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NEW  ENGLAND  FAMILIES 

GENEALOGICAL  AND  MEMORIAL 


A  Record  of  the  Acliievcmcnts  of  Her  People  in  the  Making  of  ComnionwcaUl 
and  the  Founding  of  a  Nation 


COMFll.KD  UNDER  THE  EDITORIAL  SUPERVISION  OF 

WILLLAM   RICHARD  CUTTER,  A.  M., 

Historian  of  New  F.ngland  Historie-Cenealogical  Six-iety  ;  Author  of  "The  Cultc 
]'"amilv."  "History  of  Arlington,"  F.te.  - 


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LEWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

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OTHER  GENEALOGICAL  PUBLICATIONS  BY  ThIE  LEWIS 
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"NEW  EXGI.AN-D  FAMILIES,  GENEALOGICAL  AXD  MEMORIAL;"  ■■GENEALOGICAL 
AND  FECSONAL  MEMolHS,  MASSACHUSETTS."  ALSO  SIMILAR  SEPAKATK  WORKS 
ON  BOSTON  AND  EASTEHN  MASSACHUSETTS.  WORCKSTEll  COUNTY,  AND  MIDDLE- 
SEX COUNTY;  ■■GENEALOGICAL  AND  FAMILY  HISTORY  OF  CONNECTICUT;"  -GENEA- 
LOGICAL AND  FAMILY-  HISTORY  OF  MAINE;^'  ■■GENE ALOGICAL  AND  FAVaLY  HlSTc^P.Y 
OF  VERMONT;"  "GENEALOGICAL  AND  FAMILY  HISTORY  OF  NORTHERN  NEW  YORK.' 
ALSO  SIMILAR  SEPARATE  WORKS  ON  SOUTHEItN  NE^\•  YORK,  AND  ON  WESTERN 
NEW  YORK.;   '■GENEALOGICAL  AND  FAMILY'   HISTORY   OF  NEW  .lEF.SEY."    ETC.,    F.TC. 


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FOREWORD 


illE  present  work,  "New  England  Families,"  presents  in  the  aggregate  a 
great  amount  and  variety  of  genealogical  and  personal  information  and 
portraiture.     It  contains  a  vast  amount  of  ancestral  history  never  before 
printed.    The  object,  clearly  defined  and  well  digested,  is  threefold: 

First:  To  presi  nt  in  concise  form  the  history  of  established  families  of  the 
region. 

Second :    To  pr<;-.erve  a  record  of  its  prominent  present-day  people. 
Third:     To  present  through  personal  sketches,  linked  with  the  genealogical 
narrative,  the   relation  of  the   prominent    families   of   all   times   to   the   growth, 
singular  prosperity  and  widespread  influence  of  New  England. 

There  are  numerous  voluminous  narrative  histories  of  this  section,  maknig 
it  unnecessary  in  this  work  to  even  outline  its  annals.  What  has  been  published, 
however,  principally  relates  to  the  people  in  the  mass.  The  amplitication  neces- 
sary to  complete  the  picture  of  the  region,  old  and  nowaday,  is  wdiat  is  now 
supplied  by  these  Genealogical  and  Personal  :Memoirs.  In  other  words,  while 
others  have  written  of  "the  times,"  the  province  of  this  work  is  to  be  a  chronicle 
of  the  people  who  have  borne  a  conspicuous  part  in  founding  and  developing  a 
nation. 

No  other  region  offers  so  peculiarly  interesting  a  field  for  such  research. 
Its  sons— "native  here,  and  to  the  manner  born"  and  of  splendid  ancestr}- — have 
attained  distinction  in  every  field  of  human  effort.  An  additional  interest  attaches 
to  the  present  undertaking  in  the  fact  that,  while  dealing  primarily  with  the 
history  of  native  New  England,  this  work  approaches  the  dignity  of  a  national 
epitome  of  genealogy  and  biography.  Owing  to  the  wide  dispersion  throughout 
the  country  of  the  old  families,  the  authentic  account  here  presented  of  the  con- 
stituent elements  of  her  social  life,  past  and  present,  is  of  far  more  than  merely 
local  value.  In  its  special  field  it  is,  in  an  appreciable  degree,  a  reflection  of 
the  development  of  the  countiy  at  large,  since  hence  went  cut  representatives 
of  the  historical  families,  in  various  generations,  who  in  far  remote  places — 
beyond  the  Mississippi  and  in  the  Far  West — were  with  the  vanguard  of  civiliza- 
tion, building  up  communities,  creating  new  commonwealths,  planting,  wherever 
they  went,  the  clnirch,  the  school  house  and  the  printing  press,  leading  into  chan- 
.  nels  of  thrift  and  enterprise  all  who  gathered  about  them,  and  proving  a  power 
for  ideal  citizensliip  and  good  government. 

This  work  everywhere  conveys  the  lesion  that  distinction  has  been  gained 
only  by  honorable  public  service,  or  by  usefulness  in  private  station,  and  that 
the  development  and  prosperity  of  the  section  of  which  it  treats  have  been  depend- 
ent upon  the  character  of  its  citizens,  and  the  stimulus  which  they  have  given  to 
commerce,  to  industry,  to  the  arts  and  sciences,  to  education  and  religion — to 
all  that  is  comi'n-cd  in  the  highest  civilization  of  the  present  day — through  a 
continual  prL-res-ive  development. 

Truly  as  heroic  poems  have  been  written  in  human  lives  in  the  paths  of  peace 
as  in  the  scarre<i  roads  of  v>ar.    Such  examples,  in  whatever  line  of  endeavor,  are 


jv  "        FOREWORD 

of  much  worth  as  an  incentive  to  those  who  come  afterward,  and  such  were  never 
so  needful  to  be  written  of  as  in  the  present  day,  when  pessimism,  forgetful  of 
the  splendid  lessons  of  the  past,  withholds  its  effort  in  the  present,  and  views 
the  future  only  with  alarm. 

The  custodian  of  records  concerning  the  useful  men  of  preceding  generations, 
who  aids  in  placing  his  knowledge  in  prescrvable  and  accessible  form,  of  the 
homes  and  churches,  schools  and  other  institutions,  which  they  founded,  and  of 
their  descendants  who  have  lived  honorable  and  useful  lives,  performs  a  public 
service  in  lendering  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due,  and  in  inculcating  the  most 
valuable  lessons  of  patriotism  and  good  citizenship.  The  story  of  the  Plymouth 
and  Massaciiusetts  Bay  colonies  lies  at  tlie  foundation  of  the  best  there  is  in 
American  history,  and  the  names  of  Brewster,  Winslow.  Bradford,  Standish, 
Alden,  Warren,  llowland— all  of  whom  came  in  the  "Mayflower"  and  were 
prominent  in  the  Old  Colony,  with  Freeman.  Gorham  and  Sears — all  tliese  of 
Plymouth,  and  Winthrop,  Saltonstall,  Dudley,  Wilson,  Bradstreet,  and  others, 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  have  an  undying  fame,  and  these  names  are 
prominent  to-day  in  the  entire  world.  These  early  settlers  erected  an  original 
form  of  government,  pledging  themselves  to  maintain  and  preserve  all  their  liber- 
ties and  privileges,  and  in  their  vote  and  suffrage,  as  their  conscience  might  them 
move,  as  to  best  conduce  and  tend  to  the  public  weal  of  the  body  without  respect 
of  person  or  favor  of  any  man.  Their  heroism  was  exhibited  in  their  conflicts 
with  savages.  In  statesmanship  they  builded  better  than  they  knew.  Their  code 
of  laws  known  as  the  "Body  of  Liberties"  has  been  termed  an  alm.ost  declaration 
of  independence,  opening  with  tlie  pronouncement  that  neither  life,  liberty,  honor 
nor  estate  were  to  be  invaded  unless  under  express  laws  enacted  by  the  local 
authorities,  and  when  this  bold  declaration  led  to  the  demand  of  the  English 
government  that  the  colonial  charter  should  be  surrendered,  the  colonists  resisted 
to  a  successful  issue.  In  later  days  Faneuil  Hall  became  the  cradle  of  American 
Liberty,  and  from  its  platform  were  proclaimed  the  doctrines  which  bore  fruit  in 
resistance  to  the  Stamp  Act,  in  the  Boston  Massacre,  and  the  engagement  of  con- 
testing armed  forces  at  Lexington  and  Concord  and  Bunker  Hill. 

The  above  applies  with  equal  force  to  the  Providence,  Hartford  and  New 
Haven  colonies,  whose  founders  partook  of  the  same  character  as  those  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. In  Providence  we  find  the  first  colony  founded  on  religious  liberty, 
and  the  story  of  the  "Charter  Oak"  illustrates  again  the  sturdy  nature  of  the 
Hartford  colonists.  From  these  pioneer  settlements  spread  out  a  people  whose 
God-fearing  lives  and  heroic  struggles  with  a  savage  foe,  while  conquering  the 
forest  wilderness,  bore  fruit  in  establishing  a  hardy  nation  and  set  an  example  for 
succeeding  generations. 

When  came  the  momentous  question  whether  a  free  and  liberal  government 
"of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the  people."  was  to  perish  from  the  earth, 
the  sons  of  their 'illustrious  sires  were  not  found  wanting  in  patriotism  and  devo- 
tion, but  freely  sacrificed  comforts,  property  and  life  for  tiie  vindication  of  the 
principles   inherited    from   the    fathers. 

Here,  too,  were  developed  in  highest  degree  the  arts  of  peace.  Religion,  edu- 
cation, science,  invention,  labor  along  all  the  lines  of  mechanical  and  industrial 
progress,  here  made  their  beginnings,  and,  while  their  ramifications  extended 
throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land,  the  parent  home  and  the  parent 
stock  held  their  preeminence,  as  they  do  to  the  present  day. 

The  work  has  had  editorial  supervision  by  an  antiquarian  and  genealogist  of 


FOREWORD  V 

high  standing,  Mr.  William  Richard  Cutter,  A.M.,  corresponding  secretary  and 
historian  of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  librarian  emeritus 
of  Woburn  Public  Library,  author  of  'The  Oatter  Family,"  "History  of  Arling- 
ton," etc.,  etc.  Efficient  aid  has  also  been  given  by  the  following  named  gentle- 
men: Wilfred  Harold  Munro,  L.H.D.,  professor  of  History,  Brown  University, 
president  of  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  cx-governor  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars;  Samuel  Hart,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  dean  of  Berkeley  Divinity  School,  president 
of  Connecticut  Historical  Society ;  Ezra  Scholay  Stearns,  ex-Secretary  of  State, 
N.  H.,  member  American  Antiquarian  Society,  New  England  Historic-Genea- 
logical Society,  New  Hampshire  Slate  Historical  Society,  corresponding  member 
Minnesota  State  Historical  Society;  John  Ellsworth  Goodrich,  D.D.,  Latin  Pro- 
fessor Emeritus,  University  of  Vermont,  vice-president  of  \^crniont  Historical 
Society;  Albert  Roscoe  Stubbs,  librarian  of  Maine  Genealogical  Society;  and 
John  Reynolds  Totten,  editor  of  "New  York  Genealogical  and  Biograj)hical 
Record,"  member  of  IMayflower  Society,  etc. 

H  in  any  case  a  narrative  is  incomplete  or  faulty,  the  shortcoming  is  usually 
ascribable  to  the  paucity  of  data  obtainable,  many  families  being  without  exact 
records  in  their  family  line;  while,  in  some  instances,  representatives  of  a  given 
family  are  at  disagreement  as  to  the  names  of  some  of  their  forbears,  important 
dates,  etc. 

It  is  confidently  believed  that  the  present  work  will  prove  a  real  addition  to 
the  mass  of  annals  concerning  the  historic  families  of  New  England,  and  that, 
without  it,  much  valuable  information  would  be  inaccessible  to  the  general  reader, 
or  irretrie\abl>  lost,  owing  to  the  passing  away  of  custodians  of  family  records 
and  the  con.'equent  disappca-'ance  of  material  in  their  possession. 

The  Publisheks. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


The  following  critique  was 
MATHER  prepared  and  read  by  invita- 
tion of  the  president  by  Mr. 
William  R.  Cutter  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Rum  lord  lIi.->torical  AsJuciation  in  Woburn, 
Massachusetts.  This  is  its  first  appearance  in 
print. 

In  character  not  always  understood  by  his 
contemporaries  or  by  posterity  Cotton  Mather 
probably  accomplished  more  good  than  he  is 
often  accredited  with.  He  was  born  February 
12,  1663;  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College, 
1678;  was  ordained  a  colleague  with  his  father, 
May  13,  1685  (aged  twenty-two),  and  was  a 
precocious  scholar. 

The  diary  of  Cotton  Mather  is  a  minute 
record  of  his  religious  and  personal  experi- 
ences.* The  actual  interest  in  original  docu- 
ments is  the  documents  themselves ;  and  this 
diary,  as  printed,  is  furnished  with  only  a  few 
illustrative  notes.  It  is  fortunate  that  in  our 
communities  there  are  societies  with  means  and 
ability  enough  to  print  such  valuable  sources 
of  contemporary  history  from  which  we  learn 
what  the  people  were  thinking  of  and  what 
they  were  doing  in  remote  times.  In  spite  of 
his  egregious  vanity  and  excessive  egotism 
Cotton  INIather  was  the  most  eminent  and 
learned  clergyman  of  his  time  in  America, 
pastor  of  the  largest  church  in  Boston,  in  the 
habit  of  preaching  to  the  largest  congrega- 
tions wherever  he  went,  having  in  his  house 
the  largest  library  or  collection  of  books  to 
be  found  on  this  side  of  tlie  Atlantic,  autlior 
of  more  books  and  tracts  than  there  were 
days  in  the  year,  and  vastly  learned  in  ancient 
and  foreign  languages.  Benjamin  Franklin 
expressed  his  obligations  to  Mather's  tract, 
"Ways  To  Do  Good,"  as  one  of  his  greatest 
inspirations  to  usefulness.  Mather  had  one 
quality  common  to  the  New  England  clergy- 
man of  former  days — and  that,  too.  not  a  bad 
quality  in  itself — that  of  taking  an  interest  in 
relatives,  even  to  those  of  a  remote  degree. 
He  died  February  13,  1727-28.  one  day  beyond 
his  sixty-fifth  birthday.  His  life  was,  there- 
fore, shorter  by  twenty  years  than  that  of  his 
father,  and  shorter  by  about  eight  years  than 
that  of  his  grandfather.  His  father  was  presi- 
dent  of   Harvard   College   for   sixteen   years, 

•Mass.    Hist.    Soo.    Co!!..    Ts    vll.    Dlarv    ot    Cotton 
Matlier.  1709-1724,  Boston;  published  by"  the  Societv. 
1312.     (Diary,  vol.  2). 
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and  his  grandfather  was  the  third  minister, 
in  succession,  of  the  town  of  Dorchester.  His 
ancestors  were  both  scholarly  and  influential. 
Flis  defects  were  largely  due  to  the  over- 
abundant nature  of  his  qualities.  He  was  three 
times  married,  and  had  liiteen  children  by  his 
first  and  second  marriages.  His  last  wife, 
like  his  second,  w^as  a  widow  at  the  time  he 
married  her.  She  was  uncritical  as  to  h-^ 
faults,  even  when  entreated  to  explain  them, 
but  owing  to  an  outljreak  of  insanity,  which 
appears  to  have  gradually  come  upon  her,  she 
became  a  source  of  great  trouble  in  his  family, 
and  almost. drove  him  distracted  himself.  He 
said: 

My  glorious  Lord  has  inflicted  a  new  and  .sharp 
chastisement  upon  me.  The  consort,  in  whom  I 
flattered  myself  with  the  view  and  hopes  of  an  un- 
common enjoyment,  has  dismally  confirmed  it  unto 
me,  that  our  idols  must  prove  our  sorrows.  Now 
and  then,  in  some  of  the  formei  years,  I  observed 
and  suffered  grevious  outbreakings  of  her  proud 
passions;  but  I  quickly  overcame  them  with  my 
victorious  love,  and  in  the  methods  of  meekness 
and  goodness  *  *  *  I  do  not  know  that  I  have 
to  this  day  spoke  one  impatient  or  unbecoming 
word  unto  her,  though  my  provocations  have  been 
unspeakable,  and,  it  may  be.  few  men  in  the  world 
would  have  borne  them  as  I  have  done.  But  this 
last  year  has  been  full  of  her  prodigious  paroxisms, 
which  have  made  it  a  year  of  such  distresses  v.ith 
me  as  I  have  never  seen  in  my  life  before.  When 
the  paro.xisms  have  gone  off,  she  has  treated  me 
still  with  a  fondness,  that,  it  may  be,  few  wives  in 
the  world  have  arrived  unto.  Sut  in  the  returns  of 
them  (which  of  late  still  grow  more  and  more  fre- 
quent) she  has  insulted  me  with  such  outrages  that 
I  am  at  a  loss  which  I  should  ascribe  them  to — 
whether  a  distraction  (which  may  be  somewhat 
hereditary),  or  to  a  possession  whereof  the  symp- 
toms have  been  too  direful  to  be  mentioned. 

In  the  first  place  she  took  such  an  objection 
against  his  writings  (evident^Iy  of  the  diary 
variety)  that  he  was  obliged  to  lay  them  where 
he  thought  she  could  not  find  them.  For  fear 
of  what  might  happen  he  wrote  not  one  dis- 
respectful word  of  this  "proud  woman''  in  all 
the  papers.  But,  nevertheless,  by  rummaging 
she  found  them  and  hid  them,  and  inform.ed 
him  that  he  would  never  see  them  any  more. 
He  ofTered  to  blot  out  with  the  pen  whatever 
she  would  not  have  there,  but  unavailingiy. 
She  gave  him  to  understand  that  she  might 
return  the  papers  of  the  four  or  five  preceding 
years  which  she  had  got  into  her  possession. 
Mather  claimed  that  they  were  of  more  value 


NEW  ENGLAND 


to  him  than  any  temporal  estate  he  could  pre- 
tend unto.  He  began  to  believe  that  before 
another  birthday  (he  was  in  his  fifty-sixth 
year)  his  Hfe  would  be  finished.  His  theme 
was  upon  the  article  of  ""Good  Devised,"  which 
stood  for  it  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  times 
in  a  year.  He  concludes  by  saying  that  "while 
those  who  destroyed  Jeremiah's  roll  got  nothing 
by  it,  so  this  unhappy  woman  will  get  nothing 
by  what  she  does  unto  mine." 

He  was  also  in  a  continual  anguish  of  ex- 
pectation that  his  wife,  by  exposing  her  mad- 
ness, would  bring  ruin  on  his  ministry,  and  he 
was  also  troubled  about  what  might  occur  v.dien 
her  own  reputation  was  made  public.  His 
family,  too,  were  made  unhappy  by  her  furious 
and  froward  conduct.  He  even  resorts  to  the 
use  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  languages  to  ex- 
press her  imaccountable  passions.  They  seemed 
little  short  of  Satanical,  and  on  one  occasion, 
after  unrepeatable  invectives,  he  was  compelled 
by  her  to  rise  at  midnight  and  retire  to  his 
study ;  while  she,  calling  up  two  other  persons, 
went  over  to  a  neighbor's  house  for  a  lodging. 
She  told  numberless  lies,  "which  a  tongue  set 
on  fire  of  hell  would  make  no  conscience  of." 
He  claimed  that  there  was  no  other  husband 
who  treated  his  wife  with  greater  ettorts  to 
please  her  and  make  her  comfortable  at  home 
and  reputable  abroad.  She  invented  occasions 
for  outrages,  and  then  at  lucid  intervals  would 
be  filled  with  expressions  of  the  most  enamored 
fondness.  The  poor  husband,  at  last,  when 
rebuking  her  lying  tongue,  used  terms  which 
he  had  not  been  used  to.  She  was  the  most 
heavy  scourge  that  he  had  ever  met  withal. 
But,  at  last,  came  the  occasion  of  her  recovery. 
"In  the  evening  of  the  day,"  says  her  husband, 
"my  poor  wife,  returning  to  a  right  mind, 
came  to  me  in  my  study,  entreating  that  there 
might  be  an  eternal  oblivinn  of  everything  that 
has  been  out  of  joint,  and  an  eternal  harmony 
ever  afterwards." 

Out  of  Cotton  Mather's  fifteen  children,  a 
number  of  whom  died  yoi:ng,  there  was  one 
son  who  v."as  a  very  bad  young  man,  who  gave 
his  father  much  anxiety — an  example  of  the 
saying,  "ministers'  sons  and  deacons'  daugh- 
ters." After  a  scandalous  career  he  was  re- 
ported lost  at  sea  in  the  \\'e;t  India  Islands. 
His  vessel  had  been  out  five  months  on  a  com- 
paratively short  voyage  and  had  not  arrived. 
An  untrue  rumor  was  brought  to  his  father 
that  the  son  was  yet  living,  but  in  a  day  or 
two  it  was  found  that  the  news  applied  to  an- 
other ves=el.  Surely  the  life  of  Cotton  Mather 
was  very  human ! 

In  Cotton  jMather's  writings  we  discover  co- 
incidences between  his  times  and  ours.  He  men- 
tions cold  weather  in  winter  and  hot  weather 


in  summer.  He  caught  cold  from  going  out 
damp  winter  evenings.  On  one  occasion  he 
was  attacked  by  a  painful  malady  \vhich  I 
should  diagnose  as  the  tic-duuloureux.  He 
wrote : 


I  h.ive  been 
a.'m>  in  mv  h<. 


nr  some  time  aftlicted  with  grievous 
ad  *  *  *  A  neighboring  nn'nister 
la^t  niglit  nskcil  nic,  whether  the  Dragon  (that  is 
tlie  De\ii)  liiif^ht  nut  be,  by  the  wise  permission  of 
Heaven,  taking  some  revenge  upon  me,  for  some 
notable  misrhief.  which  my  head  ni.ay  have  lately 
done  unto  his  kingdom.  *  *  *  All  methods  and 
medicines  for  my  cure  fail  me.  1  liave  used  unguents, 
and  plasters,  and  cataplasms,  and  epispastics.  and 
smapisms,  and  cathartics,  and  what  not,  but  all  to 
no  purpose.*  My  physicians  are  of  no  value.  My 
pains  this  morning  are  more  violent  than  they  use 
to  be.  I  lie  down  like  a  stag  in  a  net,  with  a  very 
despairing  discouragement.  However,  I  thought  I 
would  make  one  more  experiment.  (In  his  charac- 
teristic way.  he  commended  his  case  to  his  Maker). 
Behold.  I  had  no  occasion  for  any  further  applica- 
tion. My  pains  immediately  went  off.  And  as  yet 
(I  write  tlie  day  following)  I  have  no  return  of 
tiiem..  After  two  or  three  days  of  unaccountable 
repose,  I  suffered  some  return  of  my  pain  *  *  * 
and  I  put  on  an  epispastic,  which  suddenly  and 
mightily   relieved  me. 

He  was  an  admirer  of  the  rainbow  in  the 
sky.  and  preached  a  sermon  and  wrote  a  book 
upon  the  subject.  The  fuel  of  the  people  was 
wood,  and  the  wooden  city  of  Boston  was  sub- 
ject to  conflagrations  in  which  many  buildings 
were  destroyed.  His  aged  father  was  worried 
because  his  people  wanted  to  swarm  into  a 
new  church  (people  at  that  day,  as  well  as 
this,  were  desirous  of  a  change)  and  he  did 
what  he  could  to  comfort  him.  For  the  re- 
straining of  profaneiiess  in  a  considerable  num- 
ber of  unruly  children  on  the  Lord's  Day  in 
his  congregation,  he  found  a  person  to  look 
after  them  whom  he  accordingly  employed  and 
rewarded  for  that  service.     In  1713  he  wrote: 

There  are  knots  of  ri''lous  young  men  in  the 
town.  On  purpose  to  insult  piety,  tl.ey  will  come 
under  my  window  in  the  middle  of  the  night,  and 
sing  profane  and  filthy  songs.  The  last  night  they 
did  so,  and  fell  upon  people  with  clubs,  taken  off 
my  wood-pile. 

At  about  this  time  an  epidemic  of  the  measles 
in  Boston  caused  the  deaths  of  five  members 
of  his  family,  including  his  second  wife.  This 
occasioned  him  to  give  a  list  of  the  names  of 
his  children,  and  this  mathematical  calculation 
upon  their  number:   "Of  15.  dead  9,  living  6." 

Some  foolish  and  froward  people  in  the  flock  fall 
out  about  their  scats.  I  must  use  the  methods  of 
prudence  and  piety  to  manage  such  roots  of  bitter- 
ness. [We  shall  hear  some  more  about  this  sub- 
ject of  seating  the  meeting-house,  later  on.] 


•In  present  day  terms,  unpue 
ataplasms  are_  poultices,  epispa 
nd  .sinapism:-  are  cataplasms  wit: 
lent,   1.   e.,  a   mustard  poultice. 


re  ointme.i 
are  bliste 
ustard  ingi 


//•IZ 


■  in::   ;.:i  -» 


NEW  ENGLAND 


This  day  [August  14.  I7i6,l  a  singular  thing  be- 
fell me.  *  *  *  I  was  prevailed  withal  to  do  a 
thing,  which  I  very  rarely  do;  not  once  in  years. 
I  rode  abroad  with  some  gentlemen  and  gentle- 
women, to  take  the  country  air,  and  to  divert  our- 
•selves  at  a  famous  fish-pond.  [Spy  Pond,  now  in 
Arlington.]  In  the  canoe  on  the  pond  my  foot 
slipped,  and  I  fell  overboard  into  the  pond.  Had 
the  vessel  been  a  little  further  from  the  shore,  I 
must  have  been  drowned.  But  I  soon  recovered  the 
shore,  and  going  speedily  into  a  warm  bed,  I  re- 
ceived no  sensible  harm. 

His  wife,  too,  had  premonitions  "all  the 
former  part  of  the  day  and  all  the  day  before" 
that  this  "little  journey"  would  have  mischief 
attending  it. 

I  have  discovered  in  writing  the  "History 
of  Arlington"  that  there  was,  at  a  very  early 
period,  a  house  very  near  the  shore  of  this 
pond  devoted  to  the  public  entertainment  of 
such  visitors  as  might  come  to  it.  The  deep 
waters  of  this  very  dangerous  lake  liave  prob- 
ably engulfed,  from  [Mather's  day  to  this,  more 
drowned  persons  than  any  similar  body  of 
water  in  this  vicinity. 

I  am  very  glad  that  I  have  had  the  oppor- 
tunity to  examine  closely  the  pages  of  these 
memorial  records  of  the  experiences  of  Cotton 
Mather.  The  process  of  examination  has  been 
a  mental  stimulus,  as  well  as  recalling  to  my 
mind  certain  religious  beliefs  which  found 
rigirl  f(jlIowers  in  the  days  of  my  childhood. 
Cotton  Mather  said  on  one  occasion: 

I  feel  a  %ery  sensible  rebuke  front  Heaven  upon 
me.  in  shutting  me  out  from  the  service  of  the 
flock.  Oil  the  last  Lord's  day  I  was  compelled  into 
sitting  still  [liis  father  and  he  were  joint  pastors  of 
the  same  church]  out  of  a  compliment  to  a  person, 
who  had  been  asked  by  my  father  to  preach  for 
him,  and  yet  arrived  not  so  soon,  but  that  my  father 
fearing  his  f.viling  had  got  another  to  supply  his 
room.  The  young  man.  to  whom  I  thus,  in  civility, 
gave  way.  was  also  one,  whom  for  the  vanity  of  his 
character  I  did  least  of  all  desire  to  see  in  our 
pulpit.  This  Lord's  day  I  am  arrested  with  a  cold, 
and  a  cough,  and  am  withal  so  hoarse,  that  I  am 
laid  by  from  all  public  ministrations. 

Who  is  there  who  has  not  had  differences, 
certainly  in  opinion  if  not  otherwise,  with 
'the  body  of  his  numerous  family  relations? 
'  ]\Iather  had  certainly  in  his  schemes  of  doing 
I  good  included  them  in  the  number  of  his  bene- 
j  ficiarie?.     On  one  occasion  he  writes: 

I  I  am  sorry  that  among  my  personal  enemies,  I 
i  must  n.iiv  reckon  some  of  my  relatives.  L'nac- 
countable  creatures!  But  I  have  a  little  penetrated 
into  their  ine.xphcable  character  and  conduct.  I 
must  watch  over  my  spirit,  and  study  to  carrv  it  as 
„..ii    „n,,-,    ih-m,    as    if    they    were    better    alTected 


well    ui 
towards 


On  another  occasion  he  said 


I  observe  a  great  number  of  people  in  the  flock, 
whose    cnipl-iyments    are    so    circumstanced,    that 


while  their  hands  are  employed,  their  minds  are 
very  much  at  leisure;  and  others,  in  whose  business 
both  hands  and  minds  are  so.  I  would  in  a  sermon 
propose  methods  for  these  neighbors  to  redeem 
this  time. 

People  of  this  kind  are  not  scarce  now. 

Cotton  ^Mather  also  had  a  practice  of  writ- 
ing out  his  sermons  fully,  in  order  that  the 
copy  might  be  used  for  publication,  and  he 
soinetimes  wrote  English  sentences  in  the 
Greek  character,  in  which  manner  their  mean- 
ing was  obscured  to  the  ordinary  reader. 

There  is  no  more  interesting  part  in  the  book 
than  that  describing  Cotton  blather's  experi- 
ence during  the  terrible  visitation  of  Boston 
by  the  smallpox  in  the  year  1721,  a  time  when 
vast  numbers  of  the  people  were  lying  sick  of 
that  loathsome  disease,  and  an  equally  large 
number  died.  The  disease  was  apparently 
brought  by  a  vessel  of  war  which  lay  in  the 
harbor,  on  board  of  which  were  two  or  three 
men  sick  with  the  pestilence.  Mather's  life 
was  in  extreme  danger  from  the  horrid  venom 
of  the  sick  chambers,  which  he  made  it  his 
duty  to  enter  on  his  pastoral  visits.  Mather 
called  the  attention  of  the  physicians  of  Boston 
to  the  "new  method"  of  inoculation  for  this 
dire  disease,  used  by  the  African  people  and 
Asiatics  in  their  own  countries,  which  he  had 
read  about'in  letters  from  Constantinople  and 
Smyrna,  as  published  by  the  Royal  Society  in 
London.  As  soon  as  his  project  was  made 
public  a  storm  of  opposition  arose  on  the  part 
of  the  New  Englanders.  The  chief  moral 
reason  'tirought  against  inoculation  was  that 
it  was  a  heathen  practice,  and  it  was  unlawful 
to  learn  of  the  heathen,  and,  absurd  as  the 
argument  seemed,  its  defenders  could  only 
point  out  in  reply  that  all  of  the  physicians  of 
antiquity  were  heathen  and  that  the  colonists 
of  New  England  had  learned  from  the  Indians 
a  corrective  to  snake  bites  and  the  practice  of 
smoking. 

]Mather  also  prepared  a  little  treatise  on  the 
smallpox,  first  awakening  the  sentiments  of 
piety  which  it  calls  for,  and  then  exhibiting  the 
best  medicines  and  methods  which  the  world 
had  vet  had  for  the  managing  of  it;  and, 
finally,  adding  the  new  discovery  to  prevent  it 
in  the  way  of  inoculation.  He  instructed  the 
physicians  in  this  new  method  used  by  the 
Africans  and  Asiatics  to  abate  the  dangers  and 
infallibly  to  save  the  lives  of  those  that  have 
the  smallpox  in  the  natural  way.  But  a  horrid 
clamor  was  raised  against  him  and  a  strange 
possession  froiu  the  evil  one  took  possession 
of  the  people  on  this  occasion  ;  they  raved,  they 
railed,  they  blasphemed,  they  talked  not  only 
like  idiots  but  also  like  frantics.  .and  not  only 
himself  but  the  physician  who  began  the  ex- 


■'.'A    -hAYi 


NEW  ENGLAND 


periment  were  objects  of  their  fury,  their  furi- 
ous obloquies  and  invectives.  "This  cursed 
clamor  of  a  people,  strangely  and  fiercely  pos- 
sessed of  the  Devil,"  he  said,  "will  probably 
prevent"  the  saving  of  the  lives  of  Mather's 
two  children  from  the  smallpox  in  the  "way 
of  transplantation,"  another  way  of  describing 
the  operation  or  process  of  inoculation.  After 
ten  remarkable  experiments  in  his  own  neigh- 
borhood it  was  decided  that  his  son  should 
undergo  the  operation  of  receiving  the  small- 
pox in  the  new  way;  privately,  if  possibly  the 
child  should  die  under  it.  So  it  was  done,  not 
so  skillfully  as  he  had  wished  but  successfully. 
Thereupon,  in  the  words  of  IMather: 

The  town  became  a  hell  on  earth,  a  ciiy  full  of 
lies,  and  murders,  and  blasphemies,  as  far  as  wishes 
and  speeches  can  render  it  so;  Satan  seemed  to 
take  a  strange  possession  of  it,  in  the  epidemic 
rage  against  that  notable  and  powerful  and  success- 
ful way  of  saving  the  lives  of  people  from  the 
dangers  of  the  small-pox. 

The  situation  grew  still  darker.  "This  miser- 
able town,"  said  Mather,  "is  a  dismal  picture 
and  emblem  of  Hell."  He  arraigns  the  church 
members  as  having  a  fearful  share  in  the  false 
reports  and  murderous  wishes,  and  the  "rage 
of  .wickedness  among  us"  was  "beyond  what 
was  ever  known  from  the  beginning  to  this 
day."  Mather  acknowledged  in  his  own  hand 
that  in  his  remarks  on  the  folly  and  baseness 
of  an  absurd  and  wicked  people  that  he  used 
"too  bitter  terms."  Such  terms  as  miserable 
and  detestable  and  abominable,  as  applied  to 
the  town,  seemed  to  fall  easily  and  naturally 
frohi  his  lips. 

He  received  a  kinsman  into  his  house  who 
was  under  the  inoculation  of  the  smallpox,  to 
whom  he  gave  the  use  of  his  chamber.  This 
poor  man  in  the  night,  as  it  grew  towards  the 
morning,  while  lying  in  this  room,  narrowly 
escai)ed  being  killed  by  a  murderous  bomb 
which  some  malicious  person  threw  through 
the  window  intending  it  for  the  unpopular 
Mather.     The  circumstances  were  these : 

Toward  three  o'clock,  in  the  night,  some  unknown 
hands  threw  a  fired  (or  lighted)  granado  (hand 
granade)  into  the  chamber  where  my  kinsman  lay, 
and  which  uses  to  be  my  lodging-room.  The  weight 
of  the  iron  ball  alone,  had  it  fallen  upon  his  head, 
■would  have  be^n  enough  to  have  done  part  of  the 
business  designed.  But  the  Granado  was  charged, 
the  upper  part  with  dried  powder,  the  lower  part 
with  a  mi.xture  of  oil  of  turpentine  and  powder,  and 
what  else  I  know  not.  in  such  a  manner,  that  upon 
its  going  off,  it  must  have  split,  and  have  probably 
killed  the  persons  m  the  room,  and  certainly  fired 
the  chamber,  and  speedily  laid  the  house  in  ashes 
*  *  *■  The  grenaJo.  m  passing  through  the  v. in- 
dow,  had  by  the  iron  in  the  middle  of  the  casement, 
such  a  turn  given  to  it,  that  in  falling  on  the  floor, 
the  fired  wild-fire  in  the  fuse  was  violently  shaken 
out  upon  the  floor,  without  firing  the  grenado. 


When  the  missile  was  taken  up  there  was 
found  a  paper  so  tied  with  string  about  the 
fuse,  that  it  might  outlive  the  breakir.g  of 
the  shell,  on  which  paper  was  written  an 
opprobrious  and  insulting  message. 

I  have  been  requested  by  your  president  to 
examine  the  second  volume  of  Cotton  blather's 
diary,  lately  issued  from  the  press,  to  discover 
further  facts,  if  any,  concerning  the  connec- 
tion of  this  celebrated  man  with  Woburn.  As 
there  was  no  index  to  the  first  volume,  a  com- 
prehensive index  in  the  second  volume  covers 
all  the  contents  of  the  fir.st.  In  the  JVoburn 
Joiiniol  for  August  4,  191 1,  I  attempted  some 
review  of  the  first  volutne  under  the  heading  of 
"Cotton  Mather  and  Woburn."  and  described 
certain  events  in  the  history  of  the  Woburn 
First  Parish  Church,  whose  early  records  of 
those  days  are  now  missing,  and  may  be  re- 
garded as  altogether  lost.  The  substance  of 
what  I  found  in  Mather's  record  was  a  refer- 
ence to  an  evil  spirit  at  Woburn  fsomc  refer- 
ence, perhaps,  to  the  performance  of  a  per- 
sonal devil,  for  our  forefathers  heartily  be- 
Heved  in  such  things)  ;  to  an  account  of  a  ser- 
mon preached  by  Mather  at  Woburn  in  1703, 
forestalling  the  settlement  of  a  new  minister 
there — a  species  of  fast  for  that  purpose — that 
a  desirable  minister  might  be  had,  and  an 
account  of  an  assault  upon  the  action  of  ^^lather 
in  reference  to  the  conduct  of  a  wicked  man 
in  the  Woburn  church — a  man  whom  the 
church  had  censured  for  his  impious  conduct, 
and  who  had  applied  to  Mather  to  help  him 
out  of  trouble,  and  Mather  had  rendered  a 
decision  against  him.  Next  Mather  was  a 
member  of  a  council  held  at  Woburn  to  settle 
the  disturbances  and  differences  among  the 
brethren.  In  the  second  volume  of  the  diary 
we  find  an  account  of  two  visits  which  ^^lather 
had  made  to  this  place  to  settle  differences 
among  the  rather  violently  disposed  Woburn 
people. 

Those  who  read  blather's  reflections  on  vari- 
ous subjects  will  be  more  appreciative  of  their 
real  value  if  the  person  has  had  some  experi- 
ence, however  small,  of  the  puritanical  train- 
ing once  accorded  to  persons  residing  in  this 
section.  Puritanism  is  a  fact  whose  conditions 
can  be  traced  to  the  early  history  of  Greece 
and  Rome.  Its  conditions  are  the  converse  of 
luxury  and  vicious  living.  It  is  found  where 
a  people  live  the  simple,  dutiful  life  of  their 
ancestors,  and  mainly  in  the  rural  portions  of 
the  land,  away  from  the  enervating  influences 
of  the  cities.  The  influences  of  New  England 
Puritanism  existed  in  modified  form  in  Woburn 
until  after  1840. 

In  justice  to  Cotton  Mather,  it  was  his  inten- 
tion to  do  good  to  all  his   fellow  mortals  irt 


NEW  EX'GLAND 


whatevt-r  state  ami  condition,  and,  in  illustra- 
tion, note  wliat  he  sa)  s  at  the  beginning  of  his 
fifty-first  year,  or  at  the  opening  of  1713: 

Not  one  day  has  passed  without  some  contrivance 
to  do  good,  invented  and  registered;  besides  multi- 
tudes of  such  not  entered  in  these  poor  memorials. 
Not  one  day  has  passed  without  heing  able  to  say 
at  night,  something  of  my  small  revenues  dealt  out 
unto  pious  uses.  Xever  any  time  spent  with  any 
company  without  some  endeavor  of  a  fruitful  con- 
versation  in   it. 

Xo  wonder  such  a  man  is  said  to  have  placed 
the  sign  over  his  study  door:  "'Be  short";  he 
was  so  busy  about  many  things. 

And  now  what  did  he  say  in  liis  second 
volutne  of  diary  about  \\'oburn,  volume  two, 
page  125.    Msit,  November  4,  171 1  ; 

God  has  blessed  my  applications  unto  Woburn, 
for  the  bruising  of  Satan,  who  had  begun  to  raise 
grievous  contentions.  It  was  thought  that  it  would 
be  a  ciuiliriiiin.;  and  fiinshing  stroke  on  that  good 
work,  ii  I  w.juI.;  .tjive  a  lecture  unto  that  people.  I 
assign  a  time  ior  it;  purposing  to  preach  as  cliarm- 
ing  filings  as  I  can  iint>i  them,  on  Romans,  15-14, 
/  am  pi-rsiudcj  you  iirc  j'ldi  of  goodness. 

Wise  Cotton  Mather !  Three  days  after- 
wards, on  Wednesday.  November  7,  171 1,  he 
writes :  ''This  day  I  accomplished  my  purpose 
for  ^\'oburn,  and  had  many  smiles  of  Heaven 
on  my  journey.  Some  that  were  surprising 
ones." 

A  reference  to  Sewall's  "History  of  ^^'o- 
burn,"  page  186,  shows  that  the  trouble  had 
some  reference  to  the  "disorderly  seating  of 
many  persons  in  the  house  of  God." 

On  a  second  visit,  volume  two.  page  167, 
February  7,  1711-12,  Wednesday:  "T  preached 
tlie  lecture  at  \\"obin'n  on  Rom.  15,  14.  Being 
Full  of  Goodness."  An  extension  of  the  same 
subject  and  on  tlie  same  text.  When  the  char- 
acter of  the  controversy  is  understood  the  im- 
plied sarcasm  of  the  text  is  refreshing,  show- 
ing that  Mather  was  not  slow  in  turning  a 
ridiculous  situation  into  a  lesson  of  enlighten- 
ment. 

Examining  the  work  of  Sewall  we  find  that 
at  bottom  the  case  was  one  arising  from  notions 
of  family  rank  and  station  brought  over  from 
England,  where  distinctions  of  that  kind  had 
long  been  created  and  cherished,  and  to  which 
our  earliest  ancestors  here  had  attached  an 
inordinate  importance,  and  were  jealous  of 
any  neglect  of  theiu  by  others.  Tlius  the  senti- 
ments with  regard  to  rank  and  condition  in 
society  held  strongly,  while  otlier  praiseworthy 
qualities  had  been  neglected.  The  superiority 
of  family  was  strong  in  many  minds,  and  that 
when  seating  the  meeting  house  was  done, 
after  repairs  and  enlargement  had  been  made, 
a  change  was  made  in  the  method  which  be- 


came very  unpopular,  wiiich  was  explained  by  { 

the  following  petition  from  the  town  records:  I 

Many    inhabitants    were    much    "aggrieved    at  j 

the  disorderly  seating  of  many  persons  in  the  | 

liouse  of  God,  the  ancient  behind  the  backs  of  j 

the  youth,  which  they  apprehended  not  to  be  ! 

according  to  the  law  of  God,  which  requireth  ! 

the  youth  to  rise  up  before  the  hoary  head  and  I 

to  honor  the  person  of  the  old  man."     In  this  j 

case  the  seating  had  been  done  on  this  foolish  \ 

principle.     Namely,  to  prefer  those  first  who  ; 

had  done  the   most  by  their  contributions  to  ; 

the  building  of  the  original  house,  and,  second,  | 

those  who  had  contributed  the  most  towards  i 

its  recent  repairs  and  enlargements,  and,  finally,  : 

those  who  paid  the  largest  taxes.  Thus  the 
front  seats  were  awarded  to  the  wealthy  and 
liberal,  though  young,  before  the  aged  mem- 
bers of  tlie  church  and  community  who  were 
poor.  Hence  there  resulted,  and  justly,  much 
murmuring  and  discontent,  and  a  row  also 
resulted,  which  Cotton  Mather's  eloquence 
seems  to  have  quelled. 


John  Alden,  inmiigrant  ancestor, 
ALDEN     was    born    in    England    in    1599. 

He  joined  the  Pilgrims  on  the 
"Mayflower"  at  Southampton  as  the  ship  was 
on  its  way  to  America.  When  the  ship  stopped 
there  for  supplies  he  was  hired  as  cooper.  He 
had  not  been  with  them  at  Leyden  and  was 
probably  not  a  member  of  the  independent 
church,  but  soon  joined.  He  cast  his  fortunes 
with  the  Pilgrims,  after  enduring  the  hard- 
ships of  that  first  terrible  winter  at  Plymouth 
when  so  many  died.  He  was  doubtless  influ- 
enced in  this  decision  by  his  love  for  Priscilla 
Mullens,  the  story  of  which,  with  some  em- 
bellishments, is  told  in  the  "Courtship  of  Miles 
Standish."  She  was  the  daughter  of  William 
Mullens,  who  came  on  the  "Mayflower"  with 
his  family.  John  and  Priscilla  were  m.arried 
in  the  spring  of  1621.  When  the  common 
propert}'  of  the  colony  was  divided  in  1627, 
Alden  went  with  Captain  Standish,  Elder 
Brev.'ster,  John  Howland,  Francis  Eaton  and 
Peter  Brown  to  Mattakeeset,  the  Indian  name 
of  that  territory  now  included  in  Duxbury, 
^Marshfield,  Pembroke,  Hanson  and  Bridge- 
water,  ^lassachusetts.  For  several  years  they 
were  obliged  to  return  to  Plymouth  during  the 
winter  season  to  combine  all  their  forces  against 
possible  Indian  attacks.  The  residence  at 
Plymouth  in  the  winter  also  gave  them  an 
opportunity  to  attend  worship,  and  the  records 
show  a  written  agreement  of  Alden  and  others 
in  1632  to  remove  their  families  to  Plymouth 
in  the  winter.  In  1633  Alden  was  appointed 
assistant  to  the  governor,  an  office  which  he 
held    for  nearly   all   of  the   remainder   of  his 


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life,  serving  with  Edward  Winslow,  Josiah 
Winslow,  Bradford,  Prince  and  Thomas 
Hinckley.  From  1666  until  his  death  he  held 
the  office  of  first  assistant;  was  often  called 
the  deputy  governor,  and  was  many  times 
acting  governor  in  the  absence  of  the  governor. 
From  1640  to  1650  he  was  also  deputy  to  the 
colonial  council  from  Duxbury.  Winslow's 
"History  of  Duxbury"'  says  of  him :  "Hold- 
ing offices  of  the  highest  trust,  no  important 
measure  was  proposed  or  any  responsible 
agency  ordered  in  which  he  had  not  a  part. 
He  was  one  of  the  council  of  war,  many  times 
an  arbitrator,  a  surveyor  of  lands  for  the 
government  as  well  as  for  individuals,  and  on 
several  important  occasions  was  authorized  to 
act  as  agent  or  attorney  for  the  colony.  He 
was  possessed  of  a  sound  judgment  and  of 
talents  which,  though  not  brilliant,  were  by  no 
means  ordinary.  Writers  who  mention  him 
bear  ample  testimony  to  his  industry,  integrity 
and  exemplary  piety,  and  he  has  been  repre- 
sented as  a  worthy  and  useful  man  of  great 
humility  and  eminent  sanctity  of  life,  decided, 
ardent,  resolute  and  persevering,  indifferent  to 
danger,  stern,  austere  and  unyielding,  and  of 
incorruptible  integrity.  He  was  always  a  firm 
supporter  of  the  church,  and  everything  of  an 
innovating  nature  received  determined  opposi- 
tion." From  the  Puritan  point  of  view  .-Mdcn 
was  a  model,  if  this  descrif>tion  of  his  virtues 
is  truthful.  He  took  his  part  in  making  the 
lives  of  the  Quakers  at  Plymouth  colony  in- 
tolerable. On  the  Alden  farm  stands  the  house 
built  by  his  son  Jonathan,  having  been  occu- 
pied by  eight  generations  in  direct  line.  It  is 
the  oldest  house  in  New  England,  with  three 
exceptions — the  old  fort  at  Medford.  built  in 
1634 ;  the  Fairbanks  house  at  Dedham,  built  in 
1636,  and  the  old  stone  house  at  Mil  ford,  Con- 
necticut, built  in  1640.  Here  Alden  spent  his 
declining  years.  He  died  in  Duxbury.  Sep- 
tember I,  1686,  aged  eighty-seven  years,  the 
last  of  the  famous  band  of  Pilgrim  Fathers, 
and  the  last  of  the  "Alayflower"  company. 

John  Alden  had  eleven  children,  only  eight 
of  whom  are  known,  namely :  John,  born  about 
1622,  at  Plymouth:  Joseph,  ot  whom  further; 
Elizabeth,  1625:  Jonathan,  about  1627:  Sarah, 
married  Alexander  Standish,  son  of  Captain 
Miles  Standish;  Ruth,  married  John  Bass,  of 
Braintree,  from  whom  the  Presidents  Adams 
descended ;  INIary ;  David,  prominent  man  of 
Duxbury. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  John  .Alden.  was  l>orn 
in  Plymouth  in  1624.  died  February  2,  1697. 
He  inherited  land  at  Bridgewater,  where  he 
settled,  and  aho  at  Middleborough,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1659. 
He  married   Mary,  daughter  of  Moses   Sim- 


mons Jr.,  who  came  in  the  "Fortune"  in  1621 
and  settle<l  at  Duxbury.  Joseph  .Mden's  will 
was  dated  December  14,  1696,  proved  March 
10,  1697.  Children:  Isaac,  married,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1695,  Mehitable  Allen;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  John,  born  about  1675 ;  Eliza- 
beth, married,  1691,  Benjamin  Snow;  Mary, 
married,  1700,  Samuel  Allen. 

(HIj  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Alden, 
was  born  in  1667,  at  Plymouth  or  Duxbury, 
died  at  Bridgewater.  December  22,  1747.  He 
settled  in  South  P.ridgcwatcr,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  church  and  a  prominent 
citizen.  His  will  was  dated  November  12, 
1743.  He  married,  in  1690,  Hannah  Dunham, 
of  Plymouth,  daughter  of  Daniel  Dunham. 
She  died  January  13,  1748,  aged  seventy-eight 
years.  Children,  born  at  Bridgewater  :  Daniel, 
January  29.  iri9i  ;  Joseph,  .August  26,  1693, 
died  December  9,  1695 :  Eleazer,  September 
27,  1694;  Hannah,  February,  1696;  Mary, 
April  10,  1699;  Joseph,  September  5,  1700, 
died  October  5,  1700;  Jonathan,  December  3, 
1703.  died  November  10,  1704;  Sanniel.  men- 
tioned below:  Mehitabel,  October  iS,  1707; 
Seth,  July  6.  17 10. 

(I\')  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Alden, 
was  born  at  Bridgewater,  Aug^ist  20.  1705, 
died  in  1785.  He  resided  at  Titicut,  Bridge- 
water.  He  married  (first)  1728,  .Abiah,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Joseph  Edson.  Ke  married 
(second)  in  1752,  a  daughter  of  Josiah  \\'ash- 
burn.  Children,  born  at  Bridgewater  :  Abiah, 
1729:  Mehitable,  1732:  Sarah,  1734;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Josiah,  1738;  Simeon,  1740; 
Silas,  died  aged  twenty-one;  Mary;  Hosea, 
killed  by  kick  of  a  horse. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Alden, 
was  born  in  Bridgewater  in  1736,  died  in  1816. 
He  was  a  carpenter  and  lived  in  Abington, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  a  very  worthy  man 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
Randolph,  now  East  Stoughton,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  Hannah  Williams,  of  Raynham, 
Massachusetts.  Children  :  Daniel ;  Silas,  born 
1765;  Joseph;  Samuel;  William,  1772;  Hofea, 
died  young;  Hannah;  Seth.  mentioned  below; 
Hosea. 

(VP)  Deacon  Seth  Alden.  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  .Alden,  was  born  November  3,  1777,  died 
June  3,  1838.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  was  a  carpenter  of  East 
Stoughton,  Massachusetts.  He  married  (first) 
January  11,  1802,  Harm.ony,  born  in  1781,  died 
May  24,  1823,  daughter  of  Perez  South  worth. 
He  married  (second)  Betsey,  born  October 
3.  i-'Xi.  died  January  28,  1842.  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Littlefield.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Lysander,  born  .August  12.  1S04.  died  .Vovem- 
ber    28,    1808;    Eunice,    November    27,    1S06; 


-'U/-J'.     /..ill 


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Azel.  March  i,  1809:  twins,  February  22,  181 1, 
died  same  day:  I.ysander,  January  21,  1812; 
Samuel,  Sei)tember  12,  1S14,  Adoniram  Jud- 
'son,  May  30,  1817,  burned  to  death,  Novem- 
ber'22,  1819:  Adoniram  Judson.  November 
25,  1819;  Southworth  (q.  v.)  and  Seth,  twins, 
May  13,  1823.  Children  by  second  wife:  Ann 
Am'eHa,  born  August  3,  1826;  Nathaniel  Little- 
field,  June  13.  1828;  Isaac,  born  December  10, 
1830;  James,  SeptL-mber  7.  1835. 

(The   Brown   I,lneV 

(I)   Chad  Brown,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from    England   in    the    ship   "^^lartin."    which 
arrived  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  July.  1638. 
He  brought  with  him  his  wife  Elizabeth,  son 
Tohn,  then  eight  years  old,  and  perhaps  younger 
ones.     A  fellow  passenger  died  on  the  voyage 
and  Chad  Brown  witnessed  the  will  soon  after 
his  arrival.    He  did  not  long  remain  in  Massa- 
chusetts,   probably    because    of    his    religious 
views,  but  soon  removed  to  Providence,  where 
he  became  at  once  a  leader  and  one  of  the  most 
valued    citizens    of    that   colony.      That    same 
year    (1638)    he   and   twelve  others   signed   a 
compact    relative    to    the    government    of    the 
town.     In   the   capacity   of   surveyor  he   was 
soon  after  appointed  on  a  committee  to  com- 
pile a  list  of  the  home  lots  of  the  first  settlers 
of    the    "Towne    Streete"    and    the    meadows 
allotted  to  them.     His  own  home  lot  fronted 
on  the  "towne  streete,"  now  South  Main  and 
Market   Square,  with  the  southern  boundary 
to  the  southward  of  College  and  South  Main 
streets.     The  college  grounds  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity now  comprise  a  large  portion  of  this 
lot.     In  1640  he  served  on  a  committee  with 
three  others  in  regard  to  the  disputed  boundary 
between  Providence  and  Pawtuxet.  That  same 
year  he,  with  Robert  Cole.  William  Harris  and 
John   Warner,   was   the   committee   of   Provi- 
dence colony  to  report  their  first  written  form 
of  government,  which  was  adopted  and  con- 
tinued in  force  until  1644.  in  which  year  Roger 
Williams  returned  from  England  with  the  first 
charter.      Chad    Brown   was   the   fir^t   of   the 
thirty-nine  signers  of  this  agreement.    In  1642 
he  was  ordained  as  the  first  settled  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  church.    In  1643  he  was  on  a  com- 
mittee to  make  peace  between  the  Warwick 
settlers    and    Massachusetts    Bay.    but    their 
efforts  were  unavailing.     He  died  September 
2.  1650,  on  which  date  the  name  of  his  widow 
occurs   in  a  tax  list.     Children:    John,   men- 
*  tioned  below ;   James   and   Jeremiah,   both   of 
whom    removed"   to    Newport.    Rhode    Island ; 
Tudah.  or  Chad,  died  ^Lay   10.   1663,  unmar- 
rie'l :  Daniel. 

(IT)  John  Brown,  son  of  Chad  Brown,  was 
born  T630.  and  died  about  1706.     He  married 


Marv,  daughter  of  Rev.  Obadiah  and  Cath- 
arine Holmes,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  He 
lived  in  Providence,  at  the  north  end.  in  a 
house  afterwards  occupied  by  his  son  James. 
He  served  the  town  in  various  official  capacities 
juryman,  commissioner  on  union  of  towns  in 
1654,  surveyor  of  highways,  1659;  was  free- 
man in  1655  ;  moderator,  member  of  the  town 
council,  deputy  in  legislature,  assistant.  He 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance.  May  31.  1666.  In 
1672  he  sold  the  home  lot  of  his  father  to  his 
brother  James,  of  Newport,  who  resold  the 
same  day  to  Daniel  Abbott.  Nearly  one  hun- 
dred years  later  a  part  of  it  was  repurchased 
by  his  great-grandsons,  John  and  Moses 
Thrown,  and  by  them  presented  to  the  College 
of  Rhode  Island  at  the  time  of  its  removal 
from  Warren  to  Providence,  The  cornerstone 
of  University  Hall,  for  many  years  the  only 
building,  was  laid  by  John  Brown,  _May  31, 
1770.  Children:  Sarah.,  married,  November 
14,  1678,  John  Pray;  John,  born  March  iS, 
1662;  James,  born  in  1666;  Obadiah  (q.  v.j  ; 
■Martha:  Mary,  and  Deborah. 


The  lineage  of  a  very  large  part 
PL'TNAM  of  the  Putnams  of  New  Eng- 
land is  traced  to  John  Putnam, 
the  immigrant,  the  ancestor  of  several  promi- 
nent citizens  of  the  early  days  of  !\Iassachu- 
setts.  The  name  comes  from  Puttenham,  a 
place  in  England,  and  this,  perhaps,  from  the 
Flemish  word  putte,  "a  well,"  plural  putten, 
and  ham,  signifying  a  "home,"  and  the  whole 
indicating  a  settlement  by  a  well.  The  name 
has  also  been  connected  with  the  family  name 
of  Put.  which  is  still  in  existence  in  certain 
villages  in  Friesland,  and  which  may  very 
possibly  have  been  borne  by  some  of  the  Fries- 
land  followers  of  Hengist  and  Horsa.  Some 
four  or  five  years  after  the  settlement  of  Salem. 
Massachusetts,  it  became  necessary  to  extend 
the  area  of  the  town  in  order  to  accommodate 
a  large  number  of  immigrants  who  were  de- 
sirous of  locating  within  its  jurisdiction,  and 
as  a  consequence  farming  communities  were 
established  at  various  points,  some  of  them 
being  considerable  distance  from  the  center  of 
population.  Several  families  newly  arrived 
from  England  founded  a  settlement  which 
they  called  Salem  Village,  and  the  place  was 
known  as  such  for  more  than  a  hundred  years. 
It  is  now  called  Danvers.  Among  the  original 
settlers  of  Salem  Village  was  John  Putnam. 
He  v.-as  the  American  progenitor  of  the  Put- 
nams in  New  England,  and  among  his  de- 
scendants were  the  distinguished  revolutionary 
generals,  Israel  and  Rufus  Putnam.  Much 
valuable  information  relative  to  the  early  his- 
torv  of  the  familv  is  to  be  found  in  the  "Essex 


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NEW  EX GLAND 


Institute  Collection."  In  common  with  most 
of  the  inhabitants  they  snllered  from  the  witch- 
craft delusion,  but  were  not  seriously  afTected. 

(I)  The  lirst  ancestor  of  whom  definite 
knowledge  is  obtainable  is  Roger,  a  tenant  of 
Puttenham  in  ioS6. 

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

(III)  Richard,  born  1 154,  died  1 189,  pre- 
sented the  living  of  the  church  of  Puttenham 
to  the  prior  and  canons  of  Ashby. 

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

(V)  Ralph  de  Puttenham,  a  jnurneyman  in 
1 199,  held  a  knight's  fee  in  Puttenham  of  the 
honor  of  Leicester  in  121012. 

(VI)  William  de  Puttenham  is  the  next  in 
line. 

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

(\TII)  Sir  Roger  de  Puttenham,  son  of 
John  de  Puttenham  and  Lady  of  Puttenham. 
was  born  prior  to  1272,  and  with  his  w^ife 
Alina  had  a  grant  of  lands  in  Penne  in  1315. 
Pie  was  sheriff  of  Herts  in  1322,  in  which  year 
he  supported  Edward  II.  against  the  ^.lorti- 
mers.  His  wife,  perhaps  identical  with  Helen, 
is  called  a  daughter  of  John  Spigornel,  and 
was  married  (second)  to  Thomas  de  la  Hay. 
king's  commissioner,  knight  of  the  shire,  in 
1337,  who  held  Puttenham  with  reversion  to 
the  heirs  of  Roger  Puttenham  and  land  in 
Penne  in  right  of  his  wife. 

(IX)  Sir  Roger  de  Puttenham  was  par- 
doned by  the  king  in  133S,  probably  on  account 
of  some  political  offense.  The  next  year  he 
was  a  follower  of  Sir  John  de  Molyns,  and 
was  knight  of  the  shire  from  1355  to  1374. 
He  had  a  grant  of  remainder,  after  the  death 
of  Christian  Bordolfe,  of  the  manor  of  Long 
Marston  in  1370-71.  He  had  a  second  w^ife, 
Marjorie,  in  1370. 

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

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

(XII)  Henry  Puttenham,  son  of  \\'illiam 
and  Margaret  (Warbleton)  de  Puttenham,  was 


nearly  sixty  years  of  age  in  1468,  and  died 
July  6,  1473.  He  married  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  Jeffrey  Goodluck,  who  died  in  i486,  and 
was  probably  liis  second  wife. 

(XIII)  William,  eldest  son  of  Henry  Putten- 
ham, was  in  possession  of  Puttenham,  Penne, 
Sherfield  and  other  estates.  He  was  buried  in 
London  and  his  will  was  proved  July  23,  1492. 
He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Hamp- 
den, of  Hampden,  who  was  living  in  i486. 
They  had  soi'.s :  Sir  George,  Thomas  and 
Nicholas. 

(XIV)  Nicholas  Putnam,  third  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Anne  (Ilamiiden)  Puttenham,  of 
Penne,  in  1534  bore  the  same  arms  as  his  elder 
brother.  Sir  George.  He  had  sons :  John  and 
Henry. 

(  X\' )  Henry,  youngest  son  of  Nicholas  Put- 
nam, was  named  in  the  will  of  his  brother 
John  in  1526. 

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

(X\'II)  John,  second  son  of  Richard  and 
Joan  Putnam,  was  of  Wingrave  and  Slapton; 
was  buried  October  2,  1573,  and  his  will  was 
proved  November  14  following.  His  wife  Mar- 
garet was  buried  January  27,  1568.  They  had 
sons :    Nicholas,   Richard,  Thomas  and  John. 

(XVIII)  Nicholas,  eldest  .son  of  John  and 
■\Iargaret  Putnam,  was  of  Wingrave  and  Stuke- 
ley ;  died  before  September  27,  159S,  on  which 
date  his  will  was  proved.  His  wife  Margaret 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Goodspeed.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  in  1614,  William  Huxley,  and 
died  January  8,  1619.  Children  of  Nicholas 
and  Margaret  Putnam :  John,  Anne,  Eliza- 
beth. Thomas  and  Richard. 

(I)  John.  el'.Iest  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mar- 
garet (Goodspeed)  Putnam,  was  of  the  nine- 
teenth generation  in  the  English  line  and  first 
of  the  American  line.  He  was  born  about 
1580  and  died  suddenly  in  Salem  Village,  now 
Danvers,  Massachusetts,  December  30.  1662, 
aged  about  eighty-two  years.  It  is  known  that 
he  was  a  resident  of  Aston  Abbotts,  England, 
as  late  as  1627,  as  the  date  of  the  baptism  of 
the  youngest  son  shows,  but  just  when  he  came 
to  New  England  is  not  known.  Family  tradi- 
tion is  responsible  for  the  date  1634,  and  the 
tradition  is  known  to  have  been  in  the  family 
over  one  hundred  and  fifty  years.  In  164 1, 
new  style,  John  Putnam  was  granted  land  in 
Salem.  He  was  a  farmer  and  exceedingly  well 
oft  for  those  times.  He  wrote  a  fair  hand, 
as  deeds  on  file  show.  In  these  deeds  he  styled 
himself  "Yeoman";  once  in  1655,  "husband- 
man."  His  land  amounted  to  two  hundred  and 


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fifty  acres,  and  was  situated  between  Daven- 
port's hill  and  Totter's  hill.    John  Putnam  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  1647,  six  years  later 
than  his  wife,  and  was  also  a  freeman  the  same 
year.     The  town  of  Salem  in  1644  voted  that 
a  patrol  of  two  men  be  appointed  each  Lord's 
Day  to  walk   forth  during  worship  and  take 
notice  of  such  who  did  not  attend  service  and 
who  were  idle,  etc.,  and  to  present  such  cases 
to  the  magistrate;  all  of  those  appointed  were 
men  of  standing  in  the  community.     For  the 
ninth  day  John   Putnam  and  John   Hathorne 
were  appointed.   The  follov>  ing  account  of  the 
death  of    John   Putnam  was  written  in    1733 
by  his  grandson  Edward;    "He  ate  his  supper, 
went  to  prayer  with  his  family  and  died  before 
he  went  to  sleep."     He  married,  in  England, 
Priscilla   (perhaps  Gould),  who  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Salem  in   1641.     Their  chil- 
dren, baptized  at  Aston  .\bbotts,  were :   Eliza- 
beth; Thomas,  grandfather  of  General  Israel 
Putnam,  of  the  revolutionary  war;  John,  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below  ;  Sara  ;  Phoebe  ;  John. 
(  n)   Nathaniel,  third  son  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla Putnam,  was  baptized  at  Aston  Abbotts, 
Uctober  11,  1619,  and  died  at  Salem  Village, 
Inly  23,  1700.    He  was  a  man  of  considerable 
landed  property  ;  his  wife  brought  him  seventy- 
tivc  acres  additional,  and  on  this  tract  he  built 
lii>  house  and  established  himself.    Part  of  his 
projierlv  has  remained  uninterruptedly  in  the 
l.miily.'    It  is  now  better  known  as  the  "old 
ItidgJ  Putnam  place."     He  was  constable  in 
"i(._V'>.   and   afterwards   deputy  to   the   general 
CDurt.   1600-91,  selectman,  and  always  at  the 
i:o".t  f.n  all  local  questions,  whether  pertaining 
t.)   politics,    religious    aflairs,    or    other    town 
ir.a'.'.i-rs.    "He  had  great  business  activity  and 
•di.lity    and    was    a    person    of    extraordinary 
j«.\\crs  of  miii.l,  of  great  energy  and  skill  in 
t!ic   management   of   affairs,   and    of   singular 
^.'ij^acity,  acumen  and  quickness  of  perception. 
He   left   a   large   estate."     Nathaniel    Putnam 
was  one  of  the  principles  in  the  great  lawsuit 
cfincerning  the  ownership  of  the  Bishop  farm. 
His  action  in  this  matter  was  merely  to  pre- 
vent the  attcmjit  of  Zerubabel  Endicott  to  push 
the  bounds  of  the  Bishop  grant  over  his  land. 
The  case  was  a  long  and  complicated  affair, 
and  was  at  last  settled  to  the  satisfaction  of 
.Mien  and  Putnam  in  16S3.   December  10, 16S8, 
Lieutenant  Nathaniel  Putnam  was  one  of  the 
f'lur  messengers  sent  to  Rev.  Samuel  Parris  to 
•    obtain  his  reply  to  the  call  of  the  parish.  Parris 
v.as  afterwards  installed  as  the  minister  of  the 
parish,    and    four   years    later   completely   de- 
ceived  Mr.   Putnam   in   regard   to   the   witch- 
craft delusion.     That  he  honestly  believed  in 
^wtchcraft  and  in  the  statements  of  the  aftlicted 
Rii  Is  there  seems  to  be  no  doubt ;  that  he  was 


not   inclined  to  be  severe  is  evident,  and  his 
goodness  of  character  shows  forth  in  marked 
contrast  with  the  almost  bitter  feelings  shown 
by  many  of  those  concerned.     That  he  should 
have  believed  in  the  delusion  is  not  strange, 
for  belief  in  witchcraft  was  then  all  but  uni- 
versal.    The   physicians   and   ministers   called 
upon  to  examine  the  girls,  wdio  pretended  to 
be  bewitched,  agreed  that  such  was  the  case. 
There   can    be    no   doubt   that   the    expressed 
opinion  of  a  man  like  Nathaniel  Putnam  must 
have  influenced  scores  of  his  neighbors.     His 
eldest  brother  had  been  dead  seven  years,  and 
he  had  succeeded  to  the  position  as  head  of 
the  great  Putnam  family  with  its  connections. 
He  was  known  as  "Landlord  Putnam."  a  term 
given  for  many  years  to  the  oldest  living  mem- 
ber of  the  family.     He  saw  the  family  of  his 
brother,  Thomas  Putnam,  afflicted,  and  being 
an  upright  and  honest  man  himself  believed 
in  the  disordered  imaginings  of  his  grandniece 
Ann.     These  are  powerful  reasons  to  account 
for  his  belief  and  actions.    The  following  ex- 
tract from  Upham  brings  out  the  better  side 
of  his  character:    "Entire  confidence  was  felt 
by  all  in  his  judgment  and  deservedly.     But  he 
was  a  strong  religionist,  a  lifelong  m.ember  of 
the  church,  and  extremely  strenuous  and  zeal- 
ous   in    his    ecclesiastical    relations.      He    was 
getting   to   be    an    old   man,   and    Mr.    Parris 
had  succeeded  in  obtaining,  for  the  time,  pos- 
session of  his  feelings,  sympathy  and  zeal  m 
the  management  of  the  church,  and  secured  his 
full  cooperation  in  the  witchcraft  prosecutions. 
Pie  had  been  led  by  Parris  to  take  the  very 
front  in  the  proceedings.     But  even  Nathaniel 
Putnam  could  not  stand  by  in  silence  and  see 
Rebecca   Nurse   sacrified."      A  curious   paper 
written  by   him   is   among   those   which   have 
been   preserved:    "Nathaniel   Putnam,   senior, 
being  desired  by  Francis  Nurse,  senior,  to  give 
information  of  what   I   could  say  concerning 
his  wife's  life  and  conversation.    I,  the  above- 
said,  have  known  this  said  aforesaid  woman 
forty  years  and  what  I  have  observed  of  her, 
hum'aii  frailties  excepted,  her  life  and  conver- 
sation have  been  to  her  profession,   and  she 
hath  brought  up  a  great  family  of  children  and 
educated  them  well,  so  that  there  is  in  some 
of  them  apparent  savor  of  godliness.     I  have 
known   her   differ   with   her   neighbors,  but   I 
never  knew  or  heard  of  any  that  did  accuse 
her  of  what   she  is   now  charged  wi-th."     In 
1694  Nathaniel  and  John  Putnam  testified  to 
having  lived   in   the   village    since    164 1.     He 
married,    in    Salem.    Elizabeth,    daughter    of 
Richard  and  Alice  (Bos worth)  Hutchinson,  of 
Salem  Village.     She  was  born  August  20.  and 
baptized  at  .\rnoId,  England,  .August  30.  1620, 
and   died   Tune   24,   16SS.     In    1648  both   Na- 


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tlianiel  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  were  admitlcd 
to  tlie  church  in  Salem.  Their  children,  all 
born  in  Salem,  were:  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
Joseph,  Elizabeth,  Benjamin  and  Mary. 

(Ill)  Captain  Benjamin  Putnam,  youngest 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Hutchinson) 
Putnam,  was  born  December  24. 1664,  at  Salem 
\'illage,  and  died  at  the  same  place  about  17 15. 
lie  was  a  prominent  man  in  Salem  and  held 
many  town  offices,  being  titliingman  of  the 
village  in  1695-96;  constable  and  collector  in 
I/CX);  selectman  in  1707-13,  and  was  often  on 
the  grand  and  petit  juries.  He  was  chosen  to 
perambulate  the  botmds  between  the  towns  of 
Salem  and  Topsfield,  which  was  his  last  ap- 
pearance on  the  records,  in  1712.  He  held  the 
position  of  lieutenant  and  captain  ;  served  in 
the  Indian  war  and  received  the  titles  in  1706- 
II.  It  appears  that  he  was  imprisoned  at  one 
time,  but  for  what  cause  does  not  appear. 
Among  the  signatures  to  the  certificate  of  char- 
acter of  Rebecca  Nurse  appear  the  names  of 
Benjamin  and  his  wife  Sarah.  Rev.  Joseph 
Green,  in  his  diary,  mentions  calling  on  "Land- 
lord Putnam,"  and  that  he  was  very  sick  and 
out  of  his  head.  December  30,  1709,  he  v.-as 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church  of  the  village. 
His  will,  dated  October  28,  1706,  was  proved 
April  25,  1715.  He  gives  to  his  son  (minister 
at  Reading)  "one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds 
for  his  learning."  "Overseers,  Uncle  John 
Putnam  and  Captain  Jonathan  Putnam."  All 
his  children  but  Josiah  are  mentioned.  He 
was  married.  .August  25,  1686,  to  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Putnam  (according  to 
Colonel  Perky  Putnam),  but  on  the  Salem 
records  the  births  are  recorded  as  by  wife 
Hannah.  His  first  wife  died  December  21, 
1705,  and  he  married  (second)  July  i,  1706, 
Sarah  Holton.  His  children  were:  Josiah; 
Nathaniel;  Tarrant:  Elizabeth:  Benjamin: 
Stephen  ;  Daniel,  mentioned  below  ;  Israel ; 
Cornelius. 

(IV)  Rev.  Daniel  Putnam,  sixth  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Hannah  (or  Elizabeth)  (Put- 
nam) Putnam,  was  born  November  12,  1696, 
in  Salem  Village,  and  died  June  20,  1759,  at 
Reading.  Massachusetts.  His  father  left  him 
in  his  will  "one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  for 
his  learning."  In  1718  the  north  precinct  of 
Reading  voted  to  give  him  twenty  acres  of 
land  if  he  would  be  their  minister,  also  "to 
build  Mr.  Putnam  an  house  28  feet  long.  19 
feet  wide  and  15  feet  stud,  a  lenter  on  the  back 
side  10  feet  stud,  three  chimneys  from  the 
ground,  and  chamber  chimney,  and  convenient 
parlor  and  convenient  well,  in  lieu  of  the  100 
pounds,  if  Mr.  Putnam  finds  nails  and  glass 
for  the  house."  He  was  not  ordained  until 
1720,  at  which  time  the  church  had  thirty-nine 


members.  He  was  their  minister  thirty-nine 
years,  and  adtled  one  hundred  and  ninety-four 
persons  to  the  church,  bapti.-ed  four  hundred 
and  ninety-one,  and  married  one  hundred  and 
eleven  couples.  He  married,  February  25,  17 18, 
Rebecca  Putnam,  born  August  16,  1691.  Their 
children  were:  Rebecca;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below:  Aaron,  died  young:  Sarah;  Hannah; 
Elizabeth:  Mary;  Joshua;  Aaron;  Bethia; 
Susanna. 

(V)  Deacon  Daniel  (2)  Putnam,  eldest  son 
of  Rev.  Daniel  (i)  and  Rebecca  (Putnam) 
Putnam,  was  born  November  8,  172 1,  in  Read- 
ing, died  November  5,  1774,  in  the  same  town. 
He  was  elected  deacon  of  the  church  in  North 
Reading  in  1754;  was  selectman  of  Reading  in 
1763-6S-71,  and  in  1773  represented  his  town 
in  the  general  court.  June  4,  1774,  Hannah 
Putnain,  spinster,  was  ajipointed  administratrix 
on  his  estate.  He  married  Hannah,  daughier 
of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Martin)  Ingalls,  of 
North  Andover,  Massachusetts,  who  was  born 
September  12,  1723,  and  died  jSIay  li,  1761, 
in  Reading.  Their  children  were:  Henry, 
mentioned  below;  Daniel;  Joshua;  Rebecca; 
Aaron;  Sarah. 

(VI)  Plenry,  eldest  son  of  Deacon  Daniel 
(2)  and  Hannah  (Ingalls)  Putnam,  was  born 
May  7,  1755,  at  North  Reading,  and  died  No- 
vember 27,  1806,  at  the  same  place.  He  was 
a  man  of  influence  in  the  community,  and  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church  in  177S.  He 
responded  to  the  alarm  of  April  19.  1775.  and 
served  nine  days  in  Captain  John  Flint's  com- 
pany. He  married  (first)  November  9.  1775, 
Mary  Hawkes,  of  Lynnfield,  Massactiusetts, 
who"  died  January  21.  1794,  (second)  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Ann  (Adams)  Tufts, 
of  Charlestown,  who  married  (second)  in  June, 
1811,  Jacob  Osgood.  She  cared  for  James 
Otis,  the  patriot,  for  many  years,  and  he  was 
killed  by  lightning  in  her  house. 

(VII)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  ( i )  and 
Mary  (Hawkes)  Putnam,  was  born  June  28, 
1778,  died  in  January,  1827,  in  Brunswick, 
Maine.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1802:  served  in  many  town  offices  in 
Brunswick,  and  in  1808  was  named  as  chair- 
man of  a  committee  to  petition  the  president 
to  withdraw  the  embargo  act.  He  was  repre- 
sentative from  Brunswick  in  1813.  He  married, 
September  13,  1807,  Catherine  Hunt,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Pease  Palmer,  of  Roxbury.  Massa- 
chusetts, who  was  born  in  1783,  and  died  De- 
cember 12,  1889.  She  taught  school  in  Bruns- 
wick from  1807  to  1825,  when  she  removed 
to  New  York.  Children:  Henry,  born  1808, 
died  1815:  Catherine,  1810,  died  1827:  George 
Palmer,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth.  1816, 
died  1875;  Anne,  1819,  died  1869. 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


(VIII)   George  Palmer,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
and  Catherine   Hunt    (Palmer)    Putnam,  was 
born  February  7,  1814,  in  Brunswick,  }^Iaine, 
and  died   December  20.    1S72,  in   New   \ork. 
He  received  his  early  training  with  his  sisters 
in  his  mother's  school,  a  well-known  and  popu- 
lar institution  of  Brunswick.     He  enjoyed  the 
sports  of  the  times  and  region,  skating  on  the 
Androscoggin  river  in  winter  and  boating  up 
pncl  down  the  same  in  summer.    When  he  was 
eleven  years  of  age  he  was  offered  an  appren- 
ticeship in  Boston  to  the  mercantile  business 
bv  the  husband   of  his   mother's  sister,  John 
(iulliver.     The  latter's  son,  John  Putnam  Gul- 
liver, was  of  the  same  age  as  young  Putnam, 
and  they  became  companions  in  the  business 
training  and  work  of  the  store.    This  establish- 
ment was  devoted  chiefly  to  carpets,  and  its 
owner  v,-as  a  man  of  strict  puritanical  views. 
The  bovs  slept  together  in  the  rear  of  the  store 
and  were  chiefly  occupied  in  keeping  the  place 
in  order.     There  were   few  holidays  and  the 
bu'^iness  day  was  a  long  one.     The   Sabbath 
was  observed  with  a  full  New  England  strict- 
ness, including  morning  and  evening  prayers 
at  home,  Sunday  school  and  two  long  church 
services.'     No   reading  was   permitted   on   the 
Sabbath   except  works   of   a   devotional  char- 
acter,  and   there   were   very    few   books   then 
available  to  the  }Oung  men.     Young  Putnam 
had  a  strong  taste   for  reading  and  in   later 
vcars  he  often  referred  to  the  "literary  starva- 
Boston,  and  also 


gaged  himself  to  do  errands,  sweep,  etc.,  for  \ 
which  he  was  to  receive  a  wage  of  twcnly-fuc  ' 
dollars  per  year  and  board  in  the  family  of  his 
employer,  George  W.  Bleecker,  who  lived  over 
his  store.  For  a  short  time  he  was  engaged  as 
a  canvasser  in  the  interest  of  a  quarto-monthly 
published  by  Mr.  Bleecker,  which  took  him  on 
a  cruise  up  the  Hudson  river.  He  was  subse- 
quently employed  as  first  clerk  in  the  Park  j 
Place  House,  an  emporium  of  literature  and  ; 
art.  and  still  later  was  general  clerk  and  mes-  i 
senger  for  Jonathan  Leavitt,  in  a  two-story  | 
buiiding  at "  the  corner  of  John  street  and  j 
Broadway,  Mr.  Leavitt  being  the  leading  pub-  j 
lisher  of  theological  and  religious  books.  1 

About  this  time  Daniel  Appleton,  founder  1 
of  the  great  house  of  D.  Ai)pleton  &  Cumpany,  [ 
became  connected  with  Mr.  Leavitt.  In  tliat  j 
era  an  edition  of  one  thousand  copies  of  a  new  | 
book  was  the  average,  and  those  of  five  hun-  i 
dred  copies  were  as  usual  as  any  exceeding  j 
two  thousand.  After  l^.Ir.  Appleton  had  estab-  \ 
lished  his  own  business  he  and  Mr.  Leavitt  ; 
published  jointly  an  edition  of  one  thousand  : 
copies,  including'  some  four  hundred  pages,  pre-  j 
pared  by  young  Putnam,  entitled  "Chronology,  j 
an  Introduction  and  Index  to  Universal  His-  j 
tory."  It  had  been  prepared  originally  tor  his  j 
own  benefit  as  a  reference.  It  was  his  custom  | 
in  these  times  to  repair  to  the  Mercantile  I 
Librarv,  then  recently  opened,  after  the  closing  1 
of  the'  store  where  he  was  employed,  which  j 
usuallv  after  nine  o'clock.  He  read  almost 


"tion"   which  he  suffered   in   Boston,  and  also      was  usuaiy  aner  nne  u  .>u...  ...    ^^    "^r 

referred  to  the  compunctions  of  conscience  he      exclusively  works  ot  histoiy      Iti  th«-^  «?  ° 
experienced    when    surreptitiously    reading    a      Mr.  Leavitt  he  vvas  advanced  to  tuodo.las 


^penenceti    wnen    surrept 
v..Uime  of  Miss  Edgeworth's  tales.     This  be- 
lonu'i-d  lo  the  forbidden  class  of  fiction  and  its 
tc;idiii}j  was  looked  upon  as  a  frivolity. 

lie  remained  with  his  uncle  in  Boston  about 
fuur  years,  and  decided  in  1829  to  trv  his 
chances  of  securing  a  livelihood  in  New  York. 
H.Tc  Ik-  verv  soon  became  engaged  in  literary 
work,    and   'during    the    first    years    after    his 


per  week,  and  after  a  few  months  to  tour 
dollars.  With  this  large  income  he  felt  able 
to  rent  a  seat  in  the  church.  In  1833  he  entered 
the  emplov  of  Wiley  &  Long,  publishers  and 
booksellers.  In  1840  he  became  a  partner,  and 
the  firm  was  styled  Wiley  &  Putnam._  Mr. 
Wilev  being  about  one  year  the  senior  ot  Mr. 
Putn'am.     At  that  time  the  Appletons  and  I.  & 


arrival,  when  he  was  fifteen  years  old.  he  began  J.  Harper  were  the  leading  Publisher  m  New 
a  historical  manual  which  was  completed  in  York,  and  the  principal  retail  ^°°^^'^'-''';.2Zr 
three  vears'  time.     In  i8r,  he  completed  and      Stanford  &  Swords.    _A  very  large  portion  ot 


<33  he  completed 
[uiblisiied  through  West  &  Trow  a  weekly 
chronicle  entitled  the  PiibHshcrs'  Advertiser. 
He  undertook  to  review  the  current  publica- 
tions which  in  that  year  included  the  first 
volume  of  Bancroft's  "United  States."  Ab- 
bott's "Young  Christian,"  :\Irs.  Sigourney's 
"Sketches,"  and  Cooper's  "Letters  to  My 
Countrymen."  His  first  introduction  to  the 
Ixxik  trade  was  made  very  shortly  after  his 
arrival.  He  speaks  of  his  first  studies  _  as 
conning  paragraphs  in  the  papers  Tjeginning 
"Boy  Wanted."  His  second  apphcation  was 
made  at  a  little  book  and  stationery  store  on 
Broadway,  near   Maiden  Lane,  where  he  en- 


the  books  then  sold  in  New  York  were  im- 
ported from  England.  In  the  firm  of  W  iley  6: 
Putnam  the  publishing  division  was  in  charge 
of  the  junior  partner,  while  the  senior  gave  his 
attention  chiefly  to  the  selling.  Mr.  Putnam 
held  to  the  view  that  irrespective  of  nationality 
or  political  boundaries  contemporary  authors 
should  receive  the  returns  secured  from _  the 
publication  of  their  works,  and  he  became  inti- 
matelv  associated  with  Bryant,  Matthews,  Hal- 
leck,  Cooper  &  Fay.  In  1840  he  made  his  hrst 
business  journev  to  England,  in  the  effort  to 
establish  a  clos'er  relation  between  the  book 
trades  of  the  Iwo  countries.     In  1841  he  ma<le 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


a  second  journey  to  London  and  established  a 
branch  house  in  tliat  city  in  Paternoster  Row, 
the  old-time  center  of  the  London  book  trade. 
The  business  of  this  agency  was  tlie  sale  of 
American  books  and  the  purchase  of  English 
publications  for  sale  in  the  L'nited  States. 
Thus  began  the  great  publishing  house  now- 
having  a  world-wide  reputation  and  known  as 
G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  and  which  still  maintain 
a  London  publication  ofiice.  The  firm  of  G.  P. 
Putnam  was  established  in  184S  and  in  1853 
began  the  publication  of  Putnam's  Monthly. 

In  1S62  Mr.  Putnam  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  collector  of  internal  revenue  of 
New  York  and  ihi.^  position  he  acceptably  filled 
for  three  years.  His  activities  in  connection 
with  the  spread  of  literature  and  art  were 
numerous,  and  he  was  one  of  tlie  founders, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  honorary  superin- 
tendent, of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 
In  1872  he  was  chairman  of  the  .American 
committee  on  art  at  the  \''ienna  Exposition. 
His  literary  work  was  early  recognized  by 
Bowdoin  College,  which  conferred  upon  him 
in  1853  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts.  The  career  of  ^Ir.  Putnam  furnishes  an 
excellent  example  of  the  fact  that  a  liberal 
education  is  not  indispensable  in  the  develop- 
ment of  one's  best  powers,  if  he  be  an  earnest 
and  painstaking  student.  He  was  accustomed 
to  refer  humorously  to  the  granting  of  this 
degree  as  a  reward  for  his  service  in  spread- 
ing the  alarm  on  one  occasion  when  a  fire  broke 
out  in  the  college  buildings  at  Brunswick  while 
he  was  a  small  boy. 

Mr.  Putnam  organized  in  1837  the  earliest 
of  the  American  copyright  leagues  or  associa- 
tions, and  he  v.-as  from  that  date  until  the  year 
of  his  death,  1S72.  the  secretary  and  the  work- 
ing man  in  the  series  of  leagues  and  associa- 
tions which  had  for  their  purpose  the  bringing 
of  the  United  States  into  copyright  relations 
with  Europe  and  securing  for  authors  on  both 
sides  of  the  Atlantic,  irrespective  of  political 
boundaries,  the  returns  due  to  them  for  their 
labor. 

He  married,  in  May,  1841,  in  New  York, 
Victorine,  born  1824,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Haven,  and  his  second  wife.  Mary  Parsons 
Tuttle.  Joseph  Haven  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Haven,  a  merchant  of  Boston,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  china  trade  of  that  city.  He  became 
broken  in  health  and  died  there  while  his 
daughter  Victorine  was  an  infant.  The  chil- 
dren of  George  Palmer  and  Victorine  (Haven) 
Putnam  were :  Mary  Corinna,  born  1S42,  mar- 
ried, 1873,  Abram  Jarobi,  M.  D. ;  George 
Haven,  mentioned  below  ;  Edith  G..  born  1846; 
John    B.,    born    184S;    Amy    V.,   born    1850; 


Irving,  born  1852;  Bayard,  born  1854;  King- 
m;in,  liorn  1850;  Ruth,  born  i860;  Herbert, 
mentioned  below;  Sidney,  born  1869.  Several 
of  the  children  were  possessed  of  literary  taste 
and  have  contributed  more  or  less  to  American 
literature. 

Among  the  principal  works  issued  by  the 
father  were:  ".American  Facts,"  London  and 
New  York,  1846;  '-The  World's  I'rogress,"  a 
manual  of  historical  reference.  New  York  and 
London,  1832- 1 871  ;  "Tabular  \'iews  of  Uni- 
versal History."  This  constitutes  the  second 
division  of  "The  World's  Progress,"  and  has 
been  issued  in  successive  editions  from  1832  to 
1908.  The  last  edition  is  rewritten  and  brought 
down  to  date.  The  elder  son  is  the  author  of: 
"The  Question  of  Copyright,"  New  York  and 
London,  1892;  "Authors  and  Their  Public  in 
Ancient  Times,"  New  York  and  London,  1898; 
"The  Artificial  Mother,"  New  York  and  Lon- 
don. 1884;  "Books  and  their  Makers  in  the 
Middle  Ages,"  New  Y'ork  and  London,  1900; 
"The  Censorship  of  the  Church,  a  Study  of 
the  Prohibitory  and  Expurgatory  Indexes," 
\\'ith  reference  to  their  influence  on  the  pro- 
duction and  distribution  of  books,  two  volumes. 
New  York  and  London,  1906-07  ;  "Authors  and 
Publishers,"  a  manual  of  suggestions  for  be- 
ginners in  literature  (written  in  cooperation 
with  J.  B.  p.),  1899,  New  York  and  London; 
"Abraham  Lincoln;  the  People's  Leader  in  the 
Struggle  for  National  Existence,"  1910.  John 
Bishop  Putnam,  the  second  son,  co-author  of 
"Authors  and  Publishers."  is  also  the  author 
of  "A  Norwegian  Ramble."  He  is  the  founder 
and  president  of  the  Knickerbocker  Press. 
Ruth  Putnam  is  the  author  of  "William  the 
Silent,"  two  volumes,  1900,  New  York.  Am- 
sterdam and  London ;  "Medieval  Princess," 
1905,  New  York  and  London ;  "Charles  the 
Bold  of  Burgundy,"  1908.  New  York  and  Lon- 
don. Alary  Putnam  Jacobi,  M.  D..  who  died 
in  1905,  had  had  a  distinguished  career  as  a 
physician.  She  was  the  first  woman  to  secure 
admission  to,  and  a  degree  from,  the  School  of 
Medicine  in  Paris.  She  was  the  author  of  a 
number  of  medical  treatises,  and  was  a  con- 
stant contributor  to  the  scientific  journals. 

(IN)  George  Haven  Putnam.  Litt.  D.,  eld- 
est son  of  George  P.  and  \'ictorine  (Haven) 
Putnam,  was  born  April  2.  1844,  in  London, 
and  was  educated  at  Columbia  University,  New 
York,  at  Gottingen  and  Paris.  He  enlisted  in 
1862  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-sixth 
Regiment  New  York  \'olunteers  and  was 
promoted  successively  to  sergeant,  lieutenant, 
quartermaster,  adjutant,  and  was  on  retiring 
commissioned  major.  He  served  in  the  Army 
of  the  Gulf,  and  later  under  Sheridan,  in  Vir- 


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I'iiiin.  and  participated  in  the  engagements  of 
llic  Red  River  campaign,  and  of  Sheridan's 
campaign  in  tlie  Shenandoah  \'alley.  In  1S65 
he  was  appointed  deputy  collector  of  internal 
revenue  and  served  until  1866.  In  1866  he 
was  admitted  a  partner  in  his  father's  pub- 
lishing house,  which  is  now  incorporated  under 
the  style  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons  and  of  which 
he  is  head.  The  establishment  occupies  cpiar- 
ters  extending  from  Twenty-third  to  Twenty- 
fourth  street,  near  Fifth  avenue,  and  in  the 
Putnam  building,  in  Forty-fifth  street,  near 
I'ifth  avenue.  Air.  Putnam  has  taken  active 
part  in  copyright  legislation.  He  reorganized 
in  1886  the  Publishers'  Copyright  League,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  secretary  and  working 
member.  Me  was  interested  in  taking  up  the 
coijyright  work  that  his  father  had  originated, 
and' the  league  of  which  he  was  secretary  was 
finally  able  to  bring  about  in  1891  the  inter- 
national copyright  legislation  for  which  the 
earlier  Putnam  had  worked  for  forty  years. 
He  is  himself  the  author  of  numerous  volumes 
bearing  upon  the  relations  of  author  and  pub- 
lisher, as  well  as  of  a  memoir  of  his  father, 
which  was  printed  in  two  voltunes  for  private 
circulation.  He  has  received  honorary  degrees 
from  Rowdoin  College,  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  Columbia  University.  He 
i.'  a  member  of  the  Century  Association,  and 
of  the  City,  the  Authors'  and  the  Economic 
clubs  of  New  York,  and  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor  (France). 

He  married  (first)  in  July,  1869,  Rebecca 
Kellell  Shcpard,  who  died  in  July,  1S95.  He 
in-irrii'd  (second)  April  27,  1899,  Emily 
jainc-,  daughter  of  Judge  James  C.  and  Emily 
(.\danis)  Smith,  a  graduate  of  Bryn  JvLiwr, 
and  from  1894  to  1900  dean  of  Barnard  Col- 
lege. His  children  by  his  first  wife  were: 
Itcrtha  Ha\en,  Ethel  Frothingham,  Corinna 
il;:vi.n  and  Dorothy  Leslie.  By  his  second 
wife:    Palmer  Crosslett,  born  July,   1900. 

(LX)  Her'Dert  Putnam,  Litt.  'D.,  son  of 
George  Palmer  Putnam,  was  born  September 
^o,  1 86 1,  in  New  York  City,  and  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1SS3.  He  was 
hbrarian  of  Minneapolis  Athena:um  and  Public 
Library  from  1S84  to  1891  ;  was  librarian  of 
ti'.e  P.oston  Public  Library  from  1895  to  1899, 
and  in  1899  was  appointed  librarian  of  con- 
gress, and  was  delegate  to  the  International 
library  Conference  in  1897,  and  president  of 
the  American  Library  Association  in  1898.  He 
was  admitted  to  the 'bar  in  1886. 
^  Mr.  Putnam  married,  in  October,  1886, 
Cliarlotte  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Charles  W. 
■diinroe,  of  Cambridge,  Alassachusetts.  Their 
tiiildren  are:   Shirley  and  Brenda. 


George  ,^\'illis, .  the  immigrant, 
WILLIS  was  born  in  England  in  1602. 
He  came  to  New  England  in 
1636  or  earlier  and  settled  in  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Fie  was  a  mason  by  trade  and  in 
Cambridge  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
brick.  In  1636  he  was  a  proprietor  of  the  town 
of  Cambridge,  and  he  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  the  colony.  May  2,  1638.  He  petitioned 
to  be  excused  from  training  in  1662.  He  was 
probably  a  brother  of  Michael  Willis,  cutler, 
of  Dorchester.  There  were  at  least  seventeen 
emigrants  bearing  the  name  of  W^illis  in  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Plymouth  colonics  before  1650, 
and  it  is,  of  course,  impossible  to  trace  the  con- 
nection between  them,  if  any  existed.  George 
Willis  acquired  considerable  land  in  Cam- 
bridge, Brookline,  P>i!lerica  and  vicinity.  He 
resided  on  the  west  side  of  the  common  in 
Cambridge.  In  163S  he  was  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court.  He  married  (first)  Jane  Pal- 
frey, widow,  who  had  children  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Palfrey.  The  son,  John  Palfrey,  who 
came  to  America  and  joined  the  church  at 
Cambridge,  December  10,  1658,  is  the  progen- 
itor of  the  Palfrey  families  in  this  country. 
On  joining  the  church  in  1640  Jane  Willis 
spoke  of  formerly  being  in  Newcastle  and 
Heddon,    England.      George    Willis    married 

(second)    Sarah ,    wdio    survived   him. 

He  died  September,  ifiQO.  Children  of  George 
and  Jane  Willis:  John,  born  in  1630;  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below  ;  George ;  Thomas,  born 
December  28,  1638,  at  Cambridge;  Roger,  in 
1640,  settled  in  Sudbury;  Stephen,  October 
14,    1644. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  George  Willis,  ap- 
pears to  have  left  practically  no  record  behind 
him.  He  owned  land  in  Dorchester.  The 
family  history  names  as  his  children  :  Natlian- 
iel,  mentioned  below  ;  John,  married  Rebecca 
Tufts;  Andrew,  married  Susanna . 

(HI)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Willis,  is  believed  to  have  had  these  children: 
Charles,  mentioned  below;  James,  Richard, 
had  a  son  William  at  Boston. 

(IV)  Charles,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Willis, 
married,  in  1727,  Anna  Ingalls,  probably 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Russell)  In- 
galls. Her  will  proved  in  1765  mentions  only 
two  children:  Charles,  mentioned  below; 
Anna,  born  December  29.  1731. 

(\^)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Charles  (i)  Wil- 
lis, was  born  in  Boston,  August  21,  1728.  His 
father  appears  to  have  died  when  he  was  a 
child  and  he  was  brought  up  in  Boston  in  the 
bookstore  of  John  Phillips  and  Nathaniel  Bel- 
knap on  Cornhill.  He  was  a  sailmaker.  He 
married  Abigail   Belknap,  born  May  2,   1730, 


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daughter  of  Nathaniel  'and  Rebecca  (I'.ailey) 
Belknap,  granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  Abigail 
(Buttolph)  Belknap  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Abraham  Belknap,  of  Boston,  ancestor  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Jeremiah  P.elknap.  of  Boston,  author 
of  "The  History  of  New  Hampshire."'  His 
mother  was  daughter  of  John  Bailey  and 
granddaughter  of  the  gifted  Rev.  Thomas 
Bailey,  of  Watertown.  Children:  Charles, 
born  1753 ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Abi- 
gail, married,  1785,  Lieutenant  Isaac  Collins. 

(\T)  Nathanief  (31,  son  of  Charles  (2) 
Willis,  was  born  February  7,  1755,  died  in 
Ohio,  April  i,  1S31. 

He  was  a  printer  by  trade.  From  June, 
1774,  to  January.  17S4,  he  published  the  Indc- 
poideiit  Chronicle,  a  ^\'hig  newspaper,  in  Bos- 
ton, printed  in  the  same  building  in  which 
Benjamin  Franklin  had  worked  at  his  trade. 
He  was  an  active  man,  a  fine  horseman  and  a 
leader  of  the  patriots.  He  took  part  in  the 
Boston  tea  party  and  was  adjutant  of  the  Bos- 
ton regiment  sent  on  an  expedition  to  Rhode 
Island  under  General  Sullivan  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war.  In  1784  he  sold  his  interest  in 
the  Jndcpoident  Chronicle  and  became  one  of 
the  pioneer  journalists  of  the  frontier.  He 
removed  iirst,  however,  to  Winchester,  \'ir- 
ginia,  where  he  published  a  paper  for  a  short 
time  ;  then  to  Shepardstowii,  where  for  a  time 
he  published  a  paper,  and  thence  in  1790  to 
Martinsburg,  \^irginia.  where  he  founded  the 
Potomac  Guardian  and  published  it  until  1796. 
In  that  year  he  removed  to  Chillicothe,  Ohio, 
and  established  the  Scioto  Gazette,  the  first 
newspaper  in  what  was  then  known  as  the 
Northwest  Territory.  He  was  printer  to  the 
government  of  the  territory  and  afterward 
held  an  agency  in  the  post  office  department. 
He  bought  and  cultivated  a  farm  at  Chilli- 
cothe, where  his  death  occurred. 

He  married  (first)  at  New  London.  Con- 
necticut, Lucy  Douglas,  born  September  22, 
^755'  ^t  New  London,  daughter  of  Nathan 
and  Anne  (Dennis")  Douglas,  granddaughter 
of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Sperry)  Douglas 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Douglas,  first  of  Ipswich.  Massachusetts,  then 
of  New  London.  She  died  in  Boston,  May  i, 
17 — .  He  married  (second),  January  18,  1789, 
Mary  Cartwell,  at  Winchester,  \'irginia,  born 
September  7,  1770,  died  September  9.  1S44. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Andrew  and  Mary, 
diet!  young ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Re- 
becca, born  July  28,  1782.  By  second  wife: 
Elijah  C,  born  January  9,  1790;  Sarah  A., 
May  ID,  1791  ;  Mary  A.,  February  12,  1793; 
Eliza  A.,  October  7,  1795;  Catherine  C.  ^Iay 
12,  1797;  Martin  C.,  February  19,  1799;  Julia 
A.,  jSIarch  29,   iSoij  Matilda,  November  22, 


1S02:  Henry  C,  February  5,  1S05;  James  M., 
January  20.  1S08;  Madeline  C,  October  19, 
181 1. 

(\'II)  Nathaniel  (4),  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
Willis,  was  born  in  Boston,  June  6,  1780,  died 
Alay  26,  1870.  He  remained  there  until  1787, 
when  he  joined  his  father  in  Winchester,  Vir- 
ginia, and  was  set  to  work  folding  newspapers 
and  setting  type.  At  Martinsburg,  a  few  years 
later,  he  became  postrider  and  with  his  time- 
honored  tin  horn  used  to  deliver  the  papers 
from  saddle-bags  through  the  coimtry  round 
about.  A  sketch  of  the  old  office  of  the  Poto- 
mac Guardian,  made  by  Porte  Crayon  is  in  the 
possession  of  Richard  Storrs  Willis,  of  De- 
troit. At  the  age  of  fifteen  Nathaniel  returned 
to  Boston  and  entered  the  printing  office  of 
his  father's  old  newspaper,  the  Independent 
Chronicle,  working  in  the  same  pressroom  in 
which  his  father  and  the  great  Franklin  had 
worked  in  their  day  as  apprentices.  He  also 
found  time  while  in  Boston  to  drill  a  militia 
company,  the  Fusiliers.  In  1803,  at  the  request 
of  a  ]\Iaine  congressman  and  others  of  the 
Republican  party,  he  established  at  Portland, 
Maine,  the  Eastern  Argus.  Party  feeling  was 
vehement  and  the  controversies  in  his  news- 
paper soon  involved  Willis  in  costly  libel  suits. 
After  si.x  years  he  sold  the  newspaper  to 
Francis  Douglas.  At  this  time,  through  the 
influence  of  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  Payson,  the 
editor  turned  his  attention  to  religion.  From 
1810  to  i8j2  he  made  eft'orts  to  estabhsh  a 
religious  newspaper  in  Portland,  but  secured 
no  substantial  support.  In  the  meantime  he 
supported  himself  by  publishing  tracts  and 
religious  books.  In  January,  1816,  he  started 
the  Boston  Recorder,  which  he  asserted  to  be 
the  first  religious  newspaper  in  the  world.  He 
conducted  this  paper  until  1844,  when  he  sold 
it  to  Rev.  IMartin  Moore,  and  it  still  lives  in 
the  Congregationalist  and  Boston  Recorder. 
Willis  also  originated  the  idea  of  a  religious 
paper  for  children.  The  Youth's  Ccutpanion, 
which  he  commenced  in  1827  and  edited  for 
about  thirty  years,  was  the  first  and  remains 
to-day  perhaps  the  best  and  most  successful 
publication  of  its  kind. 

Charles  Dudley  ^^'arner  wrote  of  him : 

The  elder  Willis,  though  a  thoroughly  good  man 
and  good  father,  was  a  rather  wooden  person.  His 
youth  and  early  manhood  had  been  full  of  hardship; 
his  education  was  scanty,  and  he  had  the  formal  and 
narrow  piety  of  the  new  evangelicals  of  that  day, 
revolting  against  the  latitudinarianism  of  the  Bos- 
ton Churches.  He  was  for  twenty  years  deacon  of 
the  Park  Street  Church,  profanely  nicknamed  by 
the  Unitarians  Brimstone  Corner.  *  *  *  His 
rigidity  was,  perhaps,  more  in  his  principles  than  in 
his  character,  and  his  austerity  was  tempered  by 
two  qualities  which  have  not  seldom  been  found  to 


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consist  with  the  diaconate,  namely,  a  sense  of 
humor — dry  of  course  to  the  correct  degree — and 
an  admiration  for  pretty  women,  or,  in  the  dialect 
of  that  day,  for  female  loveliness. 

Mr.  Willis  married  (first)  Hannah  Parker, 
who  was  a  native  of  Holliston,  Massachusetts, 
"a  woman  whose  strong  character  and  fervent 
piety  were  mingled  witli  a  playful  aftection- 
atcncss  which  made  her  to  her  children  the 
object  of  that  perfect  love  which  casteth  out 
fear."  The  testimony  to  her  worth  and  her 
sweetness  is  universal.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Storrs, 
of  Braintree,  in  an  obituary  notice  written  on 
her  death  in  1844,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two, 
spoke  of  her  as  "the  liglit  and  joy  of  every 
circle  in  which  she  moved:  the  idol  of  her 
family,  the  faithful  companion,  the  tender 
mother,  the  affectionate  sister,  the  fast  and 
assiduous  friend."  She  was  born  January  28, 
1782.  died  in  Boston.  IMarch  21,  1844.  daugh- 
ter of  Solomon  and  Elizabeth  Barker,  descend- 
ant of  John  I^arker,  a  pioneer  of  Hingham. 
Mr.  Willis  married  (second).  July  8,  1845. 
Susan  (Capen)  Douglas,  widow  of  Francis 
Douglas.  She  was  born  October  11,  1790. 
Children:  i.  Lucy  Douglas,  born  May  11, 
1804;  married  Josiah  F.  Bumstead.  2.  Na- 
thaniel Parker,  mentioned  below.  3.  Louisa 
Harris,  bom  May  11,  1807;  married  Rev.  L. 
Dwight.  4.  Julia  Dean,  a  talented  writer  in 
her  brother's  paper;  never  married.  5.  Sarah 
Payson,  born  July  9,  181 1  ;  a  prolific  and  suc- 
cessful writer  for  children  under  tlie  name  of- 
"Fanny  Fern  :"  married  Charles  Eldridge.  6. 
Mary  Perry,  born  November  28,  1813.  died 
unmarried,  ]March  22,  1853.  7.  Richard  Storrs, 
born  February  10,  1819:  editor  of  the  Musical 
World,  author  of  "Our  Church  Music,"  a 
poet  and  musical  composer  of  note:  married 
Jessie  Cairns.  8.  Ellen  Holmes,  born  Sep- 
tember 2^.  1821,  died  t'ebruary  5.  1844;  mar- 
ried, June  12,  1843,  Charles  F.  Dennett. 

(Vni)  Natlianiel  Parker,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(4)  Willis,  was  born  in  Portland.  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 20,  1806.  Fie  began  his  school  life  under 
the  instruction  of  Rev.  Dr.  McFarland,  of 
Concord,  New  Hampshire.  Afterward  he 
attended  the  Boston  Latin  School,  Phillips 
Academy  of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  and 
Yale  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  high  honors  in  the  class  of  1827.  \\'hile 
in  college  he  began  to  write  under  the  signa- 
ture of  "Roy."  and  he  published  various  reli- 
gious articles  and  won  the  first  prize  offered 
by  Lockw-ood,  the  publisher,  for  the  best  poem 
contributed  to  his  gift  book,  "The  Album." 
After  leaving  college  he  became  the  editor  of 
the  "Legendary"  and  the  "Token."  a  series  of 
sketches  and  tales,  published  by  S.  G.  Good- 
rich, known  as  "Peter  Parley."     In  the  follow- 


ing year,  1828.  he  established  the  Auicrican 
Monthly  Magaciiw.  and  conducted  it  for  two 
years  and  a  half,  when  it  was  merged  with  the 
Mt'if  York  Mirror,  and  the  interesting  literary 
partnership  of  the  editors.  Nathaniel  P.  Wil- 
lis and  George  P.  Morris,  began.  Willis  went 
abroad  as  soon  as  the  partnership  was 
launched  and  contributed  to  the  Mirror  the 
piquant  sketches  called  "Pencilings  by  the 
Way,"  wliile  traveling.  He  made  a  long  and 
interesting  journey  through  all  the  countries 
of  the  Continent.  During  his  foreign  resi- 
dence he  wrote  for  the  Xc2o  Monthly  M.iga- 
zinc  the  talcs  and  sketches  of  "Philip  Slings- 
by." 

In  1837  Mr.  W  illis  returned  home  and  made 
his  home  near  the  village  of  Oswego,  New 
York,  at  "Glenmary."  The  sudden  loss  of  his 
income  by  the  death  of  his  father-in-law  and 
the  failure  of  his  booksellers,  five  years  later, 
compelled  him  to  return  to  the  city.  For  a 
time  he  was  associated  with  Dr.  Porter  in  the 
publication  of  the  Corsair,  a  weekly  critical 
journal.  While  in  London  soon  afterward  he 
published  a  collection  of  stories,  poems  and 
letters  under  the  title  of  "Loiterings  of 
Travel,"  and  another  volume,  "Two  ^\  ays  of 
Dying  for  a  Husband,"  which  contained  his 
plays,  "Bianca  Visconti"  and  "Tortesa  the 
Usurer,"  and  when  he  returned  he  found  the 
Corsair  had  failed  and  he  engaged  with  Gen- 
eral Morris  in  the  publication  of  the  Nciv  Mir- 
ror, first  as  a  weekly,  afterward  as  a  daily. 
The  Xezv  Mirror  passed  into  other  hands  while 
Willis  was  sick  abroad,  and  upon  his  return 
he  was  again  associated  with  General  ^lorris 
in  the  publication  of  a  weekly,  the  Home  Joiir- 
turl.  As  editor  and  contributor  in  New  York, 
and  at  his  second  country  place.  "Idlewild,"  on 
the  Hudson,  Willis  toiled  faithfully  through 
the  tw'enty-one  years  of  life  that  remained  to 
him.  During  the  civil  war  he  went  to  the 
front  as  correspondent  of  his  paper.  He  died 
at  "Idlewild."  January  20,  1867. 

A  recent  writer  says  of  his  early  life: 

He  figured  to  some  extent  in  tlie  more  fashion- 
able society  of  Boston,  gave  great  care  to  his  dress 
and  personal  appearance,  and  drove  a  high-step- 
ping bay  horse  which  he  named  Thalaba.  For 
frequenting  the  theatre  and  neglecting  his  duties 
in  Park  Street  Church,  he  was  excommunicated 
from  the  church.  In  England  Lady  Blessington 
and  other  persons  of  less  notoriety  and  perhaps  as 
secure  position  took  him  up  and  made  much  of  him. 
To  women  particularly,  and  often  to  older  women, 
he  was  here,  as  elsewhere,  very  attractive.  He  was 
given  the  entree  of  the  best  clubs,  and  found  it  as 
easy  as  it  had  been  at  New  Haven  to  make  himself 
agreeable  to  everybody.  No,  not  everybody,  for 
when  his  Pencilings  were  reprinted  in  England 
there  were  those  who  took  him  roundly  to  task  for 
some  the  things  he  had  said.  He  fought  a  duel 
with  Captain  Marryat,  the  author. 


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He  was  unquestionably  among  the  foremost 
poets  and  writers  in  this  country  in  his  day. 
No  complete  edition  of  his  works  has  been  pub- 
lished. Thirteen  volumes  published  by  Scrib- 
ner  contained  a  large  part  of  his  writings.  A 
bibliography  is  given  in  the  biography  written 
by  Professor  Henry  A.  Beers,  edited  by 
Charles  Dudley  Warner,  and  published  in  the 
"American  Men  of  Letters"  series  oi  \.he  Rrrer- 
sidc  Press  in  iS.'^s.  This  list  describes  twenty- 
nine  books,  besides  nine  others  that  he  edited 
and  wrote  in  part. 

He  married  (first)  in  England,  -Slary  Leigh- 
ton  Stace,  daughter  of  a  Briiish  army  officer 
who  won  distinction  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo, 
commissary-general  in  command  of  the  arsenal 
at  Woolwich.  She  was  a  woman  of  great 
beauty,  grace  and  sweetness  of  character.  He 
married  (second),  October  i,  1S46,  Cornelia, 
an  adopted  daughter  of  Hon.  Joseph  Grinnell, 
of  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  a  congress- 
man from  Massachusetts.  She  was  born  March 
19,  1825,  died  in  1904.  Child  by  first  wife: 
Imogene,  born  June  20,  1S42.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Grinnell,  mentioned  below;  Lil- 
lian, born  April  2/,  1850;  Edith,  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1853;  John  Bailey,  born  }vlay  30,  1857. 

(IX)  Grinnell,  son  of  Nathaniel  Parker 
Willis,  was  bom  at  19  Ludlow  ^place.  New 
York  City,  April  28,  1S48.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  New  Bedford.  Massachu- 
setts, and  the  Friends  Academy  of  that  city. 
He  is  a  partner  of  the  firm  of  Grinnell  Willis 
&  Company,  merchants  and  agents  of  the 
Wamsutta  Mills.  44  and  46  Leonard  street, 
New  York  City.  yir.  W'illis  has  inherited  the 
literary  tastes  of  his  father  and  has  written 
some  poetry,  but  his  life  has  been  devoted 
mainly  to  business.  He  married,  October  24, 
1874,  Mary  Baker  Haydock.  born  March  13, 
1849,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Hannah  (Whar- 
ton) Haydock.  Children:  Hannah  Haydo-jk, 
born  in  New  York  City,  December  31.  1875; 
Cornelia  Grinnell,  born  in  New  York  City, 
August  31,  1877;  Joseph  Grinnell,  born  in 
Germantown,  Pennsylvania,  July  24,  1879. 


