, Isaac,
Ephraim, Elizabeth, Timothy, Eliphalet, Abiel.
(I\") Isaac, third son of Samuel and Abiel
(Wight) ]ilanning, was born in Billerica,
April 15, 1685. He went to Cambridge before
July, 1707, at which time he was twenty-two
years old, and perhaps resided there until his
death, but this is not certain. He was in Cam-
bridge continuously from 1703 to 1723, and
probably until 1742. The first sign of him is
on July 27, 1707, when he is credited in the
church book with the payment of six shillings,
his minister's rate, or tax for the support of
the church. Similar payments are entered
each year, the rate ranging from seven shill-
ings upward. JMargaret, his wife, was ad-
mitted to full communion January 9, 1728.
Nothing is found to show that he was a church
member, but he or his wife must have "owned
the covenant." if no more, prior to the birth of
their first child, as it was baptized promptly.
Isaac was elected to town offices as follows :
hog-reeve, 1713; fence viewer, 1714-18; high-
way surveyor, 1721. At a meeting of the
selectmen of the town, February 28, 1743,
Isaac Manning was allowed six shillings old
tenor for care of the poor. This is the last
mention of his name in the records. His
occupation is unknown. He married, April 8.
1708, 2\Iargaret Eager, born in Cambridge,
May 25, 1681, daughter of William and Hes-
ter (Cole) Eager. Their children were:
Isaac, ^largaret, William Thomas, (died
young). Daniel. Sarah, Hannah and Thomas.
(V) William (3), eldest son of Isaac and
Margaret (Eager) Manning, was born in
Cambridge, October 24, 1712. He early set-
tled at Charlestown, and became a ferryman
in 1748. As early as 1631 a ferry had been
established between Charlestown anq) Boston,
"where the Charles river bridge now is," and
control thereof and revenue therefrom were
granted in 1640 to Harvard College. In W'ill-
iam's time four boats were run, and the man-
agement of them was granted by lease by the
college, in four parts, one part to each lessee :
August 31, 1748, "one-fourth" of said ferry
vvas leased to William Manning. The rent
was £150 a year in "Bills of Credit of the old
Tenor," in four payments of £37 los., payable
on the first of November, February, May and
August. Each lessee was to keep one strong
boat in good order and have sober persons to
run it. William renewed his lease in 1752,
and again October i, 1754, for two years, and
is believed to have continued with the ferry
nearly as long as he lived. Mr. Manning was
one of those whose property was burned after
the battle of Bunker Hill. His loss included
£266 13s. 4d. for two dwellings "belonging to
me and wife," and £5 for persona! estate, and
£1 4s. for cartage. The last item is a silent
but eloquent witness to the hasty flight of the
family from the burning town, with such per-
sonal effects as they could save. William Man-
ning was drawn to serve as a petit juror in
1738. He bought April 19, 1755, for £40, one-
half of a house and one-half part of the land
by the same, on Wapping street, near the pres-
ent navy yard. He died November 8, 1776,
at Medford, aged sixty-four years. The town
records call him "of Charlestown"; the church
record, "late of Charlestown." Medford was
probably his home after the fire. He left no
will. Administration of his estate was granted
to his widow and his son Caleb, December 9,
I777._ The inventory was £159 4s. 6d., which
was increased by cash received to a total of
£179 6d. William Manning married (first)
January i, 1736, Elizabeth Kettle, born at
Charlestown, September 18, 1716, died 1759,
and buried December 8. Her ancestry was:
Benjamin and Mary (Dyer), her parents;
Deacon Joseph and Hannah (Frothingham),
her grandparents; and Sergeant Richard and
Esther Ward (Kettle), her great-grandpar-
ents, all of Charlestown, where Richard, the
immigrant, was a church member, 1633. He
married (second) 'January 6, 1761, Mrs. Jo-
anna Webber, born September 15, 1723, died
at Medford, of pneimionia, August 27, 1787.
Her maiden name was WHiittemore, and Will-
iam was her third husband. Her ancestry
was: Joseph and Mehitable (Raymond), her
parents; Joseph and Joanna (Mousal), her
grandparents; John and Mary (Upham), her
great-grandparents ; and Thomas and Hannah
Whittemore, immigrants, her great-great-
grandparents, all of Charlestown, where Thom-
as settled about 1642. The children of Will-
iam Manning by his first wife were : William,
Elizabeth, Isaac, James, Daniel, Caleb, Mary,
Sarah (died young), Sarah (died young"),
Thomas and Susanna. By the second wife:
Joanna, Joseph and Sarah.
(VI) James, third son of William (3) and
Elizabeth (Kettle) Manning, was born at
Charlestown, March 21, 1743, and died there
November 11, 1790. He resided in his native
town. He was a colonial soldier under Cap-
tain John Toplin, in the expedition "destined
for Canada," his service being in 1759, from
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STATE OF MAINE.
April 2 to September: ami again in 1761,
under Captain Toi)lin and Colonel Frye. The
first mentioned expedition "sailed from the
Castle" (Fort Independence), April 24. Tra-
dition savs that in private life he was occn-
pied with the ferry between Charlestown and
Boston, so long operated by his father. When,
after the battle of Bunker Hill, Charlestown
was burned. lames and his family shared in
the general flight caused by the spreading of
the flames. The mother took .-\aron, the
youngest child, in her arms, antl carried him
on foot into the country, the older children
running bv her side. :S\r. Manning carried on
his back what valuables he could thus convey.
The house in which he lived, with the greater
part of its contents, was destroved by fire. He
set his loss of personal property at £20 8s. 2d.
There is still in existence an old mahogany
desk, with secret drawers, which belonged to
him, and which was in the house while the
above-mentioned battle was in progress, but
which was saved. This desk became the prop-
erty of Charles F. Manning, but was for thirty
years in the care of Prentice C. Manning, a
younger brother. When Charles F. settled
permanently in Portland, the desk was re-
stored to him. How soon James and family
returned to Charlestown is not certain; they
were there in 1784, and he remained and died
there. He was probably in poor health from
1784 to 1790.
James iManning married, February 18, 1765,
Ann Brown, who was baptized at Charles-
town, March 21, 1743, daughter of Benjamin
and Ann (Boylston) Brown, according to Wy-
man's "Charlestown Genealogies." The mem-
orandum of I'ranklin :\Ianning, a grandson of
James, and a careful and reliable recorder,
states that James "married Ann Brown, of
Concord," and adds: "The widow Brown of
Concord was my father's grandmother, and
she was si.ster to the mother of Nathan Kins-
man, of Hanover, New Hampshire.'" "Ann
Manning" owned the covenant, September 22,
J 765. The children of James and Ann, all
born in Charlestown, were : James, Ann, Will-
iam, Susanna and Aaron.
(VII) William (4), second son of James
and Ann (Brown) Manning, was born in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, iNIarch 25, 1770,
and died in Parsonsfield, Maine, October 15,
1837. He was a tailor by trade, but also a
considerable holder of real estate. He early
settled in Maine, and according to statements
given in deeds, lived in Brunswick, 1795-97:
in Cornish, 1797-1800; in Limington, 1801-23,
and perhaps after; and last of all in Parsons-
field. .\pril 2T, 1795, he bought one-quarter
of an acre of land for £6. One-half of this
purchase he sold the same year, and the re-
mainder in 1797. In the latter year he pur-
chased land in Cornish for $340. and sold it in
1800 for $400. In Limington he bought land
in 1801 for $743, and another lot in 1803 for
$50. The first of these lots he disposed of in
broken parcels from time to time, but that of
1803. which he acquired from one William
Wentworth, he held until 1836. when he sold
it to his son Franklin. It is described a^ three
acres of land, and water power, and was "the
same T occupied as a dwelling house & .Mills
RIINS OF CELLAR OF WILLIAM MANNING'S HOUSE AT LE.X-
IXGTOX, MAINE. 1803-1S36.
for many years." This reference to "mills"
is explained by present old resident? of Lim-
ington. He lived four miles from the main
\ illage. and had a mill for grinding corn, re-
mains of which are still visible. His farm
is said to have contained eighty acres. He
married (first). September 8, 1793, -Margaret
Swan, born June i, 1772, died July 19, 1815.
Her ancestry was: Joseph and Janet (Mc-
Cloud), her parents, of West Cambridge. Mas-
sachusetts : Ebenezer and Bathsheba : Eben-
ezer and Elizabeth ; and John and Mary
(Pratt) Swan, all of Cambridge, where John
died June 5, 1708, aged eighty-seven. Will-
iam Planning married (second), about 1822,
STATE OF MAINE.
1 80;
Mrs. Hannah Littlefiekl, of York, who died in
1824. No children were born of this mar-
riage. The children of William and Margaret
(Swan) Manning were: Janet, Nancy, Su-
sanna, Joseph, Mary, William Holmes, Thom-
as Jefferson, Franklin, Henry, Clarissa, and
an infant son who died young.
(Vni) Franklin, fourth son of William (4)
and Margaret ( Swan) Manning, was born in
Limington, January 12, 1808, and died at
Norway, September 29, 1853. Early in life
he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was
associated in the stove and hardware business
in Portland with Nathan \\'inslow, and later
with his brother-in-law, George H. Cheney,
for several years prior to 1838, when he re-
moved to Paris, Maine, and thence to Syra-
cuse, New York, in 1841. He returned to
Maine in 1847, and settled in Norway, where
he took charge of a large mercantile business
and iron foundry conducted under the name of
Brown & Company. He was very active in
affairs pertaining to the welfare of the town,
particularly in educational, temperance and
religious works, and, in whatever engaged, de-
voted to it the most untiring energy. On the
completion of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence
railroad to Alontreal, he made a visit to that
city, where he contracted typhoid fever, from
which he died on his return to Norway. The
Nonvay Advertiser, in an obituary in January,
1854, said of him : "He was genial and social,
and in his intercourse with the w'orld was un-
exceptionable. As a friend he was warm in
his attachments, and confiding in his nature ;
in his deportment he was dignified, yet modest
and unassuming, and in all his associations
was influenced only by high and honorable
motives." He was an incorporator and trustee
of the Norway Liberal Institute, and worthy
patriarch of the Sons of Temperance. After
his death the family removed to Portland,
January, 1854. He married, April 25, 1833,
Sophia Cheney, born at Newport, New Hamp-
shire, July 21, i§io, daughter of Colonel Will-
iam and Tryphena (Hatch) Cheney, of New-
port (see Cheney VH). She died in Port-
land, May 26, 1884. Husband and wife were
buried in the old cemetery near the center of
the village of Norway. Their children were:
Georgianna Sophia, Charles Franklin, Pren-
tice Cheney, Ellen Olivia, William Cheney,
Frederick Hall and Frank.
(IX) Charles Franklin, eldest son of Frank-
lin and Sophia (Cheney) Manning, was born
in Portland, 3ilaine, August 12, 1835, and
early became a civil engineer. His first active
work was as a survevor on the Ontario, Sim-
coc & Lake Huron railroad in Canada, of
which he was assistant engineer at the time of
his father's death in 1853. Immediately fol-
lowing that event he went to Portland, to
which place his mother had returned with her
family. Here he engaged in partnership with
Charles D. Brown in the wholesale flour and
produce business. In 1862 he removed with
his family to Baltimore, Maryland, and was
engaged as constructing engineer for the
Hutchinson Brothers in the installation of
water and gas works. Some years later he
went to Norfolk, Virginia, where under the
contract of Messrs. Allen & Hutchinson he
built the first water works system in Norfolk
in 1872-73. He also instituted a gas plant at
the Hygia Hotel, Old Point Comfort. From
Norfolk he went to Hagerstown, Maryland,
and w-as for five years a member of the firm
of Ames, Manning & Ames, who did a large
business in the manufacture of fertilizers. Af-
terward he became city treasurer and tax col-
lector; a director (also treasurer and cor-
responding secretary) in the \\'ashington
County Agricultural and JMechanical Associa-
tion ; and a director in the Orphans Home.
He was a trustee and elder of the Presby-
terian church, and for ten years superintend-
ent of its Sunday school 1883-93. He was sup-
erintendent and treasurer of the Hagerstown
Light and Heat Company, and the Washington
County Water Company. In 1894 he resigned
these offices to return to Portland, retiring
from active business. Pie died JMarch 7, 1899.
He was a member of the State Street Congre-
gational Church. In politics he was a Republi-
can. He was a member of Atlantic Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, of Portland, and
past master of Friendship Lodge, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, Hagerstown. A friend
and business associate wrote of him : "We all
agree about him, that he was dear to many a
heart. His uniform courtesy and kindness
made him a host of friends, and there was one
expression here in regard to him, coming to
me from all classes of those who had come
in contact with him in social or business rela-
tions— that he was an upright, courteous gen-
tleman." The Hagerstown Globe, in an obitu-
ary of him, said : "The news of his death
was received in Hagerstown with manifesta-
tions of deepest regret upon the part of a wide
circle of friends and acquaintances. During
his residence in Hagerstown he made many
warm friends. He was a polished gentleman,
an excellent man of business, exact and
prompt, and enjoyed an enviable reputation."
He married, in Portland, September 20, 1858,
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STATE OF MAINE.
Ellen -M. Crockett, born in Portland, April 25,
1838, daughter of Leonard and Frances Ellen
(Talbot) "Crockett, of Portland (see Crock-
ett). Children: i. Alma Crockett, born Au-
gust 2, 1859; unmarried. 2. Frances Talbot,
died young. 3. Charles Cheney, next men-
tioned.
(X) Charles Cheney, youngest child of
Charles F. and Ellen M. (Crockett) Alanning,
was born in Baltimore, November 1, 1869.
He graduated from the .Marxland Agricultural
College as a civil engmeer in 1890. He was
employed as such one and a half ,\ears on the
Western Maryland railroad. He is now in the
United States engineer department of the
army, at Portland, entering the government
employ in 1898, under Major Roessler, the
department having charge of the extensive
fortifications and other works now in progress
of construction. He is a member of the Maine
Commandery of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States. He re-
sides in Portland. He married, September 15,
1897, Mary Elizabeth Wiiite. born in Portland,
May 27. 1873, daughter of James and Eliza-
beth (Foster) White, of Portland. Children:
Leonard Foster, born September 10, 1902;
\\'illiam Chenev, August 10, 1904 ; Margaret.
January 7, 1906.
In nearly everv part of Eng-
CHENEY land this name is found, and it
has been identified with the
history of the United States from the earliest
settlement.
(I) The founder of the family in America
was John Cheney, who came with his wife
Martha and four children to Roxbury, Massa-
chusetts, in 1635. He was a member of Rev.
John Eliot"s church, but removed in the latter
part of 1636 to Newbury, where he was at
once received in the church. He became a
large landholder and was a very busy man, as
indicated by the record of remission of a fine
of two shillings for non-attendance at town
meeting. This remission was voted April 21,
1638. His home was in the old town, and he
was granted lot 50 in the "New Towne," on the
"ffield" street, January 10, 1643. He took an
active interest in affairs of the colony, and
was one of ten who walked forty miles to Cam-
bridge to take the freeman's oath, which was
administered May 17, 1637. He was an active
supporter of Governor Winthrop, and was
chosen selectman in 1652-61-64. He was
elected grand juror April 27, 1648, and was
chosen on committees for executing various
town business, such as laying out wa3-s. He
died July 28, 1666, and the inventory of his
estate shows him to have been a wealthy man
for that day. His children were : Mary, yhu-
tha, John, Daniel, Sarah, Peter, Lydia, Han-
nah, Nathaniel and Elizabeth.
(II) Peter, third son and sixth child of
John and iMartha Cheney, was born about
1639, in Newbury, where he passed his life.
On June 18, 1663, he bought of John Bishop,
for two hundred and fifty pounds, a mill and
house, with all appurtenances and riparian
rights. On Alarch 7, 1660, he proposed to the
town meeting to erect a windmill if granted an
acre of land for the purpose, and this propo-
sition was accepted. November 4, 1693, he
deeded to his son John one-iialf of his mill,
dam and belongings, including fifty acres of
land, and January 10, 1695, he deeded the
other half to his son Peter. He died in Jan-
uary, 1695. He married, May 14, 1663, Han-
nah, daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Cut-
ting) No}es. She was born October 30, 1643,
in Newbury, and survived her husband. She
married (second) June 3, 1700, John Atkin-
son, and died January 5, 1705. Her father
was a son of Rev. William and Anne (Par-
ker) Noyes, of Cholderton, England, the lat-
ter a daughter of Rev. Robert Parker, a cele-
brated preacher and author. The children of
Peter and Hannah (Noyes) Cheney were:
Peter, John, Nicholas, Hulda, Mary, Martha,
Nathaniel (died young), Jemima, Nathaniel,
Eldad, Hannah, Ichabod and Lydia.
(III) John (2), second son and child of
Peter and Hannah (Noyes) Cheney, was born
May 10, 1666, in Newbury, and became mas-
ter of many mechanical operations. He was
a house carpenter and millwright, a cloth-
finisher and miller, and operated the mill pur-
chased by his father shortly before his birth.
He inherited from his uncle, Nathaniel
Cheney, a considerable tract of land in Suf-
field, Connecticut, which he sold a part in
1698, and the balance in 1723. C)n August
23, 1724, he was received with his wife in the
church at Weston (Sudbury), and on the
27th of October, same j'ear, he purchased one
hundred and twenty acres of land in that
town, and one-half of this he deeded to his
son John. The time of his residence in Wes-
ton is indicated by his dismissal from the
church there, July 26, 1730, and his admis-
sion to the west parish of Newbury in 1731.
He was subsequently dismissed from this so-
ciety to the Second Church of Rowley, now
Georgetown. He married, March 7, 1693,
Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Wood)
Chute. She was born September 16, 1674.
Manning Manse, Billerica, Mass. Samuel Manning — 1696.
Cheney Mansion, Newpokt, N. H.
Home of Col. Wm. Cheney, where Laeayette was entertained in 1824.
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1807
Her father was a son of James, who was a
son of Lionel Chute. John Cheney died Sep-
tember 2, 1750, and was survived by his wife
only eight days. Their children were : Ed-
mund, Martha, Marv, Sarah, John and Ju-
dith.
( I\') John (3), younger son and fifth child
of John (2) and Hilary (Chute) Cheney, was
born ]May 23, 1705, in Xewbury, and resided
in that part of \Veston now Sudbury. He was
a large landholder in that town and the ad-
joining one of Framingham. The record
shows a purchase in the latter town of seventy-
five acres November 15, 1729, the considera-
tion being four hundred pounds. January 14,
He inherited from his uncle, Nathaniel
1732, he purchased for two hundred twenty
pounds ten shillings, a tract of forty-eight
acres with buildings. November 8, 1729, he
sold the land in Weston deeded to him by
his father in 1724. Numerous sales are re-
corded in Sudbury, Weston and Framingham,
indicating that he had a large estate. He was
a subscriber to "The Land Bank,'" and paid
his subscription before December 22, 1740.
July 3, 1750, he sold to his son John his home-
stead in Sudbury, which had been the estate of
his father-in-law, Noah Clap. 2\Ir. Cheney
was a member of Captain Josiali Brown's troop
of horse, mustered June 4, 1739, and per-
formed active service in quelling the Indians.
In 1753 he was again in service, and was acci-
dentally killed while loading a gun in garri-
son at Georgetown, Maine, July 31, 1753. He
married (first) in Weston (intention published
October 2, 1725), Elizabeth, daughter of
Simon and Elizabeth Dakin. She was born
August 25, 1703, in Concord, and died June
13' ^73^- They were received in the church
at Framingham, February 4, 1728. 2\Ir.
Cheney married (second) December 25, 1730,
3.1ary. daughter of Noah and Mary (\\'right)
Clap. She was admitted to the church in Sud-
bury, October 3, 1731, and he was admitted
January 31, 1733. Mary (Clap) Cheney died
January 2, 1745, and he married (third) No-
vember 15, 1745, Keziah Kendall, of Lancas-
ter. She was received in the Sudbury church,
October 26, 1745. After the death of Mr.
Cheney she married John Tarp, and resided in
Woolwich, ]\Iaine. jMr. Cheney's children
were : Tristram, John, Elizabeth, Elias, Hes-
ter, Ralph, Nathaniel Carter.
(V) Tristram, eldest son of John (3) and
Elizabeth (Dakin) Cheney, was born October
14, 1726, in Weston, and grew up under the
care of Deacon Noah Clap, the father of his
stepmother, who regarded him much as a son
and made him his executor. He was a very
active and vigorous man, and accumulated a
handsome property. Much of his life was
passed on the frontier, and he was always a
leader. He was foremost in the settlement of
a tract in Worcester, granted to Dorchester
men who served in the military campaign of
1690. This settlement became the town of
Ashburnham, in which Mr. Cheney was the
first selectman, 1765, and moderator in 1767.
Fle became a member of the church there by
letter from Sudbury in 1763, and was on nu-
merous important committees, and served as
tithingman and deacon. After about ten years
of residence at Ashburnham he moved to An-
trim, New Hampshire, and helped to organize
the church at Hillsborough, October 12, 1769.
He was one of its first deacons. In 1798 he
went to Walpole, this state, and about 1805 to
St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He bought a farm
in West Concord, Vermont, on which he re-
sided until his death in December, 1816. He
married, November 28, 1745, in Sudbury. [Mar-
garet, daughter of Edward Joyner. Their
children were : Elizabeth, John, William,
Mary, Sarah, Susannah and Elias.
(VI) William, second son of Tristram and
Margaret (Joyner) Cheney, was born in Sud-
bury, February i, 1750, and grew to manhood
in Ashburnham. His first residence of which
we know, after reaching maturity, was Ac-
worth, Cheshire county. New Hampshire. He
bought a tract of land in the adjoining town of
^larlow, September 18, 1778, and soon after
made his home in one of the neighboring vil-
lages— Alstead, where he spent the remainder
of his days. He was a revolutionary soldier,
on the payroll of Captain Samuel Canfield's
company, Colonel Benjamin Bellow's regiment,
July 3, 1777, and September 21 following in
Ashley's company among those "who went to
reinforce the Northern Continental army at
Saratoga, under command of General Gates."
He enlisted "from Marloe," July 16, 1779, for
one year, receiving £60 bountv and "billeting
money." He died July 15, 1802. His widow
and his son William administered on his es-
tate June 29, 1803. By his wife Rebecca, sur-
name unknown, he had children : William,
"Lewman," Lucy, }ilargaret, Laura, Amasa
and Rebecca.
(VII) Colonel William (2). eldest child of
William (i) ai^d Rebecca Cheney, was born
in Alstead, New Hampshire, August 9, 1776.
He learned the carpenter's trade, but soon be-
came a merchant, and resided in Newport.
In 1810 he built a block of stores, a part of
which he occupied until his death. In 181 5 he
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built a large public house known as Xettle-
ton"s Hotel. Three years later he erected a
large building four stories high and one hun-
dred and fifty feet long, called the "Tontine,"
designed for' stores and mechanic shops. At
aboiu this time he sold the town the tract of
land since used as a common. During the
year 1815 he constructed the dam and canal
which feed the upper tannery and the New-
port and Eagle mills. On the canal he built
a cotton factory and linseed oil mill, and a
grist mill and a sawmill at the dam below.
About the year 1819 he purchased all the
waterpower at Sunapee Harbor, and built there
a grist mill, sawmill and carding mill. Colonel
Cheney had few educational advantages, but '
his indomitable energy and perseverance in all
that he undertook, whether in private or pub-
lic enterprises, brought him success. He had
a generous heart. It is related of him that he,
once took a poor friendless old lady who was '
on the way to the poorhouse, into his own
family, where she enjoyed all the hospitalities
of his home for a long time. He was often
moderator of the town meeting, and member
of the board of selectmen of the town, and
during the years 1816-1827 a representative to
the state legislature. It was mainly through
his efforts that a division of Cheshire county
was ettected, and Newport became the county
seat of the new county of Sullivan. He was a
friend of education, and assisted several young
men who were fitting for college, and con-
tributed generously to the support of the New-
port .\cademy. lie was a deacon of the Bap-
tist church, to which he presented the ground
for church and parsonage, and contributed
largely toward the construction of the edifices.
The bell was his own gift, a surprise to the
society. He w^as an ardent lover of music,
and in his earlier years played the violin. The
Masonic body of which he was a member met
for a long time in a hall in his residence.
Passing through all the subordinate grades he
became a colonel in the state militia. When,
in 1824, Lafayette passed through the town, he
was received by a large escort and conducted
to the residence of Colonel Cheney, where he
met the warm and enthusiastic congratulations
of the people. He died of consumption, June
15, 1830, leaving the largest estate ever ad-
ministered in town up to that time. He mar-
ried. February, 1801, Tryphena, daughter of
Phineas Hatch, who survived him many years.
The Rev. Daron Stow, of Boston, in an obit-
uary notice of her, said : "Naturally amiable,
she was regarded by all as a model Christian
wife and mother. Though of the wealthiest
family in town she seemed not to know it, and
like a true lady mingled with the poor and
the more fortunate as upon the same level,
and thus won the hearts anil commanded the
respect of all." Their children were : Chloe,
Philena, Persis Hatch, William Hutchinson,
Tryphena, Sophia, George Hallett, Alice,
Prentice, Charles Franklin and James Edwin.
(\'III) Sophia, fourth daughter of Colonel
William and Tryphena (Hatchj Cheney, was
born July 21, 1810, and married April 25, 1833,
Franklin Manning, a merchant, of Portland,
Maine. (See Manning VIII.)
T h o m a s Crockett, who
CROCKETT seems to be progenitor of all
the New England families
of this name, was probably a brother of an-
other Crockett who was the founder of the
family of this name in Virginia. Both were
of English birth.
(I) Thomas Crockett was born about 1606,
according to one deposition; another would
seem to show 161 1 as the birth date. In 1630
Captain \\'alter Neal arrived at Little Harbor
(or Piscataqua) as governor of Mason's Prov-
ince. Ambrose Gibbons came at the same
time as factor or general manager of the
plantation. Thomas Crockett was in the em-
ploy of Ambrose Gibbons in 1633-34. A num-
ber of witnesses testified that Gorges granted
him a neck of land containing 187 acres, on the
east side of Spruce creek, in 1641, and called
Crockett's Neck. To show they were not
squatters, there is a record of the proceed-
ings of York court, Februarv 23, 1639, in
which "John Billing and John Lauder, both
of Piscataquack, fishermen," sold to Joseph
Mills (Miles) eight acres of land situated
upon Spruce creek, conditioned that he should
pay the grantees six pence per acre for each
and every acre he should clear and plant upon,
which rent was to be paid annually upon the
feast day of Michael the .Archangel. The rec-
ord declares they had the land from Sir Fer-
dinando Gorges. Miles sold his interest in
this land to Thomas Crockett, planter, No-
vember 16, 1647, and Crockett sold to Rice
Thomas, December, 1647. Thomas Crockett
sold, September 21, 1647, ^ house and four
acres of land which he had bought of William
Wormwood, to Robert Mendum. He lived at
Warehouse Point, and at Kittery Point till
later than 1658, though he was for a short
time near the head of Braveboat Harbor. In
June, 1648, Thomas Crockett was appointed to
keep ferry at Braveboat Harbor, and to "have
for a freeman three pence, and for a foreigner
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four pence per man." In 1659 Thomas Crock-
ett was allowed to keep the ferry from Hugh
Gunnison's to Captain Pendleton's, for which
he was to have "six pence a p'son for his fer-
riage, and to have the use of for his life t}me,
pr'vided he fitt conveniently for itt, for the
doing we'of the town of Kittery is to take
effectual care upon penalty of the losse of five
pounds for y'r neglect." He had a grant of
land in York in 1651, and signed the submis-
sion to Massachusetts in York, in 1652. He
was constable in 1657. In 1667 he had built
a house upon Crockett's Neck, and was living
there. This neck was divided among his sons
and sons-in-law. His widow Ann adminis-
tered his estate in 1679, and married, before
1683, Diggory Jeffreys, at Kittery Point. She
was living in 1712. Children of Thomas
Crockett: i. Ephraim, born about 1641 ; mar-
ried Ann ; son Elihu deeds land in
1683, living in 1698. 2. Joseph, married Han-
nah . 3. Joshua, married Sarah
Trickey. 4. Hugh, married Margaret ;
children : Marv, married
Barton ; Ann,
married William Roberts ; Sarah, married John
Parrott. In 1722 the town of Kittery ordered
certain houses made "Defencible in sd town,"
and Joseph Crockett's was one of the number,
and certain families were "to lodge therein"
in times of peril for united defence against the
Indians.
^--^(11) Ephraim, son of Thomas Crockett, was
torn about 1641, and died about 1688. He
was a tailor. He married Ann , before
1672. In York deeds there is a record, "I,
Ephraim Crockett, of Kittery, in ye county of
York, Taylor," to "Charles (Dgradoe, of Ports-
mouth, in Piccataqua River, Yoeman, . . .
my ten acre Lott," etc., etc. ; "said ten acres of
Land was given unto me by the town of Kit-
tery and laid out unto me by ye select men of
the town," June 3, 1672, and signed Ephraim
Crockett, September 16, 1672. His will is
dated July 17, 1688; inventory returned Sep-
tember 10, 1688. His children: i. Richard;
see forward. 2. Ephraim, married Rebecca
Frink, March 13, 1728-9. 3. Sarah, married
Henry Barter. 4. Mary, named in father's
will.
(Ill) Richard, son of Ephraim Crockett,
married Deborah, daughter of Andrew Haley.
He lived in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1714,
and in Stratham in 1719. York deeds record
that Richard Crockett, of Kittery, in the
county of York, yeoman, sold to Mr. John
Fernald, of the same place, yeoman, land ly-
ing in the tow-nship of Kittery, between the
long Reach and Spruce Creek, containing
forty acres of land that was granted unto his
father, Ephraim Crockett, by the town of Kit-
tery, July 28, 1679, and laid out unto him
October 2nd, 1679, etc., etc. ".And further-
more, I the said Richard Crockett Do for my
Self and my heirs covenant to and with the
said John ffernald . . . that I am the true
and proper owner thereof anil have within my
self full power and Lawful authority to sell,"
etc., etc. Signed October 14, 1708. Richard
Crockett personally appeared and made oath
that he saw Nicholas Tucker to sign, seal, etc.,
"Kittery ye County of York," May 13, 1712.
No record has been found of his children, ex-
cept Samuel, mentioned below.
(IV) Samuel, son of Richard Crockett, was
the first of the name in Gorham. There were
other Crockett families there, but not related.
In old deeds the name is spelled Crockit.
Samuel Crockett was born in February, 1717,
and died December 19, 1798. He came from
New Hampshire, and settled in Falmouth
(Portland), where he lived on the northeast
corner of Middle and Plum streets. He was
a shipwright. He exchanged a grant of land
in Gorham for land on the foreside of Port-
land. He was of Falmouth in 1754, and of
Gorham in 1755. In Gorham he built and
occupied a two-story house on Main street,
which he sold to Rev. Caleb Jewett, lately
occupied by Henry Broad. He married, in
1738 (pub. March 10), Sarah, born March,
1717, daughter of Jonathan Cobb; she was his
first wife, and the record of their children is
imperfect: i. Sarah, baptized 1740. 2. Betty,
baptized 1741 ; married Jonathan Fickett, of
Buxton, December 21, 1763. 3. Susanna, born
about 1743 ; married Moses Whitney, Decem-
ber 2"/, 1760. Samuel Crockett married (sec-
ond), 1750, Mrs. Priscilla (Swett) Jackman,
daughter of John Swett, of Falmouth. Chil-
dren: I. Samuel; see forward. 2. Martha
A., born November 29, 1754; married Nathan-
iel Hill, of Buxton, December 30, 1773. 3.
Dorcas, born April 14, 1756; married Daniel
Merrill, of Falmouth, January 12, 1775. 4.
Abigail, born April 10, 1758 : married Silas
Chadbourne, April 2},, 1775. The mother of
these children died March 7, 1763, and Sam-
uel Crockett married (third), June 10, 1763,
Mrs. Mary Whitney, widow of Abel Whitney.
She died about 1794. They lived the latter
part of their lives at West Gorham, with the
son Samuel. The lot on which the latter set-
tled, and the seventy acre lot on which Isaac
and Mary Whitne}- lived, were located and
run out b)'^ IMr. Crockett.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Crock-
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ett, was born September 6, 1752, and died
March 8, 1830, aged seventy-eight. He hved
at West Gorham, on the hundred acre lot 79,
which joined that of Nathaniel Cobb. His
house was on the road leading to Fort Hill.
He served in the war of the revolution as ser-
geant in Captain Samuel Whitmore's company,
Colonel Reuben Fogg's regiment, which left
Gorham Ciiristmas day, 1777, for Peekskill,
New York. He married Tabilha, probably
daughter of Jacob and Content Ffamblen.
Children : i. Eunice B., born 1771, died young.
2. William, born September 19, 1772; mar-
ried Nancy Fickett, of Stroudwater. 3. Nancy,
born September 18, 1774; married Caleb Page,
of Conway, December, 1797. 4. Susanna,
born July 31, 1777; married Joseph Bradbury
Jr., July 22, 1798. 5. Content, born Alay 18,
1779; married Joseph Moody, of Buxton, Au-
gust I, 1802. 6. Martha, born March 19,
1781 ; married James Merrill, of Buxton. 7.
Joseph, born October 11, .1782; married 2\lary
Bradbury (sister of Joseph Jr. above men-
tioned), November 28, 1813. The mother of
these children died soon after the birth of the
last-named child. Samuel Crockett married
(second) April 17, 1783, Elizabeth Fickett,
of Buxton, who died 2\larch 6, 1845, agea
eighty-eight. Children : I. John, died young.
2. James; see forward. 3. John, born March
II, 1788; married Sally Richards, of Cape
Elizabeth. 4. Samuel, born February 20, 1790;
married (first) i'riscilla Harmon, Alarch 6,
1817, (second) Harriet Folsom. 5. Mary,
born February 3, 1792; married Colonel Sew-
ard Merrill, September 13, 1829. 6. Nathan-
iel, born April 22, 1794; married (first) Nancy
Sisk, and had daughter Nancy; (second)
Florinda True, of New Gloucester. 7. Silas,
born August 5, 1796, died May 24, 1868; mar-
ried Hannah Marriner, of Cape Elizabeth,
who died December 28, 1863, aged sixty-six.
8. Daniel, born May 21, 1800; married Ellen
Thomas, of Charleston, South Carolina, Alarch
19, 1829, and died at St. Augustine, Florida.
Nathaniel Crockett, before mentioned, was a
trader in Congress street, near Congress
Place. In about 1825 he built what is now
the Hunt house, in State street, next the
State street Church (on north side). The
F'rench roof was added by Mr. Hunt. ]\lr.
Nathaniel Crockett lived in this house about
fifteen years, and the land was all open to
Longfellow Square and Congress street.
(Nathan Gould's "History of State Street.")
Nathaniel Crockett afterward lived in Dan-
forth street, and died in 1878.
CV'I) James, son of Samuel (2) Crockett,
was born December 14, 1785. He was a
mason and builder. He lived on Pleasant
street, on Cumberland avenue, on Winter
street, and he built a brick house on High
street, west side, between Danforth and York,
known later as the John Bradford house, and
here he died, March 19, 1825. He married
Sally Poore (see Poore), of Portland, who
died' November 18, 1829, aged thirty-nine.
Children: i. Mary Ann, born July 17, 1809;
teacher at Fryeburg Academy ; married
Bradbury. 2. Martha, born September 15,
181 1 ; married William C. Poland, of Boston.
Mr. Poland was a builder and mason. He
secured the contract to build the Portland
postofRce, completed in 1857, and which was
so damaged that it had to be rebuilt after the
fire of 1866. 3. Harriet, burn December 26,
1813; married Charles H. Knox; moved to
Boston, 1838; died September 24, 1907. 4.
Leonard ; see forward. 5. Sarah, born May 10,
1819; married Albert Lyon, of Boston. 6.
James Poor, born February 22, died in Cali-
fornia, July 19, 1851.
(\'n) Leonard, son of James Crockett, was
born August 4, 1816, in Portland, in the mem-
orable summerless year, when in August ice
formed half an inch thick, and Indian corn
was so frozen it was dried and used for fod-
der; in the spring of 1817 farmers used corn
of 1815, which sold for four and five dollars
a bushel. In 1824 Leonard Crockett was a
pupil in the old South School, a large square
one-story building on the corner of Free and
Center (Love Lane) streets. A new brick
schoolliouse had been built that year in Spring
street, corner of Oak, and in November this
building was dedicated under the Lancastrian
system, with one hundred and forty scholars.
Leonard was one of the scholars in the pro-
cession, consisting of citizens and children of
the school, led by their instructor, Master
Jackson, which formed at the old school and
walked to the new building, where religious
services were held. There was a prayer from
Dr. Payson. Governor Parris addressed the
school and the exercises closed with a prayer
from Dr. Nichols.
Air. Crockett entered business life early, the
exact date not known, and was a 'draughts-
man for W'yer & Noble, of whom he learned
the business of coppersmith and brass founder,
after which he went into a manufacturing
business for himself. In 1858 the Portland
F'ire Department had nine engines, seven of
them built by Mr. Crockett: "Atlantic, No.
2," built in 1848; "Casco, No. i, 1850; "Port-
land, No. 5," and "Deluge, No. 7," 1851;
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"Dirigo, No. 8," 1852: "Ocean, No. 4," 1853;
and "Davidson, No. 6," 1854. At the time of
Mr. Crockett's death, in 1894, the old "At-
lantic," the property of the Veteran Firemen's
Association, was at Air. Crockett's undergoing
repairs. He also built engines for Matanzas,
Cuba ; for Wilmington, Delaware, and other
places, and carried on a large business in cop-
per and brass work for locomotives, steam-
ships, the United States lighthouse department,
and large manufacturing plants in New Eng-
land. He was considered an authority in all
branches of his business, and was well antl
favorably known in Boston, having large con-
tracts from the government for the lighthouses
on the Massachusetts coast.
On September 18, 1843, ^^i"- Crockett be-
came a member of Maine Lodge, No. i, and
in 1844 a member of Eastern Star Encamp-
ment, No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows. He was a constant attendant at the
Federal Street Baptist Church until it was
burned in 1866. From that time he went to
the High Street Church, until the last years
of his life, when it became somewhat difficult
for him to hear the service. He died March
5, 1894. Mr. S. H. Snow, treasurer of the
Revere Copper Company, on receiving notice
of his death, wrote :
"Our relations with Mr. Crockett have been
uninterrupted since, in 1848, he took the busi-
ness which had been carried on under various
names and with varying fortune, from the very
beginning of our corporate existence in 1828.
His methodical management inspired us with
the utmost confidence, and none of his tran-
sactions ever gave us the least anxiety. His
statements were never questioned, and our ex-
pectations of his action never disappointed.
The undersigned in this office continuously
since March, 1840, had learned to regard him
as a personal friend, and it will certainly be
an occasion of sadness to realize that his sunny
face is not again to be seen, nor his cheery
voice again heard."
He was emphatically a home-loving and
boqk-loving man, rising at four and five o'clock
to read and study. He was interested in all
subjects, though science and history claimed
the most of his attention. He had a never-
failing love for Scott and Dickens, and for the
characters of the latter he had a most remark-
able memory. He was a man of great dignity
and reserve, shrinking from any form of con-
spicuous notice. His quiet, almost severe,
manner, held people off for a time, but once
really known he was found to be genial and
companionable to both old and young.
Air. Crockett marrietl, in January, 1835-36,
Frances Ellen Talbot. She was born in Port-
land, February 19, 1817, and died October 15,
1894, eight months after her husband. Chil-
dren: I. James Poor, born September 14,
1836 ; drowned, 1858 ; unmarried. 2. Ellen
M., born April 25, 1838; married Charles F.
Manning.
This name appears among the
POORE early names of New England
and it has been honored and is
still borne by many worthy citizens. The line
which traces to the early settlement of Goffs-
town was located in northwestern Massachu-
setts until the close of the revolution.
(I) John Poore, emigrant ancestor of those
bearing the name in this country, was born
1615, in Wiltshire, England, whence he came
to America in 1635, He settled in Newbury,
on the south side of Parker river, on that por-
tion known as "The Neck." In 1661 he had
sixty-one acres assigned to him, and in 1678
built a house which was still standing and in
possession of his descendants in 1878. Eight
generations were born in it down to that time,
and it had been used at one time as an inn.
He served as juryman in 1654-55-58-61-70-74-
78. He acted as attorney for Daniel Poore,
of Andover (supposed to have been his
brother) in an action tried March 26, 1667,
and again in 1681. He subscribed to the oath
of fidelity in 1678, and served on important
committees. In the seating of members he
was assigned to the front seat in the church.
He owned over one hundred acres of land, and
was among the most substantial citizens. He
died November 21, 1684, from exposure, while
lost on a hunting trip. Before the distribution
of his property, thirty pounds was reserved for
debts and "legacyes." Plis widow died De-
cember 3, 1702. Their children were named:
John, Hannah (died young), Elizabeth, Han-
nah, Henry, Alary (died young), Joseph,
Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Edward and Abigail.
The last two died in infancy.
(II) Henry, second son and fifth child of
John Poore, was born December 13, 1650, and
was made a freeman, Alarch 7, 1681. He set-
tled in the southern part of Newbury, a part
of his farm lying in Rowley. In 1693 ^^
sold out and purchased a farm in the western
part of Rowley, and his descendants were still
occupying this land in 1879. He was drafted
as a soldier in King Philip's war, December
6, 1675. w^as often tythingman in Rowlev,
bought and sold much land, and often assisted
in settling estates. His will was dated April
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STATE OF MAINE.
2, 1 741. He married September 12, 1679.
Abigail Hale, born April 8, 1662, and died
before 1729, daughter of Tliomas Hale Jr.,
who was born in England about 1633. son of
Thomas and Thomasin Hale. His wife Mary
was a daughter of Richard and Alice (Bos-
worth) Hutchinson, and was baptized Decem-
ber 28. 1630. in North Muskham, Notting-
hamshire, England. Henry and Abigail
(Hale) Poore.'had children: .Vbigail, Henry,
Jeremiah, Jilarv (died an infant). Mary, Han-
nah, Sarah. Benjamin, Elizabeth, Daniel, Sam-
uel and Lydia.
(HI) Captain Benjamin, third son of Henry
and Abigail (Hale) Poore, was born in Row-
ley, March 23, 1696. He settled in Rowley
on a forty-acre portion of the paternal home-
stead which his father had given him before
his death: he also had saltmarsh in Newbury.
When the parish of Byficld was incorporated,
about 1702, his place fell in that parish. His
transactions in real estate afterwards were
the sale of said marsh to Timothy Jackman
in 1745. the buying of Daniel and John Mor-
rison about six acres in Rowley, which he
sold said Jackman in 1745, and sold to Nehe-
miah Noyes thirteen acres in Rowley and two
acres in Bradford in 1752, and as one of a
committee leased some land for Byfield Par-
ish, in 1 74 1. He was one of the leading men
of his neighborhood, and held the important
title of captain, as is shown by the county
records. He made his will, June 19, 1758,
which was proved April 2, 1759. His son
Jeremiah was named as executor, and had the
easterly part of the homestead : and son Henry
had the westerly part of the homestead. He
married Elizabeth Felt, who survived him.
Their children were: Jeremiah, Abigail, Dan-
iel, Benjamin, Henry, Elizabeth and Mary.
(IV) Benjamin (2), third son of Benja-
min (i) and Elizabeth (Felt) Poore, was born
in Rowley, January 6, 1728, and died in the
spring of 1764. He was a cordwainer, and
settled on the east side of Pecker street, and
near where the First Baptist Church now
stands, on land he bought September, 1750, of
Thomas Thompson, and to which he added
more bought of Peter Ingerfield in 1757. He
married, June i, 1749, Sarah Bradley, of
Haverhill. She survived him and married
Abraham Sweatt, by whom she had three
•children, and died July i, 181=;. The children
of Benjamin and Sarah (Bradley) Poore
were: John, Sarah, Elizabeth (died young),
Rebecca. Samuel, Benjamin and Elizabeth.
(Y) Samuel, second smi .f Benjamin (2)
and Sarah (Bradley) Fimvl, was born in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1755, and died in
Portland, Maine. September 20, 1813. Ac-
cording to tradition he was one of the party
which destroyed the tea in Boston harbor at
the beginning of the war of the revolution.
He was a cordw-ainer, and settled in Portland.
Maine. He married, November 12, 1786, Lucy
Thomas, who died December 29, 1849, aged
eighty-two years, daughter of Captain Benja-
min Thomas, of Portland. Children, all born
in Portland : Sally. Benjamin, Samuel, Nancy,
Emily, John and Charles.
(\I) Sally, eldest child of Samuel and
Lucy (Thomas) Poore, was born about 1788,
and died in 1829. She married James Crock-
ett, born in Gorham, Maine, 1786, son of Sam-
uel and Elizabeth (Fickett) Crockett. (See
Crockett.) Their children w-ere : Mary Ann,
Martha, Harriet, Leonard, Sarah Poore and
James.
This name is derived from
W'EBSTER the word Weber, meaning
weaver, and is probably an-
other form of the German name Webber.
Many of this family are of Scotch descent,
and many have made names for themselves in
English history. Our own eminent statesman
and orator, Daniel Webster, as well as Noali
Webster, the lexicographer, show the mental
capabilities of one branch of the family, and
in this country the name stands for those qual-
ities of mind and heart that go to make the
best citizen and most trusted member of so-
ciety.
(I) James Webster was admitted to citi-
zenship in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, August 17,
1727, though it is not known from what part
of New England he had previously come ; he
died about 1763. He married Isabel ;
children: John, born September 5, 1726;
Mary, married George McClellan ; James,
married, September 22, 1756, Patience Web-
ber: Thomas; William.
(II) William, youngest son of James and
Isabel Webster, was born about 1740, in Cape
Elizabeth or Falmouth, Maine, and removed
to (hay, Maine, where he became captain of
militia, and also one of the first board of se-
lectmen. He married. December 24, 1769,
Mrs. Jane (Little) Yeaton, and they had three
sons who lived in Gray, Maine — Simon, Jo-
seph and John ; and William, who removed to
Durham. Joseph married Mary, daughter of
John and Elizabeth ( Dunning") Stackpole, and
was a captain of militia. William, the father,
dieil December 19, 1808.
(HI) Captain William (2), son of William
STATE OF MAIXE.
1813
(1) and jane ( Little- Yeaton) Webster, was
born April 30, 1774, at Cape Elizabeth, and
died October 1, 1843. ^^ Duriiam, Maine. He
was a captain in the war of 1812. He became
one of the original settlers of Durham, Maine,
the number of his lot being 89, and his farm
was cleared by him from the unbroken forest ;
he also engaged in the manufacture of plows,
ox yokes, and other implements for the use of
fanners. He married Hannah, daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Dunning) Stackpole, sis-
ter of his brother Joseph's wife, who died at
Durham, June 29, 1851 ; children: Jane, born
September 5,' 1796, married Moses Rowe ;
Betsey, born October 11, 1797, married Wil-
liam Miller; William, born December 8, 1798,
married Jilary Grant ; Andrew, born August
13, 1800, died July 17, 1801 ; John S., born
October 25, 1801, married Eleanor Jordan;
Simon, born June 29, 1803, died unmarried, in
1827; Joseph, born March 26, 1806, married
(first) Lucinda Williams, (second) Mrs. Har-
riet (Hale) Webster, widow of his brother
Samuel : Samuel S. ; James D., born March 24,
1812, died December 30, 1812; Hannah Stack-
pole, born January 7, 1818, married Sewall
Gushing.
(I\') Samuel S., sixth son of Gaptain Wil-
liam (2) and Hannah (Stackpole) Webster,
was born May 2^,, 1809, at Durham, ]\Iaine,
and removed to Portland, where he engaged
in manufacturing, and for many years was
connected with the Falmouth Fireside Iron
Foundry, manufacturing castings and machin-
ery parts. He died in Portland, May 16, 1868.
He married Harriet Newell, daughter of Sam-
uel and Mary (White) Hale, born May 24,
181 5, who after his death married his brother
Joseph. (See Hale VHI.)
(\') Dr. Charles Edwin, son of Samuel S.
and Harriet X. (Hale) Webster, was born
February 9, 1841, at Portland, IMaine, and
died December 24, 1892, after a brief illness,
from pneumonia. After studying in the pub-
lic and high schools of his native city, he took
a college preparatory course at Phillips And-
over Academy, and then entered Bowdoin
College, from which he was graduated in
1866. He obtained his professional education
at the Medical School of ilaine, from which
he received the degree of M. D. in 1869. He
followed this with a course of study at the
Portland School for Medical Instruction, and
with lectures at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York City. He then en-
tered upon practice at Portland, which was his
field of labor until liis death. In 1874-75 Dr.
Webster acted as city physician, and was for
a long time connected with the Portland Dis-
pensary, of which he was for some years treas-
urer. He also served many years as attending
physician at the State Reform School. He
was an active member of the Maine Medical
Society. His medical skill, as well as technical
knowledge and the accuracy with which he
made his diagnosis, brought him success in
many difficult operations. He was one of the
earliest to operate for appendicitis, and many
of his cases required the utmost surgical skill.
But he was modest and retiring, and his work
never received more notice or praise than he
could help. He had many friends among all
classes, and took as great interest in his poorer
patients as in those of ample means, endearing
himself to all by his kindly manner and un-
feigned friendliness and sympathy. He was
most unselfish, and gave the best of his health
and strength to his profession, laboring un-
sparingly of self and self-interest. He mar-
ried, January 15, 1873, Sophia Eloise Hart.
(See Hart V.)
(\T) Hanson Hart, only son of Dr. Charles
Edwin and Sophia E. (Hart) W'ebster, was
born February 16, 1877, ^^ Portland, Maine,
where he received his early education in the
public and high schools. He then entered
Bowdoin College, where he graduated with the
class of 1899. He was a member of Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity, and at graduation was
admitted to the honorary society, Phi Beta
Kappa. He then removed to Boston, where
he engaged in literary work. He is now em-
plo}eil in the educational department of
Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers, as
editor and advertising manager. Mr. Web-
ster is a member of the Harvard Church,
Brookline, in which town he makes his home.
He also belongs to the Bowdoin Alumni As-
sociation of Boston, the Boston City Club,
and the Winthrop Club of Brookline. He has
published monographs on various educational
subjects.
This name probably originates
HART from the Anglo-Saxon word hart,
meaning deer. In England the
family were of good position and W'cU con-
nected, and several have made themselves
famous in this country. A John Flart w-as a
signer of the Declaration of Independence,
and Edmund, a descendant of Samuel Hart,
of Lynn, [Massachusetts, was a builder of
ships, among them the frigate "Constitution,"
of world-wide fame. ^lany of this name
fought in Colonial wars, also in the revolu-
tion.
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STATE OF MAINE.
(I) Colonel John Hart, born about 1705,
was living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
as early as 1753, and probably some time be-
fore, as in that year he sold land to the town
for a consideration of one hundred fifty dol-
lars, on condition that it be used as a burying
ground ; this was later known as North
Burying Ground. He took part in the cap-
ture of Louisburg; in 1758 he commanded a
New Hampshire company of one hundred
men, and marched to Lake George to join
General Abercrombie. He was for a time
sheriff at Portsmouth. He was a master ship-
builder, in 1754 selectman, in 1756 took part
in the Crown Point expedition, and before he
became colonel was lieutenant-colonel under
Colonel Nathaniel Meserve, who had a prom-
inent place in Portsmouth aflairs. Colonel
John Hart died October 30, 1777, aged sev-
enty-two years. By the three marriages eleven
sons were born, as follows : Thomas, a ma-
riner, died in Europe ; William, a mathemati-
cian; George, a blacksmith; John, a rope-
maker; Benjamin; Edward, a baker; Richard;
Joseph ; Henry, a blacksmith, moved to New-
ington ; Nathaniel, a blacksmith ; and Oliver, a
house carpenter.
(H) Benjamin, son of Colonel John Hart,
was probably born in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. He married Esther, daughter of
Colonel Nathaniel and Jane Meserve, who
died December 30, 1806. Colonel Nathaniel
was son of Clement Meserve, of Scarborougli,
Massachusetts, who removed to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire; he was a carpenter. Colonel
Meserve had a daughter Jane, who married
Thomas Hart, brother of Benjamin.
(HI) Hanson Meserve, son of Benjamin
and Esther (Meserve) Hart, was born in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and removed to
Portland, Maine.
(IV) Hanson Meserve (2), son of Hanson
Meserve (i) Hart, was born in 1807, at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and came with
his parents to Portland, Maine. His first wife
was a Miss Hill, and he married (second)
Caroline, daughter of Willard and Sophia M.
(Pickvvorth) Richards, born September 16,
1819; they were married March 9, 1847. Chil-
dren by first wife: i. Adelaide, married Ros-
coe Elder. 2. Ellen, married Samuel A. True.
3. Abbie, married Cullen C. Chapman. 4.
Hanson Mitchell, died in civil war. By his
second wife he had one child, Sophia Eloisc.
(V) Sophia Eloise, daughter of Hanson
Meserve (2) and Caroline (Richards) Hart,
was born April 5, 1850, and married, January
15- ^^73' l^r. Charles Edwin Webster, of
Portland, Maine. (See Webster V.)
This name has been known in the
HALE county of Hertfordshire, England,
since early in the thirteenth cen-
tury, also being found in several other Eng-
lish counties in later times. In speaking of
Sir Matthew Hale, of Gloucestershire, Lord
Chief Justice, one historian states that the
name of Hale has been long known in that
county, where they have been esteemed for
their probity and charity. The name is found
in the various forms of de la Hale, de Hale,
at Hale, Hales and Hale, and at least seven
of this name had emigrated to the Colonies of
Massachusetts and Connecticut before the vear
1680.
(I) Thomas Hale, who lived in the parish
of \\'atton-at-Stone, in Hertfordshire, Eng-
land, married Joan Kirby, of the parish of
Little Munden, Herts; the registers of Little
Munden were lost before the year 1680, and
no monuments have been found in the church-
yard bearing either the name of Hale or
Kirby, so it is not known where he or his wife
were born. The names of his children are
found on the parish register of Watton, as
follows: Dionis, baptized August 15, 1602;
Thomas; Mary, baptized October 8, 1609;
Dorothy, baptized March 28, 1613; and Eliza-
beth, baptized August 31, 1617. Thomas
Hale, the father, was buried October 19, 1630;
he was a yeoman.
(II) Thomas (2), only son of Thomas (i)
and Joan (Kirby) Hale, was born probably in
May or June, 1606, as he was baptized June
15 of that year. The first record of him found
in America is when in 1638, he is found at
Newbury, IMassachusetts, having a wife and
two children. He removed to Haverhill, the
first record of his being assessed being in 1646,
and he heads the list of the first selectmen of
that place in that year; in 1677 'i^- with oth-
ers, is appointed to try small causes; in 164&
appointed to keep a ferry, and in 1649 3"<i
later he was constable at Haverhill. He re-
turned to Newbury before January, 1652, re-
moved to Salem before January 28, 1658,
where in 1659 his name appears as one of the
glovers of that town, and about 1661-62 re-
turned to Newbury, where he remained until
his death, December 21, 1682. His wife,
Thomasine or Tamosin, died in January, 1683.
He seems to have become possessed of con-
siderable land, and his name appears many
times in transactions of buying and selling
STATE (Jl" AlAINE.
1815
same. In 1670 a dispute arose in the church
at Newbury, iu which Thomas Hale sided
with the pastor, ahliough his son Thomas lield
an opposite opinion ; this did not, however,
seem to disturb the peaceful relations between
father and son. Children of Thomas ^d
Thomasine Hale : Thomas ; John, born in
England, April 19, 1635; Samuel, born in
Newbury, February 2, 1639-40; Apphia, born
1642, in Newbury, married Benjamin Rolfe.
(HI) Thomas (3), eldest son of Thomas
(2) and Thomasine Hale, was born Novem-
ber 18, 1633, in England. He came with his
parents to America, probably in 1637, and
seems to have taken up a permanent residence
in Newbury, where he died October 22, 1688,
at the comparatively youthful age of fifty-five
years. In 1670, when the dispute arose in
the Newbury church, he took sides against
Parson Parker, and was fined therefor by the
court at Ipswich, one noble. He was a man
of considerable property, and provided very
liberally for all his children, who seemed all
to be in rather comfortable circumstances. He
married, in Salem, ]\Iay 26, 1657, Alary,
daughter of Richard and Alice (Bosworth)
Hutchinson, of Salem, baptized at North
Rluskham, County Notts, England, December
28, 1630; she survived him many years, mar-
ried William \^'atson, of Boxford, February
5, 1694-5, and died December 8, 1715, five
years after the death of her second husband.
Children of Thomas and Mary Hale : A son,
born February 17, 1657-58, died February 22,
1657-58; Thomas, born February 11, 1658-
59; ^iary, July 15, 1660; Abigail, April 8,
1662; Hannah, November 29, 1663; Lydia,
April 17, 1666; Elizabeth, October 16, 1668;
Joseph, February 20, 1670-71 ; and Samuel.
(I\ ) Samuel, fourth and youngest son of
Thomas (3) and Alary (Hutchinson) Hale,
was born June 6, 1674, at Newbury, Massa-
chusetts. By his father's will he was left fifty
pounds to be paid by executrix, fifty pounds
to be paid him by his brother Thomas,
also the "musket with all that belongs to it,
one-half of ye bullets that shall be left in the
house, and cutlash and belt," also "all the land
I bought of Daniel Lad in Haverhill and half
the tv.'enty acres at Salem, or the value there-
of." About 1699 he removed to Bradford,
where he lived in the east part near the Row-
ley line, in what is now Groveland; the cor-
ners where the six roads meet near his resi-
dence are still called "Hale's Corners." He
was possessed of considerable property, and
was a good farmer, being especially interested
in fruit growing; he died December 13, 1745.
He married (first) November 3, 1698, Martha,
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Pearson)
Palmer, of Rowley, born April 24, 1677, died
June 14, 1723; she was the first person buried
in the grave yard of the East Parish of Brad-
ford, now Groveland. He married (second)
December 30, 1723, Sarah, widow of Edward
Ilazen, of Newbury, daughter of John Pcrley,
but they had no children. liis children, all by
his first wife, were : Samuel ; Jonathan, born
January 9, 1701-2; Mary, May 27, 1705;
Martha, June 15, 1709; Jane, August i, 1711 ;
David, September 30, 1714.
(V) Samuel (2), eldest son of Samuel (i)
and Martha (Palmer) Hale, was born October
23, 1699, at Bradford, and died there May 24,
1770; he was a farmer and considered well-
to-do. He married (first) December 5, 1723,
at Bradford, Hannah Hovey, who died Octo-
ber 27, 1724, aged twenty-three years; he
married (second) December 13, 1725, Sarah
Hazeltine, who died January 31, 1771, aged
sixty-seven years. His children, probably all
by his second wife, were : Hannah, married
Dudley Lull ; Sarah, born October 22, 1728,
married Henry Poor; Mary, born October 17,
1731, married David Nelson; Eliphalet; Me-
hitable, married Jonathan Chaplin ; Jane, mar-
ried Aloses Harriman.
(VI) Eliphalet, only son of Samuel (2) and
Sarah (Hazeltine) Hale, was born in 1733, in
Bradford, settled on the homestead of his
father, and successfully carried on the farm;
he died December 19, 1802. He married June
29, 1767, Rachel Johnson, probably daughter
of Samuel and Rachel Johnson, bom in Row-
ley March 11, 1744; she survived him and
dower was set off for her April 6, 1803. She
died in Alarch, 1821. Their children were:
Solomon, born February 21, 1768, married
Alartha Harriman ; Hannah, born April 23,
1769, married (first) Jonathan Jewett, and
(second) Mr. Crooker; Samuel; Moses, born
July 2Ti, 1775, married Elizabeth DeMerritt;
Elizabeth, born February 21, 1777, married
(first) Moses Poor, and (second) Rev.
George Keely ; Eliphalet, married Christiana
Throop; John, born 1791, married Rachel
Meady.
(VII) Samuel (3), second son of Eliphalet
and Rachel (Johnson) Hale, was born x\pril
23, 1771, at Bradford, and until middle life
lived there and carried on a farm ; he then
removed to Maine, before the war of 1812,
and after spending a short time at various
places settled in Camden, where he controlled
a line of stages from Bath to Belfast, con-
necting the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers.
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STATE OF MAINE.
From Camden he removed to Portland, where
he formed a partnership with Israel Water-
house, in the same business, and they con-
trolled the stage lines from Portland to Au-
gusta and Bath ; he remained in Portland un-
til his death, July lo, 1844. He married
(first) Rebecca Carleton, of Rowley, Massa-
chusetts, who died November 28, 1804, at
Bradford, and he married (second) IvJary
White, of Eastport, Maine, horn in 1780, died
March 12, 1871. Children by first marriage:
Sarah, born December 14, 1793, died January
25, 1795: Hannah, born July 7, 1795, married
William Harnden : Sarah, born September 30,
1797, married Samuel Greenleaf; Polly, born
June 27, 1799, married Moses H. Palmer: Re-
becca, born September 7, 1800. married Na-
thaniel Fernald ; Elmira, born August 20,
1802, married Silas Hale ; Jane, born January
12, 1804, married James L. Child. Children
by second marriage : Samuel, born February
9, 1806; Edwin, born Afril 14, 1808; Eliza-
beth White, born November 24, 1810, married
Richard Kimball; Julia Ann, born July 15,
1812, married Aaron D. Lowell; Harriet
Newell; Joseph Wycomb, born May 11, 181 7,
married Lucy Green; Charles, born July 3,
1819; and Anna Maria, born February 16,
1822, married George H. Niebuhr.
(VIII) Harriet Newell, daughter of Sam-
uel (3) and Mary (White) Hale, was born
May 24, 1815. She married (first) Samuel
S. Webster, and (second) Joseph Webster.
(See Webster.)
The Bartlett name is one of
B.\RTLETT the most aiicient in England,
and one of the most dis-
tinguished in .America. The original spelling
was Barttelot. and that has been retained by
the head of the English house. Sir and Colonel
Walter B. Barttelot, of Stopham in Sussex.
He traces his descent to .Adam Barttelot, who
came over with William the Conqueror, and
received a grant of land in Sussex. An ac-
curate pedigree has been kept through twenty
generations, from Adam Barttelot. the progen-
itor of the line, down to Sir \\'alter. who was
born in 1S20. What is still more remarkable,
the present estate of seven or eight thousand
acres includes the original grant, which has
never been out of the possession of the fam-
ily. The manor-house is a large stone struc-
ture, three stories in height and a hundred and
fifty feet long. In approaching this house
from the station the river Arun is crossed bv
a stone bridge, built by the family in 1309. In
the old Norman church, built bv the Barttelots
in the twelfth century, there is an unbroken
succession of memorials, marble slats and brass
tablets, from John Barttelot, who died in
1428, down to the present generation. John
Barttelot was the one who added the
caatle to the coat-of-arms. This crest was
given him by Edward, the Black Prince,
for taking the castle of Fontenoy in France,
at the head of the Sussex men. The original
coat-of-arms of the Barttelots consisted of a
very simple emblem : Sable ; three sinister
falconer's gloves, argent, arranged triangu-
larly, two above, one below, pendent ; bands
around the wrist and tassels, golden. These
were the arms for some centuries. John Bart-
telot, as mentioned above, added the first crest,
during the fifteenth century ; and in the six-
teen century the swan crest was introduced to
commemorate the right of the family to keep
swans on the river Arun, a right granted by
William the Conqueror. The arms now have
fourteen quarterings on the original shield,
which makes it one of the most complicated
in the kingdom. It may be mentioned that
the Barttelots fought at the battle of Poictiers
in 1356, at the battle of Crecy in 1348, and
subscribed handsomely to the funds con-
tributed to defeat the Spanish Armada in
1588.
The first Bartlett to come to America was
Robert, the ancestor of the present line, who
settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623.
Three brothers, John. Richard and Thomas,
migrated to this country in 1634-35. of whom
the two former settled at Newbury, and the
latter at Watertovvn. They were born between
1580 and 1590, and were the sons of Edmund
Bartlett. whose descent is traced as follows :
(I) Adam Barttelot: (II) William: (HI)
John: (IV) Richard; (Y) Thomas: (VI)
John: (VII) John; (VIII) Richard; (IX)
John; (X) Richard; (XI) Edmund. It is
thought that Robert Bartlett must have been
related to the brothers, John, Richard and
Thomas ; but the connection has never been
proved. The Bartlett family has been particu-
larly distinguished in New Hampshire, no
less than seven of the name having been
judges in the courts. Governor Josiah Bart-
lett, of Kingston, one of the signers of the
Declaration, was governor of the state in
1792-93. Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, D. D., was
president of Dartmouth College from 1877 to
1893.
(I) Robert Bartlett, the first American an-
cestor, was born in England, and died in
1676, probably at Plymontli, Massachusetts.
In July. 1623. he landed in the new world.
STATE OF MAINE.
1817
having crossed in the ship "Ann." Plymouth
Colony gave him an acre of land for a house
lot and garden, and in 1628 he married Mary
Warren, daughter of Richard Warren, a
"Maj-flower" Pilgrim. Eight children are
recorded, and if the dates are correctly given
and none died young, the eldest was not born
till ten years after the parents" marriage. The
children were Benjamin, 1638; Joseph, whose
sketch follows ; Mary, married Richard Fos-
ter, September 10, 1651, and Jonathan Morey,
July 8, 1659; Rebecca, married William Har-
low, December 20, 1649; Sarah, married Sam-
uel Rider, of Yarmouth, December 23, 1656;
Elizabeth, married Anthony Sprague, of
Hingham, December 20, 1661 ; Mercy, born
March 10, 1650, married John Ivey, of Boston;
Lydia. born June 8, 1647, married James
Bamaby and (second) John Nelson, of Mid-
dleboro.
(II) Joseph, second son and child of Robert
and j\lary (Warren) Bartlett, was born at
Plymouth. INIassachusetts in 1639; the date of
his death is unknown. He settled at iNIanomet
Ponds or South Plymouth, a pleasant farming
village about seven or eight miles from the
town proper. The place is situated directly
on the seashore and of late years has been a
summer resort of some note. Joseph Bartlett
married Hannah Fallowell, daughter of Ga-
briel Fallowell, and seven children are re-
corded: Robert (2), whose sketch follows;
Joseph, born in 1665 ; Elnathan ; Benjamin ;
Hannah, married Joseph Sylvester ; Mary,
born 1673. married John Barnes; and Sarah,
married Elisha Holmes.
(III) Robert (2), the eldest child of Jo-
seph and Hannah (Fallowell) Bartlett, was
born at Plymouth, ;Massachusetts, in 1663 ; the
date of his death is imknown. He was twice
married, but the children appear to have been
all by the second marriage. In 1687 he mar-
ried (first) his cousin Sarah, daughter of Ben-
jamin Bartlett. In 1691 he married (second)
Sarah Cooke, daughter of Jacob Cooke, and
eleven children are recorded: Hannah, i6gi,
married Eleazer Churchill ; Thomas, 1694,
married Abigail Finney; John. 1696; Sarah,
1699, married John Finney; James, 1701 ; Jo-
seph. 1704; Elizabeth, 1707, married Thomas
Sears; William, 1709, married Sarah Foster;
Ebenezer, 1710; Robert (3), whose sketch
folloW'S; Lemuel, 1715.
(IV) Robert (3), sixth son of Robert (2)
and Sarah (Cooke) Bartlett. was born in
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1713. In 1733 he
married Rebecca Wood, and they had ten chil-
dren: Robert. 1735: Ephraim. 1737; Rebecca,
1739, married Ephraim Darling; Caleb, 1740;
Isaac, 1742, married Lois Harlow ; Lazarus,
1744; Joshua, 1747; James, 1749; Susanna,
1750; and Josiah, whose sketch follows.
(\") Josiah, seventh son and youngest child
of Robert (3) and Rebecca (Wood) Bartlett,
was born in 1753 at Plymouth, Massachusetts,
and died at Norway, Maine, some time after
1800. He was a sea captain in early life, and
moved to Norway about the beginning of the
nineteenth century. He married ^lartha
Holmes, and they had nine children : Tilden,
Josiah, Malachi, whose sketch follows; Syl-
vanus, Lemuel, Isaac, Alartha, Abigail and
Ezra.
(VI) Malachi, third son and child of Jo-
siah and ^lartha (Holmes) Bartlett, was born
at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in October, 1789,
and died aged ninety-four. When a child he
moved with his parents to Norway, Maine,
where he served in the war of 1812. About
1823 he moved with his wife ami two chil-
dren from Norway to Abbot, Maine, where he
was one of the early settlers. He was a man
of standing and reputation, and served many
years as one of the town and county officers.
He was a deacon of the Free Baptist church
for more than sixty years, and two of his sons
became ministers of the Gospel. He was a
life-long Abolitionist, and was a candidate of
that party for the state legislature at which
time his name gave rise to the campaign jest
that they tore up the last book of the Old
Testament for the party ballot. Deacon Mala-
chi Bartlett married Joanna Cobb, of Carver,
Alassachusetts. They had eight children:
Orin, Eunice, Martha D., Frank, whose sketch
follows, Josiah, Abigail, Lydia P. and Edwin
il. Rev. Orin, the eldest child, born in 1820,
became a Free Baptist minister. He preached
thirteen years in Harrison, several years in
Cornish and Gardiner, and seven years at
Vinalhaven. He was a member of the INIaine
state legislature one term, is now retired from
the miriistry and lives in Wisconsin. Eunice,
the second child, was born in 1822, married
Benjamin Gordon, had two children, Martha
and Anna, and died in Abbot in 1872. ilanha
D., the third child, born in 1824. was married
to Joshua Buck, of Stillwater, Maine, had two
children. ^larv and ]^Iartha, and died about
1856. Rev. Edwin M., the youngest child,
was born in Abbot. ]\Iaine. in 1837. At the
age of thirty he was ordained pastor of the
Baptist church in Bethel, Maine, going from
there to Livennore Falls and Bath ; and in
1872 to Araesbury, Massachusetts, thence to
Athol and Holvoke in that state. He has
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been active in temperance work, was one of
the lecturers of the Grand Lodge of Good
Templars in Massachusetts, and has delivered
many addresses and poems on special occa-
sions.
(VH) Frank, second son of Deacon Mala-
chi and Joanna (Cobb) liartlelt, was born
April zS. iS2(k in the town oi Abbot, Maine,
and died September lo, 1905, in the city of
Auburn. His early education was gained in
the schools of his native town and at Monson
Academy, after which he taught at Abbot vil-
lage and at Monson. In 1851 he came to Au-
burn and taught in the old Jordan district in
Durham. In the spring of 1852 he entered the
employ of Jeremiah Dingley (2) and Nelson
Dingley in the grocerv business, and later be-
came a member of the firm. In 1881 he started
in the dry goods business with A. K. P. Jor-
dan under the firm name of Bartlett & Jor-
dan. From its establishment till the present
time, this business has been one of the most
successful in the city. Some years after its
founding ]Mr. Bartlett's son, Frank L., was
admitted to the firm, and after Mr. Jordan's
retirement, the house became Frank Bartlett
& Son, as it is at present. Three years after
this arrangement, Mr. Frank Bartlett retired
from the business, and Frank L. assumed the
entire management. Under the lines laid down
by his father, who practically founded the
firm, the business has continued to increase
and prosper. For more than forty years Mr.
Bartlett was directly connected with the finan-
cial and business life of -Auburn. In 1865 he
became director of the Auburn Savings Bank,
and at the death of former Mayor George H.
Woodman, he succeeded to the presidency,
holding both ofifices till his own death in 1905.
Mr. Bartlett was a Republican in politics, and
served in both branches of the city govern-
ment. For eleven years he was a member of
the Auburn water board, and several times its
chairman. It was due to his advocacy and per-
sistent efTort that the construction of the Web-
ster grammar school was brought about. For
many years Mr. Bartlett was one of the most
active and conscientious workers in the Court
Street Baptist Church ; and when he died the
city of Auburn lost one of her most highly
respected and useful citizens. On September
2, 1856, Frank Bartlett married Sarah Mit-
chell, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah
(Penley) Mitchell, of Auburn, who was born
August 29, 1830. They had five children:
George E., born April 28, 1837; Frank L..
whose sketch follows; Alice, July 17, 1865;
Etta, April 2, 1868; Nellie, September 14,
1869.
(\TII) Frank L., second son and child of
Frank and Sarah (Mitchell) Bartlett, was born
August 3, 1861, at Auburn, Maine. Fle was
educated in the schools of his native city, and
at the age of twenty entered into partnership
with liis father in the dry goods business. In
1884, three years later, Frank L. assumed the
management of the business, and in 1902
bought out his father's interest, still keeping
the firm name of Frank Bartlett & Son. Mr.
Bartlett is a Republican in politics, and like his
father, has served in both branches of the city
government. While in office he was instru-
mental in obtaining a paid fire department for
the city, and devoted much time to placing it
on its present efficient basis. Mr. Bartlett at-
tends the Ijaptist church, and is a member of
Tranquil Lodge, No. 29, A. F. and A. I\L ;
Knights Templar, and has held all the chairs.
He also belongs to the Knights of the Golden
Eagle and to the East Auburn Grange. On
October 7, 1885, Frank L. Bartlett married
Nellie Yeaton, daughter of \\'illiam and Lucy
(Davis) Yeaton. of Minot, Elaine. She died
September, i8g8, leaving one child, Harold
^^'est, born August 8. 1889. who graduated
from the Edward Little high school in 1908.
On November 2, 1900, Frank L. Bartlett mar-
ried (second) Annie Stevens Young, daughter
of Albert A. and Melissa (Stevens) Young,
of Auburn. There is one child by this mar-
riage, Howard Russell, born October i, igoi.
The following line does not
BARTLETT appear to be related to the
Bartletts of Norway, Maine,
who are descended from Captain Josiah Bart-
lett, who was in the fourth generation from
Robert, the original immigrant, who came to
Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623. If there
is such connection, it has not been established.
thotigh the fact that Levi I'.artlett, the first of
the following line of whom we have definite
knowledge, was born at Plymouth and after-
wards moved to Norway, Maine, would seem
to lend it some credence.
(I) Levi Bartlett was born at Plymouth,
Massachusetts, in 1772, and died in 1818 at
Norway, ]\raine. It is probable that he is a
descendant of Robert Bartlett, the first Amer-
ican ancestor. In 1795 he moved lo Norway,
Maine, and engaged in blacksmithing. Lie
built a large shop, with a trip-hammer, and
carried on a considerable business for those
days. In 1796 his name appears on the list
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of those assessed for the state tax, and he is
the only Bartlett mentioned, showing that he
must have come to town before his congener.
Captain Josiah Rartlett. There were forty-eight
names from Norway on the state tax hst in
1796, and the total assessment was thirty-
eight dollars and fourteen cents. Of this
sum Levi Bartlett paid seventy-nine cents,
which happens to be the exact average. Levi
Bartlett was twice married, but his four chil-
dren were all by the first wife, who was Polly
or Mary Tinkham, daughter of Ichabod and
Mary (Gorham) Tinkham, of Plymouth, ]\Ias-
sachusetts. She was born in 1773 and died in
1802 at the age of twenty-nine. Levi Bart-
lett's second wife was Abigail Gorham, prob-
abl)' a relative of his first wife. The children
of Levi and Polly (Tinkham) Bartlett were:
Ichabod, whose sketch follows ; Mary ; Isaac,
born in 1800, died August i, 1818; Martha,
born 1802, died August 28, 1818. The fact
that the father, Levi Bartlett, and the two
youngest children all died during the same
year would indicate the prevalence of some
kind of contagious disease.
(II) Ichabod, eldest child of Levi and Polly
(Tinkham) Bartlett, was born at Norway,
Maine. January 19, 1797. He was in trade
many years at the village, but was better
known as a stock-drover. Stock-driving, be-
fore the days of railways, was an important
business, requiring capital, judgment and fore-
sight. During the last of August the drover
travelled through the county, purchased the
sheep and cattle that were fitted for market,
marked them, and arranged to have them
driven to a certain point on a given day,
where the drove was started on its journey
to the Brighton markets. The business was
usually quite profitable, but steam cars have
changed all this, and droves of cattle are ndw
rarely seen blocking the dusty highway. Air.
Bartlett was not only a man of enterprise and
activity in a commercial way, but he was a
strong supporter of religion and reforms. Dur-
ing his entire life he was one of the pillars
of the LTniversalist church in Norway. He
was an early Abolitionist and a prominent
worker in the temperance cause. He held
many town ofiices, and for three consecutive
years was a member of the Maine legislature.
He was twice married, and there were four-
teen children in all, seven by each union.
About 1819 he married Eunice Woodman, of
New Gloucester, who was born March 29,
1797. died June 28, 1835. I" 1836 he mar-
ried Lorana Woodman, who was born in New
Gloucester, May 11, 1805, died July 17, 1874.
The children of Ichabod and Eunice (Wood-
man) Bartlett were: Levi, born ]\Iay 23,
1820, married Julia Wilkins ; David Wood-
man, January 17, 1821, died at the age of
seven years; Martha, October 9, 1823, died
at ten months ; Isaac, Alay 2, 1825 ; Martha,
April 21, 1827; Rosamond, August 27, 1829;
David \\'oodman, April 17, 1831, died 1850.
The children of Ichabod and Lorana (Wood-
man ) Bartlett were : Eunice Woodman, born
December 13. 1836, died 1855; Lucius Icha-
bod, wdiose sketch follows; Susan Emma, Oc-
tober 13, 1839, married David Gurney ; Ellen
Maria, May 4, 1841, married Jeremiah Wood-
bury ; Marcus Channing, April 6, 1843, killed
at the battle of Antietam ; Kenneth S., Decem-
ber 19, 1844, killed at the battle of Cedar
Mountain; Marion Smith, October 13, 1846.
(HI) Lucius Ichabod, eldest son of Ichabod
and wife Lorana (Woodman) Bartlett, was
born at Norway. Maine, Alarch 18, 1838. He
attended the schools of his native town, after
which he learned the trade of shoemaking. In
common with several of his brothers, two of
whom gave their lives for their country, he
fought in the rebellion, enlisting in Company
G, Tenth Maine \'olunteer Infantry, and
serving for two years. After receiving his
discharge, he went to California, where for
two years he engaged in placer mining. He
returned to Norway and worked at his trade,
going to Weymouth, Massachusetts, for a
while, but he did not remain there long. Upon
his final return to his native town he en-
gaged in various enterprises, and served as
postmaster for four years, being appointed by
President Harrison. On September 5, 1866,
he married Sarah Shackley, daughter of Eben-
ezer Crocker and Syrena (Hall) Shackley,
who was born in Norway, January 19, 1843.
They had two sons : Frank T., born Novem-
ber 14, 186S; and Charles S., whose sketch
follows. Frank T. Bartlett married, i8gi,
Linnie R. Swan, daughter of Jonas W. and
Rowena (Farewell) Swan, of Norway. She
was born in Greenwood, Maine, July 4, 1869.
Two children were born to Frank T. and Lin-
nie R. (Swan) Bartlett: Carroll, July 12,
1894 ; and Francis, January — , 1899. Frank T.
Bartlett, following the example of his kins-
folk, promptly responded to his country's call,
and served in the Spanish-American war as
captain of Company D, Fy-st Maine Infantry.
Like his two uncles, Marcus Channing and
Kenneth S. Bartlett, he laid his life on the
altar of his country, dving at Chickamauga,
July 3, 1898.
(IV) Charles Simming, second son and
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child of Lucius I. and Sarah (Shackley)
Bartlett, was born in Weymouth, Massachu-
setts, November lo, 1872. When a child he
removed with his parents to their native town
of Norway, Maine, where he was educated in
the public schools, including tlie Norway high
school, and graduated from the University of
Maine in 1897, with the degree of Ph. G. He
paid for his education out of his own earnings
received from teaching school during the in-
tervals of his studies. After graduation he
filled several positions as compounding dru;.;-
gist, and when the Spanish-American war
broke out, he enlisted with his brother Frank
T. in Company D, First Maine Volunteer In-
fantry, serving as sergeant. After receiving
his discharge, he returned to his native state,
and in 1905 bought the drug business of Will-
iam B. Kilbourn, of Auburn, which he is con-
ducting at the present time. Mr. Bartlett is a
Republican in politics and attends the Uni-
versalist church. He is much interested in
fraternal organizations and societies, belong-
ing to the AFasons, the Sons of Veterans, the
Royal Arcanum, the Spanish-American War
Association, the Grange and the State Militia.
On June 9, 1903, Charles Simming Bartlett
married Bertha C. Minard, daughter of Tris-
tram and Bulah Alinard, of Norway, Maine.
She was born in Shelburne, Xew^ Hampshire,
June 5, 1878, and died May 7, 1906, leaving
one child, Bertha Lucille, born .-Vpril 22, 1904,
died April 19, 1906.
Warren has been a distin-
WARREN guished name in both Great
Britain and America for gen-
erations. Sir Peter Warren, born in 1703,
w-as an Irish admiral ; Sir John Borlase War-
ren, G. C. B.. born 1754, w^as a distinguished
naval commander and M. P.: Llenry Warren,
born 1798, painter and author, and Samuel
Warren, novelist, born 1877, were English-
men : James Warren, born at Plymouth, Mas-
sachusetts, 1726, was a prominent American
patriot, and Major-General Joseph Warren,
who fell at Bunker Hill, is said to have been
the ablest and most prominent man in New
England at the time of his death.
That one family of the name of Warren in
New England is descended from an immi-
grant ancestor who settled in Maine is the
conclusion reached by Orin W^arren, of W^est
Newbury, Massachitsetts, who wrote "A Gen-
ealogy of the Descendants of Tames Warren."
some account of one branch of whose descend-
ants is given below.
(I) James W'arren was in Kittery, Maine.
before 1656. Whether he was born in Scot-
land or England is a disputed question. An
authority states that : "When Cromwell gained
a victory over the royal troops at Dunbar in
the North, and not knowing how to dispose
better of his prisoners, he banished them from
the realm of England and sent them to Amer-
ica. From Boston they w'ere dispatched down
the coast to find fellowship in the more con-
servative royali.st colony planted by Gorges,
and were given lands in what is still known
as Scotland parish, in the upper part of
York." Tradition has it that one of these
prisoners was James Warren. He settled in
that part of Kittery now South Berwick.
Cowcove, the name of an inlet to the Great
Works river, is so named, says tradition, from
the first cows brought to j\laine and New
Hampshire, being landed there, and Cow cove
w-as the river front of the farm of James
Warren in 1656. James W'arren first had a
grant of land on the hill which was very poor
land. He had other grants near Warren's
pond. He was a man of substance and in-
fluence in the town, and held among other
offices that of selectman for several years. He
died in 1702, leaving a will made December
9, 1700, which was probated December 24,
1702. He gave to his son Gilbert forty acres
of land bought of John Davis, and to son
James all other lands in Kittery or elsewhere,
inchiding the homestead at Cow-cove, w'hich
was granted to him July 15, 1656. His wife's
Christian name was Alargaret, and she was
a native of Ireland. She survived her hus-
band and took property under his will. Her
will was made December 13, 1712, and proba-
ted October 15, 1713. Children: Gilbert,
James, Alargaret, Grisel and Jane.
(II) James (2), second son and child of
James (i) and Margaret Warren, was born
in 1658; the date of his death is not known.
He was a foremost man among his towns-
men, held various town offices, and w-as se-
lectman in 1701-02-03; was one of a commit-
tee of six in 1713 to confer with a like com-
mittee of Kittery on the boundary line be-
tween the two towns; and in 1719 was a
surveyor to run the division line. He mar-
ried, in 1 69 1, Mary, daughter of John and
Elizabeth Foss, or Frost, of Dover, New
Hampshire. Children : Mary, Margaret,
James, Rachel, Gilbert, and John, whose
sketch follows.
(III) John, youngest child of James (2)
and Mary (Foss or Frost) Warren, was born
December 16, 1705. He owned real estate of
considerable extent, and the house in which
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1821
he resided was standing in i8g8. He was a
member of the grand jury, and also of the
petty jury at York in 1730-37, and held vari-
ous offices in Berwick up to 1762. His will
was probated February 24, 1769. He mar-
ried Mary, born June 10, 1709, daughter of
Tristam and Abigail Heard. Tristam was
son of the immigrant John Heard and wife
Elizabeth, of Dover, New Hampshire. John
Heard was of the Dover combination in 1640.
Tristam Heard inherited the garrison hill,
Dover, saved to Elder William W'entworth in
the massacre in 1689. Elizabeth Heard was
the daughter of Rev. John Hull. The children
of John and Mary (Heard) Warren, as men-
tioned in the will of the former, were : John,
Tristam, Nathaniel, Ichabod, Pelatiah, Kesia,
Margaret and Mary.
(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Mary (Heard) Warren, was born r^Iarch 5,
1731, died January i, 1807. He settled in
Stroudwater, and was a farmer and black-
smith. He married Jane, of Falmouth, born
June 15, 1740, died November 13, 1809, daugh-
ter of John Johnson, who was born in Ireland.
He was the son of James Johnson, who came
to Spurwink in 1733, but was born in Scot-
land, moved to Ireland about 1692, and died
in Scarborough, jMaine, in 1746. Children:
John, who died in the Continental army, j\Iay
23, 1776; Polly, David, Elizabeth, ' Sally,
James, Jane, jMargaret, John, Robert, Na-
thaniel and Nancy.
(V) John \3), ninth child and fourth son
of John (2) and Jane (Johnson) Warren,
was born May 23, 1776, died September 10,
1845. He was a prosperous trader, lumber-
man and farmer, and was called "the old
lumber king." He married, November 29,
1810, Eleanor, of Falmouth, born July 5, 1785,
died January 13, 1835, daughter of William
Lamb. Children, George, William L., and
Lewis P., whose sketch follows. -
(VI) Lewis Pease, youngest child of John
(3) and Eleanor (Lamb) Warren, was born
August II, 1817, died June 24. 1900, at West-
brook, where he had resided during his entire
life. He was an energetic, intelligent and pros-
perous citizen, interested in numerous financial
enterprises, among which were : The lumber
firms of G. and L. P. Warren. Clements. \\'ar-
ren & Brigham : leather and harness business,
Warren & Neal. In politics he was first a
Whig and later a Republican. He married,
February 20, 1844. Sarah, of Otisfield, born
Alay 21, 1818, died April 14, 1896. daughter
of Henry and Sally Turner: Henry Turner
was son of Henry Turner, revolutionary sol-
dier, and Sally was daughter of Jonathan
floors, revolutionary soldier, and Relief, his
wife. They had five children : John W., Al-
bert F., Lelia, Edna A. and Cora P.
(VII) John Winworth, eldest child of Lewis
P. and Sarah (Turner) Warren, was born in
Westbrook, January 16, 1847. .\fter com-
pleting his education he was a partner with
H. P. Murch, in a grocery store in Westbrook
for four years. He then bought and operated
what was afterward known as the Warren
Warp jMills at Westbrook for about fifteen
years. He was also senior member of the
firm of Warren & Towle, dealers in lumber.
He was prosperous in business and retired
with a competency in 1895. He is a member
of Saccarappa Lodge, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of Westbrook. In political sen-
timent he is a Republican. He married. No-
vember 7, 1872, Martha J-, born May 12,
1851, daughter of Ahijah and Louisa
(Hawkes) Hawkes, of Medway, Massachu-
setts. (See Hawkes VII.) Children: John
Clififord and Lewis P.
(VIII) John Clifford, the elder of the two
sons of John W. and Martha J. (Hawkes)
Warren, was born in Westbrook, September
29, 1879. After leaving the public schools he
attended W'estbrook high school, from which
he graduated in 1898. In same year he en-
tered the University of Maine, where he grad-
uated in 1902, with the degree of Bachelor of
Science. Subsequently he attended the Boston
University Law School and there took the de-
gree of IJachelor of Laws in 1905. In Au-
gust of the same year he was admitted to the
bar in Cumberland county, and in November,
1906, was admitted to practice in the L'nited
States courts. He is engaged in the general
practice of his profession, and has met with
encouraging success. In politics he is a Re-
publican. He was a corporal in Companv .M.
First ]\Iaine Volunteer Militia in the Spanish
war and served eight months. He is a mem-
ber of Temple Lodge, No. 83, of Westbrook,
Eagle Chapter, Royal Arch IMasons, the ]\Iaine
Historical Society, and the Portland Club.
(See Hawkes.)
(For ancestry see James Warren I.)
(Ill) James (3), eldest son
^\'ARREN and third child of James (2)
and Mary (Foss or Frost)
W'arren, was born June 8, 1698, in Kittery,
and resided in that town. He married Mary,
daughter of Moses and Abigail ( Tailor)
Goodwin, of Kittery. She was born Septem-
ber 18, 1699. Their children were: Sarah,
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Eenjamin. Elizabeth, Moses, James, Samuel,
Chadbourne, William and Martha.
(IV) Samuel, fourth son of James (3) and
Mary (Goodwin) Warren, was born late in
1726 in Berwick and died in 1814. There are
some conflictinsf records pertaining to him. It
is shown that he was married in Biddeford,
May II, 1749. to Sarah, daughter of Robert
Gray, and the records of his home town show
that he had a son, Captain Thomas, and also
had sons : James, David and Samuel. The
records of Kittery show the intention of mar-
riage June 29, 1765, Samuel Warren and
Mary Andrews. He resided for a time in
Bristol, Maine, and in 1788 was sent to survey
what is now Islesboro, Maine. The chart
which he made may be found in the History of
Islesboro, and shows his careful and energetic
work. He was of great help in drawing to
that town a fine class of settlers whose de-
scendants are widely known in the Pine Tree
State and in all sections of the country. He
was selectman of the town from 1795 to 1807.
He married a Miss Porter, a woman of great
energy and helpfulness, and their children
were: 1. John, who was a very successful
Friends minister and visited England. 2.
George, married, 1803, Lydia Hatch. 3. Ben-
jamin, married, 1810, Abigail Hatch. 4. Sam-
uel. 5. Betsey, married, 1808, Isaac Hatch.
6. Martha, married, 1790, Jonathan Coombs,
and had a large and very interesting family.
(\j Samuel (2), fourth son of Samuel (i)
Warren, was born in Bristol, Maine, 1773,
and died at Islesboro on the third day of Mav,
1859. He was a very efficient helper of his
father in his work, and then became a suc-
cessful farmer, being a man of great worth
and executive ability. He married Ruth Sher-
man, who died on August 30, 1835, and their
children were: i. David, born October 6,
1799, married Olevia Trim. 2. Lydia, De-
cember 7, 1801, never married. 3. Samuel,
February 18, 1804, died August 5, 1870; mar-
ried Philena Hatch. 4.- Michael. 5. James,
July 4, 1808, married Sabrina Parker and
Amanda Burr. 6. George, June 12, 1812, died
December 2, 1890; married Sally \>azie.
(VI) Michael, the son of Samuel (2) and
Ruth (Sherman) Warren, was born at Isles-
boro, February 16, 1806, and died in 1828,
having been a very successful captain of coast
packets, and largely engaged in the lumber
trade. He married Belona Barr, and their
only son was Luman.
(VII) Luman, son of Michael and Belona
(Barr) Warren, was born in Orland, Maine,
February 17, 1830. He is one of the pros-
perous merchants of Bucksport, where he has
long resided. He was while very young noted
for his application to study in the schools of
his native town, as well as for his trustworthi-
ness of character. When but a youth he
worked as a clerk in the country store of Jo!m
A. Buck and Company at Orland, Alaine. In
1850 he went to Bucksport, and readily found
a position as salesman with J. L. Bradley and
Company, becoming a partner in the business
in 1853. In 1863, on the death of Mr. J. L.
Bradley, Mr. Warren became the proprietor of
the flourishing business, subsequently taking
a very helpful partner, Leander Hancock, the
firm name then being Warren & Hancock.
After the death of Mr. Hancock, Mr. Warren
conducted the business under the name of
Warren & Company, w'hich name it still con-
tinues to bear. Mr. W'arren still retains his
interest in the business, but has retired from
active management. He is everywhere highly
esteemed as a business man and citizen. In
politics he is a thorough-going and well-in-
formed Republican. In religion he classifies
himself as an Independent. Mr. Warren mar-
ried Alice Buck Bradley, born in Bucksport,
December 19, 1845, married in 1872, and died
in 1906, a woman greatly beloved by all who
knew her. She w^as the daughter of Mr. Jo-
seph B. and ]\Iary Somersby (Buck) Bradley.
Her grandparents were Rufus and Sarah
(Somersby) Buck, who were married Octo-
ber 16, 1 82 1, I\ir. Rufus Buck -being the son
of Daniel Buck, from w^hich Bucksport re-
ceived its name, which was originally spelled
Buckstown, and whose wife was Mary Sewall,
of the famous Sewall family of York, Maine.
The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Luman War-
ren was Margaret Bradley, born March 16,
1877, died March 7, 1905. The loss of his
wife and daughter within such a short time
was such a shock that Mr. Warren is greatly
broken in health. He is in his seventy-ninth
year and quite feeble.
"In the study of historic rec-
HAWKES ords a few facts have been
gathered from varied sources
regarding Adam Hawkes, the first of his name
who made any permanent settlement in Xew
England. Nothing is known of him prior to
his arrival in this country, nor the vessel in
which he embarked. There is fortunately pre-
served two interesting and ancient relics of
the past, 'The First Book of the Records of
Charlestown' and 'The History of the First
Church of that place.' By the first of these
Adam Hawkes' naine is given among those
STATE OF MAINE.
1823
who were admitted as inhabitants of the town
in 1634. He had four acres of planting ground
allotted to him January 10, 1635. To get this
ground the law required the ownership of a
house. Adam liawkcs' name also appears
among the list of inhabitants January 2, 1635.
In the history of the First Church of Charles-
town, page 4, it is recorded that Adam Hawkes
was admitted to membership. Adam Hawkes
came to this country in 16^4, resided in
Charlestown a year or upwards, then moved
to Saugus the latter part of the year 1635 o^
1636, and with others settled on 'the river of
Saugus.' 'Goodman Hawkes' erected his first
rude dwelling on the site of L. P. Hawkes'
house. His farm was mainly the land now
occupied by the village of North Saugus lying
east of the Saugus river, north of the iron
works, south from and remainder by Lynn
Common, in all several hundred acres, includ-
ing a one hundred acre grant from Lynn in
1638. Besides this Adam Hawkes owned the
George Hawkes farm in Lynnfield." (The
foregoing and the ancestral data which follows
was compiled by the late Hon. Samuel
Hawkes, of Saugus, jNIaine.)
(I) Adam Hawkes was born in 1608, died
March 13, 1672. He married (first) Widow
Anne Hutchinson, who died October 11, 1669:
(second) 1670, Sarah Jane tlooper. Chil-
dren of first wife: Susannah and John (said
to have been twins) ; child of second wife :
Sarah, born June 2, 1671.
(H) John, son of Adam and Anne (Hut-
chinson) Hawkes, born 1633, died August,
1694. He built a house on a part of his
farm, which farm was after his death divided
between his four sons. He married (first)
Rebecca Maverick, June i, 1659; she died
September 4, 1659; married (second) Eliza-
beth Cushman. April 11, 1661. John and
Elizabeth (Cushman) Hawkes had nine chil-
dren, four of whom died within a few days of
the last of November, 1675 ; mention is made
of only two, namely : Ebenezer, and Moses,
who married [Margaret Cogswell, a sister of
John Cogswell, whose daughter married Eben-
ezer Hawkes, brother of Moses.
(HI) Ebenezer, son of John and Elizabeth
(Cushman) Hawkes, wos born 1678, died
1766. He married Elizabeth Cogswell, daugh-
ter of John and ]\Iargaret (Gififord) Cogs-
well, of Ipswich. Children: i. Ebenezer,
born July 14, 1702, had the farms now owned
by Louis P. and Richard Hawkes, except the
outside lots which included the site of the
second house of Adam Hawkes. In 1720 he
moved to Marblehead, where he followed the
trades of blacksmith and anchormaker ; he was
one of the original grantees of New Marble-
head, now the town of Windham, in the then
district of Maine, and together with several
others was granted the water power at what
is now called Mallison Falls in that town ; it
is doubtful if he ever visited his Maine pos-
sessions and certainly never settled them, as
the grants were taken up after his death by
his grandsons, who became the ancestors of
the numerous Hawkes families in that section
of the country. 2. Elizabeth, born April 24,
1704. 3. Samuel.
(iV) Samuel, son of Ebenezer and Eliza-
beth (Cogswell) Hawkes, was born May 12,
1706, resided in Lynn, died 1772. He mar-
ried Philadelphia Estes. Child : Ebenezer.
(\') Ebenezer (2), son of Samuel and Phil-
adelphia (Estes) Hawkes, died August 21,
1791. He married Rebecca Alley, who died
October 20, 1822. Children: i. Ebenezer,
born May 8, 1766, died August 31, 1791. 2.
Ahijah, see forward. 3. William, born Octo-
ber 14, 1769, died October 20, 1822. 4. Re-
becca, born December 10, 177 1, evidently died
in infancy. 5. Abigail, born September 4,
1773, died 1846. 6. Rebecca, born May 22,
1776, died 1839. 7. Elizabeth, born June 12,
1778, died 1844. 8. Lydia, born October 9,
1780, died 1856. 9. Anna, born September 28,
1785, died January 27, 1855.
(\T) Ahijah, son of Ebenezer (2) and
Rebecca (Alley) Hawkes, was born Decem-
ber 10, 1767, died December 23, 1838. Mar-
ried, November 25, 1807, Theodate Pratt,
born July 12, 1787, died December 23, 1838.
Children: i. Rebecca, born December 4, 1808,
died ]\Iay 8, 1893. 2. Ahijah, born Decem-
ber 20, 1809. 3. Ebenezer, born June 22,
181 1, died August 6, 1884. 4. Ric'nard, born
January 9, 1813, died November 15, 1870. 5.
Stephen E., born May 25, 1814, died October
2, 1877. 6. William, born December i, 18 15,
died March i, 1852. 7. Samuel, born Decem-
ber 4, 1816. 8. Tacy Pratt, born January 2,
1818. 9. Deborah, born August 20, 1819, died
August 5, 1871. 10. Theodate, born October
4, 1820, died November 3, 1820. 11. Daty,
born July 8, 1822, died January 22, 1824. 12.
Louis Penn, born June 26, 1824, died 1896.
(VII) Ahijah (2), son of Ahijah (i) and
Theodate (Pratt) Hawkes, was born Decem-
ber 20, 1809, died May 18, 1888. He mar-
ried, December 3, 1835, Louisa Hawkes, of
Windham, i\Iaine, born April 6, 181 1, died
January 5, 1868, daughter of David and Anne
Haw^kes. David Hawkes was of the Maine
branch of the family and direct descendant of
1824
STATE OF MAINE.
Ebenezer llawkes. Children: I. Loretla
Theodate, born September 30, 1836, married
Harlan P. March. 2. X'ictoria Augusta, born
December 19, 1837. 3. Elizabeth Rebecca,
born August 24, 1839, married Eben Plum-
mer. 4. Anne Louisa, born July 12, 1841,
died August IQ, 1858. 5. Louis Penn, born
February 28, 1843, ^I'etl January 18, 1848. 6.
Tacy Pratt, born December 24, 1844. 7. Al-
bert Ahijah, born .May 5, 1847, married Cora
B. Warren. 8. Ellen Deborah, born March 7,
1849, married Alonzo Plummer. 9. Aiartha
Jane, born May 12, 1851, married John W.
Warren (.see Warren VH). 10. Walter Ver-
ian, born July 24, 1853, married Nellie Fisher.
This name is given by many au-
FEASE thorities as coming from the
name of the pea-plant; the Pease
family of England is said to be of German
origin, and they are supposed to have emi-
grated much later than the Saxon conquest
of England, but have been in that country
some four or five hundred years; the Ger-
man form of the words is Pies or Pees. They
are found among members of parliament, as
bankers, among the yeomanry, and various
other English classes. Between the years
1635 and 1672 there lived in New England as
many as six men who had the name of John
Pease, and it has been correspondingly difti-
cult to keep track of the various families.
(I) John Pease is first mentioned in the
records of Martha's Vineyard in 1646, when
he was grantor in a deed of land, and from
that date until the time of his death
his name appears often, and he seems
to have taken rather a prominent part
in affairs. He was one of the original pro-
prietors of the town of Norwich, Connecticut,
in 1659, although he was not one of the first
settlers there, as he may at one time have in-
tended to be. He was called captain, it is
supposed from having command of a small
sailing craft. By his first wife, Elizabeth, he
had two sons, James, born in 1637, and John,
about 1640; by his second wife, Mary, he had:
Thomas, about 1656, Jonathan, Samuel, David,
Abigail, Mary, Rebecca and Sarah. When he
made his will, dated March 4, 1674, he was
"stricken in years." Many of his descend-
ants settled in Maine.
(H) Samuel, son of John and Mary Pease,
was born about 1660, and the latest record
found of him on Martha's \'ineyard is in his
father's will, so he probably removed from
there when a young man ; as there was a Sam-
uel Pease living in Exeter, New Hampshire,
about 1690, whose descendants have a tra-
dition that he was from Martha's Vineyard, it
is supposed he is the one before mentioned.
(HI) Nathaniel, son of Samuel Pease, was
born in 1691, at Exeter, New Hampshire, and
died October 20, 1748, at Newmarket, New
Hampshire, then a part of Exeter. He was a
carpenter and owned land. There is a tradi-
tion among the family that he was killed by
Indians, and as they were very annoying to the
settlers of Exeter in the early days, this may
be so; although the records were not kept of
those who met death at the hands of the sav-
ages, it was necessary for them to sleep in
garrisons often and till their land with their
rifle or other weapon near at hand. He mar-
ried, November, 1725, Phebe, daughter of
John and Sarah (Philbrick) Sanborn, born
February 5, 1706, and their children were: i.
Sarah, born July 10, 1726. 2. Samuel, De-
cember 14, 1727-28, died January 6, 1805, in
Parsonsfield, Maine. 3. Ann, November 17,
1729. 4. Abigail, January, 1732. 5. Bath-
sheba, March 16, 1734. 6. Phebe, December 21,
1735- /• Nathaniel. 8. John, July 10, 1739.
9. Zebulon, July 21, 1741. 10. Benjamin, Au-
gust 2, 1743. II. Eleanor, June 2, 1745. 12.
Simeon, March 24, 1747. 13. Eliphalet, May
13. 1749-
(IV) Nathaniel (2), second son of Nathan-
iel (i) and Phebe (Sanborn) Pease, was born
February 21, 1737, and settled in Newmarket,
New Hampshire. He married Lucy Page, and
they had ten children, as follows: i. Zebulon.
2. David. 3. Nathaniel, married (first) Judith
Pease and (second) Dolly Pease. 4. Asa, born
July 18, 1769, married Sally Parsons, and set-
tled in Parsonfield, Maine. 5. Josiah, married
Nancy Parsons. 6. Joseph. 7. Lydia. 8.
Hannah. 9. Sally, married John Stevens. 10.
Lucy, who became Mrs. Drew.
(V) Major Zebulon, eldest son of Nathan-
iel (2) and Lucy (Page) Pease, was born
January 16, 1761, at Newmarket, New Hamp-
shire, and served in the revolutionary war, in
Lieutenant-Colonel Senter's New Hampshire
regiment; enlisted July 2, 1777, discharged
January 6, 1778. In 18 10 he received the com-
mission of major from Governor Chri-stopher
Gore, and served in the war of 1812 as ma-
jor of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment ; his
original commission is in the hands of his
great-grandson. Major Albion P. Pease, men-
tioned later in this article. He inarried, March
29, 1784, Mrs. I\L-iry Burleigh; he died De-
cember 31, 1837; his wife died May 10. 1831.
Their children were: i. John, born July 9,
1785, died November 20, same year. 2. Nath-
STATE OF MAINE.
1825
aniel. 3. Andrew, Ma_v 13, 1788, died October
18, 1851. 4. Mary. November 2, 1789, died
January 19, 1797. 5. Elizabeth. September 24,
1791, died unmarried January 6, 1864. 6.
Martha, Janvar}- 20, 1794. 7. Zebulon, Sep-
tember 21, 1795.
(\T) Nathaniel (3), second son of Major
Zebulon and Mary (Liurleigh) Pease, was born
November 26. 1786, settled in Parsonsfield,
Maine, where he died January 25, 1863. He
was engaged in farming. He married, March
21, 1816, Olive Towne. Their children were:
I. Sophia, born October 16, 1816-17, married
Amasa Allen. 2. ]\Iary, September 7. 1818,
married Amasa Doe. 3. Usher P. 4. Clara
T., August 31, 1 82 1, married Uriah Rutland.
5. Burleigh, August 13, 1823. married Nar-
cissa Pease. 6. Lorenzo D., Januar)- 25. 1825,
married Hannah Fitzpatrick, died 1907. 7. Liz-
zie W'.. November 9, 1826. married Edward
Gordon, and lives at Winter Hill. Massachu-
setts, with her nephew, Wesley Uoe. 8. Roxy
S., March 2-/, 1828, married Hiram C. Walker,
and lived at Springfield, Illinois ; died in New
York City. 9. John A., November 17, 1829,
married Sarah Shaw, and resided at South
Parsonsfield. Maine: now deceased. 10. La-
vinia. July 4, 1832, died 1892. 11. Martha,
January 7, 1837, died December, 1908. 12.
Bradbury N.. June 4, 1841. died February 11,
1843-
(\ II) Usher P., eldest son of Nathaniel
(3) and Olive (Tow^ne) Pease, was born Jan-
uary 29, 1820, at South Parsonsfield, Maine.
Soon after reaching his majority he removed
to Watertown, ^lassachusetts, where he was
first employed on the Cooledge Farm : he
then entered the employ of a firm dealing in
ice, Russell, Harrington and Company, of
Charlestown, Massachusetts, remaining with
them and their successors (Reed & Bartlett)
until the forming of the Boston Ice Company,
with which he became connected, and served
this company tor more than thirty-five years,
until his death. From 1851 he made his home
in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married,
January 12. 1845, ''t South Parsonsfield,
Maine, Juliette Williams, born February 22,
182 1. He was one of the oldest members of the
First Free Baptist Churcii. of Boston, of which
he was deacon for more than forty years. His
children were: i. Major Albion P. 2. Cur-
tis S.. born June 8, 1849, married Cora E.
Butler, and has two children, Ethelwyn and
Bronson ; he resides in Maiden and has been
connected w'ith the Boston Ice Company for
forty-three years. 3. Susie E.. May 21, 1855.
married Jame~ Morrison, and has two daugh-
ters, Ella, wiio married Richard \'eale, and
Lillian, who married Harry E. Osgood, and
resides in Somerville. 4. .Alia, July 31, 1859,
married Charles E. Crouse, of Syracuse, New
York. 5. Elmer E., May 22, i86i, married,
in Boston, June 26, 1888, Lizzie Folsom, and
has one child, Roland F., born in Kansas City,
Missouri, August 30, 1890. Lizzie Folsom
was daughter of Josiah D., born in Stark,
Maine. Alarch 27. 1830. and Louisa P. (Up-
ton) Folsom, of North Troy, \ermont-, born
September 29, 1829; they were married in
Saugus, Massachusetts, November 26, 1856.
Mr. and Mrs. Pease reside in Somerville and
he is with the American Net & Twine Com-
pany, of Boston.
(VIII) Major Albion P., eldest son of
Usher P. and Juliette (Williams) Pease, was
born December 14. 1846, in Parsonsfield, on
the old Pease homestead, which has been in the
possession of the family for more than two
hundred years. He received his early educa-
tion at Charlestown, remaining in that place
until he reached the age of fifteen years, when
he enlisted in the United States army, being
enrolled as private, September 10, 1862, in
Company H, Fifth Massachusetts Infantry,
and discharged July 2, 1863. Shortly after-
ward he accepted a position in the quarter-
master's department of the Cavalry Bureau, at
Memphis, Tennessee, where he was in the
service under Captains Grierson and Bow-
man, and soon w-on the confidence of the for-
mer. A battalion of citizens was being or-
ganized to prepare for attacks which might
be made by Forrest's Rough Riders, and at
his request IMr. Pease was appointed a cap-
tain lo drill them, exercising the authority of
captain and being recognized in that capacity.
This appointment was not made through the
war department, but w'as done by virtue of
the commanding officer's granted or assumed
authority. He was never regularly mustered,
and in addition to his work of drilling men he
still, at intervals, attended to his duties in the
office of Captain Grierson, of the quarter-
master's department. He continued this until
the close of the war and at one time took a
fleet of boats, loaded with horses, to Gen-
eral Sheridan on the Red river, in Louisiana,
who had his army massed there prepared to
suppress Maximilian, of Mexico, should it be-
come necessary at the close of the war. Dur-
ing the time he was in service he was engaged
in the following battles : Kinston, W'hitehall,
Gouldsboro, Blount's Creek, Rawds Mills,
^Joseley's Creek, Deep Gully, Siege of New-
bern. Wilkinson Point, Core Creek, all in
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STATE OF MAINE.
North Carolina, also in raids on Memphis an 1
the raids of Generals' Osborne and Grierson,
and in Sheridan's Texas expedition. Captain
Pease at this time expected a captain's com-
mission from President Lincoln, but the trag-
edy which took away the nation's ruler pre-
vented this, and as Captain I'ease was then
a very young man he did not realize his pecu-
liar position and continued on his round of
duties until the spring of 1866, when he re-
ceived a commission as major, though he
never had a chance to see active service with
his regiment, which was the Seventh Missouri
Volunteer Infantry, then stationed at Mem-
phis, Tennessee. He assisted, however, in
winding up the affairs of the quartermaster's
bureau and in the sale and inventory of the
large number of mules, horses and other prop-
erty, and in July, 1866, resigned from the
army and returned to Massachusetts. He lo-
cated at Charlestown, starting a wholesale es-
tablishment for the sale of jewelry and fancy
goods, in Milk street, Boston, where he re-
mained until the big Boston fire, in which he
sustained a heavy loss, and after closing up
his business he took a position as traveling
salesman for Charles \\'. Baldwin. In June,
1874, he opened the Albion Ninety-nine Cent
Store, at Dover, New Hampshire, and subse-
quently opened branches at Great Falls and
Rochester, continuing in this industry until the
latter part of 1876, when he was advised to
remove to the country on account of impaired
health, and he then purchased a farm of
twenty-five acres at Andover, remaining on
it until 1880. In that year he sold his farm
and removed to Kansas City, ^lissouri, where
he represented the jewelry firm of M. D.
Quimby & Company, of Boston, Massachu-
setts. Two years later he was appointed
United States marshal for the Western Dis-
trict of ]\Iissouri, serving until Cleveland's in-
auguration, when he resigned. These were
probably the two most strenuous years in the
life of Major Pease.
During this time the James brothers, Frank
and Jesse, were committing their acts of
crime, and Major Pease was ordered to ar-
rest Frank. As they were considered the most
desperate criminals then at large, the task was
a most hazardous one, yet his courage did not
fail, and going to their home, taking with him
a posse of deputies whom he left outside, he
entered the house alone ; they were warned by
members of their family of his arrival there,
got out of bed, and going over an adjoining
roof on their hands and feet, they reached the
ground, and, grunting like hogs, deceived the
men who were stationed outside, and made
their escape in the darkness. A short time
afterward, however, IMajor Pease arrested
Frank James at Gallatin, Missouri, and with
the assistance of but one man took him to
Iluntsville, Alabama, for trial for the robbery
of Paymaster Smith, of the United States
army. During this entire trip he did not even
place handcuff's upon him, but previous to
starting he informed ]\lr. James that if he
should make the slightest attempt to escape he
would shoot him dead instantly. Major Pease
was largely interested in real estate until the
depreciation of 1889. Shortly afterward he
received the appointment of general agent for
the ^Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company, at Kansas City, Missouri, and until
1904 represented this and other companies at
that place, being then requested to return to
the East, where important matters awaited
him. He was the leading spirit in the organ-
ization of the Employers' Association of Mas-
sachusetts, with headquarters at Boston, and
still fills the responsible ofhce of secretary to
that body. This bids fair to become one of
the most important national organizations, its
principles being as follows: i. No closed shop.
2. No restriction as to the use of tools, ma-
chinery, or materials, except such as are un-
safe. 3. No limitation of output. 4. No re-
striction as to the number of apprentices and
helpers, when of proper age. 5. No boycott.
6. No sympathetic strike. 7. No sacrifice of
the independent workman to the Labor Union.
8. No compulsory use of the union label. The
capacity for work possessed by Major Pease
seems practically unlimited. As an instance :
During the teamsters' strike in Boston he was
at his desk eighteen hours each day for a
period of four months, and during this time
had a steamship which had been a government
transport fitted out in New York City and
sent to Boston, where it remained in the har-
bor for the housing and feeding of the men.
Ever since the organization of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Major Pease has been one of
its most active members and has held offices
as follows: Captain and charter member of
Post No. 10, Department of Maine ; officer of
guard, Post No. 11, Department of Massa-
chusetts; adjutant and commander. Post No.
4, Department of Missouri : charter member
of Post No. 3. Department of Missouri : assist-
ant adjutant general of Department of Mis-
souri. In 1881 he organized the Department
of Missouri and served four years as assistant
adjutant general under Major (now United
States Senator) William Warner, of Kansas
STATE OF ]\IATNE.
1827
City, and in that time organized no less than
two hundred and six posts and signed as many
charters with his official signature ; among
these was the celebrated Ransom Post of St.
Louis, which had the honor of General Sher-
man as commander. The various posts or-
ganized by Major Pease comprise a member-
ship of over six thousand, and during the years
that he was engaged in this work he traveled
over fifty thousand miles and sent out over
one hundred thousand letters. He was the
first man to bear the title of assistant adjutant
general of the state of Missouri, and posssibly
no man now living has done a greater amount
of work in Grand Army of the Republic cir-
cles. He is now a member of Post No. 113,
of Boston, and has just been elected and in-
stalled senior vice-commander of this post.
Major Pease married, January 29, 1903, Eliza-
beth, daughter of John and Rachel (McLean)
Carroll, of Springfield, IMassachusetts.
This name is an ancient and hon-
FIELD orable one in England, and can be
traced far back of the Conquest.
Probably not a dozen families in England can
prove so high an antiquity. It was anciently
written De la Field or De la Feld, but about
the middle of the fourteenth century the spell-
ing was changed to Field, or, in some cases,
Feild. There is a statement in Symonds"
diary that he saw the arms of the Field fam-
ily on monuments of knights in Madely church,
which were of the thirteenth century. They
were : Sable, three garbs argent. These arms,
differenced by a chevron, were confirmed to
John Field at East Ardsley, in the manor of
Wakefield, 1558. They are now on an old
house at Crofton, where several of the same
family resided in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries.
(I) Roger del Field was born at Sowerby,
England, about 1240. He was descended from
Sur Hubertus De la Feld, and the head of
the family which settled in counties Lancaster
and Kent, England. Children: i. Richard,
born about 1276. 2. Thomas, mentioned be-
low.
(II) Thomas, son of Roger del Field, was
born at Sowerby, about 1278. He was a
juror at Sowerby in 1307. He was named in
the Wakefield rolls in 13 14 and 1322, when
he was at Halifax Court. Children: i. John,
mentioned below. 2. Adam.
(III) John del Feld, son of Thomas, was
born at Sowerby, in 1300. He was named in
the Wakefield rolls in 1326-34-36, when he
had land at Sowerby. lie had one child,
Thomas, mentioned below.
(I\') Thomas, son of John del Feld, was
born at Sowerby, in 1330. He married Anna-
belle — ■ . He was a prominent man, his
name occurring frequently in the rolls in posi-
tions of trust. He had one child, Thomas,
mentioned below.
(\') Thomas, son of Thomas del Feld. was
born at Sowerby, in 1360. He married Isa-
bel ■ . On IMarch 12, 1429, "Thomas Del
Felde de Bolton"' made his will, bequeathing to
his wife Isabel all his land and tenants "in
villa and tertory de Bynglay" for life, the re-
mainder to his heirs. He died in 1429. Chil-
dren: I. Robert. 2. ^^'illiam, mentioned be-
low.
(\T) William Feld, son of Thomas, was
born possibly at Bradford, England. He mar-
ried Katherine — . Letters of adminis-
tration were granted his widow April 21, 1480.
He resided in the parish of Bradford, Eng-
land. Children: i. William, mentioned be-
low. 2. John.
(VH) William, son of William Feld, was
born at Bradford, England, and resided at
East Ardsley, England. Children: i. Rich-
ard, married Elizabeth . 2. Thomas.
3. John, mentioned below.
(Vni) Rev. John Field, son of William
Field, was born near Bradford, England,
about 1519. He was rector of Cripplesgate,
and the author of "A Godly Exhortation by
Occasion of the Late Judgment of God Showed
at Paris Garden 13 Jan. 1583," a violent at-
tack upon theatrical entertainments. He died
March 26, 1587-88. Children: i. Theophilus,
born January 22, 1574; married Alice .
2. John Jr., mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel,
born June 13, 1581; died young. 4. Nathan-
iel, born October 17, 1587; married Anne
(IX) John Field Jr., son of Rev. John Field,
was born in Parish St. Giles, London, Eng-
land, about 1579. He married, in Boston,
England, August 13, 1609, Ellen Hutchinson,
and resided there. He died in England.
Children: i. Darby, mentioned below. (See
Field Genealogy.) 2. Robert, born about
1613; married Mary Stanley. 3. Henry, born
about 161 1. 4. Richard.
(I) Darby Field, son of John Field, tenth
in the English line, and first of his family
in America, was born in Boston, England,
about 1610. He was called by Winthrop "an
Irishman," but tradition says he was born in
England, the brother of Robert, son of John
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Field. He came to Boston, Massachusetts, in
1636, and for a short time was with his
brother Robert. In 1638 he removed to Exe-
ter, Xew Hampshire, and in 1648 to Dover,
where he died in iti4y. He was the first Eu-
ropean to ascend the White Mountains, which
he did witli two Indians in 1642. The as-
cent occupied eiglitceii days, and lie saw, he
said, "more marvelous things than ever any
one has seen since." He was one of the earl-
iest signers of the Exeler Combination. He
was living in 1644 at Oyster River ( Durham ),
New Hampshire, where he was licensed to sell
wine. Ambrose Gibbons was apiJbinted ad-
ministrator of his estate August i, 1651, and
the widow of Darby Field was taxed at Oys-
ter River in 1650. Children: i. Joseph, taxed
at Oyster River. 2. Zachariah, mentioned be-
low. 3. Sarah. 4. Elizabeth, married January
28. 1663, Stephen Jones, of Dover. 5. Mary,
bom about 1631 : married July 15, 1656, Cap-
lain John Woodman.
(II) Lieutenant Zachariah, son of Darby
Field, was born at Oyster River, and died
there before 1716, probably about 1709. He
resided at Oyster River. He married there
Hannah, daughter of Robert and Ann (Col-
cord) Evans. Her mother was daughter of
Edward and Ann (Wadd) Colcord, of Exeter
and Hampton, New Hampshire. Hannah
Field married (second), Richard Hussey.
Children: i. Daniel, born August 9, 1690. 2.
Zachary, mentioned below. 3. Stephen, mar-
ried Mary King.
(III) Lieutenant Zachary, son of Lieutenant
Zachariah Field, was born at Oyster River,
January 30, 1686. He received from his
father land and dwelling house lying east of
the road from Bellamy to Oyster River, and
west of John Drew's land. lie resided there
and died before 1737. He built Field's gar-
rison at Oyster River, in 1707, and was a
lieutenant. He married Sarah . Chil-
dren: 1. Daniel, born February 17. 1709;
married Sarah Haynes. 2. Zacliarias. men-
tioned below.
(IV) Zacharias, son of Lieutenant Zachary
Field, was born at Oyster River, August 9,
1712, and died in 1803. He married, in Fal-
mouth, November 9, 1738, Mary Wilson, born
August 7, 1 718. He resided in Falmouth.
Children: i. Daniel, born April 24, 1739;
married Lucy Ingersoll. 2. Betty, born May
27, 1741 ; married October 24, 1762, John
Crandal. 3. Zachariah, born June 3, 1743.
4. Dbadiah, born July 16, 1745; mentioned
below. 5. Joseph, born August 9, 1747. 6.
Molly, born December 27, 1749. 7. Benja-
min, born March 5, 1752; died May, 1752.
8. Benjamin, born May 8, 1754 ; married Han-
nah Hanson. 9. Lydia, born I'ebruary 15,
1759. 10. Stephen, born February 15, 1759
(twin).
(\') Obadiah, son of Zacharias Field, was
born at Falmouth, Maine, July 16, 1745, and
resided there. . He married Rachel Harris.
Children: i. Amos, married Nancy Hart. 2.
Rachel, married, and removed to Ohio. 3.
Simeon, married Susan Marston. 4. Zach-
ariah, mentioned below.
( \T ) Zachariah. son of ()i)adiah l'"ield,
was born at Falmouth, Maine. He resided in
Cumberland, Maine, and married there Tabi-
tlia Lunt, who died there aged eighty. He
died aged seventy-six. Children: i. Josiah.
2. Benjamin. 3. Zachariah. 4. Joshua. 5.
Jacob. 6. Obadiah. 7. James. 8. Joseph.
9. John, mentioned below.
(VII) John, son of Zachariah Field, was
born in Cumberland, Maine, in 1801. He re-
moved to St. Albans, Maine, where he cleared
a hundred acre farm. He was a Universalist
in religion, and a Whig in politics. He died
in St. Albans, November i, 1881, aged eighty
years. He married, in Cumberland, Eliza
Baker, who died October 11, 1867, aged sixty-
seven years. Children: i. Huldah. born 1812.
2. Zachariah. 3. Josiah, born 1823, died in
California, in 1897. 4. Hannah B., born 1824;
died 1893. 5. Harriet E., born 1828. 6. El-
len, born 1830. 7. John Lunt, mentioned be-
low. 8. Caroline. 9. Emily. 10. William.
(VTII) John Lunt, son of John Field, was
Iprn in China, Maine, June 7, 1826, and died
May 19, 1906, in St. .Albans, Maine. He was
educated in the public schools of his native
town. He worked at farming during his boy-
hood. In connection with his farming pur-
suits he worked on the construction of the
old Aroostook county turnpike. After he re-
tired from his business, except farming, he en-
gaged in the fire insurance and patent solicit-
ing business, in which he continued to the
time of his death. In politics .Mr. Field was a
Republican until the time of the Greenback
movement, then of the Greenback and Demo-
cratic parties until 1902, when he voted for the
re-election of President Roosevelt. He was
selectman, collector of taxes, and town treas-
urer twenty years in St. Albans. He attended
the I'niversalist church, and was a member of
Corinthian Lodge of Free Masons, of Hart-
land, and past master of the lodge : also mem-
ber of St. Albans Grange, No. 1 14. Patrons of
Husbandry. He married Sarah Webber Farn-
ham, born December 13, 183 1, at Sidney,
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1829
daughter of Simon and Xancy (Linscott)
Farnhani. Children : Llewellyn C, born May
3, 1S52. 2. George Walter, born October 20.
1856; mentioned below. 3. Elmer E., born
November 6, 1863.
(IX) George Walter, son of John Lunt
Field, was born at St. Alban?, October 20,
1856, and was educated in the public schools
of that town, Bloomfield Academy of Skow-
hegan, where he was a student in 1871 and
1872, and St. Albans Academy at Hartland,
where he was graduated in 1879. He studied
law in the offices of J, O. Bradbury, of Hart-
land, for three years, and was admitted to
the Maine bar March 20, 1884. He opened
an office and began to practice law in the town
of Harmony, ilaine. paying one dollar per
month rent. After one year he removed to
Oakland, where he has since been practicing.
Judge Field has not only been prominent in his
chosen profession, but in public life. He is a
leading Republican of this section ; was town
treasurer and tax collector of Oakland in
18S7: was for five years supervisor of schools,
and town agent ten years. He represented the
town of Oakland in the state legislature in
1899, and was chairman of the library com-
mittee, and member also of the committees on
salaries and federal relations. He has been
justice of the local police court for twenty-one
years, having been appointed for three terms
of seven years each. He was admitted to
practice in the United States circuit court at
Portland, September 27, 1898. He is a mem-
ber of Amon Lodge No. 95, Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows ; attends the Universalist
church.
He married, October 2, 1886, Hattie A.
Farnham, born December 24, 1869, at New
Sharon, daughter of George A. and Mary
(Yeaton) Farnham. One of her ancestors, a
great-great-grandfather, Rev. Isaac Case, was
a centenarian, and celebrated his hundredth
birthday by preaching a sermon.
French Canadians, as a rule,
FORTIER are destined to play an im-
portant part in the history of
progress on the North American continent.
They love, are proud, and are scrupulously
jealous of their language and religion, and al-
though they take every means and endeavor to
learn the official tongue of their adopted coun-
try, the English, and teach it to their chil-
dren, they mean to preserve, as the most de-
sirable accomplishment, the use among them-
selves of the language of France — that happy
compound of the Celtic, the Romanic and the
Teutonic elements, which is so equally adapted
to the lightest literature and the most pro-
found diction of science. From this fact, they
do not so willingly and so easily assimilate
with other nationalities. This feature gives to
their colonies a distinct individuality. Their
settlements in Canada, in the Northwest, and
everywhere they set foot are fully as prosper-
ous and far more picturesque than those of
cosmopolitan peoples, while the truest Amer-
icanism and love of liberty form an undis-
puted and distinguished characteristic of those
who have settled among us in the New Eng-
land states and in the West.
(I) The subject of this sketch is a descend-
ant of Francis Fortier, a native of .Saint Henri,
Province of Quebec, Canada, who removed to
Sainte Marie, Beauce, Province of Quebec,
and there a large family of eighteen children
were brought up and received the limited edu-
cation that could be had in those forlorn days
of French educational facilities in Canada.
This family included a son, Frederique.
(II) Frederique. son of Francis Fortier,
married Esther Wright, and lived at Saint
Sylvestre, county of Lothiniere, Province of
Quebec. This union was blessed with a fam-
ily of thirteen children, eight sons and five
daughters, the third child being John L.
(III) John L. (baptized Jean B. Fortier),
son of Frederique and Esther (Wright) For-
tier, was born in Saint Sylvestre, county of
Lothiniere. Province of Quebec, Canada,
March 27, 1853. During his early boyhood
he had very limited educational advantages.
His school attendance was confined to a small
isolated country school in his native town, ir-
regularly kept, even these poor educational
privileges ceased at the time he made his first
communion at ten years of age. From that
time to the age of fifteen he was obliged to
devote most of his time to farm work, having
but a month or two during the winter season
to attend the meager country school in which,
outside of religious teachings, no incentive for
serious studying could be found. At the age
of fifteen he was forced to devote his entire
time to hard manual labor to help his father,
who had met with financial reverses so serious
as to call for the united efforts of the sons
in order to support the large family of thir-
teen. Bidding adieu to his parents, to his
acquaintances, and all the endearing scenes so
attractive to bo3'hood, he left his native home
during his fifteenth year, on July 22, 1868,
and found employment at Norton Hills. Ver-
mont, in the lumber vards and sawmills at
that place. Young Fortier thence went to
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Island Pond, \'ennont, Grovelon, New Hamp-
shire, to Bcllicl, .Maine, working as regularly
and diligeiuly as opportunity permitted up to
the time be was nineteen years old, when ho
returned to Norton Mills, Vermont, where he
met a highly distinguished and educated fel-
low countryman who, discovering in the future
doctor no "ordinary talents, advised him earn-
estly to study, assuring the young man tliai.
nature had endowed him for a higher field of
usefulness than manual labor for set wages.
No sooner had their acciuaintance been made
than a true and lasting friendship was sealed.
and so deeply interested was that noble heart
in young Fortier that during two years the
tutor devoted his whole evenings to his pupil.
Although our student had to labor very hard
from five o'clock in the morning to six o'clock
in the evening, not one evening during those
two years did he fail to be at his post. Part-
ing from his devoted friend who had insi)irecl
the love of study, he entered in the winter of
1875, during his twenty-second year, the
Christian Brothers' College at Sainte Marie,
Beauce, Province of Quebec. There his earn-
estness to advance led him to sudy unremit-
tingly day and night for eight months, steal-
ing from his now precious time only a few
hours sleep each night. At the end of this
term he was obliged to return to the United
States and to again take up his .labor on the
rivers and in the sawmills of New Hampshire.
But having once acquired the irresistible de-
sire and the right way to study, he rapidly ad-
vanced without the aid of teachers. In 1877
he returned to Canada, prepared to enter Sher-
brooke College, where he remained six months.
Leaving that institution in the spring of 1878.
he went to Gorham, New Hampshire, wdiere
he studied privately a few months with Rev.
N. Charland, and in the fall of the same year
he matriculated and entered the Three Rivers
Seminary, where he spent one year in the study
of the classics. Then the subject of this sketcli
returned to Gorham, New Hampshire, and
resumed for eight months his classical stuilics
with the learned young priest of that placo.
Rev. N. Charland." In the fall of 1880 he d
cided to apply himself directly to the study of
medicine, and made his preliminaries in this
new direction in the office of Dr. H. H. Camp-
bell, of Waterville. ]\laine. From there he
entered the Elaine J^ledical School at Pjruns-
wick, in the winter of 1881. attending between
terms the Portland School for Medical In-
struction, and on June i, 1883, he received his
degree of Doctor of Medicine from the medi-
cal department of Bowdoin College, ranking
among the leaders of the class. Immediatei\-
after his graduation Dr. Fortier went to
Waterville, Maine, to which city his friend and
patron. Rev. N. Charland, had been trans-
ferred, and there at once began the practice of
his profession. Thus, it will be seen,* that tiiis
energetic young man, with no other resources
tlan his strong will and persistent ambition,
and the laudable desire to become a useful
member of society, devoted the principal
part of twelve years in the preparation of his
life's work. He was thirty years of age when
he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Possessing a cheerful disposition, progressive
ideas, professional skill, robust health, rare
tact, and a love for work, with a full sense of
duty, he soon won his way into public favor,
gaining the esteem and confidence of the en-
tire community.
Dr. Fortier is a member of the Maine Med-
ical Association, of the Kennebec IMedical As-
sociation, and also ex-president of the Water-
ville Clinical Society. He has served as city
physician of Waterville during nine years with
great credit to himself and with satisfaction
to his fellow citizens. In that capacity he
was especially beloved for his devotion, tender-
ness and humane feelings toward the poor, the
sick, the aged and the unfortunate.
In 1889 Dr. Fortier was appointed by
Bishop Healy, of Portland, to represent the
French-Canadian citizens of Maine at the
Catholic Congress held in Baltimore, Mary-
land, it being the occasion of the one hun-
dredth anniversary of the founding of the
hierarchy of the Catholic church in the United
States. In 1891 Dr. Fortier was a represen-
tative of the French-Canadian citizens of
Maine at a congress held in Springfield. .Mas-
sachusetts, and was chairman of the commit-
tee on statistics and aiifairs. For that occa-
sion Ite had made at great sacrifice of time and
expense a census of all the citizens of French
tongue in his state, and reported to that body
that the results of his labors showed a popu-
lation in Maine of 87,000 French speaking in-
habitants, with sixteen convents having one
hundred and forty-eight nuns, teaching Iioth
French and English and the Catholic faith to
8,500 boys and girls. It is sadly too well
known that in the New England states, that
part forming what is called the Ecclesiastical
Province of Boston, the Franco-American citi-
zens have been and are to-day, in certain
places, unjustly treated by some of their su-
perior ecclesiastics who give them as pastors,
in congregations where they form the immense
majority, priests alien to their language, cus-
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1 83 1
tomi and aspirations, thus forcing them to sup-
port and love as their pastors, priests who do
not sympathize v. ith them, nor cannot speak
the French language in an intelligible manner,
and who, moreover, do not appear disposed to
learn it. Not only the laity and faithful among
Franco-American citizens have been thus
treated, but in many instances good priests
who have had the courage to attempt redress
in behalf of the unfortunate but faithful ad-
herents have become odious to those implac-
able, ultra-zealous and too often sadly partial
bishops. So incredible and unintelligible is
and has been this unprovoked and uncalled-for
persecution to those devoted and saintly
priests that the biographer will abstain from
further comments, leaving to history, posterity
and to the development of future events to
relate these facts and pass judgment upon
them. During 1904, 1905 and 1906 those in-
ternal troubles, which it was said had existed
for more than twenty-five years with more or
less intensity in some parts of the Ecclesiastical
Province of Boston, came to a climax in the
diocese of Portland, Maine, under Bishop
William 11. ( I'Connell, whose methods of
quick assimilation dififered from the more con-
sistent policy of 'iaisser faire" of his prede-
cessors. Fearing with just cause that the
complete loss of the French language would be
for an immense majority of our French citi-
zens the loss of their religion, morals, and
consequently of their good and useful citizen-
ship, most of all the Franco-American priests,
the mass of the people, all of the professional
men. the known leaders among our Franco-
American citizens, and foremost among them
Dr. J. L. Fortier. rose with utmost firmness
against such encroachment of their religious
rights, guarded both by the civil constitution
of state and nation, as well as by the laws,
customs and practice of the universal Catholic
church.
On .March 12th and 13th, ii;o6, a convention
of all the Franco-Americans of Maine was
held in Levviston. A committee was appointed
to carry out the desires and resolutions of the
convention, which were to assist with all their
possible means and true and effective devo-
tion our Franco-American clergy in elevating
the religious and moral standard of the people
intrusted to their care. This permanent com-
mittee was invested with the power to ap-
point sub-committees in all places where a
certain number of Franco-Americans reside,
and their combined duties are to preach and
encourage naturalization and good citizenship,
to request of ecclesiastical authorities, priests
of their tongue and race everywhere in par-
ishes where the Franco-Americans form the
majority of Catholics, to encourage by every
just means the building of Catholic convents
and colleges where both the English and the
French languages shall be taught upon the
same footing, so as to preserve among them-
selves and in their families the most desirable
of all accomplishments, i. e., speaking correctly
the beautiful French language. The Franco-
Americans contended, and contend now, that
the duality and also the multiplicity of lan-
guages is an accomplishment and a refinement
that every American citizen should strive to
acquire ; for surely the possession of more than
one language is not an obstacle to one's loy-
alty, patriotism and love for our institutions.
This fact has been demonstrated beyond any
possible doubt, one instance being the break-
ing out of the Spanish-American war, when
our Franco-American citizens everywhere in
New England were among the first to the front
to offer their services to their adoptive country,
and they proved to be true, brave, loyal, patri-
otic soldiers.
During the winter of 1906, Bishop O'Con-
nell, through his own eft'orts, was appointed
co-adjutor of Archbishop Williams, of Bos-
ton, with right of succession. This left the
see of Portland vacant and opened the doors
to new troubles. The Franco-Americans, rep-
resenting four-fifths of the entire Catholic pop-
ulation of Maine, were disgusted, tired, and
irritated by not having their just representa-
tion in the affairs of the diocese, and by the
more recent ill treatment received at the hands
of Bishop O'Connell. Knowing very well also
that the Metropolitan and his suffragans would
do their utmost to keep in their power the
diocese by placing on the vacant episcopal
throne of Portland an Irish-American bishop
who, it was understood, would foster and carry
out their concerted plans of forced assimila-
tion, regardless of the great danger of losing
many souls to the faith, to the church and
to God, it was resolved to no longer remain
silent, but to make known to the Pope himself,
Pius X, the exact condition of affairs, to ex-
pose their griefs, and to solicit of the Holy See
their just reclamations. At this decisive hour
for the Franco-American Catholics of Maine,
all eyes turned to Dr. Fortier as the right man
to fulfill such an important mission. He was
consequently chosen by the unanimous voice
of the "permanent committee." So deeply and
earnestly interested was this patriot in the re-
ligious welfare of his fellow countrymen that
he refused all pecuniary aid from his com-
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STATE OF MAINE.
patriots, and assumed himself all the expenses
of that necessarily expensive mission and voy-
age. Ur. Fortier sailed from New York on
May 10, 1906, arriving at Rome on the morn-
ing of May 23, and remaining there fifty-
five days. During his sojourn in the Eternal
City, he worked unceasingly for the cause he
had so fervently embraced. He adjoined there
to himself a learned Roman doctor, the Rev.
J. B. Geniesse, D. D., and furnished the
greater part of the most important documents
to that devoted and erudite priest, who wrote
a memoir for the cause, entitled "The Ques-
tion of Nationalities and of Languages in the
United States of North America, Considered
in Its Relations with the Choice of Parish
Priests and Bishops. Reasons Showing That
a French-Canadian, Instead of an Irish-Amer-
ican, Should Be Chosen for the Vacant See of
Portland. Memoir Addressed to His Holi-
ness Pius X, to the jMost Eminent Cardinals
and to Their Advisers." Dr. Fortier, while in
Rome, had interviews with nearly all the Car-
dinals of the Propaganda and presented them
with the Memoir and many important private
documents. On June 16, 1906, he was re-
ceived in private audience by the Pope Pius X.
After this devoted son of distant America had
made known to His Holiness the object of his
mission, and had read his address in behalf of
the 87,000 (now 92,000) Franco-American
Catholics of the diocese of Portland, the Pope,
with the most fatherly kindness, granted him
more than an hour of his overtaxed time, lis-
tening with his characteristic benignity to
every word the petitioner had to say in behalf
of his people and regarding the treatment to
which the faithful and the priests of French
language were subjected in some of the dio-
ceses in the New England states. In taking
his leave from His Holiness, the Holy Father
blessed Dr. Fortier, his family, and all the
I'Vanco-Americans scattered in the United
States, and promised that henceforth he would
make a thorough study of the situation and
would see for better administration of justice
as soon as time and opportunity would per-
mit. During his stay at Rome the doctor
made many lasting and valuable friends, both
among the laity and the clergy, and he in-
terested most of them in the cause he is laI)or-
ing for.
As a citizen. Dr. J. L. Fortier has always
taken an active interest in all public and so-
cial affairs, being thoroughly in sympathy with
whatever advances the well-being of his fel-
low citizens and his adoptive city. He took
an active part in bringing to Waterville the
Ursuline nuns who for over twenty years have
been an uplifting power to the French boys
and girls of that city, and who have affoi
them educational (jualiticaiiuns in the tongue
of their fathers not possible in the public
schools. Dr. Fortier is ardently patriotic for
the land of his adoption, and aiivises all Can-
adians entering the United States to become
naturalizecl citizens. His devotion to charit-
able and religious works is well known to all
the Franco-American population in Maine.
Many a young man and young woman owe
their start in life to his generosity and his
innate desire to help those possessing real
merit and justified ambition. Dr. Fortier is a
great admirer of the masters of French liter-
ature, and he is a deep student of poetical and
historical works, and he possesses a fairly pro-
ficient pen, both in the French and the Eng-
lish languages.
As has been heretofore stated, Dr. Fortier
has received recognition of his splendid abili-
ties as physician antl surgeon and his integrity
as a citizen. In the spring of 1908 he was
elected alderman of his city, and in 1909 was
re-elected by a largely increased majority. In
September, 1908, he was further honored by
a very decisive election as representative to
the state legislature, and February 2, 1909, he
was unanimously elected a trustee of the
Waterville public library. In politics he is an
Independent Democrat, always urging his
party associates to honor inner worth rather
than to foster allegiance through machine rule.
In addition to an extensive and exacting med-
ical practice, attention to large business in-
terests and an unceasing devotion to church
work. Dr. Fortier finds time to contribute
regularly to the columns of Le Messager, a
newspaper published in Lewiston, Maine, in
the French language, and he chooses for his
various articles those themes of most useful-
ness to his numerous readers.
In his home life, the subject of this sketch
is the same generous and kind-hearted gentle-
man he is anywhere else. Dr. Fortier has been
twice inarried, his first union being with Miss
Leonille Martel, on October 21, 1886, resulting
in a daughter, Leora C. Fortier. His second
marriage, to Miss Marguerite Dunn, of Lewis-
ton, Maine, took place January 11, 1904. The
Fortier family reside in a spacious home at
No. 86 Silver street, in the most fashionable
quarter of Waterville, and the doors of the
fine residence surrounded by beautiful grounds
are always opened to give cheerful and cor-
dial welcome to every one, friend or foe. good
or indifferent.
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1833
The Parsons family is a very
PARSONS numerous one, and several of
the name are numbered
among the early Colonial settlers. The fol-
lowing branch is probably of Massachusetts
origin, but owing to the lack of early records
it has not been possible to trace the ancestry
prior to the revolutionary period.
(I) Kendall Parsons lived in New Hamp-
shire, and was a revolutionary soldier. The
old musket carried by him in the struggle for
independence descended to his son John, who
cherished it to the day of his death. Tradi-
tion says that Kendall Parsons was an officer
under Washington, but this is probably incor-
rect. The name of "Kendal" Parsons ap-
pears but twice in the New Hampshire Revo-
lutionary Rolls. In August, 1779, he received
"£6 travel money to Springfield, Massachu-
setts." In a document dated February 21,
1780, at E.xeter, New Hampshire, and directed
to the selectmen of Jaft'rey, that state, he is
mentioned as one of three men who enlisted
for one year under Colonel Enoch Hale, and
as being entitled to a bounty of sixty pounds.
Kendall Parsons does not appear on the list
of revolutionary soldiers from Jaffrey, so it
is probable that he came from some other
town. The ^Massachusetts Rolls furnish no
clue, because the only reference to Kendall
Parsons refers to the payment of three months'
service in 1783, and it is stated that the resi-
dence of the recipient is unknown. The only
Parsons whose service under Washington can
be authenticated was Solomon Parsons, of
Leicester, Massachusetts, who was frightfully
wounded at the battle of Monmouth, New Jer-
sey, June 28, 1778. Kendall Parsons married
Eliza Bryant, and they had six children : Levi,
Sarah, Polly, Betsey, John, whose sketch fol-
lows, and Abigail. Levi Parsons was a prom-
inent clergyman and revivalist in New Hamp-
shire, but he must have been born in some
other state, as he is not included in "Carter's
Native Ministry of New Hampshire." An-
other Rev. Levi Parsons, who died in Africa,
where he went as a missionary, was a brother
of the mother of Vice-President Levi P. Mor-
ton, and the man from whom the latter took
his name.
(II) John, younger son of Kendall and
Eliza (Bryant) Parsons, was born in June,
1781, died at Easton, Maine, March 26, 1879.
He spent the early part of his life at Cam-
bridge, ?ilassachusetts, but when a young man
removed to Oxford county, Maine, where he
married Polly Hanniford, who died at Fort
Fairfield, Elaine, September 15, 1855, aged
seventy-four years eight months and fifteen
days. To John and Polly (Hanniford) Par-
sons were born ten children : Eliza, Mary,
Kendall, Sarah, Robert, Alanson, Harriet,
John, Margaret, Levi, whose sketch follows.
(HI) Levi, fifth and youngest son of John
and Polly (Hanniford) Parsons, was born at
Canton, Maine, December 25, 1823, dieil at
Easton, i\Iaine, March i, 1890. He was given
the name of his father's brother, the New
Hampshire clergyman. When Levi Parsons
was a small boy, his parents moved to San-
gerville, Piscataquis county, where the lad
grew to manhood. He attended the public
schools at Sangerville and Foxcroft, complet-
ing his education at Foxcroft Academy. He
is remembered by some of his schoolmates as
a young man of fine character and a leader in
his classes. His education, which was liberal
for the time and place, afterwards proved of
great value to his children when they lived in
a new neighborhood, remote from schools. Be-
fore his marriage Mr. Parsons lived for a
time at Fort Fairfield, but he afterwards re-
turned to Sangerville, where his four eldest
children were born. The family lived there
until i860, when they decided to establish a
permanent home in the Aroostook valley.
They found a desirable location on a new farm
in what is now Easton, on the stage route
from Fort Fairfield to Houlton. Air. Par-
sons was a first-class mechanic, and he worked
in his carpenter shop when not engaged on the
farm, thus giving his boys a trade which they
used to good eftect in starting in life. Always
industrious, Air. Parsons worked with his
hands during the day, and taught his children
during the long winter evenings. He made
great sacrifices to keep them at school, count-
ing the accumulation of property as nothing
compared with giving therri advantages. He
was a devoutly religious man, and long before
the new^ settlement could boast of a school-
house, services were frequently held at his
home on the Sabbath day. He was a good
neighbor, kind husband and devoted father;
and as a citizen his influence was always ex-
erted for the upbuilding of the community.
His health was hardly equal to his ambition,
and his excessive industry undoubtedly short-
ened his days, and he died at the compara-
tively early age of sixty-six years. He was
a Republican in politics, and a member of the
Free Baptist church.
Levi Parsons married, June 7, 1848, Lydia
Ellis, born at Weld, Maine, March 9, 1828,
died at Cliftondale, Massachusetts, July 6,
1894, daughter of Freeman (2) and Eunice
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STATE OF MAINE.
(Shcdd) Ellis (vcc Ellis. \'ll) and a de-
scendant of Governor liradford and Dr. Fuller
(see Fuller) of the Plymouth colony. She
taught the first school ever held on what is
calletl the "center road" at Fort Fairfield, and
after her marriage devoted herself to the edu-
cation of her children, who have reason to
rise up and call her blessed. To her tender
love, wise counsels anil unwearying devotion
they owe much of their success in life. To
Levi and Lydia (Ellis) Parsons were born
seven diildren : i. Levi, born at Sanger-
ville, Maine, January 14. 1850. has been
one of the most successful master builders
and mechanics in New England, and has also
been engaged in the wholesale and retail lum-
ber business: is now residing in New York.
On September 11. 1870, he married (fir.st)
Lottie Parsons, of Easton, Maine, who died
at Iloulton, November 9, 1870, after a wedded
life of less than two months. On May 22,
1874. Mr. Parsons married (second) Laura
St. Clair, of P.ath, Alaine, now deceased. 2.
Freeman Kendall, born at Sangerville, Maine,
May 17, 185 1, (lied at Easton. Maine-, Septem-
ber 10, 1864. 3. \\'illis Ellis, mentioned below.
4. John Wilbur, born at Sangerville. Maine,
December 9. 1834, now lives at Cliftondale,
Massachusetts: a man of sterling qualities
and christian character. On June 15, 1892,
he married 'Annie liurleigh. of Cliftondale,
and they have three children : \\'illis Bur-
leigh, bom May 17, 1894: John Wilbur, De-
cember 25, 1895: Alice (iertrude. March 19,
1900. 5. Clarence \'anderlyn, born at Sanger-
ville, Alaine, January 18, 1857, was educated
for the ministry, comjjleting his education at
the Theological Seminary at Stanfordville-on-
the-Hudson. He is a preacher of ability, .still
engaged in pastoral work in New York state.
On February 28, 1883, at Lakeville, New
York, he married Lula E. Xorthroii, a niece of
the prominent Philadelphia divine and author.
Their children are : \'erna Agnes, born No-
vember 17, 1885, now deceased: Leon Leslie,
March 23, 1892: Elva Luella. January 15,
1896; Henry Davenport, April 15, 1900, now
deceased. 6. IJzzie Christina, born at Fort
Fairfield, Maine. July 7, i86t, married, Jan-
uary 2, 1879, Frank De Laite, at Easton,
Maine. He died at Revere, Massachusetts,
July 21, 1900. Their children are: \\'iUis
Ellis, born at Easton, November 6, 1880:
Maud .\ngela, December 9, 1883. 7. Leslie
Elmer, born at Easton, Maine, June 16, 1866,
is now in business at Cliftondale, Massachu-
setts. On July 3, 1894, he married Flora I^.
C. Crosby, of Cliftondale. They have had two
children: Elmer Evans, born November 24,
1896, died January 17, 1907: Phyllis Marjorie,
born in June, 1907.
(I\') \\'illis Ellis, third son of Levi and
Lydia (Ellis) Parsons, was born at Sanger-
ville, Maine, May 16, 1853. He grew up on a
farm at Easton, early developing a taste for
work as well as play. His advancement at
school was rajiid. and he soon mastered all that
was taught in the country districts. He sub-
sequently attended the high school at Fort
Fairfield, the academy at Houlton, now the
Ricker Classical Institute, and the City Acad-
emy at Burlington, \ermont. afterwards tak-
ing a four years' university course in Eng-
lish. Inheriting mechanical skill from his
father, he learned the carpenter's trade at
which he worked in the intervals of attending
and teaching .school. He won the reputation
of being as good a workman as stood on the
banks of the Kennebec, and at the age of eigh-
teen he had charge of work in Boston and the
neighboring towns. But Air. Parsons had am-
bition in other directions, and while still in
charge of a crew of mechanics began reading
Kent and Blackstone. He had already devel-
oped oratorical powers, and his graduation ad-
dress at Burlington .\cademy was considered
remarkable. In September, 1878, Mr. Par-
sons was admitted to the Piscataquis bar, and
soon after formed a partnership with Hon. A.
G. Lebroke, of Foxcroft, with whom he had
been studying. This firm continued for sev-
eral years or until Mr. Par.sons was elected
state attorney for the county of Piscataquis.
He held this office from 1885 to 1890, in-
clusive, receiving each re-nomination by accla-
mation and running ahead of his ticket. He
showed great ability as a criminal lawyer, and
conducted the business of the state with a
firm and steady hand. He was two terms
member from Piscataquis of the Re[)ublican
state committee. Air. Parsons has been on
the stump as a campaign orator in every cam-
paign since 1880, and was early considered
one of the mo.st eloquent men in Alaine. For
years he has been one of the leading lawyers
of the state. Was a member of Alaine house
of representatives in 1895, '"I'l Maine senate
in 1897. receiving each nomination bv accla-
mation and polling the largest vote ever known
in the county. He is a member of the Con-
gregational church in Foxcroft. uniting by let-
ter from the Alethodist denomination in Houl-
ton. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and
Mason, and belongs to Saint John's Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, at Bangor, and
Kora Temple, Lewiston. He is also governor
STATE OF MAINE.
1835
of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in
Maine. His tem])erance principles are pro-
nounced, and he has never drunk a glass of
liquor in his life. On October 23, 1890. Willis
Ellis Parsons married Agnes Gilman, youngest
daughter of R. D. and Helen E. Gilman, of
Foxcroft. who was born May 8, 1867. Mrs.
Parsons is an attractive and accomplished
woman, and their home is one of the pleasant-
est in the state. They have a fine residence on
Main street, Foxcroft, and a beautiful summer
villa, ''The Norwood." on the shores of pic-
turesque Sebac lake. To them has been born
one child, Willis Gilman Parsons, December
10, iQoo, a bright lad of remarkable promise
for tlie future.
The Fuller name i-- numerously
FLT-LER represented among the early
settlers of New England, and it
has the honorable distinction of appearing
twice on the "Mayflower'" list. Both Edward
and Samuel Fuller were passengers on this
pioneer vessel.
( I ) Dr. Samuel Fuller, the first surgeon
and pliysician in Plymouth Colony, came to
America in the "Mayflower," 1620. He died
at Plymouth, some time during 1633, for his
will is dated July 30, and was proven October
28 that year. In this document he mentions
his two children, his cousin Samuel Fuller,
also his dwelling-house in town, and his house
and lands at Smelt river. Dr. Samuel Fuller
was a Pilgrim in very truth, for he had been
associated with Rev. John Robinson at Ley-
den. Holland, and was a deacon in the original
church there, becoming a deacon in the Ply-
mouth church after his removal to this coun-
try. Dr. Fuller was thrice married, but there
appear to have been no children by the first
two wives. Before his migration he married
Elsie Glascock, in England, but nothing fur-
ther is known about her. In 1613, while in
Leyden, Holland, he married Agnes, daugh-
ter of Alexander Carpenter, who lived but a
short time: because in 1617 he married his
third wife, Bridget Lee, of Leyden. Dr. Sam-
uel and Mrs. Bridget (Lee) Fuller had one
child born in Holland, who died shortly after
removal to this country, and two others, Sam-
uel ('2) and Mercy, born at Plymouth. Dr.
Fuller's wife for some reason did not come
with her husband in the "Mayflower," but fol-
lowed three years later in the ship "Ann,"
which sailed in 1823, bringing their eldest
child with lier. Mercy, only daughter of Dr.
Samuel and Bridget (Lee) Fuller, was born
in this country, and married Ralph James.
(II) Rev. Samuel (2), son of Dr. Samuel
(i) and Bridget (Lee) Fuller, was born in
the Plymouth Colony, ^lassachusetts, in 1624,
and died at Middleboro, Massachusetts, some
time before October i, 1695. ^^^ was a dea-
con in the church at Pl}mouth, and was first
minister of the church at i\liddleboro. He
was not ordained there till December 26, 1694,
shortly before his death : but he had preached
to that people for about sixteen years previ-
ously. He was considered a sincere godly man
and a useful preacher, and his death was
greatly lamented. Nothing is known about
his wife except that she is called Elizabeth in
his will ; and the Plympton town records make
this statement : "The aged widow, Elizabeth
Fuller, widow and relict of Rev. Samuel
Fuller, formerly minister of Middleboro, de-
ceased, at Plympton, Nov. lithe, 1713." Ac-
cording to the will. Rev. Samuel (2) Fuller
had three sons and four daughters at the time
of his decease. The sons were Samuel (3),
wdiose sketch follows : John, and Isaac, who
was under age in 1695. The daughters were
Mercy, wife of Daniel Cole; Experience, wife
of James Wood ; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel
Eaton ; and Hannah Fuller.
(HI) Samuel (3), eldest son of Rev. Sam-
uel (2) and Elizabeth ( ) Fuller, was
bom in 1759, probably at Plymouth, Massa-
chusetts, and was one of the first settlers of
Plympton, where he died September 6, 1728,
in the seventieth )*ar of his age. About 1686
he married Mercy, daughter of Benjamin
Eaton ; children : Nathaniel, born November
14, 1687; Samuel, August 30. i68g; William,
February 14, 1691. died August 26, 1692;
Seth, August 30, 1692; Benjamin, March 7,
1694; Ebenezer. March 24, 1695; Elizabeth,
March 30, 1697: John, wdiose sketch follows;
Jabez, June, 1701 ; Mercy, October 3, 1702;
James, February 27. 1704.
(I\') Deacon John, seventh son of Samuel
(3) and iMercy (Eaton) Fuller, was born De-
cember 19, 1698, probably at Plympton, Mas-
sachusetts, where his father lived, and wdiere
the son spent his life ; but the date of his
death is unknown. On February 7, 1722-23,
he married Deborah Ring, according to the
Plympton town records: children: Eleazer,
born 1723: Issachar. whose sketch follows;
John. 1727: Deborah. 1729. married Kim-
ball Prince; Susanna. 1733. married Jacob
Dingley; Noah, 1734; Ezra, 1736: Consider,
1738: Eliazar, 1740: Hannah, 1743.
( \' ) Issachar, second son of Deacon John
and Deborah (Ring) Fuller, was born in 1725,
and lived either at Carver or Kingston, Massa-
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STATE OF MAINE.
chusetts. He died in 1822. aged ninety-seven
years tlirec months twelve days. In 1748 he
married Ehzabeth Doty ; children : Lydia,
born 1749; Isaac, whose sketch follows; John,
1753; Deborah, 1756; Noah, 1758; Sylvia,
1760; Issachar, 1762; Elizabeth, 1764.
(VI) Isaac, eldest son of Issachar and Eliz-
abeth (Doty) Fuller, was born January 14,
1751; but the date of his death is unknown.
He was a revolutionary soldier, and took part
in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted
April 30, 1775, and served nine months in
Captain John Bridgham's company. Colonel
Theophilus Cotton's regiment. General John
Thomas's brigade, in the Massachusetts line.
Without leaving the service he re-enlisted for
one year as sergeant in Captain Samuel
Bradford's company. Colonel John Bailey's
regiment. General William Heath's brigade.
His son, Isaac (2) Fuller, served in the war
of 1812. In 1775 Isaac (i) Fuller married
Lydia, daughter of Kimball Prince, of Kings-
ton ; children : Sarah, born November 7,
1778; Isaac, January 14, 1781; Lydia, men-
tioned below: and Samuel, December i, 1784.
(VH) Lydia. second daughter of Isaac (i)
and Lydia (Prince) Fuller, was born January
9, 1783, probably at Carver, Massachusetts,
and in 1800 married Freeman (2) ElHs of
Hartford, Maine. Her descent was through
John Ellis (i), Samuel (2). Joel (3), as
given on other pages, and as below :
(IV) Joel (2), eldest chil^] of Joel (i) and
Elizabeth (Churchill) Ellis, was born in 1710,
and died in 1783. He lived at Plympton,
Massachusetts, and married Phebe ,
born 1 71 3, died in the eightieth year of her
age. Five children are recorded : Joel, born
December 22, 1738; Benjamin, February 11,
1741 ; Freeman, whose sketch follows ; Bar-
zillai, June, 1732; Betty, July 18, 1754.
(V) Freeman, third son of Joel (2) and
Phebe Ellis, was born July 18, 1745, probably
at Plympton, Massachusetts, and died at Hart-
ford, Maine, March 15, 1802, in his fifty-sev-
enth year. In 1766 he married Sarah, daugh-
ter of Gideon Bradford, Esquire, of Plymp-
ton, and a direct descendant of Governor
Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. She was
born May 19, 1748, at Plympton, and died at
Carthage, Nlaine, September 2, 1837, '" her
ninetieth year. She came of notable colonial
ancestry. Her father, Gideon Bradford, was
not only the great-great-grandson of the fa-
mous governor, the line coming from Gov-
ernor William, through Major William, Major
John and Lieutenant Samuel to Gideon, but
her mother was Jane Paddock, daughter of
Ichabod and Joanna (Faunce) Paddock of
Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Mrs. Joanna
( Faunce ) Paddock was the daughter of Elder
Thomas Faunce, the last ruling Elder of the
church at Plymouth. (See Bradford, VH.)
To Freeman and Sarah ( Bradford ) Ellis were
born si.x children: Joanna, July 9, 1767;
Alercy, June 29, 1769, married ,\rvida Hay-
ford, of Belfast, Maine; Benjamin, June 23,
1771 ; Jane, June 14, 1773, married a Reed ;
Sarah, June 25, 1775, married a Sampson;
and Freeman (2), whose sketch follows.
(VI) Freeman (2), son of Freeman (i)
and Sarah (Bradford) Ellis, was born at
Plympton, Massachusetts, October 29, 1779,
and died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, January 13,
1866, in his eighty-seventh year. He married,
in 1800. at Hebron, Maine. Lydia. daughter of
Isaac and Lydia (Prince) Fuller, of Carver,
Massachusetts, and a direct descendant of Dr.
Samuel Fuller, the first physician in the Ply-
mouth Colony. (See Fuller \T.) Lydia
(Fuller) Ellis was born January 9, 1783, and
died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, January 13,
1866, in her seventy-fourth year. Thirteen
children were born to Freeman (2) and Lvdia
(Fuller) Ellis: Phebe, February 6, 1801;
Freeman ( 3 ) , whose sketch follows ; Lydia,
June I. 1804: Isaac Fuller. October 5, 1806;
Benjamin, August 3, 1808; Gideon Bradford,
July 22. 181 1 ; Mercy Hayford, February 14,
1813: Alyndia Fuller, July 21, 1815; Freder-
ick, April 12, 1817; Sarah. June 24, 1819;
Joanna. September 17, 1821 ; Caleb Holt, April
26. 1824; Christina Hayford, April 30. 1826.
(VII) Freeman (3), eldest son of Free-
man (2) and Lydia (Fuller) Ellis, was born
at Hartford, Maine, July 24, 1802, and-died at
Fort Fairfield, Maine, May 16. 1872, in his
seventieth year. In January, 1825, he married
Eunice Shedd. born at Readfield, Maine. Au-
gust 3. 1804, died at Fort Fairfield, Maine,
November 28. 1865. in her si.xty-second year.
Children : Caleb Holt, born November 18,
1823: Lydia. March 9, 1828: Eunice, January
2, 1830; John Freeman, December 12, 1831 ;
Betsy, April 18, 1834: Charles Vanderline,
November 2. 1835; Hiram Holt. October 28,
1840; Eunice Christina, August 10, 1846.
Lydia Ellis, the eldest daughter, was born at
Weld, Maine. March 9. 1828. and June 7,
1848. married Levi Parsons, at Fort Fairfield,
Maine. (See Parsons HI.) .She was the
mother of seven children, and died at Clifton-
dale. Massachusetts, July 6, 1894, aged sixty-
six years three months twenty-seven days.
STATE OF MAIx\E.
1837
To one who looks down
STURTEVANT the long vista of the
ages as it is veiled by
the light of history, there appears from gen-
eration to generation a recurrence of the fam-
ily characteristics that were strong in the fam-
ily lines hundreds of years before. In the race
of sturdy Sturtevants the same quiet energy,
persistent perseverance, honest industry, self-
reliance, regard for truth, belief in the ulti-
mate triumph of right, and tendency to inde-
pendent thinking, have prevailed in every gen-
eration.
(I) Samuel Sturtevant. who was settled in
Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as Novem-
ber, 1640, was no doubt a resident of Roches-
ter, England, before becoming a member of
Plymouth colony. He lived on what is called
the "Cotton Farm," in Plymouth, where he
died in October, 1669, at which time he is said
to have been forty-five years old. The bap-
tismal name of his wife was Ann. Children :
I. Ann, married John Waterman. 2. John,
died young. 3. Alary, married Ephraim Lit-
tle. 4. Samuel, see forward. 5. Hannah. 6.
John. 7. Lydia. 8. James. 9. Joseph.
(II) Samuel (2), fourth child of Samuel
( I ) and Ann Sturtevant, was born April 9,
1645. He lived in that part of Plymouth
which was incorporated in the town of Plymp-
ton, and afterward became part of the town
of Halifax. He held several offices or places
of trust in Plymouth, and was one of the first
selectmen of Plympton, and deacon of its
church. His first wife's given name was
Mercy. She died July 3, 1714, in the sixtieth
year of her age. Of this marriage there were
nine children. He married (second) Mrs.
Elizabeth Harrell. His death occurred April
21, 1736.
(III) Moses, third son of Samuel (2) and
Mercy Sturtevant, was born in 1695. He mar-
ried, in 1720, Elizabeth Howell; children:
Abigail, born 1721 ; Joseph, 1724; Moses,
1725; Mercy, 1728; Consider; Aaron.
(IV) Joseph, eldest son of Moses and Eliz-
abeth (Howell) Sturtevant, was born in 1724.
He resided in Wareham, Massachusetts, and
during the revolution served as a private in
Captain John Gibbs' company. He married
Mary Gibbs ; children ; Heman, Lot, Joseph,
Abisha, Jonathan and David.
(V) Lot, second son of Joseph and Mary
(Gibbs) Sturtevant, was born July 25, 1759,
in Wareham, Massachusetts, died June 4, 1848,
aged eighty-eight years, at the home of his
son, Reward Sturtevant, and was buried at
Fairfield Centre. He enlisted in the revolu-
tiiinary army at the age of eighteen, from
Wareham, for three years" service in Captain
Joshua Eddy's company, General Bradford's
regiment, Massachusetts line, and was hon-
orably discharged at West Point, April 19,
1780. He settled in Oakland, Kennebec
county, Maine ; this town was in the district
first known as Taconet, afterwards as Kings-
ford, and came within the limits of the town
of Winslow. and when Waterville was cut off
from Winslow it became West Waterville and
finally Oakland. When Lot Sturtevant set-
tled there it was a wilderness, with no roads,
and it was his custom to carry corn on his
back in a bag to Waterville, whence he pro-
ceeded by canoe to Gardiner to have it ground.
His long service as a soldier had inured him
to hardships, and he was cheerful in enduring
the privations of a pioneer region while cut-
ting out for himself and his posterity a farm
and home. He married Elizabeth Bessie,
born October 3, 1764, died January 13, 1833.
(VI) Reward, son of Lot and Elizabeth
(Bessie) Sturtevant, was born in Oakland,
then West Waterville, on his father's estate at
the gateway of Messalonskee Lake, and
passed his life as a farmer in that town, where
he died in 1845. tie married Ann, daughter
of John Hesketh, who came from England
and settled in Hallowell, Maine ; he was prob-
ably a cotton spinner and was attracted
thither by the mills at that point. Children of
Reward and Ann Sturtevant : Martha J.,
Margaret, John H., Robert, Reward A., Jo-
seph E., Henry W., Frances M., Mary Eliza-
beth, Ellen, Charles B.
i^VII) Joseph E., son of Reward and Ann
(Hesketh) Sturtevant, was born November
16, 1830, at a place known as Ten Lots, in the
town of Oakland. He was a mechanic and
farmer, a Baptist in religious faith, a Repub-
lican in politics, and an exemplary and re-
spected citizen. He married, in 1858, Jose-
phine Ham, who died in 1867. Two children;
Elmer W., born November 4, 1861, and Etta
Belle, born July 24, 1865. He married (sec-
ond) March 29, 1868, Ellen E. Hayden, born
in Winslow, Maine. November 9, 1840, daugh-
ter of James and Charlotte (Parker) Hayden.
Two children ; James Edwin, born April 16,
1873, 3nd Charles Alton, see forward. Jo-
seph E. Sturtevant died January 12, 1902, and
was buried in Oakland, Maine.
(VIII) Dr. Charles Alton, second son of
Joseph E. and Ellen E. (Hayden) Sturtevant,
was born March 27, 1875, in Oakland, Maine.
He acquired his education in the public
schools of his native town, was a student of
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STATE OF .MAIXE.
Cobiini Clab^ical Institute, and spent one year
at Colby University. He' pursued the study of
medicine in the medical department of Boston
University, from which he was graduated in
1899. For a little less titan a year he prac-
ticed his profession in Somerville, Massachu-
setts, and was subsequently a surgeon in the
United States army for three and a halt years,
being stationed a part of the time in the Phil-
ippine Islands. He is now engaged in pro-
fessional work at Manchester, .New Hamp-
shire. He is identified with the leading clu..>
of that citv. including the Intervale Country
and the Uerryfield clubs. He is a member of
the New Hampshire Homoeopathic Medical
Society and the American Institute of Homoe-
opathy. He is a Republican in politics. He
married, January 12, 1904, in Hamburg, New
York, hattie (Spencer) Rchm, of bultalo.
New York, who was born September 29,
1872, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Two
children : Edwin I^ehm, born October 18,
1904, and Harriet, .May 2, 1906.
The name of Nudd is most un-
XUDD usual in this country, and the only
extended line seems to belong to
Hampton, New Hampshire, where eight gen-
erations of the family have lived. The first
American ancestor was Thomas Nudd, son of
Roger of England, who came to this country
in 1637, and settled at Hampton in 1643-44.
There is nothing to show that the following
line is descended from Thomas Nudd, of
Hampton ; but such is probably the case unless
the members are derived from a more recent
immigrant. This branch appeared in North-
field, New Flampshire, in 1799, and the his-
tory of that town says that they were of
Scotch descent.
(I) Joseph Warren Nudd was born in
1769, and lived in the southerly part of North-
field, New Hampshire, close by the Canter-
bury line. He died in 1822 at the age of fifty-
three years. On December 3, iSti, Joseph
Warren Nudd married Judith Arlin, and they
had six children of whom we have records of
but four: i. Erastus Nudd, probably the
eldest child, owned charcoal kilns on the south-
erly side of Bean Hill in Northfield, and ex-
ported the product to Concord. He married
Catherine Reardon, and died at Lancaster,
New Hampshire, May 29, 1897. 2. Almira
Nudd married Luther Rogers, and lived in
Loudon, New Hampshire. 3. Narcissa Nudd,
born October 2, 1817, was married on October
16. 1S32. to John Dalton, of Sanbornton, New
Hampshire. 4. Levi Chase Nudd, see suc-
ceeding paragraph. After the death of Joseph
W. Nudd his widow married Hiram Kimball
for her second husband, and there were three
more children: i. Laura, married Andrew
Grover, of Canterbury. 2. Charles, who was
killed by a railroad accident on his way home
from the civil war. 3. John Kimball, born in
1833, who lived at New Ham])ton, New
Hampshire.
(11) Levi Chase, son of Joseph Warren and
Judith (Arlin) Nudd. was born at Northfield,
New Hampshire, in 1818, and died at L^aconia,
that state, in 1900. At about the age of nine
years he was adopted by Joseph Clisby, of
Holdcrness. with whom he lived till he was
nineteen. He early learned the blacksmith's
trade, and later that of a brick mason. He
became a contractor, building railroads and
various public buililings. He erected the
Pemigewasset House at Plymouth. New
Hampshire, one of the famous White Moun-
tain hotels ; and he was also employed at the
navy yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
About 1844 Levi Chase Nudd married Mary
Mooney Baker, daughter of Knowlton K.
and Betsy Baker, of Ashland, formerly a part
of Holdcrness, New Hampshire. Two children
were born to Levi Chase and ^lary M.
(Baker) Nudd: Helen 'M., born in Framing-
ham, Alassachusctts, in 1845, married Joseph
Jameson, of Taemia, New Hampshire. She
is now deceased ; and Charles H., whose
sketch follows. Mrs. :\Iary (Baker) Nudd
died in Ouincy about 1873.
(IH) Charles H., only son of Levi Chase
and Mary ]\Iooney (Baker) Nudd, was born
at Ashland, New Hampshire, March 28, 1854.
His education was acquired in the common
schools of Ashland, Tilton Seminary and
Guilford Academy at Laconia, New Hamp-
shire. His parents moved to Boston, Massa-
chusetts, and Charles H. engaged with E. F.
Messenger & Company, dealers in dry goods
and notions, as entry clerk. After a short
period he represented the firm as traveling
salesman throughout New England, remaining
with them until 1873, but continued for vari-
ous concerns as salesman for thirty odd years.
About 1898 he enj^aged in the insurance busi-
ness. Since 1900 he has been state manager
of the L^nited States Health & Accident Com-
pany. Fraternall)^ he is a member of I^idgley
Lodge, L O. O. F.. of Manchester, New
Hampshire, and Lewiston Lxidge, No. 371,
B. P. O. E., and a member of the Amoskeag
V'eterans of Alanchestcr. New Hampshire.
Mr. Nudd married (first) in 1876. Georgetta
S. Smith, of East Boston ; she died in Man-
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Chester, New Hampshire, in 1887, leaving one
chilli, Chandler B. Nudd, now of Lowell. Mas-
sachusetts, who married i\Iae Luke, of St.
Albans, Vermont, and has one child, Helen
M. Xudd. ^Married (second), June 6, i88g,
Nellie A., daughter of William H. and Ann
A. (Wentworth) Dale, of South Paris, Maine,
and granddaughter of Dr. Isaiah F. and Ruth
E. ( Page ) Wentworth.
The Wentworth ancestry begins with Regi-
nald Wentworth I (q. v.), and continues:
(XXH) Benjamin, youngest of the ten
children of Elder William Wentworth, of
Dover, New Hampshire, was born about 1675,
and was probably the son of a second wife,
whose name has not been preserved. There is
a tradition that she was very young at the
time of her marriage, which took place when
the Elder was somewhat advanced in years.
Benjamin Wentworth died in the summer of
1728, according to the following item taken
from the Kcii' England Journal of August 5 :
"We are informed that some days ago, 'Mr.
Benjamin Wentworth, riding over a bridge
(otherwise called the boom) in the river in
Cocheco, N. H., fell into the said river, where
both he and his horse were drowned." Ben-
jamin Wentworth inherited his homestead
from his father, it being part of the Elder's
large tract. There is a deed recorded at
Exeter, May 9, 1693, where the Elder was
then preaching, which states that he "Do giue
and grant unto my son Benja Wentwortli of
Cochecho all that Corn that he hath sown and
planted this year in my home lott and the
black cow that he hath made choyce of and the
Land yt my son Sylvanus Wentworth lieued
uppon.'' This homestead was about two miles
northeast of Cochecho Falls, Dover, and east
of Garrison Hill. It remained in the posses-
sion of the family as late as 1878. Benjamin
Wentworth was constable of Dover in 171 1-
13, and surveyor of highways in 1703-17.
About 1697 Benjamin Wentworth married
Sarah Allen, whom tradition says came from
Salisbury, Massachusetts. She was born in
1679, came to Dover in 1697, probably at the
time of her marriage, and died at the home of
her grandson, Bartholomew, July 12, 1770, at
the age of ninety-one years. Benjamin and
Sarah (Allen) W'entworth had twelve chil-
dren : William, born August 14, i6g8 ; Sarah,
.^pril 16, 1700, married Deacon Daniel Plum-
mer, of Dover; Tamsen, January 4, 1701,
married Aaron Riggs, of Gloucester, Massa-
chusetts; Benjamin, December 5, 1703; Eben-
ezer, whose sketch follows ; Susannah, Decem-
ber g, 1707, married Stephen Hartford, of
Rochester, New Hampshire ; Joseph, Decem-
ber 22, 1709; Elizabeth, June 8, 1712, married
John Yfiatom of Newcastle, New Hampshire;
Dorothy, July 26, 1714, married her cousin,
Ezekiel Wentworth; Martha, July 15, 1716,
married Hayes; Abra, February 14,
1718, married William Chadwick, of Somers-
wortii. New Hampshire; Mark, May 30, 1720.
(XXIII) Ebenezer, third son of Benjamin
and Sarah (Allen) Wentworth, was born at
Dover, Xew Hampshire, September 9, 1705,
and died some time after 1773. He was a
cordwainer, and lived at Great Falls, now
Somersworth, Xew Hampshire. He was
twice married, but the nine children were all
by the first wife. About 1728 Ebenezer Went-
worth married Sarah, daughter of John and
Deborah (Church) Roberts, who was born
February 18, 1708-09, and died February 10,
1770. Their children were : Sarah, born Feb-
ruary 6, 1729, married Samuel Twombly ;
Benjamin, July 30, 1731 ; Ebenezer, August
14, 1735; Deborah, April, 1738, married Jona-
than Twombly; Stephen, April i, 1743; Mary,
about 1744, married (first) Ebenezer Cole, of
Somersworth. (second) Benjamin Preble, of
Ossipee, ( third ) Anthony Emery, of Bartlett,
all in New Hampshire; Aaron, July 13, 1745;
Nicholas, whose sketch follows : Elihu, No-
vember 7, 1 75 1. Some time previous to 1773,
Ebenezer Wentworth married ]Mrs. Elizabeth
(Monroe) Young, who died about 1790. Her
first husband lived and died at Rochester,
New Hampshire.
(XXI\ ) Nicholas, fifth son of Ebenezer
and Sarah (Roberts) Wentworth, was born
September 7, 1748, probably at Great Falls,
New Hampshire, and died at Effingham, New-
Hampshire, January 30, 1S40. He was a resi-
dent of Berwick, Maine, at the time of his
marriage, had removed to Rochester. New
Plampshire, in 1774, and afterwards lived at
]\Iilton, Conway and Effingham, all in the
Granite State. On September 9, 1771, Nich-
olas Wentworth married Patience, daughter
of Ezekiel and Martha (Lord) Wentworth,
of South Berwick, Elaine. She died at Con-
way, New Hampshire, October 24, 1827, in
her seventy-ninth year. The twelve children
of Nicholas and Patience (Wentworth) Went-
worth were : Stephen, born February 12,
1772; Ezekiel, [May 2, 1774; Edmund, Feb-
ruary 5, 1775; Phineas, IMarch 5, 1777; Paul,
whose sketch follows ; Enoch, October 22,
1780; Levi, about 1783; Daniel, January 12,
1785; Martha, died in childhood; Mary, died
in childhood ; John, died in infancy : Sarah,
August 5, 1793, married (first) Deacon John
1840
STATE OF MAIXE.
Wentwortli. oecoml ) Rev. Enos G. Page,
both of Eftingham. New Hampshire.
(XX\') Paul, fifth son of Nicholas and Pa-
tience (Wentwortli) W'entworth, was born
October 2^. 1778. probably at Milton or Con-
way, New Hampshire. He lived in Conway
and died there July 18, 1849. ^n October,
1805, he married Eunice, daughter of Josiah
Forrest, of Eaton. New Hampshire, who was
born at Bridgewater. Massachusetts, April 17,
1787, and died at Conway, New Hampshire,
May I), 1867. They had eleven children :
Richard Odell. born January 14, 1807: Sarah
Thompson. March 28, 1808, married Josiah
Merrill: Harriet Newell, May 14, i8og, mar-
ried Warren Gannett, of Tamworth. New
Hampshire : Isaiah Forrest, whose sketch fol-
lows: Thomas. November 9, 1812: Rosetta,
March 9, 1814 : Lucy, January 9, 1816, mar-
ried (first) David Harvey, (second) Warren
Gannett: Ephraim Foster, December 9, 1818;
Eunice, December 2, 1820, married Josiah
Merrill, of Lovell, Maine; Paul, September
12, 1823: and Nancy Merrill, December i,
1824.
(XXVT) Dr. Isaiah Forrest, second son of
Paul "and Eunice (Forrest) Wentworth, was
born February 11, 181 1, at Conway. New
Hampshire, and died 1877. lie was a physi-
cian at Milan, near the line of Dummer, New
Hampshire. On November 28. 1837, he mar-
ried Ruth Elizabeth Page, of Conway, New
Hampshire, who was born July 24, 1818. They
had eight children : Ann Augusta, mentioned
below: Thomas, born February 26, 1845,
served in the civil war from 1863 to 1865,
married Eldora Perkins; Frances Helen, May
8, 1846: Elizabeth. September 27, 1848, mar-
ried Solon Robinson : Isaiah, November 6,
1850: Addie, March 6, 1855; Rosetta, March
26, 1857: Frank, July 30, i860.
(XXVH) Ann Augusta, oldest child of Dr.
Isaiah Forrest and Ruth E. (Page) Went-
worth, was born at Conway, New Hampshire,
January 6, 1841. In 1861 she was married at
Berlin. New Hampshire, to William H. Dale,
born June 20, 1837; they lived at Minot,
Maine. Their daughter, Nellie A. Dale, mar-
ried Charles H. Nudd, of .Auburn, Maine.
(See Nudd, III.)
Professor Horace Melvvn
ESTABROOKE Estabrooke. one of the
leading educators of the
State of Maine, is of the second generation of
his family in the United States, his father,
Leverett E. Estabrooke, being the first to cross
the border from New Brunswick, that prov-
ince which has given to Maine and other
states so much of their best blood. The fam-
ily name has various spellings, but all evolved
from East Brook, meaning ''the man who
lived on the east side of the brook."
( I ) Thomas Turney Estabrooke was born
in Blackville, New Brunswick, in 1792, and
died in 1823. He married lane Monroe, who
was of Scotch descent. Their children were
Eliza. Louisa, Leverett E., and Francis. After
the death of Mr. Estabrooke his widow mar-
ried for her second husband, Francis Pette-
grew Hunter, by whom she had several chil-
dren, the only one of whom living in 1908 w'as
George Hunter, of Houlton, Maine.
(II) Leverett E.. eldest son of Thomas
Turney and Jane (Monroe) Estabrooke, was
bom October 27, 1823. in Blackville, New
Brunswick, where he received his early edu-
cational training. In 1831, when he was eight
years old, his mother, with her children by
both marriages, removed to Ilodgdon, Maine,
where young Leverett attended the public
schools and acquired the usual education there
afiforded. As a young man he followed lum-
bering in the woods and on the river, taking
contracts for log deliveries to the Bangor
mills. He was a man of excellent business
qualifications, and performed much public ser-
vice. He was the first selectman of the new
town of Linneus, Maine, and served as a mem-
ber of the board for a number of years; he
also served for many years as town clerk and
justice of the peace — in fact, most of the offi-
cial business of the town was transacted by
him or under his supervision. Late in life he
removed to Smyrna, where he served as se-
lectman and member of the school committee.
He was provost marshal during a portion of
the civil war, having charge of drafted men
and substitutes from the time of their enroll-
ment until their muster into the service of the
United States. He discharged every duty
with ability and fidelity. I lis religious affilia-
tion was with the Baptist denomination, and
he was a very active member of the
Free Baptist church. In politics he was
a staunch Republican. He was a lead-
ing mernber of the Sons of Temperance and
the Good Templars, and was earnest in aiding '
the weak and misled in the way of a Christian
and temperate life.
Mr. Estabrooke married, September 26, 1847,
Lucinda Homestead Young, born November
28, 1826. She was a member of the Free
Baptist church. Children: i. Horace Mel-
vyn ; see forward. 2. Alice Julia, born De-
cember 15, 1850: married Henry O. Nicker-
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son, of Houlton, Maine. 3. Arthur E., born
October 20, 1853. 4. Charles R., born March
14, 1858. 5. Evelyn Norah, born June 20,
i860. 6. Walter F. P., born August 20, 1862.
7. L\-dia Jane, born October 14, 1865. Mr.
Estabrooke died in Smyrna, Maine, Septem-
ber 12, 1898: his wife survived him, and died
in Ilodgdon, Maine, August 12, 1902.
(Ill) Horace Melvyn, eldest child of Lev-
erett E. and Lucinda H. (Young) Esta-
brooke, was born in Linneus, Maine, January
20, 1849. ^is education began in the com-
mon schools, and he took a four years' col-
lege preparatory course in Houlton Academy.
In 1872 he matriculated at the University of
Alaine, from which he was graduated in 1876
with the degree of B. S. He subsequently
spent two years in study under the direction
of the Illinois \\'esleyan University, and in
1891-92 attended the Emerson School of Ora-
tory in Boston. He taught district schools
while attending college, and after graduation
taught in ]Maysville, Oakland, the Clinton
high school, the Dennysville high school, the
Pembroke high school, and was first assistant
in the Gorham normal school. Since 1891 he
has been connected with the University of
Maine as professor and head of the English
department, and teacher of literature. His
training and natural love for English litera-
ture made him a high authority in pedagogv
as applied to the teaching of that branch of
the higher education, and as a master in the
lines of English poetry, especially in the works
of Poe and Tennyson. He was widely known
as a popular and successful platform lecturer
on "Poets and Poetry," "English Fiction,"
and kindred subjects exemplifying English
literature. His ability as an elocutionist added
largely to his success as a lecturer, as well as
a speaker on patriotic occasions, notably as a
Decoration Day orator. While a devoted
member of the Republican party he steadfastly
declined all requests to serve as a political
speaker, or to accept any political office. He
contributed numerous articles on professional
topics to educational and literary magazines
and other periodicals, and was the author of
several poems and prose pieces of fiction. He
had unusual talent as a musician and com-
poser of music, and his songs and sacred com-
positions were widely published. He was the
autlior and composer of the "University
Hymn." which stands as a memorial to him in
the hearts of the students and alumni of his
alma mater. In his professional line he served
as secretary and treasurer of the Maine Peda-
gogical Society from 1886 to 1891 ; as vice-
president, 1893-94, and as president 1894-95 ;
and he was for several years general chair-
man of its committee on instruction. He was
also a member of the American College and
Educational Society, of the American Acad-
emy of Political and Social Science, and of
the Twentieth Century Club of Bangor. His
service to his alma mater, outside of his pro-
fessional connection, was as a member of the
Alumni Association, of which body he was
president, 1891-95. In 1883 the University of
Maine conferred upon him the degree of
M. S., and in 1891 Bowdoin College gave him
the honorary degree of A. M. In religion he
was a Congregationalist.
Professor Estabrooke married, July 24,
1880. Kate A., daughter of James T. and
Melinda R. Clark, of Tremont, Maine. Chil-
dren: I. Elizabeth Read, born December 25,
1886, in Gorham, Maine ; educated in schools
of Orono, from which she graduated, subse-
quently attending the high school at Bangor
and the University of Maine, from which she
graduated with the class of 1908, and is now
teacher of English in the Orono high school.
2. Carl Bertrand, born December 13. 1888, in
Gorham; graduate of Orono high school;
matriculated at University of ^^laine in 1906,
and in 1908 left college for one year to teach
in a government' school in Porto Rico ; is now
in junior year in University of Maine. 3.
Marion Corthell, born 1890, in Gorham; grad-
uate of Orono high school ; now in freshman
class in University of Maine. The children
are all fitted or fitting for the profession of
teaching, so successfully filled by the father,
and are recognized as a family of exceptional
talent.
His sudden death, caused by an accident,
occurred on October 31, 1908. A memorial
service was held for him by the faculty and
students of the university, and the tribute
given to him there was only one of the many
expressions of the love felt for him by every-
one with whom lie was connected.
The escutcheon of this family was
AMES argent on a bend sable, three roses
in a field. The English representa-
tive of the race in the eighteenth century was
Joseph Ames, a bibliographer and antiquary,
son of a naval commander. William Ames
was a dissenting clergyman of the established
church, who was driven to Holland. His de-
scendant came to this country and was the
corner stone of the Bridgewater branch, from
which we have Fisher Ames, the Federalist
statesman, Governor Oliver Ames, of Massa-
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chusetts, Oakes Ames, the congressman and
financial supporter of Lincoln in the troublous
times of '61, but whose life was singularly un-
fortunate in one of those ugly things, an anti-
climax. Among the peers of the name in
America to-day are Bishop E. R. Ames, of the
Methodist church, a native Ohioan, and Pro-
fessor J. B. Ames, of Harvard University. A
living English representative is Hon. iiugo
Ames, author, journalist and diplomat.
(I) Captain Anthony Eames (as it was then
spelled) was born in Dorsetshire, England,
about 1595. He came to America, and settled
in Marshfield, Massachusetts. The forename
of his wife was Margoric, whom he married
in England. He died in Alarshficld, in 1686.
(H) Lieutenant Mark, son of Anthony and
Margorie Eames, was born in England in
1620, the year of the Plymouth pilgrimage,
and came over with his father. He, too, re-
sided in Marshfield, and married Elizabeth
, in liingham, IMassachusetts, March
26, 1648. He died in Alarshfield, in 1693.
(III) Jonathan, son of Lieutenant Mark
and Elizabeth Eames, was born at Alarshfield
in 1655, and died there in 1724. He married
Hannali Trouant, of that town.
(IV) Jedediah, son of Jonathan and Han-
nah (Trouant) Eames, was born at Marsh-
field, in 1685, and died there about 1738. He
married Mary, daughter of Tobias Oakman.
(V) Jedediah (2), son of Jedediah (i) and
Mary (Oakman) Eames, was born in Alarsh-
field, and married, in 1752, Bertha Tilden. He
had John Tilden, and other issue.
(VI) Mark was the son, we conclude, of
Jedediah (2) and Bertha (Tilden) Eames.
He changed the spelling of the name by drop-
ping the vowel "e." He removed to North
Haven, Knox county, Maine, and took up a
large tract of land, dying in that town. He
married Priscilla Howland, who was the
mother of his children : Mark, Rev. Benja-
min, Experience, Anna, John, Isaac, Abraham
and Ilezekiah. He married, after the death
of Priscilla, Rebecca Crosbery, of North
Haven. Alark was, we infer, a brother of
that Elder Thomas Eames, of Isleborough,
Maine, an itinerant Baptist preacher, who also
hailed from Alarshfield. Alark was an uncle
to Tilden Ames, who was a neighbor of Dan-
iel Webster, and although a plain farmer, the
great statesman held him in high esteem. At
the Revere House, in Boston, Tilden called to
see Webster, and the clerk dismissed Air.
Ames rather curtly, as, being plainly dressed,
he thought Air. Webster would not care to see
him. The God-like Daniel was in the next
room and heard Air. Ames's inquiry. He
rushed in, taking him by the arm, walked up
and down the corridor with extreme coriial-
ity, to the great discomfiture of the humiliated
clerk. The great expounder loved his Alarsh-
field neighbors, and greeted them wherever he
met them. Alajor-General Adelbert Ames,
who was governor of Alississippi, and a
United States senator, was a great-grandson
of Alark, and, like another Alaine man, Ser-
geant S. Prentiss, infused "down-east" ener-
gies and abilities into that land of cotton and
cane brakes.
(VII) Isaac, sixth son of Alark and Pris-
cilla (Howland) Ames, was born in North
Haven, July 6. 1784, and died Alarch 10, 1854.
He married Abigail Clark; children: Cap-
tain Isaac, Alfred, Benjamin, P'riscilla,
Charles, Warren and Susan.
(VIII) Captain Alfred, second son of Isaac
and Abigail (Clark) Ames, was born in North
Haven, September 7, 1809, and came to
Alachias before 1836. He was one of the
original founders of the Congregational
church, donating twenty-five dollars towards
the erection of the edifice known as the Union
Meeting House. He followed the sea, and
was master of a ship. He married Alary
Keller: children: John K., Benjamin Frank-
lin, Napoleon Bonaparte, Alartin, Van Buren
and Alaria Louisa.
(IX) Hon. John K., oldest child of Cap-
tain Alfred and Alary (Keller) Ames, was
born in East Alachias, November 2, 1831, and
died Alarch 22, 1901. He was a lumber oper-
ator on an extensive scale, and a merchant.
He was selectman for thirty years, chairman
of the board for the latter half of time ; was a
member of the Alaine senate 1893 to 1897,
and collector of the port of Alachias at the
time of his demise. Fie married Sarah (,A1-
bee) Sanborn. Children: i. Edwin C, lives
in Seattle, and is manager of the Puget Lum-
ber Company; 2. Anna M., married Fred H.
I^eavey, and lives in Sioux City, Iowa. 3.
Julia P., married R. C. Fuller, of the Fuller
Iron \\'orks. Providence. 4. Frank Sanborn.
5. Alfred Keller. 6. Lucy T.
(X) Captain Alfred K., younger son of
John K. and Sarah (Sanborn) Ames, was
born September 4, 1867, at Alachias. He was
taught in the public schools of his native
town, followed by a classical course at Provi-
dence, Rhode Island. He became a clerk in
the lumber firm of John K. Ames, in 1886,
and remained with him until the business was
taken over in J899 by the Alachias Lumber
Company, of which corporation he is general
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manager. He is a Republican, and a Uni-
versalist. He was appointed by Governor Hill
captain of Company M, Second Regiment
I\laine National Guard, which position he re-
signed in 1904. Captain Ames married Nel-
lie E., daughter of J. Murray and Alma (Gor-
don) Hill, of Calais, Elaine. One child
blesses the union : John Keller, born ^lay 20,
1907.
In reference to the Sanborn line, which is
interlaced into the Ames ancestry in the ninth
generation, we find by family documents and
biblical records, these revelations :
(i) Lieutenant John Sanborn was born in
1620, in England, and came to this country,
dying October 20, 1692. His marriage was
with Mary Tucker.
(2) John (2), son of Lieutenant John (i)
and ^lary (Tucker) Sanborn, was born in
1649, and died November 10, 1723. He mar-
ried Judith Coffin.
(3) Enoch, son of John (2) and Judith
(Coffin) Sanborn, was born in 1685, and mar-
ried Elizabeth Dennett.
(4) Enoch (2), son of Enoch (i) and
Elizabeth Sanborn, was born June 28, 1724,
and married, December 3, 1747, ^Mary Mor-
rill.
(5) William was a son of Enoch (2) and
Mary (Alorrill) Sanborn.
(6) Cyrus, son of William Sanborn, was
born November 28, 1801, and died in 1888,
having just passed his eighty-seventh year.
He married Susan Gardner, who died Decem-
ber 25, 1886. Their daughter, Sarah Albee,
married Hon. John K. Ames.
Benjamin Cross Somerby, young-
LOUD est son of Abial and Rebecca
(^Merrill) Somerby, sister of Jane
(Somerby) Loud, and a descendant of an old
and honored family of JMaine, was born in
Portland, Elaine, February i, 1817, died Feb-
ruary 3, 1903. He attended the public schools
of his native city, and early in life became a
clerk in a dry goods store. In 1849 '^^ ^""
tered the employ of the Canal National Bank,
resigned the cashiership at age of seventy,
when he was made a director, in which ca-
pacity he served until his decease. He was a
member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Republican Club, L'nitarian church
(First Parish), and of several other clubs and
orders. He married Jane Stetson, who died
in 1886, at which time his niece. Miss Ade-
line B. Loud, assumed the care of his home at
204 Spring street, Portland, where she is liv-
ing at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Som-
erby had three children, all of whom died
young. The following resolutions prove con-
clusively the esteem in which Mr. Somerby
was held at the Canal National Bank :
■'At a meeting of the directors of the Canal
National Bank of Portland, held February 7,
1903, at their banking room, it was voted :
\\'hereas on the fourth day of February, Ben-
jamin C. Somerby, one of the directors of this
bank, died at the age of eighty-six years and
three days, the President and Directors of the
Canal Bank wishing to put upon the records
of the Board their high sense of his long,
faithful and upright service, do adopt the fol-
lowing memorial :
"Mr. Somerby entered the service of the
Canal Bank as a clerk in 1849. After serving
as clerk and teller for fourteen years, he was,
in 1863, made the cashier, and performed the
duties of this its most important office for
twenty-four years when he resigned, and was
immediately chosen a director which he held
until his death. His service to the Bank cov-
ers a period of more than fifty-three years,
almost two-thirds of the life of the Bank.
When he began the founders of the bank
were still directing its affairs. When he
died, he was associated with a third gen-
eration in its government. The entire his-
tory of the Bank with its transactions of more
than half a century were familiar to him,
which united to his long experience made him
of great value to the Bank and to the Board.
He possessed in an eminent degree those qual-
ities which especially fitted him for the offices
he filled. To an integrity that was beyond
temptation he united a zeal that made his duty
to the Bank his highest enjoyment. To a
most exacting attention to duty he added an
unfailing courtesy of manner that never gave
an offense. His ripe experience and sound
judgment guided by the purest principles
made his actions and opinions of great value
to his associates. The Canal Bank will place
his name among its most faithful servants
who have done so much to establish its char-
acter and maintain its usefulness in the finan-
cial world.
"Attest : E. D. Noves, Secretarv."
Richard Nichols, immigrant
NICHOLS ancestor, was born in Eng-
land, and settled first at Ips-
wich, ^Massachusetts. His name appears in
general court records as early as 1640, and he
was one of JMajor Dennison's subscribers in
1648. His wife Annis (Agnes) was admitted
to the church at Reading, Massachusetts, from
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STATE OF MAIXL.
the church at Ipswich, in 1666. He died at
Reading, November 22, 1674, and his wife in
iG(j2. Children: 1. John, see forward. 2.
Thomas, born about 1O55. 3. James, married
Mary Poole. 4. Mary. 5. Joanna (or Han-
nah Ji. 6. Richard, married Abigail, daughter
of Samuel and Mary Damon.
(H) John, third son of Richard and Annis
Nichols, was born in Reading, Massachu-
setts, in 1 65 1, and married Abigail, daughter
of Deacon Thomas Kendall ; she was born in
1655. He settled in'the west parish of Read-
ing, and had issue: John, Richard (died
young), Richard, Thomas Kendall, James,
Nathaniel, Abig, Samuel, Benjamin and Jo-
seph. They both died in 1721, he seventy
and she sixty-six.
(HI) Samuel, sixth son of John and Abi-
gail (Kendall) Nichols, was born in Reading,
Massachusetts, in 1696, and died in 1810. The
name of his first wife was Rebecca, and that
of his second Abigail. Children: Samuel,
Abigail, James, and others.
(IV) Captain Samuel (2), eldest son of
Samuel (i) and Rebecca Nichols, was born
in Reading, in 1723. He removed to Cape
Elizabeth, Maine, and subsequently became a
first settler in Royalsborougli, now Durham,
Androscoggin county, before 1780, on lot No.
80, and built his cabin where is now Prescott
Strout's apple orchard. He was a master ma-
riner. Captain Nichols believed in the Gospel
according to Methodism, converted to that
faith under the evangelical labors of Rev.
Asa Heath, an ancestor of Hon. H. M. Heath,
of Augusta. He married, rather late in life,
at Cape Elizabeth, Rebecca Wimble, born No-
vember 7, 1748. Children: Thomas, Betty,
Samuel, Sarah, James, William, Mehitable,
John and Lemuel.
(V) Lemuel, last son of Captain Samuel
and Rebecca (Wimble) Nichols, was born in
Durham, Maine, April 27, 1792, and removed
to Lisbon Falls, where he was a farmer, lum-
berman, and inn-Iiolder. He resided for a
time in New York state, and there kept a
tavern. He was of the JMethodist persuasion.
He attained the great age of ninety, dying in
Bangor. He married Sally Merrill, and had
a son, Lemuel.
(VI) Lemuel (2), son of Lemuel (i) and
Sally (Merrill) Nichols, was born in Lisbon,
Maine. June 25, 1828. He received his early
education in Augusta. Harmony, and Bangor,
and set out to earn his own living at ten years
of age as chore-boy on a farm, then as hostler
and stage driver on the line between Bangor
and Brownsville. He was an industrious
youth, economical in his habits, and save;l his
w-ages. He made an engagement with Thomas
Norcross & Sons as manager of their Bangor
and Moosehead stage line. We next find hiir
in Guilford, Maine, as village inn-keeper.
About this time he bought his first horse, an 1
has since owned thousands, and one himdreJ
at a time, being one of the leading horse men
in the state. In 1857 he bid ofT the mail con-
tract between Bangor and Aloosehead, and he
has taken many government mail contracts
over the entire country, subletting the same to
others. About this time he conducted the
Parker House, at East Corinih, Maine, and
built a fine, spacious public hall w'iiich bears
his name, and was an ornament to the village
and a great accommodation for public gather-
ings. In 1864 he sold his hotel interests and
other business and removed to New-port,
Maine, where he bought the Shaw House. In
1866 he came to Bangor, becoming proprietor
of the O. AL Sliaw livery, hack and sale sta-
ble, and also the old City Hotel, now* the
Nichols House. This same year he took up
his residence in Dexter, Maine, and there en-
gaged in the livery business for five years, at
the expiration of wdiich time he once more
adopted Bangor as a residence, and eventually
acquired the Fisher House stables, which he
conducted till his death. He was in the habit
of attending upon the worship of the Baptist
church, aiding materially toward its support,
though not a member of any religious sect.
Mr. Nichols married Martha Ann Edmunds,
daughter of Elauson and Philena (Chandler)
Edmunds, who was born in Farmington,
Maine, in 1830. Children: i. Frederick W.,
born September 10, 1852, died February 20,
1891. 2. Minnie F., born September 29, 1844;
married Charles Hathaway, of Boston. 3.
Charles' W., born October 14, 1857; lives in
Bangor. 4. Flenry L., born February 26,
1854; resides in Garland, Maine. Elauson
Edmunds, I\Irs. Nichols' father, was born
September 28, 1801, and Mrs. Edmunds, nee
Chandler, was born January 25, 1804. The
subject of this memoir died May 4, 1905. He
was one of the old-time whips of iMaine in the
days before the iron moguls. He was a gen-
tleman of the old school, now rapidly disap-
pearing, and brought to us the manners and
customs of colonial times which had been
transmitted to him and through him to us.
Strange as it may seem to relate, and the in-
stances are exceedingly rare in his line of
business, nevertheless it is strictly true, he
never indulged in intoxicating liquors of any
kind, and never used tobacco in anv form.
STATE OF M.MXl'
1845
Although not among the
PARCHER original settlers of York
county the Parcher family
-was established in Pepperellborough (now
Saco) at an early period, antedating the
American revolution by many years, and the
name appears in the town records from the
year 1747 to the present time.
(I) Elias Parcher was born in Pepperell-
borough, August 20, 1747. The christian
name of his wife was Olive, who according
to the records, was born October 24, 1753,
and their children were: I. Anna, born Sep-
tember 23, 1772. 2. Asa, August 3, 1774. 3.
Daniel, January 15, 1777, died young. 4.
Mary, March 23, 1779. 5. George, see suc-
ceeding paragraph. 6. Daniel, March 25,
1784. 7. Betsey, March 2-j, 1786. S. Pa-
tience, August 5, 1789. 9. Sally, January 11,
1792. 10. Elias, November 2},, 1794. The
mother of these children died January 16,
1795-
(II) George, third son and fifth child of
Elias and Olive Parcher, born in Pepperell-
borough, September 18, 1781, died in Saco
in 1852. His intention to marry Eunice
Gould was published July 15, 1803, and they
were married October 2, of that year. She
bore him children: i. Samuel, born July 5,
1804. 2. Daniel, December 20, 1806. 3.
Sally, December 27, 1808. 4. Oran, Alay 8,
181 1. 5. Jane, Alay 18, 1815. 6. Olive, Au-
gust 21, 1817. 7. Eliza, October 21, 1819. 8.
Ruth, December 23, 1822. 9. George, see
next paragraph. 10. Franklin, Septemljer 18,
1829.
(III) George (2), fifth son and tenth child
•of George (i) and Eunice (Gould) Parcher,
born in Saco, March 10, 1825, died April i,
1908. He was reared upon a farm and fol-
lowed agriculture to some extent after at-
taining his majority, but much of his time
during his active period was devoted to the
public service, in which he attained an hon-
orable record. Prior to the incorporation of
Saco as a city he was a member of the board
of selectmen, and under the municipal govern-
ment served upon the board of assessors for
several years. He also represented Saco in
the lower branch of the state legislature two
terms, and for a period of fourteen years he
was an inspector of customs in Portland. In
politics he was a Republican. He is a Master
Mason, affiliating with Saco Lodge, No. 9.
He was a member of the Cutts Avenue Free
Baptist Church. He married Emma Chase,
born in Scarborough, Maine, November 5,
1827. She became the mother of eight chil-
dren : Olive, Georgia, Jennie, Sumner Chase,
Octavia, Clarence, Eva and Bell, the last-
named of whom died in infancy.
(iV) Sumner Chase, eldest son of George
(2) and Emma (Chase) Parcher, was born in
Saco, December 3, 1853. He was educated in
the Saco public schools, including the high
school, and after concluding his attendance at
the latter he was engaged in teaching for one
year. At the age of eighteen he obtained a
clerkship in the Biddeford postofifice, where
he remained for two years, and in October,
1873, lie entered the York National Bank,
Saco, in a similar capacity. In 1882 he was
advanced to the position of assistant cashier,
and from 1892 to the present time he has
served with ability as cashier of that institu-
tion. For the past eighteen years he has been
a member of the board of directors, and for
the same length of time has served as a trus-
tee of the Saco and Biddeford Savings Insti-
tution. For seventeen years he has been a
director of the Saco Alutual Fire Insurance
Company; is also a trustee of Thornton
Academy and of Laurel Hill cemetery. Po-
litically he acts with the Republican party,
and has served as a member of the board of
aldermen for four years. He is a member of
Saco Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
jNIasons; York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons;
Bradford Commandery, Knights Templar, No.
4; a thirty-second degree Mason; and Saco
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He is a member of the Cutts Avenue Baptist
Church.
In 1874 Mr. Parcher married Ida :\L Stock-
man, daughter of John W. and Adelia F.
(Morse) Stockman, of Biddeford. She is
probably a descendant of John Stockman, of
Salisbury, iMassachusetts, who was married
there May 10, 1671, to Mrs. Sarah Bradbury
(nee Pike), daughter of Alajor Robert Pike
and widow of Wymond Bradbury (see Brad-
bury). Mr. and Mrs. Parcher have two chil-
dren: Carl C, born May 9, 1876, and Lucia
M., born November 27, 1884. Both are grad-
uates of Thornton Academy. Carl C. Parcher
pursued a commercial course at the Burdette
Business College, Boston, and is now clerk
and collector for Messrs. J. G. Deering &
Sons, wholesale and retail lumber dealers,
Biddeford. He married Reta M. Proctor,
daughter of Thomas D. Proctor, of Saco, and
has one son, CliiTord R., born September 8,
1900. Lucia M. Parcher possesses musical
talents of a high order which were cultivated
at the New England Conservatory of Music,
Boston. She is now the wife of Fred H.'
1846
STATE OF MAINE.
Dow, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a manu-
facturing confectioner, whose speciahy is the
Utopian brand of chocolates. They have one
son, Harold Parcher.
The family of Rich was very nu-
RICH merous in the vicinity of Truro and
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the
early history of that place, and many of them
were mariners. The first of the family was
Richard Rich, who was a mariner, and the
first record of him is when he removed from
Dover, New Hampshire, to Truro, in 1681
being made a freeman; he died in 1692.
(1) Lemuel Rich, with his wife, Elizabeth
(Harding) Rich, removed from Truro, Mas-
sachusett's, to Gorham, Maine, about 1762, and
he and his wife died in the same month,
March, 1791, both being between eighty-live
and ninety years of age. He is undoubtedly
a descendant of Richard Rich, who was in
Truro in 1681, but the descent has not yet been
traced. His children were: i. Ezekiel, born
November 25, 1738. 2. Lemuel, 1740. 3.
Samuel. 4. Martha, December 2, 1744. 5.
Zcphaniah, baptized February 8, 1747. 6.
James, born April 2, 1749. 7. Deliverance. 8.
Mary. 9. Sarah, November 23, 1755. 10.
Joel.' II. Barnabas. 12. Amos, May 17, 1759.
(H) Samuel, third son of Lemuel and
Elizabeth (Harding) Rich, was born about
1742, in Truro, ^lassachusetts, and probably
removed to Gorham, Maine, with his father, in
1762, a few years later removing to Machias,
Maine. He married (first) Sarah Fogg and
(second) Sarah Bracy, and had children as
follows: I. Samuel, born October 9, 1778.
2. Lemuel, June 10, 1780. 3. Ezekiel, 1784.
4. Betsey, married IMicah Jones Talbot. 5.
John. 6. James. 7. Joseph, born January 5,
1790. 8. Daniel F., born July 10, 1792. 9.
Sally, September 10, 1794. 10. Ruth, July 5,
1797.
(HI) Joseph, sixth son of the seven sons of
Samuel Rich, was born January 5, 1790, and
December 13, 1828, married Nancy Wood.
Their children are: i. James Alonzo, died
April 5, 1837. 2. Ruth Elizabeth, born April
14, 1831, married Jonathan Glover. 3. John
Joseph, born February 6, 1833, died April 6,
1834. 4. John Joseph. 5. James Alonzo, born
April II, 1838. 6. William Kilby, born Feb-
ruary 24, 1 84 1.
(IV) John Joseph, third son of Joseph and
Nancy (Wood) Rich, was born March 4,
1835, at Pembroke, Maine, and died March 5,
1866. He married, September 10, 1858, Be-
linda, daughter of James Nutt, born March
24, 1832, died October 22, 1889. James Nutt
was born in 1797, in Whitefield, Maine, and
married Sarah Brown, by whom he had nine
children. John Joseph and Belinda (Nutt)
Rich had two children: i. William James,
born June 28, 1859. 2. Laura Nutt, born Feb-
ruary 16, 1861, married George i\I. Spofford,
now living in Ayers Village (Haverhill),
Massachusetts.
(V) William James, the only son of John
Joseph and Belinda (Nutt) Rich, was born
June 28, 1859, at Pembroke, Maine, and at-
tended the public schools of his native town
until 1877. He then entered the Maine State
College, class of 1880, though he did not grad-
uate, but entered the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, from which institution he
graduated in 1884. He spent some time as
assistant to the professor of mining and metal-
lurgy at the Institute, from 1886 to 1889 he
was assistant chemist at the Cambria Steel
Works at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and then
was employed at the office of Locks and Ca-
nals, at Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1889 he
was appointed fourth assistant examiner at
the United States patent office in Washing-
ton, being appointed from Lowell, and now
holds the position of principal examiner. After
locating in Washington, he entered the
Georgetown University, from which he re-
ceived the degree of LL. B. in 1898, and was
admitted to the bar of the District of Colum-
bia, and in 1899 received the degree of LL. M.
In 1902 Mr. Rich took a special course at the
George Washington University, covering the
laws regarding patents. He is an able mem-
ber of his profession, and is well fitted for his
special line. He belongs to the University
Club, the Sons of the American Revolution,
to the Maine Society of Washington, to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to
the iilasons. November 6, 1889, he married
Mary Elizabeth McDonald, and they have had
four children: i. Donald Upton, born Au-
gust 26, 1890, in Washington. 2. Malcolm
Nutt, born October 19, 1893, in Washington.
3. Katharine Mary, June 12, 1895, in Prince
George county, Maryland. 4. Norman Pres-
cott, October 5, 1899, in Washington, died
July 5, 1901, at Cape May Point, New Jersey.
The family of this name early
JEWELL settled in New England to es-
cape the religious persecution
they were compelled to suffer in England.
Many individuals of sterling character traced
their descent to the immigrant ancestor. The
name expresses fondness and preciousness
STATE OF MAINE.
1847
and some one who was very fond of its first-
born called him "jewel" to represent their
feelings toward him. The Jewells were of
fighting revolutionary stock and stood by
their country in its hour of need.
(I) Thomas Jewell was of Braintree as
early as 1639. His will was dated April 10
and probated July 21, 1654. His widow,
Grizell Jewell, married (second) March 9,
1656, Humphrey Griggs, who died in 1657.
She survived him. Children of Thomas and
Grizell Jewell were : Thomas, Joseph, Na-
thaniel, Grizell and Marcy.
(H) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas
(i) and Grizell Jewell, was of Hingham and
Amesbury. He removed to Amesbury about
1687, and lived in that part of the town now
South Hampton. He married, October 18,
1672, Susanna Guilford; children: Mary,
Thomas, Ruth, Hannah (died young), John,
Hannah, Samuel and Joseph.
(HI) John, fifth child and second son of
Thomas (2) and Susanna (Guilford) Jewell,
was born in Hingham, June 29, 1683. He
went with his parents when four years old to
Amesbury, where he ever after resided. He
married, January 9, 1702, Hannah Prowse,
born in Amesbury, March, 1676, daughter of
John and Hannah (Barnes) Prowse. Chil-
dren : Abigail, Thomas, Hannah, John and
Barnes. Hannah (Prowse) Jewell married
(second) September 19, 1715, Peter Thomp-
son.
(IV) Thomas (3), second child and eldest
son of John and Hannah (Prowse) Jewell,
was born in Amesbury in 1704, and died in
the town of his nativity. He married Judith
Lancaster, February 19, 1732; children:
Henry L., John, Sarah, Judith, Hannah and
Ann. ]\Ir. Jewell married (second) Marion
(V) Henry L., eldest son and child of
Thomas (3) and Judith (Lancaster) Jewell,
was born in Amesbury, December 19, 1732,
and died in South Hampton, New Hampshire.
He once lived in the vicinity of Concord, New
Hampshire. He served in the army around
Quebec, and was wounded in the leg in that
engagement. He married Sarah Gould ; chil-
dren : Henry, Enos, Joseph and Thomas. His
widow accompanied Henry and Enos to
Litchfield, Kennebec county, JNIaine, where she
married, and her death occurred at Hallowell
at an advanced age.
(\T) Enos, second child and son of Henry
L. and Sarah (Gould) Jewell, was born in
Amesbury, Massachusetts, 1759. He resided
in Ogdensburg from 1796 to 1800, returned
there in 1804 and his death occurred there in
1 83 1. He married Deborah Hall about 1780;
children : Sarah, Deborah, Enos, Susannah,
Edward, John, Rebecca, Susannah, Salathiel,
Ivorv, Enos, Mary, Samuel and Deborah.
(VII) Enos (2), fifth son and eleventh
child of Enos (i) and Deborah (Hall) Jew-
ell, was born in Amesbury, January 4, 1784.
He was one of the early settlers of Canaan,
Somerset county, Maine, where he cleared
wild land, cultivating it and making it highly
productive ; he follow^ed farming as a liveli-
hood throughout the active years of his life.
He married (first) in 1807, Fannie, daughter
of Elder Fairbanks, of Winthrop, Jvlaine.
Married (second) March 28, 1847, Irene
Bean. Children: Catherine, Anson, Syl-
vanus, Elijah, Fanny, Clarissa. Henry, Alfred,
Albert, Mary, Enos, George Washington and
Rufus IMoody.
(\TII) Rufus jNIoody, youngest son of
Enos (2) Jewell, was born in Canaan, i\Iaine,
December 27, 1828. He received a common
school education, was a farmer and speculator,
engaging some years in the produce business,
a Republican in politics and a Universalist in
religion. He resided at Waterville and Fair-
field, Maine. He married (first) in Skowhe-
gan, lilaine, Marcia Whitman, who died in
Waterville, 1862. Children: Rosanna, Wal-
lace H., Albert. Married (second) Laura
Wyman, of Kingsbury, Maine; children:
Emma and Fred. Rufus Moody Jewell died
at Fairfield, ]\Iaine, November 22, 1868.
(IX) Albert, youngest son and child of
Rufus Moody and' JVIarcia (Whitman) Jewell,
was born in Skowhegan, I\Iaine, July 11, 1854.
He w^as educated in the common schools of
Canaan, Waterville and Benton. He was cm-
ployed for some years in the saw mill of E. J.
& G. W. Lawrence, of Fairfield, and was
eventually made superintendent of the entire
business. In 1895 he established a plant in
Fairfield for the manufacture of shipping
crates, known as the Albert Jewell Crate Man-
ufactory, and in 1906 admitted to partnership
his son, Ralph A. Jewell. They employ about
thirty hands, and their average output of
crates amount to 450,000 annually. ]\Ir. Jew-
ell is a Republican, an attendant of the Uni-
versalist church, and a member of Siloam
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted ]\Iasons. of
Fairfield; Teconet Chapter, St. Omar Com-
mandery, of Waterville; Kora Temple, j\Iys-
tic Shrine, at Lewiston ; Eastern Star of Fair-
field. Mr. Jewell married Myra, daughter of
Freeman aiid Harriet (Osborn) Reynolds, of
W'inslow. Children : Blanche, Catherine, Net-
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STATE OF MAINE.
tie B., Nettie Jewell, died in infancv, and
Ralph A.
(N) Ralph A., son of Albert and Myra
(Reynolds) Jewell, was born in Fairfield,
June 26, 1883. He was educated in the com-
mon schools of Fairfield, W'aterville high
school, Coburn Classical Institute, and Shaw's
Business College of Augusta, Maine. He is
engaged in business with his father as afore-
mentioned. He is a Republican in politics,
and a member of Asylum Lodge, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, Fairfield; Teconet
Chapter, W'aterville ; St. Omar Commandery,
Knights Templar, Waterville; Kora Temple,
Mystic Shrine, Lewiston. He married, in
1907, Arlene Clark, of Skowhegan, Maine.
Jonathan Saunders was a
SAUNDERS young unmarried man in
Norway, ;\Iaine, at the time
of the incorporation of the town in 1797. He
was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, in
1776, died in Norway in 1838. He married,
about the year 1800, Susannah Weeks, of
Gray, who died January 23, 1827, aged forty-
five years. They had four children: i. Ann,
born November 30, 1802, died April 16, 1883.
She married and had Elmira S., born No-
vember II, 1833, married E. R. Merrill; and
W'ellington R., born 1840, who was a sergeant
in Company H of the Eighth Illinois Regi-
ment, and died from wounds received in the
battle of Shiloh, August 19, 1863. 2. Joseph,
October 8, 1804 (see post). 3. John, Novem-
ber 7, 1806, died in Norway, Maine, June 20,
1874; married, September 24, 1830, Sally M.
Lord, of Minot, who died February 16, 1879,
and had ten children. 4. Isaac, July 24, 1814,
married (first) November i, 1834, Mary
Shaw, by whom he had nine children ; married
(second) at Buckfield, in November, 1861,
Sarah J. Thomas, of Peru, and had four chil-
dren.
(II) Joseph, son and second child of Jona-
than and Susannah (Wrecks) Saunders, was
born October 8, 1804. He lived in Poland,
Maine, where he owned and managed a farm
for the greater part of his life. He married
Charlotte Merrow, of Minot, Maine, and had
one child, Samuel W.
(III) Samuel W^, only son and child of
Joseph and Charlotte (^lerrow) Saunders,
was born in Poland, Maine, April 13, 1832,
and spent his earlier years at home, attending
the local schools and assisting his father in
carrying on the farm. He later went to Au-
burn, Maine, and from there to Lewiston. He
married (first) Fannie M. Haskell, daughter
of Cephas Haskell, of Sweden, Alaine, and by
whom he had two children: i. Anson, born
in 1861, died in infancy. 2. Ernest, October
22, 1871. Married (second) Mary E. Me-
serve, and by her he had Frances B., Stella "SI.
and Charles M.
(IV) Ernest, second child of Samuel W.
and Fannie M. (Haskell) Saunders, was born
in Auburn, Maine, October 22, 1871. His
parents removed from Auburn to Lewiston,
Maine, when he was about nine years old, and
he w'as educated in the public schools of the
latter city. When he was about sixteen years
old he started in business as a market gar-
dener on a tract of land in Lewiston owned
by his father, and continued in this line with
success for about five years. He then turned
his attention to the culture of flowers and in
this branch of trade has been eminently suc-
cessful, winning a state-wide reputation and
doing business on a large scale, having at
present thirty-five thousand square feet under
cover of glass. Mr. Saunders is also well
known in fraternal circles of Lewiston, has
taken the thirty-second degree in Masonry and
is in his second year as master of the Blue
Lodge, and is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,
Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, and of New England Order of
Protection. A Republican in politics. He
married, June 25, 1906, Mary, daughter of
John M. and Nettie (Budlong) Crawshaw, of
Auburn, Maine, and has one child, Fannie
Estelle, born in Lewiston, May 15, 1907.
STATE OF MAINE.
1849
This name is found witli numer-
GROSS ous spellings such as Grose,
Grosse and Groce. besides that
used by them in the early records of England
and Xew England. The family is an ancient
one in England, and is frequently mentioned
in the records of Cornwall and Norfolk be-
tween 161 1 and 1639. It came into England
in the French form de Gross and was un-
doubtedly of German origin. It has no con-
nection with the Brunswick, Maine, family
whose name is spelled Grows.
(I) Isaac Gross, a native of England and
brewer by occupation, was granted lands in
the great allotment of land at Muddy River,
and was among the original inhabitants of
the colony of Alassachusetts Bay. His will
was dated ]\Iay 29, 1649. He had sons : Ed-
ward and Clement.
(II) Clement, son of Isaac Gross, was born
at Boston, England, and was an infant when
he came with his father to Massachusetts. He
was a brewer, and in 1678 was an innholder.
His first wife bore the christian name of Mary,
and was the mother of Simon, mentioned be-
low; Elizabeth (dieil young); Edmund (died
young) ; Elizabeth, born ]\Iarch 5, 1658 ; Isaac
and \^'illiam. March 3, 1665. His second wife,
Ann, was the mother of Edmund, born ]\Iarch
2'j, 1669, and Ann, March 18, 1671.
(III) Simon, son of Clement and ]\Iary
Gross, was born 1652 and resided in Hing-
ham, where he died April 26, 1696. He was
a boatman and was evidently successful, as
the inventory of his estate amounted to one
hundred and ninety-six pounds, five shillings
and three pence. Administration was granted
to his widow, Mary. He married. October 23,
1675, in Hingham, Mary Bond. Children :
Simon, born .August 4, 1676 ; Thomas, Feb-
ruary 4, 1678; John, April 3, 1681 ; Josiah,
August 2, 1683 ; Micah, mentioned below ;
Alice, April 26. 1689, married John Crowell.
of Truro; Abigail. June 28, 1692.
(IV) Micah, fifth son of Simon and Hilary
(Bond) Gross, was born February 20, 1686,
in Hingham, and settled in Truro, Massachu-
setts, after ]\Iay, 1709. He died there in 1753,
and was buried in the Old North cemetery.
His first wife, IMarr, died in 1724, aged thir-
ty-five years, and he married Hannah, daugh-
ter of Constant and Jane (Neat) Freeman,
who died in 1758, aged fifty-four years. His
children by first wife were : Simon, born ^Nlay
30, 1709, in Hingham; Ebenezer, 1713; Israel,
1718; Mary, 1720, married, in 1741, Roger
(2) Stevens. His children by second wife
were: Micah, born 1726. lost at sea; Jonah,
1728; Joseph, 1731, lost at sea; Benjamin,
1733; Hannah, 1740; and John, 1744.
(V) Israel, third son of Micah and Mary
Gross, was born in 1718 in Truro, Massachu-
setts, where he was a prominent resident, liv-
ing in the valley south of the graveyard, in
the district known as "Old Orchard." He
subsequently occupied a house in the village
of Truro, where his last days were spent. He
married (first) Elizabeth Rich and (second)
Lvdia Paine. The children by first wife were:
Isaiah (died young); Samuel, born 1743;
Jaquaniah, 1745; Elizabeth, 1748, married
Isaiah .\tkins in 1764; Mary, 1749, married
Barzillai Smith; Joseph, 1751 ; Delia, 1755,
married John Collins in 1774, and died in
181 1. The children by second wife were:
Micah. born 1764; Lydia, 1769; Israel, 1772.
( \'I) Samuel, second son of Israel and Eliz-
abeth (Rich) Gross, was born in 1743 in
Truro. ^Massachusetts, and removed to Bruns-
wick in what is now Maine, in 1760. He pur-
chased land from Pajepscot Company and
lived in Brunswick until his death. He mar-
ried i\Iary, daughter of Aaron Plinckley, of
Brunswick (see Hinckley \') ; a list of their
children is not on record.
(\TI) Israel (2), son of Samuel and Mary
(Hinckley) Gross, was born in Brunswick,
and was a lumberman and saw-mill operator.
He was thrown in the Androscoggin river
while handling logs and his body was buried
in the Old cemetery, at Harding's Crossing.
The records of Brunswick do not give the
date of either his birth or death or the names
of any of his children. He married, Decem-
ber 2-/, 1798. Anna Spear, presumably a
daughter of Robert and Margaret (Smart)
Spear, who were married January 16, 1773. i"
Brunswick. Israel Gross had two sons : Sam-
uel, who died at sea. and John Spear, and a
daughter. Thurza, who married a Parshley, of
Brunswick.
(\'III) John Spear, son of Israel (2) and
.Anna (Spear) Gross, was born June 17, 1807,
in Brunswick, where he passed his life and
died December 3. 1882. He was a well-to-do
farmer and resided in the district of Bruns-
wick, known as New Meadows. He was a
member of the Baptist church and universally
esteemed throughout the town. He was se-
lectman in 1851, again in 1858, and in May,
1861, was chosen a member of the hoard of
relief, by which the town made substantial
provision for the families of those who en-
listed in the civil war. He was interested in
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STATE OF MAINE.
education and sent two of his sons to Bow-
doin College, and one to the University of
Michigan. He married Xancy Coffin, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Susan Lane, of Exeter,
New Hampshire (see Lane VI). She was
born June 6, 1814, died March i, 1870. Chil-
dren: I. Israel, born July 15, 1837, died Feb-
ruary, 1857. 2. Sarah Randall, December 16,
1839, married Isaiah Trufant, who was grad-
uated A.B. at Bowdoin, 1863, A. M., 1866,
and died in Oxford, Ohio, 1883. 3. John
Parshley, May i, 1841, graduated A.B. at
Bowdoin, 1866, A.M., 1869; married Clara,
daughter of James Baker, in 1879; died in
1880 in Plainfield, New Jersey, where he was
several years principal of the public schools.
4. Alary F., died when six months old. 5.
Susan Ellen, April 22. 1845, married, 1876,
Byron F. Marsh, a teacher and writer. 6.
Samuel Lane, mentioned below. 7. Robert
Spear, October 17, 1849, graduated A. B. at
the University of Michigan, 1873, and at the
General Theological Seminary, New York
City, in 1877 ; he was a clergyman of the Epis-
copal church, and for some years one of the
ministers of Trinity Church, New York ; he
died in Florida in 1888.
(IX) Samuel Lane, third son of John Spear
and Xancy Coffin (Lane) Gross, was born
November 18, 1846, in Brunswick, where he
grew up and was prepared for college at the
public schools and under special tutors. He
was graduated from Bowdoin College with
the degree of A. B. in 1872. Three years
later he received the degree of A. M. from his
Alma Mater. He studied law at Columbia
L'niversily, Xew York City, and was admit-
ted to the bar in 1876. in that city, where he
has since engaged actively in the practice of
his profession. While he has been interested
in some important litigation, his practice has
been chiefly in private cases and has gained -
him an excellent standing at the bar of the
Metropolis. He occupies offices at 206 Broad-
v^'ay. He is affiliated witli the Masonic fra-
ternity, being a member of Ancient Lodge,
No. 724, A. F. and A. M. of New York City.
He is a member of All Angels (Protestant
Episcopal) Church and acts politically with
the Republican party. He is a meniljcr of the
Phi Beta Kappa Association of New York
City ; of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and
Club ; of the Bowdoin .Mumni Society and of
the Maine .Society of X'ew York.
He married. July 30, 1903, in New York,
Adelaide Louisa, daughter of Gerard T. and
Catherine L. (Tompkins) Beekman, of New
York.
This is one of the earliest
HIX'CKLEY Massachusetts families and
has been conspicuous in the
history of New England, from its arrival, hav-
ing furnished a governor to the Plymouth
Colony and numerous valuable citizens since
that time. It was early identified with the set-
tlement and development of Maine.
(I) Samuel Hinckley was born 1595, in
Tcnterdon, county of Kent, England, and
came to Boston in the "Hercules," of Sand-
wich (two hundred tons, Captain John With-
erby), July 11, 1637. He located first at Scit-
uate and removed, to Barnstable in 1640, and
died there October 31, 1662. His wife, Sarah,
to whom he was married in England, died
August 16, 1656. Their children were:
Thomas, Susannah, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth,
Samuel (died young), Samuel and John.
(II) Thomas, eldest son of Samuel and
Sarah Hinckley, was born in 1618, died April
25, 1706. He participated in the great Nar-
ragansett fight in 1675, and was representa-
tive to the general court in 1647. ^^e was as-
sistant to the governor, deputy governor in
1680, and governor from 1681 to 1692. He
was king's councilor under Andros frorn 1692
to 1706. He married (first) December 4,
1641, Mary Richards, who died in June, 1659,
having borne him eight children, namely:
Mary, Sarah, Meletiah, Hannah, Samuel,
Thomas, Bathshua and Mehitable. Governor
Hinckley married (second) Afarch 15, 1660,
Mary, (laughter of John Smith and widow of
Nathaniel Glover. She died July 29, 1703,
having borne him nine children, as follows :
Admire, Ebenezer (died young), Alercy, Ex-
perience. John, Abigail, Thankful, Ebenezer
and Reliance.
(III) Samuel (2), second son of Thomas
and Mary (Richards) Hinckley, resided in
Barnstable, ATassachusetts. He married, No-
vember 13, 1676, Alary Pope, and they were
the parents of Mary, born Julv 22, 1678; ATe-
hitable, December 28, 1679: Thomas, Alarch
19, 1681 ; Seth, April 16, 1683: Samuel, men-
tioned below; Elnathan (died young); Job,
Februarv 16, 1688: Shubael, Alav i, 1690;
Alercy, January 11, 1693; Josiah, January 24,
169;, and Elnathan, December 29, 1697.
(I\') Samuel (3), third son of Samuel (2)
and Alar}- (Pope) Hinckley, was horn Sep-
tember 24, i68j, in Barnstable, and removed
to Brunswick, Alaine, in 1739. He married
Alary, daughter of Edmund Freeman, of East-
ham, ATassachusetts, and all his children were
born before his removal to Alaine. The first
six in Harwich and the others in Truro. Thev
STATE OF MAINE.
1851
were: Seth, December 25, 1707; Shubael,
March 25, 1709; Samuel and Mary (twins),
February 7, 171 1; Edmund, November 20,
1712: Reliance, November 21, 1714; Aaron,
mentioned below; Mehitable, December 25.
1718; Experience, January 16, 1720. All of
the sons except Shubael settled in Brunswick.
fV) Aaron, son of Samuel (3) and Mary
(Freeman) Hinckley, was born September
13, 1716, in Truro, Massachusetts, and prob-
ably settled in Brunswick, Maine, before his
father removed there. He was a noted man,
often in the town service, on various commit-
tees, and was selectman in 1745-50-55-59-60.
In 1775 he was judge of the court of ses-
sions of Lincoln county, and issued the war-
rant for the first town meeting of Topsham.
He lost one of his eyes in early life by an
accident.
(VI) Mary, daughter of Aaron Hinckley,
became the wife of Samuel Gross, of Bruns-
wick (see Gross VI).
This name is of the class called
L.-\XE locative surnames, that is, those
showing where the person lived,
"John atte Lane," "William at Lane," are
often found in English records of four hun-
dred years ago, and show that the person
named lived in a narrow street. Lane is of
English origin, but for hundreds of years has
been found in all four quarters of Great
Britain. Among the early settlers of Eng-
land there were at least a dozen named Lane.
There is a tradition that William Lane, of
Boston, had two brothers, cordwainers, in
Beverly, or Gloucester, Massachusetts, and in
Maine, were nephews of William Lane, of
Dorchester, Massachusetts, who in 1635 came
from Norfolk county, England, whose two
adult sons, Andrew and George, settled in
Hingham, Massachusetts. The Lane family
of this article is notable for the number and
local prominence of its members in military
afifairs, three generations having been cap-
tains in the revolutionary war. Since the rev-
olutionary period the Lanes have been equally
prominent in the pursuit of peaceful occupa-
tions.
(I) William Lane, above referred to as of
Boston, the earliest of this line of whom we
have record, was a cordwainer of Boston in
1650. His first wife was Mary, who had four
children: Samuel (died young), Samuel,
John and Mary. His second wife, Mary
(Brewer) Lane, had four children: Sarah,
William, Elizabeth and Ebenezer.
(II) William (2), second child and eldest
son of William (i) and Mary (Brewer)
Lane, born October i, 1659, was a tailor by
trade. He joined the North Church. Boston,
in 1681, and in 1686 removed to Hampton,
New Hampshire, where he settled on a grant
of ten acres. He built a one-story house near
the meeting house and the spot where the old
academy stood. He is said to have been "a
devout and godly man," living a quiet and
humble life, respected by those who knew him.
He died at the home of his son Joshua, Feb-
ruary 14, 1749, aged about ninety years. He
married, June 21, 1680, Sarah, daughter of
Thomas and Sarah (Brewer) Webster, born
January 22, 1661, died January 6, 1745, and
they had seven children : John, Sarah, Eliza-
beth. .Abigail, Joshua, Samuel and Thomas.
(HI) Deacon Joshua, fifth child and sec-
ond son of \\'ilHam (2) and Sarah (Webster)
Lane, was born June 6, i6g6, and was killed
while standing on his door step after a shower,
June 14. 1766. Lie and his wife joined the
church in Hampton, March 10, 1718. Here
he resided on a farm on the road to North
Hampton, one-half mile north of the present
railroad station, and carried on the trade of
tanner and shoemaker. He married, Decem-
ber 24, 1717, Bathsheba, daughter of .Samuel
and Marv Robie, born .Augnst 2. i6q6, old
■Style, died April 13, 1765. They had sixteen
children, eight 'sons and five daughters of
whom lived to become useful members of so-
ciety. He had sixty grandchildren before his
death. His children were : Deacon Samuel,
Mary, Joshua (died young), William, Joshua,
Josiah (died young). Major John, Sarah,
Bathsheba, Isaiah, Deacon Jeremiah, Eben-
ezer, Abigail, Elizabeth, Josiah and Anna.
(IV) Deacon William (3), third son and
fourth child of Deacon Joshua and Bathsheba
(Robie) Lane, was born January i, 1723, and
baptized on the tenth of the following Feb-
ruary, in Hampton. He was a tanner and
shoemaker by occupation, and his estate con-
tinued in the family for many years, being
occupied in very recent years by his great-
grandson. He died December 20, 1802, but
a few days short of eighty years of age. He
married, February 13, 1746, Rachel, daughter
of Thomas and Rachel (Sanborn) Ward, of
Hampton. Their children were : Noah (died
young), Abigail, Ward, William, Noah,
Thomas and Jeremiah.
(V) Deacon William (4), third son of Wil-
liam (3) and Rachel (Ward) Lane, was born
November 2;^. 1753, died October 24, 1837.
He was a member of the Congregational
church, resided at Hampton, New Hampshire.
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STATE OF MAINE.
and married Mary Dow, who was born No-
vember i6, 1751. Their children were: i.
W'ilham. lx)rn October 30, i""/. 2. Samuel,
mentioned below. 3. Joshua. Januarj* 22,
1782. 4. John, May 18, 1784, married Abi
Cram. 5. Mary, October 24, 1786. 6. Mc-
shech, April 15. 1789. 7. Joel, .\ugust 25,
1791, married Mahala Brown. 8. William,
May 4. 1794, married (first) Abigail Daniels
and (second) Mary C. Smith.
(VI) Samuel, second son of Deacon ^^'il-
liam (4) and Mary (Dow) Lane, was born
October 9, 1779, died August 18, 1825, at
Stratham. New Hampshire. He was a cooper
and farmer, and resided in Exeter, where his
five children were born. He married Susan
James, of Hampton, New Hampshire, who
died -August 27, 1871, aged ninety-one years.
Their children were: i. George, born in 1805,
married (first) Sarah Lane; his second wife
was also named Sarah. 2. Samuel, 1807. mar-
ried Sabrina Brock. 3. Mary, 1810, married
Benj&min Furbish, of Wells. ^Laine. 4. Nancy
C. 5. William F.. 1818, married Mary Barr.
(A'H) Nancy Coffin, younger of the two
daughters of Samuel and Susan (James)
Lane, married John S. Gross, of Brunswick,
Maine. (See Gross VHL)
The Merrill family is an an-
]\IERRILL cient and kniyhtly one, origi-
nally domiciled in the Prov-
ince of Aisne, France, where the name is per-
petuated by the village of Alerle, which keeps
the original orthography. There was also a
Huguenot family bearing this patronymic at
Place de Dombes in the same country. The
Merrills were knighted, both in France and
England, and one coat-of-arms bears the
motto, "Vincit qui Patitur" (He conquers who
endures). Another coat-of-arms has especial
interest for the .\merican branch, because it
was used in 1726 on a deed given by Thomas
Merrill, of Salisbury, ^Massachusetts, grand-
son of Nathaniel, the original immigrant. This
emblem, to use heraldic nomenclature, has a
barrulet between three peacocks' heads erased
proper: crest, a peacock's head erased proper.
This, being interpreted, signifies that the pea-
cocks' heads arc in their natural colors and
torn off at the neck. The motto given with
this escutcheon is the familiar, "Per Aspera
Ad Astra."
The Merrills arc one of the oldest families
in New England, having been in this country
since the first third of the seventeenth cen-
turj'. Nathaniel Merrill and his brother John
were among the first settlers of Newbury,
Massachusetts. John was there in 1635, and
was one of the earliest grantees, and his name
appears among the list of landholders at Ips-
wich in 1636. The origin of some of these
local names is interesting. The town of Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, was founded in 1633. and
two years later some of the inhabitants of this
place went a few miles northward to the
Parker river, where they made a new settle-
ment which they called Newbury, in honor of
the former residence of their pastor, the Rev.
Thomas Parker, who had been curate at New-
burj' in Berkshire, England. Nathaniel Mer-
rill received a grant of land at Newbury on
the "Neck" south of the Parker river. May
5, 1638, and may have been there earlier. He
is the ancestor of all the Merrills in the L'nitcd
States, who can trace their origin to this
period, as his brother John had no sons, and
other Merrill immigrants are of more recent
date. It is not known from what country in
England the brothers, Nathaniel and John,
migrated, but the name was of frequent oc-
currence in Essex and Suffolk during the sev-
enteenth century.
(I) Nathaniel ]\Ierrill, born in \\'iltshire,
England, 1610, probably lived in Newbury
about twenty years, as he died there March
16, 1654-55. One account says that he came
to Ipswich in 1633, ^""^ moved to Newbury a
year or two later. Most genealogists give his
wife's name as Susannah Jourdaine. or Jor-
dan, but more recent investigation shows that
this is probabl)' incorrect. Her maiden name
was Woltcrton, or Willerton, and after Na-
thaniel Alerrill's death she married a second
husband named Jordan, whence the confusion.
The descendants of Nathaniel and Susannah
(Willerton) Merrill are numerous, and they
are true to the family motto. Many of them
take high rank as clergymen : others are prom-
inent in railroad or financial circles. Eight
children were born to the pioneer couple :
John, 1635, married Sarah Watson, and
moved to Connecticut, where the name has
multiplied ; Abraham, 1637, married Abigail
Webster; Nathaniel, 1638, see forward; Su-
sanna. 1640; Daniel, 1642. married Sarah
Clough, May 14, 1668; Abel. 1644, married
Priscilla Chase, February 21, 1670; Thomas,
1648.
(H) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i)
Merrill, was born in 1638. He married, Oc-
tober 6, 1661, Joanna Kinney. They lived in
Newbury, Massachusetts, where their children
were born: John, February 16, 1663, mar-
ried (first) Lucy Webster, (second) Mary
; Nathaniel, February 8. 1665, married
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STATE OF ^lAIXE.
1853
two wives whose christian names were Re-
becca and Sarah ; Peter, August, 1667, mar-
ried Mary ; Hannah. July 12, 1672;
and Mary, September 18. 1675. The hne di-
vides with the sons of Nathaniel (2). Roth
John and Nathaniel (3) ]\Ierrill had a de-
scendant, Ezekiel, and it is not known which
was the great-grandfather of Samuel F. Mer-
rill, whose sketch follows later. As the mat-
ter is in doubt, both branches are given.
(Ill) Nathaniel (3), second son of Na-
thaniel (2) and Joanna (Kinney) IMerrill,
was born in Newbury, February 8, 1665, and
died in Haverhill, July 4, 1758. He married
Rebecca , who died in i68g, leaving a
son Nathaniel (4), born November 23, 1688.
Nathaniel (4) had a son, Roger, born in 1713.
Roger ^lerrill ma'rried j\lary , and they
had a son, Ezekiel, born December g. 1748. All
of this branch of the family were born at New-
bury, Alassachusetts. There are now no Aler-
rills living in Newbury, although a portion of
the land first occupied by the family, situated
at the junction of Parker river and its chief
tributary, is still owned by Alerrills, and has
ever borne the name of Cape IMcrrill.
(I\') It is not known which Ezekiel,
whether the one born in 1748 or the one born
in 1731 (see above), was the father of the
Ezekiel in the next paragraph ; hence the au-
thenticated line begins with the following gen-
eration.
(\') Ezekiel (2), son of Ezekiel Merrill, the
pioneer of Hebron, Maine, was born about
1767, probably in Newbury, ?vlassachusetts. At
the age of nineteen he went to Hebron, then
Shepardsfield, and bought twenty-five acres of
wild land, the germ of the magnificent farm
of several hundred acres now occupied by his
grandson. Ezekiel. By industry and thrift
Ezekiel (2) developed this place, and closed a
life of active usefulness in 1857, dying at the
age of ninety years. In politics he was a Whig
and in religion a Congregationalist. During
his last years he became extremely deaf, and
he carried an immense ear-trumpet to c^irch
in order to hear the sermon. His father, the
first Ezekiel IMerrill, came to Hebron after its
incorporation and passed his last years there.
Among the children of Ezekiel (2) Merrill
were six sons : Ezekiel, Joseph, Samuel,
whose sketch follows; Seth j\l., Isaac and Fes-
senden.
(\'I) Samuel, son of Ezekiel (2) Merrill,
was born at Hebron, ]\Iaine, 1808, and died in
185 1. He married Sarah Jane, daughter of
Stephen and Olive Atwood, of West Alinot.
She was born February 13, 181 1, and after
nearly forty years of widowhood died Alarch
27, i88g, at the home of her son in Auburn,
where she had spent the latter part of her life.
Mrs. Merrill was a woman of strong charac-
ter, self-reliant, practical, industrious and of
great executive ability. Her thought fulness,
combined with her pleasant and amiable man-
ner, made her a most valuable adjunct in the
sick-room where she was often found. In re-
ligious belief she was a thorough Universalist,
and was ever loyal to her faith in the abiding
love of God. Children of Samuel and Sarah
Jane (Atwood) iMerrill who attained maturity
and married were: i. Eliza J., married W.
G. ilillett, of West i\Iinot, Maine, and died
at the age of thirty-two, leaving one son,
Charles R. IMillett, who now resides at West
JMinot. 2. Olive B., married Hiram C. Bar-
rows, and died at the age of thirty-eight, leav-
ing one son, Charles F. Barrows, who resides
in Auburn, Elaine, and is a merchant. 3.
Samuel Fessenden, whose sketch follows.
(\'II) Samuel Fessenden, only son of Sam-
uel and Sarah Jane (Atwood) Alerrill, was
born at West Minot, Maine, March i,. 1846.
His father died when he was five years of
age, and Samuel F. availed himself of every
chance to earn money during the intervals of
attending school. Mr. ^Merrill's first connec-
tion with shoe manufacturing, a business that
was destined to be his life work, was as ^.n
errand boy for i\Ir. Ara Cushman. More im-
portant tasks were early confided to the boy
by Mr. Cushman, and his performance of
them so pleased his employer that he in time
looked upon him as a valuable assistant. W'hen
]\Ir. Cushman transferred his shoe business to
Auburn, Mr. Merrill soon followed to aid in
the development of this great industry. No
young man ever more thoroughly mastered
and observed the fundamental laws of trade
than did Mr. Merrill, who made himself in-
valuable to the firm to which he was admitted
as partner in 1868, increasing its prosperity
by his strict application to business. He was
the Boston salesman for ten years, luring
which period he acquired an intimate knowl-
edge of the needs of the market and of the
representative men in the shoe trade. This
experience demonstrated his ability to master
every situation, and when the Ara Cushman
Company was incorporated he was selected to
act as its treasurer. He is a keen judge of
men, an expert in directing them, and an ac-
curate interpreter of the demands of the mar-
ket. Mr. ilerrill was one of the incorporators
of the Auburn Trust Company, and upon its
organization was made president. He is also
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STATE OF MAINE.
president of the Auburn Library Association
and of the Auburn Home for Aged Women.
He is a vahied member of the Ehn Street Uni-
versalist Church, a Republican in pohtics, a
member of the Auburn Board of Trade, and
a member of Tranquil Lodge, A. F. and A.
I\L, of Auburn, and of Lewiston Comman-
dery, K. T. He is connected with many phil-
anthropic institutions and a liberal contributor
to all. Mr. Merrill married, December 29,
1870, Delia B., daughter of William R. and
Ardelia (Prince) Hersey, of Lincoln, Maine,
Mrs. Hersey was a sister of Hon. Job Prince,
of Turner, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill
have one daughter, Grace Fessenden, born
May 7, 1872, married William F. Garcelon,
of Newton, Massachusetts; their children:
Fessenden Merrill and Grace, living, and
Lucy, who died aged about one year.
(For preceding generation see Nathaniel Merrill I.)
(H) Deacon John, eldest
MERRILL child of Nathaniel and Su-
sanna (Wolterton) (Jordan)
Merrill, was born 1635, i" Newbury, and set-
tled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1656. He
was a farmer, a tanner and currier by trade,
and had a lot in Hartford in 1657, and was
made freeman there in 1638. He was a dea-
con in the church and a man of importance in
the community. He received much of the
estate of Daniel Wolterton, after whom he
named one of his sons. John Merrill died in
Hartford, July 18, 171 2, at which time his
eight sons were living. He was married in
1663 to Sarah, daughter of John and Mar-
garet Watson, of Hartford, and their children
were: Sarah, Nathaniel. John, Abraham,
Daniel Wolterton, Susanna, Abel, Isaac aiui
Jacob.
( III) Jacob, youngest child of Deacon John
and .Sarah (Watson) Merrill, was born March
27, 1 686, in Hartford, and probably passed
his life there. Further record of him does not
appear.
(IV) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (i) Merrill,
was a resident of Cumberland, Maine, but no
further record of him is now discoverable.
(V) Josiah, son of Jacob (2) Alerrill, was
born October 22, 1765, in Cumberland, and
was baptized May 10, 1767, in North Yar-
mouth church. He purchased fifty acres of
land in North Yarmouth for forty pounds,
which was located on what is known as the
Merrill Road, about half a mile from the Free-
port line. He built a house on this land, into
which he brought his bride immediately after
marriage. In 1805, he built a one-story frame
house on the east end of his land, where he
had a large orchard. He married, October 7,
1790, Eunice Merrill, of Falmoutli, who was
born April 21, 1772. The farm on which he
resided was in what is now Pownal, and here
their children were reared. No public record
of their names appears, but a family record of
one of their sons has been preserved and this
makes it possible to continue the line. j\Ir.
Merrill was a quiet prudent man and was re-
garded by his fellows as an excellent citizen.
His wife was a woman of superior intellect,
an independent woman with high ideals; they
were associated with the Freeport Congrega-
tional church until 1811, when they affiliated
with the church at Pownal. The wife died
February 25, 1837, at the age of si.xty-five
years, and was survived more than nine years
by her husband, who died July 7, 1846, in his
eighty-first year.
(VI) Moses, son of Josiah and Eunice
(Merrill) Merrill, was born April 12, 1796, in
Pownal, and died October 23, 1877, in Free-
port, Maine, where he was a farmer and en-
gaged to some extent in the manufacture of
brick in the early days. His farm lay partly
in each town. He was many years deacon of
the Congregational church at Pownal Center,
and a respected citizen ; a Whig and Republi-
can in politics. He married Almira Prince,
born December i, 1793, in Yarmouth, died
September 3, 1882, in Freeport. Their chil-
dren were: Caroline, Harriett, Louisa, Al-
mira, Horace Prince and Harriett Almira.
(VII) Horace Prince, only son of Moses
an<l Almira (Prince) Merrill, was born July
20, 1 83 1, in Freeport, where he grew up. At
the age of eighteen years he went to sea on
the bark "Lillius," and became ship's car-
penter. The next year he went on the bark
"General Taylor," and in 1851 went on the
ship "Samuel Fayles." In 1856 he shij^ped on
the bark "Palestine,"' and in 1862 on the ship
"Alice Ball." Most of these vessels were em-
ployed in the coasting trade, and in 1873 he
was^n command of the schooner "Roxanna
Burleigh." He was also on the ship "Old
England" in 1848. On retiring from the sea,
he engaged at farming in Pownal, Maine,
where he now resides. During the civil war
he was a member of Company B. Twenty-fifth
Maine Infantry, which organization was
chiefly occupied in guarding the national cap-
itol. He is past commander of Haskell Post,
G. A. R., of Yarmouth, and is a member of
Granite Grange, P. of H.. at Pownal. Mr.
Merrill is a (Tongregationalist in religion and
a steadfast Republican in political principle.
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1855
He marrieil (first) January 3, 1S54, Delia A.
P. Waite, of Freeport, daughter of Captain
Charles and Olive (Pettengill) Waite. Their
children are : George Waite, William Rich-
ards, Flora Prince, Edwin S., Lena Ives and
Harry Pettengill. IMr. Merrill married (sec-
ond) April II, 1880, Elmira lienderson, who
bore him three children : Edith Adel, Lewis
Perley and Morris Ellsworth.
(VIII) Edwin Sweetzer, third son of Hor-
ace P. and Delia A. P. (Waite) Merrill, was
born February 16, 1863, at Freeport, and be-
gan his education in the public schools of that
town, passing through high school, and grad-
uating in 1883. He was subsequently a stud-
ent of Maine Wesleyan Seminary, graduating
1885, \\'illiams College, 1884, and Columbia
University Law School, at Washington. D.
C, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1892.
During his student days he engaged in teach-
ing, and was employed in the national post-
office department at Washington, while pur-
suing his law course, the latter occupying his
evenings. He entered the office of Judge T.
N. Little, of Aliddletown, New York, and was
admitted to the bar in Brooklyn, in 1894. For
seven years he practiced at Middletown and
removed to New York City in igoi ; at that
time he became a partner of Thomas Watts,
and has so continued in general practice under
the title of Watts & Merrill. He is a member
of the New York County Lawyers Associa-
tion, and secretary of committee on gratuity
fund ; of the Royal Arcanum ; Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and attorney for the
grand lodge of New York; Modern Wood-
men of America ; and Mitchell Camp, Sons of
\'eterans, of Harlem. He is a member of the
Congregational church of Middletown, the
Maine Society in New York, and a Democrat
in political principles. In 1907 he was nomi-
nated by the Independence League for the
office of justice of the city court, and his nom-
ination was endorsed by the Republicans, but
the fusion ticket of that year was defeated.
His home is in Bronx Borough, where he pur-
chased a house in 1908. He married (first)
September 5, 1895, Stella Parsons and has a
daughter. Vera Florence. He married (sec-
ond) June 4, 1908, Juha (Boyd) Bacon,
widow of William Bacon, and daughter of
George W. and Mary (Iric) Boyd.
(For preceding generation see Nathaniel Merrill I.)
(II) Sergeant Daniel, fourth
MERRILL son of Nathaniel and Susan-
nah (Wolterton) (Jordan)
Merrill, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts,
August 20, 1642, and lived there mostly, but
spent his later life with his son John in Haver-
hill, Massachusetts. He took the oath of fidel-
ity and allegiance in 1668, admitted to the
church in Newbury in 1681, and made a free-
man in 1682. He died June 27, 1717, and his
will was dated July 12 of that year. He mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of John and Jane Clough,
of Watertown, Massachusetts, who died i\Iarch
18, 1705. He married (second) Sarah j\Ior-
rill, the double widow of Philip Rowell and
Onesiphorus Page. Children : Daniel, John,
Sarah, Ruth, Moses, Martha and Stephen.
(III) Deacon John, second son of Daniel
and Sarah (Clough) JMerrill, was born in
Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1674, a house-
smith, a soldier in 1710, and admitted to the
church in 1718. He died June 7, 1756; his
will was made February 28, 1753. He mar-
ried Mary Allen, of Salisbury. They had :
Abel, John, Mary, Daniel, Thomas, Ruth,
Hannah and Gideon.
(IV) Abel, first son of Deacon John and
}ilary (Allen) Merrill, was born in Salisbury,
and removed to Wells, Maine, about 1725, and
subsequently to Cape Arundel, now Kenne-
bunkport. He was killed by a black fish while
out fishing in a small boat. He married Mary
Harding, and had one son, who will be de-
scribed in the next paragraph.
(V) Gideon, only son and child of Abel
and ]\Iary (Harding) Merrill, was born in
Arundel, Alaine, and married Dorothy Wilder.
They had several children, one of whom was
named Jacob.
(VI) The Jacob iMerrill with whom we
have to do might have been and probably was
the eldest child of Gideon and Dorothy
(Wilder) Merrill. He lived in North Yar-
mouth, Cumberland and Bowdoin. He was in
the war for independence, credited from Arun-
del, Captain Tobias Lord's company. He
married Sarah Huff. Children : Josiah,
Eunice, Joanna, Jacob, ^^'illiam, Abigail, Ben-
jamin, Nathan N. and John.
(VII) Nathan Noyes, fifth son of Jacob
and Sarah (Huff) Merrill, was born Novem-
ber 28, 1784, in Bowdoin, Massachusetts. His
education was acquired in the common scliools
of that place, and he was for many years a
farmer, later moving to Lewiston, Maine,
then an unbroken wilderness on the banks of
the Androscoggin. He married a Miss Jack-
son, by whom he had the following children :
Isaiah, Freeman H., Elias, Mary, Israel, John
H. and Amos.
(VIII) Isaiah, eldest son of Nathan and
(Jackson) ]\Ierrill, was born about
1856
STATE OF MAINE.
1832. He attended the common schools of
Eowdoin and Lcwiston, learning the painter's
trade, which he followed the most of his life.
With his father he was an early settler in that
citv, and as a boy he cut wood where the city
hail now stands. ' When he became a voter the
Republican party was about being formed, and
he became one of its early adherents and stuck
to the party until he died. He married
Electa M. Luce, who survived her first born,
the subject of the next sketch, only six
months. He married (second) Addie Hans-
com, bv whom he had two children: Fred-
erick M. and Frank II.. both deceased; re-
sided in Boston; married (third) Cora
Creamer, who is still living; Mr. Merrill died
Augu.st 13, 1895.
(IX) John H., only child of Isaiah and
Electa M. (Luce) Merrill, was born in Lew-
iston, r^laine, August 2, 1865. He acquired a
rudimentary education in his native city. Dur-
ing his school days he sold newspapers and
workctl during vacations to obtain money to
continue his schooling. At the age of sixteen
he entered the poor boys' college, a newspaper
office, where he worked at the case until 1890.
when he bought out a printing establishment.
In 1891 he sold a half interest to Hon. John
R. Webber, ex-mayor of Auburn. The follow-
ing year the business demanded larger quar-
ters and they removed to their present com-
modious building, and now employ twenty
people. They do job printing, book binding,
publish city and county directories for the
greater part of Maine. Mr. Merrill stands
high in Masonry. He was raised to the Mas-
ter's degree at Auburn, has taken the capitular
degree, accorded the council degree, received
the order of the temple, enrolled in the Arabic
Order of the Mystic Shrine, admitted to the
Scottish rite, and is a thirty-second. He is
also a prominent member of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, of the Knights
of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Red
Men.
(For first generation see Nathaniel Merrill I.)
(II) Abel, -son of Nathaniel
MERRILL and Susannah (Wolterton)
(Jordan) JNIerrill, was born
February 20, 1644, in Newbury, Massachu-
setts, and died there October 28, 1689. He
was a mariner, and is said to have brought the
first vessel over the IMerrimac bar. He was
married February 10, 1671, to Priscilla Chase,
born in Newbury, March 4, 1649. daughter of
Aquila and Anne (W'heeler) Chase. .Anne
Wheeler was the daughter of John Wheeler,
of Hampton, New Hampshire, who was born
in Salisbury, England, and moved to New-
bury, where he was granted land in 1646.
Their children were: .\bel, Susannah, Nathan,
Thomas, Joseph, Nathaniel, Priscilla and
James.
(Ill) Nathaniel (2), sixth son of Abel and
Priscilla (Chase) Merrill, was born February
6, 16S4, in Newbury, and passed his life there,
dying February 22, 1743. He was married
July 28, i/og, to Hannah, daughter of Thomas
and Martha Bartlett Stephens. She was born
April 30, 1682, probably, and died February 3,
1736- .
(I\ ) Roger, eldest child of Nathaniel (2)
and Hannah (Stephens) Merrill, and only one
of their children to attain maturity, was born
March 10, 1712, in Newbury, and died there
May 12, 1791. He was married (first) March
10, 1730, to Mary, daughter of Ezekiel and
Ruth (Emery) Hale. She was born July 13,
1714, and died December 21, 1773, aged sixty
years, and he was married (second) October
3, 1774, at Amcsbury, to Sarah, widow of
Rev. William Johnson, of West Newbury.
She was born 1707, and survived him more
than nine years, dying March 16, i8oi. His
fifteen children were : Nathaniel, Hannah,
Mary (died young), Edna, Mary, Elizabeth
(died young), Priscilla (died young), Roger
(died young), Roger (died young), Priscilla,
Ezekiel, John, Joseph, Roger and Elizabeth.
(V) Nathaniel (3), eldest child of Roger
and !\Iary (Hale) Merrill, was born April 13,
1732, in West Newbury. Pie owned land in
Nottingham West, now Hudson, New Hamp-
shire, where he resided most of his life. He
was married November 17, 1755, to Mary,
fifth daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Sargent, of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Their children
were: Nathaniel (died young), Dorothy,
Roger, Thomas, J^Iary, Betsy Bradstreet and
Ezekiel,
(VI) Roger (2), second son of Nathaniel
(3) and Mary (Sargent) Merrill, was born
February i, 1761, in West Newbury, and was
a child when his parents removed to Notting-
ham West. There he enlisted for several pe-
riods of service during the revolutionary war,
in 1778-79, covering a period of seventeen
months, all together. lie served in Colonel
Moony "s New Hampshire regiment for sev-
eral months in Rhode Island, was in a Massa-
chusetts company commanded by Captain Em-
erson, and was three months at West Point in
Captain Solomon Kimball's command, as a
teamster. He was a stone mason by occupa-
tion, and was skillful at his trade. A man of
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1857
very strong personality, he was self-reliant and
independent in action, very firm in holding his
opinions, but was much respected as a man
and a good citizen and was noted for his
kindness and chivalry toward his wife and
daughters. His sons thought him a hard man,
because of his stern adherance to his Puri-
tanical ideas. He was a pioneer settler in
Durham, Maine, where he died, June 15, 1852,
at the age of ninety-one years, four months
and fifteen days. He resided in Durham until
1802, and was subsequently, for a time, a resi-
dent of Portland and Litchfield, Maine, but re-
turned to Durham in his last days. He was
married February 2, 1785, in Xew Gloucester,
Maine, to Dorothy, daughter of Flon. John
(4) Gushing, of Royalsborough and Free-
port, ]\Iaine (see Gushing X). She was born
May 2, 1769, in Salisbury, Massachusetts', and
died December 28, 1863, in Litchfield. Their
children were : Orlando, Dorothy, John, Jona-
than, Joel, Elizabeth, Edward, Galeb, William.
Jesse, Mary Sargent, Sarah, and an infant
who died unnamed.
(VH) Edward, fourth son of Roger (2)
and Dorothy (Gushing) Merrill, was born
July 14, 1800, in Durham, and was two years
of age when the family moved to Portland.
At the age of eleven years he ran away and
went to sea and continued upon the ocean
about twenty-five years. He never returned
to his native place until he had become a
captain of a vessel, and was then thirtv-seven
years of age. His educational opportunities
were necessarily limited, but he was a man of
great ability and executive force and made a
success of life. After retiring from the sea,
he settled in Xew Bedford, ^Massachusetts,
where he became engaged in the manufacture
of oil and candles, and built MerrilTs wharf,
one of the finest of that port. Gaptain Mer-
rill was a man of artistic temperament and a
great lover of flowers and nature in all its
forms. He did some excellent painting and
had a farm on an island in Xew Bedford
harbor, where he passed much time with his
friends and indulged his love of nature. He
had property interests in Galifornia, and was
enabled to gratify his tastes and live in in-
dependence. He was extremely independent
of character ; was a wide and careful reader,
and became very well informed on many
topics. He was an attendant of the Unitarian
church, and was a Democrat in politics, tak-
ing considerable interest in the welfare of his
party, and served as delegate in the state
and national conventions. He enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of his fellows and was
called upon to fill various town offices, after
settling in Xew Bedford. He was married
October 5, 1827, to Mary Converse, daughter
of Dr. John and Sally (Hanson) Converse, of
Durham, Maine (see Converse VH). They
were the parents of six children : L John Con-
verse, married Matty H., daughter "of George
V. Barker, of Xew Bedford, and resides in
Los Angeles, California. 2. Mary Converse,
wife of James H. Myrick. of Dorchester,
Massachusetts. 3. Edward B., receives fur-
ther mention below. 4. George Barney, grad-
uated from Harvard College in 1859, married
Mary A. Bryant, and resides in San Francisco,
California. 5. Charles Roger, died in Xew
Bedford, leaving no issue. 6. Frank Hanson,
died in 1906, in Oakland, California, leaving
no issue.
(\Tn) Edward Bagley, second son of Ed-
ward and Mary (Converse) Merrill, was born
January 25, 1835, in ^'ew Bedford, and re-
ceived good educational ad^■anlages. For some
time, he was a student at Xorwich University,
A'ermont. a military school under the charge
of Colonel Alden Partridge, a former superin-
tendent of West Point. He fitted for college
at Phillips Exter Academy, and was gradu-
ated from Bowdoin College with the degree of
bachelor of arts in 1857. This institution sub-
sequently conferred upon him the degree of
master of arts. Having decided to take up the
practice of law, he spent eight months of studv
in the office of Flon. William W. Crapo, in
Xew Bedford, and subsequently attended the
Cambridge Law School. Early in i860 he
removed to X'ew York city and spent three
months in the office of Stanley & Langdell,
and was admitted to the bar of X'ew York
city in May of that year. Since that time he
has been engaged in the general practice of
law, giving preference to will cases, and those
involving corporation law. He has been em-
ployed in some very important cases, and ar-
gued before the United States supreme court
a case involving the "property" in a stock
exchange seat, the leading case of the kind
now quoted in the law books. j\lr. Merrill has
a decided literary taste, has given consirlerable
time to genealogical research, and has been
a contributor on various topics to papers and
magazines. Before the American Social
Science Association, in 1882, he gave an ad-
dress on "County Jails and Reformatory In-
stitutions." Another popular address given by
him before the State Bar Association was en-
titled, "Hints Upon Professional Ethics." He
also gave a feeling "Tribute to the Life of
Public Services and George W. Curtis," be-
i8.s8
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fore the American Social Science Association,
at Saratoga. New York. He is a member of
the board of managers of the New York State
Colonization Society, of the executive com-
mittee of the Prison Association and board of
management of the Burnham Industrial Farm.
Mr. Merrill is a member of the University
Club and the Good Government Club. In Sep-
tember, 1896, he was appointed librarian of
the Association of the Bar of Xew York, and
held the position one year. .-\ man of genial
nature and most kindly instincts, of urbane
manners and democratic habits, he is highly
esteemed by all who know him. He has never
sought political preferrment and has acted in-
dependently in election contests, though his
sympathies are chiefly with the Democratic
party. He was married September 12, 1S61,
to ^lary Elizabeth Gibbs, of New Bedford,
born Febuary 7. 1838. daughter of .■\lexander
and Mary Gibbs. Their only son, Edward
Gibbs IMcrrill, graduated at Columbia Uni-
versity in the class of 1897, and is now Libe-
rian Consul for New York. He married, De-
cember 18, 1908, Daisy Lee Hall, daughter
of Dr. Rowland B. Hall, of Macon, Georgia.
(For preceding generations see Abel Merrill II.)
(Ill) Thomas, third son of
AIERRILL .Abel and Priscilla (Chase)
Merrill, was born January 1,
1679, in Newbury, and resided in Salisbury.
He married Judith Kent, and they were the
parents of twelve children.
(IV) James, son of Thomas and Judith
(Kent) IMerrill, was born May 6, 1719. in
Salisbury and probably lived in Southampton.
He was married in Hampton, January 18,
1739, to Apphia Osgood, and they were the
parents of Mary, James, Apphia, Nathan,
Levi, Winthrop and Dudley.
(V) Levi, third son of James and .Vpphia
(Osgood) Merrill, was born January 30, 1750,
in that part of Hampton which is now South-
ampton, New Hampshire, and settled in Elaine
where he died in 1818. He married Hannah
Bean, of Shapleigh. and their children were :
Levi, John, Asa, Benjamin, Nathan, James,
Seth, Hannah and Sarah.
(\T) John, second son of Levi and Hannah
(Bean) Merrill, was born August 20, 1775,
in Raymond, New Hampshire, and died in
Harmony, Maine, February, 1857. He mar-
ried Betsey Doore, daughter of Isaiah and
Betsey (or Hannah) (Hussey) Doore, of
Dover, New Hampshire, in 1796. She was
born 1777 and died 187 1. Children: Asa,
Hannah, John H., Rufus, Betsey, James,
Martha, Eli, Richard Hussey, Joseph Palmer,
Benjamin Bisbie, Mary and Russell.
(VH) Asa, eldest child of John and Betsy
(Doore) IMerrill, was born November 16, 1797,
in Shapleigh, ]\Iaine, moved to Dexter early,
and there spent his life. By occupation he was
a shoemaker. He was identified with the Bap-
tist church. In politics he was first a Whig
and later a Republican. He married Betsey
Emerson and their chililren were: Eliza. Rox-
anna, Catherine, Esther, Alonzo Allen and
Ithamar Bowles.
(VHI) Ithamar Bowles, youngest son of
Asa and Betsey (Emerson) Merrill was born
July 14, 1 83 1, in Dexter, and is now living in
that town. He was educated in the public
schools of his native town, and is still en-
gaged at the occupation which he learned
from iiis father, although nearly eighty years
of age. He is a Baptist in religion, a Repub-
lican in politics and a member of the Masonic
order, affiliating with De.xter Lodge of his
home town. He was a soldier of the civil
war, enlisting September 10, 1862, in Company
E, Twenty-second Maine Infantry, and was
discharged August 14, 1863. He was married
in Dexter to Mary Augusta Toward, born
May 20, 1844, in Freedom, Maine, daughter
of James and Olive (Ireland) Toward. Her
father was a son of James and Sally (Carr)
Toward. The former was a son of the immi-
grant who landed at Boston and believed to
be of Scotch birth. The children of Ithamar
B. i\Ierrill were : Elmer Delmont, Cleo Maud
and Edna Clifton. The elder daughter is the
wife of R. \V. Hughes, of Foxcroft, having a
son, Donald, and daughter, Mary; and the
younger daughter is wife of Charles F. D.
Marsh, an attorney of De.xter. The latter has
a daughter, Isabel.
(IX) Dr. Elmer Delmont, eldest child and
only son of Ithamar Bowles and Mary A.
(Toward) ]\Icrrill, was born at Dexter,
Maine, February 24, 1865. He was educated
in the schools of his native town and at the
Coburn Classical Institute, and was graduated
from the Hahnemann Medical College of
Philadelphia in 1886. Dr. Merrill at once es-
tablished himself at Fo.xcroft, Maine, where
he has since resided. He is a Republican in
politics. He attends the Congregational
church, and takes much interest in the Masonic
order. He belongs to l\Iosaic Lodge of Fox-
croft, to Piscataquis Royal Arch Chapter, and
to Saint John's Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar, of Bangor. He is also a member of
Kora Temple, and of Onawa Lodge, Knights
of Pythias. On November 27, 1888, Dr. Elmer
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Delmoiit Merrill married Lora AI. Dyer,
daughter of T. F. and Frances W. Dyer, of
Foxcroft, ;\Iaine, who was born at New Sha-
ron, March 5, 1862. Dr. and Mr. Merrill
have an adopted daughter, Marion Dyer Mer-
rill, born at Foxcroft, December 26, 1898.
(For preceding generations see Daniel Merrill II.)
(Ill) Daniel (2), eldest son
iMERRILL of Daniel (1) and Sarah
(Clough) 2\lerrill, was born
March 15, 1671, and received a homestead in
Newbury by the will of his father. His es-
tate was administered on September 29, 1725.
He took to wife Esther Chase, also of New-
burv, and they had several children, among
them Edmund, Moses and Daniel. The cor-
respondence of their Christian names to the
Merrills who were the town builders of New
Gloucester, Alaine, which was an outgrowth of
Cape Ann and thereabouts, is a remarkable co-
incidence, if it is not a fact that they were the
sons of Daniel (2) of Newbury. It seems to
us but fair to assume in lieu of other satis-
factory evidence that he whose biography fol-
lows in this article was the grandson of
Daniel (2). In the inchoate beginning of
New Gloucester there were among the primi-
tive fathers an Edmund, a Moses, and a Dan-
iel Merrill, supposedly brothers. They were
all adherents to the Shaker faith, and they
were among the first to be elected to office in
the new township.
(\') Amos, a presumptive grandson of
Daniel (2) Merrill, was born in New Glou-
cester, and married Mary Twombly. The
vital statistics give births of Amos, Hiram
and Andrew.
(VI) Amos (2), eldest son of Amos (i)
and Mary (Twombly) ^Merrill, was born in
New Gloucester, January 23, 1802, died Jan-
uary 3, 1837. He was a farmer, a man of
good works and temperate^ habits. He mar-
ried Joanna, daughter of Jabez and Abigail
(Chipman) Haskell. Children: Charles D.,
Benjamin \\'., traced below, Lucy A., Mary
C). and Vesta A.
(\'II) Benjamin Wadsworth, second son
of Amos (2) and Joanna (Haskell) Merrill,
was born in New Gloucester, January 13, 1830.
When Benjamin W. was seven years old his
father was frozen to death, having been caught
in a blizzard, and as he left a large family
Benjamin W. decided to get his own living,
and to that end left home barefooted, in
April, and walked to Raymond, 3.1aine, where
he bound himself out to a farmer, remaining
until he reached his majority. Being a hard
worker and being possessed of good judgment,
he soon had money enough to buy a farm of
his own, and he later became one of the largest
real estate owners in town. As a Re]niblican
he held many town offices, serving at one time
as chairman of the board of selectmen. He
married Jane L., daughter of Joseph Libbey,
of Standisli, Maine, and by her he had two
children : Emma J., who is a teacher in the
Auburn schools, and Irving L., traced below.
(VIII) Hon. Irving L., son of Benjamin
W. and Jane L. (Libbey) Merrill, was born
in North Raymond, September 7, 1864. He
studied the preliminary branches in the North
Raymond schools, finishing his education at
the Gorham Normal, Bridgton Academy, and
Eastman National Business College at Pough-
keepsie. New York. At the age of seventeen
he began teaching .school, and thus earned
money to pursue his education. In 1887 he en-
tered the employ of the Gurney Nursery Com-
pany, of which concern he was made partner
in i8g6. He was elected by the Republicans
to the aldermanry of Auburn, serving two
years, served as president of board, and
was made mayor in 1908, in a hotly contested
election. He is a Mason, holding the chairs
of senior deacon of Tranquil Lodge, high
priest of Bradford Royal Arch Chapter, stand-
ard bearer of Lewiston Commandery, and a
member of the Arabic Order of the Mystic
Shrine. He has also been initiated into the
mysteries of the Independent C)rder of Odd
Fellows. He is also member of Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, Lewiston. He
married, March 10, 1888, Nettie F., daughter
of Benjamin W. and Frances (Drinkwater)
Mason. They have one child, Clyde H., who
took a special course in pharmacy at the Uni-
versity of Maine, passed the board of phar-
macy, being registered pharmacist, Septem-
ber, igo8; entered the Bowdoin Medical School
same year. Mr. Merrill possesses a pleasing
personality, and his popularity is attested by
his frequent elevation to positions of public
trust.
(For preceding generations see Nathaniel Merrill I.)
(Ill) John, eldest child of
AIERRILL Nathaniel (2) and Joanna
(Kinney) Merrill, was born
February 16, 1663, in Newbury, and resided
in that town and Haverhill. He was a house
carpenter and removed to the last named town
in 1697. Two years later, he resided in Brad-
ford and was again in Haverhill in 1700 and
later. He died May 15, 1705, his widow be-
ing made executrix of his estate July 9, 1705.
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STATE OF MAINE.
He married Lucy Webster, daiig'liter of John
(2) and Ann (Bait) Webster and grand-
daugbter of John ( i ) \\'ebster, a pioneer of
Ipswicb. She was born December 15, 1664,
in Xewbury, and was still living in Haverhill
in 1718. Their children were: Nathaniel,
Abel. Lucy. Abigail. John, Hannah, Steven.
Enoch and Xathan.
(IV) John (2). third son of John (i) and
Lucy ( \\'cbster ) Merrill, was born April 2,
i6g6, in Haverhill, and was living in York,
Maine, in 1718. He subsequently returned to
Haverliill, whence he removed about 1730 to
Concord, New Hampshire, being one of the
pioneers of that town. He was elected dea-
con of the church there December 17, 1730,
and was an active and useful citizen of the
infant colony. He maintained the first ferry
over the Merrimac River and built his house at
the lower end of Main street, where the roads
part. The location is described as on a hill,
and this was probably at the corner of the
present Maine and West streets. The original
well continued in use as late as fifty years ago.
He married Lydia Haines, probably of York,
and a daughter of Thomas Haines, of Ames-
bury, who had two sons living in York in
1706. The baptism of their first three chil-
dren is recorded in Haverhill. Among his de-
scendants were seven ministers, two lawyers
and two physicians, and he had forty-three
grandchildren bearing the name of Merrill.
The names of his children were : Moses,
Thomas, John, Hannah (died in infancy),
Jonathan, Hannah, Nathaniel, Sarah, Anne,
Abigail and Lydia.
(\') Nathaniel, the fifth son of John (2)
and Lydia (Haines) Merrill, was born No-
vember 4, 1738, in Concord, New Hampshire,
and removed to Fryeburg, Maine, in 1763,
subsequently locating in Brownfield, where he
was a farmer, a justice of the peace, anrl died
in 1824. He married Anne Walker and they
were the parents of Nathaniel. John. Sarah.
Lydia, Isaac, Moses, James W.. Samuel C,
Mary, Nancv, Ruth. Thomas H., Betsey E.
and Judith W.
(VI) Moses, fourth son of Nathaniel (3)
and -Anne (\\'alker) Alerrill, was born March
'/• ^777' in Brownfield, Maine, and resided, a
farmer, in that town, where he died August
31, 1870. He married Sallv. daughter of
Enoch and granddaughter of Thomas IVIerrill,
and their children were: Enoch. Hannah,
Lucius, Judith E. and Moses C. The eldest
son settled in Gray, Maine, where he died in
1908, the second in .Auburn, and tlie youngest
in Portland, Maine.
(\11) Lucius, second son of JMoses and
Sally (Merrill) Merrill, was born January 8,
1 82 1, in Brownfield. and settled in 1848 at
Auburn, Maine, where he died July 10. 1895.
He was a carpenter by occupation, as was ihis
brother, Moses, and did considerable building
in the city of Auburn. He married, September
8, 1848, Anne E. Jones, born October 8, 1823,
died July 27, igo6, daughter of the Rev. Eli-
jah Jones, of Minot, Maine. They were the
parents of William J., Charlissa R., George
Perkins, Ruth C, Lucius H., Harriet S. and
Horace C. ^Merrill. One child, Preston, died
in infancy.
(\'III) George Perkins, second son of Lu-
cius and Anne E. (Jones) Merrill, was born
May 31, 1854. in Auburn, where he grew to
manhood. After an attendance at the public
schools and the Lewiston Falls .Academy, he
entered the L'niversity of Maine, working his
own way, and graduating with the degree of
B. S. in 1879. Four years later his alma
mater conferred upon him the degree of Mas-
ter of Science, and that of Doctor of Philoso-
phy in 1889. After his graduation he pur-
sued post graduate courses at \\'esleyan and
Johns Hopkins universities. In 1879 and 1880
he was assistant in chemistry at Wesleyan
L'niversity, working with Professor W. O. At-
w-ater on the chemistry of foods. In 1880-81
he was connected with the fishery census at
Washington, D. C. In July of the latter year
he became connected with the geological de-
partment of the L'nited States National Mu-
seum. Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
and in 1897 was made head curator of its de-
partment of geology. In addition to other
duties, he was lecturer on the economic aspects
of geology in the Maryland Agricultural Col-
lege, 1890-91. and since 1893 has been pro-
fessor of geology and mineralogy in the Cor-
coran Scientific School of Columbian (now
George Washington) L'niversity. He is the
author of several standard works, including
"Stones for Building and Decoration,"
"Rocks. Rockweathering and .'^oils." "The
Non-Metallic Minerals" and "Contributions to
the History of American Geolosjy." besides
many valuable papers in scientific journals.
He was a contributor to the Standard Dic-
tionary, Johnson's L'niversal Encyclopedia,
Russell Sturgis's Dictionary of Architecture
and Building, and Bailey's Cyclopedia of
Agriculture. In 1897 he was an official dele-
gate to the international geological congress at
St. Petersburgh. and incidentally travelled ex-
tensively throughout Russia (including Ar-
menia) and Europe. He married, in Novem-
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1861
ber, 1883. Sarah, daughter of Joseph R. Far-
rington, of Portland. Maine. She died in
1894, leaving four children: Joseph Farring-
ton, Anne Margaret, Mildred Hastings and
Ruth. In February, 1900, he married Kath-
erine L. Yancey, daughter of Edward R. and
.Susan (Jeffries) Yancey, of Virginia. She is
the mother of one daughter, Katherine Doro-
thy.
(\TII) Lucius Herbert, third son of Lucius
and Anne E. (Jones) Merrill, was born Oc-
tober I, 1857, in Auburn, and received his
early educational training in the common
schools of that town, followed by a course in
the Edward Little high school. . In 1880 he
entered the Maine State College (now Uni-
versity of Maine), from which he was gradu-
ated in 1883 in the course of chemistry. Dur-
ing the two succeeding years, he was an as-
sistant curator in the department of lithology
and physical geology of the United States Na-
tional ;\Iuseum. In 1886 he received an ap-
pointment as a chemist in the Maine Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, and was ap-
pointed an instructor in the University of
Maine in 1897. In the succeeding year, he
became the professor of biological chemistry in
that institution, although still continuing his
connection with the Experiment Station. In
1907 he became full professor of biological
and agricultural chemistry and a year later
resigned from the position of the Experiment
Station. The latter position he had held con-
tinuously for twenty-two years, with the ex-
ception of half a year's leave of absence, which
was spent in foreign travel and study. The
degree of Doctor of Science was conferred
upon him in 1907. He married, June 24, 1893,
Lydia M. Bulfum, daughter of Charles Buf-
fum, of Orono, by whom he had one child,
Katherine B. Mrs. Merrill died Alarch 12.
1907.
(For preceding generations see Nathaniel Merrill I.)
(Ill) Nathaniel (3), second
MERRILL son of Nathaniel (2) and Jo-
anna (Kinney) Merrill, was
born February 8, 1665, in Newbury, Massa-
chusetts. He died in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
July 4, 1758. A will made by him was dated
June 6, 1738. His wife bore the name of Re-
becca, and upon her decease, December 9,
1689, he took to wife Sarah Woodman. Is-
sue: Nathaniel, born 1688; Hannah, 1692;
Sarah, Peter, Mary, Rebecca, Samuel, who is
memorialized in this article; Elizabeth, John,
Joseph and Benjamin.
(IV) Samuel, third son of Nathaniel (3)
and Sarah (Woodman) Merrill, was born .Au-
gust 4, 171 1. Although there is some dis-
crepancy about the date and birthplace of this
Samuel, he made oath to the fact that he was
born in 171 1, and he has been commonly as-
signed to Salisbury for a birthplace. Some
authorities name Haverhill and allege a dif-
ferent date. This undoubtedly is the .Samuel
who lived in North Yarmouth, Maine, from
1737 to 1743, returning to Salisbury in that
year and remaining till 1751, then in North
Yarmouth till he went to New Gloucester,
Maine, where he resided and died on April
30, 1772. He was by occupation a farmer, and
was constable at North Yarmouth, and joined
the first church there August 21, 1737. New
Gloucester was settled by inhabitants from the
Cape Ann town. It was then the home of the
ruthless savage and the haunt of wandering
moose, monarchs of the forest, growding bears,
hungry wolves, and the timid deer. Here the
unslothful beaver erected his dam w-ith almost
human ingenuity, and the soaring eagle, em-
blem of American liberty, built its nest. To
the northwest, no smoke from a friendly habi-
tation circled skyward. Samuel, who was then
at North Yarmouth, joined the struggling col-
ony, and was immediately recognized as a
leading spirit among them. He was made the
first moderator and selectman. He was twice
married, the name of his second wife being
Anna. He was the father of: Samuel, Ben-
jamin, Judah, Hannah and Elizabeth.
(V) Benjamin, second son of Samuel Mer-
rill, was born February 17, 1740, in North
Yarmouth, baptized April 4, 1741, and joined
the church August 26, 1764. He removed to
Greene, near Lewiston on the west bank of
the Androscoggin, November 15, 1775. He
made the first permanent settlement in what
was once Lewiston Plantations, then Little-
borough, from Moses Little, of Newbury, and
finally Greene, in honor of General Greene.
Mr. Merrill moved his family and goods in an
ox cart to his log cabin, and the snow lay a
foot deep, and tilled the soil for a livelihood.
He married Margaret, daughter of Amos and
Hannah { Larrabee) Harris, who was born
March 18, 1738, in Yarmouth.
(\'I) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i)
and Margaret (Harris) Alerrill, was born
]\Iarch 4, 1801, in Greene, and learned the
wheelwright's trade. He settled in Athens,
Somerset county, Maine, and became the vil-
lage blacksmith and wagon maker. About
1835 h^ went from there to Fairfield, Maine,
and in 1842 to Lowell, JMassachusetts. In 1847
he removed to Tomah, Wisconsin, and there
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passed the remainder of his Hfc, dying March
7, 1885. In rcUgious behcf .Mr. Merrill was a
sincere Universalist. He was an earnest sup-
porter of the Abolitionist movement, and did
all in his power to aid the cause. He was
marrie'd in 1829 to Mary Eastman Raymond,
born June 6. 1800, in Harpswell. daughter of
Edward and Lydia (Coombs) Raymond, and
died September 22. 18^0, in Fairfield, Maine.
Edward Raymond was born December 5. 1771,
in Harpswell, and died in Brunswick. June 29,
1853. Lydia Coombs was born August 19,
1776, in Harpswell, and died at Brunswick,
December 3. 1835. The children of Benjamin
(2) and Mary E. (Raymond) Merrill were:
I. Edward R., mentioned below. 2. Anthony,
died at La Crosse, Wisconsin. 3. Converse,
died at Tomah. 4. Lydia, widow of David
Jones, resides in New York. 5. Albert, died
at Sparta. Wisconsin.
(\TI) Edward Raymond, eldest child of
P.enjamin (2) and Mary E. (Raymond), was
born July 18. 1830, in Athens, was educated
in the local schools of Fairfield and learned the
blacksmith's trade in Boston. When about
sixteen years old he went to Boston and en-
tered the employ of D. Tucker, a carriage
spring maker, and was subsequently employed
in the same work with T. W. Brewer. In
1852 he engaged in the manufacture of springs
on his own account at Boston and was getting
nicely started in business when the outbreak
of the civil war aroused his patriotic impulses
and he abandoned his business and left a
young family to go to the defense of his coun-
try. Before attaining his majority he joined
a militia cavalry company known as the Light
Dragoons, in which he became a lieutenant.
He assisted in recruiting two companies for
service in the civil war, and in September, 186 1,
he became a member of the First Massachu-
setts Cavalry. This regiment went into camp at
Readville, whence it departed December 25,
1861, and went to Annapolis, Maryland, to
join General Burnside"s North Carolina expe-
dition. This plan was changed, however, and
it took part in General Hunter's campaign at
Hilton Head. Though there was little serious
fighting in this movement, it involved a series
of drills and thorough preparation for the com-
ing conflict. Mr. Merrill was made lieutenant
of Troop A and was at the battle of South
Mountain : at Antietam under General McClel-
lan : at Secessionville, South Carolina ; at Get-
tysburg under General Meade; with Sheridan
through the Shenandoah \'alley ; and was in
about twenty-five battles and engagements in
all. seeing some hard service. The affair of
Mine Run, or as it is sometimes called. Par-
ker's Store, where Lieutenant Merrill was
wounded, occurred in November, 1863. The
regiment was attacked by the advance guard
of Wade Hampton's division. It happened
that Lieutenant Merrill with a small force were
picketing the plank road in the direction of
Fredericksburg, in the rear of the main army.