The  name  of  Norton  is  of  an- 
NORTON  cient  origin  and  the  many  dis- 
tinct families  in  America  bear- 
ing it  are  undoubtedly  descended  from  the 
same  source.  Their  lineage  can  be  traced  back 
to  Le  Signr  de  Noruile  (Norvile),  who  crossed 
the  channel  with  the  Norman  Conquerer  and 
subsequently  served  as  the  latter's  constable. 
Tliis  de  Norvile  married  a  lady  of  the  famous 
house  of  Valois.  Dr.  Norton,  of  London, 
England,  has  made  much  research  to  discover 
the  earliest  origin  of  the  family  and  finds  it 
first  in  Norway,  whence  came  a  large  portion 


of  the  inhabitants  of  Normandy,  France,  the 
original  home  of  William  the  Conqueror.  In 
Norway  it  had  its  present  form,  but  the  influ- 
ences of  the  French  language  changed  it  some- 
what, being  made  Norclvillc  and  Norvile.  A 
few  generations  after  its  arrival  in  England 
it  was  changed  to  the  original  form  of  Norton. 
The  senior  William  D.  Norvile  was  chamber- 
lain of  William  the  Conqueror  at  the  time  of 
the  conquest.  A  descendant  of  Cantable  de 
Norville  in  the  sixth  generation,  anglicized  the 
name  into  its  present  form  of  Norton.  Pro- 
fessor Charles  ICliot  Norton,  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, is  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  constable 
in  the  twenty-first  generation.  In  addition  to 
Norton  street,  a  prominent  London  thorough- 
fare, there  are  in  England  several  important 
rural  communities  of  this  name — Chipping 
Norton.  Sedbey  Norton,  King's  Norton  •  and 
Phillip's  Norton,  all  of  ancient  origin  and 
doubtless  deriving  their  name  from  some 
prominent  family  or  individual.  Several  immi- 
grants of  this  name  are  mentioned  in  the  early 
colonial  records  of  New  England.  Captain 
Walter  Norton  arrived  in  America  in  1630. 
George  Norton,  of  Salem,  Ipswich,  and  other 
places,  who  came  from  London,  was  made  a 
freeman  in  1634.  and  died  in  1659.  William 
Norton,  of  Hingham  and  Ipswich,  born  in 
England.  1610.  came  in  the  "Hopewell"  in 
1635,  and  took  the  freeman's  oath  the  same 
year.  Rev.  John  Norton,  brother  of  William, 
born  in  1605,  probably  in  London,  emigrated 
to  Massachusetts  Bay  in  1635,  shortly  after 
graduating  from  Cambridge,  and  located  in 
Ipswich.  In  1656  he  became  pastor  of  the 
First  Church  in  Boston,  and  was  noted  for  his 
piety  and  learning.  Nicholas  Norton,  who  is' 
thought  to  have  come  from  the  county  of 
Herts,  was  of  Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1638,  removed  to  Martha's  Vineyard, 
and  his  descendants  are  still  found  there.  A 
Francis  Norton  was  admitted  a  freeman  at 
Weymouth  in  1642.  Major  Peter  Norton, 
an  efficient  officer  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
was  a  son  of  Ebenezer,  grandson  of  Joseph, 
and  great-grandson  of  Joseph,  the  Martha's 
Vineyard  settler. 

(I)  Nicholas  Norton  was  born  in  1610.  in 
England,  and  settled  in  Weymouth.  Massa- 
chusetts, among  the  pioneers.  February  20, 
1639,  he  bought  of  Richard  Standerwick,  of 
Broadway,  Somersetshire,  a  clothier,  all  the 
cattle  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Hull,  in  New  Eng- 
land. He  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  held 
various  town  offices.  He  removed  to  Martha's 
\'ineyard.  and  died  there  in  1690,  aged  eighty 
years.  Children  :  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ; 
Nicholas:  Isaac,  born  at  ^\'eymouth.  May  3, 
1 64 1  ;  Jacob,  ]\Iarch  i,  1644. 


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(II)  Joseph  Norton,  born  about  1640,  was 
a  son  of  Nicholas  Norton,  and  may  have  been 
a  nephew  of  some,  of  the  oth.er  immigrants 
mentioned  in  a  preceding  paragraph,  though 
no  actual  proof  of  relationship  has  been  found. 
lie  settled  in  Salisbury.  Massachusetts,  in  the 
vicinity  of  which  the  Nortons  named  above 
settled.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and 
fidelity  in  1677,  and  was  a  soldier  against  the 
Indians  in  1697.  He  died  November  16,  1721, 
at  Salisbury.  He  married,  March  10,  1662, 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Dorcas 
Getchell,  who  died  his  widow  August  19,  1724. 
Children,  all  born  at  Salisbury:  i.  Son,  1662, 
died  young.  2.  Samuel,  October  11,  1663;  a 
soldier  in  service  at  W'ells,  Maine,  in  1696. 
3..  Joseph,  August  14,  1665.  4.  Priscilla,  De- 
cember 16,  1667;  married  John,  son  of  Robert 
Ring.  5.  Solomon,  mentioned  below.  6.  Ben- 
jamin, March  24,  1671-72,  died  October,  1693. 
7.  Caleb,  June  2~,.  1675;  married,  March  6, 
i690-:7oo,  Susanna  Frame;  was  a  soldier  in 
irx)7-9S,  and  subsequently  removed  to  Bruns- 
wick. Maine-.  8.  Flower,  November  21,  1677. 
9.  Jo.-^hua,  October  13,  16S0.  died  Januarv  22, 
ir>92-93. 

(IH)  Solomon,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Susanna  fGetchelH  Norton,  was  born  January 
31,  1670,  in  Salisbury,  and  resided  in  that 
town,  where  he  died  May  2.  1721.  His  wife 
bore  the  baptismal  naine  of  Sarah,  and  they 
had  children  in  Salisbury:  Miriam,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1695  '  Benjamin,  mentioned  below  ; 
John,  January  14.  1701  ;  Zvlaria.  November  9, 
1704;  Gideon,  August  i,  171 1. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  Solomon  and 
Sarah  Norton,  was  born  February  24,  1699, 
in  Salisbury,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  where 
he  died  February  27,  1756.  He  married  (first) 
in  Newbury,  June  14,  1722.  Margaret  Rich- 
ardson, born  September  27,  1699,  in  Newbury, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  ^^largaret  (Godfrey) 
Richardson,  and  died  there  November  11, 
1742.  There  were  six  children  of  this  mar- 
riage: Judith,  1723;  Joshua,  November  4, 
172S;  Hannah,  died  young;  Benjamin,  August 
II,  1734,  died  young;  Hannah,  3.1arch  5,  1737; 
Miriam,  August  6,  1739.  Benjamin  Norton 
married  (second)  December  5,  1744,  Mercy 
Shute,  born  April  18,  1710.  in  Maiden,  Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter  of  Richard  and  Lydia 
Shute.  Children  recorded  in  Newbury:  Mary, 
horn  September  12,  1745:  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  May  24.  1751. 

(V)_  Benjamin  (2),  third  son  of  Benjamin 
'')  Norton  and  second  child  of  his  second 
^'•ne,  Mary  Shute.  was  born  January  16,  1747, 
'■■'  Xtwbury,  and  died  April  2S,  1S16,  in  New- 
hiiryport.  ^He  was  a  private  in  the  brigantine 
l-reedom,"     commanded    by     Captain     John 

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Clouston,  in  June,  1776.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1775,  in  Newburyport.  .Sarah  W'yatt, 
born  February  7,  baptized  February  8,  1776, 
in  the  Third  Church  of  Newbury,  daughter  of 
John  W'yatt,  and  died  March  7,  1834,  in  New- 
burj'port.  Children:  Benjamin,  born  July  21, 
^777 '•  Joshua,  died  young;  Sarah,   November 

3,  1780;  Hannah,  August  11,  1782;  Catharine, 
]'"ebruary  27,  17S4;  Joshua,  January  5,  17S6; 
Stephen,  January  8,  1788;  Mary  Brown,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1790;  William,  January  8,  1792;  Eliz- 
abeth, February  18,  1794:  Daniel,  mentioned 
below;  Charles,  May  4,  1798,  the  last  not  on 
Newburyport  records. 

(VI)  Daniel,  sixth  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Wyatt)  Norton,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 18,  1796,  in  Newburyport,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  sailmaking  business  during  the  greater 
part  of  his  active  career.  He  removed  to  Bos- 
ton about  1S30,  and  died  at  Melrose,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  3,  1884.  He  married  (first) 
in  Newburyport,  August  19,  1819,  Jane 
Cheever,  born  there  July  17,  1801,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Hidden)  Cheever,  and  died 
October  2,  1820,  in  Newburyport.  Their  only 
child,  Jane,  born  September  9,  1820,  died  1897, 
married  Samuel  Francis  Hunt,  of  Cambridge, 
who  died  the  same  year;  they  had  four  chil- 
dren: Charlotte  Jane,  born  June  30,  1846; 
Francis  Edgar,  June  20,  1848,  married  Re- 
becca Franklin  Nickerson,  January  15.  18S5  ; 
Abigail  Elizabeth,  died  in  second  year;  Alfred 
Herbert,  September   15,   1861,  married,  April 

4,  1900,  Kathryn  Cecilia  Kyle,  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  and  has  children:  Alfred  Herbert, 
born  June  i,  1901,  William  Edgar,  July  11, 
1906,  both  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado. 
Daniel  Norton  married  (second)  in  Newbury- 
port, March  20,  1822,  Hilary  Carr.  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1800,  on  Carr's  Island.  Newbur>'- 
port,  Alassachusetts,  daughter  of  Levi  and 
]\Iary  (Putnam)  Carr,  and  died  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  August  2,  1877.  ^lary 
(Carr)  Norton  was  a  lineal  descendant  of 
George  Carr,  one  of  the  Mayflower  colony, 
who  was  born  about  159S-99  in  England,  and 
was  ship  carpenter  on  the  Mayflower.  He 
married  (first)  in  England,  Lucinda  Daven- 
port, who  came  to  America  with  him  and  was 
one  of  the  forty-one  who  died  at  Plymouth  in 
the  succeeding  winter.  A  few  years  later  he 
settled  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  found  of  record  as  early  as  1633  and  had 
a  house  lot  in  1635.  He  removed  to  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  received  land  in  the 
first  division  in  that  town  in  1640-41-44,  and 
his  name  appears  in  most  of  the  early  lists  of 
citizens.  In  1640  the  town  granted  him  Carr's 
Island,  and  he  established  a  ferry  there  in 
1641.     In   1662  it  was  agreed  that  he  should 


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have  a  common  right  in  Amesbury  when  any 
of  his  sons  came  to  Hvc  there,  and  he  received 
land  in  1668.  The  records  give  him  the  title 
of  "Air.,"  which  was  given  in  those  days  only 
to  tlie  most  prominent  citizens.  He  agreed  to 
keep  the  ferry  in  .\mcsbury  at  Goodwin's 
Landing  in  April,  1670.  He  died  April  4, 
16S2,  in  Salisbury.  He  had  married  (second) 
Elizabeth,  supposed  to  have  been  a  daughter 
of  Elder  Thomas  Oliver,  of  Boston,  as  James 
Oliver,  the  latter's  son,  is  spoken  of  in  the 
records  as  a  brother-in-law  of  George  Carr. 
She  survived  him,  was  a  member  of  the  Salis- 
bury church  in  16S7,  and  died  Alay  6,  1691. 
Her  will  was  made  March  18,  1684,  and 
proved  June  30,  following  her  death.  Children  : 
Elizabeth,  George.  Richard  ('died  young),  Wil- 
liam, James,  Mary,  Sarah,  John,  Richard  and 
Anne.  Daniel  and  Mary  (Carr)  Norton  had 
children:  2.  Daniel,  born  June  4,  1S23.  died 
March,  1900;  married  Hannah  Higgins,  of 
Charlestown,  who  died  in  1S97;  children:  i. 
Ellen  Wade,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three 
years;  ii.  Alice  ]\Iay,  born  May  22,  1857,  mar- 
ried John  Randall  Heath,  of  Jamaica  Plain, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  a  son  Donald,  born 
June  24,  1883 ;  iii.  Ada  L.,  June  16,  1859.  mar- 
ried AVinthrop  Messenger,  of  Melrose,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  has  children :  a.  AVinthrop  Nor- 
ton, born  October  i,  1883;  b.  Stuait,  February 
14,  1891 ;  c.  Hazel.  September  17,  1S93.  3. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  June  29, 1826;  married  (first) 
January  31,  1847,  Allen  F.  Eastman,  who  died 
March  6,  1890;  their  daughter,  Mae  Aphia, 
died  in  her  second  year.  She  married  (second) 
December  18,  1902,  John  Mitchel  Osgood, 
who  died  October  14,  1908.  3.  Clarissa  Ann, 
February  12,  1829,  died  June  24,  1909;  mar- 
ried July  31,  1857.  Edward  John  Norris,  died 
1906;  children:  i.  AA'alter  Eliott,  died  in  fourth 
month;  ii.  Webster,  born  October  20,  1859; 
married  Margaret  Stetson;  iii.  Clara  Augusta, 
November  21.  1861,  married  Arthur  E.  Rob- 
erts, and  had  daughters:  Marjorie.  born  De- 
cember 27,  1890.  and  Emma  Norris,  died  in 
second  year;  iv.  George  Lincoln,  January  11, 
1866,  married  Rachel  Parker;  v.  Walter 
Flenry,  March  6,  1870,  married  July  6,  1S97, 
Effie  Louise  Shapleigh,  and  has  children :  a. 
Elizabeth,  born  August  8,  1S98;  b.  Katherine, 
June  7,  1901  ;  c.  Edward  John,  ]^Iarch  21, 
1908;  d.  Emerson  Shapleigh,  October  31, 
191 1  ;  vi.  Emma  Josephine,  February  5.  1874, 
died  1910.  4.  Hannah  Bartlet,  August  24, 
1832;  married  January  15,  1852,  Thomas  L. 
Summers;  died  January  16,  1854.  5.  James 
Carr,  February  9,  1835,  died  at  age  of  twelve 
days.  6.  Sarah,  August  15,  183O;  married 
October  5,  1856,  Thomas  L.  Summers,  who 
died  January   11,   1SS6;  children:    i.   Hannah 


Frances,  born  July  5.  1S57;  married  March 
26,  1890,  William' Merritt;  ii.  Arthur  War- 
ren, May  21.  1859;  married  Mabel  Bond,  and 
has  children:  Grace  B.,  born  March  31.  1S97; 
Arline  W.,  December  7.  1S98;  Arthur  War- 
ren, April  18,  1902;  iii.  Mary  Lunette,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1864.  7.  Caroline  Duntlin.  August 
2.  1839;  married  Thomas  W.  Griffith:  chil- 
dren :  i.  Mary  Eliza,  born  January  8.  1866, 
married,  August  12.  1890,  James  Arthur 
Crawford,  and  had  children:  Allen  F.  E., 
died  in  si.xteenth  year;  Phebe  Hooper,  born 
March  12,  1896;  ii.  \\'illiam  Henry.  December 
13.  186S;  married  October  2.  1890,  Abbie 
Boston,  and  has  children  :  Emory,  born  March 
28,  1S91  ;  Florence  Alay,  January  23,  1893; 
Harold,  February  21,  1895;  Ralph,  December 
21,  189S.  8.  \'\'illiam  Edward,  mentioned 
below. 

(VH)  William  Edward,  youngest  child  of 
Daniel  and  'Mary  (Carr)  Norton,  was  born 
June  28,  1S43,  '"  Boston,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Charlestown.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  attended  the  Lowell  Insti- 
tute science  lectures  and  art  classes,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  life  classes  at  that 
institute.  !\Ir.  George  Hollingsworth  and  Mr. 
Carleton,  art  instructors  there,  were  Mr.  Nor- 
ton's first  teachers  in  art.  Pie  studied  anatomy 
under  Dr.  Rimmer,  of  Boston,  and  also  pur- 
sued that  subject  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  the  Royal  Academy  in  London  and  the 
Beaux  Arts  in  Paris.  When  quite  young  he 
learned  the  trade  of  house  sign  and  decorative 
painting,  but  his  wonderful  artistic  talent  fitted 
him  for  more  interesting  and  higher  work. 
A\'hen  a  mere  boy  he  manifested  a  talent  for 
art  and  had  a  wonderful  knack  of  drawing, 
especially  of  horses  and  ships.  In  order  to 
satisfy  his  craving  for  knowledge  of  ships  and 
the  ocean  he  went  to  sea  as  a  sailor.  Return- 
ing to  Boston  he  studied  painting  under  the 
renowned  George  Inness,  of  that  city,  and  took 
a  studio,  soon  becoming  known  as  a  marine 
painter.  Pie  made  two  more  voyages  as  a 
sailor  prior  to  goirig  to  London,  England,  in 
1877,  and  in  1878  exhibited  three  pictures  at 
the  Royal  Academy,  following  which  he  went 
to  Paris  for  further  study  under  Jacquesson 
de  la  Chevreuse  and  A.  Vollen,  and  at  the 
Beaux  Arts.  Some  three  or  four  years  later 
he  visited  Italy  and  other  parts  of  Europe  and 
afterwards  opened  a  studio  in  London,  where 
he  lived  until  1902.  At  the  Salon  in  Paris  in 
189s.  Air.  Norton  received  honorable  mention, 
and'  while  in  Europe  he  was  a  constant  and 
regular  exhibitor  in  the  Royal  Academy  in 
London,  in  the  Paris  Salon,  and  in  many  of 
the  public  art  galleries  of  other  countries.  In 
the  United  States  he  has  been  awarded  three 


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rold  medals  for  his  work,  besides  two  Osborne 
r.rizes,  $soo  each,  and  the  Jordan  prize,  ."J^ooo. 
Since  i<3o2  he  has  been  a  resident  of  New 
York  City,  his  studio  being  located  at  No.  1931 
1 '.roadway.  Mr.  Norton's  paintings  have  been 
chiefly  marine  views  and  scenes  pertaining  to 
and  having  to  do  with  the  sea  and  sailors. 
One  of  h.is  well-known  paintings  is  "The  Eng- 
lish Channel,"  which  adorns  the  Chamber  of 
Ci'mmcrcc  at  Boston,  and  he  also  painted  the 
celebrated  picture  entitled,  "Fight  of  the  Ala- 
bama and  Kearsage,"  which  is  owned  by  the 
Historical  Society  of  Portland,  Maine.  "Fish 
Market.  Dieppe,  F"rance."  which  hangs  in  the 
public  library  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  was 
executed  by  him,  as  was  also  "Crossing  the 
Grand  Banks,"  which  is  in  the  Abbot  Hall, 
Marblehead,  Massachusetts.  Essex  Hall,  Sa- 
lem, Boston  Art  Club,  Bo--.ton  Athletic  Club, 
and  Black  Heath  Art  Club  of  London  own 
examples  of  his  work.  Three  more  of  his 
famous  pictures  are:  "The  Thames  from 
London  Bridge  ;"  "Tranquillity;"  "Midst  Fog 
and  Ice."  In  political  conviction  Mr.  Norton 
is  a  stalwart  Republican,  and  in  religious  mat- 
ters he  is  independent.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  been  made  3. 
Mason  in  W'inslow  Lewis  Lodge  at  Boston,  iri 
1877.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Salmagundi 
Club  of  New  York,  and  the  Boston  Art  Club, 
and  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Natural 
Historv  Society,  Papvrus  Chib,  and  the  Bos- 
ton Yacht  Club  of  Boston.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  National  Geographic  Society  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

He  married,  September  23,  j868,  Sarah 
Dorcas  Ryan,  of  Grand  Manan,  New  Bruns- 
wick, Canada,  where  he  passed  several  sum- 
mers sketching  the  rugged  and  picturesque 
scenery  of  that  locality.  Mrs.  Norton  was 
born  October  3,  1846,  and  died  in  New  York. 
Mav  15.  1904.  Children:  Gertrude  :\raud, 
born  October  27,  1871,  in  Charlestown,  Mas- 
sachusetts; Florence  Edith,  July  i,  1879,  m 
Paris,   France. 


Joseph      Richards      married 
RICHARDS     Agnes ,  who  was  bur- 
ied :March   31,    1608.     They 
lived  in  North  Leigh,  Oxfordshire,  England. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Joseph  Richards,  was 
baptized  May  20,  1586.  He  lived  in  North 
Leigh,  Oxfordshire,  England.  His  wife  died 
about  Ju1v  18,  1632. 

(III)  Dr.  Joseph  (2)  Richards,  of  New- 
gate, in  the  parish  of  Whitney  and  county  of 
Oxford,  England,  son  of  William  Richards, 
was  baptized  April  2j,  162S.  died  in  1710-11. 
He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and  he  settled 
on  five  hundred  acres  of  land  near  Chester. 


Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  will  is 
recorded  ni  Philadelphia,  dated  July  6,  1710 
II,  proved  February  16,  1711-12.  In  his  will 
he  mentioned  his  children  and  grandchddien. 
He  was  buried  at  Old   Chichester,   Delaware 

cotmty,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Jane — . 

Chihlien:  Joseph,  married  Mary ;  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below;  Ann.  married  (first) 
Anthony  Weaver,  and  (second)  Humphrey 
Scarlott;  Susanna,  married  James  Lowne,  and 
had  four  or  more  children. 

(I\')  Nathaniel,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  (2) 
Richards,  died  in  1700.  His  will  was  dated 
December  26,  1699.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Mason.  Children:  William, 
probably  died  young;  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below:  Elizabeth,  married,  about  1716,  Roger 
Kirk :  Mary,  probably  died  young. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Richards,  was  probably  the  only  son  in  this 
generation  to  continue  the  family  name.  He 
died  in  1730.  He  married  Margaret,  who  died 
December  5,  1796,  aged  ninety,  widow  of  Wil- 
liam Carpenter.  She  left  one  hundred  and 
thirteen  descendants.  She  was  daughter  of 
Allen  and  Sarah  (?)  Wiley,  and  was  born 
about  1706.  Children:  William  Richards,  mar- 
ried (first)  April  13,  1751,  Joanna  Jenkins, 
and  (second)  ^ilay  10,  1759,  Jane  }ililler  ;  Na- 
thaniel ;  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Richards, 
was  born  in  1727,  died  in  1821,  aged  ninety- 
four.  He  was  only  three  years  old  when  his 
father  died.  He  married  (first)  January  17, 
1753,  ?vlary  Gregg,  of  Hockessing.  She  was 
daughter  of  Thomas  Gregg,  who  married,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1729,  Dinah  Harlan,  and  who  died 
September  i,  1748;  Dinah  was  daughter  of 
Michael,  died  1729,  and  Dinah  (Dixon)  Har- 
lan, married  January,  1690 ;  Dinah  Dixon  was 
daughter  of  "Henry  Dixon:  Michael  Harlan 
was  son  of  James  Harlan.  Thomas  Gregg  was 
son  of  John,  born  about  i6(3S,  died  173S;  mar- 
ried, 1694.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  and 

Elizabeth  (Fox)  Cocke;  John  Gregg  was  son 
of  William,  who  died  July  i,  16S7.  Isaac  Rich- 
ards married  (second)  November  10.  1763, 
Rebecca  :Mi!ler.  Children  by  first  wife:  i. 
Thomas,  mentioned  below.  2.  Nathaniel,  born 
September  21,  1756.  3.  Isaac,  born  April  18, 
1759,  died  June  22,  1854:  remained  on  home- 
stead at  Toughkenamon,  Pennsylvania;  mar- 
ried (first)  Ann  Pusey,  and  (second)  Tamsen 
Hoopes.  4.  William,  born  January  17,  1761. 
5.  Marv,  March  i,  I762.'  6.  Lydia,  twin  of 
Mary.  ' 

(VII)  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac  Richards,  was 
born  June  10,  1755,  died  February  8,  1837, 
aged  eightv-two  years.  He  moved  to  Cecil 
county, ^Maryland,    taking   his    family,    about 


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1795.  He  married.  September  23,  1779,  at 
Uwclilan  Meeting,  Hannah  Cox,  born  abont 
1753.  died  August  7,  1S23,  aged  seventy  years, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  and  Sarah  (Edge)  Cox; 
Lawrence  Cox  is  said  to  have  come  from  Eng- 
land to  Willistown,  where  he  died' about  1760; 
he  married  at  Middletown  meeting,  February 
5,  1739,  his  second  wife,  Sarah,  wiio  died  De- 
cember 6,  1S05,  daughter  of  John  and  2^Iary 
(Smcdley)  Edge;  John  Edge  was  born  May, 
1685,  died  about  1734,  married,  August,  1709, 
Mary,  born  February  3,  1690,  daugliter  of 
George  Smedley,  died  1723,  and  Sarah  Kitchin, 
married  1687;  John  Edge  was  son  of  John  and 
Jane  Edge;  and  this  John  who  was  born  about 
1646,  died  May  10,  171 1,  was  son  of  George 
Edge.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  17S1,  died 
1828;  married,  May  18,  1797,  Wilham  Moore, 
born  February  24,  1771.  2.  Isaac,  born  1783, 
died  December  15,  1832;  married  Lydia  Wood, 
born  1774,  died  June  19,  1839.  3.  Hannah, 
born  September  19,  1785,  died  November  25, 
1859;  married,  1819,  Samuel  Taylor,  born 
April  2,  1768,  died  April  22,  1852,  son  of 
Elisha  and  Elizabeth  Taylor;  children:  Isaac 
R.,  Samuel  H.,  Sarah.  4.  Thomas,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Mary,  born  May  7,  1790,  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1828;  married,  September  15,  1S19, 
Abraham  Metcalf,  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary 
Metcalf.  6.  Jacob,  born  September  4,  1793, 
died  August  6,  1881 ;  married,  November  4, 
1819,  Sarah  B.  Taylor,  of  Kennett;  died 
March  7,  1868.  7.  Rachel.  b<"irn  November  16, 
1798;  married,  1823,  >,Iahlon  McMillan,  son 
of  Thomas  and  Ruth  (Moore)  .McMillan. 

(VIII)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Richards,  was  born  November  11,  1787,  died 
October  9,  1868,  aged  eighty-one.  He  married, 
April  14,  1814,  Orpah  Stubbs  (see  Stubbs). 
Children:  i.  Ruth  ?Iannah,  born  [May  20,  1816, 
died  February  3,  1909;  married  Amos  Preston, 
died  August  27,  1875,  and  had  two  sons, 
Thomas  and  Albert  W.,  and  a  daughter  Eliza- 
beth. 2.  Isaac  Stubbs,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Joanna  A.,  born  July  10,  1822,  died  1855  ;  mar- 
ried Isaac  Jackson. 

(IX)  Isaac  Stubbs,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Richards,  was  born  September  7,  1819,  died 
April  19,  1864.  He  married,  March  11,  i84i,at 
Oxford,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  ]Mercy 
Ann  Reynolds,  and  their  children  were:  i. 
Ruthanna,  born  1843.  died  March  6,  1896; 
married  Joseph  R.  Coates,  born  May  12.  1834. 
2.  Joseph  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  3.  Louis 
Henry,  born  1847,  cii^d  1895  ;  married,  October 
29,  1885,  Rebecca  Williamson;  child,  Arthur 
Louis.  4.  Isaac  Stubbs.  born  1S48.  died  Au- 
gust 19,  1880;  married,  February  25,  1874, 
Margaret  Deal,  and  had  no  children.  5.  Jacob 
Granville,  born  1851  ;  married   (first)   Decem- 


ber 26,  1872,  Jennie  Elizabeth  Langdon,  and 
(second)  Mae  \'.  Pennington;  had  four  sons 
by  first  wife,  William,  Harry  F.,  Joseph  T.  and 
Ilampton,  and  three  daughters  and  one  son  by 
second  wife,  Alae  Ruth,  Josephine  Mercy, 
Granville  P.  and  Margaret  S.  6.  William 
Franklin,  born  January  12,  1855,  died  July  19. 
1859.  7.  Mercy  Ann,  born  and  died  Septem- 
ber 24,  1859. 

(X)  Joseph  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac  Stubbs 
Richards,  was  born  near  Rising  Sun,  ]\Iary- 
.  land,  February  12,  1845.  He  was  educated 
largely  at  the  West  Nottingham  Academy, 
Maryland,  Rev.  S.  A.  Gaylcy,  president,  and 
George  K.  Bechlel,  a  graduate  of  Princeton 
College,  principal,  and  finishing  at  Polytechnic 
College  of  Pennsylvania,  of  which  Dr.  A.  L. 
Kennedy  was  then  president.  After  mastering 
the  profession  of  civil  engineering,  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Com- 
pany in  iS6>  as  a  rodman  antl  transitman  dur- 
ing the  construction  of  the  railroad  shops  at 
Altoona,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  made  super- 
visor of  a  division  of  the  main  line  from 
Harrisburg  to  Newport  in  1870,  leaving  this 
position  in  1871  to  become  chief  engineer  of 
the  Kent  County  railroad,  on  the  Eastern 
Shore  of  Zvlaryland.  After  the  construction 
was  completed  the  board  of  directors  elected 
him  to  fill  the  position  of  superintendent,  secre- 
tary and  auditor.  He  managed  the  railroad 
for  about  one  year,  and  returned  to  the  Penn- 
sylvania railroad  in  1S73  as  chief  of  locating 
engineers  for  the  surveys  of  three  routes  over 
the  Allegheny  mountains,  intended  to  form  a 
connecting  link  between  the  Bedford  division 
and  the  main  line  at  Altoona  and  Johnstown. 
Pennsylvania.  After  finishing  the  surveys,  with 
estimates  of  cost,  the  work  was  abandoned  be- 
cause of  a  financial  panic  in  1874,  and  he  re- 
signed and  accepted  the  position  of  mining 
engineer  for  the  Cambria  Iron  Company  at 
Johnstown,  Pennsylvania.  He  returned  to  the 
Pennsylvania  railroad  in  1S75.  Pie  was  for 
one  year  supervisor  of  the  main  line  from 
Newport  to  Granville,  and  early  in  1876  was 
promoted  to  be  assistant  engineer  in  charge  of 
constructing  the  system  of  tracks,  bridges  and 
stations  for  the  Philadelphia  Centennial  Ex- 
position. After  the  centennial  year  he  was 
appointed  principal  assistant  engineer  of  the 
United  New  lersey  Railroad  and  Canal  Com- 
pany, with  office  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey, 
continuing  in  that  position  until  1883,  when  he 
was  made  assistant  to  the  chief  engineer  with 
office  at  Philadelphia.  In  1S85  his  title  was 
changed  to  assistant  chief  engineer.  In  1893 
the  maintenance  of  way  department  of  the  rail- 
road was  created  and  he  was  made  the  engi- 
neer to  organize  and  manage  this  department. 


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iiiclii'lins^  all  lines  east  of  Pittsburgh  and  Erie 
III  Xew  York  and  Washington,  becoming  chief 
engineer  of  the  department  for  the  entire 
system  in  1903.  This  position  made  him  the 
operating  engineer  for  the  comiiany  and  a  staflf 
(ifticer  of  the  general  manager,  and  besides 
caring  for  the  buildings  and  tracks  he  had 
charge  of  such  construction  work  as  came 
under  the  department  of  the  general  manager. 
Mr.  Richards  has  been  deemed  an  autliority 
f)n  railroad  engineering,  both  in  construction 
and  maintenance,  for  many  years,  and  has 
written  cjuite  extensively  on  the  economy  and 
efficiency  of  this  department  of  railroading. 
His  address  to  the  .American  Civic  Association 
at  the  annual  meeting  in  1907  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity, Providence,  Rhode  Island,  on  "The 
Raiirop.d  as  a  Factor  in  Civic  Improvement," 
has  been  republished  extensively  throughout 
the  country.  The  efficiency  of  his  organization 
was  exemplified  in  the  repairs  after  the  Johns- 
town fliiod  in  1889,  when  he  had  about  nine 
thousand  organized  for  the  emergency  work 
of  rebuilding  the  lost  bridges,  buildings  and 
roadbed.  In  the  beginning  of  this  disaster  he 
rebuilt  eleven  hundred  feet  of  the  railroad 
bridge  over  the  swollen  waters  of  the  Susque- 
hanna river  at  ]Montgomcry,  Pennsylvania,  in 
three  days  and  a  half,  and  the  entire  line  from 
Philadelphia  to  Joiinstown  was  opened  for 
trafitk  in  fourteen  days.  .\nother  item  of 
efficiency  work  done  under  ]Mr.  Richards' 
direction  was  in  1897,  when  the  old  metal  span 
of  28^^.3  feet  of  double  track  bridge  over  the 
Schuylkill  river  at  Philadelphia  was  moved 
twenty-seven  feet,  replaced  by  the  new  struc- 
ture moved  the  same  distance,  without  inter- 
rupting the  regular  schedule  of  trains.  The 
longest  interv-al  between  trains  was  thirteen 
minutes,  but  the  actual  time  taken  to  move  the 
old  and  new  spans  was  but  two  minutes  and 
twenty-eight  second'^.  Mr.  Richards,  at  the 
request  of  President  Frank  Thomson,  wrote 
an  account  of  this  feat  to  answer  the  criticism 
of  an  English  technical  journal,  in  which  it 
was  called  an  incredible  feat  and  described  as 
"credible,  if  credible,"  because  "nothing  of  the 
kind  has  ever  been  done."  The  journal  pub- 
lished Mr.  Richards'  account,  stating  that  it 
uas  a  case  like  Columbus'  egg — easy  enough 
when  you  understand  it.  Mr.  Richards  was 
for  a  number  of  years  the  designing  and  con- 
structing engineer  for  the  new  piers  at  Xew 
Vork  and  I'hiladelphia  for  the  International 
Xavigation  Company.  The  steel  pier  No.  14 
in  Xew  York,  north  of  Cortlandt  street,  North 
river,  was,  when  finished,  considered  by  a  com- 
niittce  of  experts  as  the  most  complete  in  its 
•appointments  for  steamships  of  any  building 
"1  the  harbor.     He  cooperated   with  the  late 


president,  Alexander  J.  Cassatt,  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  Company,  in  planning  much 
of  the  construction  work  on  the  system  during 
his  administration,  and  all  the  operating  de- 
tails of  stations  and  yards  were  entrusted  to 
Mr.  Richards.  The  new  station  constructed 
by  the  'J'erminal  Company  at  W'ashington,  D. 
C,  and  owned  jointly  by  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Comjiany  and  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio 
Railroad  Company,  built  to  accommo/Iate  all 
the  main  lines  entering  W'ashington  from  the 
south,  was  planned  by  a  committee  of  which 
Mr.  Richards  was  chairman.  He  was  also 
chairman  of  various  committees  of  operating 
officers  in  charge  of  the  plans  and  construction 
of  the  new^  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Station  in 
New  York  City.  'This  station  presented  many 
new  problems,  the  tracks  being  forty-two  feet 
-below  the  street  level,  with  numerous  supports 
located  at  the  track  level  for  the  station  build- 
ing, and  the  tracks  were  arranged  for  opera- 
tion either  by  tunnel  engines  or  multiple-unit 
trains.  The  United  States  mail  building  was 
constructed  over  the  tracks  also.  In  such  a 
vast  expenditure  of  money  it  was  necessary  to 
secure  the  greatest  possible  efficiency  and 
capacity.  The  architects  of  the  station  reported 
direct  to  the  railroad  committees,  which  had 
to  harmonize  many-ditTerences  of  opinion  be- 
tween architects  and  engineers.  The  perfect 
order  and  train  service  at  the  opening  of  the 
station  demonstrated  that  every  feature  of  the 
great  undertaking  had  been  worked  out  suc- 
cessfully. 

I\Ir.  Richards  is  first  vice-president  of  the 
West  End  Trust  Company;  former  president 
of  the  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia  :  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  of  Philadelphia,  the 
Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  the  .Amer- 
ican Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  .American 
Society  for  Testing  Materials,  the  American 
Railway  Engineering  Association,  the  Amer- 
ican Forestry  Association,  the  .American  Rail- 
way Association,  and  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Jacob  Tome  Institute  of 
Port  Deposit,  Maryland.  In  national  politics 
he  is  a  Republican :  in  religion  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Friends,  as  his  family  has 
been  since  early  in  the  seventeenth  century. 

He  married,  November  26,  1873,  Martha 
Elizabetli  Ernest,  born  December  5,  1848, 
daughter  of  Henry  Wooster  and  Mary  Ann 
(Walters)  Ernest.  Children:  i.  :\Iercy,  born 
February  :i,  1S75 ;  married,  June  3,  1896, 
Xorman  Sturgis  Essig,  D.  D.  S.,  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1S69;  children:  Charles  James  Essig, 
born  March  12,  1898;  Joseph  Richards  Essig, 
January  14,  1902.  2.  Mamie,  October  18, 
1876.  died  .August  30.  1877.  3.  Joseph  Ernest, 
born  March  8,  18S1  ;  married,  March  18,  1905, 


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Catharine  'Louise  Fletcher,  born  March  28, 
iSHG;  children:  riiilij)  and  llcrold.  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1909,  died  next  day ;  Christine  Louise, 
January  11,  1910.  4.  Amy,  born  September 
12,  1883:  married,  February  2,  1909,  Edwin 
Oberlin  Fitch  Jr.,  Unit-ed  States  navy,  born 
January  6,  18S2;  child,  Susanna  Fitch,  born 
November  3,  1910.  5.  Martha,  born  February 
20,  1888,  died  October  21.  18SS. 


William  Frothingham, 
FROTHINGIIAM    immigrant  ancestor  of 

all  the  colonial  families 
of  this  surname,  was  born  in  England  about 
1600,  and  came  from  the  vicinity  of  Holder- 
ness  in  Yorkshire,  the  ancient  scat  of  the  fam- 
ily, which  probably  came  thither  from  Scot- 
land. The  name  spelled  Fotheringham  was 
common  in  Forfarshire,  Scotland,  before  1300, 
at  the  verj'  beginning  of  the  use  of  surnames. 
In  the  ancient  FL'story  of  Scotland  by  John 
Lesley,  vol.  i,  p.  vi..  the  family  of  Fodring- 
hame  together  with  Crychton.  Giffert,  Manlis, 
Eorthik  "and  others"  are  said  to  have  come 
from  Wugre  (Hungary)  luider  Malcolm,  King 
of  Scotland,  with  his  wife  Queen  Margaret. 
But  Hailcs  raised  a  doubt  of  the  accuracy  of 
the  statement.  Indeed,  it  seems  that  the  tinal 
syllable  indicates  a  local  origin  of  Fothering- 
ham, thougli  the  surname  may  have  been  a 
place  name  taken  by  a  Hungarian  noble  after 
the  custom  of  the  time,  eventually  becoming 
the  family  name. 

William  Frothingham  came  from  England 
in  Winthrop's  fleet,  and  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in 
1630.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  March  6, 
1631-32.  With  his  wife  Anne  h.e  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Boston  in  1630  and  joined  the 
new  church  at  Charlestown  in  1632.  He  was 
an  adherent  of  Rev.  Jolm  Wheelwright  who 
founded  Exeter,  brother  of  the  celebrated 
Mrs.  Hutchinson,  but  Frothingham  finally  re- 
nounced his  beliefs  and  remained  in  the  estab- 
lished church  of  the  Puritans  at  Charlestown. 
His  wife  Anne  died  July  28,  1674.  aged  sixty- 
seven  years  (see  gravestone).  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  from  the  town  on  the  Mystic  side 
(Woburn)  of  ten  acres.  His  house  and  four 
acres  of  land  were  bounded  on  the  north  by 
the  Mystic  river,  cast  by  homesteads  of  George 
Bunker  and  Thomas  Ruck :  west  by  E.  Mel- 
lows and  Abraham  Pratt.  He  had  eight  other 
parcels  of  land  on  record.  His  will  is  dated 
September  31,  165 1,  and  was  proved  February 
6,  1652.  The  document  itself  has  been  in  the 
possession  of  the  family  many  years,  though 
the  records  show  that  it  was  proved  properly. 
He  bequeathed  his  property  to  his  wife,  and 
the  inventory  places  a  value  of  fifty  pounds  on 


his  house  and  orchard.  His  widow  bought  a 
house  and  land  in  Charlestown  in  1656  of 
Grace  Palmer.  Her  will,  dated  October  4, 
1672,  was  proved  October  6.  1674,  bequeathing 
to  her  son  Samuel,  J.  Kettell,  Peter  and  Na- 
thaniel I'Vothingham,  and  Thomas  White,  who 
received  her  house,  orchard  and  barn.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Charlestown :  Bethia,  born  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1631;  John,  August  10,  1633;  Eliz- 
abeth, March  15,  i'>35;  Peter,  April  15,  1636; 
Mary,  A|)ril  i,  1^138;  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below;  Stciijien.  November  11,  1641  ;  Hannah, 
I\Iarch  29.  1642;  Joseph,  December  i,  1645; 
Samuel. 

(H)  Nathaniel,  son  of  William  Frothing- 
ham, was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
April  16,  1640,  died  there  December  12.  16S8. 
His  gravestone  is  preserved.  Ife  died  the 
same  day  as  his  brother,  Peter  Frothingham. 
Fie  joined  the  church  with  his  wife,  January 
22,  1670-71.  Fie  lived  in  Charlestown  and 
was  granted  two  common  rights  there  in  1681. 
He  owned  land  on  what  is  now  called  Bunker 
Hill.  He  was  a  legatee  of  the  estate  of  Wil- 
liam Croft,  of  Lynn,  in  1689,  or  rather  his 
eldest  son  was,  together  with  the  eldest  chil- 
dren of  his  brother  Peter.  His  estate  was 
divided  in  1708.  He  married,  February  6, 
1667,  Mary  Hett,  and  she  married  (second) 
in  1694,  Samuel  Kettell.  Children:  Mary, 
born  September  25.  1668,  died  January  9, 
1679;  Nathaniel,  .April  16,  1670,  died  July  28 
following;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Han- 
nah, November  26,  1673.  died  young;  Thomas, 
December  2,  1675;  Joseph,  October  31,  1677; 
Benjamin,  December  26,  1679;  Eliphalet.  Sep- 
tember 5,  1681 ;  Mary,  November  14,  1682; 
Hannah,  May  30.  1685 ;  Abigail,  May  10, 
1687;  Abie!  (daughter).  May  26,  1689,  died 
June  5,  1689. 

(HI)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
F'rothingham,  was  born  July  2,  1671.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  with  his  wife,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1705-06.  He  was  a  carpenter.  His 
name  was  on  the  tax  lists  of  1727  and  1729. 
In  1696,  with  his  father's  heirs,  he  deeded 
land  to  Kidder  which  had  been  inherited  from 
his  father.  He  bought  of  his  brothers  Benja- 
min and  Thomas,  in  1702.  one-half  house  join- 
ing the  north  end  of  his  father's  house  and 
land  below,  fifty-two  feet  broad,  and  in  1708 
he  bought  of  heirs  of  his  father,  one-third  of 
an  orchard.  There  are  recorded  also  many 
other  purchases  made  by  him  at  different 
dates.  His  will  was  dated  June  16,  1725-26, 
and  proved  August  24,  1730.  He  bequeathed 
to  his  wife  and  three  daughters  all  the  estate 
during  his  wife's  life,  and  afterwards  i*  was 
to  be  divided  among  all  the  children.  On  June 
9,  1760,  Benjamin  Frothingham  was  appointed 


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ext-nitor  of  Iiis  estate.  Pie  married.  April  12, 
1^1.(4,  Hannah  Rand,  who  died  April  2t,.  1760, 
a"c<l  ei^'hty-seven,  according  to  her  gravestone. 
Me  dicri  July  31,  1730,  aged  fifty-nine  (grave- 
stone). Children:  Hannah,  born  June  8,  1695, 
(iiivl  A'lgTist  15,  1714;  Elizabetli,  January  20, 
i(,./>-97;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
I:i!Ui;iry  19,  1700;  Joseph,  July  15,  1703; 
.^^arali,  December  8,  1705  ;  Benjamin,  April  6, 
i-,vS;  'J'homas,  January  3.  1709-10;  Ruth, 
.\;iK'ii>t  10.  1712. 

(I\')  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
!  rofhiiigham,  was  Lorn  December  7,  169S, 
Jic'l  Mav  7,  1749,  aged  fifty,  according  to  his 
(jravestoi.c.  He  was  taxed  in  1727-48.  In 
17.^3  his  father  deeded  to  him  a  lot  of  land, 
;in(l  Slime  purchases  of  other  lands  are  re- 
r, .riled,  as  well  as  land  which  he  sold.  He  was 
;i  jiainter.  His  widow  was  made  administratrix, 
May  22,  1749.  and  the  inventory  amounted  to 
one  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixty-six 
|.  .nnds.  He  married,  July  27.  1721,  Susanna 
Whittcmore.  She  married  (second)  Stephen 
!'..ulger,  in  1756.  Children:  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below ;  Joseph,  born  January  15,  1723- 
2.) ;  Su>anna,  October  23,  1725  ;  Hannah,  Oc- 
toluT  17,  1727;  William,  October  16,  1729; 
J.ibcz,  July  2^,  1731.  died  November  30,  1748; 
Jonatiian,  August  15,  1733;  James,  August  22, 

(\  ■>  Nathaniel  (4).  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
Frnthinghani,  was  born  June  2,  1722.  He 
lived  in  Charlestown  and  Boston  and  was  a 
r".ich'n:iker.  In  the  shops  at  one  period  were 
I'.'in  of  thf  family  bearing  the  name  Nathaniel, 
<.-.i!i  de-is,'nnted  by  some  peculiar,  significant 
I'^'ii.  He  was  taxed  from  1756  to  1773.  In 
I  '4''  l.i'  f.ither  detded  to  him  one-half  house. 
1!.  17X4  he  deeded  to  his  son  Nathaniel  a  lot, 
.11:. !  in  I7y''i  he  bought  a  house  of  Nathaniel 
:.:■-!  Hep/ibah  Rand.  In  17S8  he  bought  of 
.X.-uhanicl.  Prentiss  a  house  and  one  acre  of 
land  partly  in  Cambridge  and  partly  in  Charlcs- 
t'-\vn.  In  1796  his  son  Ebenezer  with  his  heirs 
v.ld  lan.l  to  Page;  Nathaniel  Frothingham's 
t  \c<-i:tor,  in  179S  sold  land  to  Nathaniel  Pren- 
ti^',  and  also  to  John  Page,  and  to  Richard 
I-r-.thingham  in  1799.  Nathaniel  Frothingham 
married  (fir^t)  March  i,  1743-44,  Mary  Whit- 
tcni(jre,  who  died  December  18,  1763,  aged 
forty  (gravestone).  He  married  (second")  in 
17' '5.  Ruth  Taylor,  who  died  October  12,  iSoo, 
Js'cd  sixty-one.  and  on  the  gravestone  is  writ- 
!"'■  ,','""^'*2iul  and  two  wives  were  all  buried 
'■'•'■e."  He  died  in  West  street.  Boston,  March 
'I  1791,  aged  sixty-nine.  Children:  Nathan- 
'^1.  baptized  February  24.  1744-45  :  Nathaniel, 
''•eriinned  below;  Richard.  March  15,  1748; 
•''iary,  baptized  Julv  14,  1754;  Ebenezer.  De- 
'■^'iiber  13,  1756;  child.  December  11.  died  De- 


cember 12,  1758;  Susanna,  September  19, 
1763;  Katharine,  May  14,  died  October  i, 
1765;  Thomas,  November  30,  1767;  Peter, 
November  24,  1775. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (5),  son  of  Nathaniel  (4) 
Frothingham,  was  born  April  6,  1746.  lie 
was  a  coachmaker  in  Boston.  This  Nathaniel 
Frothinghani  was  one  of  those  patriots  who 
took  part  in  the  Boston  Tea  Party,  and  dis- 
guised as  Indians  threw  the  tea  overboard  in 
Boston  Harbor.  In  1784  his  father  deeded 
him  land  on  Main  street.  In  1785  he  bought 
land  with  cellar  of  B.  Bradish.  He  bought  of 
Ebenezer  Frothingham  his  levy  on  Soley  & 
Stearns,  and  in  i8ot  he  sold  land  to  John 
Larkin.  He  married  (first)  May  16,  1771, 
Rebecca  Austin.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember 22,  1785,  Mary  Townsend,  wdio  died 
October  12,  1800,  aged  forty-two  (suicide). 
He  married  (third)  May  2,  1804,  Lydia  Ket- 
tell.  Children:  Nathaniel,  born  1779;  Re- 
becca, 1781  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
1789;  Susanna,  1792;  Ruth,  married  John 
Redman,  builder ;  others  who  died  young. 

(VII)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  (5)  Froth- 
ingham, was  born  at  Charlestown,  March  4, 
1787.  died  in  1869.  He  lr>cated  in  Boston, 
became  cashier  of  the  State  Bank,  and  latterly 
fur  many  years  the  president  of  the  institution. 
He  was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Bos- 
ton, taking  part  in  many  civic  activities.  He 
married,  in  1810.  Eliza  Atkins,  born  in  1792, 
died  in  1850.  Children:  Samuel.  Harriet, 
Eliza,  Theodore,  of  whom  further;  Henry; 
Cornelia,  married  Joshua  H.  Wolcott. 

(VIII)  Theodore,  son  of  Samuel  Frothing- 
ham, was  born  July  5,  18 18.  in  Boston.  He 
received  his  education  in  Boston,  and  .after 
leaving  school  went  into  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness in  that  city.  In  1859  he  removed  to  Phil- 
adelphia, continuing  in  the  same  kind  of  busi- 
ness of  which  he  had  already  made  a  success, 
and  there  he  resided  until  his  death.  Mr. 
Frothingham  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  and  was  a  very 
well-known  and  conspicuous  citizen.  Fie  mar- 
ried. February  4,  1845,  ^lary  Frances  Wol- 
cott, who  was  from  Litchfield,  Connecticut. 
She  was  born  July  9,  1823.  at  Litchfield,  died 
April  ID.  189S.  in  Philadelphia.  Children:  i. 
Mary  Goodrich,  born  March  i,  1846;  married 
Charles  A.  Brimlay,  died  July  15,  191 1.  2. 
Theodore,  mentioned  below.  3.  E.  Cornelia, 
born  December  22,  1853.  4.  Bessye  Wolcott. 
born  January  15.  1857;  married  Percival  Rob- 
erts Jr.  5.  Harriet  Wolcott,  born  December 
28,  i860;  married  Dr.  Herbert  Norris. 

(IN)  Theodore  (2).  son  of  Theodore  (i) 
Frothingham,  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, March  22,  1848.     He  was  prepared  for 


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college  under  Reginald  Chase,  in  Philadelphia, 
and  matriculated  at  Harvard  College,  joining 
as  sophomore  the  class  of  1870.  He  graduated 
with  his  cousin,  Roger  W'olcott.  After  he  left 
college  he  engaged  in  business  in  Philadelphia 
as  a  ship  broker  and  commission  merchant 
until  the  year  1886.  He  then  became  con- 
nected with  the  Solicitors"  Loan  and  Trust 
Company  as  secretary,  and  later  as  vice-presi- 
dent and  treasurer ;  secretary  and  assistant 
treasurer  of  the  Schuylkill  River  East  Side 
Railroad  Company  since  1886;  president  of 
the  Commercial  Trust  Company  from  1894 
until  1900;  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Philadelphia  Securities  Company  since  1898, 
and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Assets 
Realization  Company  since  1900.  He  was 
director  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation for  a  number  of  _\-ears,  and  was  also 
director  of  the.  Philadelphia  Orthopedic  Hos- 
pital for  many  years,  being  for  three  years  its 
treasurer.  He  has  been  director  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Institute  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  for 
the  past  ten  years,  and  as  director  has  been 
connected  with  a  number  of  other  corporations. 
He  was  vice-president  of  the  Harvard  Club 
of  Philadelphia  from  1S92  to  1S95,  and  presi- 
dent from  1895  to  1S98.  He  was  second  vice- 
president  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
Pennsylvania  from  1901  to  1903,  and  prejidtnt 
from  1903  to  1906.  Pie  is  a  member  of  the 
Rittenhouse,  Philadelphia,  Country  and  other 
clubs. 

He  married.  May  22,  18S8,  Lucy  Jaudon 
Harris,  of  Philadelphia.  They  have  five  chil- 
dren:  Theodore,  born  April  19,  1889;  Thomas 
Harris,  .\pril  5,  1891  ;  Huntington  \\'olcott, 
September  19,  1893;  William  Eainbridge,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1898;  Dorothea.  May  6,  1909. 

Mrs.  Theodore  Frothingham  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Thomas  Cadwalader  Harris, 
L'nited  States  navy,  and  Mary  Louise  Dain- 
bridge  Jaudon.  She  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
December  23,  1866.  The  father  of  Captain 
Thomas  Cadwalader  Harris  was  Dr.  Thomas 
Harris,  born  January  3,  1784,  who  was  the 
first  surgeon-general  of  the  United  States 
navy.  He  practiced  for  many  years  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  was  a  prominent  man  of  his  time. 
The  father  of  Dr.  Thomas  Harris  was  \\"i\- 
liam  Harris,  born  in  Chester  county.  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1757.  and  was  a  revolutionary  officer, 
later  serving  as  brigadier-general.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  legislature  during  the  years 
1779-80.  and  1810-TI-12.  He  died  September 
4,  1812.  This  patriot  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Harris,  born  in  1722.  who  came  in  1747  from 
Ireland,  and  settled  in  Chester  county.  Pcnn- 
svlvania. 


Celtic     in     origin,    the     name 

MORGAN  Morgan  in  the  principality  of 
Wales  is  older  than  the  advent 
of  the  Saxon  race  or  language.  The  deriva- 
tion has  Tiot  been  conclusively  determined,  but 
Dixon,  an  English  authority  on  surnames, 
says  it  means  by  sea,  or  by  the  sea,  which  is 
probably  as  nearly  accurate  as  any  explanation 
may  be.  The  name  is  allied  to  the  Scotch 
ccaim  iiior,  meaning  big  headland.  Another 
possible  derivation  is  from  the  Welsh  )iiorc 
can.  meaning  sea  burn,  which  is  not  essentially 
different  from  the  former  interpretation,  by 
the  sea. 

The  name  was  common  at  the  time  of  the 
Conquest,  and  appears  in  the  Domesday  Book 
and  in  the  liattle  .\bbey  Roll.  Among  the 
^^'elsh,  several  sovereign  princes  and  other 
potentates  of  the  Morgan  stock  were  living  as 
far  back  as  tlie  year  300  or  400.  One  of  these 
princes,  Morgan  of  Gla  ]\Iorgan.  in  725,  is 
said  to  have  invented  trial  by  jury,  a  procedure 
which  he  called  "the  apostolic  law."  "As 
Christ  and  the  twelve  Apostles  are  finally  to 
judge  the  world,  so  human  tribunals  should 
be  composed  of  the  king  and  twelve  wise 
men."  This  institution  i)receded  by  a  cen- 
tury and  a  half  the  time  of  Alfred  the  Great, 
who  is  generally  credited  with  the  law. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  sixteenth  century 
the  family  from  which  were  derived  the  ances- 
tors of  the  American  branch,  moved  from 
Wales  to  Bristol.  England.  The  immediate 
family  of  Miles  }^Iorgan,  who  came  to  Massa- 
chusetts, was  of  Glamorganshire,  Wales,  and 
there  is  reason  to  believe  that  his  father  was 
William  Morgan,  .-\mong  the  early  families 
of  the  American  pioneers  there  was  a  tradition 
of  a  little  book  owned  by  James  Morgan,  the 
brother  of  Miles  Morgan,  dated  before  1600, 
and  inscribed  with  the  name  of  William  ^lor- 
gan  of  Llandaff.  Other  evidence  in  the  shape 
of  antique  gold  sleeve-buttons  stam.ped  "W. 
]\I.,"  in  the  possession  of  James  Morgan, 
pointed  to  the  same  conclusion,  and  these  were 
said  to  have  been  an  heirloom  from  William 
Morgan  of  Llandaff. 

Arms — or,  a  griffin  segreant  sable  ;  crest — 
a  reindeer's  head  coupled  or,  attired  gules; 
motto — Onward   and   Upward. 

(I)  Miles  IMorgan,  who  founded  the  family 
of  his  name  in  New  England,  was  born  prob- 
ably in  Llandaff,  Glamorganshire,  Wales, 
about  1615.  Accompanying  his  older  brother, 
Tames  Morgan,  who  settled  in  New  London, 
Connecticut,  and  John  Morgan,  who  went  to 
\'irginia,  he  sailed  from  Bristol.  England,  and 
arrived  in  Boston  in  -\pril,  1636.  His  first 
residence    was    in    Roxbury,    and    there    it   is 


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iK-lievcd  lie  remained  for  some  years.  Sub- 
^ciiiiently  lie  joined  the  company,  which  led 
bv  Sir  U'illiam  I'ynchon,  had  founded  Aga- 
\v-im  (Springfield)'  on  the  Connecticut  river. 
It'  is  not  an  historical  certainty  that  he  was 
with  the  first  company  which  went  inland 
from  r.oston,  or  that  he  was  one  of  the  found- 
er- of  Agawam.  That  place  was  established 
i„  1636,  and  the  name  of  Miles  Morgan  ap- 
pear-; on  the  records  in  1643.  showing  that  he 
was  there  before  that  time,  but  how  long 
before  is  not  known. 

He  became  one  of  the  leading  men  of  Aga- 
wam.    He  acquired  an  extensive  tract  of  land, 
-uul  was  also  a  trader,  sailing  a  vessel  up  ana 
down    the   river.      One   of    the    few    fortified 
houses  in  Agawam  belonged  to  him,  and  he 
was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  militia,  having 
the  rank  of  sergeant.     In  all  the  fighlmg  m 
which    the    little    settlement    was    engaged    to 
protect  itself  from  the  attack  of  the  surround- 
in"'  ravages,  he  was  mud;  depended  upon  for 
his  valor  and  his  skill  as  a  soldier.     W  hen, 
during  King  Philip's  War  in  1675.  the  Indians 
made  an   attack  on   Agawam  and  nearly   de- 
stroyed the  town,  his  house  was   the   central 
place  of  refuge  for  the  belcagurcd  inhabitants. 
His    sons,    following   the    footsteps    of    their 
father,   were  two  noted   Indian   hunters,  and 
one  of  them,  Peletiah  Morgan,  was  killed  by 
the    Indians.      In   the   "records   or   list   01    ye 
names  of  the  townsmen  or  men  of  this  Towne 
of  Springfield  in   February,   1664,  written  by 
Flizur   Ilolvoke,"   he   appears  as   Serj.   Aides 
Morgan,     In    i6S5-v-    i66o-6-'-68  he  was  a 
selectman.     He  served  as  constable  one  year, 
and  at  different  times  as  fence  viewer,  high- 
way survevor.  and  overseer  of  highways,  and 
also  on   various   town   committees.      He   died 
May  28    1699.     A  bronze  statue  of  a  Puritan 
soldier   standing  in   one   of   the   public   parks 
of   Springfield    enduringly   commemorates   his 
fame. 

He  married  (first)  in  1643,  Prudence  Gil- 
bert of  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  The  tradition 
is  that  on  the  vessel  on  which  he  came  to 
r.oston  Prudence  Gilbert  was  also  a  passenger, 
and  there  he  made  her  acquaintance.  She  was 
coming  to  the  new  world  to  join  members  of 
her  family  already  located  in  Beverly.  After 
he  had  settled  in  Springfield  he  sent  word  to 
her  and  proposed  marriage.  She  accepted  the 
offer,  and  the  young  man  with  two  friends  and 
;ui  Indian  guide  leading  pack  horses,  marched 
across  ^Massachusetts  from  the  Connecticut 
river  to  the  "land  of  the  people  of  the  east 
where  the  two  young  people  were  married. 
After  the  marriage  the  household  goods  of  the 
young  couple  were  laden  on  the  packhorses, 
and  the  bride  on  foot  tramped  back  to  Spring- 


field, one  hundred  and  twenty  miles,  escorted 
by  the  bridegroom  and  his  friends.  She  died 
Januarv  14,  i6to.  Issue:  i.  Mary  Morgan 
born  February  4,  1644;  married  Edmund 
Pryngrvdays.  2.  Jonathan  Morgan,  born  No- 
vember' 16,  1646,  died  1714;  married  Sarah 
Coolev.  3.  David  Morgan,  born  September 
2^.  1648,  died  May  30,  1731 ;  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Tohii  and  Mary  Clark.  4.  Pelatiah 
Morgan,  born  Julv  7.  1650.  killed  by  Indians  in 
ir>76.  5.  Isaac  Morgan,  born  May  12.  1652, 
died  between  1706  and  1708;  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Gardner  of  Hadley,  Mas- 
>;achu<;etts.  6.  Liddia  Morgan,  born  Aprd  8, 
i6c,3 :  married  John  Pierce.  7.  Hannah  Mor- 
gan, born  April  n,  1655,  died  January  7, 
1698;  married  Samuel  Terry,  Jr.  8.  Mercy 
Morgan,  born  July  8.  165S.  He  married  (sec- 
ond TFebruary  IS,  1670,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and 'Margaret  Bliss.  Issue:  9.  Na- 
thaniel Morgan,  of  whom  below. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Morgan,  son  of  Miles  and 
Elizabeth  (Bhss)  ^lorgan,  was  born  m 
Springfield,  June  14.  1671-  He  settled  in 
West" Springfield,  where  he  made  his  home 
during  his  entire  life  and  was  a  successful 
farmer.  He  died  August  30,  1752-  He  mar- 
ried. Januarv  17,  1691.  Hannah  Bird,  who 
died  June  7-  I75i-  Of  the  seven  sons  and 
two  daughters  of  this  marriage,  all  the  sons 
and  one  daughter  lived  to  be  over  seventy 
years  of  age.  Issue:  Nathaniel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1692;  Sam.uel,  born  1694,  died  m 
December,  1699;  Ebenezer,  born  1696;  Han- 
nah, born  1698:  Miles,  born  1700;  Joseph,  of 
whom  below;  James,  born  1705;  Isaac,  born 
1708,  died  November  7,  1796;  Elizabeth,  born 

''  (III)  Jo-^eph  ^lorgan,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Hannah  (Bird)  ^lorgan,  was  born  December 
3  1702.  He  lived  on  the  paternal  tarm  m 
West  Springfield.  He  died  November  7,  I773- 
He  married,  in  1735.  ^I^ry  Stebbins,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Stebbins;  she  was  born  July 
6  1712,  and  died  December  6,  1798-  Issue:  i. 
Joseph  of  whom  below.  2.  Titus,  died  m  in- 
fancy. 3.  Titus,  born  July  19.  i74o;  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Morgan  a  son 
of  David  Morgan  and  a  grandson  of  Miles 
Mor^^an.  4.  Lucas,  born  February  26.  1743; 
married  (first)  Tryphene  Smith,  died  Febru- 
ary 20  1793:  married  (second)  Betsy  Last- 
man,  o'f  Granbv.  Alassachusetts,  daughter  of 
William  Eastman.  5.  Elizabeth,  born  December 
-^^  174;  died  April  12,  1782:  married  Thomas 
White.'  6.  Judah.  born  March  22.  1749;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Shivoy.  ?■  Jesse,  born  March 
-^2  1740  died  June  m,  1810;  married  (first) 
^j^rcv  '^tebbin-;.  of  Deerfield,  Massachusetts, 
died  'June  8,  1806;  married  (second)   Widow 


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Hannah  Stebbins,  of  Deerfield.  8.  Hannah, 
born  November  29,  1751  ;  mnrried  John  I.t-gg. 
(I\')  Joseph  (2)  Morgan,  son  of  Joscpli 
(I)  and  Mary  (Stebbins)  Morgan,  was  born 
February  19,  1736.  He  was  a  captain  of 
mihtia,  and  in  character  as  well  as  in  pliysirjue 
he  was  reckoned  one  of  the  staunchest  men  of 
western  Massachusetts.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 9,   1765,  Experience  Smith,  born  October 

23,  1741.  Issue:  I.  Eurydice  [Morgan,  born 
November  28,  1765:  married  Russell  Ely.  2. 
Huldah,  born  November  27,  1767,  died  [March 

24,  1770.  3.  Huldah,  born  .April  iS,  1770; 
married  Edmund  Ely.  4.  Nancy,  born  July 
22,  1772.  5.  Achsah,  born  August  16,  1774; 
married  (first)  Samuel  D.  Chapin,  died  Octo- 
ber 25,  iSoi  :  married  (second)  Nehemiah  D. 
Beardsley.  6.  Joseph,  of  whom  below.  7. 
Betsey,  born  July  4.  17S2.  died  July  13,  1786. 

(V)  Joseph  (3)  Morgan,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  E.xperience  (Smith)  Morgan,  was  born 
January  4,  1780.  Leaving  home  when  he  was 
a  young  man  he  settled  in  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, and  became  a  successful  and  respected 
hotelkeeper.  He  died  in  1S47.  He  married 
Sarah  Spencer,  of  Middletown,  Connecticut. 
Issue:  1.  Mary,  married  Rev.  James  A.  Smith, 
a  Congregp.tionp.l  c!ergn,'man  of  Connecticut. 
2.  Lucy,  married  James  Goodwin,  president  of 
the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany ;  their  son,  James  Junius  Goodwin,  was 
a  banker  and  broker  in  New  York.  3.  Junius 
Spencer,  of  whom  below. 

(\'I)  Junius  Spencer  [Morgan,  son  of  Joseph 
(3)  and  Sarah  (Spencer)  Morgan,  was  born  in 
West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  April  14, 
1813.  His  early  years  were  spent  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  was  educated.  \\'hen  he 
had  grown  to  manhood  he  went  to  Boston  and 
entered  the  banking  house  of  Albert  Wells, 
where  he  gained  his  first  knowledge  of  that 
business  in  which  he  afterward  became  success- 
ful and  distinguished.  In  July,  1834,  he  moved 
to  New  York,  entering  the  banking  house  of 
Morgan,  Kctchum  &  Company.  Remaining  in 
New  York  only  about  two  years  he  returned  to 
his  native  city  and  there  established  himself  in 
business  as  a  dry  goods  merchant  in  the  firms 
of  Howe,  Mather  &  Company  and  Mather, 
Morgan  &  Company.  Subsequently  he  went 
again  to  Boston,  and  still  continuing  in  tlie 
dry  goods  business  became  a  partner  of  J.  M. 
Beebe  in  the  famous  firm  of  Beebe.  Morgan 
&  Company,  which  in  its  prime  was  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  influential  houses  in  that 
trade  in  the  L"nited  States. 

Mr.  Morgan  visited  England  in  1S53.  anl, 
upon  the  invitation  of  George  Peabody,  he- 
came  associated  with  that  great  hanker  as  his 
partner   in    October,    1S54.      In   ten   years   he 


succeeded  entirely  to  the  business  of  Air.  Pea- 
body,  and  established  the  house  of  J.  S.  Mor- 
gan &  Company,  which  shortly  became  one  of 
the  largest  banking  houses  in  the  world.  The 
later  years  of  his  life  were  spent  largely 
abroad,  but  he  never  lost  his  love  for  his  native 
country,  and  during  the  civil  war  he  gave  sub- 
stantial assistance  to  the  cause  of  the  national 
government.  He  was  a  man  of  generous  in- 
stincts, and  contributed  handsomely  to  the  sup- 
port of  educational  and  public  institutions. 
His  activity  as  a  layman  in  the  affairs  of  th.e 
Protestant  Episcopal  church  was  noteworthy, 
and  among, otlier  institutions,  Trinity  College, 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  .owed  much  to  his 
munificence.  Fie  died  in  Nice,  France,  in 
1895,  as  the  result  of  an  accident.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Boston,  in  iS3('),  Juliet  Pierpont, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Mary  Sheldon 
(Lord)  Pierpont.  Issue:  i.  John  Pierpont, 
of  whom  below.  2.  Sarah  Spencer,  born  De- 
cember 5,  1839;  married  George  Hale  Mor- 
gan, born  February  14,  1840,  son  of  George 
Denison  and  Caroline  A.  (Hale)  Morgan,  of 
Flartford,  Connecticut,  and  New  York  City, 
and  a  descendant  of  James  Morgan,  of  New 
London,  Connecticut.  3.  Alary  Lyman,  born 
November  5,  1844;  married  in  London,  Eng- 
land. Walter  H.  Burus,  of  New  York.  4. 
Junius  Spencer,  born  April  6,  1846,  died 
young.  5.  Juliet  Pierpont,  born  December  4, 
1847;  married  John  Brainard  Alorgan,  son  of 
George  DcTiison  and  Caroline  A.  (Hale)  Alor- 
gan. 

(\'II)  John  Pier]5ont  Morgan,  only  son  of 
Junius  Spencer  and  Juliet  (Pierpont)  Morgan, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  April  17, 
1837,  died  in  Rome,  Italy,  Alarch  31,  1913. 
He  was  educated  in  the  English  High  School 
in  Boston,  and  then  studied  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  (jottingen,  Germany,  where  he  com- 
pleted a  full  course,  returning  to  the  United 
States  when  twenty  years  of  age.  He  engaged 
in  the  banking  business  with  Duncan  Sherman 
&  Company,  of  New  York  City  in  1857,  and 
there  obtained  a  full  knowledge  of  finance  in 
a  house  which  at  that  time  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  in  the  country.  In  1S60  he  became 
American  agent  and  attorney  for  George  Pea- 
body  &  Company,  of  London,  with  which 
house  his  father  was  connected,  and  in  1864 
he  engaged  in  banking  on  his  own  account  in 
the  firm  of  Dabney,  Alorgan  &  Company.  In 
1871  he  became  a  member  of  the  famous  bank- 
ing house  of  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Company,  the 
name  of  which  in  1895  '^^''i^  changed  to  J.  P. 
Morgan  &  Company.  At  the  same  tin-^e  he 
was  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  J.  S.  Mor- 
gan &  Company,  of  London,  of  which  his 
father  was  the   founder,  and  upon  the  death 


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of  his  pnrent,  he  succcodcil  him  in  that  con- 
cern. Thus  he  was  head  of  the  greate-t  private 
bank  in  America,  and  of  one  of  the  most  intlu- 
eritial  monetary  institutions  in  England. 

His  ])rceminence  as  a  banker  and  financier 
was  recognized  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury. In  those  respects  he  was  one  of  the  most 
potent  powers  that  the  L'nited  States  has  ever 
known,  and  rivalled  even  the  strongest  men  in 
Euro])e.  hi  the  wonderful  industrial  and 
financial  development  which  characterized  the 
closing  years  of  the  ninel<-enth  century  in  the 
United  States,  and  especially  in  the  develop- 
ment of  that  movement  toward  the  consolida- 
tion of  industrial  enterprises,  Mr.  Morgan  was 
not  only  prominent,  but  it  is  not  too  much  to 
say  that  at  that  time  he  exercised  the  most 
powerful  and  helpful  inlluence  ever  displayed 
by  any  man  in  the  financial  history  of  the  coun- 
try. Particularly  will  his  genius  and  inde- 
fatigable labors  in  the  organization  and  de- 
velopment of  the  United  States  Steel  Corpora- 
tion he  long  remembered  as  a  masterly  achieve- 
ment, and  in  the  opinimi  of  many,  as  laying 
the  substantial  foundation  for  the  great  indus- 
trial prosperity  of  the  country  which  followed 
in  the  years  immediately  alter  this  accomplish- 
ment. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  connected  with  nearly  all 
notable  financial  undertakings  of  his  time,  and 
his  influence  was  always  of  the  soundest  char- 
acter and  conducive  to  the  public  welfare  as 
well  as  to  the  investing  interests.  A  list  of  the 
important  rcorganizatiotis  of  railroad  com- 
panies, the  organizations  of  loans,  and  the 
underwriting  of  industrial  enterprises  which 
have  been  handled  by  him  would  be  long  and 
imposing.  Also  in  public  affairs  were  his 
services  to  the  country  of  inestimable  value. 
Especially  in  1894  and  1895,  and  at  other 
times  of  threatened  monetary  stringency,  he 
contributed  substantially  and  etYectively  to 
protecting  the  credit  of  the  United  States 
treasury. 

Although,  when  the  banking  disturbances 
in  New  York  City  in  the  autunm  of  1907 
threatened  to  overwhelm  the  entire  country 
with  supreme  disaster,  he  had  been  largely 
retired  from  active  participation  in  affairs. 
Air.  Morgan  came  forward  again  to  save 
the  situation.  In  the  grave  emergency  which 
then  arose  he  took  the  lead  in  measures  in- 
stituted to  prevent  the  widespread  destruc- 
tion of  public  credit  and  overthrow  of  indus- 
trial and  financial  institutions  that  was  immi- 
nent. His  leadership  in  those  trying  days  was 
unreservedly  accepted  !))•  men  who  were  fore- 
most in  the  financial  world  in  New  York  City, 
and  as  well  throughout  the  United  States. 
Among  his  associates  he  was  relied  upon  for 


initiative  and  for  powerful  influence,  and  even 
the  national  administration  depended  upon  his 
advice  and  assistance,  .\fter  the  battle  had 
been  won  and  confidence  restored  it  was  every- 
where recognized  that  his  financial  genius  and 
masterly  control  of  men  and  aft'airs  had  been 
the  main  instruments  in  saving  the  country, 
if  not  the  world,  from  the  worst  disaster  that 
had  impended  for  a  generation.  The  great 
masters  of  finance  in  London,  Paris  and  other 
monetary  centers  of  Europe  did  not  withhold 
their  warmest  praise  and  indorsement  of  hi- 
accomplishment,  while  his  associates  in  the 
American  fields  of  finance  and  industry  ha\e 
been  profuse  in  acknowledgement  of  the  pre- 
eminent service  that  he  rendered  to  the  coun- 
try. 

Mr.  Morgan  was  also  a  large  investor  in  th.c 
great  business  enterprises  of  the  country,  and 
a  director  in  more  than  two  score  financial, 
railroad  and  industrial  corporations.  Typically 
foremost  among  the  enterprises  in  wliich  he 
held  important  interests  and  exercised  pro- 
nounced influence  in  the  direction  of  their 
aff'airs  were  the  following:  The  United  States 
Steel  Corporation,  the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati. 
Chicago  &  St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  the 
Eirst  National  Bank  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
the  General  Electric  Company,  the  Lake  Erie 
&  \\'estern  Railroad  Company,  the  Lake  Shore 
&  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company,  the 
Michigan  Central  Railroad  Company.the  Na- 
tionafBank  of  Commerce  of  New  'S'ork,  the 
New  York  &  Harlem  River  Railroad  t.'om- 
panv,  the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
Railroad  Company,  the  New  York,  New  I  lavcn 
&  Hartford  Railroad  Company,  the  West 
Shore  Railroad  Company,  and  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company. 

A  man  of  broad  culture  and  refined  tastes, 
Mr.  Alorgan  did  not  confine  himself  to  busi- 
ness affairs.  He  was  particularly  interested 
in  art,  being  one  of  its  most  generous  patrons, 
and  one  of  the  accomplished  connoisseurs  of 
the  world.  Some  of  the  finest  works  of  the 
great  masters  of  olden  times  and  of  the  pre-ent 
were  owned  by  him.  His  collection  of  art  nh- 
jects  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  largesi,  most 
important,  and  most  valuable  ever  brought  to- 
gether bv  a  single  private  individual.  A  con- 
siderable part  of  this  great  collection  was 
acquired  during  the  ten  vears  or  so  preced- 
ing 190S,  and  has  been  kept  in  Kensuigton 
Aluseum,  London,  in  the  Metropolitan  Museum 
of  Art,  in  New  York  City,  and  in  Mr.  Mor- 
gan's private  galleries  in  London  and  New 
York.  It  consists  not  only  of  rare  and  valuable 
paintings,  but  exquisite  porcelains,  marble  re- 
liefs, bronzes,  enamels,  fabrics  and  otl'.er  ob- 
jects. 


\EW  EX-GLAND 


Mr.  Morgan's  Xew  York  residence  was  on 
Madison  avenue,  and  he  had  a  country  seal. 
"Cragston,"  at  Highland  Falls,  Xew  York. 
He  also  had  a  house  at  Roeliampton,  near 
Wimbledon,  a  suburb  of  London,  and  one 
near  Kensington.  Adjoining  his  Xew  York 
City  residence  he  had  a  fine  private  art  gallery 
which  contains  many  of  his  art  treasures.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  leading  clubs  of  New 
York  City  and  London,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  president  of  the  Metropolitan 
Club  of  New  York,  and  was  for  several  years 
commodore  of  the  New  York  Yacht  Clulj. 
Particularly  interested  in  the  Metropolitan 
Art  Museum,  he  was  a  generous  benefactor  to 
tliat  institution  and  was  its  president.  He 
arranged  to  erect  in  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
an  art  building  in  memory  of  his  father,  to  be 
called  the  Morgan  Memorial;  the  cornerstone 
of  this  edifice  was  laid  .April  23.  1908.  He 
was  one  of  the  trustees  of  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, a  director  or  trustee  of  various  other  edu- 
cational and  philanthropic  institutions,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and 
several  times  was  a  lay  delegate  from  the  dio- 
cese of  New  York  to  the  general  conventions 
of  that  religious  body. 

Mr.  Morgan  married  (first")  Amelia,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Cady)  Sturgess, 
of  New  York  City.  She  died,  and  he  m.arried 
(second)  in  1865,  Frances  Louise,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Louise  (Kirkland)  Tracy,  of  New 
York  City.  Issue:  i.  John  Pierpont,  born 
1867;  graduated  from  Harvard  University, 
class  of  18S9.  and  since  then  has  been  engaged 
in  the  banking  business  of  his  father:  he  re- 
sides in  j\Iadison  avenue,  XTew  York  City,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  ^Metropolitan.  L'nion,  L'ni- 
versity.  Riding,  X"ew  York  Yacht  and  other 
clubs  :  he  married,  in  1891,  Jane  Xorton  Grew, 
daughter  of  Henry  Sturgis  and  Jane  X'orton 
(Wigglesworth)  Grew,  of  Boston;  she  was 
born  in  Boston,  September  30,  186S;  they  have 
one  son,  Junius  Spencer,  born  in  1892.  2. 
Louisa  Pierpont,  married  Herbert  L.  Satterlee. 
3.  Juliet  Pierpont,  married  W.  Pierson  Hamil- 
ton.    4.  Anne  Tract. 


The  surnames  Gardner  and 
GARDXER     Gardiner    are    identical    and 

the  two  spellings  have  been 
in  use  by  members  of  the  same  family  for 
many  generations,  .\ccording  to  an  old  family 
Bible  in  a  record  made  in  1790.  George  Gard- 
ner, the  immigrant  ancestor,  was  a  son  of 
Joseph  Gardner,  of  England,  grandson  of  Sir 
Thomas  Gardner  or  Gardiner.  Knight.  George 
Gardner  was  evidently  a  man  of  education. 
He  v.'as  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  X'ewport  in 
1638,  and   in    1640  was   present  at  a  general 


court  of  election,  and  from  that  time  until 
1677,  when  lie  died,  liis  name  is  often  in  the 
public  records.  Gardner  and  Gardener  were 
more  common  spellings  in  the  earliest  records 
than  Gardiner.  George  Gardner,  it  is  thought, 
was  related  to  Thomas  Gardner,  who  dieil  in 
Roxbury,  ALissachusetts,  in  Xovember,  1638, 
and  whose  grandson,  Caleb  Gardner,  son  of 
his  son  Thomas,  also  settled  in  X'ewport. 

About  1640  George  Gardner  married  (first) 
Herodias  (Long)  W'ickes.  She  made  the 
statement  that  she  was  married  to  John  W'ickes 
in  London  without  the  knowledge  of  her 
friends,  when  she  was  between  thirteen  and 
fourteen  years  old.  Soon  after  coming  to 
Rhode  Island  the  Gardners  separated  and  he 
went  to  Xew  Amsterdam.  She  was  divorced 
and  married  John  Porter,  who  had  also  been 
divorced  from  his  wife.  She  was  a  Quaker 
and  once  walked  to  Boston  with  a  young  child 
in  her  arms  to  receive  a  whipping  to  which  she 
had  been  sentenced  by  the  Quaker-baiting 
Puritan  authorities  there.  George  Gardner 
married  (second)  Lydia  Bolton,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Susannah  Bolton.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Benoni,  born  1645-47,  died  in  1731 ; 
Henry,  died  1744;  George,  married,  February 
13,  1670,  Tabitha  Tafft ;  William,  born  in  1651, 
died  in  171 1  :  Xicholas,  mentioned  below  ;  Dor- 
cas, born  1654,  married  John  Watson  ;  and  Re- 
becca. Children  by  second  wife:  Joseph,  mar- 
ried, Xovember  30,  1693,  Catherine  Holmes; 
Lydia,  married,  April  4,  16S4,  Joseph  Smith; 
Hilary:  Peregrine:  Robert,  died  in  Providence 
in  1690:  and  Jeremiah. 

(II)  Nicholas  Gardner,  son  of  George 
Gardner,  was  born  in  Ne\vport,  Rhode  Island, 
in  1654.  He  was  given  a  large  farm  by  his 
wealthy  stepfather.  John  Porter,  and  settled  in 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island.  He  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  in  1671,  and  died  in  1712.  He 
married  Hannah  .  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  Nicholas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Nicholas  (2)  Gardner,  son  of  Nich- 
olas (i)  Gardner,  was  born  in  Kingstown, 
Rliode  Island,  about  1680.  He  married  there, 
October  13.  1709,  Mary  Eldred,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Eldred,  of  Kingstown.  Children, 
born  at  Kingstown :  Nicholas,  born  December 
6,  1710;  Ezekiel,  mentioned  below;  Sylvester, 
August  3,  1714;  Hannah,  September  2.  1717; 
Aniey,  June  17,  1723;  Susannah;  Thom.as, 
October  i,  1729;  and  Dorcas. 

(I\-)  Ezekiel  Gardner,  son  of  Xicholas  (2) 
Gardner,  was  born  September  29,  1712,  at 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 29,  1734,. Dorcas  Watson  (Rev.  Ejjhraim 
Gardner  officiating).  Among  their  children 
was  Ezekiel,  mentioned  below. 

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(i)  Gardner,  was  born  about  1740,  in  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island,  or  vicinity.  He  married. 
May  17,  i/'-M'  ^^  North  Kingston,  formerly 
part  of  Kingstown,  Sarah  or  Susannah  Cong- 
ildii  (Elder  Samuel  Ma\o  officiating).  Her 
name  is  given  as  Sarah  in  the  marriage  records 
and  as  Susannah  in  the  birth  records  of  her 
children.  Children,  born  at  Xorth  Kingston : 
IJavid,  born  August  6,  1764:  Mary,  ^larch  3, 
1766;  Ezekiel,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
March  6,  1770;  Dorcas,  February  3,  1772; 
Susannah,  April  28,  1774;  Ann,  March  15, 
1776;  Elisha,  January  28,  1778;  William,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1780;  Palmer,  April  29,  1783;  Oliver, 
May  20.  1785  :  Jesse  and  Almy,  ?»Iarch  7,  1789; 
and  JetTrey,  October  21,  1791. 

(VI)  Hon.  Ezekiel  (3)  Gardner,  son  of 
I'.zckiel  (2)  Gardner,  was  born  at  Xorth 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  January  19,  1768. 
lie  was  for  many  years  a  magistrate  and  was 
commonly  called  Judge  Ezekiel  Gardner.  He 
married  Ruth  Tillinghast.  Among  their  chil- 
dren, born  at  Xorth  Kingston,  was  George, 
mentioned  belcw. 

(VII)  George  Gardner,  son  of  Hon.  Eze- 
kiel (3)  Gardner,  was  born  at  Xorth  Kingston, 
Rhode  Island,  on  the  farm  on  Congdon  Hill. 
He  followed  farming  in  his  native  town  and 
died  there.  Ele  was  buried  in  Elm  Grove 
Cemetery.  He  married  Mary  A.  Burlingame. 
who  died  in  Xorth  Kingston  and  was  buried 
by  his  side.  Children :  Frances  Ann,  married 
Hon.  William  W.  Congdon  (see  Congdon 
VII)  ;  George  Henrv-,  mentioned  below:  Ruth 
Em.eline,  died  unmarried,  and  Mary  Esther, 
who  died  unmarried. 

(\'III)  George  Henry  Gardner,  son  of 
George  Gardner,  was  born  at  Xorth  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Lapham 
Institute.  He  started  in  his  business  career 
in  the  wool  business,  and  learned  the  details 
of  wool  manufacture  in  the  employ  of  the  late 
Edward  Harris,  of  Woonsocket,  Rhode  Island. 
He  began  to  manufacture  blankets  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  and  still  resides  in  that 
city.  He  is-  now  retired,  having  acquired  a 
competence  in  business. 

He  married  (first)  Xancy  Gardner  Greene, 
who  was  born  in  Providence,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Ellery  and  Abby  (Peckham)  Greene. 
They  had  two  children :  George,  who  died 
May  26,  1913.  unmarried,  was  postmaster  of 
Wickford;  Abbie  Peckham,  who  for  many 
years  made  her  home  with  her  uncle,  Hon. 
William  Washington  Congdon,  of  Wickford, 
where  she  now  lives.  George  Henry  Gardner 
married  (second)  Rachel  Francenia  George, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  they  have 


three  children:  Francis  Murray,  Ada  Joseph- 
ine and  Harriet  Langworthy. 

(The    Congdon    Line). 

(I)  P.enjamin  Congdon,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  about  1650,  and  settled  as 
early  as  1O71,  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island. 
He  bought  two  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of 
land  at  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  September 
20,  1 67 1,  and  removed  thither  a  few  years 
later.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1677. 
In  1683  he  was  a  planter  of  Portsmouth  and 
he  was  one  of  the  eighteen  purchasers  of  seven 
thousand  acres  of  vacant  land  in  Xarragansett 
in  1710.  He  married  Elizabeth  Albro,  who 
died  Xovember  15,  1720,  daughter  of  John  and 
Dorothy  Albro.  Benjamin  Congdon  died  June 
17,  1718.  According  to  family  tradition  he 
was  born  in  Pembrokeshire,  Wales,  and  came 
with  his  brother  John  to  this  country.  His 
fallier's  name,  it  is  said,  was  also  John  and 
his  mother  was  a  daughter  of  the  earl  of  Pem- 
broke. Children  :  \\'illiam,  mentioned  belov.- ; 
Benjamin  and  John,  settled  in  Xorth  Kings- 
town ;  James,  in  Kingstown;  Elizabeth  and 
Susannah. 

(II)  \\'illiam  Congdon,  son  of  Benjamin 
Congdon,  lived  at  South  and  Xorth  Kingston. 
He  died  at  Xorth  Kingston  in  1761.  His  will 
was  dated  June  i,  1754,  and  proved  February 
9,  1761.  His  second  wife  Margaret  died  about 
1754.  Children:  Joseph,  William,  mentioned 
below  ;  Margaret,  Elizabeth,  Abigail. 

(III)  William  (2)  Congdon,  ""son  of  Wil- 
liam (i)  Congdon,  was  born  at.  Xorth  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island,  January  25,  1698.  He 
married,  March  30.  1732.  .Ann  Gifford.  He 
lived  at  Xorth  and  South  Kingston.  The  rec- 
ord of  birth  of  his  children  has  the  names 
missing  in  South  Kingston.  The  dates  are 
given,  as  follows :  Ann,  born  February  28  or 
29,  1733:  Haimah.  !Marcli  2^.  1735;  William, 

mentioned  below; ,  January   11,   1739; 

,  Alarch  28,  1741  ; -,  February  24, 

1743; ,  August   24,   1744;  ■ ,   April 

30, : ,  May  17, ; ,  Janu- 
ary 20,  . 

(IV)  William  (3)  Congdon,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Congdon,  was  born  at  South  Kings- 
ton,  Rhode  Island,   December  29,    1736.     He 

married    Abigail   .      Children,   bom    at 

Xorth  Kingston:  Rebecca,  born  July  22,  1757; 
Mary,  October  22,  1758:  William,  March  24. 

17 — ,  died  September  6,  ;  Gideon,  born 

February  12,  176 — ,  died  young;  Abigail,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  176 — ,  died  same  year;  Abigail,  June 
17,  1770;  Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Frances, 
born  September  27,  1775,  died  September  8, 
1777.     Following  these  births  are  dates  rang- 


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iiig  from  176S  to  1782  without  names,  tliat  are 
doubtless  the  dates  of  births  and  deaths  of 
other  children,  whose  names  have  been  oblit- 
erated by  time  on  the  old  record. 

(V)    Captain  Daniel  Congdon,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (3)  Congdon,  was  born  at  North  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island,  Xovember  i,  1772.    He  was 
a   farmer  in  the   village   of  Hamilton,   Xorth 
Knigston.     According  to  the  vital  records  he 
married,  January  24,  1797,  Hannah  Thurston, 
of  South  Kingston.    Thurston  may  be  an  error 
of  reading  for  Stanton  or  she  may  have  been 
a  widow.     He  certainly  married  Hannah  Stan- 
ton, born  January  13,  1776.  died  December  31, 
1853.  at   South   Kingston,   and   he   died   there 
March  20,  1854,  in  his  eighty-third  year.    Ben- 
jamin Stanton,  her  father,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1740,  died  October  20,  17S7;  married,, 
in  1763,  Renewed  Carpenter,  born  July  S,  1746, 
died    at    South    Kingston,    August    2},.    1810, 
daughter    of   Daniel   and    Preserved    (Smith) 
Carpenter.    John  Stanton,  father  of  Benjamin 
Stanton,  was  born  April  22,  1674,  at  Xewport, 
died  February  22,  1762;  married  (first)   Feb- 
ruary 9,  1697-9S,  Elizabeth  Clarke,  born  16S0, 
died   Xovember   10,    1730.     John   Stanton   re- 
moved to  Westerly  in  1733,  and  married  (sec- 
ond)   October    16,    1734,   Susanna   Lamphere, 
born    1716,    died    September    25,    1S07.    aged 
ninety-one,  having  married   (second)    Decem- 
ber  14,   1763.   Peter   Boss.     By  his  first  wife 
John  Stanton  had  twelve  children  and  by  his 
second  thirteen  children.  John  Stanton,  father 
of  John  Stanton,  was  born  at  Xewport,  Rhode 
Island,  August,  1645,  died  June  8,  172S.     He 
married    (first)    1667,    Mary   Horndale,   l>jrn 
July  6,  1647,  daughter  of  John  Horndale,  of 
Plymouth,   and    (second)    Alary   Clarke,  born 
1642,   died   April   7,    171 1,   daughter  of  Jere- 
miah  Clarke,   and   widow   of    Governor   John 
Cranston,  who  died  IMarch   12,  1680.     By  his 
first   wife   John    Stanton    had    seven   children 
and  by  his  second  one  child.     Robert  Stanton, 
father  of  John  Stanton,  and  the  pioneer  in  this 
country,  was  born  in  1599  in  England,  settled 
at  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  in''i63S:  was  a 
admitted  a  freeman  of  Xewport;  was  sergeant 
in  1655;  buried  at   Xewport,  June  29,    1672; 
had    children    by    wife    Avis:     Sarah,    Mary, 
John,   Daniel.     Children  of  Daniel   Congdon: 
Benjamin,  Daniel,  John,  William,  Stanton  W., 
mentioned   below ;   Abby,   Mary   Ann,    Sarah, 
Gideon. 

(VI)  Stanton  W.  Congdon,  son  of  Captain 
Daniel  Congdon,  was  born  at  Xorth  Kingston. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  When  a  young  man  he  followed 
farming,  and  afterward  he  was  proprietor  of 
a  hotel  at  Wickford  and  another  at  Xatick, 
Rhode  Island.     In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  He 


was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  mar- 
ried twice,  his  first  wife  being  Izett  Hannnond, 
by  whom  he  had  the  following  children  :  Wil- 
liam Washington,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel, 
now  deceased,  who  married  Ruth  Gardiner^ 
and  had  one  son,  Walter  B. ;  Izett  Frances, 
now  deceased,  who  married  Cassander 
Thomas,  and  had  one  son.  William  W.  Stan- 
ton W.  Congdon  married  (second)  Lucv  Bur- 
lingame.  and  to  this  union  was  born  children, 
namely:  Zachariah,  living  in  Providence; 
Henry  S.,  living  in  Wickl'ord ;  Laura,  now 
deceased ;  Annie,  living  in  Wickford. 

(\']I)  William  Washington  Congdon,  eld- 
est son  of  Stanton  W.  and"  Izett  (Hammond) 
Congdon,  was  born  on  tlie  Hammond  farm, 
in  the  south  part  of  the  town  of  Xorth  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island,  February  22,  1831.  He 
acquired  his  educational  training  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  his  native  town,  and  upon 
leaving  home  went  to  Providence,  in  which 
city  he  served  for  two  years  as  an  apprentice 
to  the  carpenter's  trade.  His  career  in  Provi- 
dence was  terminated  in  1S54,  however,  on 
account  of  the  illness  of  his  father,  and  he 
returned  to  Wickford  and  purchased  the  livery 
business  which  his  father  was  then  conducting. 
In  connection  with  the  livery  business  Mr. 
Congdon  also  established  a  line  of  coaches 
from  Wickford  Junction  to  Wickford,  which 
he  successfully  conducted  until  the  opening  of 
the  Xewport  and  Wickford  branch  railroad. 
The  opening  of  this  railroad  resulted  in  his 
abandoning  the  stage  line,  and  he  was  ofiered 
the  position  of  conductor  with  the  railroad, 
which  he  accepted,  becoming  the  first  con- 
ductor on  this  road.  After  filling  this  position 
for  a  period  of  fifteen  years,  with  efficiency 
and  ability,  Mr.  Congdon  resigned  the  posi- 
tion. 

Mr.  Congdon  had  for  many  years  taken  an 
active  and  interested  part  in  the  affairs  of  Ins 
native  town,  and  in  1S94  he  was  elected  to 
represent  his  town  in  the  general  assembly  of 
the  state,  and  served  as  a  member  of  that  body 
for  a  period  of  four  years.  In  189S  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  state  senate  and  con- 
tinued as  an  influential  member  of  the  upper 
house  of  the  general  assembly  until  1903,  when 
on  account  of  failing  health  he  declined  re- 
election. During  his  service  as  a  member  of 
the  general  assembly  he  served  on  various  im- 
portant committees. 

In  political  faith  Senator  Congdon  v/as  a 
stalwart  Republican,  and  always  took  an  active 
interest  in  the  affairs  and  success  of  that  party. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  town  council  of  his  native  town,  and  for 
several  yeai's  was  deputy  sheriff  of  Washing- 
ten  county.     In  religious  faith  he  was  a  Bap- 


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tiM,  attending  the  First  Baptist  Church  at 
Wick  ford.  Air.  Congdon  was  a  member  of 
t!ic  board  of  trustees  of  the  W'ickford  Savings 
r.ank,  and  a  director  of  the  Wickford  Na- 
tional Bank  for  many  years,  up  to  the  time 
of  the  latter's  absorption  by  the  Industrial 
Trust  Company  of  Providence.  lie  was  one 
iif  the  most  prominent  members  of  Beacon 
Lodge,  No.  38,  Lidependent  Order  of  Odd 
Follows,  of  Wickford,  of  which  he  was  past 
grand,  and  he  was  always  deeply  interested 
in  the  attairs  of  that  order. 

Senator  Congdon  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Frances  Ann  Gardner,  daughter  of  George  and 
Mary  A.  (Burlingame)  Gardner  (see  Gard- 
ner VII).  To  this  union  was  born  one  daugh- 
ter, Grace  Congdon,  who  died  in  infancy.  Sen- 
ator and  Mrs.  Congdon  took  into  their  home 
their  niece,  Abbie  P.  Gardner,  whose  mother 
died  when  she  was  three  months  old,  who  con- 
tinued to  make  her  home  with  them  and  ten- 
derly cared  for  them  during  their  declining 
years. 

Senator  Congdon  was  possessed  of  an  afta- 
ble  and  genial  manner,  and  being  of  a  sym- 
pathetic and  charitable  nature  won  and  held 
the  friendship  of  a  large  circle  of  friends  and 
acquaintances.  He  passed  away  at  his  home 
in  Wickford,  Rhode  Island,  August  23,  1905, 
in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his  age,  honored 
and  respected  by  his  fcllcnv  townsmen  as  well 
as  by  all  who  knew  him. 


The  Peck  family  is  ancient  and 
PECK  numerous  in  New  England,  and 
was  prominent  and  influential 
througli  tlie  Colonial  period,  and  as  well 
through  the  history  of  a  number  of  common- 
wealths, which  have  come  out  of  the  older  col- 
onies. In  Rhode  Island,  and  in  that  part  of 
Massachusetts  nearby,  they  have  been  a  con- 
tinuous family  and  for  more  than  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years  the  Bristol  County  (Rhode 
Island)  Pecks  have  been  among  the  large  land 
owners  of  their  several  towns. 

Seekonk,  afterward  Rehoboth.  Massachu- 
setts, and  still  later  Barrington,  Rhode  Island, 
was  the  early  home  and  seat  of  the  Pecks  with 
which  this  article  deals — the  Barrington  Pecks. 
Their  lands,  obtained  from  the  Indians,  by  the 
■'Original  Proprietors,"  were  a  part  of  the 
purchase  which  was  in  the  area  of  country 
now  partly  Swansea,  Rehoboth,  P.ristol.  ^^^a^- 
ren  and  Barrington.  Joseph  Peck,  the  emi- 
grant settler,  while  at  Hingham,  represented 
the  town  in  the  general  court  a  number  of 
times  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  business 
"■'f  tlie  town,  being  selectman,  justice  of  the 
I'cace,  etc.,  and  upon  his  removal  to  Seekonk 
"'•s  name  continually  appears  on  the  records 


of  the  town  in  its  management  of  affairs.  His 
Piarrington  descendants  have  guarded  well  the 
family  name  and  rejiutation,  and  played  well 
their  parts  as  active  antt  progressive  citizens. 
Lieutenant  and  Deacon  Nathaniel  Peck,  a 
graiulson  of  the  settler,  was  also  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  the  town,  frequently  hon- 
ored with  public  trust.  During  the  Revolu- 
tion, not  less  than  nine  of  the  Peck  name  from 
Barrington  entered  the  service  of  their  coun- 
try, among  them  being  several  officers ;  and  in 
the  late  civil  war  a  number  of  the  name  were 
found  in  the  ranks,  some  of  whom  never  re- 
turned. Amos,  Benjamin,  David,  Major  Ebe- 
nezer,  Joel,  Lewis,  Alajor  Nathaniel,  Captain 
Solomon  and  Nicholas  Peck,  all  of  Barring- 
ton, fought  for  American  independence ; 
while  Edwin  B.,  Horatio.  John  H.  and  Noah 
A.  Peck  were  among  those  going  from  the 
town  in  defence  of  the  Union,  1861-65. 
Among  the  town's  substantial  men  prominent 
in  public  life,  useful  in  citizenship,  may  be 
mentioned  Hon.  Ebenezer  Peck,  who  after 
honorable  service  in  the  Revolution  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  represented  the  town  in  the  state 
assembly;  Joel  Peck;  Sebea  Peck;  Bela  Peck; 
Learned  Peck;  Nathaniel,  Ellis,  Edwin  F. 
Peck,  Asa  Peck,  and  his  son  Leander  R..  late 
president  of  Asa  Peck  &  Companv,  Inc. ; 
Walter  A.  Peck,  Albert  H.  and  Horace  T. 
Peck. 

(I)  Joseph  Peck,  baptized  in  Beccles.  Suf- 
folk county,  England,  April  30,  1587,  died  on 
Seekonk  Plain,  December  23.  1663.  He  was 
a  son  of  Robert  Peck,  and  a  descendant  in  the 
twenty-first  generation  from  John  Peck,  of 
Belton,  Yorkshire,  settled  at  Hingham,  Nor- 
folk county,  England.  Joseph  Peck  married 
(first)  May  31,  1C17,  Rebecca  Clark,  who  died 
in  October,  1637.  He  married  a  second  time. 
Children:  Anna,  baptized  March  12,  1618; 
Rebecca,  May  25,  1620;  Joseph,  August  23, 
1623;  John,  about  1626;  Nicholas,  April  9, 
1630;  these  were  baptized  in  Hingham,  Eng- 
land. Samuel,  baptized  in  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  3,  1638-39;  Nathaniel,  of 
further  mention ;  Israel,  March  4,  1644. 

(II)  Nathaniel  Peck,  son  of  Joseph  Peck, 
was  born  in  Hingham,  Mascachusetts.  where 
he  was  baptized,  October  31,  1641,  died  young, 
and  was  buried  August  12,  1676.  He  removed 
with  his  father  and  family  to  Seekonk.  and 
there  settled  upon  the  lands  given  him  and  his 
brother  Israel,  in  what  is  now  the  town  of 
Barrington,  Rhode  Island,  near  what  was  later 
the  residence  of  Leander  R.  Peck.  These 
lands  were  a  part  of  those  purchased  by  the 
proprietors  of  Osamequin.  and  his  son  Wam- 
setta.  They  had  been  known  by  the  name  of 
Poppanomscut,  alias  Phebe's  Neck,  Sowanies 


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or  Sowamsit,  are  now  partly  in  Bristol,  War- 
ren,  Swansea,  Rehoboth  and  Barrington.  The 
lands  given  to  Nathaniel  and  Israel  by  their 
father  remained  undivided,  the  most  of  them 
at  least,  until  after  the  son  of  Nathaniel  came 
of  age.  After  the  decease  of  Nathaniel  they 
are  referred  to  as  the  lands  of  Israel  and  the 
heirs  of  Nathaniel,  and  afterwards,  as  the 
lands  of  Nathaniel  and  his  Uncle  Israel.  Na- 
thaniel Peck  married  Deliverance ,  who 

was  buried  :\Iay  i,  1675.  He  had  three  chil- 
dren, and  left  at  his  decease,  as  appears  by  the 
Massachusetts  Colonial  records,  two  children, 
a  son  and  a  daughter.  Tv>-o  of  his  cliildren 
were  :  Nathaniel,  of  further  mention  ;  Elisha, 
born  April  19,  1675,  died  April  30,  1675. 

(III)  Lieutenant  Nathaniel  (2)  Peck,  son 
of  Nathaniel  (1)  and  Deliverance  Peck,  was 
born  July  26,  1670,  died  August  5,  1751.  He 
settled  on  the  lands  left  him  by  his  father, 
was  a  prominent  man,  and  filled  various  public 
offices.  For  several  years  he  is  called  Lieu- 
tenant Nathaniel  on  the  records,  then  Deacon 
Nathaniel.  He  married  (first)  March  8, 
1695-96.  Christian  Allen,  of  Swansea,  who 
died  June  8.  1702;  he  married  (second)  July 
iS,  1703.  Judith  Smith,  of  Rehoboth,  who  died 
November  10,  1743.  Children:  Ebenezer, 
born  April  24,  1697;  Nathaniel.  July  10,  1699; 
Thomas,  October  4,  1700;  Daniel,  July  28, 
1706;  David,  November,  1707;  Abigail,  July 
12,  1709;  Bathsheba,  January  15,  1711;  Solo- 
mon,   of     further   mention;   ■ ,    July     i, 

1714;  John,  February  29,  1716. 

(IV)  Solomon  Peck,  son  of  Lieutenant  Na- 
thaniel (2)  and  Judith  (Smith)  Peck,  was 
born  November  12,  1712,  died  December  8, 
1776.  He  settled  on  a  part  of  the  homestead. 
He  married,  December  29,  1737,  Keziah 
Barnes,  who  died  July  18,  1792.  Children: 
Solomon,  of  further  mention;  Keziah,  born 
August  2,  1740;  Hannah,  February  4,  1743; 
Samuel,  December  30,  1744;  Benjamin,  June 
3,  1747;  Amos,  May  i,  1749;  Esther,  May  iS, 
1751  ;  Daniel,  ]Marc'h  24.  1753;  Hannah,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1755;  Nathaniel,  December  7,  1759; 
Ebenezer,  December  11,  1762. 

Five  of  these  sons  were  patriots  of  the 
Revolution,  namely:  Captain  Solomon  and 
Major  Ebenezer  Peck;  Amos  Peck  was  a 
member  of  Captain  Thomas  Allen's  company 
and  appears  on  the  Alarm  at  Bristol.  April  i, 

1776,  and  also  served  as  a  member  of  Captain 
Viall  Allen's  company  in  1780;  Colonel  Ben- 
jamin Peck;  Major  Nathaniel,  Peck,  who 
served  in  Captain  Samuel  Bosworth's  com- 
pany of  artillery,  and  was  one  of  the  guard 
appointed  by  Colonel  Nathan  Miller,  June  5, 

1777,  to  serve  on  Runistick  for  fifteen  days, 
and  who  served  on  the  militia  guard  of  Bar- 


ringtr.n  from  .Viiril  5  to  May  20,  1778,  and 
who  later  held  a  majur's  commissiun. 

(\')  Captain  Solomon  (2)  Peck,  son  of 
Solomon  (i)  and  Keziah  (Barnes)  Peck,  was 
born  October  29.  173S,  died  August  22,  1814. 
He  was  a  resident  of  Barrington,  Rhode 
Island  (place  occupied  in  i860  by  his  grand- 
son, Asa  Peck,  and  now  known  as  Osanequin 
Farm).  Captain  Peck  was  a  patriot  of  the 
Revolution.  Pie  acted  as  clerk  of  the  Barring- 
ton Militia  as  early  as  ]\Iarch.  1776,  and  was 
also  clerk  under  Captain  \'iall  Allen  in  1778. 
He  was  sent  as  sergeant  to  warn  the  militia 
draft  for  the  Second  Division,  to  release  those 
on  duty,  to  appear  at  Colonel  Nathaniel  Mar- 
tin's house,  Saturday,  June  21,  1777.  On  ^lay 
12,  1778.  he  was  commissioned  captain  of  the 
senior  class  company  of  militia  of  Bristol 
county  by  Governor  John  Collins.  He  mar- 
ried, December  8,  1763,  Widow  Abigail  Bar- 
ney, who  died  June  16,  1S21,  a  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Peck.  Children :  Abigail,  born 
May  12,  1765;  Keziah,  September  10.  .1766; 
Solomon.  February  13,  1769;  Darius,  June  25, 
1772;  Ellis,  of  further  mention;  Bebee,  born 
June  I,  1777. 

(\'I)  Ellis  Peck,  son  of  Captain  Solomon 
(2)  and  Abigail  (Peck)  (Barney)  Peck,  was 
born  August  2.  1774,  was  a  resident  of  Bar- 
rington. and  died  July  27,  1854.  He  married 
(first)  December  10,  1801,  Sarah  Hill,  who 
died  June  3,  1817,  a  daughter  of  David  Hill; 
he  married  (second)  in  [March,  1818,  Lucy 
Bliss,  who  died  December  9.  1853,  a  daughter 
of  Jacob  Bliss.  Children:  Sarah,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1802;  Abigail,  March  29,  1804; 
Ellis,  May  11,  1806;  Hannah  D.,  June  17, 
1810:  Asa.  of  further  mention;  Hannah.  ]\Iav 
26.  1815;  William  H.,  Mav  8,  1817. 

(VII)  Asa  Peck,  son  of  Ellis  and  Sarah 
(Hill)  Peck,  was  born  April  7,  1812,  on  the 
farm  which  he  later  inherited  from  his  father, 
and  which  went  to  his  son,  Leander  R.,  and 
became  a  drover  and  cattle  broker.  Descended 
from  a  long  line  of  Puritan  ancestors  of  sturdy 
character,  he  inherited  and  transmitted  to  his 
posterity-  those  trails  \\hich  in  his  life  reached 
their  fullest  development,  and  have  produced 
sons  and  daughters  of  the  highest  standing  in 
their  various  spheres  of  activity.  He  received 
the  usual  common  school  education  obtainable 
in  those  days,  and  early  in  life  became  a  tiller 
of  the  soil,  which  occupation  he  followed 
during  the  whole  of  his  busy  life,  and  for 
many  years  of  it  in  connection  with  his  other 
enterprises.  He  began  the  business  or  buy- 
ing cattle  in  the  early  fifties,  and  followed  it 
until  the  formation  of  the  firm  of  .^sa  Peck  & 
Company.  In  the  purchase  of  his  cattle  he 
went  to  Elaine,  and  in  the  purchase  of  his  hogs 


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{,<•  went  to  the  state  of  New  York,  Long 
riami  !-oii!id  territory  being  one  of  his  prin- 
fiMa!  fields.  This  was  at  a  time  when  cattle 
w'rc  transported  on  foot  and  Mr.  Peck  would 
t-(i!lcct  a  herd  of  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
.i!)'!  drive  them  to  Brighton,  Massachusetts, 
V.  here  they  were  disposed  of.  In  this  line,  his 
keen  business  instinct  stood  him  in  good 
siiad.  and  he  prospered,  so  much  so  that  in 
this  occupation  he  laid  the  foundation  of  what 
afierward  came  to  be  a  large  fortune.  In  1866 
Mr.  Peck  became  the  senior  member  of  the 
lirni  of  /\sa  Peck  &  Company,  his  son,  Lean- 
I'er  R.,  being  the  other  partner.  This  firm  was 
organized  for  the  purpose  of  handling  wool 
wastes,  etc.,  and  he  continued  as  a  member  of 
the  firm  until  some  years  prior  to  his  death. 

In  its  fullest  sense  ^Ir.  Peck  was  a  typical 
self-made  man.  The  predominant  trait  of  his 
ciiaracter  was  industry,  combined  with  a  perti- 
nacious adherence  to  the  single  purpose  in  his 
business  life.  His  honesty  is  best  illustrated 
by  a  saying  of  his  grandson:  "Grandfather 
would  go  as  far  to  pay  a  debt  as  to  collect  one, 
and  while  he  expected  a  payment  to  the  last 
cent  in  any  debt  due  him  he  was  equally  in- 
sistent in  the  payment  of  the  last  ceni  where 
he  owed  another."  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Peck, 
making  a  liberal  translation  of  the  m.otto  on  the 
Peck  coat-of-arms — Honesty  before  Riches, — 
instilled  that  principle  most  thoroughly  into 
the  minds  of  his  children.  While  not  a  mem- 
ber of  any  church,  he  was  probably  a  L'niver- 
salist  in  his  religious  belief.  He  was  always 
interested  in  public  aftairs  in  the  town  of  Bar- 
rington,  but  being  a  Democrat,  and  his  party 
in  the  minority,  he  had  little  experience  in 
public  ofiice.  He  was,  however,  a  member  of 
the  town  council  for  many  years,  and  also  for 
some  time  a  member  of  the  school  committee. 
Another  of  Mr.  Peck's  characteristics  was  his 
cliarit_v,  which  manifested  itself  in  giving 
where  help  was  most  needed  and  without 
ostentation.  No  weary  wayfarer  ever  asked 
of  Asa  Peck  a  night's  lodging  and  food  in 
vain;  holding,  as  he  did,  tliat  the  unfortunate 
^vere  entitled  to  such  consideration,  he  gave 
wherever  he  could,  and  ungrudgingly.  His 
cheerfulness  and  fondness  for  the  society  of 
tl'ie  young  was  also  characteristic.  In  his  wife 
he  found  a  helpful  consort,  the  loving  wife,  the 
devoted  mother,  the  true  and  consistent  friend, 
the  high-minded  Christian  woman,  and  one 
who  endeared  herself  :o  all  by  her  gracious 
virtues  of  heart  and  mind. 

Mr.  Peck  married,  ]\Iarch  4,  1839,  Lucretia 
?■.  a  daughter  of  Enoch  Remington,  of  Bar- 
rington.  Children:  Adelaide  Eliza,  born 
March  22,  1S40,  married  George  Lewis  Smith  ; 
Leander     Remington,     of     further     mention  ; 

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George  Asa,  born  .'-\ugust  22,  1846,  died  in  the 
same  year;  Juliet  Lucretia,  born  Noveiuber  7, 
1S48,  married  Manuel  F.  Seymour;  Walter 
Asa,  born  July  19,  1S54 ;  Ida  Estelle,  born 
January  10,  1S57,  married  James  S.  Aborn. 

(\TII)  Leander  Remington  Peck,  son  of 
Asa  and  Lucretia  S.  (Remington)  Peck,  was 
born  February  12,  1S43,  died  in  Providence, 
at  his  residence,  January  28,  1909,  and  is 
buried  in  Princess  Hill  Cemetery,  Barring- 
ton.  He  was  educated  in  Barrington.  at  the 
high  school  in  Warren  under  Professor  Cady, 
and  at  East  Greenwich  Academy.  When  sev- 
enteen years  of  age  he  came  to  Providence, 
February  14,  i860,  and  took  a  clerkship  in  a 
fancy  drj-  goods  and  millinery  store  of  his 
uncle,  Jeremiah  S.  Remington,  remaining  with 
him  in  this  capacity  three  or  four  years.  In 
1866,  in  association  with  his  father,  the  firm 
of  Asa  Peck  &  Company  was  formed,  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  and  selling  wool,  wool 
waste,  shoddies  and  flocks.  At  this  time  this 
particular  line  of  business  was  nev.'  to  Rhode 
Island,  and  some  eft'orts  to  make  a  success  of  it 
had  failed.  Mr.  Peck,  however,  had  gained 
some  insight  into  the  business,  and  had  be- 
come thoroughly  imbued  with  the  idea  that, 
properly  conducted,  it  could  be  made  a  success. 
The  first  year  or  so  of  the  business  was  experi- 
mental, and  its  success  was  uncertain.  But 
from  the  expiration  of  that  period,  its  success 
becaiue  assured.  The  firm  of  Asa  Peck  & 
Company,  the  oldest  of  the  kind  in  the  state, 
long  ago  also  became  the  leading  one,  and  is  so 
at  the  present  time.  It  is  no  disparagement  to 
anyone  else  connected  with  the  firm  in  the  past 
or  present  to  say  that  to  Leander  R.  Peck 
more  than  to  anyone  else  is  due  its  large  meas- 
ure of  success.  He  directed  its  policy  and 
assumed  those  duties  which  were  most  largely 
administrative.  The  members  of  the  firm  were 
Asa  Peck,  the  father,  and  Leander  R.,  until 
1878,  when  Walter  A.,  the  other  brother,  be- 
came a  member.  The  father  retired  from  the 
firm  some  time  prior  to  his  death,  and  Walter 
A.  retired  in  November,  1S99.  The  firm  was 
incoporated,  January  i,  1903,  under  the  name 
of  Asa  Peck  &  Company,  Incorporated,  the 
officers  at  the  time  being:  Leander  R.  Peck, 
president  and  treasurer;  Frederick  S.,  his  son, 
assistant  treasurer  and  secretary;  G.  Howard 
Smith,  his  nephew,  vice-president ;  W.  W.  H. 
Cannon,  auditor ;  and  Walter  F.  Seymour, 
another  nephew,  director. 