Hampton surprised and, with his overwhelm-
ing numbers, early drove in the First Pennsyl-
vania and the First Massachusetts in reserve,
forcing them off the plank road and down a
side road. It thus happened that this little
party of men were then cut off as the advance
troops were driven in. But Lieutenant Merrill,
who was in command, put on a bold front in
his dangerous position, and rode straight into
a column of Hampton's men, who as far as
could be seen, blocked up the road. Fortu-
nately, the road was narrow and flanked by
thick woods. At the head of his men. Lieu-
tenant Merrill dashed in on the Confederates,
who were surprised at his boldness, and from
their higher position could easily count his
whole force and see that he was unsupported
by troops behind. He himself had a hand to
hand fight with pistol and sabre. Those who
saw it remembered his attempts to run a rebel
trooper through with his sword, but was pre-
vented by the latter's wearing an overcoat.
Lieutenant Alerrill was shot in the knee, but
contrived to stay on his horse and succeeded
in getting under the cover of some woods and
thus with his men escaped and got back to
the main body. It was a brave and daring
deed. From wounds thus received, he was
discharged. He was offered a captain's com-
mission in the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry in
1864, and in the First Frontier Cavalry in
1865, both of which he declined. Lieutenant
Merrill rode a mahogany bay stallion, called
"Old Tom.'' In a skirmish with Captain
Crowninshield's mount, "Old Man," an in-
veterate kicker, the charger's skull was frac-
tured. Lieutenant !\lerrill had a black body
servant from South Carolina that furnished
much musical entertainment for the troops.
After the close of the war, Mr. Merrill
settled in the city of New York and again be-
gan the manufacture of springs. Having be-
come a thorough workman and being indus-
trious and shrewd in management, he steadily
built up a successful business, which is still
carried on by his sons. He was first located
on West street, and after the business outgrew
his quarters, he removed to Twenty-fifth
street. In 1874 he bought land on West
Twenty-eighth street, near the river, and built
STATE OF MAINE.
1863
a factory expressly for his business. This has
■ been subsequently enlarged until it covers six
city lots, and a branch establishment of sim-
ilar size was also (Constructed in Jersey City.
The business is now incorporated under the
name of the E. R. Merrill Spring Company,
and is still under the general supervision of its
founder, though the conduct of the business
is carried on by his sons. Mr. Merrill is an
Episcopalian in religion and was long a mem-
ber of St. Peter's Church in New York, being
now a pew holder in Trinity Church at New
Rochelle, where he has resided since 1905. In
youth he was an ardent Democrat, but since
the organization of the Republican party has
been among its most faithful supporters. He
is a member of James G. Rice Post, No. 29,
■G. A. R., of New York, in which he was
many years chairman of the board of adminis-
tration, and is also a member of the New York
Commandery, ^Military Order of the Loyal
Legion. He has long affiliated with St. John's
Lodge, Xo. I, A. F. and A. iL, of New York.
He married, January 17, 1859, in New York,
Rubina Anna, daughter of James John and
Frances (Hedgman) Denham. She was born
in September, 1833, '■'' Xevvark,- New Jersey,
and died February 15, 1888, at her home in
New York. James John Denham was born
June 13, 1799, in London, England, and died
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 27,
1852. His wife, Frances Hedgman, was born
February 2, 1803, in London, and survived her
husband more than thirty-pne years, dying
December 15, 1883, in New York City. Mr.
and Mrs. ^lerrill were the parents of seven
children, the first of whom. Edward William,
died in infancy. The others are : Rubina
Frances, William Converse, John Denham,
Benjamin, James Richard and ]\Iary Lydia.
The sons are all connected with the E. R.
Merrill Spring Company, and the daughters
reside with their father in New Rochelle. All
received good educations in the city schools of
Xew York and Packard's Business School.
(For preceding generations .see Nathaniel Merrin I.)
(V) Thomas, second son of
MERRILL Deacon John and Lydia
(Haynes) Merrill, was born in
Haverhill, where he was baptized in 1729, and
died in 1789. He removed with his father to
Concord, New Hampshire, where he married
(first) Phebe Abbot, by whom he had chil-
dren : Thomas, William and Enoch. Fie re-
moved to Hopkinton, and had Amos and
Phebe. In 1755 he moved back to Concord,
where his wife soon afterward died. In 1756
he was a lieutenant in the French war. He
married (second) Widow Mehitable (Harri-
man) Johnson, who bore him Stephen and
Mehitable. He removed from Concord to
Chester, thence to Pembroke, and thence to
Conway. He married (third) Widow Abigail
(Goodhue) Ambrose, by whom he had Jona-
than Ambrose. His fourth wife was Widow
Elizabeth (Abbot) Cummings, by whom he
had John, Benjamin, Thomas.
(M) John (2), eldest child of Thomas
and Elizabeth (Abbot Cummings) Merrill,
was a prominent physician, and resided in
Portsmouth. He married Mary Southgate
Boyd. Children: Isabella, Charles Benjamin,
John and Mary.
ty(\'II) Colonel Charles Benjamin, eldest
son of Dr. John and Mary Southgate (Boyd)
Merrill, was born in Portland, April 14, 1827,
and died in Portland, April 5, 1891. He was
fitted in the Portland schools for Bowdoin,
from which college he graduated in the class
of 1847. Among his classmates were : Ex-
Mayor Marshall, of Belfast : Rev. Dr. John
Cotton Smith, of New York ; Ilenry Donald
Whitcomb, and General J. S. Whiting, of the
Confederate service. After graduating he
studied law in the office of Howard & Shep-
lev, of Portland, and in the Dane Law School
of Harvard, where he received the degree of
LL.B. in 1849. He was admitted to the bar
and pursued the practice of his profession un-
til 1862. He had for a long time been inter-
ested in military matters, and had served as
major on the staff of General S. J. Anderson
in the old militia days. When he felt that his
country called for his services to maintain its
integrity he enlisted in the army, and Julv 16,
1862, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of
the Seventeenth Maine \'olunteers, and was
mustered into service with his regiment at
Camp King, August 18, 1862. He was with
this organization at the first battle of Fred-
ericksburg, the Cedars, Chancellorsville, Get-
tysburg, Wapping Heights, Auburn, Locust
Grove, Mine Run, North Anna, Anderson
House, first and second Deep Bottom, Peebles'
Farm, and in the Spottsylvania campaign, for
the most of the time in command of the regi-
ment. For his soldierly bearing and gallant
conduct in these actions he received the special
commendation of Major-Generals Berry, Bir-
ney, Egan and Wood. Colonel Merrill re-
signed and was honorably discharged October
12, 1864. After leaving the anny and return-
ing to Portland he resumed practice of law,
but losing his law library in the great fire of
1866, he abandoned the profession and en-
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gaged ill the manufacturing business as one
of the corporators of the VVestbrook Britan-
nia Company. He was also later connected
with the Berlin Mills Lumber Company. His
health failed and he retired from active busi-
ness about 1880. About the time of his re-
tirement. Colonel Merrill was appointed one
of the board of managers of the Soldiers'
Orphan Asylum at Bath. He served as presi-
dent of the board for several years, and gave
his best abilities to the performance of the
duties of the position as a sacred trust. He
was a member of the i\lilitary Order of the
Loyal Legion, and was twice elected to the
office of commander, his last term expiring
about 1890. He was a member of Bosworth
Post, G. A. R., for several years, and was
also a member of Atlantic Lodge, F. and A.
^L In politics he was a Democrat. He repre-
sented Ward Five in the common council 1853-
54, and for sixteen years was a member of the
school committee. He was a strong church-
man, and for over twenty-five years was one
of the wardens of St. Luke's Cathedral. He
was a man of excellent business qualities, a
capital executive officer, and a genial, agree-
able gentleman. He married, in Portland,
September 24, 1856, Abba Isabella Little, who
was born November 27, 1834, died October,
1891, daughter of Tosiah S. and Abba (Cham-
berlain) Little. (See Little VII.) They had
eight children.
(Vni) John F. A. Merrill, son of Colonel
Charles B. and Abba I. (Little) Merrill, was
born in Portland, February 10, 1866. He re-
ceived his early education in the common
schools, from which he went to Yale College,
where he graduated in 1889. He afterward
studied law in the office of Judge William L.
Putnam and in Harvard Law School, and was
admitted to the bar in April, 1892. He soon
afterward opened an office on Exchange
street, and has since successfully practiced his
profession. In politics he is a Democrat, and
has always taken an active part in state and
local politics. He served as a member of
the common council of Portland for one year,
on the city board of aldermen two years,
member of the school committee one term, in
^896 was elected to the state senate of Maine,
and at the present time (1909) is a member
of the police examining board of the city of
Portland. He has been a junior warden of
St. Luke's Cathedral, being an Episcopalian in
religious preference. He is a member of the
New York City Hall Building Committee, and
holds membership in the Portland Yacht Club,
having served as its commodore in 1897, the
Portland Athletic Club. Portland Country-
Club and the Cumberland Club.
Major Mferrill was born in
MERRILL Lewiston, Maine, in about
1800. Although in this case
the distant forms of history are somewhat
shadowy and indistinct, we are bound to con-
clude that when Nathan N. Merrill, who went
from his Bowdoin home to the untamed wilds
of the Androscoggin valley, where the city of
Lewiston now stands, he did not go unac-
companied. It is probable that one of his
elder brothers went along. Men with tender
families to protect did not plunge into the
heart of the wilderness with its open and hid-
den terrors unless assured of support. Major
was perhaps a nephew of Nathan, a son of an
elder brother, and a grandson of Jacob pre-
ceding. Such education as the common school
then afforded Major obtained, and became a
farmer. He married a Miss Stevens, and had
the following children : Stephen S., Samuel
P., Major B., George. Seba S., William True,
Sarah, Martha. Ida and Carrie.
Stephen S., first son of Major and
(Stevens) Merrill, was born in Auburn and
there educated. He learned the shoemaker's
trade, which he followed for more than forty
years, one-half of the time as foreman of the
Dingley, Strout Company. He served in the
civil war as a member of Company D of the
Maine Coast Guards. He is a member of
Burnside Post. Grand Army of the Republic,
of Tranquil Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons. In political principles he was
a Democrat, and served as councilman in his
native city. He married Deborah S., daughter
of Jacob and Rebecca (Campbell) Royal.
Their children were : Fred W., Clarence A.,
Charles E., mentioned below, and Jacob Brad-
bury.
Charles Edwin, third son of Stephen S. and
Deborah S. (Royal) Merrill, was born in Au-
burn, September 29, 1865, and became a pupil
in the local school at the usual age. He
learned the shoemaker's trade, but his health
compelled him to seek other employment, and
he entered a carriage factory as a journey-
man. After three years of this, he secured
an appointment as mail carrier at the Auburn
postoffice, and although this is a political po-
sition he continued in the service despite party
changes for twenty years, which evinces that
he is a capable official. In March, 1905, he
purchased the interest of the late A. M. Roak,
in Roak & Plummer's undertaking establish-
ment. He is a member of Blue Lodge, An-
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cient Free and Accepted Masons, of the Roval
Arch Chapter, of the Council, and the Knights
Templar, in all of which degrees he has held
office. He has presided over all the bodies of
the York, also present presiding officer of
Auburn Council. Princes of Jerusalem, also
member of Kora Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S.,
of Lewiston. He is a member of the Sons of
\"eterans, and state commander of the Maine
division, a member of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, and of the Pilgrim Fathers. In igo6
he was urgently solicited to run for mayor on
his party's ticket, but declined the honor. He
married, September 28, 1899, Addie, daughter
of Josiah and Rowena (Pratt) Duran. One
daughter, \'erna L., born August 12, 1S91.
The subject of this sketch is
^MERRILL undoubtedly a member of the
numerous Merrill family of
New England, which descended from the im-
migrant, Nathaniel IMerrill.
Henry Foster, son of Samuel Noyes and
(Foster) Merrill, was born in Port-
land, February 13, 1865. He was educated in
the schools of Portland, and at eleven years of
age took a position as clerk in the employ of
Hall S. Davis, where he remained two years,
and then learned the trade of bookbinder in
the same establishment, at which he was em-
ployed the following six years, remaining with
Mr. Davis eight years. In 1886 he became
bookkeeper for Randall & IMcAllister, coal
merchants, and proved himself an efficient em-
ploye : he was advanced from one position of
responsibility to another until the incorpora-
tion of the company in 1893, when he was
made treasurer of the concern, and since that
time has contributed much to the success of
the business. He is a zealous Republican, and
a member of the Congregational church. He
is a member of no fraternal societies or clubs,
is domestic in his habits, and spends his leisure
time principally with his family. He is an
enthusiast regarding motor vehicles, and finds
his principal out-of-door diversion in operat-
ing them. He married, in Portland, June 16,
1886, Alabel A., daughter of John F. and
Elvira S. (Sargent) Randall (see Randall
sketch). They have one child, Ruth Eliza-
beth, born January 2. 1894.
The original seat of this
CONVERSE family was in Navarre,
France, from which place
removed to England Roger de Coigniers, near
the close of the reign of William the Con-
queror. He was appointed constable of Dur-
ham by the bishop of Durham, .\mong his
descendants Conyers of Horden, Durham, was
created a baronet, July i, 1548. Sir Hum-
phrey of the eighth generation wrote the name
Coigners, and Sir Christopher of the twen-
tieth generation adopted the form Cornyers.
Those bearing the name in Navarre were
Huguenots or French Protestants, and in the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew's day in 1372
many of his family fell victims. At this time
Pierre Coigniers, who was attached to the
court of Henry the IV, of France, made his
escape with his wife and two infants and set-
tled in the county of Essex, England. In
England the spelling of the name was quite
naturally changed to correspond with its pro-
nunciation of Conyers. Some of the descend-
ants now spell it Convers and it took this form
for some generations after coming to America.
(I) The immigrant ancestor was Deacon
Edward Convers, who came to New England
in the fleet of Governor Winthrop in 1630, and
settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. In
163 1 a grant was made to him of the first
ferry between Charlestown and Boston, and
of this he retained control for several years
under the favor of the general court. In the
same year he was admitted a freeman, and
was selectman from 1635 to 1640. His name
is first on the list of seven commissioners ap-
pointed bv the church in Charlestown to ar-
range for a settlement at Woburn. With
others he removed to the new town and ably
assisted in its settlement and organization,
and after its incorporation he became one of
its most useful and honored citizens. He was
selectman of the town from 1644 until his
death, and was one of the commissioners for
the trial of minor causes. He w'as also one
of the founders of the Woburn church and a
deacon for many years. His residence was
in what is now^ a part of Winchester, and
there he died August 10, 1663, aged seventy-
three years. He was accompanied on his
journey to America by his wife Sarah and
several children. She died January 14, 1662,
and he was married (second) September fol-
lowing, to Joanna, widow of Ralph Sprague.
He had three sons and a daughter : Josiah,
James, Samuel and Mary.
(II) Sergeant Samuel, youngest son of
Deacon Edward and Sarah Convers, bap-
tized March T2, 1657, in the First Con-
gregational Church of Charlestown, died
February 20. i66g. at Woburn. He was
admitted as a freeman, and was ser-
geant in the Woburn Train Band. He
was a miller by trade, having inherited, with
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his brother, a com mill from their father, and
it was in this mill that he met his untimely
death, which is described in the minutes and
records of East Cambridge, as follows: '"We,
Isaac Brooks and James Thompson, being
about the 21 of February . .69, in the Corne
mill belonging to the Converses, at Wood-
burne, on of" a suddaine we heard a voice
about the mill wheel saying, stop the wheel,
upon wh. the said Thompson did run to the
mill gate & looking towards the mill wheel
he saw as he thought a man laid down and
cried out my unkle is killed. Isaac in the
mean time did run to the water wheel and
found Samuel Convers with his head fastened
between the water wheel and the water wall."
"The said Thompson in the mean time did
shut the gate and came running to the sd
Brooks. Now the water wheel being turned
backwards did raise him upwards and wee
.■seeing his head cleared went unto him and
did take him up alive who bled excessively.
We did carry him into his house and soon af-
ter we brought him in bleding stopped & in
about half an hours time as we conceive he
was quite departed."
He was married June 8, 1660, to Judith
Carter, who survived him, and afterward mar-
ried Giles Fifield, and died in 1677. Her
father, Rev. Thomas Carter, was a minister
in Woburn, where he preached forty-two
years, and died September 5, 1684. aged sev-
enty-four vears. He embarked from London.
England, in 1635, on board the " Planter," and
took the freeman's oath in Dedham. Massa-
chusetts. March 9, 1636, and moved to Water-
town, where he had a ten-acre lot and also
ninety acres of farm land aside from his home-
stead. He became a minister at Woburn in
1642. He was described as a "reverend, godly
man, apt to teach the .sound soul and whole-
some truths of Christ." The children of Sam-
uel and Judith Convers were: Samuel and
Abigail.
(Ill) Samuel (2), only son of Samuel (i)
and Judith (Carter) Convers, was born about
1662. in Woburn, was left fatherless at the
age of seven years, and was but sixteen years
of age at the time of his mother's death. After
her second marriage she resided in Charles-
town, where he lived until her death. In 17 10
he, with his family, removed to Thompson
parish, Killingly. Connecticut, where he settled
on a farm, he being the first settler at Thomp-
son. His farm was located where, later, the
village of Putnam was laid out, and was sixty
miles due west from Boston. They found their
way to this (then) wilderness by means of
blazed trees. In 1716 he sold and purchased
other lands where his sons settled and where
they were active in building the Thompson
meeting house, his name heading the list of
members at date of organization in 1730. He
was married, prior to 1694, to Dorcas (whose
maiden name is unknown), and their children
were: Samuel, Edward, Thomas, Dorcas,
Pain and Josiah.
(I\') Edward, second son of Samuel (2)
and Dorcas Convers, born in Woburn, Sep-
tember 25, 1696, died at Thompson. Connecti-
cut, July 9. 1784. At the age of fourteen he
accompanied his parents to Thompson, and
received from his father a farm of fifty acres
near the old homestead, where he built the
house occupied by himself and sons, the well
known "Convers Tavern." He was a man of
remarkable energy and was very prominent in
public ali'airs, including church work. He
was also active in military affairs, serving as
ensign for many years. He repaired bridges,
surveyed lands, collected and distributed
school money and settled with destrained Bap-
tists, on "easy terms as he could." He was
chosen constable in 1732. His tavern was well
]iatronized. and "Landlord Convers" school
district heads the list of those laid out in 1762.
He was married August 6, 1717, to Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Elizabeth Cooper. She
died February 19, 1776. in her seventy-sixth
year. Their children were : James, Edward,
Jonathan. Jacob. Asa, Jesse, Elizabeth (died
young), Zacharias, Elizabeth and Susanna.
(Y) Captain Edward (2), second son of
Ensign Edward (i) and Elizabeth (Cooper)
Convers. baptized November 8. 1720. at Kill-
ingly, Connecticut, died December. 1800. at
Windsor, Massachusetts. He was a farmer
and occupied a farm on the river, which he
received from his father-in-law. He was ap-
pointed captain of Company 7. Eleventh Regi-
ment of militia, united with the church in
1 741. and was a very active member of that
society. He was married to Marv Davis,
whose father had bought a large farm on
French river in 1715. Their children w'ere :
Samuel Davis. Edward (died young), Ed-
ward. Amasa, Mary and Abigail.
(\T) Samuel Davis, eldest son of Captain
Edward (2) and Mary (Davis) Convers. born
February I, 1741. baptized February 17, 1742,
died in South Worthington. Massachusetts.
He lived in Chesterfield. Xew Hampshire, un-
til 1782. when be removed to Dummerston,
\'ermont. and he later removed from that
place to South W'orthington. where he died at
his son Elisha's home. He was one of thir-
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teen inhabitants of Chesterfield, reported as
refusing to sign the famous "Association
Test." He was a private in the Chesterfield
coinpany, under Lieutenant Robertson, who
marched to Ticonderoga. June 29, 1777. He
was married to Ehzabetli Harris, and they
were the parents of the following children ;
W'illard, Elizabeth, Walter, John, Elisha and
Polly.
(VH) Dr. John, third son of Samuel Davis
and Elizabeth (Harris) Converse, was born
March 5. 1772, Chesterfield. He settled in
Durham, Maine, before 1797, and lived in a
house on the north side of "Eunice's Brook."
and afterward built a house on the bank of
the river. The History of Durham savs of
him :
"Dr. Converse still lives in tradition as
a good citizen and skilful physician." He
died December 5. 1815. aged forty-three years,
and is bur'ed in the old cemetery near the
North fleeting House, and the epitaph on his
tombstone reads thus : "Thousands of jour-
nies night and day Eve traveled, weary all the
way, To heal the sick, but now Em gone A
journey never to return." He was married
March 17, 1799. to Sally, daughter of Ichabod
and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, of Windham,
who was born October 4. 1774. Their chil-
dren were : Orilla, Veranus, Sally. JMary,
Minerva, John Harris, Elizabeth, Harriet and
Laura W.
(X'HI) Mary, fourth child of Dr. John and
Sally (Han.son) Converse, born November 19,
180-I, was married October 5, 1827, to Edward
Merrill, of New Bedford, Massachusetts (see
Merrill, VH).
(VHI) Minerva, fifth child of Dr. John and
Sally (Hanson) Converse, was born Februarv
27, 1807, in Durham, and became the wife of
\\'illiam R. Kendall, of Freeport, ]\laine (see
Kendall, VU).
(\'ni) John Harris, youngest son of Dr.
John and Sally (Hanson) Converse, born De-
cember 27, 1808, at Durham, died June 13,
1880, at Newcastle, and was buried in Glidden
street cemetery. He was probate judge of
Lincoln county from 1862 to 1876. and had
the respect and esteem of all with whom he
associated. He was married June 7, 1836, to
Mary Ann, daughter of John Horn and Lydia
(Watson) Connor, born in Belfast, Maine,
June 21, 1812. died January 22, 1892, at Christ
Church Home, Philadelphia, Pennsvlvania.
Their children were: William Hubbard, died
in Newton, Kansas ; Edward Merrill ; Frank
Horn, died Maiden, Massachusetts, and was
buried in Eorestdale cemetery, that citv.
This is an English family
CUSHING whose members have borne
well their part in the develop-
ment of this country, where the name has
been prominent since the landing of the
American ancestor. Like most proper names,
this was most variously spelled before the six-
teenth century, as shown by wills, deeds and
other legal documents, still extant in Norfolk,
England, where it may be found written in
the following forms : Cushyng, Cushyn.
Cushin, Cosyn, Cussheyn and other variations.
Before the fourteenth century it was usually
spelled Cusyn or Cosseyn ; the final g does not
appear until fifteen hundred, when the name
was spelled Cushyng. It is presumed that the
name is derived from usage in connection with
the land title of Cossey. a part of which
landed estate was possessed by the Cushings
for several generations. The first work o£
much importance in tracing the history of this
family was undertaken by Caleb Cushing, who
traced it to England in the vicinity of Nor-
folk, and there it was taken up by a profes-
sional geneologist of London. From the an-
cient manuscripts in the British IMuseum and
other available sources, the fact is established
that the name was a leading one in Norfolk
county during the fifteenth and sixteenth cen-
turies, including lords of numerous manors.
Seven generations of English ancestry have
been authentically established.
(I) William Cussyn, born in the fourteenth
century, was a son or probably a grandson of
Galfirdus Cusyn, of Norfolk county, named in
the records in 1327.
(H) Thomas Cushing (Cussheyn), was
born at Hardingham, England, in the latter
part of the reign of Richard H. (1737-99). A
deed executed in 1366 contains his name and
the name of his son \A''illiam.
(HI) William, eldest son and heir of
Thomas Cushing, was born early in the fif-
teenth century at Hardingham, and lived at
Hardingham, England. In his will, dated
September. 1492. he was styled gentleman.
His wife Emma bore him eight children.
(IV) John, eldest son of William and
Emma Cushing, was born on the old home-
stead which his father had lived on. He also
owned large interests at Lombard street in
London. His will mentions six children.
(V) Thomas (2), second son of John Cush-
ing, inherited the homestead from his father,
with all the lands pertaining thereto. He
died at Hardingham. England, in April, 1658.
The names of his children were : John, Knap-
ton, Ursula, Nicholas, Stephen and Peter.
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(VI) Peter, son of Thomas (2) Cusliing,
was born at Hardinghani, and was buried
there April 26, 1641. He was probably one
of the first Ciishings to embrace the Protes-
tant faith. He married Susan Hawes, and
their children were : Theopolis, Bridget, Mat-
thew, William, Barbara, Peter, of London,
Catharine, and Thomas, of London. The eld-
est came to New England in 1633 in company
with Governor Hayiics, and the Puritan di-
vines. Cotton and Hooker.
(\TI) Matliew, second son of Peter and
Susan ( Hawes ) Ciisliing, was baptized March
2, 1589, in Hardington, England. For the
first fifty years of his life he resided in his
native place, and in Hardingham, Norfolk-
county, England, whence he came in 1638, ac-
companied by his wife and five children, and
his wife's sister. Widow Frances Riecroft,
who died a few weeks after their arrival in
America. They embarked at Gravesend in the
ship "Diligent," of Ipswich, April 26, 1638,
being among the one hundred and thirty-three
passengers of that voyage. The immediate
cause of their departure from England was
trouble in ecclesiastical matters. Their rector,
in sympathy with the immigrants mentioned,
pulled down the rails of the chancery and al-
tar, and levelled the altar a foot lower than
the church, as it remains to this day. Being
prosecuted by the ecclesiastical authorities, he
left the kingdom, accompanied by his friends,
who disposed of their estates at about one-half
their true value. The party landed at Boston,
Massachusetts, August 10, 1638, and immedi-
ately proceeded to the settlement of the town,
which was named Ilingham, in honor of the
home of the Cushings in England. At a town
meeting in 1638, a house lot of five acres, be-
low Pear Tree hill, at Bachelor (now Main)
street, was granted to Mathew (Tushing, and
this property remained in the possession of the
family until 1887. Mathew Gushing early be-
came prominent in the management of public
affairs, and was a deacon in Rev. Hobart's
church. He was the progenitor of many em-
inent descendants. His will was an oral one,
but was later written after his death, by his
children, who procured the appointment of his
eldest son as administrator, November 15,
1660. In the record of this will in Hingham
the name is spelled Cushin. Mathew Gushing
w^as married August 5, 1613. to Nasaretli,
daughter of Henry Pitcher, the famous Ad-
miral Pitcher of England. She was baptized
October 30, 1586, and died in Hingham, Janu-
ary 6, 1682, in her ninety-sixth year, having
survived her husband more than twentv-one
years. He passed awav September 30, 1660.
Their children, all born in Hardingham, Eng-
land, were : Daniel, Jeremiah, Mathew, De-
borah and John.
(VIII) John (2), youngest son of Mathew
and Nasareth (Pitcher) Gushing, was born in
1627 in Hardingham, England, and was about
eleven years of age when he came with his
parents to this country. He remained in
Hingham, Massachusetts, until after the death
of his father, and removed in 1662 to Scituate,
Massachusetts, settling on a piece of ground
at "Belle House Neck," which he had pur-
chased in 1659. The land consisted of one
hundred and twenty acres, with house and
barn, and he was joined in its purchase by
Mathias Briggs, the purchase price being one
pound per acre. The locality receives its
name from the fact that a bell was hung on
this house for a period of a century, to give
alarm to the neighboring country in case of
an Indian attack. In 1663 John Gushing was
survevor of highways in Scituate, and in 1667
receiver of excises. He was deputy in 1674
and often re-elected. In 1663 he was on a
committee for dividing lands, and in 1676 was
chosen to report to the governor all services
of the soldiers of Scituate in the war with
King Phillip. He was a selectman from 1674
to 1686 inclusive, and a magistrate of Plym-
outh county from 1685 to 1692. He was
assi-^taiit to the old colonial governor of Ply-
mouth from 1689 to 1691, and a representa-
tive to the general court in Boston in 1692,
and several years thereafter. He was a mem-
ber of the colonial council in 1706-07, and a
colonel of the Plymouth regiment of militia.
He was married in Hingham, July 20, 1658,
to Sarah, daughter of Mathew and Margaret
Hawke. She died in Scituate. March 9, 1679,
and was survived by her husband more than
twenty-nine years, until March 31, 1708. Their
first child was born in Hingham, and the
others in Scituate. They were : John, Thom-
as, Mathew, Jeremiah, James, Josiah, Sarah,
Caleb, Deborah. Mary, Joseph and Benjamin.
(IX) Rev. Caleb, seventh son of John (2)
and Margaret (Hawke) Gushing, was born
Tanuarv 16, 1673, in Scituate, was baptized
Mav II, following, and died January 25, 1752.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1692,
went to Salisbury in March, 1696. and was
ordained a minister of the First Church there
in 1698. He was one of the numerous sign-
ers of the document unfavorable to the itiner-
arv Whitfield, and endorsing the proceedings
of the Harvard College in 1744. in reference
to his career. His pastorate for the Salisbury
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1869
church covered a period of fifty-six years.
The minister who had charge of his funeral
exclaimed: "We know not the man in the
county of Essex who has moulded a superior
and deeper influence on the minds of his
people than this favorable divine." He was
a man of most exemplarv conversation, a pru-
dent and truly wise councillor. He was mar-
ried March 14, 1698. to Elizabeth, daughter
of Rev. John Cotton, and widow of Rev.
James Ailing, his predecessor as minister at
Salisbury. His children were : Caleb, James,
John and Elizabeth.
(X) Rev. John (3), youngest son of Rev.
Caleb and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cushing, born
April ID, 1709, in Salisbury, died January 25,
1772. He graduated from Harvard College in
1729, and was ordained minister December
29, 1736, and became the first minister of the
Second Church of Boxford, Massachusetts.
He was married April 8, 1734, to Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Sarah (White) Martin,
of Boston, who was born May 16, 1714, and
died October 18, 1789, in Durham, Maine.
One child blessed this union, namely : John.
(XI) John (4), only child of Rev. John
(3) and Elizabeth (Martin) Cushing, born
May I, 1 741, in Boxford, died December 26,
1812, aged seventy-two years, in Freeport,
Maine. He was buried in the old churchyard,
and the inscription on the tombstone reads,
"To the memory of the Hon. John Cushing,
Esq., who died December 26, 1812, aged yz,
Help Lord for the godly man ceaseth, for the
faithful fail from among the children of men."
He graduated from Harvard College in 1761,
receiving the degree of A. M. four years
later. He responded to the Lexington alarm
on April 19, 1775, being captain of a com-
pany in Colonel 'Samuel Johnson's regiment,
and was again in the service in 1776. He
built a house, and settled in Salisbury, Massa-
chusetts, whence he removed to Boxford at
the death of his father. In 1780 he removed
to North Yarmouth, Maine, thence to Rovals-
burgh, and finally settled in Freeport, Maine.
He served in many official capacities with
satisfaction to his constituency, filling the of-
fices of selectman, town treasurer, justice of
the peace, judge and a member of the coun-
cil for many years, and was a representative
to the general court of Massachusetts. He
was elected deacon of the church in Freeport,
April 24, 1793, and faithfully performed the
duties in that ofifice for twenty years. He was
state senator from the Cumberland district,
and an active member of the board of over-
seers of Bowdoin College. He was married
December i, 1763, to Dorothy, daughter of
Colonel Bagley, of Amesbury. She was born
February 13, 1745, and died in 1815. Their
children were: Elizabeth, Dorothy, John, Jon-
athan, Edward and Sarah (who died young,
and on the same day).
(XII) Dorothy, second child of Hon. John
(4) and Dorothy (Bagley) Cushing, was
born May 2, 1769, in Salisbury, Massachu-
setts, and died December 28, 1863, at Litch-
field, Maine. She was married February 2,
1785, to Roger Merrill. (See Merrill, VI.)
This surname is derived, ac-
CARLETON cording to some authorities,
from the place name in
England. Carleton is from the Saxon word
coerl (husbandman) and town. The English
family traces the pedigree to Baldwin de Carle-
ton, of Carleton, near Penrith, Cumberland,
in 1066. The coat-of-arms is : Argent a bend
sable, three mascles of the field. "The crest:
out of a ducal coronet or, a unicorn's head
sable, the horn twisted of the first and second.
Motto : Non ad perniciem. The following is
the pedigree :
(I) Baldwin de Carleton, of Carleton, near
Penrith.
(II) Jeffrey de Carleton.
(III) Eduard de Carleton.
(IV) Henry de Carleton.
(V) Gilbert de Carleton, married
Fitzwilliam.
(VI) William de Carleton, justice's coun-
cillor of King Edward's son and lieutenant,
while the father (Edward I) was absent in
foreign wars ; served on a commission to rec-
oncile the king and barons ; was chancellor of
the exchequer; intercessor with the king for
the Earl of Norfolk and Hertford; married
Helena, daughter of Geoffrey de Stanton.
(VII) Adam de Carleton, married Sarah,
daughter of Adam de Newton.
(VIII) Adam de Carleton, married Sinella
■ , supposed to be a Plantagenet.
(IX) John de Carleton, was conspicuous
as commissioner with the chief men of Eng-
land in making treaty with Flanders.
(X) Henry de (Tarleton, county Lincoln,
13th year Richard II; married Alicia .
(XI) Sir Thomas de Carleton.
(XII) Sir Walter de Carleton, married
Fieldman.
(XIII) Thomas Carleton, of Sutton, Lin-
colnshire ; married ■ Skerne.
(XIV) John Carleton, of Sutton and Wal-
ton-upon-Thames ; died 1450; married Anne
Skepwith.
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STATE OF :^IAIXE.
(XV) John Carleton, married Alice Dan-
ield.
(X\T) John Carleton. lived in 1500: mar-
ried Joyce, daughter of John \\'albeck and
wife Margaret Culpepper, cousin of Queen
Catherine, wife of Henry VIII.
(XVII) Edward Carleton. fifth son of John
Carleton, settled in East Clanden, Surrey,
1371 ; is ancestor of the Carletons of London,
Surrey, Arundel and America.
(XVIII) Erasmus, son of Edward Carle-
ton, was a citizen and mercer of St. Bartholo-
mew, London ; married Elizabeth .
(XIX) Edward, son of Erasmus Carleton,
"born in England, 1605, is the immigrant an-
cestor of the family in America. He settled
on the plantation of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers,
1638-39, and became one of the founders of
the town of Rowley, Massachusetts. Next to
the minister, he was the largest owner of land
there. He was given the title of "Mr.," re-
served usually for ministers and people of high
social or ofificial station. He was admitted
freeman May 18, 1642 ; was deputy to general
court, 1644 to 1647; commissioner to hear
small causes, 1648; returned to England 1650-
51. and died there about 1661. He married
Eleanor Denton (Garth originally, of old
Roman ancestry). He left some estate in New
England, part of which came to his son John.
Christopher Babbage and Jeremiah and Xehe-
miah Jewett received letters of administration
on behalf of the children of Hannah Carle-
ton. his widow, November 29, 1678. Children :
I. John, bom 1630. see forward. 2. Edward,
October 28, 1639. 3. Mary, June 2. 1642. 4.
Elizabeth, March 26, 1^)44.
(XX) John, son of Edward Carleton, was
born in England, 1630; married Hannah,
daughter of Joseph and Mary (Mallinson)
Jewett, born in England, June 15, 1640. Jo-
seph Jewett was son of Edward Jewett. of
Bradford, West Riding of York, baptized De-
cember 31, 1609, married Mary Mallinson, Oc-
tober I, 1634. John Carleton was a leading
man in the town of Haverhill, where he died
January 22, 1668. Children, born in Haver-
hill: I. John, born 1658, married Hannah Os-
good. 2. Joseph, March 21, 1662, see forward.
3. Edward, March 22, 1664. 4. Thomas,
September 9, 1667, married Elizabeth .
(XXI) Joseph, son of John Carleton, was
born in Rowley. March 21, 1662. He settled
in Newbury, and married Abigail, daughter
of Christopher Osgood, the immigrant from
England. Children, born in Newbur)- : Jo-
seph, David, Jonathan, Moses, Jeremiah, Mary
and Abigail.
(XXII) Jeremiah, son of Joseph Carleton,
was born in Newburyport (Newbury), 171 5.
He married Eunice Taylor, born 171 7. He
resided at Newtown. New Hampshire, and
Amesbury, Massachusetts, a town adjoining.
He was a carpenter and millwright, and dealt
in lumber. In 1750 he removed to Litchfield,
New Hampshire, and in 1756 to Lyadebor-
ough, settling on land now owned by E. C.
Curtis, thirty rods northeast of the corner of
land where the stone fire-dogs and old cellar
may yet^ be seen. In the spring he returned
to Litchfield, and in his absence the Indians
killed his stock and burned his cabin. In 1760
he again went to Lyndeborough, hewed the
timber, and built the house that is yet stand-
ing on the farm. In 1761 he built a saw mill
and other buildings thirty rods below the
bridge on the road from Johnson's Corner to
Wilton, and sawed the boards for his house
and others, doing a good business. He planted
eight acres of corn the first season. He was
greatly annoyed at first by bears. He died in
1769, his wife surviving him twenty-five years.
He was a very religious man. and he and his
wife used to walk to Amherst to attend
church, before the road was made, finding
their way by the blazed trail. Children: i.
Osgood, see forward. 2. Jeremiah, married
Lois Hoyt; soldier in French and Indian war
at sixteen ; lieutenant at Bunker Hill ; resided
on homestead. 3. Mary, married Reuben
Batchelder. 4. Abigail, married Adam John-
son, and (second) Ensign David Putnam, sol-
dier in the revolution. 5. Timothy, killed by
accident at raising of Wilton church. 6. David,
killed at battle of Bunker Hill. 7. Ebenezer,
soldier in the revolution : fought at Bunker
Hill; settled in New Chester (now Hill) New
Hampshire, and died there December 8, 1836.
(XXIII) Osgood, son of Jeremiah Carle-
ton, born 1740, enlisted May 2, 1758. in Cap-
tain Fay's company. Colonel Ebenezer Nich-
ols's regiment, from Litchfield. He was in
service in 1759, aged eighteen, stating his
residence as \\'oburn, in regiment of Colonel
Eleazer Tyng, in the invasion of Canada, un-
der General Amherst. He was in Captain Jo-
seph Newhall's company. Colonel Jacob Bay-
ley's regiment, at Louisburg. January, 1760.
While in the army in Nova Scotia his mathe-
matical skill was recognized, and he was made
part of the working force of navigators and
artillerists of the king's army and navy, and
served five years under Major-General John
Henry Bastide, director and engineer of king's
ordnance at Louisburg and Annapolis. He
was surveyor in New Hampshire and Vermont
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after the war. He went to Boston with his
company and fought in the battle of Bunker
Hill, where his brother was slain. He was
sergeant in Captain Woods's company, Colonel
Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment. In 1776 he
became quartermaster of the Sixteenth Conti-
nental Infantry Regiment, then lieutenant, as-
signed to the corps invalid. He bore dis-
patches from Boston to Philadelphia, and
money from the treasury of the Bay Province
to the Continental congress, or to paymasters
in the field. In 1794 the legislature required
towns to prepare manuscript maps of their
boundaries, and Carleton was placed in charge.
He constructed maps of Massachusetts, the
district of Maine : and his map of Boston,
1795, published in volume 10, of the Boston
record commissioners' report, is famous. He
constructed a map of a large grant on the
Penobscot river, and a map of Massachusetts,
issued before January 30, 1798. He was the
leading surveyor and civil engineer of his day.
He wrote "Practice of Arithmetic," published
1810. having a wide sale and large use. He
was a charter member of the Society of the
Cincinnati in Massachusetts. He .settled in
Boston in his later years, and conducted a
school of mathematics, surveying and naviga-
tion, that became famous. He published
"The American Navigator," i8oi ; "South
American Pilot," 1804; and for a series of
years prepared the Thomas Almanacs. He
certified to the correctness of "The American
Pilot" of 1791. His commission as lieutenant
in the revolutionary army has been preserved.
His widow received a pension in her old age.
He died May or June. 1816, on a visit to
Lyndeborough. He married Lydia Johnson,
of Haverhill. Children: i. Ebenezer, born
March 12, 1780, see forward. 2. Osgood
West. May 9, 1783. 3. John, February 18,
1785. 4. David. April 18, 1787.
(XXIV) Ebenezer, son of Osgood Carle-
ton, born in X'ew Hampshire. March 12, 1780,
died May 13, 1853. He settled in Winthrop,
Maine, and followed farming all his life. He
married (first) Abigail Ireland, November,
1802. She died April 18. 1820. He married
(second) Februarv 7, 1821. Cynthia Arnold,
who died April i, 1851. Children: i. Eben-
ezer Jr., born October 27, 1803, see forward.
2. Osgood, see forward. 3. Sophronia, April
23, 1807. 4. Polly, ]\Iarch 17, 1809, died
June 30. 181 1.
(XXV) Ebenezer Jr., eldest son of Eben-
ezer Carleton, was born October 27, 1803, died
January 17. 1888. He was educated in the
common schools of the neighborhood, and
later in life engaged in farming at Hermon
Pond, Maine. He was an Adventist in re-
ligion, and an old line Whig in politics. He
was a public-spirited citizen, active in ad-
vancing the interests of the community, and
was respected by all who knew him. He mar-
ried, about 1830, at Cambridge, Maine, Eliza-
beth, born in Newfield, New Hampshire, Au-
gust 31, 181 2, died December 12, 1880, daugh-
ter of John W. and Love (Foy) Burbank. the
latter of whom was born November 28, 1789,
died October 22, 1870, daughter of Major-
General James Foy. and the former of whom
was born July 15, 1783, died November 24,
1S61. He was a son of Hale B. and Eliza-
beth (Corlis) Burbank, the former of whom
was drowned while swimming his horse across
the Androscoggin river, and the latter having
been the widow of General John Moore Corlis.
Children of John W. and Love (Foy) Bur-
bank; I. David H., born January 16, 1808,
died November 25, 1874. 2. John Corlis, Feb-
ruary 22 . 1809. 3. IVIahala, February 24,
181 1, died March 24. 1812. 4. Elizabeth, Au-
gust 31, 1812. aforementioned as the wife of
Ebenezer Carleton. 5. Samuel, N'ovember 4,
1814. 6. Ursula, August 16, 1816. afterwards
mentioned as the wife of Osgood Carleton. 7.
Tnomas, April 14, 1819, died November i,
1 86 1. 8. Joseph M., February 15. 1821, died
September 19, 1826. 9. Arville. June 20,
1826. died September 6, 1826. 10. Alvah,
April 2T,, 1827, died 1887. 11. Joseph M. (2),
February 26, 1831, died January 17, 1888.
Alvah Burbank enlisted in 1861 in the First
Maine \'olunteers. His regiment was most all
killed, only eight men left. They were put in
the Eighth ]\Iaine Regiment, where he served
until the end of the war. He was the tallest
man in the army, being six feet and eight
inches in height. Children of Ebenezer and
Elizabeth (Burbank) Carleton: i. John P.,
born April 19. 1832. 2. Samuel O., October
25, 1835. 3. Eben P., October 26, 1838,
served as a soldier in the civil war. He en-
listed in Company B. Thirty-first Alaine Vol-
unteers, and was discharged when the war
was over. He carried dispatches and put in a
stolen order at the battle of Spottsylvania,
where thev captured five thousand men on the
I2th of ;\Iay, 1864. The rebels had a corps of
sharp sticks to keep them back, but they threw
the sharp sticks over the breastworks onto
the rebels as they lay in the ditch so they had
to surrender. They gave up in five minutes
and put up the white flag. The prisoners
were taken to the higher officers by Sergeants
Mitten, Toby, McCarty and Carleton. 4.
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Laura A.. June 29, 1841. 5. Corlis A., June
8, 1843, died January 18, 1862. 6. Roxanna
J., August 8, 1845, ^ied January 7, 1864. 7.
Helen L., November 14, 1847. '8. Theora A.,
October 7. 1850. died August 18, 1880. 9.
Addie I., August 8, 1855, married, at Lowell,
Massachusetts, (first) June 1, 1874, Frank A.
Robinson, born in New Bedford, Massachu-
setts. March 3. 1852, died September 25, 1884;
one child, \csta S. Robinson, born in Lowell,
Massachusetts, April 23, 1875, died at Walla
Walla, Washington, January 19, 1892. She
married (second) at Colfax, Washington, Oc-
tober 21, 1885, Martin Meuli, mentioned be-
low; children: Milton Martin, born at Union-
town. August 19, 1887; Irvin Louis, born at
Uniontown, December 28, 1894, died February
12. 1895.
Martin Meuli was born at Nufenen, Canton
Braubunden, Switzerland, October 24, 1838;
his father was a lawyer and councilman in
his native country. Martin Meuli landed in
San Francisco, California, August, 1854, re-
mained there about one year, sold newspapers
on the street and fruit on the boats between
San Francisco and Oakland : he went to a
private night school to learn French. He left
there in summer of 1855 for Toulumne coun-
ty, Columbia, and worked there in a brewery
part of the time. The remainder of the time
he was mining up to 1857. In the spring he
left there for Siskiyou county, Indian Creek,
and worked there in a general merchandise
store for about one year. In the early spring
of 1861 he left in company with a party of
prospectors for Northern Idaho, landed in
what since has been created Shoshone county.
Pierce City, Idaho, in June, 1861. He fol-
lowed the mining work up to 1871, and was
one of five who discovered Warrens Mines in
spring of 1862. In July, 1871, he established
an express line from Pierce City to Moose
City, Idaho, a distance of one hundred miles.
For five months of the year he had to go on
snowshoes; not a public house the whole dis-
tance, and had to camp out. In spring of 1873
Mr. Meuli and Peter Haurcade, long since
deceased, started stock raising and running a
meat market in Pierce City. Idaho. June 14,
1877, the Nez Perce Indian war broke out and
in three months he lost all he had made in
the fifteen years previous, and had very little
left. He was one of the first volunteers, being
sergeant under Colonel McConnell. He and
his partner started again with a few head of
cattle the Indians left them and continued up
until 1884. In the month of May they dis-
solved partnership and Mr. Meuli moved to
Lewiston, Idaho, in fall of 1885. After his
marriage he went to Uniontown and bought a
hotel and livery stable. In 1888 the railroad
was completed into Uniontown. He started
then the M. & M. stage line to Lewiston,
Idaho, and made a contract with the railroad
company to transfer their express, freight
and passengers to Lewiston. until 1898. when
the road was completed to Lewiston. He is a
member of the Colton Lodge of Masons,
Washington.
(XXV) Osgood, son of Ebenezer Carleton,
born April 14, 1805, in Winthrop, Maine, died
October 11, 1888, in Augusta. He was a
farmer in early life, and later learned the trade
of carpenter and became a builder. He mar-
ried, November 26, 1835, Ursula, born August
16. 1816, died January 21, 1899, daughter of
John W. and Love (Foy) Burbank. Children:
I. Charles H., born August 29, 1836, died De-
cember 10, 1865. 2. Harriet M., August 23,
1838, married Samuel B. Chapin. 3. Helen
L., March 26, 1840, died November 19, 1846.
4. Joseph F., 1841, died 1846. 5. Ursula B.,
1845, 'i'sd same year. 6. George H., 1846,
died 1847. 7. Helen .A.. 1848, married Wil-
son Parmalee : she died 1894. 8. Reuel Will-
iams, see forward. 9. Edward Everett, see
forward.
(XX\'I) Reuel Williams, son of Osgood
Carleton. was born in Augusta, Maine, May
1 7- 1S53. He was educated in the public
schools of Augusta, and then learned the trade
of painter, working as a journeyman for sev-
eral years in Augusta, Maine, and Chicago,
Illinois. After his return from the west he
established, in 1894, an electrotyping foundry
in Augusta, and has continued with much suc-
cess in this business to the present time. In
politics he is a Republican. He is affiliated
w^ith Augusta Lodge, F. and A. M. ; Cushnoc
Chapter,' R. A. :\I. : Alpha Council. R. S. M. ;
Trinity Commandery, K. T. He is a member
of Augusta Lodge. I. O. O. F. ; of the Macca-
bees, and of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen. He is a member of the L^niver-
salist church. He married (first) July 22,
1876, Angie Walker, born October 13, 1851,
died October 14, 1889. Married (second)
September t2. 1894. Lottie M. Cornforth. born
in West Watcrville. May 21, 1871. daughter
of Hiram and Melora (Smith) Cornforth.
Her father was born in West Waterville. No-
vember 2. 1834, son of Robert Cornforth. born
in Readfield. 1805. and Mary A. (Hesketh)
Cornforth ; Mary A. was daughter of John
and Alary (Ayers) Hesketh: Robert Corn-
forth was son of Robert Cornforth, who came
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from England before 1800, and settled at
Readfield. Her mother was born in West
Watcrville, July 11, 1835, daughter of Abra-
ham Smith, born in Rowley, Massachusetts,
December 17, 1783, and Charlotte (Mnrston)
Smith, born in Barnstable, Massachusetts,
March 22, 1790, daughter of Isaiah and Bet-
sey (Lawrence) Marston, who came to Water-
ville in May, 1800. Children of Reuel W.
Carleton by first marriage: i. Alice Maudell,
born October 4. 1877. 2. Queenie Ella May,
October 21, 1879, died May 21, 1902. 3.
Lilla Belle, October 19, 1881, married, July
17, 1907, Hiram A. Stebbins. Children by
second marriage : 4. Raymond Williams, July
9, 1897, died" April, 1898. 5. Ruth Willa,
March 28, 1902. 6. Louis Henry, April 9,
1904. 7. Florence Louise, June g, 1906.
(XXVI) Edward Everett, son of Osgood
Carleton, was born in Augusta, Maine, July
9, 1855. He learned the trade of sign and
fancy painting, working at his trade in Au-
gusta. When nineteen years of age he left
his native town and located in Portland, same
state, where he engaged in the door, sash and
blind business, continuing in same up to the
present time (1909). He is a Republican in
politics. He married (first) February 20,
1878, Minnie, born May 6, 1857, died October
15, 1883, daughter of Nathan D. Roberts, of
Portland, Maine. Married (second) Gertrude
E. Bussell, born in West Newfield, March 21,
1861. Children of first wife: i. Mabel Lou-
ise, born June 22, 1880, married, August 11,
1901. Edward L. Demmick. 2. Harold Rob-
erts, January 8, 1883. married, April 19, 1905,
Alice M. Dyer, of South Portland, Maine ;
child, Earl Osgood, born January 26, 1908.
Child by second wife : 3. Bernice Burbank,
born December 21, 1889.
(For ancestry ^ee preceding sketch.)
(XXII) Joseph, son of Jo-
CARLETON seph Carleton, was born at
Bradford, November 9, 1698,
The family remained for several generations
at Rowley, Bradford, Boxford and vicinity.
His homestead is now known as the John
Tappan place in Groveland, formerly Brad-
ford. He married (first) October 30. 1729:
(second) Mary Goodridge, of Newbury, Oc-
tober 12, 1742. Children, born in Bradford:
1. Micah, January 12, 1730-31, married Sarah
Bailey (see Poor's Merrimac Valley families) ;
son Jonathan, born July 19, 1760, settled at
Vassalborough, IMaine, and had a large family.
2. Sarah, February 14, 1732-33. 3. Amos,
February 8. 1737-38, married INIary Edwards,
February 17, 1777. 4. Joseph, married, July
27, 1773. Mehitable Heald ; he died at Brad-
ford. April II. 183 1, aged eighty-two. 5.
David, married perhaps (second) November,
1787, Martha Currier. And others, doubtless.
(XXIII) David or Jonathan, son of Joseph
Carleton, or a nephew, was born about 1750.
He married and had children: i. John, born
August 23, 1780, mentioned below. 2. Levi,
father of James Henry Carleton, who gradu-
ated from West Point and attained the rank
of major-general of cavalry in the civil war;
he was in charge of the troops that discovered
the bones of those killed at Mountain Meadow
massacre and he erected a cairn to mark the
spot of burial. 3. Jacob. And other children.
(XXIV) John, son of David or Jonathan
Carleton, was born in Frankfort, August 23,
1780, died May 13, i860. He married Huldah
Cole, born June 22, 1785, died February 4,
1859. He settled in Frankfort, Maine, near
what is now known as Ellingwood Corner in
W^interport. He was a farmer and cattle dro-
ver and later in life kept the tavern at Carle-
ton Corner, now Ellingwood Corner. At the
so-called battle of Hampden he was wounded
in the knee, causing permanent lameness, and
he was afterward Icnown as "Lame John" to
the old settlers. This wound eventually caused
his death. He was buried near the homestead
at Carleton Corner, Winterport. This town
was incorporated from Frankfort territory in
i860. Children : i. Washington A., captain
of a volunteer company in the Aroostook war,
stationed at Houton, Maine, with his brother
Jonathan in the same company. 2. John C.
"L., now living at Winterport; prominent Re-
publican since the party was organized. 3.
Susan, married William Young. 4. Hannah,
married James Young. 5. Polly, married
Young. 6. Rachel, married
\^errill. 7. Nancy, married Cook. 8.
Jonathan A., mentioned below. 9. A daugh-
ter who married a Littlefield.
(XX\^) Jonathan A., son of John Carleton,
was born at Frankfort, July 8. 1814, died
March 29, 1864. He married, November 20,
1836, Eliza Willev. of Wolfborougli, New
Hampshire, born February 11, 1814, died Au-
gust 21. 1886. He was in a volunteer com-
pany commanded by his brother, Captain
Washington A. Carleton. in the Aroostook
war, stationed at Houton. He was a farmer
and shipwright. Children, born at Winterport,
then Frankfort: i. Huldah, November 28,
1837, died November i, 1840. 2. John W.,
November 26, 1838, served in the civil war in
the Third Maine Battery, which later became
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part of the Eisjhteenth Maine : living at Win-
terport. 3. James W. W., May 26, 1840, died
August 26, 1864. at Alexandria, \'irginia, of
typhoid fever contracted during the siege of
Petersburg, \'irginia ; was honorably dis-
charged from his first enlistment December 20,
1863, as corporal of Company M, First Regi-
ment, Maine Artillery ; re-enlisted in the Third
Maine Battery (later the Eighteenth). 4.
Amos H., July 27. 1841. died May 9, 1863, at
New Orleans. Louisiana, while serving in the
civil war in Company D, Twenty-sixth ]Maine
Regiment, from wounds received in the battle
of Irish Bend. April 14, 1863. 5. Joseph S.,
November 11, 1842, died September 30, 1844.
6. Huldah E.. April 18, 1845, died about 1880
at Dexter, Maine; married, March 20, 1864,
Stephen F. Wheeler, of Dexter. 7. Joseph H.,
July 14, 1847, mentioned below. 8. Susan E.,
March 27. 1849, died March 8, 1858. 9. Jon-
athan L., February 21, 1857. a farmer, living
at \\'interport.
(XX\T) Joseph H., son of Jonathan A.
Carleton, was born in Wintcrport, Maine, then
Frankfort. July 14, 1847. He was brought up
on the Carleton homestead and has always
lived there. He was educated in the public
schools of his native town. He is a well-to-do
farmer and influential citizen. In politics he
was a Republican. He served on the board
of selectmen at Winterport in 1899-1900. He
is a member of the Sunrise Grange, Patrons
of Husbandry. He married, .August 25, 1867,
Mary E., born at F'rankfort, .Vpril 4, 1850,
daughter of Solomon, born September 5, 1806,
died 1892, and Susan (Sullivan) Wheelden,
born .August 20, 181 1, died 1888. Susan was
daughter of David and Susanna (Rogers)
Sullivan, a descendant of the Rogers family
of Plymouth colony, and of "Mayflower"
stock. Children, born at Winterport : i. Amos
Franklin, May 15, 1868, mentioned below. 2.
Louise S.. December 4, 1872. married Patrick
J. Cuddy, of Winterport ; children : Herman
E. and Norman J. Cuddy.
(XXVII) -Amos Franklin, son of Joseph H.
Carleton, was born at Winterport, May 15,
1868. He attended the public schools of his
native town and graduated from the State
Normal school at Castine, Maine, in 1887.
For eight years he taught in the public schools
of Winterport and Flampden. From 1895 to
1903, a period of eight years, he was superin-
tendent of the Winterport Water Company.
He has been active in public life. He is an
influential Republican in politics, and in 1903-
04 represented Winterport in the state legis-
lature, serving on the committee on education
and demonstrating special fitness for legisla-
tive work. He was for about four years su-
perintendent of schools of Winterport, and
from 1 90 1 to 1904 was one of the selectmen
of that town. He was elected high sheriff of
Waldo county in 1904. and since January i,
1905, has resided at Belfast, the county seat,
in the official residence near the penal insti-
tutions of which he has charge. He is a mem-
ber of Howard Lodge, No. 6g, Free Masons,
of Winterport ; of Garfield Lodge of Odd Fel-
lows, of Winterport ; of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows of the state of Maine: of .Mizpah
Rebekah Lodge and of Sunrise Grange, No.
241, Patrons of Husbandry, of Winterport.
He is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He married, December 30, 1892, Elta
M., born at Newburgh, ]\Iaine, January 16,
1875, daughter of Charles F. and Juliette
(Doble) Robinson, of Winterport. Children,
born at Winterport: i. Marjorie J., March
13, 1894. 2. Ida S., January 16, 1896.
Before the general adoption of
D.W IS surnames in Great Britain, the
Welsh people were accustomed to-
distinguish those bearing the same christian
name from one another by adding the father's
name with a possessive, as "Harry's," "Da-
vid's," and these were in time shortened and
slightly varied, thus forming the very fre-
quent names among those people of Williams,
Jones, Harris and Davis. The family whose
history is herein outlined was among those
early planted in New -England, and has fur-
nished citizens to Maine and other states, who
have been noted for energy, probity, ability
and high moral character.
(I) Barnabas Davis, immigrant ancestor of
a prominent family bearing this name, was
born 1 599 in Tewk.sbury, England ; with his
wife Patience and son Samuel he sailed for
America in the ship "Blessing'' and arrived
at Boston in 1636. He settled in Charlestown,
where he owned several parcels of real estate,
including a part of Bunker Hill. By trade he
was a tallow chandler and probably followed
that trade. He died November 27, 1685, and
was survived almost five years by his wife,
who died November 15, 1690. Their children
were: i. Samuel, further mentioned below.
2. Barnabas. 3. Patience, born 1641, mar-
ried W^illiam Ridland, of Charlestown. 4.
Nathaniel, married (first) Mary Converse;
(second) Mary Thomas; was a glazier in
Charlestown. 5. Hopewell, a soldier of King
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Philip's war, married Sarah (Boynton) Davis.
6. James, married EHzabeth Randall and lived
in Scituate.
(II) Samuel, eldest child of Barnabas and
Patience Davis, was born in 1630 in England,
and settled soon after his marriage in Groton,
AlaSsachusetts. where his children were born.
He was a prominent man of his time and
active in the struggles with the savage foes
surrounding -his home. By one authority it is
stated that he was killed in Groton by the
Indians in 1704: others say it was his son
Samuel. His son John was slain near his
home in Groton. Samuel died December 28,
1699. He was married in 1656 to Mary
\\'aters, who was born January 27, 1638, a
daughter of Laurence and Ann (Linton)
Waters, of Watertown, Lancaster and Charles-
town. Their children were : i. Elizabeth. 2.
Mary, married (first) Isaac Lewis: (second)
Thomas Pratt. 3. John, born I\Iarch 10, 1664,
lived in Groton, where he was killed by the
Indians in October. 1704. 4. Sarah. 5. Sam-
uel, mentioned below. 6. Barnabas, who died
1690. 7. Patience, wife of John Green.
(III) Samuel (2), second son of Samuel
(i) and Mary (Waters) Davis, was born
January 10, 1669, in Groton, and was one of
the soldiers of Queen Anne's war, serving in
Captain Tyng's company of snow shoe men in
1703. For this service he was one of the
grantees of Tyngstown, now Manchester, New
Hampshire. He bought land in Groton of
\\'illiam and Patience (Davis) Ridland, in
1694. and continued to live there until 1706,
when he removed to Chelmsford. The births
of seven of his children are recorded in Gro-
ton, and the same children with two others are
recorded in Chelmsford, namely: i. Samuel,
born August 16, 1695. 2. Anna, May 24,
1697. 3. Mary, May 20, 1699. 4. Barnabas,
December 19, 1700. 5. Simon, November 15,
1702. 6. Amos, October 15, 1705. 7. Ex-
perience, January 23, 1707, died in December
following. ,8. Elizabeth, January 16, 1708. 9.
Steven, January 31, 1711, died when less than
one year old. The baptismal name of the
mother was Hannah.
(IV) Amos, fourth son of Samuel (2) and
Hannah Davis, was born October 15, 1705, in
Groton, and was a small child when his pa-
rents removed to Chelmsford. He lived suc-
cessively in Littleton, Uxbridge, again in Lit-
tleton, Petersham and Harvard, Massachu-
setts. He was one of the grantees of West-
moreland, New Hampshire, and removed to
that town, very soon after 1750. He and his
wife were among the foundation members of
the church there, where he died soon after
1770. No church record of his children is
found, but the baptismal name of his wife
was Elizabeth. Their children were: i.
Edith, born September 30, 172S. 2. Phcbe,
June 21, 1730. 3. Amos, September 2, 1732,
married Sarah Aletcalf and lived in Chester-
field. New Hampshire. 4. Elizabeth, Novem-
ber 14, 1735. 5. Jones, April 9, 1737, lived in
Chesterfield. 6. Rachel, October 7, 1739. 7.
Samuel, October 15, 1744. 8. Reuben, July
17, 1747. 9. Esther, August 21, 1749. 10.
Ezra, mentioned below.
(Y) Ezra, youngest child of Amos and
Elizabeth Davis, was born about 1752 in West-
moreland, and was a soldier of the revolution.
He enlisted June 29, ,1777, in Captain J. Cole's
company of Colonel Ashley's regiment of mi-
litia. He marched from Westmoreland at the
Bennington alarm. June 28, 1777. The date
of his death is not found in the archives of
New Hampshire. He was married in West-
moreland to Ruth Farrington, of that town,
and after his death she married (second)
Dean Carleton. with \yhom she removed to
Denmark, Maine, and there died January 27,
1826. The children of Ezra and Ruth Davis
were: Ezra, born April 7, 1779. Elizabeth,
December 19, 1780. William, mentioned be-
low, and Josiah.
(VI) Wilham, second son of Ezra and
Ruth Davis, was born August 28, 1782, in
W'estmoreland, and resided successively in
Salem, ]\Iassachusetts, and Mount Vernon,
New Hampshire, and settled at Denmark,
Maine, where he died November 29, 1851.
When a small boy he was bound out until the
age of fourteen years to a Mr. West, of West-
moreland. When he reached the age of eight-
een years he went to work in a distillery in
Salem, Massachusetts, in which employment
he continued six years. He was a resident
there on May 14, 1807, when he took a deed
of a tract of land in Denmark, Maine, from
Perley Hale, and was then called a distiller.
He was a resident of Mount \'ernoii, New
Hampshire, Februarj' 10, 1809, when he took
a deed of land in Wilton, an adjoining town.
After his marriage he resided in Mount Vernon
with his wife's parents until the spring of 1809
when he removed to Denmark, Maine, and
there continued to reside until his death. He
was an active man in town affairs, filling the
office of selectman in 1810; constable in 1814-
15-16-17-18-19-22-23. He was moderator for
the year 1818 and on the committee of ac-
counts for 1830. He had considerable local
celebrity as a teacher of music in Salem, Mas-
1876
STATE OF MAINE.
.sachusetts, and in later life tausht in Bridgton
and Denmark. He served as lieutenant in
Captain Berry's company of infantry, Steel's
(second) regiment of Massachusetts militia,
and was called into service, rendezvous at
Denmark, September 13, 1814. He was dis-
charged at Portland, Maine, on the 24th of
the same month. He married Qarissa Carle-
ton (see Carleton XXV), born September 9,
1781, in Mount N'crnon. and died in Denmark,
October 4, 1870. Their children were: i.
Clarissa W., born November 30. 1809. 2.
William F.. mentioned below. 3. John P.,
Julv 5, 1813. 4. Elizabeth P., September 27,
"i8i'6. 5. Josiah W., January 27, 1818. 6.
Oliver C, May 27, 1820. 7. Ezra, December
12, 1821. 8. Marv Frances, December 12,
1825.
(\TI) William Farrington, eldest son of
William and Clarissa (Carleton) Davis, was
born December 25, 1810. in Denmark, and
passed his life in that town, where he died
July 6, 1885. He served on the committee of
accounts in 1840, as selectman, assessor and
overseer of the poor in the years 1844-45-46,
and was town agent in 1854. He was town
treasurer in 1869-70-71-72-73, and a member
of the house of representatives in 1861. He
was elected to the last-named position from
the district composed of the towns of Den-
mark, Fliram, Lovell and Stowe, and was a
member of the town standing committee of
agriculture, and the town select committee on
gubernatorial votes. He was a member of the
Congregational church of Denmark, and in
political principle a Republican. He married,
December 29, 1836, Pamelia Goodwin Tra-
verse, born November 30, 1812, in Denmark,
and died in that town August 9, 1895. (See
Traverse Yll.) Their children were: Clara
W., born December 18, 1837; William C,
September 27, 1839; Samuel C, the subject
of the following paragraph.
(Vni) Samuel Granville, younger son of
William Farrington and Pamelia G. (Tra-
verse) Davis, was born July 30, 1842, in Den-
mark, and received his early education in the
common schools of his native town. He pre-
pared for college at Bridgton Academy in
North Bridgton, IMaine, and graduated from
Bowdoin College in the class of 1865. He is
now a member of the Bowdoin Alumni Asso-
ciation of Washington. D. C, of which Chief
Justice Melville W. Fuller is now president.
Mr. Davis studied law in the offices of Charles
E. Holt, of Denmark, IVlaine, and of Fessen-
den & Butler in Portland, and was admitted
to the bar of the state in September, 1867.
Since then he has been engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession, diversified by school
teaching, except when in government employ.
In his native town he served as auditor, town
agent, town clerk, selectman, assessor and
overseer of the poor, and superintendent of
schools, holding each of these offices several
years. He was justice of the peace and quo-
rum from January, 1868, until ho left the state
to accept a government position at Washing-
ton, in 'September, 1882. He was appointed
dedimus justice of the state of j\Iaine in 1877
and still holds that position. From September,
1882, to September, 1886. he was a clerk in
the United States pension bureau, and he was
detailed as a special examiner. He was ap-
pointed a clerk in the treasury department
June 22, 1892, and since January 11, 1893,
has served as clerk in the office of the com-
missioner of internal revenue in the treasury
department.
He is quite jirominently identified with
the Masonic fraternity, in which he has held
many offices, including worshipful master of
the Blue Lodge: high priest of the chapter;
and was regularly anointed into the order of
high priesthood ; district deputy grand master,
and junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge
of Maine. He holds membership in the Mount
Moriah Lodge of Denmark, Oriental Royal
Arch Chapter of Bridgton, St. Albans Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, of Portland, the
grand lodge of Maine, and the local chapter
Order of the Eastern Star, at Denmark. He
is a member of the Washington Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution and of the
Sons and Daughters of Maine in Washington,
having been president of the executive board
of the latter organization. He married (first)
January 29, 1873, Parriezina M. Bennett, of
Na.shua, New Hampshire, daughter of Horace
Bennett and Mary Jane (Richarlson) Ben-
nett. She died ^larch 5, 1899. Their chil-
dren are : Blanch P., Norman C, Molly
P., Bertram G. and Webster B., now liv-
ing, and Rupert G. Davis, who was born
March 9, 1876, and died February 4, 1877.
Mr. Davis married (second) February 3, 1902,
Helen A. Hughes, born May 18, 1865, daugh-
ter of William N. and FLarriet A. OIi"er)
Collins, of Washington, and widow of Walter
Hughes, of whom she has one son : Willard.
She is a graduate of the Washington high
school, class 1886, and has always devoted her
time and talents to the furtherance of educa-
tional purposes.
S/C^^L-..-^ ^ 2^
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STATE OF MAINE.
1877
This name is usually spelled
TRUAIBLE Trumbull, and has been the
patronymic of many distin-
- guished citizen?, among whom may be named
Jonathan Trumbull, first governor of the
state of Connecticut and the original "Brother
Jonathan."
(I) John Trumble, cooper, from New
Castle-upon-Tyne, in England ; of Roxbury,
Massachusetts, in 1639, and among the first
members of Mr. Eliot's church there, and the
following year, Alay 13, 1640, he was made
freeman of Rowley. He brought to this
country a wife Ellen and a son John.
(II) John (2), of Roxbury, and later of
Rowley, was born in 1638 or 1639, and mar-
ried Ann Swan. Their sons were : John, Jo-
seph and Judah.
(III) Judah Trumble. of Roxbury, died
April I, 1692, in Enfield, Connecticut. He had
wife Mary, and their children were : John,
bom March 5, 1674; Ebenezer, August i,
1675; Joseph, January 3, 1677; Judah, Jan-
uary 2, 1679; -^lary, March 20, 16S1 ; William,
July 9, 1683; Samuel, June i, 1685; and Eph-
raim, July 6. 1688, and died April i, 1692.
(IV) John (3), son of Judah and Mary
Trumbull (Trumble), was born March 5,
1674, in Roxbury, and probably lived in that
town and Haverhill.
(V) The records of the secretary of state
of New Hampshire show that Judah Trum-
bull served in the French and Indian wars,
and his sons Simon, Samuel, and Nathaniel in
the Revolutionary war. These persons all
lived in Concord. Judah was presumably a
son of John (3). He settled with wife Grace
in Concord. Judah Trumbull served in Cap-
tain Joseph Eastman's company in expedition
for subjection of Crown Point in 1755. In
1746 his iiame with others is connected with
the Garrison at East Concord. He married, in
Haverhill, iMassachusetts, January 18, 1733.
Grace Foster, and had a daughter born in
Haverhill, September i, 1735, who died July
29, 1736. His other children were: Mary,
born June i, 1737; Simon, December 14, 1739,
who died in February, 1800; Samuel, born
June 7, 1743; Nathaniel, March 30, 1746;
John, May 30, 1749; and Ruth, July 4, 1752.
Simon Trumbel's and John Trumbel's signa-
tures with 750 others, are attached to the As-
sociation Test at Concord. This was in 1776
and is as follows : "We, the subscribers, do
hereby solemnly engage and promise that we
will to the utmost of our power, at the risk
of our lives and fortunes, with arms oppose
the hostile proceedings of the British Fleets
and Armies against the United American
Colonies."
(VI) John Trumbull married Lucy Good-
win and settled in the Sugar Ball neighbor-
hood of Concord. They had the following
children: Judith, born April 25, 1777, died
April 10, 1862; Joseph, born in 1779; Samuel,
1782; Dolly, 1785; Mary, 1787; Sarah, 1790;
Elizabeth, December 11, 1792.
(VII) Judith Trumbull married Samuel
Traverse or Travis. Their children were :
Abigail, born in November, 181 1; Pamelia
Goodwin, bom November 30, 1812; and Sarah
E., born December 31, 1817.
(VIII) Pamelia Goodwin Traverse mar-
ried William Farrington Davis, who was the
father of Samuel Granville Davis (see Davis).
I. For English ancestry see Baldwin de Carleton.
(XXI) Thomas Carleton,
CARLETON of Bradford, Massachusetts.
Will recorded in Salem,
Massachusetts, bora 1667, and died in 1734.
He married Elizabeth . Their children
were: Thomas, died in 1766; George, died in
1783; John; Bethiah; Elizabeth; Sarah Carle-
ton. The following is an extract from the
will of Thomas Carleton, showing that he was
the owner of a slave : "I give my wife the use
of my negro, Garl, during her life, and then
I will that the said negro Garl be sold and the
money be equally divided amongst my chil-
dren.''
(XXII) George Carleton, of Bradford and
Boxford, Alassachusetts. His will is recorded
in Salem, Massachusetts. He married I\Iary
Hale. Their children were : Samuel ; George,
who was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill;
Thomas, died June 17, 1775 ; Oliver, born in
1732, died in April, 181 1; William, died in
September, 1800; Mary Ayers ; and Sarah
Hovev.
(XXIII) Oliver Carleton, of Boxford,
Massachusetts, and Mount Vernon, New
Hampshire, died in April, 181 1. He married
Amy Washer, who was born in 1740. Their
children were: John, born October 16, 1762,
died December, 1838; Enoch, born in 1765,
died December 20, 1838; Oliver, born in 1767,
died in 1845; Stephen, born in 1771, died in
July, 1857; Rebecca Parker, born in 1764;
Amy Grout, born in 1769, died in 1849.
(XXIV) John Carleton, of Mount Vernon,
New Hampshire, married Judith Weston, in
1 78 1, who was born March 29, 1763, and died
in November, 1824. The records of the war
department show that John Carleton, rank not
stated, served in the Fifth Regiment of Militia,
1878
STATE OF MAINE.
New Hampshire, for the defense of Rhode
Island. He engaged to serve six months. His
name appears on a muster roll, dated Amherst,
July 27, 1779, which bears the remark "Time
of engagement July 26 I779-" It also ap-
pears on a pay roll dated at Exeter, New
Hampshire, February, 1780, of Daniel Emer-
son's company in Colonel Here. Mooney's
regiment, raised in New Hampshire for the
defense of Rhode Lsland, 1779. Allowed i
day for every 20 miles travel ; time of en-
gagement July 26, 1779; time of discharge,
January 14, 1780; time of service, five months
and twenty days. The children of John and
Judith (Weston) Carleton were: Clarissa
(Davis), born September 9, 1781, died Octo-
ber 4, 1870; Judith (Coburn), born July 8,
1783, died 1864: Emma, born August 21,
1785, died February 25, 1812 ; John, born July
26, 1787, died January 14, 1868; Mary
(Smith), born Jaiuiary 19, 1790; died 1812;
Weston, born December 5, 1791, died October,
1793 ; Daniel Weston, born November 26,
1793, died September, 1800; Achsah, born
July 26, 1795, died January 2, 1842; George,
born May 16, 1797, died in infancy; Lucy,
born May 9, 1799, died^ Sei)tember, iSoo;
Oliver, born July 20, 1801, died 1882; Daniel
Weston, born October 29, 1S05, died Septem-
ber 8. 1852.
(XXV) Clarissa Carleton married William
Davis. Their children were : Clarissa W.,
born November 30, 1809, died September 27,
1828; William F., born December 25, 1810,
died July 6. 1885; Emma C. (Pingree), born
April 9, 1812, died February, 1876; John P.,
born July 5, 1813, died August 27, 1865; he
was postmaster of the town of Naples, Maine,
for many years, and up to the time of his
death, and a senator in the Maine state legis-
lature for the years 1848-49-56; Elizabeth P.
(Smith), born September 27, 1816, died April
6, 1882; Josiah W., born January 27, 1818,
died March 10, 1885 ; he was a private in the
Twenty-third Maine Regiment Infantry in the
war of the rebellion, from October 17, 1862, to
July 15, 1863; Ezra, born May 20, i8ig, died
October 15. 1820: Oliver C, born May 27,
1820, died December 3, 1828; Ezra, born De-
cember 12, 1821, died July, 1863; he was a
first lieutenant in the Seventh New Hampshire
Regiment of Infantry in the war of the re-
bellion, and was wounded in the assault on
Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, in July,
1863, from which wound he died ; Mary F.,
born December T2, 182=;, died December 19,
1825.
(XXVI) William F. Davis married Pa-
melia Goodwin Traverse; he was the father of
Samuel Granville Davis. Their other children
were: Clara W., born December 18, 1837,
still living in February, 1909; William C,
born September 27, 1839, died December 14,
1863 ; he was a private in Coinpany K, Twen-
tieth Maine Regiment Infantry, in the war of
the rebellion ; was enrolled August 5, 1862, and
died December 14, 1863, ^t Baltimore, ]\Iary-
land; Samuel G., born January 28, 1841, died
July 27, 1842. _
This name comes from
TRAVERSE Trevieres, in Normandy, and
in the year 11 38 the name
of Travers was taken by Ranulph de Clin-
champ. The first appearance of the name in
England is in the "Domesday Book," where
one of the family is recorded as from the
county of Hants ; in later days it became quite
well known, and many of the family held posi-
tions of trust under the Crown.
(I) Henrie Travers, >from London, em-
barked in the "Mary and John," with Robert
Sayers, master, early in 1634, landing at Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, where he remained about
a year. In 1635 he was living in Newbury,
Massachusetts, and there is no record of when
or where he married his wife, Bridgett Fitts,
who is said by some genealogists to have been
his second wife. He sailed for London, Eng-
land, in 1648, and never returned ; he left a
son and daughter, besides his wife, and had
made a will disposing of his estate. His wid-
ow, in 1659, married Richard Window, and
removed with her family to Gloucester. The
children of Henrie and Bridgett (Fitts) Tra-
vers were: Sarah, born in 1636, at Newbury,
married Nicholas Wallington, and James.
(II) James, the only son of Henrie and
Bridgett (Fitts) Traverse, was born April 28,
1645, at Newbury, Massachusetts, and in 1667
his name is found signed Travis, which spell-
ing has been used by most of his descendants.
In 1668 he removed to Brookfield, Massachu-
setts, and probably removed from that place
before the Indians destroyed the town, going
to the neighborhood of Framingham and Hol-
liston. He took part in King Philip's war,
and in 1676 was captured by the Indians and
held for two years before he made his escape.
Before 1717 he had died, as his estate was
then being settled. Ajjril 8. 1667, he married
Mercy (or Marsye), daughter of John and
Elizabeth Pearce, of Gloucester, and they had
three children, as follows : Elizabeth, born in
1667-68, married Nathaniel Haven; Mercy
(Mary), born probably at Brookfield, married
STATE OF MAIXE.
1879
Benjamin Whitney (first) and (second) Lieu-
tenant Thomas Frink ; and James.
(III) James (2), the only son of James
(i) and Mercy (Pearce) Travis, was born,
probably at Brookfield, between 1668 and
1676. He removed to Framingham, Massa-
chusetts, it is thought before its incorporation,
in June, 1700, and in 1717 in a deed he is
described as from Framingham, but in the
same year he was in Sherborn, Massachusetts.
April 20, 1756, he must have been eighty
years of age, perhaps more, and is adjudged
to be unable to care for himself, so Thomas
Mellen is appointed as his guardian. In 1760
Elizabeth, his second wife, signs a deed as his
widow. He married (first) in 1698-99, Mercy
Leland, who died between August 16, 1710,
and 1716, and he married (second) November
18, 1745, Elizabeth Wesson. By his first wife
he had four children, as follows : Joseph ;
James, born April 12, 1703, married Rebecca
Squire; Mary, January 26, 1705-06; John,
August 16, 1710, married Anne or Anna Max-
well ; and by his second wife one, Elizabeth,
April 16, 1747.
(IV) Joseph, the eldest son of James (2)
and Mercy (Leland) Travis, was born De-
cember 3, 1700, at Framingham, Massachu-
setts, and died at Sherborn. From 1757 to
1772 he was of Natick, as shown by records,
and he was constable there in 1762, 1771-72-
"^j and 1780, and he was a corporal in David
Morse's muster roll, Buckminster regiment, in
1755, his son Asa being private in the same
company. He married (first) February 28,
1726-27, Mehitable Hagar, of Watertown,
born May 7, 1704, died December 22, 1737,
daughter of William and Sarah (Benjamin)
Hagar ; at the time of his first marriage he is
described as of Sherborn. Children : Sarah,
born April 21, 1728, married Daniel B. Ha-
gar; Asa; Zerviah, July 10, 1733. He mar-
ried (second) March 29, 1740, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Rebecca (Allen) Dean, of
Sudbury, Massachusetts. Children : Susannah,
born August 23, 1741, at Natick, married
Samuel Watkins ; Daniel, October 13, 1742,
married Thankful Watkins.
(V) Asa, the oldest son of Joseph and Me-
hitable (Hagar) Travis, was born May 28,
1729, at Sherborn. Massachusetts, and died in
1806 at Deering, New Hampshire. After his
marriage he resided at Natick, Massachusetts,
where is recorded the birth of his son Asa,
probably the eldest of his children. In 1765
he was living at Natick, and that is the last
known of his whereabout until he responded
to the Lexington alarm, with five sons. He
was in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1779-80,
and in 1781 was member of a committee "to
see what number of school houses should be
thought necessary." Two years later he ap-
pears at Deering, New Hampshire, also five of
his sons, but his son Elijah seems not to have
gone with his father, as he settled at Waltham,
Massachusetts, where he married. April 26,
1775, he enlisted in the continental army,
serving three months in Captain Russell's
company. Colonel J. Brewer's regiment ; and
received an order for a "bounty coat," or its
equivalent in money, due for eight months'
service in 1775, Captain Russell's company,
same regiment. January i, 1776, he again en-
listed, and served ten months and twenty-six
days as private in David Whitney's company,
Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment, encamp-
ment at Ticonderoga, November 27, 1776; he
again enlisted October 12, 1778, in Edwin
Longley's company. Colonel Coggswell's regi-
ment, time of service two months, two days,
for the purpose of guarding and fortifying
posts in and near Boston. His last service
was when he enlisted July 28, 1780, for three
days, Rhode Island alarm, in Joshua Fisk's
company. Colonel Abner Perry's regiment. In
1753 he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas
and Deborah Dunton, born December 26,
1730, at Natick, a descendant of John and
Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. David Alden was
son of John Alden, of the "Mayflower," and
married Mary Southworth ; their son Henry
had a daughter Deborah, who married Thomas
Dunton. Asa and Sarah (Dunton) Travis
had nine children who reached maturity, and
two who died young ; they are here given,
though the order of their birth is not known :
I. Asa, born in 1754, married Mary Smith. 2.
Elijah, born in 1758, married Lydia Peirce.
3. Oliver. 4. Mehitable, married Thomas
Gooding, whose family later spelled the name
"Goodwin." 5. Luther, married Nancy Shear-
er. 6. Aaron, born in 1769, married Betsey
Patten. 7. William, born December 31, 1777,
married Lydia Sargent. 8. Abigail, married
Stephen Brown. 9. Joel, married Rebecca
Allen. ID. A child who died June 25, 1768,
aged thirteen months. 11. Anna, died Sep-
tember 15, 1775. at the age of two years.
(VI) Oliver, son of Asa and Sarah (Dun-
ton) Travis, was born in 1762, at Waltham,
Massachusetts, and died May 8, 1838, at
Brownfield, Maine. He was accorded a pen-
sion for one year's active service in the revo-
lutionary war. He appears on the Massachu-
setts revolutionary rolls as private in Captain
foshua Leland's company, enlisted October 12,
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STATE OF MAINE.
1779, discharged November 10. 1779: this
company, under Major Nathaniel Heath, were
detached by order of General Hancock for the
protection of Boston. He also appears as
private in Thomas Brintnall's company, Col-
onel Cyprian Howe's regiment, for service at
Rhode Island, enlisted .August 31, 1780, dis-
charged November i, 1780: he again appears
as private in Captain Daniel Bowker's com-
pany. Colonel Webb's regiment, enlisted Sep-
tember 23, 1781, discharged December 4, 1781,
raised for the purpose of reinforcing the con-
tinental army. His name appears on the tax
lists of Deering, New Hampshire, first in
1794, again in 1795-96-97-98, 1800 and 1801,
and not thereafter. December 11, 1783, he
married Milly (Pamelia) Goodwin (on rec-
ords as Gooding), born at Cambridge. Mas-
sachu.«etts, and died at Brownfield. Maine, in
1842, and they had children as follows : Sam-
uel. Annie, Maurice, Martha. Daniel. Maria,
and a child who was burned in a house in
W'altham, Massachusetts.
(VII) Samuel, eldest son of Oliver and
Pamelia (or Milly) (Goodwin) Traverse, was
born September 27, 1784, at Waltham, Massa-
chusetts, and died July 19. 1840. at Denmark,
Maine. He was at Portland, Maine, and en-
listed in the war of 1812. He married Judith
Trumbull, born April 25, 1777, at Concord,
New Hampshire, died at Denmark, Maine,
April 10, 1862, a descendant of John Trum-
bull (See Trumble), from Newcastle-on-the-
Tyne. England, of Roxbury in 1639. Samuel
and Judith (Trumbull) Traverse (as this
branch of the family spelled the name) had
two daughters. Pamelia Goodwin, who mar-
ried William F. Davis (see Davis VII), and
Sarah E.
John Clark, the earliest named
CLARK ancestor, was one of the colony
who founded Hartford, and his
name is engraved with the other members on
the monument in the cemetery in Hartford,
known as the "Ancient Burying Ground." The
descendants of John Clark believe that he was
identical with John, of Cambridge. Massachu-
setts, as w-as also John, of Hartford, and this
is set down as an ascertained fact bv the Rev.
William S. Porter, a genealogist of great in-
dustry and local research. (The Clarks of
Saybrook, Connecticut, claim that John of
Cambridge, of Hartford and of Saybrook,
were identical, and quote the authority of Ilin-
man. No contemporary record has been
found to contain or disprove either theorv.)
The following account of John Clark and his
progeny is taken from "A Record of the De-
scendants of John Clark of Farmington, Con-
necticut," compiled by Julius Gay, at the re-
quest of Dennis Woodruff Clark Esq.. of Port-
land. Maine, a descendant in the sixth genera-
tion, and published in 1882.
(I) John Clerke, as the name is spelled,
took the freeman's oath at the general court
of Massachusetts Bay Colony, November 6,
1632. He was one of the forty-two men to
whom land was assigned at Newton, now
Cambridge, March 29. 1632. Who these
forty-two men were in part appears in a state-
ment by Winthrop : "The Braintree Company
by order of court removed to Newton. These
were Mr. Hooker's company." In ' Page's
History of Cambridge it is stated that John
CJarke "owned the lot on the easterly corner
of Brattle and Mason streets in 1635, which
he sold to Edward Winship, and removed to
Hartford. Under date of March i, 1636, is
the record of an agreement between the town
of Newtown and John Clark by the terms of
which he undertakes to make a weir and catch
alewives in the Menotomies river and sell "all
the alewives he should take" at three shillings
six pence per thousand. &c. This is the last
record found of him in Newtown.
John Clark was a soldier in the Pequot fight,
and must have been in Hartford as early as
1637. On May I, 1637. the general court at
Hartford "ordered that there shall be an of-
fensive w'ar against the Pequoitt." After the
return of the soldiers from their successful
campaign, a tract of land containing from
sixty to eighty acres, long known as Soldiers' ■
Field, was divided among them. John Clark
w'as an owner of land in this tract, and there-
fore presumably one of the soldiers in the
Pequot fight. On March 9, 1641. the town
ordered Matthew Marvin to maintain a fence
* * * "to the corner of John Clark's lot lying
in the Soldiers field." At a general meeting
of the town held January 14, 1639, it was
voted: "Whereas there is some difiference in
allotments, some having more than is accord-
ing to their due proportion, it is therefore
ordered that Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Wells, Mr.
Warner, John Pratt. Timothy Stanlev, John
Clark, Joseph Mygatt * * * shall examine the
same and shall have power to appoint every
mans portion according as in their judgment
shall be just and equal." In February, 1639,
John Clark had a fee simple title to a parcel
of land on w-hich his dwelling stood in the
W'est Field, containing by estimation four
acres, more or less, and eleven other pieces.
The house and lot mentioned were sold by
1
STATE OF MAINE.
1881
John Clark to Zachary Field, a? appears in
the description of lands of the latter recorded
January, 1650. Other references to John
Clark appear on the town records of Hartford,
as follows : September, 1639 : "It is ordered
that Goodman Scott, Goodman Clark and
Goodman Ely shall reserve the common"
* "■' * "and if Thomas Scott, John Clark and
Goodman Ely fail of measuring within the
time set, they shall forfeit five shillings." Gen-
eral meeting, February 18, 1640 — John Clark
with eleven others on a committee to divide
"the land on the east side of the Great River."
January 12, 1642 — "There was chosen survey-
ors for the year, John Clark and John Wil-
cox." John Clark probably removed from
Hartford prior to 1655, as his name does not
appear in the list of taxpayers in the "mill
rates" for the years 1655-66-67, which are
preserved. His name is, however, found in
the lists of "The proprietors of the undivided
lands in Hartford with such of their propor-
tions in one division as followeth according to
which proportions they paid for the purchase
of the said lands." in the years 1663-66-71-72.
These divisions of the "undivided lands" were,
however, made to non-residents, and even to
the heirs of deceased proprietors. In the di-
visions of 1674 and 1682 his name ceases to
appear. A John Clark, whether the same or
not there is no way of determining, was a
juror at Hartford, September, 1641, and Oc-
tober, 1642; also a deputy, May, 1649. -^
John Clark had ten children baptized in the
First Church of Hartford in 1704-24. John
Clark, the ancestor of the family whose gene-
alogy is hereafter recorded, was an early set-
tler of Farmington, Connecticut; how early
does not appear. He had been a resident long
enough to have acquired numerous pieces of
land when the town registrar made a formal
record of them in January, 1657. The names
of John Clark and his wife were included in
a list of the members of the church in Farm-
ington, made March i, 1680. When they
joined is not stated. Fie was made a freeman
in May, 1664; on December 27, 1682, he was
chosen to be a chimney viewer by the town ;
on December 28, 1685, and again on Decem-
ber 8, i6qo, he was chosen surveyor of high-
ways. What offices, if any, he held prior to
those dates cannot be known, since the for-
mal record of town meetings begins with that
of December 27, 1682. His residence with
"yeardes and orchardes" was situate on a par-
cel of land on High street, containing by esti-
mation ten acres. John Clark was the owner
of numerous pieces of land, by grant of the
town, and by the divisions of the "Reserved
land" among the eighty-four proprietors. His
possessions were scattered here and there
northward to "a place cittuate within the
bounds of fifarmington att a place commonly
called and known by the name of Brownson's
Nodd, and Lyng northward of said ffarming-
ton on the west side of the great River which
runneth throw ffarmington Meadows, and is
nigh unto Simsbery bounds" ; to the south as
far as the Great Plain ; and eastward and
westward to the farthest boundaries of the
town. This account of the place where he
lived and the lands he owned is about all that
can be learned concerning the ancestor of the
numerous race. Of his wife or wives not
even the names are known. An old family
record, taken down long since from the lips
of an aged member of the family, states that
John Clark came from Scotland, and that his
wife was an English lady. The only other
mention found of her is in the record of the
First Church in Farmington, wherein the Rev.
Samuel Hooker enrolls John Clark and his
wife as members, on March i, 1680. John
Clark made his will November 21, 1712, and
died the next day, and the town clerk made the
entry : "John Clark of ffarmington ye aged
departed his Natural Life twenty second of
November In ye year of or Lord 1712." His
children were : John, Matthew, Elizabeth, Re-
becca, Mary, Sarah, Martha, Abigail, Hannah,
Rachel and Mercy.
(II) Matthew, second son and child of
John Clark, was born before 1674. He died
"September 24, 1751, and- left an estate which
was inventoried at £3,966 15s 6d, including
three hundred and ten acres of land. His will
was executed September 11, 1751. He mar-
ried, about 1704, Ruth, daughter of John and
iVIary (Howkins) Judd. Their children were:
Ruth (died young), Matthew (died young),
Marv. John, Ruth, and Matthew.
(HI) John (2), fourth child and second
son of Matthew and Ruth (Judd) Clark, was
born September i, 1712. He lived on the
Stanley Quarter road leading from Farming-
ton to New Britain. His residence was with-
in the territorial limits of Great Swamp (Ken-
sington) parish, but he attended public wor-
ship at the old church in Farmington. He
married, September 2, 1742, Elizabeth Newell,
who was born January 29, 1720. and died
February 2, 1791, aged seventy, daughter of
Captain 'John and Elizabeth (Hawley) New-
ell. After the death of her husband, June 16,
1782, Elizabeth attended the New Britain
Church, and being partially deaf was allowed
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to ^laiid in i::c- pii.iKt. Their children were:
Mercy. Mary, Mervin, Dan. Abel. Ruth, John,
Huklah, Elizabeth and Jane.
(IV) Mervin, eldest son and third child of
John and Elizabeth (Newell) Clark, was born
November 26, 1746, and died August 17, 1825.
His christian name is spelled Mervin when
written by himself, but by his townsmen was
universally spelled Marvin. He was one of
the seventy signers to an agreement made
September 3. 1774. "to be in readiness and
duly equipped with arms and ammunition to
proceed to Boston for the relief of our dis-
tressed and besieged brethren there." He was
actively engaged in the revolution, but in what
capacity is not clearly known. He is said
to have been at Danbury, Connecticut, when
that place was burned b\' Tryon in April, 1777,
and was at one time in the camp at Horse
Plains. Uniting with the church in Farming-
ton in 1 771, he maintained throughout his
whole life a most exemplary Christian char-
acter. Upright and conscientious in his busi-
ness relations, with a scrupulousness rarely
seen, he lived to a good old age, beloved by all
about him. transmitting to his posterity the
memory of numberless kind and loving acts
which is to them a most precious inheritance.
In extreme old age he was under the illusion
that every day was Sunday, and so, spending
all his time in the devotional exercise most
dear to him, his life passed gently away. He
married, January 18. 1773, Sarah Woodruff,
who was born June 3, 1748, and died January
5, 1813, daughter of Abraham and Sarah
(North) Woodruff.- Their children were:
Jemima, Oman, Al)raham, .'^arah and Huldah.
(V) .Abraham, second son and third child
of Mervin and Sarah (Woodrufif) Clark, was
born in Farmington, Connecticut, September
5, 1780, and died in Chicago. Illinois, Febru-
ary 21, 1855, aged seventy-five. His child-
hood and youth were spent in his birthplace,
and here he received the education usual at
that time — that of common school. After his
marriage he moved into the house with his
father, where he remained many years. Dur-
ing the great revival which occurred in con-
nection with the labors of Dr. Nettleton, he
joined the church of which Dr. Noah Porter
was pastor. His consistent Christian life
through many vicissitudes attests the sincerity
of his profession. After his father's death he
bought of the other heirs their interest in the
house and farm, being ambitious to keep the
old homestead undivided. He was active and
energetic, and struggled on, even after it be-
came evident that, with his growing family.
he could not hold the place. In the fall of
1830 he gave up and removed to New Haven,
intending to remain there while his eldest son
w-ent through Yale College, and in order to
give his younger children better opportunities
for education, while residing here he learned
that a few families were about to unite for
removal to the (then) far west (Illinois), and
decided to join the party and seek a new
home. In this plan of removal Dr. Leonard
Bacon, with whose church he was connected,
manifested great interest, and when the fam-
ilies, five in number, comprising twenty-three
persons, gathered at the house of Mr. Clark
one day in the fall of 1831, Dr. Bacon came
to bid them good-bye. When the company
were all ready to start he proposed prayer,
and standing on the door steps surrounded by
the several families and their friends assem-
bled to take leave of them, he offered prayer,
committing them to the care of an ever-pres-
ent God, and with God's blessing sent them
on their way. The other families with which
Mr. Clark journeyed were those of Deacon
Chittenden, Mr. Bradley, Mrs. Wilson and
two sons, and a young couple nained Plants
The party reached Pittsburg on a dark and
rainy evening after several weeks of toilsome
journeying over the Alleghenies. Here the
families having carriages took passage on
board a steamer bound down the Ohio and
up the Mississippi rivers, while Deacon Chit-
tenden, with a farm wagon, took the horses,
and, with his eldest son and Mr. Plant, started
to make their way across the new states of
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, to Alton, the place
of destination. In the spring the families
abandoned their plan of settling near each
other, Mr. Plant and wife returning to the
east, and Mr. Clark removing to Jacksonville,
where he assisted in organizing the First Con-
gregational church, his name standing second
on the roll. He performed a similar service
in two other places where he afterward lived.
Buying a farm at Diamond Grove, near Jack-
sonville, he began farming with all the en-
thusiasm of his younger days, but after a few
years gave it up and became steward of Il-
linois College, then under the presidency of
Edward Bcecher. From Jacksonville he re-
moved to Rushville, in the same state. Re-
maining here but a short time, he followed his
eldest son, then a practicing physician, to
Iowa, and afterward to Wisconsin, where his
second son was engaged in mercantile busi-
ness. His next removal was to Chicago with
Dr. Holbrook. a son-in-law, his two sons re-
moving to California. In the summer of 1854
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he revisited his early home, spending several
weeks, and seemed to renew his 3'outh, walk-
ings long distances as he visited one and an-
other of liis old friends, but it was as the last
brightening of the llame before it expires. He
returned to Chicago, and for a short time en-
joyed anew his summer's pleasures in recount-
ing them to his family. Soon, however, he
began to show signs of exhausted vitality.
During the early weeks of winter he sat by
the fire, sleeping most of the time, his strength
gradually failing, until, with no appearances of
disease, he quietly passed away. Mr. Clark's
life was eminently a religious one. Of a cheer-
ful temperament, he had a store of proverbial
and quaint sayings by which he was wont to
express a sense of thankfulness for blessings
received. His principles were those of the
good old Puritan sort. He dared to reverence
the Sabbath when few regarded it. He began
to be a consistent advocate of temperance
while the use of alcoholic drinks was almost
universal, and through a long and useful life
was a bright example of all that is true and
loving and of good report. He married, Feb-
ruary 13, 1809, Milicent Washburn, who was
born July 23, 1784, in Middletown, Connecti-
cut, and died in San Francisco, California,
March 9, 1863, in the seventy-ninth year of
her age. She was the daughter of Joseph and
Ruth (Wetmore) Washburn. The children
of this union were: Joseph Washburn (died
young), Joseph Washburn, Mary (died
young), Mary Wetmore, Dennis Woodruff,
Jane Eliza, Anne Louisa (twins), Lucy Ellen
and Elnathan Gridley. Lucy Ellen is the only
one living at the present time (1908), and now
resides at Niles, California.
(VI ) Dennis Woodruff, fifth child and third
son of Abraham and Milicent (Washburn)
Clark, was born in Farmington, Connecticut,
May 27, 1819, died at his home on State
street, Portland, Alaine, April 18, 1904. He
obtained a common school education in his
native town, and in 1831, when about twelve
years of age, he accompanied his father and
the remainder of the family to Illinois, hav-
ing previously served as a clerk in the book
store of Jeremy L. Cross, in New Haven,
Connecticut. His first employment after lo-
cating in the west was as clerk for merchants
in Naples and Jacksonville, Illinois, and St.
Louis, Missouri. He left the latter-named
city in 1839, and made his first venture in
business at Rockingham, Iowa, and the fol-
lowing year went to Platteville, ^\^sconsin,
where he engaged in mining and mercantile
pursuits until 1852, when he formed a part-
nership with his brother, Dr. Joseph W. Clark,
and brother-in-law, Elias Gill, under the firm
name of Gill, Clark & Company, for trading
in Sacramento, California, and the following
two years he spent in that city and San Fran-
cisco. Returning to the east in 1854, he lo-
cated in Portland, Maihe, and engaged in the
ice business, continuing in the same for half
a century. He conducted the business, which
was known as the D. W. Clark Ice Company,
alone until 1873, when he admitted Ashbel
Chaplin as a partner. They continued for the
following nine years, under the name of D.
W. Clark & Company, but in 1882 the firm
became incorporated under a capital of $300,-
000, under the name of the Clark & Chaplin
Ice Company. The company controlled large
ice houses on the Kennebec river, and con-
ducted a large wholesale business, shipping
one year one hundred and fifty thousand tons.
In 1893 they sold the wholesale business to
the American Ice Company of New York,
and formed the D. W. Clark Ice Com-
pany, of which Mr. Clark was president.
Mr. Clark was also connected with other
business enterprises. He was treasurer of
the Leeds & Farmington Railroad Com-
pany from December, i86g, until it was
sold to the Maine Central railroad ; for seven
years was a director of the Portland & Og-
densburg railroad, 1872-79, while the road
was being constructed through the mountains
and until it was completed and the cars
were running through Crawford Notch. In
1873 he was chosen a director, and later
in Ihe year president of the Portland \\^ater
Company, was president of the Standish
Water and Construction Company, and in
1885 was appointed president of the Biddeford
and Saco Water Company. At the time of his
death he was serving as president of the three
last named corporations, and also of the D.
W. Clark Ice Company. He was for many
years a prominent member of the State Street
Congregational Church of Portland, having
been instrumental in the building of the same.
In politics he was successively a Whig, Free-
soiler and Republican, but never accepted or
aspired to public office. He was a man of
much energy and business capacity, active,
clear-sighted and successful, and during his
residence of fifty years in the city of Portland
won the esteem of the community and en-
deared himself in the hearts of his fellowmen.
Warm-hearted and generous, he gave freely to
deserving charitable enterprises, and dying, left
many friends who mourn his loss. Desiring
to know more of his ancestrv, and to erect a
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memorial to his worthy forbear?, he caused
a genealogy of the family to be compiled,
which was published in 1882, and from which
the present account of the family is drawn.
Mr. Clark married, August 22. 1850, Mary
Caroline Hubbs, born in Portland, Maine,
April I, 1819, daughter of Captain .Mexander
and Mary (Lowell) Hubbs. She died August
19. 1898. Their children were: i. Mary
Millicent, died 1854. 2. Alexander Hubbs,
died 1853. 3. Emma Washburn, born IMarch
26, 1855, married, December 29, 1881, George
Washington Percy, of San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia, born in Bath. Maine, July 3, 1847;
they have four children : Isabella, Arthur,
Carmen and Ernest. 4. Isabella Tyler, born
November 26, 1857, married Charles C. Har-
mon, of the firm of Loring. Short & Harmon,
of Portland. 5. Mervin Washburn, the sub-
ject of the following paragraph.
(VII) Mervin \\'ashburn, voungest child
of Dennis W. and Mary C. (Hubbs) Clark,
was born in Portland. Maine. July 27. 1861.
He attended the Portland public schools, and
later continued his studies in private schools
in Portland and elsewhere. At an early age
he showed a great liking for business, and ac-
cepted a position with Twitchell, Champlin &
Company, wholesale dry goods merchants. In
1881. after a short term of service with the
aforementioned company, he engaged in the
ice business with his father, and from that
time to the present (1908) he has given the
most energetic efforts to the business, which
is exceedingly prosperous. In 1904, after the
death of his father, he was elected to the
presidency of the company, and has since filled
that position with credit and ability. In 1896
in addition to his interest in the ice business,
he purchased a slate company in Portland,
which he developed and incorporated under the
name of the Monson Burmah Slate Company,
and of which he w-as made treasurer and gen-
era! manager. They had extensive slate quar-
ries at Monson, Maine, and a large manufac-
turing plant at Portland, the product of the
quarries being shipped to the plant where it
was manufactured into such goods as laundry
tubs, kitchen sinks, and other sanitary articles.
]\Ir. Clark built up a large business in the use
of slate for electric purposes, such as switch
boards and other articles, and it increased in
volume and importance until 1904, when it
was sold to a large Massachusetts slate con-
cern. He is a director in the Mercantile Trust
Company, and was also connected with other
business enterprises in Portland and elsewhere.
His attention is devoted whollv to business.
and he finds no time to attend to politics,
though he is an unswerving Republican and
votes at every election. In religion he is a
Congregationalist. He is a member of the
Portland Athletic Club, the Portland Country
Club, Lincoln Club, Economic Club, Portland
Board of Trade, and Merchants' Exchange.
He is a member of .'\ncient Landmark Lodge,
No. 17, Free and Accepted Masons; Mt. Ver-
non Royal Arch Chapter; Portland Comman-
dery. No. 2, Knights Templar; Kora Temple,
Mystic Shrine ; Sons of the American Revolu-
tion ; and of the Mayflower Society. He is
eligible to membership in the Sons of the
-American Revolution tlirough five lines of an-
cestors, and to the Mayflower Society through
two lines — Captain Miles Standish and Ste-
phen Hopkins.
Mr. Clark married, November 12, 1890. at
Bangor, Maine. Antoinette Langdon Paine,
born in Farmington, Connecticut, daughter of
Professor Levi Leonard and Jeannette
(Holmes) Paine, of Bangor. They have one
child, Langdon \\'ashburn. born January 9,
1894.
Edward Clark, one of the nu-
CLARK merous immigrants of this sur-
name who settled in New Eng-
land before 1650, was born in England, and
was settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, be-
fore 1646. He was a carpenter bv trade. In
1652 he was of Kennebunk. ]\Iaine. He was
a freeman of Massachusetts Bay in 1653, and
ten years later removed to Maine province
again. He or a son of the same name, how-
ever, took the oath of allegiance November 28,
1677, at Haverhill. He married a daughter
of Walter Tibbetts, of Gloucester, Massachu-
setts. -Another record gives his wife as Dor-
cas Bosworth. She may have been a widow,
born Tibbetts, or a second wife. -Among his
children was Joseph, mentioned below. Per-
haps others.
(II) Joseph, son of Edward Clark, of Hav-
erhill, was born March 6, 1633, in that town.
He married, August 18. 1685, Mary Davis.
Children, born at Haverhill: i. Hannah. Oc-
tober 29. 1686. 2. Joseph, September 6, 1687.
3. Jonathan, March 25, 1690, died November
20, i6go. 4. Fphraim, .August 18, 1694. 5-
Tabitha, December i, 1696. 6. David, August
21, 1699, mentioned below. 7. Nathaniel.
(III) David, son of Joseph Clark, was born
in Haverhill. .August 21. 1699. He settled in
Kittery, 'l\Iainc, and has many descendants in
that vicinity. His wife ]\Iercy was one of the
early members of the church in Old Eliot, an
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adjoining town. He married (second) Jan-
uary 12, 1723-24, Hannah, widow of Bar-
tholomew Frost. He died in 1761 and his son
Nathaniel administered his estate, appointed
April 4. 1761. Children, born at Kittery : i.
Nathaniel, December 20, 1724, mentioned be-
low. 2. Hannah. December 7, 1726. died June
29, 1836. 3. Rachel. February 5, 1828-29,
died July 15, 1836. 4. Elizabeth, February 5,
1828-29 (twin). 3. David, February 4. 1733,
died June 29, 1736.
(IV) Nathaniel, son of David Clark, was
born in Kittery, December 20. 1724, died there
October 5, 1807. He married, 1749. Abigail,
born May 29, 1727, died September 21, 1820,
daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail (Hill)
Dennett. Children, born at Kittery : i. David,
July 9, 1750, mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer,
January 6, 1752. married Anne Hanscom. 3.
Nathaniel, April 14, 1754, married, October
21, 1775. Sarah Pepperell Frost and settled in
Hollis. Maine. 4. Ephraim, ]\Iay 14. 1756,
married, August 7, 1783, Lucy Small. 3. Abi-
gail. April 10, 1758, married Isaac Frost, of
Berwick, Maine. 6. Hannah, November 17.
1760, married Clement; died June 28,
1783. 7. Mary. IMarch 10, 1763, married
Joshua Small. 8. Samuel, February 3, 1766,
n:arried Lydia Cutts. 9. John, Januarv 14,
1771. settled in Hollis; married, January 29,
1 801, Mary Cutts.
(V) David (2), son of Nathaniel Clark,
was born in Kittery, July 9, 1730. He settled
in Limerick, Maine, and is the ancestor of the
Clark family of Limerick. He married Lydia
Dennett, his cousin, October 3, 1773. He was
probably a soldier in the revolution, but his
record is indistinguishable from several others.
Service is credited to David Clark, of Bridg-
ton, David Clark, of Buxton. David Clark, of
Hallowell. David Clark, of Kennebunk, and
David Clark, of Pepperellborough.
(VI) Pennell, son or grandson of David
(2) Clark, was born in Limerick, Maine. He
married Lydia Fogg, born in Limerick. Maine.
Children, born in Limerick: i. Joseph H. 2.
Fannie. 3. John McDonald, mentioned below.
(VII) John McDonald, son of Pennell
Clark, \vas born in Limerick. March 31, 1829,
and was educated there in the public schools.
When a young man he went to Bangor to
learn the trade of cabinet maker in the shop
of Fogg & Wiggin. After serving his ap-
prenticeship there he went to Boston, working
as a journeyman, and w-as for two years em-
ployed in the construction of scenery, etc.
During that time his duties brought him into
contact with many of the leading actors of the
day ; he knew William \\'arren, Annie Clark
and many others. He went from Boston to
Bath, Maine, where he worked at his trade
for J. C. Piper and Samuel D. Haley, the fur-
niture manufacturer, and he helped in the
fine woodwork for the Maine Medical College
building, Brunswick. In 1863 Mr. Clark en-
gaged in the business" of undertaker at Bath
with an office in a brick building opposite the
park. He was burned out the following year,
and then located his business in Broad street,
where he continued to the time of his death.
He was well fitted by disposition and tem-
perament for the duties of his position, pos-
sessing the sympathetic manner and infinite
tact necessary in meeting his clients in the hour
of sorrow and bereavement. He had business
ability and accumulated considerable property.
He was in business altogether nearly half a
century, and was one of tlie leading and best-
known undertakers in the state. Mr. Clark
was generous with the fortune that he ac-
cumulated through his long and arduous
business career, giving freely of his time and
money to those in need and to various chari-
ties in the city, and was a citizen of influence
and public spirit. In politics he was a Demo-
crat. For many years he was a member of
the cemetery and park board of Bath, and
maintained a lively interest in that depart-
ment, which owes nuich to his intelligence and
efforts for public improvements. He was a
member of the Sagadahoc Club, of Bath. In
religion he was a' regular attendant of the
New Church of Bath. He died Monday,
April 8, 1907, literally at his post of duty. He
left his shop at five o'clock in his usual good
health to walk home. On Summer street he
was stricken and tried to sit down on the
steps leading to the common, but would have
fallen had not Henry F. Palmer, treasurer of
the Bath Savings Institution, and Ernest
Coutoure, who were near, hastened to his aid.
He died shortly afterward in the drug store of
Leonard & Mitchell, whither he was carried.
The news of his sudden death was a great
shock to his wife, who had been in poor health
for some time previously. Mr. Clark married,
March 16, 1833, Mary A., born July 4, 1830,
daughter of Asa and Sophia (Chellis) Piper,
of Bath, Maine. She survives him (1908)
and lives in the old home in Bath. Their only
child is Allie Estelle, born March 4, 1856,
married Fred M. Briggs, who is connected
with the city board of charities, Boston, an
office his father held for many years; child,
Elizabeth, born in and resides in Roxbury,
Massachusetts.
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Ill the settlement of New Eng-
CLARK land the Clarks were among the
hardy early settlers, and the name
appears on many pages of history which bear
the most important records of the country's
progress in every one of the New England
states and in many of the newer states of the
west.
(I) Nathaniel Clark, the first of the line of
whom we have information, was a shoemaker
by trade. Tie married twice, and was the
father of nine chiklron. as follows: Ira, see
forward; Charles, Nathaniel, George, Lewis,
Harriet. Cordelia, Julia and Sarah.
(II) Ira, son of Nathaniel Clark by his
first wife, was bom in Limington, February
6, 1809, died in Limerick, Maine, November
27, 1894. He resided in Limerick during the
greater part of his life, and followed the oc-
cupation of shoemaking. He was a Whig and
Republican in politics, a member and deacon
of the Congregational church, and in his lat-
ter years was commonly known as Deacon
Clark. Being a man of exemplary character
and noted for the utmost integrity, he gained
a high place in the esteem of his fellow-citi-
zens, and was honored and respected by all
with whom he was brought in contact. He
married Mary C, born in Limerick, Maine,
January 23, 1808, daughter of Daniel and
Sarah (Gilpatrick) Harmon, of Limerick ; she
died December 31, 1898. Children: Edward
H., Charles, Horatio, Frank, Oliver R.. and
three daughters who died young.
(III) Horatio, third child of Ira and Mary
G. (Harmon) Clark, was born in Limerick,
York county, Maine, January 17, 1840. He
attended the public schools and Limerick
Academy until 1856. and then went to Lubec,
where he continued his schooling two years
longer. He became apprentice to a blacksmith
at Lubec at the age of eighteen years, and
worked at the trade three \ears, during one
winter of which time he taught school. In
1862 he became paymaster of the Pembroke
Iron Company of Pembroke, Maine. In 1871
he engaged in the general merchandise busi-
ness for himself in Pembroke, becoming one
of the firm of Clark Brothers & Sampson, suc-
cessors to Wadsworth & Son. In 1873 he
disposed of his interest in this business and
went into the employ of C. D. Cobb & Brother
in Boston. He remained there until May 11,
1875, when he took a position in the clerical
department of the wholesale dry goods firm
of Deering, Milliken & Company of Portland,
which later was changed to W. H. Milliken
& Company; September i, 1890. it was
changed to Milliken, Cousens & Short, and
later to Milliken. Cousens & Company. Jan-
uary 26, igo8, the entire business was de-
stroyed by fire, and May i, 1908, it was in-
corporated under the name of The Clark-Eddy
Company, ]\Ir. Clark being made president.
Their place of business is at 24 Preble street,
Portland, and they carry a full line of dry
goods, fancy goods and clothing. While a
resident of Pembroke Mr. Clark held the
office of supervisor of schools, in which ca-
pacity he rendered capable and efficient serv-
ice. He is interested in fraternity, and is a
member of Crescent Lodge, No. 78, Free and
Accepted Masons, of Pembroke ; Greenleaf
Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch Masons; Port-
land Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Mas-
ters; Portland Commandery, No. 2, Knights
Templar; also Benevolent and Protective Or-
der of Elks, of Portland, No. 188. He is the
first vice-president of the Lincoln Club, the
leading Republican organization in the city,
and a member of the Portland Athletic Club.
He votes the Republican ticket, and worships
with the L^niversalists.
Mr. Clark married (first) at Pembroke,
June 28, 1863, Cascealia D., born in Pem-
broke. January 13, 1846, died March 30, 1894,
daughter of Simeon and Lydia H. (Pomroy)
Sampson. Children: i. Edward H., born
July II, 1865. single, resides in North Dakota.
2. Arthur S.. August 6, 1867, lives in Long
Island City. New York; married, July 8, 1895,
Josephine P. Smith ; child, Marion W., born
January 14. igoi. 3. Horatio Lewis, .April
10, 1871, married. October 6. 1897, Josephine
S. Gray; one child; they reside in Long Island
City. 4. Lucia W., November 24, 1874, died
March 19. 1894. 5. Clara H., August 6, 1879,
unmarried. 6. Harold W., May 30, 1883,
died aged four years. Mr. Clark married
(second) in Portland, August 8, 1895, Helen
S., born in Portland, Mav 2, 1863, dau2;btcr
of William and Marv Davis, of Portland.
Children: i. Maud Helene, born in Portland,
October 14, 1896. 2. Gladys Royal Brails-
ford, April ID. 1901, died April 30, 1903.
Peacallis Clark was probably de-
CLARK scended from the Clarks of Kit-
tery, Maine. He removed from
Cornish, IMaine, to Levant, Maine, taking up
large tracks of land, farming, lumbering and
dealing in real estate afterward. He married
Thompson. Children: i. Royal, set-
tled at Jeflferson, Wisconsin. 2. Peacallis,
settled in Massachusetts. 3. Benjamin, re-
sided in Maine. 4. Jonathan, mentioned be-
/{rr^Zoe
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1887
low. 5. Nancy (Mrs. Oscar Tilton), resided
in Kenduskeag. Maine, all her life.
(II) Jonathan, son of Peacallis Clark, was
born in Corinth. Maine, and died 1875. He
married Eliza Fleischmann, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, daughter of Durkmanardus and
Eliza (Manderville) Fleischmann. Her father
was born in Amsterdam, Holland; her mother
in New York City. Her father finished his
education in America and afterwards was for
a time interpreter for the Spanish government
at Havana, Cuba. His family resided in New
Orleans. Children of Durkmanardus Fleisch-
mann: Alfred, Joseph, Eliza and Lydia
Fleischmann. Children of Jonathan and Eliza
(Fleischmann) Clark: i. Peacallis Mander-
ville, mentioned below. 2. Annie E., married
Daniel Hall, of Lewiston. 3. Samuel, lived
and died in Kenduskeag, Maine ; married a
Miss Beatty, of Levant ; children : Flora, Ad-
die, Hattie.
(III) Peacallis Manderville, son of Jon-
athan Clark, was born at Kenduskeag, Maine,
1828. He received his education at home
from a governess. He entered the navy of the
Union during the civil war, enlisting in 1861,
and serving on the '"Cyane." and "Lancas-
ter," flagship of the Pacific fleet. After com-
pleting three years of service in the navy he
enlisted in the Twelfth Massachusetts Regi-
ment of Volunteers and served until the end
of the war. He died in 1S66 of disease con-
tracted in the service. He learned the trade
of cooper when a young man. He was a Re-
publican in politics and a Protestant in re-
ligion. He married Martha Jane Jenkins,
daughter of Samuel and Katherine (Rust)
Jenkins. (See Rust sketch elsewhere.) Chil-
dren: I. Charles Byron, born June 20, 1858,
mentioned below. 2. Ellery Leslie, born Sep-
tember, i860, of Fitchburg. merchant; mar-
ried Margaret Struthers, of St. Remie. Can-
ada.
(IV) Charles Byron, son of Peacallis Man-
derville Clark, was born in Kenduskeag,
Maine, June 20, 1858. He attended the pub-
lic schools of Brewer and Kenduskeag. At
the age of twelve he went to work on the Ar-
gyle Boom, but soon afterward went to sea.
He had berths on steamships as well as sail-
ing vessels, plying along the coast and as far
south as South America. When he was seven-
teen he was made second mate. At the age
of nineteen, however, he left the sea and be-
gan an apprenticeship of five years in the
machine shop at Biddeford, Maine. During
his apprenticeship he studied engineering un-
der a tutor and afterward attended the even-
ing technical schools of Lawrence, Massachu-
setts, and worked as journeyman at his trade
in the shops of the Lawrence Machine Com-
pany. He became foreman, superintendent,
consulting engineer and general manager in
the space of ten years. He left this concern
to become manager of the Orono Pulp and
Paper Company at Orono, Maine. After
three years and ten months he went to New
York, as manager for the Merrimac Paper
Company of Lawrence, Massachusetts, and
remained a year and nine months. Since
February 13, 1898, he has been superintendent
manager of the Eastern Manufacturing Com-
pany's mills at South Brewer, Maine. In his
various positions he has built and installed the
machinery used in his line in most of the
paper mills in the country. His mechanical
skill and inventive gifts have produced many
important and valuable devices and processes
used in the paper making mills. He has had
patents as follows : Apparatus for drying
chips to be converted into sulphite fibre. Cool-
er for cooling the gas in the course of the
sulphite process. Process for extracting tur-
pentine and other hydro-carbons in the sul-
phite process. Process for reclaiming bisul-
phite liquor in the sulphite process. Process
of hydrating lime for the manufacture of
sulphite liquor in the sulphite process. Port-
able power saw for felling trees in the woods.
A power brushing apparatus for brushing dirt
out of the logging roads in the woods. A fur-
nace for burning sulphur for making sulphur-
ous acid gas. A combustion chamber for de-
composing sulphuric acid gas to sulphurous
gas.
Mr. Clark is a member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Tucson
Lodge of Free Masons, Lawrence; Mount
Moriah Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons,
Bangor, Maine ; Bangor Council, Royal and
Select Masters, Bangor, Maine ; Saint John
Commandery, Knights Templar, Bangor ;
Eastern Star Lodge of Perfection, Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite Masonry; Pales-
tine Council, Princes of Jerusalem : Bangor
Chapter, Rose Croix, and Maine Consistory,
Sublime Princes Royal Secret, Portland, hav-
ing taken the thirty-second degree in Masonry.
He is also a member of Kora Temple, Mystic
Shrine, Lewiston, Maine. He belongs to the
Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he
is a Republican. He married, September 8,
1884, Alice G. McDonald, born April 18, 1856,
died December 4, 1903, daughter of Angus
McDonald, of Biddeford. He married second,
December 11, 1904, Nella Mary Brown, born
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STATE OF MAINE.
December ii, 1880, daughter of J. A. Brown,
of Belgrade, Maine. He has no children.
Clarke is the surname of one of
CLARKE the oldest and most respected
families in New England, whose
members have possessed that energy and na-
tive ability which have usually placed them
well up in the front rank wherever they have
resided.
( I ) Colonel Charles Davis Clarke was born
in Bangor, February 25, 1842, and died in
Portland, January 13, 1905. He was in Mas-
sachusetts when the civil war broke out, and
enlisted in Company B, Fifth Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry, and served the entire
term of enlistment. In 1878 he settled in
Portland, Maine, which was ever afterward
his home. He was first employed as a clerk
in the insurance office of Rollins & Adams,
where he remained only a short time. He
then took a place in the office of Burnham &
Morrill, packers, and remained there con-
stantly down to less than two weeks before his
death, when he became so feeble that he was
not able to go to the office. During the last
years of the life of John E. Burnham, Mr.
Clarke occupied close and confidential rela-
tions with him, as well as being the firm's
bookkeeper and chief office man. Pie was
said to command the highest salary of any
man in a similar position in New England,
and those who knew him best knew well that
he was not overpaid. Mr. Clarke lived on
Cumberland street for many years, and took
a prominent part in politics, although up to
some time after 1890 he did not become a can-
didate for office. He served in the common
council, however, and in 1891 was a candidate
for alderman against Edgar E. Rounds, and
won out, though not without a sharp contest,
which was taken into the city committee for
settlement. Colonel Clarke was awarded the
nomination and was elected. He was again
the nominee the next year, but he went down
with the remainder of the ticket, except Al-
derman Joscelyn, of ward seven, and was re-
placed by George Tolman, who served two
years as alderman. Shortly afterward Mr.
Clarke moved into ward five, where he ever
afterward resided, but where he did not take
an active part in politics except as a delegate
to conventions and other similar gatherings.
He was a vestrjmian at St. Paul's Church, and
had from infancy been a member of the Epis-
copal church. Colonel Clarke was a member
of Bosworth Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the
Republic, Department of Maine, and always
maintained a deep interest in the work and
principles of the Grand Army. He derived
his military title of colonel from his member-
ship on the staff of Governor Burleigh, pre-
vious to which he served as an officer on the
staff of the general commanding the militia
of Maine, when that body was organized as a
skeleton division. He was a member of the
Society of the Army of the Potomac, the An-
cient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Boston, and the Lincoln Club. He became a
member of Atlantic Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, in 1889, and later of Greenleaf Chap-
ter, Royal Arch ]Masons ; Portland Council,
Royal and Select Masters; and Portland Com-
mandery. Knights Templar, of which he was
commander in 1900, filling that position with
the same painstaking care for the details of
his duties that he displayed in everything else
he undertook. He was a member of the Scot-
tish Rite bodies and of the Order of the Red
Cross of Constantine.
Something like twenty-five years before his
death. Colonel Clarke was compelled by im-
paired health to ride horseback, in which ex-
ercise he became very proficient. His natural
inclination and this experience especially fitted
him to act as marshal for political and other
parades, and one of these events was never
a completed success unless he was at the head
of it. He displayed marked executive ability
in this sort of work, and the parades of which
he had charge were always promptly started
and always moved without confusion. His last
appearance in this capacity was at the time of
the centennial parade, when he was chief mar-
shal of the day. Colonel Clarke was one of
Portland's best-known citizens, well and fa-
vorably known to hundreds of business men,
and prominent in everything with which he
was connected. During the last two years of
his life, and especially within the last six
months. Colonel Clarke's health noticeably de-
clined, until he became almost a complete
physical wreck. His will was as strong as
ever, however, and there was no flagging of
his bright mental powers. He was at his place
in the office every day as formerly, and there
was no lack of keenness in his grasp of the
details of the business. His indomitable
courage and combative qualities kept him up
until at last he contracted pneumonia, which
took away his life in a little more than a week.
Colonel Clarke married Katherine, born in
Freeport, daughter of Eben and Anna (Bars-
tow) Dillingham, of Freeport, Maine. Chil-
dren : Charles B., mentioned below. Harry
K., twin of Charles B., married Marjorie Al-
STATE OF .MAINE.
l88y
len and resides in Boston, where he is ein-
ployed by the Forbes Litho Manufacturing
Company. He has one child, Charles. Alice
D., married Philip C. Kilbourne, who is en-
gaged in business in Portland. They have
three children, John, Helen and Ruth.
(II) Charles Bailey, eldest child of Colonel
Charles Davis and Katherine (Dillingham)
Clarke, was born in Bangor> October 3, 1875,
and came with his parents to Portland in 1877.
He obtained his education in the public schools
of Portland. In 1891 he entered the employ
of Burnham & Morrill and has remained with
that concern and its successor — the Burnham-
islorrill Company — ever since. He was a
clerk, then assistant treasurer two or three
years, and treasurer since 1905. He is a Re-
publican, but has never held public office. He
is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons, the Country,
Portland Athletic and Portland Country cluljs.
He and his wife are members of the St. Luke's
Church. He married, in Baltimore, December
18, 1901, Ellen Abbott, of Baltimore, born
August 2, 1879, daughter of Isaac M. and
Charlotte (Abbott) Cate, whose five children
are: i. Charlotte A., married Ethan Allen
Lycett, and has three children. 2. Lucy A.,
married David T. Abercrombie, and has three
children. 3. Mary A., married William Widg-
ery Thomas, of Portland, and has three chil-
dren. 4. Ellen A., mentioned above. 5. Ho-
race, who resides in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs.
Clarke have a daughter, Catherine, born April
I, 1903.
This family is of English or-
CLARKE igin, and is widely dispersed
wherever English migrants
have gone. The American branch here con-
sidered has for its American ancestors Elisha
and Sarah (Taylor) Clarke, who were of the
Piscataqua (New Hampshire) settlement in
1690. Their home was at Dover Point. Chil-
dren : I. Catherine, born October 25, 1691.
2. John, April 20, 1694. 3. Sarah, January
g, 1696. 4. Elijah, September 7, 1700. 5.
Elisha, May 10, 1702. 6. Josiah, February
20, 1704; see forward. 7. Solomon, April 17,
1707. 8. Stephen, January 10, 1710, died Oc-
tober 26, 1 716.
(II) Josiah, sixth child and fourth son of
Elisha Clarke, was born February 20, 1704,
and died August 12, 1768. He married, in
1730, at Dover Neck, Patience Blackstone,
who undoubtedly was a direct descendant of
Rev. William Blackstone, the first owner and
occupant of Shawmut, now Boston. About
1740 they removed to Newcastle, where they
reared their children: I. Ichabod. settled at
Casco. 2. Elisha, settled in Jefferson. 3.
James ; see forward. 4. John, settled in Noble-
boro. 5. William, settled in Jefferson. 6.
Stephen, settled in Franklin. 7. Benjamin,
settled in Franklin. 8. Ebenezer, settled in
Newcastle. 9. Abigail, married Captain Jo-
seph Jones, an officer in the revolutionary
war : settled in Jefferson. 10. Lydia, married
Nathaniel Rollins, and settled in Newcastle.
(III) James, third son and child of Josiah
Clarke, settled in Newcastle. He married
Hannah Young. Children: i. James Jr.;
served nine months in the Continental army,
being stationed at West Point. 2. Joseph. 3.
George; see forward. _|. IMajor Charles, born
1787, died 1845; .jvas an officer in the war of
1812. Also daughters; Patience, Susie, Bet-
sey, Mary and Lydia.
(IV) George, third son of James Clarke,
w-as born in 1767. and died in 1854. He set-
led in Washington, Knox county, Maine. He
was a man of great natural ability, and pos-
sessed a broad and philosophical mind. He
married Jane Ames, born 1788, died 1884, a
granddaughter of Jonathan .Ames, the first
permanent settler in the town of JefTerson
(1752). She was a very remarkable woman.
She was one of twelve children, and herself
became mother of nine — five sons and four
daughters. She lived to the very unusual age
of ninety-six years, maintaining until her death
a remarkable grasp of important historical cir-
cumstances and events. Children of George
and Jane (Amos) Clarke: i. Warren, born
August 17, 1807, died 1832, unmarried. 2.
Elmira, born May i, 1809, died 1898; married
Worcester Farrer, of Washington, Maine, and
has numerous descendants. 3. James, born
February 11, 1811; see forward. 4. Hannah,
born October 7. 1813, died 1900; married Pat-
rick Tukey, of Damariscotta. 5. Ephraim,
born September 12, 1815, died 1845; married
Eliza Cunningham. 6. George Jr., born Sep-
tember 25, 1817, died 1904; married .Sarah
Overlock, and lived in Washington, Maine ;
children : Elmira, Jane. Eunice, George W.,
John, Maria A., James D., Cora E., Charles
D., Nora, all of whom had large families. 7.
Mary, born 1819, died 1863; married Gardner
L'pham, and after his death married Samuel
D. Erskine, of Jefferson. 8. Sophronia. born
February 28, 1820, died 1887; married Charles
Irish. 9. Captain Franklin, born December
4, 1828; married Sarah E. McDowell. Cap-
iSiji)
STATE OF MAINE.
tain Clarke has reared a large family, and is
one of the leading and most highly respected
citizens of Damariscotta, where, as ship car-
penter, builder and owner, he has led an ac-
tive and useful life.
(\') James (2), third child and second son
of George and Jane (Ames) Clarke, was born
February 11, i8ii, and died in 1853. He was
a ship builder, and resided at Damariscotta
Mills. He married Maria Louisa Jones, born
1815, died 1880, of Newcastle, daughter of
Samuel and Xancy (Dinsmore) Jones. Her
grandfather. John Jones, born 1740, died 1822,
was a son of Cornelius Jones, who settled in
Newcastle about 1732, and whose wife, Abi-
gail ( Hawkes ) Jones, to whom he was mar-
ried April 22. 1729, at Lynn, Massachusetts,
was a granddaughter of Captain John Floyd,
the celebrated Indian fightep-of Chelsea. Abi-
gail Hawkes's father, John Hawkes, who mar-
ried Abigail Floyd, was a grandson of Mary
Allerton, a "Mayflower" passenger, as were
also her father and mother, Isaac Allerton and
wife. Children of James and Maria Louisa
Clarke :
I. Captain Samuel Warren, born in New-
castle, Maine, April 19, 1837. He was edu-
cated at Lincoln Academy ; Colby College,
1858-60; L'nion College, 1860-62. He made a
most creditable military record in the civil
war. He was captain of Company H, Twenty-
• first Maine \'olunteers, 1862-63, anfl '" the
latter year commanded a volunteer storming
party at Port Hudson, Mississippi ; was cap-
tain of Company E, Second Maine Cavalry,
December. 1863-65. -He was in the lumber
business in Florida, 1866-69; '" insurance
business. Boston, 1869-71 ; teaching in Boston
and vicinity, 1871-90; special representative
of American Book Company, 1890-97. He
was a man of great learning, speaking several
languages with much fluency. He was a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and the
Grand Army of the Republic. He died, un-
married, at Newcastle, September 11, 1904, of
Bright's disease and hemorrhage.
2. Leander, born January 31, 1842, died
June 26, 1907. He married Sarah Emily Per-
kins, April II. 1863. Children: i. Samuel
Warren, born December 4, 1864, married,
1886, Angeletta Dunbar, have one child, Ella
Angeletta, born 1888, married Edward Well-
ington. 1908; ii. Theodore Leander, born May
6, i86g; married, December 24, 1889, Jessie
Erskine ; children : (a) Zoa Emily, born Oc-
tober 26, 1890, student at Bates College; (b)
Katherine ]\Iay. born October 22, 1892; (c)
Theodore Leander Jr., born December 11,
190 — ; (d) Dorothy, born December 4. 1906;
(e) Patience Blackstone, born November 11,
1907.
3. Captain Theodore, born in Newcastle,
May 31, 1843. He was educated at Lincoln
Academy, and attended Colby College. 1862-
63. Like his elder brother, he served honor--
ably in the civil- war — as quartermaster-ser-
geant. Company E, Second Maine Cavalry ;
commissioned second lieutenant. Fourth U. S.
Colored Cavalry ,and promoted to first lieu-
tenant and captain in same. He was a teacher,
1866-67. He fl'ed in Newcastle, December,
1868.
4. James ; see forward.
Four daughters of James and Maria Louisa
(Jones) Clarke died at an early age: Aman-
da (18^4-49); Adelaide (1835-52); Charlotte
(1845-48): Eunice (1845-48)'
{V]) Hon. James Wilson Clarke, youngest
son of James and Maria Louisa (Jones)
Clarke, was born in Nobleboro, Lincoln coun-
ty, Maine, May 18, 1848. He was educated
at Lincoln Academy, and Bowdoin College,
1868-70. He was master of grammar schools
in Milton. Massachusetts, 1870-77. He re-
turned to Maine in 1879; was selectman and
superintendent of schools at various times. In
1S88 he was representative in the Maine state
legislature, and state senator. 1881-82.
He married, in 1871, Laura E. Oliver, born
March 13, 1856. daughter of James T. and
Catherine Bornheimer Oliver, of Nobleboro.
Her father, born October 28, 1827, was son
of Samuel and Hannah Oliver, and grandson
of Jonathan Oliver, one of the first settlers of
the town of Nobleboro. and a soldier in the
revolution. Catherine (born 1829. died April
5, 1907), wife of James T. Oliver, was a
great-granddaughter of Godfrey Bornheimer,
an officer in the revolutionary, French and
Indian wars, who married, in 1750, Catherine
Elizabeth Ludwig. daughter of Joseph and
Catherine Kline, of Dietz. Germany. Children
of Hon. Tames Wilson and Laura (Oliver)
Clarke :
1. Adelaide B., born April 21, 1873; grad-
uate of Lincoln Academy, class of 1892; mar-
ried, 1897, H. I. Creamer; resides in West
Somerville. Massachusetts.
2. Dr. Frank Wilson, born April 3, 1874;
educated in public schools, and Lincoln Acad-
emy, graduating in 1893; graduated from
Bowdoin Medical School. 1905; had several
years' hospital experience : is a practicing
physician at Bristol ; married, 1899, Mattie V.
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1891
Kay, of Waverly, IMassachusetts ; children : i.
Eleanor Laura, born June 5, 1901 ; ii. Kath-
arine Louise, August 12, 1904.
3. Hon. Walter Bradley; see forward.
4. Albert Warren, born November 25, 1877;
graduated from Lincoln Academy i8g6, and
from Bowdoin College, with degree of A. B.,
1900; prominent at college in musical, social
and athletic circles; played on the Varsity
baseball and football teams four years, and
was captain of football team in 1899. He
was instructor two years in a military academy
in Ohio, and for two years at Polytechnic In-
stitute of New York ; since then has been in
real estate business in Brooklyn, New York,
and at present with firm of John R. Corbin &
Co., of that city.
5. Mary Louise, born September 27, 1880;
graduated from Lincoln Academy 1898, and
from Emerson College 1908 ; resides at 106
Park street, Portland.
6. James Arthur, born at Damariscotta
Mills, Maine, September 25, 1881 ; graduated
from Lincoln Academy 1899, ^nd from Bow-
doin College with degree of A. B., 1905;
member of college glee club, and prominent
all-round athlete, being captain of baseball
team in 1905. He was agent for the New
York Life Insurance Company, 1905-06, and
solicitor for Eastern Advertising Company,
1907-08. He married, August, 1908, Clarissa
M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S.
Laughlin, of Portland. Residence, 135
\"aughan street. Portland.
7. Joseph L., born at Damariscotta Mills,
September 15. 1883; w-as educated in public
schools, Lincoln Academy, and Gray's Busi-
ness College ; is at present studying law, and
resides at 106 Park street, Portland.
8. Harriet Marion, born September 25,
1886; educated in public schools and Lincoln
Academy ; is a student of music ; resides at
106 Park street, Portland.
9. Willis Earle, born December 3, 1887;
educated in public schools,, Lincoln Academy,
and Portland high school ; is a student at
Tuft's Medical College.
10. Harold Emerson, born May 7, 1890; at-
tended public schools, Lincoln Academy, and
is now completing a preparatory course for
Bowdoin College at Portland high school.
(VII) Hon." Walter Bradley" Clarke, third
child and second son of Hon. James Wilson
and Laura E. (Oliver) Clarke, was born in
Nobleboro, j\Iaine, April 4, 1876. He gradu-
ated from Lincoln Academy in 1895, and from
Bowdoin College, with the degree of A. B.,
in 1899. He studied for his profession at
Harvard Law School, from which he received
the degree of LL. B. in 1903. He was a re-
markable all-round athlete at college, plaving
fullback on the football team, and acting as
captain in 1898; also on Varsity Nine and
track team, and was state champion in pole
vault, and college strong man. He was also
prominent in musical and social circles. He
was manager of the Eastern Maine Agency,
New York Life Insurance Company, 1899-
1900, with office at Bangor. He was admitted
to the Maine bar in 1903. and to the United
States District Court in 1905. He began the
active practice of law at Portland, in 1903,
and is a member of the law firm of Clarke &
Gardner, general practitioners, with offices at
120 Exchange street, Portland. Mr. Clarke
has been exceptionally prominent and success-
ful politically, and is one of the younger Re-
publican leaders in the state. He was as-
sistant secretary of the Maine Senate, 1899-
1903; a member of the House of Representa-
tives, 1903-05; Executive Councillor, Third
District, 1905-07; State Senator, 1907-09. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
Knights' of Pythias, Order of Elks, the Zeta
Psi college fraternity, the Lincoln Club, Mun-
joy Club, Portland Yacht Club, and Portland
Power Boat Association. His recreations are
music and general athletics. His residence is
at 106 Park street, Portland.
The Clarke family home was originally at
Damariscotta Mills. About a year ago Mrs.
Clarke moved to Portland, and the family is
now permanently located at 106 Park street,
in that citv.
(For preceding generations see Henry Rust I.)
(Ill) Nathaniel (2), son of Na-
RL'ST thaniel (i) Rust, was born at Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, March 16,
1667, and died at Chebacco (Essex), Septem-
ber 9, 171 1. At the age of seventeen he mar-
ried, February 22. 1684, Joanna Kinsman,
born April 25, 1665, died at Essex, January
28, 1733, daughter of Quartermaster Robert
and Alary (Boreman) Kinsman. He was a
soldier in the expedition to Canada in 1690.
He taught the first free schools in Ipswich
and Essex. His widow kept a tavern at Ips-
wich. Children, born at Ipswich and Essex:
I. Nathaniel, born about 1685, married Miri-
am Andrews. 2. Henry, 1686. married Ann
Waldron. 3. Robert, 1688, married Rachel
Ingalls. 4. Joanna, 1690, married Jeremiah
Thompson. 5. Moses, 1692. 6. Margaret,
1694, married George Stimpson. 7. Joseph,
]\Iarch 22, 1696, mentioned below. 8. Benja-
1892
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min, May 4, 1698. 9. Dorothy, July 14, 1700,
married Jeremiah Foster. 10. Mary, 1702,
married Moses Foster. 11. Peletiah, married
Rebecca Gough.
(IV) Joseph, son of Nathaniel (2) Rust,
was born March 22, 1696, at Chebacco, and
died there February 3, 1734. He was an inn-
keeper. His will was dated January 10, 1734-
35, and proved March 4 following. He mar-
ried, January 16, 1723-24, Rachel Choate, born
November 18, 1703, daughter of Governor
Thomas and Mary (Carin) Choate. His wid-
ow married, March, 1736-37, Isaac Martin,
and sJie died March 15. 1785. Children, born
at Chebacco (Essex) or Ipswich: i. Rachel,
married Rev. Theophilus Pickering. 2. Sarah,
born, 1724, married Benjamin Marshall. 3.
Lucy, June 14. 1725, died unmarried. 4. Jo-
seph, October 14, 1726, mentioned below. 5.
Lucy, January 18, 1728, married Jeremiah An-
drews. 6. Mary, November 15, 1729, married
Jonathan Burnham. 7. Francis, May 23,
1 73 1, married Sarah Giddings. 8. Robert,
about 1733. married, October 21, 1762, Me-
hitable Fish.
(V) Captain Joseph (2), son of Joseph
(i) Rust, was born at Ipswich, October 14,
1726, died September lo, 1771. He married,
March 9, 1748-49. Mrs. Marv Eveleth, and
she married again November 26, 1772, Rev.
Paul Park, of Preston, Connecticut. Captain
Rust's will is dated July 15. 1771, and was
proved September 23, 1771. He bequeathed
to sons Francis and James, Jonathan. John,
Parker. He owned land in Damariscotta,
Maine, a pew in the old meeting house, half
a pew in the new one. He mentions three
negro slaves, Scipio, Flora and Rose. Chil-
dren, born at Ipswich: i. Joseph, born 1749,
mentioned below. 2. Francis, born December
28, 1752, married thrice. 3. ]\lary, born at
Essex, December, 1753 ; married Jonathan
Cogswell, who was soldier in the revolution.
4. James, born 1756, taken pri.soner by Brit-
ish while in the service in revolution. 5.
Henry, born about 1759, died intestate. 6.
Jonathan, born December 21, 1761, married
Mary Flint. 7. David, baptized September
29, 1765. 8. John, baptized November 8,
1766. 9. Parker, born 1768, married Eliza-
beth Cogswell.
(VI) Captain Joseph (3), son of Captain
Joseph (2) Rust, was born in Ipswich in 1749.
Fie settled at Boothbay. Maine, and died at
Wiscasset, Maine, October 24, 1844. He was
a soldier in the revolution, a private in Cap-
tain Benjamin Plummer's company, in 1776,
defending the seacoast at St. George's. He
was also a sea captain for many years and
sailed to the West Indies, January 23, 1768.
He married Mary Reed. Children: i. John,
born 1768, married Sarah Ulmcr. 2. Joseph,
married Jane Weeks. 3. Mary, married Ab-
ner Plummer. 4. Sarah, married
Wiley; second Stetson. 5. Sally,
married first — Wright; (second) Cap-
tain Decker. 6. James, lost at sea. 7.
Martha, married October 6, 181 1, William
Maxwell. 8. William, mentioned below.
(\^II) Hon. William, son of Captain Jo-
seph (3) Rust, was born at Boothbay, Maine,
June 4, 1796, died at Belfast, October 28,
1869. He was a prominent lawyer. He
served in the war of 1812; was county com-
missioner of \\'aldo county ; sheriff four years
of the same county; alderman in 1853-54 of
the city of Belfast. He married, first, Abbie
Hall : second. Nancy Cunnin^rham. who died
April 30, 1833; third, September. 1833, Mary
Worcester Farrar, born INIarch 23. 1804.
Children: i. Katherine, married Samuel Jen-
kins (not given in genealogy — record from
family). 2. William Maxwell, born Decem-
ber 14, 1818. married Martha J. Weeks. 3.
Martha R., born March 10, 1821. married
William Johnson. 4. Joseph, born December
19, 1S22, married Zipporah Patrick. 5. John
D., born March 10, 1825. married Amelia
Rust and Sarah M. Loring. 8. Mary E.,
(Betsey?), born September 10, 1827, married
Captain Weston Reed. 7. Albert S., born
March 6, 1829, married Wealthy B. McClure.
8. Annie (named Nancy Annie), born April
27. 1833. married Samuel S. Johnson, Jones
county, Iowa. 9. James Alonzo, born April
23. 1834. married Laura Abbie Waymouth.
10. Jane M., born December 25, 1835. mar-
ried Captain Alonzo Shute. 11. Oscar, born
October 9. 1837, shipwrecked and lost. 12.
Augusta, born August 8, 1839, married,
^larch 6, 1872, John G. Graham. 13. Emma
I., born March 26, 1850, married Silas D.
Brown.
(VIII) Katherine, daughter of Hon. Will-
iam Rust, married Samuel Jenkins, son of
Jeremiah and Martha (Littlcfield ) Jenkins, of
North Berwick and Corinth, Maine. Children
of Jeremiah and Martha Jenkins : William,
Jotham, Samuel, Harriet and Lydia Jenkins.
The Jenkins familv settled first in Kittery. then
in Berwick. Children of Samuel and Kath-
erine (Rust) Jenkins: IMartha Jane, married
PeacalHs Mandcrville Clark (see Clark);
Sarah .\.. Susan, Abigail, Harriet, Francena.
Evelyn, William Hand and Samuel Wesley
Jenkins.
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This is an old English name,
PRENTISS and has a variety of spelling,
such as Prentiz, Prentys,
Prentise, and the name in America is be-
lieved to have been originally spelled Prentice.
Some branches spell it Prentiss, and some
Prentis. Captain Thomas Prentice, of New-
ton, Massachusetts, wrote "tice," as did Hen-
ry the Planter, of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Many of the younger American branches have
changed the name from "tis" to "tiss" or
"tice," or vice versa. The first of the name
found recorded in America is Valentine Pren-
tice, who came over from Nazig, Essex coun-
ty, England, with the "Apostle Eliot," in 163 1,
with his wife Alice, and son, John Prentice,
and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It is
supposed that \'alentine of Roxbury, Robert
of Roxbury, Henry of Cambridge and New-
ton were in some way connected.
(I) Henry Prentice, "planter," of Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, was there before 1640,
and was probably born in England. He was a
member of the First Church of Cambridge,
formed in 1636, whose members were taken
and registered November, 1658, by Rev. Jon-
athan Mitchell of that church. He owned
lands in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as one of the
original proprietors in the second and third di-
visions of land there, in 1650. He was a free-
man in Cambridge, May 22, 1653. He died
according to the Cambridge town records,
June 9, 1654. "Inventory of the estate of
Henrv Prentice, Sen., of Cambridge. 1663."
Prized by Gilbert, his mark. Crack hone, and
Gregory Stone October 16, 1663. His widow,
Joan, and John Gibson "her now husband,"
administrators. The court ordered distribu-
tion to the widow, twenty pounds, the re-
mainder to the children, except to oldest son,
double. In 1648 he and wife deeded these
lands in Sudbury to John Goodnow. His first
wife was Elizabeth, who died May 13, 1653.
He married (second) Joan — , and their
children were : Mary, Solomon, Abiah, Sam-
uel, Sarah and Henry. They were all bap-
tized in the First church at Cambridge.
(II) Solomon, eldest son of Henry and
Joan Prentice, was born September 23, 1646,
in Cambridge, and died July 24, 1719, at the
same place. His first wife was Elizabeth,
probably, who died in 1678. He married (sec-
ond) Hepzibah Dunn, or Dunton, who died
January 15, 1741, aged eighty-nine. "She had
according to her gravestone in Cambridge one
hundred and forty descendants, seventy-two
being then alive." They were members of the
Cambridge church. He left a large estate, of
real five hundred and fifty-one pounds, total
nine hundred and nine pounds, sixteen shill-
ings and two pence. Widow Hepzibah, and
son Solomon, executors, August 20, 1719, in-
ventory appraised August 13, 1719, by John
Dixon, Samuel Kidder and Benjamin God-
dard. "His son, Henry, to have the East half
of the house* his father lived and died in."
Their children were : Solomon, Thomas,
Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth and Nathaniel
(twins) (Nathaniel died young), Nathaniel,
Henry and Samuel.
(Ill) Deacon Henry, sixth son of Solomon
and Hepzibah (Dunn or Dunton) Prentice,
was born in 1693, in Cambridge, and died in
Holliston, Massachusetts, October 18, 1778.
He was a brickmaker. In the settlement of
his father's estate he was allowed for four and
one half years' services sixty pounds "in the
new house." His share in his father's lands
was ninety-two pounds, at "Westfield Gate."
He was deacon at Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Apple-
ton's Presbyterian church in Cambridge from
November 24, 1741, to July 14, 1774, when he
resigned. He was a tall and very grave look-
ing man and on the Sabbath occupied the
"deacons seat." directly in front of the min-
ister. In cold weather, when he took oS his
hat in church, he put on a green tasselled cap,
as the top of his head was bald. He owned
the Fresh Pond property in Cambridge, after-
wards bought by his grandsons, Henry and
Appleton Prentice, noted Boston merchants.
His house where he lived still remains, about
forty rods from the Washington Elm. next to
the parsonage of the new Shepard church. In
1877 the house was said to be two hundred
years old and in good state of preservation,
being built of oak, the walls filled in with
brick, the beams showing half-way through
the ceilings of the rooms. He removed from
Cambridge in 1775, when our troops occupied
the city, and died at the house of his son, the
Rev. Joshua Prentice, in Holliston. In his
will, dated January 20, 1776, proved January
5, 1779, after making bequests to all his
children he adds "but as I am bound
for various sums of money for my de-
ceased son (Caleb), if my estate has to pay
them they are to be deducted from the legacies
to his children. Son Joshua, executor, if he is
alive, if not then his son Henry. After debts
are paid, son Joshua and his heirs to have all
the rest, real and personal." He married
(first) Elizabeth, daughter of William Rand,
of ]Milk Row, Charlestown, Massachusetts,
and she died March 13, 1748, aged fifty-two.
He married (second) Elizabeth Hayley, of
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STATE OF MAINE.
Boston, who died April 7, 1775, aged seventy-
eight years. His children, all by first wife,
were : Joshua, Xathaniel, Caleb, Elizabeth,
Thomas (died young), Hepzibah, Thomas,
Xathan and Sarah.
(lY) Caleb, third son of Deacon Henry and
Elizabeth (Rand) Prentice, was .born Febru-
ary 21. 1 72 1, baptized F"ebruary 25, same year,
and died November 19, 1772. He was first of
this line to adopt the present form of the
name. He resided in Cambridge, and owned
land in Harvard Square, as per his deed of
1752, to the town of Cambridge, "ten perches
of land, on which to build a court house.
Southerly and Southeast on the highway and
on every part on my own land." The deed
and plan are on registry deeds. East Cam-
bridge records. Drake's "Historic Fields and
Mansions of Middlesex" says this court house
stood about where the present Lyceum build-
ing does, and was moved to the rear of that
building and yet remains as a work shop.
His will was dated January 14, 1770, and the
inventory of his estate amounted to one thou-
sand five hundred and forty-one pounds, four-
teen shillings and eight pence, including "shoe-
makers shop."' and "potash works." He mar-
ried (first) September 17, 1744, Lydia, daugh-
ter of Deacon Samuel Whittemore, of Cam-
bridge, and (second) December 20, 1768,
Widow Rebecca Rockwell, of Milk Row, Som-
erville, Massachusetts, whose maiden name
was Kent, and she survived him nearly thirty-
five years. His children, all by first wife,
were: Caleb (died young), Caleb, Elizabeth,
Samuel (died young), Samuel, William,
Henry (died young), Lydia and Henry.
(V) Rev. Caleb (2), second son of Caleb
(i) and Lydia (Whittemore) Prentiss, was
born November 14, 1746, baptized November
16. in Cambridge, and died in Reading (now
Wakefield), February 7, 1803. He graduated
from Harvard College in 1765. After gradu-
ating he was several years librarian of the
college library. He was ordained October 25,
176c). pastor of the First Church, in Reading,
and remained there until his death from con-
sumption, and was buried in the burying-
ground adjoining the meeting house. The fol-
lowing inscription is on the tombstone erected
by the parish : "Sacred to the mcmorv of
Rev. Caleb Prentiss, late pastor of the First
Church in this town, who passed into the
world of Spirits February 7, 1803, in the 34th
year of his ministry, and the fifty-seventh year
of his age." Faith, piety and benevolence,
with a kindred assemblage of christian graces
and moral virtues, adorned his public and pri-
vate life, and endeared his memory to a be-
reaved family and a sorrowing flock. He
married Pamela, daughter of Rev. John Mel-
len, of Lancaster. Massachusetts, and grand-
daughter of Rev. John Prentice, of Lancaster.
She survived him, and married (second) Sep-
tember 14, 1809, Colonel John Waldron. of
Dover, New Hampshire, an officer in the revo-
lutionary' war, and state senator. She died
July. 1823, "full of years, having exemplified
in her life, the character of a Christian, her
memory blessed." She was buried with the
former wives of Colonel Waldron, under the
elms near his house, in the corner of his or-
chard. Children : Caleb, Thomas Mellen,
Charles, Pamela, Henry, Sophia, Clarrissa,
William, George (died young), Lydia, George
Washington and Rebecca.
(\T) Henry, fourth son of Rev. Caleb and
Pamela (Alellen) Prentiss, was born Decem-
ber lo, 1779. in Reading, and died November
2, 1843, in Paris, Maine. He resided many
years in Paris, and was a prominent Whig, a
witty, sharp political writer. In 1822 and
1823 he was a state representative, was jus-
tice of the peace, and held several minor of-
fices. He married. February 13, 1804, Mary,
daughter of Dr. John Hart, of Reading, where
she was born February 13, 1779, and died,
after being helpless with palsy two and one-
half years, in Paris, Maine. Children : Mary
(died young), Mary Hart, Henry Epaminon-
das, Emily (died young), Lucinda, Pamela
(died young), Emily, Julia, Sarah and Jane.
(Vli) Hon. Henry Epaminondas, eldest
son of Henry and Mary (Hart) Prentiss, was
born February 12, 1809, at Paris, Maine, and
died July I, 1873. suddenly, of heart disease to
which he had been subject. He was educated
at West Point and graduated in 1831. He
was retained there as assistant teacher of
mathematics for two years after he graduated.
Then he received a commission in the United
States army, and was sent with troops to
Fort Alorgan, Alabama. He decided to study
law and resigned in 1835. He read law with
Kent and Cutting, in Bangor, Maine, and
settled in Old Town, Maine. In 1836 he was
a law partner with Israel Washburn (after-
ward governor of Maine), in Orono. In 1839
he was captain of engineers to settle the north-
eastern boundary in the so-called "Aroostook
war." He returned to Bangor in 1839, and
practiced law several years, afterward en-
gaged in the lumber trade. ITe joined a tem-
perance organization at the age of eighteen
to which he strictly adhered. He was frugal
and liberal, fond of books, and gave three
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public libraries to towns where he owned land,
and one to his native town, and in his will
a handsome donation to the principal library
in Bangor, and his own library to his wife.
Political life was not to his taste, though he
liked voluntary honor. From 1857 to 1859 '''^
represented the city in the legislature. In
1870-71 he was mayor of Bangor, in both
cases chosen for his well-known temperance
principles. He married, September 30, 1836,
Abigail Adams, daughter of Captain Samuel
and Polly (Freeland) Rawson, who was born
February 5, 181 1 (see Rawson VI). Chil-
dren : John Hart, Henry Mellen, Abbie Raw-
son, Mary Freeland, Samuel Rawson.
(VIII) Samuel Rawson, third son of Hon.
Henry Epaminondas and Abigail Adams
(Rawson) Prentiss, was born August 26, 1849,
in Bangor, Maine. He graduated from Har-
vard College law school, and was partner of
his brother Henry M. Prentiss in Bangor, and
also in the timberlands anil lumber business
in Bangor, and in 1882 was in the timber land
business in Oakland, California. He married,
November 3, 1874, Maria Louise, daughter of
Aaron H. Wing, of Bangor. They are still
residents of Bangor, where Mr. Prentiss is
still engaged in lumber business. Children:
John Wing and Margaret Montgomery.
(IX) John Wing, only son of Samuel Raw-
son and Maria L. (Wing) Prentiss, was born
August 15, 1875, in Bangor, and went with
his parents to California when ten years old.
His primary education was supplied in the
public schools, after which he graduated from
Phillips Andovcr Academy in the fall of 1894.
He graduated from Flarvard University with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 189S. For
some time he was employed by a stock broker-
age firm in Boston, and January i, 1904, he
went to New York and entered the office of
Hornblower & Weeks, bankers, at No. 120
Broadway. One year later he became a mem-
ber of the firm, which is one of the largest
stock-brokerage concerns in the country, hav-
ing its own building, which it occupies as
offices in Boston, having important branches in
New York and Chicago, and holding member-
ship in the stock exchanges of those cities.
Mr. Prentiss is the resident managing part-
ner in New York, occupying spacious quarters
in the Equitable building on Broadway. His
present position testifies without fufther com-
ment to his keenness and ability as a business
man, and his easy manners and pleasant dis-
position contribute in no small measure to the
popularity and success of the establishment.
He is active in the social life of the metropolis
and is identified with several of its leading
clubs, namely : The Union, Brook, liarvard
and Lawyers' clubs. He is also a member of
the Tennis and Racquet Club of Boston and
among the college clubs with wdiich he is, or
has been identified, may be named the Polo
clubs; Institute of 1770'; D. K. E. and Hasty
Pudtling Club of Harvard. Like other mem-
bers of his family he adheres to the faith of
the LTnitarian church, and though not an ac-
tive politician in any sense, maintains settled
principles and acts with the Republican party.
He is a member of the Maine Society of New
York, and of Holland Lodge, No. 8, A. F.
and A. M., of that city. He married, in April,
1904, Marie Gordon Kay, of Brbokline, Mass-
achusetts.
This is one of the early Eng-
RAWSON lish names which has been
formed by adding "son" to the
name of the father. The general usage of
-surnames among the common people of Eng-
land dates back to a comparatively short time
from the present, and w^e find many of similar
origin to this. The name Ralph is of very
ancient usage as a christian name, and was
very often written in the early English spell-
ings of Relf, Rauf and many other forms. It
was usually pronounced very broad, as if
Rawf, and when the suffix "Son" was added
it was soon found convenient to omit the con-
sonant "f," and it became very easily Rawson.
In this form it has been traced back in Eng-
land for a considerable period previous to the
emigration of the Puritans. The records show
a Richard Rawson as a canonist and jurist,
who died in 1543. About 1580, John Blake,
junior, of Little Baddow, county of Essex,
England, married Anna, heir of Rawson.
William Blake, a brother of this John, came
to America in 1630, and settled at Dorchester,
Massachusetts. The principal features in the
Rawson coat-of-arms are a castle stamped
upon a shield, a design used to commemorate
some noted capture made by the one who re-
ceived this coat.
(I) The first in America, as far as has been
ascertained, was Edward Rawson, who came
to New England in the year 1636-37, and be-
came an inhabitant of the town of Newbury,
in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Most of
the people who settled in that section were
from the counties of Hants and Wilkes, ad-
joining Dorsetshire. Rev. John Williamson,
the first minister in Boston, was an uncle of
Edward Rawson, his mother being Margaret,
a sister of Rev. John Wilson. It is said that
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STATE OF .MAIXE.
Edward Rawson was named for an ancestor,
Sir Edward Rawson, who lived in the reign
of one of the Henries. Edward Rawson was
a grantee of the town of Newbury, and was
the first town clerk chosen April 19, 1638, and
was annually re-elected until 1647. He was
also chosen selectman and commissioner for
the trial of small causes. He served on vari-
ous committees to lay out lands and transact
other business for the town. He was one of
the deputies to represent the town in the gen-
eral court in 1638, and he must have pos-
sessed more than ordinary talent for business
as well as large degree of public spirit. In
1639 he again represented the town at its
third session, and at the May session was
granted five hundred acres as an inducement
for him to continue the manufacture of pow-
der. In 1642 he was again deputy, and in
1644. In the latter year he received two hun-
dred acres upon the Cochituate river, above
Dover bounds. In 1645 ^^ was again deputy,
and at the close of the session the deputies
passed the following vote : "That Edward
Rawson is chosen & appointed clerk of the
house of deputies for one whole yeere, to En-
ter of vote passed in both houses & thus also
yt pas.se only by them into the Book of Rec-
ords." In 1646 he was deputy and clerk, and
at the November session it was ordered by the
deputies "yt Edward Rawson shall have
twenty marks allowed him for his paines, out
of ye next levy as secrt to ye house of deputies
for two yeeres passed." In 1647-48 he con-
tinued to represent Newbury in the general
court. In the latter year he received two
grants of land, one of fifteen hundred acres
jointly with Rev. John Wilson, of Boston,
and another of five himdred acres at Pequot,
and with the latter he was granted five pounds
on account of expenditures made in preparing
for the manufacture of gunpowder. In 1649
he was again representative, and was re-elect-
ed clerk, and on the twenty-second of May,
1650, was chosen secretary of the colony. In
1649 he was one of a committee to "Plumb Is-
land," and from his first election as secretary
of the colony he was continuously re-elected
for a period of thirty-six years, until- the
usurpation of the government by Sir Edmund
Andros, when he was displaced. Elliott re-
marks of him "that he was of respectable
character as we may judge from his having
this office so long, while there was an annual
election." He owned and cultivated two farms
and a meadow in that town, which bears the
name of Rawson's meadow. After his re-
moval to Boston his residence was on Raw-
son's lane, where he is supposed to have died.
This lane bore his name until about 1800,
when it was changed to Bromfield street. He
owned some acres of land here which bor-
dered on the common, out of which he sold
several house lots. His salary as secretary
was only twenty pounds per annum at first,
but was subsequently increased to £60. To
this office he soon added that of recorder of
the county of Suffolk, which he held many
years. The records show several grants of
land made to him at various times, for "ex-
traordinary services." He and his wife were
members of what is called the First Church of
Boston, over which Rev. John Wilson was
pastor. When divisions arose in this church,
after the death of Mr. Wilson. Edward Raw-
son was one of the twenty-eight disaffected
persons who dissolved connections with that
society and formed the Third or old South
Church in May, 1669. A corporation in Eng-
land for the propagation of the gospel among
the Indians in New England chose Edward
Rawson as Stewart or agent "for the receiving
and disposing of such goods and commodi-
ties," as should be sent to the united colonies,
and this choice was confirmed by the commis-
sioners of the colonies of New Haven. 1651.
Edward Rawson is believed to be the author
of a book published in 1691, entitled, "The
Revolution in New England Justified," and
of other similar works. It is quite apparent
that he was one of those who participated in
the persecution of the Quakers. This seems
to be the only blemish upon his fair fame, and
that he was an uncommonly useful and excel-
lent man cannot be doubted.
According to the records written in his
family Bible by his son, and which is still
carefully preserved, Edward Rawson was
born April 16, 1615, and died August 27,
1693. He was married in England to Rachel
Perne. a granddaughter of John Hooker,
whose wife was a Grindal, sister of Edmund
Grindal, archbishop of Canterbury, in the
reign of Qtieen Elizabeth. John Hooker,
grandfather of Rachel Perne, was an uncle
of the celebrated divine. Rev. Thomas Hooker,
who founded the colony of Hartford. Con-
necticut. The first child of Edward Rawson
was a daughter, was married in England and
remained there. The others were : Edward,
Rachel, David. Mary Perne, Susan. \\'illiam,
Rebecca (died young), Rebecca, Elizabeth,
John and Grindal.
(II) William, third son and seventh child of
Edward and Rachel (Perne) Rawson. born
May 21, 1 65 1, in Newbury, was educated for
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a mercantile life. He became a prominent
merchant and importer of foreign goods. Up
to the time of his marriage he resided with
his father in Rawson lane, now Bromfield
street, Boston, where he kept a dry goods
store. In 1689 he sold his estate and removed
with his family to Dorchester, where he re-
sided upon a portion of "Newbury Farm" in-
herited by his wife. He afterwards purchased
a tract of land in Braintree, which is now
known as an ancient Rawson Farm. It is
situated near Neponset village and has been
passed down from father to son to the fifth
generation. The present house is on the same
site where William Rawson built his home-
stead. Here he lived nearly forty years, and
died September 20, 1726, in his seventy-fifth
year. He married, in 1673, Anne Glover, only
daughter of Nathaniel and i\Iary ( Smith )
Glover, of Dorchester. She died about 1730,
aged seventy-four years. In twenty-five years
they had twenty children, namely: Anne
(died in infancy). Wilson. i\Iargaret, Edward
(died young) Edward (died young), Rachel,
Dorothy (died young), William, David, Dor-
othy, Ebenezer (died young), Thankful, Na-
thaniel, Ebenezer, Edward, Anne, Patience,
Peletiah, Grindal and Mary.
(HI) David, fifth son and ninth child of
William and Anne (Glover) Rawson, bom in
Boston, lived on the farm which was occupied
by his father near the Neponset bridge. He
was a persevering business man, distinguished
for energy and industry, and left to his heirs
a valuable estate. His personal property was
valued at two hundred and twelve younds,
twelve shillings and four pence. He died
April 20, 1752, in the sixty-ninth year of his
age, and was buried at Quincy. He married
Mary Gulliver, daughter of Captain John
Gulliver, who survived him. Their children
were: David, Jonathan, Elijah, Mary, Han-
nah, Silence, Anne, Elizabeth, Josiah, Jeru-
sha, Lydia and Ebenezer.
(IV) Ebenezer, youngest son of David and
Mary (Gulliver) Rawson, born May 31, 1734,
in Quincy, Massachusetts, died June 11, 1814.
He was a farmer and settled in Sutton, New
Hampshire. He was a man of genius and
extensive historical attainments. Judge Raw-
son said of him : "He was a learned his-
torian." Dr. Leland," of Fall River, a relative
who knew him well, said in a letter respecting
him : "That in stature he was, I think, full
six feet, slender built, though with consider-
able breadth of shoulders, his countenance was
open, his nose aquiline, and his head project-
ing- and high." He was a man of rare intel-
lect, of a very retentive memory, was a stu-
dent of the Bible and his word was always to
be relied upon. In his later years he became
strongly attached to the Quakers, wore their
dress and worshipped with them. As a mark
of his censure of the persecution of them, and
of his regard for them, he named a son after
Marmaduke Stephenson, of Salem, who was
tried and imprisoned for heresy, and for whose
release, a warrant, signed by Edward Rawson,
was issued, dated September 12, 1659. He
was married to Sarah, daughter of Hon.
Samuel Chase, of Cheshire, New Hampshire,
and who died November 14, 1814. Their
children were : Prudence, Lydia, Ebenezer,
Sarah, Abner, John, Jerusha, Samuel, Eliza-
beth, Marmaduke and Nizaula (twins), Mary,
Clarrissa and Abigail.
(V) Captain Samuel, fourth son of Ebe-
nezer and Sarah (Chase) Rawson, born Sep-
tember 4, 1 77 1, in Sutton, Massachusetts, died
January 29, 1829, in Paris, Maine. In early
life he was a saddler and upholsterer. He
settled first in Grafton, Massachusetts, and
afterward removed to Paris, Maine, where he
became a prosperous fanner, in November,
1804. He was a man of strict probity, pos-
sessed energy and good judgment, and was
genial and sociable, inclined to argument and
investigation. He was called into the United
States service in 1814, in defence of Portland,
Maine. At that time he was lieutenant of
artillery, for which service, in later years, his
widow received a land warrant. In 1874 she
was still living at the old homestead (built in
1814) in Paris, Maine, then in the ninety-
sixth year of her age. He married, in May,
1802, Polly, daughter of Dr. James Freeland,
of Sutton, Massachusetts, who was born Sep-
tember 17, 1778. Their children were: Mary
Ann, Arabella, Abigail Adams, Columbia,
Frances and James Freeland.
(\T) Abigail Adams, third daughter of
Captain Samuel and Polly (Freeland) Raw-
son, was born February 5, 181 1, in Sutton,
Massachusetts. She was a lady of rare ac-
complishments, and possesed extensive knowl-
edge, having traveled extensively both in this
country and in Europe. She married, Sep-
tember 30, 1836, Henry E. Prentiss, at Paris,
Maine (see Prentiss Vtl).
This surname derives its
CALDWELL origin from a locality.
Along the Anglo-Scottish
border the name Coldwell would be pro-
nounced Caldwell, the word "cald" signifying
"cold," and "well" meaning "spring"; and a
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man residing "att Caldwell" finally became
"Caldwell," and his generations after him.
The traditions of this family state that an im-
migrant ancestor was of Scotch descent, and
came from the Xorth of England. Various
families of Caldwells live about Nottingham,
England.
(I) John Caldwell, the immigrant, was
born in England, in 1624, and was in Boston
in 1643. i" I'l^ latter year, when he was
nineteen years old, the following record of the
general court of Massachusetts was made:
"Oct. 1643 Rich'rd Collccot, Edward Fuller,
John Cauldwell and Richard Smith, were ap-
pointed to fetch the Cattle from Providence."
Samuel Gorton was charged by the Massachu-
setts authorities with being a blasphemous
enemy of the true religion and of civil au-
thority. He and his followers were convicted
of the offense charged, and their cattle were
taken to pay their fines and the costs of the
prosecution, amounting to £160. John Cald-
well w^as a resident of Ipswich in 1654. He
was a weaver by trade, and is styled husband-
man in legal papers. In 1654 John Caldwell
bought a house which became his home, and
has sheltered families descended from him to
the present day — two hundred and fifty years.
August 31. 1657. lis bought four acres of land
in the common field, near unto Muddy River,
for which he paid seven pounds. In 1660 he
was one of nine persons who had grants of
two acres apiece on Scott's hill. In 1664 his
name is on the list of commissioners ; and he
had assigned him four shares in Plum Island,
Castle Neck, Hog Island. In 1673 he was
granted forever all the salt marsh grass grown
upon Bagwells Island. Lord's Day, April 12,
1674, John Caldwell and Sarah, his wife, were
admitted to full communion with the First
Church. He was made a freeman May 2^,
1677. Between this date and 1691, his name
appears at various places in the public records,
mainly in connection with appraisement of
estates. In 1691 he was appointed searcher
and sealer and viewer of leather, but refused
the office "as not being capable threw business
and otherwise." He signed his will June 20,
and died July 7, 1692, aged sixty-two years.
His will was probated September 28. His
entire estate was appraised at £221 i6s 4d.
He married Sarah Dillingham, born in Ips-
wich, April, 1634, died there January 26, 1722,
daughter of John and Sarah (Cnly) Dilling-
ham, v^'ho came from Leicestershire, England,
in 1630, and were among the earliest ])ioneers
of Ipswich. Children of John and Sarah
(Dillingham) Caldwell: Jolm, Sarah, Anna,
William. Dillingham, Nathaniel, Mary and
Elizabeth.
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell, is not men-
tioned in the records until about the time of
his marriage, when he was thirty-three years
old. A few weeks before that event he bought
a house, barn, orchard, and half acre of land
on the top of Town hill; where soon after-
ward he took up his residence for the remain-
der of his life. 1698 he was appointed field
driver and hayward; January 16, 1700, he was
assigned seat No. 8 in the meeting-house ;
1708 his name is on the list of commoners;
1709 he was one of the signers to a petition
to the general court; 1717 he was appointed
surveyor. He died February 7, 1722, leaving
an estate valued at £303 13s 4d. He married,
I\Iay I, 1689, Sarah Foster, daughter of Dea-
con Jacob and Martha (Kinsman) Foster.
She died July 11, 1722. Their seven children:
^lartha. John, Jacob, Sarah and William,
whose sketch follows.
(III) William, youngest child of John and
Sarah (Foster) Caldwell, was born January
17, 1708, and died December 27, 1758. He
was a joiner, and is mentioned in conveyances
as a yeoman. He married, November 15, 1729,
Lydia Lull, born November 21, 1714, died
January 19, 1797. aged eighty-three, daughter
of Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Lull. Her
father married (second) a young woman, and
at the birth of his daughter Lydia he was
seventy-seven years old. William Caldwell
bought the one-half interest of his wife's sister
Elizabeth in her father's homestead (Lydia,
his wife, being owner of the other half), and
made that his residence for life. The children
of William and Lydia were: Hannah (died
young). William, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Anna,
Lydia, Hannah, John, Sarah, Thomas, Daniel
and Ebenezer (twins), and Nathaniel.
(IV) John (3) Caldwell, eighth child and
third son of William and Lydia (Lull) Cald-
well, was baptized in Ipswich, Massachusetts,
I\ larch 4, 1746, and died in Oxford, Maine,
December 16, 1813. He resided in Ipswich,
Salem, and Haverhill, Massachusetts, and
finally removed to Hebron (now Oxford),
Maine, where he became head of the Maine
Caldwells of whom there arc now nearly a
hundred families. He settled on land to which
he had probably acquired title from the state,
and there made a large farm and became a
leading and prosperous farmer. He married,
in Ipswich, May 31, 1771, Dolly Hoyt, of
Rowlev ; children: John, Philiji, William,
Polly and Dolly.
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1899
(V) Polly, fourth child of John (3) and
Dolly (Hoyt) Caldwell, was born at Oxford,
July 15, 1782, and married Rev. Dan Perry,
June 25, 1809, and died October 12, 1829.
The descent of Dan Perry, as nearly as can
now be ascertained, is as follows : i. Anthony
Perry, or Pury, the immigrant, born 161 5,
was of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1658-78, and
represented the town in the general court in
1674. He died March i. 1683. His wife's
name was Elizabeth. 2. Samuel, son of An-
thony and Elizabeth Perry, was born Decem-
ber 10, 1648, in Rehoboth. He married (first)
December 12, 1678, Mary Miller; and (sec-
ond) May 9. 1690, Mary, daughter of Henry
Tucker, of Sandwich. 3. Jasiel, son of Sam-
uel and !\Iary (Miller) Perry, was born May
6, 1682, and married, January 3, 1706, Re-
becca ^^"ilmarth. 4. Jasiel (2), son of Jasiel
(i) and Rebecca (Wilmarth) Perry, was born
August 17, 171 5, and died Mnrch 20, 1797,
aged eighty-two. He married Elizabeth Wal-
ker, who was born in 1714, and died May 31,
1795, aged eighty-one. 5. Jasiel (3), son of
Jasiel (2) and Elizabeth Walker Perry, was
born June 15, 1753, and died January, 1832,
aged seventy-nine. He married Betsey Hix.
who was born March 15, 1750, and died Oc-
tober 13. 1823. 6. Dan, son of Jasiel (3) and
Betsy (Hix) Perry, was born in Rehoboth,
IMassachusetts, August 5, 1779, and died in
Oxford, Maine, December, 1864, aged eighty-
five. He married, June 25, 1809, Polly Cald-
well, who was born July 13, 1782, and died
October 12, 1829. Their children were: John,
Jasiel, Mary Caldwell, Electa Elizabeth. Lucy
I., Trueman Summerfield and Christiana Sur-
Samuel Cook, the immigrant an-
COOK cestor, was of English stock, but
came to America from Dublin, Ire-
land, with Machael Bacon and John Smith.
Bacon is the ancestor of many distinguished
and prominent families of New England. The
three men settled in Dedham. jMassachusetts,
and were evidently Puritans as well as Pro-
testants when they came over. Cook became
a proprietor of Dedham, July 6, 1640. He
was a partner of Smith, March 10, 1639-40.
It should be noted that Smith's taxes were re-
mitted on account of great losses he suffered
in Ireland, implying also that his companion
and partner must have lost also. According
to Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts" it ap-
pears that with Samuel Cook there came from
Ireland his son Daniel. Little else is known of
the immigrant.
(II) Daniel, son of Samuel Cook, was born
in Ireland, and settled in Dedham, Massachu-
setts. W'hile it is not free from doubt, certain
records make it seem probable that Daniel
went subsequently to Dover, New Hampshire,
and had a son John, mentioned below.
(III) John, son of Daniel Cook, was born
in Dover, New Hampshire, May 5, 1692. He
married, about 1715, Lydia, daughter of
Thomas Young, born at Dover, November 29,
1694. Children, born at Dover: i. Marcy,
born June 21, 1716. 2. Hezekiah, January i,
1718. 3. Mary, April i, 1720. 4. Ebenezer,
April 26, 1723; died in the military service in
the French war, on the return from the Cape
Breton expedition, August 17, 1745. 5. John,
born November 6, 1725. 6. Richard, Decem-
ber 21, 1727. 7. Phebe, March 17, 1729-30.
8. Daniel, mentioned below.
(I\') Daniel (2), son of John Cook, was
born at Dover September 11, 1732, died 1809,
in Windham. Alaine. There were a number
of enlistments in the revolution credited to
Daniel Cook, and some of them mav belong
to this man, although the family belonged to
the Society of Friends. He lived for a time
in Dover, and settled finally in Windham,
Maine, where he died. He had ten children
and one hundred grandchildren at the time of
his death. Lie married (first) Mary \'arney,
born in Dover, in 1740, and died in 1782,
daughter of Thomas Varney. He married
(second), the intention being published July
23. 1785, Hilary (Wcscott) ilaxfield, widow
of William Maxficld. Children of first wife :
I. Ephraim. mentioned below. The following
were all born in Windham: 2. Elijah (twin),
born October 29, 1762, died December 25,
1846. 3. Mary (twin), born October 29,
1762, died December 21, 1835, 4. John, born
May 25, 1765, died May 15, 1834. 5. Heze-
kiah, born 1773, died 1863. 6. Nathan, born
September 15, 1767. died February 28, 1846.
7. Abel, born 1777, died 1843. 8. Daniel,
born March 30, 1770, died October 11, 1858.
9. Sarah, born 1775, died October 27, 1849.
10. Anne, bom 1771. Child of second wife,
Marv W'escott. widow of William Aiaxfield:
11. Richard, born October 11, 1786. She died
November 28, 1828, aged ninety years.
(\'') Ephraim, son of Daniel (2) Cook, was
born in Dover, New Hampshire, July 19, 1760,
and died in Casco, Maine, July 21, 1853, aged
ninety-three. He married, January 27, ,
Mary Gould, born in Rochester, New Hamp-
shire, April 28, 1774, died in Harrison, Maine,
November 15, 1868. aged ninety-four, daugh-
ter of Muzzy and Elizabeth (Robinson) (Tib-
IQOO
STATE OF MAINE.
bets) Gould. Children: i. Robinson, born
in Raymond, March i6, 1803; married (first)
Loranna Sanborn, September 14, 1829; (sec-
ond) Eliza Ann Maxfield, October 12, 1834;
died at Otisfield, July 29, 1877. 2. Martha,
born in Raymond, November 2"], 1804; mar-
ried Nathan Gammon: died January 12, 1856.
3. Elizabeth, born December i, 1806: mar-
ried Josiah Swett, July 31, 1831 ; died June
8, 1850. 4. Sarah, born June 15, 1809; mar-
ried Nathan .Maxfield, January 14, 1831; died
November 11. 1891. 5. Levi, born February
6, 1813; died December 23, 1842. 6. Obadiah
G., born January 12, 1815; mentioned below.
7. Stephen, born .April 3, 1817; died June 5.
1844.
(VI) Obadiah Gould, son of Ephraim Cook,
was born in Raymond, now Casco, Maine,
January 12, 181 5, and died at Bolsters Mills,
in Harrison, Maine. February 3, 1894. The
following account of his life is taken from the
Portland Press of p-ebruary, 1894:
"Reared under the rigid code of a Quaker
family of that period, and inured to the hard-
ships of the farm life of a large family in
moderate circumstances, he early discovered
that devotion to principle, and untiring energ}',
which were the potent factors of his success
in after life. Resolving at an early age to se-
cure a liberal education, the time passed by
boys of his age in sports was by him devoted
to study. Reaching the then narrow limit of
the town school, he entered the Friends' school
at Providence by means of a free scholarship.
The fund failing, his stay there was short, but
aroused by difficulties, he redoubled his ef-
forts, and soon enrolled himself as a student
at Limington Academy. On leaving the acad-
emy, he taught school several years, and about
1840 began the study of law with the late
Aaron E. liolden, then living at Casco. Ad-
mitted to the bar in 1842, he devotctl his time
to farming, teaching, and the practice of law
until the summer of 1854, when he entered the
office of the register' of probate • as clerk.
Upon the union of the other parties in opposi-
tion to the Democrats in the fall of 1854, he
was nominated as the Free Soil candidate for
clerk of the courts, and was elected. Doubt
being expressed as to whether he had been
elected for the full term or to fill a vacancy,
a memorial was addressed to him signed by
some of the leading lawyers, asking him to
resign; but acting under the advice of Judge
(afterward Governor) Wells, and of Willis
& Fcssenden, he declined to resign, served the
full term, and was reelected in 1857. In 1861
he located at Bolster's Mills, and purchased the
saw and grist mills there, which he operated.
"While a student at Limington, overhearing
his landlady mourning over the sad fate in
store for her daughter, who, though a model
of deportment, was not a professed Christian,
he was led to examine his theology, and his
sense of justice led him to embrace the Uni-
vcrsalist belief; but his early training and de-
vout nature prevented him from accepting the
more liberal tenets of that faith.
"Mr. Cook, even during the busiest part of
his life, never lost his interest in literary mat-
ters, but kept himself fully abreast of the
times. Skilled in business, he served as a
member of the municipal boards of both his
native and adopted towns. A firm friend of
education, his experience as a teacher made
him almost the ideal man for the school com-
mittee. One of the founders of the Repub-
lican party of Cumberland county, he never
wavered in his allegiance. Although nomi-
nated in 1874 to represent the Harrison, Otis-
field and Casco Class, and by reason of local
troubles, defeated, yet his loyalty stood the
test. His official and business life left him
little time for active practice in his profes-
sion, but he \vas methodical in his preparation,
clear and concise in his argument, and suc-
cessful in gaining the confidence of his clients."
He married (first) December 26, 1854,
Christiana S. Perry, born September 24, 1829,
died in Portland, ]\Iarch 11, 1861, daughter of
Dan and Polly (Caldwell) Perry, of Oxford,
Maine. (See Caldwell.) He married (sec-,
ond) January 15, 1863, Lucy I. Perry, .born
March 11, 1821, died in Harrison June 24,
1902, a sister of his first wife. Children, all
by the first wife: i. Mary E., born in Port-
land, Maine, January 5, 1856; married George
Hazen, of Oxford. 2. Charles Sumner, born
November 18, 1858; mentioned below. 3.
Christiana S., born in Portland, February i,
1861 : resides in Harrison. Maine.
(VII) Charles Sumner, son of Obarliah
Gould Cook, was born in Portland, Maine,
November 18, 1858. He attended the com-
mon schools at Bolster's IMills, and completed
his preparation for college at the Nichols Latin
School at Lewiston, Maine, from which he
graduated in 1877. In the same year (1877)
he entered Bates College, from which he
graduated with honors in the class of 1881.
After teaching a year he studied law in the
office of his father, in Harrison, and completed
his law course in the office of Symonds &
Libby, in Portland. In October, 1886, he was
admitted to the Cumberland county bar, and
soon afterward became associated in business
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with Judge Joseph W. Symonds, forming the
firm which afterwards became Symonds, Snow
& Cook, and then Symonds, Snow, Cook &
Hutchinson. Mr. Cook is an active man,
whose successful conduct of cases has placed
him among the foremost lawyers of the IVIaine
bar. In addition to his professional work he
has devoted much time to the organization
and management of important business and
financial institutions. He is president of the
State Loan Company, Brunswick Electric
Light and Power Company and Prince's Ex-
press Company ; vice-president of the Fidelity
Trust Company : director of the Atlantic Shore
Line Railway, and of the Sagadahock Light
and Power Company. In politics he is a
staunch Republican, and stands high among
party leaders. He was elected as member of
the governor's council in 1899, and was re-
elected in 1 901 and 1903. He served as chair-
man of the council during his second term.
He married. October 237^:889, Annie Jef-
ferds Reed, born August 19, 1864, died Octo-
ber 25, 1903, daughter of Isaac and Lydia
Emery (Macdonald) Reed, of Waldoboro.
Children: i. Lydia Macdonald, born January
26, 1892. 2. Robinson, born January 30, 1895.
The line of Cook of this article
COOK came from England, but there is
no record to show whence they
came or when, or whether they are related to
any of the many early lines of the same name.
The fact that the men of this line married into
representative families is evidence of their own
standing, and has been the means of keeping
the family stock at par.
(T) Samuel Cook, with his wife Elizabeth
and several children, appeared in Newbury,
Massachusetts in 1720. He removed from
Salem, and had no doubt lived in this country
since 1699. His youngest son was born in
Newbury the year of his settlement there, and
all his children probably married in Newbury.
He died in 1733. His will shows him to have
been a man of deep religious convictions even
for that day.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) and
Elizabeth Cook, married Judith Bartlett, niece
of Josiah Bartlett, the second signer of the
Declaration of Independence. Thomas Bart-
lett, father of Judith, was great-great-grand-
son of Richard Bartlett, who landed at New-
bury in 1635. On the maternal side, through
the family names of Moody, Somerby and
Emery, the descent is from the same period as
that of the founders and builders of Puritan
Newburv. The founder of the Bartlett fam-
ily was the Norman Earl of Bartlet, who ac-
companied William the Conqueror to Eng-
land and fought with him on the field of Hast-
ings. The Bartlett ancestral estate is on and
near the battlefield.
(Ill) Charles, son of Samuel (2) and Ju-
dith (Bartlett) Cook, was born in Newbury,
in 1769, and moved to Campton, New Hamp-
shire, with his father, who with some of his
brothers settled there shortly after the revolu-
tion. In 1801 he moved with his family to
Greensboro, \'ermont. In Campton the Cooks
became numerous, there being at one time per-
haps more voters of that name than of any
other. Charles Cook married Elizabeth Bur-
beck, daughter of Captain Edward Burbeck,
of Newbury, Massachusetts. Some of the
children of Charles and Elizabeth were born
in Campton. Edward Burbeck, son of Colonel
William Burbeck, was born in Boston, Massa-
chusetts, in 1739, and was killed by lightning
in Newburyport, in 1782. Lie was captain in
his father's regiment of artillery from May,
1775. to the close of 1776. He was a member
of the Boston Tea Party. Lie married Jane
Milk, daughter of James Milk. His father.
Colonel William Burbeck, was born in Boston,
in 1 71 5, died there in 1786, and was buried
in Copp's Hill burying-ground. He was a
civilian official in the ordnance department of
the Royal Artillery, and was for many years
stationed at Old Castle William, now Fort In-
dependence, in Boston Harbor, until the break-
ing out of hostilities at Lexington and Con-
cord. He then left the British service, was
appointed lieutenant of artillery June 21, 1775,
and two days later colonel. He subsequently
commanded Castle William.
(IVj George Henry, youngest son of
Charles and Elizabeth (Burbeck) Cook, was
born in Greensboro, Vermont, March 7, 181 1,
and died in Portland, Maine, August 12, 1894.
His boyhood life and education were those of
a farmer's boy on the frontier in that time and
locality. He clerked in the village store in
youth, and when a young man engaged in
business on his own account in Craftsbury.
His life was that of the village merchant and
man of ailfairs. He was socially active, repre-
sentative to the \'ermont legislature, and was
adjutant in the state militia. His religious life
was of the stern and austere type, puritanical
in its simple severity and high ideality. To
him the church was a great field of labor, to
which he devoted himself with conscientious
and untiring zeal. He was prominent in all
church activities as teacher, Sunday school su-
perintendent, and as deacon. In 1849 he re-
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STATE OF MAINE.
moved to Portland, Maine, with his family.
There his business was that of a hardware
man, being connected with Emery & Water-
house, the II. Warren Lancey Company, and
Haines, Smith & Cook. He died August 12,
1894, in his eighty-fourth year. In Portland
he continued his church work, was identified
with the High street Congregational Church,
during Dr. Chickering's pastorate, and was
Sunday school superintendent. He was also
superintendent of the Sunday school at the
State Reform School. He married, in 1835,
Selina Atwood Aiken, born in Dracut, Massa-
chusetts, January 25, 1811, died in Portland,
Maine, August, 1850. Her father, Rev. Solo-
mon Aiken, was a grandson of James Aiken,
who came to this country with the Scotch-
Irish immigrants, landing at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, in 1720. Solomon Aiken was a
soldier in the Massachusetts militia during the
revolution, and shortly after the war entered
Dartmouth College, graduating in 1784. As
minister, he preached at Dracut, Alassachu-
setts, from 1785 until 1815, when he removed
to Plardwick, Vermont. He was widely known
as an orator. He married, in 1788, Mary
Warner, daughter of Daniel \\'arner, of Hard-
wick, Massachusetts, a soldier of the revolu-
tion and of the colonial wars. She was the
fifth in descent from Andrew Warner, who
came to this country in 1630 with Parson
Hooker's company, and was a member of the
party of one hundred who with Parson Hooker
founded Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636. He
was a deacon of the First Church there. The
children of George H. and Selina A. (Aiken)
Cook were: i. Harriet Whipple, married
Charles J. Frye and lives in New York City.
2. George Henry, died in his youth. 3. Selina
Aiken, married Captain Rufus P. Stanicis, of
Concord, New Hampshire. 4. Edward Bur-
beck, mentioned below. 5. Charles, mentioned
below. 6. Joshua O., received a common
school education, learned the oil cloth business
from Charles M. Bailey, of East Winthrop,
Maine, and is western manager at Chicago of
the Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Company,
of Camden, New Jersey.
(V) Edward Burbeck, second son of George
H. and Selina A. (Aiken) Cook, was born in
Craftsbury, Vermont, April 30, 1842. He at-
tended the public schools of Craftsbury and
Barre Academy, and in March, i860, went to
Portland, Maine, where he entered the hard-
ware store of PI. Warren Lancey, finding em-
ployment there till 1866. In 1862 he enlisted
in Company A, Seventeenth Maine Volunteer
Infantry, but was not accepted as a soldier.
Later he was a travelling salesman of Fletcher
& Company, for several years. With Emery
Waterhouse & Company he remained twenty
years, twelve of them as a member of the firm.
January i, 1893, he organized Woodman,
Cook Company, of which he is treasurer and
general manager. This concern employs about
sixty operatives, manufactures silver plated
hollow ware, and sends its products all over
the coimtry. Mr. Cook is an unswerving Re-
publican. In church affiliation he is a Congre-
gationalist. In 1868 he was made a Alason in
Atlantic Lodge No. 81, Free and .Vccepted
Masons ; he is also a member of Greenleaf
Royal Arch Chapter No. 13; of Portland
Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters;
and a life member of Portland Commandery,
No. 2, Knights Templar. Edward B. Cook
married at Concord, New Hampshire, Octo-
ber 7, 1869, Frances Sawyer, born in Dan-
vers, Massachusetts, daughter of Aloses K.
and Caroline (Sawyer) Sawyer, of Danvers,
Massachusetts. They have one son, Philip
Howard, born in Portland, February 2, 1878.
He graduated from tiarvard in 1899, from
Harvard Medical School in 1903, and is now
a physician in Worcester, Massachusetts.
(\ ) Charles, third son of George H. and
Selina A. (Aiken) Cook, was born in Crafts-
bury, Vermont, June 24, 1845. I" l^'s fourth
year his father moved with his family and
household goods from N'ermont to Portland,
and incidents of that trip behind the little
Shetland pony, a family pet, he still remem-
bers. He recollects especially the ride through
the "Crawford Notch" in the White Moun-
tains. In his eighth year he returned to \'er-
mont, and during the following nine years was
with relatives in Greensboro and Hardwick,
acquiring the education offered by the farm,
the district school, and Hardwick Academy.
During the year of 1863 he was clerk in the
clothing store of Adams Kellogg, at Mont-
pelier. Returning to Portland in January,
1864, he took a position in the drug store of
W. F. Phillips. Early in 1865 he enlisted,
joining Company D, Twentieth Maine Volun-
teer Infantry, in front of Petersburg. He was
at once detailed as acting hospital steward,
and served in that capacity during the battles
of Five Forks and Appomattox Court House,
witnessing the surrender of Lee's army. The
Twentieth was one of the three regiments
honored by being detailed to receive the arms
of the vanquished Confederates. Later it took
part in the celebrated "Grand Review" of the
national troops at Washington. After his re-
turn to Portland he resumed his place with W.
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1903
F. Phillips, and was aclniilted as junior part-
ner in the firm of \V. F. Phillips & Co., Jan-
uary, 1868. This continued until 1884, when
on account of poor health, I\Ir. Phillips re-
tired from business, and the present firm of
Cook, Everett & Pennell was formed. Its
volume of business has steadily increased, ex-
ceeding for many years that of any similar
house in New England outside of Boston.
Mr. Cook is president of the Woodman Cook
Co., is a director of the Casco National Bank,
and also has other interests in the commercial
world ; belongs to several social clubs, and is
a Congregationalist and a Republican.
He married (first) September, 1874, Martha
Page Bayley, born in Greensboro, Vermont,
1844, daughter of William Bayley, of Greens-
boro. \'ermont. She died in June, 1884, leav-
ing five children: i. Alfred Page, A. B.
(Bowdoin) Ph. C. (Mass. Col. Pharmacy).
2. Selina Aiken, married Rev. Robert W.
Dunbar, and has four children. 3. Florence,
married Dr. Frank Y. Gilbert, and has one
child. 4. Charles Bayley, A. B. (Bowdoin).
5. Irving Staniels, who died in 1884. Mr.
Cook married (second) Harriet Peters Bailey,
born in Portland, 1849, daughter of Joseph
Stockbridge and Isabel Dicks Bailey, of Port-
land. Tliey have two children: Isabella
Bailey and Ruth Stockbridge.
Dunbar (see above) is an ancient Scottish
name, and was taken from the town to become
a personal name centuries ago. The family is
traced back to the Earl of Alarch, and various
distinguished men have borne the cognomen
Dunbar.
Judson B., son of Albert and Elizabeth
(Rich) Dunbar, was born in Patten, Maine,
July 6, 1848, and married at Winslow, Maine,
May 10, 1871, Ella C. Clarke, born February
19, 1848, daughter of Jacob M. and Octavia
(Wright) Clarke, wdiose children were: Tal-
man, Mary A., Charles M., Robert M., and
Ella C. The children of Judson B. and Ella
(Clarke) Dunbar were: Robert W., ■Mary E.,
Philip and Helen C.
Rev. Robert Wayland, eldest child of Jud-
son B. and Ella (Clarke) Dunbar, was born in
Portland, January 24, 1872. He attended the
public schools of Portland, Amherst College,
from which he graduated in 1895 ; and And-
over Theological Seminary, from wdiich he
took the (Jegrce of Bachelor of Divinity in
1898. March 8, 1899, he was ordained to the
Congregational ministry in the Second Con-
gregational Church in Chelmsford, Massa-
chusetts. He was pastor of the Second Con-
gregational Church there till January, 1904,
when he was dismissed to become pasior of
the West Congregational Church of Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, where he was installed
May 3, 1904, and has since preached. He is a
member of the Phi Gamma Delta, a college so-
ciety, and is a Republican in politics. He mar-
ried, in Portland, j\Iaine, June 21, 1899, Selina
Aiken Cook, born in Portland, Maine, July 3,
1877, daughter of Charles and Martha Page
(Bayley) Cook, of Portland (see Cook V).
Children: Ruth, born April 30, 1900; Esther,
June 7, 1903; Martha, November 25, 1904;
Charles C, August 24, 1906.
The Marden family is of Eng-
MARDEN lish descent. As far as pub-
lished records show, the emi-
grants to this country have not been very nu-
merous. Savage only mentions Richard Mar-
den, who settled in New Haven, Connecticut,
in 1646, and took the oath of fidelity the fol-
lowing year. As far as ascertained. New
Hampshire seems to have been their attractive
camping ground, though some have settled in
Massachusetts. Members of the present fam-
ily have found homes in Rye, Windham and
New Boston. They have proved themselves
highly respected and valuable citizens, many
of them of scholarly tastes and habits, wdio
became college graduates, clergymen and law-
yers, more than one of the latter having at-
tained to an honorable distinction as judge.
Some of them have been active in politics, and
prominent in state and national conventions.
(I) James Marden (whose origin does not
seem to have been discovered) was a very
early settler in what is now New Hampshire.
It is not certain wdielher he located in what is
now Rye, or in New Castle. It is known that
he had a son William, and it is probable that
James, Nathan and Sarah were also his chil-
dren. Inasmuch as the name was not very
numerously represented in the New World at
that time, there can be little doubt that all
these were his.
(II) James (2), son of James (i) Mar-
den, was born about 1670, and resided in New
Castle, New Hampshire, where he died prior
to 1726. He married, October 23, 1695, Abi-
gail Webster, born May 27, 1676, in Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, youngest child of Stephen
and Hannah (Ayer) Webster. (See Web-
ster.) Stephen, second son of John and Mary
(Shatswell) Webster, was born about 1637, in
Ipswich, and resided in Haverhill, Massachu-
setts, where he was a tailor, and subscribed to
the freeman's oath in 1668. He died August
10, 1694, and administration upon his estate
1904
STATE OF MAINE.
was granted September 26 following. He
married (first) March 24, 1663, in Haver-
hill, Hannah Aver, born December 21, 1644,
in Salisbury, ninth child of John and Hannah
Ayer. She died June 2, 1676, and Stephen
Webster married (second) May 26, 1678, in
Haverhill, a widow, Judith Broad. His chil-
dren, all born of the first wife, were: i. Han-
nah, wife of Thomas Eaton. 2. John, resided
in Haverhill. 3. Mary, wife of Jacob Whit-
taker, of Haverhill. 4. Stephen. 3. Nathan.
6. Abis;ail, who became the wife of James (2)
Marden as above noted. The children of
James (2) Marden were: i. James, born
September 25. 1697. 2. Stephen, subject of
the next paragraph. 3. Thomas. 4. Ebenezer.
5. Rachel, married Job Chapman. 6. Abigail,
born in New Castle, married (first) George
Foss, (second) Nathaniel Drake. The order
of birth of the foregoing is not certain.
(HI) Stephen, son of James (2) and Abi-
gail (Webster) Marden, was born August 25,
1699, in New Castle, and resided at Little
Harbor, in Rye, where he was the owner of a
ferry to Great Island, now New Castle. He
was a cordwainer by trade. He married, in
1722, Charity Long, and their children, born
in Rye, were: i. Hannah, March 13, 1723. 2.
Benjamin, August 9. 1729, married January 31,
1754, Rachel Dowst. 3. Ruth, December 8,
1731, married October II, 1753, Levi Tower.
4. Elizabeth, April 12. 1734. 5. Stephen, men-
tioned below. 6. Abigail. July 22, 1739, mar-
ried (first) Daniel Philbrick, (second) Wil-
liam Davidson.
(IV) Stephen (2), second son of Stephen
(i) and Charity (Long) Marden, was born
September 27, 1736, in Rye, New Hampshire,
and settled in the town of Chester of that
state, living on lot No. 14 in the second divi-
sion of lands in that town. He was a soldier
in the French and Indian war in 1757, and
was one of a company to garrison Fort Wil-
liam Henry, on the shore of Lake George.
The fort was garrisoned by about three thou-
sand men under command of Colonel Mon-
roe. They were attacked by a force of 9,000
men, consisting of 7,000 French and 2,000 In-
dians, under Montcalm; after a terrific strug-
gle lasting six days, the Americans were com-
pelled, on August g, to surrender to the
French. It was ordered by Montcalm that
they be allowed to go free, but in attempting
to do so they were set upon by the Indians
and robbed of their effects and many of them
killed. Of the force from New Hampshire,
eighty were killed or missing.
Stephen Marden was a petitioner for the
incorporation of the town of Raymond and
subsequently removed to New Hampton, New
Hampshire, where his death was caused by a
falling tree in Newington, June 19, 1781. He
was buried at Centre Harbor, at the head of
Lake Winnepesaukee, town of Chester, New
Hampshire. He married, August 28, 1760,
Elizabeth Webster, who survived him and was
taxed in Chester as late as 1785. All of the
children, however, removed from that town.
The youngest was born after the death of his
father, and tlie widow had her troubles in sup-
porting the children. They were: I.Abigail,
born November 6, 1760, died January 22, 1798.
2. Martha. January 9, 1764, died August 26,
1830. 3. Josiah, born December 31, 1765, died
May 23, 1857. 4. Stephen, died an infant. 5.
Elizabeth, born April 11, 1769, died Novem-
ber 19, 1850. 6. Stephen, subject of the next
paragraph. 7. Charity, born September 14,
1773, died September 25, 1797. 8. Dolly, born
February 23, 1776, died March 11, 1858. 9.
John, born February 18. 1779, died 1861. 10.
Benjamin, born September 29, 1781.
(V) Deacon Stephen (3), second son of
Stephen (2) and Elizabeth (Webster) Mar-
den, was born September 23, 1771, in Chester,
and removed to Palermo. Maine, in 1788.
Two of his brothers, John and Benjamin set-
lied there — John in 1792, Benjamin in 1800 —
and had adjoining farms on what is now called
]\Iarflcn Hill. Deacon Stephen Marden was
a prosperous farmer, and had the distinction
of owning the first wagon ever in the town of
Palermo. He was respected for his ability
and integrity, and was one of the town war-
dens in 1804. The following account of the
early settlement of that town was written by
John Marden :
"My mother was left a widow in poor cir-
cumstances, with the care of eight children,
and one added to that number (after her hus-
band's death by accident) on the twenty-ninth
of September following. It being in the time
of the revolutionary war, she had many hard-
ships to encounter, having but little but her
hands and good economy to support her fam-
ily, yet she bore her trouble with a good de-
gree of christian patience. In the year of 1783
a treaty of peace was signed between the
I'nited States and Great Britain which gave
her some relief. In the year 1790 my eldest
brother Josiah moved her and the younger
part of the family to the town of Canterbury,
New Hampshire, where she spent the re-
mainder of her life in comfortable circum-
stances. Her death occurred November 3,
1830, aged about ninety-one years.
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1905
"January, 1793, I came into the district of
Maine, at the age of fourteen years, in the
county of Lincohi (now Waldo), and took up
my residence at a place called the Great Pond
settlement, at the extremity of Sheepscob
Pond. I had many hardships to encounter,
being the only youth in the place. The nearest
mill was twelve miles, through a lonely wood,
with but little better than a foot path and
spotted trees. Yet with pleasing prospects I
looked forward to the time when this good
land would be settled ; when school houses and
mills would be built and roads made, and this
wilderness would become a fruitful field. I
took great pleasure in visiting my friends in
New liampshire once in every three years,
although I had to travel the distance of two
hundred and twenty miles on the frozen
ground in the month of November or Decem-
ber.
"I worked with my brother, Stephen Mar-
den, until I was twenty-two years of age, when
I bought the farm on which I now live (1855)
with the barn then built and a log house
thereon. April 23, 1801, I was united in mar-
riage with Mary Bagley, of Liberty, Maine,
and moved onto the farm that spring, with a
pleasing prospect of enjoying happiness. For
three or four years we were favored with good
health and our crops came in bountifully, and
all things bespoke of prosperity.
"January 22, 1805, I was severely wounded
by the falling of a tree. Then my sufferings
were very great. Yet my mind was happy in
the Lord, and I could truly say, 'Though he
slay me, yet will I trust in Him.' On the
third day of February I had my left leg ampu-
tated above the knee, which was very expen-
sive at that time, so that my future prospects
of happiness in this world began to decay. In
April following we chose our town officers for
the first time. I took a part with them in col-
lecting taxes and serving precepts, etc. This
year with the past will long be remembered
as a season of great religious excitement in
this town and vicinity. A Baptist church was
organized that season, and many were added
thereto. Where I reside is about twenty
miles northeasterly of Augusta, then called
Port Weston. The inhabitants east and north
of my residence were but few at that time.
Several small settlements were made in the
woods and generally called after the name of
the first settler or by the old Indian name of
ponds and streams. The land was very good
for crops of corn and rye. Each settler made
his choice for a farm. No taxes were called
for at that time. There were no framed build-
ings east or north of my residence for the
space of twelve or fifteen miles, and three or
four miles to the south and west until the next
April, 1793, when two barn frames were put
up, to the great joy of the settlers, but more
so to the owners." He describes the growth
and development of the town and state, giving
a good picture of the pioneer days. "These
settlers were all laboring men, engaged in
their several occupations, such as clearing
land, raising crops, putting up buildings, and
fences in the summer and fall. In the winter
and spring all engaged in lumbering, hunting
and sugar-making, which was much of it done
in the forest at that time. These settlers were
all very poor, but as 'happy as clams' and as
friendly to each other as monkeys." Of his
fellow pioneers he writes (1855) : "The few
that are left are worn down with age and in-
firmities too numerous for me to name: some
with the loss of sight and hearing ; some with
the loss of their limbs ; some with palsied
hands; and others with general debilities, etc.
And but very few, if any, are able to take care
of themselves, but have mostly given them-
selves up to the care of their children or
grandchildren or the town to provide for
them."
Stephen (3) Marden married Abigail
Black, of Newmarket, New Hampshire.
Chihlrcn: I. Stephen, born October 9, 1793.
2. Polly, November 19. 1795, married John
S])iller. 3. Betsey, May 14, 1797. 4. Benja-
min, subject of the next paragraph. 5. Char-
ity, October 6, 1800. 6. Alvah, August 14,
1802. 7. Alley, September 8, 1804. wife of
Lliram Worthing. 8. Infant, June 27, 1806.
9. Area, October 3, 1807. 10. Roxanna, Jan-
uary 10, 1809. II. Racene (died young). 12.
Albra, April 10, 1812.
(\T) Benjamin, second son of Stephen (3)
and Abigail ( Black) Marden, was born Octo-
ber 26, 1798, and died r866, in Palermo. He
resided on a farm on Marden Hill, which he
purchased of John Spiller. In addition to
farming. Benjamin Marden also carried on
blacksmithing, anil was also a practical wheel-
wright, a man of more than usual intelligence
and looked up to by his neighbors, who bore
for him the highest respect. He took an acn
tive interest in all the affairs of his town, and
was instrumental in forming its first library,
known as the Palermo and China Social Li-
brar_\'. Here his first three children were born
and in 1826 he went to live with his Uncle
Benjamin Marden. whose heir he became, and
was known as Benjamin (2). He married
Hannah Carr, their intentions being published
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STATE OF MAINE.
June 5, 1819. Children: i. Stephen P., sub-
ject of the next paragraph. 2. Frances Cas-
sandra, Xovcmber 18, 1821. married Samuel
Gurdy. 3. Louise R., horn April 7, 1823;
married Nathaniel Lincoln. 4. Abigail Jane,
born February 26. 1827; married Harrington
Osgood. 3. Sumner Melville, born August 29,
1830; married Albie Ricker. 6. Benjamin F.,
born March 22, 1833: married Octavia San-
ford. 7. Lucia O., July 18, 1835; married
Peter Sinnott. 8. William P., born November
24, 1838; died 1868. 9. Allston R., born Au-
gust 22, 1843. fli^fi December 24, 1862; was a
member of the First I\Iaine cavalry; was taken
prisoner and served for a time in Belle Isle
Prison.
(VH) Stephen P., eldest child of Benja-
min and Hannah (Carr) Marden, was born
March 3, 1820, in Palermo. He was a far-
mer, and in his early years conducted a brick
yard ; later ran a saw mill, and made rakes
and lumber. He was one of the substantial
and representative men of the time. Like his
father, he attended the Universalis! church, in
which he took an active interest. In his home
town he filled various local offices, and served
as representative of his district in the Maine
legislature. He married, September 23, 1849,
Julia A. Avery, of Whitcfield, Maine, a de-
scendant of an old Essex family. She was
born December 13, 1824. Children: i. Wil-
lie E., born July 4, 1850, died March 20, 187 1.
2. Oscar Avery, mentioned below. 3. Frank
Webster, born May 25, 1855, an extensive
wholesale dealer in oils, with offices in Bos-
ton, New York, Chicago, Louisville and San
Francisco, resides in Somerville, Massachu-
setts.
(VHI) Judge Oscar Avery, second son of
Stephen P. and Julia A. (Avery) Marden,
was born August 20, 1853, in Palermo. He
was reared upon the homestead farm, being
accustomed to perform such duties as fall to
the lot of farmers' sons. The district schools,
with an occasional term in the high school and
Wcstbrook Seminary, supplied his education
up to the age of seventeen years. At the early
age of fifteen he commenced to teach school
during winter terms. In 1871-72 he had
charge of the English department of the
Dirigo Business College at Augusta, Maine,
and in the spring of 1872, in his nineteenth
year, went to Boston. There he was employed
as book-keeper in the New England office of
the Victor Sewing Machine Company of Mid-
dletown, Connecticut, and this connection con-
tinued until the fall of 1874, when he became
a student in the law office of Samuel K. Ham-
ilton, of Boston. Simultaneously he com-
menced a course of study in the law school of
Boston University. In June, 1876, he received
the degree of LL.B., and was admitted to the
bar in the succeeding autumn. Ever since that
time he has been engaged in legal practice in
Boston during the greater part of the time,
having his offices in the Rogers Building. He
is now located in the Sears Building, and also
maintains an office at his home in Stoughton,
Massachusetts, where he held a position as
trial justice from 1877 to 1891. In the last
named year the district court of Southern Nor-
folk was established, and Mr. Marden was ap-
pointed as judge of this court, which position
he still continues to hold with eminent satis-
faction to the bar and the public. The district
includes Canton, Sharon and Avon, besides
Stoughton, a populous section. Though a
Democrat in political principles. Judge Mar-
den is not an active partisan, and enjoys the
esteem and confidence of his fellow towns-
men regardless of their political views. He
was a member of the Stoughton school com-
mittee from 1886 to 1889, and again from
1892 to 1894, and has been president of the
Stoughton Grenadier Association since 1880.
For many years he has been a leading mem-
ber of the Norfolk Bar Association, and wa=
its secretary from 1886 to 1891. lie is a mem-
ber of the Pine Tree State Club, composed of
natives of Maine resident in and about Boston.
Possessing broad views of human destiny and
activities he was naturally early allied with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in
which he has gained distinction, having served
as grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment
of Massachusetts in 1893, and president of
the Encampment Deputies Association in 1894.
Since 1877, his home has been in Stoughton.
He is a member of Rising Star Lodge, A. F.
and A. M. of Stoughton, of which he is past
master, and past district deputy grand master
for the 22nd District of Massachusetts; Mt.
Zion Royal Arch Chapter, of Stoughton ; of
Stoughton Council, Royal and Select Masters.
He attends the Universalist church of Stough-
ton.
Judge Marden married (first), October 19,
1882. at Stoughton, May Theresa, daughter
of Francis M. and Rosetta Ball. She died
April 4. i8go, and Judge Marden married
(second), January i, 1S96. Caroline A. Avery,
of Whitefield, Maine. • The children of the
first marriage were: Edgar Avery and Os-
car Herbert. The latter died before reaching
the age of four years. The former was born
July 29, 1884, graduated at Dartmouth Col-
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1907
lege, and is now a student at the Harvard
Law School.
William Harper, father of
HARPER Hon. John Harper, of Lewis-
ton, Elaine, was born in Liver-
pool, England, in 1812, and when he attained
his majority left his home and settled in
the province of New Brunswick, making his
home in St. Andrews, in which port he fol-
lowed the occupation of seaman, and he
worked his way until he commanded a large
ship trading with Australia, in which coun-
trv he accumulated a considerable estate. He
married, in St. Andrews, Lovina, daughter of
Levi and ]\Iary (Eastman) Handy. Children:
William, born in St. Andrews, New Bruns-
wick, was lost at sea ; Isabella ; John, see for-
ward ; Mary ; Nathan, died in 1907, William
Harper (father) died in Australia about 1862.
His estate in Australia did not come into the
possession of his children, and they were en-
tirely dependent on the small property they
possessed in St. Andrews.
Tohn, second son of ^^'illiam and Lovina
(Handy) Harper, was born in St. Andrews,
New Brunswick, ]\Iay 23, 1844. His mother
died when he was five years of age, and his
father shortly afterward went to Australia,
where he died as aforementioned, and John,
from the time of his father's departure until
the breaking out of the civil war, resided with
an aunt at Calais, Maine. September 4, 1861,
when seventeen years of age, he enlisted in
Company A, Ninth jMaine Regiment, and
served until the close of the war. He was
with his regiment in every engagement in
which it took part, and when mustered out of
service had attained the rank of sergeant.
After the close of the war he moved to Lew-
iston, I^Iaine, and engaged in the manufac-
ture of short lumber. He carried on this busi-
ness until 1880, when he engaged in the coal
and wood business with Mr. M. J. Googin, of
Lewiston, under the firm name of Harper &
Googin, with office on Bates street and coal
and ^vood yards on Bates and Whipple streets.
Mr. Harper is a staunch Republican in poli-
tics. He was a member of the Maine house of
representatives from Lewiston in 1887-89, and
state senator from Androscoggin, county in
1891-93, and his popularity with the voters of
his city is shown by the fact that he has run
ahead of his ticket every time he has been a
candidate for elective office. As representa-
tive and senator he made an enviable record.
He made no pretensions to eloquence or skill
in debate, but his tact and shrewdness in ap-
proaching and handling men, his inexhaust-
ible fertility in expedients, his capacity for or-
ganization and combination, made him a re-
markably effective worker in legislative con-
tests. Few men could win more votes for
any measure than he. In 1887 IMr. Harper
was chairman of the pensions committee and
served on the military and labor committees.
He was instrumental in securing the passage
of chapter 102 of the laws of that year, re-
pealing the provision that a deceased soldier
or a sailor must have died "from wounds or
injury sustained in the service while in the
line of duty" to enable his widow or orphan
children or dependent parent or sister to a
state pension. In 1889 he introduced a bill
giving a state pension to the dependent chil-
dren of a deceased soldier, and providing for
the payment by the state of the burial ex-
penses of ex-soldiers and sailors of the re-
bellion who died in destitute circumstances,
and forbidding the selectmen of any town
from removing to the poor house any old sol-
dier who might become a public charge. That
all the measures became laws was largely due
to his untiring efforts in their behalf, and the
same may be said of the large pension appro-
priations made by the legislature for the years
1887 to 1893 inclusive. Mr. Harper took a
prominent part in the fight over the "Ten
Hour Bill" in 1887. Mr. W. H. Laoney, of
Portland, the author of the measure, acknow-
ledged his obligation to Mr. Harper for his
valuable and etfective support in an open let-
ter to the Lcidston Journal, and his constitu-
ents have to thank him also for his persistent
and successful work in favor of the appropria-
tion of 1891 for the Central Maine General
Hospital of Lewiston, which enabled that in-
stitution to enter at once upon its benificent
work, and the appropriations of 1893 in favor
of the same hospital, the Sisters of Charity and
the Orphans' Home. In 1889 Mr. Harper
was appointed inspector general upon the staff
of Governor Burleigh, with the rank of briga-
dier general. This position he held with
credit to himself and the service until 1893,
when his successor was appointed by Governor
Cleaves. In August, 1893. he was one of the
five members of the governor's staff selected
to receive President Harrison upon his visit
to Maine. In Grand Army circles and in the
Ninth Maine Regiment Association, of which
he has been president. General Harper is
prominent and popular, while in private life
his well-known integrity, his disposition to
stand bv those who have helped him, his cor-
dial manner, his kindly temper and unosten-
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STATE OF MAINE.
tatious charity have won him a host of friends.
He is a member of Rabonni Lodge, Ancient
Free and .Vccepted Masons, and Lewiston
Commandcry, Knights Templar.
General Harper married, November 22,
1869, Estelle, daughter of Robert and Grace
(PhilbrooU) Knowles. Their first born child,
Frederick L., died in infancy, and their sec-
ond child, Grace M., born October i, 1874,
died in 1890, aged si.xteen years.
The family bearing this
PLIMPTON name is among the most an-
cient in England and has
been distinguished in America for its fine
mental qualities, its longevity and great physi-
cal endurance. It furnished one martyr and
several soldiers in the Indian wars, and was
numerously represented in the revolutionary
army. The name is found as applied to a
monastery established by the West Saxon
kings, and is often found in the early records
of England as spelled Plumpton. In 1086 the
village of Plimpton existed in the parish of
Spofforth, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The first of the line continuously followed
were two brothers, Gilbert and Nigel, who
were born on the Manor of Plumpton ; in 1 184
the first of these was a grown man. The line
is traced through the second, who had a son
Peter, born of his first wife ISIaria. Peter's
lands were seized by the king for some dis-
pleasure, but were restored to his son. The
line runs down through twenty generations in
England, including numerous baronets,
knights, esquires, and others who distin-
guished themselves in various ways. The line
which has been traced by American genealo-
gi.sts ends with the twentieth generation in
John Plimpton Esq., born 1693, who had no
issue. It has been impossible to connect the
family in America w'ith the Englisli family
traced, but there can be no question that it is
descended from that stock.
(I) John Plimpton, immigrant ancestor,
was born about 1620, probably in Lincoln or
Cambridge county, England, and in his time
his branch of the family was very zealously
attached to the Roman Catholic church, but
he became a Puritan, and on account of this
fact left his native land and came to America.
He settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts, where
he came as the servant of Dr. George Al-
cocke. Probably this ruse was adopted to
enable him to get out of England, as the re-
strictions at that time were very severe, and
all regular immigrants were compelled to
make oath of conformity to the church of Eng-
land. He was a man of good education, and
probably did not remain long in service. The
will of Dr. Alcocke, made January 22, 1641,
provides that his servant, John Plympton,
should receive his liberty after midsummer
upon payment of five pounds. It is apparent
from this that he was possessed of some
means, and as he was a man of education he
soon took an active position in the settlement.
He was received into the church of Dedham,
January 20, 1643, and was made a freeman
May 10 following. In the same year he be-
came a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery, a military organization wliich has
been preserved to the present day. October
10, 1649, 'is ^^''s among those assembled to
plan for the settlement of a new town, then
called Bogastow (now Medfield). The peti-
tion for this town was granted by the general
court on the 22d of the same month. John
Plimpton removed thither in 1652, and built a
log house which was the shelter of himself
and family for a time. His grant of si.x and
a half acres was soon increased to thirteen,
and ultimately he was the possessor of two
hundred acres in that town. At the end of
the year 1652 his estate was valued at forty-
six pounds ; ten years later it had more than
doubled, amounting to one hundred and two
pounds, thirteen shillings, three pence. In
1669, seven years later, it had again more
than doubled, amounting to two hundred and
thirty-eight pounds. It is evident that he was
industrious and thrifty, for it is recorded that
he received two pounds, five shillings, two
pence for sweeping out the meeting house in
1661-62. In 1669 he received ten shillings
for two hundred feet of boards used about
the school house. He is listed among those
from Medfield who contributed to Harvard
College, his portion being "2 bushells of En-
dian corne." He was recognized by his fel-
lows as a man of ability, and was frequently
in the service of the town on various com-
mittees and in official capacity. He was among
those who were attracted by the beautiful
meadows at Pocomtuck (now Deerfield), ]\Ias-
sacluisetts, and despite his age removed
thither. The records in that town, December
4, 1672, show that John Plimpton was allowed
to buy land there, "provided said Plympton
will settle there in his own person." He re-
moved in the following spring and set up his
residence near the present Boston & Maine
railroad station, on lot No. 24. Very soon
the threatened uprising under King Philip
was foreseen, and John Plimpton was ap-
pointed sergeant of the forces at Deerfield ; he
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was probably the highest officer there. His
house was made a garrison, and he was in
•charge of the troops there stationed. On the
fatal i8th of September, 1675, occurred the
terrible massacre at Deerfield, and those who
escaped were forced to abandon their homes.
With characteristic enterprise, Sergeant Plimp-
ton began the resettlement only two years
later, his house being the first one built and
the only one that year on the old site. This
was a cabin eighteen feet long. Despite the
death of his son Jonathan, whom he had
looked upon as the mainstay of his old age,
he was still determined to hold his ground
and begin life anew. On September ig, 1677,
just at dusk, he was suddenly seized by a
band of savages, with the few of his old neigh-
bors who were engaged in restoring their
homes there, and was marched northward.
In the party were several women and children.
With characteristic fortitude. Sergeant Plimp-
ton refrained from any attempt to escape,
though opportunity offered, lest vengeance be
visited upon the others by his savage captors,
and before the close of that year he was
burned at the stake near Chamblee, Canada.
He married, January 13, 1644, at Dedham,
Jane, daughter of Abigail Dammant. who
was then a widow^ The daughter was nine
years of age in 1635 when she came to Amer-
ica with her mother, who subsequently mar-
ried John Eaton. John Plimpton's children
were: Hannah, John (died young), John,
Peter and Jonathan.
(H) John (2), second son of John (i)
and Jane (Dammant) Plimpton, was born
June 16, 1650, and baptized one week later.
He died January 13, 1704, in Medfield, where
he was a husbandman. The provisions of his
will indicate that he had a clay pit of three
acres, which became a part of the portion of
his widow, and was also an owner of a grist
mill w-hich was inherited by his eldest son.
The estate remained unsettled thirty-five years,
and in 1739 his grandson was appointed ad-
ministrator, none of the children being then
alive. In early life he was a tailor in Boston,
but succeeded his father on the original home-
stead in Medfield, and engaged in the manu-
facture of brick, as well as being a part pro-
prietor of the grist mill. He was a soldier
in King Philip's war in 1675, going from Bos-
ton in Captain Mosely's regiment. He mar-
ried (first) January 25, 1679, before Mr. Dan-
forth, of Cambridge, Elizabeth, daughter of
John Fisher. She died ^lay 13, 1694. and he
married (second) February 28. 1696, Sarah
Turner, who survived him and died about
1740. His children included John, Henry
and Sarah.
(Ill) John (3), elder son of John (2) and
Elizabeth (Fisher) Plimpton, was born May
17, 16S0, in Medfield, and died in 1730. He
was the third of the name in succession on
the original homestead. The first house was
occupied about seventy-five years and John
(3) built a new one east of the first site. He
was among the petitioners for the grant of
a town to cover unoccupied land between
Brookfield and Woodstock, Brimfield and Ox-
ford. This petition was granted by the gen-
eral court September 3, 1779, and three days
later the petitioners gathered at the house of
Joshua Morse, in Medfield. Among these
were John, Joseph and William Plimpton. At
this meeting the first was chosen constable and
collector of New Medford, now Sturbridge.
When the' first division of land w'as made in
the following spring, his share was set off and
described "to ye heires of John Plimpton."
He married, 1707, Susan Draper, of Dedham,
who married (second) Stephen Sabin, and
(third) in 1739, Joseph Plimton, being the
latter's second wife.
(I\') James, second son of John (3) and
Susan (Draper) PHmpton, was born Septem-
ber 4, 1709, in Medfield, and died August 29,
1784, in Stoughton, Massachusetts. He was
a cordwainer by occupation, and resided in
W'hat is now Foxborough. His home was
destroyed by fire May 18, 1749, during, the
absence of the family in attendance upon a
general muster. He subsequently built a house
in a more accessible spot, on the opposite side
of the meadow from the original home, on
the road from South Walpole to Roxboro.
This home has always been owned by his
descendants. The inventory of his estate
amounted to 543 pounds, 12 shillings in real
estate, and 744 pounds, 5 shillings, 11 pence
personal property. He married, in 1736, Hul-
dah, daughter of Alexander Lovell, of Med-
ford. She was born 1709 and died April 2,
1783, about a year and a half before her hus-
band. Their children were James, Catherine,
Asa, Elijah and Ziba.
(V) Asa, second son of James and Huldah
(Lovell) Plimpton, was born 1748, in Stough-
ton, and died March 22, 1808, in Foxboro,
where he resided on the paternal homestead.
He was a soldier of the revolution, as were
his brothers Elijah and Ziba. He married
(first) Sarah Dexter, born 1752, died Sep-
tember 17, 1779, and (second) Mary Smith,
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born 1750, died February 22, 1823. His chil-
dren were Daniel, James, Henry, Lydia and
Elias.
(VI) Elias, youngest child of Asa and
Mary (Smith) Plimpton, was born Novem-
ber 12, 1794, in Foxboro and acquired his
education at the town school and Wrentham
Academy. At the age of sixteen years he
went to W'alpole to learn the trade of hoe-
making, with his elder brother, Henry Plimp-
ton. \\'hile there the second war with Eng-
land began, and by order of Governor Strong
the Walpole Light Infantry, of which Elias
Plimpton was a member, was called into active
service. He continued on duty during that
struggle, and after its close resumed work at
his trade in the employ of his brother at Wal-
pole. Immediately after his marriage he em-
barked from Boston in a sailing vessel to seek
his fortune in the then new country known as
"Way Down East." August i, i'82o, found
him comfortably settled with his bride in their
new house in Litchfield, Maine. Here he
commenced a flourishing business in the manu-
facture of hoes, and afterward added the pro-
duction of forks of all kinds. In that day
transportation facilities were very different
from those of the present time, and all of
his goods were marketed within a compara-
tively short distance of the place where pro-
duced. The business prospered, and after
he resigned it was continued by two of his
sons under the firm name of E. Plimpton &
Sons. He was an intelligent and useful citi-
zen, and worthily filled the offices of town
clerk, selectman and overseer of the poor.
Both he and his wife labored and took a
prominent part in all the moral reforms of
the day. They may justly be denominated
pioneers in the temperance work in Maine.
Mr. Plimpton aided greatly in the enforce-
ment of the state liquor law and in prosecuting
illegal rum sellers. He was appointed one of
' the five in his town for that purpose. His
wife aided in the institution of the first Ladies'
Temperance Society in the state, its first meet-
ing being held at her house. They were very
much interested in the freedom of the slaves,
and Mr. Plimpton was one of the first in his
town to step boldly out and advocate abolition
principles. His wife added her influence and
support, and was very early elected one of
the vice-presidents of the Female Anti-Slavery
Society of the state, of which Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe was president. Mr. Plimpton
retired from active business life at the age
of seventy years, and subsequently led a good
and easy life at the old homestead, a spacious.
substantial brick house built according to the
ideas of himself and wife. In their old age
they were cared for by their only daughter,
who ministered to them with loving care.
Their exemplary life is indeed an honorable
monument of temperance, sobriety and Chris-
tian benevolence. Their marriage occurred
July 16, 1820, in Sharon, Massachusetts, the
bride being Nancy, daughter of James and
Mercv Billings of that town. She was bom
March 25, 1795, and died at her home in
Litchfield, October 15, 1885. Her husband
died October 9, 1886. Their children were:
Elias Hewins, Asa Warren, George, Albert
Franklin and Nancy Maria. The third son
and the daughter now reside upon the paternal
homestead in Litchfield. The fourth son prac-
ticed medicine at Gardiner during his life.
(\1I) Asa Warren, second son of Elias
and Nancy (Billings) Plimpton, was born
November 7, 1825, in Litchfield, and con-
tinued to reside in that town throtigh life,
where he died August 16, 1902. He was a
man of great physical endowments, and was
actively engaged in the hayfield the season im-
mediately preceding his death, which was the
result of heart disease, and came without
warning. During his lifetime he performed
many feats of physical strength which caused
surprise to observers. Without being a man
of large stature, he was very compactly built
and extremely muscular. His education was
supplied by the schools of Litchfield and Mon-
mouth Academy. He qualified for admission
to the West Point Military Academy, and was
appointed to a cadetship. but the strong ob-
jections of his father persuaded him to aban-
don a military career and engage in business
with his father and younger brother George.
The business was prosperous and he led a
busy and useful life. He retired from active
business in 1896, and subsequently gave his
attention to tlie management of the home
farm. He was a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, having attained the Royal Arch de-
gree, and was a regular attendant and sup-
porter of the Congregational church. Though
prominent and active in the management oi
town affairs, he never desired or accepted any
oflficial station. He was a staunch Republican
in political sentiment, and as chairman of
a committee was the first to invite James G.
Blaine to make his first political address. Mr.
Plimpton married. November 0. 1854, Harriett
Elizabeth Fuller, of West Gardiner, born May
3, 1835, in West Gardiner, daughter of Dea-
con Daniel and Ann (Lord) Fuller, promi-
nent residents of that town. They became the
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parents of a daughter and a son : Anna Eliza-
beth and Warren Oscar. The former died
at the age of nine months.
(VIII) Warren Oscar, only son of Asa W.
and Elarriett E. (Fuller) Plimpton, was born
July 24. 1858, in Litchfield, and began his
education in the public schools of "that town.
For three terms he was a student at Litchfield
Academy and one term in Gardiner. He fitted
for college at the Hallowell Classical and Sci-
entific School, from which he received a di-
ploma in July, 1878, through the hands of
James G. Blaine, as president. He imme-
diately entered Bowdoin College, from which
he was graduated in 1882 with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts, and in three years obtained
. the degree of Master of Arts. While fitting
for college and pursuing the course, he taught
three terms of school to aid in his own main-
tenance. In college he at once took an active
and leading part in both the classical and
athletic work of the institution. During the
course he composed several odes, and in his
sophomore year took the first prize for decla-
mation, and in his junior year the second prize.
In the same year he was class poet, and from
the beginning he was stroke oarsman of his
class crew. For one year he was commodore
of the Bowdoin Rowing Association, and at
the inter-collegiate contest on Lake George in
1882 he was stroke oarsman of the college
crew. His record in throwing the heavy ham-
mer continued the highest for about a dozen
years. He was an active member of the Psi
Upsilon fraternity, and was very popular with
both the student body and the faculty. Imme-
diately after leaving college he became prin-
cipal of the high school at Rochester, New
Hampshire, where he continued three years,
and during the next three years he was a
student of the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons in New York City, receiving the de-
gree of M. D. in 1888. Immediately follow-
ing this he was for two years an interne at
Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island, New
York. \\'hile there he attracted the favorable
attention of Dr. A. M. Phelps, professor of
orthopedic surgery in the University Medical
School of New York, and also in the Post-
Graduate Medical School, and professor-gen-
eral of surgery in the University of Vermont.
Dr. Phelps desired to take a trip to Europe,
and invited Dr. Plimpton to fill his hours at
the Post-Graduate Medical School and various
duties involved in his position, and to take
care of his office practice. Dr. Plimpton ac-
cepted, and has ever since been engaged in
teaching in various medical institutions, hav-
ing for the past eight years filled the chair of
orthopedic surgery in the New York Post-
Graduate Medical School, besides having an
extensive and lucrative practice. He gives
special attention to orthopedic surgery, and
maintains an office at 47 East 28th street, in
which vicinity he has long been established,
and is very frequently called in consultation
and practice from his residence in West 84th
street. He is consulting surgeon of the Tarry-
town Flospital, of the Mary Immaculate Hos-
pital of Jamaica, and is surgeon-in-chief of
the Daisy Fields Hospital of Englewood, New
Jersey ; also visiting surgeon at the New York
Post-Graduate Hospital. He is a member of
the American Medical Association, of the
New York State Medical Association, and the
New York County Medical Society. He is
also a member of the Physicians' Mutual Aid
and the Physicians' Defence League, insur-
ance organizations whose membership is com-
posed wholly of medical men. He is a mem-
ber of the Medical and Pharmaceutical
League; of the Charity Hospital Alumni Asso-
ciation ; the Alumni Association of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons ; the Bowdoin
College Alumni Association, of which he is
now president; the Maine Society of New
York ; and of the Post-Graduate Clinical So-
ciety. He is also a fellow of the American
Geographical Society. Dr. Plimpton is pos-
sessed of the pleasant personality which is a
peculiar character of his family, is a man of
compact figure and much physical strength.
His genial nature and suavipy of manner con-
tribute to the pleasure of all who may be
brought into contact with him, and his stand-
ing in the profession and among acquaintances
is of the highest.
He married, September 23, 1890, Harriet
Matilda Stevens, daughter of John Gilman
and Harriet Amanda (Moulton) Stevens, of
Union, New Hampshire. Mrs. Plimpton is
descended from several of the oldest and best
families of New Hampshire. She is the mother
of a daughter, Harriet Plimpton, born No-
vember I, 1892, now a student of the \"eltin
School, a large private school for girls in New
York, where she is fitting for \'assar College.
(For preceding generations see Robert Lord I.)
(Ill) John, second son of Robert
LORD (2) and Hannah (Day) Lord, was
born about 1659, in Ipswich, and
continued to reside there. He married, De-
cember 9, 1695, Elizabeth Clarke. Children:
John, Elizabeth, Thomas and Robert.
(IV) Robert (3), youngest son of John
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and Elizabeth (Clarke) Lord, was born 1712,
in Ipswich, and removed to Boston before
1739. He had wife Catherine, and children:
James, mentioned below ; Catherine, born April
14, 1739; Sarah, September 27, 1740; Eliza-
beth, May 26, 1742; Mary, December 11,
1743; Abigail, November ii, 1745; Robert,
October 29, 1748. All except the first were
born in Boston.
(V) James, eldest child of Robert (3) and
Catherine Lord, was born in 1737, in Ipswich,
and died February 13, 1830, in Litchfield,
Maine, and was buried in the burying ground
in the Grant neighborhood of that town. He
served three years in the French and Indian
war, and was also a soldier of the revolution.
Soon after the battle of Lexington he was
commissioned first lieutenant by John Han-
cock,- gpvernor of Massachusetts, and was in
command of his company in the battle of
Bunker Hill. He received a wound in the
right thigh at the battle of Long Island, July
27, 1776, and was ever after lame as a result.
He was placed on the pension list March 30,
1818. In 1778 he settled in Litchfield, Maine,
and was prominent in the aftairs of that town
in many ways. While the plantation of Smith-
field existed, he was a member of its board
of assessors. He married, August 7, 1762,
Elizabeth Brown, born March i, 1742, in
Windham, Connecticut, died July 21, 1831, in
Litchfield. Children : James, Thomas, Eliza-
beth, Lucy, Ephraim, John, Alary, Annie and
Joseph.
(\T) Joseph, youngest child of James and
Elizabeth (Brown) Lord, was born June 8,
1783, in Litchfield, and resided in that town,
where he died May 15, 1864. He married,
August 9, 1804, Sarah ilagoon, born ]\Iay
20, 1784, died October 23, 1869, eldest daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Watson)
Magoon, who came from Kingston, New
Hampshire, to South Litchfield, about 1797.
Children : Anna Lake, Phebe Searlc, Joseph
(died young), Hannah Stanwood, James, Jo-
seph, Amaziah Emerson, Sarah Elizabeth,
Mary Ann, Oliver Magoon and Caroline
Smith.
(VII) Anna Lake, eldest child of Joseph
and Sally (Magoon) Lord, was born August
15, 1804, in Litchfield and died !\Iarch 9,
1877. in that town. She married Januarj' 19,
1825, Daniel Fuller and resided in West Gardi-
ner. (See Fuller below.)
William Fuller, born March 18, 1761, mar-
ried, January 14, 1787, Lucy Hodgkins, born
June 10. 1764. He died September 2, 1842,
and she survived hiin nearly four vears, dying
May 4, 1846. Children: Hannah, born Sep-
tember 17, 1787; Lucy, December 14, 1788;.
Catherine, February 3, 1791; William, Febru-
ary I, 1793; David, January 19, 1795; James,
January 12, 1797; Abigail, December 12, 1798;
Daniel, mentioned below ; Joseph, February
17, 1803; George, July 13, 1807; Mary, Au-
gust 20, 1810.
Daniel, fourth son of \\'illiam and Lucy
(Hodgkins) Fuller, was born February i,
1801, in Gardiner, Maine, and resided in the
western part of that town, wdiere he died
October 8, 1886. He married, March 19,.
1825, Anna L. Lord, daughter of Joseph and
Sally (Magoon) Lord, of Litchfield. (See-
Lord above.)
Harriett Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and
Ann L. (Lord) Fuller, was born May 3, 1835,
in ^\'est Gardiner, and married, November 9,
1854, Asa W. Plimpton, of Litchfield. (See
Plimpton VII.)
The families of Farns-
FARNS WORTH worth in the United
States are all of Eng-
lish origin. The earliest Farnsworth men-
tioned in New England history is Joseph,
who probably came to Dorchester, Massachu-
setts, with Rev. Mather in 1635. Joseph, of
Dorchester, probably the eldest son of the
preceding, was a freeman in 1649. Matthias
is mentioned at length below. Samuel, of
Windsor, Connecticut, who married in 1677,
was also a son of the first Joseph. In Lan-
cashire, England, are two places called Farn-
worth. One is in the parish of Prescott, near
Liverpool, and the other is in the parish of
Dean, not far from Manchester, in the Hun-
dred of Salford. From one of these places,
probably the latter, the family name is derived.
The name of those places has always been
spelled without an s, and the families of the
name in England almost universally write it
Farnworth, as it was written by all those
who came to New England in the seventeenth
century. It was different, however, with town
and court clerks and others who had to write
the name in records, and by them it was writ-
ten ffarneworth, ffernworth, ffcarneworth,
fifcarnoth, and in various other fonns.
The native Farnworths themselves were
generally very little more uniform in their
spelling than others were, until in the early
part of the eighteenth century it was grad-
ually changed to Farnsworth. In the Groton
records the name is spelled without an s until
about 1750. The pronunciation in early times
in this country was probably as if spelled Far-
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woth, as it is. spelled in some of the records.
Etymologically the name comes from the
Anglo-Saxon words, fearn, fern, and worth,
signifying a place, farm or estate, and hence
signifying the "place of ferns," which took
its designation from the abundance of the
fern plants about it. Tiie record shows that
men took their title from Farnworth in very
early times ; and we have Roger de Farn-
worth in the year 1297; Adam de Farnworth,
1314: John Hulton de Farnworth, 131 1, and
so on.
(T) iNIatthias Farnworth appears as a resi-
dent of Lynn, IMassachusetts, in 1657. He
may have been a resident there some years
before that time ; when he came to this coun-
try is unknown. He was a farmer, owned
and resided on a farm in what is now Fed-
eral street until 1660 or 1661. The town rec-
ords shov/ that to Matthias Farnworth were
born a son Joseph, November 17, 1657, and a
daughter Mary, October 11, 1660. He prob-
ably removed to Groton soon after the last
date. It appears on the records that }»Iatthias
Farnworth was a proprietor of Groton, holding
a twenty-acre right, that in its proportional
application gave him something over a thou-
sand acres, but he is not mentioned in the
church records of the town until ]\Iay, 1664,
and in the records of the town meeting, No-
vember 27, 1664. At the latter date he was
granted forty poles of land. He had several
parcels of upland assigned him. '"This house
lot, ninety acres more or less, lying on both
sides of the mill highway"; "six acres and a
half more or less on Indian hill" ; "eighteen
acres more or less, bounded on the west by
the mill road" ; "seventy-one acres more or
less, lying on the other side of the mill road."
He also had several lots of meadow land. On
the first described lot he built his house of
logs which was undoubtedly burned by the
Indians when about all the town was de-
stroyed by them, March 13, 1676. He built
another house later, and it was standing until
about the year 1820. In the time of the In-
dian outbreak, Matthias Farnworth escaped
with his family to Concord and lived there
two years; he then returned to Groton and
passed the remainder of his life there. He
became a freeman of the colony, May 16,
1670. He filled many town offices, the most
important of which was that of constable and
selectman. The principal duty of constable in
those days was the collection of taxes. The
last time he held the office was in 1684, when
he was seventy-two years old. He executed
his will January 15, 1688 (O. S.), by attach-
ing his mark, whether he was too ill to sign
his name, or whether he was unable to write,
no one kncnvs. He seems to have been a
man of more than average influence among his
townsmen. His inventory was taken February
4. 1688. Among the items enumerated are:
"House and barn and homestall within fence,
£48 ; homeland without fence £3 ; outlands
and uplands, £2, 10 s; meadows, £12; a yoke
of small oxen, £5 ;" which show that land in
those days was relatively very cheap.
Matthias Farnworth was born in 1612; was
a weaver by occupation ; died January 21, 1688
(O. S.). He was probably married twice,
but the name of only one wife is known. He
married, probably as his second wife, Mary,
daughter of George Farr, of Lynn, Massachu-
setts, who died in 1717, surviving her husband
many years. Her will was made December 5,
1716, and probated March 7, 1717. The first
three children of Matthias Farnworth, Eliza-
beth, IMatthias and John, are thought to have
been by a first wife ; those by the second wife
were: Benjamin, Joseph, Alary, Sarah, Sam-
uel, Abigail, Jonathan.
(II) Benjamin was third son and probably
the fourth child of Matthias Farnworth. The
date and place of his birth are unknown.
There is reason to believe that he was born
at Lynn about 1653, and he is probably the
"Benjamin," sui^iame blank, numbered 43 in
the list of settlers who had returned from
Concord to Groton after the town was burned
by the Indians in 1676, as the list appears in
Green's "Early Records of Groton." If that
name was for Benjamin Farnsworth, it is the
first time it appears in the records. The list
was made about 1680 or 1681. He owned a
large amount of land west of Broad IMeadow
where he built a house and resided. His
house was standing imtil about 1830. He was
a member of the board of selectmen and held
other town offices, but was not so prominent
a man as his brother John. He and his wife
were members of the church, and their chil-
dren were all baptized. He married, in 1695,
Mary Prescott, born February 3, 1674, daugh-
ter of Jonas Prescott. Jonas Prescott, an
Englisb.man, came to America in 1640 and
lived at Watertown and Lancaster. He was
a heroic figure in the early history of Lan-
caster and Groton. The children of Benjamin
and [Marv (Prescott) Farnsworth were:
Marv, Alartha, Benjamin, Isaac, Ezra, Amos,
Lydia, Aaron, Martha, Jonas and Deborah.
(HI) Jonas, tenth child and sixth son of
Benjamin and Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth,
was born October 14, 1713, and died Decern-
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ber, 1803. He was a joiner and lived on the
"great road" to Boston. He was interested
in the exodus of his brother Amos and some
settlers of the family to Nova Scotia, but
whether he went there is not certain. Six of
his children were among those who went. He
married, 1739, Thankful Ward, of Worcester,
Massachusetts, who was born February 15,
1712, died May 1, 1799- Their children were:
Azubah, Martha, Jonas, Deborah, Daniel,
Isaac, Thankful, Peter, Joel.
(IV) Peter, eighth child and fourth son of
Jonas and Thankful (Ward) Farnsworth, was
born August iS, 1754. In 1780 he settled in
Norridgewock, Maine, and died December 11,
1803. He married Margaret Marshall, of
Bath, Maine, who was born August 6, 1755.
She married (second) August 7, 1806, Ed-
mund Parker, whom she survived, and died
March 2, 1844. Peter and Margaret (Mar-
shall) Farnsworth had six children: Martha,
Fanny, William, Jonas, Drummond, Cephas,
whose sketch follows.
(V) Cephas, sixth child and fourth son of
Peter and Margaret (Marshall) Farnsworth,
was born in Norridgewock, Maine, March 14,
1793. He first settled in Vassalboro, where
he lived until about 1822, \Yhen he removed to
Lisbon, Maine. In 1849 he went with his son
Benjamin to California, where he remained
two years. He then returned to Lisbon, where
he spent the remainder of his life, dying May
17, 1881, aged eighty-nine. He married, in
1816, Eunice Brown, born April 27, 1796, died
December 31, 1882. She was the daughter of
Benjamin and Sarah (McLellan) Brown, of
Norridgewock. The, six children born of this
union were : Parker, Sarah Jane McLellan,
Susan Brown, Josiah, Benjamin Brown, Oc-
tavia McKeen.
(VI) Benjamin Brown, fifth child and third
son of Cephas and Eunice (Brown) Farns-
worth, was born October 22, 1826, in Lisbon,
and died in Portland, February 9, 1906. He
was educated in the common schools and aca-
demic institutions of Lisbon and Skowhegan,
and after leaving school was engaged in minor
business affairs until the exodus to California
in search of gold in 1849. From Bath, Maine,
he sailed with his father in a ship for the
California coast, and the voyage around the
Horn was a subject of much interest to him
throughout his life. The party arrived in San
Francisco, February 25, 1850. The greater
part of the miners were above the lawless class
and these higher men formed a sort of vigi-
lance association to preserve order. Benjamin
B. Farnsworth was made deputy sheriff, and
his father alkeda — Spanish for judge. After
a residence of two years in California he re-
turned to the States via the Nicaraugua route,
and settled in Bangor, Maine, where he en-
gaged in the lumber and coal business, con-
trolling much of the packet trade from that
place to South America. He was also en-
gaged for a time in the manufacture of woolen
cloth in Lisbon, Jilaine. In 1868 he removed
to Portland and engaged in business with
Thomas F. Lamb, under the firm name of
Lamb & Farnsworth, dealers in leather and
findings. This partnership was dissolved, and
Mr. Farnsworth went into business with Ben-
jamin F. Whitney, forming the firm of Farns-
worth & Whitney. A year later, the junior
partner retiring, he formed the firm of B. B.
Farnsworth & Company, wholesale shoe deal-
ers, and when the business was incorporated
in 1891 he was elected president and treas-
urer, and held that position until a few weeks
before his death when he resigned. During
almost his entire life Mr. Farnsworth enjoyed
good health, and his sunny disposition made
him a good companion who brought pleasure
to many others, and was no doubt in a large
measure due to his physical condition. He
enjoyed life and wished others to do so, and
did what he could to make others happy. In
politics he was a Republican. At one time
during his residence in Bangor he was a mem-
ber of the city council, but became so dis-
gusted with politics in general that he would
never afterward even accept a nomination for
office. He was one of the men enlisted in
Bangor to prevent a riot during the days of
the draft in the civil war, when it was feared
that those who were set against the system
would rise in petty rebellion. In religious
belief Mr. Farnsworth was an Episcopalian.
For many years he was a vestryman at St.
Stephen's Church in Portland, of which he be-
came a member after leaving Bangor, where
he was a member of St. John's Church. For
many years he was a member of the Maine
Genealogical Society, the Maine Historical So-
ciety and the Maine Pomological Society. In
Masonry he found that which of all social
organizations was to him the most attractive
and the most instructive, and in this order he
rose to many honored positions. He was made
a Mason in Rising \irtne Lodge. June 2. 1857,
and there held various offices up to and in-
cluding the position of senior warden. He
became a Royal Arch Mason in ]\Iount Moriah
Chapter. August 16, 1858, and after serving
in various official capacities, including that of
king, he refused further offices and was made
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treasurer, which position he held until his
removal to Portland. April 20, 1859, he was
made a member of Bangor Council, Royal and
Select r^Iasters, and later served in several
offices. He was elected deputy grand master
of the Grand Council of Maine in 1868. April
18, i860, he was created a Knight Templar in
St. John's Commandery, in which body he was
elected captain general, February 22, 1864, and
generalissimo, March 27, 1865. He held the
office of jvmior grand warden of the Grand
Commandery of Maine in 1864-65 ; was made
Scottish Rite JNIason in Dunlap Chapter, June
22, 1863, and was made -a Mason of the thirty-
second degree in Alaine Consistory, July 12,
1872. After he took up his residence in
Portland, he affiliated with the following
named Masonic bodies in that city : Atlantic
Lodge. Greenleaf Chapter, Portland Council of
Royal and Select Masters, and St. Alban Com-
mandery, Knights Templar. In the command-
ery he was elected captain general for the years
1884-85, and eminent commander in 1886-87.
He was grand warden of the Grand Command-
ery of Maine in 1889-90, declining further
promotion.
Mr. Farnsworth married, August 24, 1852,
in Trinity Church, Boston, Caroline Augustine
Babcock, of Bangor, born December 2, 1828,
daughter of Asa Williams and J\Iary Ann
(Brown) Babcock, and a descendant of "May-
flower'" ancestry, tracing descent from Dreg-
ory Priest and his wife Sarah, sister of Isaac
Allerton, one of the most prominent members
of the Plymouth colony, and a descendant
from the McLellans, second settlers, in the
town of Gorham, Maine. Asa Williams Bab-
cock was born in Augusta, Maine, April 15,
1799, died August i, 1869, at Bangor, ]\Iaine ;
his wife, who was a daughter of Benjamin
Brown, of \'assalboro, was born August 8,
1805, died October 24, 1848. Children of
Benjamin B. and Caroline A. (Babcock)
Farnsworth: i. Edward Clarence, born I\Iay
27, 1853, married, December 20, 1893, ^lary
Best. 2. Ada Caroline, born December 27,
1854, married, September 3, 1883, Elmer E.
ClilTord, of Portland. 3. Anne, born Decem-
ber 27, 1858, died December 30, 1858. 4.
^lary Isabella, twin, born December 27, 1858,
died Februar}- 16, 1859. 5. Sarah Helena,
born January 31, i860, died August 5, 1861.
6. Benjamin H., born December 6. 1864. mar-
ried. June 24, 1895, r^Iary Webb, born Decem-
ber 2?'. 1865. daughter of Mason Greenwood
and Elizabeth Xeil (Bates) Webb, the former
born July 24, 1832, died March 28. 1871, and
the latter born January 11, 1839. 7. Julia
Elizabeth, born November 5, 1867, married,
December 7, 1887, John Alden Daniels, of
Newton Centre, IMassachusetts.
(VH) Benjamin Hooker, si.xth child and
second son of Benjamin B. and Caroline A.
(Babcock) Farnsworth, was born in Bangor,
Maine, December 6, 1864. He was educated
in the public schools of Portland, finishing in
a private academy in 1885. Immediately alter
leaving school he entered his father's employ
in the store, and from that time till now has
been connected with the business. Following
the death of his father in 1906 he became
president and treasurer of the B. B. Farns-
worth Shoe Company, which position he now
fills, proving a worthy successor of his father
in the place. In politics and religion he has
followed the lines of his ancestors, and is a
Republican and an Episcopalian. In Masonry
he holds membership in the following organ-
izations of that order : Atlantic Lodge, No.
81; Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter; Portland
Council of Royal and Select blasters : St. Al-
ban Commandery, Knights Templar, and Kora
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic
Shrine. He married, June 24, 1895, >.Iarv'
Webb, born in Portland, Maine, December 28,
1865, daughter of Alason Greenwood and
Elizabeth Niel (Bates) Webb, the former of
whom was born July 24, 1832, died March 28,
1871, and the latter born January 11, 1839.
Children of I\Ir. and Mrs. Farnsworth: i.
Julia Caroline, born }.Iarch 18, 1896, died May
II, 1903. 2. Benjamin Brown, born July 25,
1897. 3. Hugh ]\IcLellan, born April 11, 1904.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(II) Jonathan, sixth
FARNSWORTH son and tenth child of
Matthias Farnworth,
was born in Groton. June i, 1675. In the ver\-
month of his nativity King Philip's war, one
of the most sanguinary in the liistory of In-
dian tribes, broke out ; and June 20, 1675, was
fought at Swanzey the first battle of that
struggle. ]\Iarch 2 of the following year,
1676, the Indians attacked Groton and burned
nearlv every dwelling in the town, killed the
settlers' live stock and left the country deso-
late. The inhabitants, as before stated, fled
to Concord for safety. At the end of two
years he was brought back to Groton by his
parents, at thirteen years, and he was left
fatherless in the care of a mother who was
able to bring him up with intelligence and
fidelity. He lived not far from Prescott's "old
mill." perhaps on the land assigned to his
father situated in that part of Groton which
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became a part of Harvard, 1732. He owned
the covenant in Groton, September 21, 1707,
and Ruth, his wife, united with the church
October 9, 1715. They, with their son, Jona-
than, were dismissed from the church in Gro-
ton and "recommended to he the foundation
of the church in Harvard," September 14,
1733. He spent all his mature years as a
farmer in Harvard, where he died June 16,
1748. He married, in 1698, Ruth Shattuck,
who was born June 24, 1678, daughter of
John and Ruth (Whitney) Shattuck, of
Watertown. Their children were : Ruth, Jon-
athan, Ephraim, Reuben, Phineas, Priscilla,
Nathaniel. John, died young ; Hannah, Simeon,
Susanna. Elias, John, Silas, Betty.
(HI) Simeon, tenth child and seventh son
of Jonathan and Ruth (Shattuck) Farnsworth,
was born in Groton, July 12, 1718, died in
Washington, New Hampshire, March 21,
1805. Until March. 17S1, he resided in that
part of Harvard which was set off to Shirley,
and then removed to Washington, where some
of his sons had previously gone, and there
spent his declining years in cultivating the soil.
His home was about a mile and a half from
Washington Centre, near JNIiller pond. He
married (first) May 28, 1744, Martha Hall,
who died May 7, 1754. He married (second)
Lucy Atherton, who survived him and died
May 13, 1823, St the age of eighty-eight
years. Jonathan Farnsworth was the father
of seventeen children ; those of first wife were:
Mehitablc, Simeon, Samuel, Martha, Lucy and
Joseph ; those of second wife were : Manas-
sah, died young: Manassah, Samuel, Relief,
David, Sarah, died young ; Daniel, Reuben,
Sarah, Patty and Nancy.
(I\') Daniel, seventh child and fifth son of
Simeon and Lucy (Atherton) Farnsworth.
was born April 9, 1769. and died July 10,
1851. He resided in Washington, New Hamp-
shire. Pie married (first) June 25, 1798,
Sarph Holt, of Sharon, \'ermont. whose name
is given Nancy in the Holt genealogy. She
was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1767,
and died October 27, 181 5. He married (sec-
ond) Phebe Carlisle, of Walpole. New Hamp-
shire. He married (third) Christiana Keyes,
of Acworth. The children of Daniel Farns-
worth, all by first wife, were : Chauncey,
Charles, Sarah, Mrtv, Elvira, Hiram, died
young; and Hiram M.
(V) Chauncey. eldest child of Daniel and
Sarah or Nancy (Holt) Farnsworth. was born
February 22. 1800. in Washington, died De-
cember 18. i860. He married (first) October
3, 1S21, Sylvia Snow, born January 13. 1797,
died August 29, 1831, daughter of Joseph
Snow. He married (second) Plannah Wade,
of Washington. He married (third) Nancy
Stone, of Harvard. His children, by first wife
were : Joseph Snow, James Smith, Daniel and
George W. ; and by second wife were : Sylvia
and Nancy.
(VT) Joseph Snow, eldest child of Chaun-
cey and Sylvia (Snow) Farnsworth, was born
in Washington, New Hampshire, May 28,
1822. died June 20, 1895. He settled in
Windsor. \'ermont, and was a blacksmith and
draughtsman. He was employed by the Wind-
sor ^lachine Company, which is now owned
by the son of Hon. William ^L Evarts, Nath-
aniel Evarts, and was a very skillful artisan.
He was also prominent in town affairs. He
was a leading Mason and the last surviving
charter member of the local lodge at Windsor,
being one of the oldest members of the Ma-
sonic fraternity in the state. He married. No-
vember 30, 1848, Judith AL Stevens, born in
Kennebunk, Maine. October 20, 1822, daugh-
ter of James and Susan (Littlefield) Stevens.
She died May 14, 1907, aged eighty-five.
Children: i. Arthur Latham, mentioned be-
low. 2. James Walter, born White River
Junction. Vermont. November 10, 1850, mar-
ried. December 29, 1877. Emma M. Lester,
and resides at Windsor, \'ermont. 3. Susie
A., born at White River Junction. \'ermont,
is unmarried and resides in Windsor, Ver-
mont.
(VH) Arthur- Latham, eldest child of Jo-
seph Snow and Judith \1. (Stevens) Farns-
worth, was born in Kennebunk, Maine, Sep-
tember 29. 1849. He attended the public
schools, from which he graduated in 1865
and then took a supplementary course of study
at Tilden Academy, West Lebanon, New
Hampshire. At the age of fifteen he became
a clerk for Tuxbury & Stone, dealers in dry-
goods and groceries, by whom he was em-
ployed ten years in Windsor, \'ermont. He
was then engaged in business in Troy, Ohio,-
and Portsmouth, New Plampshire. In 1874
he removed to Portland. Maine, and opened
a gentleman's furnishing store which he man-
aged successfully until 1885. He then sold
his business to accept the position of United
States weigher and ganger, to which position
he was appointed by General Samuel J. An-
derson, collector of customs at the port of
Portland. Maine. In order to demonstrate
his qualifications for this place he was required
to take the civil service examination, then a
newly installed feature in government business.
He served in this position till January i, 1891,
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and then spent a year as a commercial traveler
for Twitchell, Champlin & Company. In
March. 1892, he was elected city assessor for
three years, and for 1894-95 was chairman
of the board of assessors. ]\Iarch 12, 1895,
he was appointed a special deputy collector
of customs at the port of Portland by John W.
Deering, collector of the port. Air. Deering
was succeeded in office by Watson F. Milli-
ken, who died November 19, 1899. He was
succeeded by Charles M. Moses, January i,
1900, and in the interim between those dates
Mr. Farnsworth was acting collector. From
the date of his appointment by Collector Deer-
ing to the present time, Mr. Farnsworth has
served as deputy collector. He has been active
in politics since early manhood, and has filled
places on the Democratic city and county com-
mittees for years. He was chairman of the
former committee from 1892 to 1894, and
under his supervision the party made large
gains and was well organized. He is a mem-
ber of Atlantic Lodge, No. 8r, Ancient Free
and Accepted ^Masons ; Greenleaf Royal Arch
Chapter, No. 13: Portland Council, No. 4,
Royal and Select Masters ; Portland Com-
mandery. No. 2, Knights Templar ; Maine
Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Se-
cret, in which he has attained the thirty-
second degree. He is also a member of Unity
Lodge, No. 3, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows ; Trinity Lodge, No. 64, Knights of
Pythias; Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. No. 88 ; president of the jMaine Charit-
able Mechanics" Association, also a member of
Bramhall League. Fern Park Association,
Young Men's Democratic Club, Farmers' Club
and Fish and Game Club. He has a fine home
at No. 216 Ocean avenue, Portland. Maine.
He married, September 20. 1870. at Windsor,
Vermont. Georgiana }vl. Hawley. only daugh-
ter of William T. and Nancv (Pierce) Haw-
ley. Children: I. Arthur H.. born April 18,
1872, LTnited States railwav mail clerk. 2.
Myra P.. born June 18. 1873, married, De-
cember 7. 1903. Charles H. Deering. of Saco,
Maine : one child, Edith, bom Alay 22. 1905.
Shepley is one of the names
SHEPLEY appearing in the history of
Massachusetts within a few
years after the landing of the Pilgrims. The
members of the family ranked high from the
time of their settlement in Groton, and that
stock years later gave to ]Maine two of its
most talented and noted citizens whose life
history is briefly told in this article.
(I) John Shapley. or Shipley, according to
Felt, had a grant of land in Salem in 1637.
He was in that part which became Wenham.
He removed with his partner, Mr. Fiske, to
Chelmsford, where he was a long time a resi-
dent. He had children : John, Nathaniel and
Lydia.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) Shepley,
born 1637, is said to have moved to Chelms-
ford.
(HI) Captain John (3) Sheple, as he wrote
his name, was of Groton as early as 1700. in
which year John and Lydia Sheple had born
to them a son John. Captain John Sheple ap-
pears to have been representative to the gen-
eral court six years between 1716 and 1728.
In 1 718 he was a member of the board of
selectmen of the town.
(IV) John (4), son of Captain John (3)
and Lydia Shepley, lived in Groton, and there
married Abigail Green.
(V) John (5), son of John (4) and Abigail
(Green) Shepley, was born in Groton. He
was an orderly sergeant and clerk of a com-
pany in the revolution ; held several town
offices in Groton, was a farmer, fond of read-
ing, and a man of genera! information. He
married ]\Iary, widow of Captain Therlow,
of the revolutionary army, a daughter of Dea-
con Gibson, of Stowe. They had three sons —
John, Ether and Stephen.
(VI) Hon. Ether, second son of John and
Mary (Gibson) (Therlow) Shepley, was born
in Groton, Massachusetts, November 2, 1789,
and died in Portland, Maine, January 14,
1877. The Christian name, Ether, was adopted
from Joshua xix., 7 — the designation of one
of the villages of the Canaanites in the south
of Judah, allotted to Simeon. The word in
Hebrew means stone. From "A History of
the Law, the Courts, and the Lawyers of
Maine," published 1863, we extract the follow-
ing account of Judge Shepley :
"Mr. Shepley received his elementary edu-
cation in Groton Academy, under the instruc-
tion of Caleb Butler. Thence he proceeded
to Dartmouth Coltege, from which he took
his degree in 181 1. Among his classmates
were Professor Nathaniel H. Carter, Bezaleel
Cushman and Nathaniel Wright, who were all
instructors in Portland after leaving college,
IVIr. Cushman for thirty years having had
charge of the academy ; Dr. William Cogs-
well: Daniel Poor, the celebrated missionary;
Professor Parker, of the Law School at Har-
vard : Amos Kendall, postmaster-general under
President Jackson, and other distinguished
men, were members of his class. On leaving
college ]\Ir. Shepley entered the office of Dud-
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ley Hubbard, in South Berwick, where he re-
mained two years under very favorable cir-
cumstances. The large collection business of
Mr. Hubbard was suffering for want of atten-
tion. Mr. Shepley took serious hold of it, and
by his activity and intelligence revived it and
left it in a favorable condition. He was
urged by Mr. Hubbard to continue his services,
but he preferred a change, and successively
read in the offices of Zabdiel B. Adams, in
Worcester county, and Solomon Strong, in
Hampshire. On being admitted to the bar he
came immediately to Saco, where he com-
menced practice in July, 1814. With the ex-
perience he had gathered and the habits of
business he had acquired, he was more than
usually advanced over young practitioners in
the knowledge of his profession and in the
use of its machinery, and early entered upon
a successful and lucrative practice which his
industry, close application and practical ability
made secure, and gave to him a prominent
place in the midst of which he resided. In
1819 the subject of the separation from Alas-
sachusetts was earnestly discussed in this state,
and Mr. Shepley zealously entered into it. He
was elected to represent Saco in that year in
the general court, and the same year was
chosen a member of the convention which
fonned the constitution of Maine. In Febru-
ary, 1821, he was ajjpointed United States at-
torney for the District of Maine as successor
to William P. Preble, who was placed on the
bench of the supreme court of the state. This
office he held until his election as one of the
senators in congress from Maine in 1833. The
duties of that office, in connection with his
very extensive practice, he discharged with
great promptness and fidelity, of which no bet-
ter evidence can be adduced than the length
of time he was permitted to retain it — through
the four closing years of Mr. Monroe's ad-
ministration, the whole of Mr. Adams', and
four years into General Jack,son's, and left it
at last only for a more exalted station. In
1833 he was elected to the senate of the United
States as successor to John Holmes. In this
body he sustained the administration of Gen-
eral Jackson by his votes and his voice. On
the great and exciting question of removing
the deposits from the United States Rank, he
made two earnest and able speeches in Jan-
uary, 1834, vindicating the course and policy
of the President. In one of these he paid a
glowing eulogium to his classmate, Amos Ken-
dall, who was then the agent of the govern-
ment in relation to these deposits. But the
office of senator, however favorable and agree-
able, the good opinion entertained by the gov-
ernment of Alaine of his legal ability did not
permit him long to retain ; for in September,
1836, a vacancy having occurred on the bench
of the supreme court by the resignation of
Judge Parris, who had been appointed by
President \'an Buren second comptroller of
the treasury, he was immediately appointed to
that place. It was apparent from the studies
and habits of Judge Shepley that the quiet
pursuits of professional duties, and especially
in their highest forms as an expositor of the
law, were more suited to his tastes than the
turmoil of politics. As a judge, both at nisi
prius and in the law department, his ability,
his industry and integrity fully justified the
partiality and good judgment of the adminis-
tration of Governor Dunlap, by which the
appointment was made. In 1848 he was ap-
pointed chief justice as successor to Chief Jus-
tice Whitman, with the general concurrence
of the bar and public sentiment. His long
experience as a jurist and a judge, and the
fidelity and legal acumen which he had dis-
played in his long judicial service, placed him
prominently before the public as a first suc-
cessor of the eminent judge who had preceded
him. He continued in this high office until
the autumn of 1855, when his constitutional
term of seven years having expired, he re-
tired from the bench, his ermine unsullied,
and closed his long judicial life. No judge
ever more faithfully or more promptly dis-
charged the duties of the bench than Judge
Shepley, and the ability which characterized
his judicial career is amply illustrated in the
twenty-seven volumes of the Maine Reports
from the fourteenth to the fortieth inclusive.
His opinions are drawn with clearness, direct-
ness and force, and no one can mistake the
point which he endeavors to establish. That
Judge Shepley was devoted to his professional
and judicial life and clung with strong attach-
ment to his domestic joys, we can have no
better proof than the firmness with which
he resisted the allurements held out to him
to accept positions under the general govern-
ment. While on the bench he was urged to
accept official stations by authorities at Wash-
ington, which he uniformly declined, pre-
ferring the comforts of his home and the
calm pursuits of the duties of a judge, which
he could not but feel were useful to his fel-
low citizens, to offices of more notoriety and
higher compensation, which would interfere
with his domestic arrangements. The last pub-
lic office Judge Shepley was called to per-
form was that of sole commissioner to revise
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the public laws, to which he was appointed by
resolve of April i. 1856. And notwithstand-
ing the injudicious instruction to complete and
cause his report to be printed on or before
the fifteenth day of November following, he
accomplished the almost herculean task, and
prepared a very full index of the whole body
of the public statutes, which constitutes what
is now cited as "Revised Statutes of !\laine,"
published in 1857. If more time had been
allowed, we should of course have had a more
complete and perfect work, with the benefit
of the wise and learned suggestions of an
experienced and sensible judge upon the dis-
crepancies, inconsistencies and imperfections
in the great body of our law. Defects and
contradictions undoubtedly exist, which can
only be remedied by the most careful investi-
gation and comparison, by a sound and ex-
perienced jurist. But in this, as in many other
cases (an American fault) our people seem
to regard more the having things done quickly
than well done. They had belter follow the
Shakespearian rule, "If it were done when 'tis
done, then "twere well it were done quickly,"
we add, but not otherwise. Judge Shepley
ha? uniformly through his long life been the
firm friend and supporter of good order, and
a just administration of the law. He has
given substantial aid to the cause of religion,
good morals, and general education, and has
himself practiced upon the rules he has pre-
scribed for others. He has been thirty-three
years a trustee of Bowdoin College, having
been chosen in 1829, and he has been a care-
ful observer of its affairs and a faithful coun-
selor in its emergencies. He has filled all
the numerous trusts, private and public, en-
trusted to him, uprightly, diligently and well,
for the good of the people and the individuals
in whose service he has been employed. And
after a well-filled public life of thirty-six
years, and at the age of seventy-three years,
he may very properly lay aside the armor,
which he has worn worthily and with honor
through the conflicts of political contention,
the sharp strifes of the forum and the calmer
struggles with the subtleties and nice dis-
criminations of legal investigation, where the
arms are reason and judgment, against the
keen logic of the masters of rhetoric. He has
received from Dartmouth College the honor-
ary degree of LL.D. * * * The Chief Jus-
tice, too far advanced to take a part in active
hostilities in support of the government of his
country, sustains the cause by his words and
co-operation in its efiforts to put down the
rebellion. And to enable his son to fight freely
and unencumbered by his numerous engage-
ments at home, he has taken his place anew in
the courts, and burnished up the forensic ar-
mor for fresh contests on the field of his
former struggles.'' "E'en in his ashes live his
wonted fires."
The late William Gould, in an obituary no-
tice of Judge Shepley, wrote : "That looking
over the roll of the 304 delegates who met in
September, 1819, in the old meeting-house of
the First Parish in Portland (to prepare for
the organization of the new state of Maine),
I think Judge Shepley was the last survivor of
that body. During the year 1838 Judge Shep-
ley was importuned by his political friends to
accept a nomination as candidate for governor,
and the same year he had an informal offer
of the office of attorney general of the United
States, both of which he declined. Judge
Shepley became a communicant of the Con-
gregational Church at Saco in 1823. He re-
moved from Saco to Portland in 1837, and
joined the communion of the State Street
Church, and was an exemplary Christian to
the time of his death. For fifty years there
were no doubts in his mind as to his duty to
his Creator and his fellowmen. Within a few
years of his death he wrote: 'When strongly
inclined to cast it from me as a painful and
loathsome subject, it seemed to be mean and
unworthy of a thinking man to avoid a full
and impartial investigation of his relations to
his Creator and to his fellow creatures, and
the manner in which he fulfilled them. * * *
I desire to leave my testimony that a life of
devotion resting upon repentence and faith in
Christ is a life of higher enjoyment than
can be found without it.' The last time Judge
Shepley spoke in public it was the privilege
of the writer to hear him. He was the last
of the original members of the Maine His-
torical Society, which was organized in 1822.
Judge Peleg Sprague, of Massachusetts, was
one of the corporators, but by his removal
from the state in 1835 he ceased to be a mem-
ber. He is yet living at the age of eighty-
three. In February, 1874, the Historical So-
ciety held a meeting in the city building, Port-
land, at which Judge Shepley was present.
During the forenoon the president alluded to
the presence of the venerable Judge, and in-
vited him to address the Society, which after
some hesitation he concluded to do. While
he was preparing to speak, all eyes were turned
to his patriarchal figure, which was most
striking. On his commencing to speak, there
was a general feeling of reverence, and from
a common impulse the whole audience rose,
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and remained standing until he closed. ^He
alluded to his associates of half a centur/ be-
fore, to his long membership, and expressed
regret that he had given the society so little
assistance in their researches. He closed with
an expression of his interest in the objects
aimed at. This was the last time he spoke in
public, and the scene will be long remembered
by those present."
Judge Shcplcy died at his residence on State
street after an illness of but a few days, at the
great age of eighty-seven years, two months
and thirteen days. In 1816 Mr. Shepley mar-
ried Anna Foster, with whom he became ac-
quainted in college. She died in 1867. Their
children were : John R., educated in Bowdoin
College, from which he received the honorary
degree of LL.D. ; he is now a prominent law-
yer in St. Louis, Missouri; George Foster,
judge of the United States Circuit Court ;
and Leonard D., of the Portland Water Com-
pany.
(\TI) General George F., second son of
Chief Justice Ether and Anna (Foster) Shep-
ley, was born January i, 1819, and died July
20, 1878. He graduated at Darimouth Col-
lege in 1839, at the age of eighteen years.
Soon afterward he entered the law school at
Cambridge,- where he had the privilege of the
instruction of Judge Story and Professor
Grecnleaf. How faithfully and well he im-
proved that privilege is shown by the high
rank as a lawyer he quickly won and ever
maintained. When only twenty years old he
was admitted to practice, and commenced
business in Bangor as a partner of Joshua W.
Hathaway, who w-as soon afterward appointed
an associate justice of the supreme judicial
court -of Maine. About 1844 he removed to
Portland and formed a business connection
w'ith Hon. Joseph Howard. In the judicial
history of the state of Maine the firm of
Howard & Shepley will ever hold an honor-
able place, and the name of the junior partner
will in no degree reduce its rank. In 1848 Mr.
Howard was appointed a justice of the high-
est court in Maine, and Mr. Shepley assumed
the responsibility of a large and important
business, with the coufidenl assurance of all
who had observed him that, young as he was,
he was equal to the work he undertook. He
associated with him John W. Dana, Esi|., now
deceased, and was recognized as in the fore-
most rank of the bar which numbered among
its active members General Samuel Fessenden,
Thomas .A.mory Deblois, William Pitt Fes-
senden, R. H. L. Codman, Edward Fox, and
other distinguished counselors. In 1853 he
was made L'nited States district attorney for
Alaine by President Pierce, and held the posi-
tion till June, i86i, having been reappointed
in 1857 by President Buchanan. While occu-
pying that office, though called upon to con-
duct many important and difficult causes for
the government, he retained the large private
practice of former years and constantly added
to his professional reputation. Though enter-
taining strong political convictions in sympa-
thy with the Democratic party, up to 1861 he
did not to any great extent participate in polit-
ical afifairs. But he was too prominent a per-
son to be permitted to abstain wholly from
the excitement of party conflicts, and in 1850
was elected state senator. He occasionally
addressed conventions and took part in po-
litical discussions, never failing to add to his
reputation and influence. In i860 he was a
delegate at large to the Democratic national
convention' at Charleston, South Carolina,
and attended its adjourned session at Balti-
more, Maryland. The Maine delegation was
divided five to three — five for Judge Douglas
and three for Mr. Guthrie. Among the latter
was Judge Shepley. He took a prominent
part in the convention, and the speech which
he made in response to the call for the state
of Maine became famous. In the campaign
which followed he supported Mr. Douglas.
Upon the election of President Lincoln he was
not found among those who sympathized with
or apologized for the attempt to break up the
Union. He was true to his convictions, and
September 27, 1861, accepted a commission as
colonel of the Twelfth Maine \'olunteers. His
regiment, from the first, was designed to form
a part of the New England Division of Gen-
eral B. F. Butler, at whose earnest solicitation
he was appointed and induced to accept the
position. He left the regimental rendezvous
at Portland, with his command, on Novem-
ber 24, 1861, and next day reached Camp
Chase, Lowell, Massachusetts, where he re-
mained until January i, preparing for em-
barkation to participate in a southern cam-
paign. January 2, 1862, he embarked on the
steamer "Constitution," at Boston, in com-
mand of a detachment of General Butler's di-
vision, consisting of his own regiment, the
Thirtieth Massachusetts, two companies of
mounted rifles and one section of a battery,
with orders to report at Fortress Monroe.
After considerable detention at Hampton
Roads, occasioned by the hesitation of the
commanding general of the army to allow
any demonstration to be made against New
Orleans with so small a force as that placed
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under the command of General Butler, at the
personal solicitation of General Butler and
hfrnself, he was allowed to proceed, and sailed
for Ship Island, where he arrived February 12.
By general order No. 2, Department of the
Gulf, he was on March 22, 1862, placed in
■command of the Third Brigade, which con-
sisted of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Maine regiments, the Thirtieth
Massachusetts regiment, the First Maine bat-
tery and ilagee's cavalry. On the occupation
of New Orleans by General Butler, he was
placed in command of the troops in that city
and Algiers, and was made military com-
mandant of New Orleans. Soon after, the
rebel mayor of New Orleans having been ar-
rested by General Butler and removed from
office for disloyalty, in addition to his other
militan,- duties, he was ordered to assume the
administration of the civil government of the
■city. In assuming the duties of this position
he issued a proclamation in which he assured
the peaceable citizens of New Orleans that
they v.'ould receive the most ampie protection
of their persons, property and honor, and that
speedy and eftectual punishment would fel-
low any insult to or interference with any
United States officer or soldier in the discharge
of his duties, or any attempt to denounce or
threaten with personal violence anj- citizen for
the expression of Union and lo3'al sentiments.
He retained in force such laws and general
ordinances of the city as were not inconsistent
with the constitution and laws of the United
States, or with the orders of the commanding
general, and also continued in force all the
contracts legally entered into by the city,
pledged the fulfillment of them on his part,
and required them to be faithfully performed
on the part of the contractors. The citizens of
New Orleans were assured that the restor-
ation of the authority of the United States
should be the re-establishment of peace, order
and morality, and a guaranty of safety to life,
liberty and property, under the law and the
protection of the government and the constitu-
tion. How well and successfully these expec-
tations were realized has now become matter
■of history. All persons holding office under
the city, having been required by General
Butler to take the oath of allegiance to the
United States or vacate their offices, the alder-
men and members of the coimcil declined to
take the oath. General Shepley, instead of
supplying their places, dispensed entirely with
the two boards, and organized an executive
government consisting of bureau officers act-
ing directly under his authority. This form of
administering the city affairs was so success-
ful and acceptable that it v.as continued dur-
ing all successive military and civil adminis-
trations, even after civil government was re-
stored in all the rest of the state, and during
the administration of two successive govern-
ors, by the people. So successfully did Gen-
eral Shepley, as military commandant, carry out
the views of the department commander, that
New Orleans, in signal contrast to its former
condition under rebel rule, became as clearly
healthy, orderly and well-governed as any city
on the continent. At the same time the disci-
pline of the troops in his command was such
as to elicit repeated encomiums in published
orders of the department commander. In
recognition of the signal ability displayed by
him in his civil and military administration
under General Butler, President Lincoln, on
the recommendation of the Secretary of War,
on June 3, 1862, appointed him military gov-
ernor of tb.e state of Louisiana, "with full
powers, including the power to establish all
necessary offices and tribunals, and suspend
the writ of habeas corpus." On July 26 he
Vtas appointed brigadier-general, to rank from
July 1 8th.
As military governor he continued in force,
under acting mayors of his own appointment,
the same military police and other municipal
regulations in the city of New Orleans which
he had originally established when military
commandant under the authority of General
Butler. He reopened the courts under loyal
judges appointed by himself, and re-estab-
lished the machinery of a state government
and the administration, in all parts of the state
occupied by federal forces, of such of the local
laws as were not in conflict with those of the
L'nited States, the military orders of the Presi-
dent or the commanding general. During his
administration the civil government of New
Orleans was administered at an expense less by
$1,200,000 in a year than it had been during
the year prior to the federal occupation of the
city, although the sources of expenditure were
greatly multiplied by the increase of the police
force, the efficient sanitary measures estab-
lished, and other expenses and high prices
necessarily incident to a state of war and
military occupation. He continued to exercise
the functions of militarj' governor until the
inauguration of a civil governor elected by
the people, when he was, at his own request,
relieved by the President and ordered to re-
port again to the adjutant-general of the armv
for service in the field. On leaving New
Orleans, an address signed by a large number
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of leading and influential citizens of that city,
commencing as follows, was presented to him :
"We, citizens of New Orleans, avail ourselves
of the opportunity afforded us by the close
of your present official career among us, to
give expression to the sentiments of regard
and esteem with which your character and
conduct have inspired us. For nearly two
vears you have performed the delicate and
arduous duties of Military Governor of Louisi-
ana in a manner beyond all praise, winning
in your official capacity the respect of the
whole community, and by your social virtues
converting all who have enjoyed the pleasure
of your acquaintance with warm personal
friends."
After leaving Louisiana he was, on the ap-
plication of the general commanding depart-
ment of \'irginia and North Carolina, or-
dered to report for duty in that department.
He was then placed in command of the mili-
tary district of Eastern Virginia, which in-
cluded the command of the important posts
and garrisons of F"ortress Monroe, Newport
News, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Norfolk and
Portsmouth, with the line of defences known
as Getty's line, the eastern shore of Virginia
and that portion of North Carolina north of
Albermarle Sound. Continuing some time in
command of this military district, he again
took the field as chief of staff to Major-Gen-
eral Weitzel, acting in that capacity, and for
a short time during the absence of General
Weitzel commanding the Twenty-fifth Army
Corps. lie continued with the army of the
James during the remainder of the campaign,
and entering Richmond with General Weitzel's
command, which was the first body of troops
to enter the city after its fall, and was ap-
pointed the first military governor of that
city.
.At the close of the war he resigned his com-
mission, his resignation taking effect July i.
1865. In the early part of his military career
he was tendered a nomination for congress by
the Democrats of his district, but declined in
a letter in which he said his highest ambition
was to see his country at peace and prosperous
again, and to be himself at liberty to return
to the practice of his profession. In Novem-
ber, 1863, he was appointed associate justice of
the supreme judicial court of this state, but
declined the position. The events of the war
and his own experiences led to a change of
his political relations, and he became identified
with the Republican party, by whom he was
elected representative in 1866 to the state
legislature, in which he served with marked
ability. Shortly after the close of the session
he resumed the practice of law, having formed
a partnership with A. A. Strout, Esq., under
the style of Shepley & Strout. But he was
not long permitted to remain in a private
station. In 1869, when the judicial system of
the United States was amended by an act pro-
vifling for the appointment of circuit judges,
he was, without seeking on his part, selected
lor the appointment in the first circuit. His
commission was issued December 22, 1869,
and he at once entered upon the discharge
of the laborious and responsible duties of that
high office. In the years of his judicial life
he was constantly called upon to sit in difficult
and important cases, and by his knowledge,
his acumen and his impartiality fully proved
the wisdom of his selection for the judgeship.
In matters of patent law his work was es-
pecially severe, and those best qualified to
estimate how he performed that work are
unanimous in his praise and in according to
him the highest rank as a judge in that branch
of the law. Nor did he fail in any respect
to meet the high anticipations of the public at
the time of his appointment, but rather he
commanded the confidence and gained the ap-
plause of the best and soundest lawyers
throughout his circuit and the country. His
mental faculties, originally of high order, were
strengthened and disciplined by constant study.
The range of his attainments was wide. His
taste for literature and art was cultivated and
refined. His eminence was fittingly recog-
nized only a few weeks before his death by
the bestowal upon him by his alma mater of
the honorary degree of LL.D. Judge Shep-
ley, as was well known to those intimate with
him and enjoying his confidence, was ever a
full and strong believer in the holy scriptures,
but did not until a short time before his death
publicly write with any religious society. In
the spring of 1877 he joined the Episcopal
church, and connected himself with St. Luke's
Society in Portland. That he was a firm and
devout believer in the truths of Christianity
there is abundant evidence, and in that faith
he daily grew stronger and found increasing
joy. His religious life was deep and sincere,
without ostentation or dogmatism. By nature
he was kindly and considerate to all men. His
sympathies were quick and his affection strong
and enduring. Only those who were per-
mitted to see him in his home, and surrounded
by those whom he loved and trusted, can im-
agine how sweet his disposition was. and how
he brought the happiness to those around him.
Judge Shepley died of what the attending
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physician pronounced Asiatic cliolera, July 30,
1878, after an illness of four daj's, while still
a comparatively young man, and in the flower
of his strength and usefulness. While living
in Bangor, George F. Shepley married Lucy
Haves, who died in 1859. Of this marriage
there were four children. One of the daugh-
ters became the wife of Commander T. O.
Selfridge, U. S. N., and another became the
wife of Mr. Tiffany, a prominent lawyer of
St. Louis, Alissouri. In 1872 Judge Shepley
married Helen ]\Icrrill, born in Portland,
daughter of Eliphalet ^lerrill. and who sur-
vives him.
The earliest mention of
TREFETHEN one of this name is that
of Henry Trefethen, who
was of New Hampshire in 1687. Like nearly
all names beginning with tre. pel, pen, &c., it
is of Cornish or Welsh origin. The Trefe-
thens of Maine seem to have been settled in
the state for years prior to the time any record
of them has been found. Henr}' Trefethen,
Josiah Starling and Oran Hall were the origi-
nal purchasers of Monhegan Island in Casco
Bay from the government, owning it in equal
parts.
(I) George Trefethen, the first of the line
herein traced of whom we have definite in-
formation, was a son of Harry and Jemima
(Starling) Trefethen. He was born May 29,
1800, and died March 26, 1870. He resided in
Bremen, Maine, and followed the occupation
in which the family has become successful
and widely known, having been a fisherman
and curer of fish. In his later years he was
a Republican in politics. He married (first)
Sarah Thompson, born September 19, 1801,
died May 26, 1856. Children: i. Joseph, born
February 7, 1824, died August 11, 1888. 2.
Eunice, March 16, 1826, died March, 1905;
married (first) Thomas A. Marshall, (sec-
ond) Andrew Weever. 3. Sarah Ann, July 2,
1828, died July 16, 1869; married Leander
]\Ioore. 4. George, August 20, 183 1, see for-
ward. 5. Lucretia, November 26, 1834, mar-
ried Rufus Pierce, of Monhegan Island. 6.
James Henry, February 14, 1838, died Sep-
tember 8, 1869. 7. Clarissa, March 2, 1841,
married William H. Pierce. 8. John Water-
man, May 3, 1843, see forward. 9. Elial,
April 20, 1846, died October, 1871. 10. Newel!
Fales, April 8, 1848, see forward. Mr. Tre-
fethen married (second) Jane Stone, who
bore him children : Lettie, Georgia, Dexter
and Villa.
(II) George, second son of George and
Sarah (Thompson) Trefethen, was born on
Monhegan Island, August 20, 183 1, and died
February 15, 1894. at Peak's Island. He re-
ceived the education which his day, time and
environment demanded, and then turned his
attention to the occupation followed by his
family, being for the principal part of his life
in the employ of N. T. Trefethen, proprietor
of a lobster shop. In politics he was a Re-
publican, and for many years filled the office
of town clerk of Monhegan. He was a mem-
ber of the .\dvent Church, and was for many
years affiliated with Ancient Brothers Lodge,
No. 4, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Portland. He married, September 26, 1852,
Susan W. Starling, born on Monhegan Island,
April 17, 1834, daughter of Joseph and Susan
(Welch) Starling. Children of Mr. and Mrs.
Starling: James, Josiah, Nancy, Fannie, Lu-
cinda, Susan W. and Helen. Children of Mr.
and Mrs. Trefethen: i. Albertina P... born
October 9, 1853, married Frank Starling. 2.
Julia E., September 6, 1857, married Henry
T. Skillings ; Julia E. is now deceased. 3.
Mary Lizzie, September 17, 1862, married
Alonzo E. Drown ; children : i. Julia T., born
June 25, 1884 ; ii. Angle F., September g,
1888; iii. Edith M., February 19, 1891. 4.
Nellie C, April 12, 1867, married Oscar C.
Randall, November 21, 1888; child, Walter
Trefethen Randall, born July 20, 1898. 5.
Walter Sherman, born July 31, 1869.
(II) John Waterman, fourth son of
George and Sarah (Thompson) Trefethen,
was born in Bremen, Maine, May 3, 1843,
and died in Portland, June 2, 1896. He set-
tled on Monhegan Island and took up the vo-
cation of fisherman or dealer in fish. From
this island for many years he made trips in
his own boat to other parts along the coast,
going often as far as Cape Ann and Cape Cod.
In the course of time he accumulated con-
siderable propertv and removed to Portland,
where he opened a wholesale and retail market
and dealt in fish, lobsters and other sea food.
Good management brought its reward, and he
prospered, extending his business, engaging in
salting and curing fish. This branch of the
business also prospered, and Mr. Trefethen
and his successors conducted as large a busi-
ness and employed as many men as any other
concern in the state. He married. January
8, 1863, Mary Adelaide Sterling, born Octo-
ber 22. 1844, daughter of Abraham and Lydia
W. (Reed) Sterling, the former born in 1826,
and the latter October 24, 181 5. on Peak's
Island. Both are now living. Following is
some account of the ancestrv of Marv A.
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STATE OF MAINE.
Sterling: Lord Sterling came from Burden,
England. He married, and among his chil-
dren was a son Josiah. who kept a tavern and
was also a sea captain ; he was washed from
his vessel and drowned off Kittery in a storm
in 1822. He married Alary Trefethen; chil-
dren : John, Josiah, Luther, Louise, Mary
and Phebe. John married Patience ,
and Josiah married Hannah Tluirman. Abra-
ham Sterling, a grandson of Josiah and Mary
(Trefethen) Sterling, lived at the home of
his grandfather on Monhegan Island until he
was seven years old, and then went to sea as
a cabin boy. At fourteen years of age he was
master of a vessel and followed the coasting
trade, and when freight was scarce he went
fishing, as is shown by papers in the United
Stales custom house as early as 1836. At
seventeen he was owner of his vessel. When
forty-four years old he engaged in deep-sea
fishing which he followed for ten years. Near
the end of that period he was wrecked on
Monhegan and nearly frozen to death. After
thirty-seven years of seafaring he lived ashore
and was government inspector of mackerel.
In 1863 he settled on Peak's Island, and the
following year began the manufacture of fish
oil, the daily output being about nine barrels
a day. Later he built a store at Peak's Island
and dealt in ship stores and supplies. Abra-
ham Sterling married Lydia W. Reed, daugh-
ter of Joseph and j\lary (Brackett) Reed. Jo-
seph Reed was a sea captain of Kittery, and
his wife was a daughter of John Brackett.
Children of Joseph and Alary Reed: i. John
Brackett. 2. Mary. 3. Eliza, married Na-
thaniel Merrill. 4. Jane, married Melzer Dil-
lingham. 5. Joseph. 6. Thomas R., married
Matilda and became the father of the
famous statesman, Thomas Brackett Reed. 7.
\\'illiam Cobb. 8. Daniel Cobb. 9. Lydia
Wyer, married Abraham Sterling ; children : ■
Jane, Joseph, Henry, Alpheus, Eliza Ellen,
Robert, Mary A. 10. Emily T. Besides rais-
ing six children of his own, Mr. Sterling took
six waifs and reared and educated tliem. He
has now fifty seven grandchildren and twenty-
six great-grandchildren. Children of John \V.
and Mary A. (Sterling) Trefethen : i. Charles
Newell, born January 13, 1865, see forward
2. Melville Waterman, May 21, 1869. see for-
ward. 3. Clara M., January 10. 1873, mar-
ried George E. Crockett. 4. Ida Florence. Sep-
tember II. 1877. married William A. Skinner,
of the Clark-Eddy Company, and died Sep-
tember II, 1904.
(II) Newell Fales, youngest son and child
of George and Sarah (Thompson) Trefethen.
was born on Monhegan Island, April 8, 1848,
and died March 26, 1904. He early went
fishing along the coast as an employee, and
later engaged in business for himself as a
dealer in lobsters, on a small scale, about 1873.
He was successful in this, and having a keen
eye for business and forecasting the time when
every available spot in and about Portland
would have a much enhanced price for build-
ing purposes, he engaged in the real estate
business, buying property in South Portland
and on Peak's Island, which is now worth
many times more than he paid for it. In
common with the others of his line in Port-
land, he believed in protected industries and a
strong central government, and to secure these
things he steadily voted the Republican ticket.
In religious belief he showed his independ-
ence of thought and action by leaving the
Congregational church to join the Aletho-
dist. Mr. Trefethen married, on Monhegan
Island, Georgie A. Davis, who died in 1903.
Two children: i. Leslie, deceased. 2. Fan-
nie, who is residing with Walter Sherman
Trefethen.
(HI) Charles Newell, eldest child of John
W. and Mary A. (Sterling) Trefethen, was
born on Peak's Island, January 13, 1865. He
attended the public schools of South Port-
land, graduating from the high school in
1882, and subsequently attended Shaw's Busi-
ness College. He then engaged in assisting
his father in the fish business, in 1895 became
a partner, and at the death of his father suc-
ceeded to the management of the business. He
is also a stevedore and employs from one
hundred to three hundred men in loading and
unloading vessels. He is director in the In-
dependent Cold Storage and Ice Company of
Newport, Rhode Island ; president of the Port-
land Cold Storage Company and the Trefethen
& Webster Lumber Company ; treasurer of
Spear Auto Company : member of retail fish
firm of Cobb & Trefethen. For a number of
years he has resided in South Portland. He
is a Republican ; he has taken a leading part
in the politics of .South Portland, serving as
selectman in 1898-9Q-1900, and mayor in 1901-
02. In religious faith he is a Universalist.
He is a member of Portland Lodge, No. 188,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ;
Elizabeth City Lodge, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows : Bayard Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, and the Power Boat Club. Mr.
Trefethen married (first) in South Portland,
February 5, 1889, Elva B. Tilton (see Tilton).
Married (second) in Deering. September,
1892. Minnie W. Ramsdell. daughter of Wins-
'UlA^.
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STATE OF MAINE.
1925
low D. and Mariah R. (Lawrence) Ramsdell,
of Lubec. Win slow D. Ramsdell was born
April 15, 1823, died in Deering, February i,
1904. son of William and Nancy A. (Lyons)
Ramsdell, of Lubec. Mariah R. (Lawrence)
Ramsdell was born December 22, 1825, died
in Portland, March 12, igo8, daughter of
Jonathan Lawrence, of Pembroke, Maine.
Children of Winslow D. and Mariah R. (Law-
rence) Ramsdell were nine, five of whom
died young, and the remaining four were as
follows: I. Adelaide L., married (first) Fred
Ingraham, who perished on the steamer "Port-
land," and (second) Charles R. Stockton, of
Boston. 2. Fred H., left home at eighteen
years of age and was never afterward heard
of. 3. Frank C, married Lottie M. Cash;
children, Fred H. and Ray ; Frank C. died
December 30, 1908. 4. Minnie W., mentioned
above as wife of Charles N. Trefethen. Chil-
dren of Charles N. and Minnie W. (Rams-
dell) Trefethen: i. Phyllis Adeline, born Au-
gust 8, 1893. 2. John Waterman, July 8,
1903.
(Ill) Melville Waterman, second son of
John W. and Mary A. ( Sterling) Trefethen,
was born on Peak's Island, May 21, 1869. He
attended the public schools, graduating from
the Cape Elizabeth high school, and took a
■course in Shaw's Business College in Port-
land, after which he went into the fish busi-
ness with his father and finally became super-
intendent of the same, a position he now holds.
He is a stockholder in the Portland Cold
Storage Company. He has been one of the
leading Republican politicians of South Port-
land for many years, having been a member
■of the city committee and a leader in the party.
He was deputy sheriff of Cumberland county
under O. T. Despeasex during the years 1899-
1900. In 1902 he was nominated for high
sheriff of Cumberland county, and again in
1904, but was defeated. In 1908 he was again
nominated by the Republican party of the
county, and was elected over King S. Ray-
mond, the Democratic nominee. Mr. Tre-
fethen is the first Republican elected to that
office in Cumberland county for many years.
He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 180,
Free and Accepted Masons, of South Port-
land ; Lodge No. 198, Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks ; South Portland Re-
publican Club; Lincoln Club, being a member
of its executive committee for fourteen years.
Mr. Trefethen married, in South Portland,
January 2"], 1 89 1, Florence Mabel Frank, born
in South Portland, November 18, 1868, daugh-
ter of Charles and Hannah Augusta (Pickett)
Frank, the former of whom was born De-
cember 8, 1835, and the latter July 21, 1839.
Mr. and Mrs. Trefethen have one child, Ger-
trude, born December 27, 1903.
The family of which Charles A.
TILTON Tilton is a representative is of
Dutch descent, and was founded
in this country by three brothers, one of whom
settled at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts,
one in New Hampshire, and one in Maine,
from which the line herein treated is de-
scended.
(I) Gibbs Tilton, grandfather of Charles A.
Tilton, was a Friend (Quaker) in religion.
He married Huldah Chase, born at Durham,
Maine, February 10, 1777, died at Chelsea,
Maine, having attained the remarkable age of
ninety-seven years. They were the parents of
six children, as follows: Zadoc, Jane, Han-
nah, Bethiah, Stephen and Hezekiah.
(II) Stephen Tilton, father of Charles A.
Tilton, born at Vassalboro, Maine, December
12, 1802, followed the occupations of farming
and school teaching, having taught seventy-
seven terms of school to the entire satisfaction
of all interested. He was a Methodist in re-
ligion and a Democrat in politics. He was a
Christian in every sense of the word, a main-
stay and support of the church, many years
a class leader, and died in the full faith of
the gospel he had preached and practiced all
his life. Died at LTnity, Maine, March 27,
1898, aged ninety-five years, three months,
fifteen days. He married Julia Cozzens, born
at Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1793, died in Jan-
uary, 1856, at Jackson, Maine. Children :
Martin \'an Buren, born at Jackson, Maine,
November 8, 1835, resides in Dixmont, Maine;
farmer by occupation. Charles A., see for-
ward.
(III) Charles A. Tilton was born at Jack-
son, Waldo county, Maine, April 22, 1837, on
a farm. He attended the common school in
the vicinity of his home, and the knowledge
thus acquired was supplemented by a short
term at the high school. In 1858, at the age
of twenty-one, he left home and went to sea,
fishing from Gloucester, Massachusetts, but at
the expiration of two years abandoned this
pursuit and began to learn the trade of stone
cutting in Portland, Maine, which occupation
he followed until 1865. He then engaged in
the stove, tinware, plumbing, heating, paint
and oil business, in which line he continued
until July 16, 1904, when he disposed of his
br.siness to his son, Charles J. Tilton, and
William E. Allen. He was one of the most
1926
STATE OF MAIXE.
successful business men of South Portland,
building his business up to large proportions
from a small beginning, he having only three
hundred dollars capital when he began his
mercantile career, but by dint of perseverance
and strict attention to all particulars he stead-
ily advanced and in due course of time became
a leading factor in the business world. He
has always been keenly alive to the interests of
his town, being among the first to forward
anv good cause, and his influence has always
been felt on the side of justice and right. Un-
til recent years he has been a staunch adherent
of Democratic principles and policies, but now
casts his vote for the candidate who in his
opinion is best qualified for office, irrespective
of party affiliation. He served in the capacity
of town clerk one year ; selectman seven years,
four years of which he was chairman of the
board ; treasurer two years ; representative to
state legislature two terms, 1889-91, during
which period he served on a number of im-
portant committees, such as towns and state
prison, and was secretary of all the committees
of which he was a member, rendering efficient
and capable service. He is consulted by his
townspeople on all matters of importance, and
his advice and counsel is always followed with
gratifying results. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, in the affairs of
which he takes a deep interest; in 1908 was
elected by the Maine conference, lay delegat©
to the general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church which convened at Balti-
more, May 6 to June 2. igo8, an honor which
he appreciates more highly, if possible, than
any other ever conferred upon him by his
many friends. He has always been a member
of the official board of the church, for more
than twenty years served as class leader and
leader of the church choir, and for more than
twelve years was superintendent of the Sun-
day school. He is a member of Knights of
Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and Golden Cross, being the treasurer of the
latter organization, in which capacity he has
served for several years, and also having filled
nearly all the other chairs in same. I\Ir. Til-
ton married, November 8, 1863, at Westport,
Maine. Arabine J. Hartlctt, born at Westport,
October 17. 1838. daughter of Joel and Mary
Bartlett, who were the parents of six chil-
dren, namely : Andrew, Jason R., Joel, Caro-
line. Arabine J. and Scott. Mr. Bartlett was
a seaman and farmer, served one term in state
legislature, as town clerk and in other offices
of trust and responsibility. Children of Mr.
and Mrs. Tilton : i. Elva 1?., horn Julv 21,
1865, died October 8, 1889; married, Febru-
ary 5, 1889, Charles X. Trefethen, a sketch of
whom precedes this in this work. 2. Charles
J., born November 28, 1867, married, June 6,
1890, Addie Wallace; two children: Albert
D. and Belle B. 3. Ada C, born January 12,
1872. married. May 12, 1898, John E. Fisher.
4. Helen Meta, born February 22, 1876, mar-
ried Ernest Kecne; one child, Neil T. Keene,
born March i, 1908.
(For preceding generations see Gowen Wilson I.)
(HI) William Wilson, son of
WILSON Joseph Wilson, was born Au-
gust 28, 1686, at Kittery,
Maine. He settled and always lived on or
near the estate on the west side of Spruce
Creek. He bought land of W^illiam Lewis,
December 29, 1709, a fifty-acre grant of date
May ID, 1703. He bought of the other heirs
their rights, and became the owner of his
father's and grandfather's homestead, besides
other land in the vicinity. He married, April
25, 171 1, Hopewell (Furbish) Hutchings,
widow of Enoch Hutchins Jr., whom she mar-
ried May 13, 1693. Her first husband died
April 3. 1706. She was taken captive by the
Indians during one of their raids, and carried
to Canada in 1705. There were two Enoch
Hutchins — father and son — killed by the In-
dians, both living near the head of the East-
ern Creek. The father was killed in 1698, and
the son in April. 1706, as stated, a year after
his wife and children were captured. A child
of Enoch was slain. A tradition tells the story
of the wooden shoe. Mrs. Hutchins and one
son, a boy of ten or twelve years, were carried
off after the savages had brutally killed her
youngest child before her eyes and had killed
or fatally wounded her husband. (This ac-
count does not correspond with the dale of his
death.) The boy was barefoot, and the jour-
ney through the woods injured his feet, so
his cantors gave him a pair of wooden shoes
to wear, but the shoes pinched him, and in his
exasperation he seized a tomahawk and with
a single blow split one of them from his feet.
The adroitness with which he dealt the blow
without touching his foot with the weapon, so
pleased his captors that they finally released
him and his mother. The boy kept the mate to
the broken shoe, and it has been handed down
to posterity, better preserved perhaps than the
story that goes with it. Mrs. Hutchins gave
birth to a child while in captivity at Spriel,
Canada. The children of Enoch and Hope-
well Hutchins: i. \\'illiam. born Augi:st i,
1694; ii. Thomas, September 20, 1696; iii.
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1927
Enoch, September 11, 1697; iv. Mary Cather-
ine, at Soricl, September, 1705. William Wil-
son died intestate, and his son Benjamin was
appointed administrator February 9, 1770.
Children of William and Hopewell W'ilson : i.
William, born January 27, 1711-12; mentioned
below. 2. Daniel, February 22, 17 13- 14. 3.
John, August 19, 171 5. 4. Mary, September,
1717, died in infancy. 5. Benjamin, Decem-
ber 22. 1718.
(I\') Williain (2), son of William (i)
Wilson, was born in Kittery, January 27,
1711-12. He is the ancestor of the present
owners of the Wilson property on the west
;side of Spruce Creek. He married Edah Bryar,
daughter of William and Alary (Cutt) Bryar,
in 1732-33. She was born in Kittery in 1712.
Children: i. Edmund. 2. Daniel. 3. .Anne.
4. Hannah. 5. Sarah.
(V) Edmund, son of William (2) Wilson,
was born in Kittery, May 20, 1743, and died
there March 14, 1825. He married, October
27, 1764, Susannah Gunnison, born Decem-
ber 4, 1746, died January 30, 1834, daughter
of Samuel and Jane { Fernald ) Gunnison, of
Kittery. They lived on the old homestead at
Kittery. Children, born at Kittery: i. Wil-
liam, April 8, 1767, died 1834. 2. Richard,
September 19, 1768, died 1848; married, July
10, 1791, Polly Fernald. 3. Jane, March 22,
1770, married John Bradeen, of Cornish, died
1847. 4- Eady, born March i, 1772, married
Roger Deering, of Kittery, died 1856. 5. Su-
sannah, married Thomas Guptill, of Cornish,
died 1812. 6. Betsey. March 5, 1777, died
1873 ; married W'illiam Briar, of Boothbay,
Maine. 7. Sally, born December 5, 1778; mar-
ried Samuel Hanscom, of Bow'doin, Maine,
died 1866. 8. Edmund, April 22, 1780, men-
tioned below. 9. Samuel Gunnison, Decem-
ber 16, 1781, died 1847; married Margaret
McFarland. 10. Hannah, October 24, 1763,
died 1858. II. Alice, September 22, 1785,
died 1819. 12. Colonel Gowen, September 19,
1788, died 1878; married Nancy Wentworth,
daughter of William and Wait (Salisbury)
(or Fernald) W'entworth ; their son Albert S.
now or lately possessed the old Wilson home-
stead on the west side of Spruce Creek.
(VI) Edmund (2), son of Edmund (i)
Wilson, was born in Kittery in 1780, and died
there in 1855. He married (first) Elizabeth
McCobb, of Boothbay, in 1805. She died in
1813. and he married (second) in 1814, Mar-
tha Pinkham. She died in 18 18, and he mar-
ried (third) in 1819, Betsey Young, who died
in 1840. Children: i. Ora, born 1805, died
j886; married, 1830, Mary Young, of Bristol,
sister of Edmund's third wife : children : i.
Emeline, born 1831, married, 1865. Rev. Ed-
ward J. White: ii. Rev. Gowen C, born 1833;
Congregational clergyman, living at Deering,
Maine ; married Martha B. Chamberlain, of
Bangor; (children: Charles Fred, born 1863;
Mary Chamberlain, 1867; Anna Burr, 1868;
Emma Darling, 1872; Martha Keen, 1875).
iii. Rev. Edwin Parker, born 1835, a Congre-
gational clergyman, settled in Deering, married
\'irginia Farnsw-orth, of Brighton, Maine;
(children: Marion F., born 1878, and Grace
Phillips, 1891); iv. Almira Jane, born 1837,
died unmarried, 1874; v. Ira Jr., 1842, died
1844; vi. Antoinette, born 1845, '•''-"d 1846;
vii. Mary Eliza, born 1847, resided in Jeffer-
son; viii. Leroy, born and died 1850. 2. Par-
ker, born 1806, died 1871 ; married Mary
Young, widow, of Wiscasset, Maine; children:
i. Mary Parker, born 1837, died 1871 ; ii. Hat-
tie Spear. 3. Samuel, born 1808, died 1884;
without issue. 4. Martha, born 1809, died 1886,
married Benjamin T. Elwell, then of Belfast,
and died at Petten without children. 5. Mary,
born 1811, died 1812. 6. Edmund, born 1812,
died 1866, married (first) Jennie E. Amos
and (second) Sarah Elizabeth Durham, who
died in 1878; children: i. Emily Redington,
born and died in 1844; ii. Eunice Emily, born
1848, died 1849; iii. Ada Frances, born 1854,
died 1857; iv. Jenette Frances, born 1857, died
1863; V. Alabel Elizabeth, born 1863, married
Harry Perkins Stearns. 7. Horace Alden,
born 1815, died 1871, married, 1848, Susa
E . born at Margaret, county Kent, Eng-
land ; children : i. Horace E., born in Belfast,
1849, died 1879, married Martha D. Wallis, o'f
Brooklyn, and has son Horace E., born 1878;
ii. Mafia E., born 1861 ; married J. M. Seavey ;
child, Agnes E., born 1878; iii. William L.,
born in Liverpool. England, 1852 ; iv. Ernest
Alden, born in Kennebunkport, Maine, 1861,
died 1863 ; v. Thomas H., born in Brooklyn,.
New York, 1863, died i8go; married Lillian
Hunt, and had child Henrietta, born i8go. 8.
Helen, born 1820; died 1843. 9- Joseph
Young, born 1821 : died 1873; married Eliza-
beth K. Chase, of New Castle, Maine, in i860;
children: i. Elsie Keene. born 1861 ; ii. Jo-
sephine Young, 1865 : iii. Elsie Keene. married,
1887, Ralph S. French, of Thomaston, Maine,
no children. 10. Antoinette, born 1825, died
1841. II. Albion Keith, born 1827, died 1831.
12. Otis Dow, born 1830, mentioned below.
13. Alonzo, born 1832, died 1859; married,
1857, Carrie E. Achorn, of L^nion, Maine, and
has one son Everard Irving, born 1896. 14.
Maria Louisa, born 1835; died 1856.
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STATE OF MAINE.
(\'I1) Otis D. Wilson, son of Edmund Wil-
son, was born in 1830. He was educated
in the public schools. In 1864 he want to the
Isthmus of Panama as assistant civil engineer,
and worked for several years upon the con-
struction of the Panama railroad, now owned
by the United States. Upon his return he car-
ried on a farm at Belmont, Maine. Later he
moved to Searsmont. Maine, where he now re-
sides. Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics ;
he has been selectman, and was county com-
missioner for six years, and county treasurer
a number of years, retiring in 1907 on account
of his age. He is a justice of the peace, and
has devoted much of his time to conveyancing
and to settling estates. He is a man of the
highest integrity, and has held many private
and public trusts with ability and honor. He
has shown himself to be of unusual capacity
and sound judgment. He is held in the high-
est esteem by the people of his county and
town. He married, in 1852, Grace A. Pendle-
ton, born in Northport, Elaine, died in 1888.
Children: i. Howard Augustus, born 1853,
died 1854. 2. Manly Otis, born 1854; mar-
ried Estelle Davis, of Waldo, Maine, in 1880;
children : i. Stanley Davis, born 1881 ; ii.
Edith Carrie, 1882; iii. Amy Laurel, 1884. 3.
Lester Alonzo, born 1856; married in 1883,
Cora L. Davis, of Waldo ; children : i. Ethel
Maude, born 1884 ; ii. Hazel Lenore, about
1887; iii. Evelyn Marion. 1893. 4. Helen An-
nette, born 1858, married, 1883, Sidney B.
Kenne, of Appleton, Maine, now of Somcr-
ville, ^lassachusctts; child, died in infancy. 5.
Dr. Everard Allen, mentioned below. 6. Ed-
mund, born and died 1862. 7. Ednnmd, born
1865; married, 1893, Lena A. Partridge, of
Belfast, Maine, a druggist; no children.
(VIH) Dr. Everard Allen Wijson, son of
Otis Dow Wilson, was born in Belmont,
IMaine, in i860. He attended the public
schools and Kent's Hill Academy. He began
his business career as a druggist in partnership
with Dr. Kilgore, with a store at Belfast,
Maine. After fifteen years as an apothecary
he sold out his business interests and began the
study of medicine at the University of Ver-
mont Medical College, where he was graduated
in 1892, He was appointed demonstrator of
anatomy at the University of \'ermont, and
was for a vear and a half head house surgeon
of the hospital at Burlington, Vermont. He
opened an office and began to practice in Bel-
fast in 1894, and has enjoyed an excellent
practice to the present time in that city. He is
a Democrat in politics, and is city physician of
Belfast. He is a member of Timothv Chase
Lodge of Free Masons ; of Corinthian Chap-
ter, Royal Arch Masons; of King Solomon
Council, Royal and Select Masters ; and char-
ter member of Silver Cross Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, Belfast, and member of the Uni-
formed rank. Knights of Pythias. He mar-
ried (first) Ellen A. Duffy, daughter of Joel
and Flavilla Duffy, of Belfast. She died in
1904. He married (second) in 1903, Bessie
P. McDonald, daughter of Hugh McDonald.
Her mother and maternal grandparents were
born in Scotland, and she herself lived in Scot-
land until she was twenty-one years old. Dr.
Wilson has no children.
It is said that the name Carver
CARVER is derived from the occupation
of wood carver, and some of the
work in cathedrals of East Anglia was done
by skilled carvers of this family. The names
Adam le Karver and Richard le Kerver are
found on the Hundred Rolls, and some bear-
ing the name Carver at later date were settled
in various parts of England. John Carver,
first governor of Plymouth Colony, was
"sonne of James Carver, Lincolnshire, yeo-
man," and it has been the commonly accepted
tradition that Robert Carver, the emigrant,
was his brother, which tradition was supposed
to have been established as fact by the historian
of Marshficld, Massachusetts, who received
the information from a Carver descendant,
whose grandfather had lived twenty-one years
with his grandfather Robert, the emigrant.
But it is now known that Robert was a son of
Isaac, a brother of Governor Carver, and con-
sequently the Governor's nephew.
(I) Robert, American ancestor, son of Isaac
Carver, was born in Boston, Lincolnshire,
England, in 1594. He is recorded as "a
planter," of Marshfield, Massachusetts, where
he received a land grant of twenty acres at
Green Harbor, and also a "garden place" at
Stony Brook, Duxbury. The old homestead
in South Marshfield is still held in the Carver
name. He was made freeman January 7, 1648,
and was chosen juryman and town officer. He
was also called "a sawj'cr." The surname of
his wife Christian is not learned, but they were
probably married in England or Holland. His
father, Isaac Carver, died in Leyden. Robert
lived to be eighty-six years of age, and was
buried April, 1680. The historian of Marsh-
ficld states that he survived his wife Christian
twenty-two years.
(II) John, .son of Robert and Christian
Carver, was born about 1637, probably in Dux-
bury, and made his home in that town, where
STATE OF MAINE.
1929
he died June 2^, 1679, in his forty-second year.
He married, Xovember 4, 1658, Millicent,
daughter of W'ilHam and Ann Ford, of Dux-
bury; children: i. WilHam, mentioned below.
2. John, born about 1661. 3. Rebecca, March
4, 1663. 4. Robert. 5. Eleazer. 6. Daniel. 7.
Elizabeth, February 20. 1670. 8. Mercy, Feb-
ruary II, 1672. 9. Anna, February 20, 1675.
10. Mehitable, who was buried April 9, 1679.
John Carver's wife married (second) Alarch 9,
1681. Thomas Drake, of Weymouth.
(III) William, eldest child of John and IMil-
licent (Ford) Carver, was born September 6,
1659, in Duxbury, and resided in 5larshfield,
where he died October 2, 1760. more than one
hundred and one years old. He married, Jan-
uary 18, 1682, Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon
Foster, who died in April, 1742. His chil-
dren were: i. John, born Xovember i, 1683.
2. William, mentioned below. 3. Jonah, Feb-
ruary 2, 1688. 4. Caleb, October 19, 1690. 5.
Elizabeth, October 13, 1693. 6. ilary, March
20, 1695, married January 20, 1618, Thomas
Standish. 7. Joshua, Xovember 26, 1698. 8.
EHzabeth, JNIarch 26, 1701. married Samuel
Taylor. 9. 2\lillicent, Xovember 25, 1707. 10.
Sarah, and 11. Alanson, baptized July 3, 1715.
12. Sarah, married Ebenezer Taylor. William
Carver married (second) January 8, 1718, a
widow, Elizabeth Rouse.
(IV) William (2), second son of William
(i) and Elizabeth (Foster) Carver, was born
October 29, 1685, in iMarshfield, where he re-
sided, and married (first) February 8, 1712,
Abigail, daughter of John and Hilary (Speed)
Branch. His children were: i. Daniel, born
1713. 2. Elizabeth, 1715. 3. Reuben, 1718.
4. Amos, 1720. 5. Deborah, 1722. 6. Abigail,
1724. 7. William, mentioned elsewhere. 8.
Hulda, 1730. 9. Keziah, 1738.
(\ ) Reuben, second son of William (2) and
Abigail (Branch) Carver, and born at Marsh-
field, December 6, 1718. He married ]Mary
Phillips, and about 1766 moved to Fox Island,
IMaine. Children: i. Amos, born 1749. 2.
Thaddeus, December 7, 1751, baptized INIay 6,
1752; married Hannah Hall. 3. Reuben, May
11, 1753. 4. Calvin, January 28, 1754. 5.
Mary, Xovember 4, 1756; married, 1771,
Gamaliel Bates, of Hanover. 6. John.Blany,
July 27, 1757; killed at Castine, Maine, when
taken by the British.
(\T) Amos, eldest son of Reuben and Mary
(Phillips) Carver, was born at Marshfield, in
1749, and moved about 1766 with his father to
\'inalhaven (Fox Island), where he married
Anna Lane, of that place.
(\TI) Isaac, son of Amos and Anna (Lane)
Carver, was born at Fox Island, April 22,
1775. He married Hannah, daughter of
James and Hannah (Caldwall) Xichols, of
Londonderry, Xew Hampshire, born April 22,
1779, died December 10, 1859. Isaac Carver
died October 17, 1830. They lived at Sear.s-
port, 3ilaine, where the children were born :
I. Hannah, December 5, 1797; married Rich-
ard Smith, and died January 4, 1880. 2.
Mary (twin), Xovember 10, 1799; married
John Fowler. 3. John A., Xovember 10, 1799
(twin), married Elizabeth Todd, Xovem-
ber 10, 1867. 4. Isaac, January 8, 1802,
married Clarissa Black, and died July 28, 1872.
5. Woodburn (see sketch). 6. Benjamin,
September 4. 1806, married Xancy Wetherby,
died 1892. 7. Wealthy, July i, 1808; married
Phineas Pendleton, and died February 3, 1877.
8. Otis, June 13, 1810, died July 17, 1822, un-
married. 9. Jane, January 25, 1814; married
Daniel Deshon. 10. Albert, July 27, 1817;
married Judith Beals, and died December 5.
1848. II. James, December 25, 1819; married
Lydia A. Wentworth.
(VIII) John A., eldest son of Isaac and
Hannah (Xichols) Carver, was born Novem-
ber 10, 1799, at Searsport, and became a ship
builder, and carried on the business many years
at that point. He died in Xew York, Xo-
vember 10, 1867. He married, February 2,
1826, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander G. and
Olive Todd, who died in Searsport, September
26, 1875. Alexander G. Todd was born about
1784. and died January 20, 1841. His wife
was born about 1782, and died January 20,
1868. Children: i. Charles G., born January
17, 1828, died September 28, 1881 ; married,
December, 1848, Clarissa B. Xichols. 2. John
A., X'ovember 2, 1829, died December 6. 1902 ;
married, December, 1850. Lydia P. Gilkey. 3.
Mary E., July 3, 1834, died May 9, 1892: mar-
ried, 1853, John H. Lane. ' 4. George A., men-
tioned below. 5. Andrew L., January 7, 1839.
died August 24, 1908 : married, July, 1862,
Ellen Gilkey. 6. Emily L., February 24, 1842,
died September 6, 1904; married, June 29,
1863, Joshua B. Nichols. 7. Ellen J., July
7, 1844. died July 3, 1845. 8. Cyrus H., men-
tioned below. All were born in Prospect, ex-
cept the last, who was born in Searsport.
(IX) George Albert, son of John A. and
Elizabeth (Todd) Carver, was born October
6, 1836, at Searsport, and was educated in the
public schools of his native town. Soon after
attaining his majority he engaged in the ship-
building business at Searsport, and thus con-
tinued until 1870. For the succeeding seven
years he was ship master, making foreign voy-
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ages. In 1877 lie removed to Xew York City
and engaged in the business of supplying ships,
being a member of the firm of Baker, Carver
& Company. For some time an office was
maintained by this concern at South street; and
another on Broad street, and in 1893 it was
located on Front street, and was then known
as Baker, Carver & Morrell. Upon the re-
tirement of Captain Carver in 1904, he was
succeeded by his son. Captain Carver was a
member of the Maritime Exchange and the
Marine Society of the Port of New York, and
was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. He
died at Scarsport, August 24, 1908. While he
was not an office seeker, he was an earnest
supporter of Republican principles, and was
esteemed as a citizen. He was successful in
business, and left beside his property, a good
name. He married, in 1858, Celia M. Dow, of
Searsport, who died May i, 1870. Children:
Scott N., Amos D., George L. and Charles.
Mr. Carver married (second), 1879, \^irginia
E. Chase, of Brooklyn, who became the mother
of Elizabeth E. Carver.
(X) Amos Dow, son of George A. and
Celia E. (Dow) Carver, was born at Scars-
port, July 13, 1863, and was educated at the
grammar and high schools of that place. At
the age of sixteen he came to New York City
and entered the shipping business of Howard
M. Baker & Company. The firm became later
Baker, Carver & Company, and is now Baker,
Carver & Morrell. He married Inez M. Nich-
els, daughter of Jonathan Clifford Nichels, of
Searsport. They have one son, Clifford Nich-
els Carver, born at Searsport, September 29,
1892. Mr. Carver is a member of the follow-
ing clubs: New York Yacht, Crescent, Mon-
tauk. and the Maritime Association.
(IX) Cyrus II., youngest child of John A.
and Elizabeth (Todd) Carver, was born Au-
gust 15, 1848. in Searsport, Maine, and resided
in that town, where- he died September 19,
.1891. He married. September 26, 1876, Clara
E. Herrick.
(X) Wilbur Joshua, son of Cyrus H. and
Clara E. (Herrick) Carver, was born June 22,
1887, in Scarsport, and is now a midshipman
at the United States Naval Academy, An-
napolis, Alaryland, class of 1909. •
(Previous generations shown above.)
(V) William (3), fourth son
CARVER of William (2) and Abigail
(Branch) Carver, was born in
Marshfield, in 1727, and resided in that town
until after 1759, when he left his native town.
He married, December 10, 1754, in Marsh-
field, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Kemp-
ton, of that town, and there his first three
children were born: i. Thomas, 1755. 2.
William, 1757. 3. Branch, 1759. He was a
seafaring man, and probably resided in ditler-
ent localities. He was cast away at sea near
the mouth of the Kennebec river, in Maine,
and after his death his widow, with her sons,
William, James, Amos and Nathan, and her
daughters, Lucy, Elizabeth and Mary, went
in 1779 to Livermore, Maine, where she was
the second settler and the first to make a clear-
ing. One of the daughters married Cutting
Clark, and another John Winter. Branch Car-
ver was probably a private in Captain Na-
thaniel Goodwin's company, Colonel Theo-
philus Cotton's regiment of the revolutionary
army. He was detached September 25, 1775.
and discharged on the last day of October fol-
lowing. During this time he served on a se-
cret expedition against Newport, Rhode Is-
land. Thomas Carver and another son was a
private in Captain Thomas Turner's company,
Colonel Thomas' regiment, which marched
yVpril 20, 1775, in response to the Lexington
alarm.. He was in camp with Brigadier
Thomas' brigade as a member of Captaui An-
drew Sampson's company, and in several oth-
ers. He resided in Pembroke, Maine, enlisted
from that town, and was reported to have died
December 2, 1777. Zadock Carver, another
son, enlisted as a private July 11, 1779, re-
enlisted August 4, 1780, and was finally dis-
charged December 23 following. One of the
grandchildren of William Carver was Leonard
D. Carver, state librarian. There was another
son, Eleazar, whose birth does not seem to
have been recorded. (Mention of Nathan, the
youngest son and descendants, appears below.)
(\ I) Eleazar, son of William and JMargaret
(Kempton) Carver, was born about 1764,
probably at some seaport, where his father
temporarily resided. He was a Baptist cler-
gyman, and settled among the earliest resi-
dents of Leeds, Alaine. His homestead is in
that part of Leeds which was formerly a part
of the town of Livermore, where his mother
and brothers and sisters settled. He died
there December 4, 1856. He married, Septem-
ber 16, 1787, Nancy Jones; children: i. Wil-
liam. 2. Eleazar, born April 26, 1790. 3.
Nancy, July 31, 1791. 4. John, mentioned be-
low. 5. Betsey, August 3, 1796. 6. Caleb,
June 7, 1800. 7. Abigail, August 18, 1802. 8.
Ursula, February 27, 1805. 9. Mary, Febru-
ary 13, 1808.
(VH) John, son of Eleazar and Nancy
(Jones) Carver, was born March 26, 1794, in
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Leeds. He married Jennett Harvey, who was
born in September, 1796, at Woodstock, Ver-
mont, and died in Leeds, June i, 1842. They
settled on a farm in the northern part of the
town and reared a large family. He was a
major in the state militia. After his second
marriage, to Mrs. Martha Smith, he removed
to the western part of the town. He died No-
vember 26, 1876, at Hallowell, Alaine. His
children, of whom the last three w^ere by his
second marriage, were: Ruth, Eleazar, I\Iel-
vin, Bethiah, Jane, John, Eliza, Jennett, Emily,
Abigail, Mary, Alice, Esther, George B.,
Franklin and Harriet B.
(VHI) Eleazar, eldest son of John and Jen-
nett (Harvey) Carver, was born in Leeds,
about 1820, and settled in Canton, Maine,
where he reared a family of ten children.
(IX) Edwin G., son of Eleazar Carver, was
born in Canton, ]\laine, in 1846, and was edu-
cated in the common schools of the town. He
had a natural leaning toward agricultural pur-
suits, which he successfully cultivated ami fol-
lowed throughout the greater part of his life.
He married Susan M. De Coster, wdiose motli-
er's maiden name was Hall, and their children
were : Harry Percival, an account of wdiom
will follow this, and Preston Jewett, born in
Boston, August 5, 1880.
(X) Harry Percival, eldest child of Edwin
G. and Susan M. (DeCoster) Carver, w-as
born in Boston, Massachusetts, June 7, 1875.
He attended the public schools of Boston until
his parents removed to Auburn, when he be-
came a pupil in the public schools of that
town, and was graduated from the Edward
Little high school. He then became a student
at Tufts College, taking a special preparatory
course of one year, after which he matricu-
lated at Boston University in the class of
i8g8. Soon after graduation he opened an
office and engaged in the practice of law with
which he has since been identified. He mar-
ried April 15, 1903, Harriet A., born March
I. 1877. daughter of Charles E. and Harriet
(Stevens) ^Ving, and they have one child,
Richard Percival, wdio w^as born Januarv 6,
1904.
(For ancestry see preceding sketches.)
(VI) Nathan, youngest child of
CARVER William and Alargaret (Kemp-
ton) Carver, was born August
4, 1775. He married Hannah Matthews, of
Warren, Maine, and they had born to them
William, Cyrus, Mary, Nancy E., Hannah and
Nathan.
(ATI) Nathan, youngest child of Nathan
and Flannah (Matthews) Carver, was born in
Union, Maine, February 9, 1812. His place
of residence was in Livermore and Dixfield,
where he was engaged in farming. He mar-
ried, April 12, 1846, Hannah G. Adams (see
Adams \TII). He died in Runiford, No-
vember, 1897. She died in F^ixfield, March
18. 1879.
The children of the above union were: i.
Evel\n M., born in Livermore, January 24,
1847: married Cyrus Hall, in Wilton, No-
vember 20, 1875. 2. Hannah A., born in
Livermore, September 22, 1848, died in Liver-
more, November 24, 1863. 3- Russell A.,
born in Livermore, April 13, 1850; married
(first) Cornelia Eastman, Canton, and (sec-
ond) Harriet Dow, of New Hampton, New
Flampshire. 4. William E., born in Livermore,
March i, 1853; married Alma Dean, Temple,
Maine. 5. Emma L., born in Livermore, Feb-
ruary 14, 1855 ; married Joseph L. Berry, in
Livermore, March 14. 1874. 6. Edgar N.,
born in Livermore, January 9, 1837: married
Florrie Reynolds, Canton, May 22, 1884. 7.
Nellie L., born in Livermore, August 23,
1850, died in Wilton, November 26, 1879. 8.
Rosilla. born in Livermore. May 2, 1861 ; mar-
ried Alanley White, of Dixfield.
1\TII) Edgar Nathan, third son and sixth
child of Nathan and Hannah G. (Adams)
Carver, was born in Livermore, Maine, Janu-
ary 9, 1857. Fle was educated in the town
schools of Dixfield, and in Wilton Academy,
then engaged in farming, a calling which he
followed for about three years, when he
learned the art of printing in the tow'n of Phil-
lips. In 1883 he established himself in the
printing business in Canton, and started a
weekly paper called the Canton Telephone.
editing it for a period of ten years, when he
moved his entire plant to the new and rapidly
growing town of Rumford Falls, changing the
name of the paper to The Rninford Falls
Times. With a few of the leading business
men a stock company was organized, and Mr.
Carver retained as business manager and
editor of the paper, wdiich position he held for
about ten years. He retired from business ac-
tivity for about two years, when he was ap-
pointed auditor of state printing by Governor
Cobb, in December, 1905, beginning his official
duties January i, 1906, and taking up his resi-
dence in Augusta a few months later.
Mr. Carver is a member of Anasagunticook
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and \\'hitney Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons. He has served continuously for twenty-
five vears as deacon of the Baptist churches in
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Canton, Rumford Falls and Augusta, as suc-
cessively he resided in those places. His po-
litical affiliations are with the Republican
party. In his official duties he has general
supervision of the state printing and binding,
amounting to $60,000 to $70,000 a year, with
an office at the State House, Augusta. He
married. May 22, 1884, Florrie Reynolds,
daughter of Nathan and Florrie (Staples)
Reynolds. They have one child, Alice .Mabel,
born in Canton. June 5, 1887.
and the other? in Brookline, where Mr. Carver
now resides. The eldest is a student at \'assar
College, and the second at Harvard.
(For ancestry .see preceding sketches )
(VHI) Woodburn, third son of
CARVER Isaac and Flannah (Nichols)
Carver, was born December 8,
1803, in Prospect (now Searsport), and died
in that town in 1889. He married Mary,
daughter of Phineas and Nancy (Gilmore)
Pendleton, in 1828.
(IX) Nathan Pendleton, son of Woodburn
and RIary (Pendleton) Carver, was born Feb-
ruary 8, 1829, in that part of Prospect which
is now Searsport, and died May 5. 1904, in
Boston, Massachusetts. He married. August
7, 1851, Frances A., daughter of Joseph and
Frances (Coombs) Pendleton. She was born,
January 18, 1831, in that part of Prospect now
-Searsport.
(X) Eugene Pendleton, son of Nathan P.
and Frances A. (Pendleton) Carver, was born
September 5, i860, in Searsport, and was edu-
cated in the Boston public schools, and IJoston
University, and pursued the legal course of
the same institution, from which he received
the degree of LL. B. in 1882. He was admit-
ted to the bar in 1882, at Boston, and before
the U. S. Supreme Court in 1888, and has
achieved notable success as a lawyer. He is at
present the head of the law firm of Carver,
Wardncr & Goodwin, which maintains offices
in Boston and New York. Mr. Carver has in
his possession the family Bible of Isaac Car-
ver, which notes the latter's birth at Marshfield
'" 1/75' and has visited Leyden, and made
much research in regard to the ancestry of the
family. He is vice-president of the Interna-
tional Law Association, and director in various
corporations. He married, .August n, 1886,
Clara Thurston Porter, daughter of Robert
and Lois A. (Shute) Porter! She was born
August 15, 1863, in Searsport. Children:
Frances .-Mice, born October 7, 1889; Eugene
Pendleton, November 9, 189 1 ; Lois Mabel,
December 13, 1894; Clara Porter, June 19!
1898, died at the age of two years; Nathan.
January 23. 1900; Ransom Fuller, April 15,'
1902. The first three were born in Arlington'
The generally accepted theory
PIERCE of the origin of this name is that
it is derived from "pierre,"' a
French word meaning stone. Possibly Percy
Forest was their home, thus giving the name
to the first of the family. Another theory is
that it is of Teutonic origin, from the word
"pirsen," meaning to hunt or a hunting place.
The variations of the name are almost end-
less, as — Pierce, Peirce, Pearce, Peerce,
Pearce, Peirse, Pierse, Pieres, Peires, Pirse,
and Pearse; these being the most common
forms in England and this country. What-
ever the orthography, tlie usual pronunciation
in New England is P'erce or Purse. Not one
of the English noble houses is so distinguished
as the Percies throughout the whole range of
English history. They are remarkably alike
for their long, unbroken line, their high
achievements, their generosity and chivalrous
bearing and their general culture of arts and
letters. The arms of the family are : Three
ravens, rising sable, a fesse-humette, with
crest ; A dove with an olive branch in its
beak. The family motto is : "Dixit et Fecit,"
which, translated, is: "He said and he did."
The representative of the Percy family in Eng-
land is the Duke of Northumberland, and his
banner exhibits an assemblage of nine hundred
armorial designs, among the number being
those of Henry the Seventh, the ancient royal
houses of France and Castile and the ducal
houses of Normandy. There is a line which
tells us "Brave Galfred v^ho to Normandy with
Rollo came, assumed the Percy name." The
name is interwoven with the early minstrelsy
of England and Scotland, and though often
connected with tragic incidents has always
been honorable. Two brothers, William and
Serlo de Percy, came into England with Wil-
liam the Conqueror, who endowed the elder,
his namesake, with vast possessions in Hamp-
shire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. The fam-
ily does not descend in a direct line from this
William, for, in the reign of Henry the Sec-
ond, the male line became e.xtinct and the in-
heritance passed to a sister, Agnes de Perci,
from whom all the subsequent Percies are de-
scended. She accepted as her husband, Josce-
line, a son of Geoffrey, duke of Louvain, upon
the express condition that he and his posterity
should bear the name of Percy, assume the
arms of her famil\' and relinquish their own.
This Josceline was a brother of Adelais or
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Alice, of Louvain, the second queen of Henry
the First, and hy an arrangement with his sis-
ter confirmed hy Henry the Second, became
possessed of the honor of Petworth, was cas-
tellan of Arundel and held other important
posts in the south of England. His son Rich-
ard was one of the twenty-five barons ap-
pointed to enforce the observance of Magna
Charta. The ancient arms of Brabant are still
borne by the family, being the first of the eight
hundred and ninety-two quarlerings of the
Percy shield. The standard bearer to Richard
the Third on Bosworth Field was a Peter
Peirs, and they are large land owners in Kent,
Devon, Norfolk, Somerset and Suffolk.
John Pierce was probably the first of the
name to come to America, for the first patent
of the Plymouth Colony was granted in 1621
to John, a large ship owner from London.
Another early ancestor of the Pierces of Amer-
ica was Abraham Pierce, who with his wife
Rebecca settled in Plymouth Colony and was
a ta.xpayer in 1623. He was a soldier under
Standish, and on January 20, 1627, exchanged
with Captain Allies Standish two shares in a
red cow for two ewe lambs. It was from Suf-
folk that a Pilgrim Father, Daniel Peirce, came
in the "Elizabeth" in 1634. He lived in W'a-
tertown, Massachusetts, and later in Ports-
mouth, New Flampshire. Colonel Daniel, his
son, was prominent in civil, ecclesiastical and
military affairs of Newbury, Alassachusetts. It
was Richard Pierce, probably a son of Richard
the settler, who published the first nev.-spaper
in the United States, September 25, 1699.
( I ) The original American ancestor of this
family was Thomas Pierce, who was born in
England in 1583-84, and emigrated to Massa-
chusetts Bay in 1633-34, accompanied by his
wife, Elizabeth, and several children, settling
in Charlestown. He was admitted a freeman
Alay 6, 1635. His wife became a member of
the church at Charlestown, January 10, 1634-
35, and he united with that body February 21,
1634-35. In an act of the great and general
court passed September 27, 1642, he was
named as one of twenty-one commissioners
appointed "to see that saltpetre heaps were
made by all the farmers in the colony."' He
died in Charlestown, October 7, 1666. His
eight children were : John, Samuel, Thomas,
Robert, Mary, Elizabeth, Persis and Abigail.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and
Elizabeth Pierce, was born in England in
1608. He was admitted to the church in
Charlestown in 1634. He became a resident
of Charlestown village, now Woburn, as early
as 1643 ' ^'^^ assessed there in 1645 ! served
as a selectman in 1660-61-62-65-66; in 1671
was one of four appointed to confer with the
selectmen to build a new church, the same to
cost about $2,226 ; was a member of the com-
mittee having charge of the division of the
common lands, and for this service he received
thirty-seven acres of make meadow or swamp
land. March 28, 1667, he was chosen one of
the "Rights proprietors" by the town, and in
the following year was appointed by the gen-
eral court a member of a committee formulated
for the same purpose. He is frequently re-
ferred to in the early records of Woburn as
Sergeant Pierce. His death occurred No-
vember 6, 1683. On May 6, 1635, he married
Elizabeth Cole, daughter of Ryse and Arrold
Cole ; she died March 5, 1688 ; Ryse Cole was
the ninth on the first list of thirteen inhabi-
tants of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cole)
Pierce were: Abigail (died young), John,
Thomas, Elizabeth, Joseph (died young), Jo-
seph, Stephen, Samuel (died young), Samuel,
\\'illiam, James, Abigail and Benjamin.
(Ill) Thomas (3), second son and third
child of Sergeant Thomas (2) and Elizabeth
(Cole) Pierce, was born in \\'oburn, Massa-
chusetts, June 21. 1645, died Decembers, 1717.
He was in the Narragansett expedition dur-
ing King Philip's war, and participated in the
battle known as the Swamp Fight, December
19, 1675, under Captain Prentiss and Lieu-
tenant Oaks. Flis will was dated November
26, 1717, and named Timothy Pierce and
David Roberts, his son-in-law, executors. He
married (first) about i66g, Eliza , and
had children: i. Thomas, born February 12,
1670, married, February 27, 1692, Mary Wy-
man. 2. Timothy, see forward. 3. Elizabeth,
born January 5, 1676, died February 15, 1699.
He married (second) March 24, 1680, Rachel
Bacon, born June 4. 1652. They resided in
Woburn and had children: i. Rachel, born
July 24, 1681, married Jesse Osmer. 2. Abi-
gail, born April 14, 1685, married David Rob-
erts. 3. Isaac, born December 2^. 1686, died
December 28, 1686. 4. Ebenezer, born De-
cember 10, 1687, died May 25, 1688. 5. Phebe,
born February 13, 1689, died July 12, 1707.
(I\") Timothy, second son and child of
Thomas (3) and Eliza Pierce, born in Wo-
burn, January 25, 1673, died in Plainfield, Con-
necticut, May 25, 1748. He went to Plainfield
with his brother, Thomas Pierce, about 1690,
and was one of the most prominent and re-
spected citizens of Windham county. He was
ensign of Plainfield's train band in 1708, and
when the town attained to the dignity of a
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full train band in 1711, Timothy Pierce was
made lieutenant. He was tavern keeper in
1716, one of the committee on the new meet-
ing house in 1718. and this being ready for
occupancy in September, 1720, he was one of
those chosen to attend to the sealing. Those
over fifty years of age were seated according
to the number of their years, and others ac-
cording to their estates. So arduous were the
duties of this committee that they were al-
lowed one pound sterling for their care and
services. Timothy Pierce succeeded Thomas
Williams in 1723 as captain of the train band,
and in 1739, when the military companies in
the towns of Plainfield, Canterbury, Pomfret,
Killingly and \oluntown were constituted the
Eleventh Connecticut Regiment, he was ap-
pointed colonel. He was representative from
1 71 7 to 1726; justice of the peace in 17 18;
justice of the quorum for New London county;
judge of the probate court in the Windham
district in 1725. The first court of common
pleas within and for the county of Windham
was held at Windham Green, June 26, 1726,
and Timothy Pierce, previously judge of pro-
bate, was appointed by the general assembly
judge of the county court. He was appointed
to inspect the Canterbury bridge in 1722, and
was one of those to consider the building of a
state house in 1729. He was town clerk from
1725 to 1748, when his son Ezckiel, who was
a captain in the French and Indian wars, be-
came clerk and continued for twenty-five years.
He was also a member of the governor's coun-
cil. One of his commissions as judge of pro-
bate, dated 1734, is in the possession of Charles
S. Pierce, and another one is owned by George
W. Pierce, of Albany. He executed the mani-
fold duties of all his offices with such diligence
and care as to be above criticism, was a father
to the town, a promoter of the-^mmon wel-
fare, and of an extraordinarily good, pious
and christian character. The following lines
are of undoubted interest: "In Memory of
the Hon. Colonel Timothy Pierce, Esq., who
was an assistant in Flis Majesty's Colony of
Connecticut for twenty years, and was Chief
Judge of the County of Windham for nine-
teen years, and Judge of the Probate for this
district of Windham twenty-two years, all of
which honorable trust he discharged with
great fidelity and justice and to the great sat-
isfaction of all ; who departed this life May
the 25th, 1748, in the 74th year of his age."
Timothy Pierce married (first) May 27,
1696, Lydia Spaulding, who died March 23,
1705. They had children: i. Timothy Jr.,
born October 7, 1698, married, June 12, 1723,
Mary Wheeler; was killed in the Wyoming
Massacre, 1778. 2. Nathaniel, born June 3,
1701, married (first) February 20, 1723, Eliza-
beth Stevens; married (second) Mrs. Si-
monds ; he died 1775. 3. Jedediah, born Feb-
ruary 23, 1703, died February 2, 1746. 4.
Lydia, born March 10. 1705, married Dr. Jo-
seph Perkins. Timothy Pierce married (sec-
ond) October 12, 1709, Hannah Bradhurst,
born December 14, 1682, died April 2, 1747,
daughter of Ralph and Hannah (Gore) Brad-
hurst, of Roxbury ; Ralph Bradhurst was one
of the grantees of Leicester, Massachusetts, by
the Indians. 1686; he was a member and clerk
of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com-
pany; he married, June 13, 1677, Hannah,
born May 15, 1645, daughter of John Gore.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce had children: 1. Benja-
min, see forward. 2. Ezekiel, born January
8, 1712, married, February 11, 1736, Lois
Stevens. 3. Phebe, born February 19. 1714,
married John Smith. 4. Hannah, born May 8.
1717, died September 3, 1727. 5. Abel, born
June 17, 1720, died September 4, 1736. 6.
Jabez, married, January 27, 1748, Susannah
Sheppard.
(V) Benjamin, eldest child of Colonel Tim-
othy and Hannah (Bradhurst) Pierce, born
June 7, 1710, died in Brooklyn, Connecticut,
February 7, 1782. He was appointed ensign
of the I'"ifth Company, Eleventh Regiment of
Connecticut, in 1750, and appointed captain in
1757. Pierce Genealogy speaks of Benjamin
Pierce as a captain in the revolutionary war ;
his record is in the archives at Hartford, Con-
necticut. He enlisted for a short term in the
First Regiment, July 12, 1776, becoming a
member of Captain Smith's company, Brad-
ley's battalion, which was stationed during the
greater part of the summer and early fall at
Bergen Heights and Paulus Hook. In Octo-
ber it moved up the river to the vicinity of
Fort Lee, then under the command of Gen-
eral Greene, and in the following spring the
greater part of the regiment went across the
river to assist in the defence of Fort Wash-
ington, and upon the capitulation of the fort
were made prisoners with the entire garrison.
Captain Pierce received his discharge Novem-
ber 16, 1776, and re-enlisted for a short term
in 1779, and again July 1, 1780, receiving his
final discharge December 9, 1780. He served
as deputy for Canterbury, 1758-59. He mar-
ried (first) Hannah Smith, who died Septem-
ber 25, 1736. She was the daughter of Ne-
hemiah, born 1673, and Dorothy (Wheeler)
Smith, granddaughter of Nehemiah, born 1646,
and Lydia (Winchester) Smith, and great-
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granddaughter of Nehemiah Smith, born in
England about 1605, one of the first settlers
of Norwich, Connecticut, 1660. Captain and
Mrs. Pierce had children: i. Nehemiah. see
forward. 2. Hannah, born February 5, 1733,
married, 1764, Isaac Burton; died 1841. 3.
Oliver, born June 27, 1736, died unmarried in
Coventry, June 26, 1837, ^^ the age of one
hundred and one years. Captain Benjamin
married (second) July 15. 1737, Naomi Rich-
ards, who died July 20. 1757. They had chil-
dren: I. Olive, born March 29, 1738, mar-
ried Abbott. 2. Rufus, born Septem-
ber 27, 1740, died December 23, 1741. 3.
Rachel, born February 19, 1742, married, De-
cember 28, 1760, John Gilbert; died 1827. 4.
Lyte, born April 23, 1745, died September 21,
1804. 5. Delano, born November ig, 1748,
married, November i, 1770, Abigail Ham-
mond ; died October 28, 1835. 6. Timeus, born
June 3, 1751. married. May 4, 1779, Elizabeth
Grosvenor, died September 27, 1802. 7. Ru-
fus, born September 7, 1753, married Sarah
Whitney; died August 10, 1784. 8. Diadema,
born April 14, 1756, married Timothy Prince.
Captain Benjamin married (third) August 31,
1738, Sarah Mills. He married (fourth) Jan-
uary 28, 1762, Sarah Holt.
(\T) Nehemiah, eldest child of Captain
Benjamin and Hannah (Smith) Pierce, born
May 27, 1730, died October 12, 1783. His life
was spent in Plainfield and Coventry, Con-
necticut. He married, May 3, 1759, Lydia, born
in October, 1731, died October 22, i8og,
daughter of David and Lydia (Meachman)
Sheppard, granddaughter of Samuel and
Elinor (Whitney) Sheppard, and great-grand-
daughter of Isaac Sheppard. Nehemiah and
Lydia (Sheppard) Pierce had children: i.
Daniel, born July 24, 1760, died April 22, 1769.
2. Benjamin, born September 4, 1762, married,
December 24, 1786, Lydia Gurley ; died Oc-
tober to, 1838. 3. Hannah, born May 10,
1766, married, 1784, Isaac Barton; died 1841.
4. Frederick, born July 22, 1768, married, 1802,
Rebekah Blood ; died March 29, 1845. 5. Ne-
hemiah, see forward. 6. Lydia, born Decem-
ber 4, 1774, married Aaron Loomis; died 1847.
7. Lucy, twin of Lydia, died young. 8. Lucy,
born May 30, 1776.
(\'II) Nehemiah (2), fourth son and fifth
child of Nehemiah ( i ) and Lydia ( Sheppard )
Pierce, born May 10, 1771, died at Monmouth,
]\Iaine, May 6, 1850. He removed to Bath,
]\Iaine, from Coventry, Connecticut, in 1807,
and to Monmouth the following year, and was
known as one of the most industrious and pro-
gressive farmers of the state. He was the
pioneer in the field of systematic dairying in
Maine, and is reputed to have been the most
extensive manufacturer of cheese in the east-
ern section of New England. He 'was a
strong factor in educational work, and as sec-
retary of the board of trustees of Monmouth
Academy, when it was classed with the first
schools of New England, became widely
known in educational circles. As president of
the Monmouth Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, a corporation known as the largest of the
kind in the state, he was brought into public
notice as a man possessed of more than ordi-
nary executive ability, and as a result of his
success in that field, received appointments to
many offices of trust and responsibility from
the chief executive of the state. Among these
was that of state commissioner of public roads,
an office for which he was excellently adapted,
having had considerable experience as a road
builder, notably in the construction of the mil-
itary road from Bangor to Houlton, and the
turnpike from Bath to Brunswick, a piece of
work he had superintended in 1807. Mr.
Pierce was an exemplary Christian, and a man
with distinct and firm views upon the temper-
ance question. He built the brick house, still
standing in 1825, and i\Iarch 4, the day John
Quincv Adams was inaugurated, Mr. Pierce
opened it to the public with a grand celebra-
tion. With raw "West India" for fireworks
and the old brass cannon for the speaker of the
dav, the occasion wanted nothing but an ex-
change of snowdrifts for a high temperature,
to pass muster as the Fourth of July. It is
but justice to state that the liquid firewater
which enlivened this occasion was not fur-
nished by Mr. Pierce. He has the honor of
being the first citizen of Monmouth to be an
aggressive temperance advocate, his being the
first house raised in that town without the aid
of liquor. When the first broadside was raised
the men paused for the customary treat, and
it came in the form of coffee, steaming hot.
They looked at each other in amazement and
then the leading spirits ordered a general
strike. Mr. Pierce expostulated, and the men
were undecided. On the one hand, if they
left the frame, they would incur the displeas-
ure of one whom they all liked, whom they
profoundly respected, and to whose good will
they w-ere not indifferent; on the other, if
they proceeded with the work, they would es-
tablish a precedent which might become locally
universal. Better nature and the advice of a
few level-headed ones triumphed, and they
raised the other broadside. Another instal-
ment of hot coffee brought on another strike.
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followed by more arbitration and temperance
oratory, which at last prevailed, and the roof
went up without further remonstrance. This
house was later held open as a public tavern
for several years. Xehemiah Pierce was one
of a committee of three in 1810 to take meas-
ures to prevent the spread of smallpo.x. This
was "A committee for superintending the
inoculation for the 'cow-pox,' " which appar-
ently was then raging. The task of this
committee was a difficult one at the time, as
vaccination was then an innovation and was
looked upon with a feeling of intense distrust.
Mr. Pierce married (first) April 14, 1794,
Clarissa, born February 15, 1772, died July
27, 1842, daughter of Dr. Jesse Williams, of
Mansfield, Connecticut, born 1737, grand-
daughter of Captain William Williams, born
1690, married a daughter of Joseph and De-
liverance (Jackson) Wilson, great-grand-
daughter of Lieutenant Isaac Jr., born 1661,
and Mlizabelh (Hyde) Williams, great-great-
granddaughter of Captain Isaac, born 1638,
and Martha (Parke) Williams, and great-
great-great-granddaughter of Sir Robert, born
1608, and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams. The
Williams family was one of the most cele-
brated in the section in which they resided.
Nchemiah and Clarissa (Williams) Pierce had
children: i. Oliver W., Iwrn April 2, 1795,
married (first) June 20, 1826, Rebecca Carl-
ton; married (second) November 10, 1855,
Mrs. Delia Morris; died January 19, 1871. 2.
Bela, sec forward. 3. Jesse, born December
4, 1798, married, CJctober 22, 1822, Catherine
Johnson: died .April 13, 1842. 4. Clarissa,
born August 8. 1801, married, April 30, 1829,
Guy Carlton: died March 10, 1842. 5. ^lilton,
born September 22, 1803, died June 10, 1827.
6. John, born November 25, 1805, married,
November 2, 1840, Chloe McLellan ; he is a
physician. 7. Daniel, born April 5, 1808, mar-
ried, April 18, 1833, Caroline Shorcy. 8.
Nehemiah. born June 10, 1810, died February
17, 1821. 9. Mary W., born June 12, 1814,
married, June ir, 1839, William Grows. Ne-
hemiah Pierce married (^ second) January 8,
1844, Nancy Ladd.
(Vni) Bela, second son and child of Nche-
miah (2) and Clarissa (Williams) Pierce,
born in Wales, Maine, January 2, 1797, died
in the same town, March 26, 1882. He was
the owner of a large farm in Monmouth,
which he cultivated with great success, and
was for some years a member of the board
of selectmen. His political affiliations were
with the Republican party. First man in
Wales to vote anti-slaverv ticket. Fic was for
many years a deacon in the Baptist church.
He married, March 27, 1822, Elizabeth, born
May 8, 1799. died January 19, 1886. daughter
of John Wilcox, of Woolwich, Maine, and
they had children: i. Clarissa W., born Feb-
ruary 7, 1823, married, June 8, 1847, William
L. Small ; had children : Charles W., Chester
W., Chester W., Frederick W. and Edward
P. 2. Charles H., see forward. 3. Elizabeth
M., born February 18, 1827, died September
15, 1831. 4. William, born April i, 1830,
married (first) August i, 1865, Jane Brown,
and had children : William B. and Edward
E. ; (second) March 19, 1878, Lena C. Al-
len; died September 12, 1879. 5. Elizabeth,
born August 20, 1832, died May 21, 1864. 6.
Edward P., born October 7, 1834, married,
June 5, 1873, Nellie F. Kenney, and has one
child : Edward E. 7. Ann ^L, born Alarch 17,
1836, married, November 30, 1871, Thomas
H. Sprague. and has children : Edward B. and
Alice P. 8. Meribah T., born F'ebruary 8,
1840.
(IX) Charles Flenry, eldest son and second
child of Bela and Elizabeth (Wilcox) Pierce,
born in Monmouth, Alaine, July 8, 1824, died
in Springvale, IMaine, January 19, 1908. He
received his education in Monmouth and was
graduated from the Monmouth .Academy, after
which he taught school for several years. His
first school duties took him to Webster, and
he received the magnificent salary of ten dol-
lars per month. He resided on the home
farm until he was about thirty-five years of
age. He abandoned teaching for photogra-
phy in i86i, estabhshing himself in Bruns-
wick, Maine, and later removing to Bath,
where he continued in the business until 1876,
when the chemicals necessary for his work
had so poisoned his system that he abandoned
this calling also. He engaged in the drug
business at North Berwick, Maine, and in
1881 removed to Springvale, where he opened
a new drug store and conducted it up to the
time of his death. For many years he was
president and superintendent of the Spring-
vale Water Company, the success of which
undertaking was largely due to his individual
efforts : he was manager of the Western Union
Telegraph office for more than twenty-five
years; and surveyor of wood and lumber for
twenty-five years. He was a deacon of tiie
Baptist church in Rath, and a trustee of the
Cemetery Association for two years. In De-
cember, 1859. he was made a Master Mason
of Temple Lodge, Winthrop, Alaine. He
married, November 12, 1863, Sarah M.
Sprague, born at Topsham, Maine, March 9,
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1839. died at Springvale, October 24, 1903.
She was the daughter of Willis ( born at Tops-
liam, 1800, died 1867) and Mary (Foy)
Sprague. who were married in 1821. The di-
rect line of descent is as follows: Willis, Jo-
seph. James Jr., James, Samuel, William, Ed-
ward. Edward was a resident of Upaway,
Dorset county, England, and died in 1614.
William, the immigrant ancestor, was one of
three brothers who came from England in the
ship "Abigail" with Mr. Endicott in 1628.
Everett says they were the founders of the
settlement of Charlestown, and were men of
character, substance and enterprise. William
is mentioned as of Salem, ^Massachusetts, in
1629. Charles H. and Sarah ]\I. (Sprague)
Pierce had children: I. Mary Elizabeth, born
September 24, 1865. 2. Clara S., born March
8, 1867. 3. Charles S., see forward. 4. Ruth,
born July 17, 1882, died February 24, 1890.
(X) Charles Sprague, third child and only
son of Charles Henry and Sarah I\I. (Sprague )
Pierce, was born in North Berwick, Maine,
July 7, 1880. His preparatory education was
acquired in the schools at Springvale, and he
entered Hebron Academy at the fall session of
i8g6, and was graduated in 1898. He then
took a three years' course in the Massachu-
setts College of Pharmacy, at Boston, Massa-
chusetts, after which he went into the drug
business with his father, taking charge of the
business in 1905, and remaining associated
with his father until the death of the latter,
since which he has carried on the business
alone ; succeeded his father as manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. He has
always given stanch support to the principles
of the Republican party, and has served as a
member of the board of health, is trustee of
the Public Library and Riverside Cemetery
Association, and is superintendent of the
Water Works. He is a member of the Bap-
tist church, and non-commissioned officer of
Company F of the National Guard of the
State of Maine, First Regiment. He is con-
nected with the following organizations :
Member of St. Amand Commandery, No. 20,
Knights Templar, of Kennebunk. jMaine; Kora
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine ; Maine
Society Sons of the American Revolution;
New York Society Order of Patriots and
Founders ; Maine Pharmaceutical ^Association ;
several local clubs ; and is a thirty-second de-
gree Mason. Mr. Pierce married at Stone-
ham, Massachusetts, December 21, 1903, Lena
Rose, born at Stoneham. October 30, 1881,
daughter of Oliver Parker and Caroline Au-
gusta (Chase) Webber. She is a member of
the Daughters of the American Revolution,
her descent being from William Wooster, who
served in the Continental army. The children
of Mr. and x^Irs. Pierce are: i. Aubrey Roger,
born December 9, 1904. 2. Gerakline, Septem-
ber II, 1906.
This surname is of English
BENSON origin, and has been used as
long as any surname. It was
derived obviously from the name Benjamin,
in the same manner as Jackson, Robinson,
Watson and Dickson. So far as can be dis-
covered from registers, the Benson family '
were tenants of Fountains Abbey (one of the
largest and best preserved monastic edifices
in the \\'est Riding of Yorkshire, three miles
southwest of Ripon. Founded in 1132 and
completed in the sixteenth century, it pre-
sents examples of every variety of style, from
the Norman to perpendicular) and were for-
esters.
John Benson ( i ) held a toft from the ab-
bey at Swenton, by Masham, as long ago as
1348. His descendant, Sir John Benson (2),
was chaplain to Lady Scrape, of Marsham,
1480. Thomas Benson (5) was forester at
Bangor House, a forest lodge which still
exists as a farm in the township of Dacre.
The property then descended to John's eldest
son. John Benson ( 10) married Ellen Ridd,
in 1622, and died in 1649, leaving Bangor
House to his eldest son. John (11) married
Mary Yates in 1649, and died in 1706. The
line comes down to Edward White Benson,
who attained the supreme honor of the Eng-
lish Church, being made Archbishop of Can-
terbury in 1883.
"We must conclude that the Bensons were
a large and ancient family of no great pre-
tensions, living in Alasham from about 1300,
and at first within the liberty, and in the
service of the Abbey of Fountains. The Ben-
sons are a stock perhaps best described in
the words of Michael Angelo, 'Simple persons
who wore no gold on their garments.' "
(From Genealogy of Benson Family of Ban-
gor House by Arthur Christopher Benson,
M. A., son of Edward White Benson.)
(I) John Benson, immigrant ancestor of
the American family of Benson, was born
in England, doubtless at Coversham, Oxford-
shire, whence he came in 1638 in the ship
"Confidence," to Boston. He gave his age at
that time as thirty, indicating that he was
born in 1608. He settled in Hingham, Mas-
sachusetts, where he had his first grant of
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land in 1638. He marrieil Mary .
Children: i. John, mentioned below. 2.
Mary, came with her parents.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) Benson,
was born in England, about 1630. He settled
at Hingham and Hull, Massachusetts. Chil-
dren: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Joseph,
married Prince; (second) Mary Cur-
tis, of Scituate; (third) Alice Pickets, daugh-
ter of Nathan, of Scituate ; John Benson, of
Bridgewatcr, was doubtless his son.
l_III) John (3), son of John (2) Benson,
was born about 1660. He settled in Roches-
ter, Massacliusetts, and married Elizabeth
. Children, born in Rochester: i.
Mary, March 10, 1689. 2. Sarah, July 15,
1690. 3. Ebenezer, March 16, 1693. 4. John,
July 10, 1696, settled perhaps at Newport.
Rhode Island. 5. Joseph, March 16, 1697.
6. Benjamin (twin), March 16, 1697, mar-
ried, March 17, 1714-15, Elizabeth Bryant, of
Plympton. 7. Bennett, September 10, 1698.
8. Martha. March 5, 1703. 9. Joshua, Jan-
uary 29, 1705. mentioned below. 10. Caleb
(twin), born January 29, 1705. 11. Samuel,
March 22, 1707, removed to Wareham, thence
to Middleborough ; married, November 21,
1728, at Plympton, Kcziah Barrows; (second)
in 1769, Agnes Tinkham, born 1721, who
married (first) Joseph Tinkham and (third)
Mackfun, or Ma.xwell ; was a member
of the Middleborough church early. Several
of this family settled in Wareham and Middle-
borough. Ebenezer joined the Wareham
church, -April 17, 1743, and children of Eben-
ezer and his wife Joanna Benson were bap-
tized at Wareham, May 22, 1743. viz.: Elisha,
Joanna, Benjamin, Thankful. The wife Jo-
anna died March 12, 1769. Ebenezer died
July 16, 1767. Samuel and Keziah were at
Wareham ; Samuel was baptized May 30. 1742,
Keziah. January 24, 1841-42: their children,
baptized at Wareham : Consider, John, Pa-
tience, Lydia. Jemima, Kcziah, baptized ^larch
31, 1745, Faith. Hope. His widow Keziah
married Adonijah Muxom, and was admitted
to the Sharon church, November 11, 1744.
Joseph Benson and Joseph Jr. lived also at
Wareham.
(IV) Joshua, son of John (3) Benson, was
born at Rochester, January 29, 1705. He re-
moved to Wareham and Middleborough. His
son Joshua is called Jr. some years after his
marriage. Children: i. Ichabod. mentioned
below. 2. Joshua Jr., born .August 7, 1746.
married Sarah Ellis; was lieutenant in the
revolution from ^Middleborough. 3. Eliza-
beth, July 4, 1749. 4. Consider, was lieutenant
in revolution from Middleborough ; resided
near the Methodist church. South Middle-
borough, and was one of the donors of the
cemetery there in 1768. 5. Isaac, in revolu-
tion from Middleborough, Colonel Theopliilus
Cotton's regiment, 1775.
(V) Ichabod, son of Joshua Benson, was
born in Middleborough about 1740. He mar-
ried (intention June 29, 1776) Mrs. Abigail
Griffith, of Middleborough. He was a soldier
in the revolution, in Captain William Shaw's
company (first Middleborough), .April 19,
1775, and marched to Marshfield; also in Cap-
tain Philip Amidon's company. Colonel Dean's
regiment, 1781, at Rhode Island; he is also
credited with service from Alendon, Massa-
chusetts, in Captain Reuben Davis' company.
Colonel Luke Drury's regiment, 1781. He
died at Livermore, Maine, in 1833. and is
buried there. Other soldiers of the family in
the revolution were Joshua Jr., John, Roland,.
Isaac, Asa, and Aquila, of Middleborough.
Although a record of the birth of Ichabod
Benson cannot be found, it appears to be cer-
tain that he was the son of Joshua, for we
find three gravestones standing in a field now
owned by a Mr. Cushing, in Wareham, Mas-
sachusetts. One marks the grave- of a boy
named Morrison, and one bears the inscrip-
tion of "Polly" six years old, daughter of
Ichabod and Abigail Benson. The other
stone bears the following inscription : "'In
memory of Joshua Benson who died October,
ye 9, 1781 in the 78 year of his age."
"Death is a debt to Nature due,
Which I have paid and so must you."
The age given at death is not correct, if the
date of birth given above is correct, but an
error of one or two years would not be im-
possible in those early days of imperfect rec-
ords.
After the revolution. Ichabod removed to
Bakcrstown. Maine, of which he was one of
the pioneer settlers. When the town of Poland
was incorporated he was elected moderator of
the first town meeting, August 21, 1799. This
town was later divided into Minot and Poland,
and September 21, 1801, he was elected repre-
sentative of the town to negotiate with the
of the town into IMiiiot and Poland. He was
general court of Massachusetts for the divisio-
a farmer and prominent citizen. July 5, 1805,
he was chosen a member of the committee
which built the first Minot Centre Meeting
House. His children : i. Sarah E. 2. Betsey.
3. Ichabod Jr. 4. .Stephen, mentioned below.
5. Clarissa, married William Swett, of Otis-
field, Maine, later lived at Portland, Maine.
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6. Wealthy, married, August 5. 1805, Dr. I'.on-
jamin Chandler. 7. Joshua, lived in Roxhury.
Massachusetts. Although twice married, he
left no children. He acquired a large prop-
erty and at his death owned a large amount
of real estate in Roxhury. His will, dated
September 14, 1874, after making numerous
bequests and providing annuities for his widow
and sister, Sarah E. Holmes, of Lewiston
(widow of Ezekiel Holmes, AI. D.), during
their lifetime, gave all the real estate and
residue of his estate to Bates College, Lewis-
ton, Maine, section eight of the will being as
follows: "All the rest, residue and remainder
of my estate however described or wherever
situated I give, devise and bequeath to the
Bates College of Lewiston in the State of
Maine subject to the conditions that the said
College shall provide the means of a college
education in the said Bates College to all such
male lineal descendants of my late father
Ichabod Benson as are of suitable age, and
are in suitable mental condition to receive and
profit by the same, who are known to said
College, or who may apply for the benefit of
this provision of mj' will for the term of sev-
enty-five years, and it is my will and I do
hereby direct that the surplus which may be
paid to said College by my executors under
the provision of this will be appropriated by
said College for the education of the said
male descendants of said Ichabod Benson in
the same manner and for the same time as
hereintofore provided with respect to the
residuary estate." The property which by
the article of the will above quoted is located
in the Roxbury district of the city of Boston,
and since the death of the testator, w-hich oc-
curred a few years after the date of the will,
has become enhanced in value. Before the
termination of flie seventy-five years of the
trust, it is probable that the estate, together
with the surplus that is annually paid to the
College and the accumulations thereof, will
reach a very large sum, a very small amount
having been used to pay the expenses of edu-
cating beneficiaries up to the present time
(January, 1909).
Dr. Peleg Benson, born at Middleboro,
1766, removed to W'inthrop, Maine; married
Polly Page, died at W'inthrop. 1848. His son,
Samuel P. Benson, born at Winthrop, 1825,
graduated from Bowdoin College, studied law,
and practiced at Winthrop; member of state
legislature 1834 and 1836; secretary of state
of Maine, 1838-41 ; elected to thirty-third
congress as a Whig; re-elected to thirty-
fourth congress as a Republican. After his
retirement from congress he resumed the prac-
tice of law, and was appointed one of the
overseers of Bowdoin College ; died at Yar-
mouth, Maine, August 12, 1876.
(\T) Stephen, son of Ichabod and Abigail
Benson, was born at Middleboro, Massachu-
setts, June 8, 1777, where he lived until after
the close of the revolutionary war. Ichabod
Benson and family, including Stephen, moved
from Middleboro, Massachusetts, to Bakers-
town, Maine, soon after peace was established.
Rev. Jonathan Scott (records December 2,
1800, at Poland) married Stephen Benson and
Rebekah Cummings, both of Poland. Soon
after his marriage he moved to the town of
Otisfield, and from there to Livermore; later
to Buckfield ; from Buckfield he moved to
Waterville, in 1834, and located in the west
part of the town, where for many years he
kept a public house called "Benson's Tavern,"
v.'hich was the station for the Bangor and
Portland stages. At that time all hotels kept
a bar or tap-room where liquors w^ere sold,
but for many years no liquors were dispersed
at the Benson House. i\Ir. Benson also owned
a large farm which he managed successfully.
He was deeply interested in the Baptist church
and all public affairs of the towns. His death
occurred at the hotel, August 29, 1852, and
Rebekah, his wife, died at the same place, De-
cember 14, 1854. Both are buried in the
cemetery at Oakland, Maine. Children of
Stephen and Rebekah Benson :
1. Seth Ellis, born November 30, 1801, see
forward.
2. Rebecca, born at Poland, Maine, Octo-
ber 29, 1803, died at Turner, Maine, October
6, 1874. Alarried Isaac Teague, of Turner;
children : i. Benjamin Franklin, born at Tur-
ner, married Louisa Holmes, of Turner, and
died at Auburn, IMaine ; children : Arthur A.,
born October 4, 1853 ; Ada, born June 14,
1862; Edith, ii. Isaac Newton, born in Turner,
June 2, 1835, married, January i, 1856, Han-
nah B. Jones, of Turner; died at Lewiston,
Maine, August 4, 1867; children: William H.,
born October 6, 1857, married, July 11, 1876,
Carrie F. Wormwood ; Ella Alay, born Lewis-
ton, January 28, 1862, married, November 14,
1882, George H. Hale and they have a son,
John T., born Lewiston, June 14, 1890.
3. Sewall, born at Poland, November 19,
1806, died at San Francisco, October 7, 1874;
married ■ ; child, Ellen, married William
B. Story, and their children were : William
B. ; Frank ; Grace, married Frank Nash ; Al-
bert, married Zillie Hayford, January i, 1887.
4. Benjamin Chandler, born at Poland, Feb-
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ruary 17, 1809, died at Oakland, October 8,
1894; when a boy he lived with his uncle, Dr.
lienjamin Chandler, in Hebron, where he was
educated. Later he lived at Oakland, where
he was engaged in the manufacture of car-
riages and sleighs for many years. He was
selectman, representative tO the legislature,
active in church work, and president of Oak-
land National Bank. He married, in 1837,
Lucy D. Hitchings, of W'aterville, born June
9. 1802, died March 23, 1879. Children: i.
Eliza, born November 2, 1839, died June 5,
1906; married Marcus M. iiartlett; child,
Alice May, born June, 1864, died 1896. ii.
Elizabeth Cummings, born March 15, 1842,
married, June 9, 1857, Albert A. Parker; chil-
dren: Carrie Eva, died February 4, 1909;
married, October 25, 1882, Walter H. Davis
and they have a son, Alyron M., born at Au-
gusta, July 12, 1 886,; Fred Chandler, born
October 25, 1862, married, September 6, 1891,
Clara Hilton,, and they have a son, Alton A.,
born June 16, 1893; ^lyon A., born Septem-
ber 12, 1865. iii. Annie M., born Oakland,
August 4, 1846, married, June 28, 1871, Emu-
lus N. Small, and they have a son, Dean Ben-
son, born April 8, 1879, married, June 27,
1907, Alice l>. Bassett. iv. Mary Kimball,
l)orn Oakland, January 13, 1850, died June 3,
1902; married, June 10, 1871, William K.
I'inkham, who died February 7, 1902. v.
Alice Hitchings, born June ii, 1854, married,
October 16, 1878, Chester E. A. Winslow, and
they have one son, Arthur Eugene, born No-
vember 13, 1884, graduated from Dartmouth
College, 1906, married, February 3, 1909,
Elizabeth Tyrrell Stobie.
5. Russell Cummings, born at Poland, De-
cember 2, 181 1, died at Oakland, August 10,
1887; lived at Oakland, Maine, and was a
very devout Christian, and deacon of the Bap-
tist church. He was an expert tempcrer of
axes, also carried on a farm. Married, De-
cember I, 1836, Abigail S. Dunbar, of Sharon,
Massachusetts, born January 31, 181 5. Chil-
dren : i. Adelaide, born at Sharon, Massachu-
setts, November 20, 1839, married, December
15, 1858, Ephraim Sawyer; children: Edmund
J., born January 18, i860, died September 7,
1867, and Elizabeth Agnes, born June 23,
1869, married, September 20, 1899, George E.
Martin, of Somerville, Massachusetts, and they
have one son, Russell Saw^yer, born in Boston,
April 26, 1904. ii. George Tyler, born April
17, 1841, educated in public schools at Oak-,
land ; learned trade of carriage ironer ; en-
listed April 30. 1861, in Company G, Third
Maine Infantry, Captain F. S. Hazeltine, and
Colonel Oliver O. Howard plater General
Howard), assigned to Army of Potomac, was
at battle of P^irst Bull Run, Williamsburg,
Seven days fight near Richmond, Malvern Hill,
Second Bull Run, Chantilly, besides various
minor engagements ; honorably discharged De-
cember 7, 1862, on account of physical dis-
ability, and was unable to do any work for
four years. He w-as made postmaster at Oak-
land by President Garfield, and served effi-
ciently for six years. Married, December 16,
1869, Susan E. Pollard, of Waterville; chil-
dren : Louise May, born at Waterville, No-
vember 20, 1872; Ellen Shaw, born at Oak-
land, October 15, 1874, married, September 4,
1895, Herbert L. Wilbur, son of L. K. Wil-
bur, of Easton, Massachusetts; children: Her-
bert Hudson, born Oakland, January 22, 1901,
John Benson, Oakland, July 25, 1904, Eliza-
beth, Geneva, New York, March 4, 1906. iii.
Herbert Alonzo, born August 14, 1843, died
January 22, 1909; married, December 14,
1867, Sabra P. Townsend, of Oakland; chil-
dren: Oral T., born October 24, 1868, mar-
ried, April 7, i8g6, Nellie Gallagher, and Ruel
Allan, born y\pril 7, 1877. 'v- Martha W.,
born Oakland, married, June 3, 1873, Frank
Sawtelle ; children : Fred W., born June 4,
1877, married, September 24, 1900, Greta
Bigelow, of Winthrop, Maine, and their chil-
dren are: Ralfe B., born July 22, 1902, Ben-
son S., October 2, 1905, Charles K., May 8,
1907; Ina C, born March 14, 1880, married,
December 25, 1900, James W. Eastman, of
Fryeburg, Maine; children: Clili'ord, born
February 25, 1902, Harold T., January 23,
1904, Robert D., December 21, 1905. v. Sarah,
born 1852. vi. Edward Curtis, born 1854,
died March 21. 1888; married, November 25,
1875, Carrie E. Blake; children: John Will-
iam, born January 10, 1877, married, Septem-
ber 27, 1905. Maude Isabelle Foss, of Wayne;
Alice A., born September 17, 1878, married,
September 17, 1896, George H. Blaisdell, and
their children were : Edward Russell, born
October 3, 1898, Helen Cora, November 15,
1899, Arthur Herbert, December 30, 1901 ;
Leon C, born April 11, 1881. He married
(second) July 15, 1900, Hattie McClure
Brown, vii. Cora Louise, born at Oakland,
married, August 17, 1875, Charles H. Benja-
min; children: Marion, born October 9, 1881,
Barbara, April 17, 1890, Harold, March 18,
1892, died October 21, 1896.
6. Albert, born at Livermore, October 30,
1817, died at Boston, Massachusetts, October
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13, 1847, leaving a widow, Anna L. (White)
Benson. He was the first ticket agent at Bos-
ton of the Boston & Maine railroad.
7. George Burder, born at Buckfield, May
26, 1824, died at Oakland, June 16, igoo. He
lived at Buckfield until ten years of age, then
moved to Waterville and practically spent all
his life there. He lived in the western part
of the town which was later set off and called
West Waterville, and subsequently changed to
Oakland. He married, August 14, 1849, E^'
vira M. Conforth, daughter of Colonel Robin-
son and Rosetta (Young) Conforth, and
granddaughter of Robert Conforth, who came
from England and settled first at Readfield in
■I 797. where he built a woolen mill which he
operated for several years; he also built for
himself a brick house, the first to be built in
the town ; the house is now standing and oc-
cupied ; he later moved to Rhode Island, where
he died. Colonel Robinson Conforth owned
a carding mill at Oakland, which he operated,
but later sold it and moved to the town of
Springfield, Penobscot county, where he
cleared a farm and lived on it until his death
in 1871. George B. and Elvira M. Benson
•celebrated the fiftieth anniversary o^iheir mar-
riage, August 14, 1899, at Oakland, and all
their five children and many grandchildren
were present. Children: i. Albert White,
born June 23, 1850, educated in public schools
at Oakland, went to Bangor and was em-
ployed at Maine Central railroad station as
telegraph operator ; was appointed ticket agent
.in 1870 and has held the position since that
time. Married, January i, 1875, Sarah Gil-
man Smith, daughter of Oilman P. Smith, of
Bangor. Children : Kate Lillian, born No-
vember 20, 1875, married, September 4, 1899,
Frank Holbrook Davis, of Bangor, and their
■children are: Plelen i\Iaud, born May 10,
1900, and Albert Benson, September 25, 1903;
Frank Smith, born November 17, 1878, mar-
ried, November 19, 1908, Edith F. Libby, of
Auburn ; Hazel Marguerite, born December
23, 1885-.
Charles Cummings, born at
Wayne, Maine, March i, 1852, educated in
public schools at C)akland; in 1869 he was
employed as messenger at the Western Union
Telegraph office in Lewiston, where he learned
to be a telegraph operator, and was manager of
the Lewiston office 1870 to 1872, when he
went to Bangor for a few months as Asso-
ciated Press operator. In 1873 went to Bur-
lington, Iowa, where he was manager of the
Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company's office.
On account of illness, he returned to Maine in
1874 and was appointed agent of the Maine
Central railroad at Lewiston in 1876, where
he remained until 1898, when he was elected
city treasurer of Lewiston, receiving the un-
usual compliment of the unanimous vote of
the city council. He served for several years
as a member of the Republican city committee
of Lewiston, was chairman of the committee
in 1890-91-92; member of the Republican
state committee of Maine representing Andro-
scoggin county for four years ; member of
Lewiston city council in 1889, alderman, 1890-
91, and water commissioner, 1893-99. Since
retiring from the office of city treasurer, Mr.
Benson has been engaged in the banking busi-
ness in Lewiston. iii. Rosetta C, born at
Oakland, June 27, 1865, educated in public
schools of the town and at Waterville Classi-
cal Institute. She married, August 26, 1874,
Frederick H. White, of Boston, son of Alfred
and Eunice (Allen) White, of Topsham,
Maine. After residing in Boston one year,
removed to Lewiston, Maine. Children : Al-
fred Benson, born at Lewiston. February 25,
1876, attended the public schools, entered
Bowdoin College, graduating in the class of
1898, and from Harvard Law School in 1901,
and has since been enga'ged in his chosen
profession in Boston and New York ; Saint
John, born June 24, 1879, who in early youth
displayed marked evidence of the rare gifts
which he possessed, having a spiritual, artistic
and poetic temperament that found primary
expression in music, of which he was pas-
sionately fond and to which he devoted un-
tiring energy. Before reaching his teens grave
shadows of disease appeared, but so insidious
was its development that before it was fairly
recognized by attending physicians it was be-
yond control. After a most valiant and heroic
struggle for health, the life that was so sweet,
promising and happy was peacefully and
cheerfully surrendered on March 3, 1899. Mrs.
Rosetta C. White is well and favorably known
from her active and prominent work with
women's clubs. Deeply interested in educa-
tional, social and civic movements, she was
a pioneer in the service. She has served
the local, district, state and national federa-
tions with credit and success. In 1907 she
was elected state president of the Maine Fed- •
eration of Women's Clubs, filling the office for
two consecutive years. Li^nder her adminis-
tration the scope of the organization was
broadened and intensified. Although promi-
nent, she is retiring and womanly. To her
the home is of first importance, and she ad-
vocates club work as a help and inspiration
to the home life. While not professional, she
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STATE OF MAINE.
has literary taste and ability, many of her
addresses, sketches and poems have received
honorable mention, iv. Harry Robinson, born
at Oakland, Maine, July 9, 1859, and received
his education in the public schools of that
town. He married, November li, 1885, in
Lewiston, Sarah C. Allen, born at East Au-
burn. August 13. 1864, and has since lived
in Winthrop, where he was station agent for
more than twentv years. Children: Susan
Marie, born March 16, 1887; Edith Mae,
April 3. i888: Charles Willard, May 9, 1889;
Fred Greely, February 19. 1892; Clyde Allen,
August 23,' 1896; Mildred Emily, September
12, 1897: Bessie Louise, August 29, 1898. v.
Willard. born at Oakland. Maine, May 7, 1867,
educated in public schools of Oakland, lived in
Bangor and Bar Harbor several years, where
he was in the employ of the Maine Central
Railroad Company : later entered the service of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad and was the
representative of that company in Boston for
several years ; subsequently engaged in the life
insurance business. He married, March i,
1899, in Boston, Dorothy Magoon, daughter
of James D. and Hannah (Wood) Magoon,
of Providence, Rhode Island, and now resides
at Waban, Massachusetts.
(VH) Seth Ellis, oldest son of Stephen
Benson, was born at Otisfield, Maine, No-
vember 30, 1 801, died at Bangor, November
24. 1870. He married Eleanor Grace Deane,
of Portland, and lived in Boston for several
years, later moving to Bangor. He was for
many years prominent in business circles of
Bangor, taking especial interest in the public
schools and all public affairs. He was active
in church work, and like all the Bcnsons, a
Baptist. Children: i. Seth Ellis, born in Bos-
ton, January 4, 1828, died October, 1903; mar-
ried Hannah Elizabeth Hall, of Rockland,
Maine : he lived in Melrose, Massachusetts,
for many years, where he was a prominent
citizen. 2. Sarah Ellen, born in I'oston, Octo-
ber 28, 1830, died in Lancaster, New Hamp-
shire, May 9. 1897; married. March 9, 1852,
Frederick Elias Shaw; children: i. Mary Ella,
born September 3, 1854, married, June 8,
1875, Daniel Stone Page, of Maiden, Massa-
chusetts ; children : Ethel Montgomery, born
.•\pril 2. 1876. married, September 19, 1907,
Henry Scldcn Johnston; Marguerite Cutter,
born June 26. 1879. married. April 15. 1904,
Walter Albert Hcrsey, and they have two
children: Winthrop Page, born March 15,
1906, and Francis Prescott, born December i,
1907; Bertha Benson, born December 21, 1882 ;
Dorothea Shaw, born April 30, 1889; Donald
Shaplcigh, born June 21, 1893. ii. Nellie Ben-
son, born June 11, 1856, died February 7,
1905. iii. Elizabeth Phillips, born November
25, 1857, married, December 2, 1881, Walter
H. Lynch ; child, Lawrence Deane, born De-
cember 14, 1899. iv. Harriet Emerson, born
September 26, 1859, married June 2, 1882,
Dr. J. W. Whidden; child, Harold Franklin,
bom November 10, 1884. v. Annie Deane,
born October 4, 1861, married, October 23,
1883, W'ilbur F. Burns ; child. Hazel Deane,
born December 27, 1884. 3. George Henry,
born in Boston, December 28, 1833, <i's^ ^t
Pensacola, Florida, in 1863, while serving in
the United States army. 4. Mary Eliza, born
at Boston, December 20, 1835, "J'^d at Bangor,
October 4, 1880; married, June 13, 1867,
George Savery, of Bangor. 5. Benjamin
Chandler, born at Bangor, November 15, 1838,
died at Georgetown, D. C, September 5, 1862,
in service of his country. 6. Annie Rebecca,
born at Bangor, June 27, 1841, died there
October 9, 1878; married, December 25, 1867,
Edwin Houston, of Bangor. 7. Stephen Deane,
born at Lincoln, Alaine, February 3, 1844,
educated m public schools of Bangor, enlisted
in Company A, Second Maine Infantry, also
served in Company A, Thirty-first Alaine In-
fantry, wounded twice at battle of Fredericks-
burg, also twice at Spottsylvania, and left the
service with rank of first lieutenant. Mar-
ried. January 5, 1871, at Bangor, Adelia Eve-
lyn Pendleton, and he has since resided there.
Children : i. Harry Deane, born at Bangor,
September 13. 1S72, married. June 26, 1901,
Susan E. McCann ; child, Henry Deane, born
at Bangor, October 9, 1906. ii. Bessie Pendle-
ton, born at Bangor, July 7, 1882. 8. Charles
Russell, born at Bangor, October 14, 1846,
married (first) Martha Godfrey; (second)
Sarah Nickerson, of Boston; (third) Georgia
Kimball, of Boston. 9. William Francis, born
at Bangor, February 21, 185 1, died February
24, 1851.
In August, 1907, thirty or more of the de-
scendants of Stephen and Rebekah Benson met
at Blake"s Island in Lake Messalonskee, Oak-
land, and before leaving the island organized
the Stephen Benson Association, the object
being to hold annual meetings at that place
in future years. George T. Benson was elected
president and Alice H. Winslow secretary-
treasurer. This association has met every
year since at the same place in the month of
August with increased interest and larger at-
tendance.
STATE OF MAINE.
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Philip Stanwood first ap-
STANWOOD pears in New England his-
tory in the town of
Gloucester, on Cape Ann, in 1652, and in the
records is frequently mentioned as Goodman,
thus indicating the certain distinction in social
position which was accorded him. He was
fence viewer in 1654 and afterward, select-
man in 1658 and four times afterward. He
died August 7, 1672, and his witlow Jane
afterward married John Pearce. Philip and
Jane Stanwood had children : Philip, John,
Mary, Jane, Samwell (Samuel), Jonathan,
Naomi. Ruth and Hannah.
(H) Jonathan, son of Philip and Jane
Stanwood, was born in Gloucester, Massachu-
setts, March 29, 1661. Little is known of his
life except that he lived to attain the age of
eighty-four years, and died in 1745, leaving
real and personal property of the appraised
value of about two hundred pounds. He mar-
ried, December 2"]^ 1688. Mary Nichols, of
West Amesbury. Children: i. Jonathan, born
December 6, 1689, died April 27, 1693. 2.
Thomas, born April 5, 1692, died February 6,
1715. 3. Rachel, born August 14, 1694, died
November 25, 1695. 4. Jonathan, born Sep-
tember 27, 1696. 5. Ebenezer, born June 5,
1699 (see post). 6. David, born March 12,
1702. 7. Nehemiah, November 15, 1704. 8.
Benoni, born February 29, 1707. 9. Patience,
twin with Benoni, born February 29, 1707.
10. Mary, September 17, 1709. 11. James,
December 6, 1713.
(HI) Ebenezer, son of Jonathan and Mary
(Nichols) Stanwood, was born in Gloucester,
June 5, 1699, and was progenitor of the Ips-
wich branch of the family. Evidently he
was a man of considerable enterprise, for at
the time of his death his estate inventoried at
two hundred and thirty-five pounds, a part of
his property consisting of fishing craft and
boats. The Gloucester records mention that
"Ebenezer Stanwood, aged year. Dyed
Sept. 9, 1727." His wife was Hannah War-
ner, the intentions of their marriage being
recorded October 26, 1723. Children: i.
Ebenezer, born October 11, 1724 (see post).
2. William, July 18, 1726. 3. Anna, Decem-
ber 24, 1727, about three months after the
death of her father.
(IV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i)
and Hannah (Warner) Stanwood, was born
in Ipswich, Massachusetts, October 11, 1724,
and died there December 29, 1798. Accord-
ing to a deed recorded in Salem, he was a
peruke-maker, and this trade he taught his
eldest son William, who afterward engaged
in the same business in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. He married (intentions) January
II, 1744, Sarah Wilcomb, of Ipswich, daugh-
ter of William and Charity (Dod) Wilcomb.
Her father was a fisherman, born on the Isle
of Shoals, but was brought to Ipswich when
very young and was placed under the guard-
ianship of Henry Spiller. In 1765 Ebenezer
Stanwood's land in Ipswich, on which his
house stood, lay adjoining lands of John Pin-
dar and ^Ir. Dummer Jewett. His wife Sarah,
mother of all of his children, died, about 1760,
for on April 15 of the same year an Ebenezer
Stanwood, supposed to have been the same,
married ilrs. Thankful Smith. She died July
9, 1787. Children: i. William, baptized No-
vember 2, 1746. 2. Ebenezer, baptized De-
cember 2"/. 1747; a soldier of the revolution.
3. John, born 1750. 4. Sarah, baptized Jan-
uary 12, 1752, died April 19, 1816. 5. Isaac,
born May 2, 1755 (see post). 6. Nathaniel,
August 16, 1757. 7. Stephen, September 20,
(\ ) Captain Isaac, son of Ebenezer (2)
and Sarah (Wilcomb) Stanwood. was born
in Ipswich. May 2, 1755, and died December
15, 1821. On January 24, 1775, he was en-
rolled among the Ipswich minutemen, and
marched as a private in Captain Nathaniel
Wade's company on the occasion of the alarm
at Lexington, April 19, 1775. On the follow-
ing day the company was ordered to Salem,
thence to Ipswich, and from there to Cam-
bridge. He remained in the service until May
10, 1775. In business life Captain Stanwood
was a trader, and apparently had much to do
with business matters in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, where iiis brother William was
settled. On October 16, 1778, the provincial
authorities gave orders to the maritime office
"to clear out Isaac Stanwood for Ipswich,
with one hundred bushels of corn." He was
blind before he died, with cataracts on both
eyes. He lived in a house which was still
standing in 1898, on what now is Green street,
Ipswich, but which then was known as Green
lane. Captain Stanwood married, February
26, 1778, Eunice, daughter of John Hodgkins,
of Ipswich, who gave to his son-in-law a fam-
ily Bible which, with its entries of Captain
Stanwood's own handwriting, is now in pos-
session of one of the Stanwood descendants.
Children: i. Abraham Hodgkins, born July
31. 1779, died aged thirty years. 2. Elizabeth,
born September 29, 1781 ; married David
Woodbury, of Wenham. 3. Isaac, born Sep-
tember 21, 1783. 4. Jacob, born December
15, 1785 (see post). 5. Eunice, born May 28,
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STATE OF MAINE.
1788; married July 30. 1810. Captain John
Caldwell. 5. Sarah, born June 26, 1790. 6.
Hannah, born .August 6, 1793; married Octo-
ber 22, 1818, James Brown Dodge. 7. John,
born July 24, 1796, died August 28, 1802. 8.
Ebenezer, born November 8, 1799, died .Au-
gust 20, 1817. 9. Joseph, born September 4,
1 80 1, died October 24, 1802.
(\T) Jacob, son of Captain Isaac and Eu-
nice (Hodgkinsj Stanwood, was born in Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, December 15, 1785, and
died in .Augusta, Maine, suddenly, with an
aflfection of the heart, January 20, 1845. He
removed with his family to -Augusta in 1822,
and was a wool merchant there, first in part-
nership with Benjamin Davis, and afterward
with Judge Emmons. He married (first) Oc-
tober 2^. 1808, Susan Lord, who died No-
vember II, 1811; (second) Sally, daughter of
Captain Ebenezer Caldwell, and sister of his
brother Isaac's wife, who was Joanna Cald-
well. Children: i. John Joseph, born April
I, 1809; changed his name in 1831 to John
Lord StanW'Ood. 2. Jacob, born December
7, 1810. 3. Susan Lord, born September 15,
1813, died at Augusta, Maine, December 28,
1889; was for many years a member of the
family of James G. Blaine. 4. Caroline, born
October 19, 1815. 5. Nathan Davis, born
October 18, 1817; married Emily S.„ Barrell,
and their daughter Edith L. (Stanwood)
Goodwin, married, June 11, 1893, General
Russell Benjamin Shepherd (see Shepherd).
6. Sarah. 7. Eben Caldwell, born August 27,
1822, in .Augusta. 8. Abby L.,. married a Mr.
Marble. 9. Harriet, married at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, in 1851, James Gille.spie Blaine.
10. Emily, married Daniel S. Stinson, of Au-
gusta.
Philip Adams, immigrant ances-
ADAMS tor, was born in England. He
settled first in Braintrec, Massa-
chusetts, where Henry Adams, believed to be?
his brother, settled early. Henrv was progen- '
iter of President John .Adams, Governor Sam-
uel Adams and many other distinguished men.
Philip Adams settled before 1653 in York,
Maine. He bought of Edward Godfrey forty
acres of land on the west branch of the
Agamenticus river, May 10, 1653. He had a
son Thomas, mentioned below.
(II) Thomas, son of Philip .Adams, was
born at York about 1650 and died about 1732
in York. He had a grant from the town of
York, March 12, 1678, of forty acres on the
south side of the York river.' He married
Hannah Parker, daughter of John Parker Sr.
He was a prominent citizen and owned much-
land. He deeded twenty acres to Peter Now-
ell, marsh land northeast of the creek, fomi-
erly called Hall's, January 27, 1710-11; also
fifty acres to his son Samuel southwest of the
York river, November 15, 171 1. He bought
twenty-four acres southwest of the road to
York corn mills June 3, 1708, of Joseph Simp-
son. His other sons are named in various-
deeds. He made a deed of gift to Thomas
and Hezekiah as late as 1732. Children: i.
Thomas Jr., married Sarah . 2. Heze-
kiah, born before 1785. 3. Philip, married
Elizabeth (York Deeds xv fol. 95).
4. Nathan, married Hannah . 5. Sam-
uel, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, married
John Sedgeley (A'ork Deeds, 1732).
(Ill) Samuel, son of Thomas Adams, was
born in A'ork, Maine, about 1700. He was a
maltster by trade. Pie and his brother Nathan
divided land owned in common at York, July
7, 1722.
(V) Samuel, grandson of Samuel Adams,,
was born in 1757 at Cape Elizabeth, Maine,
and died in 1840, aged eighty-three. He was
an early settler of Bowdoin. He was a sol-
dier in the revolution and served in Captain
Nehemiah Curtis' company. Colonel Jonathan
Mitchell's regiment ( Second Cumberland
county) in 1777, and in Captain George
White's company. Colonel Benjamin Tupper's
regiment, in 1779, discharged January 3, 1780.
(V) Moses, brother of Samuel Adams, was
born in Bowdoinham in 1769 and died in
1855. Pie settled in Farmington and cleared
for his farm the land where the county court
house now stands. From Farmington he went
to Temple, Maine, and finally to Wilton,
Maine, where he located on a farm between
W'ilton and East Wilton and lived until his
death. He was a well-to-do farmer and useful
citizen. He married Martha Kinney. (See
Farmington History.) Children: i. Moses.
2. John, married Pliebe Charles and had son
Elbridge G., of Wilton. 3. Jephtha, born at
Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc county, 1796, was in
the war of 1812; son Josiah G. Adams, of Wil-
ton. 4. Jewett. 5. Samuel. 6. Thomas. 7.
Dennis. 8. James. 9. Charles K., mentioned
below. 10. Alonzo. 11. Martha. Two other
daughters.
(VI) Charles K.. son of Moses Adams, was
born in Wilton, Maine, December 31, 1814,
died September. 1868. He was educated in
the public schools of his native town and at
Belgrade Academy. Pie worked for his father
on the farm when a boy and remained on the
homestead after he came of age. He sue-
STATE OF MAINE.
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ceeded to the estate and always lived there.
The farm consisted of one hundred and fifty
acres of land. During the later years of his
life he was a stock dealer and drover, buying
and selling extensively. He used to drive his
herds frequently to Brighton and Reading
markets in Massachusetts and was well known
among the farmers and stock raisers of Maine
and Massachusetts. He was a Republican
after that party was organized, a Whig in his
younger days, and for a few years was of the
American or Know-nothing party. He w-as
a selectman of the town of Wilton and repre-
sentative to the state legislature in 1865-66.
He was industrious and progressive, of excep-
tional ability and strict integrity. He was a
member of the Free Will Baptist church. He
married, 1838, Julia A. ]\Iiller, born at Fall
River, Massachusetts, in 1814, died of con-
sumption in i860, daughter of David and Bet-
sey (Pierce) Miller. Children: i. Charles
Xaylor, born August 3, 1840, of East Wilton,
Maine. 2. Josephine, December, 1841, died
]\Iarch, igo6; was the wTfe of Oramandal
Chaney, of East Wilton, ]\Iaine. 3. Alonzo
Bishop, mentioned below^ 4. Child, died in
infancy. 5. Abbie, died in childhood. 6. Mada-
line, died in childhood. 7. Irandas, died in
childhood. 8. Ella F., resides in Haverhill,
^Massachusetts. 9. Julia, died in childhood.
10, Frank W., resides in Nashua, New Hamp-
shire.
(VH) Dr. Alonzo Bishop, son of Charles
K. Adams, was born in Wilton, Alaine, July
8, 1843. He attended the public schools of
his native town. He enlisted in Company C,
Sixteenth Maine Regiment, August 4, 1862,
as a private. His company left Augusta for
the ffont August 19, 1862. He was with the
Maine Heavy Artillery Company after the sec-
ond battle of Bull Run, and December 13,
1862, at the battle of Fredericksburg, he was
wounded in the foot and had his leg amputa-
ted at the ankle. A second amputation w^as
performed in 1865. He was mustered out
May 20, 1863. He began the study of his
profession after the war, graduating from the
Wesleyan Seminary (Kent's Hill) in the class
of 1866, and from the Bowdoin Medical Col-
lege in 1869. He studied also under the in-
struction of Dr. Russell, of Farmington. He
was located at Strong, Maine, for three years
and a half. In March, 1873, he bought the
practice of Dr. Peaslee in Wilton, Maine, and
has been located in that tow-n since. He re-
ceived an injury in his other leg in 1906 and
retired from active practice. Dr. Adams took
high rank in his profession. He was skillful.
reliable, inspired the confidence of his patients,
and his standing a? a consulting physician was
high. He bought the Hall house on High
street in 1893 and has a well-equipped office
and operating room. He has been for many
years United States pension examiner. He
is a member of Maine Medical Association
and of the Franklin County Aledical Associa-
tion w-hile it existed. Dr. .\dams is a promi-
nent Republican. He was town treasurer three
years; census enumerator in 1870, and fre-
quently delegate to nominating conventions.
He is a member of Wilton Lodge of Free
Masons and a past master; of Franklin Chap-
ter, Royal Arch Masons, of Farmington; of
Jephtha Council, Royal and Select Masters,
of Farmington ; of Pilgrim Commandery,
Knights Templar, of Farmington; of Maine
Consistory, of Portland ; of Kora Temple,
Mystic Shrine, and has taken the thirty-second
degree in Masonry. He is also a member of
Williamson Lodge of Odd Fellows and past
noble grand. He was formerly a member of
the Order of Foresters and of the Golden
Cross. He is a member of E. W. Woodman
Post, No. 18, Grand Army of the Republic,
and has been junior vice commander of the
department, surgeon of the department and
delegate to the National Encampment. He
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He married, July 12, 1870, Mary C.
Fletcher, born December 7, 1846, daughter of
David and Sarah (Stickney) Fletcher, of Wil-
ton. Children: i. Earle, born July 21, 1875,
died April 21, 1877. 2. Lynne F., mentioned
below-.
fAIII) Lynne F.. son of Dr. Alonzo Bishop
Adams, w-as born in Wilton, Maine, March 7,
1877. He attended the public schools of his
native town, Wilton Academy and Colby Col-
lege, graduating in the class of 1899 with the
degree of A. B. Since April, 1900, he has
been engaged in the retail grocery business in
\Mlton. He married, October 9, 1901, Eliza
D. Forrest Blanchard. born at Waterville,
daughter of Captain Horatio S. and Ellen R.
(Webber) Blanchard, of Waterville, Maine.
Her father was a navigator in the United
States navy with the rank of captain. Mr.
and Mrs. Adams have one child — Earl Bishop,
born I\Iarch i, 1903, in Wilton.
Those bearing the name sub-
ADAMS joined to this sketch may boast
of the most antiquated in history,
for the common ancestor of mankind bore it
at the creation. It means literally earth, and
the father of all was named for the material
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Ill which he was formed. In Scotch tiie name
was Mac.\tlam ami by dropping the prefix it
became Adams. In Wales it was Ap Adam,
i.e., son of Adam. It has been written in
various ways : .Xddam. Addom. Addum, Adorn
and Adiini. In groping sometimes blindly
amid the musty realms of long ago, seeking
to supply the missing link that will forge the
chain of genealogical succession, we are led to
quote our beloved Whitlier:
"Lift wc the twIllBht curtains of the Past,
And, turnlDR from familiar sight and sound.
Sadly and full of reverence let us cast
A glance upon Tradition'.s shadowy ground.
Led bv the few pale llfihts which, glimmering round.
That dim. Mranse land of Eld. seen dying fast;
And thai which history gives not to the eye.
The faded coloring of Time's tapestry.
Let fancy, with her dream-tipped brush, supply."
( I ) Abraham Adams was in Falmouth,
Maine, before i6C6. for in that year he re-
ceived coveyance of an island of fifty-three
acres from his wife's mother. Mrs. Arthur
Macworth. He married the daughter of Ar-
thur Macworth, an early settler of Falmouth,
near the mouth of the Presflmpscott river, as
indeed Abraham Iiimself was, and probably
came directly from England to America. Ar-
thur Macworth arrived in this country at
Saco, Maine, in company with Richard Vines
in 1630. He married, in London, Jane, daugh-
ter of Samuel Andrews.
(II) John Adams, of Falmouth, was prob-
ably the son of Abraham and Sarah (Mac-
worth) Adams. He had a son Benjamin
who removed to Gorham, Maine, and married
Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza-
beth Frost, of Gorham.
(III) The balance of probabilities lead us
to believe that Joshua Adams was also son
of John Adams, mentioned above. lie mar-
ried (first) Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel
and Elizabeth Frost, and a sister of I5enja-
min's wife: married (second) Mrs. Hannah
Whitney Hrown, widow of Joseph Brown,
and daughter of Isaac W'hitney. Joshua
Adams lived in Gorham, on the flaggy meadow
road, and purchased. June 7, 1781, twenty-
five acres of land of Zephaniah Harding. His
death occurred before 1792. His children
were : Lucy, Joseph, Crosby, Isaac, Benja-
min, James and Hannali.
(I\') Isaac, third child and second son of
Joshua and Hannah (Whitney) (Brown)
Adams, born in Gorham, Maine, May 25,
1783, died May 20, 1858, at Unity. He was
a prominent man in the community in which
he resided, and was not only Squire Adams,
but known far and near as "Square" Adams.
His commission as justice of the peace is dated
February 19, 1801, and signed by Governor
Green. He was commissioned colonel of the
Seventh Regiment, Maine Militia, August,
1821. His commission as postmaster of
Canaan. Maine, is dated June 26, 1815. signed
by Robert Meigs Jr., secretary of state. He
removed to L'nity, Maine, and later in life to
Bangor, where he ow-ned land, one hundred
acres, deeded to him in 1807. Part of this
tract is now a populous part of Bangor. He
later in life removed to Unity, where he died.
Mr. Adams married Sybil Drew, born Octo-
ber 14, 1799, died November 22, 1865, at
Bangor. Children: i. Isaac Jr., born Octo-
ber 3f, 1819, died January 19, 1820. 2. Han-
nibal, October 21,, 1820, died July 21, 1S22.
3. Elizabeth, August 23, 1822, died March 12,
1888: married James Wyman. 4. Martha,
April 16, 1824, died January 23. 1861 ; mar-
ried Ansel Stone. 5. Catherine P., July 25,
1826. died January 14, 1828. 6. Sprague,
.December •II. 1828. died September 24, 1899.
7. Louisa P.. March 20, 1831, the only living
child of this family ; resides in Bangor, wife
of Frank Sellers. 8. Catherine, August 4,
1833. died April 18. 1875 ■ niarried James Gar-
land. 9. James, January 13, 1836, see for-
ward. 10. Hattie. February 7, 1838. died
January 7, 1844. 11. Henry. February 15,
1844, died August 15, 1866. Isaac Adams
was a Master Mason of Hallowell Lodge.
(\') Hon. James, son of Isaac and Sybil
(Drew) Adams, was born in L'nity, Maine,
January 13, 1836. A leading newspaper of the
state has this to say of him : "His early boy-
hood w-as spent on the farm and what school-
ing he obtained was from the country schools
of that day. He attended Hampden Academy
for a short time. In April, 1852, he left his
home in Unity and went to Augusta, where
he worked for two years, laying the foundation
for his later business career. September, 1854,
Mr. Adams went to Lincoln to be with his
brother, the late Sprague Adams, of that city,
who was conducting a general store there.
Five years later, in April, 1859, Mr. Adams
commenced business in Bangor with his
brother, occupying a store in Granite block.
East Market square, the firm name being S.
& J. Adams. Mr. Adams carried on the busi-
ness, as Sprague Adams was carrying on the
business in Lincoln. In 1861 Sprague Adams
came to Bangor to live and resided here until
his death a few years ago. In March, 1862,
they moved their store to Lewis block on
Main street, where the business grew to large
proportions. January, i86g, George W.
Knight was admitted to the firm and the firm
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name was changed to the S. & J. Adams &
Company. From this time on the business
kept growing steadily and the need of still
larger quarters became imperative. So the
Messrs. Ada'ms purchased the so-called I5il-
lings lot on Main street, and the handsome
granite building which still ornaments Main
street was built and occupied in January,
1872. In January, 1884, the Messrs. Adams
sold out their share in the business to Knight,
Rolfe & Emerson. Although prominent in the
business life of the city, Mr. Adams also found
time to serve the community in various pub-
lic capacities. He was a member of the city
council in 1875-76 and servetl three terms as
alderman. Mr. Adams was a member of the
water board for eighteen years, 1886 to 1903
inclusive. During his aldermanship he was
chairman of the committee which had charge
of the building of the present high school
building. Mr. Adams was a member of the
house at Augusta for two terms in 1891-93,
where he served efficiently and well, and in
1899 and 1901 as senator. He was a firm
supporter of Republican principles, and a very
influential manber of that party. Mr. Adams
was a trustee of the Hersey Fund to the First
Universalist Church of this city for more than
twenty-one years, and served in this connection
with rare fidelity. He was also a member of
the Mt. Hope Cemetery corporation, and many
of the improvements which have been made
in the past have been due to him. He was
prominently connected with the financial in-
stitutions of Bangor, and until obliged to re-
sign on account of ill health was vice-president
of the Eastern Trust & Banking Company
(since its organization) and trustee of the
Bangor Savings Bank for over a quarter of a
century. He was a past master of St. An-
drews Lodge, F. and A. M., and a member of
St. John's Commandery, K. T., taking the
degrees in 1867. Universalist in religion, as
is his wife. On February 14, 1859, he mar-
ried Addie W'hittier Sampson, of Lincoln, who
survives him. She was born December 25,
1840, the only child of Joel and Betsey (Sher-
man) Sampson, although both parents had
children by previous marriages, Joel Samp-
son was of Lubec, Maine, born September 20,
1789, died July 20, i860, Betsey Sherman
Sampson, his wife, was born iMarch 8, 1802,
died August 8, 1866. Besides his widow and
two sons, he is also survived by one sister,
Mrs. Louise Sellers, of this city. Mrs. James
Adams resides at 29 Broadway, Bangor,
Maine. Mr. Adams was an upright, square-
dealing man, of strict integrity, and had many
friends who sincerely mourned his death,
which occurred June 17, 1907. Children of
James and Addie \V. (Sampson) Adams: i.
Edward R., August n, i860. 2. Willie S.,
June 10, 1862, died June 20, 1862. 3. Charles
E., September 3, 1863, 4. Madeleine, August
6. 1873, died June 14, 1892.
(\T) Edward Roscoe, eldest son and child
of Hon. James and Addie Whittier (Samp-
son) Adams, was born in Bangor, Maine,
August II, i860. He received his education
in the schools of that city. At the age of
eighteen he entered the store of his father and
has continued in the same line of business for
thirty years. He has risen through the various
grades of service from clerk to that of treas-
urer and manager of the Adams Dry Goods
Company, the present name of the corporation,
but the same business, located in the hand-
sonic building on Main street, Bangor, erected
by S. & J. Adams in 1872. They do an ex-
clusive wholesale business in drygoods and
employ eight traveling representatives wdio
cover the states of Maine, New Hampshire
and \'ermont. Mr. Adams is a lifelong Re-
publican, but has never sought or desired pub-
lic office. He holds membership in Candes-
kcag Lodge. No. ^t,. Knights of Pythias. He
married, 1886, Florence M., born February 21,
1861, daughter of Warren and Lydia (Hilt)
Bragg, of China, Maine. Children: i. Mar-
jorie, born March 17, 1887. 2. Hazel, April
15, 1888. 3. Everett L., December 23, 1889,
4, James W,, September 26, 1892, 5. Lydia
A,, April 7, 1896,
(\T) Dr. Charles Everett, youngest son
of Hon. James and Addie Whittier (Samp-
son) Adams, was born in Bangor, Maine, Sep-
tember 3, 1863. He received a thorough pre-
paratory training in the Bangor schools, en-
tered college at seventeen, and was graduated
from Bowdoin College in 1884, from which
institution he also graduated in medicine. He
was physical director at Colby College, Water-
ville, Maine, and later at Rutger's College,
New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was
director of the gymnasium. A short time be-
fore his father died he came to Bangor, where
he has since resided. He is deeply interested
in forestry, and manages the James Adams
estate, of which he is executor. He married
Carrie A., daughter of Marshall Dyer, in 1904.
( \'T) Madeleine, onlydaughterof Hon. James
and Addie Whittier (Sampson) Adams, was
born August 6, 1873, died June 14, 1892. The
little steamer "Annie" on which she was a
passenger, returning from Hampden to Ban-
gor, was suddenly overtaken and capsized by
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a terriric wind storm. Miss .Adams was one
of the two persons who lost their lives in the
disaster. She was a young woman of beau-
tiful life and character, greatly beloved by all
who knew her. She was deeply interested in
Sunday school work and in that of the King's
Daughters.
There is a tradition among some
AD.AMS of the descendants of Robert
Adams that he was a Scotch-
man ; another that he was from the Holder-
ness in the County of York ; and still another
that he was from Devonshire, England. Those
who believe he came from Devonshire make
him a son of Robert and Elizabeth Sharlon,
or Sharland. connected with the Ap Adams
pedigree, and through that connection to have
been a cousin of Henry .■\dams, of Braintree,
the ancestor of President Adams.
( I ) Robert Adams was born in England in
1602, and with his wife. Eleanor (Wilmot)
Adams, and first two children came to Ips-
wich, in the Colony of Massachusetts Ray, in
1635. He was a tailor and resided in Salem
in 1638-39, and removed to Newbury in 1640,
and there acquired a large farm and otlier
valuable property. He died October 12, 1682,
aged eighty-one years. His will, dated New-
bury, March 7, 1681, was probated November
27, 1682. The first wife, Eleanor, died June
12, 1677; he married (second) February 6,
1678, Sarah (Glover) Short, widow of Henry
Short. She died in Newbury, October 24,
1697. The children of Robert and Eleanor
Adams were : John, Joanna, .'\braham, Eliza-
beth, Mary, Isaac. Jacob (died young), Han-
nah and Jacob.
(II) Sergeant .Abraham, third child and
second son of Robert and Eleanor (Wilmot)
Adams, was born in Salem, Massachusets, in
1639, and died in Newbury, in August, 1714.
He probably lived on his father's homestead,
which was bequeathed by Robert ( i ) to his
grandson, Robert (2), the eldest son of .Abra-
ham. He was a corporal in the militia from
1685 to 1693. and became a .sergeant in 1703.
He married, November 10, 1670, Mary, who
was born July 6, 1652, daughter of Richard
and James (Ingersoll) Pettengill. She died
September 19, 1705, aged fifty-three. Their
children were : Mary, Robert, Abraham,
Isaac. Sarah. John, Matthew. Israel, Dorothy
and Richard.
(III) Robert (2). eldest son and second
child of Sergeant Abraham and Mary (Pet-
tengill) Adams, was born in Newbury, May
12, 1674, and died February 3, 1769. He
was a yeoman and resided on the Long-Barn
farm, in Newbury. His will was made Octo-
ber I, 1765, and proved August 25, 1769. He
married, in August, 1695, Rebecca, who was
born April 27, 1674, daughter of John and
Rebecca (Noyes) Knight. They had : Abra-
ham, Rebecca, .Mary, Robert, Jacob (died
young), John, Jacob and Dorothy.
(IV) John, si.xth child and fourth son of
Robert (2) and Rebecca (Knight) Adams,
was born in Newbury, November 2, 1705, and
died between 1782 and June, 1787. He was a
farmer and shoemaker in Newbury until April,
1753. when he removed to Falmouth, Maine.
He had bought six years before (May 15,
1747) four acres of land in Falmouth on the
Presumpscott river. His will was made be-
fore February, 1776. He was the owner of
lands as is shown by deeds made by him. He
married, November 2, 1730, Elizabeth, w'ho
was born in 1706, daughter of Benjamin and
Susanna Morse, of Newbury. Their children
were : Susanna, Jane, Joshua, Moses and
Benjamin.
(V) Corporal Moses, fourth child and sec-
ond son of John and Elizabeth (^lorse)
Adams, was born in Newbury, November 5,
1737. He was a soldier of the revolution, a
corporal in Captain Samuel Noyes' company.
Colonel Plumley's (Thirty-first) regiment.
The company return, dated Fort No. 2 (prob-
ably October, 1775) states that he enlisted
May 15, 1775, and marched to headquarters
July 13, 1775. He lived at Falmouth. In a
deed dated November 30, 1813, in which he
conveys fifty acres of his homestead to his
son "Moses Jr.." he is styled "genlleman" ; in
the following month he deeds other fifty acres
of the homestead to his son Isaac. In that
conveyance he is described as "yeoman." He
married, 1761, Susanna, daughter of James
and Mary (.Adams) Merrill. Their children
were : James, Israel, Sabrina, Isaac, and
Moses, whose sketch follows.
(VI) Moses (2), youngest child of Cor-
poral Moses (i) and Susanna (Merrill)
Adams, was born in Falmouth, April 16. 1776,
and died in Decring, November 26, 1859. He
was a yeoman in Falmouth, December 3, 181 3,
when he deeded part of the ancestral home-
stead to Moses Merrill Jr. In 1831 and 1851
he was "of Portland" and lived on South
street. He married Sarah Skillings, who was
bom in 1772, and died in Portland, February
4, 1852. Of this union were born : Silas
Merrill. Moses Woodman. Martha Preble and
Mary Ann D.
(VH) Silas Merrill, eldest child of Moses
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(2) and Sarah (Skillings) Adams, was born
in Falmouth, in April, 1809. He was a ship
carpenter, a merchant and a farmer. He was
engaged in merchandizing in Portland, Maine,
1851-55, and in Boston, ^Massachusetts, in
1857. Subsequently he resided on a farm in
Deering. He married Olive Elizabeth Moul-
ton, their intentions of marriage being pub-
lished at Portland, April 5, 1834. She was
the daughter of Elias and Mary (Skilling)
Moulton : was born in Scarborough, Septem-
ber 24. 1812, and died in Deering, September
29, 1888, aged seventy-six years. One son,
George M., was born of this union ; his sketch
follows.
(Vni) George Moses, only child of Silas
M. and Olive Elizabeth (]\Ioulton) Adams,
was born in Portland, Maine, September 29,
1834. and died August 10, 1892, at Deering,
Maine, where he was a farmer. He married,
at Elmira, Illinois, December 15, 1862, Han-
nah Rosina, daughter of John and Charlotte
B. (Pratt) Adams, born in Falmouth, Maine,
August 24, 1840. Their children were : Silas
Bradley, ]\Iartha Preble. Frederick Waldemar,
Olive Charlotte. ]\Ioses Parker, Henry Charles,
George Palmer and John Howard.
(IX) Silas Bradley, eldest of the eight
children of George M. and Hannah R.
(Adams) Adams, was born in Portland, Oc-
tober 17. 1863. He attended the public schools,
and graduated from the high school in 1879,
and later attended the New Hampton Insti-
tute. He was a clerk in Portland from 1882
till 1889, when he entered the employ of
Curtis & Sons, manufacturers of chewing gum,
and worked up through the various depart-
ments of the business, with which he became
thoroughly acquainted ; and upon the death of
!Mr. Curtis in 1897 he was appointed to con-
tinue the business and manage the estate.
This he did, and January i. 1898, through his
instrumentality, the business was incorporated
under the name of the Curtis & Son Company.
Mr. Adams was made general manager and
treasurer of the company and has since filled
these offices. Under his management the fac-
tory has more than doubled its annual output
and is one of the leaders in its line in New
England. He is a member of Deering Lodge,
No. 183, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
of which he is a past masteV : a past high priest
of Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, No. 13;
Portland Council, No. 4, Royal and Select
Masters ; Portland Commandery, No. 2,
Knights Templar ; and Maine Consistory, Sub-
lime Princes of the Royal Secret, in which he
has attained the thirty-second degree. He is
also a member of Unity Lodge, No. 3, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the
Portland Club. The Adams family are Repub-
licans, and he is no exception to the rule. He
married, October 5, 1886, Aurilla Emma, who
was born in Stockton, September 17, 1864,
daughter of Captain Edwin Elias and Emma
( Dickey) Patterson. They have two children :
Eleanor \V. and Waldemar P.
.\11 of the various branches of
AD.AMS the Adams family in IMaine have
been possessed of a most won-
derful vitality. This has not only enabled them
to reach far years from their dates of birth,
but to have a quick, alert step^at eighty and
ninety years of age, and to have minds of
remarkable clearness and vigor when their
great-grandchildren were clustered about their
knees to listen to their stories of "old times."
This vitality has defied the storms of ocean
life which make so many men "old before
their time," and in what is often termed "the
monotonously wearing farm life" has found
no check or hindrance. This vitality is seen
in a marked degree in the ability to rear fam-
ilies of sturdy children often numbering twelve
and more, long years finding no vacant chair
in such homes of the parents, children and
grandchildren.
Of all Maine families this wonderful vitality
is most clearly exhibited in the branch de-
scended from the ancestor who was at York
at such an early date. Here are scores of
families numbering as high as twelve children,
and some reaching the number of fourteen,
with the parents the most active, alert and
progressive people in the towns where they
dwelt, and each child a sturdy son and daugh-
ter, always of a scholarly turn of mind, no
matter to what kinds of work they may have
put their hands. Before the writer of this
article lie many specimens of the firm, clear
handwriting of the Adams when they had
passed far beyond three score years and ten.-
Here lie pages of family history written with
wonderful clearness, records of many faith-
ful services in the wars of our country by
the various "Adams boys," for the family has
ever been one of strongest patriotism. Pre-
eminently farmers, they have achieved great
success as teachers, preachers and holders of
various town offices. A religious family withal,
often the parents seeing all of their ten or
twelve children faithful members of some
church. This family might write without
boasting beneath its noble coat-of-arms :
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"Meu : . and men may go.
Uul V.G go on forever."
Such wonderful vitality is an inspiration to
hardihood of the truest kind.
(I) PhiHp Adams resided at .-Xgamcntici^s,
now York, Maine, in 1652. November 22 that
year he signed the articles of submission to
the Mas.-;achusetts liay Colony, being then
about twenty-one years old, and was thus
made a freeman. There are no records show-
ing in what town he was born, or aught in re-
gard to his ancestry. In the year 1666 he had
the sons Philip and Thomas at Agamenticus,
and may have had others.
(II) Thomas, son of Philip Adams, was
born about 1652, in York. He seems to have
always lived at York, as the following state-
ment clearly proves : "Here followes ye names
of the children of Thomas Adams born in
York by his wife Hannah Parker, the daugh-
ter of John Parker." His will was dated
April 5, 1726, in which he mentions his wife,
and all of the following children except Nath-
an : Hannah, Philip, Samuel. Hezekiah. Hes-
ter, Elizabeth, Thomas and Nathan.
(III) Samuel, son of Thomas and Hannah
(Parker) Adams, was born at York in Feb-
ruary, 1680. He was one of the most enter-
prising citizens of "Old York." He married
Lydia Gowell, of Kittery, Maine, who was
born in that town, October 9, 1692, daughter
of Richard (jovvell, who signed a petition from
Kittery in 1679, and is said to have come
from Wales. He died in 1730. His wife was
Hannah, daughter of Christian Remick. The
children of Samuel Adams were: 1. Samuel.
2. Nathan, born at York, September 10, 171 1 ;
married, 1736, Hannah Parsons, and became
one of the early settlers at Harpswell, Maine.
3. John, born July 17, 1713, married his
cousin, Mary Adams. 4. Richard, born Sep-
tember 3, 1715, married his cousin, Hepsibah
Adams. 5. Thomas, born May 5, 1717, re-
moved to Harpswell at an early date, where
he was a very brave soldier in the revolution-
ary war. 6. Lydia, died in infancy. 7. David,
born June 4, 1720, married Mary Hill, and
always resided at York. 8. Lydia. 9. Eze-
kiel. 10. Eunice. 11. Benjamin. 12. Elinor.
13. Zerviah. 14. Lydia.
(TV) Samuel, eldest child of Samuel and
Lydia (Gowell) Adams, was born at York,
March 26, 1710, and drowned in Merrymeet-
ing Bay, near Brunswick, about 1775. He
was a man of great enterprise. About the
year 1745 he went to Bowdoinham, Maine,
and hewed out a home and farm from the
shaggy forests of that town. This was about
one mile south of the present East Bowdoin-
ham station, and the farm lies on both sides
of the railroad. In about a year he returned
to York, and brought all his household goods
to the new farm, and also a good stock of
cattle for those days. His home became one
that was known far and wide for its hospi-
tality and cheer. He married, at York, No-
vember 5, 1734, Elizabeth, daughter of Jona-
than Young. Their children were: 1. Sam-
uel. 2. John, married his cousin, Katherine
Adams, of Harpswell. 3. Jeddediah, married
Rebecca Hill, of Brooklyn, New York, and
settled near his father. 4. Lucy. 5. Marian.
6. Peggy. 7-8. Daughters.
(V) John, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Young) Adams, was born at York, about
1747, and "died in the triumphs of faith, at
Bowdoinham, November 2, 1809, aged sixty-
two years." He was a man of great energy
of character, and a very earnest Christian. He
married, at Harpswell, his cousin Katherine
Adams, who died at Wales, Maine, April,
1833, having married (second) William
Gowell. She was daughter of Nathan .Adams.
The children were: 1. Moses. 2. Anna, born
1/73' d''^'^ 1813; married Samuel Wilson, and
had a very large and interesting family. 3.
Samuel, settled in Farmington ; married
Phoebe Washburne, and Miss Knowles. 4.
Jeddediah, settled in Wilton, and had a very
large and interesting family. 5. John .Adams,
took the home farm, and supported his par-
ents, becoming one of the leading citizens of
Bowdoinham; he married Hannah Ridley, and
had a large number of children. 6. Lois.
(VI) Moses, eldest child of John and Kath-
erine ( Adams ) Adams, was born in Bow-
d(Mnham, March 7, 1769, and died in Wilton,
January 4, 1855. In tlie winter of 1789 he
went to Wilton with his wife, both on foot,
and dragging all their household goods on a
handsled. "But they woke the depths of the
forest's gloom with their hymns of lofty
cheer." He married, about 1789, Martha
Kinney, who was ever a noble helpmeet for
him. Their fourteen children all grew to man-
hood and womanhood, one of the sturdiest
families in the Pine Tree State. They were :
1. Mary. 2. Catherine, married Josiah Smith;
had eleven children. 3. Moses, married Polly
Smith. 4. Jephthah H. 5. Dennis, married
Lydia Green ; seven children. 6. Martha, mar-
ried John Richardson ; eight children. 7. John,
married Phoebe Qiase : ten children. 8.
Thomas J., married Livia Stone: seven chil-
dren. 9. Samuel B.. married Lydia Morton;
two children. 10. David W., married Mary
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Crowell; five children, ii. Jewett P., married
Saviah Baker; eight children. 12. James Rlar-
ison, married ]VIi.ss Crowell; two children. 13.
Charles K., married Julia Millett ; three chil-
dren. 14. Alonzo, married Mary C. Burnham ;
si.x children.
(\TI) Jephthah Hill, .second son of Aloses
and Martha (Kinney) Adams, was born in
Bowdoinham, in 1796, and died in East Wil-
ton, in 1872. While but a youth he was a
very faithful soldier in the war of 1812. Al-
though his entire education was acquired in
the district schools of his day, he applied him-
self with such zeal to his studies and had such
a retentive memory that he became a school-
master who w-as widely known in Maine
towns for his excellent government in his
schools, as well as for his fresh and helpful
manner of imparting knowledge to his pupils.
He inspired in many a boy and girl a great
interest in education. In politics he was origi-
nally a Whig, but subsequently joined the Re-
publican party and held various town offices
with great fidelity of service. After residing
for a few years in the west, in 1823 he bought
a farm in East Wilton, owning in all some
one hundred and seventy-five acres of land.
This he cultivated and cared for in such a
manner that he was regarded throughout the
state as a truly model farmer. In every way
he was one of W'ilton's most helpful and pro-
gressive citizens. Mr. Adams married Han-
nah Green, born in Wilton, in 1796, daughter
of Josiah Green, a native of Dunstable, Mas-
sachusetts. Tradition asserts that his father,
Jonas Green, was one of the bravest of revo-
lutionary soldiers. The children of Jephthah
Hill Adams were : Alexis, Lydia B., Hannah
G., Jefferson J., Albion, Nathaniel, Betsey D.,
Dorcas, Josiah G., Sally F., James G., Wil-
liam D., a family of great enterprise and with
fine ability for any kind of vvfork to which
they might apply themselves.
(VIII) Hannah G., second daughter of
Jephthah Hill and Hannah (Green) Adams,
became the w'ife of Nathan (2) Carver (see
Carver VII).
In the early records of New
MADDOCKS England may be found sev-
eral different forms of
spelling this name : Maddock, Mattocks, Mad-
dox and others. The first pioneer in the
colonial records was John Maddocks, who ar-
rived at Boston in the ship "Planter" in 1635,
and died at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1643.
James ]\Iaddocks, who may have been an elder
brother of John, came over in 1642 and also
settled in Newbury, and Edmund Maddocks
was married in Boston, 1652, to Rebecca Man-
ning. Those of the name are now scattered
over a wide area and have contributed their
proportion to the development of the Ameri-
can nation.
(I) Samuel Maddocks, probably a son of
one of those above mentioned, was a resident
of Watertown, Massachusetts, as early as May
21, 1662, at which date he was married to
Mary, only daughter of Roger and Mary (Pal-
grave) Wellington. He died in that town and
his widow subsequently married John (2)
Cooledge.
(II) John, son of Samuel and Mary (Wel-
lington) Maddocks, was born May 16, 1663,
in Watertown, and died there February i,
1703. His estate was inventoried at two hun-
dred and twenty-six pounds, fifteen shillings.
He married, June 23, 1689, Ruth Church, who
was baptized and united with the church at
Watertown, December 12, 1698. After his
death she married (second) Joseph Child.
John Maddocks was the father of seven chil-
dren: I. Ruth, born February 23, 1691, mar-
ried, September 30, 1710, Joseph Chadwick.
2. John, mentioned at length below. 3. Mary,
December 14, 1694, married, March 20, 1715,
Peter Oliver, of Cambridge. 4. Sarah, De-
cember 22, 1696, married, December 5, 1717,
Thomas Ward. 5. Henry, mentioned with de-
scendants in this article. 6. Caleb, August 29,
1700. 7. Joanna, October 4, 1702.
(III) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and
Ruth (Church) Maddocks, was born January
2, 1693, and was adopted by his uncle, Dr.
Palgrave Wellington, becoming the latter's
heir and executor and resided in Saco, Maine.
The baptismal name only of his first wife is
preserved, Mary. She died November 13,
1 71 5, aged twenty-three years, leaving one son,
Palgrave, who died the next year. The name
of his second wife was also Mary, and she
survived him and bore him children. Among
these were three bearing the name of William,
the first two dying in infancy. The third lived
to maturity. The others were John, Mary,
Joshua and Daniel.
(I\') Joshua, third surviving son of John
(2) ]\Iaddocks, was born April i, 1732, in
Saco, Maine, and settled in Ellsworth, Maine,
in 1771. In 1784 he built the first grist mill
in that town, on the banks of Union river. He
was married in 1754 to Susanna Austin, who
was born September 2. 1736, in Saco, and they
were the parents of: Joshua, Caleb, Ichabod,
Elizabeth, Samuel, William, John, Oliver, Su-
sannah and Rebecca.
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(V) William, fifth son of Joshua and Su-
sanna (Austin) Maddocks, was born Septem-
ber 4, 1764, in Saco, and was a soldier of the
colonial army during the revolutionary war.
He enlisted 'March 7. 1777, for three years,
or during the war, and was discharged Sep-
tember 25, 1778. He was a sergeant in Cap-
tain Heabcrd Smallwood's company of Col-
onel William Grayson's regiment of conti-
nental troops. He married Hannah Dyer and
their children were : Dorothy, Sallie, Charles,
Emma, Asa Dyer, Hannah, Gersham Billings,
William and Cynthia.
(\'I) Charles, eldest son of William and
Hannah (Dyer) Maddocks. was born at Ells-
worth, Maine, and resided in that town, where
he had a beautiful home now occupied by Sen-
ator Hale, of Maine. He was a member of
the Baptist church. He married Abigail,
daughter of Edward Garland, of Ellsworth,
and they were the parents of: Abiah F., Wil-
liam Edward, Margaret L., Charles Wood-
bury, Mary Melissa, Nancy Ann, Walter D.
and Horace P.
(\TI) William Edward, eldest son of
Charles and Abigail (Garland) Maddocks, was
born October 2, 1832, in Ellsworth, and left
his native state to settle in the then far west,
August 5, 1856. He arrived at St. Anthony
Falls, Minnesota, on the fourteenth of the
same month and on the twenty-ninth set out
for the '"big woods" of Minnesota, as they
were then called. He arrived at Princeton,
Minnesota, September 4, 1856, and there en-
gaged extensively in lumbering and amassed
a large property. During the civil war, while
at Prescott, Wisconsin, on business, he re-
ceived news of the uprising of the Sioux and
Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, and the mas-
sacre at New Ulm. Knowing that they were
likely to attack Princeton, he started at once
fci home. Reaching the banks of the Mis-
sissippi, he was preparing to swim the stream,
when an acquaintance came along with a skitT
and rowed him over. After a walk of forty-
four miles, and a half a day, until reaching
home, he sank down exhausted from the efifort
and exposure. The distance was made greater
by the necessity of circuitous routes on ac-
count of the martial law prohibiting men from
leaving the cities, where they were needed for
protection. He enlisted in the forces being re-
cruited to pursue the Indians on the frontier,
as a private in Company C, First Regiment
Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry. He was urged
by the colonel of the regiment to accept a
lieutenancy, but he insisted that he enlisted to
fight the Indians and avenge the wrongs of
the white settlers, and not for honors, and so
continued to serve in the ranks. During this
service he became ill and was sent home to re-
cuperate. He lived only ten days after reach-
ing there, dying of typhus and camp fever.
November lo, 1863, at Hastings, Minnesota,
to which place his family had tied for greater
safety. He was a tall man of fine figure, stand-
ing six feet, having a fair complexion and
light hair. He was a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. He was married at
Princeton, February 14, 1858, to Aurelia
Frances Perkins, a daughter of Ephraim Per-
kins, of I'reedom, Maine. (See Perkins \'II.)
(VHI) Abbie Frances, only surviving child
of William Edward and Aurelia Frances ( Per-
kins) Maddocks, was born May 2"], 1859, in
Princeton, and is now a resident of La Crosse,
Wisconsin, where she is a well-known artist.
Her education w-as supplied by the city schools,
including the high school of La Crosse, where
she won a prize for being the best penman in
the city schools. She has always been a close
student, preferring study and travel to the al-
lurements of fashionable society. Her ability
as an artist has been recognized both in Amer-
ica and Europe, some of her paintings having
been purchased and carried across the Atlantic,
and to the Islands of the Pacific, as well as
throughout the extent of this country. Within
one year she has sold two paintings in Europe,
which conmnanded a high figure. She has a
most pleasing personality, being of medium
height with brown hair and eyes and a fair
complexion, and fully typifies the Hebrew
meaning of the name Abigail, "my father's
joy." Her surname also possesses a fine sig-
nificance, being derived from Madoc, meaning
"good," or "beneficent."
(III) Henry, son of John (i) Maddocks.
was born in Watertown, October 18, 1698. He
came to York county, Maine, settling first in
Berwick, but later removed to Kennebunkport,
W'here he was accidentally killed October 8,
1750.
(IV) Pelsgrave Maddox, spelled thus in
Bradbury's History of Kennebunkport, was a
son of Henry Maddocks, and resided in that
town. He married Mary HufF.
(V) Palgrave Maddocks, son of Pelsgrave
Maddox, was born in Kennebunkport, 1781.
When a young man he went to Cape Newagen
Island (now Southport), Lincoln county, and
purchased of Samuel Pierce a large tract of
land, including a well-known land mark called
"Dogfish Head," which was undoubtedly a
favorite resort for the aboriginal inhabitants
of that vicinity. This property has ever since
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remained in the family's possession. Here he
•engaged in the fishery industry, estabhshing
the business. a
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The earhest mention of
TREFETHEX one of this name is that of
Henry Trefethen, who
was of New Hampshire in 1687. Like nearly
all names beginning with tre, pol. pen, it is of
Cornish or Welsh origin. The Trefethens of
Maine seem to have been settled in the state
for years prior to the time any record of them
has been found. Henry Trefethen, Josiah
Starling and Oran Hall were the original pur-
chasers of Monhegan Island in Casco Bay
from the government^, owning it in equal parts.
(I) George Trefethen, the first of the line
herein treated of whom we have definite in-
formation, was a son of Harry and Jemima
(Starling) Trefethen. He was born May 29,
1800, died March 26, 1870. He followed the
occupation in which the famil>' has become
successful and widely known, and was a fish-
erman and curer of tish. In politics in his
later years he was a Republican. He married
(first) Sarah Thompson, born September 19,
1801, died Alay 26, 1856. Children: i. Jo-
seph, born February 7, 1824, died August 11,
1888. 2. Eunice, March 16, 1826, died March,
1905; married (first) Thomas A. Marshall;
(second) Andrew Weever. 3. Sarah Ann,
July 2, 1828, died Jul^ 16, i86g; married Le-
ander Moore. 4. George, whose sketch fol-
lows. 5. Lucretia, November 26, 1834, mar-
ried Rufus Pierce, of Monhegan Island. 6.
James H., February 14, 1838, died September
8. 1869. 7. Clarissa, ]\Iarch 2, 1841, married
William H. Pierce. 8. John W., Alay 3, 1843.
9. Elial, April 20, 1846, died October, 1871.
10. Newell F., whose sketch follows. Mr.
Trefethen married (second) Jane Stone. Chil-
dren : Lettie, Georgia, Dexter and \'illa.
(II) George (2), son of George (i) and
Sarah (Thompson) Trefethen, was born on
Monhegan Island, August 20, 1831, died Feb-
ruary 15, 1894, at Peak's Island. He acquired
the education which his day, time and environ-
ment demantled, and then took up the family
occupation and a place in the lobster shop, in
the employ of N. T. Trefethen, the principal
part of his life. In politics he was a Republi-
can, and for years filled the ofifice of town
clerk of Monhegan. He was a member of the
Advent Church, and was for many years affil-
iated with Ancient Brothers Lodge, No. 4, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Portland.
He married, September 26, 1852, Susan W.
Starling, born on Monhegan Island, April 17,
1834, daughter of Joseph and Su.san (Welch)
Starling. Children of Joseph and Susan Star-
ling: James, Josiah, Nancy, Fannie, Lucinda,
Susan W. and Helen. Children of George and
Susan W. Trefethen: i. .\lbertina B., born
October 9, 1853, married Frank Starling. 2.
Julia E., September 6, 1857, married Henry T.
Skillings; Julia E. is deceased. 3. Alary Liz-
zie, September 17, 1862, married Alonzo E.
Drown and had Julia T., born June 25, 1884,
Angle F., September 9, 18S8, and Edith M.',
February 19, 1891. 4. Nellie C, April 12,
1867, married Oscar C. Randall, November
21, 1888, and had Walter Trefethen, born July
20, 1898. 5. Walter Sherman, mentioned be-
low.
(II) Newell Fales, tenth and youngest child
of George (i) and Sarah (Thompson) Tre-
fethen, was born on Alonhegan Island, April
8, 1848, died March 26, 1904. He early went
fishing along the coast as an employee and
later engaged in business for himself as a
dealer in lobsters, on a small scale, about 1873.
He was successful in this and having a keen
eye for business and forecasting the time when
every available spot in and about Portland
would have a much enhanced price for build-
ing purposes, he engaged in the real estate
business, buying property in South Portland
and on Peak's Island, which is now worth
many times more than he paid for it. In
common with the others of his line in Port-
land, he believed in protected industries, and
a strong central government, and to secure
these things he steadily voted the Republican
ticket. In religious belief he showed his inde-
pendence of thought and action by leaving the
Congregational church to join the Methodist.
He married, on Monhegan Island, Georgie A.
Davis, who died in 1903 ; they had two chil-
dren : Leslie, deceased, and Fannie, who is
residing with Walter S. Trefethen.
(III) Walter Sherman, only son of George
and Susan W. (Starling) Trefethen, was born
in Peak's Island, July 31, 1869. After leav-
ing school he became a bookkeeper for W. S.
Jordan & Company, and was employed there
thirteen years. In 1898 he went to the assist-
ance of his uncle, Newell F. Trefethen, who
was carrying on a large trade in lobsters and
other shell fish and also in the real estate busi-
ness. As N. F. Trefethen gave much of his
time to his real estate enterprise the principal
care of the lobster business was soon left to
Walter S. Trefethen, under whom the trade
grew until the house became one of the largest
exporters of lobsters in the state. On the
death of his uncle, 1903. \N'. S. Trefethen sue-
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ceeded to his holdings, and is to-day promi-
nent in business, the owner of much property
on Peaks Island, and is treasurer and
manager of the Welch Land Company.
Mr. Trefethen was made a Free .Mason
in Hiram Lodge, No. i8o, in 1907.
and has since that time become a member of
Grecnicaf Roval Arch Chapter, No. 13; St.
Alban Commandery, Ko. 8, Knights Templar;
Portland Council, Xo. 4, Royal and Select
Masters: and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order of the Knights of the Mystic Shrine.
He married, June 6, 1894, Fllen L., born in
Peak's Island, October 30, 1871, only child of
Charles and Mary (Welch) Adams, of Port-
land. Children : Eleanor A., born November
28, 1901 ; Walter Sherman, January 8, 1904.
It has often been said with great
DAXA truthfulne.-;s that the members of
the Dana family have rendered
their country important services along more
di.'^tinct lines than have the bearers of any
other name on our shores. This is clear from
a hasty glance through any cyclopedia or book
of reference, for there is a large cluster of
shining names of those who were eminent
journalists, authors, like Richard Henry Dana,
neurologists, mineralogists, statesmen and
jurists, theologians, military officers, marine
and figure painters, and hundreds of others
who were as successful and faithful in their
line of work for the good of mankind. And
the great reason of their success is an "open
secret" to all who read these life histories with
any degree of care. These men and women
often possessed talents of a very high order;
had opportunities to secure the best educations
which could be had in their day, and occupied
many other "high vantage grounds." But
after all it has been their untiring industry
that has made them powers for good. They
have chosen a life-work and followed it with
all the strength within them. All their suc-
cesses, as well as every barrier to their
progress, have only been counted a stone or
boulder, from which they could see more
clearly how to achieve still greater strength
and wisdom for their work. This inheritance
has been so strong in most of the Danas that
it needed but slight urging for any child that
bore this name of worth. This corner stone
of success is seen clearly in the Danas of
Portland, Maine, who have applied themselves
to many very useful lines of business when
observers shook their heads in warning, and
who have followed this work on the wharves
of the city, in its strong schools, the mills of
its suburbs, and wherever they have chosen
to work, with a steady, daily, hopeful industry
that has uplifted from the sloughs of "luck and
idle dreaming" scores who are now doing loyal
and painstaking w'ork. Such examples as
those of the Danas cannot be praised too much
or prized too highly by those who have the
good of their state and country at heart.
(I) Luther Dana was born in Natick, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1792, and died in Portland,
Maine, in 1870. He came to Portland when
a young man, and continued there in business
as a ship chandler and wholesale grocer all his
life. He built up a very large trade, and was
known far and wide as one of the most up-
right and successful business men of the state.
Though looking after every detail of his large
commercial trade in the most painstaking man-
ner he found time to be of great help and in-
fluence in political matters, being a staunch
Republican. . He was never induced to take
an office, though this was often urged upon
him by his many friends who so much ad-
mired his enthusiastic and well-balanced work.
He also never allowed these matters or any
routine of his business to interfere with his
duties to the church. He was one of the
founders of the High Street Congregational
Church in Portland, which has been such a
source of blessing to scores of people. He
married Louise Kidder, end the following chil-
dren were born to them : Nathaniel H., de-
ceased ; John A. S., resides in West Paris,
Maine ; Louise O., deceased ; Mary L., resides
at West Paris; Luther W., resides in West
Paris; Woodbury K., resides in Westbrook ;
Frank J., lives in Denver, Colorado ; Rev.
Samuel H., D. D., pastor of Congregational
church, E.xeter, New Hampshire ; Henry O.,
deceased.
(II) Woodbury Kidder, son of Luther and
Louise (Kidder) Dana, was born in Portland,
June 7, 1840, and resides in Westbrook. He
was educated in the schools of Portland, and
in Lewiston Falls Academy. When he left
school he went to w-ork in the mills at Lewis-
ton, and except during the civil war period,
has ever since follow'ed the manufacturing
business with great skill and success. In 1866
he established his mills in Westbrook for the
manufacture of cotton warps. The firm was
styled Dana & McEwan, and later W. K.
Dana & Company, and was thus known until
1892, when it was incorporated as the Dana
Warp Mills. Mr. Dana was then made its
treasurer and has held the position to tiie pres-
ent time. He is widely known in manufactur-
ing and business circles, and is recognized as
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one of the forceful men of the state in such
relations, and his services to his community
have been of the broadest usefulness. Of
great importance to Westbrook are his great
Dana Warp Mills, which stand as a monu-
ment to his effort, and an illustration of his
capability, foresight, ingenuity, enterprise and
perseverance — brought by him from a small
beginning to a plant of forty thousand spin-
dles, soon to be supplemented by an addition
of twenty thousand spindles. To him is due
the establishment of the electric lighting plant,
which he personally operated for some years
and until it was entirely effective. The city is
also largely indebted to his enterprise and en-
ergy for the best school building now in use,
and an efficient sewerage system. For three
terms he rendered faithful and intelligent serv-
ice to the city as a member of the board of
aldermen.
^Ir. Dana enjoys widespread acquaintance
and personal popularity throughout the state
in Grand Army circles, his civil war record
being most creditable. He enlisted at Lewis-
ton, August 12, 1863, for a period of three
years, and was mustered into the service of
the United States at Augusta, November 13,
1863, as a private in Company K, Twenty-
ninth Regiment, Elaine \'olunteers. The regi-
ment left for the front January 31, 1864, ar-
riving at Portland the same day, and on Feb-
ruary 2 sailed for New Orleans, Louisiana,
where it reported to General N. P. Banks and
was by him ordered to Franklin, and assigned
to the Second Brigade, First Division, Nine-
teenth Army Corps. The regiment was active
during the Red River expedition, and partici-
pated in the battles of .Sabine Cross Roads,
April 8, 1864; Mansfield and Pleasant Hill,
April 9 : Cane River Crossing, April 25 ; Al-
exandria, April 26 : and ]Mansura Chalk
Plains. On July 6th the regiment embarked
on steamer for Fortress Monroe, thence
moved to Washington City, and subscqu,ently
took part in the battles of Opequan ( or Win-
chester), September 19; Fisher's Hill, Septem-
ber 22; and Cedar Creek (the scene of "Sheri-
dan's Ride," so graphically versed by T. Bu-
chanan Read), October 19. ]Mr. Dana was for
a portion of his service period on detached
duty as ordnance sergeant, and in the com-
missary department. For a short time he was
invalided, in the Patterson Park and Chest-
nut Hill hospitals. At all other times he was
with his regiment ; and although then a de-
tached service, bore a soldierly part in the bat-
tles of Sabine Cross Roads, Cane River and
Mansura Chalk Plains, and for this gallant
conduct was promoted to corporal and hospital
steward, in which posts he acquitted himself
most creditably. He was honorably dis-
charged at Charleston, South Carolina, August
22, 1865, the war being over. He is a com-
rade and past commander in Cloudman Post,
No. 100, Grand .\rmy of the Republic, West-
brook. In 1907 he received strong support for
the position of department commander in the
state encampment of the order.
At the Department Encampment held in
Lewiston, June 10, 1908, Comrade Dana was
elected department commander, and his elec-
tion and the subsequent proceedings were so
conducted as to form a unique and most hand-
some tribute to his worth as a veteran and a
man. In an eloquent address, General Charles
P. Mattocks placed Mr. Dana in nomination,
and it was feelingly seconded by ex-Governor
Robie, who said that in a long and intimate
acquaintance he had always found Mr. Dana
ready to advance the best interests of the state
and nation by earnest and constant work, and
that his military life during the civil war dem-
onstrated that he was active and efficient, al-
ways ready to do his full duty. Hon. George
D. Eiober. John E. \\'arren and other speak-
ers followed in similar vein, and when the re-
sult was announced, Commander Dana made
a grateful and graceful address of acceptance.
Mr. Dana is a staunch Republican, and active
in support of his party, yet without self-seek-
ing ambition, and has sat as a delegate in vari-
ous conventions. In Masonry he has attained
to the commandery degrees ; he is a helpful
member of the Congregational church.
Mr. Dana married, August 2, 1869, Mary
Little Hale, daughter of Samuel T. Pickard,
of Auburn, Maine. Their children are : Lou-
isa W. ; Hannah Little, married F. H. Swan,
of Providence, Rhode Island ; Philip, of whom
further ; Ethel 'Slay : Helen P. ; Luther, re-
sides at Westbrook, married Mary Deckrow ;
and Mary Hale, married Edward Abbott, of
Auburn.
( III) Philip, son of Woodbury K. and Mary
Little Hale (Pickard) Dana, was born in Port-
land, August 3. 1874. He graduated from the
Westbrook high school, and received his de-
gree of A. B. from Bowdoin College in 1896.
He then went to Philadelphia, where he stud-
ied in a technical school for one year, return-
ing to \\'estbrook and taking a position in his
father's mill. In 1898 he was made superin-
tendent of the Dana Warp Mills, and is a
stockholder and a member of the board of
trustees. He is a Republican in politics, has
been a member of the school board and of the
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Westbrook board of aldermen. He married,
November 21, 1908, Florence Hinkley, of
Portland.
At the time of the settle-
NORWOOD ment of New Ensjland, a
branch of the .Norwood fam-
ily lived in the parish of Lechamjiton, about
eight miles from Gloucester. England. The
pedigree of this family is traced for several
centuries. .^ Francis .Norwood, probably near
relative of the .Xmerican immigrant, died there
in 1682, aged eighty-two years.
(I) Francis Norwood, the immigrant, was
born in England, and settled in Gloucester,
Massachusetts. His marriage is recorded at
Gloucester, and that date is the first known
of him in this country. His first grant of land
was at Goose Cove, March 18, 1664. Subse-
quently he had other grants, and by purchase
he became the owner of several six-acre lots
near Pigeon Cove.
His will was made January 23, 1706, and
proved March 21, 1709, bequeathing to "his
loving wife Elizabeth" two pounds ten shil-
lings yearly as long as she remained his widow,
eight bushels of Indian corn, two bushels of
malt, 140 pounds of pork, two barrels of good
cider, and apples for her own spending, both
winter and summer, one cow to give her milk
for her own use, five cords of firewood, and
part of his dwelling house and bedding. "The
cider to be made good and winter apjiles to be
good and brought into ye cellar in time cc«i-
venient before frost do hurt either ye apples
or cider." He also gives his wife "two chests,
one of which is made in Windscot fashion,
w'hich came from Linn (Lynn) and ye other
chest that my wife had when I married with
her." To his son Thomas he bequeathed be-
sides what he had already given him in money
and other pay. two shillings in money and his
wearing clothes. The reason he gave him no
more he says was that Thomas went from
him at twelve to his grandfather Coldam at
Lynn, and was settled by his grandfather and
himself in housing and land in that town. He
gave land to his son Francis ; to son Joshua
sixty acres at Pigeon Cove and elsewhere, pro-
viding he pay to his sister Deborah twenty
pounds and his sister .-\bigail fifteen pounds;
to Mary Sargent twenty pounds; to Deborah
Haraden twenty pounds, and to Abigail Nor-
wood twenty pounds : to his youngest son
Caleb certain lots of land, on one of which his
brother .Stephen had built a house ; to grand-
daughter Elizabeth, daughter of son Stephen
Norwood, deceased, five pounds ; to sons Fran-
cis and Caleb his dwelling house and other
property, neat cattle, horses, kine, sheep and
swine and these two sons were appointed ex-
ecutors of his will. Children: i. Thomas,
born December 10, 1664; settled in Lynn;
married Mary Stevens, daughter of Deacon
Tames Stevens, January 24. 1693; resided at
Goose Cove. 2. Francis, born December 9,
1666; mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, born
February 17, 1669. 4. Mary, born March 7,
1672; married Samuel Sargent. 5. Stephen,
born November 24, 1674 ; left a daughter Eliz-
abeth. 6. Deborah, born September 4, 1677;
married Benjamin Haraden. 7. Hannah, born
November 8, died December 25, 1679. 8.
Joshua, born February 27, 1683; resided at
Gloucester. 9. Caleb, born .August 12, 1685;
died in Gloucester, leaving a number of chil-
dren. 10. Abigail, born January 30, 1690.
(II) Francis (2), son of Francis (i) Nor-
wood, was bom December 9, 1666. He settled
in Gloucester. He married, first, Mary Stev-
ens, daughter of Deacon James Stevens, Jan-
uary 24, 1693. He probably lived a retired
life at Goose Cove, taking no part in public
affairs. He married second ( intention dated
September 12. 1726) Mrs. Esther Foster, of
Charlestown, Massachusetts. Children : born
at Gloucester: i. Francis, born April i, 1695;
died June 25, 1714. 2. Mary, born Novem-
ber 3, 1697. 3. Francis, born December 16,
1700; died November, 1724. 4. Lucy, born
October 20, 1703. 5. Stephen, born February
21, 1706; died March 18, 1711. 6. William,
born April 4, 1708; married Judith Wood-
bury. 7. Jonathan, born January 14, 1712;
mentioned below. 8. Son, born and died April
13. 1715-
(III) Jonathan, son of Francis (2) Nor-
wood, was born January 14, 1712. He mar-
ried Elizabeth . Children, born in
Gloucester: i. Francis. 2. Esther. 3. Jona-
than. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Susanna. 6. Abraham.
7. Ebenezer. 8. Mary. 9. Gustavus. 10.
Samuel, mentioned below. 11. Judith. 12.
Judith. 13. Zaccheus.
(IV) Samuel, son of Jonathan Norwood,
was born in Gloucester, about 1750. He set-
tled in York county, Maine. .Among his chil-
dren was Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(V) Nathaniel, son of Samuel Norwood,
was born in 1776, died September, 1846. He
married Jemima Donnell, of York, Maine,
born 1776. died i8j8. They lived at York,
Maine. Children : Francis R., William, Sam-
uel, Mary Jane. Henry D., mentioned below ;
Charles.
( \T) Henrv D., son of Nathaniel Norwood,
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-was born in York, Maine, 1813, died in 1882.
He attended the district schools of his native
town. Though fond of mechanics and skill-
ful with all kinds of tools, he remained a far-
mer all his life, owning a large and excellent
farm in York. He was a Whig in politics be-
fore the formation of the Republican party, to
which he afterward gave his allegiance. He
served as deacon of the Congregational
church for many years. He married, in the
fall of 1837, Mary Parsons, born in York,
July 22. 181 1, died March, 1903. Children
born at York : John E., mentioned below ;
Lucy E., born in May, 1844.
(VH) John E.. son of Henry D. Norwood,
was born at York Harbor, Maine, December
4, 1838. He attended the public schools of
York and various private schools, and worked
in his youth on the farm. He left home to
learn the trade of carpenter at West New-
bury, working for a time as journeyman at
the same. About 1866 he went to Dorchester,
Massachusetts, and engaged in the cabinet
making business. He subsequentl}- formed a
partnership with Luther Crosby under the firm
name of Norwood & Crosby, and engaged in
the furniture and cabinet making business, the
firm conducting an extensive business, being
equipped with the best and latest machinery
in use at that time, the partners being skilled
mechanics, and they were enabled to give em-
ployment to a large number of hands, thus
making it one of the chief industries of the
section in which they were located. In 1876
Mr. Norwood sold his interest in the Dorches-
ter plant and moved to York Harbor, where
he engaged in the contracting and building
business, in which he was eminently success-
ful. Later he engaged in the hotel business
at York Harbor, his place being know-n as
the "Norwood Cottage," and in this as in his
former ventures he was successful, his house
teing patronized by the best class of people,
among them many of note, including General
Banks and Bishop Paddock, of Boston, the
latter every year during his stay holding
ser\-ice each Sunday at the Norwood Cottage.
these services being attended by many citizens
and guests of York Harbor and highly appre-
ciated. Since 1901 Mr. Norwood has devoted
all his time to the care and improvement of
extensive real estate investments in York, he
being the owner of several cottages which he
rents to summer residents. The farm on which
his father and grandfather lived has been
divided into house lots, and is now the site
of some of the finest residences in York.
In 1907 ]\Ir. Norwood built a handsome, mod-
ern house, where he now resides, situated in
about the center of the old Norwood farm, on
the line of the Atlantic Electric road.
In politics Mr. Norwood is a Republican,
but he has never sought or accepted public
office. In religion he is a Congregationalist.
He is a mechanical genius, and has much abil-
ity as a musician, his favorite instrument being
the violin, of which he is a master. He has
in his possession an exceedingly valuable and
rare violin which was made in 1710 by the
noted Carlo Antonio Festor, of Italy. The
violin is now valued at more than one thou-
sand dollars ; its richness of tone is not only
charming, but really wonderful. He also has
two violins which are superb specimens of his
mechanical skill — one is a model of a violin
made in 1750 by the world-famed Guadginni,
a pupil of Stradivarias, and the other is mod-
eled from a violin made by Stradivarias in
1704. ]\Ir. Norwood takes much pleasure in
manipulating these instruments, which are ex-
ceedingly rich and charming in tone, especially
when in the hands of their owner, who is a
most skillful violinist.
Mr. Norwood married, in the fall of 1866,
Ellen L. Scofield, born in August, 1842, daugh-
ter of Oramel B. and Frances (Gates) Sco-
field, of Morristown, Vermont, and grand-
daughter of Peleg Scofield. one of the pioneers
in \'ermont.
Brian Pendleton was born
PENDLETON in England in 1599 and
came to this country in or
before 1634, with his wife Eleanor and chil-
dren Mary and James. He was admitted free-
man in the Alassachusetts colony September
3, 1634, and settled at Watertown, where he
was selectman in 1635-37 ^"d representative
to the general court 1636-38. In the year
last mentioned he and several others settled
the boundary of the town of Sudbury and in
1640 he w^as appointed by the general court to
train the military company of that town. He
returned to Watertown in 1640 and was again
representative in 1647-48. On Alarch 20,
1648. he sold his real estate in the town to
Robert Daniel and in the same year purchased
six hundred acres in Ipswich. In 165 1 he be-
came interested in the plantation of Sudburv
Bank, now Portsmouth, and was appointed
associate judge to hold court in that place.
He represented the plantation in the general
court in the years 1654-58-60-61-63. In 1663
he was one of the commissioners chosen to
enforce the navigation laws on the Piscataqua,
Isle of Shoals, and other points adjacent. He
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was commissioned captain of a military com-
pany in 1664 at Portsmouth, and in 1668 was
appointed major at Saco (he settled Black
Point), and at the same time was directed to
assist in keeping court at York. In 1663, when
New Hampshire was a royal provmce, it was
governed bv a president and eight councillors
appointed bv King Charles II, and Brian Pen-
dleton was one of the councillors. In 1672 he
was relieved of military duty and his regi-
ment was placed under command of Major
John Leavctt. He was commissioner of York
county in 1675-76. On June 12, 1676, he pur-
chased seven hundred acres of land in West-
erly, Rhode Island, from John Paine, of Bos-
ton, and gave to his son James a life interest
in the estate.
Brian Pendleton was possessed of a large
estate, probably larger than that of any other
man in Portsmouth. A description of him,
probably written by Edward Randolph, was as
follows: "Major Brian Pendleton, a man of
Saco river, of great estate, but very precise,
independent, beloved by all his fraternity, being
an enemy to both the king's interest and to Mr.
George's interest, also a great ring leader of
others to the interest of his power." He was
recruited in the Ancient and Honorable Ar-
tillery in 1646. Abstract of the public service
of Major Brian Pendleton, taken from the
records of the governor and company of the
Massachusetts Bay colony in New England :
"Brian Pendleton, member of the court at
Newton April 18, 1637; grand juror Boston,
March 17, 1637; representative to the court,
March 17, 1638 and May 2, 1638; appointed
commissioner, Sudbury, September 4. 1639;
appointed to train the company at Sudbury
September 4, 1640: magistrate to settle suit,
May 26, 1646; deputy at Strawberry Branch
May 18. 1653; commissioner to lay out land
at Colhithuit May 26, 1647 ; auditor of magis-
trates expenses March, 1648; deputy at Bos-
ton general court May 10, 1648; appointed
commissioner at Isle of Shoals ]May 18, 1653;
deputy at Portsmouth May 3. 1654; associate
judge at Strawberry Branch October 23. 1651
and at Kittery May 18, 1653; commissioner
at Portsmouth October 19, 1658. re-appointed
October 2, 1663 ; commissioned captain at
Portsmouth October 13, 1664; appointed mag-
istrate of York county Maine colony May 20,
1668; commissioned major October 23, i668;
appointed associate judge of York county May
12, 1675. re-appointed May 5, 1676." Major
Pendleton returned from Saco to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, in 1676 and died there in
1687. He was survived by his wife Eleanor,
son James, and daughter Mary, who married
Seth Fletcher.
(II) Captain James, son of Brian and
Eleanor Pendleton, was born in England about
1628 and died in Westerly, Rhode Island, No-
vember 29, 1709. He is mentioned as of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Westerly,
Rhode Island, Stonington, Connecticut, in
1674, and Westerly again September 17, 1679,
w-here he took the oath of allegiance. ^lay
28, 1676, he w-as appointed justice of the
peace, and in 1687-88 was justice of the in-
ferior court of common pleas. He married
(first) October 22, 1647, Mary Palmer, who
died November 7, 1655, having borne him
three children: i. James, November i, 1650,
died young. 2. Mary. 3. Hannah. Pie mar-
ried (second) April 29, 1656, Hannah Good-
enow, who died in 1709, daughter of Ed-
mund and Anna Goodenow. The children of
this marriage were : 4. Brian, September 27,
1659, died young. 5. Joseph. December 29,
1661. 6. Edmond, June 24. 1664, died 1750;
married Mary , and had Edmond, Han-
nah, Mary, Rebecca and one other daughter.
7. Ann, November 12, 1667, married, October
18, 1693, Eleazer Brown, born August 4, 1670,
died November 30, 1704 : had Jonathan, James,
Eleazer, Anna. Ebenezer. Mary, Hannah, Pa-
tience, Abigail and Ruth Brown. 8. Caleb,
August 8, 1669, died 1746; married and had
James. Sarah, Hannah, Caleb, Elizabeth, Brian,
Ann, Read, Susannah and Ruth. 9. Sarah,
died young. 10. Eleanor, married William
Walker. 11. Dorothy, died 1747: married
Nicholas Cottrell, died 1716, and had Nicholas,
Nathaniel, Samuel, Marv and Dorothy Cot-
trell.
(HI) Ensign Joseph, son of Captain James
and Hannah (Goodenow) Pendleton, was born
in Westerly. Rhode Island. December 29. i6fii,
and died in September, 1706. He took the
oath of allegiance September 17, 1679, and
was town clerk of Westerly in 1702-03-05.
After his death his property inventoried as of
the value of one hundred and fifty-five pounds,
seventeen shillings, and included three beds,
twelve chairs, pewter, two wheels, gun, two
oxen, ten cows, six yearlings, three steers, a
bull, seven calves, twenty-three sheep, nine
geese. He married (first) July 8, 1696, De-
borah Miner, who died September 8, 1697,
daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Avery)
Miner. He married (second) December 11,
1700, Patience Potts, who died in 1706, daugh-
ter of William Potts. By wife Deborah he
had Deborah, born August 29. 1697, and by
second wife Patience he had Joseph, born
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March 3, ijoj; William, March 2^, 1704;
Joshua, February 22, 1706.
(IV) Colonel William, son of Ensign Jo-
seph and Patience (Potts) Pendleton, was born
in Westerly, Rhode Island, March 23, 1704.
He married (first) Lydia Barrows, and (sec-
ond) Mary McDowell, of Chesborough, Con-
necticut.
(V) Captain Peleg, son of Colonel William
Pendleton, was born in \N'esterly, Rhode
Island, February 12, 1732, died July 12, 1810.
He was a mariner and frequently was at the
eastward previous to the revolutionary war.
He came to [Maine about 1782, and according
to tradition lived for a time in Islesborough,
but in 1783 removed to that part of Prospect
which now is Searsport. "It is safe to say that
his sons and his grandsons have all been master
mariners, and the sails of their ships have
whitened every sea known to commerce."
Captain Pendleton married in Stonington,'
Connecticut, September 7, 175S, Ann Park, "a
woman fit to be the wife of an emigrant to a
new country." She died March 20, 1817.
They had eleven children, all born in Westerly :
I. Peleg Jr., June 22, 1760, lost at sea about
1781. 2. Ann. June 4, 1762, did not settle in
Maine. 3. Abigail, December 2, 1764, died
December 7, 1764. 4. Thomas, June 4, 1767,
died June 8, 1801. 5. William, July, 1769,
lived in Islesborough and Searsport ; married
(published) January 9, 1795, Nancy Pendle-
ton, of Islesborough ; he died in Searsport in
March, 1824; his children, born in Islesbor-
ougli, were Nancy, April 27, 1797; Lois,
April 12, 1799; Peleg, May 8, 1801, married
Betsey Brown; Joseph, April 11, 1803, and
others. 6. Joseph, twin with William, July,
1769, lived and died in Islesborough. 7. Abi-
gail, August II, 1771, died 1815; married
Eben Griffin, of Searsport. 8. Lydia, twin
with Abigail, August 11, 1771, married
Wilcox, of Stonington, Connecticut, and did
not settle in Maine. 9. Greene, June 21, 1774.
10. Prudence, October 5, 1777, died Novem-
ter 24, 1854; married Alexander Nichols, of
Searsport, who died !March 6, 1824. 11.
Phineas, September 26, 1780, lived in Sears-
port, married and had twelve children.
(VI) Captain Greene, son of Captain Peleg
Pendleton and Ann Park, was born in West-
erly, Rhode Island, June 21, 1774, died in
Searsport, Maine, April 12, 1863. He mar-
ried, in 1795, Nancy Park, who was born in
October, 1776, died October 6, 1839. They
had nine children: i. Nancy, born October
12, 1797, died March, 1863; married James
.Stowers, had one child, Abbie Stowers. 2.
Abigail, June 26. 1800, died July 11, 1881 ;
married Martin liailey, had one child. Abbie
Bailey. 3. Catherine, August 14, 1802, died
November 17, 1879: married William Clif-
ford, and had Edward, William G., Ann and
Alvena Clififord. 4. Greene, September 2,
1804, died July 16, 1874: married (first) Mary
Brooks; (second) 1847, Sarah, widow of
Charles M. Pendleton; had by first wife
Christopher B., Brooks and Everett Pendle-
ton. 5. John P., April 20, 1807, died Decem-
ber 2, 1847; married Amanda Sherbourne, had
Sarah, Mary, Amanda and Andrew S. Pen-
dleton. 6. Benjamin, May 13, 1810, died July
29, 1851 ; married Nancy Nichols, had Esther
H. (Griffin) and Martha A. (Erskine). 7.
Charles N.. April 13, 1813, died May 16, 1862;
married Sarah Park, had Charles H., born'
November 31, 1838, died June 2, 1862; Al-
bert N., November 16, 1840, died August 5,
1862; Edmund B., April 28, 1843, died June
10, 1872; William C, August 23, "1845; Sarah
P. (Staples), July 13. 1848; Clifton A., Sep-
tember 22, 1850; Ada B. (Noyes), September
12, 1856. 8. Christopher L., F"ebruary 17,
1816, died August 22, 1854; married Myra
Haines, g. James Hervey, January 13, 1819.
(VII) James Hervey, son and ninth child
of Greene and Nancy (Park) Pendleton, was
born in Searsport, Maine, January 13, 18 19,
died February 22, igoS. He married, De-
cember 12. 1841, Esther H., daughter of
Phineas and Nancy ( Gilmore) Pendleton. She
died September 6. 1907. Their children, all
born in Searsport, Maine, were: i. Emily
Jane, March 31, 1846. 2. Frank Irving, No-
vember 10, 1848. 3. James Nelson, November
I, 1853. 4. Prudence Griffin (McGilvery),
October 17, 1857.
(VIII) Captain Frank Irving, son of James
Hervey and Esther H. (Pendleton) Pendle-
ton, was born in Searsport, Maine, November
10, 1848, and was educated in the public
schools of that town. At the age of sixteen
years he went to sea and for several years
followed the coastwise trade. At the age of
twenty-one he was made master and for a
number of years traded between the gulf states
and England. He was an energetic man and
a good trader and soon accumulated the capital
necessary to purchase an interest in the ves-
sels which he sailed. From 1880 until the time
of his retirement in 1901 he engaged in trade
with various foreign countries, including China
and Japan, the latter of which only a few
mariners had the courage to visit. During this
time he was captain of the "John C. Potter,"
"David Brown," "Nancy Pendleton," "William
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H. Connor" and "Mary L. dishing." At the
time of his retirement in 1901 Captain Pendle-
ton returned to Searsport and was soon after-
ward elected president of the Searsport Na-
tional Bank and of the Searsport Savings
Bank. He also has serve(^ as selectman and
member of the school board. He is a mem-
ber of Mariners' Lodge, .A.. F. and A. M.,
Searsport Chapter. R. A. M., is a Republican
and is a consistent member of the Congrega-
tional church. On November 24, 1874, he
married Ella J. Er.'ikine. and by her had two
children, Benjamin Franklin and Irving Ers-
kine, twins, born December 23, 1879, the
former of whom died August 7, 1880. Mrs.
Ella J. ( Erskine) Pendleton died December
.24, 1879. Mr. Pendleton married (second)
Harriet (Erskine) Gilmorc, a sister of the first
wife.
(IX) Irving Erskine, son and only sur-
viving child of Captain Frank and Ella J.
(Erskine) Pendleton, was born in Searsport,
Maine, December 23, 1879, and received his
early education in the public schools of that
town and of Bucksport Seminary. Later on
he entered the Maine Wesle}an Seminary at
Kent's Hill, and graduated from there in
igoo. He then entered the dental department
of Tufts College, graduating from there with
the degree of D. AI. D. in 1903. He at once
began the practice of his profession in Lewis-
ton, Maine, where he has built up a large and
profitable clientele. He is a Mason, belongs to
Rabboni Lodge, No. 150, A. F. and A. M., of
Lewiston ; King Hiram Chapter, No. 9, R. A.
M.; Dunlap Council, of Lewiston, and past
patron of the auxiliary Order of the Eastern
Star. In politics a Republican and in religion
a Congregationalist. .
Though the Perrv familv were
PERRY settled in the southern Jialf of
England, chiefly in Somerset,
Cornwall, Gloucester and Esse.x counties, it is
thought by some that they were of Welsh
origin. The Hon. Amos Perry, of the Rhode
Island Historical Society, and for many years
its librarian, was strongly inclined to th'ii
opinion. Among the Welsh names appears
Ap Flarry (or son of Harry), which later
became Parry and was soon corrupted to
Perry. On early record in England and
America it was written : Pury, Pary, Perrie
and Parrie, but Perry has since been uni-
versally adopted.
(l) John Perry, the .American ancestor of
this family, was born in England and came
to this country 1631, it is said, with Rev.
John Eliot, who (in a letter called him
"cousin"), and settled in Roxbury, ]Massachu-
setts, where he was made freeman, March 4,
1633. Was a member of Eliot's church and
died in Roxbury, September 21, 1642, where
he was buried. He left a widow Ann and
three children : Elizabeth, born January 25,
1637-38; John, September 7, 1639; Samuel,
March i, 1640-41.
(II) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and
Ann Perry, was born in Roxbury, Septem-
ber 7, 1639. He married, March 23, 1665,
Bethia, daughter of Daniel Morse, of Sher-
born, Massachusetts. John (2) removed to
Medfield before 1665 and thence to Sherborn,
1674, where he died May 4, 1713. His wife
born March 24, 1648, died also at Sherborn,
June 3, 1717. They had seven children : John,
born 1667, married, 1691, Sarah Hill; Samuel,
_i674, married Joanna Lovct, and Joseph, his
twin brother, married Martha, sister of Joanna
Lovet; Nathaniel, died 1756, married Abigail
Mason; Bethia; Mary; and Eleazar, married
Mary Holbrook.
(III) Nathaniel, third son of John (2) and
Bcthiah (Morse) Perry, was born at Sherborn
and died September 7, 1756. He married .Abi-
gail Mason, who died March 15, 1728. They
had three children (and perhaps others) :
Abigail, born 1715, married Joseph Whitney;
Nathaniel, 171 7, and Moses, July 28, 1719.
I HI) Eleazar, fourth son of John (2) and
Bethiah (Morse) Perry, was born at Sher-
born, June I, 1680, and married, June 19,
1705, Mary Holbrook. They had a son,
Eleazar (2), born June 2, 1706, but no others
recorded. There seems to be no definite rec-
ord of the parentage of Ephraim. but of the
Slierborn Perrys Nathaniel and Eleazar are
the only ones likely to have been his father, and
possibly the fact of Eleazar's marriage with a
Holbrook — the same being the name of Eph-
raim's wife — is an indication that Eleazar was
father of Ephraim.
(IV) Ephraim, son of Eleazar and Mary
(Holbrook) Perry, was born in Sherborn
about 1720. -According to the records, he
married (first) in 1742, Hannah Holbrook,
born September 11, 1720, died June 2j, 1744.
He married (second) Mary Babcock. They
had four sons: Ebenezer, born March 2y,
1746; Jesse, October 22, 1747; John, October
30, 1749; Jonathan, December 7, 1751.
(V) John, third son of Ephraim and Mary
(Babcock) Perry, was born in Sherborn, Oc-
tober 30, 1749. About 1764 he moved to Fox
Island, Maine (now \'inalhaven). The names
of John and William Perry are signed (with
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others) to the petition dated 1785, appealing
to the commonwealth of ^Massachusetts for
protection of their property at Fox Island
which they had occupied and cultivated "for
about twenty years." John settled first on
what is now Crabtrees Point and also took
up a lot between Perry's Creek and Seal Cove
on South Island. About 1779 he was living
on South Island and cultivating a small patch
of land, and was one of the sufiferers from
foragers during the occupancy of Castine by
the British. One day "a party of fifteen," it
is said, visited his cornfield and began to
help themselves, when he secured his gun and
shot down two of them and then fled to the
grounds, hiding in the hollow of a tree for
forty-eight hours, till the danger was passed.
This old English flint-lock gun is still pre-
served by descendants. At another time he
was picking up birds near the river and some
British ordered him to come ashore, which
he agreed when he "had gathered all the
birds." Watching his opportunity while they
waited, he paddled off in the opposite direc-
tion, escaping the shower of bullets that fol-
lowed him. Several times after, though the
British strove in vain to capture him, he man-
aged his escape. During the war of the revo-
lution he was commissioned captain of the
boat "Fl}-" by the governor of Massachusetts,
to operate against the enemy in Fox Island
and vicinity. In the war of 1812, Captain
Perry moved to Rockland, Maine. He died in
1842, aged ninety-three years, and was buried
on his farm at Northport, though in his old
age he had lived in Vinalhaven. Pie was twice
married. The first wife was Miss Woster,
and the second "widow Perry." The David
Woster who came from England about
1744 (and was born 1732) settled at
Vinalhaven in 1762. He \vas doubtless
the father of John Perry's first wife. Their
children numbered thirteen, among whom
those of Thomaston were: Captain Eph-
raim, born 1788; Captain Robert, mar-
ried, August II, 1821, Dolly Spear and (sec-
ond) Mellicent Eaton, September 2, 1827. He
died of fever. New York City, January 31,
1851 : Lucy, married Captain Benjamin Thom-
as. She died February 23, 1851.
(VI) Captain Ephraim, eldest son of John
and (Woster) Perry, was born at
Vinalhaven in 1788. He married, November
10, 1814, Nancy, daughter of John and Re-
becca (Blackington) Crockett, and sister of
Hon. Knott Crockett. She was born Decem-
ber 10, 1789. and died December 22, 1861.
Captain Perry was a master mariner and ship
owner and spent his life at sea. Children of
Captain Ephraim and Nancy Perry : Angelia
M., born I\Iarch 30, 181 5, married Joseph 'fur-
bish, of Rockland, and died November 4, 1851 ;
Sophia C, May 10, 1817; Knott Crockett
(Captain), April 27, 1820, married, Septem-
ber 18, 1843, Deborah I,. Grant; Ephraim M.,
February 2, 1823, died January 17, 1862; John
I., January 25, 1826: Oliver .-\., died April 9,
1829.
(\'II) John Jarvis, third son of Captain
Ephraim and Nancy (Crockett) Perry, was
born in Rockland, Maine, January 25, 1826,
and was educated at the schools in Rockland.
He first started business with his uncle, Hon.
Knott Crockett, who was the first mayor of
Rockland, and at his death he succeeded him in
the shipping business and general merchan-
dise, also in the manufacture of lime. He
built the second (known as the patent) lime
kiln erected in the state of Maine. He mar-
ried, August 4, 1852, Mary Frances, daughter
of Orin and Marj' Wealthy Cowl. Their chil-
dren were : Jarvis C, treasurer of the Se-
curity Trust Company, Rockland, Maine ; Orin
Francis and Benjamin Cowl.
(VIII) Orin Francis, second son of John
Jarvis and Mary F. (Cowl) Perry, was born
at Rockland, Maine, October 10, 1858. At
nineteen years of age he went to sea and con-
tinued five years, becoming a master mariner.
In 1880 he began the manufacture of lime at
Rockland, with his brothers, and has been en-
gaged in that business until the present time.
In 1901 he sold out to the Rockland Rock
Port Lime Company and was retained by them
as the New York manager and later was ap-
pointed general manager of the entire business.
He is a member of the Building Material Ex-
change and its former president : member of
the Building- Trades Employers' Association ;
member of the Maine Society of New York.
He is a Congregationalist in religion, and a
staunch Republican in politics. He served in
both branches of the city legislature of Rock-
land with credit to himself and satisfaction to
his constituents. He married, April 7, 1887,
Marie A., daughter of Captain E. R. Nash, of
Rockland. Children : Anna Louise, Grace
Adelaide, Nettie Frances. Orin F. and Gladvs.
Andrew Greely, immigrant an-
GREELY cestor, was born about 1617,
and died at Salisbury, Massa-
chusetts. June 30, 1697. His name appears on
the Salisbury records first in 1640, but he
w^as probably settled there some time before
that date. He was a miller, and settled on the
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part wliich is now included in Seabrook. Xew
Hampshire, and built his mill on Kane's river,
to grind corn. About I650 he added a saw-
mill. Soon after the completion of the mill he
removed to Haverhill. He was constable of
Salisbury in 1653. and was a member of the
planting and prudential committee. He was
often on committees to lay out land and settle
boundary lines. He was appointed to seal
leather i'n 1677. In 1655 he entered into an
agreement with Bartholomew Heath to main-
tain a corn mill for the inhabitants of Haver-
hill. In 1669 he was chosen to keep the ferry
at Haverhill. He went bonds for his son Ben-
jamin who died and left his debts unpaid.
Andrew was obliged to sell his house and
property in Haverliill and returned to Salis-
bury, wliere he lived with his son Andrew on
the old homestead until his death. He mar-
ried Mary Moyse, wdio died December 24,
1703. daughter of Joseph and Hannah Moyse.
Children, born at Salisbury: i. Philip, Sep-
tember 21, 1644. 2. Andrew-, December 10,
1646, mentioned below. 3. Mary, July 16,
1649. 4. Josejih, I'"cbruary 5, 1652. 5. Ben-
jamin, December g, 1659. 6. Westwood, Jan-
uary 29, 1659: probably died young.
(II) Andrew (2), son of Andrew (i)
Grecly, was born at Salisbury, December 10,
J 646, and died there November 26, 1736. He
was a miller and resided on the homestead.
He took the oath of allegiance before Cap-_
tain Bradbury, December 17, 1677. and was
admitted a freeman in i6go. He was high-
way surveyor in 1677. 1683-84, and constable
in 1678-79. He received nine acres of land
in the division May 18, 1681. He deeded all
his property to his son Andrew before he died.
He married at Salisbury, June 12, 1673, Sarah
Brown, born December 6, 1654, died June 23,
1727. daughter of Henry and Abigail Bro\s-n,
of Salisbury. Children, all born at Salisbury:
I. Andrew, October 8, 1674, died November
16, 1693. 2. Henry, September 28, 1676, died
January 16, 1693-94. 3. Mary, December 5,
1678. 4. Abigail, June 24, 16S1. 5. Joseph,
November 24, 1683, mentioned below. 6.
Sarah, October 21, 1685. 7. Rachel, May 19,
1688. 8. Hannah, July 29. 1692. 9. Judith,
June 13, 1696.
(III) Joseph, son of Andrew (2) Greely,
was born in Salisbury, November 24, 1683,
and died at East Kingston, New Hampshire,
January 15. 1 761. He was a blacksmith and
removed to Kingston, which afterward became
East Kingston, about 1720. He was one of
the original petitioners for the new town of
East Kingston in 1738, and was moderator of
the first town meeting. January 10, 1738-39,
and at other times. He held at various times
the offices of constable, assessor, highway sur-
veyor and selectman. He was on a committee
to call the minister. His will was dated No-
vember 26, 175.4. and proved January 28, 1761.
He married Elizabeth (jilman. Children: I.
Samuel, born at Salisbury, September 3, 1712.
2. .Andrews born at Gloucester, March 17,
1713-14. 3. Joseph, born at Gloucester, Octo-
ber 8, 171 5, inentioned below. 4. Jonathan,
born at Salisbury, September 20, 1718. 5.
Elizabeth, born at Kingston, September 14,
1 72 1. 6. Mary, born at Kingston, April 9,
1723.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Greely,
was born at (Gloucester, Massachusetts, Octo-
ber 8, 1715, and died at Gihnanton, New
Hampshire, June 5, 1792. He was one of the
petitioners for the town of East Kingston, New
Hampshire, in 1738. On March lo, 1739-40,
he with others was given permission to build a
pew "in the front gallery in our meeting house
behind the seats, from the end of the men's
seats to the brace in the woman's gallerv." He
served as selectman of East Kingston many
years, and was measurer of lumber in 1761.
He was elected clerk of the parish of Brent-
w^ood, New Hampshire, in 1765, and until
1782, about which time he probably removed
to Gilmanton. In March, 1782, he was on a
committee at Ciilmanton to lay out a high-
way. He married, at Kingston, December 2,
1741, Elizabeth Dudley, born at Brentwood,
October 20, 1722, died at Gilmanton, May 7,
1809, daughter of Jonathan and Doriah
(Bean) Dudley. Children, all born at Kings-
ton: I. Sarah, born May 7, 1743. 2. Samuel,
August, 1745, died October 26, 1746. 3. Sam-
uel, September 16, 1747. 4. Elizabeth, August
8, 1749. 5. Eleanor, October 11, 1752. 6.
i\Iary, April 28, 1755. died August 28, 1760.
7. Joseph, February 22, 175S, died September
1, 1760. 8. Noah, July 29, 1760. 9. Mary,
December 31, 1762. lo. Joseph, May 22, 1765,
mentioned below.
(V) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Greely,
was born at Kingston, New Hamjishire, May
22, 1765. He settled in Readfield. Alainc.
About 1812 he started for Bath, Maine, to en-
list for the war, and was lost from a boat on
the way from Hallowell to Bath. He married,
at Readfield, Sarah Wyman, born at Sterling,
Massachusetts, February 25, 1768, died about
1825, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Mason)
Wyman. Children, all born at Readfield: i.
Samuel, October 31, 1787, mentioned below.
2. Henry, August 2^, 1789, mentioned below.
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3. John, December 15, ijyi, metitioned below.
4. Sarah, February 10, 1794, died at West
Waterville, October 16. 1877. 5. Levi, Febru-
ary 24, 1795, died young. 6. Betsey, Decem-
ber 6, 1797, married, 1S26, John R. Taylor;
died at Mount \'ernon, Maine, September 3,
1828. 7. Joseph, November 29, 1799, married,
February 12, 1824, Nancy Stone; died Febru-
ary 13, 1825. 8. Gorham, December 16, 1802.
9. Greenleaf, June 29, 1804. 10. Rebecca W..
October, 1806-07, married Nathaniel Clongli.
II. Cvrus, June 22, i8og, died August 19,
1831. ■
(\T) Samuel, son of Joseph (3) Greely,
was born at Readtield, J\Iaine, October 31,
1787, and died July 2, 1856. He was a farmer,
and resided at Readfield, where all his chil-
dren were born. He married, at Mount \er-
non, Maine, February, 1821, Nancy Taylor,
born at iMount Vernon, ]\larch 14, 1794, died
February 18, 1870, daughter of Wilsby and
Nancy (Whittier) Taylor. Children: 1.
Nancy, born January 18, 1822. 2. Samuel,
December 16, 1824, married at Llostou, Massa-
chusetts, October 23, 1850, Harriet Haley. 3.
John. March 27, 1829. 4. Elizabeth, Septem-
ber 27, 1830. 5^ Moses, April 28, 1832. 6.
Lucy Ann, June 19, 1834.
( \ I ) John, son of Joseph (3) Greely. was
born in Readfield, Maine, December 15, 1791,
died at \Vest Waterville, October 31, 1872.
He vv'as a carpenter by trade and owned a
large farm in Mount \"ernon, Maine. He was
employed at one time on the first State House
at .Augusta, Maine, and also worked in various
parts of the state. He resided with his son
until his death. He married Lydia A. Grap,
and (second) Susan Gilman, born at Mount
Vernon. Children of John and Susan (Gil-
man) Greeley: i. Henrietta. 2. Sarah. 3.
John W., born September, 1826, mentioned be-
low.
( \'ll ) John W., sen of Jdm Greely, was
born in Mount Vernon, Maine, September,
1826, and died October 5, 1904, in Oakland,
Maine. He was a farmer. He removed to
Belgrade, where he remained thirteen years,
and then went to Oakland, Maine. He was
for some time a travelling salesman for the
Dunn Edge Tool Company, of Oakland. He
was town treasurer of Belgrade many years,
and selectman of Oakland. In politics he was
a Republican. In religion he was a Free
Baptist, and was one of the founders and
builders of the first Methodist Church at Oak-
land. He Avas a member of Relief Lodge of
Free Masons, at Belgrade, and a past master
of the lodge; of Drummond Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, of Oakland, and Mount Le-
banon Council, Royal and Select Masters, of
Oakland. He married Martha Bartlett, born
1826, in Mount X'crnon, died October 5, 1903,
in C^akland. Children: i. Evelyn. 2. John. 3.
Timothy B. 4. Horace \V., born December
30. 1857, mentioned below. 5. Susan. 6. .\r-
thur S., died young. 7. Mary M. 8. Mattie,
died voung. 9. Nora B.
(\ill) Horace \V., son of John W. Greely,
was born at Mount \'ernon, Maine, December
30, 1857. He was educated in the public
schools of Belgrade and Oakland. He began
his business career as clerk of the Dunn Edge
Tool Company and remained for four years.
When the Cascade Woolen Company, of Oak-
land, was established he became its first book-
keeper and paymaster. After five years with
this concern he became general accountant for
the Somerset railroad. From this position
five years later he was promoted to the office
of general auditor and paymaster and held it
until April, 1907, when the railroad passed
into the ownership of the Maine Central Rail-
road Company. In 1883 '""^ entered partner-
ship with W. I\I. Ayer, under the firm name
of AycT & Greely. dealers in wood and coal,
and the firm has continued to the present time.
In 1907 ]\Ir. Greely purchased the E. T. Bailey
Company Hour, grain and feed business and
has continued it as the sole proprietor. He
is a Republican in politics and has been chair-
man of the board of selectmen of Oakland.
He attends the Free Baptist church. He is a
member of Messolonskee Lodge of Free
Masons ; of Drummond Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons ; of Mt. Lebanon Council, Royal and
Select Masters ; of St. Omer Commandery,
Knights Templar, Waterville; and of Cora
Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. He is
vice-president of the Messolonskee National
Bank and member of the Maine Bankers' As-
sociation. He married, January 25, 1887, Nel-
lie E. Otis, born October, 1859, in Oakland,
daughter of Benjamin F. and Dorothy Ann
Bailey. Child, Arthur M., born October 17,
1894, at Oakland.
("\T) Henry, second son of Joseph (3)
Greely, was born August 23, 1789, in Read-
field, Maine, and died October 15, 1870, at
the same place. He married. March 20, 1817,
Mehitable M. ]\Ielvin. Their children were:
Samuel, Mary, Sarah, Flenry, Joseph, Cyrus
and Charles W.
(VII) Cyrus, fourth son of Henry Greely,
was born in 1828, in Readfield, Maine. He
received a common school education, and at
an early age was apprenticed to a carpenter to
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learn the trade. This he followed until 1881,
in connection with various other enterprises.
He experienced the g;old fever, and in the last
of the forties went to California, where he
remained four years. He was a member of the
California Pioneer Association, of which he
was for two years the president. He came
to Lewiston in 1850, and in the following of
his trade has built seventeen large school
houses and public buildings. He was a coun-
cilman in t!ie first council of the city of
Lewiston, and held office in the city govern-
ment fur twelve years, and served as repre-
sentative to the legislature in 1875-76-77. In
1S70 he was made a director of the .'\ndros-
coyuin County Savings Bank, and in 1888 was
elected president of the same, which position
he still holds. He is reputed to have the best
knowledge and judgment of investment propo-
sitions for savings hanks of any man in the
state. He married Susan H., daughter of
William and Sally (Harlow) Banks, of Au-
burn, Maine.
The first that is known of the
FOSTER name of Foster was about the
year 1065, A. D., when Sir
Richard Forrester went from Normandy over
to England, accompanied by his brother-in-
law, William the Conqueror, and participated
in the victorious battle of Hastings.
The name was first Forrester, then Forester,
then Foster. It signified one who had care
of wild lands ; one who lived in the forest, a
characteristic trait which has marked the bear-
ers of the name through all the centuries that
have followed. The Fosters seem to have
located in the northern counties of England
and in the early centuries of English history
participated in many a sturdy encounter with
their Scottish foes. The name is mentioned
in "Marmion" and the "Lay of the Last Mins-
trel." From one of these families in the seven-
teenth century appears the name of Reginald
Foster. Tiring of the tyrannic rule of Charles
I, he came to America and settled in Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, in about the year 1638.
He was a prominent figure in the early days,
as the colonial records show.
During its existence the Foster family has
been a hardy, persevering and progressive race,
almost universally endowed with an intense
nervous energy; there have been many in-
stances of high attainments; a bearer of the
name has been ex-officio vice-president of the
Republic (Hon. Lafayette G. Fo.ster, president
pro tcm. of the senate during .Andrew Jack-
son's administration) ; another, Hon. John W.
Foster, of Indiana, was premier of Presitlent
Harrison's cabinet ; another, Hon. Charles
Foster, of Ohio, was the secretary of the
treasury. Many have attained high positions
in financial life, and many have gained promi-
nence in military affairs. The record of
Major-Gcneral John G. Foster, through the
Mexican war and the war of the Rebellion,
stamped him as a soldier without fear and
without reproach. Professor Bell is the re-
puted and accredited inventor of the telephone,
but before that distinguished man had ever
conceived the plan of electric transmission of
the human voice, Joseph Foster, of Keene,
New Hampshire, a mechanical genius, had
constructed and put into actual use a telephone
embodying practically the same working plan
as the Bell machine. Query : Could it be pos-
sible that Joseph Foster's telephone atTorded
the suggestion to Professor Bell ? The Foster
family has an authentic record covering a
period of nearly one thousand years. It has
furnished to the world its 5hare of the fruits
of toil ; it has contributed its share to enter-
prise and progress. Wherever it appears in
the aitairs of men it bears its crest: the iron
arm holding the golden javelin poised towards
the future.
(I) Reginald Foster came from England at
the time so many emigrated to Massachusetts,
in 1638, and with his family was on board one
of the vessels embargoed by King Charles I.
He settled in Ipswich, in the county of Essex,
with his wife, five sons and two daughters,
where he lived to extreme old age, with as
much peace and happiness as was compatible
with his circumstances in the settlement of a
new country. The names of his five sons
who came with him from England were :
Abraham, Reginald, William, Isaac and Jacob.
One of the daughters who came with him
from England married (first) a Wood, and
after his death 'she married a Peabody. His
other daughter married a Story, ancestor of
Dr. Story, formerly of Boston, and of the
late Judge Story. It is remarkable of this
family that they all lived to extreme old age,
all married, and all had large families from
whom are descended a very numerous progeny
settled in various parts of the United States.
(II) Abraham, eldest son of Reginald Fos-
ter, was born at Exeter, England, in 1622;
came with his father in 1638 and settled in
Ipswich, where he married LydiJl Burbank and
had children : Ephraim, .Abraham, Benjamin,
Ebenezcr, Mehitable and Caleb.
(HI) Caleb, youngest child of Abraham and
Lydia (Burbank) Foster, was born at Ipswich,
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Massachusetts, November 9. 1677. His home
was in Ipswich. In 1700 he had a seat as-
signed him "behind ye pulpit'' in the meeting
house recently built. He married, June 2,
1702, I^Iary Sherwin, of Ipswich. They had
nine children: Lydia, born May 14, 1703, mar-
ried Natlian Dresser : Jonathan ; Sarah, died
young; Caleb, mentioned below ; Stephen, mar-
ried Rebecca Peabody ; Mary, died unmarried ;
Sarah ; Philemon ; John, baptized November
10, 1717. .Caleb died January 25, 1766, aged
eighty-nine years. In his will he does not
mention Philemon or John, so it is presumed
that they died before their father.
(R*) Caleb (2), second son of Caleb (i)
and Alary (Sherwin) Foster, was born in Ips-
wich. Massachusetts, June 5, 1708, and re-
sided in the same town. He married, at
Rowley, November 4, 1729, Priscilla Bu.xton.
Caleb Foster Jr. and wife Priscilla under a
deed to Thomas Foster, of Ipswich. January
14, 1763. This is the latest account found of
him. There is no record of child^ren at Ips-
wich, says the genealogy, but three are credited
to Caleb and Priscilla : John, Reginald, and
Nathan, whose sketch follows.
(V) Nathan, youngest son of Caleb (2) and
Priscilla (Buxton) Foster, was born at Ips-
wich and resided at "Pigeon Hill," Ipswich,
and Rockport. His wife's name was Miriam.
■They had eight children : Elinor, Jemima,
William, Nathan, Ebenezer, John, Aliriam and
Zabud.
(VI) Sergeant William, eldest son of Na-
than and Miriam Foster, was baptized at Rock-
port, May 30, 1760. He was a revolutionary
soldier for many years and was a sergeant in
the Massachusetts militia and present in the
battle of Bunker Hill. After the war he re-
moved to Bristol, Maine, and v^'as granted a
pension July 22, 1834, while residing in Lin-
coln county, that state. The date of his death
is not known. Fie is said to have had three
wives. His children were : Thomas D. and
Ebenezer.
(VII) Thomas D.. eldest child of Sergeant
William Foster, was born in Bristol, Maine,
in 1782, and died in Montville, July 30, 1835.
He was a resident of Montville, where he mar-
ried Joanna Carter, December 12, 1812. She
was born in 1793, and died in Unity, Decem-
ber 14, 1885, aged ninety-two. He is said to
have been twice married, the first wife's name
being Nancy Paul. He is also said to have
been the father of fifteen children, but the
five given by the genealogy are : Thomas Al-
bert, Esther Carter, Ann C, Eliza J. and
Ebenezer.
(VIII) Dr. Thomas .\lbert, eldest son of
Thomas D. and Joanna (Carter) Foster, was
born in Montville, February 20, 1827, and
died in Portland, November 27, 1896. He
was educated in the public schools, then read
medicine in the office of Dr. Nathaniel R.
Boutelle, and then took the course in Jefferson
Medical College from which he graduated in
1856. He lived in Montville during his early
years. When a young man he moved to Unity,
where he engaged in farming and taught
school in the winters. He married first while
there, and after the death of his wife took up
the study of medicine in the office of Dr.
Nathaniel R. Boutelle, and after he graduated
from Jefiferson College, in 1856, moved to
Alontville, where he practiced for three years.
In 1859 he came to Portland and there prac-
ticed his profession. When the call came for
volunteer surgeons on two occasions after big
battles he volunteered and served a short time,
each time in field and hospital work. He mar-
ried (first) in Unity, Eliza, daughter of David
McManus ; (second) in South i\'Iontville, 1857,
Adelaide Woodman, who was born in 1832,
and died in 1865; (third) in Augusta, 1868,
Mary Woodman, who was born 1836. The
children of Dr. Foster were: (i) Barzillai
Bean, (2) Charles W., (3) Henry, (4) Serena,
(5) Arietta, (6) Joanna Carter, (7) Ellura
Woodman, and two others who died young.
(IX) Dr. Baraillai Bean, eldest child of Dr.
Thomas A. and Eliza (McManus) Foster, was
born in Unity, 1849. He attended the public
schools, from which he went to Westbrook
Seminary, where he graduated in 1867. Soon
afterwards he began the study of medicine
with his father and Dr. S. H. Weeks, and in
June, 1870, engaged in the general practice
of medicine and surgery in Portland, which
he has ever since carried on. His progress
in his chosen profession has been steady and
satisfactory, and to-day he is one of the repre-
sentative physicians of the city, and he holds
responsible positions in various leading insti-
tutions of the state. He has been president
of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Sci-
ence; consulting surgeon of the Maine Eye
and Ear Infirmary; surgeon-in-chief of the
genito-urinary and rectal departments of the
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and was assist-
ant surgeon of the Togus Soldiers' Home in
1869. Dr. Foster is a member of the Amer-
ican, Maine State and Cumberland County
Medical associations, also the Portland Medi-
cal and the Lister clubs, and has been presi-
dent of all but the American. He is a mem-
ber of the Portland Athletic Club, Portland
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Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Longfel-
low Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows ; he was first great prophet and third great
sachem of Red Men, member of Machigonne
Tribe, No. 3; was first representative to the
Great Council of the United States, and has
been outer guard to the Great Council of the
United States. Dr. Foster has filled many of
the chairs of all the lodges to which he be-
longs. He is a Republican in politics, and in
religious afiiliation an Episcopalian. Dr. Fos-
ter married (first) 1870, Harriet Ellen Flagg,
of Topsham. Children: I. Fred F., married
Anna Lawrence, and has two children: Bar-
zillai and Marie. 2. Addie Eliza, married
Arthur W. Hall, and has three children : Wal-
ter, Robert and Ellen. He married (second)
Elizabeth Maud, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth ( L'.can ) Blodgell. Children : Herbert
Biodgett, Thomas .\lbert, William Quimby.
(IX) Dr. Charles Wilbur, second son of
Thomas A. and Eliza (McManus) Foster,
was born in Unity, April 29, 1850, attended
the public schools, graduated from Westbrook
Seminary in 1867, from Colby College in
1 87 1, and from Detroit Medical College in
March, 1875. In June of the same year he
began the practice of medicine at Auburn and
remained there until December 24, 1876. From
December 25, 1876, to Alay i, 1877, he was at
Alorrill, from which place he moved to Wood-
ford's, where he has successfully pursued his
calling for thirty-one years, to the present time,
1908. In political faith he is a Republican.
He was town clerk of Deering one year, was
a member of Deering school committee, 1895-
96-97, and has been a member of the Portland
school committee since 1898. He is a member
of Deering Lodge. No. 183, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons ; Harmony Lodge, No. 19, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows ; Machigonne
Encampment; Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 51,
Knights of Pythias ; of Cogamesgo Tribe, No.
5, Improved Order of Red Men ; is first great
chief of the records of the state, and also a
member of the Deering Club. He married, in
Wayne, July 6, 1876, Esther Bennett Parker,
who was born in Westbrook, August 23, 1847,
daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Parker)
Parker. They have two children : Rachel
Jones, born July 14, 1877, married Charles
Huntington Whitman ; and ' Esther Perley,
born January 17, 1881.
(I) William Little, one of the
LITTLE many emigrants from the north
of Ireland to the United States
during the eighteenth century, was born in
1780 and came to Boston in his early man-
hood. He married Judith Thaxter and about
1813 removed with his family to \erona,
Maine, where his daughter Harriet was born.
He soon purchased the farm now occupied by
his grandson. Joseph T. Little, in the eastern
part of Bucksport, and lived there till his
death in July, 1859. His wife died the same
month, at the age of eighty-five. Their chil-
dren were : James, William, who married, in
1833. Hannah Page; Margaret, who married,
in 1830, Daniel Page, 3rd ; Harriet, who mar-
ried, April 4, 1838, Eldad Page; all residents
of Bucksport.
(II) James, eldest son of William and Ju-
dith (Thaxter) Little, was born in Massa-
chusetts about 1809. He settled with his
father at Bucksport, Maine, and although he
learned the trade of a shoemaker, never prac-
ticed it to any extent, being engaged in farm-
ing and lumbering. He was a Universalist in
religious belief and had the courage of his
convictions. In his day itinerant preachers
sometimes 'fell into the error of wholesale de-
nunciation of other denominations. He once
attended a service conducted by a Methodist
minister who according to rumor had never
paid for the horse he rode to Bucksport from
the western part of the state. At the close of
a harangue in which all Universalists were
classed as liars, Mr. Little arose and, after
announcing himself a Universalist, asked, with
a meaning glance at the preacher: "Are all
Methodists thieves because one Methodist min-
ister stole a horse?" The meeting closed ab-
ruptly and the minister left town the next
morning. He married Sarah Chesman, of
Weymouth, Massachusetts, who died in Jdarch,
1877, at the age of sixty-eight, surviving a
few months her husband, who died the pre-
ceding November. Their children, all born in
Bucksport, were : Henry ; Jane, who married
in 1843 Anthony E. Doe, of Bucksport, and
died soon after; Susan, who married in 1853
Aquila T. Atwood, and died June 19, 1900,
leaving no children ; Sarah, who married in
1854 Reuben Stubbs and died without issue ;
Mary, who married in 1853 Moses Blaisdell
and had several children ; Joseph Thaxter, who
married in 1858 Margaret A. Bowdoin, has
three children and lives in the old homestead
at lUicksport.
(III) Henry, son of James and Sarah
(Chesman) Little, was born June 21, 1822.
He married, in 1845, Cynthia B. Page, who
died September 29, 1903, aged seventy-seven
years and twenty-five days. Mr. Little was
a farmer in Bucksport, but died at Orrington,
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Maine, July 16, 1901. Their children were:
Adderson C, and Julia, who married Clar-
ence Wight and lives in Springfield, Massa-
chusetts.
(IV) Adderson Chesman, son of Henry and
Cynthia B. (Page) Little, was born Septem-
ber 27, 1847, 3t East Bucksport. He was a
carpenter by occupation, and died of con-
sumption September 24, 1899. He married,
November 13, 1876, Abbie Hutchings, daugh-
ter of Captain Samuel Alexander and Mercy
H. (Hutchings) Colby, who survives him and
resides at Bucksport. Captain Colby had an
honorable war record, serving in the Eigh-
teenth Maine Volunteers.
(V) Leslie Eugene, only son of Adderson
Chesman and Abbie H. (Colby) Little, was
born July 17, 1879. He was educated in the
Bucksport public school and at the East Maine
Conference Seminary, where he was prepared
for entrance to college. He matriculated at
the University of ]Maine, where he was grad-
uated C. E. in the class of 1904. He was en-
gaged as a civil engineer on the Bangor and
Aroostook railroad ; on the Maine Central
railroad; on the Lake Shore and M. T. rail-
road and on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad. His last position gave him
residence in Providence, Rhode Island, and
office at No. 403 Union Station, New York,
New Haven and Hartford offices. He be-
came a member of the Masonic fraternity and
was initiated as a member of Felicity Lodge,
No. 19, of Providence, and his college associa-
tion is in the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He
is not married.
The surname Hersey, or Her-
HERSEY sy, is a very ancient one, and
probably of French origin, as it
appears among the list of noblemen and gen-
tlemen who went to England with William the
Conqueror. The earliest person of the name
Hersey in New England was the progenitor of
the line which is treated of in this article ; and
no person of this name except members of
this family is mentioned in early New England
annals. In records at Hingham the name is
found Flersie, as William Hersey wrote it,
also Harsie, and Hearsey. In other and later
records the name also appears under the forms
of Harcy, Harsey, Harssy, Har.sy, Hearsay.
Hercy, Herecy, Hersy, and so on. Over one
hundred and twenty-five enlistments of mem-
bers of this family are mentioned in the Mas-
sachusetts Revolutionary Rolls — most of them
under the name Hearsey, Hersey, Hercy. One
authority gives the origin of the name as lo-
cal, derived from a town named "Ilerseaux,"
which is situated almost on the border between
what was ancient Normandy and what was
ancient Flanders.
(I) William "Hersie" came to New Eng-
land in 1635, says the History of Hingham,
and early in the autumn of that year located
in Flingham with others who were passengers
on the ship he came in. July 3, 1636, he had
a house lot of five acres granted him, on what
is now South, nearly opposite West street. At
the time of the trouble about the election of
officers for the train band, 1644-1645, William
Hersey was assessed a heavy fine for support-
ing the views of Rev. Peter Hobart and his
friends. The family rate towards the erection
of the new meeting house was the largest but
one upon the list. He was undoubtedly a na-
tive of England, and perhaps of Old Hing-
ham : but the place and date of his birth have
not yet been definitely ascertained. He is men-
tioned in old records as "husbandman." He
was a leading citizen of Hingham, was made
freeman in ]March, 1638, was selectman 1642,
1647, 1650, and was a member of the Artillery
Company, 1652. He died March 22, 1658. In
his will, dated Alarch 9, 1658, proved April
29 following, he gives to his son William "ye
house and house Lott that he now Lives in and
ye penn plott before his gate, and ye Lott I
bought of Matthew Chafey at ye Capts Tent,"
etc. ; also valuables to sons John and James ;
to daughters "Francis" (Frances), Elizabeth
and Judith, £5 each ; "to my grandchildren,
John Croade and William Hersie, 40s. each.
All ye rest of my land, housing, goods, etc.,
to mv wife Elizabeth during her life as a
widow." The inventory of his estate made
April 28, 1658, enumerated property valued at
£419 13s. 6d. His wife's Christian name was
Elizabeth. She survived her husband, was
executrix of his estate, and died in Hingham,
October 8, 1671. The children of William and
Elizabeth were : William, Francis, Elizabeth,
Judith, John and James.
(II) "William (2), eldest child of William
(i) and Elizabeth Hersey, was probably born
in England and came to New England with his
parents in 1635. He was an energetic, intelli-
gent, and trusted citizen ; was made a free-
man, 1672: constable, 1661 ; selectman, 1678,
1682, and 1690. His will, made in 1689, was
proved January 2-j, 1692. He died September
28, 1691. His first wife, whom he married
about 1656 or 1657, was Rebecca, daughter of
Thomas and Alice Chubbuck. She was bap-
tized in Hingham, April, 1641, and died June
I, 1686, aged forty-five years. The Chris-
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tian name of his second wife, as appears by his
will, was Ruhamah. There is no entry of this
marriage nor of her death, on the Hingham
records. I lis children, all born in Ilingliam,
by wife Rebecca, were : William, John,
James, Rebecca, Deborah, Hannah, Elizabeth,
Ruth, Mary, Joshua, Judith (died young),
and Judith.
(III) William (3), eldest child of William
(2) and Rebecca (Chubbuck) Hersey, was
born in Hingham, October 11, 1657. He was a
solilier in Captain Johnson's company, De-
cember, 1675; was constable, 1694; and repre-
sentative, i6q8 and 1699. After 1704 he re-
moved with his family to Abington. He mar-
ried, first, June 12, 1683, Mary, whose sur-
name is unknown. She died October 17, i6go.
He married, second, October 2, 1691, Mrs.
Sarah ( Langlee ) May, widow of Jonathan
May, and daughter of John and Sarah (GilU
Langlee. She was born in Hingham, March
15, i66S. The children by the first wife were:
Deborah, David, Isaac and William ; by the
second wife: Sarah, Stephen, Joseph, an in-
fant, and Hannah.
(IV) Joseph, third child of William (3)
and Sarah (Langlee) Hersey, was born in
Hingham, November 9, 1697. His wife's,
name was Sarah. Their sons were : Joseph
(died young), Joseph, James and Jonathan.
(V) James, third son and child of Joseph
and Sarah Hersey, moved to Maine and set-
tled in New Gloucester, where he spent the
greater part of his life. He had si.x sons :
James, Noah, Amos. Reuben, Simeon, and
Levi, whose sketch follows.
(V'l) Levi, youngest son of James Hersey,
was born in New Clloucester, Maine, and set-
tled on Harris Hill, in that town where he
made agriculture his lifelong occupation. His
wife's family name was Tobey. They had
four sons: Samuel, Stillman, Simeon and
Levi, the subject of the next paragraph.
(VH) Rev. Levi (2), son of Levi (i) Her-
sey. was born in New Gloucester, in 1803, and
died in Buckficld. March 12. 1885, aged eigh-
ty-two years. After residing some years on
the old homestead, he removed to .A.uburn,
where he was a merchant as early as 1835. He
aLso resided in.Lewiston. In 1836. during the
great religious revival of that period, he ex-
perienced religion, and united with the Free
Will Baptist Church, and entered upon the.
work of the ministry which he carried on till
about the close of his life, preaching in Harps-
well sixteen years, also in Phippsburg, Bath,
and Richmond and Buckfield. and residing in
each of those towns during his pastorate there.
Mr. Hersey was a man of strict integrity,
strong emotions, and deeply interested in the
salvation of souls. His labors were unremit-
ting and successful, and many owed their con-
version to his noble example and efficient
teaching. He married first, Sarah Hooper
Pierce, born in Westbrook, (October 13, 1808,
and died.in Auburn, Maine, May 12, 1843.
He married, second, March 18. 1844, Mary
Jane Scott Hersey, who was born in Minot,
December 16, 181 5, and died July i, 1894.
She was the daughter of Amos and Mary
(Freeman) Hersey. Her father Amos re-
moved from Hingham, Massachusetts, to
Minot, Maine, and settled on Hersey Hill. He
was the son of .Amos, who was the son of
(V) James, of this sketch. The children of
Rev. Levi (2) Hersey by his first wife, Sarah
Pierce, were: George R., Augustus M., Levi
E., and Charles H. By his second wife, Mary
Jane Hersey, he had one child, Oscar H., who
is mentioned at length below: i. George R.
was born in 1827, and died in 1891. He mar-
ried Louisa P. Rich, of Harpswell, by whom
he had one child, Ella, born 1856. 2. Au-
gustus M., born 1829, died in July, 1870. He
wedded Lucy F. Leach, of Bath, by whom he
had one child. Bertha. 3. Levi E., 1831, died
in 1862. He married Ellen Mclntyre. of
Phippsburg. They had two children : Clar-
ence E. and a daughter. 4. Charles IL, 1842,
married Carrie Kimball, of Bethel, Maine, and
now resides in Keene, New Hampshire.
(Vni) Oscar Henry Hersey, only child of
Rev. Levi (2) and Mary Jane (Hersey) Her-
sey, was born in Freeport, April 9, 1852. He
attended the common schools, and subsequently
received instruction in Bath high school and
Litchfield .Academy. He left school in 1871,
and during the following years taught in
Harpswell, Richmond, Hebron and Buckfield,
twenty-one terms of public school and eigh-
teen terms of singing school. Perhaps he
would have made teaching his life work had
his health remained good ; but being compelled
by ill health to seek some other vocation, he
entered upon the study of law in the office of
Hon. George D. Bisbie, in 1875, where he read
until March, 1877, when he was admitted to
the bar of Oxford county, and began a prac-
tice there which covered a period of twenty-
two years. He removed to PortlantI in Feb-
ruary, 1899, 3"^ irom that time till Novem-
ber, 1905, he was associated in practice with
Judge Enoch Foster, the firm name being Fos-
ter & Hersey. Since the last mentioned date
he has practiced alone. While a resident of
Oxford county he was school supervisor sev-
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eral years, county attorney from 1886 to i8gi,
representative to the legislature in 1891, rep-
resenting the classed town of Paris, Buckfield
and Woodstock, and state senator from 1893
to 1895. After his removal to Portland he
was elected alderman from Ward Nine. Up
to this time he had been a Republican and
did yeoman service in the interests of his
party ; but declining a renomination for a sec-
ond term in 1903. Mr. Hersey has always
acted in accordance with the dictates of his
conscience, and his record as a public officer
has ever been that of faithful and efficient
servant of the people. In Masonry he is a
member of Evening Star Lodge, No. 147, of
Buckfield ; Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter,
No. I ; and Portland Commandery, Knights
Templar, No. 2, of Portland ; also of Nezin-
scot Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. P., of Buck-
field. Oscar H. Hersey and Ida Anna Berry,
of Buckfield, were married at Buckfield,
Maine, August 3, 1879. She was born in Au-
burn, August 19, 1858, daughter of Charles
H. and Cynthia (Harris) Berry, of Auburn.
Three children have been born of this union :
Augustus M., October 30, 1880; Carrie B.,
April 16, 1883; and Avilla M., May 20, i8gi.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(II) John, fifth child of Wil-
HERSEY liam and Elizabeth Hersey, was
baptized in Hingham, August
9, 1640, died August 7, 1726. He was a tailor.
He was a constable in 1701, and resided on
South street. West Hingham. He married at
Dedham, May, i66g, Sarah , born
1649-50. died January 17, 1732, aged eighty-
two. Their children, all born in Hingham,
were: i. Sarah, March 13, 1669-70. 2. Ju-
dith, September 28, 1672, died December 24,
1672. 3. Nehemiah, December 13, 1673, died
February 8, 1674. 4. Abigail, February 2,
1674-75. 5. Maria, January 12, 1677-78. 6.
Jael, June i, 1680, died October 20, 1681. 7.
Daniel, see forward. 8. Peter, August 20,
1687. 9. Flannah, November 6, i68g. 10.
Betsey, baptized September 18, 1692, died Jan-
uary, 1693. II. Jeremiah, June 18, 1697.
(Ill) Daniel, second son and seventh child
of John and Sarah Hersey, was born April 23,
1682, died May 20, 1766. He was a cooper.
Constable in 1726, and resided on Hersey street
in the house built by him in 1730, which is still
in good condition. He married, Deceinber 28,
1710. Mary May, born in Hingham, September
3, 1687, died January 10, 1760, daughter of
Jonathan and Sarah (Langlee) May or Mayes.
Their children, all born in Hingham, were: i.
Mary, October 14, 1711, married, December
28. 1732, Theophilus Wilder. 2. Jonathan.
February 2, 1713-14, married. November 19,
1741, Sarah, daughter of David and Eliza-
beth (Ripley) Whiton ; died October 2, 1760.
3. Sarah, April 19, 1718, married (first) No-
vember 13, 1745, Zaccheus Blossom; (second)
Isaac .Sprague, widower. 4. Isaiah, see for-
ward. 5. Susanna, December 6, 1730, married
Benjamin Stowell.
(IV) Isaiah, second son and fourth child of
Daniel and Mary (May) Hersey, was born
January 29, 1720-21, died March 20, 1803. He
was a cooper. Constable in 1768-70, and re-
sided on Hersey street. Fie married, Decem-
ber 14. 1743, Margaret, born in Hingham,
February 22, 1721-22, died November 16, 1809,
daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Fearing)
Sprague. Their children, all born in Hing-
ham, were: i. Isaiah, see forward. 2. Israel,
twin of Isaiah, born October 24, 1744, died
October 3, 1823; married, January 29, 1767,
Priscilla, born August 20, 1741, died May 4,
1814, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Stodder)
Sprague. 3. Margaret, November 25, 1746,
married, January 30, 1766, Abijah Hersey. 4.
Mary, January 18, 1750-51, died February 14,
of tlie same year. 5. Zadock, January 16, 1752-
53; married, July 30, 1775, Abigail, born June
29, 1754, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah
(Hersey) Lewis; died at Pembroke, Maine,
January 13, 1850. 6. Mary, October 9, 1755;
married, December 31, 1772, Jeremiah Hersey
Jr. 7. Reuben, August 10, 1757; married
(first) November 11, 1779, Mary, born June
7, 1758, died December 2, 1822, daughter of
Dr. Daniel and Mary (Lane) French, of Wey;
(second) February 18, 1824, Celia, born Sep-
tember 25, 1769, died March 13, 1829, daugh-
ter of Welcome and Sarah (Gill) Lincoln; he
died November 28, 1845.
(V) Isaiah (2), eldest child of Isaiah (i)
and Margaret (Sprague) Hersey, was born
October 24, 17.^4, and died at Passamaquoddy,
Maine, February 14, 1830, aged eighty-six.
He was constable in 1782 and 1785, and re-
moved with his family to Passamaquorldy in
1787. He married, October 30. 1766, Rebecca,
born in Hingham, .August 18, 1745, died in
Passamaquoddy, January 12, 1831, daughter of
Isaac and Leah { Stodder) Sprague. Their
children, all born in Hingham, were: i. Re-
becca, July 30, 1767, died May 26, 1772. 2.
Perez, see forward. 3. Caleb, October 20,
1770, died March 30, 1771. 4. Caleb, see for-
ward. 5. Rebecca", January 8, 1774, married
Abraham Bridges. 6. Joanna, March 4, 1776,
married, July 17, 1794, Isaac Hobart. 7.
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Adna, June 23, 1778, dicii August 4, 1851,
married Sarah Leighton. who died May 5,
1848. aged seventy-four years, and resided at
Passamaquoddy. 8. Leah, April 2, 1781 ; mar-
ried Samuel Leighton. 9. Isaiah, August 5,
1783. died November 7, 1867, married Lydia
Gardner, who died December 19, 1862, as^ed
eighty-one years, three months. 10. Thirza,
July 16, 1786, married Charles Stoddard.
(\'I) Perez, eldest son and second child of
Isaiah (2) and Rebecca (Sprague) Hersey,
was born September 25, 1768. in Hingham,
Massachusetts, and died in Pembroke. Maine,
October 26, 1820. He came with his father to
Maine in 1787, and resided and died in Passa-
maquofldy. He married Catherine Benner.
(\"II) John Henry, son of Perez and Cath-
erine (Benner) Hersey, was born May 28,
1810, in Pembroke, Maine, where he resided.
He was married November 25, 1833. to Con-
stance Young Mayo, who was born November
3, 1806. at South West Harbor, Maine, daugh-
ter of Isaac P. and Rosanna (Young) Mayo.
Isaac P. Mayo was born May 17, 1774, a son
of Joshua and Lydia (Pepper) Mayo, and
went with his parents to South West Harbor,
where they landed July 3, 1778. He was mar-
ried in December. 1804, to Rosanna Young,
daughter of Ezra and Constance Young. Their
marriage took place at the home of the bride's
father, at Bar Harbor, and the bride's father
performed the ceremony, he being at that time
the only justice of the peace on the Island,
and resided at Duckbrook. John Henry Her-
sey's children were: Joanne Mayo, Margaret
Steel, Rebecca .Mmeda, Susan Livermore and
John Edwin. The mother died February 23,
1856, and Mr. Hersey married, September 9,
1856, Margaret Beeman, of New Brunswick.
Her children were : Ida Emeline and Emily
Jane. The latter died before four years old,
and the former became the wife of Thomas
Abraham.
(VHI) Susan Livermore, fourth daughter
of John Henry and Constance Young (Mayo)
Hersey, was born September 9, 1843, in Pem-
broke, and became the wife of Heman Nicker-
son Hersey, of Pembroke.
(VI) Caleb, third son and fourth child of
Isaiah and Rebecca (Sprague) Hersey, was
born March i, 1772, in Pembroke, and died
March 8, 1865, in the same town, where he
resided through life. He was married to Lydia
Dunbar, who died November 13, 1858, aged
eighty-eight years. They had a son and
daughter. Caleb and Lydia. The latter was
born in August, 1800. and married Jarcd Her-
sey. She died April 7, 1869.
(VII) Caleb (2), only son of Caleb (i) and
Lydia (Dunbar) Hersey, was born March 13,
1799, in Pembroke, and died Alarch 27, 1866,
in that town, where he passed his life. He
was married there December 21, 1823, to Eliz-
abeth de Forest, who died May 4, 1855, at the
age of forty-eight years. Following is a brief
account of their children: i. Eliza .Ann. born
May 15, 1825, married Benjamin B. Hersey,
and died March 11, 1865. 2. Caleb Washing-
ton, born July 4, 1827, resided in Pembroke;
married Mary Eliza, daughter of Samuel Her-
sey. 3. Sarah Lydia, born July 8, 1830, died
at the age of twenty-six years, unmarried. 4.
Henry Jackson, born December 12, 1833, died
at the age of twenty years. 5. Heman Nicker-
son, mentioned at length bfelovv. 6. Charles
Emerson, twin of Heman N., born February
12, 1836, died at the exact age of sixty years;
he married Rebecca Almeda, daughter of John
Henry Hersey. 7. Darius de Forest, born Jan-
uary 23, 1841, now resides in Oshkosh, Wis-
consin; he married (first) Sarah McCurdy,
and (second) Mary Jackson.
(VIII) Heman Nickerson, third pon of
Caleb (2) and Elizabeth (de Forest) Hersey,
was born February 12, 1836, in Pembroke, and
died June 13, 1892. He was educated in the
rural schools of Pembroke, and in early life
was a teamster in the employ of the Pembroke
Iron Works. Subsequently he was for several
)ears employed as a puddler by the same com-
pany. In 1873 he removed with his family to
South Boston, where he and his brother,
Charles Emerson, learned the Seamens-Martin
process of manufacturing steel. They were
among the first to become acquainted with this
process and were employed by the Norway
Iron Company for several years thereafter.
During a part of this time Heman N. was one
of its superintendents. He was sent out by
the company to start the operation of steel fur-
naces, the first at St. Albans, X'ermont, in July,
1878, subsequently at Worcester, ^lassachu-
setts, and Chester, Pennsylvania. Several
months were spent in each place. In 1887,
owing to ill health, he was compelled to give
up his work, and return with his family to the
old homestead in Pembroke, where he spent
the last four years of his life. He was a sup-
porter of Republican principles, a member of
the Baptist church at South Boston and of
several fraternal organizations. He affiliated
with the Crescent Lodge, F. and A. M., and
Crescent Chapter, R. A. M., both of Pem-
broke ; also with Bethesda Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
and Unity Lodge, A. O. V. W., both of South
Boston. He was married July 25, 1859, to
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Susan Livermore, daughter of John Henry
Hersey, of Pembroke. His twin brother mar-
ried her sister, as hereinbefore related. She
was born September 9, 1843, in Pembroke,
and survived him more than fifteen years, dy-
ing in Sanford, Maine, December 11, 1907.
They had a son and daughter, Will Osmar
and Eva Lillian. The latter graduated from
the schools of Freeport, Maine, took a special
two years' course at Boston University and
the Gorham Normal school, and is now teach-
ing in Dunstable, Massachusetts.
(TX) Will Osmar, only son of Heman Nick-
erson and Susan Livermore (Hersey) Hersey,
was born January 9, 1867. in Pembroke, and
was about six years of age when his parents
removed to South Boston. He attended the
public schools there, the Denysville Academy
and the Academy at St. Albans, Vermont. He
took a year's course at the Boston English
high school, was prepared for college in the
Boston Latin school, and was graduated from
Bowdoin College in the class of 1892. While
preparing for and pursuing his college course,
he engaged in teaching in the common schools
of JNIaine. For three years he was principal of
the high school at Bridgton, Maine, and six
years in Freeport, same state. Li 1902, he
was called to Sanford, ]\Iaine, as principal of
the high school and has ever since been en-
gaged in that position. He has been elected
union superintendent of schools for the Fair-
field-Oakland district, his duties to begin July
I, igo8. He holds the first teacher's Hfe cer-
tificate of the first grade, issued in the state of
Maine. Professor Hersey takes an active in-
terest in the progress of his nation and gives
his political support to the Republican party.
He is actively identified with the Masonic or-
der, being a past master of Freeport Lodge,
No. 23, A. F. and A. ]\L, and is now affiliated
with Preble Lodge. No. 143, of Sanford. He is
past high priest of White Rose Chapter, No.
.S4, R. A. M., of Sanford, and is a member of
Mount Vernon Council, No. 2, R. and S. M.,
of Brimswick. He is also a member of Clover
Chapter, No. 138, O. E. S., of Sanford, and
of Cumberland Lodge, No. 30, and Ruhamah
Rebekah Lodge, No. 53, L O. O. F., the for-
mer of Bridgton and the latter of Springvale,
Maine. He is a member of the Theta Delta
Chi, Greek letter fraternity. Eta Chapter,
Brunswick, Maine. He is a past patron of the
Eastern Star Chapter, and past grand worthy
patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of Maine.
He was married June 10, 1902, at Everett,
Massachusetts, to Lila Pendleton Harden, born
March 30, 1872. in Angora, Pennsylvania. She
is a graduate of Colby College, in' the class of
1895. They have one child, Carl Kenneth,
born October 27, 1904, in Sanford. Rev.
Cushman Ebcn Harden, the father of Mrs.
Hersey, was a Baptist clergyman, who filled
pastorates at Bristol, Pennsylvania, Harring-
ton, Sedgwick, Hebron and Jefiferson, Maine,
and has also been state missionary. He was
a corporal in Company C of the First Heavy
Alaine Artillery and received a wound in the
service. He died at Appleton, Maine, Novem-
ber 15, 1897. He married Abbie Susan Whita-
ker.
(For preceding generations see William Hersey I.)
(HL) John, second son of Wil-
HERSEY Ham (2) and Rebecca (Chub-
, ^ bock) Hersey, was born in
Hingham, Massachusetts, August 9, 1640, and
died there August 7, 1669. He was a tailor,
and a constable in 1701. The name of his wife
was Sarah, who died January 17, 1731. Chil-
dren : Sarah, Judith, Nehemiah, Abigail, Mar-
cia, Jael, Daniel, Peter, Hannah, Betsey and
Jeremiah.
( IV ) Daniel, second son of John and Sarah
Hersey, was born in Hingham April 23, 1682,
and there died January 10. 1760. Daniel was
a cooper, made a constable in 1766, and re-
sided on Hersey street in a house he built
which is now standing. He married Mary,
daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Langley)
May; children: Mary, Jonathan, Sarah,
Isaiah and Susanna.
(V) Jonathan, eldest son of Daniel and
Mary (May) Hersey, was born at Hingham,
February 2, 1713, and died there October 2,
1760. Fie learned the cooper's trade with his
father. He married Sarah, daughter of David
and Elizabeth (Ripley) Whiton ; she was born
at the aforesaid place, August 20, 1720, and
died January 28, 1794. Children : Jonathan,
Deidama, deceased : Sarah, Lydia, Juliette,
Deidama, Daniel, David, Peter and Ezekiel.
(VI) Jonathan (2), eldest child of Jona-
than (i) and Sarah (Whiton) Hersey, was
born in Hingham. October 28, 1742, and died
in Roxbury, Massachusetts, at a very advanced
age. Following in the footsteps of his paternal
ancestor and of several generations of the Her-
seys he was a cooper. He served in the revo-
lution. He married Margaret Tower, Septem-
ber 6, 1776, but she lived only till June 13,
1777. Married (second) Mary, daughter of
John Berry; she was born in Hingham, May
19, 1754, and died in Roxbury, November,
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1832. Children: Lydia, Jonathan, Margaret,
Mary, and Henry Johnson, who removed to
New York state.
Here is an unfortunate break in the con-
tinuity of succession, but the Kersey family
herein treated have grounds for believing they
sprang from the old patriarch William, and
Elijah, to whom we come now, was born on
Long Island, New York, March 24, 1790, and
died at Linneus, Maine, in 1875. He emi-
grated from his island home to St. John, New
Brunswick, in 1810, residing there and at St.
John until in 1832 he became one of the pio-
neers of Aroostook county, settling in Lin-
neus, then an embryo town. He farmed for a
living and burnt charcoal. He married Annie
Bell, of Buxton, in 1817; she was born April
II, 1794, and died at Linneus, about 1887.
Giildren : John B., Samuel B., Mary A.,
Catherine M., Eliza S., William G. and Sarah
G.
Samuel B., son of Elijah and Annie (Bell)
Hersey, was born June 14, 1821, at St. John,
New Brunswick, and was brought to Aroos-
took county by his father when a child. He
belonged to ^Iaine■s most numerous army of
workers, the cultivators of her fertile soil,
which is at once the source of its greatest in-
come, the nursery of its great men and the
foundation of its happy homes. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of William White. Chil-
dren: Alpheus C, deceased; Mary, Ira G.,
Annie E. and Samuel M.
Ira G., son of Samuel B. and Elizabeth
(White) Hersey, was born in Hodgdon,
Aroostook county, March 31, 1858. His early
nurture was secured in the village school of
his native town, with a classical course at
Houlton Academy. Choosing the law as a
profession he read with Lyman S. Strickland,
of Houlton, one of the then leaders of the
Aroostook bar. Young Hersey was admitted
to practice at the September term, 1880, pass-
ing a highly creditable examination, both to
himself and his proficient preceptor. The
same year he engaged in active practice in the
county seat and has ever maintained a good
standing in the profession and in the com-
munity. Mr. Hersey is much sought after by
those who have recourse to the courts to re-
dress their wrongs. He is thorough in prep-
aration, and in conducting a case in court he
brings out all there is in it of both law and fact
and is never surprised or discomfited by the
unexpected tactics of the other side, but is
ready with counter moves. He at one time co-
operated in political matters with the Prohibi-
tion party and was honored with the nomina-
tion for governor. He made a splendid run,
but of course in Republican Maine nothing else
than a Republican landslide is expected, and
with the exception of the Garcelon regime the
state has been ruled by Republican governors
for a long period. Mr. Mersey, though still a
Prohibitionist in principle, believes the best
practical good is to be obtained in working
through one of the great parties and to that
end he allied himself with the party of Blaine,
Reed and Manley. Since joining that party
he has been elected as city attorney of Houl-
ton. In this position he has brought to the
discharge of the duties a public conscience
and an unalterable disposition to uphold the
laws. Mr. Hersey is one of the clean men in
politics and stands for civic righteousness; he
is the present representative-elect from Houl-
ton to the Maine legislature. The fraternities
to which he belongs «re subordinate lodge In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Canton
of Houlton, the Aroostook Encampment, No.
41. He is at present grand master of the
Grand Lodge. He is connected with Monu-
ment Lodge, No. 96, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons; Aroostook Chapter, No. 20;
witli St. Aldeniar Commandery, at present
eminent commander ; with Aroostook Council,
No. 16, of Presque Isle ; with the Maine Con-
sistory of Portland ; with Kora Temple,
Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lew-
iston. He is also a member of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. He married
Annie, daughter of William Dillen.
(See preceding Hersey sketche.s.)
Just what time a branch of the
HERSEY Herseys moved to Maine is not
known. Dr. James Hersey 2),
son of Dr. James Hersey (i), died at
Kittery, Maine, in 1758; but as he was
only twenty at the time and unmarried, he
could not have been the ancestor of the Her-
seys at Paris and Oxford, that state. In the
latter town lived Dr. A. L. Hersey (there
have always been many physicians in the fam-
ily), the father of Miss Heloise E. Hersey. the
noted teacher and lecturer of Boston.
(I) James Hersey, born December 12, 1758,
lived at Paris, Maine, and on October 1 1, 1781,
married Althea Pool, of Minot. Maine, who
was born September 13, 1761. Children: i.
Simeon, born July 8, 1782. married Lois W^ar-
ren. 2. James, mentioned below. 3. Samuel,
May 14, 1785, married Eunice Bradbury. 4.
Althea. December 29, 1787. died the first day
of the next August. 5. Althea, May 14. 1789,
married John Bradbury. 6. Anna, July 3,
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1791, married Meshach Keen. 7. Susanna,
March 30, 1793, married John Thayer and
lived at Buckfield. 8. Ruth, January 13. 1795,
married Benjamin Hammond, and lived at
Lincoln. 9. Olive, December 15, 1796, married
Stephen Cobb. 10. Maria. November 28, 1798,
married Ezra Cobb. 11. Ira, January 25, 1802,
married Omittee Fletcher. 12. Sophronia,
September 3, 1803, married Hiram Heald.
(H) James (2), second son of James (i)
and Althea (Pool) Hersey, was born Novem-
ber II, 1783. He lived at Sumner, Maine, and
married Olive Freeman, daughter of Samuel
Freeman, an officer in the revolution. Among
their children was Samuel Freeman, whose
sketch follows.
(HI) Hon. Samuel Freeman, son of James
(2) and Olive (Freeman) Hersey, was born
at Sumner, Oxford county, Maine, April 12,
1812, and died at Bangor, February 3, 1875.
He was educated in the local schools of his
native town, at Hebron Academy, and at a
school in Buckfield, Maine. When sixteen
years of age, he began teaching school during
winters. He was very studious, and his views
of life were powerfully influenced by reading
Pope's Essay on Man, his favorite study. At
the age of twenty, he left home and came to
Bangor, where he began working as clerk in a
store. In 1833, being only twenty-two at the
time, and having saved a little capital, he
formed a partnership with his cousin, W. R.
Hersey, at Lincoln, IVIaine, and began business
for himself. The panic of 1837 swept away
about all the profits of the firm, but he bought
out his partner and paid all debts. In 1838
Mr. Hersey formed a partnership with Jesse
Fogg, keeping a store at IMilford, Maine, and
another at Bangor. From general merchan-
dise they drifted into the lumber business,
which they prosecuted successfully. Mr. Her-
sey lived at IVIilford until 1842, when he moved
to Upper StiTlwater, where he hired all the
mills, moving in the spring of 1844 to Old-
town, and in the fall of the same year to Ban-
gor. In 1850 the partnership of Fogg & Her-
sey was dissolved, and the latter formed a con-
nection with Thomas L. May and Robert
Davis (2), under the name of May, Davis &
Company. This firm existed with some
changes till September, 1863. when Mr. Her-
sey closed his active business in Bangor. Dur-
ing this time he had been very prosperous, and
had invested largely in timber lands, which
later brought him a great fortune. He made
investments in Iowa, ^Minnesota and other
places, which also proved profitable.
Samuel F. Hersey filled a prominent place
in the public affairs of the state. In 1842 he
represented Milford in the legislature, was
elected representative from Bangor in 1857
and 1865, and a member of the state senate
in 1868 and 1869. I" 1852 and 1853 he was
a member of the executive council ; was a dele-
gate to the National Republican Convention,
which nominated Lincoln; and from 1864 to
1868 was a member of the National Republican
committee. He was one of the organizers and
first supporters of the Republican party in
Maine, and was ever after one of its stau'nch-
est upholders. He served in the state militia
through the various grades from captain to
major general, and at the outbreak of the civil
war rendered efficient service in organizing
and equipping the troops from Maine. He
contributed liberally to the efforts for the re-
lief of our soldiers, and was ardently devoted
to the Union cause throughout the war. He
felt a just pride in having been able to vote in
the Chicago convention for resolves forever
prohibiting the further extension of human
slavery ; in the Baltimore convention of 1864
for universal freedom ; and in the Maine legis-
lature for the ratification of the great consti-
tutional amendments which sealed the results
of the war. Mr. Hersey always took a promi-
nent and responsible part in the Republican
councils of the state ; and was frequently
elected to positions of dignity and influence.
In 1870 he was the Republican nominee for
governor, and lost the election by twenty votes,
being defeated by Hon. Sidney Perham. In
1872 he was nominated and elected by the Re-
publicans as representative to congress, receiv-
ing a majority of five thousand ; and he was re-
elected to the forty-fourth congress in 1874.
During the winter of 1873-74, while in Wash-
ington, his health became impaired, and he
was obliged to return home, where he gradu-
ally failed until his death, February 3, 1875.
The preceding paragraphs give a brief out-
line of Mr. Hersey 's business and political life,
but they fail to show his social influence in the
commimity and the generosity with which he
supported all good causes. He was a promi-
nent member of the Universalist church, and
a liberal contributor thereto. He made large
donations to Westbrook Seminary. He was
a director of the European and North Amer-
ican railway, and a corporator and stockholder
of various other enterprises, including insur-
ance and banking companies. By his will Mr.
Hersey left a fund of one hundred thousand
dollars to the Bangor Public Library. This
was loaned to the city at six per cent, and
with the money they built their present City
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Hall. He also left a bequest to the Universal-
ist church of Bangor, which has been expended
for a retreat for the Sunday school scholars at
Sandy Toint. Maine; the buildings and
grounds have been fitted up at an expense of
fortv thousand dollars.
The death of Mr. Hersey was widely
mourned. From among the inany tributes and
obituaries published in the Bangor papers at
the time, we quote the following extract : "Mr.
Hersey has for years been identified as one
of our most prominent citizens, public-spirited
and generous-hearted, with business ability of
the highest order." From the funeral oration
delivered by Rev. Amory Battles, who had
been Mr. Hersey 's pastor for twenty years, we
take the following: "If you could have seen
him when he returned from some one of his
many business trips, and known with what
heartiness and zest he engaged himself in the
affairs of his church and Sunday school, you
would have found one of his largest sources of
enjoyment in the duties of these other and less
public walks of life. Another beautiful trait
in his character was that he was always young,
and children loved him and sought his soci-
ety as naturally as the sweet roses of summer
gather about those who love their fragrance.
We have often seen, after an extended absence,
the gladness spring into the eyes of two or
three hundred children when he again met
them in the Sunday school."
At the memorial services held in the Halls of
Congress at Washington, addresses on the life
and character of Hon. Samuel F. Hersey were
delivered by Congressmen Hale and F'rye of
Maine and Congressman Dunnell of Minne-
sota, also by Senators Hamlin and Morrill of
Maine. Resolutions were passed by the sen-
ate and house, and members of both bodies
wore the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days. The following is the address of Sena-
tor Morrill : "Mr. President : The bereave-
ment which arrests the proceedings of the
Senate touches so many hearts in the state that
honors me with its confidence, and withal sun-
ders ties of friendly and official relations, that
I trust to be indulged in adding a few words
to what has already been so feelingly and ap-
propriately said. The claims of 5lr. Hersey
upon our respect spring from an unsullied
character, from his personal virtues and public
services. By the inherent energies and fidel-
ity of his nature, unaided by adventitious sup-
ports, he had acquired affluence in private
affairs, had often been associated in the coun-
cils of his state, and had at length entered
those of the nation — alas ! unhappily, soon to
fall under the heavy hand of disease, which
ere long was to remove him hence. His was
an active and useful life in the departments of
practical duty and endeavor, whereby society
is advanced through a community of interests,
the general welfare, the highest good of the
greatest number. He was ever the sagacious,
upright, eminently successful man of business,
of generous impulses, of a truly catholic spirit,
charitable, liberal and humane, whose daily life
was without reproach, and was an example to
all. He sprung from among the people in the
common walks of life, was by the simplicity of
his tastes, the habits formed in pursuits, in-
timately connected with their interests, and by
his truly democratic intentions always in deep-
est sympathy with them, and was therefore
fitly and not infrequently, their trusted repre-
sentative. The memories of Mr. Hersey will
be cherished by the people of Maine, as among
the public men who had rendered valuable
public service in its councils, who in private
life was faithful to every duty, to the obliga-
tions of friendship and the claims of good
neighborship."
Samuel F. Hersey was thrice married, but
his five children w'ere all by the second wife.
In January, 1835, Samuel Freeman Hersey
married Eliza Ann Stowell, of South Paris,
Maine, who died in September, 1836. In July,
1839, he married Jane Ann Davis, who died
January 17, 1862. The five children of this
union were : Roscoe F., Dudley H., Eugene
M., Edward Louis and a daughter. On March
23, 1871, Samuel F. Hersey married his third
wife, Emily M. Sanborn, daughter of Hon.
Abraham and Emily (McClellan) Sanborn,
who was born March 9, 1837. She proved
a devoted wife and nurse throughout her
husband's long and trying sickness that
ended in his decease. Edward L. Hersey, the
last surviving son of Samuel F. Hersey, died
at St. Paul, ^linncsota, September. igo8. He
removed to St. Paul shortly after his father's
death. He had large business interests there.
This is a Scotch name which was
CLARY transported in the seventeenth
century to northern Ireland, and
brought thence to this country in a great im-
migration from that religion in the first half of
the eighteenth century. Like all those immi-
grants, this family was affiliated with the
Scotch Presbyterian church, and preserved in
common with others the distinctive character-
istics of the forefathers. This people were
known as Scotch-Irish.
(I) Early in the eighteenth century Daniel
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McCIary and his wife Catherine, with their
sons William and Daniel, came from the north
of Ireland to Massachusetts. After living for
a time in Groton, in that colony, they settled
in the adjoining town of Lunenburg, in 1739.
The father is supposed to have died there, and
the widow, Catherine ]\IcClary, with her sons,
William and Daniel, removed to New Ipswich,
New Hampshire, about 1751, where all were
landed owners in 1763. About this time the
sons discarded the prefix to their names and
afterward went by the name of Clary. Both
were soldiers in the revolutionary army, and
after that struggle was closed the former re-
moved to Belfast, ^^laine, with his son Daniel,
who later moved to Brooks, ]Maine.
(II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) and
Catherine Clary, resided in New Ipswich, New
Hampshire, where he died. He married Cath-
erine Taggart, born in 1747, daughter of John
Taggart, of Peterboro, New Hampshire, one
of the first settlers there, and of a Scotch-
Irish family. Children, born in New Ipswich :
Barbara, 1767; Elizabeth, 1770; Margaret,
1772; Daniel, 1774; Sarah, 1776; Mary, 1778.
(III) Daniel (3), only son of Daniel (2)
and Catherine (Taggart) Clary, was born in
New Ipswich, 1774, and removed to Jackson,
Maine, about 1801. There he took up a large
tract of land which he cleared and developed
into a fine farm, and resided thereon to the
time of his death in the summer of 1856. He
married, in Dublin, New Hampshire, Persis
Morse, born 1779, a daughter of Reuben and
Abigail (Mason) Morse, of Dublin (see
Morse ^'III). She died in Jackson, ]\Iaine,
1837. Children: i. Betsey, born in Dublin.
1800; married Ebenezer Thorndike ; lived in
Dixmont, Maine, where she died, leaving chil-
dren. 2. Persis, bom in Jackson, died in in-
fancy. 3. Catherine, born in Jackson, Febru-
ary 8, 1805: married Aaron Snow, of Jack-
son, w'here they lived and died, leaving chil-
dren. 4. Danie!, born in Jackson, January 21,
1807; married Rosanna Erskine; lived on his
father's farm in Jackson ; later moved to Dix-
mont, Maine, where they died, leaving chil-
dren. 5. Persis, born in Jackson, February 10,
1809; married Samuel Snow; lived in Jack-
son, where they died, leaving children. 6.
Abigail, born in Jackson, January 26, 1812;
married Edwin Jilorse, of Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, where they lived ; both died there,
leaving children. 7. John, mentioned below.
8. Ashley, born July 18, 1818, died 1837. 9.
I^Iary J., born June 5, 1820, died August 2,
1844. 10. Martha, born June 3, 1822 ; mar-
ried Lyman Green, of Troy, I\Iaine ; both are
now deceased, leaving children.
(IV) John, second son of Daniel (3) and
Persis (Alorse) Clary, was born September
16, 1813, in Jackson, and resided for some
years in Troy, Maine, whence he removed
with his family to Lincoln, same state. Sub-
sequently he returned to Troy, and in 1851
went to California, where he died October 5,
1852. His life was characterized by strict in-
tegrity, and he was loved and respected as a
christian man. He married, February 2, 1842,
Sybell Heald, of Troy, Maine, daughter of
Samuel and ]\Iary Heald, of Troy (see Heald
(VIII). She was born October 17. 1820. She
married (second) December 14, 1857, Alonzo
Whitcomb, of Worcester, ]\Tassachusetts, and
died January, 1906. Mr. Whitcomb was for
many years a successful manufacturer of ma-
chinery at ^^'o^cester, ^Massachusetts, where he
died March 28, 1900. Children of John Clary :
I. Abby Annette, born January 10, 1843, died
April 3, 1848. 2. John Everard, November 16,
1845, died March 27, 1848. 3. Agnes Sybell,
December 6, 1846, died ;\Iay 5, 1903, at
Worcester. 4. ]Mary Ella, March 15, 1848,
died April 4, 1875; for several years she was
a school teacher ; she married Edmund W.
Bagley, who died May 20, 1881 ; they left one
son, John L., born September 12, 1874, now
residing in Troy, where he has served as se-
lectman and assessor many years. 5. Albert
E., mentioned below. 6. Samuel Heald, born
Tune g, 1851, at Lincoln, Maine, has resided
in Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1857, and
has been several years treasurer of the Worces-
ter Trust Company, a man of prominence and
highlv respected by all. He married, January
21, 1886, Nellie Olive Thayer, of that town,
and they have two children, Ernest Thayer
and Eleanor. The former is a member of the
class of 1909 at Harvard College.
(V) Judge Albert E., second son of John
and Sybell (Heald) Clar\', was born M'arch
15, 1848, in Troy, and for several years taught
school with marked success in that town and
in Dixmont. In the years 1871-72-73 he \vas
chairman of the school committee of his native
town, and also served two years as tow^n clerk.
While engaged in teaching he began the study
of law, and subsequently entered the Boston
University Law School, from which he grad-
uated in the class of 1874, and received the
degree of LL.B. in June, 1875. He was ad-
mitted to the Suffolk bar in the same month,
but continued his legal studies in Boston for
another year. In April, 1876, he began ac-
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tive practice of his profession in Boston, and
has there continued to the present time. In
February, 1886, he was appointed associate
justice of the East Boston district court, and
in May, 1903, was appointed judge of that
court, which position he still filjs. He is a
past grand of Zenith Lodge, N'o. 42, I. O.
O. F., and a member of Mt.' Tabor Lodge,
F. and A. M.; St. John's Chapter, R. A. M.,
and of William Parkman Commandery, K. T.,
all of Boston. He married, April 14, 1881,
Rosalia L. Dunn, daughter of Alanson and
Hannah (Townsend) Dunn, of Saco, Maine.
The immigrant members of this
HEALD family were settlers of Concord
in 1635. The Healds have al-
ways been found among the steady and pro-
gressive citizens of the country.
(I) John Heald came from Berwick,
Northumberland county, England, and settled
as early as 1635 in Concord, Massachusetts,
where he was one of the first twelve settlers
of the town, and a freeman. He died May 24,
1662. His wife's name was Dorothy, and his
children included : John, born probably in
England ; Dorcas, Gershom, Dorothy, Dorcas,
Israel.
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (i) and
Dorothy Heald, born probably in England,
was made a freeman in 1680. He married, at
Concord, June 10, 1661, Sarah, daughter of
Thomas Dane, one of the first settlers of Con-
cord, and they had : Elizabeth, John, born
September 19, 1666, Gershom, Sarah and
Hannah.
(III) John (3), eldest .son of John (2) and
Sarah (Dane) Heald, was born September 19,
1666: married, December 18, 1690, Mary
Chandler, and died November 25, 1721. They
had nine children: John. Timothy, born June
7, 1696; Josiah, Elizabeth, Samuel, Amos,
Ephraim, Dorcas and Eunice.
(IV) Timothy, second son of John (3) and
Mary (Chandler) Heald, was born June 7,
i6g6, in Concord, and was one of the original
proprietors of Townsend, Massachusetts. He
died March 28, 1736. He married, 1722, Han-
nah . Children : Timothy, born Octo-
ber 14, 1723; Simon, March 7, 1725; .Stephen,
April I, 1727: Thomas, July 18, 1729; Josiah,
Ebenezer and Hannah.
(V) Timothy (2), eldest child of Timothy
(l) and Hannah Heald, was born October 14,
1723, in Concord, New Hampsliire. and set-
tled in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, before
1750. His name appears among the proprie-
tors of the town and elsewhere in the town
records. He was for many years town clerk,
and was chairman of nearly every committee
appointed to lay out roads or settle land claims.
About 1770 he removed to Winslow, Maine,
which was then a part of Waterville, and was
not separated until 1802. He was active and
prominent in the early history of Winslow,
being moderator of its first town meeting. May
23, 1771, at which he was elected one of the
first three selectmen. During the revolution
he was a member of the committee of safety.
He had purchased land in Winslow previous
to his removal thither, and in 1778 he built the
first mills at Norridgewock, Maine. He mar-
ried, in 1748, Elizabeth Stevens. Children:
Timothy, John. Sybell, Jonas, Josiah, Thomas,
Ebenezer and Betsey.
(\'I) John, second son of Timothy (2) and
Elizabeth (Stevens) Heald, was born in New
Ipswich, 1 75 1, and moved with his father to
Winslow when about nineteen years old.
When about twenty-seven years old he settled
in Norridgewock, Maine, where he was con-
stable and collector in 1788. and selectman and
assessor in the two succeeding years. He was
in the service of the government for a few
months in 1777. He married Rebecca (Willis)
Hey wood, born June 9, 1757, in Ashburnham.
Massachusetts, eldest child of Zimri and Jane
(Foster) Heywood. Zimri Hey wood, son of
Nathan and Esther (Willis) Heywood, was
born September 5, 1731, in Lunenberg,. Mas-
sachusetts, and settled in Ashburnham. same
state. He removed thence with his family
about 1771 to Winslow, Maine, where he
owned a tract of land. He was prominent in
public affairs in both Ashburnham and Win-
slow, and was the first representative from the
latter town to the general court. He married,
June 5, 1756. Jane, daughter of Deacon Moses
Foster, of Ashburnham. Children: i. John,
born 1777, died in Ohio after 1822, leaving
children. 2. Jonas, 1778, resided in Plymouth,
Maine, and had sons and daughters. 3. Re-
becca, 1780, married Timothy McKenny;
moved to Mercer, New York, about 1814. 4.
Nathan. 1783. lived in Palmyra, and left sons
and daughters. 5. William. 1786, was a sol-
dier in the war of 1812, and received for his
services a grant of land near \'andalia, Illi-
nois, where he died about 1822. 6. Samuel,
mentioned below. 7. Arba, who went to In-
diana and died between 1854 and 1857.
(VII) Samuel, fifth son of John and Re-
becca (Willis) Heald. was born in Norridge-
wock, March 16, 1790, and when about nine-
teen years old joined a settlement on the Se-
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removed with his family to the town of Joy,
later called Troy, ]\Iaine, where he passed his
last years. He w'as commissioned a captain in
the Elaine militia, June 14, 1821, and on April
30 of the following year was commissioned
postmaster at Joy, Maine, and held this office
continuously until 1846. From about 1822 to
the end of his life he was justice of the peace,
and he also served as a commissioner to qual-
ify public officers. He filled many other pub-
lic stations in his town, and was a member of
the house of representatives in 1855. True
and faithful to every trust, of which he had
many, he was a much respected citizen, and
died at Troy, ]\'Iay 17, 1864. He married,
about 181 1, at Pittsfield, Mary, daughter of
John and Mary (Morril) Carle, of Water-
boro. She was born January 9, 1791, in Wa-
terboro, and died at Troy, May 19, 1875. Her
father, John Carle, was born 1759, died in
September, 1833. He married, in 1780, Mary
^lorril, born 1759, died 1841. I\Iary was their
seventh child and third daughter. Children of
Samuel Heald : i. Sarah J., born July 15,
1812, in Pittsfield, died June 27, 1892, in Los
Angeles, California ; married, in March, 1833,
Increase Sumner Johnson, born October, 1800,
in Haverhill, Massachusetts, died February,
1869. at Geneva, New York. 2. Peter, July,
181 5. Pittsfield, died at Troy, Maine. March
9, 1896. He married Celinda Haskell, who
died in Iowa, 1854; children: i. Laurette; ii.
Mary Frances : iii. Sarah J. : iv. John Peter,
went to Fort Pierre, South Dakota, where he
married Elsee E. Lieser, he died November 17,
1902 (children : Samuel C, September 22,
1884; John P. Jr., July 24, 1886; Sybell, July
23, 1896); V. Joseph Cummings; vi. Alice.
Mr. Heald married (second) Lydia Pinkham,
of Harpswell, Maine, who died May i, 1895;
children : Dora C, Samuel, Isaac P.. Nettie,
Georgia. Lydia Alidia and Lillian. The last
two reside on the old homestead of Samuel
Heald in Troy : they have established a high
reputation as teachers in Troy and adjoining
towns, and the elder has held the office of su-
perintendent of schools in Troy. 3. Sybell. see
forward. 4. Mary Elizabeth, see forward.
(VIII) Sybell, daughter of Samuel and
Mary (Carle) Heald, was born October 17,
1820, in Troy: and married, February 2, 1842,
John Clary, of Jackson, Maine ( see Clary
IV). She married (second) Alonzo Whit-
comb, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Sybell
Heald \\'hitcomb was a woman of rare excel-
lence in every respect, of scholarly intellect and
superior literary ability, being highly cultured
in matters of various learning, a sincere and
devout Christian, with an integrity of mind
that caused her to frown upon everything
false or wrong, taking great interest in public
matters, and one of the best informed persons
upon all such questions. She had a wide ex-
perience in early life, assisting her father in
legal matters and in the postoffice, which then
was the only one for miles around and which
did a large business, and also as a teacher for
a number of years before and after her first
marriage. Her genial humor and kindness of
temper gave her a great charm in society and
in her family.
(VIII) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Sam-
uel and Mary Heald, was born in Troy, April
29, 1826; married, March 31, 1853, Charles
A. \'ickery, born at Unity, Maine, July 10,
1827. They lived several years at Troy, then
at Fairfield, Maine, after that at Portland,
Maine, and later moved to Clinton, Massa-
chusetts, where he died December g, 1891.
He was engaged in the dry goods business.
Children: i. Minnie Elizabeth, born in Troy,
March 26, 1854. 2. Augusta May, born in
Troy, July 29, 1857; married Walter R. Dame.
of Clinton. Massachusetts, August 30, 1893 ;
she died October 23, 1894. 3. Lucia Florence,
born in Fairfield, Maine. April 26, i860, now
a physician at Jamaica Plain, in Boston, Mas-
sachusetts. 4. Charles H.. bom in Fairfield,
Maine. August 18, 1861 : married Minnie Wal-
lace, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, November
22, 1892 ; they have one daughter. 5. Ger-
trude, born in Fairfield, February 15, 1863;
married Rev. Thomas L. Fisher, at Clinton.
Massachusetts, January 5, 1893; are living in
Ayer, Massachusetts; they have one son.
Thomas Thaxter. immigrant
THAXTER ancestor, came to Hingham,
Massachusetts, in 1638, from
Hingham, England, accompanied by his wife
Elizabeth, in "the ship "Diligent." He was
granted a house lot in Hingham Centre, near
the training field. A few years after he
bought of Captain John Mason a house and
land which had previously belonged to Robert
Peck. The estate was on Bachelor, now Main
.street, and included the spot where Joseph B.
Thaxter. a lineal descendant, now or lately re-
sided. Two years later he made several pur-
chases of land at Broad Cove and Weymouth
river, and in 1652 he bought the house and
land where his son John resided. He was a
linen weaver by trade, and was admitted a
freeman. ]May t8, 1642. He was a deacon of
the church. He married Elizabeth ,
who married (second) William Ripley, and
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(third) at Dedham, John D wight. She was
drowned by falling in a well, July 17, 1660.
Thomas Thaxter died intestate Februar}' 4,
1653-54. Children: i. John, born 1626, men-
tioned below. 2. Elizabeth, 1629. 3. Thomas,
1632, died January 6, 1646-47. 4. Sarah, 1635,
married, December 13. 1655. Thomas Thurs-
ton. 5. Daniel, 1638, died April 22, 1663. 6.
Samuel, Hingham, May 19, 1641.
(II) Captain John, son of Deacon Thomas
Thaxter, was born in England in 1626, died
March 14, 16S6-87. He resided on Xorth
street. Hingham, where St. Paul's Roman
Catholic Church now stands. He was chosen
lieutenant in 1664, and when serving against
the Dutch in New York he "was preferred
for" (promotion?) under orders from Crom-
well. He was afterwards captain, and in 1680
was in command of a troop of cavalry. He
was selectman eight years, and representative
to the general court in 1666. He married, in
Hingham, December 4, 1648, Elizabeth Jacobs,
born in England, 1632, daughter of Nicholas
and Mary Jacobs. She married (second)
March 23, 1690-91, Daniel Cushing. Children,
born in Hingham : i. John. December 4, 1651,
died young. 2. Thomas, June 4, 1654, mar-
ried, December 31, 1696, Mrs. Lyclia Logan.
3. Joseph, June i, 1656, married Alary — .
4. Samuel, November 17, 1658, died young.
5. Elizabeth, February 19, 1660-61, married,
December 8, 1680, Daniel Cushing Jr. 6. Ben-
jamin. February 4, 1662-63. <''cd unmarried
March, 1720-21. 7. Samuel, August 6, 1665,
mentioned below. 8. Mary, August 19, 1667,
married (first) November 28. 1688. Theo-
philus Cushing; (second) January 11, 1721-
22, Captain Joseph Hcrrick. 9. Deborah, Sep-
tember 14, i66g, married, October 17, 1687,
Thomas Cushing. 10. Sarah. September 26,
1671, married (first) October i, 1691, Na-
thaniel Holmes; (second) March 18, 1713-14,
John Cushing. 11. Daniel, August i, 1675,
died June 9, 1676. 12. Jonathan, April 18,
1677.
(III) Colonel Samuel, son of Captain Thax-
ter, was born August 6, 1665, in Hingham,
died November 13, 1740. On the Hingham
records he is described as "Hon. Samuel Thax-
ter, late one of His Majesties Council and
Colonel of this Regiment." He was a man of
marked ability, and one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Hingham. He was selectman
in 1695, 1705-06-14; deputy to the general
court in 1697, from 1708 to 1712 inclusive, and
from 1714 to 1718 inclusive; was frequently
elected to the office of delegate ; was one of the
commissioners who settled the boundary line
between Massachusetts and Rhode Island in
1719; an assistant and otherwise distinguished
m public affairs. He resided in the home-
stead on North street. A distinguished cler-
gyman once said he had rather have the good
will of Colonel Thaxter than a whole parish in
his favor. Among the many conferences held
with the Indians of Maine in the endeavor to
secure the safety of the settlements was one
by Governor Belcher at Falmouth in Casco
Bay, 1732, at which he was accompanied as
would appear from an account found in the
Thaxter papers by Colonel Samuel Thaxter,
Rev. Nathan Ellis and Ebenezer Gay. Samuel
Thaxter served as captain and major in 1756
in a company commanded by Richard Gridley
for an expedition against Crown Point and
Ticonderoga (against French and Indians).
Fifteen out of fifty of the company were killed
that day. It is said that Major Thaxter was
stripped, bound to a tree, and was about to be
roasted alive by the Indians when he was
saved by a French officer. He died at the age
of seventy-five in Hingham. He married, De-
cember 29, 1691, Hannah Gridley, born April
19, 1671, died January 26, 1756, daughter of
Tremble and Elizabeth Gridley, of Boston.
Children, born in Hingham: i. Elizabeth,
September 18. 1692, married (first) January
12, 1715-16, Captain John Norton; (second)
October 31, 1723, Hon. Benjamin Lincoln. 2.
John, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, October
8, 1695. 4. Sarah.
(IV) John (2), son of Colonel Samuel
Thaxter, .was born in Hingham, January 6,
1693-94, died April 6, 1733. He was a farmer.
He resided on South street, opposite Thaxter's
bridge, and his house is still standing, and is
occupied by the Catholic priest. He married,
January 15, 1718-19, Grace Stockbridge, of
Pembroke, born 1700, daughter of Deacon Jo-
seph and Margaret (Turner) Stockbridge.
She married (second) January 25. 1740-41,
Samuel Lincoln. Children, born in Hingham :
I. Haimah, January 27. 1719-20, married,
April 24, 1738. Francis I3arker. 2. John, No-
vember 22, 1721. 3. Joseph, August 22, 1723,
mentioned below. 4. Grace, July 18, 1725,
married, February 12, 1745-46, Henry Per-
kins. 5. Elizabeth, December 29, 1727, died
July 3, 1728. 6. Benjamin, April 29, 1729,
died May 12, 1729. 7. Benjamin, June 7,
1730. 8. Elizabeth, September 6, 1732, mar-
ried. May 14, 1752, George Lane.
(V) Captain Joseph, son of John (2) Thax-
ter, was born in Hingham. August 22, 1723,
died October 12, 1808. He was a farmer and
lived on North street, near Hobart"s bridge.
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He was deacon of the First Church and was
selectman from 1752 to 1764, inclusive. He
was constable in 1745. Fie married, Decem-
ber 8, 1742, Mar}' Leavitt, born in Hingham,
August 3, 1724, died July 30, 1790, daughter
of Hezekiah and Mary (Beal) Leavitt. Chil-
dren, born in Hingham : i. Joseph, April 2^,
1744, graduate of Harvard. 1768; chaplain in
the army and was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
2. Leavitt. February 28, 1745-46, died June 6,
1752. 3. Joshua, August, 1747, died Septem-
ber 21. 1747. 4. Joshua, ]\Iarch 10, 1749,
mentioned below. 5. Caleb, April 18, 1751,
died unmarried, November 12, 1828. 6. Mary,
April 8, 1753, died young. 7. Leavitt, Sep-
tember 28, 1754. 8. Mary, October 6, 1756,
married, November 19, 1781, William Tid-
marsh. g. Hannah, September 20, 1759, died
June 12, 1781. 10. Sarah, November 30,
1761, married. December 6, 1781, David An-
drews. II. Chloe, September 15, 1763, died
October 8, 1765.
(AT ) Joshua, son of Captain Joseph Thax-
ter, was born in Hingham, March 10, 1749,
died at Portland, Maine, September, 1827. He
was a baker by trade and resided principally in
Boston, although the births of his children are
recorded in Hingham. He resided on Neal
street, was in good circumstances, and owned
considerable land in that vicinity. He mar-
ried (first) May 12, 1769, Mary Hersey, bap-
tized in Hingham, ]\Iarch 18, 1753, died
March, 1S03, in Boston, buried in Hingham,
daughter of Joshua and Mary (Lincoln) Her-
sey. Married (second) Mrs. Ruth Brown in
Boston. She died in 1833. Children: i.
Arathu<:a, born January 10, 1770, died at East-
port, Maine, February 3. 1847. 2. Joshua,
January 16, 1772, died January 25, 1791. 3.
Rachel, November 30, 1773. 4. Joseph, Sep-
tember 30, 1775, married, October 26, 1797,
Lucy Sprague. 5. Martin, February 16. 1778,
resided at Portland, Maine. 6. Charles, Jan-
uary 2, 1780, resided at Portland. 7. Hannah,
July 6, 1782. 8. Mary, September 23. 1784.
9. Royal. July 23, 1786. 10. Sidney, June 7,
1788, mentioned below. 11. Sally, May 4,
1791. 12. Joshua, September 19, 1793, died
young.
(VII) Sidney, son of Joshua Thaxter, was
born June 7, 1788, in Hingham, died on Neal
street, Portland, Maine, 1823. The house is
still standing. He was a baker by trade. He
married, 1812, Mary Small, of Gray, Maine.
(\TII) Sidney, son of Sidney Thaxter, was
born February 8, 1815, in Gray, Maine, died
November 14, 1898, in Portland, Alaine. He
settled in Portland, and married Sophronia
Chase, who was born January i, 181 7, died
April 16, 1887, daughter of Abner and Abi-
gail (Hooper) Chase, of Limington, Maine.
Children: i. Mary A., born October 17, 1837,
married Rev. Francis N. Fcloubet, of Au-
burndale, Massachusetts. 2. Sidney Warren,
mentioned below. 3. Sarah II., July 13, 1841.
4. Albert H., August 20, 1843. 5. Frederick
W., August 14, 1845, died February 13, 1847.
6. Alice Maud, October i, 1847, married Ed-
ward G. Wyman, of Bangor, Maine. 7. Ar-
nice E., July 18, 1851, died October 24, 1900.
8. William Hooper, January 8, 1854. 9. Lou-
ise G., September 16, 1858 (Mrs. George S.
Payson, of Portland).
(IX) Major Sidney Warren, son of Sidney
Thaxter, was born in Bangor, September 8,
1839. He attended the pulDlic schools of his
native city and entered Flarvard College,
where he was graduated in the class of 1861
witli the degree of A. B. With many of his
classmates he responded to the call of Presi-
dent Lincoln for troops to support the Union,
and he was mustered into service at Bangor
as first lieutenant of Company A of the First
Maine Regiment. The regiment was ordered
to Washington, March 14, 1862, as part of the
First Battalion. He was promoted to the rank
of captain, March 24, 1862. The active ser-
vice of the company began March 29, 1862,
when with other companies of the regiment, it
was ordered to Plarper's Ferry to assist in
guarding the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. He went to the Shenandoah Valley
with his company under orders of May, 1862,
to join the command of General Banks, and
on May 24 took part in his first engagement
when Ashby's troop, a division of Stonewall
Jackson's army, was encountered at Middle-
town. A squadron of Maine and Michigan
cavalry under the command of Captain Thax-
ter fought and routed a Confederate troop at
Milford, thirteen miles from Fort Royal, on
July 2, and his company took part in the bat-
tle of Sperryville, July 6, and on August i
joined the Army of A'irginia under General
Pope, and was stationed at Culpeper, August
5. Captain Thaxter and his men took part in
the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, and
was under a heavy fire all day ; in the second
battle of Bull Run, August 29-30. During the
Antietam campaign the first regiment had an
advance position and on September 12 met
General Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry, repulsed the
enemy and took possession of Frederick City,
Maryland. His regiment became the provost
guard of that city. December 13 he was in
the battle of Fredericksburg. The entire
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Union cavalry force was organized under Gen-
eral Sloneman as ihc cavalry corps of the
Army of the Potomac and the First .Maine be-
came a part of the First Brigade, Third Divi-
sion, under the command of Colonel Judson
Kilpatrick in May, 1863, and took part in
Stuneman's raid, the first great achievement
of the I'nion cavalry. He took part in the
battle of Brandy Station in the Gettysburg
campaign, June 8, 1863. and on June 18 fol-
lowing was promoted major of his regiment.
.-\n oil painting of a charge of his regiment at
I'.randy Station hangs in the hall of Bosworth
Post. Grand .-\rmy, at Portland. General Kil-
patrick called this charge one of the best ever
made. At Gettysburg his regiment was with
Gregg on the right of the Union army and
aided in the successful movement that pre-
vented Smart from making havoc in Meade's
rear at the time of the historic charge of Gen-
eral Pickett. In October, 1863, he was with
his regiment when it was directed by General
Gregg, under instructions from General
Meade, to ascertain the meaning of Lee's ad-
vance. Major Thaxter had a narrow escape
from capture while on this duty. About two
miles from \\'arrenton. a Confederate camp
was discovered by a scouting party and Alajor
Thaxter volunteered to discover who were in
the camp. Cautiously approaching on his
horse he came at length to two soldiers asleep.
His "Hello, there!" "What regiment?"
brought no response. Moving on to a single
sleeper, he asked the same question and re-
ceived the answer : "The Twelfth." "The
Twelfth what?" asked the major. "The
Twelfth \irginia. you fool,'' came the re-
sponse. Alajor Thaxter had the information
he was seeking and lost no time in getting
away. In Sheridan's raid Major Thaxter was
wounded. May 12, 1864, but recovered suffi-
ciently to take comntand of the regiment on
June 24, and he remained in command during
the movements on the right of the army in
July and August at Deep Bottom, Ream's
Station and Stony Brook. His term of en-
listment expired October 19, 1864, and he had
received orders to take charge of the men
whose term of service had also expired and
who were about to return home, when the
movement made by General Meade, October
27, at Platcher's Run, was undertaken for the
purpose of getting possession of the Boynton
plank road. Major Thaxter volunteered and
served as aide-de-camp on the staflf of Colonel
Smith, then in command of the brigade. In
that engagement Major Thaxter had four
horses shot under him, and at the clo.se of the
war he received a medal from congress for gal-
lantry in this battle.
After the war Major Thaxter returned to
his native city and engaged in the grain and
flour business, continuing there until 1874,
when he came to Portland and embarked in
the same line of business under the firm name
of Sidney W. Thaxter & Company, continuing
active in the management of his business to
the end of his life. He took rank among the
foremost business men of the city and stood
high in the esteem and confidence of his
townsmen. Pie became a member of the Mili-
tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States, May 3, 1882, and served the Maine
Commandery as commander and for several
years was on the staflf of the commander-in-
chief of the order. He prepared three able
papers to read before his commandery and
they were published in the proceedings of the
organization. He was interested in history
and a firm patriot. He was a member of the
Maine Historical Society, the Portland Fra-
ternity Club, the American Historical Society,
president of the board of directors of the
Maine General Hospital, president of the Har-
vard Club of Maine, president of the Economic
Club of Portland. In politics he was a Repub-
lican, in religion a Congregationalist. He
died at his home in Portland, Xovember 10,
1908, after a long illness. He married (first)
Laura Farnham, of Bangor, born March 22,^
1844, died at Portland, June, 1880. He mar-
ried (second) June 7, 1882, Julia St. F. Thorn,
born in Brooklyn, New York, .April 17, 1854,
daughter of \\'il!iam I. and Julia .St. F. Thom.
The children of 'Mr. and Mrs. Thaxter are:
I. Sidney St. F., born March 4, 1883, gradu-
ate of Harvard College in 1904 and of Har-
vard Law School in 1907, was admitted to
the bar in that year and is a member of the
law firm of Thaxter & Holt of Portland. 2.
Philip Reynaud, May 20, 1885, died May 15,
1886. 3. Alan, October i, 1887, was educated
at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and
is now with the business house of Sidney W.
Thaxter & Company. 4. Langdon Thom,
June 12, 1889, a student at Williams College.
The surname Mann, originally
MANN written with a single n, can be
traced in Germany to a very re-
mote period. It first appears in the English
records soon after the Norman conquest, the
Domesday Book of 10S6 stating that "Willel-
mus filius Manne" (William the son of Man),
was a landholder in the county of Hants. At
a subsequent period the name became a prom-
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inent one in England, and its bearers were
numerous. Burke's General Armory men-
tions fifteen Mann families, and describes the
coat-of-arms of each. For a long period the
king's private secretaries were selected from
a family of this name, which was also the fam-
ily name of Lord Cornwallis, the British com-
mander at Yorktown. At least two of this
name were among the original founders of
New England : Richard, who settled in Scit-
uate, Massachusetts; and William of Cam-
bridge, who was the progenitor of what is
known as the Wrentham branch of the family.
Both were immigrants from England. Others
of this name are to be found in the early rec-
ords of Boston, Lexington and Rehoboth,
Mas.sachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island;
Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; also in Virginia,
Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
some of whom were natives of England, while
others were descended from English immi-
grants. From the period of the American
revolution the name on this side of the ocean
has been almost universally spelled Mann. It
is to be found in the muster rolls of the Con-
tinental a'rmy, and during the past century a
goodly number of its bearers attained promi-
nence both in professional and business life.
The Maine family, a brief record of which is
about to be given, belongs to what is known
as the Portsmouth branch, the posterity of
Peter Mann. In his work entitled "A Record
of English Manns," Joseph B. Mann .states
emphatically that this family is not descended
from Richard Mann of Scituate, already re-
ferred to, and he classes Peter (I), its first
knov^'n ancestor in America, among the un-
identified Manns, but this assertion is not con-
clusive, as there is some slight evidence to
show that its immigrant ancestor might have
been the Scituate settler, who came from the
county of Kent.
(I) Peter IMann was residing in Ports-
mouth, New Hampshire, in 1726, and June 12
that year married Elizabeth Kennard, a de-
scendant of Edward Kennard, who came from
Kent county, England, about 1660, was an
early settler in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
and one of the founders of the first church in
that place.
(II) Peter (2) Mann, undoubtedly a son of
Peter (i) and Elizabeth (Kennard) Mann,
conducted a barber's shop in Portsmouth, which
stood in the immediate vicinity of the present
Athenaeum. Prior to the nineteenth century
the village barber was not confined only to
shaving and hairdressing, but was frequently
called upon to perform minor surgical opera-
tions, and was a very important man in the
community. The Portsmouth records state
that in 1770 he had an apprentice named Sam-
uel Chandler, who subsequently figured in
some sensational robberies committed in the
town. Peter Mann owned and occupied a
double house located on Paved street, near
the Parade, and in addition to his own place
of business he owned two other buildings, one
of vthich was used for a schoolroom, while a
sign over the door of the other informed the
hungry and thirsty that pies, cake and ale were
sold there. Peter Mann died in Portsmouth,
December 26, 1793. December 13, 1750, he
married Sarah Card, who died in Portsmouth,
November 28, 1764, and August 27 of the fol-
lowing year he married (second) Elizabeth
Emery, of Portsmouth. Her death occurred
March 10, 1792. The children of his first
union were: i. An infant, born September 17,
1 75 1, died unnamed. 2. Elizabeth, born Octo-
ber 10, 1752. 3. Thomas, born October 17,
1754; died November 15, 1800. 4. Peter, born
May 14, 1756; died February 15, 1798. 5.