Leander  R.  Peck  was  president  of  the  Law- 
ton  Spinning  Company,  and  at  one  time  a 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  Union  Trust 
Company,  of  Providence.  He  was  also  in  the 
directorate  of  many  other  financial  corpora- 
tions, and  filled  an  important  place  in  the  com.- 


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niercial  life  of  the  county  and  state.  His  own 
success  was  ample  guarantee  of  his  abihty 
that  his  conofctioii  with  any  enterprise  gave  it 
stability  and  standing.  In  politics  he  was  an 
Independent  Democrat,  and  was  in  the  Provi- 
dence City  council  four  years  and  the  Bar- 
rington  town  council  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Although  he  always  took  a  keen  interest  in 
politics  he  was  not  active  in  this  field.  He 
was  essentially  a  business  man  and  typiiied  the 
best  element  of  that  class.  He  picked  out  the 
site,  purchased  the  ground,  and  was  among 
those  who  started  the  Pomham  Club,  and  in 
its  early  days  was  for  some  }-ears  chairman  of 
its  executive  committee,  and  later  its  presi- 
dent. He  was  also  a  member  of  several  other 
clubs  and  societies. 

Mr.  Peck  had  his  winter  home  in  Provi- 
dence and  his  summer  home  in  Harrington, 
the  latter  having  been  the  home  of  his  father, 
and  where  he  and  his  brothers  and  sisters  were 
born.  The  farm  on  which  this  house  stands  is 
known  as  the  Osamequin  Farm,  and  has  never 
been  out  of  the  family  since  it  was  set  off  to 
them  by  the  "Original  Proprietors,"  to  whom 
it  was  deeded  by  the  Indians  in  1653.  It  now 
consists  of  more  than  five  hundred  acres  and 
may  well  be  termed  a  model  farm.  The  soil  is 
rich  and  productive,  the  fields  are  inclosed 
mostly  with  board  fences  printed  white,  the 
buildings,  whicli  I\Ir.  Peck  tried  to  keep  as 
nearly  as  possible  in  their  original  form,  are 
also  white,  and  the  grounds  around  the  house 
are  spacious,  consisting  of  several  acres  beau- 
tifully lawned  and  covered  with  a  great  pro- 
fusion of  foliage  and  flowering  plants,  the 
whole  presenting  a  most  pleasing  ettect.  The 
greenhouse  contains  many  specimens  of 
orchids.  Mr.  Peck's  farm  was  one  of  his 
enthusiasms  along  with  some  fine  trotting-bred 
and  trained  horses  which  he  owned.  He  kept 
and  sped  these  for  pleasure  only.  In  the  home 
was  the  finest  private  collection  of  silver  and 
copper  lustre  in  the  United  States,  consisting 
of  seven  hundred  pieces  of  all  designs  and 
descriptions.  Mrs.  Peck  commenced  her  col- 
lection in  1899  with  a  small  piece  left  her  by 
an  aunt,  and  one  which  had  belonged  to  her 
husband's  grandfather.  There  are  also  many 
pieces  of  antique  Delft  ware  and  W'edgewood 
lustre;  old  and  antique  cologne  bottles  and 
snuff  boxes  of  various  designs ;  several  vases 
more  than  one  hundred  years  old  ;  and  two  val- 
uable candelabra.  In  one  room,  which  }ilr5. 
Peck  called  her  museum,  there  is  to  be  found 
but  one  piece  of  modern  furniture,  a  tall  stand- 
ard lamp.  "Early  lustre  wares  were  chiefly 
products  of  the  New  Hall  pottery,  at  Shelton, 
England,   where    in    1814,    Peter    Warburton, 


took  out  a  patent  for  an  invention  for  deco- 
rating china  with  pure  unadulterated  gold,  sil- 
ver, platina  or  other  metals,  tluxed  or  lowered 
with  lead  or  any  other  substance.  We  are  told 
that  copper  lustre  was  brought  over  in  the 
'Mayflower.'  At  a  much  earlier  date  the 
\\'aleans  were  masters  of  the  art  of  producing 
lustre  of  rare  beauty." 

]\Ir.  Peck  married,  September  3,  1866, 
Sarah  Gould  Cannon,  whose  line  of  descent 
from  the  "IVIayflower"  ancestor  will  be  fcjund 
in  connection  with  this.  Children:  Frederick 
Stanhope,  of  further  mention  ;  Edith  Remi  ig- 
ton.  born  March  14,  1874,  married,  November 
15.  1898,  Frank  N.  Phillips,  president  of  the 
American  Electrical  Works,  East  Providence, 
and  has  a  daughter,  Charlotte,  born  January 
3,  1903,  and  a  son,  Donald  Kay,  born  June  2, 
1912.  ^ 

(IX)  Frederick  Stanhope  Peck,  son  of 
Leander  Remington  and  Sarah  Gould  ( Can- 
non) Peck,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  December  16,  1S6S.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  upon  leaving  them 
became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  firm 
of  Asa  Peck  &;  Company,  continuing  thus  until 
the  death  of  his  father,  when  he  became  presi- 
dent of  Asa  Peck  &  Company,  Incorporated,  a 
position  he  is  still  filling.  He  is  also  vice- 
president  of  the  National  Exchange  Bank,  of 
Providence;  vice-president  of  the  Lawton 
Spinning  Company  and  of  the  Eastern  Coal 
Company.  Like  his  father  he  is  a  man  of 
enterprise  and  progressive  ideas,  a  man  of 
substance  and  honorable  dealing.  In  public 
life  he  is  a  Republican,  and  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Harrington  town  council  in  1909;  as  a 
member  of  the  state  central  committee  since 
1907;  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state  legis- 
lature from  the  town  of  Harrington  in  1910; 
was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  finance; 
was  again  elected  to  the  legislature  in  1912, 
serving  during  the  sessions  of  I9r3-I4.  and 
was  a  member  of  the  same  committee.  His 
beautiful  home,  "Eelton  Court,"  adjoining 
Osamequin  Farm  which  is  also  owned  by  him, 
in  Harrington,  Rhode  Island,  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  tliat  section  of  the  state.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  following  organizations:  Hay 
Sprii;g  Volunteer  Fire  Company,  Bristol 
Reading  Room,  National  .Association  of  Wool 
Manufacturers,  Rhode  Island  Flistorical  Soci- 
ety, Rhode  Island  School  of  Design,  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars.  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants, 
Boston  Wool  Trade  Association,  Bank  Clerks' 
Mutual  Benefit  Association,  and  the  following 
clubs:  Harrington  Yacht,  Barrington  Grange, 
Bay    Spring    Yacht,    Commercial,    Economic, 


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NEW  EXGLAXD 


i',.MiItani.  Providence  Art,  Providence  Cen- 
sf.ii.  Klii'de  Island  Country.  Squantum  Asso- 
iijtinii.  'lurks  Head,  and  \\'est  Side. 

Mr.  i'eck  married,  June  6.  1S94,  Mary  Roth- 
ivrll  I'.urlinganie,  born  June  30,  1873.  wiiose 
siiCistral  line  will  be  found  in  coiniection  with 
1I11-.  Thev  have  one  child,  Helen,  born  De- 
nniher  J2,  1S95. 


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of  Mrs.   Leande 


R.   Peck). 

(1)  John  Howland  wa.s  one  of  the  Pilgrims 
will)  canic  over  in  the  "Maytlower"  in  the  fam- 
ily of  Governor  Carver,  from  Levden.  IIol- 
i.md.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
.•i!i(i  Elizabeth  Tilley.  who  came  on  the  "■Mav- 
tiower,"  at  the  same  time. 

(H)  Desire,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Tilley)  Howland.  married  Captain  John 
(ifirham. 

(HI)  Desire,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and 
Desire  (Howland)  Gorham,  married"  Captain 
John  Hawes. 

(IV)  Elizabetli.  daughter  of  Captain   John 

and  Desire  (Gorham)  Hawes,  married  ~ 

Fitch. 

(V)  Keziah,  daugluer  of and  Eliza- 
beth (Hawes)  Fitch,  married Osborne. 

(VI)  Ann,  daughter  of and  Keziah 

( i'"itch)     Osborne,     married     Captain     Peter 
Pease. 

(VH)  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  Peter 
and  Ann  (Osborne)  Pease,  married  Captain 
Riifus  Fisher. 

(VIII)  Mary  P.,  daughter  of  Captain  Rufus 
and  Mary  (Pease)  Fisher,  married  Charles 
Cannon. 

(IX)  Sarah  Gould,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Mary  P.  (F'isher)  Cannon,  married  Leander 
R.  Peck  (see  Peck  Mil). 

(The  Burllngame  Line). 

(I)  Roger  Burlingame appears  first  at  Ston- 
jngton,  Connecticut,  in  1654,  and  at  Warwick 
in  1G60,  and  settled  in  the  part  of  Providence, 
How  Cranston,  in  the  western  portion,  known 
a'-  Meshanticut,  before  1670.  He  was  elected 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in  1690.  but  on 
account  of  some  question  as  to  the  legalitv  of 
die  election  was  not  accepted.  He  died  Sep- 
tember I,  17 iS,  and  his  wife.  IMary.  died  in 
the  same  year.  Inventory  of  propertv,  one 
luindred  and  ninetj'-nine  pounds,  thirteen  shil- 
lings and  eight  pence. 

•  H)  John  Burlingame,  oldest  son  of  Roger 
and  Mary  Burlingame,  born  August  i,  1664. 
married  Mary  Lippitt,  daughter  of  Moses 
Knowles  Lippitt,  date  unknown.  She  was  the 
Prandflaughter  of  John  Lippitt.  one  of  the 
'Tigmal  settlers  of  Providence,  one  of  tho.^e  to 
^'  nom  was  assigned  a  house  lot  and  a  si.\-acre 


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lot  in  1638.  On  July  27.  1640,  he  signed  the 
agreement  for  a  form  of  government.  On 
May  16,  1647,  'le  was  chosen  with  nine  others 
b}-  the  town  of  Providence  to  meet  with  com- 
missioners fruni  three  other  towns  to  form  a 
government  under  the  charter.  (See  Colonial 
Records  of  Providence). 

(HI)  Roger  (2)  Burlingame,  second  son 
and  child  of  John  and  Mary  (Lippitt)  Bur- 
lingame, lived  in  Cranston,  and  died  .\pril   i, 

1768.     He  married  Sarah . 

(IV)  Jonathan  Burlingame,  second  son  and 
child  of  Roger  (2)  and  Sarah  Burlingame, 
was  born  in  Cranston  in   171 5,  died  June  24, 

1778.     He  married  Phebe . 

(\')  Benjamin  Burlingame,  fourth  son  of 
Jonathan  and  Phebe  Burlingame,  was  born  in 
Cranston,  June  26,  1751,  and  settled  in  Kil- 
lingly,  Connecticut,  about  1780,  with  two 
brothers.     He  married  three  times'. 

(VI)  Samuel  Burlingame,  eldest  son  of 
Benjamin  Burlingame  and  his  second  wife, 
was  born  January  27,  1791,  died  April  26^ 
1862.  lie  lived  in  Killingly,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Randilla  Preston,  born  April  11.  1795, 
died  INIarch  4,  1867. 

(\'II)  Erastus  Xelson  Burlingame.  eldest 
son  and  child  of  Samuel  and  Randilla  (Pres- 
ton) Burlingame,  was  born  in  Killingly,  Au- 
gust 19.  1812,  died  January  18,  1864.  He 
lived  in  Cranston,  and  married,  in  September, 
183^,  Lvdia  Wood,  born  in  1807,  died  March 
.30,  1S80. 

(\'III)  Edwin  Harris  Burlingame,  only 
child  of  Erastus  Xelson  and  Lydia  (Wood) 
Burlingame,_  was  born  in  Warwick,  August 
13-  1836,  died  in  Ossipee.  Xew  Hampshire, 
August  4,  191 2.  His  boyhood  was  spent  in 
various  mill  villages  of  Rhode  Island,  as  his 
father  was  connected  with  different  cotton  mill 
properties.  Fie  was  a  student  at  Lyon  and 
FViezez's  School,  also  at  Barre  Academy, 
Barre,  \^ermont,  where  his  preparation  for 
entrance  to  college  was  completed  in  1855.  He 
had  intended  to  matriculate  at  Brown  Univer- 
sity, but  financial  reasons  compelled  him  to 
enter  business  life  instead,  and  he  started  with 
H.  F.  Walling  of  Xew  York  in  the  surveying 
for.  and  the  making  of,  county  maps.  In  I-"cl>- 
niary,  1857,  he  became  a  part'ner  of  ]Mr.  Wall- 
ing, but  the  panic  of  1857  brought  about  the 
dissolution  of  the  firm,  and  for  the  next  five 
years  he  was  variously  employed  as  school 
teacher,  draftsman  and  surveyor.  During  the 
civil  war  he  served  as  second  and  then  first 
lieutenant  in  the  Eleventh  Rhode  Island  Regi- 
ment. In  1864  he  went  to  Pottsville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, as  manager  for  the  Xorwegian  Coal 
Company,  and  spent  three  years  there.  That 
was  at  tiie  height  of  the  Molly  Maguire  trou- 


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bles.  In  1S67-GS  he  was  president  of  the  Pot- 
ter County  Lumber  Company,  operating  in  the 
northern  part  of  Pennsylvania.  In  the  latter 
part  of  1S6S  he  went  to  Williamsport,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  was  engaged  in  engineering  work 
there  until  18S1.  He  built  the  water  works 
for  that  city,  two  bridges  across  the  Susque- 
hanna river,  and  developed  the  hotel  and  cot- 
tage projjcrty  at  Minnequa  Springs,  famous 
as  a  summer  resort  thirty  years  ago.  He 
organized,  built,  and  Tor  years  was  treasurer 
and  general  manager  of  the  Williamsport 
Rubber  Company,  to-day  one  of  the  important 
plants  of  the  United  States  Rubber  Company. 
Busniess  reverses  came,  and  in  18S1  he  v.ent 
to  New  York  as  engineer  on  the  construction 
of  the  first  Hudson  river  tunnel.  Since  1S85 
he  had  been  chietiy  interested  in  water  works 
construction.  Among  the  many  plants  he  built 
are  those  at  W'aterford,  New  York;  \\'est 
Troy,  New  York,-  Carthage,  New  York; 
Weston,  Massachusetts ;  Salisbury,  North 
Carolina;  Spartanburg,  South  Carolina;  Jack- 
son, Mississippi ;  Clinton,  2^Iissouri ;  Trenton, 
Missouri;  Peoria,  Illinois.  During  the  last 
few  years  of  his  life  he  gave  up  active  work 
and  concerned  himself  chietiy  with  genea- 
logical and  botanical  study.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Prescott  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public; Massachusetts  Commandery  of  rhe 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion ;  New 
England  Botanical  Club  of  Boston ;  Rhode 
Island  Horticultural  Society,  of  which  he  was 
president  for  several  years ;  Rhode  Island  His- 
torical Society;  Providence  Franklin  Society. 

Mr.  Burlingame  married  (first)  Mary  Russ, 
of  Queechy,  Vermont,  who  died  in  1862.  He 
married  (second)  June  6,  1S65,  Eliza,  born 
June  13,  1836,  died  November  22,  1908,  a 
daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Eli  Aylsworth. 

(IX)  ]Mary  RothwcU,  only  daughter  of 
Edwin  Harris  and  Eliza  (Aylsv.-ortli)  Bur- 
lingame, married  Frederick  Stanhope  Peck 
(Peck  IX). 


The    Wightman    family    is 

WIGHTMAN     said  to  be  of  Saxon  origin. 

The    lineage    is    traced    in 

England   to  Thomas   Wightman,  of   Burbage, 

who  died  about  1400.  and  was  of  the  landed 

gentr}',  according  to  Burke. 

(I)  Rev.  Edward  Wightman,  ancestor  of 
the  American  family,  was  condemned  to  death 
and  burned  at  the  stake,  April  11,  161 1,  be- 
cause of  his  Baptist  faith.  He  was  of  the" 
parish  of  Burton-on-Trent,  diocese  of  Coven- 
try and  Litchfield.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
the  last  to  sufiter  death  in  England  on  account 
of  religion. 


(II)  John  Wightman,  said  to  be  son  of  Rev. 
Edward  \\  igluman,  had  five  sons  emigrate  to 
America.  Of  these  we  have  trace  of  three — 
Daniel,  settled  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  one 
of  the  twenty  constituent  members  of  the  Sec- 
ond Ba])tist  Church  formed  in  1656,  and  for  a 
long  time  a  preacher  and  assistant  pastor; 
\'alentine,  of  Warwick,  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence,  member  of  the  general  assembly ; 
George,  mentioned  below. 

{HI)  George  Wightman,  son  of  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  John  Wightman,  was  born  in 
June,  1632,  died  in  January,  1722.  He  settled 
in  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  and  in  1069  he 
with  others  was  arrested  and  kept  in  jail  at 
Hartford  for  some  time  because  they  owned 
allegiance  to  Rhode  Island.  He  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance,  May  20,  1671,  and  was  made 
freeman.  May  6,  1673.  He  was  one  of  the 
petitioners,  July  29,  1679,  to  the  king,  praying 
that  he  would  put  an  end  to  the  troubles  in  the 
colony  concerning  government,  as  they  were 
'■fatal  to  the  prosperity  of  the  place."  He 
was  constable  in  1686  and  on  the  grand  jury- 
in  1667,  and  for  some  years  a  member  of  the 
town  council.  In  1687  he  was  on  the  tax  list. 
On  February  19,  1712,  he  and  seventeen  others 
bought  seven  thousand  acres  of  the  vacant 
lands  in  Narragansett  ordered  bought  by  the 
assembly.  Pie  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  sold  to 
William  Gardner  twenty-seven  and  a  half 
acres  of  land.  His  will  was  proved  February 
12,  1722-23.  His  sons,  Daniel  and  Valentine, 
were  executors,  and  his  friend,  John  Jones, 
was  overseer.  He  married  Elizabeth  L'pdike, 
born  1644,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Katharine 
(Smith)  Updike.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born 
July  26,  1664;  Alice,  December  29,  1666;  Rev. 
Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  February  26, 
1671 ;  George,  January  6,  1673;  John,  April 
16,  1674;  Sanuiel,  January  9,  1676-77;  Rev. 
Valentine,  April   16,   1681. 

(IV)  Rev.  Danien\"ightman,  son  of  George 
Wightman,  was  born  January  2,  1668,  died 
August  31,  1750,  buried  in  the  Newport  Ceme- 
tery. He  was  ordained  as  a  minister  and 
made  assistant  to  Rev.  James  Clarke,  pastor 
of  the  Second  Baptist  Church  at  Newport,  and 
in  1736  succeeded  ^Ir.  Clarke  in  the  pastorate. 
For  nearly  fifty  years  he  was  identified  with 
this  same  church.  He  married  (first)  Cath- 
erine Holmes,  born  in  1G71,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Sarah  (Borden)  Holmes,  and  she 
died  September  8,  1699.   lie  married  (second) 

Mary — — ,  born  in  1669,  died  November  4,. 

1732.  He  married  (third)  Catherine,  born  in 
1673,  died  October  28,  1758,  widow  of  Joseph 
Gardiner  and  daughter  of  John  and  Frances 
(Holder)  Holmes.     Children:   Two  daughters 


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1,1  [!ic  first  wife.  By  second  wife:  George. 
!i  rtitioiK'd    below;    Elizabeth;    Daniel,    born 

'(\')  George  (2')  Wightman,  son  of  Rev. 
p.ir.iel  W'igbtman,  was  Ijorn  abont  1703. 
\in(iiig  his  children  was  George,  mentioned 
b^-l.iw. 

( \'n  Colonel  George  (3)  Wightman,  son 
of  George  (2)  Wightman,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 4  (or  2),  1726.  He  was  called  Colonel 
Grorgc.  He  married,  December  21,  1746, 
I'li/abcth  Wait,  of  Exeter,  Rhode  Island,  and 
.1)0  (lied  in  Eebruary,  1796,  aged  about  seventy 
\tars,  according  to  her  tombstone  in  the  old 
Wightman  burying  ground  in  North  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island,  where  several  of  this 
family  are  buried.  Children :  Holmes,  men- 
tioned below:  John,  born  March  4,  1749:  Eliz- 
al>eth,  October  23.  1750;  Frederick,  September 
13,  1752':  George,  January  19,  1756;  Mary; 
Asa  :  ^'alentine  :  Daniel. 

evil)  Holmes  W'ightman.  son  of  Colonel 
George  ("3!  Wightman.  was  born  January  6, 
17.lS.died  lanuarv  iS,  i8i7.aeed  seventy  years. 
He  married.  April  12,  1768,  Comfort  Bullock, 
nf  Rehobotli,  ^lassachusetts,  and  she  died  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1818,  aged  seventy-two  years.  They 
were  buried  in  the  \\^ightman  cemetery  at 
Xorth  Kingstown.  Among  their  children  was 
Jrihn.  men.tioned  below. 

fX'III')  Captain  John  (2)  Wightman,  son 
of  Holmes  Wightman,  was  born  about  17S9, 
dicrl  July  21,  1836.  aged  forty-seven  years. 
He  lived  at  Quidnesett  Neck.  He  married 
Marv  Wightman,  who  died  October  27.  iSfX). 
aged  seventy-seven  years.  Children :  Henry 
Holmes,  mentioned  below  ;  losiah  ;  Almira  ; 
John. 

(TX)  Henry  Holmes  Wightman.  son  of 
Captain  John  (2)  Wightman.  was  born  De- 
cember 14.  1805,  died  November  27.  i86f>. 
accidentallv  killed  on  the  Stonington  railroad 
when  nearly  sixty-one  years  of  aee.  He  mar- 
ried. December  14.  1829.  Emilv  Greene  Chad- 
^ev.  born  April  2.  1800.  in  Warwick.  Rhode 
Island,  died  March  28.  186S.  aeed  nearly  sixty. 
!^he  was  dauehter  of  Jeremiah  Greene  and 
Avis  (W^ightmanl  Chadsey,  who  were  mar- 
ried .August  6.  1804:  he  was  born  December 
2.  T780.  died  !May  26.  1872;  his  wife  was  born 
October  7,  17S0.  He  was  son  of  Jabez  Chad- 
■^ey.  who  was  born  Januarv  31.  1754.  died  Sep- 
tember, 1820;  married,  Septem.ber  30,  1770, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Greene,  a  direct 
descendant  of  John  Greene,  surgeon,  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Providence  Plantations, 
^'•■bo  came  from  Salisbury.  Wiltshire.  Eng- 
'•ind,  in  1635;  the  line  was  through  James  and 
Jabez  Greene :  Jabez  Chadsey  served  in  the 
revolution    in    Sullivan's   expedition    at    New- 


port, for  which  his  widow  was  pensioned  :  he 
was  son  of  Jabez  and  Honcnir  (Huling)  Chad- 
sey, and  great-grandson  of  Captain  Alexander 
Huling,  of  North  Kingstown.  Children  of 
Henry  H.  and  Emily  G.  (Chadsey)  Wight- 
man:  William  Henry,  born  December  25, 
1830;  George  Chadsey,  January  4,  1833;  Avis 
Maria,  August  9,  1S34;  Jeremiah  Chadsev, 
July  27,  1836;  Joseph,  July  24,  1839:  Charles 
Lippitt.  July  20,  1840;  Hannah  Smith,  May  i, 
1842;  ^iary  Comfort.  ISIarch  12,  1845;  Jo'i^i 
Albert  Chadsey.  mentioned  below ;  Alexander 
Wilson.  April  22,  184S.  twin;  Waity  Wilson, 
April  22,  1848,  twin ;  Emilv  Frances,  January 
28,  1850. 

(X)  John  Albert  Chadsey  \\'ightman,  son 
of  Henry  Holn;es  Wightman,  was  born  March 
I,  1847,  i'l  North  Kingstown.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at 
Boston.  Massachusetts,  and  during  his  boy- 
hood assisted  his  father  on  the  farm.  He  left 
home  in  1868  and  began  his  career  as  clerk  in 
the  grocery  store  of  Canfield  &  Son,  of  Woon- 
socket,  Rhode  Island.  In  the  following  year 
he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Standish  &  Wightman.  grocers.  In  July  of 
that  year  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Young  &  Wightman.  grocers,  and  after  a 
dozen  years  became  sole  proprietor  of  the  busi- 
ness. He  next  established  a  wholesale  and 
retail  grain  business  in  Woonsocket  and  also 
ojicrated  a  grist  mill.  In  1884  he  sold  his 
grain  business  and  grocery  and  became  a  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Gilbert  &  Wightman,  under- 
takers, buying  the  business  of  I.  B.  Phillips. 
In  this  business  he  was  uniformly  successful. 
All  his  business  ventures,  in  fact,  had  been 
prosperous  and  he  took  rank  among  the  fore- 
most business  men  of  the  city.  In  public 
affairs  he  had  taken  a  prominent  part  and  he 
had  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
In  1872  he  was  elected  to  the  town  council  of 
W^oonsocket  and  in  1875  li^  ^^'^s  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  council,  serving  as  such  until  1S78. 
wdien  he  was  elected  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  the  state  of  Rhode  Island. 
After  the  town  was  incorporated  as  a  city  he 
served  in  the  common  council  and  board  of 
aldermen  for  ten  years.  He  was  also  a  sciiool 
trustee  and  for  three  years  highway  commis- 
sioner. For  many  years  he  was  a  director  of 
the  Producers  National  Bank  of  \\'oonsocket. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church,  of  wdiich  he  was  a  deacon  for 
more  than  thirty-five  years  and  treasurer  for 
nearly  twenty-five  years  ;  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  for  ten  years,  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee  from  1870  to  the  end  of  his 
life.  In  1891  he  was  chairman  of  the  build- 
ing committee  in  charge  of  the  erection  of  the 


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present  edifice  of  the  Baptist  church.  He 
gave  to  tliat  church  a  beautiful  memorial  \viu- 
dow  for  his  son  Chester.  In  1900  he  had 
charge  of  building  the  Congregational  church, 
given  by  Mrs.  Harriet  R.  Liallou,  and  in  igo3 
lie  built  for  Mrs.  F'allou  the  Old  Ladies'  Home, 
which  she  dedicated  and  gave  to  the  corpora- 
tion and  is  now  known  as  the  Ballon  Home  for 
the  Aged.  He  was  also  active  in  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  of  which  he  was 
president  for  a  number  of  years.  He  served 
as  executor  and  administrator  of  numerous 
estates  and  trustee  01  various  funds  for  thirty 
years.  He  died  December  14,  1910,  after  a 
short  illness  at  his  home  in  \Voonsncket,  and 
was  buried  at  River  Side  Cemetery,  Pawtucket. 
He  married,  November  7,  1S71,  at  North 
Kingston,  Clara  E.  Pierce,  daughter  of  Calvin 
Pierce  (see  Pierce  \"H).  She  continues  to 
reside  at  the  homestead  on  Woodland  road. 
She  was  born  in  North  Ashburnhani,  2ilassa- 
cb.usetts.  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  the  East  Greenwich  Seminary. 
Before  her  marriage  she  taught  school  in 
Providence  for  three  years.  She  has  been 
prominent  in  church  and  social  life.  She  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  L'nion  in  Woonsockct  and  has 
been  its  president  for  the  past  se\en  years. 
She  has  been  very  active  in  the  temperance 
movement.  She  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  and  has  been  a  teacher  in  the 
Sunday  school.  She  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Fortnightly  Club  of  Woonsocket.  She 
was  appointed  in  1905  by  Governor  Utter  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Charities.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  \\'ightman  had  one  child,  Chester, 
a  promising  boy,  who  died  at  the  age  of  three 
years. 

(The   Pierce    Line). 

The  genealogist  of  tlic  Pcarse.  Pearce.  Peirce 
or  Pierce  family,  dcsceniling  from  tlie  pioneer 
Richard  in  this  country,  claims  that  twenty 
generations  of  ancestry  have  been  traced  in 
England.  From  Galfred,  to  whom  the  famous 
English  family  of  Percy  (identical  with  Pearse, 
Pierce,  etc)  traces  its  ancestry,  the  American 
lineage  is  given  as  follows:  Galfred  (i  )  ;  Wil- 
liam (2)  ;  Alan  (3)  ;  William  (4)  ;  William 
(5);  Agnes  (6);  Henry  (7);  William  (8); 
Henry  (9)  ;  Henry  do)';  Henrv  (11)  :  Henrv 
(12);  Henry  (i3):PIcnry  ( 14 )  ;  Henry  ( 15)  ; 
Ralph  fi6). 

(NVH)  Peter  P'ercy  or  Pearce,  son  of 
Ralph  Percy  or  Pearce,  had  a  son,  Ricliard. 
Peter  was  standard  bearer  to  Richard  HI.  at 
the  battle  of  Bosworth  Field  in  1485. 

(NVHI)  Richard  Percy,  son  of  Peter  Percy 
or  Pearce,  founded  Pearce  Hall  in  York,  Eng- 
land, where  he  lived  and  died. 


(XIN)  Richard  Pearce  or  I'earse,  son  of 
Richard  Percy,  changed  tlic  spelling  to  i'earce 
or  Pearse.  He  resided  on  the  homestead  of 
his  father,  and  had  sons,  Richard  and  William. 

(XX)  Richard  Pierce,  son  of  Richard 
Pearce  or  Pearse,  was  burn  in  1590  in  Eng- 
land. He  was  the  American  immigrant  and 
will  be  numbered  (i)  in  the  American  pedi- 
gree that  follows. 

(1)  Richard  Pierce,  mentioned  above  as 
Richard  (XX)  in  the  English  line,  married  in 
England,  Martha .  He  resided  in  Bris- 
tol, England,  and  came  to  America  in  the  shi[) 
"Lyon"  from  Bristol,  commanded  by  his 
brother,  William  Pierce.  William  was  killed 
by  the  Spaniards,  July  13,  1641,  at  Providence 
Islands,  Bermuda,  as  he  was  taking  a  load  of 
colonists  from  Massachusetts  to  that  island. 
He  settled  in  Boston  in  1632  and  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  there.  He  is  credited  with  the 
authorship  of  the  first  almanac  published  in 
North  America  (1639).  He  was  a  distin- 
guished master  mariner  in  his  day.  For  the 
sake  of  uniformity  the  spelling  used  by  the 
particular  branch  of  this  family  described  be- 
low will  be  used  hereafter  in  this  sketch.  The 
variation  in  spelling  this  name  seems  to  have 
been  a  family  habit  ever  since  surnames  were 
in  use.  The  more  common  forms  have  been 
mentioned,  and  while  Pearse  and  Pearce  are 
perhaps  more  common  among  the  descendants 
of  Richard,  all  kinds  of  spellings  may  be 
found  at  the  present  time,  as  well  as  in  the 
early  records.  Among  his  descendants  bear- 
ing the  surname  Pierse  or  Pcarse  are  many 
prominent  men  in  Rhode  Island  history.  Cap- 
tain Natiianiel  Pearse  commanded  an  artillery 
company  at  the  burning  of  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  by  the  British  in  the  revolution.  The 
name  has  always  figured  prominently  in  the 
general  assembly  of  the  state;  Flon.  Dutee  J. 
Pcarse  was  a  congressman  from  Rhode  Island 
for  more  than  a  decade.  Edward  Pearse  was 
a  prominent  merchant  in  Bristol  and  his  sons 
after  him.  At  the  present  time  many  of  the 
name  are  prominent  in  business  and  public 
life. 

Of  Richard  Pierce,  the  immigrant,  little  is 
known.  He  may  have  returned  to  England, 
leaving  his  sons  to  settle  in  Rhode  Island. 

(I)  Captain  Michael  Pierce,  brother  of 
Captain  William,  John  and  Richard  Pierce, 
according  to  various  authorities,  was  born  in 
England  about  161 5,  and  was  killed  by  the 
Indians,  Sunday,  March  25,  1676.  in  King 
Philip's  war.  He  settled  at  Plingham,  and 
afterward  at  Scituate.  His  first  wife  died  in 
1662,  and  he  married  (second)  about  1663, 
Hannah  James,  a  widow,  having  a  son,  Mark 
James,  and  daughter,  Abigail  James,  who  mar- 


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rii-i!  Charles  Stockbridge,  born  in  163S,  son  of 
}n]m  Stockbridge.  His  hou.se  was  on  the  Co- 
iiassct  road,  a  mile  from  the  present  North 
imciiiig  house.  He  was  in  the  Narragansett 
rj-ht  ill  December,  1675.  He  was  comniis- 
Muiifd  captain  by  the  general  court  in  1669 
and  had  been  an  ensign  and  lieutenant  before 
that.  In  the  spring  of  1676  he  commanded 
an  expedition  against  the  Indians  under 
(.'aiioiichet,  was  attacked  near  Pa\vtucket  by 
a  superior  force  and  his  command  nearly  anni- 
liilatcd.  The  story  of  the  figlit,  related  by 
.Mather  and  others,  is  well  known  history. 
Captain  P'ierce  fell  early  in  the  fight.  Fifty- 
t'lve  of  the  si.xty-three  Englishmen  were  slain 
and  ten  of  the  twenty  Indian  allies.  The 
Indians  were  commanded  by  Nanuntenoo, 
better  known  as  Canonchet,  and  the  place 
of  battle  is  now  called  Ouinsniket.  Cap- 
tain Pierce's  will  was  dated  January  15, 
1675.  "Being  now  by  appointment  of  God 
going  out  to  war  against  the  Indians."'  He 
assisted  in  building  the  first  saw  mill  in  the 
colony,  burned  by  the  Indians,  May  20,  1676. 
Children:  Persis,  baptized  in  1646:' Benjamin, 
164'');  John,  married  Patience  Dobson :  Eph- 
raini,  mentioned  below;  Eliza;  Deborah; 
Anna;  Abiah;  Ruth;  Abigail,  married  John 
Ilolbrook. 

(II)  Epliraim  Pierce,  son  of  Captain  Mich- 
ael Pierce,  was  born  about  1650.  He  married 
Hannah  Holbrook,  daughter  of  John  Hol- 
brook,  of  Weymouth,  and  removed  from  Wey- 
mouth to  Warwick,  Rliode  Island.  He  died 
September  14.  1719,  and  his  will  was  dated 
July  18,  1718.  jM-oved  at  Warwick.  September 
23,1719.  Children:  Izricum  or  Azrikim,  men- 
tioned below;  Ephraim;  Michael,  1676; 
Rachel,  167S;  Hannah,  16S0;  Experience, 
i'>'S2;  John,  1684;  Benjamin,  161S6. 

(III)  Azrikim  Pierce,  son  of  Ephraim 
Pierce,  was  born  January  4,  1671.  Pie  mar- 
ried (first)  December  31,  1696,  Sarah  Hey- 
ward  (Howard),  born  March  2,  1676,  died 
August  12,  1712:  married  (second)  May  6, 
'7I3'  Elizabeth  Esten.  born  April  8,  16S3, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Martin) 
I-Nten.  He  died  :\[ay  18,  1718.  They  lived 
at  Warwick.  Rhode'  Island,  and  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  Azrikim,  Decem- 
'^tr  3,  1697;  Sarah,  born  October  2.  1707: 
■^aniuel ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Hopestill 
and  Elizabeth,  twins,  August  14,  171O;  Ta- 
l>:tlia,  August  2/,  1717;  Benjamin;  Isaac.  The 
'Ji'der  of  birth  is  not  known. 

(IV')  Joseph  Pierce,  son  of  Azrikim  Pierce, 
^'■a.s  born  April  7.  1714.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
'■'"■Tch  at  Rehobotli.  He  married,  October  3, 
T.Vt,  Marv  Martin,  born  in  1718,  died  Octo- 
''^■r  16,  1,803.     He  died  Mav  5.  1787,  and  his 


will  was  proved  January  5.  1787.  Children: 
Nathaniel,  born  July  9,  1736;  Stejihen.  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  January  21,  1742; 
Mary,  February  23,  1743;  Ann,  June  10,  1746; 
Noah,  February  11,  1752;  Joseph,  December 
I,  1752;  Amy,  November  19,  1754:  Rhoby, 
February  17,  1757;  Joseph,  December  5,  1759; 
Hannah,  Ai)ril   18,   1762;  Rhoda,  August    iS 

{\  )  Steph.en  Pierce,  son  of  Joseph  Pierce, 
was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  August 
7.  1739.  He  married,  March  20,  1758,  Anna 
Wheeler,  born  October  15,  1737,  died' in  June, 
1824,  daughter  of  James  Wheeler.  He  died 
January  28,  1805.  Children:  Ruth,  born  De- 
cember 7,  175S;  Mary,  August  23.  1760; 
Zilpha,  September  15,  1762;  Anna,  January 
I,  1764:  Stephen,  June  24,  1766;  Backus, 
March  13,  1768;  Asahel,  April  7,  1771 ;  Noah, 
January  26,  1773;  Martha.  April  ■  22.  1775; 
Calvin,  mentioned  below;  Rhoda,  Februarv  \, 
17S3- 

(VI)  Calvin  Pierce,  son  of  Stephen  Pierce, 
was  born  at  Rehoboth,  December  2,  1780,  died 
September  15,  1829.  He  married  Constant 
Bulroomb,  born  1765,  died  September  30, 
1837.  They  had  sons:  Calvin,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  .Asahel,  who  died  in  young  manhood ; 
Banuim,  who  was  a  well-known  manufacturer 
of  Woonsocket. 

(VII)  Calvin  (2)  Pierce,  son  of  Calvin  (  i) 
Pierce,  married,  November  25,  1828,  Nancy 
Taft,  born  January  5,  iSio,  died  February  19, 
1875.  He  died  July  19,  1883,  at  Potowo'mut, 
Rhode  Islajid.  Pie  resided  at  Springfield, 
^Massachusetts,  and  A\'oonsocket,  Rhode 
Island.  For  many  years  he  was  a  mill  super- 
intendent. Children:  Calvin  B.,  died  in  in- 
fancy; IVIartha  .-\.,  died  in  infancy;  Asahel  T., 
born  June  30.  1832,  married,  November  25, 
18O3,  Sarah  F.  Stephens,  of  Pawtucket,  both 
now  deceased:  Nancy  M..  married  Horatio  H. 
^"alentine.■of  Providence,  and  she  is  now  de- 
ceased :  ^lary  E.,  married  Nicholas  N.  Untier- 
wood,  of  North  .A.ttleborough,  both  now  de- 
ceased ;  Clara  E.,  married  John  A.  C.  Wight- 
man  (see  Wightman  N). 


Captain  Samuel  Chester,  the  im- 
CHESTER    migrant  ancestor,  was  doubtless 

born  about  1625  in  England.  In 
1O63  he  was  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  evi- 
dently a  man  of  substance,  and  in  the  prime  of 
life.  He  was  commander,  owner  and  factor  in 
the  West  India  trade  there.  He  removed  soon 
to  New  London,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  being  of  course  a  member 
of  the  church,  in  16(39.  He  continued  to  carry 
on  some  business  in  Boston  for  several  years. 
He  was  in  partnership  with  his  nephew,  Wil- 


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liam  Condy,  who  removed  to  Boston.  In  a 
letter  dated  Ju:ie  14,  ibHS,  Condy  authorized 
liis  uncle,  Captain  Chester,  to  sell  a  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  of  land  at  New  London.  Cap- 
tain Chester  was  skilled  m  surveying  as  well 
as  navigation,  and  was  of  great  service  to  the 
colony  ni  laying  out  grants  of  land  and  in  other 
civil  engineering  in  the  new  settlements.  We 
are  told  that  he  was  a  trustworthy,  faithful, 
just,  loyal,  judicious  and  worthy  citizen.  He 
had  visited  many  foreign  ports  and  traded  in 
foreign  clinics,  fie  owned  large  tracts  of  land 
on  the  east  side  of  the  river  at  what  is  now 
Groton,  Connecticut,  covering  the  land  where 
Fort  Griswold  and  the  Groton  monument 
stand.  He  also  acquired  large  tracts  to  the 
north  and  south  of  Groton  Point,  now  East- 
ern Point,  on  which  Abraham,  John  and  Jona- 
than Chester,  sons  or  grandsons,  settled.  Uncas, 
the  Indian  Sachem,  deeded  to  him  several 
thousand  acres  of  land  at  Colchester,  Con- 
necticut, June  13,  16S3.  The  family  of  his  son 
Samuel,  it  appears  to  the  writer,  has  been  con- 
fused with  that  of  the  father.  Children,  bap- 
tized at  New  London :  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  John,  baptized  in  1670;  Susannah,  bap- 
tized in  1670;  Alercy,  baptized  in  1673. 

(_II)  Samuel  (2)  Chester,  son  of  Captain 
Samuel  (l)  Chester,  v.-as  born  probably  in 
1660  or  soon  afterward.  He  was  doubtless 
the  Samuel  whose  will,  dated  April  23,  170S, 
proved  iNIarch,  1709-10,  bequeathed  to  children 
Abraham,  John,  Jonathan  and  Mercy  Bar- 
rows. His  inventory  amounted  to  nearly  three 
hundred  pounds.  He  seems  also  to  have  been 
a  master  mariner,  and  in  16S9-90  to  have  been 
too  old  to  go  to  sea,  and  in  fact  to  have  settled 
down  to  a  merchant's  life  at  New  London, 
owning  but  probably  not  sailing  ships  himself. 
It  is  not  known  that  his  father  was  living  in 
1690.  Children:  John,  born  about  ib9o; 
Child,  baptized  May  29,  1692;  Hannah,  bap- 
tized March  25,  1694,  died  young;  Abraham, 
mentioned  below ;  Jonathan,  baptized  March 
21,  1697;  Mercy,  married Barrows. 

(III)  Abraham  Chester,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Chester,  married  and  became  father  of  several 
children,  among  whom  was  Christopher,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Christopher  Chester,  son  of  Abraham 
Chester,  was  born  October  26,  1757,  died  June 
6,  1831.  He  served  in  the  Revolution,  enlist- 
ing in  December,  1775.  as  a  private  under 
Captain  Gallup  and  Colonel  Parsons,  of  Con- 
necticut, for  twelve  months.  In  April,  1777, 
he  enlisted  for  six  months  under  Captain 
Smith  and  Colonel  S.  Warner,  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  later  for  three  months  he  was  under 
guard  duty  at  Groton,  Connecticut.  He  was 
engaged    in    the    capture    of    Burgoyne.      On 


April  I,  181S,  he  applied  for  a  pension,  which 
was  granted.  He  married,  January  3,  1779, 
-Martha  Chase,  born  i\Iarch  27,  1753,  died  Jan- 
uary I,  182S.  Children,  recorded  in  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island:  ^lartha,  born  January  16, 
1780;  Christopher,  June  4,  17S1,  died  October 
6,  1785;  Lemuel,  January  5,  1783;  John 
Chase,  July  8,  1785;  Christopher,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Rev.  Christopher  (2)  Chester,  son  of 
Christopher  (ij  Chester,  was  born  in  West- 
erly, Rhode  Island,  February  24,  1792  (or 
1794),  died  in  Hopkinton,  Rhode  Island,  No- 
vember ID,  1877.  He  spent  his  boyhood  and 
early  school  days  in  Westerly.  When  a  young 
man  he  was  a  caqjenter  by  trade,  but  later  was 
ordained  as  a  minister  of  the  Seventh  Day 
Baptist  Church.  He  preached  in  Rhode 
Island  and  also  had  charge  of  a  church  near 
Rome,  Oneida  county.  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried, December  9,  1813,  Olive  Bnrdick,  born 
in  Stonington,  Connecticut,  June  16,  1795,  died 
December  31,  1883.  Children:  Christopher 
N.,  born  November  7,  1814;  Benjamin  F., 
mentioned  below;  John  H.,  November  28, 
1S18;  George  D.,  March  27,  1821  ;  Olive  B., 
September  2y,  1823;  JNIartha  C,  July  iS,  1826; 
Oliver  B.,  January  16,  1829;  Daniel  C,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1831  ;  Susan  }\l.,  March  i,  1835; 
Sarah  E.,  July  2.  1S37. 

(VI)  Benjamin  F.  Chester,  son  of  Rev. 
Christopher  (2)  Chester,  was  born  Sejjtember 

13,  1816,  died  January  22,  18S9.  He  lived  in 
Hopkinton  all  of  his  life  except  for  one  year 
which  he  spent  in  Mystic,  Connecticut.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  cotton  bat- 
ting in  Hopkinton,  but  was  a  tanner  and  cur- 
rier by  trade.  In  politics  he  was  a  strong 
Whig  and  was  active  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia.  He  married 
(first)  September  15,  1839,  Susan  Lang- 
worthy,  daughter  of  Amos  Langworthy,  and 
she  died  ]\Iarch  26,  1S80.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) July  19,  18S2,  ]\Iary  Ann  Carey.  Chil- 
dren :  Albert  Langworthy,  mentioned  below ; 
Gilbert  S.,  December  3,  1844,  died  June 
II,  1903,  unmarried;  Amos  F.,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1846,  living  in  Westerly;  Chris- 
topher C,  September  14.  1850,  died  February 

14,  1851;  Lois  Ann,  September  14,  1850,  died 
October  20,  1S50. 

(VII)  Albert  Langworthy  Chester,  son  of 
Benjamin  F.  Chester,  was  born  in  Hopkinton, 
Rhode  Island,  October  10,  1841.  He  attended 
the  public  schools,  the  Hopkinton  Academy 
at  Ashaway  and  the  Berwick  Academy  at  P.er- 
wick,  Maine.  Afterward  he  was  a  teacher  in 
the  public  schools  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island. 
He  enlisted,  September  16,  1862,  in  Company 
A,  Twelfth  Regiment  Rhode  Island  Infantry, 


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and  was  clerk  of  his  company.  He  took  part 
in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  December  13, 
1862,  aiid  in  other  engagements.  He  was  mus- 
tered out  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  en- 
li.stnient,  July  29,  1863.  In  April,  186S,  lie 
came  to  \Vesterly,  and  for  a  period  of  twenty- 
five  years  was  engaged  in  the  cotton  and  wool 
waste  business.  Afterward,  he  was  in  the 
hardware,  real  estate  and  insurance  business. 
He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  public  affairs 
of  the  town,  and  was  elected  to  the  house  of 
representatives  of  Rhode  Island  in  April,  1879, 
serving  until  December  20,  1882,  when  he  was 
elected  to  the  state  senate  to  succeed  Samuel 
H.  Cross,  resigned,  and  he  was  reelected  in 
April,  1S83,  and  again  in  April.  1884.  For 
two  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  town  coun- 
cil of  Westerly  and  from  1891  to  1894,  inclu- 
sive, was  a  member  of  the  board  of  assessors. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  of  prominence, 
serving  as  delegate  to  the  Republican  National 
Convention  at  Chicago  in  1884  and  at  St. 
Louis  in  1896.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
joint  committee  of  the  States  of  RJiode  Island 
and  Connecticut,  appointed  April  22,  1885,  to 
ascertain  and  fix  the  boundar\-  between  the 
state  in  the  waters  of  the  Pawcatuck  river, 
Little  Narragansett  bay  and  the  sea,  a  matter 
tli..t  had  been  in  dispute  for  more  thr'.n  t"'0 
centuries.  He  was  a  director  of  the  \\'ashiiig- 
tou  National  Bank  of  Westerly,  and  a  trustee 
of  the  Westerly  Savings  Bank  from  1880  to 
the  end  of  his  life  and  vice-president  of  both 
banks  from  1888  until  he  became  president. 
He  was  also  president  of  the  Washington 
Trust  Company,  into  which  the  two  banks 
were  merged.  He  resigned  the  presidency, 
January  i,  1906,  but  continued  as  director  and 
member  of  the  executive  committee.  He  was 
also  an  incorporator  and  trustee  of  the  West- 
erly Memorial  and  Librars'  Association  and  its 
vice-president ;  president  of  the  \\'esterly  Gas 
and  Electric  Light  Company  until  1903,  and 
treasurer  and  secretary  until  1900  of  the  West- 
chester Gas  and  Electric  Company,  Westches- 
ter county.  New  York,  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the  organizers ;  president  of  the  Nichols  & 
Langworthy  Machine  Company  of  Hope  Val- 
ley and  of  the  New  York  Safety  Steam  Power 
Company.  He  served  as  commander  of  Bud- 
lung  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and 
was  a  mem.ber  of  Franklin  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Palmer  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  and  Narragansett  Commandery, 
K^ni^jhts  Templar,  of  Westerly.  He  was  mas- 
ter of  Franklin  Lodge  and  a  member  of  the 
'^Tand  Lodge,  and  served  as  district  deputy. 
'n  religion  he  was  a  Seventh  Day  Baptist,  and 
"H-inber  of  the  missionarv  board,  of  which  he 


was  treasurer  from  February,  1884,  to  Janu- 
ary I,  1896,  and  until  his  death  a  member  of 
the  financial  board  for  investment  of  the  per- 
manent funds  of  the  society.  He  died  June 
29,  1906. 

He  married,  November  17,  1866,  Elizabeth 
Ross  York,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Pru- 
dence (P.liven)  York  (see  York  and  Bliven). 
She  is  a  charter  member  of  Phebe  Greene 
Ward  Chapter,'  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  her  mother  having  been  the  daugh- 
ter of  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  She  has  been 
delegate  to  various  state  and  national  con- 
gresses from  her  chapter.  She  is  active  in  the 
work  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  Church  and 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Westerly 
Historical  Society. 

(The  York  Line). 

(I)  James  York,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  1G14,  died  in  1683,  aged  sixty-nine 
years.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1635,  when 
he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  in  the  ship 
"Philip,"  which  sailed  June  20,  1635,  from 
Gravesend,  England,  for  Virginia.  If  they 
landed  in  Virginia.  James  York  did  not  remain 
there  long.  He  doubtless  came  north  soon 
after  his  arrival,  for  the  first  record  found  of 
him  is  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts.  In  1660 
he  settled  in  Stonington,  Connecticut,  when  it 
was  under  the  jurisdiction  of  ^Massachusetts 
and  called  Southcrton.  He  settled  on  grants 
of  land  which  included  the  present  farm  of 
Gideon  P.  Chesebrough,  east  of  Anguilla  or 
Wequetequock  brook,  also  the  farm  of  Eras- 
tus  D.  Miner  and  the  Simon  Rhodes  place : 
he  built  a  house  on  the  north  side  of  the  Indian 
path,  now  known  as  the  old  Post  road,  and 
there  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.     He 

married  Joannah ,  about  1637,  and  she 

died  in  16S5.  Children:  Abigail,  born  about 
1638  or  1639;  James,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  James  (2)  York,  son  of  James  (i) 
York,  was  born  June  14,  1648,  died  October 
26,  1676.  He  doubtless  came  to  Stonington 
with  his  father  when  a  boy,  as  his  name  is 
mentioned  in  several  records  before  1672.  In 
that  year  he  sold  his  estate  in  Boston,  where 
he  had  been  engaged  in  business,  and  settled 
in  Stonington.  "On  January  15,  1667,  one  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  were  laid  out  to  him.  and 
he  also  received  land  for  services  in  the  Indian 
wars.  He  was  made  freeman  in  Connecticut 
in  1673.  He  married,  in  Stonington,  January 
19,  1669,  Deborah  Bell,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Anne  Bell.  She  married  (second)  March 
12,  1679,  Henry  Elliot,  and  had  seven  chil- 
dren. Children  of  James  and  Deborah  (Bell) 
York:     Deborah  Bell,  born  January  8,   1670. 


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died  February  21.  1672:  James,  mentioned  be- 
l(,\v:  William.  July  26.  1674;  Thomas,  Octo- 
ber 14.  1676. 

(III)  James  (3)  York,  son  of  James  (2) 
^'ork,  was  born  December  17,  1672.  died  in 
1759.  He  married,  November  13,  1695,  Han- 
nah Stanton,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
(Meade)  Stanton,  of  Ouunacontaug,  now- 
Westerly.  Rhode  Island.  Children:  Hannah, 
born  March  28,  1697:  Joannah,  December  31, 
1699;  James,  mentioned  below;  Anna.  Janu- 
ary 21,  1704;  Edward.  June  21.  170^1;  ?t?n- 
ton,  March  14.  1708;  Thankful.  February  2C^. 
17JO. 

(IV)  James  (4)  York,  son  of  James  (3) 
York,  was  born  September  6,  1702.  He  was 
made  freeman  in  ^\■e^terly,  Rhode  Island. 
March  i,  1727,  and  on  June  5,  1738,  was 
chosen  constable.  He  married,  January  11, 
1728.  Elizabeth  Case,  of  .  Soutli  Kingston, 
Rliode  Island.  She  was  born  in  Charlestown. 
Rhode  Island,  and  died  in  South  Kingston, 
March  27,  1784,  in  her  seventy-ciglith  year. 
Children:  Edward,  born  April  18,  1730; 
Elizabeth,  February  11,  1732;  Stephen.  May 
24,  1735;  Hannah.  February  28.  1738:  James, 
November  25,  1740;  ^^'illiam,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  William  York,  son  of  James  ('4)  York, 
was  born  January  20.  1742,  died  February  29, 
1834.  He  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
and  for  two  years  was  sergeant  in  Captain 
Congdon's  company,  Colonel  Noyes  regiment 
of  Massachusetts  troops.  He  received  a  pen- 
sion for  his  services.  He  married,  November 
15,  1766,  Anne  Peckham,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Mary  Peckham.  She  was  born  September 
20,  1742.  Children:  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below;  Hannah,  born  November  15,  1770: 
James,  April  4,  1776;  Isaac,  April  4.  1776; 
Au.giistus,  July  28.  1778:  William,  October  15. 
1780;  Elizabeth.  r^Iarch  5.  1785:  .Anna,  Au- 
gust 24,   1788. 

(VI)  Benjamin  York,  son  of  William  York, 
was  born  September  25,  1767,  died  June  7, 
1850.  He  married  (first)  November  4.  1790. 
Zilpha  Crandall,  daughter  of  Caleb  and 
Patience  Crandall,  of  Charlestown,  Rhode 
Island,  and  she  died  August  8,  1794.  aged 
twenty-seven  years.  He  married  ( second) 
January  21,  1801,  Desire  Saunders,  daughter 
of  Joshua  Saunders,  of  Charlestown,  and  she 
died  November  29,  1863,  aged  eighty-five 
years.  She  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Tobias 
Saunders,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Westerly.  Two  children  by  first  wife  died 
young.  The  children  given  below  are  by  the 
second  wife:  Saunders,  born  CJctober  30, 
1801  ;  Isaac.  June  24.  1804:  Welcome.  Febru- 
ary 6,  1807,  died  young;  Mary  Ann.  October 


21,  1808;  Asenath.  March   i.   1812;  Codding- 
ton,  drowned;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Benjamin  (2)  York,  son  of  Benja- 
min (i)  York,  was  born  September  20,  1819, 
died  Ai)ril  27,  1899.  He  married,  January  9, 
1842.  Prudence  Bliven,  daughter  of  Captain 
Nathan  and  Mary  Bliven,  of  Westerly,  and 
she  died  January  14,  1892  (see  Bliven  IV). 
He  made  his  home  in  \\'csterly  and  took  a 
]irominent  part  in  public  affairs.  During  the 
Civil  war  he  was  provost-marshal  of  Rhode 
Island,  and  for  many  years  served  on  the 
l>olice  force  of  Westerly,  and  during  part  of 
the  time  he  was  chief  of  police.  For  sixty- 
two  years  he  was  a  public  auctioneer.  In  his 
younger  days  he  followed  farming  until  1855. 
He  made  his  home  on  Beach  street.  He  was 
a  member  of  Franklin  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  of  the  Westerly  Business 
Men's  Association.  Children:  Isaac  Frank- 
lin, born  February  8,  1843,  died  in  the  Con- 
federate prison  at  Andersonville  while  in  the 
service  of  the  government;  Halbcrt  Gladding, 
^lay  17,  1844,  married  Jane  Larkin ;  Court- 
land  Davis,  April  17,  1846,  died  young;  Caro- 
line Davis,  twin  of  Courtland  Davis,  died 
young;  Elizabeth  Ross,  November  22,  1848, 
married  Albert  L.  Chester  (see  Chester  VII)  ; 
]\Iary  Ann,  November  20,  1S51,  married  Ed- 
ward C.  Brown,  and  had  Bertha  May,  Xovem- 
ber  30.  1878.  and  Jessie  Edna,  .April  16,  1884; 
Francis  Carpenter,  twin  of  Mary  Ann,  mar- 
ried Lillian  Hawkins:  Alice  Maria.  September 
II.  1855,  died  Tulv  I,  191^,  married  George  F. 
Wells. 

(The   Bliven   lAnel. 

(I)  Edward  Bliven.  the  ininiigrant  ancestor, 
settled  when  a  young  man  in  \\'esterly,  Rhode 
Island.  In  some  of  the  vital  records  his  name 
is  given  as  John,  doubtless  a  clerical  error. 
He  married  at  AVesterly.  October  2,  1691.  Isa- 
bel Maccoon.  daughter  of  John  Maccoon,  a 
native  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland.  Children,  born 
at  Westerly:  Joan.  May  i,  1692;  Edward, 
mentioned  below;  Rachel,  March  19,  1697; 
James,  October  27,  1702;  John,  January  22, 
1707. 

(II)  Edward  (2)  Bliven,  son  of  Edward 
(i)  Bliven,  was  born  at  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  August  3,  1694.  Fie  married  there, 
}vfay  12,  1719,  Freelove  Swaros.  Children, 
born  at  Westerly :  Freelove,  born  December 
20,  1719:  Joshua,  March  21.  1720;  Edward, 
May  30,  1722;  Isabel.  October  22,  1723;  Pa- 
tience, June  3,  1725  ;  Peter,  February  21,  1727; 
John,  September  22,  1730;  Nathan,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  February  16,  1734;  Sarah.  May 
26,  1736. 

(HI)  Nathan  Bliven.  son  of  Edward  (2) 
Bliven,   was   born    November    20,    1732.      He 


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married.  March  15.  1755.  Elizabeth  Lewis, 
Iv^rii  July  '^^  ^73^ <  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Lewis)  Lewis.  Children,  born  at 
Westerly:  Elizabeth,  August  4,  1756;  Na- 
than, mentioned  below;  Mary,  February  15, 
17(4;  Henry,  November  2j,  1766;  Freelove, 
lunc  16,  1770;  -Vbigail,  November  3,  1774: 
Joseph  Lewis,  May  5,  1778. 

(W)  Captain  Nathan  (2)  liliven,  son  of 
Nathan  (i)  Bliven.  was  born  at  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island,  April  17,  1761.  He  married, 
I'ehruary  i,  1798,  Mary  Taylor,  of  Charlcs- 
t..\vii,  born  December  16,  1775.  died  May  21, 
1846,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Prudence  (\\"il- 
co.\)  Taylor.  He  died  September  12,  1843. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  and  after- 
ward a  captain  of  militia.  Their  daughter 
I'rudcnce  married  Benjamin  York  (see  York 
VH). 


The  surname  Sweet  is  identical 
SWEET  with  Swett,  Sweat  and  Sweete, 
and  is  variously  spelled  in  the 
early  records.  The  Sweet  family  is  of  ancient 
English  lineage,  and  has  produced  many  dis- 
tingni.shed  men.  The  Rhode  Island  family  has 
had  many  prominent  surgeons,  not  only  in  that 
state  but  in  Massachusetts  and  New  York. 
The  family  is  noted  for  its  "natural  bone- 
setters,"  exhibiting  to  a  remarkable  degree 
hereditary  skill  in  this  line  of  professional 
work. 

(I)  John  Sweet,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  early  in  life 
to  Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  was  doubtless 
related  to  John  Sweet  or  Swett,  who  settled 
in  Newbury  among  the  pioneers,  and  whose 
descendants  have  mostly  spelled  the  name 
Swett.  It  is  very  doubtful  as  to  which  of  the 
Johns  killed  the  famous  wolf  dog  of  Governor 
John  Endicott.  He  left  Salem  in  1637  and 
settled  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He  had 
a  grant  of  land  that  year,  and  also  died  that 
year.  Afterward  his  widow  received  another 
grant  of  land  there.  Rev.  Hogh  Peters,  of 
Salem,  wrote  in  a  letter  dated  July  i,  1639,  of 
the  widow  and  certain  others,  that  they  had 
"the  great  censure  passed  upon  them  in  this 
our  church,  and  that  they  wholly  refused  to 
hear  the  church,  denying  it  and  all  churches  in 
the  Bay  to  be  true  churches,"  etc.  John 
Sweet's  widow  married  (second)  Ezekiel 
HoUiman.  Her  will,  dated  July  31,  1681,  gave 
among  other  bequests  all  her  interest  in  the 
house  at  Warwick  to  her  son-in-law,  John 
Gereardy.  and  her  daughter  Renewed.  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  about  1630,  died  1677; 
James,  mentioned  below ;  Renewed,  married 
John  Gercardy; 

CII)   James  Sweet,  son  of  John  Sweet,  was 


born  in  England,  in  1622,  and  died  in  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island,  in  1695.  He  lived  at 
Warwick  and  Kingstown.  He  was  admitted 
an  inhabitant  of  North  Kingstown,  June  5, 
1648;  was  commissioner,  1653-55-58-59.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeinan  in  1655,  and  was  a 
juror  in  1656.  He  deeded  various  parcels  of 
land  to  his  sons.  To  Bcnoni  he  gave  land  in 
Mashantatuck  in  16S6.  He  married  Mary 
Greene,  born  1633,  daughter  of  John  and  Joan 
(Tattersall)  Greene.  Children,  born  at  North 
Kingstown:  Philip,  July  15,  1655;  James, 
May  28.  1657;  Mary,  February  2,  i(y)0: 
Benoni,  of  whom  further ;  \'alentine,  February 
14,  1665;  Samuel,  November  i,  i6f^7;  Jere- 
miah, January  6,  1669;  Renewed,  July  16, 
1671  ;  Sylvester,  March  i,  1674. 

(HI)  Benoni  Sweet,  son  of  James  Sweet. 
was  born  at  North  Kingstown.  Rhode  Island, 

March  28,  1662.  He  married  Elizabeth — . 

Children,  born  at  North  Kingstown :  James, 
of  whom  further;  Margaret,  September  22. 
1687;  ]Margaret,  September  22,  iGS'}:  Benoni, 
March  28,  1692;  IVlary,  December  8,  1696; 
Elizabeth,  February  22,  1700;  Thomas,  Au- 
gust 17,   1703.     Probably  others. 

(IV)  James  (2)  Sweet,  son  of  Benoni 
Sweet,  was  born  at  North  Kingstown,  Rhode 
Island,  IMay  28,  1686.  The  town  records  of 
North  Kingstown  were  damaged  by  tire,  and 
the  record  of  births  of  children  of  James  are 
lacking  in  dates.  The  name  of  his  wife  is 
missing.  .\  James  Sweet  married.  July  6, 
1734,  Ann  Weeden,  of  Newport,  but  if  this  is 
the  James,  son  of  Benoni,  it  was  a  second  mar- 
riage. Children,  born  probably  from  17 10  to 
1740:  Benoni,  Eber,  Mary,  James,  Elisha, 
Freelove,  Job,  of  whom  further;  Elizabeth, 
Margaret. 

(V)  Job  Sweet,  son  of  James  (2)  Sweet, 
was  born  December  i,  about  1730.  He  mar- 
ried at  North  Kingstown,  1753,  Sarah  King^- 
ley.  daughter  of  John  Kingsley.  Children, 
born  at  North  Kingstown :  Gideon,  James. 
Benoni,  Jonathan,  Margaret,  Lydia,  Hamiah, 
Rufus,  of  whom  further;  Sarah — all  men- 
tioned in  the  partly  destroyed  records,  and 
others.  According  to  the  state  census  of  1774, 
Benjamin,  Samuel,  James,  Jeremiah  and 
Henry  were  heads  of  "families  in  East  Green- 
wich, and  several  at  North  Kingstown. 

(\'l)  Rufus  Sweet,  son  of  Job  Sweet,  was 
born  in  North  Kingstown.  Rhode  Island,  De- 
cember 6  (about  1760,  though  the  printed  rec- 
ord has  been  174 — :  the  parents  were  not  mar- 
ried until  1753).  Rufus  and  others  of  the 
family  went  to  Beekman,  Dutchess  county, 
New  York,  about  the  time  of  the  revolution, 
probably  earlier.  In  the  census  of  1790  tliere 
were    reported    from   Beekman:    Rufus,   with 


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two  sons  under  sixteen ;  Thomas,  with  one  son 
under  sixteen  and  two  females:  Samuel,  with 
four  sons  under  sixteen,  and  five  females; 
John,  with  six  sons  under  sixteen,  and  one 
female;  Elnathan,  with  three  males  over  six- 
teen, one  under  that  age,  and  five  females; 
David,  no  children ;  Amos,  with  four  sons 
under  sixteen,  and  three  females.  In  an  old 
history  of  Dutchess  county  it  is  stated  that  the 
Sweet  family  came  from  Long  Island,  but  it 
is  certain  that  this  should  have  read  Rhode 
Island.  Beekman  was  established  as  a  precinct 
in  1737.  According  to  family  records,  Rufus 
was  born  at  Beekman,  April  24,  1765.  died 
July  16,  1847,  aged  eighty-two  years,  eleven 
months  and  twenty  days.  This  birth  date  does 
not  correspond  with  that  found  in  the  North 
Kingstown  records,  but  there  is  obviously  an 
error,  whether  in  calculating  the  age  at  death, 
or  in  calculating  the  date  of  birth  from  the 
age. 

(\TIj  Rufus  (2)  Sueet,  son  or  grandson 
of  Rufus  (  I  )  Sweet,  was  born  in  North  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island,  and  was  educated  there  in 
the  jjublic  schools.  He  made  his  home  in 
W'ickfoi'd,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  engaged  in 
business  as  a  tailor  and  clothier  and  general 
merchant.  He  died  in  his  native  town  and 
was  buried  in  Elm  Grove  Cemetery  at  Wick- 
ford.  He  married  ilnry  A.  Congiicii,  of 
North  King.ston.  Children:  i.  Abby  F.,  born 
June  26,  1835 ;  married  Frank  Reynolds,  of 
Providence ;  no  issue.  2.  Samuel  C,  born 
October  28,  1836;  married  Jane  Bennett,  and 
they  left  one  son,  Frank  W'.,  who  married 
Julia  ^'ost.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  December  16, 
1837,  died  young".  4.  Daniel  Congdon.  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Ilannah  S.,  born  August 
31,  1S44;  married  Charles  H.  Church,  of 
Wickford,  and  they  left  one  daughter,  Julia 
Church.  6.  James,  born  ^larch  4,  1843,  de- 
ceased,-unmarried.  7.  Alexander,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1845,  died  yoiuig.  8.  Serajjliine.  born 
July  29,   1846,  resides  in   Boston,  unmarried. 

9.  Rufus,  born  February  2,  1850,  died  young. 

10.  Mary  E.,  bom  December  7,  1851  ;  married 
Frank  Raynolds,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and 
they  left  one  son,  Rufus  Raynolds.  11.  Julia, 
born  November  2,  1854.  died  young. 

(\TII)  Daniel  Congdon  Sweet,  son  of 
Rufus  (2)  Sweet,  was  born  at  North  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island,  February  11,  1840.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Wickford  and  at  the  East  Green- 
wich Academy  at  East  Greenwich,  Rhode 
Island,  from  which  he  graduated.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  was  associated  with  his  father 
in  the  mercantile  business  for  a  time,  and 
afterward  entered  the  employ  of  J.  B.  Barnaby, 


whose  store  was  then  located  at  the  corner  of 
College  and  Main  streets,  Providence.  He 
left  this  position  to  become  a  clerk  in  the 
freight  office  of  the  New  York,  Providence  & 
Boston  Railway  Company  under  Mr.  Nixon, 
of  Providence.  About  a  year  later  he  became 
a  clerk  in  the  insurance  office  of  Snow  & 
Barker,  and  later  in  the  office  of  Addison  H. 
White,  where  he  became  familiar  with  every 
detail  of  the  insurance  business.  After  a  time 
he  started  in  the  insurance  business  on  his  own 
aceount  in  Wickford  and  achieved  a  large 
measure  of  success,  extending  his  business  to 
every  section  of  Washington  county.  He  also 
was  in  partnership  with  Herbert  Shove  and 
Charles  Dyer  for  a  time,  later  becoming  asso- 
ciated with  C.  W.  Beach,  conducting  a  large 
insurance  business  in  Providence  under  the 
film  name  of  Beach  &  Sweet.  In  i8g8  Mr. 
Sweet  sold  his  interests  in  the  Providence 
business  to  his  partner  and  devoted  his  entire 
time  to  his  business  in  Wickford,  continuing 
aciively  in  business  there  to  the  end  of  his 
life.  He  died  April  22,  1904,  at  his  home  in 
Wickford  and  was  buried  in  Elm  Grove  Ceme- 
ter)'  in  that  town. 

Mr.  Sweet  was  a  member  of  Washington 
Lodge,  No.  5,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
of  Beacon  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Wickford.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  but  he  uniformly  declined  all  op- 
portunities for  holding  public  office.  Pie  was 
an  influential  and  useful  citizen,  however, 
public-spirited  and  aiding  every  movement  for 
the  public  welfare,  the  progress  and  develop- 
ment of  the  town  of  Wickford.  In  business 
he  was  singularly  upright  and  just,  holding 
fast  to  the  Golden  Rule  as  his  guide  in  all  his 
relations  with  other  men,  in  business  as  well 
as  in  private  affairs  and  in  social  life.  He 
made  many  friends  and  enjoyed  a  high  degree 
of  popularity  in  the  community  where  he  was 
known. 

He  married,  November  29,  tSSo,  Flarriet 
M.  Arnold,  born  at  Exeter,  Rhode  Island, 
daughter  of  James  B.  and  Elizabeth  S. 
(Arnold)  Arnold  (see  Arnold  XI).  Mrs. 
Sweet  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
\\'ickford.  After  which  she  learned  telegraphy 
and  became  an  operator  for  the  Stonington  & 
Providence,  now  the  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  Railroad  Company  at  Kingston. 
After  two  years  at  that  station,  she  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  station  at  Wickford  Junction, 
a  position  she  filled  with  skill  and  efficiency 
for  a  period  of  eight  )'cars.  She  is  a  com- 
municant of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  of  Wickford. 


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(Tlie  Arnold  Linel. 

The  fnniily  of  Arnold  is  of  great  antiquity, 
iMving  its  origin  among  ancient  princes  of 
Wales,  according  to  the  pedigree  recorded  in 
till-  College  of  Arms.  They  trace  from  Ynir, 
king  of  tiwentland,  who  flourished  about  the 
middle  of  the  twelfth  century,  and  who  was 
paternally  descended  from  Ynir,  the  second 
son  of  Cadwalder,  king  of  Britons.  The  name 
is  derived  from  Arn,  an  eagle,  and  holt,  a 
j;n)ve.  One  Thomas  Arnold  married  Agnes, 
(l.nighter  of  Sir  Thomas  Gammage,  lord  of 
("|ntey,  and  his  son,  Richard  Arnold,  married 
I'j'iniate,  daughter  of  Pearce  Young.  Richard 
Arnold  died  in  1595,  and  his  son,  Thomas, 
married  Alice,  daughter  of  John  Gully. 

(lY)  William  Arnold,  son  of  Thomas  and 
.Mice  (Gully)  Arnold,  was  born  at  Chesel- 
bourne,  Dorsetshire,  England,  June  24,  15S7, 
and  married  Christian,  daughter  of  Thomasine 
Peck,  and  had  children  in  Leamington,  War- 
wickshire, England,  as  follows:  Elizabeth, 
born  November  23.  161 1 ;  Benedict,  mentioned 
below;  Joanna,  born  in  1617;  Stephen,  born 
December  22,  1622.  The}-  were  followers  of 
Roger  Williams'  party  and  landed  in  Hing- 
ham,  Alassachusetts  Bay  colony,  in  1635,  and 
joined  Williams  on  his  expedition  to  Rhode 
Island  and  became  original  proprietors  of  the 
colony  of  Providence  Plaritaiitns  ii  loy/,  :  nd 
founders  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Amer- 


(V)  Governor  Benedict  .Arnold,  eldest  son 
of  William  and  Christian  (Peck)  Arnold,  was 
burn  in  December,  161 5.  He  became  one  of 
the  early  settlers  of  Newport,  and  in  1637  he 
became  one  of  the  thirteen  heads  of  families 
who  signed  the  agreement  for  majority  rule. 
In  1654  he  was  made  assistant  for  the  town  of 
Newport,  and  in  1657  joined  Coddington  in 
the  purchase  of  Ouodnoquat  Island,  and  the 
same  year  he  was  elected  president  of  Rhode 
Island  as  successor  to  Roger  Williams,  who 
had  resigned  the  office,  and  he  was  reelected 
in  1662-63.  L'nder  the  royal  charter  he  be- 
came the  tirst  governor  of  tiie  colony  of  Rhode 
Island,  1663-66,  and  was  reelected  to  thatotifice 
four  times  successively,  and  under  his  admin- 
istration, 1669-7S,  friendly  relations  were  re- 
established with  the  Providence  Plantations. 
He  married,  December  17,  1640,  Damaris, 
daughter  of  Stukely  Westcott,  of  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  was  born  in  1592,  died  in 
"^79-  Governor  Benedict  .\rnold  died  June 
678.  Their  children  were :  Josiah,  Bene- 
Jr.,    Godsgift.    Freelove,    Lester,    Caleb, 


February  9,  17 19.  He  was  a  physician  and 
surgeon.  Lie  was  deputy  to  the  general  as- 
sembly in  iC>7i,  ii38o,  1684,  1706  and  1707. 
He  was  captain  of  a  military  company  and 
served  on  a  court-martial  for  the  trial  of  In- 
dians in  King  Philip's  war  in  1676  at  New- 
port. His  will  was  dated  July  7,  17 16,  proved 
March  9,  1719.  He  resided  at  Portsmouth. 
?Ie  married,  June  10,  1666,  Abigail  Wilbur. 
Children:  William,  born  May  31,  1667;  Pene- 
lope. August  3.  1669;  Josiah,  December  26, 
1671;  Peleg;  Samuel;  Oliver;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below  :  Saiah. 

{Yil)  Joseph  Arnold,  son  of  Caleb  Arnold, 
was  born  about  1675.  Among  his  children  was 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(YIII)  Joseph  (2)  Arnold,  son  of  Joseph 
(i)    Arnold,   lived   at   Exeter,   Rhode   Island. 

He  married  (first)  Patience ,  (second) 

Hannah .     Children,  born  at  Exeter  by 

first  wife:  Abigail,  January  24,  1733.  By 
second  wife:  Joseph,  born  February  3,  1738; 
Stephen,  April  20,  1739:  Samuel,  January  16, 
1741  ;  Josias,  December  31,  1743;  Patience, 
July  16,  1745;  Mary,  October  9,  1747;  Peleg, 
February  15,   1749;  Oliver,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  OHver  Arnold,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Arnold,   was   born   at   Exeter,   Rhode   Island, 

October  15,  1750.     He  married  Phebe . 

Children,  born  at  E.xeter:  Oliver,  mentioned 
below;  Amy,  June  15,  1785;  Mercy,  July  16, 
17S7;  Dorcas,  ^March,  1790;  James,  August 
4,  1796. 

(X)  Oliver  (2)  Arnold,  son  of  Oliver  (i) 
Arnold,  married  Dorcas  Phillips.  Among 
their  children  was  Tames  B.,  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  James  B.  Arnold,  son  of  Oliver  (2) 
Arnold,  was  born  at  Exeter,  Rhode  Island. 
He  was  a  railroad  man,  and  for  many  years 
was  division  master  of  the  Stonington  rail- 
road, now  part  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  Railroad  Company.  He  married 
Elizabeth  S.  Arnold,  daughter  of  William  T. 
Arnold.  Children:  i.  Benjamin  F.,  born  Au- 
gust 30,  1845  ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war, 
drowned  while  returning  from  the  service ; 
married  Ann  ^^'eeden  and  had  one  child,  Ida, 
who  married  William  Lanphear.  2.  Harriet 
M.,  born  January  7,  1847;  married  Daniel 
Congdon  Sweet  (see  Sweet  VIII).  3.  James 
E.,  born  December  7,  1S59,  of  Bellville,  Rhode 
Island :  married  ]\Iary  Smith  and  had  one 
child.  Daisy,  who  married  Robert  Reynolds 
and  resides  in  \\'est  Haven,  Connecticut. 


die 

mentioned    below;    Damaris,    Priscilla,    Pene- 

''■'Pe,  John  Golding.  Elizabeth,  .Absalom. 

(\T)   Caleb  .\rnold,  son  of  Governor  Bene- 
<!ict  Arnold,  was  born  December  19,  1644,  died 


Nicholas  L'tter,  the  immigrant 
UTTER     ancestor,    lived    in    Kings    Town 

and  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  and 
in  Stonington,  Connecticut.  On  November  6, 
1687,    he    was    taxed    at    Rochester    (Kings 


XEW  EXGLAXn 


Town)  and  August  28,  1709,  he  joined  in  the 
"Shannock  Purchase"  at  Rochester.    On  April 

28,  171 1,  with  about  twenty  others  he  pur- 
chased two  tracts  of  land  in  Westerly,  one  of 
two  hundred  and  eighty-six  acres  and  the  other 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  acres.     On  July 

29,  171 1,  he  sold  his  son  Nicholas  two  hundred 
and  eighty-six  acres  of  land  on  the  Pawcatuck 
river,  and  he  died  at  Stonington  or  near  there 
in  1722.  Plis  will  was  dated  July  5.  1722,  and 
proved  October  17,  1722,  the  executors  being 
Peter  Crandall,  John  Maxson  and  John  Rich- 
mond, and  he  mentioned  in  it  his  wife,  his 
daughter-in-law  Eleanor,  wife  of  ^latthew 
Randall  (evidently  a  step-daughter  ),  his  friend 
John  Richmond,  sons  Jabez.  Thomas,  Nicholas 
and  William,  daughter  Millicent  Yeomans  and 
children  of  daughter  Sarah  Forman  ;  the  son 
Thomas  received  a  double  share  because  of  his 
taking  care  of  his  father  in  his  old  age.  He 
married  (first) ,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth ,  widow,  who  died  after 

1722.   Children:  Jabez,  married  .Mary ; 

Thomas;    Nicholas;    Millicent.    married    John 

Yeomans;    William;    Sarah,    married    

Forman. 

(II)  Thomas  Utter,  son  of  Nicholas  Utter, 
was  born  about  1670.  He  lived  in  \\'esterly, 
Rhode  Island,  and  among  other  children  had 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  John  Utter,  son  of  Thomas  Utter, 
%vas  born  January  29.  1703,  at  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island.  Children,  born  at  Westerly :  Abra- 
ham, mentioned  below ;  Eleanor,  born  Febru- 
ary 10,  1733.  married  Nathaniel  Kcnyon ; 
Isaac,  born  January  4.  i73f!-37;  Jemima,  born 
1738;  Thankful,  married  Thomas  Weeks. 

(IV)  Abraham  Utter,  son  of  John  Utter. 
was  born  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1732.  He  married  (first)  November 
22,  1759,  Hannah  White,  daughter  of  Roger 
White.  She  died  and  he  married  (second) 
October  14,  1769,  Hannah  Curdick,  daughter 
of  Hubbard  Piurdick.  Among  his  children  were  : 
John;  \\'illiam,  mentioned  below.  He  lived  in 
Hopkinton.  According  to  the  census  of  1774 
he  lived  at  Westerly  or  Hopkinton,  and  had 
in  his  family  two  males  over  sixteen,  one 
under  that  age.  three  females  over  sixteen  and 
four  females  under  sixteen.  In  the  census 
of  1790  we  find  as  heads  of  families  in  New 
York  state,  Isaac.  John.  Joseph,  Josiah,  Sam- 
uel, Solomon.  \\"illiam  and  James,  all  doubtless 
of  the  Rhode  Island  family.  William  Utter 
was  living  in  Northeast,  Dutchess  county,  and 
another  William  at  Southeast,  an  adjacent 
town. 

(Vl  William  Utter,  son  of  Abraham  Utter, 
was  born  at  Hopkinton.  Rhode  Island,  about 
1795.    He  remo\cd  to  Whitesboro,  New  York, 


He  married  Dolly  Wilcox,  of  Whitesboro. 
They  mo\ed  to  Plainfield,  Otsego  county,  New 
York.  .Among  their  children  was  George  r)en- 
jamin,  mentioned  below. 

{Vl)  Rev.  George  Benjamin  Utter,  son  of 
Denjaiuin  and  Dolly  (Wilcox)  Utter,  was  born 
in  Plainfield  Center,  Otsego  county,  New  York, 
February  4.  18 19.  He  received  a  common 
school  education  at  his  home  at  Unadilla 
Forks  and  at  the  \\'h!tesboro  Academy  until 
he  was  thirteen  years  of  age.  He  then  learned 
the  trade  of  printer  and  worked  two  years  in 
Homer,  and  two  in  Schenectady,  New  York. 
In  Schenectady  he  became  a  member  of  the 
.Apprentices  Library  .Association,  and  it  was 
while  studying  and  reading  there  that  he 
formed  the  purpose  of  classical  study.  He 
read  many  of  the  library  books  and  took  part 
in  the  literary  exercises  and  debates  of  the 
society.  He  entered  the  Oneida  Institute  at 
Whitesboro  in  1S36,  and  was  graduated  in 
1S40.  He  then  began  study  at  the  L'nion 
Theological  Seminary  of  New  York  City, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1S43. 
Three  weeks  before  graduation  he  was  or- 
dained as  a  minister  of  the  gospel  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  Eastern  .Associa- 
tion. Soon  afterwards  he  was  sent  by  the 
association  to  England  in  order  to  establish 
closer  relations  with  the  churches  of  kindred 
faith  there,  and  also  for  the  purpose  of  study- 
ing in  the  libraries  at  London  and  O.xford  the 
history  of  Sabbath  discussions  and  of  collect- 
ing books  to  form  a  Sabbath  library  in  this 
country.  In  the  spring  of  1844  he  returned  to 
New  York  and  joined  with  others  in  the  estab- 
lishing of  a  weekly  newspaper,  the  Sabbath 
Recorder,  which  is  still  published  in  another 
city.  He  was  the  manager  of  the  paper,  which 
soon  became  the  recognized  paper  of  the 
Seventh  Day  Baptist  denomination,  and  he 
also  preached  occasionally.  He  was  editor  and 
publisher  of  this  periodical  for  about  twenty- 
five  years,  and  also  had  charge  of  the  monthly, 
quarterly  and  annual  publication,  and  the 
books  and  reports  of  various  kinds  issued  by 
his  denomination.  .At  the  outbreak  of  the 
civil  war  in  1861  he  moved  his  printing  estab- 
lishment to  W^esterly,  Rhode  Island,  and  con- 
tinued his  paper,  in  connection  with  a  local 
secular  newspaper,  the  Karragatisett  M'cckly. 
In  1872  he  sold  the  denominational  periodicals 
to  a  society  wliich  wished  to  use  them  at  an 
establishment  near  the  university  at  .Alfred 
Center,  .Allegany  county,  New  York,  and  after 
that  he  continued  the  publication  of  the  Xarra- 
gansctt  Weekly  at  Westerly.  He  also  published 
books,  pamphlets  and  reports,  and  preached  at 
times,  as  well  as  carrying  out  the  demands  of 
oflices   which   he    held    in   various   benevolent 


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5,,-Hr.i's.  During  his  records  as  a  publisher 
»-c  hn>  issued  twenty-five  volumes  of  the  Sab- 
'■\)lh  l\i-cordi-r;  twelve  volumes  of  a  Sabbath 
>^-ih'ol  paper  ;  three  volumes  of  a  Seventh  Day 
i'..ipti-t  memorial;  one  hymn  book;  one  h_\mn 
j;i(!  liKie  book;  one  Seventh  Day  Baptist 
•iiaiuial;  and  twenty-two  volumes  of  the 
,\'aii\i(iaiisctt  Jl'trckly.  He  '"is  a  representative 
II!. m  in  his  denomination,  and  a  leading  citizen 
i'.\  the  southern  part  of  the  State,  though  he 
li.is  avoided  public  political  positions.  His 
liaiids  have  been  full  of  good  work,  which  has 
htcn    done    thoroughly    and    conscientiously." 

He  married  (first)  in  1845,  Catharine  C. 
^lillnian.  lie  married  (second)  in  1847,  ^Mary 
Starr  Maxson,  a  direct  descendant  of  John 
.Ma.xson,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  New- 
port. Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Jesse 
Starr,  of  Newport,  a  revolutionary  soldier, 
and  granddaughter  of  \'ine  Starr,  also  a  revo- 
lutionary soldier.  She  was  also  a  descendant 
of  Elder  William  Brewster,  who  came  in  the 
•'Mayfiower.''  Ele  married  (third)  in  1871, 
Harriet  (Wells)  Stillman,  widow  of  Welcome 
Stillman.  Son,  by  second  wife:  George  Her- 
bert, mentioned  below. 

(MI)  Hon.  George  Herbert  Utter,  son  of 
Rev.  George  Benjamin  Utter,  was  born  at 
riainfield  Center,  New  York.  July  2,  1S54. 
He  was  but  seven  years  old  when  his  parents 
came  to  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
attended  private  schools.  For  two  years  he 
was  a  student  in  the  preparatory  department 
of  Alfred  University.  He  then  attended  the 
Westerly  high  school  for  two  years  and  entered 
.Amherst  College,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1S77.  He  had  learned  the 
printer's  trade,  and  after  graduating  he  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  and  uncle  in 
publishing  the  Xarragansctf  Weekly.  After 
In.-  uncle  died  in  iSS-5  he  became  a  partner  of 
his  father,  and  in  1892,  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  sole  proprietor  of  the  newspaper  and 
printing  business.  In  August,  1893,  he  estab- 
lished the  Westerly  Daily  Sun,  a  newspaper 
that  in  a  few  years  acquired  the  largest  circu- 
lation in  western  Rhode  Island  and  eastern 
Connecticut.  As  an  editor  and  publisher  ^Ir. 
I.  tter  took  rank  among  the  most  prominent 
and  successful  in  the  state.  The  Sun  is  unique 
'"  that  it  has  no  Saturday  issue,  but  is  pub- 
lished on  Sunday  evening.  It  is  published  in 
a  Seventh  Day  Baptist  community,  where  Sat- 
urday is  observed  as  the  Sabbath. 

He  was  distinguished  in  public  life  bevond 

most  of  his  fellow  men.     He  began  his  service 

<•>  the  state  as  member  of  the  school  board. 

on  the  staff  of 

,-as  elected  to 

the  general  assembly  and  when  the  Republican 


■  '  ^ll^J  ^i.aie  as  memoer  01  ine  si 
f-rom  1883  to  1SS5  he  served  on 
''■overnor  Bourn.     In  18S;  he  w: 


party  again  came  into  power  in  Rhode  Island, 
in  18S8,  he  was  elected  speaker  of  the  house. 
He  demonstrated  remarkable  executive  abil- 
ity and  proved  a  model  presiding  officer.  From 
^iay,  1889,  to  ^lay,  1891.  he  was  a  state  sena- 
tor and  was  a  member  of  the  judiciary  com- 
mittee both  years  and  its  chairman  during 
the  last  year,  although  this  position  is  almost 
always  filled  by  a  lawyer.  Then  he  was  elected 
secretary  of  state,  an  office  he  filled  with  abil- 
ity and  distinction,  until  he  was  obliged  to 
relinquish  it,  on  account  of  the  demands  of 
business,  after  his  father  died.  In  1894  he 
became  lieutenant-governor  of  Rhode  Island 
and  in  that  ofSce  won  the  apt  nickname  of  the 
"Little  Giant"  in  affectionate  admiration  of 
masterly  intellectual  qualities  with  short 
stature.  At  the  end  of  the  term  he  retired  to 
private  life  and  devoted  himself  energetically 
to  business.  He  was  called  to  the  public  serv- 
ice again  in  1903  as  lieutenant-governor  dur- 
ing the  administration  of  Go\ernor  Lucius  G. 
Garvin.  In  1905  he  was  elected  governor. 
His  administration  as  governor  was  character- 
ized by  open  warfare  with  the  boss  of  his  party. 
General  Charles  Brayton.  In  190S  he  declined 
renomination.  His  administration  was  re- 
markable for  many  political  and  industrial  re- 
forms of  which  he  was  the  prime  mover.  He 
was  always  a  staunch  and  influential  Repub- 
lican, an  aggressive  and  eloquent  public 
speaker,  well  known  to  all  the  citizens  of  the 
state.  In  19 10  he  was  elected  to  congress  and 
in  19:2  he  was  reelected.  He  was  active  in  the 
campaign  of  19 1 2  and  a  few  weeks  before  his 
death  went  west  campaigning  for  President 
Taft.  He  returned  home  on  account  of  ill- 
ness and  underwent  an  operation  at  the  Provi- 
dence Hospital  for  cancer  of  the  liver.  He 
died  November  3,  1912. 

At  a  memorial  service  in  the  \\'esterly  Opera 
House  after  his  death,  Rev.  Clayton  A.  Bur- 
dick  spoke  of  his  life  as  a  Christian  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  Church  ;  Satn- 
uel  H.  Davis  spoke  of  his  service  to  the  town, 
his  public  spirit  and  usefulness  as  a  citizen. 
L'nited  States  Senator  Henry  F.  Lippitt  pro- 
nounced the  eulogy.  Senator  Lippitt  reviewed 
his  public  services,  his  character  as  a  public 
officer  and  his  great  service  to  the  state  and 
nation.     He  said : 

Mr.  Uttcr's  experience,  I  believe,  is  unique  in  the 
State  of  Rhode  Island.  I  am  told  that  almost 
from  his  first  appearance  in  Westerly,  as  a  gradu- 
ate of  Amherst  College,  he  began  to  take  an  active, 
if  not  impijrtant.  part  in  the  public  questions  of  this 
community.  *  *  *  Many  other  men  have  held 
some  of  tliese  offices;  some  other  men  have  held 
several  of  these  otTices,  but  I  believe  there  is  no 
other  man  that  has  held  all  01  them.  *  *  *  Mr. 
Utter   was   an    orator.     Throughout    his   career   he 


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had  been  a  pleasing  and  popular  speaker  in  every 
part  of  this  State.  As  a  speaker  his  methods  were 
those  of  a  practical  man  talking  to  a  practical 
people.  His  addresses  were  simple  in  language, 
clear  in  their  thoughts,  direct  in  the  wa.v  he 
treated  his  subjects.  *  *  *  If  he  was  a  practical 
politician  who  discussed  practical  questions  in  a 
practical  way,  he  was  no  less  a  man  with  lofty 
ideals  of  public  and  personal  service,  and  if  he  felt 
and  inculcated  these  ideas  towards  individuals  you 
may  well  believe  that  he  was  no  less  desirous  of 
serving-  the  State  when  he  was  called  upon  to  serve 
her  in  a  way  that  would  redound  to  her  glory  and 
to  the  increase  and  upholding  of  her  good  name. 

Governor  Utter  marricil.  May  19,  1S80,  Eliz- 
abeth Loviua  Brown,  daughter  o'' Gyrus  Henry 
Brown  (see  Brown  VIII).  Children:  George 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below ;  Henry  Edwin, 
mentioned  below ;  Alary  Starr,  born  February 
21,  1S90,  graduate  of  La  Salle  x-\cadeniy,  1912; 
Wilfred  Brown,  born  September  13,  1894, 
student  in  the  Poughkeepsie  Alilitary  Acad-, 
emy. 

(\^II1)  George  Benjamin  L'lter,  son  of 
Hon.  George  Herbert  Utter,  was  born  April 
II,  18S1.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Westerly  and  graduated  from  the 
Riverview  Academy  of  Poughkeepsie,  New^ 
York.  He  entered  Amherst  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1905.  Since  then 
he  has  been  associate  editor  and  manager,  and 
since  the  death  of  his  father  the  publisher  of 
the  Westerly  Sun.  In  1907  he  made  an  inter- 
esting trip  around  the  worjd,  joining  his  class- 
mate at  college  in  India.  They  visited  Egypt 
and  made  a  tour  of  Europe  in  an  automobile. 
His  letters  to  the  Sun  during  the  seven  months 
of  travel  were  interesting  and  instructive.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist 
Church  and  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
Sabbath  school.  He  is  a  leader  in  the  Boy 
Scout  movement.  He  is  a  member  of  th.e  Re- 
publican town  committee  of  Westerly  and  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  Rhode  Island 
Republican  clubs.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Colonial  Club. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Henry  Edwin  Utter,  brother  of 
George  Benjamin  Utter,  was  born  at  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island,  April  9,  18S3.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town; 
was  for  two  years  a  student  in  the  Riverview 
Academy,  Poughkeepsie,  and  graduated  from 
Columbia  L^niversity  in  1906.  He  studied  in 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 
York,  and  was  graduated  in  1910  with  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  w-as  ap- 
pointed an  interne  in  the  Rhode  Island  Hos- 
pital, January  i,  191 3,  and  later  in  the  year 
an  interne  in  the  Babies'  Hospital  of  New 
York.  He  is  now  practicing  at  Westerly,  mak- 
ing a  specialty  of  infants"  diseases. 


(The   Brown   Line). 

(I)  'Jliomas  Brown,  son  of  Nicholas  and 
Elizabeth  Brown,  was  born  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1628.  Nicholas  Brown  was  son 
of  Edward  and  Jane  (Leids)  Brown,  of  Ink- 
borrow,  Worcestershire,  England.  Thomas 
Brown  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Newhall,  of  Lynn,  an  early  settler  there.  She 
was  born  about  1637.  He  died  August  28, 1693, 
and  she  was  appointed  administratrix  of  his 
estate,  October  9,  1693.  Children:  Thomas, 
Mary,  Sarah,  Josepli,  Sarah.  Jonathan,  Jolin, 
Mary,  Jonathan,  lileazer,  Ebenezcr,  iJaniel, 
Aim,  Grace,  Daniel. 

(II)  John  Brown,  son  of  Thomas  Brown, 
was  born  at  Lynn,  Alassachusetts,  in  1664. 
He  was  a  carpenter.  He  lived  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  where  he  married,  October,  1692, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Hannah 
(Avory)  Aliner,  granddaughter  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  and  Grace  (Paliner)  Miner.  She  was 
born  April,  1674.  Children:  John,  Jonathan, 
Elizabeth,  Hepsibah,  John,  Ichabod,  Prudence, 
Jedediah,  Mehitable,  Alary. 

(III)  Jedediah  Brown,  son  of  John  Brown, 
was  boi'n  April  28,  1709,  died  January  15, 
1732.  He  married,  Noveinber  27,  1728,  Abi- 
gail, born  February  28,  1703,  died  June  6, 
1732,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Fear  (Sturgess) 
Holmes;  Fear  Sturgess  was  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Sturgess,  the  immigrant  in  1634.  Chil- 
dren of  Jedediah  Brown:  Jedediah  Jr.,  Lucian. 

(IV)  Jedediah  (2)  lirown,  son  of  Jedediah 
(i)  Brown,  was  born  Alarch  14,  1729,  at  Ston- 
ington, Connecticut,  died  October  31,  1791. 
He  married,  December  19,  1751,  Mrs.  Anna 
Flolmcs.  Children:  Tedediah,  Lucy,  Shubael, 
Roswell,  Talon,  Abigail,  Martha,  Thatcher, 
Ephraim,  Desire. 

(V)  Roswell  Brown,  son  of  Jedediah  (2) 
Brown,  was  born  in  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
August  27,  1760,  died  October  29,  1799.  He 
married  at  Stonington,  September  6,  1786, 
Esther  Williams,  born  December  10,  176S, 
daughter  of  John  and  Katurah  (Randal!)  Wil- 
liams. Children :  Cyrus  \\'illiams,  Roswell. 
William,  Elias  Williams,  Esther. 

(VI)  Cyrus  Williams  Brown,  son  of  Ros- 
well Brown,  was  born  Novetnber  30,  1788,  at 
North  Stonington,  Connecticut,  died  there  Au- 
gust 18,  1861.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  served 
in  the  war  of  1812,  responding  to  the  call  for 
the  defence  of  Stonington.  August  9  and  10, 
18 14,  in  the  Third  Company,  Jesse  Breed  cap- 
tain. Lie  received  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  for  his  services.  He  married 
there,  Th.eda,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Lydia 
(Dewey)  Brown,  son  of  Daniel,  son  of 
Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Brown.   She 


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,sns  born  April  i6,  1786,  died  Xovcmbcr  30, 
,,>^,^.  Children:  Cyrus  William^.,  Esther, 
l.ydia,  Polly  or  Mary,  Lucy  Palmer. 

■(\1I)  Deacon  Cyrus  Williams  (2)  Brown, 
son  of  Cyrus  Williams  (i)  Brown,  was  born 
March  11,  1S06,  died  November  30,  1875.  ^^^ 
served  as  representative  to  the  general  assem- 
bly ;  as  selectman  ;  deacon  of  the  Second  Bap- 
ti-'t  Church.  lie  married,  December  12.  1S26, 
J-:iizabeth  Stewart  I'.abcock,  born  December  28, 
iSo('),  died  September  22,  1886.  Children: 
j'niily  Elizabeth,  Cyrus  Plenry.  Louisa  A., 
(;iik-on  Perry,  Benadam  Williams,  Thomas 
Sh;der,  John  Babcock,  Sarah  Ellen,  William 
S.,  James  S. 

(\'III)  Cyrus  Henry  Brown,  son  of  Dea- 
con Cyrus  Williams  {2)  Brown,  was  born  Xo- 
vcniber  24,  1829.  at  North  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  author  of  the  Brown  Gene- 
alogy, published  in  1907,  which  gives  the  his- 
tory of  the  families  of  Thomas.  John  and 
Bleazcr  Brown,  the  American  immigrants, 
lie  taught  school  in  Connecticut  and  "Rhode 
I.-land  for  si.x  years,  and  in  T856  moved  to 
Brighton,  Massachusetts.  I'ntil  1S97  he  was 
a  merchant  in  Boston  and  Brookline,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school  for  twenty-two  years,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Brighton  Avenue  Baptist  Church  in 
Boston.  In  1S97  he  moved  to  \\'ester;y.  He 
married,  at  Ashaway,  Rhode  Island,  '.March 
23,  1S56,  Sarah  Catherine  ^laxson,  born 
March  4,  1837,  died  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
October  i,  1897,  daughter  of  Horace  and 
Lovina  (Lami)hear')  Maxson.  Children:  Eliz- 
abeth Lovina.  born  at  Brighton,  June  15,  1S58, 
married  Hon.  George  Herbert  Utter  fsee 
I'tter  VII)  ;  Henry  Edwin,  Brighton,  April  5, 
1S61  ;  Katherine  Alabel,  Brighton,  November 
5,_i865;  Wilfred  Merrill,  Brighton,  April  4. 
1870;  Horace  Clifford,  Boston.'june  22,  187:;; 
Grace  Emily,  July  19,  iSSi. 


(Ill)   Theophilus   Luther,  son 
LUTHER     of    Rev.    Samuel    Luther    (q. 
v.).  was  born  October  9.  1665. 
He  settled  at    Swansea,    Massachusetts.      He 
niarried  Lydia  Kinnicutt.     Among  their  chil- 
dren was  Theophilus,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Theophilus  (2)  Luther,  son  of  Theo- 
philus d)  Luther,  was  born  at  Swansea.  He 
"jarried  Sarah  Child.  They  had  a  son  Theo- 
pndus,  mentioned  below,  and  a  son  Barnabas, 
^''ho  married,  October  14,  1762.  Mehitable 
•-'lie.  sister  of  Esther  Cole. 

f V )  Theophilus  (3)  Luther,  son  of  Theo- 
['lulus  (2)  Luther,  was  born  at  Swansea.  Mas- 
■ji'-diusetts.  May  27,  1734.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
^Jjc  revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Peleg 
■  ''.ernian's  company.  Colonel  Thomas  Carpen- 

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ter  s  regiment,  stationed  at  Slade's  Perry  in 
Swan.-ea.  January  6  to  .\pril  19,  1777;  also 
of  the  same  company  in  Colonel  John  Hatha- 
way's  regiment  (Bristol  county)  later  in  1777, 
and  in  the  same  company  under  Colonel  Car- 
penter in  1780  on  the  Tiverton  alarm;  also  in 
Captain  Jabez  Barney's  company.  Colonel 
Mitchell's  regiment,  August  to  November, 
1780,  muster  roll  dated  at  Rehoboth.  (Mass. 
Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolution,  vol.  x, 
p.  66).  He  married  (first)  March  13,  1760, 
Esther  Cole,  born  at  Swansea,  December  13, 
■1738,  died  there  April  16,  1776  (see  Cole  IV). 
He  married  (second)  Martha  Eddy.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  Lovice  0\'ood)  ]\Iace,  widow  of 
Captain  Mace.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at 
-Swansea:  Benjamin,  born  February  8,  17G1  ; 
Esther,  July  7,  1763;  Sarah,  February  11, 
1765;  Jonathan,  March  2^,  1767:  ]\far_\-.  May 
13,  1769;  Theophilus,  mentioned  below.  Child 
of  third  wife:  JMace,  born  May  9,  1798. 
married,  January  7,  1833,  Eliza  Francis,  and 
had  S.  M.  Luther,  wdio  is  of  Garrettsville, 
Ohio,  (compiler  of  the  genealogy). 

(VI)  Theophilus  (4)  Luther,  son  of  Theo- 
philus (3)  Luther,  was  born  at  Swansea.  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  20,  1772,  died  April  25, 
1856.  He  married  (first)  February  19,  1795, 
Mary  Mason,  who  died  August  6,  1809.  He 
married  (second)  January  10,  1813,  !vlary 
Hathaway,  who  died  September  30,  1847,  in 
her  sixty-ninth  year.  He  married  (third) 
March  30,  1848,  Abigail  Wheeler.  Children 
by  second  wife:  William  IL.  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah;  Jonathan  R.,  horn  September  i, 
1817,  died  January  26,  1848;  Letitia. 

(VII)  VVilliani  H.  Luther,  son  of  Theophi- 
lus (4)  Luther,  was  born  in.  18 14  at  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island.  He  resided  in  Provi- 
dence, and  died  there  February  5,  1877.  He 
married  Rachel  ]\I.  Town,  daughter  of  .\aron 
'J'own  (see  Town  VII).  Children:  Mary  E., 
mentioned  below ;  William  IL,  of  Providence, 
married  Laura  Whipple;  Susan,  married 
Thomas  II.  Carrique,  and  had  a  daughter, 
Mary  .-\.,  who  married  Willard  X.  Banks^  Ed- 
win T.,  died  190^,  married  Matilda  McCul- 
lock. 

(VIH)  Mary  E.  Luther,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam H.  Luther,  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  She  married,  April  23,  1S63, 
at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  John  Edward 
Brown,  son  of  John  and  Isabclle  Brown.  His 
father  was  a  mariner,  John  Edward  Brown 
was  born  in  Boston.  Massachusetts,  September 
19,  1836.  He  had  one  sister,  Isabelle,  who 
married  Nathan  H.  Daniels,  and  lived  in  Bos- 
ton. John  Edward  Brown  attended  the  public 
schools  and  the  English  and  Latin  High 
Schools  of   Boston.     When  a  young  man  he 


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entered  the  employ  of  Foster  &•  Taylor,  East 
India  merchants.  He  left  this  linn  alter  a 
number  of  years,  and  established  himself  in 
business  as  a  broker  in  Chicago.  He  was 
exceptionally  successful  and  for  twenty-eight 
years  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  financial 
circles  of  that  city.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  Board  of  Trade.  After  he  retired 
he  made  his  home  in  Providence,  where  he 
spent  his  last  years  and  where  he  died  August 
2,  1909.  He  was  buried  at  Mount  Auburn  in 
Cambridge,  Massacluisctts.  In  politics  Mr. 
Brown  was  a  Republican ;  in  religion  a  I'ni- 
tarian.  His  tastes  were  domestic;  he  never 
sought  public  honors.  Their  only  child,  Alice, 
died  at  the  age  of  four  years.  Mrs.  Brown 
resides  in  Providence  at  200  Lexington  ave- 
nue. She  is  a  member  of  the  Universalist 
church  and  of  the  Rliode  Island  Woman's 
Club  and  the  Independence  Chapter,  Daugh- 
ters of  the  .American  Revolution,  01  Provi- 
dence. 

(The  Cole  I>ine). 

(II)  Hugh  Cole,  son  of  James  Cole  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  London,  England,  in  1627.  He 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents.  He 
married  (first)  January  8,"  1654,  Mary  Fox- 
well,  daughter  of  Richard  and  .Ann  (Shelley) 
Foxwell,''of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (second)  January  i,  16S9,  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Jacob  Cook,  formerly  widow  of 
William  Shurtleff,  and  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Ann  Lettuce.  He  married  (third)  Janu- 
ary 30, 1694.  Mary,  widow  of  Deacon  Ephraim 
Morton.  Hugh  Cole  was  a  surveyor  and 
shipwright  in  Barnstable  and  held  various 
town  offices.  He  removed  to  Swansea  where 
he  was  selectman,  and  from  1673  to  1689, 
almost  continuously,  deputy  to  the  general 
court.  He  was  a  friend  of  King  Philip.  Chil- 
dren:  James,  born  November  3,  1655;  Hugh, 
Alarch  G,  1658;  John,  :\Iay  15.  1660;  Martha, 
April  16,  1662;  Anna,  December  14,  1664; 
Ruth,  January  8,  1666;  Joseph,  May  18,  1668; 
Ebenezer.  mentioned  below;  Mary,  1676;  Ben- 
jamin, 1678. 

(III)  Ebenezer  Cole,  son  of  Hugh  Cole, 
was  born  in  1671,  at  Swansea,  died  Septem- 
ber 4,  1719.  He  married  }vlehitable  Luther, 
daughter  of  Elder  Samuel  Lutlier.  She  died 
IMarch  18,  1764.  Children:  Ebenezer,  born 
October  27,  1699;  Phcbe,  Januan,-  10,  1701 ; 
Samuel,  June  24.  1704;  Anne.  IMarch  i,  1706; 
Martlia,  March  i,  1709:  Mary,  April  17,  1711 ; 
Edv^•a^d.  July  3,  1713;  Ebenezer,  October  27, 
1715;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Cole,  son  of  Ebenezer  Cole, 
was  born  February  3,  1717.  died  April  I,  1794. 
He  married,  June  24,  1738,  Mary  Beverly, 
dauglitcr  of  George  and   Esther   (^Carpenter) 


Beverly.  She  was  born  July  2,  1717,  died 
April  17,  1799.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist ciuirch  of  Warren,  elected  deacon,  De- 
cember 27.  1764.  Children:  Esther,  Ix^ru  De- 
cember 13.  173S,  died  April  i6.  1776,  mar- 
ried Theophilus  Luther  (see  Luther  V)  ;  Me- 
hitable,  April  19,  1741  ;  Patience,  September 
12,  1744;  Mary,  December  24,  1746;  Lydia, 
March  7,  1749;  Roby,  .August  2,  1758. 


The  surname  Towne  is  an  ancient  English 
surname  but  not  of  frequent  occurrence.  It 
is  found  as  early  as  1227.  Again  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  R'.  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  Towne 
family  and  the  family  name  are  found  on  a 
memorial  window  in  a  church  at  Kensington, 
county  Kent.  The  arms  are  described  :  Argent 
on  a  chevron  sable,  three  crosses  crosslet, 
ermine.  It  is  believed  that  Richard  Towne, 
of  Braceby,  Lincolnshire,  England,  and  his 
wife  Ann,  were  parents  of  the  American  immi- 
grant, mentioned  below. 

(I)  William  Towne,  the  American  immi- 
grant, was  born  in  England  and  baptized  May 
21,  1603.  He  married,  at  Yarmouth,  county 
Norfolk,  England,  March  25,  1G20,  Joanna 
Blessing,  in  the  church  of  St.  Nicholas,  and 
there  six  of  his  children  were  baptized.  He 
settled,  first,  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  had  a  grant  of  land  in  1640  and  resided  in 
the  part  of  the  town  called  Xorthfields  until 
165 1,  when  he  bought  land  and  moved  to 
Topsfield.  In  1652  he  sold  his  Salem  prop- 
erty and  bought  more  land  at  Topsfield.  He 
died  at  Topsfield  about  1672.  His  widow  died 
ten  years  later.  Children:  i.  Rebecca,  bap- 
tized February  21,  1621  ;  married  Francis 
Nurse;  she  was  executed  for  withcraft  at 
Salem,  July  19,  1692.  2.  John,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1624.  3.  Susannah,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 20,  1625.  4.  Edmund,  baptized  June  28, 
1628.  5.  Jacob,  mentioned  below.  6.  Mary, 
baptized  August  24.  1634;  married  Isaac 
Estey ;  she  was  also  executed  for  withcraft, 
September  22,  1692.  7.  Sarah,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 3,  1648.  8.  Joseph,  born  1639,  bap- 
tized September  3,  1649. 

(II)  Jacob  Towne,  son  of  William  Towne, 
was  bom  in  England,  and  baptized  at  Yar- 
mouth, March  11,  1632.  He  married,  June  26, 
1657,  Catherine  Simonds,  of  Salem.  They 
lived  at  Salem  twelve  years  and  then  removed 
to  Topsfield,  where  hi?  will  was  dated  Novem- 
ber 27,  1704.  Children:  John,  mentioned 
below;  Jacob,  born  February  13,  1660;  Cath- 
erine. February  25,  1662;  Deliverance,  August 
5,  i6(')4;  Ruth,  August  5,  1664;  Edmund,  July 
21,  1666. 

(III)  Deacon   John   Towne,    son   of  Jacob 


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•i',.\\nc,  was  born  at  Topsfield,  A[)ril  2,  165S, 
,j..c,l  there  in  1740.  He  married,  February  2, 
it-Sfj.  Mary  Smith.  He  settled  in  Framing- 
I'.ini  and  was  elected  selectman  at  the  first 
!,.wn  meeting  in  1712;  removed  to  Oxford, 
Mrissaclmsetts,  of  which  he  was  elected  town 
c!erk  and  selectman  at  the  first  town  meeting, 
liilv  22,  1713-  From  the  organization  of  the 
'church  there  to  the  end  of  his  life  he  was 
d'-ncon  and  his  son  Jonathan  succeeded  him  in 
that  office.  Children,  born  at  Topsfield  :  Mary, 
l.nrn  June  23,  16S1  ;  Jolin,  November  25.  1682 ; 
Israel.  November  18,  1684;  Estiicr,  Deceni- 
hcr  13,  i(>S6;  Ephraim,  April  22,  168S;  Jona- 
ilian,  mentioned  below ;  David,  October  22, 
iri93;  Samuel,  January  25.  1C195 ;  Edmund, 
May  7,  1699;  John,  ]May  31,  1702. 

(I\')  Deacon  Jonathan  Towne,  son  of  Dea- 
cwi  John  Towne,  was  born  at  Topsfield,  March 
11.  1691,  died  at  Oxford  in  1771.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  Oxford  Church.     He  married 

Catherine    .    who    died    June    8,    1757. 

Children,  born  at  Oxford:  Jacob,  born  Octo- 
ber 20,  1720;  Tamar,  February  22,  1722; 
Simon,  March  26,  1724;  Jonathan,  April  26, 
1727;  John,  December  13,  1728:  JNIary,  June 
4,  1731;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Huldah, 
Xovember  2,  173". 

(V)  Josiah  Towne.  son  of  Deacon  Jona- 
than Towne,  was  born  at  Oxford,  August  10, 
1734.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  P>ench  and 
Indian  war  and  in  the  revolution.  He  mar- 
ried, August  13,  1756,  Susannali  Rich,  of 
Charlton.^  He  died  Fehruarv  14,  1821  ;  she 
died  November  2S.  1788.  Children:  Cathe- 
rine, born  May  23.  1757;  Susanna.  June 
^'^^  1759;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Richard 
Rogers,  May  2,  1764. 

(\T)  Josiah  (2)  Town,  son  of  Josiah  (i) 
Towne,  was  born  at  Oxford,  August  12,  1761, 
died  December  30.  1S24.  He  married  (first) 
1780,  Dorothy  Hill,  of  Killingly,  Connecticut. 
She  died  in  1791,  and  he  married  (second) 
■March  10,  1793,  Elizabeth  Ware.  Children: 
Aaron,  mentioned  below  ;  Leonard,  born  Octo- 
ber 31,  1783;  Ruth,  October  31,  1783.  twin; 
Susanna,  May  2,  1790. 

(VH)  Aaron  Town,  son  of  Josiah  (2) 
Town,  was  born  at  Charlton,  r^Ias^achusetts, 
September  11.  1781,  died  at  I'rovidcnce.  July 
-3-  1819.  He  removed  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Lland.  He  married  Nancy  Pettis,  born  Au- 
K'lst  31,  17S2.  Children:  i.  Mary  Ann,  born 
April  II,  1808,  married  James  Murphy.  2. 
Su^an  D.,  born  November  2y.  1809,  married 
I'avid  Slocum.  3.  James  P.,  born  November 
'I.  1811.  4.  Rachel  M..  born  ^Larch  7,  1814. 
"larried  William  H.  Luther  (see  Luther  VH). 
.V  Elizabeth  F.,  born  September  2,  1816,  mar- 
ri^-'d  Collins  Chase.  6.  Aaron,  born  Novem- 
ber 19,  1819. 