Peter, born December 8, . 6. Sarah, March
25. 1759- 7- Benjamin, July 8, 1761. 8. Peter,
March 8, 1764. Those of his second marriage
were: 9. Elizabeth, born June 20, 1766. 10.
William. 11. Joseph, April 22, 1769. 12. John,
March 27, 1771. 13. Mehitable, May 10, 1773;
died February i, 1808. 14. Patience, bom
1774; died August 12, 1796. 15. Hannah,
born December 17, 1775; died September 15,
1783. 16. Thomas, born September 5, 1777.
17. , August I, 1779; died August 29,
1783. 18. George Gaines, born January 10,
1782; died August 25, 1783.
(Ill) William Mann, second child and eldest
son of Peter (2) and Elizabeth (Emery)
Mann, was born in Portsmouth, January 22,
1768. He married Susanna Hanson, of Dover,
who died October 28. 1833. Information at
hand states that he married for his second
wife Nancy Pray. He owned a farm and lum-
ber mill in Shapleigh, Maine, and lived there.
Neither the place nor the date of his death
appears in the records examined, nor is there
any reference to his occupation ; his children
were: I. 'Rebecca, born June 22, 1702; mar-
ried James Davis. 2. George Gaines, born
December 5, 1795; married Hannah Abbot.
3. Statira, born October 6, 1798: married Mr.
Tibbetts. 4. Homer, born 1801 ; died in in-
fancy. 5. William, born May 5, 1805; mar-
ried Sophia Nickerson. 6. Joseph, born July
30, 1809: married Mrs. J. Knowles. 7. Mi-
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randa, born December 30, 1809; married Mr.
Abbott. 8. Mary, born August 23, 1812; died
in infancy.
(IV) William (2) ]\Iann, third son and
fifth child of William (i) and Susanna (Han-
son) Mann, was born in Shapleigh, Maine,
May 5, 1805. When a young man he went to
Penobscot county, Maine, and established him-
self in the drug business at Ranger, in which
he was succeeded by his son William E., who
is again referred to. Among his neighbors
and business associates he was familiarly
known as Dr. Mann, and he exemplified to a
high degree a type of citizenship well worthy
of emulation by the youngest business men of
to-dav. Dr. Mann died in Bangor, October 19,
1885. On January 3, 1834, he married Sophia
Nickerson. who was born in that section of
the township of Brewer, later divided, and is
now Holden, December 26, 1807, daughter of
Thomas Nickerson. She bore him four chil-
dren: I. Augusta Sophia, born November 24,
1834; married Artemas Putnam Harden, and
had three children : Grace Helen, Edward
Howe and Leon Dale. 2. Frances Ellen, born
July 9, 1837, died July 7, 1841. 3. William
Edward. 4. Helen Sylvina, born April 20,
1845 ' married a Mr. Jackson for her first hus-
band, and (second) H. M. Childers.
(V) William Edward Mann, third child
and only son of Dr. William and Sophia
(Nickerson) Mann, was born in Hampden,
December 13, 1841. After the completion of
his education he acquired a thorough knowl-
edge of the drug business under the direction
of his father, who later admitted him to part-
nership, and he eventually became sole pro-
prietor of the business. For many years Mr.
Mann owned and conducted the City Drug
Store in Bangor, an extensive wholesale and
retail establishment, and at one time he tran-
sacted the largest wholesale drug business in
Eastern Maine. In 1884 he sold his estab-
lishment in order to devote his entire atten-
tion to his lumbering operations, in which he
had previously engaged, and he subsequently
became an extensive operator and manufac-
turer.
On June 4. 1867, Mr. Mann married Miss
Caroline Augusta Bragg, who was born in
Bangor, June 9, 1843, rfaughlcr of Isaac
j\Ieigs and Sarah Ann (Babcock) Bragg, of
that city. She is a descendant in the sixth
generation of Thomas Bragg, of Attleboro,
Massachusetts, and the following is a brief ac-
count of her ancestors :
(I) Thomas Bragg and his wife Mary, said
to have been emigrants from England, set-
tled in Attlelwro about the year 1730.
(II) John Bragg, son of Thomas and Mary,
was born January 20, 1717; went to Attleboro
with his parents, and there married Miss Pat-
ten.
(III) Nathaniel Bragg, son of John, was
born in Attleboro, February 19, 1743. He
married a Miss i\Ioore.
(R') Isaac Bragg, son of Nathaniel, was
born in Attleboro, September 6, 1780; became
an early settler in China, Maine, and died there
August 4, 1844. He married Hannah Meigs,
who was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts,
October . 17, 1778, daughter of Nathaniel
Meigs. Her death occurred in Bangor, Octo-
ber 16, 1852. She was of the seventh genera-
tion in descent from Mncent Meigs, who came
from Dorsetshire in 1633, settling in Guilford,
Connecticut, and from the line of descent is
through John (2), John (3), Ebenezer (4),
Ebenezer (5), and Nathaniel (6) Meigs, who
was a revolutionary soldier. Isaiah and Han-
nah (Meigs) Bragg were the parents of seven
children: i. Elijah. 2. Caroline. 3. Emeline.
4. Isaac ]\Ieigs. 5. Norris Hubbard. "6. Emily
Ann. 7. Flavilla Taber.
(V) Isaac Meigs Bragg, third child and
second son of Isaac and Hannah (Meigs)
Bragg, was born in China, Maine, November
16, 18 12. Having completed his education at
the academy in his native town, he engaged in
mercantile pursuits at Orono, Maine, but two
years later, about the year 1834, he estab-
lished himself in the grocery and West India
trade. Some years later he became a lumber
commission merchant, shipping 'manufactured
lumber to both foreign and domestic ports, and
was the first to ship extensive cargoes from
Bangor to Liverpool, Bremen, and other Eu-
ropean markets. His sterling ability and con-
scientious business methods enabled him to
acquire wealth, and the declining years of his
life were spent in retirement. In politics he
acted with the Republican party from its for-
mation, and served in both branches of the city
government. He was a member of the Second
Congregational Church, and a trustee of the
Bangor Theological Seminary. Mr. Bragg
died in Bangor, February 17, 1891 ; on ]\Iav 2,
1 84 1, he married Sarah Ann Babcock, of St.
Andrews, New Brunswick, who died March
22. 1849, aged thirty-seven years eleven months
twenty-six days. She was the mother of two
children: i. William Augustus, died in in-
fancy. 2. Caroline Augusta, who became the
wife of William E. ]\Iann, as previously stated.
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For his second wife Air. Bragg married Au-
gusta Haywood Taylor, daughter of Abner
Taylor, a pioneer Bangor merchant. Of this
union there is one daughter, Florence Eleanor,
who is now the wife of James Cushman Buz-
zell, of Bangor.
(\T) Roland William JMann, only child of
William Edward and Caroline Augusta
(Bragg) Mann, was born in Bangor, July 3,
1868. He pursued his preliminary studies in
the Bangor public schools, entered Bowdoin
College, and took his degree with the class of
1892. Shortly after graduating he entered the
investment banking business in Boston, where
he is now located. On September 25, 1894, he
married Miss Mary Emerson Young, of
Brunswick, Maine; their children are: i.
Stephen Jewett Young. 2. Mary Caroline. 3.
William Meigs. 4. Kenneth Dudley.
Several immigrants named Wise
WISE came from Old England to the
shores of New Engfand in the early
settlement of this country. Which one of
these was the first settler is not certain.
Thomas is mentioned of Saco in 1636, but
is not heard of again. Humphrey was in Ips-
wich in 1639, and had a wife and children.
Joseph of Ipswich is mentioned in 1640. Nich-
olas was a freeman of Massachusetts in 1645,
but there is no further mention of him.
(I) Joseph Wise, immigrant ancestor of the
Wises of this sketch, is first mentioned in the
will of George Alcock made in December,
1640, and there the testator speaks of him as
his servant. Nothing of his antecedents is
known. Savage thinks he may have been
brought to America by Alcock when he came
the third time from England in 1636. He was
a butcher late in life, and died September 12,
1684. He married, December 3, 1641, Mary
Thompson, perhaps the daughter of W'illiam
Thompson, of Braintree. She died August 4,
1693. She was a member of the first churcii
of Roxbury, whose record shows that Joseph
and Mary (Thompson) Wise were the parents
of seven sons and four daughters, who were
baptized in the following order : Joseph, Jere-
miah, Mary, John, Henry, Bethia, Katherine,
Benjamin (died young), William, Benjamin
and Abigail.
(II) Rev. John, fourth child and third son
of Joseph and Mary (Thompson) Wise, was
baptized August 15, 1652, and graduated from
Harvard College in 1673. After leaving col-
lege he preached at Bradford, and went from
that place as chaplain to a company of sol-
diers in King Philips war, in January, 1676.
This company, under command of Major
Treat, was ordered to Nowagansett. He de-
clined an invitation to settle and preach at
Hatfield in 1677-78. In 1679 he took the oath
of fidelity. He was highly recommended by
the general court and went to Ipswich, where
he was ordained August 12, 1683, and
preached in a new parish called Chebacco, now
Essex. In town meeting, August 23, 1687,
he advised the town not to comply with Gov-
ernor Sir Edmond Andross' order for raising
a tax of a penny on a pound, without the au-
thority of the people's representation. This is
the first expression on these shores of that
doctrine, "No taxation without representa-
tion," which afterward became the watchword
of American patriotism. John Wise stated the
issue clearly and forcibly: "Let us not pay
the tax, because it has not been imposed by
our representations;" and the town unani-
mously adopted a declaration to that effect.
This occurred ninety years before the Declara-
tion of Independence. For this bold act John
Wise, with five of his fellow townsmen, was
put in jail in Boston, kept there many days,
and the Chebacco pastor was fined four hun-
dred dollars, put under five thousand dollar
bonds to keep the peace, and deposed from
the ministry. Subsequently, with other princi-
pal men who acted with him, he made conces-
sion for such opposition to the government,
and was permitted to resume his parochial du-
ties. He was one of the representatives from
Ipswich who met in Boston to reorganize the
legislature after the administration of Andross
was overthrown. He was appointed December
24 of the same year with the selectman of the
town according to order of the general court
to draw up a narrative of the late governor's
treatment of himself and other Ipswich in-
habitants. This narrative, like others of the
kind, was forwarded to England to substan-
tiate the charges against Andross. About this
time Mr. Wise deemed it his duty to prosecute
Chief Justice Dudley for denying him the
right of a hearing under habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, while in prison. In compliance with
the request of the legislature, July 5, 1690, he
went as one of the chaplains of the ill-con-
cocted expedition of Sir William Phipps
against Quebec. In 1705 it was recommended
bv the Boston clergymen as an association to
other similar bodies to consider the proposal
for "Standing Councils," etc. This was a
scheme of the Mathers to introduce an oli-
garchy into the New England church. Mr.
Wise led the opposition to this proposition,
and after a long and bitter struggle defeated
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it. While conducting this controversy, he-
published, in 1710. a remarkable pamphlet en-
titled "The Churches Quarrel Espoused." It
was "an excoriating satire," and the first
American writing where learning, humor and
sarcasm were combined with the literary spirit ;
and in this respect it marks a new era in
American literature. It remains to-day the
most thorough American exposition of church
politv ever produced in this country. At a
critical moment, it put a stop to the assump-
tion of authority on the part of ministers; it
established loyal congregations in their inde-
pendence for all time to come ; and it has been
repeatedly used in the highest courts as an
authority upon the questions of which it treats.
Five years later it was re-written and more
fully developed, being called "A Vindication
of the Government of the New England
Churches." Forty years after Mr. Wise's
death, on the eve of the revolution, there
sprang up an extraordinary demand for this
book, and in 1772 an edition of one thousand
copies was struck off and immediately sold. A
second edition very soon found an equally
quick sale among the leaders of the revolution.
In several places the language of the book is
almost identical with that of the Declaration of
Independence, written long afterward. In all
practical matters Mr. Wise was a leading citi-
zen. In 1721 he advocated inoculation for
small pox against deeply rooted prejudices and
general reproaches. In person Mr. Wise was
of majestic form and great muscular strength
and activity. When young, and before his or-
dination, he was accounted a superior wrest-
ler. ■ Such repute was much more respectable
in his day than in ours. Some years after his
settlement at Chebacco, Captain John Chand-
ler, of .^ndover, who had found no champion
able to throw him, went down on purpose to
prevail with Mr. Wise to try strength with
him. After much objection he consented to
take hold once with the captain. The result
was that the military man was thrown over a
bank wall and into the highway and com-
pelled to acknowledge himself beaten. The
intellectual powers of Mr. Wise compared well
with his physical. His mind was of the first
rank. His classical and theological attain-
ments were eminent. His composition was
rich in thought, purity, learning and piety. His
oratory was eloquent. He died April 8, 1725.
His wife's name was Abigail. Their children
were: Jeremiah, Lucy, Joseph, Annie, Ru-
haini, Mary, Henry and John. Three of the
sons, Jeremiah, Henry and Joseph, graduated
from Harvard College.
(III) Rev. Jeremiah, eldest child of John
and .\bigail Wise, born in Ipswich, Massachu-
setts, 1679, ^^^^^ '" Berwick, Maine, January
20, 1756, in the seventy-seventh year of his
age. He settled in Berwick in 1707, and was
in the fiftieth year of his pastorate there at the
time of his death.
(IV) Captain John (2), son of Rev. Jere-
miah Wise, born in Berwick, August 7, 17 14,
died March 10, 1769, Old Style. His grand-
children were: Mary. Elizabeth, Sarah, Jere-
miah, Daniel and Michael.
(V) Captain Daniel, fifth child and second
son of Captain John (2) Wise, was born in
Berwick, January 4, 1761. He was employed
as a boy in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and
worked on the sloop of war "Ranger," built by
our government for John Paul Jones. He
shipped in her and was with Captain Jones
during his daring and widely celebrated cruise
in her and in the British Channel. He took
part in every naval engagement in which she
was commanded by Captain Jones, and after
the officer was promoted to the command of
the frigate "Bon Homme Richard," he re-
mained in the "Ranger," which was then
placed in command of Captain Elijah Hull, of
Portsmouth, who had previously been Captain
Jones' first lieutenant in the "Ranger," and
completed the cruise. What Daniel Wise did
during the remainder of the revolution is not
known. He had a pension for his services,
however. He finally settled down in Kenne-
bunk, and engaged largely and successfully in
the West Indian trade, sending out lumber,
staves, etc.. in his vessels and importing mo-
lasses, rum and coffee. In the war with
France the enemy captured three brigs, of each
of which he was half owner. Each had specie
on board, and at his death he had filed claims
against the government for "spoilation prior
to 1800." amounting to over $30,000. which he
willed to his son, George Wise. He died in
1843, '^^ th^ "^S^ of eighty-two. He was to
the last a remarkably clear-headed and ener-
getic man, strong-willed, and when he thought
the occasion demanded, capable of using very
forcible language. He married Hannah Hub-
bard, by whom he had children : Elizabeth,
Daniel, Mary, John, George and Hannah.
(VI) I\Iary. third child of Captain Daniel
and Hannah (Hubbard) Wise, born in Ber-
wick, January 19, 1793, married Moses Mor-
rill, of Kcnnebunk. (See Morrill.) They had
one child. Hannah Catherine.
(VII) Hannah Catherine Morrill, born -Au-
gust 12, 1819, daughter of Moses and Mary
(Wise) Morrill, married, April 19, 1839,
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James B. Libby ; died at Portland, Maine, May
2, 1879. Their children were : Mary Cather-
ine. Aus^ustus Frost and Charles Freeman
Libby. (See Libby VIL)
This name is claimed to be of
MORRILL French origin, and originally
identical with Merrill, the pri-
mary form of which was "Merle." For a fur-
ther account of this see under Merrill.
(I) Abraham Morrill (or Morrell) was of
Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1632, and it is
thought that he came from England in that
year in the ship "Lion" with his brother, Isaac
Morrill, who settled in Roxbury. The first
mention found of Abraham Morrill is Janu-
ary, 1633, at Cambridge, where he was a pro-
prietor in 1636. He is mentioned as "black-
smith." He was a member of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, 1638.
In 1641 he was fined for "selling his servant
his time." Lie was a planter, millwright and
iron founder. He removed with the original
proprietors to Salisbury, where he received
land in the "first division" in 1640, and in 1644
and 1654. In 1650 he was a commoner and
was taxed. In 1658 his name appears on a
petition. In 1642 Abraham Morrill and Henry
Saywood built a corn mill on the Powow
river, on land granted them for that purpose
in 1641. Only four men were ta.xed a larger
amount than he in Salisbury, in 1650, and the
sum of the two inventories of his estate at his
death was £564. His will was dated June 18,
and probated October 14, 1662. He died June
20, 1662, while on a visit to Roxburv. He
married, June 10, 1645, Sarah, daughter of
Robert Clement, of Haverhill. She married
(second) October 8, 1665, Thomas Mudgett.
She died in August, 1694. The children of
Abraham and Sarah (Clement) Morrill were:
Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Abraham, Moses, Aaron,
Richard, Lydia and Hepzibah.
(II) Isaac, eldest child of Abraham and
Sarah (Clement) Morrill, was born in Salis-
bury, July 10, 1656. and followed his father's
occupation of blacksmithing. April, 1666, as
the record shows, he chose William Osgood
guardian. His father, his uncle, and he made
many weapons and much armor, iron and
metal work of all kinds used in churches and
other buildings. He was town treasurer and
representative in 1696-97 and later. He left
much property, including "armour" worth £35,
stocks, etc. \'arious signatures written be-
tween 1680 and 1706 attest the fact that he
wrote an excellent hand. He married, No-
vember 14, 1670, Phebe Gill, born January 6,
1650, daughter of John and Piiebe (Buswell)
Gill, of Salisbury. .A Phebe Morrill died May
6, 1714, in Salisbury. Both husband and wife
were members of the Salisbury churcli in 1687,
and both signed the Bradbury petition, 1692.
He also signed the petition of" 1680. He died
October 17, 1713, in Salisbury. His will dated
January 12. was probated November 26, 1713.
The children of Isaac and Phebe (Gill) Mor-
rill were : Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, Jacob, John,
Rachel (died young), Daniel, Jemima, Mary
and Rachel.
(Ill) Captain John, fifth child and fourth
son of Isaac and Phebe (Gill) Morrill, was
born in Salisbury, November 2, i66g, and bap-
tized June 5, 1687. He was probably received
into the Second Salisbury Church, October 5,
1729. He was often selectman, and is styled
"gentleman" in his will. Like his father he
wrote a handsome hand. He left much prop-
erty, of which £533 was in cash. His will was
made August 23, 1756, and proved April 30,
1760. His death occurred at Salisbury, March
24, 1770. He married, December 23, 1703,
Mary, born November 7, 1679, daughter of
Benjamin and Hannah (Barnard) Stevens, of
Salisbury. She was baptized September 9,
1705, in the First Church of Salisbury. A
Mary Stevens was received into the Second
Salisbury Church, in 1719. Their children
were: Hannah, Benjamin, Mehitable, Sarah,
John, Moses, whose sketch follows.
(R") Rev. Moses, youngest son of John
and Mary (Stevens) Morrill, was born in Sal-
isbury. May I, 1719. He graduated from Har-
vard College in 1737, at the age of fifteen, and
at twenty-three was ordained pastor of the
church at Biddeford. Maine, where he died
February 9. 1778. The salary offered him
was £200, old tenor, the avails of the contri-
bution, and a parsonage. "He came to Bidde-
ford, glowing no doubt, with youthful en-
thusiasm and anxious to improve his pastoral
charge by the exercise of all means in his
power. The church soon showed the influence
of his advanced ideas. The first innovation
came in the singing. Up to this time, the
"Psalms of David" had been the only hymns
used by the congregation. Watt's Hymns
were now introduced, to be employed on Sun-
day and particular occasions, 'at the discretion
of the Pastor.' " He was in sympathy with the
great revivalist, Whitefield, and had that emi-
nent divine preach in Biddeford several times.
Mr. Morrill is thus characterized by one who
was intimately associated with him : "A su-
perior man ; of a deportment noble and digni-
fied, seldom equalled, and never surpassed in
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Uiis quarter. To this was added a capacity
corresponding, intelligent, easy of access, and
communicative; he ranked high as a scholar,
as a divine, and as a statesman. In such a
melancholy season as our struggle for inde-
pendence considering the general weakness or
ignorence of the people, the value of such a
man was incalculable." "He was the intimate
friend of Governor James Sullivan and was
ardently engaged in the revolutionary cause.
Their untiring exertions bore down all opposi-
tion." He married. December 11, 1743, Han-
nah, fourth child of Captain Samuel and Olive
(Plaisted) Jordan, of Biddeford. Their chil-
dren were: Samuel Jordan, John, Joseph,
Sarah. Hann.ih Olive. Mary. Elizabeth, Tris-
tram ('died young), Abigail, Tristram, Kahum
and Moses.
(V) John (2), second son of Rev. Moses
and Hannah (Jordan) Morrill, was one of
the proprietors of Limerick, Maine, where he
cultivated a large farm, and died August 5,
1838. aged ninety-one. He married Catherine,
daughter of Rev. John Adams, of Newfield,
Maine, and prior to that of Durham, New
Hampshire. She died March 16, 1843, aged
eighty-four. They had five children : Nahum,
Hannah, Deborah C, Moses and John Adams.
(VI) Moses (2), fourth child of John and
Catherine (Adams) Morrill, born in Limerick,
October 25, 1788, died October 14, 1820. He
married, December 4, 1816, Mary Wise, born
October 4. 1794, died May 11, 1825. They had
one child. Hannah Catherine, born in Sanford,
Maine, August 12, 1819. Mary (Wise) Mor-
rill married (second) April, 1823, Ichabod (2)
Butler and had by him one son, Moses Morrill
Butler, born March 8, 1824, died October 21,
1879. (See Butler \T.) She was the daugh-
ter of Captain Daniel and Hannah (Hubbard)
Wise. Captain Daniel Wise was a master ma-
riner, and a man of property, was with John
Paul Jones on the sloop of war "Ranger." He
was the son of Captain John Wise, and
grandson of Rev. Jeremiah Wise, of Berwick.
(See Wise V.)
The state of Maine is largely in-
FOGG debted for its development — indus-
trial, social and moral— to those
bearing this name, who were among the first
in the colony and are still numerous in many
sections of the state.
(I) The first of the name in this country
was Samuel Fogg, who was among the early
settlers of Hampton, one of the first settlers in
New Hampshire. He was a native of Eng-
land, and received grants of land in Hampton
at a very early period, which cannot now be
exactly determined. In the second review of
old grants made in 1658, he is found to have
previously received separate grants of land ag-
gregating eight and three-fourths acres, and it
is presumed that he was among the original
proprietors. He purchased the home of Chris-
topher Hussey, who was one of the original
proprietors, and who removed to what is now
Hampton Falls upon selling his estate to Mr.
Fogg. In 1669 the latter drew lot 60. com-
prising two hundred acres, which indicated
that he was the owner of two or more shares
in the common rights. This farm has never
been conveyed by deed, and is still in the pos-
session of his descendants, having passed suc-
cessively from father to son. He married
(first) December 12. 1652, Ann, daughter of
Richard Shaw (see Shaw). She was the sixth
child of her parents, and died December 9,
1663. Mr. Fogg married (second) December
28, 1665, Mary, daughter of Richard Page
(see Page). She was born about 1644, and
died March 8, 1700. Mr. Fogg died April 16,
1672. Five of his children were born of his
first wife and three of the second, namely :
Samuel, Joseph, John, Daniel, Henry, Seth,
James and Ann.
(II) Daniel, son of Samuel and Ann
(Shaw) Fogg, was born April 16, 1660, in
Hampton, New Hampshire, and removed to
Scarborough, Maine, later to Elliot (then Kit-
terv), Maine, marrying Hannah, daughter of
John Libbey, of Scarborough, about 1684, and
died June 9, 1755, his wife anticipating him by
fifteen years. His children were : Hannah,
Captain Daniel, Mary, Rebecca, Samuel, Sa-
rah. John, Joseph, Seth and James. His farm
in Elliot was on the Piscataqua river, and this
he gave to James in 1726. In 1726 Daniel
was a witness to a deed of land in Elliot, and
in 1 718 was one of a jury summoned by Sher-
iff John Leighton to make partition of land of
Elisha Cook. He owned land between Watts
Fort and Frank's Fort and in 1721 he bought
sixty acres of William Brooks, of Scarborough,
then called Black Point. He owned the Wil-
liam Sheldon place, who had been driven off
by the Indians, and in 1732 was selectman of
Scarborough. His will was dated the 14th of
July, 1747. and probated July 7, 1755. The
following is a copy of his bequests to his son
James :
Impr I give & Bequeath unto my Son James
Fogg all my Estate real & Personal be the
Same Lands Houses Cattle Chattels Goods,
Household Goods. Moneys Debts Dues Inter-
ests Inheritance Property Rights & Claims in
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all & every Place & Places whatsoever &
wheresoever nothing excepted or reserved of
any kind or quality. To Have & To Hold
unto him my Said Son lames Fogg & his
Heirs forever he my Said .Son James Fogg
paying to his Brothers & others hereafter
named such Legacj^s as is hereafter cxpress't.
(HI) James, youngest son and child of
Daniel and Hannah (Libbey) Fogg, was born
Alarch 17, 1703, in Elliot, Maine, died Decem-
ber 24, 1787. He married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Deacon James and Alary Fernald, of
Kittery, October 23, 1728, who was born Sep-
tember 8, 1706, died 1766. They lived in Kit-
tery (now Elliot) on his father's farm. She
was a woman of a remarkably mild and benev-
olent disposition. Children: James, Mary,
Elizabeth, Anne, Hannah, Eunice, Joseph, Abi-
gail. John and Daniel.
(IV) Joseph, son of James and Elizabeth
(Fernald) Fogg, was born in Kittery (now
Elliot), February 12, 1745, died September 30,
1807. He married, in 1771, Mercy Littlefield,
of Wells, Maine, and his wife survived him.
He was a private in Captain Benjamin Larra-
bee's company, enlisted October 28, 1775 : dis-
charged in November, 1775; served six days
under Colonel Jonathan Mitchell, company or-
dered out by Colonel Freeman to assist in for-
tifying Falmouth; also marched November 13,
1775, and discharged November 18, 1775; by
order of Colonel Freeman Fogg marched to
Falmouth a second time : also a private in Cap-
tain Benjamin Parker's company and Colonel
Nathaniel Wade's regiment, enlisted June 25,
1778, and served in Rhode Island. He had:
Joseph, Daniel, Jane. James and Isaac.
(\') Isaac, son of Joseph and INIercy (Lit-
tlefield) Fogg, was born November 13, 1783,
in either Scarborough or Elliot, married Su-
sannah Hayes, and lived in Limerick. Maine.
He had : Joseph, Edward, Hiram PL, Isaac,
]\Iary Jane, Eliza, Abby and !Mercy Ann. He
probably operated the first grist-mill in Lim-
erick on Fogg brook.
(VI) Hiram H., son of Isaac and Susannah
(Hayes) Fogg, w-as born in South Berwick,
iMaine, September 5, 1824, died in Bangor,
IVIarch 12. 1907. A leading newspaper in the
state has this to say of him :
"He attended the schools of his native place,
but when seventeen years old he came to Ban-
gor and learned the .carpenter's trade under
his brother, Joseph, the firm name at that time
being Fogg & Wiggin. When he was twenty-
six years of age, the California gold discovery
attracted him to that state and he went to the
gold fields by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
being one of the original Forty-Niners. When
he went out he expected to mine for the pre-
cious metal along with the other miners, but
when he reached the gold fields, he found that
he could make big- wages by working at his
trade of carpenter. Mr. Fogg in speaking of
the wage scale at that time, said that he could
get over sixteen dollars a day week days and
thirty-two dollars on Sundays. In this con-
nection it is interesting to note that on the
occasion of a visit to California some seven or
eight years ago Mr. Fogg while going about
San Francisco noticed a wooden building
which he had assisted in building about a half
(Century before. Mr. Fogg remained in Cali-
fornia four or five years and at the end of that
time he returned to Bangor and resumed the
carpenter's business in that city. Pie was as-
sociated with ^^^ S. Pattee, the firm name be-
ing Fogg & Pattee. Some of his handiwork
as a carpenter is still to be seen in this city
and among the notable examples of his work
is the First Parish Church on Broadway,
which was remodelled under his supervision.
After his return from the Golden Gate, Mr.
Fogg was elected chief of the fire department,
and although the apparatus was very crude
compared to the modern fire-fighting machines
of to-day, under his supervision, the firemen
of those early days made a name for them-
selves. About this time he married Miss Caro-
line Simpson, of Hampden, and they had two
children, Herbert, a member of the firm of
Tyler & Fogg, and a daughter, who died in
ciiildhood. ]\Irs. Fogg died a few years after
their marriage. Plis widow, who survives him,
was Miss Clara Simpson and a sister of his
first wife. In 1866 Air. Fogg went into part-
nership with John Dole in the mill business on
Front street, the firm name being Dole & Fogg.
Mr. Fogg continued in this business until 1891,
when he retired from the firm and active busi-
ness. Shortly after his retirement from busi-
ness, Mr. Fogg, who was in easy circum-
stances by reason of his industry and thrift,
was suddenly enriched by receiving a bequest
amounting to between a half million and a
million. This legacy came to Mr. Fogg by the
will of a Mrs. Fogg, of New York, whose hus-
band had been a cousin of Mr. Fogg. From
this bequest Mr. Fogg built the handsome
library at Berwick, known as the Fogg
Memorial library and also the Fogg cottage
at the Goodwill farm. Mr. Fogg was inter-
ested in the Bangor & Aroostook railroad. He
was one of the syndicate of twenty to push the
work and was also one of the first subscribers
to the common stock. He was a director and
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stockholder in that corporation and also in its
adjunct, the Aroostook Construction Company.
In politics he was a stauncli Republican and in
the early days of that party was a notable fig-
ure in its council in this vicinity. He was hon-
ored by election to the city government and
also represented Cangor in the legislature. Air.
Fogg was a member of the Tarratine Club and
also of the Madockawando Club. He was
prominent in the Masonic body, being a mem-
ber of Rising \'irtue Lodge, Mt. Moriah Royal
Arch Chapter, St. John's Commandery and
the Scottish Rite bodies. He was also one of
the oldest and most prominent members of the
Odd Fellows in Maine. Although not a mem-
ber of the First Congregational Church, he
was a regular attendant at the services of that
church and for many years occupied the same
pew. He was much devoted to its interests
and a liberal contributor to its needs and ben-
efactions."
This name, also written Rec-
RECORD ords, Rickard, Reckard, and
Reccord, appears in the early
history of Plymouth county. Massachusetts,
but it is impossible to trace any connecting
line thence to Maine. The pioneer ancestor,
Giles Rickard, was born 1379, in England, and
•died 1684. in Plymouth, I\Tassachusetts. He
married in 1622, and his wife's Christian name
was Judith, but the surname is unknown. They
arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as
T637, and he was there a large land owner.
They had children : Giles, John, Sarah, and
perhaps others. Their descendants have been
numerous in Plympton, Brirlgewater, Middle-
boro, and other towns of southeastern Massa-
chusetts, where several lines can be readily
traced. There is little doubt that the first one
known in Maine was either a migrant or the
son of one from southeastern Massachusetts.
The name appears often in the records of the
towns of Ruckficld and Turner. Androscoggin
county, Maine. Of Turner. John Record is
credited with being an early settler, one of
sixty of the first pioneers to cut way through
the wilderness and plant a colony on the banks
of the Androscoggin river. Among the first
settlers also appear the names of Daniel Sta-
ples, Thomas Record. Elisha Record, Josepli
Leavitt, and .\bner Phillips, wdio, according to
Dr. Howe, the historian of the early days of
the town, says '"entercfl the town with axes
on their shoulders and commenced the first
actual settlement of the place, and were the
true pioneers of Turner." These Records were
probably young men, and sons of John Rec-
ords. This was in 1772, and Thomas and
Elisha Record received a bounty of ten pounds
each from the general court in 1773 for "set-
tling duties." Among the early marriages
recorded in the town register for Turner are :
"January 19, 1786, Dominicus Record and
Jane Warren," and their children were : Do-
minicus, born June 26, 1788; Jane, March 8.
1790; Samuel, January 2, 1792: and Alartha,
May II, 1797. At Buckfield, Alaine, settled
in 1776, there is an entry of the marriage of
Jonathan Record to Remember Stetson ( ?)
before 1782, and their children as follows:
Jonathan, born April, 1782; Timothy Stetson,
June 17, 1783; Sarah, September 7, 1788.
When the Baptist Society was formed in Tur-
ner and Bucktow-n, Maine, in 1791, Simon
Record and Jonathan Record were among the
petitioners for authority to form the organiza-
tion, and subsequently the name of M. L. Rec-
ord appears on a petition for a like Baptist so-
ciety in Auburn. Of the female members of
the Record family, Betsey Record married No-
vember 10, 1 791, Stephen \\'ashburn Jr., Au-
gust II, 1790, Charity Record married Daniel
Merrill ; and July 19, 1792, Oliver Record mar-
ried Daniel Merrill. Betsey Record married
Hart Briggs, in 1800; Edward Record was a
soldier in the civil war, 1862-64, a'lfl Rev. I.
Record was minister of the Baptist societv,
1868-76.
(I) Thomas Record was a petitioner for a
Baptist society at Minot, Maine, in 1807. He
married a Bradford (?), and they were the
paretits of Calvin Record.
(II) Calvin Record was born in Turner.
Maine, and married Melancy, daughter of
Benjamin Franklin Beals of Turner, and they
were the parents of George Lawrence and Ag-
nes Record, born in Auburn, Maine.
(HI) George Lawrence, only son of Calvin
and Melancy (Beals) Record, was born in Au-
burn. Maine, Alarch 13, 1859. He was pre-
pared for college in the public schools of Au-
burn, and was graduated at Bates College in
tlie class of 18S1. He taught school 1881-82,
and removed to New York City in 1882,
where he became a stenographer in a law'
office, and at the same time took up the study
of law. He reifiained a stenographer and law
clerk and student 1882-86, and in 1886 was
admitted to the bar and opened a law office at
i; Excliange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey.
He was a member of the board of education
of Jersey City, 1884-86: corporation council
1902-08. Originally a Democrat, he changed
his political faith in 1896, and voted and acted
with the Republican party. He married, in
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1887, Eliza, daughter of Moses and Elvira
(Snow) Hanscom, of Auburn, Maine (see
Hanscom) and they made their home in Jer-
sey City, at 593 IBergen Avenue. He was
elected to membership in the Maine Society of
New York City.
(For ancestry see John Whitney I.)
(Ill) John (2), second son
WHITNEY of Benjamin and Jane Whit-
ney, was born about 1678, in
York, Maine, and is found of record at the
age of twenty-three years, with his brothers
Nathaniel and Timothy, as members of the
military company commanded by Captain
Abraham Preble, of York. "This company
comprised the flower of York, and the young
men of that date." He owned property ad-
joining that of his brother John; in 1739 he
settled in New Meadows, Maine, and subse-
quently resided at Lisbon Falls. He married
Letty (or Lettis) Ford, of York: children:
Mary, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, IMercy,
Mehitable, John and Benjamin.
(IV) Benjamin (2). youngest child of John
(2) and Letty (Ford) Whitney, was born
ilay 22, 1725, in York, ]\Iaine, and settled on
Little River, in Lisbon, same colony. He was
part owner of the first grist mill there, and
during his lifetime was a miller. He served
as a soldier of the revolution, and died No-
vember 8, 1797. He married Mercy Hinckley,
of Brunswick. There are conflicting accounts
as to his children, but the following is prob-
ably the correct list : Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
Nathan, Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel, Stfrah,
Rebecca, Rachel, Joseph and Isabel.
(Y) Jacob, third child of Benjamin (2)
and Mercy (Hinckley) Whitney, was born
June II, 1763, in Lisbon, Maine, and was a
soldier of the revolution, as was his father.
He resided at Phillips, Maine, and died there
in May, 1846. He married Hannah Mills,
and their children were : Samuel L., James
M., Christopher A., Josiah S., Mary M"., Pa-
tience, Joseph and John.
(VI) Christopher A., third son of Jacob
and Hannah (Mills) Whitney, was born April
3, 1793, at Phillips, IMaine, and inherited the
military spirit of his father and grandfather.
He served as a soldier in the war of 181 2 and
resided at Phillips until 1866. when he re-
moved to Greenfield, Wisconsin. His last
days were spent at Tomah, Wisconsin, where
he died August 23. 1869. He married, June
I. 1823, Adeline Howard, who survived him
about fourteen vears. dving at Black River
Falls, Wisconsin, in 1883. Children: Sam-
uel, Benjamin, Rufus C, Louise, Naomi, Ed-
ward and Lucette.
(\TI) Benjamin (3), second .son of Chris-
topher A. and Adeline (Howard) Whitney,
was born April 2, 1828, in Phillips, Maine, and
resided first at Phillips, subsequently in Lin-
coln, Maine, and at Tomah, Wisconsin, where
he died in 1868. He married Huldah Sweet-
ser Whitney, daughter of Andrew Whitney,
of the sixth generation of American Whit-
neys. She was born September 7, 1835, in
Phillips, Maine, and survived her husband
nearly eleven years, dying at Tomah, Wis-
consin, May 7, 1879. They had two sons: Al-
mont Benjamin and Charles Alvano. The
older was born June 23, 1856, and died July
7, 1880.
(\TII) Charles Alvano, younger son of
Benjamin (3) and Huldah S. (Whitney) Whit-
ney, was born October 21, i860, in Boston,
Massachusetts and received very excellent ed-
ucational advantages. He was two years a
student at Christ Hospital School in England,
and of the ^Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, received the degree of Doctor of Med-
icine from the medical department of Bow-
doin College in 1889, and immediately pur-
sued the post-graduate course of one year in
New York City, and two years abroad. He
practiced his profession for two years in Bos-
ton, after which he came to New York, and
has been actively and successfully engaged in
that city ever since, making a specialty of heart
and lung diseases. For six years he was lec-
turer at the New York Polyclinic, and is now
visiting physician of the New York Lying-in
FJospital, and Northwestern Dispensary. He
married, June 4, 1886, Bell Armstrong, of
Boston, and they are the parents of one child,
Lloyd \Miitney, born August 10, 1888.
The immense number of the descendants of
John and Elinor Whitney is indicated by the
fact that this individual is numbered on the
family genealogy 8,822, being of the ninth
generation in this country. Mrs. Bell (Arm-
strong) \\'hitney was born September 27,
1861, daughter of Thomas Ainsley and Sarah
Sophia Armstrong. She was educated in pri-
vate schools at Boston and abroad, and is
president of the Morse-Broughton Company,
president of L'Art de la Mode, and makers
of dress patterns, and importers. She is a
frequent contributor of short stories, essays,
reviews, and other articles to various periodi-
cals. She is a member of the Society of Amer-
ican Authors, National Society of New Eng-
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land Wonicn, American Academy of Political
and Social Science, and al.-o of the Lyceum
Club of England.
(For preceding generations sec .\nthony Ames I.)
(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jona-
AMES than (i) and Hannah (Trouant)
Eames, was born in Marshfield,
and married there, in 1713, Rebecca Stanford.
Children: Jonathan, born 1715; I«aac, 1717;
Lydia, 1721 ; Rebecca, 1727.
(\I) Thomas, undoubtedly a son of either
Jonathan or Isaac Eames, was born about
1740, in Marshfield, and settled in Islesboro,
Maine, about 1748. He located at GilUey's
Harbor on the southwest side of Long Island,
where he purchased, July 13, 1784, from Sam-
uel Turner, and previous occupant, lots Nos.
12, 13 and 14, amounting to three hundred
fifty acres, the purchase price being ?420. A
part of this he subsequently sold to his son
Jabez and to other purchasers. In 1787 he
and his son Jabez signed a petition, and both
spelled the name Eames. The spelling in pres-
ent use by the family — Ames — was, however,
adopted very soon after. Thomas Ames be-
gan preaching as an itinerant Baptist minister
about 1794, and in 1804 he was ordained as
pastor of the Baptist church at Islesboro, and
continued in this charge until iSog. He was
considered ''a worthy acceptable preacher."
His home in Islesboro occupied an ideal site,
and commanded a view which has been said
by many to be fully equal to that of the Bay
of Naples. In 18 15 he sold this and moved
to the town of Hope, on the mainland, and
died in Applcton, Maine, February 10, 1826.
He was married (first) January 9, 1764, by
Rev. Applcton Wales, of the Second Congre-
gational Church, to Rebecca Harnie, of Marsh-
field, who died June 28, 1808, aged sixty-six
years. He married (second) August 13, 1809,
Mrs. Lucy Comstock, and (third) August 28,
1812, Mrs. Lucy Jordan, of Thomaston,
Maine. Children, all by first marriage :
Mercy. Jabez, Thankful, Sally (married
Joshua Pendleton), Lydia, Rebecca, Betsy and
Luther.
(\'II) Jabez, eldest son of Rev. Thomas
and Rebecca (Ilarnie) Ames, was born in
Marshfield, and died January 21, 1829. He
was a farmer and ship-owner. Jabez mar-
ried Jane, daughter of John Gilkey Sr., who
died March 11, 1851. Their children, all born
in Islesboro : Jane, Grace, Jabez, Betsey
(married December 26. 1814, Captain Gields
Coombs Jr.), Lerrity (Charity), John, Cather-
ine, Susan, Isaac and Louisiana.
(VIII) Isaac, third son of Jabez and Jane
(Gilkey) Ames, was born in Islesboro, No-
vember 18, 1806. He was, like his father, a
farmer and ship-owner, and resided in the
town of Northport, at Lincolnville, Maine.
He married Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin
Tarl>ell, of Islesboro. Children: i. Rebecca
Jane, deceased. 2. John Calvin, deceased. 3.
Mary Elizabeth, wife of Henry N. Carver; re-
sides in Brooklyn, New York. 4. Frank B.,
deceased. 5. George Sylvanus, mentioned be-
low. 6. Sarah I\Iaria (Mrs. Roscoe P. Gil-
key) ; resides in Brewer, Maine. 7. Rosilla
Clementine, widow of Sanford Parker; re-
sides in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. 8. El-
wilda, married Abraham Dow, both deceased.
(IX) George Sylvanus, third son of Isaac
and Rebecca (Tarbell) Ames, was born in the
town of Northport, where he now resides, on
the paternal homestead. During his active
life he was a farmer, and, like most men of
that community, often went to sea. He mar-
ried Zilpha A., daughter of Allison and Sarah
(Ackley) Parker. Children: i. Waldo Em-
erson, deceased. 2. Orren Ether, born March,
1857 '' '^ ^ boat builder and blacksmith at Lin-
colnville. 3. Allison George, mentioned be-
low. 4. Roscoe Conklin, died young. 5. Les-
lie Delmore, October, 1867, keeps a general
store at Lincolnville. 6. Carrie Martha, June,
1870; is wife of Dr. Prince E. Luce, of Bel-
fast, Maine. 7. Robie Frank, June, 1885; re-
sides on the homestead in Northport.
(X) Allison George, son of George S. and
Zilpha A. (Parker) Ames, was born at Lin-
colnville, Maine, June 28, i860, and was edu-
cated in the public schools at Lincolnville and
Northport. From the age of sixteen, 1876-83,
he followed the sea, since which time he has
been in business in New York. He was en-
gaged in ship chandlery in South Brooklyn,
New York, for several years, and has been
since May 16, 1892, shipping agent and steam-
ship contractor, located on South street. New
York City. Mr. Ames has always taken an
interest in politics, and served several years
on the old Republican ward committee. Queens
county, also two years on the assembly dis-
trict committee, and one year on county com-
mittee. In 1907 he ran for alderman in the
sixty-ninth District. Borough of Queens. He
is a Mason and a Shriner, member of Kismet
Shrine of Brooklyn ; was formerly a member
of the Third \\'ard Republican Club. Borough
of Queens, and of the Flushing Association.
He was also treasurer of the Upper Flushing
Improvement Association, of which he was
one of the organizers. His summer home is
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at Setauket, Long Lsland. He has dealt
nnich in Long Island real estate, and is now
interested in oyster planting at Greenport. He
is an organizer and stockholder of the Setau-
ket Spring Water Company, of which he was
president until January, 1909. Mr. Ames
married, November 16, 1884, Anna M. Busch,
of Brooklyn, New York. They have two chil-
dren: George Parker, born September 6, 1885,
and Grace Evelyn, August 9, 1888.
According to a family
CHAMBERLIN tradition the Chamber-
lains and Chamberlins
are of French descent. This conclusion de-
rives its origin from the alleged fact that one
Jean de Tankerville, a native of France, was
appointed chamberlain to tHe King of England
in the latter part of the sixteenth century, and
it is asserted that his official title was adopted
as a surname By his descendants. It is still
further claimed that John Chamberlain, son of
Jean de Tankerville, came to New England
and settled in Boston. There were several
early immigrants of this name, and their pos-
terity, which is quite numerous, have two
forms of spelling it, viz. : Chamberlain and
Chambcrlin. Henry Chamberlin was a pas-
senger from England in the sliFp "Diligent" in
1638, settling in Hingham, Massachusetts, and
William Chambcrlin, presumably a relative of
Henry, was in 1648 residing at Woburn,
whence he removed to Billerica in 1653. The
York county Chamberlins mentioned below are
in all probability descended from one of these
early Massachusetts settlers. Chief among
these who have brought honor and distinc-
tion to the Maine family of this name is Gen-
eral Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who at-
tained the rank of major-general in the civil
war ; was governor of Maine from 1866 to
1871 ; president of Bowdoin College from the
latter year to 1883; and is a writer and lec-
turer of national reputation. One of the first
settlers in Lebanon, Maine, was William
Chamberlain, who went there from either
Massachusetts or New Hampshire. He pur-
cTiased a tract of land covered with timber,
which he proceeded to clean off as rapidly as
possible, and through the severest kind of
hardship and toil he replaced the w-ilderness
with fields of grain and other products of civil-
ization.
(I) Deacon Nathaniel Chamberlin, a de-
scendant of the above mentioned pioneer, was
born in Lebanon, September 10, 1783. His
long and useful life, which covered a period
of eightv-six years, was spent in his native
town, and the active portion of it was devoted
to farming. He was one of the leading men
of Lebanon in his day, representing his dis-
trict in the state legislature in 1842, and ac-
tively identified with the Congregational
church, of which he was a deacon for many
years. His death occurred in 1869. He mar-
ried Abbie Jones, born in Lebanon, July 24,
1793, and their children were: Lewis, Na-
thaniel, Clarissa and Hiram G.
(II) Hiram G., youngest son of Deacon
Nathaniel and Abbie (Jones) Chambcrlin,
was born in Lebanon, September 30, 1814.
He was a lifelong resident of Lebanon, a very
successful farmer and an excellent business
man. The farm which he occupied for more
than fifty years was purchased by him in
1838, and is now, or was recently, owned by
his son, John R. Chamberlin. He was not
only a conspicuous figure in local public af-
fairs, serving as a member of the board of se-
lectmen and in other town offices, but could
always be depended upon to assist in fostering
the general interests and progressive tenden-
cies of the community, and was in every way
an upright, loyal and useful citizen. His
views upon the slavery question naturally led
him into the ranks of the Republican party at
its formation, and he maintained his allegiance
to that political body for the remainder of his
life, which terminated June 30, 1889. His re-
ligious afliliations were with the Congregation-
alists, and he was an active church member.
Mr. Chamberlin married Elizabeth W. Rol-
lins, and she survived him a few years, dying
at the age of eighty-three. They were the
parents of two sons : John Rollins, born Sep-
tember 12, 1841, and Dr. David Taylor Par-
ker.
(III) David Taylor Parker, M. D., young-
est son of Hiram G. and Elizabeth W. (Rol-
lins) Chamberlin, was born in Lebanon, No-
vember 21, 1846. His early education was
acquired in the district schools and at the West
Lebanon Academy. His professional prepara-
tions were completed in the medical depart-
ment of Bowdoin College, from which he was
graduated in 1872, and locating in Farming-
ton, New Hampshire, he was .for about six
years associated in practice with Dr. Parker
of that town. In 1878 he removed to Dover
and established himself as a physician in that
city. While residing in Farmington he repre-
sented that town in the New Hampshire legis-
lature for the year 1876, w^as a member of the
Dover school board for three years, served as
county physician from 1882 to 1886, and acted
as a justice of the peace. In politics he sup-
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ported the Republican party. In 1873 he
joined the New Hampshire Medical Society
and was its president in 1889. In addition to
belonging to the various Masonic bodies up to
and including the thirty-second degree, he
affiliated with the Improved Order of Red
Men. the Roval Arcanum, the Knights of the
Golden Eagle, Royal Society of Good Fel-
lows and the Bellamy Club, and was active in
church work. As both physician and citizen
he stood high in the estimation of all with
whom he came in contact, and his untimely
demise, which occurred July 27, 1892, was
universally regretted. September 7, 1873, Dr.
Chamberlin was united in marriage with Idella
Roberts, born June 30, 1855, daughter of
David S. and Sabrina (Lord) Roberts. She
died December 4, i88i. She became the
mother of two sons : Harold Malcom, born
May 9, 1878, died June 27, 1879, and Don.
(I\') Don, youngest son of Dr. David T. P.
and Idella (Roberts) Chamberlin, was born
in Dover, August 30, 1881. His studies in the
public schools were supplemented with a com-
mercial course at Gray's Business College,
Portland, from which he was graduated in
1900, and entering the store of Frank AI. Lowe
& Company in that city as a clerk he remained
there for some time. Mercantile pursuits
proved unattractive to him, however, and sev-
ering his connection with the Portland concern
he purchased a large farm in Kennebunk,
whither he removed. He also became local
manager for Kennebunk and vicinity for the
E. A. Strout Real Estate Agency, and for a
time attended to the duties of that position in
conjunction with farming, but for the past
four years has given his attention exclusively
to the real estate business. June 27, 1908,
he was appointed notary public. His political
affiliations are with the Republican party. He
is a member of Mousam Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and Pine Tree En-
campment. On April 6, 1900, Mr. Chamber-
lin was united in marriage with Annette C,
daughter of John P. and Ruth A. Howes, of
Providence, Rhode Island. Of this union
there is one son, Don, born December 3, 1902.
So far as can be ascer-
SKOLFIELD tained, there is but one
family of the name in this
country. Possibly it mav belong to the class
of Whitefield, Li'ttlcfield,' Butterfield and the
like, which are formed from the common noun
field modified by a characteristic prefix.
(I) Thomas Skolfiekl, the first of the name
of whom we have any knowledge, was an offi-
cer of King William's army in 1690, when
King James was driven from Ireland. He
was granted a tract of land in that country for
his services, and made his final home there.
He had four children: Thomas (2), whose
sketch follows ; George, Elizabeth and Susan.
All of these but Elizabeth migrated to Amer-
ica in the early part of the eighteenth cen-
tury. George settled in Philadelphia, while
Thomas (2) and Susan migrated to Maine,
where the latter married John Orr.
(II) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas
(i) Skolfield, was born in Ireland in 1701,
and died at Brunswick, Maine, January 6,
1796. He received a liberal education at Dub-
lin University, and soon after graduation mi-
grated to America with the Orr family. He
remained in Boston with the Orrs, and taught
a Latin school until about 1742, when the Orr
family decided to move to JNIaine, and Thomas
(2) Skolfield and his sister Susan came with
them. He and the Orrs bought about three
hundred and fifty acres of land on which
Thomas Skolfield settled, and they paid for it
eighty-five pounds, old tenor. Mr. Skolfield
was a prominent man in town affairs. On
May 22, 1777, he was chosen as an officer em-
powered to receive recognizances. In 1779
he was on the committee to affix the price of
commodities sold in the town. He was on
many committees to draw up resolutions dur-
ing the revolution, though his age. nearly sev-
enty when the war broke out, prevented him
from taking part in the struggle. He was
town clerk from 1752 to 1761, and again in
1763-65. For twenty-three years he was on
the board of selectmen, and a greater part of
the time was chairman. His period of ser-
vice extended from 1744 to 1749, 1752 to
1754, 1756 to 1762, 1765 to 1767, 1772 to
1775, and again in 1782. He married Mary
Orr about 1737, and they had eleven children:
I. Rebecca, born July 8, 1737. 2. Richard. Sep-
tember 6. 1738. 3. Clement. June i. 1740. 4.
Anne, I^Iay 18, 1742. married Robert Spear
(2). 5. Thomas, June 8. 1744. married Ann
Anderson. 6. Mary, February 10, 1748. mar-
ried Captain Robert Given. 7. Stephen, July
8, 1751. 8. Martha, March 19. 1753, married
Lewis Simpson. 9. John, June 13, 1755. 10.
Joseph, March i, 1757. 11. William. August
27, 1760. Mrs. Mary (Orr) Skolfield died
August I. 1771, aged fifty-seven years, but her
husband survived her a quarter of a century,
living to be nearly ninety.
(IV) "Master" George, as he was com-
monly called, was a grandson of Thomas (2)
and Mary (Orr) Skolfield. He was born at
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Harpswell, Maine, in July, 1780, died March
13, 1866. Owing to the lack of records, it is
not known which of the seven sons of
Thomas (2) Skolfield was his father. George
Skolfield began to build vessels when about
twenty-one years of age, and during his life-
time built nearly if not quite sixty sea-going
craft. These were all of the best quality of
material and workmanship. At the time of his
death be was one of the wealthiest men in
Brunswick, and his money had all been ac-
quired through his own exertions and busi-
ness ability. He was a man of kindly dis-
position and a very hospitable disposition, and
he was never happier than when his friends
fairly overran his house. He was a man of
strong impulses and sternly resolute in the
discharge of what he believed to be his duty.
Nobody ever questioned his scrupulous hon-
esty in all of his dealings with his fellow-men.
"Master" George Skolfield married ,
and among their children was Robert, whose
sketch follows.
(V) Robert, son of "Master" George Skol-
field, was born at Harpswell, Maine, 1824, and
died at Brunswick, ]\Iaine, 1889. He had a
common school education, and followed the
sea most of his life, being captain of a vessel
for many years. After leaving the sea he
went into the shoe business in Brunswick, but
during his later years was without active oc-
cupation. He was a Republican in politics,
and a member of the Congregational church.
About i860 Captain Robert Skolfield married
Lydia A. Curtis, born at Harpswell, ]\Iaine,
March. 1841. They had four children : Plenry
B., Alice C, married E. T. Little, of New
York City ; Albert, and Ezra B., whose sketch
follows.
(\T) Dr. Ezra Byington, youngest son of
Robert and Lydia A. (Curtis) Skolfield, was
born at Brunswick, Maine, September 17,
1873, and was educated in the public schools
of his native town. He attended Bowdoin Col-
lege for two years and then entered the med-
ical department from which he was graduated
in 1899. After graduation he held a position
at the Maine Central Hospital for one year;
at the Soldiers' Home at Togus, Maine, for
four years; and at the Hospital for the In-
sane at Augusta for two years. In 1906 Dr.
Skolfield moved to Charleston, Maine, where
he is now engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession and is also health physician. He be-
longs to the Maine Medical Association and
to the American Medical Association, and is a
member of the Grange, Charleston. He is
prominent in Masonic circles, being a member
of the United Lodge of Masons, Saint Paul
Chapter, Royal Arch Afasons, and Trinity
Commandery, Knights Templar, at Augusta;
and of Kora Temple at Lewiston. He is a Re-
publican in politics. Dr. Skolfield married,
June 6, 1906, 2\label L. Chandler, born at
Manchester, New Hampshire, daughter of
Fremont L. and Louise M. (Willett) Chand-
ler, who are now living at Swampscott, Mas-
sachusetts.
This name is found in the
STOWELL early New England records
with many spellings, such as
Stoel. Stoyel, Stowel, and in recent usage has
taken the form of Stowell. Many still retain
the old spelling as first above given, but the
form as here used is in most common use. -The
family was very early implanted in New Eng-
land, and has spread from that cradle of
American citizenship throughout the United
States, and is especially numerous in all of the
north half. It has had honorable representa-
tives w"ho have been conspicuous in public
life, and its bearers have done credit to the
name.
(I) Samuel Stowell, immigrant ancestor of
nearly all bearing the name in this country,
was born in England, in 1620. As nearly all
the settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts, came
from Hingham, England, it is probable that
that was the native place of Samuel Stowell.
He settled in the latter place in 1647, ^"cl was
one of the proprietors of the town, where he
died November 9, 1683. He was a weaver by
trade, and had a homestead on Fort Hill
street. He married, October 25, 1649, '"
Hingham, Mary, daughter of John and
Frances Farrow, and she married (second)
October 10, 1689, Joshua Beal. The will of
Samuel Stowell was proved June 30, 1684,
and the inventory of his property showed a
value of 185 pounds one shilling two pence.
Children: i. Mary, born October 16, 1653;
married, February 25, 1683, John Garnet. 2.
Samuel, July 8, 1655 ; resided at Hingham.
3. John, March 15, 1658; also resided in Hing-
ham. 4. David, mentioned further below. 5.
Remember, April 22, 1662 ; married March 16,
1688, Thomas Remington. 6. Unnamed child,
died sixteen days old. 7. W'illiam, January 23,
1666. 8. Israel, died young. 9. Israel, Au-
gust 10, 1670; settled in Newton. 10. Eliza-
beth, June 7, 1673 ; married, December 14,
1699, George Lane. 11. Benjamin, June 8,
1676; resided in Hingham.
(II) David, third son of Samuel and Mary
(Farrow) Stowell, was born .April 8, 1660, in
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Hingham, and removed to Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts. He left that town after 1724, and
settled in Newton, Massachusetts, where he
died. He was a weaver by occupation, al-
though at a great age, being known as "Old
Stoel." He married, in Cambridge, April 7,
169s, Marv Stednian, who died September 27,
1724. Children: i. David, who had two
wives: (first) Elizabeth, (second) Patience,
and died at Newton, in October, 1724. 2.
Benjamin, died at Newton, November 29,
1729. unmarried. 3. Samuel, a school teacher
residing at Watertown ; died 1748. 4. Ruth,
married an Osborn. 5. John, mentioned be-
low. 6. Mary, married a King.
(HI) John, fourth son of David and Mary
(Stedman) Stowell, was probably born in Wa-
tertovyi, where his father lived in i6go. He
settled in Watertown. and was a constable
there in 1737. Previously he lived at Newton,
and bought land on the Boston road in that
town in 1719. removing to Watertown after
1723. He was the owner of land in Stur-
bridge, which he sold October 26, 1742, and
another parcel in the same town, sold Decem-
ber 2. same year. It was probably at this time
that he removed to Worcester. He was a resi-
dent of that town in 1744, wdien he sold more
land in Sturbridge to his son-in-law, David
Curtis, of that town: lie bought his first land
in Worcester in 1743, and the records of mort-
gages show that he was the owner of land
there in 1746-54-57. and July 18, 1759, he
deeded his homestead at W'orcester to his son
Benjamin, who had contracted to support his
father during the remainder of his life. He
died in Worcester, in 1762, and his eldest son
was the administrator of the estate. As he
had disposed of most of his property during
life, the estate at this time was very small. He
married. November i, 1722, Sarah Ford, of
W'eymouth. Massachusetts. Children, all bom
in Watertown, except the eldest: i. Sarah,
August 14, 1723, in Newton, married David
Curtis, at Sturbridge, 1744. 2. John, 1726,
died at Petersham, Massacliusetts, where he
settled early in life. 3. James, resided in Wa-
tertown. 4. Benjamin, mentioned at length be-
low. 5. Hezekiah, December 25. 1732; re-
sided in Worcester. 6. Jerusha, February i,
1735. 7. Jemima, baptized March 6, 1737. 8.
David, April 6, 1740.
(IV) Benjamin, third son of John and Sa-
rah (Ford) Stowell. was born May 4, 1730,
in Watertown, and was a soldier of the revo-
lution, holding the rank of lieutenant, and for
this service was granted a large tract of land
in what is now Paris, Maine, and on this his
sons settled. He was married at Worcester.
The surname Gregory is iden-
GREGORY tical with McGregory, the
prefix meaning merely "son
of" and being dropped and added at pleasure
by various branches of tlie family. The Eng-
lish Gregory family is traced back many cen-
turies. Before 1600 the Scotch family of Mc-
Gregory was well established in Aberdeen-
shire. The Scotch family was originally Mac-
Gregor.
(I) The progenitor of the Nova Scotia fam-
ily of Gregory came from Scotland or the
north of Ireland with other Scotch pioneers
during the great Scotch-Irish emigration after
1718, , and settled in Pennsylvania.
(II) Gregory was born in Pennsyl-
vania and before the revolution removed to
Nova Scotia, where he died. Among his chil-
dren were : Thomas, Alexander, George, John
J., mentioned below ; Agnes.
(III) John J., son of Gregory, was
born in Sherburne, Nova Scotia, in 1828, died
there in 1905. He received a common school
education in his native town, and learned the
trade of stone mason there. In connection
with his farm he followed his trade through
all his active life. He was a Conservative in
politics and served in the council of his dis-
trict from Sherburne. He was a member of
the Episcopal church. He married Sarah J.
Acker, born in Sherburne in 1824, died in
1900. Children, born in Sherburne: Thomas
J., John. Enoch. Henry E.. George Augustus,
mentioned below ; Lavinia, Sarah Jane. Eliza-
beth, Cordelia, and two others who died in in-
fancy.
(IV) Dr. George Augustus, son of John J.
Gregory, was born in Sherburne, Nova Sco-
tia, 1865. He attended the public schools of
his native town and took a preparatory course
at Dalhousie College, Halifax, and entered
Bowdoin Medical School, where he w-as grad-
uated with the degree of M. D. in the class of
1 89 1. Pie had a year of practice in the City
Hospital. Boston. He located in Boothbay
Harbor, Maine, in 1892. and has practiced his
profession there to the present time. He is a
member of the Maine Medical Association, of
the American Medical Association, of the Mil-
itary Surgeons' Association, surgeon of the
Public Health and the Marine Hospital ser-
vice in 1899. He is now building a private
hospital for his own use at Boothbay Harbor.
He is a member of Seaside Lodge of Free Ma-
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sons; member and high priest of the Pente-
cost Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; member of
Dunlap Commandery, Knights Temphir of
Bath, Maine, and of the Maine Consistory,
Portland, having taken the thirty-second de-
gree in Masonry. He is also a member of the
Knights of Pythias, of Boothbay. He married,
June 3, 1908, Gertrude Dora Dodge, daughter
of Charles F. and Abbie L. (Adams) Dodge,
of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
All those in New England who
FINSON bear this patronymic are prob-
ably descended from Thomas
Finson, who, family tradition states, came
from Scotland about the year 1700.
(I) Thomas Finson, according to the frag-
mentary record of the Finson family in
Gloucester, was killed by Indians in 1724. He
married, December 6, 1716, Mary, born Au-
gust 8, 1696, daughter of John Lane. Their
children were : l\lary, Thomas, Ambrose, and
Elizabeth, the last probably a posthumous
child.
(H) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and
Mary (Lane) Finson, was born July 16, 1720,
and was living at Sandy Bay in 1754. The
marriage of Thomas Finson is not found in
the records, but it appears that he had a wife
Sarah and three children, at least, Thomas and
Tammy baptized at the First Church. August
21, 1757, and Jerusha, April 19, 1760. The
History of Gloucester states : "It is said he
removed with his family to Maine."
(Ill) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and
Sarah Finson, was a revolutionary soldier.
The Massachusetts records state that : Thomas
Finson, of Cape Ann, was in Captain John
Rowe's company, Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's
Twenty-seventh regiment. His name is on
the company receipt for advanced pay dated
Cambridge, Jime 28, 1775. He was also a
corporal in the same company and regiment,
and his name is on the muster roll dated Au-
gust I, 1775; enlistment May 29, 1775; ser-
vice two months eight days. His name is also
on the company return (probably October,
1775) and also on an order dated Gloucester,
October 16, 1776, signed by said Finson and
others, for money allowed by the general
court for losses sustained at the battle of Bun-
ker Hill ; also an order for bounty coat or its
equivalent in money dated Cambridge, No-
vember 9, 1775. The name of Thomas Fin-
son, seaman, is on the list of American pris-
oners brought to Marblehead in the "Pacific"
to be exchanged for British prisoners, as re-
turned by Thomas Stone, Commissary (year
not given) ; reported taken in the "Yankee
Hero" (privateer) by the British ship "Mil-
ford." After the war he was at Martha's
X'ineyard, and still later moved to Maine and
settled at Danville, about 1787 or 1788. He
was a farmer, merchant and prominent citi-
zen. In military matters he took a leading part
and held the ofifice of major for some years.
He married a daughter of Thomas Goss.
"Thomas Goss, a fisherman, son of Thomas
Goss of Squam, who went from Marblehead
to Gloucester, Massachusetts, married Mary
Farr in 1751, and settled in Sandy Bay. In
his advanced years it is said he and part of his
family removed to Maine." (From the His-
tory of Gloucester.) Children of Thomas
Finson were : Thomas, John, Ambrose, Polly
and Jabez.
(I\0 Captain Ambrose, third child of
Thomas (3) Finson, was born in Danville,
Maine, June i, 1789, and died in 1829, aged
forty years. In 1816 he removed to Hartland,
which was then almost an unbroken wilder-
ness, and there cleared land for his farm and
helped to lay out roads, townships and so on.
When Maine was made a state in 1820, he
was elected representative of the first legis-
lature, then held in the city of Portland, and
was twice elected to the same office by the
voters of the district comprising Hartland, St.
Albans and Palmyra, after Augusta was made
the capitol. He long held the office of first se-
lectman and organized the first militia com-
]iany in that wild section and was its captain
for many years. In politics he was always a
Democrat, staunch and unswerving. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Jordan. Children : Ambrose,
Elizabeth, Thomas Major, Emeline Jordan,
James Jordan, John Dresser, Henry Warren,
Mary J., Amasa Bigelow and Greenleaf
Church.
(V) James Jordan, fifth child of Captain
Ambrose and Elizabeth (Jordan) Finson, was
born in Hartland, Maine, February 25, 1820,
and died in Bangor, April 25, 1895, He set-
tled in Glenburn, and engaged in farming. A
few }ears later he removed to Levant, where
he continued to be a cultivator of the soil and
engaged in lumbering trade till his death.
He was a Republican and a local leader in his
party. He held several town offices, among
which were those of selectman. He married,
November 26, 1846, Mary Esther, born March
II, 1823, died August 21, 1895, daughter of
John W. and Esther Church, of Norridge-
wock. Seven children were born of this
union: I. Cassie E., born November 26, 1847.
2. Augusta, July 29, 1849. 3- Jerome Church,
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see forward. 4. Walter R., December 15,
1853, employed in the custom house at Vance-
boro. 5. ' Charity May, September 3,
1856, married William Heugheii ; children:
Georgette N. and Harrv W. Heughen. 6.
James T.. July 4. 1858, 'of St. Paul, Minne-
sota. 7. John Winslow. died in infancy.
(VI) Jerome Church, third child of James
J. and Mary E. (Church) Finson, was born in
Glenburn. December 30, 1851. He was edu-
cated in the common schools of Glenburn and
worked on his father's farm for some years.
In 1872 he traveled extensively through the
states of the Missouri valley, finally settling in
Brookfield, Missouri, where he remained for a
year. Returning east he was for six years em-
ployed at Pittsfield, Maine, in the Lancey
House and stores as clerk. He then came to
Bangor, where he was clerk at the Penobscot
Exchange until 1880, when he became a trav-
eling salesman for Rice & Miller, of Bangor,
wholesale dealers in hardware. After a ser-
vice of twenty years w'ith this firm he per-
formed like service for Emery, Waterhouse &
Company, of Portland, and later was in the
employ of Emerson & .Adams, wholesale deal-
ers in dry goods, for whom he rendered good
service until 1907, when he retired from busi-
ness. He now resides in Bangor. In poli-
tics he is a Republican. He is unmarried.
John Winter, of Livermore,
WINTER Maine, had cliiklren : Beulah,
John, mentioned below, Isaac.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) Winter,
was born in Livermore Falls, Maine, August
23, 1794, died at New Portland, Maine, No-
vember 12, 1867. He married, October 26,
1817, Betsey Vose, born at Mercer, Maine,
June 20, 1800, died in June. 1881, daughter of
Ebenczer Vose. (See Vose family here-
with.) Children, born in Freeman, Maine: i.
Beulah S., born July 27, 1818, died January
17, 1886. 2. Isaac, March 20, 1820, died April
9. 1874. 3. Lettice, January 5, 1822, died No-
vember 21, 1901. 4. Mary, March 23, 1824,
died May 14, 1842. 5. Nancy, January 2,
1826, died December 22, 1904. 6. John Jr.,
March 2, 1828, died January 21, 1909. 7.
Elisha, February 9, 1830, died February 28,
1889. 8. Betsey E., June 30, 1832, died Octo-
ber 31, 1878. 9. Hiram V., October 18, 1834,
died September 6, 1893. 10. Ira S. F., May
10. 1837, living at the present time (1909).
11. Solomon, June 25, 1839, died May 18,
1840. 12. William C, April 1, 1841, died Jan-
uary 25, 1863. 13. Amos G., March 6, 1843,
died June 26, 1866.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Winter,
was born in Freeman, IMarch 2, 1828. He had
a common school education. During his life
he engaged in farming, logging, lumbering,
kept a general store in Kingfield, Maine, for a
few years, shipped and drove cattle to the
Brighton market for many years, dealt ex-
tensively in real estate, purchasing a lumber
tract for which he paid $21,000, and which he
sold after holding about two years at a good
advance. During the winter months there is
probably no better known man in the state of
Maine than John Winter. He settled in King-
field when a young man and became one of its
leading citizens. He and Hon. Mr. Stubbs,
of Strong, were the prime movers in the suc-
cessful effort of having the railroad built to
Kingfield. He started a paper with a generous
subscription and worked constantly until his
end was secured. He w-as a director in the
Franklin & Alegantic Railroad Company. He
was one of five who organized, built and
owned the water system of the town of King-
field. He built what is now known as the
Kingfield House, formerly "Hotel Winter"
and conducted the hotel for seven years. He
is now retired from active business, but is oc-
cupied in the care of his property. Mr. Win-
ter has been very active and prominent in mu-
nicipal affairs. He is a Republican ; served on
the board of selectmen in New Portland, rep-
resentative to the state legislature two terms,
1870-71. He is a member of Mount Abram
Lodge of Free Masons of Kingfield ; of
Lemon Stream Lodge of Odd Fellows of West
New Portland. He married, November 14,
1852, Mary Drummond, born in New Port-
land, November 13, 1832. Children : John C,
Ida M., Elizabeth S., William, died in infancy;
George FI., mentioned below.
(IV) George Henry, son of John (3) Win-
ter, w-as born in New Portland, May 30, 1866.
He attended the public schools of his native
town and the Farmington Normal school
(Maine). He engaged in business in King-
field in 1886, dealing in men's clothing, etc.
He added dry goods and boots and shoes later
and built up a large and flourishing business.
In 1899 he was appointed postmaster by Presi-
dent McKinley and has held this position by
reappointment to the present time. He dis-
posed of his store in 1899. He has held the
office of town treasurer ten years. He is a
Republican. He is a member of Mount Abram
Lodge of Free Masons of Kingfield and of the
Baptist church. He married, October 11, 1893,
Lena May Hawkes, born in Buckfield and lived
in Phillips, Maine, daughter of^ Nathaniel S.
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and Frances Hawkes, of Phillips. Children,
all born in Kingfield : i. John Glcnwood, July
8, 1894. 2. Madeline F., September 7, 1896.
3. Marjorie L., October, 1902. 4. George
Henry jr., February 5, 1905.
The American surname Vose is
\"OSE undoubtedly a variation of the an-
cient English surname V'aux or
Vaus, also spelled Voss De X'allibus and
Vaulx in the old country. Vorse in America
is doubtless from the same origin. It is said
that the illustrious family of V'aux derived
their surname from a district in Normandy,
where there were seven or eight places bearing
this name. The family has been prominent in
France from the earliest use of this surname.
A tomb erected in 161 5 in the church of St.
Clair at Naples by ITieronymus de Vaux con-
tains the bones of his ancestors, among whom
are : Antonia, Queen of Sicily ; Isabella de
Vaux, Queen of Naples ; Cecilia, Countess of
Savoy, and others of royal families. The Eng-
lish family springs from Bertrand de Vaux,
who was living in 929, a favorite of Robert I,
Duke of Normandy, grandfather of the Con-
queror.
The great barony of Gilsland in Cumber-
land was given by the Earl Ranulf Meschines
to one Hubertus, called also" De Vallibus or
Vaulx, from the dales or valleys whereof that
country is full. The French word \^aulx (pro-
nounced Vaux) became thence a surname to
him and his posterity. The family has had
seats at Boverton, county Glamorgan (time of
Queen Elizabeth) ; Wipsnot, county Bedford;
Marston Mairley, Wiltshire; Corley and Pyer-
niain, Cumberland ; Storesby, Yorkshire. All
this family uses this coat-of-arms : Argent a
bend chequey or and gules. Crest : An eagle's
head sable beaked or.
(I) Robert Vose, immigrant ancestor, was
born in county Lancaster, England, about
1599, died in Milton^ Massachusetts, October
16, 1683. In July, 1654, he purchased of the
heirs of "Worshipful John Glover" one hun-
dred and seventy-four acres of land in Dor-
chester, afterward Milton, on the easterly and
southerly sides of "Robert Baddocks River."
Over this territory in subsequent years the de-
scendants of Robert Vose were scattered along
Canton avenue, in the vicinity of School street,
on Gun Hill and Pleasant streets. A part of
this land has remained in the family for two
and a half centuries. Robert Vose was a man
of note in his day. He was one of the three
petitioners for the incorporation of Milton.
He gave to the town in 1664 eight acres of
land for church purposes near Vose's lane and
Centre street, now occupied in part by the
house of Mrs. Blanchard. He was active in
church affairs. He lived in the old Glover
house, near the junction of Canton avenue and
Brook road. Children: i. Edward, born
1636, died January 29, 1716. 2. Elizabeth,
1639; married, December 9, 1657, Thomas
Swift, died vi'ithout issue January 15, 1675. 3.
Thomas, mentioned below. 4. Martha, mar-
ried Lieutenant John Sharp, of Muddy Brook
(Brookline), who was killed by the Indians,
April 21, 1676, with Captain Wadsworth in
the Sudbury fight; married (second)
Buckminster.
(II) Thomas, son of Robert Vose, was born
about 1641 and died April 3, 1708. For many
years he was town recorder and under his
management tlie town records assumed a sys-
tematic and business-like form. He married
Waitstill Wyatt, who died in 1727, aged
eighty-four. Among his children was Thomas,
mentioned below.
(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
A'ose, resided on Brush Hill, on Canton ave-
nue, near Atherton street, iMilton. He mar-
ried Hannah . Among his children
were: i. Edward, settled at the foot of Brush
Hill. 2. Captain Thomas, born March 12,
1707, fourth son; married Patience Billings.
3. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Thomas (2) Vose,
resided in Milton. Among his children were:
I. Seth, born January 4, 1733-34, resided in
Tliomaston and Gushing, Maine. 2. Jesse,
March 3, 1742-43, mentioned below. 3.
Thomas, ]\Iay 8, 1753, married Sarah George;
went to Thomaston, Maine, with General
Knox.
(V) Jesse, son of Jonathan Vose, was born
in Milton, March 3, 1742-43. He went to
Sandy River, Maine, and died at Kingfield,
Maine. Among his children was Ebenezer,
mentioned below.
(VI) Ebenezer, son of Jonathan Vose, had
children : Charles W., and Betsey, born June
20. 1800, died in June, 1881, married John
Winter (see Winter family herewith).
The surname Lin, Lynn or Linn is
LINN derived from a Celtic topographical
expression, used alone and also as
a prefix signifying a deep pool or lake, or any
body of water, and commonly used in Scot-
land to designate a cascade falling into a pool.
The family is distinctively and purely Scotch.
From the earliest historical times the family
has lived in Ayrshire, Scotland. At present the
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name is found in various other sections of
Scotland and the United Kingdom, as well
as the United States.
(I) Archibald Linn was born in the town
of Biggor, Scotland, January 13, 1818. He
was educated in his native place. He came
to America and worked in the mills of Cherry
Valley, in Leicester, Massachusetts; of Law-
rence^ and Saugus. He died at Hartland,
Maine, November 18, 1889. He married, in
Scotland, Grace Wilson, born in Scotland, Jan-
uary 31, 1819, daughter of Thomas and Chris-
tina (Lindsey) Wilson. Her father was born
September 12, 1790; her mother April 2, 1792;
their children : i. Adam Wilson, born De-
cember 18, 1814 ; ii. George W'ilson, January
31, 1817; iii. Grace Wilson, January 31, 1819;
iv. Robert Wilson, November 6, 1821 ; v. Ag-
nes Wilson, July 11, 1823; vi. Isabelle Wil-
son, December 26, 1826; vii. Mary Ann Wil-
son, March 22, 1829; viii. Margaret Wilson,
September 3, 1831. Children of -Xrchibald
and Grace (Wilson) Linn: i. Christianna,
born in Scotland, September 25, 1842, died in
Dexter, Maine. 2. Robert Wilsoji, Scotland,
November 5, 1844, now living in Hartland,
Maine. 3. Thomas, Scotland, September 5,
1846, died in Scotland. 4. Thomas Archibald,
May II, 1854, mentioned below. 5. ^Liry
Isabella, Cherry Valley, Leicester, Massachu-
setts, November 18, 1856, married Henry C.
Fuller, of Hartland; he died in 1902. 6. Will-
iam Beattie, Lawrence, Massachusetts, Jan-
uary 12, i860, died in Dexter, Maine, 1865.
(II) Thomas Archibald, son of Archibald
Linn, was born in Saugus, Massachusetts,
May II, 1854. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Lawrence, Massachusetts,
whither the family moved wh^n he was a
young child, and he also attended an Episco-
palian school at Portland, Maine. He went
into the mills to work at Lawrence when very
young, and learned the business of textile
manufacturing from bottom to top. He en-
gaged in manufacturing on his own account,
and at the present time is treasurer of the
Linn Manufactufing Company, of Hartland,
Maine, and is an owner in the FuUer-Osborn
Skirt Manufacturing Company of the same
town. He has taken a leading position among
the manufacturers of his section and has done
much to make the town of Hartland a busy
industrial center. He is prominent in political
and social life as well as in business. He is
an active and influential Republican, has been
chosen often as delegate to nominating con-
ventions of his party and is chairman of the
Hartland town committee. He is a member
of Corinthian Lodge of Free Masons, Hart-
land; of Ira Berry Chapter, Royal .\rch
Masons, Pittsficid, Maine ; of the Command-
ery Knights Templar, of Skowhegan ; of the
Maine Consistory, Portland; of Kora Temple,
Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, and he is a thirty-"
second degree Mason. He is a member also
of the Hartland Lodge of Odd Fellows ; the
Pittsfield Encampment and the Waterville
Canton ; the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, Waterville. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Hartland. He
married, 1880, Clarabelle Osborn, daughter of
George Osborn, of Dexter, Maine. They have
one child, Carrie May, born 1881, educated in
the schools of Hartland and at Bradford
Academy ; married Lynne H. Blanchard, M.
D., of Springfield, Maine. They have one
daughter, ]\leredith Blanchard, born in Hart-
land, 1905.
The name of Brown is exceed-
BROWN ingly numerous in New Eng-
land, and it is not, like some sur-
names, traceable to one fountain head. In the
case of Alden, for instance, one may be reason-
ably sure that the person bearing that patrony-
mic is one of the thirty thousand (or there-
abouts) who are descended from the Pilgrim
John, whom Longfellow has immortalized;
but the name of Brown afifords no such cer-
tainty. In New Hampshire alone, no less than
eleven different lines have been traced to as
many entirely unrelated ancestors, many of
whom were among the very earliest settlers
of our country. The following line cannot be
carried further back than the revolution. Sev-
eral Brown families were living at Weare,
New Hampshire, at that time, but no Stephen
is found among them ; nor in the neighboring
town of Henniker, which was also full of
Browns. Several Stephen Browns were bom
about that period in different parts of southern
New Hampshire, among them Stephen, the
son of Silas and Mary Brown, born at Temple,
New Hampshire, September 23, 1781 ; but
there is no proof that he was identical with the
progenitor of the following branch.
(I) Stephen Brown was born at Weare,
New Hampshire, in 1780. As his birth is not
recorded in the town records and as no trace
of him is found in the town history, it is prob-
able that his parents may have been merely
temporary sojourners in that place. Whether
they were descended from John Brown, who
settled at Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1639,
and founded a line which continued in that
town for seven generations, or whether they
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sprung from some of the Massachusetts pion-
eers who helped to colonize Newbury, Con-
cord and Rowley — this must remain a matter
of conjecture. At all events Stephen Brown
could not have remained in 'New Hampshire
very long, for he moved to Bucksport, Maine,
where he became a merchant, afterwards going
to sea, where he contracted ship fever, which
caused his death in Boston in 1814, at the
early age of thirty-four. There was probably
considerable adventures crowded into his brief
life, but the only facts known to us are those
connected with his marriage. On August 23,
1803, Stephen Brown married Mary Pearson,
daughter of Benjamin Pearson, who was born
at Byfield, Massachusetts, July 7, 1780. (See
Pearson VH.) She survived her husband
nearly half a century, dying at Waterville,
Maine, June 21, i860. Stephen and Mary
(Pearson) Brown were the parents of two
children : Celissa, who was born at Bucks-
port, Maine, 1804, and died in 1851, and
Stephen Pearson, see forward.
(II) Stephen Pearson, only son of Stephen
and Mary (Pearson) Brown, was born at
Bucksport, ATaine, November 12, 1807, died at
Dover, Maine, July 22, 1867. He lost his
father at the age of seven, and he returned
with his mother to her old home at Byfield,
Massachusetts, where the boy grew up and at-
tended school at the famous old Dummer
Academy. He learned the woolen business
early in life, and made it his permanent in-
terest. He began work in the mills at Ames-
bury, ^Massachusetts, where he became ac-
quainted with Charles Vaughan, of Hallowell,
Maine. In 1829, at the age of twenty-two,
young Brown moved to Dover, Maine, and the
next year started the mills there under the
auspices of Mr. Vaughan. In 1837 the firm
was manufacturing goods and trucking them
to Bangor by ox team, whence they were
shipped by water to Boston and Philadelphia.
At this time the business was known as the
Piscataquis Manufacturing Company. The en-
tire plant was burned down in 1840, and the
mills were then rebuilt by Mr. Brown, who
becatne the sole owner and proprietor and
remained such until his death. Mr. Brown was
a Whig in politics, and represented his town
in the legislature of 1836. On March 30, 1833,
Stephen Pearson Brown married Nancy Per-
kins Foss, daughter of James and Susan (Sin-
clair) Foss, of Mereditli, New Hampshire.
She was born in the latter town, January i,
181 1, and died at Dover, Maine, November
16, 1882. To Stephen Pearson and Nancy
(Foss) Brown were born three children:
Celissa, December 21, 1833; Stephen Ornian,
whose sketch follows ; and Susan Abby, De-
cember 29, 1848. Celissa Brown, the eldest
child, married Judge Samuel F. Humphrey, of
Bangor, Maine. Their children are Orman
B.. and Fannie Susan Brown. Susan (Sin-
clair) Foss was born at Meredith, New Hamp-
shire, May 15, 1789, died there jNIarch 6, 1824,
daughter of Thomas Sinclair.
(Ill) Stephen Orman, only son of Stephen
Pearson and Nancy P. (Foss) Brown, was
born at Dover, Maine, November 21, 1841,
and was educated in the schools of his native
town, at Foxcroft Academy and at a commer-
cial school in Boston. When a boy he went
into the woolen mill, and he has been iden-
tified with that phase of manufacturing ever
since. 1865 Stephen O. Brown was taken into
partnership with his father under the firm
name of S. P. Brown and Company. On the
death of the senior partner in 1867, the estate,
each sharing in proportion, became sole owner
and proprietor, and after 1884 the business
was known as the Brown Manufacturing
Company. In 1899 Mr. Stephen Orman
Brown sold his plant to the American Woolen
Company, and it is now known as the Brown
Mills of which j\Ir. Brown is agent and man-
ager. Mr. Brown is a Republican in politics,
and served for two terms in the state senate,
from 1875 to 1878. He was a member of the
Republican state committee at the time of the
Greenback movement. He attends the Con-
gregational church, and is a member of Mosaic
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
at Dover, of Piscataquis Royal Arch Chapter,
and of Saint John's Commandery, Knights
Templar, at Bangor. Mr. Brown married,
vSeptember 11, 1871, Mary Parish Gurney,
daughter of Rev. John H. and Susan (Irvine)
Gurney, of Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. Three
children were born to Stephen O. and Mary P.
(Gurney) Brown: Celissa, May 7, 1874;
Stephen Pearson, April 29, 1877; ^lary, No-
vember 16, 1888. Celissa Brown, the eldest
daughter, was graduated from Smith College
in 1898. and was married May 27, 1902, to
Joseph Arnold Norcross, of New Flaven, Con-
necticut, who is treasurer of the New Haven
Gas Light Company. Stephen Pearson Brown,
the only son, was educated at Foxcroft Acad-
emy, at the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville,
Connecticut, and was graduated from the Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology in 1900.
He studied civil engineering, and is now
(1908) assistant engineer engaged in tunnel
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construction in New York City. On June 15.
1904, he married Editli Luce, daughter of
Matthew and EHzabeth Luce, of Boston, Mas-
sachusetts.
Tlie name Pierre (Peter)
PEARSON which was introduced into
England by Norman French
and anghcized into Pier or Piers, is the word
from wliich comes the name Pierson or Pear-
son. The family bearing this patronymic in-
cludes manv citizens of high standing. In
the old parish of Byfield, which was made
from parts of Newbury and Rowley, Massa-
chusetts, stands an ancient house which has
been occupied by several generations of Pear-
sons, most of them bearing the name of Ben-
jamin. This fine old mansion was built in
1684, and is notable for its stairways of solid
oak and beautiful broad panelling. Under the
clapboards there is a structure of white oak
plank, set perpendicularly and stretching from
the sills to the eaves, with portholes here and
there. The whole plan of the house bears
eloquent testimony to the perilous times in
which it was built, when a man's house needed
literally to be his castle. Until recent years
the homestead was shaded by a magnificent
elm, perhaps the finest in Massachusetts, which
now can be seen only in pictures, for it suc-
cumbed to a great storm, November 27, 1898.
(I) John Pearson came from England and
settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1643, and
then set up a fulling mill, the first mill for
this purpose in America. He was a man of
property, and active and prominent in the com-
munity. His first grant of land was in the
"uplands laid out in the field called Batchel-
der's Plaine," and was "one house lott Con-
taineing an Acre and a halfe lying on the
South side of Richard Lighton." His name
appears often in the town records as grantor
and grantee of land. He was made freeman
probably in 1647, and was one of the "five
men" or selectmen, and as a representative of
the town opposed the tyrannous acts of Sir
Edmond Andros, and was fined. He was rep-
resentative in 1678, and was made deacon
October 24, 1686. He died December 22,
1693. His wife's name was Dorcas. She
survived him ten years, and died January 12,
1703. Their children were: Mary (died
young), John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Dorcas,
Mary, Jeremiah, Joseph, Benjamin, Phebe,
Stephen and Sarah. John, the eldest son, was
born in 1644, was appointed deacon in 1686,
and died 1696.
(II) Benjamin, son of John and Dorcas
Pearson, was born in Rowley, April i, 1658,
and died in Newbury, June 16, 1731. He set-
tled at Byfield, 1682, and a deed for land con-
veyed to him is extant bearing that date. In
1704 he removed to Newbury, where he
bought, April 2, 1705, of Francis Wainwright,
a saw mill and yard on the Falls river. Au-
gust 10, 1709, Eldad Cheney and others sold
to Benjamin Pearson, of Newbury, "carpen-
ter," for forty-six pounds and ten shillings,
twenty-four acres of land "on ye southerly
side of the Falls river." He erected a fulling
mill W'hich was in operation for many years,
and soon afterward a house, which is still
standing, and was recently ovi'ned and occupied
by Benjamin Pearson, a descendant of the
original Benjamin, who erected the house and
succeeded the Cheneys two hundred years ago.
Benjamin Pearson married, January 20, 1680,
Hannah, daughter of Daniel Thurston, and
they were the parents of: Hannah, Phebe,
Daniel, Ruth. Abigail, Benjamin, Sarah,
Jedediah, Mehitable, Jonathan, David, Oliver
and Bartholomew, of whom all but two were
bom in Rowley. Hannah (Thurston) Pear-
son died within ten weeks after her husband.
(Ill) Captain Benjamin (2), second son
of Benjamin (i) and Hannah (Thurston)
Pearson, was born August 12, 1690, in By-
field, Massachusetts. The Byfield church rec-
ords state that "Capt. Benj. Pearson died
April 5, 1774, aged 84 years of a languishing
disorder." He inherited the homestead and
mill of his father in Byfield, was a member
of the church in that parish and captain of
the military company. Captain Pearson was
twice married, but the nine children were all
by the second wife. On November 2, 1717, he
married Judith Getchel, of Newbury, who
must have died young, as on June 23, 1720, he
married Jane Noyes, of Newbury. The By-
field church records contain this statement :
"The widow Jane Pearson. Relict of Capt.
Benj. Pearson died March 2, 1782, of a lan-
guishing and painful disorder. In her 84th
year." The births of the nine children of
Captain Benjamin (2) and Jane (Noyes)
Pearson are taken from the Newbury record,
and their baptisms are found in the Byfield
church record, i. Benjamin (3), mentioned
below. 2. Jane, born July 2;^. 1723. 3. Isaac,
July 25, 1725, died at Newbury, February 25,
1727. 4. Isaac, Newbury, October 21. 1728,
married Sarah Gerrish, of that town, Novem-
ber 28, 1751 : he was a clothier and miller
and moved to Boscawen, New Hampshire,
about 1767, and died there March 8, 1805. 5.
Oliver, May 14, 1731, married, in Newbury,
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December 2, 1755, Hannah Pearson, of Row-
ley. 6. Judith, September 22, 1733. 7. Me-
hitable, June 8, 1736. 8. Enoch, January i,
1738, married Betty Whitten, February 26,
1761. 9. Jane, July i, 1741, died May 13,
1751, "aged abt. 10 years, of a fever" (By-
field church records).
(IV) Benjamin (3), eldest child of Benja-
min (2) and Jane (Noyes) Pearson, was born
at Byfield, Massachusetts, April 15, 1721, and
died there in August, 1797. His will is on
file at the probate office in Essex county.
"Lieutenant" Benjamin (3) Pearson married,
September 13, 1743, Jane Woodman, of New-
bury. The published records of Byfield, Row-
ley and Newbury end at this point.
(V) Benjamin (4), son of Benjamin (3)
and Jane (Woodman) Pearson, was born July
15. 1754, died December 8, 1825. He married
Hannah , born October 12, 1758, died
February 15, 1815. Had children: i. Mary,
born July 7. 17S0 (Mrs. Stephen Brown), died
June 21, i860. 2. Dorothy, Mav 8, 1784 (Mrs.
Chute), died May 8, 1870. 3. Hannah, No-
vember I, 1787 (Mrs. Alexander) died June
14, 1861. 4. Jane, December 27, 1789, un-
married, died February 19, 1839. 5. Benjamin,
March 17, 1794, married Lois Noyes; died
July 24, 1844. 6. Enoch, September i, 1796,
died June 29, 1877. 7. Judith, September 5,
1799, died March 29, 1824.
(\T) j\Iary, daughter of Benjamin (4)
and Hannah Pearson, was born at Byfield,
Massachusetts, July 7, 1780, and died at
Waterville, Maine, June 21, i860, at the age
of eighty years. On August 23, 1803, she was
rrtarried to Stephen Brown, of ISucksport.
Maine^ (See Brown I.)
The branch of the Jones family,
JONES some members of which are
sketched in this article, has been
settled in Portland for more than a century, its
members being useful citizens of the munici-
pality.
(I) Levi Jones, born in Houlton, Maine,
April 23, 1830, was a cooper by trade, for
some time was foreman in J. H. Hamlin &
Sons' West India Cooperage Company, and
died in Cumberland. He married Susan A.
Frye, born March 17, 1828, died 1893. They
had three sons : Charles Fremont, born in
Portland, married Lizzie Louden ; Henry M.,
mentioned below; Louis M., married Grace
Drum.
(II) Henry M., second son of Levi and
Susan A. (Frye) Jones, was born in Port-
land, Maine, May 6, 1857, and attended the
public schools until he was fourteen years old.
He then went into the employ of C. A. Don-
nell, a manufacturer -of brass goods, with
whom he continued fourteen years. In 1888
Arthur S. Megguier and Henry M. Jones
bought Mr. Donnell's business and formed a
partnership under the firm name of Megguier
& Jones and together carried on the industry
until the death of the senior partner in June,
1892. Mr. Jones carried on the business
alone from that time until February, 1895,
when H. C. Gilson bought an interest in the
enterprise, which was incorporated under the
style of the Megguier & Jones Company, Mr.
Jones becoming its president. The firm
makes a specialty of structural steel work for
fire proof buildings and manufactures patent
sidewalk lights and gratings, wire guards and
railings, ship and yacht furnishings. Their
products are among the finest of their kind in
the city, and noted for their artistic and sub-
stantial finish. They are also largely engaged
in nickel plating and polishing. They employ
one hundred skilled mechanics and their goods
are sent all over the country. Mr. Jones is
always alert to everything of advantage in his
business and is a past president of the Build-
ers' Exchange, and a member of the Portland
Board of Trade. He is a Republican in poli-
tics, but does not take an active part in party
matters. In religious faith he is a L'niver-
salist. Henry M. Jones married, September
22, 1881, Emma E. Kimball, daughter of
George and Elvira (Hodgden) Kimball, of
Bethel. Three children have been horn of
this union : Harold D., Albert H. and ]\Iarion.
Harold D. was educated at Cornell College.
He now resides in Boston, wdiere he is em-
ployed by the Fireproof Construction Com-
pany. Albert H., horn 1883, is in business
with his father. Marion, born 1891, is at
home.
Nickerson is a variation of
NICKERSON the name Nicholson, and it
was not unusual in early
times for the same man to spell his name both
ways, indififerently. The families in Dennis
Massachusetts, are understood to have moved
to that town from Chatham, Massachusetts.
The name prevails to such an extent in some
of the Cape towns that it is difficult to fur-
nish a genealogical record that shall be satis-
factory. For generations the Nickersons of
the Cape have been famous as sea captains.
(I) Shubael Nickerson resided in Dennis,
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Barnstable county, Massachusetts, and there
by his wife Thankful he had several children.
(II) Josiah, son of Shubael and Thankful
Nickerson, was born in Dennis, Alarch 17,
1751. died July 9, 1S28. By his wife Reli-
ance he had Shubael, mentioned below ; Henry,
1785. died December 4, 1838; and Fred, 1797,
died May 20, 1862.
(III) Shubael (2), son of Josiah and Re-
liance Nickerson, was born in Dennis, Septem-
ber II, 1782, died July 29, 1858. He was
probably a farmer in Dennis. By his wife
Sally he had son Josiah.
(i\') Josiah (2), son of Shubael (2) and
Sally Nickerson, was born September 8, 1825,
in Dennis, died in Portland, April 26, 1888.
He went to sea at the age of eight years, and
continued to follow the sea until the close of
the civil war. He was a master mariner and
sailed between New England and West India
ports until the outbreak of the war, and after
that time his business was principally bringing
cotton from the Confederate states. He was
shot at a southern port three times, but the
fact that he was a Mason becoming known
prevented further trouble. After 1855 he set-
tled in Portland at 106 India street, and car-
ried on the business of ship broker and com-
mission merchant until about the time of his
death. He married, January 20, 1853, Clarissa
S., born in Dennis, Massachusetts, July 21,
1830, daughter of Peter and Thankful Hall.
The former was born at Dennis, February 12,
1799, and died in Dennis, July 20, 1861. Jo-
siah and Clarissa S. had three children : Peter
Hall, Peter Sears and George Arthur. The
first died young; the second is mentioned be-
low; George Arthur, born February 18, 1862,
died July 14, 1870.
(V) Peter Sears, son of Josiah (2) and
Clarissa S. (Hall) Nickerson, was born Sep-
tember 15, 1856, in Dennis, Massachusetts,
died February 19, 1908, in Portland, Maine.
He attended the primary schools in Dennis,
and at ten years of age was taken to Portland,
where he attended the public schools and
Gray's Business College. Later he went into
business with his father and was his partner
till the death of the father in 1888, but as the
shipping business dwindled away he gradually
drew out of it and worked into the coal busi-
ness until about fifteen years ago, 1893, when
he gave up the shipping business altogether.
In the latter year he joined the firm of Peter
S. Nickerson & Company, and dealt in wood
and coal. He was a Republican, and for a
number of years was prominently identified
with Republican politics in ward three, being a
candidate in some of the memorable three or
four days caucuses they held in that ward in
days gone by. He served two years (1894-95)
in the council, but declined to become a candi-
date for alderman, although often urged to
do so. He was an attendant of the Congrega-
tional church. Fie was a member of the board
of trade and the following fraternal organi-
zations: Portland Lodge, No. i. Free and
Accepted Masons ; Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13,
Royal Arch Masons, Portland Council, No. 4,
Royal and Select Masters ; St. Alban Com-
mandery. No. 8, Knights Templar ; Maine^Cop-
sistory. Sublime Princes of the Royal ' §ecf'ef ;
Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order. of 'N^6-
bles of the ]\Iystic Shrine, and a thirty-s'^cbrid
degree Mason ; and lona Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star. Also Harmon Lodge, No.
19, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
which he was a past grand ; Woodbine Lodge,
Rebeccas; Machigonne Encampment, No. I,
Patriarchs Militant ; Pine Tree Lodge, Knights
of Pythias; Improved Order of Red Men;
the Ancient Order of United Workmen ;
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
No. 188; and Forest City Castle, Knights of
the Golden Eagle. Peter S. Nickerson mar-
ried, December 25, 1878, at Portland, Ella
Frances Nash, born in Portland, May 22, 1853,
daughter of David W. and Mary E. (Smith)
Nash.
The name of Skelton is quite
SKELTON unusual in this country, and
most of its earlier representa-
tives lived in the south, where they ranked
among the best families of \'irginia. In Eng-
land the house dates back to .ancient times.
During the reign of Edward I. one of the
Skeltons of Armathwaite Castle, county Cum-
berland, represented that county in parliament.
Their arms were: Field Azure, a Fess Or
with a Cornish chough Sable beaked and
legged Gules. Crest, a peacock's head erased
proper in the beak, an acorn Or stalked and
leaved \'ert. The chough is a bird not met
with in American literature, but readers of
Shakespeare will remember tliat the poet
speaks of "russet-pated choughs" in "]\Iidsum-
mer Night's Dream." The bird belongs to the
Crow family. The Virginia Skeltons are said
to be descended from the Cumberland house,
and their arms are the same, except that in
the American escutcheon the chough is re-
placed by three fieur de lis Or. Air. James
Skelton, a gentleman of wealth and high so-
cial standing, was living in the parish of Saint
James, county Goochland, Virginia, as early as
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the year 1735. He married Jane Meriwether,
whose mother, iMary Bathurst, was a member
of the ancient family of Bathurst, England.
The only Skelton mentioned among the
early settlers of New England is Rev. James
Skelton, who came to Salem, Massachusetts,
from county Lincoln, England, June 29, 1629.
He was nearly two months on the voyage, hav-
ing set sail from the Isle of Wight on May
fourth. He was born in 1584, bred at Clare
Hall, Cambridge University, where he took de-
grees in 161 1 and 1614. He might have filled
an important place in the new community, but
his early death, August 2, 1634, cut short all
achievement. It is thought his widow married
again, and traces of his descendants have been
lost. The following line is derived from a
more recent immigrant.
(I) Thomas Skelton came from England
about 1790 and settled at Alonmouth, Alaine.
The region at that time was in the heart of the
forest, and much patience and energy were re-
quired to clear a farm. Thomas Skelton mar-
ried Mary Wright and moved to Bowdoin,
where their six children were born : Thomas
(2), whose sketch follows; Richard, William,
Robert, Mary and Sidney. The original
Thomas Skelton appears to have achieved suc-
cess and prosperity for those days, because it
is recorded that he had the first spring wagon,
hung on leather straps, ever seen in his town,
and he often told how proud he felt when he
drove through the village in it.
(II) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas
(i) and Mary (Wright) Skelton, was born at
Monmouth, Maine, March 26, 1807. He
worked with his father on the home farm and
attended school ; and later he learned ship car-
pentry, at which he was employed many years
in Bath. He married Mehitable Preble, of
Bowdoinham, about 1830, and they went to
live in Bowdoin, where their seven children
were born : Sidney, 1832 ; Dorcas, Rebecca,
]\Iiriam, Helen, Susan A. and Thomas W.
(III) Thomas W., youngest of the seven
children of Thomas (2) and Mehitable
(Preble) Skelton, was born December 3, 1845,
at Bowdoin, Maine. He was brought up on
the home farm where he still lives. He had
good educational opportunities in his youth,
and for several years engaged in school teach-
ing during the winter, spending the summer
on the farm. He finally gave up the teaching
and devoted his whole time to agriculture. He
is a Republican in politics, and attends the
Methodist church. February 7, 1870, he mar-
ried Mary Luella, daughter of John and Sarah
(Knight) Holbrook, of Bowdoin. Her great-
grandfather was one of the Holbrooks of
Harpswcll and came thence to Bowdoin.
Thomas W. and Mary Luella (Holbrook)
Skelton had two children : William B., whose
sketch follows ; Linwood Thomas, born No-
vember 25, 1872, married Eleanor AUard,
daughter of Horatio C. Allard, of Litchfield,
]Maine, and they live on the homestead at Bow-
doin.
(I\') William Bertram, elder of the two
sons of Thomas W. and ^lary Luella (Hol-
brook) Skelton, was born at Bowdoin, Alaine,
August 9, 1871. He received his early educa-
tion in the public schools of Bowdoin, attended
the Nichols Latin school, and graduated from
Bates College in 1892. He began reading hiu
in the office of Newell & Judkins, of Lewis-
ton, and was admitted to the bar in October,
1893. On January i, 1894. he entered into
partnership with Mr. Newell under the firm
name of Newell & Skelton. Mr. Skelton is a
Republican in politics, and his first office was
that of councilman in the city of Lewiston. He
then served two terms as mayor, from 1903 to
1905, meanwhile filling the office of county at-
torney from 1901 to 1905. On July 20, 1906,
his appointment as bank examiner took effect,
and he is now holding that position. William
B. Skelton is judge advocate general on the
stafif of Governor Cobb with the rank of
colonel. He is a Mason of the thirty-second
degree, belonging both to the Scottish Rite
and the Shrincrs, and is past master of Blue
Lodge, Rabboni. On May 21, 1894, William
Bertram Skelton married Florence L., daugh-
ter of W. S. and Elmira (Smith) Larrabee, of
Auburn. They have six children : William
Larrabee. born November 15, 1895; Harold
Newell, January i, 1899; Thomas Reginald.
February 22, igoi ; Florence Luella, August
6, 1902: John Holbrook, April 19, 1905; Ruth
Elizabeth, July 28, 1907.
James Ashby was born in Lin-
ASHBY colnshire, England, March 5.
1818, son of Thomas Ashby. He
came to New Brunswick. Canada, as a British
soldier at the time of the Aroostook war in
1834, and after his discharge from the army
he settled in Aroostook county and in 1846
located a tract of land in what is now Fort
Fairfield township. He cleared the land and
cultivated a farm. He married, Alay i, 1850,
Catherine, daughter of Ferdinand Armstrong,
who had settled in 1820 at Parkhurst Siding
near Presque Isle, Aroostook county. The
children of James and Catherine (Armstrong)
Ashby W'Cre : i. Wilmot T., born March 3,
2004
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1851. resides in Presque Isle, Maine. 2.
James X., born October 10, 1852, removed to
Colorado, now member of Colorado legisla-
ture. 3. Hiram E., September 3, 1853, died
September 7, 1857. 4- I'iose L., born October
31, 1855, died April 27, 1881, 5- Bertba M.,
born January 19. 1857, married a Mr. Kelly,
of Colorado.' 6. Fred C, born April 22, 1859,
died Tune 2, 1888. 7. Herbert E., born June
12, 1S61, died May 3, 1891. 8. Laura E., who
married a Mr. Clark, of Fort Fairfield, Maine.
9. George I'erdinaiul (q. v.).
(II) George Ferdinand, son of James and
Catherine (.Armstrong) Ashby, was born in
Fort Fairfield, Maine. July 10, 1870. He at-
tended the public school of his native town,
and remained on the homestead with his father
up to the time of his death, November 13.
1895, when he arranged with the widow and
his brothers and sisters by which he became
owner of the farm and homestead. He had
learned the practical part of the business of
farming from his father, and he added to this
knowledge by study and observation. He
found diversified farming to be more profitable
than the old fashioned system held to by his
father, and his farm took on a new face. Fine
stock, abundant harvests and the use of mod-
ern machinery in cultivating and gathering the
crops, which were abundant, soon replaced the
more tedious antiquated methods of farming,
and in the meetings of the Grange of the
Patrons of Husbandry he was a recognized
leader, and his advice as to modes of cultiva-
tion, harvesting and marketing proved of ben-
efit to the entire community, and Grange No.
153. Patrons of Husbandry, through his wise
counsel, became one of the most popular and
authoritative in Aroostook county. The
progress of agriculture and the almost fabulous
crops of potatoes, grain and fruit raised in the
county became the wonder of the farmers in
the older settled parts of Maine. Mr. Ashby
was affiliated with P'rontier Lodge, No. 112.
Ancient Free and -Accepted Masons, of Fort
Fairfield. He married, August 6. i8g8, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Charles Waldron, and they
had five children: i. Norman W., born Sep-
tember 21, 1899. 2. June C, born June 29,
1905. 3. Jean A., born June 29, 1905. 4.
Louise E., born March 30, 1907. 5. James F.,
born November 3, igo8. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby
and their five bright and interesting children
form a family circle known throughout the
county for the ministration of a genuine hos-
pitality to a large circle of friends, and the
stranger that passes, led by the remarkable
beauty of a typical modern farmer's home, is
sure of the hearty welcome of a pleasant host
and of an attractive and tactful hostess.
This is probably a distinct fam-
ATKINS ily from the one wdiose Amer-
ican ancestor was Joseph Clark
Atkins, an account of which is given elsewhere
in this work. But in this case, as well as the
one referred to, orphans were left without
family history from which they can formulate
their lineage. It is supposed that they are de-
scendent from the Cape Cod family of the
same name.
(I) Edwin Henry Atkins, a resident of
Kennebunkport, Maine, is the son of Thomas
and Lydia A. Atkins, who resided for many
years at South Boston, Massachusetts, until
the death of Thomas, at which time the widow
took up her residence at Kennebunkport. Ed-
win H. studied for the ministry at Wesleyan
L'niversity, ]Middletown, Connecticut, for the
Methodist denomination, but his healtli not be-
ing good, he took up the machinist's trade at the
W'aliham watch factory, and later located at
Hallowell, Maine, in the retail boot and shoe
business, and after that removed to Gardiner,
Maine, where he continued successfully in the
same business until 1894, at which time, on
account of the poor health of his mother, he
re-located at Kennebunkport, his present resi-
dence, where he enjoys a lucrative business
and the confidence of the people of that town.
Politically Mr. Atkins is a Republican. Dur-
ing his residence at Hallowell, he served as su-
perintendent of schools. He is identified with
and an ardent worker in the Methodist Epis-
copal church. He is an honored member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be-
longing to Asylum Lodge of Augusta, Maine,
and having been noble grand and representa-
tive to the Grand Lodge of that order. He
married Mary Ellen Clough, born at Kent's
Hill, of good old New England stock. Their
children are : Thomas E., Will C. and May F.
Thomas E. is located at Kennebunkport as an
expert machinist and electrician, and May F.
is the teacher of music in the schools of Ken-
nebunkport.
(II) Will Clough, son of Edwin Henry and
Mary Ellen (Clough) Atkins, was born Au-
gust 25, 1873, in Hallowell, Maine. He se-
cured a good education at the excellent public
schools of Hallowell and Gardiner, graduating
from the high school at the latter place in
1892. He taught school and did newspaper
work and at the same time took up the study
of law with Hon. O. B. Clason, of Gardiner,
being admitted to the Kennebec bar in 1894 at
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2005
the age of twenty-one. He then attended the
law department of Yale' University at New
Haven, Connecticut, taking his degree of
LL. B. in 1896, and being connected with the
debating work and athletic side of the school
life. He then returned to Gardiner and
formed a law partnership with Mr. Clason.
This relation existed until the autumn of 1897,
when he opened an independent office in the
Patten block, Gardiner. His practice has
grown until to-day it has become lucrative and
extensive, and he has had as varied a prac-
tice as any of the younger members of the
county bar. In politics ]\Ir. Atkins is a sup-
porter of the Republican party; has served as
city solicitor seven years ; as president of both
branches of the city government of which he
was a member five years ; was nominated and
elected mayor of Gardiner in 1907-08, without
a dissenting vote at either caucus or polls. He
is the youngest man ever elected mayor of
Gardiner. He has been chief ranger of the
Foresters of America, Court Robert Emmet ;
chancellor commander of Gardiner Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, and exalted ruler of Au-
gusta Lodge of Elks. *He has also been the
•district deputy grand exalted ruler of the lat-
ter order. He attends the Congregational
church. He was married in 1901 to Alice AI.
(Goud) Tasker, daughter of Fred and Abbie
(Jackson) Goud, of Farmingdale, Maine.
The counties of Waterford,
PHELAN Queens and Limerick, Ireland,
counties almost contiguous and
all in the southern portion of the island, have
given to America statesmen and clergymen of
renowji. From county Queens we have had
James Phelan (1821-1873), confederate states
senator, whose grandfather was Dennis
Phelan, who came from Maryborough, Ire-
land, to New York, in 1796, resided in New
Jersey, Virginia and Alabama, and settled in
Huntsville, Alabama, where his son John mar-
ried Priscilla Oakes (Ford) Morris, and
where their son James, the senator, married
Eliza Jones, daughter of Dr. Alfred and Eliza
(Jones) Moore, of Madison county, Alabama.
He was lawyer, state senator, confederate
state senator and judge advocate of Alabama,
and his son James (1856-1891) was a repre-
sentative for Tennessee in the United States
congress, 1887-gi, of Alabama. From county
Limerick came the Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan.
born in Tralee, January i, 1828, ordained
priest May 4, 1854, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
coadjutant bishop of the sees of Pittsburg and
Allegheny with right of succession in 1885,
and consecrated titular bi.shop of Cibyra, Au-
gust 2, 1885, a"d on the death of' Bishop
Trigg, December 7, 1889, became his suc-
cessor.
(I) From county Waterford we find the
name of William Phelan (1730-1802), who
married Mary Keerwan, was a farmer and had
sons : John, Patrick, Richard and William
(q. v.).
(II) William (2), son of William (1) and
Mary (Keerwan) Phelan, was born in county
Waterford, Ireland, in 1802, and was brought
up as a farmer. He married Mary, daughter
of Philip Coffee: seven children, all born in
county Waterford, and baptized in the parish
church : Margaret, John, Richard William,
Alice, Katherine, Patrick and Thomas. Of
these children Richard William and Thomas
were the only ones to come to America. The
father was an industrious man, beloved by his
neighbors, and he died highly respected in the
ancestral home in county Waterford in 1894,
succeeded by children and grandchildren.
(III) Richard William, son of William (2)
and Mary (Coffee) Phelan, was born in the
family homestead in county Waterford. Ire-
land, March 13, 1855. He was brought up on
his father's farm, and like his father was in-
dustrious and frugal. He was educated in the
parish school, and his parents having shown
a great desire that he siiould study for the
priesthood, he bent his course of study to that
end under the direction of the parish priest,
who advised him to prepare for matriculation
at St. Patrick's College, Carlow. and was grad-
uated in philanthropy and ethics with excel-
lent standing in the class of 1874, and after
making his theological course at St. Patrick's
he received ordination in June, 1879. He was
induced to make America the field of his work
in the priesthood, and was sent to Manchester,
New Hampshire, as assistant to the Rev.
Father McDonald, pastor of St. Anne's
Church, where he served, 1881-82. From this
parish he went to St. Gabriel's Church, Win-
terport, Maine, as pastor, and here he did
much to build up a rather weak parish and to
enthuse the Catholic community with new zeal.
He serveil this parish 1883-88, and was next
pastor of St. David's Church, Rockland,
Maine. He had hardly become acquainted
with the people of this parish when the church
was destroyed by fire. In rebuilding he se-
cured the permission from the bishop to re-
name the parish St. Bernard, and a beautiful
new edifice soon took the place of the ashes of
the old building, and the people came for miles
around to aid him, and the parish expanded
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and many schools accessory to the new church
were established and the education of the chil-
dren and the care of the poor and afflicted was
his incessant delight. He established and had
charge of museums at Hurricane Island and
\iiial Haven, and accepted the chaplaincy of
the State Penitentiary at Thomaston, in order
to better help in his work of saving souls. In
1907 he was removed to Bath. Maine, and was
given charge of St. Mary's Church in that
city, where he found a larger field still for his
indominable spirit of service and helpfulness.
No communion in Maine has shown so great
advancement in growth and prosperity as that
of the Roman Catholic church, and the mis-
sionary work of the clergyman of the church
extends far beyond the confines of the several
parishes and new churches are demanded con-
stantly to provide for the overflow from the
outlying districts that were crowding the
mother churches.
The surname Joscelyn is
JOSCELYN variously spelled both in
England and America. The
Joslin family of Massachusetts is of the same
stock as the English Joscelyns. The history
of the family extends back to the time of the
Norman Conquest in 1066, in England, and
much further than that in Normandy, whence
came the progenitor, Sir Gilbert Joscelyne,
with Duke William. A daughter of Emperor
Charlemagne married Count Jocelyne, whose
pedigree is known for some generations
earlier. Egidius Josceline, son of Gilbert, was
given large estates in England after the Nor-
man Conquest, and it is believed by genealo-
gists that all the old English families of Josce-
lyn and Joslin are descended from Sir Gilbert
Joscelyn, of the Conqueror's army. The fam-
ily possessed the lordships of Sempringham
and Tyrington, Gilbert Joscelyn, son of Sir
Gilbert, devoted himself to the Roman Catholic
religion, and founded the order of priesthood
called the Gilbertines, and was canonized as a
saint by Pope Innocent III, in 1202. The
younger son, Thomas Joscelyn, married
Maude, daughter of John Hyde, of Hyde Hall,
and his heiress. She was also granddaughter
of Baron Sudeley, and by this marriage a large
estate, which is still owned by the Joscelyns,
came into the family. One of this stock mar-
ried Anne, heiress of the Percys, who became
Duke of Northumberland ; another was a
signer of the Magna Charta; another is the
present Earl of Roden. The family has had
many distinguished members in both England
and America. There are several coats-of-arms.
That of the Cornwall family at JNlount Trega-
menian, is : Azure three escalops or. In Es-
sex county the family bears: Chequy gules
and azure on a f esse of the first an annulet or.
Another : Gules three escarbuncles argent.
(I) David Joscelyn, immigrant ancestor,
ws born in England, and settled in Virginia
after the Revolution. He married
Snell. Children : Daniel J. P., George, David,
Hiram.
(II) Daniel J. P., son of David Joscelyn,
was born in Virginia, in 1803, and died in
1884. He married Charity Hitt. He removed
to New York City. Children : William J.,
mentioned below ; Nellie, Mary, Cornelia, Bet-
sey.
(III) William J., son of Daniel J. P. Josce-
lyn, was born in New York City, in 1837. He
was educated in the public schools of his na-
tive city and at Harvard College. He taught
school in New York state for a time, and
afterward engaged in the lumber business in
northern New York, and did a large business
during all the rest of his life until he retired.
In politics he is a Republican ; in religion a
Methodist. He married, in 1861, Mary Owens,
born in New York City. Children : Robert
Nelson, mentioned below ; Jonas, Walter, Ed-
win, Lillian, James, died aged five years.
(IV) Robert Nelson, son of William J.
Joscelyn, was born in New York City, May
26, 1864. He received his early education in
the public schools of his native city. He be-
gan the study of law in Columbia Law School,
but afterward left the law to study divinity at
the Minnesota School of Theology, where he
graduated. He was ordained in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and preached in Minnesota
in various towns for fourteen years. At Al-
bert Lea, Minnesota, he founded, owned and
edited the Ezrning Tribune, a daily newspaper.
He was chaplain of the state senate two years.
In Minnesota the chaplaincy is an elective
office, and has the same salary as senators.
From Minnesota Mr. Joscelyn removed to
Delaware, and after two years there to Gardi-
ner, Maine, and thence in 1905 to Biddeford.
where he has been pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church to the present time. He is
a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows of Mor-
ton, Minnesota. He married, October 29,
1888, Anna Luella, daughter of William Ham-
mill, of Wisconsin. Children: i. Wilhelmina
E., born September 17, 1890. 2. Flora Lucile,
born October 26, 1894, at Wells, Minnesota.
3. Myrtle Phillips, born January 10, 1897, at
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St. Peter's, AFinnesota. 4. William J., born
April 25, 1899, at Albert Lea, Minnesota. 5.
Priscilla G., born June 12, 1903, at Gardiner,
Maine.
(For ancestry see Reynolds, p. 1208.)
(V) Nathaniel (4), voun^-
REYNOLDS er son'of Nathaniel (3) and
Mary ( S n e 1 1 ) Reynolds
(see page 1208), was born in Bridgewater,
about 1 7 16- 1 7, and settled in North Bridge-
water. He married (first) in 1739, Hannah,
daughter of Samuel Hartwell, who died, leav-
ing two sons (Philip, born 1740, Jonas 1742).
His second wife was Mary Tolman, of Bridge-
water. They had eight children, and it is
stated that the father moved from Bridgewa-
ter to Vassalboro, Maine, with the five young-
est (presumably after the death of his second
wife). Children by second marriage: Tim-
othy, born 1746; Hannah, 1750, married, 1769,
William Packard; Mary, 1754, married Dea-
con Henry Packard, 1774; Nathaniel, 1757,
married Bethia, daughter of Levi Keith, 1777;
David, 1759; Silane, 1760; Jonathan, 1764,
married 1794, Anna Thayer; Cynthia, 1769.
(VI) Jonathan, fourth son of Nathaniel
(4) and Mary (Tolman) Reynolds, was born
in Bridgewater, in 1764. He married, 1794,
Anna, daughter of Jeremiah and Tabitha
(Leavitt) Thayer, born in 1769. They moved
to Sidney, Maine. There is no definite record
of their family, but probably the following data
refers to their son and his descendants. It is
believed that they also had a son Adua, and
probably other children.
(VII) Leavitt (probably) son of Jonathan
and Anna (Thayer) Reynolds, was born in
Sidney, Maine, about 1798, and married Ex-
perience Spaulding; they settled in Winslow,
Maine. He was a lumberman, and in politics
a Republican. Their children were: Thomas,
Adua, Vose, Timothy, Solomon Eaton, Leav-
itt, Susan, Aclisa, Ann, Mary J., Abisie and
Betsey. It is stated that this line had Rey-
nolds relatives in Augusta, Sidney, Vassalboro
and Bangor, the Maine branch of the family
being described as "of medium height, mus-
cular, full of energy and pluck and very tena-
cious." The evidence that the above Leavitt
Reynolds was son of Jonathan of the sixth
generation seems conclusive, as Jonathan's
wife's mother (and grandmother of his chil-
dren) was a Leavitt, the name appearing in no
other of the family lines.
(VIII) Thomas, eldest son of Leavitt and
Experience (Spaulding) Reynolds, was born
in Sidney, or Winslow, Maine. He married
Naomi Newell, lx)rn in Waterville, Maine,
daughter of Moses Nelson, of Palermo, Waldo
county, whose father, an Englishman, was a
proprietor of the town. The wife of Moses
was an Abbott, born in China, Maine, of the
Hartford, Connecticut, Abbotts. Thomas Rey-
nolds follo\fed his father in business and poli-
tics. He was also trustee of the Methodist
church at Winslow.
(IX) Charles, son of Thomas and Naomi
N. (Nelson) Reynolds, was born at Winslow,
Maine, July 10, 1849. He was educated at the
town school at Winslow, high school and Oak
Grove Seminary, Vassalboro ; graduate of
Dwight's Business College, Augusta ; Maine
Wesleyan Seminary and Female College,
Kent's Hill, and of Wesleyan University, Mid-
dletown, Connecticut, class of 1882. He mar-
ried Abbie A., daughter of Asa Crowell, of
Winslow; children: i. Ethel, graduate of
Middletown high school, Hackettstown, New
Jersey Institute, Wesleyan University; teacher
at Beverly, Massachusetts. 2. Mabel Naomi,
married William M. Phillips, April 8, 1908.
3. Carl Thomas, for nineteen years he was a
bookseller at Middletown, and for six year?
connected with the Columbia Trust Company.
He is now with the firm of A. H. Bickmore &
Company, private bankers, 30 Pine street. New
York City. In politics, Mr. Reynolds is Re-
publican ; has twice been a member of the com-
mon council, and was president and vice-presi-
dent of the Y. M. C. A. for fifteen years, also
trustee Middletown Savings Bank, and a mem-
ber of the following societies : Blue Lodge,
North Vassalboro, No. 53 ; Washington Chap-
ter, No. 6, R. A. M., Middletown, Connecti-
cut; Cyrene Commanderv, No. 8, Middle-
town; Sphinx Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
Hartford, Connecticut ; I. N. O., Wesleyan
L^niversity; Mystic Seven, class society; also
Maine Society of New York.
The Scottish element in
GREENLAW American history has fur-
nished a theme for many
deeds of valor on the battlefield, and its sons
have gone down to patriotic graves. It has
produced great divines and educators. The
halls of congress have rung with Scottish elo-
quence, and several of our presidents have
been of this descent, notably the unyielding
Grant and the gentle McKinley. Even in the
humbler walks of life Scotch tenacity and per-
severance have counted for much in developing
the natural resources of the country. The
state of Maine has its share of the triumphant
race, and the Greenlaw family is a good ex-
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ample of what Scotch energy and thrift
coupled with opportunities will accomplish in
a state of such diversified resources and broad
opportunities.
(I) James Greenlaw was born iri^Scotland,
and married Elizabeth Adams, of Staten Is-
land, New York. He lived in Deer Isle, New
Brunswick, and his son was him whom we
will next describe.
(II) George Albert, son of James and Eliz-
abeth (Adams) Greenlaw, was born in Deer
Isle, IVIarch 15, 1847, ^nd removed to East-
port, the frontier city of Maine. He married
Maria, daughter of Robert and Jane Spear, of
Eastport. She was born April 18, 1848. Jane
Spear was a Morrison before marriage, and
her mother was Mary Sinclair, also of Scot-
land, niece of Sir Charles Sinclair, of the Brit-
ish navy. Robert Spear was an authority on
Eastport local history, and rescued from ob-
livion much that was of value to the historical
student. Children of George A. and Maria
(Spear) Greenlaw were: Robert Armstrong,
George Henry, Albert and Walter Armstrong,
United States meat inspector of Portland,
Maine.
(III) Hon. Albert, third son of George Al-
bert and Maria (Spear) Greenlaw, was born
in Eastport, July 3, 1874, and was taught the
rudimentary branches in the city schools. He
was elected alderman of the city of Eastport in
1899 and re-elected up to 1904. In 1905 he
was elected mayor of the city, the youngest
man to hold that office in the state of Maine,
and was re-elected in 1906. So efficient and ca-
pable was his administration of the affairs of
the city that a third nomination was urged
upon him, but he emphatically declined. Mayor
Greenlaw is a member of the county and city
committee of the Republican party, and chair-
man of both, and an astute politician. He is
a member of the board of trade, and has been
a delegate from the local organization to the
state board of trade for several years. He is
engaged in the wholesale and retail fish trade,
doing a very large business. Mayor Green-
law's fraternal relations include membership in
the Eastern Lodge, No. 7, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, of Eastport: in the Chap-
ter, Border Lodge, No. 81, Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand ;
Moose Island Encampment : Passamaquody
Lodge, No. 23, Improved Order of Red Men.
of which he is past sachem, and the Patrons of
Husbandry. He is captain of Company I, Sec-
ond Regiment, Maine State National Guard.
He attends the Unitarian church.
Joshua Witham, the first of the
\\'ITH.\M name of whom we have infor-
mation, was a very industrious
and faithful man, and became a lay preacher
in his last days. By his first wife he had chil-
dren : James, Cyrus, Lovinia and David. His
second wife was Polly (Courson) Witham
and his children were : Josiah, Benjamin F.,
Asaph H. and Martha.
(II) Josiah, son of Joshua Witham, was
born in 1798, his birthplace probably being
Lisbon, Maine, and he died in 1861. He was
educated in the schools of Lisbon, and learned
his trade of carriagesmith and blacksmith in
that town.
(II) Asaph H., son of Joshua Witham, was
born in Lisbon, February 13, 1833, and though
a very quiet man, had a strong influence for
good in his native town. He enlisted February
10, 1862, in Company H., Tenth Maine Vol-
unteers and was discharged February 5, 1863,
for disability. He was at the front in three
battles, Antietam, Cedar Mountain and Sec-
ond Bull Run. He died in Portland, February
5, 1908. He married Doranna Brooks, daugh-
ter of. William Brooks, of Woodstock, Maine.
Their children were. Alphonso Nelson, Lydia
M., deceased; John, deceased; a child that
died in infancy ; Lester A., deceased ; Adclbert
E., and Agnes D., who resides in Portland,
Maine.
(III) Alphonso Nelson, son of Asaph H.
and Doranna (Brooks) Witham. was born in
Woodstock, Maine. November 6, 1857, and is
a very successful physician at Westbrook,
Maine. He was educated in the Maine schools
of Lisbon and Harrison, and a graduate of
Bridgton Academy, 1880. He also took a
post graduate course at North Bridgton, stud-
ied for a year in the Maine Medical School,
and received his degree of M. D. from the
University of Vermont in 1885. He located
at Swan's Island, Maine, and in 1887 removed
to North Windham, and located at '(Vestbrook
in 1895. He is a member of the Maine Med-
ical Association, of the American Medical As-
sociation, of the Cumberland County Medical
Society, the Maine Academy of Medicine and
Science, and is president of the Westbrook
Medical Club. He has several times refused
the important position of city physician, and
has never felt like accepting any positions ex-
cept those offered him on school boards. He
has been a very efficient member of the West-
brook school board for several years, and be-
fore that held the same position for six years
on the Windham school board. In politics he
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is a Prohibitionist. He is a member and past
master of the Presumpscot Lodge. F. and A.
M., Windham; of the Westbrook Chapter and
Council ; and also of the Saint Alban Com-
mandery of Portland. He is a member of the
UniversaHst church, and for some time was a
very efficient trustee of that reUgious body.
He married, December 27, 1879, Mary L. Pen-
nell, born in Gray, Elaine, November 23, 1857.
She is a noble woman, and a very enthusiastic
worker in the UniversaHst church, being its
treasurer and clerk, and holding other offices.
She is the daughter of Albert Pennell, who
was born at Baily Island, JMaine, ^lay 15,
1827, and was for many years a very success-
ful carpenter at Gray. He married (first) El-
vira Allen and (second) Sarah Leslie. His
six children were all born of the first marriage.
Mrs. ^^'itbam■s family line is a fine one: ( I)
Ancestor Philip Penniel. of the Isle of Jersey ;
(ID Thomas Pennell, of Gloucester. Massa-
chusetts, who married Sarah Durin : (III)
Clement Pennell, born at Gloucester, Massa-
chusetts, in 1723, and died before 1791. hav-
ing married Rachel Riggs : (IV) Joseph Pen-
nell. who resided in Gray, and married Emma
Nash and Hannah Ward; (V) Thomas Jef-
ferson Pennell. born in Gray. January 25,
1803, died in Harpswell, August 22, 1854,
having married Susan Alexander, of Harps-
well ; (VI) Albert Pennell. the father
of Mrs. Witham (see Pennell). The chil-
dren of Dr. Alphonso Nelson Witham and
his wife are: i. Ernest Clair. 2. \'yra May,
born on Swan's Island, March 21, 1886. and
now resides at home. 3. Philip Asaph, born
at Windham, and died at the age of two years
and seven months. 4. Burton Brooks, born at
Westbrook.
(IV) Ernest Clair, son of Dr. .Alphonso
Nelson and I\Iary L. (Pennell) Witham, was
born in Gray, October 6, 1880. He was edu-
cated in the schools of Windham and West-
brook, graduating at Westbrook Seminary in
1900, and he received his B. S. degree from
Tufts College in 1904. He now resides at
South Boston, iMassachusetts, where he has
for some time been principal of the Perkins
Institution for the Blind. For one year he
was principal of the Windham. Maine, high
school, after which he removed to Hudson.
Massachusetts, where he was sub master and
teacher of science in the high school. The
following year he was chosen sub master and
teacher of science in Boston in the Perkins
Institution for the Blind, of which he was
elected principal January i. 1907. In politics
he is a sturdy Republican. He is a member of
the Warren Philip Masonic Lodge, No. 186,
of Westbrook, and also a member of the Theta
Delta Chi fraternity of Tufts College. He is
a UniversaHst. He is the author of several
books and papers on science and instruction of
the blind. He married, December 24, 1908,
Lillian E. Davis, of Westbrook, a trained
nurse, daughter of Albert Davis, of West-
brook.
All the members of the Kin-
KINCAID caid family in the old Pine
Tree State trace their ancestry
to the best stock of Scotland, and hence their
helpfulness in all the communities where they
have lived is at once assured. The ancestor of
the first Kincaid family in Maine was Patrick,
born in Edinboro, Scotland, about 1747, ac-
cording to the best traditions preserved by the
descendants. He came to America quite early
in life and soon settled at Brunswick, Alaine,
where he died December 25, 1821, aged sev-
enty-four years. His family was one of much
worth in Scotland, and his brother, John Al-
bion Kincaid, became a prominent lawyer. The
ancestor at Brunswick was a man of great
force of character and soon acquired a large
tract of land, which he cultivated in a suc-
cessful manner. He was a very religious man,
and a deacon in the First Parish Church at
_ Brunswick. He was thus a splendid type of
" the other IMaine settlers who have borne the
Kincaid name. He married Mary Stanwood,
of one of Brunswick's leading families, and his
sons were men of great enterprise and worth.
]Many of the descendants of this Kincaid fam-
ily are widely scattered over other states, Wil-
liam Kincaid, of Bradford. Pennsylvania, be-
ing one of the most successful business men
ofthat city, and having also had fine records
for his enterprising work in Kansas and else-
where. In some of the western states the
towns owe much to the early coming thither
of members of the Kincaid family from ]\Iaine,
for though they have often found that the de-
scriptions of new states did not correspond with
the conditions which really existed there, they
have "made the best of it with genuine Scotch
grit," and helped all that they could in the de-
velopment of the towns where they had made
their home. They have also always had a
keen interest in educational affairs. It will
thus be seen that the Kincaids of Maine bear
the same striking family characteristics of
sturdy faith, work of a worthy type, and a
keen looking abroad to see w^hat openings for
service maj' lie in other parts of the land.
(I) John Kincaid, of one of the strong old
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families of that name in Scotland, removed
to Carolina, King;? county. New Brunswick,
about the year 1818. He was a man of sturdy
and resolute character, and although he did not
find things in the "new country" just as they
had been pictured to him in the descriptions
and letters which had "won him to America,"
he set himself resolutely to work on the farm,
and continued in this line of service all his
life. His untiring industry, his resolve to
make the best of things, and his faithful chris-
tian life, were of great help in the community
where he settled. He married Margaret Arm-
strong. Children : John, James, Thomas,
Elizabeth and Anna.
(H) Thomas, son of John and Alargaret
(.Armstrong) Kincaid. was born in Carolina,
Kings county, New Brunswick, in 1833, and
died in 1889. He was always much inter-
ested in farming, but quite early in life learned
the trade of a blacksmith, in which work he
was very successful. He worked at several
places in the British Provinces, lived for a
while in Boston, Massachusetts, and finally
made his home in the beautiful city of Fred-
erickton, New Brunswick. He married Mary,
daughter of Abraham Johnson ; she was a
woman of great strength of character. Chil-
dren : Robert John and Mrs. ClifT Somer-
ville.
(HI) Robert John, son of Thomas and
Mary (Johnson) Kincaid. was born at Caro-
lina, Kings county, New Brunswick, April 18,
1863, and has for some time been a very suc-
cessful physician and surgeon at Mars Hill,
Aroostook county, Maine. He studied very
diligently in the schools of his native town,
and in the University of New Brunswick at
Frederickton, and spent three years in McGill
University of Montreal, Canada. He also con-
tinued his education for one year in Bowdoin
College at Brunswick, Maine. Not satisfied
even with this varied and fine training for his
life work he spent one year of very faithful
and exacting work in the Bellevue Medical
College of New York City. He then turned
to the old Pine Tree State and settled in the
town of Mars Hill, where he has followed his
profession with much energy and skill, dis-
playing in marked degree the sturdy charac-
teristics of his Scottish ancestors. He is a
member of the .Aroostook County (Maine)
Medical Association, and an active member in
the Century Lodge, No. 100, Knights of
Pythias, of Mars Hill. He married (first)
Serena CliflF and (second) Winnie, daughter
of W. L. Boynton. Children: Otis bv first
wife, and Ruth bv second wife.
(For preceding generations see John Libby 1.)
(Ill) Daniel, fifth of the seven
LI BEY sons of John (2) and Agnes Lib-
by, was born in Scarborough,
probably about 1678. and died a young man,
shortly before June 12, 1712. He was a car-
penter and dwelt in Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire. He married Elizabeth Kirke, a sister
of his brother John's wife. She married (sec-
ond), November 10, 1724, Daniel Meder, "a
friend," and died before October, 1735. Their
four children were : Daniel, William, Abigail
and Samuel.
(IV) William, second son of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Kirke) Libby, born Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, about 1702, died in 1752. In
1727 or 1728 he removed from Berwick,
Maine, to Scarborough, and thence seven
years later to Falmouth, where he settled on
the Presumpscot river. He married, October
29. 1725, Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of
William and Deliverance (Taylor) Goodwin,
of Berwick, who survived him. Their chil-
dren were : Lydia, Abigail, Joseph, .Samuel
and Daniel.
(V) Joseph, eldest son of William and
Elizabeth (Goodwin) Libby, born Scarbor-
ough, March 24, 1732, died February 5, 1801.
He grew up in Falmouth, and about 1760 re-
moved to Gorham. After residing for a time
on Queen street, he bought the water privi-
lege and mill at Horse Beef Falls, and there
operated a sawmill. He married (first), Jan-
uary 7, 1758, Mary Huston; (second), .April
4, 1782. Hannah Hanson, of Windham. She
outlived her husband some years. Mary
(Huston) Libby left seven children: Dorcas,
Mary, John, William, Sarah, Charlotte and
Joseph. One child, Mary, was born of Han-
nah (Hanson) Libby.
(VI) Joseph (2), third son of Joseph (i)
and j\tary (Huston) Libby, born Gorham,
Maine, June 13, 1780, died at the residence of
his son Daniel, .April 2, 1843. ^"^c was a house
carpenter and farmer. He lived at first on a
five-acre lot on which the house of Lewis
Brockett now stands, and afterward settled
on a farm in North Gorham. He married,
June 24, 1801, Mercy Whitney, daughter of
Joseph and Mehitable (Stevens) Whitney, of
Gorham. She died at the residence of her
son Edmund in Portland, May 22, i860. She
was a revolutionary war prisoner. The chil-
dren of this union were : Roxanna, Harriet,
Stephen, Ansel, Edmund, William and Daniel.
(VII) Stephen, eldest son of Joseph (2)
and Mercy (Whitney) Libby, born Gorham,
May 27, 1810, died July 4, 1882. He was a
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slioemaker, but always lived on a farm. About
a year before his marriage, he bought of Jo-
seph Haskell the farm on which he ever af-
terward lived. He married, December 13,
1831, Mary W. Lowe, daughter of Nicholas
and Lovey (Leighton) Lowe. Children: i.
Juliette E., single. 2. Adrianna, married Dan-
iel C. Mellows, of Farmington ; child : Fred
B., died aged twenty years. 3. King Wilson,
married Katharine Meserve (Brackett) ; no
children. 4. Hattie A., married Charles L.
jMcAllister (see McAllister H). 5. WinfieKl
Scott, married Isora Hamblin ; children : Ed-
win, Fred, Lottie.
Mary W. Lowe was a member of a family
of colonial origin. Stephen and Elizabeth
(Woodbury) Lowe were residents of Cape
Ann, Massachusetts, v^'here they died. Nich-
olas, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Wood-
bury) Lowe, was born at Cape Ann,
was a seafaring man in his early days,
and after leaving the sea immigrated from
Cape Ann to Maine and became an early set-
tler in North Yarmouth. Later he removed
to Gray, where he engaged in agricultural
pursuits, residing there until his death, wdiich
occurred when he was eighty years of age.
This family of Hussey, accord-
HL'SSEY ing to Burke, owes its origin to
Hubert Hussey, a Norman no-
ble who married the Countess Helen, daugh-
ter of Ricliard, fifth duke of Normandy, who
accompanied William the Conqueror to Eng-
land and "was there granted the high office of
Constable with considerable possessions." De-
scendants of his held estates in Kent and Dor-
set counties. Another descendant, Sir Hugh,
went to Ireland in 1316 and from him de-
scended the barons of Gattrim and Beaulieu —
two Irish families. An ancestral chart traces
the Irish line back to loio and shows the
* form of the name to be De Hoese or Hoese
until 1332. Burke also states that "the father
of l5ord John Hussey who was ennobled by
Henry VIII and executed for high treason
during that monarch's reign, was William
Hussey or Huse, indicating a common origin,
Norman, and that the name was originally
Hoese or De Hoese." English records show
that John Hussey, of Dorking county, Surrey,
England, married Mary Wood or Woodin.
They were apparently people of good standing
and had a family of children : John, who
died young; Christopher and several daugh-
ters.
(I) Christopher Hussey, emigrant ancestor,
was probably the second son of John and
Mary (Woodin) Hussey, and was born in
Dorking, England, in 1598. The records
show the baptism of the "son of John of Dork-
ing February 18, 1599." Christopher was
probably among the parishioners of Rev.
Stephen Bachiler, who went to Holland to
avoid persecutions. He married alx)ut this
time Theodate, daughter of Rev. Stephen
Bachiler, and soon after they emigrated to
America, sailing from Southampton in May,
1630, arriving at Charlestown, Massachusetts,
July 23. He settled first at Lynn with his
wife and widowed mother, Mary Hussey, who
probably accompanied them from England.
Christopher was later prominent in Newbury,
Massachusetts. He was representative in
1637. and in 1638 was one of the first settlers
in Hampton, New Hampshire. Among the
grantees of that town were names "Christo
Hussey" and "widow May Hussey," presum-
ably his mother and the widow of John of
Dorking, England. The son Christopher was
influential in the towns of Hampton. He was
the first deacon of the church, captain of the
militia, town clerk, selectman and representa-
tive and was one of the commissioners named
in the charter when New Hampshire was
made a royal province. He sold his property
at Hampton in 1650 and moved to Hampton
Falls. In 1659 he became one of the pur-
chasers of Nantucket and subsequently com-
manded an ocean vessel. It is stated that "he
was lost at sea on the coast of Florida in 1685,
aged eighty-seven years." (Possibly refers to
another.) The death of Theodate Hussey is
recorded October 20, 1649, but whether it re-
fers to his wife or daughter is not clear.
Christopher married (second) December 9,
1658, Ann, widow of Jefifry Mingay, who died
June 24, 1680, and he survived her nearly six
years. The date of his death is given Alarch
6, 1686, which conflicts slightly with the state-
ment above. Children of Captain Christopher
and Theodate were : Stephen, Joseph, John,
Mary, Theodate and Huldah. (The son John
was the second white child born in Lynn, Mas-
sachusetts, and the first baptized in America b\-
Rev. Stephen Bachiler.)
(II) Stephen, eldest son of Captain Chris-
topher and Thoeodate (Bachiler) Hussey, was
born about 1632. He eventually settled in
Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he died April
2, 1718. Before his marriage he lived at Bar-
badoes, West Indies, and became possessed of
considerable wealth. He was representative
to the Massachusetts general court from Nan-
tucket, and a member of the Society of
Friends. His marriage to Martha, daughter
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of George ami lane (Godfrey) Bunker, took
place there October 6. 1676. She was the
grandtlaughter of William Bunker, and was
born November 11. 16^6. die<i September 21,
1744. Children: Puclla. Abigail. Sylvanus,
Bachiler. Daniel. Mary. George and Theodate.
(III) Bachiler or Bachelder, second son of
Stephen and Martha (Bunker) Hussey, was
bom in Nantucket. February 18, 1685, where
he resided for many years, removing thence
to Biddefonl. Maine. He was probably en-
gaged in the coasting trade with the West In-
dies. He married. October 11, 1704, Abigail
Hall (Hampton, New Hampshire records).
Children, born in Hampton, were : Christo-
pher. Mary, Jedediah (daughter) and John.
Other children were born in Nantucket or
Biddeford.
(IV) Stephen, son of Bachiler (or Bach-
elder) and Abigail (Hall) Hussey, was born
in Nantucket. October 14, 1713, died in Ber-
wick, Maine, May 8, 1770. He married Eu-
nice (Una D.) Baxter, who died April 9, 1769.
Children, born in Biddeford. were: Daniel,
Bachelder, William, Margaret. Deborah, Hep-
zibah, Phebe. Stephen. Ruth and three born
in Berwick; Paul, Miriam and Walter.
(V) Bachelder, second son of Stephen and
Eunice (Baxter) Hussey, was born in Bidde-
ford, June I, 1745, an(l died February 15,
1794. He resided in Berwick, where he mar-
ried, December 12, 1767, Sarah, daughter of
Isaac and Sarah Hanson, of Berwick. Chil-
dren: I. Sylvanus, born July 7, 1768. 2.
Isaac, December 2, 1772. 3. Peter, April 21,
1774. 4. James, July 27, 1778. 5. Huldah,
May 26, 1782. 6. Bachelder Jr., January 9,
1785. 7. Daniel. December 16, 1789. 8. Ste-
phen. September 9, 1792.
(VI) Daniel, sixth son of Bachelder and
Sarah (Hanson) Hussey, were born in Ber-
wick, December 16, 1789, died May 17, 1847.
He married (first) March 16, 1813, Irene Stu-
art, who was born in Scarboro, Maine, April
18, 1791, died December 27, 1824. His second
wife, whom he married in 1825, was Paulina
Collins, who died in September, 185 1. Their
children were: Harriet. Mary, Jane and
George W. The children of Daniel and Irene
were: i. Harriet, born January 22, 1814. 2.
Charles S. (Rev.), November 14. 1815. 3.
Mary J.. June 22, 1817. 4. Daniel W., June
14, 1819. 5. Henry, April 21, 1821. 6." Jo-
seph, October 5, 1823.
(\TI) Daniel W., second son of Daniel and
Irene (Stuart) Hussey, was born in Vassal-
boro, Maine, June 14, 1819, died February 21,
1899. He received a common school educa-
tion, and in his younger days taught school for
seventy terms. He had learned the blacksmith
trade and later studied for the ministry, and
until the time of his retirement from active
service he was interested in farming at Sang-
ervillc. Maine. During the war of the rebellion
Mr. Hussey was appointed assistant and pay-
master of the army with headquarters at
Washington. D. C. He received the appoint-
ment through Hon. John Rice, M. C, from
Maine. In politics he was a Republican, and
was elected member of the state legislature
for one term. He served also as selectman
for Sangerville for several years. Mr. Hussey
married. March 9, 1845, Mary Elizabeth
Stackpole, born in South Berwick, Maine,
April 6, 1817, died February 23, 1901. Chil-
dren: I. Howard W., born February 21,
1846. 2. Marcellus L., June 29, 1847. 3. Os-
car, December 26, 1853, died July 18. 1886.
4. Charles O.. December 31. 1862.
(Vni) Marcellus Lewellyn, second son of
Daniel W. and Mary E. (Stackpole) Hussey,
was born in Sangerville, Maine. June 29, 1847.
He was educated in Sangerville schools and
the Guilford high school. Until fifteen years
of age he worked on the farm and later went
to sea for one year. In 1865 he entered busi-
ness life, forming a partnership with Henry
Douglass, his brother-in-law, under the firm
name of "Douglass & Co.," carrying on suc-
cessfully a general store in Guilford, Maine,
for more than thirty years. He was engaged
for ten years in the lumber business and is
now partner and half owner in the firm of
Hussey 8z Goldthwaite in the milling and grain
trade. The firm operate a large grain elevator
near the B. & A. railroad track and carry on
an extensive business in flour, grain and feed.
Mr. Hussey is director in the Piscataquis
Woolen Company and treasurer of the M. L.
Hussey Woolen Company, a new plant estab-
lished in 1905 for the manufacture of cassi-
meres and dress goods. He is also directcrt- in
the Guilford Trust Company. In politics he
is a Republican, and was representative in the
state legislature 1897. For sixteen years he
has held the position of postmaster at Guil-
ford, which office he still retains. He is a
member of Mount Kineo Lodge of Masons,
Guilford ; Good Cheer Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; and
Syracuse Lodge, K. of P., both of Guilford ;
Piscataquis R. A. C. of Dover; St. John's
Commandery, Knights Ternplar, Bangor;
Scottish Rite Bodies in Bangor; and a thirty-
second degree member of Maine Consistory.
Portland ; Kora Temple. Lewiston. Mr. Hus-
sey married. May 14, 1873, Sarah Ella, daugh-
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ter of George H. and Sarah B. (Edes) Doug-
lass, of Guilford. Alaiiie.
Lemuel Grosvenor Dowries,
DOWNES son of George Downes, of Ca-
lais, Maine, was born at Ca-
lais, Maine, October 26, 1839, died December
5, 1895. He was educated in the public
schools and at Rowdoin College, from whicli
he was graduated in the class of i860. He
studied law in the office of George F. Talbot,
and was admitted to the bar in 1863. He be-
gan to practice at Machias and continued un-
til the time of his death. He was an active
and prominent Republican. He was mayor of
Calais for one year and was city treasurer at
the time of his death. He was a member of
the governor's council during the admmistra-
tion of Governor Burleigh. He was a useful
and public-spirited citizen, of sterling charac-
ter, large ability and strict integrity. Judge
George E. Downes, of Calais, was his brother.
He married, in 1866, Augusta Hale, born in
Boston. Massachusetts, 1839, daughter of
Lewis L. Wadsworth. Children, born at Ca-
lais: I. Mina Augusta, born June i, 1867,
married John Hodgins, a barrister, of Ottawa,
Canada. 2. George, born December 23, 1868,
mentioned below.
George, son of Lemuel G. Downes, was
born in Machias. December 23, 1868. He re-
moved to Calais with the family when a child
and attended the public schools there, the
Thayer Academy at Braintree, Massachusetts,
and the Drummer Academy at Byfield for
three years. He entered Bowdoin College in
1888 and graduated in the class of 1892 with
the degree of A. B. He studied law in the
office of his father, Lemuel G. Downes, and
was admitted to the bar in 1896. He has prac-
ticed his profession at Calais since then with
much success. He is president of the Calais
National Bank. He succeeded his father as
city treasurer at the time of his death in 1895
and continued in that office until 1902, when
he -was appointed postmaster of Calais by
President Roosevelt. He was reappointed in
1906. He is an active Republican. He is a
member of St. Croix Lodge, No. 46, Free
Masons ; of St. Croix Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, No. 17; of Etchiman Tribe, No. 27,
Improved Order of Red ^Men; of the St.
Croix Club of Calais and of the Board of
Trade.
He married, June 2;!,. 1897. Josephine 2vlabel,
daughter of Frederick L. and Carrie (Mc-
Cartney) Ham. One child, Mina Wadsworth,
born November 20, 1898.
The origin of this surname is
WYMAN German or Saxon, although the
American families are descend-
ed from English stock of ancient pedigree.
The English family Wymond is evidently of
the same original stock, as the coat-of-arms is
the same. The German spelling was Wey-
mann, and the spelling varies, some of the
forms being VViman, Wyman, Wymond, Wi-
mond, etc.
(I) Francis Wyman, English ancestor, lived
in the parish of Westmill, county Hertford,
where he died in 1658. He was a farmer, and
a man of some property. His will, dated Sep-
tember 15, 1658, proved February 14, 1659,
bequeathed to wife Jane ; to two sons, Francis
and John Wyman, "who are beyond the sea,
ten pounds apiece of lawful English money,"
to be paid to them if they be in want and come
over to demand the same. The sons never
had the legacies, both being prosperous citi-
zens of Woburn, Massachusetts. He also be-
queathed to his sister, Susan Huitt, widow.
He left his homestead to his son Thomas, who
was likewise the residuary legatee. He mar-
ried, at Westmill, May 2, 1617, Elizabeth
Richardson, doubtless related to the three
brothers who with Wyman were the founders
of Woburn. She was buried June 22, 1630,
and he married, second, Jane , buried
July 12, 1656. He was buried September 19,
1658. Children: I. Thomas, baptized April
5, 1618: married March 5. 1633, Ann God-
frey : remained in England. 2. Francis, bap-
tized February 24, 1619; mentioned below. 3.
John, baptized February 3, 1621 ; married, No-
vember 5, 1644, Sarah, daughter of Miles
Nutt, an early settler of Woburn. 4. Richard,
bom August 31, 1628. 5. William, baptized
August 31, 1629; died July, 1630.
(II) Francis, son of Francis Wyman. was
baptized in \\'estmill, England, February 24,
1619. He came to America with his brother
John Wyman before 1640, when he was one
of the signers of the town orders of Woburn.
Their homes were near the town site of Wo-
burn, and the house of Francis, built in 1664,
is still standing. It was used as a garrison
during King Philip's war, and the loopholes
for purposes of defense may still be seen. It
is now owned by the Wyman Associates, and
the descendants of the two brothers hold their
annual reunion in it. The brothers also owned
houses in the village, opposite the present park,
at the junction of Main and Wyman streets;
their tannery was located at that point, and
the vats yet exist, buried several feet below
the surface. The gravestone of Francis Wy-
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man is still discernible, though the inscription
is nearly obliterated. He died November 28,
1699. He married, December 30, 1644, Ju-
dith Peirce; (second) October 2. 1650, Abi-
gail, daughter of William and Mabel (Ken-
dall) Read.
(HI) Thomas, son of Francis Wyman, was
born in Woburn. Massachusetts, April i,
1671 : married, May 5, 1696, Mary, daughter
of Nathaniel and Mary Richardson.
(IV) Aaron, son of Thomas Wyman, was
born in Woburn, December 6, 1709; died be-
fore 1738. He settled at North Yarmouth,
Maine. He married (first) his cousin Eliza-
beth, daughter of Captain James and Eliza-
beth (.Arnold) Richardson, December 2"],
1731; (second) September 19, 1738,
Bucknam. Children: i. John, born June 6,
1733; mentioned below. 2. Amy, born No-
vember 25, 1734; married, October 7, 1751,
Nathaniel Oakes ; she died July 11, 1775.
(V) John, only son of Aaron Wyman, was
bom June 6, 1733. He was a coaster by trade,
and lived at North Yarmouth, Maine. He
married, June 8, 1758, Mercy Johnson. Chil-
dren: I. William. 2. Josiah. 3. Bela. 4.
John. 5. Robert, died 1809; was in the West
India trade ; married Prudence Reed, and had
sons Seward and Dr. Robert. 6. Amy. 7.
Eunice.
(VI) Samuel, probably grandson of Aaron
Wyman, was born about 1775. He was cer-
tainly a descendant of the Woburn pioneer.
(VII) Robert, son of Samuel Wyman, had
children: i. Elinor. 2. Marion. 3. Mary. 4.
Joseph. 5. Sumner. 6. Samuel.
(VHI) Joseph, son of Robert Wyman, was
born January 7, 1848, at Dead River, Maine,
died October 7, 1905. He was educated in
the common schools. He followed farming
until late in life, when he sold his homestead
and spent his last years in Kingfield, Maine.
In politics he was a Democrat. He married,
February 7, 1S68, Emma H. Foss, born in
Strong, Maine, daughter of David Foss, who
died July 11, 1882. Children: i. Sumner J.,
born January 11, 1869; mentioned below. 2.
Laura, born April 25, 1881. 3. Lizzie, born
March 28, 1882. 4. George Hyman, born
April 22, 1886. 5. Lorenzo Norton, born No-
vember II, 1889. 6. Clarence, born June 22,
1893.
(IX) Sumner Joseph, son of Joseph Wy-
man, was born at New Portland, January ii,
1869, and was educated in the public schools
of his native town. He began work in his
youth for E. E. Jenkins & Company, and
afterwards was a clerk for Jenkins & Bogart,
in Kingfield, Maine, for sixteen years. He
went into business on his own account as a
dealer in dry goods, boots and shoes, and
men's clothing, and has continued to the pres-
ent time with marked success. His store was
at first in the Knights of Pythias Building.
In 1900 he removed to his present quarters in
the New French Block. Mr. Wyman is a
Democrat in politics, and has been active in
public affairs. He has served his party on
various committees, and as delegate to nomi-
nating conventions from time to time. He
was a member of the board of selectmen of
Kingfield one term. He is a member of Mount
Abram Lodge of Free Masons, Kingfield ; of
Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of
Farmington ; of Jephtliah Council, Royal and
Select Masters, of Farmington ; of Pilgrim
Commandery, Knights Templar, Farmington ;
of Kora Temple, Lewiston, Mystic Shrine.
He is also a member of Signal Light Chapter,
Eastern Star, Kingfield : of Kingfield Lodge,
Knights of Pythias ; of Governor King Lodge,
Odd Fellows ; and of Magantic Tribe, Im-
proved Order of Red Men. He married, June
27, 1896, Jennie May French, born November
12, 1871, daughter of C. W. and Hannah
(Punch) French, of Kingfield.
This unusual surname has
KENSELL found a place in the nomen-
clature of this state within a
comparatively few years. The immigrant
bearer of it took his place amoiit;' the farmers
of the country, and raised a family who took
their places well up among the children of the
old families of the state.
Dexter Waterman, second son of Fritz and
Sarah (Turner) Kensell, was born in White-
field. February 8. 1836, and died in Portland,
September 20, 1898. He attended the com-
mon schools a few years and then became a
typographer in the office of the Kennhec Jour-
nal, at Augusta, where he was employed some
years. Afterward he engaged in the produce
commission business; and in 1861 became a
partner with Jeremiah W. Tabor, under the
firm name of Kensell & Tabor, dealers in flour,
grain and feed in Portland. This business re-
lation lasted till the death of the senior part-
ner. Mr. Kensell was closely attentive to bus-
iness and successful in making and saving
money. He was a stockholder and also a di-
rector in the Merchants' Bank. He voted the
Republican ticket, but did not take part in
local politics. He was a member of the Sec-
ond Parish Church (Congregational). He
was for years a member of .Ancient Land-
STATE OF .MAINE.
2015
mark Lodge, Xo. 17, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Portland. He married, in Readfield,
March 11, 1858. Mehitable Greeley Hutch-
inson, who was born in Readfield. daughter of
Joseph Johnson and ^lary (Greeley) Hutchin-
son. iVIr. Hutchinson was for years the popu-
lar and widely known landlord of the Hutchin-
son House at Readfield Depot. He had two
daughters: i. Caroline Stewart, who married
Joseph E. Denton, of Braintree, Massachu-
setts, and 2. jMehitable G., mentioned above,
who is Mrs. Kensell.
Four brothers of this
LITTLEHALE name came to America in
or about the middle of the
eighteenth century and settled in Tyngsboro,
in the noble old Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts. The town of Tyngsboro was begim in
the way of settlement by Hon. Edward Tyngs,
of Boston, in the seventeenth century, and the
charter was granted to his son. Captain Jona-
than. It originally included Dunstable and
Tyngsboro, in [Massachusetts; Litchfield, Mer-
rimack, Nashua, Hollis and Hudson, in New
Hampshire, and was of much territorial conse-
quence in those days, ere the excision of its
ribs. Descendants of the Littlehales still re-
side in Tyngsboro and are active in the coun-
cils and affairs of the bailiwick.
(I) It was to this place with his other
brothers came Isaac Littlehale, the parent stem
of our family, from "merr}" old England" ; and
made a habitation and a name. Marrying
Louise Stevens, he had five children : Joseph
S., John, William. ]Mellen and Jacob Bailey.
(II) Jacob Bailey, fifth child and youngest
son of Isaac and Louise (Stevens) Littlehale.
was born in Tyngsboro, ilassachusetts, March
28, 1802, and removed to Xewry, Oxford
county, Maine. He married a Miss Bailey, of
Winthrop, IMaine, and had these children :
David B., William H., Dorcas. Sarah D.,
Thomas B., Jacob Bailey, Joseph G.. John F.,
Alanson M., Asenath W. and Charles.
(HI) Jacob Bailey (2), sixth child and
fourth son of Jacob Bailey (i) Littlehale,
was born at Newry, Alaine, December 4, 1828,
and died September 7, igoo. He was a sub-
stantial farmer and prominently identified with
the affairs of the town, holding the office of
chairman of the board of selectmen, which in
a countrv' town is a criterion by which to judge
of a man's importance politically and socially.
No man holds that trying and exacting office
for a series of years as ^.Ir. Littlehale did un-
less he has shown an aptitude and capacity for
the discharge of its varied duties and given
a good account of his stewardship. He mar-
ried Mary S., daughter of Samuel Bean, of
Bethel, Alaine. They have two children :
Leslie Newton and Margeurite.
(I\') Leslie Newton, only son of Jacob
Bailey (2) and Mary S. (Bean) Littlehale,
was born in Newry, Maine, December 15,
1862. Educated in the rudimentary branches
at the local school, he finished his educational
equipment at Bethel Academy. At sixteen he
began as clerk in a grocery store, remaining
four years, and was in the same line of busi-
ness in Bethel and Norway, Maine, aftenvard.
In 1886 he went to Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, thence to Collinsville, Connecticut, and
finally to Laconia, New Hampshire, in the in-
terest of the White Sewing Machine Company.
In 1892 he came to Rockland, Maine, to repre-
sent the Singer Sewing Machine Company,
with which he remained two years, at the end
of which time he embarked in business for
himself as a merchant, dealing in grain, flour
and agricultural implements, which business
has grown to large proportions. He also con-
ducts a grist mill in connection therewith. Mr.
Littlehale is a Democrat in politics ; was an
alderman in the Rockland city government for
three years, from ward five, and has been for
some time trustee and treasurer of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. He married Mary L.,
daughter of John C. Blagden, January 25,
1894, and they have one child, Joyce Rebecca.
His wife is an active worker in benevolent,
social and musical circles : she is vice-president
of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist
church, a member of Rubenstein and Mendel-
sohn clubs, and was brought up in and is an
active member now of the Methodist church
of which she for a long time was organist.
Mr. Littlehale is also of a musical turn, and
possesses a fine tenor voice, singing for years
in the Methodist choir. He is a most genial
man to meet, popular, magnetic and demo-
cratic, and one of the most agreeable of com-
panions. His easy familiarity wins him hosts
of friends, and by his unquestioned worth of
character and unimpeachable honesty he cem-
ents these friendships to him with a strong
bond of attachment.
Some of the Welches in Amer-
WELCH ica are of English origin, while
others are of Scotch-Irish de-
scent. Scotch Protestants named Welch
crossed the sea to the north of Ireland during
the period of religious upheaval in Scotland.
The first of the name found in the colonial
records of New England is Philip Welch, who
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was a passenger from the north of Ireland on
the ship "Goodfellow." in 1654, when sixteen
years old. He was married at Ipswich. Mas-
sachusetts, in 1666. to Hannah Haggett, and
had a family. A John Welch was a resident
of Boston ill 1682 and left descendants. The
emigrant ancestor and line of descent of the
Freeport Welches about to be referred to are
wanting.
(I) Colby Welch, a ro-ident of Freeport,
was the son of a revolutionary soldier who
participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. He
was twice married, and the children of his
.second union were : Rufus, Hiram, Colby S.,
Dorcas, .Amv, Delia. Ann and Olive.
(II) Colby S., third child of Colby Welch,
was born in Freeport, August 15, 181 5. In
his youth he entered a textile mill in Bruns-
wick as an operative, and being advanced to
the position of overseer continued in that
capacity for some time. Returning to Free-
port, he learned the ship carpenter's trade, and
for the remainder of his life followed that
occupation in connection with farming. Mr.
Welch was an upright, conscientious man,
who, as a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, labored diligently and without osten-
tation to improve the moral and religious wel-
fare of the community. His first presidential
vote was cast for Martin \'an Buren in 1836,
and he continued to support the Democratic
party until i860, when its attitude on the
slavery question caused him to unite with the
Republicans. His death occurred in Freeport,
July, 1883. In 1840 he married Clarissa J.
York, of Brunswick, born November 19, 1821,
and she survived him many years, dying in
1906, at the age of eighty-five years. They
were the parents of nine children : Clarissa A.
Isaac C, Albert M., Ella, George H., Char-
lotte, Woodbury B., Alvah and Elmer.
(III) Albert Marden, second son and third
child of Colby S. and Clarissa J. (York)
Welch, w-as born in Freeport. October 24,
1846. Having concluded his attendance at the
public schools when sixteen years old he be-
came a mariner, and in 1865 entered the
United States navy. He soon returned to the
merchant service, however, in which he worked
his way aft to the quarter deck, and as a
shipmaster was for several years engaged in
the California and East India trades, making
profitable voyages to San Francisco, China
and Australia. In 1885 he abandoned the sea.
and settling at Kennebunkport. spent some
time in retirement. Inactivity, however,
proved distasteful to him, and accepting the
appointment of postmaster under the Harri-
son administration he served in that capacity
for four years with general satisfaction. Af-
ter retiring from the government service he
established himself in the dry goods business,
opening a small but well stocked store and
building up an extensive trade. Having be-
come thoroughly familiar with trade, he found
it advisable to increase his facilities, and in
1904 removed to new and more spacious quar-
ters and is carrying on an extensive business.
Politically Captain Welch is a Republican. In
addition to serving as town treasurer, collector
and postmaster, he represented his district in
the state legislature in 1894-95 and was as-
signed to im]5ortant committees. He is a
Master Mason, belonging to Arundel Lodge,
of Kennebunkport, and also affiliates with
Myrtle Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Kenne-
bunk. He ts an active member, a trustee and
otherwise officially connected with the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. In 1873 Captain Welch
was united in marriage with Esther A., daugh-
ter of Captain William and Martha (Perkins)
Davis, of Kennebunkport. Of this union there
is one son and one daughter : Martha P.,
born 1875, and Albert D., born 1882. The
former is now the wife of George A. Bourne,
proprietor of the CliflF House, at Kennebunk-
port ; they have two daughters. Esther and
Elizabeth. Albert D. Welch was educated in
the public schools and under the direction of
a private tutor. He is an electrician of ability
and a member of the firm of Ashworth and
Welch, electrical contractors, Kennebunkport.
He is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging
to the local Blue Lodge, chapter, council and
commandery, and to Kora Temple, Order of
the Mystic Shrine, Lewiston.
Moflfat. or Moffit, is a Scotch
MOFFITT surname. A representative,
Robert Moffat, was born in
Ormiston, Scotland, and passed fifty-four
years in missionary labors in Africa, 1816-70,
and his daughter was the wife of Dr. Living-
stone, the African explorer. Another Scotch-
man bearing the name was James Clement
Moffat, born in Glencree, Gallowayshore,
Scotland, in 1811, emigrated to the United
States in 1833, after preparing himself for
college while a shepherd boy and printer in
his native land. He became a protege of a
wealthy philanthropist who sent him to the
College of New Jersey, where he w^as gradu-
ated, valedictorian, in 1835, ^- M-- 1838, and
became a distinguished educator, and through
his marriage with Ellen Stewart was the father
of Edward Stewart Moffat (1844-1893), the
STATE OF MAINE.
2017
mining engineer, and through his marriage
with Mary B. Mathews was the father of
James Douglas Moffat, the architect, of New
York City ; Henry Moft'at, the physician, of
Yonkers, New York ; and Alexander MofTat,
■electrical engineer and football authority. It
is reasonable to suppose that the Moffitts of
Sniithfield, Rhode Island, are also of Scotch
■origin and the spelling is merely a matter of
personal preference or taken from the pro-
nunciation without reference to the orthogra-
phy as obtained with the college men of the
name who matle tlieir name to be spelled Mof-
fat.
(I) Caleb Moffitt, of Smithfield. Rhode
Island, was married, February 25, 1804, to
Angelina Cook; children: i. Miranda, Decem-
ber 4, 1809. 2. Eliza S., November 27, 181 1.
3. Sarah Ann, January, 1814. 4. John M.
5. Rebecca. 6. Eliza. 7. Joseph, 1819. 8.
Caleb G. (q. v.).
(II) Caleb G., youngest child of Caleb and
Angelina (Cook) Moffitt, was born in Smith-
field, Rhode Island, April 17, 1824. Worked
in a cotton mill wdien only seven years of
age, learned the trade of journeyman tailor,
and removed when quite young to Kennebec,
Maine, where he worked at his trade and later
in Augusta. In 1847 he went to Rockland,
Maine, where he established the business of
merchant tailor on his own account. About
1878 he sold his business to F. C. Knight,
who continues its successful prosecution. Mr.
MofTitt, during his thirty years of business life
as a merchant tailor, invested his accumu-
lation of profits in real estate and became one
of the largest holders of real property in the
city of Rockland. It was the care of this
estate that induced him to sell out his tailor-
ing business. These interests kept him con-
stantly occupied and he maintained this ac-
tivity up to a few days before his death. His
integrity and business ability impressed itself
on all wdio came in contact with him in a busi-
ness way. He was in no sense a politician, but
he maintained an undiminishing interest in
municipal affairs, and in 1857 represented his
ward in the common council, and in 1859 was
elected a member of the board of aldermen
and was re-elected three times, serving four
consecutive terms. He was chairman of the
board and a member of the most important
of its committees when not the presiding
officer. He was a representative from the
district in the state legislature in 1873, and
mayor of the city in 1876, having been elected
over the Hon. Samuel Bryant, the Democratic
mayor of 1875, and the strongest candidate the
party could present. The growing popularity
of Mr. Moffitt in the legislative branch of the
city government and the strength he displayed
when championing popular reforms in the city
government gained him many votes and he
was re-elected in 1877 by a greatly increased
majority as his two years' service as chief
executive officer of the municipality was con-
servative, wise and effective. He acknowl-
edged the rights of the minority and never
doubted the patriotism and honesty of his
political opponents.- He did not solicit votes
either on the platform or by personal solici-
tation, and his conservatism was one of the
causes of his success. His administration was
marked by economy and simplicity, and he
met the citizens as their servant, entrusted
with the aft'airs of a city and not of the wel-
fare of a political party. He was a member
of Aurora Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ;
of King Solomon Temple, Chapter Royal Arch
Masons, and of Claremont Commandery,
Knights Templar. He was past master of his
lodge and eminent commander of Knights
Templar.
He married, ■May i, 1845, Louisa M. Nor-
cross, of Livermore. His wife died Julv 5,
i860, after she had given birth to six children,
of whom only one, Angelina, born in 1857,
is now living. He married (second) Febru-
ary 17, 1863, Julia E., daughter of Joseph
and Olive (Davenport) Whittier, of Reed-
field, Kennebec county. His church affiliation
was with the Congregational denomination,
and he was a constant attendant on the ser-
vices of the church and a ready supporter of
its financial policy and a subscriber to its mis-
sionary and charitable expenses. He was an
uncompromising advocate of prohibition, and
was always outspoken in the defence of women
and children from the evils brought about by
the drinking habit, that he claimed should be
restricted by law. This extreme view made
him feared by the liquor loving element of so-
ciety, and so strong was this sentiment that his
enemies tried at one time to destroy his house
by dynamite. Mr. Moffitt died at his home in
Rockland, Maine, October 24, 1903, and his
widow survives him.
This name is probably a
PIRINGTON modification of Purington,
a patronymic found in vari-
ous parts of New England, notably New
Hampshire, during colonial times. There were
divers and sundry spellings. In the New
Hampshire Provincial Papers we find that
"robbart pariaton," of Portsmouth, was one of
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tiiL- Myiicr- ui a petition to the king for the
continuation of .\lassachll^ctts government over
New Hampshire, October 22. 1677. In 1710
EUas Purington, of southern New Hampshire,
was one of Colonel Shadrach Walton's men in
the expedition against Port Royal. The name
does not appear on the New Hampshire Revo-
lutionary Rolls except in this connection. In
1 78 1 Jonathan Purington, of Kensington, was
among those who furnished lodgings to New
York Tories, possibly prisoners of war, or
men who hail been required to give up their
own homes and were under surveillance in
what was then a distant state. The New
Hampshire census of 1790 gives the names of
no less than eleven men by the name of Pur-
ington who were heads of families in that state
at that time. Six of them spelled their name
with the double middle letter. These were
Joseph, George and Joshua Purrington, of
Epping; Joseph, of Chichester; Wintrop (sic),
of Henniker; and Zaccheus, of Dover. Of the
si.x who wrote their name with the single "r,"
we find Hezekiah, Elisha, Elisha (2) and
Chase, of VVeare ; James, of Pittsfiekl ; and
Jonathan, of Kensington. Which of these, if
any, was the ancestor of the following line is
undetermined.
(I) Prescott Pirington was born about the
beginning of the nineteenth century, and prob-
ably lived at Exeter, New Hampshire, as that
was the birthplace of his children. He died
about 1832, but there is no mention in the
New Hampshire records. Prescott Pirington
married Eliza Payson Richardson, born at
Nottingham, New Hampshire ; children, all
born in Exeter, New Hampshire : Josiah,
Charles Andrew Jackson, Daniel Josiah, and
Prescott Moulton. Mr. Pirington died early
in life, and his widow married (second)
Ephraim O. Whitcomb, of Lowell. Massachu-
setts, born at Fryeburg, Maine, June 30, 1806.
Children by the second marriage : Sarah Su-
san, born in 1835; Daniel Osborne, September
30, 1837; Eliza Susan, August 24, 1839; Mae
Emeline, January 7, 1842; William W'eeks,
April 4, 1844.
(II) Prescott Moulton, son of Prescott and
Eliza Payson (Richardson) Pirington, was
born at Exeter, New Hampshire, January 3,
1830. When a child he moved with his parents
to Lowell, Massachusetts, and in 1833 'o Kit-
tery, Maine, where he attended the public
schools. He afterwards moved to Portland,
where he remained about fifteen years, and
learned the trade of making doors, blinds and
sashes. During three years of this time he
was engaged in manufacturing on his own
account, and afterwards pursued the same oc-
cupation at Bath, Maine. In 1851 he moved
to Calais, where he established the same line
of business and conducted it successfully for
years. After a time he took a partner, and
the firm name became Pirington & Stroul.
Subsequently this firm bought out and con-
tinued the business of Chase, Parker & Com-
pany, dealers in hardware, which they carried
on together with their original work of manu-
facturing doors, blinds and sashes. In 1902
they sold out to J. B. & H. D. Eaton, and Mr.
Pirington has lived in retirement since then.
Mr. Pirington is a Republican in politics,
anil has held much public office. His connec-
tion with his party has been lifelong, for he
voted for John C. Fremont for president back
in 1856, when the party first came into being.
Mr. Pirington was overseer of the poor in
Calais for fifteen years, and a member of the
board of health for the same length of time,
served on the city council and board of alder-
men, and was mayor of Calais in 1877. He
is independent in his religious views, though
both his wife and mother have been members
of the Methodist church. Mr. Pirington is a
member of the Board of Trade, a director in
the Calais Savings Bank, and has always
contributed to the Calais Public Library. He
belongs to Saint Croix Lodge, No. 46, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons.
On November 29, 1853, Mr. Pirington mar-
ried Mary Elizabeth Hanson, born at Mill-
town, Saint Stephen's, New Brunswick, April
23, 1836. She was one of a family of twelve
children, her brothers and sisters being :
Heber Ran, Levi Taylor, Jane Banks, Caro-
line Payson, Elvira, William W'allace, Henry
Lufkin, Helen Maria, Susan Soule, Asenath
Hill Hanson.
This family began their American
ALLEY biography in Lynn, Massachu-
setts, "the city of soles," whose
"bells" our own Longfellow heard from Na-
hant. The Honorable John B. Alley, member
of congress from Massachusetts, was of this
line.
(I) The person to whom is credited the
honor of progenitorship is Hugh Alley, who
was born in 1608 and came over in the ship
"Abigail" in 1635 from London at the age
of twenty-seven. He landed at Boston, re-
sided in Lynn, and owned land in Nahant.
He died November 25, 1673, his wife, Mary,
survived him one year. They were the par-
ents of Mary. John, Martha, Sarah, Hugh,
Solomon, Hannah and Jacob.
STATE OF MAINE.
2019
(II) Hugh (2), eldest son of Hugh (i)
and Mary Alley, was born in Lynn, October
15- 1633, and was a weaver. He married Re-
becca Hood and had children : Solomon, Ja-
cob, Eleazer, Hannah, Richard, Joseph, Ben-
jamin and Samuel.
(III) Benjamin, sixth son of Hugh (2)
and Rebecca (Hood) Alley, was born in Lynn,
February 24, 1694. He was a farmer and
fisherman. He made his will May 19, 1756.
which was proved June 21, 1756. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Newhall, of Lynn. Alarried
(second) Hannah Hart, also of Lynn, who
survived him. The Alleys from this union
were : Jacob, Solomon, Eleazer, Richard, Han-
nah. Benjamin, John, Abner and Elizabeth.
(IV) Solomon, second son of Benjamin and
Elizabeth (Newhall) Alley, was born January
2, 1 72 1, and was a fisherman. His wife's
name was Rebecca. Issue of this marriage :
Jedediah. James, Lydia, Content (died in in-
fancy). Content and Micajah.
(V) James, second son of Solomon and
Rebecca Alley, was born May 14, 1745, died
October 17, 1823. He was a cordwainer and
lived in Lynn. The Christian name of his
wife was Lois, and to them were born Moses
Breed, Rebecca, James, who was born Sep-
tember II, 1773, and others.
(VI) James Alley married Polly Bartlett,
of Mount Desert, Maine, in 1801. and had
a son Fred J. Whether our James was the
James who was born September 11. 1773, in
Lynn, we know not, but it might have been
the case and the way looks probable for such
a conclusion.
(VII) Fred Jarvis, son of James and Polly
(Bartlett) Alley, was born in Surrey, Maine,
and lived at Bar Harbor. He was instru-
mental in the development of that place into a
summer resort, and was one of the pioneers
in the hotel business there. He built the St.
Sauveur Hotel and conducted it for some
years as a successful hostelry. He married
Irene Roberts, and their issue were: Frank
O., Ophelia Whittington, Albion P. and Ac-
quia J.
(VIII) Frank Orrin. eldest son of Fred J.
and Irene (Roberts) Alley, was associated in
the hotel business of Bar Harbor with Albion
P. He is a member of the Bar Harbor Lodge,
No. 185, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
is a Republican and belongs to the Congrega-
tional church. He married Sarah .'\delma,
daughter of Richard Hamor, of Bar Harbor,
who was the owner of the Grand Central
Hotel, and built the first road across the island.
He was a sea captain and a ship builder. Chil-
dren of Frank O. are : Everhard Dwight, born
December 25, 1879: John Winfield, September
13. 1883; Frank Orrin Jr., July 14, 1895.
(VIII) Albion P., second son of Fred J.
and Irene (Roberts) Alley, was born in Sur-
rey, Hancock county, Maine, April 6, 1861.
on the anniversary of the death of Alexander
the Great. He attended the public schools of
Bar Harbor and the East Maine Conference
Seminary at Bucksport. After leaving school
he entered the hotel business established by his
father, and has since been connected with the
same, and is known far and wide to the sum-
mer travel as "Mine Host" who knows how
to run a modern hotel to the satisfaction of
his guests. His patrons come from all parts
of the world. Mr. Alley is a member of Island
Lodge, No. 120, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of Bar Harbor, of Porcupine Lodge,
No. 86, Knights of Pythias, and of the Board
of Trade of Bar Harbor. He is a Congregation-
alist and a Republican. He married Linnie,
daughter of Dr. George Googins, of Mill-
bridge, Maine. Her mother was before mar-
riage Mary McClure, of Searsport, Maine.
Children : Marjorie Josephine, born February
2, 1888, and Gerard Frances, July 12, 1894.
This patronymic is unusual in
PHAIR America, though it is occasion-
ally found in England and Ire-
land. The following family is directly de-
scended from Colonel Robert Phaire, regicide,
by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Thomas Herbert, baronet. Probably he is the
Colonel Phaire mentioned in history as one of
Cromwell's invading army in a battle that
took place in Ireland, April 10, 1650. The
arms of the family are : Gules, a cross moline
argent, over all a bend azure ; crest : Out of a
drcal coronet, a falcon rising, proper; Motto:
Mrtute tutius. Among contemporaries bearing
the name in England may be noted : Rev.
Samuel George Phear, master of Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, from 1871-95: Dr. Ar-
thur George Phear, of the Royal Hospital : and
Colonel Arthur Phayre, who has served with
distinction in South Africa and India.
(I) James Phair, son, -of Alexander, and
the first of the family to come to America, left
Ireland in 1818, and settled in Charlottetown,
Prince Edward's Island. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of James Armstrong, of Bel-
fast, Ireland, and they had two sons : Andrew^
father of James and George Phair, of Lime-
stone: and James (2).
(II) James (2), son of James (i) and Eliza-
beth (Armstrong) Phair, \V3.s born about 1819.
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STATE OF MAINE.
The fai.n.> L-^i^ng- to the Protestant Episcopal
church. He married Hannah Murphy, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Hannah (Tappenden)
Murphy, born in 1819. Her father was a ship
owner. There were six children : Alexander ;
James H., whose sketch follows; Joseph,
Thomas H.. Mary and Emma Elizabeth.
(HI) James H.. second son of James (2)
and Hannah ( Murphv) Phair, was born at
Whitehall, New York, July 18, 1844. In
1856, after the murder of his father, he came
with liis mother and other members of the
family to Presqne Isle, Maine. Aug:ust 11,
1861, he enlisted in Company I, Seventh Maine
Regiment, and at once went south, joining
the Army of the Potomac. He served with
that army in all of their bloody battles and up
to June 28, 1865, when he was mustered out.
Lieutenant Phair was twice wounded in the
battle of Spottsylvania, oi»ce in the battle of
Cedar Creek, and once during the capture of
Petersburg. He was mustered out as first
lieutenant, and at the time was in command
of his company, as he had been for some
months previous. After the war was over
Lieutenant Phair returned to Presque Isle,
where he was engaged in the hotel and livery
business until 1897. That year he was ap-
pointed by President McKinley to be post-
master of Presque Isle, which position he still
holds. During his term of office he has in-
troduced many new conveniences and accom-
modations, and has conducted his administra-
tion in an alert, efficient and businesslike man-
ner. He has the highest respect and esteem
of his fellow townsmen, and is a member of
several fraternal organizations. He is a
Mason, belonging to the Council at Presque
Isle, and to the Chapter at Caribou, Maine.
He is a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and of Houlton Lodge. No. 835.
Order of Elks. On December i, 1867, he mar-
ried Eliza, daughter of Michael and Sarah
CValley) Gallagher, of Woorlstock. N. B.
They have one child, Philip Dewitt, born Jan-
uary 1. 1870, at Presque Isle. He was edu-
cated in tlie local schools of his native town,
at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and
also at Harvard College, where he spent three
years. He returned to Trinity College as in-
structor in history, which position he held for
two years. Since 1900 he has been connected
with the Congressional Librarv at Washing-
ton, D. C.
dll) Thomas H., fourth son of James (2)
and Hannah (Murphv) Phair, was born at
Whitehall, New York.'April 6, 1850. \\'hen a
child he removed with his mother and other
members of the family to Presque Isle, Maine,
where at the age of nine years he entered a
general store as clerk. When sixteen years old
he became a partner in the firm of Johnson &
Judd. A man of keen foresight, he soon
saw something which offered greater oppor-
tunities than the general merchandise and lum-
ber business, which had at first occupied his
attention. Aroostook county is peculiarly
adapted to the manufacture of starch, because
it is one of the greatest potato-growing re-
gions in the country. The raisers of this in-
dispensable vegetable were formerly at a loss
to know what to do with their small tubers ;
but Mr. Phair saw how a waste product might
be turned to good account. He has built up a
business of such magnitude that he has be-
come popularly known as the "Starch King."
It was in 1883 that the firm of John.son &
Phair first began to manufacture starch, which
has now become one of the most important
products of the county. The T. H. Phair
Company now operates thirteen different fac-
tories, with a capacity of seventy-eight tons a
dav. This starch is of superior quality, and
is used in vast quantities by cotton mills and
other large enterprises. Beside the manufac-
ture of starch, which they ship to all parts
of the country, the company carries on a lum-
ber business, and has mills at Washburn and
Squawpan.
Mr. Phair is a Republican in politics, and
represented his town in the state legislature of
1883 and 1885, and was elected to the state
senate in 1887. In 1889 he was appointed col-
lector of customs for his district, a position
that he still holds. He takes a great interest
in educational work, and was appointe.d trus-
tee of the State Normal School at Presque
Isle. He is conspicuous for his public spirit,
and it was largely owing to his zealous interest
that Presque Isle was chosen as the location for
the Normal School. One of Mr. Phair's recre-
ations is the owning and driving of fine horses.
He has been the owner of some valuable prize
winners, among them being "Dolly Bidwell,"
who trotted in two minutes, eight and one-
half seconds, and "Day Book," who paced in
two minutes, nine and one-half seconds.
Mr. Phair was united in marriage to Ada
Forbes, daughter of Charles F. A. Forbes, of
Lincoln, Maine. They have two children.
This family of Blaisdell is
BLAISDELL native to Maine, but it made
a detour into Massachusetts
as early as 1640, settling in Salisbury. In the
fourth generation they emigrated back to the
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ancestral seat, and in the Old Pine Tree State
the descendants have ever since resided and
made for themselves a good name, aiding- in
the furtherance of every worthy cause. Many
of them have been connected with the funda-
mental industry of Maine — farming. Others
have been identified with the business develop-
ment of the state, but all "have made good,"
whatever their honorable calling. The name
is derived from the combination of two old
English words, blaise, meaning luxuriant, and
dell, a luxuriant valley. The first Mr. Blais-
dell was a man who lived in a luxuriant val-
ley. During the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries the surname Blaisdell was frequently
spelled Blasdell, Blasdale, Blasdel, Blasedill,
Blassdell, Blazdell, Blaisdale.
(I) Ralph Blaisdell, the American ancestor
of this family, was a tailor. He lived in Salis-
bury, Massachusetts, as early as 1640, having
come from York. Maine. The name of his
wife was Elizabeth. He died about 1648, his
wife surviving him till August. 1667, when
she died at Salisbury. Their children were :
Henry, Sarah and Mary.
(H) Henry, eldest son and child of Ralph
and Elizabeth Blaisdell, was born in Salisbury,
Massachusetts, about 1632. He was a planter
and tailor. He received various grants of
land. He took the oath of allegiance and
fidelity December 11, 1677. He lived in that
part of Salisbury which was set off as Ames-
bury in 1666. In 1665 he was one of the
original founders of Salisbury New Town. He
married first Mary Haddon, about 1657, and
she died in i6go. He died between the years
1705 and 1707. Their children were: Eben-
ezer, Mary, Henry, Elizabeth, Ralph, John,
Sarah, Jonathan and Samuel.
(III) Ebenezer, eldest child of Henry and
Mary (Haddon) Blaisdell, was born in Salis-
tury, Massachusetts, September 17, 1657, died
August 10, 1710, in Amesbury. He took the
oath of allegiance December 16, 1677. He mar-
ried, 1680, Sarah, daughter of John and
Frances (Hoyt) Colby. Children: Ephraim,
Thomas, Ebenezer, Eleanor, j\Iary, Ralph and
Sarah. He received children's land in 1659,
and his father's township land in 1660.
(IV) Ebenezer, third son and child of Eben-
ezer and Sarah (Colby) Blaisdell, was born in
Amesbury, Massachusetts, December 29, 1686.
He moved to York, IVlaine, 1712, and resided
there till 1764. He married, 1712, Abigail,
daughter of John and Deborah (Gunnison)
Ingerson, of Kittery, and widow of Joseph
Jenkins, of York. She died April 28, 1755.
Children : Sarah, Ebenezer, Ephraim, Samuel,
Daniel, Abigail, Joseph, Mary and James.
(\') "Deacon" Ebenezer, eldest son and
second child of Ebenezer and Abigail (Inger-
son) Blaisdell, was born in York, Maine, April
9, 1 71 5. He owned large tracts of land along
the south side of York river. He married
Lydia, born January 28, 1717, daughter of
Benjamin and Mehitable (Allen) Webber.
Children : Daniel, Ebenezer, Elijah, David,
Enoch," Samuel, Abner, Jedediah, Lydia and
Dummer. Of his nine sons Abner settled in
Hancock county. Many of the descendants of
Daniel, David and Elijah came to Kennebec
county, while most of the others settled on
farms in York. It is quite certain "Deacon"
Ebenezer Blaisdell served in both the colonial
and revolutionary wars. His eighth son Jede-
diah fought at the battle of Bunker Hill.
(VI) David, fourth son and child of Eben-
ezer and Lydia (Webber) Blaisdell, was born
October 5, 1745, in York, Maine. He married,
October 15, 1775, Margaret, born October 20,
1739, daughter of the Rev. Joshua and Ada
(Tida) Emery, of Berwick. Children: Em-
ery, Dummer and other sons. David Blaisdell
was a farmer and conveyancer of land.
(VII) Dummer. second son and child of
David and jNIargaret (Emery) Blaisdell, born
1789, in York, died August 8, 1856, in Water-
ville. He was a farmer, and resided in York
till 1839, when he removed to Waterville with
his son John. He was an old line Whig. He
married, September 16, 1815, Olive, daughter
of William and Catherine (Carlisle) Trafton,
of York; she died December 25, 1863. Chil-
dren : Charles, John, Eliza, Caroline and
Pauline.
(VIII) John, second son and child of Dum-
mer and Olive (Trafton) Blaisdell, born De-
cember 22, 1818, in York, Maine, died ]\Iarch
28, 1903. He came to Waterville in 1839 from
York in company with his father. They pur-
chased a farm in the south part of Waterville,
on which he ever afterward resided. He also
owned farms in the town of Sidney. He was
a Whig and a Republican from the formation
of that party. He was a member of the Water-
ville and Sidney Free Baptist church, joining
at or near the time of its organization in 1840,
and held the office of deacon for more than
fiftv years. He married, December 3, 1843,
Mary A., born in Sidney, Maine, November
30, 1822, died February 15, 1903, daughter of
Joseph and Sally (Blaisdell) Trafton. Chil-
dren : Sarah Lizzie and John Colby.
(IX) Sarah Lizzie, daughter of John and
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Mary A. (Trafton) Blaisdell. born in Water-
ville, April ii, 1845, died August 30, 1893.
She was etlucated in tlie common scliools and
Waterville Academy, taught in the schools of
Waterville and Sidney for a number of years,
and was successfully engaged in the millinery
business in Waterville for twenty-two years.
She was one of the founders of the Waterville
Woman's Association.
(IX) John Colby, only son and youngest
child of John ancl ^lary A. (Trafton) Blais-
dell, was born July 12, 1849, *n Waterville,
Maine. He was educated in the schools of
Waterville and the Coburn Classical Institute
of that city. He afterward went to Boston
and was employed as foreman for Noyes,
Holmes & Company, wholesale manufacturers
of stationery. He continued with them six
years and then returned to Waterville, taking
up his residence on the old homestead farm.
In 1904 he moved into the city of Waterville,
and deals in real estate and investments. He
is a Republican and has served in the city
council. He is recording secretary of 'the
Waterville Historical Society, and a promi-
nent member of the First Baptist Church. He
married, July 28, 1875, Sarah A., born March
23, 1849, '" Rome, Maine, daughter of James
and Ruby (Knight) Tibbetts. They have no
children.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)
(VI) Daniel, eldest son and
BLAISDELL child of Deacon Ebenezer
and Lydia (Webber) Blais-
dell, was born February 12, 1739, in York,
Maine. He married, 'Slay 31, 1763, Mary Al-
len, of Wells, Maine. Children: Eleanor,
Elijah, Ebenezer, David, Lydia, Mary, Me-
hitable, Hannah and Daniel.
(VII) Elijah, second son and child of Dan-
iel and Mary (.'\llen) Blaisdell, was born at
York, Maine, 1766, died in Sidney, Maine,
January 5, 1849. He married, October 11,
1787, Polly Emery, of York, born October 6,
1768, died in York, October 22, 1821 ; she was
a descendant of Anthony Emery, of Romsey
Hants, England. Children : John, Eleanor,
Daniel, Charlotte, Mary, Keziah, Elijah, Han-
nah, David. Mehitable and Hosea.
(Vni) Hosea, youngest son and eleventh
child of Elijah and Polly (Emery) Blaisdell,
born in York, December 22, 1810, died August
2B, 1891. He was a tanner by trade, and fol-
lowed that occupation at Mechanic Falls and
West Waterville. At the latter place he owned
two tanneries. He moved to Winthrop. Maine,
about 1845, settled the Ladd estate, and finally
located on the Dr. Snell farm, on which he
remained five years. He then moved to Sid-
ney and purchased the old Sam Blaisdell
farm ; this was in 1848. He cultivated this
farm nine years, and then moved to the Delano
farm in the same town, coming to Waterville
Village in 1867. He was a Republican, and
was honored by his party associates with the
nomination for selectman of Sidney, when in
that stronghold of Republicanism nomination
was equivalent to election. He married (first)
Lucinda Ladd, of Sidney; three children: one
died in infancy and Nancy Roseltha and Lu-
cinda Isabella. He married (second) Nancy
Ladd, who bore him one child, Martin. Nancy
(Ladd) Blaisdell died April 4, 1888.
(IX) Hon. Martin, only son and child of
Flosea and Nancy (Ladd) Blaisdell, was born
March 24, 1845, '" Winthrop. The common
schools of Sidney, Waterville, and the Water-
ville Academy are credited with his educa-
tional equipment. Schooling days over, he as-
sisted his father in carrying on the farm. At
his father's death he took possession of the
farm. For two years he was a partner in the
firm of Rcddington & Blaisdell, furniture deal-
ers, Waterville. He is an active Republican.
He was in the city council five years, street
commissioner one term, selectman one term,
being elevated to the mayoralty in 1902-03.
His fraternal membership includes : Water-
ville Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons ; Ticonic Chapter, Waterville ; St.
Omar Commandery, Knights Templar, Water-
ville; Waterville Lodge, No. 905. Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks: Canibus Club.
He is vice-president of the Waterville His-
torical Society. His administration of the af-
fairs of the city was signalized by the erection
of a new City Hall, which is an addition to the
architectural beauty of the city, and reflects
great credit on Mayor Blaisdell's sound busi-
ness judgment. He married Annie, daughter
of Samuel Flitchings, of Waterville. They
have no children.
The family of Arnold is of
ARNOLD great antiquity, having its or-
igin among ancient princes of
Wales, according to pedigree recorded in the
College of Arms. They trace from Ynir,
King of Gwentland, who flourished about the
middle of the twelfth century, and who was
paternally descended from Ynir, the second
son of Cadwaladr, King of Britons, which
Cadwaladr built Abergaveny in the county of
Monmouth, and its castle, which was after-
wards rebuilt by Hamlet, ap Hamlet, ap Sir
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Druce, of Balladon in France, and portions of
the wall still remain.
(I) Spencer Arnold kept a grocery store in
Bradford, Maine, after he had abandoned the
stage route which he maintained between Au-
gusta and Bangor for many years. He was
married, and they had five children, as fol-
lows : Ambrose, Spencer, John S., Jesse Mar-
tin (q. v.), and Alartha J.
(II) Jesse Martin, son of Spencer and
Nancy Arnold, was born in Palermo, Maine,
June 5, 1829, and received a district school
education. He at the same time was clerk in
a grocery store, and he engaged regularly in
that business in Bangor, Maine, as a young
man. He then engaged in the lumber business
for a few years ; was in the business on his
own account. From this he went into the
fancy goods trade, and during the civil war
carried on the grocery business. After the
war he established a wholesale boot and shoe
business in Bangor, which he carried on dur-
ing the remainder of his life. He was mar-
ried to Elizabeth, died April 23, 1908, daugh-
ter of Thomas Perry, and they had two chil-
dren: I. Herbert A., born June 5, 1861, Ban-
gor, died January 13, 1908. Educated in pub-
lic schools, entered his father's business, sub-
sequently made treasurer, as referred to later.
He was a member of Masonic Lodge, chapter
and commandery. Married Mildred W. Trim,
of Bangor. No children. 2. Harry Lin-
coln (q. v.). Mr. Arnold died in Bangor,
Maine, 1893.
(III) Harry Lincoln, second son of Jesse
]\Iartin and Elizabeth (Perry) Arnold, was
born in Bangor, Maine, November 22, 1864,
attended the public schools of his native city,
and on leaving school entered into business in
his father's store, and in 1885 became a part-
ner. The business was incorporated in 1889,
under the laws of Maine, as a joint stock com-
pany of which Asa Cushman, the largest stock-
holder, was made president, and J. M. Arnold,
treasurer. On the death of Asa Cushman,
H. L. Arnold was elected president, and on the
death of J. M. Arnold, in 1893, Herbert A.
Arnold was made treasurer. He was initiated
into the Masonic order by election to member-
ship in the St. Andrews Lodge, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, No. 83, and he be-
came a member of Mt. Moriah Royal Arch
Chapter, No. 6, Bangor Council, Royal and
Select Masters, St. Johns Commandery,
Knights Templar, No. 3, and to the Scottish
Rite bodies : Eastern Star Lodge of Perfec-
tion, Palestine Council, Princes of Jerusalem,
and Bangor Chapter, Rose Croix, and Kora
Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine.
His club affiliations include the Tarratine and
Masonic clubs, of Bangor, Maine. A Repub-
lican in politics. He wa.s married October 11,
i8f)9, to Mabel Howe, daughter of John Stur-
gis and Emil_\- (Woodward) Potter, of New-
ton, Maine, and their first child, Frances, was
born in Bangor, July 17, 1902.
The Bartletts of New Eng-
BARTLETT land are numerous and of
various stocks. The immi-
grant ancestor of the family of this article has
left no record of the place of his nativity or
the date of his arrival in America, but it is
probable that he was born in England, and
arrived in Massachusetts only a short time
before 1668.
(I) Joseph Bartlctt was an early settler in
Cambridge New Town, or Newton, Mas.sa-
chusetts. The cellar hole of his dwelling
house was still visible upon the hillside occu-
pied by the Baptist Theological Seminary, near
the railroad station in Newton Centre, when
Francis Jackson wrote the "History of New-
ton," in 1854. Joseph Bartlett mortgaged his
house and four acres of land to Thomas Pren-
tice Sr. in 1675. He married, October 27,
1668, Mary Waite; children: Mary, Joseph
and Mercy (twins), Elizabeth and probably
John and Sarah.
(II) Joseph (2), eldest son of Joseph (i)
and Mary (Waite) Bartlett, was born in Cam-
bridge, March 5, 1673, and died June, 1750,
aged seventy-seven years. His first wife, Han-
nah, was the mother of : Thomas, Benjamin,
Elizabeth, Joseph and Ebenezer. She died
December, 1730, and he married (second),
1732, Mercy Hyde, who died in 1734.
(HI) Ebenezer, son of Joseph (2) Bartlett,
of Newton, was born in 171 1, and died in
1788, aged seventy-seven, on the paternal
homestead, where he lived through life. He
married (first) June 24, 1736, Ann Clark, who
died in 1742; (second) Anna Ball. Children
of first wife : Eunice, Sarah, Mary, Enoch
(died young) and Enoch. Children of second
wife : Jonathan, Anna, Mercy, Elisha, Esther,
Moses, Thaddeus, Mary, Sarah, Stephen, Abi-
gail and Peregrine. Enoch, Moses, Thaddeus,
Stephen, Jonathan and Peregrine settled in
Bethel, Maine, on the Androscoggin river.
(IV) Stephen, seventh son of Ebenezer
Bartlett and fifth son of his second wife, Anna
Ball, was born April 24, 1765, in Newton, and
was a pioneer settler of Bethel, Maine. He
located on the north side of the river, in that
part of the town that is now Hanover, cleared
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the farm where his descendants continued to
reside for several successive generations, and
died there February 14, 1832. He married,
October 23, 1787, Dorcas Barbour, of Gray,
Maine, born July 19. 1769, died October 28,
1841, surviving her husband more than nine
years. Their children were : Ebenezer, Elha-
nan, William, Beulah, James Armenas Swan,
Dorcas. Sarah and Sophia Clark.
(V) Elhanan, second son of Stephen and
Dorcas (Barbour) Bartlett. was born Septem-
ber 2, 1791, in Hanover, and always lived upon
the paternal homestead, where he died April
13, 1883 (?). He was an industrious and
successful farmer, a man of sound judgment,
and respected and esteemed by his fellow citi-
zens, who repeatedly elected him to official
positions in the town. He was a Democrat in
political principle, and did not affiliate w-ith
societies of any kind. He married Johanna
Willis, of Hanover; children: Zenas, Willis,
Susanna, Cyrus, Beulah Foster, and Hester
Ann. The eldest daughter died at the age of
twenty-three years. The second became the
wife of James Roberts, and the third married
Elias S. Bartlett.
(\T) Zenas W.. eldest child of Elhanan and
Johanna (Willis) Bartlett, was born .August
10, 1818, in Hanover, and was educated at
Gould Academy, Bethel, and Yarmouth Acad-
emy. He pursued his medical training at
Bowdoin College, and received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine in 1840. He began the
practice of his profession at Rumford, Maine,
whence he removed to Dixficld. where he was
very successful, and died in 1870, at the age
of fifty-two years. He married, in 1840,
Leona E. Roberts, born 1817, in Hanover, who
died in 1879. *" Di.xfield. daughter of Joshua
and Sally (Powers) Roberts. Children: i.
Flora E., born in 1841, died in Auburn, Maine,
1908; she became the wife of Dr. C. E. Phil-
oon, in 1873, and was the mother of three
children : Georgie, born February 2, 1874; By-
ron Strickland, 1876, died 1900; and Loverno,
born 1878, died 1882. 2. Susan B., 1844, has
Hved in Dixficld most of her life with her
brother Cyrus W. 3. Zenas, born 1846, died
1885; married, 1873, Ella E. Cobum, Carth-
age; children: Ella E., born 1874; Grace E.,
1884. The elder married Orson Paine, in
1895, and is the mother of: Harold, born
1896; William, 1898; George Byron, 1904.
Leona. 1905. The younger married Harry M.
Towne, in 1907. 4. Cyrus W.. born 1849, re-
sided in Dixfield, and died 1908. 5. George
D., mentioned below.
(Vni) George D., youngest child of Dr.
Zenas W. and Leona E. (Roberts) Bartlett,
was born March 25, 1855, in Dixfield, Maine,
and began his education in the public schools
of that town. He graduated from the Maine
Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill, in the class
of 1877, and five years later was graduated
from the Wesleyan University at Middletown,
Connecticut. Since that time he has engaged
continuously in teaching, beginning as princi-
pal of the hign school at Dixfield, Maine, and
for the last eighteen years has held a position
in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. Mr.
Bartlett has taken no active part in political
movements, but has always maintained estab-
lished principles and acts with the Republican
party. He is a member of the Phi Nu Theta
college fraternity of \\'esleyan University, and
of the L'niversity Club, of Brooklyn.
The ancestral home of this
BARTLETT family is in Stopham, Eng-
land, and members of the
family came to England with William the Con-
queror, and were actively engaged at the battle
of Hastings.
( I ) Richard Bartlett, immigrant ancestor,
was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1575, and
died in Newbury, Massachusetts, May 25,
1647. ^^c '^^■^s 3. shoemaker by trade, one of
the earliest settlers of Newbury, hai?ing been
resident there prior to 1637. His family Bible
— one of the famous "Breeches Bible" — is now
owned by William Bartlett, of Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, who received it from his father, the
Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, late president of
Dartmouth College. It contains the records of
the births of his children and the statement :
'■Richard Bartlett bought this book Anno-
Domini 1612." One of his descendants was
Hon. Josiah Bartlett, of New Hampshire, one
of the signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and a foreinost citizen of the state. In
the oral will of Richard Bartlett. proved Sep-
tember 29, 1647, it is stated that John had al-
ready received his share ; bequeathed to Chris-
topher, Joane and her four daughters ; to
Richard and John, who received the "Great
Bible." His children were : Joane, born Jan-
uary 29, i6io; married William Titcomb ;
John, born November 9, 1615 ( ?) ; Thomas,
January 22, 1615; Richard, see forward;
Christopher, February 26, 1623; Anne. Febru-
ary 26, 1625.
(II) Richard (2). third son and fourth
child of Richard (i) Bartlett, was born in
England, October 31, 1621. He was called
a shoemaker and yeoman on various records,
and resided first in Oldtown, Newbury, re-
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moving finalh' to Bartlett's Corners, near Deer
Island, in the Merrimac river. He was re-
puted to be a facetious, genial and intelligent
man, and represented the town in the general
court. His will was dated April 19, 1665, and
was proved July 18, 1698. He married Abi-
gail , who died March 8, 1686-87, a"^
had children : Samuel, born February 20,
1645-46, married. May 23, 1671, Elizabeth
Titcomb; Richard, born February 21, 1648-
49; Thomas, born September 7, 1650; Abigail,
born March 14, 1653, married. May 27, 1700,
John Emery, died in 1723; John, see forward;
Hannah, born December 18, 1657, died un-
married; Rebecca, born May 3, 1661, married,
September 5, 1700, Isaac Bagley, died 1723.
(III) John, fourth son and fifth child of
Richard (2) and Abigail Bartlett, was born
in Newbury, June 22, 1655. and died there
May 24, 1736. His entire life was spent in
Newbury, and he was a tanner by trade. He
married, October 29, 1680, Margaret Rust ;
children: i\Iary, died young; John, IMary, Na-
thaniel, Dorothy, Sarah, Hannah, Nathan, Abi-
gail, Alice, Seth, Gideon, Elizabeth and Re-
becca.
(IV) Nathan, third son and eighth child of
John and Margaret (Rust) Bartlett, was born
in Newbury, December 23, 1691, and died in
1775. He was also a tanner by trade, and
removed to Kittery, Maine, in 171 3. He mar-
ried, March 10, 1715, Shuah, daughter of
Captain John and Phebe (Littlefield) Heard:
children : Shuah, born January i, 1716, mar-
ried, November 15, 1732, Dr. Edmund Coffin;
Mary, born March i, 1717-18, married (first)
Thomas Dennett, (second) Lord;
Nathan, born April 30, 1720, died May 7 same
year; Phebe, born i\Iay 8, 1721, married, Feb-
ruary, 1739, John Dennet, of Portsmouth ; Abi-
gail, born December 6, 1723, married (first)
1741, John Shapleigh, (second) Moses Hans-
com, died June 3, 1800; John Heard;
Hannah, born Cktober 29, 1728, married,
June 9, 1745, Robert Cutts ; Nathan, born
November 3, 1730. died May 21, 1736;
James, born May 20, 1732, died December 17,
1738; Sarah, born December 25, 1735, died
following January; Nathan, born March 31,
1737, married Sarah Shapleigh; Sarah, born
May 26, 1741, married (first) March 28, 1782,
Stephen Ferguson, (second) Went-
worth.
(V) Nathan (2), younger son of Nathan
(i) and Shuah (Heard) Bartlett, was born
March 31, 1737, in Kittery, and died in that
town, June 18, 1775. He married, June 9,
1755, Sarah, daughter of Captain John and
Dorcas (Littlefield) Shapleigh. She died in
December, 1805, having survived her husband
more than thirty years ; children : Dor-
cas, James, Shuah, Nathan, Alice, Mary, Lu-
cretia and Sarah.
(\T) James, eldest son of Nathan (2) and
Sarah (Shapleigh) Bartlett, was born No-
vember 24, 1759, in Kittery, and was a soldier
of the revolution. He married, May 30, 1782,
Lois, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rog-
ers) Hill, of Kittery, and died October 30,
1836, and was survived almost two years by
his wife, who passed away October 3, 1838.
Their children : Elizabeth, Shuah, James,
John Hill, Nathan, Sarah and William. One
of these daughters married a York, and there
probably gives rise to the bestowal of that
name upon one of her nephews. '
(VII) William, youngest child of James and
Alice (Hill) Bartlett, was born October 4,
1797, in Kittery, and resided in New Port-
land, Maine. He married, March 11, 1824,
Abigail Burbank, and they were the parents of
three sons and four daughters.
(VIII) William York, son of William and
Abigail (Burbank) Bartlett, was born about
1830, and passed his early childhood on one of
the Fox Islands, constituting the town of
Vinal Haven, Maine. When he was nine years
old he ran away from home and never re-
turned. He made his way to Gray, Maine,
after leaving home, finding a home and occu-
pation on the farm of James Libbey, where
he remained many years. He settled event-
ually in Belgrade, and became one of the most
prominent and influential citizens. For more
than thirty years he was postmaster of Bel-
grade. He married (third) November, 1866,
Elizabeth i\I., daughter of James M. and Eliza-
beth (Gay) Humphrey, of Augusta, Maine,
Children, born in Belgrade, and all dying be-
fore the age of twelve years, except William
R, : I. William R., born October 16, 1867;
mentioned below. 2. Ina Mabel, November 5,
1868. 3. Effie Lizzie, October 22, 1870. 4.
James Elmer, September 27, 1873. 5. Irvine
LeRoy, June 7, 1876.
(IX) William R., son of William York
Bartlett, was born in Belgrade, Maine, Octo-
ber 16, 1867. He had to begin work in early
vouth, but he realized the value of an educa-
tion and worked his way through Kent's Hill
.Academy, where he was graduated in 1887.
He then started at the bottom of the ladder
in the railroad business, as brakeman on the
Maine Central railroad. He won his promo-
tion from time to time until he became a pas-
senger conductor. While still in the railroad
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business lie became a partner in a retail furni-
ture store in Lewiston. Maine. When his
partner died he resigned his position as con-
ductor and took charge of the business of
which he has since been sole proprietor. Mr.
Bartlett conducts his business under the title
of Lewiston Second-hand Furniture Company,
but deals extensively also in new furniture.
His store is at 28 Main street. His trade has
grown steadily from year to year. Mr. Bart-
lett is a Republican. Twice he was nomi-
nated for the board of aldermen by his party,
and though defeated by a small margin, his
district being Democratic, he had a large
complimentary vote. He is a member of the
Lewiston Board of Trade. He is a prominent
Free Mason, a member of Raboni Lodge, of
Lewiston: Chapter 9, Royal Arch Masons, of
Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar. He
married, November 8. 1892, Josie Belle,
daughter of Charles and Mary A. (French)
Gage.
The Barrett family of which
B.-\RRETT some account follows is now
represented by the second and
third generations in America, the ancestor, Jo-
seph Barrett, having come from France and
settled in Canada.
(I) Joseph Barrett was born in the south-
ern part of France in 1800. came to America
and settled in province of Quebec, Canada.
While a young man he was employed as a
shoemaker; but later, soon after coming to
America, he became proprietor of a hotel in
St. Louis, province of Quebec, Canada, which
he conducted for some years, and where he
died. He married Olive Cabana, born in Mon-
treal, 1840. daughter of Charles and Julia
(Fortier) Cabana, and they had three chil-
dren : Joseph, who is proprietor of a hotel in
Westbrook, Maine: Louis, who died young;
and Felix, next mentioned.
(H) Dr. Felix Barrett, third and youngest
son of Joseph and Olive (Cabana) Barrett,
was born in St. Louis, province of Quebec.
Canada, August 9, i860, and on the death of
his father was left to the care of his mother
when only five months old. At two years of
age he was taken by his mother to Vermont,
and the family settled at Lsland Pond. After
a residence of five years there they moved
to Windsor, -where they lived until Felix was
sixteen years old, when they removed to West-
brook, Maine. Dr. Barrett was educated in
the public schools of Windsor and Westbrook,
graduating from the high school at the latter
place in 1881. He took his medical training
at the Lnited States Medical College of New
York, from which he received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine in 1883. He first practiced
in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he remained
till November, 1890, when he settled in West-
brook. Soon afterward, feeling the need of
a more comprehensive and thorough medical
education, Dr. Barrett took a course in medi-
cine at Bowdoin College, which he completed
in 1893. Subsequently he took a post-graduate
course in the University of New York, paying
special attention to electro therapeutics. With
his natural qualifications and thorough profes-
sional training, he is finely equipped for his
work and has a flourishing practice in a gen-
eral way. He makes a specialty, however, of
electro-therapeutics. He is a member of the
Cuinberland County Medical Association, the
Maine Medical Association, the American
Electro-Therapeutic Association, the American
Medical Association, and is president of the
Westbrook Medical Club. He is a Republican,
is much interested in public aflfairs, and for
several years has been a member of the West-
brook board of education, but has no desire
for political ofifice. He is a Mason of high
degree, being a member of Warren Philip
Lodge, No. 186: Eagle Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 11; Council No. 15, Royal and Select
Masters ; and Commandery, Knights Templar.
Also of Presumpscot \'alley Lodge No. 4,
Knights of Pythias; Court City, No. 8441,
Independent Order of Foresters ; and Camp
No. 10611, Modern Woodmen of America.
Dr. Barrett and wife are active members of
the Congregational church, the Sunday school,
and the Christian Endeavor Society. Dr. Bar-
rett married, at Westbrook, May 26. 1887,
Cora Isabel Cloudman. who was born in South
Windham, April, 1861, daughter of Francis
A. and Lile (Bodge) Cloudman. They have
two children : Flora, born August 7, 1888 ; and
Frances, born March 9, 1890.
Timothy Dunton. founder of
DUNTON the fam'ily in Westport, Maine,
is thought to have been the
immigrant. According to family tradition he
was of Scotch ancestry. He was born about
1720. He was a Freewill Baptist in religion.
Among his children was Timothy, mentioned
below.
(II) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (i)
Dunton, was born about 1750 in Westport,
Maine, and came to Boothbay about 1795. He
bought the farm at Back River where the late
Miles Lewis lived, and other parcels of land
afterward. He married (first) September 5,
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1776, Nancy Smith, died June 4, 1804. He
married (second) Rlargaret Pinkham. Chil-
dren, bom at Boothbay : i. Jenny, 1777, died
unmarried. 2. Nancy, 1779, settled at White,
Maine; married Andrew Dustan. 3. Israel,
1783, settled at White. 4. Timothy Jr., 1786,
mentioned below. 5. Lucy, 1790, settled at
White; married Jonathan Robinson. 6. Sall\',
1792, settled at White. 7. Prudy, 1794, mar-
ried Joshua Loring. 8. William, 1797, mar-
ried Sally Knight ; settled at Liberty. 9. Abi-
gail, 1798, married .Aaron Bradstreet ; settled
in Liberty. 10. Charlotte, September 22, 1803,
married Alfred Matthews. 11. Alaria, mar-
ried, November 22, 1817, Edmund Matthews.
12. Lucinda, married, March 30, 1819, Brad-
ford Boynton.
(III) Timothy (3), son of Timothy (2)
Dunton, was born in Boothbay in 1786 and
died in 1857. He was educated in the com-
mon schools and followed the occupation of
farming. He removed from Boothbay to Lib-
erty, Maine, when a young man and lived the
remainder of his days at Liberty. He married
Sophia Frances Southard, of Richmond,
Maine. Children: i. John Southard, born
March 7, 181 7, mentioned below. 2. Frank-
liji. died in Liberty. 3. Isaac, died at East
Belfast. 4. Clarissa. 5. Mary. 6. Sarah Jane.
7. Eliza. 8. Sophia. By a second wife he had
Rosea and Oscar, both soldiers in the civil
war, one killed, one died from disease ; and
Amanda.
(IV) John Southard, son of Timothy (3)
Dunton, was born in Liberty, Maine, March 7,
1817. He was brought up on his father's
farm and educated in the public schools at
Liberty. He removed to LTnion, Maine, where
he followed farming during all his active life
thereafter. He married Joanna (Curtis) Gay,
daughter of Christopher Curtis and widow of
Christopher Gay. Children: i. Ellen F., mar-
ried O. A. Burkett, of Union; one son, Fred
E. Burkett. 2. Lucy E.. married Benjamin
Burton; one living child, Lola M., lives in
Rockland. 3. Guvanus H., now of Winter-
port ; married Medora Fish ; children : Claude,
lives in Mt. Vernon, New York: Josephine,
married William Mason, of Massachusetts;
Effie, married Charles Littlefield, Providence,
Rhode Island; Raymond, of Port Chester,
New York; Earl, lives in Winterport. 4.
Charles R., see forward. 5. Sophia J., mar-
ried Orlando Welt, of Waldoboro, Maine ;
child, Rose M., married E. C. Davis, of Rock-
land. 6. Loretta A., married Henry A. Hawes,
of Union ; child, William.
(V) Charles Robinson, son of John South-
ard Dunton, was born in LTnion, Maine, Octo-
ber 4, 1846. He was educated in the public
schools of his native town, and spent his boy-
hood on the farm. Before he was sixteen
he enlisted September 17, 1862, in Company
B, Twenl}--fourth Maine Regiment, and took
part in all the engagements and arduous
service of this regiment. After the civil war
he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and fol-
lowed the trade of cooper for several years.
He returned to Union in 1872 and engaged in
the express business on his own account. He
built up an extensive and profitable business
with express lines from Union to various adja-
cent towns. He disposed of his business in
i88g and removed to Springfield. Massachu-
setts, where he engaged in the insurance busi-
ness for four years, and in 1806 removed to
Bangor, where he has since been engaged in
the insurance business. For the past twelve
years he has been general agent of the North-
western Mutual Life Insurance Company, of
Milwaukee, for the seven Maine counties —
Waldo. Knox, Hancock, Washington, Penob-
scot, Aroostook and Piscataquis, and he has
charge of a large number of agents in that ter-
ritory. He has written a large amount of in-
surance, probably more than any other man
in eastern Maine during the past twenty years,
and no man is better known in insurance
circles and none more popular or highly re-
spected than he. In politics Mr. Dunton is a
Democrat. He has been a member of the
board of aldermen for two years, representing
ward six. He belongs to Cooper Post, No.
124, Grand Army of the Republic, of L^nion,
Maine. Mr. Dunton is energetic, enterprising
and active. He has a wide acquaintance and
many steadfast friends attracted by his good
qualities of mind and heart, his kindly manner
and good nature.
He married, October i, 1866, Mary E.. born
October 5, 1847, daughter of Joseph Irish, of
Union, ]\iaine. Children: i. Maude F., born
March 20, 1868, died June 15, 1893; married
Orville W. Miles, of Springfield, Massachu-
setts : one daughter, Gladys, who lives with her
grandfather, Air. Dunton. 2. Rita, born .A.u-
gust 13. 1870, married Horace B. Clements, of
Springfield. 3. Nellie, died at thirteen months.
4. Sophia M.,"born in Union, January 15, 1876.
living at home.
Stephen Dudley Marsh, son of
MARSH Stephen Dudley and Betsey
Marsh, was born in Skowhegan,
died aged eighty-nine years, and was a de-
scendant of one of the early pioneers of Mas-
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sachusetts, of English descent. He lived at
Greenville, Maine, was a farmer and lumber-
man, and had charge of extensive lumber
operations in that section. In politics he was
a Democrat. He married (first) Abigail
i^ragg; (second) Hannah Brawn. Children
of first wife: i. Rexaville, died in infancy.
2. Martin \'an Buren, born March 24, 1836,
mentioned below. Children of second wife:
3. Lydia Ann. 4. Stephen Dudley. 5. Will-
iam. 6. Helen. 7. Mercy, deceased. 8.
Franklin. 9. George. 10. Isa.
(H) Martin \'an Buren, son of Stephen
Dudley (2) and Abigail (Bragg) Marsh, was
born in Cornville. Maine. March 24, 1836.
He was educated in the public schools of his
native town and Greenville, whither he moved
when a boy with his parents. He worked at
farming and lumbering and as engineer and
captain of the lake boats in summer. He
learned the trade of mason and worked at it
for a period of forty years in Old Town,
Bradley and Skowhegan, Maine. In politics,
like his father, he is a Democrat. He was for
several years school agent while living in the
town of Bradley. He is a member of Star of
the East Lodge of Free Masons, of Old Town,
and of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men. He is an active and prominent member
of the Baptist church, and was one of the
founders and builders of the church at Brad-
ley, of which he was for some years the clerk.
He married, September, i860, Paulina C, born
in Brighton, Maine, July 27, 1840, daughter of
Thomas T. and (Bragden) Foss.
Children: i. Alphonso F., born 1861, drug-
gist at Sangerville, Maine ; married (first) An-
nie B. Cummings; (second) Lavinia B. Sand-
ers, of Sangerville ; children of first wife :
Everett C, Vera L. 2. Ralph Hemenway,
born in Greenville, February 3, 1863, men-
tioned below. 3. Martin Van Buren, born
March, 1865, drowned at Bradley, Maine,
aged four years. 4. Dr. Stanley N., born Au-
gust I, 1876, at Skowhegan, educated in the
public schools of Bradley and University of
Maine, graduating from the Baltimore Medi-
cal School, 1903; now practicing medicine in
West Enfield, Maine; married Bessie Butler,
of Ripley, Maine; children: Gerald E. and
Pauline. 5. Pauline, born 1878, died in in-
fancy.
(HI) Dr. Ralph Hemenway, son of Martin
Van Buren Marsh, was born in Greenville,
Maine, February 3. 1863. He attended the
public schools of Bradley and entered the Uni-
versity of Maine, from which he was grad-
uated in 1888. He studied his profession in
the Bowdoin Medical School, receiving his de-
gree of M. D. in 1893. He began the practice
of medicine the same year at Lincoln, Maine,
where he remained a year and a half. He then
took a post-graduate course in the Post-Gradu-
ate Medical School, of New York City. Since
1894 he has been practicing his profession with
much success at Guilford, Maine. He is a
member of the Piscataquis County Medical
Association and of the Maine Medical Asso-
ciation. In politics he is a Republican. He
has been a member of the school committee of
Guilford since 1896 and was town treasurer in
1897-98. He is a member of Mount Kineo
Lodge of Free Masons, of Guilford ; of Piscat-
aquis Chapter, Royal .Arch Masons, of Dover,
Alaine; of St. John Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Bangor; of the Scottish Rite
bodies of Masonry in Bangor and the Maine
Consistory of Portland, thirty-second degree.
He is a member of Good Cheer Lodge of Odd
Fellows, of Guilford, joining in 1898; of the
Modern Woodmen and of the New England
Order of Protection. He has been one of the
United States pension examiners of this dis-
trict since 1898. In religion he is a Univer-
salist, and in politics a Republican. He mar-
ried, October 6, 1887, Myrtie A., born irj
Bradley, Maine, daughter of Reuben and Mary
(Banks) Holbrook. of Freeport, Alaine. Chil-
dren: I. Helen Celia, born in Bradley, May
26, 1889, graduate of the Guilford high school,
student at Colby College, class of igi2. 2.
Alice Holbrook, born in Guilford, August 19,
1897.
It is a family tradition that two
RECORD brothers of this name came
from England ; one settled in
Massachusetts and was the progenitor of the
Records, and the other went to the West In-
dies, accumulated a large fortune and died un-
married. The estate was settled by two sons
of the Massachusetts Record, who went to
the West Indies for that purpose. After set-
tling up the affairs of their deceased uncle,
they repaired to a hotel and remained over
night. In the morning their bodies were found
in bed, but the large sum of money they had
collected had disappeared. This family is of
Massachusetts quality, of good fighting stock,
forty-six of the name serving in the revolu-
tionary army. The name has been spelled
Reckord, Reccord, Recoard, Reckerd and
Rickord. John Record was in Weymouth,
Massachusetts, in 1676. He served in King
Philip's war on the Connecticut river and was
named in a petition to the governor and coun-
STATE OF .MAINE.
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cil as a soldier to be recalled, there being need
of him in home defences. He married Han-
nah, daughter of Simeon and Hester Burr,
and widow of John Hobart, and had John,
Simon and Jonathan. In its migrations the
family reached Maine in 1776, alighting at
Kennebunkport, then Arundel. Daniel Record
was a soldier from that town in Captain
Hitchcock's company. Colonel Sprout's regi-
ment, from May 15, 1777, to May 15, 1780;
also in Captain Merrill's company and Colonel
Brewer's regiment.
(I) Thomas Record was born Alarch 22,
1797, and died September 29, 1872. He lived
in Canton, Oxford county, Maine, then called
Phipp's Canada. He married Harriet, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Betsy (Gurney) Record,
who was his cousin. Children : John, Betsy,
Alvin, Isaiah, Sarah Jane, Ruth, Matildah,
Gustavas and Stillman.
(II) Alvin, second son of Thomas and Har-
riet (Record) Record, was born in Canton,
Maine, March 12, 1829. He attended the com-
mon schools, and at the age of thirteen began
learning the carpenter's trade. He followed
his trade at the Aloose Hill settlement in Liv-
ermore for several years, then went to Massa-
chusetts, and there conducted a large business
as a building mover. Returning to Moose
Hill, he farmed for a few years until he
bought a half interest in a drug store at that
place. In 1870 he founded the leather board
business which became the Jay Paper Com-
pany and this was in turn absorbed by the In-
ternational Paper Company. Mr. Record was
one of the most prominent men of the town,
and while he had no desire to hold any politi-
cal office, was a shrewd manager and the man
he named was usually nominated and elected.
He was a Baptist and a trustee of that church.
He married. December i, 1853, Agrandice,
daughter of Levi Lyford. Three children:
Helen, Edward and Judson A. Alvin Record
died August 20, 1898.
(III) Judson A., second son of Alvin and
Agrandice (Lyford) Record, was born in Liv-
ermore Falls, July 19, 1863. He was educated
in the local schools and Hebron Academy.
School days over he associated himself with
his father in the paper business. In 1897 he
bought out an iron foundry, and this he de-
veloped into a large plant, and in 1901 sold
out to a corporation of which he is a large
stockholder. This concern has a large in-
dustry at Rumford Falls, Maine. The Liv-
ermore foundry has a capacity of ten tons
daily and employ about sixty men. Mr. Rec-
ord is also a director in the W. A. Stewart
Company, a Republican and a Knights Tem-
plar degree Mason, a member of the Baptist
church, of which he is a trustee, and a bass in
the male quartette connected with the church.
He married, December 30. 1883, Maud L.,
daughter of Mathew and Jeannette (Bow-
ker) Durand, who was bom March 10, 1864.
They have one child, Agrandice J., who at
present is in Colby College.
The Williams family of Eng-
WILLIAMS land and Wales is of great
antiquity. The surname is
derived from the ancient personal name, Will-
iam. Sir Robert Williams, ninth baronet of
the house of Williams of Penrhyn, was a lineal
descendant from Marchudes of Cyan, Lord of
Abergelen, in Denbighshire, of one of the fif-
teen tribes of North Wales that lived in the
time of Roderick the Great, King of the Brit-
ons, about A. D. 849.
The ancient Williams coat-of-arms of the
Welsh family is : Sable, a lion rampant argent
armed and langued gules. The crest is a
moor cock. The seat of the family was at
Flint, Wales, and in Lincolnshire. Oliver
Cromwell, the Protector, was a Williams by
right of descent, and was related to Richard
Williams, who settled at Taunton, Massachu-
setts, as shown by the following pedigree.
Alden de Cromwell lived in the time of Will-
iam the Conqueror, and from him descended
ten Ralph de Cromwells in succession, the last
of the name dying without issue. The seventh
Ralph de Cromwell married, 1551, Amicia
Berer, daughter of Robert Berer.
(I) Robert Cromwell was a Lancastrian,
killed in the wars in 1461. From him the line
to Oliver Cromwell and Richard Williams is
definitely known.
(II) William, son of Robert Cromwell, left
a daughter Margaret, who was the ancestor of
both Cromwell and Williams.
(III) John Cromwell married Joan Smith.
(IV) Waiter Cromwell married
Gloosop.
(V) Katherine Cromwell, daughter of Wal-
ter Cromwell, married Morgan Williams, fifth
from Howell Williams, mentioned below.
(VI) Sir Richard Williams, son of Morgan
and Katherine, was born about 1495 ; married
Frances Murfyn. After reaching mature
years. Sir Richard took the name of Cromwell
under the patronage of his mother's brother,
Thomas Cromwell. He lived at Glamorgan-
shire. Wales.
(VII) Sir Henry Cromwell, alias Williams,
son of Sir Richard, was called the Golden
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STATE OF MAINE.
Knight of Hinchenbrook, Huntingdon; mar-
ried Toan Warren.
(VTII) Robert Cromwell, alias Williams,
was of Huntingdon, a brewer, and married
Elizabeth Stewart. Their first child was
Oliver, the Great Protector. Oliver Cromwell
used the alias in his youth, and in some deeds
his name is found Oliver Williams, alias Crom-
well.
(I) Howell Williams, Lord of Ribour, was
progenitor of the Williams family of Wales.
(II) Morgan Williams married Joan Bat-
ten.
(III) Thomas of Lancashire, son of Mor-
gan, (lied in London.
(IV) John Williams, son of Thomas, mar-
ried Mari;aret Smith; died at Mortlake
in 1502. Their .son John, born 1495, mar-
ried Toan Wykys, daughter of Henry
Wykys, of Bolleys Park, Chertney, a sister of
Elizabeth Wykys, who married Thomas Crom-
well (brother of Katherine, mentioned above),
secretary to Henry VIII, Lord Cromwell of
Oakham, Earl of Essex.
(V) Richard Williams, born at Roehampton,
1687, settled at Monmouth and Dexter, and
died 1559.
(VI) John Williams, son of Richard, was
of Huntingdonshire, near Wotton-under-Edge,
Gloucester; died i=;77.
(VII) William Williams, son of John Will-
iams, was also of Huntingdon ; married, No-
vember 15, 1585, Jane Shepherd: married
(second) December 4, 1603, Jane Woodward.
His first child by the second marriage was
Richard Williams, who settled in Taunton,
Massachusetts.
(I) Richard Williams, son of William Will-
iams, was born in England. He was a tanner
by trade and settled first in Dorchester. Mas-
sachusetts, in 1633, and is first of the Ameri-
can family of Williams. His wife Frances
and sister Elizabeth were members of the
Dorchester church before 1639. He removed
to Taunton, and sold land and privileges at
Dorchester, October 20, 1646. He made his
brother Samuel, of Essington, Gloucestershire,
England, his attorney, October 21, 1646, to
sell his share of a tucke mill at Sinwell, ad-
joining Essington. He and his sister Eliza-
beth, then both in New England, were legatees
in the will of their sister Jane, of Wheten-
hurste, Gloucestershire, dated May 30, 1650,
proved June 3, 1655. Fie was a freeman at
Plymouth, June 5, 1644; deacon and deputy
to the general court from Taunton. He re-
turned to Dorchester, and was a town officer
there in 1658. He died July 13, 1683. Eliza-
beth was drowned October 13, 1688. He mar-
ried Frances Dighton, sister of the first wife
of Governor Thomas Dudley. His will was
dated May 5, 1686. when he was aged eighty
years; proved October, 1693, bequeathing to
sons Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Thomas and
Benjamin; to daughters Elizabeth and Han-
nah ; wife Frances. The widow, being of great
age, made will October 20, 1703; proved
^Iarch 7, 1705-06, bequeathing to son Par-
menter (son-in-law), to the widows of sons
Nathaniel, Joseph and Benjamin ; to son
Thomas and daughter Elizabeth Bird, of
Dorchester. Children: i. John, died young.
2. Samuel. 3. Joseph, had five sons and two
(laughters. 4. Nathaniel (q. v.). 5. Thomas. 6.
Benjamin, mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth,
born about 1647; married John Bird, of Dor-
chester. 8. Hannah, married John Parmenter,
of Boston.
(II) Benjamin, son of Richard Williams,
was born in Taunton, about 1645. He mar-
ried, March 18. 1690, Rebecca, daughter of
Captain George Macy, of Taunton, immigrant,
town officer; will dated June 20, proved Sep-
tember 5, 1693, bequeathing to wife Susanna
Macy, daughters Elizabeth Hodges, Sarah
Black, Mary Williams, Rebecca Williams and
Deborah Macy. Children: i. Rebecca, born
November 27, 1690. 2. Josiah, November 7,
1692. 3. Benjamin, July 3, 1695; mentioned
below. 4. John, March 2, 1699.
fill) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i)
Williams, was born in Taunton, July 3, 1693.
He married, December 22, 1720, Susanna,
daughter of Major John and Sarah (Dean)
Howard, of Bridgewater.
(IV) Rufus, only son of Benjamin (2)
Williams, was born in Taunton, in 1723. He
married. !\Iarch 11, 1745-46, Mercy, daughter
of Jonathan and Mercy (Mason) Shaw, of
Raynham. Children: i. Samuel, born at Taun-
ton. March 20, 1746: died at Grafton, New
Hampshire, July 7, 1824: removed to Grafton,
and lived on W^illiams Hill : married, January
25, 1770, Mary Case, of Rehoboth, daughter
of William and Mary Case. 2. Zebedee ( ?)
settled in Grafton, and was living there in
1790. 3. Oliver, mentioned below. Probably
others.
(V) Oliver, son of Rufus Williams, was
born at Taunton, about 1750. He married
probably Mary , who was living at
Grafton in 1790, and had. according to the
federal census of that year, one son under
sixteen, one over sixteen, and six females in
her family. Oliver was the first of the fam-
ily at Grafton. He signed the petition for
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the incorporation of the town of Grafton, New
Hampshire, in 1777, and again in 1778. Most
of the first settlers were from Rehoboth,
Taunton and vicinity. William Williams, per-
haps a brother, was another early settler.
(VI) Oliver (2), son of Oliver (i) Will-
iams, was born about 1775, and married, at
Canaan, New Hampshire, October 24, 1799,
Jemima Barney, of Grafton. They settled at
Grafton. Children: i. Oliver, born December
3, 1805; died June 22, 1879, at Auburn, New-
Hampshire ; his descendants live at Manches-
ter, that state. 2. Huron. 3. Norman Smith,
mentioned below. 4. Prudence. 5. Rosinda.
(VH) Norman Smith, son of Oliver (2)
Williams, was born at Canaan, New Hamp-
shire, in 1817, died in Monson, Maine, in 1874.
He was educated in the public schools of his
native town. He was a farmer. In 1840 he
removed to Dexter, Maine, and later settled in
Monson, where he spent the remainder of his
life. He was a Republican in politics, and was
for several years on the board of selectmen of
Monson. He was a prominent member of the
Congregational church, and held various offices
in the church and society. He married, in
May, 1844, Martha Ann Haynes, born in
Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1825, and now
living with her son, John Sumner Williams, at
Guilford, Maine. She was the daughter of
Josiah Porter and Sally (Atherton) Haynes.
Josiah P. Haynes was born in Roxbury, Mas-
sachusetts, removed to Canaan, New Hamp-
shire, and later to Monson, Maine; his w'ife
was a native of Vermont. Children: i.
Charles, died in infancy. 2. Flora Jane, born
1850, died 1880; married Joseph H. Sheppard,
of Dexter; one child, Bessie (Mrs. Charles
Turner, of Guilford). 3. Fannie P., born
February, 1853 ' married Charles W. Johnson,
foundryman, of Worcester, Massachusetts ;
one child, Charles Walter. 4. Frank B., born
1856, foundryman, living in Worcester. 5.
Sarah L., born 1858, died 1888; married Her-
bert Bennett ; one child, Sarah Bennett. 6.
John Sumner, mentioned below.
(VIII) John Sumner, son of Norman Smith
Williams, was born in Monson, Maine, July
24, 1864. He was educated in the public
schools of Monson. at Monson Academy, and
at the University of Maine, where he was
graduated in 1887. He studied his profession
in the office of Henry Hudson Jr., Guilford,
and in the law school of Boston University,
and graduated in 1890. He was admitted to
the bar in 1889, before he graduated. He
taught school two years while pursuing his
studies. In 1890 he began to practice law,
and soon took a prominent position among the
lawyers of his section. In November, 1893,
he was appointed by President Cleveland col-
lector of internal revenue for the Maine dis-
trict, and held office until 1899, being in office
two years under President McKinley's admin-
istration. Since 1899 he has been practicing
law at Guilford, Maine. He has been active
in political life and a leader of the Democratic
party. He was a member of the board of
selectmen of Guilford for several years and
has been town agent and superintendent of
schools. In 1908 he was presidential elector
from fourth congressional district. Mr. Will-
iams is a member of Mount Kineo Lodge of
Free Masons, of Guilford ; of Piscataquis
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Dover; and of
St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar, of
Bangor. He also belongs to Syracuse Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, Guilford, the Modern
Woodmen and the Universalist church. He
married, September 25, 1897, ITelen K. Mont-
gomery, born July 14, 1870, daughter of Rev.
Hugh Montgomery, the noted temperance lec-
turer of Lowell, Massachusetts. Children: i.
Hugh Montgomery, born September 10, 1898.
2. John H., September 26, 1899. 3- Ro&^r,
February 28, 1901. 4. Victor F.. June 5, 1904.
5. Matthew, April 10, 1906. 6. Edwin, March
21, 1907.
(For first generation see preceding sketcli.)
(II) Nathaniel, third son of
WILLT.\^IS Richard, immigrant, and
Frances (Dighton) Williams,
was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, and bap-
tizefi in the First Church in Taunton, No-
vember 17, 1639. He married Elizabeth Rog-
ers, of Duxbury, November 17, 1668. Eliza-
beth Rogers was of the fifth generation from
John Rogers, the martyr. This statement is
disputed, however, by Josiah H. Drummond,
of Portland, Maine, in his paper on "The
John Rogers families in Plymouth and Vi-
cinity," read before the Maine Historical So-
ciety, December 19, 1895. He said in this
paper that Elizabeth Rogers was the grand-
daughter of Thomas Rogers, who came over in
the "Mayflower." He doubts whether she was
the fifth generation from John Rogers the
Martyr. The children of Nathaniel and Eliz-
abeth (Rogers) Williams were: i. John
(q. v.), born August 27, 1675. 2. Elizabeth,
April 18. 1686, married John Macomber, of
Taunton, and died May 2. 1732. 3. Na-
thaniel, April 9, 1697, married Lydia King and
died in 1726.
(Ill) John, eldest son of Nathaniel and
Elizabeth (Rogers) Williams, was born in
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Taiiiuon, Massachusetts, August 27, 1675, died
at the homestead, August 18, 1724. He mar-
ried Hannah Robinson, born in 1668, died
December 2. 1757. Children: i. Nathaniel,
born December 30, 1702, died December 29,
1746. 2. Silas, married Susanna Richards. 3.
Timothy (q. v.), September 28, 1714. 4-
Simeoni 1716, was twice married — (first) to
Zipora Crane, who died May 21, 1748, at the
age of twentv-four years, and (second) to
Waitstill '—, who died aged ninety-seven
years; Simeon died September, 1794. 5. Ex-
perience, married Nathan Hodges, January
22, 1728.
(IV) Timothy, third son of John and
Hannah (Robinson) Williams, was born in
Taunton, Massachusetts. September 28. 17 14.
He married Elizabeth Britten, of Raynham,
January 18, 1736, lived in Easton, Bristol
county, Massachusetts, and was for many
years town clerk. Children: i. Hannah, born
April 21, 1738. 2. Tabitha, November 17,
1740. 3. Elizabeth, March 29, 1743, died in
Woolwich, Maine. 4. Timothy (q. v.), March
10, 1744, mentioned below. 5. Nathaniel,
March 20, 1747, died September 23, 1799.
6. Olive, February 24, 1749, died August
20. 1772. 7. Lemuel, May 2, 1751, mar-
ried Anna Woolwich, born 1762, died Septem-
ber 23, 1820. 8. Sibel, April 12, 1754. 9.
Anne, September 10, 1756.
(V) Timothy (2), fourth child and eldest
son of Timothy (i) and Elizabeth (Britten)
Williams, was born in Easton, Bristol county,
Massachusetts, March 10, 1744. He was mar-
ried twice. First to I\Iiriam Thompson in
1776, and after her death, June 6. 1783, at the
age of thirty-one years, he married as his sec-
ond wife, January 2y, 1784, Margaret Ham-
bleton, of Wiscasset, Maine, born December
20, 1753. He died in Woolwich, Maine, Sep-
tember 23, 1813. The children of Timothy
(2) and Miriam (Thompson) WilHams, were:
I. Lucinda. born Jaiuiary 17. 1777, married,
February 26, 1795. and died September 8,
1795. 2. Simeon (q. v.), born January 30,
1778. 3. Malinda, June 6, 1779. 4. Calg, De-
cember 25, 1784, died June 30, 1785. The
children of Timothy (2) and Margaret (Ham-
bleton) Williams were: 5. James, born No-
vember 3, 1786, married Elizabeth Bailey, of
Wiscasset, Maine, in 1808, and died August 5,
1822. 6. John, July 11, 1788, married Mary
Bailey, December 14, 1809, and died Decem-
ber 29, 1838.
(VI) Simeon, eldest son and second child
of Timothy (2) and Miriam (Thompson)
Williams, was born in Woolwich, Maine, Tan-
uary 30, 1778; died in Woolwich, Maine, Au-
gust 21, 1840. He married, in January, 1804,
Lydia Young, born September 25, 1785, died
at Mercer, Maine, December 24, 1855. Chil-
dren: 1. Timothy (q. v.). 2. Benjamin, born
October 27, 1806, died July 26, 1893. 3.
Seth, March 6, 1808, died April 21, 1849. 4.
Silas, December 3, 1809, died May 25, 1891.
5. Warren, July 2, 181 1, lived in Worcester,
Massachusetts, where he died, leaving a son
and daughter, now dead ; his son's wife, Mrs.
Charles A. Williams, being in 1908 the only
living representative of the family. 6. Austin,
June 7, 1813, died May 4, 1887. 7. Mary,
November i. 1815, died January 19, 1890. 8.
Hartley, August 12, 1820, died August 17,
1882. 9. Simeon, September 27, 1822, mar-
ried, November 27, i860, Mary Bliss, born in
Middleton, Connecticut, April 11, 1832, and
their children were : Howard Sherman, Fran-
cis Hartley and Adelaide Lydia, all born in
New Haven, Connecticut, the respective dates
of their birth being October 10, 1863, Septem-
ber 27, 1865, and January 18, 1869.
(VII) Timothy (3), eldest child of Simeon
and Lydia (Young) Williams, was born in
Woolwich, Maine, October 17, 1804. He was
reared amidst humble surroundings, the oldest
of a large family made up of father, mother
and nine children, eight boys and one girl, and
he had few educational advantages beyond the
short term of the district winter school. He
had learned the lesson of frugality and the
value of hard earned money, and he early be-
gan to exercise the habit of saving and care-
fully investing even his smallest savings. The
family removed from Woolwich to that part
of Thomaston which became known as Rock-
land. Maine, and here young Timothy became
a lime burner and the part owner of a valu-
able lime quarry, from which he dug the first
shovel full of material that went into the lime
kiln, and this quarry became one of the most
productive lime properties in the section. He
was entrusted with various town and city
offices, and when the town grew into a city
he became a bank director and represented the
city of Rockland in the state legislature for
three consecutive terms. He married, July 3,
1842, Jane H. Blackington, and he erected a
family residence in Rockland that has since
become known as the Williams homestead.
Mr. Williams died in Rockland, Maine, Sep-
tember I, 1880, and the public press on the
occasion of his death summed up his estim-
able w-orth in these words : "He was a worthy
man and a prominent citizen, and his death has
cast a gloom over the whole communitv and
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wherever he was known. Few men of his
locality were better known throughout the
state. The character of the man and the value
of his life and services seem to demand spe-
cial recognition." His funeral from the resi-
dence was attended by many hundreds of the
most prominent citizens of the city of Rock-
land, and the services were conducted by his
pastor, the Rev. William T. Stover, of the
Universalist church, assisted by the Rev. Dr.
Stone, of the Methodist Episcopal church, who
spoke feelingly of the excellent life led by the
deceased, and the good qualities of heart and
mind which he possessed. He gained the title
of "Colonel" for having raised a regiment for
service in the Aroostook war, which regiment
he commanded in camp, the war ending before
it had an opportunity to engage in actual ser-
vice. The children of Timothy and Jane H.
(Blackington) Williams are: i. Warren G.,
born May 28, 1843. 2. Mary Jane, November
25, 1845. 3- Edwin A., May 7, 1848. 4. Me-
linda A., February 25, 1852. 5. Maynard
Sumner (q. v.). 6. Anna L., August i. 1861.
His wife died September 20, 1886.
(\TII) Maynard Sumner, the youngest son
of Timothy (3) and Jane H. (Blackington)
Williams, was born in Rockland, Maine, Sep-
tember 16, 1855. He was educated in the
public school, and early in life worked on his
father's farm and in his lime quarries, and in
1882 he left home to become a clerk in a gen-
eral store in Warren, Maine. He left this
position after a time, returned to his home and
became assistant general agent and manager
of several extensive lime quarries, besides the
one on his father's farm, and in 1886 he took
his father's place as agent and manager, and
maintained this position and largely added to
the value of the properties in which he was
part owner. He finally retired from active
lausiness life, having amassed a competence,
and gave his entire attention to the care of his
estate. He is a member of the Universalist
church; Republican member of city council
two terms. Mr. Williams built and resides in
one of the finest homes in this city of fine
residences, and it is pointed out to visitors as
the home of a self-made man of worth as well
as wealth. February 13, 1888, Mr. Williams
became affiliated with Knox Lodge, No. 29,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Rock-
land: Rockland Encampment, No. 36; Canton
La Fayette, Patriarchs Militant. He married,
March 8, 1883, Annie R., daughter of Oilman
L. Ulmer; children: i. Arthur T., born De-
cember 26. 1885, died November 10, 1886. 2.
Alice M., February 9, 1888, a graduate of Mt.
Holyoke College, JNfassachusetts. 3. Gladys
M., November 6, 1892, of the Westbrook Sem-
inary.
This name is derived from the an-
YORK cient city of York, the political
capital of Yorkshire ; as the city is
old, so is the surname. The early inhabitants
of New Gloucester, Maine, numbered several
of the name who were active in the making of
the town.
(I) Richard York was a native of England
and settled in Wakefield, New Brunswick. He
married Susan Gallup.
(II) Advardinis, son of Richard and Susan
(Gallup) York, was born in Wakefield in 1823.
In 1869 he removed to Mars Hill, .'\roostook
county, and engaged in farming. He was a
consistent member of the Free Baptist church.
He married Jane, daughter of Robert Irving.
Children : R. A., John E., C. N., E. W. and
Advardinis, who lives in Oregon.
(III) John E., second son of Advardinis
and Jane (Irving) York, was a native of Ox-
ford, New Brunswick, born May 27, i860. He
is indebted to his birthplace and to his adopted
home of Mars Hill for educational equipment.
Until twenty he remained on the patrimonial
estate, leaving this for merchandising. He
now conducts a large farm, deals in hav and
potatoes, the tuber that made Aroostook fa-
mous, and in partnership with H. W. Safiford,
conducts a carriage and harness repository.
He is one of the solid, substantial men of
Aroostook. He is a member of Century Lodge,
No. 100, Knights of Pythias, Aroostook
Lodge, No. 179, of Mars Hill, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, and Houlton Lodge.
No. 835, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. He married Lizzie, daughter of T. H.
Banks; children: Perley A., Ella L., Thomas
D., and Frank E. Mrs. York died in 1904.
He married (second) Clarinda Johnson.
Franklin Winslow Johnson, a
JOHNSON prominent educator, was born
in Jay, Maine, August 17,
1870. His parents were John S. and Eliza-
beth (Winslow) Johnson, the former a na-
tive of Deerfield, New Hampshire, and the
latter of Jay, Maine.
Mr. Johnson attended the public schools of
Wilton, and Wilton Academy, where he was
prepared for college. He matriculated at
Colby University at the age of seventeen, and
was graduated therefrom in 1891, the year of
his attaining his majority, with the degree of
A. B., and he received the degree of A. M.
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in 1S94. lie was a member of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity, and at his graduation was
elected to membership in the Piii Beta Kappa
Society. On leaving college he accepted the
principalship of the Calais, Maine, high school,
and was head-master of that institution from
1891 to 1894. In the latter year he accepted
the principalship of the Coburn Classical In-
stitute at W'aterville, Maine. He remained at
the head of that celebrated school for a period
of eleven years, resigning in 1905 to take up
larger work in the middle west. Entering
upon the position of principal of the Academy
of the University of Chicago, Morgan Park,
Illinois, he served in that capacity until 1907,
when he was called to his present position —
that of dean of the University of Chicago High
School. While residing in Elaine he held the
position of president of the Maine School-
masters' CKib, and also of the Maine Peda-
gogical Society, and while residing in Water-
ville became affiliated with the Masonic lodge
of that place. He is a member of the Quad-
rangle Club of the University of Qiicago, and
is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. John-
son married, July 15, 1896, Carolyn Mae,
daughter of Captain George W. and Mary
Bradford (Rideout) Lord, of Calais, Maine.
The Rice family was originally Eng-
RICE lish, but branches have lived in both
the Catholic and Protestant sections
of Ireland for three centuries or more. In
1890 ninety-nine births of this name were re-
corded in Ireland, about half being in the
Protestant counties of Antrim and .Armagh.
A conspicuous historical character was Baron
Rice, associated with Tyrconnel in support of
King James against William of Orange. After
the Prince of Orange had overthrown all op-
position in England, he sent Richard Hamilton
to offer terms to Tyrconnel, who seemed in-
clined to sumbit. But his hesitation was prob-
ably to gain time. When Hamilton arrived in
Dublin he failed to persuade Tyrconnel to be-
tray James, but was himself easily persuaded
to betray William. Tyrconnel, finding Mount-
joy's presence troublesome, sent him with
Baron Rice on a mission to France. Mount-
joy was told to inform James that it would be
useless to try the fate of war in Ireland. But
Rice was instructed to get his companion
placed in prison and to urge James to come
over with a French force. Should he refuse,
then Rice was to offer Ireland to Louis of
France. Baron Rice was successful in his
mission to King James.
(I) Christopher Rice, immigrant ancestor,
came to Waterville, Maine, or vicinity during
the revolution, from the north of Ireland. He
married Morrill, probably a descendant
of the family that settled early at Salisbury,
Massachusetts. Children : James, George,
John, Richard.
(II) James, son of Christopher Rice, was
bom in Waterville, Maine, about 1790. He
married Relief Young. Children, born at Oak-
land. Maine: James. George, Richard. Sabas-
tian. Sylvanus. Hannah. Grace. Martha. Anna,
Elizabeth. Robert Dunlap. mentioned below.
(III) Robert Dunlap, son of James Rice,
was born in Oakland, Maine, Alarch 8, 1837,
died in Fairfield, Maine, February 5, 1903.
He was educated in the public schools. He
followed farming for a calling and owned a
two-hundred acre place at Fairfield. Besides
his farming he manufactured potash and soap
for fifteen years or more. He was a pros-
perous and influential citizen. In politics he
was a Democrat ; in religion a Universalist.
He was a member of Samaritan Lodge of
Odd Fellows, of Waterville, and of Havelock
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Waterville. He
married, February 23, 1870, Martha J. Tup-
per, born May 17, 1848, in West Waterville,
now Oakland. Maine. She is now living in
Fairfield. Children: i. Edward Cannon,
born May 14, 1878, mentioned below. 2. Wil-
lie, born September 17, 1880, died September
27, 1880.
(IV) Edward Cannon, son of Robert Dim-
lap Rice, was born in Fairfield, Maine. May
14, 1878. He attended the public schools of
his native town, and the Coburn Classical In-
stitute of Waterville, where he prepared for
college. He entered Colby College and was
graduated in the class of 1901. Immediately
afterward he began to study his profession in
the law offices of Brown & Brown, where he
was a clerk for three years. He was admitted
to the bar in August, 1904, and opened an
office in Fairfield, where he has had a large
general practice. Mr. Rice is a Democrat in
politics. He is a member of Siloam Lodge of
Free Masons, and of Fairfield Lodge of Odd
Fellows. He married, December 5, 1904, Edna
M. Owen, born May 11, 1880, in Winthrop,
Maine, daughter of Charles E. and Nellie
(Nason) Owen. Children, born in Fairfield:
I. Miriam Elizabeth. November 5, 1905. 2.
Robert Owen, May 6, 1908.
Frank A. Morey, of Lewiston,
MOREY lawyer, former member of the
Maine legislature and present
mavor of Lewiston, is a native of New York
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state, born in Keeseville, Essex county, March
II, 1863, and comes of an old colonial family
of New England. His early education was ac-
quired in his native town, and he graduated
from Keeseville Academy in 1881. In the
fall of the same year he entered Bates Col-
lege, Lewiston, for the academic course and
graduated from that institution with the de-
gree of A. B. in 1885, having attained the
highest standing in modern languages. Mr.
Moray's college course with the honors which
accompanied his graduation are more remark-
able by reason of the fact that he worked his
way through from the beginning of his sec-
ondary education in old Keeseville Academy to
the end of the course leading to his bachelor
degree; and this he did by engaging in can-
vassing work during his leisure hours of the
college sessions and by teaching school during
the vacation intervals.
His early ambition was to fit himself for the
profession of pedagogy and to that end his
foundations were laid — and well laid ; and
while he was offered an excellent position at a
tempting salary in a teacher's chair, he yielded
to the persuasions of friends and turned to the
profession of law. He took up the new study
in the office of Mr. Hewitt, of Keeseville, a
leading member of the Essex county bar, and
after completing the course prescribed by the
rules of the court of appeals presented himself
for examination at Albany, New York, and
in 1887 was admitted to practice in the courts
of that state. Having come to the bar Mr.
Morey returned to Keeseville and began prac-
tice in partnership with Mr. Hewitt, his for-
mer preceptor, and for the next three years
was an active figure in court and professional
circles in Essex county. In 1891 he came to
Lewiston, this state, practiced alone for the
next six months and then became partner with
Hon. D. J. McGillicuddy under the firm style
of McGillicuddy & Morey. The relationship
thus established still continues and the firm
and its individual members are well known in
all professional and court circles in Andros-
coggin county, and indeed throughout the en-
tire state.
Mr. Morey was not an entire stranger in
Lewiston when he became a member of the
Androscoggin county bar, for he had previ-
ously been known as a student in college there,
a successful teacher in the public schools and
his diploma from the regents of the University
of the State of New York gave him at once a
standing in the courts of the state of Maine,
where he soon proved his worth as a lawyer
and advocate at the bar. His career has been
one of gratifying success, and quite naturally,
in connection with professional employments
he has been somewhat closely identified with
public and ])olitical affairs and has been
chosen to fill a number of offices of responsi-
bility and honor, and in each of them he has
acquitted himself well. For two years he was
city solicitor of Lewiston, and for three years
also was a member of the lower house of the
state legislature, in the latter body serving as
a member of the committee on legal affairs,
the ways and means, and the judiciary com-
mittees, the committee on appropriations and
also that on financial affairs. While in the
house he introduced and secured the passage
of the only law in the statute books relating to
usury and usurious transactions within the
state. Another important law which owes its
enactment to him is that materially reducing
the cost of collecting taxes ; another is that
known as the Morey amendment to the Aus-
tralian ballot law, and still another providing
"that all questions submitted to the people
must be on a separate ballot." During his
legislative service Mr. Morey did good work
for the city of Lewiston in securing the char-
ter for city water works, which was finally
accomplished only after the measure had twice
met with defeat. After his last term in the
state legislature he was elected county attor-
ney for Androscoggin county, and re-elected
to the same office September, igo8; in 1907
was elected mayor of Lewiston, which office he
still holds, being re-elected thereto March,
1908. He is a staunch Democrat.
As a lawyer he ranks with the leaders of
the county bar, whether in the counsel of the
office, the preparation and trial of his cases, or
as an advocate before the court or the jury.
He is methodical, but not laborious, aggressive
in the trial of his cases, but never abusive,
always shows proper deference to the court,
and he never has been known to go half pre-
pared into the trial of a case. He is some-
thing of a traveller, domestic and foreign, and
during his travels abroad has visited the Brit-
ish house of parliament and the national legis-
lative houses of France; and it was he who
several years ago ventured the prediction that
the French republic would attempt to secure
sovereignty in Morocco as a means of pos-
session of Ceuta, a strategic point equal in de-
fensive military operations to the British
Gibraltar. Mr. Morey married, June 24, 1889,
Maude E. Douglass, by whom he has one
child, Ruth M., born September 11, 1892.
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(For ancestry see Samuel Packard I.)
(\'I) Alpheus Spring Pack-
PACKARD ard, son of Rev. Hezekiah
Packard, was born in Chelms-
ford, Massachusetts, December 23. 1798, and
died on Squirrel Island, Maine, July 13, 1884.
He graduated from Bowdoin College m 1816,
standing second in his class. After leaving
college he taught school in the towns of Gor-
ham and llallowell until 1819, when he %yas
appointed tutor in his alma mater, continuing
in that capacity until 1824, when he was made
professor of Greek and Latin, which chair he
filled uninterruptedly until 1865, although dur-
ing the meantime he served in various capaci-
ties. From 1842 to 1845 he was professor of
rhetoric and oratory, and from 1864 until the
time of his death he performed the duties of
the professorship of natural and revealed re-
ligion. In 1883 he was acting president of the
college.
On May 16, 1850, Professor Packard was
ordained clergyman of the Congregational
church and during the later years of his life
was chaplain of the college. In i86g he was
honored with the degree of divinitatis doctor.
After 1869 he performed the duties of the
office of college librarian. Professor Pack-
ard was among the earliest members of the
Maine Historical Society, and for forty-eight
years was its librarian and curator of its
museum cabinet. He also was a member of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
the New York Historical Society, and of the
London Historical Society. He was a fre-
quent though not prolific contributor to cur-
rent literature, and a number of his articles
were published in the Xorth American Re-
vieiv. the Collections of the Maine Historical
Society, and Bibliothcca Sacra. His more am-
ple works were his "Works of Rev. Jesse Ap-
pleton, with a Memoir," 1836-37; and "Xeno-
phen's Memorabilia of Socrates, with English
Notes," 1839; and besides these works he
edited the "History of Bowdoin College, with
Biographical Sketches." 1882.
(V'll) Robert Lawrence, son of Rev. Dr.
Alpheus Spring and Caroline (Rartels) Pack-
ard, was born in Brunswick. Maine, November
27, 1847, 3nfl received his early education in
public schools and Phillips Andover Academy,
where he prepared for college. In 1864 he
matriculated at Bowdoin College, made the
academic course, and was graduated A. B. in
1868. After leaving college he took up peda-
gogical work and for a time held a professor-
ship in the Maine State College, and in 1886
he became connected with the faculty of the
School of Mines, Houghton, Michigan. In
1890 he was appointed a special agent of the
census, to visit the mining districts of the west
and assist in obtaining statistics of the produc-
tion of the gold, silver, lead and zinc mines.
In 1899 he was appointed to the Bureau of
Education, Washington, District of Columbia,
where his work has been special in character,
a position provided for by act of congress, his
labors relating particularly to the history of
education in Spanish-American countries. Pro-
fessor Packard is an occasional contributor to
current literature on scientific subjects.
This name is of French origin
BEEDE and was originally written Beede
with an accent on the final e. The
spelling has been retained by most of the fam-
ily, though some of the line spell it Beedy,
which accords with the English pronuncia-
tion. The name is one of which the owners
have reason to be proud, though it is neither
one of the oldest or most numerous in this
country. The early Beedes seem to be con-
fined to New Hampshire, where they were
among the earliest and most prominent resi-
dents of Sandwich near the center of the state,
and of Kingston and Fremont in the southern
portion. The first American ancestor was Eli
Beede, who came to this country about the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century, being only
sixteen years old at the time. He was the only
son of a widow who lived on the Isle of Jer-
sey, and he spoke the old Norman French of
his people. It is said that he came over as a
stowaway, and appeased the wrath of the cap-
tain by repairing some damaged stockings,
which were afterwards sold for full price. His
story has been graphically told in verse by his
descendant. Dr. Joshua W'. Beede, of Auburn,
Maine, from whom we quote : The method
by which Eli Beede paid his passage is de-
scribed :
"For moth-holed hose, by English dames
Knit for Colonial trade.
In bnx&s big to his hands came.
And good as new were made."
It is not known whether he landed at Boston
or Portsmouth, New Hampshire; but wher-
ever his first port, he soon sought the country.
"He loved the woods, their whispering leaves.
Their solitude, their air;
He loved the carpets Nature weaves.
Sun-tinted everywhere.
The birds for him had sweeter tune
Than violin or flfe.
Their love notes vibrant with the rune
Of reproductive life.
The archins sky alive with stars
On moonless nights and cold.
The northern lights' dissolving bars
Athwart the heavens rolled."
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All these attracted the young adventurer,
and determined him to become a tiller of the
soil.
"In Kingston, a New Hampshire town,
In parish second then.
Young Eli came to settle down
And take his place with men,
'■ 'Twas here his savings acres bought,
Untilled and rough and new.
'Twas here he stones and brambles fought,
And here he forests slew.
"The eighteen farms, three towns record.
And left unto his heirs.
Came to his hands as just rewards
Of brain and brawn and prayers,"
He became a man of considerable local dis-
tinction, and was yclept doctor for his skill
in treating sick horses and cattle, and wizard
for his power in subduing the vicious ones.
"He had o'er these hypnotic power,
A Rarey in bis day.
The wildest would before him cower
And own his magic sway."
It is to this man that all the Beedes in the
country can trace their ancestry, and he seems
to have been endowed with the qualities which
would make him a fit progenitor for a power-
ful race.
(I) Little is known about Eli Beede save
what is given in the introduction. He came
from the Isle of Jersey about the year 1700,.
and settled in Kingston, New Hampshire,
where he married Mehitable Sleeper, the first
white female child born in that town. Seven
children, four sons and three daughters, were
born to this couple. Daniel, one of the sons,
moved to Sandwich, New Hampshire, where
he became a highly respected citizen, was ap-
pointed judge and reared a numerous family,
1;welve in all. Many of his descendants moved
to Maine. One grandson, Nathan, was the an-
cestor of the Beedes, who live at Phillips in
"that state, and another grandson, Daniel (3).
became the founder of the family at Industry.
Rev. Thomas Beede, of Wilton, New Hamp-
shire, was probably another grandson. He
was graduated from Harvard in 1798 in the
same class with Channing, Story and other
iTien of note, and became one of the influential
men of his place and time.
(II) Hezekiah, one of the four sons of Eli
and Mehitable (Sleeper) Beede, married Hep-
zibah Smith and lived at Kingston, New
Hampshire.
(III) Phineas, son of Hezekiah and Hepzi-
liah (Smith) Beede, was born at Kingston,
New Hampshire, September 24, 1749, and
married a Miss Batchelder, of that same town.
Among their children was Phineas (2).
(IV) Phineas (2), son of Phineas (i)
(Batchelder) Beede, was born at Fremont,
New Hampshire, December 6, 1773, and mar-
ried Miriam Taylor. Among their children
whose births are recorded were : Horatio, De-
cember 18, 1797; Sally, December 5, 1799;
Polly, May 22, 1805; Phineas, whose sketch
follows; and William Taylor, March 2, 1811.
All of these were born at Fremont, New
Hampshire.
(V) Phineas (3), son of Phineas (2) and
Miriam (Taylor) Beede, was born at Fre-
mont, New Hampshire, August 18, 1809, and
died 1887. at Fremont, New Hampshire.
About 1831 he married Hannah Lock Puring-
ton, daughter of Elijah and Nancy Puring-
ton, of Effingham, New Hampshire. They had
four children : Joshua W., whose sketch fol-
lows; Mary Ann, February 21, 1835, married
John Bell, son of Governor Samuel Bell, of
Chester. New Hampshire ; Phineas, February
23, 1842, now living on the old homestead at
Fremont; Sylvia H., August ^7, 1849.
(\'I) Dr. Joshua William, eldest son of
Phineas (3) and Hannah Lock (Purington)
Beede, was born on the farm of his grand-
lather Beede, at Poplin, now Fremont, New
Hampshire, April 29, 1832. His mother was
a most worthy christian woman of Quaker de-
scent, to whose influence her children are in-
debted for the best of early training. Dr.
Beede's early life was one of toil ; but he set
his heart on obtaining an education, and at
the age of fourteen began his preparation for
college at Kingston Academy in his native
state. He paid his own way from the start,
and in course of time entered the famous Phil-
lips Academy at E.xeter, New Hampshire,
where he remained till ready for the sopho-
more class at Harvard. He had earned money
by canvassing, and had received some help
from the academy, so he found himself at this
stage with a debt of only eighty dollars. Af-
ter teaching one term he entered the sopho-
more class of Dartmouth College in the spring
of 1855, but was obliged to resume teaching
for a year and a half in order to secure needed
funds. In the spring of 1857 he again en-
tered Dartmouth, and was graduated the next
year, owing but a small debt. L^pon leaving
college in 1858 he became principal of Mount
Pleasant high school at Nashua, where he re-
mained three years, or until he began his med-
ical course. This he did under his brother-in-
law, Dr. John Bell, at New York City, and
Dr. Joseph M. Nye, of Lynn, Massachusetts.
He also attended one course of lectures at
Harvard and two at Bellevue Hospital Medi-
cal College at New York City, where he was
graduated in 1864. During twenty-two months
of his medical studies, he was an assistant
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physician at Black well's Island Lunatic Asy-
lum. In 1864 Dr. Beede began the practice of
medicine at Auburn, Maine, where he contin-
ues to the present time. For .some years he
had a half ownership in a drug store, which
he maintained in connection with his practice.
He has been on the staff of the Central Maine
General Hospital at Lewiston since its foun-
dation in 1892. For two years he was presi-
dent of the Androscoggin County Medical
Association. Dr. Fred L. Dixon, a fellow
practitioner, says of him: "He possesses a
fund of anecdote and a power of impersona-
tion which gives him a ready welcome at every
social function. Professionally his standing is
among the best. None of the great changes
that have occurred during the last forty years
have found him unprepared. He is regarded
as an expert in the diagnosis of many surgical
diseases." Beside being a busy medical prac-
titioner, Dr. Beede has taken part in many
matters pertaining to the welfare of the town.
He served on the school board of Auburn for
eight years, was trustee of the public library
for ten years, city physician for several years,
one of the board of health for nine years, sec-
retary of the .Auburn- Home for Aged Women
more than twenty-two years, and a trustee of
the Mechanics' Savings Bank for ten years.
He has been a trustee of the Academy at
Hebron, Maine, since about 1891, and of Colby
College since 1893. The latter institution con-
ferred the degree of Master of Arts upon Dr.
Beede in 1893. His publications have con-
sisted of papers read before the Androscoggin
Medical Association, newspaper articles secu-
lar and religious, and lectures on medical sub-
jects for the nurses at the hospital and one for
the general public. The poetical tribute to
his ancestor, Eli Beede, was written after he
was seventy years of age ; since then he has
read similar effusions before various public
bodies, which were well received. Dr. Beede
is a Republican in politics, and has been a
member of the city council. His pastor, Rev.
F. M. Preble, pays this tribute: "Taking him
all in all. Dr. Beede is easily among the fore-
most Baptist laymen in the state of Maine; a
splendid type of Christian gentleman. In the
business management of his church, in Sun-
day-school work, where he has been almost
continuously a teacher or the superintendent,
in mission work at home and abroad, he has
always been at the front, doing with his might
whatever his hands found to do."
On May 6, 1864, Dr. Joshua William Beede
married Abby Maria Reed, daughter of El-
bridge G. and Nancy (Phelps) Reed, ot
Nashua, New Hampshire. They have one
child, Helen Reed, born October 6, 1869, who
was graduated from Colby College in 1893,
and during the years 1899 and 1900 attended
the Bible Normal College at Springfield, Mas-
sachusetts. After graduating from Colby she
taught one year at the Good Will Farm,
Hinckley, Maine, and two years in the Ed-
ward Little high school in Auburn. On June
14, 1900, she was married to William P. Bren-
eman, then of Dayton, Ohio, but now holding
a responsible position as secretary and treas-
urer of a corporation at Auburn, Maine. Mrs.
Breneman has always been a leader in what-
ever circle she may have moved, on account of
her social qualities, christian character and in-
tellectual attainments. They have three chil-
dren : LeRoy Beede, Lucy King and Marian
Elizabeth.
The early records of New
FELLOW S England give honorable asso-
ciation to this name. The first
record now attainable locates its origin in Not-
tinghamshire, England. Three brothers and
one sister came thence about 1635 and located
in diftercnt portions of New England. Wil-
liam, the eldest, settled at Ipswich, Massachu-
setts. Richard, the second, settled in Hart-
ford, Connecticut. Elizabeth, the fourth, set-
tled in Boston, her married name being
Moriche. The youngest, Grace, married an
Allane and lived in Lincolnshire, England.
(I) Samuel Fellows, the third in the above
family of brothers and sisters, was born in
England about 1619, and settled at Salisbury,
Massachusetts, in 1639. His wife, whose
christian name was Ann (surname unknown),
died there December 5, 1684. He died De-
cember 5, 1729. Record of two of their chil-
dren is found, namely : Samuel and Hannah.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) and
Ann Fellows, was born in 1646 in Salisbury,
and made his home in that town, where he
subscribed to the oath of allegiance and fidel-
ity in 1677. His name appears among the list
of freemen in that town in 1690. He died
about the beginning of the year 1730, admin-
istration of his estate being granted to his son
Thomas on March 2, 1730. He was married
June 2, 1681, in Salisbury, to Abigail, daugh-
ter of Thomas and Eleanor Barnard, pioneers
of Salisbury. She was born January 20, 1657,
in that town, and was admitted to the Salis-
bury church November 11, 1705. Children:
Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Ann, Ebenezer,
Hannah and Eleanor.
(III) Samuel (3), eldest child of Samuel
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(2) and Abigail (Barnard) Fellows, was born
August i, 1683, in Salisbury, and settled in
Kingston, New Hampshire, where he died
October 12, 1715. He was a member of the
Salisbury Foot Company in 1702, and was
baptized there as an adult, August 26, 1705, at
the same time with all his brothers and sis-
ters. He probably settled very soon thereafter
in Kingston, as he does not appear again in
the Salisbury records. He married Sarah
Webster, November 14, 1710; she was the
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Godfrey)
Webster. Children: Samuel, June 15, 1712,
and Joseph.
(IV) Joseph, son of Samuel (3) and Sarah
(Webster) Fellows, was born February 27,
1714, in Kingston, and probably passed all his
life in that town. He appears in the records
as "Ensign" and in a record made January 21,
1771, he is called captain. He was married
(first) January i, 1737, to Elizabeth Young,
who was born October 25, 1717, died October
17, 1756. He was married (second) March 8,
I757> i" Kingston, to Mrs. Sarah Green, a
widow.
(V) Samuel (4), son of Joseph and Eliza-
beth (Young) Fellows, was born August 14,
1738, in Kingston, and died there September
15, 1778. His intention of marriage was pub-
lished April II, 1761, and the wedding oc-
curred in South Hampton, New Hampshire,
May 13th of the same year, the bride being
Molly Ring, the ceremony performed by Rev.
William Parsons. This was recorded the next
day in the South Hampton records. Molly
Ring was a descendant of the famous Rev.
Stephen Bachiller, of Hampden.
(VI) Jonathan, son of Samuel (4) and
Mary (Ring) Fellows, was born October 18,
1764, and resided in Piermont, New Hamp-
shire. While residing in New Hampshire he
served as a revolutionary soldier, and removed
to St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1799.
He was a soldier in the war of i8i2, serving
at the battle of Sacketts Harbor. His wife
was Eleanor Weeks.
(VII) Joseph (2), son of Jonathan and
Eleanor (Weeks) Fellows, was born August
23, 1799, in New Hampshire, probably Pier-
mont, and was an infant when his parents re-
moved to New York. He was a powder-boy
at the battle of Sacketts Harbor, assisting his
father. In 1848 he settled at Bristol, Wiscon-
sin. About 1826-27 he married Mary Ann
Marks.
(VIII) George, son of Joseph (2) and
Mary Ann (Marks) Fellows, was born May
21. 1830, at De Peyster, St. Lawrence county.
New York, and died January 31, 1888, in
Waukesha, Wisconsin. At the age of twenty
years he purchased land at Bristol, Wiscon-
sin, on which it was his purpose to establish
an academy. He purposed to pursue a college
course at Meadville, Pennsylvania, to prepare
himself for teaching, but coming in contact
with the presiding elder of the Methodist
Episcopal church, he was persuaded to defer
his college course and enter the ministry,
which he did in 1850. This was in the days
of pioneering in Wisconsin, and he was a
circuit rider in the days when it was more or
less dangerous to go through the woods for
many miles from one settlement to another.
For four years he rode horseback, his only
home being his saddle bags, preaching at
Wauwatosa, Kenosha, and other places in
southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
>After his marriage he was settled pastor in
Oconomowoc, Beaver Dam and Kenosha. He
then "located" and went to Evanston, Illi-
nois, to take a course in the Garrett Biblical
Institute, now the theological department of
Northwestern University. He was there as a
student from 1859 to 1862, when he was grad-
uated. During his residence in Evanston he
was pastor of churches in Chicago. After his
graduation he was appointed pastor of Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church, Milwaukee. Wis-
consin. His subsequent pastorates in Wiscon-
sin were Madison, the capital of the state,
from 1864 to 1866; Oconomowoc, Waukesha,
Menasha, Fond du Lac, Ripon, Sun Prairie
and Oshkosh. He was presiding elder of the
Waupaca district, living in Waupaca from
1874 to 1878. This was a missionary district
and he had to travel on foot, or with horses,
as far as Lake Superior. In 1882 he resigned
his pastorate and took up seriously the study
of medicine, which he had studied as a hobby
for many years. He attended the Hahnemann
Medical College of Chicago, and obtained the
degree of M. D. in 1885. He then practiced
medicine in Waukesha, Wisconsin, until his
death in 1888. In 1863 he was appointed chap-
lain of the Forty-first Regiment Wisconsin
Volunteers, and was ordered with his regi-
ment to the front. A brother minister, an in-
timate friend, was about the same time drafted
into the service. As the position of a drafted
man was very undesirable, Mr. Fellows volun-
tarily resigned his commission and allowed his
friend to be appointed chaplain in the Forty-
first Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment. Being
eager for active service, he did not think at
that time of the future value of being con-
nected with a regular military organization.
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STATE OF MAINE.
He immediately oflfered himself to the United
States Christian Mission, and went south
with the regiment then going to the front. He
was engaged, of course, in the same kind of
work that he would have been engaged in as
a regular chaplain of the regiment. He was
given leave from his pastorate in Milwaukee
during his service with the army, after which
he returned and remained until the autumn of
1864. at the -Asbury Methodist Episcopal
Church. He was married .August 15, 1856, in
Mequon, Wisconsin, to Emmeline Electa Gur-
nee, who was born September 15,. 1832, at
Sempronius, New York, and died in Novem-
ber. 1899, in Chicago, Illinois. She was a
descendant of a French family who settled in
New York, probably at the time of the Hugue-
not persecutions. The name was first spelled
Gamier.
(IX) George Emory, son of George and.
Emmeline E. (Gurnee) Fellows, was born
June 9. 1858, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and
attended the public and private schools in the
various towns and cities where his father was
pastor, principally in Milwaukee, Madison and
Oconomowoc. At the age of thirteen years,
he entered the preparatory department of
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin,
and was subsequently a student in the Acad-
emy of Northwestern University at Evanston,
Illinois, until the winter of 1875. In that year
he entered Lawrence University as a fresh-
man and took a four year classical course, and
was graduated in 1879 with the degree of
A. R. Lawrence University conferred upon
Dr. Fellows the degree of L. H. D. Bow-
doin conferred LL. D. He immediately en-
gaged as principal of the Eau Claire Wesleyan
Seminary, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and contin-
ued in that position one year. He was ap-
pointed supply pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church at Randolph, W^isconsin, and re-
mained from April to October, 1881. The
next year he occupied a similar position at
Shopiere, Wisconsin, and was at Waukesha,
same state, thereafter until September, 1883.
For two years he was vice-principal of the
Ryan high school at Appleton, Wisconsin, and
for nearly four years succeeding was pro-
fessor of mathematics in the New Orleans
Central high school. He resigned in 1888 and
went to Europe to study for the degree of doc-
tor of philosophy. He was a student at the Uni- '
versity at Munich and Berne and for briefer
periods at Edinburgh and Paris. In 1890 he
received the degree of doctor of philosophy
at Berne, in history and anthropology and
philosophy. In 1899 and again in 1900 Dr.
Fellows visited Europe and pursued special
lines of investigation and research at these in-
stitutions. In the school year 1890-91 he was
a member of the high school faculty at Au-
rora, Illinois, and the succeeding four years
was professor of European history at the In-
diana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The
years 1895 to 1902 he was assistant professor
of history in the University of Chicago. In
December, 1901, he was elected president of
the University of Maine at Orono and entered
upon the duties of that position the following
year, and has so continued to the present time.
Dr. Fellows has written much, especially upon
history, and published in 1895 an "Outline
Study of the Sixteenth Century." In 1902 he
published a work upon "Recent European His-
tory," besides his annual reports as president
of the L'niversity of Maine, which are valuable
contributions to current educational literature.
He is the editor of many articles which have
appeared in various reviews and magazines.
He is a member of the University Club of Bos-
ton, and since 1903 has been president of the
Twentieth Century Club of Bangor. He is a
member of the New Orleans Academy of Sci-
ences : of the National Educational Institution ;
the American Historical .Association and of
the Sons of the American Revolution, having
been president of the last named society in
1907-08. Since 1903 he has been secretary
and treasurer of the National Association of
State Universities, and is frequently called
upon for addresses and lectures on public oc-
casions and at educational gatherings in vari-
ous parts of the United States. His lectures
are historical and scientific and deal with the
nineteenth century.
He was married October 23, 1881, at Ran-
dolph. Wisconsin, to Lucia Idelle, daughter
of Hobart Henry and Margaret Eliza Ann
(Burgess) Russell. Hobart H. Russell was a
manufacturer and business man, for many
years engaged in the production and sale of
agricultural implements. He was descended
of Puritan stock, one of his ancestors, John
Holland, being of the original company of the
"Mayflower." .Another was Sir John Leverett,
second governor of Massachusetts. Margaret
E. A. Burgess was a descendant of Stephen
Davis, one of the founders of Newark. New
Jersey, and of Thomas Harris, a compatriot
of Roger Williams. Mrs. Fellows attended
Merrill Institute Preparatory School in Fond
du Lac. Wisconsin, and later was graduated
from Indiana University. She studied art and
music in Munich. Paris and Edinburgh and is
a member of the Daughters of the Revolution,.
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Mayflower Society, Descendants of Colonial
Governors and the Woman's Club of Chicago,
and of literary clubs in Chicago, New Orleans,
Bangor and Orono. Children: i. Gladys
Ethel, born October 10, 1883, in Appleton,
Wisconsin, attended the public schools in Au-
rora, Illinois, Bloomington, Indiana and the
Chicago University School, Chicago, Illinois.
She was subsequently a student in Mrs. Star-
rett's school for girls in Chicago, and spent
over two years at the convent of St. Honore
d'Evlau, in Paris, and graduated from Wel-
lesley College in 1907 with the degree of
A. B. At present she is an instructor in the
department of romance languages at the Uni-
versity of Maine. 2. Dorothy Russell Bur-
gess was born December 29, 1891, in Bloom-
ington, Indiana, and after attending Mrs.
Starrett's Academy and the University School
in Chicago was a student at the same convent
with her sister in Paris. She died August 18,
1907. 3. Donald Ross Hotchkiss was born
July I, 1893. in Bloomington, and attended
the French school for boys in Paris from 1898
to 1900. He is now a student of the Orono
high school.
From one couple of this name
TOWLE comes a large progeny of Towles
in southeastern New Hampshire
and Maine, who are people of good standing.
The early Towles were patriotic, and many of
them fought for liberty in the revolution. The
early generations were strong and hardy and
noted for longevity. Vitality and vigor char-
acterize their descendants.
(I) Philip Towle, seaman, is supposed to
have come from the northern part of Eng-
land. April 15, 1664, he bought a dwelling
and outhouses and a house lot containing
seven and one-half acres, and about seventy
acres of outlying lands and some shares in
common lands in Hampton. Part or all of this
land is still owned by his descendants. He
married, at the age of forty-one years, No-
vember 19. 1657, Isabella, daughter of Fran-
cis and Isabella (Bland) Austin, of Colches-
ter, England, and Hampton, New Hampshire,
and granddaughter of John and Joanna Bland,
of Edgartown, England. She was born about
1633, and was the eldest of three daughters.
She was once the victim of persecution for
witchcraft. She and Rachel Fuller were ac-
cused in the summer of 1680. Rachel con-
fessed and accused Isabella. Both were com-
mitted to prison, where they remained until
the sitting of the Hampton court. September
7, when the case was heard, and later released
on bail of iioo each, and discharged the next
year. Isabella was then the mother of eight
children, from two years old upward. Philip
and family lived in what is now the heart of
the village of Hampton. Five of their sons —
Joseph, Philip, Benjamin, Francis and Caleb
— served in King William's war, 1689-1698.
Children : Philip, Caleb (died young), Joshua,
Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, Francis, John and
Caleb.
(Hj Sergeant Joseph, fourth son and fifth
child of Philip and Isabella (Austin) Towle,
born May 4, 1669, died September 2, 1757,
probably lived a little north of the village of
Hampton. He served in King William's war,
and was selectman in 1723-29-33. He married
(first) December 14, 1692, Mehitabel, born
February 28, 1673, daughter of John and
Sarah (Colcord) Hobbs; and (second) March
4. 1 73 1, Sarah, daughter of Morris Hobbs.
Children, all by first wife, were : John, Jo-
seph, James, Mary, Jonathan, Mehitabel and
Amos.
(III) John, eldest child of Sergeant Joseph
and Mehitabel (Hobbs) Towle, was born at
Hampton, New Hampshire, June 26, 1694, and
died there December 5, 1786. On November
13, 1 72 1, he married Lydia, daughter of Chris-
topher and Abigail (Tilton) Page, who was
born at Hampton, August 3, 1698, and died
there May 22, 1772. Children: i. John (2),
whose sketch follows. 2. Abigail, born April,
1725, married (first) Samuel (2) Fogg, (sec-
ond) Samuel Robie. 3. Eliphalet, September
4, 1728. 4. Mehitable. April i, 1732, died un-
married, June II, 1822. 5. Lemuel, July 26,
1737, married Mary Shaw.
(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (i)
and Lydia (Page) Towle. was born at Hamp-
ton, New Hampshire, May 23, 1723, but the
date of his death is unknown. He lived at
Epping, New Hampshire, and on January 10,
1744, married his mother's cousin, Mary Page,
youngest child of Stephen and Mary (Raw-
lingsl Page, who was born at Hampton, No-
vember 26, 1712. Two children are recorded:
Simeon, whose sketch follows; and John, bap-
tize<l in 1748.
(V) Simeon, elder son of John (2) and
Mary (Page) Towle, was born at Hampton,.
New' Hampshire, August 18, 174.S. He mar-
ried Farrar, and among their children
was Major Tosiah. whose sketch follows.
(\T) ]\Iajor Josiah, son of ^Simeon and
(Farrar) Towle, was born at Epping,
New Hampshire, in July, 1769, and died at
Newfield, ]\Iaine, January 18, 1838. He mar-
ried (first) Hannah Ayer : children: Ira,
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John, Josiali, wlio^e sketch follows, William,
Simeon, Mary and Hannah. Married (sec-
ond) Nancy Doe: children: Caroline, Julian,
George Washington, Harriet, Susanna. Char-
lotte, Emeline Frances and William.
(VII) Tosiah, third son of Major Josiah and
Hannah (Aver) Towle, was born in 1798, at
Epping, New Hampshire, and died in 1883, at
Bangor, Maine. In early life he moved to
Sebec, Maine, where he kept a general store.
From there he went to Howland in the same
state where he had a store, hotel and also a
shoe-shop, Towle & Parsons. In 1836 he
moved to Bangor and went into the lumber
and grocery business with Solomon Parsons,
firm name Parsons & Company ; later admit-
ted William H. Parsons, firm name William
H. Parsons & Company, and this partnership
was dissolved in 1850. In 1858 Mr. Towle
went into the flour, grain and feed business,
and in i860 took his son, Josiah C, into part-
nership, and the firm became J. C. Towle &
Company. Mr. Towle was a Republican in
politics, and served in the legislature two
terms. He was a member of the Methodist
church, and also belonged to the Masons. On
February 3, 1825, he married Lucinda, daugh-
ter of Colonel William and Polly (Learned)
Morison. Children: \\'illiam >!., Mary L.,
John A., Nancy, Ellen, and Josiah Clark,
whose sketch follows.
(Vni) Josiah Clark, son of Josiah and Lu-
cinda (Morison) Towle, was born at Enfield,
Maine, February 12, 1835. He was educated
in the local schools, and in i860 went into the
flour, grain and feed business, which had been
founded by his father. From 1861 to 1864
he was in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, where
he bought wheat to stock flour mills, taking
the entire product of the mills and paying a
stipulated price for grinding. In i88g his
son, J. Norman Towle, whose sketch follows,
was taken into the firm, which had alreadj' in-
cluded two generations of the family. Mr.
Towle is a director and large stockholder of
the Bangor Publishing Company. He is a
Republican in politics, and attends the Congre-
gational church. On June 15, 1863, he mar-
ried Kate, daughter of William and Eliza-
beth Carveth. of Ontario. Children: i. J.
Norman, mentioned in the next paragraph. 2.
Eva C, born .■\pril 22, 1865. 3. Ida Maude,
October 16, 1867. 4. Kate Lida, September
29, 1871, no\\»Mrs. \'. L. Fitzgerabi. of Provi-
dence, Rhode Island.
(IX) J. Norman, eldest child and onlv son
of Josiah Clark and Kate (Carveth) Towle,
was born at Port Hope, Ontario, March 14,
1864. He was educated in the public schools
of Bangor, Maine, and worked for his fath-
er's firm, J. C. Towle and Company, until
1889, when he was admitted as partner. Mr.
Towle is also a large stockholder in the Ban-
gor Publishing Company, of which associa-
tion he is both president and treasurer : he is
the editor of the paper which they publish, the
Bangor Daily Neic's. The first issue of the
Bangor Daily Nezcs appeared June 18, 1889,
under the present management. March 3,
1900, they absorbed the Bangor Daily Whig
and Courier established in 1833. The X(nvs
is Republican in politics and has a daily cir-
culation of twelve thousand five hundred cop-
ies. It circulates principally in the eight east-
ern counties of Maine and is a good newspa-
per property of high standing. He is a direc-
tor of the Britton Leather Company, one of
the board of managers of the Bangor Board
of Trade, and president of the Maine Daily
Newspaper Association. He is a Republican
in politics, and attends the Congregational
church.
On December 29, 1892. J. Norman Towle
married ]Mary Agnes, daughter of Charles G.
and Catherine Andrews, of Bangor, Maine.
Children: Lillis K., born October 8, 1893,
and Helen M.. born ]May 21, 1895.
This family was among the
FURBER earliest settlers of the New
England colonies, and members
of it are to be found at the present time
throughout the New England states. The
elder members of this family are buried in
Newington, at the right hand side of the drive
to Furber's Wharf. The path, which is now
very little used, is rough, but bordered by nu-
merous fine walnut trees. Across the Narrows
may be seen the White House on Adams Point,
once called Matthew's Neck, which was the
Durham terminus of Furber's Ferry. The
Furbers were always very patriotic, and fol-
lowing is a list of those who took part in the
war of the revolution : Thomas, William,
Joshua, Richard, Eli, Levi, Moses, Benjamin,
Nathan and Nathaniel. William Furber, the
fir.'Jt qf whom we have official record, was born
in London, England, in 1614, and died in this
country in 1699. He came to America in the
ship "Angel Gabriel," which was wrecked at
Pemaquid, Maine. Augu.'^t 15, 1635, when he
went to Ipswich and hired himself out for
one year to John Cogswell : was at Dover, New
Hampshire, in 1637. had a grant of his home
lots on the east side of Dover Neck given
him in 1640, and at the same time received
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some marsh land in the Great Bay and some
near Turney Point. August 19, 1647, he re-
ceived thirty acres of the four hundred re-
served to the town of Dover on the Nevving-
ton side when Dover went under the Massa-
chusetts government, and was taxed in 1648.
He resided at Bloody Point (Newington,
New Hampshire) 1666-71. • Furber's Point
and Ferry were named in his honor, and he
was a lieutenant in the king's service at Dover,
October 22, 1677. He gave his son Jethro
some land, doubtless a part of that along the
Great Bay, and June 17, 1674, he gave his
homestead to his eldest son, William. The
records show that he had a wife, Elizabeth,
and children, William, Jethro, Moses, Eliza-
beth, Susanna and Bridget.
(I) Benjamin Furber, doubtless a descend-
ant of the William Furber mentioned above,
although the line cannot be traced with cer-
tainty at the present time, was born about
1750-
(II) Jonathan, son of Benjamin Furber,
was born in Farmington, New Hampshire, in
1778, and died in Winslow, in March, 1850.
He removed to Winslow, Maine, in 1899,
where he was a prosperous farmer and the
owner of a fine farm. In politics he was a
Whig, and filled the offices of constable and
selectman for many years. He was an hon-
ored member of the Baptist church, taking
great interest in the welfare of that institu-
tion. He married Mary Dempsey, born in Kit-
tery, Maine, 1778, died in Winslow, 1845;
children : Horace F., Mary C, George H.,
Eliza H., Maria H., James B., Jonathan T.,
Samuel B. and Francis P.
(III) Francis Pierce, son of Jonathan and
Mary (Dempsey) Furber, was born in Win-
slow, Tilaine, May 31, 1825. His education
was acquired in the common schools of Win-
slow, and he then engaged in the active duties
of his career. During the winter months he
worked in the lumber camps in the Maine
woods, and in the spring and summer was en-
gaged in logging on the Kennebec, Penobscot
and St. Johns rivers. Upon the call of his
country for volunteers he enlisted in Company
H. Nineteenth Maine \"olunteer Infantry, and
participated in the following named engage-
ments : Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Bristol Station, Rappahannock Station, Cul-
peper, Morton Ford, third battle of Bull Run,
Mine River, Gettysburg, Antietam and the
battles of the Wilderness. It was during the
latter engagement that he was shot through
the elbow, was treated for eight days at the
Fredericksburg Hospital, removed to the mili-
tary hospital at Washington, where he lay
from May to August, then came to Augusta,
Maine, where he remained in the military hos-
pital until May 15, 1865, when he was dis-
charged with the rank of first sergeant. Mr.
Furber was ordained a minister of the Free
Will Baptist denomination at Corinna, Maine,
September 27, 1885, and preached in Corinna,
Sangerville, United Plantation, East Benton,
Albion. North Clinton and South Kenton. He
is a justice of the peace, and was trial justice
in the town of Clinton for seven years, and
served many times as moderator of the town
meetings. He is a member of Billings Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Clinton. Mr.
Furber was married, July 11, 1847, to Dolly,
born November 17, 1824, died February 18,
1905, daughter of Captain David and Dolly
(Lowe) Cain, of Clinton; children: Mary E.,
died young; Eliza E., James S., George W.,
Jane E., Nettie and Mary.
The great Northland has con-
PRICE tributed to every state in the
Union of its best blood. To Aroos-
took county, Maine, whole colonies have come
over and by their frugal habits and the tmre-
mitting tenor of their industry have built up
their own fortunes and contributed to the wel-
fare of the community.
(I) Charles Thomas Price, born in Cotton-
burg, Sweden, in 1814, followed the sea from
bovhood. dving at the age of forty. He made
his home in Boston, T^Iassachusetts. after com-
ing to this country. He married Clara Au-
gusta, daughter of James Blanchard.
(II) Charles Wallace, son of Charles T.
and Clara Augusta (Blanchard) Price, was
born in Boston. August 28, 1844. He was
educated in tlie Boston city schools, and sailed
the sea as a cabin boy at the early age of
twelve, and doubled Cape Horn. The bugle
blast of '61 found him studying law in Rich-
mond, Maine, but he relinquished his studies
and enlisted in Company D, Seventh Regiment
Maine Volunteers, as a private, in August.
1861. He was with the Army of the Potomac,
and February 16. 1862. was discharged for
disability. Returning to his old love, the sea,
he traversed the globe in a voyage occupying
twentv months. He then enlisted in the
United States navy, being present at both bat-
tle? of Fort Fisher, where he received a se-
vere wound in the neck. He was also at the
bombardment of Charleston. South Carolina,
being discharged from service in 1865. Gal-
veston, Texas, is where we next find him. em-
ploved as clerk in a lumbering concern. He
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graduated from Bowdoin College in medicine
in 1875. and located in Bath. Maine, thence at
\'irginia City, Nevada. Returning east, he lo-
cated at Boothbay, Maine, later coming to
Richmond, Maine, where he is now in prac-
tice. He is a United States pension exam-
iner, a member of the Maine Medical Asso-
ciation, and the Sagadahoc Medical Associa-
tion, of which he has been president. He is
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic
of Richmond, and past commander of his post,
and has been on the staff of the national grand
commander. He is a member of the Knights
of Pythias of Richmond ; of Richmond Lodge,
No. 63, F. A. M. ; of the Council and Chapter
of Bath ; of the Maine Commandery, Knights
Templar of Gardiner; of the Maine Consist-
ory of Portland, and the Kora Temple, Mys-
tic Shrine, Lcwiston. He married Albina C.
Colbath, of Gardiner, Maine. Six children,
three are living: Wallace N., Lily Pray,
Daisy M.. married Aforris E. Ridley: Charles
Allen, deceased, held a responsible position
with Gannett, of Augusta, Maine, as manager
of his immense publishing house.
(HI) Dr. Wallace Nathaniel, eldest son of
Charles Wallace and Albina C. (Colbath)
Price, was born at Calais, Maine, October 29,
1871. He was educated in the public schools
at Richmond, and graduated from the medical
department at Bowdoin in 1894. He is a
member of the Maine Academy of Medicine
and the American Medical Association. He
is a member of Lodge No. 63, F. A. M., of
Richmond ; of the Council and Chapter at
Bath ; Maine Commandery of Knights Tem-
plar, of Gardiner : Maine Consistory of Port-
land, Kora Temple of Lewiston, and is a
Knight of Pythias. He married Mary B.,
daughter of Timothy Moore, in 1893.
In Westminster Abbey repose
PAYNE the dust, all that remains of the
bodies of conquerors, sovereigns,
members of royal families, statesmen, divines,
authors, poets, philosophers, and other great
celebrities of England. Among those celebri-
ties was Lord Lieutenant Paine, as the name
was originally spelled, a direct ancestor of
Frederick G. Payne, of Lewiston, Maine. The
roof of the abbey covers the coronation chair
in which have sat the successive rulers of Eng-
land during the solemnity of their inaugura-
tions since Richard II instituted the custom at
his coronation, June 21, 1377. and this historic
chair stands upon the coronation stone brought
from Scotland by Edward I in 1274. The fu-
nerals of kings and queens have been solem-
nized in its minster, and the bodies are in-
terred under its walls. Besides the remains
of kings and queens, that of Oliver Cromwell,
who never wore a crown, but who ruled the
English nation as a commoner, found sepul-
ture for a time, and the ceren»ony of his burial
was attended with the pomp and display never
excelled by that qccorded royalty itself. The
history of the abbey is part of that of the Eng-
lish Reformists, and Thomas Bilney, one of
the Protestant martyrs, was arraigned before
Cardinal Wolsey in the Westminster Chapter-
house. The convocation announcing the su-
premacy of royalty was held here, and Epis-
copalians, Presbyterians and Independents
have occupied its pulpits, and celebrations have
been held within its walls by the clergy of the
Church of Rome.
It is no idle boast to be able to trace your
lineage to a man deemed worthy to find a last
resting place in the midst of a company of
such notable personages. It has been given
to Frederick G. Payne to inspire by martial
music created in his brain and written out by
his own hand the martial spirit of the militia
of his adopted state, as did the cruder music
that quickened the blood and kept in unison
the troops commanded by his prominent an-
cestors, among whom was Fitze Paine, who
accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066
and assisted him in subduing the Danes and
other tribes and establishing a permanent gov-
ernment, and now lies buried in Battle .\bbey,.
England, in the Norman row of warriors. In
the great reformation in the fifteenth century
the ancestors of the Payne family took an ac-
tive part and helped plant so firmly the seed
of liberalism that the fetters which had bound
the minds of men for so long a time were
broken forever. In 1621 one of the name
landed at Plymouth Rock Colony, and so well
pleased was he that in 1637 '"^ entire family
had come over and settled at Salem, Massa-
chusetts. A few years afterwards one of his
descendants settled on Long Island. John
Howard Payne, author of "Home, Sweet
Home," came from this same stock, as did also
Thomas Paine, and in fact all the Paines and
Paynes are of the same original stock.
(I) John Payne, who changed the spelling
from Paine to Payne, was born on Long Is-
land. He became a distinguished soldier in
the revolutionary war under General Wash-
ington, and at the time of his death was the
veteran of two wars in which he fought in be-
half of his country. He married Aseneth
Matoon. His -children included: George
Washington, see forward ; Andrew Jackson,
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Charles Sumner and Xancy. Charles Sumner
Payne held membership in the American In-
stitute of Civics as councilor for the state of
Illinois. This is one of the most learned and
honorable societies in the United States, those
who have written their names high up among
the learned and honorable being members. He
secured his membership through his historical
writings, as he was a profound historian and
writer. His wife was a descendant of a long
line of French kings, tracing back through the
Angowleme — Valor's Princess — to those re-
markable persons, Charles the First of France,
Charles the First of Germany, called Charles
the Great, Charles the Best, who is better
known to the student of history as Charle-
magne, who took rank among those extraordi-
nary men who, from time to time, appear to
change the face of the w-orld and inaugurate a
new era in the destinies of mankind. John
Payne removed from Shelter Island across the
sound to Unionville, Connecticut, where his
children were born and where he died.
(II) George Washington, son of John
Payne, the patriot, was born in Unionville,
Connecticut, 1810. He attended the district
school winters and w'orked on the farm in
summer, and on leaving school continued farm
work up to 1849. when he joined the exodus of
adventurous spirits who were caught in the
contagious gold fever, 1849, and made Cali-
fornia the mecca of their pilgrimage for gold.
He joined a party who took the route around
Cape Horn, and on reaching the El Dorado
the conditions that he encountered did not war-
rant his long tarry in the gold diggings, and
he returned home by way of the Isthmus, a
poorer but w-iser man. He resumed farming
in Unionville on his return, and joined in the
general affairs of the town. He was a ready
speaker and debater, and had sufficient knowl-
edge of the law to dispense with a lawyer and
protect his own rights in suits at law. His
reputation in this endeavor lead more than one
of his neighbors to declare that they "would
rather have George Payne defend a case at
law than any lawyer in the town." He mar-
ried (first) Mary Saunders; three children,
two of whom died in infancy, and Ellen, born
August 4, 1849. married, April 10, 1882, Hi-
ram T- Hubbard, of Bristol, Connecticut. Mary
(Saunders) Payne died in Unionville, April
29, 1854. He married (second) June, 1855,
Mar\- Jane Brackett, of Chicopee, Massachu-
setts, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary;
children : Frederick G.. see forward. William,
died voung. Lillian, married Fred Gillette and
resides in Unionville, Connecticut. Mary J.
(Brackett) Paj'ne died March 10, 1901.
(Ill) Frederick G., son of George Wash-
ington and Mary J. (Brackett). Payne, was
born in Unionville, Connecticut, April 16,
1856. He attended the public schools of
Unionville, and while yet a boy displayed re-
markable musical talent and aptitude to in-
struct others in the proper use of band in-
struments. This genius led him, at the age of
fourteen, to join the band in his native town,
which band he led when only sixteen years
old. In 1873 he began his career as a musical
director and performer, and he traveled ex-
tensively and was for a time a member of the
band of the Tenth Regiment, and later with the
Twenty-fifth Regiment band. New York state
militia, Albany, New York. He resigned from
the regimental band in 1879 to assume the
proprietorship of a newspaper in Thomaston,
Connectictit, but becoming too ill to carry on
the publishing business, he sold out his news-
paper the following year and resumed his
vocation as a musician, coming to Lewiston,
Maine. July, 1880, in pursuit of health. In
1885, his health being restored, he added to
his work the printing business in Lewiston,
where he established a first-class printing busi-
ness, which proved profitable and which he
continued to conduct in connection with his
musical composition and the directorship of
musical organizations. In 1887 he organized
the regimental band of the Second Regiment,
Maine state militia, of Lewiston, and he later
reorganized the associatiori as Payne's Second
Regiment Band and increased the instruments
and members to thirty-four, and the reputation
of the band became established not only in
the state of !Maine, but throughout the New
England states. His compositions, especially
of band music, came into general use through-
out the countrv. and his orchestrations were
used by the best leaders in the country. He
was for eight years librarian and clarinetist in
the Maine Festival Orchestra with Mr. Chap-
man, also was for soine time with the Salem
Cadet Band. Salem, Massachusetts. In Ma-
sonic w'ork he held many official positions :
Past master of Rabboni Lodge : past high
priest of King Hiram Chapter; past com-
mander of Lewiston Commander}^ Knights
Templar : past illustrious potentate of Kora
Temple, IMystic Shrine : district deputy grand
master and district deputy grand high priest
of the Grand ]\Iasonic bodies of Maine. He
was a member of various benevolent, social
and patriotic associations, and held membership
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in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Knights of the Golden Eagle, Sons of St.
George and the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. Mr. Payne married (first)
April 4, 1884, Emma G., daughter of John
and Zilpha (Spear) Spooner, of North Anson,
Maine; one child, Marian, born March 22,
1885. He married (second) May 25, 1902,
Nellie G. (Smart) Scriiton; one child, Fred-
erick G. Jr., bom July 24, 1904.
Every person of the name of Dana
DANA in the United States, entitled to
the name by right of birth, is be-
lieved to trace his descent from Richard Dana,
the immigrant. Uniform tradition has been
that the father of Richard was a native of
France, who immigrated to England about
1629 on account of religious persecution.
Those bearing this name have contributed to
the growth and development of thfs country
generally, and New England particularly, by
their labors in divinity, law, medicine, liter-
ature and the arts, sciences and industries.
Among the most distinguished representatives
of the name may be mentioned : The late
Charles A. Dana, who made the Nezu York
Sun one of the best newspapers in the country;
Francis Dana, minister to Russia, chief justice
of Massachusetts ; Daniel Dana, president of
Dartmouth College : United States Senator
Judah Dana, of Maine ; and numerous able
ministers.
(I) Richard Dana, the immigrant, accord-
ing to uniform tradition, came to this country
from England, hut whether he was a native
of England or France is not known. His
settlement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is
fixed at 1640. In 1652, in the division of
Shawsheen, he received twenty acres of land.
In 1665 he was allotted tw-enty acres. In De-
cember, 1683, in the "list of the inhabitants
that doo service and pay rates and to whom
lands are approportioned as followeth : Lot 21
Richard Dany, 15 acres," April 20, 1656. he
made a deed to Edward Jackson of fifty-eight
acres of land situated on the south side of
Charles river, on the road leading from New-
ton Corner to Boston, in the western part of
Old Cambridge (now Brighton), now known
as the Hunnewell farm. Richard Dana was
elected constable in November, i(56i ; sur-
veyor of highways, 1665, tithingman of the
village, 1665; was one of the selectmen of
Cambridge, and a grand juror. It has been
stated that: "Richard Dana, the progenitor of
the Dana family in this country, had a large
estate on Market street, which street was laid
out wholly through his estate in 1656. Rich-
ard Dana died April 2, 1690, of injuries re-
ceived by falling from a scaffold in his barn.
August 2, 1690, an inventory of his estate was
returned by the widow and her son Jacob, two
hundred and nine pounds, three shillings, six
pence, and one hundred and one acres of land.
Richard Dana married Ann BuUard, of Cam-
bridge, probably in 1648. She died June 15,
171 1. Their children were: John, Hannah,
Samuel, Jacob, Joseph, Abiah, Benjamin,
Elizabeth, Daniel, Deliverance and Sarah.
(II) Benjamin, fifth son of Richard and
Ann (Bullard) Dana, was born February 20,
1660, baptized April 8, 1660. and died in Cam-
bridge, August 13, 1738. He is said to have
owned a farm one mile from the meeting
house, on the road to Newton Corner. He
and his brothers, Jacob and Daniel, owned one-
twelfth part of the Mashamoquet purchase of
fifteen thousand acres in Pomfret, Connecticut,
which cost thirty pounds in 1686. He was
tythingman in 1699 and 1701, and a surveyor
in 1702. Letters of administration were
granted on his estate August 22, 1738: the
inventory returned August 31, 1730, mentions
twenty acres of land in Newton, one hundred
and sixty pounds ; personal estate about ninety
pounds. Benjamin Dana married, May 24,
1688, Alary Buckminster, who survived him,
and married, July 19, 1742, when eighty-four
years old, it seems, Joshua Fuller, of Newton,
who was then eighty-seven years old. The
children of Benjamin and Marv were : Ben-
jamin, Jonathan, Mary, Isaac, Joseph, John,
William, Ann, Sarah and Jedediah.
(III) Isaac, born 1698, is said by tradition
to have been the son of Benjamin and Mary
(Buckminster) Dana. He lived in Pomfret,
Vemiont, and died April 21. 1767. He mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of John Winchester.
Their children were: Sarah, Isaac (died
young), Mary, Isaac, Joanna, Elizabeth, Ben-
jamin, Frances, Benoni. Lois, John Winches-
ter, Bethia, Martha and Judah.
(IV) John Winchester, fifth son of Isaac
and Sarah (Winchester) Dana, was bom Jan-
uary 6, or 29. 1740, and died in February,
1813. He resided in Pomfret, Vermont, where
he held the office of town clerk and other
town offices, and was representative in 1778-
80-81-92. He married Hannah Pope Putnam,
daughter of General Putnam, who died AprU
3, 1821. Their children were: Isaac, Betsey,
Benjamin, Judah. Israel Putnam. Hannah P.,
John W., Daniel, Sarah W., David. Eunice,
Schuyler and Polly.
(V) John Winchester (2), fifth son of
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John Winchester (i) and Hannah (Putnam)
Dana, was born January 16, 1777, and died
in 1850. He resided in Cabot and Danville,
Vennont, and was representative, councillor
and judge. In 1849 he removed to South-
port, Wisconsin. He married Susan, daugh-
ter of Rev. George Damon, by whom he had :
George Dutton, Mary Ann, Susan Elizabeth,
John W. (died young), Catherine Putnam,
Oscar Fingall, mentioned below ; Martha Eliza,
Andrew Jackson, and John W., mentioned be-
low.
(VI) Oscar Fingall, third son of John Win-
chester (2) and Susan (Damon) Dana, was
bom in Pomfret, Vermont, March 3, 1815,
died in 1902. He graduated from the Uni-
versity of Vermont in 1836, and became a
lawyer. He married, in 1B39, Susan M. Mc-
Lean, and they had children : Emily W., John
W., Richard H., Frances.
(VII) Captain John Winchester (3), eldest
son of Oscar Fingall and Susan N. (McLean)
Dana, was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1843,
and in early life came with his parents to
Portland, Maine, where he attended the pub-
lic schools. He enlisted in Company B,
Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry, November
16, 1861, and served until the muster out of
that organization, being stationed at Ship
Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, and other points'
in Louisiana, under command of General B.
F. Butler. He was promoted to second lieu-
tenant and to captain of Company G, and
served in the signal corps. Later he was ap-
pointed on the staff of Genera! Grover, and
served till July, 1865, when he resigned and
was discharged at Portland. He was a clerk
in the employ of the American Barrell Ma-
chine Company, in Boston, for a number of
years, and then treasurer for several years.
In 1870 he left this position and became an
assessor in the United States internal revenue
service, and was engaged in Virginia three
years. Leaving that business, he returned to
Portland and was cashier of the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad, and in 1876 was made
treasurer of that organization, a position he
still holds, after a continuous service of more
than thirty years with the road, which although
it has been absorbed by the Boston & Maine,
still retains its original organization. Mr.
Dana is domestic in his habits, finds his pleas-
ure at home, and belongs to no societies or
clubs. In national politics he is a Republican :
in local affairs an independent. He married
Martha Fessenden, daughter of Oliver and
Martha (Trask) Fessenden, of Portland, and
granddaughter of General Samuel Fessenden.
(VI) John Winchester (3), youngest child
of John Winchester (2) and Susan (Damon)
Dana, was born in Cabot, Vermont, Novem-
ber 4, 1822, and died in New York City, Sep-
tember 2, 1875. He studied at the University
of Vermont, at Burlington, and went with the
family when they removed to Southport (now
Kenosha), Wisconsin. Subsequently he re-
turned and went to Fryeburg, j\laine, and
studied law in the office of Judge Judah Dana,
and taught in the Fryeburg Academy. In 1845
he entered the office of Howard & Shepley,
lawyers, of Portland. About this time he
taught in the Portland Academy. Later he
was admitted to the bar and opened an office
and began the practice of law in Gorham, and
in 1858 formed with Mr. Shepley the fimi of
Dana & Shepley, who did a large law business.
He married, i\Iay 22, 1849, i" Portland, Caro-
line Pauline Fowler, born in Westfield, Mas-
sachusetts, September 9, 183 1, daughter of
Daniel and Miranda (Jones) Fowler, of West-
field. Children: i. Anna Winslow, born April
4, 1850, died February, 1887. She had a
daughter, Ethel Dana, who married Clinton
L. Baxter, a graduate of Harvard College,
who died of typhoid fever. 2. John Paul,
April 24. 1853, died November 19. 1906: mar-
ried Mary Welland and had one child, Carrie.
3. Arthur, September 30, 1854, died March
16, 1907. 4. Ethel. April, 1856, died May,
1857. 5. Cora Pauline, September i, 1858,
died April 21. 1888. wife of Clintin L. Baxter;
she left one child, Carrie Dana. 6. Francisca,
April 19. i860, died October 27, 1862. 7.
Wina. April 16. 1862, died December, 1862.
8. John Winchester, subject of the next para-
graph.
(VII) John Winchester (4), youngest child
of John Winchester (3) and Caroline P.
(Fowler) Dana, was born in Portland, Jan-
uary 22, 1864. and educated in the common
schools. In 1879 he entered the employ of
Loring, Short & Plarmon. booksellers, where
he remained ten years. He then went to Gar-
diner, Maine, as secretary of the Maine Trust
and Ranking Company, where he served six
years. In 1695 he returned to Portland and
became a partner in the lumber firm of Rich-
ardson, Dana & Company, and has ever since
been connected with that firm. In politics he
is a Republican and since 1906 has held the
position of member of the school board from
ward seven. He is a member of the follow-
ing named clubs : Portland. Portland Camera,
and Congress Square Men's Club. He mar-
ried Mary Lester Fobes, born July 23, 1866,
in Portland, daughter of Charles Scott and
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Angelia Burcll (Bartlett) Fobes. Mr. Fobes
is a member of the firm of Burgess, Fobes &
Company, manufacturers of paints. Two chil-
dren have been born of this marriage: Alan
Standish and Norman Putnam.
Commencing with the Plymouth
NOYES Colony, in 1620, New England
had 'many emigrants from the
mother country in the early part of the cen-
tury, and most, if not all, from the same cause.
Under James I and Charles I all forms of
worship which did not conform to those of the
established church (Anglican) were strictly
prohibited : and all "Non-Conformists," as they
were called, were rigorously persecuted, and
many fled to Holland and America. Catholics
and Puritans suffered alike under that bigoted
church. Puritan ministers were driven from
their livings by the hundred, and flocked to
Holland, their old shelter, and to America, a
newly discovered refuge. Betw'een 1627 and
1641, during the persecutions of Laud, New
England received most of its early settlers, and
this persecution was no doubt the cause of the
emigration of James and Nicholas Noyes and
those who came with them. The weight of
authority seems to indicate that the family of
Noyes is descended from one of the nobles of
William the Conqueror of England in 1066.
William des Noyers, one of these nobles, whose
name rendered into English is William of the
Walnut trees, was a prominent figure. The
name des Noyers by first dropping the article
became Noyers, and later was corrupted to
Noyes.
(I) Rev. William Noyes was born in Eng-
land, in 1568, and died in Cholderton, in the
county of Wilts, England, before April 30,
1622. He matriculated at University College,
Oxford, November 15, 158S, and was admit-
ted to the degree of B. A., May 31, 1592. He
was instituted rector of Cholderton, a place
about eleven miles from Salisbury, in 1602,
and served in that position until his death. The
inventory of his estate w-as made April 30,
1622, and his widow appointed administratrix
May 28, 1622. He rnarried, about 1595, Anne
Parker, born 1575, and buried at Cholderton,
March 7, 1657. Their children were: Ephraim,
Nathan, James, Nicholas, a daughter, name
not known, and John.
(H) Deacon Nicholas, fourth son and child
of Rev. William and Anne (Parker) Noyes,
was born in England in 161 5-16. Rev. James
and Deacon Nicholas Noyes, brothers, in
March, 1633, embarked for New England in
the "Mary and John" of London, with their
cousin. Rev. Thomas Parker. No record has
been found of the place and date of the landing
of James and Nicholas, but it was probably on
the bank of the Mystic river, as the records
show that they settled in Medford in 1634, and
that they moved to Newbury the following
year. On arriving, they sailed up the Parker
river (then called the Quascacunquen) to a
point a short distance below where the bridge
now stands. Tradition says that Nicholas was
the first to leap ashore. He walked forty
miles to Cambridge to qualify as a voter when
he was made a freeman. May 17, 1637. He
was a deputy to the general court at Boston
from Newbury. December 19. 1660, May 28,
1679, May 19, 1680, and January 4, 1681. He
was chosen deacon of the First Parish, March
20, 1634, and died November 23. 1701, at
Newbury. His will was made July 4, 1700,
and proved December 29, 1701. The personal
estate was £1,531, and the real estate was
£1.160. "In 1652 many were brought before
the court for not observing the sumptuary
laws of 1651." The records say "Nicholas
Noyes' wife, Hugh ]\Iarch's wife, and Wil-
liam Chandler's wife were each prosecuted for
wearing a silk hood and scarf, but were dis-
charged on proof that their husbands were
worth tW'O hundred pounds each. John Hutch-
ins wife was also discharged upon testifying
that she was brought up above the ordinary
rank." Nicholas Noyes married, about 1640,
Mary Cutting, daughter of Captain John Cut-
ting (a ship master of London), and Mary,
his wife. John Cutting in his will mentions
Mary, wife of Nicholas Noyes. Their children
were: Mary, Hannah, John, Cutting, Sarah,
Timothy, James. Abigail, Rachel. Thomas, and
three who died young.
(III) Cutting, third son of Deacon Nich-
olas and Mary (Cutting) Noyes, was born at
Newbury, Massachusetts. September 23. 1649,
and died before November 18, 1734. In 1673
he married Elizabeth Knight; children: i.
John, born November 15, 1674, married Mary
Noyes. 2. Cutting (2), whose sketch follows.
3. Elizabeth. February 2. 1678. married Sam-
uel Pettengil!. 4. Joseph. January 21, 1688,
married Jane Dole. 5. Bathsheba, 1690. mar-
ried Cutting Pettengill. 6. Mary. March 27,
1693, married James Moulton. There were
also two children who died young, whose
names have not been preserved.
(IV) Cutting (2), second son of Cutting
(l) and Elizabeth (Knight) Noyes, was born
at Newbury, Massachusetts. January 28, 1676,
and he died in 1757. He was a deacon of the
Congregational chtirch at Newbury, and a
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member of the general court of Massachusetts
in 1704-05. He was twice married, and had
four children by each wife. In 1702 Deacon
■Cutting (2) Noyes married Elizabeth Top-
pan, who belonged to one of the old Newbury
families. Their children were: i. Cutting,
born 1703, married Mary Woodman. 2. Jacob,
whose sketch follows. 3. Samuel, born in
1706, married Martha Smith. 4. Elizabeth,
December 31, 1707-08. In 1709 Deacon Cut-
ting (2) Noyes married Elizabeth Gerrish,
.and they had four daughters : 5. Anne, born
January 13, 1713-14. 6. Mary, December 4,
1718. 7. Jane, September 5, 1721. 8. Susanna,
May 5, 1724. There were also two children
who died young, whose names have not been
preserved.
(V) Jacob, second son of Cutting (2)
Noyes and his first wife, Elizabeth (Toppan)
JSIo\'es, was born at Newbury, Massachusetts,
in 1704, and died there November 11, 1786.
In 1726 he married Jane Titcomb; children:
I. Edmund, born October 29, 1729, called cap-
tain. 2. Jane, October 5, 1S31, married Jona-
than Dole. 3. Mary, February 22, 1734. 4.
Joseph, July 11. 1736, died in his ninetielli
year. 5. Judith, February 10, 1738. 6. Abra-
ham, whose sketch follows. 7. Jacob, July 16.
1744. married Abigail Hall. 8. Anna, March
15, 1747. 9. Elizabeth, March 24, 1751. mar-
ried Doctor James Clarkson. 10. A child, who
died in infancy.
(VI) Abraham, third son of Jacob and Jane
(Titcomb) Noyes, was born at Newbury, Alas-
sachusetts, February 28, 1742, and died Au-
gust 24, 1798. He was twice married, but the
children were all by the second wife. In 1765
Abraham Noyes was united to Anna Hayte,
who lived but a few months. In 1767 he mar-
ried Anna Atkinson; children: i. Joseph,
born September 17, 1770. 2. Hannah A., De-
cember 17, 1771, married Jacob Lord. 3. Anna,
July 10, 1774. 4. Ebenezer, April 6, 1777,
married, first, Elizabeth Sumner, and, second,
Maria B. Smith. 5. John, whose sketch fol-
lows. 6. Sarah, December 10, 1780. 7.
Charles, April 14, 17S4. 8. Elizabeth, who
married a Lord.
(VII) John, third son of Abraham and
Anna (Atkinson) Noyes, was born at New-
buryport, Massachusetts, February ig, 1779,
and died January 23, i860. In 1812 he mar-
ried Nancy Gavin, and of ten children, two
died in infancy, i. John, born March 2"],
1813. 2. Henry, November 13, 1814, married
Abigail W. Hoskins. 3. Albert, mentioned in
the succeeding paragraph. 4. Nancy A., Jan-
uary 29, 1818, married a Carlyle. 5. Mary J.,
February 9, 1820, married a Simpson. 6.
Daniel D., March 2, 1822. 7. Harriet M.,
March 25, 1828, married a Rush. 8. Henrietta,
February 22, 1830, married a Wells.
^ (VIII) Albert-, third son of John and
Nancy (Gavin) Noyes, was born at Newbury-
port, Massachusetts, June 14, 181 5, and died
at Bangor, Maine, March 17, 1877. When a
youth he worked for Mr. Choate in a dry
goods store at Salem, Massachusetts. In 1832
he moved to Bangor, Maine, and opened a re-
. tail stove store, which he conducted till his
death. He was also interested in agriculture.
In 1840 Albert Noyes married Caroline Dole,
daughter of Edmund Dole, of Bangor. Chil-
dren : I. Frank C. whose sketch follows. 2.
Martha P., born July 14, 1843, married Gil-
bert S. Hadlock. 3. Helen A., November 8,
1845. 4. Arthur F., April 22, 1848. 5. Caro-
line A., April 18, 1851, married Alfred Webb,
1877. 6. Edmund D., October 24, 1853, mar-
ried Annie S. Keene. 7. .\lbert G., July 21,
1857, married Mary L. Parkhurst.
(IX) Frank Choate, eldest child of Albert
and Caroline (Dole) Noyes, was born at Ban-
gor, Maine, August 29, 1840, and was edu-
cated in the schools of that city. He went to
the civil war as clerk to the sutler of the Eigh-
teenth Maine Regiment. He was stationed at
Riclimond, \'irginia, and other places, and
held this position till the close of the war.
After peace was declared he returned to Ban-
gor, and went into the stove business with his
father. In 1891 the business was incorporated
under the name of the Noyes and Nutter Man-
ufacturing Company with Mr. Noyes as presi-
dent and Mr. Nutter as treasurer. About this
time the company built a large foundry, and
began the manufacture of stoves and their ac-
cessories, yhe business has increased till they
now employ about fifty men. Mr. Noyes is a
Republican in politics, and has represented
ward four several times, both in the common
council and on the board of aldermen. He oc-
cupies an advanced position in Masonic cir-
cles, belonging to Rising \'irtue Lodge, No.
10; Mount Moriah, Royal Arch Masons, No.
6 ; Bangor Council Royal and Select Masters,
St. John Commandery, Knights Templar, and
Scottish Rite bodies ; Eastern Star Lodge of
Perfection, Palestine Council Princes of Jeru-
salem and Bangor Chapter, Rose Croi.x, and
also to the Masonic Club. In 1866 Frank
Clioate Noyes married Mary Anne Burrows.
Children: i. Caroline Elizabeth, born Octo-
ber 23. 1870. 2. Mary C, June 16, 1877. 3. Isa-
belle G., .-Kpril 19, 1880. Mrs. Mary A. Noyes
died December 22. 1S97. aged fifty-eight.
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(For preceding geoeratlone see Rev. William Noyes I.)
(Ill) John, eldest son of Nich-
NOYES olas and Mary (Cutting) Noyes,
was born January 20, 1645, at
Newbury, Massaclnisetts, and died there in
1691. He was a house carpenter, and was
made freeman in 1674; he lived in what was
then called the "Farms District." in a house
of unusual magnificence in those days, having
a very hand?ome staircase and carved banis-
ters, and the fireplace was so large that an ox
could have been roasted whole therein. This
house was owned in 1879 by Luther Noyes,
having been remodelled somewhat from its
original arrangement when it was built in
1677. Mr. Noyes married, November 23,
166S, at Newbury. Mary Poore, of Andover,
born in 1651 and died after 1716. Their chil-
dren were: Nicholas, born May 18, 1671 ;
Daniel, October 23, 1673 ; Mary, December 10,
1675; John, February 19, 1677-78; Martha,
December 15, 1680; Nathaniel, October 28,
1681 ; Elizabeth, November 15, 1684: Moses,
Mav 22, 1688; Samuel, February 5, 1691, and
one who died in infancy.
(IV) John (2), third son of John (i) and
Mary (Poore) Noyes, was born February 19,
1677-78, at Newbury, and died June 15, 1719,
at the same place. He was a blacksmith, and
in 1708 he and Edmund Goodrich were
granted the privilege of building and operating
a saw-mill for twenty-one years. In 1703 he
married Mary Thurlo, and their children, born
in Newbury, were : Jane P., born September
21, 1704. married David Pearson: John, Feb-
ruary 13, 1706, married (first) Deborah Sa-
vell; (second) Mrs. Esther Cobb; Elizabeth,
January 16, 1708, married William Adams;
Mary, November 24. 1710, married Benjamin
Jaqucs;- Judith, April 8, 1713, married Samuel
Fiske; Moses, May 8, 1715, married Susanna
Jaques ; Simon.
(V) Simon, third and youngest son of John
(2) and Mary (Thurlo) Noyes, was born No-
vember 10, 1 717, at Newbury, Massachusetts,
died in 1816 at East Minot, Maine. His first
eight children are recorded as born in New-
bury, but the church records show he was liv-
ing in East Kingston. New Hampshire, in
1744, and he moved to Minot, Maine, about
1774, as he was moderator of the first town
meeting there September 17, 1774, and was
elected selectman. He and his son James T.
were soldiers in the revolution, their service
recorded as from New Gloucester, Maine, but
as the town and county records of that district
of Maine were destroyed by fire, it has been
difficult to trace his descendants, except his
son Nicholas, given below. He was twice
married (first) December 8, 1743, Martha
Tappan, born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, No-
vember I, 1726, died May 8, 1754, and they
had five children: i. Mollie, born November
6, 1744, married James Crockett. 2. Martha,
March 24, 1746, died 1770. 3. Sarah, March
26, 1748, married Luke \Vorcester. 4. Nathan,
August 13, 1750, died October 16, 1752. 5.
Simon, September i, 1752, died September 25,
1773. He married (second) 1754, Elizabeth
Eaton, who bore him nine children: i. Eliza-
beth, November 15, 1755, married Edward
Jumper. 2. James T., June 6, 1757, married
Louisa Nash. 3. John, January 9, 1759, died
July 18, 1761. 4. Nicholas. July 14, 1761, .
whose sketch follows. 5. Phebe, April 13,
1763. married James Parker. 6. Hannah,
April II, 1765. married Samuel Bradbury. 7.
Jane, April 28. 1767, married (first) Benja-
min Manuel; (second) Benjamin Ames. 8.
Benjamin, April i, 1772, married Phebe Hill.
9. Rebecca. May 18, 1769, died May 16. 1773.
It is said that four more children died in in-
fancy. From the dates of birth it is probable
that some of these might have belonged to each
marriage.
(VI) Nicholas (2), second son of Simon
and Elizabeth (Eaton) Noyes, was born July
14, 1761, at East Kingston, New Hampshire,
and removed to Minot, Maine, where his chil-
dren were born, and he died in 1844. He mar-
ried (first) Rachel Hill, who died April 21,
1814, and (second) in 1821, Susan Shaw. He
had eleven children: i. Sarah, born Novem-
ber 30, 1792, died October i, 1793. 2. Peter,
born August 27, 1794, married Cynthia Ver-
rill. 3. Nancy, born August 2. 1796, married
Samuel Hilborn. 4. Nicholas N., born Janu-
ary 16, 1798. 5. Miranda, born March 29,
1801. married (first) John Verrill ; (second)
Zebeon Croft. 6. Luke, born .April 29. 1803,
married Mary H. Grififin. 7. Phebe, born Sep-
tember I, 1805, married Rufus Britt. 8. Sa-
rah, born March 25. 1807, married Charles C.
Atkin.son. 9. Louisa, born August 29, 1809,
married Osgood Robertson, in 1837. Two
children died in infancy.
(VIII) Crosby Stuart Noyes was born Feb-
ruary 16, 1825. at Minot. Maine. He was
grandson of Nicholas, mentioned above. In
his early days he worked on a farm, but as
his strength was unequal to this work he
moved to Lewiston, where he first worked in
a cotton mill, and later taught school, and in
this manner earned his way through an acad-
emy, and meanwhile he showed his literary
gifts in writing several humorous sketches,
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several of which were published in local papers,
and one of them in a Boston paper prominent
in that day. As the severe winters of his na-
tive state were too rigorous for his constitu-
tion, he decided to try his fortune in the na-
tional capital, but when he had proceeded as
far as Baltimore his funds were so low that he
decided to make the remainder of the journey
on foot, and on the last day of December, 1847,
while performing the last few miles of his
trip, he was overtaken by a man with a load
of produce for the Washington market, who
invited him to ride, and thus he entered the
city at the time the bells were ringing out the
old year, almost penniless, and without an
overcoat. He was fortunate enough to pro-
cure work immediately, as route agent for the
Baltimore' Sun, and a few months thereafter
was employed as a writer for the Washington
Nezvs, and also sent letters and character
sketches of noted men to papers in Maine,
Boston and Philadelphia. He was well fitted
for a journalist, and soon won fame among
the press correspondents of the day. In 1855
Mr. Noyes made a trip to Europe, and as
his means were small he journeyed through
many countries in a walking trip, and after-
wards described his travels in a series of let-
ters to a Portland paper. He spent a few
months abroad, and at the clos€ of the year be-
came a reporter on the Evening Star, a Wash-
ington paper, started three years before, anil
with which Mr. Noyes was identified until the
close of his life, more than half a century.
His terse, attractive manner of writing soon
became an attribute toward increasing the size
and subscription list of the paper, and through
the exciting period before and during the civil
war, unusual opportunities were given to make
the paper well known and widely read, and in
1867 l\Ir. Noyes procured from the editor an
option on the paper, then organized a company
to purchase same, becoming editor-in-chief,
which position he held throughout his life.
The paper was ever devoted to the welfare of
the District of Columbia and the city of Wash-
ington, and its columns were representative of
the high thoughts and ideals of its force, who
were not alIowed*to print the kind of matter to
be found conspicuously in the "yellow jour-
nals." He wanted no public position in the
affairs of the community, and realized that a
political life of his own would interfere with
his usefulness in his chosen profession. He
was a man of strong personality, and warm
friendships, and all who associated with him
felt his influence: his benefits were for all.
regardless of their sect or nationality. The
Bowdoin College gave him the degree of
A. M., though he did not graduate from that
institution. He was a member of the board
of trustees of the Boys' Reform School, and
vice-president of the Gridiron Club, of which
he had been a member for twenty-one years.
He also belonged to The Oldest Inhabitants
Society, of Washington, Washington Monu-
ment Society, National Geographic Society,
Columbia Historical Society, Anthropological
Society and the Cosmos Club. H.e died Feb-
ruary 21, 1907, at Pasadena, California, after
an illness of ten days, from a cold contracted
on his journey from Washington to California,
and was mourned by the entire community
where he lived, and his loss was widely felt ,
throughout the country. In 1856, soon after //(^j,^^
he had an established position in Washington, - r*"^*^'^
he married Elizabeth S., daughter of Rev.
Thomas Williams, of Maine, and they had five
children, Theodore W., Frank B., Thomas C,
Maud E. and Mira C.
(IX) Theodore Williams, eldest son of
Crosby Stuart and Elizabeth S. (Williams)
Noyes, was born at Washington, District of
Columbia, January 26, 1858; he was educated
in the common schools of his native city and
won the Amos Kendall Scholarship to Colum-
bian (now George Washington) University in
1870, graduated from that institution in 1877,
and from its Department of Law in 1882. He
received from that university the degree of
A. M. in 1877, LL.B. in 1882 and LL. M. in
1883. He then engaged in the practice of law
at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, being a mem-
ber of the firm of Boyce, Noyes & Boyce, for
three or four years. In 1877 he became asso-
ciate editor of the Evening Star, in igo6 presi-
dent of the Evening Star Company, and is
now (1908) editor-in-chief of the paper. He
has been director of several Washington finan-
cial and business institutions, has been direc-
tor of the board of trade since 1891 and was
in 1897 and i8g8 its president. He is presi-
dent of the board of trustees of the Washing-
ton Public Library, is trustee of George Wash-
ington LTniversity, ex-president of its Alumni
Association, ex-trustee of the Cathedral Foun-
dation of the District of Columbia, and while
at Sioux Falls he was elected to a judgeship.
With all his business duties lie has found time
to use his literary talents to good purpose, and
among the products of his pen are : "The Na-
tional" Capital," "Newspaper Libels," "Notes
of Travel," "War of the Metals," "Finances
of the National Capital Partnership," "Condi-
tions in the Philippines," and "Oriental Amer-
ica and Its Problems." In conducting the pa-
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per with which he is identified he carries out
the policy and principles laid down by his
father. Ausiist ii, i8S6, Mr. Noyes married
Marv E. Prentice.
(I'X) Frank Brett, second son of Crosby
Stuart an<i Elizabeth S. (Williams) Noyes,
was born July 7, 1863, at Washington, and
was educated in the common schools and the
preparatory department of the Columbian Uni-
versity of his native town. He was manager
of the Washington Eiotiug Star from 1881 to
1901, and in 1900 was elected president of the
Associated Press, of which association he has
been director of the executive committee since
1894. In igo2 he became editor and publisher
of the Cliica<;o Record-Herald, and still h9lds
that position. He married, September 17,
1888. Janet Thurston New bold, and they now
reside at Chicago. Illinois.
(IX) Thomas Clarence, third son of Crosby
Stuart and Elizabeth S. (Williams) Xoyes.
was born January 14, 1868. at \\'ashington,
received his education at the public schools of
Washington and Wrights Academy, and grad-
uated from Princeton College in the class of
1889. He then began as reporter on the Wash-
ington Eveuiii!^ Star, being afterwards assist-
ant city editor, city editor, and is now news
manager of that paper and treasurer of the
Star Company. He was a delegate from
Maryland to two National Republican con-
ventions. He is director of the Evening Star
Company, and other financial enterprises of
his native city, is vice-president of the Wash-
ington board of trade and a director of the
chamber of commerce. He belongs to the
Chevy Chase and University clubs of Wash-
ington. Princeton Club of New York, Nassau
Club of Princeton, New Jersey, and belongs
to many of the Masonic Orders. September 5,
1895, he married Dorothy Rogers, of Mans-
field, Ohio, and they have no children.
. (IX) Aland E., eldest daughter of Crosby
Stuart and Elizabeth S. (Williams) Noyes,
married Frederick W. Hall, of San Francisco,
California, where she resided until her death.
(IX) Mira C, second daughter of Crosby
Stravt and Elizabeth S. (Williams) Noyes,
married George W. Boyd, and resides at Phila-
delphia. Pennsylvania.
(For preceding Keneratlons see Rev. William Noyes I.)
(IV) Joseph, fourth child and
NOYES third son of Cutting and Eliza-
beth (Knight) Noyes, was born
in Newbury, January 21, t688, and removed
soon after 1731 to Portland, Maine, where he
died February 14, 1755. He tnarried Jane
Dole, in 171 1, and they were the parents of
Josiah. Dorothy, Hannah, Jane, Amos, Peter,
and one who died young.
(V) Josiah, eldest child of Joseph and Jane
(Dole) Noyes, born in Newbury. September 8,
1712, died in 1796, aged eighty-four. Josiah
Noyes, of New Casco, was a member of Cap-
tain James Merrill's company. Colonel Jona-
than Mitchel's (Cumberland County) regi-
ment; service, three days, in November, 1775.
fortifying Falmouth; also private in Captain
William Cobb's company, which marched July
8, 1779. and was discharged September 25,
1779; service, two months and seventeen days.
This company was raised in Cumberland
county for service on the Penobscot expedi-
tion, and served in Colonel Jonathan Mitchel's
detachment. He was also in Captain William
Cobb's company in Colonel Jonathan Mitchel's
detachment. The pay abstract for mileage
was sworn to at North Yarmouth, November
26, 1779. He is reported as first having drawn
rations at Falmouth, and as discharged at
Falmouth. He married, in 1737, Mary Lunt,
of Newbury. Their children born in Portland
are: Joseph. Mary, Cutting. Moses, Jane,
Ilannaii, Eunice, Ann, Josiah, Sarah, Thomas,
and five who died young.
(\T) Joseph (2), eldest child of Josiah and
Mary (Lunt) Noyes, born in Portland, Sep-
tember 14, 1740, died October 13, 1795. He
married (first) in 1763 Anne J^Ioody; (sec-
ond) 1767, Mary Cobham ; (third) Ehzabeth
Turrell. His children were: Jacob, Anne,
Elizabeth, Josiah and Polly. He was nine
years representative to the general court cov-
ering the entire period of the revolutionary
war.
(VII) Jacob, eldest child of Joseph and
Mary (Cobham) Noyes, born in Portland,
1768, died in 1820. He married, in 1798,
Anna Jones, and they had the following named
children : Joseph C., Edward F., Julia A.,
Elizabeth F., Horatio, Enoch J., and two who
died, young.
(X'ill) Joseph Cobham, eldest child of Jacob
and Anna (Jones) Noyes. born in Portland,
September 22, 1798. died in Portland, July 28,
1868, aged seventy. In 1^19 he moved to
Eastport and engaged in business as ship
chandler and shipper of merchandise. He was
honest and honorable, believed in a fair profit
only, and scorned to take advantage of others'
needs or enter into a combine to raise prices
above what was just and right. A little inci-
dent illustrates his position in this matter. On
a certain occasion the canals were closed for
the season and onlv about half the flour neces-
(Dc/^rci^cC ri /Jit ■\ /^
STATE OF MAINE.
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sary to supply the local demand had been
shipped in, but Mr. Noyes had what he con-
sidered his full stock for the season. A num-
ber of flour merchants wishing to take advan-
tage of the scarcity and form a combination to
raise the price, waited on Mr. Noyes and laid
their plan before him, and asked him to join
them. This he refused to do. and went further
and refused to sell any of his goods to them
at an advanced price or their representatives
who attempted to buy of him. On the con-
trary, he advertised to sell to all bonafide heads
of families in Washington county, barrels of
flour at an advance of twenty-five cents only
above full cost, and in this way disreputed the
scheme of those who proposed to take advan-
tage of others to make an unfair gain, as he
deemed it, out of the necessaries of life. He
was elected a member of the Twenty-fifth con-
gress as a Free Soil ^^'hig. and being the first
Free Soiler from eastern Maine was called the
"Star in the East." In 1847 'le engaged in
the flour trade in Portland, and for some vears
carried on an extensive and lucrative business.
He was appointed treasurer of the Portland
Company (locomotive works) in 1859, and
about the same time became treasurer of the
Portland Savings Bank. For a time his at-
tention was divided between the duties of
these two offices, but in his later years his
whole attention was given to the affairs of the
bank. When he first became connected with
the bank it had but one hundred and sixty
thousand dollars on deposit, but its business
was already beginning to increase, and at the
time of his demise (1868) the deposits
amounted to two million two hundred and sev-
enty-three thousand dollars. Without doubt
the influence of Mr. Noyes, his well known
business ability and probity of character, had
much to do with the public confidence in this
institution as expressed in its deposits. The
resolutions passed by the board of managers of
the bank at the time of j\Ir. Noyes' death re-
cite in part : "That in the death of the Hon-
orable Joseph C. Noyes, for many years treas-
urer of this bank, we have lost a most able,
faithful and honest officer. To his unwearied
and zealous labors in its behalf, and his ear-
nest and entire devotion to its interests, from
its early, almost from the beginning of its his-
tory, is largely due the signal success of the
institution." Mr. Noyes married (first) De-
cember 30, 1823, Mary E. Ilsley, born April 24,
1805, daughter of Parker and Eliza (Smith)
Ilsley, of Portland. She died November 17,
1835. ^^ married (second) July 10, 1838.
Helen M., born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Mav
14, 1818, daughter of James and Maria
(Webb) Ailing, of Cornwall, Connecticut. She
died June 9, 1854. The children of first wife
were : George F., l->ank, and two daughters,
who died young. Those of the second : Ed-
ward A. and Joseph C.
(IX) Edward Ailing, third son and child
of Joseph Cobham and Helen M. (Ailing)
Noyes, was born at Eastport, Maine, Octo-
ber 6, 1839. He w-as educated in the public
schools, and then entered the office of Hon.
Phinehas Barnes, where he read law. At nine-
teen years of age he left his law studies to
enter the Po£tland Savings Bank, of which his
father was treasurer, and there he began his
labors as a clerk in April, 1859. After a
period of five years of service in the Portland
Savings Bank, he served an equal length of
time in The National Traders' Bank ; and in
1868, soon after the death of his father, he
returned to the Savings Bank.. where he took
the position of assistant treasurer. He filled
that place until the death of his brother Frank,
December 17, 1877, ^"^ then succeeded him as
treasurer. He has now (1908) filled this po-
sition over thirty years, and has been in the
banking business continuously forty-nine
years, and is not only the oldest bank treasurer,
but the oldest bank official in the state in point
of service, and one of the oldest in the coun-
try ; and his service has all been with one bank.
This veteran banker has been so long con-
nected with the monetary affairs of Portland
that his name is a reminder of financial suc-
cess, and his reputation is that of one whose
judgment in financial aft'airs is unimpeachable.
He has given his attention mainly to banking,
but has been connected with other enterprises,
among which are the following: The Sav-
ings Bank Association of Maine, of which he
has been president from its formation to the
present time : the Portland Safe Deposit Com-
pany, of which he is president ; the Portland
Savings Bank, of which he is a trustee ; and
the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Maine, in which he is a director. He has
taken a deep and enduring interest in the Port-
land Public Library, and was its first librarian
(1878), serving without pay eleven years, and
working earnestly for its success, and being
able finally to see it in a prosperous condition.
He has been its treasurer for many years, and
is a chairman of its committee on books, and
a member of its board of trustees. For eleven
years he has been president of the Western
Maine Music Festival Association. He is also
a member of the Maine Historical Society, and
of Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, A. F.
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STATE OF MAINE.
and A. M., of Portland. In politics lie is a
stalwart Republican. Between 1882 and 1886
he served two years in the common council,
and two years in the board of aldermen, being
president of the latter board. While a mem-
ber of the city government he was chairman
of the committee on street lighting, and was
instrumental in introducing electric lights upon
the streets of Portland. In 1884, when James
G. Blaine was a candidate for the presidency,
Mr. Noyes was treasurer of the Republican
state committee.
Mr. Noyes was united in marriage Novem-
ber 5, 1863, with Julia Augusta, daughter of
John" Edwards, of Portland, and granddaugh-
ter of Thomas Edwards, first judge advocate-
general of the revolutionary army, and at the
time of his death grand secretary of the So-
cietv of the Cincinnati. Her mother was
Sarah Merrill. The children of Edward A.
and Julia A. (Edwards) Noyes are: i. Helen
Ailing, married Winthrop Jordan. 2. Marion,
died young. 3. I\lary Webb, died at the age
of eighteen. 4. Charles Edward, married
Marion E. Deering. 5. Julia Edwards. 6.
Joseph Cobham, married Blanche Sewall. 7.
Sidney Webb, married Abby Clark.
(Vil) Peter, eldest son of Nicholas (2) and
Rachel (Hill) Noyes, was born at Minot,
Maine, August 27, 1794, and died there in
1869. He was a deacon in the Congregational
church for forty years ; and also served as
selectman, justice of the peace and postmaster
for many terms. In 1818 he married Cynthia
Verrill, and they had nine children, one of
whom died an unnamed infant. The others
were: i. Rachel H., born July 30, 1819, died
in 1872. 2. Albion, August 25, 1820, mar-
ried Lucretia Jackson. 3. John V., whose
sketch follows. 4. Henry O., February 21,
1827, married Emily L. Collinson. 5. Nicholas,
September 11, 1828, died April 22. 1848. 6.
Samuel V.. June 21, 1830, married Elizabeth
E. Eberback. 7. Sarah P., December 20, 1835,
married Justus W. French. 8. George W.,
September 2, 1841, married Mary W. Gard-
ner.
(VIII) John Verrill, second son of Peter
and Cynthia (Verrill) Noyes, was born Sep-
tember 9, 1825, died December 24, 1890. For
ten years he was an efficient officer of the Bos-
ton police force from 1854 to 1864. being lieu-
tenant of Station i at the time of retirement.
January i, 1855. he married Philona A. Chase,
daughter of Edmund and Nabby (Woodman)
Cha?e, and they had four children: i. .Pearl
M., born January 12, 1857. 2. Edward H.,
April 17, 1858. 3. Emma A., September 24,
1859, married Moses H. Hackett. 4. Willard
A., whose sketch follows. The children were
born at Lisbon and Brunswick, Maine, East
Boston, Massachusetts, and Auburn, Maine.
(IX) Willard Albion, son and youngest
child of John \'errill and Philona A. (Chase)
Noyes, was born at Lisbon, Maine, March 10,
1865. He was educated in the public schools,
and at the age of fourteen began learning the
shoe business, and with others began the
manufacture of shoes in 1893, continu-
ing until 1898, when the firm was incor-
porated as the Ashe, Noyes & Small Co.
He is independent in politics, and belongs to
the Masons and to the Brotherhood of Pro-
tective Order of Elks. On March 8, 1889, he
married Nellie M. Ashe, daughter of Lieuten-
ant John E. and Julia G. (Perry) Ashe, of
Turner, Maine. (See Ashe II and Richard-
son VIII.) Willard A. and NeUie M. (Ashe)
Noyes have one child, Verna A., born at .Au-
burn, April 4, 1890.
(For preceding generation see Samuel Ricbardson I.)
(II) Joseph, second son
RICHARDSON of Samuel and Joanna
Richardson, was born in
Woburn, July 27, 1643, ^^^ <^l'sd March 5,
1 718. His whole life was spent in his native
town. He was admitted freeman of the col-
ony. May 15, 1672, and was therefore a mem-
ber of the church. He w^as one of Major Sam-
uel Appleton's soldiers, and was engaged in
the fierce assault on the Narragansett fort,
December 19, 1675. He was a selectman of
Woburn, 1693-94-1702. He married, Novem-
ber 5, 1666, Hannah Green, born about 1647,
died May 20, 1721. She was a daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth Green, of Maiden.
They had five children : Hannah, Mary. Eliza-
beth, Joseph and Stephen.
(Ill) Stephen, second son and youngest
child of Joseph and Hannah (Green) Richard-
son, was born February 7, 1673-74. at Wo-
burn, Massachusetts, and died there February
4- ^75^-S~- He was selectman of that town
in 1 72 1, was chosen deacon of tlie church in
1745, but was commonly known as captain
from his ofifice in the militia. On November
21, 1695, he married Bridget, daughter of
Theophilus and Mary (Champney) Richard-
son, and granddaughter of Ezekicl Richardson,
the earliest of the name in America. She was
the youngest of nine children, was born in
1674, just before her father's death, and died
July I. 1750. The ten children of Captain
Stephen and Bridget (Richardson) Richard-
son were: i. Stephen, born June 12, 1696, died
STATE OF MAINE.
2055
September 21, 1703. 2. Joseph, July 20, 1698,
married Martha (Wyman) Tidd. 3. Thomas,
February 5, 1699-1700, married Ruth Buck-
nam. 4. Bridget, October 15, 1701, died
young. 5. Phebe, May 16, 1704, married Isaac
Snow. 6. Ichabod, January 11, 1705-06. 7.
Stephen, about 1796, married Mary Sawyer.
8. Adam, whose sketch follows. 9. Asa, De-
cember 12, 1713, married Hannah Locke. 10.
Bridget, 1722, died September 27, 1736.
(IV) Dr. Adam, sixth son of Stephen and
Bridget (Richardson) Richardson, was born
at Woburn, Massachusetts, April 10, 1709, and
died some time after 1749. JHe was graduated
from Harvard College in 1730, was a physi-
cian at Groton in 1744, and at Woburn in
1748. He taught the grammar school in Wo-
burn during 1747-48-49. About 1736 he mar-
ried Rebecca, whose maiden name is unknown ;
they had three children : i. Winslow, born De-
cember 14, 1737, married (first) Rhoda John-
son, (second) Elizabeth By ram. 2. Rebecca,
July 13, 1740. 3. Stephen, whose sketch fol-
lows.
(V) Stephen (2), younger son of Dr. Adam
and Rebeoca Richardson, was born at Wo-
burn, Massachusetts, July 6, 1743. and died
some time after 1793, probably at Buckfield,
Maine. He was a blacksmith, and lived in
various places. In 1768 he was at Bridge-
water, and after that in the neighboring town
of Pembroke, Massachusetts, where all his
children were born. In 1791 he moved to
Bucktown, now Buckfield, Maine, and on
March 15, 1793, bought a hundred acres of
land of Dr. Stephen Swett, which he sold the
following June. About 1767 he married Mercy
Darling, and they had nine children : i. John
D., whose sketch follows. 2. David, born De-
cember, 1772, married Hannah Martin. 3.
Stephen, March 24, 1775, married Lydia
Crooker. 4. Rebecca, born June 24, 1777, mar-
ried Thomas Loring and lived at Turner,
Maine. 5. Ruth, July 31, 1779, married Jabez
Pratt, and lived in Buckfield. 6. Adam, May
25, 1 78 1, married Margaret Crooker. 7.
Fanny, married David Record, and lived in
Buckfield. 8. Mary or Polly, married Jotham
Roberts, and lived in Brooks, Maine. 9.
Mercy, February 20, 1793, married Benjamin
Young, and both of them were living at Hart-
ford, Maine, in 1874.
(VI) John Darling, eldest child of Stephen
(2) and Mercy (Darling) Richardson, was
born at Pembroke, Massachusetts, April 8,
1768, and moved to Turner, Maine, where he
was a blacksmith and farmer. The date of his
death is unknown, but it probably occurred
after 1804. About 1795 he married Lydia
Willard, and they had six children: i. Abi-
gail, born in 1796, married John Curtis, and
lived at Bristol, Maine. 2. Benjamin, a sea-
faring man, died unmarried in 1855. 3. Polly,
whose sketch follows. 4. Lyman, about 1800,
married Mercy Buck. 5. Jules R., a shoe-
maker, died at Buckfield, Maine, in 185 1. 6.
Ruth, married Benjamin Curtis, and lived at
Bristol, Maine.
(VII) Polly, second daughter of John Dar-
ling and Lydia (Willard) Richardson, was
born about 1799 at Turner, Maine, and died
there. About 1827 she was married to John
Ashe. (See Ashe I.) The children of John
and Polly (Richardson) Ashe were: i. Har-
riett, married James Davis, of Portland,
Maine. 2. and 3. Benjamin F. and John
Everett (twins), born January 5, 1832. 4.
Ruth, died unmarried. 5. Ellen, now living at
Portland, Maine. 6. Isabelle, died unmar-
ried. 7. Isabelle Porter, married Winfield
Turner.
(VIII) John Everett, one of the twin sons
of John E. and Polly (Richardson) Ashe, was
born January 5, 1833, at Turner, Maine. He
married, September 4, 1855, Julia G. Perry,
daughter of Barnabas B. and Artemissia Perry,
of Minot, j\'laine. Their children were: i.
and 2. Julia Ellen and Thomas Everett
(twins), born April 23, i860, died June 10 and
July II, 1864. 3. Nellie M., born March 8,
1867, married, March 8, 1889, Willard A.
Noyes, of Auburn, Maine. (See Noyes IX.)
They have one child, Verna, born April 4,
i8go. 4. Thomas William, February 8, 1873,
died March 14, 1877.
This name is not numerous either
.'\SHE in England or America, though it
probably dates from early Saxon
times. The patronymic, from its very sim-
plicity, indicates a natural origin. It is doubt-
less derived from the ashe tree, though a pos-
sible explanation might connect it with people
living near the Ash or Esh, a small English
stream. The numerous compound forms, like
Ashbaugh, Ashbridge, Ashburn, Ashburnham,
Ashcroft, Ashford, Ashdown, Ashmead, Ash-
ley and Ashton, many of which are more fre-
quently met than the simple form, would seem
to indicate that the surname is derived from
the tree ; and the latter part of the compound,
in most instances, explains itself. Thus Ash-
ley means a lea or meadow with a growth of
ash trees. Ashburnham, reduced to its primi-
tive signification, would mean a hamlet near
a burn or brook bordered by ash trees.
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STATE OF MAINE.
The earliest one of the name to settle in New
England appears to be John Ash, who was at
Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1652. He had a
son John (2), who was killed by the Indians
at Amesbury, July 4, 1706, just seventy years
before the Declaration of Independence. The
family has considerable distinction in North
Carolina. John Baptist Ashe, the first Amer-
ican ancestor in that state, was a friend of
Lord Craven, and emigrated to the new world
in the early part of 1727. He was distin-
guished for his opposition to the stamp act;
was speaker of the assembly under the colo-
nial government from 1762 to 1765; and in
1776 was appointed brigadier-general of the
U'ilmington district. He was a daring leader,
remarkable for his talents, firmness and fine
personal appearance. His younger son, Sam-
uel, born in 1725, became one of the three
judges under the constitution, holding this
office from 1777 till he was elected governor
in 1795.
(I) John Ashe was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland, about the beginning of the nineteenth
century, and came to this country when he
was seven years old. He lived in Maine, and
married Polly Richardson.
(II) John E., son of John and Polly (Rich-
ardson) Ashe, was born at Buckfield, Maine,
January 5, 1833. When quite young he moved
with his parents to the town of Turner, where
he has lived the greater part of his life, and
where he served two terms on the board of
selectmen. On September 10, 1862, he en-
listed in Company D. Twenty-third iSIaine Vol-
unteers, was promoted to sergeant, and mus-
tered out with his regiment July 15, 1863. He
re-enlisted March 13, 1865, and was commis-
sioned first lieutenant in Company C, First
Battalion Maine Infantry. He was on duty in
Washington at the time of the Great Review,
June, 1865. Lieutenant Ashe was stationed in
many places, including Savannah, Georgetown,
Florence, Cheraw, Chesterfield, Charleston,
Walhalla, Anderson and Laurens. He was
also provost-marshal, and was in command of
the provost guard at Anderson, South Caro-
lina, with one-half of his own company
mounted, and a detachment of the Sixth Regu-
lar Cavalry under his command. He was ap-
pointed quartermaster, also member of the
military court, and was detailed for special
duty by order of General Sickles, subject to
orders from the military court at Charleston.
He was mustered out with his command,
April 5, 1866. On Lieutenant Ashe's return
to his native state he became interested in the
shoe business, and was one of the projectors of
the North Auburn Boot and Shoe Company.
He is now senior member of the Ashe, Noyes
and Small Shoe Company. On September 4,
1855, John E. Ashe married Julia G. Perry,
daughter of Barnabus B. and Artemissia
(Perry) Perry. There were four children.
One of them, Nellie M. .Ashe, born March 8,
1861, married Willard Albion Noyes, of .Au-
burn. (See Noyes IX.) (See Richardson
VHI.)
"The name of Leighton,''
LEIGHTON says Tristam Frost Jordan,
in "An Account of the De-
scendants of Captain William Leighton, of
Kittery, Maine," "occurs in some of the oldest
annals of English and Scotch history. The
spelling is various, as will commonly be the
case with the cognomen of a family of which
the scattered vestiges appear at wide intervals
in the wilderness of the unlettered ages. It is
spelled Leichtoun, Lichtoune, Lyghton, Ligh-
ton, Layton, which are not especially affixed to
certain dates, but seem to have obtained indis-
criminately in the same eras. It is to be re-
membered, however, the modern orthography
is the same which presents itself in the old
world's register, of the greatest antiquity. It
is unmistakably ^axon in the origin, but was
established both in England and Scotland be-
fore the fourteenth century. In the Potuli Sco-
tia, published from the originals in the tower,
we read that A. D. 1734, John de Leighton
Clerius de Scotia obtained a safe conduct to
Oxford. Sir Walter Leighton, sheriff of An-
gus, was killed in 1392 in a border conflict
with a party of highlanders. In the beginning
of the fifteenth century there is evidence of
the family importance in ecclesiastical and po-
litical afifairs. Henry Leighton, parson of
DufTus and chantor of Moray, was consecrated
bishop of Moray in 1414, and ten years later
consecrated bishop of .Aberdeen. He was one
of the commissioners sent to London to nego-
tiate the ransom of James I.. In 141 5 William
de Leighton, with his retainers, was with
Henry V, at Agincoart. Later in the seven-
teenth century Dr. Alexander Leighton suf-
fered irnprisonment in the tower for his at-
tacks upon Episcopacy. His son Robert, the
good archbishop of Glasgow, reflected lustre
upon the name. No attempt has been made to
connect the .American family with the English
or Scotch original. There is a tradition that
the family came to America from Devonshire
(Tiverton), but its authority is very question-
able. The name is scarcely known in that
part of England, but for several centuries in
STATI-: OF MAINE.
2057
Shropshire arid in Yorkshire* a name of im-
portance, and the emigrants to America prob-
ably came from one of those comities or from
Scotland, though it is quite possible that one
of the western counties (probably Deconshiro)
was the place of embarkation.
"Captain William Leighton. born about 1625,
came to America and settled in Kittery, Maine,
about 1650. Of his origin and his relation to
other persons of the same name who came
about the same time, there are conflicting tra-
ditions, the truth of any of which must re-
main matter of surmise or conjecture. One is
that he was one of three brothers who emi-
grated' from England prior to 1650. The eld-
est, John, settled at Saco ; the second, Thomas,
at Dover; and the youngest. William, at Kit-
tery. It is certain that he was a shipmaster,
and had possibly made voyages to New Eng-
land before he finally settled there. There is
a tradition that he was taken from a wreck at
sea and carried to Kittery." Another tradi-
tion, which seems to be authenticated, is that
his father had been an officer in the parlia-
mentary army, but we have no authoritative
information as to his Christian name or his
rank or the regiment in which he served. He
settled in that part of the town then called
Kittery Foreside, afterwards Crooked Lane,
where he received a grant of land from the
town, June 13, 1659, containing nineteen acres
extending twenty poles on the water frontage,
and lying on the west side of Richard Abbott's
land, 104 poles. He seems to have been a man
of considerable intelligence and fair education,
and for a young man to have taken an im-
portant part in the infant colony. Very soon
after he received his grant, he removed to
Watt's Fort, called since that time Leighton's
Fort, in Eliot (then Kittery). He died in
166&. He married, 1656, Katherine, daugh-
ter of Nicholas Frost, of Kittery. She was
born August, 1633, at Tiverton, England, and
died in Kittery, August 15, 1715. Widow
Leighton married (second) Major -Joseph
Hammond, of Kittery, by whom she had two
children. The children of Captain William
and Katherine (Frost) Leighton were : ■Mary,
William, John and Elizabeth. From John, the
son who attained adult age, are descended most
of the Leightons of INIaine.
(I) Adam Leighton was born in Falmouth,
December 30, 181 1, and resided in West Fal-
mouth, where he was engaged in farming. He
married, May 24. 1837, Julia Ann, born in
Falmouth, February 26, 1816, daughter of
Silas and Abigail (Roberts) Leighton, of Fal-
mouth. Of this marriage five children were
born.
(II) Wilbur Fiske, .son of Adam and Julia
.■\nn (Leighton) Leighton, was born at West
Falmouth, April 11, 1845, ^'I'l was educated in
the public schools at Falmouth. He married,
November 18, 1869. Abby Frances, born in
Gray, April 18, 1846, daughter of Robert and
Elizabeth (Morgan) Barbour, of Gray.
Children : Charles M., Anngie Maud, Lucy,
Barbour, Chester .\dam, Wilbur Fiske Jr. and
Milicent.
(III) Dr. Charles Milton, .son of Wilbur F.
and Abby Frances (Barbour) Leighton, was
born in Osage, Iowa, July 8, 1870, and re-
ceived his literary education in the public
schools of Portland, graduating from the
Portland high school in 1890; graduated from
Bowdoin College 1894. Subsequent to this he
entered the Maine Medical College at Bruns-
wick, from which he received the degree of
M. D. in 1897. This was followed by one
year's service as house surgeon at Maine Gen-
eral Hospital, and at the present time is a
member of its surgical staff. In i8y8 he be-
gan his course as a general practitioner of
medicine in Portland, where he has made rapid
progress in his profession. He was made city
physician in 1899 and held that office three
terms. In 1902 he was appointed to a place on
the board of health, of which he was after-
ward chairman for several terms. During the
time he filled that office he eliminated many
objectionable features in the management of
the work of the board and instituted much
needed reforms. Dr. Leighton is a member of
the Cumberland County Medical Association,
the Maine Medical Association, the American
]\Iedical Association, the American Academy
of Science, and of the Portland Medical Club,
the Pathological Club and also of Portland
Lodge, No. I, Free and Accepted Masons. In
political faith he is a Republican, and religious
belief an Episcopalian.
He married; January 6, 1902, Nellie G., born
in Portland, I\Iay 10. 1870, daughter of John
Fox and Georgianna (Chandler) Sherry, the
former a native of England and the latter of
Portland. They have two children : Lawrence
Brock, June 11, 1904, and William Fiske 2nd,
December 11, 1906.
Leighton is an old English
LEIGHTON surname. The original fam-
ily of this name had its seat
at Leighton in Shropshire, prior to the Con-
quest (1066). The name is identical with
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STATE OF MAINE.
Lavton. which is still in use by some branches
of the family. T!ie progenitor was Rainald,
mentioned in Domesday Book as tenant of
Lestone, or Leighton. The family took the
name of the place as a surname when th.e cus-
tom of having hereditary surnames came into
fashion in the twelfth century. The principal
seat of the present English family is Loton, in
Shropshire. The lineage is traced to Totilus
de Leton, who was mentioned in Domesday
Book, through his grandson Sir Titus de
Leigliton, knight of the Sepulchre, joint
founder of tlie Abbey of Buildwas, Salop. Sir
Richard de Leighton had a reconveyance of
the Manor of Leighton from William Fitz
Allan soon after the Conquest.
(I) Thomas Leighton. immigrant ancestor,
was doubtless a descendant of the ancient
Shropshire family. lie was born in England
in 1604, and died January 22, 1671. He came
to New England in 1633, and settled on a lot
bought of Captain Wiggin, on Back river,
Dover, New Hampshire, bounded also by a
lot of John Dam's and the lane to Back Cove.
He had grants of land from the town from
time to time. In 1630 he received one hun-
dred acres. His home was at Dover Neck.
His will was dated September 21, 1671 ; proved
June 25, 1672. It calls Thomas his only son
and heir. Children : Thomas, mentioned be-
low; Mary, married Thomas Roberts: Daugh-
ter, married Deacon John Hall ; Elizabeth,
married (first) Philip Cromwell, (second)
Philip Chesley; Sarah, died unmarried, 1672.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
Leighton, was born about 1635. He died in
1710, at Dover, where he lived. He was ad-
mitted a freeman May 15, 1672. His wife was
a daughter of Hatevil Nutter, a prominent
man among the Dover pioneers. Children :
Thomas ; Elizabeth ; John, mentioned below.
(III) John, son of Thomas (2) Leighton,
was born about 1675. He married Sarah
. Children: i. John, born about 1705;
settled in Newington ; married, November,
1728, .\bigail Ham; ten children. 2. Lydia,
born February 19, 1705, at Dover. 3. Thomas
(?), married Susannah ; had a large
family at Dover. 4. David, mentioned be-
low.
(IV) David, son or nephew of John Leigh-
ton, was born about 1725. He settled at
Rochester, New Hampshire, a town adjoin-
ing Barrington, in which John and Susanna
Leighton, presumably his parents, were bap-
tized July 26, 1738. L^n fortunately the Bar-
rington records are nearly all destroyed. Sarah
and Lydia, probably sisters, were baptized.
adults, and owned the covenant at Barrington,
-January 10, 1741. David was also an adult
when baptized, September 22, 1754, at the same
time that his wife renewed the covenant with
the Rochester Church. One of the children
of David was baptized at a '"lect" at the house
of John Leighton, who must have been living
in Rochester, or near the line. David named
his first son John for his father, and daughter
Sarah for his mother. His son Jacob was
named for Jacob Chamberlain, of his wife's
family. She had a brother Jacob, born in
Dover, June 25, 1738. David married at Do-
ver, December 19, 1731, Ann Chamberlain.
Children, baptized at Rochester: i. Dolly,
born 1754 (had an aunt Dorothy Chamber-
lain), baptized September 22, 1754; married
February 29, 1726. 2. John, baptized April 13,
^75S- 3- Sarah (twin), baptized June 23,
1756, at house of John Leighton. 4. Hannah,
baptized June 23, 1756, at house of John
Leighton. 5. Jacob, baptized July 31, 1757:
mentioned below. 6. Samuel (?), baptized
July 31, 1757. 7. William (named for his
grandfather Chamberlain), baptized Septem-
ber g, 1764; had son John. 8. Elizabeth, bap-
tized February i, 1767. 9. Anna, baptized
July 7, 1771. 10. Moses, baptized Mav 19,
1776.
(\ ) Jacob, son of David Leighton, was
baptized in Rochester, New Hampshire, July
31, 1757. He was a soldier in the revolution,
from Rochester or vicinity, in Captain Joseph
Badger's company, in the expedition to Can-
ada in 1775. He removed to New Durham,
New Hampshire. He married Mary .
According to the federal census of 1790, Ja-
cob Leighton, of New Durham, had in his
family six females and no sons. The birth
record shows that he had had four daughters.
Perhaps one of the females necessary to make
the coimt six was his mother or mother-in-
law. Children, recorded from New Durham:
I. Betty or Betsey, born January 3, 1782; mar-
ried. April 23, 1 801, Jeremiah Edgerly, of New
Durham, born May 13, 1778. (Several of this
Edgerly family settled at Corinna, Maine,
whither the Leightons also went.) 2. Mary,
born March 10, 1784. 3. Nancy, May 31,
1786. 4. Dorothy, June 28, 1788. 5. Jacob,
February 6, 1791 ; mentioned below. 6. Ly-
dia C, April 6, 1793. 7. Rhoda. September 11,
1795. 8. Ephraim, November 8, 1798. 9.
Hannah E., September 26, 1801.
(VI) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (i) and
Mary Leighton, was born February 6, 1791,
in New Durham, New Hampshire, where he
resided until the latter part of the year 1822,
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whtn he removed to Exeter, Elaine, a pioneer
settlement. Here he built himself a log house
with the aid of friends from his native town
who settled there about the same lime and
cleared up a farm. A few years later he re-
turned to New Hampshire and settled in the
town of Milton, w^here he passed the remainder
of his life. He was a kind and sympathetic
man, often going many miles to assist those in
trouble or distress, and was also very jovial,
fond of a good story, full of jokes, and very
social in his nature. He entertained a great
deal for his day, and was usually found in at-
tendance at picnics, husking parties and other
social gatherings. Ke served as soldier in
the war of 1812, and received a pension for
his service during his last years. He married
Februar}- 2. 1812, Sophia , born Febru-
ary 23. 1792, died February 28, 1854, in Exe-
ter, Alaine. Sometime after her death, Mr.
Leighton married a widow, Mrs. Mary ( Pollv )
Glidden. His children born of the first wife
were : Alfred, Jacob, John, Rhoda E., Mary,
Frank, Charles and Sophia. Tiie last named
is the only one now living, being the wife of
Ira B. Quint, of Farmington, New Hamp-
shire.
(VH) Alfred, eldest child of Jacob (2)
and Sophia (Emerson) Leighton, was born
December 28, 1812, in New Durham, New
Hampshire, and resided in Exeter and Cor-
inna, Maine. He married, August 10, 1834,
Dorcas Le Barron, whose ancestors were
French Huguenots.
(Vni) Llewellyn Morse, son of Alfred
Leighton, was born at Exeter, Maine, October
9, 1850. He was educated in the public schools
and lived at Exeter, Corinna and Portland,
Maine. He began life as a farmer, in Exeter,
but in 1875 moved to Portland, Maine, and
became an architect and builder. He then en-
gaged in the furniture business at Portland,
but for the past ten years has devoted his at-
tention to the development of outlying property
about the city. He lives at Portland. He mar-
ried Annie Hinckley Stone, born August 12,
1854, daughter of Alfred Montgomery Stone,
of Corinna. Her mother was Nancy (Atkins)
Stone, born at Milford, Maine, daughter of
Nathaniel Atkins, of Castine, Maine, a sea
captain of note. The Atkins family had large
claims against the government in what are
called the French spoliation cases, but have
never recovered for the losses. Captain At-
kins was a soldier in the w-ar of 1812. Chil-
dren: Marshall O. and Florence (Leighton)
Johnson, born September 24, 1882.
(IX) Marshall O., son of Llewellyn ^lorse
Leighton, was born in Corinna, Penobscot
county, Maine, May i, 1874. He attended the
public schools of Portland, Maine, and pre-
pared for college in the Portland high school,
He graduated from the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology with the degree of S. B.
in the class of 1896. After graduation he be-
came liealtli ollicer of Montclair, New Jersey,
and performed the duties of that oftke in con-
nection with consulting practice for six years.
He then qualified by civil service examination
and was appointed hyurographer of the United
States Geological Survey in Washington, in
1902. He was promoted to the oifice of chief
h\ drographer in igo6, a position which he
fills at the present time. In May, 1906, he was
appointed one of the commissioners of the state
of New Jersey to investigate and propose a
remedy for the disastrous floods of the Pas-
saic river. He is consulting hydrographer for
the United States Inland Water Ways Com-
mission. During a pan of his service
in the Geological Survey he was given
special assignments to difficult work in the
United States Reclamation Services, in connec-
tion with the irrigation of the arid West. He
has given the greater part of his time in the
government service to the study of the de-
velopment of water supplies, with especial ref-
erence to tlood preveniioii, water power, irri-
gation, navigation and municipal supply. On
these subjects he is regarded as an authority,
and is much engaged as a public lecturer upon
the more popular features thereof.
He is a member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers ; of the .American Water-
works Association ; New England Water
W'orks Association ; of the National Geogra-
phic Society ; of the Washington Society of
Engineers. In politics he is a Republican, in
religion an Episcopalian. He belongs to the
University Club, of W'ashington, D. C, and
to Montclair Lodge of Free ^.lasons, of Mont-
clair, New Jersey. He resides at 1330 F
Street, N. W., Washington. He married, Oc-
tober I, 1S96, Claude Augusta Hawkins, of
Portland, Maine, born February 2, 1875,
daughter of Lorenzo Plaisted and Helen
(Reed) Hawkins. Her father was a native of
Durham, New Hampshire, resident of Port-
land ; her mother was born at Lynnfield, Mas-
sachusetts. They have one child, Helen Reed,
born October 9. 1907.
Jonathan Leighton came
LEIGFITON from Scotland to Yarmouth
(Portland), Maine, and he
received the cognomen "leather-pockets."
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Hatevil Lei.efhton, with liis wife, two sons and
seven daugliters, lived in Dennysville and Pem-
broke about 1790, and may have been his
brother, as the family settled in Washington
county, Maine. Children : Mark, Jonathan,
Daniel, Hatevil and others.
(II) Mark, son of Jonathan Leighton, immi-
grant, was born in Steuben, Maine, in 1760,
and died in i8j?o. He married Sallie ;
children: i. Elislia, married Betsey Parker;
children : Fr.-.ncis and Belhia. 2. Warren, see
forward. 3. Sewell. married Barbara Grun ;
children: David, \\'ilson and Elizabeth. 4.
Freeman. 3. Sally, married James G. Parker ;
children: Freeman. Frank, Daniel and Mary
Parker, all deceased. 6. Lydia. married John
Stewart : children : Philena, Atkins, Matilda,
Arthur, John E. and George Stewart. 7.
Xaomi, married James Clark ; children : Ab-
bott, Frank, Freeman, Belinda anfl Linda
Leighton Clark.
(HI) Warren, son of Mark and Sallie
Leighton, was born in Steuben, Maine, June
22, 1800, died in Millbridge. 1889. He learned
the trade of joiner and carpenter, and besides
working at his trade he also conducted a gen-
eral country store, was justice of the peace
and town surveyor. He was not a professional
lawyer, but was entrusted with most of the law
business of the town, as well as that of the ad-
joining town of Millbridge. He married Joan,
daughter of Reuben and Ann Dyer ; she was
born in Steuben in 1804 and died there in 1879.
Children: i. Sarah A., deceased; was wife of
Isaac Blaisdell. 2. Gilbert N., deceased: mar-
ried Mary Whitney. 3. Pillsbury S., deceased;
married Isabella Strout. 4. Marian H., mar-
ried Charles F. Pray. 5. Lincoln Howe, see
forward.
(IV) Lincoln Howe, son of Warren and
Joan (Dyer) Leighton, was born in Steuben,
Washington county, Maine, July g, 1835. Af-
ter attending the public school of his native
town, he learned the trade of ship carpenter
and joiner and has followed that occupation all
his life. He removed from Steuben to Mill-
bridge in 1849, and was collector of taxes for
the township for two years, supervisor of
schools and a member of the board of select-
men. He served the state as a repre.sentative
m the state legislature 1869. His fraternal
affiliation is with the Order of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, and he was made worshipful
master of Pleaidcs Lodge, of Millbridge, hav-
ing been a charter member of this lodge. He
was advanced seven degrees in masonry and
was elected a member of Washington Chapter
Royal Arch Masons. He is a workino- mem-
ber of the Prohibition party, and his religious
faith made him independent of denominational
sects. He married, July 18, 1884, Fannie E.,
daughter of Hiram Tibbets, of Charleston,
Maine. No children.
Bailey as a word is derived
BAILEY through. the French bailie, from
the mediaeval Latin ballium,
which is a corruption of the Latin vallum, a
rampart. The bailey was the whole space en-
closed within the external walls of a castle
with the exception of that covered by the keep.
Sometimes this space consisted of several
courts, divided from each other by embattled
walls, so as to form a series of fortifications.
When those courts were two in number, they
were known as the outer and inner bailey.
The bailey was often of great extent, contain-
ing the barracks of the soldiers, lodgings for
the workmen and artificers, magazines, wells
and chapels, and sometimes even a monastery.
Philip James Bailey, author of the well-known
poem, "Festus," and a native of Nottingham,
England, says : "The name is of Kelto-British
origin, and signifies a keep or tower, or mural
fortification as the names of S. Peter's le
Bailey (or in the Bailey) of Oxford; the Old
and New Bailey, London ; the Bailey Tower,
Howth Hill, Dublin ; and other places suffi-
ciently show." The patronymic is evidently
derived from bailiff, the keeper or superin-
tendent of the bailey, a name which in time
came to be applied to a place of confinement.
The Baillies of Georgia, however, who in-
termarried with the Bullochs, to which family
President Roosevelt's mother belonged, give a
diflferent origin to the name. They claim that
it is corrupted from Baliol, a powerful and
eminent family in the early days of England
and Scotland, closely related to the kings, John
and Edward Baliol, but eventually siding with
the Scottish king. David IL The name was
changed from Baliol to Baillie to escape the
wrath of Edward First of England, who was
incensed against the family ; and also to dis-
tinguish them from the Scottish kings. Baliol
is evidently of French origin, for among the
companions of William the Conqueror we find
Renaud de Bailleul. In the reign of William
Rufus Guy de Baiiiol had a grant from the
crown of the barony of Biweld in the county
of Northumberland. From him is directly de-
scended John de Baliol, founder of Baliol Col-
letje, Oxford. Alexander de Baliol. brother of
John, was grand chamberlain of Scotland in
1292, and from him the Baillies of Lamington,
Dunain and all of the name in Scotland are
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descended. In 1735 Kenneth Raillie of the
Dunain family was an ensign in the Darien
Company of Rangers in Georgia, and went on
an expedition with General Oglethorpe against
the Spaniards in Florida. He was captured
and sent to Spain, but subsequently returned
where he became a landed proprietor and colo-
nel of the Second Southern Regiment. His
sons did good service in the revohition.
In France the name is still spelled Daily ; in
Scotland, Baillie ; while in England and Amer-
ica, Baily, Bailey and Bayley are most com-
mon. There are two distinct coats-of-arms.
That of the Bailey family consists of a bezant,
or gold coin, on a fesse between three njartlets
(flying swallows) giiks. The crest is a demi-
lady, holding in her dexter hand a tower, and
in sinister, a branch of laurel. The Baillie
escutcheon is as different as possible. The
shield has nine mullets or five-pointed stars,
supported by two boars rampant; and the crest
is a boar's head. The motto is : "Quid clarius
astris" — What is more glorious than the
stars ?
(I) Thomas Bayley, of Wessagussett, ad-
mitted freeman in Massachusetts Colony, May
13, 1640, was the first by the name of Bayley
that we find settled in New England. Wlien
he came or how he came we have no record.
He was very early in Wessagussett, and had
probably pre-empted land some years prior to
the incorporation of the land as Weymouth, in
1633. W'hether he came in the Weston Colony
in 1622, or in the Gorges Company in 1623, or
whether he came from Weymouth, England, in
1624, or from \"irginia, there is no way to de-
termine. Flis farm and home place of twenty-
five acres was located on the southerly side of
Kiiig Oak Hill; and in iSgg the cellar hole
of his house was still visible. He was a man
of integrity and influence, and was several
times chosen to appraise estates. In March,
1655, he and William Chard were elected con-
stables to serve for the ensuing year. Thomas
Bayley died in 1681, probably at an advanced
age, and it is thought that he was buried in
the Old North cemetery at North Weymouth.
The name of his wife is unknown, and she
probably died before him, as no mention of her
is made in the will probated May 10, 1681.
Children: i. John, whose sketch follows. 2.
Thomas, married Ruth Porter, September 19,
1660. 3. Samuel, married Mary , and
died in 171 1. 4. Esther, married John King,
of Weymouth.
(II) John, eldest son of Thomas Bayley,
was born at Weymouth, ^Massachusetts, about
1625, and died at Freetown, Massachusetts,
June 22, 1686. He was made freeman in
Massachusetts Colony, May 23, 1673, and was
a non-commissioned officer in some of the early
military companies of Weymouth. We find
that Corporal John Bayley was chosen fence
viewer for Weymouth in 1664-67 and 1674-75,
and on March 7, 1669-70, he was chosen way
warden. In 1675-76, during King Philip's
war, he had received another military promo-
tion, for we find "Sergent John Bayley Com-
missioner from Weymouth to Boston twice."
In 1683, at the opening up of lands in Free-
town, Massachusetts, John Bayley, of Wey-
mouth, and Thomas Drake bought land and re-
moved there about 1685. The maiden name
of John Bayley 's wife is unknown, hut her
given name was Hannah. Children: i. John
(2), whose sketch follows. 2. Thomas, who
was killed in King Philip's war in 1675. He
was a young man of much promise, and was
killed with the flower of Essex county in the
battle of Bloodv River, between Deerfield and
Hadley.
(Hi) John (2), eldest son of John (i)
and Hannah Bailey, was born probably in
Weymouth. He moved thence to Scituate,
Massachusetts, 1670. He married (first) Jan-
uary 25, 1672, Sarah White and (second) De-
cember 9, 1699. Ruth Clothier. He died 1718.
Children: i. John, born 1673. 2. Sarah, 1675.
3. Mary, 1677, married, 1700, James Berry.
4. Joseph, 1679. 5. Benjamin, 1682, of Marl-
boro, 1713. 6. William, 1685, married, 1714,
Judith Booth. 7. Hannah, born 1687, married,
1714, James Briggs Jr. 8. Samuel, 1690.
(lY) John (3), eldest son of John (2)
and Sarah (White) Bailey, was born in Scit-
uate, Massachusetts, in 1673; was mentioned
in his father's will as "eldest son, John." He
married, February 19, 1700, Abigail, daugh-
ter of Deacon Samuel Clapp. He died at Han-
over, Massachusetts, June, 1752, and his widow
died March 2, 1753. He was "a man of in-
fluence in the towns."- Children: i. Jane,
born June 30, 1701. 2. John, May 23, 1703.
3. Jacob, December 13. 1706. 4. Israel
(Capt.), May 13, 1708, married, November
12, 1730. Zeziah Perry, descended from
Bridgewater and Scituate family. 5. Abigail,
February 4, 1712-13. married. May 2, 1733,
John Bates. 6. Sarah, 1714, married, March
4, 1731, Thomas Jenkins. 7. Deborah, 1715,
married, 1738, Jeremiah Rogers. 8. and 9.
Hannah and Rachel, 1719. (The latter mar-
ried, 1741, James Rogers.) 10. Naomi, 1722,
married, 1741, Benjamin Curtis.
(V) John (4), eldest son of John (3) and
.-\bigail (Clapp) Bailey, was born in Hanover,
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May 23, 1703, and married, April 11, 1723,
Elizabeth Cowen, who died April 12, 1778.
He died September 28, the same year. He was
a man of business talents and considerable en-
terprise. Was selectman of Hanover 1744.
Children: i. Elizabeth, born August 15, 1727,
married, December 12, 1748, Dr. Jeremiah
Hall, of Hanover, who settled in Pembroke, a
distinguished physician and member of pro-
vincial congress 1775. 2. John, October 30,
1730. 3. Joan or Jane, January 20, 1733,
married Thomas Hubbart, or Hobart, of Ar-
lington, July 5, 1750. 4. Seth, July 5, 1739.
(VI) John (5), eldest son of John (4) and
Elizabeth (Cowen) Bailey, was born in Han-
over, October 30, 1730, and married, October,
1750, Ruth Randall, born August 25, 1730,
died June 3, 1820. He died October 27, 1810.
He was selectman 1768-71 ; lieutenant-colonel
of Colonel John Thomas' regiment of King-
ston which marched to Roxbury, April, 1775,
and had charge of said regiment when Colonel
Thomas was commissioned as general officer;
1776 was chief colonel of the regiment in the
continental establishment, and held this rank
during the war. Later in life he kept a tavern
for a time. History records that "he was
second in command on Dorchester Heights in
1775 and afterward of important positions
near New York. September, 1776, his regi-
ment and two others were thanked by Gen-
eral Washington for gallant conduct, and
Washington picked out Bailey's men when he
resolved to make a sudden dash on the Hes-
sians at Trenton. New Jersey. The brigade
that Bailey was in occupied the centre in the
field of Saratoga." Colonel JoHn did not serve
through the war, as in 1780 he wrote Gen-
eral Washington, asking his discharge on ac-
count of ill health and domestic affairs. By an
act of congress, October, 1780, he was retired
on half pay, but it is supposed this was com-
muted, as he died a poor man. His wife is
said to have been a. remarkably handsome
woman who retained her beauty till her death
in extreme old age. Children of Colonel John
and Ruth (Randall) Bailey were: i. John,
born May 6, 1751. 2. Luther, September 14,
1752. 3. Ruth, November 8, 1754, married,
October 9, 1774, William Stockbridge. 4. Cal-
vin, January 21, 1761. 5. Lcbbens, moved to
Yarmouth, Maine, married Mvrick,
and was father of Rev. Rufus W., of Virginia.
6. Sage, married Dr. Gad Hitchcock, of Pem-
broke, July 9, 1778. 7. Betsy, married (first)
Tune 25, 1789, Rev, Ebenezer Davis, graduated
from Harvard in 1785, ordained Scituate,
1787, and died September 29, 1791. She mar-
ried (second) John Lucas, of Brookline, and
(third) Dr. Williams, of Deerfield, Connecti-
cut, where she died August 15, 1844. 8. Lu-
cinda, August 17, 1765, died August 15, 1844,
probably married James Lincoln, of Taunton.
9. Densilla, October 16, 1773. 10. Elathea,
October 16, 1773, died same year.
(VTI) Calvin, son of Colonel John (5)
and Ruth (Randall) Bailey, was born in Han-
cock, January 21, 1761, died in Bath, Maine,
August II, 1835. He married Sarah, daughter
of Colonel John and Hannah (Talman) Ja-
cobs, of Scituate, born December 15, 1764,
died at Hanover, November 24, 1846. Calvin
Bailey was a clockmaker, "an ingenious work-
man, upright in all his dealings." Children :
I. Lucinda, bojii July 11, 1794, married
Stephen Curtis, of Scituate, June 16, 1816;
she died 1818. 2. Bernard Calvin, May 17,
1796- 3- Edwin (Capt.), May 7, 1798, mar-
ried Ann T. Ingraham, of Portland, May,
1825; he died 1828. 4. and 5. Luther and
Martin, August 29, died August and Septem-
ber, 179 — . 6. Henry (Capt.), August 2, 1801,
married, January 16, 1832, Sarah Gardner, of
Hiram; lived in Quincy. 7. Ebenezer, July 5,
1803. 8. Sarah, August 20, 1S05, married
Lemuel Dwelley Jr., of Hanover, father of
Hon. Jedediah Dwelley.
(VHI) Bernard Calvin, eldest son of Cal-
vin and Sarah (Jacobs) Bailey, was born in
Hanover, May 17, 1796. He moved to Bath,
Maine, about 181 5, and married. May 21,
1820, Jane B., daughter of Samuel and Jane *^
D. (Barstow) Donnell, born in Hanover, May
3' 1797- He entered into business in Bath,
achieving success in navigation, merchandise
and manufacturing. Was elected mayor 1853-
54, and his administration was notable for the
needed improvement of the city streets. He
was one of the founders of the Marine Na-
tional Bank and its first president, which po-
sition he held until his death, June, 1876, aged
eighty years. He is described as "a very en-
terprising business man, honorable in his deal-
ings, of pleasing manners and a prominent
citizen, was much esteemed." Children: i.
Sarah J., born February, 1821, married George
Davis, of Portland, in 184 1. 2. Samuel Don-
nell. July 22, 1825. 3. Lucinda, May, 1829.
(IX) Samuel Donnell, son of Bernard C.
and Jane B. (Donnell) Bailey, was born in
Bath, July 22, 1825. He was Ws father's
partner in shipping and other branches of
business and succeeded him as president of
the Marine National Bank, to which business
he devoted himself exclusivel)^ He was mayor
in 1870, elected on the Citizen's ticket. Also
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was president of the Steamboat Company, and
interested in other corporations. He was a
Mason and belonged to the Order of the Cin-
cinnati, as did his father. "Col. Samuel D.
Bailey was one of Bath's most esteemed citi-
zens." He married, in 1870; Susan J., daugh-
ter of James P. and Mary Ann (Clark) White,
of Belfast, Maine. They have no children.
(IX) Lucinda, youngest daughter of Ber-
nard C. and Jane B. (Donnell) Bailey, was
born in Bath, Maine, May, 1829, died January
6, 1907. All of her life she devoted to her
family, caring first for an invalid mother until
her death and then repeating the care in the
case of her sister until her life ended. She
was a woman of lovable nature and happy dis-
position; always jovial, kind-hearted and char-
itable. She was one whose death was mourned
by a large circle of friends. In her will, which
was probated January 25, 1907, she made the
following bequests: Aged Couples" Home, $10,-
000; Old Ladies' Home, $10,000; City Poor
Fund, $10,000 ; establishment of hospital, $5,-
000; Grace Episcopal Church, $3,000; New
Church, $3,000 ; Patten Free Library, $2,000.
Balance of estate to provide for teaching in-
dustrial work in city schools, which fund is
now understood to amount to $60,000. In re-
gard to this last-named bequest, the will reads
as follows : "The income derived therefrom -
to be used annually by its school committee in
the establishment and maintenance of a school
to be called the 'Bailey School of Industries'
where minors of both sexes may be given free,
useful instruction in the mechanical arts and
the girls be especially instructed in sewing,
cooking and other accomplishments to make
them capable housekeepers and prudent man-
agers. I would like tITe name of the school
to remain as herein designated out of respect
to my father and my brother, each of whom
has been mayor of the city and (who) took
great interest in its industries and general wel-
fare."
(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)
(IV) William, fourth son of
B.A.ILEY John (2) and his first wife,
Sarah (White) Bailey, was born
at Scituate, Massachusetts, in February, 1685,
and died there August 11, 1745. In January,
1714. he married Judith, youngest daughter of
John Booth, who was in Scituate as early as
1656, and settled near the hill which now bears
his name. Judith (Booth) Bailey died Au-
gust 19. 1736, aged forty-five years. Chil-
dren: I. William. 2. Job, who died young.
3. Amasa, whose sketch follows. 4. Job. 5.
Judith, married Issachar Vinal in 1750. 6.
Abigail, married Caleb Pierce. 7. Mary, mar-
ried Nathaniel Turner in 1748. 8. Susanna,
married Thomas Curtis in 1759.
(V) Amasa, Xhnd son of Wilham and
Judith (Booth) Bailey, was born at Scituate,
Massachusetts, about 1719, but the date of his
death is unknown. He married (first) Eliza-
beth Bourne in 1748; and (second) Septem-
ber 29, 1763, Jael, daughter of Samuel and
• Hannah (Tileston) Cushing of Hingham,
Massachusetts, who was born at Hingham,
September 29, 1763. Two children of the
first marriage are recorded : Amasa, and Ab-
ner, whose sketch follows; and there were
probably others.
(VI) Abner, son of Amasa and Elizabeth
(Bourne) Bailey, was born at Scituate, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1752, and lived there all his life.
He married Bates, whom tradition says
was a remarkably capable and good woman.
Children: i. Abner (2), whose sketch follows.
2. Elizabeth, married Nathaniel Minot, of
Dorchester, Massachusetts. 3. Rebecca, mar-
ried Elijah Pierce, of Scituate. 4. Abigail,
married Nathaniel Pierce. 5. Sarah, married
Solon Nash. 6. Rowland. 7. Hepsibah. 8.
Martin, who died young.
(VII) Abner (2), son of Abner (i) and
(Bates) Bailey, was born at Scituate,
Massachusetts, in 1776, and died at Windsor,
Maine, December 14, 1851. On October 25,
1798, he married Polly Otis, of Scituate, who
died at Swanville, Maine, February 2, 1841,
aged sixty-five years and eleven months. Chil-
dren : I. Rufus Clapp, born in Scituate, Au-
gust 14, 1799, died at Portland, Maine, 1866;
was a Methodist minister ; married Abigail
Seavey : children : John, deceased ; Samuel,
Phebe A., Abbie S., Rufus, deceased ; Fannie,
deceased. 2. Martin, born in Scituate, Feb-
ruary 14, 1801, died at Searsport, Maine, Feb-
ruary 20, 1884; married (first) Mary Hous-
ton ; children : Louisa Jane, Rowland, de-
ceased ; Caroline Matilda, deceased ; married
(second) Abigail C. Pendleton; child, Mary
A. 3. Polly, born in Scituate, August 6, 1803,
died at Brooks, Maine, May 21, 1838; married
Paul Hayes ; children : Thomas, Abner Bailey,
Sarah Ann. George and Henry. 4. Samuel
Hatch, whose sketch follows. 5. George Little,
born in Scituate. December 27, 1808, died at
Brooks, Maine, 1893 ; married Sally Edwards ;
children : Myra, Lindley, James Riley, de-
ceased ; William, deceased ; and Fannie. 6.
.Abner born January 13, 181 1, died at Monroe,
Maine. April 7. i8g6; married (first) Nancy
Tenness; (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Smith ; chil-
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dren : Francis J., Amos Otis, Clara, deceased;
John, and a boy who died in infancy. 7. Anna
Vinal, born in Leeds. Maine, February 9, 1813,
died at Searsmont, Maine, October 24. 1907;
married John Tliompson ; children : Edwin,
deceased ; Albert W. ; Mary Ann, deceased ;
Matilda; George; John, deceased; Martin B.
and Frank, deceased. 8. Sarah, born in Leeds,
Maine, July 9, 1815, died at Searsport, March
12, 1850; married John Shirley; children:
Myra, deceased; Maria, deceased; and a son.
who died in infancy. 9. Almira. born in
Frankfort, Maine, July 25, 1817. died at Sears-
mont, June 24, 1906; married (first) James R.
Stowers; children: Eliza Ann and James R.,
both deceased; married (second) Daniel Hol-
way.
(VIII) Samuel Hatch, third son of Abner
(2) and Polly (Otis) Bailey, was born at
Scituate, Massachusetts, January 23, 1805, and
died in Monroe. Maine, April g, 1833. His
death was due to accidental drowning, caused
by falling from a bridge. He owned and con-
ducted a general store in the town in which he
lived. About 1830 Samuel Hatch Bailey mar-
ried Mary Ann Mayo, of Monroe, born Au-
gust 25, 1810. Children: i. Ebon Mayo, whose
sketch follows. 2. Ilollis Abner, born in Oc-
tober, 1832. 3. Mary Hatch, a posthumous
child, born in October, 1833. Mrs. Mary
(Mayo) ]?ailey married for her second hus-
band Hiram Porter, and died April 21, 1892.
(IX) Eben Mayo, eldest child of Samuel
Hatch and Mary Ann ("Mayo) Bailey, was
born at Searsport. Maine, October 11, 1831,
and died at Bangor. Maine, in August, i8g6.
He was but an infant when his father died, and
in 1838, at the age of seven years, he moved
to Orono, Maine, where he subsequently owned
a general store, which he conducted till 1892.
At that time he moved to Bangor, where he
bought and carried on a large farm till his
death, four years later. I*"ebruary 7, 1857,
Ebcn Mayo Bailey married Aiigeliiie M.,
daughter of Edward and Martha Mansfield.
Children: i. Grace Maude, married George
A. Stetson, and died April 11. igo8. 2. Ed-
ward Mansfield, now living in New York. 3.
Guy Percy, whose sketch follows. 4. Ange-
line M., who died in infancy.
(X) Guy Percy, second son of Eben Mayo
and Angeline M. (Mansfield) Bailey, was born
at Orono, Maine, October 28, 1863. and was
educated in the local schools. In 1885 he en-
tered upon business life as a clerk for the firm
of E. RIansfield and Company, of which his
maternal grandfather was the head. Upon
the death of the latter in 1893, Guy P. Bailey
took up his third interest in the firm, which
he has maintained ever since. This establish-
ment manufactures cant-dogs and lumbermen's
supplies, with mills at Orono, and an office at
Bangor. Mr. Bailey belongs to the Odd Fel-
lows, is a Republican in politics, and attends
the Congregational church. On September 10,
1895, he married Minnie, daughter of Oscar
F. and Martha A. \'annah, of Marlborough.
Maine. Children: i. Doris A., born August
I, 1896. 2. Frances, September 6, 1897, died
September 20. 1898. 3. Roljcrt W., October
24, 1899. 4. Jasper \'annah, January 5, 1905.
(For preceding generations see Thomas Bayley I.)
(\') Jacob, second son of John
BAILEY (3) and Abigail (Clapp) Bailey,
was born December 13. 1706. in
Hanover, and made his home in that town.
No record appears of his death. He mar-
ried (first) June 10, 1728, Ruth Palmer, and
had a second wife whose maiden name was
Hatch. Children born of first wife were :
Jacob, Ruth, Charles, Steven, Hannah and
George.
.(\'I) Jacob (2), eldest child of Jacob (i)
and Ruth (Palmer) Bailey, was born January
29, 1729, in Hanover, and late in life re-
moved to the state of Maine, probably accom-
panying some of his children. lie located in
Leeds, Androscoggin county. There is some
evidence that he married first in Hanover a
Titcomb. The family record states that he
married Sarah Berry, who was probably a
second wife.
(\TI) Ezekiel, second son of Jacob (2) and
Sarah (Berry) Bailey, was born September i.
1793, in Leeds, Androscoggin county, Maine,
and was brought up on his father's farm and
became accustomed to the strenuous life led by
the early pioneers. His opportunity for school
attendance was very slight, and he left home
when eighteen years of age and located in
W'inthroj). Kennebec county, where he engaged
in farming, the only business that he knew.
He afterwards became a manufacturer of oil-
cloth at Winthrop. in which he was successful
and was succeeded by his sons. He was a
member of the Society of Friends, by inheri-
tance, and his upright life and worthy char-
acter made him an influential member of the
community. Besides filling various town offi-
ces, he represented his district in the state leg-
islature and lived to the advanced age of eighty
years, dying in 1873. He married. September
28. 1814. Hannah, daughter of Daniel (2)
Robbins. of Winthrop. She died July 28.
1828, and Mr. Bailey married in 1830 her
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sister Mary. The first wife was the mother
of four children : Daniel, Robbins, Moses,
Charles Martin and George; and the second
wife was the mother of John, Albert E. and
WilHam P.
(VIII) Moses, second son of Ezekiel and
Hannah (Robbins) Bailey, was born Decem-
ber 1 8, 1817, in Winthrop, and was brought
up on his father's farm, being employed a
portion of the time in the oilcloth factorv. At
the age of sixteen he went to a Friends' school
in Providence, Rhode Island, where he took
a three years' course of study, spending his
vacations during the summer seasons in "help-
ing out with the labors of the farm and fac-
tory. In 183S, in partnership with his brother,
Charles M., he purchased the oilcloth factory
established by his father, and their industry
and sound business management caused the
establishment to grow to large proportions.
Two years afterward Moses Bailey sold his
interest to his brother and erected an exten-
sive factory at Winthrop Center, which he
operated alone with great success until it was
destroyed by fire in 1870. He rebuilt and con-
ducted the factory until a few years later. On
account of impaired health he retired from
active labors for a time, and in 1875 he pur-
chased an oilcloth factory in Camden, New
Jersey, which he enlarged and improved and
placed in charge of his nephew, Lincoln D.
Farr. In the meantime he had opened an oil-
cloth and carpet store in Portland, Maine, in
company with J. S. Marrett, under the style
of Marrett, Bailey & Company, and this en-
terprise was carried forward successfully in
the charge of Mr. Marrett. Mr. Bailey main-
tained the general supervision of this estab-
lishment and the factory in Camden until his
■death, which occurred at his home in Winthrop
Center, June 6, 1882. At the time of his mar-
riage he began life in a humble way, accord-
ing to the custom of the Society of Friends.
In 1856 he erected a large modern and sub-
stantial dwelling at Winthrop Center, which
continued to be his home thereafter. Like his
father, he strictly adhered to the customs and
discipline of the Society of Friends, and was
clerk of the Winthrop Monthly Meeting for
twenty-two years. He was clerk of the Fair-
field Quarterly Meeting for thirteen years, and
the works of the society along the line of edu-
cation, temperance and peace found him a
ready and liberal contributor. He was mar-
ried in 1840 to Betsey, daughter of Reuben
Jones, of Winthrop. After a long illness, she
died March 21, 1867, and in October of the
followinar vear he was married to Hannah,
daughter of David and Letitia (Clark) John-
ston, of Plattekiil, Ulster county, New York.
(See Johnston VH.) She was the mother
of one son, mentioned below.
(IX) Moses Melvin, only child of Moses
and Hannah (Johnston) Bailey, was born Sep-
tember 30, 1869, in Winthrop. He is ex-
tensively engaged in the wholesale and retail
coal business in Portland, where he resides,
and the family are active and useful members
of the Society of Friends. He married, June,
1892, Lettie AL, daughter of Jackson Smith,
of Fairfield, Maine, and they are the parents
of'two sons: Moses and Philip.
The Johnston line is as follows: Johnston
is an old Scotch name, a modification of the
English name Johnson, and wherever this spell-
ing is found it marks its bearers as of Scotch
lineage. It is very widely represented in this
country, especially in Pennsylvania, by de-
scendants who came from northern Ireland
and are known as Scotch-Irish people.
(I) John Johnston and his wife. Euphame
(Scott) Johnston, resided in or near Pitlochie,
in Scotland. The wife was a daughter of
George Scott, Laird of Pitlochie, who brought
a large number of Scotch settlers to New
Jersey on the ship "Henry and Francis," in
December, 1685. He was subsequently a mem-
ber of the councils respectively of New Jer-
sey and New York, and for thirteen years
was a member of the New Jersey legislature,
from Middlesex, being speaker of the house
for ten years of this time.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Eu-
phame (Scott) Johnston, was born May 7,
1691, in New Jersey, and died September 6,
1731. He married. May 19, 1717, Elizabeth
Jamison, and they were the parents of : Eliza-
beth, John,tMary, Euphame, David, Thomas,
Jamison and Johanna.
(III) David, second son of John (2) and
Elizabeth (Jamison) Johnston, was born Jan-
uary 3, 1724, arid resided in New York. He
married. May 27, 1753, . Magdalen Walton,
daughter of Jacob and Mary ( Beekman ) W'al-
ton. They were the parents of : Mary, Eliza-
beth, Cornelia, John (died young), Magdalen,
John, David Jamison, Ann, Jacob and Eu-
phemia.
(IV) David Jamison, third son of David
and Magdalen (Walton) Johnston, was born
July 16, 1766, and resided in New York, where
he died about the beginning of the nineteenth
century. He was a member and elder of the
Society of Friends.
(V) Thomas, son of David J. Johnston,
married Anna Terrell, said to be of French
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ancestry, but probably of English lineage, and
has many spellings in the New England rec-
ords, such as: Tiirrcll, Terrall, Tirrell, Thur-
ill, Thurl and many other forms. Thomas
Johnston and wife lived in Bound Brook, New
Ter?ev. and were also members of the Society
of Friends.
{\T) David, son of Thomas and Anna (Ter-
rell) Johnston, was born in Bound Brook.
New Jersey, 1810. He attended the local
schools, and' learned the trade of tanner, which
was his occupation for several years. He was
located for many years at Plattekill, Ulster
county. New York. He became an ackn<f\vl-
edeed minister of the Society of Friends and
labored in that position throughout the greater
part of his life. He married Letitia Clark, a
descendant from Samuel (i) Clark, a mem-
ber of the Society of Friends, who came from
England in 1630 and settled at Stamford, Con-
necticut.
( VH) Hannah, daughter of David and Leti-
tia (Clark) Johnston, was born July 5, 1839,
in Cornwall-on-the-Hud?on, tlie eldest child of
her parents. She was educated in a Friends'
boarding school and for nine years was em-
ployed as a teacher in the public schools of
New York state. In October, 1868, she be-
came the wife of Moses Bailey, of Winthrop,
Maine. (See Bailey VIII.) Upon the death
of her husband, in 1882, she assumed charge
of his extensive business and conducted it
with success for several years. In 1891 she
was made president of the Maine Women's
Equal Suffrage Association, and was released
from this ofiice at her own request, after filling
it with exceptional ability for a period of six
years. At the Columbian . Exposition at Chi-
cago in 1893, she was one of the judges in the
department of liberal arts, being -fippointed by
the board of lady managers. At the conven-
tion of the National Council of Women, held
in Washington, D. C, in 1893, she was elected
treasurer for a period of three years. She has
held similar positions of trust and responsi-
bility in the work of the Society of Friends,
and has represented the state of Maine at the
National Board of Charities and Corrections,
by the appointment of two successive govern-
ors. When the department of peace and in-
ternational arbitration was organized bv the
National in 1887, and in 1889 by the World's
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Mrs.
Bailey was delegated the work of superintend-
ing it, and under her active- and intelligent
labors the peace department has been organ-
ized in thirty-three states, and has been a po-
tential factor in the sessions of the world's
peace congresses held since its organization.
This department, in connection with other
peace societies of the world, observes the third
Sabbath of December in each year as peace
Sunday. In promoting the interests of this
work, Mrs. Bailey has traveled extensively,
has visited most of the largest cities in Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa, besides the continent
of North America. The value of her labors
in behalf of mankind and the world's progress
is incalculable, and the bands of peace and
good will hope that she may be able to devote
many more years of labor to this arduous task.
Among the early Massachusetts
BAILEY families which have contributed
much to the moral, intellectual
and material development of New England and
the United States, this is numerously repre-
sented in Maine. It has been conspicuously
identified with scientific research and with all
the forces of human progress.
(I) Richard Bailey, the ancestor of a very
numerous progeny, was born about i6ig. and
is said to have come from Yorkshire, England.
According to "Coffin's History," he came from
Southampton, in the ship "Bevis," a vessel of
one hundred and fifty tons, commanded by
Robert Batten, being then at the age of fifteen
years. According to Savage, this was in 1638;
other authorities place it at 1635. He settled
in Rowley, Massachusetts, and was a man
of recognized piety and influence in the com-
munity. He was one of the company to set up'
the first clock mill in this country, at Rowdey.
He died there February, 1648. being buried
on the sixteenth. His wife, Edna Holstead,
survived him, and after his death was married.
September 15, 1649, to Ezekiel Northend, of
Rowley.
(II) Deacon Joseph, only child of Richard
and Edna (Holstead) Bailey, born about 1635.
settled on the Merrimack, in the north part
of Rowley, near the Newbury line, in what
is now Groveland. He was a leading man
of Bradford, where he was selectman twenty-
three years, between 1685 and 1710, and dea-
con of the church there in 1682, until his death,
October 11, 1 712. He married Abigail Trum-
bull, who survived him and died November 17,
1735. Their children were: Abigail, Richard,
.Anne, Elizabeth, Joseph, Edna, Deacon and
Sarah.
(III) Joseph (2), second son of Deacon
Joseph (i) and Abigail (Trumbull) Bailey,
was born February 13. 1683, in Bradford, and
lived in the West Parish of Newbury. He is
described as a yeoman, and sold his house and
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land in Byfield parish in 1751. He died April
4, 1755. having devised his homestead to his
son. He was married February 14, 1710, to
Abigail Webster, who survived him and died
February 5, 1767. Their children were: Jo-
seph, John, Ezekiel, Mary, Abigail, Samuel
and Elizabeth.
(I\) Joseph (3), eldest child of Deacon
Joseph (2) and Abigail (Webster) Bailey, was
borji January 13, 1711, in Xewbury, and lived
in that town, where he died November 14,
1748. He was married ]March 15, 1733, to
Martha Boynton, of Rowley, who survived
him, and was married September 27, 1769, to
Timothy ]\lorss. Children of Joseph and Abi-
gail (Boynton) Bailey were: Sarah, Nathan,
Richard, ]\Iartha, Asa. Abigail and Elizabeth.
( \' ) Nathan, eldest son of Joseph and ]\Iar-
tha ( Boynton ) Bailey, was born in West New-
bury, Massachusetts, 1735. He "was laid away
as dead with throat distemper when he was
young."' He was married February 8, 1757, to
Sarah Pillsbury, born 1738, died 1815. He
removed to Pondleboro, Maine, in 1763, and
died in 1819. He was sergeant in Captain
Daniel Scott's company, Colonel Joseph
North's regiment, guarding and retaking a
"I\Iast Ship" in Sheepscott river, 1777, also in
Captain Timothy Heald's company. Colonel
Samuel McCobbs' regiment, 1779, in Penob-
scot expedition. Children of Nathan and Sarah
C Pillsbury) Bailey: i. John, born in Newbury
(probably in the west part of the town), Feb-
ruary 27, 1758; "a w-orthy member of the
Calvanistic Baptist Church 63 years," and
who died in 1841 ; he was married to Mary
Turner, and they had : i. Margaret, born Feb-
ruary 24, 1777, married John Heath; ii. Na-
than, born August 7, 1 781. married Betsey
Boynton ; iii. !Mary, born July 25, 1782, mar-
ried Joseph Jewett ; iv. Thomas, born Febru-
ary 16, 1784: V. Sarah, born February 14,
1786, married Ezekiel Peaslee; vi. Eleanor,
born December 18, 1790. married Henry Coop-
er : vii. Micajah, born Alarch 27, 1792, mar-
ried Rachel Bailey ; viii. John, born April 9,
1795 ; ix. Hannah, born August 25, 1798. mar-
ried John Chania : x. Eliza, born July 30, 1799 :
xi. Susan, born September 18, 1801, married
Henry Hutchings, who was killed in the Mex-
ican war. 2. Joseph (q. v.). These families
settled in various parts of the state of Maine
and in New Brunswick: Thaddeus, born in
West Newbury, Massachusetts, November 28,
1759. was a Baptist clergj'man, and died about
1844; ]\Iicajah, was a Baptist clergyman, and
died aged about seventy years ; Richard, born
1743, was second lieutenant in Captain Dan
Scott's company, Second Lincoln county regi-
ment, commissioned August 23, 1776; defend-
ing and retaking "Mast Ship" in Sheepscott
river, September 10, 1777, two days; Captain
Scott's company. Colonel Jo. North's regiment,
enlisted June 30, 1779; Captain ITcald's com-
pany, Colonel Sam McCobb's regiment; dis-
charged .\ugust 25, 1779; two months seven
days in Penobscot expedition. He married Su-
sannah Pillsbury, a sister of his brother Na-
than's wife, went to Maine in 1763, settled in
Pondleboro. His wife was born in 1745 and
died 1846. and it is said of her that she could
say : "Arise daughter, go to thy daughter, for
thy daughter's daughter has a daughter." Lieu-
tenant Richard Bailey died in 1812. Asa, born
after 1746. married Abigail, daughter of Ezra
and Abigail (Low) Chase, of West Newbury,
a descendant of Aquila Chase, the immigrant
ancestor of the Chases who came to the Mer-
rimack Valley in 1646, had eleven children
and died in 1670. Asa and Abigail (Chase)
Bailey had five children : Elizabeth, born
after 1748; Abigail, twin to Elizabeth, mar-
ried Lieutenant Joseph, son of Jonathan and
Lydia (Bancroft) Noyes, was in the revolu-
tionar}' army about seven years as captain of a
company of marines on the brig "Pallas," and
they had eight children.
(VI) Joseph, son of Nathan and Sarah
(Pillsbury) Bailey, was born in Pownalton,
Massachusetts, now in Maine, August 10,
1767, "was manifestly a subject of grace in
the year 1790, united with the Baptist church,
Balltown, now Whitefield, IMaine; began to
preach in November, 1794, was ordained as
pastor of that church June 20. 1796, was a
bold defender of that denomination, belong-
ing to the old school until his death March
22, 1848," in Balltown, now Whitefield. He
was a representative in the general court of
Massachusetts for nine sessions, 1814-22-23-
24. being a staunch Democrat and elected by
that party; was a member of the constitutional
convention. He married (first) Rachel Foun-
tain, born April 9, 1769, in Bristol, died Feb-
ruary 22, 1816; married (second) 1818 Mary
Shaw, born September 27, 1789. in Hallowell,
died September 23, 1876, in Whitefield. It is
said of Rev, Joseph Bailey that he received his
first instruction in the house of a neighbor, who
instructed a class of boys. He used pine board
as a slate and a chunk of crude lead as a pen-
cil. The children of Rev. Joseph and Rachel
(Fountain) Bailey were: i. Elizabeth, bom
April 2, 1789, married Nathaniel Carleton,
.April I, 1810, and had six children: Joel,
Ambrose, Rachel B., Cyrus R,, Elizabeth M,,
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George W. 2. Daniel, died young. 3. Jo-
seph," born January 17, 1799, married Susan
Palmer and had eight children ; Emeline A.,
Harriet, Daniel P., Susan Jane. Ann Arietta,
Abigail P.. Harriet Emma and Joseph Henry.
4. Benjamin, born February 24. 1805, married
Charlotte Pahner and had three children:
Rachel F., Bradford and Charles E. 5. Sarah
Ann, born October 25, 1807, married William
Goodwin and had one child, Charles C. The
children of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Shaw)
Bailey were: 6. Elbridge, born November 5,
1820.' 7. Nathaniel, born 1827. 8. Augustus
(q. v.).
(\'n) Augustus, youngest child of Joseph
and Mary (Shaw) Bailey, was born in White-
field, Maine, April 5, 1832. He attended the
district school at Whitefield Plains, and when
only a mere lad went to sea, shipping as a
sailor before the mast, receiving as wages six
dollars per month and his board. His ves-
sel was the schooner "Brilliant," Captain Mc-
Fadden, and he remained with the schooner for
two or three voyages. His next vessel was
the "Caroline," under the same captain in the
■coastwise trade. He settled in Gardiner in
1850, and apprenticed himself to a carriage
maker, mastering the trade in two years.
Thereupon he purchased the carriage-making
shop and business from J. D. Gardiner, and
he conducted a reasonably profitable trade for
fifteen years, after which he sold out and en-
gaged in the fire and marine insurance busi-
ness, and in 1908 had been in that business in
Gardiner for forty-three years. He was
elected by the Republican party, of which he
was always an active worker, a member of
the common council of the city of Gardiner,
and he served by continuous re-election for
seven years and was then promoted to the
board of aldermen and served in that office
for several years as president of the board.
He was also for eleven years a director and
treasurer of the Gardiner high school. Gov-
ernor Burleigh appointed him inspector of
prisons and jails in 1892, and he served un-
der successive governors up to 1900. He was
a notary public for thirty-five years. He affil-
iated with the Masonic fraternity as a mem-
ber of Herman Lodge. Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, of Gardiner, was advanced to
the Lebanon Chapter, Adoniram Council,
Maine Commandcry, Knights Templar, No. i,
of Gardiner, and to past master of Herman
Lodge, past high priest of the chapter; past
thrice illustrious of the Council ; past com-
mander of Maine Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar ; permanent member of the Grand Lodge
of Maine; junior grand warden in 1883, and
permanent member of the Council by reason of
being past right worshipful deputy grand mas-
ter. He is also a permanent member of the
Grand Commandery of Maine, having been
past commander of the Maine Commandery,
Knights Templar, No. i. He is representa-
tive of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, near the
Grand Lodge of Maine; also Grand Council at
Indiana, near the Grand Council of Maine. He
is also a member of Gardiner Lodge, Knights
of Pythias, and a charter member of the lodge.
His religious belief is that preferred by the
Universalist denomination, and he is a parish
clerk of the L'niversalist church in Gardiner.
He was married in 1855 to Abbie, daughter of
Solomon and (Philbrook) Plummer. of
Windsor. The child of this marriage is Willis
H., born 1857, a telegraph operator for the
Maine Central railroad. He married (second)
June 17, 1863, Annie C. Theobald, of Dres-
den, born June 4, 1838, died November 15,
1902, daughter of Captain Charles and Julia
(Saunders) Theobald, and the children by his
seconl marriage are : Julia Saunders, born in
Gardiner, Maine, February 22, 1866, married,
September 15, 1891, Frank Smith Maxcy, and
has three children : .Alice Steward, born July
I!, 1892; Louise Theobald, May 13, 1894;
Ellis Grossman, August 25. 1902. 2. Alice
Isabel, born October 2, 1868, married. May
15, 1891, William Grant Ellis. 3. Annie The-
obald, born March 31, 1875, unmarried.
There were several ancestors of
BAILEY this name' among the pioneers of
New Englaiid. and their de-
scendants are very numerous throughout the
L'nited States. The name was actively identi-
fied with the formative period in New Hamp-
shire's history and it is still connected in a
worthy way with the social, moral and material
progress of the commonwealth. There are
many other lines than the one herein traced.
(I) John Bailey was a resident of Salis-
bury, ^Massachusetts, whither he came from
Chippenham, in Wiltshire, England, sailing in
the ship "Angel Cjabriel. ' which left England
in April, 1635. He was cast away at Pema-
quid (now Bristol, iMainc), in the great storm
of August 15, 1635. He was not accompanied
by his wife, but several children, among whom
was son John, came with him. He was a
weaver by trade, and was living in Salisbury
in 1650, removing thence to Newbury in the
spring of 1651. He died there November 2,
1651, being called "Old John Bailey." In his
will he mentioned "My brother John Emery,
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Junior, of Xewbury, overseer." His home-
stead in Salisbury he bequeathed to his son
John. His children born in England were :
John, Robert and two daughters, who were liv-
ing in England when he made his will.
(H) John (2), eldest child of John (i)
Bailey, was born in 1613, in England, and was
a weaver in early life; after settling in New
England he became a husbandman. He re-
mained in Salisbury until 1643, when he moved
to Newbury and there passed the remainder
of his life. He was a selectman in 1664, and
a freeman in 1669. In that year and the fol-
lowing, his wife was engaged in the practice of
midwifery. He died in March, 1691. He mar-
ried, about 1640, Eleanor Emery, and she re-
mained his widow until her death, which oc-
curred previous to September 23, 1700, when
administration was granted upon her estate.
Their children were : Rebecca, John, Sarah,
Joseph, James, Joshua (died young), Isaac,
Joshua, Rachel and Judith.
(HI) Joseph, second son of John (2) and
Eleanor (Emery) Bailey, was born in Xew-
bury, April 4, 1648. He took the oath of
allegiance and fidelity at Newbury, February,
1669. About 1700 he removed to Arundel or
Kennebunk, Maine, where he remained until
1703, when he left probably on account of In-
dians. He returned in 1714, and was killed by
Indians in October, 1723, at the age of sev-
enty-five. He bought land in "Cape Porpoise,"
Arundel or Kennebunkport, in 1692 and 1700,
and was at Casco Fort, March, 1704; he was
selectman of Arundel, 1719. He married
(first) Priscilla Putnam, daughter of John, of
Salem \'illage, Danvers, who died November
6, 1704; (second) Sarah Poore, daughter of
John Poore, and widow of John Sawyer. His
•children were : Rebecca, Priscilla, John. Jo-
seph, Hannah, Daniel, Mary, Judith, Lydia
and Sarah.
(I\') John (3), eldest son of Joseph and
Priscilla (Putnam) Bailey, was born in New-
bury, September 16, 1678, was baptized Octo-
ber 20, 1678, and died in 1747, aged si.xty-
nine. He married (first) Mary Bartlett, who
was born April 27, 1684, ^^ Newbury, died
March 19, 1708, daughter of John and Mary
Rust Bartlett. He married (second) Sarah
Butler, widow of Job Goddings, of Ipswich,
their intentions being published October 6,
1711. John Bailey's will mentions eight chil-
dren.
(V) Deacon John (4), son of John (3) and
Mary (Bartlett) Bailey, was bom in Newbury,
March 10, 1701. He was in Newbury when
his first child was born and at Marblehead
when his second was born. December 14,
1727, he was admitted a citizen of Falmouth
(Portland), Maine, and January 29, 1728. he
paid the admission fee of ten pounds which
payment is said to have been an exception to
the general practice, as most of those admitted
never paid the price. December 3, 1729, there
was "laid out to Benjamin Ingalls, John
Bailey, Benjamin Larabee and Company ad-
joining on the falls called Sacarape — being
the third falls on the Prcsumpscot river in the
town of Falmouth for the privilege of laying
their timber and boards on a certain tract of
land on each side of the falls," the boundaries
of which are duly set out in the record. Upon
the southwesterly side of the large island at
this place, Ingalls, Pearce. Larabee and Bailey
built a saw mill. In 1739 John Bailey sold to
Joseph Conant a "part of a mill and stream of
water, for which he agreed to pay one hundred
and fifty pounds." January 24, 1737, John
Bailey, tailor, and his brother, Joseph, cord-
wainer, bought Larabee's interest in the prop-
erty. In the year 1731 Deacon Benley bought
of Joshua Brackett for forty-five pounds, three
acres of land "where deacoa Bailey's house
now stands, as the same is now fenced and
improved, being part of a tract of land which
George Cleeve sold Michael ?iIilton." This lot
Jane Bailey sold to Anthony Brackett in 1770
for si.xteen pounds. In 1732 a seventy-nine
acre lot was laid out to John Bailey at the
"Narrows of the Neck," with other lots. The
lot next westerly of the Bailey lot which was
assigned to Rev. Thomas Smith, John Bailey
bought in 1735. Deacon Bailey lived in a one-
story house, to which a story was added by his
son Benjamin, and is now standing on the
northerly side of Congress street, between
Libby's Corner and Bradley's Corner, Deer-
ing, and occupied by Miss Helen M. Bailey,
the descent being from Deacon John to son
Benjamin, grandson Jeremiah, great-grandson,
Captain Francis H., and great-great-grand-
daughter, Helen M., August 18, 1750. Dea-
con John Bailey ''in consideration of divers
good causes" gave to his "well-beloved son,
John Bailey, of Falmouth, who was his eldest
son," "a gore of land adjoining on the north
west end of fifty acres that I have given my
sun John by will." By the Portland record it
appears John Bailey made a will February 20,
1770, and died August 26, 1770, in possession
of his Saccarappa mill property which he or-
dered divided after his decease among his
heirs. His widow, who was his administra-
trix, sold some of his land after his death.
Deacon Bailey was a man of high character
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and much in public affairs. January 21. 1728,
John Bailey and hi.s wife were admitted to the
church. In 1735 Deacon Bailey was chosen
tax collector of Falmouth. In 1750, when the
bridge at Stroudwatcr over Fore river was
made a toll bridge by act of the general court
of Massachusetts, he was chosen tax collector.
When Stroudwatcr parish was organized in
1764, he became its clerk and held that posi-
tion till his death. John Bailey had by his first
wife eight children: John, Mary, Joseph, Sa-
rah, Rachel, Elizabeth, William and David.
September 29, 1741. Deacon John Bailey and
Jane Curtis, of Gorham, had their intentions
of marriage published. She was the widow of
Captain John Curtis, a prominent man of Gor-
ham and formerly of Gloucester, Massachu-
setts. Of this union was one child, Benjamin.
(\'I) Benjamin, only son of Deacon and
Jane (Curtis) Bailey, was born April 15, 1746,
and died at Falmouth, September 26, 1812.
He was a farmer and bricklayer. He suc-
ceeded to much of his father's landed property.
His will was made September 18, 1812. He
married, in Falmouth, 1772, Mary Blake, born
1754, died August 24, 1817. Children: i.
Thomas, born August 18, 1773, died May 10,
1851 : married Eleanor Ellery Sawyer, born in
Hunnewell, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 2.
Susannah, born January 17, 1775, died De-
cember, 1856; married Charles Charley, born
in Stroudwatcr, Maine. 3. Thankful, born
Jime 23, 1777, died April i, 1826; married
"Charles Curlis, born in Brunswick, Maine. 4.
Affiah, born March 31, 1779, died June 23,
1859; married John Martin, born in Haverhill,
New Hampshire. 5. John, born May 20, 1781,
died November 29, 1810; married Charlotte
Martin, born in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
6. George, born March 31, 1783, see forward.
7. Jeremiah, born December 19, 1785, see for-
ward. 8. Mary, born April 22,. 1787, died
May, 1869; married John Mitchell, born in
Westbrook, New Hampshire. 9. Benjamin,
born March 23, 1789, die"d March 18, 1828;
married Susan Riley, born in Dover, New
Hampshire. 10. Dolly, born January 3, 1791,
died July 18, 1827; married William Porter-
field, born in Stroudvale. 11. Samuel, born
February 21, 1793, died June 18. 1859. 12.
Sarah, born February 26, 1795, died ^Iay 16,
1836; married John Jordan, born in Farming-
ton, New Hampshire. 13. Isaac Watts, born
January n, 1797, died April 16, 1872; mar-
ried Bertha , born in Saccarappa. 14.
Frederick Augustus, born December 18, 1799,
died September 10, 1879; married Mary Wil-
son, born in New York.
(VII) George, son of Benjamin and Mary
(Blake) Bailey, was born March 31, 1783,
died April 11, 1841. He was a wheelwright
and lived at the old homestead. Some years
before his death he engaged in the practice of
botanic medicine, then very much in vogue.
He married, January 24, 1808, Elizabeth
(Betsy) Webb, who was born in F"almouth,
Alarch 4, 1785, died January 18. 1853. Their
children were: i. \\'alter W., born November
12, 1808, died May 16, 1833; he married Maria
Lincoln Hobart. 2. Elizabeth Ann, born Jan-
uary 7, 1812, died January 27, 1890. 3. John,
born November 7, 1813, died in Washington,
D. C, March 11, 1897: he married Abbie
Nichols \\'hite. 4. Alphcus, born April 8,
1816, died in Portland, August 11, 1853. 5.
George Albert, born February 2, 1820, died
December 26, 1877. 6. Charles Edw-ard, see
forward.
(VIII) Charles Edw-ard, youngest child of
George and Elizabeth (Betsy) (\\'ebb) Bailey,
was born in the ancestral home, April 15, 1822,
died in Westbrook, April 26, 1899. He was
educated in the ])ublic schools and at West-
brook Seminary. He learned the wheel-
wright's trade and carried on that business in
Portland until he retired from active life. He
married, November 26, 1879, at her home in
Deering, Annie Noyes, who was born in Pow-
nal, Februar)' 13, 1844, daughter of Thomas
and Lucretia (LawTence) Noyes, of Yar-
mouth, who were the parents of two other
children, as follow's : Elizabeth, born July 31,
1842, died in Boston, May 9, 1906; Alice, born
July 28, 1846, died December 29, 1885, at
Leeds ; she married Joseph I-". Moody, of Mon-
mouth, Maine, and had four children : Ralph
L., married Lila E. Hilton; Harry L., mar-
ried Sadie Hanley, and has one child. Carle-
ton H. ; Annie B., born 1884, died December
24, 1901 ; William Thomas, born October 25,
1884, died April "19, 1889. Thomas Noyes,
father of Annie (Noyes) Bailey, was born
June 21, 1803, died May 4, 1871, and his.wife
was born July 13, 1808, died June 25, 1869.
(VII) Jeremiah, son of Benjamin and Mary
(Blake) Bailey, was born December 19. 1785,
died June 23, 1858. He married Eunice Jones,
born 1791, died October 21, 1849, daughter of
Captain John Jones, a soldier in the revolu-
tionary war. Their children were: i. Fran-
cis Henry, born June 7, 1823, see forward. 2.
Helen Alaria, born October 3, 1826, see for-
ward.
(VIII) Francis Henry, son of Jeremiah and
Eunice (Jones) Bailey, was born June 7, 1823,
died September 26, 1893. He was a sea cap-
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tain and followed the sea many years, going
as a boy of fourteen in the brig "Susan Jane,"
and during his career had many interesting
experiences and visited ditterent portions of
the globe. He was one of the "Forty-niners,"
going to California by way of the Isthmus of
Panama. He married Susan Jordan, who died
several years prior to his death.
(VIII) Helen Maria, daughter of Jeremiah
and Eunice (Jones) Bailey, resides in the old
Bailey homestead on Congress street, Deering,
where many generations of the family were
born and reared. The old house, which at an
early period had a stockade built around it to
protect the family from the raids of the In-
dians, is in good repair, although almost two
hundred years old. Aliss Bailey has many in-
teresting family relics, among them the sword
carried by her father in the war of 1812 and
the canteen made of wood. The Eastern Ar-
gus, a leading paper t)f Portland, has been a
daily and weekly visitor to the old home for a
period of one hundred and five years, through
manv srenerations.
There are many distinct' fam-
BARKER ilies of Barkers, which bear dif-
ferent coats-of-arms and re-
side in various counties of England. The per-
sons who first bore this name doubtless made
it their business to strip bark from trees and
bring it to town for sale : consequently there
was a Barker wherever there was a Tanner.
The Barkers of county Salop begin their pedi-
gree in the year 1200 with Randulph de Cov-
erall, W'hose descendant \Mlliam changed his
name to William le Barker about a hundred
years later. In the seventeenth century there
was a Robert Barker, of London, the King's
printer, who issued the first edition of King
James's Bible. This Barker, who died in 1645,
belonged to a Yorkshire family and is sup-
posed to be the grand-nephew of Sir Christo-
pher Barker, K. B.. Garter King of Arms.
The wife of Governor Edward ^^'inslow, who
was a printer by trade, was Elizabeth Barker,
and is thought by some writers to have been
related to Robert Barker, the King's printer,
but there is no direct evidence in support of
this theory.
In America the Barker name is frequently
found among the early settlers, but it is not
known whether the different immigrants were
nearly related or not. The first bearing the
patronymic on this side the water appear to be
the brothers. Robert and John Barker, who
were at Duxbury. Massachusetts, in 1632, and
afterwards removed to Marshfield. James and
Thomas Barker were at Rowley, Massachu-
setts, in 1640, where Thomas was made a
freeman on May 13 and James a freeman on
October 7 of that year. It is not known
whether these men were brothers or not. Rich-
ard was at Andover, Massachusetts, in 1645,
and was one of the founders of the church
there. Edward Barker was at Boston in 1650,
and James was at Newport, Rhode Island, in
165 1, and was chosen deputy governor of the
colony in 1678. There is a group of Barkers
about Concord, Massachusetts, who are de-
rived from Francis, who settled there in 1646;
while those who live about Rowley and Ipswich
begin with John.
Two of the oldest houses in New England
are associated with the Barker family or fam-
ilies. At Pembroke. Massachusetts, formerly a
portion of Du.xbury. recently stood a dwelling
built by Robert Barker somewhere about 1650.
The earliest portion of the structure was a
single room built of flat stones laid in clay
and covered with a shed roof. In 1722 the
walls were covered with sheathing and other
rooms added, so as to form a large wooden
building. It stood near a large brook which
once furnished power for a saw mill. The
house was for several generations a sort of
tavern, much frequented by travellers from
Boston. Judge Samuel Sewall mentions in his
diary of stopping at this place on his way to
hold court at Plymouth ; and in 1681 Robert
Barker's wife was fined for selling cider to the
Indians. The strength of the building and the
fact that it had a well within its walls, caused
it to be made a garrison-house during King
Philip's war in 1679, and a part of the barri-
cade of hewn timber remained for a century
later. At Scituate Harbor still stands a com-
fortable house which has been occupied by
Barkers for more than two centuries. It was
built in 1634 by John Williams, the father-in-
law of John Barker, and was for a time used
for a garrison-house, as appears from its
massive inner walls of brick pierced with loop-
holes. The building is in a good state of pres-
ervation, but has been considerably modern-
ized.
A few years ago an old deed with a seal
bearing the coat-of-arms. was accidentally dis-
covered in a junk shop at Providence, Rhode
Island. The deed was signed in 1694 by Sam-
uel and Francis Barker, of Scituate. The
escutcheon consists of a field with bars or
and sable, crossed by a bend, gules. The crest
is an eagle displayed, surmounting a crown.
This emblem, according to Burke, belongs to
the Barkers of Kent. Middlesex and Surrey;
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and \vc know that the early settlers of Scitu-
ate were called "the men of Kent," which
would feem to indicate the English home of
Robert and John, the Scituate pioneers.
(I) Asa Barker was born at Medford. Mas-
sachusetts, in February, 1749. Owing to the
number of early immigrants bearing the name,
and to the absence of records, it is impossible
to tell from which line he is descended. There
is a tradition that he was one of "the embattled
farmers" of the revolution. There are no less
than five Asa Barkers recorded on the Massa-
chusetts rolls as serving during that war, but
only two of them took part in the Concord
figlit. One was Asa Barker, of Andover, a
private in Lieutenant Peter Poor's company,
whose service amounted to three days and a
half. The other was Asa Barker, of Ipswich,
a corporal in Captain Nathaniel Wade's com-
pany, whose service amounted to twenty-one
days. There is some reason to suppose that
the latter one may have been the one born at
Medford, because many of the early settlers
of Rridgton, Maine, came from Ipswich. Asa
Barker moved to Bridgton in 1793. and the
next year his name appears on the list of the
town's inhabitants as being at the head of the
largest family in town, consisting of seven
males and four females. The name of his
wife was Lucy, but the date of hi? marriage
is unknown, and only four of his children are
recorded : Lucy, William, Jonathan, whose
sketch follows, and Asa.
(II) Jonathan, son of Asa and Lucy Bar-
ker, was born at Medford, Massachusetts,
September 18, 1785. At the age of eight years
he moved with his people to Bridgton, Alaine,
where his father, one of the pioneers, subse-
quently <leveloped a fine farm. Jonathan at-
tended the public schools in his new home, and
when he had attained his majority, turned his
attention to the lumber business. In later life
he owned the canal boats on the Cumberland
canal. He was a prominent citizen, and was
justice of the peace for many years. In 1806
Jonathan Barker married (first) Mehitable
Farnum, of Sebago, Maine, who bore him two
children : Elmira, May 7, 1807; and Timothy
June 8, 1809. He married (second). Cath-
erine Mitchell, daughter of Josiah Mitchell.
There were nine children by the second mar-
riage: William, born April 15, 1812; Asa,
December 19, 1814; Mehitable, January 11,
1816: Jonathan, October 13. 1817: Benjamin,
April 12, 1819: Charles K., February 18, 1821 ;
James L., September 10. 1822: Cyrus I., whose
sketch follows; Otis B., November 13, 1830.
(III) Cyrus I., seventh son of'jonathan
Barker and his second wife, Catherine (Mitch-
ell) Barker, w'as born at Bridgton, Maine, No-
vember II, 1827. Being next to the youngest
in a family of eleven children, he was early
thrown ujxin his own resources. His elder
brothers had left home as soon as they were
able to work, and Cyrus I. thought it was his
duty to follow their example. He had already
been employed upon neighboring farms and in
a quarry, but his tastes were mechanical, and
he wished to go out into the world. His father
gave him ten dollars, and Cyrus I. set forth to
seek his fortune. He first went to Portland,
but finding nothing there kept on to Boston.
Being again unsuccessTul in obtaining employ-
ment suited to a boy of his years, he returned
to Portland with only a few pennies in his
pocket. While there he heard of a position at
Brunswick, which he might get if he could
reach the place. Having no money, he was
obliged to ask the loan of a dollar from the
man with whom he was staying. By this
means he was enabled to pay his fare to Bruns-
wick, where he obtained the situation and
stayed some time. In 1845, ^t the age of
eighteen, he went to Saco, Maine, to enter the
York ]\Iills, and it was there that he began his
long and notable career and laid the founda-
tion of his thorough knowledge of cotton man-
ufacturing. He started at the lowest round of
the ladder by tending a "lap alley" in the York
Mills. By degrees his diligence and painstaking
were rewarded by promotion, which advanced
him through the various grades to the position
of overseer. During the fifteen years he was
employed in these mills he became thoroughly
conversant with the business of cotton manu-
facturing. In i860 ]Mr. Samuel M. Batchelder,
treasurer of the York Mills, who had watched
]\Ir. Barker's progress with friendly and busi-
ness interest, bought the Everett Mill in Law-
rence, Massachusetts, and employed him to
take charge of the carding department. Eight
sets of woolen machinery had been placed in
the mill and the starting and oversight of these
were intrusted to J\lr. Barker. Fie soon fa-
miliarized himself with the details of woolen
manufacturing, and in 1865 was appointed
general manager for A. Campbell and Com-
pany, a firm just beginning the manufacture of
cotton and woolen goods in Philadelphia. In
the three years that he was their agent, Mr,
Barker planned and erected a stone and brick
mill, six hundred feet long, seven stories high,
with forty thousand spindles. Early in 1868
Benjamin E. Bates induced Mr. Barker to give
the advantage of his skill, experience and busi-
ness energy to the development of manufactur-
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ing in tlie Bates ]\Iills at Lewiston, and he was
agent there until his resignation in 1887. Un-
der his active management, life and prosperity
permeated every department. From a plain
cotton mill of thirty-four thousand spindles
was constructed a wonderful factory turning
out various productions : cottonades, ging-
hams, dress-goods, fancy shirtings, cheviots,
satin jeans, towellings, and plain crochet and
Marseilles quilts in addition to the woolen
mill. It was not until a bleachery was estab-
lished in the mills and special machinery for
bleaching had been invented and patented by
Mr. Barker that the beautiful figures and pat-
terns of the delicate Marseilles quilts could be
preserved. This is but one instance of the
many successful applications of Mr. Barker's
mechanical and inventive skill, which were in-
strumental in bringing the products of the
Bates INIills to an unusually high standard.
From 1883 till his resignation. Mr. Barker
gave his attention to a thorough reconstruction
of the Bates, w'hich engrossed his time and
caused even his Tron constitution to feel the
need of rest. For the next two years, from
1888 to 1890, he engaged in extensive travel,
not only in this country, but in IMexico and
the West Indies, for the purpose of recuperat-
ing his health and also to examine opportuni-
ties for investment. He did this, as he does
everything, in the most thorough manner, and
returned to ]\Iaine with a still greater faith
in its superior advantages and brilliant future.
The Bates Mills, however, have not monopo-
lized all Mr. Barker's energies. In 1870. in
company with J. H. Roak. John Cook. J. P.
Gill and John R. Pulsipher. I\Ir. Barker formed
the Little Androscoggin Water Power Com-
pany, and paid forty thousand dollars for three
hundred acres of land, mostly wooded, in the
township of Auburn. ]\Ir. Barker was chosen
president, and at once began operations and
built a mill. The forest was cleared oS, a
dam twenty-seven feet high built across the
river, a canal blasted out of the solid rock, and
a mill fifty by three hundred feet with four
stories, completed in 1873. As a compliment
to the vigor, industry and rapidity infused into
the work by I\Ir. Barker's personality, the di-
rectors voted that the mill should be named
the Barker ]\Iill. and he was continued as pres-
ident until 1879. Later, in connection with E.
F. Packard, i\Ir. Parker built the Avon Mill
at Lewiston, of which he has since been presi-
dent, and which is now the third largest quilt
mill in the country. He was an organizer and
original member of the Xew England Manu-
facturers" Association, and was on the board
of managers for several terms. When the
Lewiston Machine Company was organized in
1871, Mr. Barker was made president, a posi-
tion which he still holds; and much of the suc-
cess of that profitable corporation is due to his
executive ability. In 1887, with T. E. Eustis,
F. H. Packard, A. D. Barker and Ansel
Briggs. Mr. Barker formed the Washburn
Chair Company. In iScjo he was instrumental
in forming the Lewiston Jilill Company, was
made its president and agent, and his attention
is now given to its business. During the first
year about one hundred thousand dollars was
paid out for new machinery, and the capacity
of the mill has been nearly doubled. Mr. Bar-
ker was the highest salaried man in the state
for several years.
From his first residence in Lewiston Cyrus
I. Barker has been an acknowledged power in
financial affairs. He was an incorporator of
the People's Savings Bank, has been a trustee
from the beginning, and its president since
1880. He was an incorporator and an original
director of the Manufacturers' National Bank,
and its vice-president for several years. In
connection with the other officers of the bank
he was instrumental in securing the permanent
location of t'ne State Fair grounds at Lewis-
ton. His aid and enthusiasm in all movements
pertaining to the advancement of the material
prosperity of Lewiston caused him to be
elected president of its board of trade in 1886,
and he was annually re-elected until 1903. Mr.
Barker has been vice-president of the state
board of trade from its organization up to
about 1903. As a Republican he has served in
both branches of the city government, was on
the first board of water commissioners, and a
member of the board during the construction
of the water-works. He was one of the com-
missioners appointed to superintend the erec-
tion of the first city building. In religious be-
lief Mr. Barker has been a Universalist since
early life, and was for a number of years one
of the trustees of the ]\Iaine Universalist Con-
vention. In 1850 he joined Saco Lodge, I. O.
O. F., where he has passed through the chairs;
and in 1852 he joined Saco Lodge, F. and A.
M. He retains his membership in both these
organizations. Although in his eighty-first
vear. Mr. Barker is still actively interested in
affairs, and he does not hesitate to engage in
new business deals. In November, 1906, he
purchased the buildings formerly occupied by
the Lewiston Machine Company, which he re-
modelled at an expense of $115,000. The plant
is now equipped with six thousand spindles for
the manufacture of cotton yarns for quilts and
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towels, and employs two hunclred and fifty
people. Mr. Barker has acquired more than a
competency by his own unaided efforts, and
recalls with satisfaction the patient industry
and persevering energy by which he has risen
from a humble position to one of eminent suc-
cess. Of strong will and positive nature he
places his individuality upon everything that
he undertakes, and he is and will be for years
a prominent landmark in the business and
financial life of Androscoggin county.
On August II, 1848, Cyrus I. Barker mar-
ried .\lmira B. Jewett, daughter of Daniel and
Sarah Jewett, of Denmark, Maine. Two chil-
dren were born of this union : i. Alvarado D.,
married Georgia Sanderson ; they have one
daughter, Grace ; he died September, 1907. 2.
Sarah Ida, married F. H. Packard ; one son,
Cyrus F. Mrs. Almira B. (Jewett) Barker
died August 24, 1886. On August 15, 1888,
Cyrus I. Barker married (second) Mrs. Mary
B. (Kilgore) Spraguc, daughter of Ezra Kil-
gore. Mrs. Barker died in 1896. He mar-
ried (third) Ruth (Barker) Hutchins, Sep-
tember 28, 1898.
Representatives of families of
BARKER this name came over early — one
in 1632, two in 1640, and a con-
siderable number in the remaining years of
the seventeenth century — and being in the
main a prolific race, their progeny now num-
ber thousands, and include many of the lead-
ing citizens in many localities in New Eng-
land.
(I) James Barker was born in Stragwell,
England, in 1605. He came to America in
1628, settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, in
1639, and was one of the earliest settlers in
that state. He was a freeman and land owner
of Rowley in 1640, and died there in Septem-
ber, 1678. His first wife, Grace Barker, came
with him from England and died at Rowley,
February, 1665. He married (second), in
1666, Mary Waite. widow, of Ipswich. Mas-
sachusetts. Child of first wife : Barzella, see
forward. Children of second wife, born at
Rowley : James, Mary, Nathaniel, Stephen,
Eunice, Grace and lainar.
(II) Barzella, son of James and Grace Bar-
ker, was born in 1641, died in February, 1712.
He married Anna Jewett, in 1666. Children:
Jonathan. 1667; Ebenezer, 1669, died 171 1;
Hannah, 1671 ; Lydia, 1674; Ezra, 1675; Es-
ther, 1679; Ruth, 1681 ; Enoch. 1684; Xoah,
1685, see forward; Betliiah, 1687.
(III) Noah, fifth son of Barzella and Anna
(Jewett) Barker, was born at Rowley, Massa-
chusetts, 1685, died at Stratham, New Hamp-
shire, 1749. He resided at Ipswich in 1709,
and was owner of the covenant. He resided
at Stratham from 171 8 until his death, and
was highly respected by his townsmen. He
married Martha Figgett. of Ipswich. Chil-
dren: Ebenezer, born May 4,1716, see for-
ward: Susannah, 1718: John, 1720; Ezra,
1722; Elizabeth, 1724: Josiah, 1727; Benjamin,
1729; Nathil. 1732: Ephoram. 1734; Nathan,
1741 ; Ruth, married Noah Wiggin.
(IV) Ebenezer, eldest son of Noah and
Martha (Figgett) Barker, was born at Ips-
wich, May 4, 1716, died at Stratham, New
Hampshire. He married Mary Rundlett.
Children: I. Nathan. 2. Noah, see forward.
3. Simeon, went to Limerick, Maine. 4. Eben-
ezer, born 1758, settled at Cornish, Maine;
married Widow Bradbury. 5. Sarah. 6. Han-
nah, married Thomas A. Johnson, of Cornish,
Maine.
(\'li Noah, son of Ebenezer and Mary
(Rundlett) Barker, was born in Stratham,
New Hampshire, 1743. He went to Cornish,
Maine, where he resided during the remainder
of his life, fulfilling all the duties of a good
citizen. He married a Miss Merrill. Children :
I. Noah, married Sarah Clark, of Epping, New
Hampshire. 2. Thomas, see forward. 3.
Enoch, married Sarah Jewett. 4. Humplirey,
married Sarah Hodgdon.
(\T) Thomas, son of Noah and
(Merrill) Barker, was born at Stratham, New
Hampshire, 1766, died at Portland, Maine,
July 25, 1819, and was buried at Munjoy Hill,
as was also his wife. He was the proprietor
of a "public" on Main, now Congress street,
Portland, and was recognized as a useful and
public-spirited citizen. He married Sarah
Ayers. Children: i. Thomas. 2. Noah, mar-
ried (first) Tabitha Page: (second)
Gerrish. 3. Thomas A., see forward. 4. Pe-
leg. 5. Susan, called Sukey ; mentioned in
Elijah Kellog's story, "Strong Arm and
Mother's Blessing" ; she married Mr. Cross,
of Lancaster, New Hampshire. 6. Mary Jane,
married Timothy Eastman. 7. Sophia, mar-
ried Mr. Nev : (second) Harvey Reed;
(third) Dr. Timothy Eastman, founder of
Eastmanville, Michigan. 8. Asenath, married
Mr. Morrill. 9. Flavilla Ann, married Mr.
Williams. 10. Elizabeth, married Mr. Rodg-
ers. of Portland, Alaine. 11. Caroline, mar-
ried Mr. Pike. 12. Pamelia. married Mr.
Merrill.
(VTI) Thomas A., son of Thomas and Sa-
rah (Ayers) Barker, was born in Hiram,
Maine, October 28, 179^1, died in Portland,
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October 25, 1842. He was a Democrat in poli-
tics. He married (first) Sarah Fitch, who
died shortly afterwards, leaving- one child,
Sally. He married (second) Elizabeth, born
in Gorham, Maine, December 20, 1800, died in
Portland. November 14, 1871, daughter of
Jacob Clement, a farmer of Gorham. Child
of first wife, Sarah or Sally, married a Air.
Hobson. Children of second wife: i. Eva-
lina, became second wife of George W. Eddy.
2. Ellen, married John Lynch, who was "a
member of congress for eight years. 3. Fla-
villa, married George W. Eddy. 4. Peleg, see
forward. 5. Augustus, married Adeline Fos-
ter. 6. Jacob, married .(first) Elizabeth
Thorp; (second) Mary Thorp; (third) Au-
gusta Mercy Healey. 7. Caroline, married
Fuller D. Jackson. 8. Mary Jane, married
(first) Amos Starbird; (second) Calvin I.
Kimball.
(VIII) Peleg, son of Thomas A. and Eliza-
beth ( Clement ) Barker, was born in Hiram,
Maine, April 13, 1824. When six months old
he was taken by his parents to Gorham, Alaine,
where the ensuing three years of his life were
spent. In 1828 the family removed to Port-
land, and when Peleg was old enough to at-
tend was sent to a "dame's" school taught by
Miss Douglass, on Casco street. He afterward
attended Master Jackson's Academy on Spring
street, where he completed the course in 1840.
For a few years he taught school in Burling-
ton and Ellsworth, Maine, and then entered
upon his business career, beginning first in the
West "India trade with the firm of Ross &
Lynch, and later was a partner of the firm of
Lynch, Barker & Company, dealers at whole-
sale of sugar, molasses, and other West India
products. In 1872 he retired from active busi-
ness, but continued to conduct his real estate
interests until his death. Mr. Barker was a
Republican in politics. Air. Barker married,
in Portland. Jennie Stevens, daughter of Eben-
ezer and Esther Jane ( Stinchfield) Stevens, of
Portland. This marriage was the first solem-
nized in the State Street Congregational
Church. One chilil, Jennie S., married Wil-
liam H. Milliken ; children : Elizabeth B.,
Jennis S. and Anna. Mr. Barker died at his
residence on State street, Portland, July 13,
1908, at the advanced age of eighty-four years.
Ebenezer. Simeon, Thomas and Ezra Bar-
ker were all residents of Cornish, Alaine, pre-
vious to the incorporation in 1794. The fol-
lowing was taken from ".Saco Valley Settle-
ments and Families" : '" "Uncle Eben Barker'
was a soldier of the Revolution, and after his
return married a widow whose husband had
died in the army, leaving one child. He came
early to Cornish, and settled south of the Dea-
con Jewett farm, where he lived -to old age,
esteemed, honored and beloved by all who
knew him. He was of pleasing personal ap-
pearance, having blue eyes, a fresh complexion,
and prominent nose that indicated stability.
His form was portly and well proportioned ;
said to be a man of rare good sense and pru-
dent of speech."
In English and American his-
CARLTON tory the most prominent pub-
lic man bearing this name is
Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, born at
Strabane, Ireland, September 3, 1724; gov-
ernor of Quebec, 1772, which place he de-
fended against the American revolutionary
army under General Richard Alontgomery and
General Benedict Arnold. December 31, 1775,
at which assault Alontgomery fell and General
Carleton accorded his body the honor of a
military burial. He invaded New York state
in 1776. and fought a battle against General
Arnold on Lake Champlain, and in 1777 was
relieved of his command, but in 1781 succeeded
Sir Henry Clinton as commander-in-chief in
North America. Sir Guy Carleton died in
Alaidenhead, England, November 10, 1808.
Another noted member of the family was Wil-
liam Carleton, the Irish novelist, born in
county Tyrone, in 1794, died January 30, 1869.
The Carletons and Carltons of Alaine are rep-
resented in the United States army by James
Henry Carleton (1814-1873), a soldier in the
Aroostook war, lieutenant in the United States
dragoons, 1839; first lieutenant, Alarch 17,
1S45, ^^'ith Kearney expedition to the Rocky
Mountains. 1846. Captain in the army of oc-
cupation in Texas in 1847, ^"d brevetted major
for his services in Buena Msta ; in New Mex-
ico, and stationed at Fort L^nion in 1855,
where his son Henry Guy Carleton, the play-
wright, was born June 21, 1855. He com-
manded the Sixth United States Cavalry in
1861, in California, raised and organized the
"California Column" in 1862; commanded the
department of New Alexico with the rank of
brigadier-general L^nited States Volunteers,
and in 1865 was made brigadier-general
United States America, and for his service in
the civil war was brevetted major-general
United States army. He is the author of
"The Battle of Buena Vista" (1848).
( I ) John Guy Carlton, probably of the same
family as John and Alary (Lemon) Carlton, of
Georgetown, who had a son John baptized July
13, 1740 (Charlestown record), married Mary
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Gilmore. anrl they had four children: i. Mary,
married John Dehiow. 2. , married a
Farnum. 3. Lemuel. 4. John Guy.
(II) John Guy (2). son of John Guy (i)
and Mary (Gilmore) Carlton, married Han-
nah \\'hitiiig. and they had children as fellows :
Asa. Robert. John. Lemuel.
(III) Asa, eldest son of John Guy (2) and
Hannah (Whiting) Carlton, was born in
Woolwich. Maine. He was a farmer. He
married Jane, daughter of John Rogers, of
Phippsburg. Maine, and they had children as
follows: I. Thomas, died young. 2. Hannah.
3. Jane, married Gilbert Hawthorne. 4. Thom-
as. 5. Ira (q. v.). 6. Martha, married War-
rell Reed. 7. Rebecca, married Frederick
Ward. 8. Asa. 9. Agnes, married Washing-
ton Lillie. TO. Rebecca, died young. 11. Lem-
uel. 12. Ephraim.
(IV) Ira. third son and fourth child of Asa
and Jane (Rogers) Carlton, was born in
Dresden, Maine, May 7, 1833. He attended
the public school of Dresden and learned the
trade of ship carpenter, which vocation he
continued up to the time that he was compelled
by age to give up physical labor. He was
married July 12, 1857, by the Rev. S. B.
Byrne, to Hattie C. Savage, of Dresden,
Maine, and they had children as follows: i.
Frank William (q. v.). 2. Myra E., born in
Dresden, July 16, 1861. married Charles H.
Hunnewell. 3. Fred L., November 30, 1864,
married Lizzie D. Cothran. 4. Addie A., born
in Woolwich, Maine, April 13. 1867, married
George I. Rice. 5. Leafie E.. January 17. 1870,
married Andrew S. Merrill. 6. Annie H.,
March 5, 1873, married .Andrew C. Morrell.
7. Henry E., .^pril 2, 1875. 8. Clarence, Sep-
tember 24, 1S77. •
(V") Frank William, eldest child of Ira and
Hattie C. (Savage) Carlton, was born in Dres-
den, Maine, April 5, 1859. He attended the
public school of Dresden and the higher
schools of Bath, Maine, and his first manual
labor was as an ice cutter. He soon after en-
gaged in the grocery business in Woolwich,
which business he carried on for three years.
He then became a bridge contractor and build-
er, and this he made his life business and in
which he has been unusually successful. He
received large government contracts in granite
work. He is now president of the Bath Gran-
ite Company organized chiefly by himself and
associates to carry out the large contracts for
which he made bids and in the carrying out of
which the company were proverbially success-
ful. He was also prominent in "Republican
party politics and served as selectman of the
town of Woolwich and was elected by his fel-
low selectmen chairman of the board. His
club affiliations included membership in the
Sagadahoc and Kennebec Boat clubs and in
the Bath Driving .-Kssociation. He married
Sarah E., daughter of A. B. Higgcns, and
they have three children : Clyde, Eva, Marion.
The family of Lombard of
LOMBARD this article has been estab-
lished in New England nearly
three hundred years, and its appearance there
followed the settlement of the Pilgrims at Ply-
mouth only ten years.
( I ) Thomas Lombard came from England
in the "Mary and John" in 1630, and settled
at Dorchester, Massachusetts. Lie requested
to be made a freeman. October 19, 1630, and
was admitted !May 18 following. He removed
in a few years, perhaps to Scituate first, but
to Barnstable by 1640 or before, and died
there in 1662. Thomas Lombard was "al-
lowed to keep victualling, or an ordinary, for
the entertainment of strangers and to draw
wines in Barnstable," in 1639, being the first
inn-keeper in the town. Thomas Lombard is
named in the list of persons who appear to
have been inhabitants, Jiarch 3, 1640. Decem-
ber 22, 1 65 1, an order was made by the town
authorities providing that all lanes and inlets
shall have gate? — the gate against Rendezvous
Creek, by Thomas Lombard Sr. Thomas
brought from England, probably, Bernard and
two other children and had born to him in
Barnstable: Jedediah and Benjamin. ."That
he had other children of whom one of two
must have been born in England," says Sav-
age, "is plain enough from his will of March
23, 1663, in which, while he names these, men-
tions that he formerly gave property to son
Bernard : Joshua : Joseph ; and son-in-law Ed-
ward Colman, who married his daughter, Mar-
garet ; provides for wife Joyce, and son Ca-
leb." Perhaps he had also a younger daugh-
ter, Jemima, who may have made a runaway
match with Joseph Benjamin at Boston, June
10, 1661 : and lived many years after her
father at New London.
(II) Jedediah, son of Thomas Lombard, was
baptized September 19. 1641. He resided in
Barnstable and is recorded as one of the in-
habitants there in 1662. In 1710 the pro-
prietors of the town appointed Jedediah Lom-
bard and Thomas Paine, agent "to buy lands
of the Indians within the township of Truro,
when, and so often as, any of said Indians
shall see cause to sell" ; and "ordered that
none others shall buy." Jedediah Lombard
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was one of tlie proprietors of Truro in 1730.
He married, May 20, 1668, Hannah Wing, and
had : Jedediah, Thomas, Experience and Han-
nah.
(HI) Jedediah (2), eldest son of Jedediah
(i) and Hannah (Wing) Lombard, was born
December 25, 1669. He married, November 8,
1699, Hannah, daughter of Lieutenant James
and Hannah (Cobb) Lewis, of Barnstable.
Their children born at Truro were : Solomon,
James. Ebcnezer, Sarah, Lewis. Ephraim and
Hannah.
(IV) Rev. Solomon, eldest child of Jedediah
(2) and Hannah (Lewis) Lombard, was born
in Truro, Cape Cod, Alassachusetts, April 5,
1702, and died in Gorham, Maine, in 1781.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1723.
He married. Jime 13. 1724, in Truro, Sarah
Purinton. They joined the Truro church, Jan-
uary 30, 1735. and were dismissed to the
church in Gorham, July 7, 1751. He was
called to the Gorham pastorate in 1750, and
became the first pastor of the town. He
was ordained December 26, 1750, and was dis-
missed in 1764. On the list of original pro-
prietors of Gorhamtown are the names of three
Lombards — Jedediah and Caleb, both of Barn-
stable, who owned respectively rights forty-
seven and nineteen ; and Jonathan, of Tisbury,
who owned No. 117. The proprietors of Gor-
hamtown before giving Mr. Lombard a call
to settle there held a special meeting at which
they decided that: "Whereas the thirty-acre
lot No. 47, being property of .Solomon Lom-
bard, being spruce swamp and not capable of
settlement ; in consideration thereof, voted that
said Lombard have in exchange therefor, thirty
acres adjoining Nos. 34 and 61, and to lie in
the same form as the other thirty acre lots,
be giving a quit-claim deed of the aforesaid
thirty acres unto William Cotoon for the fur-
ther use and order of the proprietors."' Mr.
Lombard's home was on the thirty-acre lot
No. 57, which lot the proprietors of the town
gave him on account of his being the first
settled minister. He was selectman of Gor-
ham, was the town's first representative in the
Massachusetts general court, and was re-
elected four times. He was a delegate to the
provincial progress in 1774. chairman of the
committee of safety, and "active in the cause
of the colonies in the war of the Revolution."
He was chosen to be one of the judges of the
court of common pleas in 1776 and died in
office in 1781. The children of Solomon and
Sarah (Purinton) Lombard were born before
the family came to Gorham and were all bap-
tized in Truro. They were Anna, Jedediah,
Sarah, Hannah, Susannah, Salome, Solomon,
Mary, Tiichard, Kbcnezcr. Tlczekiah. Calvin.
(\') Solomon (2), second .son of Rev. Solo-
mon (i) and Sarah (Purington) Lombard,
was born May 15, 1738. He was a farmer
and lived on the hundred-acre lot No. 5, where
his grandson, Lewis Lombard, lived at the be-
ginning of the present century. He was a
member of Captain Joseph Woodman's com-
pany in the Northern Army in 1757. He mar-
ried Lydia CJrant, of Berwick, by whom he
had : Richard, Susannah, Hannah, Solomon
(died young), James, Lydia, Peter, Ephraim,
Solomon, Mary and Samuel.
(VLj Colonel Richard, eldest son of Solo-
mon (2) and Lydia (Grant) Lombard, mar-
ried and had a son Calvin.
(VH) Calvin, son of Colonel Richard Lom-
bard, died in Baldwin, the town of his resi-
dence. He married and has a son James.
(Vni) James, son of Calvin Lombard, was
a stone mason. He married Newvilla Dyer.
Children: i. Louisa, married Howard Dear-
born. 2. Edwin, married Jennie Gould, and
has two children : Mary and Eva. 3. Charles
H., married Lizzie Sanborn. 4. James W.,
married Myra and has three children:
Puley, Octavia and William. 5. Loring S.,
mentioned below. 6. Octavia, married Al-
berny Frye. 7. Lizzie, married Charles Cot-
ton and has one child : Raymond. 8. Howard
C. married Lizzie Babb and has one child:
Vera. 9. Bertha, married Alfred Murch.
(IX) Dr. Loring S., fifth child of James
anfl Newvilla (Dyer) Lombard, was born in
Baldwin, Maine, 'October i, 1868. Pie at-
tended the public schools and Bridgton Acad-
emy and went from Bridgton to Dartmouth
College, entering 1890 and graduating in
1893. Fie then took the medical course in
the same institution. He entered upon the
practice of medicine in Greene and remained
there two and a half years, and in 1896 re-
moved to South Portland, where he has since
had a large practice, and as he is- a thrifty
business man has accumulated a handsome
property. He was city physician of South
Portland four years and member of the school
board four years. He is a member of the
Cumberland County Medical Association and
of the Maine Medical Association. In politics
he is a Democrat. Fie is a member of the
I. O. O. F., Improved Order of Red Men, and
Knights of the iNIaccabees. Dr. Lombard mar-
ried, August 25, 1894, Laura Effie Thomas,
daughter'of Robert S. and Helen (Baldwin)
Thomas, of Greene. They had one child,
Reginald Thomas, born -August 30, 1896.
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From what can be learned
MERRIMAX of this family it is of either
English or Scotch descent.
Certain it is that it was and is a hardy, in-
dustrious, God-fearing family. The name was
often originally spelled Merryman, and was
generally changed some time in the last cen-
tury. The coat-of-arms of the Merrymans
shows that the family was one of valor and
worth across the seas.
(I) Walter IMerryman was kidnapped in
an Irish port early in 1700 and brought to
Boston. Massachusetts. His so-called "pass-
age money" was paid by a Mr. Simonton, of
Cape Elizabeth; near Portland, Maine, who
taught him the ship carpenter's trade, and
with whom he remained seven years. He af-
terward moved to a farm not far above the
Harpswcll Center Methodist Church. He was
a man of very sturdy and exemplary habits,
and was one of the early settlers of the town.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of David and
Mary (Merriam) Potter. (See Potter III.)
The following is a list of their children :
Thomas, Hugh, Walter, Frances, Mary, James,
Michael and !\Iiriam.
(II) Thomas, eldest child of Walter and
Elizabeth (Potter) Merryman. was born in
1738, at Harpswell, Maine, died October 5,
1813, aged seventy-five years. He was mar-
ried March 26, 1763, to Sarah, daughter of
Deacon Timothy and Sarah <Buck) Bailey.
She was born March 13, 1739, at Hanover,
Massachusetts, and died November 5, 1824.
Her father was descended from Thomas
Bailey, who was at Boston, in 1643, and prob-
ably settled at Weymouth, with his wife Ruth.
His son John Bailey, married Sarah White,
daughter of Peregrine ^^'hite, who was born on
the "Mayflower," 1620, died July 20, 1704, and
granddaughter of William \\'hite, who came
to Plymouth on the "Mayflower." His son
married Abigail Clapp, and their son. Deacon
Timothy, was born March 20, 1740, at Han-
over, Massachusetts, and it was for him that
Baileys Island at Harpswell, Maine, was
named. The children of Thomas and Sarah
(Bailey) Merryman were: Sarah, Thomas,
Walter, James and Timothy. -. ■
(III) Walter, second son of Thomas and
Sarah (Bailey) Merryman, born March 8,
1766, at Harpswell, ^Iaine, died August 15,
1855, aged eighty-eight years and five months.
He was married January 7, 1796, to Isabel
Alexander, born October 10, 1774, at Harps-
well, died November 11. 1829. Their children
were : David, Walter, Captain Isaac, Robert,
Shubal, Eli, Anna, Captain Thomas and Bet-
sey Barnes.
(IV) Robert Merriman, son of Walter and
Isabel (Alexander) Merryman, born Septem-
ber 15. 1803, at Harpswell, died at Bowdoin-
ham, Maine, in 1869, aged sixty-six. He
lived in Bowdoin, Richmond and Bowdoin-
ham, Maine. He was married February 28,
1828, to Clarissa, daughter of David Doug-
lass. She died at Bowdoinham. Their chil-
dren were: Isabella, David Douglass, Eli,
Sarah J.. Frances and Susan A.
(V) Eli Merriman, second son of Robert
and Clarissa Merriman, was born at Bowdoin,
Maine, July 14, 1834, died at Litchfield, same
state, October 24, 1898. He removed to Tam-
worth. New Hampshire, and lived there two
years ; he then removed to Litchfield, where
he lived the remainder of his life. He served
one year in the civil war. For thirty-two
years he followed the mercantile business, and
was postmaster twenty-five consecutive years,
also served on the school board a number of
years. He was married October 18, 1862, to
Almeda M., daughter of David and .Abigail
Oilman, who was born July 6, 1834, at West
Gardiner, Maine, and died in 1902. Their
children were : Lola, James David, Clara
Douglass and Abbie Lord.
(\T) James David, only son of Eli and Al-
meda M. (Oilman) Merriman, was born July
II, 1867. He graduated from Bowdoin Col-
lege with the degree of A. B. in 1892, and for
two years thereafter was principal of Gould
Academy, at Bethel, Maine, and from there at-
tended the Columbia University, of New York
City. He received the degree of A. M. in 1894
and afterwards spent a year in Europe. He
also received the degree of LL.B. from the
New York Law School, in 1899. He began
the practice of law as managing clerk for
Hyde & Leonard, being with them about a
year. He then took charge of the real estate
department, in the ofiice of Richard B. Kelly,
and remained there about two years, when he
accepted a position as chief of the bureau of
licenses for Greater New York. He resigned
that position, and began independent general
practice at 141 Broadway, and in July, 1904,
formed a partnership with Joseph B. Roberts,
under the firm name of Merriman & Roberts,
now actively engaged in the practice of law.
In politics he has always been a Republican,
supporting and active in the interests of the
Citizens' L'nion in local politics. He is a mem-
ber of Alpha Delta Phi, of Bowdoin, member
Alpha Delta Phi Club, of New York, member
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The New England Society, Maine Society of
New York, Bowdoin Alumni Association of
New York, member American Economic As-
sociation, and member of the West Side Re-
publican Club, being on several committees of
the last-named organization, and is a member
of Squadron A, National Guard, New York, a
cavalry organization. He is a member of
Madison Avenue Methodist Church, counsel
for the Humane Society of New York, and
one of the attorneys connected with the office
of state superintendent of elections. He is
unmarried.
This family is one of the most
POTTER ancient and numerous in Amer-
ica. No less than eleven differ-
ent immigrants of the name came to New
England during the seventeenth century. They
were Anthony Potter, of Ipswich, IMassachu-
setts ; George, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island ;
George, of Lancaster, England ; Ichabod, of
Portsmouth, Rhode Island : John and William,
of New Haven, Connecticut; JMartin, of South
Shields, England ; JMartin, of Philadelphia ;
Nathaniel, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island ;
Nicholas,, of Lynn, ]\Iassachusetts; Robert, of
Warwick, Rhode Island. So far as known
none of these immigrants was related to the
other, though it is conjectured that the Rhode
Island settlers, George, Nathaniel and Rob-
ert, might possibly be connected. The family
has included many noted ecclesiastics and pro-
fessional men of all classes. The records of
Yale, Harvard and other New England col-
leges show many of the name among grad-
uates.
(I) The first to whom the Alaine family is
definitely traced was Anthony Potter, of Ips-
wich. Massachusetts, where he is found of rec-
ord in 1648. He was born 1628, in England.
It is claimed by some authorities that he was
a son of Robert Potter, of Lynn, but no rec-
ords are found to bear out the claim. His
first home was on the north side of the river,
near the stone mill, in a house built and occu-
pied at first by Major-General Daniel Denni-
son. In 1664 he was owner of a share and a
half of Plum Island and other property, and
the records show sales of land by him in 1660-
61. In July, 1653, he was "presented" be-
cause his wife wore silk, but was able to prove
himself worth two hundred pounds and dis-
charged. This and his various sales and pur-
chases of land show him to have been a man of
means. He had a farm on the Salem road,
about one mile southwest of the village of
Ipswich, one of the best in town, extending
north to the river, and was successful in the
cultivation of fruit. He died early in 1699, his
will being dated December 28, 1689, and
proved March 26 following. His wife, Eliza-
beth (Whipple) Potter, was born 1629, daugh-
ter of Deacon John and Sarah Whipple. She
survived her husband until March 10, 1712.
In 1699 she presented to the first church of
Ipswich a silver cup which is still among its
possessions. The inscription on her tombstone
includes this brief verse :
a tender mother
a prudent wife
at God's command
resigned her LIFE
Her children were: John, Edmund, Samuel,
Thomas, Anthony. Elizabeth and Lydia.
(II) Samuel, third son and child of An-
thony and Elizabeth (Whipple) Potter, born
in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1656, died in
1714. in that town. He married "(first) Jo-
hanna Wood, born 1661, daughter of Isaac
and Mercy (Thompson) Wood. Married
(second) April 18. 1692. Ruth Dunton, who
died before December 4, 1705, on which date
he married (third) Sarah Burnett, widow of
Robert Burnett. The children of the fir.st mar-
riage were: David, Sarah, Johanna, Samuel,
Thomas, Elizabeth and Henry. Of the second
there were children : Anthony, Esther and
Ezekiel. The second died in infancy, as did
probably the first, since he is not mentioned
in his father's will. The children of the third
marriage were : Esther, Lydia and Abigail.
(III) David, eldest child of Samuel and
Johanna (Wood) Potter, born March 27,
1685, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, settled in
Topsham, Maine, in 1738. He was married
(intentions published January 4, 171 1) to
Mary Merriam. of Lynn, and their sons were :
Alexander, James and William.
(IV) Elizabeth, daughter of David and
Mary (Merriam) Potter, became the wife of
Walter Merryman, of Harpswell, Maine. (See
Merriman I.)
It was in the earlv days of
HESELTON 1637 when there landed at
Salem in the province of
Massachusetts Bay, New England, Rev. Eze-
kiel Rogers and about sixty families, who
came from Yorkshire and Devonshire, Eng-
land, for the purpose of planting a colony in
the wilds of the new world. This goodly
company embraced the artisans and trades
necessary to establish a first class colony ; self-
reliant and self-supporting. It included car-
penters to build houses, farmers and herds-
men. Thev were devout church members
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and their leader was Rev. Ezekiel Rogers,
who had been their pastor in the old country
and was to become such here. They halted
at Salem only one month and pushed on to
Essex county, Massachusetts, to finally settle.
Robert and John Heselton were among the
members of this colony and documents made
at that date, or a little later, show the or-
thographv many ways, for example it is found
recorded: Haselton, Hazeltine, Hasetine,
Hazelton, etc. In England the word seems
to have been Ilazelden, from hazel, tree or
shrub, and den, a valley where hazels grew.
Robert and John were brothers and were
herdsmen, from whom many New England
farmers have descended with the passing gen-
erations since this little colony was first planted
on our shores. They took the freeman's oath
JMay 1 6, 1640. Subsequently they began clear-
ing up places from out the solitary and dense
forests, their land bordering on the banks of
the Merrimac river, near the present town
of Bradford. This land was granted to them.
The more adventuresome and truly progress-
ive members of the family followed the march
of civilization into Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire, New York, and later settled in
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois and Wiscon-
sin. To-day their descendants may be found
in almost if not every state and territory in
the Union. More than a dozen towns, ham-
lets and post offices bear their name. Among
the members of the Heselton family from
Maine may be mentioned, in this connection,
Milton Wyatt Heselton, who in his autobiog-
raphy written in 1891-92, gives an account of
sixteen inventions which have formed the sub-
jects of as many patents received on them.
From the sale of these valuable improvements
he has realized more than a quarter of a mil-
lion dollars. One of these inventions was a
device for decomposing water for fuel and
lighting purposes, which has come to be gen-
erally used — his was the first patent in this
line of inventions. The Heselton Tripotl steam
boiler, exhaust steam heating device and other
valuable discoveries were his. But greater
still he claims priority in inventing iron-clad
war vessels. He made his model six years
before the famous Erricson made his "Moni-
tor" model, but by the poor judgment of his
machinist, he was led to believe that the weight
of the iron plates would sink his boat, hence
its abandonment.
(I) John Heselton was probably the younger
of the two brothers who were instrumental in
the settlement of Bradford and are spoken of
as herdsmen, because thev took care of the
herds of their contemporaries while pasturing
upon the natural meadows along the ^lerrimac
river. He was born about 1620 and was
probably a minor when he came with his
brother Robert to Rowley, Massachusetts; the
last named was made a freeman in 1640, and
was soon after granted a house lot there.
These two, with one other, constituted the
first settlers in Bradford, where Robert Hesel-
ton established a ferry connecting Bradford
and Haverhill. Before 1660 John Heselton
removed to Haverhill and made that his home
until his death, December 23, i6go, at the
age of seventy years. In 1665 he presented to
the people of Bradford one acre of land for
the meeting house, on condition that they keep
the ground fenced and properly cared for. His
son subsequently released the town from these
conditions. John Heselton married Joan
Auter, of Biddeford, England, who is said to
have come from the family of Mr. Holman of
that town. Their children were: Samuel,
Mary, John and Nathaniel.
(II) John (2), second son of John (i) and
Joan (Auter) Heselton, was born 1650 in
Bradford, and became a deacon of the First
Church of Haverhill, where he was a car-
penter and ship "builder. His death occurred
between June 16, 1732. and April 23, 1733.
He married, July 16, 1682. Mary, daughter of
Philip Nelson. Their children were: John,
Philip, Sarah, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin (died
young), Elizabeth and Benjamin.
(HI) Philip, second son of John (2) and
Mary (Nelson) Heselton, was born March 13,
1685, in Haverhill, and probably resided in
Salem. He was mentioned in his father's will
in 1732, at which time it is apparent he had
left Haverhill. He married, June 9, 1718, in
Haverhill, Judith Webster, and their children
were named as follows : John and Philip,
twins, died young, James. Tryphcna, Ann,
Lois, Joseph and Benjamin, twins. Stephen
and Asa. The record makes it appear that
the twins Joseph and Benjamin died in in-
fancy, but this is believed to be an error as
to Joseph. The records of New Hampshire
fail to show the birth of any other Joseph who
could have been Joseph that lived in New
Boston, New Hampshire, and served as a
revolutionary soldier from that town, and it is
assumed for the purpose of this article that
Joseph did not die when Benjamin did.
(I\') Joseph Heselton, born August 21,
1728, in Plaverhill, Massachusetts, must have
been very young when his father removed
from Haverhill and thus the error regarding
his death was never corrected, but little can
STATE OF .MAIXE.
2081
be learned of him during his residence in New-
Boston. It is probable that he was reared in
Salem and went to Xew Boston when a young
man to assist in the settlement of that town.
The Revolutionary Rolls of New Hampshire
show that Joseph Heselton, of New Boston,
was a member of the Second Company of
Colonel Cilley's regiment of New Hampshire
troops. He also appears on the pay rolls of
Colonel Daniel JMoore's regiment, Captain
\\'illiam Barron's company, July 22. 1776, in
the expedition against Canada. His wages
for one month's services were $5. 50 and the
bounty added amounted to $10.03. Because
of the depreciation of currency in which he
was paid for his services in Colonel Cilley's
regiment, he was allowed $178.00 in 1780.
These meagre details are all that can be found
concerning the revolutionary services of Jo-
seph Heselton. After the close of the revo-
lutionary war, he decided to settle in Maine,
probably as a means of securing homesteads
for his children. He purchased land in Win-
tlirop, December 26, 1801, and it was probably
the following spring when he settled on this
land. Very little is now known of him or of
his character except what may be surmised
from the fact that he went into the wilderness
and cleared up land and reared a large family,
all of which testify to his enterprise and in-
dustry. He died there January 11, 1812. at a
comparatively early age. His wife, Elizabeth
(?.Iarsh) Heselton, died October 17, 1829.
Thev were the parents of: Sally, Betsy, ^lary,
Charlotte, Joseph, Fanny, Daniel, Campbell,
Jane C, William. Charles T., Flannah, Reuben
and Rufus.
(V) Reuben, son of Joseph and Elizabeth
(Marsh) Heselton, was born July 3, 1801,
probably in New Boston, and resided in vari-
ous localities in Maine. He died April 19,
1892, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peas-
lee, in Pittston, Maine. His wife. Hannah
(Oilman) Heselton. was born November i,
1801, and died May 13, 1883. Their children
were: Elizabeth A., William G., Reuben, Ha
riett L., George M. and Delphina.
(VI) Reuben (2), second son of Reuben
( i) and Hannah (Oilman) Heselton, was born
November 20, 1827, died December 18, 1882,
in Gardiner, Maine. He was a carpenter and
carriage-maker and for twelve years followed
the latter calling at Gardiner, but subsequently
turned his attention to contracting and build-
ing, in which he was successful. In political
principle he was a Republican and was elected
by his townsmen several terms as a member
of the Gardiner citv council. He was a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with
Herman Lodge, at Gardiner, and was uni-
versally respected as a citizen. He married
(first) November 5, 1848, Sarah L. Nutchell.
born November 20, 1827, died in Gardiner,
October 28, 1851. He married (second) Au-
gust 2, 1853, Sarah G. Tarbox, born October
2, 182 1, in Gardiner, died there August 28,
1890. The children of the first marriage were:
Eugene M., who died unmarried, and Sarah
Jane, who became the wife of Charles A.
Webb. Those of the second were : Franklin
W. and George Walter. Tlic former died un-
married in his thirty-third year.
(MI) George Walter, youngest child of
Reuben (2) and Sarah G. (Tarbox) Heselton,
was born November 2, 1856, in Gardiner, and
received his primary education in the many
schools of his native town. He entered Am-
herst College, from which he was graduated
with the class of 1878, and immediately be-
gan the study of law. After two years of
faithful application in the office of Judge Dan-
forth, at Gardiner, he was admittei! to the bar
in 1891. He immediately opened an oflrce
for the practice of his profession and has thus
been continually engaged in his native town
to the present time. He has taken an active
part in political movements and has served as
a member of the Republican city committee
for two terms. He has served as city solici-
tor, was six years county attorney and at the
present writing (1908) is state senator from
Kennebec county. Possessed of a bright mind
and having a large heart, iMr. Heselton is
naturally interested in fraternal organizations,
and is a member of Herman Lodge, A. F. and
A. i\I., and of the local commandery, Knights
Templar, at Gardiner. He is also affiliated
with the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias
and was grand chancellor of the state lodge in
1885. He is also a member of Gardiner
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and the local body of Modern Woodmen of
America. He is a member of the Abnaka
Club, of Augusta, and is welcomed in every
society where he may be found. He married
Mary Eleanor, daughter of Edward and Cath-
erine (Kinsella) Stafford. Children: John,
born March 17, 1900, and Henry, April 16,
1901.
The origin of this family is not
STROUT learned, but some of the name
were on record at an early date
in the vicinity of Cape Cod. A Deacon Jo-
seph Strout, whose descendants located at
Millbridge. Maine, was settled on what is now
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STATE OF MAINE.
known as Pinkham's Island. There is no clear
proof that Deacon Joseph was related to those
of the line given below, but they had a com-
mon ancestor. There were others of the name
living at an early date at Provincetown, Mas-
sachusetts, some of whom moved thence to
Cape Elizabeth in 1730. among whom was the
progenitor of the line that follows.
(I) Christopher Strout seems to be the first
of the name mentioned in any New England
records. He is found at Provincetown, Massa-
chusetts, as early as 1701, when the records
show that he had a wife Sarah and that a
daughter was born to them September 22 that
year. In 1706 a son named Anthony was
born to them. The records seem to indicate
that he had a second wife Mary, and by her
had children : Mary, Christopher, Ruth, Dor-
cas. William, Betty and Pricilla. It is quite
probable that he was a seafaring man, and that
he settled late in life at Falmouth, now Port-
land, Maine. A Christopher Strout, probably
his son, was of Portland in 1739, when he
married Elisabeth Smalley, of Provincetown.
The early records of Provincetown are very
much mutilated, and are illegible in many
places. It is more than probable that Chris-
topher Strout had other children by his first
wife than those mentioned.
(TI) Joshua, probably a son of Christopher
^ffbut, was born before 1706. He removed
from Provincetown to Cape Elizabeth (now
Maine) about 173d, and here were recorded
January 10, 1741, his intentions of marriage
to Sarah Sa\yyer, of that place. In 1771 he
removed to what is now Poland. Maine, ac-
companied by his son Joshua (2). Among
his other known children were : Jacob, who
settled in Jay, Maine; Joseph, who settled in
Salem, Massachusetts ; Nehemiah, who settled
in Portland, Maine, and daughters: Sally,
Deborah. Thankful and Rebecca.
(Ill) Jacob, eldest son of Joshua and
Sarah ( Sawyer) Strout, was born in Cape
Elizabeth, November, 1766. He resided at
Jay, Maine, where he died I^Iay 10, 1839. He
married Sarah Bray, born January 20, 1769,
died in Jay, in October, 181 1. Their children
were: Sarah, born April 10, 1787, married
August 21, 1806 (name not recorded) ; Joshua,
born -August 24, 1788; Abigail, February 20,
1790; Jacob (2), born July 3, 1792, married
December 2, 1816; Joseph, January 23, 1794;
Nathaniel, October 3, 1795. married January
5, 1816, and died March 18, 1835; George H,,
January 28, 1798, married March 16, 1822;
Cyrena, born December 13, 1800, married No-
vember 27, 1837; Orin, born October 25, 1801.
The last named was a Methodist minister of
the Maine Conference.
(IV) Joshua (2), eldest son of Jacob and
Sarah (Bray) Strout, was bom in Poland,
Maine, August 26, 1788. He was a farmer
by occupation, and resided at Poland, later
at Canton, and finally moved to Jay, Maine,
where he died, November 18, 1874, aged
eighty-six. He was a prominent citizen of
Jay, and long identified with town interests,
though extensively engaged in farming. He
is said to have been a fine singer, and for
some time leader of the church music. Mr.
Strout is described as "Hospitable, cheerful,
genial and a general favorite." He was a man
in demand for those offices requiring good
judgment and ability. He married, December
12, 1812, Sarah, daughter of Nathan and Anna
(Hyde) Crafts, of Newton, Massachusetts,
who was born April 15, 1793. and died at Jay,
April 2, 1871, aged seventy-eight. In 1814
they removed to their new home at Jay, mak-
ing the journey on horseback with their babe
of six months. Nathan Crafts, father of
Sarah, was a lineal descendant of Lieutenant
(■riffin Crafts (or Crofts), who came to New
England with Winthrop's company in 1630 and
settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts, with his
wife -Alice. He was probably born about 1600,
in Yorkshire, England. He was regarded in
the colony as a man of influence and import-
ance. Children of Joshua and Sarah : Nathan
Crafts, born January 3, 1814, married October,
1832, Waitstill Ingalls Wilbur, of East Liver-
more; they resided at Monson, Maine, where
he died March 15, 1888, and his wife died Jan-
uary, 1890, aged eighty-six. 2. Jacob El-
bridge, born June i, 1815; married at Charles-
town, Massachusetts, IMay 4, 1848, Mrs. Eliza-
beth (Wylie) Hooper, widow of Sylvester,
of Roxbury ; she died, leaving two children,
and he married (second) January 22. 1832,
Mrs. Maria Fort Fritz, widow of John, of
Hudson, New York ; she died at Lawrence,
Kansas, April 10, 1855, leaving one child, and
he married (third) July i, 1858, Eliza, daugh-
ter of John and Ellen King, of Ro.xbury, who
died at Chelsea, Massachusetts, December,
1876, aged seventy-one, 3. Samuel Augustus,
born October 6, 1816; married, October 20,
1838, Sylvia, daughter of Ebcnezer and Me-
hitable (Phillips) Randall, of North Easton,
Massachusetts. He died August 24, 1873,
and his widow married Eliphlet Smith How-
ard. 4. Sarah Ann. born November 27, 1818,
unmarried, living at Jay, 1900. 5. Byron, born
September 27, 1820, married .August 22. 1855,
Adelaide D., daughter of Hopley and Lydia
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STATE OF MAINE.
2083
S. (Fry) Yeaton, of Rye, New Hampshire;
they Hved at Roxbury, and removed thence to
North Easton, where he died November 30,
1823. and his wife died June 22. 1877; they
had one cliild. 6. Joshua Frankhn, born July
22. 1822 (see below), 7. Emerson, born No-
vember 30. 1824, died December 23, 1828. 8.
Vesta Jane, born July 8, 183 1, married, July
1, 1849, Isaiah Rich Jr.. son of Isaiah and
Betsey (Wareham) Rich, of Wellfleet, Massa-
chusetts, who was born April 27, 1827. They
resided at Quincy, Massachusetts, and had
four children.
(V) Joshua Franklin, fifth son of Joshua
and Sarah (Crafts) Strout, was born in Jay,
Maine, July 22. 1822. He is not in active
business at his advanced age, but still carries
on his farm at North Yarmouth. He was
married in Boston, by the noted "Father Tay-
lor," July 30, 1851, to Harriet Fabians, daugh-
ter of George and Sally Porter, of Salem,
Massachusetts. Pier mother was one of the
Pitman family of Salem. She was born De-
cember 13, 1820, and died September 3, 1873,
aged fifty-three. Mr. .Strout married (second)
December 31, 1874. Mrs. Mary J. Waugh,
widow of Alelville C, of Winthrop, Maine,
and daughter of Hezekiah and Hannah (Ly-
ford) Haskell, of Livermore, who was born
December 3, 1827. There were five children
by the first marriage, viz.: i. Ella Francis,
born October 13, 1852. married, December
31. i86g. Alexander R. Nelson, son of Alex-
ander Oliver and Hannah (Ryder) Nelson, of
Livermore. He was born at Plymouth, Mas-
sachusetts, June II, 1849. They resided at
Wakefield. Massachusetts; (had two children:
Ella Harriet, born November 12, 1874, and
Alexander Edward, born November 2, 1876).
2. Edward Cooke, born November 16, 1854
(see below). 3. Hattie, born December 30,
1856, lived at Kennebunkport, died 1890. 4.
Frank Wallace, born November 18, 1858; mar-
ried Februarv 10, 1882, Ada Neldora, daugh-
ter of IMelville C. and Alary J. (Haskell)
^^'augh, of Winthrop, who was born Septem-
ber 27, 1856. They resided in Kennebunk-
port ( had two children : Lester Frank, born
Tanuarv 4, 188^, and Alice Alav, born April
18, 1884).
(VI) Edward Cooke, eldest son of Joshua
Franklin and Harriet Fabians (Porter) Strout,
was born in Jay, Maine, November 16, 1854.
He was educated at the public schools of Jay,
Wilton Academy, Kent's Hill, and was grad-
uated A. B. from the Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Connecticut, in the class of 1886.
and M. A. three years later. For three years
he was engaged in the Utah Mission of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and subsequently
came to Boston University and took the regu-
lar theological coi:rse. graduating with S. T.
B. in 1892. He joined the Maine Conference,
and was for five years the pastor of the School
Street Methodist Episcopal Church at Gorhani,
iVlaine. His next charge. 1897-1901, was the
School Street Church at Saco, Maine, after
which he was transferred to the New Hamp-
shire Conference, and settled over the Baker
Memorial Church at Concord, New Hamp-
shire, where he remained for six years. His
last charge, in 1907, was the Main Street
Church. Nashua, New Hampshire, where he
still remains. Rev. Mr. Strout is unmarried.
He is a member of the Wesleyan Alumni As-
sociation, Boston, Massachusetts, and A. D. P.,
Middletown Chapter.
Enoch Strout was born in Lim-
STROUT ington. Maine, and settled in
Wales, this state, in 1796-97.
He was a commissioned officer in the revolu-
tion and obtained the rank of captain, being
first captain of militia in Wales. He married
Mercy C. Small, and had in all ten children,
six born in Limington and four born in Wales,
Maine.
(II) Ebenezer, youngest child of Enoch and
Mercy C. (Small) Strout, was born in Wales,
Maine, 1802, where he lived until about 1836,
when he removed to Topsham. Maine; in
1 84 1 he went to Portland and resided there
until his death in 1880. He was a trader by
occupation. He married Hannah Cushing, of
Durham, and had but one child, Sewall (lush-
ing, whose biography next follows.
(III) Judge Sewall Cushing. son of Eben-
ezer and Hannah (Cushing) Strout, was born
in Wales, Androscoggin county, February 17,
1827. In 1834 he removed with his parents to
Topsham. and after attending the public
schools was sent to Air. Baker's private school
in Brunswick. In 1841 the family removed
to Portland, where Sewall C. entered high
school and began preparation for college.
Failing health compelled him to leave school,
and he then entered mercantile life as a clerk
in the employ of David J. True, a dealer in
dry goods, with whom he remained one and
one-half years. In his otherwise unemployed
hours during this time he read law, and in
1846 became a student in the office of Howard
& Shepley, the former of whom was subse-
quently a judge of the supreme court of Maine,
and the latter a judge of the United States cir-
cuit court. In October. 1848, Mr. Strout was
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STATE OF MAINE.
admitted to the bar of Cumberland county, and
entered upon the practice of law at Bridgton.
April I, 1854, he returned lo Portland, and
after a year's practice alone, formed a partner-
ship with Judge Joseph Howard, who had
retired from the bench after one term. The
firm of Howard & Strout continued until June,
1864, when it was dissolved. Mr. Strout con-
tinued alone until June, 1866, when he and
Hanno W. Gage became partners under the
firm name of Strout & Gage. In 1880 Fred-
erick Sewall Strout, the eldest son of the
senior member, was admitted to the firm,
which thereupon became Strout, Gage &
Strout. This was continued until the death
of Frederick, March 14, 1888, and soon after
that his younger brother, Charles A., was ad-
mitted, the firm name remaining the same.
Under this name the firm continued until Mr.
Strout took his place on the bench of the
supreme court. From that time until the death
of Mr. Gage, January 4, 1907, the firm was
Gage & Strout. Mr. Strout, though not a col-
lege man, is perhaps no less successful as a
lawyer on that account. Ever of an indus-
trious and studious bent of mind, he has ap-
plied himself to the study, not only of the law,
but of general literature, until lie is classed
among the brilliant attorneys and scholarly
men of Maine. From the beginning he has
had a large practice in the higher grades of
business. He has taken part in many im-
portant cases beyond the limits of the state,
and thoroughly versed in the literature of the
day has been well and favorably known as
one of the leading lawyers of the Maine bar.
While at the bar he was a representative law-
yer, both in the state and federal courts, and
did not allow himself to deviate from his pro-
fession by entering politics or business enter-
prises. Adhering to general practice, he never
made any specialty, but was considered an all-
round lawyer, preferring, perhaps, the civil to
the criminal side of the court. His jury argu-
ments combined plausibility as well as intelli-
gence of thought and clearness of statement.
His perfect self-possession, freedom from tem-
per and irritability, and his agreeable and en-
gaging manners made him a difficult but never
disagreeable opponent. A Democrat from the
time of attaining his majority. Mr. Strout has
never been a partisan, and the only municipal
office he ever held was that of alderman, which
he filled for one year. When Judge Lowell
resigned from the United States circuit court,
the bar of Elaine almost unanimously recom-
mended Mr. Strout to fill the vacancy, and
although the appointment went to another
state, it was the ardent wish of all who knew
his ability and fitness that he might succeed
to the position. In the meantime his associates
of the Cumberland bar elected him president
of that organization, in which position he
served from 1884 to 1894. Maine, though
strongly Republican, long ago adopted the
policy of appointing one member of the su-
preme judicial bench from the minority party.
Its first appointment of this kind was the late
Artemas Libby, and upon his death in March,
1894, by almost unanimous voice, Mr. Strout
was called to succeed to the vacancy. He was
appointed April 12, 1894, and began his duties
on the 24th of the same month. There he
served as associate justice for fourteen years,
retiring in April, 1908, and during that time
he officiated in such manner as to reflect honor
upon himself and maintain the high reputation
that members of this high tribunal have from
its establishment sustained. He is now eighty-
one years old, yet remarkably well preserved
and vigorous both mentally and physically for
one of his age. In his retirement from official
position he takes with him the respect of his
associates, the lawyers and the laity of the
state of Maine, whose interests he has faith-
fully and successfully guarded. Upon his re-
tirement from the bench he entered upon the
active practice of law at Portland in partner-
ship with his son, Charles A., under the firm
name of Strout & Strout. Sewall Gushing
Strout married, in Portland, November 22,
1849, Octavia J. P., daughter of Elias and
Eliza Shaw, of Portland. They had five chil-
dren : Anna Octavia, Louise Blanche, Fred-
erick Sewall, Joseph Howard and Charles Au-
gustus. Anna O. is single. Louise B. mar-
ried Franklin Gibbs, since deceased. Freder-
ick, deceased, married Mary Elizabeth Hig-
gins. Charles A. is the subject of the next
paragraph.
(IV) Charles Augustus, youngest child of
Judge Sewall C. and Octavia J. P. (Shaw)
Strout, was born in Portland, July 12, 1863.
He attended the public schools, fitted for col-
lege in the private school of Cyrus B. \'arney,
and entered Bowdoin College in 188 1. In his
freshman year one of his eyes was injured by
a lump of coal thrown through his window
by one of a party of hazers, and he was un-
able to continue his course. He read law in
the office of Strout, Gage & Strout, was ad-
mitted to the bar April 25. 1885, and began
practice by himself. In 1888 he succeeded
his brother Frederick S. as a member of the
firm of Strout, Gage & Strout, which was
later changed to Gage & Strout. The firm of
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Gage & Strout ceased to exist January 4, 1907,
and since that time C. A. Strout has practiced
alone, a worthy representative of a business
estabhshed by leading lawyers of the state
more than fifty years ago. Mr. Strout is an
active Republican, finding both employment
and recreation in politics. He was a member
of the common council in 1890-91, and during
the latter year presided over that body. In
1893 he was elected alderman from ward six
and served one term. In 1900 he was elected
city solicitor and held that office three terms.
He is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge,
No. 17, Free and Accepted Masons; Green-
leaf Royal Arch Chapter, No. 13; Ivanhoe
Lodge, No. 25, Knights of Pythias, and Lodge
No. 188, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. He is a member of the following named
clubs: Cumberland, Portland, Athletic, Lin-
coln and Country. He married, June 7, 1893,
in Portland, Jennie May, born in Portland,
daughter of Rlicah and Mary Ann (Whitney)
Higgins, of Portland. (See Whitney VIII,
Higgins \'III.) They have one child, Sewall
C, born March 21, 1894. Mrs. Strout is a
sister of Mary Elizabeth (Higgins) Strout,
widow of Frederick S. Strout.
This is a name conspicuous in
MORSE American and English annals,
and has been traced with toler-
able accuracy to the time of William the Con-
queror. The line herein followed begins
definitely in Essex, England, and was brought
to America early in the seventeenth century.
(I) The first known was tlie Rev. Thomas
Morse, of Foxearth, in the county of Essex,
England.
(II) Samuel, son of Rev. Thomas Morse,
was born in 1585, and embarked for New
England at London in 1635. He settled first
at Watertown, Massachusetts, and soon re-
moved to Dedham, and subsequently became
one of the original settlers of Medfield, where
he died April 5, 1664. His wife Elizabeth
probably died the next year. Their children
were : John, Daniel, Joseph, Abigail, Sam-
uel, Jeremiah and Mary. All were born in
England, and emigrated with their parents.
(III) Joseph, third son of Samuel and Eliz-
abeth Morse, was born in 161 5, and was about
twenty years of age when he came with his
parents to America. He removed from Wa-
tertown to Dedham, where he was granted
twelve acres of land, 18, 6 mo. 1636, and was
received into the church September ig, 1639.
He died before November, 1658. He mar-
ried, in Watertown, i, 7 mo. 1637, Hannah
Phillips, who married (second) November 3,
1658, Thomas Boyden. She died October 3,
1676, in Medfield, Massachusetts. Children of
Joseph -Morse: Samuel, Hannah, Sarah, Doro-
thy, Elizabeth, Joseph and Jeremiah.
(I\') Joseph (2), second son of Joseph (i)
and Hannah (Phillips) Morse, was born July
20, 1649, in Dedham, and died February 19,
1718. lie settled at Bogistow, on the west-
side of the Charles river, about 1670, and was
one of the signers of the petition for the in-
corporation of the town, serving on various
committees ; was captain of militia, moderator,
selectman and representative, and was a large
landholder. He married (first) Mehitable,
daughter of Nicholas White; (second) Han-
nah, daughter of Robert Babcock, of Milton;
(third) Hannah, widow of Joseph Dyer, of
South Weymouth. Children: Mehitable
(died young) ; Joseph (died young) ; Elisha,
Joseph, Mehitable, James, Hannah, Sarah,
David, Isaac, Keziah and Asa.
(V) James, third son of Joseph (2) Morse,
was born July i, 1686, in Dedham, and re-
sided in Sherborn, where he died June 15,
1725. He married, January 5, 1708, Ruth
Sawin, who died January 12, 1774. Children:
Thomas, Ruth, Deborah, James and Abraham.
(\^I) Thomas, eldest child of James and
Ruth (Sawin) Morse, was born December 5,
1700, in Sherborn, and died January 7, 1783,
in Dublin, New Plampshire. He removed to
the last named town in 1762. He was a
shrewd and successful business man and was
much respected for his high principles. Be-
fore the revolution he was offered a captain's
commission in the King's service by Governor
Wentworth, but refused it and sent three of
his sons as soldiers to the colonial army dur-
ing the revolution. He married Mary Tred-
way. of Framingham, who was born May 16,
1718, and died December 25, 1776. Children:
Marv. Ruth, Reuben, Rachel, Silence, Abi-
gail,' Thomas, Sarah, Ezra, John, Jonathan,
Hannah and Amos.
(VII) Reuben, eldest son of Thomas and
Mary (Tredway) Morse, was born June 21,
1742, in Sherborn. and died August 27, 1810,
in Dublin, New Hampshire. He was a soldier
of the revolution, participating in the battle of
Ticonderoga, was a member of the Congrega-
tional church, and filled various official sta-
tions in his home town. He married, June,
1678. Abigail Mason, who died July 13, 1822,
having survived her husband nearly twelve
vears." Children: Patty, Reuben, Hannah,
Benjamin, Persis, Bela, Ebenezer, Abigail,
Asa and Sarah.
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STATE OF MAINE.
(VIII) Persis, third daughter of Reuben
and Abigail (Mason) Morse, was born April
28, 1779, in Dublin, and married April 28,
1799, Daniel (3) Clary, of New Ipswich, New
Hampshire (see Clary III).
The "History of Sutton,
RICHARDSON Massachusetts," fails to
give the name of the im-
migrant ancestor of the Richardson family of
that town, nor is their line of descent to be
found in the various genealogical records rel-
ative to the posterity of the founders of the
name in America, of whom there were several.
The Richardsons of New England are mostly
the progeny of three brothers — Samuel, Ez-
ekiel and Thomas, who were among the orig-
inal settlers of \\'oburn. Massachusetts, in
1638, and the Sutton family is undoubtedly
descended from one of these immigrants.
(I) Jeremiah Richardson, of Sutton, was
married in that town, March 23, 1758, to Abi-
gail, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (\Vy-
man) Gowing, and reared two sons: Benja-
min and Jeremiah.
(II) Benjamin Richardson, eldest son of
Jeremiah and' .Abigail ( Gowing) Richardson,
was born in Sutton, July 28, 1760. He was
married, in W'estboro, Massachusetts. October
14, 1784, to Martha Forbush, of that town.
They resided in Sutton, where Benjamin fol-
lowed the blacksmith's trade. Their children
were : Edward, see succeeding paragraph ;
Ebenezer, born March 7, 1787; Jeremiah, Sep-
tember 20. 1797: Pliny, April 6, 1800; Patty,
April 27, 1802; Abner, April 22, 1804; Cath-
erine, July I, 1806.
(III) Edward Richardson, eldest child of
Benjamin and Martha (Forbush) Richardson,
was born in Sutton, September 3, 1785. In
early life he came to Maine, first settling in
Bethel, and in 1823-24 he removed to Milan,
New Hampshire, locating on Milan Hill. He
was an industrious farmer and took a prom-
inent part in public affairs, serving as one of
the first selectmen and continuing in that ca-
pacity for several years. He died an octo-
genarian, March 24, 1872. September 27,
1812, he married Charlotte Ellis, Ijorn in Sut-
ton, July 30, 1 791, daughter of Abel and Je-
mima Ellis, of that town. Abel Ellis died
March 4, 1843, aged eighty-eight, and Jemima
died February 17, 1844, aged sixty-four years.
Children of Edward and Charlotte (Ellis)
Richardson : Abel Ellis, see next paragraph ;
Asa Forbush, born May i, 1818; Alartha Ma-
ria, born October 4, 1819; Silence Leland,
born September 24, 1821 ; and Pliny Warren,
Lucy Twitchell, Ebenezer Andros and Louise
Cole, the dates of whose birth do not appear
in the records at hand.
(I\') .^bel Ellis Richardson, eldest child of
Edward and Charlotte (Ellis) Richardson,
was born June 23, 1813. His boyhood and
youth were spent in attending the district
school and assisting in carrying on the home-
stead farm, but when a young man he learned
the stone-cutter's trade, which was sub3e-
quently his principal occupation. Although
slightly beyond the usual age of enlistment, he
enrolled himself as a private in Company A,
Fourteenth Regiment Maine Volunteer In-
fantry, for service in the civil war, and while
in the army he contracted fever and ague from
which he never fully recovered. For a num-
ber of years he was a resident of Saco, whence
he removed to Kenncbunk, where he died
July 26, 1878. Politically he acted with the
Republican party. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church at West Kenne-
bunk. He married Ann Evans, of Milan, who
(lied in 1899. Children: Marv: Caroline E. ;
Roswell M.: Charles E. : Isabella M. ; Estelle
C; Asa Atwood, who will be again referred
to: and Sarah E.
(\') Asa Atwood Richardson, third son
and seventh child of Abel E. and Ann
(Evans) Richardson, was born in Saco, No-
vember 12, 1863. He was educated in the
public schools of Kennebunk. Having decided
to take up the study of law, he became a stu-
dent in the office of W. L. Dane, of Kenne-
bunk, and after completing his legal prepara-
tions was admitted to the York county bar in
1896. Opening an office in Kennebunk, he
has ever since conducted a general law busi-
ness in that town, and is now well advanced
in the legal profession. Allying himself with
the Republican party upon attaining his ma-
jority, he has figured quite prominently in
the public affairs of Kenncbunk, having served
as tax collector for five years, as chairman of
the board of selectmen in 1900 and 1901, and
again in 1907. He is a Scottish Rite Mason,
and a past master of York Lodge; affiliates
with Mousam Lodge, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and Myrtle Lodge, Knights of
Pythias. He is a member of the Baptist
church.
In 1887 Mr. Richardson married Emma
Garvin, daughter of Sylvester and Mary
(Day) Garvin, of Kennebunk. She died
March 2, 1889, leaving one son, Ira W., born
January 28, 1888, and is now a student at
Colby College, Watervillc, Maine, preparatory
to entering the medical profession. November
STATE OF .MAINE.
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12, 1891, Mr. Richardson married for his
second wife, Etta A. Currier, daughter of
Cyrus M. and Louise Currier, of Dorchester,
Massachusetts. Of this union there are no
children.
This word designated a place
WHITNEY for no one knows how long
before it was adopted as a
personal name. The parish of Whitney, in the
western part of Herefordshire, near the con-
fines of Wales, lies in the valley of the river
Wye, which is there a mountain torrent, sub-
ject to sudden and violent floods. This cir-
cumstance affords a probable e.xplanation of
the name Whitney, which may be derived from
the Anglo-Saxon words Irwit, signifying
"white," and ey, meaning "water," the literal
signification of the term being "white water."
The record of Whitney in Herefordshire is
found in Domesday Book, which was com-
piled between the years 108 1 and 1087. In
the distribution of land among the followers
of William the Conqueror, Whitney, was one
of nine tracts granted to Sir Turstin, com-
monly known as "Turstin the Fleming" and
"Turstin De Wigmore," the son of Rolf. He
married Agnes, daughter of Alured De Merle-
berge, one of the great barons of the realm,
who settled on her, with other land, the Pen-
combe estate. To Sir Turstin and Agnes
were born two sons, Eustace and Turstin, the
elder succeeding to the paternal estates by
primogeniture. Eustace's son. or grandson,
some time between iioo and 1200, Anno Dom-
ini, engaging in the border wars, built a
stronghold and took up his residence at Whit-
ney, and following the custom of the times
took the surname (or addition) De (of) Whit-
ney, as one of his neighbors gained that of De
Clift'ord, and another that of De La Hay. The
first mention of a De Whitney in any record
now extant is that of "Robert De Wytteneye,"
in the "Testa de Xevill." in the year 1242.
There are numerous records relating to Rob-
erts' son, "Sir Eustace De Wytteneye," and
from the latter down an authentic account can
be given of each head of the family in the
long line. In the offices of sherififs of their
county, knights of the shire in parliament and
justices in the commission of the peace, the
name Whitney may be traced in Herefordshire
from the twelfth century, when the name orig-
inated, to the time of George HI, 1799.
(I) Thomas Whitney, a descendant of the
Whitneys of Whitney, from whom the Whit-
neys of this account are descended, is known
to the following e.xtent : On May 10, 1583,
Thomas Whitney obtained from the Dean and
Chapter of Westminster a license to marry
Mary, daughter of John Bray, in which he is
described as "Thomas Whytney of Lambeth
Marsh, gentleman." and on May 12th the
marriage ceremony was performed in St. Mar-
garet's. Lambeth Marsh is a name still ap-
plied to a locality near the Surrey end of
Westminster bridge. In 161 1, as the records
show, Thomas Whitney paid the subsidy tax,
and December 6. 161 5, he was appointed ex-
ecutor of the will of his father-in-law, John
Bray, late deceased. In the record of the lat-
ter, as in the marriage license, he is described
as "gentleman." September 25, i86g, he buried
his wife, and in April. 1637, he died. The
children of Thomas and Mary (Bray) Whit-
ney were: Margaret. Thomas. Henry, Arn-
waye, John, Nowell, Francis. Mary and Rob-
ert.
(II) John, fifth child and fourth son of
Thomas and Mary ( Bray) Whitney, was born
in England in 1589. He received for those
days a good education in the famous West-
minster school, now known as St. Peter's Col-
lege. He was baptized in St. Margaret's, the
parish church, standing in the shadow of the
famous "Abbey." the 20th day of July, 1592.
February 22. 1607, he was apprenticed by his
father to William Pring, of the Old Bailey,
Loudon. The latter was a "freeman" of the
Merchant Tailor's Company, then the most fa-
mous and prosperous of all the great trade
guilds, numbering in its membersliip distin-
guished men of all professions, many of the
nobility and the Prince of Wales. March 13,
1614. John Whitney became a member of this
guild, soon after married and took up his resi-
dence at Islesworth-on-the-Thames, eight miles
from Westminster. Later he lived in Bowe
Lane. In .^pril, 1635, with his wife and sons
John, Richard, Nathaniel. Thomas and Jona-
than, he registered as a passenger in the ship
"Elizabeth and Ann." Roger Cooper, master,
which soon after sailed for America. His ar-
rival in this country is supposed to have oc-
curred in June, 1635. He immediately settled
in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he pur-
chased a homestead of sixteen acres and made
it his permanent place of abode. Before 1642
the town had granted John Whitney nine other
lots of land amounting to one hundred and
ninety-eight acres. He also made several pur-
chases of land, and aided all his sons in their
settlements. He was admitted freeman March
3, 1636; was appointed constable of Water-
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STATE OF MAINE.
town by the general court, June i, 1641 ; select-
man, 1638 to 1635. inclusive, and town clerk,
1655. He died June i, 1673, aged seventy-
four. He married (first) in England, Elinor,
whose surname does not appear. She was
bom in 1599, and died in Watertown, May 11,
1659. He married (second) in Watertown,
September 29, 1659, Judith Clement. She died
before her husband. His nine children, all by
the fir.=t wife, were : Mary, John, Richard,
Nathaniel, Thomas, Jonathan, Joshua, Caleb,
and Benjamin, whose sketch follows.
(HI) Benjamin, ninth child and eighth son
of John and Elinor Whitney, born in Water-
town, June 16, 1643, died in 1723, aged eighty.
He appears first in York, Maine, as a wit-
ness to an agreement by John Doves. He
was at Cocheco, Maine, near Dover, in 1667-
68. April 13, 1674, the selectmen of York
laid out to Benjamin Whitney ten acres of
land. In 1685 ticnjamin Wiiitney, of York,
sold "a certain tract and parcel of land which
I have improved, possessed, and have builded
a small tenement upon planted and lived upon
these several years," which was granted by
the town of York in 1680, and ten acres
granted by the town of York. 1674, as above
stated. April 5, 1670, John Whitney deeded
to his son Benjamin his homestead of seven-
teen acres and appurtenances thereto, in con-
sideration of the said Benjamin's taking care
of him during the remainder of his life. ^larch
9, 167 1, with the consent of his father, he
sold this property to his brother Joshua for
£40. After his second marriage, 1695. Ben-
jamin lived on land belonging to Harvard Col-
lege, which he leased of Governor Danforth, in
Sherburn, Massachusetts. He married, prob-
ably at York, Maine (first), Jane, who died
November 14, 1690. He married (second)
April II, 1695. Mary Poor, of Marlboro. The
children by the first wife were : Jane, Timothy,
John, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Benjamin and
Joshua; and by the second wife: Mark and
Isaac.
(IV) Nathaniel, fourth child and third
son of Benjamin and Jane Whitney, born in
York, Maine, April 14, 1680. died in Gorham,
Maine. He probably resided in the place of
his nativity until after his marriage, when
he removed to Gorham. In 1703 he was a
member of the military company of York,
commanded by Captain Preble, for defence
against the Indians. In 1708 Nathaniel Whit-
ney, weaver, of Kittery, bought of Johnson
Harmon and Mary, his wife, a certain piece
of salt marsh and thatch ground in York, com-
monly known as the Sunken Marsh. Novem-
ber, 1715, Nathaniel Whitney, of York, weav-
er, and wife Sarah, sell for four score pounds
to Joseph Harris one-half the tract of land
known as the sunken marsh, having sold the
other half to John Stagpole. In 1717 Na-
thaniel Whitney purchased twenty acres of
land of John Racklift and a small orchard
on the southeast side of York river, for £20.
He married, in York, Maine, Sarah Ford, born
in York. Their children were: Lydia (died
young), Lydia, Nahum. Nathaniel, Abel,
Sarah, Isaac, Amos and Joanna.
(V) Isaac, son of Nathaniel and Sarah
(Ford) Whitney, was born in York, Maine,
March 9, 1720. He lived in York till 1752,
and then bought a house and lot in Saco. He
resided in Bu.xton in 1775, but died at the
house of his son Henry in Freeport, in 1800,
aged eighty. He married (first) February
25, 1743. Sarah, daughter of Dr. Crosby. He
was married twice afterward, but the name
of neither wife is now known. His children
were: Lucy, Phinehas, Isaac, Haimah, Steph-
en, Jonathan, Timothy, Barnabas, James, Mary
and Henry.
(\"I) Stephen, fifth child and third son of
Isaac Whitney, was born in Saco, Maine,
March 19. 1755. The date of his death is not
known. He was in the revolutionary army,
serving in the Rhode Island line, and was
granted a pension April 18, 1818. He resided
in Gorham and Bridgton, Maine. He married
Martha (Patty) Irish, born August 28, 1761,
died in 1836. aged seventy-five. She was the
daughter of Colonel James and Mary Gorham
(Phinney) Irish, and sister of General James
Irish. They had one child Stephen, the sub-
ject of the next paragraph.
(\TI) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i) and
Martha (Irish) Whitney, born in Gorham,
Maine, May 5, 1799, died in Auburn, Maine,
December 25, 1885, aged eighty-six. He re-
sided at Mechanic's Falls, and the latter part
of his life resided in Auburn. He married
(first) Abigail Mayberry, who died .-Xpril 18,
1837; (second) Catherine Cloudman, who died
Januarj' 8, 1887. His children by first wife
were: Lewis, \\'illiam, Ablion, Mary Anne,
Charles, Joseph, Sarah.
(VIII) Mary Anne, fourth child and first
daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Mayberry)
Whitney, was born in Raymond, Maine, March
9. 1827. died in Portland, Maine, March 4,
iqo8. She married, in Lewiston, Maine, .-Kpril
^o, 1846. Micah Higgins, of Cape Elizabeth.
(See Higgins VIII. )'
STATE OF IMAINE.
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(For preceding generations see Richard Higgins I.)
(V) Reuben (2), son of Reu-
HIGGIXS ben (i) Higgins, was born
January 24, 1739, and resided
in Truro. He married Mercy, whose surname
is unknown, and who died January 6, 1784.
Their children were: Hannah, Reuben, Syl-
vanus, Eleazcr, Alicah and five daughters.
(\"I) Micali, youngest son of Reuben (2)
and Mercy Higgins, born in Truro, Massa-
chusetts, July 16, 1775, died in Cape Eliza-
beth, Maine, July 9, 1838. He married Mary
Grey Blair, born in Stroudwater, near Port-
land. December 18, 1779, died in Cape Eliza-
beth, January 6, 1874, aged ninety-five years.
She was the daughter of John and Jane (Mil-
ler) Blair. John Blair was a native of Aber-
foyle, Scotland, and came to the vicinity of
Portland. The children of IMicah and Alary
G., all born in Cape Elizabeth, were : Jane M.,
Mary G., John, Jefferson, Reuben, Elizabeth
H., Arthur M., Emerson and Micah. Each of
the first five and the youngest of these lived
to be upward of seventy-four years of age.
(\'n) Micah (2), youngest child of Micah
(I) and Mary G. (Blair) Higgins, born in
Cape Elizabeth. Alaine, January 22, 1822, died
April 18, 1901, aged seventy-nine years. At
fifteen years of age he went to Bangor and
there learned the art of making edge tools.
When he was twenty-one years old he re-
turned to Portland and conducted a business
for himself for twelve years in partnership
with a Air. Libby, under the firm name of
Higgins & Libby, gaining a reputation as a
maker of edge tools. Poor health compelled
him to give up this business, and in 1857 he
became a purser in the employ of the Portland
Steamship Company, and filled that position
until 1894. a period of thirty-seven years. He
married, in Lewiston, Maine, April 30, "1846,
Mary Anna Whitney, born in Raymond,
Alaine, March 9, 1827, died in Portland,
Maine, March 4, 1908. She was the daugh-
ter of Stephen and Abigail (Mayberry) Whit-
ney. The children of this union were : Sam-
uel C. S., Mary Elizabeth, Edwin Roscoe, Ada
Almena, William Weeks, Jennie May and
Frederick Augustus.
(VHI) Jennie J\lay, sixth child of Micah
(2) and Mary A. (Whitney) Higgins, born in
Portland, ]\iaine. married, June 7, 1893,
Charles Augustus Strout. (See Strout fam-
ily.) — o-
John Moore, immigrant ancestor
MOORE of most of the families of this
name in Middlesex and Worces-
ter counties, Massachusetts, was born in Eng-
land. He settled first at Sudbury, Massa-
chusetts, where he bought in 1649, of Ed-
mund Rice, a house and land in what is now
Wayland. He married Elizabeth, daughter
of Philemon Whale, of Sudbury. He took
the oath of fidelity July 9, 1645. He died
January 6, 1673-74, His will, dated August
25, 1668. proved April 7, 1874, bequeathed to
wife Elizabeth: children: John Moore, of
Lancaster ; William ; Jacob ; Joseph ; to whom
he left the homestead ; Benjamin ; Elizabeth,
wife of Henry Rice; Mary, wife of Daniel
Stone ; and Lydia, wife of James Cutler. His
wife was executrix of his estate; she died De-
cember 14, 1690. Children, all born in Sud-
bury: I. Elizabeth (perhaps in England),
married Henry Rice. 2. John. 3. William,
born about 1640; bought land in 1664 in Sud-
bury. 4. Mary, born September 8, 1641 ; mar-
ried (first) Richard Ward; (second) Deacon
Stone. 5. Lydia, born June 24, 1643; married
in Alay 3, 1684, ; and (second) June
15, 1665, James Cutler. 6. Jacob, born April
28, 1645; married Elizabeth Loker. 7. Jo-
seph, born October 21, 1647; died January 2,
1725-26. 8. Benjamin.
(II) Benjamin, son of John Moore, was
born in Sudbury, December 13, 1648. He was
a farmer in Sudbury. He divided his land
between his sons \\'illiam, Edward, Hezekiah,
L'riah and Peter, in 1726. He married, No-
vember II, 1686, Dorothy Wright, who died
October 20, 1717. Children, born in Sudbury :
I. Dorothy, September 18, 1687. 2. Abigail,
December 2, 1688. 3. Prudence, July 14, 1690;
died young. 4. William. 5. Peter. 6. Ed-
ward, mentioned below. 7. Hezekiah, Sep-
tember 13. 1696. 8. Uriah. 9. Comfort, Feb-
ruary 8, 1703; her brothers William. Edward,
Hezekiah and L'riah deeded land to Caleb
Johnson for care of her. 10. Prudence, July
22, 1704; married December 18, 1732, Mark
Vose. II. Benjamin (?), married Zerviah
Moore.
(III) Edward, son of Benjamin Moore, was
born in Sudbury; married there, February 19,
1722-23, Keziah Goodnow. Children, born in
Sudbury- : i. Nathan, May 25. 1725; men-
tioned below. 2. Sarah, June 23, 1728; died
May 28, 1733. 3- Persis, September 25, 1732;
married, November 16, 1752, cousin Ashbell
Moore. 4. Elijah, August 6, 1735. 5. John,
June I, 1738. 6. Sarah, February 17, 1741.
7. Dorothy, June 17. 1743; married, Septem-
ber 16, 1762. Ebenezer Woodis.
(IV) is^athan, son of Edward Moore, was
born in Sudbury, May 25, 1725. He married
(first) July 23, 1744, Agnes Bolton; (second)
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Abigail Parmeiitcr. His estate was admin-
istered in 1776, and the heirs mentioned were
John, loseph, Abigail, Jonathan, Thomas
(Middlesex probate 10, 944)- Children, born
at Sudbury: i. John, June 6, 1745. 2. Jo-
seph, August I. 1747: mentioned below. 3.
Sarah, September 2, 1750: died before 1776.
4. Luther, June, 1753. 5. Nathan, March 6,
1762. 6. Jonathan, April 14, 1764; died Sep-
tember 19, 1841. 7. Sarah, September 10,
1766. 8. Abigail, July 9, 1768. 9. Aaron,
April I, 1770. 10. Thomas.
(V) Joseph, son of Nathan Moore, was
born in Sudbury, August i, 1747. He was
sergeant in the revolution, in Captain Moses
Stone's company, Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel
Howe's regiment, on the Lexington alarm,
April 19, 1775: perhaps the same Joseph
Moore who was in Captain Ebenezer Buck's
company. Colonel Josiah Brewer's regiment,
in 1779, in the Penobscot expedition. After
the revolution he settled at Madison, Maine,
and died there in 1804. He was a prominent
citizen, and a major in the militia. He mar-
ried Martha . Children, born in Sud-
bury: 1. Anna, February 9, 1768. 2. Lydia,
born October 3, 1770. 3. Joseph, September
2, 1775; mentioned below. 4. Lydia, January
26, 1777. 5. Patty, January i, 1779. b.
Thomas, October 13, 1780.
(VI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Moore,
was born in Sudbury, September 2, 1775. He
went to Maine with his father, and settled at
Madison. He married Rachel Brown. Chil-
dren: Sally, Polly, Luther, John B., Joseph
and Aaron.
(VH) Luther, son of Major Joseph (2)
Moore, was born at Madison, Maine. He
removed to Bingham. Maine, and died there.
He was a shoemaker by trade, and operated a
private shop in Bingham and Moscow, Maine.
The greater part of his life was passed in
Bingham. He was a Whig in politics in early
life, a Republican in his later years. Children :
I. Sarah Baker, born June 24, 1811. 2. Abi-
gail French, March 17, 1813. 3. William, Au-
gust 14, 1816. 4. Nathan, May 30. 1818. 5.
Esther Clark, May 7, 1820. 6. Naomi Moore,
]\lay 16, 1822. 7. Cyrus, July i, 1824. 8.
Lucinda Benjamin. September 11, 1826. 9.
Lvithcr L., July iq. 1828. 10. David W., April
22, 1830. 11. Hannah, May 21, 1832. 12.
Hiram, April 5, 1835. 13. Benjamin F., No-
vember 30, 1836.
(Vni) Hiram, son of Luther Moore, was
born at Bingham, Somerset county, Maine,
April 5, 1835. He received his early educa-
tion in the district schools of his native town.
He left home at the age of eight years, how-
ever, and since then has been dependent upon
his own labor and resources. During his boy-
hood and youth he worked during the sum-
mers on various farms, and at lumbering in
the winters. For a period of seventeen years
he was in the employ of Joseph Clark at
Moscow, Carrituck and Bingham, and during
ten years was manager of his employer's farm-
ing interests. From i860 to 1864 he had a
farm of his own at Fork's Plantation, Somer-
set county, Maine. In October, 1865, he re-
moved to Madison, and took up a farm, and
lived there until April, 1903, when he removed
to his present home in the village of Madison.
Notwithstanding his age, Mr. Moore is vigor-
ous and strong, enjoying good health. He
retains his interests in extensive agricultural
and lumber districts in northern Maine, hav-
ing an interest in about eighty thousand acres.
He is the manager of the lumber interests on
the Kennebec river, of the Great Northern
Paper Company, which has mills at Madison,
as well as at ^lillinocket, Maine. Mr. Moore
has been prominent in public affairs. During
the eighties he was for six years a county
commissioner of Somerset county. He was
for two years chairman of the board of select-
men of Madison, and is a director of the First
National Bank. He is a typical self-made
man. By his own efforts chiefly he secured
his education outside of the schoolroom, and
by industry and frugality in early life he se-
cured the nucleus of the wealth he has accu-
mulated by shrewd investment and careful
management in later years. He possesses a
full share of the pluck, energy, courage and
self-reliance demanded of a lumberman in his
hazardous enterprises. Mr. Moore commands
the confidence and respect of all his towns-
men aiid business associates. He attends the
Universalist church, and is a member of Eu-
clid Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons.
Mr. Moore married. -August, 1857, Laverna
B. Chase, born at Solon, Maine, daughter of
George and Laverna ( Bosworth ) Chase, of
Carrituck. Children: i. Fred L. 2. Nellie
M., married Elmer E. Town, son of Don W.
Town. 3. Arthur E., married Lena Jacobs, of
Madison.
This name came into England
MOORE with William the Conqueror in
1066. Thomas de More was
among the survivors of the battle of Hastings,
October 11 of that year, and was a recipient
of man}' favors at the hands of the triumphant
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invader. All the antiquarians of Scotland and
the authorities on genealogy are agreed that
the name of Dennis-toun, of Dennis-toun,
ranks with the most eminent and ancient in the
realms of the United Kingdom. It certainly
dates back to 1016, and probably earlier, and
Joanna or Janet, daughter of Sir Hugh de
Dangieltown, married Sir Adam More, of
Rowallan, and became the mother of Elizabeth
More, who in 1347 married King Robert II of
Scotland, from whom sprang the long line of
Stuart monarchs. Another Janet, about 1400,
married her cousin, Sir Adam More, of Ro-
wallan. This motto has been preserved by
the Dennis-touns : "Kings come of us; not we
of kings." The name of Moore has been nu-
merously borne in England, Scotland and later
in Ireland, representatives of this family hav-
ing tilled distinguished positions in the United
Kingdom, and several of them occupied seats
as members of parliament. They have also
been eminent in military affairs. Richard
Moore came in the "Mayflower" to Scituate,
Massachusetts, and the name is common in
the records of Plymouth, Newbury and Salem,
the earliest settlements in the state. In the
time of James I the Moores of Scotland were
strict Non-conformists, consequently their re-
moval in great numbers from Scotland to Ire-
land in 1612 is easily accounted for. They
belonged to the sect of Friends, and this ex-
plains their predominance in the colony of
William Penn. Bearing on its roll of mem-
bership such men as Sir John Moore and Tom
^loore, the poet, it has just reason to be proud
of its lineage. Somebody has said that in
hunting out a pedigree one is as likely to find
a scaffold as a crown. Not so in the case of
the Moores, the record that is revealed to the
patient delver after genealogical data is an
honorable one indeed. Surnames originated
some centuries after the Norman Conquest,
and the idea was to distinguish a man by the
appellation he bore. For instance, one was
called Mr. Rock because he lived near a rock,
and in this way would come Mr. Moore, inas-
much as he lived on or near the moor, which
means a tract of wild land. The name is
scattered all over the United States, and in
Maine there are several ancestral lines in no
way connected with each other e.xcept by in-
termarriage. The branch with which this
sketch has to do was an industrious, peace-
loving race, strong in the characteristics of
their people, but when soldiers were needed
they quietly sprang to arms in the common
defence of their afflicted country. They are
.one of the families that helped to place the
old Pine Tree State high among the family of
commonwealths. A rigid search of the sources
of information only meagerly assists us to
the truth about the forbears of John Moore,
but discoveries of facts and events uphold us
in the belief that
(I) William Aloore, who came over from
England prior to 1652, and settled in York,
Maine, was the American ancestor of this
line. He submitted to the Massachusetts gov-
ernment in that year when Maine was united
with the Bay State colony. In 1680 he took
the oath of allegiance. His wife was Doro-
thy . He made his will March 31, 1691,
and it was recorded June, 1691, and the in-
ventory returned i6gi, so it is presumable that
he died in that year. His children were:
John, Elizabeth, Robert, William, Eleanor,
Ann, I\Iary and Thomas.
(II) John, eldest son of William and Doro-
thy Moore, married Martha and left
children : John, Samuel and Marcy. His will
was probated July 7, 1713.
(HI) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and
T^Iartha Moore, married Sarah and had
children born in York as follows : Robert
(died young), Jonadab. John, Edward, Rob-
ert, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Abigail and Mary.
His will was probated April 2, 1736.
(V) John (3), who was a son of one of the
sons of John and Martha Moore, was born in
Old York, Maine, June 25, 1748, died in 1823,
at Parsonsfield. He removed first to Scar-
borough. Maine, and thence to Parsonsfield, of
which he was a pioneer settler. He served in
the army of the revolution with his two
brothers, Abraham and Isaac, both of whom
were killed in the battle of Monmouth. At
the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-
turned and built a log house on his clearing.
It was not until he built a frame house that he
brought home a bride. His brother Eben
purciiased Lot No. 16 in the same range. He
was a very successful farmer and added to
his holdings until he became an extensive
owner of Parsonsfield real estate. He raised
five hundred bushels of corn on burnt land
in a single year. He married, in 1787, Anne
Milliken, a woman of rare ability and great
force of character. Their children were:
I.saac, Sarah, John, Samuel, Jane, Harvey, Ira,
Charles (Joseph, Benjamin and .Asenath, trip-
lets), Benjamin (died young), Mary Ann and
Benjamin.
(\T) Ira, son of John (3) and Anne (Mil-
liken) Moore, was born January 19, 1801, at
Parsonsfield, and died there March 28, 1865.
He received the rudiments of his education in
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the schools of his native town, supplemented
with trainings at Limerick Academy. He
taught school in Parsonsfield. Xewfield and
Durham for several years. He operated a
general store in Lisbon and Durham, then
removed to Freeport, where he bought a farm
and from there returned to Parsonsfield, to the
farm that his fatlier settled and cleared, re-
maining there until his death. He was a Jack-
sonian Democrat, and had served on the school
board of his native town. He married, April
15, 1853. Martha Doe, daughter of Colonel
and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, of Parsonsfiekl.
Their children were : Martha Ann, Mary Au-
gusta. John Fairfield, Charles H., Frank Gil-
bert and Ira Alfred.
(\'II) John Fairfield, eldest son of Ira and
Martha (Doe) Moore, was born November 7,
1840, at Freeport, and removed to Parsons-
field when a small boy with his parents. He
was educated in the schools of Parsonsfield,
and at North Parsonsfield Academy. He has
been a farmer all his life. He went to San
Francisco in 1863, by way of the Isthmus of
Panama, remaining in the Golden State three
years. While there he was engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, drove a team some in the
city, finally returning by the same route by
which he went to Parsonsfield. He bought
the old homestead owned and occupied by his
father and grandfather and it is still in his
possession. He lived upon it until November,
1905, when he bought a place in Newfield vil-
lage, where he now resides. Otherwise than
farming and real estate business, he is presi-
dent of the Limerick mills. He is of strong
Democratic proclivities. He is a member of
Willow Brook Grange, No. 552, of Newfield.
He married March 11, 1868. Anna F., daugh-
ter of Samuel Merrill, of Parsonsfield. Their
children are: i. Carrie, born December 4,
1868. 2. Ira Howard, whose sketch follows.
3. Maud Sanborn, born September 11, 1882,
whose education is due to the public schools
of Newfield, Limerick Academy. Laselle Sem-
inary and the Boston Conservatory of Music.
She is now a teacher of music in the Parsons-
field Seminary at North Parsonsfield.
(VIII) Ira Floward, only son of John Fair-
field and Anna F. (Merrill) Moore, was born
in Newfield, August 21, 1874. and received
his primary education in the Newfield com-
mon schools, and was graduated from Gray's
Business College at Portland, Maine, in the
class of 1895. After graduation he assisted
his father on the patrimonial farm. He has
recently installed a plant for the manufacture
of lumber and shingles in Newfield Village,
which now engages his whole attention. He
belongs to the Democratic party, and is active
in its councils. He married, October 26, 1898,
Marguerite, daughter of Dr. Frank W. Smith,
of Newfield, and they have one daughter Lu-
cille, born September 23, 1900.
Few names in British history are
MOORE more distinguished than the one
at the head of this article. Sir
John Moore, the celebrated general, was Ixjrn
in Glasgow, and lost his life in Corunna,
Spain, while at the head of the British army;
Thomas Aloore, a native of Ireland, was one
of the most gifted poets of his time ; Edward
Moore, James Moore, and Thomas Moore (of
Stake-Next Guildford) made themselves places
in the field of literature. John Moore, born
in Stirling, Scotland, was a physician and
writer of distinction; John iMoore, born at
Gloucester, England, 1733. became Archbishop
of Canterbury, and Sir Jonas Moore was the
English mathematician and author of scientific
works.
(I) William E. Moore was born in a small
town in the North of Ireland in 1810. When
young he came to America and lived in Free-
port, and later in Portland, Maine, where he
spent the remainder of his life in the tailoring
business, and died in 1842. He married, in
Portland, Agnes A. Mackie, who was born in
Portland in 181 1, daughter of Andrew Mackie,
a Scotch sea captain. They were the parents
of six children : Agnes, Ellen, Mary, Louise,
Edward, Lemuel ; the widow married (second)
William Golding, one child, William Golding;
she died in 1889.
(II) Edward, son of William E. and Agnes
A. (Mackie) Moore, was born in Freeport,
Maine, February 13, 1838, and died in Port-
land, January 27, 1899. He attended the
school from the time he was five until he was
eleven years of age, in Portland, and then
went to sea as a cabin boy. At the age of
fifteen he left the sea and began to learn the
trade of pattern making and followed that
employment two years. From seventeen to
nineteen he followed last-making in St. John,
New Brunswick, and then returned to Port-
land and started a factory for the manufacture
of lasts on his own account, conducting this
enterprise until the summer of 1861, when,
being a patriotic citizen and an able-bodied
young man. he left a profitable business and
responded to his country's call to arms, and
enlisted as a private soldier and assisted in
recruiting men for the Fifth, Thirteenth and
Seventeenth Maine regiments. August 18,
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1862, he was commissioned second lieutenant
of Company H. Seventeenth Maine \'ohinteer
Infantry, and remained continuously with that
regiment until it was mustered out of the ser-
vice in 1865. He was promoted to first lieu-
tenant of Company C, March 3, 1863, a"d
became captain of that company just a week-
later. He was brevetted major, and March
13, 1865, lieutenant-colonel of United States
\'olunteers for gallant and meritorious services
during the war, and was mustered out of
service June 4, 1865. The Seventeenth was
one of the fighting regiments of the civil war
commanded by Colonel Chamberlain for a
long time, and always to be depended on.
Colonel Moore took part in the following
battles: Fredericksburg, Virginia (December
11-15, 1862): The Cedars, \'irginia (May 2,
1863); Chancellorsville, Mrginia ( I\Iay 3-8,
1863); Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 2-3,
1863); Funkstown, I\laryland (July 12-15,
1863): Wapping Heights, Virginia (July 22-
23, 1863) ; Auburn and Bristol, Mrginia (Oc-
tober 14, 1863) ; Kelley"s Ford, Virginia (No-
vember 7, 1863) ; Locust Grove, Virginia
(November 27, 1863): Mine Run, Virginia
(November 28-30, 1863) ; Rapidan, Virginia
(February 6-7, 1864) '• Spottsylvania Court
House, \'irginia (May 14-16, 1864); Freder-
icksburg Pike, Virginia (May 19, 1864);
North Anna River, \'irginia (]\Iay 23-26,
1864); Pamunkey River, Virginia (May 26-
28, 1864) ; Tolopatomy, Virginia (May 28 to
June 2, 1864); Cold Harbor, Virginia (June
2-12, 1864) ; Petersburg, Virginia (June 16-
20, 1864) ; and Siege of Petersburg (June 20,
1864, to February 23, 1865). during which he
took part in the battles of Jerusalem Plank
Road (June 22-27), Deep Botton (July 27-
28), Explosion of Mine (July 30), Strawberry
Plains (August 14-18), capture of Confeder-
ate picket line in front of Fort Sedgwick
(September 26). Preble's Farm (October i-
2), Fort Sedgwick (October 10), Boydton
Plank Road (October 27-28), Weldon 'Rail-
road (December 7-11), and Dabney's Mills
(February 5-7, 1865). He also took part
after the surrender of Lee's army in the march
to Washington, and the Grand Review of
November 27,. 1865. While in the service he
participated in thirty-six engagements. His
health was seriously impaired by his cam-
paigning and he did not engage in business
for two years after returning home.
The first enterprise with which he became
connected was the building of the Knox &
Lincoln railroad, in the work of constructing
which he was one of the chief sub-contractors.
and had a great deal to do with its success-
ful completion. After finishing this he per-
formed similar work on the Sugar River rail-
road in New Hampshire. This was in the
year 1868-69. He next turned his attention
to submarine work, for which he developed
great aptitude, and in which he achieved some
notable success. He was engaged in this
business on the Atlantic coast from 1869 to
1874. In i\Iarch, 1875, he visited the Pacific
coast and removed for the United States gov-
ernment the Noonday Rock, thirty feet under
water and situated some twenty miles off Cape
Reese in the Pacific Ocean. In this work
Colonel Moore used for the first time nitro-
glycerine. With one and a half tons of it,
which he manufactured on the coast expressly
for the purpose, a singularly small quantity
for the magnitude of the work, he caused the
rock to disappear in a moment and forever.
It was done with one wire, the water itself
supplying the return current, and is justly
regarded as one of the notable engineering
feats of the time. In January, 1877, he
formed a partnership with Augustus R.
Wright, of Portland, under the firm name of
Moore & Wright, and they did millions of
dollars' worth of work in submarine contract-
ing, dredging and so on, in nearly every harbor
on the coast. They took the contract to build
the famous Louise docks and embankment
(named after Princess Louise) for the Can-
adian government at Quebec, the largest works
of the kind on the continent. This led to a
celebrated lawsuit, but the contractors finally
secured their pay for their part of the work.
From 1877 till a short time before the death
of the senior partner, the firm was continu-
ously engaged upon large contracts for pub-
lic works.
In 1876 Colonel Moore removed to Stev-
ens' Plains, in Deering, where he had a fine
residence and a large farm, both of which he
greatly improved. He gave much attention to
the breeding of fine horses in which he was
successful. His house was finely furnished,
and contained fine works of art and rare old
paintings of which he was passionately fond.
He acquired e.xcellent literary taste and col-
lected a large library of well selected books,
being, at least on military subjects, one of the
most complete in Maine. .At his home it was
his custom to receive with gracious welcome
his numerous friends. No business cares, no
matter how pressing, prevented his giving full
attention to the amenities of life. Refusing
all overtures for political office until 1886, he
finally allowed himself to he elected to the
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state legislature as a representative from Dcer-
ing, by the Republican party, of wliich he had
been a member since attaining his majority.
He was representative in 1887 and 1891, and
senator from Cumberland county the inter-
vening term, during which time he was chair-
man of the committee on railroads, rendering
very efficient service in that field. Faithful
to every duty and enforcing strict discipline
among 'his men, Captain Moore was always
a favorite with both his inferiors and his su-
periors in rank. At the battle of Gettysburg
he was in command of Company C, his cap-
tain, Goldermann, being absent, wounded.
The regiment, excepting the three right com-
panies of which C was one, was sheltered
by a stone wall in the famous "wheatfield."
From this position men fought stubbornly un-
til their ammunition was nearly exhausted,
and were then recalled. While the fighting
was at its highest point Lieutenant Moore,
then commanding Company C, discovered that
the right of the regiment was being exposed
to an enfilading fire and at once reported the
fact to the regimental commander. Lieutenant-
Colonel Merrill, whereupon the three right
companies were refused, to use a military term,
or, to speak more plainly, were swung back
at an angle with the regimental line, so as to
meet the line fire. All this was done, as also
the change of the entire regiment to a new
line, under a heavy fire with as much pre-
cision and with as little confusion as on par-
ade. Such was the discipline of those veter-
ans. The desperation of the fighting can
be judged from the fact that the regiment
went into the battle with twenty officers, three
acting officers and three hundred and fifty
rifles, and in two hours of fighting had one of-
ficer killed, two mortally wounded and five
wounded so as to disable them from duty.
Seventeen enlisted men were killed outright,
and one hundred and five enlisted men
wounded, only two being reported as missing
in action, being a loss of over one-third of
the entire command. The total loss in the
Seventeenth Maine Regiment during the year
by the bullet was two Innidred and eight, and
it seems almost marvelous that Captain Moore
escaped uninjured while participating in so
many actions as he did. Brilliant as was his
career as a business man and close as were his
friendships among business men. Colonel
Moore's strongest friendships existed among
those comrades with whom he served in the
civil war.
"While he was a member of the legislature.
largely through his efforts, a bill was passed
establishing the 'Gettysburg Commission,' a
board of ex-officers of Maine regiments and
batteries which participated in the battle of
Gettysburg. The act carried with it an appro-
priation of $15,000, afterward increased to
$30,000, for the purchase of land and the erec-
tion of a monument upon the Gettysburg
battlefield to commemorate the services of each
Maine organization participating in the battle.
This commission finally succeeded in erecting
the monuments provided for, and at the dedi-
cation of the Seventh Maine Regiment's Mon-
ument, October 10, 1888, Colonel Moore de-
livered a very able and interesting address
describing at length the part taken by his regi-
ment in the great battle." Colonel Moore's
"History of the Third Corps," a brief sketch
prepared by him in i8g6, is one of the most
accurate published records of the deeds of
that famous organization. Colonel Moore was
repeatedly honored by his soldier friends. He
was among the first members of the Grand
Army of the Republic and Military Order of
the Loyal Legion, and was a member of the
Knights of Pythias. He was vice-president of
the Army of the Potomac and president of the
Third Corps L'nion, an association formed in
1863 and the oldest military organization
growing out of the civil war. General Sickles,
the gallant commander of the corps, being the
first president of the association. General
Sickles was very near the Seventeenth Maine
when he was wounded at Gettysburg.
During his last illness Colonel Moore's for-
titude and patience were marvelous. Under
advice of physicians, neither he nor they
knowing his real condition, he had decided to
submit to a surgical operation. Even then,
while he had no fears for himself, he long hes-
itated, as he told the writer a few weeks be-
fore his death, because he dreaded to cause
the shock to his dear wife which would be the
natural result of her fears as to the results of
an operation. Fearless for himself, he was
tender of the feelings of others. It is ever
thus:
"The bravest are the tenderest.
The loving are the daring."
The operation was unsuccessful because it re-
vealed a cause of sickness which could not be
removed. He died of cancer of the liver.
Edward Moore married. .April 26. 1867,
Clara A. Webb, of Newcastle, who survives
him. She was the daughter of Xathan and
Eliza C. (.Rundlett) Webb, of Xewca.stle, later
of Portland.
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This name has been known in
MOORE England since the time (io()6)
when WiUiam the Conqueror
came into England, bringing in his retinue
Thomas de ]\Iore. Since that day numerous
families of Moore have appeared in England,
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, some taking
their name from the Moore on which they
resided, others, perhaps from other sources.
(I) William ^loore resided in Hebron,
Maine, where he was a farmer. He married
Betsey Cobb ; five sons : George, Ellis, Hor-
ace, Pfiram, Charles, next mentioned.
(H) Charles, youngest son of William and
Betsey (Cobb) Moore, was born in Hebron.
He was employed for years in the paper mill
at Mechanic Falls, Maine. He married, at
Mechanic Falls, Maine, Sarah A., died in 1900,
aged sixty-five years, daughter of Luke and
Sarah Dwinell, of Mechanic Falls. Children :
Charles C, married Mary E. Jordan, and is
now in the employ of the Tucker Printing
Company in Portland. Frank L, next men-
tioned.
(Ill) Frank Isaac, second son of Charles
and Sarah /\. (Dwinell) Moore, was born at
Mechanic Falls, January 6. 1859, and was
educated in the public schools of that place
and in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He re-
moved to Portland in 1873. For some years
previous to i8go, I\Ir. IMoore was in the em-
ploy of Webb & Cushing, dealers in shoes.
Subsequently he was connected with Chand-
ler's Band and at one time was leader of
this fatnous organization. He began reading
law in the office of Arden W. Coombs, and
read diligently until 1895, when he passed his
e.xamination and was admitted to the bar.
From that time until the present he has prac-
ticed his profession in Portland. He is a Re-
publican, has been active in politics, was alder-
man from ward four in Portland, 1897-99, a
Democratic ward, was a member of the Re-
publican city committee ten years, and its
chairman in igoo, and he served as president
of the Lincoln Club in 1900. He is a mem-
ber of the Cumberland County Bar Associa-
tion, the board of trade, and is an associate
member of Bosworth Post, Grand Army of
the Republic. Fie and his family attend the
Universalist church. He is a member of Port-
land Lodge, No. I, Free and Accepted Ma-
sons; is a post grand of Maine Lodge, No. i,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; past
chancellor of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 25, Knights
of Pythias, and is a member of IMount Vernon
Lodge, New England Order of Protection.
Frank Isaac Moore married, in Rochester,
New Hampshire, June 22, 1882, Lillian D.,
born at Lock's Mills, Oxford county, Maine,
May 6, 1859. daughter of Alonzo B. and
Betsy J. (Lapham) Swan. They have one
child, Ileene, born February 15, 1893, who
graduated from the Portland high school with
the class of 1908.
\'ery early in the settlement of
COBB Plymouth Colony an immigrant
named Cobb came to these shores
and founded a family, among whose members
are found distinguished lawyers, politicians,
writers, doctors and merchants, and many
other less distinguished but useful citizens in
the humbler walks of life.
( I ) Deacon Henry Cobb appeared in
Plymouth, Massachusetts, in Scituatc, 1633,
and afterwards in Barnstable, where he was
one of the first settlers. He was one of the
founders of the church in Scituatc, January 8,
1635. of which he was that year chosen dea-
con. He probably came from Kent, England,^
but sailed from London. He was representa-
tive in 1645, and the si.x years following, and
died in 1679. He married, 1631, Patience,
daughter of James Hurst, of Plymouth, and
had born in Plymouth : John, Edward, and
James ; and in Scituate : ^lary and Hannah ;
and in Barnstable : Patience, Gershom and
Eleanor. He married ( second) 1649, Sarah,
daughter of Samuel Ilinkley, and had Me-
hitable (died young), Samuel, Sarah (died
young), Jonathan, Sarah, Henry, Mehitable
and Experience.
(II) John, eldest child of Henry and Pa-
tience (Hurst) Cobb, was born in Plymouth.
June 17, 1632, and married, August 28, 1658,
Martha, daughter of William Nelson, and had
John (died young), Samuel, Elizabeth. Is-
rael, Patience, Ebenezer, Elisha and James.
(III) Ebenezer, fourth son of John and
Martha (Nelson) Cobb, was born August 9,
1671. He married, 1693, Alercy Holmes, and
had Ebenezer, ]Mercy (died young), Na-
thaniel, Hannah, Sarah, Mercy, Nathan, John,
Mary, Elizabeth, Job and Roland.
(IV) Nathan, third .son of Ebenezer and
]Mercy (Holmes) Cobb, was born January 14,
1707, and married, March 19, 1733, Joanna
Bennett, of Middleboro. and had William,
Elizabeth, Deborah, Timothy, Nathan, Joseph,
Benjamin and Nehemiah.
(V) William, eldest son of Nathan and Jo-
anna (Bennett) Cobb, was born February 8,
1735, and married, December 4, 1761, Mary
Pynchon. Their children were: Augusta,
William, Joanna, George and Ansel.
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(VI) William (2). eldest son of William
(i> and Mary ( Pynchon) Cobb, was born Au-
gust 15, 1764, and married Betsey Myrick.
(VII) Betsev. daughter of William and Bet-
sey (Myrick) Cobb, was born August 2, 1793,
and married William Moore, of Hebron,
Maine. (See Moore.)
This name, undoubtedly of
BICKMORE English origin, is also spelled
on early records in this
country: Bigmore and Beckmore. Through
incidents of correspondence and travel about
twenty-five years ago, an interesting interview
was brought about between Professor A. S.
Bickmore. of New York City, and Rev. Dr.
W. F. Bickmore, of Kidderminster, county
Gloucester, England, which revealed the fact
that a large number bearing this name in Eng-
land have become prominent as clergymen in
the Episcopal church. Several of the sons of
the family in Kidderminster were graduates
of Oxford, and a nephew of Rev. Dr. Bick-
more was a fellow of New College in that
university. The name is also known in Sus-
sex and Essex counties, and is also the name
of a street in London. The late Mr. H. G.
Somerby, in a communication to the New
England Historical and Genealogical Register
(vol. ii., p. 399), gave the following item:
"1635 — Tho : Bigmore, aged thirty-four, dwell-
ing in New England, Fether Seller, to pass to
Amsterdam on his afifairs." This is the earliest
record of the Bickmore family in America,
and the name being uncommon, there seems
to be no doubt of the connection of the above
Thomas with the Massachusetts line, though
the records reveal nothing of the two genera-
tions between the dates. Possibly they were
engaged in traffic with foreign countries, which
would make it the more difficult to trace them.
It is quite evident from the dates that follow
that records of two generations are lacking.
(I) Thomas, immigrant ancestor, was born
presumably in England, in 1601, and as proved,
was living in New England in 1635, "aged
thirty-four."
(IV) George Bickmore, probably great-
grandson of Thomas the immigrant, was re-
corded in Milton, Massachusetts, and prob-
ably was born as early as 1700. The church
register of Milton shows that he "owned the
covenant July 13, 1729," and was baptized
on that date. He W'as evidently married at
that time or before, as the following bap-
tisms are recorded : "John, son of George
Bickmore, April 4, 1730," and "George son of
George Bickmore, June 10, 1732." The birth
of this George is elsewhere given : "George,
son of George and Elizabeth, June 6, 1733."
which is the only record discovered of his
wife. It is known that a few years after he
removed from Milton to Friendship, near the
St. George river, Maine. In a list of settlers
there appear the names of "John Bigmore"
and "George Bigmore," as located at Medom-
cook (now Friendship), which confirms the
family tradition that "the ancestors lived at
Friendship, on the coast of Maine." Old resi-
dents of that place have pointed out the re-
mains of an old cellar said to be that of the
house of the first Bickmore who came from
Massachusetts. It is now stated that George,
senior, lived there with his sons, but it is
probable that he did not live long after. His-
tory states that in 1635 there were but two
families living on St. George river (whose
names are not given) and "there is a long
silence in the records until the next century."
It is not impossible that the immigrant "Tho :
Bigmore, Fether Seller," was once located in
this spot, and that that fact drew his descend- •
ants to that locality. About 1717 a strong
capacious fort was built on the east bank of
St. George river, and a blockhouse erected
a short distance from the fort. The large
area between was enclosed by palisades, and
afforded ample accommodations for a garrison
of two hundred and fifty men. In the fre-
quent troubles with Indians during many
years, this fort and blockhouse was the only
place of refuge for settlers for many miles
around. It is stated that "in the war of 1755
nearly all the families of Friendship moved
within this garrison." The list of settlers re-
ferred to above was prepared, it is supposed,
by Captain John North, some years before his
death in 1763, and it is probable that the Bick-
more family located here, many years prior to
this date.
(\') John, eldest son of George and Eliza-
beth Bickmore. was born in IMilton, Massa-
chusetts, and baptized April 4, 1730. There
is no record to show when or where he mar-
ried, and the only fact learned is that he re-
moved early from Milton with his father to
the coast of Maine, the present town of Friend-
ship.
(Y) George, younger son of George and
Elizabeth Bickmore, was born in Milton, June
6, and there baptized June 10. 1732. He re-
moved with his father's family, probably in
early boyhood, to Friendship, Maine, and no
further account is given.
.(VI) Samuel, son (probably) of George, of
Friendship, Maine, was born July 10. 1772,
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and died May 23, 1838, in the town of St.
George, to which place his parents had re-
moved from some of the neighboring islands
after leaving Friendship. He married, Febru-
ary 9, 1796, Mary Barter, who was born
December 8, 1773, and died October 8, 1856,
aged eighty-two years ten months. In the
family Bible the marriage of Samuel and
Mary Barter is recorded Beckmore, though
the descendants use the "i" instead of "e."
They had seven children : Samuel, bom No-
vember 19, 1797; Roger, born May 2, 1800,
died June 17, 1812; Nancy, born October 4,
1802, died July i, 1854, married January 5,
1833, to Samuel Richards (children: Mary
Jane Richards, born October 28, 1833, "''^''"
ried March 14, 1853, to Luther A. Pitcher;
John H. B. Richards, born October 9, 1835 ;
Charles S. \V. Richards, born April 19, 1838;
Sylvanus G. S. Richards, born March 3,
1841); George, born April 16, 1805, died
October 12, 1838; Henry, born May 17, 1808;
John, born December 29, 181 1 ; (further men-
tion of John appears below) ; Oliver, born
September 14, 1815, died ^May 4, 1827.
(VII) Henry, fourth son of Samuel and
Mary (Barter) Bickmore, was born at St.
George, May 17, 1808. He married Nancy
Barter, a cousin, born on Isle au Haut. He
was a ship owner and captain of St. George.
Their children were: Sarah Ellen, William
Henry, Theresa, Ellis and Charles.
(VIII) William Henry, son of Henry and
Nancy (Barter) Bickmore, was born in St.
George, Maine, September 10, 1838. Like his
father, he was a ship owner and captain. He
married, November i, 1865, Margaret A.,
daughter of Richard and JMary Ogier Martin,
who was born in St. George, Maine. August
17, 1841. Their children were: Mary Emma
Bickmore, born August 10, 1867, and Albert
Henry. The daughter is now the wife of
Frederick F. Tefft, residing at Mount Vernon,
New York.
(IX) Albert Henry, only son of William
Henry and Margaret A. (Martin) Bickmore,
was born at St. George. IMaine, October 8,
1869. He married at Camden, Maine, Octo-
ber 2, 1 90 1, Myrtle L., daughter of Thomas
D. and Dora (Bragg) French, who was born
November 21, 187 1. He was a student at
Camden high school and Colby College, grad-
uating A. B. in 1893, and was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Upsilon fraternities.
Not long after graduation he came to New
York City and engaged in the banking busi-
ness. He is now the head of the firm of
A. H. Bickmore & Company, private bankers,
at 30 Pine street. New York. He is a mem-
ber of the following clubs : Union League, St.
Nicholas, Lawyers, Graduates, City, Indian
Harbor Yacht, Atlantic Yacht; and the Cum-
berland, of Portland, Maine. He is also di-
rector in numerous corporations. Children of
Albert Henry and Myrtle : Albert Henry, Jr.,
born in New York City, October 20, 1904 ;
Jesse O., April 4, 1906. They are of the tenth
generation from the emigrant "Tho: Bigmore,
dwelling in New England," 1635.
(VII) John, fifth .son of Samuel and Mary
(Barter) Bickmore, was born in St. George,
December 29, 181 1, and married there Jane,
daughter of Deacon David and Waitey (Jame-
son) Seavey, of South St. George, who was
born December, 1817, and died July 3, 1842.
A memorial window of her father. Deacon
David Seavey, and of her eldest brother.
Deacon Elisha Seavey, has been placed in the
Baptist church at South St. George, near
Martinsville P. O., where the Bickmore fam-
ily also attended service, by her son. Pro-
fessor Albert S. Bickmore. Captain John
Bickmore married Thankful Bartlett, daugh-
ter of Dr. Charles and Elizabeth (Fuller)
Stearns, of Tenant's Harbor, October 8, 1843.
Children : Elizabeth Ranlet, born April 25,
1845, niarried Whitney Long, August 24,
1867; Emma Isora, born April 21, 1848, died
June 23, 1871 ; Frances Amelia, born Sep-
tember 20, 1 85 1, died June 14, 1869; Harriet
Antoinette, born June 22, 1855 ; and John
Franklin, born November 7, 1863, graduated
at Amherst College, 1886, married October 22,
1894, Emma Matilda Brown, of West Vir-
ginia ; children : Thankful, born October 24,
1896, and John Franklin, Jr., born October
24, 1899, residence Denver, Colorado. Cap-
tain John Bickmore resided at Martinsville
P. O., town of St. George, until 1848, when
he moved to Tenant's Harbor, an adjoining
village. He was a sea captain, ship owner,
and builder of the "Challenge," 1848, "Leoni-
das," 1866, and others, 1863-67. He died in
1875. A double memorial window has been
placed in the Baptist church at Tenant's Har-
bor, of vi'hich he was an active and beloved
member, bearing the following inscription:
"In memory of Captain John Bickmore, died
in church, January 31, 1875, aged sixty-three
years. He walked with God and he was not,
for God took him."
(VIII) Albert Smith, only son of John and
Jane (Seavey) Bickmore, was born at Mar-
tinsville, in the town of St. George, Maine,
March i, 1839. He was graduated from
Dartmouth College in i860, studied with Pro-
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fessor Louis Agassiz, 1860-64; (B. S. Har-
vard University, 1864; Ph. D. Hamilton Col-
lege, 1869, and Ph. D. Dartmouth, 1896;
LL.D. Colgate University, 1905.) At the age
of eight years he took a voyage with his
father, Captain John Bickmore, to Bordeaux,
France, which gave him the inspiration for a
life of travel and nature study. While a
student with Professor Agassiz he became as-
sistant in the museum at Cambridge, and went
to Bermuda to collect for that institution in
the summer of 1862. On his return he-served
in the Forty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteers, October 22, 1862, to June 18,
1863, most of the time at Newbern, North
Carolina. His travels have been extensive in
the Malay Archipelago, China, Japan, eastern
Asia, and back by the Amoor river to Moscow,
St. Petersburg, Berlin and London, from Jan-
uary, 1865, to December, 1867, forty-four
thousand miles in three years. In 1868 he
was appointed professor of natural history in
Madi.son (now Colgate) University, at Ham-
ilton, New York; and was superintendent of
the American ^Museum of Natural Historv in
Central Park, New York City, 1869 to 1884.
On December 16, 1873, he married Charlotte
A., daughter of John M. and Isabella F. (Ran-
dolph) Bruce, who was born May 29, 1845,
in New York City. Their only child, Albert
S., junior, was born January 12, 1875, and
died September 17, 1881.
Professor Bickmore had charge of the De-
partment of Public Instruction in the Amer-
ican Museum of Natural History from 1884
to 1904, and is now professor emeritus. He
traveled abroad at his own expense to gather
data and illustrations for his lectures, from
1895 to 1904, an average distance yearly of
twelve thousand miles. He has delivered,
under the auspices of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, to teachers of public
schools, and to all citizens on holidays, four
hundred and eighteen illustrated lectures
(average attendance nine hundred) upon two
hundred and thirteen different subjects re-
lating to geography and natural history. A
selection of these lectures has been repeated
in each citj' and village of five thousand popu-
lation throughout the state of New York.
Professor Bickmore is the author of "Travels
in the East Indian Archipelago," and of vari-
ous papers on travel, published in the annual
reports of the State Department of Educa-
tion. He is a Fellow of the A. A. A. S. ;
Society of American Naturalists; Member of
the American Geological and Geographical So-
cieties; fellow of the New York Academy of
Science; life fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society of London (1868) ; and is a trustee of
the American Museum of Natural History,
Colgate University, \'assar College, and of the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church. New York,
1897 to 1909. At the international Exposition
held in Paris in 1900, Professor Bickmore
was awarded the gold medal for the superior
character of the colored stereopticon slides
prepared under his direction and used in his
free public lectures at the American Museum
of Natural History on Central Park, in New
York. The American Museum owes much to
Professor Bickmore, and he has been highly
bronze bust of the professor, of heroic
size, is now being prepared to be placed
by the trustees near the entrance of the
in the trustees near the entrance of the
auditorium of the museum in New York,
and a portrait is to be placed in the new Edu-
cation Building, now in process of erection by
the state at Albany. He is now engaged in
preparing, at the request of the trustees, a de-
tailed history, in manuscript, of the "Found-
ing and Early Development of the American
Museum of Natural History," in which he
took an active and helpful part.
(Address: In care of the American .Museum ot Natural
Hi.<itory, Central Park, Xew York City.)
The family tradition says that
FOSTER three brothers of Scotch ances-
try came to this country and lo-
cated at what is now Blackstone, then Men-
don, Massachusetts. They did not remain in
that town, and the Worcester county records
furnish no trace of the family.
(I) Dexter Foster, one of these brothers,
was the ancestor of the familj' of this sketch.
Of his history nothing has been preserved.
(II) Dexter (2), son of Dexter (i) Foster,
married Carpenter, and had among his
children: i. Dexter, died in Rochester, New
York. 2. John, died near a place called Big
Rock, while on his way to California by the
overland route. 3. George Hcmenway, men-
tioned below. 4. Hermon, born the night of
his father's death ; lived in Boston ; had one
daughter. The widow of Dexter married
(second) Austin, (third)
Lord, and had a son by each.
(III) George Hcmenway, son of Dexter
(2) Foster, was born in Belgrade, Maine. He
was about two years old when his father died,
and was adopted by Dr. Ilemenway, and given
his middle name by his foster parents. He
married Judith Damren. Foster was a far-
mer and hotel keeper, deputy sheriff and trial
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justice during the civil war. He was a Re-
publican, and an active and useful citizen. He
had no particular religious preferences. Chil-
dren : I. Asa H. 2. George C, mentioned
below. 3. Dexter Lyman, mentioned below.
4. Joshua (twin of Dexter Lyman). 5. Har-
riet. 6. Francis. 7. Samuel.
(IV) George Carpenter, son of George
Hemenway Foster, was born at Rome, Maine,
August 3, 1829; married at Lowell, Decem-
ber 2, 1856, Mary Dorothy Greenleaf (see
Greenleaf family), born in Augusta, Maine,
January 15, 1834. He was educated in the
public schools, and when a young man learned
the trade of wood-worker and pattern maker.
He followed this trade and carpentering until
1859 '" Lowell. He then returned to the
homestead and devoted the rest of his life to
farming at Belgrade, Maine. He was a Re-
publican in politics. Children: i. Frank
Chester, born October 31, 1857; mentioned
below. 2. Elenora, born March 31, i860, died
young. 3. Fred Elmore, born October 24,
1863, died young. 4. Edgar Leslie, born Jan-
uary 28, 1870.
(V) Frank Chester, son of George Carpen-
ter Foster, was born at Lowell, Massachu-
setts, October 31, 1857. He was educated in
the public schools and at the Western State
Normal School at Farmington, Maine, where
he was graduated January 17, 1879. He
learned the machinist's trade and followed it
several years. He succeeded to the old home-
stead at Belgrade and has followed farming
there since the death of his father. In poli-
tics he is a Republican, and he is a member of
the board of health and school committee of
the town of Belgrade. He is a member of the
local lodge of Odd Fellows, and Belgrade
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married,
at Oakland, Maine, October 31, 1888, Susan
Emma Lord, born at Belgrade, March 21,
1861, daughter of William E. and Abbie L.
(Cottle) Lord, whose children were Mary E.,
Susan E., John F., Laura E., William E.,
Sarah F., Alice M., Dr. Frederick C. Chil-
dren of Frank Chester and Susan Emma Fos-
ter: I. Ethel Chestina, born December 8,
1891. 2. Vernon Lord, born February 14,
1893. 3. Hildrerl Dorothy, born February 12,
1895-
(IV) Dexter Lyman, son of George Hem-
enway Foster, was born in Belgrade. He
died in Oakland, Maine. September 4, 1904.
He was educated in the public schools,
and spent his boyhood on his father's farm in
Belgrade. He went to Ohio with his parents
when he was a lad, and resided there until
1830, when he and his brother Josiah joined
the gold-seekers and went to California. From
Sacramento, California, they started for the
rnincs. He found it profitable to engage in the
livery and packing business, and followed it
for twelve years. After he returned to Bel-
grade he drove a stage in Somerset county
until the railroad was built. He began as
brakeman, and in a few years ro.«e to the posi-
tion of conductor in the passenger service and
continued in that position for twenty-seven
years. He was well known and popular among
the railroad men of the state. In politics he
was a Republican. He was a member of
Northern Star Lodge of Free Masons of
North Anson, Maine; of Table Rock Lodge
of Odd Fellows, of North Anson, and of the
O. R. C. of the same town. He belonged to
the Universalist church. He married Barbara
Phillips, born at Norridgewock, Maine, Chil-
dren : I. Grace. 2. George Hemingway,
mentioned below. 3. Samuel J.
( V ) George Hemingway, son of Dexter
Lyman Foster, was born in North Anson,
Maine, September 29, 1875. He was educated
in the common schools of his native town, and
at Anson Academy. He was appointed sta-
tion agent of the Somerset County railroad at
North Anson, held this place two years, and
then served two years as brakeman and fire-
man on the road. He was then appointed
clerk and despatcher in the office of the super-
intendent of the Somerset railroad. He was
promoted to the office of general passenger
and freight agent, and when the railroad was
sold in 1907 to the Maine Central railroad, he
was appointed assistant general passenger and
freight agent of the system, and in June, 1907,
was made chief train despatcher. In the fol-
lowing August he was appointed assistant su-
perintendent, and in September superintendent
of the Somerset railroad for the Maine Cen-
tral railroad. Mr. Foster has been connected
with this railroad for a period of nineteen
years, and is known as an active, energetic,
enterprising and efficient railroader in every
position he has held. Mr. Foster is a Re-
publican in politics. He is a member of Mes-
solonskee Lodge of Free Masons ; of Mount
Lebanon Council, Royal and Sefect Masters ;
of Drummond Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ;
and of St. Omer Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar, of Waterville.
It is believed that the
GREENLEAF Greenleaf family was of
Huguenot origin, the
name being a translation of the French
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Fciiillci-crt. The name is rarely found in Eng-
land, except at Ipswich. coiiiUy Suffolk. It is
thought that the family lied from France with
other Huguenots, and settled in England.
(I) Edmund Greenleaf, immigrant ancestor,
was baptized January 2. 1674. at the parish of
St. Mary's la Tour, in Ipswich, county Suf-
folk, England. He was the son of John and
I^Iargarct Greenleaf, and among the family
relics still preserved is the cane brought to
this country by Edmund Greenleaf, bearing the
initials J. G. on a silver band near the handle.
He settled in Newbury, .Massachusetts, and
lived near the old town bridge, where he kept
a tavern for many years. He was by trade a
silk dyer. He was admitted a freeman March
13, 1639, and licensed to keep a tavern May
22 same year. He served in the militia, and
November 11, 1647, requested his discharge
from the service. He removed to Boston
about 1650, and there his wife died, and he
married again, not very happily, as his will
shows. His will, written, it is supposed, by his
own hand, was dated December 22, 1668, and
proved February 12, 1671. His second wife
is not mentioned, and a note is attached ex-
plaining the omission at length. He bequeaths
to his son Stephen, to his daughter Browne,
widow, and to his daughter Coffin ; to grand-
children Elizabeth Hilton and Enoch Green-
leaf; to Enoch's oldest son James; to cousin
Thomas Moon, mariner ; sons Stephen Green-
leaf and Tri.stram Coffin, executors ; refers
also to William, Ignatius and James Hill, his
wife's sons, and to bequests to them from their
aunt. He married ( first ) Sarah Dole ; ( sec-
ond) a daughter of Ignatius Jurdaine, of Ex-
eter, England, widow (first) of Wil-
son, and (second) of William Hill, of Fair-
field, Connecticut. He died March 24, 1671,
in Boston. Children: i. Enoch, baptized De-
cember I, 1613; died 1617. 2. Samuel, died
1627. 3. Enoch, born about 161 7; married
Mary . 4. Sarah, baptized March 26,
1620; married William Hilton, of Newbury;
died 1655. 5. Elizabeth, baptized January 16,
1622; married, 1642, Giles Badger; married
(second) February 16, 1648-49, Richard
Browne; died April 26, 1661. 6. Nathaniel,
baptized June 27, 1624; buried July 24, 1634.
7. Judith, born September 2, 1625; bajitized
September 29, 1626; married (first) Henry
Somerby; (second) March 2. 1653, Tristram
Coffin Jr.; died December 13, 1705. 8. Ste-
phen, baptized August 10, 1628; mentioned be-
low. 9. Daniel, baptized .August 14, 163 1 ; died
December 16, 1712; married Hannah \'eazie.
(II) Stephen, son of Edmund Greenleaf,
was baptized August 10, 1628, at St. Mary's,
and died December i, 1690. He married
(first) November 13, 165 1, Elizabeth Coffin,
who died November ig, 1678, daughter of
Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, of
Newbury. He married (second) March 31,
1679. Mrs. Esther Weare Swett, daughter of
Nathaniel Weare and widow of Benjamin
Swett, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She
died January 16, 1718, aged eighty-nine years.
Children, all by first wife: i. Stephen, born
August 15, 1652; mentioned below. 2. Sarah,
born October 29, 1655; married June 7, 1677,
Richard Dole; died September 1, 1718. 3.
Daniel, born February 17, 1657-58, at Boston;
died December 5, 1659. 4. Elizabeth, born
April 5, 1660, at Newbury ; married Septem-
ber 24, 1677, Colonel Thomas Noyes ; died
September 3, 1674. 5. John, born June 21,
1662; married (first) October 12, 1683, Eliza-
beth Hills; (second) May 13, 1716, Lydia
(Frost) Pierce, widow; died 1734. 6. Sam-
uel, born October 30, 1666; married Sarah
Kent. 7. Tristram, bor.n February 11, 1667-
68; married November 12, 1689, Margaret
Piper; died September 13, 1740. 8. Edmund,
born May 10, 1670; married July 2, 1691,
Abigail Somerby. 9. Mary, born December
6. 167 1 ; married, 1696. Joshua Moody. 10.
Judith, born October 23, 1673 ; died Novem-
ber 19, 1678.
(Ill) Captain Stephen (2), son of Stephen
(I) Greenleaf, was born August 15, 1632, in
Newbury, and died there October 13, 1743. He
was a prominent man, famed for his service in
the Indian wars, and was known as the "Great
Indian fighter." He was wounded in the bat-
tle of Hatfield, August 25, 1673, and com-
manded a company in the battle with the
French and Indians at Wells, Maine, in 1690.
He was in King Philip's war also. May 18,
1693, he filed a petition for relief, and pre-
sented a bill for the services of a physician in
caring for a wound received while moving a
family who had been taken from Newbury by
the Indians. In 1696 he was granted land to
build a wharf. He married (first) October
23, 1676, Elizabeth Gerrish, born September
10, 1634, died August 3, 1712, daughter of
William and Joanna (Goodale-Oliver) Ger-
rish, of Newbury; (second) in 1713, Mrs.
Hannah Jordan, of Kittery, Maine, who died
September 30. 1743. Children, all by first
wife: I. Elizabeth, born January 12. 1678-79;
married November 7, 1693, Henry Clarke. 2.
Daniel, born February 10, 1679-80; mentioned
below. 3. Stephen, born August 31, 1682;
died October 13, 1688. 4. William, born April
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I, 1684; died April 15, 1684. 5. Joseph, born
April 12, 1686; married November 18, 1707,
Thomasine Mayo. 6. Sarah, born July 19,
1688; married, March 30, 1710, Richard Kent.
7. Stephen, born October 21, 1690; married,
October 7, 1712, Mary Mackres; died 1771.
8. John, born August 29, 1693; married, 1714,
Abigail Moody. 9. Benjamin, born December
14, 1695. 10. Moses, born February 24, 1697-
98.
(IV) Rev. Daniel, son of Stephen (2)
Greenleaf, was born in Newbury. February
10, 1679-80, and baptized February 22, 1679-
•80. He graduated at Harvard College in
1699, and for about six years practiced medi-
cine in Cambridge. About 1706 he began to
preach, and in 1708 was ordained pastor of
the church at Yarmouth, succeeding Rev. John
Cotton. He remained there nearly twenty
years, and in 1727 removed to Boston, whither
his wife and twelve children had preceded
him. The last two years of his life he was
confined to his bed as the result of a fall. He
died August 26, 1763. He married, Novem-
ber 18, 1701, Elizabeth Gookin, born Novem-
ber II, 1681, died November, 1762, daughter
of Samuel and Mary Gookin, and grand-
daughter of Major General Daniel Gookin.
Children: i. Daniel, born November 7, 1702;
mentioned below. 2. Hon. Stephen, born Oc-
tober 4, 1704; married August 5, 1731, Mary
Gould; died January 26, 1795; sheriff. 3.
Mary, born August 29, 1706; married (first)
March 16, 1725, James Blinn ; (second) Au-
gust 7, 1735, Josiah Thatcher; died April 2,
1774. 4. Elizabeth, born August 24, 1708;
married (first) June 24, 1729, David Bacon;
(second) Joseph Scott; (third) Rev. Joseph
Parsons; (fourth) Rev. Jedediah Jewett ; died
May 15, 1778. 5. Sarah, born April 16, 1710;
died unmarried, March 28, 1776. 6. Samuel,
born May 9, 1712; died unmarried. 1748. 7.
Jane, born May 24, 1714; married March i,
1732-33, Hezekiah Usher; died December 10,
1764. 8. Hannah, born October 3, 1716; mar-
ried John Richards; died January 3, 1799. 9.
Dr. John, born November 8, 1717; married
(first) December 8, 1743, Priscilla Brown;
(second) Hay i, 1759, Ruth Walker; (third)
July 15, 1764, Ann Wroe ; died August 27,
1778. 10. Mercy, born November 29, 1719;
married, March 10, 1735, John Scollay; died
October 7, 1793. n. Gookin, born Septem-
ber 18, 1721 ; died December 13, 1721. 12.
Susanna, born November 12, 1722; married
John Coburn; died February 26, 1782. 13.
Hon. William, born January 10, 1725; married
June 3, 1747, Mary Brown ; died July 21, 1803.