William  Winslow,  or  Wynce- 
WIXSLOW     low,  first  of  the  line  as  traced 

in  England,  had  children:  i. 
John,  of  London,  afterward  of  Wyncelow 
Ltall,  was  living  in  1387-88;  married  ^Liry 
Crouchman,  died  in  1409-10,  styled  of  Crouch- 
man  Hall.  2.  William  (2),  of  whom  further. 
(H)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Winslow,  had  a  son  Thomas,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(III)  TlKimas  son  of  William  (2)  Wins- 
low, was  of  I'lurton,  county  Oxford,  having 
lands  also  in  Essex.  He  was  living  in  1452. 
He  married  Cecelia  Tansley,  one  of  two  daugh- 
ters, and  the  heiress  of  an  old  family.  She 
was  called  Lady  .\gnes.  Had  a  son,  Wil- 
liam  (3). 

(IV)  William  (3),  son  of  Thomas  Wins- 
low, was  living  in  1329.  Children:  Kenelm, 
of  whom  further :  Richard,  had  a  grant  from 
Edward  VL  of  the  rectory  of  Elksley,  county 
Nottingham. 

(V)  Kenelm,  son  of  William  (3)  Wins- 
low, purchased,  in  1559,  of  Sir  Richard  New- 
port, an  estate  called  Newport's  Place,  in 
Kempsey,  Worcestershire.  He  had.  an  older 
and  very  extensive  estate,  in  the  same  parish, 
called  Clerkenleap,  sold  by  his  grandson  Rich- 
ard Winslow  in  i(5so.  He  died  in  1607  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Andrew.     He  married  Catherine 

- — .     His  will,  dated  April   14,   1607,  and 

proved  November  9  following,  is  still  pre- 
served at  Worcester.  Only  son,  Edward,  of 
whom  further. 

(\T)  I'Mward,  son  of  Kenelm  (i)  Wins- 
low, was  born  October  17,  1560,  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Andrew,  county  Worcester,  England, 
and  died  before  1631.  He  lived  in  Kempsey 
and  Droitwich,  county  Worcester.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Eleanor  Pelham,  of  Droitv.dch ; 
(second)  at  St.  Bride's  Church,  London,  No- 
vember 4,  1594,  Magdalene  Oliver,  the  records 
of  whose  family  are  found  in  the  parish  regis- 
ter of  St.  Peter's,  Droitwich.  Children:  1. 
Richard,  born  about  1585-86.  2.  Edward,  born 
October  18,  1395,  at  Droitwich,  governor  of 
Plymouth  colony;  married  (first)  at  Leyden, 
May  16,  161S,  Elizabeth  Barker;  (second) 
May  12,  1621,  Susan  (Fuller)  White,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower"  with  Governor  Wins- 
low, widow  of  William  White,  and  mother  of 
Peregrine  White,  the  first-born  in  the  colony. 
3.  John,  born  April  16,  1597.  died  1674  in  Bos- 
ton;  married,  October  12,  1624,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Susaruia  Chilton,  who  came 
in  the  "Mayflower."  4.  Eleanor,  born  April 
22,  159S,  at  Droitwich,  and  remained  in  Eng- 
land. 5.  Kenelm  (2),  of  whom  further,  f: 
Gilbert.  October  26,  i('kx>,  came  in  the  "May- 
flower" with  Edward,  signed  the  compact,  re- 


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turned  to  England  after  1623,  and  died  there. 
7.  Elizabeth,  March  8,  1602,  buried  January 
20,  1604,  at  St.  Peter's  Church.  S.  Magdalen, 
born  December  26,  i6o.^,  at  Droitwich,  re- 
mained in  England.  9.  Josiah,  born  February 
II,  1606. 

(\'1I)  Kenelm  (2),  son  of  Edward  W'ins- 
low,  was  born  at  Droitwich,  county  Worcester, 
England,  April  29,  I59'9,  baptized  at  St.  Peter's 
Church,  -\Iay  3,  1599,  died  at  Salem.  :\Iassa- 
chusetts,  September  13,  1672.  He  was  the 
immigrant  ancestor.  He  came  to  Plyniouth, 
probably  in  1629,  with  his  brother  Josiah,  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman  January  i.  1632-33. 
He  was  surveyor  of  the  town  of  Plymouth  in 
1640,  and  was  fined  ten  shillings  for  neglecting 
the  highways.  He  removed  to  Marshfield 
about  1641,  having  previously  received  a  grant 
of  land  at  that  place,  then  called  Green's  Har- 
bor, March  5.  1637-38.  This  grant,  originally 
made  to  Josiah  Winslow,  his  brother,  he  shared 
with  Love  Drewster.  His  home  was  "on  a 
gentle  eminence  by  the  sea,  near  the  extremity 
of  land  lying  between  Green  Harbor  and  South 
Rivers.  This  tract  of  the  township  was  con- 
sidered the  Eden  of  the  region.  It  was  beau- 
tified with  groves  of  majestic  oaks  and  grace- 
ful walnuts,  with  the  underground  void  of 
shrubbery.  A  few  of  these  groves  were  stand- 
ing within  the  memory  of  peisons  now  living 
(1854),  but  all  have  fallen  beneath  the  hand 
of  the  woodman."  The  homestead  he  left  to 
his  son  Nathaniel.  Other  lands  were  granted 
to  Kenelm  as  the  common  land  was  divided. 
He  was  one  of  the  twenty-six  original  pro- 
prietors of  Assonet,  now  Freetown,  .Massa- 
chusetts, purchased  of  the  Indians,  April  2, 
1659,  ''■"d  received  the  twenty- fourth  lot,  a 
portion  of  which  was  lately  owned  by  a  lineal 
descendant,  having  descended  by  inheritance. 
Kenelm  was  a  joiner  by  trade  as  well  as  a 
planter.  He  filled  various  town  offices,  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  from  1642  to  1644 
and  from  1649  to  1653,  ^•gl"''^  years  in  all.  He 
had  considerable  litigation,  as  the  early  court 
records  show.  He  died  at  Salem,  whither  he 
had  gone  on  business,  apparently  after  a  long 
illness,  for  his  will  was  dated  five  weeks  earlier. 
August  8,  1672,  and  in  it  he  described  himself 
as  "being  very  sick  and  drawing  ntg^h  unto 
death."  He  may  have  been  visiting  his  niece, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Corwin,  daughter  of  Edward 
Winslow. 

He  married,  in  June,  1634,  Eleanor  .-\dams. 
widow  of  John  .\dams.  of  Plymouth.  She 
survived  him  and  died  at  Marshfield,  where 
she  was  buried  December  3,  i68r,  aged  eighty- 
three.  Children:  Kenelm  (3),  born  about 
1636;  Eleanor  cr  Ellen,  born  about  1637:  Na- 
thaniel, born  about  1639;  Job  (q.  v.). 


William  Reynolds,  the  im- 
REYNOLDS     migrant  ancestor,  settled  in 

Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
In  1637  he  and  certain  others  were  to  pay  two 
shillings  six  pence  apiece  for  ground  that  they 
had  granted  to  them,  and  on  August  20,  1637, 
or  a  little  later,  he  and  twelve  others  signed  the 
following  compact:  "We  whose  names  are 
hereunder,  desirous  to  inhabit  in  the  town  of 
Providence,  do  promise  to  subject  ourselves 
in  active  and  passive  obedience  to  all  such 
orders  or  agreements  as  shall  be  made  for  pub- 
lic good  of  tlie  body  in  an  orderly  way,  by  the 
major  consent  of  the  present  inhabitants,  mas- 
ters of  families,  incorporated  together  in 
Town  fellowship,  and  others  whom  they  adnfit 
unto  them  only  in  civil  things."  On  July  27, 
1640,  he  was  one  of  thirty-nine  who  signed  an 
agreement  for  a  form  of  government.  On 
November  17,  1641,  he  with  twelve  others 
complained  in  a  letter  to  Massachusetts  of  the 
"insolent  and  riotous  carriage  of  Samuel  Gor- 
ton and  his  company,"  and  therefore  the  peti- 
tioners desired  Massachusetts  to  "lend  us  a 
neighborlike  helping  hand,"  etc.  On  January 
30,  1644,  he  was  one  of  the  Providence  settlers 
who  testified  as  to  the  outrage  on  Warwick 
settlers  by  Alassachusetts.  On  January  27. 
1645.  he  sold  to  Robert  Williams  all  his  .houses 
and  home  share  and  three  small  pieces  of 
meadow,  and  on  the  same  date  he  sold  to  Wil- 
liam Field  a  share  of  si.x  acres  on  Fox's  Hill. 
On  April  27,  1646,  he  sold  to  Thomas  Lawton 
his  valley  of  eighty  acres,  and  three  acres  of 
meadow.     Child  :    James,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James  Reynolds,  son  of  William  Rey- 
nolds, lived  in  Kings  Town,  Rhode  Island,  and 
died  in  1700.  On  May  13,  1665,  he  signed 
the  petition  for  land  in  Kings  Province,  and 
May  20,  1671,  he  took  the  oath  of  allegiance. 
He' served  as  constable  in  1671,  overseer  of 
the  poor  in  1687,  grand  juryman  in  16S8,  con- 
servator of  the  peace  in  1690.  On  May  2, 
1677,  he  was  one  of  those  who  petitioned  the 
assembly  for  instruction,  assistance  and  advice, 
as  to  the  oppressions  they  suffered  from  Con- 
necticut, and  on  May  24,  1677,  he  and  the 
others  who  had  been  taken  to  Hartford  as 
prisoners,  received  the  following  from  the 
Rhode  Island  authorities  in  a  letter:  "That 
you  might  receive  all  suitable  encouragement 
that  as  you  continue  true  to  your  engagement 
to  this  colony  and  upon  that  account  are  kept 
prisoners,  we  shall  equally  bear  your  charges 
of  imprisonment,  and  with  all  expedition  ad- 
dress ourselves  to  his  Majesty  for  relief."  _  On 
July  29,  1679.  his  name  was  on  the  petition 
to  the  King  for  an  end  to  the  troubles  between 
the  two  colonies.  He  and  his  wife  deeded  to 
son  John   fifty  acres   of   land,   December   26, 


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ii.jl  and  April  29,  1684.  tliey  deeded  one  hun- 
.irctl  acres  in  East  Greenwich  to  their  son 
laniis.  On  April  3.  1692,  he  deeded  a  slave, 
nnnied  Elizabeth,  to  his  son-in-law,  Thomas 
Nivhols,  and  wife  Mercy,  if  said  slave  be  alive 
nt  decease  of  grantor;  January  21.  1699,  he 
(k-c(lc(!  a  negro  boy  named  John  to  his  son 
Erancis,  under  same  conditions.  He  deeded 
til'ty  acres  to  his  son  Ilenr}-.  March  22.  1699. 
On  June  5.  1699,  he  ratified  a  deed  to  grand- 
daushter.  Sarah  Aires,  and  her  male  heirs. 
Laving  previously  omitted  the  word  heirs  when 
(k-cdiiig  to  his  son  John.  On  September  21. 
1700,  a  declaration  was  made  by  Tohn  Sweet 
that  James  Reynolds  Sr.  made  a  deed  of  gift 
l(p  daughter  Deborah  and  her  husband.  John 
Sucet,  of  a  negro  girl  Betty,  but  that  after- 
wards he  gave  Betty  freedom  when  she  should 
be  thirty  years  of  age.  and  to  this  John  Sweet 
and  his  wife  consented.  His  son' James  was 
c.vccutor  of  his  will,  and  March  14.  1703.  he 
took  a  receipt  from  his  brother  Henrv  and 
al.so  from  Joseph  and  Francis  for  their  shares 
in  the  estate.  James  Reynolds  married  Debo- 
rah   .      Children:    John,  born   October 

12.  164S;  James.  October  28.  1650;  Joseph, 
n-.cntioncd  below:  Henry,  mentioned  below; 
Deborah.  1658:  Francis,  October  12,  1662; 
Mercy,  1664;  Robert,  mentioned  below;  Ben- 
jamin. 

(UI)  Joseph.  Henry  and  Robert  Revnolds. 
sons  of  James  Reynold's,  each  had  a  son' by  the 
name  of  John,  who  may  have  been  ancestor  of 
this    Reynolds    line. 

Joseph  Reynolds  was  born  November  27. 
1^)52,  died  1722.  and  lived  in  North  Kings- 
town,   Rhode     Island;    he    married    Susanna 

■ ,  and  she  married   (second)   November 

7.  1723,  Robert  Spencer;  he  may  have  had  an 
earlier  wife  than  Susanna.  Children:  Joseph, 
ncnjamin.  George.  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  John, 
nientioned  below.  Susanna.  Deborah  and  Marv. 
Henry  Reynolds  was  born  January  i.  1656. 
d^icd  1716;  lived  in  Kings  Town  and  East 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island;  married  Sarah 
^'recne,  born  March  2/.  1664.  died  after  1716, 
daughter  of  James  and  Deliverance  (Potter) 
^■recne.  Children:  Henrv,  born  Julv  31. 
'''"%;  John,  born  June  10.  1688;  Sarah.'  born 
January  5,  1690;  Deliverance,  born  December 
^.  i6g2;  Mary.  James.  Thomas,  Deborah. 
Elisha,  born   1706. 

Robert  Reynolds  lived  in  Kings  Town, 
Kluide  Island,  and  died  in  171s:  married  De- 
•'verance  Smith,  who  died  after' 171;.  daughter 
"'Jeremiah  and  Aviary  (Gereardv)  Smith.  Flis 
\\ill.  dated  August  22,   171 3.  was  proved  De- 


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•I'ldrcn  :    Robert.  Mary,  Deborah,  John. 
'1\')   John   Reynolds,  son   of  Joseph    Rey- 


nolds, was  born  about  1680.  He  lived  at  E.xe- 
ter.  Rhode  Island.  Children:  John;  Benja- 
min ;  Jonathan ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ; 
Hannah;  Mary;  Elizabeth. 

{V)  Jo.seph  (2)  Reynolds, son  of  John  Rev- 
nolds, was  born  about  1725.  at  Exeter.  Rhode 
Island.  Children  :  George,  born  November  27. 
I75'i:  Hannah,  born  June  29.  1738,  married 
Oliver  Arnold;  Dorcas,  born  April  25.  1760, 
married  Caleb  Wheaton,  of  Providence;  Jo- 
seph, born  March  9,  1762.  died  voung;  Lucv, 
born  November  25.  1763.  died  September. 
1835.  married  Stephen  Waite ;  :\lartha.  born 
October  15.  1766.  died  in  infancv;  Martha, 
born  June  9.  1768.  married  Dean  Sanford; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below;  John,  born  Septem- 
ber 27.  1772.  died  March  iS.  1858;  Anne,  born 
February  9.  1775.  married ^  Corv  :  Ben- 
jamin, born  October  26.  1778. 

(\'I)  Joseph  (3)  Reynolds,  son  of  Joseph 
(2)  Reynolds,  was  born  September  2^.  1772, 
at  Exeter.  Rhode  Island.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools,  and  engaged  in 
business  as  a  general  merchant  at  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  and  later  at  Wickford,  Rhode 
Island.  He  became  a  large  owner  of  land, 
succeeding  to  a  part  of  the  estate  of  his  father- 
in-law.  Lodowick  Updike.  His  homestead  at 
Wickford  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Abigail 
Updike  and  Lucy  W'aite  Reynolds,  his  grand- 
daughters. Mr.  Reynolds  died  there  in 'Octo- 
ber, 1843,  and  was  buried  in  Elm  Grove  Cem- 
etery. He  was  a  member  of  the  Societv  of 
Friends.  He  married  Abigail  Updike,  daugh- 
ter of  Lodowick  Updike  (see  Updike  IV). 
She  died  at  "Wickford.  December  19.  1862, 
aged  ninety-three  years.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  She  is 
buried  in  Elm  Grove  Cemetery.  She  was 
prominent  in  the  work  of  St.  Paul's  Church 
and  in  charitable  work  for  many  years.  Chil- 
dren:  Abigail  Updike,  born  May' 29.  1801.  in 
Norwich.  Connecticut,  married  Jabez  Bullock, 
of  Wickford;  Alfred  Joseph,  born  at  Nor- 
wich. October  7.  1805,  died  in  Providence; 
Lodowick  Gilbert,  born  April  24.  1808:  Ed- 
win Halsev,  mentioned  below. 

(Vll)  Edwin  Halsev  Reynold-,  son  of  Jo- 
seph (3)  Reynolds,  was  born  May  14,  1810. 
at  Wickford.  Rhode  Island.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  When 
a  young  man  he  went  to  Providence  and 
learned  the  art  of  gold  and  silver  plating.  He 
engaged  in  business  in  New  York  City  as  a 
gold  and  silver  plater,  and  afterward  in  Provi- 
dence. Rhode  Island,  where  he  occupied  a 
factory  at  the  corner  of  Dorrance  and  Friend- 
ship streets.  His  Inisiness  prospered  and  he 
became  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful manufacturers  in  his  line  of  businc'^s 


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in  the  city.  He  continued  in  hiuincss  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  had  an  attractive  home 
on  Benevolent  street  in  Providence,  and  spent 
his  summers  on  the  Reynolds  homestead  at 
Wickford.  He  died  July  21,  1878,  and  was 
buried  at  Swan  Point  Cemeterv,  Providence. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  of  great  earn- 
estness, highly  influential  and  a  generous  sup- 
porter of  his  party.  In  all  the  relations  of  life 
he  proved  himself  a  capable  and  useful  citi- 
zen, of  upright  character  and  warm  heart  and 
sympathies  for  those  le.ss  foriimate.  l~o  hi« 
family  he  was  always  a  devoted  husband  and 
father. 

He  married,  at  Providence,  June  29,  1853, 
Mary  Randall  Andrews,  born  at  Providence, 
daughter  of  \\'illiam  and  Delilah  (Mason) 
Andrews.  Her  father  was  born  in  Dighton, 
son  of  William  and  Patience  Andrews.  Wil- 
liam Andrews  died  April  25,  1S85,  at  Provi- 
dence, aged  eighty-eight  years,  and  his  wife 
died  ]March  11,  1877.  aged  seventy-nine  years. 
Mrs.  Reynolds  died  August  16,  1S79.  and  was 
buried  at  the  side  of  her  husband  in  Swan 
Point  Cemetery.  Children :  Abigail  Updike, 
who  now  resides  on  the  Reynolds  homestead 
at  Wickford;  Lucy  Waite.  who  resides  with 
her  sister;  Joseph  Lodowick,  died  January  15, 
1914,  unmarried,  and  was  buried  at  Swan 
Point  Cemetery.  Providence.  The  Misses 
Reynolds  resided  at  Wickford  in  summer  and 
in  Providence  in  winter  until  1910.  Since  then 
their  home  has  been  at  Wickford.  Both  are 
active  in  social  and  church  work  and  are  num- 
bers  of  St.  Stephen  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  of  Providence. 

(The  UpJike  Line). 

(I)  Gilbert  Updike,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Germany,  and  after  coming  to  this 
country  lived  at  Lloyd's  Neck.  New  York,  and 
at  Kings  Town,  Rhode  Island.  He  married  Sep- 
tember 24,  1643,  Katherine  Smith,  who  died 
before  1664,  daughter  of  Richard  Smith,  who 
came  from  county  Gloucester,  England,  to 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and  Kings  Town, 
Rliode  Island:  he  was  born  1596,  died  i66<'3; 
his  wife  died  before  i6f34.  Child:  Lodowick, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Lodowick  Updike,  son  of  Gilbert  L"p- 
dike,  was  born  in  1646,  died  about  1737.  He 
lived  in  North  Kings  Town,  Rhode  Island. 
He  married  Abigail  Newton,  who  died  in 
1745,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Joan  (Smith) 
Newton.  Thomas  Newton  married,  April  16, 
1648,  Joan  Smith,  who  died  before  1664, 
daughter  of  Richard  Smith,  born  1596,  died 
1666.  mentioned  above.  Abigail  Newton  was 
a  cousin  of  Lodowick  Updike. 

(HI )    Daniel  Updike,  son  of  Lodowick  Up- 


dike, was  bnrn  in  1694,  died  May  15.  1757. 
He  lived  in  North  Kings  Town.  Rliode  Island. 
He  married  (first)  in  1716,  Sarah  Arnold. 
He  married  (second)  December  21,  1722, 
Anstis  Jenkins,  born  October  28,  1702,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Mary  (Wilkins)  Jenkins. 
Richard  Jenkins  lived  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island:  died  February  25,  1704;  his  wife, 
Mary  (\\'ilkins)  Jenkins,  died  after  1704, 
daughter  of  John  and  Anstis  (Rissett)  Wil- 
kins ;  Anstis  Bissett  was  a  widow,  born  1639, 

died   October   31,    171 1,   daughter   of   

Gold,  of  England;  John  Wilkins  died  in  1704; 
came  from  \\'iltshire,  England,  to  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  then  to  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island.  Children  :  Lodowick,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Mary,  born  in  1727.  married  John  Cole; 
Gilbert,  born  and  died  in  1729:  \\'ilkins,  born 
and  died  in  1729. 

(IV)  Lodowick  (2)  L'pdike,  son  of  Daniel 
Updike,  was  born  July  12.  1725,  died  June  6, 
1S04.  He  lived  in  North  Kings  Town,  Rhode 
Island.  Lodowick  Updike  was  educated  by 
private  tutors.  One  of  his  instructors  was 
Rev.  John  Checkley,  rector  of  St.  John's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Providence, 
an  Oxford  scholar,  and  learned  divine.  Mr. 
Updike  studied  law,  but  never  practiced.  He 
owned  a  large  estate  in  South  Kings  Town, 
a  fine  farm  comprising  some  fifteen  hundred 
acres,  which  he  inherited  from  his  father,  and 
grandfather.  Richard  Smith.  Plis  home  was  in 
the  old  L'pdike  mansion  or  Smith's  Castle,  as 
it  was  called,  near  Wickford.  He  was  a  prom- 
inent man.  He  was  a  communicant  of  the 
Church  of  England.  He  is  described  as  typical 
Englishman  in  his  small  clothes  and  wig,  re- 
sembling George  HI.  in  appearance.  He  mar- 
ried, January  25.  1759.  Abigail  Gardner,  born 
in  1740.  died  in  1826,  daughter  of  John  and 
^lary  (Taylor)  Gardner  or  Gardiner.  John 
Gardner  was  born  July  8,  1696,  died  July  7, 
1770;  lived  at  South  Kings  Town.  Mary  Tay- 
lor was  his  second  wife.  He  was  a  son  of 
^\'illiam  and  Abigail  (Remington)  Gardner. 
Abigail  (Remington)  Gardner,  born  16S1,  died 
March  6.  1763,  was  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Abigail  (Richmond)  Remington;  Abigail 
Richmond  was  born  in  1656,  died  1744.  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Abigail  (Davis)  Richmond. 
Edward  Richmond,  son  of  John  Richmond, 
was  of  Newport  and  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island.  John  Remington  died  in  1688,  was  of 
Kings  Town,  son  of  John  and  Abigail  Rem- 
ington, of  Haverhill.  Massachusetts,  and  of 
Jamestown  and  Warwick,  Rhode  Island.  Wil- 
liam Gardner  was  a  son  of  Benoni  and  Mary 
Gardner.  Mary  was  born  in  1643,  "^''^"^  ^'O' 
vember  16.  1729.  Benoni  Gardner  died  about 
1 73 1,    was    of    North    Kings    Town,    son    of 


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<;c<irRi'  and  Hcrodias  Gardner,  of  Newport. 
I  Sec  tiardncr  and  Gardiner  in  this  work). 
I'iiildren:  Daniel,  born  1761,  a  lawyer  of  East 
(;reenwicli,  married  Adolissa  Arnold;  James, 
|..rii  1765,  died  unmarried  at  Wickford;  An- 
■  tK.  born  1765,  died  aged  one  hundred,  mar- 
ried William  Lee,  of  Providence;  Mary,  born 
I -(17,  married  Nathaniel  Alundy,  merchant, 
Wickford;  Abigail,  born  1769,  married  Joseph 
Kc'vnolds,  of  Wickford  (see  Reynolds  \'I)  ; 
Snnih,  born  1771,  married  David  Llagan,  of 
Wickford;  Lydia,  born  17-2,  j-narried  Fred- 
crick  Crary,  of  Wickford;  Lodowick,  born 
1774,  merchant,  of  Rhode  Island  and  New 
York,  married  Rhoda  Baker;  Alfred,  born 
1779,  merchant,  married  Dorcas  Reynolds,  of 
Wickford;  Gilbert,  born  1781,  married  Han- 
nah Dennis;  and  Wilkins. 


The  surname  Richmond  had 
RIGILMOND  its  origin  in  Brutanv, 
France,  and  is  derived  from 
the  French  words  "riclie'"  and  "monte"  or 
"monde."  In  English  history  it  first  appears  as 
Kychemond,  afterwards  as  Richemounte  and 
Richcmonte,  and  uhimately  as  Riclimond. 
Among  tlie  various  lines  of  ancestors  in  Eng- 
land are  found  those  of  the  Ashton-Keynes 
and  other  Wiltshire  Richmonds ;  the  former 
lor  five  generations  bore  the  alias  of  Webb, 
first  assumed  by  William  Richmond  about 
1430,  when  he  married  Alice,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Thomas  Webb,  of  Draycott,  Wilt- 
.^iiire,  England.  It  is  claimed  by  some  euiinent 
genealogists  that  the  Richmond's  of  New  Eng- 
land (though  perhaps  not  in  all  of  the  branches 
in  that  region,  or  elsewhere  in  America)  de- 
scended through  one  Roald,  son  of  Roaldus 
"Ic  Ennase,"  w^hile  others  of  equal  celebrity 
state  that  they  descend  from  Alan,  another  son 
cf  Roaldus  "le  Ennase."  asserting  tliat  son 
Koald  had  no  children. 

The  Richmond  genealogy  informs  us  that 
Roaldus  de  Richmond  waV  granted  lands  by 
the  crown  in  Yorkshire,  and  tradition  has  i't 
tiiat  this  Richn.ond  was  a  relative  of  Alan 
Riifus.  Alan  Rufus  was  a  kinsman  of  the 
(-onqueror,  and  was  granted  lands  in  Y'ork- 
^Jnre,  where  he  built  his  castle  and  was  the 
•irst  duke  of  Richmond.  Tradition  also  says 
t'_iat  John  Richmond  was  born  in  Ashton- 
^t-ynes.  and  one  reputable  writer  states  that 
'"  an  e.xam.ination  of  the  old  church  records  at 
■Yhlon-Ke.mes  he  found  the  date  of  baptism 
"'  John  Richmond  in  1597. 

(I)  This  John  Richmond  was  the  Ameri- 
'".-111  ancestor  of  the  particular  branch  of  the 
.'•••"idy  to  be  treated  of  in  these  annals,  and  it 
'^  'Kiieved  that  he  came  to  this  countrv  with  a 


colony  of  cadets  of  noble  English  families  on 
the  western  coast  of  Ireland,  who  had  chosen 
this  remote  region  that  they  might  be  able  to 
"engage  in  commercial  and  other  pursuits 
without  shocking  their  aristocratic  relatives." 
It  is  believed  that  John  Richmond  came  to 
America  in  a  trading  vessel,  and  it  is  known 
that  he  was  engaged  in  carrying  on  an  exten- 
sive and  flourishing  trade  with  Saco,  Maine,  in 
1635,  for  the  records  show  that  in  1636  he  was 
m  court  with  a  suit  brought  by  him,  "to  collect 
from  Thomas  Lew^is  six  pounds  and  ten  shil- 
lings for  two  barrells  of  beife."  In  1637  he 
was  one  of  the  purchasers  and  proprietors  of 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and  there  his  daugh- 
ter .Sarah  was  probably  born  in  1638,  and  his 
daughter_  Alary  in  1639.  From  the  fact  that 
nothing  is  known  of  him  between  the  years 
1643  and  1655  it  is  thought  that  he  returned 
to  England  and  took  part  in  the  wars,  for 
family  tradition  runs  to  that  effect,  and  also 
says  that  he  was  referred  to  as  Colonel  John 
Richmond.  He  probably  married  before  com- 
ing to  New  England.  He  was  away  from 
Taunton  mucii  of  the  time,  and  is  known  to 
have  been  in  Newport  and  other  places,  but 
eventually  returned  to  Taunton  and  died  there 
Alarch  20,  1664,  aged  seventv  years.  His  chil- 
dren were:  i.  John,  of  w'hom  further.  2. 
Captain  Edward,  born  about  1632,  in  England, 
died  in  November.  1696:  married  (first)  Abi- 
gail Davis,  daughter  of  James  Davis:  (second) 
Amy  Bull,  daughter  of  Governor  Henrv  and 
Elizabeth  Bull.  3.  Sarah,  born  about  1638,  in 
Taunton,  Alassachusetts,  died  in  1691:  she 
married  (first)  Edward  Rew.  who  di'ed  July 
16,  167S;  married  (second)  November  4,  1678, 
James  Walker,  the  immigrant,  born  in  1618. 
died  February  15,  1690-91  ;  married  (third) 
Nicholas  Stoughton.  4.  Mary,  born  about  1639. 
mTaunton,  died  October  3.  1715:  she  married 
William  Paul,  of  Berkley, "Massachusetts,  born 
in  1624,  died  November  6,  1704. 

(H)  John  (2),  eldest  son  and  child  of  John 
( I )  Richmond,  the  immigrant,  was  born  about 
the  year  1627.  before  his  "father  came  to  Amer- 
ica, and  died  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1715,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  been  a  man  of  importance  and 
was  chosen  to  serve  in  various  capacities.  In 
1672  he  was  appointed,  with  James  Walker,  to 
purchase  lands  of  the  Indians ;  was  member  of 
the  town  council  in  1675-76  and  1690,  and  also 
served  as  constable,  commissioner  and  sur- 
veyor in  March,  1677:  he  was  distributor  of 
ten  pounds  "Irish  charity,"  sent  from  Dublin, 
Ireland,  in  1676,  to  be  divided  among  the  suf- 
ferers during  King  Philip's  war.  'Tie  was  a 
member  of  every  important  committee  in  Taun- 


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ton  lor  the  purcliase,  division  and  settlement 
of  land  and  other  matters  of  public  interest. 
He  was  interested  in  several  extensive  pur- 
chases of  land  from  the  Indians  in  both  Massa- 
chusetts and  Rhode  Island."  He  married  Abi- 
gail Rogers,  daughter  of  John  Rogers,  of  Dux- 
bury,  ^lassachusetts.  She  was  born  about 
1641  and  died  August  i,  1727;  both  she  and 
her  husband  are  buried  in  Taunton.  Their 
children:  i.  Mary,  born  June  2,  1654,  in 
Bridgewater.  2.  John,  born  Jinie  6,  1656.  in 
Bridgewatcr,  was  killed  by  the  upsclung  of  a 
cart  September  20,  1672.  3.  Tliomas,  born 
February  2,  1659,  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
-  died  unmarried,  in  }iliddleboro,  December  14, 
1705.  4.  Susanna,  born  November  4,  1661,  in 
Bridgewater.  5.  Joseph,  born  December  8, 
1663,  in  Taunton.  6.  Edward,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 7.  Samuel,  born  September  23,  1668,  in 
Taunton.  8.  Sarah,  born  February  26,  1(371, 
in  Taunton.  9.  John,  born  December  5,  1673, 
in  Taunlun.  10.  Ebenezer,  born  May  12,  1676, 
in  Newport.  Rhode  Island.  11.  Abigail,  born 
February  26,  1679,  in  Newport. 

(Ill)  Edward,  son  of  John  Richmond,  was 
borji  in  Taunton,  February  8,  1665,  and  died 
in  ^741.  In  1687  he  and  Joseph  Richmond 
**  bought  of  John  Rogers,  of  Duxbury,  one  hun- 
dred and   fifty  acres   of  land   in   J^Iiddleboro. 

He  married    (first)    Marcy  — — ,    (second) 

May  6,  171 1  ;  Rebecca  Thurston,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  16S9,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah 

Thurston,  and  (third)  Mary .    His  will 

was  dated  June  3,  1738.  and  proved  December 
9,  1741.  Children  by  first  wife:  Marcy,  born 
1693 :  Edward,  born  1695  ;  Richard  ;  Josiah,  of 
whom  further;  Nathaniel,  born  about  1700; 
Seth  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Phebe,  born  1706.  Children, 
by  second  wife:  Sarah,  born  December  20, 
1712;  Mary,  born  1714;  Priscilla,  born  Febru- 
ary 27,  1718;  Eunice,  born  September  2;^. 
1722,  died  young. 

(I\')  Josiah,  son  of  Edward  Richmond,  was 
born  in  1697,  in  Taunton.  He  died  in  1763, 
and  his  will  dated  Januar)  26,  1762,  was 
proved  April  5,  1763.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade  and  resided  in  Middleboro.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Mehitable,  born  June  6,  1697, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Williams) 
Deane.  He  married  ( sccoml )  February  5, 
1745-46,  Lydia  (Eddy)  Crocker,  widow  of 
Theophilus  Crocker  and  daughter  of  James 
Eddy.  Children,  born  in  ^liddleboro  :  Mary  : 
Josiah  (q.  v.):  Gershom;  Benjamin,  born 
1727:  George:  Lemuel,  born  1733:  Miriam, 
born  1733;  Ephraim,  born  Februarx  12,  1736; 
Eleazer,  born  February  2/,  1737;  Zekiah ; 
Mercv  ;  Mehitable.  died  voung. 


(Ill)  Thomas  Potter,  son  of 
POTTER  Ichabod  Potter  (q.  v.),  was 
born  at  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  about  ifi63.  He  married  (first)  Janu- 
ary 30,  1687,  Susanna  Tripp,  daughter  of  John 
and  Susanna  (Anthony)  Tripp;  and  (second) 
December  8.  1720,  Lydia  (\Vilcox)  Sherman, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Cook) 
Wilcox.  He  located  at  South  Kings  Town, 
Rhode  Island.  He  died  in  1728,  and  his  wife 
in  1727.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Susanna, 
born  June  28,  1688;  Sarah.  July  25,  1690; 
Ichabod,  September  23,  1692:  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1696;  John,  October  2,  1697;  Na- 
thaniel, April  15,  1700;  Benjamin,  June  19, 
1703;  Joseph,  January  30,  1706;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 16,  170S;  and  Martha. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2)  Potter,  son  of  Thomas 
( I )  Potter,  \vas  born  in  North  Kings  Town, 
Rhode  Island.  February  8,  1795-96.  Flis 
father  lived  near  Point  Judith.  He  removed 
to  that  part  of  Westerly  which  became  Hop- 
kinton,  because,  as  he  said,  "Kings  Town  uas 
a' place  noted  for  want  of  piety."  He  married 
(first)  March  19,  1717,  Mary  Babcock,  daugh- 
ter of  George  I'abcock;  and  (second)  Judith 
Rogers.  His  first  wife  died  January  8,  1773, 
and  his  second  wife  in  1805.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Susanna,  born  February  20,  1718; 
Thomas,  September  14,  1720;  Jonathan,  1723; 
I\Iary;  Elizabeth,  January  29,  1727;  George, 
mentioned  below ;  Stephen.  By  the  second 
wife,  Caleb,  August  19,  1749. 

(V)  George  Potter,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Potter,  was  born  in  \Vesterly,  Rhode  Island, 
January  3,  1731-32.  He  was  known  as  the 
"honest  miller."  He  remained  with  his  father 
in  Hopkinton  and  inherited  the  homestead. 
For  two  years  he  lived  in  the  town  of  Rich- 
mond, removing  in  J  764  to  Westerly,  where 
for  seven  years  he  hired  the  farm  owned  by 
Hezckiah  Babcock.  Early  in  1762  a  dam  was 
built  across  the  Pawtucket  river  near  what  is 
known  as  the  ^leetinghouse  bridge  and  a  grist 
mill  was  built,  but  the  dam  injured  much  val- 
uable land  by  tlowage,  and  the  farmers  of  the 
vicinity  tore  down  the  mill.  The  grist  mill 
was  then  erected  at  Potter's  hill  on  the  west 
side  of  the  river  and  connected  with  a  small 
saw  mill  and  fulling  mill.  George  Potter 
bought  these  mills  and  two  houses  and  oper- 
ated the  mills  in  connection  with  his  business 
as  general  merchant  and  ship  builder.  After 
the  close  of  the  Revolution,  he  was  among  the 
first  to  sail  to  Green  Island  in  the  Bay  of  St. 
Lawrence  on  a  fishing  trip.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1754,  Content  Maxson,  who  died 
in  1815.  He  died  August  9,  1794.  Children, 
born    in    Hopkinton;      Mary,    born    May    30, 


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,-;;;  George,  mentioned  below  ;  Joseph,  meii- 
•  i'liK-il  below;  Hannali,  Marcli  9.  1761 ;  Susan. 
March  iS.  1763;  Content,  May  2^.  1765;  Ly- 
.lia.  October  10,  1766;  Nathan.  May  31,  1769; 
l.iHV,  October  10,  1771  ;  and  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
t.mbcr  19,  1775- 

(\"1)  Captain  George  (2)  Potter,  son  of 
(.■.iir.Lic  (i)  Potter,  was  born  in  Hopkinton. 
Klicde  Island,  February  10.  1757.  He  and  his 
jirntlicrs  succeeded  to  the  business  of  their 
father.  He  was  engaged  for  many  years  in 
the  codfish  industry.  He  died  in  1801.  He 
n;,\riird,  Ai)ril  20.  17S0.  IMary  Silliman.  daugh- 
UT  of  I'.cnjamin  Silliman.  Children:  Nancy, 
luirn  March  12,  17S1  ;  George.  April  17.  1783; 
JV-njamin,  June  10.  17S5 ;  ^lary.  July  21. 
1787:  Ephraini,  'SIrv  30,  1789:  Sally.  Augu>t 
II,  179^;  John,  1795;  Content,  August  9. 
1797;  and  Charles.  September  7,   1799. 

(\'I)  Joseph  Potter,  son  of  George  (i) 
Flitter,  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  Rhode  Island, 
i'cbruary  G,  1759.  He  started  in  business  as 
?  general  merchant  in  1786.  and  with  his 
brothers.  Captain  George  and  Nathan,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  business  of  their  father  in  1794. 
He  finally  became  the  sole  owner.  In  1792  he 
built  a  house  on  the  hill  with  a  store  in  the 
west  end  of  the  building.  For  many  years  he 
was  engaged  in  foreign  trade  and  sent  vessels 
to  the  West  Indies  and  to  Spain.  In  iSio  he 
began  to  manufacture  cotton  goods  in  West- 
erly. Two  years  later  he  built  a  cotton  mill 
at  a  cost  of  $9,000.  In  partnership  with  his 
brother  Nathan  he  built  vessels  for  the  Green 
Island  fishery  and  also  sloops,  schooners  and 
at  one  time  a  ship,  which  were  framed  at  Pot- 
ter Hill  and  put  together  on  the  Pawcatuck 
river  at  Westerly.  During  the  war  of  1S12 
the  firm  built  sloop-rigged  gunboats  Nos.  91 
and  92  under  the  superintendency  of  Captain 
Phipps.  Joseph  Potter  died  December  14, 
1822.  He  married.  .April  7.  1784.  Phebe 
\\'ells,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Thompson)  Wells.  Children  :  Thomas  Wells, 
born  January  26,  1785 ;  Joseph,  August  4. 
^7^7',  Henry.  March  12.  1790;  Robert  Thomp- 
son, mentioned  below:  William.  May  8.  1800. 
'I"he  three  latter  were  born  at  Potter  Hill. 

(\'\l)  Robert  Thompson  Potter,  son  of 
J'>seph  Potter,  was  born  July  31.  1794.  at  Pot- 
ter Hill.  He  was  a  manufacturer.  He  was 
a  strong  and  forceful  character,  a  devout  and 
f;uthful  Christian.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  First  Hopkinton  Seventh  Day 
'•aptist  Church.  He  died  in  the  prime  of  life. 
"I  typhoid  fever,  contracted  while  caring  for 
"'hers  during  an  epidemic.  He  married.  De- 
'■enibcr  6,  182 1.  Mary  Palmer,  born  in  1803. 
'  "  IVnflkton  Hill,  in  North  Stonington,  Con- 
i-ccticut,  a  daughter  of  Luther  and  Sally  (Ken- 


yon)  Palmer.  Their  only  child  was  Joseph 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Joscjih  Henry  Potter,  son  of  Robert 
Thompson  Potter,  was  born  at  Potter  Hill, 
October  20,  1S23.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  but  four  years  old.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  when  he  was  thirteen  he  was 
sent  by  his  guardian  to  the  old  Bacon  Academy 
at  Colchester.  Connecticut.  Afterward  he  en- 
tered the  Potter  Mills  at  Potter  Hill  and 
learned  the  luanufacturing  business  in  detail, 
beginning  at  the  bottom  and  working  liis  way 
through  the  various  deipartments.  Desiring 
further  education,  however,  he  studied  under 
the  tuition  of  Solomon  Carpenter  and  his  wife, 
of  Westerly,  in  the  old  academy  on  Union 
street.  During  his  second  year  in  this  school, 
in  1842,  he  served  in  the  state  militia  engaged 
in  suppressing  the  Dorr  Rebellion.  He  then 
learned  the  trade  of  machinist  in  the, shops 
of  J.  P.  Stillman  &  Company,  of  Westerly. 
In  the  meantime,  the  Potter  Mills  having  been 
sold,  he  engaged  in  the  iron  foundry  business 
in  the  firm  of  Langworthy,  Potter  &  Com- 
pany. In  1846  the  firm  built  the  iron  foundry 
on  the  west  side  of  the  river  at  \\'esterly,  on 
the  site  now  occupied  by  C.  B.  Cottrell  & 
Sons,  printing  press  mamifacturers.  Mr.  Pot- 
ter's firm  manufactured  plows  and  stoves. 
For  two  years  he  was  the  agent  of  the  com- 
pany. He  then  sold  his  interests  to  his  part- 
ners. In  1850  he  purchased  a  half-interest  in 
the  drug  business  of  Henry  ^^^  Stillman  and 
four  years  later  became  the  sole  proprietor  of 
the  business.  He  admitted  E.  G.  Champlin  to 
])artnership,  July  i,  1855,  'i"*^  t'""*^  firm  built 
the  drug  store  on  Main  street,  at  that  time  the 
finest  drug  store  in  the  county,  and  conducted 
an  e.xtensive  business,  both  wholesale  and  re- 
tail. A  branch  store  was  also  conducted  by 
the  firm  at  Mystic  Bridge.  Connecticut,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Potter  &  Spicer.  In  1864 
]\Ir.  Potter  sold  his  share  in  the  business  in 
Westerly  to  E.  G.  Champlin  &  Company,  re- 
taining his  interests  in  the  Mystic  store. 
About  the  same  time  Mr.  Potter  started 
another  drug  store  at  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
in  partnership  with  B.  F.  Palmer,  under  the 
firm  name  of  J.  H.  Potter  &  Company.  On 
account  of  impaired  health.  Mr.  Potter,  in 
1865.  sold  his  interests  at  Mystic  I'.ridge  and 
in  1867  those  at  Stonington. 

He  then  engaged  in  the  retail  clothing  busi- 
ness and  custom  tailoring  in  a  building  on 
High  street  in  ^\'esterly,  of  which  he  was  a 
part  owner,  known  as  the  Hammond  Block. 
Five  years  later  he  made  an  addition  to  the 
building.  His  business  prospered  and  he  con- 
tinued in  business  until  1SS3.  when  he  sold  his 
store  to  H.  L.  .Mmer.     During  his  seventeen 


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years  in  the  drug  business  and  fourteen  in  tlie 
clothing  business  ^Ir.  Potter  demonstrated  re- 
markable capacity  and  was  rewarded  by  sub- 
stantial success.  In  trade  be  proved  himself 
as  successful  as  his  immediate  ancestors  had 
been  in  manufactin-ing.  He  was  a  leading  citi- 
zen of  the  town  for  many  years.  After  he 
retired  it  was  his  custom  to  spend  the  winters 
in  the  South  with  his  only  daughter.  Amelia. 
He  built  a  residence  at  Daytona,  Florida,  and 
became  a  legal  resident  of  that  thriving  city, 
of  which  he  was  at  one  time  president  of  the 
city  council.  Some  twenty  years  prior  to  his 
death,  ]Mr.  Potter's  eyesight  began  to  fail  him, 
and  for  nearly  eighteen  years  before  his  demise 
he  had  been  totally  blind,  although  he  retained 
his  other  faculties  to  a  marked  degree. 

Mr.  Potter  was  for  many  years  a  director  of 
the  Washington  National  Bank  of  Westerly, 
and  for  more  than  thirty  years  a  trustee  of  the 
Westerly  Savings  Bank.  In  early  life  he  and 
his  wife  joined  the  First  Hopkinton  Seventh 
Day  Baptist  Church  and  at  \\"esterly  he  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Pawcatuck  Seventh  ■ 
Day  Baptist  Church.  His  wife  died  February 
21,  18S5,  and  he  died  in  Westerly,  August  9, 
1909,  in  the  eighty-sixth  ytar  of  his  age.  They 
arc  buried  in  River  Bend  Cemetery,  at  \\'est- 
erly. 

He  married,  September  14.  1847,  Rhoda 
Ann  Langworthy,  born  December  5.  1825, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Lois  (Sisson)  Lang- 
worthy  fsee  Langworthy  V).  Children:  i. 
Amelia,  born  at  Stonington,  January  21,  1851, 
resides  at  the  homestead  on  High  street.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  Church; 
of  the  Phebe  Greene  \\'ard  Chapter,  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  of  Westerly,  and 
while  living  in  F"lorida  was  for  several  years 
president  of  the  Palmetto  Club,  of  Daytona. 
2.  Alice,  born  Januan.'  21,  1851.  twin,  died  in 
infancy.  3.  Henry  Rtibert,  born  July  25,  1857, 
at  Westerlv,  died  when  nearly  twelve  years 
old. 

(The  Langworthy  I-ine). 

(I)  Andrew  Laiigworth> ,  of  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  was  baptized  in  1652,  at  "the 
mill;"  was  made  freeman  in  1656;  married, 
November  3,  1658,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Tacy  (Cooper)  Hubbard.  She  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  1671,  baptized  in 
1674  by  a  minister  of  the  Seventh  Day  Church  ; 
he  joined  the  church  in  1676,  and  died  in  16S0. 
Children  :    Samuel  and  Andrew. 

(II)  Samuel   Langworthy,  son  of   Andrew 

Langworthy,  married  Rachel ,  and  both 

died  in  17 16.  In  171 1  he  joined  in  the  Narra- 
gansctt  purchase.  Children:  Ann,  John, 
Thomas,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Robert  and  Mary. 

(III)  Samuel  (2)  Langworthy,  son  of  Sam- 
uel   (i)    Langworthy,  born  about   1708,  mar- 


ried Mary .  Children,  born  in  Hopkin- 
ton :  Mary,  born  May  11,  1739;  Elizabeth, 
May  31,  1 741 ;  Rachel,  June  8,  1743  ;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Tacy,  November  20,  1747; 
Joseph,  February  6,  1749;  and  Hannah,  Jime 
21,   1752. 

(I\  )  Samuel  (3)  Langworthy,  son  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  Langworthy,  was  born  November  27, 
1745;  married,  January  24,  1771,  Mary,  born 
September  20,  1752,  daughter  of  Tobias 
Saunders,  of  Charlestown,  Rhode  Island. 
Children,  born  in  Hopkinton:  Samuel,  born 
September  11,  1771 ;  Tacy,  July  i,  1773; 
Peleg,  C)ctober  7,  1775  ;  Nathan,  November  29, 
1777;  Saundice.  December  16,  1779;  Hannah, 
February  19,  1782;  and  Robert,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\')  Robert  Langworthy,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Langworthy,  was  born  ^larch  14,  1784;  mar- 
ried Lois,  daughter  of  Thomas  Sisson.  Chil- 
dren: Robert  Henry,  born  October  12,  1S19; 
William  A.,  November  7,  1821  ;  Louisa,  mar- 
ried Nathan  K.  Lewis ;  Rhoda  Ann,  married 
Joseph  Henry  Potter  (see  Potter  VHI)  ;  Har- 
riet Amanda,  unmarried ;  and  Abbic  Sisson, 
unmarried. 


(V)     John     (2)     Reynolds, 

REYNOLDS  son  of  John  (i)  Reynolds 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  North 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island.  He  married  there, 
January  17,  1762,  John  Reynolds,  justice  of 
the  peace,  officiating,  Sarah  Carpenter,  daugh- 
ter of  Oliver  Carpenter  (Oliver  (3),  Abiah 
(2),  William  (i)).  Children,  born  at  North 
Kingstown:  Infant  daughter,  born  July  11, 
1763,  died  unnamed:  Dorcas,  born  ]\Iarch  15, 
1764;  Eldred,  mentioned  below;  Ruth,  July 
23,  1766;  Sarah,  May  19,  1768. 

(\T)  Eldred  Reynolds,  son  of  John  Rey- 
nolds, was  born  at  North  Kingstown,  Rhode 
Island,  .April  2,  1765.  He  was  educated  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
lived  there  all  his  active  life.  He  married,  at 
West  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  Esther  Corev, 
April  26,  1792.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Shef- 
field Corey.  Children:  John,  Sheffield,  Henry, 
Joseph,  a  prominent  citizen  of  ]^Ionson.  Mas- 
sachusetts;  Mary,  Esther,  Eliza,  Henry  R., 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Henry  R.  Reynolds,  son  of  Eldred 
Reynolds,  was  born  in  North  Kingstown. 
Rhode  Island,  and  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools  and  made  farming  his  occupa- 
tion. He  died  in  his  native  town  and  was 
buried  in  Elm  Grove  Cemetery.  He  married 
Alice  Wilcox,  of  North  Kingstown.  Chil- 
dren: Ruth,  John  Marshall.  Antoinette,  mar- 
ried Thomas  'pierce ;  Lucian  Bonaparte,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VHI)   Lucian  Bonaparte  Reynolds,  son  of 


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59 


i'l-iirv  R-  Reynolds,  was  born  in  1S43,  at 
Uickford,  Rhode  Island.  He  received  his 
j:r]v  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  be- 
•,i:i'  lii>  career  as  clerk  in  the  railway  mail 
tcTvice  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
II, rd  Railroad  Company.  He  finally  resigned 
(i.n  account  of  ill  health  and  turnecl  to  farm- 
ii!i^  on  the  old  Reynolds  homestead  on  the  old 
ii.ist  road  in  North  Kingstown,  on  the  same 
i:,rni  wliere  his  son  and  daughter  now  reside. 
lie  had  fifty  acres  of  land  and  carried  on  his 
f.irni  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  died  Septeni- 
lier  2,  1905,  aged  sixty-two  years,  and  was 
imried  in  Elm  Grove  Cemetery,  at  AUenton, 
KiiQcle  Island.  He  was  an  upright  and  useful 
citizen,  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  his 
townsmen.  He  married  Jennie  F.  Johnson, 
(ianghter  of  Albert  Reynolds  and  Mary  A. 
(Cranston)  Johnson.  She  died  June  7,  1905, 
and  was  buried  at  the  side  of  her  husband. 
She  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Central  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Providence.  Children:  Irving 
Mar.shall,  died  young;  Emma  Greene,  married 
Walter  N.  Sherman,  and  they  reside  in  Provi- 
dence (see  Sherman  Nil);  Oral  Munn,  re- 
fidis  on  her  father's  homestead;  Theodore 
Munn,  resides  with  his  sister  on  the  home- 
stead. 

(The   Sherman   Line).  = 

(VI)  Ebcr  Sherman,  son  of  Peleg  Sher- 
man (q.  v.).  was  born  at  North  Kingstown, 
Rhode  Island,  October  20.  1674.  Children: 
Abigail,  born  March  22.  1714:  William.  De- 
cember 30,  1716;  Mary.  April  13.  1719;  Henry, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Henry  Sherman,  son  of  Eber  Sher- 
man, was  born  January  14.  1724,  at  North 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island.  He  married  Ann 
.  Children:  Nathaniel,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  born  October  24,  1750;  Mary, 
March  11,  1753;  Charles.  February  i,  1756; 
Henry,  March  31,  1759;  ^fartlia,  March  9, 
1762;'  Sarah,  March  29.  1765. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel  Sherman,  son  of  Henry 
Sherman,  was  born  at  South  Kingstown, 
Rhode  Island.  August   15.   174S. 

(IX)  Nathaniel  (2)  Sherman,  son  of^  Na- 
thaniel (i)  Sherman,  was  born  at  South 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was  William  C,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  William  C.  Sherman,  son  of  Nathaniel 
^2)  Sherman,  was  born  at  South  Kingstown, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  educated  there  in  the 
I'ublic  schools.  He  followed  farming  in  his 
native  town.  Afterward  he  was  employed  in 
the  Rodman  Mills  at  Lafayette,  Rhode  Island, 
and  made  his  home  in  North  Kingstown.  He 
n;arried  Tvlary  Taylor,  daughter  of  John  Tay- 
I'^r,  of  North'  Kingstown.  Children  :  William 
C.,  deceased  ,  George,  deceased  ;  John,  resides 


at  North  Kingstown;  Mary  Ann,  who  married 
John  Weeden  and  died  in  Wickford;  Frances, 
who  married  Charles  Wood,  of  Providence; 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Angle  \'iola, 
married  William  Lasallc. 

(XI)  Nathaniel  (3)  Sherman,  son  uf  Wil- 
liam C.  Sherman,  was  born  at  North  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island,  October  7,  1857.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and 
for  mail}-  years  was  employed  in  the  Rodman 
MiII^.  .Afterward,  he  became  associated  in 
business  with  his  son  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  in  the  Providence  Plate  and  Window 
Glass  Company,  Fountain  street.  He  married 
Enmia  A.  Greene,  born  in  Exeter,  Rhode 
Island,  daughter  of  Frederick  Greene.  She 
died  at  Wickford,  and  is  buried  in  Elm  Grove 
Cemetery.  Children:  Sylvester,  resides  at 
North  Kingstown;  Otis  A.,  resides  in  Provi- 
dence ;  ^^'aIter  N.,  mentioneil  below ;  Elma  E., 
deceased ;  Elvina,  deceased. 

(XII)  \\'alter  N.  Sherman,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel (3)  Sherman,  was  born  at  Wickford, 
Rhode  Island,  April  24,  18S1.  He  married, 
April  17,  1907,  Emma  Greene  Reynolds, 
daughter  of  Lucian  Bonaparte  and  Jennie  F. 
(Johnson)  Reynolds.  She  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  North  Kingstown  and 
at  East  Greenwich  Academy  and  in  the  Bryant 
&  Stratton  Commercial  College  at  Providence, 
where  she  took  a  course  in  shorthand  and  type- 
writing. For  several  years  before  her  mar- 
riage she  was  employed  as  stenographer  in  the 
office  of  the  Joy  Line  Steamship  Company. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sherman  make  their  home  in 
Providence.  Mr.  Sherman  is  a  member  of  the 
firm  doing  business  under  the  name  of  the 
Providence  Plate  and  \Mndow  Glass  Com- 
pany. Children:  Clifford  Stanley,  born  July 
3i,'i9i-X);  Leonard  Reynolds,  August  6,  191 1. 


William  Hacker,  the  imnii- 
HACKER  grant,  settled  in  Lynn.  Massa- 
chusetts, between  1650  and 
ir/to,  and  died  there  in  1661,  when  his  estate 
was  setded.  Little  is  known  of  him.  He  was 
doubtle.-^s  a  mariner.  His  name  was  sometimes 
spelled  Hager  and  Flecker. 

(II)  George,  son  of  William  Hacker,  mar- 
ried, September  16,  1672,  P.ethia  Meacham, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  Meacham,  and  had: 
Bethia.  born  July  25.  1673.  died  \oung  ;  Bethia. 
March  9,  1675;  George.  August  13,  1678; 
Sarah,  1681  ;  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Isaac  Hacker,  son  of  George  Hacker, 
was  born  about  1685.  He  married  Hannah 
Pope,  daughter  of  Samuel  Pope,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Joseph  Pope,  the  immigrant.  No- 
vember 23.  1714.  Children:  Hannah,  born 
October   24,    1715;   Sarah,   August    29,    1717; 


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Eunice,  January  24.  1719;  Isaac,  July  2,  1722, 
died  young;  Jeremiah, mentioned  below  ;  Isaac, 
November  28,  1727:  Hannah,  May  16,  1729; 
Isaac,  Marcii  4,  1730,  baptized  June  13,  1731. 

(I\')  Jeremiah  Hacker,  soiiof  Isaac  Hacker, 
was  born  in  Salem.  May  2j,  1725.  He  re- 
moved to  Brunswick,  Maine.  In  the  census  of 
1790,  the  only  heads  of  family  of  this  surname 
in  Maine  were  Jeremiah  and  his  son  Jeremiah 
Jr.,  both  of  Brunswick.  Jeremiah  had  two 
males  over  sixteen  and  four  females  in  his 
family;  Jeremiah  Jr.  had  one  male  over  six- 
teen, one  under  tliat  age  and  four  fenialts. 
Jeremiah  Hacker  was  a  Quaker.  He  married 
Lydia  Smith,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  of 
^lendon.  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts, 
March  28,  1747.  (  See  p.  167,  printed  record 
of  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  Friends).  In 
1790  Caesar  Hacker  and  Mary  Hacker  were 
heails  of  families  in  Salem.  Not  all  of  the 
family  were  Quakers.  Haysteed  Hacker  was 
captain  of  a  privateer  from  Beverly  in  the 
revolution  and  John  Hacker  was  a  midshipman 
in  the  revolution. 

(V)  Isaac  Hacker,  son  of  Jeremiah  Hacker, 
was  for  forty  years  a  teacher  of  the  \\'e-:t 
School,  Salem,  now  the  Hacker  School.  He 
was  very  popular.  He  died  at  Salem,  Septem- 
ber, 1S18.  Another  Jeremiah  Hacker,  of 
Salem,  born  1799,  removed  to  Philadelphia 
and  married  into  the  ]vIorris  family  there. 

(\'I)  Isaac  Hacker,  grandson  of  Jeremiah 
Hacker,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1S02,  and  was  killed  in  a  railroad  acci- 
dent on  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad,  No- 
vember 14.  1878.  He  was  a  pioneer  of  the 
town  of  Fort  Fairfield,  where  he  was  in  busi- 
ness as  a  general  merchant  during  the  greater 
part  of  his  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, but  later  became  a  Democrat ;  in  religion 
a  Universalist.  He  was  brought  up  a  Quaker, 
but  on  his  marriage  was  read  out  of  meeting. 
He  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
He  was  selectman  of  the  town  and  state  sena- 
tor of  [Maine.  He  married  \'iolec  Eastman,  in 
Palermo.  [Maine,  who  was  born  December  iG, 
1807,  in  W'inthrop,  Maine,  died  February  24, 
1887,  at  Fort  Eairtield.  She  attended  the'Cni- 
versalist  church.  Children:  i.  Ann  Maria, 
born  September  29.  1836,  died  in  Bangor,  July 
6,  1856.  2.  Ellen  Frances,  born  in  Lee,  .April 
II,  1838.  died  in  Lee,  January  20,  1S42.  3. 
Jerrie  F.,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  Jerrie  F.  Hacker,  son  of  Isaac 
Hacker,  was  born  in  Lee.  Maine,  .-\pril  14, 
1842,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  F"ebruary  10,  1902. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bangor,  Maine,  and  in  the  Lee 
State  Normal  School.  He  came  to  Fort  Fair- 
field when  a  young  man  and  was  associated  in 


business  with  his  father.  Pie  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  merchants  in  this  section.  He 
was  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  from 
the  time  of  its  organization  until  his  death. 
Air.  Hacker  was  a  Republican  in  politics  in 
early  life,  becoming  a  Democrat  at  the  same 
time  as  his  father.  I-'or  many  years  he  was 
town  treasurer  of  Fort  Fairfield.  In  religion 
he  was  a  I'niversalist.  He  was  a  member  of 
Eastern  Frontier  Lodge,  No.  112,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  married  , 
(first)  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  October  i, 
1S67,  .-\lmeda  Libby.  born  at  Bradford.  Maine, 
April  13,  1843,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  May  15, 
1874.  He  married  (second)  Lizzie  E.  Traf- 
ton.  Children  by  first  wife:  George  Eastman, 
born  Fort  P'airfield,  ]\Iay  i,  1869,  died  April  3. 
1S70;  Frank  Elmer,  born  December  25,  1873, 
died  .April  28,  1874;  Annie  Violet,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1871,  died  IMarch  2,  1874.  Children 
by  second  wife:  Hope  E.,  born  June  27,  1879. 
died  July  4,  1883;  infant,  born  December  14, 
1S80,  died  December  28,  1S80;  Charles  I.,  born 
November  23,  18S1,  died  March  2,  1883;  Tom 
P^dgar,  mentioned  below;  Maria  L.,  born  Octo- 
ber 18.  1890.  graduate  of  the  Fort  Fairfield 
high  school  and  of  St.  Mary's  School.  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  now  living  in  Fort  Fairfield. 

(\'lll)  Tom  IvJgar  Hacker,  son  of  Jerrie  F". 
Ii;icker,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine. 
July  15,  1SS4.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  graduated  from  the 
high  school  in  1903.  He  entered  Bowdoin 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1907.  Pie 
joined  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity  at 
Bowdoin.  He  started  in  business  before  he 
graduated  from  college,  and  from  1905  to  1910 
conducted  a  retail  shoe  store  in  Fort  Fairfield. 
Since  then  he  has  been  a  dealer  in  potatoes, 
hay.  farming  imjilements,  fertilizers,  etc.,  in 
partnership  with  C.  Fred  Ames.  He  has  becrt 
uniformly  sticcessful  in  business.  In  politics 
he  is  an  independent  Democrat.  Pie  is  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Fort  I'airfiekl  National  Bank,  and 
is  a  member  of  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge.  No. 
112,  Free  and  Accepted  Alasons ;  of  Cjarfield 
Chapter,  Royal  .-\rch  Masons ;  Presque  Isle 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters :  Iloulton 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar  ;  Cora  Temple, 
[Mystic  Shrine,  of  Lewiston ;  of  Border  Lodge, 
No.  S2,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
and  the  Aroostook  Valley  Grange,  No.  4S5, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  attends  St.  Paul's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

He  married,  July  i,  1907,  in  Belfast,  Maine, 
Sarah  Curry  Burns,  born  in  Fort  Fairfield. 
C)ctober  12,  1886,  graduated  from  the  Fort 
Fairfield  high  schijol  in  1905  and  is  a  member 
of   Goodwill   Chapter,   Order   of   the   Eastern 


NEW   EXGLAXD 


Star,  of  Fort  Fairfield.  She  is  also  an  Epis- 
oM)alian  (see  Piurns  III).  Children,  all  born 
.a  I'ort  I'aiitield:  i.  Hope,  lioni  October  9, 
j,fj)),  died  February  26,  lyio.  2.  Jerrie  Frank, 
b.irn  January  14,  1910.  3.  ^lary  Elizabeth, 
born  julv  4,   Ujii.     4.  Tom  P.urns,  born   July 

-'"-    ■^'^■'  (TUe    Burns    U„e>. 

(I)  James  P.urn.s,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  l"om 
lui.i;ar  Hacker,  was  born  in  Ul-ter  province, 
in  the  North  of  Ireland,  lie  was  of  Scotch 
ancestry.  In  1S22,  when  a  young  man,  he 
tnme  to  America  and  settled  at  Susscxvalc, 
Xew  Brunswick,  now  called  Sussex.  .He  fol- 
],  wed  farming  there  and  died  in  that  town. 
lli>  wife  was  of  Dutch  descent.  Children:  i. 
William  Henry,  mentioned  below.  2.  James, 
tlicd  in  Susse.x  county,  Xew  Brunswick.  3. 
fohn,  died  at  South  Bay,  St.  John,  New  Bvuns- 
"wick,  a  miller  by  trade.  4.  Belle,  married  John 
Campbell,  of  Campbell  Settlement,  Sussex 
county,  a  farmer;  she  died  at  St.  John. 

(II)  William  Henry  Burns,  son  of  James 
Burns,  was  born  in  the  North  of  Ireland,  iSiS, 
died  at  Andover,  Xew  Brunswick,  1S73.  He 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  when  a 
child.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Andover.  He  was 
a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had  no  chil- 
dren. He  married  (second)  Adelaide  Murphy, 
born  at  Andover,  New  Brunswick,  October 
10,  182S.  For  the  past  twenty  years  she  has 
lived  with  her  son,  Frank  W.  Burns.  .Chil- 
dren: I.  Frank  W.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Rob- 
ert Bruce,  born  185 1 ;  married  Xellie  I'lummer, 
of  Stillwater,  Maine;  he  was  chief  engineer  of 
two  divisions  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  railroad;  died  June  20,  1905,  in  Los  An- 
geles, California ;  his  widow  resides  in  Los 
.\ngeles.  3.  Martha  Aon,  born  1853,  married 
Adolphus  Burpee,  of  Sheffield,  New  Bruns- 
wick,  a    farmer;    she   resides    in    Skowhcgan. 

Maine,  with  her  third  husband, —  Rowe. 

4.  Lottie,  born  1S56,  married  Lockland  Hayes, 
of  St.  John,  Xew  Brunswick,  a  miller  at  Fort 
Fairfield.  5.  William  Henry,  born  1S61  ; 
farmer  at  Andover;  married  Julia  Bartlett, 
of  Presque  Isle.  7.  Stephen  Douglas,  born 
1S63;  resides  at  Oconto,  Wisconsin,  a  lumber- 
man and  real  estate  dealer;  was  elected  sheriff 
of  Oconto  county  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  but 
is  now  a  Republican.  8.  Arthur,  born  1865  ; 
lumberman,  Oregon. 

(ill)  Frank  W.  Burns,  son  of  William 
Henry  Burns,  was  born  June  12,  1S49,  in  An- 
dover, New  Brunswick,  and  came  to  Fort 
'■'airfield  to  live  when  he  was  twenty  years  old. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  harnes'^maker  and 
followed  it  for  seven  years.  He  then  engaged 
in  business  and  had  a  livery  stable  until  July 


I,  1913.  l'"or  the  past  thirty  years  he  has  aFo 
followed  farming.  His  place  is  about  a  mile 
from  the  village  of  Fort  P'airfield,  and  com- 
prises two  hundred  acres  of  land,  most  of 
which  is  under  cultivation.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  I'rom  1878  to  1883  he  was  sheriff 
of  Aroostook  county  and  he  is  now  deputy 
collector  and  inspector  of  customs,  an  office 
he  has  held  for  the  past  sixteen  years.  He 
attends  the  Congregational  church.  Fie  is  a 
member  of  Aroostook  \"alley  Grange,  No.  ,485. 
I'atrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  Eastern 
Frontier  Lodge,  No.  112,  P'ree  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  married  (first)  December  21, 
1873,  at  Caribou,  !Maine,  Eliza  N.  Slocomb, 
born  at  St.  Francis,  St.  John,  New  Brunswick, 
1855,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  August  9,  1903. 
He  married  (second)  January,  1904,  Mary 
Elizabeth  (Slocomb)  Collins,  widow  of  Henry 
Collins,  of  Fort  P"airfield.  a  hotel  proprietor, 
sister  of  his  first  wife.  She  was  born  at  St. 
Francis,  New  Brunswick,  October  10,  1S49, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  July  2,  1910.  Fie  mar- 
ried (third)  Annie  P.  Perry,  born  at  St.  John, 
1867.  Children,  all  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  by 
first  wife:  i.  William  Edgar,  born  1874,  died 
aged  two  years  and  a  half.  2.  Harry  P.,  born 
1876;  married  Amanda  Brown,  of  Andover; 
he  is  a  farmer  at  Fort  Fairfield.  3.  William 
B.,  born  February  14,  1878;  deputy  collector 
and  inspector  of  customs ;  married  Cora 
Barnes;  resides  at  INlars  Plill.  4.  Pearl,  born 
December  21,  18S0;  married  Rev.  David  L. 
Wilson,  native  of  Englantl,  now  in  charge  of 
the  Congregational  church  at  Belfast,  Maine. 
5.  Caleb  Edgar,  born  1S82;  resides  in  the 
Hawaiian  Islands ;  employed  by  the  Baldwin 
Sugar  Cane  Syndicate:  married  (first)  Grace 
\'alentine,  of   Waterville;    (second)    Florence 

.    6.  Sarah  Curry,  married  Tom  Edgar 

Hacker  (see  Hacker  IX).  7.  Frank,  born  Au- 
gust 0,  18S9:  civil  engineer,  Hawaiian  Islands. 
8.  .Alfred  S.,  born  p-ebruary   15,  189S. 


Captain  .\ndrew  Newcomb, 
XEWCOM  P.  the  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  the  "west  of  Eng- 
land," according  to  tradition,  perhaps  from 
Devonshire  or  Wales.  Pie  was  very  likely 
among  the  earliest  settlers  of  New  Eng- 
land. The  first  mention  of  him  was  in  1663, 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  when  he  married 
his  second  wife.  Grace,  widow  of  William 
Rix  or  Ricks.  He  was  called  a  mariner  or  sea 
captain,  and  doubtless  had  always  had  this 
occupation.  In  the  Charlestown  records  for 
February  28,  1666-67,  mention  is  made  of  his 
taking  horses  on  his  ship  for  John  Ely  arid 
Elikim  Hutchinson;  on  August  28,  1679,  in 
the  New  York  Colonial  Manuscripts  at  Albany, 


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Andrew  Nevvcomb  is  named  as  r^Faster  of  the 
sloop  "Edmund  and  Martha,"  then  in  New- 
York  and  bound  for  Boston,  probably  from 
\'irginia,  a  part  of  the  lading  being  tobacco, 
riiilip  Eoxwell  deposed  that  Andrew  New- 
comb  was  in  Saco  river  from  Boston,  Octo- 
ber, 1684,  and  this  is  the  last  record  of  him 
until  liis  will  was  proved  two  years  later.  His 
second  wife,  Grace,  was  born  about  1620-25, 
and  had  by  her  first  husband,  \\'i!liam  Ricks: 
Elisha,  John,  Thomas  and  Ezekicl,  born  in 
Boston  between  1645  and  1656.  On  February 
14.  1672,  agreement  was  made  that  Andrew 
Newcomb  and  Grace  should  occupy  \\'illi:im 
Ricks'  house  during  their  lifetime;  that  John 
and  Thomas  Ricks  should  have  the  new  house 
near  the  former,  near  the  water-mill  in  Boston, 
each  to  have  a  half  of  the  land,  paying  to  New- 
comb  twenty  pounds  each.  On  April  13,  1G81, 
he  bought  of  Simon  Lynde  and  Sarah,  wife  of 
Joseph  Goodale,  the  administratrix  of  Thomas 
Ricks,  the  right  to  redeem  an  estate  in  Boston 
mortgaged  to  Lynde  by  Thomas  Ricks  in 
1677.  On  April  14.  16S1,  he  and  his  wife  sold 
to  John  Ricks  all  right  in  the  house  near  Mill 
Bridge,  that  had  been  owned  by  Thomas  Ricks, 
deceased.  His  will  was  •  dated  January  31, 
1682-83,  and  proved  December  9,  16S6.  He 
doubtless  died  in  November,  16S6,  though  he 
may  have  died  a  year  earlier  at  sea.  Although 
his  son  Andrew  was  not  mentioned  in  his 
will,  many  facts  show  that  he  was  doubtless 
his  son.  Children  of  first  wife:  Andrew,  men- 
tioned below;  Susannah,  born  between  1635 
and  1650.  Child  of  second  wife:  Grace,  born 
in  Boston,  October  20,  1664. 

(11)  Lieutenant  Andrew  (2)  Newcomb, 
son  of  Captain  Andrew  (i)  Newcomb,  was 
born  about  1640,  and  was  living  in  America 
as  early  as  July.  1666,  when  he  attended  a 
meeting  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals,  near  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  of  several  merchants 
and  men  engaged  in  the  fisheries,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  fixing  the  price  of  fish.  The  first 
record  of  land  purchased  by  him  was  April 
20,  1669,  at  Alfred,  York  county,  Maine, 
when  he,  of  Kittery,  York  county,  a  fisher- 
man, bougiit  of  Daniel  Moore,  of  Portsmouth, 
blacksinith,  a  dwelling-house  in  Kittery  and 
six  acres  adjoining  the  house  at  Emberrys 
(Emery)  Point.  The  place  is  situated  on  the 
southeast  side  of-  the  mouth  of  the  Spinney 
Creek,  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Piscataqua 
river.  Andrew  Newcomb  served  as  constable, 
and  in  1671  was  living  at  the  Shoals.  In 
June,  1673,  he  was  called  before  tl;e  county 
court  at  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  to  answer  a 
complaint  of  Francis  Small  for  withholding 
the  "Hull  of  a  fishing  shallop  of  sd  Smalls 
receiued  of  Thomas  Trickle  by  virtue  of  sd 


Small's  order,"  but  finally  the  case  was  with- 
drawn as  there  was  no  cause  of  action.  On 
July  19,  1673,  a  deed  is  recorded  at  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  in  which  he  sold  a  house  on 
Hog  Island  to  Henry  Platts.  About  1675  he 
seems  to  have  moved  from  the  Shoals  to  Ed- 
gartown,  Martha's  Vineyard,  Dukes  county, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  remained  the  rest  of 
his  life,  dying  between  March  7,  1703-04,  and 
October  22,  170S.  He  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Edgartown  and  had  several  shares 
in  the  divisions  of  land  there,  also  making 
many  purchases  of  land.  Pie  sold  the  land 
in  1700  which  is  the  famous  camp-meeting 
ground  on  Martha's  Vineyard.  He  served  as 
juror  at  quarter  court,  September  26,  1677,  at 
Edgartown,  also  December  28,  iGSo;  was 
foreman  of  the  jury  September,  i6Si,  and 
foreman  of  the  grand  jury,  Z^Iarch  7,  1703- 
04;  in  16S1  was  constable,  and  was  chosen 
townsman  May  10,  1693,  overseer,  March 
16,  1693-94;  on  April  13,  1691,  was  chosen 
lieutenant  and  was  in  command  of  the  forti- 
fication that  year.  He  very  likely  was  a 
merchant  for  several  years.  He  was  well-to- 
do  and  a  prominent  man  in  Edgartown.  The 
land  on  which  the  court-house  now  stands 
belonged  to  him. 

He    married    (first)    Sarah    ,    about 

1661,  and  she  died  about  1674.  He  married 
(second)  in  Edgartown,  in  1676,  Anna,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Thomas  and  Anna  (Baker) 
Bayes;  she  was  born  about  1658,  and  died  in 
tlie  summer  of  1731  or  in  September  of  that 
}-ear,  aged  about  seventy-three,  having  sur- 
vived her  husband  for  many  years.  Pier  name 
is  on  the  oldest  list  of  cluirch  members  which 
has  been  kept  there,  July  13,  1717,  and  also  in 
the  list  of  January  24.  1731.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Simeon,  born  about  1662;  Andrew, 
about  1664  ;  Simon,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas, 
about  1668;  Sarah,  about  1670;  ^lary  or 
Mercy,  about  1672 ;  Peter,  about  1674.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Anna,  1677;  Elizabeth, 
1681  ;  Joseph,  1683;  Emblem,  about  1685; 
Tabitha,  about  1688;  Hannah,  about  1694; 
Zerviah,  1698-99;  Mary,  about  1700. 

(Ill)  Simon,  son  of  Lieutenant  Andrew 
(2)  Newcomb,  was  born  about  1666,  probably 
at  Kittery,  York  county,  Elaine,  or  perhaps 
on  one  of  tlie  islands  of  the  Shoals,  near  Kit- 
tery. His  father  moved  to  Edgartown  when 
he  was  about  eight  years  old,  and  here  he  lived 
until  1713,  when  he  moved  to  Lebanon,  New 
London  county,  Connecticut,  where  he  re- 
mained the  rest  of  his  life.  The  first  time  his 
name  was  on  record  was  May  10,  1690,  when 
he  was  named  in  the  will  of  William  Vinson, 
of  Edgartown,  to  see  that  it  was  carried  out. 
He  owned  several  shares  of  land  on  the  island 


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.J  c'liappaquiddick,  wliere  he  kept  large  num- 
l<rs  of  cattle  and  sheep.  He  also  received 
several  shares  from  lOg^  on.  in  Edgartown,  as 
a  !,ri>prictor,  and  he  bought  much  land  at  Po- 
h.I-ijanmit,  near  Job's  Neck.  He  bought  of 
jiiT  father  the  land  called  Job's  Neck,  or  So- 
iiniauiing.  Other  purchases  and  grants  to  him 
p.rc  also  recorded,  and  there  are  records  of  the 
l.ind  ."^old  by  him,  also.  His  first  purchase  in 
l.ijianon  was  September  26.  171 1,  when  he 
Ixnighl  of  Israel  and  Mary  Phelps,  a  farm  of 
ali'Uit  160  acres,  on  which  he  lived  in  Lebanon 
for  nearly  a  third  of  a  century,  leaving  it  by 
will  to  his  son  Simon.  He  gave  farms  to  his 
sons,  and  made  several  purchases  in  Lebanon. 
hi  1710  he  was  chosen  field  driver  in  Edgar- 
t<nvn,  and  was  made  freeman  there:  in  1714 
was  surveyor  of  highways;  grand  juryman, 
1718;  served  on  various  committees  and  helped 
in  settling  town  boundaries.  His  will  was 
dated  July  23,  1741.  He  died  January  20, 
1744-45,  aged  seventy-nine. 

He   married   about    1687.   Deborah  : , 

who  died  in  Lebanon,  June  17,  1756,  aged 
ninety-one.  Children:  John,  born  about  1688- 
89:  Thomas,  1691-92;  Hezekiah,  (q.  v.)  ;  Oba- 
dtah,  1695;  Deborah,  1696-97;  Sarah.  al>out 
1698;  Benjamin,  about  1700;  Elizabeth,  1701- 
02;  Simon,  about  1705. 


The     surname     Goodhue     is 
GOODHUE     found  in  England  as  early  as 

1280.  The  American  family 
of  the  name  is  doubtless  descended  from  the 
Gooclhews  of  Kent,  for  the  family  is  not  found 
elsewhere  in  England  at  an  early  date. 

(I)  William  Goodhue,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  about  1612,  and  came 
to  America  in  i6>35-36,  settling  in  Ipswich, 
.Massachusetts.  He  had  a  good  education  for 
the  times.  He  was  deacon  of  the  First  Church 
of  Ipswich,  and  held  various  offices  of  trust 
in  the  town;  moderator,  selectman,  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man, December  7,  1636.  He  had  a  house  lot 
as  early  as  1638  and  aftervs'ards  much  other 
land  by  grant  and  purchase.  His  house  was  on 
tiic  street  called  the  East  End.  He  was  a 
\\  caver  by  trade.  He  subscribed  to  the  Deni- 
fon  fund.  He  was  a  leader  in  the  revolt  against 
Sir  Edmund  .\ndros  when  he  violated  the 
charter  rights  of  the  colony,  and  with  the  min- 
'--tcr.  Rev.  John  \\'ise,  and  four  others,  was 
arrested,  committed  to  the  Boston  jail,  and 
denied  the  right  to  give  bail.  They  were  tried, 
convicted  of  contempt,  and  kept  in  jail  three 
\v.eks.  William  Goodhue  had  a  fine  cf  twenty 
T'linuls  imposed,  and  had  to  give  bonds  in  the 
■>nni  of  five  hundred  pounds  and  pay  costs, 
'llic-c   fines   were  later  paid  by   the   town   of 


Ipswich.  In  his  advanced  age  he  gave  up  his 
Ip'fwich  home,  and  went  to  live  with  his  son 
William  in  Chcbacco,  now  Essex,  where  he 
died  in  1699. 

He  married  (first)  in  England,  Margery 
\\'atsGn,  native  of  Kent.  She  died  in  Ipswich, 
-August  28,  1668.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
Webb,  widow,  February  7,  16^19-70,  and  she 
died  at  Ipswich,  September  7,  1680.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  July  26.  1682,  Bethiah  Grafton, 
who  died  December  6.  1688.  He  married 
(fourth)  in  1689,  Remember  Fisk,  of  Wen- 
ham,  Alassachusetts,  who  survived  him  and 
died  at  Ipswich,  February  16,  1701-02.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  his  first  wife:  Joseph,  mentioned 
below ;  William,  born  in  Ipswich ;  Mary. 

(II)  Joseph  Goodhue,  son  of  William  Good- 
hue, was  born  in  1639  in  Ipswich.  He  married 
(first)  July  13,  1661,  Sarah  Whipple,  daughter 
of  Elder  John  Whipple.  She  was  born  in 
1641,  and  was  a  woman  of  great  piety.  In  an 
instrument  executed  on  the  day  of  marriage 
by  WilHam  Goodhue  Sr.  and  Margery,  his 
wife,  by  John  Whipple  and  Sarah,  his  wife, 
according  to  an  agreement  made  previously. 
Joseph  Goodhue  enters  into  possession  of  his 
father's  farm  and  is  declared  to  be  entitled  to 
his  father's  house  and  lot  after  the  death  of 
him  and  his  wife,  and  twenty-two  acres  of  salt 
marsh  which  had  been  bought  with  ten  pounds 
of  the  twenty-five  pounds  sent  by  Joseph's 
grandfather,  \\'atson,  from  England  in  1646. 
Sarah  (Whipple)  Goodhue  died  at  Ipswich, 
July  23,  1681.  She  left  a  farewell  address  to 
"her  husband,  children  and  friends  written  in 
very  pious  and  afi'ectionate  terms,  mentioning 
her  parents  as  still  living,  evidently  meaning 
her  husband's  parents.  Joseph  Goodhue  mar- 
ried (second)  October  15,  1684,  Rachel  Todd, 
widow,  who  died  in  Ipswich  in  1691.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  July  4,  1692,  Mercy  Clarke.  He 
died  at  Ipswich,  September  21,  1O97,  aged 
fifty-eight.  He  served  the  town  as  moderator, 
selectman,  assessor,  deputy  to  the  general 
court  and  was  deacon  of  the  Ipswich  church. 
Children  of  first  wile:  Joseph,  born  May  13, 
1662.  died  young;  Mary;  William,  1666; 
Sarah;  Margery;  Susannah;  Elizabeth:  John, 
born  1679;  Hannah,  July  20,  1681.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Ebenezer,  July  25,  16S5 ;  Jo- 
seph, 1687:  Benjamin,  January  25,  1690,  died 
December  3,  1697.  Child  by  third  wife  :  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Deacon  Samuel  Goodhue,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Goodhue,  was  born  April  6,  1696.  He 
moved  from  Ipswich  to  Stratham.  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  then  to  Nottingham.  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  owned  a  large  landed  property. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  cluirch 
in  Nottingham,     .\fter  his  second  marriage  he 


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moved  to  Holli^,  New  Hampsliire,  where  he 
lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.     He  died  No- 


the  ninetieth  year  of  his 


vembcr  7,   17 

age.  lie  had  a  good  education,  and  at  Ins 
death  left  an  address- to  his  descendants,  writ- 
ten one  hundred  and  live  years  after  that  writ- 
ten by  his  fatlier's  first  wife.  He  left  a  small 
legacy  and  a  Bible  to  each  of  his  thirty  grand- 
children, and  a  legacy  to  the  poor  of  the  town 
of  HoUis.  He  married  (iirst)  1717,  Abigail 
Bartlett,  of  Newburypnrt,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (second)  Widow  Rebecca  Caldwell. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Samuel,  born  1719; 
Joseph,  1722;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail,  1725;  Mercy;  Josiah.  1728;  Mary, 
died  in  her  eighteenth  year;  John,  December 
29.  1734- 

(R'j  Nathaniel  Goodhue,  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  Goodhue,  was  born  in  1724.  He  mar- 
ried Lydia  Hill,  of  Nottingham,  New  Hainp- 
shire,  where  he  lived  and  died.  Children:  Na- 
thaniel, born  1753;  Samuel.  1755;  Stephen  B., 
mentioned  below;  Josiah;  Mary;  Lydia. 

(V)  Stephen  B.  Goodhue,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Goodhue,  married  Esther  Pike,  and  lived  and 
died  in  Campton,  New  Hampshire.  Children: 
James,  born  February  7,  1783;  Daniel,  De- 
cember 7.  1784;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel,  died  aged  seventeen  years ;  Betsey ; 
Lucinda ;  Mary;  .\sa,  bc^rn  January  20,  170S; 
Stephen ;  Sally. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (2)  Goodhue,  son  of  Ste- 
phen B.  Goodhue,  was  born  in  Campton,  New 
Hampshire,  in  178S,  died  in  Bangor,  Elaine, 
in  1864.  lie  married  Polly  Ward,  born  in 
Plymouth,  New  Hampshire,  August  11,  17S8, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  in  1882.  He 
lived  for  a  time  in  Campton,  and  then  moved 
to  Bangor,  where  he  resided  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  Children:  Philomelia;  Sally;  Ira, 
born  1819;  Alfred;  Henry:  Isaac  W.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Isaac  W.  Goodhue,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  Goodhue,  was  born  November  23,  1S27, 
in  Bangor.  Maine,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine,  Aiigu.-^t  6,  ic;oi.  In  1859  he  moved  to 
Fort  Fairfield,  where  he  was  a  jeweller  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  He  married  Eliza  White,  born  in 
Winterport,  Maine,  June  18,  1826,  died  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  December  29.  1907.  Children, 
first  two  born  in  Bangor,  others  in  Fort  Fair- 
field:  I.  Ada,  born  October  5.  1855:  married 
Frank  Wellington.  2.  Herbert  N.,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Arthur  Frank,  born  December  13, 
1862;  married  Sadie  Hoit,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
where  he  is  a  jeweller  and  optician.  4.  Harry 
Milton,    born    December    22,    1869;    married 


Willa    Peters,   of   St.   John,   New    Bruui^wick. 
and  they  live  in  New  Jersey. 

(VIII)  Herbert  N.  Cjoodhue,  son  of  Isaac 
W.  Goodhue,  was  born  at  Bangor,  Maine, 
January  31,  1857,  died  at  Fort  I'^airfield,  ]\Iarch 
28,  1912.  He  removed  to  Fort  Fairfield  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  two  years  old  and 
attended  the  public  schools  there  until  he  was 
eighteen  years  old.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
harnessniaker.  For  three  years  he  was  clerk 
in  the  store  of  E.  Merritt  &  Sons  at  Houlton, 
iNIaiuc,  and  returned  to  Fort  Fairfield  to  take 
charge  of  a  large  branch  store  of  that  lirm. 
Several  years  later  he  started  in  business  on 
his  own  account  as  a  grocer.  His  business 
grew  constantly  and  he  had  to  find  larger  quar- 
ters. He  rented  the  Martin  store  and  after- 
ward built  a  handsome  and  commodious  store 
building,  which  was  destroyed  by  fire,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1911.  He  resumed  business  in  the 
[Martin  store  immediately.  Mr.  Goodhue  also 
conducted  a  candy  kitchen  in  the  A.  F'.  Good- 
hue building.  Fie  built  a  residence  on  High 
street.  Mr.  Goodhue  was  not  only  one  of  the 
leading  and  most  successful  merchants  of  the 
town,  but  he  was  prominent  in  church,  in  social 
life  and  in  public  all  airs.  He  was  a  member 
and  had  been  president  of  the  board  of  trade. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Fort 
Fairfield  National  Bank.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, a  charter  member  of  both,  and  he  held 
various  offices  in  the  Odd  F'ellows  lodge. 
For  more  than  twenty  years  he  was  an  active 
and  prominent  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  of  which  for  many  years  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  He  was 
of  exemplary  character,  upright  and  honor- 
able in  all  the  relations  of  life  and  especially 
in  his  business  afl:'airs.  He  gave  his  financial 
aid  and  personal  help  in  every  project  designed 
to  i)romote  the  welfare  of  the  town.  He  was 
a  prominent  worker  in  various  organizations 
of  and  for  the  young  men  of  the  town. 

Fie  married,  November  7,  18S2,  at  Dexter. 
■Maine,  Mary  Louise  Winslow,  born  at  Dexter, 
January  20,  1859.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Universalist  church  and  of  the  Philomathean 
Literary  Society  of  F^ort  Fairfield.  Her  father, 
Samuel  Adams  Winslow,  was  born  at  Greene, 
Maine,  November  12,  1826,  died  at  Dexter, 
in  November,  1907.  Children:  i.  Harold  \'., 
mentioned  below.  2.  Gladys  Wyona,  born 
July  II.  1889,  in  Fort  Fairfield,  graduate  of 
the  high  school,  student  one  year  in  Wheaton 
Seminary. 

(IX)  Harold  V.  GcM^dhue.  son  of  Herbert 
N.  Goodhue,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Au- 


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v;n>t  15,  1883-  He  graduated  from  the  high 
*ciioorof  his  native  town  in  1903.  Eor  two 
vi-ars  he  was  a  student  in  Howdoin  College. 
lie  left  college  in  1905  to  take  charge  of  his 
lather's  store,  which  he  has  since  conducted 
successfully.  The  entire  building  is  thirty  feet 
wide  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-three  feet 
long,  'ihe  cellar  has  stone  walls,  with  brick 
ijilUirs.  and  is  so  large  that  eight  or  ten  carloads 
of  stufr'  can  easily  be  stored  away  in  it,  at  the 
same  time  leaving  room  for  much  in  the  way 
of  smaller  goods.  The  building  has  steam  heat 
and  electric  lights  throughout,  requiring  some 
seventy-five  lights,  and  thirteen  switches.  It 
also  has  an  elevator  that  readily  carries  goods 
from  the  cellar  to  either  the  first  or  the  second 
story.  Goods  can  be  unloaded  direct  from, 
the  C.  P.  R.  track  into  the  rear  of  the  store. 
In  this  beautiful  combined  store,  bakery  and 
factory,  let  us  begin  at  the  top  with  tlie  bakery, 
which  is  easily  the  largest  north  of  Bangor. 
The  oven,  now  nearly  completed,  is  a  big  one, 
weighing  twenty-six  tons,  with  a  capacity  of 
at  least  a  thousand  loaves  of  bread  a  day.  The 
bottom  of  the  oven  is  on  a  cement  floor,  and 
its  walls  are  of  wire  lathing  and  cement  plaster- 
ing, rendering  them  fireproof.  The  frame- 
work of  this  oven  is  of  steel,  and  the  walls  of 
the  bakery  and  of  the  oven  are  covered 
with  white  enamel,  so  as  to  be  easily  washed 
and  kept  absolutely  clean  and  sanitary.  Good- 
hue's "Top  Notch"  bread,  as  well  as  the  other 
products  of  this  bakery,  has  already  become 
famous  over  a  great  part  of  Maine,  and  the 
appliances  now  at  hand  for  making  them  even 
better  and  more  desirable  than  before  will  not 
be  lost  on  the  purchasing  public.  The  candy 
factory  comes  next.  It  is  in  charge  of  Hubert 
Smith,  an  experienced  candy  manufacturer. 
The  factory  itself  is  on  the  second  flc>or,  the 
main  room  being  about  fifteen  by  thirty-five 
fi.'Ct  in  size.  Here  all  the  candy  is  made.  The 
wrapping  and  packing  room,  adjacent,  is  about 
fifteen  by  twenty-five,  large  enough  to  give 
fine  capacity.  Goodhue's  candy  is  now  sold 
over  a  great  part  of  Maine,  from  Fort  Kent 
to  the  Atlantic  coast,  and  the  demand  for  it 
is  continually  increasing.  With  the  proper 
facilities  for  work,  such  as  are  here  ofl'ered, 
it  can  not  fail  to  make  itself  even  more  widely 
known.  Of  course  the  gem  of  the  building  is 
the  main  store,  which  is  thirty  by  seventy-three. 
1  here  are  also  two  good  offices — one  for  a 
I'rincipal  office,  the  other  a  private  office.  All 
tlic  parts  of  this  building,  the  main  store,  office, 
bakery,  manufactory,  and  all,  are  closely  con- 
fected  with  interphones,  so  that  the  owner  or 
ni.-.iiagcr,  seated  in  his  office  at  the  "hub,"  can 
•  asiiy^  keep  in  touch  with  every  part  of  the 
tstablishment,  giving  off  orders  without  waste 

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of  time  and  without  risk  of  mistakes  by  mes- 
senger boys.  The  groceries  are  kept  on  the 
east  side  of  the  store,  wholly  separate  from  the 
confectionery  and  bakery  supplies,  which  will 
be  kept  on  the  west  side.  For  flour,  meal,  feed, 
peas,  beans,  etc.,  Walker  patent  bins  are  used, 
revolving  easily  in  their  places,  keeping  their 
contents  entirely  free  from  dust  or  air,  and 
also  showing  under  glass  in  front  samples  of 
what  the  bins  themselves  contain.  All  the 
interior  finish  was  put  in  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  Howard  P.  Cogswell,  and  all  the 
shelf  work,  which  is  of  cypress,  stained  mahog- 
any, was  done  by  Mr.  Cogswell  and  H.  W. 
\^arney.  The  shelves  themselves  are  removable. 
All  the  floors  are  of  hardwood,  and  the  tops 
of  the  counters  are  also  of  polished  hardwood. 
Not  an  old  fixture  of  any  kind  is  used  in  this 
store — everything  is  absolutely  new.  There 
are  two  McCray  refrigerator  cases,  in  which 
to  keep  meat,  fruit,  or  anything  perishable, 
wholly  out  of  the  way  of  dirt.  There  are  also 
two  Detroit  automatic  scales  of  the  most  recent 
pattern.  Two  of  the  latest  style  National  cash 
registers,  running  by  electricity,  can  be  found. 
One  of  these  lights  U[)  by  electricity  every  time 
it  is  opened.  Silent  salesmen,  or  display  cases, 
for  candy  and  bakery  products,  are  found  here 
in  plenty.  They  were  made  by  the  F.  O.  Bailey 
Company,  Portland,  whose  cases  have  a  fine 
reputation.  An  American  slicing  machine, 
latest  pattern,  is  also  there  for  service.  The 
store  has  high  side  windows,  no  posts  what- 
ever in  the  interior,  a  steel  ceiling,  and  some 
of  the  brightest,  most  brilliantly  lighted,  capa- 
cious and  attractive  show  windows  to  be  found 
in  }klaine.  No  tobacco  or  cigars  are  sold 
here,  nor  any  smoking  allowed  -about  the 
establishment.  As  can  easily  be  seen  the  store 
is  arranged  with  everything  the  most  modern 
and  with  an  eye  to  sanitation  and  the  absolute 
keeping  out  of  dirt  in  every  way.  There  will 
be  no  flies  on  bakery  products,  on  confec- 
tionery, on  the  store — or,  let  us  hope,  on  the 
management  of  the  proprietor.  Everything  is 
convenient,  there  being  no  necessity  anywhere 
of  lost  motion  or  wasted  effort.  In  politics 
Mr.  Goodhue  is  an  independent  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  ; 
of  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge,  No.  112,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Fort  Fairfield ;  of  Gar- 
field Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  and  of 
Caribou  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Zeta  Psi  college 
fraternity. 

He  married,  September  12,  1907,  at  Port- 
land, Maine,  Winnifred  Smith  Larrabee,  born 
July  8,  1885,  at  Westbrook,  Maine,  graduated 
from  the  Westbrook  high  school  in  1901  and 
from    the    Gorham    State    Normal    School    in 


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1904.  She  taught  school  before  her  marriage 
for  one  term  in  Skowhegan,  one  in  Kocliester, 
Xew  Hampshire,  one  in  I'ortland  and  for  two 
years  in  Fort  Fairfield.  Siie  is  a  member  of 
tlie  Congregational  church  and  of  the  Philo- 
mathean  Literary  Society.  They  have  one 
child,  Paul  Herbert,  born  June  14,  1909 

George  Flenry  Pierson  Larrabee,  father  of 
Mrs.  Goodhue,  was  born  at  Portland,  Maine, 
January  31,  1S42,  and  now  living  there.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Rejjublican.  Pie  married  ( first  j 
Jennie  Phillips,  who  died  in  Portland.  He 
married  (second)  Ella  Margaretta  Everett, 
born  at  Bath,  Maine,  iNlay  25,  1847,  died  at 
Portland,  January  14,  1904.  Child  by  first 
wife:  Harriet  Jane,  born  at  Portland,  Maine, 
May  17,  1S63.  died  December,  1.90S;  married 
Frederick  A.  Thompson,  architect,  of  Port- 
land. Children  by  seconrl  wife:  i.  George 
Pierson,  born  at  Scarboro,  June  17,  1S81 ; 
married  Mary  Collens  and  had  George  E\erett 
and  Frederick  Thompson.  3.  \\'innifred  Smith, 
married  Harold  \'.  GiX)dhue,  mentioned  above. 
4.  Sarah  Everett,  born  at  Wcstbrook,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1886,  school  teacher  of  Westbrook, 
graduate  of  Gorham  Slate  Normal  School, 
1910.  5.  Lena,  born  April  3,  1888,  attended 
Kent's  Hill  Seminary  and  Miss  White's  pri- 
vate school,  Portland.  Benjamin  Larrabce, 
father  of  George  Henry  Pierson  Larrabee,  was 
born  at  Scarboro,  died  at  Portland. 


The  name  of  Burke,  Bourke  or 
BL'RKE     Rourck,    was    originally    written 

de  Burgh,  and  under  that  form 
is  an  ancient  name,  and  signifies  "pertaining 
to  a  city."  It  is  of  much  note  in  the  old  world, 
and  may  be  traced  back  to  the  eighth  century. 
Its  head  was  Charles,  Due  d'Ingheim,  fifth  son 
of  the  Emperor  Charlemagne.  In  the  fourth 
generation  from  him  is  Baldwin  de  Bourg.  his 
great-grandson,  a  renowned  Crusader,  whose 
son  Baldwin  founded  the  house  of  Blois  in 
France,  and  was  a  progenitor  of  the  noble  fam- 
ilies of  Burgh  and  \'esey  in  Ireland.  Early  in 
the  fourteenth  century  lived  John,  earl  of 
Comyn  and  baron  of  Tonsburgh  in  Normandy, 
and  a  descendant  of  the  above,  "who,  being 
general  of  the  king's  forces,  and  governor  of 
his  chief  towns,  obtained  the  surname  of  de 
Burgh."  The  name  is  mentioned  in  very  early 
English  history,  and  its  owners  verify  their 
descent  from  the  old  crusader  by  deeds  of 
bravery,  piety  and  loyalty  to  their  king.  The 
most  celebrated  was  Hubert  de  Burgh,  who  be- 
came king's  judiciary  of  England  under  Henry 
III.,  was  made  earl  of  Kent,  and  received  in 
marriage  the  eldest  sister  of  the  king  of  Scot- 
land. In  the  reign  of  Henry  11.  a  branch  of 
the   de    Burghs   went   over   into   Ireland,   and 


from  that  time  down  figures  in  Irish  history. 
It  is  frequently  involved  in  the  wars  and  strug- 
gles which  harassed  tliat  riotous  kingdom,  and 
in  mo.^t  cases  is  found  on  the  side  of  law  and 
order. 

(I J  Richard  Burke,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  born  about  1640,  in 
England,  and  died  at  Sudbury,  ^Massachusetts, 
1693-94.  October  24,  1670,  he  bought  one 
hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  land  in  Sudbury, 
and  March  i,  1685-86,  he  was  granted  by  the 
town  of  Stow  thirty  acres  of  upland  and 
swampland  for  a  house  lot.  July  26,  1687, 
he  had  another  small  grant  of  land  in  Stow. 
He  married,  in  Sudbury,  June  24,  1670,  Mary 
Parmenter,  born  in  Sudbury,  June  10,  1644, 
daughter  of  John  and  Amy  Parmenter,  and 
granddaughter  of  Deacon  John  Parmenter, 
born  15S8,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Sudbury,  1639.  She  survived  her  husband, 
and  afterward  married Allen.  Chil- 
dren, born   in   Sudbury:    Richard,   mentiotie<l 

below;  John,  married  Rebecca ;  Joseph, 

born  April  i,  1676;  !\lary,  September  2^,  1680; 
Jonas,  January  4,  16S3-S4 ;  Thomas,  Novem- 
ber I,  1686. 

(H)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Burke,  was  born  in  Sudbury,  April  16,  1671. 
He  lived  at  Stow,  Sudbury  and  Brookfield, 
Massachusetts.  His  name  appears  upon  the 
records  of  Stow  as  late  as  1705;  in  170S  he 
is  called  of  Sudbury,  and  in  1720  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  Brookfield.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Sawtell,  and 
granddaughter  of  Richard  Sawtell,  a  pro- 
prietor of  Watertown,  1636-37,  and  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Groton,  where  he  was  town 
clerk  for  the  first  three  years  after  its  organi- 
zation. Pier  father  was  also  an  original  pro- 
prietor of  Groton.  She  was  born  there  March 
5,  1671-72,  and  died  in  Sudbury,  April  i, 
1716  (?).  Children,  first  three  born  probably 
in  Stow,  last  three  in  Sudbury :  Abigail,  mar- 
ried John  Parmenter ;  Rictiard,  lived  in  Brook- 
field, married  IMary  ■ ;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  170S;  Keziah,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1710-11 ;  Uzziah,  twin  of  Keziah. 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Burke, 
was  born  in  Januarj^,  1701,  and  died  in  \\'ind- 
sor,  Vermont,  May  18,  1775.  He  lived  in 
Brookfield,  where  his  name  appears  on  the 
records  as  late  as  174S.  at  which  time  he  pur- 
chased real  estate  in  Brimfield,  ]Massachusetts. 
July  10,  1759,  he  conveyed  to  his  son  Jona- 
than eighty  acres  of  land  in  Brimfield.  and  was 
later  of  South  Brimfield,  which  was  incor- 
porated Sejjtember  iS.  1762.  He  was  often 
appointed  on  conmiittecs  on  town  and  church 
affairs  in  the  two  latter  towns.  December  15. 
1769,    he   was   living   in   v.-liat   is   now   \\'est- 


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•iiinster,  \'erniont.  He  served  in  the  colonial 
wars,  1722-24;  in  Major  John  Cliandler's  coni- 
ji.inv,  August  iS  to  Xovembcr  26,  1722;  Jann- 
nrv'iS,  1724.  on  the  frontit-r;  in  garrison  at 
llruokficld,  Massachnsetts.  April  13  to  Xoveni- 
])cr  20.  1724.  (Authorities:  Temple's  "His- 
tory North  Brookfield,  I^Iassaduisetts,"  quot- 
inj,'-'  from  muster  rolls  among  ^Massachusetts 
archives  in  state  house,  Boston  ;  Burke  Alvord 
Mtniovial;  Hemmenway's  Gazeteer). 

Jonathan  married,  2ilay  10,  1731,  in  North- 
.'inipton,  Massachusetts,  Thankful,  daughter  of 
William  and  Ann  (Webb)  Wait;  she  was  born 
in  Xortliampton,  January  2-/,  1706  (?),  and 
.lied  in  Windsor,  January  29.  17S3.  Children, 
all  but  the  youngest,  born  in  Brookfield,  the' 
litter  in  Brimfield :  Keziah,  I\Iarch  3,  1732; 
lonathan,  February  26,  1733-34;  Simeon,  jNlay 
"3.  1736;  jessc.  April  8,  1738;  Isaiah,  June  13, 
1740:  Richard,  "deceast  April  13,  1741";  Solo- 
mon (q.  v.);  Silas,  X'ovember  22,  1744;  Eli- 
jah; Atnia,  September  2,  174S. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Henry  \'o5e,  son 
\'OSE  of  Thomas  \'ose  ('q.  v.),  was  born 
at  Milton,  Massachusetts,  April  9, 
1663,  died  March  26,  1752.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Babcock,  born  October  24.  1666,  died 
Xovember  19,  1732,  daughter  of  Robert  Bab- 
cock, of  Milton.  Children,  born  at  Miltoa: 
Waitstill,  born  July  29,  16SS;  Mary,  Jaimary 
4,  1691  ;  Robert,  October  25,  1693;  Elizabeth, 
January  28.  1696;  Martha,  August  25,  1698; 
Abigail,  December  14,  1700;  Joshua,  men- 
tioned below;  Hepzibah,  February  10,  1704: 
Keulah,  January  29,  1706;  Thomas.  T'ebrnary 
4.  1709.  •  '      ' 

(I\")  Joshua  \'ose.  son  of  Lieutenant  Henry 
\'ose,  was  born  at  Milton,  ^Massachusetts, 
March  3,  1703.  .He  died  in  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  September  23.  1778,  and  was  buried  in 
the  River  Bend  Cemetery.  He  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace  in  1774.     He  married  Prudence 

,  and  among  their  children  was  Joshua, 

mentioned  below. 

(A')  Joshua  (2')  \'ose,  son  oi  Joshua  (  i) 
^  ose,  was  born  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
March  15,  1737-3S.  He  made  his  home  in  his 
r.ative  town,  where  he  owned  and  operated  a 
tannery  that  was  later  owned  by  ^\r.  Rhodes. 
He  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace  in 
'7''^2  and  served  for  many  years  afterward. 
Li  iSoi  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  court 
of  commissions  and  general  sessions,  and 
-erved  on  the  bench  until  1S09.  His  son 
Jr'Shua  also  filled  the  same  office  from  1817  to 
''^-5-  Joshua  \"ose  died  January  28.  1S12, 
•!JC(1  seventy-five  years.  Lie  married  ^lay  3. 
'^~^~,  Marv  Lamphcre.  Chililren.  born  at 
Westerly:  'Abigail,    born    August    13,    1758; 


Lemuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Joshua,  born  Janu- 
ary 23,  1775,  died  March  14,  1837,  married 
Prudence  \Vilcox,  daughter  of  Rev.  Isaiah 
Wilcox,  and  she  died  March  9,  1S16. 

(\T)  Lemuel  Vose,  son  of  Joshua  (2) 
\'osc,  was  born  in  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
December  2.  1767.  He  was  a  farmer  in  his 
native  town,  owning  large  tracts  of  land  there. 
All  his  active  life  was  spent  in  Westerly,  and 
he  died  there  February  19,  i8.|6,  and  was 
buried  in  the  River  Bend  Cemetery.  He  mar- 
ried Delight  Babcock,  of  Exeter.  Rhode  Island, 
March  13,  1794.  She  died  December  25,  1848. 
Children,  born  at  Westerly :  Lemuel,  men- 
tioned below ;  Sophia,  born  October  8,  1799, 
married  Stephen  Wilcox,  and  had  Stephen 
Wilcox,  who  was  a  great  jniblic  benefactor  of 
Westerly ;  Charles  Babcock,  born  February  6, 
1807. 

(\'H)  IMajor  Lemuel  (2)  \'ose,  son  of 
Lemuel  ( i )  \'ose,  was  born  at  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island,  October  9,  1796.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  Pie  engaged  in  business  there  as  a  gen- 
eral merchant,  and  for  many  years  was  in  busi- 
ness in  partnership  with  Joseph  Lewis.  When 
a  young  man  he  served  in  the  state  militia  and 
became  brigade  "quartermaster  of  the  Third 
Brigade  of  \\'ashington  county,  Rhode  Island, 
with  the  rank  of  major.  Pie  was  appointed 
justice  of  the  peace  in  1830  and  served  many 
years.  For  nine  years  he  was  postmaster  of 
Westerly.  Few  men  were  better  known  or 
more  h.ighly  respected.  PI  is  home  was  on  High 
street,  and  is  now  occupied  by  his  daughter 
and  granddaughter.  Major  Vose  married,  De- 
cember 29,  1825,  at  Stonington,  Connecticut 
(Rev.  Dr.  Ira  Hart  ofticiating),  Mary  Ann 
States,  born  .\ugust  27,  1804,  died  August  28, 
1889,  at  her  liome  in  Westerly,  a  daughter  of 
.Adam  and  Cynthia  (Brown)  States.  She  was 
buried  in  the  River  Bend  Cem.ctery.  Major 
Lemuel  Vose  and  family  were  members  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church  of  \\'esteriy.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Westerly:  i.  Henry  E.,  born 
yiz\  15,  1827,  died  October  12,  1827.  2.  John 
Denison.  born  October  ^7,  1828,  died  August 
II,  1881  ;  married  Caroline  Brown,  who  died 
Xovember  25.  1904,  leaving  one  child.  John 
Denison  Jr.  3.  Eliza  States,  born  August  7,- 
1S32,  resides  on  the  old  homestead  at  West- 
erly. 4.  Francis,  born  May  22,  1S33,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1833.  5.  Mary  Ann.  born  December 
22,  1835,  died  August  '7,  183^^.  6.  Son,  born 
October  22,  1837,  died  the  same  day.  7.  Wil- 
liam R.,  born  September  26.  1839.  'Ji^J  July 
10,  1S40.  8.  Edward  Francis,  mentionerl  be- 
low. 

(VIIL)  Profe'^sor  Edward  .  Francis  \"ose, 
son  of  }»Iajor  Lemuel   (2)  \'o-e.  was  born  at 


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Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  August  28,  1S42.  He 
received  his  early  education  there  in  the  public 
schools  and  was  prepared  for  college.  He 
studied  medicine  afterward  in  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College  at  I'hiladclphia,  where  he  was 
a  student  for  three  years,  but  finally  decided 
to  devote  himself  to  the  profession  of  music. 
Under  musical  teachers  in  Philadelphia  and 
New  York  he  attained  a  high  degree  of  pro- 
.ficiency.  In  1870  he  received  the  ajipointraent 
as  musical  instructor  at  the  Connecticut  Liter- 
ary Institute  at  Suffield,  Hartford  county, 
Connecticut,  continuing  in  that  po'^ition  with 
this  institution  until  his  death,  covering  a 
period  of  thirteen  years.  His  musical  skill 
and  ability  were  widely  known  and  he  took 
rank  as  one  of  the  foremost  musical  artists  of 
New  England.  He  died  at  Suftield,  September 
14,  1SS3,  and  was  buried  with  Masonic  honors 
in  the  River  Bend  Cemetery  of  his  native  town. 
Kindl}-  and  charitable,  he  won  the  love  and  re- 
spect of  people  of  all  classes  of  society.  To 
his  family  he  Vv-as  a  devoted  husband  and 
father.  In  religion  he  was  a  Baptist,  a  faith- 
ful member  of  the  church.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  various  Masonic  bodies,  in  which 
organization  he  had  attained  the  degree  of 
Knight  Templar.  He  was  th.e  leader  of  the 
Suffield  band  and  director  of  the  Sufifield  Glee 
Club  for  several  years.  To  his  profession  he 
gave  himself  heart  and  soul.  In  his  students 
he  took  au  absorbing  interest,  and  he  invari- 
ably won  their  affection.  The  relations  be- 
tween Professor  \'ose  and  his  pupils  were 
ideal.  He  was  not  only  a  master  of  his  art, 
but  he  had  the  rarer  gift  of  imparting  his  skill 
and  knowledge  to  others ;  he  was  a  natural 
born  teacher. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute  held  in  Suf- 
field, October  iS,  18S3,  the  following  resolu- 
tions were  unanimously  adopted: 

For  as  much  as  it  hath  pleased  Almighty  God,  in 
his  wise  providence,  to  remove  by  a  severe  and 
sudden  stroke  of  sickness,  from  the  active  duties  of 
.life,  our  much  esteemed  friend.  Professor  E.  F. 
Vose,  who  for  upwards  of  thirteen  consecutive 
years  held  the  office  of  Musical  Instructor  in  the 
Connecticut  Literary  Institute,  during  which  time 
.he  conducted  the  department  with  such  skill  and 
proficiency  as  to  give  general  satisfaction  both  to 
committee  and  patrons  of  the  school,  and  that  by 
his  general  manners,  his  gentlemanly  bearing  and 
his  aptness  to  teach,  he  won  for  himself  the  love 
and  esteem,  not  only  of  the  pupils,  but  also  of  their 
parents  and  friends;  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Professor  Vose, 
the  institution  has  not  only  lost  an  able  and  efti- 
cient  teacher,  but  also  a  strong  supporter  of  all  its 
interests. 

Resolved,  That  with  grateful  feelings  of  appre- 
ciation we  would  record  our  indebtedness  to  the 
late  Professor  Vose  for  the  energy,  faithfulness  and 


scholarly  ability  with  which  he  brought  up  the 
musical  department  of  the  school  to  its  present 
state  of  ei'+icicncy. 

Resolved,  That  we  extend  to  his  bereaved  wife 
and  little  daughter,  and  also  to  his  mother  and 
sister,  in  this  their  hour  of  sore  bereavement,  our 
heartfelt  sympathy,  praying  that  our  kind  Father 
in  Heaven,  wlio  floctli  all  things  well,  may  with  his 
own  consoling  hand,  wipe  all  tears  from  their  sor- 
rowing eyes,  and  gently  guide  them  on  to  a  glorious 
meeting  in  the  better  laml.  In  behalf  of  the  Board, 
J.   R.   STUBBART,   Secretary. 

Putnam,  October  _\),  i,'^3. 