_ (V) Dr. Daniel (2), .son of Rev. Daniel (i)
Greenleaf, was born in Cambridge, November
7, 1702, and died July 18, 1795. He was for
a number of years a practicing physician in
Hingham, and removed to Bolton in 1732. He
married (first) July 18, 1726, Mrs. Silence
(Nichols) Marsh, born July 4, 1702, died May
13, 1762, daughter of Israel and Mary (Sum-
ner) Nichols, of Hingham, and widow of
David Marsh; (second) (intentions dated Oc-
tober 22, 1762), November 18, 1762, Dorothy,
widow of Josiah Richardson. Children, all by
first wife, born in Hingham: i. David Cof-
fin, born January 29, 1728 ; died September 30,
1728. 2. Elizabeth, born October 30, 1729;
married. January, 1750, Peter Joslyn. 3. Dr.
Daniel, born September 2, 1732; married May,
1763, .^nna Burrell ; died January 18, 1777.
4. Israel, born in Bolton, March 29, 1734;
mentioned below. 5. Stephen, born October
IS- 1735. '" Boston; married, January 11,
1758, Eunice Fairbanks; died June 8, 1802. 6.
David, born July 13, 1737, in Bolton; married,
June 2, 1763, Mary Johnson. 7. General Wil-
liam, born August 23, 1738; married Decem-
ber 19, 1763, Sally Quincy; died January 13,
1793- 8- Calvin, born March 31, 1740; mar-
ried. November 17, 1762, Rebecca Whitcomb;
died August, 1812. 9. Mary, born July 3,
1742; married, January 8, 1760, Rev. Joseph
Wheeler; died August 28, 1783. 10. John,
born June 13, 1744; died x*\ugust 2, 1744.
(VI) Israel, son of Dr. Daniel (2) Green-
leaf, was born in Bolton, March 29, 1734, and
baptized March 31 following. He was a far-
mer, and resided in Bolton. About 1791 he
removed to New Marlborough, thence to
Whitestown, New York, and about 1800, to
Brookfield, New York, now the town of Co-
lumbus, Chenango county. He lived here the
rest of his life and died March 4. 1824, aged
ninety years. He was an active business man,
and acquired a large property. He owned sev-
eral farms in and near Bolton, and was a suc-
cessful land speculator in New York state. He
bought a large tract of land where the city of
Utica is now built, which he sold at a hand-
soine profit, and then purchased largely where
the town of Rome was built, making another
large sum. He next bought at Chenango. In
person he was about six feet tall, very slim and
upright ; he had rather small, keen blue eyes,
was prematurely bald, and wore a skull cap.
In later life he was a devoted Methodist. He
was active to the end of his life, and when
eighty-four years old would mount a spirited
horse as easily as a boy of sixteen. He de-
lighted in riding, and always had a riding
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horse. He married (first) November 28,
1754, Prudence \\hitcomb. of Bolton, who
died September 15. 1784: (second) March 10,
1785, Ursula Woods, born February 24, 1763;
died June 22, 1844. Giildren, all by first
wife: I. Daniel, born May 6, 1756; died July
22, 1774. 2. Betsey, born March 16, 1758;
married, 1770, Daniel Lewis. 3. John, born
March 26, 1760; married (first) Rebecca
Lewis; (second) 1792. Anna Millington; died
1827. 4. David, born March 9, 1763: married
(first) May 24, 1795, Phebe Jones; (second)
Parmela Love: died October 13, 1819. 5.
Israel, born January 25 or 29, 1765; married
April, 1785. Sally Hoadly : died June i, 1847.
6. Levi, born February 19, 1767; mentioned
below. 7. Sarah, born April 20, 1769; died
December 2, 1800. unmarried. 8. Tilly, born
March 25, 1770: married (first) December 31,
1795, Mary Spoflford ; (second) May 8, 1828,
Elizabeth W'ickwire, widow ; died August 24,
1850. 9. Rebecca, born August 10, 1771 ; died
young. lo. Silas, born September 30, 1772;
died young. 11. Oliver, born October 18,
1773; died young. 12. Oliver, born March 31,
1775; died young. 13. Joshua, born August
12, 1776; married, September 8, 1799, Dency
Hollister; died October i, i860. 14. Prudence,
born February 19, 1778: married (first) Sep-
tember 3. 1799, Alvin Lamb: (second) March
30, 1814, Sampson Spaulding; died October
6, 185 1.
(VII) Levi, son of Israel Grcenleaf, was
born February 19, 1767, and died in 1850. He
resided first in Bolton, and in 1787 removed
with a colony from Dunstable, New Hamp-
shire, and took up land in Maine. His lot.
nuinbered 67, was in that part of the town of
Industry, set ofT to New Sharon in 1852. and
now known as the Daniel Collins farm. He
was the first settler in the new town of Indus-
try. He resided here until his death, with the
exception of about two j'ears, when he lived in
New Portland. He was deacon of the church
in New Sharon, and was selectman of Indus-
try in 1804. He was about medium height,
rather spare, and a little stooping, light com-
plexion. He had great strength and was in
his younger days an expert wrestler. He
served in the war of 1812. He married (first)
April I, 1787 (intention dated February 10.
1787) at Lancaster, Mary (Polly), daughter
of Simon and Elizabeth Willard : she was born
December 4, 1762, and died August, 181 1. He
married (second) .^pril 16. 1812. Mrs. Mar-
garet (Smith) Daggett, widow of Elijah Dag-
gett, of Industry. Children, all by first wife :
1. Amy, born August 12, 1789: married Sep-
tember 4, 1806, Samuel C. Leeman ; died June,
181 1. 2. Israel, born May 14, 1792; married,
October 8, 181 5, Sophia L. Trumbull. 3. Mary,
born June 24, 1794; married (first) March,
1814, George Boynton ; (second) 1829, John
McKay; died April 28, 1875. 4. Levi, born
May II, 1797; married, December 18, 1817,
Sarah Daggett; died 1882. 5. John, born Sep-
tember 21, 1799; mentioned below. 6. Joshua,
born January 15, 1802; married February 22,
1821. Betsey Marsh; died January 5, 1880. 7.
Sarah, died unmarried.
(\'III) John, son of Levi Greenleaf,
was born September 21, 1799, and died March
12, 1882, in Hancock, New Hampshire. He
was a carpenter and builder and lived a part
of his life in Lowell, Massachusetts. He mar-
ried, September 24, 1828, Clymcne Philbrick,
who died June 6, 1879, daughter of Caleb and
Dorothy A. (Gordon) Philbrick, of Mount
\"ernon, Maine. Children: i. Mary Dorothy,
born in Augusta, Maine, January 15, 1834;
married at Lowell, Massachusetts, December
2, 1856, George Carpenter Foster (see Fos-
ter).
The name Fox has been connected
FOX with New England history since the
arrival of John Fo.x, who came over
in 1635. Thomas Fox was of Concord in 1638,
and the same or another Thomas Fox was of
Cambridge in 1644. About fifty enlistments in
the revolutionary war are credited to the Fox
family. The descendants of Thomas of Cam-
bridge have been noted for their love of learn-
ing, several early members having graduated
from Harvard College.
( I ) John Fox, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
England. 1517, died April, 1587. He was or-
dained deacon in St. Paul's (Tathedral, Lon-
don, June 24, 1550, and was granted arms.
He gained distinction as the author of the
Book of Martyrs, published, first, in London in
1563. He married, February 3, 1547, Agnes
Randall, who died .^pril 22, 1605. Their chil-
dren were : A daughter, Samuel, Rafe and
Mary (twins), and .Simeon.
(H) Samuel, second child and eldest son of
John and Agnes (Randall) Fox. was born De-
cember 31, 1560, at Norwich, and died Janu-
ary, 1630. He inherited his father's penchant
for writing, and is remembered as a diarist.
He married, April 13, 1589, Ann Leveson,
who was buried May 18, 1630. They had : A
child, Thomas, John and Robert.
(Ill) Thomas, supposed to be the son of
Samuel and Ann (Leveson) Fox, was born in
1608. There is no record of his place of birth
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or of the date of his coming to America. He
is believed to have been of Concord, Massa-
chusetts, whence he went before 1649 to Cam-
bridge. He was a freeman perhaps in 1644,
and selectman 1658, and often thereafter. Bond
says: "Thomas Fox married (first) Rebecca
; she died May 11, 1647, ^"d he mar-
ried (second), December 13, 1647, Hannah
Brooks. As the birth of no child of hers is
recorded after 1650, she probably died soon,
and before her supposed father. Captain
Brooks. He married (third) Ellen, widow of
Percival Green, of Cambridge, where he set-
tled and was a member of the church as early
as 1658, and was that year selectman. She
died in Cambridge, May 27, 1682, aged eighty-
two years ; ten months before his marriage to
Widow E. Chadwick." He died in Cambridge,
April 25, 1693, aged eighty-six. Savage and
others state that he had no son but Jabez. born
of the first wife, whose sketch follows.
( IV ) Jabez, son of Thomas and Rebecca
Fox, was born at Concord, 1647, ^rid gradu-
ated from Harvard College in 1665. He was
made a freeman in 1677. and ordained Septem-
ber 5, 1679, at Woburn, colleague with Rev.
Thomas Carter. He died of smallpox, Feb-
ruary 28, 1703, aged fifty-six. He married
Judith Reyner, daughter of Rev. John, the
second. She married (second) Colonel Jona-
than Tyng, and died June 5, 1756, in her
ninety-ninth year. Their children were : John,
Thomas (died young), Thomas, Jabez and
Judith.
(V) Rev. John (2). eldest child of Jabez
(i) and Judith (Reyner) Fox, was born at
Woburn. ]\Iay 10, 1678. He graduated from
Harvard College 1698, and succeeded his father
as pastor of the First Church of Woburn, being
ordained October 4, 1703. He was blind the
last fifteen years of his life: he died December
12. 1756. aged seventy-eight. He married
Marv Tyng. daughter of Captain Edward and
Elizabeth (Clark) Tyng, and granddaughter
of Lieutenant Thaddeus Clark, who was killed
at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, now Portland. Their
children were : John, Jabez, Mary, Edward,
Thomas, Judith and Jonathan.
(VI) jabez (2), second son and child of
Rev. John (2) and Mary (Tyng) Fox, was
born at Woburn, Massachusetts, May 25, 1705,
and died April 7, 1755. He followed the ex-
ample of his worthy ancestors and took the
course at Harvard College, from which he
graduated in 1727. He prepared for the
christian ministry, but was obliged on account
of ill health to abandon his purpose to preach.
He removed to Falmouth (now Portland),
Maine, as early as 1743. He was representa-
tive to the general court five or six years,
member of the governor's council 1752-54,
three years, and was the first collector of the
port of Portland. He married (first), 1743,
Ann Bradbury, who died childless August 5,
1746, daughter of Wymond and Mariah (Cot-
ton) Bradbury, of York; (second) Ann,
daughter of Michael and Joanna Hodge, and
widow of Phineas Jones. She was born in
Newbury, Massachusetts, October 16, 1713,
and died June 9, 1758. Their children were :
Betsey, John. William and Mary.
(\^ir) John (3), second child and elder of
the two sons of Jabez (2) and Ann (Hodge)
(Jones) Fox, was born September 5, 1749, in
Falmouth, where he died March 16, 1795. "He
was a respectable merchant, wealthy and char-
itable." He was one of the owners of the
privateers, "Fox." "Speedwell," and others ;
was selectman of Falmouth 1786-87-88-89-90-
91 ; representative to the general court, 1787-
88-90-92, and member of the convention which
adopted the federal constitution for which he
voted. His mortal remains are entombed in
the Eastern cemetery. He married his cousin,
Sarah Fox, daughter of Daniel Fox. She was
bom in Chester, Maryland, 1760, and died in
Falmouth, August 29. 1826. Their children
were: Mary. Daniel. Charles, John, Sally,
Caroline, (ricorge and Rebecca.
( VIII)*Daniel, second child and eldest son
of John (3) and Sarah (Fox) Fox, was born
September 15, 1780. in Portland, where he
died April 11, 1861. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Major Archelaus and Elizabeth
(Browne) Lewis, August 23, 1815. She was
born in Ammoncongin, now Westbrook, Au-
gust 6, 1792, and died in Portland. November
I, 1866. They had: Daniel, Elizabeth Lewis.
Archelaus Lewis, Harriet Lewis. William Os-
borne and Augustus.
(IX) William Osborne, fifth child and third
son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lewis) Fox,
was born in Portland. September 12, 1825, and
died in Portland, June 4. 1899. He received
his primary education in the schools of Port-
land, and entered Bowdoin College in the class
of 1848. He adopted the profession of civil
engineer, and after leaving Bowdoin engaged
in "the practice of his profession in the west,
aiding in the survey of the first railroad into
the city of Chicago, and in the survey of other
railroads from Chicago to St. Louis. He was
also for some time employed in a survey made
on the Isthmus of Panama for a canal which
was at that time proposed by a New York syn-
dicate. He served in the First Maine Regi-
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ment during the civil war. and was for some
time in the custom house when Governor
Washburn was collector of the port. He was
for many years a prominent and highly re-
spected citizen. He was a member of Bos-
worth Po.st. Grand Army of the Republic. He
was prominent in Masonic circles in Maine;
he became a member of Portland Lodge, No.
I, Free and .Accepted Masons, in August,
1850, and for thirty-eight years was treasurer
of this lodge, holding that position at the time
of his death. He was a member of Greenleaf
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Se-
lect Masters; Blanquefort " Commandery,
Knights Templar ; and Maine Consistory,
Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, in which
he attained the thirty-second degree. He was
also for some years grand treasurer of the
Maine Grand Lodge, and held many other
offices in the Masonic order. He married, in
Portland, June 12, 1862, Mary G., born in
Portland, August 18, 1834, died there. March
25, iSy5, daughter of Caleb and Jane
(Churchill) Carter.
(X) James Carter, eldest son of William O.
and Mary G. (Carter) Fox, was born in Port-
land, April I, 1864. He was admitted to the
bar in the state of Maine in 1895. since which
time he has been constantly engaged in the
practice of his profession, in which he now
takes high rank. In 1892 he was admitted to
the bar of the state of Kentucky: in 1894 to
the bar of the supreme court of the District of
Columbia; 1899 to the L'nitcd States circuit
court. In 1892 he received the degree of
Bachelor of Laws, and in 1894 the degree of
Master of Laws. In politics he is a Republi-
can ; in 1900 he was elected member of the
Portland city council, and in 1904 was placed
on the Republican city committee. Following
is a list of the organizations to which he be-
longs, and the date of joining the same :
1880, Portland High School Cadets; 1885,
Portland Yacht Club ; 1886, Young Men's Re-
publican Club; 1887, Portland Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons; 1890, Lafayette Royal
Arch Chapter, Free and Accepted Masons;
and the National Rifles; 1891, Columbia Com-
mandery, Knights Templar; 1893, Sons of the
American Revolution; 1894, Sons and Daugh-
ters of Maine, Di.strict of Columbia; 1895,
Cumberland Bar Association ; 1896, Green-
leaf Law Library Association: 1898, Maine
State Bar Association and Portland Rifle'
Company ; 1899. Society of Colonial Wars and
Portland Gun Club: 1900, Cumberland Club;
1901, Lincoln Gub; 1902, Sons of the .Xmer-
ican Revolution, Society of National Rifles,
Veteran L'nited States Revolutionary Associa-
tion; 1903, Society of Ma\flower Descendants;
1904, United States Rifle Association, Uni-
versity Club, National Marksmen's Reserves,
Economic Club: 1905, Greenleaf Law Library
Association, of which he is clerk and treasurer;
1906, National Geographical Society; 1907,
Portland Esperanto Society, American Bar
Association, and the Portland Countrv Club.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)
(Vni) John (4), third son of John
FOX (3) and Sarah (Fo.x) Fox, was born
about 1784, and married Lucy Ann
Oxnard.
(IX) Frederick, son of John and Lucy Ann
(Oxnard) F'ox. was born in Portland, Novem-
ber 3, 1827. and died June 5. 1894. He at-
tended the public schools, from which he went
to Portland Academy, then under the charge
of Principal Haskins, and was also a short
time at North Yarmouth Academy. He en-
tered Bowdoin College, in the class of 1848.
Among his classmates were Dr. Charles S. D.
Fessenden. of the United States hospital ser-
vice ; Dexter A. Hawkins, of New York ; Rev.
Dr. S. J. Humphrey, Samuel F. Humphrey, of
Bangor ; Professor F. B. Sewall, Professor
Egbert C. Smyth, of Andover; Professor Ben-
jamin Stanton, of Union College, and Charles
Amos Washburne. of Livermore Falls, at one
lime minister to Paraguay. After graduation
Mr. Fox studied law with his brother Edward,
in Portland, and after his admission to the
Cumberland bar the brothers formed a partner-
ship under the style of E. & F. Fox, having
their offices at the head of Union street, on
Middlesex street. After some years continu-
ance the partnership was dissolved on account
of the necessity that took Edward Fox away
to accompany his wife, whose health was bad
at that time. Frederick Fox and Colonel
Charles B. Merrill then became partners under
the firm name of Merrill & Fo.x. This partner-
ship continued until just before the return of
Edward Fox. Then the Fox brothers resumed
practice under the old firm name and con-
tinued till 1866, when Edward Fox, who had
meantime been appointed and filled the office of
judge of the superior court of Maine, was ap-
pointed judge of the L'nited States district
court, .\fter that time Frederick Fox devoted
himself almost entirely to business before the
probate court and the care of estates, having
the reputation of a man of the highest probity
and especially skillful in the management of
trust funds. It is impossible to estimate the
number of estates in his charge, but the amount
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of property involved must have ainonnted to a
large sum. He was the surviving legatee of
the great Walker estate, and by virtue of his
office built the elegant structure in Westbrook
that was passed over to the city of Westbrook
in December, 1893, for the purposes of a li-
brary. Frederick Fox, together with Albert
B. Stevens, was appointed executor of the
large estate of Joseph Walker, of Portland,
who died June 6. 1891, leaving property valued
at $700,000 or $800,000. Mr. Stevens died the
next September, and Mr. Fo.x, assuming the
whole burden of executorship, paid the debts
of the estate and the several legacies provided
for by the will and then had in his hands a
residue of about $225,000, which he claimed
was to be distributed under the provisions of
the 37th Clause of the will. This clause pro-
vided that such residue of the estate should
be used, as the trustees saw fit, for the causes
of education and benevolence, and for the
promotion of public associations for that pur-
pose. The trustees were not to be restricted in
their work. The heirs contested this disposal
of the residue of $225,000 and the case was
tried, resulting in the victory of the defendant
trustee, and he was therefore left in charge
of the large sum of money to dispose of as he
should see fit, according to the provisions of
the will. After the death of Mr. Fox this
money was distributed among the following in-
stitutions forming a permanent fund for their
support : The Portland Public Library, the
Westbrook Public Library, the Maine His-
torical Society and the Portland Manual Train-
ing School.
Politically Mr. Fox was never a seeker after
office. He was a Republican more than any-
thing else, and as a Republican was a mem-
ber of the common council of 1869-70 and
1870-77, being president of that body in the
latter term. In 1871 he was an independent
candidate for mayor, and in 18S0 the Demo-
cratic candidate against William Senter, re-
ceiving 2,117 ■^'otes to his opponent's 3.354. In
early life he was interested in the militia, and
was a member of jMajor G. M. Smith's com-
pany, commissioned with the rank of major.
Mr. Fox served as trustee of Evergreen ceme-
tery at two different periods, the last of which
terminated in 1894. He took great interest in
Portland's beautiful burying ground, and much
of its beauty was due to his painstaking care.
He was a well-known IMason of high degree,
and a member of the following bodies of the
Masonic order : Lodge, Chapter, Council,
Commandery, Consistory, in which he attained
the thirty-second degree. In the years of his
long and useful life Mr. Fox filled a large
place in Portland. To dwell entirely on the
fact that there were confided to him heavy
trusts, that at times he would have the settle-
ment of fifteen or twenty estates upon his
hands, involving hundreds of thousands of
dollars, would be to ignore the many delight-
ful traits of character which his friends knew
and appreciated so well, and which appeared
in a yet stronger light when contrasted with
some eccentricities. He was a man of the
kindliest nature and a cordial hater of all
shams, whether in political or social life. His
benevolence was perennial : he was one of the
firmest friends of the Gospel Mission; few,
if any, knew the extent of his benefactions. He
had a keen sense of honor, was a congenial
companion and one of the most entertaining of
men. He was stricken down by paralysis or
heart trouble in the public library at West-
brook on the day that building was turned
over to the city of Westbrook. He lingered
until June 5, 1894, and quietly passed away.
Frederick Fox married, November 13, 1861,
Mary Caroline Smith, who was born in War-
ren. July 29, 1838, daughter of Manasseh H.
and Mary M. (Dole) Smith, who survives him.
(See Smith VII.) Two sons were born of
this union: Frederick, 1862, and John M.^
1865; both graduated from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, the former in 1885
and the latter in 1887.
(For first generation see Edward Dillingham I.)
(11) John, younger son
DILLINGHAM of Edward and Drusilla
Dillingham, born about
1630, in England, married. March 24. 1651,
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Feake. He was
a marine commander, and died ^Nlay 21, I7I5'
at Harwich, ]\Iassachusetts, where his widow
died December 15, 1720.
(III) John (2), son of John (i) and Eliza-
beth (Feake) Dillingham, was born 1663,
probably in Harwich, and died September 11,
1746. His wife Lydia, who died September
9, 1760, was probably a daughter of Isaac
Chapman. Children : ■ Lydia, Hannah, Re-
becca, Abigail, John. Thankful and Sarah.
(IV) John (3), eldest .';on of John (2) and
Lydia (Chapman) Dillingham, was born 1701,
and resided at Taunton, Massachusetts, where
he married, July 24, 1721, Pricilla Burt, of
that city, who died early in 1726. He married
(second) before the close of that year, Esther
Paul, of Taunton.
(Y) Broderick. only child of John and
Pricilla (Burt) Dillingham, was born in Taun-
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ton, and resided at Falmouth, Massachusetts.
The Revolutionary rolls dated at Tarpaulin
Cove, Dukes county, Massachusetts, gave his
service as a soldier: first, a private in Captain
John Graniss's company, enlisted July 4, 1775.
and served to December 31, same year, being
credited with six months thirteen days, on the
Elizabeth Islands; second, as a member of
same company, marched February 5, 1776,
and served twenty-five days to February 29,
1776. Nothing further appears in the Revolu-
tionary records of the state concerning him,
but the family tradition slates that he was
made a prisoner and died in an English
prison in 1779-80. He married Elizabeth
Pitts, and had a son and daughter ; the latter
died in infancy.
(\T) Pitt, only son of Broderick and Eliza-
beth (Pitts) Dillingham, was born December
19, 1772, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, and
died February 4, 1829, at Augusta, Maine. He
settled in that town in February, 1805, and
was a school teacher and a merchant, and
served many years as deputy sheriff and jailer.
He was moderator of that town for three
years, selectman four years, and representa-
tive in the legislature in 1817-19. He was a
man of fine literary taste, and had the largest
library in the town of Augusta during his
time. His first wife, Elizabeth Hatch, died
June 15, 1818, and he married (second) Feb-
ruary 28, 1821, Hannah B. Aldrich. Children
of first marriage: i. Joseph Pitt, born No-
vember 24, 1794, died April 12, 1854. 2. Wil-
liam Henry, born May 11, 1798, died Wood-
ville, Mississippi, April 22, 1857. 3. Albert
Addison, born June 8, 1800, died January 12,
1830. 4.- Hannibal, born February 17, 1802,
died October 8, 1830. 5. Eliza Pitts, wife of
James B. Hall, of Augusta, born May 22,
1804. 6. Charles G., born October, 1806, died
young. 7. Ann. born April 8, 1808. died
young. 8. Ann Catherine Gove, born Septem-
ber 15, 1809, died 1831. 9. Margaret Bridge,
born October 19, 1811, died 1832. 10. Mary,
born October 28, 1813. died 1832. Child by
second wife: Edward, born December 12,
1 82 1, died young.
(VII) Albert Addison, third son of Pitt
and Elizabeth (Hatch) Dillingham, born
June 8. 1800, died January 12, 1830. leaving
two children : William Addison Pitt and
Elizabeth B. The latter became the wife of
Dr. Albion Townsend, of Augusta.
(VHI) "William Addison Pitt Dillingham,
born September 4. 1824. in Augusta, Maine,
graduated from Harvard Divinity School
1847. '"1^1 was settled over the Universalist So-
ciety in Augusta at the age of twenty-three.
He took a prominent part in politics. In 1864
and 1865 he represented the town of Water-
ville in the legislature, and the last year was
speaker. He was special agent for the treas-
ury department in Mississippi after the civil
war, also one of the original trustees of the
Maine State Agricultural College. He look a
deep interest in agriculture and education, and
all public enterprises, giving them his strong
and earnest support. He had a fine farm in
Sidney (the original Townsend farm), where
he was living at the time of his death, and
which he had cultivated for many years. He
was a man of marked ability and thorough
uprightness of character." (Kennebec Jour-
7ial, April, 1871.)
He married Caroline Price Townsend, of
Sidney, Maine, born 1816, died September 23,
1870, in Sidney. She was a lineal descendant
of Daniel Townsend, who came from Massa-
chusetts to the Kennebec region and received
a grant of lot 18 in Augusta, in August, 1764.
His wife and seven children came from Mas-
sachusetts after he had macle a home, travel-
ing all the way in a canoe. They lived in a
log house on the west side of the river,. and
for many years after Howard's Mills were
built on the east side, Mr. Townsend was em-
ploy^ed there. Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i)
Townsend, was born in Massachusetts, and
resided in Augusta. He was a revolutionary
soldier, and died of camp fever near Ticon-
deroga. He was the father of Dodivah Town-
send, whose daughter. Caroline P., became the
wife of William A. P. Dillingham.
Four children were born to William Addi-
son Pitt and Caroline Price (Townsend) Dil-
lingham: I. Mary Elizabeth, born in 1848,
died young. 2. Thomas Manly, born in 1850.
3. Pitt, born in 1852. 4. Mabel Wilhelmina,
born in 1864.
(IX) Thomas Manly, eldest son and sec-
ond child of William Addison Pitt and Caro-
line Price (Townsend) Dillingham, entered
Dartmouth College in 1869, and graduated
from the Boston University School of Medi-
cine in 1874. He began the practice of his
profession in Augusta. Maine, and moved in
1889 to New York City, where he is still prac-
tising. Dr. Dillingham is ex-president of the
International Hahnemannian Association,
member of the New York, Massachusetts and
Maine Homoeopathic Medical Societies, and
of the American Institute of Homoeopathy.
He is a member of the Dartmouth Chapter of
the Beta Theta Phi Society of New York,
member and president of the Swedenborgian
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Society of New York, member of the City and
Republican clubs. In 1897 he married Har-
riet Ashby Carlton, of Boston, daughter of
Samuel A. Carlton, Esq.
(IX) Pitt, second son and third child of
William Addison Pitt and Caroline Price
(Townsend) Dillingham, graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1873, and from Har-
vard Divinity School in 1876. He was first
settled over the Unitarian Society in Charles-
town, Massachusetts. He later removed to
the Buffalo (New York) Unitarian Society,
remaining until 1894, when he resigned his
position to take charge of the Calhoun Colored
School, which was so successfully established
some years before by the youngest child of
the family. Mabel W., and where she died in
1894, the result of her efforts in behalf of
the colored race. Pitt Dillingham married
Florence Batchelder Bell, daughter of Dr.
James B. Bell, of Boston, and has two living
children: William Pitt, born February 14,
i8go (Harvard. 1911), and Pauline Bell,' born
^lay 10, 1899.
(For preceding generations see Edward Dillingham I.)
(Ill) Edward (2), elder
DILLINGHAM son of Henry and Han-
nah (Perry) Dillingham,
was born in Sandwich, where he passed his
life and died March 29. 1739. He married,
September 26, 1695, Abigail Nye. Children:
Hannah, born July 12, 1696; Abigail, Febru-
ary 26, 1699; Simeon, September 24, 1700;
Edward, mentioned below ; Mary, October 22,
1705; Experience, March g, 1708; John, No-
vember 14, 1710: Deborah, June 7, 1716.
(R^) Edward (3), second son of Edward
(2) and Abigail (Nye) Dillingham, was born
March 12, 1704, in Sandwich, and resided
there. The christian name of his wife was
Elizabeth, and they had children : ^Cornelius,
born May 25, 1724; Sylvanus, November 17,
1725; Stephen, April 23, 1727; Remember,
December 17, 1730; Ignatius, mentioned be-
low; John, June 11, 1738.
(V) Ignatius, fourth son of Edward (3)
and Elizabeth Dillingham, was born April 16,
1732, in Sandwich, and resided in Falmouth,
Massachusetts. He married Deborah Gifford,
and had children : Samuel, Remember, Con-
tent, Lydia, Stephen, Edward, Ruth, William
and Joseph.
(VI) Samuel, son of Ignatius and Deborah
(Gifford) Dillingham, was born about 1754.
and settled in Freeport, Maine. No record of
his marriage appears. He had sons : Samuel,
Stephen, Edward and Meletiah.
(VII) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i) Dil-
lingham, was born in 1789 in Freeport, and
died there in 1841. He was a blacksmith by
trade, and spent his entire life in the town,
where he was treasurer from 1810 to 1813.
The family was identified with the Congrega-
tional church. He married, December 22, 181 1,
Patience, daughter of James and Joanna
(Hamlin) Bacon. Children: Samuel J.,
George Bacon, Charles Thomas, Ebenezer
Hamblen, Joseph Edward, Albert Rose (died
young), and Albert Watson Rose.
(\Tir) Ebenezer Hamblen, fourth son of
Samuel (2) and Patience (Bacon) Dilling-
ham, was born about 1820 in Freeport, and
went south as a young man where he was for
many years a stevedore, loading ships with
cotton for shipment to the north. He was an
ardent Democrat in political principle and a
Universalist in religious faith. He married
Eliza Catherine Bailey, and they had a son
and a daughter : Frederic Bailey and Ann
Katherine. The last named is the widow of
Charles D. Clarke, now residing in Portland.
( IX) Frederic Bailey, only son of Ebenezer
Hamblen and Eliza C. (Bailey) Dillingham,
was born April 10, 1848, in Freeport, and was
reared in the village of Freeport, where he
was employed for many years as a salesman
in the store of Gore & Davis. He subsequently
went to Boston, where he was engaged in the
real estate business. For some time he oper-
ated an express line between Jamaica Plain
and Boston, and is now again engaged in the
real estate business. He is a member of the
Masonic order and a Universalist in religious
faith. He married Sophia Higgins Merrill,
born April 19, 1849, in Freeport, daughter of
Josiah Higgins and Catherine (Pote) ]\ler-
rill. Children: i. Frederic Hamblen, men-
tioned below. 2. Herbert, born October
14. 1872, now connected with the Far-
rington Company of Boston, manufacturers
of steel cases for small articles of everyda\' use.
He married Augusta Carr, of Portland, and
has a daughter, Margaret. 3. Alice Catherine.
Tune 23, 1875, wife of Frank S. W'inslow. of
Freeport. and has a son Arthur. 4. Mabel
Eliza (twin of Alice Catherine), wife of
Charles Porter, of Kellogg, Idaho. 5. Helen
Merrill, October 11, 1878, a teacher in a model
school at Salem, Massachusetts.
(X) Frederic Hamblen, eldest child of Fred-
eric Bailey and Sophia H. (]\Ierrill) Dilling-
ham, was born November 17, 1871. He at-
tended the public schools of that town, gradu-
ating from the high school in 1890. As a
boy he was employed in the same general
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store where his fatlicr hati been employed, the
owners alter 1S83 heins Gore & Davis, and
later Edmund K Mallett. Junior, who was
young Dillingham's employer. Soon after at-
taining his majority, he entered the employ of
Joseph P.reck & Sons of lioston. the largest
seed and agricultural implement establishment
in New England, and remained in their em-
ploy for a period of seven years. He began as
a local salesman anil was rapidly promoted un-
til he had charge of the poultry and incubator
departments at the time he left this establish-
ment in 1901. .At that time he took charge of
the New York branch store of the Cyphers
Incubator Company of Buffalo, New York,
which position he still retains, having become
in the meantime a stockholder and director of
the company. Mr. Dillingham is a man of
genial nature and fine address and has made
and retains some strong friendships in the na-
tional metropolis. He is a Republican in poli-
tics, a member of tlie local lodge of the Im-
proved Order of Red Men at Freeport and of
tlie Royal .Arcanum at Ridgewood. New Jer-
sey, where he resided for some time. His
home is now in Mont Clair. He is a member
of the Essex Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock
Club, being one of its executive committee and
of the Maine Society in New York. His fam-
ily is identified with the Baptist church at
Mont Clair. He was married February 4,
1S99. in the Treniont Temple at Boston by Dr.
George Horace Lorimer to Evangeline John-
ston, born October ii. 1870. at Black Cape.
Bonavcnture county. Province of Quebec. She
is the third daughter of Thomas Johnston, a
farmer ci Black Cape, and his wife; Catherine
(Henderson') John.ston. Mr. and Mrs. Dilling-
ham have three children : Frederic Johnston,
born September 16. iSqq; Catherine Evange-
line, March 13. 1901. and Florence. March 5.
1905.
(For early {rencrotions see preceding sketches.)
(VII William, fourth
DILLINGH.AM son of Ignatius and De-
borah (GiflFord) Dilling-
ham, was born about 1770. at Cotuit, near Fal-
mouth. Massachusetts, and as a young man
removed to Brunswick. Maine. He was mar-
ried in Freeport by Rev. .Alfred Johnson. .April
17. 170:?. to Hann.ib Griffin. She was prob-
ably a daugliter of Moses Griffin, baptized Tulv
10. 1761. Children: William. Sewell. Diana
and John Griffin. He married a second time,
and had two children by the second marriage.
(\'II) William (2")." eldest son of William
(1^ and Hannah (Griffin') Dillingham, was
boni July 2. 1796, in Portland, and married
(first) in 1825. Sarah Hall, who was a mem-
ber of the Church of England. He was dis-
owned by the Quakers for marrying outside of
the Society, but continued to use their garb
and speech, and attended their meetings until
his death in 1S67. The latter part of his life
was passed in Saccarappa. now Wcstbrook,
Maine, where he was the village blacksmith.
Children: i. Latinus Charles, resided in Bid-
deford. 2. John Griffin, mentioned below. 3.
Elizabeth, died a spinster in Somersworth,
New Hampshire. 4. Aretas Henry, born 1833,
died in Springvale, Maine; he left issue:
Louis H., now residing in Somerville, Massa-
chusetts; Martilini, wife of Clarence B. Good-
win, of Springvale. Maine; and Cora B.. now
of Gorham. Maine. 5. Hannah Griffin, mar-
ried George Baxter, and died in California, in
1866. 6. Maria, married Rev. Warren E.
Emery. All the sons were soldiers of the civil
war. Mr. Dillingham married (second) late
in life. Sarah Hutchinson, by whom there was
no issue.
(\TII) John Griffin, second son of William
(2) and Sarah (Hall) Dillingham, was born
September 4. 1829, in Portland, and passed
his childhood at Saccarappa. As a young man
he went to Newburyport. Massachusetts, and
was a telegraph operator in the service of the
Eastern railroad in that city, during the early
part of the civil war. After the battle of Get-
tysburg, in 1863. lie enlisted in Company G,
Thirty-second Regiment. Massachusetts In-
fantry, and went into camp at Liberty. \"ir-
ginia. He participated in the battles of the
\\ilderness and Spottsylvania Court House,
being wounded in the third day of fighting at
Spottsylvania. and died in the military hospital
at West Philadelphia, in June, 1864. In 1S59
he married, at Newton. New Hampshire.
Fanny S. Welch, born February 28. 183S, in
Jefferson. 'Maine, daughter of Paul and Lois
"(Glidden) Welch.
(IX) Frederic William, only son of John
Gritfin and Fanny S. (Welch) Dillingham,
was born January to. i860, in Newbur>port,
and was educated in the public schools of that
town. He became a telegraph operator, like
his father, and was employed in many cities
throughout the country. He was chief oper-
ator and afterwards manager of the telegraph
office at Norfolk. \'irg-inia. and left this posi-
tion to become confidential clerk in a promi-
nent cotton house. In 1886 he went to New
York to accept a similar position with the cot-
ton exchange house of Hubbard Price & Com-
pany. In 1890 he was admitted to partner-
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ship in the establishment which is now con-
ducted under the style of Hubbard Bros. &
Company. He is a member of a number of
clubs, including the New York Athletic ; Cres-
cent Athletic; Aurora Grata Masonic, and
Bergen Beach Yacht clubs. He is a past mas-
ter of Aurora Grata Lodge, No. 756, F. and
A. M., and a past officer of the Grand Lodge
of New York ; past high priest of Constella-
tion Chapter, No. 2og, Royal Arch Masons,
and present representative of the Grand Chap-
ter of Georgia, near the Grand Chapter of
New York. He is an officer of the Scottish
Rite, and a member of the Knights Templar
and Nobles of the JMystic Shrine. He was
for many years an elder of the Bedford Pres-
byterian Church of Brooklyn, and president of
its board of trustees. He married, July 5,
1882, Nellie A. Richards, of Portland, jNIaine,
daughter of Horace and Adeline (Blackstone)
Richards of that city. Children: i. Charles
Emery, born June 30. 1883, died May 11, i88g.
2. Frederic William, born December 9, 1892.
3. Edna, November i, 1894. The first w-as
born in Norfolk, Virginia, and the others in
Brooklyn.
Ancestors of the New Eng-
PROCTOR land Proctors were early ar-
rivals in Boston, and partici-
pated in the original settlement of several im-
portant outlying districts. Descendants of the
original immigrants penetrated into remote re-
gions, becoming original settlers in territories
which afterward acquired dignity of state-
hood, and not a few of them went beyond the
limits of New England into the great west,
where their posterity are still to be found.
The Proctors were patriotic during the revo-
lutionary war and that of 1812-15; loyal to
the Union in the memorable civil strife of
1861-65; 3"d in addition to their honorable
military services they have acquired distinc-
tion in civil life. The family is of English
origin, and the name is first met with in the
records of Norfolk, where as early as the four-
teenth century they were closely allied by in-
termarriage with the celebrated Beauchamps,
which was the family' name of the Earl of
Pembroke. Among the landholders mentioned
in these records are Sir William Beauchamp
Proctor and his son George, who inherited in
turn an estate which had been granted origi-
nally by Sir John, Earl of Pembroke, to his
cousin, William de Beauchamp, who died in
1378. In searching for Proctors in other parts
of England, we find it recorded in "A History
of Northumberland," published at Newcastle-
on-Tync, by Andrew Reid & Company, that a
family of that name was established at Shaw-
don, in Yorkshire, at the beginning of the six-
teenth century, through the marriage of Wil-
liam Proctor, of Nether Bordtcy, to Isabel,
daughter of John Liburn, of Shawdon. Early
in the emigration period which began about
1629, four of this name were known to come
to New England — John. Richard, George and
Robert. Whether they were near relatives or
not is now impossible to determine, but there
is some evidence to show that they were de-
scendants of the above named William of
Nether Bordley, and it is quite reasonable to
infer that the latter was descended from old
Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, of Norfolk.
These immigrants landed in Boston between
1635 and 1643. John Proctor, aged forty
years, sailed from London in 1635, on the
"Sarah Ellen," with his wife and two chil-
dren, settling first in Ipswich and subsequently
in Salem. His son John and the latter's wife
were both convicted of witchcraft in 1692, and
the husband was executed, but the wife es-
caped the death penalty. Some of their de-
scendants are now residing in Boston. Rich-
ard Proctor settled in Yarmouth, Massachu-
setts, and there disappears wholly from the
records. George Proctor located in Dorches-
ter, and there reared a family. The branch
of the family coming directly within the prov-
ince of this sketch, is a line of descent from
Robert, through the latter's son James.
(I) Robert Proctor, earliest American an-
cestor of the families mentioned in this sketch,
first appears in this country in Concord, Mas-
'sachusetts, where he was made a freeman in
1643. In 1653 Robert Proctor, in connection
with Richard Hildreth and twenty-seven oth-
ers, petitioned the general court for a grant
of land six miles square, "to begin at Merri-
mack river at a neck of land next to Concord
river, and so run by Concord river south, and
west into the country to make up that cir-
cumference or quantity of land as above ex-
pressed." The petition was granted. In 1654
Mr. Proctor removed to the new plantation
which was organized November 22 of that
vear as a town under the name of Chelmsford.
The first four or five of his children were born
in Concord, and the others in Chelmsford. He
died in Chelmsford, April 28, 1697, leaving
lands to some of his children, and having al-
ready granted other lands to six sons. Plis
widow "administered on tlie estate. He mar-
ried, December 31, 1645. Jane, oldest daugh-
ter of Richard Hildreth, of Concord and
Chelmsford, the ancestor of the Hildreths in
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America, who died at Chelmsford in 1688.
Children : Sarah, Gershom, Mary, Peter, Dor-
othy, Elizabeth, James, Lydia, Samuel, Israel
and Thomas.
(II) Peter, second son of Robert and Jane
(Hildrcth) Proctor, was born in 1652, in Con-
cord, and was among the purchasers of the
Indian Plantation land, residing in Chelms-
ford, Massachusetts, where he died August i,
1730. He married, January 30, 1689, Mary,
daughter of James and Rebecca Stevenson
Patterson, who was born August 22, 1666, and
died October 12, 1724. Their children were:
Robert. Rebecca, Peter, Mary, Esther, Joseph
and Ezekiel.
(III) Ezekiel, youngest child of Peter and
Mary (Patterson) Proctor, was born Novem-
ber 19, 1709, in Chelmsford, and resided in
Westford, Massachusetts, until old age, when
he removed to Hollis, Xew Hampshire, to be
near his children, and died there February 21,
1777. He married, October 24. 1734, Eliza-
beth Cham])crlain ; children: Ezekiel (died
young), Abigail, Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sa-
rah, Abigail, Ezekiel and Esther.
(IV) Ezekiel (2), youngest son of Ezekiel
(i) and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Proctor,
was born August 5, 1735, in Westford, and
was a soldier in the French and Indian war,
under Captain Daniel Fletcher, Colonel John
Cummings' regiment. Soon after 1770 he
moved to Hollis, Xew Hampshire, and there
his last five children were born. He married.
May 16, 1760, Elizabeth Proctor of Dun-
stable, whose parentage does not seem to be of
record. Their children were: Ezra (died
young), Elizabeth, Ezekiel (died young),'
Mary, Ezekiel, Joseph, Abijah. Hannah (died
young), Ezra, Hannah and Esther.
(V) Joseph, fourth son of Ezekiel (2) and
Elizabeth (Proctor) Proctor, was born June
19, 1770, in Westford, Massachusetts, and
grew to maturity in Hollis, New Hampshire.
About the time when he attained his majority
there was a considerable migration from the
section where he lived to the wilds of Maine,
the land having been spied out by soldiers who
had served in Maine during the revolution.
There does not seem to be any record of his
marriage or children. It is probable that he
found a wife after he removed to Maine, as
he does not appear in the records of Hollis at
any time, and he was probably father of
(\T) Jo.seph (2) Proctor, who was a resi-
dent of Winslow, Maine. There does not
seem to be any public record of his career.
The familv record shows him to be the father
of
(VII) Jeremiah Goodwin, born in Winslow,
Kennebec county, Maine, about 1810-20. He
was a mason, learning the trade in Winslow
and Waterville, and after working for a time
as a journeyman became an extensive contrac-
tor and builder, besides carrying on his farm
in Winslow. As his business as contractor and
builder increased, he changed his residence
from Winslow to Waterville, where he was a
member of the Methodist church. He was a
Republican in party politics, but did not aspire
to office. He married, about 1840, Mary
McCauseland, of Canaan, Maine; children:
George O., Homer C, E. Frank, Robert L.,
XMlliam B., Charles, Lucy H., Abby F., Mary
and Mattie.
(VTII) Robert Lincoln, son of Jeremiah
Goodwin and Mary (McCauseland) Proctor,
was born in Waterville, Maine, October 28,
1848. He was educated in the public schools
of Winslow, and learned there the trade of
mason and brick layer, as an apprentice to his
father. He then removed to Brookline. Mas-
sachusetts, where he worked as a journeyman
mason for four years, when he returned to
Waterville, where he became a general con-
tractor and builder, and in 1900 his extensive
business was incorporated as the Proctor &
Bowie Company, and the corporation did a
large hardware, lumber anfl brick trade, be-
sides being general contractors and builders.
On the election of officers to govern the cor-
poration, Mr. Proctor was elected president
and general manager. He was prominent in
the civic government of the city of Waterville,
was elected a member of the city council by
the Republican party, and after a term of years
in that office was promoted to the position of
alderman, and also served in the fire depart-
ment of the city as a member for many years.
Fie is an attendant of the Unitarian church,
and his fraternal affiliation is with Haverlock
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Waterville. He
married, November 20, 1870. Anna, daughter
of John and Julia (Page) Wendum, of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts; children: Elizabeth and
Lottis I. Wendum.
Maine' is a good state to emi-
\\TSWELL grate from. It was a rib
taken from Massachusetts,
and it is natural that the old stock, strength-
ened and revitalized by a tarry in Maine,
should drift back to its cradle land. Back to
the sod of their forefathers went Andrews and
Long to achieve seats in the gubernatorial
chair. To New York went the federalist Rufus
King, the peer of any of his contemporaries.
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To Mississippi went the deformed and crip-
pled Prentiss, an active and alert mind in a
weak body. To the prairies of Illinois went
Chief Justice Fuller. To the United States
army went Major-General O. O. Howard,
greatest of those from Maine to engage in the
moral and rhetorical combat and gunplay
waged against African slavery. To the world
of literature went the Abbot family, and the
world of humor, Bill Nye and Artemus Ward,
who learned his first "drawing lesson," as he
says, over the bridge that spans the little river
near his old home at Waterford. Maine is
also a good state to emigrate to, brains are
always sure of recognition. From the little
state of New Hampshire came three of her
governors, Wells, Kent and Plaisted, as well
as Judge Clifford and the gifted William Pitt
Fessenden. From the Keystone State came
the magnetic Blaine. So from other states
have come families whose names have not
been written, it is true, in great deeds or ren-
dered on history's page, but who have mod-
estly upheld the honor of the old Pine Tree
state and labored to maintain her high posi-
tion in the galaxy of states. The Wiswells
have been less assuming than some others, and
have not run a publicity bureau to cry their
worth, but they have striven mightily and
thriven exceedingly well, and their worthiness
is apparent to all. Wiswell and Wiswall were
early interchangeable patronymics. The name
comes from Weisweil, a town on the Rhine in
Germany.
Thomas Wiswall, born in England, came to
this country in 1635, residing at Dorchester,
Cambridge and Newton, Massachusetts. He
died December 6, 1683. In 1642-44 he was
selectman, and in 1664 was made elder of the
church. He was a useful man in every de-
partment of church, social and civic life. In
1669 he was appointed to catechise the youth
on the south side of the bridge. A pond in
Newton near where he lived perpetuates his
name. The Christian name of his wife was
Elizabeth, and he married (second) Isabella,
widow of John Farmer. She died May 21.
1686. Children, probably by the first wife :
Enoch, Esther, Rev. Ichabod, Noah, Mary,
Sarah, Ebenezer and Eliza.
Enoch, eldest son of Elder Thomas and Eliz-
abeth Wiswall, was born in 1633. His name
is spelled in the early York deeds as Wiswell.
He was a tanner, and was the first of the name
to come to Maine, settling at North Yarmouth,
where he purchased three hundred acres on
the Harrisickett river. He is the beginner of
the strong and influential Wiswell family, and
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Oliver,
the scholar of Boston, and had : John, Enoch,
died young; Hannah, Oliver, Elizabeth, Es-
ther, Susannah; Enoch, died young; Mary,
Samuel, Enoch and Ebenezer (twins).
(I) Edward S. Wiswell first appeared in
the history of Machias in 1836. In that year
he subscribed toward the building of the Union
meeting house. He is a descendant of the
Enoch of North Yarmouth, but the interven-
ing connections have not been brought down
sufficiently clear to enable us to stale definitely
the exact relationship. He left two sons —
Alpheas and Elbert Edwin.
(II) Elbert Edwin, son of Edward S. Wis-
well, was born October 19, 1844, in Machias.
He was a shipsmith by trade, and conducted a
hardware and plumbing business in Machias.
He married Emily Talbot Gardiner.
(III) Carl Gardner, only .son of Elbert Ed-
win and Emily T. (Gardner) Wiswell, was
born in Machias, February 2, 1876. He was
taught in the schools of his native town, sup-
plemented with a classical course at Washing-
ton Academy, where he prepared for college.
Entering the University of Maine, he gradu-
ated with the class of 1898, with the degree of
B. M. E. He went into the service of the
McKay Lasting Machine Company at Bev-
erly, Massachusetts. In 1899 he returned to
East Machias, and was taken into the business
with his father, under the firm name of E. E.
Wiswell & Son. He is a Republican in his
political affiliations, and has been town treas-
urer, superintendent of schools, and selectman.
He attends the Congregational church, and is
secretary and treasurer of the Sunday school.
He is active in fraternalism, a member of
Warren Lodge, No. 2, of the Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, East Machias, of which
he is worshipful master, this being the second
oldest Masonic lodge in the state; of Warren
Ciiapter, No. 56, Royal Arch Masons, of East
Machias; was accorded the Knight Templar
degrees in St. Elmo Commandery, No. 18,
received into the .Arabic Order of the Mystic
Shrine, in Flora Temple. He is president of
the Washington Academy Alumni Associa-
tion. He married Grace A., daughter of
Charles E. and Annie Martin, of Whiting,
Maine, on January 4, 1905. They have no
children.
Mr. Wiswell's mother comes from Thomas
Gardner (1), who sailed from Weymouth,
Dorsetshire, England, in 1623, with fourteen
others, in a small vessel fitted out by "The
Western Adventurers," and landed at Cape
Ann. He was to oversee the planting in the
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colonies, and for that reason has sometimes
been called the first governor of Massachu-
setts. In 1626 those who remained of the
colony removed to "Xahum Keike," the
aboriginal name of what was afterwards Sa-
lem, Massachusetts, named, it is said, by this
Thomas Gardner. Of the Gardners in Eng-
land verv little is known, but it was a Dorset-
sliire family for three centuries prior to 1600.
Thomas was a member of the general court in
1637, and was very prominent in town affairs
throughout his life, and had extensive grants
of land in Salem and Danvers. He married
Margaret Fries, in England, and (second) the
widow Demarias Shattuck. who died Septem-
ber 28, 1674, and he the following October.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas and Margaret
(Fries) Gardner, was born about 1627. He
was a merchant in Salem, and a member of the
board of selectmen when the deed of the land
where the city of Salem now stands, was
•given to the Indians in 1686. He was a mem-
ber of the general court in 1681-82-85. He
married Mary, daughter of Elizabeth (Her-
bert) and John White, a granddaughter of
John Herbert, mayor of Northampton, Eng-
land. After her death he married the widow
Elizabeth Paine. He died October, 1689. eight
children surviving him : Jonathan, Joseph,
Thomas, Abel. Samuel, Elizabeth Waters, Sa-
rah Osborne and Mary Waters.
(III) Abel, fourth son of Samuel and Mary
(White) Gardner.
(IV) Thomas, son of Abel Gardner, was
baptized October 14, 1705. He died in 1753,
with the following survivors : Eunice,
Thomas. Alary, Ebenezer, Sarah and Israel.
(V) Ebenezer, second son of Thomas Gard-
ner, was born September 4. 1737. a potter by
trade, residing at Ro.xbury. Massachusetts. He
received a grant of land in "Ark-Paque,"
Cumberland county, Nova Scotia, from which
the Acadians had been expelled. On the
breaking out of the revolution he remained
loyal to the colonists, and was a member of
the committee of safety, who went to Boston
to urge an energetic campaign to protect the
faithful in the provinces. For this reason,
shortly after his return he was obliged to flee
the country, his wife and family follow-
ing, suffering fearful exposure and hard-
ships, to Machias. Maine, in 1776. For his
patriotic services he received a grant of one
thousand acres of land in 1785, near Bangor,
Maine. He built a home at Machias below
"The Falls," and married Damaris, daughter
of Nathan and Susannah Merrill, of Haverhill,
Massachusetts. She died February 5, 1837,
a nonegenarian, and he November 21, 1832,
almost a centenarian. The family consisted of
nine children.
(VI) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i)
and Damaris (Merrill) Gardner, was born
January 21, 1763. He was a farmer, and lived
at Hadley's Lake, Maine, and married January
21, 1803, Sally, daughter of William and El-
len (Dill way) Albee. She was born Novem-
ber 12, 1783, and died August 25. 1875, hav-
ing completed ninety-two years. He died Feb-
ruary 5, 1859. Children : Susannah. Thomas
J., James A., Ebenezer, Thaxter. Lucinda,
Lydia. Henry A.. Raymond, Cyrus S., Julia
R. She is now living, and the grandmother of
Carl G. Wiswell. She married a Thomas
Gardner, and became the mother of Edward
P., and Emily Talbot, who married Elbert E.
Wiswell, and was the mother of Carl Gardner
Wiswell, of this sketch.
All the American Sanborns
SANBORN are descended from three
brothers who settled in
Hampton in 1639. The surname is derived
from the Anglo-Saxon words Sand and Burn
(a stream"), evidently a place-name before it
became a family name, and it seems probable
that the English progenitors who first used
Sambourne. the original form of Sanborn, as
their surname, were in Sambourne. in Wilt-
shire. The earliest mention of the name in
England, in 1194, gives it de Sandburne, but
as early as 1330 it is commonly spelled Sam-
borne and Sambourne. and since the four-
teenth century these two forms have been the
accepted spelling in England, the only two sur-
viving branches in that country using them.
The American progenitors spelled the name
Samborn and Samborne. but gradually the
name has been changed to Sanborn, the form
accepted generally by almost all of the Amer-
ican descendants. In Illinois it is spelled San-
bom, and in Michigan, Sandburn.
The Sanborn or Sambourne coat-of-arms :
Argent, a chevron sable, between three mullets
gules, pierced or. Crest : A mullet as in the
arms. The Sambourne ancestry has been
traced by V. C. Sanborn, compiler of the gene-
alogy, to Nicholas Sambourne, of Wiltshire, in
1320. Nicholas Sambourne was born about
1320; probably held the fourth part of a
knight's fee in Biddestone. St. Nicholas. Wilt-
shire ; represented Bath City at the parlia-
ment held at Westminster November 3, 1391.
His son, Nicholas Sambourne Jr., was born
about 1350, held the fourth part of a knight's
fee, mentioned above; was in parliament in
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1393-94: married Katherine, \oungest daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir John Liishill, or De
Lusteshull, wlio was connected with the House
of Lancaster. A grandson. Walter Sambourne,
born 1420, held Fernhani and Lushill manors,
but probably lived at Southcot House, near
Reading, Berkshire : married Alargaret,
daughter of Thomas Drew, of Seagry, Wilt-
shire ; she died in 1494, and her will is extant.
Nicholas Sambourne, son of Weaker and
Margaret Samborne, was born about 1450. and
made his home in Mapledurham, O.xford-
shire; married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Brocas, of Beaurepaire, Hampshire; descend-
ant of an ancient and honorable family, from
which she inherited considerable property, in-
cluding Timsbury, which the Sambornes oc-
cupied. Timsbury House, now the most an-
cient Samborne residence in England, is cele-
brated for the interesting and artistic Tudor
architecture. The house to-day is practically
unchanged since 1542 except for minor alter-
ations and repairs, and the loss of one wing
by fire. The probable line of descent from
this Nicholas to the American immigrants is
given by the family historian as : Nicholas
Samborne, born 1500; Edward, born about
1550; William, married Anne Bachiler, and
was of Brimpton, Berkshire, in 1616, their
sons Lieutenant John (mentioned below),
William and Stephen being the three Ameri-
can immigrants.
(I) Lieutenant John, son of William and
Anne (Bachiler) Sanborn, of England, was
born in England, in 1620. He appears in
Hampton in 1640, when he was granted a
house lot and tract of land there. He was a
man of prominence in Hampton, was select-
man many years ; was often on committees to
examine grants and establish boundaries ; was
many times on the jury, and foreman of the
grand jury in 1676: was ensign of the Hamp-
ton company in 1677, and commissioned lieu-
tenant October 15, 1679; was representative
to the general court in 1685. He was one of
the sufferers in the Cranfield and Mason per-
secutions, and was imprisoned for resisting the
claims of Mason. He died October 20, 1692,
and his estate was inventoried November 2,
1692, at two hundred ninety-four pounds
fourteen shillings. He married (first) Mary,
daughter of Robert Tuck, of Gorlston. Suffolk
and Hampton, New Hampshire. She died
December 30, 1668, and he married (second)
Margaret, widow of William Moulton, and
daughter of Robert Page, of OrmsBy, Norfolk
and Hampton, New Hampshire. Children of
first wife: i. John, born about 1649; ^^^ for-
ward. 2. Mary, born 1651. died 1654. 3. Abi-
gail, born February 23, 1653; married
Ephraim Marston : died January 3, 1743. 4.
Richard, born January 4, 1655; mentioned
elsewhere. 5. Mary, born 1657 ; died 1660. 6.
Joseph, born March 13, 1659. 7. Stephen,
born 1661 ; died 1662. 8. Ann, born Novem-
ber 20, 1662; married Samuel Palmer; died
October 4, 1745. g. Dinah, married James
Marston. 10. Nathaniel, born January 27,
1666. II. Benjamin, born December 20,
1668. Child of the second wife: 12. Captain
Jonathan, born May 25, 1672.
(H) John Sanborn, son of Lieutenant
John Sanborn, born about 1649 at Hamp-
ton, New Hampshire, died September 23,
1727. He was admitted a freeman April 25,
1678. He married, November 19, 1674, Ju-
dith Coffin, born December 4, 1653, died May
17, 1724, daughter of Tristram Coffin; of
Newbury. Children: i. Judith, born August
8, 1675, married, December 2, 1692, Ebenezer
Gove. 2. Mary, born July 2, 1677, married
Ebenezer Stevens, and resided in Kingston. 3.
Sarah, born May 8, 1679. 4. Deborah, born
i68i, married (first) November 15, i6g8,
Samuel Fellows; (second) October 2. 1711,
Benjamin Shaw. 5. John, born 1683. 6. Tris-
tram, born 1684-85. ' 7. Enoch, borii 1685. 8.
Lydia, born February 24, 1687. 9. Peter, born
1689. 10. Abner, mentioned below.
(HI) Abner, son of John Sanborn, born in
Hampton, April 27. 1694, died January 18,
1780. He resided in Hampton Falls, and mar-
ried, October 31, 1715, Rachel Shaw, daughter
of Caleb Shaw, and sister of his brother's
wife. His will, dated 1761, proved 1780, men-
tions all the children except Judith, Jethro,
Deborah and Peter. May 5, 1749, he deeded
to his son an acre of land in Hampton Falls,
on which the son then lived. Children: i.
Caleb, born July 25. 1716. 2. Elizabeth, born
March 5, 1718, married, April 12, 1744, Joseph
Smith. 3. Rachel, born August 17, 1719,
married, September 27. 1738, Jeremiah Ben-
nett. 4. Daniel, born May 19, 1721. 5. John,
born January 9, 1723, mentioned below. 6. "
Judith, baptized November 8, 1726. 7. Ab-
ner, born August 3, 1726. 8. Jethro, born
and died 1728. g. Deborah, born 1729, died
1730. 10. Peter, born September 13, 1731,
died young. 11. Timothy, born June 9, 1733.
12. Mary, bom July 5, 1735, married (first)
Ephraim Philbrick; (second) July 18, 1776,
William Blaisdell. 13. Coffin, bom December
17. 1737-
(IV) John (2). son of Abner Sanborn,
born at Hampton Falls, January g, 1723, died
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December 6, 1802. He lived in Hampton
Falls. Falmouth and Standish, Maine. He
married (first) January 28. 1748, Lucy San-
born, who died September. 1775. He married
(second) 1784, Mrs. Betty Pierce, who died
July, 1812. Children, the first five born at
Hampton Falls, the last two at Falmouth.
Maine: i. Lydia, born March 12, 1749, died
unmarried September, 1775. 2. Peter, born
July 9, 175 1. 3. Susanna, born August 13,
1753; married (first) November 19, 1791,
Enoch Linnell : (second) John Pierce; died in
Standish, March 25, 1840. 4. Lucy, born Oc-
tober 19, 1755, married, February, 1782, Jo-
seph Dow; died September, 1836. 5. John,
born October 15, 1757, mentioned below. 6.
Rufus, born February 5, 1760, died 1762. 7.
Rachel, born July 19, 1762. married, April 25,
1785. Rev. Benjamin Ayer.
(\') Captain John (3), son of John (2)
Sanborn, born in Hampton Falls. October 15,
1757. died October 16, 1827. He resided in
Standish, Maine. He was a soldier in the rev-
olution and served in Captain Pike's command
from Cumberland county. He is said to have
served also four years imder Colonel Cilley.
He was enlisted as from Pepperellborough,
Maine. He received a pension. He married,
December 3, 1782, Abigail Jones, of Standish,
who died October ig, 1832. Children: i.
Pierce, born September 17, 1783. 2. Mercy,
born February 11, 1786, died 1786. 3. Mercy,
born February 28, 1787, married, April 26,
1810, VVeare Cram; died September 28, 1855.
4. Lucy, born September i, 1789, married, De-
cember 23, 1810, Jabez Dow. 5. John, born
July 7, 1791. 6. Joseph, born June 14, 1793.
7. Asa, born May 5, 1795. 8. Abigail, bom
July 31, 1797, married, April 13, 1836,
Matthias Hutchinson. 9. Susan, born July 23,
1799, married, July 19, 1822, Thomas Cram
Jr. 10. Warren, mentioned below.
(\'I) Captain Warren, son of Captain John
Sanborn, born in Standish, Maine, May 5,
1802, died March 20, 1844. He was a far-
mer and lumberman in Standish and Monroe,
Maine, and operated a saw mill. He was cap-
tain of the militia. He was a prominent man.
He married, January i, 1822, Jane Warren,
born June 22, 1807, died March 17, 1875,
daughter of Samuel Warren, of Standish.
Children: i. Aravesta D., born March 14,
1830, married Henry P. Waldron, of Liming-
ton, Maine. 2. ^Iclintha S., born April 28,
1832, married John H. Davis, of Standish.
3. John Warren, born March 21, 1835. 4.
Bigelow Thatcher, born July 11, 1839, men-
tioned below. 5. Orville Scott, born May 31,
1841.
(VH) Dr. Bigelow Thatcher, son of Cap-
tain Warren Sanborn, was born in Standish,
July II, 1839. He was reared on his father's
farm and from early youth was acquainted
with the hard labor of the farmer. He at-
tended the select schools and the Limington
Academy. He began the study of medicine at
home, and in 1863 entered the Portland Med-
ical School, changing to the medical school of
Bowdoin College, after a time, and graduated
with honors in 1866. By recommendation of
the medical faculty he was chosen immediately
after graduation as first assistant physician of
the Maine State Insane Hospital. Two years
later he became assistant superintendent under
.Superintendent Dr. H. M. Harlow, and in
1882, when Dr. Harlow retired, he succeeded
him. Not satisfied with the knowledge and
experience acquired in his sixteen years in the
Maine Hospital, Dr. Sanborn spent several
months visiting and investigating similar insti-
tutions. At that time the institution contained
two hundred patients, while now there are
eight hundred and fifty. In every department
of the institution there has been a three-fold
increase or more. Dr. Sanborn has had charge
of the institution during this period of expan-
sion, has planned the new buildings and addi-
tions to the older structures and equipped and
furnished the buildings, in co-operation with
the trustees. One of the large buildings of the
hospital was named Sanborn Hall by the trus-
tees to show their appreciation of his effi-
ciency and ability. In no respect has the
change in the treatment of the unfortunate
victims of mental disease been more notice-
able than in the increase of the comforts and
minor pleasures of life introduced in the hos-
pital. The grounds are artistically laid out
with trees, shrubbery and flowers in profusion.
The interior is decorated with works of art,
and the same degree of comfort, of substan-
tial food and pleasant quarters that could be
secured in an ordinary hotel. The estimated
cost of the 'institution in 1882 was about four
hundred thousand dollars, while its present
value is twelve hundred thousand. Dr. San-
born is chairman of the committee for Insane
Criminals. He advocated the appropriation
for the separate building for treatment of
criminal insane before conviction in addition to
the main buildings.
While the work of administration has ab-
sorbed much of the time of Dr. Sanborn, he
has maintained his position as a leading expert
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in mental diseases. A close student of the
works of others and a constant and shrewd ob-
server of his own patients, he has gained rank
among the foremost experts on insanity in this
country. The result of his own research has
been communicated in various papers to
learned societies from time to time. He has
often been called into court where the sanity
of parties are in question, and his advice is
often sought by physicians in private practice.
Both in his capacity as superintendent, where
extraordinary executive ability is displayed,
and in his profession a? a specialist in mental
diseases. Dr. Sanborn is alike eminent and
distinguished. He is one of the oldest in point
of service in the same institution in America.
He is a member of the following medical so-
cieties : Kennebec County Medical Society, of
which he was formerly president; the Maine
Medical Society, of which he was formerly
president ; the New England Psychological So-
ciety : the American Psychological So-
ciety. He is a member of Standisli Lodge of
Free Masons : of Hallowell Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons ; of Alpha Council, Royal and
Select Masters ; of Trinity Commandery,
Knights Templar, and of the Abnaki Club of
Augusta. He is a Republican in politics and
a Congregationalist in religion.
He married. July 11, 1872, Emma F. Mai-
tin, born in Augusta, March 29, 1849, daugh-
ter of John and Mary (Doe) Martin. Mrs.
Sanborn died June 17, 1905. Their children:
I. Maud L., born November 6, 1875, married
Dr. H. K. Stintson ; one child, Thatcher S.,
born 1904. Mrs. Stintson died April 10,
1907. 2. Warner B., born February 6, 1878, a
physician, died at Bronson. 3. Walter M.,
born September 20, 1882, a graduate of Bow-
doin College, a graduate of Harvard Law
School; settled in Augusta. 4. Ray F., born
September 29, 1887, a student in the medical
school of the L''niversitv of \'ermont.
(For first generaUon see preceding sketch.)
(H) Richard Sanborn, son
SANBORN of Lieutenant John Sanborn,
was born in Hampton, Janu-
ary 4, 1653. He was admitted a freeman
April 25, 1678, and resided in Hampton. He
was a soldier there in the garrison at Oyster
River in 1696. He married (first) December
5, 1678, Ruth Moulton, died May 3, 1685,
daughter of William jMoulton, of Hampton;
(second) Mary, daughter of Abraham Drake,
of Hampton, and widow of Nathaniel Boulter
Jr., of Hampton. On October 26, 1716, he
deeded to his son John the land that his father.
John Sanborn, bequeathed to him. Children
of first wife: i. Mary, born September 30,
1679; died unmarried, 1770. 2. John, born
November 6, 1681 ; mentioned below. 3. Ruth,
born 1684; living unmarried in 1716. Child
of second wife: Shubael, born 1694.
(III) Ensign John (2), son of Richard
Sanborn, was born in Hampton, November 6,
1681. and died September 3, 1727. He bought
a large tract of wild land in North Hill, af-
terwards called Northampton, and made of it
a fine farm. He was a soldier from Hampton
in 1708, a sergeant with thirty-one men under
him in Lovewell's war in 1724, and afterwards
an ensign. He was a grantee and large land-
holder in Chester, and was selectman there
1724-26. He married, August 8, 1701, Sarah
Philbrick, daughter of Lieutenant James Phil-
brick, of Hampton. His will was proved in
1727, and leaves his Hampton lands to sons .
Daniel and Benjamin, his lands in Chester to
sons Richard, Nathan and Elisha. His widow
married (second) Lieutenant Thomas Raw-
lins, of Stratham, and died May 30, 1761.
Children: i. Daniel, born February 17, 1702.
2. Benjamin, born November 8, 1703; men-
tioned below. 3. Phebe. born February 6,
1706: married November 4, 1725, Nathaniel
Pease, of Exeter. 4. Richard, born yiay 29,
1708. 5. Nathan (twin), born May 29, 1708.
6. Elisha, born April i, 1710. 7. Ebenezer,
born March 4. 1712. 8. Sarah, born May 22,
1714; married (first) Ford; (second)
Matthias Weeks, of Gilford. 9. Abigail, born
October 24, 1716; married Thomas Sinclair,
of Meredith. 10. Ruth, born March 18, 1719;
married Joseph Bean. 11. John, born May 5,
1721. 12. Hannah, born February 3, 1723;
married, January 6, 1745, Deacon Stephen
Dudley, of Gilmanton, son of Colonel Stephen
Dudley. 13. James, born April 5, 1724. 14.
Mary, born March i, 1726; married William
Mead, of Meredith.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Ensign John (2)
Sanborn, was born in Northhampton, No-
vember 8. 1703, and died August 17, 1744.
He married Elizabeth Oilman, of Exeter, born
October 3, 1707, died February 4. 1804. He
lived in Newmarket. His will was dated July
20, and proved August 29, 1744. and men-
tions wife Elizabeth, brother Daniel and all his
children. Children: i. ]\Iary, baptized March
16, 1729: married Benjamin Fox, of Notting-
ham. 2. John, born July 16, 1730; mentioned
below. 3. Elisha, born 1732; blacksmith;
died 1766 on an expedition to Crown Point,
unmarried. 4. Benjamin, born 1734. 5. Is-
rael, born 1736; blacksmith; killed on the
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Plains of Abraham, September 13, 1769, in
the battle between Montcahn and Wolfe ; un-
married. 6. Joseph, born January 14, 1738.
(Y) Deacon John (3), son of Benjamin
Sanborn, was born in Northhampton, July
16, 1730, and died September 4, 1812. He
served in the French war of 1758-59, and
fought in the battle on the Plains of Abraham,
in wliich his brother was killed. At this time
he lived in Newmarket, but in 1764 removed
to Gilmanton, and was selectman there in 1766.
He was one of the first members of the Con-
gregational church there, and in 1776 was
chosen its first deacon. During the revolution
he employed and paid for the services of a
soldier. He married, December 26, 1754,
Mary Glidden, born September 6, 1732, died
April 15, 1806. Children: i. Betty, born No-
vember 17, 1755; married Samuel Osgood, of
Gilmanton ; died June 6, 1823. 2. Molly, born
June II, 1757; married, December 31, 1775,
Ebenezer Stevens, died December 18, 1828. 3.
Eunice, born June 3, 1760; married Richard
Boynton, of New Hampton. 4. John, born
March 20, 1763, mentioned below. 5. Sarah,
born February 5, 1765; married Nathaniel
Tilton ; resided in Stanstead Centre, Canada.
6. Benjamin, born November i, 1766. 7.
Elisha, born May 10, 1769. 8. Susannah,
born March 12, 1771; married Jonathan Page,
of Gilmanton. 9. David Edwin, born June 14,
1773-
(\T) John (4), son of Deacon John (3)
Sanborn, was born in Newmarket, New
Hampshire, March 20, 1763, and died Octo-
ber 21, 1825. He removed to Parsonsfield,
Maine, where he lived and died. He was a
man of strong character, prominent in the
community, held many offices of trust, and
was a member of the convention to prepare a
state constitution when Maine was admitted
to the Union in 1820. He married (first)
January 18, 1789, Hannah Batchelder, born
July 15, 1766, died December 30, 1814, daugh-
ter of Benjamin Batchelder, of Hampton. He
married (second) April 13, 1815, Mrs'. ;\Iiriam
Burbank. of Ossipee, New Hampshire, born
July 28. 1760. died April 28. 1838. Children,
all by first wife: i. Infant, born and died
1789. 2. Mary, born July 20, 1791 : married,
November 29, 18 to. Colonel Bartlett Doe, of
Parsonsfield; died !\Iay 22, 1863. 3. John,
born April 22, 1793. 4. Hannah, born March
31, 1795; married October 12, 1815, Ira Chad-
bourne; died March 4, 1826. 5. Benjamin,
born February 22. 1798. 6. Sally, born April
23, 1800; married November 30. 1826, John
Moore, of Limerick (see Moore family) ; died
July, 1839. 7. Luther, born April 30, 1803. 8.
Ira Edwin, born March 4, 1806. 9. Amzi, born
January i, 1809.
John Moore, immigrant ances-
MOORE tor, a fisherman of the Isle of
Shoals, province of Maine,
bought land of John Symonds in Kittery in
1669. Daniel Moore, presumably his brother,
but possibly his father, sold his house and land
near Thomas Spinney's in Kittery in 1669 and
removed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
John Moore and his wife Margaret sold their
property at Star Island in 1681. Margaret
was a widow in Kittery in 1687.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) Moore,
was of Star Island ; bought land at Spruce
Creek in 1668; was living in 1674, but his wife
Agnes was a widow in 1679. These were
probably the children: i. John, married Sa-
rah Cutt. 2. Ebenezer, mentioned below.
(III) Ebenezer. son of John (2) Moore,
was born about 1675. He had a grant of land,
eighty acres, in 1699. He married (first) No-
vember 25, 1700, Joanna Deering; second be-
fore 1 718, Temperance Fernald, daughter of
William Fernald. Children probably: i.
I^Iary, married September 26, 1734. 2. Han-
nah, married October 5, 1735. 3. John, men-
tioned below.
(IV) John (3), son of Ebenezer Moore,
was born about 1715. He married at Kittery
(intentions dated December 18, 1742) Jane
Boothby. The history of Saco states that their
descendants are scattered through York coun-
ty, Maine. She was the daughter of Flenry
Boothby, born in England, settled in Ireland,
married there, and came with children to Kit-
tery about 1720. It is possible that he re-
moved to Scarborough with his sons, and was
the Henry Boothby whose name appears as a
charter member of the Black Point Church.
If so, and the proof is convincing, he was an-
cestor of all of the name in Scarborough and
vicinity. Children of Henry and Thomas
Boothby: i. Richard, born about 1700; died
January 2. 1782; was a prominent citizen of
Wells ; ii. John, died in the expedition to Can-
ada in 1756; iii. Henry, married Sarah Traf-
ton, of York, and settled in Wells ; iv. Thomas,
born in Ireland, about 1710; married Lydia
Came, in Kittery, and settled in Scarborough ;
died March 25. 1758; v. Samuel, born in Ire-
land, came to Kittery in 1720; settled in Scar-
borough in 1736, and was progenitor through
his vounffest son of nearlv all of the name in
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Saco; vi. Jane, mentioned above. The last
three were children of Henry, the first three
of Thomas Boothby, his brother.
John Morr Jr., as he was called at the time
of his marriage, doubtless to distinguish him
from his cousin and uncle of the same name
in Kittery, removed from Kittery to Scar-
borough, where his wife's people lived. Chil-
dren, born in Kittery: i. Dennis, born March
25, 1744. 2. Mary, born April 26, 1746; mar-
ried, 1765, Lemuel Remick. 3. Ebenezer,
born ]\Iarch 28, 1750. 4. Isaac. 5. John,
mentioned below. 6. Abram.
(V) John (4), son of John (3) Moore, was
born about 1750-55, probably at Scarborough.
John Moore, of York county, believed to be
this person, was a soldier in the revolution, in
Captain IVIatthew Fairfield's company, Colonel
Edward Wigglesworth's regiment, enlisting
for three years in the Continental army. The
history of Parsonsfield, ]\Iaine, says: "In 1775
John, having made arrangements for the care
of his crops during his absence, enlisted with
his brothers Abram and Isaac for a year in
the army of the revolution. Abram and Isaac
at the expiration of enlistment re-enlisted and
served until killed at the battle of Monmouth.
John returned to his land and built a log-
house, in which he lived for several years."
He came to Parsonsfield from Scarborough in
1774, and settled on lot 18, in the first range,
while his older brother Eben (Ebenezer)
came with him and settled on lot 16. "Later
he built a frame house, and in 1787 married
Anne Milliken, a woman of rare ability and
great force of character. Fourteen children
were born to them, ten of whom grew to man-
hood and womanhood, and all settled in Maine.
He was an industrious and thrifty farmer and
raised good crops. His leading crop was In-
dian corn raised on burnt land, as he made
clearings, and this was his main reliance for
money to pay for his land ; a crop of five hun-
dred bushels raised in a single year enabled
him to purchase lot 17 in 178 1. He purchased
his land of Esquire Parsons, the proprietor,
from time to time as he acquired the means
of payment. It is a well known fact that the
line between Parsonstown (as then called)
and the plantation of Washington remained
unsettled until after the incorporation of the
latter as Xewfield in 1794, the first range of
lots being then claimed by Xewfield. Hence
the names of John and Eben Moore first ap-
pear on Parsonsfield records in 1794. it being
uncertain up to that time whether they were in
Parsonsfield or not. although they had lived
upon their farms since 1774 and were unques-
tionably the first settlers in town, antedating
by some time the settlement of John and Gid-
eon Doe, who it has been claimed were the
first settlers.'' John Moore died in 1823, aged
about seventy-five; his wife in 1844, aged sev-
enty-seven. Children: i. John, mentioned be-
low. 2. Isaac, lived in Parsonsfield. 3.
James, lived in Parsonsfield. 4. Samuel, lived
in Leeds. 5. Henry, lived in Durham, Maine.
6. Ira, lived in Lisbon, Maine, Freeport and
Parsonsfield. 7. Joseph, lived in Lisbon. 8.
Sarah, married James Thompson, lived in
Newfield. 9. Jane, married Moses Ayer, and
lived in Newfield. 10. j\Iary Ann, resided in
Limerick.
(\*I) John (5), son of John (4) Moore,
born 1792, in Newfield. succeeded to the farm,
paying according to the terms of his father's
will fifteen hundred dollars to his brothers and
sisters. Having obtained by exchange a more
eligible building site on the Newfield side of
the line, he built the present farm buildings
thereon, and occupied them until 1867, when
he sold his farm to John F. Moore, son of
Ira. John died at Limerick, Maine, in 1876,
aged eighty-four years. He married (first)
Sally Sanborn, born April 23, 1800, daughter
of John Sanborn. (See Sanborn.) He mar-
ried (second") — • Remick. Children of
first wife : Calvin, Lorenzo. Charles, Luther
S.. mentioned below. Child of second wife :
Sarah, married Dr. Charles Wilson, of Wa-
terford. IMaine.
(VII) Luther S., son of John (5I Moore,
was born In Newfield, Maine. August. 1821,
and died in 1892. He married Sarah Barker,
born in Limerick. 1826. died 1892. He was
educated at Limerick Academy and Harvard
Law School, where he v^ras graduated in 1844.
at a time when Simon Greenleaf and Joseph
Story were instructors. He was admitted to
the bar in 1845. He was associated with Judge
Nathan Clifford, of Newfield. and Rev. Mc-
Donald, of Limerick, for a time, but during
most of his career had no partner. He had an
ofiice in Limerick and conducted a large farm
there. In politics he was a Democrat. He
was a representative to the state legislature in
185S. state senator in 1853-54, and president
of the senate in 1854. He was president of the
board of trustees of Limerick Academy : mem-
ber of the board of trustees of the State Col-
lege at Orono, Maine, and always interested
in" educational matters. He was a man of
much public spirit, and took especial interest
in the movement for good roads. He was a
member of Freedom Lodge of Free Masons, at
Limerick, and of the Congregational church of
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that town. He married, in 1846. Sarah H.
Barker (sec Barker). ChiUlren : i. Charles \V.
2. Harry \'. 3. .\rthur L., now in the lumber
and mining business in .Arkansas. 4. Walter
S. 5. Percy H., manufacturer at Birming-
ham, Alabama. 6. Willis B. 7. Luther Ray,
mentioned below. 8. Annie C. superintend-
ent of a children's library, New York City.
(VHI) Luther Ray, son of Luther S.
Moore, was born in Limerick, March 25, i86g.
He was educated in the public schools of his
native town, at Limerick Academy, and at
Boston L^niversity Law School. He left the
law school on account of the illness of his
father, before graduating, and continued the
study of law in the office of his father and
brother. He taught school in Eliot, Maine,
Wells and Lebanon, and in the Limerick
Academy, and conducted his father's farm. He
was admitted to the bar in 1890, and entered
the office of Hampden Fairfield as clerk. After
a year he entered partnership with Mr. Fair-
field under the firm name of Fairfield & Moore,
continuing with marked success to the present
time. Mr. Fairfield is son of ex-Governor
Fairfield. Mr. Moore is a Democrat in poli-
tics, serving his district as representative to
the legislature in 1907-08; was alderman of
the city of Saco in 1897-98, and mayor of that
city in 1899, '903 3"*^ I904- He was a mem-
ber of the school board in 1897-98-99, and
city solicitor in 1892, and is at the present
time city treasurer. He was the Democratic
candidate for congress in 1904 against Amos
L, Allen, and declined the nomination in 1906.
He was a delegate to the Democratic national
convention at St. Louis in 1904. He is a
member of Saco Lodge of Free Masons, of
York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Maine
Council, Royal and Select Masters. In re-
ligion he is a Unitarian. He married. No-
vember 30. 1 891. Ellen Fairfield, daughter of
Hampden Fairfield, his law partner. Children,
born at Saco: i. Ruth, December, 1896. 2.
Constance, February, 1898.
This surname is said to be
BOARDMAN derived from the Anglo-
Saxon word meaning
bower, or bed-chamber, signifying that the
bearer was chamberlain of some great feudal
household. It was originally spelled Bowre-
man, and later Roarman, Bordman. Bore-
mann, Borman, Bourman, The generallv ac-
cepted spelling at the present day is Board-
man.
(I) Thomas Boardman, immigrant ances-
tor, was baptized in Claydon, England, Octo-
ber 18, 1601, He had a brother Daniel, who
came to New England, whom he mentions in
his will. He was a cooper by trade, and set-
tled in Ipswich in 1634. He was admitted a
freeman in 1634-35. His house in Ipswich
was on High street, now East street. He sold
this in 1647, and spent the closing years of his
life on his farm on what was known as Board-
man's Island. He was one of the owners of
Plum Island, being fourth on the list. His
will was dated December 17, 1670, and proved
June 19, 1673. He died in May, 1673. His
wife Margaret died November 25, 1679, leav-
ing a will. Children: i. Mary, born about
1629; married Robert Kinsman. 2. Daniel,
born about 1639. 3. Martha, born about 1641 ;
married Thomas Low, July 4, 1660. 4.
Thomas, mentioned below. 5. Joanna, born
about 1649; married January 29, 1672, Isaac
Fellows.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
Boardman, was born about 1643, ^nd was a
farmer at Ipswich. He died October 3, 1719.
His will was dated October 2, 1719, and
proved November 3 following. He married,
January i, 1667-68, Elizabeth Perkins, of Ips-
wich, born April i, 1650, died December 4,
1718, daughter of Sargent Jacob Perkins.
Children, born in Ipswich: i. Thomas, Au-
gust 8, 1669; married Sarah Langley. 2. Ja-
cob, June 10, 1671 ; married, 1699, Martha
Rogers, widow. 3. John, March 18, 1672-73.
4. Offin, December 3, 1676; mentioned below.
^5. Margaret, .April 5, 1681 ; married Thomas
Rurman Jr., September 30, 1703. 6. Eliza-
beth, November 6, 1686; married, 1717, Jede-
diah Titcomb.
(III) Captain Ofifin, son of Thomas (2)
Boardman, was born in Ipswich, December 3,
1676, and died March 22, 1749, in Salisbury.
He lived in Ipswich luitil 1707, when he re-
moved to Newbury, from whence he removed
to Salisbury about 1729. He was first a
weaver, and then a mariner, and the last few
years of his life were .spent as an inn-holder
in Salisbury. He married (first) in Ipswich,
February 28. 1698. Sarah Heard, who died in
Salisbury, May 27, 1738; (second) April 24,
1740, Judith Morss, of Newbury, who sur-
vived him. He had considerable property at
North Yarmouth, Maine. Children: i. Offin,
born December 16, 1698; mentioned below.
2. Sarah, married August t6. 1722, Stephen
Coffin Jr. 3. Elizabeth, died in Newbury,
April 27. 1720. 4. Nathaniel, baptized July 8.
^T'^S- 5- John, horn December 6, 1707, in
Newbury. 6. Alargaret, born October 28.
1710; died July 18, 1730. 7. Abigail, born
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December 28, 1712; married, January 25,
1732-33, Stephen Hook.
(IV) Offin (2), son of Offin (i) Boardnian,
was born at Ipswich, December 16, 1698, and
Hved at Newbury. Administration was
granted on his estate October 20, 1735. He
had much land and some cattle at North Yar-
mouth, Maine. He married, January 17,
1722-23, Sarah Woodman, of Newbury, who
married (second) November 17, 1737, Ste-
phen Wyatt. Children, born in Newbury; i.
Ofifin, September 6, 1723. 2. Thomas, March
7, 1726. 3. Elizabeth (twin), March 7. 1726;
married May 5, 1748, John Pearson (3). 4.
Jacob, December 29, 1727. 5. John, October
I, 1730. 6. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(VI) Captain Jonathan, son of Offin (2)
Boardman, was born in Newbury, and lived in
that part of Newbury which became Newbury-
port. He was a ship carpenter and mariner.
His will was dated August 26. 1808, and
proved June 10, 1813. He married, March 12,
1761, Rebecca Moody, who died in 1814. Chil-
dren: I. William, born March 31, 1762; men-
tioned below. 2. Rebecca, born September 30,
1764; married ]\Iay 21, 1785, Benjamin Shute.
3. Jonathan. 4. Sarah, married July 6, 1789,
Moses Goodrich. 5. Mary, born October 9,
1772; married October i, 1790, Samuel Chase.
6. Betsey, born February 14. 1776. 7. Judith,
unmarried in 1814.
(\'ir) William, son of Captain Jonathan
Boardman, was born in Newbury, March 31,
1762 (family has the date April 9). He was
not mentioned in his father's will in 1808, but
possibly had received his portion. He lived in
the part set oflf as Newburyport, and died
there October 22, 1821. He was an active,
useful and prominent citizen, and acquired a
considerable estate. He married Rachel Wig-
gin, born April 9, 1762, and died, according
to family records, June 14, 1861. Their
daughter Elmira married Simeon Barker.
(See Barker). Sarah H. Barker, daughter of
Simeon and Elmora (Boardman) Barker
married Euther S. Moore. (See Moore.)
James Barker, immigrant an-
BARKER cestor, and his brother Thomas,
were among those twenty Puri-
tan heads of families who came from Eng-
land under the leadership of Rev. Ezekiel
Rogers, and wlio were described by him as
"Godly men and most of them of good es-
tate." They arrived in Salem in December,
1638. In April of the following year they
established the town of Rowley. James Bar-
ker was admitted a freeman October 7, 1640.
He was a native of Stragewell, county Suffolk,
England, and brought with him to Salem his
wife Grace. He shared in the first and later
divisions of land in Rowley, and his home was
on Weathersfield street, on land granted to
him in 1643. His wife Grace died in h'ebru-
ary, 1655-58, and he married (second) May
22, 1666, Mary, widow of John Wyatte, an
early settler of Ipswich. James Barker was
a tailor by trade, a successful farmer, antl ac-
tive in town affairs. He was for several years
a judge of delinquents under the law which
fined those who refused to attend town meet-
ings, served frequently as juryman, and in
November, 1677, was one of the first tything-
men of the town. Children: i. Barzilla, born
1640; mentioned below. 2. James, born 1641,
married, May 10, 1677, Mary Stickney. 3.
Eunice, born June 2, 1642; died May, 1645.
4. Nathaniel, born October 15, 1644; married
Mary - — ; died November 10, 1722. 5.
Eunice, born February 11, 1645-46; married
John Watson. 6. Grace, born April i, 1630;
married, November 3, 1680, James Cannady;
died February 19, 1723-24. 7. Tamar, born
December 13, 1652; died young. 8. Steven,
born September 10, 1658; died young.
(II) Barzillai, son of James Barker, was
born at Rowley, in 1640, and died intestate,
November 16, 1694. He was a farmer and an
active church man. Flis orthodoxy was illus-
trated when he became one of the thirty-three
who formally protested against the settling of
Jeremiah Shepard as preacher in 1674, be-
cause he had not been regularly ordained. He
married, in Rowley, December 5, 1666, Anna
Jewett, born February 26, 1644, died JMay 12,
1727, daughter of Maximilian Jewett. Chil-
dren: I. Jonathan, born November 5, 1667,
died May. 1689. 2. Ebenezer, born Decem-
ber 16, 1669, died April 10, 171 1. 3. Hannah,
born January 5, 1671-72; married, June 30,
1693, Joseph Johnson Jr. 4. Lydia, born May
13, 1674, died December, 1675. 5. Ezra, bom
January i, 1675-76, died unmarried, Novem-
ber 6, 1697. 6. Esther, born May 31, 1679.
7. Ruth, born November i, 1681. 8. Enoch,
born October 21, 1684; married, October 20,
1709, Bridget Gate. 9. Bethia, born March 8,
1686. died September, 1688. 10. Noah, men-
tioned below.
(HI) Noah, son of Barzillai Barker, was
born in Rowley, August 23, 1689. He was
admitted to the church there January 15, 1709.
He was a weaver by trade. On April 29, 1712,
his mother Anna deeded to him all her real
estate in consideration of support during her
life. Verv soon after he removed to Ipswich,
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and married there, in May or June, 1715, Mar-
tha Figgett (or Fickett), born August 23,
1696. died December 10. 1772, daughter of
Peter and Mary (Bondfield) Fickett, of Mar-
blehead. In 1719 they moved to Stratham,
New Hampshire, and settled near the centre of
the town, on land purchased from Jonathan
Wipgin in 1 7 18, in which year he was also
granted the privilege of building a pew in the
new meeting house. He died there January
3, 1749. He was a prosperous farmer, and a
leader in the church and town. In 1743 he
was one of a committee of three who reported
adversely upon the petition of residents in the
north part of Brentwood to be made into a
separate parish. In 1731 he was chosen one of
the two tj'thingmen for that year. He was
elected constable in 1737, but was allowed to
procure a substitute. In 1739 he was one of
those protesting against a union of the prov-
ince w^ith Massachusetts. In 1743, influenced
by the preaching of Whitefield, he began with
a few others an agitation which resulted in
the establishment of a new church at Stratham.
He continued his interest in this society until
his death, and left it one hundred pounds in
his will. He was selectman in 1735-36-38-42-
43-44-45. He was one of the original pro-
prietors of the township of Bow, under a
royal patent, and later acquired the rights of
certain others. At the time of his death he
owned lands in the towns of Stratham. Ep-
ping. Bow and Exeter, and a fulling mill on
Little River, in Exeter. Children: i. Eben-
ezer, born in Ipswich, I\Iay 4. 1716: men-
tioned below. 2. Susannah, born in Ipswich.
December 25, 1718. 3. John, born in
Stratham, May 14, 1720: settled in Epping.
4. Ezra, born July 20, 1722: married (sec-
ond') Abigail Murdough. 5. Elizabeth, bom
November 10. 1724. 6. Josiah, born March
30. 1727; married Mary Heard. 7. Benjamin,
born November 3, 1729; died .'\ugust 14,
1801 ; married Deborah Pottle: in the revo-
lution. 8. Nathaniel, born February 18, 1732;
died young. 9. Epliraim, born April 30, 1734;
rharried. February. 1760, Mrs. Mary Man-
ning; died 1800. 10. Nathan, born February
7, 1741 : married .\nna Wiggin : died Febru-
ary II, 1820.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Noah Barker, was
born at Ipswich. May 4, 1716. and died at
Stratham, New Hampshire. He married Mary
Rundlett. Children : i. Nathan. 2. Noah,
born 1743. 3. Simon, mentioned below. 4.
Ebenezer, born 1758; settled at Cornish,
Maine ; married Widow Bradbury. 5. Sarah.
6. Hannah, married Thomas A. Johnson, of
Cornish, Maine.
(V) Simeon, son of Ebenezer Barker, was
born at Stratham, New Hampshire, 1745-55.
He settled in Limerick, Maine, and must have
died before 1790, as his name does not ap-
pear in the census of that year. Daniel Bar-
ker, son of Josiah Barker (4), was of Limer-
ick, while Noah and Ebenezer, brothers of
Simeon, were of Cornish, Maine.
(VI) Simeon (2), son of Simeon (i) Bar-
ker, was born probably before 1790, in Lim-
erick, Maine. He married Elmira, daughter
of William and Rachel (Wiggin) Boardman
(see Boardman). Simeon was a well-to-do
merchant at Limerick, Maine. Children, born
at Limerick: i. Mary, married H. P. Storer
(see Storer family). 2. Eliza, resides in Bos-
ton. 3. Sarah H., born 1826; married Luther
S. Moore. 4. Almira, married C. W. Will-
iams; lives at 21 Blagden street, Boston. 5.
Frances. 6. Caroline, resides at 21 Blagden
street, Boston. 7. Captain William B., served
in Twenty-seventh Maine Regiment, and was
an officer of the Thirty-second Maine in the
civil war ; died soon after the war.
Tradition says that the family of
DAY Day originally came from Wales,
where the name was written Dee,
but pronounced Day, which in time became the
English spelling. The genesis of the name is
exactly opposite what might be supposed. In-
stead of being associated with light, Day in its
primal form of Dee means dark or dingy. As
such, the name was applied to a small river in
Wales, and in time was transferred to the peo-
ple living along its banks. William Day was
provost of Eaton College and dean of Wind-
sor during Queen Elizabeth's time: and in a
document dated 1582 it is stated that he is
descended from the Welsh Dees. The name
in England was often spelled Daye.
The family ranks among the oldest on this
side the water. No less than eight Days are
found to have settled in New England before
1650, and some of them were of more than
ordinary prominence. Robert Day, born in
England in 1604, migrated to this country in
1634, settling first at Cambridge or Newton,
Massachusetts, but moving in 1639 to Hart-
ford. Connecticut. He died there in 1648, and
his descendants became numerous in the Con-
necticut valley, many of them moving up the
river to Springfield and South Hadley. From
this line comes Dr. Jeremiah Day, president of
Yale College, 1817-46, who was born in
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STATE OF MAINE.
2I2I
Washington, Connecticut, son of Rev. Jere-
miah and Abigail (Noble) Day. One of his
brothers \va.« Judge Thomas Day, a well-
known citizen of Hartford.
Stephen Day, of Cambridge, Massachu-
setts, was the first printer in North America.
He was originally a locksmith, but in time
found demand for his other work. He be-
gan business in 1639, published books and
almanacs, and died December 22, 1668, aged
fifty-eight. Matthew Day, of Cambridge, also
a printer, possibly son of Stephen, was stew-
ard of Harvard College from 1645 till his
death in 1649. He probably was unmarried,
because he made a nuncupative will in which
he gave a liberal bequest to the college and to
one or two friends. A Robert Day, of Ips-
wich, came over in 1635 in the "Hopewell,"
from London, and was living in 1681. Na-
thaniel Day was living in Ipswich in 1637.
Wentworth Day, of Boston, was a member of
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com-
pany in 1640, was later a chirurgeon at Cam-
bridge, and in 1652 saved the life of a woman
charged with witchcraft. Ralph Day, born in
England, was made a freeman of Dedham,
January i, 1645. Anthony Day, born in Eng-
land, in 1616, emigrated to Gloucester, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1645, 3nd died there April 23,
1707.
A branch of the Anthony Day family moved
to Maine and settled at Georgetown, near the
mouth of the Kennebec, during the first half
of the eighteenth century. Their descendants
afterwards moved to Brunswick and Durham.
The following line is distinct from the de-
scendants of this Anthony Day.
(I) William Day was a native of Boston,
and by trade a ship carpenter. He was one
of the early settlers of Leeds, and for a time
lived in a log house in that town. When he
got a bit forehanded he built a house of cut
timber, and it was considered quite stylish for
those days. A part of each year he worked at
shipbuilding on the Kennebec. To him and his
wife Betsy (nee Jones) were born twelve chil-
dren. The oldest of these was Adaline, who
says of her father, "He was a very strict man,
and insisted on morning devotions. We twelve
children were ranged around the room, the
youngest in mother's arms, with father in the
center of the room, a Bible on a chair a little
to one side. We all had to march up and read
a verse, and woe to us if we made an error,
for though father did not have the good book
himself, he knew the whole of it by heart, I
believe, and would punish us for a mistake.
When I was fourteen, father made a trip to
Boston to visit his relatives, and walked every
step of the way up and back. His mother was
a great pie cook, and he brought on his re-
turn a mince pie that was divided into twelve
parts. Each one of us got a piece gauged ac-
cording to the size of the child. To me fie
brought a Bible, and the other children were
provoked because I was specially favored."
The children that reached adult age were :
Adaline, Susan, Clara, Isaac C, John Ran-
dolph and Thomas I'Vancis. No one of these
is now living.
(II) Captain John Randolph, son of Will-
iam and Betsy Day, was born in Leeds, Maine,
August I, 1828. In early life he was a shoe-
maker, and employed many men making "sale
shoes." During the rebellion John R. Day
served in the Third Maine Regiment, going
out as lieutenant under Colonel O. O. Howard,
and returning as captain. On January 5, 1854,
John Randolph Day married Mary Carter,
daughter of Allen and Mary (Chadwick)
Carter, of Etna. Captain John R. Day died at
Vassalboro, May 22, 1889 ; his widow died
March 7, 1908. Both are interred in Vassal-
boro. The home which they owned formerly
belonged to Thomas Frye, for many years at
the head of the Vassalboro Quakers. Long
before the days of the railroad, Vassalboro
was a strong rival of Waterville, and under
the direction of the Quakers was a beautiful
village with its own bank and an exceptionally
fine school ; but the coming of the railroad
half ruined the town. The Frye house held the
old Kennebec bank, and when Captain Day
bought the place the bricks were taken out and
used to rebuild the chimneys. Children of
Captain John R. and Mary (Carter) Day:
William Foster, born at Waterville, February,
1855; Holman Francis, whose sketch follows;
Fred Mortimer, born in Vassalboro, Septem-
ber 14, 1871.
(III) Holman Francis, second son and
child of Captain John Randolph and Mary
(Carter) Day, was bom at Vassalboro, Maine,
November 6, 1865. He received his early edu-
cation in the Quaker school of that town, be-
ing a pupil at Oak Grove Seminary from 1877
to 1882, and completed his preparation for col-
lege at Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville,
where he studied during 1882-83. He entered
Colby College in the fall of the latter year,
and was graduated in the class of 1887. At
the age of sixteen he spent one season in a
hotel in Kineo, Maine, and during his college
days he taught school two winters to assist in
paying his way, making up his studies during
the summer. Holman F. Day graduated from
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Colby College on Tuesilay, and on Wednesday
he entered the office of the Fairfield (.Maine)
Journal as local editor. No sooner had he
taken this position than he was left with the
entire charge of the paper ; and though at first
it looked like a huge undertaking, the young
collegian proved himself fully equal to it, and
successfully conducted the sheet for six
months. About this time he saw in a Boston
paper an advertisement for a reporter on a
journal in Xorth Adams. Massachusetts. Mr.
Day answered this notice, and received a re-
ply to the eii'ect that his letter had been chosen
from a number of applications because it
looked promising, and that the manager would
meet him at a certain hotel in Boston on an
appointed date, and talk the matter over. Mr.
Day left Watcrville in the evening, rode all
night, went to the hotel, where he sat near the
door all day, and when the man failed to ap-
pear, took the night train for home, again
riding all night and getting no rest. On reach-
ing Fairfield he sat down, and in a polite and
scathing letter expressed his opinion of the un-
reliable manager. He received a return reply
to the effect that he was hired, as any man
who could write such a letter would be able to
report for the paper. It turned out that the
manager had forgotten which hotel he had des-
ignated, ilr. Day remained about six months,
finally securing acceptance of his resignation
because he longed to get back to his native state.
He then took the position of managing
editor of the six weeklies of the Union Pub-
lishing Company of Bangor, a place which he
successfully filled for one year. At the end of
that time Mr. Day went into partnership with
They put
One issue of the latter paper said that the
Gazette could continue only about another
week. This started Mr. Day on the waj-path,
with the result that the Eastern State did not
breathe again, but was absorbed and after-
wards drew its life from the office of the Dex-
ter Gazette. Soon after, Mr. Day was offered
a position on the staff of the Lezciston Jour-
nal, and finding some one willing to relieve him
of his interests in Dexter, he left for his new
field after four years of hard, vigorous work
in the old. At Lewiston he remained twelve
years, acting as special writer of important
events and incidentally filling all the positions
on the paper except editor-in-chief. He then
went to Bangor as correspondent for the Bos-
ton Herald, and while there was also on the
staff of the Bangor Commercial. At the end
of a year he returned to Lewiston as manag-
ig editor of the Lezciston Sun, and later went
back to the staff of the LczK-iston Journal.
Meanwhile his literary bent, which had been
manifesting itself for years in occasional verse
and prose published in the Saturday Evening
Post, the Nezi> England Magazine. Harpers,
and many other periodicals, had become so
strong, and his contributions were in such de-
mand, that he found himself compelled to give
up the exacting duties of newspaper work and
devote himself wholly to creative composition.
The state of Maine has produced many names
well known in literature, but no one fills a
more distinctive place than Holman F. Day.
His poems have all the vigor and pungency of
the pine and spruce woods. Everything that
he writes smacks of the soil, and he describes
life in a Maine village with a homely direct-
ness and humor that only a genius — and a
could employ. The
the former foreman of the firm
Nezi' York Nation, perhaps the most criticaK^^enius born on the spot
their money together — about five hundred dol-
lars, and with that, and an immense amount of
assurance, the two young men bought out the
De.vter Gazette and assumed the indebtedness
of the same. Later they bought out the sub-
scription list of the .Monson Weekly Slate, giv-
ing them a total of about fifteen hundred sub-
scribers. This list was soon increased to five
thousand by the energy of Mr. Day, who was
reporter, solicitor and editor, writing editorials
at night and hustling for business during the
dav. Soon after, the owner of a rival sheet in
the same town, Ijecoming jealous of the large
business done by the Gazette, had his editor
begin a series of abusive articles through the
columns of the Eastern State. The Gazette
replied to these virulent attacks in terms so
strong that its readers almost expected to see
the Eastern State shrivel up and disappear.
Authority in this country, a paper which would
never be accused of being too commendatory
of new writers, in its issue of September 6,
1900, has this to say of Mr. Day's first volume
of poems. "L'p in Maine": "The lyrics them-
selves are so fresh, so vigorous, and so full of
manly feeling that they sweep away all criti-
cism ; and the most commonplace things in the
farmer's life take hold upon the human heart
when the poet sings this winter song :
The stock In the TIe-Up.
I'm workin' this week In the wood-lot; a hearty old Job,
you can bet ;
I finish my chores with a lantern, and marm has th«
table all set.
the fire and the chirruping hiss o'
they sound dread-
I tell ye. the song
the tea.
The roar of the wind in the cbimbley,
ful cheerful to me.
But they'd harrer me. plague me. and fret me. unless as
I set here I knew
That the critters are muncbin' their fodder and bedded
and comf'table, too.
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The critic goes on to say: "But the whole
vigor of the strain does not come until the poet
arrives in the wilderness * * * sings of
'wangan,' 'peavy,' 'cant-dog' * * * and
launches you upon adventures which need no
Kipling to tell their tale." Of Mr. Day's sec-
ond volume, "Pine-Tree Ballads, Rhymed
Stories of Unplaned Human Nature up in
Maine," the Nation of October 9, 1902, savs :
"No one who has not watched, at least as a
spectator, the rush and' swirl of logging-time
•on a Maine river, can fully appreciate the
courage that shows itself even in making the
attempt to describe it in verse :
When tbe Allegash Drive Goes Through.
We hurroop them with the peavies from their sullen beds
of snow ;
With the pickpole for a goadstick, down the brimming
streams we go.
They are hitching, they are halting, and they lurk and
hide and dodge.
They sneak for skulking eddies, they bunt the bank and
lodge.
And we almost can imagine that they hear the yell of
saws
And the grunting of the grinders of the paper-mills, be-
cause
They loiter in the shallows and they cob-pile at the falls.
And they buck like ugly cattle where the broad dead-
water crawls.
But we wallow in and welt "em with the water to our
waist.
For the driving pitch is dropping and the Drouth Is
gasping 'Haste' I
Here a dam and there a jam, that Is grabbed by grin-
ning rocks.
Gnawed by the teeth of the ravening ledge that slavers
at our flork.s ;
Twenty a month for daring Death ; for fighting from
dawn to dark —
Twenty and grub and a place to sleep In God's great
public park :
We roofless go with the cook's bateau to follow our hun-
gry crew —
A billion of spruce and hell turned loose when the Alle-
gash drive goes through.
The New England Magazine of February,
1906, in an article on "New England Humor-
ists," gives this interesting account of Mr.
Day's early efforts : "His father was a noted
•story-teller, and at the age of fourteen Holman
edited a manuscript newspaper interspersed
with verses embalming his father's tales, and
the family smiled and showed them to the min-
ister when he called. His quill was further
•sharpened on the Echo, the Colby College
paper. When Commencement day came he
marched down College avenue behind the brass
band, arm in arm with Forrest Goodwin, to
deliver the class poem. The ne.xt day he went
to work on the Eairficld Journal. 'Taking a
high dive off the Commencement platform into
the ice-cold water of practical experience.' He
took to writing articles of Yankee life in
Maine. The editor insinuated they were
cribbed, on the ground that 'any one who
couldn't clean off a horse any better than he
could, didn't know enough to write such
like.' "
But any critical resume of Mr. Day's work
fails to convey the satisfaction that the reader
gets who has tasted the strong, wholesome
savor of this every-day fare. It is the kind of
literature to read, not talk about. The New
York Sun says : "It is Maine in the phono-
grai}h." In his book, "Browning and the Dra-
matic Monologue," Dr. S. S. Curry, presi-
dent of the School of Expression, accords Mr.
Day chief place among the delineators of
Yankee dialect and character, and adds,
"Many of our modern poets who use the mon-
ologue, such as Day, Foss, Riley and Drum-
mond, are blamed by superficial critics for the
roughness of their language. Fastidious
critics often say the work of these authors is
too rough, and 'not poetry.' In reply to such
criticism it may be said that the peculiar na-
ture of dramatic action is not realized. This
rough language is necessary because of the
peculiar type of character. The man cannot
be revealed without making him speak his na-
tive tongue. Browning is blamed as an artist
for using burly and even brutal English." Mr.
Day's dialect is written from "the inside out" ;
he is a Yankee along with the people whom he
portrays, and he has never w-ritten a line in his
human documents that ridicules or satirizes the
folks of his home state. Dr. Curry says :
"True dialect must always be the result of
sympathy and identification." Its homeliness
(in the old English sense) is its greatest
charm. From the wild, rollicking humor of
"When O'Connor Draws His Pay," to the
pathos of "Cap'n Nutter of the 'Pudden-
tame.' ' every phase of life in the old Pine-tree
state is touched and fixed in fast colors. What
could better call up the ways of our grand-
fathers than this "Plain Old Kitchen Chap?"
I'm a sort of dull old codger, clear behind the times, I
s'pose ;
Stay at home and mind my bus'ness ; wear some pretty
rusty clothes :
'Druther ?et out bere'n the kitchen, have for forty years
or more.
Till the heel of that old rocker's gouged a holler In the
floor ;
Set my boots behind the cook stove, dry my old blue
woolen socks.
Get my knife and plug tobacker from that dented old tin
box.
Set and smoke and look at mother clearing up the things
from tea :
Rather tame for city fellers, but that's fun enough for
me.
What a piece of character-drawing is "Uncle
Micajah Strout," who was "unassuming,
blunt and honest. When he said a thing, it
went." The lawyers starved in his town, be-
cause when there was
Ca.se of difference or doubt
Folks say, Waal, we'll leave her out
To Uncle Micajah Strout.
It is hard to resist quoting from "The Law
'Gainst Spike-Sole Boots," for Day enters into
the feelings of the Maine lumbermen as Kip-
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ling has entered into the lives of the British
soldiers; but there is space only for a scrap
taken from "A Hail to the Hunter," in which
the annual fall sportsman from the city is set
out :
He will bhoot the foaming rapids, aod he'll shoot the
yearling bull.
And the farmer iu the bushes — why, he'll fairly get
pumped full.
• ••••••
For the average city feller he has big game on the
brain.
And imagines In October there is nothing else in Maine I
Therefore some absorbed old farmer cutting corn or pull-
ing beans
Gets most mightily astonished with a bullet In his Jeans.
So. O neighbor, scoot tor cover or gel out your armor
plate —
Johnnie s got bis little rifle and is swooping on the State.
The prose of Holman F. Day is as good as
his verse — full of humor, sentiment and vivid
local coloring. His stories for boys show that
strength of character, high aspiration, gener-
osity and consideration for others, which have
not only made the author popular, but have
brouglit him true friendship, respect and deep
regard. His list of books up to 1908 numbers
seven. The first three were published by
Small, IMaynard & Company of Boston ; the
next two, by A. S. Barnes & Company of New
York ; and the last two by Harper and Broth-
ers. The first edition of "Up in Maine" ap-
peared in igoo; "Pine Tree Ballads" came in
1902; "Kin O' Ktaadn" (prose and verse)
1904; "Squire Phin," a novel, 1905; "Rainy
Day Railroad War," 1906; "King Spruce," a
novel, and "The Eagle Badge," 1908. Of his
books of verse more than thirty thousand have
been sold, and his novels have been corre-
spondingly successful. "Squire Phin" has
been dramatized under the name "The Circus
Man," with Aiaclyn Arbuckle in the title role
and has been made one of Klaw & Erlanger's
big productions.
Politically Mr. Day is a Republican, and his
church affiliations are with the Congregation-
alists. He belongs to the Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks, and has served as exalted
ruler and also as district deputy for two years.
He served as military secretary, with rank of
major, on the stafif of Governor John F. Hill
from 1 90 1 to 1904, inclusive. At the Com-
mencement in 1907, Colby College conferred
on Mr. Day the degree of Doctor of Letters.
On February 6, 1889, Holman Francis Day
married Helen R. Gerald, daughter of A. F.
and Caroline Rowell Gerald, of Fairfield,
Maine. They had one child, Dorothy, born
February 9, 1896. Mrs. Helen R. (Gerald)
Day died July 12. 1902, and on September 25,
1903, Holman F. Day married his second wife,
Agnes Bearce Nevens, daughter of Byron A.
and Ella (McDougall)" Bearce, of Lewiston.
Mrs. Agnes (Bearce) (Nevens) Day is a
member of the New York Society of Keramic
Art, and is known in I^laine by her artistic
china and water-colors. She was superintend-
ent of the Maine State Art Exhibition for
several years. Mrs. Day i."' to be credited with
a considerable piortion of the success of her
husband, in whose life she has been an inspira-
tion. Those who know her sterling qualities
of integrity, force of character, intellectuality,
and above all, her womanliness, can readily
understand how much Mr. Day is indebted to
his wife.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(H) Isaac C, son of William and
DA\^ Betsy Day, was born at Leeds,
Maine, about 1825. He learned the
trade of shoe-making from his father. After
following this for some years he removed to
Vassalboro, then one of the busiest towns in
the state, and became interested in the restau-
rant business. During the rebellion he en-
listed in Company A, Twentieth Regiment
Maine Volunteers. Captain Isaac S. Bangs,
Colonel Adelbcrt Ames. Pie was mustered in
August 29, 1862, and transferred to the Vet-
eran Reserve Corps, November 15, 1863.
(HI) Horace C., son of Isaac C. Day, was
born October 17, 1854, at Vassalboro, Maine.
He was educated in the public schools of that
place, and after graduating from the high
school, attended the Eastman Business College
at Poughkeepsie, New York. Plis first busi-
ness position was in the office of F. I. Fuller
& Company, shoe manufacturers. He after-
wards engaged with Gay & Foss, with whom
he remained four years, and later became pay-
master of the Barker Mills, where he contin-
ued ten years. In 1890 he resigned this posi-
tion to become cashier of the First National
Bank of Auburn, which place he is now hold-
ing (1908). The bank, at the time he became
connected with it. had one clerk and about one
hundred thousand dollars of deposits. Since
then the staff has increased to six clerks, and
there are over nine hundred thousand dollars
in deposits. In 1890 there was a surplus of
about thirty-three thousand dollars, and there
is now a surplus of one hundred and ten thou-
sand. During Mr. Day"s administration a sav-
ings bank and a bond department have been
added, and the First National is now the
largest bank in the city. Mr. Day's strict at-
tention to business and his integrity have
caused many responsibilities to be thrust upon
him, and he is looked upon as one of the lead-
ing men of the city. He is a director and the
STATE OF MAINE.
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largest stockholder in the Androscoggin Wa-
ter Power Company.
Politically Mr. Day is a Republican, and he
has several times been asked to become a can-
didate for mayor, but has declined. He has
little time for politics, though he is treasurer
of the county committee. He is a member of
the Congregational church, and has been su-
perintendent of the Sunday school for many
years. He is much interested in Young Men's
Christian Association work, being a member
of the international committee. He was one
of the incorporators of the Lake George
Branch of the Silver Bay Young Men's Qiris-
tian Association, is a member of the commit-
tee and is also treasurer of the Silver Bay As-
sociation. ]\'Ir. Day is a Mason of the thirty-
second degree, a Knight Templar, and a mem-
ber of the grand lodge. Knights of Pythias.
On May 8, 1879, Mr. Day married Hattie
Marie Jenkins, daughter of William Sanborn
and Catherine (Rusk) Jenkins. They have
two children : Francena B. R., born May 26,
1880, married Fred F. Spaulding; and West-
ley C, born October 30, 1884.
(For preceding generations see John Alden I.)
(IV) John (2), son of Isaac A\-
ALDEN den, was born at Bridgewater, in
1694, and died in 1762. He mar-
ried, in 1727, Hannah Kingman, who died in
1744, aged thirty-nine, daughter of Henry
Kingman; (second) 1745, Rebecca Nightin-
gale. Children of first wife: i. John (twin),
born 1729. 2. James (twin), born 1729. 3.
Isaac, born 1731. 4. Jonathan, born 1733;
mentioned below. 5. Hannah, bom 1736. 6.
Adam, 1738. 7. Son, died young. 8. Abigail,
born 1742. died young. 9. Keziah, 1743. Chil-
dren of second wife: 10. Rebecca, born 1745.
II. John, 1747. 12. Esther, 1749. 13. James,
1751. 14. Adam, 1754. 15. Joseph, 1755. 16.
Benjamin, 1757.
(V) Jonathan, son of John (2) Alden, was
born in 1733, and lived in Bridgewater. He
died February 18, 1825, aged ninety-three. He
married (first) in 1766, Experience, daughter
of Cornelius Washburn; (second) Hannah,
daughter of Thomas Greene, and widow of
Thomas White. Children of first wife: i.
Mehitabel, born 1767. 2. Joanna. 3. Isaac,
born October 19, 1771. 4. Daniel, March 3,
1 773- 5- Ezra. 6. John, mentioned below.
Children of second wife. 7. Samuel Greene.
8. Joseph, died young. 9. Cyrus, born May 30,
1783. ID. Mary. 11. Jonathan, removed to
New York state.
(VI) John (3), son of Jonathan Alden,
was born in Bridgewater, December 15, 1775,
and settled in Auburn, Maine. He married
Deborah, daughter of Benjamin Robinson.
Children, all born in East Bridgewater: i.
Benjamin, mentioned below. 2. Mary. 3.
Sylvina. 4. Charles.
(VII) Benjamin, son of John (3) Alden,
was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts,
and removed with the family to .Auburn,
Alaine, where he died in 1879. He had
a common school education, and followed
farming through his active life. He was in-
dustrious and successful in business, and
prominent in public life. He filled various
offices of trust and honor with great faithful-
ness and ability. He married Sally, daughter
of Luther Tirrell : children : Asa Alfred, born
July 12, 1826, died June 20, 1897; Angerone,
born December 8, 1832, died January 5, 1856;
Nelson Hayes, see forward.
(VIII) Nelson Hayes, son of Benjamin Al-
den, was born in North Auburn, Maine,
March 31, 1836, and died in Auburn, Febru-
ary 13, 1899. He was educated in the public
schools of Turner and Auburn, Maine, and
learned the shoemaker's trade. He worked for
various manufacturers, and for several years
was superintendent of a boot and shoe factory
at West Auburn. In politics he was an ear-
nest and active Republican, of large influence
in his party, but he never sought office for
himself. Throughout his life was a constant
attendant at the Free Baptist church, and a
willing worker in the church to the extent of
his means and ability. He married (first) El-
len Briggs ; (second) Esther Clapp, born
January 25, 1849, at East Wilton, daughter of
Luther R. Chaney, of East Wilton, Maine.
Children of first wife: i. Bert L., born
March 17, i860, at North Auburn, died Jan-
uary, 1904, at Auburn; married Carrie E. Co-
burn ; child : Everett Willis, born at Auburn,
October 2, 1891. 2. Alice, born June 17, 1864;
married Dr. C. F. McDonald, of Boston. Child
of second wife: 3. Harley Roscal, 'mentioned
below.
(IX) Harley Roscal, son of Nelson Alden,
was born in Auburn, Maine, July 4, 1876, and
was educated there in the public schools and
the Lhiiversity of Maine. He then took up the
study of pharmacy in the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy, receiving his degree as Doctor
of Pharmacy in igoi. He was with the drug
firm of Pollard & Company, Philadelphia, for
four years, and pharmacist in the City Hos-
pital of Philadelphia during the next two
years. He was in business as a druggist from
1905 to 1907 at Portland, Maine, and in May,
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STATE OF MAINE.
1907, bought the drug store of Thomas &
Lunt, at Freeport, Maine, where he now re-
sides. In pohtics Dr. .\lden is a RepubUcan.
In rehgion he is a Baptist. He is a member
of the College of Pharmacists, the Kappa
Sigma and Phi Chi fraternities, and is a Ma-
son. He married, May 24, 1905, Lydia Scott
Watson, of Milford, Delaware. They have
two children : Elizabeth Elwood, born in
Portland, Maine, June 29, 1906 and Esther
Priscilla, born in Freeport, Maine, October 19,
1907-
This name is said to have been
CLARV originally written Cleary, Clery
and O'Clery, and to have been
derived from the Gaelic Cleirach, meaning a
clerk, clergyman or writer. There was a
noted family of O'Clerys, the historians, who
lived at the Castle of Kilbarron, county Done-
gal, Ireland. In the troublous times of early
Irish history, this family dwelt in a lonely,
insulated fortress where they devoted them-
selves to the laborious preservation of the his-
tory, poetry and antitiuities of their people. It
is possible that the patronymic Clary may have
had another origin less primitive than that
connected with these ancient historians. In
the time of Charles the Second, when so many
French Huguenots fled for protection to Eng-
land and Ireland, we find the name of Clary
among those which were naturalized at that
period. There seems to have been but one
early Clary in the Colonial history of this
country. We find from Savage's researches
that John Clary, of Watertown, Massachu-
setts, married Sarah Cady, February 5, 1644.
They had a son, John (2), who married Ann
Dickinson at Northfield, Massachusetts, in
1670, and the latter couple had three children:
John (3), Joseph and Mary. It is probably
from these antecedents that Rev. Joseph Clary,
fourteenth pastor of the First Church at
Dover, New Hampshire, is descended. This
clergyman held his pastorate during the early
part of the nineteenth century, and was con-
nected with several historic families. Rev.
Joseph Ward Clary was born at Rowe, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1786, and married Anna, daugh-
ter of Judge Timothy Farrar. Judge Farrar
was for more than forty years a judge of the
higher courts of New Hampshire, and lived
to be one hundred and one years of age. He
was for a long period the oldest living repre-
sentative of Harvard, having survived all the
revolutionary graduates of that institution.
(I) According to the History of New Ips-
wich, New Hampshire, William Clary or Mc-
Clary and his brother Daniel settled in that
town in 1751. They came originally from the
north of Ireland, and first established them-
selves in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, whence
they moved to New Ipswich. Traditions about
their fun-loving propensities and jokes are still
extant, and their history seems closely inter-
twined. Daniel Clary had a revolutionary rec-
ord. He was one of the company who marched
from New Ipswich before daylight on the
morning of April 20, 1775; and two years
later. May 8, 1777, we find that he marched
three hundred miles in the expedition against
Ticonderoga. At this time he served forty-
eight days as a member of Captain Josiah
Brown's company. Colonel Enoch Hale's regi-
ment of militia. John Clary, eldest child of
William, though only a boy of seventeen, en-
listed in the same year as his Uncle Daniel.
John Clary belonged to Captain Edmund Bri-
ant's company. Colonel Daniel Moore's regi-
ment, which marched from New Ipswich and
joined the continental army from Saratoga.
He served from September 28, 1777, to Octo-
ber 23 of that year. According to the New
Hampshire Rolls these are the only Clarys
who had a revolutionary record, though the
History of New Ipswich erroneously states
that William and three of his sons marched to
Concord at the time of the fight.
William Clary moved to Belfast, Alaine,
soon after the revolution. He had a wife Mar-
garet, whose maiden name is unknown, and
there were ten children, all born in New Ips-
wich. The children were : John, born March
31. 1760, whose revolutionary service has been
mentioned; William, April 26, 1763; Daniel,
whose sketch follows; David, October 31,
1767; James, December 31, 1769; Isaac, March
I, 1772; Jacob, April 9, 1775; Jacob S., Feb-
ruary 20, 1776; Margaret, May 2, 1778;
William, June 27, 1781.
Daniel Clary, brother to William, had a wife
Catherine, whose maiden name is unknown,
and there were six children : Barbary, born in
1767; Ehzabeth, 1770; Margaret, 1772; Dan-
iel, 1774: Sarah, 1776; Mary, 1778. Accord-
ing to the History of New Ipswich, Daniel
Clary met with an accidental death in conse-
quence of his frolicsome spirit. At the raising
of the barn of Deacon E. Adams in 1780, he
climbed to the ridge-pole and undertook to
stand on his head, as he had often done on
those occasions. This time proved once too
often, and he lost his balance and his life. One
family tradition says that it was William and
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not Daniel, who was killed in this way: but
the probabilities are that, in this instance, the
History of New Ipswich is correct.
(II) Captain Daniel, third son of William
and Margaret Clary, was born at New Ips-
wich, New Hampshire, June 9, 1765, and died
at Brooks, Maine, February 23, 1829. The
History of Belfast, ^Maine, says that he came
from Gorham about 1794, and settled at
Clary's Point, now City Point, in Belfast. He
lived some years at the Point, which was
named for him, and his name appears two or
three times in the history in connection with
bounds of land. He probably moved to Brooks
during his later years.
(III) James, son of Captain Daniel Clary,
was born at Belfast, Elaine, during the early
part of the nineteenth century. He moved to
Brooks, Maine, where he spent most of his
life ; but the date of his death is unknown.
James Clary married Matilda Ellis, daughter
of Joseph Ellis, of Brooks. They had seven
children : Ellen. Nahum E.. whose sketch fol-
lows ; James, Minda, Abbie, Charles and Alice.
Mrs. Matilda (Ellis) Clary had a severe ex-
perience in early life. \\'hen she was eigh-
teen years of age a fire broke out which de-
stroyed the whole village of Brooks, includ-
ing the Ellis house. Matilda escaped by jump-
ing from a window, but the other children and
the hired man were burned to death.
(lY) Nahum Ellis, eldest son of James and
Matilda (Ellis) Clary, was born at Brooks,
Maine, April 5, 1844. He attended the public
schools of that town till the breaking out of
the civil war when he ran away and enlisted.
Owing to his extreme youth, his father went
out after him and brought him home. When
he was nineteen, Nahum E. re-enlisted in the
Twenty-sixth Maine Volunteers and served
eleven months. Upon his return to Brooks
he engaged in farming, which has been his
chief occupation since. He is an Independent
in politics, and has served as selectman for
several years, and also as tax collector. Nahum
Ellis Clary married Isadora Burns, daughter
of Isaac Burns, of Waldo, Maine. Five chil-
dren have been born to them ; Albra J., Octo-
ber, 1873; Isaac Burns, whose sketch follows;
Birchard A., November 14, 1878 ; Matilda E.,
1886, married Fred Littlefield, of Waldo; and
Mildred, 1888.
(V) Isaac Burns, second son of Nahum E.
and Isadora (Burns) Clary, was born May 2,
1877, at Brooks, !\Iaine. He attended the pub-
lic schools of Waldo, and was graduated from
the Castine Normal school in the class of 1897.
This educational course was not attained with-
out some difficulty. When a boy of seventeen,
Isaac P>. Clary left home to make his way in the
world and started to go to normal school with
only fifty dollars on hand; this sum he had
saved from his work as messenger in court.
By securing a place with Dr. Wheeler he pro-
vided for his expenses, so that he was able to
complete his course. After graduation he en-
tered upon canvassing and teaching, remain-
ing two years in the latter occupation. At the
end of this time he began reading law in the
office of John Maxwell ; but after two years of
study he was convinced that a course in a law
school would be of great assistance. Accord-
ingly, he entered the Boston Law School, ac-
complished in one year the course of three, and
obtained his diploma in 1904. During this
time he taught in the evening school at Chel-
sea. The following year he returned to the
law school, and in three months received his
degree of B. A. He wa-; admitted to the bar.
February 18. 1904, and was admitted to the
United States circuit court, December 2, 1906.
Immediately after passing the state examina-
tion, Mr. Clary began the practice of law at
Livermore Falls, and since 1903 has been clerk
and town treasurer. He is a Republican in
politics, and attends the Baptist church. He
belongs to the Blue Lodge, Masons, Royal
Arch Chapter and Council. He is also a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias, and has filled all
chairs. On August 10, 1899, Isaac Burns
Clary married Cora Isabelle, daughter of
Judge Cyrus and Ellen (Luce) Knapp, of
Livermore Falls.
(For preceding generations see John Hill I.)
(IV) Edward Hill, youngest child
HILL of William and Elizabeth ( Buffum)
Hill, was born in North Berwick,
May 13, 1840. After concluding his studies
at the South Berwick Academy he entered
business life in New York City, where he ac-
quired excellent training, and in 1871 became
associated with his brother under the firm
name of Charles E. Hill and Company, tea
importers, having a branch office in Chicago.
He continued in that business some fifteen
years and selling his interest in the firm at the
expiration of that time he went to England as
foreign agent of Messrs. Daniel W. Richards
and Company, iron dealers, of New York
Citv. establishing his headquarters in Liver-
pool. He was subsequently admitted to part-
nership and continued with this concern for
six vears. Disposing of his iron interest he
accepted the position of purchasing agent for
one of the \"anderbilt railroad lines and re-
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tained it for four years, during which time he
resided in Cleveland, Ohio. He next became
general sales agent of the Pickering Spring
Company of New York, manufacturers of
railway springs, with headquarters in the
metropolis, and when that concern lost its
identity through absorption by a "trust" or
combination, he severed his connection witK
that business. Being a business man of rec-
ognized integrity and varied practical experi-
ence his ability was in demand, and his ser-
vices were secured by the Composite Board
Company, organized for the purpose of manu-
facturing boards from wood pulp for inside
finish. Elected president of this company by
its board of directors he established an ex-
tensive suite of offices in New York City,
erected the company's plant at Niagara Falls
and has ever since devoted his time and ener-
gies to developing the business, which has now
become both large and profitable. Mr. Hill
resides in Yonkers-on-the-Hudson. Politi-
cally he acts with the Republican party. In
his religious belief he is a Universalist. He
married, May 2, 1866, Ellen H. Hodgdon,
daughter of Moses A. and Abigail Hodgdon,
of Weare, New Hampshire (see Hodgdon).
Children: i. Ellen Elizabeth, born in 1869, a
graduate of Smith College. 2. Edward Buf-
fum, 1879, ^ graduate of Yale University. 3.
Anna May, 1881. a graduate of Br}n ilawr
College. 4. Abbie Gertrude, 1885, a gradu-
ate of Brvn Mawr College.
William Hodgdon, who was
HODGDON born in England, emigrated
to New England in 1634.
(N. B. The History of Weare, New Hamp-
shire, gives no further information relative to
this immigrant.)
(II) Jeremiah, probably a son of William
Hotlgdon. was rcsitling in Portsmouth in 1661.
(III) Israel, son of Jeremiah Hodgdon,
moved to Dover in i6g6. He married Anna
Wingate and had two children : Israel, see
next paragraph ; and Shadrack, born in 1709.
(IV) Israel (2), eldest son of Israel (i)
and Anna (Wingate) Hodgdon, was born
March 25, 1697. ^^^ lived on the west side of
Back river in Dover. He married (first) Han-
nah, daughter of John Hanson, of Dover;
(second) Mary Johnson, who died September
13, 1781. He died April 18. 1781. Of his first
union there were three children : Sarah, Tim-
othy and Caleb. Those of his second marriage
were: Edward, Israel, Peter. John, Abigail
and Moses.
(V) John, third son of Israel and Mary
(Johnson) Hodgdon, was born in Dover,
April 22, 1745. He married Susannah, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hussey, of Som-
ersworth, New Hampshire, in 1724, and re-
moved to Weare about 1775. They had two
children : Moses and Abigail.
(VI) Moses, eldest child of John and Su-
sannah (Hussey) Hodgdon, was born in
Dover, August 22, 1773. He married (first)
Dorcas Neal Dow, in 1797; (second) Hannah
Austin, who died October 10, 1859. His first
wife bore him five children : Abigail, Alary,
Susannah, Anna and Dorcas Neal; the only
child of his second marriage was Moses Aus-
tin.
(VII) Moses Austin, only child of Moses
and Hannah (Austin) Hodgdon, was born
June 7, 1817. He married (first) in 1842,
Abigail, daughter of Israel and Anna (Aus-
tin) Peaslee, and she died November 3, 1852.
He married (second) 1859, Julia Anna,
daughter of Enoch and Sophronia (Foster)
Paige, of Danvers, Massachusetts. Of his first
union there was one child, Ellen H.
CVIII) Ellen H., only child of Moses A.
and Abigail (Peaslee) Hodgdon, was born in
Weare, June 29, 1844, married, May 2, 1866,
Edward Hill (see Hill).
Joseph Bradley, immigrant
BRADLEY ancestor, was born in London,
England, in 1649, and settled
in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1659. He mar-
ried, April 4, 1691, Hannah Heath, of Haver-
hill. The fifth garrison was in his house and
under his command. During an Indian raid
his son Isaac, aged fifteen, and Joseph Whit-
taker, aged eleven, were taken captive while in
the open fields near Joseph Bradley's house on
Parsonage road near the north brook. Whit-
taker's house was on the Derry road west of
Bradley's. Joseph was large, overgrown and
exceedingly clumsy. On their arrival at the
Indian camp at the lake, the boys were placed
in an Indian, family, consisting of a man,
squaw, and three or more children, the Indians
intending to take them to Canada in the spring.
Isaac contracted a fever, from which he nearly
died, the kindness and care of the squaw alone
saving his life. But upon his recovery he
planned his escape, managed to get awav with
his companion and ran all night to the south-
ward. The Indians of course pursued the boys,
and next day their dogs found the wretched
youngsters. They gave the meat they had
taken for food to the dogs, and as the dogs
knew the boys they gave no evidence of dis-
covering the hiding place when their masters
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appeared, the boys being hidden in a hollow
log. Some days later they came upon an In-
dian camp and were greatly disheartened at
running into this new danger. They contin-
ued almost without food or clothing for eight
days. On the morning of the eighth dav Jo-
seph sank down exhausted and his companion
went forward alone. Soon afterward lie dis-
covered a settler's camp and returned to save
him. Joseph was sick for a long time at Saco,
but Isaac returned to Haverhill soon.
(I) Levi Bradley, descendant of Joseph
Bradley, mentioned above, was a pioneer in
Maine. He settled in Charleston. Among his
children was Levi, mentioned below.
(II) Levi (2), son of Levi (i) Bradley,
was born in Charleston. He was educated in
the public schools, and early in life engaged in
the lumber business, which he followed all his
active years at Bangor, and was among the
most prominent and successful men of his day.
He married Annette Best. Children: i. Child,
died in infancy. 2. Henry Russell, mentioned
below.
(III) Henry Russell, only son of Levi (2)
Bradley, was born in Bangor, October 29,
1861. He attended the public schools of his
native city and at the Adams School in Bruns-
wick, Maine, entering Bowdoin College, where
he was graduated in the class of 1884. He
went west and for two years engaged in lum-
bering and the lumber trade at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. He returned to Bangor and has
continued in the same line of business since
then. He incorporated his business in 1902
under the name of the Bradley Land and Lum-
ber Company, of which he is the president and
treasurer. He married Florence Merriman,
daughter of J. P. Merriman, of Baltimore,
Maryland. Children, born at Bangor : Mar-
garet and Frances.
This name is variously spelled
LAWRY Laurie, Lowrie, Laurey and
Lawry. Garren Lawrie, William
Penn and Nicholas Lucas were trustees of the
patent of West New Jersey, the same being
conveyed to them in trust to satisfy the cred-
itors of Edward Byllinger in 1676. In Salem.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, we find a record
June, 1666, of the will of Francis Laurie dated
November 6, 1665. His estate appears to have
gone into the family of his daughter Mary,
who married John Neale, their son, Jeremiah,
Neale, and no male descendant. Samuel
Lawry, born probably in Friendship, Knox
county, Maine, married Betsy Ann : lived
in Rock, Elaine, a joiner. Gilbert Laurie,
of Boston, in 1686 went to Portsmouth, where
he was a preacher in the absence of Mr.
Moody. Robert Lawry was born in Friend-
ship, Maine, September 10, 1799, and removed
to Warren, Maine, in 1827. His first wife was
Susan Spear, to whom he was married Janu-
ary 4, 1827; his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gay, the date of their marriage being Febru-
ary 18, 1830, and his third wife Lucy L. Watts,
their marriage taking place March 21, 1842.
He resided in North Warren and the children
by his first wife were: i. Belinda, born No-
vember 16, 1827, married, in 1859, John Stud-
ley, and lived in Union. 2. William, February
21, 1829, died August 21, 1S31. By his second
wife he had: 3. Robert M., Januarv 4, 1832,
married Emma K. Walker, of Hamden, Octo-
ber _ 25, 1857, and resided in Thomaston,
Maine. 4. Jane C, February 14, 1834, resided
in Warren. The mother of these two children
died October 6, 1841, aged forty-six years. His
third wife had one child, William L., March
I, 1844, married Emma J. Crawford, Novem-
ber 20, 1874, and they resided in the family
homestead at Warren. The children of Rich-
ard M. Lawry were : Elwin H., 1859-60 ; Ir-
win M., 1861-62; Alma J., born October 2,
1863, a'l^l Milton W., December 9, 1871, all
born in Thurston. Maine. The child of Will-
iam L. Lawry was : Minnie E., born in War-
ren, October 18, 1875. It does not appear that
the Lawrys above named are directly con-
nected with the family from which Charles A.
Lawry, of Fairfield, Connecticut, comes, but
the information may help them in tracing the
line of descent. The family is apparently of
Scotch descent and the first New England
families of Massachusetts represented by the
immigrant, Francis Laurie, who made his will
in 1666 and Gilbert Laurie, of Boston, who
went to Portsmouth in 1686, are undoubtedly
of the same family of Robert Lowry, of War-
ren, Maine, and probably of Waterman Lawry,
of Anson, Maine. For the purpose of this
sketch, we begin with Otis W., son of Water-
man Lawry.
(I) Otis W., son of Waterman Lawry, of
Anson, Somerset county, Maine, was brought
up in that town and learned the trade of tailor,
being apprenticed to Gene Collins of his native
town. He was a journeyman tailor for a time
and he then removed to Fairfield, Maine,
where he engaged in the clothing business in
copartnership with Mr. Vickery, the firm name
being Vickery & Lawry, merchant tailors and
dealers in ready made clothing. His next ven-
ture was made in the lumbering business, and
at the same time with the proceeds from his
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interests in the clothing business which he
sold he purchased the retail furniture business
of F. P. Wing, which he continued up to the
time of his death. He was a Democrat in
politics, and his religious faith was that of the
Universalist denomination of Christians. His
fraternal affiliations were membership in Cy-
lume Lod^e, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, of Fairfield, Maine; the St. Omer Com-
niandery, Knights Templar, of Waterville,
Maine. He married (first) Betsy Pelton, of
Anson, and had one child, Silas T. Lawry, who
died young. His wife died and he married
(second) Rebecca T. Lozier, of Fairfield,
Maine, and their children were : Maneria,
Charles A. (q. v.), and John P. Lawry. Re-
becca T. (Lozier) Lawry died in August, 1882,
in Fairfield, and he married (third) Mary L.
Churchill, a native of \'ermont, and she died
in Fairfield, Maine, childless. He died in Fair-
field, July 31, 1888.
(H) Charles Ansel, son of Otis W. and Re-
becca T. (Lozier) Lawry, was born in Fair-
field, Maine, August 31. 1868. He attended the
public schools of Fairfield, and became a clerk
and salesman in the furniture store of his
father, and at the death of his father in 1888
the business was left to his brother, John P.
Lawry, and himself, although he, who was the
elder, was not of age, and his brother three
years from his majority. They established
themselves as Lawry Brothers and on Xovcm-
ber 19, 1907. caused the business to be incor-
porated as the Lawry Brothers Company and
John P. Lawry was elected president, and
Charles Ansel Lawry treasurer of the corpora-
tion. Mr. Lawry was elected a Democratic
member of the school board of Fairfield, as-
sessor of the corporation. He was initiated as
a member of Cylume Lodge of Ancient Free
and Accepted Alasons of Fairfield, of which
his father had been during his lifetime an hon-
ored member, and he also became a member of
Fairfield Lodge, No. 68, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He was brought up in the Con-
gregational church and Sunday school. He
married, October, 1893, Hannah E., daughter
of Emerson and Abby A. (Chase) Whitten,
born in June. 1872. Children: Emerson C,
born in Fairfield, Maine ; Ormond W. and
John A.
Among the old Maine families
HANEY whose residence in that part of
New England dates to the period
of the revolutionary war is that of the sur-
name Haney, a name now very well and favor-
ably known in the state and one whose bearers
always have been counted as men of character
and worth, men of integrity, industrious,
earnest and progressive. The Maine Haneys
of the line here considered are on Irish stock,
the immigrant having come from Ireland
sometime about the revolution. The name of
this ancestor appears to have become lost, but
the unrlisputed family tradition is that he set-
tled and lived in the vicinity of Castine, and
died there. Nor is his occupation known, al-
though he is supposed to have been a seafaring
man, as were several of his descendants after
him.
(II) William S. Haney. son of the immi-
grant ancestor of the family in this state, was
born in Penobscot in the year 1802 and died in
1888. He was a seafaring man, pilot chiefly
during the earlier part of his life and sailed
between Penobscot and Boston. Later on he
left the sea and turned hi? attention to farm-
ing pursuits, and he died in the same town irr
which he was born. The family name of his
wife was Gordon, and she, too, came of Irish
ancestors. They had a large family of chil-
dren, two of whom died in extreme infancy.
Those who grew up were : Nancy. Newell,
Charles, Edward. John Philip, William, Lu-
rine ( ?) and Ellen.
(III) John Philip, son of William S. and
(Gordon) Haney, was born in Penob-
scot. Maine, .\pril 18, 1836. and he has ever
since lived in the same locality. As a boy he
was sent to the town public school, but he was
chiefly self-educated, devoting his leisure hours
to study, and by this means he became not only
a very well informed young man, but a capa-
ble teacher as well ; and to-day there stands to
his credit the record of having taught district
schools for eighty terms, almost wholly in
Hancock county, Maine. During the later
years of his active life Mr. Haney has en-
gaged in farming, and in connection with busi-
ness pursuits has been somewhat closely identi-
fied with public affairs. He is a Republican of
undoubted quality and frequently has been
elected to fill important town offices. In 1877
and again in 1878 he represented his town in
the state legislature and as a member of that
body served with credit to his constituents as
well as to himself. He is a Master Mason,
member of Orland Lodge, F. and A. M. In
1861 he married Helen M. Heath, born Janu-
ary 2, 1842, daughter of Leonard Heath, of
Ellsworth. Elaine. Children: i. Clara, bom
t866: married .Abner T. Gordon, now of Bol-
ton, Maine. 2. Oramel Elisha, mentioned be-
low.
(IV) Dr. Oramel Elisha, only son and
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younger child of John Philip and Helen M.
(Heath) Haney, was born in Penobscot,
Maine, September 21, 1876. He received his
earlier education in the public schools of his
native town and his higher education at the
East Maine Conference Seminary, graduating
in the commercial course in 1895 and in the
academic course in i8g8. He was educated for
the profession of medicine at Bowdoin Med-
ical College, Brunswick, Maine, graduating
with the degree of M. D. in 1903. After
graduation he served one year as house sur-
geon at the Maine General Hospital, and in
1904 began active general practice at Booth-
bay Harbor, where he now lives. Dr. Haney
is a member of the American Medical Asso-
ciation, the Maine State Medical Society, the
Lincoln County Medical Society, and also is a
member and medical examiner of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, of Boothbay Har-
bor.
This name is supposed to have
BLUNT come from the French blond, and
refers to fair hair or complexion.
The Blondi of Italy derive their surname in
the same manner. Sir Robert Le Blount and
Sir William Le Blount were sons of Rudolph,
Count of Guines (France) and Rosetta, daugh-
ter of Count St. Pol. They accompanied Wil-
liam the Conqueror to England, where Sir
Robert was created the first Baron of Ixworth.
The name has passed through various changes,
and has been written Le Blund and Le Blunt,
but is now usually spelled Blount or Blunt.
Contrary to the general opinion, the latter
form, without the o, is the one more com-
monly found in England at the present time.
Blondin and Blundell are kindred cognomens.
The name is not very common in the United
States, though it is found sparingly in Massa-
chusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. It
seems to have won its greatest prominence in
North Carolina, where Captain James Blount,
an officer in the Life Guards of Charles II,
settled in 1663, having migrated from Virginia,
where he landed in 1655. Among the de-
scendants of Captain James Blount were
Major Reading Blount, an officer of the revo-
lution, who served with distinction at the bat-
tle of Guilford Court House : and his elder
brother William, who was a member of con-
gress and a signer of the Constitution of the
United States. \\'illiam Blount was after-
wards appointed by President Washingtoo,
governor of all the territory south of the Ohio
river. The New England Blounts are mostly
descended from William of Andover, Massa-
chusetts, who is mentioned below.
(I) William Blunt, according to Savage,
settled at Andover, Massachusetts, in 1634!
He probably came from England, though one
authority refers him to Ireland.
(II) William (2), son of William (I)
Blunt, had a wife Elizabeth, whose maiden
name is unknown, and three sons: William,
mentioned below ; Samuel and Hanborough.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) and
Elizabeth Blunt, was born in 167 1, and died in
1737. He had four sons: David, born 1699;
Jonathan, Ebenezer, and Rev. John, whose
sketch follows.
(I\') Rev. John, son of William (3) Blunt,
was born at Andover, Massachusetts, in 1706,
and died at Newcastle, New Hampshire, Au-
gust 7, 1748. He was graduated from Har-
vard College in the large and distinguished
class of 1727, and was ordained to the minis-
try at Newcastle, New Hampshire, December
20. 1732. Although his brief pastorate was
less than twelve years in length, it is said that
Newcastle never had a more excellent preacher
or more useful citizen. During his charge
there was a revival' of religion in which forty
members were added to the church. Upon
the death of Rev. John Blunt, the town voted
to continue his salary to Madam Blunt for
nine months ; and to pay two hundred pounds
(old tenor) toward the funeral expenses. The
money would amount to about forty dollars,
according to our standards, and the way in
which it was apportioned throws an illumina-
tion on the customs of the times. For coffin,
sixty-six pounds : for rings, thirty pounds ; for
gloves, twenty-eight pounds ; for grave, two
pounds ; for rum, two pounds, ten shillings ;
for tobacco pipes, one pound. One commen-
tator says that the tobacco itself was supposed
to be provided by the mourners. A great din-
ner was served, and people sent in dainty
dishes, as to a picnic ; but among the funeral
baked meats purchased by the common fund
were : A barrel of cider, three pounds ; a
dozen of cabbages, one pound, sixteen shil-
lings ; and a bushel of turnips, one pound.
Rev. John Blunt married into one of the
notable families of the day, his wife being
Sarah Frost, daughter of Hon. John and Mary
(Pepperell) Frost, of Newcastle. Hon. John
Frost was a son of Major Charles Frost, who
was slain by the Indians, July 4, 1697, as he
was returning from meeting. John Frost was
born at Kittery, Maine, in i68r, and early es-
tablished himself at Newcastle, where he soon
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,rose to prominence. His place of residence
was on an eminence, west of what is now the
ahns-hoiise: ami some remains of his exten-
sive wharf could be traced as late as 1870. He
was a distinguished merchant, a member of
His Majest)"s Council, and at one time com-
mander of a British ship-of-war. He married
Mary Pepperell, a sfster of the renowned Sir
William Pepperell, and several daughters were
born to this couple, who were noted for their
amiability and intelligence. Sarah Frost, who
married Rev. John IJlunt. was born in 1713,
and after the death of her first husband, she
became the wife of Judge Hill, of South Ber-
wick, Maine. It is thought that she wrote the
verses inscribed on the grave-stone of Rev.
John Blunt in the old yard at Newcastle. These
lines are so much above the ordinary mortuary
poetry that we quote in full :
"Soft is the sleep of saints ; in peace they lie.
They rest in silence, but they never die.
From these darlt sraves their flesh refined shall rise.
And in immortal bloom ascend the skies.
Then shall thine eyes, dear niunt. thine bands, thy tongue.
In nicer harmony each member strung —
Resume their warm devotion, and adore
Him, in whose service Ihey were Joined before."
To Rev. John and Sarah (Frost) Blunt
were born si.x children : • William, Charles,
John (2), whose sketch follows; Sarah F.,
married Thomas Furber, of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire: .Xbigail F., married William Par-
sons, of -Alfred, Maine; and Dorothy, married
Campbell, of Deer Island, Maine.
Charles was the only one of the minister's
children who died unmarried, and the other
five were the parents of forty children in all ;
so that it can be seen that Rev. John and Sa-
rah (Frost) Blunt were the ancestors of a
numerous posterity.
(V) John (2), third son of Rev. John (i)
and Sarah (Frost) Blunt, was born at New-
castle, New Hampshire, about 1735, and died
some time after 1789, though the exact date
is not known. He was a shipmaster and far-
mer, and owned and occupied the peninsula at
Little Harbor, afterwards the property of
Jacob Shcafc. He was a delegate from New-
castle to Exeter in the first assembly called
during the revolution ; and if family tradition
is correct was once brought into picturesque
association with Washington. When the great
general crossed the Delaware, there was much
floating ice. Seeing the danger, he inquired,
"Is there any one here who is well acquainted
with the river?" Some one replied : "Here is
Captain Blunt." The latter had been regularly
coasting for years between Portsmouth and
Philadelphia, and was nearly as familiar with
the Delaware as with the Piscataqua. Upon
the personal invitation of Washington, "Cap-
tain Blunt, please take the helm." the latter
stepped on board, and was the navigator of
the boat in which the prints represent "Wash-
ington Crossing the Delaware." The two men
met once in after years, when Washington vis-
ited Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1789.
Captain Blunt was a man of great decision
and strength of character, and he brought up
his six sons so that every one of them became
a master of a vessel. There was an unoccupied
room in the old cai)tain's house, and there he
taught navigation to his own boys, and to an-
other youth, Thomas E. Oliver, who made his
home with the family. It was an elementarj'
school, but its graduates all made their mark
in the world. Captain John Blunt is described
as a short, stout man, with a bald head covered
by a wig, and the habit of carrying a cane,
which came down with firmness as he stepped.
He was a stern believer in Calvinism and the
revolution, and made good his faith with his
loud and trumpet voice. The following anec-
dotes illustrates his emphatic ways, and his
devotion to principle. When the old captain's
last son was born, in due time he took the child
to be christened at the Newcastle church, then
under the charge of the Rev. .Stephen Chase, a
Tory in his sympathies. The preacher had
just given a sermon expressive of his views, in
which Cromwell, as a revolutionist, was de-
nounced in no measured terms. Captain Blunt
had previously decided on the name of William
for the new boy ; but the sermon caused him
to change his mind. \\'hcn the child was
handed up. the minister whispered, "What is
his name?" "Oliver Cromwell," Was the re-
ply. Thinking he must have misunderstood,
the minister inquired again. "Oliver Crom-
well," thundered the old captain in the voice
of a boatswain, bringing down his cane till the
church rang. There was no misunderstanding
now, and the name Oliver Cromwell was
brought into the family, and descended to sub-
sequent generations. Captain John I'lunt mar-
ried Hannah Sherburn, at Newcastle, .\pril 30,
1756, and they were the parents of nine chil-
dren : I. John, born in 1757, mentioned below.
2. Captain George F., 1761. 3. Captain Robert
W., 1763. 4. Captain Charles, 1768. 5. Cap-
tain Mark S., 1770. 6. Captain Oliver C, 1774.
7. Sarah, married Mark Simes, postmaster at
Portsmouth. 8. Frances and 9. Mary Ann,
died unmarried. Most of the sons lived at
Portsmouth. New Hampshire. Captain George
P. had his home at the corner of \'aughan
and Hanover streets ; Captain Robert W.. at
24 Washington street ; Captain Charles, at 57
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Pleasant street ; Captain Mark S. died at sea ;
and Captain Oliver C. lived at 88 State street.
All these houses were built by their occupants.
It is seldom that so numerous and forceful a
family is given to the world.
(VI) John (3), son of John (2) Blunt, was
born in 1757, and was supposed to have been
drowned at sea. He was the father of three
sons, Mark S., mentioned below ; Oliver
Cromwell, who married and was the father of
fifteen children, resided in Maine; John, lost at
sea.
(VH) Mark S., son of John (3) Blunt, was
born August 12, 1788, and died probably at
Norridgewock, Maine. He had a general
store at Norridgewock. and was also postmas-
ter. In politics he was a \\'hig. and was chair-
man of the board of selectmen for many years.
He was a member of the Universalist church.
He married (first) February 26, 181 1, Mary
Ann Telker, who bore him two children :
Oliver C, 1812, and Mary Ann, 1814. Mar-
ried (second) January 11, 1816, Martha Drew,
of Barnstead, New Hampshire, born Novem-
ber 19. 1788. Children: i. David D., 1816,
mentioned below. 2. Martha W., 1818. 3.
Elizabeth J., 1820. 4. Sarah C, 1821. 5.
Susan N., 1824. 6. Mark S., 1826. 7. Aaron
D., 1828, died July 7, 1877; married (first)
Helen Titcomb, who bore him two children,
William T. and Jeanie T. ; married (second)
Mary B. Mayhew, who died May 18, 1899, in
Somerville, and who bore him one child,
Matthew M. 8. William F., 1831.
(VIII) David D., son of Mark S. and Mar-
tha (Drew) Blunt, was born at Norridgewock,
Maine, 1816, died at Ouincy, California,
1885. \\'hen a young man he bought
a hotel at Belgrade. Maine ; and after
disposing of that, he went to Augusta,
where he engaged in the stage business,
keeping many horses and owning several
■stage routes. He subsequently went to Skow-
hegan, where he continued in the same busi-
ness till about 1854. In 1859 he went to Cali-
fornia, where he spent the rest of his life, en-
gaged in farming. He was a Republican in
politics, and attended the Universalist church.
About 1839 David D. Blunt married Lucinda
G. Bishop, daughter of Squire and Mary
(Moore) Bishop, of Mount Vernon. Maine.
Their children were : Mary L., born at Bel-
grade, Maine, 1840; David F., whose sketch
follows; Mary E., 1849; Fred and George W.,
who died in infancy ; and Annie J.
(IX) David Frank, eldest son of David D.
and Lucinda G. (Bishop) Blunt, was born at
Belgrade, IMaine, February 23, 1843. He was
educated in the public schools of Augusta and
Skowhegan, and at the age of nineteen en-
listed m Company G, Sixteenth Maine Volun-
teers, and served throughout the war, being
mustered out in June, 1865. On his return
from the war he went into a store at Lewis-
ton, Maine, where he remained about seven
years. From there he went to Westbrook,
where he bought out a grocery store which he
conducted for about two and one-half years.
In 1875 he sold out his establishment, and
came to Livermore Falls, where he engaged in
the meat business, which he carried on for
eleven years. Feeling the need of an outdoor
life, he bought a farm, which he has made into
one of the most beautiful and productive dairy
farms in the region. In 1904 he engaged in
the lumber business, and now has a mill at Jay,
Maine, where they cut and dress from one-half
to three-quarters of a million feet of lumber
yearly. Mr. Blunt is a Republican in politics,
a member of the Universalist church, and be-
longs to the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the
Knights of Pythias. On December 20, 1866,
David Frank Blount married Sarah Louise
Lord, daughter of Gershom and Betsey
(Langley) Lord, of Owenville, Maine. They
have three children: Leon, born April, 1868;
married Nellie Ladd ; resides in Portland. Guy,
July 29, 1879; married Leona Bean; resides in
Portland, Gladys, April. 1885 ; married Augus-
tus Ingham, of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Lary family name is co-exist-
LARY ent with the early settlement of
New England and the early mili-
tary history of the colonies. Cornelius Lary,
of Exeter, New Hampshire, took the oath of
fidelity November 30, 1677. Daniel Lary, of
Epping and Exeter, New Hampshire, was a
member of Colonel Baldwin's regiment, of
Middlebury, and he took the oath of allegiance
to the revolutionary cause in Middlesex county,
Massachusetts, July 7, 1775, and served in the
revolutionary army up to the close of 1778.
The same or another Daniel Lary, of Sanford,
Green county. New York, served as a private
in Captain Morgan Lewis's company for three
days from April 21, 1775, and a soldier of the
same name from East Greenwich, New York,
was in the American army 1778-79. Then we
find that James Lary was a soldier in the Con-
tinental army in 1776, and a John Lary served
for three years in the army under Washington.
Alexander Lary was mustered in the Amer-
ican forces at Boston on December 21, 1780.
That the family were patriots and of fighting
blood that had been the gift of Celtic ances-
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tors, is indisputable. That this family in Amer-
ica were laboring men and more ready to
work hard and fight hard than to accumulate
property or settle permanently in one place, is
evident from the absence of the name from the
list of freemen and early landed proprietors.
In Massachusetts and New Hampshire the
name appears and disappears on the town and
county records, with no evidence of a perma-
nent residence in either state.
f I) Joseph Lary was born in Massachusetts,
and removed to Wolfboro, New Hampshire,
where he married Hannah Blake. He was a
prosperous farmer and innkeeper, and during
the revolutionary war was influential in rais-
ing men and money for the Continental army.
In 1789 he moved to Gilead, Maine.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Lary,
was born in Gilead. Maine, where he grew to
manhood. He married Mehitable Grover, of
Bethel, Maine. They resided for a time in
Gilead, then removed to Shelburne, New
Hampshire, where they lived a few years,
finally returning to Gilead, where they spent
the remainder of their lives. Their children
were : Joseph Woodman, Jedediah Grover,
Jonas Green, Lavina Grover, Valentine Little.
Silas Adolphus. Almena King. Fanny Lucre-
tia. Joseph, Almena and Fanny were born in
Gilead, Maine, the others in Shelburne, New
Hampshire. The sons were all farmers, lum-
bermen and railroad contractors.
(III) Jonas G., son of Joseph (2) Lary,
was born in Shelburne, New Hampshire. He
was a soldier in the civil war from 1861 to
1865. He maintained a residence in Gilead
all his life, though much of his time was spent
in other parts of the country. He married
Rowena Ingalls Burbank, daughter of Gen-
eral James Burbank. who at the age of sixteen
enlisted in the Continental army from Brad-
ford, Massachusetts, a few days after the bat-
tle of Lexington. Children of Jonas G. and
Rowena Ingalls (Burbank) Lary: Alice
Janet and Arthur Howard, both born in
Gilead. Maine.
(IV) Arthur Howard, son of Jonas G. and
Rowena I. ( Burbank) Lary, was born in Gilead,
Oxford county, Maine, December 9, 1855. He
was brought up in that lumbering district, and
was given a good education first in the district
school and then as a student at Oxford Normal
Institute, South Paris. Maine. On attaining
his majority he left home and engaged in the
grocery business in Boston, Massachusetts,
and subsequently in mining and ranching in
Colorado. He married, December 25, 1889. in
Gilead, Maine, Minnie K., daughter of Jede-
diah G. and Deborah C. (Burbank) Lar\% and
engaged in the trucking express and livery bus-
iness in New York City, with an office and
headquarters at 704 Greenwich street. He at-
tends the Congregational church with his fam-
ily, is a member of the Maine Society of the
City of New York, and in his political convic-
tions affiliates with the Republican party, his
residence being in Jersey City, New Jersey. A
son, Arthur Howard Jr., was born February
13, 1891, at Gilead, Maine, and is now attend-
ing the Jersey City high school.
England gave to America the
WHITE numerous family bearing the
name of White, and the fact that
the first child born in New England of Eng-
lish parentage was Peregrine W'hite. born in
the "Mayflower." in Cape Cod Bay. in 1620,
gives to the name a peculiar interest. Tradi-
tion has given to Peregrine White a numerous
progeny and it has become the custom of
biographers to use his name as the first ances-
tor in America, and trace the genealogy of the
Whites to Peregrine rather than to his father,
William White, who died in Plymouth Colony
shortly after the Pilgrims landed. As William
White of the "Mayflower" had other sons than
Peregrine, it will be safer to say that the first
generation represented in this sketch by Ben-
jamin White who lived in Dudley about 1735,
was a descendant of \\'illiam the English im-
migrant, rather than of Peregrine, who was-
a native born American. Of this we are sure,
however, that whether Benjamin was a de-
scendant of William of Plymouth or of John
of Roxbury, tradition supports the former pre-
sumption.
(I) Benjamin White lived in Dudley, Mas-
sachusetts, early in the eighteenth century, but
diligent search of records fails to discover his
parentage. He had wife Abigail, and the fol-
lowing children were born to them in Dud-
ley: Mary, October 25, 1733 (died young);
John. October 23, 1735; William. March 15,
1737; Mary. March 10. 1739. They prob-
ably lived for a time in Dedham. and prob-
ably had other children there, where Benjamin
White Jr. was married in 1749; he was a sol-
dier of the revolutionarv war. and died about
1830.
(II) William, second son of Benjamin and
Abigail White, born March 15. 1739, removed
to Gorham, Maine, in 1762, and married there,
April 7, 17 — . Mary, daughter of Richard and
Dorothy (Moray) Dresser. They had six
children.
(III) John, son of William and Mary
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(Dresser) White, was born in Dedham, Mas-
sachusetts, November 28, 1760, and married, in
Penobscot, Maine, June 18, 1789, Jane Ran-
dall, born in St. George, Maine, June 22, 1765.
Children: i. Benjamin, born in Vienna,
Maine, May 13, 1790; married.- 2. Milly,
April 7, 1792, married Mr. Clement; died in
Westville, Maine, January 21, 1847, and only
one of their four sons is living, in Lowell,
Massachusetts. 3. John Randall, born Win-
throp, Maine. January i, 1794: was a physi-
cian, and died in Illinois, jMarch 20, 1849. 4.
Ambrose, April 19, 1796; married, had one
son and two daughters, and died on his farm
in Westville, Maine, January 28, 1827. 5.
Sewall, April 15, 1798; married, had two sons
and three daughters, and died on his farm in
LaGrange, Maine, November 8, i860. 6.
Thomas, August 2, 1800, died young. 7. Na-
than, June 27, 1801 ; married, October 15,
1826, Mary_ Bangs. 8. Thomas, March 25,
1804 ; married ; was a house carpenter, and
died in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1871. 9. Joseph
Warren, July 19, 1806, died July 19, 1829,
unmarried. 10. Milton, September 5, 1808;
was a seaman, and died in France, unmarried,
John White died in Winthrop, Maine, January
3, 1813, and his widow died January 21, 1847.
(IV) Nathan, sixth son of John and Jane
(Randall) White, was born in Winthrop,
Maine, June 27, 1801. He married, October
15, 1826, Mary Bangs, of Knox, Maine; chil-
dren : Eliza, Leonora, Ambrose. He died
in Buckport, Maine, May i, 1874.
(V) Ambrose, son of Nathan and Mary
(Bangs) White, was born in Freedom, IMaine,
March 27, 1832. He married Sarah Atwood,
daughter of John and Harriet (A.twood)
Sherman, of Bucksport, Maine. Ambrose
WHiite was a merchant in Bucksport, served
in the office of town auditor, and represented
his district in both houses of the Jilaine legis-
lature. Fie was a Congregationalist in re-
ligious faith, and a Republican in political be-
lief.
(VI) Ambrose Harding, son of Ambrose
and Sarali Atwood (Sherman) White, was
born in Bucksport, Maine, September 6, 1868.
He received his school training at a private
primary school, the East Maine Conference
Seminary, and the University of Maine, but
did not graduate in arts, having taken a special
course in civil engineering, which profession
he followed in New York City, with offices at
No. 30 Broad street. He affiliates with the
Masonic fraternity, and at college was a mem-
ber of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He is a
member of the Engineers Club of New York
City, and of the Beta Theta Pi Club of New
York. He is an attendant at Plymouth Con-
gregational Church, of Brooklyn, of which his
family are members.
He married, at Brewer, Maine, September 8,
1901, Man,' Stone, daughter of Albert A. and
Ella (Holyoke) Bolton, who was born in
Brewer, Maine, November 20, i86g, and their
daughter Kathleen Wheeler, was born in
Kearney, New Jersey, October 19, 1902.
Numerous settlers came from
IRISH England about 1715 and settled in
the old seaport town of Falmouth,
on the coast of Maine. When they arrived
the town had been occupied by the descend-
ants of the English settlers who first came
under George Cleeves and Richard Tucker
for forty-four years. The settlement was
founded in 1633, on land known under the
Indian name Mashigonne, but the Indians de-
stroyed the town in 1676, and it was not re-
built until 1680, under President Darforth.
The town was again entirely destroyed by the
French and Indians in 1690, and the inhabi-
tants who escaped death took refuge in the
surrounding towns and came to look upon
Falmouth as impossible of again rising from
its ashes. It was largely with the help of new
immigrants, who had not caught the pessi-
mistic spirit engendered by twice fleeing for
their lives from the horror of Indian warfare,
that the place was reinhabited. It took twen-
ty-five years to overcome this spirit of fatal-
ism, and in 1716 a resettlement was under-
taken, which progressed so favorably that in
1719 the town of Falmouth was organized,
and from that time a steady and determined
growth was made.
( I ) It was under such conditions that
James Irish found Falmouth, in 1711, when
he arrived on the coast of Maine from his
home in England, looking for a home in the
new world. He joined the band of hardy
pioneers determined to rebuild a settlement
so favorably located for trade and commerce.
He was born in England, and was a young
single man when he arrived in Maine. He
needed companionship, and found his future
wife in the person of a young woman named
Elizabeth, her surname not being recorded.
They were married before 1723, and just as
the town of Falmouth, of which he was a
pioneer rebuilder, had sprung Phoenixlike
from its ashes, after they had been undis-
turbed a quarter of a century by a scattered,
indifferent and cowed refugee people. He
was probably a member of the church com-
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munity gathered by Rev. Thomas Smith, who
organized in Falmouth the first church east
of the Saco river, March 7, 1727. His chil-
dren attended the first school under the pio-
neer schoolmaster, Robert Bayley, after its
organization in 1773. He took his wife and
children in 1738-40 to Gorham, a settlement
ten miles west of Falmouth, known as Nara-
gansett Number Seven, where a settlement
had been started in 1736. The place became
known as Gorhamtown, in honor of Captain
John Gorham, and had been granted to sol-
diers who served in King Philip's war in
1728. Wlien the Indians threatened to burn
the town, he fled from his farm to the garri-
son for greater safety, and when this danger
was over he returned to his farm, where he
died. Children of James and Elizabeth Irish,
born in Falmouth, Maine: i. John, April 13,
1724. 2. Miriam, September 13, 1725, mar-
ried Gamaliel Pate, August 7, 1743. 3. Jo-
seph, April 12, 1728, married Hannah Doane,
1733; made their home in Ikickfickl, Oxford
county, Maine. 4. Elizabeth, April 19, 1730.
3. Thomas. February 2"^, 1733. died vouug.
6. James (q. v.). 7. Thomas, January 29,
1737, married July 6, 1759, Deliverance Skil-
lings. 8. William, married July 18, 1765,
Mary McCallister, and died April 17, 1852.
(II) James (2), son of James (i) and
Elizabeth Irish, was born in Falmouth, Maine,
January 21, 1736. He was a soldier in the
revolution, enlisting in Captain Williams'
company. Colonel Phinney's regiment, and
after one year's service returned home. He
re-enlisted in 1777 as sergeant in Captain
Whitemore's company, Colonel Fogg's regi-
ment, and was stationed for some time at
Peekskill, on the Hudson river. He returned
home in 1778 to his farm, having taken ad-
vantage of the excellent farms offered to sol-
diers desiring to settle in the new districts in
Maine, where his father had been settled since
1740. and where he was brought up and
cleared his farm from a wilderness. He mar-
ried Mary Gorham, daughter of Captain John
Phinney, of Gorham. She was the first white
child born in the settlement at Narragansett
Number Seven. This marriage was made be-
fore 1757, and resulted in the birth of nine
children, all born before his departure to fight
the battles of his country in the American
revolution. Children: i. Stephen, March 24,
1737, married Anna Bangs, April i, 1779. 2.
William, March 12, 1759, married Sarah
March in 1781. 3. Martha, August 28, 1761,
died November 10, 1836; marriage published
to Stephen Whitney, October 28, 1780. 4.
Ebenezer, April 5, 1763, married Martha
Morton, January i, 1785, died January 7,
1831. '5. Obadiah, July 17, 1765, died April
17. 1832; marriage to Mary Deane published
January 7, 1790. 6. Mary, June 24, 1767,
died March 6, 1846; married Timothy Bacon,
February 19, 1798. 7. Patience, January 31,
1770, married John Davis, April 16, 1789,
died December 31, 1854. 8. Samuel, April 8,
1772; he died September 25, 1825, and his
widow August, 1858. 9. James (q. v.).
(Ill) James (3), youngest child of James
(2) and Mary Gorham (Phinney) Irish, was
born in Gorham, Maine, August 18, 1776. He
received a good school training, and grew up
to be a useful and influential man, his reputa-
tion extending to all parts of the state, and
his military career to the entire country. He
was a selectman of the town of Gorham in
1820 and 1829; state senator in the general
court of Massachusetts in 1819-20, and a
delegate from Gorham to the convention that
met in Portland in 1820 to frame and adopt a
constitution for the state of Maine. He was
the first representative elected from the town
of Gorham to the first legislature of the state
of Maine that met in Falmouth May 21, 1820,
and adjourned June 28, 1820. after a session
of thirty-nine days. Being a professional sur-
veyor, he was employed by the state in defin-
ing the bounds of the public lands and divid-
ing the same into townships and lots prepara-
tory to inviting settlement. After the death,
in 1822, of Colonel Lewis, surveyor-general
of the state 1820-22, he was appointed his
successor by Governor Albion K. Parris. and
in 1824 Governor Parris appointed him to the
newly created office of land agent, which
office he held up to 1828. He was also one of
the three commissioners appointed from the
state of Maine to determine the northwestern
boundary between the United States and the
Dominion of Canada. In 1846, when the York
and Cumberland railroad was chartered by
the State of Maine, he selected the route for
the road and made the preliminary, as well as
the final surveys. I'pon the meeting of the
directors of the corporation, he was made
clerk of the governing body of the road, and
was by reason of his superior knowledge
largely instrumental in building, equipping and
maintaining this new undertaking.
His position in the military organization of
the District of Maine, while under the gov-
ernment of the commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, gave him high rank in the military or-
ganization, and he was commissioned briga-
dier-general of the state militia. In 1814,
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when Portland was threatened by the ad-
vance on the coast of the British navy. Gen-
eral Irish was refused permission by his su-
perior officer to call out the troops, but upon
his own responsibility, backed by the popular
sentiment of the town, he called out the en-
tire brigade, and in thirty-six hours had 25,-
000 men under arms and ready for the de-
fence of the endangered town. For this act
he was later court-martialed, but was honor-
ably discharged.
After the war of 1812 he became inter-
ested in manufacturing interests, and in 1824
he leased a small tannery and out of it he
evolved a large and successful business in the
preparation of leather to meet the increasing
demand of the boot and shoe manufacturers of
New England. He also established a starch
factory and a carpet factory. From 1845 to
1849 he held the office of postmaster of Gor-
ham, Maine, under appointment by President
James K. Polk, which appointment and
service determines his political affiliations.
He married, September 2, 1798, Rebecca,
daughter of Lieutenant Silas Chadbourne, a
soldier of the American revolution. She was
born April 9. 1780, and became the mother of
his thirteen children. She died October 5,
1831, and General Irish married (second)
October 15, 1832, Louisa Mason, a native of
Massachusetts, born August 5, 1789, and by
this marriage he had no issue. His first home
was on the farm of his father on the "Flaggy
Meadow Road." which property he sold in
1810 to Seth Herssey and then purchased the
farm in the "Blake Neighborhood," formerly
owned by Joseph Phinney. In 1826 he sold
this farm and purchased a three-story brick
house on the west corner of Main and Water
streets, Gorham, which was destroyed by fire
some time after his death. General Irish died
in Gorham. Maine, June 30, 1863, aged
eighty-seven years, and his widow survived
him and died in Hallowell, Maine, October 3,
1881, at over ninety years of age. Children
of General James and Rebecca (Chadbourne)
Irish, born in Gorham, Maine: i. Sophronia,
September 5, 1799, died March 31, 1886; mar-
ried (first) November 28, 1821, Henry Frost,
(second) September 23, 1829, John Wingate,
of Buxton, Maine. 2. Mary G., July 3, 1801,
died October 31, 1856; married, November 26,
1822, Peter Paine, of Standish, Maine. 3.
Isaac Chadbourne, November 29, 1803, mar-
ried September 5. 1830, Maria March. 4.
Abigail, August 14, 1806: married December
15, 1830, Cornelius Waters. 3. Martha. July
IS, 1808; married. November 21, 1833, Bryce
IM. Edwards. 6. Adeline, September 26,
1810; married, December 6, 1832, Dr. WilHam
Marrett, of Westbrook, Maine. 7. Francis O.,
September 22, 1812; married, January 11,
1846, Caroline E. Atwood, born in Worcester,
Massachusetts, who died May 17, 1866, and
he died in Brooklyn, New York, December
16, 1894. 8. Marshall, September 9, 1814;
married (first) October 16, 1846, Martha
Fogg; (second) December 19, 1877, Mary F.
McLellan. 9. James, June 9, 1816, died
young. 10. Rebecca C, September 21, 1817;
married September 21, 1846, Lyndon Oak, of
Garland, Maine; she died February 24, 1902.
II. Elizabeth, July 29, 1819; married, De-
cember I, 1841, John McArthur, of Brooks,
Maine, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, lulv I, 1896. 12. fames H., March 11,
1823, died Mav 18, 1846. n. Thaddeus P.
(q.V).
( I\ ) Thaddeus P., youngest child of Gen-
eral James and Rebecca (Chadbourne) Irish,
was born at Gorham, Maine, November 25,
1824. He was educated at Gorham Acad-
emy, and as a boy entered the employ of ]\Ic-
Arthur & Brooks ; after a time removed to
Garland, Maine, where he engaged in the
manufacture of boots, the firm being Clark
& Company ; the work at this time was all
done by hand. He remained here until 1868,
when on account of his wife's health he sold
out, and engaged with his brother Marshall
in the carpet manufacturing business in Gor-
ham, and continuing until he received an ap-
pointment as mail agent on the Portland &
Rochester railroad, in which position he re-
mained till 1886, when he resigned, and re-
moving to Somerville, Massachusetts, built a
house, where he has since resided, living re-
tired. He is the only one living of thirteen
children, and is now (1908) eighty-six years
of age. He has taken a prominent part in
the Congregational church since his early
youth, and while a resident of Gorham took
an active part in all of its affairs, and is at
the present time a member of the Broadway
Congregational Church, of Somerville. In
1865 he was for some six months connected
with the Christian Commission in Virginia.
He erected a house on the corner of i'lain
and Water streets, on the ruins of the brick
house formerly occupied by his father, Gen-
eral Irish, and which had subsequently burned.
He married, November 29, 1848, Ellen A.,
daughter of Josiah Davis, of Standish, Maine,
born February 14, 1827. She became the
mother of three children, and died October
20, 1869. He married (second) Lucy Jane
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Rice, November 23, 1870: she was born
April 6, 18^0, and died without issue, May
6, 1900. Children of Thaddeus P. and Ellen
A. (Davis) Irish, born in Garland, Penob-
scot countv, Maine: i. Elizabeth R., Septem-
ber 8, 1849, died March 6, 1865. 2. James
H., November 24, 1852: married, Novem-
ber 25, 1880. Junia H. Sanborn, born in
Rochester, New Hampshire. October 23, 1857:
children: i. Philip James, born December 11,
1881 ; ii. Forest O'Neil, January 8, 1885: iii.
Hazel Marguerite, April 2, 1886: iv. Chester
King, August 28, 1887, died December 4,
1887; V. James Hobbs, January 19, 1889; vi.
Ellen Davis, July i, 1890, died February 21,
1892; vii. Christine, November 21, 1891 ; viii.
Robert Jasper, December 11, 1897. 3. Fred
Davis, born April 10, 1857, see forward.
(V) Fred Davis, son of Thaddeus P. and
Ellen A. (Davis) Irish, was a resident of
Boston, Massachusetts, with office at 212
Summer street. He was educated in the Gor-
ham public schools, graduating from the high
school in 1875. He then entered the book ,
and stationery business with the firm of
Dresser, McLelland & Co., of Portland, and
remained till 1881, when because of poor
health he resigned and went to Mexico for
six months. Returning, he entered the em-
ploy of Estes & Murray, of Boston, as travel-
ing salesman and general utility man. In
1893 he was elected treasurer of the Briggs
Piano Company. He retired from that posi-
tion in 1896, engaging with Lee & Shepherd,
and remaining till 1901, then engaging with
Dana, Estes & Co., remaining till 1907, when
because of ill health he resigned. In 1908 he
became connected with the firm of H. AI.
Cauldwell Co., where he still remains. He is
a member of the Pine Tree Club, and was its
first assistant secretary ; and the State of
Maine Club, of Somerville. Like his father,
he is a Republican.
Colonel John Milton, of Port-
ADAMS land, Maine, second son of Na-
than and Susan (Merrill)
Adams, was born in Rum ford, O.xford
county. Maine, September 22, 1819, died in
Portland, Maine, October 29, 1897. He
came of the well-known Adams family. His
line of ancestry being clearly traced to ( i )
William Adams, who came to New England
in 1638, living first in Cambridge, and set-
tling in Ipswich in 1640. He was selectman
in 1649, and from his will, which was proved
in Ipswich court, March 25, 1662, was a
man of property and position in that part of
ancient Ipswich called "the Hamlet."
(II) Nathaniel, his son, is spoken of in
the early records with the honorary title
"Mr.." and his tombstone is still to be seen
in the old Ipswich burying ground, bearing
the following inscription :
.Mr. Nathaniel Addams died Apr. ye H — 1715
In ye 74 year of his age.
Now hes gon to eternall rest
God will him safely keep
Although hes burled In ye dust
In Je.=:us he doih ^^leep
0 you his children that are left
1 pray let some be found
That do endeavor to make good
Your foregone leaders ground
Grave saint behind that cannot find
Thy old love night or morn
Pray look above for there's your love
Singing with ye first born."
(III) Thomas, (IV) Thomas, (V) Eze-
keil were influential citizens of Ipswich.
(VI) Nathan, born December i, 1757, be-
came a resident cff Andover, Massachusetts,
and served in the revolution as lieutenant in
a company from Andover. He removed to
Andover, Maine, of which he was one of the
grantees and proprietors. In 1803 he bought
a valuable tract of land in Rumford, Maine,
which became one of the most prosperous
farms on the Ellis river. He died in 183 1: at
the age of seventy-four. He married, De-
cember I, 1785, Betsey, daughter of Eben
Poor, of Andover, Maine, and direct de-
scendant of Daniel Poore, who came from
England in the "Bevis," 1638.
(\TI) Nathan, his oldest son, was born
January 28, 1788, and March 17, 1817, was
married to Susan, daughter of Ezekiel Mer-
rill and Sarah (Emery) Alerrill. She was
the first white child born in Andover, Maine,
a cousin of Stephen Emery, attorney-general
of Maine in 1839-40, and a woman of un-
usual beauty of face and character. They
lived on the homestead in Rumford, of which
for many years before his father's death he
had entire charge. His death was the result
of a fall, January 26, 1830. Their children
were: l. Alilton, died young. 2. John Mil-
ton. 3. Charles. 4. Nathan Emery. 5. Su-
san Merrill. 6. Henry Smith.
(VIII) John Milton, second son, and sub-
ject of this sketch, was ten years old when
he was left fatherless. During the next five
years he proved his mother's able assistant
in managing the large farm. His early edu-
cation was gained in the common schools, and
from a relative who was a student at Bow-
doin. At the age of fifteen he abandoned the
idea of going to college, mainly because two
vears of Greek were required. He attended
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school at Turner, and two years at Bethel
and Bridgton academies, and at seventeen
began to teach, still pursuing his studies. In
1838 he \oIunteered in the Aroostook war, as
it was called, and was made orderly sergeant
in Captain John T. Hall's Oxford County
company. The company was discharged af-
ter only one month's service. At nineteen
he taught in an academy at New Market,
on the eastern shore of Maryland. The fa-
cilities for travel were few then, and it was
a hard six days' journey from his home in
Rumford. He taught there two years most
successfully, when the death of a brother
compelled his return home. He then entered
Gorham Seminary, taking, except for Greek,
the studies of a college course. Graduating
two years later, he entered St. Hyacinthe Col-
lege, Canada, his special purpose being to
gain a thorough knowledge of the French
language. The president of the college se-
cured board for him in the famous Papineau
family, which was wealthy and cultured, ad-
mitting him to a society where French was
spoken in its purity.
Graduating from St. Hyacinthe, he went
to Portland, Maine, and in the spring of
1844 entered the office of Fessenden & Du-
blois, becoming a member of the household
of William Pitt Fessenden. He pursued his
law studies successfully, teaching French
meanwhile in Master Packard's school, and
in 1846 was admitted to the bar. He opened
an office in Portland and as he had while a
student attended to the firm's business in the
lower courts, found no difficulty in establish-
ing himself. At the end of three years he
entered into law partnership with Hon. John
A. Poor, the promoter of the Atlantic and
St. Lawrence — now the Grand Trunk — rail-
road, in which he was deeply interested. The
following year, 1850-51, he traveled exten-
sively in Europe, acting as correspondent of
the Nczu York Railroad Journal, writing
chiefly of the railroad systems of Europe and
the political outlook of the period. In 1855
he edited The Argus, while its editor, Hon.
John Appleton, was serving as secretary of
legation at London. In 1856 he was appointed
by Governor Wells reporter of decisions, and
published volumes xli and xlii of the Maine
Reports. About this time he formed a law
partnership with Nathan Clifford, which was
ver)' congenial to both parties, and which
continued until Mr. Clifford was appointed to
the Lnited States supreme bench.
The Argus, which was founded in 1803 to
support the administration of Thomas Jef-
ferson, was at this time without an editor,
and Mr. Adams was unanimously chosen by
the eight proprietors to fill the position, but
only after nnich persuasion was he induced
to accept, so strong was his preference for
the law, in which he had become very suc-
cessful. He took charge of The Argus in
May, 1857, and in 1866 became sole owner,
and continued editor and owner till 1890,
when he retired from the active management,
retaining controlling interest, however, till his
death in 1897. For nearly forty years his
strong and not-to-be-mistaken editorials
guided its policy, for the personality of its
editor was a strong factor in its success. His
conception of its place in public service was
high, and he never used it to further his own
ambitions. He was a politician only in the
sense that he sought the highest good of the
public, through the machinery of politics,
placing measures above men, and right above
both. He held the respect and esteem of his
political opponents, as well as his party asso-
ciates, and his counsels held weight with his
party both in Washington and the West. His
ready pen, his lucid exposition of facts, and
his prompt and unreserved opinions, won for
him the confidence of his reader?, and he
proved his skill as manager by making The
Argus, though Democratic, have the largest
circulation in the state.
Mr. Adams, though often solicited to take
office, almost invariably refused. He was a
member of the school board of Portland for
several years, and also served as superintend-
ent of schools. He was one of the originators
of the Maine Press Association, and an in-
terested member of the Maine Historical As-
sociation. He was appointed by Governor
Hubbard a member of his staff, with the rank
of lieutenant-colonel. He was a frequent dele-
gate to state and national conventions. He
was a member of the state legislature in 1877-
78, and served on the finance and legal af-
fairs committee at each session. The second
vear, nominated by his party for speaker of
the house, though failing election, he received
every Democratic vote. He was appointed a
visitor at the United States Military Academy
at West Point by President Cleveland.
Colonel Adams was a great student, and
did much of his work in his library, sur-
rounded by his books. He was a good con-
versationalist, and told in a delightful way of
the men he had met, and of the editors and
politicians with whom he had been more or
less connected. He found time to enjoy much
of outdoor life, and the several acres sur-
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on grand jury 1636-37; on committee to di-
vide meadow grounds. He was a shipwright
by trade, and was part owner in a barque for
the colony, which was built under his super-
vision. In 1645 he was a freeman of Nawsett,
now Eastham, and in 1643 was on a list of
those able to bear arms. In 1650 he was
deputy to the general court, and afterwards;
was town treasurer for Eastham from 1646
to 1665, and selectman for two years. In
1657 he was licensed as a merchant in East-
ham. He agreed to furnish a man and horse
at his own expense for the troop of horse
from Eastham. His will was dated October
19, 1677, and proved March 5, 1677-78. He
married Lvdia, daughter of Robert Hicks,
who came over in the "Anne" in 1623; (sec-
ond) Rebecca . Child of first wife:
I. John, married January 23, 1660, Hannah
Smalley. Children of second wife : 2. Lieu-
tenant Joshua, born at Plymouth, 1637; mar-
ried December i, 1669, Hannah Scudder;
died 1709. 3. Rebecca, married October 16,
1654, Captain Jonathan Sparrow. 4. Sarah,
married, 1656, Captain Thomas Howes. 5.
Captain Jonathan, born 1640; mentioned be-
low. 6. Lydia, married (first) December 24,
1661, Benjamin Higgins. 7. Hannah, married
April 30, 1662, John Doane. 8. Bethia, born
May 28, 1650; married Gershom Hall; died
October 15, 1696. 9. Apphia, born October
15, 1651 ; married December 28, 1670, John
Knowles, (second) Stephen .A.twood. 10.
Mercy, born October 15, 165 1 (twin) ; mar-
ried December 28, 1670, Stephen Merrick.
(II) Captain Jonathan, son of Edward
Bangs, was born at Plymouth in 1640. He
was selectman of Eastham three years deputy
to the general court several years ; also town
treasurer and captain of militia. He removed
to Brewster about 1694, and settled on the
land inherited from his father, lying between
Sautucket river and Namskeket. In 1680,
on an agreement about land boundaries, he
used as a seal the crest of the Bangs family
of England, mentioned above. He married
(first) July 16, 1664, Mary, daughter of Cap-
tain Samuel and Thomasine (Lumpkin)
Mayo, and granddaughter of Rev. John Mayo,
of Boston, Barnstable and Yarmouth. She
was baptized at Barnstable, February 3, 1649-
50, and died January 26, 171 1, at Brewster.
He married (second) Sarah , who died
June, 1719, aged seventy-eight. He married
(third) in 1720, Mrs. Ruth (Cole) Young, of
Eastham. daughter of Daniel Cole. Children,
born at Eastham, all by first wife: i. Captain
Edward, born September 30, 1665; mentioned
below. 2. Rebecca, born February i, 1667. 3.
Jonathan, born April 30, 1670; died May 11,
1670. 4. Jonathan Jr., born May 4, 1673;
married (first) EHzabeth ; (second)
Experience Berry; died February, 1736-7. 6.
Hannah, born March 14, 1676. 7. Tamson or
Thomasine, born May 5, 1678 ; married Jo-
seph Burges. 8. Captain Samuel, born July
12, 1680; died June 11, 1750. 9. Mercie, born
January 7, 1682. 10. Elizabeth, born May 16,
1685. II. Sarah, born August, 1687. 12.
Lydia, born October 2, 1689; married Shu-
bael Hinckley.
(III) Captain Edward, son of Captain
Jonathan Bangs, was born at Eastham, Sep-
tember 30, 1665, and died May 22, 1746, at
Eastham. He inherited a double portion of
his father's estate, and lived on the homestead
in Brewster. He was an active business man,
merchant and innholder, and also carried on
the tanning business. He spent most of his
life at Brewster, but after his second mar-
riage removed to Eastham. He married
(first) Ruth Allen, who died June 22, 1738.
aged sixty-eight years; (second) January 16,
1739, Mrs. Ruth Mayo, who died August 17,
1747. His will was dated -April 14, 1746, and
proved June 11, 1746. Children, all by first
wife: I. Captain Joshua, bom 1691 ; married
June 18, 1713, Mehitabel Clark; died at Port-
land, Maine, May 23, 1762. 2. Mary, born
1692; married Benjamin Hatch, .August li,
1715; died at Boston, February 14, 1769. 3.
Edward, born Augu.st 14, 1694; died June 3,
1756; married (first) Sarah Clark. 4. Ruth,
born 1699; died 1704. 5. Dr. Jonathan, bap-
tized May 23, 1707; married January 4, 1732-
33, Phebe Hopkins. 6. Ebenezer, mentioned
below. 7. Rebecca, baptized March 9. 1709-
10; married February 11. 1730-31, Thomas
Young; died at Boston, January 9, 1742.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Captain Edward
Bangs, was born at Brewster, and baptized
February 8, 1702. He was admitted to the
church there with his wife in 1745. He mar-
ried, December 18, 1727, Anna Sears, born
1706, daughter of Paul and Marcy (Free-
man) Sears, granddaughter of Paul, and
great-granddaughter of Richard Sears, the
Pilgrim. Chilren, born at Brewster: i. Bar-
nabas, March 11, 1727-8; mentioned below.
2. Ebenezer Jr., October 28, 1729: married
October 31, 1754, Elizabeth Cray. 3. Ruth,
September 28, 1731 : married Solomon Saw-
yer. 4. Sylvanus. February 10, 1735-6. 5.
Willard, baptized October 23, 1748. 6. Ed-
mund, baptized May 18, 1746. 7. Edward,
baptized May 18, 1746; married (first) Han-
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nah Paine, February 9, 1764; (second) Han-
nah Baxter, 1766; (third) Huldah Clark,
March 19, 1771. 8. Ann, baptized May 18,
1746. 9. Jonathan, baptized June 29, 1746,
married April 21, 1766, Deborah Hurd.
(\') Barnabas, son of Ebenezer Bangs, was
born at Brewster, March 11, 1727-28, and
died January 29, 1808. He went to Gorham,
Maine, soon after he became of age, and
became a prominent citizen. He was in the
revolution, in Captain Williams' company, and
answered the Lexington alarm. He enlisted
in the army May 15, 1775: was clerk on mus-
ter and pay roll of Captain Bryant Morton's
company in 1776, stationed at Scarborough
and Cape Elizabeth ; was matross in the ar-
tillery company under Abner Lowell, sta-
tioned at Falmouth; was of Captain Hart
Williams' company. Colonel Edmund Phin-
ney's regiment, in 1775, for seventy-five days.
He married, in September (intentions pub-
lished September 14, 1751), 1751, Loruhama
Elwell. Children, born at Gorham, Maine ;
I. James, September 14, 1752; mentioned be-
low. 2. Barnabas, December i, 1754. 3.
Thomas, April 17, 1757. 4. Anne, March 14,
1760; married December 26, 1778, Stephen
Irish. 5. Sarah, July 21, 1762; married, 1781,
Joseph Brackett ; resided in Denmark, Maine.
6. Ebenezer, October 22, 1765. 7. Mehitable,
October 22, 1768; married, 1790, Jonathan
Parsons. 8. Benjamin, August 6, 1771 ; mar-
ried, 1793, Elizabeth Rand. 9. Jonathan, sea-
man, married (first) Deborah Andrews;
(second) Mrs. Babb. 10. Emma, 1776; mar-
ried Holmes; died of consumption,
with the Shakers, August 3, 1804.
(\T) James, son of Barnabas Bangs, was
born at Corham, Maine, September 14, 1752.
He was a prominent member of the Friends'
Society of Gorham. He married (first) in
1774. Deborah Gates, intention published July
23, 1774; (second) November 26, 1789, Eliza-
beth Estes, of Kittery and Windham. Chil-
dren of first wife: i. Edmund, born October
21, 1775; drowned in 1822. 2. Thomas, born
July, 1777; drowned 1822. 3. John, born
December 11, 1778. 4. James, born Septem-
ber 30, 1780; married Mary Lakeman ; re-
sided on Bangs Island, in Portland harbor,
and had been to Portland for groceries, where
he met his two brothers: they were drowned
among the breakers in returning to the island,
1822. 5. Hannah, born ]\Iarch 26, 1782. 6.
Allen, born April 8, 1784; died of consump-
tion, February 26, 1858; was a prominent
Shaker. 7. Esther, born Alay 26, 1786; mar-
ried Joseph Hamlin. 8. Ephraim. Children
of second wife, born at Gorham: 9. Robert,
September 15, 1790; mentioned below. 10.
Cyrus. April 26, 1792; settled in Dover, New-
Hampshire. II. Solomon, September 22,
1793. 12. Joshua, January 19, 1795; settled
probably at Pownal, Maine. 13. Amos, mar-
ried Catherine Sinclair. 14. Mary Ann, mar-
ried Torrey, and died at Deering,
JIaine. 15. Sarah, married Knight,
and died at Deering.
(\TI) Robert, son of James Bangs, was
born at Gorham. Maine, September 15. 1790.
He married, January i, 1821, Elizabeth Hus-
sey, of Falmouth. Maine (now Portland). He
resided in Farmington, Portland, and Phil-
lips. Maine, where he died.
(Mil) William T., son of Robert Bangs,
was born in Phillips, Maine, September 22,
1835. and died April 28. 1898. He married
Elvira Philbrick, born March 31, 1840. They
had a daughter, Maud E.. who married Harry
Frederick Beedy. (See Beede.)
This is a name of Teutonic
.•\CHORN origin, and included among a
hardy class of farmers who
left Germany at the instance of General Sam-
uel Waldo, who had acquired title to a patent
of land originally granted by the council of
Plymouth to John Beauchamp and Thomas
Leverett and which became known as the
Waldo Patent. The people selected by General
Waldo to make the initial settlement were
well adapted by conditions of education, train-
ing in rural life, and willingness to endure
hardships where labor might be rewarded ; in
short, to be capable pioneers in his great un-
dertaking. The first settlement was made on
the seacoast, and the town which grew out
of it became the port of entry of Lincoln
county, and was named Waldoborough, in
honor of the owner of the patent. The name
of this family was spelled in the original Ger-
man, Eichhorn, but English usage and pro-
nunciation soon reduced it to its present form.
(I) Mathias Eichhorn, his wife, three sons
— Mathias, Daniel and Jacob, and a daughter
Phillipina — came from Germany to Broad
Bay, now Waldoboro, Maine, in 1748. A
fourth son, John, was born on the passage.
]Mathias was scalped by the Indians; Daniel
settled in Thomaston ; Jacob settled in Wis-
casset.
(II) John settled on a farm given him by
Waldo's contract, where he lived and remained
unmarried until forty-two years of age. He
was noted for his enterprise, and put up the
first mill in the town, for which he obtained
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the machinery from Germany. He was in-
dustrious and'a shrewd manager, and acquired
considerable property. At the time of his
marriage he had land holdings and a buckskin
leg full of silver dollars. His wife, who came
from Roxbury, .Massachusetts, was but six-
teen years of age at the time of their mar-
riage, but no record is given of her name.
Their children were: John. George, Polly,
Joseph, Mathias, Philena, Charles, Martin and
Betsey. The eldest of these died in Mar-
tinique, of yellow fever. The last daughter
married John Glidden. The third son settled
in Washington. Waldo county, Maine. Math-
ias married Peggy Orclock, and after two
years they separated by mutual consent. He
subsequently settled in Prince Edwards
Island, and after the death of his first wife
married and reared a large family and be-
came wealthy. The second daughter. Philena,
became the wife of Nicholas Lee, and died in
1849. Charles was never strong, and died at
the home of his brother George, at the age
of fifty-three years. Martin was lost at sea,
and Betsey became the wife of Mitchell Mal-
colm.
(Ill) George, second son of John Eichoni,
was born May 11, 1781, in Waldoboro, and
died in West Roxbury, August 23, 1859, in
his seventy-ninth year. He is buried in For-
est Hills cemetery. In company with his
brother-in-law. he built a sloop at New Castle,
and in the autumn of 1805 he moved to Wis-
casset and settled on a farm, where he re-
mained eight years. Subsequently he moved
to the old Jacob Eichhorn place. About 1814
his father and mother, his invalid brother and
two sisters, were brought to live with him
there. His father lived there twelve years,
and died at the age of ninety. His mother
lived four years after the removal, and died
at the age of sixty. George Achorn married,
April 10, 1805, Jerusha, daughter of Captain
Joseph and Thankful (Clark) Taylor, of
Provincetown, Massachusetts (see Taylor
III). She was born November 11, 1779, and
died August 21, 1862, in her eighty-third
year. She was a guest at the wedding of
her husband's sister to John Glidden, and
there for the first time met her future hus-
band. It may be interesting to note the cus-
toms of dress at that time in the fact that she
wore at her wedding a white muslin dress,
with powdered hair. The groom was dressed
in a blue coat with bright buttons, a scarlet
broadcloth sash with silver spangles, buff knee
breeches, silk stockings and silver knee and
shoe buckles. Children : John, mentioned be-
low ; William, born December 23, 1808: Arlita
M., October 7, 181 1 ; Mary W., September 10,
1814; Elizabeth M., May 12, 1817; Nancy A.,
December 24, 1821 ; Almira W., February 22,
1824; Susan M. B.. March 14, 1826.
(IV) John Taylor, eldest child of George
and Jerusha (Taylor) Achorn, was born in
Wiscasset, Maine, October 2, 1806. He
studied medicine at Bowdoin College, and
was graduated M. D. in 1837. He estab-
lished himself in practice at New Castle, about
eight miles east of his birthplace, in the same
county, and his circuit of patients embraced
the entire county, his skill as a |)hysician and
surgeon being especially appreciated in New-
castle and the immediate vicinity. He took
an active interest in town affairs, serving as
selectman many years and holding other town
offices. He was an original \\ hig in political
faith, went with the Free Soil party on its
formation, and at the birth of the Republican
party was one of its first adherents in New-
castle. He was a member of the Second Con-
gregational Church, and an attendant upon
its services whenever his professional duties
permitted. He was a careful student of bot-
any, extending his investigations of flora to
all parts of the state, and became an authority
upon the subject. He died in Roslindale,
Massachusetts, January 8. 1888. He married
Clara Clark Rundlelt, born in .\lna, nine miles
from Wiscasset, and who died in 1884: she
was a daughter of Oakes Rundlett, a descend-
ant of Nathaniel Rundlett, who came in 1732
from Exeter, New Hampshire, to Wiscasset,
IMaine, where he became a large landowner;
she was also one of the Chase heirs who con-
tested the title to the Townley estate in Eng-
land. Children of Dr. John Taylor and Clara
Clark (Rundlett) .Achorn. born in New Castle,
Maine: i. George, died in childhood. 2.
Claribel, living unmarried. 3. Frederick, died
in early childhood. 4. Will Clark, married
Lizzie Huston ; child Willie, died in infancy.
5. John Warren, born January 30. 1857; grad-
uated at Bowdoin College, A. B., 1879: M.
D., 1887; is a practicing physician in Boston,
Massachusetts, and author of various medical
books and essays ; married Harriet Priscilla
Sawyer, of St. Louis, Missouri. 6. Edgar
Oakes, see forward. 7. May Rundlett, un-
married.
(IV) Edgar Oakes, fifth son and sixth
child of Dr. John Taylor and Clara Clark
(Rundlett) Achorn. was born in New Castle.
Maine, August 20, 1859. He was brought
up in his native town, and was fitted for col-
lege at Lincoln Academy, and graduated from
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Bowdoin College with the class of 1881.
From 1 88 1 to 1883 he taught in the high
school at Whitman, Massachusetts, where- he
was head master, and he was a member of
the school board there in 1884-85. He studied
law at the Boston University Law School,
and was admitted to the bar at Plymouth on
June 16, 1884, and has since practiced his
profession in Boston, where he has drawn to
himself a large and important clientele. His
offices are at No. 18 Tremont street, where
is located the firm of which he is a mem-
ber. Mr. Achorn was nominated secretary of
the American embassy at St. Petersburg,
Russia, by President RlcKinley. He has trav-
eled extensively for observation and pleasure,
and has made his experience in travel the sub-
ject of various sketches published in news-
papers and magazines, and of popular lec-
tures. His life at Brunswick, Maine, was
productive of a great interest in the prosperity
of the Lambda Chapter of the Zeta Psi fra-
ternity connected with Bowdoin College. He
donated to the fraternity the tirst land at
Brunswick owned by the society, and became
one of the largest contributors to its fund.
He is president of the New England Asso-
ciation of the Zeta Psi fraternity ; president
of the Association of the Sons and Daugh-
ters of Maine in Plymouth county, Massachu-
setts ; a- trustee of the Lincoln Alemorial Col-
lege at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, and of
the Montclair (New Jersey) Military Acad-
emy and a member of various societies and
clubs. In politics he has always been an
active Republican, and has stumped the state
in several campaigns ; and he has also been
prominently identified with the Scandinavian
vote of jNIassachusetts, which he organized
upon a compact and influential basis.
Mr. Achorn married, October 8, 1889,
Sophie M. Apenes, of Christiania, Norway,
an accomplished grand opera singer, and who
died in 1897. To them was born a son, Erik,
October 19, 1894, in Brookline, Massachu-
setts. Mr. Achorn married (second) Alice
Gorham Morse, daughter of Robert M. and
Anne (Gorham) Morse.
This old English name is un-
TAYLOR doubtedly derived from an oc-
cupation, and is but little varied
in its present spelling from that of many
centuries ago. It is now very numerously
represented in the United States, but was
not often found among the immigrant settlers
of New England. In all generations and com-
munities it has been represented by people of
excellent character and superior ability.
(I) John Taylor, who was without doubt
of English birth, was a resident of Boston,
Alassachusetts, as early as 1630, when he took
the freeman's oath there. In 1635 he went
to New Castle, Maine, where he took up lands
on the Damariscotta river, extending as far
west as Mill Brook. In 1678 he was driven
off, in common with other settlers, by the In-
dians, who burned his home, and he soon
after died in Massachusetts. The baptismal
name of his wife was Sarah, and their chil-
dren included a son Isaac and four daughters.
The names of the latter are not preserved,
but this much is known concerning them. One
lived, unmarried, to the age of ninety years.
A second married a Simmons; the third a
Woodbridge ; and the other became the wife
of Thomas Gent, of Sheepscott, Maine.
(II) Isaac, only son of John and Sarah
Taylor, was driven from New Castle bv the
Indians, and lived for a time in Boston, and
subsequently at Pembroke, Massachusetts,
where he was a merchant. No record of his
wife's family is found, but he had children :
Jacob, Joseph (died young), Benjamin, Ali-
zeus, Asenath, Joseph and Thankful. One of
the daughters, Asenath, became the wife of
George Barstow, of Hanover, Massachusetts,
and resided at New Castle, Maine, subsequent
to 1765.
(III) Joseph, second son of Isaac Taylor,
was born November 20, 1737, probably at
Pembroke. Massachusetts, and followed the
sea from his boyhood. When a young man
he was in command of a schooner which
coasted between Providence, Rhode Island,
and the eastern towns, making frequent trips
to New Castle, Maine. He was prosperous,
and invested his money in wild land, at the
last-named town, where at one time he was
the principal owner. The only part now in
the possession of one bearing the name is the
farm of John, son of Ephraim Taylor. He
resided first in Scituate, Rhode Island, and
removed to New Castle in 1767. He built a
house on Academy Hill, which was burned
about i860, after standing nearly one hun-
dred years. After living in this a few years
he built another house, and in his old age he
and his wife resided with their son John, in
Jefferson, Maine. They were buried on
Trask's Hill, near the Baptist Church, in Jef- "
ferson. He married Thankful Clarke, of
Providence, Rhode Island, who was an or-
phan, and reared in the governor's family, and
well educated. She had previously married a
man named Wilcox, who died leaving one
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child that was adopted by Captain Taylor.
Children: i. Captain Ephraim, born August
22. 1758. He was the most distinguished
membeV of the Maine Taylors, by reason of
his long and conspicuous service in the revo-
lutionary war. He entered the army at six-
teen, was at Bunker Hill and West Point,
and served under Lafayette. He was in
France in the public service at the close of
the war. His courage and devotion to his
country's cause was unsurpassed, and merits
a menriorial. He married Deborah Otis, of
Scituate, Massachusetts, and had three sons
and five daughters. 2. Isaac, died in infancy.
3. Ruth, February 3, 1764; became the wife of
Thomas Weeks; and had eight sons and two
daughters. 4. Asenath, July 12, 1766; mar-
ried William Hopkins, and had four sons and
four daughters who reached maturity, out of
thirteen children. 5. John, February 10,
1769, had four sons and two daughters. 6.
Thankful, April 17, 1771 : married (first)
Amos Otis, of Scituate, brother of the wife
pf her brother Ephraim, and (second) Cap-
tain Samuel Little. 7. Hannah, June i, 1673,
married Deacon John Kennedy, of Jefferson,
and had three sons and two daugliters. 8.
Martha, June 25, 1776, became the wife of
Deacon Daniel Weeks, of Jefferson, brother
of Thomas, and had si.x sons and three daugh-
ters. 9. Jerusha. 10. George, May 9, 1780.
(IV) Jerusha, youngest daughter of Cap-
tain Joseph and Thankful (Clarke) Taylor,
was born November 11, 1779, in New Castle,
and became the wife of George Eichhorn, of
Wiscasset (see Achorn III).
Between the years 1600 and
CR.AFTS 1700, many families bearing the
name of Croftes dwelt in York-
shire, England, and from this group of fam-
ilies it is reasonable to infer, in the absence
of any conflicting statement, that the New
England' progenitor came. Family tradition
encourages this belief, and it is safe to make
it the base of the American family. The form
of the family name was changed from Croft to
Crafts in the third or fourth generation.
(I) Lieutenant Griffin Croft was born
probably in Yorkshire, England, about 1600,
and accompanied by his wife Alice and daugh-
ter Hannah sailed from England with Win-
' throp's other colonists, and if we can depend
at all on tradition, they were passengers on
the "Arabella." Of this company of adven-
turous colonists, many came from Boston, in
Lincolnshire, and these first colonists are re-
sponsible for the New England Boston.
Those having trades or accustomed to living
on the seashore and subsisting on the product
of "the waters for a livelihood remained in
the town named afterward for their English
home, while the sturdy yeomen of whom Grif-
fin Croft was one, ventured into the country
and selected lands, cleared it of timber and
began planting Indian corn and such other
crops as the friendly Indians were accustomed
to raise, taught the settlers how to cultivate,
and on which the colonists depended for sub-
stinance. He located in the newly formed
town of Roxborough, his land comprising
three acres, and six acres more or less at the
end thereof, being on the west bank of the
Muddy river, about a mile from the meeting
house, which was the nucleus of the town and
became the center of the village. According
to the records of the Governor and Company
of Massachusetts Bay Colony in New Eng-
land, "as printed by order of the legislature of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and pub-
lished in 1853, appears among the names of
one hundred and si.xteen who took the "oath
of freemen," May 18, 1631, that of "Griffin
Crofte." This was the second meeting of the
general court held for the purpose of admin-
istering the oath, and in the list of deputies
that attended "A Cjenerall Courte houlden at
Boston the 13th of the first month in 1638."
we find his name as the tenth in this list of
thirty-three deputies summoned to attend the
court, and at "A quarter court held at Boston,
the first day of the loth mo., 1640," he ap-
pears as one of the twelve jurors selected to
try Hugh liuct for heresy, and the jurv
found him guilty and that his person and
errors are dangerous for infection of others,
and it was ordered that the said Hugh Buet
"should be gone out of jurisdiction by the
24th present, upon paine of death & not to
return, upon paine of being hanged and the
court granted the jury twelve shillings for
their service." His service in the general
court was as deputy to the court of elections,
May 2"], 1663, and May 18, 1664, at which
John Endicott was chosen governor, and May
3, 1665, May 23, 1666, and May 15, 1667, at
which Richard Billingham Esq. was chosen
governor, besides at special meetings of the
court, August 31, 1664, and September 11,
1666. In the militia of the town he was ser-
geant, and from September 10, 1633, to Feb-
ruary 21, 1675, he held the commission of
lieutenant, being released after twenty-one
years' service, at his own request, having
reached the age of seventy years. He also
served as selectman, as commissioner to sol-
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emnize marriages and give oaths to per-
sons in civil cases. He with his wife AHce
were members of "the Church of Christ of
Roxborough," the first rehgious society of
the town, and of which John EHot was first
pastor, and when a new meeting house was
built in 1658-9 he was a member of the com-
mittee appointed to superintend it- erection,
and in 1673, when another building was
erected, he again superintended its construc-
tion. His official position in the church was
deacon. His wife Alice died in Roxbury,
March 25, 1673, aged seventy-three years, and
he married (second) Ursula, daughter of
Henry Adams, of Braintree, widow of Will-
iam Robinson, of Dorchester, of Samuel Hos-
ier, and of Stephen Struter, Griffin Croft
being her fourth husband. She died soon
after this fourth marriage, and Lieutenant
Croft married (third) Dorcas, daughter of
John and Barbara Ruggles, who came from
Sudbury, Suffolk, England, with their daugh-
ter Dorcas. The last few years of Lieutenant
Croft's life were passed in total blindness, and
he died October 4, 1689, and his widow Dor-
cas died December 30, 1697. Children of
Griffin and Alice Croft: Hannah, born in
England ; John, born in Roxbury, Julv 10,
1630; Mary, October 10, 1632; AlJigail,
March 28, 1634: Samuel, December 12, 1637;
Moses, April 28, 1641.
(H) Samuel, second son and fifth child of
Griffin and Alice Croft, was born in Rox-
bury. Massachusetts, December 12, 1637. He
married, October 16, 1661, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Robert and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver,
of Roxbury, born November 19, 1643. Sam-
uel Croft took the freeman's oath May 31,
1671 ; served as selectman, constable, and on
various committees. He was a carpenter and
bridge builder. He was executor of his
father's will, and received most of his es-
tate. He was lieutenant in the military com-
pany. He was one of the twelve of the free-
men of Roxbury to whom the grants of 15,-
100 acres of land, known as the "Alashamo-
quet purchase," was made in October, 1687,
and in May, 1713, the purchase was incor-
porated as the town of Pomfret, Connecticut,
and he was one of thirty-nine persons who
signed to settle in New Roxbury, or Wood-
stock, Connecticut, 1689-90, and he had the
twenty-eighth lot, and he also took up a
twenty-acre lot for his son Samuel. Samuel
Croft Sr. died in 1691, and his widow De-
cember 9, 1731. Children: Hannah, born
December 14, 1662 ; Samuel, May 24. 1664,
died June 5, 1664; Elizabeth, October 2,
1665; Samuel, June 16, 1667; Joseph, July 12,
1669; Mary, October 15, 1671 ; Abigail, De-
cember I, 1673; Nathaniel, January 11, 1676;
Ebenezer, November 8, 1679; Alice", December
19, 1681 ; Benjamin, October 23, 1683.
(HI) Samuel (2), second .son and fourth
child of Lieutenant Samuel ( i ) and Eliza-
beth (Seaver) Croft, was born in Roxbury,
Massachusetts, June 16, 1667. He married,
December 25, 1693, Elizabeth, daughter of
Lieutenant John Sharp, of Brookline. Sam-
uel, like his father and grandfather, was prom-
inent in the town affairs of Roxbury, holding
office as surveyor of highways, constables,
etc. He died in Roxbury, December 9, 1709,
and his widow married James Shed, of Rox-
bury, May 8, 1718, and she died April 18,
1743, aged seventy-one years. Children of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Sharp) Croft: Jo-
seph, born October i, 1694; Hannah, March
15, 1697: Samuel, June 4, 1701 ; Moses, Sep-
tember 29, 1703; Mary, April i, 1706; Aaron,
December 9, 1708, died December 30, 171 1.
( I\" ) Moses Crafts, third son and fourth
child of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth (Sharp)
Croft, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts,
September 29, 1703. He married. November 15,
1729, Esther, daughter of Daniel and Eliza-
beth (Greeley) Woodward, of Newton, Mas-
sachusetts. He was a weaver, and when his
father died he went to live with his uncle.
Deacon John Staples, of Newton, who as
guardian of the boy taught him his trade.
In 1729 he purchased a farm of ninety-three
and one-half acres in Newton, on the Sher-
born road, and at the death of his guardian,
Deacon John Staples, Moses Crafts became
his residuary legatee, and December 7, 1746,
paid Jonathan Brown three hundred and sev-
enty-five pounds for forty-one acres of land
with mansion house and barns, in Newton, ad-
joining lands owned by his Aunt Mary
(Crafts) Staples. He was lieutenant to the
military company, selectman of Newton 1741-
45, served in the siege of Louisburg in 1746.
He was a careful and painstaking man of
sterling worth and integrity. He died in New-
ton, Massachusetts, December 3, 1768, and
his widow died February 2, 1787, aged eighty-
two years. Children : Samuel, born in New-
ton, November 23, 1729; Mary, April 11,
1731; John Staples, January 9, 1733; Abi-
gail, December 15, 1734, died January 9,
1735; Joseph, January 12, 1736; Esther, De-
cember 4, 1738, died 'March 8, 1749; Abigail,
March 5, 1741 ; Martha, June 4, 1743; Beu-
lah, June 5, 1745-
(V) John Staples, second son and third
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child of Moses and Esther (Woodman)
Crafts, was born in Newton, Massachusetts,
January 9, 1733. He married, July 6, 1758,
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Eunice
( Barnes) Park, of Newton, Massachusetts.
His great-uncle, Deacon John Staples, be-
queathed to him four hundred pounds, and
directed that he should "be brought up to
learning and fitted for the ministry of the
gospel." He preferred the profession of
medicine, and studied to that end, and when
he received his degree of M. D., in 1756, he
settled in North Bridgewater, where his chil-
dren were born and where he practiced, and in
May, 1799, when the exodus of families from
North Bridgewater settled in Minot, Maine,
Dr. Crafts, his wife and four sons (Samuel,
Moses, Edward and Zibeon) joined the mi-
grating party, and he was made deacon of the
First church in Minot, which office he held
until his death, at Minot, Maine. May 6, 1816.
His wife died before him, on December 28,
1802, when seventy-one years of age. Chil-
dren: Thomas, born 1759; Martha, 1761 ;
Samuel, 1762; Mary, July 21, 1764; John,
1767; Moses, January 6, 1771 ; Edward, 1775;
Zibeon, January 20, 1779.
(\'I) Samuel (3), second son and third
child of Dr. John Staples and Elizabeth
(Park) Crafts, was born in North Bridge-
water, Alassachusetts, in 1762. He married,
in North Bridgewater, Anne, daughter of
Deacon Reuben and Anne (Perkins) Pack-
ard, and in May, 1799, he joined the migrants
who went from North Bridgewater to the
Maine woods, setling in Hebron. Oxford
county. At the same time, besides the Crafts,
the Packard, Snows, Cushman. Alden, How-
ard Kinsley and Bumpus families of North
Bridgewater gave liberal numbers to swell
the invading army of pioneers intent on
founding new homes and growing up with
the country. Captain Samuel Crafts was ac-
companied by his wife and five children, and
became a notable factor in founding and de-
veloping the new town. He was a captain in
the war of 1812, his company being stationed
at Portland. His wife died in Hebron, Maine,
January 31, 1833, 3"^^ Captain Crafts lived to
be eighty-two years of age. and died February
2. 1844. Children, first five born in North
Bridgewater: Mary. August 6. 1788: Sam-
uel, March 21. 1790: Moses, May 26. 1792;
Isaac Porter, July 27. 1794, and Anne, Jan-
uary 29, 1796. The remaining seven were
born in Hebron. Maine: John, November 14.
1798; Varen. October 17, 1800; Elizabeth H.,
August 4. 1802; Thomas Park, September 15,
1805; Phebe Snow, June 29, 1806; Alonzo,
January 10, 1809; Hiram, Alarch 4, 181 1.
(VII) Moses (2), second son and third
child of Captain Samuel (3) and .\iuie
(Packard) Crafts, was born in North Bridge-
water, Massachusetts, May 26, 1792. He was
a farmer, and lived first in Hartford, then in
Hebron, Oxford, Paris and Portland, Maine,
successively, and finally settled in Monson,
where the eighth and ninth children were
bom. and where he died June 9, 1874. having
reached the same age lived by his father. He
married, March 15, 1816. Sarah, daughter of
Joseph and Sarah (Bersey) Sturtevant, of
Paris, Maine. Her father was a soldier in the
American revolution. She was born October
12, 1795, and died in Monson, Maine, in
March, 1889, at the advanced age of ninety-
four years. Children, the first three born in
Hartford, Maine: Alden Bumpus, December
17, 1816; Edward, September 20, 1818, died
October 20, 1822; Moses Orville, June 28,
1820. Their fourth child, Justin, was born in
Hebron, Maine, April 2, 1823 ; their fifth,
Leonard Sturtevant, in Oxford, August 22,
1825 ; their sixth, Austin, in Paris, Maine,
September 20, 1827, and died June 20, 1829;
their seventh child. Sarah Ann, was born in
Portland, Maine, November 20, 1829; Benja-
min Franklin, in Monson, Maine. January 18,
1833 ; and Frances Marion, in Monson, ]\laine,
October 22, 1835.
(VIII) Francis Clarion, youngest child of
Moses (2) and Sarah (Sturtevant) Crafts,
was bom in Monson, Maine. October 22,
1835. He attended the academies at Monson,
Foxcroft and Hebron, ]\Iaine, and early in
life left home and engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. The outbreak of the civil war in 1861
brought him to the front as a volunteer sol-
dier, and he was mustered in as a private in
the One Hundred and Second New York
Volunteer Infantry, was soon after commis-
sioned second lieutenant, and during the bril-
liant campaign made by General Franz Siegel
in the Shenandoah \'alley, A'irginia. he was
assigned to duty on the staff of that gallant
soldier. He was in command of his company
at Chancellorsville, taking a prominent part in
a rally which his company sustained with an
effective bayonet charge. He was with his
regiment at Winchester, Newtown. Cedar
Creek. Culpeper Court House. White Sulphur
Springs, on the Rappahannock, and at Man-
assas, Centerville and Fredericksburg. He
was in command of a skirmish line covering
a portion of General Slocum's corps at Get-
tysburg, where he led his men. numbering one
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hundred and fifty, and held them against the
Confederate charge until with less than a hun-
dred survivors he fell back and rejoined his
own regiment, and continued in service for
the remaining two days, and witnesed the de-
feat of the Confederate forces in the greatest
battle of the civil war. His action at Gettys-
burg won for him his commission as colonel.
He next distinguished himself at Lookout
Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and in the bat-
tles about Ringgold, Georgia, and under Gen-
eral Sherman he was in the assault upon a
Confederate battery at Resaca, Georgia, which
stronghold fell into the hands of the Union
army through the united strength and valor
of his regiment and that of the Seventieth
Indiana Volunteers, commanded by Colonel
Benjamin Harrison. He took part in the for-
tunes of Sherman's army from Cartersville to
Atlanta. His record is of over fifty battles in
which he actively participated, never taken
prisoner, never in hospital by reason of
wounds or disease, and having escaped in-
jury from shot or shell which passed through
his clothing and at times through his hair.
Upon being honorably mustered out at the
close of the war. Colonel Crafts resumed
commercial pursuits in New York City. In
1891 he was made collector of United States
internal revenue for New York, and was ad-
vanced from that position to United States in-
spector of internal revenue. He was made a
companion of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States, and a com-
mander in the Grand Army of the Republic.
He married May 21, 1870, Eliza Amanda,
daughter of William B. and Charlotte (Lor-
raine) Goodyear, of New Haven, Connecticut,
and niece of Charles Goodyear, the inventor,
and he established a home in Brooklyn. New
York, at 1423 Albermarle Road. They have '
two children : Marion Lorraine, born in
Brooklyn, New York, August 16. 1875, and
Francis Goodyear, born May 22, 1888.
The Harvey family in England
HARVEY traces its ancestry to the time
of the Conquest. The pro-
genitor is believed to be Herveus de Bourges,
or Hervey of Bourges, who came with Will-
iam the Conqueror, and according to Domes-
day Book was in 1086 a baron in county Suf-
folk. He was a grandson of Geoffry, third
viscount of Bourges, an ancient city of Berry,
a former province of France. Geoffry re-
built the abbey of St. Ambrose at Bourges in
1012. Harvey as a surname is undoubtedly
derived from the ancient baptismal name vari-
ously spelled Herveus, Hervey, Llarvey, etc.
Surnames came into general use in England
about A. D. 1200. The family of this sketch
has an unbroken lineage to about 1450.
(I) Humphrey Harvey, first of the ances-
tors definitely known and traced, lived at
Brockley, Somersetshire, and owned a third
of the Manor of Brockley, besides other es-
tates. His ancestors doubtless lived in Som-
ersetshire also. He died at Brockley, January
4, 1526. He had sons: i. Richard, father of
Nicholas. 2. Turner, mentioned below.
{ID Turner, son of Humphrey Harvey,
was born in 1485. He was a noted archer and
warrior, the mightiest man with the long bow
in all England, we are told. "At his death
there was no man in the country who could
spring his bow." He was a favorite hench-
man of King Henry VIII. After a battle in
which Harvey had especially distinguished
himself, the king bestowed an escutcheon upon
which Harvey's arms were emblazoned, and
as late as 1640 this had been preserved in the
family. It is described : Sable on a chevron
between three long-bows argent as many
pheons of the field. Crest : A leopard or
langued gules holding in a paw three arrows
proper. Motto : "Faites ce que I'honneur
exige."
(III) William, son of Turner Harvey, was
born, in 15 10, and resided in Somerset. He
was appointed blue mantle pursuivant in the
Herald's College ordinary, and accompanied
his patron, William Paget, on an embassy to
France. He was made Somerset herald in
1545 by Henry VIII, when the office was es-
tablished, and became Norroy king-at-arms,
February 4, 1555, and paid seven official visits
to Germany. He was deputed to go to
France, June 7, 1557, to declare war. He was
appointed Clarencieux king-of-arms and held
this office until he died, February 27, 1567.
(IV) William (2), son of WiUiam (i)
Harvey, was born in Somersetshire, in 1560,
and resided in Bridgewater, in that county.
He had sons: i. Thomas, mentioned below.
2. Henry, bought the Manor at Bridgewater.
(V) Thomas, son of William (2) Harvey,
was born about 1585, in Somersetshire, and
died there before 1647, as shown by the will
of Agnes Clark, of Ashill, Somerset, widow.
He lived at Ashill, a small village on rising
ground three miles west of Ilminster, and nine
miles east of Taunton. It is named for the
ash trees of the great forest formerly near
there. Children: i. Daughter, born 1610,
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married Aiuliony Green. 2. James, born
1614; died 1691! 3. Thomas, mentioned be-
low. 4. William.
(VI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i)
Harvey, was born in Ashill, Somersetshire,
England, in 1617, and came with his brother
William to Dorchester, in 1636. Both settled
at Cohannet (Taunton), Massachusetts. He
deposed November 8. 1638, that he was aged
twenty-one years, and between 1639 and 1642
he became a proprietor of Taunton. His name
was on a list of those able to bear arms in
1643. He married, in 1642, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Henry Andrews, of Taunton. Har-
vey died at Taunton in 1651, aged only thirty-
four years, and his widow married (second)
Francis Street, of Taunton, to whom she bore
one daughter. She married (third) Thomas
Lincoln, the miller, of Taunton. Lincoln died
in 1683, and his widow in 1717, aged one
hundred and three years. Children of Thom-
as and Elizabeth Harvey: i. Thomas, born
1643 ; mentioned below. 2. William, 1645.
3. John, 1647: died January 18, 1705.
(VH) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2)
Harvey, was born in Taunton, in 1643. He
married, in 1668, Experience, daughter of
^\'illiam Harvey (2), his uncle. Her brother
Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Dea-
con John Willis, of Bridgewater. Thomas
Harvey was proprietor of the ordinary in
Taunton. He was an original owner of lot
"jj in Taunton South Purchase ; was sergeant
in the military company in 1673, raised to
march against the Dutch in New York and
New Jersey; was grantee in the Bradford deed
of Taunton in 1689. He was impressed for
service in King William's war. He deeded
to his son Ebenezer the homestead of four
hundred acres, adjoining the farms of his sons
Thomas and Ebenezer, on the highway leading
to Brown's Brook, in consideration of love,
etc., and with the obligation to care for his
sisters E.xperience and ]\Iary, as well as his
parents, while they lived. Thomas died in
1726; his wife in 1720. Children, born at
Taunton: i. Thomas, born 1669; died 1748.
2. John, born 1671 ; died 1739. 3. Nathaniel,
born 1673; mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer,
born 1675; ^^'^^ ^757- 5- Experience, born
about 1677: married, January 20, 1709, Elisha
Hayward. of Bridgewater. 6. Mary, born
1679; married, June 21, 1716, Nathaniel Hay-
ward, of Bridgewater.
(VHI) Nathaniel, son of Thomas (3) Har-
vey, was born at Taunton, in 1673, and in
1700 was a member of the first military com-
pany of the town. In 1708 he was living in
the North Purchase of Taunton, and was
one of the petitioners for a new precinct. He
married Susannah . His children set-
tled at Bridgewater. Children: i. Nathaniel,
born 1705; mentioned below. And doubtless:
2. Joseph. 3. Jenny, married, 1732, .
4. Mary, married, 1739, Charles Cushman.
5. Elizabeth (?), married , 1747. 6.
Mehitable (?), married, 1738, Caleb Orcutt.
(IX) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i)
Harvey, was born in 1705, at Taunton. He
married Margaret, daughter of John Willis, in
1733. He died at Bridgewater in 1801, aged
ninety-six years. Children, born at Bridge-
water: I. David, born 1735; married Content
Byram. 2. Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(X) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2)
Harvey, was born in Bridgewater, Massachu-
setts, in 1744. A Nathaniel Harvey from this
vicinity was a soldier in the revolution, in
Captain Moses Harvey's company. Colonel
Woodbridge's regiment, from August to No-
vember, to reinforce the northern army at
Saratoga. He married, about 1766, Bethiah
Hayward, daughter of John, of Bridgewater.
Children, born at Bridgewater: i. Daniel. 2.
Bezer, mentioned below.
(XI) Bezer, son of Nathaniel (3) Harvey,
was born in Bridgewater, about 1770. He
married, in Bridgewater, 1795, Ruth, daugh-
ter of John Carver. (See Carver.) After his
marriage he settled in Leeds, formerly Liver-
more, Maine. Children: i. Columbus, mar-
ried Esther Stafford; (second) the widow of
his brother Stillnian. 2. Daniel, mentioned
below. 3. Stillman, removed to Ohio; one of
his three sons was governor of a western
state. 4. Janet, married John Carver, her
cousin. 5. Bethia, married Caleb Carver,
brother of Janet's husband ; she died of con-
sumption eight months after her marriage.
(XII) Daniel, son of Bezer Harvey, was
born in Livermore, Maine, or vicinity, August
9, 1800. He was educated in the district
schools and followed farming through his
active life. In personal appearance he pos-
sessed the characteristic high cheekbones of
the Harvey family, dark blue eyes, and brown
hair. He was a l^nivcrsalist in religion and a
Democrat in politics. He lived at Leeds,
Livermore and Brunswick, Maine. He en-
listed with some of his neighbors in the Aroo-
stook war. He married (first) in 1821, Me-
hitable Gott, born in Leeds or Wayne, Sep-
tember 12, 1800, daughter of William and
Rhoda (Knapp) Gott; (second) Clementine
. Children of first wife: i. Harrison,
born in Wayne or Leeds, Maine, January 19,
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1822. 2. Ruth Mehitable, Ijorn in Wayne or
Livermore, April 16, 1823. 3. Albion, born in
Wayne or Leeds, August 22, 1824. 4. Al-
bert, born October 31, 1825; mentioned below.
5. Lorenzo, born March 12, 1826. 6. Mary
Emma, born February 11, 1829. 7. Jane, born
in Livermore, October 15, 1832. 8. Lorenzo
Daniel, born in Bangor, October 21, 1834. 9.
Helen Lauraman, born in Leeds, September
28, 1838. 10. Milton, born April 23, 1841.
II. Daniel Webster, born in Brunswick, Jan-
uary 21, 1844; killed in battle of Bull Run, in
the civil war.
(XIII) Albert, son of Daniel Harvey, was
Taorn in Brunswick, Maine, October 31, 1825.
He received a common school education, and
was a farmer by occupation. In religion he
was a LTniversalist, and in politics a Demo-
crat. He was for several years postmaster at
Canton Point, Maine. During the civil war
he enlisted as a private in Company A, Thir-
tieth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, and was
mustered into service January 28, 1864. He
■was wounded in the head in the Red River
•expedition, under General Nathaniel P. Banks,
and died at the Barracks Hospital in New Or-
leans, Louisiana, June 11, 1864. He married,
at Canton, Maine, December 3, 1849, Satira
Eastman, born at Rumford, Maine, January
.25, 1830, daughter of William Eastman, and
Olive (Wilson) Eastman, granddaughter of
Mark and Content (Ludden) Wilson. Mrs.
Harvey is a Baptist in religion, and is active
in the church and in the work of John A.
Hodge Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Canton, Maine.
Children: I. Charles Albert, born January
8, 1851 ; died November 22, 1908: married
July 20, 1890, ; children: Satira. Fan-
nie, Edna and Alice. 2. Dr. Albion Keith
Parris, born ;\Iay 9, 1855 ; mentioned below.
3. Celia Satira, born August 12, 1857; died
February 12, 1886; married Frank W. Mer-
ritt ; children : i. Leon Warren Merritt, mar-
ried, December 12, 1903, Alice Mae Green-
leaf, of Farmington, Maine ; ii. Leona May
Merritt, married, January 14, 1902, Birchard
Albert Clary, and have children : Celia, Isa-
dora and Charlotte Burns Clary ; iii. Elmer
Albert Merritt; iv. Edna Alberta Merritt, mar-
ried, January 26, 1904, Frank Hari Eaton,
of Portland, 'Maine. 4. Milton Douglas, born
October 14, 1862; graduate of Wilton Acad-
emy ; now stenographer in Department of the
Interior, Washington; married, January 31,
i8go, Lena Newman, of Abingdon, Illinois.
5. George, bom December 3, 1864; died Sep-
tember 19, 1865.
(XI\'j Albion Keith Parris Harvey, son of
Albert and Satira (Eastman) Harvey, was
born in Di.xfield, O.xford county, Maine, May
5, 1855. His father died when Albion was
nine years old, compelling him to assume
early in life, with his elder brother, the re-
sponsibility of carrying on the farm. His
mother afterwards remarrying, he was at the
age of fifteen thrown entirely on his own re-
sources, earning on farm, on ferry boat across
the Androscoggin river at Canton Point, and
in the logging camps, a livelihood, and suffi-
cient to pay his way at Hebron and Yarmouth
Academies. He then taught school at Jay
Hill. Hartford and Canton, Maine. In 1887
he graduated from Hahnemann Medical Col-
lege, Chicago, IlHnois, with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. Later he took post-grad-
uate courses at the New York Post Graduate
Medical School, and then located at Lewiston,
Maine. He went to Somersworth, New
Hampshire, in 1904, where he established a
private surgical sanitarium, and while there
served as surgeon to the Boston & Maine
railroad. He was coroner for Strafford
county. New Hampshire, for several years,
and president of the New Hampshire Medical
Society while living in that state ; and was for
six years a member of the New Hampshire
Board of Medical Examiners. He subse-
quently removed to Washington, District of
Columbia, where he has since been engaged in
the active practice of his profession. He is
operating surgeon to the National Homeo-
pathic Hospital at Washington, District of
Columbia, and lecturer on clinical medicine in
the Southern Homeopathic College at Balti-
more, Maryland. In 1904 he was chairman
of the Bureau of Gynaecology of the Massa-
chusetts Surgical and Gynaecological Society.
He is a member of the following named or-
ganizations : Washington (District of Co-
lumbia) Homeopathic Medical Society; Amer-
ican Institute of Homeopathy ; and the lead-
ing medical societies of Massachusetts, Maine
and New Hampshire, and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. During the sum-
mer of 1908 he made a tour of the principal
cities of Europe for the study of radium in its
relation to his profession. He is an ardent
lover of the woods and lakes, and most of his
playtime finds him in Maine with gun or rod
in hand. He is author of 'Tn the Glow of the
Camp Fire," and several other works. His
residence is at 1018 Fourteenth street, N. W.,
Washington, District of Columbia. He mar-
ried. November 11, 1878, Fannie Florence
Niles, who was born in Auburn, Maine.
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STATE OF MAIXE.
Ruih (.Carver) Harvey (see Bezer Harvey
XI), was descended from Robert Carver
(q. v.") through John (H) and
(HI) Eleazer. son of John (2) Carver,
settled in Soutli Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
He married Experience, daughter of William
Blake, of Milton, and widow of Samuel Sum-
ner. She was born June 17. 1665. He died
January 25, 1744, aged seventy-five years,
and his widow died January 16. 1746, aged
eighty-two years. Children, born at Bridge-
water: I. Eleazer, mentioned below. 2. Na-
thaniel, settled at Taunton ; married Abigail
Allen. 3. Joseph, married Elizabeth Snow,
daughter of Benjamin, in 1725; she died in
1755. 4. Experience, married Jonathan Cary.
5. Mehitable, married, 1740, Captain Seth Al-
den. And perhaps other children.
(IV) Eleazer (2), son of Eleazer (i)
Carver, married Catherine , of Marsh-
field. Children, born at Bridgewater: i.
iMary, 1722 ; married, 1743, Abraham Perkins.
2. Eleazer, 1724; married Hepzibah Perkins,
who married (second) in 1759, Ebenezer
Keith. 3. Catherine, 1726, died unmarried.
4. Timothy, 1728; removed from Bridge-
water. 5. Rhodolphus, 1735; settled at Oak-
ham, Worcester county, Massachusetts ; mar-
ried Abigail Bowman, of Bedford, in 1763.
6. John, mentioned below.
(V) John (3), son of Eleazer (2) Car-
ver, was born in South Bridgewater, in 1738,
and settled there. He married, in 1762, Bath-
sheba Edson. There are reasons for thinking
that she was his second wife. He died in
1803, aged sixty-five years. He had a large
family. Mitchell, in his "History of Bridge-
water," says they went westward, but some
of them came to Livermore, Maine. A widow
Carver was the second settler of Livermore
and had seven children — William, James,
Amos and Nathaniel and three daughters.
Some of John's children were: i. Eleazer,
born 1760-62; married, September 16. 1787,
Nancy Jones ; settled at Leeds, Maine. 2.
Eunice, married, 1784, Joseph Knapp Jr., of
Easton, Massachusetts; settled with Eleazer
Carver at Leeds, formerly Livermore, Maine.
3. John, married, 1795, Huldah Pratt, daugh-
ter of Abner. 4. Ruth, married at Bridge-
water, in 1795, Bezer Harvey. (See Har-
vey.)
(For preceding generations see Jarvice Gold I.)
(HI) Benjamin, youngest son of
GOULD John and Mary (Grossman)
Goold, was born about 1693. in
Taunton, and settled in Kittery, Maine, when
twenty years old. In 171 5 he bought a house
lot on the Berwick road, in the present town
of Eliot. In 1719 he bought a small farm
on what is known as "(joold's Corners,"
where his descendants have resided nearly two
hundred years. He belonged to the Society
of Friends, and died in 1781. He married,
February 9, 1716, Rebecca, daughter of Dan-
iel and Dorothy (Pray) Furbish. She was
born April 19, 1694, and survived him one
year, dying in 1782. Their children were:
Benjamin. John, Sarah, Samuel, James, Na-
thaniel, and Daniel.
(IV) James, fourth son of Benjamin and
Reiiecca (Furbish) Goold, was born June 5,
1730, in Kittery, and died in Biddeford,
Maine, in 1810. He was a prominent citizen,
having been a member of the provincial con-
gress and the state legislature. lie removed
to Arundel, now Kennebunk, and was a sol-
dier in Sir W'illiam Pepperill's regiment in
the expedition to Canada in 1757. He mar-
ried, February 7, 1750, Elizabeth Nason, bom
May 2"/, 1727, in Kittery, daughter of Jona-
than and Adah (Morrell) Nason; (second)
Hannah, daughter of Rev. John and Susanna
(Sweet) Hovey, of Kennebunkport. She was
born in 1746, and married (second) in 1812,
Colonel Caleb Emory, son of Caleb and Jane
(Frost) Emory, who died at Sanford, March
4, 1825. James Goold was the father of
twenty children, namely: Benjamin (died
young) ; James, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph,
Hannah, Jane, Benjamin, Lyman, Alexander,.
Thomas F., Lydia. Ebenezer. Samuel (died
young), Samuel, Abel, and five others who
probably died in infancy.
(\') Captain Alexander Gould, son of James
and Hannah (Hovey) Goold, was born in
Kennebunkport, ]\laine, February 27, 1771.
He was an enterprising shipmaster, and like
so many of the prominent citizens of that
town he was largely interested in building and
owning ships, with which they carried on a
very profitable commerce with Atlantic and
West Indian ports and also with the principal
ports of Europe. The war of 1812 put a stop
to this trade, and he purchased a farm in
Lyman. York county, where he lived and cul-
tivated the farm until the danger in American
trade on the high seas was removed bv the
treaty of peace with Great Britain, and he
therefore returned to Kennebunkport and re-
sumed commerce with foreign as well as do-
mestic ports. While thus engaged, he was at
Wilmington, North Carolina, in 181 7, and had
just completed loading his ship for a foreign
voyage and had departed down the Cape Fear
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river as far as Southport, North Carolina,
where he anchored in order to take advan-
tage of the first favorable opportunity to put
to sea. The weather detained his departure
for several days, and meantime he and most of
his crew were stricken by the prevailing ma-
larial fever, common on the coast, and he and
his son. Ivory Gould, who was a member of
the ship's company, were victims to the dis-
ease and were both buried in the cemetery at
Southport, where their graves were later vis-
ited by his son, Samuel H. Gould, who re-
ported as to the beauty of the place where
their bodies were lain to rest. He married,
early in life, Betsey, fifth child of Lemuel and
Anna (Burbank) Miller, and granddaughter
of Deacon Asa Burbank, of Kennebunkport.
Lemuel Miller was of Scotch-Irish descent,
and was one of the volunteer soldiers who
marched from his farm to the battle of Lex-
ington, April 17, 1775, and he removed with
the American army during the entire war,
only visiting his family once during the entire
conflict. He was a member of the bodyguard
of General Washington, and received from
that officer a commission as lieutenant, and
the state subsequently gave him a grant of six
hundred acres of land, and the United States
a pension of thirty dollars per month which
he drew and enjoyed during the remaining
years of his life, as he lived to be ninety-four
years of age and his wife, Anna (Burbank)
Miller, was over ninety years of age at the
time of her death. They had a large family
of children, including: Eunice, Elizabeth,
Asa, William, Betsey, William (2), Hannah,
Oliver, George, Joshua and Lemuel. Eunice
married Thomas Perkins ; Betsey married
Captain Alexander Gould, father of Captain
Alexander Gould (2), and grandfather of
William Harry Gould ; Hannah married Cap-
tain John White ; George settled in Georgia,
where he married and had a family ; and Lem-
uel, the youngest, married Olive Burbank, of
Parsonsfi'eld, Maine. In May, 1896, none of
the children of Lemuel and Anna (Burbank)
Miller were living. Captain Alexander and
Betsey (Miller) Gould had children: Will-
iam, born March 19, 1801, died August 2,
1826; Alexander, whose date of birth does
not appear in record ; Asa, born March 6,
1805, who was lost at sea, in 1831 ; Joseph,
born April 21, 1807, died December 16, 1874;
Evaline, born January 29, 1809, died June 25,
1859: Samuel H., born May 10, 181 1; Betsey,
born April 24, 1813; Hannah Ann, born April
15, 181 5, died April 18, 1818.
(VI) Alexander (2), second son of Cap-
tain Alexander ( i ) and Betsey Miller Gould,
was born in Kennebunkport, Maine, about
1803. Like his father, uncles and brothers, he
followed the sea, and owned and commanded
a ship that did a coast and foreign trade be-
tween the New England and Southern Atlan-
tic ports and between these ports and Europe.
He married Sarah Perkins; children: Char-
lotte, Susan, Alexander, Adelaide and Will-
iam Harry. Sarah (Perkins) Gould, mother
of these children, lived to be over eighty-eight
years of age, that being her age when she cel-
ebrated her birthday in 1896.
(VH) \\'illiam Harry, youngest son of
Captain Alexander (2) and Sarah (Perkins)
Gould, was born in Kennebunkport, Maine,
and went to sea at the age of seventeen years,
from that port. He rose to be a master ma-
riner at the age of twenty-one, in command
of the "Eva H. Fisk," and made voyages to
South America and England. Another of the
vessels in which he sailed was the "Alice
\'enard." He married Nellie Augusta, daugh-
ter of Alden Bradford Day. Children: i.
Agnes Maude Iquique, now wife of Robert
Morris Tapley, residing in Alameda, Cali-
fornia. 2. Will Day, mentioned below. 3.
Harold Stearns, in the Fourth National Bank
of Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Clifford Per-
kins, student in the Kennebunkport public
■ schools.
(VIII) Will Day, son of Captain William
Harry and Nellie Augusta (Day) Gould, was
born in Kennebunkport, York county, Maine,
February 4, 1882. He was prepared for col-
lege in the public schools and high school of
his native town, and was graduated at Bow-
doin College, Brunswick, i\Iaine, A. B., 1904.
At college he affiliated with the Delta Up-
silon fraternity. He removed to New York
City on graduating from Bowdoin, and be-
came connected with an importing and export-
ing business in New York. He is a Repub-
lican in politics, and a member of the Maine
Society of New York. His Republicanism he
inherits from his father and paternal grand-
father, and his branch of trade importing and
exporting also is inherited from three genera-
tions of importers and exporters and general
shipping merchants.
There were numerous families
BRC)WN of this name among the pio-
neers of the Pine Tree State,
and many representatives of the family were
soldiers in the revolutionary war from Maine.
The name has been conspicuous, not only in
the military records of the nation generally.
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STATE OF MAINE.
but also in civil and religious affairs, and it
has contrilnitcd its full proportion in the de-
velopment of Maine.
(I) Richard Brown, immigrant ancestor of
a prominent branch of the Brown family, is
first of record in Newbury, Alassachusetts, as
earlv as 1635, and probably is the Richard
Brown who came from England in the ship
"Marv and John," in 1633. He married (first)
Edith' '-, who died in 1647, and (second)
February 16, 1648, Elizabeth, daughter of Ed-
mund Greenleaf, and widow of Giles Badger.
He died April 16, 1661.
(H) Joshua, son of Richard and Edith
Brown, was born April 10, 1642, in New-
bury, where he spent his life and died in 1720.
He "married. January 15, 1669, Sarah, daugh-
ter of William and Ruth Sawyer, born in
Newbury, November 20, 165 1. They had
seven children.
(HI) Deacon Jo.seph. son of Joshua and
Sarah (Sawyer) Brown, was born in New-
bury, October 11, i66g, and followed the vo-
cation of trader. About 1700 he removed
from Newbury to Amesbury, Massachusetts.
He died October 18, 1732, leaving a will, in
which he provided a legacy to the First
Church of Amesbury, of which he was a dea-
con. He married, about 1694, Sarah Tread-
well, born August 15, 1674, in Ipswich, Mas-
sachusetts, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail
(Wells) Treadwell. Children: Abigail, Na-
than, Sarah, Nathaniel, Joshua and Simeon.
(IV) Dr. Simeon, youngest child of Joseph
and Sarah (Treadwell) Brown, was born
about 1704, in Amesbury, and was a physi-
cian, residing in Salisbury until 1735, when
he removed to Kingston, New Hampshire. In
1745 he sold his property there to his brother
Joshua, and removed to Haverhill, Massachu-
setts. He was admitted to the church in
Kingston by letter from the Second church of
Salisbury, September 14, 1735, and was chosen
a deacon. He married, in 1728, Hannah, only
daughter of Henry and Ruth (Morrill)
Young. A full record of their children is not
accessible. They include: i. Henry Young.
2. A daughter, died in Kingston, August 11,
•733- ?>■ Joseph, mentioned below. 4. Sarah,
baptized August 14, 1737. 5. Simeon, July i,
1739. 6. Hannah, September 27, 1741. The
eldest of these was baptized October 25, 1730,
in Salisbury, and was a captain of militia in
several campaigns of the French and Indian
war. For this service he received a grant of
land, and was the founder of Brownville,
Maine.
{V) Joseph (2), second son of Dr. Simeon
and Hannah (Young) Brown, was baptized
July 6, 1735, in Kingston, when about six
years old. For many years he lived in Braii-
ford, Massachusetts, where he married. May
3, 1768, Mary, daughter of Moses and Me-
hitable (Page) Greeley, of Haverhill. She
was born January 9, 1733, in that town, and
died in 1796, in Farmington, Maine. Mr.
Brown w^as among the earlier settlers in Win-
throp, Maine, and in May, 1781, settled at
Sandy River, being one of the first two per-
manent settlers in the present town of Farm-
ington, Maine, his colleague in this enterprise
being Nathaniel Davis. Here he endured
many hardships and privations. His first log
cabin was erected in the intervale, and was
washed away in the great flood of 1785. He
and his family were compelled to flee from the
house in the night in a boat to escape the
flood. He subsequently built on the upland,
and in 1787 built the first frame barn in the
upper part of Farmington, the boards being
fastened on with pegs. He carried a bullet
received during the French and Indian war,
until he was nearly ninety years old, when it
was removed by two physicians of Industry.
He died at the home of his son Samuel, in the
latter town, in the spring of 1819, aged about
ninety years.
. (YI) Samuel, son of Joseph (2) and Mary
(Greeley) Brown, was born March 14, 1763,
in that part of Haverhill, now Bradford, and
died in Vienna, Maine, whither he removed
about 1819. In that year he sold his farm in
Industry to Ebenezer Sw'ift. He married
Mary Butler, born May 23, 1764, in Farming-
ton, daughter of Elijah (2) and Jane ( Kel-
ley) Butler (see Butler VI). She died in In-
dustry, in September, 1807. Children : James,
Polly, Betsey (married Samuel Church, and
died in Farmington, 1879) ; Dennis, died in
New Sharon ; Samuel, Moses and Thomas.
Moses was a Methodist local preacher, and
farmer in Farmington. Thomas settled in
Ilodgdon, Maine.
(VII) James, eldest child of Samuel and
Mary (Butler) Brown, was born March 10,
1793, in Farmington, and died at Ilallowell,
where he had resided for many years. He
was a cabinet maker and painter whose work
was in high repute, as he had inherited much
artistic skill from his mother, Mary Butler,
who was descended from one of the sturdiest
families of the state. He married Hannah
Castle, daughter of Captain William West, of
Hallowell, and when his fiftieth wedding an-
niversary came around he celebrated this with
great joy, his eleven children being present,
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and many other friends, makint;- a scene of
Tare and historic interest. His children were :
I. Catherine West, died August 15, 1870;
married John Davis, farmer, of Hallowell,
who at one time was custom house inspector
at Bath ; four chikh^en. 2. John Otis, see for-
ward. 3. Clementine Elizabeth, born June 5.
1828; resides at Dorchester, Massachusetts, a
"woman of great force of character, who mar-
ried (first) William Wilkinson, of Damaris-
•cotta, Maine, and (second) Henry Tallman, a
prominent attorney and municipal judge at
Bath many years : there were two children by
•each of these marriages. 4. Hannah Larkin,
born July 5, 1830; married Daniel Hanscom;
their two children are deceased. 5. Henry,
was a painter; died August 12, 1895; married
Jane Rowe ; two children. 6. Mary Ann, died
in Gardiner, September 23, 1884; married
Henry Wakefield ; four children. 7. .\nnie E.,
who died January 5, 1891 ; married James A.
Tallman. graduate of Bowdoin College, a
prominent attorney, and major in the civil
war ; their only child is deceased. 8. Sarah
Jane, deceased; married James Webl). boot
and shoe dealer of Gardiner: five children. 9.
Julia Emma, died at Gardiner, July 25, 1891 :
married Frank Weymouth, flour merchant, of
Gardiner ; three children. 10. William Harri-
son, born at Hallowell, July 17, 1841, died at
Boston, February 16, igoi ; he was a very
brave soldier in the civil war, having enlisted
in the Third Maine Regiment of Volunteers,
April 19, 1861, and served until the close of
the war in the Army of the Potomac, and
then enlisted in the regular army, and was
honorably discharged September 5, 1871, with
the rank of sergeant. In 1874 he was ap-
pointed on the police force of Boston, and for
one of his heroic deeds was av.arded a medal
of honor, being made lieutenant Xovember 26,
1886, and promoted to captain in i88g. When
his health became impaired he was given com-
mand of the city prison. He was a man of
noblest character, and all his work was done
in the most conscientious and faithful manner.
He married (first) Fannie Wharft', of Gardi-
ner, Maine, (second) Mary J. Campbell, of
Nova Scotia, there being one child of his first
marriage and four of the second marriage.
II. Thomas Oliver, died January 19, 1891,
unmarried.
(VIII) John Otis, son of James and
Hannah Castle (West) Brown, was born at
Hallowell, in 1826, and died January 31, 1885.
He was a man highly esteemed by all who
knew him, for the faithful discharge of all
duties which were entrusted to him. He was
a house painter. He married Lucy Howe, of
Hallowell, of one of the strong old families of
that city. Children: i. Charles Augustus,
married Adelaide 1). Greenlief. 2. Frank, left
no children. 3. Ella, married Daniel O. Bean ;
resides at Lisbon, Maine ; three children.
( IX ) Charles .\ugiistus, son of John Otis
and Lucy (Howe) Brown, was a very brave
soldier, an energetic farmer, and engaged in
the cotton business. Fle was a very faithful
member of the Cniversalist church. He mar-
ried Adelaide B. Greenlief, a woman of much
energy and many noble works of helpfulness.
Children : Herbert L., of New York City,
and Irwin L.
(X) Herbert L., son of Charles Augustus
and Adelaide B. (Greenlief) Brown, was
born in Lewiston, Maine, May 26, 1869. and
resides at No. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York
City. He graduated from the famous Hal-
lowell Classical School, and commenced to
work on granite with Governor Bodwell, of
Augusta, in 1883, and was afterwards em-
ployed by Norcross Brothers, of Worcester,
Massachusetts, general contractors. He is a
member of Palestine Commandery, K. T., of
New York City : Amity Chapter, New York
City : Hiawatha Lodge, ]\Iount \"ernon. New
Vork : Prophet Tribe of Red Men, Troy, New
Hampshire; the Transportation Club of New
York City; the Country Club at Mount Ver-
non, New York ; and of the Auto Club in the
same town. In religion he is a Universalist,
and he is a man who is very highly esteemed
by all who know him. He marriecl, April 13,
1892, at Hallowell, Maine, Lillian M. Getchell,
born in Hallowell, April 2, 1866, daughter of
Harrison P. Getchell and Elizabeth Rollins,
and thus descended from two very strong old
families of Maine, her ancestor. Captain John
Getchell, being one of the most ardent patri-
ots of the revolutionary war, at Brunswick.
Their daughter, Greta Elizabeth, was born
April 29, 1897.
The Butler line (see Samuel Brown VI,
above) is descended from Nicholas Butler
(I), who was at Martha's Vineyard as early
as 1662, and died there August 13, 1671. He
was of English or Scotch birth, and had a
wife Joyce.
(II) John, son of Nicholas and Joyce But-
ler, died in Martha's Vineyard, in 1668. His
wife's name was Mary, and they had sons
John and Thomas.
(HI) Captain John (2), .son of John (i)
and Mary Butler, was born in 1652, and died
between 1733 and 1738. He married Priscilla,
daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Norton.
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(I\') Simeon, son of John (2) and Priscilla
(Norton) Butler, married Hannah Cheney.
(V) Elijah, son of Simeon and Hannah
(Cheney) Butler, was born May 16, 1713, and
died in 1789, at Edgartown, Massachusetts.
He was married April 14, 1737, to Thankful,
daughter of John and Hannah (Pease; Smith,
of Edgartown. She was born in 1717, and
died October 20, 1797, in Industry, Maine,
where she joined her son Henry, after the
death of her husband. Children : Elijah, Abi-
gail, Elizabeth, Henry, Zebediah, Mary,
Thankful and Deborah.
(VI) Elijah (2), eldest child of Elijah (i)
and Thankful (Smith) Butler, was born in
1738, at Edgartown, and removed to Farm-
ington, Maine, in 1790. He was a tanner by
occupation, and built a tannery at Farming-
ton in 1805, which he operated until his death,
August 20, 1825. He married Jane Kelley,
born 1745, died July 7, 1820. Their children
included: Jonathan, Susanna, Elijah, Ed-
ward, Samuel, Winthrop, Betsey, and prob-
ably Mary and several others.
(\'II) Mary, undoubtedly daughter of Eli-
jah (2) and John (Kelley) Butler, w-as the
wife of Samuel Brown (see Brown VI).
(For first generation see Thomas Brown I.)
(II) Thomas (2), son of
BROWN Thomas ( i ) Brown, was born
in Concord, in 1651. He de-
posed in 1671 that his age was nineteen years.
He died April 4, 1718, aged sixty-seven years.
He settled in Concord, and was town clerk in
1718. He married, November 12, 1677, Ruth
(Vinton) Jones. Children: i. Ruth, born
February 8, 1678-79: died March 22, 1764;
married, November 10, 1698, Samuel Jones.
2. Mary, born November 18, 1681 ; died July
14, 1750; married John Hunt. 3. Rebecca,
born March 5, 1683-84; married, September
26, 1704, Jonathan Hubbard. 4. Thomas,
born August 28, 1686; mentioned below. 5.
Ephraim, born April 21, 1689; died February
6, 1749-50; married August 28, 1719, Han-
nah Wilson. 6. Elizabeth, born March 8,
1691-92; died December 28, 1717; married,
September 22, 1713, Jonathan Hartwell.
(Ill) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2)
Brown, was born August 28, 1686, and died
March 13, 1717-18. He married, November
22, 1709, Hannah Potter. Children: i. Dea-
con Ephraim, born November 7, 1710: died
October 9, 1788; married June 20, 1732, Abi-
gail Wheeler. 2. Timothy, bom August 17,
1 71 2: mentioned below. 3. Luke, bom No-
vember 3, 1714. 4. Hannah, December 6,
1716.
(IN) Timothy, son of Thomas (3) Brown,
was born at Concord, August 17, 17-12,
and died -April 10, 1763. He married
(first) September 5, 1744, Dorothy Davis,
who died January 2"/, 1749-50; (second) Feb-
ruary 19, 1750-51, Mary Stratlon, of Rutland,
who married (second) December 4, 1766,
John Stone, of Rutland. Timothy Brown
was one of the earliest taxpayers of Holden,
and signed a petition May 13, 1740. Chil-
dren, of first wife, born at Holden: i. Isa-
iah, June 10, 1745. 2. Mary, July 5, 1747;
died April 25, 1752. Children of second wife:
3. Dorothy, born November 15, 1751, died Oc-
tober 26, 1756. 4. Mary, born Febru-
ary 26, 1753; died December 26, 1754. 5.
Timothy, born February 14, 1756; died Octo-
ber 20, 1756. 6. Timothy, born May 11, 1758;
died June 6, 1758. 7. John, born July 6, 1762.
(V) Isaiah, son of Timothy Brown, was
born in Holden, June 10, 1745. He was a
soldier in the revolution, in Captain James
Davis's company. Colonel Doolittle's regiment,
on the Lexington alami, April 19, 1775, with
the rank of first lieutenant. He was select-
man of Holden in 1787, and a prominent citi-
zen. In 1800. with many others from this
section, he removed to Clinton, Alaine, cleared
a farm of two hundred acres, built a public
house and grist mill, and kept a general store.
He had large interests and accumulated a
handsome property. In his later years he was
assisted by and associated in business with his
son Luke, who succeeded to the business and
real estate of his father. He spent his last
years in the home and care of his son Luke.
He married (first) November 8, 1770, Phebe
How, of Princeton. She died at Holden, July
6, 1775, and he married (second) in that
town, Abigail (Nabby) Brown, December 27,
1775. Child of first wife: i. Dorothy, born
September 2, 1773. Children of second wife:
2. Thomas, born September 28, 1776. 3.
Phebe, September 11, 1778. 4. Nabby, July
2, 1780. 5. Salla, May 5, 1782. 6. Polly, July
16, 1784. 7. Betsey, April 12, 1786. 8. Luke,
mentioned below. All were born in Holden.
(VI) Luke, son of Isaiah Brown, was born
in Holden, about 1788. He removed to Maine
with the family, and worked with his father
in building the mill and dwelling house, the
barns and other buildings, and in reclaiming
the two hundred acres from the wilderness.
He inherited his father's estate, and made the
farm one of the finest in the countv. He died
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at Clinton at the advanced age of ninety-six
years. He was treasurer and collector of the
town for many years, originally a Whig in
politics, but in his later years a Republican.
He was a member of the Methodist church.
He married Polly Gilman, of Albion ; chil-
dren, born in Clinton : Rufus F., Lydia,
Sybil, George O., Abigail, Elvira, Joseph C,
Simeon Stratton, mentioned below ; Orren G.,
\'esta, Achsah, Lurana. Luke.
(VII) Simeon Stratton, son of Luke
Brown, was born in Clinton, Kennebec county,
Maine, July 6, 1833, and died 1908.
He attended the public schools of his native
town, fitted for college in the Waterville
Academy, under Dr. J. H. Hanson, and en-
tered Waterville College (now Colby Univer-
sity), where he was graduated with honors in
the class of 1858. He was elected a member
of the Phi Beta Kappa on account of his high
rank as a student. He then read law one year
with Willis B. Snell, of Fairfield, and another
year with E. K. Boyle, and was admitted to
the bar of Kennebec county in 1859. From
1864 to 1881 he practiced his profession at
Fairfield, Maine, then removed to W'aterville,
where he practiced the remainder of his life.
In 1895 the firm of Brown & Brown was
formed, his partner being son, Frank Ells-
worth Brown. Mr. Brown attained a leading
position in his profession, and was prominent
in public life. He was an active and influen-
tial Democrat, chairman of the board of edu-
cation of Fairfield from 1873 to 1881, and
of Waterville from 1881 to 1886. He was a
member of the first board 'of aldermen of the
city of Waterville in 1888, and was chairman
of the board from 1888 to 1893. He was ac-
tive in the party organization, member of the
Democratic state committee for seven years,
and its chairman four years. He was a dele-
gate to the Democratic national conventions
of 1880 and 1884. In 1879 he was elected to
the governor's council in the administration of
Governor Alonzo Garcelon, 1879-80; repre-
sented his district in the state legislature in
1893 ; and for many years was city solicitor
of Waterville. In religion Mr. Brown was a
Unitarian. He was a member of Lodge of
Free Masons.
He married, June 30, 1861, Hepsie B.,
daughter of John and Dorcas (Sawyer) Wig-
gin. Children: i. Frank Ellsworth, men-
tioned below. 2. Jennie Irving, married Al-
pheus W. Flood. 3. William Wirt, graduate
of Colby College, class of 1898. 4. Caddie
Hall, married Lewis A. Burleigh, son of ex-
Governor Edwin C. Burleigh.
(Mil) Frank Ellsworth, son of Simeon
Stratton Brown, was born in Freedom, Waldo
county, Maine, June 14, 1863. He attended
the public schools of Fairfield and the Coburn
Classical Institute, from which he was gradu-
ated in the class of 18S2. He was clerk in the
United States mail service four years, city
clerk of W'aterville seven years, and was ad-
mitted to the bar of Kennebec county in
March, 1895. He . became his father's law
partner immediately afterward, under the firm
name of Brown & Brown, and continued in
this relation until the death of his father in
1908. He is a Free Mason and Knight of
Pythias. He married, July 8, 1896, Mae F.
Wentworth, of Clinton, Maine.
This name is probably one
FRENCH adopted as applied to a person
of French birth, who lived in
England at the time when surnames were
generally adopted among the people. He had
undoubtedly been called French on account of
his nativity, and this was accepted and adopted
as a surname. There were several immi-
grants of this name at a very early date in
New England. Edward French, born about
1590, in England, was an early resident of
Salisbury, Massachusetts, and it is quite prob-
able that the line herein traced is an offshoot
among his descendants. It is possible, how-
ever, that it may have come from John
French, born in England about 161 2, and set-
tled at Dorchester, RIassachusetts, about 1635.
His descendants were numerous in Braintree.
(I) The first in this line of whom any defi-
nite record can be found was James French,
born 1756-58, who resided in Andover, Massa-
chusetts, and married Abigail Fletcher, born
1765, in Ipswich, RIassachusetts. It is possi-
ble that this is the James Frencli who went
from Beverly as a soldier in the revolutionary
war, serving in Captain John Baker's com-
pany. Colonel Moses Little's (Seventeenth)
Regiment. He enlisted May 22, 1775, and
served two months and fifteen days. He must
have served also in a subsequent enlistment,
as there is record of an order for a bounty
coat or equivalent, at camp, December 11,
1775. James French was one of the first set-
tlers of Norway, Maine, whither he removed
in 1798. Children: James, Jacob, Abigail,
Esther, Sarah, Charles, George, Alice and
Clarissa.
(II) James (2), eldest child of James (i)
and Abigail (Fletcher) French, was born De-
cember 19, 1785, in Andover, and went to
Norway .with his father. He was a farmer,
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STATE OF MAINE.
and at times engaged in trade and served as
collector of taxes for his town. He married
Annis, daughter of Phinehas and Keziah
(Farnsworth) Whitney (see Whitney VIII).
Children : George, Jaines, Washington, Per-
ky, Martha (died young), John A., Martha
A., Moses Osgood, William P. and Amos.
(III) James (3), second son of James (2)
and Annis (Whitney) French, was born May
26, 181 1, at Norway, Maine, and was a farmer
and lumberman in Lebanon. Maine, where he
died in 1883. He married Sarah Brown.
(IV) Sidney Irving, son of James and Sa-
rah (Brown) French, was born in 1852, in
Albany. Maine, and now resides at Bethel.
He is a carpenter and at this date (1908) is in
the employ of Gilbert Tuell, of Bethel. He is
an ardent supporter of the principles of the
Republican party, believing that this political
party best serves the interest of the masses of
American citizens. He is an honored mem-
ber of the Odd Fellows lodge, of which he is
the treasurer, and is also connected with the
Pilgrim I'^athers at Bethel. He married Anna
Buxton Twitchell, born May i, 1856; chil-
dren: Cornelia B., born October 22, 1877;
died January 17, 1897; George Harold, April
20, 1881 : Alice P., April 3, 1887.
(V) George Harold, son of Sidney Irving
and Anna Buxton (Twitchell) French, is a
native of Bethel. Alaine. He attended the
common schools of that place, after which he
took a course at Gould's Academy. He went
to Augusta after leaving his school room du-
ties, and there engaged as an apprentice in
the printing business with the Maine Farmer
Publishing Company. He served two years,
and was then promoted to proofreader and
assistant manager of the business. After four
years, in 1906, he became manager of the
Maine Farmer Publishing Company. He is a
decided Republican in his politics, and in
church faith a Universalist, and is assistant
superintendent of the Universalist Sunday
School. He takes much interest in the Grange
movement, and is the master of Capitol
Grange, of Augusta. Mr. French married,
May 23, 1905, Nellie Edna Bradley, born May
28, 1880. daughter of James Bradley and
wife, of Fort Fairfield. They have one child,
Harold B., born October 8, 1906.
(For ancestry see John Whitney I.)
(II) Richard, second son of
WHITNEY John and Elinor Whitney,
was bom in 1626, in Eng-
land, was brought to Watertown, Massachu-
setts, by his parents, and became a- freeman
May 7, 1651. He removed to Stow, Massa-
chusetts, where his name is given among the
list of proprietors, June 3, 1680, but his eight
children were born in Watertown. April 7,
1697, he was excused from training, at Stow,
because he was seventy years of age. He mar-
ried, March 19, 1650, Martha Coldam ; chil-
dren: Sarah, born November 17, 1652;
Moses, August i, 1655; Johannah, January
16, 1656; Deborah, October 12, 1658; Re-
becca, December 15, 1659, died in February,
1660; Richard; Elisha, August 26, 1662; and
Ebenezer, June 30, 1672.
(Ill) Richard (2), second son of Richard
(i) and Martha (Coldam) Whitney, was
born January 13, 1660, at Watertown, Massa-
chusetts, and received a grant of land at Stow,
October 24, 1682; he died at the latter place,
December 15, 1723. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Jonathan Sawtell, of Groton,
Massachusetts, born February 3, 1668, died
November 24, 1723; children: Richard, Jona-
than, Joshua, Ruhamah, Sarah, Hannah, Eliz-
abeth, Hepzibah.
( I\ I Deacon Jonathan, second son of
Richard (2) and Elizabeth (Sawtell) Whit-
ney, was born February 26, 1699, at Stow,
Massachusetts, and became a resident of Har-
vard, Massachusetts, where he died Novem-
ber 8, 1773. He signed the covenant of the
First Church at Harvard in 1733, and became
deacon ; he was also a selectman in Harvard,
and a captain of militia. He married, at Lan-
caster, January 29, 1718, Alice, daughter of
Simon and Mary (Whitcomb) Willard, born
December, 1699, died February 19, 1792;
children: Simon, born 1719; Jonathan; Bet-
sey; Phinehas, September 5, 1727; Caleb, Oc-
tober 4, 1729; Oliver, July 22, 1731 ; Alice,
April 2, 1733; Hezekiah, April 14, 1735; Ru-
hamah, July 19. 1737; and Sarah, June 10,
1740, died December 26, 1746.
iX) Jonathan (2). .son of Jonathan (i)
and Alice (Willard) Whitney, was born at
Stow, Alassachusetts, and died January 20,
1770, at Harvard, same state. He married,
November 27, 1746, Sarah Holt, who died
October 29, 1769; children: Phinehas; Jona-
than, born July i, 1749, died October 27,
1756; Sarah, born August 5, 1751; Relief,
May 21, 1754, died October 15, 1756; Han-
nah, born March 24, 1756, died October 26,
1756; Relief, November 13, 1758; Annes,
February 25, 1761, died June i, 1761 ; Oliver,
died March 29, 1763; Abigail, born January
29, 1763; Annes, born March 30, 1765, died
January 23, 1768 ; Rachel, born September 19,
1767: Levi, died before 1771.
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(\T) Captain Phinehas, oldest son of
Jonathan (2) and Sarah (Holt) Whitney,
was born July 3, 1747, at Harvard, Alassa-
chusetts, and died May 21, 1830, at Norway,
Maine, to which place he removed after the
revolutionary war, in which he served. His
name is found in the Massachusetts Rolls, de-
scribed as from Harvard, a farmer, with dark
complexion, height five feet eleven inches,
served first in Captain Joseph Aloore's com-
pany, from Groton, Colonel William Pres-
cott's regiment, in the earlier part of the war ;
from February 5, 1777, to January 28, 1780,
he served as corporal in Captain Benjamin
Brown's company. Colonel ]\Iichael Jackson's
regiment. In 1781 he re-enlisted for a term
of three years. A story is related of him of
his part in the battle of Bunker Hill, which
shows him to have been a brave man ; he had
just loaded his gun with his last cartridge,
when an English officer rushed over the
breastworks, shouting "Rush on, the fort is
ours," when he was immediately shot and
killed by Captain Whitney, who was badly
wounded in the encounter, but made his es-
cape. A pension was granted him by the gov-
ernment April II, 1818, and as a result of
wounds incurred in the war it became neces-
sary to amputate one of his legs, which opera-
tion was successfully performed in 1824, at
Norway, Maine, by Dr. French, then living
there. He was then over seventy-five years of
age, but recovered from the operation and
lived for a number of years after. In 1797,
when Norway, Maine, became incorporated as
a town, the names of Phinehas and Jonathan
Whitney appear on the list of inhabitants, and
he was then living on what was called "Three
Tiers," in another place mentioned as Water-
ford Plantation ,and it is said their house was
the second to burn in Norway. He married,
October 31, 1765, Keziah Farnsworth, who
died June 26, 1827, at Norway, Maine. They
had two daughters, Mary and Annis, and
mention is also made of a son whose name is
not given. Mary, born May 15, 1766, mar-
ried Richard Bryant.
(All) Annis, daughter of Phinehas asid
Keziah (Farnsworth) W'hitney, was born
February 13, 1785, and married James French,
Junior. (See French II.)
Samuel King Hamilton, of
HA^vIILTON Wakefield, Massachusetts,
is the youngest of six sons
of Benjamin Ricker Hamilton and Sarah Carll,
and a grandson of James Hamilton and John
Carll, both farmers and respected men of Wa-
terborough, Maine. Mr. Carll served in the
revolutionary war, and was the first settler
of the little hamlet known as Waterborough
Center. The village was formerly called
Carll's Corner, having taken its name from
his son, Peter Carll, who built the first house,
kept the first store and tavern at that place.
(See Carll.)
Mr. Hamilton was named in honor of Sam-
uel King, who married his cousin, and who
was mayor of Calais, Maine, and for many
years one of the leading lumber manufacturers
on the St. Croix river, and who afterwards re-
moved to St. John, New Brunswick, where, in
connection with his sons, he had one of the
most extensive lumber interests on the St.
John river.
The Hamilton family for centuries has been
one of the most distinguished in Scotland and
England, and closely related to royalty in both
countries. Mr. Hamilton's earliest ancestor
in America was David Hamilton, who lived in
the township of Hamilton, near Glasgow,
Scotland, and who was taken prisoner by
Cromwell at the battle of Worcester, Septem-
ber 3, 1651, and who was transported to this
country by him in the ship "John and Sara,"
which sailed from Gravesend, near London,
on November 8th, and arrived at Charles-
town, Massachusetts, prior to May, A. D.,
1652. There he was sold into servitude to
work out his liberty, and was probably held
in this service from five to ten years. After
the expiration of this term he went to Dover,
New Hampshire, and soon settled in what is
now the town of Rollinsford, on the westerly
bank of the Salmon Falls river, at a place then
called Newichawannok, and which he pur-
chased in 1669, and where he lived until the
time of his death in 1691, being slain by the
Indians. On July 14, 1662, he married, at
Biddeford, JNIaine, Annah Jaxson (Anna
Jackson), daughter of Richard Jackson, who
was a neighbor of David Hamilton, of Scot-
land, and who was taken prisoner at the same
battle and transported to this country in tiie
same ship and also sold into servitude, at the
expiration of which he settled on the west
bank of the Saco 'river.
Children of Benjamin R. and Sarah (Carll)
Hamilton : Porter, of Saco, Maine ; Alonzo,
of Boston, Massachusetts; Benjamin, of Saco,
Maine ; Jason and Almira, of Waterboro,
Maine ; John, of Portland, Maine ; and Sam-
uel K., of whom further.
Samuel King Hamilton, youngest child of
Benjamin R. and Sarah (Carll) Hamilton, is
of the sixth generation in a direct line from
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STATE OF MAINE.
David, and was born at Waterborough, Maine,
July 27, 1837. His early life was spent upon
his father's farm. The rudimentary educa-
tion which he obtained at the district scliool
was supplemented by a single term at Limer-
ick Academy, then a famous institution of
learning; six months' private tuition under
M. D. L. Lane, of Hollis, Maine, who was
just then beginning the practice of law, and
who afterwards became prominent in politics
and was appointed consul to Vera Cruz by
President Lincoln, and later was appointed
judge of the superior court of the county of
Cumberland, a position which he held at the
time of his death; and a part of one year at
the high school in Saco, Maine, under the in-
struction of William Hobson, a graduate of
Bowdoin College, who at the breaking out of
the civil war entered the army and served his
country with conspicuous ability and bravery,
returning with the rank of colonel and brevet
brigadier-general.
In February, 1856, Mr. Hamilton began
teaching his first school at the district now
called East Waterborough, then the "Ford
District," and from that time to August of the
same year he was engaged there and in his
home district. In the autumn of that year he
entered the Chandler Scientific Department of
Dartmouth College, of which the late Profes-
sor John S. Woodman was the head, from
which he graduated in 1859. During the win-
ter season of his course in that school, he
taught school in Waterborough and in Wells,
Maine. In August, 1859, he entered the
office of Hon. Ira T. Drew, at Alfred, Maine,
where he remained several years, pursuing his
legal studies and teaching a portion of the
time in Wells, Alfred, and South Reading
(now Wakefield), Massachusetts. In i860 he
was principal of Alfred Academy, a position
in which he had been preceded by such men as
Hon. Bion Bradbury, Hon. John M. Good-
win, Professor Charles Cumston, Hon. Hamp-
den Fairfield, and Hon. Amos. L. Allen.
In June, 1862, after an examination by
Hon. E. E. Bourne, Hon. Increase S. Kim-
ball, and Hon. Edwin R. Wiggin, and upon
their recommendation, he was admitted to the
bar at Alfred, before Hon. Charles W. Wal-
ton, who was then holding his first term as
judge of the supreme judicial court. On the
day of his admission he was offered a copart-
nership with Mr. Drew, which was quickly and
gladly accepted, for it opened the way at once
for a young and penniless lawyer to earn his
livelihood. This copartnership continued un-
til April, 1867, when Mr. Hamilton removed
to Biddeford, and a copartnership was entered
into between himself and B. F. Hamilton, who
descended from the same ancestor in a differ-
ent line, and who was born in the same town,
studied law in the same office, and was admit-
ted to the bar in i860. During the continu-
ance of the copartnership of Drew & Hamil-
ton the firm had the largest docket in the
county, and were engaged in substantially
every important case arising in that jurisdic-
tion. While at Biddeford, Mr. Hamilton built
up a substantial law business, which w-as left
to his partner on his removal to Wakefield.
While living in his native town, Mr. Hamilton
served two years upon the school committee.
He serv'ed two years on the board of alder-
men in the city of Biddeford, and in 1872,
with Hon. Ferguson Haines, represented that
city in the Maine legislature. In these posi-
tions he established a reputation as a safe
legislator and a ready and able debater.
In December, 1872, he left Biddeford and
removed to Wakefield, and formed a copart-
nership with Chester W. Eaton, a college
classmate, and opened law offices in Wake-
field and Boston. This copartnership contin-
ued to 1879, when it was dissolved by mutual
consent, Mr. Hamilton retaining the Boston
offices and Mr. Eaton those in Wakefield.
Soon after beginning practice in Boston he
acquired considerable business, which has
been continually increasing and for a number
of years has almost constantly engaged in the
trial of cases in the court or in hearing those
which have been referred to him by the court,
and his practice has extended into every state
in New England and into New York. In
1899 Theodore Eaton, son of his former part-
ner, became associated with him in practice,
and this copartnership continues to the pres-
ent time (1908).
Soon after his settlement in Wakefield, Mr.
Hamilton became prominent in town affairs,
and served twelve years upon the school
board, nine of which he was chairman, and
was instrumental in effecting a complete re-
organization of the school system. His efforts
in this work were appreciated by the people of
the town, who recognized it in a conspicuous
manner by a vote in town meeting that the
new brick school house then being erected be
called in his honor the "Hamilton School
Building." He was also chairman of the
board of selectmen six years, chairman of the
board of trustees of the Beebe Town Library,
counsel for the town for over twenty years,
and moderator in nearly all the town meet-
ings for even a longer period. He had charge
STATE OF IMAINE.
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of the litigation which resulted in the town
acquiring the plant of the Citizens' Gas Light
Company, which was the first and leading case
of the kind in the commonwealth and at-
tracted much attention.
He was an alternate delegate to the Demo-
cratic national convention in 1868, a delegate
to the national conventions which nominated
General Hancock in 18S0, and William J.
Bryan in 1896, but did not support the last
named. He has presided over many Demo-
cratic conventions, and was candidate for dis-
trict attorney for the northern district of Mas-
sachusetts in 1887, and in 1890 was a candi-
date of the Democratic party for Congress
from the Seventh congressional district, and
in 1892 a candidate for presidential elector in
the same district. In 1893 he purchased and
became president of the Wakefield Water
Company, which he controlled fo;" ten years.
He was one of the originators of the Pine
Tree State Club of Boston, which he served
as treasurer for the first eleven years of its
existence, and afterwards as president. He
became a member of the Bar Association of
the city of Boston shortly after it was organ-
ized, and upon the organization of the Bar
Association of the County of Middlesex in
1898, he became its president, a position which
he now holds.
In 1874 Mr. Hamilton became connected
with the Congregational church in Wakefield,
of which he has been ever since an active
member. He was chairman of the committee
which erected the beautiful stone edifice con-
nected with the church, and aitled materially
by his effort and money in paying the debt
thereby contracted. He presided and made
an address at the centennial celebration of
the church in 1876, and when the town, in
connection with Reading, celebrated its two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary, he presided
at the proceedings on Settlers' Day, and de-
livered an address. In August, 1908, lie de-
livered the centennial address of Limerick
Academy, in which he was a former student.
In every capacity he has exhibited the highest
qualities of a progressive, patriotic and public-
spirited citizen, and is universally respected
and esteemed.
February 13, 1867, Mr. Hamilton was mar-
ried to Annie E. Davis, eldest daughter of the
late Joseph B. and Harriet N. (Dam) Davis,
of Newfield, ]\Iaine. They have lived a beau-
tiful and simple life, devoted to each other,
and their home has been the abode of happi-
ness and good cheer, and from it has ema-
nated much charitable and kindlv work.
The surname Carll and Carle,
CARLL common in the Saco Valley and
other districts of Maine from the
earliest settlement, is derived from the bap-
tismal name Carl or Karl, equivalent to
Charles, and very common at the present time
in Scandinavian families. There is some
reason to believe, however, that the family
mentioned below is identical with the Carlisle
family, which is often spelled Carle, Carley,
and Carlyle, in Scotland. There are Carlisle
families at the present time in the Protestant
counties of Ireland, Antrim and Down, de-
scended from Scotch settlers. There is a very
plausible tratlition that the ancestry of the
Carll family of Maine came from Ireland.
The first of the name in this country was
Richard Carle, who was in Kittery, Maine, in
1666, when he sold land to John Shepherd.
Pope's "Pioneers of Maine and New Hamp-
shire" spells his name Caull, but it was prob-
ably Carroll, as in the deed to Samuel Spin-
ney, May 3, 1693, he spells his name Carell.
Carle's Point and Carle's Cove are named for
him. He had a wife Amy, and his daughter
Amy married Samuel Knight. There is no
proof that he had a son, though a Benjamin
Carll was a soldier in York, August 26, 1696.
(I) Samuel Carll was born in the north of
Ireland, about 1690, according to tradition,
and doubtless came to Maine when several of
his sons were grown, in 1734, or perhaps a
few years earlier. He was a prominent citi-
zen of Scarborough, Cumberland county,
where he settled. His name appears often in
the public records between 1741 and 1762. He
died December 11, 1762. He married Pa-
tience — . He and his wife joined the
church, and their children, Robert, Benjamin,
Daniel, Simeon. Hannah and Mary, were bap-
tized at Scarborough, January 28, 1741. Chil-
dren of Samuel and Patience Carll: i. Sam-
uel, born 1710-15; mentioned below. 2. Tim-
othy, born about 1715; married, December 20,
1744, Deborah Farmer. 3. Nathaniel, born
1717, deposed March 26, 1801, when his age
was eighty-seven : "I came to live in Fal-
mouth (now Portland) in 1734, and the year
after, in 1735, Mr. Thomas W'estbrook and
Brigadier \\'aldo built a sawmill with three
saws and a grist mill on the lower falls of
the Presumpscot. I helped to frame the said
mills, the same being built on the southwest
side of the river ; and a year or two after they
raised another mill on the northeast side, but
it was never finished." According to the
census of 1790 he was then of Falmouth, and
had three males over sixteen, one under six-
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teen, and four females in his family. 4. Rob-
ert, bom about 1720; married, April 11, I745>
Rhoda Starbird, and settled in Saco, where he
died October 5. 1778; has many descendants.
5. Simeon. 6. Daniel. 7. Hannah. 8. Mary.
9. Patience, married, October 15, 1739, George
Parcher.
(II) Lieutenant Samuel (2), son of Sam-
uel (I) Carll, was born 1710-15, probably in
the north of Ireland. He was one of the early
settlers of Scarborough, where he followed
farming. He took a prominent part in mili-
tary affairs, being appointed May 3, 1757,
company clerk of Captain John Fabyan's
Company, and April 14, 1762, was commis-
sioned ensign in Captain William Bucknam's
company, Colonel Samuel Waldo's regiment,
and later became lieutenant. His son Jona-
than enlisted April i, 1759, in Captain George
Berry's company, serving till July 23, 1759,
stationed at Penobscot. His brothers Simeon
and Daniel were reported Alay 3, 1757, on
training band list. Captain John Fabyan's
company. Samuel Carll also took an active
part in the revolution. He enlisted in Captain
Benjamin Hooper's company ; marched Jan-
uary 23, 1776; service to November 24, 1776,
at Falmouth. Maine. He was also a private
in Captain Silas Burbank's company, Colonel
Samuel Brewer's regiment ; muster return
dated camp near Valley Forge, January 23,
1778, residence Scarborough. Lieutenant
Samuel Carll married Esther Burbank, who
died March 4, 1785. He joined the church
and three of his children (Benjamin, Jona-
than and Anna) baptized May 25, 1742.
Children: i. Benjamin, married January 14,
1744, Sarah Berry. 2. Jonathan. 3. Anna.
4. Captain Nathaniel, born March 11, 1747,
at Scarborough, married Sarah . 5.
John, mentioned below.
(III) John, son of Lieutenant Samuel (2)
Carll, was born in 1759, at Scarborough. He
was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain
Jeremiah Hill's company. Colonel James
Scammon's regiment, enlisted May 3, 1775;
Captain Benjamin Hooper's company, 1776;
marched January 25, stationed at Falmouth ;
Captain Ebenezer Smith's company. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Calvin Smith's regiment, 1781-2.
He was an early settler of Waterborough,
Maine, where Nathaniel, his brother, also set-
tled. Nathaniel served in Captain John Rice's
company in 1775; was also sergeant in Cap-
tain Roger Libby's company in 1779, after-
ward becoming captain of a company in
the state militia. John Carll built the first
house at Carll's Corner, and cleared the first
land there. He died September 20, 1833,
aged seventy-four years, and was buried in
the old yard at Buxton Lower Corner, in the
same lot with his son Thomas and family.
He married Mary Morrill, born 1759, died
in Painesville, Ohio, December 14, 1841.
Children: i. Stephen, born November 4,
1781 ; married Mrs. Blaisdell, a widow. 2.
Simeon, born March 22. 1783; married Bet-
sey Swett, and lived at Plymouth, Maine. 3.
Thomas, born November 19, 1784; married
(first) September 18, 181 1, Jane Remick;
(second) Susan Felch, of Parsonsfield, No-
vember 20, 1830; he died October 17, 1865;
a prominent citizen of Hollis, Maine, near
Salmon Falls ; was representative in state
legislature, 1837-38, and county commissioner
1841. 4. Betsey, born February 25, 1786;
married Ephraim Haniilton. 5. Peter, born
September .22, 1 787 ■^.. married, January 8,
1812, Abigail Hamilton; lie was a hotel
keeper at Carll's Corner : removed to Mill-
town, thence to St. Stephen's Upper Mills,.
New Brunswick, and finally to Princeton,
Maine. 6. Abigail, born April 29, 1789; mar-
ried John Hamilton, of Waterboro. 7. Mary,
born January 9, 1791 ; married Samuel Heald,
of Troy, Maine. 8. Peace, born November
15, 1792; married Hezekiah Cook. 9. Pa-
tience, born April 27, 1794: married James
Mills, of Norridgewock, Maine. 10. Sarah,^
born .\ugust 4, 1796; married Benjamin R.
Hamilton, of Waterboro (see Hamilton). 11.
Rhoda, born February 16, 1798; married
Aaron Scribner ; removed to Painesville, Ohio.
This is one of the
WHEELWRIGHT English surnames
taken from occupa-
tions. The family was known especially in
Lincolnshire, though scattered in other coun-
ties. A Walter Wheelwright is found on the
Hundred Rolls, and Alain Quelewrighte on
the Wills and Inventories. In this country
the orthography of the name has not been
much varied.
(I) Rev. John Wheelwright, emigrant an-
cestor, was son of Robert, of Saleby, a well-
to-do Lincolnshire yeoman, and his wife Kath-
erine, and was born in 1594. He was styled
-"a gentleman of learning, piety and zeal"
when he landed in Boston, Massachusetts,
May 26, 1636. He was a graduate of Sydney-
Sussex College, Cambridge, and took his de-
grees 1614 and 1618. He was contemporary
with Oliver Cromwell, and Cotton Mather
wrote as to college athletics that "when
Wheelwright was a young spark at the Uni-
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versity he was noted for more than an or-
dinary stroke at wrestling," and that "on one
occasion, when Cromwell had been describing
Wheelwright to gentlemen about him, he
added that he remembered the time when he
had been more afraid of meeting him at foot-
ball than of meeting an army since in the
field." Rev. John married, at Bilsby, county
Lincolnshire, England, November 8, 1621,
Marie, daughter of Rev. Thomas Storer, who
died in England, 1630. Her husband had
been presented with the vicarage at Bilsby
Hamlet, adjoining Alford, and retained it
from 1621 to 1631. He married (second)
about 1631, Mary, daughter of Edward and
Susanna Hutchinson, of Alford, county Lin-
coln, sister of the noted Ann Hutchinson.
They were admitted to the church at Boston
soon after their arrival on June 12, 1636.
They were accompanied to England by her
mother, Susanna (Hutchinson), and his
brother-in-law, Augustine Storer, brother of
his first wife. Rev. John was well received
and became pastor of the Wolaston church.
His zeal brought him into prominent notice
and soon caused turbulent outbreaks now a
matter of well-known history, as well as his
sentence of banishment which followed. He
had purchased land of Indians in 1638, and
started the settlement of Exeter, where he re-
mained three years, being under sentence of
banishment, but Exeter being still under the
jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he removed with
his family to Wells, Maine. His sentence was
revoked by the general court in 1644, and
he was restored to the freedom of the colony.
He became the colleague of Rev. M. Dalton,
of Hampton, New Hampshire, 1647-58, then
was called to England for a time, and on his
return settled as pastor of the church at Salis-
bury, Massachusetts. He died November 15,
1679, aged eighty-five years. His will, May
25, 1675, proved November 26, 1679, be-
queathed to his son and grandchildren lands
in England. Children of Rev. John and Marie
Wheelwright, from Bilsby parish record :
William, buried May 19, 1627; Catherine,
baptized November 4, 1630, married (second)
Ed Naylor. Children of second marriage :
Mary, baptized May 19, 1632, buried July 28
following; Elizabeth, baptized June 9, 1633,
married George Parsons; (the last from rec-
ords of Laceby Parish, where they resided
before sailing for England). From Boston
records : Mary, baptized June 25, 1637, mar-
ried Edward Lloyd and (second) Edward
Naylor; John, bora and died in England
(published book in vindication of his father) ;
Thomas, of Wells, Maine, freeman, select-
man, commissioner; Samuel, of Wells, mar-
ried Esther Ilouchins ; Rebecca, married Sam-
uel Maverick Jr., and (second) \Villiam Brad-
bury ; Hannah, married Anthony Checkley,
who was afterward altorncy-general of Mas-
sachusetts ; Sarah, married Richard Crisp, and
had daughter Sarah, married (second) John
Leverett, president of Harvard College; Su-
sanna, married Edward Rishworth.
(II) Samuel, second son of Rev. John and
Mary (Hutchinson) Wheelwright, was born
in England, in 1635. He married Esther,
daughter of Jeremy Houchins, of Dorchester.
When twenty-one years of age he received
from his father two hundred acres of land
at Wells, Maine, and removed there. He was
prominent in politics, and active in the de-
fence of the town during King Philip's war.
He died at Wells, May 15, 1670. Children
of Samuel and Esther : John, born 1664, re-
sided at Wells. Maine; Joseph, 1667, resided
at Wells, ]Maine; Mary; Hannah, married
probably, about 1696, William Parsons, who
died before 1717.
(HI) Joseph, son of Samuel and Esther
(Houchins) \Mieelwright, was born in Wells,
Maine, about 1667-8. He "recognized his
baptismal covenant" August 6, 17 10. Accord-
ing to church records his wife's name was
Alice, whom he married rather late in life.
"Alice, wife of Mr. Joseph Wheelwright, was
received into communion upon confession of
faith April 15, 1722." He was prominent in
town affairs for many years. Their children
were : Thomas and Luci, baptized August 6,
1710; Mary, April, 1713; Esther, July 13,
1715; Alice, April 20, 1718; Joseph, of Wells,
1720.
(IV) Joseph (2), youngest son of Joseph
(i) and Alice Wheelwright, was baptized
May 22, 1720. He married, October i, 1745,
Mary Curtis. He was town treasurer, and
a member of the committee of safety 1776.
Children of Joseph and Mary : Aaron, bap-
tized June 4, 1749, lived at Wells; was mem-
ber of committee of correspondence 1779; Jo-
seph; Mary, June 30, 1759, married Captain
James Littlefield ; Benjamin, 1757.
(V) Benjamin, third son of Joseph (2)
and Mary (Curtis) Wheelwright was bap-
tized March 6, 1757 (?), and married Mary
Clark ; children : Sarah, married Captain John
Littlefield, and died a widow, 1836; George
moved to Bangor; Susanna.
(VT) George, only son of Benjamin and
Mary (Clark) Wheelwright, was born in
Welis, 1789. He married, 1816, Mary Car-
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ter, of Newport. He moved to Bangor, where
he died April, 1845, aged fifty-six.
(Vll) Joseph Storer, son of George and
Marv (Carter) Wheelwright, was born in
Welis. Maine. He married Susan Webb. He
was actively engaged in business in Bangor,
Maine, of which city he was elected mayor,
and he was also state senator.
(VHI) George (2), only son of Joseph
Storer and Susan (\\'ebb) Wheelwright, was
born in Bangor, Maine, 1875, where he now
resides, having retired from business. He mar-
ried Caroline, daughter of George R. and
Elizabeth Gay Jefferds, of Bangor, Maine.
Children: Mary Jefferds, born April 12,
1874; Joseph Storer, November 23, 1875;
Margaret Carter, October 30, 1885; Helen
Gay, October 31, 1887; Henry Jefferds, June
24, 1892.
(IX) Joseph Storer, second son of George
(2) and Caroline (Jefferds) Wheelwright,
was born in Bangor, November 25, 1875. He
was educated in private schools, the high
school of Bangor, and St. Paul's school at
Concord, New Hampshire, where he was
graduated 1893. He received the degree of
A. B. from Yale College in 1897, ^^'^ from
Cornell that of M. D. in 1900. He was in-
terne in Presbyterian Hospital, New York
City, for two years. After a trip abroad he
began practice in 1903 at 50 East 53rd street,
and is now actively engaged in general prac-
tice, and is instructor in physiology at Cornell
University. He is unmarried.
The surname Campbell is
CAMPBELL said to be of Norman or-
igin, from a family called
De Campo Bello. Skene says no such Nor-
man name is to be found, but it is known that
the Beauchamps family thus Latinized their
name. The Campbells are distinctively Scotch,
of course, the oldest spelling of the name
being found in the Ragman's Roll, .A. D.
1296, as Cambel. or Kambel. The tw-o great
branches of the Campbell family were dis-
tinguished as Mac.Arthur and MacCailinmor.
If the De Campo Bello theory be true, the
name is a synonym of Fairfield and Beau-
champs. Some Gaelic etymologists derive the
name from cambeul (pronounced cam-pal),
which means "crooked-mouth," and if this
is the origin of the Campbell family the origin
was doubtless a nickname of some powerful
progenitor whose family became powerful.
Whether the origin is Norman or Gaelic, how-
ever, the clan bearing the name of Campbell
became the most numerous and powerful in
the Highlands, and formerly, under their
chiefs, the earls, marquises and dukes of Ar-
gyle, they could muster five thousand iight-
ing men wlio were constantly in array against
influence and power and the dread of them
by other clans that we owe the disparaging
proverb, "Like a Campbell, ever fair and
false." By the Highlanders the clan Camp-
bell is called Clan Duine, and their chiefs
have always been styled Mac-Calean-Mohr
(not IMacCallum More, as Sir Walter Scott
hasMt), meaning the son of Colin the Great,
in memory of their distinguished ancestor. Sir
Colin Campbell, of Lochow, who in the thir-
teenth century laid the foundation of the
greatness of the family. This name is abund-
ant in the province of Ulster. It is some-
where recorded that a Scotch regiment quar-
tered at Carrickfergus in the seventeenth cen-
tury contained no less than one hundred and
ten John Campbells. (Ulster Journal of Arch.
No. 20.) Many of the American families are
descended from this Ulster branch of the
Campbells. Before 1300 the Campbell family
was prominent in .Argyleshire, Perthshire,
Banft'shire, and elsewhere in Scotland. The
family holds the dukedom of Argyle ; the mar-
quisates of Lome and Kintyre; earldoms of
Athol, Bredalbane, Caithness, Campbell,
Cowal, Irwin, Isla (or Hay) and Loudoun;
viscountcies of Lochow, Glenisla, Glenorchy
and Taymoulh ; lordships of Arrois, Benedo-
raloch, Denoon, Inverary, Lundie, Mauchlane,
Morvern, Mull, Ormlie, Oronsay, Plaintland,
Tyrie and Wick.
(I) Alexander Campbell, immigrant ances-
tor, came probably from the north of Ireland
when a young man. He was in the town
of St. George (upper town) in 1757, in the
company of Captain John North, serving in
the French and Indian war. In 1755 he was
sergeant in Captain Thomas Phillips' company
("Annals of Warren," p. 103.) He was also
in Captain Jabez Beadley's company at Fort
St. George in 1757 ("Annals of Warren," p.
106). He settled in St. George.
(II) John Gray Campbell, grandson or
great-grandson of Sergeant .Alexander Camp-
bell, was born in St. George, Maine.
(III) Archibald, son of John Gray Camp-
bell, was born in St. George. June 26, 1832.
He received his education there in the com-
mon schools. He engaged in trade and lum-
bering at St. George when a yoimg man. In
1872 he removed to Bath, where for eight
years he was engaged in the lumber trade,
and then removed to Hallowell, where he
continued the same line of business, and was
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also in the employ of the Kennebec Light &
Heat Company. He is now a collector for the
Kennebec Light & Heat Company of Au-
gusta. He is an Episcopalian in religion. He
married Sarah L., daughter of Josiah Wet-
more. Children : Manning S., mentioned be-
low; Margaret E., married George B. King,
of Augusta; Florence A., married Charles W.
Jones, of Lynn, Massachusetts.
(I\') Manning Skinner, son of Archibald
Campbell, was born in St. George, New
Brunswick, Canada. He was educated in the
public schools of that town and at the Dirigo
Business College of Augusta. He then re-
moved to Bath and engaged in the lumber
trade with his father. After two years, in
1878. they went to Bowdoinham, Maine, in
the same line of business. During one winter
Jvlr. Campbell was clerk for W. H. Gray &
Company, at Fabyans, New Hampshire, and
then entered the employ of Elias Milliken &
Sons, Hallowell. A year later he was ap-
pointed grocery clerk at the Maine State In-
sane Hospital at Augusta, became chief clerk,
and in July, i8go, steward and treasurer of
the institution, positions he has filled to the
present time. He has charge of the financial
affairs of the entire institution, disbursing a
quarter of million dollars yearly. He has the
supervision of construction of new buildings
and additions. He is a member of Augusta
Lodge of Free Masons ; of Cushnoc Chapter,
Royal Arch ]Masons ; of Alpha Council, Royal
and Select Masters ; of Trinity Commandery,
Knights Templar; of Maine Consistory; of
the Grand Chapter and the General Grand
Commandery. He is a noble of Lewiston
Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is also a mem-
ber of Augusta Lodge, B. P. O. Elks, of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of
Boston, and Augusta Grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry. He married Christine N. Erskine,
daughter of A. B. Erskine. They have no
children.
The derivation of this name is
VEAZIE said to be local, meaning "wet
or fenny land near the water,
subject to inundation'"; \'osey, another form,
"the ditch or fort near the water." Robert de
Veci "assisted William I. at the Conquest of
England, and was rewarded with estates of
great extent in the counties of Northampton,
Leicester, Warwick and Lincoln." Iro or
John Veschi was his near kinsman, and from
him in the female line descended Lord Vasey.
A branch of the family in the Irish peerage
bears the title of \'iscount de Vesci.
(I) William Veazie, the immigrant ances-
tor, was probably born in England about 1616,
and was made freeman of Braintree, Massa-
chusetts, May 10, 1643. He married about
this time, Elinor, called in his will "Ellen."
In 165 1 he bought a house and land, and re-
sided in Braintree until his death, June 16,
1681, "aged sixty-five years," as described on
his gravestone. His will, dated June 30, was
probated July 27, 1681, mentions wife Ellen,
sons WilHam, Solomon and Samuel, and
daughters Hannah Greenleaf, Abigail Tayre,
Ellen, Alehitabel and ^lercy Veazy. The chil-
dren recorded are : Hannah, born 18, i mo.,
1644, married 26, 7 mo., 1665, John Green-
leaf; William, 6, 8 mo., 1647; Solomon, 3,
2 mo., 1650; Elizabeth, 13, 8 mo., 1653; Sam-
uel, 24, 6 mo., 1656; Ellen, 4, 3 mo., 1659,
married, February 20, 1686, Stephen Paine;
Mehitable, 17, 12 mo., 1665; Mercy, 20. 11
mo., 1669, married, April 24, 1690, John Rug-
gles. Elinor, widow of William Veazie, en-
tered into a marriage contract July 8, 1683,
with John French, of Braintree, wherein said
French "agreed not to meddle with any part
of the estate wherein she is invested by her
former husband," and she was "to have what
she pleases for spending, and a place for a
garden plot."
(II) Solomon, second son of William and
Elinor Veazie, w^as born in Braintree, Massa-
chusetts, February 3, 1650. He married, No-
vember 23, 1680, Elizabeth, daughter of Mor-
ton Saunders.
(III) Samuel, son of Solomon and Eliza-
beth (Saunders) Veazie, was born in Brain-
tree, about 1685, and married, February 5,
1708, Deborah, daughter of Nathaniel and
Joanna (Thayer) Faxon-Wales. Her father
bought land at Braintree, and at the time of
his death he owned one hundred and fifty
acres (1718). He was deacon of the church
there, and was ordained ruling elder in 1700.
He was twice married ; Deborah was daugh-
ter of the second wife Joanna, and was born
in Braintree, October 16, 1689. Her father's
maternal grandfather was Major Humphrey
Atherton, of Dorchester.
(IV) Samuel (2), youngest son of Samuel
(i) and Deborah (Wales) Veazie, was born
in Braintree, January 8, 171 1. He w-as grad-
uated at Harvard College in 1736, and or-
dained to the ministry of the church at Dux-
bury, Massachusetts, October 31, 1739. He
preached with such vigor the doctrines of
Whitfield that some trouble arose in his
church, and he was dismissed April 18, 1750,
bv the advice of other churches who "heartily
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joined with his church in recommending Mr.
\'eazie to the work of the gospel ministry."
He afterward preached at Hull and at Harps-
well. He bought land September 30, 1768, on
Sebascodegras Island (Harpswell), where he
went in 1767. He made a clearing and built
a house where he lived, and from time to
time added to his estate. He died in Jan-
uary, 1798, aged eighty-eight (Harvard cata-
logue gives December 3, 1797). He married,
at Duxbury, August 6, 1742, Deborah, daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Cook) Samp-
son, granddaughter of Jacob Cook, and great-
granddaughter of Francis Cook, of the "May-
flower." One account states that Deborah
was born March i, 1725, at Duxbury, and
died at Hull, August 22, 1755. A partial in-
scription on a gravestone at Hull reads : "The
of ye Rev. Veazie, August 22,
year of age." The mother died
175s. —
probably at the birth of her daughter Rebecca,
who was baptized August 24, 1755. Rev.
Samuel married (second) about 1756, at Hull,
Sarah Jones, who was living at Harpswell in
1777. Children of Rev. Samuel and Deborah:
John, born in Duxbury, July, 1745, died Au-
gust same year; John, August 7, baptized at
Hull, August 10, 1746: Deboraii, baptized at
Hull, July 8, 1753, married Robert Jordan;
Sybil, baptized at Hull, October 23, 1757;
Abigail, died 1758; Samuel (2) moved from
Harpswell to Islesboro, 1790; Rebecca, bap-
tized at Hull, August 24, 1755, married Jona-
than Holbrook ; Stephen, baptized July 31,
(V) John, eldest son of Rev. Samuel (2)
and Deborah Sampson Veazie, was born Au-
gust 7, and baptized in Hull, Augu,st 10, 1746.
He was a resident of Falmouth (Portland)
July 6, 1769, and was a town officer in 1771.
He bought land there August 17, 1773, the
deed of which was witnessed by his father.
He was a hatter by trade. His home was in
Middle street, where he died August 6, 1806.
He married, October 16, 1768, Rachel Jones
(probably of Hull), born November 5, 1747.
Children: i. Stephen, bom November 12,
1769, died November 6, 1772. 2. Rachel,
April I, 1771 ; married (first) November 3,
1791, Thomas Hutton, (second) Samuel
Shaw ; she died of smallpox in Portland, No-
vember 10, 1797. 3. Sarah, February 6, 1773;
married, October 15, 1806, John Ward, died
in Portland, October 17, 1867. 4-5. Twins,
July 25, 1775, died July 27 same year. 6.
John, April 25, 1777, died at Demerara, Sep-
tember 28, 1800. 7. Stephen, November 6,
1779; lost at sea in the "Dort Princeton,"
September, 1812; lived at Portland; married^
October 20, 1805, Sarah Beeman (who mar-
ried (second) George D. Plaisted). Her sec-
ond husband was drowned near Campo Bello,
and she returned to her daughter's home at
Bangor, where she died. 8. Polly, April 14,
1785, died October 11, 1786. 9. Isaac Jones,
May 15, 1789, died at South Bartholomew,
West Indies, January 6, 1809. Samuel, see
forward.
(VI) Samuel (3), youngest son of Jona-
than and Rachel (Jones) Veazie, was born in
Portland, Maine, April 22, 1787. When about
twenty-one years of age he settled in Topsham
and established himself in the lumbering and
ship business. He built many vessels, and
carried on a direct trade with the West In-
dies, by which he was very successful. He
was a soldier of the war of 1812, captain of
the Topsham militia, and was repeatedly pro-
moted until he was appointed general. In
1826 he bought mill property at Old Town,
and in 1832 he moved to Bangor. He was
sole owner of the Penobscot boom rafting,
and of a large majority of the products of
the lumber cut on the Penobscot river. Also
was for a time sole owner of the Bangor and
Old Town railroad, not now in operation ; had
other extensive interests, and was principal
owner in the Veazie Bank. In 1837 he was
appointed executive councillor ; was alderman
of Bangor, and held other official positions.
In 1854 he moved to the town of Veazie,
formerly part of Bangor, but incorporated
into a town in 1853 and named in his honor.
General Veazie died March 12, 1868. He
married (first) in Topsham, July 31, 1809,
Susanna, daughter of Gideon and May (Per-
kins) Walker, of Topsham, who was born
March 29, 1792, and died June 27, 1852. He
married (second) May 17, 1859, Mrs. Mary
V. Blanchard, of Stockton, who died at the
residence of her son-in-law, John R. Mullen,
in Boston, January 7, 1886. Children by first
marriage: Jones P., born June 2, 1811, died
February 15, 1875; married (first) December
13, 1834, Mary Jane Winslow ; (second) Su-
san B., daughter of William Gordon Town-
send. By each marriage there were two sons
and one daughter.
(VII) John Walker, son of General Samuel
and Susanna (Walker) Veazie, was born in
Bangor, Maine, October 30, 1812. He was
a merchant of Bangor and resided at Veazie.
He married (first) 1834, Ruth Maria Bart-
lett, w^ho died February 18, 1879, aged sixty-
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six years. They had a son Alfred, a banker,
of Bangor, who died January 28, 1879, aged
forty-one, married, and left a family.
(VIII) Wildes Perkins Walker, son of
John Walker and Ruth M. (Bartlett) Veazie,
was born in Bangor, April 3, 1870. He was
educated at the Bangor public schools, Phil-
lips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and
Harvard Law School. He is a special partner
of A. H. Bickmore & Company, private bank-
ers, 30 Pine street. New York City, and re-
sides at Glen Ridge, New Jersey. In politics
he is a Republican. He married, at Bangor,
January 21, 1892, Mary Morgan. They have
two children: Wildes Walker, born Novem-
ber 28, 1894, and Doreen, March 14, 1896.
The pioneer ancestor of
STURDIVANT the family in Maine was
Jonathan Sturdivant,
who was born about 1770 and died in Bow-
doinham, Maine, about 1851. His parents
were Joseph and Mary (Gibbs) Sturdivant,
and from him descended captains, scholars,
soldiers.
(I) Gardiner Mitchell Sturdivant was
born in Cumberland, Maine, and spent
his entire long and very useful life in
that town. He was one of the most faithful
members of the First Parish Congregational
Church, and was greatly beloved by all who
knew him. He was a dealer in cattle and beef,
and was noted far and wide for the fine stock
■on his farm. He married Harriet Russell, of
one of the enterprising old Maine families,
and his children were: i. William Russell.
2. Oscar R., who is a retired greenhouse
keeper at Cumberland. 3. Eliphalet, deceased.
4. Lyman P., deceased, was a custom house
officer who was very faithful in the perform-
ance of his duties. 5. Alfred H., was for
some time a very efficient police officer in
Boston, Massachusetts, and was shot by an
insane woman in the streets of that city in
1868.
(II) William Russell, son of Gardiner
Mitchell and Harriet (Russell) Sturdivant,
was born in Cumberland, Maine, December 13,
1844. He studied in the schools of his native
town and in the celebrated North Yarmouth
Academy. He was a very successful farmer
and milkman, removing to Westbrook in
1878, where he had a large milk cart route.
After this he had charge of the Falmouth
town farm for some years. From 1877 to
1887 he lived in the city of Portland. In
J887 he removed to Fryeburg, where he has
ever since resided, and is now practically re-
tired from active life. As he is an artist of
no mean ability, he devotes most of his time
to painting pictures, his best ones being of
various animals which he has been fond of
studying in a very careful and sympathetic
manner ever since he was a small lad. Though
never seeking after an office of any kind, he
has always had a large influence in political
matters in all the towns where he has lived,
and many a successful candidate knows well
how much lie owes to the "gritty and jovial
championship" of Will Sturdivant. He is a
member of the Masonic lodge and deeply in-
terested in its very important work. Mr.
Sturdivant married Eunice Fowler, daughter
of Thomas and Nasie N. (Leighton) Fowler,
and his children are : i. Gardiner Luther, born
March i, 1873. 2. William Thomas, who was
a very successful salesman, and died in Vir-
ginia. 3. Roy Northleigh, who is a mechanic,
and is now in the Canal Zone.
(Ill) Gardiner Luther, son of William Rus-
sell and Eunice (Fowler) Sturdivant, was
born in Westbrook, March i, 1873, and is now
a very highly esteemed citizen of Yarmouth.
He was educated in the Cumberland schools,
and graduated from the Fryeburg Academy in
1894.
He received his degree of M. D. from
the Bowdoin Medical College in 1899, and
took a post-graduate course in the Post Grad-
uate College Hospital in New York City, in
1904. He has been a very successful physi-
cian, residing in Bethel, Maine, from 1899 to
the time of his removal to Yarmouth in 1905.
He is a member of the Oxford County Medi-
cal Society, the Maine State Medical Asso-
ciation, and the American Medical Association.
In politics he is a Democrat, though he is an
independent voter who is well posted in na-
tional affairs. He is one of the most helpful
members of the First Parish Congregational
Church, of Yarmouth, and for some time has
been its chorister.
In 1900 Dr. Sturdivant married Miss Ida
Louise Palmer, of Brunswick, Maine, daugh-
ter of Charles P. Palmer and his wife
Sarah, both these parents being widely known
and highly respected. The wife was a very
successful piano teacher for some years, and
is one of Maine's most accomplished musi-
cians in vocal and instrumental music. One
can never forget a visit at this home so full
of true music and Christian kindness. The
children of Dr. and Mrs. Sturdivant are:
Dora Palmer and Gardiner Francis, children
of great promise.
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STATE OF MAINE.
The word Moore, More, or
MOORE Moor, comes from the Gaelic
and signifies lofty, proud, power-
ful chieftain. In ancient Gaul (now France)
Gaelic was the universal language, and it was
from Gaul, in times remote, that the first
adventurers possessed with the spirit of dis-
covery beyond the setting sun crossed the
channel and made homes on the first land
on which their frail vessels found harbor.
That among these were lofty men and power-
ful chieftains is undeniable, and hence More,
Moor and Moore became the proprietors in
what became England, Wales, Ireland and
Scotland, in each of which countries families
of the name are common and frequent, as
they have been farther west beyond the greater
channel since the earliest settlement of New
England, New York and \'irginia three hun-
dred years ago. The ship "Mary and John''
left Plymouth. England, March 30, 1630. hav-
ing on board besides the religious leaders,
Rev. John Wareham and Mr. Maverick, the
warriors or progenitors of warriors : Captain
John Mason, the annihilator of the Pequod
Indians, Captain Richard Southgate and Mar-
tha Grant, the forbear of General Ulysses S.
Grant, the chieftain of America's greatest
civil war, John More and seven score other
souls, each a brave adventurer bent on se-
curing in a new world a place in which to live
and propogate so as to make homes and fam-
ilies worthy of the names they severally bore.
Most of these adventurers were from Dorset-
shire, England, and they had shipped at Ply-
mouth after a day of fasting and prayer,
which prayers had been continued daily for
the seventy days before the good ship made
landing at Nantucket in the Colony of Mas-
sachusetts Bay, and proceeded to Boston town
and thence became first settlers of the adja-
cent town of Dorchester, named for their
mother home. The landing was made June
8, 1630, and they proceeded to build a church
for Air. Wareham around which nucleus the
town was built and from the teacher within
the walls and the church officers the town
was governed. John 'More was a deacon in
the church, a patentee under the king, and a
freeholder under the grace of the general
court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.
Pie found the town too small for his ambi-
tious spirit, and in 1665 he joined the party
who broke away from new found homes to
make the tedious journey through the wilder-
ness, then untrodden by white men, whose
only guide was the stars and a compass, and
whose way had to be blazed with the pioneer's
ax, and the road narrow, long and winding,
had to be bridged by felling trees across the
streams where the depth of water forbid ford-
ing. The Connecticut valley was their ob-
jective point, and they made their camp at
Windsor and began the foundation of a new
town. There were sixty in the company, and
they were encumbered by their household
goods and domestic animals, the less portable
of their goods having been sent by water
around the cape and through the Long Island
sound, up the Connecticut river. Alas, the
vessel failed to arrive, and their beds and
bedding, with the families' household necessi-
ties, never reached them, and winter coining
on, many deserted and returned to Boston on
the trail they made in coming, and a few
adventurous spirits passed the winter subsist-
ing on acorns and the game they could hunt.
In the spring John Wareham, the minister,
with a new party of adventurous souls, joined
the depleted colony and a church was built,
and around it, with Mr. Wareham as their
spiritual guide, and with Mr. More as a
deacon of the church and an official in the
town government, the town of Windsor took
on new life. The First Church had been
erected near the old stockade that had fur-
nished shelter and protection through the win-
ter. John More built a substantial house,
owned several farms, was a member of the
jury in 1639-42. and an original petitioner of
the land on which the town was built. He
owned a ferry and a factory for making pike,
and an original surveyor and leading spirit
in the formation of the newer town of Sims-
bury. When the place was made to suffer
by the cruelty of King Philip in 1675, John
More caine to the rescue of the sufferers with
food, raiment and new houses to replace those
burned, and the good man ended his labors
and was called to his reward at Windsor,
September 18, 1677. He left a son John and
two daughters : Mindwell, born July 10, 1642,
and Elizabeth, who married Nathaniel Loomis,
November 24, 1654. and who died July 23,
1728, aged ninety years. His land in Sims-
bury descended to the Moores, and they own
parts of it to this day.
(II) John, son of Deacon John Moore, or
More, had eight children : John, the eldest ;
Captain Thomas, a soldier in King Philip's
war; Samuel. Nathaniel, Edward, Joseph and
Joshua (twins), Martha. He built a good
house as a wedding present for his son John
in 1690, and it was occupied by Captain
Thomas Moore and a long line of his descend-
ants in the direct Moore line, and is still in
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a good state of preservation on the main
street of Simsbury, fronting the village green
or common.
Early in the spring of 1775 Eben and John
Moore, residents of Scarborough, in York
county, Maine, left that peaceful and relatively
old settlement to make a home in the wilder-
ness farther beyond the bounds of civilization.
A tract known as Parson's Purchase attracted
their notice, and they secured land on the
eastern borders of the purchase, lots Nos. 17
and 18, near the dividing line of the town
of Newfield, and they each built a log cabin.
In June John Moore joined the revolutionary
army at Boston and aided in the investment
of that town occupied by British troops, leav-
ing his brothers and family in the wilderness.
On returning from this patriotic service he
returned to his home in Parsonsfield. built a
large log house and a frame house in 1787,
having meantime married Anne Milliken, of
Parsonsfield, a woman "of rare ability and
great force of character." Of this union four-
teen children were born, and ten of the chil-
dren reached maturity, married and settled in
Maine. John Moore was an industrious and
thrifty farmer and he raised good crops, his
first crop on his newly made farm producing
one hundred bushels of corn, which enabled
him to add a half lot to his purchase. He
died in 1823. aged seventy-five years, and his
widow lived to 1844 and died at the age of
seventy-seven years. His son John succeeded
to the ownership of the farm, paying the other
heirs $1,500 for it, and in 1867 he sold the
farm, with new buildings he had erected and
all the improvements he had made, to John
F. Moore, son of Ira Moore, who lived in
Lisbon, Maine. The children of John and
Anne (Milliken) Moore were: Isaac, Sarah,
John, Samuel, James, Jane, Henry (q. v.),
Ira, Joseph, Mary.
(III) Henry, son of John and Anne (Mil-
liken) Moore, was born in Parsonsfield,
Maine. He lived in Durham, Maine. He
married Rhoda Jordan, of Durham, and their
children were: Sarah, Albert, Henry. Emily,
Eliza A. (q. v.).
(IV) Eliza A., daughter of Henry and
Rhoda (Jordan) Moore, was born in Dur-
ham, Maine, in 1829, and in 1857 she married
Dr. Samuel Otis Clark, who was born in
Effingham. New Hampshire, in 1827, and died
in Limerick, jMaine, April, 1903. Robert,
father of Dr. Samuel Otis Clark, was born
in Eliot, ]\Iaine, in 1798, married Mary Dear-
born, of Effingham, New Hampshire, and
their children were : Asahel W., Charles L.,
Frank, Emma, Samuel Otis (q. v.). He died
in Effingham. New Hampshire, in 1862.
_ Dr. Samuel Otis Clark was educated in the
district schools of Effingham, and prepared
himself for matriculation at Dartmouth Col-
lege, where he supported himself by teaching
school, and he completed his medical course
at the L^niversity of Vermont, where he was
graduated iM. D. in 1854. He practiced medi-
cine at Shapleigh and Newfield, Maine, and
in 1866 opened his office in Limerick, Maine,
where he continued a useful and profitable
practice up to the time of his death in 1903.
He was a Democrat in political faith and a
Congregational in church affiliation. His fra-
ternal affiliation was membership in Freedom
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
of Limerick, Maine.
Ralph Harrison Clark, nephew and adopted
son of Dr. Samuel Otis and Eliza A. (Moore)
Clark, was born in Boston, Massachusetts,
April 29, 1875. He was a pupil in Limerick
Academy, Maine, and a graduate of Bowdoin
College, A. B., 1897, and of the University
of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, M. D.,
1900. He began the practice of medicine in
Limerick, l\laine, on the death of his adopted
father, in 1903, and although a young man he
met the responsibility of the physical care of
a large constituency so long under the skillful
care of such an eminent practitioner as the
elder Dr. Clark, and he is receiving the same
kind consideration and esteem won by him in
a long term of practice. He inherited the
political faith of his adopted father, and took
his place in his lodge, and has been a mem-
ber of Freedom Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, No. 42, of Limerick, since his
initiation in 1902, and already has advanced
several degrees in the work of the order to
the Royal Arch Chapter, of Cornish. He is
also a member of Highland Lodge, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 48, of Limer-
ick. His college fellowship is with Kappa
Sigma fraternity of Bowdoin.
Ebenezer Jones, a descendant of
JONES the York county family men-
tioned in this work, was born in
Berwick, Maine, about 1755. He was a sol-
dier in the revolution, in Captain Samuel
Noves' company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's
regiment, in 1773, and later in the year again
in the company of Captain Noyes. In 1779
he served two months in the Penobscot ex-
pedition, under Captain John Goodwin, Ma-
jor Daniel Littlefield. He purchased a farm
in Lebanon, Maine. July 5, 1786, and resided
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STATE OF MAINE.
there until his death, April 29, 1S41. Among
his children were: i. Hiram, who inherited
the homestead at Lebanon and left it to his
son, John S., born August 29, 1830. 2. Ebcn-
ezcr. mentioned below.
(II) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebcnezer (i)
Jones, was born in Lebanon, Maine, between
1790 and 1800; children: John, Joseph, Will-
iam. Elihn, Ebcn M., Margaret, Ellen.
(III) Ebcn M., son of Ebenezer (2) Jones,
was born in Lebanon, Maine, 1826, died Feb-
ruary 14, 1895. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools of his native town. He followed
farming and carpentering for an occupation,
and also owned a sawmill. He was a Re-
publican in politics, and prominent in munici-
pal affairs, serving the town as selectman and
in other offices of trust and honor. He was
liberal in religion, and was an attendant at
tlie Free Will Baptist church. He served
three and a half years in the civil war, in the
Eighth Maine Regiment. He was a member
of the Free and .•\ccepted Masons and of the
Grand .-Vrmy of the Republic. He married, in
1848, Meliitable Jane Ricker, born in Lebanon,
1824, died there in 1901. Children, born in
Lebanon : Charles ; Emma, Leland W. ; War-
ren C, resided in East Rochester. New IL'inip-
shire: John C, succeeded to the farm and mill
of his father; built a new sawmill in i860; is
a Republican; married, 1893, Mabel F. Grant,
daughter of Isaac and Melissa (Wentworth)
Jones.
(IV) Leland W., son of Eben M. Jones,
was born in Lebanon. Maine, November 22,
1851. He was educated in the common
schools of his native town and also attended
the high school. He began his active career
in the railroad business, and has continued
along that line in various positions up to the
present time (1909). He worked on the con-
struction of the Portland & Rochester rail-
road, now part of the Boston & Maine sys-
tem : had charge of the laying of rails on the
Sanford Electric road : for the past twenty-six
years has been section master on the Boston
& Maine railroad. In politics he is a Repub-
lican. He is a member of Cocheco Lodge, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, East
Rochester, New Hampshire; Moral) Encamp-
ment, of Sanford; Rebekah Lodge; Sanford
Riverside Lodge, No. 12, Knights of Pythias;
Springvale Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
His home is in Sanford, Maine. He married,
in 1872, Sarah E. Lewis, born June 19, 1854,
daughter of William B. and Abby Lewis, of
Lebanon (sec Lewis). No children.
Mrs. Sarah E. (Lewis) Jones is descended
from John Lewis, the immigrant, who was in
Roxbury, ^L'lssachusetts, as early as 1640.
He died probably November 16, 1647. ^'^
had twin sons, Andrew and Peter, born Sep-
tember n, 1644. Peter, son of John Lewis,
was born SepteiTil)er 11, 1644. He was at
Smiittynosc Island in i6<38, and sold his land
there in 1683. He married Grace, daughter
of John Diamond. About 1670 he bought
land of John Piioenix, at Spruce Creek. His
will was made in 1712 and proved 1716.
Children: Peter, born 1669, married Lucy
Chadboume; Andrew, see forward; William,
born 1683. married (first) Mary ,
(second) Sarah Low; John, married Martha
Brooking; Grace, married, Octo1)er 28, 1718,
John Bly, of Portsmouth ; Morgan, married,
about 1705, Abigail Lewis; ^lary, married
David Hutchins ; .\nn, married John Tapley ;
Rebecca, married Pike; Sarah, mar-
ried Peter Mow, of Rochelle, France; Eliza-
beth. Andrew, son of Peter Lew'is, married,
November 29, 1701, Mary, daughter of Enoch
and Mary (Stevenson) Hitchins. His will
was dated July 27, 1758, and proved March
31, 1760. Children: .'\ndrew, Inirn .\pril 2,
1703, married, 1724, Mary Low: Rachel, born
July 3, 1704; Mary, born January 29, 1705,
married Elias W'eare ; Grace, married, No-
vember 21, 1733, Samuel Haley; Dorothy,
baptized June i, 1718, married John Main,
of York, Maine, 1738; Thomas. Thomas,
son of Andrew Lewis, was baptized June 5,
1720. He married Susaima Hutchins, the in-
tentions being published November 23, 1741.
.Simon, son of Thomas Lewis, was born in
Kittery in 1750. William B.. son of Simon
Lewis, married; children: Sarah E., born
June 19, 1854, married, in 1872, Leland W.
Jones, son of Eben M. Jones, of Lebanon,
Maine.
James Davis, the earliest known
D.W'IS ancestor of this family, was one
of the early settlers of township
No. 6. on the west side of L^nion river, Maine,
probably coming from Wells, Maine. James
Davis, of Wells, and James Davis Jr. served
in the revolution. In 1790 the federal census
shows that James Davis was living at or
near what is now Ellsworth, Maine, and had
two males over sixteen, and one under, be-
sides two females in his family. Samuel
Davis, perhaps his son, was the only other
head of the family in that township. In 1793
the names of James, Samuel and John Davis
are found in the account books of one Donald
Ross, a storekeeper of that section. The rec-
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2171
ords are so deficient and the Davis family so
numerous that (he earHcr ancestry has not
been traced. In all probability this Davis
family is descended from the Davis family
of Salisbury, Massachusetts, and vicinity.
(I) James W. Davis, son of James Davis,
was born February 22, 1820, reared in Ells-
worth, Maine, and educated in the common
schools. For a number of years he was en-
gaged in the lumber and ship-buiUIing busi-
ness in Surrey, Hancock county, Maine, con-
tinuing until 1861, when he was elected regis-
ter of deeds of Ellsworth, to which office he
was re-elected, serving four terms until 1868.
He then engaged in the manufacture of car-
riages, and built up an extensive and profitable
business. He was the originator of the famous
Davis Bar Harbor backboard, which gained a
worldwide reputation, and is still manufactured
by his sons and sent to all parts of the world.
After a long and honorable career he sold his
business to his sons, W. IT. and H. E. Davis;
they later dissolved, W. H. going to Bar Har-
bor, where he still conducts an extensive busi-
ness, and H. E. continuing the old factory at
Ellsworth. James W. Davis was interested in
public questions, a man of recognized public
spirit and decided convictions. He was a Re-
publican, and infiuenlial in his party. He was
an active member of the Unitarian church,
and a liberal contributor to its support. He
married Margaret Harrington, of Cherryfield,
Maine. Children, all born in Surrey, i\Iaine:
I. William Howard, 1844; married Nancy,
daughter of Colonel Robert Campbell, of
Ellsworth, Maine ; one child, Florence. 2.
Abbie D., 1849; married Frederick A. Presby,
deceased ; children : Lillian A. antl Frederica
Maud Presby. 3. James, died young. 4.
James A., mentioned below. 5. George W.,
1856, died December, 1907, uniuarried. 6.
Henry E., March 5, 1859; married Harriet A.
Cook, of Ellsworth; children: Helen, married
Joseph A. Briant, of Waban, Massachusetts,
and Muriel Goodell Davis. 7. Dr. Frederick
A., mentioned below. James W. Davis was
killed by lightning May to, 1889, on his farm
in Surrey; his wife died ATay 19, 1889, nine
days after her husband's death.
(II) James A., son of James W. and Mar-
garet (Harrington) Davis, was born October
12, 1854, in .Surrey, Maine. Upon the com-
pletion of his studies he went to Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, and there entered the employ of
W. H. Halliday in the book business, on
Washington street. He very soon afterward
became associated with the house of Wads-
worth Brothers & Howland, in the paint and
varnish business, and remained with them for
several years. In 1880 he became private sec-
retary to Colonel William II. Darling, of Blue
Hill, Maine, and served in that capacity for
one year. He later entered the employ of
the American agents in New York City for
Noble & Hoare's English varnishes, remaining
until 1889, when he engaged in business on
his own account, establishing the house of
Deming, Davis & Company, Exchange place,
Boston, wholesale coal, iron and coke. He
soon after purchased his partner's interest and
entered into partnership with the Hon. Henry
N. Fisher, of Waltham, with offices at 92
State street, under the firm name of James A.
Davis & Company, which connection continued
imtil his death. Mr. Davis was one of the
first to recognize the possibilities of American
Portland cement made under the rotary cylin-
der process, and introduced into the New Eng-
land states the first cement made by that
method. At that time foreign Portland cem-
ent was considered a standard, but the merits
of the American were soon recognized and
preference was given it. In this business,
which he built up himself, he did some of the
most important work in New England. His
firm furnished the cement for the South Sta-
tion, the Back Bay Station, the new power
house of the elevated road at the North ferry,
the dam at Holyoke, and other well-known
structures. He was a member of Esoteric
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Ells-
worth; St. Andrew's Chapter, of P>oston;
Boston Council, Royal and Select Masters ;
Boston Commandery, Knights Templar; in the
Scottish Rite he was a member of Boston
Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, the Charles F.
Yates Consistory of Princes of Jerusalem, Mt.
Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, and he was a
member of the Royal Order of Scotland,* and
of the Accepted Scottish Rite Association,
having taken the thirty-second degree in Scot-
land. He was also a member of the Boston
Athletic Association, Pine Tree State Club,
Beacon Society, Point Shirley Club, and the
Ten of Us Club. He was popular in the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery ; he joined
the company April 16, 1894, and was its
commander at the time of his death. He was
also an associate member of Edward Kingsley
Post, No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic.
He was particularly active in the Scottish
Rite degree, and was the youngest com-
mander-in-chief but one the Massachusetts
Consistory ever had. When he took up his
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residence in Lexington. Massachusetts, he
purchased the Xewell estate, one of the finest
in that part of the country. Up to four years
prior to his death, Captain Davis was widely
known throughout the country for his ex-
tensive dog kennels. He bred and owned
some of the costliest and best types of Bos-
ton terriers in the land. He married (first)
Annie Hamilton, of Portland, Maine; (sec-
ond) Mary E. Gately, of Roxbury ; child, Mar-
garet. Captain Davis died at his home on
Lincoln Road, Lexington, March 15, 1909.
(II) Dr. Frederick A., son of James W. and
Margaret (Harrington) Davis, was born at
Ellsworth. Maine. March 24, 1861. He at-
tended the public schools of his native town,
prepared for college under private tutors, and
studied his' profession in the Hahnemann
Medical College of Philadelphia, from which
he was graduated in April, 1884. He began
the practice of his profession in Belfast, and
later removed to Searsport, Maine, continu-
ing until April, 1889, when he removed to
Boston, Massachusetts. Since then he has
been successful as a specialist in diseases of
the abdominal and pelvic organs. For a num-
ber of years he was associated with Dr. Jo-
seph Hayward, of Taunton, Massachusetts, in
the St. Botolph Hospital, and Dr. Davis now
owns the property. He has had charge of
the clinic of the Boston Homoeopathic Med-
ical Dispensary for ten years, and has lectured
four years on materia medica at the Boston
L'niversity School of Medicine. He is a
member of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic
Medical Society. Boston Homoeopathic Med-
ical Society, American Institute of Homoeo-
pathy, and the Massachusetts Surgical and
Gynecological Society, of which he was presi-
dent one year. Dr. Davis is also a member of
the Boston Athletic Association, Boston
Yacht Club, and vice-president of the Ells-
worth Reunion Society. He holds member-
ship in Mariners Lodge. Free and Accepted
Masons, of Searsport, Maine, the council,
chapter, and Palestine Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Belfast, Maine, also in the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Sears-
port, in which he has passed all the chairs,
and has a certificate to the Grand Lodge of
Maine. Dr. Davis married, March 24, 1886.
Susie Blaisdell Goodell. born in Searsport,
Maine. September 6, 1861, daughter of Cap-
tain Daniel and Alary (Grant) Goodell. of
Searsport. They have one son, Arnold Board-
man, born September 9. 1888, who is engaged
in the commercial advertising business.
(For preceding generations see Peter Bennett II.)
(\T) Nathaniel, son of Ru-
BENNETT fus Bennett, was born in San-
ford, Maine, where he was a
resident all his life, dying in 1840. at the early
age of thirty-three years. He occupied a
prominent place in Sanford, serving as cap-
tain in a militia company and filling the office
of deputy sheriff in the county, besides faith-
fully discharging the duties of a good citizen.
He was a farmer, as so many of his ancestors
had been. He married Abigail Hanson, also
a native of York county, and they had chil-
dren : George, deceased ; Eliza ; Lucy, de-
ceased; Edward K., see forward; Abigail,
married Charles O. Emery, of Sanford ; Na-
thaniel. Mrs. Bennett married (second) Will-
iam B. Emery, of Sanford, and had children :
I. W'illiam P.. of Lynn. Massachusetts, born
at South Sanford, March 12, 1849. At the
age of sixteen years he commenced work in
the shoe shop of Mr. Bennett, and after being
employed there about eight years went to
Bradford, Massachusetts, where for several
years he was engaged in the same business.
After the death of his wife he returned to
Sanford for one year, then went back to Lynn,
where he again engaged in his old business.
He married, 1873. Lois M. Perley, of West
Bradford, Massachusetts, who died in May,
1875. 2. Etta, born in South Sanford, Sep-
tember 15, 1851 ; married, October 20. 1867,
Bradford S. Bennett, who died in 1875. leav-
ing her with one child, a son. She then re-
moved to Sanford Village. 3. Charles O.
born in South Sanford, August i. 1853.
At the age of fourten years he commenced
working in the shoe shop during the summer
months, attending school during the winter.
At the expiration of four years he found em-
ployment at Haverhill. Massachusetts, return-
ing to Sanford after a short time and resum-
ing work at his trade. In company with
George Bennett, he opened a bakery in 1874,
and at the time of the big fire, in 1876. their
place was destroyed. He was then in the
employ of Kimball Brothers & Company,
grocers, for some little time, and later received
an appointment as railway postal clerk, re-
taining this until May 28, 1889. He then
began work with S. B. Emery & Company in
the furniture business, in which he is engaged
at the present time. He has served three
years as one of the selectmen of Sanford,
twice as chairman of the board. He has also
served two years as town clerk. He belongs
to several secret organizations, and is active
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in their interests. He married, October i,
1881, Nellie J. Moon, of Winthrop, Maine.
(VII) Edward K.. second son an<l fourth
child of Nathaniel and Abigail (Hanson)
Bennett, was born at South Sanford, Maine,
November 2, 1837, died in 1902. He was but
three years of age at the time of the death of
his father, and was early thrown upon his
own resources. When seven years old he
was placed in the care of Jotham Moulton,
and at the end of one year returned to his
mother. About one year later it became neces-
sary to find a home for him where he might
earn his own bread. He was accordingly sent
to the farm of Dr. Bennett, where he received
two dollars per month for the work he was
able to accomplish. At the end of six months
he began to work regularly on the farm of
Mr. Calvin Bennett, with whom lie found
employment each summer until he had reached
his fourteenth year. His wages were in-
creased from five dollars a month and board
to nine dollars, for he proved himself indus-
trious and reliable. He then entered the shoe
shop of Mr. Eben Hobbs, and applied himself
so steadily to his work that at the end of a
year he received thirty dollars and a set of
shoemakers' tools, and was ready to begin in
business for himself. His first venture was
a modest one, but he was soon enabled to
enlarge his business until he employed sixteen
men. For twenty years he was engaged in
this calling, then removed to Sanford, where
he bought an interest in an express business.
His partner, Mr. Darling Ross, soon with-
drew from the business, selling his interest to
Mr. Bennett, who became the sole proprietor.
The business increased in importance, being
combined with hack and stage transportation,
until the advent of the electric road in San-
ford, when a swifter mode of transacting af-
fairs of this nature caused its decline. i\Ir.
Bennett was engaged in other enterprises,
having been a successful dealer in coal and
agent of the American Express Company in
Sanford. His political affiliations were with
the Republican party. Not long after the
close of the civil war, Mr. Bennett was sent
as representative to the Maine legislature, in
which he discharged the duties incidental to
the position with credit to himself and the
state. He attended the Congregational church,
and was a member of Riverside Lodge No. 12,
Knights of Pythias, of Sanford. He married
Calista D. Willard. daughter of Stephen Wil-
lard, and they had children : Willard H., pro-
prietor of the Sanford Hotel ; a daughter who
died in infancv ; Mvron E.
(VIII) Myron Edward, second son and
third and youngest child of Edward K. and
Calista D. (Willard) Bennett, was born in
Sanford, Maine, December 2, 1876. He was
educated in the public schools of Sanford, and
the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, from which
he was graduated in 1896. He then took a
course of two years in special work at Har-
vard University, at the end of which he re-
turned to Sanford and succeeded his father as
agent of the American Express Company, a
position he resigned in 1900 in favor of that
of superintendent of .schools, which he filled
very capably for a period of seven years. He
bought a half interest in the drug business of
G. G. Brown in igo6, which was carried on
under the firm name of G. G. Brown & Com-
pany. In the meantime he had resigned as
superintendent of schools, and in 1907 he
purchased the interest of his partner and be-
came the sole proprietor of the business. He
is a stanch Republican in politics, and is affili-
ated with Preble Lodge, Free and Accepted
Masons, of Sanford : White Rose Royal Arch
Chapter ; St. Amand Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Kennebunk; Alaine Council, of
Saco; the Scottish Rite bodies, Portland;
Riverside Lodge No. 12, Knights of Pythias;
Friendship Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of Springvale ; Korah Encampment,
of Sanford. He married, June 15, 1903, Flor-
ence Beckett, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and
they have one child : Doris, born September
14, 1904.
The earliest Eddys, John and
EDDY Samuel, sons of Rev. William
Eddy, of Cranbrook, in Kent,
England, came to Plymouth, Massachusetts,
in the "Handmaid"' in October. 1630. From
them and other progenitors have descended
many of the name. The ^Massachusetts Revo-
lutionary Rolls show that the family was liber-
ally represented among the patriots in the
struggle for liberty.
(I) George Warren, son of Thomas Barker
Eddy, was for years engaged in mercantile
business with Burr Brothers, of Charlestown,
Massachusetts. He resigned his place and re-
moved to Portland, Maine, where the re-
mainder of his life was passed. He married
Flavilla Barker, daughter of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Clement) Barker. They were the
parents of children: Harry Barker (died
young), Augustus (died young), Flavilla,
Harry B., mentioned below. Flavilla married
George W. Libby.
(II) Harry Barker, eldest child of George
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Warren and Flavilla (Barker) Eddy, was
bom in Portland, March 25, 1861. He at-
tended the public schools and a private school
taught by Professor Patten, and prepared to
enter college, but about the time he was ready
to go to college he had a place offered him
with Deering, Milliken & Company, and he
gave up his scholastic pursuits to enter mer-
cantile life, January I, 1879. He worked
hard for advancement for twenty-one years,
when his long and faithful service made him
a member of the firm. He is a buyer for the
house, and purchases all the piece goods it
handles. Mr. Eddy is a member of Ivanhoe
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of Unity
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and of the following named clubs : Portland,
Portland Athletic, Lincoln and Economic. He
is a Republican in politics, and a member of
the L^niversalist church. Harry Barker Eddy
married Lillian Day, who was born in Port-
land, daughter of Charles Day, who is an im-
porter and wholesale and retail dealer in toys
in Portland ; he married and was the father
of two children : Lillian and Mary Warren.
The latter is one of the leading osteopathic
physicians of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy
have one child, Warren Dav.
Arthur Dinsmore, a pioneer
DINSMORE settler of Anson, Maine, was
born in Anson, Somerset
county, Maine, when it was a part of the
province of Massachusetts. He was one of
the substantial farmers of the town of An-
son, where he lived all his life. He married
Patty Houghton ; children, all born on the
farm in Anson : Sanford, Luke H., Abner,
Zebina, Sumner, Sewell, Austin, Thomas,
Clara, Susan, Betsey.
(II) Luke H., son of Arthur and Patty
(Houghton) Dinsmore, of Anson, Maine, was
born on his father's homestead, April 4, 1818.
He was reared to agricultural pursuits, fol-
lowing the occupation all of his life ; he pur-
chased a farm in Anson which he cultivated
several years, then sold and purchased a farm
in Emden ; this he also sold, and removed to
a farm in Solon, a few miles up the Kenne-
bec, where he remained up to the time of his
removal to Aroostook county, in 1881. He
married Mary H., daughter of Dr. Francis
Caldwell, of Portland, Maine; children: i.
Maria, born in Anson, Maine, 1845, married
Gardner Benson, of Skowhegan, Somerset
county. Maine. 2. Charles Henry (q. v.).
Luke H. Dinsmore died in Fort Fairfield,
Maine, January 8, 1879.
(Ill) Charles Henry, son of Luke H. and
Mary H. (Caldwell) Dinsmore, was born in
Anson, Maine, December 7, 1852. He worked
his father's farm up to the time of his father's
death, which occurred January 8, 1879. He
had formerly lived in Lowell, Massachusetts,
where he was employed in the cotton mills for
four years. In 1882 he removed to Fort Fair-
field, Aroostook county, Maine, where he car-
ried on a farm on his own account up to 1896,
when he gave up farming and sold his farm
to accept the office of tax collector, removing
his family from the country into the town.
He also served as selectman of the town of
Fort Fairfield, 1894-95, and in 1896 was
elected tax collector, an office he held until
1908. His fraternal affiliations are with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, he being
a member of Pioneer Lodge, No. "jy, of Fort
Fairfield. He attends the Congregational
church, and was a member of the finance com-
mittee of the church organization. He mar-
ried (first) in 1874, Cora Jones; she died in
1877. Married (second) Mary E., daughter
of Seth T. and Euphrasia Merrill, of Fort
Fairfield ; children : Eula B., died aged three
and one-half years, and an infant, deceased,
unnamed.
(For preceding generations .«ee Captain Roger Plalsted I.)
(VIII) Ralph Parker, third
PLAISTED son of General Harris Mer-
rill and Sarah J. (Mason)
Plaisted, was born in Bangor, Maine, March
17, 1871. He was a graduate of the public
schools of Bangor and of Coney high school,
Augusta, Maine. He matriculated at Bow-
doin College in the class of 1894, and was
graduated A. B. with that class. He studied
law and was graduated at the Albany Law
School in 1897, and the same year was ad-
mitted to the bar of the state of Maine. He
traveled in Europe for study and observation
1897-98, and on his return to Bangor opened
a law office and began practicing in Penob-
scot county, soon extending his practice to the
adjacent counties. On June 28, 1901, he was
admitted to practice in the L^nited States cir-
cuit court. Governor Hill appointed him pub-
lic administrator for Penobscot county in 1902,
and at tiie close of his first term he was reap-
pointed. He affiliated with the Democratic
party. Mr. Plaisted was nominated by his
party and elected by the city government city
clerk in 1905. He filled the office so accept-
ably for two years that he earned the approval
of his fellow citizens without regard to their
political convictions. While in the service of
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tlie city he almost entirely suspended his legal
practice in order to give the city -his undivided
service, but in the spring of 1907, upon his
retirement from municipal office, he resumed
the practice of law in the city of his birth.
Mr. Plaisted is a member of Theta Chapter,
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the Condus-
keag Canoe and Country Club and is a mem-
ber of St. Andrew's Lodge and Mt. ]\Ioriah
Chapter, F. and A. M., of Bangor. He mar-
ried, June ig, 1906, Frances F., daughter of
Hon. D. Allston and Frances (Bragg) Sar-
gent. Mr. Sargent is a former mayor of
Brewer, i\laine, and former representative
from the same city in the state legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. Plaisted established their home
in Bangor. They are members of St. John's
Protestant Episcopal Church, of which church
Mr. Plaisted is vestryman, also serving the
parish since 1904 as treasurer.
This name in its original form of
RILEY O'Reilly is traced back to an an-
cient family who were princes of
East Brefney, some centuries before the Con-
queror invaded England. From the original
stem have been produced various Anglicized
and other foreign forms, like O'Rahilly,
O'Rielly, Rahillv, Raleigh, Reyley, Rielly,
Riley, Radley, Ridley, Ryley and Reille. An-
nadh O'Reilly, the last king of East Brefney,
died in 1220. The O'Reilleys were inaugu-
rated on the Hill of Shantoman, a large hill
between Cavan and Ballyhaise, on the sum-
mit of which may still be seen the remains of
a Druidical temple consisting of several large
stones standing upright. "The arms of this
family consisted of a shield vert, two lions
rampant, combatant or, supporting a dexter
hand couped at the wrist and apaumee, bloody.
(I) Edwin Riley was born in Yorkshire,
England, near the close of the eighteenth cen-
tury. He learned the trade of papermaking
in the days when it was all made by hand and
the stock used was linen rags. He reared a
large family, some of whom migrated to
America.
(II) James, son of Edwin Riley, was born
in England, September, 1822, and died 1889.
He learned the trade of papermaking from
his father, and in 1859 came to America with
his family. He entered the employ of Good-
win Brothers in Buckland, a village in Man-
chester, Connecticut. About 1844 James
Riley married Caroline Bryant, of Bucking-
hamshire, England, and they had eight chil-
dren: Alfred, Edwin (2), whose sketch fol-
lows; William, George, Joseph, James, who
died in infancy; Elizabeth and James.
(Ill) Edwin (2), second son of James and
Caroline (Bryant) Riley, was born at Morton
Banks, Yorkshire, England, March 29, 1847.
He began his education at the age of three in
school similar to our kindergarten. At the
age of twelve he moved witih his people to
Manchester, Connecticut, where he attended
school for two years. When fie was four-
teen he began to learn the hereditary art of
papermaking, which his family had followed
for generations. He worked through the vari-
ous departments, and learned all the branches.
Beginning by making paper by hand, he has
followed each improvement until now he is
one of the foremost authorities in the country
on the subject of manufacturing sulphite fibre
and paper. In 1881 he had charge of the mills
at Lawrence, Massachusetts, going from there
to Franklin Falls, New Hampshire, then to
Bellows Falls, Vermont, Palmer's Falls and
Fort Edward, New York. In January, 1894,
he came to Livermore Falls, Maine, where
he assumed entire charge of the mills of the
International Paper Company, having eight
plants under his jurisdiction. Until recently
(1908) Mr. Riley was president of the Ox-
ford Paper Company at Rum ford Falls,
Alaine, and is still a director. Although but
fourteen years of age when the civil war broke
out, Mr. Riley was able to render good service
during the last year. On January 16, 1865,
being at that time a resident of Northampton,
he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Massachu-
setts Infantry, under Colonel Edwards, and
on June 21 of that year was transferred to
the "Twentieth JMassachusetts, serving until his
discharge in August. He took part in the
battles of Petersburg, Sailors' Creek and
Hatcher's Run. and there are probably few
younger men than Mr. Riley who saw active
service. Although born in another land, Ed-
win Riley has the true American spirit, and
his military record is but one proof of his
devotion to his adopted country. Despite his
great business responsibilities, he finds time
for the higher duties of citizenship, and his
knowledge of civic affairs, his generosity and
broad-minded liberality may well serve as an
example to many whose residence here has
been longer, and whose debt to their country is
greater. He is a IMason of the thirty-second
degree, an Odd Fellow and a member of the
Knights of Pj-thias. Mr. Riley sen-ed as al-
ternate at the Republican convention in 1900,
when McKinley and Roosevelt were nomi-
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nated; and in 1904 he was delegate at large.
He is president of the Record Foundry Com-
pany, Richmond Manufacturing Company,
Free Library Association, and of the G. A. R.
Memorial Association. He built a monument
in memory of deceased soldiers of the late
rebellion. He is a member of Kimball Post,
No. 38, G. A. R., and is past commander of
that post. On November 24, 1872, Edwin
Riley married Rosilla Noyes, of Harmony,
Maine. They have five children: Fred E.,
whose sketch follows; Ada C, Ralph J., Grace
F. and Harold G.
(IV) Fred E., eldest child of Edwin (2)
and Rosilla (Noyes) Riley, was born at Law-
rence, October 24, 1874. His preliminary
education was obtained in the public schools
and at Glens Falls .Academy. He subsequently
attended Cornell University, where he took
the civil engineering course, and also a spe-
cial course in electricity. After graduation he
worked with his father at Fort Edward, New
York, removing in 1894 to Livermore Falls,
Maine, where he was made division engineer
for the International Paper Company, which
position he still occupies. He is a member of
the Masonic order, the Shriners, Sons of Vet-
erans, and captain of Company C, Twenty-
third Regiment. Maine National Guard. On
June 23, 1896, Fred E. Riley married Minnie
W. Alden, daughter of Isaiah and Dora A.
(Staples) Alden, of Livermore Falls, and a
direct descendant of Pilgrim John Alden. Mr.
and Mrs. Riley have had six children: Ed-
win, Louis, Standish, Muriel, Raphael, died in
infancy : Marguerite, died in infancy.
Leonard Alden, paternal grandfather of
Minnie W. (Alden) Riley, was one of the
early settlers of Turner, Maine, where he was
a carpenter and farmer. In religion he was a
L^niversalist. He married ^liranda, daughter
of Isaiah Leavitt, one of the earliest settlers
of Turner, and descended from one of the
old families of Massachusetts ; children :
Adelbert, Almeda, Alton, Isaiah and Han-
nah.
Isaiah, third son of Leonard and Miranda
(Leavitt) Alden, was born June 8, 1846, and
was educated at Bowdoin College, and at Ann
Arbor, Michigan, graduating from the latter
institution in the class of 1869. He began the
practice of law in Iowa, where he remained
about three years ; then, on account of failing
health, he returned to Livermore Falls, where
he practiced until his death in 1886. He was
a Universalist in religion. On July 24, 1871,
he married Dora .A. Staples, daughter of Ezra
and Sibyl (Grover) Staples, of Carthage,
Maine. They' had children: Sibyl S., Minnie
W., and Loyal L. Minnie W. Alden married
Fred E. Riley, of Livermore Falls.
In many places where mem-
DARLING bers of the Darling family
have lived they have been well
known as people '"of inspiring bravery." In
early settlements of our country when the
strongest men quailed at the stories of Indian
cruelty the Darlings inspired such people to
guard well their homes, and this by a few
words ringing with courage and hope. In
many neighborhoods where the members of
once strong churches have dwindled to a mere
handfull through the changing scenes in a
town's history some Darling has, single-
handed, so inspired others by his constant at-
tendance and work for that church that it
has arisen to be a stronger power for good
than in. the past. The First Congregational
Church of Sioux City, Iowa, stands as a grand
memorial to the magnetic bravery of the Rev.
i\Iarcellus W. Darling. \\'hen Eliakim Dar-
ling joined the army of General Stark from
the hills of Rindge, New Hampshire, his firm
and ringing step so enthused some soldiers
that the gallant leader was not surprised at
the outcome of the battle of Bennington. On
all fields of helpfulness the same story may
be read of the courage inspired by the reso-
lute and far-defying Darlings. And the
women of this noble line have wrought rec-
ords which glow with their hope and enthusi-
asm in the face of the wildest storms and
dangers. The story of Grace Darling has had
many repetitions by sea and land. It is well
that all families cherish the histories of the
brave deeds which shine along their life
stories, but when these brave looks, words
and deeds have rung through the ranks of
life like electric shocks those wdio bear the
Darling name may well be proud of its
marked characteristics.
(I) John Darling was born about the year
1640, and was one of the pioneer settlers at
Andover, Massachusetts, where his wisdom
and courage had much to do with the laying
of the strong foundations of that famous old
town. He married Alary, daughter of Rich-
ard Bishop. Children : Mary, Hannah, Abi-
gail, John, Thomas, Eliakim.
(II) Eliakim, son of John and Mary
(Bishop) Darling, was born in Andover, Mas-
sachusetts, about the j-ear 1680, and inherited
the sturdv and trustworthv character of his
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father and the hardihood which marked the
Bishop hne through its many generations. He
married Sarah Buxton in 1704.
(Ill) Jonathan, son of Eliakim and Sarah
(Buxton) Darhng. was born about the year
1714, died in Andover, May 21, 1746. He
was a man of true patriotism and neighborly
helpfuhiess. He married, in 1740, Sarah,
<laughter of W'iUiam and Dorothy (Wright)
Wardwell.
(I\') Ehakim (2), son of Jonathan and
Sarah (Wardwell) Darling, was baptized at
Andover, March 6, 1743. In 1771 he removed
to the tow-n of Rindge, New Hampshire. In
1776 he v^'as one of the prominent signers of
the association test, pledging life and fortune
to the American cause, and thus aiding many
others to look hopefully beyond the dark
clouds which hung over our country. In 1777
he served in Captain Salmon Stone's com-
pany. Colonel JN'ichol's regiment. General
Stark's brigade, and bravely participated in
the famous battle of Bennington. After 1782
no mention is made of him in the Rindge rec-
ords, and it is supposed he died about that
time, though the exact date has not been
found. He married (first) JMartha ,
who died in Rindge, July 6, 1780. Married
(second) November 10, 1781, Lucy (Wood)
Pritchard, widow of John Pritchard, of
Rindge, and daughter of Salmon and Han-
nah (Jewett) Wood, of that town. Mrs.
Darling was born in Bedford, ^Massachusetts,
September 2. 1746. Children of first mar-
riage: I. Amos, born in Andover, Massa-
chusetts, January 16, 1766, died in Rindge,
New Hampshire, October 9, 1846 ; he was a
very skilled and industrious blacksmith ; he
married, in Rindge, October 19, 1787, Ede
Stone, born in Rindge, July 24, 1769, daugh-
ter of Captain Salmon and Susannah (Page)
Stone. 2. William, born in Andover, August
II. 1769. T,. Daniel, born in Rindge, April i,
1772. 4. Thomas, born in Rindge, April 26,
1775. 5. Samuel, born in Rindge, August,
1777. 6. An infant, born July 2, 1779, died
July 5, 1779- 7- Eliakim, mentioned below.
Child of second marriage: 8. Martha, born in
Rindge, I\Iarch 2, 1782.
(V) Eliakim (3), son of Eliakim (2) and
Martha Darling, married Ruth Buck, a di-
rect descendant of the ancestor, William Buck,
who was born in England in 1585, and set-
tled in Cambridge. Massachusetts, April 15,
1635, where he died January 24, 1658, being
the founder of a family line of great courage
and hardihood.
(VI) Amos Buck, son of Eliakim (3) and
Ruth (Buck) Darling, was born December
20, 1812, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
September 7, 1884. He w^as a very wealthy
merchant of Philadelphia, and a man of great
helpfulness and integrity in the community
where he lived. He was a very patriotic citi-
zen, was captain in the militia, and at the
time of the Aroostook war in Maine was or-
dered by the United States government to call
out his com])any, as it was well understood
what a thrilling effect would follow the ap-
pearance of this noble soldier and his well
trained men. He married Caroline Hooper,
who was a woman of sterling qualities. Chil-
dren: I. John Augustus, born at Bucksport,
June 7, 1835. 2. .Margarette, February 25,
1837, married James N. Buck. 3. .-Austin H.,
August 6, 1838. 4. \'aleria P., February 10,
1840, married Henry Watson. 5. James A.
H., October 25, 1841, married Isabella Bull.
6. Alfred H., May 15, 1843, married Mary
Welch. 7. William S., July 26, 1847, married
Mary J. Johnson. 8. Howard R., September
19, 1850, married Lizzie Sumers. 9. Kate,
Januarv 18, 1853. 10. Amos L., July 15,
1856. ■
(\TI) Colonel John Augustus, United
States Army, son of Amos Buck and Caro-
line (Hooper) Darling, w-as born in Bucks-
port, June 7, 1835. He was a very distin-
guished soldier in the civil war. He now has
a beautiful summer home at Bucksport. He
married (first) January 28, 1866, Encar-
necion Yniguez, of Chili, South America:
married (second) Mrs. Clara L. Hastings, of
San Francisco, California, 1895. Since
Colonel Darling retired from the army he and
his wife have made three tours around the
world.
This family is ancient in
NORWOOD England, and its name is
derived from the place of
its original abode — Northwoods — which, by
plainly discernible philology, became Nor-
wood. The family intermarried with those
of Clark, Croucher, Crowell, La Tour, Hard-
ing, and Maitland — names closely associated
with the earlier upbuilding of Great Britain.
Few of the forefathers of this line of Nor-
woods died natural deaths, nor have their de-
scendants. They were officers and men in
the sea and land forces of Great Britain, back
to the days of the tribe Northwooders, from
which ancient race the present family sprang.
Their "cry" has always been, "When you have
an enemy at the point of the bayonet, take him
prisoner, or run him through." An American
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branch of the family was established in the
colonial period, but the present line dates
back but three generations. They have proven
their worth and devotion to American institu-
tions by the last test — the offer of life in de-
fence of the land of their adoption — as their
forefathers did for their native soil.
(I) Rev. Joseph William Norwood was
bom in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In early life
he was a sea captain, and in one of his voy-
ages he was called upon to assist in quelling
an insurrection at an English port in .Africa,
being then an officer in the Royal Naval Re-
serve Corps. His entrance upon his final ca-
reer was deferred by the outbreak of the civil
war. He enlisited under the first call of Pres-
ident Lincoln for troops, in the First Regi-
ment, Massachusetts Infantry, and partici-
pated in the battle of Bull Run, where he was
severely wounded by a bayonet thrust — one
of the comparatively few incidents of the
great war, where the contestants came to-
gether in hand-to-hand conflict. In another
engagement he received a bullet in the ankle,
and a slash in the face from a Confederate
sabre, which left an ugly scar. His only
brother, James William, was killed in action
at Antietam Bridge, Virginia, during the self-
same war. Joseph William Norwood served
faithfully throughout the war, and was one of
the victorious host which marched down Penn-
sylvania Avenue, in the national capital, in
the Grand Review in May, 1865, just on tiie
eve of disbandment.
At the close of the war, Mr. Norwood pre-
pared for the ministry by taking a course in
the General Theological Seminary (Episco-
pal) at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. On leav-
ing that institution he was sent by the Epis-
copal Church to the west coast of Africa, with
a shipload of freedmen, this being one of
the earliest attempts at their colonization in
the land of their origin (a favorite scheme of
President Lincoln during his life), and which
proved abortive. Mr. Norwood was for
some time a missionary there, at Sierra Leone,
Monravia, Cavalla and Cape Mount. He sub-
sequently returned to the United States, and
labored in the missionary fields in western
states and territories, and where he broadened
his education by attendance at the Kansas
State University, from which he graduated.
Later, he was also in Canada, in the British
provinces. Rev. Mr. Norwood married Edith
Matilda Harding, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Their children were: i. James William (died
in infancy). 2. Rev. Joseph Robinson (see
forward). 3. Florence Edith. 4. Rev. Rob-
ert Wentworth ; educated at Kings College,
Nova Scotia; now rector at Spring Hill, Nova
Scotia ; widely known as a poet, a writer of
cantatas, and contributor to magazines and
other periodicals. 5. Edmund Bambrick;
graduate of Dalhousie University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia ; a physician at Hubbard's Cove,
Nova Scotia.' 6. Nellie Haines.
(II) Rev. Joseph Robinson, son of Rev.
Joseph William and Edith M. (Harding)
Norwood, was born in \'ineland, New Jersey,
April 22, 1869. His birth occurred while his
father was a student in the Theological Semi-
nary at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was
a babe when his parents went to Liberia, and
he was the first white child in this Black Re-
public. His preliminary education was ob-
tained in the various towns to which his fath-
er's ministerial duties called him. His col-
lege preparatory training was pursued in
Greenville (New York) Academy, and Key-
port (New Jersey) Academy. From the last
of these fitting schools he entered Bishop's
University, Lenoxville, Province of Quebec,
Canada, and was graduated therefrom with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After com-
pleting his collegiate course he was appointed
to the rectorship of St. John's Church, Fish-
ers Island, New York; and, subsequently, to
Christ Church, Bellport, Long Island, New
York. He then accepted the rectorship of St.
Mary's-by-the-Sea, at Northeast Harbor,
Maine, remaining nine years, and as a result
of his efficient labors two stone church edifices
and a parish house were erected there. In
1904 he came to his present charge at East-
port, Maine, where his services are bearing
good fruit. His knowledge of general re-
ligious conditions and needs is attested by his
superior placing him upon the committee on
new parishes and missions. Diocese of Maine.
Deeply interested in education, he was for
seven years superintendent of schools at
Mount Desert, Alaine, during his rectorship
there, and was founder of the Northeast Har-
bor Village Improvement Society, and chair-
man of its executive committee throughout his
residence in that place. He was associated in
the latter work with President Eliot, late of
Harvard University ; President Gilman, of
Johns Hopkins Universitv ; Rt. Rev. William
Croswell Doane, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Al-
bany; and Hon. Seth Low, LL.D., of New
York City; as well as others of the summer
colony at Mt. Desert. He is a member of
Ocean Lodge, No. 140, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, at Northeast Harbor, of which
he is past grand; of Mt. Desert Encamp-
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ment, Patriarchs Militant, of the same order,
at Sag Harbor ; of Atlantic Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, of Northeast Harbor, of which he is
past chancellor, in which order he is in mem-
bership with the Grand Lodge of Maine, and
member of the committee on warrants and
charters of that august body. He is a mem-
ber of the Sons of Veterans, having been
initiated in Camp No. 2, Department of New
Jersey. He is chaplain of the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, Company No. H, of East-
port, Maine.
Rev. Mr. Norwood married Mvrtie May
(born in Hatley. Province of Quebec, Can-
ada), daughter of Squire and Ann Colby, both
deceased, of Lenoxville, Province of Quebec,
Canada. Her parents were respectively of old
New Hampshire and Vermont families, her
father's line tracing to the vicinity of Con-
cord. Children of Rev. and Mrs. Norwood:
Myrtie May, born July 26, 1892; and Joseph
Maitland, born July 26, 1897.
The name of Webber is obvi-
WEBBER ously derived from the Ger-
man weber, meaning weaver,
which occupation is also responsible for the
cognate patronymics, Webb, Webster and
Weeber. Some of these forms appeared in
England at a very early date. Langland in
his "Visions of Piers Plowman," written in
1362, says :
"My wife was a webbe
And woolen cloth made."
It is interesting to know that in those early
days Webber was the masculine and Webster
the feminine form of the name. The sim-
plicity of the Webber coat-of-arms shows it
to be of very ancient design. The emblem is
described in heraldic language as : Gules ; on
a chevron engrailed or, between three hurts
(azure roundels), as many annulets azure.
This may be expressed in untechnical terms as
a crimson field crossed by a gold bar set be-
tween three blue circles and three blue rings.
We find that in 1462 Henry Webber was Dean
of Exeter, and in later times the name is as-
sociated with Saint Kew parish in Cornwall,
where it is inscribed on a chime of bells and
on a flagon in the communion service. At
present the Webber family is prominent
among the Irish land-owners of county Cork.
In America the Webber name is found
among the earliest records of Maine and Mas-
sachusetts. Thomas Webber, mariner of
Boston, joined the church on April 7, 1644,
and was master of the ship "Mayflower." In
1652 he sold about a quarter of this vessel of
two hundred tons, and removed to Maine.
One statement says that he was living at Res-
keagan, an island near the mouth of the Ken-
nebec, as early as 1649. He married Mary,
daughter of the proprietor, John Parker, and
owned immense tracts of land reaching from
Kennebec river to Casco Bay. Thomas and
Mary (Parker) Webber had five sons, who
settled about r'almouth and Harpswell, and it
is probable from these sons that most of the
Maine Webbers are descended. The Indian
wars, beginning in 1688 and lasting about ten
years, drove the Webbers into Massachusetts,
where they lived at Charlestown and Glouces-
ter. They appear to have been a seafaring
people, and there is record that Captain John
\^'ebber, probably the eldest son of this family,
sailed from Boston to Barbacloes on Decem-
ber 6, 1664. Massachusetts has ]jroduced
many distinguished Webbers, among them
Samuel Webber, born in 1760, who was pro-
fessor of mathematics and afterwards presi-
dent of Harvard College. Beside the Web-
bers of English antecedents in this country,
there are some who can boast Dutch lineage.
Wolfert Webber came from Holland in the
seventeenth century. It is believed that he
went first to New York, and kter migrated to
Maine, living first at Richmond and after-
wards at Litchfield. Some of his sons re-
mained in Richmond and some went to
Harpswell. The following line is descended
from Wolfert Webber, the immigrant.
(I) Edsell Webber, the great-grandson of
Wolfert Webber, was born in Lisbon, Maine,
and was a farmer. Little else is known of his
career except that he married, about the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century, Dorcas
Blethen, and had a family of seven children,
three boys, four girls, among them Edsell
Bates, whose sketch follows.
(II) Edsell Bates, son of Edsell and Dorcas
(Blethen) Webber, was born March 11, 1822,
at Lisbon, Maine, and died September 12,
1878. In 1856 he married Clementine Brown,
daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Allen)
Brown, of Durham, Maine. Seven children
were born of this marriage: i. Millard C.,
March 4, 1857 ; Cora Charlotte, September 14,
1858; Mary LilHan, August 24, i860; George
Bertrand, April 4, 1864; John Roderick,
whose sketch follows ; and Hiram Ashton, Oc-
tober 30, 1872. Of this family Millard C,
the eldest son, married, July 30, 1890, Cora
Ellen Blethen, daughter of Horace K. and
Ellen (Frost) Blethen. She died May 20,
1894, leaving two children : Rena Ellen, born
July I, 1892; and Fred Carroll, April 20, 1894.
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On October 5, 1904, Millard C. Webber mar-
ried (second) Lilla Anlclle Ludwig, daughter
of Alphonse and Soplironia (Pease) Ludwig,
of Waldoboro, Maine.
(Ill) John Roderick, third son of Edsell
Bates and Clementine (Brown) Webber, was
born July 21. 1866, at Lisbon, Maine. He
early had to learn to care for himself, and at
the age of fourteen entered the woolen mill at
Li>bon. where he remained about a year and
a half, going to school for one term mean-
time. For a short period thereafter he worked
in a saw-mill and then was employed by his
brother in a grocery store. By this time he
had acquired an ambition to become a printer,
which resulted in his coming to Lewiston and
learning that business, which is a liberal edu-
cation in itself. On March i, i8go, in part-
nership with John H. Merrill, llr. Webber
went into business for himself, buying out a
small establishment, which soon became so
crowded that they were compelled to move
into more commodious quarters, which in
turn had to be enlarged. The strict attention
paid to business and the executive ability soon
gave John R. Webber a reputation for sound
judgment and large common sense. These
qualities, addeci to his known integrity, have
brought him honors that many who had far
better early advantages have failed to reach.
His first office was that of warden, and soon
after he was called to serve the city as coun-
cilman in 1903. He was elected alderman in
1905, and was then nominated by the Repub-
lican party for mayor and was elected. He is
chairman of the board of public works and
also of the board of education. Mayor Web-
ber is prominent in fraternal organizations,
being a Mason of the thirty-second degree.
He is a past master of the Blue Lodge, past
high priest of the chapter, past thrice illustri-
ous master of the council, and holds offices in
the Commandery of the Scottish Rite bodies
and in the Shrine. He is past chief of the
Knights of the Golden Eagle, belongs to the
Calumet Club and is treasurer of the Com
Roasters' Club, one of the most select social
clubs in the state. On October 25. 1893, John
Roderick Webber married Etta G. Getchell,
daughter of Ezra and Abigail (Hall) Getchell,
of Winthrop, Maine, where Mrs. Webber's
father was a prominent hotel-keeper for years.
According to the historian Boeth-
SCOTT ius (and his theory is supported
by \^ermundus, Cornelius and
Scoleger), the origin of this name goes back
to extreme antiquity. Boethius avers that it
is derived from Scota, the daughter of that
Pharaoh, king of Eg}'pt, who was drowned in
the Red Sea. The history reads like a fairy
tale. Gathelus, .son of Cecrops, first king of
Athens, and a native of Egypt, became so in-
solent and troublesome at his father's court
that he was banished the kingdom. Ac-
companied by a large band of fugitives, he
left Greece and went to Egypt in tjie time of
Moses, at a time when Pharaoh was engaged
in a war with neighboring nations. Joining
his forces with the Egyptians, he was made a
general and soon subdued the natives at war
with Pharaoh, and so soon won the favor of
that monarch that the latter gave his daughter,
Scota. in marriage to Gathelus. About this
time Egypt was visited with the plague men-
tioned in the Bible. In order to escape from
this scourge, Gathelus and Scota, his wife,
with a large number of Greeks and Egyptians,
put to sea, and landing in Spain, called that
portion of the country Port Gathale, now
known as Portugal. On account of the affec-
tion that Gathelus bore his wife, Scota, he
named the people "Scottis."
After years of bloody warfare with the bar-
barians of Spain, Gathelus, with his colony,
sailed for and landed in Ireland, and after-
wards went over to the northern part of
Britain, which was called Scotland (the land
of the Scots) from the Scots who planted
themselves there. We have the testimony of
Seneca that the name of Scot was known to
some writer in the first century. The Bishop
of Aberdeen, who searched all the monuments
of antiquity in Scotland, says that all agree
that the name of Scot was derived from Scota,
the most important person in the colony. Long
anterior to the general use of surnames, na-
tives of Scotland who migrated to England
or other countries, added Scotus to their
proper name to denote their nativity or de-
scent. Among these was John Duns Scotus,
one of the greatest scholars of his time, of
whom Halles says that thirty thousand people
attended his lectures at Oxford. As we come
down to the Norman period in England, dis-
tinguished people who had Scotch blood in
their veins added the Christian name "le
Scot," as John le Scot, last Earl of Chester,
and his grand nephew, William Baliol le Scot,
ancestor of the Scotts of Scotts Hall, Kent.
The old Norman church at Brabourne, Kent,
contains many monuments of the Scotts of
Scotts Hall, some of which date back to the
thirteenth century. In Kent, Staffordshire
and the Scotch border, for long generations
the family of Scott has been one of great
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wealth and power. At one period it was said
that the Scotts of Scotts Hall could travel
from Bradbourne to London, some fifty or
sixty miles, without leaving the estates of the
family connections. It is an historical record
that in 1665 "Lady Anna Scott was esteemed
the greatest fortune and most accomplished
lady of the Isle of Britain." In Scotch his-
tory we meet with John Scott, a native of
Cheshire, England, who was elected Bishop of
Saint Andrews in 11 78. The first of the name
of Scott in England after surnames came into
general use, was John Scott, the last Earl of
Chester, born in 1206. Sir Peter Scott, first
mayor of Newcastle in 125 1, and Sir Nicholas,
his son, capital baililT of Newcastle in 1269,
date from the same century.
(I) David Scott, earliest known ancestor of
this line, was born January 29, 1793, in
County Armagh, Ireland, and died at Green-
bush, Maine, April 28, 1850. He migrated to
Belfast, Maine, in 1814, and about 1820 mar-
ried Betsey Coombs, who was born at Isles-
boro, Maine, June 12, 1802, and died Octo-
ber 4, 1890, at the age of eighty-eight. She
was descended from the Warner Quakers, and
was prominent in the Society of Friends.
David and Betsey (Coombs) Scott (a de-
scendant of General Joseph Warren) had
children: James C, born September 30, 1821,
died August 25, 1905 ; Martha C. November
6, 1822, died March 12, 1899; William H.,
whose sketch follows; David, March 27, 1828,
died in 1907; Anna B., February i, 1832;
Olney T.. November 26, 1834; and two who
died in infancy.
(II) William H., second son of David and
Betsey (Coombs) Scott, was born at Albion,
Maine, August 27, 1825. He was educated in
the common schools and at Freedom Acad-
erny. About 1845 he moved from Albion to
Greenbush, and worked at carpentry and
farming, and was quite an extensive lumber
operator. He is a Republican in politics, and
served as selectman, in various town offices,
and represented Greenbush in the state legis-
lature of 1862. He married Caroline A.,
daughter of Joseph G. and Hannah Folsom.
who was born in Bangor, Maine, February
22, 1830, and died in 1872. Children: Win-
field, born July 30, 1861, now living at South
Braintree, Massachusetts ; and Clarence,
whose sketch follows.
Joseph G. Folsom, father of ^Irs. Caroline
(Folsom) Scott, was born in 1792, and died
July 31. 1857. His wife Hannah was born
in 1806, and died July 20, 1888. They had
children: Joseph O., William H., Emma A.,
Caroline A., Charles, George A., Fernando
and Frank. The two youngest sons were
killed in the War of the Rebellion.
(Ill) Clarence, younger son of William H.
and Caroline A. (Folsom) Scott, was born at
Greenbush, Maine, August 24, 1866. He was
educated in the town schools of Greenbush,
at Old Town .Xcademy, and at the Alaine State
College. He read law in the office of J. F.
Gould, of Old Town, and was admitted to the
Maine bar April 26, 1894, and to the United
States Circuit Court, April 22, 1899. In the
former year he began the practice of law in
Old Town, where he has remained ever since.
He is a Republican in politics, and has served
on the ward and city committees. He belongs
to Knights of Pythias, of Old Town, and other
social and beneficial orders. On April 15,
1902, Clarence Scott married Charlotte Chase
Folsom, daughter of Franklin W. and Lillie
A. (Hopkins) Folsom. (See Folsom IX.)
Children: Robert Folsom, born January 9,
1906; and Gorham, November 22, 1907.
The earliest period at which
FOLSOM this name appears in history is
in the first half of the four-
teenth century. There was a John Foulsham,
of Foulsham, prior of a Carmelite monastery
in Warwick. England, and his brother Rich-
ard was more prominent. Foulsham, the seat
of the family, probably took its name from be-
ing the home (hame) of many foules (birds).
The first traceable ancestor of the American
family is Roger Foulsham, of Necton, Nor-
folk county, England, whose will is dated
1534. His son William married Agnes Smith,
of Besthorpe : their son Adam married, and
had Adam, baptized in 1560, resided in Hing-
ham. England, and his son Adam married
Agnes , and had sons John, Adam and
Peter.
(I) John Foulsham, son of Adam Foul-
sham. last named, was baptized in Hingham,
England, in 1615. From him are descended,
as far as known, all the Folsoms of America
except a family which is found in South Caro-
lina. He sailed April 26. 1638, in the ship
'"Diligent," of Ipswich, with a company of one
hundred and thirty-three persons. With him
were his wife Mary, whom he married Octo-
ber 4, 1636, and her parents, Edward and
Mary Clark Gilman, and three younger broth-
ers— Edward, not quite twenty-one, John and
Moses; and younger sisters, Sarah and Lydia.
They landed at Boston, August 10, 1638. John
Foulsham (Folsom) received a grant of land
that vear. and built a house which was stand-
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ing until 1875. He was prominent in the
community, and while in Hingham was elected
"one of the men to order the prudential af-
fairs of the town." In the trouble over the
selection of a captain of militia, he strongly
opposed the governor, and he and ninety oth-
ers were fined, his share being twenty pounds,
but by some means he appears to have been
exempted from payment. About 1650 he re-
moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, where his
father-in-law had already gone. He lived on
the west side of the river, where the first set-
tlements of Exeter were made. As surveyor
he lan the lines between Exeter and Dover;
was selectman in 1659; on the jury in 1662;
and in July, 16C5, was one of a committee
from Dover, Portsmouth, Exeter and Hamp-
ton to consult on political grievances. In ad-
vanced life he became involved in his pe-
cuniary affairs, but his sons assisted him to
retain a home for himself and his aged wife,
who lived about ten years after his death, in
1681. He was an intelligent, earnest, enter-
prising man, a decided Christian, ready to
sacrifice wealth, ease and popularity, for the
sake of principle, and he successfully trained
up six sons to become efficient laborers in lay-
ing the foundations of New Hampshire. His
children were : Samuel, John, Nathaniel,
Israel, Peter, Mary and Ephraim.
(II) Peter, fifth son of John (i) and Mary
(Gilman) Folsom, was baptized at Hingham,
Massachusetts, April 8, 1649, and died at Exe-
ter, New Hampshire, in 1717. He lived at
Hampton, New Hampshire, east of the village,
on the road to Kensington, a neighborhood oc-
cupied by several generations of his descend-
ants. He was an active business man and ac-
quired a goodly property. He always bore
the title of Lieutenant Peter. About 1675 he
married Susanna ; children: Eliza-
beth, born about 1676, married Lieutenant
Samuel Colcord, of Kingston, New Hamp-
shire; and (second) Lieutenant Samuel San-
born, of the same place ; Susanna, married
Caleb Gilman ; Mary, married Joseph Thing ;
Peter, born 1682, married Catharine Gilman;
John (2), whose sketch follows; Benjamin,
married Rachel Gilman.
(III) John (2), second son of Lieutenant
Peter and Susanna Folsom, was born at Exe-
ter, New Hampshire, about 1685, and died in
1757. He lived on a farm in the northwest
part of Exeter, and owned land in Newmarket
and Epping. His first wife was Hannah Gil-
man, and her children, as near as can be as-
certained, were: Peter (2), whose sketch fol-
lows ; Elizabeth, married a Thurston ; Mary,
married William Folsom; and Joshua, born-
1 719, married Abi Mead, and died at Epping,
New Hampshire, in 1796. The second wife
of John Folsom was Sarah, daughter of Fran-
cis Lyford, and granddaughter of Captain
Theophilus Dudley, from whom her children,
Sarah and Susanna, inherited lands, which
they deeded to others in 1748 and 1749. Sa-
rah (Lyford) Folsom died before 1748. Her
daughter, Sarah Folsom, married Abraham
Folsom, of Epping, New Hampshire ; and her
daughter, Susanna Folsom, married Nathaniel
Bean, of Exeter and Warner, New Hamp-
shire. The youngest son of John Folsom was
Joshua, born September 25, 1725. In one
place he is recorded as the seventh child,
which would make him the son of the second
wife. If that were the case, it seems strange
that he did not receive some of the Dudley
lands like his sisters Sarah and Susanna. Per-
haps the fact that he inherited the homestead
would account for his failure to be remem-
bered in the Dudley will. The date of his
birth, however, comes so near that of the
other sons as to make it quite probable that
he was the child of the first marriage, and that
his place as seventh in the list is incorrect.
The third wife of John Folsom was Mary,,
whose maiden name is unknown.
(IV) Peter (2). eldest child of John (2)
and Hannah (Gilman) Folsom, was born in
1718, probably at Exeter, New Hampshire,
and died at Gilmantown, New Hampshire, in
181 5. He lived most of his life in that part
of Newmarket called Piscassic, near the Exe-
ter line, and a part of his farm was in Exeter,
where he paid taxes many years. His lands
are described in his father's will, and the cel-
lar remains where his house stood. He had
twelve children, and later in life followed
them to Gilmanton, where he made his will in
1800. About 1739 he married Hannah Morri-
son ; children : Benjamin, born September 5,
1740; Mary, 1742, died an infant; Peter, 1744,
died an infant; Peter, August 8, 1745; Han-
nah, 1747, died young; Lydia, February 22,.
1749, died young; Judith, February 2, 1751 ;
Mary, June 17, 1754. married a Swett ; Han-
nah, October 10, 1756, married a Fifield,
(second) a Carroll; John, whose sketch fol-
lows; Lydia, 1761, married John Parsons;
Mehitable, April 7, 1764, married Jesse
Wedgwood.
(V) John (3), fourth son of Peter (2) and
Hannah (Morrison) Folsom, was born at
Newmarket, New Hampshire, April 29, 1759,
and was drowned at Newport Lake, Newport,
Maine, some time after 1800. In early life-
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he moved to Limerick, Maine. The maiden
name of his wife was Weymouth, but her
given name has been lost. Children : IMark,
whose sketch follows ; John, married Sally
Hammond ; Peter ; Asa, lived at Stetson,
Maine ; Wyre, of Newport, Maine ; Sarah,
married Joseph Ellingwood ; Abby ; Betsey,
married French ; Benjamin.
(VI) Mark, eldest child of John (3) and
(Weymouth) Folsom, was born at
Limerick, Maine, July 19, 1785, and died at
Dixmont, same state, January 29, 1844. He
was a merchant and farmer. He married
Polly Staples ; children : Alvin, married Lou-
isa Merrill; Mark (2), whose sketch follows;
Alfred, married Stone ; John, married
Carrie Kenney ; David, married Gil-
more; Benjamin, married Hannah Hammond;
Henry, married Newcomb; Mary,
married Morse ; Jerusha, married
Moses Parsons ; Polly, married Nelson Morse ;
Charlotte, married Thomas Cowan ; Eliza
Ann, married Rich.
(\II) Major Mark (2). second son of
Mark (i) and Polly (Staples) Folsom, was
born December 15, 1805, at Newburg, Alaine,
and died ■. He was a farmer and lum-
berman, and held the offices of major in the
militia. He represented Newburg in the state
legislature, and held other local offices. He
was a member of the Free Baptist church. He
married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and
Morrill, who was born at Newburg,
December 27, 1807, and died there in October,
1872. Children: I. Hannah CaHsta, born
May 21. 1832. married Samuel H. Folsom.
2. Sarah Alvina, June 20, 1833. 3. Franklin
N., February 15. 1835. whose sketch fol-
lows. 4. Melville ]Mark. April 27, 1836, mar-
ried Hannah Jane Edgerly ; he was a lieuten-
ant and captain in the Eleventh Maine Regi-
ment, and was in twenty-two engagements
during the Rebellion ; he is engaged in the
drug business at Old Town, which town he
represented in the legislature, 1872-73. 5. Al-
bion P., June 4, 1838, married Ann Buzzell.
6. Adelaide Charlotte, April 13, 1841, married
Lewis Hardy. 7. Gorham Augustine, April
19, 1842; was killed in battle near Richmond,
Virginia. 8. Louisa Francina, December 21,
1844, married S. J. Parsons, and moved to
Dakota.
(VIII) Franklin N., eldest son of Major
Mark (2) and Sarah (Morrill) Folsom,
was born at Newburgh, Maine, Febru-
ary 15, 1835, and lives at Old Town. He mar-
ried Lillie A. Hopkins; children: Myrtie M.,
born ; married Luther F. Mariner, of
Milford, Maine; Francis H., lives at Old
Town ; Charlotte Chase, mentioned below ;
Fred G., lives at Boulder, California.
(IX) Charlotte Chase, second daughter of
Franklin N. and Lillie A. (Hopkins) Fol-
som, was born at Old Town, Maine, and mar-
ried, April 15, 1902, Clarence Scott, of Old
Town, Maine. (See Scott III.)
This surname is more com-
FELLOWS monly spelled Fellowes in
England, where the family
has lived for many centuries. The branch of
this family at Ramsey Abbey, county Hun-
tingdon, and at Haverland Hall, Norfolk, has
this coat-of-arms : Azure a fesse dancette
ermine between three lions' heads erased or,
murally crowned argent. Crest : A lion's head
erased and crowned as in the arms, charged
with a fesse dancette ermine. Motto — Patien-
tia et peseverantia cum magnanimitate. Most
of the family bear these arms. Another
branch has : Azure a fess nebulee ermine be-
tween three lions' heads erased or, out of a
cloud a dexter hand holding a club all proper.
Besides its more proper meaning of com-
panion, the word Fellow, from which this
surname is derived, is used in some dialects to
signify a young unmarried man or a servant
engaged in husbandry. Qiaucer uses the ex-
pression, "a proper felawe," to denote a well-
formed young man. The surname dates back
to the Hundred Rolls in the twelfth century,
spelled Le Felawe, Le Felawes and Fellawe.
(I) William Fellowes, of London, England,
progenitor of the American family, was doubt-
less of the same family as Urania Fellows,
who married John, the second Earl of. Ports-
mouth.
(II) William (2) Fellows, son of William
(i) Fellowes, was born in 1609. He testified
that his age was fifty years in 1659. He came
from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts, in
the ship "Planter" in 1635, and was probably
born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
He was a shoemaker by trade. His name ap-
pears often in the early town records. He
was a subscriber to the Major Denison fund
in 1648 ; had a grant on Plum Island, Castle
Neck and Hog Island in 1664. His wife was
probably a sister of Captain John Ayers. His
will was dated November 29, 1676, and proved
November 27, 1677. Children: i. Ephraim,
born 1639, removed to Plainfield, Connecti-
cut. 2. Samuel. 3. Joseph. 4. Isaac, men-
tioned below. 5. Mary. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Sa-
rah, born July 16, 1657. 8. Abigail, married,
April 16, 1677, Samuel Ayer.
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1,111) Corporal Isaac, son of William (2)
Fellows, was born at Ipswich about 1650. died
1721, upward- of seventy-one years old. He
was a voter in 1679, surveyor in 1669-72-78;
commoner after 1697; had seat in the meeting
house at Ipswich, 1700; corporal; tithingman,
1679. He was a soldier in King Philip's war.
He married, January 24, 1672, Joanna Bourne
P.oanlman, born 1646, died March 22, 1732.
Children: i. Isaac, born November 27, 1673,
died without issue. 2. Samuel, February 8,
1676. 3. Ephraim, September 5, 1679, re-
moved to Stonington, Connecticut. 4. Jona-
than, September 28, 1682. 5. David, April 7,
1687, died without issue. 6. Joanna, Novem-
ber 19, 1689.
(IV) Samuel, son of Isaac Fellows, was
born in Ipswich, February 8, 1676, died 1707.
He married, November 15. 1698, Deborah
Sanborn, daughter of John Sanborn. He set-
tled at Hampton, New Hampshire. Children,
born at Hampton: i. Isaac, mentioned below.
2, John. May 23, 1701, settled at Kingston,
New Hampshire. 3. Joanna, September 29,
1702, married Hezekiah Blake. 4. Sarah,
April 9, 1704. 5. Nathaniel. 6. Rachel, bap-
tized Alarch 10, 1706, married Samuel Shaw.
7. Samuel (posthumous), October 3, 1707.
(V) Isaac (2), son of Samuel Fellows, was
born at Hampton, New Hampshire, December
2, 1699, married, November 9, 1721, Abigail
Sleeper, daughter of Aaron Sleeper. He
probably removed to Maine about 1727. Chil-
dren, born at Hampton : i. Samuel, 1722. 2.
John, 1724. 3. Deborah, 1726.
(VII) Isaac (3), believed to be grandson of
Isaac (2) Fellows, and certainly of the family
given above, was a resident of Athens, Maine.
(VIII) Isaac (4), son of Isaac (3) Fel-
lows, was born in Athens, Maine, in 1824,
died in 1887.
(IX) Dr. William Edwin, son of Isaac (4)
Fellows, was born in Athens, Maine, October
22, 185 1. He attended the public schools of
his native town and the Eaton School at Nor-
ridgewock, Maine, where he prepared for col-
lege, but on account of ill health had to aban-
don his college course. He began to study his
profession in the office of Dr. T. R. Bradford,
of Skowhegan, Maine. In 1872 he entered the
Hahnemann Medical School of Philadelphia,
and was graduated with the degree of M. D.
in 1876. He began to practice in Skowhegan,
where he continued until 1890. Since then he
has had his office in Bangor and has enjoyed
a large and successful practice there. Dr. Fel-
lows stands high in the profession both as
physician and surgeon. He is a member of
Somerset Lodge, No. 34, Free JMasons, of
Skowhegan. He married Angle S. Sawyer,
daughter of Truman Sawyer, of Skowhegan.
Children : Reana and Lillian.
(For preceding generation? see Thomas Pierce I.)
(HI) Benjamin, youngest child
PEIRCE of Thomas (2) and EHzabeth
(Cole) Peirce,* was born about
1662, in Woburn, and died September 25,
1739, in the same town. He was evidently a
man of considerable property, as his widow
was required to give bonds in the sum of fif-
teen hundred pounds upon the administration
of his estate. Her sureties were Samuel Rich-
ardson and Thomas Belknap, husbandmen, of
W'oburn. He died without will, and the in-
ventory of his estate was taken March 20
and presented four days later, amount of in-
ventories three hundred twenty-five pounds,
of which one hundred ninety-five pounds rep-
resented land. The appraisement was made
by Daniel Wyman, Thomas Belknap and
James Proctor, and they declared the estate
insolvent. On September 30, 1740, Thomas
Peirce, one of the heirs, complained of im-
proper administration of the estate, and in a
hearing October 6 following the judge was of
the opinion that "the inventory ought to be
amended so as to include property not taken
account of." Benjamin Peirce married. Octo-
ber 10, 1688, Mary Reed, born October 15,
1670, died June 17, 1746. Their children
were: Benjamin, Mary, Esther, Rebecca, De-
borah, Thomas and Zanshaddi.
(IV) Thomas (3), second son of Benjamin
and Mary (Reed) Peirce, was born Novem-
ber 22, 1702, in Woburn, and died March 10,
1768. in Framingham, Massachusetts. He re-
sided for a time in Leicester, whence he re-
moved to Hopkinton, and in 1747 to Framing-
ham, Massachusetts. He made his will Feb-
ruary 22, 1768, and it was proven on April
5th following. In this he names his wife
"Ledy" as executrix. He married (first) No-
vember 5, 1722, Hannah Locke, born July 11,
1 701. died before 1743. She was admitted to
the church in Hopkinton in 1730 by letter
from the church in Leicester. He married
(second) January 24, 1743, Lydia Gibbs. His
children were: Hannah, Benjamin, Thomas,
Ebenezer, Hepzibah, Timothy, James, Phoebe,
Elizabeth, Jonathan, Mary, Alartha, John and
Mehitable.
(\') Benjamin (2), eldest son of Thomas
(3) and Hannah (Locke) Peirce, was born in
•The family name held to the Pierce form until
John (VI) adopted the Peirce form, which tor sake of
uniformity is preserved in this narrative.
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1725, probably in Leicester, and became a
large land-owner in Weston, Massachusetts,
where for seventeen years he served in one
town office or another, and in 1781 made a
loan to the town of one hundred thirty-five
pounds. He served as a revolutionary soldier
in Captain Samuel Sampson's company, par-
ticipating in the march on the Lexington
Alarm, April 19, 1775. He was subsequently
in the Continental army, being present at the
battles of Ticonderoga, White Plains and
Crown Point. In 1774 he was chosen on the
committee of correspondence, and in 1777 was
a member of a committee of five to see that
everyone abided by report to the general
court, which he had helped to draw up, to
regulate the price of certain articles. In 1781
he received thirty-three pounds one shilling
eight pence for his military services in Rhode
Island. He married, ]May 7, 1752, Mary Lam-
son, bom May 11, 1731, daughter of John and
Abigail Lamson, who removed from Reading
to Weston in 1714. Their children were:
Hannah. Mary, Benjamin, John, Amos, Caleb,
Asa, Stephen, Lucy, and Sarah.
(VI) John, second son of Benjamin (2)
and Mary (Lamson) Peirce, was born Sep-
tember 18, 1758, in Weston, and died April
19, 1837, in Cleveland, Ohio, in his seventy-
ninth year. He resided in Weston and New
Salem, Massachusetts, and removed to Hud-
son, Maine, in 1805. Eight years later he re-
moved to Cleveland, where he died, as above
noted. He was a merchant in New Salem,
and appears to have adopted the spelling of
his name now used by his descendants —
Peirce. He married a Miss Leach, who died
in Hudson, Maine. His children were : John,
David, Sarah, Ira and Martin.
(\'II) David, eldest son of John and
(Leach) Pierce, was born June 7, 1793, prob-
ably in New Salem, Massachusetts, and died
in 1871. The records of New Salem, covering
more than one hundred years following its
settlement, were destroyed by fire, and it is
impossible to discover anything from this
source. Family tradition, however, says that
David was born in New Salem. He was
about twelve years of age when he went with
his father to JMaine, and remained in that
state, settling in Hudson. He was a miller
and lumberman, an occupation which found
ample scope in the new district where he had
settled. He married Sarah Plummer, and
they were the parents of Sarah J., Daniel,
Charlotte. Varna, John A., Alexander Charles,
Ellen, Eliza and Clara.
(VIII) Alexander Charles, son of David
and Sarah (Plummer) Peirce, was born in
Hudson, Maine, December 14, 1837. He was
educated in the public schools of Hudson, and
has been a farmer and lumberman there all
his life. He married, September 10, 1868, Jen-
nie Frances Bridgham, born in Bangor,
Maine, daughter of William and Sarah
(Clark) Bridgham, of Bangor. Children: i.
Varna John, born June 29, 1869 ; married
Cora Meader ; resides in Chicago, Illinois. 2.
William B., born December 24, 1870; men-
tioned below. 3. Mary C, born January 2,
1873; married Fred R. Champlin. 4. Charles
A., born December 16, 1877 ; is a farmer at
Hudson.
(IX) Hon. William B. Peirce, son of Alex-
ander Charles Peirce, was born in Hudson,
Maine, December 24, 1870. He was educated
in the public schools, at the East Corinth
Academy of Maine, and the University of
Maine, from which he graduated in 1890. He
studied law in the office of ex-Govemor Davis
and A. L. Simpson, and was admitted to the
bar August 18, 1893. He began to practice
in the city of Bangor, where he has had his
office since. He is a very successful lawyer.
In politics he is an active and influential Dem-
ocrat. He was a member of the common
council one year, of the board of aldermen
three years, and was mayor two years, 1905
and igo6. He is a member of Saint Andrew's
Lodge, No. 83, F. and A. M. ; of Mount
Moriah Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of
Bangor Council, Royal and Select Masters ;
and of St. John's Commandery, Knights Tem-
plar, of Bangor ; also of Kora Temple, Mys-
tic Shrine, of Lewiston. He is also a member
of Kenduskeag Lodge, No. 53, Knights of
Pythias.
He married, April 12, 1898, Mary B. Robin-
son, daughter of Alexander M. and Harriet
Robinson. Pier father was born in Bangor,
her mother in Atkinson, ]\Iaine. Mrs. Peirce
is a gifted musician, and active in church and
charitable work. Children : i. Marion, born
April 12, 1899. 2. Natalie, born September
II, 1901. 3. Harriet, born January 22, 1903.
4. Jennette, born July 2, 1904.
This name, having in it the
CURTIS meaning of civil, gentle, cour-
teous, was brought into England
with the Norman Conquest. The earliest fam-
ilies recorded in England settled in the coun-
ties of Kent and Sussex ; Stephen Curtis lived
in Appledore, Kent, in 1450, and several of
his descendants were mayors of Tenterdon.
The four brothers who came together to Bos-
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ton were Richard. Tliomas, John and Will-
iam, all of whom have many descendants ex-
cept John, who had no family. The name is
found in old records spelled Curteis, dirties,
Curtice, Curtiss and Curtis, as well as many
other ways.
(I) William Curtis probably belonged to the
Curtis family of Kent, England. He came
from Xasing, England, in the ship "Lion," in
1632, and settled in Ro.xbury, Massachusetts.
He had been preceded in the previous year by
his eldest son, and was accompanied by his
brothers, Richard, John and Thomas. The
latter went to York, Maine, and the other two
settled in Scituate, Massachusetts. William
Curtis was born in England in 1590, and
brought with him four children and his wife
Sarah, a sister of Rev. John Eliot, the "In-
dian Apostle." He died December 8, 1672,
aged eighty-two years, and his widow in
March, 1673, aged seventy-three. Children :
William, Thomas, Mary, John, Philip and
Isaac.
'(II) William (2), eldest son of William
(i) and Sarah (Eliot) Curtis, was born about
161 1, in England, and came to Massachusetts
in the first voyage of the ship "Lion" in 1631.
In 1632 he bore arms in Scituate, Massachu-
setts, where he spent the remainder of his
life. His farm was on North river, next south
of the Wanton farm, and he was a member
of the Second Church. His children were:
Joseph, born 1664; Benjamin; William, Janu-
ary, 1669; John, February, 1670; Miriam,
April, 1673; Mehitable, December, 1675;
Stephen, September, 1677; Sarah, August,
1679; Samuel, June, 1681.
tis, was born in January, 1667, at Scituate,
Massachusetts, where he built the Curtis mills,
( III ) Benjamin, second son of William Cur-
on Third Herring brook. He married Mary
Silvester, in 1689; children: Mary, born -Au-
gust 22, 1691 ; Benjamin; Ebenezer, August
I, 1694; Lydia, February 27, 1696; Sarah,
December 20, 1697; Ruth, January 14. 1700;
Susanna, March 23, 1702; Deborah, August,
1704; William, July, 1706; David, June 26,
1708; and Peleg, September, 1710.
(IV) Benjamin (2). eldest son of Benja-
min (i) and Mary (Silvester) Curtis, was
born December 14, 1692, at Scituate, Massa-
chusetts, where he was selectman in 1727-28,
and removed to Hanover, where he died Feb-
ruary 21, 1756. He married, December 13,
1716, Hannah Palmer; children: Benjamin,
baptized April 27, 1718, died young; Thomas;
Luke, baptized jMarch 11, 1722; Hannah, bap-
tized March i, 1724; Caleb, May 8, 1726;
Nathaniel, born March 31, 1728; Benjamin,
October 4, 1730; Rachel, October 4, 1730;
Mary, July 15, 1732; and Relief, October,
1738.
( \ ) Thomas, second son of Benjamin ( 2 )
and Hannah (Palmer) Curtis, was born in
1720, being baptized September 4 that year, at
Scituate, Massachusetts, and removed early to
Hanover, where his children were recorded.
He married (first) .August 20, 1741, Sarah
Utter, who died December 28, 1753, and
(second) February 26, 1756, Ruth, daughter
of Thomas and Faith Rose, born September
13, 1732. By his first marriage he had four
children and by his second four, as follows :
Hannah, born 1742, died 1749; Deborah, bom
1744, married Levi Corthell; Sarah, born
1746; Thomas; Lydia, born and died 1754;
Faith, born 1757; Rutli, 1759; Hannah, 1762.
( \T ) Thomas (2), eldest .son of Thomas
(O and Sarah (L'tter) Curtis, was baptized
June 10, 1749-50. at Hanover, Massachusetts,
and like his father became a shipmaster. He
married. June 6, 1770, Abigail Studley. of
Hanover, and among their children was Reu-
ben, born at Freeport or Yarmouth. Maine.
( \II ) Reuben, son of Thomas { 2) and .\bi-
gail (Studley) Curtis, was born in 1788, and
became a Baptist clergyman ; he was ordained
at Gray, Maine, and became an evangelist,
laboring in many different towns of Ivlaine.
He married, December i, 1808, .Abigail,
daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Foster)
SafTord, born May 22, 1791. who after his
death married Mr. True, of North Yarmouth.
Reuben Curtis had children as follows : Reu-
ben. Cyrus L., Elizabeth, Florentine, Mary,
Deborah, Abbie, Maria, and others.
( \Tir) Cyrus Libby. son of Reuben and
Abigail (Safford) Curtis, was born January
7, 1822, and resided for some time in Port-
land, Maine : he was a decorator by occupa-
tion, and in his political views was Republi-
can. He was well known in musical circles,
having a gift in this direction. He married
July 3, 1844, Salome Ann, daughter of Ben-
jamin and Salome (Coombs) Cummings, born
1819, died 1897 (see Cummings \'II), and
their children were : Cyrus H. K., Florence
G., born in August, 1855, died in 1888.
(IX) Cyrus Hermann Kotschmar. only
son of Cyrus Libby and Salome .Ann (Cum-
mings) Curtis, w'as born June 18, 1850, at
Portland, Maine, where he attended common
and high school, but at the time of the fire of
1866 was obliged to leave the latter to set
about earning his living. For four years he
had been selling papers, and for three years
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had been publishing a boys' paper called
Young America, but was burnt out and de-
cidetl to go to Boston, wliere he edited two
papers in 1869. Since 1876 he has been pub-
lishing in Philadelphia, where in 1883 he es-
tablished the now widely read Ladies' Home
Journal, and in 1897 he purchased the Satur-
day Evening Post, which has a quite mar-
velous sale. He is a self-made man, who
achieved success by his own efYorts. with
neither wealth nor influence to aid him. Be-
sides his publishing interests he is a director
in the Merchants' National Bank of Philadel-
phia, and a trustee of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of New York City. Though
interested in public affairs and a Republican in
political views, Mr. Curtis has taken no active
part in politics and has held no public office.
He attends the Episcopal church. He is a
member of several clubs, among them the
Union League, ]\Ianufacturers', City, Frank-
lin Inn, Poor Richard, Automobile, and Corin-
thian Yacht, of Philadelphia ; Columbia Yacht,
and Aldine, of New York ; Eastern Yacht
Club; Portland Yacht Club; Megomticook
Country and Yacht Clubs, of Camden, Maine ;
and Huntington \'aney Country Club, of
Philadelphia. He married, March 10, 1875,
at Boston, Louise, daughter of Humphrey C.
and Mary (Barbor) Knapp, born October 24,
1851, at Boston, and they have one daughter,
Mary Louise, who married, in October, 1896,
Edward W. Bok, and has two children, Cur-
tis, born in 1897, and Cary, born in 1904.
(For first generation see Isaac Cumraings I.)
(II) Deacon Isaac (2),
CUMMIXGS second son of Isaac (i)
Cummings, was born in
1633, and was an influential and promi-
nent man in Topsfield, his name appear-
ing often on the records ; in the list
of six who took the oath of allegiance
in 1678 he is styled sergeant. In 1673 he was
made a freeman, and he served as selectman,
treasurer, constable and tithing man; in 1675
he was impressed for the Narragansett expe-
dition. His will, dated in 1712, was probated
in 1721. He married November 2j, 1659,
Mary, daughter of Robert and Grace An-
drews, born 1638, died 1712. Children: i.
A son, born and died August 28, 1660. 2. A
son born and died November 2, 1661. 3. A
son, born and died December 6, 1662. 4.
Isaac, born September 15, 1664. 5. John. 6.
Thomas, born June 27, 1670. 7. Mary, born
February 16, 1671, married Daniel Black. 8.
Rebecca, born April i. 1674, married (first)
Thomas Howlett, (second) Michael Whidden.
9. Abigail, married Samuel Perley. 10. Steb-
bins, born February 27, 1680; killed by In-
dians, July 3, 1706.
(III) John, fifth son of Deacon Isaac (2)
and Mary (Andrews) Cummings, was born
July 7, 1666, at Topsfield, executed his will
May 8, 1722, and same was proved July 16,
1722. By his father's will he received one
hundred acres of land, now known as the
Hobbs-Bell farm and fifty acres on the south
side of the river, the same being in considera-
tion of the fact that he had helped to support
his parents, and in return was to maintain his
father honorably during his life. By 1694
he had begun to purchase land on the south
side of the river, was living in that ])art of
town before 17 14, and finally became pos-
sessed of two hundred acres. He held sev-
eral town offices, and became an influential
man. The house in which he lived stood until
1882. when it was burned. He married, Jan-
uary 23, 1688, Susanna, daughter of Joseph
and Phebe (Perkins) Towne, born December
24, 1670, died September 13, 1766; children:
Joseph; John, baptized July 17, 1692; Isaac,
"December 25. 1695; David, April 15, 1698;
Mary, May 15, 1700, married Nathaniel
Hutchinson; Susannah, born January 3, 1701-
02, married John Whipple : Stebbins, August
3, 1706; Samuel, February 14. 1708-09; Re-
beckah, baptized November i. 1713, married
Thomas Perkins.
(IV) Joseph, oldest son of John and Su-
sanna (Towne) Cummings, was baptized Jan-
uary 26, 1689-90. at Topsfield, and died of
small-pox, December 24, 1729; seventeen days
later his widow died of the same disease. The
children were then put under a guardian, and
on reaching their majority at different times
sold their shares in the estate, so that the
homestead passed into the hands of another
family. He married. May 22, 1712, Abigail,
daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Kimball) Es-
tey; children: Joseph, born July 27, 1713;
Thomas, baptized July 15. 1716; died young;
Jacob, born May 12, 1717; Sarah, baptized
August 21, 1720, died young; Abigail, born
December 16, 1721, married Ebenezer Sibley;
Daniel; and I\Ioses, born October 9, 1726,
served in the revolution.
(V) Daniel, fourth son of Joseph and Abi-
gail (Estey) Cummings, was born December
4, 1724, at Topsfield, Alassachusetts, and was
one of the first settlers of Gray, Maine, be-
coming an influential man in that town. In
1745 he took part in the Louisburg expedition,
serving under Captain Thomas Pike. He
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STATE OF MAI XI-:.
published intentions of marriage February 6,
1746, with Mary, daughter of George and
Sarah (Gilbert) Williams, of Cape Ann, born
July 4, 1727. Children: Lucy, born August 4,
1747, married Amos Merrill; Molly, born Jan-
uary 27, 1749. married Elias Doughty; Jo-
seph: Daniel, born August 7, 1753, died Sep-
tember 21, 1767; Elislia, June 15, 1755; Amos,
September 12, 1756, died September 17, 1761 ;
Isaac, November 22, 1758; Susannah, Novem-
ber 30, 1760, married Abram Young; Ruth,
born August 9, 1762, married David Jordan ;
Chloe, July 24, 1764, married Nathaniel
Young; Daniel, October 6, 1766; Amos, No-
vember 20. 1768; and Sarah. May 7, 1770,
married Andrew Libby.
(\T) Joseph (2), .eldest son of Daniel and
Mary (Williams) Cummings, was born June
14. 1751, at Topsfield. He went with his
father to Gray, Maine, where he died Decem-
ber 14, 1843. He married (first) Martha
Sargent, and (second) Polly Ingersol. His
children w'ere: Lucy, born June 8, 1778, mar-
ried Joseph Dolley; William, April 18, 1780;
John ; Benjamin ; Pamelia, baptized July 6,
and Isaac, May 7, 1819.
1790, died unmarried; Joseph, Mav 31, 1791 ;
(VTl) Benjamin, third son of Joseph (2),
lived in Gray, Maine, where he died in 1834;
he married Salome Coombs, who died in 1857.
Their children were : Salome Ann, born in
November, 1819; Amasa, December 27, 1822;
John Coombs. October 3, 1826.
(VUl) Salome Ann. only daughter of Ben-
jamin and Salome (Coombs) Cummings, was
born in 1819, and died July 24, 1897. She
married Cvrus L., son of Rev. Reuben Curtis.
(See Curtis \TII.)
(For preceding generations see John .lohnson I.)
(Ill) Benjamin, son of
JOHNSON Humphrey and Eleanor
Johnson, was born at Scitu-
ate, in 1657, and died in Hingham. March 12.
1712. He inherited the great executive ability
of his father, and was one of the most prom-
inent citizens in the strong old town where he
lived. By trade he was a blacksmith, and he
was famed far and near for his promptness
and .skill. He was constable in 1691 and 1692.
and selectman in 1698. He was landlord and
proprietor of the famous Pine Tree Tavern,
which was located in a fine position, and in
which he did all in his power to make his
guests comfortable and happy. He left quite
an estate at the time of his death. He mar-
ried, in Hingham, June 11, 1683, Rebecca
Hersey, born in that town August 20. 1663,
died February 11, 171 1, daughter of William
and Rebecca (Chubbuck) Hersey. Children:
Rebecca, Benjamin (died young), Joshua
(died young), Ruth, Sarah, Benjamin, Mary,
and Joshua.
(IV) Joshua, youngest child of Benjamin
and Rebecca (Hersey) Johnson, was born
about 1702, in Scituate, and settled in Stough-
ton. Massachusetts, about 1735. He was a
carpenter by trade, and did much skilful work
in that town. He married, April 29, 1730,
Mrs. Lydia (Ward) Lincoln, born June 15,
1705, in Hingham, Massachusetts, daughter of
Henry and Ruth (Bailey) Ward. Children:
John, Joshua, Jacola.
(\') Jacob, youngest child of Joshua and
Lydia (Ward) (Lincoln) Johnson, was born
January 31, 1734, and was among the pioneer
settlers of Maine. He had two sons who were
the ancestors of many of the best known citi-
zens of that name in Maine. The will of his
.son Joseph is found in the Lincoln county,
Maine, probate records. No record of his
marriage is discoverable.
(\'I) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (i) Johnson,
was born February 4, 1781, in Jefferson,
Maine, where he passed his life. He married
(first) Esther Linscott; children: Jacob,
born 1807; Nabby. 181 1; Nehemiah, 1813 ;
Nathaniel, 1815. He married (second) July
18, 18 1 6, Abigail Fairbank, born in Hatch.
She married (first) November 29, 1804, Rob-
ert Clark, who died November 16, 1810; she
married (second) Ebenezer Fairbank, who
died August 12, 1815. By her former mar-
riages she was the mother of Robert Qark
and Caroline A. Fairbank. By her third mar-
riage she was the mother of Esther, John
Wesley, and William Fletcher Johnson.
(YH) William Fletcher, son of Jacob (2)
Johnson, was born in Jefferson, Maine, in
1822, and died at Winslow, Maine, in 1894.
He was educated in the common schools. He
was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness
maker and served six years in Brett's shop,
Augusta. Maine. He afterwards attended the
Bloomfield Academy at Skowhegan, and fol-
lowed his trade, working as a journeyman
harness maker at Unity, Freedom, Skowhe-
gan, and finally at Waterville, where he estab-
lished a harness shop on his own account.
After doing business a number of years there
he sold out and started again in Winslow,
Maine. He was a skilful craftsman both at
harness making and carriage trimming. In
politics Mr. Johnson was a Democrat. He
married Ruth S. Boulter, born 1828, in Free-
dom, died 1864. in Freedom. Children: i.
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William F., died young. 2. Emma F., died
young. 3. Charles Fletcher, mentioned be-
low.
(Vni) Hon. Charles Fletcher, son of
William Fletcher Johnson, was born at
Winslow, Maine, February 14, 1859. He at-
tended the public, schools of his native town
and the Waterville Classical Institute. lie
was a student at Colby College for two years.
and graduated at Bowdoin College in 1879.
He taught school for a time, and then began
to read law. He was admitted to the bar in
1886, and began to practice as junior partner
of the law firm of Brown & Johnson, and con-
tinued until 1890. During the next four years
he was a partner in the firm of W'ebb, John-
son & Webb, and since then has practiced
alone. His present office is at 102 Alain street,
Waterville. Air. Johnson has taken high rank
in his profession. He has been prominent in
public life. In politics he is a Democrat, and
for many years has been among the leaders
of his party in the state. He was city clerk
in 1887. mayor of the city in 1893, and in the
board of aldermen in 1899. He was in 190 —
a candidate for governor of the state, "leading
with ability an army too small for victory."
He is a member of Waterville Lodge of Free
Masons, and is a past master ; member of
Teconnett Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, and
a former officer ; member and past commander
of St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templar.
He was elected in May, 1906, grand master of
the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of the state
of Maine, and was re-elected the following
year. He is also a member of Waterville
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, No. 905, and of Waterville Lodge, An-
cient C)rder of L'nited Workmen. He mar-
ried, December 20. 1881, Abbie W. Brit-
ton, of Winslow, Maine. Children, born at
Waterville: i. William F., died 1893. 2.
Emma L., graduate of Waterville High
School, class of 1903, now a student in Vassar
College.
In New England we find
GRIFFITH among the immigrants Hen-
ry Griffith, who died in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, November
12, 1639. Then we have Joshua Griffith, born
in England, in 1610, came from London in
the ship "Abigail," Robert Haskell, master,
June 29, 1635, as a servant with certificate
from the minister of Stephney Parish. Will-
liam Griffith appears as a citizen of Boston in
1676. He was of Welsh origin, and claiming
direct descent from Llewellyn, the last king
of Wales, who was beheaded by the English in
1282, and was son of Griffith C'riffith, al.so king
of Wales. William settled in Mar}dand, mar-
ried Airs. AlcCubben, and had son Orlando,
who married Catherine Howard, and had chil-
dren: Henry, Sarah, Greenbury, Benjamin,
Joshua, Orlando, Jr., Charles H. and Lucretia.
In Pennsylvania we have Griffith Griffith,
born in Wales, came from Llvndurv not later
than 1715, and had brothers William and
John, and died in East Nantmcal township,
Pennsylvania, in 1760. He married, and had
sons Abel and William, and their descendants
settled in South Carolina and New Jersey.
John Griffith was a corporal in Captain Ellas
Morse's company from Livermore, that went
to the defence of Portland in the war of 1812,
and the company was attached to Lieutenant-
Colonel Samuel Holland's regiment, Septem-
ber 14 — 24, 1814, and to Colonel William Ry-
erson, September 25, November 5, 1814, after
the drafts. John Griffin Jr., a stone mason,
built the stone work of the Univcrsalist
church at Livermore, which building was com-
pleted in the spring of 1829 at "The Alore-
lands," the name of the Washburn home-
stead. On the organization of the society in
1807 he subscribed toward the support of a
minister. The name of Hezekiah Griffin ap-
pears among the catalogue of scholars in Liv-
ermore as made by Benjamin Foster, the pop-
ular teacher of schools from 1806-10. This
evidently should be Griffith, and would give
his birth as late as 1800. In view of these his-
torical facts we can readily infer that John
Griffith, the soldier of 1812, was the grand-
father, and that John Griffith Jr., who sub-
scribed toward the support of the Universalist
minister in 1807 and helped to build the
church which was fini'shed in 1829, was father
of Hezekiah Griffith, who was enrolled as a
scholar 1806-10 in the school of Livermore.
The line of descent of the Griffiths of Liver-
more, if this suggestion derived from histor-
ical records be true, would be as follows :
(I) John Griffith, corporal in Captain
Morse's company, 1814, had a son, John Jr.
(II) John (2), son of Corporal John Grif-
fith, had a son Hezekiah, who lived in Liver-
more, Maine.
(HI) Hezekiah, son of John (2) Griflith,
was born in Livermore, RIaine, about 1800,
and married, about 182 1, Lynda Fuller, a de-
scendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller, the physi-
cian of the Pilgrim Colony in Leyden, and
came with the Pilgrims to Plymouth on the
first voyage of the "Mayflower," 1620. They
had a son Stephen Eskridge.
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STATE OF MAINE.
(I\') Stcplicn Eskridge, son of Hezekiah
and Lyndia ( Fuller) Griffith, was born in
Liverrriorc, Maine. He married V^esta Ann,
daughter of Ira Reynolds, of Canton, Maine.
She was born in Canton, February 22, 1836,
and became a frequent contributor under the
pen-name of "Inez" to the Boston Cultivator,
tiie Ladies' Enterprise, and other periodicals
published in her day. In her early life she
wrote humorous and dramatic poems, and her
poetic productions were given a place in "The
Poets and Poetry of Maine," in which state
she became very popular not only for her
attainments in literature, but for her amiable
social qualities. Children of Stephen Esk-
ridge and Vesta Ann (Reynolds) Griffith:
Claude Maitland, and Merle Reynolds lirif-
fith. Stephen Eskridge IJriffith was a saddler,
and lived in Di.xfield, where he was a first se-
lectman of the town, superintendent of the
public schools, and a member of the school
committee. He served in the state militia,
and attained the rank of captain. His mother,
Lyndia (Fuller) Griffith, was a direct de-
scendant from Dr. Samuel Fuller, a "May-
flower" passenger in 1620, and the physician
of the "Mayflower" company, and as one of
the first deacons of the First Church in Ply-
mouth he induced Governor Winthrop and
the Plymouth Colony to adopt the Congrega-
tional form of church 'government. Stephen
Eskridge Griffith died in Dixfield, Maine, July
23, 1885, and his widow married (second)
James Henry Crockett, of Portland.
( \' ) Claude Maitland. only son of .'-;tei)hen
Eskridge and Vesta Ann (Reynolds) Grif-
fith, was born in Dixfield, Maine, June 8, 1872.
After completing the grammar course at the
public schools of Dixfield, he took an acad-
emic course at Westbrook Seminary, Port-
land, Maine, where he was graduated in 1889.
He had studied music and principally the
piano, from early boyhood, and on leaving the
seminary he began teaching the piano and
continued as a teacher of the piano in Auburn,
Maine, for three years, first having studied
under Harvey S. Murray, professor of organ
and piano in Portland, and under Carl Baer-
mann, in Boston, for one year. .After having
taught the piano in Auburn, 1890-93, he re-
moved to New York City in 1894, and while
studying he also taught at the Virgil Piano
School for six years, 1894-1900. To further
perfect himself in the art as a pianist, he
studied piano under Heinrich Barth, and the-
ory under Otto Boise, in Berlin, and piano in
Paris, under Moszkoski, remaining abroad
about one year (igoi). On returning to
New York City in 1902, he established him-
self as instructor of organ and piano, with
studio in Carnegie Hall, where he met with
well deserved success and with anxious pu-
pils on the waiting list to take their turn un-
der his instruction. Upon making his home
in New York he became a member of the
Maine Society of that city. His time being
so fully occupied in teaching he had to refuse
to appear at recitals before tlie public after his
second year, and the gain to the pupils has
been a loss to the music-loving attendants at
such high class musical recitals as are held
throughout the season. Professor Griffith is
a Republican politically, and a Unitarian de-
nominationallv. He is not married.
The early ancestors of the fam-
BROWN ily herein described spelled the
name with the final "e," or at
least the town clerks and parish registers em-
ployed that spelling. In the later generations
the present form has been adopted. This fam-
ily was early identified with the settlement of
Maine, and has sent out from that state sturdy
representatives who confer credit upon their
parentage and nativity.
(I) Edward and Jane (Lide) Browne
lived and died in the parish of Inkburrow,
Worcestershire, England. The latter was a
daughter of Thomas Lide.
(II) Nicholas, son of Edward and Jane
(Lide) Browne, settled in Lynn, Massachu-
setts, before 1638, and was one of the early
planters of that town, residing in what is now
Saugus, on the northwestern side of Saddler's
Rock. He had two hundred ten acres granted
by the town, west of the "Great River." He
was made freeman in 1638, and served as
deputy to the general court in 1641. In 1644
he removed to Reading, where he had a grant
of two hundred acres from the town, and set-
tled first on the east side of the Great Pond.
He owned other lands in Reading and Lynn,
including three hundred twenty-seven acres
on the north side of Ipswich river, granted by
Reading. In 1650 he was made a commis-
sioner to try small causes, and was deputy to
the general court in 1655-56 and 1661, and
also served as selectman the same years. He
was heir to the Lide property in England, and
in 1660 sent his son, described in an Indian
deed as "ye worshipful Mr. John Browne," to
England, to look after the property. Nicholas
Browne died in Reading in 1673, and his es-
tate was valued at twelve hundred thirty-two
pounds nine shillings. He was probably mar-
ried before coming to America, and the Chris-
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tian name of his wife was Elizabeth. Both
were admitted to the First Church of Reading,
February 6. 1663. Children: John, Edward,
Joseph, Sarah, Cornelius, Josiah and Eliza-
beth.
(III) Joseph, third son of Nicholas and
Elizabeth Browne, was born 1647, in Reading,
and resided in that town. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas Bancroft. Chil-
dren: Elizabeth, died young; Elizabeth, bom
1676; Nicholas, mentioned below; Joseph,
born 1679 ; Thomas, 1682 ; two in succession
named Ebenezer, both of whom died young;
Hepzibegh, 1693.
(IV) Nicholas (2), son of Joseph and Eliz-
abeth (Bancroft) Browne, was born in 1677,
in Reading, and had a wife Rebecca. Among
their sons was Captain Benjamin Browne, a
distinguished officer of the revolutionary
army.
(V) Jonathan, son of Nicholas (2) and Re-
becca Browne, was born August 21, 1707, in
Reading, and was a currier by occupation, re-
siding in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He
was taxed in that town from 1733 to 1763, and
bought and sold lands there at various times,
indicating that he was a man of means. He
removed to Concord in 1753, and probably re-
sided there after that date. His wife's Chris-
tian name was Dorcas. Children : Nicholas,
died young : Jonathan, mentioned below ;
Nicholas, born April 10, 1738; Thomas, June
I, 1740; Martha, baptized December 19, 1742;
Jacob ; Mary ; Rebecca and Hannah. Jacob
and Jonathan settled in Maine.
(VI) Jonathan (2). eldest surviving son of
Jonathan ( i ) and Dorcas Browne, was bom
April 14, 1736. in Charlestown, and was
taxed there in 1758, and bought and sold lands
in 1759. He left that town about 1762, and
probably removed about that time to Bowdoin,
Maine. He had a wife Ruth, who owned the
covenant at the Charlestown church, August
6, 1758. They had two daughters born in
Charlestown.
(\TI) Jonathan (3), son of Jonathan (2)
and Ruth Browne, was born about 1763, and
was in early life a seaman, and later a farmer
in Bowdoin, Maine. The first record of the
name in Bowdoin appears in 1790, when Jon-
athan is among the residents of that town.
He died at the age of about sixty years. He
married Jane Tarr ; children : Jonathan, Jo-
seph. Harriet. Susanna. Maria, Eleanor, Jane,
and Deborah.
(VIII) Jonathan (4) eldest son of Jona-
than (3) and Jane (Tarr) Brown, was born
1786, in Bowdoin, and was a sailor, and be-
came a master-mariner, following the sea un-
til fifty years of age. He then settled on the
paternal homestead in Bowdoin, and died
there September 13, 1862. He was a Baptist
in religion, and a Democrat in political prin-
ciples. He married Elizabeth L. Alexander, a
native of Bowdoin, and five of their seven
children grew to maturity: i. Joseph, men-
tioned below. 2. Robert, removed to Denver,
Colorado. 3. John O., resided in Bowdoin.
4. Elizabeth, became the wife of Lorenzo
Minot, of that town. 5. Alpheus M., also re-
sided in Bowdoin.
(IX) Joseph, eldest son of Jonathan (4)
and Elizabeth L. (Alexander) Brown, was
born about 1820, in Bowdoin, and early went
to sea and became a master mariner. He was
washed overboard and drowned in the harbor
of Rio Janeiro, in 1864. He married Lydia
A. ]\Ierritt, of Brunswick, whose ancestors
came from Scituate, Massachusetts. After
marriage they settled in Topsham, Sagadahoc
county, Maine, where their son, Augustus
Horner, was born April 14, i860.
(X) Augustus Horner, son of Captain Jo-
seph and Lydia A. (Merritt) Brown, was
brought up in Lewiston, Maine, where he at-
tended the public schools, including the Latin
school as preparatory to a college course. He
was an undergraduate student at Harvard
College in 1878-80, matriculated at Bowdoin
College in 1880. and was graduated A. B.
1884, A. M. 1887. and at the College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons, New York City, M. D.
1890. He was a post-graduate student in the
universities and hospitals of Paris and Lon-
don 1890-91, and became medical examiner on
the civil service board. State of Massachusetts,
serving on that board for seventeen years,
1886-1902. He was then medical examiner
for the civil service board of the City of New
York 1888, and medical examiner of the Met-
ropolitan Police, New York City, from 1900.
He is a member of the Harvard Club, the
New York City Club, and of the Maine Society
of New York. Dr. Brown married. May 10,
1887, Mary Jeannette. daughter of Captain
James Robson, of England, and they have no
children. He resides at No. 262 West 136th
street. New York City.
This family was very
SHERBURNE early planted in what is
now New Hampshire, and
is undoubtedly of English origin. It has been
conspicuous in the settlement of that state as
well as of Maine, and among others has con-
tributed in no small measure to the growth
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and development of the best interests in that
commonwealth.
(I) Henry Sherburne and wife, Rebecca
Gibons, were located at Strawberrybank (now
Portsmouth), New Hampshire, as early as
1638.
(II) Captain Samuel, son of Henry and Re-
becca (Gibons) Sherburne, was bom in 1638,
at Portsmouth, and settled in Hampton, New-
Hampshire, where he kept the ordinary. He
was engaged with the numerous wars with the
Indians of his time, and was killed by them
at Casco, Maine, August 4, 1691. He mar-
ried, in December, 1668, Love, daughter of
John and Frances Hutchins, at Haverhill,
Massachusetts. She died in February, 1739,
in Kensington. Their children were : Frances
(died young), Elizabeth, Henry, Frances,
John (died young), Margaret, Mary, Sarah,
Samuel, Love, John, Achaicus, and a post-
humous daughter whose name has not been
recorded.
(III) John, fourth son of Captain Samuel
and Love (Hutchins) Sherburne, was born
February 2, 1688, in Portsmouth, and lived
there until 1736, when he removed to Epping,
New Hampshire. He married, November 12,
1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham (2) and
Sarah (Hobbs) Drake, and granddaughter of
Abraham ( i ) Drake, a pioneer of Hampton,
and great-granddaughter of Robert Drake of
Devon, England. She was born 1691. No
record appears of her death or that of her
husband. Their children were: Sarah, Mar-
garet, Samuel, Jane. Love, Mary, Elizabeth
and Jane.
(IV) John (2), second son of John (i)
and Jane (Drake) Sherburne, was born Feb-
ruary 2, 1723, in Hampton, and removed from
what is now North Hampton to Northwood,
New Hampshire, with his wife Sarah. His
children were baptized from 1744 to 1754,
namely: Sally, Benjamin, John, Betsy, and
Deborah.
(\') Colonel John (3), second son of John
(2) and Sarah Sherburne, was born about
1750, in Northwood. He probably came of
his title through service in the militia, as he
has no rank above private in the revolutionary
rolls of New Hampshire. They show his
name in the list of Captain Joseph Parson's
company of militia November 22, 1775, and
other lists show that he was a member of this
company previous to that time. In the re-
cruits for completing the Third New Hamp-
shire regiment for the Continental army, en-
listed , previously, occurs the name of John
Sherburne, mustered by Joseph Bartlett, at
Kingston, and credited with service from
June 27 to December 12, that year. He was
credited with ninety-nine miles of travel at
Worcester. The family tradition relates that
he passed his life in Northwood, but gives no
record of his marriage. The vital statistics
of New Hampshire fail to give any record
either of his marriage or his children.
(VI) Benjainin, son of Colonel John Sher-
burne, as shown by the family records, was
born November 6, 1781, in Northwood, and
died November 25, 1837. He was a celebrated
school teacher of New Hampshire. He mar-
ried, N'ovember 3, 1809, Nancy Durgin, born
in Northwood, July 15, 1791, died November
8, 1862. Their children : Mary D., born April
25, 1810, died January 13, 1867; Sarah H.,
born December 20, 1813, died October 2, 1837;
Samuel D., born October 20, 1815 (see for-
ward) ; Nancy S., born August 5, 1818, died
July 3, 1838 ; Nathaniel S., born June 3, 1823
(see forward); Frances Jane, born April 16,
1825.
(\ II) Samuel Durgin, eldest son of Ben-
jamin and Nancy (Durgin) Sherburne, was
born October 20, 1815. and died April 26,
1876. He married Isabelle Pettengill, July 5,
1841. Their children were : i. Leroy D. Sun-
derland, born }»Iarch 4, 1843, died April 9,
1887. 2. Benjamin Franklin, born December
4. 1844, died in Revere, January 16, 1907,
leaving three daughters and son Guy. 3. In-
fant son. May 10, 1846. 4. Gardner Durgin,
born October 29, 1847, living at present at
Candia, New Hampshire ; is married, and has :
Grace, died at the age of one year; Frederick
Delbert, married, and lives in Lawrence, Mas-
sachusetts; Vernon Wayland, died in 1902,
aged twenty-five years; Grace Evelyn, now
Mrs. George L. Rowe, of Candia, New Hamp-
shire. 5. Samuel Durgin Jr., born December
10, 1849, died in Revere, May i, 1905, leaving
a widow ; he had a son Stephen who died in
early boyhood. 6. Sarah Isabelle, born Feb-
ruary 3, 1853, still living (Mrs. Henry D.
Stearns, Bradford, \'ermont) ; has son Wal-
ter. 7. Infant son, July 8, 1855.
(VII) Nathaniel S., second son of Benja-
min and Nancy (Durgin) Sherburne, was
born June 3, 1823, and died January 31, 1865.
He received a good education in the schools
of his native place, after which he mastered
the carpenter trade, and also became a mill-
wright. At the time of his death he had one
of the mills at North Berwick, Maine. Al-
though not a communicant, he was a regular
attendant of the Baptist church, and acted po-
litically with the old Democratic party. He
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married Lydia E. Thompson, born April 20,
1827, in Sanford, Maine; children: i. Nettie
S., born November 11, 1848, died February
18, 1905 ; she became the wife of Charles E.
Mildram, who lives in Boston ; children : Helen
F., born 1868, and Mabel Maud, born 1870.
2. Frank G., died less than a year old. 3.
Sarah E. 4. Frank. S- Fred S'., born April
5, 1859-
(VIII) Fred S., youngest child of Na-
thaniel S. and Lydia E. (Thompson) Sher-
burne, was born April 5, 1859. At a very early
age he went to work in the Sanford Mills. He
engaged in the lumber business at Sanford in
1890, and has succeeded in building up an ex-
tensive trade. He is an active and useful
citizen of the town and interested in general
progress. He is a firm believer in the prin-
ciples of the Republican party. He has never
sought or accepted any political position. He
is a member of Sagamore Tribe, Improved
Order of Red Men. of Sanford, and Portland,
Maine, Lodge of Elks.
The Southards are all de-
SOUTHARD scended from the ancient
Southworth family of Som-
ersetshire and Lancashire, England, which de-
rived its name from the Southworth estate, in
the barony of Newton. The parent surname,
which was Croft, originated in the same man-
ner, and the first to assume it was Roger de
Croft, falconer to John, Count of Mortain.
This Roger, who died about the year 1255,
was probably identical with Roger de Burton.
The original Croft estate was located in West
Derby Hundred. Gilbert de Croft, son of
Hugh, acquired possession of the estates of
Croft and Southworth from Gilbert de Croft,
son of the above mentioned Roger, and ap-
pears to have adopted the surname of South-
worth. Sir John Southworth, a descendant of
Gilbert (de Croft) Southworth, was of Sam-
lesbury Hall, Lancashire, and his eldest son
and heir, Thomas, was the father of Edward
Southworth, of Leyden. The latter was the
immediate progenitor of 'Constant and Thom-
as, who transplanted the name in New Eng-
land. Edward Southworth separated himself
from the Established Church of England, and,
joining the little flock of worshipers under
the leadership of Rev. John Robinson, accom-
panied them to Leyden, where he became a
silk weaver. He was born about 1590, and
died about 1621. May 28, 1613, he married
Alice Carpenter, born about 1590, daughter of
Alexander Carpenter, of Wrington, Somerset-
shire. At Plvmouth, Massachusetts, on Au-
gust 14, 1623, she married for her second iius-
band Governor William Bradford, and sub-
sequently sent for her two sons, Constant and
Thomas Southworth, who were born in Ley-
den in 1615 and 1616 respectively. She died
in Plymouth, March 26, 1670. Constant
Southworth, who died in Duxbury, March 10,
1678, married, November 2, 1637, Elizabeth,
daughter of William Collier. His brother
Thomas, who died in Plymouth, December 8,
1669, married Elizabeth, daughter of John
and Frances Clark Reyner. Samuel G. Web-
ber, A. B., M. D., in his "Genealogy of the
5outh worths" (Southards), states that the
John Southard of Boothbay, mentioned be-
low, was without doubt descended from the
Plymouth Southworths, but being unable to
obtain the name of his father, he could not
trace his line of descent.
(I) John Southard, of Boothbay, born
about 1763, was captured by the British dur-
ing the revolutionary war, and subsequently
making his escape from Halifax, journeyed on
foot through the wilderness to his home. After
the close of the war he settled in Boothbay,
Maine, taking up two hundred and sixty acres
on Bak river (so-called) and became a farmer,
shipbuilder and master mariner, prospering
greatly for his time. In 1790 and again in
1794 he served as constable in Boothbay; was
surveyor of highways for the years 1794-95-
99, 1800, 1805 and 1806, and was fish warden
in 1795. He married Sarah Lewis, of Chel-
sea, Massachusetts, born in 1763, daughter of
Joseph and Sarah (Dexter) Lewis. She died
in Gray, Maine, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Nash, October 18, 1847. The
children of this union, all natives of Boothbay,
were: i. Frances, born March 11, 1783; mar-
ried, January 16, 1803, Stephen Lewis, of
Boothbay; she died prior to April 13, 1814.
(Tradition says she was John's fifth child.)
2. Rebecca, born 2^Iarch 17, 1786, died at
Boothbay, October 31, 1817; married, Jan-
uary 21 (April 15), 1804, John Matthews Jr.,
of Boothbay. 3. Sarah, born August 9, 1787;
married, January 28, 181 1, Rev. Timothy Dun-
ton Jr., of Boothbay. 4. Elizabeth, born De-
cember 29, 1789, died February 7, 1804. 5.
John, born October 27, 1791 (see forward).
6. Mary, born August 17, 1794, died Febru-
ary 6. 1804. 7. Phebe, born December i,
1796, died February 4, 1804. 8. Ebenezer,
born November 18, 1799; married, January
I, 1822, Martha Stone, of Boothbay. 9. Clar-
issa, born October 6, 1801 ; married, December
3, 1818, Nathaniel Tibbetts (2d), of Booth-
bay, lo-ii. Elizabeth (twin), married Rich-
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ard Baker, of Cliarlestown, Massachusetts ;
Mary (twin), married Daniel Nash, of Gray,
Maine, born December 27, 1804. 12. Thomas
Jefferson, born May 10, 1808. died at Rich-
mond, Maine, September 15, 1896; married,
August 8, 1 83 1, Jane Jones Springer (born
October 19, 1810, died October 20, 1896),
daughter of Stephen and Comfort (McLellan)
Springer, of Richmond.
(II) Captain John Southard, of Richmond,
fourth child and eldest son of John and Sarah
(Lewis) Southard, was born in Boothbay, Oc-
tober 27, 1 79 1. He was reared upon the
homestead farm, and in common with the ma-
jority of his boyhood associates took kindly to
a seafaring life, becoming a captain at the
age of twenty-one years. In early manhood
he settled upon a farm in Richmond, Maine,
given him as a wedding present by his father,
and which, being located on the river, offered
excellent facilities for ship-building, and he
followed that occupation in connection with
tilling the soil and occasional voyages to the
West Indies for purposes of trade. As a
pioneer in the ship-building industry of that
locality, he constructed a number of vessels,
one of which he commanded himself, naming
it after his daughter Emeline, then seven years
old, and giving it her colors. His labors both
upon sea and land were attended with pros-
perous results. His death occurred in Rich-
mond, February 21, 1854. On March 15,
1814, he married, at Richmond, Maine, Eliza-
beth Cathland, of Newcastle, born August 16,
1788, died at Richmond, October 29, 1844.
The name "Cathland" has often been mis-
spelled, but as a child Elizabeth Cathland
w-orked a sampler, still m existence, in which
her name is so spelled. The sampler' also
states that it was made in the year 1800, and
in the twelfth year of her age. She was the
mother of seven children: i. Freeman, born
November 10, 1814. 2. Reuben, born Novem-
ber 10, 181 5, died September 4, 1849. 3.
Emeline. born May 17, 1818, died at Portland,
Maine, July 4, 1898 ; married October 3, 1842,
John H. Gumbert, of Richmond, Maine, died
May 2, 1891, at Chicago, Illinois. 4. William
Lewis, born June 2. 1820, mentioned below.
5. Frances Luella. born July 13. 1822, died
April 7, 1863; married Isaac Alexander, born
February 18, 1820, died March 9, 1892. 6.
Joseph Amsbury (twin brother of Frances
Luella), married, November 2, 1852, Mary
Luella Chamberlain, who married (second)
Chapman. 7. Mary Elizabeth, born
November 5. 1827, died December 28, 1832.
(III) William Lewis Southard, third son
and fourth child of Captain John and Eliza-
beth (Cathland) Southard, was born in Rich-
mond, June 2, 1820, died June 6, 1878. He
became a successful merchant, and was also
interested quite extensively in shipping, trans-
acting business in Gardiner and at other points
on the Kennebec river, and also in Portland.
In April, 1844, he married Lydia Carver Den-
nis, of Gardiner, daughter of Captain John
Dennis, formerly of Taunton. Massachusetts,
who was born at Taunton, June i, 1819. The
children of the union are: i. William Free-
man, born in Gardiner, Maine, September 8,
1845 • niarried Clara O'Hrion, of Cornish,
Maine, September 4, 1872. 2. Qiarles Bar-
stow, born at Damariscotta, Maine, .-Kpril 7,
1847; married, September 12, 1872, Kate J.
Pool, born December 25, 185 1, daughter of
William and Joanna (Stoddard) Pool. 3.
Elizabeth Dennis, born August 8, 1850; mar-
ried William Bradford French, December 24,
1875. 4. Louis Carver, bom .April i, 1854;
see forward. 5. Harry Codding, born Febru-
ary 16, 1859, at Portland, Elaine; married
Julia Hess, of Washington, D. C. 6. Anna
Cathland, born in Boston.
(IV) Louis Carver Southard, LL. D., third
son and fourth child of William Lewis and
Lydia Carver (Dennis) Southard, was born
in Portland, .April i, 1854. His early educa-
tion was acquired at Portland. Eaton's School
for Boys at Kent's Hill, Maine, the Westbrook
(Maine) Seminary and the Dorchester (Mas-
sachusetts) high school, graduating from the
latter in 1872, and entering the L'niversity of
Maine he took the degree of Bachelor of
Science w-ith the class of 1875. His prepara-
tion for the legal profession began in Port-
land, was continued at the Boston University
Law School, and completed at Portland. He
was admitted to the bar in both Maine and
Massachusetts, in 1877, taking up his resi-
dence in North Easton, Massachusetts. While
a student he was also active in newspaper
work. For the ensuing three years after his
admission to the bar. in addition to his prac-
tice of law, he was editor of the Easton (Mas-
sachusetts) Journal, but relinquished journal-
ism in 1880 in order to devote his time ex-
clusively to his profession, and in connection
with his practice in Bristol county opened an
office in Boston, which he has ever since main-
tained. He was admitted to practice in the
I'nited States circuit court in 1S87. and in
the United States supreme court in 1889. In
addition to conducting a profitable general
law business, he has devoted nuich time to
various outside matters of importance con-
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nected with his profession, and his eminent
legal attainments have received wide recogni-
tion. From 1897 to the present time he has
served with distinction as a lecturer in the
Law School of the University of Maine,
which, in recognition of his abilities and filial
devotion to the interests of his alma mater,
conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of
Laws in 1904. In 1904 he was a delegate to
the Universal Congress of Lawyers at .St.
Louis, Missouri.
Politically Mr. Southard is a staunch Re-
publican, and on various occasions has figured
prominently in public affairs. In 1887 he was
a member of the Massachusetts House of Rep-
resentatives, representing the towns of Easton,
Raynham and Mansfield, and of the State
Senate in 1895 and 1896, representing the
First Bristol District, of which the city of
Taunton, the birthplace of his mother, was
a part, and was an alternate delegate at large
to the National Republican Convention at St.
Louis, Missouri, in 1896, which nominated
President McKinley, and a member of the
Republican State Central Committee from
1890 to 1896, serving on the executive com-
mittee. He was a state delegate to the United
States Centennial Convention at Philadelphia
in 1887. He is president of the American
Invalid Aid Society, a member of the National
Association for the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis, of the Suffolk County and the
American Bar Associations ; is a thirty-second
degree Mason and past deputy grand master
of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. In his
religious belief he is a unitarian.
June I, 1881, Mr. Southard was united in
marriage with Miss Nellie Copeland, daughter
of Joseph and Lucy Ann (Keith) Copeland.
Of this union there are three children: i.
Louis Keith, born June 29, 1882; married,
January 18, 1908, Carrie Edith Gumbart,
daughter of Rev. Adolph S. and Lucinda B.
Gumbart, and has one daughter, Margaret,
born November 29, 1908. 2. Frederick Deane,
born July 9, 1883. 3. Lawrence, born Feb-
ruary 20, 1892.
This name seems to have
PETERSON come from Great Britain to
America, and may have been
of Scotch origin. It was not very common in
the early New England days, and was not
probably associated with the Puritans. De-
scendants of the American immigrant have
been active in the settlement and development
of Maine.
(I) John Peterson was a citizen of Dux-
bury, Massachusetts, before 1670, and died
there in 1690. He married, about 1669, Mary,
third daughter of Cieorge and Mary (Beckett)
Soule. Soule came to the Plymouth Colony
in 1630 and .settled in Duxbury about 1638-
40. The daughter Mary was placed in the
family of John Winslow in 1652, for a period
of seven years.
(II) Joseph, .son of John and Mary (Soule)
Peterson, was a native of Duxbury, but no
record appears of his marriage. He lived in
that town and had sons : Jonathan ; Benjamin,
born 1670; David, October i, 1676; Isaac and
John.
(III) Jonathan, son of Joseph Peterson,
born about 1668-69, resided in Duxbury,
where he died, 1756. He married Lydia
Thatcher, born January 24, 1679, died May
26, 1756, fourth daughter of Rodolphus and
Ruth (Partridge) Thatcher. Children: John,
born August 22, 1701 ; Hopestill, January 20,
1703, married John Delano; Jonathan, Sep-
tember 20, 1706; and Reuben.
(IV) Reuben, son of Jonathan and Lydia
(Thatcher) Peterson, was born April 8, 1710,
in Duxbury, where he resided. He married
there, July 6, 1732, Rebecca, born 1713, per-
haps daughter of Joseph and Mary (Weston)
Simonds, died January 25, 1764. Children;
Mary, born 1734; Nehemiah, Elijah, Abigail
(married Zenas Thomas) ; Sarah (married
Cornelius Deleno) ; Lydia, 1742; Thaddeus,
Luther and Reuben.
(V) Nehemiah, eldest son of Reuben and
Rebecca (Simonds) Peterson, born about
1735, resided in Duxbury, where he married,
December 13, 1764, Princee Dillingham. Chil-
dren: Nehemiah, George, Lydia, Mary (mar-
ried Stephen Churchill), Princee (married
Joshua Bryant), Elisha (drowned), and
Ezias.
(VI) Nehemiah (2), eldest child of Nehe-
miah (i) and Princee (Dillingham) Peter-
son, born about 1765, in Duxbury, settled at
Brunswick, Maine, before 1792, and died No-
vember 27, 1843. He married, at Brunswick,
October 4, 1792, Lydia Larrabee, born Jan-
uary 16, 1769, daughter of Benjamin and
Lydia Larrabee, of Brunswick. Nehemiah
Peterson and wife are buried in the old cem-
etery near Hardings Crossing. Children :
Benjamin, mentioned below ; Hannah, born
July 14, 1795; Elisha, February 6, 1799; Re-
becca, March 7, 1801 ; Lydia, November i,
1805; Nehemiah, June 2, 1808; Stephen, 1812.
(VII) Benjamin, eldest child of Nehemiah
(2) and Lydia (Larrabee) Peterson, was born
March 30, 1793, in Brunswick, and died there
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October 7, 1856. He married Mary E. Foss,
probably a member of the ancient Foss family
of New Hampshire and Maine, who died Au-
gust 3, 1884, and is buried beside him in the
old cemetery near Hardings Crossing. Chil-
dren : Lydia L., born November 15, 1826;
Benjamin O., died young; Mary IL, April 12,
1829; Cyrus. July 26, 1831: I'.enjamin, June,
1835 ; Georgianna.
(VHI) Georgianna, youngest child of Ben-
jamin and Mary E. (Foss) Peterson, born
1851, in Brunswick, became the wife of Wes-
ley Bailey, of Sidney (see Bailey IX).
There were numerous immi-
BAILEY grants of this name very early
in New England. The most
prolific families were located in Northeastern
Massachusetts, and no connection has been
discovered between them and the family in
Plymouth county. The latter, as well as the
former, contributed many settlers among the
pioneers in Maine, and has been honorably
represented there and among the sons of
Maine to the present time. There is a record
of Palmer Bailey, a miller who came from
Kingston, near London, in 1635, in the ship
"Planter," being then aged twenty-one years.
He may have been the father of John Bailey
of Weymouth, and William Bailey of New-
port.
(I) William Bailey was in Newport in
1655, and purchased on June 14 of that year,
from Gabriel Hicks, a piece of land lying by
the sea. Hicks was probably the owner of
other lands adjoining, as both joined in a sale
March 5, 1656, a parcel of twenty-one acres
in Newport to Joshua Coggeshall, of Ports-
mouth. It is said that he was a silk weaver
in London before he came to America, but
there is no authority for this except tradition.
(II) William (2), son of William (i)
Bailey, died in Newport before 1676. His
widow Grace (Parsons) Ijailey became the
second wife of Thomas Lavvton, of Ports-
mouth, and died in 1677. They had children
living in 1677, but record is found of only one
by name.
(HI) John, son of William (2) and Grace
Bailey, was. born about 1656, in Newport, and
resided at Portsmouth. On April 20, 1677.
he leased from Thomas Lawton a house, land
and orchard, the annual rental being ten
pounds, to be paid to his mother, Grace Law-
ton, and three pounds to Elizabeth Sherman,
a married daughter of Thomas Lawton. On
the same day he entered into a bond in the
sum of eighty pounds to fulfil the engagement
made by the town with his father's estate,
which involved a payment of forty-four pounds
to the children of William and Grace Bailey.
John Bailey died between May 8, 1734, and
February 2, 1736, in Portsmouth. His chil-
dren : William, John. Thomas, .A.bigail, Sam-
uel, Mary, Ruth, and a daughter (christian
name is not preserved) who married Daniel
Sabear.
(I\') Thomas, third son of John Bailey,
was born 1690, in Portsmouth, and resided in
Little Compton, Rhode Island, where he died
February 4, 1741. He married, July 10, 1712,
Mary, daughter of John and Mary Wood, of
that town. She was born March 14, 1691, and
died October 7, 1745. Children: John, Thom-
as, Constant, Joseph, Oliver, Barzilla, James,
William, Laura and Mary.
(V) Thomas (2), second son of Thomas
(i) and I\Iary (Wood) Bailey, was born
March i, 1715, in Little Compton, where he
passed his life, dying in March, 1793. He
married (first) January 14, 1734, Mary Ben-
nett, who died soon after the birth, in 1736,
of twin babes, Bennett and Phoebe. He mar-
ried (second) August 21, 1736, Abigail Lynd,
born February 28, 1818. She was the mother
of Sarah, Abigail, Thomas, and Rachel. He
married (third) April 30, 1750, Deborah Carr.
born April 18, 1728, died in August, 1810.
She was the mother of Mary, Susanna. Rhoda
and Lydia.
(\'l) Thomas (3). second son of Thomas
(2) Bailey and only son of his second wife,
Abigail Lynd, was born March 5, 1742. in
Little Compton, and married Susanna Pal-
mer, born January 11, 1746, in Little Comp-
ton, daughter of Simeon and Lydia (Dennis)
Palmer. He resided in Little Compton and
died before 1792.
(VH) Humphrey, son of Thomas (3) and
Susanna (Palmer) Bailey, was born Septem-
ber 22. 1766, at Little Compton, and bought
land in Hollowell, Maine, in 1795. This land
was at that time in the town of Augusta, and
he sold it April 29, 1800. On June 9, same
year, he bought lot No. 75 in Sidney, Maine,
on which he lived the remainder of his life,
and which to this day remains in the Bailey
family. He married, September 19, 1793, at
Westport, Massachusetts, Mcribah Davis ;
sons : Benjamin, Silas and Humphrey.
(VIII) Benjamin, eldest son of Humphrey
and Meribah (Davis) Bailey, was born Octo-
ber II, 1815, on his father's homestead in Sid-
ney. He owned and carried on a large farm
in that town, and died there December 10,
1884. He married Hannah Lewis, who sur-
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vived him, dying in Sidney about 1886. They
had four sons : Theodore, Wesley, Frank and
Edward.
(IX) Wesley, son of Benjamin and Han-
nah (Lewis) Bailey, was born on the home-
stead in Sidney, about 1850, and was a far-
mer residing in that town, where he owned a
farm on the Pond road until his death in
1882. In 1874 he married Georgianna, young-
est daughter of Benjamin and Alary E.
(Foss) Peterson, of Brunswick (see Peter-
son \TI), who still survives him. In 1884
she married Frank Skillin, and now resides in
Auburn. They had a son, Adelbert Wesley,
and a daughter, Lillian Gertrude, who died in
infancy.
(X) Adelbert Wesley, only son of Wesley
and Georgianna (Peterson) Bailey, was bom
in Sidney, February 19, 1875. He attended
the public schools of Sidney, and of Lewiston
in 1883-84. In 1884 he moved to West Bath,
where he attended the town schools, later
graduating from the Bath high school in 1893.
He graduated from Bates College in the class
of 1897, having paid his way through college
by teaching school. In the Spanish-American
war he served as a member of Company A,
First Maine Regiment, and from January,
1899, to June, 1900, was principal of the
South Grammar School in Bath, resigning to
study law.
He entered a law office in New York City
in October, 1900, attended the law lectures at
the New York Law School for two years,
paying his way by teaching in the city night
schools. He was admitted to the bar in 1903,
and was managing clerk for five years for
Thomas W. Butts, a prominent New York
attorney, and opened his own law office in
March, 1908, when he became identified with
the Independent Telephone interest, and at-
torney for a number of the leading com-
panies. Mr. Bailey is a member of Solar
Lodge, No. 14, F. and A. M., of Bath, Maine.
He is unmarried.
The families of Young and
YOUNG Yonge are undoubtedly from a
common origin. The line now
under consideration may have originated in
Scotland, but it is more probable that it came
from Devon or Cornwall, England. In the
Yonge family, to which belonged the distin-
guished Charlotte Alary Yonge, and who
came from southern England, the names Na-
thaniel and William predominated, as in the
branch considered in the present narrative.
The latter is undoubtedly descended from
John Young, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, of
whom little is known e.xcept that he married,
December 13, 1648, Abigail , and that
he died January 29, 1691. The names of their
eleven children are of record, and some of
these intermarried with grandchildren of Gov-
ernor Thomas Dudley. In tliis connection it
may be noted that in his maternal line. Dr.
Albion G. Young traces his ancestry to the
time of \\'illiam the Conqueror, who gave the
great castle and lands pertaining thereto, be-
longing to the Saxon Prince Dudo, to one of
his principal knights, William von .^usculph.
The family founded by the last named,
through various changes and intermarriages,
merged its name into Dudley. The ruins of
the ancient castle are yet to be seen, near the
mansion of the present Earl of Dudley.
(I) Nathaniel Young, descended from
John Young, named above, was of Boston,
where he married, February i, 1721, Esther
Wallis (Wallace), a Scotch girl. They had
one child recorded at Boston — Stedman, born
July 23, 1723. Anthony Young and William
Young lived in Boston in the early part of the
eighteenth century.
(II) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i)
Young, was born about 1730, and settled in
Dedham, Alassachusetts. He married, July 4,
1754, a French girl, Susanna Le Moyne (in-
tentions dated June 15). Children, born in
Dedham: i. William, born September 16,
1754; he was stolen by the British when three
years old ; he became master of a vessel ;
when grown, he made search for his parents,
and found them in Gray, Alaine ; he after-
ward married and went to live in northern
New York. 2. Abraham, born October 16,
1756, baptized October 17. 3. Ann, born
March 16, 1758. 4. Nathaniel, born October
5, 1760, mentioned below. 5. Susanna, born
at Greenville, Nova Scotia, December 16,
1762. 6. Mary, born April 24, 1767.
(III) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathan-
iel (2) Young, was born October 5, 1760, in
Gray, Maine. He married Chloe Cummings,
born at Topsfield, Massachusetts, July 24,
1764, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Will-
iams) Cummings, of Gray, Maine. He re-
moved to Norway, Maine, in 1800. He was
a soldier in the revolution from Dedham. He
died in Greenwood, Maine, in 1838, and his
wife died at Bethel. Children: i. Charles,
born March, 1784, married Mary, daughter
of Peter Buck. 2. Amos, married Sophia
Bradbury, daughter of Joseph. 3. Susan,
married James Buck. 4. Anna, married Elias
Blake. 5. Jabez, served in war of 1812, in
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Captain Bodwcll's company, at Plattsburg. 6.
Nathaniel, born 1793; mentioned below. 7.
Williams, born .-\pril 2, 1795; married Sally
Briggs. 8. Hannah, born March, 1797; mar-
ried John Noves. 9. Daniel, born July 10,
1800: married Elvira Buck. 10. Mary, born
March, 1813 : married Levi Noyes. 11.
David P., married Louisa Twombly, of Nor-
way. 12. Jared L., married (first) Rachel
Hathaway :"( second) 'Sla.ry. widow of Daniel
Cummings and daughter of John Millett.
(IV) Nathaniel (4), of Aroostook, son of
Nathaniel (3) Young, was born in the town
of Gray, Maine, April i, 1793, and died in
Linneus. .April 30, 1893. He married (first),
November 28, 1817, Lydia, born May 8, 1796,
died July 27, 1867, daughter of Ephraim
Briggs. He married (second), in Houlton,
July 27, 1868, Mrs. Sarah Lunt, formerly of
Boston, Massachusetts; she died in 1888.
Nathaniel (4) Young lived in Gray five
years, when (1798 ) his father moved into
Norway. Sometime between 1822 and 1828
he moved to Foxcroft, Piscataquis county,
Maine, thence across the river to Dover,
where seven of his children were born, 1828-
40. About 1839, while his older children were
merging into young manhood and young
womanhood, he left them in care of the mother
and the younger children while he sought a
new home for them elsewhere. Saddling his
horse he turned his face towards that region
now termed the Garden of the State, but then
known only as the distant wilds of Aroostook.
In Linneus the new home was founded, and
his wife and their ten children were moved
to it the year following. One move was made
in the town of Linneus to a farm more cen-
trally located than the first, and on this he
passed many of his remaining years, saw his
sons and daughters married and settled, many
near him. and some in the west, sufYcred the
loss of her who, through thick and thin had
been a helpmeet in truth, and finally sold his
farm and went to live with one of his sons.
This Nathaniel Young, Captain Young, as
he was called, through virtue of his service
as militiaman and in the war of 181 2 was
known in all that region as a remarkable man.
Physically he was of only medium height and
weight, but his strength, celerity of muscular
action when occasion required, and his pow-
ers of endurance, were well known. In his
younger days, when wrestling was the inev-
itable accompaniment of the muster field and
barn-raisings, his quickness of strength won
the respect of the most powerful champions
of the ring. Of a remarkably peaceable dis-
position, he could on occasion tame a buUy
when he was obliged to act in self-defense.
One incident which occurred when he was
called an old man, may suffice to show his
promptness of action in the face of danger,
great or small. An unknown man came to
his home and was hired as a farm laborer.
The next morning the man was found to have
been an early riser and to have disappeared
with some small pieces of personal property
which did not belong to him. Captain Young
sadtlled his horse, overtook the thief, and
asked him what he had in his pack. "I will
show you what," was the answer, as the man
whipped out a pistol. Quick as a flash the
rider sprang from his horse, snatched the pis-
tol from the man, threw it into a swamp at
hand, searched the pack and recovered the
stolen articles. For many winters he carried
on the business of lumbering, and his power
of endurance was shown many times in his
advanced years by long tramps day after day
"exploring" in the fall and early winter,
chances for the lumbering operation of the
coming winter. It was often noted that he
could outdo younger men in this work, al-
though years before he had sufTered a frac-
tured thigh, and a two inches shortening of
the limb gave him a troublesome limp. While
on his farm at work he often worked all day,
going without his dinner rather than take the
time to go for it. He was a constant worker,
even to near the century mark. Nevertheless,
Nathaniel Young lived to the good old age of
one hundred years and one month. To those
who knew him best, it would seem that one
great secret of his long life was his constant
cheerfulness. He could work and not fret.
Children of Nathaniel and Lydia (Briggs)
Young: i. Jabez, see forward. 2. Lydia
Jane, born December 4, 1820 ( ?) ; married, at
Dover, in 1843, Luther Turner, of .Atkinson,
Maine. They moved to Lake Zurich, Lake
county, Illinois, immediately after their mar-
riage. 3. Erastus Grosvenor, born in Norway,
May 26, 1822; married and moved west in
early life. 4. Charles Henry, born in Fox-
croft, Maine ; died at the age of two years.
5. Lucinda Hamstead, born in Dover, Maine.
September, 1828; married, in Linneus, Lever-
ctt E. Estabrooke; their eldest child was the
late Professor H. M. Estabrooke, of the
Maine State College. 6. Evelyn, born in
Dover, September, 1828; married, in Linneus,
July 12, 1851, Isaac Strout Bither, he born
in Bradley, Maine, in March, 1826, moved to
Linneus in his boyhood. 7. Eliza -Ann, born
in Dover, December ig, 1831 : married, in
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Linneus, John Taylor. 8. Mary Matilda,
born in Dover, April 17, 1834; married, June
17, 1852, John D. B. Clark. 9. Flora Eliza-
beth, born in Dover, July 2, 1836; married
George A. Hunter, a leading farmer of Hodg-
don. 10. Sarah Frances, born in Dover, Jan-
uary, 1838; married Frank Lunt. 11. Charles
Henry (2d), born in Dover, March 14, 1840;
lives in Linneus. 12. Rufus Briggs, born in
Linneus, September 29, 1842; married Phebe
Mitchell; has always lived in the town of his
birth, as a thrifty farmer and trader.
(V) Jabez, eldest child of Nathaniel (4)
Young, was born in Norway, Maine, Novem-
ber II, 1818. He was a child when his pa-
rents removed to Piscataquis county, where
he lived until he came of age. He then went
to Linneus, Aroostook county, where he was
a leading farmer and town official many years.
In 1867 he moved to Ludlow, and two years
later to Houlton, where he resided until 1893,
when he removed to Augusta, to pass his re-
maining days with his son, Dr. Albion G.
Young. He died in Augusta, March 20, 1896.
He married, in 1841, Nancy Spiller Burleigh,
born in Palermo, Maine, February 21, 181 5,
died at Houlton, in May. 1887. daughter of
Hon. Moses Burleigh, of Linneus. Children :
I. Albion Gustavus; see forward. 2. Lydia
Jennie ; see forward. 3. Clara Augusta, born
at Linneus, January 3, 1853, died at Linneus,
September, 1853.
(VI) Albion Gustavus Young, M. D., eld-
est child of Jabez Young, was born in Lin-
neus, April 7, 1843. After leaving the dis-
trict school he was a student in Houlton Acad-
emy. He taught in early life, and studied for
his profession in the Elaine Medical School,
from which he received his medical degree in
1867, and took a post-graduate course at Har-
vard Medical School in 1868. He began the
practice of his profession at Houlton, in the
spring of 1869 ; spent eight months of 1877-
78 in professional study in Germany ; and re-
moved in 1879 to Fort Fairfield, where he
was engaged in the practice of medicine until
called to Augusta as secretary of the State
Board of Health, in 1885, an office which he
has held to the present, giving up the practice
of medicine and devoting his whole time to
the duties of the office. Dr. Young was one
of the prime movers in establishing the Maine
Sanatorium for consumptives at Hebron.
Maine, and he is secretary of the board of
trustees.
Dr. Young married, in June, 1871, Mrs
Helen (Mansur) Rogers, born in 1846, died
October, 1875; child: Beatrice Emma, born
May II, 1872. Dr. Young married (second)
July 2, 1877, Martha Bray; children: i.
Burt Linwood. horn January 21, 1879; ■'^"
moved to California in 1901 ; married. May,
1905, Geraldine Harcourt, daughter of Dr.
Luke Arthur Harcourt and Elizabeth S.
Woodcock ; children : Blanche Beatrice, born
February 15, 1906; Vernon Harcourt, March
7, 1908. 2. Alta Gertrude, born September
6, 1880, died August 19, 1881. 3. Gladys,
born November i, 1882, died May 27, 1883.
(VI) Lydia Jennie, daughter of Jabez
Young, was born at Linneus ; married Charles
W. G. Withee, at Houlton, and removed to
St. Paul, Minnesota, December 25, 1885. She
was commissioned as notary public under the
law passed by the legislature of Minnesota in
1887 commissioning women to act as notaries
public, she being the second woman in the
state to take out such commission. She has
pursued her business as stenographer and no-
tary public in St. Paul since early in 1886, and
was the official reporter of the first reciprocity
convention convened at Grand Forks, North
Dakota, September i, 1892; and also of the
second one held at St. Paul, in June, 1893.
She removed to Washington, D. C, December
I, 1895.
(For preceding generations see Richard We.scott I.)
(Ill) William (2), nephew
WESCOTT of William (i) Wescott. was
born at York, Maine, March
10, 1743. He married, December 29, 1765,
EHzabeth Perkins, and settled in North Cas-
tine, Maine.
(IV) William (3), son of William (2)
Wescott, was born October 8. 1764, and mar-
ried, April 7, 1785, Margaret Harney. He
resided in Penobscot, Maine.
(V) Archibald, son of Wiriiam (3) Wes-
cott, was born February 16. 1792. He settled
in Blue Hill, Maine, where he married (first)
December 31, 1812, Nancy Lymburner, who
died June 19. 1844; (second) August 11, 1844,
Edith W. Hinkley, who died November 13,
1866. At the time of his second marriage he
removed to North Blue Hill. He owned a
country general store, and was interested in
ship building. He was a jjrogressive and
shrewd business man, and acquired a comfort-
able fortune. Children, all by first wife: i.
Joseph, born July 23, 1813; mentioned below.
2. Lovicey, born February 13, 1815; died
young. 3. Betsey, born March 4, 1817; mar-
ried, March 3. 1836, John Treworgy ; chil-
dren: i. Child, died young; ii. Pearl Tre-
worgy, died and was buried at sea at age of
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nineteen; iii. Alma Elizabeth Treworgy, born
December 7, 1845, marrictl Francis Morgan
Grav, of Sedgwick, Maine, and had Pearle
Treworgy Gray, born March 13, 1882 (now
living in Portland, unmarried), and died Au-
gust 6. 1906; iv. Clara S. Treworgy, married
Edwin M. Brown, of Bangor, and had a son,
Joseph Edwin Brown. 4. Amos, born Sep-
tember 15, 1819. 5. Dorshes, born .\pril 15.
1822; died August 28, 1827. 6. Nancy, born
May 15. 1826: married Captain Parris Peters,
who was lost at sea, son of Joseph Peters ;
died May 12, 1867; had son Joseph W. Peters,
who died 1898. 7. Marv Jane, born May 5,
1829.
(VI) Captain Joseph, son of .\rchibald
Wescott. was born July 23, 1813. He settled
in Blue Hill, an-l engaged in shipping, being
captain and owner of a vessel. He also con-
ducted a general store and had a granite
quarry, which, notwithstanding its remoteness
and his lack of capital at the beginning, proved
a good source of income. He married Caro-
line Brown, of Washington, D. C. Children :
I. George Peters, mentioned below. 2. Ellen,
married Hinkley. 3. Harriet B., men-
tioned below-.
(V'll) George Peters, son of Joseph Wes-
cott. was born in Blue Hill. Maine, December
24, 1842, and was educated there in the dis-
trict school. He became associated with his
father in the granite business, and at the age
of seventeen was intrusted with the building
of a wharf at what was then called Fort Nor-
folk. \'ireinia. and had the work completed in
si.x months. During the year following he
was at school part of the time, and employed
the rest of the time in the granite business.
In 1861 he determined to seek his fortune in
the gold fields of California, and with several
friends sailed in the spring of that year, ar-
riving in San Francisco in June. After
working three months in various positions he
was employed in the United .States navy yard,
in the office of Calvin Brown, civil engineer.
In two years he had risen to the position of
assistant engineer, but in 1863 he carried out
his original intention, resigning his position at
the navy yard, and began to prospect for gold
and silver in partnership with John Hinckley.
They worked in the silver lodes of Nevada,
but after a year found themselves disap-
pointed, not only by lack of success in find-
ing ore, but by the general decline in the value
of mining property, the rioting, excitement
and risks of mining camps, and the petty
thieving and depredations of Indians. Mr.
Wescott returned to San Francisco and en-
gaged in business, and soon afterward won a
keen political fight for the postmastership of
\'allejo, a town just opposite the navy yard.
But, like most of the pioneers from the east,
the desire to return home became too strong
to resist, and he gave up promising prospects
to return to his native place. His plan on re-
turning was to engage in business with a
friend, J. R. Bodw^ell, as commission mer-
chants. On their arrival at Norfolk, however,
they had the good fortune to secure a large
contract for granite to be delivered in New
York City, and immediately left for home to
fill the order from the Wescott quarry of his
father. After the contract had been filled
the commission merchant and ship brokerage
business was established. The main office of
the new firm was at 166 Commercial street,
Portland, leased of Hersey, Fletcher & Com-
pany. After the great fire of July 4, 1866, the
firm resumed business as dealers in lime and
cement and achieved great success.
In Portland, Mr. Wescott was distinguished
in public life, and had a brilliant career in
business. In 1868 he was elected alderman
from ward Five, and re-elected the following
year, when his popularity was shown by his
receiving both Republican and Democratic
nominations, and 670 votes out of 671. He
was chairman of the lx)ard of aldennen during
the administration of Judge Putnam as mayor.
Mr. Wescott was afterward elected mayor of
Portland, and was an able and exceedingly
efficient chief executive, and his administra-
tion tended to increase his popularity and to
give him an even larger share of the esteem
and confidence of his townsmen. But outside
of his political life and private business he
was distinguished by his achievements in
financial affairs and enterprises. In 1869 he
became treasurer of the Portland & Rochester
Railroad Company, and a few years later was
elected president. When the financial crash
of 1877 drove so many concerns to the wall,
this railroad was placed in the hands of Mr.
Wescott as receiver, and out of failure he
brought prosperity. He succeeded in making
the railroad a valuable property, paying the
investors eight per cent, in dividends at the
time it was purchased by the Boston & Maine
Railroad Company and merged with the Bos-
ton & Maine system. His good work not only
saved the investments of hundreds of stock-
holders, but benefited the state greatly, and
contributed largely to its development and
welfare. He repeated this triumph of good
financial management in charge of the con-
struction and perfecting of the water works of
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the city of Portland. At the time he was
placed in charge the credit of the company
was not good, the Bramhall reservoir had
burst, and the fortunes of many good citizens
who had gone into the venture too deeply, in
order to insure a water supply for the city,
hung in the balance. His good management
and foresight provided the city with an excel-
lent water supply and placed the business on
a sound financial basis. He earned once more
the gratitude of many citizens. Throughout
his life he seemed to have a genius for pre-
serving enterprises threatened with failure and
disaster. Many business failures were avoided
by his co-operation and good judgment, and
he never hesitated to try to bring success out
of threatening disaster. He was gifted with
keen insight and remarkable executive ability :
his influence was great ; men followed his
lead with the utmost confidence. He created
new enterprises, and contributed constantly to
the establishment of new industries in his
native state. The extent of his work as a pro-
moter of industry and business is unknown ;
the knowledge of all he did in this way died
with him. His death was looked upon as a
calamity to the city and state, and he was
mourned as few men have been. He was a
director of the Casco National Bank of Port-
land, and a member of Saint Botolph Club,
Boston. In politics he was a Republican ; in
religion a Congregationalist. He died ( )cto-
ber 23, 1904. He married, October 18. i86g,
Sarah A. West. To her kindly influence and
love, her advice and sympatliy, he owed much
of his success and most of the happiness of
his busy life.
(VII) Harriet B. Wescott, sister of Hon.
George Peters Wescott, married Henry G.
Beyer, of Washington, D. C.. and died at
Portland, Maine. January 4, 1891. Children:
I. George Wescott Beyer, born August 3,
1881, in Portland; was educated at St. Johns
College, Annapolis, Maryland, the Worcester
(Massachusetts) Academy, and Harvard Col-
lege, where he was a student one year ; in
igoo he entered the business established by his
uncle at Portland, now known as West, Bever
& Beyer Company ; he married Alice Gold-
smith, of Detroit, Michigan ; child : Elizabetii
Beyer, born January 30, 1907. 2. Henry G.
Beyer Jr., born May 24, i88s, at Washing-
ton ; educated at Milton Academy and Har-
vard College ; entered partnership in the firm
of West, Beyer & Beyer Company ; married
Helen, daughter of Henry St. John Smith, an
attorney of Portland, who died in 1896, of
an old Cape Elizabeth family: child: Henr)-
G. Beyer 3d, born May 3, 1908. Mr. Beyer
is a member of the Signet and of the Hasty
Pudding Clubs of Harvard, and the Cumber-
land Club of Portland.
The Oakes family of Maine
O.'KKES traces its origin to the two broth-
ers, Edward and Thomas, who
became residents of Cambridge, Massachu-
setts, in 1640. Thev were manifestly of a
good Puritan family, and were made freemen
of the colony soon after their arrival. It may
be inferred from the occurrence of this sur-
name with similar forenames, notably the un-
usual one of IVian, in the registers of St.
Antholin's parish, London, that they were
from that city. The elder brother, moreover,
acted in i6-]6 as attorney for Mrs. Elizabeth
Poole, of Westminster, England. He became
one of the prominent citizens of Cambridge,
serving as selectman twenty-nine years, and as
representative to the general court seventeen
years. His son Urian was a distinguished
clergyman, and fourth president of Harvard
College, and his son Thomas an eminent
physician "who, on first visiting a patient, per-
suades him to put his trust in God, the foun-
tain of health," and also prominent in political
affairs, serving as speak-er of the house of rep-
resentatives in 1689.
(I) Thomas Oakes, the emigrant, was a
farmer, and lived on the westerly side of Gar-
den street, near Concord avenue, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. His name occurs frequently
in the early records, and is occasionally spelled
Okes. In 1648 he was granted a farm at
"Shawshine," which appears to have included
one hundred fift\- acres ; a wood lot of two
acres near Spy Pond was also assigned to
him. He was "appointed to looke unto the
fences about west feilde" in iTi^o, and in 1653
"to take notice of the breaches of the Towne
order concerning destruction of timber on the
Common and to present the names of such
persons." He died prematurely in 1658, his
children, besides two that died in infancy, be-
ing Elizabeth, Hannah and Thomas. His
widow Elizabeth married .Samuel Hayward
and removed with the children to Maiden,
Massachusetts, where she died about 1686.
(II) Thomas (2), posthumous son of
Thomas ( i ) and Elizabeth Oakes, was born
March 18, 1658-59; married. May 22, 1689,
Sarah, daughter of Peter and Mary (Pierce)
Tufts, who survived him, dying in July, 1749
They lived in Maiden. Massachusetts, where
he was a freeholder and proprietor and was
repeatedly chosen to serve upon town com-
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mittces. He died September ii, 1732. Chil-
dren : Thomas, Edward. Sarah, Lydia,
Urian, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Jonathan
and Abigail.
(HI) Edward, son of Thomas (2) and Sa-
rah (Tufts) Oakes, was born in 1692. He
lived in Medford, where were born to him
and his wife Joanna, children : Joanna, Ed-
ward, John, K'athan. Samuel. Lydia, .Mary,
Simeon, Ruth, and Mary.
(IV) Nathan, son of Edward and Joanna
Oakes, was born .April 14, 1728, at Medford.
Massachusetts. He moved to North Yar-
mouth, Maine, about 1750, and married, Oc-
tober 7, 1 75 1, Amy, widow of Samuel Buck-
nam. and daughter of .Aaron and Elizabeth
(Richardson) Wyman, who died July 11,
1775. He married (second) Abigail, widow
of John Mason, and daughter of John and
Abigail Seabury, who died .May 8, 1781. Mr.
Oakes was a housewright. joined the First
Church in 1776, and died May 7, 1781. His
children by his first wife were Edward, Eliza-
beth, Sarah, John. Lucretia. Mary, and Sam-
uel.
(V) John, son of Nathan and .Amy (Wy-
man) Oakes, was baptized at North Yar-
mouth, October 28, 1759. He was one of the
early settlers in Temple, Maine, wdiere he
was prominent in the church, serving for
many years as deacon. He reared a patri-
archal family, having eight children by his
first wife and sixteen by his second.
(VI) Silvester, twenty-second child of
John Oakes, was born in Tem]3le. Maine, Jan-
uarv 31, 1820. He attended the public schools
of his native place, and studied his profession
in the medical schools of Harvard, Bowdoin
and Dartmouth Colleges, graduating from the
latter in 1844. He also received the honor-
ary degree of M. D. from the University of
Vermont in 1856. He opened an office in Au-
burn, and established an excellent practice in
that town and vicinity. He took high rank in
his profession. For several years he was a
trustee of the Maine Insane Hospital, and was
a charter member of the Maine Medical So-
ciety. He was active in public life, a useful
public-spirited citizen. He was a member of
the board of aldermen in 1871 and representa-
tive to the state legislature in 1855 and 1885-
In 1873 he refused to accept the nomination
of his party for mayor of the city of .Auburn.
He was a Republican of wide influence and
strict loyalty from the earliest days of the
party until his death. He was appointed post-
master at Auburn by President Lincoln and
continued until I'resident lohnson came into
power. He was a faithful member and lib-
eral supporter of the Congregational church
of .Auburn. He died March 30, 1887, one of
the best beloved physicians and most highly
esteemed citizens in the county. Dr. Oakes
married Hannah Eliza, daughter of Dr. Will-
iam Kilbourne, who survives. Children, born
at Auburn: i. Wallace Kilbourne. born No-
vember 6. 1850: graduate of Bowdoin in
1870, of Columbia Me<lical School 1873. pres-
ident of Maine Medical Society 1897, and a
leading physician and surgeon in the state. 2.
Henry Walter, mentioned below. 3. Eliza
Belle.
(X'H) Henry Walter, son of Dr. Silvester
Oakes, was born in Auburn, April 26, 1857.
He was prepared for college in the public
schools of his native city, and graduated at
Bates in 1877. He studied law in the office
of Hon. William P. Frye, was admitted to the
bar in 1880, and inunediately began to prac-
tice in Auburn, where he has 'continued with
much success to the present time. He is now
senior partner of the law firm of Oakes, Pul-
sifer & Ludden. Mr. Oakes has been active
in public life. He is -a Republican in politics.
He has repeatedly served in the common
council, represented the city in the legislatures
of 1903 and 1905, and since 1907 has been a
member of the State Enforcements Commis-
sion. He is one of the trustees of the Public
Library and at present clerk of the board ; a
trustee of Bates College, of the Lewiston
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, a past su-
preme warden of the N. E. Order of Pro-
tection, a Mason of the thirty-second degree
and an active member of the Congregational
Church. He married, June 24, 1885. Thalia
R. Toothaker, of Phillips. Maine, daughter of
Raymond and Eliza (Church) Toothaker.
Children, born at -Auburn: i. Raymond Sil-
vester, a student in Bates College, class of
1909. 2. \^'allace T.
The name of Foss appears to have
FOSS been of Dutch or German origin
and was originally \^os, a word
signifying fox. It is probable that the first
that took the name was so nicknamed because
of his shrewdness or cunning, or because he
used the fo.x as a sign at his place of busi-
ness. The name has been given also as Foot,
Foste and Faust. The name was early im-
planted in New England and is still most nu-
merously represented, especially in New
Hampshire and Maine. John Foss, the an-
cestor of those bearing the name, is said by
tradition to have arrived at Boston on a Brit-
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ish war vessel on which he was employed as a
calker. While the vessel was lying in Boston
harbor, he jumped overboard and swam
ashore. He soon settled in Dover, New
Hampshire, where he first appears of record
May 14, 1661, when he witnessed a deed. He
married (first) Mary Chadburn ; (second)
Elizabeth, presumably the widow of John
Locke and daughter of William and Jane
Berry ; she was appointed administratri.x of
his estate January 8, 1699. He received a
deed of land in Rye in 1668. His children
were: John, Humphrey, William, Hannah,
Joshua, Hinckson, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas,
Jemima, Elizabeth and Samuel. It has not
been possible to trace the immediate anteced-
ents of this branch, though it is probably an
offshoot from the stock of John Foss, above
named.
( I ) Jeremiah Foss was born at Saco, Maine,
May 4, 1785, died at Wayne, that state, July
13, 1863. He was a soldier in the war of
1812, and settled at Wayne, where he spent
most of his natural life. He married Mary
Harmon, September 10, 1806: she was born
at Saco, March 4, 1787, and died September
6, 1876. Children: i. Walter, born August
24, 1807, was a member of the Maine Rifle
Company in 1828. 2. Lucy, March 6, 1809,
married William Thornton. 3. Sally, August
21, 1810, married Josiah Norris (2). 4. Jere-
miah (2), whose sketch follows. 5. Mary,
January 4, 1815, died April 20, 1816. 6.
Mary, June 24, 1817, married Oliver Norris.
7. Horatio Gates, December 28, 1818. 8.
Oren, October 6, 1821, died October 11, 1841.
9. Charles H., December 28, 1827.
(H) Jeremiah (2), second son of Jere-
miah (i) and Mary (Harmon) Foss, was
born at Wayne, Maine, March 5, 1813, and
died there September 12, 1879. He ^'as a
business man of ability, honorable and up-
right in all dealings, and an indulgent husband
and father. Jeremiah Foss married Elizabeth
N. Hankerson, born March 24, 1814, daughter
of William and Thankful (White) Hanker-
son, of Readfield, Maine. Their children: i.
Lory Augustus, born November 15. 1834, died
June 22, 1892. 2. Lucretia Ann, March 29,
1836, died April 29, 1888. 3. John Fairfield,
March 6, 1838. 4. Euphratia Sutherland,
March 3, 1840. 5. An infant daughter, July
9, 1842, died November 15, 1842. 6. Glor-
ina Smith, September 20, 1843, d'^"^! J^^y lO-
1879. 7. Horatio Gates, whose .sketch fol-
lows. 8. Lizzie, March 25, 1848, died October
17, 1848. 9. Mary Elizabeth, August 22,
1849, <^ied October 22, 185 1. 10. Oscarnella,
May 26, 1852, died February 26, 1855. ii.
Ella Maria, April 10, 1856. 12. Celia Han-
kerson, June 26, 1859, died May 7, 1863.
(HI) Horatio Gates, son of Jeremiah (2)
and Elizabeth N. (Hankerson) Foss. was
born at Wayne, Maine, I'Y-bruary 22, 1846.
He was educated in the common and high
schools of Wayne, Maine. In May, 1875, he
entered the employ of Dingley, Strout &
Company, Mr. Foss being the silent partner of
this well-known shoe company imtil 1886,
when the firm became Dingley, Foss & Com-
pany upon the retirement of Mr. Strout. In
1888 -the firm name was changed and in 1891
incorporated under the style of the Dingley-
Foss Shoe Company. The company employ
five hundred fifty peojjle in the several depart-
ments and manufactures men"s, boys' and
youths' leather and women's, misses' and chil-
dren's canvass shoes. Mr. Foss is a director
of the First National Bank of Auburn, Maine.
He is a member of Asylum Lodge, ^\. F. and
A. M., of Wayne; Bradford Ciiapter, R. A.
M., of Auburn: Lewiston Commandery;
Maine Consistory ; Kora Temple, A. A. O.
N. M. S.; Lewiston Lodge. No. 371, B. P.
O. E. He is a Democrat in politics, but not
a politician, and a Unitarian in religious be-
lief.
Benjamin Foss was probably a
FOSS grandson of John Foss, the emi-
grant, mentioned in the preceding
narrative. He was in Scarborough in 1700
upon the resettlement of the town after its
evacuation in 1676 on account of the Indian
delegations. His wife's name was Silence.
They had Samuel, William, Susanna, Benja-
min, Mary, John, Hannah, Peletiah and
Thomas. His wife died in 1757. He removed
to Machias in 1765 to help set uj) civilization
in that sea-blown town.
(II) Thomas, son of Benjamin and Silence
Foss, was born in Scarborough, Maine. The
name of his wife was Sarah and they had
Thomas, Sarah, Joseph, Hiram and Daniel.
(III) Hiram, third son of Thomas and
Sarah Foss, lived in Wales, Maine, and was
a farmer. He married Mary Jane Owen and
the issue of this marriage was George W.,
Thomas J., Benjamin B., James Owen, .\nsel,
Julia, Anna.
(IV) James Owen, fourth .son of Hiram
and Mary J. (Owen) Foss, was born in
Wales, Maine, June 30, 1827, died February
17, 1895. After receiving a common school
education, he came to Auburn and settled in
what is now known as Fossville. Mr. Foss
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is a progressive business man, and in company
with Mr. Gay established the plant of Gay &
Foss, shoe manufacturers, now known as
Foss, Packard & Company. He was a direc-
tor in the First National Bank of Auburn, and
a member of the city government. He mar-
ried (first) Annie Maria Randall, of Lewis-
ton, born December 25, 1824, died January
10, 1879. Their children were: i. Wallace
H., born July 25, 1854, married Isabel K.
Gould, of Augusta; three children. 2. Wil-
lard. 3. Willis Owen. Mr. Foss married
(second) Emma Frances King, of Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
(V) Willis Owen, third child of James
Owen and Annie M. (Randall) Foss, was
born in Auburn, October 16, 1863, and was
educated in the public schools and Kent's
Hill Seminary, followed by a course in the
Boston Business College. He then entered the
office of Gay & Foss as bookkeeper and had
entire charge of the office until the firm dis-
solved. A copartnership was formed between
Messrs. James Owen Foss, H. M. Packard,
Wallace H. Foss and R. M. Mason. After
three years James Owen Foss sold his entire
interest to Willis Owen Foss. R. M. Mason
remained in the firm a few years and then sold
out to the remaining partners. Willis Owen
Foss on his long trip south twice a year has
built up a large trade with the jobbing houses
of the southern states ; he also has charge of
the buying of the leather for this firm. He is
a thirty-second degree Mason and a Repub-
lican. He married, June 3, 1885, Virginia
Oakman, daughter of Dr. Andrew M. and
Elizabeth (Haskell) Peables. Children: i.
Emma King, married Arthur E. Kustercr,
and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2. An-
drew Peables, at present (1909) learning the
business in the factorv of his father.
The family of this name came
MARSH from England twelve years sub-
sequent to the first settlement of
Massachusetts. The record of the .A.merican
ancestor and that of the family into which he
married shows plainly that they sought a
home in the wilderness of America to escape
religious persecution in their native land, and
were prepared to endure all the hardships and
privations their removal necessitated, provided
they could enjoy the freedom they sought.
The sterling traits of the ancestors are still
visible in the descendants, not a few having
made records which entitle them to great
credit, notable among these being Professor
Othniel C. Marsh, the celebrated naturalist of
Yale College.
(I) John Marsh was born in England,
probably in 1618, and resided in Essex county,
and is believed to have come to Cambridge,
Massachusetts, when seventeen years old. Ac-
cording to Barber he was one of the one hun-
dred men. women and children led by Rev.
Mr. Hooker, in 1636, from Massachusetts
Bay, through the woods to Hartford, Connec-
ticut. The record states : "Lands were re-
corded to John Marsh February, 1639-40,
part whereof did belong to John Stone, and
were by him given to Samuel Stone, and by
said Stone to John Marsh of Hartford, and
now belongeth to him and his heirs." Other
lands were also given him about the same
time. He soon had Your allotments in all,
amounting to one hundred seventy-two acres.
He lived at Hartford from 1636 to 1660. In
1660 he was one of the company which left
Hartford and moved up the Connecticut river
some forty miles and founded Hadley, Massa-
chusetts. There he lived twenty-eight years.
He was one of the original members of the
church at Northampton, organized June 18,
1661. The first notice of John Marsh in the
Iladlev records is at the first town meeting
held October 8, 1660, when he had land al-
lotted to him. In 1675 he was one of the
selectmen. He married (first) in Hartford,
1640, Anne, daughter of John Webster, a
leading citizen of Hartford, who was deputy
governor in 1655 and served as governor in
1656. He led the great removal to Hadley,
Massachusetts. Anne (Webster) Marsh died
June 9, 1662. He married (second) October
7, 1664, Hepzibah, widow of Richard Lyman,
daughter of Thomas Ford, of Hartford. She
died ."Vpril 11. 1683, and John Marsh died
September 28. 1688. aged seventy, at Wind-
sor, Connecticut, probalDly while on a visit to
his daughter. Hannah Loomis. living there.
Children by first wife : John. Samuel. Joseph,
Isaac, Jonathan, Daniel, Hannah and Grace;
hv second wife: Lydia. John Marsh also had
an adopted daughter. Grace (Martin) Marsh.
(II) John (2). eldest son of John (i) and
Anne (Webster) Marsh, was born about 1643,
in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in 1727,
probably in Hartford. He resided on the old
Marsh homestead in Hartford, where he was
selectman 1677-81, and in 1687, in the time of
the Charter Oak trouble in 1688-94-1701. In
1 70 1 he was one of a committee to build a
bridge over the Holhanon river in East Hart-
ford. He married (first) November 28, 1666,
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Sarah, daughter of Richard and Hepzibah
(Ford) Lyman, of Northampton (Mrs. Ly-
man had become his father's second wife),
who was born in Hartford, and it was after
his marriage that he returned to Hartford.
His wife received ten pounds by her mother's
will. She died between 1688 and 1707, and
he married (second) Susannah, daughter of
William Butler, and she died in 1727. Chil-
dren by first wife : John, Nathaniel and Jo-
seph (twins), Sarah. Elizabeth, Hannah (died
young), Ebenezer, Hannah, Lydia, Hepzibah
and Jonathan. By his second wife: Susan-
nah.
(HI) Captain Joseph, son of John (2) and
Sarah (Lyman) Marsh, was baptized March
5, 1671, in Hartford, Connecticut. He became
head of the Lebanon line of the name, and its
branches in \"ermont and New York states.
In 1699 he became a proprietor at Lebanon,
Connecticut, and it was like going into a new
world. He helped to build the town of Leb-
anon, and in doing so his own character was
also developed, and the town has been one of
note. He became a selectman, and filled that
office several successive years. He was known
as Mr. Joseph Marsh in 1701, as sergeant in
1710, as lieutenant in 1718, and as captain in
1730. He represented the town in the general
court of Connecticut in 1712-16-23-27 and
1731. He and his wife Hannah were admitted
to full communion in the Second Church 1725,
and his wife and two first children were bap-
tized in 1702. He married (first) about i6g6,
Hannah , at Hartford; (second) De-
cember 14, 1725, Sarah, widow of George
Webster. Her will was dated 1 759. His
children were : Elizabeth, Joseph, Hannah,
Pelatiah and Jonathan.
(IV) Jonathan, youngest son of Joseph and
Hannah Marsh, was born September 23, 1713,
in Lebanon, Connecticut. He married (first)
Alice Newcomb, died June 17, 1752: (second)
December 4, 1752, Widow Keziah Phelps.
Children : Elizabeth. Hannah, John, Abra-
ham, Joel, Zebulon, Sarah, Chloe, Alice and
Submit.
(V) Colonel Joel, third son of Jonathan
and Alice (Newcomb) Marsh, was born June
II, 1745, at Lebanon, and died March 11,
1807, probably at Bethel, Vermont He fig-
ured largely in the early history of New Con-
necticut, not yet \'ermont. With his cousin
he was an early proprietor of Randolph and
Bethel, Vermont. He was captain, major and
also colonel early in the revolution. He was
a member of the convention to adopt the con-
stitution of Vermont. The proprietors of
Bethel voted December 13, 1779, "that Colonel
Joel Marsh be an additional proprietor," "and
the said Marsh do accept of the Mill Lot'
which contains 450 acres," also that he "do
build a good saw mill by th8 first day of Sep-
tember next and a good grist mill by the first
day of November following, upon the for-
feiture of five thousand pounds, extraordi-
nary Providence excepted." He drove an ox
team up the bed of the White river, built a
log house, and commenced the mill as sup-
posed, in 1780, but the Indians burned Roy-
alton in October, and settlers hurried away.
He finished the mill in 1781, which was for
several years the only one in that region, and
Colonel Joel Marsh was known as the miller.
Soon after he built the first frame house,
which one hundred years after was in a good
state of preservation. He married January 25,
1770. Ann , born November 18, 1743,
died May 6, 1813. Children: Jonathan, Pe-
leg Sanford, Mary, John, Ann, Joel and Ma-
son.
(VI) Joel (2), fourth son of Joel (i) and
Ann Marsh, was born October "28, 1783, at
Bethel, Vermont. He married, and had" one
son and two daughters.
(VI) Joel (2), second son of Joel (i) and
Ann Marsh, was born October 28, 1783, at
Bethel, Vermont. He spent some years near
the home of his ancestors in Leicester. Massa-
chusetts, and passed the last years of his life
in Maryland. He married, December 25,
1806, Elizabeth Stetson; children: Leban
Stetson. Rachel, Welcome, Douglas and Avis.
(VII) Welcome, second son of Joel and
Elizabeth (Stetson) Marsh, was born May
2", 181 1, in Leicester, and married (inten-
tions published May 14, 1837) Harriet W.
Jenneson, of Paxton, Massachusetts ; children :
George E. and Albert Stetson.
(VIII) George Edgar, elder son of Wel-
come and Harriet N. (Jenne.son) Marsh, was
born February 8, 1840, in Leicester and
passed his life there. He became manager of
a card clothing business. He was a Congre-
gationalist, and an earnest supporter of the
Republican party. He married Mandana Eliz-
abeth White, born February 12. 1844, in
Leicester, daughter of Alonzo and Elizabeth
Davis White, the former a native of Almon.
New York, and the latter of Oakham, Massa-
chusetts ; children : Edward Leicester, Har-
riett. Arthur White, Ruth Louise and George
Albert.
(IX) George Albert, youngest child of
George Edgar and Mandana (White) Marsh,
was born July 15, 1875, in Leicester, Massa-
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chusetts, where his early years were spent and
his education began in the public schools. He
was subsequently a student at Worcester
Academy and Colburn Classical Institute, and
graduated from Colby College with the de-
gree of Master of Arts in 1901. He began
business life as a salesman of gas and elec-
trical fixtures, and is now engaged in their
manufacture, and makes a specialty of bronze
and wrought iron work. He is a member of
Delta Kappa Upsilon fraternity, but is not
associated with other societies of any kind.
His family attends the Congregational church.
He is an earnest Republican, but gives little
time to political matters. He married, Sep-
tember 12, 1904, at Portland, Maine, Rhena
Louise Clark, daughter of Isaac Francis and
Julia Winslow Clark, of Portland, former
manager of the Portland Poultry Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have a daughter, Louise
Clark, born July 20, 1907, in Weehawken,
New Jersey.
The great number of persons in
WHITE the New England and western
states whose surname is White
are descended in most instances from John
White, of Salem. Massachusetts, 1638, or
from William White, of Ipswich. Massachu-
setts. 1635. Both were progenitors of a mul-
titude of descendants, and number among
them many of the most active and prominent
participants in the social, religious and civil
afTairs of the communities and common-
wealths in which they lived. An earlier line
of this name which is not so numerously rep-
resented, but has furnished numerous citizens
of the highest character follows.
(I) William White, son of Bishop John
White, was among that little Hock of non-
conformists who. under the pastoral care of
Rev. John Robinson, went from England to
Holland in order that they might worship
(".od unmolested according to the dictates of
their conscience, and he subsequently accom-
panied them on tlieir pilgrimage to the New
World in the "Alayflower." At Leyden. July
I, 1612, he was married, by Pastor Robinson,
to Susannah, sister of Samuel Fuller, also a
"Mayflower" Pilgrim. Susanna became the
mother of two children : Resolved and Pere-
grine. Resolved was born in Holland, about
the time when the decision was reached to
seek a permanent resting ])lace on the other
side of the .\tlantic. and he was no doubt
named in commemoration of that event. The
name of Peregrine signifies a pilgrim or
stranger. The birth of Peregrine took place
in the cabin of the "Maj-flower." in Novem-
ber, 1620, after the ship had anchored tem-
porarily in the harbor of what is now Prov-
incetown. William White died in Plymouth,
March 14, 1621, and May 12 following his
widow Susanna married Edward Winslow,
afterward governor of Plymouth Colony. She
died in October, 1682.
(H) Peregrine White went with the fam-
ily of Governor Winslow to Green Harbor
(Marshfield), about 1632. In 1647 '^^ mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of William and Eliza-
beth Bassett, who arrived at Plymouth in the
"Fortune" in 1 62 1. His children were: Dan-
iel, Sarah, Mercy, Jonathan, Peregrine, and
Silvanus.
(Ill) Daniel, eldest child of Peregrine and
Sarah (Bassett) White, was born in 1649, in
Marshfield, where he made his home through
life. He married, 1674, Hannah Hunt, of
Duxbury, a descendant of William Hunt, who
came from England in 1635, and settled in
Concord, Massachusetts, where he first lived
in a wigwam. He died in Marshfield, May 6,
1724, aged seventy-five years. Their children
were : John, Joseph, Thomas, Cornelius, Ben-
jamin, Eleazer and Ebenezer.
(I\') Cornelius, fourth son of Daniel and
Hannah (Hunt) White, was born March 28.
1682. in Marshfield. He was a ship builder,
and a man of means. He lived at Marshfield
and Whites Ferry until 1743, when he re-
moved to Hanover, Massachusetts, where he
died. He married, May 22, 1706, Hannah
Randall ; children : Lemuel. Cornelius. Paul.
Joanna. Daniel. Gideon and Benjamin.
(V) Paul, third son of Cornelius and Han-
nah (Randall) White, was born in 171 1, in
Hanover. He removed to Connecticut. He
married, February 24, 1737, Elizabeth Cur-
tis; children: John, Nathaniel. Christopher,
Joanna. Hannah, Patience. Peregrine and
Daniel.
(\T) John, eldest son of Paul and Eliza-
beth (Curtis) White, was born May 16. 1739.
He lived in Framingliam, Massachusetts, and
later removed to Spencer. Massachusetts ; he
married Sybil Buckminster. born July 27,
1731 ; children: Thomas, Thadeus, Abigail,
Mary, Benjamin, Joel, Sybil. Nancy, Jona-
than. Betsey, Amos and John Bradshaw.
(\TI) Joel, fourth son of John and Sybil
(Buckminster) White, was born May 3, 1766,
in Spencer, Massachusetts. While his chil-
dren were yet young he removed his family to
Allegheny county, New York, and took up a
farm in Alfred, then a part of Almond. He
also made brick. He married Abigail Outing,
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born October 27, 1774, at Royalston, Massa-
chusetts. Qiildren: Sally, Serena, Silas,
Louisa, Benjamin Franklin, Rhoda, Joel,
Alonzo, Elizabeth and Abigail Alvira.
(Vni) Alonzo, fourth son of Joel and Abi-
gail (Outing) White, was born xMay 6, 1808.
He lived in Leicester, Massachusetts, where
he died January 16, 1893. He married Eliza-
beth Lincoln Davis, born May 25, 1812. Chil-
dren: Joseph Mason (died voung), Eleanor
Cutting. Henry Arthur, Mandana Elizabeth,
Catherine Emily, and Clarence Alonzo.
(IX) Mandana Elizabeth, fourth child of
Alonzo and Elizabeth Lincoln (Davis) White,
was born 1844. She married George E."
Marsh, at Leicester, Massachusetts, by Rev.
John Nelson, D. D., and lived in the same
place (see Marsh).
(For first generation see Stephen Larrabee I.)
(H) Stephen (2), probably
LARRABEE the eldest of the children of
Stephen (i) Larrabee, was
born about 1652; after removing to Maiden,
Massachusetts, from North Yarmouth, there
is record of his wife Isabel, by whom he had
one or more children, and he had one or more
sons born twelve years previously. His chil-
dren were, so far as can be ascertained :
Stephen, Deacon William, born 1684; Cap-
tain John, 1686; Sainuel, 1690; Abigail, 1694;
Captain Benjamin. 1696: Ephraim, about
1698: Margaret.
(Ill) Stephen (3), eldest son of Stephen
(2) Larrabee, was born in 1682. January 10,
1704. he married Margaret Pain, and about
1706 he was living in Medford, Massachu-
setts ; he removed to North Yarmouth, INIaine,
after 1722, where some of his children were
born. He died October 20, 1737, and his
widow married Samuel Seabury. His children
were: Hannah, born May 4, 1707; Margaret,
February 22, 1709; John and Stephen.
(I\*) John, son of Stephen (3) and Mar-
garet (Pain) Larrabee, was born May 14,
1715; he married Mary Pomery, and settled
in North Yarmouth. Children: i. Mary,
born November 25. 1744, married Benjamin
Rockley. 2. Stephen, born September 23,
1747, married i\Iolly Merrill. 3. Deacon John,
born November 16, 1749, married Jane
Brown : settled first at Freeport, afterwards at
Greene, Maine : he was a carpenter, and a
deacon in the Baptist church. 4. Mehitable,
born October 10, 1751, died February 20,
1826. 5. Captain Samuel, married Alary
Brown, of North Yarmouth : served in the
revolutionary war, and after his return built
a tavern stand where the old-time stage coach
slopped and changed horses.
(VI) Robert, who.se mother's name was
Mehitable, daughter of John Larrabee, was
born June 3, 1785, in North Yarmouth, and
his father's name is unknown. He was reared
by his Uncle Samuel, the tavern keeper, and
learned the carpenter's trade of his Uncle
John, before mentioned. He settled in Phipps-
burg, Maine, and married Hannah Beath, of
Boothbay, Maine, January 6, 1807; she was
born in Boothbay, June 19, 1786, and died at
Bath, Maine, June i, 1873. Mr. Larrabee
died at Phippsburg, Maine, May i, 1863. His
children were: i. William P., born August
1, 1807, at Georgetown, married Ann Smith.
2. John B., born March 5, 1809, married
Ehza Hibbard. 3. Hannah A., born October
15, 1810, married Joseph Bowker. 4. Deacon
Samuel W. 5. Cordelia E., born September
14. 1813, at North Yarmouth, married Will-
iam Swan. 6. Joseph P., born September 12,
1816, married Lydia Morrison. 7. Jotham!
born December 7, 1818, married Esther
Knight. 8. Mary M., born August 18, 1822,
married William Anderson. 9. James R., born
September 18, 1820, married Lucrelia Elliott.
10. Caroline, born January 26, 1824, married
Captain Charles Delano, and died November
4. 1864. II. Beatrice, born January 26, 1824,
married Captain Charles Delano ; 'she was a
twin with Caroline, and both married the
same man. 12. Ann C, born March 28, 1826,
married George L. Hill. 13. Robert I. D.,
born November 26, 1828, married Lydia
Smith.
(VII) Deacon Samuel W., third son of
Robert and Hannah (Beath) Larrabee, was
born November 13, 1812; he was a carpenter,
and settled in Portland, Maine, where he
worked for some time at his trade, and then
was employed by a lumber firm as a surveyor.
He was afterwards admitted a member of the
firm. Knight & Pool, and succeeded to the
business after the death of the original mem-
bers, carrying it on until the end of his life;
his son was connected with him in business
for several years, under the firm name of S.
W. Larrabee & Company. He joined the Sec-
ond Parish Church soon after settling in
Portland, and was a deacon for more than
forty years ; he served in the common council,
and as alderman, often acted as mayor, and
several times declined the nomination for that
office ; he served one term in the legislature.
He was a man of good character, public spirit,
and well known for his benevolence ; he died
quite suddenly at his home in Portland, Alay
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22, 1893, deeply mourned by his fellow-
townsmen. He married Rachel Knight, born
November 30, 181 1, at IJoothbay, Maine, died
in February, 19CX); children: i. Hannah Ai-
mer, born October, 1839, died unmarried,
Mav 5, 1862. 2. Frances L., born May g,
1841, married William F. Moses, of Bath,
Maine. 3. Charles Frederick. 4. Henry Pel-
ham, born December 2, 1846, married Kate
Fuller, in October, 1874, and has one child,
Katherine Pelham. 5. Philip Henry, born in
Portland, was in the lumber business and died
Julv 4, 1907. Two children died in infancy.
(\"ni) Charles Frederick, eldest son of
Sanniel Wiley and Rachel (Knight) Larra-
bee, was born December 10. 1842, at Phipps-
burg, Maine, and received his education in
the public schools of Portland. He went to
sea for two years, and was subsequently em-
ployed by the Grand Trunk Railway of Can-
ada' as shipping clerk in Portland. In 1863
he joined the Union army and served two
years, first as private, then as sergeant-major,
then as first lieutenant and adjutant, in the
regiment of which General Francis Fessen-
den, U. S. A., and Thomas H. Hubbard, of
New York, were colonels; he was brevetted
captain and major for "gallant and distin-
guished services in the battles of Sabine Cross
Roads, Pleasant Hill and Monett Bluffs,
Louisiana, April 8, 9 and 23, 1864," in the
famous Red River campaign under General
Banks. In 1866 he was appointed second lieu-
tenant in the Seventh U. S. Infantry, later
promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, and
served imtil 1871. During the reconstruc-
tion period of Florida, Major Larrabee acted
as assistant adjutant general, and on retiring
from that position w-as complimented in gen-
eral orders for his service. In 1869 he com-
manded a military post, and was in charge of
the Shoshone and Bannock Indians. He re-
moved the hostile Apaches and established the
San Carlos Agency in Arizona, and was civil-
ian agent in 1873. In the same year he rep-
resented the United Slates in negotiating with
certain tribes in the Indian Territory, ami in
1875-76 was special agent to remove three
thousand captive Cheyennes, Arapahoes,
Kiowas and Comanches from Fort Sill to the
Quapaw Agency, with the expectation of ex-
perimenting with civilizing them, though the
government later made plans for disposing
otherwise of these captives and they were
never removed from their old homes.
Major Larrabee began his service in the In-
dian Office in Washington in 1880, and in
1885 was commissioned to investigate claims
of licensed traders growing out of the Sioux
massacre in 1862. in Minnesota; he was also
appointed to negotiate with several tribes of
Indians in Minnesota, northern Montana and
Dakota, being associated with Bishop H. B.
Whipple and Judge John \'. Wright, of Ten-
nessee, as a result of which negotiations about
seventeen million acres of land were opened
to white settlers. January i, 1905, \Iajor
Larrabee was appointed .\ssistant Commis-
sioner of Indian Affairs, at W'ashington,
which position he held until 1908, when he
resigned. Upon his resignation he had good
reason to be proud of the manner in which it
was received by the President, and he has in
his possession a letter signed Theodore Roose-
velt, w-hich is in text as follows: "My dear
Major : I have just received your letter of
resignation, which came as a surprise to me;
in accepting it I wish to express in the high-
est terms my appreciation of your long ser-
vice and of the unfailing loyalty and high in-
tegrity with which you have thruout that
period served the Government. With all
good wishes for your future, believe me, etc."
This is a fitting tribute to the efficient manner
in which he has filled the positions entrusted
to him.
He married Ruth Estelle, daughter of Ed-
ward Loop, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
and they have one son. Sterling Loop, born
September 24, 1889, a student at West Point
Military Academy, which he entered March i,
1908.
This is among the pioneer
POTTER names of East Concord, and is
traced to the early settlers of
Ipswich, Massachusetts. It has been chiefly
identified in Concord with agriculture, but the
family has included many noted ecclesiastics
and professional men of all classes. The rec-
ords of Yale, Harvard and other New Eng-
land colleges show' many of the name among
graduates. Concord has sent out some of the
name who have done honor to it, among whom
may be mentioned : Judge Alva Kimball Pot-
ter, of Niagara county, New York; General
Joseph Hayden Potter, U. S. A. ; Hon. Chand-
ler Eastman Potter, author of "History of
Manchester," and widely known as editor,
scholar and historian ; and Jacob Averill Pot-
ter, judge of the court of common pleas of
Merrimack county.
(I) The first to whom the New Hampshire
family is definitely traced was Anthony Potter,
of Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he is found
of record in 1648. He was born 1628, in
STATE OF MAINE.
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England. It is claimed by some authorities
that he was a son of Robert Potter, of Lynn,
but no records are found to bear this out. His
first home was on the north side of the river,
near the stone mill, in a house built and oc-
cupied at first by Major General Daniel Den-
nison. In 1664 he was owner of a share and
a half in Plum, and other property, and the
records show sales of lands by him in 1660-
61. In July, 1653, he was '"presented," be-
cause his wife wore silk, but was able to
prove himself worth two hundred pounds and
discharged. This and his various purchases
and sales of land show him to have been a
man of means. He had a farm on the Salem
road, about one mile southwest of the village
of Ipswich, one of the best in t<jwn, extend-
ing north to the river, and was successful in
the cultivation of fruit. He died early in
1690, his will being dated December 28, 1689,
and proved March 26, following. His wife,
Elizabeth \^^^ipple, was born 1629, daughter
of Deacon John and Sarah Whipple. She
survived her husband until March 10, 1712.
In i6q9 she presented to the First Church of
Ipswich a silver cup which is still among its
possessions. The inscription on her tomb-
stone includes this brief verse :
"a tender mother '
a prudent wife r-
at God's command
resigned her life." f.
Her children were : John, Edmund, Samuel,
Thomas, Anthony, Elizabeth and Lydia.
(II) Samuel, third son and child of An-
thony and Elizabeth (Whipple) Potter, was
born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1656,
and died in 1714, in that town. He married
(first) Joanna Wood, born 1661, daughter of
Isaac and Mercy (Thompson) Wood; (sec-
ond) Ruth Dun'ton, whom he married April
18, 1692. She died before December 4, 1705,
on which date he married Sarah Burnett,
widow of Robert Burnett. Children of first
marriage : David, Sarah, Joanna, Samuel,
Thomas, Elizabeth and Henry. Of the sec-
ond there were, namely, Anthony, Esther and
Ezekiel ; the second died in infancy, as did
probably the first, since he is not mentioned in
his father's will. The children of the third
marriage were Esther, Lydia and Abigail.
(III) David, eldest child of Samuel and
Joanna (Wood) Potter, was born March 27,
1685, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died
after 1714. He married, in 1710, Mary Mer-
riam, of Lynn; children: Alexander, James
and William.
(IV) William, youngest child of David and
Marv (Merriam) Potter, was born about
1715, in Ipswich, removed to Topsham, Maine,
about 1736, and died at the latter place March
9, 1747. He married Catharine Mustard;
children: James, .Mexander, John, David,
Joseph, Matthew, Samuel and William.
(V) Lieutenant John, third son of William
and Catharine (Mustard) Potter, was born
April 28, 1736, at Topsham, Maine, and died
February 11, 1792. He joined the revolu-
tionary army under General Washington at
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was made
lieutenant. He married Sarah, daughter of
Charles and Ann Snipe ; children : Nancy,
Catharine, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Martha,
Jane, Mary, Charles, Joseph and George.
(VI) William (2), eldest son of John and
Sarah (Snipe) Potter, was born July 16,
1765, at Georgetown, Maine, and died there
May 30, 1831. He married Mary, daughter of
Jeremiah and Jane Pattee, born 1767, died
1832; children: David, Margaret, Charles,
John, Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, Catharine,
Susanna Stewart, Jane, William, Woodbury
H., and Jeremiah P., all horn at Georgetown.
(VII) William (3), fourth son of William
(2) and Mary (Pattee) Potter, was born Jan-
uary 17, 1805, at Georgetown, Maine, and
died July 22, 1879. He married (first) in
1833, Jane M., daughter of Richard and Jane
Morse, who was born in 1814 and died in
1834, and their one child, Alden Morse, born
February 14, 1834 ,at Arrowsic, Maine, mar-
ried Anne E. Goodwin. He married (sec-
ond) Pamelia, daughter of John antl Joanna
Gilmore, of Woolwich, Maine, born in 1818;
children: Jane Morse, born April i, 1840,
married Edwin W. Street; Edwin Augustus;
Captain John Gilmore, a shipmaster, born
January 25, 1845, married Lena Brown;
William Frederick, born August 28, 1848,
married Annie E. Youland ; Ellen Maria, born
November 11, 1850; Sarah Lilly, born Sep-
tember 3, 1856, married James G. Dunning.
(VIII) Edwin Augustus, eldest son of
William (3) and Pamelia (Gilmore) Potter,
was born September 18, 1842, at Arrowsic,
Maine, and received his education in the pub-
lic schools. LTntil he reached the age of thirty
he was connected with his father's lumbering
and shipbuilding business at Bath, Maine, Init
since that time he has embarked ujion various
enterprises on his own account, in all of which
he has met with more than ordinary success.
His first venture was in 1872, when he estab-
lished at Chicago, Illinois, a branch house of
French & Company, dealers in china and glass-
ware, later incorporated as French & Potter
Company, under which name the firm did bus-
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STATE OF MAINE.
iness until 1890. Though having a residence
in Chicago, Mr. Potter spent considerable time
between 1879 and 1889 in Idaho and other
western states, where he was extensively in-
terested in lands, and in 1889 became a mem-
ber of the firm of Lyon, Potter & Company.
The same year he became one of the original
stockholders, later one of the directors of the
American Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago,
of which institution he has been president
since 1898. Mr. Potter is a Republican, and
a member of the Episcopalian church. lie be-
longs to several clubs — the Chicago, Union
League, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian and
Kenwood, and is ex-president of the last
named. He was at one time inspector of rifle
practice of the Illinois State Militia, and held
the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He has for
manv years been a member of the Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, having joined
Solar Lodge, at Bath, Maine. Mr. Potter
married, October 15, 1873, Harriet, daughter
of Alfred and Mary (Smith) Berry; Alfred,
son of General Joseph Berry, of Georgetown,
Maine, married Mary White, daughter of
Captain John White, of Phipsburg, a descend-
ant of Deacon John White, who came from
England to Massachusetts about 1625. Ed-
win A. and Harriet (Berry) Potter have
children as follows: i. William Chapman,
born October 16, 1874, graduate of Boston
School of Technology, is a mining engineer,
and lives at Aguascalientes, Mexico, where he
is employed as general manager of the Amer-
ican Smelting Company of Mexico. He mar-
ried, October, 1901, Caroline, daughter of
Hon. Paul Morton, ex-Secretary of the Navy,
and they have children : Jean, born Decem-
ber 31, 1903, and Charlotte, born in 1905. 2.
Edwin A. Potter Jr., born August 11, 1877,
graduate of Michigan University, Ann Arbor.
ATichigan ; is assistant manager of the bond
department of the American Trust & Sav-
ings Bank. 3. Gertrude, born July 12, 1879,
married May, 1905, W. Roland Cox, of Den-
ver, Colorado, and they have one child, Har-
riet, born in May, 1908.
(For first generation see Philip Towle I.)
(II) Caleb, eighth son of Philip
TOWLE and Isabella (Austen) Towle,
was born at Hampton, New-
Hampshire, May 14, 1678, and died in
Chester, New Hampshire, September 20,
1763. He was a member of the society formed
for the purpose of settling the Chestnut
County, and was made a member of the com-
mittee to manage the afifairs of the societv and
of the committee to lay out town lots. As
a pioneer settler of the town of Chester, he
was one of the grantees of the right to erect
the first saw mill and this valuable franchise
he left his share to his sons Anthony and
I'Vancis. He married, April 19, 1697, Zip-
porah, daughter of Anthony and Susanna
(Drake) Brackett, born September 28, 1680,
died August 14, 1757. Their children were:
Philip, born August 18, 1698, married Lydia
Dow, and died I'ebruary 15, 1785; Elizabeth.
December 9, 1699, '"^Ticd josiah, son of
Thomas Brown; Caleb, May 9, 1701, married
January, 1729, Rebecca, daughter of James
Prescott, and had children : .\nna, Elisha,
Mary, James and Caleb; Anthony, April 30,
1703, married Sarah, daughter of Morris
Hobbs, and settled in Chester, where were
born their children : Reuben, Samuel. Jona-
than, Phineas, Morris, Brackett, Sarah, Simon,
Mary and Anthony; Zachariah, August 13,
1705, married Anne Godfrey and died August
5, 1787; Matthias, born August 13, 1707, died
before September 16, 1764; Jeremiah, Decem-
ber 5, 1709, married (first) Hannah Dear-
born, and (second) Sarah Tuck, died Novem-
ber 7, 1800; Francis, January 13, 1711-12,
married, June 4, 1738, Judith Sargent, of
Chester, settled in tliat town where their chil-
dren: Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Zipporah
and Francis, were born ; Hannah, March 28,
1714; Nathaniel, May 25, 1716 (q. v.) and
Samuel, September 9, 1722, died May 14,
1736. The names of the nine sons of Caleb
Towle were remembered as : "Philly, Clialey,
Anty, Zach. Thias. Jerny Frank and Xat anti
long-legged Sam."
(HI) Nathaniel, eighth son of Caleb and
Zipporah (Brackett) Towle, was born in
Hampton, New Hampshire, May 25, 1716.
He married, September 17, 1740, Lydia Til-
ton, who bore him nine children, their home
being on the "Towle road" in a house located
a little north of the present Towle homestead,
where Samuel A. Towle was living in 1893.
The mother died in October, 1800, aged eigh-
ty-two years, and the father died April 9,
1803. Children: Elizabeth, baptized Novem-
ber 29, 1741, died single, April 19, 1785; Jo-
siah, January 16, 1743, died the same year ;
Huldah, May 13, 1744, died 1746; Josiah,
baptized August 11, 1745, married Hannah
Towle, died July 21, 1817; Jabez, baptized
April 5, 1747 (q. v.) ; Daniel, baptized June
n, 1749, died 1754: Huldah, baptized June
9, 175 1, died 1754; Zipporah, baptized May
27, 1753, married Robert Drake, died July 16.
1828; Lydia, baptized June 8, 1755, married
STATE C)l' MAINE.
221 1
Lieutenant John Levering, died in North
Hampton, August 15, 1829.
(IV) Jabez, third son of Nathaniel and
Lydia (Tilton) Towle, was born in Hampton,
New Hampshire, and baptized April 5, 1747.
He married, January 6, 1778, Sarah, daughter
of Samuel and Lydia (Moulton) Garland, of
Hampton, New Hampshire. She was born
January 4. 1754, and died November 17, 1829.
They lived in the Towle homestead, and had
five children, all sons: Samuel, born Decem-
ber 9. 1778. married Fanny Jenness, died De-
cember 20, 1852; Daniel, December 28, 1780,
was selectman of the town sixteen years, and
died unmarried, November 17, 1843; Na-
thaniel, February 14, 1783 (q. v.) ;" Jabez,
April 19. 1785, married Elizabeth Dow", died
June 6, 1847, '" Hampton, while residing in
the mansion built by General Jonathan Moul-
ton; Jonathan, born about 1799, died unmar-
ried, March 5, 1832.
(V) Nathaniel (2). third child of Jabez
and Sarah (Garland) Towle, was born in the
homestead at Hampton, New Hampshire. Feb-
ruary 14, 1783. He married, about the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century, Esther
Davis, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and
they had three sons and three daughters.
(VI) Nathaniel M., son of Nathaniel (2)
and Esther (Davis) Towle, was born in Ep-
ping. New Hampshire, and married Mary
Bacon, of Freeport, Maine, and they made
their home in Kennebunk, Maine.
(\'II) George Bacon, son of Nathaniel ,M.
and Mary (Bacon) Towle, was born in Ken-
nebunk, Maine, September 25, 1837. He was
prepared for college at the public schools of
Saco, Maine, and matriculated at Bowdoin
College in 1854, graduating A. B. 1858. He
adopted the profession of pedagogue after he
had studied law in the office of Rauncy &
Morse, in Boston, and had served as assist-
ant secretary of the Boston Board of Trade,
wdiich office he accepted before completing his
law course. He was a frequent contributor
of articles on commercial subjects that came
within his personal notice and investigation
while secretary of the Board of Trade, which
appeared regularly in the Boston Post during
the editorial connection of Colonel Greene
with that newspaper, and he continued to re-
side in Boston up to the time of the great fire
in 1872. This incident in the history of the
city determined his taking up his chosen pro-
fession, and he was master of the high school
at Midway. Massachusetts, and superintendent
of the public schools of the town, 1872-84.
He was next head-master of St. Paul's school.
Salem, Washington county, New York, 1884-
87; principal of the Mount Morris School for
Boys, New York City, 1888-91 ; in 1892 he
was elected head-master of the Trinity Church
School, New York City, founded in 1709 and
conducted by the corporation of Trinity
Church, the school house being at No. 90
Trinity Place. He is a member of the Chester
Club of New York City, and of Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church. Plis ])olitical
faith is that pronuilgated by the Democratic
party, but he is in no active connection with
any jiarty organization. He married, Decem-
ber 15. 1886. Mary Louisa, daughter of Will-
iam N. and Susan B. Haskell, of Medway,
Massachusetts, and after the death of his wife
he married (second) Laura .Stevens, of Staten
Island, New York. Not having children of
his own, both Mr. and Mrs. Towde give to the
boys of Trinity Church school the whole of
their love and devotion, without discrimina-
tion or favoritism, as their great family of boys
are continually growing up and going out
into the world, while equally attractive ones
are periodically taken into their home, and by
this means become the better fitted for life's
battle in which they were just entering.
This family is of Dutch extrac-
BOGART tion, the name originally being
spelled Bogaert. They were
among the best of the good old Dutch settlers
of New Amsterdam early in the seventeenth
century, and one of the family was one of the
founders of Albany, New York. During the
revolution some of the descendants moved
with other loyalists to Nova Scotia; Cornelius
and Thennis settled there in Annapolis county,
at Lower Granville. The name of the wife of
Cornelius is not learned, but he had several
children, among whom were sons Luke and
.Abraham. The latter married (first) in
1810, Alice P>rown. and (second) in 1819.
Rachel Bent. Abraliam and Alice had a son
Cornelius, born in 181 1, who married .Mice
Bent, in 1835. It is not recorded that they
removed to Maine, but it is quite possible, as
dates are consistent and the name Cornelius
seems to prevail in this line, that they left
Nova Scotia and were the parents and grand-
parents of the following :
( II) George Alpheus, youngest son of Cor-
nelius and Alice (Bent) Bogart. was born in
Hampden, Maine, Julv 17, 1836. His occu-
pation has been that of carpenter. He is con-
nected with the Baptist church, and in politics
is a Republican and Prohiliitionist. He mar-
ried, in 1856. Eliza Foster, of Chester, Con-
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STATE OF MAINE.
necticut. Children : Emma Eliza ; Addie,
married Emmons ; George Arthur,
who married January i, 1893. Susan Tracy
Leete, and had two children : Bessie and
Susan ; Fred Hanson Hammond.
(Ill) Fred Hanson Hammond, son of
George A. and Eliza (Foster) Rogart, was
horn in Chester. Connecticut. Januarv 16.
1877.
He was educated at the district school
of Chester, the high schools of Deep River
and Middleton, Connecticut, and the Uni-
versity of Maine, Orono, Maine. On his
graduation from college he entered the auto-
mohile husiness as machinist with the Knox
Auto Company, and later filled the position
of draftsman with the same firm. His ne.xt
engagements were as draftsman with the
Electric Vehicle Company, chief draftsman
Bristol Motor Car Company, chief engineer
Corbin Motor X'ehicle Company. Mr. Bogart
then organized an auto business which was
incorporated April, 1905, when he was cho.sen
vice-president and manager. He is a Repub-
lican and an Odd Fellow, a member of Webb
Lodge, No. 81, I. O. O. F. He married. Oc-
tober 15. igo2. at Salem, Massachusetts,
Florence Rogers, daughter of Captain and
Lucy (Very) Powers, who was born Feb-
ruary 24, 1877. Her father was a sea captain
in the East India trade, and served in the
navy during the civil war. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Bogart were: George Wil-
fred, born January i, 1906, and Gerald, Feb-
ruary 28, 1907.
The surname Hatch of ancient
HATCH Fnglish origin is common in
England and .America. No less
than six pioneers of this family, some of them
doubtless nearly related, came to Massachu-
setts before 1650. Thomas Hatch, of Barn-
stable, had the tmique distinction of owning
an "instrument cabled a violin," mentioned in
the inventory of his estate, dated May 27,
t66i, though Hatch had been dead since be-
fore June 14, 1646. Several of the first set-
t'ers went to Cape Cod — in fact, all of them
seem to have settled there cvcntuallv.
« (I) Philip Hatch, immigrant ancestor of
the Maine family, was born in England about
1600. According to his own deposition made
July 6, 1660. he was living in 1638 (twenty-
two years before) with John Winter, when
Winter and Trelawny mowed the marsh
grass on both sides of the Swurrumke river
at Spurwink. This land was subsequently
conveyed to Ambrose Boden bv Robert Jor-
dan, and the title was attacked. Philip Hatch
married Patience . He was a fi'-her-
man. He mortgaged his property at York.
July 18, 1663, to Captain Bryan Pendleton,
of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This mort-
gage was subsequently released by James
Pendleton, son and heir of Bryan. He bought
his homestead November 2t,. 1648, of George
Parker, "house out-houses and field enclosed"
in .\gamenticus (York), adjoining William
Dixie. His widow, some years after his death,
made an agreement with Henry Simpson. Au-
gust II, as to her occupancy of land in York.
He had one .son Samuel, mentioned below.
Perhaps other children, including the wife of
Henry Simpson.
(in Samuel, son of Philip Hatch, was bom
about I'l.so, in York. He boutjht a home-
stead of three hundred acres May 30. 1684,
beyond the Ogunquit river, and three acres
near Wheelwright's Neck, in Wells, of Mary
P.olles. The history of \\'ells states that he
came there about 1670. The town granted to
him, Daniel Littlefield and William Frost, lo-
cation for a mill on the L^pper Falls of Little
river, and in 1699 gave them one hundred
acres at the head of the lots first laid out. He
petitioned for the abatement of taxes after
the Indian wars. He left the homestead to
his son Joseph. His will was dated February
7, 1740. He was over ninety years old at the
time of his death. He bought of Caleb Kim-
hall. July ID, 1710, one hundred acres in
Wells, laid out to Joseph Credifer; he bought
of Ezekiel Knight and wife December 1 1 ,
1712, fifty-two acres between Webhannet
river and the town commons, half meadow
and marsh on the Webhannet, in Wells. Sam-
uel Hatch, David Littlefield and Joseph Hill
and Jonathan Littlefield" divided two hundred
acres with water powder, fulling mill and saw
mill adjoining Merry land marshes in Wells.
Samuel Hatch. Joseph Hill and David Little-
field deeded to George Butland, .April 21,
1710, land bounded by land granted originally
to Samuel Hatch, William Frost and David
Littlefield. Llatch deeded a hundred acres of
land on the north side of the Ogimquit river
at Wells, .April 26, 1701 : also exchanged lands
at Wells, March 29, 1721, with John EI-
dridgc. He was then called "senior." Chil-
dren: I. Bcthiah. 2. Benjamin, to whom his
father deeded land at Wells, adjoinins: land
of Samuel Emery, September 20, 1718, ac-
knowledgment dated May 13, 1719. (York
Deeds ix, p. 167.) 3. Jemima. 4. Samuel. 5.
Joseph, mentioned below. 6. John. 7. Eu-
nice. 8. Phillip.
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STATE OF MAINE.
2213
(III) Joseph, son of Samuel Hatch, was
born about 1689-90 in Wells, Maine.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Hatch,
was born in 1710; died March 9, 1752, aged
forty-two years. He married Jerusha ,
who died January 3, 1776. (See p. 247, "His-
tory of York County," for lineage as given.)
His son Joseph removed to Kennebunk,
Maine, after the revolution. His wife Teru-
sha died January 3. 1776, aged sixty-four.
Children: i. Lemuel, mentioned below. 2.
Joseph. 3. Joshua, married Susannah Heath ;
he was killed July 7, xj"/"/. at Ticonderoga;
children : i. Ann. married Joseph Wood-
cock: ii. Joseph, born October 10, 1766;
iii. Abigail, died unmarried February 15,
1752; iv. Jotham, died March 14, 1794;
V. Elizabeth ; vi. Samuel ; vii. Mary ;
viii. Alary Johnson ; ix. Susanna ; Joshua was
a soldier in the revolution.
(V) Lemuel, son of Joseph (2) Hatch, was
born about 1740; owned a pew in the church
at Wells in 1769.
(\T) , son or nephew of Lemuel
Hatch, lived in Wells, Maine. Children: i.
Elijah, born 1804; mentioned below. 2. Levi.
3. Lemuel. 4. .Simon. 5. Benazia.
(\'I1) Elijah Hatch was born in Wells,
Maine, in 1804. He settled in Lyman, Maine,
where he died in 1873. aged sixty-nine years
nine months. He married Frances Kane. He
was educated in the common schools and
learned the wheelwright's trade. He was also
a farmer. Children: i. Charles P., men-
tioned below. 2. Alvah L., lives at West Ken-
nebunk. Maine.
(VIII) Charles P., son of Elijah Hatch,
was born in Lyman, Maine, December 25,
1868. He was educated in the common schools
of Portland. He attended a night school and
a business college later. He was clerk for
three years in the law office of Mr. Mear, and
during that time studied stenography. In
1887 he became cashier and bookkeeper in the
office of the Maine Mutual Accident Associa-
tion. In January, 1889, he resigned to be-
come assistant bank examiner, with offices at
Buckfield, under Flon. George D. Bisbee, and
continued in this office after Mr. Bisbee was
succeeded by Charles R. Whitten, in August,
1892, until January, 1893, when he was ap-
pointed national bank examiner for the state
of Maine. He resigned this office in May,
1903, to become auditor and accountant of the
International Paper Company of New York.
He resigned later to accept the appointment of
state auditor, a new office, which he has filled
with ability and credit to the present time.
Mr. Hatch is a member of Evening Star
Lodge of Free Masons ; of Buckfield Chap-
ter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Portland Coun-
cil, Royal and Select Masters: of Portland
Commandery, Knights Templar ; and Kora
Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Ilewiston ; of the
Maine Society of New York; of the Under-
writers' Club of New York. He married,
1892, Helen Louise Morrill, of Buckfield,
Maine.
Edmund Goodenough,
GOODNOUGH Goodenow or Good-
now, with his wife Anne
and two sons, John and Thomas, aged three
and one years, and a servant named Richard
Sanger, aged nineteen, made up one of the
families among the one hundred and ten pas-
sengers "great and little" of the "goode
shipp the 'Confidence' of London," that sailed
from Southampton, England, April 11. 1638,
of which passengers twenty-eight are recorded
as having settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Bay Colony, and formed the nucleus of the
future tow'n set off from common land known
as "The New Plantation by Concord," and es-
tablished with church and town government
September 4, 1639. Captain Edmund Good-
enow. Lieutenant Jonah Haynes, John Good-
enow, John Bingham and Joseph Freeman
constituted the committee appointed by the
general court of ^Massachusetts Colony to pur-
chase from the Indians the land so occupied.
On the same ship and among the list of pas-
sengers are given the names of John Good-
enow. of Semley. Wiltshire, a member of the
committee named above, and his brother,
Thomas Goodenow, of Shasbury, both prob-
ably brothers of Ecfmond. With the brothers
came their families, and as Edmond's two
sons were named John and Thomas, some con-
fusion has resulted in the tracing of the vari-
ous lines of descent, the proverbial "three
brothers" causing the confusion.
(I) Edmund Goodnow was a yeoman and
an original proprietor of the town of Sudbury
in 1639. ^^^ XaoV the freeman's oath May 13,
1640. In the history of the town he is named
on records of 1648 as having been named with
W'illiam Brown to direct the building of a
pound, so necessary in the new towns to pro-
tect the fields and gardens of the settlers from
the strav cattle owned by their neighbors, but
not properly fenced in so as to do no damage.
His taxable estate in the town of Sudbury
was twenty-four acres, and for his services as
deputy to the general court he received an
additional six acres of upland and five acres
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STATE OF MAINE.
of meadow land, and his son in 165 1 was em-
ployed to beat the drum twice every election
day, and twice every forenoon and twice every
afternoon upon the Lord's Day to give notice
of church services, and for this the town paid
Edmond Goodnow twenty shillings annually.
The records of 1654 named Edmund Goodnow
and Thomas Noyes and William Kerley as
having been apjiointed b\ the general court as
commissioners to lay out a highway towards
Lancaster, through Sudbury. Edmund Good-
now was selectman of the town 1641 ; deputy
to the general court of Massachusetts Bay
Colony 1645 and 1650: commissioner to try
and determine small matters of dispute, in
1661. -Xs leader in the militia company and
lieutenant of the train band he. during the ab-
sence in England of Captain Pelham, was in
command of the bands. He removed to Marl-
borough, which had been organized as a town
May 31, 1660, through the efforts of inhabit-
ants of Sudbury. Among the original peti-
tioners to the general court in May, 1656, is
named Thomas Goodnow, and the English
plantation thus created was called Whip-
enfTeradge, from the Indian hill Whipsuf-
fenecke, and contained 29.419 acres. The pro-
prietors of the English plantation met Septem-
ber 25, 1656, and in 1660 thirty-eight house
lotc. incluoing one for the minister and one
for the smith, were set ofT and confirmed to
their several proprietors, these grants taking
up IcFS tban one thousand acres of the town-
shi]). The balance of the lanrl known as com-
mons was left subject to future grants.
Thornas Goodnow was one of the first select-
men, nnd Rev. William Brimsmead their first
minister. The town records between the first
settlement and April 27, 1699, are missing,
and we fail to find any official record of Ed-
mund Goodnow as a resident of the town, but
it if claimed that he settled on a lot on North
street, east of the meeting house, and next to
one of John Haynes. Edmund Goodnow died
/pril :;, 1688. and was buried in the Sudbury
b--rving rround beside his wife, who died
May 9, 1675. The Sudbury church records of
•he children of Edmund and .-\nne Goodnow
is as follows: John, born in England. 1635;
Thomas: Hannah. November 28, 1639, mar-
ries', April, 1656, lames Pendleton": Mary,
August 2=;. 1640: Sarah. March 17, 1642-43,
married John Kettell : Joseph, Julv 19, 1645;
Edmund, married Dorothy Maiin.
(II) John, son of Edmund and Anne Good-
now, was born in Dunkead. Weltshirc, Eng-
land, in 1635, and was brought as an infant to
Ma^^achusetts Bay Colony in the ship "Con-
fidence" in 1638. He was brought up in town
of Sudbury, of which he was a citizen, to the
age of thirty-eight before he could take part
in the government of the town. He was a
farmer, and in 1636 married Mary Axtell. He
was made a freeman in 1673, and March 26,
1677, Peter King, Thomas Reed Sr., John
Goodnow, Joseph Freeman and Jonathan
Smith were granted liberty to build a saw mill
on Upper Hop brook, above Peter Noyes's
corn mill, at a place viewed by a committee
of the town, which if they do they are to have
twenty tons of tiinber and earth for the dams.
Mary (Axtell) Goodnow died in Sudbury,
April 14, 1704, and her husband died August
6, 1721. Children: Hannah, married James
Smith: Mary, Edmund. Sarah, Sarah, Eliza-
beth, married Joseph Hayden ; Joseph, Eben-
ezer, Lydia, Mary, married Joseph Patterson
(her name also written Mercy).
(Ill) Jo.seph, son of John and Mary (Ax-
tell) Goodnow. was born in Sudbury. Decem-
ber I. 1674. and was brought up presumably
on his father's farm. His wife, Patience
Goodnow, died in Sudbury, February 23.
1731-32. and he died there September 3. 1758.
Children, all born in Sudbury : Martha, May
22, 1701 ; Daniel, May 24, 1703: Elizabeth,
September 1, 1704; Daniel, June 16. 1707;
Peter, February 10, 1709-10: Jonathan. .April
6. 1714.
(I\') Peter, son of Joseph and Patience
Goodnow, was born in Sudbury. February 10,
1709-10. He married Dorothy Moore, of
Sudbury, and lived in Rutland. Worcester
county, during the first year of his married
life, and their first child Jotham was born in
Rutland. August 8, 1737: Lucia, was born in
Sudbury. May 12, 1739; Jedediah, September
8. 1740; Jonas, .\pril 19, 1742; Peter Jr., July
18, 1745: Dorothy. November 3, 1747; Doro-
thy (2d), January 18, 1751 : Patience, August
24, 1752.
(V) Jonas, .son of Peter and Dorothy
(Moore) Goodnow. was born in Sudbury,
April 19. 1742. He married. January 29,
1763, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Davenport,
of Sudbury, and after the birth of their ninth
child. Jonas. February 11. 1783, they removed
to Boylston. where their children Tamor. .Au-
gustus and Joseph were born. Mary (Dav-
enport) Goodnow died at Boylston, January
3. 1826. having lived seventy-seven years, and
as a widow fifteen years. Of the children,
one or more of the sons joined the early
migrants who took up the wild lands of the
district of Maine and became the progenitor
of the numerous Goodnows in that state, and
STATE OF MAINE.
221 ;
Bowdoin College graduated of these descend-
ants as follows : John Goodenow, born in
Paris, Maine, February i, 1817, graduated
A. B., 1836, lawyer in Auburn, Maine, and
Boston, Massachusetts; Robert Goodenow,
born April 19. 1800, in Henniker, New Hamp-
shire, Honorary A. M. Bowdoin, 1836, law-
yer in Farmington, Maine, representative in
the Thirty-second Congress 1851-53, died in
Farmington, Maine, May 15, 1874; John
Holmes Goodenow, born in Alfred, Maine,
September 25, 1832, graduated A. B. 1852,
A. M. 1855, lawyer in Alfred and Saco,
Maine, president of Maine Senate 1861-62,
U. S. consul general to Constantinople, resi-
dence New York City ; Henry Clay Gardener,
born Alfred, Maine, June 23, 1834, graduated
A. B. 1853. A. iM. 1856, lawyer in Lewiston
and Bangor, Maine ; Daniel Goodenow, born
in Lewiston, Maine, December 15, 1863,
student at Bowdoin College, class of 1885,
graduate of Dartmouth A. B. 1885, M. D.
1889, physician at Alstead, New Hampshire.
A descendant of Edmund Goodnow in the
eighth generation is Jacob Nelson (joodnough
(q. v.).
(\ III) Jacob Nelson Goodnough was born
in Maine. He removed from Maine to East
Boston, Massachusetts.
(IX) Walter Scott, son of Jacob Nelson
Goodnough, was born in East Boston, Massa-
chusetts. He was educated in the public
schools of Boston, and trained himself in man-
ual exercises and in art, and is now director of
art and manual training in the public schools
of the city of New York. He married Char-
lotte Bartlett, daughter of Captain Ralph and
Martha Young. Captain Young was a cap-
tain in a Maine regiment in the civil war.
Child of Walter Sco'tt and Charlotte Bartlett
(Young) Goodnough: Howard Nelson. The
home of the family is at 135 Livingston street,
Brooklyn, New York.
The earliest known ancestors of
PIERCE the line of the Pierce family
herein traced came to this coun-
try about 1779. probably from Gloucester,
England, and settled in New Gloucester, Mas-
sachusetts. They were the parents of thirteen
children, two of whom accompanied them to
the new w'orld.
(I) Daniel Pierce, son of the ancestors
above mentioned, was born in Poland, Maine,
was reared and educated there, and in later
life followed the occupation of farming. He
married Ruth Cobb, who bore him five chil-
dren : Abigail, Samuel Atwood, mentioned
below ; Hannah. Charles and Caroline.
(II) Samuel Atwood, son of Daniel and
Ruth (Cobb) Pierce, was born at Poland,
Maine, .April 25, 1825. He was reared in his
native town, educated in the common schools,
and in April, 1851, located in Portland, same
state, where he iornicd a partnership with
Robertson Dyer in the ship stores business in
Fore street. They were burned out in the
great fire of 1866, and after the death of his
partner, .Mr. Pierce continued the business
under the name of Samuel .\. Pierce, on
Milk street; later he removed to 34 Market
street, where he is engaged at the present
time (1909), although having attained the
unusual age of eighty-four. He is a mem-
ber of the Congregational church, and a Re-
publican in politics. He married (first) at
Gorham, Maine. June 15, 1859, Lucina
Jane Elder, born in Portland, Maine, Octo-
ber 24. 1 83 1, died there April 7, 1862,
daughter of Samuel Elder, of Portland, born
1805, died 1856, and his wife, Sarah (Ayres)
Elder; granddaughter of Samuel and Nancy
( Mosher ) Elder, the former of whom was of
White Rock. Maine, born 1781. died i860;
great-granddaughter of Samuel and Hannah
(Freeman) Elder, the former of Gornam,
born 1747, died 1819, and the latter a daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Freeman, who was a son of
Major John Freeman, who was judge of
court of common pleas, took part in King
Philip's war, and was given two hundred
acres at Gorhjim for his services, and who
married Mercy Prince, daughter of Thomas
Prince, governor of Plymouth, Massachu-
setts, for many years ; great-great-grand-
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Houston) El-
der, who came from Ardmore, Ireland, 1729.
Children of Samuel A. and Lucina J. (El-
der) Pierce: George Howard, born March
17, i860, mentioned below. Infant .son who
died in 1862. Mr. Pierce married (second)
Sarah Higgins Pennell. a widow with one
daughter, Elizabeth Stanwood Pennell. Chil-
dren of Samuel A. and Sarah Higgins (Pen-
nell) Pierce: Frank Higgins. born August
16, 1866. commission grain merchant at Port-
land. John Higgins, born March 17, 1870,
graduate of Bowdoin College, 1893. .\. B. ;
member of Theta Chapter, Delta Kappa Ep-
silon ; received Brown memorial scholarships,
1890-91-92; member of Phi Beta Kappa; de-
livered oration ; student at Harvard Law
School, 1894-95; lawyer at Portland; member
of city government, 1898-1900.
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(Ill) George Howard, son of Samuel At-
wood and Lucina Jane (Elder) Pierce, was
born in Portlaml, Maine, March 17, i860. He
graduated from the Portland high school,
1877: received degree of A. B. at Bowdoin
College, 1882; member of Theta Chapter,
Delta Kappa Epsilon ; received second sopho-
more declamation prize, first prize for senior
English composition, subject : Kant and His
Contribution to Philosophy; was orator Junior
Ivv Day, senior part, marshal Commencement
Day. Bowdoin Centennial, 1902; received de-
gree of M. D. at Yale Medical College, 1886;
served as prosector in anatomy in that insti-
tution, 1885-86: and passed regents examina-
tion. University State of New York, 1893. He
practiced medicine in Danbury, Connecticut,
up to 1892. He is an ex-member of the Con-
necticut State Medical Society ; ex-secretary of
Danbury Medical Society; member of Kings
County Medical Society; member of Brooklyn
Pathological Society; medical director of
Missionary Society of Methodist Episcopal
Church ; assistant medical director of Union
Life Insurance Company of New York; med-
ical examiner of State Mutual Life Assurance
Company, Penn Mutual, Bankers' Life, John
Hancock, Prudential, Manhattan Life, Na-
tional Life of Vemiont and Sun Life of
Canada. Dr. Pierce is a member of the
State Street Congregational Church of
Portland, a member of the University Club of
Brooklyn, and a Republican in politics. He
married, in New Haven, Connecticut, October
20, 1886, Betty Raymond Keeler, born in Dan-
bury, Connecticut, August 21, 1865, and they
have one child, Jeannie Elder, born at Dan-
bury, Connecticut, April 21, 1888, educated in
the public schools of Brooklyn.
Jeremiah Keeler, ancestor of Betty Ray-
mond (Keeler) Pierce, participated in the bat-
tle of Ridgefield, being then a lad of about
seventeen. His young spirit then became kin-
dled with patriotic fever, and thenceforth he
entered boldly into the service of his country.
Joining the Continental army he quickly rose
to the position of orderly sergeant in the Light
Infantry under Lafayette. He was often
called upon to perform hazardous and im-
portant service requiring skill and judgment,
and for his bravery on one occasion was pre-
sented with a sword by General Lafayette.
During the last days of the siege of York-
town two redoubts greatly annoyed the men at
w-ork in the trenches by a flanking fire. It
was determined to capture the redoubts by
assault. This duty was entrusted to the Amer-
ican Light Infantry under Lafayette, and Ser-
geant Keeler was among the foremost in
scaling the breastworks. Sergeant Keeler
witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis, and
after the disbandment of the army in 1783 he
returned to Ridgefield on foot, using the
sword presented to him by Lafayette as a
cane. The lower part of the leather scabbard
was worn out in the long homeward tramp.
The sword and scabbard are carefully pre-
served. Upon reaching Ridgefield he settled
a few hundred yards beyond the Westchester
line, in the town of Lewisboro, wdiere in 1788
he built himself a house in which he passed the
remainder of his days. He was the father of
twelve children.
Timothy Keeler, grandson of Jeremiah
Keeler, and father of Betty Raymond
(Keeler) Pierce, was engaged as a civil engi-
neer and in railroading. He married Harriet
Sherwood, who Ixjre him the following named
children : Thaddeus, Betty Raymond, afore-
mentioned ; Joseph \V., John, Girard.
To indulge in ancient Eng-
EMMERTON lish genealogy we can go
back to the town of Em-
berton, in northern Buckinghamshire, to find
the genesis of the name. After the battle of
Hastings the land from which Emberton in
the hundred arch deanery of Newport-Pog-
nell in Northern Buckinghamshire took its
name fell to the share of spoils allotted to the
Bishop of Constance. Paganus de Emberton
held one knight's fee as tenant of the Paga-
nells in 1168. William de Emberton, son of
Paganus, succeeded his father before 1219, as
at that date Robert de Emberton was rector
of Emberton church founded by the family.
Nicholas de Emberton was "'copellanus" of
Lavendon, a neighboring village in 1262, and
Godfrey Markham de Emberton was pre-
sented rector to Okiney cum Petsoe, a neigh-
boring town, in 1326, and w-as succeeded in
1349 by William Markham et de Emberton.
Then coming down to 1567 w-e find Robert
Emerton, carpenter of Stepney Middlesex. In
1597 Robert Emcrton's will recorded in the
archdeaconry of St. Albans, and his business
given as shoemaker. His sons were : Will-
iam. Thomas, Richard and Benedict. In 1603
Thomas Emerton, of Chauncy Lane, London,
makes his will, but appears to be childless. In
1625 the rolls of parchment containing the
record of the court of London names Sir
William Compton ct al and William Emerton
et al, as parties to a suit at law. In 1638 Ar-
thur Emerton, "lately dwelling beyond the
seas," owed Walter Boone and his wife Jo-
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anna. In 1652 Jeffrey Emmerton, of Beach-
ampton, Bucks, in his will mentions sons Rich-
ard, Jeffrey, William, Robert. In 1652 John
Emerton. of the Parish of St. Thomas South-
work, survey in his will mentions brothers :
Thomas and William. 1654 we have Michael
Emmerton, gardener, Surry. 1656, W'illiam
Emerton, yeoman. Heath. 1657, Peter Emer-
ton, husbandman, Soulbery, Bucks. 1659,
James Emberton, blacksmith. Putney. 1702,
Richard Emerton, Gentleman, London, with
sons Richard, John and Samuel, his will
signed "Emarton." 1703. Francis Emerton,
citizen and baker of London. 1710, William
Emmerton, Esquire, of the Temple, married,
in 1691, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Beale, sheriff of Kent, 1665. 1716, Thomas
Emmerton, Gentleman, of Norcott Hill, in
will, mentions brother William, but no sons.
1745. John Emmerton, Esquire, of Thromp-
ton, Nottinghamshire, mentions no sons in his
will. When or from whence the parents of
James and John Emmerton came or what re-
lationship they held to each other is not
known. It is supposed that John Emmerton,
born in Chebacco, ^lassachusetts, June 23,
1714, died in Salem, Massachusetts, April 10,
1784, and had thirteen children, all born in
Essex county, was the son of a Scotchman and
came to America as one of the soldiers of
George II, and settled in the district of Maine
and removed to Chebacco, Massachusetts,
subsequently. Having lived and married in
the same vicinity, and born, one in 1712 and
the other in 1714, it is natural to suppose they
were brothers. It is of Joseph and his tribe
of descendants that we have to deal in this
sketch, but Job had a tribe of descendants,
probably not as large, yet sufficiently numer-
ous, to occupy a prominent place. — New Eng-
land genealogy.
(I) Joseph Emmerton was born probably
in the district of Maine about 1712 and
drowned in the Chebacco river, Chebacco,
Massachusetts, September 27, 1782, in the
eightieth vear of his age. He was corporal
in Captain Foster's company at the siege of
Louisburg in 1745, and he is named at various
dates in "Craft's Journal of the Siege of Lou-
isburg." He married, January 22, 1734-35,
Rebecca, daughter of Henry Jr. and Rebecca
(Cole) Gould, and granddaughter of Henry
and Sarah (W^ood) Gould. She was born
May 2, 1716. Joseph and Rebecca (Gould)
Emmerton had ten children, all baptized in the
church at Chebacco, Essex county, Massachu-
setts, which place became known subsequently
as Essex, a village in the township of Ips-
wich, Essex county, Massachusetts, baptized
in the order following: i. John, October 19,
I735> flied before 1746. 2. Joseph, July 17,
1737, married. April 16, 1761, Lucy Somes,
died October 21, 1803. 3. Henry, September
23, 1739. 4. Mary, March 14, 1741-42. 5-
Thomas (q. v.), July i, 1744. 6. John, No-
vember 2, 1746, married, October 19, 1767,
Molly Lufkin. 7. Sarah, February 26, 1748-
49. 8. William. January 26, 1751-52, died
September 30, 1774. 9. Rebecca, July 28,
1754. ID. Oliver, January 29, 1758-59, mar-
ried. October 23, 1783, Elizabeth Andrews,
died September 3, 1804.
(II) Thomas, son of Joseph and Rebecca
(Gould) Emmerton, was baptized at Che-
bacco, Massachusetts, July i, 1744, and died
at Hebron, New Hampshire, about 1832. He
was a seaman and boasted of having eaten
bread in seventeen kingdoms, as an evidence
of his knowledge of the world as gained on
shipboard. Another family tradition illus-
trates his valor as a soldier in the .American
revolution. He was in the ranks of the troops
at Bunker Hill and there received several
buckshot wounds. His own "buck and ball"
being exhausted, he cut two buckshot with
their covering from his leg, and with a shout
of "one shot more" to his comrades, doable
loaded his musket and had another shot at
the advancing redcoats now within the Amer-
ican breastworks. One more and a less glori-
ous tradition is that in the retreat to the camp
at Cambridge after "wading over shoes in
gore" he indulged in a panniken of rum and
the heavy drought caused a troublesome hem-
orrhage from his wounds, and this incident
called forth an order from the surgeons re-
stricting the use of stimulants by the wounded.
He is on the pay rolls as private and corporal
in a company of coast guards stationed at
Gloucester in 1775-76. He sold to the Second
Parish Church of Ipswich, January 5, 1792,
a strip of land containing two square rods, be-
ing about four and a half rods long by seven
feet wide, and the remains a part of the green
in front of the Meetinghouse on the HiH. Like
his brothers he was above average stature,
and of great muscular strength. He married,
January 14, 1768, Lydia, daughter of Westley
and Deborah (Story) Burnham, born in 1745.
They lived in Hebron, New Hampshire; chil-
dren: I. Lydia, 1768, died of fever, April 25,
1774. 2. \\'illiam, said to have been at sea
in 1803. 3. Thomas (q. v.), June 15, 1773.
4. Lydia, married (first) Simeon Lovejoy,
(second) John Tucker, of Thornton, New
Hampshire. 5. Eunice, married, January 3,
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1793, Robert Biirnham. 6. Joseph, married
Priscilla Lamphier, and (second) Sarah An-
drews. 7. John, born October 18, 1787, mar-
ried Sarah Merrill, of Hebron, New Hamp-
shire.
(HI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and
Lydia (Burnham) Emnicrton. was born June
15, 1773, died at Columbia. New Hampshire,
April 12, 1848. Like his father he was a
mariner and fisherman in early life, and after
his marriage settled on a farm at Groton, New
Hampshire, which he gave to his son Ira as
a wedding gift in 1824, and he removed with
the other members of his family to Columbia,
New Hampshire. He married Rachel, daugh-
ter of Jacob Perkins. She was born at
Hebron, New Hampshire, in May, 1782, and
died at Columbia, New Hampshire, May 10.
i866. Children: i. Ira, September 24, 1800,
married Susan Kidder. 2. Ruth, July 21,
1802. married Robert S. McClure, of Groton,
New Hampshire, and died in that town. 3.
Thomas Jefferson, March 15, 1805, married
Rebecca Rogers, of Northfield. New Hamp-
shire. 4. Harvey, July 25. 1809, married
Susan Clement, of Columbia, New Hampshire,
and died September 5, 1850. 5. Jacob Per-
kins (q. v.), April 29, 181 1. 6. Joseph War-
ren, May 2, 181 5, married Elvira Fairman. 7.
Atlanta, February 19, 1817, married Parker
Fersun, and died June 10, 1844.
(IV) Jacob Perkins, son of Thomas (2)
and Rachel (Perkins) Emmerton, was born in
Groton, New Hampshire, April 29, 181 1, died
in Moscow, Maine, September 13, 1863. He
engaged in lumbering in Maine. He married,
in 1838, Susan, daughter of John and Mary
Dinsmore, of Topsham, Maine. She was born
at Topsham. January 18, 1810, and died at
Moscow, Maine, March 29. 1872. The first
four of their children were born at the Forks
of the Kennebec, and here Mr. Emmerton
cleared a farm and made his first home. He
removed to Moscow to provide his children
with school privileges, in 1846. and being fond
of reading was an oracle of information and
news t« his neighbors, who gathered at his
house to be entertained by story and song. He
was a justice of the peace and selectman, and
thus held the highest offices in the community
in which he lived. Calamity visited the fam-
ily in September, 1863, in the shape of diph-
theria, which attacked the entire familv and
three of the children died within a week.
Children: I. Thomas, April 7, 1839, married,
September, 1867, Lizzie Parlin Bassett. 2.
Susan, January 5, 184 1, lived in Lewiston,
Maine. 3. John Graves. December 3, 1842,
died of diphtheria, September 14, 1863. 4.
Andrew Dinsmore, Jime 18, 1845, died of
diphtheria, September 17, 1863. 5. Elvira
Fairman (q. v.), October 26, 1847. 6. Rachel,
May 17, 1851, married Marcelius N. Gilbert,
September 26, 1874. and died February 5,
1879. 7. Amos Warren, October 8, 1853, died
of diphtheria. September 9. 1863. 8. Clara
Atlanta, March 24. 1857, lived in Lewiston,
Maine.
(V) Elvira Fairman, daughter of Jacob
Perkins and Susan (Dinsmore) Emmerton,
was born in Moscow, Maine, October 26.
1847. She married, August 26. 1871. Clark
Robbins. son of Peleg Benson and Mary
Quimby (Robbins) Caswell. Clark Robbins
Caswell w'as born at Leeds. Maine, March 21,
1848. He was a mill engineer and master me-
chanic, employed by the Lockwood Company,
Waterville, Maine. He was in the L'nited
States naval service, 1864-67, and saw one
year active service during the civil war. the
year in w^hich the navy was largely responsible
for the conditions which brought about the
surrender of the Confederate army by effec-
tively closing the southern ports an<l render-
ing blockade running impossible. He removed
after his marriage to Winslow, Maine, where
their first child, Winfield Benson Caswell
(q. v.) was born, March 29. 1877. They then
removed to Waterville, Maine, where their
seventh child. Mary Helen, was born. The
other children of Peleg Benson and Mary
Quimby (Robbins) Caswell were: Lloyd and
Levi, older than Clark Robbins, Londall and
Nancy, younger than Clark Robbins. Peleg
Benson Caswell was a farmer at Leeds Junc-
tion, and during the winter season taught
school.
(VI) Winfield Benson, only son of Clark
Robbins and Elvira Fairman (Emmerton)
Caswell, was born in \\'inslow, Maine, March
29, 1877. He was prepared for college at the
Water\'ille high school, and w-as graduated
at the University of Maine, C. E., 1899, and
went from the l^niversity to the drafting room
of the Booth Iron Works. Bath. Maine," where
he was employed. Resigning his position, he
accepted a similar position in the Eastern
Shipbuilding Company. Groton. Connecticut.
He resigned to accept from Neafie & Levi, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a position as
draughtsman in their designing rooms. He
returned to the shipyard of the Eastern Ship-
building Company as shipyard draughtsman.
Receiving a favorable proposition from the
Perth .'Kmboy Shipbuilding Companv, Perth
Amboy, New Jersey, he accepted it, and re-
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signed to accept the position of draiiglitsman
in the engineering department of the Fore
River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy. Mas-
sachusetts. He resigned to accept the post of
hull inspector for the Southern Pacific Steam-
ship Company's Atlantic steamship lines, and
he removed to Xew York and entered into the
service of that company at their offices, Tier
No. 34, North river, JManhattan, New York
City. Mr. Caswell, while a resident of Wa-
terville, Maine, became affiliated with the Ma-
sonic fraternity, having been initiated in the
mysteries of the order through a local lodge
of W'aterville, and when he removed to New
York City, he was recognized as a true Ma-
son and admitted to the Triune Chapter. He
married, in Cambridge, ]\lassachusetts. Sep-
tember 8, 1906, Charlotte M., daughter of
Captain Theodore Lemme, of Hamburg, Ger-
man v, where Charlotte "M. was born .April 8,
1879.
(For ancestry see Stephen Hopkins I.)
(V) Isaac, son of Joseph
HOPKINS Hopkins, was born March 10,
1712-13, at Eastham. He
married, March 5, 1740, Thankful Smith, who
was dismissed to the South Church at East-
ham, December 7, 1746. Children, born at
Eastham: i. Nathan, mentioned below. 2.
Priscilla (twin), baptized September 23, 1744.
3. Thankful (twin), baptized September 23,
1744. 4. Susanna, born May 12, 1745.
(VI) Nathan, son of Isaac Hopkins, was
born about 1742, and died at Hampden,
Maine, 1810. He was a soldier in the revolu-
tion, a private in Captain Joseph Griffith's
company, Colonel John Jacob's regiment, from
June 19 to December 18, 1778; appears to
have been a prisoner of war, brought in the
prisoners' cartel "Silver Eel" from Halifa.x
to Boston, October 8, 1778. to be exchanged;
called a seaman. He settled at Hampden.
Maine. Children: i. Andrew Wilson, men-
tioned below. 2. Elisha, born March 29, 1796:
died at Carmel. ]\laine. INIay 30. 1875. Prob-
ably others.
(VII) Andrew Wilson, son or nephew of
Nathan Hopkins, was born in Frankfort,
Maine, or Hampden. He married Clementine
Curtis, of Frankfort. Children: i. Esther.
2. Andrew Wilson Jr.. mentioned below. 3.
Reuben. 4. Lafayette (twin). 5. Flavia
(twin).
(VIII) Andrew Wilson (2), son of An-
drew Wilson (i) Hopkins, was bom in
Frankfort, Maine, March 14. 1843. He was
educated in the public schools, and learned the
trade of ship-carpenter. He was a soldier in
the civil war. enlisted in Company G, Twenty-
sixth Maine \'olunteers, for nine months, and
was in the camjiaign in Louisiana. .After the
war he lived for a time in Ohio. He followed
the sea for a time, and made a voyage to
South .America. During most of his life he
has followed ship-carpentering, however. He
removed from Frankfort to Dexter, Maine, in
1903, and since then has been farming. In
politics he is a Republican, and has served the
town as treasurer of Frankfort. He is a mem-
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic. He
married, February 22, 1872, .Anne Hadley, of
Waldo, Maine, horn October 9, 1851, died
January 27, 1908. Children : Adoniram B.,
Marian Shepherd, Percival Orison, mentioned
below.
(IX) Percival Orison, son of Andrew Wil-
son (2) Hopkins, was born at Frankfort, De-
cember 6, 1874. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Frankfort, at the East Maine
Conference Seminary at Rocksport. where he
graduated in 1895. and at the Maine Medical
College, Brunswick, where he was graduated
in the class of 1901 with the degree of M. D.
He began to practice his profession at Spring-
field, Maine, and continued for three years.
.After six months in practice at Vinal Haven
he came to Phillips, Maine, February 6, 1905,
and has been in general practice there since.
He is interested in educational affairs, and
was supervisor of schools in Frankfort. He
is a member of Forest Lodge of Free Masons,
Springfield, and of Mount Abram Lodge, No.
69, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of
Phillips. He married, June 18, 1902, Mary
Sperry, daughter of Bennett and Lydia
(Bright) Sperry, of Springfield. She was a
graduate nurse of the Maine General Hos-
pital. Her father, Bennett Sperry, was born
in New Haven, Connecticut, November 25,
1828. died in Fall City, Nebraska, December
22, 1899. Her mother, Lydia (Bright)
Sperry, was born at Greekville, Maine, in
1 83 1, and is now living at Fall City, Nebra.ska.
Other children of Bennett and Lydia (Bright)
Sperry : i. Burton Sperry. married Lillie De
Wold and has one child, William Sperry ; ii.
Ulysses Grant Sperry, married Gertrude Dare
and has one son, Cliarlcs Sperry ; iii. George
Sperry had four children: Maud, Blanche
and two others. The Sperry family came
originally from Norway. Mary Sperry was
born in Hamilton. Kansas : removed to Fall
City. Nebraska, where she was educated in the
public schools. She took the course in the
State Normal School of Pennsylvania, and
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then studied nursing in the Maine General
Hospital, where she received her diploma in
1901.
Joseph Ludwig, born in 1699,
LUDWIG undertook to emigrate from
Nenderoth, in the Province of
Dietz, Germany, in June, 1753, under the aus-
pices of General Samuel Waldo, and settled
at Broad Bay, in the District of Maine, which
place in 1773 took the name of its promoter
and benefactor, and became known as Waldo-
boro. Joseph Ludwig had with him his wife,
Catherine Kline, and three children, together
with sixty other German families. While in
the English Channel the ship touched at
Cowes, Isle of Wight. There Joseph Ludwig
with several other passengers died, and they
were buried on the coast of France, and the
fatherless family with the other families, con-
tinued their journey, arriving at Broad Bay
on the coast of Maine in September, 1753. and
established a German colony. The widow
Catherine and the two sons had received a
good German education, and the families were
all Lutherans. The three children of Joseph
and Catherine (Kline) Ludwig, were born in
Nenderoth, Germany: Jacob, 1730; Joseph
Henry (q. v.) ; Catherine Elizabeth, date of
birth unknown.
(II) Jacob, eldest son of Joseph and Cath-
erine (Kline) Ludwig, was born in 1730, and
was baptized John Jacob. He came with his
mother, sister and brother to Broad Bay, Dis-
trict of Maine, in 1753, and in 1755 married
Marguerite Hilt, who came over with the
colonists. The two brothers selected farms on
opposite sides of the Madomok river, and each
became prominent in the offices of the colony
and of the town they founded, which was in-
corporated as W'aldoboro, District of Maine,
in 1773, under the direction of the general
court of Massachusetts. The brothers held all
the offices of trust and profit in the gift of
their townsmen, including town clerk, select-
man, for forty years, and both of the brothers
were delegates to the general court of Massa-
chusetts at various times. Jacob appears to
have lived in Boston, where he enlisted into
the colonial army and did service at Ticon-
deroga. Crown Point and Lake George. He
held the rank of orderly sergeant of his com-
pany, sent to Machias, Afaine, for the protec-
tion of the place. ;^e held the office of justice
of the peace up to about the time of his death,
which occurred in Walcloboro, January i,
1826. Children of Jacob and Marguerite
(Hilt) Ludwig, born in Waldoboro : Mar-
garet, 1766: Eva Catherine, 1768; Elizabeth,
1770; Joseph Henry, 1771 : Mariah Catherine,
1772; Catherine, March, 1774; Jacob, 1776.
(II) Joseph Henry, second child of Joseph
and Catherine (Kline) Ludwig, was born in
Nenderoth, Germany, in 1740, and came with
his widowed mother and brother and sister to
Broad Bay, District of Maine, when thirteen
years of age. He married, in 1771, Eliza-
beth Kaler, a member of the colony. He ex-
actly duplicated the public service rendered
by his elder brother, and they were the two
principal men of the time for forty years. It
did not devolve in either the minister, the doc-
tor or the man of great learning in the col-
ony to take part in the government of the
town, as was so common in other towns in
Massachusetts in the early days of their for-
mation, and church and state were widely '\\-
vided in this German colony. Joseph Henry
Ludwig died in Waldolwro in 1833. Children,
all born in Waldoboro: i. Jacob, married
Peggy Read; removed to Ohio in 1800. 2.
Charles, married Susan Read ; lived in Liberty,
Maine. 3. Caty, married Philip Shuman 4.
Godfrey (q. v.). 5. Polly, married Jacob
Cremer. 6. Chariot, married Samuel Fish ;
lived in Waldoboro. 7. Pegg}', married John
Moody; lived in Nobleboro, Maine. 8. Jo-
seph, married Sally Spear, and (second)
Sabra Moody. 9. James, married Jane
Cremer. 10. Peter, married Bathsheba
Clouse, and (second) Betsey Connor. 11.
John, married Sophrona Pease ; was killed by
fall of a tree. 12. Sally, born 1792; married
John Lord, a shipwright.
(III) Godfrey, second son and fourth child
of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth (Kaler) Lud-
wig, was born in Waldoboro, Maine, and mar-
ried Jane Read. He probably was a farmer,
and lived on his father's farm, as his elder
brother removed to Ohio. Qiildren of God-
frey and Jane (Read) Ludwig, born in Wal-
doboro: I. Aaron, married Catherine Wag-
ner. 2. Serina, married Thomas Wagner. 3.
Ebcnezer, married Hannah Rivers ; lived in
St. George. 4. Catherine, married Thomas
Wagner. 5. Rufus, married Mary E. Parker,
of Dixmont, Maine. 6. Eliza, married James
Mclven, of Winslow, Maine. 7. Lemuel, born
March 10, 1814; married Jane Ann Wagner,
of Belmont, .\ugust 9, 1836, and died Alarch
II, 1839. 8. .Alexander, nrarried Nancy
Bridges. 9. George (q. v.). 10. Martha,
married Nicholas Orff. 11. Godfrev, married
Rebecca Kaler ; lived in Rockport, Maine.
(lY) George, son of Godfrey and Jane
(Read) Ludwig, was born in 1817. He mar-
yawfJ ^tu
a/irce
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ried Sarah Richards, a descendant from Will-
iam Richards, the Puritan, who came from
Weymouth, England, to Weymouth, Plymouth
Colony, New England, in 1648. Children:
Samson. Faustina, Roscoe F. (q. v.), Claudius.
(V) Roscoe Fuller, son of George and Sa-
rah (Richards) Ludwig, was horn in Waldo-
boro, Alaine, September 29, 1846. He at-
tended the public schools of his native town.
When eleven years of age he removed with his
parents to Chelsea, Massachusetts, and was
graduated at the Chelsea high school, and in
i860 removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he
studied dentistry under the direction of Dr.
W. W. Alport, then the best surgeon-dentist
in Chicago. He supplemented this instruc-
tion by attending a course of lectures at the
Chicago Medical College and a full course at
Rush Medical College. He was graduated at
the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, D. D. S.,
in March, 1867, and engaged in the practice of
his profession in Chicago from that time, gain-
ing a reputation second to no dental surgeon
in the city. He patented several dental insti-
tutions ; became a founder of the Chicago
Dental College and of the University Dental
College ; and was a member of the faculty of
the Dental College of the University and of
the American Dental College before they were
absorbed by the Northwestern University. He
was sent as a delegate from the American
Dental Society of Chicago to the International
Medical Convention at Washington, D. C,
and to the one at Berlin, Germany. He served
as a soldier in the civil war for nine months
in 1862, and for one hundred da}s in the
134th Illinois \'olunteer Regiment near the
close of the war. This service secured to him
comradeship in George H. Thomas Post, G.
A. R., of Chicago. He was elected a member
of the Suburban Country Club of Chicago.
He made his home in La Grange, Illinois, a
suburb of Chicago. He married, in March,
1867. Emma Rich Scales, of Chicago : chil-
dren, born in Lagrange, Illinois, were : Ros-
cow Frost, died October 25, 1883: Daisy
Emma L., Faustina L., and Leon Eugene.
Alexander Munroe, the first of
AIL'NROE the name of whom we have
definite information, was an
•active participant at the battle of Quebec, and
subsequently came to the United States, set-
tling at Springfield, Massachusetts, from
whence he removed to Minot, Maine, where
he turned his attention to farming, and lived
there the remainder of his life. The name of
his wife was .Mary HiUcliinson, and they were
the parents of a number of children.
(II ) I])avi<l, son of .Alexander Munroe, was
born in Springfield, Massachusetts, March 11,
1777, died JJarch 16, 1827. He acquired a
practical education, and in young manhood
learned the trade of gunsmith, which line of
work he followed for a number of years. He
was an inventor of considerable note for those
days, inventing several labor devices princi-
pally used among the farmers in his neigh-
borhood, and in addition to this was a thor-
ough mechanic and a practical and successful
farmer, conducting his operations on a farm in
Minot, Maine. He married Ruth Niles, born
April 7, 1780, died September 23, 1850. Chil-
dren: I. Nathan, born March 16, 1804, died
July 8, 1866. 2. Eunice, December 5, 1805.
died March 23, 1867. 3. Mary, November 29,
1807, died July 5, 1828. 4. William, January
5, 1810. died July 6, 1878. 5. Jennet, Janu-
ary 25, i8i2, died January 19, 1892. 6. Jane,
April 26, 1814, died February 20, 1887. 7.
Nancy, January 15, 1816, died September 12,
1819. 8. Cynthia, February 24, 1818, died
September 29, 1848. 9. Noble N., December
26, i8ig, died August 26, 1886. 10. John A.,
October 13, 1821, died January 2, 1848. 11.
James, see forward.
(Ill) James, son of David and Ruth
(Niles) Munroe, was born April 8, 1826, and
is the only surviving member of the family.
He was educated in the common schools of
Minot and North Auburn. In 1839 he entered
the general store of Cyrus S. Packard, his
brother-in-law, and later went to South Paris,
Maine, where he was employed in a general
store as a clerk. In March, 1846, he was ad-
mitted to the firm of Packard & Munroe
(shoe manufacturers), consisting of Cyrus S.
Packard and Noble N. Munroe, and the busi-
ness was continued under the name of C. S.
Packard & Co. until 1855, when, on account
of failing eyesight, Mr. C. S. Packard retired
from the firm, and the business was continued
under the firm name of James IMunroe & Co.
In November, 1865. Henry M. Packard was
admitted as a partner. The business was con-
tinued until 1880, since which lime he has
practically lived retired.
He is interested in several manufacturing
industries, serving as president of the Odell
Manufacturing Company, Groveton, New
Hampshire, has interests in the Brompton
Pulp & Paper Company, Brompton, Province
of Quebec, and is a director in the Manufac-
turers' National Bank of Lewiston, Maine.
Mr. Munroe has been a liberal supporter and
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attendant of the Congregational church, and
in numerous ways has contributed to the wel-
fare and advancement of his fellow citizens.
Being a man of sound judgment and keen dis-
crimination, his advice and counsel has often
been sought by young men who were launch-
ing out upon the business world, and the same
was freely given and attended by good re-
sults. Mr. Munroe's career, both as a busi-
ness man and private citizen, is well worthy of
emulation. He married Mary E. Young, born
in Wevmouth, Massachusetts, April 30, 1830,
died February 28, 1906, daughter of Charles
P. and Elizabeth Quimby Young. Children :
I. Alice, married Fred L. Dixon, M. D., now
of Denver, Colorado, and they are the pa-
rents of three children : Mary, Edith L., Ruth
Dixon. 2. James B., of Boston, Mass.
(For ancestry see Major William Allan I.)
(Ill) George Washington, son
ALLAN of Colonel John and Mary ( Pat-
ton) Allan, was born in Cumber-
land, Nova Scotia, March 13, 1776, drowned
at sea, August 24, 1806. He married Mary
Cutts Hart, born 1779, died 1864; three chil-
dren: I. Theodore Cutts, born December 26,
1803. died 1865; married Nancy Hall and had
two children, Theodore ^L, born February,
1844, and Mary, born April, 1847. 2. John
George. April '5, 1805, died 1824. 3. Mary
Elizabeth, March 15, 1807.
(IV) Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of
(ieorge Washington 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, bom
February 10, 1828, died .\pril 30, 1900; mar-
ried Mary E. Brown. 2. Mary Ardelia. De-
cember 20, 1829, died August 8, 1849. 3-
Ann Maria, May 21, 1832, married Captain
John .Albion Davis (see Davis). 4. Theodore
Allan, May 3. 1834, died April 10, 1888. 5.
Eurilla F.lizabeth, January 8, 1838, married
Alfred Small. 6. Lucia Emily, ^lay 8, 1843,
died February 16, 187S. 7. Sarah Jeannett,
June 1 1, 1845.
The family of Rice is an old one in
RICE America, coming from England be-
fore 1640, and has spread out
throughout the United States. It has ac-
quitted itself with credit through all genera-
tions. It was identified with the pioneer
settlement of Maine, has numerous representa-
tives still in that state, and has sent abroad
sons who have retlccted credit upon their an-
cestry and nativity.
(I) Deacon Edmond Rice came from
Barkhamstead, in Hertfordshire, England,
where he was born about 1594. He was set-
tled in Sudbury, Massachusetts, before 1639,
being among the pioneers of that town, and
was appointed in the year named to look at
the plantations. He was an active, useful and
respected citizen ; served as deacon to the
church, as selectman, and was representative
to the general court in October, 1640, and
again in 1643. He was accompanied on his
arrival by his wife Thomazine and seven chil-
dren, and two more were born on their ar-
rival. She died June 13, 1654, and he married
(second) March i, 1655, Mercy, widow of
Thomas llingham, of Cambridge^ and she bore
him two chililren. Late in life he removed to
Marlborough, Massachusetts, whore he died
May 3, 1663, and his widow subsequently mar-
ried William Hunt, of that town. His chil-
dren were : Henry, Edward, Thomas,
Mathew, Samuel, Joseph, Lydia, Edmond,
Benjamin, Ruth and Anna.
(II) Henry, eldest son of Edmond and
Thomazine Rice, was a native of England,
born 1 61 7, according to a statement made by
him January 25, 1667, when he called him.self
fifty years old. He was admitted freeman in
Sudbury in 1658, and resided in that town, re-
moving late in life to Framingham. where he
died February 10, 171 1. His will had been
made nearly si.x years at this time, and was
proved nineteen days after his death. The in-
ventory of his estate footed up 527 ij<junds
II shillings. He married, in Sudbury. Febru-
ary I, 1643, Elizabeth Moore, and died .Vugust
3, 1705. Their children were: Mary, Eliza-
beth. Hannah. Jonathan. Abigail, David,
Thomasin. Rachel. Lydia and Mercy.