He  married,  in  1871,  }ilartha  Virginia  Law- 
rence, of  Baltimore,  Alaryland,  who  is  now 
living  in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  They  iiad 
.one  child,  'Mary  Lawrence,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Mary  Lawrence  \"ose,  daughter  of 
Professor  Edward  Erancis  \'ose,  was  born  in 
Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  She  was  educated  in 
the  public  scliools  and  at  St.  r^Iargaret's  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  School  for  Girls  at  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut,  and  in  other  private  schools 
in  New  Jersey.  She  took  up  the  study  of  the 
profession  that  her  father  had  followed  wit'i 
such  success  and  entered  the  New  England 
Conservatory  of  ]\Iusic  in  Boston,  from  which 
she  was  in  due  time  graduated  with  honors. 
She  inherited  musical  ability  of  a  high  order 
and  her  training  was  the  best  the  country 
afforded.  She  has  followed  her  profession  as  a 
musical  artist  and  has  won  the  public  favor  for 
her  great  skill  and  fine  interpretation  of  music. 
She  has  had  gratifying  success  as  a  teacher  of 
music  in  Westerly  and  many  of  her  pupils 
have  achieved  distinction  in  musical  circles. 
Though  devoted  to  her  art,  Aliss  Vose  has  not 
neglected  other  arts  and  interests.  She  is 
popular  in  social  life  in  Westerly,  where  she 
lives  with  her  ainit,  Miss  Eliza  States  \^ose. 


Edward  Rawson,  the  English 
RAWSON     ancestor,   lived   at   Colnbrook. 
Langley  Marsh,  Buckingham- 
shire.   He  was  a  wealthy  merchant  there.    His 
will    was    dated    February    16,    1603-04,    and 
proved    May   4,    1604.      He    married    Bridget 

,  probably  Bridget  Warde. 

(11)  David,  son  of  Edward  Rawson,  was 
a  merchant  tailor  of  London.  His  will  was 
dated  June  15,  1616,  and  it  showed  that 
he  was  well-to-do  and  a  generous  man  to 
those  not  so  fortunate  as  he.  Lie  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  and 
Isabel  (Woodhal)  Wilson.  She  married  (sec- 
ond) William  Taylor,  of  London,  and  died 
before  1628.  Mr.' and  Mrs.  Rawson  lived  at 
Gillingham,  Dorsetshire,  England,  where  their 
son  Edward,  mentioned  below,  was  born.  Mar- 
garet Wilson  was  sister  of  Rev.  John  Wilson, 
minister  at  Boston,  Mas'^achusetts. 

(HI)   Secretary    Edward    (2)    Rawson,  the 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


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ininiigrant  ancestor,  was  born  April  16,  161 5. 
at  Gillintrli^"'.  Dorsetshire,  England,  son  of 
David  Kawson.  He  came  to  New  England  in 
i(i_^7,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
w  here  he  became  one  of  the  grantees  aiul  pro- 
jjrietors.  He  was  the  second  town  clerk  of 
Xewbur}-;  notary  public  and  register,  serving 
from  April  19,  1638,  to  1647;  was  also  select- 
man of  the  town  and  commissioner  to  hear  and 
determine  small  causes  ;  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  from  Newbury  in  1638  and  nearly 
every  year  until  1650;  was  clerk  of  the  house 
of  deputies  in  1645-46  and  in  1649.  He  had 
a  special  grant  of  fifteen  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  the  Narragansett  country  on  account 
of  his  services  to  the  general  court.  He  and 
Joseph  Hills  revised  the  laws  of  the  province. 
He  succeeded  Increase  Xowell,  who  liad  been 
secretary  of  the  colony  from  the  beginning 
in  1636,  being  elected  May  22,  1650,  and  after- 
wards resided  in  Boston,  being  reelected  annu- 
ally until  Sir  Edmund  Andros  came  into 
power.  His  home  in  Boston  was  on  Rawson 
lane,  now  Jjromfield  street,  and  he  owned  sev- 
eral acres  bordering  on  the  common.  He  and 
his  wife  were  members  of  the  church  under 
Rev.  John  Wilson,  after  whose  death  Mr. 
Rawson  became  one  of  the  twenty-eight  dis- 
affected persons  who  left  the  First  Church  to 
form  the  Third  or  Old  Soutli  Church,  in  IMay, 
1669.  He  became  the  agent  or  steward  of  an 
English  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the 
Gospel  among  the  Indians  in  New  England,  in 
1631.  He  countersigned  the  warrant  sent  to 
Massachusetts  for  the  arrest  of  the  regicides, 
Gofte,  A\"halley  and  Dixwell,  but  they  were 
never  arrested.  The  one  blot  on  his  good 
record  was  his  participation  in  the  persecution 
of  the  Quakers,  a  pretty  general  fault  of  the 
early  Puritans.  PI  is  salary  as  secretary  was  at 
first  twenty  pounds-  a  year,  later  sixty  pounds, 
lie  was  subsequently  elected  recorder  of  Suf- 
folk county.  His  family  Bible  is  now  or  was 
lately  in  the  possession  of  R.  R.  Dodge,  of 
Sutton,  [Massachusetts,  having  descended  in 
direct  line.  He  was  an  efticient  public  officer, 
a'  useful  and  distinguished  citizen.  He  died 
August  27,   1694. 

He   married    Rachel,    daughter   of   Thomas 
Perne,  granddaughter  of  John   Hooker,  who 

married   — Grindal,    sister    of    Edmund 

Grindal,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  in  the 
reif^n  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  Children  :  Daugh- 
ter, married  and  remained  in  England ;  Ed- 
ward, graduate  of  Harvard  in  1653  \  Rachel, 
married,  January  18,  1653,  William  Aubrey; 
David,  born  May  6,  1644;  Perne,  September 
16.  1646;  William,  ]\Iay  21,  165 1  ;  Susan,  died 
in  Rnxbury  in  1664;  Hannah,  baptized  Octo- 


ber 10,  1653,  died  May  27,  1656;  Rebecca, 
born  October  ly,  1654,  died  N'oung;  Rebecca, 
May  2-i„  i6s6:  Elizabetii,  November  12,  1657; 
Rev.  Grindal,  (q.  v.). 


Governor  and  Captain  Thomas 
WIGGIN     Wiggin,  llie  immigrant  ancestor, 

came  from  England  to  New 
England  about  1630,  and  settled  at  Dover, 
New  Hamjjsliire.  He  was  a  leading  citizen 
of  large  intluence  in  the  colony  from  1633  to 
1636.  He  was  a  Puritan  and  as  proprietory 
governor  favored  the  union  with  Massachu- 
setts Bay  colony.  His  family  Bible,  printed 
in  1609,  has  been  preser\ed.  He  was  appoin.ted 
agent  and  superintendent  of  the  Dover  planta- 
tions in  1 63 1  and  was  sent  by  the  colonists  to 
England  in  1632  to  secure  means  to  develop 
and  support  the  colony.  He  returned  in  1633, 
bringing  with  him  a  number  of  families,  "some 
of  them  men  of  property  and  of  some  account 
for  religion  together  with  some  'of  no  ac- 
count'."   He  was  succeeded  in  1636  by  George 

Burdett.     He  married  Catherine .     He 

died  about  1687.  After  the  union  with  Massa- 
chusetts, he  became  a  magistrate.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1645,  and  from 
1650  to  1664  was  one  of  the  assistants  of  the 
Alassachusetts  Bay  colony,  the  only  one  at  that 
time  from  New  Hampshire.  He  was  one  of 
the  principal  men  of  the  colony  during  his  life 
and  seems  to  have  enjoyed  much  of  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  the  community.  He 
did  not,  liowever,  escape  envy  and  abuse.  In 
1655  Philip  Chesley  was  presented  for  re- 
proachful speeches  against  the  Worshipful 
Captain  Wiggin  and  was  found  guilty.  Cap- 
tain Wiggin  built  a  house  at  what  is  now  Strat- 
ham  in  1650  and  the  cellar  is  still  visible.  He 
was  buried  in  a  field  near  his  home.  Children: 
Andrew,  a  prominent  man,  married  Hannah 
Bradstreet,  daughter  of  Governor  Simon  Brad- 
street  and  granddaughter  of  Governor  Thomas 
Dudley  ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary. 

(II)  Thomas  {2)  Wiggin,  son  of  Governor 
Thomas  (i  )  Wiggin,  was  born  about  1640.  at 
Dover,  New  Hampshire.  He  married  Sarah, 
sister  of  Captain  \\'alter  Barefoot.  She  sur- 
vived him  and  was  living  is  168S.  Barefoot 
was  one  of  the  historical  tigures  of  the  colony. 
Children,  born  at  Dover  :  Thomas,  mentioned 
below  :  Sarah  ;  Susanna  ;  Catharine,  was  second 
wife  of  Simon  Wiggin,  son  of  Andrew  Wiggin, 
grandson  of  Governor  Thomas  Wiggin. 

(III)  Thomas  (3)  Wiggin,  son  of  Thomas 

(2)  Wiggin,  was  born  about  1670.  Children: 
Samuel ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below.    • 

(IV)  Thomas  (4)  Wiggin,  son  of  Thomas 

(3)  Wiggin,  was  born  at  Dover,  now  Strat- 


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ham,    New    Hampshire,    Alarch    i 
died   Ajjril   26,   1776.     He   marrici 


Stratham,    De 


iber 


Sar 


,  1701-02, 
(first)  at 
1  Piper, 
born  at 


I-fe  married  (second)  Mary  — 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  April  10,  1703, 
died  May  3,  1776.  Children  :  Thomas,  born 
September  13,  1720;  ^^rartha,  April  15,  1729; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Ami,  lanuarv  21, 
1742-43:  .Mark,  October  2^,  1745! 

(V)  Samuel  \Viggin,  called  "Jr."  to  distin- 
guish him  from  his  uncle  of  the  same  name. 
was  born  1730-35,  at  Stratham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, died  th.ere  January  17.  1790.  Children, 
born  at  Stratham:  Mary,  }ilay  12,  1751  ;  Ann, 
May  24,  1753;  Phineas,  mentioned  below;  Eli- 
jah, November  3,  1760;  Andrew,  December 
27.  1762;  Abigail.  November  11,  1765;  Lydia, 
February  11,  1767;  Hannah,  August  ^6,  1771. 
_  (\'I)  Phineas  Wiggin,  son  of  Samuel  \\'ig- 
gin  Jr.,  was  born  at  Stratham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  3,  1757.  He  was  a  soldier  from 
his  native  town  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain 
Samuel  Oilman's  company,  Colonel  Enoch 
Poor's  regiment,  in  1775.  He  was  also  in  Cap- 
tain Nicholas  Rawley's  company,  Colonel 
Abraham  Drake's  regiment,  sent  to  reinforce 
the  Continental  army  at  Stillwater  in  Septem- 
ber, 1777.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Stratham. 
(See  New  Hampshire  Revolutionary  Rolls, 
vol.  i,  pp.  135  and  191 ;  vol.  ii.  p.  327 ;  vol.  iv, 
p.  6).  He  removed  to  Eowdoinham,  Maine, 
where  he  died  September  3,  1S20.  He  married, 
November  15,  17S7,  ]\Iehitable  Preble.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  September  30,  1788,  died 
January  13.  1875,  unmarried.  2.  Samuel,  born 
F"ebruary  26,  1790,  died  May  8,  1832.  3.  Re- 
becca, born  October  26,  1792,  died  January  11, 
1793.  4.  Rufus,  born  October  26,  1793,  died 
February  2,  1864,  father  of  Elizabeth"^L.  A. 
Wiggin,  mentioned  below.  5.  Olive,  born 
May  26,  1796,  died  September  13,  1S46,  un- 
married. 6.  ]\Ierri!l.  born  May  15.  1798,  died 
May  27,  1857.  7.  Edward,  mentioned  below. 
(VII)  Edward  Wiggin,  son  of  Phineas 
Wiggin,  was  born  at  Bowdoinham,  Maine, 
March  7,  1800,  died  at  Bangor,  June  22,  1875. 
He  was  a  stonemason  by  trade,  residing  in 
Bath  and  during  his  last  years  at  Bangor.  In 
politics  he  was  originally  a  Whig,  afterward  a 
Republican.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congrega- 
tionalist.  He  married,  March  i,  1823.  Lettice 
M.  Brown,  born  December  13.  1804,  in  Bow- 
doinham, died  at  San  Francisco,  California. 
Children:  i.  Charles  L.,  born  December  25, 
1823,  died  at  San  Francisco,  in  189 1  ;  was  a 
sea  captain,  who  retired  and  settled  in  San 
Francisco,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  the 
mayor ;  was  a  prominent  Free  Mason.  2. 
Rufus  A.,  born  January  iS.  1826,  died  at  San 
Francisco;  was  a  mining  engineer.    3.  Renaldo 


_B.,  born  April  13,  1S2S,  died  August  1,  iS('>4, 
in  Bangor;  was  a  stonemason;  enli.sted  in  1861 
in  Company  A,  Second  Alaine  Regiment ;  was 
afterward  lieutenant  of  Bangor  Light  Infan- 
try; captain  of  Company  A,  Second  Maine 
Regiment;  died  in  military  hospital  at  Wash- 
ington ;  wounded  at  Fredericksburg ;  married 
Fannie  Patten,  of  Bangor.  4.  Albert,  born 
September  7,  1830;  residing  with  Fred  Sum- 
ner Wiggin;  was  a  farmer  at  Hodgdon.  Maine; 
enlisted  in  iS'Si  in  the  Second  Maine  Regiment 
and  served  in  the  ambulance  corps  to  the  end 
of  the  war.  5.  Edward  P.,  born  January  4, 
1833,  died  December  29,  1S33.  6.  Ellen'  B., 
born  August  20,  1834;  married  (first)  Fred 
Sargent,  a  sea  captain  on  the  Pacific  coast; 
(second)  Alanson  H.  Phelps;  now  living  in 
San  Francisco.  7.  Edward,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Elizabeth  H.,  born  July  4,  1841,  died  Octo- 
ber 4,  1S41.  9.  Herbert'  F.,  born  March  2j, 
1S44,  died  March  12,  1846.  10.  George  S., 
born  Alarch  8,  1846,  died  April  26.  1S46. 

(\'III)  Edward  (2)  Wiggin,  son  of  Ed- 
ward (  i)  Wiggin,  was  born  at  Bangor,  Maine, 
November  14,  1837,  died  at  South  Paris, 
Maine,  September  21,  1912.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Bangor  and  was  prepared  to 
eater  Harvard  College.  He  taught  school  for 
a  time  at  Hodgdon,  Maine.  From  1S69  to 
1877  lie  was  collector  of  United  States  cus- 
toms at  Fort  Kent,  :Maine.  He  then  bought 
the  farm  at  Presque  Isle,  where  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  was  selectman,  town 
clerk  and  superintendent  of  scliools  in  Hodg- 
don. He  taught  school  one  term  in  Presque 
Isle,  and  was  afterward  supervisor  of  schools 
tliere  for  a  number  of  years.  From  1877 
until  the  Rural  Free  Delivery  was  estab- 
lished recently,  he  was  postmaster  of  Mays- 
ville,  now  Presque  Isle.  He  was  state  senator 
two  terms,  1893-94  and  1896-97.  He  edited 
the  Xorth  Star,  a  newspaper  of  Presque  Isle, 
for  a  few  years.  He  was  president  of  the 
Agricultural  Society  of  ^laysville  several 
years ;  member  of  the  Maine  State  Board  of 
Agriculture,  1883-85.  He  was  master  of  the 
Maine  State  Grange  for  two  years.  For  thir- 
teen years  he  was  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
state  superintendent  of  schools  at  Augusta. 
He  was  for  ten  years  state  statistical  agent  for 
Maine.  He  was  an  able  writer  and  an  author 
of  note.  ?Ie  published  an  exhaustive  work 
entitled  "A  History  of  Jesus";  an  interlinear 
translation  of  Virgil  and  of  Cicero's  orations; 
"A  History  of  Maine,"  and  a  number  of  poems. 
He  enlisted  in  November,  1861,  in  the  Sixth 
Maine  Battery  and  was  mustered  in  as  a  pri- 
vate, January  i,  1862,  at  Augusta.  He  was  at 
once  made  a  sergeant  and  afterward  an  orderly 


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tenant, September  i,  1863,  and  first  lieutenant 
at  L'uipeper  Court  House.     He  resigned  May 

2.  1S64,  on  account  of  the  illness  of  his  wife. 
He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Cedar  Mountain, 
jUill  Run,  Antietam,  and  in  many  other  engage- 
ments. 

He  married,  in  1855,  Elizabeth  L.  A.  Wig- 
gin,  born  at  Hodgdon,  Maine,  Septeinber  25, 
1837,  died  at  I'resque  Isle,  September  24,  1908. 
She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  her 
native  town.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Grange 
No.  153,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  the 
Congregational  church.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Rufus  Wiggin,  born  October  26,  1793,  died 
February  2,  1864,  at  Hodgdon,  mentioned 
above.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  In  politics 
he  was  originally  a  \\'hig,  later  a  Republican ; 
was  deacon  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church 
for  many  years.  He  married,  June  2,  1818, 
Mary  N.  Smith,  born  in  New  Bnmswick.  Sep- 
tember 27,  1793,  died  at  Hodgdon,  February 
13,  1874.  Ciiildren  of  Rufus  Wiggin:  i.  Ed- 
gar M.,  born  January  24,  1819,  died  at  Hodg- 
don, February  24,  1875,  a  farmer;  married 
Lydia  Ann  \\"hite,  of  Miramichi.  2.  Rufus, 
born  July  28,   1820,  died  in  New  York  City. 

3.  Samuel  P.,  born  February  18,  1822,  died  in 
Perham,  Maine,  a  farmer :  married  Harriet 
Drake,  of  Houldin.  j,.  Thomas  P.,  born 
March  18,  1824,  died  at  Southern  Pines, 
North  Caroline,  a  tanner ;  married  .Annie 
Ginn.  5.  Mehitable  A.,  born  I\Iay  7,  1S26, 
died  at  Millville,  New  Brunswick;  married 
George  R.  Jones,  a  blacksmith.  6.  Hannah 
L.,  born  May  30,  1S28,  died  ^lay  7,  1845. 
7.  Cyrus,  born  November  26,  1831.  a  farmer, 
died  at  Flodgdon  ;  married  Ann  Carr.  8.  Mary 
J.,  born  May  16,  1835,  died  July  2,  186S;  mar- 
ried (first)  Charles  Shaw,  of  Hodgdon,  a  mer- 
chant; (second)  x\bner  Weeks,  of  Houlton, 
a  merchant.  9.  Elizabeth  L.  A.,  married  Ed- 
ward Wiggin,  mentioned  above.  Children  of 
Edward  Wiggin:  i.  Fred  Sumner,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Nellie  L.,  born  1862,  died  aged  five 
years. 

(IX)  Fred  Sumner  Wiggin,  son  of  Edward 
(2)  Wiggin,  was  born  at  Horlgdon,  Elaine, 
April  3,  1S57.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there  and  at  Fort  Kent,  wdiither  his  parents 
moved  when  he  was  twelve  years  old,  and 
afterward  a  select  school  at  Bangor.  He 
entered  the  Universitv  of  Maine  in  the  class  of 
1877,  but  left  college' in  1878.  He  had  taught 
school  at  Hiram.  Maine,  and  afterward  taught 
at  St.  Francis,  Maine.  Fie  then  assisted  his 
father  on  the  homestead  at  Presrjue  Isle  and 
succeeded  to  the  farm  after  his  fatlier  died. 
IJe  has  continued  in  farming  to  the  present 
tune.    He  has  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  acres 


of  land,  of  which  seventy-five  is  under  culti- 
vation. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  Maysville  Center  Grange,  No. 
153,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  in  which  he  has 
held  every  office  and  of  which  he  was  master 
several  terms.  For  the  past  fifteen  years  he 
has  been  secretary  of  the  grange.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  130,  Free  and 
Accepted  ^Masons,  of  which  he  was  master  two 
years.  He  is  now  state  statistical  agent  for 
Maine. 

He  married,  November  30,  1881,  in  Presque 
Isle,  Annie  Duff,  born  at  Presque  Isle,  De- 
cember 2,  1856,  and  graduated  from  the 
Presque  Isle  high  school.  She  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grange.  Siie  is  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
Duff.  They  have  one  child,  Frankie,  born  at 
Presque  Isle,  November  19,  1S82;  graduate 
of  the  Presque  Isle  high  school;  clerk  in  the 
state  statistical  department,  Augusta,  for  ten 
years ;  member  of  the  Grange  and  communi- 
cant of  the  Roman  Catholic  church ;  married 
Stephen  F'ranklin  Pierce,  contractor,  October 
9,  1913;  resides  in   Portland. 


Mathcw  Beckwith,  the  ini- 
BECKWITH  migrant  ancestor,  was  born 
about  1610  in  England,  pre- 
sumably in  Yorkshire.  The  history  of  his  life 
to  the  time  he  came  to  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
is  obscure.  He  bought  the  homestead  of  W'il- 
liam  Pratt,  an  original  proprietor  of  Hartford, 
in  1645.  About  1652  he  was  at  New  London 
and  Lyme,  his  land  lying  in  both  towns.  He 
was  able  to  give  land  somewhat  liberally  to  his 
sons  and  it  is  recorded  that  in  1675  thirty  acres 
more  were  laid  out  to  him,  all  of  which  he 
gave  to  his  son  Joseph.  He  was  killed  Octo- 
ber 31,  16S0,  '"by  a  fall  in  a  dark  night  down 
a  ledge  of  rocks."  This  gave  occasion  for  a 
sermon  on  the  providence  of  God  which  took 
away  "Mathcw  Beckwith  and  spared  a  fellow 
traveller.  The  inquest  showed  that  he  was 
then  seventy  years  old,  and  this  is  the  only  evi- 
dence as  to  the  year  of  his  birth.  He  left  a 
widow,  Elizabeth,  wdio  married  Samuel  Buck- 
land,  and  died  before  1690.  Children:  Mat- 
thew, mentioned  below ;  John,  born  about 
1639;  Joseph;  Nathaniel;  Elizabeth;  daughter, 
married  Robert  Grant ;  daughter,  married  Ben- 
jamin Grant. 

(II)  ^latthew  Beckwith,  son  of  Mathew 
Beckwith,  was  born  about  1637,  died  at  Lyme, 
Connecticut,  June  4,  1727,  aged  ninety  years. 
In  1671  he  moved  from  Guilford  to  New  Lon- 
don, settling  in  Lyme  in   1676.     He  married 

(first)  perhaps  at  Guilford,  Elizabeth . 

He  married  (sec>md)  at  Lyme,  1691.  Elizabeth 
Grisv.old,  daughter  of  Matthew  Griswold, 
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who  was  named  in  liis  will,  which  was  dated 
March  19,  1714-15.  In  a  deed  dated  January 
30,  172S-29,  entered  at  Saybrook,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Beckwith  mentions  her  son  Thomas  Starkey, 
from  which  it  would  be  inferred  that  ilathew 
Beckwith"s   third   wife    Sarah   was   widow   of 

Starkey.   Children,  seven  by  first  wife: 

Matthew,  born  in  Guilford,  April  13,  1667; 
John,  horn  in  Guilford,  1669 ;  James,  men- 
tioned below;  Jonah,  born  in  New  London, 
December  2"^,  1673;  Prudence,  born  in  New 
London,  August  22,  1676;  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Lyme,  February  4,  1679;  Ruth,  born  in  Lyme, 
March  14,  16S1  ;  Sarah,  born  in  Lyme,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1684;  Griswold,  in  Lyme,  about  1691. 

(Ill)  James  Beckwith,  son  of  Alatthew 
Beckwith,  was  born  at  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, June  I,  167 1.  He  lived  in  Lyme  from 
1677  until  1732,  when  he  moved  to  Norwich, 
Connecticut.  He  settled  in  Southinglon  in 
1744  and  resided  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  dying  about  1756.  His  father  appointed 
his  "well  beloved  son  James  Beckwith  to  be 
sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment." He  married,  February  18,  1693,  at 
Lyme,  Sarah  Marvin,  born  at  Lyme  in  1673, 
daughter  of  Reynold  [Marvin,  granddaughter 
of  Edward  Marvin  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Reynold  Marvin  (i).  Children:  James, 
born  at  Lyme,  May  l,  1695;  Matthew,  Lyme, 
August  8,  1697;  Daniel,  October  13,  1699,  died 
1700;  Sarah,  December  23,  1701 ;  Daniel, 
Lyme,  October  26,  1704;  Reynold,  February 
15,  1706-07;  Samuel,  May  24,  1709,  Lyme; 
Elizabeth,  July  23,  1712,  Lyme;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  January  25,  1715-16. 
Lyme. 

(I\')  John  Beckwith,  son  of  James  Beck- 
with, was  born  at  Lyme.  Connecticut,  October 
10,  1713,  died  April  18.  1810-  He  lived  at 
Norwich  and  Southington,  Connecticut,  and 
in  1760  moved  to  Cornwallis,  Xova  Scotia, 
where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
married,  at  Norwich,  April  20,  1737,  Jane 
Worden,  born  about  1722,  at  Stoningion.  She 
was  daughter  of  Thomas  \\'orden,  who  was 
son  of  Samuel  Worden,  son  of  Peter  (2) 
Worden,  son  of  Peter  (i)  Worden.  Children: 
John,  born  March  16.  1738,  at  Norwich  ;  Hope- 
still,  Norwich,  October  22,  1746;  Elizabeth, 
baptized  at  Southington,  June  28,  1745: 
Worden,  mentioned  below. 

fV)  Worden  Beckwith,  son  of  John  Beck- 
with, was  baptized  at  Southington,  Connecti- 
cut, July  9,  1749.  He  married,  at  Cornwallis. 
Nova  Scotia,  January  12,  1769.  Martha  Sted- 
raan,  d:iughter  of  John  Stedman.  Sh.e  was 
born  November   iS,   1750,  and  was  appointed 


administratrix  of  his  estate,  January  29,  1784. 
She  probably  married  (second)  June  26,  1786, 
Daniel  Flarris,  and  probably  died  December  20, 
1802.  Children:  John  Stedman,  born  Febru- 
ary 23.  1770;  Parthcnia,  15ecember  29,  1771, 
at  Cornwallis ;  Thomas  Worden,  mentioned 
bel6w;  Rebecca,  July  6,  1776;  Enoch,  March 
21,  1779. 

(\  I)  Thomas  Worden  Beckwith,  son  of 
Worden  Beckwith,  was  born  September  3, 
1772,  at  Cornwallis,  Nova  Scotia,  died  at 
IMaysville,  a  part  of  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  in 
December,  1854.  He  settled  in  Maysville 
after  his  m.arriage  and  was  a  farmer  there. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
Church,  and  a  Whig  in  politics.  He  married 
Olive  Crocker,  born  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1778, 
died  at  Maysville  in  January,  1855.  Children: 
I.  Eunice,  died  in  i\lapleton ;  married  Peter 
Bull,  of  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick,  a 
farmer.  2.  Martha,  died  at  Oshkosh,  Wiscon- 
sin:  married  (tirst)  James  Johnson,  (second) 
Robert  Athen,  farmers.  3.  Olive,  died  at 
JNIaysville;  married  John  Rafford,  of  New 
Brunswick,  a  farmer.  4.  John  Worden,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  John  Worden  Beckwith,  son  of 
Thomas  \\'orden  Beckwith,  was  born  in  Chat- 
ham, on  Sugar  Island,  in  Miramichi  river,  New 
Brunswick,  probably  in  1810,  died  at  Presque 
Isle,  Maine,  in  1893.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
[Maysville  (Presque  Isle),  and  a  deacon  of  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  Church  there.  He  married 
Sarah  [Monroe,  born  in  1809,  at  Deer  Island, 
Maine,  died  at  Presque  Isle  in  1891.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Presque  Isle:  i.  James  Worden, 
mentioned  below.  2.  John  Stedman,  born  July 
6.  1832,  died  at  Mapleton,  April,  1910;  a 
farmer;  married  Mary  Bull,  of  [Mapleton.  3. 
Enoch,  born  January  31,  1835;  married  [\Ia- 
hala  Johnson,  of  Presque  Isle,  where  he  now 
lives,  a  farmer.  4.  Bethanah,  born  August  7, 
1837,  died  at  Augusta,  Maine,  February,  1896, 
unmarried.  5.  Joel,  born  December  i,  1839, 
died  at  Portland,  Maine,  July,  1865;  served  in 
civil  war.  Twentieth  Maine  Regiment,  and 
died  on  way  home.  6.  [Martha,  January  23. 
1841  ;  married  Asa  Gould,  who  served  in  civil 
war  two  years  and  nine  months  in  First  [Maine 
Cavalry,  enlisting  1862;  he  is  farmer  in 
Presque  Isle,  where  they  live.  7.  Caroline. 
December  29.  1843  ^  niarried  Abner  Eastler,  of 
New  P.runswick.  a  farmer  in  Presque  Isle ; 
she  died  July.  1910.  in  Maysville.  8.  Eunice 
Ann.  died  young.  9.  Sarah  Ann.  died  young.  10. 
Hutchings,  died  young.  11.  Ellen,  died  young. 
12.  Rachel,  born  June  12,  1850;  married  Dan- 
iel B.  Gould,  born  in  New  Sharon,  Maine. 
January   5,    1S49,   died   in   Washburn,   Maine, 


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March  24,  190S;  was  a  farmer;  she  lives  in 
W'n.-hburn.  13.  Esther,  born  April  25,  1S51  ; 
married  Humphrey  Clark,  of  Washburn,  where 
they  live  on  a  farm.  14.  Nancy,  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  1853;  married  Jerry  Lkill,  of  Aiaple- 
ton,  farmer,  deceased;  she  lives  in  Washburn. 
(\"]II)  James  Wordcn  lleckwith,  son  of 
Jiihn  Worden  Beckwith.  wasborn  in  ?^Iaysville, 
Maine,  February  24,  1831,  died  at  Maplcton, 
December  20,  1862.  He  wasa  farmer  in  ^laple- 
tun  all  his  life.. He  was  a  Whig  in  politics.  He 
ninrried,  March  19,  1S53.  in  Maysville,  Mary 
A.  Lyons,  born  in  New  Brunswick,  December 
-6,  1835.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Will 
]>aptist  Church,  and  lives  with  her  son,  John 
R.  Beckwith,  at  Presque  Isle.  She  married 
(second)  in  Presque  Isle,  November  10,  1S67. 
Henry  H.  Borchers,  born  in  Germany.  Febru- 
ary 9,  1822,  died  in  Presque  Isle,  October  2, 
1870;  he  was  a  farmer;  their  children  were: 
I.  Annie  P..  born  September  12,  i858;  mar- 
ried Arthur  O.  Garbin,  of  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire;  they  live  at  Epping,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  have  one  child,  Ovill.  2.  Charles 
H.,  born  January  18,  1870;  married  Myrtis 
Ramsdell,  and  they  live  at  Salem  Depot,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  is  a  contractor  and 
builder;  chiUlren,  Henry  C.  and  Evaline  Con- 
stance. Mary  A.  (Lyons)  (Beckwith) 
Borchers  married  (third  )  in  1875,  Eben  Oaks, 
a  farmer  of  iMaysville;  he  died  there  March  7, 
1884.  She  was  daughter  of  Reuben  Lyons, 
born  in  Eastport,  ]\Iaine,  April  10,  1802,  died 
at  Fort  Fairfield,  in  1S65;  he  was  a  farmer  in 
Aroostook  county,  and  finally  in  Fort  Fair- 
field ;  member  of  Calvinist  Baptist  Church ; 
Whig;  married  Elizabeth  Clark,  born  in  New 
Brunswick,  November  23,  1812,  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  1865.  Children  of  Reuben  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Clark)  Lyons,  born  in  Dcaiglas  county. 
New  Brunswick,  except  last  two:  i.  Mary  A., 
born  December  26.  1835;  married  James 
Warden  Beckwith,  mentioned  above.  2.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  October  8,  1S37:  married  Alex- 
ander Smith,  of  Amity,  Elaine,  farmer  in 
North  Amity.  3.  I'-rances  F.,  born  June  21. 
1S39;  married  Amaziah  Harden,  of  Dan  forth. 
Maine,  farmer.  4.  Thomas  G.,  born  June  21, 
1840;  married  Emih"  Chalmers,  of  Albion; 
they  live  in  Lowell.  Massacluisetts :  he  is  a 
Baptist  minister.  5.  Susan  K.,  born  June  11, 
1842 ;  married  Horace  Estabrook,  of  Amity, 
farmer.  6.  Lucy  A.,  born  .April  24.  1844 :  mar- 
ried George  Grass,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  and  later 
Alethuen,  jMassachusetts ;  served  in  civil  war. 
7-  Eli  C,  born  February  27,  1846:  lives  in 
M'inneapolis,  Michigan.  8.  Lyvona  A.,  born 
October  19,  1848;  married  Lewis  Tory,  of 
Portland,  and  thev  live  in  South  Dakota.     O. 


James  H.,  born  December  8,  1850:  married 
Minnie  Knox.  10.  Deborah,  born  July  7,  1S52, 
at  Maysville,  died  aged  twenty.  11.  Abigail, 
born  October  9,  1S53;  married  Abraham 
C)wen,  of  Lubec,  Maine.  Children  of  James 
Worden  and  iMary  A.  (Lyons)  Beckwith, :  i. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  in  Maysville,  January 
16,  1854;  married  Daniel  Chandler,  of  Presque 
Isle,  Alaine,  and  they  live  at  Washburn ;  chil- 
dren: Myrtie,  married  Herbert  Moran ; 
r^laude,  married  Thomas  Crawford;  Burt.  2. 
John  R.,  mentioned  below.  3.  James  W.,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Albert  II.,  born  March  5. 
i860;  married  (first)  I'.ellc  Sinclair,  of  Hay- 
stack, Maine,  and  had  Charles,  Burt,  George, 
Roy,  Elwood ;  married  (second)  Annie  Rich- 
ardson, of  New  Brunswick,  and  they  had  Ben- 
jamin. 5.  Ernest  C,  born  January  28,  1862; 
married  (first)  Ella  Ramsdell,  of  Farmington, 
Maine,  and  had  Horace;  married  (second) 
Jennie  English,  and  had  Lucy  and  Laura, 
(twins),  Orrin,  Maude,  Byron  and  Grace;  he 
is  a  member  of  Grange  and  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

(IN)  John  R.  Beckwith.  son  of  James 
Worden  Beckwith,  was  born  at  IMapItton, 
Maine,  July  6,  1856.  He  attended  school  there 
and  at  Presque  Isle.  During  his  youth  he 
assisted  his  father  on  the  farm,  which  came 
into  the  possession  of  his  brother,  Ernest  G., 
and  himself.  April  i,  1878.  Subsequently  they 
divided  the  farm.  In  addition  to  the  fifty  acres 
of  the  homestead  Mr.  Beckwith  has  added  by 
purchase  a  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Mapleton. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  has  been  road 
commissioner  and  school  agent.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church,  of  which 
he  is  clerk  and  chairman  of  the  finance  com- 
mittee. He  is  president  of  the  North  Aroos- 
took conference.  He  is  a  member  of  Mystic 
Tie  Lodge,  No.  141,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  is  past  noble  grand. 
He  has  been  representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
twice.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Aroostook 
Union  Grange.  No.  143,  Patrons  of  liusbandry, 
and  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Aroostook 
Potato  Growers"  Association. 

He  married,  January  18.  1S80,  at  Maysville, 
Ada  C.  Morris,  born  at  May.sville,  December 
6.  1861  (see  Morris  II).  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church  and  of  the 
Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 
Children:  i.  Blanche  E..  born  at  Maysville, 
March  14,  1882;  graduate  of  the  Aroostook 
State  Normal  School,  1905,  school  teacher  in 
Washburn.  Presque  Isle,  Mapleton  and  Squa 
Pan  ;  married,  July  28,  19T3,  David  C.  Gethchel, 
farmer  of  Limestone,  Maine.  2.  Frank  W., 
born  at  Presque  Isle,  September  3,  18S4  :  mar- 


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ried  Ida  ]\Iay  Niks,  born  March  7,  1S90,  and 
have  Elizabeth  Oilene.  born  at  I'resque  Isle, 
October  9,  1910. 

(IX)  James  W.  Beckwith,  brother  of  John 
R.  Beckwith,  was  born  at  Mapleton,  Maine, 
March  23,  1858.  He  attended  the  pnbhc 
scliools  of  Presque  Isle.  When  he  came  of 
age  he  bought  a  farm  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Albert  H.  Beckwith.  After  cultivat- 
ing it  a  few  years  he  bought  his  brother's 
share  and  has  continued  on  the  farm  to  the 
present  time.  Ele  owu'i  one  liundreH  and 
twent3'-tive  acres,  of  which  one  hundred  acres 
arc  cleared.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church, 
and  member  of  the  finance  committee ;  mem- 
ber of  Aroostook  Union  Grange,  of  ^lystic  Tie 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Oild  Fellows,  in 
whicli  he  has  held  a  number  of  offices,  and  of 
the  Aroostook  Potato  Growers'  Association. 
He  is  also  a  carpenter  and  built  his  own  house 
and  franied  many  houses  in  this  section. 

He  married,  April  9,  1S190,  at  Mapleton,  Lu- 
ella  Marion  Bagley,  bOrn  at  Bangor,  January 
23,  1 8/ 1  (see  Bagley  II).  She  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Presque  Isle.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church  and  of 
the  Grange.  Children,  born  at  Pre=nvie  I=1e : 
I.  Dora  Elizabeth,  born  February  2,  1S91 ; 
graduate  of  the  Aroostook  State  Normal 
School  and  has  taught  school  at  Castle  Hill 
and  Mapleton.  2.  Wealthy  ]\Iarion,  born  July 
21,  1S92;  student  in  Aroostook  Normal  School, 
has  taught  school  one  year  at  Chapman.  3. 
Walter  Worden,  born  February  6,  1S94;  grad- 
uate of  the  I'resque  Isle  high  school ;  now 
assisting  his  father.  4.  Howard  France,  born 
February  i,  1S96.  5.  \'eruon  Oliver,  born 
October  6,  i8g8.  6.  Zenda  Porter,  born  Au- 
gust 10,  1900.  7.  Earl  James,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1902.  8.  Stanley  Gregory,  born  No- 
vember 7,  1905.  9.  Kenneth  Gilman,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1007.  10.  Amy  .Asaphene,  born 
March  24,  1909. 

(The   Morris   Line). 

(I)  Isaac  Morris  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia 
in  178S  and  died  at  California  Settlement,  New 
Brunswick,  in  1S76.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Maysville,  Maine,  moving  to  New  Brunswick 
about  1861.  He  was  a  Republican,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church.  He 
married  Hulda  Nicholas,  born  in  Nova  Scotia, 
died  in  Maysville.  Children:  Calvin  Luther, 
mentioned  below ;  William,  married  Drusilla 
Fairbanks;   Silas,   died   aged   twenty:    Henry, 

served  in  civil  war;  Mary  Ann,  married 

Hill;  Amelia,  married  (first)  Edward  Mc- 
Dougall,  (second)  George  Packard:  Jane, 
married  (first)  William  Pyles,  (second)  Dan- 


iel Johnson  ;  Margaret,  married  William  Mc- 
Dougall. 

(11)  Calvin  Luther  ^lorris,  son  of  Isaac 
Morris,  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1S27,  died 
at  Eddington,  Maine,  in  1905.  He  settled  in 
Maysville  before  his  marriage,  and  also  liscd 
in  Mapleton.  Fort  Fairfield,  and  finally  Edding- 
ton ;  was  a  farmer;  Republican;  deacon  of  the 
I'Tce  \\\\\  Baptist  Church  ;  married  Elizabeth 
Ann  Barto,  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  1831,  died  in 
1875,  at  ^Mapleton.  She  was  daughter  of  John 
Pnrto  (formerly  spelled  Bartaux),  a  sea  cap- 
tain of  Nova  Scotia  ;  he  was  drowned  at  sea  : 
married  Rebecca  Barker ;  cliildren :  James, 
married  Roxanna  Hatch;  Elizabeth  Ann,  men- 
tioned above.  Children  of  Calvin  L.  and  Eliz- 
abeth A.  I\Iorris:  Melvin,  born  1S55,  married 
Sylvia  Wood;  Melvina,  born  1857,  married 
(■first)  ]\Ielvin  W.  Page,  (second)  George  W. 
Densmore  :  Silas,  born  1S59,  died  aged  twenty; 
Ada  C,  married  John  R.  Beckwith  (see  Beck- 
v.dth  IX)  ;  Frank,  born  1S64,  married  May 
■\Iatherson  ;  Elizabeth,  born  1865,  married  Na- 
than Page,  brother  of  Melvin  Page:  William, 
born  1867,  died  in  infancy;  Roxanna,  died 
aged  three  and  one-half  years. 

(The  Bagley  Line). 

( I )  Reuben  Bagley  was  born  probably  in 
1794,  died  in  Wakefield,  Massachusetts,  prob- 
ably in  1892.  Fle  was  a  carpenter  in  Bangor. 
Maine,  and  in  W^akefield ;  L'niversahst  in  re- 
ligion :  married  Sarah  Campbell,  who  died  in 
\Vakefield.  Children :  Francis  Marion,  men- 
tioned below ;  Henry,  a  lumber  dealer  in  Win- 
chester, ]^Iassachusetts  ;  Nellie,  married  Frank 
Smith. 

(II)  Francis  Marion  Bagley,  son  of  Reuben 
Bagle\-.  was  born  in  Bangor,  March,  1830,  died 
in  Mapleton,  Maine,  February,  1901.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Presque  Isle  and  Mapleton  all  his 
life  except  for  one  year,  when  he  was  one  of 
the  "forty-niners'"  who  sought  gold  in  Cali- 
fornia. He  was  a  Republican,  and  a  Univer- 
salist ;  member  of  Castle  liill  Grange;  married 

(first)   French,  who  died  in  Bangor; 

married  (second)  Lydia  A.  Hews,  born  in 
Bangor,  May  6,  1848.  died  in  Mapleton,  Feb- 
ruary, 1S89.  Children  by  first  wife:  Henry 
Reuben,  Walter  Francis,  Addie  H.  By  sec- 
ond wife:  Luella  Marion,  married  James  W. 
Beckwith  (see  Beckwith  IX)  ;  George  Adel- 
bert,  born  October,  1873,  niarried  \'ina  Rich- 
ardson ;  Fred  H.,  born  in  Bangor,  January, 
1S75,  married  Blanche  Roberts,  was  represent- 
ative in  Vermont  legislature,  1912;  William, 
born  1879,  died  191 1,  married  Claude  Dicker- 
son;  Charles,  born  in  Mapleton,  May,  iS8r, 
married  Maude  Nason :  .Arthur  Stanley,  born 
in  Mapleton,  18S3. 


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Richard  Currier,  immigrant 
t'l'RRIER     ancestor    of    tlie    Curriers    of 

New  England,  was  born  in 
I'.ii.'land  or  Scotland,  May  3,  1616.  lie  was 
iMiiTof  the  founders  of  Salisbury,  Massachu- 
vcits,  in  1640.  He  was  granted  land  in  Salis- 
b'.irv  in  1641  and  1642  and  in  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Amesbury  in  1654,  165S,  1659,  1662, 
i(/)4  and  166S.  He  sold  land,  February  16, 
1042,  to  Abraham  IMorrill,  and  bought  Joseph 
Moyce's  house,  January  20,  1644.  He  was  a 
.•■aiinioner  and  taxpayer  in  1650.  He  was  one 
of  ihe  signers  of  the  articles  of  agreement  be- 
iwfiMi  Salisbury  and  Aniesbr.ry  in  1654,  and 
ills  name  heads  the  list  of  first  commoners  of 
the  new  town  in  1654-55.  In  1652  he  and  An- 
tlumy  Colby  were  appointed  to  lay  out  a  high- 
way from  the  mill  bridge  to  the  plain  "that 
i;oeth  to  the  Lion's  ■Mouth."  He  served  on 
various  other  town  committees.  In  1656  he 
and  Thomas  ^Macy  were  empowered  to  build 
a  saw  mill  on  the  west  side  of  the  Powow 
river.  Thomas  JNlacy  sold  his  interests  in 
1658  and  Ricliard  Currier  operated  the  mill 
for  many  years.  He  was  elected  on  the  pru- 
dential committee,  ^larch  10,  1660.  He  was 
acting  clerk  of  Amesburv,  1660-61,  and  town 
clerk  in  1662,  scrvirg  luui!  December  14,  T674, 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas. 
He  was  also  clerk  of  writs,  commissioner  to 
hear  small  causes  and  selectman  for  fifteen 
years.  When  he  declined^  to  serve  further  as 
selectman  he  was  fined.  He  was  on  the  com- 
mittee of  three  to  build  the  meeting  house  in 
1665  '''"d  on  th.e  committee  of  two  to  secure 
a  minister.  In  seating  the  meeting  house  at 
.■\mesbury,  1667,  his  name  has  the  place  of 
honor.  He  was  elected  to  present  a  petition 
to  the  general  court,  May  14.  1666,  asking  for 
separation  of  Amesbury  and  Salisbury  and  was 
successful  in  his  mission.  The  name  was 
changed  to  Amesbury  in  1667  and  the  change 
confirmed  by  the  general  court.  [May  27,  i65S. 
He  was  a  planter  and  millwright,  as  described 
in  various  documents.  He  deeded  his  real 
e.nate  to  his  heirs  before  his  death,  exceptmg 
one  lot  of  land  and  his  rights  as  commoner  in 
Amesbury.  Twenty-five  years  after  he  died 
his  grandson.  Richard  Currier,  was  appointed 
administrator,  November  6,  17 10.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  and  his  descend- 
ants were  granted  land  in  what  is  now  Buxton, 
Elaine,  in  payment  of  his  service.  His  last 
days  were  spent  m  the  famUy  of  his  wife's 
*on,  Philip  Rowell.  He  died  February  22, 
1686-87,  by  drowning.  He  married  (first) 
Ann ,  (second)  October  26,  1676.  Jo- 
anna Pindar,  widow  of  Valentine  Pindar. 
Oiildren  by  first  wife:   Samuel,  mentioned  be- 


low: Hannah,  born  iidy  8,  1643;  Thomas, 
March  8,  1646. 

(II)  Samuel  Currier,  son  of  Richard  Cur- 
rier, was  born  in  England  about  1636.  He 
was  a  weaver  and  millwright.  As  early  as 
1665  he  settled  in  Haverhill  and  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  to  the  crown  in  1677.  He  owned 
the  right  to  a  corn  mill  in  Haverhill.  He  died 
there  March  14,  1712-13.  His  will  was  dated 
March  9,  1713,  and  proved  April  6  following. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hardy. 
Children:  ,'^arah,  born  at  Bradford,  married 
Ichabod  Rogers  and  Amos  Singletary;  Ann, 
October  23,  1666;  Sannicl,  born  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1669;  Richard,  December  24,  1670, 
died  April,  1689 ;  John.  April  22,  i6>73  '•  ^lary, 
January  2.  1675;  Alice,  August  9,  167S;  Eliz- 
abeth, February  21,  1680;  Hannah,  January 
24,  16S2,  died  soon;  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2)  Currier,  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  Currier,  was  born  February  14,  1685,  at 
Haverhill.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married, 
June  30,  1714.  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and 
-Sarah  (Knight)  Kelly.  She  was  born  March 
5.  1691,  died  May  20,  1734.  She  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Haverhill  church,  June  19,  1720, 
and  her  seven  children  baptized  there  1720-28. 
She  v,-as  dismissed  to  become  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Alethuen  church,  October  26,  1729. 
Children:  Jonathan,  born  May  4,  1715;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below;  Richard,  November  13, 
1718:  Abigail,  February  20,  1720-21;  Alice, 
^larch  28,  1723;  William.  May  31,  1725;  John, 
May  22,  1728;  Amos,  September  12,  1730; 
Asa,  May  12,  1734. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3)  Currier,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  Currier,  was  born  February  14,  1716-17. 
He  married  Lydia  Williams,  and  had  a  son 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Sergeant  Jonathan  Currier,  son  of 
Samuel  (3)  Currier,  was  born  at  Haverhill, 
November  27,  1737,  died  at  Valley  Forge  in 
the  revolutionary  army,  March,  1778.  He  re- 
moved with  his  family  from  Bedford,  New 
Hampshire,  to  Cornish  in  that  state  in  1774. 
He  served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Joshua 
Abbott's  company,  Colonel  John  Stark's  regi- 
ment, and  later  in  Captain  Aaron  Kinsman's 
company.  He  enlisted  from  Cornish  in  the 
Continental  army  in  January,  1777,  at  that 
time  being  a  private  in  Colonel  Jonathan 
Qiase's  regiment  and  under  Lieutenant  Moody 
Dustin  went  to  join  the  troops  in  the  field. 
He  was  a  sergeant  in  Captain  Emerson's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Cilley's  regiment.  He  married 
Sarah  Searles,  of  Dunstable,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  January  24.  1817.  Children:  Jona- 
than, born  June  5,  1767.  settled  at  Winthrop, 
Maine:  James;  Ciliver.  December  6,  1771  ;  Dr. 


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Samuel,  1774.  lived  at  Wintlirop  and  Read- 
field,  Maine,  was  postmaster  of  Keadfield  in 
i<So3,  town  clerk  in  1805:  married  Patience 
Stanley;  Sarah,  died  yonnj,';  David.  Perliaps 
others. 

(\'I)  Closes  H.  Currier,  st>n  or  nephew  of 
Sergeant  Jonathan  Currier,  was  of  this  W'in- 
throp  family,  born  about  17S0.  He  had  a  son 
Henry  C,  mentioned  below.  Rcadtield  was 
formerly  part  of  \\'int!irop,  Maine. 

(VII)  Henry  C.  Currier,  son  of  Moses  H. 
Currier,  was  born  at  Readfielrl.  Maine.  Febru- 
ary 24,  1812,  died  at  Fort  I'^airfield,  October, 
1S48.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  resided  and  worked  in  Sears- 
mont  and  Lincoln,  Maine,  at  Red  Rapids,  Xew 
Brunswick,  and  elsewhere.  He  removed  to 
Presque  Isle  and  finally  to  Fort  Fairfield,  of 
which  he  was  a  pioneer,  and  cleared  a  farm 
there.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
was  school  agent,  road  surveyor  and  assessor. 
He  attended  the  Universalist  church.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Stevens,  born  May  8,  1812,  at 
Blcwmfield,  \"ermont,  died  in  1S93.  ^^  Fo'"t 
Fairfield,  daughter  of  Joseph  Stevens,  who 
died  in  Bloomfield,  A'ermont.  Her  father  was 
a  farmer,  a  Democrat  and  prominent  citizen. 
Children  of  Henry  C  Currier:  John  F..  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah  E.,  married  Cornelius 
Estcs;  Augu.sta,  married  George  Burt;  O'ive, 
deceased,  married  F.  H.  Haines;  Mary  L., 
married  A.  L.  Haines ;  Octa,  deceased,  mar- 
ried Jarvis  Barnes;  Lucy,  deceased,  married 
Stcp'hcn  Averill;  Lucretia  A.,  married  Robert 
Linn. 

(VIII)  John  F.  Currier,  son  of  Henry  C. 
Currier,  was  born  at  Pres(|ue  Isle,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary II,  1842.  His  parents  removed  to  Fort 
Fairfield  when  he  was  one  year  old.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  Fort  Fairfield 
schools.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm 
and  at  the  age  of  thirty-five  succeeded  to  the 
property,  caring  for  his  father  in  his  declining 
years.  The  farm  comprises  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres,  two-thirds  of  which  was  under 
cultivation,  the  remainder  in  timber,  but  in 
recent  years  the  timber  has  been  cut  and  nearly 
all  the  land  cleared.  He  sold  the  farm  in  1S93 
and  bought  a  farm  at  Staunton,  Virginia,  but 
after  a  year  sold  out  and  returned  to  Fort  Fair- 
field and  bought  another  farm.  In  1902  he 
again  sold  out  and  bought  a  farm  at  V/ash- 
burn,  Maine.  Three  years  later  he  sold  this 
farm  and  bought  a  smaller  place  on  the  Cur- 
rier road.  In  191 1  he  sold  his  farm  and  re- 
tired from  farming.  He  has  since  been  living 
in  the  village  of  Fort  Fairfield.  In  politics  be 
is  a  Democrat.  He  was  road  agent  of  Fort 
Fairfield  for  several  terms.  In  religion  he  is 
a  L'niversalist.    He  is  a  member  of  Aroostook 


\'alley  Grange,  Xo.  4S5  ;  of  Eastern  Frontier 
Lodge,  Xo.  u.;.  Free  and  Accepted  ),lasons, 
in  which  he  has  held  the  offices  of  junior  and 
senior  warden. 

Mr.  Currier  married  (fitst)  January  8,  1871, 
in  Fort  Fairfield,  Amanda  J.  Averil),  born  iii 
Fort  Fairfield,  April  12,  1847,  ''ied  there  July 
17,  1907.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Churcli,  and  of  Aroostook  \'allcv 
Grange,  Xo.  485,  Patrons  of  Hu.sbandry.  Chif- 
dren:  i.  George  W.,  born  I-^bruary  23,  1872; 
married  ]\Iildred  Poole,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine ;  he  is  a  farmer  of  Fort  F'airfield ;  clfil- 
dren  :  Blanche  and  Marion.  2.  Henry  C,  born 
May  16,  1874.  died  April  19,  1877.  3-  Jesse 
S.  A.,  born  July  19,  1875,  died  April  22,  1877. 
4.  Olive,  born  October  24,  1876;  married 
Charles  E.  Jones,  of  Fort  Fairfield;  resides  at 
Maple  Grove.  5.  Charles  W.,  born  Xovember 
14.  1878;  married  Rena  Russell,  of  Skow- 
hegan,  Maine;  children:  Falvina,  Lovisa, 
Opal,  Russell  and  an  infant.  INIr.  Currier  mar- 
ried (second)  at  Fort  Fairfield,  September  i, 
190S,  Mrs.  Mary  G.  (Marr)  Campbell,  born 
in  Scotland,  January  29,  1856.  She  came  to 
the  United  States  with  her  parents  when  siie 
was  sixteen  years  old  and  settled  in  the  Scotch 
colony,  X'ew  Brunswick.  She  was  educiUed 
in  Scotland.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Congie- 
gational  church,  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society, 
the  \\'omen's  Christian  Temperance  Union, 
the  Philomathean  Literary  Society,  and  a  for- 
mer member  of  Goodwill  Chapter,  Xo.  85, 
Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  Marr,  a  Scotch  immigrant,  who 
settled  in  the  Scotch  settlement.  Children  of 
James  Marr:  i.  James,  retired  farmer  of 
Caribou.  2.  Alexander,  a  farmer.  3.  Ann, 
resides  in  Boston,  unmarried.  4.  Isabelle,  mar- 
ried Ruell  Shaw,  a  fanner  of  Caribou.  5. 
Daughter,  resides  in  t'.cston.  6.  Mary  G.,  mar- 
ried  (first) Campbell,   (second)   John 

F.  Currier,  mentioned  above. 


William  Brown,  the  immigiant 
BROWX     ancestor,  was  born  in  the  Xorth 

of  Ireland,  died  in  Xashwaak, 
Xew  Brunswick.  His  name  may  have  been 
Jacob  instead  of  William,  tliough'the  latter  is 
thought  to  be  correct.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try after  his  marriage,  with  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren, and  settled  in  Xashwaak,  where  he  v,-as 
a  farmer.  Children,  born  in  Ireland :  Jacob, 
died  in  X'ashwaak,  a  farmer ;  Isaac,  a  hotel 
proprietor;  Sanuiel,  mentioned  below;  David, 
died  in  Xasluvaak.  a  farmer ;  Benjamin,  died 
in  Xashwaak.  a  farmer ;  John  ;  Betsey,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Miller,  a  well-to-do  farmer  of 
Xashwaak ;  seven  or  eight  other  children, 
whose  names  are  not  known. 


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P        (II)   Samuel  Brown,  son  of  William  Drown, 
I    vi:i;  li'jrii  in  1797,  died  at  Portage  Lake,  Maine, 
\    j;-v,3.      He    received    his   education    in    Nash- 
\    uiKit-:.  and  became  a  farmer  and  lumberman. 
i    Al'Oiit  1851  he  left  Xashwaak  and  moved  to 
%    I'lirtngc  Lake,  where  he  lived  the  remainder 
fc;    of  his  life.    In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and 
t    in  religion  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
\     cujial   church.      He   married    Statira    IMcXeil, 
\     ln)rn  in  Nashwaak,  in   1800,  died  at  I'rcsque 
I     Lie,  Maine,  in  August,  1SS9.     She  also  was  a 
'     :;:.•  tuber  of   the   Methodist   Episcopal   church. 
I    S!ie  v.-as  daughter  of  Lyman  McXeil,  born  in 
%    Scotland  in  1760,  died  in  Xashwaak,  in  185S. 
.Mr.    McNeil    was    a   lumberman    audi    farmer 
in   Xashwaak;    he    had    settled    first    in    Xew 
Lrigland,    and    served    in    the    revolution    be- 
fore moving  to  Xew  Brunswick.     He  married 
U;ichel  Lyman,  who  died  in  Xashwaak.     Chil- 
dren of  Lyman  and  Rachel  (Lyman)  AlcXeil : 
1.  Lyman,   died   in   Xashwaak,  a   farmer.     2. 
Tliomas,  died  in  Xashwaak  ;  a  farmer  and  lum- 
berman ;  married  Ann  Ingram.    3.  James,  died 
in    Xashwaak ;    farmer    and    lumberman.      4. 
Statira,  born    iSoo;   married   Samuel .  Brown, 
mentioned  abo\e.     5.  Deborah,  died  in  Xash- 
waak; married   Xemiah  Hanson,   farmer  and 
hotel  proprietor,  anri  sheriff".     6.  Ann,  died  in 
Xashwaak ;   married    W'illiam    Cook,    farmer. 
Children    of    Samuel    and    Statira    (McXeil) 
Brown,  born  in  Xashwaak:    i.  Lavina,  died  in 
Xashwaak;  married  Frazier   Fowler,   farmer, 
of  Xew   Brunswick.     2.   William,   born   Sep- 
tember 14,  1S26,  died  at  Portage  Lake;  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Thompson,  of  Aliramichi,  Xew 
Ilrunswick;    farmer.     3.   Julia,   born   January 
'-5,  1830;  married   (first)   George  Savage,  of 
Xew    Brunswick,    (second)    George    Cole,    of 
Xew  Brunswick  ;  she  lives  in  Princeton,  IMaine. 
4-  Rachel,  born  }.Iarch  3,  1831  ;  lives  in  Marion- 
ette, Wisconsin;  married  William  Shields,  of 
Xashwaak,  a  farmer.     5.  Harriet,  born  Octo- 
ber 20,  1834;  lives  in  Xashwaak  ;  married  John 
Shields,  brother  of  William  Shields ;  farmer. 
^>.  Mary  J.,  born  March  25.  1833,  died  at  Cold 
Stream,  Xew  Brunswick,  190C;;  married  Rob- 
ert Kent,  of  England,  farmer  and  lumberman. 
7-  Ludlow,  born  February  it,  1S37,  died  young. 
'^-  Woodford,    mentioned    below.     9.    Eunice, 
horn  April    13.    1S40;   lives   at   Presque    Isle: 
married    Jarvis    Haywood,    born    in    Lincoln, 
Xew  Brunswick,  September  6,  1831,  died  1892, 
•■»  well-to-do  farnier  and  lumberman  of  Presque 
f;'e.     to.  Fred,  born  August  9,  1S42;  lived  at 
J-  rystal    Falls,    }.Iichigan,    a    lumberman    and 
'^"tt!  proprietor,  now  in  California. 

(HI)  Woodford  Brown,  son  of  Samuel 
•'^■"wn^  v.-as  born  at  Xashwaa!:,  Xew  Bruns- 
^■^ '>-■[■:.  September  3,  1S38.  He  was  educated 
"1  Ihe  schools  of  his  native  town  and  of  Port- 


age Lake,  Maine,  v.-hither  his  i)arents  removed 
when  he  was  tweh. e  years  old.  He  left  school 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  and  assisted  his  father 
on  the  homesteatl  until  he  was  thirty  years  old. 
He  was  also  engaged  in  lumbering,  driving  a 
six-ox  team  and  afterward  six-horse  and  eight- 
horse  teams.  In  iSbS  he  bought  a  farm  of 
150  acres  at  Portage  Lake  and  cleared  it,  cul- 
tivating it  until  1887  when  he  removed  to 
Presque  Isle,  where  he  bought  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  acres.  He  afterward 
sold  the  farm  at  Portage  Lake.  He  is  now 
living  on  the  farm  at  Presque  Isle  and  has  most 
of  the  land  under  cultivation.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  was  road  commissioner 
of  Presque  Isle  for  two  years.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church, 
and  a  member  of  Trinity  Lodge,  Xo.  130,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Presque  Isle;  of 
Garfield  Chapter,  Xo.  48,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
of  Caribou  ;  and  of  Presque  Isle  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Presque  Isle,  and  of  the 
Encampment  and  Canton  there;  and  charter 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Presque 
Isle. 

He  married,  Xovember  29,  186S,  at  Ash- 
land, Afaine,  Hannah  Elizabeth  Sylvester,  born 
at  Portage  Lake,  July  25,  1849.  She  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Oakland  and 
Portage  Lake.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church,  and  was  formerly  a 
member  of  the  Rebekah  Lodge  and  of  the 
Grange.  Children:  i.  Bertha  Ella,  born  May 
6,  1S70;  married  George  Rand,  of  Presque 
Isle,  a  farmer  of  that  town;  children:  W'ood- 
ford  Merchant,  a  student  in  Colby  College ; 
Ray  Randolph,  Frank  Kilburn,  Lucy,  Harry, 
Alarjorie,  Alice,  Helen  and  Emory.  2.  Wal- 
lace David,  born  January  8,  1872,  died  Janu- 
ary 12,  191 1,  in  Menominee,  Alichigan;  pro- 
prietor of  a  livery^  and  training  stable,  an  Odd 
Fellow  and  a  Free  Mason.  3.  Xewcomb  Went- 
wcrth,  born  July  29,  1S73;  driller  of  artesian 
wells  at  Augusta,  Maine,  a  Free  Mason  and 
Odd  Fellow.  4.  Sarah  Lucy,  born  February 
27,  1875 ;  married  John  Hone,  of  Houlton, 
i.Iaine ;  now  living  at  Presque  Isle,  where  he 
owns  a  theatre;  children:  Jasper  Harold,  at- 
torney at  Portland,  Maine;  Wendell  \"erne, 
student  in  Bowdoin  College;  Llewellyn  and 
^^'oodford'.  5.  Henry  Chesley,  born  Xovem- 
ber 24,  1876;  graduate  of  the  St.  John  School, 
now  tire  State  Xcirmal  School  of  Presque  Isle; 
married  Caddie  McEachron,  of  Presque  Isle; 
now  residing  at  Falls  City,  Oregon ;  he  is  an 
electrician;  child,  Mildred'.  6.  Fred  Fielding, 
born  July  29,  1S79;  a  farmer  in  Presque  Isle; 
member  of  Trinity  Lodge,  Xo.  130,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons.    7.  Perley  Cl>de,  born  May 


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23,  1S81  ;  married  Catharine  Pattangill,  of 
W'alerville,  Maine;  residing  at  Presque  Isle; 
he  is  a  lawyer  ;  member  of  Trinity  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons :  of  the  IModern  Wood- 
men of  America ;  a  Progressive  in  politics, 
formerly  a  Republican ;  has  been  county  treas- 
urer for  the  past  three  years,  was  tax  collector 
three   years   and   county   attorney  two  terms. 

8.  Frank  Otis,  born  April  15,  1883;  married 
Sadie  Bradbury,  of  Fort  Kent ;  resides  in 
Bangor,  jMaine :  a  mail  clerk,  a  Free  Mason. 

9.  Eunice  Evelyn,  born  January  17,  18S5  ;  edu- 
cated in  Presque  Isle  high  school,  member  of 
the  Episcopal  church;  married  (first)  P'rcd 
Elmer  Bennett,  a  farmer  of  Presque  Isle,  where 
he  died  March  19,  1910;  children:  Glen  Elmer, 
born  November  10,  1903;  Louise  Zvlarion,  No- 
vember 8,  1908;  Eunice  Evelyn  married  (sec- 
ond) Jerry  Watson,  of  Grand  Falls,  New 
BrunsCvick.  now  living  in  Presque  Isle,  where 
he  is  a  farmer.  10.  George  Jarvis,  born  at 
Presque  Isle,  May  17.  18S9;  graduate  of  the 
Presque  Isle  high  school  and  student  in  the 
University  of  IMaine  for  a  year  and  in  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Aroostook  for  two 
years;  followed  civil  engineering  for  two 
years ;  now  assisting  his  father ;  member  of 
Kappa  Sigma  fraternity ;  of  Trinity  Lodge, 
No.  130,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

(The  Sylvester  Line). 

(I)  Joseph  Sylvester  was  born  in  1800, 
probably  in  Jefferson,  Maine,  died  at  Palmyra, 
Maine,  in  1867.  He  was  a  farmer  there  for 
several  years.    In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 

•  He  married  (first)  .  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  Susanna  Noyes,  who  probably  was  born 
in  Somerset  county,  Maine,  and  who  died  at 
I'almyra.  Children  by  first  wife :  Flarriet  and 
Rebecca.  Children  by  second  wife:  i.  David 
Weeks,  mentioned  btlow.  2.  Lois,  died  at  Pal- 
myra;  married  Ezra  Badger,  farmer  of 
Maine.  3.  Abial,  died  on  Ship  Island  during 
the  civil  war  of  fever  shortly  after  he  enlisted 
in  1861  in  the  Fifteenth  Maine  Regiment  of 
Volunteer  Infantry.  4.  Susanna,  married 
(first)  James  Thompson,  of  Portage  Lake, 
who  served  in  civil  war,  enlisting  in  1861.  was 
brought  home  and  died  in  hospital :  married 
(second)  William  Brown,  of  Palmyra,  a 
farmer. 

(II)  David  Weeks  Sylvester,  son  of  Joseph 
Sylvester,  was  born  in  Somerset  county,  Maine. 
January  21,  1825.  died  at  Ashland,  Maine, 
October,  1906.  He  settled  at  Portage  Lake 
before  his  marriage  and  became  a  farmer  there. 
He  was  seventeen  years  old  when  his  parents 
settled  there,  and  tliey  felled  the  first  trees  in 
the  place,  clearing  a  farm.     At  various  times 


he  owned  several  farms  at 'Portage  Lake.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  later  a  Re- 
publican, and  he  served  as  town  clerk  and  as 
a  member  of  the  school  board.  In  religion  he 
was  a  l^niversalist.  Lie  married  Eliza  Coffin, 
born  at  Ashland,  June  21,  1831,  died  at  Presque 
Isle,  Maine,  November  29,  1SS8.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Advent  church,  and  daughter 
of  Grindcl  Coffin,  who  was  a  farmer  in  Ash- 
land, Maine,  and  married  Hannah  Walker,  of 
that  place.  Children  of  (jrindel  Coffin  :  Mary, 
married  Hazen  Walker ;  Sally,  married  Daniel 
Small;  Hannah,  married  Daniel  Getchell ; 
Nancy,  married  William  Gardner:  Louise, 
married  (first)  Benjamin  Sylvester,  (second) 
Henry  Tilley:  Eliza,  born  June  21,  1831,  mar- 
ried David  \\'eeks  Sylvester,  mentioned  above  ; 
Levina,  married  Leonard  Ellis;  Printha,  mar- 
ried Simeon  Lord ;  Elbridge,  died  at  Ashland, 
farmer,  unmarried ;  Artemas,  died  at  Ashland, 
farmer:  \Mlliam,  died  at  Ashland,  farmer; 
Stephen,  died  at  Ashland,  farmer;  Lorenzo, 
died  at  Puget  Sound,  Washington,  ranch  owner 
and  miner,  a  "forty-niner"  ;  Rodney,  died  in 
infancy ;  Rufus,  twin  of  Rodney,  died  at  Ash- 
land, a  prominent  lumberman  and  farmer. 

Children  of  David  Weeks  and  Eliza  (Coffin) 
Sylvester:  i.  Hannah  Elizabeth,  born  July  25, 
1S49,  married  Woodford  Brown  (see  Brown 
III).  2.  Wilbert  Augustine,  a  sketch  of  whom 
follows.  3.  Rufus  Coffin,  born  ]May  7,  1854; 
married  Jennie  Johnson,  of  California,  and 
they  live  at  Anacortis,  Washington ;  child, 
^ilyrtis.  4.  ^Iclvina,  born  June  26,  1S56;  mar- 
ried Rev.  George  Bradford;  she  lives  at 
Thomaston,  Maine;  he  was  a  Congregational 
minister :  children :  Lester,  a  physician  in 
Rockland,  Alaine :  \\'alter,  a  Congregational 
minister;  Jean,  living  with  mother.  5.  Charles 
Wesley,  born  April  9,  1S58;  married  Chris- 
tina Ross,  of  Presque  Isle,  they  live  on  farm 
in  Bowdoinham,  Elaine ;  daughter,  Luona,  a 
music  teacher.  6.  Fred,  born  January,  i860; 
married  (first)  Vera  Gardner,  of  .\shland,  and 
had  :  Aubert,  Woodford,  Glen  and  \'ern  ;  mar- 
ried (second)  Nellie  Smith,  of  Castle  Hill,  and 
thcv  live  on  farm  at  Ashland ;  children :  For- 
est,' Charles,  Ruth  and  a  baby  girl.  7.  Wal- 
ter, born  September  7,  1S68,  died  in  New 
Llampshire,  1910:  was  a  Congregational  min- 
ister, and  preached  many  years  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church  at  Albany,  New  York; 
went  to"  Honolulu,  but  returned  because  of  ill 
health  and  retired. 


(Ill)     Wilbert    .\ugustine 

SVL\'ESTFR     Sylvester,    son    of    David 

\Veeks    Syh ester    (q.    v.). 

was  born  at  Portage  Lake.  July  24,  1S51.     He 

received  his  education  there.     He  is  a  farmer 


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79 


;;i  Asliland,  Maine,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
\(l\eiit  cluirch.  In  politics  he  is  a  RepubHcan. 
iie  married  Elora  Martin,  born  in  Ashland  iti 
it55S,  daiii,'hter  of  George  Martin,  a  soldier  in 
the  "civil  war.  Children,  born  in  Ashland:  i. 
Ernest,  born  1S72,  lives  at  Presque  Isle,  un- 
married. 2.  Eva,  born  January,  1874;  married 
Harry  Fall,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  and 
ihcy  live  at  Portland,  ]Maine;  no  children.  3. 
Myrtie,  died  aged  twenty-three,  unmarried.  4. 
Guy  Atwood,  mentioned  below.  Born  in 
(/astle  Mill,  Maine:  5.  Clinton,  born  May  i, 
1S8-I ;  educated  in  Washburn;  is  a  Progressive, 
and  a  member  of  Ashland  Grange ;  married 
Catherine  Skinner,  born  in  Ashland,  1S89;  is 
manager  of  farm  of  Guy  Atwood  Sylvester, 
his  brother;  children:  Eva,  born  I\Iay  2,  1909; 
Jay  Newton,  born  November  17,  191 1,  died 
July  3,  1913;  Wilbert,  born  IMay,  1913;  Nor- 
man, born  January,  1914.  6.  Lena,  born  Au- 
gust, 1889;  m.arried  Roland  Hews,  of  Ash- 
land; no  children;  live  at  Presque  Isle.  7. 
Laura,  died  aged  two  years.  8.  Harry,  born 
January,  1S99,  lives  with  parents. 

(IV)  Guy  Atwood  Sylvester,  son  of  Wil- 
bert Augustine  Sylvester,  was  born  March  4, 
1878,  at  Castle  Hill,  iSIaine.  His  parents  re- 
moved when  he  was  eight  years  old  to  Ash- 
land, Maine,  and  when  he  was  thirteen  to 
Washburn,  Maine,  and  he  attended  the  public 
schools  in  those  towns.  He  left  school  at  the 
age  of  seventeen  and  for  two  years  was  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  father.  Afterward  he 
was  variously  employed  in  Ashland.  He  kept 
a  restaurant  and  boarding  house  and  followed 
farming  there.  After  his  marriage  he  bought 
a  farm  in  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  where  he  has 
since  lived.  He  is  also  a  potato  buyer  and 
shipper  and  agent  of  a  fertilizer  company.  In 
[lolitics  he  was  formerly  a  Republican,  now  a 
Progressive.  He  is  a  member  of  the  .\sh!and 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

He  married,  December  12,  1904,  at  Ashland, 
Ina  (Craig)  Ervin,  born  at  Hartland,  New 
iJrunswick,  JMarch  30,  1S71.  Her  parents  re- 
moved to  Castle  Hill,  IMaine,  when  she  was 
five  years  old  and  she  attended  school  there 
and  at  Presque  Lsle  high  school.  She  attends 
the  Congregational  church,  and  is  a  member 
of  Ashland  Grange  and  of  the  Pj-thian  Sisters. 
Before  her  marriage  she  taught  school  in 
Presque  Isle,  Castle  Plill  and  ^ilapleton  for  a 
period  of  seven  years.  She  married  (firjt) 
9'ivid  Lane  Ervin,  born  in  Burlington.  Maine, 
September  20,  1874,  died  at  Burlington,  state 
<^'f  W'ashington,  September  18,  1901.  He  was 
a  carpenter  and  builder  and  while  in  W'ashing- 
'■■n  was  a  cattle  dealer.  In  politics  he  was  a 
'\i--Iiublican,  a  member  of  the  Orangemen  and 
Kniglit.>  of  Pythias.    By  her  first  marriage  she 


had  no  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sylvester  have 
two  children:  Dawn  ^klyrtic,  born  at  Ashland, 
November  22,  ii-)05 ;  Carol  May,  born  at  .Ash- 
land, April  30,  1909. 


(I)  James  Craig,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  the  North  of  Ireland,  and  was  of 
Scotch  descent.  He  settled  at  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick,  owning  what  is  now  the  city  of  St. 
John,  New  Brunswick,  and  was  a  farmer, 
being  a  pioneer  in  that  place.  One  day  he 
wandere(l  away  from  his  house  and  never  re- 
turned ;    lie    was    probably    murdered,    about 

1800.      His    wife    married    (second) 

Orser.  Children:  Christopher ;  Daniel ;  other 
children,  names  not  known,  and  Jacob,  the 
youngest  of  all,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Jacob  Craig,  son  of  James  Craig,  was 
born  in  1800,  near  Hartland,  New  Brunswick, 
died  there  July,  18S6,  having  been  a  farmer 
there  all  his  life.  He  was  for  many  years 
deacon  of  the  Free  Baptist  Church,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  that  church  there.  He 
married  (first)  Ann  Shaw,  born  at  Cold 
Stream,  New  Brunswick,  in  1808,  died  at 
Hartland  in  1871.  He  married  (second) 
Letitia  Noble,  who  was  born  near  Hartland, 
and  lives  there  now,  over  ninety  years  of  age. 
He  was  over  seventy  when  they  were  married. 
Children  by  first  wife,  born  in  Hartland:  I. 
Stephen,  farmer,  died  in  Jacksontown,  Maine. 
2.  Samuel,  farmer,  died  at  Hartland;  married 
Matilda  ]\Iurphy,  of  Lee,  ]\[aine.  3.  ?klaria, 
died  at  Cold  Stream;  married  Samuel  Foster, 
of  that  place,  a  well-to-do  farmer.  4.  John 
Bunyon,  died  on  family  homestead  at  Hart- 
land ;  married  Basha  Turner,  of  Cold  Stream. 
5.  Evard,  dietl  at  Hartland ;  married  Augusta 

;  she  married   (second)   Mr.  Grier;  he 

was  farmer  on  family  homestead.  6.  George, 
died  at  \\'ade,  Elaine;  farmer;  married  (first) 
Phoebe  Murphy,  si.ster  of  Matilda  Murphy: 
(second)  Martha  Turner;  (third)  Alargaret 
Smith,  of  Hartland.  7.  Jerusha,  died  at 
father's  house;  married  William  Murphy, 
brother  of  Matilda  Murphy.  8.  Daniel  Shaw, 
mentioned  below.  9.  Hannah,  die<I  at  Maple- 
ton,  Alaine ;  married  John  Turner,  brother  of 
Martha:  first  a  miller,  later  a  farme'-.  10. 
Phoebe,  died  at  Hartland,  aged  two  years. 

(HI)  Daniel  Shaw  Craig,  son  of  Jacob 
Craig,  was  born  at  Hartland,  New  Brunswick, 
March  28,  1S47,  died  at  A.-hland,  Maine,  No- 
vember I,  1902.  He  first  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business,  and  moved  to  Castle  Hill,  1876, 
where  he  also  was  a  lumberman  and  carried  on 
a  farm.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Church,  and  was  an  Orangeman.  He 
married    Mary   Adelia   Rideout    (see    Rideout 


So 


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II).  She  was  born  in  Florenccville,  New 
Brunswick,  April  30,  1S49.  and  now  lives  in 
Ashland,  where  she  is  a  member  of  the  I'Vee 
Will  Baptist  Church.  Children:  i.  Sylvester 
Jacob,  born  at  Hartland,  July  11,  1S68,  died  in 
infancy.  2.  Pennington  Edward,  born  at  Jrlart- 
land,  August  14,  1869;  married  Alice  Rose,  of 
Presque  Jsle;  cliildren:  Hope  Eloisc,  ^lary 
Alice,  Daniel  Benton.  3.  Ina,  born  March  30, 
1871  ;  married  (first)  David  L.  Ervin,  (sec- 
ond) Guy  Atwood  Sylvester  (see  Sylvester 
IV).  4.  Kearney  Daniel,  died  in  infancy.  5. 
Allen,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Loren  Daniel,  born 
at  Hartland,  March  20,  1875;  married  Maude 
Edwards,  of  Maysville,  a  part  01  Presque  Isle, 
where  they  have  a  large  farm ;  children :  Clyde 
Chester,  Ivan  Lester,  Ruel  Loren,  Erla  Eloise, 
Evalyn  Addie,  Irene  2\Iande,  and  Reta  May. 
7.  Frank  Henry,  born  at  Ashland,  March  28, 
1S77,  died  July  18,  1913.  in  Milford.  Massa- 
chusetts; lived  at  Smyrna  Mills,  Maine;  mar- 
ried Ella  I'.rooks,  of  New  Brunswick,  and  she 
lives  at  Smyrna  ]\Iills;  children:  Mildred 
Frances,  Chester  Clyde  and  Helen.  8.  Nettie 
Adelia,  born  at  Ashland,  April  13,  1879;  mar- 
ried James  Howard,  of  ^Nledway,  Maine; 
farmer ;  they  hve  at  Island  Falls,  :>.Iaine,  where 
he  is  also  a  tanner;  children:  Edith  Craig, 
Mary  Ernnia,  deceased,  Dorothy  Ruth,  Ken- 
neth Paul,  Hazen  James,  Frunk. 

(The   Kideout   Line). 

(I)  Abraham  Rideout  was  born  in  the  prov- 
ince of  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  and  died  at 
Majorville,  New  Brunswick.  He  married  a 
Miss  Todd,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in 
Majorville,  being  a  farmer  there.  Children: 
Abraham,  died  a  young  man,  unmarried ;  Na- 
thaniel, died  in  New  Brunswick,  farmer;  Isaac, 
deceased  ;  Jacob,  mentioned  below  ;  Prudence  ; 
Naomi ;  Margaret ;  Tamer ;  and  two  others, 
names  not  known. 

(II)  Jacob  Rideout,  son  of  Abraham  Ride- 
out,  was  born  at  Majorville,  New  Brunswick, 
in  1806,  died  at  Castle  Hill,  Alaine,  in  1890. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Floreaceville,  New  Bruns- 
wick, all  his  active  Ufe,  and  he  lived  after  his 
retirement  with  his  son,  Isra  Allen  Rideout, 
in  Castle  Hill.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church  of_  Florencc- 
ville, and  was  a  deacon.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Kearney,  bom  near  Bristol,  New  Bruns- 
wick, in  1808,  died  at  Florenceville,  in  i860. 
He  married  (second)  Julia  Squires,  from  Eng- 
land. Children  by  first  wife:  i.  .\deline,  died 
aged  five  vears.  2.  Mahala,  died  at  Florence- 
vTlie;  mafried  William  Clark,  of  Westheld, 
Maine.  3.  Isra  Allen,  lives  at  Washburn, 
Maine,  aged  seventy-eight,  farmer;  served  in 
civil  war  in  the   Fifteenth   Maine   Regiment; 


married  ^Martha  (Stevens)  Sylvester,  widow 
of  -Ansel  Sylvester,  who  died  in  Libby  prison 
during  the  civil  war;  he  belonged  to  the  Fif- 
teenth Maine  Regiment  of  V'ol'.mteer  Infantry, 
and  served  four  years.  4.  Sophia  Jane,  lives 
in  Mapleton,  Maine,  aged  scvcnty-si.x,  unmar- 
ried. 5.  Barzilli,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Phaiuiel, 
died  in  infancy.  7.  Jacob  Barzilli,  born  1843, 
died  at  Los  Angeles,  California,  November  10, 
1902;  married  Martha  Hall,  of  Unity,  ]\Iaine; 
she  lives  at  Whittier,  California ;  he  was  a  Pres- 
byterian minister,  well  known  throughout  the 
west  as  a  writer  and  poet.  8.  Sylvanus  (called 
Sylvester  S.),  lives  at  Spring  Lake,  ^Michigan, 
born  December,  18.44;  married  Charlotte  John- 
son, of  Spring  Lake ;  served  in  civil  war  four 
years  in  Fifteenth  ]\Iaine  Regiment  of  Voluii- 
teer  Infantry,  being  badly  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Cedar  Creek.  9.  Noah  Nathaniel, 
born  October,  1846;  lives  at  Mapleton,  Maine; 
farmer;  married  (first)  Hattie  Dean;  married 
(second)  Angeline  Dingy,  of  Lower  Peel,  New 
Brunswick.  10.  Mary  Adelia,  married  Daniel 
Shaw  Craig  (see  Craig  HI).  11.  Francis  Job, 
died  aged  five  years.  12.  Harriet  Adeline,  by 
second  wife. 


Durgan  is  a  variation  of  the 
DCRG.VN     surname  Durgin.     An  account 

of  the  immigrant  ancestor  and 
of  the  early  generations  in  New  Hampshire  is 
given  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

(I)  Joseph  M.  Durgan.  a  descendant  of 
William  Durgin,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
in  1790,  died  at  Sedgwick,  Maine,  October  19, 
1875.  He  was  a  teacher  and  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Nellie  Grindel.  born  in  Maine,  died  at 
Sedgwick.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  a  farmer  and 
miller  of  Sedgwick,  married  Phebe  Freethy, 
born  in  what  is  now  Brooklin  in  181 1,  died 
about  the  age  of  ninety-one  years.  Her 
grandmother  was  Elizabeth  Black,  the  first 
white  child  born  in  that  tov.-n.  2.  Elbridge, 
a  farmer,  died  at  Blue  Hill,  Maine.  _  3. 
Reuben,  a  fanner,  died  at  Sherman,  ]\Iaine ; 
married  Mary  Curtis,  of  Blue  Hill.  4.  Israel, 
a  farmer,  died  at  Surrey,  .Maine;  enlisted  in 
the  civil  war  from  Sherman  in  Company  C, 
Twenty-ninth  Regiment  [Maine  Volunteer  In- 
fantry,' mustered  in  December  17,  1863,  and 
served  to  the  end  of  the  war ;  was  sent  to  the 
hospital  on  account  of  sickness,  November  i, 
1864.     5.  George  W.,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  George  W.  Durgan,  son  of  Joseph  M. 
Durgan,  was  born  at  Sedgwick,  ]Maine,  1835, 
died  in  Sherman,  Maine,  August  18,  i_90<;. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  town 
of  Sherman,  where  he  settled  in  1858  and 
cleared  a  farm.     In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 


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':v.an.  He  enlisted,  August  i8,  1863,  and  was 
iiuistered  into  service,  August  25,  1863.  lie 
u;is  wounded,  jNIay  16,  1864,  at  the  battle  of 
Drury's  P.lutT,  during  a  charge,  by  a  bullet 
nred'by  mistake  by  an  own  comrade.  He  re- 
iiinined  in  the  military  hospital  until  Novem- 
ber, 1865.  He  married  -\Iaria  Lucy  Grindell, 
liorn  in  Sedgwick,  1S40,  died  at  Sherman, 
April  28,  1899.  Children:  i.  Fred  Grindell, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Abby  F.,  born  at  Sher- 
man, September  18,  1S68;  married  William  H. 
JA'wis,  of  Ripley,  Maine;  he  is  a  merchant  at 
Slicrman ;  children  :  Jennie  2^L  and  Fred  D. 
i.cu-is. 

(IH)  Fred  Grindell  Durgan,  son  uf  George 
W.  Durgan,  was  born  at  Blue  Hill,  Hancock 
ciiunty,  Maine,  July  18,  1S58.  His  parents 
moved  to  Sherman  in  that  state  when  he  was 
six  months  old  and  he  attended  the  public 
schools  there  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old. 
He  also  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  and 
rtmaincd  on  the  homestead  until  he  was  of 
age,  working  in  the  woods  as  a  lumberman 
during  the  winters.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  bought  a  farm  in  Sherman,  where  he  now 
ovv-ns  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  of  which 
a  hundred  acres  are  under  cultivation.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  until  1910.  During  the  next 
year  and  a  half  he  made  railroad  ties.  He 
engaged  in  business  at  Easton.  ]Maine,  jMay  3, 
1912,  as  a  general  merchant.  His  business  has 
grown  and  prospered.  At  the  present  time  he 
is  enlarging  his  store  to  take  care  of  his  large 
and  increasing  trade.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. For  three  years  he  was  a  selectman 
of  Sherman  and  he  has  been  road  surveyor  for 
several  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Golden 
Sheath  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of 
Katahdin  Lodge,  United  Workmen  of  Amer- 
ica, of  Sherman. 

He  married  at  Patten,  IMaine,  September, 
1878,  Addie  J.  Hayden,  born  at  Rawson 
Plantation,  Alaine,  Ap'ril  28,  1856,  attended  the 
public  schools  in  Sherman  and  taught  school 
at  Monarda,  Maine,  for  two  terms.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  (see 
Hayden  VII).  Children,  all  born  at  Sherman, 
Maine:  i.  George  W.,  born  April  12,  1879; 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Sherman  and 
the  University  of  Maine,  B.  S.,  1902;  was  a 
merchant  in  Sultan  City,  Washington,  for  two 
years ;  now  associated  with  his  father ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  unmarried.  2. 
' 'harles  H.,  born  February  9,  iSSi  ;  married 
-Mary,  daughter  of  John  McNally,  a  farmer  of 
Sherman ;  children :  Lee  James,  born  June  26, 
";»o8,  in  Sherman  ;  Lucy  Mary,  February  4, 
''HO;  Carl  Lewis.  February  20,  1912,  in  Sh.er- 
'•'•in.     3.   ;^,Iaria   L.,  born  January    16,    18S7; 


married  Harvey  I.  Benson,  of  Sedgwick,  now 
of  Easton;  children:  Walter  Richard,  born 
September,  1908 ;  Lulu  Mac,  April  2,  190S. 

(The  Haydtn  Line). 

The  Hayden  or  Ileydon  family  derives  its 
surname  from  the  name  of  a  town  in  county 
Norfolk,  England.  The  history  of  the  family 
extends  back  to  the  time  of  the  Conquest  and 
came  into  prominence  in  the  thirteenth  century. 

(I)  Thomas  de  Heydon,  resident  of  Iley- 
don, justice  itinerant  in  county  Norfolk  in 
1 22 1,  is  tlie  progenitor  of  all  the  English  Hay- 
dens  that  have  been  traced.  The  elder  branch 
of  the  family  remained  in  Norfolk;  a  younger 
branch  located  in  Devonshire  about  1273  and 
another  at  Hat  ford,  near  London.  Thomas  de 
Fleydon  was  burn  about  11 55,  died  in  1250. 

(H)  William  de  Heydon,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  de  Pleydon,  boni  1220,  died  1272;  had 
the  estate  at  Norfolk. 

(HI)  John  de  Ilaydon,  son  of  \A''illiam  de 
Heydon,  was  county  jndge  of  Devonshire  in 

1273- 

(I\  )  Robert  Ilaydon  or  de  Hayden,  son  of 
John  de  Haydon,  settled  in  Boughwood, 
Devonshire;  married  Joan  ■ -— . 

(V)  Henry  Haydon,  son  of  Robert  Hay- 
don, married  Julian,  daughter  and  heir  of  Hay- 
don of  Ebford. 

(VI)  W'illiam  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  Henry 
Haydon,  inherited  the  estate  at  Boughwood. 

(VII)  Robert  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  William 
(2)  Haydon.  succeeded  his  father. 

(VIII)  John  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  Robert 
(2)  Haydon. 

(IX)  Henry  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  John  (2) 
PPiydon,  had  Boughwood  and  Ebford  in  1397; 
was  succeeded  by  his  son  John,  who  died  with- 
out issue  and  was  succeeded  by : 

(X)  William  (3)  Haydon,  son  of  Henry 
(2)  Haydon;  he  had  sons:  Leonard,  John, 
Richard,  William. 

(XI)  Richard  Ilaydon,  son  of  William  (3) 
Ilaydon,  was  living  on  the  estate  in  1476.  Chil- 
dren: Richard,  John,  Jane,  married  Robert 
Gilbert. 

(XII)  Richard  (2)  Haydon,  son  of  Richard 
(i)  Haydon,  had  tlie  estates  in  1522:  married 
Joan  Trent,  daughter  of  }ilaurice  Trent,  of 
Ottery  St.  IMary.  Children:  Thomas,  John, 
George. 

(XIII)  Thomas  (2)  Hayden.  son  of  Rich- 
ard (2)  Haydon,  married  Joan  Weeks,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Weeks,  of  Ploney  Church. 
Children:  Thomas,  Jane,  IVtargaret  and  an- 
other daughter. 

(XIV)  Thomas  (3)  Hayden,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Hayden,  inherited  the  estates  of  Hilis  in 


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Kelmiston,  Bougliwood  and  Ebford;  married 
Christiana,  daughter  of  Robert  Tidersleigh,  of 
Dorsetshire.  ■  Children  :    Robert,  Thomas. 

(XV)  Robert  (3)  IIa3den,  son  of  Thomas 
(3)  Hayden,  inherited  tlie  estate  of  his  grand- 
uncle,  John  Ilayden,  a  distinguished  lawyer, 
who  held  the  charter  for  incorporating  the 
church  when  England  broke  away  from  the 
Roman  churcli  in  1536,  known  as  St.  Mary 
Ottery.  He  married  Joan  Paulct.  Children: 
Gideon,  Amias,  Erew,  Margaret. 

(X\'I)  Gideon  Hayden,  son  of  Robert  (3) 
Ilayden,  succeeded  to  the  Cadhay  and  Ebford 
estates;  married  Margaret  Davy,  daughter  of 
John  Davy.  The  family  historian  says  they 
had  seven  sons  and  fi\e  daughters,  of  whom 
John,  ^\'illiam  and  James  emigrated  to  Boston 
in  1630-31.  In  any  case,  the  American  immi- 
grants were  closely  relatetl  to  the  ancestors 
mentioned  above. 

(I)  John  Ilayden,  the  immigrant  to  Amer- 
ica, believed  to  be  son  of  Gideon  Ilayden,  was 
born  in  England,  came  to  Boston  in  1630,  and 
was  made  a  freeman,  May  14,  1634.  He  was 
a  proprietor  of  Dorchester  in  1632.  In  1640 
he  was  living  in  Braintree,  formerly  called  Mt. 
WoUaston,  Bo.slon.  His  will,  dated  October 
31,  1678,  proved  July  26,  1682,  bequeathed  to 
wife  and  children.  Children:  John,  bo'"n  1636; 
Joseph;  Samuel,  married  Hannah  Thayer; 
Jonathan,  born  May  19.  1640;  Hannah,  April 
7,  1642 ;  Ebenezer,  September  12,  1645  I  ^'ehe- 
miah,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Nehcmiah  Hayden,  son  of  John  Hay- 
den, was  born  at  Braintree,  Alassachusetts, 
Eebruary  14,  1647-48,  died  January  12,  1717- 
18.  He  was  a  prominent  and  intluentiai  citi- 
zen of  Braintree  and  served  as  selectman  ten 
years,  1706-16,  and  on  important  town  com- 
mittees. He  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  Middle  Precinct  church  at  the  time  of  Mr. 
Niles'  ordination  in  171 1.  His  will  was  dated 
January  6,  17 17-18,  and  proved  February  28, 
1717-18,  mentioning  all  the  children  except 
Mary.  He  married  Hannah  Neale,  daughter 
of  Ilenry  Neale.  Children:  Xehemiah.  born 
May.  16S0;  Hannah,  July  18,  1681  ;  :Mary. 
married  Samuel  Hayden;  Samuel;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below;  Rachel,  married  Samuel 
Paine  ;  John  ;  Ebenezer  ;  Jonathan. 

(III)  Benjamin  Hayden,  son  of  Nehemiah 
Ha)-den,  was  born  at  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts, Eebruary  22,  1685-86,  died  intestate  in 
1738.  He  married  Elizabeth  Faxon,  daughter 
of  Josiah  Faxon,  ]^Jay  12,  1722.  His  widow 
Elizabeth  was  appointed  administratrix,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1738.  Captain  Richard  Faxon  was 
appointed  guardian  of  Charles,  Joscpli.  Thomas 
and  Robert,  her  minor  children,  in  174S,  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Braintree:    Benjamin,  born  Au- 


gust 21,  1724;  Xehemiah.  January  5,  1726; 
Elizabeth,  1727;  Charles,  December  (>,  1730; 
Ruth,  September  4,  1732,  died  August  12, 
^739;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Robert,  Janu- 
ary 7..  1735-36;  Thomas,  July  12,  1738.  " 

(]\')  Colonel  Josiah  Ilayden.  son  of  Ben- 
jamin Hayden,  was  born  at  Braintree,  Massa- 
chusetts, Alay  15,  1734,  died  in  1814.  He  re- 
moved to  Bridgewater,  to  North  r.ridgewater 
and  finally  to  W'inslow.  now  W'aterville,  Maine. 
He  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  revolution, 
captain  of  the  Bridgewater  minute-men  in 
Colonel  Bailey's  regiment,  on  the- Lexington 
alarm;  captain  in  General  Thomas'  regiment. 
May  24,  1775,  and  later  in  1775  in  Colonel 
Bailey's  regiment.  He  was  afterward  major 
and  colonel  of  the  militia.  He  was  clerk,  treas- 
urer and  moderator  of  the  proprietors  of 
Waterville,  Maiiie,  1787,  and  afterward.  He 
married,  in  1763,  Silence  Hayward  or  Howard. 
Children:  Charles,  mentioned  below;  Josiah. 
Daniel,  Silence,  ]Meliitable,  Damaris,  Eliza- 
beth, Mary. 

(\')  Charles  Hayden,  son  of  Colonel  Josiah 
Hayden,  was  born  in  Bridgewater.  Massachu- 
setts, in  1767,  and  removed  with  his  parents 
to  W'inslow,  INIaine.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
surveyor  of  Waterville.  He  made  a  survey 
around  Moosehead  Lake.  Among  his  children 
was  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Henry  Hayden,  son  of  Charles  Hay- 
den, was  born  at  Waterville,  Z^Iaine,  in  1800, 
died  at  Bangor,  in  1827.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade.  In  religion  he  was  a  }iIethodist ;  in  poli- 
tics a  Whig.  He  married  Lucy  Davis,  who 
died  at  Portland,  Maine,  during  the  civil  war. 
Children,  born  at  Waterville:  i.  Eliza  D.,  born 
in  1821,  died  in  1890,  at  Greene,  Maine;  mar- 
ried Henry  Pulsifer,  a  carpenter.  2.  Martha 
J.,  born  1823,  died  in  the  west,  188S;  married 

■ — ■   Thompson,    of    Minnesota.      3.    ]Mar- 

garet  A.,  born  1823,  twin  of  Martha  J.,  resided 
in  southern  California;  married  John  Hass. 
4.  Giarles  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Charles  Henry  Hayden,  son  of  Henry 
Hayden,  was  born  at  Waterville,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1825.  He  is  now  living  in  Sherman. 
He  was  formerly  a  farmer  in  Phillips  and 
Monarda,  Maine.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. For  many  years  he  was  selectman.  He 
was  on  the  school  board  for  twenty-five  years 
and  town  clerk  for  some  years.  He  was  mus- 
tered into  the  army,  December  8,  1S64,  in  the 
I'^irst  Regiment  Maine  \'oIunteer  Infantry,  and 
served  seven  months.  He  was  taken  prisoner 
at  Petersburg  shortly  before  the  end  of  the 
war.  He  was  mustered  out,  June  30,  1865.  lie 
married  Catherine  Smith,  born  in  Alsace,  Ger- 
manv.  June  12,  1825,  died  at  .Monarda.  Maine, 
April    14,    1892.     Her   father,   Francis   Smith, 


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inarricil  Gertrude  Walter,  also  of  Alsace.  Her 
jiarcnts  came  to  America  when  she  was  two 
\cars  old  and  settled,  finally,  at  Ilenedicta, 
Elaine.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  but  fol- 
lowed farming  in  Benedicta.  Francis  Smith 
was  born  in  17S9,  died  in  1873;  l^'S  wife  was 
burn  in  1790,  died  in  1877.  He  and  his  family 
uerc  Roman  Catholics  in  religion.  Children 
of  Charles  Henry  Hayden:  i.  Addie  J.,  m^r- 
ricd  l-'rcd  Cirindell  Durgan  (see  Durgan  HI). 
J.  Charles,  born  December  16,  1S57,  a  farmer; 
married  Henrietta  Williams,  of  Newport, 
Maine.  3.  Walter,  born  March  28,  1859;  re- 
sides at  Sultana,  Washington,  a  real  estate 
dealer  and  promoter ;  married  Elizabeth  Bran- 
niff,  of  Pennsylvania.  4.  George  F.,  born  May 
1,  1861  ;  resides  at  Tampa,  F'lorida,  a  carpen- 
ter: married  Clara  Moore,  of  Phillips,  Maine; 
children;  Marion,  Cora,  George  F.,  Julie  Belle. 


The  surname  Hawley  seems  to 
HAWLEY     have    had    a    Xorman    origin. 

At  any  rate  it  was  used  by  a 
Xorman  at  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  and 
appears  in  the  Battle  Abbey.  The  family  has 
been  prominent  in  Derbyshire  since  about  A.  D. 
1200.  We  have  six  generations  of  an  old- 
pedigree  in  that  county.  Doubtless  many  of 
the  families  branched  off  froin  this  line.  John 
Hawley  (5),  of  Banbridge,  had  an  only  daugh- 
ter and  heir,  Anne,  who  married  Thomas 
Blount.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Hawley, 
•of  Ersby,  and  grandson  of  Sir  William,  of 
Ersby.  Sir  William's  father  was  also  Sir 
William,  and  his  grandfather  was  Robert  de- 
Hawley.  Coat-of-arms  of  the  Derby  family: 
\'ert  a  satire  engrailed  argent.  Crest:  A  dex- 
ter arm  in  armor  proper  garnished  or  holding 
in  the  hand  a  spear  or  bend  spinster  point 
downwards  proper.     Motto:     Snivccinoi. 

(I)  The  father  of  the  three  immigrants  of 
this  family  who  came  to  America  and  their 
two  sisters  is  not  known,  and  though  it  is 
known  that  they  were  of  the  Derbyshire  fam- 
ily, the  English  lineage  has  not  been  traced. 
Children:  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Haimah, 
of  Milford,  Connecticut,  married  (first)  John 
Cfford,  and  (second)  Captain  John  Beard; 
Klizabeth,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut,  married 
John  Booth ;  Thomas,  settled  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  married  Emma  ;  Rob- 
ert, of  Rhode  Island,  married  Dorothy  (Har- 
bottlc')   Lamb,  widow  of  T.  Lamb. 

(H)  Joseph  Hawley,  the  American  immi- 
Rrant  ancestor,  was  born  in  Derbyshire,  Eng- 
land, in  1603,  and  died  May  20,  1690.  Fie 
'^^as  a  yeoman,  and  evidently  of  good  educa- 
tion and  abilities,  for  he  was  the  town  recorder, 
\C,^o-f\f),  at  Stratford.  Connecticut,  where  he 
H'ttled  soon  after  coming  to  this  country.     Fie 


married  Katiieriue  Birdsey,  who  died  at  Strat- 
ford, June  25,  i<'.(>2.  1  le  bou-ht  land>  at  Strat- 
ford in  1650  of  Richard  Mills,  and  from  time 
to  time  he  received  grants  of  land  when  the 
common  lands  were  divided.  F!e  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  assembly  thirty  times 
in  thirty-three  years,  and  evidently  one  of  the 
most  prominent  men  oi  the  town  of  that  time. 
In  his  will  he  be(|ucat!ied  land  at  Parwidge,  in 
Derbyshire,  to  his  son  Samuel.  This  is  the 
town  of  Parwich,  nine  miles  from  old  Derby. 
Children,  born  at  Stratford;  Sanuiel,  (q.  v.)  ; 
Joseph  Jr..  born  January  y,  1^)49;  Elizabeth, 
January  26,  1651;  FIbenezer,  Sei)tembcr  16, 
1654;  Hannah,  May  26,  1657;  Ephraim,  (q. 
V.)  ;  John  Esq.,  June  14,  1661  ;  Mary,  July  16, 
1663,  married  Captain  John  Coc. 


The    surname    Watson    i^    de- 

WATSOX  rived  from  Wat,  the  familiar 
form  for  Walter,  with  the 
termination  son,  meaning  son  of  Walter.  It  is 
of  English  origin  and  tlie  family  of  Watson 
dates  back  to  the  beginning  of  surnames  of 
England.  The  family  has  several  coats-of- 
arms.  That  of  the  family  at  Rockingham, 
county  Xorthampton,  is  described:  Parted 
proper  pale  first  argent  on  chevron  azuie  tliree 
crescents  or,  between' three  martlets  sable.  In 
America  the  family  is  exceedingly  numerous. 
Xo  less  than  eighteen  immigrants  came  to  this 
country,  five  of  whom  were  named  John  Wat- 
son, between  1623  and  1G35.  Xumerous  Scotch- 
Irish  immigrants  came  about  1720-50  and  in 
later  years  immigrants  came  from  England 
and  Scotland. 

The  family  was  numerous  in  Essex  county 
at  an  early  date.  Phillip  Watson  was  of  Row- 
ley. Massachusetts,  1678,  and  had  lived  previ- 
ously at  Salisbury;  his  son  William  died  De- 
cember 19,  1657.  Fie  was  generally  known  as 
F'hilip  Watson  Challis  and  most  of  his  de- 
scendants, if  not  all,  used  the  surname  Challis. 

John  Watson  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
Rowley  in  1672.  Fie  removed  to  Bradford, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  original  members  of 
the  church  in  1682.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  filed  in  1685.  He  married  Eunice 
or  Flnmia  Barker,  daughter  of  James  Barker, 
and  she  was  admitted  to  the  Bradford  church 
in  1695,  Children  of  John  and  Elunice  Wat- 
son :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Xathaniel,  born 
December  2,  1676,  at  Bradford;  Eunice,  April 
20.  1679,  died  young;  Thomas,  October  10, 
1681  ;  Mary,   1684. 

John  (2)  Watson,  son  of  John  fi)  and 
luinice  Watson,  settled  at  Bradford.  He  mar- 
ried, February  2,  1791-92,  Ruth  Hartshorn  or 
Harris,  and  his  children,  Jolm,  Ruth,  .\bigail, 
Flannah,    Samuel    and    Shadrach,    were    bom 


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there.  From  tlio  similarity  of  names  and  dates 
of  birth  and  the  fact  that  the  wife's  name  is  the 
same  the  Bradford  family  has  been  confused 
with  the  Newbury  family.  The  facts  show 
also  that  these  John  Watsons  must  have  been 
closely  related. 

William  Watson,  of  Newbury,  married,  De- 
cember 6,  1670,  Sarah  Perley.  Thomas  Wat- 
son married,   May   19,   1687,   Mary  Hubbard. 

(I)  John  Watson,  nephew  of  John  Watson, 
was  born  about  1660,  died  April  25,  1710.  His 
will  was  dated  April  2ci,  and  probated  June  5, 
1710.  He  was  a  signer  of  the  Bradbury  peti- 
tions. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Salisbury  com- 
pany, 1710,  in  Captain  Abraham  Watson's 
company.  Sergeant  Thomas  Bradbury's  regi- 
ment. His  first  son  was  named  Abraham  and 
it  is  possible  that  Captain  Abraliam  was  his 
father.  He  settled  in  Salisbury.  He  married, 
March  22,  16S7.  Ruth  Griffin,  who  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Salisbury  church.,  August  26, 
1706.  Children,  born  at  Salisbury  :  Abraham, 
born  December  13,  1688;  John,  September  11, 
1690,  died  young;  Hannah,  April  5,  1695,  died 
young;  Jonathan,  October  12,  1696;  Ruth,  bap- 
tized November  2,  1707;  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below. 

(H)  Ebenezer  Watson,  son  of  John  Wat- 
son, was  born  about  1693,  and  was  mentioned 
in  his  father's  will,  1710.  He  married  (first) 
July  10,  1716,  ^lartha  Rawlins.  He  married 
(second)  August  21,  1732,  Eleanor  Long. 
Children,  born  at  Newbury:  Eliphalet,  men- 
tioned below;  child,  baptized  1719;  Rebecca, 
born  September  20,  1724. 

(HI)  Eliphalet  Watson,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Watson,  was  born  at  Newbury,  I^Iassachusetts, 
June  I,  171 7,  and  was  baptized  July  17.  He 
died  at  Norway,  Elaine,  ]\Jarch  14,  1S12.  In 
early  life  he  moved  to  I\Iaine,  and  in  1739  was 
admitted  to  the  church  at  Falmouth.  Soon 
afterward  he  went  to  Gorham,  3.1aine,  of  which 
he  was  a  proprietor  in  1742,  and  he  remained 
ivith  a  few  other  settlers  during  the  French 
and  Indian  war  in  1746.  living  in  the  fort  for 
seven  years  and  suffering  great  hardships.  He 
owned  lot  27  on  which  he  build  a  log  cabin  and 
lot  28.  A  few  years  later  he  erected  a  sub- 
stantial frame  house.  Two  or  more  of  his  chil- 
dren were  born  in  the  fort.  Mr.  W'atscn  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town 
and  was  one  of  the  first  deacons  of  the  church. 
He  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  was  dis- 
tinguished by  his  common  sense,  wisdom,  in- 
dustry, prudence  and  honesty.  He  has  been 
described  as  a  pillar  of  strength  in  the  com- 
munity. He  married  (intentions  dated  at  Fal- 
mouth, Portland,  April  29.  1740)  Elizabeth 
Phinney.  daughter  of  Captain  Jolm  and  Mar- 
tha   (Colman)    I'hinney,   the   first   settlers   of 


Gorham.  His  wife  died  April  15,  1795,  aged 
sevent}--four  years.  Children,  born  at  Gor- 
ham: John,  born  September  23,  1741 ;  ]\Iarllia, 
December  4,  1743;  Susanna,  February  i,  1746; 
Ebenezer,  September  28,  1748;  Colman  P., 
December  4,  1751  ;  Elizabeth,  February  11, 
1754;  Mary,  July  12,  1756;  Eliphalet,  meu- 
tuined  below;  James,  August  3,  1761 ;  Daniel, 
October  11.  1763. 

(IV)  Eliphalet  (2)  Watson,  son  of  Eli- 
phalet (i)  Watson,  was  born  at  Gorham, 
Maine,  ?ilarch  20,  1759.  He  married  Zipporah 
Partridge,  of  }'"almouth.  Children,  born  at 
Gorham:  Ebenezer,  September  20,  17S2  ;  Na- 
thaniel P.,  August  21,  17S8.  He  removed  to 
Waterford  and  had  other  children. 

(V)  Eliphalet  (3)  Watson,  son  or  nephew 
of  Eliphalet  (2^  W'atson,  v.as  born  in  1810, 
at  Fayette,  Kennebec  county,  Maine.  To  this 
town  Enoch  and  Henry  Watson  came  about 
1781  with  the  first  settlers,  according  to  the 
town  history,  and  James,  Noah  and  Thomas- 
came  soon  afterward.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools,  and  when  a  young  man 
was  a  traveling  salesman.  Afterward  he  was 
a  merchant  and  lumberman  of  Ashland,  Maine^ 
•and  Fort  F"airfield.  In  i860  he  bought  a  farm 
at  Fort  Fairfield,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
pioneers.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  a  member  and  deacon  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Church  of  Fort  Fairfield.  He  mar- 
ried   (first)    —  Griffith,  born   in   Boston, 

Massachusetts,  and  died  there.  He  married 
(second)  Martha  Cole,  born  181 1,  at  Park- 
man,  Maine,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  1895.  She 
was  a  devout  ^lethodist.  Eliphalet  Watson 
had  a  brother,  Joseph  Watson,  who  went  to 
Missouri,  was  a  planter,  die'l  there;  a  brother 
Richard,  a  Free  Will  Baptist  minister,  who 
died  in  Elaine.  He  had  several  sisters.  Child 
by  first  wife:  Elizabeth,  died  at  Yonkers.  New 
York;  married  Frank  Constant,  of  Indiana,  a 
merchant;  children:  Elizabeth,  of  Yonkers, 
and  Margaret,  of  Minnesota.  Children  by 
second  wife:  i.  ^lartha,  born  at  Ashland.  1S50; 
married  Clarence  V.  King,  of  Hallowell.  Maine, 
now  of  Caribou,  a  farmer;  cliildren:  Cordelia, 
married  Willard  P.  Hamilton,  a  lawyer,  of 
Caribou ;  Lora,  married  Dr.  W.  E.  Sincock. 
physician  of  Caribou.  2.  Samuel,  born  at  Fort 
Fairfield.  1S52.  died  1869.  3.  Eliphalet,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Eliphalet  (4)  Watson,  son  of  Eli- 
phalet (3)  Watson,  was  born  July  21,  1856, 
at  Fort  Fairfield,  ^Nlaine.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  During  his 
boyhood  lie  assisted  his  father  on  the  home- 
stead, which  afterward  came  into  his  pos-c.-- 
sion  and  a  part  of  which  he  still  owns.  Hehas 
added  to  the  farm  until  he  now  has  two  hun- 


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1813,  died  at 

He  came  to 

:ind  settled  in 


died  and  scvcnty-fivc  acres,  about  ilirce  miles 
from  the  village  of  Fort  Fairheld,  on  the 
Ci'iiant  road.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
I'l.r  six  years  he  has  been  selectman  of  the 
town.  lie  married,  June  8,  1892.  at  Presque 
Jslc,  jane  Haley,  born  at  Fort  Fairl'ield,  1865, 
died  there  September  22,  1895.  They  had  one 
child,  Katherine,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield.  July 
25.  1895,  student  in  Ricker"s  Classical  Insti- 
tute, Hoidton,  Maine,  conununicant  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  clnirch. 

William  Flaley,  father  of  ]\Irs. 
born  at  Inniscortlia,  Ireland,  in 
Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  in  18SS. 
this  country  when  a  young  man  ; 
Fort  Fairfield,  of  which  he  was  a  pioneer.  He 
lived  during  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  the 
farm  which  he  cleared  there.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat.     In  religion  he  was  a  Roman 

Catholic.     He  married Upton,  born  in 

New  Brunswick,  1829,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield 
in  1901.  She  was  also  a  Catholic.  Children, 
born  at  Fort  Fairfield:  i.  Mary,  married  Allen 
Hammond,  of  A'an  Buren,  Maine,  a  lumber- 
man in  that  town ;  children :  Martha  Ham- 
mond, married  Joseph  D.  }^Iartin,  of  St.  Leon- 
ard's, New  Brunswick,  a  merchant;  Alice 
Hammond,  married  Fred  Goud,  cashier  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Houlton :  Haley  Ham- 
mond. 2.  Katherine.  died  at  Fort  Fairfield: 
married  (first)  Daniel  Douty ;  children:  Win- 
nie Douty,  married  Lee  Parker,  a  farmer  of 
Presque  Isle  ;  James  Douty,  salesman  of  Lime- 
stone :  Katherine  marrietl  (second)  Michael 
McLaughlin,  of  Caribou,  now  of  Fort  Fair- 
field, and  had  one  son.  Haley  ^IcLaughlin.  3. 
John,  resides  at  Caribou,  a  farmer.  4.  Rose, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield;  married  Michale  Find- 
Ian,  now  of  the  British  Northwest,  a  lumber- 
man; children:  Flenry  Findlan  ;  Michael  Find- 
Ian,  of  Caribou :  Catherine  Findlan,  of  Bangor, 
stenographer  ;  Clarence  Findlan,  of  \"an  Buren, 
a  druggist.     5.   Martha,  married   Clarence  V. 

King.     6.   William,  married Hale,  of 

Caribou.  7.  Jane,  married  Ftiphalet  Watson, 
mentioned  above. 


The    Whitehonse    sur- 
WHITEHOL'SE     name  is  very  ancient  in 

England.  In  this  coun- 
try the  family  has  been  prominent  in  New 
Hampshire  and  :\Iaine.  Judge  William  P. 
^^  hitehouse.  of  the  ?\Iaine  supreme  court,  is  of 
the  family,  a  descendant  of  the  immigrant 
mentioned'  below. 

J  I)  Thomas  Whitehouse,  the  American  im- 
migrant, was  born  in  England.  He  settled  as 
early  as  165S  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and 
ni  ifif,^  was  received  as  an  inhabitant  of 
Dover. 


ui>on  ti 


:rms  that  ne  was  to  have 


what  he  brought  with  him,  together  with  com- 
monage for  his  cattle,  and  no  other  privilege, 
the  town  thinking  that  it  had  all  it  could 
accommodate.  1  Ic  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade. 
He  signed  a  petition  to  Massachusetts  for  pro- 
tection in  1O89.  He  had  two  sons,  Thomas, 
mentioned  below,  and  Edward. 

(II)  Thomas  (2)  Whitehouse,  son  of 
Thomas  (i)  Whitehouse,  was  born  in  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  about  1650.  He  married  a 
daughter  of  William  Pom  fret  and  they  had  a 
sun  l\.mfrct,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Pomfret  Whitehouse,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)    Whitehouse.  was  born  about   16S0.      He 

married   Rebecca .     Children,  born   at 

Dover:  Pomfret,  born  October  14,  1703; 
William,  mentioned  below;  Judith  and  Ed- 
ward, twins,  November  10,  1710;  Thomas, 
April  8.  1713;  Rosemes.  March  31,  1715;  Sam- 
uel, April  15,  1716;  John,  January  8,  1718; 
Moses.  June  13,  1720. 

(IV)  William  Whitehouse,  son  of  Pomfret 
\\'hitehouse.  was  born  in  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, January  8,  1705.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth  .     He  and  his  daughter  were  both 

ba]Ui.^cd  May  12,  1728,  in  the  Dover  Church. 
Children,  born  at  Dover:  Elizabeth,  1728; 
John.  October,  1730;  Lucy,  April  13,  1733; 
William,  September  21,  1735;  Mary,  Aprif  2, 
1738;  Sarah,  June  15,  1740;  Turner,  men- 
tioned below;  Nathaniel,  November  3,  1745; 
Moses,  May  29.  1748. 

(V)  Turner  Whitehouse,  son  of  William 
^^^litehouse,  was  born  in  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  19,  1742.  He  removed  from 
Dover  to  the  adjoining  town  of  Rochester, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  tanner  and  shoe- 
maker  by    occupation.      He    married   

Hanson  and  had  eleven  children,  of  whom 
Nathaniel  is  mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Nathaniel  \Miitehouse,  son  of  Turner 
Whitehouse,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire. 
.  With  several  brothers,  he  settled  at  Middleton, 
Strafford  county.  New  Hampshire,  near  Moose 
Mountaiii,  and  cleared  farms  there.  He  mar- 
ried, and  among  his  children  was  Enoch,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VH)  Enoch  Whitehouse,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Whitehouse.  was  born  in  17S1  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, died  at  Liberty,  !Maine,  in  1872.  He  was 
a  shoemaker  by  trade.  Children:  i.  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below.  2.  William,  died  in 
southern  Elaine.  3.  Jackson,  died  at  Thomas- 
ton  ;  was  a  ship  carpenter ;  married  and  had 
children :    William  and  Elmer.    4.  Stacy,  died 

at  R'xkland,  Maine  ;  married  - — ■ Achorn ; 

children:  Clara,  a  milliner  at  Rockland,  mar- 
ried   Worthing;  Zctta.     5.   Seth,   was 

drafted  and  served  in  the  Confederate  army  in 
the  civil  war.    6.  CrowcU,  deceased.    7.  Susan, 


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dcceast'd.  8.  Daughter,  married  Juhn  Man- 
chester, a  sea  captain,  now  retired,  hvint;  at 
Camden,  ?vlaiiic.  9.  Sarah,  married  Arthur 
Dodge,  formerly  of  W'estfield,  .Maine,  a 
farmer;  children:  Byron,  deceased;  W'ilhs 
Dodge,   a   mine   promoter,    Montana,   married 

Richards.    Three  other  children,  twelve 

in  all. 

(\'l  II)  Benjamin  \\'liitehouse,  son  of  Enoch 
Whitchouse,  was  born  at  Liberty,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary I,  1821,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  February 
14,  1902.  He  attended  the  common  schools  in 
Liberty,  and  during  his  boyhood  worked  at  the 
trade  of  shoemaker.  \\'hon  he  came  of  age  he 
went  to  work  in  the  ship-yard  at  Warren  and 
Thomaston,  Maine,  as  a  ship  carpenter.  He 
removed,  finally,  to  Mars  Hill,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming  several  years.  After  he  retired 
he  resided  at  Fort  Fairfield.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat.  Pie  served  as  town  treasurer  at 
Mars  Hill  for  several  years.  He  married  Ellen 
Sullivan,  born  at  Castinc,  Maine,  in  iS2g.  djed 
at  Fort  Fairfield  in  September,  1S95.  Slie  was 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  but  attended 
the  Congregational  Church  of  Fort  Fairfield. 
Her  f;ither  was  a  sailor,  lost  overboard  at  sea. 
He  married  Murch.     Their  children: 

1.  Mrs.  Whitehouse.  2.  Sarah  Sullivan,  de- 
ceased. 3.  Susan  Sullivan,  married  William 
Pike,  shoemaker,  Ncwb'.irvport.  Mas-achu- 
setts.  4.  Ephraim  Sullivan,  died  at  Bucksport. 
Maine,  a  farmer ;  married  (first)  Nancy  Hill ; 
(second)  Ann  Dodge,  now  living  near  Bucks- 
port  ;  child  by  first  wife  :  Lizzie,  now  living  in 
Boston;  children  by  second  wife:  Delia,  now 
living  in  New  York;  Mary,  married  W.  R. 
Roix,  lawyer,  Ashland,  I\Iaine,  son  l-'phraim. 
5.  John  Sullivan,  died  at  Tom])stonc.  Arizona, 
a  miner,  unmarried.  Children  of  Benjamin 
and  Ellen  (Sullivan)  ^^'hitehouse :  i.  Ralph 
Cheney,  born  at  Liberty,  Maine.  September, 
1849;  was  a  lumberman,  residing  at  Columbia. 
California;  died   December,   1913,  unmarried. 

2.  Nettie,  born  at  Liberty,  ]Maine,  1S51  ;  mar- 
ried C.  \\".  Kimball,  of  Easton,  Maine,  now 
living  at  Stetson,   Maine,  a   farmer;  no  cliil- 

dren.     3.  Emma,  born   1858;  married  ■ 

Bashford,  of  Tombstone,  Arizona;  both  died 
there  ;  he  was  a  miner  ;  child,  Nettie  Bashford, 
died  young.    4.  Fred  Murch,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Fred  Murch  Whitehouse,  son  of 
Benjamin  AVhitehouse,  was  born  at  Mars  Hill, 
Maine,  April  26,  1868.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Fort  Fair- 
field High  School.  He  entered  the  Boston 
Dental  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1S90  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.  Since 
then  he  has  practiced  his  profession  in  Fort 
Fairfield.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
is  a  member  of  Eastern  Frontier  Lodsjc.  No. 


112,  Ancient  P'ree  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Fort  Fairfield,  of  which  he  is  past  master; 
member  of  Garfield  Chapter,  No.  48,  Ro\al 
.-\rch  Masons ;  Aroostook  Council.  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  Goodwill  Chajiter,  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star ;  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  in  which  he  has  held  the  oltice  of 
escort ;  a  member  of  Citizens  Band  and  of  the 
Fort  Fairfield  Masonic  Club.  He  attends  the 
Congregational  Church. 

Dr.  Whitehouse  married.  Jidy  12.  iSc-jj.  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  Edith  E.  Armstrong,  born  at 
Perth,  New  Brunswick.  May  13,  1871.  She 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church, 
and  past  matron  of  Goodwill  Chapter,  Order 
of  the  Eastern  Star,  a  member  of  Philoma- 
thean  Club,  and  of  tb.e  Ladies'  Au.xiliary  of 
the  Congregational  church.  Wilbert  Arm- 
strong, her  father,  was  born  in  New  Bruns- 
wick, in  184S.  For  the  past  twenty  years  he 
has  followed  farming  in  Fort  Fairfield.  He 
attends  the  Baptist  church.  He  married  F.n)- 
meline  McLaughlin,  born  in  Perth,  New 
Brunswick.  She  also  attends  the  Bajitist 
church.  Children  of  Wilbert  Armstrong:  i. 
Ella  .\rmstrong,  married  Thomas  Hency  Arm- 
strong, of  North  Adams,  Massachusetts,  super- 
intendent of  cotton  mill  there;  no  children.  2. 
Lottie  Armstrong,  married  Henry  W.  Ebbett, 
of  New  Brunswick,  now  of  Caribou,  Maine,  a 
farmer;  children:     Raymond,  Gretchen,  Avis 

Ebbett.     3.  Vina  Armstrong,  married  

Shaw,  of  Caribou,  dealer  in  horses  and  auto- 
mobiles. 4.  Millage  .Armstrong,  married  Geor- 
gia Lovely,  of  Fort  Fairfield;  a  farmer:  chil- 
dren :  Freda  and  Ella.  5.  Edith  E.  .Arm- 
strong, married  Fred  Murch  Whitehouse,  men- 
tioned above.  6.  Henry  Armstrong,  married 
Annie  Shaw ;  he  is  a  farmer.  Caribou.  7. 
A\'esley  Armstrong,  married  ]\Iaud  Ebbett ;  he 
is  a  farmer.  Caribou.  8.  Bernice  Armstrong, 
married  Alfred  N.  Smith,  general  merchant. 
North  Pownal,  Venriont.  9.  Gladys  Arm- 
strong, married  Clement  Richardson,  farmer, 
Bangor.  Children  of  Fred  Murch  Whitc- 
house: I.  Beatrice  Irene,  born  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, April  29,  1894;  graduate  of  the  P'ort 
P'airfield  High  School,  class  of  1912,  and  of 
the  P.liss  Business  College,  North  .Adams. 
191 3,  now  a  stenographer. for  H.  W.  Trafton. 
2.  Ralph  Murch,  born  March  6,  i8qS;  student 
in  the  Fort  Fairfield  High  School,  class  of 
1915- 


Robert  Fletcher,  the  immi- 

FLETCHER     grant,  was  born  in  England, 

in    1592,   died   at   Concord, 

April  3,  1677,  aged  eighty-five.     His  will  was 

dated    i'ebruary    4.    iri72,    then    "aged    about 


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foiir-bcore."  The  family  tradition  fixe?  his 
birthplace  in  Yorksliire.  He  settled  in  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  in  1630,  and  bocanic  well- 
to-do  and  prominent.  Me  was  appointed  by 
the  general  court  a  constable  for  Concord, 
Xovembcr  2,  1637:  was  one  of  the  founders 
of   the   town   of    Chelmsford,    Massachusetts. 

He  married .     Children:  ],uke, 

born  in  England  ;  William,  mentioned  below ; 
Caroline;  Francis,   1630;  Samuel.   1O32. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Robert  Fletcher,  was 
iKjrn  in  England  in  1G22,  died  Xovembcr  6, 
i(>77.  He  came  to  Concord  with  his  father. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  church  there,  was 
made  a  freeman.  May  10.  1643;  selectman, 
1655.  of  Chelmsford,  the  first  town  meeting 
being  at  his  house.  In  1673  ''^  ^^"'is  appointed 
a  commissioner  or  magistrate  for  Chelms- 
ford. He  owned  the  land  on  which  the  city 
of  Lowell  is  located,  and  a  part  of  the  original 
lot  near  the  meeting  house  in  Chelmsford  is 
still  owned  by  his  descendants  and  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  the  family  tw-o  hundred 
years  and  more.  He  married.  October  7,  1645, 
Lydia  Bates,  of  Concord,  who  died  Octol.'er 
12,  1704.  Children:  Lydia.  born  January  30, 
1647;  Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Paul;  Sarah; 
William,  born  at  Chelmsford,  February*  21, 
1657;  ]^Iary,  October  4.  165S;  Esther,  April 
12,  1662:  Samuel,  lulv  23.  ic734. 

(HI)  Joshua,  son  of  William  Fletcher,  was 
born  at  Concord,  ]\Iarch  20,  164S,  died  No- 
vember 21,  1 713.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman, 
March  11,  1GS9.  He  married  (first)  IMay  4, 
1668,  Grissel  Jewell,  who  died  in  January, 
1681.  Fie  married  (second)  Julv  iS.  1681, 
Sarah  Willey.  Child  of  first  wife:  Joshua, 
born  about  1669.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Paul,  1682;  Rachel.  June  2j.  1683;  Timothy, 
October,  1685:  John.  May  7.  1687:  Joseph,  (q. 
V.) ;  Sarah. January  21,  if^.90;  Jonathan;  Jonas, 
1694;  Elii'-abeth,  June   10,   169S. 


The  surnames  Cockburn,  Col- 
COl'.URX  bourne,  Colburn  a-id  Coburn 
are  variations  in  spelling  of  the 
same  old  F'nglish  surname.  It  is  believed  that 
the  name  was  of  very  ancient  Scandinavian 
origin.  The  family  in  England  bore  coats-of- 
arms.  One  is  described  :  Argent  on  a  chevron 
between  three  bugle  horns,  stringed  sable,  as 
many  mullets  of  the  first,  on  a  chief  embattled 
Rules,  pendant  from  a  riband  of  the  last,  fim- 
brinated,  azure.  Crest:  Out  of  a  mural  crown, 
or,  a  reindeer's  head,  argent,  attired  or,  be- 
tween a  branch  of  laurel  in  the  dexter  and  a 
brancli  of  palm  in  the  sinister  both  proper, 
fiiit  various  American  families,  descenr'ed  from 
-■-■iward  Coburn.  mentioned  below,  have  copies 
"1  an  armorial,   not    for.nded   in   English   her- 


aldry, described  in  the  Colburn  genealogy: 
I'j-mine  on  a  shield  a  chevron  or  with  two 
cinquefoils  in  chief,  centered  sanguine,  leaved 
of  the  second  and  in  the  base  a  martlet  on  a 
sword  barwise,  winged  sable,  closed,  contourne. 
Crest:  A  wolf's  head,  couped,  contourne.  This 
device  has  been  in  use  so  many  years  in  .Amer- 
ica, that  regardless  of  its  early  history  it  is  a 
valued  possession  of  the  Coburns  of  America. 

(I).  Edward  Coburn,  Coiborne  or  Colburn, 
as  the  name  is  variously  spelled  by  his  descend- 
ants, was  born  in  England.  He  sailed  in  Sep- 
tember, iC>35,  in  the  ship  "Defence"  and  ar- 
rived in  P.oston,  October  30.  His  age  was 
stated  as  seventeen,  and  Robert  Colburn, 
aged  twenty-eight  years,  was  a  fellow  passen- 
ger. He  settled  first  at  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  a  farmer  for  Nathaniel  Salton- 
stall.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war 
from  Chelmsford  ami  was  in  charge  of  what 
was  called  Colburn's  garrison  on  the  Mcrrimac 
river,  having  the  rank  of  corporal.  He  was 
guarding  the  ferry,  March  18,  1675,  when  the 
Wamesit  Indians  killed  two  sons  of  Samuel 
Varnuni  and  burned  Cohurn's  home.  During 
King  William's  war,  1689-90,  he  again  com- 
manded a  garrison.  He  was  probably  the  first 
settler  of  Dracut,  Massachusetts.  He  died  in 
1712.  Children:  Edward,  born  1642 ;  John, 
1644;  Robert,  1646;  .Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Daniel,  1654  ;  Hannah,  1656 ;  Ezra,  March 
16.  165S  ;  Joseph,  June  16,  1661  ;  Lvdia,  .August 
20,  1666. 

(II)  Tliomas  Coburn,  son  uf  Edward  Co- 
burn,  was  born  at"  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
about  1648,  died  before  1728.  His  land  was 
conveyed  to  him  by  his  father,  February  22, 
1671.  He  married  (first)  August  6,  1672, 
Hannah  Rolfe,  (second)  November  17,  168 1, 
Remembjaiice  (Underwood)  Richardson.  Chil- 
dren by  tirst  wife:^  Hannah,  born  1673; 
'i'homas,  ^[ay  14,  1675;  Jonathan,  ]\Tay  16, 
1677;  Daniel,  January  19,  167-9.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Josiah,  March  15,  16S4;  James, 
Jamiary  31.  16S9;  Margaret,  March  12,  1691  ; 
Jonathan,  December  22, 1C93  ;  Zachariah,  April 
26,  1697:  Mary  or  ]\Iercy,  March  i,  i6«j9; 
Flenry,  May  2,  1700;  Sarah,  October  7,  1703; 
Ephraim,  April  24,  1706. 

(HI)  Zachariah  Coburn.  son  of  Thomas 
Coburn,  was  born  April  26,  1697.  He  was  a 
seaman  on  the  sloop  "Sea  Flower"  in  1725. 
He   lived   at   Dracut   and   Pelham,   now   New 

Hampshire.      He    married    Johanna    . 

Children  :  Hannah,  born  at  Dracut,  h'eiiruary 
7,  1732;  Edward,  October  9,  1733;  Ruth,  May 
17'  ^7i7'  Zachariah,  August  8,  1740;  Silas, 
Novemljer  14,  1742;  Jonas,  mentioned  below; 
Nathan,  July  31,  1751. 

fIV)  Jonas  Coburn,  son  of  Zachariah  Co- 


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burn,  was  bon;  at  Pelham,  now  New  Hamp- 
shire, March  28,  1749.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1770,  Lucy  Varnum,  daugbtcr  of  Abra- 
ham and  Rebecca  (Shcdd)  \'arnum,  descend- 
ant of  pioneers  in  Dracut  and  Billerica,  Massa- 
chusetts. She  was  born  July  31,1751.  They  lived 
at  Lcwiston  and  Buckficld,  INIaine.  Children: 
Sarah,  horn  September  5,  1771,  married  \'alen- 
tine  Matthews,  of  Turner,  Maine;  Jonas,  Janu- 
ary II,  1774;  Asa  \'arnum,  January  19,  1777; 
Lucy,  April  8,  1779,  died  at  Turner,  Decen''- 
her  10,  1815;  Elizabeth,  February  13,  17S1, 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  at  Portland;  Silas, 
mentioned  below;  Hannah,  April  14,  1785; 
Mercy,  October  22,  1787;  Peter,  Sejitember  3, 
J  791.' 

(V)  Silas  Coburn,  son  of  Jonas  Coburn. 
was  born  in  Buckfield,  Maine,  January  24, 
1783,  died  in  1879.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  1812,  in  the  same -company  with  his 
brother  Peter.  He  married  Joan  Brighatn. 
They  lived  at  Lincoln,  Maine.  Children :  Silas, 
mentioned    below;    Marietta,    married    (first) 

■   Turner,    (second)    — Lombard; 

Nancy,    married    Warren;    \\'i!liam ; 

Jo'ias,  born  February  16,  1S21,  niarried  l''sther 
Warren. 

(YI)  Silas  (2)  Coburn,  son  of  Silas  (i) 
Coburn,  was  born  ab^.ut  1810  at  Bucktield,  Ox- 
ford county,  Maine.  He  married  Laura 
Forbes  in  1847.  She  was  born  in  Paris,  Ox- 
ford county,  181 1.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his 
active  life.  In  religion  he  was  a  Protestant. 
in  politics  a  Democrat.  They  had  one  child, 
Christopher  Columbus,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Christopher  Columbus  Coburn,  son 
of  Silas  (2)  Coburn,  was  born  a"  Crystal  Lake, 
Maine,  May  20,  1848.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  His  occupations  were  farmer, 
hunter  and  guide.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat, in  religion  a  Protestant.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 4,  1874.  at  Patten,  Maine.  Nancy  Jane 
Moore,  born  at  Brownville,  Maine,  December 
26,  1858,  daughter  of  William  ^Moore.  Chil- 
dren: Lucy,  born  July  26,  1875.  died  in  in- 
fancy; Henry,  October  19,  1876.  died  July  10, 
1880;  Ferdinand  R.,  mentioned  below;  Oren 
W..  April  14,  1882;  Allard  F.,  August  3,  1S84; 
Arthur  C.  F..  April  1=;.  18S8. 

(Vni)  Ferdinand  R.  Coburn,  son  of  Chris- 
topher Columbus  Coburn.  was  born  at  Patten, 
Maine,  November  11,  1880.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  the  Patten 
hi<:h  =chooI  and  the  Eastman  Business  College 
of  P'oughkeepsie,  New  York.  During  his  boy- 
hood he  helped  his  father  in  the  work  of  the 
farm.  After  completing  his  education  he  left 
home,  and  for  three  years  worked  during  the 
srnnmer  seasons  for  H.  C.  Filer,  of  Fa;t 
Hampton,   New  York.     He  then  learned   the 


I)rinter's  trade  in  the  office  of  E.  S.  Boughton, 
of  I'^ast  Hampton,  and  continued  in  his  employ 
for  eight  years.  He  then  purchased  the  Ash- 
land Gazette,  .•\^hland,  Maine,  and  since  then 
has  been  editor  and  one  of  the  publisliers  of 
that  newspaper.  The  Gazette  is  an  influential 
weekly  newspajier  of  wide  and  growing  circu- 
lation, and  ]\Ir.  Coburn  also  has  an  extensive 
printing  business.  He  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  ])ublic  affairs,  and  has  been  especially  active 
in  the  temperance  movement.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Prohibitionist.  He  served  on  the  county 
committee  of  the  Prohibition  party  in  Suffolk 
county,  New  York.  He  has  held  all  the  im- 
portant offices  in  the  subordinate  lodge  of  the 
International  Order  of  Good  Templars,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  New  York  Grand  Lodge  of 
that  order.  He  is  a  past  noble  grand  of  Moun- 
tain \'iew  Lodge,  No.  144,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  financial  secretary  of 
Shasta  Rebekah  Lodge.  Odd  Fellows,  lie  is 
secretary  of  the  Aroostook  Sportsmen  and 
Guides'  Association,  of  Ashland,  IMaine.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Union  Congrega- 
tional Church. 

He  married,  at  East  Hampton,  New  York, 
Augu.st  19,  1905,  Eva  Blanch  Miller,  born  at 
Amagansett,  New  York,  July  11,  1S87,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  D.  and  Ida  Elizabeth  (r.ennett) 
Miller.  Her  father  was  a  farmer  and  fisher- 
man. Children  of  her  parents:  Howard  Miller, 
Ira  D.  ^Miller,  Mrs.  Agnes  Bassett,  :\Irs.  Hat- 
tie  Stolberg,  Mrs.  Ida  Merrall,  Mrs.  Eva  B. 
Coburn,  Filmore  Miller.  Mr.  and  ]Mrs.  Coburn 
have  two  children  :  Elizabeth  Cartwright.  born 
March  iG.  1908,  and  Frances  Irene  Miller, 
born  December  15,  1913. 


The  surname  Spear  is  of  ancient 
SPE.A.R     English  origin.    The  name  is  also 

spelled  Spere.     The  family  seems 
never  to  have  been  very  large. 

(I)  George  Spear,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  all  the  colonial  families  of  this  surname  in 
New  England  and  of  practically  all  of  the 
name  in  this  country,  came  from  his  native 
place  in  England  to  America  in  1642  or  earlier, 
and  made  his  home  in  Braintree,  formerly 
Mount  Wollaston,  and  part  of  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the 
colony,  May  29,  1644.  He  lived  for  a  time  at 
Dorchester,  and  in  his  old  age  he  removed  to 
New  Dartmouth,  new  Pemaquid.  Maine,  ar^d 
is  said  to  have  been  killed  by  the  Indians.     He 

married  Mary  ,  who  died  at  Braintree, 

December  7.  1674.  Children:  George,  mar- 
ried. April  2.  1669.  Mary  Dering;  Sarah,  born 
January  3.  1647-48.  married  George  Witty: 
Richarii,  had  seven  children  baptized  Annl  H- 
ir,9S;   Samuel,   born   October    16,    1652,    died. 


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yuiiiig  ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ;  Hannah, 
i,orn  March  30,  1656-57,  died  1668;  Samuel, 
liorn  January  16.  1658-59:  Nathaniel,  born 
May  15,  1665,  married  Hannah  Holman. 

(H)  Ebenezer  Spear,  son  of  George  Spear, 
was  born  at  Braintree.  Massachust-tts,  August 
3.  1654.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Braintree.  He 
died  March  27,  1719,  He  married,  July  16, 
1679,  Rachel  Deering.  Children,  b<irn  at  Brain- 
tree :  Ebenezer,  born  June  24.  16S0:  Mary, 
June  10,  1682;  Samuel,  May  iS,  1684;  Rachel, 
April  10,  16S6;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Na- 
thaniel, May  iS,  1693;  Abigail,  November  7, 
iri95 ;  Benjamin,  February  J2,  1699;  Deering. 
November  6,  1700. 

(HI)  Joseph  Spear,  son  of  Ebenezer  Spear, 
was  born  at  Braintree.  Massachusetts.  Febru- 
ary 25,  1689.  He  married  Abigail  Clegg. 
Among  their  children  was  John,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(I\')  John  Spear,  son  of  Joseph  Spear,  was 
born  about  17 10,  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts. 

He  married  ]\Iary  .     Children,  born  at 

flraintree:  Mary,  born  January  4.  1743;  Jo- 
seph, June  12,  1746;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Joshua.  May  11,  1753. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2)  Spear,  son  of  John 
Spear,  was  born  in  Braintree,  ^^lassachnsetts, 
January  2,  1750,  died  March  18.  1S21.  He 
married  at  \\'ells,  Maine,  February  iS.  1766, 
Rebecca  Aimis,  who  died  July  20,  1826.  He 
came  to  Litchfield,  Maine,  in  1787,  and  set- 
tled on  the  lot  next  to  John  Magoon's  farm  on 
the  road  from  South  Litchfield  to  the  Corners. 
Children:  i.  Israel,  born  June  10,  1767;  mar- 
ried, April  12,  1787.  Sally  Glass  in  Sanford, 
Maine.  2.  iMeribah,  born  176S;  married  Eben- 
ezer Moore.  3.  Ebenezer,  married.  May  9. 
1799,  Molly  Spear,  and  moved  to  Ohio.  4. 
Gideon,  mentioned  below.  5.  Annis,  born 
June  30,  1775;  married,  April,  1796,  Sally 
ilildreth.  daughter  of  Paul  Hildreth :  resided 
at  West  Gardiner,  where  he  died  April  17, 
1858.  6.  Asa,  born  April,  1777;  married 
(first)  November  26.  1806,  ^[ary  Jewell,  (sec- 
ond) Jane  (Stacy)  Silver.  7.  Salathiel,  mar- 
ried, July  22.  1804.  Deborah  Jewell;  removed 
to  Ohio  in  1816.  8.  Rebecca,  born  March  31, 
1788:  married  Andrew  Brown  and  Elisha 
Thomas.  9.  Ivory,  born  September  8.  1790; 
married.  February  28,  1816,  Lois  Babb.  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Daoughty)  Babb; 
he  died  August  3,  1849.  10.  William,  born 
October  11,  1792;  married  (first)  December 
2T,.  1814,  Betsey  Brown,  (second)  Lois  Libby, 
who  died  December  13.  1863. 

(yi)  Gideon  Spear,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Spear,  was  born  abour  1775.  For  manv  years 
he  lived  at  Litchfield.  }*Iaine.  near  Oak'Hili, 
then  removed  to  Gardiner.    He  married,  Octo- 


ber 2^,  iSoo.  Susannah  Jev.ell,  who  died  June 

4.  1864.  aged  eighty-three  years,  daughter  of 
I'lnos  and  Deborah  (Hall)  Jewell.  Ilcr  father 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Children: 
1.  Edmund,  mentioned  below.  2.  John,  born 
1S05,  died  at  sea  in  1825.  3.  Rebecca,  born 
July  24,  1807,  died  July  22,  1893;  lived  at 
Gardiner.  4.  Susannah,  born  May  9,  1809, 
died  December  8,  1S35.  5.  Salathiel,  born  Oc- 
tober 13.  iSii  ;  married  (first)  Ursula  Stevens, 
(second)  Louise  W.  Durham,  March  15,  1856. 
6.  Ivory,  born  February  19,  1813,  died  at  sea 
in  1S34. 

(\'1I)  Edmuiid  Spear,  snn  of  Gideon  Spear, 
was  born  at  Litchfield.  Maine,  April  5,  1802, 
died  at  Gardiner.  January  7,  1875.  He  v.'as  a 
stonemason  and  farmer.  He  lived  in  Gardiner 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  Whig,  later  a  Republican.  He 
was  a  devout  member  of  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried. March  5,  1827,  Susan  Ilildreth,  born  in 
Gardiner.  July  17,  1807,  died  there  June  2, 
1880.  Children,  born  at  Gardiner:  i.  Thad- 
deus  H.,  born  Ajiril  28,  182S,  died  at  Gardiner, 
February  5,  1S94;  married,  September  17, 
1861,  Hannah  Douglas,  of  Gardiner;  he  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade ;  after  an  accident  which 
disabled  him  he  propagated  eels  for  a  liveli- 
hood very  successfully;  was  councilman  and 
alderman  manv  years  ;  child,  Alice,  born  July 
17,  1864,  died' May  8,  1875.  2.  William  H., 
born  March  18,  1S33.  died  at  Gardiner,  Au- 
giist  7,  189S;  married,  June  6,  1856,  Vesta 
Averill,  of  Leominster;  children:  Ellen,  born 
September  13,  1S60,  married,  August  23,  1879, 
\\"illiam  H.  Hutchings,  and  she  died  December 
23,  1S95;  ^^'illic,  born  1S74,  died  August  20, 
1890.  3.  Frederick,  born  ^larch  7.  1S35,  died 
July  19.  1836.    4.  Joseph  E.,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Charles  E.,  born  August  12,  1849,  died  Feb- 
ruary 13.  1891,  in  a  landslide  in  Idaho. 

(\'III)  Joseph  E.  Si>ear,  son  of  Edmund 
Spear,  was  born  at  Gardiner,  Maine,  Novem- 
ber II,  1837,  died  at  Limestone,  Maine,  Au- 
gust 26.  1912.  He  worked  for  eight  years  in 
the  paper  mills  at  Gardiner.  He  removed  to 
Limestone  and  cleared  a  farm,  which  he  culti- 
vated until  five  years  before  he  died.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican;  in  religion  a  Free 
Will  Baptist.  He  was  a  member  of  Limestone 
Grange,  No.  2J2.  of  which  he  was  treasurer 
several  years.  He  married.  February  12,  1865. 
Mary  G.  Ward,  born  at  Gardiner,  March  18, 
1846.  She  is  a  member  of  Limestone  Grange, 
of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society  and  the  Women's 
Christian  Temperance  Union.  Pier  father, 
Josiah  Ward,  was  born  at  China,  Maine,  No- 
vember 19,  1S29.  died  at  Limestone,  June  10, 
1884.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Limestone.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.    He  was  a  mem- 


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bcr  of  the  Free  AVil!  Baptist  Church,  of  tlie 
Good  Templars  and  was  lotlge  deputy  in  Lime- 
stone, ile  married  Mary  Ann  Toole,  born  at 
Gardiner,  December  19.  1825.  Cliildren  of 
Josiah  Ward:  i.  Mary  G.  Ward,  married  Jo- 
sejjh  E.  Spear,  mentioned  above.  2.  EUas  B. 
\\'ard,  born  at  China.  September  14,  1847,  car- 
penter, Seattle,  Washington.  3.  Walter  Ward, 
born  1849  died  185 1.  4.  William  B.  Ward, 
horn  at  Gardiner.  March  22,  1853;  married 
Ardelia  Willey,  of  Colebrook.  New  Hamp- 
shire: farmer  and  potato  buyer,  Lime'^fone. 
5.  Maria  \\'ard,  born  at  Gardiner,  February 
22,  1856;  married  William  H.  \\"ebster.  under- 
taker. Limestone.  6.  Isabella  Ward,  born 
March  2-].  1859:  married  Laura  Morris,  of 
Iowa.  7.  John  \\"ar(!,  born  at  Limestone,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1863;  married  Alice  Willey.  Josiah 
Ward,  lather  of  Josiah  Ward,  died  in  China 
in  1832.  He  married  Prussia  Gilford  and  had 
children:  Betsey  Ward,  married  Alpheus 
Ewer ;  Maria  Ward,  married  Jefferson 
Wyman  ;  William  Ward,  brick  manufacturer, 
Idaho,  married  (second)  Caroline  Bragg,  of 
China,  Maine ;  Adelaide  Ward,  married  John 
Moore,  of  Nova  Scotia;  Roxanna  Ward,  mar- 
ried Charles  Ciapman ;  Josiah  Ward,  men- 
tioned above.  Children  of  Joseph  E.  Spear: 
I.  Fred  Forest,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elwoud 
E.,  born  Oct^-ber  3.  1871.  died  at  Lini-Stone, 
June  5,  1882.  3.  Nettie  Maria,  born  July  28, 
1873;  married  Charles  Ernest  Noyes,  of  Free- 
port,  Maine,  a  farmer  at  Limestone ;  children : 
Elwood,  Helen,  Laura  and  Fern  Noyes. 

(IX)  Fred  Forest  Spear,  son  of  Joseph  E. 
Spear,  was  born  at  Limestone,  Maine,  May 
13,  186S.  He  atttnded  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  there  in  18SS.  He  assisted  his  father 
on  the  farm  until  1890,  when  he  bought  a 
farm  in  Limestone,  consisting  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres,  al!  under  cultivation  e.xcept 
twenty-five  acres  of  woodland.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Progressive.  He  has  been  selectinan  for 
five  years,  and  has  also  been  road  commis- 
sioner and  member  of  the  school  board.  Fie 
attends  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church.  He  is 
a  member  of  Limestone  Lodge.  No.  120. 
Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  he  is  past  chan- 
cellor commander ;  member  of  Limestone 
Grange.  No.  272,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  of 
which  he  has  been  master.  He  is  also  a 
Mason,  member  of  Limestone  Lodge. 

He  married,  February  2'?-.  18S9,  Ellen  True 
Noyes,  born  in  Limestone,  February  28,  186S, 
died  May  i,  1914.  She  graduated  from  the 
high  school  and  taught  school  two  terms  in 
Limestone  before  her  marriage.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  (jrange.    Josiah  Merrill  Noyes, 


her  father,  was  l)orn  at  Freepuit.  Maine,  183S, 
died  1907.  He  was  a  farmer,  miller  and  lum- 
berman of  Limestone.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Prohibitionist.  He  was  tax  collector  and 
selectman  of  the  town.  He  was  a  member  uf 
the  Grange  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
a  Free  Mason.  He  married  Sybil  Davis,  born 
at  Freeport.  1844.  died  at  Limestone,  ii>>,. 
Children  of  Josiah  Merrill  Noyes:  i.  Charles 
Ernest  Noyes,  born  February  6,  1863:  married 
Nettie  Maria  Spear,  mentioned  above. 
Eldelia  .\.  Noyes.  born  February  f),  i8'')3: 
married  Artliur  Thompson,  of  Limestone. 
3.  Ellen  True  Noyes.  married  Fretl  I'orest 
Spear,  mentioned  above.  4.  Alfred  L.  Noyes. 
born  September  11,  1877,  married  Kthel 
Long,  of  Limestone;  he  has  a  farm,  mill 
and  starch  factory  at  Limestone.  Moses 
Noyes,  father  of  Josiah  Merrill  Noyes, 
was  born  in  ?^Iaine,  and  followed  farming 
in  Freeport.  He  married  Sophronia  Mer- 
rill, who  died  at  Freeport  in  1S74.  Children 
of  Moses  Noyes:  Mary  Noyes,  married  a  Mr. 
Thorts,  miller,  Yarmouth;  Josiah  Merrill 
Noyes,  mentioned  above ;  Sophronia  Noyes, 
died  at  Freeport,  unmarried  ;  Adelaide  Noyes  ; 
William  Noyes,  married  Lucinda  Merrill ; 
Charles  Noyes,  died  at  Pownal :  John  Noyes, 
farmer,  Freeport.  Children  of  Fred  Spear: 
I.  Forest  Lewis,  mentioned  below.  2.  \\'illa 
Alice,  born  October  17,  1891  ;  school  teacher. 
3.  Waldo  G.,  September  3,  1893.  4-  R"t)y  Fay. 
August  13,  1895,  married  Lyle  ^^orris  and  has 
one  child.  Mona  Helen,  born  April  19,  1913. 
5.  William  AIcKinley,  March  4,  1897.  6.  Olis 
Elwell,  January  13,  18199,  died  aged  sixteen 
months.  7.  Amy  Pearl,  October  23,  1901.  8. 
Donald  Clare,  Jantiary  15.  1903. 

(X)  F"orest  Lewis  Spear,  son  of  Fred  Forest 
Spear,  was  liorn  at  Limestone.  April  12.  1890. 
He  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of  liis 
native  town  and  the  Houlton  Business  College. 
He  assisted  his  fatlier  on  the  homestead  until 
May,  1912,  when  he  bought  a  farm  on  Center 
road,  Fort  Fairfield,  consisting  of  one  hundred 
and  eighty-four  acres,  of  whicli  one  hundrei! 
and  fifty  acres  are  under  cultivation.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  attends  the  Free 
Will  Baptist  Church,  and  is  a  member  of  Lime- 
stone Grange,  of  which  he  has  been  secretary 
and  assistant  steward,  fle  married,  December 
24,  1912,  in  Houlton,  Fern  E.  Lur.dy,  born  in 
Fort  Fairfield,  December  25,  1891,  graduate 
of  the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school  in  1909.  She 
attended  the  Aroostook  State  Normal  Schoo! 
one  year  and  taught  scr.ool  until  her  marriage 
(see  Lundy  II j.  They  have  one  child,  Helen 
May,  born  Sei>tember  10,  1913. 


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(])  William  Luiuly  was  born  in  Duhlin, 
Ireland,  died  in  Fort  Fairfield.  Maine.  He 
came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man  and 
followed  farming  in  Fort  Fairfield.  In  reli- 
fTi(in  lie  was  an  Episcopalian.  He  served  in  the 
civil  war.  He  married  Sarah  Russell,  born 
and  died  in  Fort  Fairfield.  She  was  a  Roman 
Catholic  in  religion.  Children,  born  at  Fort 
Fairfield:  i.  Fannie,  married  Isaac  Whit- 
taker,  of  Presque  Isle.  2.  John,  born  Septem- 
ber 22.  i<^47;  married  (first)  Ellen  .McCar- 
ron;  children:  George,  Ernest.  Ellen,  Charles, 
Jeremiah,  Sarah,  married  Charles  E.  Murphy: 
Lee.  John  married  (second)  January  12,  189S, 
in  Limestone,  Ida  'SI.  Libby,  born  December, 
1855,  in  Bradford,  Maine.  3.  Phcbe,  married 
L.  S.  Osgood,  carpenter,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
foreman  in  mill  at  Presque  Isle.  4.  William, 
deceased.  5.  George,  married  Ida  F.  Mattice, 
who  resides  at  Pittsville.  ^Visconsin.  6.  Sarah 
Jane,  married  Frank  Getchell.  of  Kennebunk, 
now  foreman  of  a  shoe  factory  at  Lynn,  ISIas- 
sachusetts.  7.  Robert,  lost-his  life  in  a  railroad 
accident  at  Youngs  Point.  Montana.  8.  Mana, 
married  ]'"rank  Bowser,  of  Kennebunk,  a  mer- 
chant,   t).  Thomas  Albert,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas  Albert  Lundy.  son  of  William 
Lundy,  was  born  -at  Fort  Fairfield,  ?ilaine, 
1859,  died  there  January  29.  1895.  He  was  a 
farriier.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican ;  in 
religion  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  married.  De- 
cember 24.  1888,  in  Fort  Fairfield,  Xettie  May 
Barker,  born  at  Easton.  August  29,  1S64.  Her 
parents  removed  to  Andover.  New  birunswick, 
when  she  was  ten  months  old.  and  she  was 
educated  there.  Children,  all  born  at  Fort 
Fairfield:  Jennie,  born  June  3,  1S90,  died 
October  19,  1903;  Fern  E..  married  Forest 
Lewis  Spear  (see  Spear  X)  ;  Helen,  born  May 
10,  1894,  died  July  6.  1902:  Earl,  died  aged 
ten  months.  Nettie  May  (Barker)  Lundy 
married  (second)  Frederick  Russell,  born  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  April.  1872.  and  had  one  son, 
Orrin  Joseph,  born  December  29,  1898. 

Orin  Barker,  father  of  Xettie  May  P.arker. 
was  born  at  Xorridgewock,  Maine.  1834.  died 
near  Andover,  Xew  Brunswick,  February  4, 
1908.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Jane 
Small,  born  at  Mirimachi,  Xew  Brunswick, 
1839,  died  near  Andover,  April,  1874.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  Chil- 
dren of  Orin  Barker:  David  Barker,  died 
aged  nineteen:  Flora  Barker,  married  (first) 
Amos  Fitzherbert.  a  harness  maker,  soklier  in_ 
the  civil  war;  (second)  Charles  Everett,  of 
Andover :  Jane  Barker,  married  Captain  Elias 
Reed,  retired  sea  captain,  of  Brunsv.-ick, 
Maine;  Zebediah  Barker,  married  Emeline 
Sloat,   and   lives   at    F"oxcroft,   Maine;   Xettie 


May  Barker,  married  -(first)  Thomas  Albert 
Lundy,  mentioned  above:  (second)  Frederick 
kus.'-ell;  Mary  I'arker,  married  Michael  Dor- 
sey ;  Charles  6.  I'.arker,  married  Rella  Bishop. 
Orin  liarker  had  brothers  and  sisters :  So- 
phronia    Ilarker.   married   James    Stevens,   of 

laidlow  ;  Mary  Barker,  married Pingree  ; 

F.nima  Barker,  married  Ezra  Fields;  Wil- 
liam I'.arkcr,  married  Lydia  [Morrison;  .Amos 
Barker,  married  Martha  Morrison:  Daniel 
Barker,  married  Mary  Small;  Grcenleaf 
Barker,  died  ynung. 

Rev.  Ho-^ea  Smith  was  born  in 
SMI'ill  1776.  in  the  state  of  Maine,  died 
in  1S56,  at  Charlotte,  Maine.  He 
came  to  Charlotte  when  a  young  man  and 
raised  his  family  there.  He  was  a  minister  of 
the  Christian  church,  and  preached  at  Lubec 
and  Camp  Bello,  IMaine.  He  was  also  a 
farmer,  owning  a  farm  in  Charlotte,  In  poli- 
tics   he    was    a    Whig.      He    married    

Damon,  a  native  of  Maine,  who  died  in  1S70, 
at  Charlotte.  Children:  i.  John,  was  a 
farmer ;  married  }kliss  McGlauflin ;  died  at 
Penobscot  county,  Maine.  2.  Hosea,  was  a 
farmer  and  a  soldier ;  he  enlisted  in  the  Ninth 
Regiment  of  the  [Maine  Volunteer  Infantry 
and  served  three  years ;  he  married  Maiy  Ann 

;  he  died  at'Pembroke,  Maine.    3.  Isaiah 

D.,  mentioned  below.  4.  Zedach,  married  Miss 
Mc.Mpine,  of  Charlotte.  5.  Charles,  was  a 
minister  of  the  Christian  church ;  died  at 
Portsmouth,  Xew  Hampshire.  6.  ?^Iary,  mar- 
ried John  Morgan,  of  Charlotte.  7.  Elmira, 
married  Ephraim  Seavy.  a  carpenter ;  she  died 
in  Minnesota.  8.  Lydia,  married  William 
Coan.  who  died  in  the  army;  she  died  at  Fox- 
croft,  Maine.  9.  Hannah,  married  (first)  Ira 
Hughes,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  and  a  car- 
])entcr;  she  married  (second)  (;eorge  Ingra- 
ham,  who  was  overseer  of  the  State  Prison,  at 
Thomaston;  he  came  from  Camden,  Maine, 
and  died  at  Chapman,  where  he  lived  on  a 
farm.  10.  Johan,  married  Luther  Lakcn,  who 
was  a  farmer  and  a  lumberman ;  she  died  in 
1914.  at  Lawrence.  Massachusetts.  11.  Oliver, 
was  in  the  civil  war;  married  Abigail  Rey- 
nolds, from  Dennisville.  Maine,  and  died  at 
Presque  Isle,  Maine.  There  were  two  other 
children  :  these  are  not  in  order  of  birth. 

(IF)  Isaiah  D.  Smith,  son  of  Rev.  Hosea 
Smith,  was  born  in  1826  at  Charlotte.  Maine, 
died  at  Mapleton.  Maine,  in  1907.  He  was  a 
farmer,  also  had  a  meat  market  in  Milltown, 
where  he  cut  his  hand  very  seriously,  after 
which  he  became  an  itinerant  merchant.  He 
lived  for  many  years  in  Charlotte,  bringing  his 
familv  up  there.  When  about  sixty  years  old 
he  moved  to  Mapleton  and  retired.     He  was  a 


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Republican,     and     attended     the     A[c'tl!odi?t 
church.    He  married  (first)  Harriet  Laken,  of 
Charlotte,   died    1S67.      He   married    (second) 
Cordcha  (Higgins)   .Milan,  widow  of  William 
•Mdan,  of  New  Brunswick.     She  was  born  in 
^^'esley,   Alaine,   and  died  in   Boston,  :Massa- 
chusetts.    Children:    i.  Edwin  Augustus,  men- 
tioned below.     2.  Charles  Calvin,  born  March 
19,  1851  ;  he  now  resides  at  Mapleton,  Maine, 
a   retired   farmer;  he  is  a  Prohibitionist,  and 
belongs  to  Eureka  Grange,  No.   113,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry,  Mapleton".   Maine:  he  married 
(first)    Ellie    T.    Emerson,    born    in    Oxford 
county,  Maine,  died  March  12.  1904;  he  mar- 
ried   (second)    ]\Iaria    (Eields)    Tuck,   widow 
of  John  Tuck,  a  harness  maker,  from  Presque 
Isle, -children,   all  by  first    wife:    Jennie   H., 
married  Steven  Burton,  a  farmer,  now  resides 
at    Castle    Plill,    ?ilaine;    Ploward,    a    farmer 
resides  at   Castle  Hill,   Maine;   Gertrude  A.'. 
married   Arthur   Roake,   a   farmer,   resides  at 
Mapleton;  May.  deceased;  Ethel  C,  deceased; 
I'Tederick,    a     farmer,    resides    at    Mapleton, 
Maine;     Lavada,    decea<:ed;    Clara,    married 
George   Rundstrom.  a   farmer.     3.   Fre.lerick, 
born  1853.  died  young.  4.  Eila  B.,  born  March 
10,  1S56;  married  John  Dow.  a  farmer  at  Cas- 
tle Hill.   Maine:  children:    Warren,  principal 
of  high  school  in  Rhode  Lsland ;  Charles,  head 
clerk    in     a     store,    in    Seattle,    A\'ashington ; 
Thomas,  a   farmer  at  .Alapleton.  Maine;  Au- 
gustus,  a   merchant    in    Seattle,    \\'ashington ; 
Marley,  a  farmer  at  Mapleton,  IMaine;   John. 
a    farmer    at    Castle    Hill;    Senior,    a   "clerk 
at    Ear    Harbor;    Eleanor,    a    school    teacher 
at    Mapleton,    Maine;    Percy.    lives    with    his 
brother  John.      5.    Lucretia,   born    1858,   died 
young.     6.   Melvina,   born    1861 ;  married  Jo- 
seph Lee,  of  Presque  Isle,  where  she  now  re- 
sides;  children:    Percy,  a  bookkeeper;  Lester, 
a    blacksmith;    Harry,    Elwood,    Richard.    El- 
lery.     7.  Clara,  born  1S63.  died  young.     Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:     8.  Harriet,  born  1872; 
married   Chester  IMesser,  a  merchant  in  Au- 
gusta,  Maine;  they  now   reside  in    Gardiner, 
Maine;  children:  Rachel  and  two  others.     9. 
Elmira,   died  young. 

(HI)  Edwin  Augustus  Smith,  son  of  Isaiah 
D.  Smith,  was  born  at  Charlotte,  Maine,  July 
2.  1S49.  ^le  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  During  his  boyhood  he  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  and  from  1869  to  1871 
he  followed  farming  in  the  emjjloy  nf  various 
neighbors.  In  1S71  he  bought  a  farm  in 
Mapleton,  consisting  of  fifty-eight  acres,  all 
under  cultivation.  He  conducted  this  farm 
until  190S  and  since  then  it  has  been  in  charge 
of  his  son.  Owen  H.  Smith.  Afterward  he 
bought  another  farm  of  fifty-seven  acres  in 
Chapman  and   he   still   owns   it.      In    1S99   he 


opened  a  general  store  in  Mapleton  and  since 
then  has  devoted  his  attention  mainlv  to  the 
mercantile  business.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. For  twenty-eight  years  he  has  been 
town  clerk,  and  for  twenty-six  years  constable 
of  Mapleton.  For  ten  years  he  has  been  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  He  was  .selectman  for  two 
years  and  road  commissioner  for  several  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
church,  and  he  is  a  trustee  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  member  of  Lodge 
Xo.  42.  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Presque  Isle,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  the 
offices  except  noble  grand;  member  of  the 
Encampment  and  Canton  of  Fort  Fairfield; 
of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  130,,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Presque  Isle;  of  Mapleton  Grange, 
and  the  Pomona  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. 

He  married,  September  23.  1871,  at  Presque 
Isle.  Zana  Maria  Chandler,  born  in  Lovell, 
Maine,  April  i,  1857.  Her  parents  removed  to 
Mapleton  when  she  was  two  years  and  a  half 
old  and  she  attended  the  public  schools  there. 
She  IS  a  member  of  .Majileton  Grange  and  the 
Pom. ma  Grange;  a  former  member  of  Re- 
bekah  Lodge;  member  of  the  Free  Will  Bap- 
tist church  and  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  societies 
of  both  the  Free  \^"iIl  Baptist  and  the  Metho- 
dist churches.  Children  of  Edwin  Augustus 
Smith:  i.  Effic  Blanche,  born  Septemirer  20, 
1872.  died  in  1S76.  2.  Owen  H.,  born  May  26, 
1874,  conducts  his  father's  farm;  member  of 
Mapleton  Grange  and  the  Pomona  Grange; 
married  Flora  Dudley,  of  Castle  Hill;  chil- 
dren: Harold,  born  at  Mapleton,  June  30, 
1S97;  Lionel,  March.  1900;  Dorothea,  August 
31,  1902.  3.  Selden  Harrv,  born  in  1876,  died 
aged  eleven  months.  4.  Zana  Belle,  born  1878, 
died  young.  5.  Anna  May,  born  April,  1880; 
married  William  Casey,  of  Alapleton,  farmer, 
of  Chapman.  6.  Clyde,  born  1882,  died  June 
26,  1899.  7.  Cherl'ene,  born  18S4;  married 
Clinton  Johnson,  of  Chapman,  farmer.  Presque 
Isle;  children:  Crystal.  Leversa,  Hope.  8. 
Maude  E.,  born  October  3,  1S86 ;  married  Wil- 
liam Filmore,  of  Alapleton ;  she  died  in  Octo- 
ber, 191 1  :  he  is  a  farmer  and  river  driver  in 
Alapleton ;  child.  Omar.  9.  Hattie,  born  18SS, 
died  February  16,  1911.  10.  Hazel,  born  July 
8,  1892,  member  of  the  Ladies  of  the  Alacca- 
bees;  married  Aaron  Dicker,  born  at  S]jring- 
field,  Alaine.  L^Jecember,  1S88;  child.  Alay 
Dicker,  born  November  2j.  1908.  11.  A'elina, 
born  January  6,  1S95. 

Benjamin  H.  Chandler,  father  of  Airs. 
Smith,  was  born  in  Chatham.  Alaine,  August 
3,  iSoS,  died  at  Alapleton,  Alarch,  18S3.  He 
followed  farming  in  Lovell.  Alaine.  and  .Tfter- 
ward  at  Alapleton.     In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 


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juihlican.  He  married,  October  2j,  1S34,  at 
Lovfll,  Nancy  C.  Hatch,  born  at  Parsontield, 
Maine,  October  24,  1816.  Sbe  was  a  member 
of  tiie  Free  Will  Baptist  church.  Children  of 
llcnjainin  H.  Chandler,  all  born  at  Lovell : 
I.  Dean  Chandler,  born  February  5,  1S36.  died 
at  Lovell,  Alarch  25,  1838.  '  2.  Julius  C. 
Chandler,  born  June  12,  1839,  died'  at  Port- 
land, Maine,  1910;  was  a  farmer  in  Mapleton 
and  afterward  a  carpenter  in  I'ortland,  Maine; 
enlisted  in  1S61  and  served  through  the  civil 
war;  married  Carrie  Braley,  born  at  Hal- 
lowell,  IMaine,  and  now  lives  in  Portland.  3. 
Alphon-o  L.  Chandler,  born  November  6, 
1S41,  died  at  Bangor,  Maine,  February,  1904; 
was  a  farmer ;  served  in  the  civil  war;  married 

Matilda and   had   children :    Mary,   a 

trained  nurse,  and  Hettie,  both  of  Bangor.  4. 
Ruth  E.  Chandler,  born  February  15,  1846; 
married  (first)  i^Iarch  4,  1S63,  Josiah  H.  Chan- 
dler, born  at  Lovell,  IMarch  31,  1835,  died  May 
27,  1S70;  children:  ^label  F.,  born  December 
2}^,  1S63,  married  !Mark  Grendell,  and  resides 
at  Chapman;  ^lark,  born  March  6,  1867, 
farmer.  Chapman ;  Ila,  born  October  24,  1S69, 
farmer.  Chapman;  she  married  (second)  May 
25,  1873,  Worth  Grendell,  born  at  Newport, 
Maine,  October  14,  1849,  a  farmer  of  Chap- 
man; child:  Blanche  ■  Grendell,  born  April 
20,  1S79,  married  \\'illiam  Akeley,  farmer,  of 
Chapman.  5.  Anna  B.  Chandler,  born  August 
3T,  1849;  married  Walter  Eaton,  of  North 
Reading,  Maine,  where  he  resides,  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade  ;  children  :  Herbert  Eaton,  re- 
sides in  New  Hampshire;  Hovey  Eatem,  a 
clerk  in  North  Reading,  Elaine ;  Grover  Eaton, 
locomotive  fireman,  living  at  North  Reading; 
Lucy  Eaton,  married  Lester  Haywood,  a 
butcher,  Middleton,  IMassachusetts ;  Francis 
Eaton;  Edith  Eaton,  married  Harry  Tollman, 
farmer,  Newbur%-port,  Z^Iassachusctts ;  Ger- 
trude Eaton,  married  Thomas  Foley,  mer- 
chant, deceased ;  she  resides  at  North  Read- 
ing. 6.  Francis  Chandler,  born  October  4, 
1851,  died  at  Mapleton;  married  Nettie  Clark, 
u-ho  married  (second!  Havelock  Demmock. 
7.  Zana  Maria  Chandler,  married  Edwin  Au- 
gustus Smith,  mentioned  above.  8.  Rebecca 
W.  Chandler,  born  February  22,  i860;  mar- 
ried Asa  Gould,  of  North  Andovcr.  ^L1s^achu- 
setts  ;  children  :  Alice  Gould,  married  Murray 
Eaton,  a  shoemaker,  Beverlv,  }vlassachu;etts ; 
Sidney  Gould,  of  North  'Reading;  Helen 
Gould. 

The  father  of  Benjamin  H.  Chandler  died 
in  Lovell  in  1856.  aged  over  eighiy  years.  Bet- 
sey Chandler,  sisccr  of  Benjamin  H.  Chan- 
dler, married Gray ;  Charlotte,  another 

sister,  married  Jc-hn  Chandler,  a  fanner,  of 
Lovell;  Chloe,  another  sister,  died  in  Pennsyl- 


vania, married  Thomas  Hatch,  a  farmer  of 
Lovell ;  Phcbe,  another  >islcr,  died  at  1'" rye- 
burg.  Maine,  married  Seymour  Holmes,  of 
l'"ryeburg. 


James  Smith,  the  pioneer  ancestor 
SMITH  of  this  family  in  Maine,  was  born 
about  1773  in  Massachusetts,  died 
at  \\'aterboro,  Maine,  about  1S5'').  He  was  a 
farmer  and  owned  a  sawmill  in  Waterboro  for 
manv  years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  \\'ar  of  1812.  Chil- 
dren:  Samiiel,  mentioned  below;  Eunice,  died 

at  \\'aterboro,  married Jellison  of  that 

town,  a  farmer. 

(II)  Samuel  Smith,  sc^n  of  James  Smith, 
was  born  at  \\'aterbc'ro,  Maine,  in  January, 
1S04,  died  at  Masardis,  in  September,  1895. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  by 
private  stud\-,  and  for  some  years  was  a  school 
teacher.  He  followed  farming  in  Kingsbmy 
and  later  in  Masardis  for  a  period  of  thirty 
years.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  public 
affairs.  lie  held  in  succession  most  of  the 
town  offices  and  in  1S56  was  representative  to 
the  state  legislature.  He  married  Olive 
Decker,  born  at  Clinton,  Maine,  in  1820,  died 
at  Masardis,  in  October,  1894.  Children,  all 
born  at  Kingsbury,  Alaine:  i.  Lydia,  died  at 
Kingsbury;  married  James  Adams,  of  Wel- 
lington, Elaine,  a  farmer.  2.  Wentworth,  a 
farmer,  died  in  California,  unmarried.  3. 
Jefferson,  resides  at  South  Stillwater,  Minne- 
sota. 4.  Fairfield,  died  at  Masardis,  utmiar- 
ried ;  served  one  year  in  the  Seventeenth  Regi- 
meirt  ^ilaine  Volunteer  Infantry,  contracted 
rheumatism  in  the  army  and  became  a  cripple 
from  the  effects  of  th.e  disease.  5.  Newell 
Decker,  mentioned  below.  6.  Emehne,  m.arried 
Amasa  Coding  Jr.,  of  ^lasardis,  a  farmer;  she 
is  living  in  Masardis.  7.  Clara,  died  young. 
8.  George,  died  young.  9.  Cora,  married  Orrin 
Robinson,  a  farmer  ;  resides  at  Ashland. 

(HI)  Newell  Decker  Smith,  son  of  Samuel 
Smith,  was  born  at  Kingsbury,  Maine,  June  2'^, 
1843.  He  attendt-d  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  was  a  student  for  one  term  in 
Bloomfield  Academy,  now  Fairfield  Academy. 
From  early  youth  he  has  followed  farming, 
and  during  most  of  his  life  he  has  cultivated 
his  farm  in  Ma-ardis.  For  two  years  he  was 
in  Minnesota.  He  enlisted  in  September,  1S64, 
in  the  First  Maine  Regiment  of  Sharpshooters 
and  served  to  the  close  of  the  v.-ar.  He  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Five  Forks  and  was  at 
Appomatto.x.  At  the  end  of  the  war  he  v,-as 
transferred  to  the  Twentieth  Maine  Regiment, 
in  which  he  served  for  a  month  and  a  half  and 
then  was  mustered  out  in  Portland.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican  and  he  has  been  prominent 


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in  public  affairs,  serving  as  first  selectman  for 
the  extended  period  of  fifteen  }ears.  }Ie  has 
also  filled  the  other  town  offices'.  lie  was  rep- 
resentative to  the  legislature  in  1896-97.  He 
is  a  member  of  Knowlen  Post,  No.  149,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  and  is  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  Ashland  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry, of  Ashland. 

He  married  Lucretia  ^^■.  Trafton  in  Masar- 
dis.  April  11,  1870.  She  was  born  in  Masardis, 
October  19,  1850.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith 
are  Congregationalists.  Eben  Tiafton,  fatlier 
of  ?\Irs.  Smith,  was  born  in  Newfield,  1S19. 
died  at  Masardis,  in  Fehruaiy.  1907.  }fe  mar- 
ried Lucinda  Ellis,  born  in  Dexter,  Maine, 
1S28,  died  at  Masardis,  1S9S.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  Masardis  all  his  active  hfe,  having 
settled  there  with  tlie  pioneers  when  a  young 
man  and  cleared  the  farm  which  he  afterward 
cultivated.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican 
and  for  many  years  he  was  chairman  of  the 
board  of  selectmen.  In  his  younger  days  he 
was  a  school  teacher  in  Masardis.  He  was  a 
member  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Ashland.  Children  of  Eben  Traf- 
ton: I.  Melissa  Trafton.  married  Charles 
Libby,  farmer,  Oxbow.  2.  Sarah,  died  at  Ash- 
land, 189S;  married  Dr.  Edward  Duren,  of 
r.angor,  a  physician. '  3.  Lucretia  W.  Trafton, 
married  Newell  Decker  Smith,  mentioned 
above.  4.  Alpheus  Trafton,  married  Louisa 
Rowe  ;  is  a  farmer  and  lumberman  of  Ashland. 
5.  William  Trafton,  died  unmarried,  at  Masar- 
dis. 6.  Isaac  Trafton,  died  at  Masardis ;  mar- 
ried ]\Iatilda  Darling,  and  she  is  now  living  on 
lier  farm  in  Masardis.  Children  of  Newell 
Decker  Smith:  i.  Nathaniel  Jerome,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Charles  T.,  a  farmer  of  Ma- 
sardis. 3.  Maude  S.,  married  Willis  Grant,  of 
Massachusetts ;  she  is  a  school  teacher,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  State  Normal  .School  at  Farming- 
ton,  Maine,  and  of  Emerson  College,  from 
which  she  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Oratory ;  he  is  a  pattern  maker ;  they  live  at 
Petcrboro,  New  Hanipsh.ire.  4.  J.  Allen,  edu- 
cated at  Bucksport  Seminary ;  married  Lot- 
tie Clayton,  of  Ashland:  he  is  a  potato  buyer, 
living  at  Masardis.  5.  Lucy  L.,  married  \\'\\- 
lis  R.  Dresser,  who  was  born  in  Princeton, 
Maine,  now  general  manager  of  the  Dominion 
Fertilizer  Company  and  a  manufacturer;  they 
reside  at  Calais,  Maine ;  she  is  a  graduate  of 
Kent  Hill  Seminary.  6.  Olive  E..  graduate  of 
Emerson  College  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Oratory;  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Maine,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  : 
resides  at  Fergus  Falls,  Maine. 

( IV)  Nathaniel  Jerome  Smith,  son  of  New- 
ell iJecker  Smith,  was  horn  at  rfaywood,  town 
of   Masardis,   Maine,    Februarv  7.    1872.      He 


attended  the  public  sclnxils  of  Ashland  and 
Masardis  and  the  Bangor  Business  College. 
He  began  his  business  career  in  1889  as  a  sur- 
veyor of  lumber  in  the  woods  and  worked  on 
the  river  drive  until  1895.  ^vli<^»  he  went  scaling 
in  the  wtx)ds  of  New  H'aniijshire.  In  1897  he 
returned  to  Maine  and  built  the  first  potato 
house  in  Haywood.  In  1898,  attracted  by  the 
discovery  of  gold,  he  went  to  the  Klondike 
and  had  a  successful  year  iji  the  mining  coun- 
try. He  returned  to  Maine  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing spring  went  to  Nome,  Alaska,  where 
he  followed  mining  until  1901.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Masardis  and  resumed  his  business 
of  potato  buying.  In  1906  he  established  a 
general  store  at  Haywood  (Squa  Pan  station) 
in  the  town  of  Masardis  and  bought  a  farm 
which  he  conducted  until  he  sold  it  in  1912. 
He  has  continued  with  marked  success  in  his 
mercantile  business.  In  politics  he  was  for- 
merly a  Republican,  now  a  Progressive.  He 
attends  the  Congregational  church,  and  is  a 
member  of  J'ioneer  Lodge,  No.  /2.  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Ashland. 

He  married,  June  3,  1903.  at  East  Orring- 
ton,  Maine,  Mildred  Frances  Eldridge,  born 
September  20,  1S78,  in  Brewer,  ]\raine,  and 
was  educated  in  Orrington  public  schools  and 
the  Bucksport  Seminary.  She  taught  school 
for  six  3-ears  in  Orrington  and  Brewer  before 
marriage.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  (see  Eldridge  II).  Children: 
Nathalie  Emma,  born  May  2,  1904;  Newell 
David,  June  22,  1905  ;  Lois  Olive,  October  18, 
1910. 

(The   Eldridtse   I.ine). 

(I)  Seth  Eldridge,  a  descendant  of  an  old 
Cape  Cod  family,  was  born  in  Iloldcn,  Maine, 
about  1802,  died  there  aged  sixty  years.  He 
followed  the  sea  and  was  afterward  a  fanner. 
In  politics  he  was  in  later  years  a  Republican. 
He  married  Sarah  Fisher,  who  died  in  Holden 
before  1872.  Children,  all  born  in  Holden: 
I.  Seth,  born  in  1823.  died  aged  thirty-one 
years,  leaving  Arno,  now  of  Berkeley,  Califor- 
nia, and  one  other  child.  2.  Sarah,  born  1S25, 
died  at  Bangor,  Maine;  married  (first)  Elisha 
Jones,  captain  of  a  2k[aine  company  in  the 
civil  war,  who  died  in  Libby  Prison ;  married 
(second)  Thomas  Triclcey,  of  Bangor,  a  land- 
owner, wealthy  and  prominent  citizen.  4.  Mes- 
singer  I'isher.  mentioned  below.  5.  Benjamin, 
born  1844,  died  in  191 1  in  Brewer,  Maine; 
was  a  brick  mason  and  contractor ;  married 
f^lizabeth  Rogers,  of  Orrington. 

(II)  Messinger  Fisher  Eldridge.  son  of 
Seth  Eldridge,  was  born  in  Holden,  Maine. 
August  2,  1829,  died  at  Orrington,  June  25. 
1S98.  He  was  a  shipwright  in  Brewer  and 
Orrington.      In   politics   he  was   a    Democrat. 


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!n  religion  he  was  a  Universalist.  Init  attended 
tlic  Congregational  clnireli.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  Aiidrcv.'s  Lodge,  Free  and  Aeccpted 
Masons,  of  Bangor,  for  many  years.  lie  mar- 
ried (first)  Lncinda  Rogers,  of  Orringtnn. 
Slie  died  at  Orrington.  He  married  (second) 
September,  187J,  Emma  F.  Norton.  1)^.rn  in 
\'inal  Haven,  Maine,  November  19,  1855.  and 
was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  eleven  \-ears, 
one  of  three  children.  Lnraine  and  a  twin 
iister  died  yomig.  She  is  now  living  in  East 
Orrington.  Four  children  by  first  wife  died 
xoinig.  Childroi  of  Messinger  I'isher  Eld- 
ridge  by  seco:id  wife,  :dl  bjrn  in  Brewer:  I. 
(ieorge  Messinger,  born  October  9,  1873:  a 
mason  and  contractor,  living  in  Orrington,  un- 
married. 2.  Flora  Green,  born  September  3, 
1876;  married  James  Clanson,  of  Monson, 
Massachusetts,  a  chemist,  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  ^[aine,  now  living  at  Danbury, 
Connecticut.  3.  Mildred  Frances,  married  Na- 
thaniel Jerome  Smith  (see  Smith  R').  4. 
.Arthur,  died  young. 

This  is  one  of  the  mo^^t 
CARPENTER  widely  distributed  names 
of  the  United  States,  as 
well  as  one  of  the  oldeM,  and  has  been  notnble 
among  the  pioneers  of  man}'  states.  It  is 
traced  to  an  early  period  in  England,  and  is 
conspicuous  in  the  annals  of  the  American 
revolution,  and  also  in  civic  life  through  many 
generations  and  representatives.  It  has  car- 
ried, service  in  many  commonwealths.  The 
Carpenters  trace  their  ancestry  to  John 
Carpenter,  born  in  1303,  and  head  of  the 
ancient  house  in  Herefordshire,  parish  of 
Dihvyne,  England,  to  whom  the  Irish  Trycon- 
nels  also  trace  their  descent.  The  Hereford 
family  of  Carpenters  was  prominent,  taking  an 
active  part  in  all  matters  of  interest  to  the 
crown,  and  probably  no  family  in  England  has 
performed  more  deeds  and  received  more 
favors.  Among  the  most  noted  was  John  Car- 
penter, town  clerk  of  London,  who  died  in 
!44_'.  The  line  of  Lord  George  Carpenter  is 
the  same  as  that  of  William  Carpenter,  of 
Rehoboth.  Coat-of-arms:  Argent  a  grey- 
hound passant  and  chief  sable.  Crest:  .\  grey- 
hound's head  erased  per  fesse  sable  and  argent. 
This  is  the  same  as  found  on  the  tombstojie  of 
Daniel  Carpenter,  of  Rehoboth,  who  was  born 
in  1669. 

(I)  John  Carpenter,  born  about  1303.  was 
a  member  of  parliament  in  1325.  dl)  Rich- 
?.rd,  born  about  1335.  was  a  goldsmith  by  trade 
and  wealthy.  (HI)  John  (2)  was  a  cou>in  of 
John  Carpenter,  town  clerk  of  London.  (TV) 
Jnbn  ^3)  died  about  1500.  (\')  William,  born 
''bout    1440,    died    in    1520,    was    William    of 


Homme.  (\T)  James,  son  of  William  Car- 
penter. (\"n)  John  t_ji,  ,Mui  of  James  Car- 
penter. (\'I11)  William,  son  of  John  Car- 
penter, was  born  about  1520,  and  died  in  1550. 
(  IN)  William,  son  of  William  (2)  Carpenter, 
was  born  about  1540.  (N)  William  (4 1,  son 
of  WilliaiTi  (3)  Carpenter,  was  born  in  h-ug- 
land  about  1576,  and  was  a  resilient  of  Lon- 
don. He  sailed  from  Southampton  for  .Amer- 
ica in  the  ship  "Bevis,"  landing  in  May,  163S, 
and  returned  to  England  in  the  same  vessel, 
I'lOssibly  having  come  to  this  country  merely 
to  hel]i  in  the  settlement  here  of  his  son  and 
his  family. 

(I)  William  (5),  pioneer  a:icestor  of  the 
.American  line,  son  of  William  (4)  Cari)enter, 
was  born  in  England  in  \Cio^,  died  in  Reho- 
both, Massachusetts,  February  7,  1659.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Weymouth,  yiiy 
13,  1640;  was  representative  from  Weymouth, 
1641-43,  and  fiom  Rehoboth,  1645;  constable 
in  1641 ;  was  chosen  proprietor's  clerk  of  Wey- 
mouth, 1643.  He  drew  lot  No.  18,  in  the  divi- 
sions of  lands  in  Rehoboth,  June  30,  1644,  was 
admitted  an  inhabitant  of  the  town  .March  28, 
1645,  and  the  following  June  was  made  free- 
man. It  was  through  his  intluence  that  the 
grant  of  Seekonk,  otherwise  known  as  Reho- 
both, was  made  by  the  general  court,  then  at 
Plymouth.  This  was  the  tract  of  land  selected 
by  Roger  Williams  for  a  settlement,  when 
driven  out  of  the  ^lassachusetts  colony.  In 
1647  William  Carpenter  was  made  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  town,  and  again  in  1655.  The 
legal  business  of  the  town  and  colony  was 
transacted  principally  by  him.  He  paid  eight 
pounds,  seventeen  shillings  and  three  pence 
toward  defraying  the  expenses  of  King  Philip's 
war,  and  was'  one  of  a  committee  to  lay  out  a 
road  from  Rehoboth  to  Dedham.  About  1642 
he  received  a  connnission  as  captain  from  the 
governor  of  Massachusetts,  and  was  called 
upon  to  act  for  the  protection  and  ownership  of 
the  Pawtuxet  lands.  The  records  show  him  to 
have  been  a  yeoman,  and  his  estate  was  valued 
at  two  hundred  and  fifty-four  pounds  and  ten 
shillings.  Governor  Bradford,  who  married 
his  cousin  Alice,  favored  William  Carpenter 
in  all  his  measures  in  the  Plymouth  court,  and 
in  all  their  dealings  they  were  close  friends. 
William  Carpenter's  wife,  Abigail,  wdno  died 
February  22.  1687,  had  been  provided  for  in 
his  will  of  .April  21,  1659.  Children:  i.  John, 
born  in  England  about  1628,  died  May  23, 
1695.  2.  William  (q.  v.).  3.  Joseph,  1633, 
died  May  6,  1675.  4.  Flannah,  in  Weymouth, 
Ajiril  3,  1640.  5.  Abiah,  April  9,  1643.  6. 
Abigail,  twin  of  .Abiah,  died  March  5.  1 7 10. 
7.  Samuel,  born  in   i^>44. 


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Charles     Ranclnll     was     boni 
RANDALL     about    ]8.'3    in    Nova    Scotia 

and  is  now  living  at  Casile 
Hill,  AJainc.  He  served  three  years  in  the  civil 
war.  He  followed  farming  during  his  active 
life.  I"or  several  years  he  has  been  li\ing, 
retired,  at  Castle  Hill.  In  politics  he  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  attends  the  Advent  church.  He 
was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Castle  Hill 
Grange.  He  married  Eliza  Holmes,  born  in 
Maine  in  1824,  died  at  Wade,  Maine,  1S89. 
Children:  i.  George  \\'.,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jane,  married  Fred  Hiiton,  of  Castle  Hill,  a 
farmer.  3.  Charles,  married  Ida  Smith,  of 
Maysvillc;  resides  at  I'resqne  Isle,  a  farmer. 
4.  Sarah,  resides  at  Houlton,  Elaine,  a  physi- 
cian. 5.  Josephine,  married  A.  F.  Locke,  of 
Haverliill,  Alassachusetts,  a  farmer,  now  living 
at  Skowhegan.  Alaine.  6.  Grant,  a  farmer  at 
Caribou ;  married  Rosa  Biackstone.  7.  ]\Iark, 
died  young.  8.  Nora,  died  at  Castle  Hill ;  mar- 
ried   Ellis,  of  Oxbow,  a  guide. 

(II)  George  W.  Randall,  son  of  Charles 
Randall,  was  born  at  Wade  Plantation.  No- 
vember 9,  1841,  died  in  the  Houlton  Hos- 
pital, November  21,  1906.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  followed  farming 
and  lumbering  all  his  active  life.  In  politics 
he  was  a  IDemocrat.  He  was  read  commis- 
sioner and  tax  collector  of  \\'rLde  and  held  vari- 
ous other  town  offices  from  time  to  time.  He 
attended  the  Advent  church.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maccabees  of  ^Masardis.  He  mar- 
ried, August  17,  1862,  Abbie  Jordan,  born  in 
Carleton  county.  New  Brunswick,  June  g, 
1842.  She  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  and  was  formerly  a  member 
of  the  Castle  Hill  Grange.  She  resides  in 
Presque  Isle.  Richard  Jordan,  her  father,  was 
born  in  Maine  in  1S04,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield 
in  1880.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Fort  Fairfield 
and  had  previously  cultivated  a  farm  in  New- 
Brunswick.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat :  in 
religion  a  Free  Will  Baptist.  He  married 
Mary  Flannery,  born  in  New  Brunswick  in 
1806,  died  at  Fort  Fairt^eM.  1S83.  Children 
of  Richard  and  Mary  Jordan:  i.  Samuel  Jor- 
dan, died  at  Westfield ;  he  was  a  farmer  and 
lumberman  ;  married  Abbie  Giggey.  2.  Jcihn 
Jordan,  born  in  New  Brunswick,  died  at  \\'ash- 
burn,  Maine ;  served  in  the  civil  war  for  three 
years ;  married  Mary  Ann  Bishop,  of  Bangor, 
now  living  in  Washburn.  3.  Judith  Jordan, 
resides  at  Washburn ;  married  Richard  Reid- 
ker,  a  farmer.  4.  Eunice  Jordan,  n.arried 
Daniel  Giggey,  cousin  of  Abbie,  a  woodsman, 
river  driver  and  farmer,  nov/  living  at  Wash- 
burn, Maine.  5.  Abbie  Jordan,  married  George 
W.  Randall,  mentioned  above.  6.  Martha  Jane 
Jordan,  married  Henry  Randall,  of  Washburn, 


who  servi-d  in  the  civil  war :  is  a  farmer  in 
Washburn.  7.  Richard  Jordan,  married 
Amanda  Boober.  Children  of  George  W.  Ran- 
dall:  I.  William  Henry,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Irene  Gertrude,  born  September  2t,  1866; 
married  James  Randall,  of  Nova  Scotia,  a  cook 
and  river  driver;  she  died  in  Blaine,  Maine, 
March  12,  1892;  children:  Sherman  Randall, 
a  lumberman  at  Mapleton ;  Nellie  Randall, 
married  John  Driver,  resides  at  St.  Cloud, 
Minnesota;  Isaiah  Randall,  a  farmer  at  Castle 
Hill.  3.  Augusta,  born  August  11,  1S72,  died 
at  Wade.  April  11,  1892,  unmarried.  4.  Fred, 
born  July  11,  1874;  married  Mrs.  Louisa 
Blake,  widow  of  Alonzo  Blake,  a  farmer  of 
Westfield;  children:  Lillian  and  Annie.  5. 
Mary  E.,  born  September  14,  1876,  died  Octo- 
ber 19,  1S76.  6.  Lulu  Jane,  born  June  8,  187S; 
married  James  K.  Butterfield,  born  in  Dan- 
forth,  Maine,  January  21,  1849,  manufacturer 
of  last  blocks,  boot  trees,  etc. ;  resides  in  Dan- 
forth ;  children :  Nellie,  born  at  W'ade,  April 
2f),  1895,  niarried  Perley  Richardson,  of  Casile 
Hill,  a  farmer  of  Presque  Isle;  Elroy,  May 
18,  1900.  7.  George  Burton,  born  March  31, 
1S82;  married  Eva  AIle_\',  daughter  of  George 
I.  Alley ;  children :    Lulu  and  one  other. 

(Ill)  \\'ilIiamHenry  Randall,  son  of  C^eorge 
W.  Randall,  was  born  August  27,  1S63.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  the  Castle  Hill 
high  school.  During  his  youth  he  assisted  his 
father  on  the  homestead.  He  followed  farm- 
ing and  lumbering  for  a  number  of  years  and 
was  employed  for  several  years  by  A.  F.  Tille 
at  Castle  Hill.  In  1910  he  bought  a  farm  at 
.•\shland,  Elaine,  and  since  then  has  cultivated 
it  successfully.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  Castle  Hill  Grange,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry,  and  of  Mountain  Mew  Lodge, 
No.  144,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Ashland. 

Air.  Randall  married,  June  2,  191 1,  at  Ash- 
land, Harriet  Alabel  \Veaver  (see  Weaver 
III),  born  at  Ashland,  April  5,  1890.  and  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  and  higli  schools,  and 
at  the  Presque  Isle  State  Normal  .School.  She 
taught  for  two  years  in  Ashland  and  for  one 
term  in  Portage,  Alaine.  She  is  a  member  of 
Ashland  Grange.  No.  247,  and  of  Shasta  Re- 
bekah  Lodge.  No.  134.  One  child,  Mavilla 
Annie,  born  January  6,  19 12. 

(The  TVeaver  Line). 

(I)  Andrew  V.'eaver  was  born  in  Miramichi, 
New  Brunswick,  died  in  Ashland.  Maine, 
where  he  was  a  pioneer.  He  cleared  a  farm 
upon  which  he  lived  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
married  Letitia  Alills,  born  in  St.  John,  New 
fjrunswick,  died  at  Readfield,  Maine.  xAmong 
his  children  was  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 


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(II)  Isaac  Weaver,  son  of  Andrew  Weaver, 
was  born  in  Ashland,  Alaine,  died  tiicre,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1S84,  aged  fifty-thiee  years,  two  montlis 
and  five  days.  Pie  was  a  farmer  in  his  native 
town  all  his  active  life.  AVhen  a  young  man 
he  was  also  a  lumberman  and  teamster  in  the 
woods.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
married,  April  28,  1858,  Susan  Dawson,  born 
at  Miramichi,  August  3, 1838,  and  is  now  living 
in  Ashland.  Children:  i.  Charles  Eyron.  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Alice,  born  December,  1862; 
married  Eugene  McCallar,  of  Camden.  Maine; 
resides  in  Minnesota.  3.  Clara,  born  Novem- 
ber 22,  1864;  married  Joseph  Kellock,  of  Ash- 
hud;  they  live  on  a  Montana  ranch.  4.  Ira, 
born  February  5,  1867,  unmarried.  5.  Annie, 
born  July  2,  1S69,  died  unmarried.  6.  Maude, 
born  January  11,  1S73;  married  Joseph  Kin- 
ney, of  Bristol,  New  Brunswick,  now  of  Ash- 
land, Maine,  a  farmer.  7.  ]\Iarco,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1877:  a  lumberm.an,  Minneapolis. 
8.  Sarah,  born  September  13,  1S78;  married 
Fred  Russell,  of  Fredericton;  resides  in  Ash- 
land. 

(III)  Charles  Byron  Weaver,  son  of  Isaac 
\\'eaver,  was  born  April  8,  1859,  at  .-Vshland, 
Maine,  and  has  resided  there  all  his  life.  He 
is  a  potato  buyer  and  does  an  extensive  busi- 
ness. In  politics  he  is -a  Republican.  He  has 
held  the  office  of  road  commissifmcr.  He  at- 
tends the  Congregational  church.  He  is  a 
member  of  Ashland  Grange,  No.  247,  Patrons 
of  Flusbandry,  and  the  Independent  Order  of 
Foresters,  of  Ashland.  He  married,  April  7, 
i8Sg,  in  Ashland,  Mavilla  Fenderson,  born  in 
Ashland,  ^lay  i,  1871.  She  is  a  member  of 
Ashland  Grange;  of  Shasta  Rebekah  Lodge, 
No.  134,  and  of  the  Congregational  church. 
She  also  belongs  to  the  ^^'omen's  Ciiristian 
Temjjerance  L'nion  and  to  the  Ladies'  Alission- 
ary  Society.  Children  of  Charles  Byron  and 
Mavilla  Weaver:  i.  Harriet  ]^Iabe!,  married 
William  Henry  Randall  (see  Randall  III).  2. 
Ernest  L.,  July  18,  1892,  student  in  Bangor 
Law  School.  3.  Ralph  O.,  born  January  2, 
1895.  4.  Annie  L.,  born  November  30,  1898. 
5.  Esther  O.,  born  January  8,  1901.  6.  George 
R.,  born  August  30,  1902. 

William  H.  Fenderson,  father  of  Mavilla 
(Fenderson)  Weaver,  was  born  at  Presque 
Isle,  January  6,  1846,  and  is  now  living  on 
his  farm  in  Ashland,  where  he  settled  when  a 
young  man.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in 
religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  is  a  member 
of  Ashland  Grange,  No.  247,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. He  married  Martha  Jane  Alieit,  born 
at  Greenbu=h,  Penobscot  county,  ^.laine,  Au- 
gust 27,  1849.  Children  of  William  H.  Fender- 
son: I.  Mavilla  Fen'lerson,  married  Charles 
Byron   Weaver,  mentioned  above.     2.   Daniel 

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AI.  Fen.derson,  born  .\pril  i,  1S73;  married 
Bertha  Farwell,  of  Patlen,  Maine;  is  a  farmer 
of  Ashland.  3.  Otis  II.  Fenderson,  born  Janu- 
ary 13,  1S75,  unmarried.  4.  Frank  J.  Fender- 
son, born  in  October,  1877;  married  Bessie 
Dickerson,  of  Smyrna  Mills;  is  a  farmer  at 
Ashland.  5.  George  R.  I'enderson,  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1883;  married  Etta  Thistle,  born  at 
Hartland,  New  Brunswick;  he  is  station  agent 
at  Mars  Hill.  6.  Louise  M.  Fenderson,  born 
September  17,  1886;  married  Thomas  Brad- 
dock,  of  Washburn,  a   farmer  there. 

Daniel  Fenderson,  father  of  \\'illiam  H. 
Fenderson,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  about 
17S9,  died  at  Ashland,  about  1859.  He  came 
to  Ashland  with  his  wife  and  children,  and 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  town.  He  mar- 
ried Jeanette  Sutter,  of  Aliramichi.  Children 
of  Daniel  Fenderson :  i.  Daniel  Fenderson, 
died  young.  2.  William  II.  Fenderson,  men- 
tioned above.  3.  Frank  M.  Fenderson,  a  shoe- 
maker of  Auburn,  Maine;  married  Georgia 
Goss,  of  Portage.  4.  Olive  Fenderson,  died 
young.  5.  Diantha  Fenderson,  died  young. 
Jeanette  (Sutter)  Fenderson,  widow  of  Daniel 

Fenderson,  married    (second) Smith, 

now  living  in  Minnesota,  and  had  children : 
George,  Sarah  and  Lorenzo  Smith. 


During  the  revolution  or  imme- 
YOLTNG     diately    afterward    at    least    two 

Young  families  left  the  states  be- 
cause they  were  Loyalists  and  made  their 
homes  in  New  Brunswick.  Ephraim  Young 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Fort  Andrew, 
New  Brur.swick,  and  died  at  St.  George,  New 
Brunswick,  in  1S41,  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
He  and  his  wife  lived  together  for  sixty-si.x 
years  and  had  thirteen  children.  At  the  time 
of  death  he  had  one  hundred  and  eight  grand- 
children, one  hundred  and  forty  great-grand- 
children and  three  great-great-grandchildren. 

George  Young,  another  Loyalist,  was  a 
grantee  of  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  in  1783, 
died  there  in  1827,  aged  seventy-one  years. 

(I)  Jacob  Young,  believed  to  be  son  of 
George  Young,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick 
about  the  time  of  the  revolution,  died  at  Oak 
Bay  in  that  province  in  1853.  Pie  was  a 
fanuer  at  Oak  Bay.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Pie  married 
twice.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Jacob,  a  sea 
captain,    died    at    Oak    Bay ;    married    Polly 

:     2.   Michael,  a   farmer,  died  at  Oak 

Play.  3.  Christopher,  a  mariner,  died  at  Oak 
Bay.  4.  William,  a  farmer  at  Oak  Bay.  5. 
John,  mentioned  below.  6.  George,  died  on  the 
homestead.  Children  by  second  wife:  7.  Clar- 
issa, married Richardson.    And  others. 

(II)  John  Young,  son  of  Jacob  Young,  was 


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born  at  Oak  Bay,  New-  Brunswick,  Sejitember 
30,  1806,  died  at  Garfield,  Maine,  February  11, 
1S80.  He  came  to  AshLmd  in  1844  and  re- 
moved to  Garfield  in  1858.  His  farm  was  in 
Garfield,  but  he  remained  for  some  years  in 
Ashland  in  order  that  his  children  might  attend 
school  there.  He  was  an  Ei«scopalian  in  reli- 
gion. He  married  Jane  Connick,  born  at  \\'ar- 
wick,  St.  Davids,  Xew  Brunswick,  February 
15,  1810,  died  at  Garfield,  Maine,  April  19, 
1900.  She  was  a  devout  Episcopalian  and 
active  in  church  work.  Thomas  Connick,  her 
father,  was  born  in  Xew  Brunswick,  died  at 
Warwick  in  that  province  when  about  fifty 
years  old.  He  kept  an  inn  at  St.  Andrews  or 
Warwick.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian. 
He  married  Jane  Kinney,  born  in  Xew  York 
state.  Children,  all  born  in  \\'arwick:  i.  Sam- 
uel Connick,  a  farmer,  married  Ann  Thomp- 
son. 2.  Thomas  Connick.  3.  Jane  Connick, 
married  John  Young,  mentioiied  above.  4. 
Margaret  Connick,  died  in  British  Columbia ; 
married  Captain  James  Strang,  sea  captain, 
who  crossed  the  ocean  sixty-two  times.  5. 
Sarah  Connick,  died  at  Deer  Island,  IMaine. 
Children  of  John  Young:  i.  Sarah  Elizabeth, 
born  April  19,  1833,  died  at  Ashland,  2^Iarch, 
1908;  married  Andrew  J.  Flint,  of  Bridgton, 
Alaine,  a  lumberman  and  farmer  of  Ashland ; 
children:  Oscar  J.,  went  west;  Marietta,  mar- 
ried Henry  Dunn,  a  farmer  of  Ashland;  Ella 
Maud,  housekeeper  for  Henry  Duim ;  Annie 
Dora,  married  Millard  Brown,  blacksmith, 
now  keeping  a  boarding  house  at  Portage 
Lake,  Maine;  Inez  C,  married  Hezekiah 
Sloane,  a  farmer  of  Limestone,  Maine ;  Clara, 
married  Bernard  Holmes,  of  \'ancouver.  2. 
John  Cutrcll,  mentioned  below.  3.  George,  died 
in  infancy.  4.  Jane  C,  born  May  i,  1839,  re- 
sides at  Garfield,  Maine;  unmarried.  5.  Alari- 
etta,  born  December  6,  1842;  a  dressmaker  for 
many  years,  lived  witli  her  sister  ^^largaret 
Annie,  on  the  homestead;  member  of  the  Epis- 
■  copal  church  and  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society  and 
of  Ashland  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry ; 
unmarried.  6.  Angus,  born  August  26,  1S45; 
married  Elizabeth  Kelluck ;  he  died  at  Gar- 
field, November,  1901,  and  she  is  living  on  the 
farm  in  that  town ;  children :  Leland  E.  and 
Newman  A.  7.  Margaret  Annie,  born  at  Ash- 
land, August  5,  1S47;  resided  with  her  sister 
IMarietta  on  the  homestead ;  died  August  4, 
1914;  was  for  the  past  seven  years  matron  of 
the  ^lattawaska  Training  School  at  Fort  Kent ; 
member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 
and  the  Ladies"  Aid  Society  and  of  Ashland 
Grange,  No.  247,  Patrons  of  Husbandry  ;  also 
member  of  the  White  Ribbon  Society. 

(Ill)  John    Cutrell    Young,    son    of    John 
Young,  was  born  at  Oak  Bay,  New  Brunswick, 


Scjileniber  9,  1S34,  died  December  22,  i8<j<;, 
in  (jarfieM,  Maine.  He  came  to  Ashland  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  ten  years  old  and 
attended  the  jiublic  schools  there.  When  a 
youth  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm,  and 
when  he  was  a  young  man  his  father  gave  him 
half  of  the  homestead,  on  which  he  lived  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Lodge  of  Good 
Templars  of  Ashland. 

He  married,  at  Ashland.  December  5.  1872. 
Frances  A.  Thurston,  born  at  Ashland.  Janu- 
ary 17,  1854.  She  was  educated  in  the  .Ash- 
land pidjlic  schools  and  graduated  from  the 
high  school.  She  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  a  member  of 
Shasta  Rebekah  Lodge,  Xo.  132,  of  Ashland, 
and  of  Ashland  Grange,  Xo.  247,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  Children  of  John  Cutrell  Young: 
I.  Josie  Maud,  born  October  26,  1873,  died 
January  19.  1874.  2.  Harry,  born  January  18, 
1875;  "i  "i^il  carrier  in  Ashland;  married,  in 
Patten,  April  i,  1903,  Alinnie  D.  Gould,  born 
January  19,  1877.  3-  ^lartha  Emma,  born 
A\nU  29,  1876;  married,  at  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick,  iMilton  Blair  Gray,  born  July  27, 
1875,  "^'^"^  •"  November,  1913;  she  resides  in 
Nashville,  ]VIaine.  4.  Arthur  Thurston,  born 
December  24,  1877,  died  June  13,  18S0.  5. 
Addie  Mabel,  born  December  29,  1S78,  a 
trained  nurse,  living  at  Zanesville,  Ohio.  6. 
Luella  Harvey,  born  February  12,  18S0;  mar- 
ried, at  Haverhill,  [Massachusetts,  August  5, 
1903,  Ernest  S.  Chase,  born  Februarv  4,  1879; 
now  living  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  is  manager  of  a  store.  7.  Hilary  Thurston, 
born  June  16,  1883;  married,  at  Mapleton, 
Maine,  June  13,  1904,  George  L.  Sinclair,  born 
November  2S,  1874,  a  farmer;  living  at  Cash- 
mere, Washington.  8.  Walter  Scott,  born  July 
21,  1SS5  ;  a  fruit  grower  and  farmer  at  Peshas- 
ten.  9.  Nancy  Thurston,  born  December  18, 
1886,  died  October  5,  1S91.  10.  George  Aus- 
tin, mentioned  below.  11.  Hervey  Allen,  born 
April  I,  1891  ;  a  steam  fitter  at  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts. 12.  Edmund  Hovey,  born  August  5, 
1892:  a  fruit  grower  at  Peshasten,  Washing- 
ton. 13.  Elmer  John,  born  April  2,  1894,  died 
July  29,  1900. 

Charles  Sewell  Thurston,  father  of  Mrs. 
Young,  was  born  in  Wolfsboro,  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1825,  and  died  at  Ashland,  Maine,  Janu- 
ary 19,  1900.  He  was  a  stone  mason  by  trade 
in' Ashland,  where  he  settled  before  he  was 
married.  In  politics  ]\[r.  Thurston  was  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  was  a  member  of  Ashland  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons.  He  enlisted  in  Company  H, 
Maine  Regiment,  Volunteer  Infantry,  in  1S61. 
and  served  fourteen  months  in  the  civil  war. 


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He  married  Mary  (loiling.  who  was  born  in 
1830  and  died  at  Ashland  in  iS<)j.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Ainasa  Coding,  a  native  of  Maine, 
wlio  died  at  Masardis,  Maine,  aljcmt  I1S75,  ^^ 
tlie  age  of  about  ninety.  Mr.  Coding  Hvcd  at 
Jay,  Maine,  whence  he  removed  to  Masardis 
later  in  life  and  followed  farming.  Fie  married 
twice.  His  second  wife  was  Mary  (Coss) 
Rowe,  a  widow.  Children  of  .-\masa  Coding 
by  first  wife:  I.  \\'iiliani  Coding,  died  at  A.sh- 
land;  married  Mehnda  Kallock.  2.  Harriet 
Ann  Coding,  died  at  Strong,  Maine ;  married 
I^hilip  Smith,  a  farmer  of  Strong.  3.  Josephine 
Coding,  died  at  Farmington  ;  married  \\"illiam 
Morrison.  4.  Elmira.  died  at  Masardis;  mar- 
ried Daniel  Wyman.  5.  Eliza  Coding,  died  at 
Masardis.  married  .Samuel  Leavitt.  Children 
bv  second  wife;  6.  Amasa  Coding,  a  farmer, 
married  Eveline  Smith.  7.  Llewellyn,  a  re- 
tired farmer,  living  at  Masardis  ;  married  Han- 
nah House;  second.  Mrs.  Harvey,  a  widow. 

Children  of  Charles  Sewell  Thurston;  i. 
Frances  A.,  married  John  C.  Young,  men- 
tioned above.  2.  John  Thurston,  died  aged 
fourteen  years.  3.  Charles  .Austin,  1859;  died 
in  Wisconsin  in  1883,  unmarried.  4.  Edward 
\\'ayland  Thurston.  1861.  married  Helen 
Cushman  of  Sherman;  living  in  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts.  5.  Flerbert  Eugene  Thurston, 
1863.  6.  Mary  Estelle  Thurston,  iS^iS,  a  trained 
nurse  in  Haverhill.  7.  James  Madison  Thurs- 
ton, 1870,  resided  in  the  Philippines  in  the 
United  States  navy,  when  last  heard  from.  8. 
I'.enjamin  Franklin  Thurston,  1872;  married 
Marion  Owen  of  Presque  Fsle ;  now  a  provi- 
sion merchant  in  Tacoma,  Washington.  9. 
Myrtie  B.  Thurston.  1874;  married  Ceorge 
Stone,  of  Haverhill. 

(IV)  Ceorge  .A.u.-tin  Young,  son  of  John 
•Cutreil  Young,  was  born  at  Carficld.  }ilaine, 
July  17,  18S6.  He  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  tov.n. 
During  his  boyhood  he  worked  on  his  father's 
farm,  part  of  "which  he  inherited  and  now  cul- 
tivates. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  For 
the  past  two  years  he  has  been  town  treasurer. 
He  is  a  member  of  .Ashland  Crange.  Xo.  247. 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  in  which  he  has  filled 
the  offices  of  gate-keeper,  steward  and  over- 
seer. In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  is 
also  an  Odd  Fellow,  member  of  Mountain 
View  Lodge.  Ashland,  Maine. 


25,  i''>33.  «a-  rated  at  nine  sjiijlings.  His  wife 
Sarali,  son  .Samuel,  and  infant,  came  with  him. 
His  wife  died  before  1627;  Bradford  says  she 
died  "in  the  gentrall  sickness  which  was  in  the 
winter  of  1620-21."  He  married  a  second  wife, 
who  died  soon,  and  he  married  (third)  Chris- 
tian Pemi.  who  came  over  in  the  '"Ann,"  in 
1623.  He  reuKived  from  Plymouth  to  Duxbury, 
\\iirrc  he  died  in  the  hitter  i)art  of  1C133. 
.\i.lniiin>tratii '11  on  his  estate  was  grantetl  to 
Thomas  I'rcnce  and  John  Doaiie,  November 
25,  same  year.  In  July,  1634.  his  widow  mar- 
ried Francis  Billington,  by  whom  she  had  eight 
children.  Children  of  Francis  Eaton,  by  first 
wife;  Sanuiel,  born  in  England  or  Holland, 
1620.  P>y  second  wife;  Rachel,  born  in  Plym- 
outh. 1624-25,  luarricd.  March  2,  1645,  Joseph 
Ramsden.  By  third  wife;  Benjamin,  of  whom 
further.  There  were  two  other  children,  one 
an  "idei'te."  and  another  who  probably  died 
without  is>ue. 

(II)  Benj;Lniiii.  son  of  T'Tancis  Eaton,  was 
born  in  I3u.\bury,  Massachusetts,  about  1627. 
He  was  apprenticed  or  bound  out  February 
II,  1635,  for  fourteen  years,  including  two 
years  at  school,  to  I'.ridget  Fuller,  widow.  In 
1648  he  was  of  Duxbury,  and  in  1650  of 
Plymouth,  and  was  admitted  to  the  first  church 
there,  March  19,  1693.  ^^^  married,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1660,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Hos- 
kins ;  he  was  a  grantee  of  ]Middleboro,  but 
never  lived  there.  Children ;  William,  born 
about  1662,  will  proved  March  18,  1690-91  : 
]!enjarnin,  of  whom  further;  Ebenezer,  born 
al)out  1667;  Rebecca,  married  Josiah  Richard. 

(III)  P.enjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Eaton,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  in  1664.  His 
trade  was  that  ci  "housewright"  at  Kingston, 
then  a  part  of  Plymouth.  His  will  was  dated 
.April  3.  1745,  and  proved  December  20  sanie 
vear.  He  married  (first)  December  18,  16S9. 
Mary   Coombs,   who  had   twelve   children   by 

him.     He  married   (second)   Susanna , 

who  died  April  13,  1739,  aged  seventy  years. 
Children,  born  at  Kingston;  William.  June  i. 
1691 ;  Hannah,  February  16,  1692:  Jabez. 
February  8,  1693,  died  young;  Daniel,  1694; 
Sarah.  October  20,  i6<-)5 ;  John.  October  6. 
1697;  P.enjamin,  1698;  Francis,  (q.  v.); 
Elisha.  about  1702:  Mary,  married  Zacha'-iah 
Souls:  Elizabeth,  married  Cornelius  Sturte- 
vant;  David,  bc.rn  about  1709. 


Francis  Eaton,  the  immigrant 
E.ATOX     ancestor    of    this    family,    catne 

from  England  to  Plymouth,  Mas- 
saclni.setts,  in  1620.  in  the  "[Mayflower,"  and 
signed  the  famous  compact  on  board  that  his- 
toric vessel.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in   1633,  and   March 


The  surname  Tilles'  is  foiutd  ir. 
TILLI':V     England  as  early  as  the  Xornian 

Conquest,  and  appears  in  tb.e 
Domesday  Book.  The  name  was  cotnmon 
also  in  France  and  H(.)lland  at  an  early  date 
and  is  doubtless  of  Xorman- French  origin. 
The   name   is   spelled   in   the  ancient   records, 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


Tillie,  Tilly,  Telcy,  Tiley,  Tilec  and  Telv.  We 
have  at  the  present  time  the  surname  Tylec, 
probably  of  the  same  English  stock. 

Edward  and  John  Tilley  were  among  the 
passengers  of  the  "Mayflower."  Edward  and 
his  w-ife  Ann  both  died  in  the  spring  of  1620- 
21.  John  brought  his  wife  and  daughter  Eliz- 
abeth, and  he  and  his  wife  also  died  early  in 
162 1.  The  only  descendants  of  these  Pilgrim 
Tillcys  arc  through  John's  daughter,  who  mar- 
ried John  Rowland.  No  person  of  the  name 
Tilley  can  claim  descent  through  these  ances- 
tors in  the  male  line.  There  was  another  John 
Tilley  in  Dorchester  wlio  came  in  1629;  left 
no  issue.  William  Tilley,  of  Barnstable  and 
Boston,  came  from  Little  ^linories,  England, 
in  the  ship  "Abigail,"  in  June,  1636,  left  a 
daughter  Sarah,  but  no  sons  that  have  been 
found  on  record.  Others  of  the  name  came 
later.  George  and  Elizabeth  Tilly  had  chil- 
dren in  Boston,  1727-1748,  George,  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  Martha,  George,  William,  John. 
Samuel  and  Eliphal  had  children  in  Boston, 
1712-32,  Samuel,  Eliphal,  Eliza,  I^ewis.  Wil- 
liam, "William,  Sarah.  Thomas  and  Katherine 
Tiley  had  two  children.  Eliza,  born  February 
I,  1718,  Sarah,  August  20,  1724.  John  and 
Eliza  Tiley  had,  1719-27,  Ehza,  John,  Sarah, 
Lydia.  These  are  probably  related  to  Thomas 
Tilley  who  had  by  wife  Hannah  a  son,  Samuel 
Tilee,  in  Boston,  May  i,  1657.  This  Samuel 
Tilee  or  Tiley  had  by  wife  Sarah:  i.  John, 
born  March  2,  1693.  2.  Hannah,  died  ^larch 
15,  1694.  3.  Sarah,  born  September  i,  1696. 
4.  William,  bom  November  30, 1697.  Whether 
this  Boston  family  just  described  is  related  to 
that  given  below  we  have  not  learned.  The 
facts  of  the  early  generation?,  of  this  family 
are  from  an  old  genealogv  of  the  Tilley  fam- 
ily. 

(I)  John  Tilley  lived  at  or  near  Exeter, 
England.  Among  his  children  were:  i.  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below.  2.  John,  married  and 
had  children:  John,  who  remained  in  England  ; 
Elinor,  remained  in  England;  William,  the 
rope-maker,  burn  in  England.  1641,  came  to 
Boston  in  1660,  and  lived  on  Milk  street,  near 
Cow  Lane ;  established  a  large  rope-v.-alk,  and 
Tilley 's  Wharf  and  Tilley's  Lane  were  named 
for  him;  his  wife  Isabella  died  January  13, 
1702,  and  he  married  (second)  Abigail  ^V■ood- 
mancy;  after  his  death  she  married  (second) 
October  19,  1718,  Judge  Samuel  Sewell.  He 
died  at  Boston  in  1717 ;  daughter  Isabella  mar- 
ried Eliezer  Armitage  and  Grace  married  Jonas 
Clarke.  From  the  similarity  of  names  and 
place  of  residence  of  the  families  it  is  con- 
jectured that  Thomas  Tilee  was  closely  related 
to  William,  the  ropemaker. 

(II)  William    Tilley,    son   of    John    Tilley, 


li\-ed  at  Exeter,  Ijigland.  He  married  and 
had  children:  i.  William,  born  about  16S5, 
came  with  \u>  two  brothers,  John  and  James, 
to  work  for  their  cousin,  William  Tille\-,  the 
rope-maker,    in     Boston;    married,    in     1736, 

Dorcas  ;  removed  to  Newport,  Rhode 

Island;  son  William,  born  October  19,  1738. 
2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  James,  born 
16S6;  resided  at  New  London,  Connecticut, 
about  1718 ;  gave  ten  pounds  to  the  First  Epis- 
copal Church  of  New  London;  married,  May 
27,  1742,  Hannah  Savel,  daughter  of  John 
Savel. 

(HI)  John  (2)  Tilley,  son  of  William  Til- 
ley, was  born  at  Edford,  England,  about  1787- 
90.  He  came  to  Boston  with  his  brothers, 
James  and  ^^'illiam.  to  work  in  the  rope-walk 
of  their  cousin,  William  Tilley.  He  was  in 
Boston  about  1720;  removed  to  New  York 
state,  where  he  m-arried  and  had  two  sons, 
perhajjs  other  children  also.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  unknown.  Children:  i.  Leonard, 
born  1730-40,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where 
he  lived  until  his  marriage,  then  moved  to 
Granby.  Massachusetts,  and  was  progenitor 
of  all  of  the  name,  without  doubt,  in  western 
Massachusetts.     2.   Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(I\")  Samuel  Tilley,  son  of  John  (2)  Til- 
ley, was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  "^'ork,  about 
1740,  died  in  1820,  in  the  parish  of  Gagetown, 
Queen's  county.  New  Brunswick,  where  he 
settled  in  1783,  leaving  Brooklyn  with  the 
Loyalists.  He  married,  1765,  ]Mary  ?vIorgan, 
of  Brooklyn,  and  she  died  at  Portland.  New- 
Brunswick,  in  TS34,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
Children  :  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Jacob  ; 
Elizabeth. 

(V)  James  Tilley,  son  of  Samuel  Tilley, 
was  born  September  7,  1773,  died  November 
23,  1850.  He  married  I\Iarv  Chase,  born  April 
7.  1776,  died  July  7,  1866!  Children:  Anna,. 
Thomas  JNL,  James,  mentioned  below ;  Re- 
becca, Phebe,  Samuel,  Charles,  Jacob. 

(VI)  James  (2)  Tilley,  son  of  James  (i) 
Tilley.  was  born  in  New  Brunsv/ick,  Feb- 
ruarv  24.  179S.  He  married,  January  24,  1S22,. 
Sarah  Briggs.  Among  their  children  was 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Henry  Tilley.  son  of  James  (2)  Til- 
ley. was  born  at  Sheffield.  New  Brunswick, 
1824,  died  at  Ashland,  Maine,  1906.  His 
father  died  in  New  Brunswick  and  he  was  the 
only  child.  He  came  to  Maine  before  mar- 
riage and  settled  in  Ashland,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming  for  three  years.  He  removed 
to  Castle  Hill,  where  he  owned  a  farm,  was 
postmaster  and  kept  a  hotel  until  he  was  over 
seventy  years  old.  He  retired  and  spent  his 
last  year's  at  Ashland.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.     He  held  various  public  offices  in-. 


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Castle  Hill.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school 
luuud,  selectman,  tax  collector  and  town  treas- 
urer. He  was  a  member  of  Pioneer  Lodge, 
No.  72,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Ash- 
land.    He  married   (first)  Currier,  of 

Morenccville,  New  P.runswick.  He  married 
(second)  Louisa  (Coffin)  Sylvester,  born  at 
Unity,  Maine,  1S27,  died  at  Ashland  in  1907. 
Child  by  first  wife:  James,  deceased.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Louis  Kossuih,  men- 
tioned below;  Herbert,  born  December  u, 
1S59,  in  Castle  Hill,  married  (first)  Addic 
Gardner,  (second)  Carrie  Gardner,  her  sister, 
now  of  Ashland;  he  was  a  farmer  in  thpt 
town;  Everett,  born  February,  1S62,  at  Castle 
Hill,  died  ]\Iay  11,  1914;  married  Fannie  Wat-, 
son,  of  Limestone;  they  live  at  Northboro, 
Massachusetts.  By  her  first  husband,  Louisa 
(CoiTm)  Sylvester  had  Helen  Sylvester,  who 
married  \\'es!ev  Smith,  a  farmer  of  Castle 
Hill. 

(Vni)  Louis  Kossuth  Tilley,  son  of  Henry 
Tilley.  was  born  at  Ashland,  Elaine.  October 
3,  1S57.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there 
and  at  Presque  Isle  and  entered  the  I'niversity 
of  Maine  at  Orono,  where  he  was  a  student 
for  two  years.  Pie  taught  school  afterward  at 
Castle  Hill,  Washbi:rn  and  Maplcton.  In 
1882  he  bought  a  farm  in  Castle  Hill  and  cul- 
tivated it  until  1890  v.-hen  he  sold  it  to  his 
brother  and  purchased  the  general  store  at 
Castle  Hill.  In  1895  he  sold  the  store  and 
returned  to  agriculture  in  Castle  Hill,  contin- 
uing for  three  years.  In  1898  he  bought  a 
farm  of  530  acres  in  Garfield,  where  he  has 
resided  since  that  time.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  has  held  the  ofifices  of  select- 
man, tax  collector,  town  treasurer  and  superin- 
tendent of  schools  at  Castle  Hill :  superintend- 
ent of  schools  in  Garfield  for  six  years;  tax 
collector  of  Garfield,  six  years  ;  treasurer  of 
Garfield,  five  years;  justice  of  the  peace  twenty 
years.  He  is  novv  road  commissioner.  He 
attends  the  Congregational  church,  and  is  a 
member  of  Ashland  Grange,  No.  247.  Patrons 
of  Husbandry ;  the  Independent  Order  of  For- 
esters of  Ashland.  For  five  years  he  was  the 
master  of  the  Grange  at  Castle  Hill  and  was 
the  first  to  hold  that  office  there. 

He  married,  March  26,  1SS4,  at  Ashland, 
Annette  Coding,  born  at  Ma^ardis.  May,  1859. 
She  is  3  member  of  the  Congregational  church 
and  of  Ashland  Grange  (see  below).  Chil- 
dren of  Louis  Kossuth  Tilley:  i.  Harold  Lee, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Glenwood  G.,  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1888;  graduate  of  the  University 
of  Maine,  IQ13;  resides  in  Fulton,  New  York; 
a  manufacturer.  3.  Ralph  R.,  born  October 
9.  1890;  graduate  of  Picker's  Classical  Insti- 
tute,  191 1  ;  clerk  in   Ashland;  married   Helen 


A'\'eeks.  at  Masardis,  19-12.  4.  Gordon  P.., 
born  November,  1892;  graduate  of  Picker's 
Cla.-sical  Institute,  1912.  5.  Lawrence  C, 
born  August,  1894;  graduated  from  Picker's 
Classical  Institute,  June,  1914.  6.  George  M., 
born  August,  189'') ;  student  in  Picker's  Clas- 
sical Institute.  7.  Louise  K.,  born  Septernber 
I,    1900. 

(IX)  Harold  Lee  Tilley,  son  of  Louis  Kos- 
suth Tilley,  was  born  at  Castle  Hill,  Maine, 
May  21,  1886.  He  attended  school  there  until 
he  \sas  twelve  vears  ok!,  and  afterward  at- 
ten.led  the  pul,lic  schoc.ls  of  tiarfield  and  at 
Ricker"s  Classical  Institute  for  three  years. 
At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  was  employed  in 
surveying  in  Aroostook  county  in  the  woods 
and  for  five  years  he  followed  this  profession 
in  winter  and  assisted  his  father  on  the  home- 
stead in  summer.  In  1910  he  went  west  and 
spent  a  year  in  Colorado  and  California.  In 
191 1  he  entered  the  Ashland  Grange  store  and 
was  emplo)'ed  there  until  May  i,  1912.  In 
the  meantime,  he  bought  a  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred acres  which  he  is  now  cultivating.  His 
jM-incipal  crops  are  potatoes,  oats  and  hay. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  attends  the 
Congregational  church,  and  is  a  member  of 
IMountain  \''iew  Lodge,  No.  144,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Ashland,  and  of 
Ashland  Grange,  No.  247,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry.    He  is  unmarried. 

William  Coding,  father  of  Aimette  (Cod- 
ing) Tilley,  was  born  in  Kennebec  county,. 
Maine,  1844,  died  at  Ashland,  1894.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Ashland  for  many  years,  and  was 
formerly  of  Masardis.  Pie  served  the  town  as 
selectman,  and  attended  the  Baptist  church. 
He  married  Belinda  Kallock,  born  in  Ashland 
in  1S41,  died  there  in  1881.  Children  of  Wil- 
liam Coding:  i.  Annette  Coding,  married 
Louis  Kossuth  Tilley,  mentioned  above.  2. 
George  Coding,  born  1861  at  Masardis,  died 
in  Ashland;  was  a  farmer;  married  (first) 
Abbie  Kallock,  who  married  (second)  Andrew 
Estabrook ;  they  reside  in  Minnesota.  3.  Ma- 
ria Coding,  born  1863;  married  Edward  Bart- 
li-tt,  of  .\shland.  4.  William  Coding,  born 
1S65;  married  (fir.st")  Georgia  Kallock;  (sec- 
ond) Lucretia  Winslow ;  they  reside  at  Ken- 
yon  City,  Colorado.  5.  Alberta  Coding,  born 
1867;  married  William  Chandler,  of  Castle 
Hill;  she  died  in  Colorado;  he  is  a  carpenter 
and  contractor  in  that  state.  6.  Annie  Coding, 
born  1869;  married  Charles  Flint,  an  electri- 
cian, who  established  the  Ashland  Electric 
Light  Company.  7.  Louise  Coding,  born  1871  ; 
married  Samuel  Stevens,  of  Portage  Lake, 
where  he  now  lives,  a  farmer.  8.  Felix  Cod- 
ing, born  1874;  farmer,  Ashland. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


The     surname     Dragdon     or 

r>RAt;i30X  l!rai^(k'n  has  been  in  u>e  for 
several  centuries  iu  England, 
and  a  lineage  of  the  family  appears  in  a  visita- 
tion of  London  as  early  as  1588.  The  coat- 
of-arms  of  the  Bragdon  family  is:  Argent  a 
lion  passant  azure  between  three  fieurs  de  lis 
gules.  Crest:  .\  boar  issuani  out  of  a  rock 
proper. 