(HI) Jonathan, eldest son of Henry and
Elizabeth ( Moore) Rice, was born July 3,
1654, in Sudbury, and died April 12, 1725, in
Framingham. He resided some years in his
native town, and was subsequently a leading
citizen of Framingham, where he was select-
man and representative in 1711 and 1720. He
married (first) March 23, 1675. Martha
Fames, who died February 2. 1676; (second)
November i. 1677, Rebecca Watson, of Cam-
bridge, and died December 22, 1689. He mar-
ried (third) February 12, 1691, Elizabeth
Wheeler. His children were: Martha (died
young), Jonathan, David, Anna, Henry. Mar-
tha. Hezekiah. Abraham, Ezekiel. Elizabeth,
Phineas, Sarah, Richard and Abigail.
(IV) Ezekiel. sixth son of Jonathan Rice,
and child of his third wife. Elizabeth Wheeler,
was born October 14, 1700, in Sudbury, and
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22J^
spent his life in Framingham. He married
(first) June 23, 1723, Hannah Whitney, who
survived less than thirty years, and he married
(second) May 10. 1753, Prudence, widow of
David Bigelow, daughter of Joseph and Han-
nah (Provender) Pratt. Her first husband
was Ebenezer Stone, who died in 1752. She
was born September 22. 1698, and died about
1767-68. He married (third) about 1770 (in-
tentions published November 25, 1769) Mar-
garet, widow of Isaac Bond. She survived
but a short time, and he married (fourth)
January 8, 1772. at Sherborn, Ruth Chapin.
His children were : Ezekiel. John, James,
Hannah, Daniel, Richard. Martha, Urial and
Moses.
(V) Richard, fifth son of Ezekiel and Han-
nah (Whitney) Rice, was born October 20.
1730, in Framingham, and died at Natick,
Massachusetts, January 24, 1793. He mar-
ried, January 16, 1755, Sarah Drury, born De-
cember 8, 1734. After the death of her hus-
band she removed with her son James to
Union, Maine, where she was a member of
the church, and died March 28, 1821, in her
eighty-seventh year. They had two children :
Martha and James. The former became the
wife of Samuel Gammage.
(VI) James, only son of Richard and Sarah
(Drury) Rice, was born June 24, 1758, in
Natick, and resided there till after his chil-
dren were born. About 1806 he removed to
Union, Maine, and became a member of the
church there in 1808. He was elected to sev-
eral offices in that town, and died there April
3, 1829, in his seventy-first year. He mar-
ried, June I, 1780, Sarah Perry, of Natick,
born October 25, 1760, died September 28.
1823, in Union. Children: Sarah and Na-
than D.
(VII) Nathan D., only son of James and
Sarah (Perry) Rice, was born in Natick, Au-
gust 29, 1784, and was about twenty-two years
old when he removed with his father to
Maine. He endured the hardships of poverty
and a struggle with the wilderness in a cold
country, and became one of the substantial
farmers in his section of the state. He mar-
ried (first) February 10, 1806, Deborah,
daughter of ^iajor Barzillia and Deborah
(Cushman) Banister, of Framingham, Massa-
chusetts. She was born there June 9, 1786,
and died November i, 1845. Major Banister
was a son of Joseph and Mary Banister, of
Brookfield, Massachusetts, the former a son of
Joseph, of Brookfield. who was born 1765,
son of Christopher and Jane (Goodwin) Ban-
ister, of Marlborough. Nathan D. Rice mar-
ried (second) March 5, 1851, Abby M., widow
of Joseph D. Emery, of Augusta, Maine. His
children were : Harriet, Albert Perry, Rich-
ard Drury, Nathan F., James Banister, Sarah.
Cyrus Cushman, Elisha Esty, Lyman Lyon,
Evaline and .Anna Maria.
(VIII) Richard Drury, second son of Na-
than D. and Deborah (Banister) Rice, was
born April 11, 1810, in Union, and remained
there until sixteen years of age, when he was
apprenticed to the printing business at Thom-
aston, Maine. He was subsequently engaged
in that employment at Exeter, New Hamp-
shire, and also at Boston, Massachusetts. He
then pursued a course of classical studies at
the academy in China, Maine, under the tui-
tion of Hon. John B. Pitkin, and soon after
became proprietor and editor of the Maine
Free Press at Hallowell. This was an anti-
Masonic paper, and continued for several
years at that place. Mr. Rice removed to Au-
gusta in 1836, and established a bookstore in
the Whitwell Block, and sold out four years
later. In the meantime he pursued the study
of law under the teaching of Hon. James W.
Bradbury, United States senator from Maine,
and in 1840 was admitted to practice. He im-
mediatelv entered into partnership with Sen-
ator Bradbury, and engaged actively in the
practice of his profession. From 1844 to 1848
he was editor of The Age, the leading TDemo-
cratic newspaper of Maine, in connection with
his law practice. In the last-named year he
was appointed by Governor Dana to the bench
of the court of common pleas for the middle
district of Maine, and held this position about
four years, when he was promoted to asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court. During
eleven years he retained this position, but he
resigned December i, 1863, to engage in the
railroad business, becoming president of the
Portland & Kennebec Railroad Company, and
active manager of its affairs.
He married (first) April 12, 1836, Anne R.
Smith, of Hallowell, who died June 15, 1838:
(second) November 18, 1840, Almirah E.
Robinson. There was a son born of the first
marriage, Albert Smith (see forward) ; and
a daughter of the second, Abby Emery, born
May 18, 1842, in Augusta, died February 12,
1868, in California. She married, September
17, 1863, Captain Samuel Dana, U. S. A., who
served throughout the great rebellion and at
its close was stationed at California. His
wife's remains were brought to Augusta and
deposited in Forest Grove Cemetery. Chil-
dren : Elsie Winchester, and George Mur-
ray.
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STATE OF MAINE.
(IX) Albert Smith, only son of Hon. Rich-
ard D. and Anne (Smith) Rice, was born
April 4, 1837, in Augusta, and attended the
public schools of that city, where he was fitted
for college. He was a member of the class of
1856 in Bowdoin College, but did not complete
the course. He took up the study of law at
Rockland, and was admitted to the bar. He
settled first in Union, whence he removed to
Rockland, and was elected register of probate
for Knox county, which office he filled for
four years. In 1868 he was elected county
attorney for the same county, and continued in
practice there until 1885, when he retired. He
died in that town in February, 1899. He was
representative two terms from Rockland, and
was at one time president of the State Bar
Association of Maine. He was an attendant
of the Congregational Church, and in political
principles a Democrat. He married May 30,
1861, Frances W. Baker, daughter of Judge
Henry Knox Baker, of Hallovvell ; children :
Richard. Henry. Margaret, Merwyn .\p.
Thomas B.. and Frances and Ellen Adele.
The first daughter died in infancy, as did also
three sons. The second daughter is the wife
of Carlton Farwell Snow, a retired lieutenant
of the United States Navy. The youngest
daughter is married, and resides at various
times with her brothers and sister. The elder
of the surviving sons resides in Lynn. Mass.
(X) Merwyn Ap Rice, second son of Al-
bert Smith and Frances W. (Baker) Rice, was
born November 8. 1867, at Rockland, Maine,
and was prepared for college at Phillips Exe-
ter .\cademy, from which he was graduated
in 1886. He immediately entered Bowdoin
College, from which institution he was gradu-
ated in 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. For the succeeding two years he was a
student of the Columbia Law School. New
York City, and was admitted to the bar in
1892. in Rockland, Maine, and practiced there
for the succeeding seven years. In September.
1899, 1^^ removed from New York City and
became a member of the law firm of Hubbard
& Rice. Five years later he engaged in the
brokerage business, becoming partner in the
firm of Hutchin.son & Rice in 1908, and an-
otiicr partner was admitted and the concern is
now conducted under the style of Hutchinson,
Rice & Hunt, with offices located in Wall
street. Mr. Rice has a delightful home at
Montclair, New Jersey. He is a member of
the National Arts Club. He married, Janu-
ary 9, 1893, Ella Frances, daughter of Herbert
J. Dow, of Rockland, Maine ; children : Mer-
wyn Ap, and .Mbert S.
This is a family very numerously
B.\KER represented among the pioneers
of New England. Persons of
this name settled at numerous points along the
Massachusetts coast soon after the coming of
the Pilgrims, and all or nearly all have left
numerous progeny scattered throughout the
length and breadth of the land, and who have
borne their proportional part in the settlement
and development of most of the northern half
of New England.
d) William Baker was of the Plymouth
Colony as early as January 7, 1623. probably
a very young man. and the records show that
he maite a bargain on the date above given
with Richard Church, about work. He was a
pump-maker by trade, but gave most of his
time to carpentry after arriving in America.
He was accepted as an inhabitant of the Ply-
mouth Colony, November 5, 1638. but soon
afterward removed to Boston, probably on ac-
count of the greater demand for work in his
line. He owned land in Concord, Massachu-
setts, before 1665. about which time his son
William came there from Charlestown to live.
The father removed to that town in his old
age, and died there February 8, 1679. ^^
married (first) September 23, 1651, IMary,
daughter of Edmund Eddington, who died
December 12, 1655, and he married (second)
April 22, 1656, Pilgrim, daughter of John
Eddy, of Watertown, ^lassachusetts. He
probably lived for a time about this date in
Watertown. The inventory of his estate was
filed June 17, 1679. The records show two
children of the first wife and two of the sec-
ond, namely : Mary, John, William and Na-
thaniel.
(11) \\'illiam (2), second son of William
( i) Baker, and eldest child of his second wife,
was born October 19. 1657, in Boston, and
settled in Concord, where he was probably a
farmer, and died July 8, 1702. He married,
May 5, 1681, Elizabeth Dutton, born Decem-
ber 29, 1659, died April 7, 1698, daughter of
Thomas and Susanna Dutton. Children :
Mary. Moses, Elizabeth, Joseph, Thomas and
John.
(HI) Joseph, second son of William (2)
and Elizabeth (Dutton) Baker, was born Jan-
uary 8. 1686. in Concord, Massachusetts, and
settled immediately after attaining manhood
in Marlboro, same state, where he died June
2, 1755. He was a rather prominent citizen
in Marlboro, and as early as 1710 served on
a committee handling important town inter-
ests. He had a wife Elizabeth, who died Feb-
ruary 6, 1763; children: Joseph. Elizabeth,
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222:
Robert and Benjamin (twins), Mary, Sarah
and Hannah.
(IV) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph
(i) and Elizabeth Baker, was born June 8,
1708, in Marlboro, wdiere he resided until after
1730, when it is probable that he removed to
Dunstable, Massachusetts. He married, in
Marlboro, August 26, 1724, Esther Harwood,
of Dunstable, and they had four children re-
corded in Marlboro : Esther, Ruth, Edward,
and Timothy. After the birth of the latter
they disappear from the records of the town,
and cannot be positively located elsewhere. It
is presumable that they had other children,
including Joseph.
(V) Joseph (3) Baker, born about 1732,
undoubtedly son of Joseph (2) and Esther
(Harwood) Baker, married in Shrewsbury,
Alassachusetts, August 18, 1760, Dinah,
daughter of Eleazer and Persis (Newton)
Rice, of that town, where she was born March
II, 1734. He was a tailor, and lived in
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, until 1767, when
he removed to Ipswich, New Hampshire, and
was there taxed each year thereafter until
1801. He was a soldier of the revolution.
Children, born in Shrewsbury: Winslow,
Joel, Amos and Mary. Soon after the birth of
the latter he removed to New Ipswich, and
probably had born there Peter. lohn and
Rachel.'
(VI) Amos, third son of Joseph (3) and
Dinah (Rice) Baker, was born January 26,
1764, in Shrewsbury, and removed with his
father to New Ipswich, where he was taxed
from 17S5 to 1794. About the last date be
settled in Canaan, Maine, where he died Oc-
tober 7, 1814. According to the tradition of
the family, Amos Baker enlisted as a revolu-
tionary soldier when only thirteen years old.
and served until the close of the struggle. It
is said he was one of Washington's body-
guard. When discharged he did not have suf-
ficient money to get home, and stopped to earn
some by the way. He was something of a
student, and after he settled in Canaan taught
district school and also singing school. His
second wife inherited one hundred and fifty
acres of land in Maine from her father's es-
tate, but it took years to clear it up and estab-
lish a comfortable home. Their clothing was
made in the house, and every fall the shoe-
maker came there to make the shoes for the
family. His taste for military life was never
quenched, and though fifty years old, he en-
listed as a soldier in the war of 1812, but his
health gave out and he died suddenly while in
the armv near Bufifalo, at the date above
noted. He married, in New Ipswich, Novem-
ber 17, 1791, Rachel Taylor, who survived but
a few years. He married May 3, 1806. Eliza-
beth Weston, born May 5, 1785, daughter of
Samuel and Mary (White) Weston.
(VII) Henry Knox, son of Amos and Eliz-
abeth (Weston) Baker, was born December 2,
1806, in Canaan, Maine, and was only eight
years old when his father died. He received
a limited education in the district schools, and
when fourteen years, in April, 1821, went to
Hallowell, Maine, to learn the painter's trade.
Three years later he began writing for the
newspapers, his first contribution appearing in
the Hallozi'cll Gazette, and shortly afterward
in other papers. On attaining his majority he
was employed as editor of the American Ad-
vocate, and continued in that occupation for
some time. In the midst of his labors he took
up the study of law, and was admitted to the
bar in 1840. In 1836 he sold his newspaper,
and soon after took up the active practice of
law. For twenty-six years he served as judge
of probate of Kennebec county. He was
elected to the legislature in 1842, and in 1844
was a member of the judiciary of that body.
He was clerk of the house of representatives
in 1853, and in 1854 was a member of the
committee on education. The next year he
was appointed judge of probate by Governor
Morrill and in the same year organized the
Hallowell Institution for Savings, of which he
was treasurer forty-five years. Mr. Baker was
an extensive traveller, and made many trips,
visiting all the important sections of the
United States. He was a member of the
Methodist church, in which he was a class
leader, and was an enthusiastic Republican in
politics. He died June 28. 1902, having sur-
vived his wife more than four years. He mar-
ried, November 19, 1835, Sarah M. Lord, of
Hallowell, born June 21, 1814, died April 21,
1898, daughter of Ephraim and Sally (Den-
nis) Lord, natives of Massachusetts. Ephraim
Lord was a son of James Lord, who led the
charge at the battle of Bunker Hill. Children
of Mr. and Mrs. Baker: Frances Weston,
became the wife of Albert S. Rice (see Rice
VII); George, died in infancy; Ellen Bond,
widow of Colonel Alfred E. Buck, former
minister to Japan ; Elizabeth Waite, died at
the age of seventeen years ; Ann Stevens, mar-
ried Major Frank A. Ham ; Sanford .A.dlin ;
Sarah Martha, became the wife of Reuben
Wesley, of Waterville, and is an autlioress of
considerable note: Henry Colburn and Emma
Lord, died in infancy ; Harriett Dennis, mar-
ried Edwin C. Dudley ; and Willard, deceased.
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STATE OF MAINE.
l-runi Munsell's "Ameri-
STOCKWELL can Ancestry," (Vol. ix.,
p. 218), we find that there
were five immigrant Stockwell brothers : Abel,
of Salem; Oiiintin. of Dcdham; John,
Eleazer and Samuel.
(I) Ouintin Stockwell. of Dedham, was in
that town as a taxpayer from 1663 to 1671 :
was made a legal voter for selectmen in 1666;
sold his real estate there to Isaac Billiard be-
fore December 30, 1672: removed to Hatfield,
Hampshire county. Massachusetts, and became
a proprietor of the town of Deerfield, I-'rank-
lin county, November 7, 1673. While in Dcd-
ham he married Abigail, daughter of John
Bullard, and their first child, Elizabeth, was
born in Dedham, June 15, 1667, and died there
July 9 same year. When Deerfield was de-
stroyed by the Indians under orders from
King Philip, September 18, 1675, he was
among those who escaped the tomahawk of
the savages, and found refuge in Hatfield, and
when that settlement was destroyed he re-
turned to Deerfield, in 1676, to rebuild his
home and reinstate the place, being one of five
brave men willing to take the risk, but none
willing to subject their wives and children to
the risks of another visitation of the savage
warriors. The terror of the frightful slaughter
of 1675 had subsided, but their labors went
for naught, for on September ig, 1677, after
applying the torch to Hatfield, the savages
paid a second visit to Deerfield and repeated
their destruction with fire and tomahawk.
They carried Ouintin Stockwell and his brave
companions to Canada, and the story of the
capture and of their experiences in captivity
as well as of their ransom, is exhaustivelv de-
picted in "Remarkable Providences," written
by Increase Mather, the minister of Deerfield.
On the captive party being ransomed they
were sent home by way of Albany, New York.
On account of the uncertain safety of the
towns in the upper Connecticut river valley.
Quintin Stockwell removed to Branford. New
Haven county. Connecticut, where he took the
oath of allegiance, I-'ebruary 8. 1679.
Quintin Stockwell by wife Abigail had a
son Eleazer, born in Branford, April 25. 1679.
He soon after removed to Suffolk, Hartford
county, where he died January 22. 17 14. and
his widow died in May. 1730. We find a
John Stockwell in Dedham, who married
Mary Goold, November 15, 1726, and that
they had a son John, born in Dedham. but
have no way of connecting him with Ouintin,
the immigrant ancestor. The John born in
Deerfield, in 1676, may have married, re-
turned to his father's original home, and had
this John, but tliis is mere conjecture. To
go farther with conjecture, and on more rea-
sonable lines : Eleazer, son of Quintin and
Abigail (Bullard) Stockwell, who removed
with his parents to Sufficld and was twenty-
two years old when his father died, may have
been the grandfather of William, who came
from Connecticut to West Farms, near
Northampton, Massachusetts, and married
Elizabeth Knapp. He would be of the fourth
generation from Quintin.
(I\') William, probably grandson of
Eleazer Stockwell. is said to have come 'from
Connecticut to West Farms, Massachusetts,
where he was married to Elizabeth Knapp,
and is said to have died from the effects of
the cold to which he subjected himself in or-
der to feed his cattle in midwinter, his death
occurring January i, but no year mentioned.
His children : i . William ; see forward. 2.
Elijah, married Sarah Pomeroy, and had : i.
Climene: ii. Oliantha, married Thomas Tor-
rey, and had : Eliza. Henry and Sarah ; iii.
Martha, married Rufus Bosworth, and had
Joe B., Ed. C., Isabel, married John Alonzo
Stockwell, and had Sidney, July, 1877. lives in
Chicopee. Massachusetts; Carrie Helen, and
two others; iv. Evelyn, married (first) Ed-
ward Edgerton, and had Edward Jr. and
Sarah Edgerton. and married (second) Caleb
Bardwell, and had Augusta, who became sec-
ond wife of Alvin Simmons, and son Austin.
3. Betsey, married a Bartlett ; had ten chil-
dren born in West Farms, where their grand-
son Ed. Bartlett was living in 1908. 4.
Daughter, married a Mr. Munyon. 5. Daugh-
ter, married a Mr. Smith. 6. Walter, whose
grandchildren were living in 1908, but their
whereabouts unknown. 7. Climena, married
Calvin Stockwell. in December, 1836, and had
son. John Wesley Stockwell.
(V) William." eldest child of William and
Elizabeth ( Knapp) Stockwell. was born about
1750. He married, in 1775, Lucy Miller, and
lived in West Farms, Massachusetts. Their
children: i. William, born 1776, married,
while at college, Martha Whitmarsh ; con-
tributed articles to Harper's Magaciiic and
other periodicals. 1854-56; children: i. Lucy;
ii. John N., the astronomical mathematician,
and author of "Theory of the Moon's Mo-
tion." and of a computation and record of an
eclipse of the sun visible in China in the reign
of Chou Kang. 2127 B. C. and more than one
hundred years before Abraham was born. He
disproved the chronology of events as given
in history, and proved that Augustus died in
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the year 13 instead of 14 A. D. ; that Ca:sar
was assassinated in March, 45, instead of 44
B. C, etc., etc.; iii. Martha; iv. Mary; and
two sons killed in the civil war. 2. Laura. 3.
Eliza. 4. Maria. 5. Orin, never married. 6.
Calvin. 7. Alonzo, never married. 8. Saman-
tha. died in infancy. 9. Samantha (2d), died
in infancy. 10. Morris, died in infancy. 13y
his second wife, Betsy (Rogers) Stockwell,
he had: 11. Maurice. 12. Frederick A. 13.
Henry Tracy. 14. George A. 15. Elizabeth.
William Stockwell died in West Fanns, lan-
uary 19, 1810, his death occurring in a black-
smith shop at Roberts Meadows.
(\T) Calvin, son of \Mlliam and Lucy
(Miller) Stockwell, was born in West Farms,
Massachusetts, February 12, 1806. He mar-
ried his cousin, Climena, daughter of W'illiam
and Elizabeth (Knapp) Stockwell, in Decem-
ber, 1836, and had a son, John Wesley.
(VH) John \\'esley, son of Calvin and Cli-
mena (Stockwell) Stockwell, was born at
West Farms, Massachusetts, September ig,
1839. He married, November 2, 1865, Eliza
Jane, daughter of Philip and Eleanor (Stim-
mel) Mathias. Children: i. Francis, died
young. 2. Eliza, died young. 3. Alonzo, died
young. 4. John Wesley ; see forward. 5.
Lucy Ann, died young. 6. Mary Eliza, died
young. The following epitome of the life of
Mr. Stockwell and tribute to his worth is taken
from the Nezv-Church Messenger:
"John A\'esle3' Stockwell, treasurer of the
Audit and Appraisement Company of Amer-
ica, and a veteran of the civil war, died on
Thursday, ;\Iarch 19, 1908, from pneumonia,
at his residence, No. 2229 West Venango
street, Philadelphia, aged sixty-nine years. He
enlisted at the breaking out of the rebellion as
a private in Company G, Thirty-seventh Regi-
ment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and partici-
pated in twenty-one battles, being promoted to
the rank of first lieutenant and acting captain.
At the end of the war he went to Portland,
?ilaine, and engaged in the manufacture of
cement, and organized and was president of
the Portland Cement Pipe Company. He was
a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge and
Roval Arch Chapter, Masonic fraternity, and
Post No. 7, G. A. R., of Portland, Maine. He
is survived by a widow, three sons and a
daughter. The funeral took place March 21st,
with interment at Hillside Cemetery. The
services at the home and the cemetery were
conducted by Rev. William L. Worcester, pas-
tor of the New Church, of which Mr. Stock-
well was a member.
"Mr. Stockwell, while serving with the
Army of the Potomac, became acquainted with
Miss Eliza J. Mathias, who was residing in
Frederick, Maryland. They became engaged,
and at the close of the war were married. At
this time both were members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Stockwell first learned
of the New Church when at xMorthampton,
just after the close of the war. His uncle, Mr.
i^redenck A. Stockwell, was a casual reader
of the Nezv-Church Messenger, and Mr.
StockwelFs attention was called by him tp an
aiticle in one of the copies, on the subject
of "The Lord's Prayer." This proved ot so
great interest that when on his way, a few
weeks later, to Creagerstown, Maryland,
where he was married, he stopped in New
\ork City and purchased a copy of "Gems
from Swedenborg's Writings," and a con-
densed biography of Swedenborg. ' Mr. Stock-
well returned with his wife to Northampton,
and resided there during the winter of 1865-
66, and then began further enquiries on tue
part of both into the teachings of the New
Church. In this they were greatly assisted by
Dr. R. Norman Foster, now of Chicago, but
then residing in Northampton.
"The loosening of the old faith and pro-
gression into the new was not accomplished
without a severe mental struggle; but so good
a hold had the teachings obtained on tiiem,
that when, in the fall of i860, they went to
Portland, Maine, to live, they were ready to
attach themselves to the New Church org'ani-
zation. They attended the doctrinal class of
Rev. William B. Hayden, then pastor of the
Portland Society. Shortly before this there
had been a fire in Portland, and the New
Church edifice had been burned. The Park
Street Unitarian Society of that city had
offered the use of its building on Sunciay af-
ternoons to the New Church congregation, and
the services were being held there. In' this
building, early in the year 1867, j\lr. and Mrs.
Stockwell were rebaptized and confirmed in
the New Church. Their elder son was shortly
after this baptized by Rev. Mr. Hayden, and
the other children— three sons and a daughter
—were in turn baptized by Mr. Hayden and
Rev. Julian K. Smyth, who later assumed the
pastorate. During practically the entire time
of his residence in Portland, Mr. Stockwell
was a trustee and for several years was the
treasurer of the Portland Society, and was a
teacher in the Sunday school. After the fam-
ily moved to Philadelphia in 1892, Mr. and
Mrs. Stockw^ell joined the society there. The
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three surviving sons and the daughter were
confirmed by Rev. Mr. Worcester, and all are
active in the church work."
(VIII) John Wesley (2), son of John
Wesley (i) and Eliza Jane (.Mathias) Stock-
well, was born in Portland, Maine, March 24,
1873. He attended the public schools of Port-
land and was graduated at the Deering high
school in 1891, and at the Portland high
school in 1892. He removed to Philadelphia
when he matriculated at the University of
Pennsylvania in 1892. but did not join his
class, deciding to take up newspaper work for
a season before entering college. He became
city and managing editor of the Philadelphia
Evening Star; financial editor of the Evening
Telegram, and prepared special articles for the
Philadelphia North American and for the
Philadelphia Press. In 1901 he gave up news-
paper work and removed to Boston, Massa-
chusetts, wdiere he took up the study of the-
ology, deciding to enter the ministry of the
New Church (Swedenborgen). He pursued
his theological course at the New Church The-
ological School, Cambridge, which he com-
pleted in two years, at the same time taking
up special studies at Harvard University. In
1903 he accepted the charge of the Kenwood
parish of the Church of the New Jerusalem,
Chicago, and was ordained to preach the gos-
pel, December i, 1903. He continued his
philosophical studies at the University of Chi-
cago, receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1908, and
the degree of A. M. at the same time. He be-
came an active worker in the Bureau of Chari-
ties of Chicago and took active interest in set-
tlement work in the city. He was made a
member of the Kenwood Improvement Asso-
ciation ; of the Kenwood Club and of the Ken-
wood Country Club. He was made associate
secretary of the general court of New Jeru-
salem Church, a member of the general coun-
cil of the National New Jerusalem Church or-
ganization : chairman of the sub-committee to
study special problems ; president of the Amer-
ican League of the New Jerusalem Young
People's Society, member of the Illinois As-
sociation of the New Church; member of the
Philadelphia New Church Qub and the New
Church Economist Club. He was also a mem-
ber of the Univeristy Alumni Association and
the Chicago City Club. His residence in Chi-
cago is at No. 130 East Forty-sixth street.
and their children born in Taneytowu, Mary-
land, were: Rebecca. Carrie, John, Grifiith
(q. v.). and Nathan, whose children were
jobn. WpshiiiL'ton and Mary.
(II) (Iriffith, son of David and Susan
(Pugh) Mathias. was born in Taneytowu,
Maryland, about 1786. He was a .soldier in
the war of 1812, enlisted from Baltimore,
Maryland, and served in the United States
army seven years. He married Susan Hub-
bard, who when eighty-nine years of age,
April 24. 1875, resided in F'rederick county,
Maryland, and receixed a pension for services
rendered by her husband in the war of 1812.
She died December 16, 1875. Children: 1.
Rose Ann, married James Lockard and had
children, John, George and James Lockard.
2. Elizabeth. 3. Philip (q! v.). Griffith
Mathias died November 2, 1851.
(III) Philip, only son of Griffith and Su-
san (Hubbard) Mathias, was born in West
Farms, Massachusetts, November i, 1810. He
married Eleanor, born May 23, 1819. daugh-
ter of John B. and Elizabeth (Smith) Stim-
mel, and their children were: i. Susan E.,
born May 26, 1837, died August 14, 1838. 2.
Eliza J. (q. v.), February 9, 1839. 3. Laura
C, June 13, 1841. 4. Eleanor J., December
20, 1843. 5. Elizabeth E., May 10, 1846. 6.
John P. T., September 7, 1848. 7. Mary .\.,
June 18, 185 1. 8. Susan L., October 4, 1853.
9. Rose M., March 16, 1856. 10. Park G.,
April 4, 1859. II. Etta S., February i6,
1862. 12. Abba C, May 14, 1865.
(IV) Ehza J., daughter of Philip and
Eleanor (Stimmel) Mathias, was born in
West Farms, Massachusetts, February 9, 1839,
and she married. November 2, 1865, John
Wesley Stockwell, born in West Farms, Mas-
sachusetts, September 19, 1839.
David Mathias lived in Berks
MATHIAS county, Pennsvlvania, re-
moved to Taneytowu, Mary-
land; married Susan i'ugh, of Berks countv.
Jacob Stiminel lived in Car-
STIMMEL roll county, Maryland, where
he was probably born and
where he married Elizabeth Buzzard, and
where their son John Buzzard Stimmel was
born.
(II) John Buzzard, son of Jacob and Eliz-
abeth (Buzzard) Stimmel, was probably born
in Carroll county, Maryland. He married
Elizabeth Smith, removed to West Farms,
Massachusetts, and had six children as fol-
lows: I. Eleanor (q. v.), born in West
Farms. May 23, 1819. 2. Edward, who lived
in Woodsboro, Frederick county, Maryland;
married (first) Susan Deering, and had by
her one child. He married (second) Jane
Borrick and had by her six children, namely:
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John, James, Marshall, Thomas, Catherine
and Archibald. 3. Catherine, married Jacob
McDonnell, and had children : i. Josephine
McDonnell, married Thomas Jackson about
1866, and had six children : Catherine Han-
son ; .Annie Wince : Clara Jackson ; a child un-
named; Elizabeth, who married Henry
Cramer about 1847, ^"'^ 'i'^'' children : Mary,
Charles, Alice, Bradley, Ezra, Annie and Rob-
ert Cramer; Josephine, who married David A.
Baker, about 1849, '^"d h^*^ eight children :
Fairfax, .Sarah, Carrie, Lee, Minnie, John,
Edna and Effie Baker ; ii. John, married Han-
nah Persons, and removed to Columbus, Ohio,
about 1881 ; their children were: Reverdy,
Charles, William, Estelle and Eleanor .Stim-
mel.
(HI) Eleanor, eldest child of John Buz-
zard and Elizabeth (Smith) Stimmel, was
born in Frederick county, Maryland, May 23,
1819. She married, February 25, 1835, Philip
Mathias, and among their children was Eliza
Jane, born in West Farms, Massachusetts,
February 9, 1839, married John Wesley, son
of Calvin and Climena (Stockwell) Stock-
well.
It is said of the earliest settlers
M.ARTIN at Portsmouth and Dover, New
Hampshire, that they "came
here not to worship God. but to tish." This
seems true at other points along the Atlantic
coast, where early records are extremely
meagre. \'ery little can be learned about the
pioneer ancestor of this family, and it is pre-
sumable that he was engaged in fishing, and
did not take a permanent residence at Marble-
head.
(I) Robert Martin, born about 1633, made
a deposition at Marblehead, Massachusetts,
September, 1666, when he was about thirty-
three years of age. No further record con-
cerning him is discoverable.
(II) Thomas Martin, born about 1675, was
probably a son of Robert Martin, above men-
tioned. He married, April 28, 1701, in Mar-
blehead, Eleanor Knott, who was baptized in
the First Church of Marblehead, June 19,
1687, being then about four years old, and
died July 4, 1859, in Marblehead, aged sev-
enty-six ' years. The records of the First
Church at Marblehead show the baptisms of
the following children of Thomas and
Eleanor: Knott and Sarah (twins), July 8,
1716; Ruth, July 6, 1718, and Thomas, men-
tioned below.
(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and
Eleanor (Knott) Martin, was baptized Octo-
ber 8, 1721, in the First Church of .Marble-
head, and married (first) November 20, 1746,
Mary Gourdcn (Gordon), daughter of Henry
and Tabitha Gordon, baptized Januarv 28,
1728, at St. Michael's (Protestant Episcopal)
Church, and buried September 26, 1747.
Thomas Martin married (second) February
27, 1750, Sarah Goodwin, baptized July 10,
1726, at the First Church of Marblehead,
daughter of William and John (Curtis) Good-
win. Children of second marriage, baptized
in First Church: Hannah, h'ebruary 3, 1751 ;
Samuel, October 29, 1752; .Mary, August 18,'
1754; Eleanor, July 13, 1759; Kachel, Octo-
ber 15, 1761; Elizabeth (died voung) ; Eliza-
beth, August 8, 1767.
(IV) Richard, only child of Thomas (2)
and Mary (Gordon) Martin, was baptized at
the First Church of Marblehead, July 12, 1747,
and died March 19, 1836. He married, at
First Church, Alarch 14, 1771, Hannah,
daughter of William and Mary (Bray) Cruft",
baptized January 27, 1751, then about five
years old, and died December 4, 1824, aged
seventy-eight years. Children baptized in
First Church: Sarah. October 31, 1773;
Mary (died young); Thomas, mentioned be-
low; Molly, July 13, 1783; Stephen Vickery,
September 5. 1784; Knott, January ij, 1788;
Nancy, JMarch 28. 1790, and Jane,' September
21, 1797. In his old age Richard Martin re-
moved to St. George, Knox county, Maine,
with his eldest son.
(V) Thomas (3), eldest son of Richard
and Hannah (Crui?) Martin, was baptized at
the First Church at Marblehead, November
5, 1780, and settled in St. George, Maine,
where the remainder of his life wasspent. He
married, about 1804, Margaret McKellar;
children, all born in St. George, Maine: i.
Richard (q. v.). 2. Eliza, born 1807, mar-
ried George O'Brien. 3. Catherine W., 1809,
married James Sweetland. 4. John, 1810,
married, November 3, 1840, Jane Young. 5.
Sarah, married Richard Waite Leavitt. 6.
Nancy, married Charles McLoon. .Margaret
(McKellar) Martin died, and her husband
married. May 25, 181 5, Bethea Thorndike,
widow of William Keating. She was born
May 23, 1781. Children: 7. Margaret, born
about 1816; married Captain Henry Spalding,
lived in South Thomaston, and died there
June II, 1864. 8. Thomas, died in infancy.
9. Bethea, married Joseph Ames, and lived in
South Thomaston.
(VI) Richard, eldest son of Thomas and
Margaret (McKellar) Martin, was born in St.
George in 1805. He married Mary Ann
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Ogier, of Camden, Maine, and they made their
home in St. George, where their sons Dudley
Stone and Frederick William were born, the
latter November 27, 1853.
(VII) Dudley Stone, son of Richard and
Marv Ann (Ogier) Martin, was born in St.
George, Maine, about 185 1. He married Helen
Louise Thorndike, 1880, and they removed to
Camden, Maine, where their children, George
Dudley (q. v.) and Frederick William, were
born in 1881 and 1883 respectively.
(VIII ) George Dudley, eldest son of Dudley
Stone and Helen Louise (Thorndike) Martin,
was born in Camden, Maine, September i,
1 88 1. He was graduated at the Camden high
school in 1900, and at Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Maine, A. B., 1904, and during
his college course was a member and served
as treasurer and president of the Beta Sigma
Chapter, Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He re-
moved to New York City in 1904 to take up
the brokerage business in the office of W. B.
Franklin & Company, iii Broadway, and in
1905 went with A. H. Bickmore & Company,
bankers, 30 Pine street. He also became
treasurer of the National Light, Heat &
Power Company, with offices at No. 30 Pine
street. He was made a director and assistant
treasurer of the Bennington Electric Com-
pany, Bennington, Vermont; of the City Gas
& Electric Company of Paris, Illinois; of the
Marshall Light, Heat & Power Company,
Marshall, Missouri ; of the Hoosick Falls Il-
luminating Company, Hoosick Falls, New
York ; treasurer and director of the Twin
State Gas & Electric Company; treasurer of
the Pana Gas & Electric Company, Pana, Illi-
nois; treasurer of the Lexington Gas & Elec-
tric Company, Lexington, Alissouri ; and di-
rector of the Taylorville Gas & Electric Com-
pany, Taylorville, Illinois. His club affilia-
tions include the Beta Theta Pi Club of New
York, the Maine Club of New York and the
St. Nicholas Club and Golf Club of Glen
Ridge. He married, June 19, 1907, Mary
Grinnell, of Camden, Maine.
Huse Dow was a Methodist cler-
DOW gyman. He died at Jay Bridge,
Franklin county, Maine. The chil-
dren of Rev. Huse Dow were: i. Lorenzo,
born in Jay, Franklin county, Maine; was one
of the first settlers of Kansas territory and a
leader among the Free-State settlers. He in-
vented the Dow gun cartridge used in the
federal army in the civil war ; was made
mayor of Topeka, Kansas ; a lawyer ; one of
the first members of the supreme court of the
state of Kansas. 2. William Mitchell (q. v.).
3. Simon, a captain in the federal army in the
civil war. and in 1908 was a citizen of Kan-
sas. 4. Edwin C, settled in Connecticut, from
which state he entered the service of the fed-
eral government in the civil war as captain of
a company of infantry, settled after the war
in New Haven, Connecticut, was a lawyer and
for many years a judge of the city court of
New Haven.
(II) William Mitchell, son of Rev. Huse
Dow, was born in the town of Jay, Franklin
county, Maine, July i, 1827, died in 1902. He
received a good education and became a far-
mer. He served as deputy sheriff of Frank-
lin county, and during the civil war was
United States deputy collector at the custom
house in Portland, Maine, when General -An-
derson was collector. He married, January 8,
1854, Mehitable Thayer, born in Gray, June
21, 1827, daughter of James and Betsey H.
(Thayer) Libby, of Gray, Maine, and a de-
scendant of Daniel Libby, born in Berwick,
Maine, February 21, 1715, the first settler at
Gray, Maine. It is of considerable historic in-
terest that in 1908 she was still living in her
eighty-first year in the Muchmore house at
Gray, which was built with prize money
gained in the war of the American revolution ;
the builder and first owner of so substantial
a house being John Muchmore, great-uncle
of William Mitchell Dow, a ship carpenter
living in Scarborough, Maine, who- helped to
capture a British ship off Scarborough and
took her into Falmouth harbor as a prize, and
in 1787 he built the house. Mrs. Dow has a
diary kept by this same great-uncle of her
husband wherein it is recorded that he hired
John Paul Jones, a ship's carpenter (and who
afterwards became the first American ad-
miral) to do three day's work for him as
ship's carpenter.
(III) Lorenzo Everett, son of William
Mitchell and Mehitable Thayer (Libby) Dow,
was born in Gray, Cumberland county, Maine,
December 11, 1858. He was a pupil in the
public school of his native town and Graham
Normal school, where he was graduated with
a first grade certificate in 1881. He went to
Alontclair, New Jersey, where he became
part owner and one of the instructors in the
Montclair School for Boys, a private institu-
tion, and later was a teacher in the Brooklyn
high school for boys, Brooklyn, New York,
and while in that city took a post graduate
course in pedagogics in the University of New
York. He removed to Homer, Michigan,
W'here he taught school and w'as superintend-
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ent of the public school system of that city,
1884-86. He then entered Hillsdale College,
Hillsdale, Michigan, where he was graduated
A. B., 1887, and in 1900 was made a trustee
of that college. On leaving Hillsdale College
he became a student of law in the Northwest-
ern University Law School and in the law
office of Wallace Heckman, Chicago, mean-
while teaching in the public schools of Chi-
cago, and he was admitted to the bar of Chi-
cago in 1891 and immediately began the prac-
tice of law in that city, and in 1908 was the
senior member of the law firm of Dow, Cum-
mings & Ingersoll. While he was a lawyer in
general practice, his greatest success was as
a specialist on real estate law and practice.
The law offices of Dow, Cummings & Inger-
soll are at 160 Washington street, Chicago,
Illinois. Mr. Dow became a director in vari-
ous corporations in Chicago, was elected a
member of the Chicago Bar Association, affili-
ated with the Republican party, and his church
affiliation was the Free Baptist denomination.
He married, in 1890, Lillian Kirkwood, who
died in 1892, leaving one child, Dorothy Dow.
born February 2, 1892. He married (second)
Eldora Lockwood Smith, of California.
The MacAlustrums, or
McAllister McAllisters, of Scotland
and Ireland, were a
branch of the MacDowells, and took their
name from one of their chiefs named iMas-
trum, or xA-lexander ; and as the name "Sandy"
or "Sanders" is a contraction of "Alexander,"
some of the McAllisters have anglicized their
name to Saunderson.
(I) Stephen McAllister, a descendant of the
McAllisters of Scotland and Ireland, son of
Joshua McAllister, was born in Lovell, ?^Iaine.
1806, died Portland, Maine, at the age of
fifty-one. He married Mary Jane Moulton,
born April, 181 1, died May 5, 1871, and they
were the parents of nine children: i. Charles
Leonard, see forward. 2. Henry Franklin,
see forward. 3. Mary Olive, widow of Will-
iam Haggett, who was a prosperous farmer
and dairyman of North Deering. 4. Martha
T., died unmarried. 5. William H., see for-
ward. 6. George E., deceased. 7. Albert Day,
drowned at age of thirteen years. 8. Royal
Edward, died at age of twenty-three years,
g. Ella F., see forward.
(II) Charles Leonard, eldest son of Ste-
phen and Mary Jane (Moulton) McAllister,
born Portland, Maine, July 15, 1833, died Jan-
uary 2, 1872. He attended the public schools.
and at an early age learned the confectioner
trade, and followed it successfully until the
breaking out of the civil war. He had al-
ready taken a keen interest in military afifairs,
and was holding the position of ensign in the
Portland Light Infantry. His patriotic im-
pulse now led him to become one of the very
first volunteers in the great struggle, and at
the age of twenty-eight years he enrolled him-
self, on April 24, 1861 (a few days after the
firing upon Fort Sumter), with his company,
in which he was elected to the position of
second lieutenant. This company became Com-
pany A, under the command of Captain
George W. Tukey, in the First Regiment,
Maine Volunteer Infantry, which was mus-
tered into the service of the United Stales,
at Portland, by Captain J. W. Gardner, U. S.
A., May 3, 1861, under President Lincoln's
first call for seventy-five thousand men. The
regiment was in service for the defence of the
national capitol. and was honorably mustered
out at the expiration of its term, August i,
i86i. Lieutenant McAllister re-entered the
service March 5, 1863, at New York, bearing
a commission as first lieutenant Company A,
Eighty-first Regiment, United States Colored
Infantry. On February 12, 1864, he was pro-
moted to captain. Company C, same regiment,
and February 20, same year, was placed in
command of his original company (A). His
service was in the Department of the South, in
Louisiana and Texas, and was recognized by
the President, who conferred upon him the
brevet of major "for faithful and meritorious
service during the war." He was a most ca-
pable officer, as is attested by the fact that he
was assigned to and held upon special duty for
nineteen months after the close of the war,
and was honorably^ discharged at New Or-
leans, Louisiana, November 30, 1866. After
his return from war service. Major McAllis-
ter located in Portland, and gave some time
to rest and recuperation. In the fall of 1867
he engaged in a grocery business, which he
successfully conducted until 1870, when he
sold out. He then became associated with
the firm of Owen & Barber, wholesale con-
fectioners, on Exchange street, with whom he
remained until his death, in 1872. and which
was due to debility consequent upon the pri-
vations and exposures of army service. He
was a man of fine business qualities, and of
irreproachable character, and attractive per-
sonal qualities. In religion he was a Baptist,
and in politics a Democrat. Major McAllister
married, March 5, 1868. Hattie A. Libby,
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daiis^'liter of Stephen and Mary (Low) Libbv
(see Libby \I1). Mrs. McAllister resides at
•j-i,-/ Congress street, Portland.
'(II) Henry Franklin, second son of Ste-
phen and Mary Jane (Moulton) McAllister,
born Portland, 'Maine, October 26, 1835, died
Portland. May 4, 1905. He was educated in
the public schools of Portland, and when a
youth entered the employ of Darius White,
manufacturer of brushes, in whose service he
was engaged until 1861. He was industrious,
carefid and economical, and by good manage-
ment had saved enough capital to form a part-
nership with John F. Randall, under the firm
name of Randall & Mc.\llister. They pur-
chase 1 the Sawyer & Whitney wharf property
and engaged in the coal business, then in its
infancy in Portland. The jiartners had all the
qualifications necessary to carrying on a good
business and make money, and that they did.
They not only made money and saved it, but
thcv put it into their business to make more
money, and in time built up a large and lucra-
tive trade. In 1883, after devoting twenty-
two years to this industry. Air. Mc.Mlister,
realizing that he had amasse:l sufficient prop-
erty, disposed of his commercial interests and
devoted the remainder of his life to the care
of his investments and the enjoyment of his
leisure. He was a thoroughly reliable man
who never made a promise he did not intend
to keep, and prided himself upon his business
integrity. Socially he was an agreeable com-
panion, and had many friends. He was an
Odd Fellow, and high in the councils of that
order. In politics he was a staunch and active
Democrat. Thorgh not a professional Chris-
tian, he attended the Baptist church. Mr.
Mc \nister married, in 1867, Margaret Bart-
lett Twitchell. born in Somersworth, New
Hampshire, widow of Willirun F. Twitchell,
and daughter of Charles E. Bartlett, of Som-
ersworth.
fIT'i Vv'i'liam H.. fifth child and third son of
S'.ephen and Mary Jane I Moulton) McAllis-
ter, was born in Portland. He was educated
in the public schools. He entered upon busi-
ness as a manufacturer of brushes in Port-
land, and later followdl the same occupation
in Boston. Massachusetts, where he has lived
retired for some years. He is a leading .Ma-
son, affiliated with the various Masonic bodies
in Somcrville. He married .Sarah J. Robin-
son. Their only child, Florence L.. graduated
from the Somcrville Latin School and Tuft's
College, and is now a teacher of languages in
Ludlow. Vermont.
(II) Ella F., youngest child of Stephen and
.Mary Jane (Moulton) McAllister, began her
education in the public schools of Portland,
Maine, and graduated from the Portland high
school in 1869. She became a teacher in the
schools of Portland, and later was principal
of the Monument street school for some five
years. While serving in the capacity of
teacher she became greatly interested in for-
eign missionary work, and became a member
of the American Baptist Missionary Society.
In 1877 she went to Burmah. India, as a mis-
sionary, and for more than twenty-seven years
served as a missionary and teacher in that
country, learned the language and became ac-
quainted with the people ; she was thoroughly
familiar with them in every way, in their
homes, social life, habits and customs, and'
made many faithful friends among them. Miss
McAllister, who is highly respected and be-
loved for her admirable traits of character, is
now living at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Haggett. at No. 1319 Washington avenue,
Portland.
The family of Fish, in proportion to
FISH its size, boasts an unusually large
number of distinguished rei)resen-
tatives, especially in the legal profession.
Among those now living (1908) are Daniel
Fish, of Minneapolis, and Frederick P. Fish,
of Boston, both lawyers of note ; Williston
Fish, lawyer and author, of Chicago ; and
Judge William Hansell Fish, of .Atlanta, chief
justice of Georgia. Stuyvesant Fish, of New
York, son of Governor Hamilton Fish, is emi-
nent in banking and railroad circles. The
name is one of the most ancient in the coun-
try, and is found among the early settlers of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut. John Fish, of Lynn, Massachusetts, re-
moved to Sandwich in 1637, where his
brother Jonathan also lived. The latter moved
to Newtown, Long Island, in 1659, and be-
came the ancestor of Governor Hamilton
Fish. Nathaniel Fish also lived at Sandwich,
Massachusetts, in 1643. Portsmouth. Rhode
Island, is another early home of the family,
for Thomas and John Fish were living there
in 1655: and Robert Fish, of Portsmouth,
inarricd Mary Hall, in 1686. Gabriel Fish
was living in Boston before 1638. and W'illiam
Fish lived at Windsor. Connecticut, from 1647
to 1675.
The family is associated with many towns
in Maine. Captain William Fish, who mar-
ried Mary Sprague. moved from Duxbury,
Massachusetts, to \\'aldoboro. Maine, in 1780.
Thev had several children, whose descendants
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are living in that neighborhood. Deacon Abel
Fish, eldest son. born in 1772. married three
times and had ten children. Another town
where the name of Fish is numerous at the
present time is Industry : but none of the name
settled there earlier than the beginning of the
eighteenth century. The town of Winthrop is
associated with the tragic death of .Major
Thomas Fish, which occurred during a blind-
ing snow-storm in January. 1782. .Major
Fish, who was a famous explorer of that time,
was making a journey to Winthrop, where his
sweetheart, Betsey Morrow, lived; but he lost
his way in the blinding storm and perished
from the cold. IMany years ago the tale was
embalmed in verse by Elizabeth Akers Allen,
at that time a resident of Portland. But of
greater historical value than the poem, though
that gives a vivid picture of the last struggle
of the brave pioneer, is the diary that he kept
of one of his early journeys to Livermore,
Maine, from April 26 to June 26, 1773. Major
Thomas Fish lived at Oxford, Massachusetts,
before the revolution. Some of the inhabit-
ants of that town had received a grant of land
in Maine for services rendered during the
French and Indian wars : and they engaged
Major Fish, wdio, though a shoemaker by
trade, seems to have been endowed with the
exploring instinct, to make a journey into the
wilderness, and lay out the claims. The whole
journey is intensely interesting, full of adven-
tures with bear and moose and other denizens
of the forest ; but the smaller beasts of prey
appear to have been fully as troublesome as
the larger. We quote one quaint extract un-
der date of May 28, 1773: "thar come a
Scout of Gnats Down upon us this Day the
first we have Sean and we expect thousands
Directly, the Black flyes Seam to abate, but
the muscatoes are \'ary Numer's among us
and a grait many of them will weigh half a
pound — not apeace tho' ". That last saving
clause shows Major Fish to have been some-
thing of a humorist as well as a man of
"Varassatay." He made other journeys to that
part of the country, laid out roads and estab-
lished claims: but not the least of his services
consisted in the accurate and detailed account
that he kept of the same.
(I) Amos Fish died at Jefiferson. Maine,
about the middle of the nineteenth century. It
is probable that he was a descendant of Cap-
tain William Fish, of Waldoboro. as the two
towns are adjoining; and it is known that
Captain William Fish left a numerous pos-
terity. Amos Fish married Patience Reeves ;
children : David. William. .Augusta. Elias H.,
mentioned below ; Ruth. .\nn. Lsabelle and
Elizabeth.
(II) Elias H.. third son of Amos and Pa-
tience (Reeves) Fish, was born at Jefferson,
Maine, in 1830. and died at Newcastle, that
state, in 1882. He married Sarah Elizabeth,
(laughter of Cajitain Stephen and .Abigail
(.Anderson) Sawyer, who was born at East
Boothbay. Maine, December 15. 1833 (see
l^awycr II). Children. .Annabclle, mentioned
below; Ella M., Eva, Maud, Daniel and h'red.
(III) Annabelle, eldest child of Elias H.
and Sarah (Sawyer) ImsIi. was born at New-
castle, Maine, about 1850, and in 1883 mar-
ried John Medina, a hair manufacturer of
Boston, who was born in the .Azores Islands.
Their home is in Somerville. Massachusetts,
and they have one child. John (2) Medina,
born at Somerville. August 10, i8gi, wlio is
now a member of the Somerville schools.
John .Mnlliken. father of
MULLIKEX Charles Henry Mnlliken,
was a descendant of a
Scotch-Irish ancestry, his father having emi-
grated from the north of Ireland and settled
in Salem. Massachusetts, from whence they
removed to Lynn. John Mulliken had four
brothers and one sister, all of whom resided
in the latter named city. Shortly after Maine
became a state, [ohn Mulliken settled in Hal-
lowell, on the Kennebec river, and there mar-
ried, about the year 1825, Elizabeth Smart.
Mr. Mulliken was a director in the Freeman's
National Bank for more than fifty years.
Charles Henry Mulliken was born in Hal-
lowell, Maine, March 18, 1831. He attended
the public schools in Hallowell and .Augusta,
Maine, where his father's family lived for
manv years, and completed his education at
the academy of Monmouth, Maine. At the
age of fifteen he entered a merchandise
brokerage ofifice in Boston, remaining three
years. He then returned to Augusta and es-
tablished himself in the commis.sion business,
the firm name being Davis & Mulliken. In
1858 he moved to Boston and engaged in the
southern commission business unc'cr the firm
name of Means & Mulliken. wdiich continued
until the rebellion broke out in 1861 ; this de-
stroyed his business, and the rebels confiscated
all the property at San .Antonio, Texas, where
he had a large warehouse filled with merchan-
dise. He then returned to Augusta, Maine,
and remained there in business until he had
paid all his debts, satisfying all his ere litors.
He then removed to Chicago. Illinois, where
he formed a connection with the firm of Page
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STATE OF MAINE
& Sprague, dealers in paints, oils and glass,
remaining with them until the "Big Fire" in
1871. Five years later he engaged in the real
estate business and has continued until the
present time (1909). While a resident of Au-
gusta he became a Mason, was master of
Bethlehem Lodge, and was advanced to the
Roval Arch degree, but never united with any
lodge in Chicago. He is a member of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, in
which he was an elder and treasurer for more
than twenty years, and was identified with the
Mission Sabbath school work at Christ Chapel
as superintendent. He aided in the erection
of a building, commencing the school with
sixty scholars and increasing in numbers to
twelve hundr-cd sciiolars, when he resigned his
connection with the school to go abroad. He
is a member of the Chicago Club, South Shore
Country Club and Homewood Country Club.
Mr. Mulliken married Sarah, daughter of
Weston F. Hallett, who served as president
of the Freeman's National Bank of Augusta.
Children, born in Augusta, Maine: i. Alfred
Henry, removed to Chicago with his parents,
and is now (1909) president of tlie large man-
ufacturing concern of Pettibone, Mulliken &
Company, manufacturers of railway supplies.
He has a wife and one .son and resides at 19
Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. 2. John Everett,
died in childhood. 3. Charles, died in child-
hood.
The Public Library
WATERVTLLE Building, a new and
PUBLIC commodious .structure,
LIBRARY the gift of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, is charmingly
located in the residential portion of the city,
and forms one of the most beautiful and strik-
ing features of picturesque Waterville. The
builfling was completed and opened to the
public in 1905.
The citizens of Waterville have always
taken a keen interest in education — as Colby
College, The Classical Institute and high
grade of public schools amply testify, and
their library history antedates the incorpora-
tion of the town in 1802. As early as No-
vember 28, 1801, a citizen of the then town
of Winslow, bought a large bill of books
which were put into circulation and marked
"The Waterville Social Library," and this
first of Waterville's many libraries has sur-
vived until the present time and has found
a fitting home in the Public Library Building
in the rooms of the Waterville Historical So-
ciety. Prior to 1873 circulating libraries had
been in the book stores, but at that date the
Waterville Library Association was organ-
ized and through the courtesy of the directors
the library found accommodations in the
Ticonic Bank, the cashier of the bank acting
as librarian and secretary, where it remained
for twenty-six years. The payment of an an-
nual fee of three dollars constituted one a
member and the money thus raised was ex-
pended for books. The friends of the asso-
ciation were loyal to it and all the services
were given free. After the opening of the
Free Public Library the list of subscribers
was small, and in February, 1900, this library
of fifteen hundred volumes passed into the
hands of the Women's .Association.
Early in 1896 the ladies of Waterville be-
gan to interest themselves in a movement to
secure a Free Pubhc Library, and were so
successful in arousing public interest that
many substantial contributions were received
and on the evening of March 25th the Wa-
terville Free Library Association was organ-
ized. Pledge cards were placed in banks,
drug stores and the leading grocery stores,
and every effort "was made to raise funds for
the purchase of books. By May 12, eleven
hundred dollars had been raised by personal
solicitation and pledge cards. This in addi-
tion to the five hundred dollars appropriated
by the city constituted the first working fund.
The library opened in Plaisted Block with
four hundred and thirty-three books, in-
creased during the year to twelve hundred
and fifty, while the output for the year was
fifteen thousand five hundred four volumes.
In 1898 the library was removed to Haines
Building, where it remained until the com-
pletion of the new building.' In December,
1901, the superintendent of schools recogniz-
ing the value of the library as an aid to the
school system, wrote to Mr. Andrew Carnegie
in an attempt to interest him in a public li-
brary building, with the result that he prom-
ised the city twenty thousand dollars, provided
the site be secured and the city appropriate
two thousand dollars each year for the support
of the library. This offer was accepted, and
thus through the generosity of Mr. Carnegie
has been realized the dream of those who for
so many years have had the interest of the
library most at heart. The library now con-
sists of about seven thousand volumes. The
circulation for the year 1907 was thirty-four
thousand one hundred eighty volumes, and the
number is constantly increasing.
STATE OF MAINE.
2^35
This branch of the very mimer-
BYRNE ous Irish family of Byrne has
been for a century resident in
Prince Edward Island.
(I) John Byrne, the first member of this
family of whom there is any record, was born
iu Ireland about 1740.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) Byrne, was
born in Ireland, in 1773. and died in Prince
Edward Island, in 1870. He was a graduate
of Trinity College, Dublin, and was a man of
liberal education and broad views, and a faith-
ful Roman Catholic. He landed in America,
June 15, 1807, and settled near Charlotte
Town, Prince Edward Island, where he was
a successful farmer. His practical knowledge
of business and good education made him a
conspicuous figure in the community of his
residence, and he held public office for many
years. For over thirty years he was magis-
trate at Qiarlotte Town. He married Ann
Mooney, by whom he had fourteen children.
(III) John (3), thirteenth child of John
(2) and Ann (Mooney) Byrne, was born in
Prince Edward Island, i(?29, and died there
1861. He was educated in the public and
parochial schools of the Island and in the
Academy of Charlotte Town. He had deli-
cate health and' was always a quiet man. He
took the farm his father had settled on, and
lived on it until his death. He married Cath-
erine Welch, and they had children: i. Law-
rence, who lives on the old family homestead.
2. John, mentioned below. 3. James, a resi-
dent of Waltham, Massachusetts. 4. Mary,
married J. B. Connelly, and lives on a farm
joining the old home place.
(IV) John (4), second son of John (3)
and Catherine (Welch) Byrne, was born on
the ancestral acres, April 8, 1848. When he
was thirteen years old his father died, and
he had to assist his grandfather in carrying
on the farm ; but this did not prevent his at-
tending school to some extent. He had a
natural love for books and study, and he
furthered his education by studying and read-
ing such useful books as came in his way, un-
til he was twenty years of age. He then came
to "the States'" and resided in Portland. For
a time he was a laborer in the work of con-
structing the Portland waterworks, and later
had a place in the engineering department.
He removed to Westbrook, and in 1887 was
made superintendent of the Westbrook divi-
sion of the Portland waterworks system, and
still holds that position. He is a student of
political questions, is familiar with the poli-
tics of the whole state, and especially with
the politics of Westbrook and Portland. He
is a Democrat and a local leader of his party,
but has never held or aspired to any political
office. He has been a member of the West-
brook fire department since its organization,
and its chief engineer under every Democratic
administration in that time, and fills that office
now. He holds to the religious faith of his
forefathers, and is a member of the Portland
Commandery, Knights of Columbus. \ Ic mar-
ried, 1879, Mary W'hclan, who was born at
Chatham, near Brunswick, daughter of Dan-
iel Whelan. They have five children : John
L., Mary S., Joseph A., Agnes M. and Will-
iam T. John L. is employed in the meter de-
partment of the Portland Water Company, is
a Democrat, and alderman at large of West-
brook; Mary S. is a teacher in the West-
brook grammar school ; Joseph A. resides in
Westbrook; and the two youngest are at
home.
Anderson as a surname is
ANDERSON common in the three divi-
sions of Scandinavia and in
Great Britain. The family of this article has
resided in America less than a century.
(I) James Henry Anderson was born in St.
Johns, 1829. When he attained young man-
hood he took up his residence in Portland,
Maine, where for a number of years he served
as engineer at the Portland Poor Farm, after
which he engaged in real estate, retiring from
active business in 1905. He has cast his vote
for the candidates of the Republican party,
and although active in political afi'airs has
never sought or held public office. He re-
sides on Wilmot street, Portland. He mar-
ried Nancy Rogers; children: James, de-
ceased; George; William Henry, see forward;
Edith, deceased; Fred, a resident of Portland;
Walter, a resident of Portland.
(II) William Henry, son of lames Henry
and Nancv (Rogers) Anderson, was horn in
Portland, Maine. He attended the schools of
Portland, including the high school, after
which he served an apprenticeship at the trade
of blacksmith, working as a journeyman for
some time in the city of Portland. He sub-
sequently removed to Amesbury, Massachu-
setts, where he followed his trade, and later
entered the employ of the Briggs Car Com-
pany as an automobile blacksmith, in which
capacity 'he is serving at the present time
(1909). He is a Republican in politics, and
a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He married Ella M. Ellingwood ;
children : Ernest William, a resident of
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STATE OF MAINE.
Amesbiiry, iMassaclnisctts : Ernestine May ;
(jeorge James, see forward.
(Ill) George James, son of William Henry
and Ella M. (Ellingwood) Anderson, was
born in Portland. Maine, December 17, 1878.
He attended the schools of Portland. Maine,
and Amesbiiry. Massachusetts, his parents re-
moving to the latter place when he was twelve
years of age, and for two years was a student
at Sanborn Seminary. He then entered the
I'niversity of Maryland, graduating therefrom
with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery
in 1902. For the two succeeding years he
served as operator for Dr. C. R. .Anderson,
D.D.S., of Portland, and in 1903 located in
Westbrook, Maine, where he has since prac-
ticed his profession, his patronage increasing
with each succeeding year. He is a member
of Warren Phillip Lodge, .\o. 186. Free an'!
Accepted Masons, of Westbrook, also of the
chapter and council, and a candidate for
Knights Templar degree. * He also holds
membership in Portland Lodge, No. 188, Ben-
evolent and Protective Order of Elks and in
the Knights of Pythias. He married Mildred
H. Warren, of Westbrook.
This is in all probability the
EMMONS family whicii settled in Ken-
nebunkport during the early
history of the town, judging from the fre-
quent recurrence of similar christian names.
(I) John Emmons was living in the town
of Kennebunk]X)rt in 1743. He married Eliz-
abeth Dearing and had children : Ebenezer,
see forward: Eliakim, born September, 1750;
John; George, Elizabeth.
(II) Ebenezer, eldest child of JoJin and
Elizabeth (Dearing) Emmons, married Polly
Wildes. Their children were : Eliakim, see
forward : Abigail Zarve : Polly Wildes : John :
Elinor Carr: George, died in the army: Eliz-
abeth, married Nehcmiah Stone.
(III) Eliakim, eldest child of Ebenezer and
Polly (\\Mldes) Emmons, was born in Ken-
nebunkport. He married Betsey Stone, born
in Kennebunkport or Lyman, Maine, and they
had children : Horace : Leonard, see forward :
Ivory, Susan, Miranda, Caroline and Lizzie.
(IV) Leonard, second son of Eliakim and
Betsey (Stone) Emmons, was born in Kenne-
bunkport, 1825, died 1885. He was educated
in the common schools of Lyman, Maine, his
parents having removed to that town when
he was very young. He learned the carpen-
ter's trade, and followed this calling. Later
he engaged in building operation.s, becoming
a conlractur of note. For a time he resided
in Biddeford and then removed to Saco, where
he died. He erected some of the finest build-
ings and blocks in Biddeford and Saco. He
affiliated with the Republican party, and
served as a member of the board of aldermen
and councilmen in Saco. and when he resided
in Biddeford was appointed deputy sheriff.
He was a member of Marosbun Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, and of the Congregational
church.
He married, in 1850, Sophia Tripp,
born in .\ewry, Maine, in 1830, and they had
children : Alton R. ; Willis T., see forward ;
Fred. L.
(\') Willis T.. son of Leonard and Sophia
(Tripp) Emmons, was born in Biddeford,
Maine, December 27, 1858. His preparatory
education was acc]i;ired in the public schools
of Biddeford and Saco, and he then matricu-
lated at Harvard Law School, from which he
was graduated. He was admitted to the bar
in 1879, and in the same year engaged in the
practice of his profession in Biddeford, where
he remained for a short time, and removing
thence to Saco. He is a Republican, and was
appointed judge of the municipal court in Sa-
co in 1883. He resigned this position in
1890 in favor of one in the custom house in
Portland, as deputy collector under Colonel
Dow. This he held for five years. While in
Saco he served as a member of the board of
aldermen and coinicilmen, and as city audi-
tor. He was three years mayor of Saco, 1887-
88-89. He also filled the following official
positions with credit to himself and benefit
to the community : County attorney, two
terms: clerk of the courts from 1899 to the
present time. He is connected with the fol-
lowing fraternal organizations : Saco Lodge,
Free and .Accepted ?iIasons; York Royal Arch
Chapter : Biddeford Commandery : Maine
Council: Kora Temple of Lewiston : Saco
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows:
Horeb Encampment : Canton J. H. Dearborn,
of Biddeford : Mystic Tie Lodge. Knights of
Pythias, of Saco: charter member of the
Grange at .Alfred. Maine. He married (first)
-August. 1878. .\nnah \'.. daughter of .Andrew
T. Leavift. She died November 21, 1901,
leaving one son, Harold L., born December
27. 1879. He was educated in the schools of
Saco, Thornton .Academy and Harvard Den-
tal College. Is now practising dentistry in
Saco. Mr. Emmons married (second) Tune
30, 1906. Lillian M., daughter of G. M. Tar-
box, of Saco.
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STATE OF MAINE.
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Although this name does not ap-
JOSE pear among the names of the pion-
eer settlers of New Hampshire, yet
it is one of the early names among those ad-
venturous and hardy men who settled on the
coast and islands while the Isle of Shoals was
in its glory.
(I) Christopher Jose lived at the Isle of
Shoals, and was a constable there in 1656, and
from the Isle went to Portsmouth, and died
about 1678. By his wife Jane he had Richard,
Thomas, Joanna, Margaret or Mary, John,
Jane. Samuel and Mary.
(II) Richard, eldest son of Christopher and
Jane Jose, was born November 10, 1660. In
August, 1699, the new governor-general, the
Earl of Bellomont, published his commission
in New Hampshire, and among other official
changes that took place Richard Jose was
made sheriff of New Hampshire in place of
William Ardell. This position he held until
his death, September 24, 1707, "after long
sickness with Gout, Dropsie, &c." He mar-
ried (first) October 16, 1683. Hannah, daugh-
ter of Richard Martin, and had Joanna, Jane,
Mary, Richard, Martin, Sarah. He married
(second) Esther, daughter of Major Richard
Waldron, of Dover, New Hampshire. Her
first husband was Henry Elkins, her second,
Abraham Lee, her third, Richard Jose, and
she had a fourth whose name is not pre-
served.
(III) Martin, second son of Richard and
Hannah (Martin) Jose, was born December
28, 1700, and was in Scarborough as early
as 1729. He had a family of four sons and
two daughters.
(IV) John, supposed to have been a son of
Martin and Hannah (Martin) Jose, was a
soldier in the revolution, being a private in
Captain Simeon Brown's company. Colonel
Nathaniel Wade's regiment ; enlisted July 1 ,
1778; service six months, nine days, in Rhode
Island ; company discharged at East Green-
wich, Rhode Island; regiment raised in York
and Essex counties ; also same company and
regiment, muster rolls dated East Greenwich,
September 17, September 24, October 24, No-
vember 6 and November 14, 1778; enlistment
to expire January i, 1779; reported on fur-
lough on roll dated November 6, 1778. He
married Abigail Milliken. of Scarborough,
and settled in Buxton. Their children born
there were: Abigail, Martin, John, Hannah,
Richard, Sally. Alexander, Mehitable, Josiah
(died young), and Josiah.
(V) Alexander, fourth son of John and
Abigail (Milliken) Jcse, was born in Bux-
ton, December 11, 1780. He spent his youth
and middle life in Buxton, but in his age he
removed to Guildhall, \'ermont, where he died
aged eighty-three. He was a man whose in-
dustry and good habits made him a respected
citizen. He married Sally, daughter of Thom-
as Emery, of Buxton. Their seven children,
all born in Buxton, were : Hannah, Abigail,
Marke E., Charles E., Horatio N., Sarah and
Emily.
(VI) Horatio Nelson, fourth son of Alex-
ander and Sally (Emery) Jose, was born in
Buxton, March 18, 1819, and died in Port-
land, ( )ctober 22,, 1892, aged seventy-three.
He passed his youth on the ancestral farm
and was educated in the district schools. At
the age of fourteen he went to Portland, and
was a clerk in a carpet store until he was
twenty-one. He was successively a drygoods
merchant, a real estate dealer and a railroad
man, and was successful in each of his voca-
tions. He held offices connected with banks
and railroads. For more than forty years he
was identified with the leading financial, com-
mercial and social interests of the city. He
was a member of the First Parish Church
(Congregational), and was one of the found-
ers of the Maine General Hospital. In poli-
tics he was a Republican. Horatio N. Jose
married (first) August 30, 1843, Nancy B.
Hooper, who was born in Charlestown, Mas-
sachusetts, April 17, 1820, and died in Port-
land, October 5, 1889, daughter of Thomas
Hooper. Their children were: i. Horatio N.,
born March 27, 1845. 2. Carrie E., born
May 18, 1848. 3. Helen N., born January 25,
1853, married H. H. D. Pierce, and had two
children, Benjamin and Horatio. 4. Jessica
H., born November 8, 1S60, married Lincoln
Cummings. Horatio Nelson married (sec-
ond), 1891, Harriet N. Cammett, who was
born in Portland, November 19, 1825, daugh-
ter of Dudley and Betsey (Williams) Cam-
mett, and the widow of Levi Weatherbee, of
Massachusetts. Mr. Cammett resided all his
life in Portland, where he accumulated a
comfortable fortune in the manufacture of
pumps and blocks. The children of Dudley
and Betsey (Williams) Cammett were: i.
Elizabeth Williams. 2. Margaret. 3. Charles
Williams. 4. Harriet N. 5. John, married
Mary Elizabeth Harris. 6. Abbie Ellen, mar-
ried Dr. James R. Lunt, and had : James C,
married Agnes Mcintosh, and had one child,
Paul Cammett : and Frank Dudley, married
Alice Porter Storer, and had two children.
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Dudley Cainmett and Alison Storer. 7. Alary
Jewett, married Franklin Fox, and had one
child, Margaret Elizabeth. 8. Caroline.
Charles Adams Paine was born
PAINE May 23, 1853, at Eastport,
Maine, and died in 1904. He
was prepared for college at the Eastport high
school and studied at Brown's University. He
was in the wholesale grocery business at East-
port, and was a very active Republican, repre-
senting his ward in the Maine legislature.
In 1896 he was appointed by President Mc-
Kinley postmaster of Eastport, and reap-
pointed by President Roosevelt. February
g, 1881, he was married to Jenny R., child
of Charles C. and Mary N. (Wadsworth)
Norton. She is now postmistress of Eastport,
succeeding her late husband in office. (Her
lineage is given in Wadsworth family, in this
work.) Cliildren : i. Irene P., born June 10,
1882. 2. Charles B., August 21, 1883; who
is in the University of Maine and intends to
devote himself to the profession of civil en-
gineer. 3. Norton P., March 2, 1885. 4-
Carroll N., July, 2. 1886, died in 1891. 5.
Lloyd, March 2, i8g6.
The families of Bean, Bain and
BEAN Bayne. as the surname is variously
spelled, are undoubtedly descended
from the old Scotch clan \'ean. In the Gaelic
the letters b and v are interchangeable, so
that Vean and Bean are the same name, only
difTcrently spelled. The origin of the name is
a matter of conjecture, some authorities main-
taining it to be derived from the place of
residence of the clan, "beann,'" which in the
Gaelic language signifies mmintain ; a more
strongly supported opinion is that it is derived
from the fair complexion of the progenitor
of the clan, "bean," meaning white or fair, and
frequently used by the Highlanders to dis-
tinguish a person of fair complexion, as olive,
black or swarthy were used to designate one
of dark complexion. The clan \''ean. or, as
oftener designated in Scotch history, Mac-
Bean, was one of the tribes of the Chatli,
and occupied the Lochaber territory some
time previous to 1300 A. D. Three distinct
families of this blood came to America — the
Bains to Virginia, the Banes to Maine, and
the Beans to New Hampshire. Many of the
early colonial records were destroyed by fire
and the successive raids made by hostile In-
dians, and it cannot be ascertained with cer-
tainty in what year or ship the Bean immi-
grant reached the shores of the new country.
Warren Bean, doubtless a descendant of the
old New England family of the same name,
married Sarah Swett, of Bethel, Maine, and
they had children : Henry W., Otis R., Inez
A., Leon L., Ervin A. and Guy C.
Ervin A., fourth son and fifth child of
Warren and Sarah (Swett) Bean, was born
in Bethel, Maine, January 15, 1877. -^^ the
tender age of nine years he had lost both of
his parents and was bound out to James
Crockett, of Norway, Maine, with whose fam-
ily he made his home during the next seven
or eight years. Later on he hired himself out
to do farm work and was thus employed at
the outbreak of the Spanish-American war.
When volunteers were called for to fill the
ranks of the American army he enlisted as
a private in Company D, of the First Maine
Volunteer Infantry, and went into camp with
the regiment at Chickamauga, Georgia. There
he fell a victim to typhoid fever of such ma-
lignant type that he was believed to have died
from its effects, and was carried out of the
hospital tent and placed on the ground at
the back of it, for burial on the following
day. During the night a heavy rain fell upon
the presumably dead soldier, restored him to
consciousness, broke the dreadful fever, and
his ultimate and complete recovery was the
result. From his early youth Mr. Bean has
been of industrious and frugal habits, saving
of his earnings, and it is owing to these quali-
ties and to his determination to succeed that
he was enabled to make his way in the world
without aid from anyone else, and is now a
prosperous business man. While still a boy
at work on the farm he made a point of
saving the greater part of his wages, and the
small capital thus secured he joined with that
of his brother and invested it in a clothing
business in Freeport, Maine. After his re-
turn from army service, completely broken in
health, he felt unable to resume hard manual
labor, and therefore became actively connected
with the business in which he and his brother
were interested. Later he purchased the in-
terest of his brother in the concern, con-
tinued it as sole proprietor uiilil 1905, then
sold out with profit and in the following year
bought his brother's clothing establishment in
x\ubum, Maine. He is proprietor of this
business at the present time, and that he is
a thoroughly capable and more than reason-
ably successsful business man is shown by the
fact that during the first year under his man-
agement the sales account of the store in-
creased over the last preceding year more
than seven thousand dollars. Mr. Bean's po-
STATE OF MAINE.
2239
litical affiliations are with the Repubhcan two children. Olive (Cliadbourne) Perkins,
party, and he is a Knight of Pythias, a Red mother of these children, died September 3,
Man and a Knight of the Golden Eagle. 1822.
(For previous generations see William Chadbourno I.)
(V) William (3), eld-
CHADBOURNE est child of William
(2) Chadbourne, was
born July 30, 1714. He probably served in
the Louisburg Expedition of 1745. He lived
in Berwick. He married Phebe , who
administered his estate in 1761. Children:
I. William, see forward. 2. Francis. 3.
Humphrey. 4. Catherine, married Daniel
Smith; .five children; died September 19,
'^777- 5- ^lary, married Jacob Hodsdon. 6.
Phebe, married Peaslee Morrill, who was
grandfather of Hons. Anson P. and Lot M.
Slorrill, both governors of Maine. 7. Jo-
anna, married Isaac Morrill.
(\'I) William (4), baptized September 9.
1744, eldest son of William (3) Chadbourne,
married Sarah Weymouth, and among their
children was Francis, see forward.
(VII) Francis, son of Wiliam (4) Chad-
bourne, was born June 5, 1755. He lived, died
and was buried at North Berwick. He mar-
ried (first) Olive Neal, born June 10, 1761,
and (second) Betsey Staples. Children by
Olive Xeal: i. Patience, born March 6, 1778,
married Humphrey Ayers, of Cornish ; eight
children, among whom was Rev. Francis C,
a ]Methodist minister. 2. Isaiah, born March
12, 1780, drowned at sea. 3. Joanna, born
August 14, 1782, married Benjamin Hurd, of
North Berwick ; children : Ruf us, Frank Ben-
jamin, Isaiah, drowned in 1849. 4- Francis,
born April 7, 1785, married Hannah Gardner;
children : Henry William, Sylvia. Rebecca and
Susannah ; Rebecca married Nathaniel Thomp-
son, and their son Albert C. was postmaster of
Lowell, 1904. 5. William, born August 18.
1787, married Susan Brackett. 6. Humphrey,
born December 4, 1789, married Joanna Pray;
children : Silas, Sarah, married George An-
derson, of Concord, New Hampshire. 7.
Sarah, born March 20, 1792, married Ed-
mund Neal. 8. Olive, born July 22, 1794,
married William Perkins ; children : Luther,
Sarah, Salome, Paul, Olive, Williarn, Huldah
A., married Lewis Wentworth Perkins (see
Perkins III) ; Francis C, Gooch, and two
who died in infancy. 9. Silas, born July 8,
1796, married Tabitha Nowell. 10. Paul,
born January 13, 1799, killed by accident,
1821. II. Isaiah, born March 24, i8oi, died
June 18, 1853, married Pendora Dennett;
John Frey, whose father was also
FREY named John, was born in Bavaria
in the year 1838. He received a
good education in the schools of his native
town. On arriving at a suitable age, he was
apprenticed to a shoemaker of the town and
in due course became a finished workman. He
was appointed and served as local marshal of
the town. In 1857 Mr. Frey sailed for the
LInited States, where he landed in New York
City. He remained there two months, then
moved eastward, finally settling in Bangor,
Maine. Here he followed his trade with suc-
cess until 1897, when he retired from active
business life. He married, in Bangor, Cather-
ine Carr. Three children were born of this
union : Charles Henry, William H. and Jen-
nie Florence.
Charles Henry, eldest son of John and
Catherine (Carr) Frey, was born in Bangor,
Maine, September 21, 1866. He received his
education in the schools of Bangor, and in
1879 began the work that finally became his
settled and regular business, in which he has
been very successful. Frey's is known far
and near as stated in 1879. Mr. Frey, in
1887, purchased the business and has made
it one • of the most popular restaurants in
the city. The business at 30 Central street
consists of lunch, cafe and ladies' and gentle-
men's public and private dining rooms. Mr.
Frey is also one of the popular caterers of
Bangor and has a good business in that line.
Associated with him is his brother Williain A.,
who is equally capable and efficient. He is
an active member of Bangor Lodge No. 244,
B. P. O. E. Mr. Frey married, January
2, 1887, Georgia A., daughter of Robert
Smith, of Carmel. William A. Frey was
born in Bangor, 1872. He w-as educated in
the Bangor schools. He began working in
the restaurant with which he is still con-
nected when but a boy, and has been a most
potent factor in maintaining its high stand-
ing and popularity. Pie is a member of the
Elks and Knights of Pythias. He married
AgTies Robinson.
Huddersfield in the West Rid-
GARNER ing of Yorkshire, in the valley
of the Colne, is sixteen miles
southwest from Leeds. It is a place of con-
siderable antiquity, and is mentioned in
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STATE OF MAINE.
Doomsday. It is the seat of extensive woolen
manufactories. This is the ancestral home of
the Garners.
(I) William Garner was born in Hudders-
field, England. He married Amelia Ash-
mont. Children: Allen, John, Charles and
Kegina.
(II) Allen, son of William and .Amelia
(Ashmont) Garner, began his career in Hud-
dersfield. England, in 1840. He married Mary
D., daughter of Captain James D. Jordan, of
Lewiston, Maine. Children: 1. Olive, wife
of W. O. Winfield, bobbin manufacturer.
Kezar Falls, Maine. 2. Mary Evangeline,
wife of M. W. M. Chellis. superintendent of
Cornish and Kezar l-"alls Light and Power
Company. 3. William Allen, see forward. 4.
Lawrence R. 5. Albert. 6. Alvin, who died
in infancy. Mr. Garner is a man of fine
executive ability in his line of chosen work,
and knows the mill business from a to z. He
has filled every position from bobbin boy to
agent and manager. The success of the man-
ufacturing plant established at Kezar P'alls in
1881 is largely due to his efforts. His father
died when he was six years old, and he came
to America with his mother in 1856, settling
in Lewiston, Maine. He is a man greatly
esteemed by his associates in business, beloved
by his employees, and highly respected as a
townsman. He is a man of moral upright-
ness, unquestioned integrity of character, and
of unyielding perseverance.
(Ill) William Allen, son of Allen and
Mary D. (Jordan) Garner, was born June
5, 1876, the centennial year, in Lewiston,
Maine. When he was six years old his people
changed their residence to Kezar Falls, Maine,
and here he studied in the schools of Porter
and at North Parsonsfield Academy. After
serving a short apprenticeship in the Kezar
Falls mills, of which his father was manager,
he took a specialty course in the textile school
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He returned
to the mill again, beginning at the very bot-
tom, and arose in successive promotions until
he is now manager. He knows the practical
part thoroughly as he knows the theoretical.
He is a thorough-going business man of the
aggressive type. He is treasurer and secretary
of the Cornish and Kezar Falls Light and
Power Company. He is a Republican of the
Roosevelt stamp. Ilis townspeople elected
him to the school board, of which he was an
active and valuable member. He is a mem-
ber of Drummond Lodge, F. and A. M., of
Parsonsfield ; of Ossipee Valley Lodge, K. of
P., of Porter. He married, October :>-j, 1901,
Bertha May. daughter of William Ridlon, of
Boston, Massachusetts. His children are:
Ruth Evelyn, born January 18, 1904, and
Marv D., who died in infancy.
Daniel Andrews Hobbs, a de-
HORBS scendant of Henry Hobbs, of
Dover, resided in W'aterboro and
was an industrious farmer. He married Har-
riet Ann Sanborn, born January 9, 1825,
daughter of Israel and Almira ( lilake) San--
lx)rn. Her grandfather, Joseph Sanborn, who
was baptized in Hampton, New Hampshire,
December 15, 1768, settled in Waterboro.
The maiden name of his wife was Betty Hill,
and their only son, Daniel, was born in Water-
boro. August s. 1793- Daniel Sanborn died
October 30, 1863, and .Almira, his wife, who
was born in Wakefield, New Hampshire. Oc-
tober 29, 1798, died October 25, 1880. They
were the parents of twelve children. Mrs.
Hobbs became the mother of two sons:
George Henry and Willis Edgar.
(II) (]eorge Henry, son of Daniel and Har-
riet A. (Sanborn) Hobbs, was born in Water-
boro, September 11, 1 85 1. As a youth he
assisted his father in carrying on the home-
stead farm, and when a young man learned
the carpenter's trade. He subsequently lo-
cated in Alfred and is still residing there, fol-
lowing his trade in connection with agricul-
ture. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a
member of Saco \'alley Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of West Buxton. In
1871 he married Lucy .Anna Dudley, born in
Hollis, Maine, September 10, 1851. They
have had four sons : Frederick Andrews,
George Franklin, Maynard Ashton, Norman
B., who died in infancy.
(III) Frederick Andrews, son of George
H. and Lucy A. (Dudley) Hobbs, was born
in Hollis, July 26, 1875. He was graduated
from the University of Maine with the class
of i8g6. and entering the educational field,
taught school in Alfred two years, going
thence to Westbrook. where he taught for
three years. While thus employed he studied
law with Samuel M. Came and the late Hon.
John B. Donovan, both of Alfred, and was
admitted to the bar May 12, igoo. In 1898
he enlisted at Westbrook as a private in Com-
pany M, First Regiment, Maine \"nlunteer
Infantry, for service in the Spanish-American
war; was promoted to the rank of second
lieutenant at Chickamauga and mustered out
as such at the close of hostilities. In Decem-
ber, 1900, he established himself as an at-
torney and counsellor at law^ in South Ber-
STATE OF MAINE.
wick, and has built up a profitable general
practice. He was elected county attorney and
is still serving in that responsible capacity, dis-
playing marked ability in handling the county's
legal business. Politicafly he acts with the
Republican party. He is a member of Fra-
ternal Lodge, .Ancient Free and .Accepted Ma-
sons, of Alfred ; Unity Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, of South Berwick : Maine Council,
Royal and Select Masters, of Saco ; and IJrad-
ford Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bid-
deford. He also affiliates with Olive Branch
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and -Agamenticus Encampment, Quamphegan
Lotlge, Knights of Pythias, Nevvichawannock
Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, all of
South Berwick, and with the Eagles in Port-
land. In iMarch, 1902, Mr. Hobbs married
Cassandra M. Aspinwall, daughter of William
H. and Eliza .Aspinwall, of Salmon Falls,
New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs have
one daughter, Pauline Dudley, born January
3. 1907-^
This family were of .Scotch
SMILEY origin. The first of the name
are said to have arrived in New
England about the same time, and settled in
Haverhill, Massachusetts, and one of them
at least, John Smiley, remained there and
was the progenitor of the Massachusetts fam-
ily. Francis Smiley, brother of John, went
to New Hampshire at an early date.
Francis Smiley, emigrant ancestor of the
Maine line, was born in England (or Scot-
land), 1689, and came with others of his fam-
ily to America, the e.xact date of arrival not
known. Perhaps he remained some time at
Haverhill, Massachusetts, where his brother
John located, but he is recorded as having
bought a farm at Windham, New Hampshire,
November 3, 1743, where he resided, and
where he died March 16, 1763, "aged sev-
enty-four." In 1746 he was appointed
tithing man, and in 1749 held the office of con-
stable. The name of his wife is not learned.
It is supposed that he had three sons : Will-
iam, David and Hugh, who removed to Maine.
From the emigrant ancestor named above
was descended Reuel William Smiley, son of
David Smiley. He married Laura R. Webber.
Edward Howes, son of Reuel and Laura
(Webber) Smiley, was born in Winslow,
Maine, August 17, 1852. He was educated at
the public "schools, Waterville Classical Insti-
tute, and Colby University, graduating with
the class of 1875. The following year he
entered upon the vocation of teacher, which
position he has successfully filled for more
than twenty years. He was principal of the
high school at Waterville, Maine, 1875-84;
classical teacher in high .school, Springfield,
Mas.sachusetts, 1884-90; and high school,
Hartford, Connecticut, 1890-95; principal of
high school at Hartford since 1895. Mr. Smi-
ley, though not prominent in Maine politics,
is a Republican. He married, at Hyde Park,
Massachusetts. 1877, Ella L. Hutchinson, of
Winslow, .Maine, who was born June 2, 1853.
Their son, Ralph William, born 1883, was
graduated from Harvard University, class of
1907.
The American branch of this
BliCH.ARI) family descended from the
one made famous in French
history and was so prominent in the affairs of
Canada.
(I) Uldric Bechard, the progenitor in this
country, on his maternal side was of a good
old English and Scotch family. He was born
February, 1830, in Montreal, Canada. He
obtained his education in the public schools
and graduated from St. Anne's College of
that city. For many years he was a sales-
man, then a bookkeeper, and still later gov-
ernment inspector, having a large district
which he covered in the examination of teach-
ers and their methods of instruction ; also re-
porting the condition of the schools and build-
ings. He further gave advice as to the sani-
tary conditions of the school buildings, as
well as the conveniences for the comfort and
use of the students attending. He married
Irene Young, born in Bangor, Maine, Sep-
tember 25, 1830, and by whom were born
twelve children. Uldric Bechard, father of
this family, was accidentally drowned at Corn-
wall, Canada, at the age of forty-one years.
(II) Henri P., son of Uldric Bechard and
wife, was born at Wolford, Province of On-
tario, Canada, August 22, 1858, and was only
thirteen years of age when his father was
drowned. He attended the public schools
until he lost his father, but after that sad
event most of his education was obtained by
studying nights. Having an excellent mem-
ory and keen perceptive faculties, he acquired
not only a thorough education from the me-
dium of textbooks, but a wonderful knowledge
of human nature, which has enabled him to
become an exceptionally successful business
man. He began his career as a timekeeper
on the Quebec Central railroad, which po-
sition he took when but fourteen years of age.
He remained faithful to every known duty in
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STATE OF MAINE.
that position for about two years, when he
accepted a similar one with the Passumpsic
Railroad Company (now the Boston & Maine)
and after a little over one year with that
company went to Lewiston, Maine, where he
found employment in a cotton mill, and later
as clerk in a drygoods house. Having early
in life learned the real value of money, he
was careful of his earnings, however never
refusing assistance to the needy poor about
him, he was soon able to buy a furniture
business, which he conducted about five years.
His next venture was the insurance business,
while he studied law evenings. Finally he en-
tered the office of McGillicuddy & Morey,
where he devoted all possible time to the fur-
ther mastery of the law. He was admitted
to the bar September 25, 1900, and imme-
diately opened an office, and has with the
passing years built up a business in his pro-
fession second to none in his city. One of
the causes, it is said, for his unusual success as
an attorney is the fact that he is thoroughly
honest and will not stoop to take a case at
bar where his success must be won by ques-
tionable methods. While he is a busy man,
and pays little real attention to politics, he
has served one term as alderman, and on ac-
count of not having time to devote to the
office, refused a second term. His financial
interests are large and varied. He was one
of the incorporators of the Manufacturers'
National Bank, at Lewiston, and has connec-
tion whh numerous enterprises.
Among the early-day families of
BRIGGS Taunton, Massachusetts, was the
Briggs family, of whom it is
supposed that Daniel was the ancestor in that
section of New England, and was probably
first to settle in this country.
(1) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Briggs,
was born 1765, died in 1S39. In 1786 he
moved from Taunton, Massachusetts, to what
was then know-n as Bakerstown, later a part
of Minot and Poland, Maine. There he built
a log house into which he moved with his
bride, at once commenced to make for him-
self a home, and within a few years had suc-
ceeded in transforming a wilderness tract of
Maine land into one of the finest of New
England homesteads of that day. He married
(first) Hannah Bradford, by whom was born
twelve children. After her death Mr. Briggs
married a widow named Milliken, by whom
there was no issue. Children of first wife :
1. Charles, married Martha Kinsley. 2. Bet-
sey, wife of Nathan Reynolds. 3. Lurana.
wife of Calvin Gotham. 4. Rispah, wife of
Galen Jones. 5. and 6. Died in infancy. 7.
Daniel, married Tabitha Jones. 8. Roxie,
wife of Stephen Packard. 9. Jennette, wife
of Nathaniel Drake. 10. Ann, unmarried.
II. Tylie, wife of Abijah Gorham. 12. Hi-
ram C.
(II) Hiram C, youngest of the sons of
Daniel aii<l Hannah (Bradford) Briggs, was
born in iiakcrstown, November 12, 1808, died
in 1900. L'ntil within two years of his death
he was capable of and managed his own busi-
ness affairs. In his earlier years he lived
on the old homestead and was a man of con-
siderable prominence, holding numerous of-
fices of public trust and honor. He married
(first) Hannah, daughter of Captain Cyrus
Alden, by whom he had two children : Ben-
jamin F. and Alden G. For his second wife
he married Semira, daughter of William and
Betsey (Jumper) Briggs. By. the last mar-
riage there were born children as follows :
I. William, who died in infancy. 2. Daniel,
born June 13, 1840. 3. Ansel, March 5, 1843.
4. Betsey, October 26, 1844.
(III) Ansel, third child of Hiram C. and
Semira (Briggs) Briggs, was born on the
old Briggs homestead, situated on what is
now a part of Auburn, Maine, and there con-
tinued to reside until a few years ago, when
he retired from active life, turning the farm
over to his eldest son, which insures it being
held in the Briggs family. In this same lo-
cality there are six out of the original farms
still held in the family of those who first
settled upon them in the long-a^o days of
the colonial times of New England. Mr.
Briggs has always been closely identified with
the interests of the Republican party in town,
county, state and nation. He is now serving
(1908) on his seventh year as one of the
board of assessors. He was appointed one
of the trustees of the State Reform school by
Governor Cleaves, and reappointed by Gov-
ernor Powers. He has also served with dis-
tinction as a member of the Maine legislature
for four terms ; he was nominated by acclama-
tion three times. The last time he was nomi-
nated, when the ballots were counted it was
found that he had but one opposing vote. He
married, December 7, 1865, S. Louella, daugh-
ter of Soranus and Mary Ann (Hobbs)
Briggs. Soranus was a son of Daniel Briggs
(2), and grandson of Daniel Briggs (i).
The children of Ansel and S. Louella Briggs
are: i. Mary E., married W. B. Beals, of
.Auburn, Maine ; son, Stanley Bradford. 2.
Hiram S., married Daisy E. Wills, of Au-
STATE OF MAINK.
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brrn: three children: Maurice A., Bernice A.
and Elsie E. 3. Martha A., unmarried. 4.
Herbert L.. married Ardena Given, and now
resides in W'ithrow, Minnesota ; they have one
son, Roy G. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs are at-
tendants of the Universalist church. He is a
member of the Auburn Grange, of which he
has been master and is now serving as treas-
urer.
(For preceding generations see Hu5;h Millikeii 1.)
(HI) John (2), eldest son of
MILLIKEX John (i) and Ehzabeih (Al-
ger) Milliken, married Janu-
ary I, 1718. Sarah Burnett. He was a sadier by
trade, lived in Boston, and had his home and
shop "at the corner going down Wentworth"s
wharf." He is recorded as owning, in con-
nection with Elizabeth !\IcCarty, widow, an
estate in Dedham of twenty acres, which tiicy
conveyed by deed for the consideration of
twenty pounds lawful money, dated .'\ugust
18, 1718. His first wife died, and he mar-
ried (second) September 3, 1728, Rebecca
Thomas, who died at Scarboro, Maine, April
25, 1760. He removed with his family to
Scarboro about 1744. before which time he
purchased the right of his aunt, Elizabeth
Palmer, to the Alger estate, known as ''The
Palmer Lot." This purchase was made July
ig, 1727, and with his brother Benjamin he
purchased, June 21. 1727, the right of his
great-aunt, Jane Davis, in the same lot. Jane
Davis was widow of Andrew Alger Jr., and
daughter of Dorcas (-\lger) Collins. In the
same year, wMth his brother Samuel, he pur-
chased the right of his great-aunt, Joanna
(Alger) Mills. When the title to the Algei
estate was established he owned one-half of
the original grant, and the "Palmer lot," con-
taining fifty acres. He did not remove to
Scarboro, however, until after 1744, when he
made his home at Dunstan Landing. The cel-
lar of his home was filled up in 1873 ^y Noah
Pillsbury, who planted an orchard on the site.
Children of John and Sarah (Burnett) Milli-
ken: I. Mary, born in Boston, August 11,
1719; married. November 9, 1745, Benjamin
Earners ; three children, all christened in Trin-
ity Clmrch. Boston. 2. John, .A.ugust 17, 1721 ;
died young. 3. John ( q. v.), February 17,
1723. 4. Thomas, May 31, 1724; married
Sarah Thompson, of Boston; had five chil-
dren, and died in 1774. Her husband was a
Royalist. 5. Sarah, April 29, 1725; married
twice, and by second husband. Joseph Hodg-
don, had a son whose posterity lived in Saco,
Maine.
(IV) John (3), second son of John (2)
and Sarah (Burnett) Milliken, married Elea-
nor (Libby), v,idow of Benjamin Sallis, of
Bead Point, Scarboro, Maine, August 6,
1761. He died in 1766. Children: i. John
(5), 1760; married Christina Mitchell ;" was
a tanner, farmer and ship owner, and Hved
in Yarmouth more than twenty years. He
was a soldier in the revolutionary war, serv-
ing from the time of his enlistment to the
close of the war in 1783. Alter the war he
built vessels and fitted them for the West
Indies trade, acquired considerable wealth,
and three or more of his ships were captured
by the French, and his heirs were thus in-
terested in the Spoliation Claims. He re-
moved to Belfast, Maine, where he owned the
finest mansion in the town, and next lived
in Mortville, where he owned a farm and
tannery. He had ten children, and died in
Montville, Maine, December 24, 1848, and his
widow, August 8, 1854, aged ninety years. 2
Benjamin (q. v.), born in 1764. 3. Josiah,
born in 1766; lived in Scarboro, where the
Milliken Convent was made in 1792. He was
afterwards lost at sea.
(V) Benjamin, second son of John (4) and
Eleanor (Libby) Sallis Milliken, was born in
Scarboro, Maine, in 1764. He married (first)
Elizabeth Babbridge, by whom he had ten
children, and the mother of these children
died in North Yarmouth, Maine, in 1807, ^"d
was buried in that place. His second pro-
posed marriage was published March 25,
1809, to Lydia, widow of Jeremiah Bean, of
Montville, Maine, by whom he had two chil-
dren. He was a farmer, tanner and currier
in Bucksville village, and he died there Sep-
tember 20, 1 81 8. His widow married John
Dillingham, of North .'Kuburn, Maine, but she
was buried beside her first husband, in Buck-
field, Maine.
(VI) Josiah, third son of Benjamin and
Elizabeth (Babbridge) Milliken, was born in
Scarboro, ]\Iaine, January i, 1803. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Freeman, and settled in Buck-
field, where his father was a farmer, and also
carried on a tannery. He subsequently re-
moved to Portland, Maine, where he died in
1866, and where his widow was still living in
1877. Children: i. Mary Freeman, born in
Portland, Maine, 1827; married Daniel W.
True, merchant, Portland, Maine; she died
July 10, 1900. 2. Weston F"reeman, Septem-
ber 28, 1829; married (first) Martha F. Has-
kell, of New Gloucester, Maine. She died in
Portland, Maine, August 16, 1870, and he
married (second) February 28, 1882, Mary
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STATE OF MAINE.
Webster Palmer, of Orono, Maine, lie was
a prosperous merchant in Portland, a banker,
steamboat man, representative in the Maine
lepislature 1872-76, and collector of the port
of Portland at the time of his death, Novem-
ber 19, 1899. 3. William II., January 17,
1831, married, October 28. 1851, Julia Wy-
man, of Webster, Maine ; he was a member
of the firm of Deering, Milliken & Co., Port-
land, and died there July 25, 1890, leaving a
widow and two children : Minnie M. and Will-
iam H. Milliken. 4. Charles R., December
12, 1833; married, 1857, Elizabeth Roach
Fickett. an<l had three children. He was a
successful business man in Portland and died
in 1906. 5. Seth Mellen (q. v.), January 7,
1836. 6. George, January 18, 1840; married,
September 28, 1864, Ilenrietta A. Barber, of
Portland, Maine, and they had three children.
He was a commission merchant in Portland,
where he died August 8, 1899. 7. Addie, horn
1846, at Portland, Maine; married (first)
Leonard Short, of Loring, Short & Harmon,
booksellers, and (second) John Torrance, Sep-
tember 17, 1900.
(VH) Seth Mellen Milliken, fourth son of
Josiah and Elizabeth (Freeman) Milliken, was
born in Poland, Maine, January 7, 1836. He
received a good practical education in the
public schools of his native town, and at Yar-
mouth and Hebron .Academies, later teaching
school in Mechanic Falls, but soon leaving to
begin a life of business as a general mer-
chandise dealer in Minot, Maine, in 1856. In
1861 he removed to Portland, where he be-
came a partner with his brother-in-law, D. W.
True, in the wholesale grocery business, as
True & Milliken. In 1865 he engaged in the
drygoods jobbing business in Portland, under
the firm name of Deering, Milliken & Co.
This firm continued until about 1895, but
Mr. Milliken gave it little attention, as he
made his residence in New York City, and
established there the house of the same name,
which is to-day one of the largest drygoods
commission houses in the coimtry.
It is of interest to name some of the man-
ufacturing and other corporations in which
he is directly interested in control, as presi-
dent or director. In Maine : Cascade Woolen
Mill. Cowan Woolen Co., Farnsworth Co..
Forest Mills Co., Lockwood Co., Madison
Woolen Co.. Pondicherry Co., Worumbo Mfg.
Co.. Poland Paper Co.. and Saco & Pettec
Machine .Shops. In New Hampshire: Great
Falls Woolen Co. In Massachusetts : Geo.
V.\ Olnev Woolen Co. In .South Carolina:
Abbeville Cotton Mills, Darlington Mfg. Co.,
Drayton Mills, Hartsville Cotton Mills, Lock-
hart Mills, Laurens Cotton Mills, Mills Man-
ufacturing Co., Monarch Cotton Mills, Paco-
let Manufacturing Co., Reedy River Manu-
facturing Co., Spartan Mills, Whitney Manu-
facturing Co. In Georgia : Gainesville Cot-
ton Mills. In Alabama: The Dallas Manu-
facturing Co.
Mr. Millikin is also connected with the
following associations in New York as direc-
tor or trustee: Bowery Savings Bank, Fidel-
ity Bank, New York Life Insurance Co., and
the Trust Company of .America. For nearly
thirty years Mr. \Iilliken was a director of
the Mercantile National Bank in New York.
In the financial difficulties of 1907 he tem-
porarily undertook the presidency of the bank,
and its continuation was largely due to his
firm management and acumen.
.Seth M. Milliken has been closely identified
with the growth of New York since his com-
ing in the sixties. Although not entering to
any great extent into politics, he has always
staunchly supported the Republican party, and
in 1892 was elected one of the presidential
electors of his state, and has been a member
of the Union League Club since the year fol-
lowing his coming to New York. He is also
a member of the Republican Club, Metropoli-
tan Club, Driving Club. Merchants Club, and
the New- England Society in New York, also
the Cumberland Club of Portland and the
Maine Society of New York. He became a
Mason through his initiation into Atlantic
Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Portland, Maine.
With his family he attends the Brick Presby-
terian Church of New York.
On October 14, 1874. he married Marga-
ret L., youngest daughter of Dr. Levi Ger-
rish Hill, of Dover, New Hampshire. She
<!ied in i88i. Their three children are: i.
.Seth Minoti born in Dover, New Hampshire,
July 23, 1875; A. B. Yale University. 1898;
M. D. College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia I'niversitv, 1902; and a practising
physician in New York City. He married.
October 5, 1907, Alida King Lease. 2. Ger-
rish Hill, bom in Dover, New Hampshire,
August 17, 1877: Ph. B., Yale University;
.Sheffield Scientific School. 1898; a commis-
sion merchant in the firm of Deering, Milliken
& Co. 3. Margaret Leighton, born Novem-
ber 23, 1880; married, November 6, 1902,
Harold .Ames Hatch, and their children are :
Harold .Ames Hatch, born .April 2},. 1905;
Margaret Leighton Hatch, born June 8, 1907.
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STATE OF MAINE.
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(For preceding generations see Brian Pendleton I.)
(Ill) Caleb, fourth son of
PENDLETON Captain James and second
wife. Hannah (Goode-
now) Pendleton, was born August 8, 1669.
He lived in Westerly, on land given him by his
grandfather, Major Brian Pendleton, as per
deed 1674. He died in 1746: will proved
March 31, 1746. inventory 147 pounds. His
wife, name not given, died in 1745. Their chil-
dren were: James: Sarah, baptjzed July 23,
1793, married Lampheare: Hannah,
baptized July 7, 1695 : Caleb Jr., baptized July
6, 1797: Elizabeth, baptized June 25, 1699,
married Browning: Brian, baptized
June 13, 1701 : Ann. .August 22, 1703, married
Babcock : Read, married John Saun-
ders ; Susanna, married Stephen Wilcox, .Au-
gust 6, 1724; Ruth, married Benoin Smith.
(IV) James, eldest son of Caleb Pendle-
ton, was born in Westerly, 1690, and bap-
tized July 23, 1693. The only mention of his
family is that he had a son Thomas. He
probably removed from Westerly.
(V) Thomas, son of James Pendleton, was
born in Westerly, January 3, 1719. He mar-
ried, 1 741, Dorcas, daughter of Tristram
Dodge, of Block Island. Thomas Pendleton
was a master mariner engaged in whale fish-
ery to Greenland. On one of his voyages he
put in at Castine. Maine, and being greatly
excited with the beauty of the Penobscot Bay,
he determined to settle there. In 1753 he sold
his ^^'esterly estate for one thousand one hun-
dred thirty pounds, and in 1766 removed to
Longue Island (now Islesborough), Maine,
where he took up to nine hundred acres. His
whole family soon followed him. and he set-
tled them on his island land. His own house
was northeast of Dark Harbor. He was very
active in town aflfairs. His death occurred in
1809. and his wife died 1796. Children, all
born in Islesborough : Mark, died aged nine-
teen; Stephen, died young; Samuel, born
1745; ^Margaret, 1747; Thomas Jr., 1749, was
town officer 1790, bought land at Saunders
Harbor, 1793; Gideon, 1751: Joshua, 1755;
Nathaniel, 1757, married Cynthia Wett: Mary,
1758, married October 2, 1774, Joseph Board-
man : Stephen (2), born February 9, 1763.
(VI) Samuel, third son of Thomas and
Dorcas (Dodge) Pendleton, was born at Isles-
borough, 1745. He married, at Block Island,
in i766,.Bathsheba, daughter of John Dodge,
and sister of Simon Dodge. He settled on
his father's land in this island. His house
was built on Pendleton Cove in 1772. He
bought extra land, including seven small
islands. He was deacon of the First Church,
and greatly respected. His wife died March.
1828. His will was dated March 2, 1822.
Children, born at Isle.<;borough : Dorcas, De-
cember 2, 1767; Bathsheba, 1778, died young;
Joshua, October 17, 1781 ; Mark, 1784; Bath-
sheba (2), 1786; Prudence, March 10, 1788,
married Jacob George, of Prospect, and died
February 18, 1876; Samuel Jr., January 14,
1791 ; Simon D., December 22, 1792.
(VII) Mark, second son of Samuel and
Bathsheba (Dodge) Pendleton, was born at
Islesborough, 1784, and died December 25,
1887. He married, in 1806, Lydia. daughter
of John Ball, of Block Island. Children : Vin-
cent, born January 25, 1807; Simon, Septem-
ber 4, 1809; Mary, February 2. 181 1 ; Dodge,
March i, 1813, died 1893; I-yflia, June 15,
1815; liathsheba. May 16, 1817, married,
December 21. 1837, Daniel Warren; Samuel
R., September 27, 1820, married, October 21,
1848, Elsie Brown, and had son Samuel .\.,
born October g. 1853; Isaac Case, January 19,
1822. married Mercv Nash.
(VIII) Mark (2), third son of Mark (i)
and Lydia (Ball) Pendleton, was born Feb-
ruary 2, 181 1. He is described as "a master
mariner and a gentleman of the old school."
Captain Mark was enterprising, ambitious and
successful, always actively interested in town
affairs. He and his four sons are mentioned
as large ship owners, among the most enter-
prising of Islesborough families, giving largely
to navigation and accumulating wealth." Cap-
tain Mark lived on the estate of his father,
below Bounty Cove, and west of Pendleton
Mountain, where he died April 23, 1888. He
married, March 10, 1837, Eliza Jane, daughter
of Captain Fields Coombs and wife Betsey
(Ames) Coombs, born March 23, 1817. She
survived her husband. Children : Richard P.,
born July 28, 1839, unmarried: Fields C,
1842: "Guilford D., ^larch 4, 1845, married
; Winfield S., September 2, 1847: Eliza
L., November 18, 1850, married Lester A.
Lewis: Mark, September 17. 1852, died 1854;
Emma B., July 8, 1855, died 1863 ; Mark P.,
Januarv 11, i860, representative from Isle-
borough in legislature 1889, and editor and
proprietor of Belfast Age; married, Septem-
ber ID, 1889, Inez L. Matthews, of Bangor.
(IX) Fields Coombs, second son of Mark
(2) and Eliza Jane (Coombs) Pendleton, was
born at Islesborough. November 6. 1842. Af-
ter attending the Islesborough school, at eleven
years of age he went to sea. and returned at
the age of forty-three. Like his father, he
was a shipmaster and owner. He married
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(first) March 27, 1863, Lucinda J. Secly, who
died June 25, 1865; (second) October 3,
1866, Mrs. Sabrina P. Brown. Children of
second marriage : Nellie L.. born April 29,
1868. died July 6, 1886; Fields S., March 24.
1870; .Alice L.. Ajiril 3. 1872; Sabrina C,
August 20. 1876; Edwin S., December 4, 1877;
Effie B.. April 13, 1880; Phebe E., January
26, 1884.
(X) Fields S.. eldest son of Fields Coombs
and Sabrina P. (Brown) Pendleton, was born
at Islesborough, March 24, 1870. He was
educated at Islesborough and Castine Normal
Schools, and the .Methodist Seminary, Kent's
Hill, Maine. His first business position was
as salesman in a grocery store at Islesborough,
where he still retains an interest. In 1891
he removed to New York City and engaged
in general commission and ship brokerage
business, under the firm name of Pendleton
Brothers. Like his father and grandfather,
he is a ship owner, and engaged in coasting
trade with West Indies. He married, Jan-
uary 19. 1894. Blanche Collins, of Islesbor-
ough. Their children are: Fields S. Jr.,
Richard, Virginia.
The surname Sau telle is
S.\L'TELLE identical with Sawtelle. Sar-
tell, and various other forms
still in use by different branches of the family.
The family is of ancient English origin.
(I) Richard Sawtell, immigrant ancestor,
born in England, came to Watertown, Massa-
chusetts, and his brother Thomas probably
came with him. As Thomas left no children.
Richard seems to be the progenitor of all of
the name in New England. He was a pro-
prietor at \\'ateriuiJ« as early as 1636: went
to Groton, and was town clerk there during
the first three years that records were kept.
1662-64. At the time of King Philip's war.
about 1675, he returned to Watertown. He
''ied an aged man, August 2, 1694, and his
inventory amounting to 147 pounds, eleven
.'-hillings, was filed September 14, 1694. His
wife Elizabeth died October 18, 1694, leaving
will dated May 16, 1692, of which her son
Enoch was executor, appointed November 26.
1694. Richard's will mentions wife Elizabeth,
children ( )badiah, of Groton : Enoch, of
Watertown ; Bethia, John, Jonathan ( de-
ceased), Zachariah, Hannah and Mary. He
owned a twenty-acre right in Groton. Chil-
dren : I. Obadiah, mentioned below. 2. Eliza-
beth, born May 11, 1638, at Watertown. 3.
Jonathan, born August 24, i63() : married,
July 3, 1665, Mary ; six children. 4.
Mary, November 19, 1640; married
Sterling. 5. Hannah, Ixirn December 10,
1642: married Winn. 6. Zechariah,
born July 25, 1643; married (first) Elizabeth
Parker. 7. Enoch, Weaver, of Watertown ;
married Susanna . 8. John, mentioned
in will. 9. Ruth, married, March 9, 1676-77,
John Hewes, of Watertown. 10. Bethia, died
October 12, 1714, aged si.xty-eight ; married,
January 27, 1701, John Green.
(II) Obadiah, son of Richard Sawtell, was
born at Watertown, about 1636. He went
with his father to Groton, and returned there
after King Philip's war. He married Hannah,
daughter of George Lawrence, of Groton and
Watertown. She was assigned to Lieutenant
Jonas Prescott's garrison during the war of
1691-92, designated as Widow Sawtell. Only
two children are known: Obadiah, mentioned
below, and Abigail, born March i^, 1665-6.
(III) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah (i)
Sawtell, was born about 1658-60, in Groton,
and died there March 20, 1740. He married,
1680, Hannah . Children, born at Gro-
ton: I. Elnathan, March 27, 1683. 2. Josiah,
August 14, 1687; died October 4, 1690. 3.
Hannah, June 8, 1695; married Stephen Hol-
den. 4. Abigail, March 13, 1697; married Jo-
seph Parker. 5. Obadiah, March 18, 1701.
6. Hezekiah, mentioned below.
(IV) Hezekiah, son of Obadiah (2) Saw-
tell, was born in Groton, March 2, 1703, and
died there March 13, 1779. His brother Oba-
diah moved with all his family to Township
No. 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire, where
he was captured May 29, 1746, by the Indians,
returning from captivity in Canada in August
24, 1747, and was killed June 17, 1749, at
Charlestown, by the Indians; married, No-
vember 16, 1721, Rachel, daughter of Samuel
and Abigail (Lakin) Parker, and had si.x chil-
dren who adopted the spelling of Sartwell.
Hezekiah married Joanna Wilson, who died
September 11, 1786, at Groton. Children,
born at Groton: i. Jonathan, June 6, 1724.
2. Hezekiah, December 11, 1725: settled at
Shirley, Massachusetts. 3. Elnathan, October
21, 1728, settled at Shirley. 4. Hannah, Octo-
ber II, 1730. 5. Obadiah, October 11, 1732;
settled at Shirley. 6. Ephraim, January 18,
1734. 7. Richard, June 21, 1737; settled at
Shirley. 8. Elizabeth, June 13, 1739. 9. Na-
thaniel, October 6, 1743: mentioned below.
10. Esther, August 31, 1745. n. Rebecca,
October 8, 1747.
(V) Sergeant Nathaniel, son of Hezekiah
Sawtell, was born in Groton, October 6, 1743.
He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal
STATE OF MAINE.
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in Captain Henry Farwell's company of min-
ute-men, Colonel William Prescott's regiment,
on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; ser-
geant in same company, 1775; also in Captain
Joseph Boynton's company, Colonel Xathanicl
Wade's regiment, 1778-9, and in Captain John
Porter's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's
regiment, 1779 (vol. xiii, Mass. Soldiers and
Sailors of the Revolution, pp. 824 and 1857).
He went to Maine and began clearing a farm
in the wilderness. He returned to Groton for
his family. When they reached Minot, Maine,
his wife decitled that that was far enough
for civilization, and he built a log house there,
going ahead to his clearing. He set a line of
sable traps from Minot to Otisfield, a distance
of nine miles, and during the first winter his
two eldest sons, aged eight and ten, cared
for the traps. He built a shack at Otisfield,
where they slept alternate nights alone, after
removing the pelts from whatever game they
found. They continued this lonesome and
hazardous occupation until the middle of win-
ter, when their father returned to Minot. He
married, at Groton, June 9, 1763, Abigail Wy-
man. Children: i. Alice, born at Groton, Oc-
tober 26, 1765. 2. Henry, April 25, 1767, at
Shirley. 3. Nehemiah, July 12, 1769; men-
tioned below. 4. Nathaniel, September 19,
1771. 5. Benjamin, October 11, 1773.
(VI) Lieutenant Nehemiah, son of Ser-
geant Nathaniel Sawtell, was born in Groton,
July 12, 1769. He was ten years old when
he went to Maine with the family, and was
the elder of the two young trappers men-
tioned. He was a farmer at Minot, Maine,
and lieutenant in the state militia. He mar-
ried, about 1798, Polly Haskell. Children,
born at Minot : Nathan H., mentioned below ;
Polly, Abigail. Seth, Betsey, Henry, Jane,
William, Nehemiah, Lorena, Susan.
( \'II ) Nathan Hale, son of Lieutenant
Sawtell, was born at Minot, May 9. 1800, and
died at Livermore, Maine, October 27, 1872.
He was educated in the district schools of
Minot. He removed when about twenty
years old to Turner, Maine, where he was in
business as a farmer. He was afterward
a hotel proprietor at Paris and Poland,
Maine. In 1847 he established himself in
business as a tanner and currier of leather
at Auburn, Maine, and also engaged in the
manufacture of boots and shoes. He moved
to Livermore in i860, and lived there the re-
mainder of his life. He was a shrewd and
successful business man, a popular host and
well-known citizen. He married (first)
Olive Whitman, of Turner: (second) Maria
Hinds, born March 24, 1807, daughter of
Ebenezer and .Anna (llaihaway) Minds (see
Hinds family). Children of first wife: i. Or-
son H. 2. Lucy. Children of second wife: 3.
Zephaniah, married, 1861, Frances Clark, of
South Paris, Maine. 4. William Henry, men-
tioned below. 5. Flora Sweet, married George
C. Aldcn. of Marll)orough. Massachusetts.
6. Clara Maria, married Charles Klwood
Nash, now of Los .Angeles, California.
(\'I11) William lienry Sautelle, son of
Nathan II., was horn in Turner, Maine, July
26, 1845, '""1 ^vas educated there in the public
schools. He left home at the age of eighteen,
and followed farming in Massachusetts. Since
1901 he has made his home in Auburn, Maine,
and is now retired from business. He en-
listed in the civil war in Company G, Fifth
Massachusetts \^olunteer Infantry, and served
with credit. He is a member of Benjamin
Stone Jr. Post, No. 88, G. A. R., of Dorches-
ter, Massachusetts ; and is a iVIason, having
attained to the Commandery degrees.
He married, October 30, 1873, Mary,
daughter of John and Louisa (Smith) Casey,
of Livermore. Children: i. Mary, born Oc-
tober 25, 1879: married Edwin C. Goodwin,
of Bale Verte. New Brunswick. 2. William
H. F., born at Milton. Massachusetts, Jan-
uary 10, 1889. graduate of Edward Little high
school, class of 1907.
The surname Hyne, Hine, Hinds
HINDS is variously spelled. It is derived
from the trade or occupation,
like many other English surnames. A hyne,
hine or hind was a tiller of the soil — a peas-
ant, farmer. The surnames Haynes, Haines,
Hine and Hinds may have had different ori-
gins, but for a long time the spellings were
used interchangeably in England and America,
and it is not possible to separate the families
by the surnames. In fact, nine different ways
of spelling their name is still found among
the descendants of William Hinds, the im-
migrant.
(I) William Hinds, immigrant ancestor,
born in England, settled in Salem, Massa-
chusetts, in 1644, or earlier. He came over
with his sister Margaret, a,ged thirty, in the
ship "Paul," of London. He was thirty-five
years old at the time. He served as a sol-
dier in Salem, November 14, 1647; g^ve a
letter of attorney November 25, 1647, to
Thomas Hines or Haynes (both doubtless
pronounced Hynes), merchant of London, for
collection at Danes Halle, Bedfordshire, Eng-
land, his former home. He mortgaged land
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at Salem in 1647; ^''^ mortgage was dis-
charged in 1660. He owned land in cominon
with Richard Hinds at Salem. Both were re-
lated, no doubt, to Robert Hines, who was in
Salem in 1648. William Hinds removed to
Marblehead, and married Sarah, daughter of
Richanl Ingersoll. Children: i. William,
born about 1635 ; mentioned below. 2. Fran-
cis, born about 1670.
(II) William (2), son of William (i)
Hinds, was born aibout 1655, in Salem. He
married Abigail, daughter of Samuel and
Sarah (Hubbard) Ward, granddaughter of
Samuel and Frances Ward, of Hingham. Abi-
gail joined the church May 19, 1684, at Sa-
lem, and was one of the original members of
the Marblehead church. She died in i688,
and he married (second) Elizabeth .
He was a soldier in King rhi!i]j's war in
1675, and was present at the taking of the
Narragansett fort. Over fifty years later, in
1728, he had a grant of land in payment for
his services, in the Narragansett grant, at
what is now Amherst, New Hampshire. Chil-
dren of first wife: i. John, born February 14,
1682. 2. Abigail, January, 1684. 3. Rebecca,
April 7, 1686. 4. William, baptized July 22,
1688. Children of second wife, born at
Marblehead : 5. Richard, baptized January 6,
1694-5. 6. Joseph, baptized March 21, 1696-7.
7. Elizabeth, born April 3, 1700. 8. Hannah,
February 21. 1701. 9. Benjamin, September
3. 1705-'
(HI) John, nephew of William (2) Hinds,
was born about 1685. John, son of William
Hinds, of Marblehead, born February 14.
1682, remained in Marblehead ; married there,
November 25, 1700, Constance Bennett, who
married (second) May 31, 1721, John Pick-
worth ; children, born at Marblehead : i. Abi-
gail, baptized May 26, 1706: ii. John, bap-
tized June 22, 1707; iii. Abigail, baptized June
II, 1710; iv. .'^usanna. baptized November 8,
1713. Obviously the names are similar to
those of the Bridgewater family given below,
but John, of ^larblehead, would not have
been the same as John, of Bridgewater, as
stated in the Hinds Genealogy. He was doubt-
less a son of William Flind's brother, whose
name is not known — probably Francis. John
Hinds went to Bridgewater when a young
man. married there, .'\ugust 11, 1700, Han-
nah Shaw, born .Xpril 26, 1787, daughter of
John and Hannah Shaw, great-granddaughter
of Abraham .Shaw, the immigrant, of Ded-
ham. Children, born at Bridgewater: i.
Hannah, 1710. 2. Elizabeth, 1712. 3. Abi-
gail, 1714; married, 1735, Stephen Cobb, of
Walpole, Massachusetts. 4. John, 1719; mar-
ried, 1738, Hannah Lyon. 5. Ebenezer, June
29, 1719: mentioned below. 6. Susanna, 1722;
married, 1740, Henry Chamberlain, of Bridge-
water.
(IV) Rev. Ebenezer, son of John Hinds,
was born in Bridgewater, July 29, 1719, and
(lied at Fairhaven, Massachusetts, April 19,
1 81 2. He was a farmer in Bridgewater until
he was after thirty years old. He was bap-
tized by immersion in 1749 by Rev. Ebenezer
Moulton, pastor of the Baptist church at Brim-
field, and the same year began to exercise
his gifts in prayer and exhortation. In 1749
he was called to distant points to preach and
baptize, above eighty miles, it is said, so his
reputation must have extended rapidly. He
baptized ten in Bridgewater and three in
Kaynham this first year. He joined the Sec-
ond Baptist Church of Boston, March 3, 1751,
then under the pastorate of Rev. Ephraim
Bond. He preached at the house of Thomas ,
Nelson, of Assawomsett Neck, in 1853, and
afterward regularly. He was ordained first
pastor of the Second Baptist Church of
Kliddleborough, January 26, 1758. This
church was organized November 16, 1757.
A house and barn were bought for a parson-
age at Lakeville, called Beech Woods. He
continued pastor upwards of forty years, and
spent the best part of his life in Middlebor-
ough, and his church enjoyed a season of
healthful growth and prosperity, and the de-
nomination gaining strength rapidly. Mr.
Hinds contributed greatly to the growth of
his sect, and his pulpit was a stronghold. His
pastorate closed when he was seventy, but he
continued to preach from time to time, and
retained his physical and mental vigor. Even
after he was eighty years old he would mount
his horse unaided and ride long distances to
hold religious services or assist at ordinations.
He went as chaplain with Captain Benjamin
Pratt's company to Lake George in 1758, in
the French and Indian war. Elder Hinds
deeded his house to the church and society,
November 2, 1805. He married (first) Su-
sanna Keith, born 1727, daughter of John and
Hannah (Washburn) Keith, granddaughter of
Rev. James Keith. She was buried near the
present Congregational church in Bridge-
water. He married (second) in 1751. Lydia
Bartlett, died May 12, i8or. Her brother
Richard was a soldier at .Xnnapolis Roval,
1775, under Colonel Winslow, in seizing and
disposing of the neutral French. The epitapli
of Elder Hinds on his tombstone in the old
]\Iiddleborough graveyard reads: "In memory
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of Rev. Ebenezer Hinds, who died April 19,
1812, in his ninety-fourth year. I have fouglit
a good fight. 1 have finished my course, I
liave kept the faith, henceforth there is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness." That
of his wife: "Sacred to the memory of Mrs.
Lydia, wife of Rev. Ebenezer Hinds. She
died May 12, 1801, in her sixty-seventh year.
Give her of the fruits of her hands, and let
her own works praise her."
Children of first wife: i. Keziah, born
1745. 2. Salome, 1747. 3. Child, died in in-
fancy. 4. Child, died in infancy. Children of
second wife: 5. Ebenezer, born January 25,
i753, mentioned below. 6. Bartlett, born
''7^5- 7- Susannah, May 16, 1757. 8. John,
September 19, 1759. 9. Leonard, Augu.st 19,
i;ni. 10. Lydia. August i, 1763. 11. Pre-
served. Fcljruary 27, 1766. 12. Abanoam,
June ly. 1768. 13. Keziah. March 19, 1772;
died August 12, 1774. 14. Hannah, Ma)- 12.
'".''5- 15- Richard, September 11, 177;.
(V) Ebenezer (2) Hinds, son of Rev.
Ebenezer ( i ) Hinds, was born at Bridge-
water, January 25, 1753; died April 26, 1831.
He was a soldier in the revolution, private in
Captain Isaac Woou s company (second) on
the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; also
sergeant in Captain John Peirce's company, in
Rhode Island campaign, December, 1776: ser-
geant of Fourth Alidilleborough company, in
second Rhode Island alarm, August, 1780.
He married, at Middleborough, March 3,
1774, Charity Canedy, a direct descendant of
Samuel Fuller, who came to Plymouth in the
"Mayflower." She lived to the great age of
ninety years. Children, born at Middlebor-
ough: I. Hannah Canedy, December 3, 1772.
2. Ebenezer, October 14, 1775; mentioned be-
low. 3. Charity Canedy, February 25, 1780.
4. Lydia Bartlett, May 18, 1782. 5. Salome,
August 31, 1784. 6. Principal C, September
6. 1786. 7. Owen Hillman, June 21, 1788. 8.
Clarissa W.. July 8, 1790. 9. Tisdale Leon-
ard, January 10, 1793. 10. Susannah Keith,
January 5, 1795. n. Salome Ellen, October
20, 1802.
(VI) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2)
Hinds, was born in R'liddleborough, October
14, 1775; died January 6, 1857. He went
from Freetown to Livermore, Maine, in July,
1801. and made his home there the rest of
his life. He was a housewright and car-
penter, and built many of the houses in Liver-
more. When the Republican party was or-
ganized, Mr. Hinds cast the first vote for the
candidates of that party in Livermore. He
was one of the prime movers in organizing
the Cniversalist church at the Norlands, in
Livermore, dedicated in 1829. He married,
at Freetown, Massacliusctts, March 20, 1798,
Anna Hathaway, bon: at Middleborough, died
m Livermore, August 10, 1859. Children:
I. Ebenezer, born December 17, 1798; died in
Livermore. 2. Salome, born December 15,
1800. 3. Gilbert, January 12, 1803. 4. Amy
Weaver, December 6, 1804. 5. Maria, March
24, 1807; married Nathan H. Sawtell (see
Sawtcll family). 6. Hannah C, April 8, 1809.
7. Elkanah L., June 30, 181 1. 8. Clarissa,
July II, 1813. 9. Albert Gallatin, October 15,
181 5. 10. Anne E., February 8, 1818. ii.
Elbridge P., November 24, 1821. 12. El-
bridge (ierry, June 9, 1823.
It is no exaggeration to say that
YORK state of Maine people are' gen-
erally at the head of the procession
wherever they may be found. Her public
men have ranked equally with those from
other states. It furnished the running mate
for Lincoln, the Abolitionist Hamlin, who had
Indian blood in his veins. It gave to the
nation the logician Reed, with his Casco Bay
irony ; to light literature, the edifying Arte-
mus AVard and the veracious Bill Nye, who
made the world laugh ; and to polite literature,
the gentle Willis. Its hard-fisted yeomanry
have gone down to the sea in ships, entering
every harbor almost on the globe; they stood
behind the guns with the embattled hosts that
fought for liberty and freedom ; they felled
the forests, marketed the output in Massachu-
setts, where it went to build towns; and state
of Maine men, skilled craftsmen, there fash-
ioned the raw material into the finished pro-
duct. It is to the yeomanry class the York
people belong. Some of Maine's children
have been adopted citizens, and not to the
manner born, and her draft from New Hamp-
shire has been a notable one. Somebody
asked Webster, with well-simulated anxiety :
"What do you raise in New Hampshire?"
His reply was : "We raise men. Mercliants
place before their stores a sign of the goods
they have inside. We have a great stone face
in New Hampshire and it is the sign of our
best product." Ages before He made man,
God carved out here amid the chaotic begin-
nings of the infant world high above the
clouds, the Franconia face, an antetype of the
sturdy race he was about to create, an image
of the upward, forward-looking man. As a
sample of soine of the inen New Hampshire
has sent to Maine, we inight mention the great
Fessenden, Judge Clifford, and in her guber-
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natorial succession Edward Kent, Samuel
Wells and Harris M. Plaisted. The house of
York with which this sketch has to do was a
New Hampshire offshoot in the_ first instance,
occupying a tide-water plantation, and it is
only delayed justice that the state has come
into her own after years of separation. Anti-
quarians find a mine of lusty lore in studying
the ancient city of ^'ork. It was the seat
of the T'.rigantes, the most powerful tribe in
Britain, long before the Roman conquest. The
War of the Roses was fought over the suc-
cession to the crown claimed by the house of
York and the house of Lancaster, the Lan-
castrians being finally victorious at Bosworth
Field. As early as 11 54 there was a ducal
house by the name of York.
(I) Richard York, the common parent of
all the name in New England, was at Oyster
River, now Durham, New Hampshire, in
1648, where he was granted one hundred
acres. He signed a petition to the general
court in 1654, and bought fifty acres of Will-
iam Hilton, on Littlejohn creek, August 7,
1661. He stood well in the church and the
community, accumulating some little property.
His name is on a church petition in 1669. He
died in 1674. His will was executed April 23,
1672, and proved June 30, 1674. The name
of his wife was Elizabeth. Children: John,
Samuel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Benjamin and
Grace.
(H) Samuel, second son of Richard and
Elizabeth York, was born in Oyster River,
then Durham. He bought land of the In-
dians, July 20, 1670, in Pejepscot, now Tops-
ham, Maine. He entered earnestly into the
work of subduing the primeval forest, and to
render it habitable for man. He lived at Fal-
mouth Foresidcs on Casco bay, the site of his
house is perpetuated by York ledge and York
landing. The Indian war soon followed, with
the destruction of Falmouth, and Samuel re-
moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts, where
more protection was afforded. His wife's
name was Elizabelh. Children: Benjamin,
see forward ;'5aiTmdi_born^OctoberjL3a_J4Zi 5,
and others. fc, 1 ^'' ^
(HI) Benjamin, son of Samuel and Eliza-
beth York, was born in Falmouth Foresides in
1680. He went to Gloucester with his father
after the destruction of the town. He re-
turned to Falmouth after peace was restored
and was given sixty acres. He entered his
mark for cattle March 10, 1721. He joined
the church August 13, 1727, and was later
made a deacon. He built a grist mill at Law-
rence ere A, Cape Elizabeth, in 1727. He died
before 1764, and his will was burned in the
great fire. He married, December 7, 1704,
Mary, daughter of Lieutenant John Giddings,
(jf Chebacco. Children : Benjamin, John,
Mary, Samuel, Sarah and Joseph.
(TV) Samuel, son of Benjamin and Mary
(Giddings) York, was born October 13, 1715.
at Falmouth, and lived to a very great age,
dying at the home of his granddaughter. Mrs.
Daniel Harmon, in Dunham, about 1808. aged
over ninety years. He married, December
23. '73*^. Joanna Skillings, of Falmouth, who
survived him and reached the age of ninety-
eight years, dying at the home of Mr. Har-
mon. Children: Joanna, born December 12.
1737; Samuel, mentioned below; Sarah, wife
of Daniel Harmon ; Joseph, of Durham, Maine ;
.Susan, wife of \'incent Roberts; Deborah,
married George Copson Roberts, of Cape
Elizabeth.
(Y) Samuel (2), eldest son of Samuel (i)
i^id Joanna ( Skillings) York, was born about
(\ 17567 in Falmouth, and died in 1798. in Dur-
^Tiam. As early as 1774 he removed to Royals-
boro (now Durham) and resided near his
brother Joseph, at York's Corner, on the back
road to Brunswick. He married, in Cape
Elizabeth, .\ugust 26, 1776, Hannah Hovt.
Children: Daniel, Lettice. Hannah. Submit,
Zebulon. Elizabeth, and probably Eliot.
(YI) Daniel, eldest son of Samuel (2) and
Hannah (Hoyt) York, was probably born
about 1777, in Durham, and married in that
town, 1797, Hannah Johnson. Soon after-
ward he settled in Belfast. Maine, where the
births of the following children are recorded:
Aim. March (>, 1802; Harriet, November 7,
i8oq; Henry, mentioned below.
(VII) Henry, son of Daniel and Hannah
(Johnson) York, was born May 16, 1813. in
Belfast, Maine, and probably passed his life
there. The records of the town give no men-
tion of his marriage or children.
(Mil) Henry F., probably a son of Henry
York, was born in Belfast, Maine, November
30, 1839, '"if^ fl'^'^ '" Bangor, January 14, j
1908. He removed to Bangor early in life,
and was a teamster, a Baptist in religion until
his latter years when he became an Adventist,
and in politics a Republican. He belonged to
Penobscot Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He married Mary E., daughter of
Kimball Wood, of Bangor. She died and he
married (second) Emma, daughter of Sam-
uel and Bethsaida (Van Horn) Estabrooke.
The Van Horns were a highly esteemed fam-
ily from the Provinces, and undoubtedly re-
lated to those around Springfield, Massachu-
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setts, and also to that Van Horn who is the
great railroad magnate, and Harrinian, of
Canada. Children by first marriage : Ida IC,
deceased; Frank S., married Verna Field, of
Searsport, Maine; and Jabez, died unmarried.
(IX) Walter H., only son of Henry F. and
Emma (Estabrooke) York, was born in Ban-
gor, March 11, 1877. He was graduated
from the hi,c;h school in 1896, and went imme-
diately to Saginaw, Michigan, as general sec-
retary of the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation at that place. After a period of suc-
cessful service there, he was transferred to
Nashua, New Hampshire. His work in Nash-
ua in this important auxiliary to church work,
a work that has done so much toward saving
inexperienced young men without home in-
fluence, from the vice dens of a great city, was
a counterpart of his western success. Mr.
York now holds the responsible position of
timekeeper in the superintendent's office of
the Worcester. Nashua & Portland division
of the Boston & Maine railway. He came from
a state where there are nothing but Repub-
licans, and of course was brought up in that
political faith and still holds it. He worships
with the Pilgrim Congregational Church. He
married Mabel L., daughter of Edward L.
and Abbie (Stone) Stafford, of Bangor. Her
mother was the daughter of Miles and Abbie
Stone, of Milford, Maine. Mrs. York was
well educated in the Bangor schools, and was
of great assistance to her husband in his secre-
tarial work. She is an active member of the
Nashua Women's Club. One daughter, Ruth
E.
The name was originally
BLAISDELL written Blasdale, Blesdale,
Blasdell, as well as in the
form here used, and others. The name Blais-
dell is derived from the Saxon words Blas-
die-val, signifying a "blazed path through the
vale," which could be followed through the
forest by trees which had been blazed with an
axe to guide the traveler. It came from Eng-
land among the early emigrants, and has
spread all over New England and the United
States. It has been honorably connected with
the settlement and development of the states
of Maine and New Hampshire. The old
Blaisdell homestead is the oldest house stand-
ing on the banks of the Penobscot river to-
day, having descended through several gen-
erations, and is still owned by the heirs of
Eben Ferren Blaisdell.
(I) Ebenezer Blaisdell, probably a descend-
ant of Ralph Blaisdell, the emigrant ancestor.
was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He
was by trade and occupation a tanner and
farmer, conducting these operations in Frank-
fort, now Wintcrport, Maine, where his chil-
dren and grandchildren were born, removing
there from Kennebunkport, Maine. He mar-
ried Annie Ferren, of Kennebunkport, Maine,
who was the daughter of a soldier in the revo-
lutionary war, serving with Washington on
Long Island, in New Jersey and at Valley
Forge, and also in the French and Indian war.
He was taken captive by the Indians and sold
into Canada for twcnly-five cents, later was
taken to Quebec and finally returned home.
(II) Eben Ferren, son of Ebenezer and An-
nie (Ferren) Blaisdell, was born at Frank-
fort, Maine, January 30, 1823, died at Brad-
ford, Pennsylvania, at tiie home of his son,
April 29, 1901. As a boy he assisted in the
cultivation of his father's farm, later learned
the trade of tanner, and subsequently turned
his attention to the cooperage business. He
married Nancy Chase, born November 30,
1821, died in Brooklyn, New York, January
25, 1900, daughter of a mechanic and L'ni-
versalist minister who lived between Bald-
hill Cove and Winterport, on the Maine coa.st.
Children, born in Winterport, Maine: Walter
Ferren, Mark Lester, Frank Lewis, Joseph
William, Silas Canada, Philo Chase, Abraham
Lincoln and Edward Kendall, all of whom are
actively engaged in business in New York
City and vicinity at the present time. Four of
these eight brothers own and conduct The
Standard Wood Company of New Jersey,
which corporation has various branches in
the state of Maine and consumes 175,000
cords o£ wood annually, which is cut up into
kindling wood and sold in all the large cities
of the eastern part of Lfnited States. They
established the business in 1873. The broth-
ers, in 1877, under the name of Blaisdell
Brothers, engaged in the kindling wood busi-
ness, making and patenting their own ma-
chines and thoroughly systematizing the busi-
ness, which now has an output of four million
of dollars annually.
(III) Walter Ferren, son of Eben Ferren
and Nancy (Chase) Blaisdell, was born in
Frankfort (Winterport), Waldo county.
Maine, November 5, 1848. He attended the
public schools of Winterport, and when six-
teen years of age enlisted in the United States
navy as a volunteer for service in the civil
war, and witnessed and participated in two
of the most important and picturesque events
that mark the eventful history of that war —
the battles and capture of Fort Fisher, North
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Carolina, and the final surrender of the Con-
federate army at Appomattox Court House,
\'irginia. His service in the navy covered a
period of one year from July, 1864, to July,
1863. On arriving in New York in the latter
named year he shipped as an able seaman on
a vessel engaged in the South American trade,
and thus visited the principal parts of that in-
teresting continent, as well as parts of the
West Indies. After a service of four years
he returned home and found employment on
the Sanford line of steamers plying between
Hangor and Boston, continuing in this service
for three years. In 1873 he was a resident
at Mount Waldo, Maine, and for one year
was employed as a stone cutter. The follow-
ing year he was employed on government work
at Fox Island, where the stone for the United
States Treasury building was prepared. He
also worked on the contract for stone used in
the New York State Capitol at Albany, and
at Dix Island, near Rockland, where he
worked on the stone used in building the
United States Post Office in New York City.
His brothers at this time were employed by
the Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company in
New York, where he joined them, and in
1876 they formed the firm of Blaisdell
Brothers for the purpose of manufacturing
bundled kindling wood. This led naturally
into the allied occupation of dealing in coal
In 1886 Walter F. Blaisdell became superin-
tendent of the Lowell M. Palmer Coinpany,
New York, and withdrew his personal service
from the firm of Blaisdell Brothers, but kept
his interest in the business. He joined with
Gove D. Curtis, of Ohio, in the business of
supplying coal to residences and business
houses in New York City and vicinity under
the firm name of Curtis & Blaisdell. They
then had a ship tonnage of three thousand
tons, and in 1908 the tonnage amounted to
one million one hundred thousand tons, with
coal pockets on the East river at 56th and
57th streets, where he devised and put into
operation the first steam shovel and the first
coal scow to hoist, load and unload coal used
in .\merica. The business grew to such pro-
portions as to make it necessary to incor-
porate the Curtis-Blaisdell Company, and the
corporation now has its main office and depot
at 56th and 57th streets and East river, with
depots and offices at 119th street and East
river, 96th street and North river, 337 Water
street, 40th street and North river, 120 Lib-
erty street, 100 Washington street, and 503
Grand street, Jersey City, New Jersey, the
Blaisdell Brothers, in connection with the coal
and wood business, engaged in the window
glass trade, which they sold to an excellent ad-
vantage to the United States Glass Company.
They also owned a gas supplying business
which they sold to the Standard Oil Company.
They still conduct the Blaisdell Machine Com-
pany at Bradford, Pennsylvania, where they
manufacture air compressers and engines used
in house cleaning plants familiarly known as
the vacuum process. The brothers are also
largely interested in southern pine and cypress,
owning large tracts of timber lands in the
southern and gulf states. In speaking of the
successful issue of all their undertakings, Mr.
Blaisdell gives equal credit to each of the
brothers, and states that their diflferent busi-
ness interests have been conducted individually
without friction or serious differences. Air.
Blaisdell is a member of the Maine Society of
the City of New York. He was initiated into
the iMasonic fraternity through Howard
Lodge, No. 69, of Winterport, Maine, passed
the council and chapter degree, and was in-
stalled in Claremont Commandery, Knights
Templar. On removing to New York he af-
filiated with De Witt Clinton Commandery, of
Brooklyn, and the Mecca Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine. He resides at 1075 Bushwick ave-
nue, Brooklyn, New York.
Mr. Blaisdell married (first) Miss Mitchell,
daughter of Captain Orin Mitchell, of Rock-
land, Maine, who served through the civil
war and was discharged in 1865 with the rank
of captain, having held that position in the
Maine Volunteers. Two children were born
of this marriage : Charles Orin, born in
Brooklyn, New York, June 8, 1879, ^"d Sarah
Ann, born in Brooklyn, New York, October
15, 1880, married George Bell, of Brooklyn,
New York. Mr. Blaisdell married (second)
Cordelia Bruce, daughter of David Bruce, the
typefounder, of New York City, whose father,
one of the earliest typefounders in .Vmerica,
sold to Horace Greely the type he first used in
printing the -V^tc York Tribune.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)
(Ill) Silas Canada Blais-
BLAISDELL dell, son of Eben Ferren
and Nancy (Chase) Blais-
dell, was born in Winterport, Waldo county,
Maine, May 20. 1856. He received his prim-
ary and secondary school training in the pub-
lic schools of Winterport and Hampden Acad-
emy, Hampden, Maine. He matriculated at
the University of the City of New York, then
located on East 26th street. New York City,
in 1879, and during his first year was ap-
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pointed, after a competitive examination with
over eiglit hundred students, assistant demon-
strator of anatomy in the collej,a- faculty, and
won the silver medal awarded to the united
classes. In the sophomore year he was
awarded the gold medal, the first and only
time in the history of the university that these
medals had been awarded to a first-year and
second-year man. In his senior year he gained
honorable mention, with the refusal of a hos-
pital appointment. These honors came to a
young man who came out of a Maine district
school, with only a short period of study at a
Maine academy, and this handicap to be re-
moved only by persistent hard work in classes
where most of the students were regular grad-
uates from high schools or preparatory acad-
emies. He graduated with the class of 1881-
82 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
For twenty-two years he served as demon-
strator and lecturer on applied and compar-
ative anatomy in the University of New York,
as lecturer on regional anatomy in the New
York College of Dentistry, and at the present
time (1909) is surgeon-in-chief of the Eastern
District Hospital, borough of Brooklyn, New
York. For many }ears Dr. Blaisdell has de-
voted considerable time to operations on the
skull, gaining a wide and varied experience
among the Inmdreds of cases he has handled,
and has prepared and read many papers on the
subject. In 1900 he read a paper before the
Kings County Medical Association, in which
he set forth his new ideas, and out of the
four or five hundred physicians and surgeons
not one sustained the method introduced by
him, but at the present time nearly every emi-
nent surgeon in the country has adopted his
method and is using the special instruments
invented by Dr. Blaisdell. He also read an
interesting paper on the same subject before
the Bellevue .Alumni Association in 1907. Dr.
Blaisdell enjoys the distinction of being the
first and only surgeon in the world \vho suc-
ceeded in successfully stitching the auricle of
the heart, having put three stitches therein,
the operation being performed in the presence
of a dozen physicians, the patient recovering.
The celebrated Dr. Von Bergman of Ger-
many declared that the operation never had
and never could be performed. Dr. Blaisdell
is a member of the American Medical Asso-
ciation : Kings County Medical Society.
Brooklvn, New York; the Brooklyn Medical
Society ; the Brooklyn Surgical Society : the
Hanover Club, the Sewanaka Boat Club, his
membership in the latter being honorary. He
was made physician to the Mutual .'\id Soci-
ety of Brooklyn. He married, January 29,
1883, Ella Rebecca, daugiiter of Elanson
Fisher, the portrait painter. Dr. Blaisdell has
his office and residence at 500 Bedford ave-
nue, Brooklyn. New York.
Wilson was a common name
WILSON in the North and East Ridings
of Yorkshire, England, but
branches of family were also seated in Cum-
berland, Westmoreland, Worcester and Cam-
bridge counties, and even extended across the
Scottish border. The records show various
forms of this name : Wilsonne, Wylsone,
Wylson, Wylsoim and Wilion. One branch at
a very remote period was established at Pen-
rith, county Cumberland, where the Parish
Register, 1556-1600, showed one hundred and
twenty entries of this name, an evidence that
they had been located in that vicinity for gen-
erations,
( I ) The first from whom a connected line
can be traced was William Wilson, who re-
sided in Dunnington, Lincolnshire, England.
(II) William (2), son of William (i) Wil-
son, was in Boston, Massachusetts, as early as
1635. He had a wife Patience, who died in
1663.
(III) Joseph, son of William (2) and Pa-
tience Wilson, was born 1643, in Boston, and
was at Andover, Massachusetts, as early as
1670, and died there in 1718. His wife was
Mary Lovejoy, born 1652, died 1677. They
had sons John and Joseph.
(IV) Joseph (2), second son of Joseph
(i) and Mary (Lovejoy) Wilson, born 1677,
in Andover, settled in Bradford, Massachu-
setts, as early as 1728, and removed thence
to Haverhill in 1742. He married Marah
Richardson, born 1677, daughter of Lieuten-
ant James and Bridget (Hinchman) Rich-
ardson, of Andover.
(\') James, son of Joseph (2) and Marah
(Richardson) Wilson, was born 1703, in .And-
over. and settled in Methuen, Massachusetts,
as early as 1729. In 175 1 he removed to Pel-
ham, New Hampshire, where he married Mar-
tha Gage, born 1703.
(VI) Joseph (3), son of James and Martha
(Gage) Wilson, was born at Pelham. 1735-
1740. He married Abigail, daughter of Jo-
seph and Abigail (Nourse) Butler, who was
born September 2, 1742. Children: i. Jo-
seph Butler, born April ig, 1762, married
Phoebe Wyman. 2. Benjamin, (ktober 30,
1763. died young. 3. Thaddeus, February 18.
1765. 4. Nabby, December 19, 1766; mar-
ried James Butterfield. 5. Lydia, May 2.
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1768; married William Webster. 6. "Life"
(Eliphalet) (Capt.), 1770; married, October
5, 1797, Mrs. Sarah Jameson, and died Feb-
ruary 5, 181 1 ; chiliiren: .A.bigail, born 1798,
married. 1823, Robert Wyllis, of St. George:
Captain Life' (2). September 22, 1799, mar-
ried 1823, Eliza Watson, moved to Illinois;
Sarab. 1801, married Captain Samuel Hinck-
ley; William, 1803, died 1812; Alma, married
Captain George M. Jameson; Joseph, 1809,
died 1812. 7. David, March 30. 1771 ; mar-
ried Sybil Abbott. 8. Billy, March 7, 1773;
married Benjamin Hamblet. 9. Hulda, Octo-
ber 3. 1775; married Joshua Coburn. 10.
Benjamin. May 30, 1880, married
Aids. II. Cyrus, March 3, 1884, married
Bowers.
(VII) Thaddeus, third son of Joseph and
Abigail (Butler) Wilson, was born at Draciit,
Massachusetts, February 18, 1765. He mar-
ried (intentions), December 3. 1795, Dolly,
daughter of Nehemiah and Sarah (Whiting)
Flint, of Dracut. who was born July 29, 1773.
Her great-great-grandfather, Captain Thomas
Flint, of Salem, Massachusetts, was active in
King Philip's war, 1675, "was much re-
spected and of commanding influence." Thad-
deus Wilson resided with his family at Dra-
cut until his removal to Newcastle. Maine, in
1807. His children were : Dolly F., Charles,
Josephine. Oliver and Sylvia, all born in Dra-
cut, and Alfred, born at Newcastle.
(NTH) Alfred, fourth son of Thaddeus and
Dolly (Flint) Wilson, was born July 20, 1809.
and died January 28, 1882, in Sheepscott. He
attended the public schools until about the
age of nineteen years, when he began learn-
ing the carpenter's trade with his father and
eldest brother. As a young man he continued
working with them as a journeyman, and sub-
sequently went to Tlowell. Massachusetts,
where he was employed at his trade and was
subsequently in Methuen. Massachusetts. For
a time he was employed at piano building in
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and returned to his
native town in the spring of 1841. Here he
erected a workshop, in which he constructed
manv articles out of wood. He was a very
fine workman, and beside making wheels, con-
structed extension tables, wardrobes and vari-
ous articles of common use. He thus main-
tained himself until old age compelled his re-
tirement from labor. He married (first) Feb-
ruary 6, 1838, Mary C. Simpson, and (sec-
ond) Eliza A. Given. Children, all by her,
were: Mary Ellen, born October 30, 1841,
married George C. Mahoney; George .Alfred.
April 2, 1843; Clara C, February i, 1845;
.Arminta G., June 6, 1848.
(IX) George Alfred, only son of Alfred
and Mary C. (Simpson) VVilson, was born
.■\pril 2, 1843, '" Newcastle, Maine, where he
received his primary education. He was sub-
sequently a student at Lincoln .\cademy, and
in his twentieth year went to Grand Haven,
Michigan, where he was employed for two
years in a large mercantile house. Thence he
went to New York, where he took up the
study of dentistry in the New York Dental
School, graduating with the degree of D. D.
S. in 1870. Since that time he has been stead-
ily engaged in the practice of his profession,
and has been for some time located on West
Thirty-sixth street, where he has an extensive
business, taking the entire time of himself and
his son. Dr. Wilson has been somewhat active
in social matters, was for many years a mem-
ber of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and is a
member of the New York Athletic Club ;
Hempstead Bay Yacht Club : Cnqua Yacht
and Camera Clubs of New York, and is a
trustee of the Maine Society of New York.
He is an earnest Republican in political prin-
ciple, and afifiliates with Continental Lodge,
A. F. and A. M. of New York City. He
married. October 15, 1868. Laura T., daugh-
ter of Samuel and Hannah (Hall) Merrill,
the former a farmer of Nobleboro, Maine,
where he was born October 25, 1845. Chil-
dren: I. Maud Merrill, born June 7, 1870. is
wife of Grant Stewart. 2. George Alfred.
D. D. S., July 9, 1873 ; is associated with his
father in business. 3. Laura Marion, Septem-
ber 18. 1882. is wife of T. Parmlv Paret.
The original Darling familv
DARLING settled at Cape Cod', Massa-
chusetts, and the branch from
which the Maine line to which the .\uburn
members belong had for their ancestor John
Darling.
(I) John Darling was a native of Cape Cod.
and when grown to manhood became a sea
captain of some considerable note. He mar-
ried a Miss Murtch.
(II) John (2). son of John (i) Darling,
the Cape Cod progenitor, was born in 1800,
on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. When a small
boy his father removed to Jay, Maine, where
he attended the schools of that day. When
old enough he learned the shoemaker's trade.
In 1822 he married Elizabeth Coding, born
in 1800 at Jay. They both died in 1888, about
four weeks apart, in Auburn. Maine, where
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they had resided since 1849. Tiiey were the
parents of eleven children, including a son
named Veranus.
(III) Veranus, son of John (2) and Eliza-
beth (Coding) Darling," was born at Jay,
Maine, in 1828, and obtained a common school
education such as the schools of that day af-
forded. When old enough he learned' the
popular trade of his times— that of aslioe-
maker. Subsequently he engaged in the lum-
ber business, and became an extensive oper-
ator at Rangley Lakes. He also carried on
a large stock farm, in which he was highly
successful in producing fancy grades of stock.
He married Martha, dausihter of Jonathan
and Ruth (Ridley) Bickford. Children:
Charles and John, born at Eowdoin ; Menja-
min, Lillian, born at Rangley; Veranus S.
and Arthur, born at Bowdoin.
(IV) Veranus S., son of Veranus and
Martha ( Bickford) Darling, was born No-
vember 14, 1876, at Bowdoin, Maine. He
received a thorough business education, and in
1899 opened a bicycle repair and sale shop,
which he operated until 1900, then moved to a
store building on Court street, and added
sporting goods. In 1904 he established an au-
tomobile business and the following year built
a garage. In 1907 he sold his store, finding
it impossible to attend to that and his rapidly
increasing automobile trade. He is of the
"Darling Automobile Company," which con-
cern has, by careful business management, de-
veloped until they have several branch places
of business throughout the state of Maine, do-
ing a business of one hundred thousand dol-
lars in 1907. Mr. Darling married, June 25,
1902, Florence, daughter of George M. Roak ;
one son, Elmer R. Darling, born May 27,
1903.
From the Fatherland came John
ULMER Ulmer in 1740 to Broad Bay,
now Waldoboro, Maine. He
was a leading man in civil, military, and ec-
clesiastical affairs in the infant settlement at
the mouth of the turbulent Penobscot. With
him came his son John, a lad of four sum-
mers.
(II) Captain John (2), son of John (i)
Ulmer. was born in Germany in 1736. He re-
moved from Waldoboro to what is now the
city of Rockland, then an unbroken forest, and
was a large landowner. He was the first to
burn lime in that section, now so famous for
its inexhaustible lime quarries, which indus-
try was exploited by General Knox. John
was a large shipowner and builder, and
launched the first vessel from Rockland. He
cut and shipped lumber in his own boats, nav-
igated by himself. He was a lay preacher at
the Broad P>ay religious meetings, which were
held in his log cabin. Though a very pious
man, he had a Utile of tlie unregcnerale Adam
left in his constitution, and the story goes
that in the midst of one of his religious ex-
hortations he perceived that his potato patch
was in danger from hogs. He suddenly
broke out, "Donner!" and "blitzen!" "Yacob,
Yacob! Dare de tam hogs in de potatoes.
Run ! run !" He was a pretty shrewd calcu-
lator, and made a discriminating selection of
quarr\-, soil, and seashore when he purchased
his farm. The Ulmer descendants as much as
any others have been instrumental in creating
the present prosperous city of Rockland, and
have contributed not a little to its material de-
velopment. With that city's constant and
steady growth the Ulmers have prospered,
too, and become well-to-do citizens. Some
built mills, some went into navigation, and
some run lime kilns, but all have flourished.
Captain John married Catherine Remilly, who
was born in mid-ocean during the passage of
her parents to this country. Their children
were: George, Mary, John, Margaret,
Matthias, Mary, Philip, Sarah, Martin and
Catherine.
(III) Matthias, third son of Captain John
(2) and Catherine (Remilly) Ulmer, was
born in Rockland. Knox county, Maine ; died
April 8. 1841. He married Betsey Demuth ;
children : Catherine, Sarah, Eunice, Jennie,
Ephraim, Susannah, James A., Eliza, Mary
Ann and Matthias.
(IV) Major James A., second son of
Matthias and Betsey (Demuth) Ulmer, was
born in Rockland: died in 1887. He was in-
terested in the lime rock quarries. He mar-
ried Catherine Black : children : Frederick
Thomas. Caroline B., Matthias, Martha L. and
Violetta. He married (second) Phebe (Car-
riel) Morse, and she was the mother of Ma-
tilda M.
(V) Frederick Thomas, eldest son of
James A. and Catherine (Black) Ulmer, was
born September' 28, 1827, in Rockland, Maine;
died December 14, 1893. He received a prac-
tical education, and became interested in the
limestone quarries with his father, and upon
the latter's death succeeded to the business.
In 1889 he sold out to the Lime Trust and
was not again engaged in active business. He
was a regular attendant of the church and
gave liberally of his means, toward its support.
He served one year in the city councils, but
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he was not a politician in tlic usual sense of
the word, but believed in good government,
the honest enforcement of the laws, and the
election of capable men to office. He mar-
ried Mary F., daughter of Ohadiali Morse,
[anuarv 19, 1851 : children: Ralph Rising and
Nellie G.
(VI) Ralph Rising, son of Frederick T. and
Mary (Morse) Ulmer, was bom January 4,
1864. He was a pupil in the public schools of
Rockland, with additional courses at Kent's
Hill, and the Maine State College at Orono.
A law student in the office of B. K. Kalloch.
he was admitted to the Kno.x county bar at
the September term. 1887. Ralph possessed
the qualifications that go to make the suc-
cessful lawyer, and was thorough, careful, ac-
curate, and of unyielding perseverance.
Courteous to his opponent, but solicitously re-
gardful of his client's rights for which he
strenuously contended. He was elected to the
office of clerk of court for Knox county in
1888 by a large majority over a very popular
opponent. Esquire Ulmer was made trial
justice of Rockland in i8gi. When the bat-
tleship "Maine" sank into the mud of Havana
harbor. Judge Ulmer was captain of the Til-
ton Light Infantry of Rockland, and he with
his entire coinpany went to Augusta and en-
listed to revenge the Spaniards, becoming part
of the First Maine Volunteer Infantry, in
which Captain I'lmer was promoted to be
major. The regiment went into camp at Chick-
amaiiga. and there Major Ulmer contracted
typhoid malaria and was furloughed home,
where he died. In his death the army has lost
one of its most promising officers, the court a
most efficient official, and the bar one of its
ablest and most highly esteemed members. .At
a session of the supreme judicial court held at
Rockland, September term. 1898. the follow-
ing is a portion of the resolutions adopted at
that time by the bar association : "That
Major Ulmer was a steadfast friend, an lion-
est lawyer, an efficient public servant, a gal-
lant soldier, a patriotic citizen, and an upright
man. and that his comrades in the fi'eUl and
camp, those who have had fellowship with
him in social and religious life, and particu-
larly his brethren at the bar, while they ac-
knowledge that the decrees of the Great judge
of all the earth, though in.scrutable and always
wise, nevertheless cannot but deeply grieve
that the kind heart of the .strong man is still,
and the sincere friend, true brother, and prime
companion removed from our association.
that we express our pride in the patri-
otic spirit which led him to give his
life to the service of his country, and
feel that the bar is honored by the repu-
tation he made as a courageous solilier
and an officer whose skill and judgment was
acknowledged by his brother officers, and
whose capacity and devotion to the welfare of
those whom he commanded, endeared him so
highly to them." Major Ulmer married .An-
nie Cooper. June 13, 1888.
Samuel Brown, born in Dan-
BROWN vers. March 17, 1776, was un-
doubtedly a member of the
I5rown family of Danvers. that owe their ex-
istence to the father of the four Brown broth-
ers : Hugh. Samuel, John and Christopher, who
came to Salem. Massachusetts Bay Colony, in
1629. and settled in the southern portion
of the town of Salem, established January 28,
1752, as the district of Danvers, and June 16,
1757. organized with a regular town govern-
ment. The district embraced the middle
parishes in Salem as .Salem \"illage. and con-
sequently look in the first church established
in Salem, .August 23, 1630. He died in 1685.
Of these brothers, John was apparently the
leader, as he was made a freeman May 2,
1638. and was a ruling member of the church.
He had sons baptized in the church as fol-
lows : John, who died in infancy. September,
1638; James. June 7. 1640; Jacob, and Sam-
uel, Alarch 13, 1642: Nathaniel. July 28. 1644;
John, the second child of the name. May 18,
1645. This line would give Samuel, 1776, in
the sixth generation from John, the progeni-
tor, assuming it was John of the four broth-
ers that was the progenitor, as we know he
had a large family of sons and daughters and
that each generation presents the name Sam-
uel.
(VI) .Samuel, a direct descendant in the
sixth generation, of one of the four immi-
grants bearing the names of Hugh, Samuel,
John and Christopher Brown. Salem X'illage,
1629, was born in Danvers (Salem Village)
March 17, 1776. He w-as brought up as a
farmer, and after his marriage to Ruth Hor-
ton. of Danvers removed to Blue Hill. Han-
cock county. Maine, where he was apparently
a leading citizen, and when the new meeting
house was completed, September 11, 1797, to
take the place of the one in which the church
w^as organized in 1772. Samuel Brown had
the seventeenth choice of pews at the sale,
and selected ]jew mmiber four, priced at fifty-
two dollars, with premium of five dollars and
fifty cents for his choice. In the war of 1812
he did military service, at the time Castine
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STATE OF MAINE.
was occupied by the British for nearly a year.
He died on his farm in Orland, 'Hancock
county, not far from Bhie Hill, in 1855, hav-
ing nearly reached the sixtieth year "of his
age. His widow died in Portland, Maine, at
the age of ninety-three years.
(VH) Samuel Peters, son of Samuel and
Ruth (Horton) Brown, was born in North
Blue Hill, ;\Iaine, December q, 1816. He re-
sided in Orland, Maine, for some years, and
during the time represented that district in the
state legislature. In i86r he removed
to Washington, D. C, having been appointed
navy agent at Washington by President Lin-
coln. He was married, in 1840. to Charlotte
Metcalf, daughter of Horation Mason, of Or-
land, Maine. Her father was born in Prince-
ton, Massachusetts, in 1775, and died in Or-
land, Maine, in 1858. He married Nancy
Prescott, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts,
and died in Orland, Maine, when fifty-nine
years of age. Her grandfather. Thomas Ma-
son, was a revolutionary patriot, and saw mil-
itary service at Lexington and Bunker Hill,
and as a lieutenant in Cushing's Massachu-
setts regiment.
Mrs. Samuel Peters P.rown ( Charlotte Met-
calf Mason) died in Orland. Maine, in 1858.
She was the mother of twelve children, six of
whom were living in 1896. C)f these chil-
dren : ( 1 ) Austin Peters Brown, born in
North Blue Plill. Maine, December 5. 1843:
he received an excellent school training, and
was graduated at Eastman's Business College,
Poughkeepsie, New York. He lived in Wash-
ington, D. C, after 1863. and was engaged
with his father in furnishing the government
with army supplies, and after 1885 in the real
estate business. He married (first) Carrie
Bell, who was the mother of his first two chil-
dren— Arthur and Mabel. In 1879 he married
Cornelia Carr, daughter of Warren Brown, of
Brooklyn, New York, a native of Portland,
Maine, and by this union four children were
born, two of whom. Clifford Hudson and
Gladys Austin, reached maturity. 2. Frank
Mason, married Minnie Ward, of Chicago,
minors. 3. Helen Mason, married Elias
Thomas, of Portland, Maine. 4. Hattie
Mason, married John M. Alorton, oldest son
of Oliver P. Morton, United States senator
from Indiana. 5. Julia Frances, married Sam-
uel F. Mattingly," of Washington. D. C. 6.
Henry Ward, married Pauline McCollough, of
San Francisco, California. 7. Chapin (q. v.).
The father of these children married as his
second wife, in 1859, Harriet Grendle, of Cas-
tine, Maine; children: i. Charlotte Metcalf,
married Frank B. Conger. 1. Samuel Peters
Jr., married Marion Kirkpatrick. 3. Minnie
(i.. unmarried. 4. Philip S., unmarried; a
captain in the United States Marine Corps.
5. Blanche B., unmarried. 6. Anna May,
married Charles W. McDermott. 7. George
G., unmarried.
Mr. Mnnvn was one of the members of the
Board of Public Works of the District of
Columbia for several years. This body of
men, selected by President Grant, were more
instrumental than any other in starting the
improvements which have made Washington
the most beautiful city of the United States.
He was also engaged with his .son, Austin P.
Brown, as a government contractor in Wash-
ington, furnishing government supplies to the
United States army, which business, although
very extensive and involving large sums of
money, each year, finally proved disastrous,
and he lost his entire fortune.
(\"III) Chapin, youngest son of Samuel
Peters and Oiarlotte Metcalf (Mason)
Brown, was born in Orland, near Bucksport,
Hancock county, Maine, March 25, 1856. He
spent his youthful years between 1861 and
1865 in W^ishington, D. C, and retains in
memory the important events of the later
years of the Rebellion. He returned to
Maine, however, to attend school for a portion
of the years between 1861 and 1867, fir.st at
Orland and subsequently at "Little Blue"'
school for Ixiys in Farniington. In 1867 he
returned to Washington, D. C. and was pre-
pared for college at the preparatory school
connected with the Columbian University
(now changed by act of the United States
Congress to the George Washington Univer-
sity ) in Washington City. He graduated
from the university, receiving the degree of
k. B. in 1876, and LL. B. in 1877, entering
upon his course in law while a senior in the
college. While attending the last year of the
law school, he held a government position in
the post office department in Washington,
from which he resigned upon being admitted
to practice at the bar of the District of Co-
lumbia, June 16, 1877.
In I goo he was elected president of the
George Washington Alumni Association ; and
in 1901 and 1902 he held the office of presi-
dent of the Bar .\ssociation of the District of
Columbia. By appointment of the President
of the United States he became a member of
the board of trustees of the Reform School
for Girls in the District of Columbia shortly
after it was created bv act of Congress in
1892, which act jilaced it under the super-
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virion of the Department of Justice. He was
elected president of the board of trustees in
1903, resigning in 1906, but has remained
upon the board by successive appointments to
the present time, and is now vice-president of
the board. He was one of the charter mem-
bers of the University Club, and has retained
his membership to the present time. He has
been since 1886 a member of the Cosmos Club.
a social organization for the advancement of
scientific and literary objects. He is also a
member of the Columbia Historical Society
of Washington. He is also. one of the charter
members 01 the Commercial Club of Wash-
ington, D. C. the social organization of the
business and professional men of Washington,
and a member of its board of directors. He
was the member representing the District of
Columbia on the Republican National Commit-
tee at the convention held at Chicago June 21,
1904, that nominated Theodore Roosevelt for
President of the United States.
His interest in educational advancement was
early manifested in Washington when he was
ma<le a member of the board of trustees of
the Washington public schools, by making a
thorough study of the public school system as
it obtained in the older states, and his admin-
istration was productive of many reforms and
innovations theretofore unknown in the school
system of the District.
In 1894. when the national convention of
the Knights of Pythias was held in Washing-
ton, he was chairman of the committee of
citizens appointed to provide for the entertain-
ment of the visiting Sir Knights and their
ladies. At the inauguration of William Mc-
Kinley as President of the United States,
?i[arch 4. 1897, Mr. Brown was a member of
the general inaugural committee and chairman
of the transportation committee. On the oc-
casion of the dedication of the new municipal
building of the District of Columbia, which
took place July 4. 1908, he was selected to
make the address on behalf of the Washington
Chamber^of Commerce.
His law practice is of a general character
before the courts of the District of Columbia
and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Brown was never married.
(For pret-eding geDerations see Nathau Lord I.)
(IV) Thomas, youngest son of
LORD John and Mary (Chapman) Lord,
was born in Berwick, and married
(second wife) January 10, 1750-51, Mary
Wise. He died in 1767. Children: Mary,
iKjrn December 8, 1751; Henry, February i,
1754: Thomas. March 3, 1756; John, Decem-
ber 13, 1760; Dorcas, .April 27, 1763; Abigail,
.April 7, 1765; William Wise, November 29,
1767. and Lucy, named in her father's will.
(V) Thomas (2), second son of Thomas
(i) and Mary (Wise) Lord, was born in
Berwick, March 5, 1756. He probably moved
early to New Hampshire. The record of his
marriage reads : "Esther Bradbury married
Thomas Lord, born in Berwick. Maine, died
Freedom, New Hampshire, 1843." Esther
was daughter of Jacob and Abigail (Cole)
Bradbury, and was born 1764, in Biddeford,
Maine. She was the great-great-grand-
daughter of Captain Thomas Bradbury, the
emigrant, of county Essex, England, who set-
tled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and whose
family is traced back to Robert Bradbury, of
Ollerset, Derbyshire, England. 1433. Thomas
Lord was a private in Captain Mark Wig-
gins' company, Colonel Pierce Long's regi-
ment of New Hampshire militia.
(VI) Thomas Bradbury, son of Thomas
(2) and Esther (Bradbury) Lord, was born
in Limerick, Maine. He married Clarissa
Watson. They resided in Limington, Maine.
(XII) William Godding, son of Thomas
Bradbury and Clarissa (Watson) Lord, was
born in Hiram. Maine, December 31. 1827.
Pie fitted for college at Limerick and Norway
Academies, and entered Waterville College
(now Colby L'uiversity) in 1847, graduating
in 185 1. He received the degree of A. M.
from Colby, 1854, and from Dartmouth in
1885. He was principal of Limington Acad-
emy, 1851-94, excepting twelve terms, when
he taught in the following institutions: High
School, Ware, Massachusetts, 1856-57 ; High
School, Saccarappa. Maine. 1860-64: Female
Seminary, Gorham, Maine. 1865-67 ; High
School. Scarboro. Maine. 1876-79. Mr. Lord
commenced teaching when but sixteen years
of age, and continued through an unbroken
period of fifty-one years, until his resignation
from Limington Academy in 1894. The com-
bined testimony of some of his pupils, voiced
by many who have become men of promi-
nence is, that he possessed "practically' all of
the requisite qralifications for a teacher :" was
"one of the be.st men and best teacTiers ever
known ;" "a strong personality that won the
respect of students ;" had "great ability to
turn off work himself and to inspire ambition
in the young to make the most of their tal-
ents ;" "very genial and sympathetic ;" "an
ideal teacher and a noble man." He was a
great student and reader, and his lectures
were highly instructive. Was active in poli-
STATE OF MAINE.
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tics in Limingtoii, a Democrat in a Repub-
lican tuwn, but held almost every office — se-
lectman, town clerk, town treasurer, super-
visor of schools, and was a trial justice for
twenty-one years, 1877-98. He was a mem-
ber of Adoniram Lodge, F. and A. M., Lim-
ington, and of Aurora Chapter, R. A. M.,
Cornish, and held the highest office in the gift
of each, serving as the first high priest of the
latter. iMr. Lord was deacon in the Congre-
gational church, 1876-98, and was active in
Sunday school work. He married, in 1854,
JMary Shepard, daughter of Edward and Abi-
gail (Hicks) Clark, of Limington. He died
there, August 28, 1898. Their children were:
Mary Louise and William Edward, deceased ;
George Dana, graduate of and professor in
Dartmouth College; member of Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity ; Inez Clark and Edward
Thomas Sumner.
(VHI) Edward Thomas Sunnier, youngest
son of William G. and Mary S. (Clark) Lord,
was born at Limington, November 18, 1871.
He was educated at Limington Academy,
graduating 1885; Dartmouth, A. i!. 1891;
A. j\L 1894. He is also a member of the fol-
lowing clubs: Aldine; Dartmouth; Glen
Ridge and Glen Ridge Golf Club. He is a
member of Delta Ivappa Epsilon fraternity, of
which his father was a member in Colby Uni-
versity. He taught for one year at the
Worcester Academy, at Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, and in 1892 started as New England
sales agent for D. C. Heath & Company, con-
tinuing for two years, when he came to New
York City and engaged with the firm of
Charles S'cribner's Sons, 153-157 Fifth Ave-
nue, and is now general manager for the Edu-
cational Department. He married, April 18,
1905, Agnes, daughter of Andrew and Eliza-
beth Ferguson Halladay, of Brooklyn, New
York. Thev have one son, William Shepard
Lord.
(For preceding generations see John Hall I.)
(HI) John (2), son of Ralph Hall
HALL and his first wife, was born in
Dover, as early as 1685, lived
first on Dover Neck, and after 1730 in
Soinersworth, New Hampshire, where he
had land evidently inherited from his father,
and which came 'originally from his grand-
father. He appears "to have possessed con-
siderable land in the town, and bought and
sold quite extensively. He married, August
9, 1705, Esther (or Hester), daughter of
Philip Cheslev, and sister to his father's sec-
ond wife. It is said of Esther Chesley that
site jumped from tlie upper story of her fath-
er's house at Durliam Falls, with a babe in
her arms, when nearly all others of the fam-
ily were killed bv Indians in i6(;4. Cliildren
of John and Esther (Chesley) Hall: [oiin,
Samuel, James, Keziali, Esther and iict.scy.
(IV) .Samuel, son of John (2) and Esther
(Chesley) Hall, was born about 1708. He re-
ceived his father's lands in Rollinsford, New
Hampshire, July 4, 1732, afterward lived in
Somersworth, and in 1750 removed from the
latter town to New Castle, Maine, with liis
family of eight sons and two daughters. I'our
of these sons died c[uite young, two died in the
colonial army, and two lived to good old age.
The baptismal name of his wife was Lydia,
but her family name is not known.
(V) Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Lydia
Hall, was born in Somersworth, .\'ew Hamp-
shire. June 16, 1743, and died in \'assalboro,
Maine, September 27, 1836. He wxnt from
Somersworth to New Castle, Maine, with his
father's family in 1750, and removed thence
to Vassalboro in 1808. He married, Febru-
ary 1, 1774, at Boston, Elizabeth Goff, born
June 3, 1748, died April 15, 1835. "The tra-
dition is that she was a descendant of Jutige
Goff, of England, the regicide." Children of
Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Goff) Hall: i.
Alexander, born January 18, 1871 ; died Octo-
ber 20, 1776. 2. Benjamin, born November
29, 1772, died Boston, October 27, 18 14. 3.
Mary, born .May 2, 1775, died Vassalboro,
Maine, Jamiary 4, 1854. 4. Betsey, born No-
vember 5, 1777, died May 17, 1865. 5. Han-
nah, born December 10, 1780, died X^assal-
boro, June 30, 1863. 6. .Alexander, born Jan-
uary 25, 1784, died Augusta, Georgia, July 27,
1822. 7. John Goft', torn March 4, 1792;
sheriff of Kennebeck county many j'ears, and
member of the state legislature. 8. George
Washington.
(VI) George Washington, youngest son
and child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Goff)
Hall, was born in Vassalboro, Maine, October
21, 1796, and died in Washington, D. C, in
March, 1873. He was a miller during the
earlier years of his life, and after leaving his
native state lived for a time in Boston, Massa-
chusetts, and Troy, New York. In 1847 'i*^
went to Washington and held a clerkship in
the navy department. He married Zerviah
Wall Sturgis, daughter of Jonathan Sturgis,
of Vassalboro, Maine, and a descendant of
the seventh generation of Edward Sturgis,
the immigrant, born in England, son of Pliilip
Sturgis. Edward Sturgis Jr.. son of Edward
the immigrant, was born in England in 1624,
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STATE OF MAINE.
came to America with his father, and mar-
ried Temperance Gorham. Edward Sturgis,
of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, son of Edward
and Temperance (Gorham) Sturgis, was born
in Yarmoulli in 1673, and married, November
29, 1703, Mchitabic Hallet. Edward Sturgis,
son of Edward and JNIehitable (Ilallctt) Stur-
gis, was born in Varinoutli, July 24, 17 10. and
married, February 3, 1730, Thankful Hedges.
Edward Sturgis, son of Edward and Thank-
ful (Hedges) Sturgis, was born July 27, 1737,
and married, January 28, 1767, Mary Bassett.
Thev had ten children: i. Mary, 1767. 2.
Abigail, 1770. 3. Samuel, 1772. 4. Thank-
ful, 1775. 3. James, 1776. 6. Olive, 1780. 8.
Jonathan, November 26, 1782, father of Zer-
viah Wall Sturgis, who married George
Washington Hall. g. Lucy, 1786. 10. Heman,
1789. All the children of Edward and Mary
(Bassett) Sturgis were born in Yarmouth,
ilassachusetts, and James, David, Jonathan
and Heman removed to A'assalboro with their
parents in 1795.
George Washington and Zerviah Wall
(Sturgis) Hall had seven children: i. (iotf
Alfred, twin with Albert G., born September
19, 1831. 2. Alfred G., twin with Goff Alfred,
born September 19, 1831 ; married Carrie H.
Nairn. 3. Anna Maria, married R. B. Don-
aldson, D. D. S., of Washington, a native of
^■irginia ; children : Anna B., bom January
25, 1857; Henry A., January 31, 1858: Lucy
D., January 18, 1861, died 1903, married H.
J. Lanck, and had daughter, Lucy Donaldson
Lanck. 4. Margaret, married John Swin-
doune, and had John, Cordelia, Hall, Mar-
garet and Charles Bruce Swindoune. 5. Eve-
lyn, died 1900; married Lee Nutwell, and had
GofF and Evelyn Nutwell. 6. Alfred Munroe,
died aged thirteen years. 7. Elizabeth, mar-
ried Dr. F. T. Johnson, of Washington, and
had Ethel Winne Johnson.
(VH) Gof! Alfred, son of George Wash-
ington and Zerviah Wall (Sturgis) Hall, was
bom in Vassalboro, Maine, September ig.
183 1, and was educated in the public and
academic schools of his native town, also in
public schools in Boston and Troy, New York.
In 1847 '^^ removed with his father's family
to Washington. D. C, and soon afterward be-
gan to learn telegraphy, which being accom-
plished he became an operator in the service
of the Bain Chemical Telegraph Company,
which company afterward merged with and
became a part of the Morse Company. In
April, 1852, he left off telegraphing and went
to California, by way of the Isthmus of Pan-
ama, but after a year in a region which to
him brought little else than climatic fevers,
returned to Washington and was given a posi-
tion as manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph office in that city; but at the end of a
year became cashier of the Washington Gas-
light Company, which position he held until
1861, when he became special agent of the
postoffice department, which appointment he
secured through the influence of Hannibal
Hamlin, then vice-president, during Mr. Lin-
coln's first presidential term. The field cov-
ered by his agency included Maryland, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, and he performed the
duties of his position about one year, then
asked for and was granted a transfer to the
department in Washington. He remained in
the city until 1863. then resigned, and went to
New Orleans to engage in a general auction
and commission business. While there he
was appointed by the secretary of the navy
as United States prize auctioneer for the De-
partment of the Gulf, a position he held until
the close of the war. As prize auctioneer it
was his duty to make public sale of govern-
ment prizes taken in that jurisdiction bv the
federal forces and authorities, and also of con-
fiscated property, of corporations and indi-
viduals ; and in carrying out his duties it may
readily be .seen how a government official in
his position might become decidedly unpopular
with many southern people, although never
by any personal action on his part did he con-
tribute to the causes of their unfriendliness.
But the result of the matter was that he was
virtually compelled to leave New Orleans.
Soon afterward he received appointment as
cotton agent for the Treasury Department,
succeeding Governor Warmouth, of Louisi-
ana, and for several months lived in Houston,
Texas, in connection with the duties of hi.-
position, and at the end of that period re-
ceived appointment as deputy supervising
special treasury agent for the fourth agency
district, with headquarters at Galveston,
Te.xas. This place he soon afterward re-
signed on account of the serious illness of his
wife, then returned to Washington, and for a
time engaged in mercantile pursuits with only
indifTercnt success. In 1872 he became inter-
ested in a flour milling enterprise at Pontiac,
Michigan, and after three years of earnest
but unprofitable work in that state he re-
turned to Washington and became connected
with the municipal government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, in the capacity of assistant
assessor, which position he still holds.
Mr. Hall is a Mason, past master of Fed-
eral Lodge, the oldest body of the craft in the
STATE OF iMALXE.
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District of Columbia ; has served as an officer
ot the Grand lodge, and was deputy master
in 1862-63. In 1861 he received all the de-
grees in Free Masonry up to the thirty-second
degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He
IS a firm and unyielding Republican, and in
i860 was a delegate to the Republican na-
tional convention which nominated Mr. Lin-
coln for the presidency, as well as his old
friend, Mr. Hamlin, for the vice-presidency.
Mr. Hall married Caroline, daughter of Cap-
tain Daniel Choate, of Portland, Maine, and
by her had six children: i. Kate, married
Edward Howes, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. 2. Alice, unmarried. 3. Anna, unmar-
ried. 4. Mabel, now dead. 5. Edith, mar-
ried Dr. J. Hall Lewis, of Washington. 6.
May, married Edward Nye.
What pleasant memories
HAWTHORNE cluster around the name !
The history of New
England, past and present, passes in review
as we read the name in its pages. The stern
and uncompromising Puritan spirit of the two
early generations, as illustrated in the lives of
William and John Hathorne, as stamped by
them on church and state through their part
in the government of jMassachusetts Bay Col-
ony in the full meridian of the seventeenth
century, will never be forgotten. The perse-
cution of the Quakers and the injustice vis-
ited upon the innocent victims of the witch-
craft delusion will never be effaced from the
pages of history. Then the gentle spirit that
produced "The Scarlet Letter," "Mosses from
an Old Manse," "The Blithedale Romances,"
and made "The House of the Seven Gables,"
at Lenox; "Wayside," at Concord; the Old
Custom House at Salem; "Brook Farm" at
Roxbury; the old Manse in Concord; and
Blithedale and Newton — points of historic in-
terest, took all the sting from the history
made by the first two stern Puritans who bore
the name, and made Hawthorne synonymous
with gentleness, love of nature, the best in
literature, the spirit of love and forgiveness,
and the graves of Hawthorne at Sleepy Hol-
low, Concord, where the illustrious Emerson,
and Thoreau and his faithful and helpful
wife, Sophia Peabody, rest nearby, have be-
come the mecca of literary worshipers the
world over. The fruit that has sprung from
the misshapen seeds as first planted in the
new world has made it the garden of a new
civilization.
In England, one James Hathorne and his
wife Joane lived in Bentley, Southampton-
shire, and he is sometimes credited as the
father of \\ dham, the immigrant ancestor of
tlie Hawthornes of New England. He was a
yeoman and had children : John, Peter, Will-
iam and Joane. His will was proved June
23, 1621. But to another William Hathorne
son of William and Sara Hathorne, of Ben-
held, Berkshire, England, belongs the honor
as the progenitor of the New England Ha-
thornes, the spelling of which name was
changed by his descendant, Nathaniel, the au-
thor, to Hawthorne, when he began the publi-
cation of his literary productions, and this
spelling of the name was thus made authori-
tative.
(I) William, son of William and Sara
Hathorne, of Binfiel<!, Berkshire county, Eng-
land, was born about 1607, and came to New
England with Winthrop in the "Arabella" in
1630. He lived first at Dorchester, where he
had a grant of land, and he appears prominent
in the affairs of the colony, as attested by the
records of the colony of the Massachusetts
Bay in New England. He was a deputv in
the general court for fourteen terms, was' ad-
mitted freeman in 1634, deputy from Dor-
chester 1635 antl 1637, removed to Salem,
from which place he was deputy many times,
and in 1644 was elected speaker of the gen-
eral court for his first term, and served in
that honorable position for several terms af-
terward. He was made assistant in 1662,
serving 1662-79, and was one of the most en-
ergetic, able and influential men in New Eng-
land in his day. His military career began in
Boston in 1639, when he is named as being
present at "training." He was captain of the
Salem company from May, 1646, and major
before 1656. His religious theories were se-
vere and bigoted, and he was arbitrary and
intolerant in the administration of aflfairs of
both church and State; and yet he was a zeal-
ous and fearless advocate of the personal
right of freedom against the overreaching au-
thority exhibited by royal emissaries and
agents. His worth and the advantage of his
citizenship to the little village of Salem, said
to have been at the time "the foremost of all
the Puritan communities," induced the town
authorities, which constituted the voice of the
people as expressed at the town meeting, to
settle in their midst, and as an inducement the
town granted him two hundred,and fifty acres
of land. His descendant, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, says of him : "He had all the Puri-
tan traits, both good and evil." William
Hathorne, the Puritan immigrant, died in
Salem, Massachusetts, in 1681, aged seventy-
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STATE OF MAINE.
four vears. and his will was published Janu-
ary 28. 1681. The cliildren of 2^1ajor William
and Anne Hathorne were: i. A daughter,
born about 1633. 2. Sarah, ^March n. 1634-
35; married Joseph Coker, of Newbury, Mas-
sachusetts. 3. Eleazer, August i, 1637; mar-
ried Abigail, daughter of George Corwin. 4.
Nathaniel. August 11. 1639. 5. John, August
3. 1641 : married Ruth, daughter of George
Gardner. 6. Anna. December 12, 1642. mar-
ried Joseph Porter. 7. William, April i,
1645, married Sarah ; was a soldier in
the war against the Narragansett Indians and
succeededCaptain Joseph Gardner, who com-
manded the company in which he served and
fell in the great "Swamp Fight" at South
Kingstown. "Rhode Island, where the Indians
were almost annihilated. Captain Hathorne
also engaged in subsequent Indian warfare
and was niade major of his regiment. He
died while his father was still living. 8. Eliz-
abeth, born in 1649. married Israel Porter.
<I1) John, third son and fifth child of
Major William and .Anne Hathorne, was born
in Salem, Massachusetts, August 5, and bap-
tized August 22, 1 64 1. He was made a free-
man in 1677, and was a deputy to the general
court of Massachusetts Bay Colony from Sa-
lem, 1683, and was made assistant and mem-
ber of the governor's council in 1684, serving
up to 1 712, excluding the years in which
Andros was governor. He w-as active and
merciless in the prosecution of the so-called
witches, being "exceedingly wed against
them." As a judge of the supreme court of
the colony, 1702-12, he passed the severest
judgment' allowed by the law of the colony
upon many of the unfortunate victims to the
hallucination and charged them with prac-
ticing the art of witchcraft. He was equally
severe to others charged with heresy and non-
confirmation. He died in Salem. May 10,
1717.
(III) Joseph, son of John and, Ruth (Gard-
ner) Hathorne, was a quiet farmer in Salem,
and very unlike his father and grandfather,
taking no part in public affairs. He and his
sons "and grandsons were fishermen and sea-
faring men, and Nathaniel Hawthorne in
speaking of these generations of his forbears
designates them "a dreary and unprosperous
condition of the race."
(IV) DanieUson of Joseph Hathorne. com-
manded the privateer, "The Fair American."
in the period of the American revolution. He
purchased a farm of two hundred and fifty
acres in North Woolwich. Maine, on the Ken-
nebec river, about 1740, having walked from
the land office in Wilmington (No. 51) all
the way to \\'oolwich, and, being swift of
foot, he beat out another prospective homc-
staker, who was also on his way from Wil-
mington to buy the same property, and he
acquired it lawfully in that way. His sons
included Captain Nathaniel, the father of Na-
thaniel Hawthorne, the author, and Seth, the
great-grandfather of Frank Warren Haw-
thorne.
( \') Seth, son of Captain Daniel Hathorne,
married Sarah Thwing, daughter of Judge
Thwing. of Woolwich, Maine, a former just-
ice of the supreme court of Massachusetts.
(VI) Seth, son of Seth and Sarah
(Thwing) Hathorne, married Naiamiah Ha-
thorn, a cousin, and through this union a son
\\arren was born.
(\TI) \\'arren, son of Seth and Naimiah
Hawthorne, married Priscilla Eaton, of Tops-
ham, Maine, and became the father of Frank
Warren Hawthorne.
(\'IIIj Frank Warren, son of Warren and
Priscilla (Eaton) Hawthorne, of Topsham,
Maine, was born in Bath, Maine, July i,
1852. He was prepared for college in the
public grammar and high school of his native
city, and was graduated at Bowdoin College
A. B., 1874. He became as.sociated in busi-
ness with his father soon after he left college,
owing to a serious accident that deprived his
father of active participation in any business
for some months, and he took entire charge of
the business, despite the fact that his design
on leaving college was to take up literature as
a vocation ; and this accident deprived him
of the opportunity of carrying out that pur-
pose until 1885. This incident in his life
obliged him to give eleven of what he con-
sidered his best years to business pursuits. He
did not. however, give up his cherished pur-
poses to take up journalism and he was
strengthened in this pvirpose through the suc-
cess of his contributions to both the newspa-
per press and to the current magazines. His
various articles were not only readily accepted
and published, but were read, and this the
more determined his purpose. His faith in
himself was strengthened by the opportunity
offered him to contribute an original poem on
the occasion of the celebration of the centen-
nial anniversary of the settlement of the town
of Bath, which was observed in March. 1881.
His poem was so favorably received and com-
mented on by the entire press of Maine that
he impatiently awaited the favorable oppor-
tunity to carry out his ambitious journalistic
plans. His Democratic political faith inlier-
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226.^
ited from his father and both his grandfathers
made liim an active participant in the na-
tional campaign of 1876 and 1880, as well as
in the state campaign of those eventful years.
In 1 88 1 victory attended the state guberna-
torial campaign, and on the election of Harris
M. Plaisted as governor he named young
Hawthorne as a member of his military staff
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and he
filled this position with dignity and honor up
to the close of the administration of his chief,
who was succeeded by Governor Robie in
1883. In 1885 his journalistic opportunity
was presented and was seized upon when in
company with John P. Varnum he established
the Morning Nezvs at Jacksonville, Florida.
He successfully conducted the newspaper for
two years under the partnership then formed,
and in May, 1887, he was largely instrumen-
tal in organizing the Florida Printing and
Publishing Company, with a capital of $100,-
000, and when the corporation was organized
he was made secretary and treasurer of the
company, and the purpose of its organization
vi'as carried out by the purchase of the Morn-
ing Nezvs and the Evening Herald, which two
promising journals were consolidated as Tlic
Nez^'S-Hcrald, and he was made associate
editor of the consolidated newspaper. In the
following !\Iay the Florida Printing and Pub-
lishing Company, which meantime had
changed its name to the Florida Publishing
Company, purchased for $65,000 the Florida
Times-Union, established in 1880 by Colonel
Charles H. Jones, and which newspaper was
the largest circulating in the state. The pub-
dishing company retained its name, and that
of the Nezvs-Hcrald became extinct, Colonel
Hawthorne retaining his editorial position un-
der the consolidation. The yellow fever epi-
demic of 1888. that wrought so great havoc in
the city of Jacksonville, did not spare the staff
and force of the Times-Union, and during its
reign of five months he held his post ami saw
every other member of the editorial staff and
of the business staff' as well, stricken with the
disease, the editor-in-chief and city editor
proving victims to the scourge; out of the
sixty employees of the publication establish-
ment nianv'fled the city; and of those who
stood at tlieir posts over thirty had the fever,
and five died of the dread plague. The death
of Editor-in-Chief Martin early in October,
1888, forced Colonel Hawthorne to assume
the entire editorial charge, and with his
broken staff he not only carried on the paper,
but performed the additional duties of con-
ductino- the news service of the Associated
Press for the entire state of Florida. In
March, 1890, he was formally made managing
editor of the Times-Union, and he conducted
the editorial department up to Deceml>er i,
1893, when he resigned to engage in general
newspaper and magazine work, but continued
his residence in Jacksonville. His political
views had meantime undergone a radical
change, and from a southern viewpoint
and local policy pursued in the south,
he became convinced that that section
was making a mistake in holding to the relics
of the past, especially in their support of the
fallacy of free silver. In the summer and au-
tumn of 1895 he visited his old home in
Maine, and this visit resulted in his renuncia-
tion of Democracy as represented by those
who controlled the policy of the party, and he
sought congenial political companionship in
the Republican party. Fie espoused the can-
didacy of Speaker Reed for the office of pres-
ident of the United States, and early in Janu-
ary, 1896, when about to undertake a journey
to the far west to gain political information
to strengthen his chosen candidate, he was
oft'ered the editorship of the New York Morn-
ing Advertiser, and he accepted the editorial
control of that journal and continued in
charge of the great metropolitan journal up
to the time of its sale to W. R. Hearst in
1897. Since then he has been managing editor
of the Newark (New Jersey) Evening Nevjs
and since January, 1900, has had charge of
the editorial page and the editorial policy of
the New York Commercial. Colonel Haw-
thorne became affiliated with the Owl Club of
Bath, ]\Iaine, the Seminole and Elks Club of
Jacksonville, Florida, the Lotos Club of New
York City; the New England Society in
Florida, and the University Association of
Florida. He was also made a member of the
board of trade of Jacksonville, Florida. He
was married, in Bath, Maine, January 27,
1887, to Eleanor Low, daughter of Hiram and
Eleanor Low Turner, of that city, and their
son, Hayden Thwing, was born in Jackson-
ville, August 3, 1890.
(For preceding generaUon see Thomas Haii.son I.)
(II) Tobias, son of Thomas
HANSON Hanson, was born in Dover.
His wife was captured by the
Indians Tune 28, 1689; he was killed by the
Indians "Mav 10, 1693. Children, born at
Dover: i. Tobias, mentioned below. 2. Jo-
seph. 3. Benjamin, married Elizabeth Trask.
(Ill) Tobias (2). son of Tobias (i) Han-
son, was born in Dover. He was a Quaker,
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STATE OF MAINE.
as were most of the Hansons of that section
until later generations. He married (first)
Lydia Canne (Kenney); (second) Ann Lord.
Children, born in Dover: i. Benjamin. 2.
Elizabeth, married Samuel Buxton. 3.
Mercy, born August 4, 1699, married Stephen
Varney. 4. Tobias, born 1702, mentioned be-
low. 5. Judith, born February 7, 1703, mar-
ried Samuel Twombly. 6. JosepJi, born Jan-
uary 10. 1704, married Rebecca Shepard,
Sarah Scammon and Susanna Burnam. 7.
Nathaniel. 8. Isaac, married Susanna Can-
ney. 9. Samuel. 10. Aaron.
(IV) Tobias (3), son of Tobias (2) Han-
son, was born in Dover in 1702; married, De-
cember 22, 1726, Judith Varney, daughter of
Ebenezer and Mary (Otis) Varney. She was
born .April 11, 1710. (See Varney III.)
Tobias died August 27, 1765. He married
(second) Sarah Frye. Children, born in
Dover: i. Anne, married Cartland.
2. Mary, born about 1732, died 1798, married
Jedidiah Varney, son of Jedidiah Varney.
(See Varney V.) 3. Elizabeth, married Reu-
ben Tuttle. 4. Aaron, married Abigail Col-
well. 5. Patience. 6. Moses, married Mary
Hanson. 7. Alercy.
(For first generation see Lemuel Rich 1.)
(II) Joel, son of Lemuel and Eliza-
RICH beth (Harding) Rich, was born at
Truro, Massachusetts, between
1750 and 1760, and when quite young re-
moved to Gorham, Maine, with his parents,
about 1762. He was a soldier in the revolu-
tionary war, and for this service received a
United States pension. When a young man
he removed to North Yarmouth, Maine,
thence to Buckfield. and about iSoo settled in
Jackson, Maine, making the journey with an
ox team, this mode of travel being quite usual
in those days. He died about 1835, at the
home of his son Joseph, at Jackson, Maine.
His wife was Elizabeth Cates, who died in
1853. aged ninety-one years, at the home of
Hamlin Roberts, who married her grand-
daughter. Mary Ann Rich. They became the
parents of five daughters and nine sons, all
of whom lived to maturity and eight of them
to be more than eighty years old ; of the nine
sons none of them partook of intoxicants, and
but two used tobacco.
(Ill) Joseph, son of Joel and Elizabeth
(Cates) Rich, was born in Buckfield, Maine,
about 1790, died at Jackson, Maine, about
1868. He was an earnest member of the
Freewill Baptist church, of which he was a
deacon. He was a successful farmer, and a
man of sterling worth. He married Judith
Jackson, who died in Belfast, Maine, about
1892, aged about ninety-four years. Their
daughters were: Mary Ann and Emeline,
and one of their sons, John, was born Septem-
ber 26, 1780. Emeline Rich died December
19, 1893, at Stockton, Maine; she was the
wife of Barnabas M. Roberts, representative
from Stockton to the Maine legislature, and
for two years during the civil war state sen-
ator from Waldo county, also collector of cus-
toms at Belfast, Maine.
(IV) Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph and
Judith (Jackson) Rich, was born in Jackson,
Maine, about 1805, and died in 1877, at East
Dixfield, Maine. She married, in 1835, Ham-
lin Myrick Roberts, and married (second) in
1859, R^v- Dexter Waterman, at Unity,
Maine. (For children of Hamlin Myrick and
Marv Ann (Rich) Roberts, see Roberts
VIII.)
Who was the immigrant ancestor
HILL of the family of this article is a
matter about which considerable
has been written, and which is still a matter
of uncertainty.
(I) John Hill, of Dover, lived in that part
of Dover once called Oyster River, now Dur-
ham, New Hampshire. He was grand jury-
man in 1668 and in 1671. He was taxed in
1684, after which he is not mentioned. The
time and place of his death is not known. He
may have been identical with John Hill, of
Boston, who married Elizabeth Strong, Janu-
ary 16, 1656. The fore name of the wife of
John Ilill of this sketch was Elizabeth; her
surname is not known. Their children so far
as known were : Joseph, Samuel, John, Ben-
jamin and Hannah.
(II) Samuel, second son of John and Eliz-
abeth Hill, was probably born in 1659. He
bought land in Eliot in 1686, and also owned
real estate in Portsmouth. His will, dated Au-
gust 28, 1713, was probated March 28, 1723.
He married, October 28, 1680, Elizabeth Wil-
liams, of Oyster River, daughter of William
and Mary W'ilHams. Their children were :
John, Elizabeth. Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Sam-
uel, Sarah, Benjamin and Joseph.
(III) Benjamin, second son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Williams) Hill, -was born July 2,
1703. He married. January 12, 1726, Alary
Neal, daughter of Andrew and Catherine
(Furbish) Neal. Their thirteen children
were : John, Eunice, Mary, James, Catherine,
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2265
young),
Abisrail,
Elizabeth, Benjamin, Abigail (died
Andrew (died young), Andrew,
Daniel and Anne.'
(IV) James, second son of Benjamin and
Mary (Neal) Hill, born December 20, 1754,
was an officer in the French and Indian war,
and kept a diary which is still preserved. He
married first, January i, 1761, Sarali, daugh-
ter of Dr. Edmund and Shuah (Bartlelt)
Coffin; (second) Sarah Hoyt, widow of John
Burleigh, Jr. He was the father of fourteen
children — five by the first wife and nine by
the second, as follows: Daniel, Sarah, Mary,
James, Apphia (died young), Hannah, Jolin
Burleigh, Joseph Hoyt, Benjamin, Deborah,
Apphia, Mehitable Burleigh, Olive Bridge and
Amos Shepherd.
(V) Joseph Hoyt, third child of James and
Sarah (Hoyt) Hill, was born January 16,
1778. He married Betsey Jackson Watson.
Their daughter, Elizabeth Hamilton Watson,
married, June 28, 1842, Silas Turner.
The surname Godfrey is of
GODFREY ancient English origin, de-
rived obviously from the still
more ancient personal name. Several of the
family settled early in Massachusetts. Fran-
cis is mentioned below : John came in the ship
"Mary and John," sailing March 24, 1638,
from England, and settled in Newbury and
Andover; was accused of witchcraft March i,
1659; he was born in 1611. William Godfrey,
progenitor of many of the Maine and New
Hampshire families, was admitted a freeman
at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 13, 1640;
removed to Hampton. New Hampshire, where
he bought land in 1648: was deacon of the
Hampton church and a prominent citizen ; be-
queathed to wife Margerie, sons John and
Isaac, daughters Sarah and Deborah, and son-
in-law, Webster. Richard Godfrey,
doubtless a relative of Francis Godfrey, set-
tled in Taunton, Massachusetts, as early as
1652. and died there in 1691 ; married a
daughter of John Turner ; had sons Richard,
John, Robert, daughters Jane. Alice and Su-
sanna.
(I) Francis Godfrey, immigrant ancestor,
was born in England about 1600. He settled
first at Duxbury as early as 1638, when he re-
ceived a grant of land there, laid out October
28, 1640. His name is on the list of those
able to bear arms in 1643. He is mentioned in
the inventory of John Hill, of Boston, in 1646.
He removed to Marshfield and thence to
Bridgewater. His will dated October 29,
1666, calls himself "an aged inhabitant of the
town." His will was proved Julv ^o. 1669,
bequeathing to wife Elizabetli, daugliter Ivliza-
beth Gary and son-in-law John, grandcliil-
dren John and Elizabeth, and servants John
Pitcher and Richard Jennings. He had prop-
erty at Providence and Bridgewater.
(II) Captain Benjamin Godfrey, of Chat-
ham, Massachusetts, probably a descendant of
Francis Godfrey, was born about 1725-30. He
was a sohlicr in the revolution, captain" of the
first company. Colonel Joseph Doane's regi-
ment (Second Barnstable) in 1776; captain in
Colonel John Cushing's regiment in 1776 and
in Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment in 1777;
also major of the Second Barnstable regiment
in 1780. Fie is believed to be the same Ben-
jamin Godfrey who was living at Gouldsbor-
ough, Hancock county, Maine, according to
the federal census of 1790. In his family
were four males over sixteen, one under six-
teen, and five females. The Godfrey family
of this sketch settled first at Gouldsborough.
Peter, Ichabod, Daniel and John Godfrey, all
perhaps sons of l!eiijamin, were soldiers in
the revolution from Gouldsborough. In 1790
Ichabod was living at the plantation west of
Machias and had a son under sixteen and
three females in iiis family. Daniel lived at
the same place and appears to have had a
house, but no family.
(IV) Otis S., grandson of Benjamin God-
frey, of Gouldsborough, was born about 1800
and settled at Cherryfield, Maine. He was a
ship builder, but died at twenty-seven years
of age. He was a very successful man, and
at this time had amassed a fortune of ten
thousand dollars. Fle owned the first span of
horses in Cherokee, Maine. He married Sa-
rah Shaw Nichels, born 1801, died 1894,
daugliter of Alexander Nichels, of Scotch-
Irish ancestry. JMr. and Mrs. Godfrey had
the following named cliildren : Martha, El-
vira D., Otis S., mentioned below. After the
death of Mr. Godfrey his widow married
Thomas Milliken, and had children : Napoleon
B.. drowned at two years of age; Josephine
B. and Marv A. Milliken.
(V) Otis'S. (2), son of Otis S. (i) God-
frey, was born in Cherryfield, Maine, near
Gouldsborough, May 8, 1827. He was for
manv years engaged in the coal and lumber
business in Cherryfield. He removed to Mil-
ton, Massachusetts, and was a partner in the
firm of Lewis & Godfrey, which bought the
lumber business of George K. Gannett, of
Milton, January i, 1871. Mr. Lewis retired
from the firm in January, 1872, and Mr. God-
frev continued the business alone until 1881,
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when his son Nathan was admitted to partner-
ship under the firm name of O. S. Godfrey &
Son. .^fter his death, September 22, 1883,
F. M. Robinson became a member of the lum-
ber fimi, and later Samuel Morse became a
member of the firm. He married Susan Eliza-
beth Lawrence, born Januar)' 13, 1827, died
Julv 24. 1902. daughter of James Parker and
Mary Allinc Lawrence. James Parker was
born in Cherryficld. where he later owned a
small lumber and shingle mill, and where he
spent his entire life, dying at an advanced age.
James and Mary AUine (Lawrence) Parker
had four children : Wellington ; Amy, mar-
ried Woodbury Lcighton, of Harrington,
Maine, where she still resides, a widow ; Su-
san Elizabeth Lawrence and Albert. Children
of Mr. and i\Irs. Godfrey: Lester Noble, born
January 2, 1850, married, March 28. 1881,
Harriet Wilbur, daughter of Arthur T. Wil-
bur; he founded the L. N. Godfrey Lumber
Company of Boston ; children : i. Arthur W.,
born June 10, 1883: ii. Frank H., February
I, 1890: iii. Bertha L., February 13, i8g6. 2.
Martha Ella, born December 19, 1852, died in
childhood. 3. Martha Ella, born December
19. 1854. died at nine years of age. 4. Jessie,
born January 4, 1856, mentioned below. 5.
Alice, born August ig, 1859, married Charles
H. Emery, of Ellsworth, Maine ; had two
sons, the first of whom died before being
named, and the second, Edward Greeley, also
died in infancy. 6. Nathan, married Georgi-
anna Meserve Twombly ; children: i. Otis,
married Inez Hiidnell ; ii. Florence, married
Henry L. Biu-dick : one child, Florence J.
Burdick. 7; Bertha Lawrence, born Novem-
ber 6, 1862, married James Hutchinson ; chil-
dren : i. Earle, born October 3, 18S3; ii.
Alice, October 30, 1886.
(Yl) Jessie Godfrey, daughter of Otis S.
Godfrey, was born in Cherryfield, January 4,
1856. She married, November 3, 1877, .Sam-
uel A. Morse, born in Machias, Maine, March
12, 1855, son of Samuel A. Morse, a native of
Machias, and grandson of Samuel A. Morse,
who was born in Carroll county. New York,
came to Machias as one of the early settlers,
taught school a number of years, and later en-
gaged in the lumber business. He became a
prominent man of that town ; he resided in a
house which is still owned by Mrs. Samuel A.
Morse; he was a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity: he married .'\bigail O'Brien. Samuel
.•\. Morse (father) was also engaged in the
lumber business; be married Christiana Milli-
ken ; children : Maria. Jessie, Frank and
Samuel A.; he died in October, 1854, and his
wife in 1876. Samuel A. Morse, son of the
aforementioned couple, was reared in Boston.
Massachusetts, where he came at the age of
eight years; graduated from the Brimmer
school, was a bookkeeper for a time, later en-
gaged in the artificial flower business, then
with Mr. Brown in the bat business, after
which he entered the firm of Godfrey & Sons,
where he still remains. Children of Mr. and
Mrs. Morse: i. Samuel A. Jr., born Sep-
tember 17, 1878, died in infancy. 2. Susan,
born March 16, 1881, married Carleton Gush-
ing Lane and resides in Quincy; one child,
born July 24, 1908. 3. Harold L., born De-
cember 16, 1884, died 1888. 4. Dorothy, born
[uly I. 1890. 5. Richard, born June i, 1898.
The Fabyan name originated
FABYAN in the southwest part of
France, in Touloude, Beadeaux
and Saint Mincet. Several families of the
name now reside there. About five hundred
years ago. during the reign of Henry III,
they went from France to Abington, Berks
county, England. ]\Iany of them are farmers
cultivating their own land in Abington and
adjoining towns, some seventy miles or so
from London.
(I) The first of the name to come to this
country was John Fabyan (also spelled
Fabian), who was born in England, in the
year 1681. He came to America in early life
and settled in the town of Newington, New
Hampshire. He was by trade a tailor and
draper, and for many years a justice of the
peace. He married Mary Pickering. They
had seven children: Samuel, married (first)
a Nutter; (second) a Huntress, and (third)
a Berry (two sons, John and Samuel) ; John,
never married; Joseph (q. v.); Elizabeth,
married a Downing; Mary, married a Wood-
man ; Phebe, married a Furber, and Mehit-
ablc, married a Walker. He died ^larch 30,
1736, aged seventy-five years. In a published
sermon preached by Rev. Joseph .Adams
(great-uncle of President John .Adams) in
1757, in memory of John Fabyan, Esquire
(to be found in the library of the Massachu-
setts Historical Society) appears the follow-
ing reference (page 15) :
"They that would get Good by the Death of
good Men. should be so far affected with
their Death as to call to Mind their \'irtues
and good .Actions : and endeavor an Imitation
of them : -And this I would advise you that
are the sorrowful children and Relatives of
the Deceased to do. I have left off for some
Time to give much of a character to anv Per-
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2267
son for special Reasons: but this I must say
in Justice to the Dead, and in Love and Re-
spect to the Living, That your tender and
honoured Father was a Righteous Man in the
Sense of my Text; and has proved it to my
knowledge for more than forty years. He
was too a Man of an unstained character and
extensive usefulness in the several Stations
and Relations in which he w^as placed by
Providence. Therefore you need not mourn
as without Hope: but should be duly afifected
at so great a Loss to you, though Gain to
him. And my Advice to. you is, to tread in
his Steps ; to follow him as he followed Christ.
. . . I conclude with Psal.XXXVn, Mark
the perfect ]Man, and behold the upright, for
the end of that Man is Peace."
In his will dated August 6, 1748, he gave
most of his property to his son Samuel (who
was also the executor of the will) except a
legacy of "30 pounds of old tenor bills of pub-
lic credit'" to each of the other children and
to his wife, IMary Fabyan, "a comfortable
support and maintainance during her life" in-
cluding a life interest in a dwelling house and
household goods, ordering his executor "to
take all necessary and reasonable care to make
her life easy and comfortable."
( 11) Joseph, son of John Fabyan. was born
in Newington, New Hampshire, .April i, 1707.
About 1730 (after the Indian wars subsided)
he, with his brother, Captain John Fabyan.
went to Scarboro from Newington. In Scar-
boro they purchased about six hundred acres
of land, and built a saw-mill and other build-
ings necessary for their comfort. Captain
John was reputed to be a forceful man, some-
what rough in his manners. He was never
married. Joseph was of a more quiet ^dispo-
sition, and an active church member. He
joined the First Parish Church in Scarboro,
Mav 10, 1730 (see records of Congregational
church at Black Point, Scarboro. Maine). He
afterwards took his dismissal from the First
Parish and was one of the original signers
of the Second Parish Church covenant when
organized, March 20, 1744.
The two brothers lived together on the old
Fabvan farm still held by their descendants.
It was originally a large tract. Conveyances
from the proprietors of Scarboro to them
show large holdings of real estate. Traces of
their mill may still be seen. The inscriptions
on the ancient gravestones (in Dunstan ceme-
terv, Scarboro, Maine) show that Captain
John Fabvan died June 3. 1782, aged 77 years
6 months', and that Mr. Joseph Fabyan died
March 15, 1789, aged 81 years 11 months.
In October. 1739, Jo.seph Fabyan married
Mary Brackett, of Greenland, Xcw Hamp-
shire (see Brackett genealogy, by Herbert I.
Brackett, 1907, page 92). Mary ( Brackett)
Fabyan was born about 1716. She was a
l^rominent member of the Second Parish
Church of Scarboro, of which her luisbami
was one of the organizers in 1744. She died
May I, 1800. Their children were: Joshua
(q. V.) ; Mary, baptized February 2, 1746,
married (first) December 20, 1768, John
Brackett, (second) Pelatiah March; Elizaljeth,
baptized July 19, 1748, married, December 16,
1786. William Haggett; Phebe, Ixiptized July
I, 1750, married. December 2, 1767, Nicholas
Dennett; Mehitable, baptized June 28, 1752,
married, December 20, 1770, James Brackett;
Olive, born October 23, 1755, married, March
24, 1774, Charles Moulton. ,
(III) Joshua, only son of Joseph and Mary
( Brackett) Fabyan, was born in Scarboro,
Maine, in March, 1742. He was baptized in
the First Parish Church of Scarboro, March
27. 1743 (sec Congregational Church records
at Black Point, Scarboro, Maine). He re-
ceived mill properties and lands from his
father and from liis uncle, Captain John
Fabyan. and was reputed to be wealthy. He
early became prominent in public affairs. He
was a member of the county convention held
at Falmouth, September 21, 1774, to endorse
resistance to Stamp Act, etc. He was one of
the selectmen of Scarboro in 1775-79-81. In
1775 he was appointed receiver of taxes under
Henrv Gardiner, colonial treasurer. He was
a iTiember of Massachusetts general court in
1776. Is reputed to have raised a company
for the siege of Boston by request of General
Washington in 1776. Paul Flllis was captain
of this company, but the muster rolls are lost.
He was appointed by the general court one
of the committee for Cumberland county to
raise men to go to Canada in 1776. (See
Massachusetts Revolutionary War Archives,
\'ol. 28. page 94.) He was one of the justices
of the court of general sessions for Cumber-
land county from October 31. 1775, to .\pril,
1797. He was a member of the committee of
correspondence and safety for Cumberland
county in 1782. He was one of the overseers
of Bowdoin College, being appointed in 1794,
the vear of the pas.sage of the bill establish-
ing the college. He resigned in 1798. On
Tanuarv 9. 1766, he married Sarah Brackett,
of Portland (see Brackett genealogy. "Issue
of .-Anthony Brackett, of Portland." page
414), born 'April 9, 1740. He and his wife
joined the Second Parish Church, .August 9.
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1766. They lived on the Fabyan farm in
Scarboro, near the spot where the Ezra Carter
house now stands. Squire Fabyan was one
of the prominent men of the province in his
time, and was intimate in business and social
affairs with the Kings, Southgates and other
noted men. (See letter of Dr. Southgate to
Richard King in History of Scarboro. j He
died June 20, 1799, and (with his wife Sa-
rah) is buried in the old graveyard. The in-
scription on his gravestone (in Dunstan ceme-
tery, Scarboro, Maine) reads: "Joshua
Fabyan, Esquire, died June 20, 1799, aged 57
years 3 months. A true patriot and Just
Judge." Their children were: I. John (2),
born November i. 1766, married Sally Brack-
ett, January i, 1789, lived on part of his fath-
er's farm in Scarboro marked by trees near
the house of Joseph C. Snow. He sold his
farm to his brother Joshua and removed to
Leeds, Androscoggin county, Maine, with his
sons Joshua, George, Oliver and John (3),
who settled on farms near each other. The
latter son John (3) married Julia Jackson,
of Portland, and their son, Charles H., who
served with distinction throughout the civil
war, in the 17th Maine Regiment, died in
Portland, in November, 1901. Charles H.
married Henrietta (Merry) Waterhouse (who
died in April, 1901) ; and three of their chil-
dren are now living, viz. : Harry C, a law-
yer practicing in Boston ; Alvah H., residing
in Portland, and Alice M. (married Roy
Mosher) residing in Cumberland Centre,
Maine. Horace, another son of John (2),
built and for many years conducted the
Fabyan House in the White Mountains. 2.
Joseph, born April 23, 1768, never married.
3. Samuel, born July 6, 1770, died when a
young man, unmarried. 4. George, born
March 29. 1773, was a shipmaster and died
in South Carolina ( ?) , from which state he
wrote a letter stating that he expected to re-
turn in his own ship, but was never after-
ward heard from. 5. Sarah, born April 8,
1775, married October i, 1797, Ezra Carter,
and died in 1845. 6. Mary, died in early
childhood, September 12, 1778. 7. Joshua
(2) (q. v.). He died at his farm homestead
June 20, 1799, and (with his wife Sarah) is
buried in the Dunstan cemetery in Scarboro,
Maine. The inscription on her gravestone
states that she died August 29, 1820, aged 80
years 3 months.
(IV) Joshua (2), youngest child and fifth
son of Joshua (i) Fabyan, born in Scarboro,
Maine, and baptized June 17, 1782. He mar-
ried Mary, daughter of John Downing, of
Kennebunk, November 26, 1803, and they
lived in a house on the old road, the cellar of
which is still discernible in the back field of
the Fogg place. He built a house afterwards
on part of his father's farm in Scarboro,
where his daughter, Martha A. Fabyan, now
lives. The children of Joshua (2) and Mary
(Downing) Fabyan were: i. Martha A.,
who lives in the house built by her father. 2.
Samuel, married Olive Eaton, was a minister
of the Methodist church, and lived in Hollis,
York county, Maine. 3. George (q. v.). 4.
Charles Wesley, born March 11, 1813, a
physician, graduating from the Medical
School of Maine, class of 1837. He married
(first) Lucy Burnham, (second) Pemelia
Murray, and (third) Mary Chase, and died
in Providence, Rhode Island, July 23, 1886.
5. Mary Clark, born February 17, 1817, mar-
ried Rev. Albert F. Barnard, and had no chil-
dren.
(V) George, second son and third child of
Joshua (2) and Mary (Downing) Fabyan,
born in Scarboro, Maine, June 9, 1810, grad-
uated from Medical School of Maine, class of
1833. About 1840 he moved to Providence,
Rhode Island, where he practiced as a physi-
cian. In 1849 he moved to Portland, where
he continued to practice. While in Portland
he was appointed surgeon in the United States
Marine Hospital in Portland. About 1854 he
moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he
continued his practice until the time of his
death, May 25, 1874. He was an overseer of
the poor of the city of Boston, a member of
the school committee of the city of Boston,
an overseer of Harvard College, and a mem-
ber and steward of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Boston. He was a man of ster-
ling and unblemished character, upright and
of the highest integrity, dignified in manner
and bearing, yet with a kindliness and gentle-
ness which endeared him to all who knew
him. His broad sympathy and philanthropy
made him a valued member of the Boston
Overseers of the Poor, and resolutions on his
death passed by them May 28, 1874, read (in
part) : "Resolved : That as we are called by
this event to deplore his absence from our
meetings, and are deprived of that social in-
tercourse from which (sic) we have enjoyed
so much, we desire to bear in respectful re-
membrance and to place upon the records of
the Board our testimony to his faithful and
conscientious discharge of the duties of this
position as well as of every other committed
to him by his fellow citizens. W'e shall ever
cherish with affectionate recollections that
STATE OF MAINE.
2269
amiability of character and that kindness of
manner which were his marked characteris-
tics; we make a grateful acknowledgment of
that tender solicitude and personal interest in
the poor which he ever evinced in the conduct
of our aflfairs, and onr belief that his member-
ship in the Board added to the confidence
which is reposed in it by the community which
it serves."
He was always interested in young men,
ever ready with a helping hand or an en-
couraging word to assist them in making their
lives successful. As a member of the Boston
school board he found an exceptional oppor-
tunity of aiding young people. On June 9,
1874, the school board passed the following
resolutions on his death : "Resolved : That,
while we reverently recognize the hand of
God in bereavement, and submissively bow to
His \\'ill, even in affliction — this Board would
express the loss it has sustained in the death
of a true and earnest friend of Education, —
ever prompt in his official duties, an associate
highly esteemed for his dignified, courteous,
and genial bearing, and a man sincerely hon-
ored for his firmly conscientious integrity, and
faithfully Qiristian character."
In 1834 he married Mrs. Abigail (Jun-
kins) Cutts, a widow with one child, Julia
Cutts. Three children were born of the mar-
riage: I. George Francis (q. v.). 2. Abbie
M. 3. Sarah A. Julia, Abbie and Sarah have
for many years lived together in Boston.
(VI) George Francis, eldest child and only
son of Dr. George and Abigail (Junkins)
Fabyan, was born in Great Falls, New Hamp-
shire, June 26, 1837. He was educated in
Phillip's Academy in Andover, jMassachu-
setts, and early engaged in the dry goods bus-
iness until about 1865, when he became em-
ployed by the wholesale commission firm of
John S. and Eben Wright, then one of the
leading business houses of Boston. Cornelius
N. Bliss (subsequently a member of Presi-
dent McKinley's cabinet as Secretary of the
Interior) was then also employed by John S.
and Eben Wright. After the death of John
S. Wright, Mr. Bliss and Mr. Fabyan formed
a copartnership with Mr. Eben Wright under
the name of Wright, Bliss & Fabyan. Later
the firm name was changed to Bliss, Fabyan
& Co. He continued in this business until his
death, January 17, 1907. At the time of his
death the firm of Bliss. Fabyan & Co. was one
of the largest dry goods commission houses
in the country. He was a man of great keen-
ness in financial and business matters, of strict
integrity and high standing. For many years
previous to his death he was one of the lead-
ing rnerchants of Boston. From the profits
of his business he accumulated a fortune
which he increased by wise antl careful in-
vestments and at the time of his death was
one of the largest real estate owners in Bos-
ton and one of the wealthiest men in the com-
munity. In disposition he was modest and
retiring and never sought or held any public
offices. He was devoted to his wife and fam-
ily and spared no pains or expense in their
comfort and welfare and in the education of
his children. Closely attentive to his business,
he nevertheless found time to enjoy his fine
horses, his yacht and his shrubs and rare flow-
ers which he raised on his beautiful estate in
Brookline. His flowers were frequently seen
at the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society and were awarded many
prizes.
Some seven or eight years previous to his
death he made a gift of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to the Harvard Medical
School to establish the George Fabyan chair
of comparative pathology, in memory of his
father. The chair is now filled by Dr. Theo-
bald Smith. At the time of his death he was
treasurer of the Androscoggin Mills at Lew-
iston, Maine, and treasurer and director of
the Otis Company, the Columbian Manufac-
turing Company and the Boston Duck Com-
pany. He had also been a director of the
Pepperell Manufacturing Company, the Lew-
iston Bleachery, the Cordis Mills, the Thorn-
dike Company and the Metropolitan Storage
Warehouse Company. At the time of his
death he was a director of the Old Colony
Trust Company of Boston and the Merchants'
National Bank ; and a trustee of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society. He was also
a member of the Union Club of Boston, the
Country Club of Brookline. the Eastern
Yacht Club of Marblehead, the Metropolitan
Club of New York City and one of the few
New England members of the well-known
Jekyl Island Club, off the coast of Georgia.
He was married, September 22, 1864. to
Isabella F. Littlefield, daughter of Samuel S.
and Elizabeth (Eagles) Littlefield, of Rox-
bury (Boston), and they had five children:
I. Gertrude, born October 3, 1865, married
Isaac R. Thomas (had two children, Mal-
comb and Elizabeth Thomas). 2. George,
born March 13, 1867, married Nellie Wright,
and resides in Chicago, Illinois, 3. Francis
W. (q. v.). 4. Isabel, born November 17,
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1874, married Percival H. Lombard. 5. Mar-
shall, born February 18, 1879, married
Eleanor McCormick.
(\'II) Francis W., second son and third
child of Geori^e and Isabella F. ( Littlefield)
Fabyan, was born in Boston, Massachusetts,
May 15, 1871. He was educated at the Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston,
and then entered the dry goods commission
business. In 1897 he became a member of the
firm of Bliss, Fabyan & Co., and is now an
active member of that firm. His connections
with various banks and large manufacturing
and business concerns indicate his standing
as a financier and business man. He is treas-
urer of the Otis Company, of the Cordis Mills
and of the Columbian Manufacturing Com-
pany. He is a director of the New England
Trust Company, the Merchants" National
Bank, the Otis Company, the Columbian Man-
ufacturing Company, the Cordis Mills, the
Boston Duck Company, the Thorndike Com-
pany, the Androscoggin Mills, the Lewiston
Bleachery, the Bates Manufacturing Com-
pany, and the Edwards Manufacturing Com-
pany. He is also president and director of
the Union \\'ater Power Company of Maine,
and a trustee of the Free Hospital for Women
in Boston. He is a member of the Eastern
Yacht Club of Marblehead and the Country
Club of Brookline. He has never occupied
any public office. On June i, 1893, he was
married to Edith, daughter of Stephen E. and
Abbie (Fuller) Westcott; children: i.
Eleanor, born March 16, 1894. 2. George F..
August 25, 1895. 3. Everett W.. August 10.
1896. 4. Edith. September 28, 1897. 5.
Francis W., Jr., April 19, 1901.
Harris Merrill Plaisted was
PL.AISTED a native of New Hamp-
shire, born in Jeflterson, No-
vember 2, 1828. and died at his home in Ban-
gor, Maine, January 31, 1898. He was the
son of Deacon William and Nancv (Merrill)
Plaisted.
The father was born in Jefferson, April,
1792. and died there in 1854. He was a farm-
er. The mother was born in Conway, New
Hampshire, 1795, the daughter of Thomas
Merrill Esq., one of the first settlers of the
town, whose first ancestor in this country was
Daniel Merrill, of Newburyport, !\Iassachu-
setts. The father and mother were founders
and pillars of the Baptist church in Jefferson.
They had nine children : William, an exten-
sive tanner in Eastern Maine, at Stetson, Lin-
coln and Princeton, a member of the state
senate from Penobscot county, who died in
June, 1894, at the age of seventy-nine:
Charles, a farmer in Lancaster, New Hamp-
shire, who represented his town in the legis-
lature, dying in 1885; Hannah, wife of Cyrus
C. Church Esq., oi Bradford, Maine, who
died in 1858; Thomas M.. who died in Gardi-
ner, Maine, at the age of twenty-two ; Cath-
erine, wife of Rev. Charles Bailey, of New-
York, who died in 1851 : Elijah Freeman, of
Phillips, Maine, graduate of the Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, surgeon of
Twenty-eighth Maine in the war. who died in
1872: Harris Merrill, the subject of this
sketch : Mary Ann, wife of James Spaulding
Esq.. of Lancaster. New Hampshire, who died
in 1854, and John H., a farmer in Jefferson,
on the old homestead, where he died in 1863.
The father of Deacon William was Judge
Samuel, born in Berwick, Maine, in 1766. He
went to Jefferson in 1787, the agent of Colonel
Joseph \\'hipple, of Portsmouth, the proprie-
tor of the town, then called Dartmouth or
Whipple's Dale. He was the first postmaster
of the town, the office remaining in the fam-
ily for one hundred years. He was judge of
the court" of common pleas ; a member of the
legislature in 1820 from Lancaster and Jef-
ferson : he was among the most prominent
supporters of the resolution opposing the ad-
mission of Missouri as a slave state. He died
in 1 84 1, highly respected. A Jeffersonian
Democrat life-long, he cast his last vote for
Van Buren in 1840 when upon his death bed,
the town meeting adjourning to his house.
The judge married Elizabeth Hart, of Ports-
mouth, and had si.x sons and one daughter,
w ho married and had families — all farmers in
Jefferson. His youngest, Hon. Benjamin II.,
was most prominent in public affairs, ten
years a member of the legislature, member of
the constitutional convention and for three
years railroad commissioner for the state,
elected by the people. He built the Waumbek
house, the first summer hotel on Jeft'erson
hill at the instigation of Starr King, his fa-
miliar friend in whose honor he changed the
name of Mt. Pliny to "Starr King."
Judge Plaisted was the fifth in descent from
Captain Roger Plaisted, the first of the name
in this country, at Berwick, Maine, in 1650.
who was slain by the Indians in King Philip's
war, October 17, 1675, while in command of
the two upper garrisons in Berwick, then the
outpost of civilization. The settlement was
attacked on the 16th by Indian Chief Hope-
Good, with 150 warriors, and Cajjtain Plaisted
sent an "importunate message" to Major
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Waldroii at Dover for help, saving "We are
all in great danger of being slain unless our
God shall wonderfully appear for our deliv-
erance!" closing— '-they that cannot fight, let
them pray." No succor came, and next day,
attacked by 150 Indians, Plaistcd and his little
"Train Band" of twenty odd men were over-
powered; but, says the Historian Hubbard.
"The intrepid man, disdaining to yield or to
fly, fought it out desperately until he was
slain together with two of his sons."
"Such was the fate of this Spartan family,"
says Historian Williamson, "whose intrepidity
deserves a monument more durable than mar-
ble. He was buried on his own land, full in
view from the highway leading through Ber-
wick to Great Falls, where his lettered tomh-
stone remains to this day. The father had
represented Kittery four years in the general
court of ^Massachusetts and was highlv re-
spected for his uncommon worth and piety."
Captain Roger was at Berwick, then part
of Kittery, about 1650. In 1652 he was com-
missioner of the province to meet the authori-
ties of Massachusetts when they assumed ju-
risdiction over i\Iaine. He was a lumberman
and land surveyor, owning the mills at Great
Works, the present site of the Burleigh Mills.
At the time of his death, at the age of forty-
eight years, and ten years prior, he was one of
the seven "associates" or magistrates who
constituted the tribunal with legislative and
judicial powers for the government of the
province.
The children of Captain Roger and Olive
Plaisted, who left descendants were :
1. Captain James, of York, who married
Mary, daughter of Hon. Edward Rishworth,
"the distinguished magistrate and time-hon-
ored recorder," who came over with Rev.
John Wheelwright and married his daughter.
2. Colonel John, of Portsmouth, who mar-
ried ?\Iary, daughter of Hon. John Pickering,
attorney general of New Hampshire. Colonel
John was in public life more than thirty years,
associate and chief justice of New Hampshire
from 1699 to 1720; member of the royal coun-
cil and manv times speaker of the New Hamp-
shire assembly, first in 1699 and last in 1727,
at the age of sixtv-eight.
3. Colonel and Judge Ichabod of Berwick,
whose son Samuel married Hannah, sister of
Governor Benning Wentworth; whose son,
Ichabod Jr., of Salem, Massachusetts, was
sheriff of Essex county and colonel of the Es-
sex regiment in Abercrombie's expedition to
Crown" Point: and whose daughter Olive,
married Ellis Huske of the Royal council and
their daughter, who married Edmund Quincv,
was the mother of Dorothy Qninc\-,'^whom
01iver_ Wendell Holmes term's one of jiis
"manifold grandmothers," the "beautiful Dur-
otliy Q-," who married Governor John Han-
cock.
4, Mehitable, daughter of Captain Roger,
married Thomas Goodwin, the ancestor of the
Goodwins of Maine, and of Governor Good-
win, of New Hampshire,
.Many descendants of the sturdy old Indian
fighter. Captain Roger, have been prominent
in public life as well as in every profession.
They include Governor Ichabod Goodwin, of
New Hampshire; Governor and Senator John
I'airfield. Chief Justice John A. Peters, the
Morrills and Bradburys of Maine.
General Plaisted is descended from Colonel
John and Mary (Pickering) Plaisted, of
Portsmouth, through their son. Captain
Elisha. who married Hannah, daughter of
Colonel and Judge John Wheelwright, of
Wells. Maine, the grandson of Rev, John
Wheelwright, "friend of Cromwell."
The wedding of Captain Elisha and Han-
nah, at her father's house, October 19, 1712,
was an event in the history of Maine, as it
was the occasion of the last Indian foray in
the province during Queen Anne's war. It
was a notable gathering, with "many guests
from Portsmouth." The festivities were in-
terrupted by the startling cry of "Indians!"
and there was mounting in hot haste. The
fighting men sallied out well armed for the
frav. under Captain Plaisted and Captain
Hatch. The savages were beaten off after a
sharp fight and some loss. Captain Hatch was
killed, and Captain Plaisted captured. The
bridegroom proved a rich prize to the red-
skins" his father. Colonel John, having paid
£300 for his ransom.
For fortv years frontier Maine had been
the dark and bloody ground in the Indian
wars of New England, more than six hundred
of the inhabitants of the province having
perished. "During this period." says Will-
iamson, "no name was more distinguished for
militarv intrepidity than that of Plaisted."
Captain Elisha resided at Berwick, half
owner with his father of the lumber and mill
business at Great Works and prominent in
public affairs. He reared a large family. His
youngest son. Captain \\'illiam. born in
1729," married Jane Hight in 1752. He suc-
ceeded his father in the business at Great
Works, and was killed in the mills in 1768.
Their children were John, George and Will-
iam, of Portsmouth; Ichabod, of Gardiner,
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and Judge Samuel, of Jefferson, grandfather
of the subject of this sketch.
General Plaisted is the seventh in descent
from Captain Roger, through Colonel John,
of Portsmouth. Captains Elisha and William,
of Berwick, and Judge Samuel and Deacon
William, of Jefferson.
Until he was seventeen years old he was
at home on the farm, attending the district
school during the brief winter terms. He had
to struggle for his education. He left home,
where he could ill be spared, and during the
winter of 1846 managed to get eighteen weeks
in school, paying his own way, at Lancaster,
New Hampshire. During the next two years
he attended the I-ancaster Academy the first
half of the spring and the last half of the fall
term, teaching school in the winter term and
working on farms in the summer. In the fall
of 1848, having the privilege of the full term
of twelve weeks, he wished to go to the St.
Johnsbury Academy, and applied to David
Burnsides, the rich man of the county, for a
loan for that purpose. "How much do you
want?" asked Mr. lUirnsides, after a silence
that could be felt. "Five dollars," was the an-
swer. He went to St. Johnsbury, walking the
thirty miles over the hills of Lunenburg and
Concord, and paid his way by sawing wood at
a dollar a cord, winning the first honor and
graduating valedictorian of his class. He
taught school the following winter at Pas-
sumpsic village, returning home on foot in
the spring with fifty-two dollars saved, pay-
ing Air. Burnsides his principal and interest —
five dollars and twenty-two cents. He at-
tended New Hampton Academy in the spring,
worked at farming in the summer, and in Sep-
tember, 1849, entered Waterville College. He
paid his way through college, as he had
through the preparatory schools, and gradu-
ated in 1833. During his college course he
taught school in Waterville, being principal of
the Waterville Liberal Institute three terms,
and superintendent of schools, elected by the
town, three years. He was successful as a
teacher and had tempting offers of positions,
but he preferred the law as his profession,
and in the fall of 1853 entered the law school
of the University of Albany, graduating in the
class of 1855, winning the first prize, a gold
medal, for the best essay on Equity Juris-
prudence. The eminent judges in this contest
were Judge Barnard, of New York. Judge
Collamore, of Vermont, and Judge Thomas,
of Massachusetts. He was admitted to the
bar at Albany on his diploma, but returning
to Maine, entered the law oflSce of Hon. A.
W. Paine, in Bangor, where he remained one
year. In August, 1856, he was admitted to
the Maine bar and entered upon the practice
of law at Bangor on his own account.
When the civil war broke out, he laid aside
his profession, after five years of practice. He
had been a member of tlie staff of Governor
Lot M. Morrill, and in i860 had taken an ac-
tive part in the campaign in support of Lin-
coln, and on election day, November 6, i860,
made a resolution that, if war followed the
election, he would sustain his vote as a sol-
dier for the Union. He felt the solemnity of
the crisis as few public men of that time, and
said afterward that he deemed his vote that
year as the most solemn act of his life. He
saw that the election of Lincoln meant a re-
versal of the policy of the federal government
on the slave question, and foresaw the end of
slavery and slavery agitation that had almost
disrupted the nation for more than a genera-
tion already. During the darkest hours of
the life of the nation in the four months be-
tween the election and inauguration of Lin-
coln, in January, 1861, when Horace Greeley,
in the New York Tribune, and others of his
mind, were advocating peace at any price,
even at the cost of the Union itself. General
Plaisted boldly proclaimed the duty and ne-
cessity of fighting, even to total exhaustion, if
necessary, to preserve the nation intact. He
said: "If we let them go in peace we justify
their mean opinion of us, earn their contempt,
as well as the contempt of the whole world,
and how can we expect to live in peace there-
after? Craven we shall be, and confess their
boast true that 'one Southerner is equal to five
Yankees.' If allowed to dictate the terms
upon which they go out, will they not dictate
the conditions upon which we may live in
peace side by side as neighbors? Will they
not demand the surrender of fugitive slaves
and compel us to stand guard over their pe-
culiar property whenever they choose to take
it with them across the line into free states?
If they break up the Union at the risk of war
and at all hazards, to protect their pjsculiar
property, and we are imbecile enough to ac-
quiesce, w'ill they not make war upon such a
craven people, if necessary, to protect that
property from wholesale confiscation as it
teems across Mason and Dixon's line? There
will be no living in peace by them, any more
than with them. They will respect us after
they have fought with us and like us. Then
if we cannot live together in peace, we may
side by side as alien friends. Fight for the
Union we must and shall. We shall not look
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^^ll
beyond the Union to see what hes beyond.
\\'e, the northern race, are slow, not craven or
cowardly — slow to anger; slow to act because
slow to realize danger. Threats of disunion
have never alarmed us. Fight we shall— not
there the danger lies ; we cannot vet quite be-
lieve the South in earnest— really' bent on de-
stroying the Union, and the real danger is
that they will secure some great advantage Ijo-
fore the North is aroused like the seizure of
the National capital. That would be a stag-
gering blow, if not fatal to us. There is the
danger. Washington is defenceless!"
He wrote a stirring letter published in the
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, January 21,
1861, advocating measures for the defense of
Washington. He said: "What then shouM
be done? Manifestly there should be no
boys' play — no standing upon ceremony. .Mar-
tial law should be declared and the District of
Columbia converted into a camp. The Cate-
lines in the Senate and their bands of con-
spirators who infest the city should be driven
out and the city surrounded with a wall of
bristling bayonets and frowning batteries.
Troops of undoubted loyalty should be posted
in sufficient force to sweep those streets "of
magnificent distances' with every missile of
destruction known to modern warfare and to
bid defiance to a hundred thousand rebels."
General Plaisted enlisted for the war in
1861, raising a company in thirty days —
Company K. Eleventh Regiment — of which he
was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, and left
for the front November 12, 1861. He was
stationed in Washington during the winter,
which he spent in study and drill, having spe-
cial charge of the officers' school of instruc-
tion in tactics. A part of the First Crigade,
including his regiment (Casey's Division,
Keyess Corps), left Washington, March 28,
1862. and took" part in the Peninsular cam-
paign. Promoted to colonel of the Eleventh.
May II, 1862, he commanded the regiment
through that campaign, taking part in the
siege of Yorktown, battles of Williamsburg,
Fair Oaks. Seven Pines and in the Seven
Days' battle before Richmond. In July of
that vear, after reaching Harrison's Landing,
he received a thirty days' leave of absence,
which he spent in Maine, recruiting the de-
pleted ranks of his regiment, returning in Au-
gust with three hundred and twenty recruits.
At the close of the campaign General Nagle.
promoted to the command of a division, urged
the promotion of Colonel Plaisted to his for-
mer command. Transferred to the Depart-
ment of the South, in December, 1862, Colonel
Plaisted commanded a brigade in 186^ under
General Gilmore in the operations at'.Morris
Island, the siege of I'ort Sumter and Charles-
ton, until April, 1864. His regiment, thor-
oughly instructed in the handling of iieavy
artillery and in the art of field fortifications,
was regarded by General Gilmore as equal to
his best artillery regiment and engineer troops,
and it was placed at the front, in charge of
the big guns and mortars. From the Eleventh
he selected the detachment who manned the
famous "Swamp Angel" battery and fired the
first shots into Charleston, the first instance in
history of bombardment at a distance of five
miles.
In February, 1864, on his second leave of
absence home, Colonel Plaisted raised three
hundred more recruits for his regiment and
secured town bounties for his re-enlisted men.
His recruiting fees he turned over to his vet-
erans, the sum of $r,8io, "to which," said the
Portland Press, "Colonel Plaisted was clearly
entitled."
In April, 1864, Colonel Plaisted was trans-
ferred with his brigade to \'irginia, and com-
manded it in Grant's great campaign of
1864-65 against Richmond and Petersburg.
He was warmly commended by all his su-
perior officers, and General Terry, his corps
commander, hero of Fort Fisher, wrote, rec-
ommending his promotion : "Colonel Plaisted
is li brave, patriotic and loyal man, and has
faithfully served the country since early in the
war. His regiment is not only one of the best
in the Tenth Army Corps, but one of the best
which I have ever seen. He is more than or-
dinarily attentive and zealous in the perform-
ance of his duty, and equally careful for the
comfort and welfare of his men. In the bat-
tle of the 7th instant (New Market Road) he
handled his brigade with marked skill and
ability, and it was as much due to his efforts
as to the efforts of any one that our flank was
not turned and the battle not lo.st." In simi-
lar vein wrote Major General Foster, division
commander, and Major General Adelbert
Ames, commanding the Second Division,
Tenth Corps. In his brigade were the Elev-
enth Maine, the Twenty-fourth Massachu-
setts, the Tenth Connecticut, the One Hun-
dredth New York, the First Maryland, dis-
mounted cavalry, and Two Hundred and Sixth
Pennsylvania, constituting the Third Brigade,
Terry's Division, Tenth Army Corps, which
was reorganized in Virginia as the Twenty-
fourth Corps. Besides the siege of Richmorid
and Petersburg, his brigade was engaged in
fifteen other engagements, losing in three bat-
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ties 944 men. and Iiaving men killed and
wounded on fifty-nine different days between
May 7 and October 29. 1864. General Plais-
ted said to his brigade at the close of the war :
"The army cannot boast of your superiors."
In November, 1864, General Plaisted again
recruited the depleted ranks of his regiment.
In the siege of Petersburg. General Plaisted
was appointed by General Birney chief engi-
neer of the corps, on account of the excellence
of the field works constructed by his com-
mand. After declining the honor in vain, he
was allowed also to retain command of his
brigade and go with it when it moved. One
of the reasons that placed the Eleventh Maine
among the model regiments of the army was
the total abstinence of officers as well as en-
listed men. General Plaisted refused to ap-
prove the requisitions for whiskey. General
Plaisted took a personal interest in getting the
soldiers to send home their pay. A spirit of
rivalry between companies was encouraged,
and on one pay day tiie regiment sent $30,300
out of a total of $40,000, one company send-
ing $4,100.
Though broken in health as he was in the
spring of 1863 by fever and ague, his purpose
to see the end of the struggle was never
shaken until General Grant, at the review of
the division, March 17, remarked: "The hard
fighting is over." General Plaisted, now
major-general by brevet, having been twice
promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct
in the field, applied to be mustered out, March
25, 1865. In his farewell address to his com-
mand he stated the loss as 1,385 out of 2,693
men. and commended the magnificent record
of his brigade. "Your conduct," he said, "has
afforded me the keenest pleasure of my life,
and while life shall last, memory will con-
stantly recur to the conduct of the 'Iron Bri-
gade' with as much pride and gratitude as the
heart is capable of." General Plaisted saw- the
end of the Confederacy. On April 3 he saw
Richmond smoking from the ground, and
boys in blue thronging the streets and capitol
grounds, and Libby prison crowded with pris-
oners guarded by his own regiment. He was
in the hospital in April spending his time,
when able, in the wards, reading to wounded
comrades and writing letters home for them.
He left the hospital the first of May, but did
not reach Bangor until the last of the month,
being detained by illness at Washington, Bal-
timore, Portland and W'atcrville.
As soon as health permitted he resumed the
practice of law at Bangor. He was twice a
representative to the state legislature, in 1867
and in 1868, and delegate at large to the Re-
publican national convention at Chicago in
1868. In 1873 he was elected attorney gen-
eral of Maine, after a notable contest against
such candidates as Hon. Thomas B. Reed,
Hon. A. A. Strout, of Portland, and Hon.
Charles P. Stetson, of Bangor, was elected
again in 1874 and 1875, and made a record
for faithfulness and efficiency. In twenty-
two months he was in court a hundred days,
engaged in the trial of fourteen capital cases,
with but two acquittals, one on the ground of
insanity, the other on account of sympathy for
the defendant, a woman said to have mur-
dered a faithless betrayer.
General Plaisted was elected to congress,
and took his seat December i, 1875, resign-
ing the office of attorney general. During
the Forty-fourth Congress he served on the
committee on public buildings and grounds;
expenditures of the treasury department ; en-
rolled bills ; special committee on ventilation
of the House, in conjunction with a scientific
commission, at the head of which was Pro-
fessor Henry of the Smithsonian Institute,
and also on Proctor Knott's special committee
on the "Whiskey Frauds," a long and labori-
ous task. This Whiskey Ring was a con-
spiracy of distillers and government officers
to defraud the government, and it was sought
to implicate President Grant himself in the
frauds. General Plaisted was the only Re-
publican on the sub-committee. Bristow, sec-
retary of the treasury under Grant, himself a
presidential candidate, brought all the evi-
dence that he could discover or invent to im-
plicate General Grant, and all w'as admitted
without objection from General Plaisted. The
hearing dragged through winter, spring and
summer months. In two weeks General
Plaisted proved that the first move to unearth
the frauds and bring the guilty to justice was
made by Grant ; that the letter written by his
friend Filley at St. Louis, alleging Colonel
Babcock's complicity in the frauds. General
Grant turned over to Bristow with the en-
dorsement : "Let no guilty man escape."
Babcock was his own private secretary.
Grant's vindication was complete, and the
President appreciated the good judgment and
loyalty of General Plaisted. He ofTered him
the chief justiceships of W'ashington and Wy-
oming and associate justiceship of Dakota, all
of which he declined, being unwilling to leave
Maine.
Governor Plaisted left the Republican party
in 1879. and in 1880 was unanimously nomi-
nated for governor of Maine by the Demo-
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crats. He was elected for two years, receiv-
ing .73770 votes to 73,544 for Daniel F.
Davis, the largest vote ever cast in the state.
He was Democratic candidate for United
States senator in 1883 and 1889. From June,
1883, until his death in 1898, he was the
editor of the Nczu Age, Augusta, Maine, but
only nominally after 1891, his health requiring
him to spend the winters in the south. Gen-
eral Plaisteil published a "Digest of the Maine
Reports" ( Plaisted & Appleton's), a work of
1,400 pages, upon which he was engaged for
three years ; "The Trial of Wagner" and "The
Lowell Trial" ; and prepared for publication
the "Genealogy of the Plaisted Family"; his
"War Diary" and the "True Story of Seven
Pines, or Fair Oaks." Among his public ad-
dresses may be mentioned his oration at Wa-
terville in 1867, at the laying of the corner
stone of Memorial Hall, Colby University ;
his address at the dedication of Memorial
Hall, Bowdoin College, in i88i ; his address
of welcome to the war veterans of Maine at
their reunion in Dcering's Grove, Portland, in
1882, and his Fort Sumter address, April 14,
1895, the thirtieth anniversary of the restora-
tion of the flag there. The most finished of
these addresses was perhaps that at Water-
ville. It was highly commended by no less
a critic than Senator George F. Hoar, who
said of it to Senator Frye : "If it were bound
up in Webster's speeches it would not be
deemed out of place." His address at Sum-
ter was published in full by the Charleston
Neivs and Courier, which said of it editori-
ally : "We heartily agree with General Plais-
ted that so long as the blessings of the pre-
served Union shall be enjoyed equally by all,
the Union defenders will be honored equally
by all as the saviors of their country."
General Plaisted married, September 21,
1858, Sarah J. Mason, daughter of Chase P.
Mason, of Waterville, Maine. She died Oc-
tober 25, 1875, at the age of forty years. He
married' (second) September 22, 1881, Mabel
True, daughter of Hon. Francis W. Hill, of
Exeter. Children: i. Harold Mason, born
March 12, 1861 ; graduate of Maine State
College, 1881 ; of Stevens Institute of Tech-
nology, 1883; now a patent lawyer in Gran-
ite City, Illinois. 2. Frederick William, born
July 26, 1865; mentioned below. 3. Ralph
Parker, born March 17, 1871 : graduate of
Bowdoin College, 1894; Albany Law School,
1897: public administrator for Penobscot
county; city clerk of Bangor, 1905 to 1907,
and now a practising attorney in that city.
Child of second wife: 4. Gertrude Hill, born
June 29, 1890.
Frederick William Plaisted, son of General
Harris Merrill Plaisted, was born in Bangor,
July 26, 1865. He was educated in the public
schools of Bangor and at St. John.sbury Acad-
emy, Vermont, where he was graduated in
1884. He began his work as a newspaper
man in 1885, as editor of the North Star, at
Prcsque Isle, Maine. When he came of age
he went to Augusta and became business man-
ager of The New Age. Three years later he
bought the interest of his father's partner.
The New Age was established in 1867, edited
first by Eben F. Pillsbury, and later by Dan-
iel T. Pike, who had been editor of The Age,
established in 1831, of which Melville W.
Fuller, present chief justice of the supreme
court of the United States, was editor in 1856.
In July, 1883, (iovernor Plaisted bought the
plant, and in 1898 was succeeded as editor
and proprietor by his son, Frederick William,
who has continued the newspaper to the pres-
ent time.
Mr. Plaisted is one of the best known men
in the state. He was the candidate of the
Democratic party for congress in the Third
District in 1897 and 1898, but was defeated.
He was elected mayor of .\ugusta in 1906.
His admiiu'slration was very successful, and
he was re-elected in 1907 and again in 1908,
in each election carrying six of the eight
wards. He is the first Democratic mayor,
with a single exception, to be elected in that
city in a period of forty years. Under the
administration of Mayor Plaisted a great deal
of permanent work has been done. Miles of
concrete and granolithic sidewalks have been
built, sewers laid, and streets macadamized.
While he has not neglected any other branch
of municipal improvement. Mayor Plaisted
has urged upon his fellow citizens the need
of good country roads. As the result of his
efforts all the principal highways leading into
the city on both sides of the Kennebec river
have been graded and macadamized under his
personal supervision.
Ma\()r Plaisted was elected siieriff uf Ken-
nebec county for two years in September.
1906, the first Democratic sherif? since the
county was established in 1799. He served
ten years on the village district school board,
and was chairman the last three years. Dur-
ing his term of office the Lincoln street school
house, a substantial modern brick building,
was erected. He was delegate-at-large to the
Demiicratic national conventions in 1896 and
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1900 at Chicago and Kansas City. He was
for four years a member of the National con-
gressional committee of his party, and was
chairman of the Democratic state convention
in 1906.
Mr. Plaisted is prominent in Free Masonry.
He took an active part in the erection of the
Augusta Masonic Temple in 1894. He was
grand high priest of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter in 1901, and grand commander of
the Grand Commandery of Maine in 1902.
He is a member of Bethlehem Lodge; Cush-
noc Chapter; Alpha Council, Trinity Com-
mandery, Knights Templar. He is a 32d de-
gree Mason in the Scottish Rite. He is a
trustee of the Augusta Masonic Building
Company ; trustee of the Lithgow Public Li-
brary ; an incorporator of the Augusta Sav-
ings Bank ; director of the Augusta City Hos-
pital ; member of the B. P. O. Elks ; also of
the Sons of Veterans, and of the Abnaki
Club and Cobbosseecontee and .Augusta Yacht
clubs.
He married, F'ebruary 10, 1907, Frances
Gullifer, daughter of the late Captain Henry
Gullifer, of Milbridge.
The name is apparently a cor-
MUNSON ruption of the Scotch Manson,
and was introduced in New
England by Captain Richard Manson, a
Scotch sea captain, who claimed descent from
a titled Scotch family. We are able to learn
that this Scotch ship-master first appeared in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 1661,
and settled at this seaport, married, and had
children. We therefore place him in the first
generation of the family, which in the fourth
generation adopted the spelling of the name,
"Munson."
(H) John, son of Captain Richard Man-
son, was probably born in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, after 1661.
(III) John (2), probably eldest son of
John (i) Manson, was born in Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, about 1700. He married
and had a family of children, naming one
Richard in honor of the progenitor of the
family in America.
(IV) Richard, son of John (2) Manson,
was probahl)- born in l\)rtsmouth, about 1730.
He adopted the calling of his .Scottish progeni-
tor, and became a master mariner, sailing
from Portsmouth. He changed the spelling
of the family name to Munson.
(V) Joseph, apparently son of Captain
Richard Munson, was a seafarer. He removed
early in life to Machias, Maine, with which
port he had acquaintance in his professional
life as captain of a coaster. He married Sarah
Morse and had four sons: i. Stephen, mar-
ried Sarah Foster, and had ten children. 2.
Joseph, married Ann Woodruff, eight chil-
dren. 3. John (q. v.). 4. Robert, married
Ruth Elliot ; seven children.
(\T) John, third son of Joseph and Sarah
(Morse) Munson, was born in Machias,
.Maine, where he married Sally Niles. Chil-
dren: I. Sally, married Isaac Huntly. 2. Su-
san. 3. Jeremiah. 4. Daniel. 5. Betsey. 6.
Jonathan. 7. Salome. 8. Emma, married
John M. Foster. 9. Jotham S. (q. v.). 10.
Hannah.
(\ II) Jotham S., fourth son and ninth child
of John and Sally (Niles) Munson, was born
in Machias, Maine. He was a seafaring man,
sailing from Machias, and with his brother
Jonathan removed to Wesley, Washington
county, Maine, a town about twenty miles
northwest of Alachias. They were among the
early settlers of the town, which was incor-
porated January 24, 1833. Here Jotham
married Alary and became the father
of sixteen children. Of tliis large family we
have a record only of Charles E., Henry,
Frederick, Edwin Longfellow .and Releif;
but have no information as to the dates of
their birth except as to Edwin Longfellow
(q. v.), and none of the order of their births.
(\'iri) Edwin Longfellow, son of Jotham
S. and Mary Munson, was born in Wesley,
Maine, January 21, 1857. He married Olive
(~)rissa-. daughter of Israel and Jane Andrews.
Her mother was a native of Cooper, Maine,
and had besides Olive fifteen other children,
among whom were : Minnie, Clara, Thomas,
Israel, Augustus and Charles. Israel An-
drews was a seafaring man, and was sta-
tioned at Eastport. Maine, in the service of the
L'nited States navy during the civil war. He
was a war Democrat, and a man of e.xcellent
repute. Edwin Longfellow Munson was a
farmer and lumberman. He was a Repub-
lican, and a member of the Methodist church.
(IX) Daniel Gilbert, only child of Edwin
Longfellow and Olive Orissa (.Andrews)
Munson, was born in Wesley, Washington
county, Maine, .August 8. 1870. He attended
the public grammar and high school of Calais,
Maine, graduating from the latter in 1888.
and from Colby L'niversity .-V. B. 1892 ;
he was a member of Delta Kappa Ep-
silon college fraternity, Psi Chapter, and
was initiated in the Independent Order of
Odii Fellows, through Knox Lodge, No. 29.
He was a member of the Maine Society of
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New York, and of the Tompkins Avenue
Congregational Church of Brooklyn. New-
York. He taught school in Brooklyn, Maine,
1893; Rockland, Maine, 1893-95 ;' Medfield,
Massachusetts, 1895-97; and in the Boys'
High School, Brooklyn, New York, since
1898. He was married, December 27, 1899,
in Portland, Maine, to Cornelia Emma, daugh-
ter of Cornelius and Alice (Haskell) Doherty,
of Rockland, IMaine, born February 11, 1877.
Her father was a lime manufacturer, and they
had children besides Cornelia : Mary and Cor-
nelius F. Doherty. The children of Daniel
Gilbert and Cornelia (Doherty) Munson are:
Ruth Elizabeth, born in Brooklyn, New York,
March i, 1903; Alice Haskell, September 25,
1906: Olive Orissa, born April 10, 1908. Their
home is at 1052 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, New
York.
John Clary, progenitor of the
CLARY family of which this treats settled
in Georgetown, I\Iaine. Being
among the early settlers in this state, then a
province of Massachusetts, he came to George-
town from Newcastle, province of New
Hampshire, and married Jane Mahenny,
widow, prior to 1750. About the year 1760
he suddenly disappeared, probably meeting
his death by drowning, while crossing the
Back river.
It was customary for those owning farms
on what w^as known as "Parkers Island" to
go to the block house over night, which was
in Arrow-sic. about opposite his home. Tradi-
tion has it that he had gone for a physician
for his family. He may have been killed by
the Indians, who w'ere very troublesome about
that time. His wife Jane died in 1810. Chil-
dren : I. Jane, born October 7, 1750. 2.
John, June 10, 1753. 3. Allen, June 8, 1756.
4. Robert. April 10. 1759. Jane was married
to John Gurrel, of Georgetown, December 15,
1774. There is no further record of John
Clan- (2d). Allen Clary married Mary Rair-
den.' of Georgetown. December 23. 1777.
Their children, "all born in Georgetown, were :
I. John, born September 12, 1780. 2. Nancy,
Februarv 20. 1783. 3. Allen, April 2, 1786.
4. David, December 8, 1789. 5. James, July
21, 1 791. 6. Edward. February 11, 1794- 7-
Robert, August 14. 1796. 8. Mary. Septem-
ber 15, 1800. Descendants of this family are
now residing in Georgetown. Jacob C. Clarey,
of Riggsville. is a son of Edward, born No-
vember 15. 1833. , T ^,
(II) Robert, son of John and Jane Clary,
was a pioneer in the settlement of the town of
Jefiferson. At the age of nineteen, with his
pack on his back, he wended his way through
the forest, going by way of the Wiscasset
Settlement, to that place, which was then called
Ballstown, his course being guided by blazed
trees. He there took up a large tract of land
on the east side of a beautiful sheet of water
now known as Pleasant Pond, where he at
once set to work erecting his log cabin and
clearing for wdiat has become one of the best
farms in that section of the state. A good
house was later built by him near the top of
the hill overlooking his fertile fields with
southern slope and flanked on either side by a
beautiful pond, the view extending across the
valley of forests and farms to the next range
of hills more than two miles away, and where,
near the top, as if to complete the pastoral
picture, the substantial country church was
later erected. He became a respected and
prosperous citizen of Jefferson, and his name
is one of those of the twelve citizens inscribed
on a moinnnent erected in honor of the earliest
settlers of the town, at the centennial celebra-
tion of its incorporation held there in 1907.
In the government records of the first census
(1790) his name is spelled McQan,-.
He was twice married, his first wife being
Susanna Rnirden, born in Georgetown, Au-
gust 8, 1758. a sister of his brother Allen's
wife. Their children were: I. Elizabeth,
born January 20. 1782. 2. Timothy, October
9. '783. 3- Catharine, August 27, 1785. 4.
Robert. December 22, 1787. 5. Susanna, May
15. 1790. 6. Richard. June 10, 1793. 7.
John, October 6. 1795. 8. Rosanna. March
14, 1798. There is no record of the death of
his wife, Susanna Clary, which occurred soon
after or about 1800. His second wife was
Mrs. Hannah Currier, widow, maiden name,
Clark, wdiom he married in 1813. Their chil-
dren were: Miles, born September 21. 1814;
Harrison. .-Xugust 24. 1816; Hannah. .August
13. 1818. ' .
Descendants of Richard are living in
Maine and in Massachusetts. John raised a
large familv. all of whom are now deceased
except one 'daughter. Mrs. Cole, now living in
California, and'one son, L. H. Clar}', a retired
policeman from the city of Boston, now livmg
in Farmingdale, Maine. A descendant of
Miles. Henrv W. Clary, now owns and occu-
pies the fine' home and farm of this family in
TefTerson. Robert Clarv died May 13. 1B48.
(Ill) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) and
Susanna Oarv, lived and died in Jefferson^
He was a farmer, and like his father pursued
that calling through life. He occupied a farm
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STATE OF MAINE.
of one luindred acres which was originally a
part of the large tract of his father's land. He
served in the war of 1812, his company being
stationed at W'iscassett. His first wife was
Nancy Moody, born in Nobleboro, December
18, 1790, whom he married in August, 1813.
Oiildren : John M.. born February 5, 1814;
Edward R.. June 12, 1816; Corddea, Novem-
ber 22, 1818; William, May 18, 1821 ; Austin.
September 26, 1823; George W., August 5,
1826; Robert W., August 23, 1829; David B.,
March 17, 1832; Nancy Jane, September 5.
1834. John M. lived in Ellsworth, where he
raised a family ; one of his sons, Leander.
served in the civil war, and a younger son.
Wilford M., lives in California. Edward R.
married Nancy Hills, and lived in Union; he
served in the civil war, and died in a United
States hospital in Rhode Island, July 11, 1864;
his two sons, Silas and Edward H., are mar-
ried ; Silas lives in Washington, Maine, while
Edward H. lives on the home farm in Union,
a beautiful place surmounting a high hill.
Mrs. Nancy Clary, wife of Robert (2) died
March 14. 1836. In March, 1839, Mr. Clary
married Abigail Ilarriman, whose father.
Joab Harriman, was a rcvoluntionary soldier.
She was born in Moultonboro, New Hamp-
shire, September 22, 1799. and died in Hallo-
well, Maine, June 17, 1870, leaving only one
son, Charles H., born February 2, 1840. Rob-
ert (2) Clary died in TefFerson, August n,
1850.
(IV) Charles Henry, son of Robert (2)
and Abigail (Harriman) Clary, was educated
at the public schools, at Lincoln Academy and
Oak Grove Seminary ; he also took a course at
a business college in Springfield, Massachu-
setts. He was variously employed for several
years, including teaching in district schools.
In 1869 he was employed by the granite com-
pany of Rodwell & Wilson as bookkeeper and
draftsman. Two years later Joseph R. Rod-
well, of this firm, afterward governor of
Maine, organized the Hallowell Granite Com-
pany. Mr. Clarv took an active part in the
organization of this company, and was elected
one of its directors, as well as its secretary,
and was also chosen superintendent of the
granite cutting department of the works,
which positions he successftiliy filled until he
withdrew from the business in 1R80. During
these years this company laid the foundation
for a very extensive business, and successfully
completed some very large building and monu-
mental contracts. Mr. Clary later purchased
Mr. Coughlin's interest in the meat and gro-
cery business of Coughlin & Quinn, which
then became known as the Hallowell Market,
Clary & Quinn, proprietors. The new firm
considerably improved and extended this busi-
ness, which proved .very successful. Since the
death of his partner, Mr. William H. Quinn,
in 1900, he has conducted the business alone,
becoming sole proprietor in 1902. He has
now ( 1909) sold out the business, and is plan-
ning for less active pursuits.
Mr. Clary married, September 19. 1870,
Lusanna E. Young, who was born in Jackson,
January 27, 1839. Children: Edith A., born
September i, 1871 ; Justin R., May 26, 1873;
Lusanna M., November 29, 1874; Mary P.,
April 3, 1880; Henry C, February 2, 1882.
Mary P. died in infancy. Edith was gradu-
ated from the Maine Wesleyan Seminary,
musical department, in 1892; she was married
to Prof. Percy A. R. Dow, and lived first in
San Francisco, where their home was wrecked
and then burned by the great earthquake of
1906; since then living in Oakland, California;
they have children : Ruth Dorothy, Rodlif?
Clary and Muriel. Justin R. was graduated
from the University of Maine, class of 1897.
and married Mabel Coombs, in 1901 ; they first
resided in Worcester, Massachusetts, and later
in ^^'hite Plains, New York. They have chil-
dren : Robert S., born April 10, 1903 ; Philip
H., July 31, 1904; Feraline Foster, October
21, 1907. Of the other two children of C. H.
and Lusanna E. Qary, Lulie M. graduated
from Mt. Holyoke College in 1897, and H. C.
graduated from Dartmouth, class of .1904.
Neither of these two have married.
The names Fergus. Mac
FERGUSON Fhearghusa, or Ferguson
are all really the same. It
is derived from fearguchus, meaning wrath-
ful, an imperious temper, and implies a hero.
The first to bear the name was Fergus, foun-
der of the Scottish monarchy, A.D. 498. Clan
F"erguson is admitted by historians to be the
oldest in Scotland. The route of our Fer-
guson to America was via Nova Scotia. Nova
Scotia was granted to Sir William Alexander,
a Scotchman of Clackmannamshire by James
I by patent under the seal of Scotland, and
was peopled by Scotch families.
(T) The first Ferguson of the line now un-
der consideration was Alexander, who was
born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia, and emigrated
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married
Priscilla Norris, of Chelsea^ \'ermont, and
had a son Franklin T.
(II) Franklin Theophilus, son of Alexander
and Priscilla (Norris) Ferguson, was born in
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Philadelphia in 1850. He was a salesman of
soda fountains, and introduced the first soda
fountain into Europe at the Vienna Exposi-
tion, in April, 1873. He was a Rcpuhlican in
politics, and was clerk in the United States
senate chamber in January, 1873, and the same
year w-as appointed consul to Cape De Verde
islands. He married Mary Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of James Hewitt, of Nova Scotia. Chil-
dren: I. Valerie E., born at Vienna. Austria,
and named for the Queen ; she married Wil-
liam Hopkins, a prominent civil engineer of
New York, who had charge of the Boston ele-
vated railway and the Boston subway. 2.
Edith, who died young. 3. Franklin Archie.
Mr. Ferguson died in Boston at the early age
of twenty-eight.
(HI) Franklin Archie, only son of Frank-
lin T. and Mary E. (Hewitt) Ferguson, was
born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2, 1876.
He was educated in the city schools of Bos-
ton, taking a special course in the Boston Uni-
versity Liberal Arts School. Supplementing
this liberal training with a professional course
in medicine at Boston University, at the
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Bos-
ton, and at the Trull Hospital at Biddeford,
Maine, he came to Bath in 1904, and suc-
ceeded Dr. Percy W. Roberts. Dr. Ferguson
is a member of the American Institution of
Homeopathy, the Massachusetts State So-
ciety, the Maine State Society, the York and
Cumberland County Medical Society, and the
Hahnemann Medical Society. In college he be-
longed to Alpha Sigma fraternity. He is pros-
perous in his profession, very agreeable and
companionable, his practice extending over a
wide district, and is frequently called into con-
sultation by his brother practitioners. He
married Maude Cutler, daughter of William
P. Faulkner, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, De-
cember 19, 1905. Children : Priscilla and
Franklin Faulkner.
There is a tradition that the
BECKLER American ancestor of the
Beckler family of the line
proposed to be treated in this place was one
of two brothers who came from Germany
sometime during the early part of the eigh-
teenth century and settled in one of the New
England colonies. There is no reason to
question the accuracy of this belief, and the
fact that none of the published genealogical
references gives an account of the settlement
of the ancestor does not disprove the tradi-
tion nor affect its creditabiHty in any respect :
but in the absence of any reliable account of
the family in its earlier generations this nar-
rative must begin with Philip C. Beckler,
whose father is supposed to have come from
Massachusetts and settled in Waterboro,
.Maine, about the time of or soon after the
revolutionary war, in which he participated.
(I) Philip C. Beckler was born in Water-
boro, Maine, Novembe 22, 1796, died in
Leeds, Maine, September 25, 1870. He mar-
ried (first) Fanny Otis, born .^pril 25, 1803,
died Mav 9, 1840. Children: .Vmos Otis,
Charles I\I., Cynthia O., Albion P., Daniel \V..
George W., Otis O., Frank ^L ; he married
(second) Betsey L. Norris, born December 4,
1S08, died January 27, 1885; children: Eliza-
iK^h N., William 'N., John W., Mary E., Sa-
rah A. Four of the brothers were in the civil
war: .'Mbion P., Frank M., William N. and
John \\'.
(II) .Amos Otis, son of Philip C. and
Fanny (Otis) Beckler, was born in New-
castle, Maine, March 23, 1823, died July 12,
1889. .'\t an early age his parents settled in
Livermore, Maine, where he attended school
and worked at farming. From the age of
fourteen until twenty-one he worked on a
farm at Livermore Centre, Maine, which he
afterwards bought and it still remains in the
Beckler family. A few years later renting
his farm, he removed to Boston, where for
many years he was engaged as contracting
teamster for the Metropolitan Railroad Com-
pany. He married Betsey H. .\ustin, born
March 5. 1824, died September 22. 1902,
daughter of John .Austin. Children: i. Mary
Elizabeth, born September 9, 1845, died No-
vember 26. 1907. 2. Martha Loella, born De-
cember 18. 1847, ^^'l^*^ graduated from the
Girls' High and Normal School, Boston, in
1867, and taught in that city for seventeen
years. 3. Cynthia .Maria, born .August 29.
1850, also a graduate of the .same school in
1869 and taught in Boston until married in
1874. 4. Susan I'>ances, born January 8.
1852. died February 15, 1903. 5- Elbridge
Harlow, born October 16, 1854, see forward.
6. Warren Bigelow, born August 3, 1857. 7.
Seth Hay den. born November 5, 1839. 8.
Amos Frank, born June 14, 1862, died in in-
fancy. 9. Herbert Otis, born March 10. 1863.
died in infancv.
(III) Elbridge Harlow, son of .Amos Otis
and Betsev H. (Austin) Beckler. was born
October 16, 1854, died August 26. 1908.
While attending Maine Wesleyan Seminary
at Kent's Hill, in 1873, he was attracted to the
use of surveying instruments by participating
in some land surveys imdertaken by Professor
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Chase, who was his instructor in mathematics.
Selecting the Maine State College as the best
institution tor the pursuit of this study, he
made application for admission in the fall of
1874, and being well advanced in that study
was admitted to the junior clas.s at Orono and
bepan at once the study of engineering, grad-
uating in T876 with good standing, for the
four years' course, receiving the degree of
Civil Engineer. Early in the spring of 1877,
after spending some months in teaching, he
left the homestead at Livermore Centre, seek-
ing a position on railroad construction in Min-
nesota. Owing to the slow recovery of busi-
ness" from the panic of 1873, the following
two years were passed with a variety of ocA-
pations, teaching, farming, surveying and
map making. In 1879 he secured employment
with the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railway as transitman and assistant engineer,
near Fergus Falls, Minnesota. From 1880 to
1885 inclusive, he was employed by the North-
ern Pacific Railroad Company, starting out
from St. Paul in April to begin surveys,
where Glendive, Montana, is now located on
the Yellowstone river. The end of the track
was sixty miles west of Mandan. North Da-
kota, and with nine wagons and thirty-two
men they followed the Custer trail of 1876,
much of the way in the Yellowstone river, a
distance of about two hundred miles. It was
then a wild country, and the trip necessitated
some hardshi]5s. accompanied with possible
dangers. Mr. Beckler was fortunately placed
under the direction of a very capable division
engineer, Mr. T. J. Dodge, and his limited
knowledge of railway location was developed
to a degree far ahead .of the training
obtained at college, and at the closing
of the surveys about four hundred miles
of the railroad had been laid out. Pro-
motions came quite rapidly, and before the
completion of the Northern Pacific road in
1883 he was in charge of some forty miles of
the heaviest construction work, including a
tunnel at Rozeman Pass thirty-si.x hundred
and ten feet in length. During this period the
construction of an important bridge about six
thousand feet in length, making entrance into
Dulutli, Minnesota, by the Northern Pacific
and other roads from Wisconsin across St.
Louis Bay, was assigned to his care. He also
spent six months in 1884 on the Canadian Pa-
cific railway location and construction along
the Kicking Horse river, just west of the
summit of the Rocky Mountains. In 1886 he
undertook making the location for the Mon-
tana Central railway, which was the starting
of the Great Northern extension to the Pacific
coast. In 1889 he was appointed chief en-
gineer of the work of building to the coast,
the work including surveys, construction and
operation. There were about one thousand
miles of road to build through all the moun-
tains from Central Montana to Pugct Sound.
The work embraced much heavy road cutting,
high trestle bridges, long steel spans, and
many tunnels. The character of the work is
disclosed in the fact that at the present time
the road is mentioned as the model for easy
grades and curves, and scientific railway con-
struction: its adjustment to the country tra-
versed having never been equaled. This work
closed with the year 1892, and the following
year Mr. Beckler moved to Chicago, after
having had fourteen years of constant active
engineering work, and has since made his res-
idence there. After a brief period of rest he
engaged with \\'inston Brothers, railroad con-
tractors, and in 1902 a company was incor-
porated at Minneapolis, Minnesota, known as
Winston Brothers Company, of which Mr.
Beckler was a member. The work consists of
the building of railways by contract in all
parts of the country. Up to the present time
the work has carried them into twenty-two
states, and they are now engaged in building
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway,
the fourth of the so-called trans-continental
railroads with which Mr. Beckler assisted.
Flbridge H. Beckler married, in February.
1880, Mera Rogers, of Richmond, Maine, who
bore him four children, three daughters, one
of whom is deceased, and a son, also de-
ceased.
(Ill) Warren Bigelow, M.D., son of Amos
Otis and Betsey H. (Austin) Beckler, was
born in Boston, Massachusetts, .August 3.
1857. His parents returned to Livermore,
Maine, soon after his birth, and there he ac-
quired his early education, attending the pub-
lic schools and Kent's Hill Seminary, where
he completed seven terms, intending to enter
the University of Maine, where his brother
graduated. Tiring of school routine, he
worked at home on the farm until he was
twenty-one years old. when he went to Boston
and entered the employ of an uncle as a
bookkeeper. Shortly after this his brother.
Elbridge H.. then working for the Northern
Pacific railroad as transitman, arranged for
him to come west and take a position with the
same company as leveler. during the season
of 1880. In 1881 he was transitman on the
Rocky Mountain division and in 1882-83 was
assistant engineer in charge of construction.
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2281
In July, 1883, Warren B. Beckler returned to
Liverniore, and in December of that year went
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he, in
company with A. T. Pollard, purchased the
stock and became proprietors of a drug store
at the corner of Eleventh and Locust streets,
at the same time pursuing a course at the
Philadeljihia College of Pharmacy, from
which institution he received his degree of
Ph. G. He at once entered Jefferson Med-
ical College, still continuing his iluties at the
drug store, and after a two years' course
graduated with the degree of M' D. In 1890
he sold his drug store and again went west,
this time to Helena, Montana, as a member of
a contracting firm furnishing medical attend-
ance to the employees of the Great Northern
railroad. In March, 1893, on the completion
of the road, he returned to his old home in
Liverniore, Maine, by way of California, at-
tending the World's Fair at Chicago en
route. In June, 1894. he located in .Auburn
and there practiced his profession, reiuaining
to the present time. He is a member of An-
droscoggin County Medical Society, Inde-
pendent in politics, and prominent in Masonic
circles, having taken all the degrees up to and
including the thirty-second. Dr. Beckler
married, September 30, 1885. in Liverniore.
Maine. Carrie Enimelia, born March 22, i860,
daughter of William and Cordelia (Kimball)
Pollard, and a descendant from William Pol-
lard through Thomas, William. CJliver, fjliver,
Stephen and William Pollard, and also from
the celebrated colonist, John Alden. who mar-
ried Priscilla Mullin, through John Bass,
Deacon Samuel Bass, Captain Jonathan Bass,
Susanna Bass, and Dr. Luther Cary. who
married in 1782 Abigail King, and to whom
was born Enimelia Cary, who married Ste-
phen Pollanl. Children of Dr. and Mrs.
Beckler: i. Martha C, born June 16. 1886.
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. Marian.
March 9. 1890, in Philadelphia, died .\ugust
5, 1891. 3. Warren B., Jr.. .Auburn, Maine,
February 17, 1895.
(Ill) Seth Hay den, son of Amos Otis and
Betsey H. (Austin) Beckler. was born in
Livermore. Maine, November 5, 1859. He
was educated in the district and high schools
of the town, and after the age of twenty-one
passed several years in Auburn. Maine. Min-
nesota and Montana. He returned to the old
homestead farm at Livermore Centre. Maine,
in 1888. where he has since resided. He mar-
ried Nellie M. True, in 1890, and has a son,
Earle Harlow.
(For first generation bcc Waller .Mcrriinuii. I.)
(II) James, voungcst son
MERRIMAN of Walter and Elizabeth
( Popcr) Merrvman, was
born in 1756, in llarpswell, Maine, and died
August 4. 1825, in that town, wliere he re-
sided. For many years he was a seafaring
man. and later in life settled u|)on a farm.
He married, December 4, 1777, Hannah
Blake, born 1757, in Harpswell, died April
24, 1821, daughter of Jacob and |enny
(Weber) Blake, the last named a daughter o'f
Waitstill and Meribah (Hodges) Weber.
Children: John, Hannah, Molly, William,
Fanny Mercy, Lydia and Jacob.
(Ill) John, eldest child of James and Han-
nah (Blake) Merrinian, was born January 29,
1780, in Harpswell, and resided in that town
through life, dying May 28, 1857. He fol-
lowetl the sea many years, and was captain of
a one hundred and twenty ton vessel engaged
in the coasting and West Indies trade. This
was a large vessel for that day. He was a
Congregationalist in religion, and in politics a
Whig; but having devoted most of his life to
navigation, he took little part in local affairs.
He married, December 27, 1804, Elizal:)eth
Stover, born October 2, 1784, died I'Y-bruary
29, 1852, in llarpswell, daughter of Alcott
and Elizabeth (Allen) Stover of that town.
Children : William .Asenath, Isaac, George,
-Abigail. Nathaniel, Alcott Stover, and Albion.
(I\') Alcott Stover, fifth son of John and
Elizabeth (Stover) Merriman, was born April
4, 1822, in Harpswell, and died there October
16. 1865. He received the ordinary educa-
tion aft'orded by the public schools of his home
town, and early in life went to sea. He con-
tinued upon the ocean until the age of forty
years, when he went into partnership with his
cousin, Sylvester Stover, in building ships.
While on the sea he commanded some large
vessels, including the "Columbia of the Celes-
tial lireeze." Messrs. Merriman and Stover
were the first in Maine to build vessels with
round stems. At the outbreak of the civil
war they had just completed a vessel, and
three days after it left port it was captured
by the Confederate frigate ".Alabama," and
burned just outside of Portland harbor. The
peculiar circumstance in connection with this
was the dream of the negro cook employed on
the vessel. The night before it sailed he saw
in a vision its capture, and refused to embark.
Another vessel in the yard was partially com-
pleted at this time and the work upon it was
abandoned, owing to the difficulty of securing
2282
STATE OF MAINE.
help. Ship carpenters at that time received
one dollar per day, and when the vessel was
completed at the close of the war, the carpen-
ters received a wage of three dollars per day.
Mr. Merriman was one of the most promi-
nent men of the town of Harpswell. Besides
shipbuilding he conducted a general store, and
was for many years postmaster. He held
most of the principal town offices, and if he
felt that he could not give the time to the ful-
fillment of the duties of any office, he named
the man whom he thought suitable for the po-
sition, and his judgment was invariably ap-
proved by the electors. He was an enthusiastic
Republican, and a staunch member of the
Baptist church. He married, November ii,
1851, Sarah Jane Curtiss, born April 2"/, 1830,
died December 22, 18 — , daughter of Feleg
and Jeanette (Jordan) Curtiss. Children:
Polly Sprague, Alcott James, John A., and
Washingon Irvine.
(V) John A., third son of Alcott S. and
Sarah J. (Curtiss) Merriman, was born
March 16, 1855, in Harpswell, and was edu-
cated in the common school and academy of
his native town ; also attended the city schools
of Portland one year. Soon after attaining
man's estate he bought out a general store at
Harpswell Center, which he conducted. A
year subsequent to this he pursued a special
course of study at Bowdoin College, and sub-
sequently went to New York, where he was
employed as private secretary by W. II. Par-
sons, who was at that time one of the largest
paper and pulp mill operators in the country.
For about twelve years Mr. Merriman contin-
ued this engagement, and during the greater
part of the time he was manager of the pulp
and paper mill at Saugerties, New York, later
going to Lisbon, Maine. Rising from this
service, he organized with the Jay Paper Com-
pany of that town, which he managed for six
years. At the end of this time he took up
the study of law and was admitted to the
Franklin county bar in 1892, and to practice
in the United States courts in the succeeding
year. He was later admitted to the Andros-
coggin bar. and engaged in practice in that
county, being now located at Livermore. Mr.
Merriman has taken an active part in the po-
litical movements of the county, acting with
the Republican party, by which he was elected
as representative to the last legislature, and
is now ( igo8) its nominee for re-election. He
is interested in several local institutions, and
is active in furthering the interests of the
county and his home state, in every proper
direction. He is a member of Farmington
Lodge, F. and A. M., ind of the local chap-
ter of the same fraternity. He is a Methodist
in religion. Mr. Merriman married, Febru-
ary 23, 1884, Lydia Augusta, daughter of
Jacob Henry and Mary J. (Weber) Merri-
man (q. v.) She was born December 22,
1857, in Harpswell.
(III) Jacob, youngest child of James and
Hannali (Blake) Alerritnan, was born Sep-
tember 20, 1793, in Harpswell, where he died
July 29, 1866. He married Elizabeth Clark,
born in February, 1793, and died July 12,
1883, in Harpswell, daughter of Josiah and
Marian (Rodrick) Clark. Their children
were : Simon, Charles, Hannah, Lydia, Lu-
cinda, Captain Josiah Clark, Jacob Henry
and Mercy Ellen.
(IV) Jacob Henry, fourth son of Jacob and
Elizabeth Clark Merriman, was born Decem-
ber 25, 1832, and died December 25, 1899, in
Harpswell, where he was a farmer and a
blacksmith. He married (first) May 15, 1855,
Mary Jane Weber, born October 18, 1831,
died August 7, 1875, daughter of Phineas and
Lydia A. (Beals) Weber; (second) January
21, 1883, to Matilda Allen, March 9, 1846.
daughter of Elisha Allen. Children of first
wife: Frank, Ernest, Lydia Augusta, Mary
Ellen. Susy E. and Kate D. There was one
daughter of the second wife :
(V) Lydia Augusta, eldest daughter of
Jacob Henrj' and Mary J. (Weber) Merri-
man, was born December 2^, 1837, in Harps-
well. and was there married, February 24,
1884, to John A. Merriman, of Harpswell.
( See Merriman V.)
The first record of which
RUNDLETT we have knowledge of a
person of this name in
.\merica is that of Charles Runlet, who ap-
pears among the early settlers of Exeter, New
Hampshire, in the year 1675. The name has
been variously spelled Runlet, Rundlet, Rand-
let and Rundlett. There is a well settled tra-
dition in the Maine branch of the family that
the Rundletts were French Huguenots who
crossed from Lyons, France, about 1590, and
after a sojourn in the south of England some
thirty-three years landed at Rye, New Hamp-
shire, in 1623. The genealogy of the Rund-
lett family in the archives of the New Eng-
land Historic-Cenealogical Society gives a de-
tailed account of the Massachusetts and New
Hampshire branches of this family. Na-
thaniel Rundlett, grandson of Charles, was
STATE OF MAlNli.
2283
born in Exeter, New Hampshire, about 171 2,
anil settled in Wiscasset (Povvnalboro),
Maine, in 17,^4. lie married Mary Mitchell,
of Falmouth, in 1737, and from this pair arc
descended the I\Iaine branch of the Rundlett
family that has attained to so much distinc-
tion in the slate. I'wo of Nathaniel's sons,
Charles and Nathaniel Jr., became large land
owners and prominent in the affairs of the
town of Wiscasset. They were zealous patri-
ots, and were in attendance at town meetings,
even before the Declaration of Independence,
in support of resolutions which might have
cost them their heads or their liberty had the
cause of the colonists failed of its fulfillment.
Nathaniel Rundlett Jr. served two enlist-
ments in the revolutionary war, and was of
the expedition against "iiragaduc." His
name appears upon the roll of i\Iassachusetts
soldiers at the State House.
With the rise of shipbuilding on the Maine
coast the fortunes of this family are particu-
larly identified and many a famous ship was
launched from its yards. Oakes Rundlett Sr.,
grandson of Nathaniel, settled at Sheepscot-
bridge, and either alone or in company with
others built upwards of eighteen sail of ves-
sel for the foreign trade. lie carried on large
operations in lumber in addition to his ship-
building. He was famous for his open-
handed hospitality, and his large colonial man-
sion was seldom without a guest. The dis-
tinguished men of the state who visited that
section and the representatives of the Mas-
sachusetts general court, whose official duties
took them into Maine, all found gracious wel-
come at this country seat and frequently pro-
longed their stay beyond the demands of their
business.
Of his sons, Warren and Oakes inherited
the ability of their father. Warren graduated
at IBowdoin, and was easily the leader of the
Lincoln county bar, when that county em-
braced, in addition to its present confines, the
counties of Kennebec, Sagadahoc and Knox.
Warren Rundlett was a rare wit. and the
stories of the days when he rode the circuit
still linger in the traditions of court and tav-
ern. Oakes Rundlett Jr. settled in Wiscasset,
married Mary Tuckerof, that jilace, and was
engaged in shipbuilding.
Captain Gustavus Rundlett, the youngest
son, served in the Fourth .Maine Regiment
during the civil war.
Of Oakes Rundlett's daughters, Nancy
married Robert Murtay Jr., Clara married Dr.
John T. Achorn, Abby married Isaac Jack-
son of Plymouth.
Of the ])resent generation of the descend-
ants of Oakes Rundlett, Leonard, son of War-
ren Rundlett, graduated at Bowdoin, and has
been for many years the superintendent of
public works of the city of St. Paul. Isaac
M. Jackson, son of Abby Rundlett Jackson, is
a graduate of Yale, a lawyer, and a resident
of Plymouth. Massachusetts.
Dr. John W. .Achorn and Edgar O. Achorn
Esq., both of P>oston, are sons of Clara Rund-
lett Achorn, elsewhere mentioned in these col-
umns. (See .Achorn.)
Captain Richard Rundlett, of Wiscasset,
son of Oakes Jr.. after retiring from the sea,
sat in the Maine senate, and was collector of
the port.
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