Arthur  P.ragdon,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  159S,  died  in  York, 
Maine,  about  167S.  He  settled  in  York  as 
early  as  1642  and  was  a  citizen  of  prominence, 
having  large  grants  of  land  and  holding  much 
property  on  the  south  side  of  the  York  river. 
All  of  this  name  are  his  descendants,  unless 
possibly  some  families  of  recent  immigration. 
The  Bragdons  were  leading  spirits  in  some  of 
the  coast  towns  of  Maine  for  many  genera- 
tions, filling  various  positions  of  trust  and 
honor.  Arthur  Bragdon  and  George  Pudding- 
ton  deposed  July  3,  1647,  to  the  effect  that 
Richard  Vines  made  a  grant  of  land  to  John 
Wadlou  and  Edmund  Littlefield  in  Wells, 
York  county,  by  deed  dated  November  20, 
1645,  in  behalf  of  Sir  Ferdinand  Gorges,  pat- 
entee of  ]\Iaine  province.  (See  York  deeds). 
In  a  deposition  made  in  York  in  1665  his  age 
is  stated  as  "about  si.xty-seven  years."  He 
filled  many  offices  aiul  served  on  in-.povtant 
committees  in  the  old  town  of  York.  Just 
before  his  death  he  deeded  to  his  son  Thomas, 
Alay  20,  167S,  all  his  estate  on  condition  that 
Thomas  "provide  all  necessary  things  as  long 
as  he  and  his  wife  live."  His  administrator 
filed  an  inventory,  October  2,  167S.  (Part  P, 
fol.  26,  vol.  V,  York  Deeds).  Among  the 
articles  mentioned  was  "one  hatt  5s  too  ould 
coats  &  one  peyre  of  briches  30  s."  Evidently 
the  wardrobe  of  the  progenitor  was  simple 
enough.  The  spelling  is  that  of  the  convey- 
ancer, not  of  Bragdon.  because  he  signed  his 
deed  with  a  large  capital  .A.  the  ends  of  the 
cross  bar  and  the  terminals  of  each  leg  of  the 
letter  being  divided  like  a  forked  stick.  liis 
son  Thomas  signed  with  a  mark — plain  capi- 
tal letters,  "T.  E."  We  do  not  find  the  name 
of  Arthur  Bragdon's  wife.  Children:  .\rtln;r, 
born  about  1620;  Thomas,  born  about  1625; 
perhaps   daughters. 

The  descendants  of  Arthur  Bragdon  have 
been  numerous  in  Maine.  C)ne  branch  of  the 
family  located  at  Knox  Station  in  that  state. 

(P)  Horace  Bragdon,  a  descendant  of  Arthur 
Bragdon,  mentioned  above,  was  born  in  Pen- 
obscot county,  Maine,  near  the  town  of  Dex- 
ter, Se[)tember  7.  1825,  died  in  .\shland,  Maine, 
in  18S6.  He  was  educated  in  tiie  public 
schools.  He  came  to  .Ashland,  Maine,  when 
about  eighteen  vears  old.  bought  and  cleared  a 


farm  there,  and  lived -upon  it  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
town  of  Ashland.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. Pie  attended  the  Congregational  church. 
He  married,  at  Ashland,  Priscilla  House,  also 
a  native  of  Penobscot  county,  born  near  Dex- 
ter, May  4.  1836,  died  at  Ashland,  1S90. 
George  liouse,  father  of  Priscilla,  was  born  in 
Penobscot  county  in  1813,  died  at  Ashland 
in  18SS.  He  came  to  Ashland  with  his  family 
and  lived  there  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  In  early  life  he  was  a  \\'hig  in  politics, 
and  afterward  a  Rc]>ublican.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Congregationalist.  Pie  cleared  the  farm 
which  he  occupied  for  many  years.  Children 
of  George  House:  i.  Charles  House,  a 
farmer  at  Patten,  Maine.  2.  George  House, 
died  young.  3.  Benjamin  House,  a  farmer 
at  Patten.  4.  William  Blouse,  a  farmer  at 
Patten.  5.  Calvin  Plouse,  a  farmer  at  Pat- 
ten. 6.  Hannah,  married  Llewellyn  Gordon,  a 
farmer,  now  retired,  of  ]\Iasardis,  Elaine, 
where  she  died.  7.  Betsey  Vesta  House,  died 
at  Portage  Lake,  1903,  married  S.  Goss,  of 
De.xter,  a  farmer.  S.  Adeline  House,  married 
Silas  Rafford,  a  fanner ;  she  died  at  Patten. 
9.  Priscilla,  married  Horace  Bragdon,  men- 
tioned above.  Children  of  Horace  and  Pris- 
cilla P.ragdon:  i.  Sherborn,  born  May  8, 
1853.  died  at  Portage  Lake,  1888;  married 
Lydia  Hill,  of  Sheridan,  Maine,  now  of  Port- 
age Lake.  2.  Franklin,  born  August  19,  1855, 
died  young.     3.  Ai   Franklin,  born  April  29, 

1857;  married  Olive  ,  and  they  live  on 

a  farm  at  Portage  Lake.  4.  Martha  A.,  born 
February  23,  1859,  died  at  P'ortage  Lake  in 
18SS;  married  Albert  Boltridge,  of  Ashland; 
he  is  now  a  farmer  at  Portage  Lake.  5.  Ida 
A.,  born  October  19,  18G0;  married  Fred  Bolt- 
ridge, a  brother  of  .Albert  Boltridge ;  they  re- 
side on  a  farm  at  Portage  Lake.  6.  George 
E.,  born  December  i,  1862;  a  farmer  at  Port- 
age Lake;  unmarried.  7.  .Almeda  A.,  born 
October  30,  1864;  married  Albert  Boltridge  as 
his  second  wife;  he  is  a  farmer  at  Portage 
Lake.  8.  Sumner  H.,  born  July  9,  1867,  died 
at  Portage  Lake,  1897;  a  farmer.  9.  Miles 
Oscar,  born  April  17,  1869;  married  \'ic- 
toria  Meadow,  of  Wallagrass,  Maine ;  he  is  a 
farmer  and  merchant  at  Portage  Lake.  10. 
Charles  Calvin,  born  .August  6,  187 1  ;  married 
Kate  Pinnette,  of  Wallagrass  :  he  is  a  farmer 
and  lumberman  at  Portage  Lake.  11.  Harper 
-Allen,  mentioned  below.  12.  Hadley,  born 
August  6,  1876;  married  Albra  Wilco.x,  of 
Washburn,  Maine;  now  living  in  .Ashland. 
Alaine,  on  the  south  half  of  the  homestead  of 
his  father.  13.  Iva  May,  born  October  6. 
1879.  died  young. 

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r.ini,'<lon,  was  born  at  Ashland,  Maine,  May 
-(>.  ii^74-  Ele  attended  the  pubHc  schools 
ilicre,  and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm.  His 
f.ither'  died  when  he  w  as  twelve  years  old  and 
alter  that  time  he  worked  on  the  farms  of 
various  neighbors  until  1892  when  he  bought 
a  half  of  his  father's  homestead.  His  brother 
Hadlcy  at  the  same  time  bought  the  southern 
half  of  the  farm.  Mr.  Bragdon  has  eighty- 
I'ight  acres,  of  which  forty  are  under  cultiva- 
lion.  The  land  is  excellent  for  potatoes,  oats 
and  wheat.  He  has  son.:e  valuable  timber 
lands.  INlr.  Bragdon  married,  in  Ashland, 
fuly  17,  1S9?.  J'lavilla  Leighton  Ellis,  born  in 
Ashland,  July  10,  1877.  She  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  her  native  town,  and  in 
religion  is  a  Congregationalist  (see  Ellis  H). 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bragdon,  all  born  in 
Ashland,  Elaine:  i.  Horace  Sumner,  bom 
March  8,  1899,  died  April  i,  1900.  2.  Ralph 
Minor,  born  Eebruary  6,  1900.  3.  Forrest 
Ellis,  born  January  15,  1901,  died  February 
15,  1901.  4.  Bessie  Edith,  born  October  17, 
1903.  5.  Mildred  Flavelle,  born  May  6,  1904, 
died  September,  1904.  6.  Crystal  Olive,  born 
October  5,  1905. 


(F)   William   Ellis,  burn   1799,  die<i   May   i. 

i?6t.    He  married  (first)  Abigail ,  who 

died  May  i,  1850,  aged  fifty-three  years.     He 

married  (second )  Eunice ,  born  June  6, 

1814.  died  September  24,  1887.  Fie  was  for 
many  years  a  farmer  in  Ashland,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William,  died  in  Ashland,  a  farmer, 
uimiarried.  2.  Josiah,  died  February  15,  1862, 
aged  forty-two  years.  3.  Stephen.  4.  Calvin, 
died  September  2t,.  1846,  aged  twenty  ^ears 
six  months,  at  Ashland.  5.  Charles,  died  April 
19.    1853.   aged   thirty-five   years.     6.   Joseph, 

married" Walker;  both  died  at  Castle 

Hill.  2vlaine.  7.  Leonard,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Daniel,  born  1836.  died  in  190S;  was  a 
farmer;  married  Susan  Libby,  of  Xewfields. 
Maine,  w'here  she  now  lives.  9.  Levi,  died  at 
Ashland,  1909.  aged  seventy-one  ;  always  lived 
on  the  homestead. 

(H)  Leonard  Ellis,  son  of  William  Ellis, 
was  born  in  Dexter.  Maine,  in  1829,  died  in 
Ashland.  Maine,  April,  1903.  He  came  to 
Ashland  when  a  young  man,  a  pioneer  in  that 
township,  and  cleared  his  farm  where  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  politics  he  was  a 
;!ealou5  and  lifelong  Republican.  He  attended 
the  Congregational  church.  He  married  La- 
vinia  Coffin,  born  near  Dexter  in  1837.  died 
at  Ashland,  in  May,  1901,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Lavinia  Coffin.  Her  uncle.  Artemas 
Coffin,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  and  cut  the 
first  tree  in  the  beginning  of  the  settlement  of 


the  town.  Children  tif  Lcnard  Ellis:  i. 
Stephen,  born  October  3,  iS50;  married  Sarah 
McManus,  of  Patten,  now  of  O.xbow,  Maine; 
he  died  at  Oxbow,  in  August,  1908;  was  a 
farmer.  2.  Edith,  born  June  5.  1858;  married 
Minot  Bird,  a  farmer  nf  Ashl.-md.    3.  Charles, 

born  April  5.  iSoo;  married Stevens,  a 

widow  of  Ib'iiltnii;  u'.iw  living  on  a  farm  at 
Oxb^nv.  4  William,  b(jrn  1862.  died  at  Ash- 
laud  in  i8t,|_.  3.  Carrie,  born  May  3,  1S6C; 
uKirried  Alexander  Skinner,  of  Xova  Scotia; 
now  living  at  .\sliland  on  a  farm.  6.  Calvin, 
twin  of  Carrie,  married  Carrie  Gardner,  of 
Ashland;  he  is  a  farmer  in  that  town.  7.  Eben, 
born  April  9,  1873:  married  Filey  Pulsifer,  of 
Mapleton ;  resides  in  Ashland.  8.  Almcda, 
born  September,  1875;  married  William  Mc- 
Carren,  of  New  Brunswick;  he  is  a  miller 
at  Ashland.  9.  Flavilla  Leighton,  married 
Harper  Allen  B.ragdon  (see  Bragdon  II). 

The  surnames  Cockburn,  Col- 
COBURX     burnc,    Colburn    and    Coburn 

are  variations  in  spelling  of  the 
same  old  English  surname.  It  is  believed  that 
the  naiTie  was  of  very  ancient  Scandinavian 
origin.  The  family  in  England  bore  coats-of- 
arnis.  It  is  described:  Argent  on  a  chevron 
between  three  bugle  horns,  stringed  sable,  as 
many  mullets  c>f  the  first,  on  a  chief  embattled 
gules,  pendant  from  a  riband  of  the  last,  fim- 
brinated,  azure.  Crest:  Out  of  a  mural 
crown,  or.  a  reindeer's  head,  argent,  attired  or, 
between  a  branch  of  laurel  in  the  dexter  and 
a  branch  of  palm,  in  the  sinister,  both  proper. 
But  various  American  families,  descended 
from  Edward  Coburn,  mentioned  below,  have 
copies  of  an  armorial  not  found  in  English 
heraldry,  described  in  the  Colburn  genealog}- : 
Ermine  on  a  shield  a  chevron  or  with  two 
cinquefoils  in  chief,  centered  sanguine,  leaved 
of  the  second  and  in  the  base  a  martlet  on  a 
sword  barwisc,  winged  sable,  closed,  con- 
tourne.  Crest:  A  wolf's  liead,  couped,  con- 
tourne.  This  device  has  been  in  use  .so  many 
years  in  America,  that  regardless  of  its  early 
history  it  is  a  valued  possession  of  the  Coburns 
i>f  America. 

(I)  Edward  Coburn,  Colburne  or  Colburn, 
as  the  name  is  variijusly  sjjelled  by  his  de- 
scendants, was  born  in  England.  He  sailed  in 
September,  1635,  in  the  ship.  Defence,  and 
arrived  in  Boston,  October  30.  His  age  was 
stated  as  .seventeen,  and  Robert  Colburn,  aged 
twenty-eight,  years,  was  a  fellow  passenger. 
He  settled  first  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  a  farmer  for  Nathaniel  Saltonstall.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  War  from 
Chelmsford  and  was  in  charge  of  what  uas 
called    Cclburn's    garrisoti    on    the    Merrimac 


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River,  liaving  the  rar.k  of  corporal.  He  was 
guarding  the  ferry  March  iS,  1675,  "^^''len  tlie 
Wamesit  Indians  killed  two  sons"^of  Samuel 
Varnum  and  burned  Coburn's  home.  During 
King  William's  War.  1G89-90,  he  again  com- 
manded a  garrison.  He  was  probably  the  first 
settler  of  Dracul,  ]\ra.s5achusetts.  He  died  in 
1712.  Children:  Edward,  born  1642;  John, 
1644;  Robert,  1646;  Thomas,  164S:  Daniel, 
(q.  V.)  ;  Hannah.  1656;  Ezra,  IVIarch  16.  165S; 
Joseph.  Time  16,  1661  ;  Lvdia,  .^ujrust  20, 
i66r,. 

Tames  Harris  lleckwith,  a 
liKCKWITll  descendant  of  Matthew 
I'.eckwith,  the  American 
immigrant  of  this  name,  was  born  in  New 
England  in  1S14,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine, 
in  18S9.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and 
also  a  farmer.  \\"hen  a  young  inan  he  re- 
moved to  Prince  Edward  Island,  where  he 
resided  until  1S70.  He  then  located  in  Fort 
Fairfield,  Maine,  and  followed  his  trade  there 
to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  married 
Elizabeth  McGoogan,  born  in  1S15,  died  at 
Fort  Fairfield  in  1S86,  of  Scotch  ancestry. 
She  was  also  a  IMcthodist.  Children,  all  born 
on  Prince  Edward  Island:  i.  William  ^Ul- 
lage, mentioned  below.  2.  John  Chipnian, 
farmer,  Athens,  Maine :  married  Sarah  !Mar- 
quis,  sister  of  Mrs.  \\'illiam  ]\I.  Eeckwith.  3. 
Horatio  S.  4.  Lavinia,  died  at  Minneapolis. 
Minnesota;  married  William  Strang,  a  mill- 
wright of  Prince  Edward  Island.  5.  Jane, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield;  married  Harry  B. 
Bearisto.  of  Prince  Edward  Island.  6.  Stead- 
man  D.,  a  builder  and  contractor.  Fort  Fair- 
field;  married  Aline  Rachliffe.  of  Easton ; 
children  :   Linwood.  Harris,  Helen. 

(II)  William  Millage  Beckwith.  son  of 
James  Harris  Beckwith,  was  born  on  Prince 
Edward  Island.  August  19.  1S41,  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  Maine.  October.  1906.  He  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  In  186S  he  left  his  native 
place  and  worked  for  a  time  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  He  afterward  went  to  St. 
John,  New  Brunswick,  remaining  for  two 
years,  and  in  187S  removed  to  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  following  his  trade.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  in  religion  a  Methodist.  He  ma:r- 
ried  Mary  Margaret  Marquis,  born  in  Caven- 
dish, Prince  Edward  Island.  July  28.  1849. 
She  is  now  living  in  Boston.  Massachusetts. 
William  Marquis,  her  father,  was  horn  in  New 
Brui:swick.  in  1815,  died  in  Massacluisetts,  in 
1895.  He  was  a  farmer  and  car])enter.  He 
removed  to  Massachusetts.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Bishop,  born  on  Prince  Edward  Island. 


died  in  Ma^saclui-etts.  Children  of  William 
Marquis:  i.  Roliert  Marquis,  killed  by  natives 
in  New  Zealand;  was  a  ship-builder  and  ex- 
plorer. 2.  Daniel  Marquis,  died  at  Auburn, 
Maine;  was  a  contractor  and  builder.  3. 
George  Marquis,  carpenter;  married  a  Mi^s 
Thayer:  resides  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts. 
4.  David  Marquis,  carpenter,  died  in  Massa- 
chusetts, unmarried.  5.  Ale.xander  Marquis, 
died  in  Texas ;  was  a  minister.  6.  Mary  Mar- 
garet Marquis,  married  \\'illiam  Millage  Beck- 
with. mentioned  above.  7.  Sarah  Marquis, 
died  in  Fort  Fairfield ;  married  Tohn  Chipman 
Beckwith.  Children  of  William  "Millage  Beck- 
with: I.  James  Harris,  a  carpenter,  resides  in 
Fort  Fairfield;  married  Hetty  Merrithew.  of 
Tobique,  New  Brunswick;  children:  Millage 
Merrithew,  born  August  30.  1906;  George 
Chipman.  October  4.  1907;  Willard  "^tead- 
man,  1909:  Mildred.  March.  1912.  2.  William 
Marquis,  mentioned  below.  3.  Frank  Worden, 
resides  at  Brockton,  ^Massachusetts,  is  with  the 
Douglas  Shoe  Company;  married  Grace  Math- 
ers ;  cliildren :  Paul  and  a  daughter.  4.  Lil- 
lian Stella,  married  F.  R.  Street,  of  Upper 
Kent.  New  Brunswick ;  resides  at  Caribou ; 
children:  Anna,  Malcolm.  Mary  Frances.  5. 
Mabel  lvalue,  married  W.  O.  Blake,  now  re- 
tired, a  capitalist  living  at  Hingham,  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts;  daughter,  Catherine  Blake,  born  Au- 
gust 19,  1913.  6.  Filinda  Elizabeth,  married 
Herbert  Stanley  Street,  brother  of  F.  R. 
Street,  mentioned  above ;  resides  at  Seattle, 
Washington,  a  merchant;  children:  Lulu 
Catherine,  ^label.  Dorothy.  7.  Robert  A., 
married  Ethel  Grant,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  now 
of  Caribou,  a  farmer:  no  children.  8.  Clara 
^^,  in  training  for  a  nurse.  9.  Ernest  L..  mar- 
ried \"ita  St.  Clair  Bishop;  he  is  an  insurance 
agent.  Roxbury. 

(HI)  \\'illiam  Marquis  Beckwith,  son  of 
\\'il]iam  Millage  Beckwith.  was  born  at  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  March  23.  1871.  His 
parents  removed  to  Fort  Fairfield  when  he 
was  seven  years  old.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there,  and  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
penter in  the  employ  of  his  father.  He  re- 
mained at  home  and  assisted  his  father  until 
the  time  of  his  marriage.  He  bought  a  farm 
of  seventy  acres  on  Houlton  road,  all  under 
cultivation.  February  22.  1902.  Afterward 
he  bought  another  farm  on  the  Presque  Isle 
road,  five  miles  from  Fort  Fairfield,  compris- 
ing one  hundred  aiid  forty  acres,  of  which  half 
is  cleared  and  the  rest  is  largely  good  timber 
land.  He  now  cultivates  both  farms.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican;  in  religion  a  Metho- 
dist. He  is  a  member  of  .■\roostook  Valley 
Grange.  No.  485.  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He 
married,  April  9.  1902.  at  I'ort  Fairfield,  Ma- 


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bfl  Edna  Cottle  (see  Cottle  11),  b.-.m  at  Alex- 
ander, Maine,  Octobet-  17,  1878.  She  was 
educated  at  Fort  Fairfield  in  the  public  schools. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  of  Aroostook  \'alley  Grange. 
Children:     i.  Merle  Evelyn,  born  August  19, 

1903.  2.  Lawrence  Cotlle,  born  September  35, 

1904.  3.  Louise  Mabel,  born  April  13,  1906. 
4.  Hazel,  born  January  20.  1910.  5.  jitlicl 
(."ottle,  born  March. J9.  191 1. 

(The  Coitle  Line). 

(\) Cnttle,  grand fatlu-r  of  ^Irs.  Wil- 
liam Marquis  Ilfckwith,  was  L'tp  in  Maine, 
m  1S06,  died  at  Alexander,  ]\Iaine,  185 1,  was 
killed  in  an  accident  while  hauling  a  "load  of 
lumber.  He  followed  farming  in  Alexander. 
He  married  Mary  Crafts.  Children:  i.  Shep- 
pard  P'enny.  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel,  re- 
sides at  Ouilcenc,  Washington,  a  farmer,  for- 
merly a  school  teacher;  married  ^Irs.  Daisy 
Miner,  a  widow.  3.  Frederick,  died  at  North 
Anson,  Maine,  unmarried.  4.  lionise,  married 
Joseph  ^IcLean.  of  Alexander ;  resides  at  Au- 
gusta, Maine,  a  farmer.  Democrat,  road  com- 
missioner. Mary  (Crafts')  Cottle  was  a  native 
of  Maine.  She  died  in  Alexander.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  ^\'il!iam  McLean,  of  New 
rirunswick.  a  farmer,  and  had  two  children. 

(H)   Sheppard  Penny  Cottle,  son  of 

Cottle,  was  born  in  Alexander,  Maine,  I\Iay 
18,  1S45.  J^s  ^^''1^  ^  lumberman  when  a  _\-oung 
man.  He  bought  a  farm  about  five  miles  from 
the  village  of  Fort  Fairfield  and  cultivated  it 
until  November,  1910,  when  he  retired.  He  is 
now  living  at  Ouilccne.  A\'ashington.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Methodist. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  Aroostook 
County  Grange.  He  married.  October  28, 
1877,  in  Alexander,  Clara  Evelyn  }iIcPheters, 
born  in  Cooper,  !NLaine.  Februar}-  5,  1850,  died 
in  Fort  Fairfield,  March  20,  1909.  She  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  church  and  of 
Aroostook  Valley  Grange.  Joseph  McPlieters. 
her  father,  was  born  in  Maine  in  1S2S,  died  at 
Alexander  in  1888.  He  was  a  farmer  nearly 
all  his  active  life  in  the  town  of  .\lexander.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Denvxrat.  He  married  Han- 
nah Bohanon,  born  in  \A'ashington  county, 
Alaine.  died  at  .\lexander.  Children  of  Joseph 
McPheters:  i.  Clara  Evelyn  McPheters,  mar- 
ried Sheppard  Penny  Cottle,  mentioned  above. 
2.  Charles  ]\IcPheters,  resides  at  Campello, 
Massachusetts  :  a  livery  stable  keeper ;  married 

F.'^ther .      3.    Ida   McPheters,   married 

Charles  Hunnewell,  of  Alexander,  a  black- 
sn-,ith.  4.  Edwin  ^ilcPhcters,  a  farmer,  Alex- 
ander. 5.  Nellie  McPb.eters.  died  young.  6. 
\\'illiam  AlcPheters,  drowned  when  a  young 
man.     Two  other  children  died  vounc'.     Chil- 


dren of  Sheppard  Pennv  CoUle:  I.  Mabel 
Edna,  married  Wdliam'  Man|uis  J^.-ckwith 
(>ee  I'.cckwith  HI).  2.  Arthur  Garfield,  b(jrn 
March  i6,  18S0;  resides  at  Fort  Fairfield,  four 
miles  and  a  half  from  the  village  on  the 
Presque  Isle  road  ;  married  Leola  Devoe.  of 
Fort  Fairfield:  no  children.  3.  Ervin  Llew- 
ellyn, born  Deeenilier  21,  18S2,  died  at  b^ort 
Fairfield,  Jidy  2j.  1910;  was  a  farmer,  asso- 
ciated with  his  father:  married  fuiima  Maude 
Gould,  of  Wa-shinirn;  child,  Ervin  Llewellyn, 
born  ]\bruarv  7,  1910.  4.  Ethel  Pearl,  born 
July  21,  18SS:  married  Ralph  C.  Miner,  of 
Quilcone,  A\'ashington.  where  he  is  a  farmer; 
children  :     Walter'and  Kenneth  Miner. 


Israel  West,  father  of  I,^rael  \\'est, 
WI'ISl'    of  this  review,  was~l)orn  in  Penn- 

-sylvania  in  1801,  died  in  Andover, 
New  P.runswick,  in  1873.  His  father  died  in 
Newmarket,  New  P.runswick.  and  he  had  a 
brother  John,  who  died  at  Bear  Island,  St. 
John  river,  1849,  unmarried,  and  a  sister  wdio 

married  Tracy,  of  New  Brunswick,  a 

farmer  near  Woodstock.  Israel  A\'est  was 
educated  in  F'ennsylvania,  and  for  a  time  was 
a  lumberman  there,  later  moving  to  New- 
market Settlement  in  New  Brunswick,  then 
to  Calais,  Maine,  and  finally  to  Ashland, 
Maine,  where  he  lived  the  last  six  years  of  his 
life  on  a  farm  which  he  owned  there.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  English  church. 

Fle  married  (first) Howard,  of  New 

Brunswick,  and  she  died  at  the  birth  of  her 
child,  who  died  at  the  same  time.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Joanne  Manuel,  born  at  Prince 
William,  New  Brunswick,  in  1S22,  died  at 
Limestone,  New  Brimswick,  in  1905.  She 
was  daughter  of  Anthony  Manuel,  born  in 
Portugal  in  1752,  died  at  Prince  \A'illiam.  in 
1861.  He  came  from  Portugal  before  his 
marriage,  and  settled  in  New  Brunswick,  keep- 
ing an  inn  halfway  between  Frederickton  and 
Woodstock  for  more  than  sixty  years ;  the  inn 
was  a  stopping  place  for  the  stage  coaches. 
At  the  time  he  started  there  were  no  roads, 
and  he  had  to  reach  his  place  of  settlement  by 
way  of  St.  John  river.  He  was  a  inembcr  of 
the  English  church.  He  married  (first)  Bet- 
sey  Ross,   born    in    1773,   died   in    185S.      He 

married    (second)   when  an  old  man,  ■ 

Shaw,  wd-iO  was  over  sixty  years  of  age.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  John,  died  at  Bear  Island;  luarricd 
Betsey  Hagerman,  of  New  Brunswick.  2. 
Joanne,  married  Israel  West,  mentioned 
above.  3.  Margaret,  died  at  .\ndover.  New- 
Brunswick;  married  Hallett,  of  New- 
Brunswick,  a  farmer.  4.  Asa,  died  at  \\'ood- 
stock,  New  Brunsv.'irk,  farmer  :  married 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Morehouse,  of  New  r>runs\vick.    5.  Silas,  died 

at   Prince  William;  married Carr.  of 

New  Brunswick  ;  farmer.  6.  Betsey,  died  at 
Andover;  married  William  Carr,  of  Scotch 
descent,  farmer  of  New  Brunswick.  7.  Fan- 
nie, married  George  Jones,  a  farmer  of  Bear 
Island.  S.  Elizabeth,  died  at  Bear  Island. 
New  Brunswick;  married  George  Parent,  of 
New  Brunswick,  farmer.  9.  Frederick,  died 
at  Woodstock.  10.  Simon,  lived  in  Wiscon- 
sin; married  Alaria  Hagerman.  niece  of  Bet- 
sey Hagerman. 

Children  of  Israel  and  Joanne  (AJanuel) 
West:  1.  William,  livt^  ir.  Andover,  New 
Brunswick,   eighty-five   years   of   age;   was   a 

blacksmith,    later    a    farmer;    married    

Hallett.  2.  Jane,  died  in  Limestone.  New- 
Brunswick,  unmarried.  3.  Israel,  mentioned 
below.  4.  .Anthony,  married  Jane  Ballard,  of 
Limestone,  where  he  owns  a  large  farm.  3. 
Simon,  married  l^idgct  AIcDonald :  owns 
large  farm  in  Limestone.  G.  Sarah,  went  west. 
7.  John,  died  in  infancy.  8.  Sidney,  killed  on 
Aroostook  river  by  having  a  landing  of  logs 
roll  over  him,  1863  ;  was  a  lumberman,  unmar- 
ried. 

Israel  (2)  West,  son  of  Israel  d)  West. 
was  born  in  the  l"'rovince  of  New  Brunswick, 
Canada,  in  the  parish  of  Dmnfries.  New- 
market Settlement,  December  16,  1841.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  there  until  lie  was 
fourteen  years  old.  He  began  to  work  in  the 
woods  when  he  was  but  twelve  years  old  and 
continued  after  he  left  school.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the 
work  in  the  woods  and  on  the  timber  drive.  He 
followed  lumbering  until  191 1,  and  during  his 
long  service  in  this  industr_\-  he  has  had  charge 
of  more  men  in  the  woods  than  any  other  man 
in  the  county.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years 
he  bought  a  farm  in  Ashland.  Maine,  and  he 
cultivated  it.  in  addition  to  his  other  business. 
for  a  period  of  fourteen  years.  When  he 
sold  this  farm,  he  bought  his  present  farm  in 
Garfield,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
two  acres  of  wild  land.  He  has  cleared  this 
farm  and  now  has  in  cultivation  one  hundred 
and  forty  acres.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  the  town  of  Garfield.  In  politics  Mr.  West 
is  a  Republican.  He  has  served  the  town  in 
the  office  of  road  commissioner  for  three  years 
and  assisted  in  the  construction  of  the  county 
road,  the  Maine  state  road  and  the  road  from 
Presque  Isle  to  Ashland.  For  three  years  he 
was  truant  officer  and  for  one  year  collector  of 
taxes.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the  English 
church,  and  has  been  a  metnber  of  the  Ashland 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  for  the  past 
seven  years  and  served  on  various  committees. 

He  married,  at  Ashland,   September.    1S61, 


\'ictoria  Bolstridge,  born  in  .-Vshland,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1S45,  slaughter  of  Eben  and  Amelia 
(Jiradley)  Boltsridge.  Children,  all  born  at 
Ashland:  i.  Mavilla,  born  January  10,  1S66, 
died  at  Masardis.  in  January.  1886;  married 
Charles  Robinson,  who  was  also  born  at  Ash- 
land, and  now  resides  at  Masardis.  a  farmer ; 
children  :  Alfred  Robinson,  died  in  infancy  ; 
Dolly  Robinson,  married  John  Borton,  now  of 
Smyrna,  Maine.  2.  Eleona,  born  January  5, 
1S69,  died  at  Ashland,  in  October,  1893;  "i^^'- 
ricd  James  Fisher,  of  New  Brunswick,  now 
of  Caribou,  a  mail  carrier.  3.  Alice,  born 
September  15.  1872,  died  May  28,  1893.  un- 
married. 4.  William,  born  January  26,  1875, 
died  at  Garfield.  Maine,  October,  1905,  a  lum- 
berman, and  farmer;  married  Lydia  Cioss.  of 
Oxbow,  now  residing  in  I'angor,  Maine:  chil- 
dren; Montford.  Bradford,  John  and  (ieary, 
now  living  with  their  mother.  5.  \\'oodford. 
born  April  2t,,  1878;  a  police  officer  in  New 
Hampshire ;  married  Lizzie  Coljiit,  of  Cari- 
bou;  children;  ]\Iildred,  Woodford  and  one 
other.  6.  Lucille,  born  May  i.  1S83,  died  at 
Garfield,  in  December,  1902;  married  Henry 
Howes,  of  Ashland,  and  had  no  children.  7. 
Celcstia,  born  June  15,  1884,  died  at  Ashland, 
October,  1908;  married  Granville  Hoxlcy,  of 
Mars  Hill,  Maine,  now  living  in  Garficlfl,  a 
farmer;  child.  Flora.  8.  Howard,  born  May 
28.  1886;  married  Alma  Clayton;  they  reside 
on  their  farm  at  Garfield.  9.  Jessie,  borti  Oc- 
tober 18,  18SS;  married  Bernard  O'Ncil.  of 
Sherman,  Maine,  a  farmer  and  joiner:  they 
reside  at  Garfield:  children:  Christie  and 
Lala.     10.  Daughter,  died  in  infancy. 


Tohn  and   Nathaniel  Harmon. 

HARMON  brothers,  and  perhaps  others 
of  the  same  family  came  from 
England  to  New  England  about  1640.  John 
Harmon  settled  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
and  became  a  proprietor  of  the  town  as  early 
as  1644.  He  was  a  town  officer.  His  son 
Joseph  removed  to  Suffield,  Connecticut,  and 
became  the  progenitor  of  a  large  and  impor- 
tant branch  of  the  family.  Governor  Judson 
Harmon  is  descended  from  the  Suffield  branch. 

(I)  Nathaniel  Harmon,  brother  of  John 
Harmon,  settled  in  1640  in  Mount  Wollaston. 
afterward  called  Braintree.  Massachusetts,  and 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony.  Ma}' 
10,  1643.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Bliss,  of  Rehoboth.  Children :  Na- 
thaniel, Mary,  John,  Sarah,  Jonathan,  Eph- 
raim. 

('in  John  Harmon,  son  of  Nathaniel  Har- 
mon, was  born  about  1630.  He  removetl  fiom 
Braintree  to  Wells.  Maine,  in  1677.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  and  took  part  in 


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t!ie  Swamp  Fight.  lie  had  huul  granted  for 
liis  services  in  the  Narragan.sett  war.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1679,  Sarah  .    Children:   John, 

Sarali,  Samuel.  Mary,  William,  Nathaniel. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Harmon,  son  of  John  Har- 
luon,  was  born  June  5,  16S6,  at  Wells,  Maine. 
fie  purchased  several  large  tracts  of  land  at 
Scottaway  Hill,  afterward  called  in  his  honor 
Harmon's  Hill,  in  the  town  of  Scarboro,  built 
a  mill  on  the  river  there  and  made  his  home 
there  in  1728.  He  owned  much  land  and  was 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Scarboro.  He  married, 
March  19,  1707,  Mercy  Stin-on.  Children: 
Mercy.  Sarah,  Samuel,  John,  Wi'Iiani,  Janits. 
George. 

(I\')  John  (2)  Harmon,  son  of  Samuel 
Harmon,  was  born  at  Wells,  Maine,  about 
1718,  died  in  Standish,  where  he  lived  for  some 
years  prior  to  his  death.  After  the  Indian 
wars,  about  1728,  he  went  with  his  parents  to 
Scarboro.  He  married  (first)  December  2, 
1742,  ^lary  Hasty,  who  died  December  10, 
1853.  He  married  (second)  Widow  Abigail 
(Hoyt)  Foss.  Children  by  first  wife:  Abi- 
gail, Mary,  died  young:  Daniel,  John,  Mary. 
Children  by  second  wife:  William,  Josiah, 
Elliot,  Rufus,  Benjamin,  mentioned  below: 
Anna. 

(\'l  Benjamin  Harmon,  son  of  John  (2) 
Harmon,  was  born  about  17O5.  He  marned, 
November  20.  1777,  at  Machias.  Maine,  Sarah 
Hill,  of  Scarboro,  daughter  of  Japhet  Hill. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  from 
Machias,  in  Cajitain  Stephen  Smith's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Benjamin  Foster's  regiment, 
December  4,  177S,  to  January  4,  1779.  Chil- 
dren: William,  married  Mary  McAllister: 
Japhet,  married  Sarah  Getchell ;  Nathaniel, 
married  Lydia  McAllister ;  Samuel,  married 
Mercy  Fisher;  Henry,  married  Sarah  Berry; 
Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  married 
Lavinia  Hanscom :  Hannah,  married  William 
Albee ;  Rebecca,  married  James  Bean :  Sally, 
married  Aaron  Sever ;  Lydia,  married  Daniel 
Whittemore. 

(\'I)  Stephen  Harmon,  son  of  Benjamin 
Harmon,  was  born  in  ]\Iachias,  IMaine,  in  17S6, 
died  in  Carleton  county,  New  Brunswick,  in 

1870.     He  was  a  farmer.     He  married  

Hideout,  in  Fredericton,  New  Brunswick.  She 
was  born  in  Carleton  county.  Children:  i. 
Avard,  a  farmer,  died  at  Carleton,  New  Bruns- 
\\ick.  2.  William,  farmer  and  v.-heelwright  of 
Fredericton.  3.  Abraham,  farmer  of  Carle- 
ton county,  married  (second)  Lavinia  Abbott. 
4.  Samuel  H.,  mentioned  below.     5.  Drusilla, 

married Getchell,  farmer  of  Lim.estone, 

Maine.  6.  Naomi,  resides  in  Peel,  New' Bruns- 
wick: married  Benjamin  Atwater.  7.  Dingee. 
8.  Sarah. 


(\'I1)  Samuel  H.  Harmon,  son  of  Stephen 
Harmon,  was  born  in  Feel,  New  Brunswick, 
1S32,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  .\ugust  14,  1910. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  his  native  town,  removing 
to  I'ort  Fairfield  in  18S9.  He  bought  the 
farm  now  owned  by  his  son  in  that  town.  He 
married  Lydi;i  Sawyer,  born  at  St.  Stephen, 
New  Brunswick,  1835,  died  in  Carleton  county. 
New  Brunswick,  in  1907.  Children:  I.  Alli- 
son, carpenter  of  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick; 
married  Louise  Lewis.  2.  \'ina!,  married 
Bessie  Williams;  he  is  a  police  officer  of  the 
city  of  lioston.  3.  Etta,  married  Ira  Reynolds; 
resides  on  a  farm  four  miles  from  Fort  Fair- 
fiekl.  4.  Archie  P..,  mentioned  below.  5.  Lulu, 
married  Percy  Bishop,  farmer  of  Fort  Fair- 
field. George  Sawyer,  brother  of  Lydia  (Saw- 
yer) Harmon,  went  to  California  in  1849  and 
died  there  ;  John  Sawyer  served  in  the  civil  war 
and  died  in  Kansas  City,  leaving  a  son.  Dr. 
Lewis  B.  Saw_\er;  James  Sawyer  was  another 
brother;  Sarah  Sawyer,  a  sister,  married  Wil- 
liam Deering,  of  Danforth,  Maine,  and  Joan 
Sawyer,  another  sister,  married  [Moses  Ride- 
out,  a  farmer  of  Carleton  counlv,  New  Bruns- 
wick. 

(\'H1)  Archie  B.  tlarmon.  son  of  Samuel 
H.  Harmon,  was  born  in  Peel,  Carleton  county, 
New  Brunswick,  September  19,  1875.  He  at- 
tended tlie  public  schools  there  until  he  was 
fourteen  years  old.  During  his  boyhood  he 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  nine- 
teen years  old.  when  he  bought  the  farm  and 
has  conducted  it  since  then.  He  is  a  member 
of  Greenridge  Grange,  No.  282,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  He  married.  May  12,  igoi,  in 
Hartland,  New  Brunswick,  ^Iyrtle  Perkins, 
born  at  Centerville,  Carleton  county.  New 
Brunswick,  December  19.  1879.  Isaac  Perkins, 
her  father,  was  born  in  Centerville,  1824.  and 
died  there  May,  18-87.  He  was  a  farmer  all 
his  active  life.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Bu- 
chanan, born  in  Centerville  in  1830,  died  at 
Hartland,  New  P.runswick,  .\pril.  1904.  Chil- 
dren of  Isaac  Perkins:  i.  Colonel  Guilford  D. 
Perkins.  2.  Kate,  died  agetl  thirty-five;  mar- 
ried Reuben  Drew,  formerly  of  Portland.  3. 
Watts,  a  bo.xmaker  of  Fall  River,  [Massachu- 
setts,  afterward  a  traveling  salesman;  marrietl 
Laura  Macomber.  4.  Gideon,  married  Maggie 
Sherer,  of  Gordonsville,  Carleton  county.  New 
Brunswick.  5.  Waldo,  married  Edith  Comier; 
he  is  a  veterinarian  at  Centerville.  6.  Ida, 
married  O.  .\.  Miller,  a  blacksmith  at  Hart- 
land. 7.  Mary,  married  W.  G.  Kenncy,  a 
machinist  of  Bangor.  8.  Harry,  married 
Maude  Foster ;  he  is  a  carpenter  in  New  Bed- 
ford. Mas-s.achusetts.  9.  Myrtle,  married 
.Archie  B.  Harmon,  mentioned  above.  Isaac 
Perkins  had  a  brother  William  who  died   in 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Boston ;  a  brother  Joel,  a  Baptist  minister, 
died  at  Gordoiisvilie,  New  Brunswick;  a 
brotlicr  David  who  died  in  Boston ;  a  brotlier 
Aaron  who  died  at  Centerville ;  a  sister  Katy 
wlio  married Clark.  Among  the  ances- 
tors of  the  Perkins  family  was  an  early  New 
York  Dutch  family.  James  Buchanan,  father 
of  Alary  Jane  (Buchanan)  Perkins,  was  born 
in  Londonderry.  Ireland,  in  1S09.  died  at  Cen- 
terville, New  I'.runswick,  18S1.  He  came  to 
New  Brunswick  with  his  parents  before  he 
married  and   followed  fanning  at  Centerville. 

He   married  McGuire,   horn    in    New 

York  City,  died  in  Centerville.  Children  of 
James  Buchanan:  i.-  Elizabeth,  married 
"Thomas  Toms,  and  both  died  at  Tracy's  Mills, 
New  Brunswick.  2.  Mary  Jane,  married  Isaac 
Perkins,  mentioned  above.  3.  Daughter,  mar- 
ried William  West,  farmer,  who  died  near 
Centerville.  4.  Sarah,  married  David  Fitz- 
gerald, shoe  dealer  of  Centerville.  5.  James, 
farmer,  married  Lydia  Irvin,  who  is  now  living 
at  East  Centerville.  Children  of  Archie  B. 
Harmon:  i.  Loris,  born  June  3,  1903.  2. 
George  Alton,  born  June  15,  1904.  3.  Neta, 
born  February  2(1.  i<;)Oj.  4.  Gertrude,  born 
September  26,  igofj.  3.  Pauhne,  born  June 
17.  1913.     6.  Perry  B..  born  June  16,  1914. 


The  family  of  Holbrook  is 
FIOLBROOK     ancient  and  distinguishe.din 
FLngland.   The  ancient  coat- 
of-arnis  is :  A  chevron  between  three  martletts. 
Several  other  coals-of-arms  were  borne  by  dif- 
ferent branches  of  the  family  in  England. 

(I)  Thomas  Holbrooek.  or  Holbrooke,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  aged  thirty-four,  of  Broad- 
way, England,  with  wife  Jane,  aged  thirty- 
four,  and  children,  John,  aged  eleven  ;  Thomas, 
aged  ten ;  Anne,  aged  five,  and  Elizabeth,  aged 
one.  came  from  We^incuth.  England,  about 
1628.  He  settled  at  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1640,  and  was  on  the  committee  to  lay 
out  the  way  from  Braintree  to  Dorchester. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May.  1645.  He 
was  selectman  several  years.  His  will  was 
dated  December  31.  1669.  with  codicil,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1673.  I^s  died  1674-76.  His  widow 
Jane  died  before  April  24,  1677,  when  admin- 
istration of  the  estate  was  granted  to  his  son 
John.  Children:  John  (q.  v.)  ;  Thomas;  Cap- 
.tain  William,  died  1699.  lived  at  Scituate;  Ann, 


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John  Conant  lived  in  the  parish 

CONANT     of  East  Budlcigli.  Devonshire, 

England,  probably  born  about 

1520  at  Gittisham.  an  adjacent  tov.'n  :  was  a 

tax[)ayer  at  East  Bmlleigh,  1571,  and  in  1577 


warden  of  the  church  there  ;  was  buried  March 
30,  1596,  probably  son  of  John  Conant,  who 
died  September,  1659,  at  Gittisliam. 

(II)  Richard  Conant,  son  of  John  Conant, 
was  born  at  East  Budleigh  about  1548,  and  in 
15SS  was  assessed  for  land  there;  church 
warden  in  1606  and  1616.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1578,  Agnes,  daughter  of  John  Clarke 
Sr.,  of  Collyton,  who  married,  June  9,  1544. 
Anne,  daughter  of  William  Macy,  of  Collyton. 
Richard  and  Agnes  Conant  were  buried  Sep- 
tenibei  22,  1630.  Children:  John,  Richard, 
Robert,  Jane,  John,  Thomas,  Christopher, 
Roger,  mentioned  below, 

(HI)  Roger  Conant,  son  of  Richard  Conant, 
was  the  inmu'grant  ancestor.  He  was  bap- 
tized at  East  Budleigh,  April  9,  1592,  and  re- 
ceived a  good  education.  lie  married.  Novem- 
ber, 161S,  and  had  probably  been  seven  years 
in  London  as  an  apprentice  to  a  Salter,  doubt- 
less living  there  until  1623,  when  he  came  to 
America.  Pie  was  first  at  Plymouth,  but  owing 
to  diiterences  in  religious  beliefs  he  followed 
Rev.  John  Lyford  to  Nantasket  (Hull).  It 
was  probably  while  there  that  he  used  Gov- 
ernor's Island,  which  was  known  for  some 
time  as  Conant's  Island.  In  1624-25  he  was 
chosen  by  the  Dorchester  Company  as  gov- 
ernor of  the  Cape  Ann  colony,  and  after  a 
year  there  he  moved  with  those  who  did  not 
return  to  England,  to  Naumkeag,  later  Salem, 
Massachusetts;  his  house  was  the  first  built 
there.  Although  he  is  not  universally  recog- 
nized as  the  first  governor  of  Massachusetts, 
he  is  fairly  entitled  to  that  honor,  for  the 
colony  of  which  he  was  the  head  was  the  first 
permanent  settlement  in  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  territory.  Roger  Conant  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  May  18,  1631,  and  held  many  im- 
portant offices ;  justice  of  the  cjuarterly  court 
at  Salem  three  years;  selectman  1637  to  1641, 
1651  to  1654,  1657  and  1658;  in  1667  he  was 
an  original  member  of  the  Beverly  church. 
He  had  large  grants  of  land  in  Salem,  Beverly 
and  vicinity.  Pie  died  November  19,  1679.  He 
married,  November  11.  1618,  in  the  parish  of 
Black  friars.  London,  Sarah  Plorton.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  Caleb,  Lot.  mentioned  below ; 
Roger,  Sarah,  Joshua,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Exer- 
cise. 

(I\')  Lot  Conant,  son  of  Roger  Conant, 
was  born  about  1624,  in  Nantasket,  or  at  Cape 
Ann.  and  settled  at  Marblehead  as  early  as 
1657.  He  was  selectman  in  1662;  househ.oider 
in  1674.  On  November  20,  1666,  his  father 
gave  him  a  farm  and  homestead  at  Beverly, 
wdiere  he  settled,  and  he  was  dismisseil  from 
the  Salem  church  to  join  in  forming  the  Bev- 
erly church.  July  4,  1667.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 29.  1674.   Many  of  his  deeds  are  on  record. 


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He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Wil- 
!i:ini  Walton,  who  took  degrees  at  Emanuel 
(.'olk'ge,  Cambridge,  in  1621  and  1625,  andwas 
-I'ttled  over  the  parish  of  Seaton,  Devonshire, 
where  his  daughter  was  baptized  October  27, 
1729.  He  was  pastor  in  Marblehead  in  1639, 
(■_  until  his  death  in  166S.  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
r  Lot  Conant,  married  (second)  Januarj-  10, 
\  i(>Si-82,  as  third  wife,  Andrew  Manstield,  son 
i  ,,f  Robert  and  Elizabeth  :\latisfield.  Children: 
i  Xathaniel,  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Lot,  Eliza- 
f  betli,  Mary,  Martha,  Sarah,  William,  twin  of 
I       Sarah;  Roger,  Rebecca. 

[  (V)  John  (2)   Conant,  son  of  Lot  Conant, 

[  was  born  December  15,  1652,  at  Bexerly,  and 
I  settled  there  on  the  sixty  acres  of  upland  on 
I  which  his  father  lived.  He  was  a  weaver  and 
t  farmer.  He  served  in  King  Philip's  war  in 
I  Captain  Samuel  Appleton's  company,  1675. 
:>:  He  was  admitted  to  the  Beverly  church,  Au- 
i  gust  23,  1691.  He  died  September  30,  1724. 
|,  He  married,  May  7,  1678,  Ccthiah,  daughter 
I  of  Andrew  Manstield,  born  April  7,  165S,  died 
I  July  27,  1720.  Children:  Lot,  mentioned  be- 
iuw;  Elizabeth,  Bethia,  John,  Deborah,  Hilary, 
Daniel,  Rebecca.  Benjamin,  Jemima. 

(VI)  Lot  (2)  Conant,  son  of  John  (2) 
Conant,  was  baptized  June  i,  1679,  at  Beverly, 
lie  moved  to  Concord,  Massachusetts,  about 
1716,  and  in  April,  1710,  bought  fifteen  acres 
in  Manchester,  selling  his  Concord  land  to  his 
father  and  brother  Daniel.  He  died  May  15, 
1767.  He  married  (first)  Alay  15,  i6gS,  Mar- 
tha Cleaves,  who  was  admitted  to  the  First 
Church  at  Beverly,  IMay  31,  1701,  and  died  at 
Concord,  February  15.  1725,  aged  forty- four. 
He  married  (second)  Susanna  Clark;  (third) 

Mary .     Children  by  first  wife,  born  in 

Beverly:  Robert,  mentioned  below;  Andrew, 
William,  Dinah,  Ezra,  John,  Elizabeth.  Born 
in  Concord:  Martha,  Bethia.  By  second  wife, 
born  in  Concord  :    Ezra,  Sarah. 

(VH)  Robert  Conant,  son  of  Lot  (2) 
Conant,  was  born  in  Beverly,  April  26,  1699. 
He  removed  to  Concord,  Massachusetts,  and 
thence  to  the  adjoining  town  of  Chelmsford, 
where  he  was  living  in  1720.  He  removed  to 
Stow  in  1754,  and  died  March  27,  1773.  He 
was    a    farmer    and    carpenter.      He    married 

(first)  Esther ,  (second)  Sarah . 

Children  :  Samuel,  Josiah,  Peter,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Esther,  Martha,  Rebecca,  Lydia,  Daniel. 
(VHI)  Peter  Conant,  son  of  Robert  Conant, 
was  born  at  Chelmsford,  1732,  and  settled  in 
Stow.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in 
Captain  Barron's  company,  took  part  in  the 
hattle  of  White  Plains,  and  served  in  the  Conti- 
nental army.  He  married  Sarah  (libson.  His 
vvill  was  dated  January  12,  181S.  Children: 
I'-phrairn,  mentioned  below;  Peter,  born  May 


10,    1760;   Isaac,   Ebenezer,  Josiah,  Abraham, 
Mary,  Sarah. 

(IX)  Ephraim  Conant,  .^on  of  Peter  Conant, 
was  born  at  Stow,  Jaiuiary  16,  1757.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and  fought  in  the 
battle  of  Lexington.  He  was  in  Captain  Whit- 
comb's  company.  Colonel  Prcscott's  regiment. 
He  removed  to  Georgetown,  Massachusetts, 
thence  to  Temple,  New  Hampshire,  to  Thomas- 
ton,  Maine,  and  finally  to  Temple,  Maine, 
where  he  died  January  22,  1826.  He  married 
Rebecca  Hayward.  Children:  Asa,  born  1778; 
Simeon,  1779;  Ephraim,  February  7,  17S1  ; 
Joseph,  January  25,  17S3;  Peter,  1785;  Sarah; 
Abraham,  March  7,  1789;  Rebecca,  1790; 
Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  179s;  Tacob, 

1797- 

(X)  Isaac  Conant,  son  of  Ephraim  Conant, 
was  born  January  18,  1793.  died  in  Waldo 
county.  Maine,  about  1863.  He  was  a  fanner 
in  Waldo  and  Aroostook  counties  and  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  I-'ort  F'airfield.  He  was 
colonel  of  a  regiment  of  state  militia.  He  mar- 
ried Nancy  \Ventworth,  who  died  at  Hope, 
!Maine,  December  14,  1S3S  (see  Wentv,-orth 
XXV).  Children,  born  at  Hope:  Rebecca, 
born  July  31.  1815,  died  February  11,  1829; 
William  Bradford  (named  for  Govern.or  Wil- 
liam, an  ancestor),  August  11,  1817,  merchant 
of  Belfast;  Albert  W.,  ^lay  21,  1820,  a  "Forty- 
niner,"  remained  in  California  until  1887 ;  Ben- 
jamin W.,  January  20,  1S23,  a  sea  captain; 
Elisha  H.,  January  22,  1826,  a  merchant;  Jo- 
seph Augustus,  mentioned  below;  Nancy,  De- 
cember 22,  1832;  Rebecca,  ?^Iay  15,  1836. 

(XI)  Joseph  Augustus  Conant.  son  of  Isaac 
Conant,  was  born  at  Hope,  Maine,  June  5, 
1830,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  August  29,  1909. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Hope. 
He  came  to  Fort  Fairfield  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  old  and  followed  farming.  He  pur- 
chased his  father's  farm  of  eighty  acres  and 
cultivated  it  with  other  land  which  he  added 
to  it  during  the  remainder  of  his  active  life. 
To  the  original  farm  he  added  during  his  life 
about  six  hundred  acres,  making  it  one  of  the 
finest  and  largest  farms  in  .Aroostook  county, 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  subse- 
quently a  Democrat.  He  was  road  commis- 
sioner of  the  town.  In  religion  he  was  in  early 
life  a  Universalist,  afterward  an  Agnostic.  Fie 
was  a  member  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  Grange. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-second  Maine  Regi- 
ment and  served  over  a  year  in  the  civil  war, 
in  1862-63.  He  married'julia  Ann  Johnston, 
born  February  8,  1823,  died  in  Fort  Fairfield, 
July  12,  1878.  Children:  i,  Benjamin  Went- 
worth,  born  March  25,  1849,  died  February 
18.  1891  ;  he  served  three  months  in  the  civil 
war;  married  Angela  Jones;  daughter,  Nellie 


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E.,  married  Louis  Scott.  2.  Abigail  Nancy, 
born  January  8,  1S51 ;  married  John  IL  Avery, 
v.lio  died  April  15,  1905.  at  Fort  Fairfield; 
children:  Ada;  Lillian,  married  Kutus  Hig- 
gins  ;  John;  William;  Delbert  H.,  of  Tacoma  ; 
Nettie,  married  Fred  Ball;  Luella  A.,  married 
John  ]\rcGill ;  Mary  E.,  married  Orrison  A. 
Brown ;  Grace  D.,  married  Douglas  Craig.  3. 
Steplien  Russell  (q.  v.).  4.  Edward,  born 
May,  1853:  married  Harriet  Ilitchins,  of 
St.  Stephen:  resides  at  Eureka,  California, 
police  captain;  children:  Rex  O..  of  Seattle; 
George.  Leon,  Zelma,  Alice,  Helen.  5.  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  born  Ar.gust,  1853;  mairied 
Mary  Peck ;  resides  at  I'eshtigo,  Wisconsin ; 
daughter  Julia  married  a  Mr.  Hart.  6.  Lyman, 
born  1857;  farmer  of  Pcshtigo.  7.  Dudley, 
born  August  4,  1858;  married  Maria  Lovely; 
lie  was  killed  April  26.  1877,  '"  ^"  accident, 
lumbering ;  son  Dudley,  millwright  of  Presque 
■Isle.  8.  Adella  M..  born  July.  1859;  married 
Charles  M.  Waldron,  of  East  Benton,  Maine; 
children:  Earl.  Robert  J.,  Elizabeth,  Bessie. 
Joseph,  deceased;  Jennie.  9.  Emma,  died  in 
infancy.  10.  Joseph  Augustus,  mentioned  be- 
low. II.  Abraham  Lincoln,  born  October, 
1864,  died  August  6,  18S9  :  married  Cora  John- 
ston ;  sou  Harry,  a  farmei .  12.  Kaac,  men- 
tioned below. 

(XII)  Joseph  Augustus  (2)  Couanl,  son  of 
Joseph  Augustus  ( i)  Conant,  was  born  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  February  II,  1862.  He  followed 
farming  in  his  native  town  until  1882  when 
he  went  into  the  lumber  business  in  Minnesota. 
In  1SS6  he  went  to  Montana  and  three  years 
'  later  returned  to  Fort  Fairfield  and  bought  a 
farm.  In  1906  he  sold  his  farm  and  bought  a 
larger  one  in  Presque  Isle,  containing  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres,  of  which  one  hundred  and 
seventy-five  acres  are  in  cultivation.  In  poli- 
tics he'  is  a  Democrat ;  in  religion  an  Agnostic. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  General  Custer 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grange.  He  married,  April  8,  1S91, 
Carrie  C.  Flannery  (see  Flannery  II),  horn 
■May  12,  1865,  a  school  teacher  in  Fort  Fair- 
field, Limestone  and  \Vashburn.  beginning 
when  but  fourteen  and  continuing  until  her 
marriage  ;  member  of  the  Grange,  the  \\'omen"s 
Relief  Corps,  and  of  the  Episcopal  church. 
Children:  i.  Bessie  Arlene,  born  March  22, 
1892;  teacher  in  the  Gardner  School.  Presque 
Isle,  member  of  the  County  and  State  Teachers' 
associations.  2.  Thomas  Reed,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1893.  3.  Frank  Lewis,  born  October 
15,  1895.  4.  Madelyn  Janice,  born  October  11, 
1900. 

(XII)  Isaac  Conant,  son  of  Joseph  .\u- 
gustus  ( I )  Conant,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
Alaine,  June  14.  i8f>7.    He  attended  the  public 


schools  there  until  he  was  sixteen  years  old. 
He  assisted  his  father  on  the  homestead,  to 
which  he  succeeded  after  his  father  died.  He 
now  owns  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  half  of 
which  is  under  cultivation.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat  and  he  has  served  on  the  town  com- 
mittee of  his  party.  He  attends  the  I'nitarian 
church,  and  is  a  member  of  I'rontier  Lodge, 
PVee  and  Accepted  Masons:  charter  member 
of  Border  Lodge,  No.  83.  Knights  of  I'ytliias, 
Fort  Fairfield,  of  which  he  h.as  been  ch.ancellor 
connnander,  having  filled  the  lower  offices  in 
succession.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Fort  Fair- 
field Lodge,  Modern  Woodmen  of  .America; 
and  of  the  Aroostook  \'alley  Grange.  Patrons 
of  Husbandry.  He  married  Delia  I'lannery. 
sister  of  Mrs.  Joseph  .A..  Conant.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Pythian  Sisters,  the  Aroostook 
\'alley  Grange  and  the  Women's  Christiar, 
Temperance  Union.  She  attends  the  Epis- 
copal church.  Children;  Marion  L.,  born  .Au- 
gust 7,  1899 :  Harold  F.,  July  i,  1902  ;  A.  Beryl, 
November  25,  1904;  Joseph  .A..,  September  16, 
19 1 2. 

(The  Weruworth  I-ine). 

(I)  Regin;i!d  Wentworth,  or  Rynald  de 
Wynterwade,  lived  at  the  time  of  the  Norman 
conquest,  ia'')6.     The  family  was  Saxon. 

(II)  Henry  Wentworth,  son  of  Reginald 
Wentworth,  succeeded  his  father  in  the  lord- 
ship of  Wentworth,  in  the  Wapentake  of 
Strafford,  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire. 

(HI)  Richard  Wentworth,  son  of  Henry 
\\'entworth,  was  his  heir. 

(I\')  Michael  Wentworth,  son  of  Richard 
Wentworth,  was  succeeded  by  his  son. 

(  \")  Henry  (2)  Wentworth,  son  of  Michael 
Wentworth,  was  succeeded  by  Hugh. 

(\'I)  Hugh  Wentworth,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
Wentworth.  died  in  i2iX). 

(A'lll  William  Wentworth,  son  of  Hugh 
Wentworth,  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  heir. 

(\'III)  Robert  Wentworth,  son  of  William 
Wentworth,  married  Emma  Woodhousc,  thus 
acquiring  the  estate  for  which  the  family  was 
later  known  as  the  Wentworthsof  Wentworth- 
Woudhouse.  He  lived  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
III.  and  Edward  I. 

(IX)  \\'illiam  {2)  Wentworth,  son  of  Rob- 
ert Wentworth,  of  Wentworth- Woodhousc, 
married  Beatrice,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Thakel, 
of  Yorkshire.  Children;  William,  mentioned 
below ;  Richard,  prebendary  of  St.  Paul's, 
bishop  of  London,  133S,  and  lord  high  chan- 
cellor of  England  same  year,  very  distin- 
guished, died  1339. 

(X)  William  (3)  Wentworth,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2")  Wentworth,  married  (first)  1288, 
Dionysia,  daughter  of  Peter  de  Rotherhe'd : 
married  (second)  Lucy,  daughter  of  Sir  .-\dani 


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Xcwinarch.  He  died  in  1293,  in  the  lifetime 
^,i  his  father,  at  whose  death  in  130S-09  the 
f;iniily  estate  went  to  William  (NI).  Chil- 
ilrcn  by  first  wife:  William,  mentioned  below; 
luini,  married  Alice  Bissctt. 

(XI)  William  (4)  Wentworth,  son  of  Wil- 
liam (3)  Wentworth,  inherited  Wentworth- 
Woodhonsc;  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Pollington.  Esq.,  of  Pollington,  York- 
shire. Children  :  William,  a  knight,  heir  of 
the  estate ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(XII)  John  Wentworth,  son  of  William 
(4)  Wentworth,  of  North  Elmsall,  Yorkshire, 
inlierited  that  estate  from  hi.--  uncle,  John 
Wentworth,  situated  at  no  great  distance  from 
Wentworth- Woodhousc,  in  the  parish  of  South 
Kirkby.  about  nine  miles  from  Doncaster ; 
married  Joan,  daughter  of  Richard  Tyas,  of 
lUirghwallis,  ■  Yorksliii  e. 

(XIII)  John  (2)  Wentworth,  only  son  of 
John  (i)  Wentworth,  married  Agnes,  sister 
and  co-heir  of  Sir  William  Dronsfield,  of  \\'est 
P.retton,  in  Yorksliire ;  was  living  in  1413. 
Sons:  I'lhn,  mentioned  below;  Roger,  Thomas, 
Richard. 

(Xl\")  John  (3)  Wentworth,  Esq.,  son  of 
John  (2)  \\'entwortli,  of  North  Elmsall,  mar- 
ried Joan  (or  Elizabeth,  according  to  'some 
authorities),  daughter  of  Richard  Beaumont, 
Esq..  of  Whitley  Hall,  Yorkshire.  Sons: 
John,  mentioned  below;  Roger,  \\'illiani. 

(X\')  Johin  (4)  Wentworth,  Esq.,  son  of 
John  (3)  Wentworth,  Esq.,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  William  Calverly,  Esq.,  of  Calver- 
ley,  Yorkshire.  Children:  Jane,  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(X\'I)  Tliomas  Wentworth.  son  of  John 
(4)  Wentworth,  Esq.,  of  North  Elmsall,  mar- 
ried Jane,  daughter  of  Oliver  Mirfield,  Esq.. 
of  Howley,  Yorkshire,  by  Isabel,  daughter  of 
Sir  John  Saville,  Knt.,  of  Methley  Hall,  York- 
shire. He  died  in  1522.  Children:  John, 
Roger,  Oliver,  mentioned  below ;  William, 
Thomas,  daughter,  mat  ried  William  Hawks- 
worth,  Esq. ;  Isabel,  married  Sir  Thomas 
Wentwoith,  Knt.,  of  Bretion,  her  kinsman. 

(XVII)  Oliver  Wentworth,  son  of  Thomas 
Wentworth,  lived  at  Eo.xhill,  Lincolnshire,  a 
parish  extending  to  the  Huniber.  His  will, 
dated  December  7,  155S,  was  proved  January 
28,  1559.  Children:  William,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Erancis. 

(XA'iri)  William  (5)  Wentworth,  son  of 
Oliver  Wentworth,  lived  in  Waltham,  Lincoln- 
shire; died  ^.lay  22,  1574.  Sons:  Oliver: 
Thomas,  bijrn  1554;  Christoi:)her,  mentioned 
below. 

(XIX)  Christopher  Wentuorth,  ^on  of  Wil- 
liam (5)  Wentworth,  was  born  probably  in. 
'556;    married.    August    19,    1583,    Catherine, 


daughter  of  William  Marbury.  Esq.,  and 
Agnes  (Lenton)  Marbury,  of  Girsby,  parish 
of  Burgh-upon-Bain,  Lincolnshire.  He  evi- 
dently moved  frequently,  as  his  children  were 
baptized  at  five  different  places;  Irby,  Great 
(Irimsby.  Conisholm. .  Waltham  and  Lincoln. 
Children:  William,  mentioned  below:  .\nne, 
Eaith,  Elizabeth.  Erances,  I'^rancis,  died  young  ; 
Priscilla.  Christopher,  died  young. 

(XX)  William  (6)  Wentworth,  son  of 
Christopher  Wentworth.  was  baptized  at  St. 
Peter,  :it  Gowts,  in  the  city  of  Lincoln,  Jime 
8.  1584:  hved  at  .Mfdrd,  1(114  to  1620;  mar- 
ried. Ss'ovcmbLr  j8.  11)14,  Susaima  Fleming, 
widow,  daughter  of  Edward  Carter,  of  Well ; 
she  married  (first)  July  I,  1613,  Uther,  son 
of  Robert  and  Jane  Fleming.  Children,  bap- 
tized at  Alford,  after  which  he  moved  to  Rigs- 
by  :  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Edward,  Chris- 
topher. 

(XXI)  Elder  William  (7)  \\'entworth,  the 
American  immigrant,  son  of  William  (6) 
Wentworth,  was  baptized  at  Alford.  England, 
March  15,  1616.  He  came  to  Exeter,  Xew 
Ilamiishire,  with  numerous  relatives  and 
friends.  The  first  record  found  is  his  signa- 
ture to  a  compact  drawn  by  Rev.  John  Wlieel- 
wright  for  the  government  of  Exeter,  July  4, 
1639.  Elder  Wentworth  probably  came  over 
in  1637,  with  a  party  of  Rev.  Wheelwright's 
friends.  In  1642,  when  \\'heelwright  was  ban- 
ished by  Massachusetts  from  Exeter  and  went 
to  Wells,  Maine,  Elder  Wentworth  and  others 
in  Exeter  went  with  him.  In  1642  Elder  Went- 
worth was  a  juror  in  Wells,  in  the  county  cpurt 
at  York;  in  1648  constable;  juror  in  1647  3"'' 
1649.  He  removed  to  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1650,  in  the  part  later  named  Somers- 
worth,  1729,  and  RoUinsford  in  1849.  ^lost 
of  his  grants  were  in  this  vicinity.  In  165 1  he 
was  selectman  of  Dover,  as  well  as  in  1657, 
1660,  1664,  1665  and  1670;  moderator,  1661  ; 
commissioner  to  end  small  causes,  1663;  lot- 
layer  in  :657,  1660  and  1661  ;  served  on  special 
cominittees  of  church  and  town.  The  office  b)' 
which  he  is  best  known  is  that  of  ruling  elder 
of  the  First  Church  of  Dover,  organized  De- 
cember, 1G38.  He  was  elected  before  1655 
and  served  in  the  pastorates  of  Daniel  ]^Iaud, 
John  Reyner,  John  Reyuer  Jr.  and  John  Pike, 
more  than  forty  years.  He  frequently  preached 
in  the  absence  of  the  f/astor,  and  officiated  as 
minister  at  Cocheco  in  1665-66:  he  seems  to  be 
the  first  per-on  employed  by  public  authority  to 
preach  within  the  limits  of  Dover.  He  preached 
often  at  Quamphegan,  now  South  Berwick, 
Maine,  and  in  Exeter  in  1690  and  1693.  I" 
March,  i6<;)3.  the  town  agreed  with  him  to  sup- 
ply the  pulpit  for  a  year,  if  he  be  able,  and  to 
pay   him    forty   pounds    for   his    services.      In 


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NEW  EKGLAXD. 


1693  he  gave  his  Cocheco  farm  to  his  son  Ben- 
jamin, whose  descendants  still  own  some  of 
the  land.  The  story  of  the  saving  of  Heard's 
Garrison  by  Elder  '\\'ent\vorth  is  famous.  On 
the  evening  of  June  27,  16S9,  squaws  re- 
quested leave  to  sleep  by  the  kitchen  fires  in 
the  various  garrison  houses  and  were  admitted 
to  four  of  the  garrisons,  according  to  a  com- 
mon practice.  Just  before  dawn  the  Indian 
murderers  were  admitted  by  the  squaws  and 
in  three  of  the  houses  they  killed  twenty-three 
and  carried  away  twenty-nine  captives.  Elder 
Wentworth  was  awakened  by  the  barking  of  a 
dog  and  found  the  liidians  entering  the  open 
door,  pushed  them  out  and  managed  to  hold 
the  door  until  help  came.  Two  bullets  passed 
through  the  door  above  him.  He  returned  to 
Dover,  and  died  jNIarch  16,  1696-97.  He  mar- 
ried   (first)    Elizabeth   Kenny,   and    (second) 

probably,  Elizabeth ,  who  survived  him. 

Children:  Samuel,  born  164 1  :  Gershom,  Eze- 
kiel,  John,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  1653; 
Paul,  Sylvanus,  Timothy,  Sarah,  Ephraim, 
Benjanu'n. 

(XXH)  John  (5)  Wentworth,  son  of  Elder 
William  (7)  Wentwonh,  was  born  about  1650, 
and  was  in  Dover,  Xew  Hampshire,  from  166S 
to  1672;  took  the  oath  of  fidelity.  Tune  21, 
1669.  He  was  of  York,  Maine,  August  28, 
1699,  ar.d  agaiii  in  1704  we  find  him  located 
near    Canton,    ]^[assachusetts.      He    married 

Martha  .     Children:   John,  born  1675; 

Edward,  Charles,  Shubael,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth,  Abigail.  ;\Iarv. 

(XXHI)  Shubael  Wentworth,  son  of  John 
(5)  Wentworth,  settled  in  Stoughton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  town  clerk.  He  married 
(first)  April  11,  1717.  Damaris  Hawes,  v.ho 
died  at  Stoughton,  December  7,  1739;  (sec- 
ond) September  10,  1741,  Hannah  Andrew, 
who  died  December  i,  1759.  He  died  in  1759. 
Children:  David,  born  January  13,  1718;  Han- 
nah, August  12,  1719;  Catherine,  1721  ;  Eze- 
kiel,  May  26,  1723;  Sion,  mentioned  below, 
James,  April  13,  1727;  Bathsheba;  Amy,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1732;  Lemuel,  February  20,  173—; 
Benjamin,  died  in  1760. 

(XXIV)  Sion  Wentworth,  son  of  Shubael 
Wentworth,  was  born  2^Iarch  31,  1725.  died 
November  9,  1776.  He  was  a  blacksmith.  He 
bought  land  at  Xorwich,  Connecticut,  and  at 
Warren,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Hannah 
Pettingill,  who  died  January  29.  1780.  She 
married  (second)  July  27,  1779,  Joshua 
Whittemore.  Children:  Lemuel,  born  ^May 
28,  1754;  Hannah,  February  25,  1756;  Shubael, 
January  29,  1759;  Benjamin;  Enoch,  men- 
tioned below;  Sion,  May  30,  1769;  Lydia. 

(XXV)  Enoch  Wentworth,  son  of  Sion 
Wentworth,  was  born  at  Stoughton,  now  Can- 


ton, May  9,  1766.  He  removed  to  Maine  in 
17S4.  He  married,  at  Friendship,  January  4, 
1791,  Azubah,  daughter  of  Carpenter  and 
Mary  (Gay)  Bradford.  She  was  born  at 
Truro,  Nova  Scotia,  May  21,  1765,  died  at 
Gushing,  Elaine,  November  i,  1823.  He  died 
there  October  23,  1857.  Children:  Emily, 
born  October  12,  1792;  Nancy,  born  December 
29,  1794,  married  Isaac  Conant  (see  Conant 
X)  ;  Alary,  January  14,  1797;  Lucy,  December 
4,  1798;  Sarah,  December  6,  1799;  Hannah, 
December  6,  t8oi  :  Enoch,  November  14,  1802; 
Charlotte,  November  6,  1805;  Benjamin,  julv 
13,  1808. 

(The  Flannery  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Flannery,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Conant,  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  emigrated 
to  this  country  soon  after  marriage,  settled  in 
New  Brunswick,  afterward  in  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine,  where  he  was  accidentally  killed.  He 
married  Bridget  Kane,  born  in  Ireland,  died  in 
Fort  Fairfield;  she  married  (second)  \\"illiam 
White.  Children  of  Thomas  Flannery ;  Ann, 
John,  Patrick,  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas  (2)  Flannery,  son  of  Thomas 
(1)  Flaimery,  was  born  on  the  St.  John  river. 
New  Brunswick,  April  16,  1826,  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  Maine,  Jime  25,  1S85.  He  married, 
March,  1848,  Phoebe  Lovely,  born  ]\Iarch  28, 
1827,  in  Florenceville,  New  Brunswick,  died 
at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  April  23,  1892,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Lovely,  a  native  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. Mr.  Flannery  was  a  farmer  of  Fort 
Fairfield;  a  Democrat  in  politics,  selectman  of 
the  town;  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
Church.  He  enlisted  on  the  first  call  for  vol- 
unteers in  the  civil  war,  but  was  rejected  for 
physical  disability.  Children,  born  at  Fort 
Fairfield:  Isaac,  born  April  16,  1S49;  William 
J.,  October  19,  1851;  Maria,  June  25,  1852; 
Agnes,  February  4,  1S54;  IMiilena,  November 
I,  1S57;  Daniel,  April  19,  1863;  Carrie  C, 
married  Joseph  Augustus  Conant  (see  Conant 
XII)  ;  Helen,  December  11,  1868;  Delia,  July 
17,  1870,  married  Isaac  Conant  (see  Conant 
XII). 


(XII)  Stephen  Russell  Conant, 
CONANT     sonof  Joseph  A.  Conant  (q.  v.), 

was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  De- 
cember 22,  1851.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  until  he  was  fifteen  years 
old.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  dur- 
ing his  youth,  leaving  home  at  the  age  of 
eighteen.  For  nine  years  he  was  employed  in 
lumbering  and  saw  mills  in  Clearfield  county, 
Pennsylvania.  In  the  spring  of  1879  he  re- 
turned to  Fort  Fairfield  and  bought  the  farm 
on  which  his  son  Edward  now  lives.  He  now 
lives  on  another   farm  in   Fort  Fairfield.     In 


NEW  ENGLAND 


.,  Jitics  lie  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member  of 
■:-c  L'nitariaii  church.  He  has  been  a  member 
..!  I'ort  Fairfield  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  since 
li-.c  lirst  year  of  its  organization.  He  married, 
.April  13,  1879,  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Harriet  L. 
policy,  who  was  born  in  Franklin  county, 
Maine,  I\Lirch  27,  1S58,  daughter  of  Henry  A. 
l),i!ley,  who  was  born  in  Holland.  Maine,  in 
i,'^J4,'and  died  in  Augusta,  ]\Liine,  in  April, 
iS6,5.  Her  father  -was  a  carpenter  by  trade, 
.T!ul  later  a  school  teacher  in  Fort  Fairfield. 
lU'  married  j\Iary  Hogan,  who  was  born  in 
f.'unty  Tipperary,  Ireland,  1832,  and  died  at 
l''o;t  Fairfield,  in  February,  1S63.  She  came 
to  this  country  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  and 
lived  at  first  in  New  York  City.  Children  of 
.sU'phcn  Russell  Conant :  i.  Edward  Lee,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Alice  May,  born  2\Iay  14, 
1882;  married  Ray  Johnson,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
where  he  is  in  business 'as  a  furniture  dealer; 
children  :  Carl  Johnson,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
May  23.  1905;  Harriet  Johnson,  July  19, 
upO;  Harold  Johnson,  twin  of  Harriet,  died 
in  infancy;  William  Johnson,  October  9,  190S. 
3.  Mattie  Eloise,  born  October  16,  1SS3;  mar- 
ried Ray  Haines,  of  Maple  Grove,  a  farmer; 
children:  Eloise  Haines,  born  February  3, 
1910;  Harriet  Haines,  ]March  27.  ion.  4.  Del- 
bert,  born  INIay  25,  1SS6;  married  Inez  Devoe, 
of  Fort  Fairfield';  he  is  a  farmer;  children: 
Marjorie,  born  i\Iay  22,  1910;  Adelaide,  Octo- 
ber 24,  191 1.  5.  William,  born  August  21, 
1S87;  married  Sarah  Saunders,  of  Fort  Fair- 
field; children:  William,  born  December, 
1909;  Lewis,  IMarch,  1912;  Mary  Grace,  born 
August  19,  1913.  6.  Kathleen,  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1890;  married  Fred  E.  Peterson,  of 
Fort  Fairfield,  a  blacksmith;  children:  Edwina 
Peterson,  born  October  16,  1910;  Muriel 
Peterson,  May  20,  1912;  Gilbert  Peterson,  Jan- 
uary, 1913.  7.  Hazel,  born  January  20,  1S93 ; 
married  George  McBride,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
a  blacksmith;  child,  Alice  Conant  McBride, 
born  December  21,  1912.  8.  Benjamin  Went- 
worth,  born  November  3,  1895;  a  blacksmith's 
apprentice.  9.  Stephen  Bernard,  August  11, 
1907. 

(XIII)  Edward  Lee  Conant,  son  of  Stepihen 
I'iiissell  Conant,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
June  6,  1S80.  He  received  his  education  there 
in  the  pubhc  schools  and  assisted  his  father  on 
the  farm  until  he  came  of  age.  He  then  bought 
'•is  father's  farm,  consisting  of  one  hundred 
and  si.xty  acres,  of  which  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  are  under  cultivation  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  He  has  about  thirty-five  acres  of 
(■xcellent  timber.  In  politics  IMr.  Conant  is  an 
independent  Democrat.  In  religion  he  is  a 
'  "litarian.  He  is  a  member  of  Fort  Fairfield 
''range.  Patrons  of  Husbandry;  and  of  the 
NE-_a 


Knights  of  Pythias  of  Fort  Fairfield.  He  mar- 
ried Annie  Dorsey,  January  12,  1908,  at  Fort 
Fairfield.  Children:  John  Stephen,  born  No- 
vember I,  1909;  Elizabeth  Louise,  October  14, 
191 1. 

John  S.  Dorsey,  father  of  ^Irs.  Conant,  was 
born  at  P'ort  Fairfield,  lAbruary  5,  1855,  and 
has  been  a  farmer  there  all  his  acti\'e  life.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  married,  April 
24,  1881,  at  Fort  P^airfidd,  Elizabeth  Under- 
wood, who  was  born  at  Andover,  New  P.runs- 
wick,  March  13,  i&M.  She  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools.  She  is  a  communicant 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  jMr.  Dorsey 's 
home  is  in  the  village  of  I'^ort  Fairfield.  Chil- 
dren of  John  S.  and  Elizabeth  Dorsey:  i.  Eliz- 
abeth Aldora,  born  August  27,  1882,  died  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  April  28,  1907,  unmarried.  2. 
Susan,  born  May  4,  18S5;  married  Jerome 
ilcLaughlin,  of  Limestone,  iMaine,  a  farmer 
of  that  town;  children:  Eva  and  Bessie  Mc- 
Laughlin. 3.  Annie,  born  January  3,  1SS7, 
married  Edward  Lee  Conant,  mentioned  above. 
4.  Romey,  born  July  31,  18S9;  married,  April 
15,  1912,  Mary  Evalina  iMcIiugh,  of  Ploulton, 
Maine,  born  May  24,  18S9,  now  living  in  P~ort 
Fairfield,  on  the  homestead.  5.  John  Edward, 
born  April  19,  1S93. 

William  L^nderwood,  father  of  Elizabeth, 
was  born  in  Donegal,  Ireland,  in  1S07,  and 
died  at  Costigan,  province  of  New  Brunswick, 
Canada,  October  14,  1869.  Pie  emigrated  to 
Canada  with  his  parents,  who  located  at  An- 
dover, New  Brunswick.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
that  province  all  his  active  life,  a  Conservative 
in  politics,  and  a  communicant  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church.  Pie  married  Mary  Gibson, 
who  was  born  at  Latram,  Ireland,  JNIarcIi  17, 
1821,  died  at  Costigan,  New  Brunswick,  July, 
1S98,  also  a  Roman  Catholic  in  religion.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  New  Brunswick:  i.  William 
L'nderwood,  died  young.  2.  'J'homas  L'nder- 
wood,  accidentally  killed  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
three  years,  while  making  railroad  ties  ;  unmar- 
ried. 3.  Becky  Underwood,  resides  at  Tilley 
Settlement,  New  Brunswick;  married  Albert 
Dumas,  a  farmer,  Canada.  4.  Mary  Ann 
L'liderwood,  married  Frank  McDonakl,  a 
farmer  of  Fort  P"airficld,  wdiere  she  now  lives. 
6.  Mattie  Underwood,  married  Thomas  Sulli- 
van, a  farmer  now  of  Costigan.  7.  Elizabeth 
L'nderwood,  married  John  S.  Dorsey,  men- 
tioned above.  8.  Susan  L'nderwood,  married 
James  McDonald,  a  fanner  of  Limestone, 
Maine,  where  she  now  lives  a  widow. 

Edward  Dorsey,  father  of  John  S.  Dorsey, 
was  born  ilarch  13,  1824,  at  P'ort  P'airfield  and 
died  on  the  old  homestead  of  his  family  in 
March.  1876.  Pie  followed  farming  there  all 
his  active  life.     In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 


114 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


He  married  Hannah  Doyle,  who  was  born  in 
Ireland,  and  is  now  living  in  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  aged  eighty-four  years  (1913). 
Children  of  Edward  and  Hannah  Dor;ey:"i. 
Miles  Dorsey,  born  May,  1S4S;  married  Alary 
Ann  AlcShay,  of  Fort  Fairlield,  who  died  iii 
July,  1912;  he  is  a  real  estate  dealer  and 
farmer.  2.  Edward  Dorsey,  born  i8so;  mar- 
ried Alice  Webb,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  deceased; 
he  has  a  Hvery  stable  in  Fort  Fairticld,  and 
owns  several  farms.  3.  Hannah  Dorsey,  born 
November.  1S53,  died  February,  iSgo;  mar- 
ried Samuel  Colbath.  of  Kennebec  county, 
Maine;  he  is  a  farmer  in  Fort  Fairfield.  4. 
John,  bom  February  5,  1855;  married  Eliza- 
beth Underwood,  mentioned  above.  ^.  Mich- 
ael, born  May,  1858,  a  farmer  of  Fort  Fair- 
field; married  Mary  Barker,  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. 6.  Annie  Dorsey,  born  August  26,  1865  ; 
died  October  2,  1SS2.  7.  George  Dorsev,  born 
October,  18.07,  resides  on  the  homestead,  un- 
married. 


The  Wright  family  of  Worces- 

WRIGHT  ter,  Alassachusetts,  of  whom 
the  Hon.  George  M.  Wright, 
inayor  of  the  city,  is  the  present  representative, 
is  descended  from  John  Wright,  of  \\'oburn, 
who  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Chelms- 
ford, Massachusetts,  where  all  of  his  children 
w^ere  born.  He  married,  in  16&1.  Abigail  War- 
ren, of  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  Children: 
John,  of  whom  further;  Joseph,  born  1663; 
Ebenezer,  1665;  Jacob,  1667;  Abigail,  166S; 
Priscilla,  1671  ;  Josiali,  1674;  Samuel,  168^; 
Lydia,  ]GS6. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Abi- 
gail (Warren)  Wright,  was  born  in  1662.  He 
married  (first)  Alary  Stevens,  (second)  Han- 
nah Fletcher.  Children  by  first  wife :  Jacob, 
born  i6c>2,  died  young;  Ebenezer.  born '1693; 
Edward,  1695;  Jacob,  of  whom  further; 
Henry,  1700;  John  and  Mary,  twins,  1701, 
died  young.  Children  by  second  wife:  Han- 
nah, born  1704;  ihomas,  1707;  Simeon,  about 
1710. 

(HI)  Jacob,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Alary 
(Stevens)  Wright,  was  born  in  1698.  He  set'- 
tled  in  the  northern  part  of  Westford,  Alassa- 
chusetts,  on  the  farm  recently  owned  by  Brad- 
ley  V.    Lyon.      He    married'  Abigail    . 

Children:  Sarah,  born  1721  ;  John,  1723:  Eph- 
raim,  of  whom  further;  AlaVy,  1727;  Sarah, 
1730;  Jacob,  1732;  Pcletiah.'  1734;  Joseph. 
1736;  Benjamin.  173S.  died. 1 741. 

(IV)  Ephraim..  son  of  Jacob  and  Abigail 
Wright,  was  born  in  1725-26.  He  married,  in 
1751,  Abigail  \'\'hittemore.  of  Dunstable.  Chil- 
dren :  Abraham,  born  17^2.  d''ed  same  vear ; 
Abigail,  1753;  Ruth.   17;:;;  Sarah,  1757,' died 


1762;  ICphraim,  of  whom  further;  Nathan, 
1763;  Lydia.  1765,  married,  17S4,  Andrew 
Fletcher;  Jothain,  1767;  Hannah,  1770,  died 
1775  :  Jacob,  1772. 

(,\'  )  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  I'-jihraim  (  i)  and 
-Abigail  (Whittcmore)  Wright,  was  born  in 
1761.  He  removed  to  Littleton,  Alassaclui- 
setts.  He  married  Alary  Blodgett.  Children; 
Abigail,  born  1786,  married  Elisha  Fletcher, 
of  Littleton;  Alary,  born  178S,  died  1814,  un- 
married; Sarah,  born  1791,  married  [acub  " 
Harrington,  of  Shirley,  Alassachusetts  ;  "Eph- 
raim, of  whom  further;  Abram,  born  1797, 
died  1S27,  married  Alaria  Hildreth;  Imlah, 
born  1799,  removed  to  Antrim,  New  Hamp- 
shire; Jesse,  born  1802,  married  Airs.  Alehi't- 
able  Davis;  James  Alansur,  born  1807,  died 
1824. 

(\I)  Ephraim  (3),  son  of  Ephraim  (2) 
and  Alary  (Blodgett)  Wright,  was  born  in 
1793-  He  married,  in  1S20,  Asenath  Fletcher. 
Children:  Alary  Metcher,  born  1821,  died 
1S26;  Henry  Otis,  born  1S24,  died  1835; 
Abram,  born  1828,  resided  in  Clinton,  Alassa- 
chusetts, married  Airs.  Ann  Eliza  Wood; 
George  Fletcher,  of  whom  further;  Alary 
Alzina,  born  1833,  died  1S34;  Alartha  Asenath, 
born_i835,  married  (first)  Sampson  Fletcher, 
of  Westford,  and  had  two  children,  (second) 
William  H.  Savage,  no  children;  Sarah  Pea- 
body,  born  1838,  married  Artemas  W.  Cum-  • 
mings. 

(\II)  George  Fletcher,  son  of  Ephraim  (3) 
and  Asenath  (Fletcher)  Wright,  was  born  July 
25,  1S31,  and  died  Alay  30,  1903.  His  early 
life  was  passed  in  Westford.  In  1850  he  was 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Wright  &  Burt, 
manufacturers  of  "horse-powers,"  later  known 
as  treatl  mills,  at  Harvard,  Alassachusetts,  later 
going  to  Clinton,  Alassachusetts.  For  tv/enty 
years  prior  to  going  into  business  for  himself 
Air.  Wright  served  as  master  mechanic  for  the 
pioneer  makers  of  wire  cloth  in  the  United 
States.  He  then  established  his  own  industry 
and  from  a  small  beginning,  without  any  assist- 
ance outside  of  his  own  family,  built  up  the 
immense  business  of  the  present  Wright  Wire 
Company  of  Worcester.  Alassachusetts,  which 
is  of  national  fame.  The  enterprise  was  first 
launched  in  Palmer,  Alassachusetts,  and  was 
from  the  first  a  family  affair.  Air.  Wright  hav- 
ing been  faithfully  assisted  by  his  two  sons, 
George  AI.  and  Herbert  N.  Wright.  W'nh  only 
a  few  thousand  dollars  of  working  capital  they 
began  to  put  their  plans  into  concrete  form, 
and  from  the  beginning  realized  that  their 
eliforts  would  meet  with  ultimate  success.  A 
few  years  of  earnest  endeavor  were  sufficient 
to  cause  the  Wright  Wire  Company  to  out- 
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.,i;,l  jihuit,  and  in  1SS9  the  business  was  trans- 
j.;..ntiil  bodily  to  Worcester,  which  was  a 
tcn>K"'^"^'^  center  for  tlie  wire  business  and 
.ilTerc'd  far  better  accommodations  for  carry- 
i:il;  on  tlie  manufacture.  Operations  were  con- 
ducted here  for  four  years,  when  the  steadily 
j;rowiiig  \ohmie  of  business  again  made  the 
-(.■curing  of  more  room  imperative.  Once  more 
i 'aimer  was  looked  upon  with  favor,  and  a 
|;irgc  wire  drawing  plant  in  this  town  was  pur- 
chased and  quickly  put  into  operation.  This, 
of  course,  was  in  addition  to  the  Worcester 
plant,  which  was  still  operated  at  its  full  capac- 
ity, being  enlarged  yearly  by  the  erection  of 
new  buildings  and  machinery.  Mr.  Wright 
realized  from  the  first  the  great  possibilities  of 
ihe  wire  manufacture  and  the  unlimited  uses 
to  which  wire  could  be  successfully  applied, 
and  the  result  is  the  Wright  \Mre  Company 
i.N  to-day  one  of  the  greatest  enterprises  of  the 
kind  in  the  United  States.  At  his  death  in 
1903  Mr.  Wright  was  succeeded  in  the  presi- 
dency of  the  firm  by  his  eldest  son,  his  second 
son  becoming  vice-president  and  treasurer. 

Mr.  \\Vight  married,  September  13.  i860. 
Harriet  Elizabeth  Wright,  born  .April  10.  1S41, 
at  Littleton,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Eze- 
kiel  Conant  and  Susan  (Stevens)  \\'right  (see 
Wright  \T)  ;  she  was  also  a  direct  descendant 
through  her  father's  matei'nal  hue  of  John 
Prescott  (see  Prescott).  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright 
had  two  children:  George  Merrill,  of  whom 
further:  Herbert  N.,  of  whom  further. 

(\'1II)  George  ^Merrill,  son  of  George 
Fletcher'  and  Harriet  Elizabeth  (Wright) 
Wright,  was  born  in  Clinton,  Massachusetts, 
April  12,  1S65.  He  received  an  excellent  edu- 
cation, the  foundation  of  which  was  laid  in 
the  public  schools  of  Clinton ;  he  then  attended 
the  high  school  there,  later  the  Foster  Busi- 
ness College,  and  this  was  followed  by  a  short 
term  at  Monson  Academy.  .At  the  conclusion 
of  his  studies  he  worked  with  his  father  for 
three  years  in  order  to  master  the  details  of 
the  business.  After  accomplishing  this  his  ad- 
vancement was  very  rapid,  and  at  tlie  age  of 
twenty-one  years  he  became  general  manager 
of  the  Wright  Wire  Cloth  Company,  which 
ofifice  he  has  held  continuously  ever  since. 
When  he  was  twenty-three  years  old  he  trav- 
eled and  sold  goods  on  the  road,  subsequently 
becoming  treasurer  of  the  company  and  after- 
wards vice-president.  For  the  first  si.x  years 
of  his  connection  with  the  business  the  style  of 
the  firm  was  the  Wright  Wire  Cloth  Company; 
after  that  for  ten  years  it  was  known  as  the 
Wright  and  Colton  Wire  Cloth  Company,  be- 
coming in  1902  the  Wright  Wire  Company, 
the  name  by  which  it  is  at  present  kn'uvn. 

Cpon  the  death  of  his   father  in   1903  Mr. 


Wright  succcedcil  to  the  presidency  uf  the 
company  which  was  thus  so  largely  built  up 
by  the  activities  of  father  and  sons  aiul  con- 
tinued the  broad  policies  already  established. 
He  has  now  been  identified  with  the  firm  for 
a  period  of  more  than  thirty  years,  during 
which  its  growth  has  been  phenomenal,  so  that 
it  stands  to-day  among  the  very  largest  of  the 
manufacturers  of  woven  wire  fabrics  in  the 
L'nited  Stales.  In  1903  the  increase  in  pros- 
perity necessitated  a  third  factory  to  be  de- 
voted to  tlie  manufacture  of  wire  rope,  and 
required  a  number  of  large  additions  to  both 
the  other  factories.  The  manufacture  of  wire 
rope  and  calile  is  now  carried  on  exclusively 
at  Palmer,  where  another  mill  was  purchased 
and  several  departments  transferred  from  the 
Worcester  establishment.  The  Worcester  plant 
is  now  devoted  exclusively  to  the  weaving  and 
galvanizing  of  wire  cloth  and  netting. 

The  steady  expansion  in  equipment,  products 
and  sales  has  been  accelerated  under  the  presi- 
dency of  ]\Ir.  Wright,  who  lias  so  ably  ad- 
vanced the  business  from  its  very  beginning. 
From  a  capital  stock  of  $20,000  at  the  time  it 
was  first  organized  as  a  Massachusetts  corpor- 
ation the  amount  of  capita!  all  paid  in  reached 
the  sum  several  years  ago  of  $650,000,  since 
which  time  the  volume  of  business  has  in- 
creased a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars.  '  The 
mills  are  not  only  splendidly  eiiuippcd  for  the 
manufacture  of  all  the  conceivable  products  of 
the  wire  industry,  but  are  most  excellently 
manned,  many  of  the  company's  employees 
having  been  in  the  service  for  periods  ranging 
all  the  way  from  ten  to  twenty-seven  years, 
and  all  earnest  in  their  praises  of  ^Ir.  Wright 
as  an  employer.  There  are  about  nine  hun- 
dred hands  in  all  engaged  in  the  mills,  the 
aimual  pay  roll  amounting  to  $500,000.  In 
Palmer  alone  the  company  owns  forty-two 
acres  of  land.  It  has  sales  oflfices  and  ware- 
houses in  New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia, 
Pittsburgh,  Chicago  and  San  F'rancisco,  and 
lias  a  remarkably  fine  selling  force  in  the  field. 

Mr.  Wright  has  become  identified  with  the 
interests  of  the  city  of  Worcester  in  many 
ways,  and  is  one  of  the  luost  public-spirited 
citizens  who  has  ever  resided  there.  He  was 
elected  to  the  common  council  in  i!)00-oi, 
serving  on  the  committees  on  education,  water, 
and  finance.  In  1C)02  he  was  elected  to  the 
board  of  aldermen,  serving  on  the  committees 
on  water,  fire  department,  military  affairs, 
street  lighting  and  as  trustee  of  the  City  Hos- 
pital, in  1912  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Worcester,  and  has  proved  one  of  the 
most  efficient  and  popular  public  servants  ever 
installed  in  this  community.  He  is  liberal  in 
his    opinions,    broad-minded,    couragfoub    and 


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honest,  and  is  a  thoroughly  tit  man  for  the 
large  responsibilities  with  which  he  has  been 
entrusted,  being  a  business  man  of  wide  and 
snccessful  experience.  lie  is  the  first  mayor 
of  the  city  to  represent  its  wire  industry.  In 
December,  1913,  he  was  reelected  mayor  by 
the  largest  plurality  ever  given  a  mayor  at  any 
city  election. 

^Ir.  Wright  is  a  very  popular  man  socially, 
and  is  a  member  of  a  number  of  clubs  and 
associations.  He  is  a  member  of  Central 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  Athelstan  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted 
]\Lasons,  and  has  attained  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree in  that  order;  also  a  member  of  the 
\\'orcester  Automobile  Club,  of  the  Conti- 
nentals, the  Worcester  Club  and  Rotary  Club, 
and  is  a  member,  as  are  also  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren, of  the  riethany  Congregational  Church. 
:\Ir.  Wright  married  ^linnie  E.  Searle, 
daughter  of  John  F.  and  Emeline  Searle.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  George  Francis,  born  June  i,  1S92; 
educated  primarily  in  the  public  schools  and 
finishing  with  a  course  at  the  Bryant  &  Srat- 
ton  Business  School,  where  he  was  distin- 
guished by  his  accomplishments  in  mathe- 
matics, bookkeeping  and  penmanship,  develop- 
ing also  marked  mechanical  ability.  He  is 
now  acting  superintendent  of  Wright  \\  ire 
Company's  mill  Xo.  2,  at  Palmer,  INIassachu- 
setts.  2.  Ralph  Wyman,  born  August  12,  1S94; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  under  pri- 
vate tutorship.  3.  Florence  3>Iarian.  born  in 
November,  1895;  ^  P"P'l  ^^  ^^'^^  South  high 
school,  and  now  at  the  Emma  Willard  School 
for  Girls  in  Troy,  New  York. 

(VIII)  Herbert  N.,  son  of  George  Fletcher 
and  Harriet  Elizabeth  (Wright)  Wright,  was 
born  in  Clinton,  IMassachusetts,  ^March  13, 
1867.  His  education  was  received  in  ^lassa- 
chusetts,  being  begun  in  the  public  schools  of 
Clinton,  which  was  follov.'ed  by  a  course  in 
the  high  school  there.  He  then  removed  to 
Worcester,  where  he  remained  for  eight  or 
nine  months,  and  he  passed  the  following  six 
years  or  so  of  his  life  at  Palmer,  Ma;.sachu- 
setts,  where  for  a  brief  period  he  attended 
Alonson  Academy.  After  concluding  his 
studies  there  he  entered  upon  his  business 
career,  working  in  the  mill  of  the  Palmer  Wire 
Goods  Company,  which  was  established  with 
his  father,  he  acted  as  general  manager.  It 
was  not  until  1885,  when  the  family  were  in 
full  control  of  the  business,  that  the  name  was 
changed  to  the  Wright  Wire  Cloth  Company. 
The  growth  of  the  business  and  his  connection 
with  it  has  been  given  in  full  in  preceding 
paragraphs.  As  a  business  man  probably  none 
stands  in  higher  esteem  in  the  community  th.an 
Mr.  Wright"  and  in  social  circles  his  inl'luence 


is  keenly  and  widely  felt.  Fie  is  a  member  of 
the  Worcester  Chamber  of  Commerce,  where 
he  has  serveil  the  chamber  on  committee  on 
foreign  relations.  He  is  also  a  strong  moral 
factor  in  the  circle  in  wliich  he  moves,  being 
a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  .■\^^^^)- 
ciation,  and  of  the  Congregational  Club.  He 
is  an  attendant  of  the  Adams  Square  Congre- 
gational Church. 

Mr.  Wright  married,  December  16,  191  r, 
Edith  .\.thena  Barber,  daughter  of  Orland.u  1). 
and  ]\Iary  Fidelia  (Fessenden)  Barber,  of 
Townscnd,  Massachusetts  (see  Barber).  Mr. 
and  I\Irs.  Wright  have  one  child,  Harriet  I'rcs- 
cott,  born  F'ebruary  20,  1913- 

(The   Wright   Line). 

:Mrs.  George  Fletcher  Wright,  mother  of  the 
Wright  brothers  above  mentioned,  is  also  a 
descendant  of  John  Wright,  of  Woburn,  and 
his  son,  John  Wright,  given  above,  her  descent 
being  traced  through  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Henry,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Stevens)  Wright,  was  born  in  1700.  He 
married  Esther  Adams.  Children:  Hannah, 
born  173U,  married,  in  1749,  John  Underv.'ood ; 
Henry,  of  whom  further;  Sybil,  born  1734; 
Olive,  1736;  Rachel,  173S;  Eunice,  1740; 
Philip,  1742;  ]\Iary,  1745;  Sarah,  1747;  Hul- 
dah,  1749,  married,  1771,  Sam.pson  Warren, 
of  Littleton.  "^ 

(IV)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  and 
Esther  (Adams)'  \\'right.  was  born  in  1732. 
Fie  married,  1753,  Sarah  Spaulding.  Children: 
Mary,  born  1753;  Thankful,  1754;  Stephen, 
of  whom  further;  Bridget,  1760;  Esther,  1762, 
married,  17S3,  Jonathan  Johnson  Jr.;  Rebecca, 
1763;  Sarah,  '1765;  Henry,  1767;  Hannah, 
176S;  Abel,  1770;  Elijah,  1771,  removed  to 
Ashby. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Henry  (2)  and  Sarah 


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removed  to  Littleton,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, April  5,  1787,  Sarah  Prescott.born  March 
31,  17O5,  died  at  Shelburne,  Massachusetts. 
September  21,  1817,  daughter  of  Timothy  and 
Lvdia  (Fletcher)  Prescott  (see  Prescott  V). 
Children:  i.  Stephen,  born  at  Ashby,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  28,  178S,  died  at  Ludlow, 
\'ermont,  Nove:nbcr  6,  1857 ;  married,  March 
8,  1S09,  Zebiah  Richardson,  of  V/estford,  who 
died  October  11,  1853.  2.  Sally,  born_i7gi, 
died  1834;  married,  February  7,  1815,  Nathan 
Wright,  of  Shelburne.  3.  Lucy,  born  .-\ugu:^t 
4,  1795;  married,  October  8,  1820,  Jacob  Pool 
Kellogg,  of  Shelburne.  4.  Ezekiel  Conant^  of 
whom  further.  5.  Lydia.  born  1799.  died  1S17, 
unmarried.  6.  Mary,  born  November  i,  iSoi. 
died  April  20.  1857;  married,  October  ^3'^. 
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at  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts.  7.  Rebecca, 
born  1S03.  died  1817.  8.  Timntliy  Prescott, 
born  September  23,  1806;  removed  to  P.oston 
in  1S58;  married,  October  2,  1832,  Ehiora. 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannaii  (Wait) 
I'rescott,  born  February  19,  1806,  died  at  I!os- 
ton,  May  13.  1861.  9.  Elizabeth,  born  Febru- 
ary 8,  1809;  married,  November  it,  1S33, 
Nahum  Childs,  of  Wilton,  New  Hampshire. 

(VI)  Ezekicl  Conant,  sou  of  Stephen  and 
Sarah  (Prescott)  Wright,  was  born  May  26, 
1797,  died  August  13,  1S56.  lie  married, 
March  8,  1821,  Susan  Stevens,  of  Chelmsford, 
daughter  of  Sampson  Stevens,  born  December 
12,  1796.  died  June  20.  1868.  Children:  i. 
Susan  Emily  Hester,  born  January  8,  1822, 
died  July  26,  1856;  married,  j\Iay  27,  1852, 
George  \\'.  Wood,  and  had  two  children.  2. 
Ezekie!  Atwood,  born  January  20,  1824,  died 
P'ebruary  iS.  i860;  married,  December  26, 
1852,  Hannah  E.  Files,  who  died  November 
8,  1S58,  leaving  one  child.  Susan  Emily,  born 
July  26,  1858,  lives  in  Chelmsford,  married 
Frank  ^ifarshall,  and  has  one  daughter,  Rachel. 
3.  Sarah  Maria,  born  January  24,  1826;  mar- 
ried. May  22,  1851,  James  A.  Parker:  had 
four  children,  two  of  whom  died,  the  surviving 
children  being  Eugene  Blanchard  Parker,  liv- 
ing in  Cuthbert,  Georgia,  ha?  charge  of  th.e 
Parker  Railway  News  Company,  n.arried  Eliz- 
abeth Conant,  of  Littleton,  Massachusetts,  and 
their  children  were:  George  A.,  died  aged 
twenty.  Roger  Conant  and  Donald ;  Emily  F., 
married  Harry  Greenwood,  and  they  have  one 
son,  Wallace  Wright  Greenwood,  a  student  at 
Clark  College.  4.  Atwill  Freeman,  born  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1829;  married,  ]May  30.  1861,  Fran- 
ces S.  Manahan;  children:  Fred  Walter,  of 
Chelmsford  and  Washington,  D.  C,  and  John, 
of  Westford,  engaged  in  the  Boston  office  of 
the  Appleton  Mills.  5.  Nahum  Harwoo  1,  born 
September  15,  1831 :  married,  November  26, 
1S57,  Abbie  P.  F.^Livingston,  born  December 
31,  1836;  children:  Henrv  Merrill,  a  teacher 
in  th.e  English  High  School,  Boston,  married 
and  has  one  son,  and  Harwood  Livingston.  6. 
Stephen  Eugene,  born  June  25,  1834;  married 

Ahce  -;  had   four  children.     7.   Merrill 

Stevens,  born  July  19,  1837;  served  in  civil 
war :  married  Mrs.  Eliz.abeth  French  :  no  chil- 
dren. 8.  Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  April  16, 
184T  ;  married  George  Fletcher  Wright  (see 
Wright  VH). 

(The   Prescott   I.lne). 

Although  the  direct  lineage  of  the  American 
family  of  this  name  cannot  be  traced  back 
further  than  the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  it 
is  well  known  that  Prescott  was  an  ancient 
name   in   Lancashire,   England.     James   Pres- 


cntt.  of  .^tandi^h,  of  that  county,  was  one  of 
th.e  gentlemen  rciuired  by  order  of  Queen 
]'21izai)elh,  in  13^4.  to  keep  in  readiness  horses 
and  armor,  llis  son.  Sir  James,  was  created 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Dryby,  in  Lincolnsliire, 
and  bad  arms  granted  him  as  follows:  Ermine, 
a  chevron  sable,  on  a  chief  of  the  second  two 
leopards'  heads,  or.  Crest:  Out  of  a  ducal 
coronet  or,  a  boar's  head  and  neck,  argent, 
bri.'-tled  of  the  In  si.  Sir  James  had  a  son, 
Roger,  who  lived  in  ."^lieringlon,  in  the  parish 
of  Standi.'^h,  and  had  a  son,  Ralph,  baptized 
in  1571-72,  who  live  in  Sherington,  and  had  a 
son,  John,  who  became  the  direct  ancestor  of 
the  family  in  .America. 

(I)  John  Prescott,  son  of  Ralph  Presc>)lt, 
was  bajitized  at  .Standish.  Englai;d,  in  160-I.-05. 
He  married,  January  21,  1629,  at  Wygan, 
Lancashire,  Mary  Platts.  Owing  to  religious 
persecution  he  came  to  .\merica  with  his  wife 
and  children,  landing  first  at  Barbadoes,  in 
163S,  where  he  became  a  landowner.  In  1640 
he  came  to  New  TLngland,  landing  at  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  settling  at  Watertown, 
where  he  had  large  grants  of  land  allotted  him. 
Children,  all  of  whom  except  one  lived  to 
great  age  and  had  large  families :  ^lary,  bap- 
tized iCr^o;  Martha,  1632;  John,  1633;  Sarah, 
i('i37;  Hannah,  1639;  Lydia,  born  1641  ;  Jona- 
than, probaI)ly  1643:  Joseph,  about  i<"h5  ! 
Jonas,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Jonas,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Platts) 
I'rescott,  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Alassachu- 
setts.  June,  1648,  died  December  31,  1723. 
He  settled  in  Groton;  he  was  a  blacksmith;  he 
assisted  in  rebuilding  tiie  town  after  its  de- 
struction by  Indians ;  was  town  clerk,  select- 
man, captain  of  militia,  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  representative  in  the  general  assembly, 
I ('199  and  1705.  He  married,  December  14, 
ir>72,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  anil  Mary 
(Draper)  Loker.  Children:  Mary,  born  1674, 
married  Benjamin  Farnsworth ;  Elizabeth, 
1676.  married  l^leazer  Green;  Jonas,  of  whom 
further;  Nathaniel,  1680,  died  ifiSi  ;  Dorothy, 
ifi8i,  married  John  \'arnum;  James,  1684, 
died  young;  Sarah,  1686,  married  John  Long- 
ley;  Abigail.  1688,  married  James  Parker; 
Martha.  1690,  married  Shubael  Hobert;  Sus- 
aiinah,  1691,  married  William  Lawrence;  Deb- 
orah, 1694,  ni-Trricd  Samuel  Parker;  Benja- 
min, 1696,  married  Abigail  Oliver,  died  1738. 

(III)  Jonas  (2),  son  of  Jonas  ( I )  and  Alary 
(I,oker)  'Prescott,  was  born  October  26,  1678, 
died  September  12,  1750.  He  lived  at  Forge 
X'illage,  since  included  in  Westford;  erected 
iron  forges,  improved  Stony  Brook,  v>-as  cap- 
tain of  militia,  justice  of  the  peace,  and  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  court.  1720. 
He  married  (first)   October  15,  lOyj,  Thank- 


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fill  Wheeler,  of  Concord;  (second)  Aiiril  30, 
171S,  .Mary  Page,  born  16S7,  died  17S1.  Chil- 
dren: Ebenezer,  born  1700,  married  JIannah 
Farnsworth;  Jonas,  of  whom  further;  Thank- 
ful, 1705,  married  Timothy  Spalding;  iMary, 
171 1,  married  Josejjh  Stone;  Sarah,  1712.  mar- 
ried Deacon  Samuel  Minot ;  Dorcas,  1714,  mar- 
ried Deacon  Samuel  ]\linot,  husband  of  her 
sister   Sarah. 

(1\")  Jonas  (31,  son  of  Jonas  (2)  and 
Thankful  (Wheeler)  i'rescott,  was  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1703,  died  Sepiembcr  9,  1 78-).  at  West- 
ford,  where  lie  had  lived  as  a  farmer,  and 
where  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
married  (first)  April  30,  1726,  Elizabeth 
Spalding,  (second)  in  1731,  Elizabeth  Howard, 
of  Chelmsford,  (third)  Rebecca  Jones,  widow 
of  Benjamin  Barrett,  of  Concord.  Children 
by  first  wife:  Jonas,  born  1727,  married  Re- 
becca Bulkley;  Timothy,  of  whom  further. 
By  second  wife:  Elijah,  born  1732;  Elizabeth, 
1734,  married  Zachariah  Hildreth;  Isaac  and 
Benjamin,  died  young.  By  third  wife:  Esther, 
born  1742,  married  Colonel  David  Goodhue; 
Sarah,  1744,  married  Abraham  Taylor;  John, 

1752,  married  Martha  Abbott. 

(V)  Timothy,  son  of  Jonas  (3)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Spalding)  Prescott,  vras  born  Decem- 
ber I,  172S,  died  April  30,  180S.  at  Westford. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  miller;  selectman  for 
fourteen  years;  member  of  Congregational 
church.      He    married    (first)    February    12, 

1753,  Lydia  Fletcher,  born  1734.  died  }.iay  1, 
1798,  daughter  of  Gershom  and  Lydia  (Town- 
send)  Fletcher,  granddaughter  of  Joshua  and 
Dorothy  (Hall)  Fletcher,  great-granddaughter 
of  Joshua  and  Grissies  (Jewell)  Fletcher, 
great-great-granddaughter  of  William  and 
Lydia  (Bates)  Fletcher,  and  great-great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Robert  Fletcher,  the  immi- 
grant, born  in  England,  and  settled  at  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts,  in  1630.  with  his  three 
sons,  Luke,  William  and  Samuel.  :Mr.  Pres- 
cott married  (second)  July  10,  iSoo,  Widow- 
Rebecca  Boynton.  Children,  all  by  first  wife: 
Lydia,  born  1754,  died  1812,  married  (first) 
Tosiah  Conant,  (second)  Jonathan  Pierce; 
Timothy,  born  1755.  died  1759;  Esther,  born 
1757,  died  1759;  Lucy,  born  1759,  died  same 
year;  Annie,  born  1761,  died  1821,  married 
Elnathan  Reed;  Isaiah,  born  1763,  married 
(first)  Betsy  Wright,  of  Littleton,  (second) 
Widow  Bird,  (third)  Widow  Matik'a  French; 
Sarah,  born  1765,  married  Stephen  Wright,  of 
Littleton  (see  \\'right  \')  :  Elijah,  born  1767, 
married  Eunice  Walker;  Ruth,  born  1769, 
married  Abel  White:  Amos,  born  1771,  mar- 
ried PoUv  Emerson;  Olive,  born  1774,  married 
Caleb  Parker. 

Note — '"r'rcscott  Genealogy"  gives  dates  of 


Stephen  \\'right,  of  Littleton,  who  married 
Sarah  Prescott,  as  born  .May  24,  17(14,  died 
February  16,  1857.  Hodgman"s  "History  of 
Westford.  Mass.,"  gives  date  of  birth,  1758, 
as  used  in  Wright  line  \'.  The  same  history 
also  gives  F^pliraim  as  grandfather  of  George 
Fletcher  Wright,  not  Jesse. 

(The    Baib.T    Line). 

George  Barber,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  about  1615,  and '  came  to 
.\merica  perhaps  on  the  ship  "Transport,"  July 
4,  1636,  having  a  certificate  from  his  minister 
at  Gravesend,  England,  of  conformity  to  the 
laws.  He  settled  at  Dedham,  Massachu^etts, 
and  was  a  townsman  there  December  10,  1640. 
He  belonged  to  the  .Ancient  and  Honorable 
Artillery  Company  of  Boston  in  1646.  He 
was  captain  of  a  militia  company.  In  1647  he 
took  th.e  freeman's  oath.  He  was  an  original 
proprietor,  and  one  of  the  foremost  settlers  in 
Medfield,  formerly  part  of  Dedham.  In  No- 
vember, 165 1,  he  contracted  with  the  select- 
men of  3iledfield  to  build  a  mill  for  the  supply 
of  the  town  on  Mill  brook,  below  Elm  street. 
He  sold  the  mill  the  following  year  to  Henry 
Adams.  In  1652  he  was  on  a  committee  to 
lay  out  highways  and  cut  timber  along  \'ine 
brook.  In  1G63  he  was  appointed  by  the  town 
to  beat  the  drum  which  gave  signal  to  the  set- 
tlers of  Indian  alarms  and  of  all  gathermgs  m 
the  meeting  house.  He  was  called  upon  fre- 
quently to  settle  estates.  He  served  ten  years 
on  the  board  of  selectmen  and  was  the  chief 
military  officer  of  the  town.  He  was  town 
clerk  for  twenty-three  years,  and  deputy  to 
the  general  court  for  four  years.  His  home 
was  on  Main  street,  near  the  Bradford  Curtis 
farm.  Fie  married  (first)  September  24,  1642, 
Elizabeth  Clark,  who  died  December  22,  16S3. 
Fie  married  (second)  Joan  (Faxon)  Fisher, 
widow  of  .Anthony  Fisher.  He  died  in  Med- 
field, .April  13,  1685.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Elizabeth,  born  1641,  died  December  20,  1643; 
Mary,  June  27,  1643;  Mary,  November  31, 
1644';  Samuel,  June  11,  1646;  John,  January 
13,  1649:  Elizabeth,  February  11,  1651  ;  Han- 
nah, .\pril  16.  1654:  Zachariah,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Abigail,  October  20,  i('i59. 

(II)  Zachariah  Barber,  son  of  George  Bar- 
ber, was  born  in  Medfield,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 29.  1656.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Med- 
field. He  married,  .-\ugust  30,  1683,  .-\biel 
Ellis,  born  October  15,  1662,  died  at  Medfield, 
.April  14,  1716.  Their  children  were:  Benoni, 
born  September  9.  1684,  died  September  23, 
1684;  Zachariah,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 
October  4.  1687;  Abiel,  .April  4,  1691 ;  John, 
October  12.  1693;  Ruth,  March  5,  iCoyc/j; 
Thomas,  July  2,  169S,  died  January  12,  1704- 


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(III)  Zachariah  (2)  Barber,  son  of  Zach- 
nriah  (i)  Barber,  was  bora  October  ly,  1(185. 
He  married  (first)  December  14,  1717,  Deb- 
orah I'artridge,  who  died  July  12,  1723.  He 
married  (second)  February  17.  1725.  Mary 
Allen,  who  afterward  married  \\'illiani  Alanii, 
of  Wrentham,  2ilassachusetts.  He  lived  in 
Mcdficld.  Children,  born  in  ^Icdficld:  Zacli- 
ariah,  born  February  10.  1719;  Deborah,  No- 
\  ember  8,  1720;  Elisha,  mentioned  below. 

(1\')  Elisha  Barber,  son  of  Zachariah  (2) 
Barber,  was  born  in  ^ledfield.  Massachusetts. 
November  23,  1722,  died  July  7,  1803.  He 
married,  July  10,  1751,  Silence  Fairbanks,  bom 
February  26,  1727,  died  November  14,  1804, 
aged  seventy-seven  years.  He  settled  on  the 
farm  of  Captain  Josc])h  Morse,  deceased,  in 
Sherborn,  [Massachusetts,  now  or  lately  owned 
by  Walter  Barber.  Children :  Zachary,  mar- 
ried Patience  Whitney;  Deborah,  born  ]\Iay 
3.  1754;  Sarah,  March  17,  1756;  Elisha,  men- 
tioned below;  George.  ^larch  9,  1761  ;  Oliver, 
January  26,   1763;  Silence,  October   18,   1765. 

(V)' Elisha  (2)  Barber,  son  of  Ehsha  (n 
Earlier,  was  born  in  Sherborn.  May  31,  1758. 
He  married,  October  16,  17S3.  [Martha  Bill- 
iard. Children:  Julia,  born  February  5,  17S6. 
died  September  22.  1806;  Rebecca.  March  3, 
1789;  X'trnal,  [March  3,  1794;  Caroline.  [March 
22,  1795;  Elisha  Dana,  mentioned  below; 
Julius,  [November  11,  1806,  died  same  day. 
Elisha  Barber  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
from  Sherborn,  a  private  in  Captain  Samuel 
King's  company.  Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's 
regiment,  serving  five  months  and  five  days  in 
1776,  at  Hull,  Massachusetts.  He  entered  the 
Continental  army,  June  5.  17S0.  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  years,  according  to  the  old  rolls, 
on  which  he  is  described  as  of  light  complexion, 
five  feet,  seven  inches  in  heiglu.  He  was-dis- 
charged  December  16,  1780.  (See  Massachu- 
setts Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolution, 
p.  585.  vol.  i). 

(VI)  Elisha  Dana  Barber,  son  of  Elisha 
(2)  Barber,  was  born  at  Sherborn.  September 
15.  1803.  Fie  settled  in  Townsend.  Massachu- 
setts, where  descendants  are  now  living.  He 
married,  April  10,  1S27.  Sarah  Dix.  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Dix.  She  died  October  10.  18S6. 
He  served  nine  months  during  the  war  for  the 
Inion  in  Company  H,  Fourth  Massachusetts 
Heavy  Artillery.  He  died  July  9.  1SS5.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Townsend:  i.  Eugene  Lucette. 
born  May  26,  1828:  married,  January  8.  1856. 
Alma  AI.  Curtis  ;  he  died  January  15,'  iSo7-  -■ 
Folly  Ann,  born  April  29.  1S32;  married 
(first)  Luther  A.  Shattuck,  (second)  Edwin 
A.  Fessenden ;  died  in  [Milford,  [Massachusetts, 


January,  1913.  3.  Orlando  Dix,  mentioned  be- 
l.)w.  4.  Manila,  bom  [March  2y,  1837;  mar- 
ried, Noveniber  26,  1857,  George  JefTerson 
Sliattuck,  of  Townsend.  5.  \'ernal,  bom  De- 
cember 12,  1840;  resides  in  'J'ownsend;  mar- 
ried, September  8,  i8S.'i,  Abbie  Anna  Sever- 
ance. 

(\'H)  Orlando  Dix  Barber,  son  of  Elisha 
Dana  Barber,  was  born  at  Townseiul,  Febru- 
ary 19,  183.1,  and  is  now  li\ing.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  scho(jls.  lie  was  a  coojicr 
by  trade  and  worked  at  it  many  years  until  his 
health  failed,  when  he  took  to  farming.  In 
jiolitics  he  is  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a  Congrc- 
gationalist.  He  married,  May  21,  1856,  Alary 
Fidelia  Fessenden.  born  June  25.  1837,  daugh- 
ter of  Aaron  and  Sarah  (Woods)  I^'essenden, 
of  Townsend.  [Mary  Fidelia  (Fessenden) 
Barber  is  a  woman  of  exceptionally  strong 
character.  Endowed  with  robust  health  and 
exuberance  of  vitality,  a  keen,  active  mind,  and 
a  cheerful  disposition,  she  was  naturally  fitted 
to  reach  an  exalted  plane  of  thought  and  action. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Town- 
send  she  entered  an  academy  at  Winchester, 
Massachusetts.  Flere  she  won  distinction  as 
one  of  the  most  brilliant  pupils  in  the  school. 
^^'hile  stud)ing  at  the  academy  she  was  stricken 
with  brain  fever  and  upon  recovering  was 
obliged  to  give  up  her  studies  and  return  to 
her  home  in  Townsend.  Soon  after  reaching 
her  henne  she  was  asked  to  teach  a  district 
school  in  Brookline,  New  Hampshire,  a  school 
noted  for  the  lawlessness  of  its  pupils,  who 
took  delight  in  making  the  lives  of  the  teachers 
unbearable.  Although  but  sixteen  years  of 
age  [Mary  F.  Fessenden  accepted  the  position 
of  school  mistress  in  this  district  school  and 
taught  there  successfully  for  several  terms. 
Many  of  her  pupils  were  much  older  than  her- 
self. At  an  early  age  she  showed  marked 
ability  as  a  writer  and  public  speaker,  taking 
an  active  part  in  lyceums  and  public  debates, 
which  were  among  the  social  functions  of  that 
time.  Her  poems  and  essays  were  always  in 
demand  for  various  occasions,  and  she  became 
celebrated  as  a  public  speaker.  At  the  age  of 
seventy  she  provided  the  program  for  a  social 
occasion,  taking  part  in  a  drama,  reciting  a 
poem,  reading  an  essay,  and  opening  the  debate 
on  a  question  that  was  presented  for  discus- 
sion. Recognizing  the  power  of  the  Grange 
as  a  factor  for  progress  in  a  town  or  village 
she  became  a  charter  member  of  the  Brookline 
(New  Hampshire)  Grange,  and  is  now  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven  (1914)  one  of  its  enthusi- 
astic supporters.  For  a  number  of  years  she 
was  lecturer  of  this  organization.  She  is  an 
earnest  advocate  for  er|ual  suffrage,  and  has 
improved  every  opportunity  to  speak  on  the 


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subject.  Strong  and  self-reliant  by  nature,  she 
has  ever  been  a  i^ower  for  usefulness  and 
strengtii  to  the  weak  and  helpless.  To  her 
children  she  has  been  a  devoted,  sympathetic 
mother,  and  an  encouraging  friend,  always  en- 
deavoring to  impress  them  with  the  things  of 
life  that  are  really  worth  while. 

Children:  i.  Arthur  Dana,  born  A[iril  26, 
1857;  married  (first)  Gelena  B.  Richards,  of 
Mason,    New    Hampshire,    (second)    October 

19.  1907.  Jennie  Litchfield,  of  Pepperell,  :Mas- 
sachu.setts ;  now  living  i::  Townsend.  2.  David 
Melvin,  born  July  9,  1S59;  conducts  the  old 
homestead,  making  a  specialty  of  fruit  and 
dairy  products ;  unmarried.  3.  Xella  May, 
born  February  10,  1S63;  married,  January  S, 
1891,  George  Waldo  Bro^vne,  author,  of  Man- 
chester, New  Hampshire;  children:  Norman 
Stanley  and  Rilma  Clarion.  4.  Edith  Athena, 
born  at  Townsend,  June  5,  1S74 :  married  Her- 
bert Nelson  Wright,  of  Worcester,  December 
16,  1911  (see  Wright  Mil).  5.  Frank  Fessen- 
den,  born  January  8,  1877;  has  a  large  fruit 
and  poultry  farm  at  Townsend ;  married,  June 

20,  1906,  Anna  ^Lirie  Gabriel,  of  F.udora, 
Kansas;  children:  Arthur  Gabriel  and  Robert 
Edmund. 

Mrs.  Edith_  Athena  (Baibcr)  Wiight  has 
enjoyed  a  distinguished  cai'eer  as  artist,  author 
and  teacher  since  her  completion  of  a  very 
fine  general  and  artistic  education.  She  was 
graduated  as  valedictorian  from  high  school 
in  1892,  after  which  she  taught  school  in  ?Ioll;s, 
New  Hampshire,  for  a  year.  She  then  attended 
Cowles  Art  School  at  Boston  for  a  year,  after 
which  she  returned  to  Townsend  and  continued 
for  three  years  teaching  in  district  number 
two.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time  she  be- 
came a  student  at  the  Massachusetts  Normal 
Art  School,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in 
1901,  after  a  four  years'  course.  While  pur- 
suing her  art  studies  at  the  Normal  School 
Mrs.  Wright  contributed  stories  and  articles 
to  various  periodicals,  including  the  'Tlome- 
stead"  of  Springfield.  Massachusetts,  and  Dr. 
Perrin's  paper.  She  also  contributed  illustra- 
tions for  "American  Young  I'olks,"  published 
at  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  at  age  of  six- 
teen, before  taking  up  the  study  of  art. 

She  voluntarily  assisted  Dr.  Perrin  in  his 
charitable  work  in  regard  to  the  conducting  of 
classes  in  art  on  Saturday  at  the  '"Every  Day 
Church."  She  took  great  interest  in  temper- 
ance work  among  the  children  at  the  "Willard 
Y"  Settlement,  giving  illustrated  talks  on  the 
subject,  and  she  assisted  at  the  reception  for 
the  children.  She  taught  Sunday  school  for 
two  years  after  having  joined  Tremont  Temple. 
During  this  time  she  was  an  earnc.^t  student 
of  physical  culture  and  elocution,  giving  dra- 


matic and  elocutionary  readings  in  various 
])arts  of  New  England.  After  her  graduation 
as  an  artist  in  1901,  Mrs.  Wright  became  direc- 
tor of  art,  and  went  to  Northfield,  Massachu- 
setts, where  she  assumed  charge  of  drawing 
for  a  year  and  a  half,  covering  five  towns. 
Removing  to  Altleboro,  she  assumed  the  super- 
vision of  fifty  teachers,  and  taught  mechanical 
and  free-hand  drawing  in  both  day  and  night 
schools  for  a  period  of  three  years.  She  then 
removed  to  Newport,  where  as  director  of  art 
she  supervised  the  work  of  upv.-ards  of  a  hun- 
dred teachers  in  charge  of  three  thousand  five 
hundred  pupils. 

Beside  her  school  work  Mrs.  Wright  gave 
private  lessons  in  the  homes  of  the  \'ander- 
bilts  for  a  period  of  three  years,  John  Nich- 
olas Brown  for  two  years,  Mrs.  Woodbury 
Kane  for  three  or  four  years.  Miss  Andrews, 
daughter  of  Paul  Andrews,  for  three  years. 
She  was  secretary  of  the  L'nity  Club  and  took 
part  in  its  dramatic  entertainments,  for  which 
she  prepared  notes  and  extracts.  Her  literary 
work  included  articles  on  art  and  industrial 
education  for  the  "Newport  News"  and  articles 
on  handicraft  for  the  "Ladies'  World," 
"Mothers'  Magazine"  and  "Youth's  Com- 
panion," all  illustrated  by  herself.  At  the  Cur- 
rent Topics  Club  she  prepared  and  read  vari- 
ous pajjers. 

I\Irs.  Wright  was  specially  honored  by  being 
chosen  to  deliver  an  address  on  art  before  the 
Teachers'  Institute  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  on  August  5,  1907,  she  delivered  by 
invitation  an  address  on  education  for  the  Old 
Home  Day  at  Townsend,  [Massachusetts.  For 
a  period  of  four  months  I\Irs.  ^^'right,  in  com- 
pany with  Grace  Gilpin,  of  Newport.  Rhole 
Island,  traveled  through  England,  France, 
Switzerland,  Italy,  Austria,  Germany,  Hol- 
land and  Belgium,  and  upon  her  return  home 
gave  travel  talks  for  the  benefit  of  the  Meth- 
odist church  of  Brookline.  New  Hampshire. 
The  receipts  were  large  and  a  considerable 
fund  was  raised  for  charitable  purposes  by  her 
eflforts. 

In  her  writings  on  "Art  and  Industrial  Edu- 
cation," !Mrs.  \Vright  treats  her  subject  with 
rare  knowledge,  comparing  the  old  district 
school  with  its  primitive  methods  to  our 
modern  institutions  of  learning  in  so  skillful 
a  manner  that  the  present  day  student  cannot 
but  appreciate  the  advantages  which  he  has 
over  the  way  in  which  his  forefathers  were 
instructed.  ^Irs.  Wright  treats  the  subject  of 
"Alaking  the  Home  Beautiful"  in  so  delightful 
a  way,  writing  with  so  much  ease  and  grace, 
and  withal  v>-ith  so  thorough  a  compreh'jnsion 
of  the  matter,  that  the  necessity  for  order, 
simplicity  and  fitness  to  purpose,  becomes  clear 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


ami  imperative.  In  her  "Early  History  of 
\\  (ircc-^ter'"  she  evince?  an  intimate  historical 
knowU-dge  of  the  hardship;  of  the  pioneers, 
their  dangers  from  Indians  and  wild  beasts, 
and  their  heroic  achievements,  which  makes 
most  fascinating  reading.  Slie  is  a  woman  who 
lias  been  gifted  in  many  ways  for  the  instruc- 
tion and  entertainment  of  her  race.  Mrs.  \\'right 
is  president  of  Erittain  Square  Circle  of  the 
rareut-Tcachers'  Association,  affiliated  with 
the  Adams  Square  Congregational  Church.  At 
a  recent  meeting  she  gave  an  address.  "Parents 
and  Their  Responsibilities,"  taking  up  other 
important  subjects,  "Use  and  Abuse  of  Food," 
"reaching  Obedience,"  "Parent  and  Child," 
and  others  of  same  trend.  Mr.  and  Airs. 
Wriglit  have  one  child,  Harriet  Prescott 
Wright,  born  February  :?o.  1913. 


This  is  an  ancient  Scotch  name, 
MUNRO  traced  to  the  eleventh  century 
through  a  long  line  of  barons, 
down  to  William  Alunro,  who  settled  in  Lex- 
ington, [Massachusetts,  about  the  middle  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  The  name  was  strongly 
represented  in  the  army  of  ^vlalcohn  II.,  who 
expelled  the  Danes  from  Scotland.  The  fam- 
ily has  been  noted  for  its  advocacy  and  civil 
and  religious  liberty.  The  family  herein  de- 
scribed is  probably  descended  froiii  tlie  ancient 
Scottish  barons,  but  the  connection  has  never 
been  established. 

(I)  William  I\Iunro,  born  1672-73.  first  ap- 
pears in  Bristol,  now  Rhode  Island,  then  a 
part  of  Phmouth  county,  Alassacliusetts,  in 
iC)gS.  His  farm  extended  from  the  Gray  farm 
on  the  north  to  Motmt  Hope  farm  on  the  south, 
and  the  title  deeds  remained  in  the  family  until 
after  1900.  William  Munro  was  the  executor 
of  the  estate  of  his  neighbor.  Colonel  Henry 
Alclntosh  (Mount  Hope  Farm),  and  managed 
the  property  for  ^Mcintosh's  widow.  He  died 
April  28,  1746,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  his 
age.  He  married  Mary  Lindsay,  born  16S4- 
85,  died  November  8,  1760.  Their  remains 
now  rest  in  [Major  Munro's  lot  on  the  Neck, 
in  Bristol.  For  six  generations,  beginning  with 
\\"illiam  Munro,  members  of  the  family  have 
served  as  vestrymen  in  St.  Michael's  Church, 
Bristol,  in  the  line  below  described.  William 
Munro's  children  were:  Hezekiah,  born  July 
27,  1702,  died  August  15  following:  W^illiam, 
born  November  20,  1703:  Nathan,  June  11, 
1706:  Bennett,  mentioned  below:  George,  Au- 
gust 31.  1710;  Nathaniel,  October  27.  1712; 
BenjaiTiin,  November  16,  1714;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1716. 

fll)  Bennett,  fourth  son  of  Willi.im  and 
Mary  (L.indsay)  [Munro.  was  born  October  i, 
1708,  in  Bristol,  and  lived  for  some  years  on 


Mount  Ho]>e  Farm.  The  records  show  that 
he  had  several  slaves,  and  he  bore  the  military 
title  of  captain.  He  dietl  September  25,  1775. 
He  married,  in  the  latter  part  of  1733  (inten- 
tions recorded  October  13,  1733)  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  Liosworth,  of  Bris- 
tol, born  b'ebruary  2,  1716,  died  August  12, 
1754.  Children:  Nathan,  born  October  3, 
1734:  Nathaniel,  October  20,  1736;  \\"illiam, 
April  7,  173S;  George,  August  26,  1740;  Sarah, 
November  25,  1742;  James,  March  10,  1745; 
Edward,  mentioned  below;  Bennett,  July  28, 
1749;  Henry,  July  30,  1752;  Bcnoni,  August 
II,  1754.  He  appears  to  have  had  a  second 
wife  with  the  same  baptismal  name,  as  the  fol- 
lowing children  of  Bennett  and  Sarah  [Munro 
are  recorded  in  Bristol :  Jemima,  born  [March 
30,  1757;  Samuel,  November  2/,  1758;  Royal, 
October  8,  1762.  The  second  wife  died  Sep- 
tember 25,  iSii,  aged  ninety-two  years.  Her 
death  was  caused  b}'  her  clothes  catching  fire. 

(Ill)  Edward,  sixth  son  of  Captain  Ben- 
nett and  Sarah  (Bosworth)  [Munro,  was  born 
April  14,  1747,  in  Bristol,  where  his  life  was 
parsed.  No  record  of"  his  marriage  or  death 
appears.  His  wife,  Sarah,  born  1749-50,  died 
August  12,  1796.  Children  recorded  in  Bristol 
are:  Henry,  born  [May  28,  1771  ;  .Sarah,  .April 
3,  1777;  Bennett,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Bennett  (2),  son  of  Edv.-ard  and 
Sarah  Munro,  was  born  December  19,  1785, 
in  Bristol,  and  passed  his  life  in  that  town,  as 
before  noted  a  vestryman  of  St.  [Michael's 
Church.  He  married  (first)  [May  16,  1S08, 
Sally,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Susannah 
(Wardwell)  Gladding.  He  married  (second) 
July  6.  1818,  Lucy  Abell,  of  Seekonk,  daugh- 
ter of  Preserved  Abell,  of  Warren,  who  was 
quartermaster-sergeant  of  Walker's  [Massa- 
chusetts regiment  in  the  war  of  the  revolution. 
Children  of  first  marriage:  Edward,  born 
April  28,  1810;  Phebe  Howland,  ^August  19, 
1812,  died  1815  ;  Elinor,  October  6,  1S14,  Chil- 
dren of  second  marriage  ;  Sally  Gladding,  born 
January  22,  1819;  John  Bennett,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Permelia  Abell,  October  11,  1822  ;  George, 
Januan,-  2,  1825;  Otis,  November  10,  1827; 
Lucy  Bennett,  January  15,  1830;  Frances  Sid- 
ney, August  3,  1831;  Crawford,  February  16, 
1834:  Anne  Durfee,  July  30,  1837;  Charles 
Bennett,  November  17,  1839. 

(\')  John  Bennett,  second  son  of  Bennett 
(2)  [Munro,  and  second  child  of  his  second 
wife,  Lucy  Abell,  was  born  September  20, 
1820,  in  Bristol,  and  continued  to  reside  in  that 
town,  serving  as  vestryman  of  St.  Michael's 
Church.  He  represented  his  native  town  in 
the  state  assembly  from  1853  ^o  1S57  inclu- 
sive. He  married,  December  25,  1846.  Abbe 
Howland  Batt,  daughter  of  James  and  Plannah 


;/  ? 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


(W'aldron)  Batt,  born  January  lo,  1^24,  in 
Bristol,  granddaughter  of  Tliomasand  Lucretia 
W'aldron,  of  Bristol.  Tlioma.s  Waldron  served 
eight  niontlLS  as  a  private  in  Captain  William 
Throop's  company  of  Rhode  Island  militia,  in 
the  revolution.  James  Batt,  son  of  James  and 
Mary  Batt,  came  from  Dorsetshire,  England, 
to  Rhode  Lsland.  Among  the  sons  of  John 
Bennett  Munro  was  Walter  Lee  .Munro.  M. 
D.,  born  1S57,  in  Bristol,  graduated  Bachelor 
of  Arts  at  Brown  University  in  1879,  and  sub- 
sequently received  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts.  He  graduated  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Harvard  L'niversity  in  1S85,  and  has 
since  practiced  medicine  in  Provirlence.  In 
1887  he  was  surgeon  of  the  Rhode  Island  Hos- 
pital; visiting  physician  of  St.  \"incent  De  Paul 
Infant  Asylum;  was  examiner  of  the  Medical 
Society  in  iSyo,  and  consulting  physician  of 
St.  Joseph's  Hospital  in  1899.  He  is  the 
author  of  various  articles  in  the  medical  jour- 
nals of  the  day.  Another  son,  Dana  Carle- 
ton  Munro,  born  1866,  in  Bristol,  graduated 
from  Brown  l'niversity  in  1SS7,  and  became 
professor  of  European  history  in  the  Univer- 
s'.t_\-  of  Wisconsin. 

_  (\"I)  Wilfred  Harold,  son  of  John  B.  and 
Abbe  H.  (Batt)  r^Iunro.  was  born  August  20, 
1849,  '•!  Bristol,  and  was  graduated  froin 
Brown  L'niversity  in  the  class  of  1S70,  receiv- 
ing subsequently  the  degree  of  blaster  of  Arts. 
In  187071  he  was  master  in  De  \'aux  College,. 
Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  and  was  associate 
principal  in  St.  Mark's  School.  Salt  Lake  City, 
in  1871.  In  1S73  he  traveled  in  South  and 
Central  America,  and  from  1875  'o  1879  was 
principal  of  the  Academic  Institute  at  Le  Roy, 
New  York.  From  iSSi  to  1889  he  was  presi- 
dent of  De  \'aux  College,  and  in  1890-91  was 
a  student  at  the  universities  of  Freiburg  and 
Heidelberg,  Germany.  From  1891  to  1899  he 
was  associate  professor  of  history  and  director 
of  university  extension  at  Brown  L'niversity, 
and  in  1S99  became  professor  of  European 
history.  Since  1912  he  has  been  professor 
emeritus  of  Brown  University.  Professor 
Munro  has  written  much  on  historical  and 
other  topics,  and  is  the  author  of  the  "History 
of  Bristol,  R.  I.,''  published  in  t8So,  and  of 
"Picturesque  Rhode  Island,"  18S1.  He  has 
written  numerous  articles  and  reviews  for  en- 
cyclopedias, and  is  the  erlitor  of  the  works  of 
W'illiam  H.  Prescott,  twenty-two  volumes, 
published  in  1905-06.  In  speaking  of  this 
work  at  the  time  of  its  completion,  the  "Brown 
Alumni  ^lonthly"  said:  "For  a  number  of 
years  Professor  Munro  has  been  engaged  in 
editing  th.e  works  of  Prescott.  The  fruits  of 
his  labors  now  appear  in  th.c  sumptuous  'Mon- 
tezuma' edition  of  Prescott  issued  by  the  Lip- 


pincott's  in  twont3--two  volumes.  Professor 
Mimro.has  added  to  the  original  text  the  re- 
sults of  late  research  in  the  various  fields  cov- 
ered by  Prescott's  histories." 

Professor  Munro  is  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Llanil 
and  Providence  Plantations,  of  wliich  he  served 
as  governor,  made  eligible  through  Lieutenant 
Preserved  Abcll  (1668-1724),  Rehoboth.  Mas- 
sachusetts, who  was  sergeant  in  King  Philii/s 
war.  ensign  in  1690,  and  lieutenant  under  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Gallup,  Phij/s  expedition  against 
Canada,  1690.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Society  of  Mayllower  Descendants,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  governor,  made  eligible 
through  Richard  Warren.  James  Chilton  ami 
William  Brewster.  He  is  also  a  member  and 
past  president  of  the  Rhode  Island  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  to  which 
he  was  made  eligible  through  the  service  of  his 
great-grandfather,  Edward  Munro  (above  ),  his 
great-grandfather.  Preserved  Abell  (above), 
and  also  through  the  service  of  his  great-grand- 
father, Thomas  Waldron  (above).  He  is  a 
member  and  since  1906  president  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Historical  Society;  is  a  member  and 
past  president  of  the  Rhode  Island  Chapter  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  fraternity ;  of  the  Barnard 
Club  and  of  the  Churchmen's  Club :  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  .American  Historical  Association ; 
and  of  the  .American  Philological  Association. 


William  Fisher  was  born  in  Eng- 
FISHER  land  in  t8oo,  died  at  Fort  Fair- 
field in  1875.  He  came  to  this 
country  about  1837  and  settled  in  Fredericton, 
New  Brunswick,  where  he  engaged  in  business 
as  a  dealer  in  meats  and  provisions.  After- 
ward he  removed  to  Fort  Fairfield.  Maine, 
where  he  followed  farming  during  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  He  was  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He  married 
(first)  in  England,  Martha  Shaw,  who  died 
before  he  emigrated.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas,  born  in  1821, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield ;  was  a  farmer ;  married 
Phebe  Harmon,  of  Fort  Fairfield.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Amelia  Kent,  born  in  Fort  Fair- 
field. Children  by  second  wife:  3.  Robert, 
born  July  3,  1823,  in  England,  died  at  Tobique, 
New  Brunswick:  was  a  farmer;  marrievl  Ame- 
lia McDougal,  of  Tobique.  4.  John  George, 
died  yoimg.  5.  John,  born  October  i,  1827, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield:  was  a  farmer;  married 
Mrs.  Jane  (Connors)  Riley,  widow  of  Thomas 
Riley,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  a  farmer.  6.  William, 
born  October  9,  1833 :  resides  at  Maysville, 
Maine,  a  retired  farmer:  married  Mary  Ann 
Murphy,  of  Andover,  New  Brunswick.  7. 
Mary  .Ann,  born  1835,  died  young.     8.  .Alford, 


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horn  June  9,  1837,  died  in  California;  was  a 
I'armer;  married  Mary  McDonald,  of  Fort 
I'airficld.  9.  Henry,  born  August  20,  1S39. 
(irovvncd  at  Fort  Fairfield  in  the  Aroostook 
river,  1851.  lo.  James,  born  June  9,  1841, 
(lied  at  I'ort  Fairtleld :  unmarried.  11.  ]\Iary 
Ann,  born  January  19,  1S45,  i"  Fredericton, 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Fort  Fair- 
field, member  of  the  Congregational  church 
tliere;  married,  Augu-t  31,  1S65,  Alexander 
Donald  McDougal,  born  at  Fort  F'airfield, 
lanuary  27,  1S30,  now  a  retired  farmer,  a 
"Rejiublican,  member  of  the  Congregational 
clmrch  and  of  Frontier  Lodge,  Xo.  122,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons;  soklier  in  Eleventh 
Maine  Cavalry,  1861.  to  August  15,  i8ij5,  and 
served  in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Wil- 
derness. Fre.'!ericksburg.  Petersburg,  l''ive 
Fork.^.  Ajjpornattox  Court  House ;  member  of 
Post  Xo.  61,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic; 
children:  Allen  J.  McDougal,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1866,  married  Eva  Campbell,  of  Fort 
r'airfield ;  Ellsworth  A.  McDougal,  born  April 
I,  1869,  died  I\Iay  16,  18S0;  Louisa  McDougal, 
born  July  10,  1870,  married  Arthur  Foster,  of 
Fort  Fairfield,  now  of  Limestone,  a  farmer 
and  potato  buyer ;  Estella  McDougal,  born 
May  i*^,  1S7-!,,  married  Chadbourne  V\".  Perry: 
Jessie  ^L  McDougal,  born  January  13,  1877, 
"died  May  iS,  1880:  Bruce  ]McDougal,  born 
August  16,  1879,  died  in  i88r;  Bessie  Mc- 
Dougal, born  September  16,  1S84,  stenog- 
rapher for  C.  ^^'.  Perry,  unmarried :  Florence 
McDougal,  born  March  17,  1887,  married  Her- 
bert Xickerson,  resides  at  Maple  Grove, 
Maine:  Aubra  S.  McDougal.  born  .August  15, 
188S,  married  Eva  W'itham,  of  Waterville, 
where  they  reside.  12.  Randolph,  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1850,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield;  was  a 
farmer  :  married  Tausey  Morrow. 

(H)  Joseph  Fisher,  son  of  William  Fisher, 
was  born  at  Oxford,  England,  December  31, 
1S19,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  April  15,  1890. 
He  was  educated  in  his  native  place.  He  came 
to  Xew  Brunswick  with  his  father  when  he 
was  about  eighteen  years  old  and  settled  at 
F'redericton.  At  the  time  of  the  Aroostook 
war  he  settled  in  Fort  Fairfield.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  owned  much  real  estate.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican.  He  was_a  communi- 
cant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He 
married  Sarah  .A.  Humphrey,  born  in  Grafton. 
Xew  Brunswick,  May  22.  1825.  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  May  7,  1913.  She  was  also  an  Epis- 
copalian. Children,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield :  i. 
-Alonzo,  born  April  6,  1848,  died  at  Midland, 
Texas,  August.  1904;  was  a  ranch  owner; 
married  Anne  Flutchinson,  of  Andover,  Xew 
l>runswick,  now  living  at  Fort  Fairfield;  chil- 
<lr(.n :    Cecile  and   Bovd.     2.   Martha  S.,  born 


.\pril  22,  1851,  died  ]\[arch  26,  1914;  married, 
September  22,  1873,  Whitman  L.  C'rcutt,  born 
at  Pas.sadumkeag.  Maine,  October  20,  1843, 
died  at  I'urt  b'airfield.  .Xnvember  6,  1905;  was 
a  farmer,  fir-t  lieulenaut,  Cumpany  C  Fif- 
tteuth  Maine  R.egiment  \"olunteer  Infantry, 
enlisting  in  1801  and  ^er\■ing  to  the  end  of  the 
ci\il  war  ;  a  IXnincrat  in  politics,  an  Episco- 
palian ;  children  :  h'rcd  Orcutt,  born  at  Bridge- 
water,  Maine,  July  21,  1874,  died  in  infancy; 
Clifford  Xecly  Orcutt,  born  Xovembcr  5,  1875, 
died  in  1S77';  Myrtle  Orcutt,  born  at  Fort 
I-'airfieM,  .\ugust  8,  1877,  married  Charle.s 
Smith,  of  Boston,  a  lawyer,  living  in  Wollas- 
ton.  3.  I'red,  born  I'ebruary  3,  1853;  has  a 
large  stock  ranch  in  \\'yoming',  and  a  winter 
residence  in  Los  Angeles.  California.  4. 
Emma,  born.  Xovember  9,  1S55;  married  Paul 
Purington,  of  Topsham,  Maine,  a  farmer;  chil- 
dren: Carl  Purington,  died  young;  label  Pur- 
ington, married  Allen  1".  Wheeler,  of  Wood- 
bury, Xew  Jersey,  an  inspector  of  government 
vessel^.  5.  Holman.  born  December  21,  1857; 
married  Flora  Winter,  of  England ;  he  is  a 
farmer  at  Fort  Fairfield;  children;  Fred,  Lin- 
wood,  Sarah.  6.  Thomas  .Abel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 7.  Fannie  Fern,  born  Xovember  15, 
i8j'i2  :  married  Thomas  R.  Ross,  of  Lincoln, 
Xcbraska,  where  he  is  a  shoe  dealer;  child, 
Fisher  Ross,  traveling  salesman.  8.  Wallace, 
born  February  6,,  1SG5,  died  July  i,  1888. 

(HI)  Thomas  Abel  Fisher,  son  of  Joseph 
Fisher,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  July 
21,  1S59.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  When  a  young  man  he  became  a 
potato  buyer  and  dealer.  He  is  a  Rejuiblican 
in  politics.  He  is  a  communicant  of  St.  Paul's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  married,  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  January  9,  1881,  Ida  ]\I.  Geller- 
son,  born  at  Haynesville,  Maine,  Jamiary  i, 
1863.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  her  native  town  and  graduated  from  the 
Fort  Fairfield  high  school.  She  attends  St. 
Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  (see  Gel- 
lerson  II).  Children  of  Thomas  Abel  and  Ida 
M.  ( Gellerson)  Fisher:  i.  Edward  Carleton, 
born  September  7,  1883.  2.  Fred  Percy,  born 
February  ii,  1S85  ;  married  .Alice  Price,  of  St. 
Stephens,  Xew  Brunswick ;  is  a  potato  dealer ; 
children:  Marjorie  Phyllis,  born  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, December  8,  1908;  Percy  Vincent,  May" 
8,  191 1.  3.  Lyle,  born  .August  2,  188S,  died 
.April  30.  1014.  4.  Dorothy  May,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,   1S90. 

(The  GeUerFon  Line). 

(I)  Josiah  Gellerson.  a  native  of  Maine, 
died  at  Washingtnn  in  that  state  in  1875.  For 
many  vears  he  was  a  lumberman  at  Havnes- 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


ville  and  afterward  went  west.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Hannah  Peavey, 
a  native  of  southern  Maine,  who  died  in  Cah- 
fornia.  Children:  i.  Alehitable,  married  Ben- 
jamin Logan,  of  HouUon,  and  is  living  in 
Chicago'.  2.  Benjamin  Franklin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Emma,  died  at  Hayncsville,  i\Iaine. 
4.  Daniel,  died  in  the  west.  5.  ALiude,  resides 
at  Los  Angeles,  married  a  ]\Ir.  Merriman.  6. 
Angeline,  died  in  the  west.  7.  George,  died  in 
the  west. 

(H)  Benjamin  Franklin  Gellerson.  son  of 
Josiah  Gellerson.  was  born  at  Haynesville. 
Maine,  in  1S3S,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1910.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
sclicols.  Early  in  life  he  was  a  lumberman, 
and  afterward  he  kept  a  general  store  in 
Flaynesville,  removing  in  1877  to  Fort  Fair- 
field, where  he  was  also  a  general  merchant. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a 
Congregationalist.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
civil  war.  He  married  Mary  Jane  \\'ebb,  born 
at  Houlton,  Maine.  1841,  died  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, May,  1899.  '^'le  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  Dr.  James  Webb,  her 
father,  was  born  in  Madison,  Maine,  1802,  died 
at  Neponset,  Illinois.  1858.  He  was  a  physi- 
cian at  Houlton,  Maine,  for  many  years,  and 
afterward  at  Neponset.  Late  in  life  he  joined 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church,  but  previously 
he  had  been  a  Universalist.  He  married 
Amanda  Farwell,  born  near  Portland,  Maine, 
in  1804,  died  at  Houlton,  184S.  Children  of 
Dr.  James  Webb:  i.  James,  born  1828.  died  at 
Island  Falls  in  July,  1912;  was  a  farmer  and 
mail   carrier;   married    ('first)    Elizabeth   Bell, 

who  died  in  Ludlow,  Maine;  (seconrl)  , 

now  living  in  Oakland.  Maine ;  children  by 
first  wife:  William  Webb,  resides  in  the  west; 
John  \\'ebb.  Island  Falls,  hotel  proprietor,  has 
been  selectman ;  Ida  \\'ebb,  married  William 
Doran,  merchant.  Fort  F'airfield  ;  children  by 
second  wife :  Rebecca  Webb,  married  Leon 
Teed,  of  Oakland:  Sidney  Webb;  Daniel 
Webb,  of  Ludlow,  Maine.  2.  \\'illiam,  born 
1830,  died  at  Ludlow,  Maine;  married  Mary 
Abernethy  ;  was  a  farmer  in  Ludlow  ;  children  : 
James  Webb,  farmer  of  Ludlow :  Daniel 
Webb;  Mary  Webb,  married  Herbert  Rideout, 
of  Ludlow  ;  Olive  \\'ebb,  married  George  Car- 
penter, resides  at  Plantation  B,  Maine;  Lyman 
Webb,  farmer  of  Ludlow  ;  Elia  W'ebb,  married 
Fred  IMoores.  farmer  of  Ludlow;  Letitia 
Webb,  married  B.  Hovey,  of  Houlton  ;  Edith 
Webb,  trained  nurse,  widow.  3.  Rebecca,  born 
1832,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield ;  married  John 
Redikcr,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  a  farmer;  children: 
Enmia  Redikcr.  married  Everson  True,  fruit 
farmer  of  Oregon;  Archie  Rcdiker;  Albert 
Rediker,     farmer    of    Maple    Grove;    Rufus 


Rediker.  4.  C)live,  born  1834 ;  resides  at  Oak- 
land,    California;     married     (first)     Bartleit 

Rediker;  (second)  Tompkins;  children 

by  first  husband  :  Laura  and  Carrie  Rediker. 
5.  Daniel,  born  1836,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield  ; 
was  a  farmer,  soldier  in  the  civil  war  in  the 
Sixteenth  Maine  Regiment;  married  Mary  J. 
Plargraves  ;  children  :  Alice,  married  Edward 
Dorscy;  Fred,  married  Maud  McGuire ;  ^Maud. 
married  John  Ross;  and  Stacey,  married 
Dolly  King,  farmer  of  I'ort  Fairfield.  6. 
]\rary  Jane,  married  Benjamin  Franklin  Gel- 
lerson, mentioned  above.  7.  Ruth,  born  Octo- 
ber II,  1846,  in  Houlton;  married  Edward 
Jones,  born  at  China,  August  24,  1832,  a 
retired  farmer  of  Fort  F"airfield ;  Repub- 
lican;  F^ree  Will  Baptist;  children:  ^linnie 
Jones,  born  ^March  6,  1S69,  married  Percy 
Redmond,  of  Belfast,  i\Iaine ;  Charles  Jones, 
born  November  4,  1871,  married  Olive"  Cur- 
rier, of  Maple  Grove.  IMaine ;  Wilbur  Jones., 
born  September  26,  1874,  m.arried  Susie  'Mev- 
rill,  of  Milton,  New  Hampshire,  now  of  Syra- 
cuse, New  York. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Mary 
Jane  (Webb)  Gellerson:  i.  Minnie,  died  in 
infancy.  2.  Ida  ^M.,  married  Thomas  Abel 
Fisher  (see  Fisher  HI).  3.  Lee,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Ernest  F^ranklin,  born  at  Haynes- 
ville, Maine,  November,  1867;  married  Rose 
Shaw,  of  Bangor,  Maine;  dealer  in  lumber  at 
Portland,  "Maine.  5.  Percy  Thornton,  born 
1S69;  married  Frances  Steele,  of  Chicago;  re- 
sides at  Dover,  ]\Iaine ;  he  is  a  general  mer- 
chant;  son,  Arnold,  born  1899.  6.  Guy  Carle- 
ton,  born  1871 ;  married  Winnie  Lovely,  of 
F'ort  Fairfield ;  potato  dealer ;  daughter  May, 
died  young.  7.  Roy,  born  1873,  died  1887.  8. 
Llarry  C,  born  1875;  married  Mary  F"ogg,  of 
^lillinocket ;  is  a  traveling  salesman  of  Bangor. 
9.  Walter  C,  born  1879;  married  Sophia  Wil- 
liams and  had  Blinn  and  George.  10.  Rex  C, 
born  1885  ;  married  Anna  Chapman,  of  Orono, 
Maine;  clothing  merchant  of  Fort  Fairfield. 

Flenry  Albee  was  descended  from 
ALBEE     Benjamin  Albee,  who  came  to  this 

country  as  early  as  1639  from 
England.  He  was  born  probably  in  Alaine, 
about  1794,  and  died  in  Bingham  or  Lexington, 
■Maine,  about  1S74.  Fle  was  a  farmer  in  Bing- 
ham or  Lexington,  and  served  in  the  war  of 
1S12.  His  wife  died  in  Bingham.  Children: 
Dryus,  died  in  Bingham,  aged  twenty  years ; 

Clementine,  married  Norton,   farmer, 

and  they  lived  in  [Manitoba,  Canada ;  Cyrus 
Henry,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  served  four 
years  in  civil  war,  and  now  lives  at  Norridge- 
wock,  IMaine ;  Nellie,  lives  in  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia,  and   in    Skowhegan,   Maine,   with   her 


;!1    J,,    I    -;.    .yrrti'-l     f 


children,  married  

farmer ;    Robe, 


-  Fletcher,  of  Skow- 
liegan,  larmei  ;  i^uuc,  died  in  Skowhegan, 
farmer,  unmarried;  Sylvester,  of  Presque  isle, 
married  Hannah  Ireland,  of  Presque  Isle; 
Mary,  lives  in  Skowhegan,  married  (first) 
Squire  Emery,  (second;  Willis  Currier,  of 
Skowhegan,   (third)   Willis  Maxwell. 

(ilj   Cyrus  Henry  Albee,  son  of  Henry  .\1- 
bee,  was  born  in  Lexington,  Maine,  February 
m,'  1838,    and    now    lives    in    Xorridgewock, 
^Jaine,  where  he  is  a  farmer.     He  first  Hyed 
in    Bingham,    moving    to    Smithfield,    Maine, 
after  a  time,  and  then  to  Easton.     His  son, 
Elmer    Gould   Albee,   purchased   his    farm   in 
Easton,  and  he  now  owns  a  farm  in  Xorridge- 
wock.    He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Free   Will  Baptist  Church, 
and   of   Xorridgewock   Grange.     He   married 
(  first)  February  2,  1S66,  in  Skowhegan,  Lizzie 
Howe  Gould,  born  in  Smithfield,  2\Iaine,  De- 
cember 31,  1846,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine, 
January  9,  1899.     She  was  a  member  of  the 
Free    Will    Baptist    Church,    and    of    Easton 
Grange.     She  was  daughter  of  Jonas  Gould, 
born  in  [Massachusetts,  April  7,  1813,  died  in 
Smithfield,  Maine,  March  22,  18S3.     He  mar- 
ried Cyrena   Fobes  Whitman,  born   in  Hing- 
ham.  ^iJassachusetts,  Xovember  8,  1814,  died 
in  Smithfield,   Xovember   i,   1887;  he  was  a 
farmer  and  served  two  terms  in  the  legislature 
from  Smithfield;  member  of  Free  Will  Bap- 
tist Church.    Children  of  Jonas  and  Cyrena  F. 
(Whitman)  Gould:   Edward,  farmer,  married 
]\Iary ;  Calista,  died  in  Smithfield,  mar- 
ried Atwood  Marston,  of  Smithfield,  farmer; 
Lizzie    Flowe,    married    Cyrus    Henry    Albee, 
mentioned   above.      Cyrus    FL    Albee   married 
(second)    Emma    "SI.    Gould,    of    Skowhegan, 
.ALiine.     Children  of  Cyrus  Henry  and  Lizzie 
Howe  (Gould)  Albee:  i.  Flerbert  Cyrus,  born 
February  18,  1868,  Smithfield;  married  Emma 
Laura  Tracy,  of  Xew  Brunswick,  born  Febru- 
ary 4,   1874,  in  Egypt,  Xew  Brunswick,  and 
they  live  on  a  farm  in  Xorridgewock  ;  children : 
Clayton  Howe,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Febru- 
ary 5,  1899,  and  Roby.    2.  Elmer  Could,  men- 
tioned below.     Children  of  Cyrus  Henry  and 
Emma  ^L    (Gould)   Albee:    3.  Lizzie,  resides 
with  parents.  4.  Caroline,  resides  with  parents. 
5.  Berdina,  resides  with  parents. 

(HI)  Ehner  Gould  Albee,  son  of  Cyrus 
Henry  Albee,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine,  October  28.  1874.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Easton  until  he  was  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  and  he  lived  on  his  father's 
farm/ until  1912,  when  he  purchased  his  pres- 
ent farm  in  Easton.  Thi^  farm  consists  of 
eightv  acres  of  land,  practically  all  of  which 
is  cleared.  In  politic;  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
he  attends  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church.     He 


NE^V•  EXGLAXD. 

s  a  member  of  Easton  Gran 


25 


:e,  Xo.  159,  in 
which  he  has  held  all  offices  except  that  of 
master;  also  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Lodge  Xo.  loS,  at 
Easton,  and  holds  an  accident  policy  in  the 
Ridgely  Company  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Easton,  Xovember  3.  1906,  Laura 
Belle  Brown,  born  in  h'orl  Fairfield,  April  30, 
1890.  Her  parents  moved  to  Blaine  when  she 
was  four  years  of  age,  and  she  received  a 
high  school  education  there.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah,  Xo.  49,  Eas-  . 
ton,  in  which  she  has  held  the  office  of  waideii. 
She  also  is  a  member  of  Easton  Grange,  Xo. 
159.  Child:  Cyrus  Emerson,  born  at  Easion, 
June  II,  1910. 

Storrs  Emerson  Brown,  father  of  Mrs.  El- 
mer G.  Albee,  was  born  in  Siowc,  Vermont, 
May  12,  1850,  and  now  lives  in  Robinsons, 
"Maine,  where  he  is  a  carpenter.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church,  and  also 
of  the  LTiiited  Workmen  of  America  and  of 
the  [Maccabees  of  the  World.  He  married 
Rose  Emma  Ireland,  born  at  Presque  Isle, 
Maine,  October  12,  1858,  and  who  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church.  She  is 
daughter  of  George  Ireland,  born  in  Calais, 
[Maine,  about  1810,  died  at  Presque  Isle  about 
1895.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Presque  Isle  the 
latter  part  of  his  life.  He  was  a  Republican. 
He  married  Mary  Annis,  of  Maine,  and  she 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine.  Children  of 
George  and  3.1ary  (Annis)  Ireland:  i.  Eunice, 
lives  at  Presque  Isle;  married  (first)  George 
Ricker,  farmer,  (second)  Henry  Jamifson, 
farmer.  2.  John,  married  Annie  Murphy,  of 
Blaine,  Maine,  and  they  live  on  farm  in  Eas- 
ton, Maine.  3.  Lestina,  lives  in  Presque  Isle; 
married  Archibald  Rediker,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
a  farmer.  4.  Hannah,  married  Sylvester  Albee, 
son  of  Henrv  Albee  (see  Albee  I).  5.  [Mary, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield ;  married  Fred  Kennedy, 
of  Blaine.  6.  Clara,  died  at  East  Blaine, 
[Maine;  married  Samuel  Ricker.  7.  Rose 
Emma,  married  Storrs  Emerson  Brown,  men- 
tioned above.  8.  Flora,  married  William  Web- 
ber, of  Presciue  Isle,  and  they  live  in  Boston. 
9.  Walter,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield;  married 
Blanche  Kilcollins.  of  Elaine,  and  she  lives  at 
Fort  Fairfield.  10.  Winfield,  married  Annie 
Jamieson,  of  Presque  Isle,  and  they  live  on 
farm  at  Corinna,  Maine. 

Children  of  Storrs  Emerson  and  Rose  Emma 
(Ireland)  Brown:  i.  [Mina,  born  1878,  ^at 
Presque  Isle,  died  young.  2.  Elsie,  born  18S0, 
at  Presque  Isle,  died  voung.  3.  Fred  C,  born 
September  8,  1884.  at  Presque  Isle:  married 
Mattie  Johnson,  of  Mapleton,  and  they  live  on 
farm  at  Easton;  children:  Hazel,  \'erna  A.. 
Flossie,   living  with   parents.     4.   Tony,   born 


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NKW  ENGLAND. 


February  4.  u^Sj,  at  Fort  Fairfield;  married 
i\lice  Culliiis,  of  .Monticcllo,  Maine,  and  they 
live  on  farm  at  Easton;  children:  El^ie  and 
ilarry,  reside  \vith  parents.  5.  Laura  Belle, 
married  Elmer  Gould  Albee  (see  Albee  111). 
6.  Lclia  iMary,  born  .August  14,  1S92,  at  l-^aston  ; 
married  I'rank  Keegan,  of  Easton,  where  they 
live. 


JORDAN 


Rev.  Robert  Jordan,  the  immi- 
grant, was  a  son,  it  is  thought, 


of  Edward  Jordan,  of  Worce; 
ter,  England.  As  early  as  ifi4i  he  was  estab- 
lished as  clergyman  c^f  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land at  Richmond  Island,  near  Scarborough, 
Maine.  He  married  there  Sarah  Winter,  only 
child  of  John  Winter.  He  inherited  the  large 
estate  of  his  wife's  father,  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  the  plantation  of  Spurwink  in  Fal- 
mouth, Alaine.  He  was  arrested  and  impris- 
oned by  the  Puritans  for  discharging  the  duties 
of  his  religious  office  in  1654  and  again  in 
1663.  During  the  second  Indian  w^ar  he  had 
to  leave  his  home  and  his  house  was  burned 
by  the  Indians.  He  then  settled  on  Great 
Island  in  the  Piscataqua  river,  then  part  of 
Portsmouth.  He  died  at  Portsmouth  in  1679. 
Children:  John:  Dominicus;  Jedediah,  men- 
tioned below;  Jeremiah,  born  about  1663. 

(II)  Jedediah  Jordan,  son  of  Rev.  Robert 
Jordan,  was  born  in  Falmouth,  now  Portland. 
Maine,  died  in  1725.  He  lived  on  Great 
Island  and  at  Kittery,  Maine.  Children,  born 
at  Kittery:  Jedediah,  1684.  lived  at  Spurwink; 
Abigail,  1687;  Keziah,  ifx^o;  ]Mary,  1693; 
Sarah,  1696;  John,  1698;  Thomas,  1701  ;  Rob- 
ert,  1704. 

(V)  Jedediah  (2)  Jordan,  great-grandson 
of  Jedediah  (1)  Jordan,  was  born  F""ebruary 
II,  1755.  The  name  of  his  father  is  not 
known  to  the  writer.  His  father  may  have 
lived  in  Nova  Scotia.  Jedediah  Jordan  mar- 
ried, at  Horton,  Nova  Scotia.  December  25, 
1781,  .'\senath  Bill,  born  July  16,  1763,  daugh- 
ter of  Amos  and  Jerusha  Bill,  formerly  of 
Lebanon  or  Colchester,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Horton:  Asenath.  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1782:  Jerusha,  November  2S.  17S3; 
Amos    Bill,    mentioned    below;    Jedediah    Jr., 

December   21,.  1786,   married  ■ —   Eagles; 

Orinda.  October  17,  178S;  Sarah.  February  3, 
1790;  Miriam,  August  19.  1792;  Mclinda,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1793. 

(VT)  .-\mo<^  Bill  Jordan,  son  of  Jedediah 
(2)  Jordan,  was  born  at  Horton.  Nova  Scotia, 
August  19.  1785,  died  there  in  1870.  He  was 
a  farfner  in  Lower  Horton  all  his  active  life. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church.  He 
married,  at  Horton,  January  12,  1816,  Jerusha 
Kingsnian,  born  in  17S0,  at  Cornwallis,  Nova 


Scotia,  died  at  Horton  in  1868,  also  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church.  Children,  all  born  in 
Lower  Horton:  i.  Eunice,  born  Novenil)(.r 
29,  1S16;  married  James  Caldwell,  a  farmer 
of  Llorton.  2.  Mary  Mehitable,  born  January 
29,  1818;  married  William  Fuller,  of  Nova 
Scotia,  a  nurseryman  of  Cambridge,  Massn- 
chusetts ;  she  died  in  Somerville,  in  that  state. 

3.  Robert  Kinsman,  born  February  6,  1819; 
married  Mary  Johnson,  and  died  in  Horton. 

4.  Rebecca,  born  February  10,  1821  ;  marrieil 
a  Mr.  Peterbaugh;  both  died  in  Kansas.  5. 
William,  born  December  2,  1822;  married 
Elizabeth  Ward;  he  was  a  farmer;  died  in 
Kansas.    6.  Edward  M.,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Edward  M.  Jordan,  son  of  .Amos 
Bill  Jordan,  was  born  at  Horton,  Nova  Scotia, 
in  1825,  died  there  in  1909.  lie  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  and  lived  in  Horton  all  his 
active  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Liberal.  He 
attended  the  Baptist  church,  and  w^as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Horton  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. He  married  Sarah  Johnson,  born  at 
Horton  in  1S23,  died  there  in  1903.  Benjamin 
Ichnson,  her  father,  was  born  in  Kings  county. 
Nova  Scotia,  in  1775.  He  was  brought  up  by 
his  Grandfather  Peck,  a  Loyalist  from  Massa- 
chusetts, who  received  a  grant  of  land  from 
the  crown  in  Kentforth,  Nova  Scotia.  Benja- 
min Johnson  died  in  1850,  in  his  native  county. 
He  cleared  a  farm  and  cultivated  it  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Hannah 
Gritftn,  born  at  Cornwallis,  Nova  Scotia,  in 
1777,  died  in  Kings  county  in  1862.  Children 
of  Benjamin  Johnson:  i.  James  Johnson,  a 
farmer,  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  mar- 
ried Priscilla  Lyons,  of  Cornwallis.  2.  Eliza 
Johnson,  married  George  Parker,  a  farmer  of 
Cornwallis.  3.  Cyrus  Johnson,  lived  on  the 
homestead  at  Horton,  married  Mary  Ward. 
4.  Mary  Johnson,  married  Robert  K.  Jordan, 
mentioned  above.  5.  Sarah  Johnson,  married 
Edward  AI.  Jordan,  mentioned  above.  Chil- 
dren of  Edward  M.  Jordan:  i.  Albert,  born_ 
October,  1846;  married  Caroline  Colwell,  of 
Horton;  a  farmer  in  Cornwallis.  2.  Cyrus  J., 
mentioned  below.  3.  William  E.,  born  1850; 
married  Martha  Harris,  of  Kings  county,  de- 
ceased. 4.  George,  born  1852:  a  farmer  in 
Kings  county,  unmarried.  5.  Welsford,  born 
July,  1854.  died  of  diphtheria,  aged  fourteen 
years.  6.  Archibald,  born  July,  1856;  married 
':\Iabel  Lamphier,  of  Hatifa.x,  Nova  Scotia; 
they  reside  at  Bulyea,  Northwestern  Territory. 
Canada,  on  a  farm.  7.  Etta,  born  April,  ipfx-)- 
married  Willinm  Ritchie,  a  farmer  of  King- 
coimtv. 

(VIII)   Cyrus  J.  Jordan,  son  of  Edward  M. 
Jordan,  was' born  in  Nova  Scotia,  September 


i/'     I  r-   I   !,■  rnh-lt 


ClJiOi. 


NEW  ENGLAND 


iS,  1S4S.  He  attended  the  public  scliools  there 
until  l;e  was  twenty  years  old.  lie  worked  on 
his  father's  farm  until  he  came  of  age,  and 
for  seven  years  afterward  he  followed  farm- 
ing in  Nova  Scotia.  In  1876  he  came  to  Cari- 
bou, IMainc,  where  he  bought  forest  land, 
cleared  a  farm  and  cultivated  it  for  a  period 
of  twent3--three  years.  In  iS:jg  he  returned  to 
Nova  Scotia  and  resumed  farming  there.  In 
1912  he  removed  to  Presque  Isle,  where  he  has 
contiinied  to  follow  farming  for  an  occupation. 
He  bought  the  place  on  which  he  now  resides. 
It  consists  of  fifty  acres  and  is  located  in  the 
village.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat;  in  re- 
ligion a  Methodist.  Mr.  Jordan  married,  in 
Cornwalhs,  Nova  Scotia,  May  iS,  187 1,  Joseph- 
ine Johnson,  born  October  8,  1841,  in  Kings 
county,  in  that  province,  died  INIarch  6,  1914. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church. 
James  Johnson,  her  father,  was  a  native  of 
Kings  county,  born  1820,  died  1903.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  a  farmer  all  his  active  life.  He  married 
Drusilla  Lyons,  born  at  Cornwallis  in  1820, 
died  there  in  1906.  She  was  also  a  Methotlist. 
Children  of  James  Johnson:'  i.  Alary  Johnson, 
born  1S35.  resides  in  Kings  county;  married 
Thomas  W'eldon,  of  Amherst,  Nova  Scotia,  a 
carpenter.  2.  Benjamin  Johnson,  born  1S37, 
a  retired  Methodist  minister,  living  in  IMassa- 
chusetts.  3.  Josephine  Johnson,  married  Cyrus 
J.  Jordan,  meritioned  above.  Benjamin  Peck 
Johnson,  father  of  James  Jordan,  was  born  in 
kings  county.  He  was  of  a  Loyalist  family. 
He  was  probably  the  Benjamin  Johnson,  men- 
tioned above,  whose  son  James  is  stated  to 
have  married  Drusilla  Lyons.  Children  of 
Cyrus  J.  Jordan:  i.  Blanche  J.,  born  May  18, 
1872,  in  King^  county;  married  George  E. 
Lang.  2.  Frank  P.,  born  in  Kings  county, 
August  12,  1S73;  married  Annie  Nickerson, 
of  ^Iaysyille,  Maine;  residing  at  Spraguevillo, 
Maine ;  children :  Mary,  Earl,  Alice,  Hazel, 
Cyrus,  Wilmot,  Ethel.  3.  Laurie,  born  Febru- 
ary, 1S75,  in  Kings  county;  married  Addie 
Randall,  of  Nova  Scotia;  they  reside  at 
Spragucvi'ile  ;  clnldren  :  \'era,  Fred,  Olif,  Neva. 
4.  Gertrude,  born  at  Caribou,'  Maine,  July, 
1877;  married  Gordon  Tufts,  of  Nova  Scotia, 
a  farmer  there;  chdd,  Ernest  Boughton  Tufts. 


The   surname   Thurlough 
THURLOCGH     is   spelled   also  Thurlow, 
Thurlo,   Thurley,   Thorlo 
and  Thorla,     The  most  common  spellings  in 
this  countrv,  however,  are  Tluirlow  and  Thur- 
lough. 

Ricliard  Thurlow,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  all  the  Thurlo'.vs  and  Thiirlougr.s  of  New 
England,  at  least  to  recent  times,   was  of  an 


old  English  family.  He  settled  early  at  Row- 
ley, Jissex  couniy,  Massachusetts,  and  his  de- 
scendants are  most  numerous  in  that  town  and 
the  adjacent  towns,  especially  in  Newbury, 
He  was  a  i)roprietor  of  the  town  of  Rowley. 
He  removed  to  Newbur)-.  He  built  a  bridge 
over  the  Newbury  river  at  liis  own  cost  and 
the  general  court  ti.xed  a  rate  of  toll  for  ani- 
mals May  3.  J 654.  He  deeded  part  of  his 
farm  to  his  son  Thomas,  January  27,  16(39, 
and  provided  that  in  case  Thomas  died  his  son 
Francis  should  .succeed  to  the  farm.  His  wife 
Jane  joined  in  the  deed.  Slie  died  March  19, 
it>.S4.  He  died  at  Newbury,  November  10, 
10S5.     Children:    I'Vancis  and  Thomas. 

(I)  James  Thurlough,  a  descendant  of  Rich- 
ard Thurlow,  was  born  about  1790,  in  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  died  at  Monroe,  Maine,  aged 
forty-five  years.  He  came  to  Monroe  in  1S22. 
Lie  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter.  In  religion 
he  was  a  B:ii)tL-.t.  He  married  Affie  Ricker, 
born  at  Berwick,  1797,  died  at  Monroe,  1857. 
She  was  also  a  Baptist.  Ller  father  was  James 
Ricker,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Children : 
I.  Frederick,  mentioned  below.  2.  Reuben,  a 
carpenter.  Fort  Fairfield  ;  married  ]\Iary  Ann 
r'arnham,  of  Dixmont,  Maine.  3.  Asa,  mill- 
wright, ■Monroe;  married  Hannah  Peters,  of 
Mount  D.sert,  Maine,  4.  George,  died  at 
Newbury,  ]\Iaine ;  married  Deha  Adams,  a 
school  teacher ;  he  was  a  farmer  and  lumber- 
man, town  clerk  and  justice  of  the  peace, 
representative  in  the  state  legislature.  5. 
Ro^ella,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield;  married  (first) 
John  h'.mcry,  of  Monroe,  a  farmer;  (second) 
Philander  'VN'ebber,  stationary  engineer,  Con- 
necticut. 6.  James,  moved  to  Yazoo,  Missis- 
sippi, 

(II)  Frederick  Ihurlough,  son  of  James 
Thurlough,  was  born  at  North  Berwick,  Alaine, 
January  9,  1811,  died  at  Fort  h^airfield,  Janu- 
ary, iSijCh  He  was  eleven  years  old  wdien  he 
moved  with  his  parents  to  Monroe.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  in  that  town  until  1S73.  when 
he  sold  his  jilace  antl  settled  in  Fort  F'airfield 
on  a  farm  he  had  bought  there.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  served  in  the  state 
militia  and  was  active  in  recruiting  for  the 
civil  war:  was  major  in  a  regiment  in  th.e 
Aroostook  war.  He  married  El.-.ie  Whitney, 
born  in  Dixmont,  Maine,  about  1813,  died  at 
Fort  Fairfield  in  1890,  Robinson  Whitney, 
lur  father,  was  born  about  1790,  died  at  Dix- 
mont abijut  1862.  He  followed  farming  there 
most  of  his  life,  was  a  Whig  in  politics  and  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church.  He  married 
Elsie  (Chadhourn)  Sherburn,  born  in  Kenne- 
bec county,  .Maine,  about  1792,  died  at  Dix- 
mont, 1857.  She  had  by  her  first  marriage: 
Samue'    Sh.vrlnirn,   a    farmer.    Monroe;    I'ollv 


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Sherburn,  married  Edward  Emery,  of  North 
Berwick.  Children  of  Robinson  Whitney:  i. 
Elsie  Whitney,  married,  as  her  second  hus- 
band, Frederick  Thurloiigh,  mentioned  above. 

2.  John  Whitney,  a  farmer  of  Dixmont,  Maine  ; 
married   ]Mary   Fulsom,  of   Newburg,   Maine. 

3.  Amos  Whitney,  general  mercliant,  East 
Dixmont;  was  representative  to  the  legisla- 
ture; married  Elizabeth  Fulsom,  sister  of 
Mary.  4.  Eliza  Whitney,  did  at  Bradley, 
Maine;  married  John  Knapp,  a  carpenter, 
farmer,  miller  and  lumberman.  Children  of 
Frederick  and  Elsie  Thurlough:  i.  James 
Fairfield.  2.  ^lary  Melissa,  died  young.  3. 
Son,  died  in  infancy.  4.  ^Melissa,  died  unmar- 
ried, aged  twenty-one  years.  5.  Reuben  Fair- 
field, mentioned  below.  6.  Agnes,  born  184-^, 
died  young.  7.  James  Robinson,  born  in  1846. 
farmer,  Fort  Fairfield ;  married  Olive  IMar- 
shall,  of  Ludlow ;  children :  Nellie,  married  T- 
Loring,  of  Yarmouth  :  Agnes,  died  young.  S. 
Frederick,  born  184S,  general  jobber  and 
machinist;  has  been  sheriff  of  Aroostook 
county.  Republican;  married  Adelia  (Thomp- 
son) Wilson,  of  Montville ;  children:  Claire, 
Clayton.  JMyrtle ;  by  her  first  husband  she  had 
a  daughter,  Gertrude  Wilson,  married  Wesley 
Hamm,  Houlton.  9.  Rose,  born  1S50,  died 
young  of  typhoid  fever.  10.  John,  born  1852  : 
married  Maria  Traftor  ;  he  was  postmaster  of 
Fort  Fairfield,  twelve  years,  a  Republican, 
now  retired.  11.  Nellie,  born  i860;  married 
Charles  A.  i^Iorse,  of  Bangor,  chief  engineer  of 
the  Rock  Island  railroad ;  child,  Frederick 
Thurlough,  married  Hazel  Kelly,  who  died 
July  9.  19 14,  leaving  one  son,  Charles  A. 
Morse  Jr.;  he  is  a  graduate  of  the  ^Lassachu- 
setts  Institute  of  Technology,  a  civil  engineer 
at  Tropica,  California. 

(Ill)  Reuben  Fairfield  Thurlough.  son  of 
Frederick  Thurlough.  was  born  at  Monroe, 
Maine,  JMarch  30,  1S42.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  During  his 
boyhood  he  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm. 
When  he  came  of  age  he  went  to  Bangor  and 
worked  in  the  lumber  industry.  He  v/as  at 
Bradley,  Maine,  two  years,  and  at  Brewer  six 
years,  in  the  lumber  industry  of  the  Penobscot 
river.  He  bought  a  farm  at  Fort  Fairfield,  on 
which  he  resided  until  1906.  After  he  sold  this 
farm  he  bought  a  house  in  Fort  Fairfield, 
where  he  has  since  lived.  He  has  been  a  dealer 
in  potatoes.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge. 
No.  112,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of 
Aroostook  Valley  Grange,  No.  485,  of  Fort 
Fairfield.  He  married  (first)  Betsey  Hamil- 
ton, bom  in  Dixmont.  Maine,  died  about  1884. 
daughter  of  Aaron  Hamilton,  a  carpenter  of 


Bangor.  He  married  (second)  June  10,  1891. 
in  Limestone,  ]\Jaine,  Flora  (Temple)  Pipt-r, 
born  in  Detroit,  Maine,  January  23,  1S61.  iii.-r 
mother  moved  to  Lewiston  when  she  was  six 
years  old  and  she  attended  the  public  school-; 
there.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Bap- 
tist Church,  and  of  Goodwill  Chapter,  No.  8^, 
Order  of  the  hastern  Star,  of  which  she  is 
matron,  and  of  .-\roostook  Valley  Grange,  No. 
4S5,  of  which  she  has  been  lecturer  and  secre- 
tary. She  married  (first)  July  3,  18S3.  in 
Easton,  Massachusetts,  George  Henry  Rich- 
ardson Piper,  born  at  Chicopee,  Alassachusetts, 
son  of  a  Congregational  minister,  a  graduate 
of  Dartmouth  College  (see  Temple  IX).  Reu- 
ben Fairfield  Thurlough  had  by  his  first  wife, 
Edith,  born  in  1S70,  died  in  1889. 

(The   Temple   Line). 

(I)  Abraham  Temple,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  as  early 
as  1636.  Fle  owned  real  estate  and  appears 
several  times  in  the  courts  as  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant. He  died  soon  after  1639.  He  mar- 
ried   Abigail ■   and    IMargaret    — . 

Children:  Richard,  mentioned  below;  Tobias; 
Robert. 

(II)  Richard  Tem])le,  son  of  Abraham 
Temple,  \\as  born  in  1623.  He  settled  at 
Charlestown  before  1647,  removed  in  1654  to 
Concord,  where  he  died  March  15,  16S9.  His 
wife  Joanna  died  February  24,  168S.  In  1688 
he  divided  his  property  among  his  children. 
Children:  Abigail,  born  May  15,  1647;  John; 
Abraham,  mentioned  below ;  Richard,  born 
October  15,  1654;  Isaac,  June  19,  1657;  Chris- 
topher, 1660;  Sarah,  March  8,  1662. 

(III)  Abraham  (2)  Temple,  son  of  Rich- 
ard Temple,  was  born  June  4,  1652.  He  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1673,  Deborah  Hadlock. 
daughter  of  John  Hadlock.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  ilarch  21,  1690.  He  ser\ed  in 
King  Philip's  war  and  took  part  in  the  Swamp 
Fight,  where  he  was  wounded,  and  in  1735 
had  a  grant  of  land  for  his  service.  He  died 
January  4,  1738;  his  widow  Deborah  died 
January  28,  1743  (gravestone,  Hill  burying 
ground,  Concord).  Children:  Richard,  born 
October  6,  1674:  Abraham;  Abigail,  August 
II,  1677;  Isaac,  December  25,  1678;  John,  De- 
cember 4,  1680;  Sarah,  August  3,  1682;  Deb- 
orah, November  14.  1683 :  Mary,  June  24. 
16S5 ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin, 
July  27,  1690. 

fIV)  Joseph  Temple,  son  of  Abraham  (21 
Temple,  was  born  in  Concord,  May  6,  1688. 
He  married,  November  28,  1717,  Abigail 
Stearns,  of  Lexington.  He  lived  in  Concord 
and  Westford,  and  at  Sanford,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  December  i,  1718;  Joseph, 


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mentioned  below;  Sarah,  March  u;,  1722; 
Ebenezer;  Richard,  March  7,  1725  ;  Samuel ; 
Thomas;  Eiisha. 

(V)  Joseph  (2)  Temple,  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
Temple,  was  born  in  Concord,  December  31, 
1720.  He  married,  June  6,  1744,  Sarah  Mc- 
Kiney,  of  Chelmsford.  Children:  Joseph, 
born  1745;  Levi,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Levi  Temple,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Temple,  was  born  about  1 751,  at  or  near  West- 
ford,  and  lived  at  Bowdoin  and  Lisbon,  Maine. 
He  was  a  corporal  in  Captain  Tiniothj-  I'nder- 
vvood's  company.  Colonel  William  i'rescott's 
regiment.  He  became  a  Free  Will  Baptist 
minister.  He  died  about  1821  and  is  buried  on 
Beaver  Hill,  Freedom,  Maine.  He  married 
Rachel  Nutting,  of  Westford,  March  10,  1774. 
Children:  Martha,  born  at  Bowdoin;  Noah, 
mentioned  belov.- ;  Sarah,  born  17S0;  Stephen, 
1782;  Levi,  1784;  Joseph,  October  13,  1786; 
Wilson,  17SS. 

(VH)  Noah  Temple,  son  of  Levi  Temple, 
was  born  about  177S. 

(VHl)  Noah  (2)  Temple,  son  of  Noah  (i) 
Temple,  was  born  about  1800,  died  in  Detroit, 
!Mainc,  about  1S71.  He  was  a  farmer  in  the 
vicinity  of  Detroit.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  Abigail  Huff,  who  died 
in  Detroit,  1S71.  Children:  Turner;  Levi, 
mentioned  below;  Lucy,  mariied  a  }vlr.  Har- 
rington ;  Sadie,  married  Frank  Bowen,  a  truck- 
man, Belfast,  Maine;  Abbie,  died  at  Thorn- 
dike,  jMaine ;  Jane,  married  a  Air.  Pike ;  Fran- 
cis, carpenter,  served  in  the  civil  war,  resides 
in  Rockland,  Maine;  Annis,  twin  to  Francis, 
served  in  the  civil  war ;  James,  died  in  Detroit ; 
John,  died  at  Isleborough,  Maine;  Lorenzo; 
Merrell ;  Clara,  married  a  Mr.  York. 

(IX)  Levi  (2)  Temple,  son  of  Noah  (2) 
Temple,  was  born  at  Detroit,  Maine,  in  1822, 
died  at  Detroit  in  1S67.  He  was  a  farmer. 
In  1S61  he  enlisted  in  Company  ]M,  First  Regi- 
ment Cavalry,  and  served  through  the  civil 
war.  He  was  severely  wounded.  He  returned 
with  health  wrecked  and  died  soon.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  attended  the  Union 
church.  He  married  Mary  Samantha  Patten, 
born  in  Bangor,  January  17,  1S39,  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  July  21,  1913.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Universalist  church  of  Lewiston,  and 
of  Rebekah  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  Children  of  Levi  Temple:  i.  Eu- 
gene B.,  born  April  5.  1859;  married  Drusilla 
Getchell,  of  Limestone ;  children :  Winnie 
Frances  ;  Bertram  ;  William,  married  Winnie 
Finnemore;  Levi  Glenwood ;  Madaline  May; 
Hazel;  Delia,  died  aged  three  years;  .son,  died 
young.  2.  Flora,  married  Reuben  b'airfield 
Thurlough  (see  Thurlough  III).  3.  Abbie, 
born  1S63,  died  i86<^3.     Mary  Samantha  (Pat- 

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ten)  Temple  mairied  (second)  William  F. 
l.onihani,  burn  in  I'.iicktield,  Maine,  1835, 
died  at  l.imesione,  April  3,  1907.  He  mar- 
ried ( lir>t )  Emeline  Ikiilcy,  and  had  Winnie 
Iranees,  who  married  George  O.  Tufts,  of 
Lewi.-toii,  a  foreman  in  a  shoe  factory  at 
Auburn,  Maine;  child,  Helen,  born  July  19, 
1 9<jo. 

Sanip.son  Fallen,  father  of  Mrs.  Temple, 
came  to  America  after  h.is  first  marriage  and 
conducted  a  dje  shop  in  Somerset  county, 
Maine.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
luv^land.  He  died  in  1853  and  is  buried  in 
tile  Niks  burial  ground.  lie  married  (second) 
Besla  Brann,  born  in  Troy,  Maine,  died  in 
1891.  Child  of  Sampson  Patten  by  first  wife; 
Harriet  Patten,  married  Oliver  Plummer, 
farmer.  Children  by  second  wife:  i.  Mary 
Samantha  Patten,  married  Levi  Temple,  men- 
tioned above.  2.  George  Patten,  born  1841, 
farmer,  now  retired,  Limestone  ;  married  Emily 
P.arnes  ;  children  :  Mary,  married  A.  C.  Leigh- 
ton  ;  Cleveland;  Horace;  Josephine,  married 
J  larry  Leighton.  a  merchant ;  F"rances,  married 
a  Mr.  Molet,  a  jeweler;  Hattie,  married  Frank 
Johnston;  Percy,  a  barber.  Limestone. 


Rev.  William  Noyes,  born  in 
NO  YES  1568,  resiiJed  in  England  and 
died  in  Cholderton,  county  Wilts, 
before  April  30,  1622.  He  had  brothers,  Rich- 
ard and  Robert.  He  matriculated  at  Univer- 
sity College,  Oxford,  November  15,  1588,  and 
took  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  ]\Iay  31, 
1592.  He  was  rector  of  Cholderton  in  1602. 
He  married,  about  1595,  Amie  Parker,  born 
1575,  buried  ]\Iarch  7,  1657.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  made  April  30,  1622,  and  his 
widow  was  appointed  administratrix.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  England:  Ephraim,  born  1596; 
Nathan,  1597;  James,  1608:  Nicholas,  men- 
tioned below  ;  daughter,  married  Thomas  Keitt ; 
John,  lived  at  Newton,  Wilts. 

(II)  Nicholas  Noyes,  son  of  Rev.  William 
Noyes,  was  born  in  England  in  1G15-16,  and 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  1633,  and  settled  in  Newbury.  He 
walked  forty  miles  to  Cambridge  to  qualify  as 
a  voter,  when  he  was  a-Imitted  a  freeman, 
May  17,  1637.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1660,  1679,  1680  and  1681.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  First  Parish,  March  20, 
1633-34.  He  died  November  23,  1701.  His 
will  was  dated  July  4,  1700,  and  proved  De- 
cember 29,  1701.  His  homestead  was  occupied 
in  1903  by  the  heirs  of  Nathaniel  Little.  He 
married,  about  1640,  Mary  Cutting,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  and  Mary  Cutting.  Her 
father  was  a  shipmaster  of  London.  She  was 
at  one  time  brouglit  before  the  court  for  wear- 


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iiig  a  silk  hood  and  scarf,  but  discliargcd  on 
proof  that  her  husband  was  worth  two  hun- 
dred pounds.  Children,  born  in  Newbury: 
Mary,  born  October  15,  1641;  Hannah,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1643;  John,  January  20,  1645;  Rev. 
Nicholas,  December  22,  1647;  Cutting,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  August  22,  1653;  Tim- 
othy, June  23,  1655;  James,  IMay  16,  1657; 
Abigail,  A[>Ti[  11,  1659;  Rachel,  March  20, 
i6C)i ;  Thomas,  June  20,  1^3.  Three  cliildren, 
who  died  young. 

(Ill)  Cutting  Noyes,  son  of  Nicholas  Xoyes, 
was  born  September  23,  1649,  ^t  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  died  there  before  November 
iS,  1734.  He  married,  in  1673,  Elizabeth 
Knight.  Children,  born  in  Newbury:  John, 
Novemljer  15,  1674;  Cutting,  January  2S,  1676; 
Elizabeth,  February  2,  1678;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Bathsheba,  1690;  ^^lary,  March 
27,  1693.    Two  other  children  died  young. 

(IVj  Joseph  Noyes,  sou  of  Cutting  Noyes, 
was  born  at  Newbury,  ^Massachusetts.  He 
married,  in  171 1.  Jane  Dole,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 14,  1755.  They  settled  in  Falmouth,  now 
Portland,  Maine.  Children,  born  in  Newbury: 
Josiah,  mentioned  below ;  Dorothy,  April  9, 
1715;  Hannah,  July  6,  1720;  James;  January 
8,  1722:  Amos,  July  29,  1728:"  Peter, 'Decem- 
ber 3.  1731.     One  other  child  died  young. 

(V)  Josiah  Noye>,  son  of  Joseph  Noyes, 
was  born  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  Septem- 
ber 8.  1712,  died  in  1796,  in  Maine.  Fie  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Fie  lived  at  New 
Casco,  Maine.  He  married,  in  1737,  Hilary 
Lunt.  Children,  born  in  Portland  or  vicinity : 
Joseph,  born  September  14,  1740;  Aviary,  March 
18,  1743;  Cutting,  February  2j.  1745  :  Mofcs, 
mentioned  below;  Jane,  June  30,  1749;  Han- 
nah, December  5,  1751  ;  Eunice,  October  26, 
1753;  Aim,  October  12,  1755;  Josiah.  Septem- 
ber 20,  1757;  Sarah;  Thomas,  February  4, 
1762.     Five  other  children  died  young. 

(VI)  Moses  Noyes,  son  of  Josiah  Noyes, 
was  born  at  Portland,  Maine,  March  29,  1746. 
He  married,  in  1769,  Abigail  Locke.  In  1790 
he  moved  to  Pownal,  Maine.  Children,  born 
at  Cumberland  and  Pownal :  Thomas,  born 
November  5,  1769;  IMoses.  mentioned  below; 
John,  October  27,  1778:  Nathaniel  L..  April 
3,  1780;  Dorcas;  Eunice,  October  5,  1783; 
Abigail,  February  7,  17S5:  James  L.,  March 
2^,  1794.     Another  child  died 'young. 

(VII)  Moses  (2)  Noyes,  son  of  iNIoses  (i) 
Noyes,  was  born  at  Cumberland,  Maine,  No- 
vember 15,  1775.   Fie  married — .   Among 

their  children  was  Moses,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Moses  (3)  Noyes.  son  of  ]Moses 
(2)  Noves,  was  borti  about  iSoo.  He  married 
Rhoda  'Merrill,  who  died  :^Iay  15,  186S.  He 
settled  at  bVeeport,  Maine.     Children,  born  at 


Frecport:  Mary  H.,  born  January  4,  1832; 
Josiah  AL,  mcntioneil  below;  Adelaide  M., 
August  4,  18:59 ;  William  M.,  October  12,  1841  '; 
Charles  A.,  Alarch  14,  184^:  John  M.,  May 
25,  1847- 

(IX)  Josiah  M.  Noyes,  son  of  Moses  (3) 
Noyes,  was  born  at  F^recport,  Maine,  October 
19,  1835.  Fie  married  Sybil  B.  Davis,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Davis.  Children :  Charles  E., 
mentioned  below;  Fidelia,  married  Arthur  IF 
Thompson;  Helen  T.,  married  Fred  F.  Spear; 
Alfred  L.,  married  Ethel  Long. 

(X)  Charles  E.  Noyes,  son  of  Josiah  M. 
Noyes,  was  born  at  Limestone,  Maine,  l-'ebru- 
ary  6,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  Fie  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  when  a  boy  and  succeeded  to  it,  after  the 
death  of  his  father.  The  homestead,  on  which 
he  has  always  lived,  is  located  about  five  miles 
from  the  village  of  Limestone,  on  Noyes  road 
to  Caribou,  and  consists  of  six  hundred  acres, 
of  which  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  are 
cleared.  He  also  owns  and  operates  a  starch 
factory  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Alfred 
L.  Noyes.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
was  selectman  of  the  town  for  five  years  and 
held  the  office  of  road  surveyor.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Limestone  Grange,  No.  272,  and  was 
master  for  two  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Limestone. 

He  married,  November  i,  1892,  at  Lime- 
stone. Nettie  Maria  Spear,  born  at  Limestone. 
July  28,  1873,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  there.  She  attends  the  Free  Will  Bap- 
tist church,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Grange  in 
Limestone.  She  is  a  sister  of  Fred  F.  Spear. 
Children  of  Charles  E.  and  Nettie  Maria 
(Spear)  Noyes:  i.  Elwood  Austin,  born  April 
9,  1894;  graduate  of  the  Limestone  high  school 
in  191 1  ;  student  for  two  years  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  }ilaine ;  member  of  the  Sigma  Chi  fra- 
ternity. 2.  Helen  Evelyn,  born  January  19. 
1898 ;  member  of  the  Grange.  3.  Laura  Nellie, 
born  October  8,  1899:  student  in  the  Lime- 
stone high  school.  4.  Fern  Mary,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1902. 


Spearin  is  an  ancient  English 
SI'E.\RIN     surname.    John  and  Katherine 

Spearin  are  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  Abraham  Jilson.  of  Rethnall  Green 
Stebonhcath,  otherwise  Stepney,  Middlesex, 
England,  in  1666. 

(I)  John  Spearin,  the  first  of  the  family 
found  on  record  in  this  country,  was  doubtless 
born  in  England.  He  came  to  this  country 
before  tlie  revolution  and  settled  in  Maine.  He 
may  have  lived  for  a  time  in  Essex  county, 
Massachusetts,  for  he  is  called  of  Beverly  ami 
of  Essex  county  in  the  revolutionary  records. 


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but  tlie  vital  records  of  Beverly  and  adjoining 
tdwiis  do  not  contain  records  of  the  Spearin 
family.  John  Spearin  was  engaged  for  the 
town  of  Beverly,  April  lo,  1781,  for  three 
\cars  and  served  in  Captain  Simon  Larned's 
[xnnpany,  Colonel  William  Shepard's  regiment 
(the  I'ourth).  His  name  appears  on  rolls  at 
West  Point,  Phillipsburg,  I'eekskill,  Camp 
(."ontinental.  In  1790.  according  to  the  first 
ifdcral  census,  he  was  the  only  head  of  family 
of  this  surname.  He  lived  then  at  Fairfield, 
Lincoln  county,  and  had  in  his  family  one  son 
under  sixteen  and  three  females.  In  the  same 
section,  however,  there  was  a  r.enjamin  Spern, 
possibly  poor  spelling  for  Spearin,  which  is 
found  spelled  Speering,  Spearing,  etc. 

(II)  David  Spearin,  son  of  John  Spearin, 
was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Blanchard,  iNIaine, 
about  1792,  died  at  Benton,  ^Maine,  about  1875. 
lie  was  a  farmer  on  the  Kennebec  river  and 
in  the  town  of  Benton  for  many  years.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Har- 
riet Gibson,  born  in  Maine  about  1795,  died  at 
Benton  in  1880.  Her  father  came  from  Scot- 
land and  settled  in  Benton.  He  was  a  car- 
penter and  maker  of  violins,  tables,  chairs  and 
other  furniture.  Children,  probably  all  born 
in  Benton:  i.  William,  died  at  Benton;  was  a 
farmer;  married  Martha  Joy,  of  Benton;  chil- 
dren :  Lettie,  living  in  Fall  River.  Massachu- 
setts;  George  Franklin,  resides  in  Fairfield, 
Maine,  where  his  grantlfather  lived  in  1790; 
Nettie.  2.  Caroline,  died  at  Clinton,  Maine; 
married  William  Lamb,  owner  of  a  saw  mill; 
child.  Nellie,  who  married  Rev.  'Sh.  Dodge. 
3.  Henry,  died  at  Moosehead  Lake,  killed  in  a 
jam  of  logs,  a  boss  driver.  4.  Gideon,  a 
farmer,  died  at  Benton;  married  Julia  Flaines ; 
children:  Walter,  baggage  transfer  agent, 
Boston ;  Frank,  resides  at  Fairfield,  Somerset 
county ;  a  daughter.  5.  Lucretia,  died  at  Fair- 
field;  married  Grecnlcaf  Flood,  a  farmer;  chil- 
dren :  Howard,  coal  dealer  and  farmer,  Fair- 
field :  Horace :  and  a  daughter.  6.  Frank,  died 
aged  eighteen  years.  7.  Samuel  G.,  mentioned 
bulow. 

(HI)  Samuel  G.  Spearin.  son  of  David 
Spearin,  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Blanchard, 
Maine,  May  9,  1S29,  died  at  Clinton,  ]\Iaine, 
in  September,  191 1.  He  was  a  carpenter  and 
followed  his  trade  in  Holyoke,  Massachusetts, 
in  Benton,  ]\Iaine,,  and  in  Clinton.  In  1871  he 
bought  the  farm  now  owned  by  his  son  at  Fort 
Fairfield.  He  lived  there  for  many  years. 
After  conveying  it  to  his  son  he  bought  another 
place  at  Clinton,  Maine.  Shortly  before  he 
died  he  sold  his  farm  and  retired,  spending  his 
last  years  in  the  village  of  Fort  Fairfield.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  held  the  office 
of  road  survevor.     He  attended  the  Christian 


Union  church.  lie  married  Mary  Loana  Ames, 
burn  in  Clinton,  January  17,  1S34,  died  in 
Clinton,  in  January,  1912.  .She  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Union  church.  Her 
father  was  a  n.ative  of  England.  He  died  in 
Clinton  in  i84().  Brothers  and  sisters  of  ^lary 
i-oana  (.-\mes)  Sjicarin:  i.  Lorin  Ames,  died 
at  Benton  ;  was  a  farmer  and  carjienter.  2. 
Charles  Ames,  farmer;  married  Loana  At- 
wood,  of  .\lbion,  Maine.  3.  Daniel  Ames,  died 
at  Shawmut  Mills.  Maine;  farmer;  married 
Pliilona  Noble.  4.  Ann  Ames,  died  in  Clinton ; 
married  Morrill  True,  fanner,  Clinton.  5. 
Caroline  Ames,  married  Hudson  Brown,  a 
farmer,  Clinton.  6.  Racilla  .Ames,  died  at 
Pienton ;  married  Milton  Gibson,  a  railroad 
nian.  7.  .Mary  Loana  Ames,  married  Samuel 
G.  Sjiearin,  mentioned  above.    8.  Jacob  Ames, 

married  Lucinda — .    Children  of  Samuel 

G.  Spearin:  i.  Ellen  May,  born  at  Clinton, 
1853;  married  (first)  P^rank  Goodrich,  of  Fort 
Fairfield,  a  farmer ;  she  resides  at  Clinton ; 
child,  Cecil  L.  Goodrich ;  Ellen  IMay  married 
(second)  Christopher  Goodrich,  a  farmer.  2. 
Caroline  Theresa,  born  at  Clinton,  May,  1855; 
married  D.  C.  Greeley,  farmer  of  Clinton  ;  chil- 
dren: Burt  G.  Greeley,  married  Hazel  True, 
and  is  a  hunter  and  trapi)er  at  Clinton;  Mattie 
Greeley,  married  Earl  Iliggins.  3.  Charles 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  4.  Mary  L.,  born  at 
Clinton,  1859;  married  William  Ames,  born  at 
Clinton,  .September  7,  1S60,  farmer  at  Fort 
Fairfield ;  children :  Etta  ^Iay  Ames,  born 
March  2j,  1882,  married  Norman  I.  Gallagher ; 
Edith  Carrie  .Ames,  born  .April  i,  18S3,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Emmery,  farmer  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
formerly  of  Centerville,  New  Brunswick ;  Otis 
William  .Ames,  born  November  10,  1884, 
farmer.  Fort  Fairfield,  married  Lavinia  Barnes  ; 
Ilattie  Ethel  Ames,  born  October  13,  18S6; 
.Abner  True  Ames,  born  December  11,  18S8, 
married  Susan  Shay ;  Henry  Harris  .Ames, 
born  October  14,  1890,  married  Inez  Sloan,  of 
Limestone  ;  Charles  Loren  Ames,  born  Novem- 
ber I,  1892;  Samuel  Horace  .Ames,  born  De- 
cember 19,  1895.    5.  Hattie,  died  young. 

(I\')  Charles  Henry  Spearin,  son  of  Sam- 
uel G.  Spearin,  was  born  at  Sangerville,  .Maine, 
December  7,  1857.  His  parents  removed  to 
'  Benton  when  he  was  six  months  old,  and  he 
attended  the  public  schools  there.  When  he 
was  fourteen  his  parents  removed  to  Fort  Fair- 
field to  a  farm  five  miles  f  om  the  village  on 
Center  Limestone  road.  He  was  raised  on  his 
father's  farm  there  and  remained  with  his 
father  after  he  left  school.  In  1888  he  bought 
the  place  of  his  father  and  has  cultivated  it 
since  then.  He  has  one  hundretl  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  of  which  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres  are  cleared.     In  politics  he  is  indq:)end- 


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ent.  He  has  held  the  office  of  road  surveyor. 
For  many  years  he  attended  the  Christian 
Union  church.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
Pioneer  Lodge,  No.  ']'] ,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Fort  h^airfield,  and  of  Lime- 
stone Grange,  No.  272,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
He  married,  in  Caribou,  August  27,  1SS7,  Liz- 
ette  \ .  Boulier,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1865  (see  Boulier  H).  She  attended 
the  public  schools  of  her  native  town.  She  is 
a  member  of  Rebekah  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  She  attends  the  Chris- 
tian Union  church.  Children,  all  born  in  Fort 
Fairfield:  i.  Henry  Lewis,  borri  December  28, 
iSSS ;  graduate  of  Hebron  Academy,  1909 ;  stu- 
dent for  two  years  in  Colby  College ;  member 
of  the  Zela  Psi  fraternity;  since  191 1  has  been 
assisting  his  father  on  the  farm;  a  member  of 
Pioneer  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  2.  Carrie  Ellen,  born  I\Iay  10,  1895; 
graduate  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school, 
1912.  3.  Loana  Mary,  born  February  13,  1896; 
class  of  1914,  Fort  Fairfield  high  school.  4. 
i\Iyrtle  Gertrude,  born  February  13,  i8g8; 
class  of  191 5,  Fort  Fairfield  high  school.  5. 
Dorothy  Esther,  born  November  30,  1900.  6. 
Burton  Dana,  born  April  5,  1906. 


(I)  Francis  Boulier,  was  born  in  France, 
1784,  died  in  Fort  Fairfield,  September  27, 
1882.  He  came  to  Canada  with  his  parents  in 
1791  and  they  settled  in  Quebec.  His  parents 
died  of  the  plague  when  he  was  eleven  years 
old.  In  1820  he  came  to  Fort  Fairfield.  He 
married  Harriet  Cyr.  born  at  Quebec,  June 
25,  1797,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  February, 
1S84.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  communi- 
cants of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Francis  Xavier,  born  at  Grand  Falls, 
New  Brunswick,  went  to  Australia.  2.  Flora, 
born  at  Grand  Falls,  died  at  Fort  F'airfield; 
married  John  Le  \'asseur,  of  \'an  Buren, 
Maine,  a  farmer.  3.  Amos,  born  at  Grand 
Falls ;  married  Julia  Nedeau ;  he  enlisted  in 
Company  G,  Fifteenth  3ilaine  Regiment,  in 
1861.  and  served  three  years  in  the  civil  war. 
4.  Thomas,  born  and  died  at  Fort  Fairfield; 
married  Sarah  Campbell,  of  Fort  Fairfield.  5. 
Solomon,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  1S42;  resides 
at  Limestone ;  served  three  years  in  the  civil 
war,  Company  C,  Fifteenth  Alaine  Regiment; 
clerk  by  occupation ;  married  Ada  Orcutt.  6. 
Joseph,  born  1844.  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  1908; 
enlisted  in  Company  G,  Fifteenth  Maine  Regi- 
ment, 1861,  and  served  through  the  civil  war; 
marrieij  (first")  Lizzie  Gibson,  (second)  Mary 

.  7.  Philip,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  1846; 

foreman  in  a  shoe  shoj)  at  Haverhill,  Massa- 
chusetts ;   veteran   of   the   civil   war ;   married 


(first)    Jane    McDonald,    of    Chelsea,    South 

Carolina,  (second)  Leverett.    8.  Mary, 

born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  1848;  married  Fred' 
Tardy,  of  Fort  h'airfield,  now  of  St.  Leonard's, 
New  I.'.runswick,  a  farmer.  9.  Mitchell,  born 
at  Fort  Fairfield,  October  14,  1S50.  10.  Deno 
Elizabeth,  born  May  6,  1S52 ;  married  San- 
born Collingwood  Murphy,  born  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, February  16,  1845,  ^  harnessmaker, 
served  five  years  in  the  civil  war,  enlisted  Feb- 
ruary, 1 861,  in  the  Fifteenth  INIainc  Regiment, 
discharged  July,  1S66;  children  of  ^Ir.  and 
Mrs.  jMurphy:  i.  Herbert  Florton  Murphy, 
born  January  26,  1870,  in  Fort  Fairfield ;  a 
stationary  engineer  ;  married  Emma  Flaywood. 
of  Portage  Lake,  Maine,  ii.  Ada  May  Alurphy, 
born  at  Ashland,  May  30,  1872;  married  Wil- 
liam Rand,  of  Presque  Isle,  now  of  Ashland, 
iii.  Alice  Grant  Murphy,  born  at  Ashland,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1873;  married  Edward  Johnson,  of 
\\'ashburn;  she  died  in  October.  189S;  he  is  a 
harnessmaker  and  farmer  in  \\'ashburn.  iv. 
Lucille  Jilurphy,  born  at  Presque  Isle,  March 
12,  1876;  married  Sherman  Packard;  resid- 
ing at  Mapleton;  he  a  farmer,  v.  Mabel  ^Nlur- 
phy,  born  at  Presque  Isle,  March  28,  187S; 
married  Frank  Arnot,  of  Boston,  now  farmer 
and  mason,  Ashland,  vi.  Daisy  May  Murphy, 
born  April  12,  18S0,  in  Ashland;  married  Del- 
bert  Story,  of  \\'ashburn,  postmaster,  mer-_ 
chant,  vii.  Agnes  Murphy,  born  August  12, 
18S3,  in  Ashland ;  married  Merrill  Tompkins, 
of  ^Mapleton,  farmer,  viii.  Newman  Murphy, 
born  October  14,  1886.  in  Ashland;  married 
Annie  Hendrickson,  of  New  Denmark;  is  a 
painter  by  trade.  Fort  Fairfield,  i.x.  Stanley 
]\Iurphy,  born  ]\Iarch  26,  18S8;  hardware  mer- 
chant. Fort  Fairfield.  11.  Anthony,  died  aged 
nineteen  years.  12.  Annie,  born  1857;  mar- 
ried Roland  Floward. 

(II)  Amos  Boulier,  son  of  Francis  Boulier, 
was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield.  Maine,  1830,  died 
there  in  1900.  Fie  had  a  farm  in  Fort  Fairfield 
on  the  east  road  to  Limestone  and  lived  there 
all  his  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 
He  served  in  the  civil  war.  He  was  a  com- 
municant of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He 
married  Julia  Nedeau.  but  her  mother  married 
(second)  Thobideau  and  she  was  gen- 
erally known  as  Julia  Thobideau.  She  was 
born  in  St.  Leonards,  New  Brunswick,  in  1S36, 
died  there  in  18S2.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
1859,  died  young.  2.  Frank,  born  1S61  ;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Griffin,  of  Tilley,  New  Bruns- 
wick. 3.  Peter,  born  1863;  a  contractor, 
Bangor,  ^Nlaine.  4.  Lizette  \'..  married  Charles 
Henry  Spearin  (see  Spearin  IV).  5.  William, 
born  1S67  :  married  ^laggie  McCann,  of  Vanes- 
boro :  he  is  a  guide  at  Caribou.  6.  Mercy,  born 
April  27,  1S69;  married  .-Vmos  Crock,  of  Grand 


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I'alls,  Xew  Brunswick.  7.  Sarah,  boni  1S71, 
ilicd  young.  8.  Almeda,  born  1S73;  married 
.\l>rain  Gerow,  of  Plodgdon,  Maine ;  resides  at 
island  Falls.  9.  Reuben,  born  1875;  married 
liertha  l^rown,  of  Four  Falls,  now  of  Fort 
I'airficld.  10.  .Amos,  died  young.  11.  Julia, 
born  1S83;  married  Lee  Webster. 


Hosea  ^^'ebster  was  born  in 
WEIiSTER     Freeport,    Maine,    where    the 

family  had  been  established 
for  many  years,  in  1828,  died  in  Limcotone, 
Maine,  January  18,  1910.  He  was  an  only 
child,  except  for  a  half-sister.  He 'was  a  car- 
penter in  Freeport  until  1861,  when  he  moved 
to  Limestone,  where  he  followed  his  trade  and 
carried  on  a  farm.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  second  mate  and  carpenter  on  ships,  when 
his  home  was  in  Freeport.  He  was  a  member 
of  Pioneer  Lodge,  Xo.  j-j .  Lidependent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  Fort  F"airiield,  and  of  Eastern 
Frontier  Lodge,  No.  112,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Fort  Fairfield.  He  was  drafted  to 
serve  in  the  civil  war,  but  before  he  saw  active 
service  the  war  had  ended. 

He  married,  March  22,  1S53,  Mchitable 
Davis,  born  May  11,  1834,  in  Freeport,  [Maine, 
died  at  Limestone,  September  30,  1903.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  Sh.e  was 
daughter  of  Samuel  Davis,  born  in  l\laine, 
about  1805,  died  at  Freeport,  about  1S87; 
farmer  in  Freeport,  and  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics ;    he    married   ;    children,    born    in 

Freeport;  i.  Mary  S.,.  born  February  12.  1833, 
died  at  Freeport;  married,  September  24.  1854. 
Joshua  Coombs,  farmer.  2.  Mehitable,  men- 
tioned above.  3.  Merrill,  born  July  26,  1837, 
died    in    jMassachusetts :    married,   January    i, 

1865,    Mary    E.    .      4.    Sybil    E.,    born 

March  10.  1839,  died  in  Limestone;  married, 
January.  T862,  Josiah  M.  Xoyes.  of  Freejiort, 
farmer  and  mill  owner  in  Limestone.  5.  Sam- 
uel H.,  born  January  5,  1841  :  married,  Janu- 
ary 27,  1865,  Mary  Ann  Davis,  a  cousin.  6. 
Abby  Xoyes,  born  September  18.  1842;  mar- 
ried, October  7,  1865,  Woodbury  Fiits,  de- 
ceased ;  she  lives  in  Yarmouth,  Maine.  7. 
Charity  Ann,  born  January  17.  1846;  married, 
June  6,  18&3,  Charles  Porter,  who  died  in  Free- 
port,  wliere  she  lives.  Children  of  Hosea  and 
^^ehitable  (Davis)  Webster:  i.  William  Her- 
bert, mentioned  below.  2.  Albert  D..  born  in 
Freeport.  January  20.  1858:  married,  .April  17, 
1879,  Esther  Barnes,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  where 
they  live:  children:  \'clma,  married  .\mos 
Libby,  of  Easton,  Maine:  Cland.  of  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick;  Albert,  living  with  parents; 

Abby,  married Johnson,  farmer  at  Fort 

Fairfield  :  Jessie,  teacher ;  Isabelle  and  Mehit- 
able, living  with  parents.     3.  Henry  Elwood, 


born  in  Limestone,  January  8,  1864,  died  Janu- 
ary 20,  1883.  4.  Li>eUa  May,  born  in  Lime- 
stone, March  13,  i8(')5,  died  there  April  24, 
18C5.  5.  Frank  LeRoy,  born  in  Limestone, 
September  29,  1868.  died  aged  eighteen  years. 
6.  Arthur  Stanley,  born  October  24,  1872,  in 
Limestone,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools 
until  fourteen  years  old;  married  Angcline 
Willey,  born  in  Colebrook,  Xew  Hampshire, 
December  3,  1875;  they  live  on  home  farm  on 
West  road,  Limestone,  having  one  hundred 
and  ten  acres  of  land,  seventy  acres  being 
cleared;  he  is  a  memlicr  of  the  Indqiendent 
Ort'er  of  Foresters,  Limestone,  and  a  member 
of  Limestone  Grange,  Xo.  272. 

William  Herbert  \\'ebstcr,  son  of  Hosea 
\\'el)ster.  was  born  at  Freeport,  IVlaine,  Octo- 
ber 21.  1856.  His  parents  removed  to  Lime- 
stone, j\Iaine,  when  he  was  five  years  old  and 
he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
town.  He  began  at  the  age  of  sixteen  to  learn 
the  trade  of  carpenter  in  the  employ  of  his 
father  and  he  followed  that  trade  for  eighteen 
years.  Afterward  he  engaged  in  business  at 
Limestone  as  an  imdertaker  and  picture  framer. 
I  fe  has  made  his  liome  in  the  village  of  Lime- 
stone. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  was 
constable  of  the  town  from  1905  to  191 1,  and 
has  also  been  road  commissioner.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Methodist.  He  is  a  member  of  Pioneer 
Lodge,  No.  -J-/,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,' of  Fort  Fairfield,  and  held  the  office 
of  right  supporter  of  the  vice  grand  noble. 

He  married,  }ilay  3,  1879,  at  Limestone,  Ann 
Maria  Ward,  born  in  China,  Maine,  February 
22,  1856.  Her  parents  came  to  Limestone 
wlien  she  was  seven  years  old  and  she  attended 
the  public  schools  tliere.  In  religion  she  is  a 
^lethodist.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webster  have  one 
child,  Lee,  born  at  Limestone,  January  23, 
1S81.  Lee  Webster  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  is  now  a 
locomotive  engineer  of  the  Bangor  &  Aroos- 
took railroad.  He  married,  June  16,  1909,  in 
Limestone,  Julia  Boulicr,  01  Fort  Fairfield. 
Children  of  Lee  and  Julia  \\'ebstcr :  Elwood, 
born  May  24.  1910:  Harold.,  September  2"] , 
1911. 


James  Richardson,  a  sea- 
RICHARDSOX     faring    man    of    ^rount 

Desert  Island,  ■Maine, 
was.  accortling  to  family  tradition,  the  innni- 
grant  ancestor.  He  was  born  in  England. 
Children  born  on  Mt.  Desert  Island:  i.  .-\mos, 
a  sea  captain.  2.  Abraham,  a  mariner,  died  at 
Mount  Desert.  3.  John,  died  on  Mount  Desert 
Jj-Iand.  4.  Isaac,  a  mariner,  died  on  Mount 
Desert  Island.  5.  Xicliolas.  a  mariner,  died  at 
sea,  off  the  West  Indies.    6.  Daniel,  a  mariner, 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


died  on  Mount  Desert  Island.  7.  Nahuni, 
mentioned  below.  S.  Elizabeth,  died  at  iJan- 
ville  Junction,  Maine,  married  Stock- 
ing, who  died  there,  a  farmer. 

(II)  Nahum  Richardson,  son  of  James 
Richardson,  was  born  on  Mount  Desert  Island, 
Maine,  in  1812,  died  at  Ellsworth,  Hancock 
county,  Maine,  in  1SS7.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
ship  carperiter  in  Ellsworth.  He  followed  his 
trade  there  and  in  Bangor  and  other  places 
along  the  IMainc  coast.  Subsequently  he 
bought  a  farm  and  settled  in  Ellsworth.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Mary 
T.  Maddox,  born  at  Ellsworth,  1822,  died  there 
"in  1891.  She  attended  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  (sec  Maddox  H).  Children:  i. 
Isaac,  born  1843,  a  farmer,  died  at  Ellsworth 
in  1869,  unmarried.  2.  Daniel,  born  1845.  ^ 
farmer,  drafted  during  the  civil  war  but  not 
sent  to  the  front ;  married  Pamelia  Salsbury, 
of  Ellsworth.  3.  Luther,  born  1847.  Larmer, 
Ellsworth;  married  Ella  Capers,  of  Lewiston, 
Maine.  4.  Charlotte,  born  1849,  ^'^^  ^ged  two 
years.  5.  Nahum  Augustus,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Frederick,  born  1833:  married  Kate  lUod- 
gctt,  of  Surrv,  Maine ;' resides  ^t  Ellsworth.  7. 
Eben,  born  '1855,  died  in  1S74  at  ElUworth, 
unmarried.  8.  William,  born  1S57,  farmer, 
Ellsworth;  married  Claudia  Leed,  of  Surry. 
9.  Imogerje,  born  1859.  died  at  North  Orland, 
Maine;  married  Gilbert  Ware,  of  Rockport, 
Maine,  who  served  in  the  civil  war,  died  at 
North  Orland.  10.  Edwin,  born  1862,  a  car- 
penter,  Bangor,  unmarried. 

(Ill)  Nahum  Augustus  Richardson,  son  of 
Nahum  Richardson,  was  born  at  Ellsworth, 
Maine,  November  15.  1851.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  until  he  came  of  age. 
Afterward  he  was  a  miller  until  1807.  He 
also  followed  farming  at  Limestone  and  otlier 
towns  in  Aroostook  county,  Maine,  and  in 
1886  he  bought  the  farm  on  which  he  now 
lives  in  Limestone.  He  has  eighty-five  acres, 
most  of  which  is  under  cultivation.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  held  the  office  of 
road  commissioner.  In  religion  he  is  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  married,  November,  1878,  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  Olive  E.  Maines  (also  spelled 
Maynes).  She  was  born  in  Farmington, 
Maine.  August  2,  1861,  and  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools.  She  is  a  communicant  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Limestone  Grange,  No.  272,  Patrons  of 
■Husbandry.  Children  of  Nahum  Augustus 
and  Olive  E.  (Maines)  Richardson:  i.  Per- 
ley.  born  September  28.  1S79,  died  aged  seven- 
teen years.  2.  Leland,  born  June  20.  1882:  a 
farmer    at    Caswell,    Maine;    married    Hattie 


Keamey;  children:  Fay,  born  October  14, 
1907;  Pauline,  February  21,  1909;  Rena,  Dc 
ceniber  17,  1910.  3.  William,  born  July  u. 
1884;  married,  June  25,  191 1,  in  Denmark, 
New  Brunswick,  Ella  Lawson,  born  April  i;, 
1891  ;  children:  Hudson  Lewis,  born  Octjlxr 
19,  191 1  ;  Winton  Clcster,  born  February  2, 
1914.  4.  Hannah,  born  June  12,  1891  ;  edu- 
cated in  the  Limestone  public  schools ;  mar- 
ried Earl  Ward,  and  had  Idellc  Ward,  b...ni 
October  3,  1910. 

Joseph  Maines,  father  of  :Mrs.  Richardsui,, 
was  born  April  5,  1821,  died  at  Limestone, 
Maine,  September  10,  1894.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  New  Brunswick  for  seven  years,  afterward 
in  Farmington,  Maine.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board  and  selectman  while  living  in  New 
Brunswick.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist. 
He  married  Hannah  Hudson,  born  July  12, 
1 81 6,  in  Quebec,  Canada,  died  at  Lime.stone, 
Maine,  September  30,  1893.  She  was  an  Epis- 
copalian. Children  of  Jo^eph?^Iaines:  i.  Joseph 
H.  Maines,  born  at  Quebec,  Canada,  November 
16,  1850;  a  merchant  at  Seattle,  Washington; 
married  Rose  Pelchie,  a  native  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. 2.  Annie  J.  Maines,  born  at^Quebec. 
February  12,  1852;  married  Samuel  Shaw,  of 
Hartland,  New  Brunswick,  a  blacksmith  and 
farmer.  3.  Thomas  :Maines,  born  at  Quebec, 
Alarch  I,  1854;  has  a  farm  and  livery  stable  at 
Limestone ;  married  Estclla  Shaw,  a  native  of 
Hartland,  Maine.  4.  William  J.  Maines,  born 
at  Farmington,  February  28,  1856;  has  a  farm 
and  livery  stable  at  Fort  Fairfield;  married 
Minnie  Winters,  a  native  of  England.  5.  Ella 
E.  Maines,  born  at  Farmington  ;  married  Fred 
Philbrick,  of  Easton,  who  has  a  farm  and 
starch  factory  at  Fort  Fairfield.  6.  OHve  E. 
Maines,  married  Nahum  Augustus  Richard- 
son, mentioned  above. 

John  Maynes  or  ;Maines,  father  ofjcseph 
Maines,  was  born  in  Ireland,  died  in  Virginia, 
whither  he  came  when  a  child.  Flis  wife  was 
of  Spanish  ancestry,  and  died  in  Virginia  also. 
Children  of  John  Maynes  or  :\Iaines :  i.  Rc;b- 
ert  Maines,  a  farmer,  died  in  Pennsylvania. 
2.  William  Maines,  a  farmer,  died  in  Farm- 
ington from  a  wound  received  in  battle  during 
the  civil  war.  3.  Joseph  Maines,  mentioned 
above.  4.  John  ^IMaines.  5.  Edward  Maines, 
died  at  Quebec;  married  Elizabeth  Hudson, 
sister  of  Mrs.  Joseph  Maines.  6.  Annie 
Maines,  died  at  Lincoln  Center.  Maine:  mar- 
ried Robert  Cole,  a  farmer  and  lumbernia:i. 
Farmington. 

(The    MadJo.K   Line) 

The  ^Maddox  family  settled  in  Maine  betV-re 
the  revolution.     There  were  a  doze;i   fimilR- 


NE\\^  ENGLAND 


35 


(,f  the  name  in  1790,  according  to  the  federal 
census.  In  Wells,  York  county,  two  of  the 
name  John  Maddox  were  heads  of  families 
and  at  W'aterborough,  York  county,  Henry 
Maddox  was  head  of  a  family.  Henry.  Sam- 
uel and  Joshua  were  heads  of  families  at 
Township  No.  6,  Hancock  county,  Maine. 

(I)  Joshua  Maddox  was  a  pioneer  at  Ells- 
worth,   Maine,    and    built    the    first    saw    mill 

tlKTC. 

(H)  Nathan  Maddox,  son  of  Joshua  Mad- 
di>x,  was  boni  at  Frycburg,  3.1aine,  in  17S9, 
died  at  Ellsworth,  Maine,  in  1S73.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  Ellsworth,  whither  he  went  as  a 
child  with  his  parents.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  church.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1S12.  He  married  Hannah  Fly,  born  in 
1791,  at  Damariscotta,  Maine,  died  at  Ells- 
worth in  1866.  Children:  i.  Isaac,  died  about 
twenty-one  years  old.  2.  Daniel,  died  at  Ells- 
worth ;  married  (first)  Phebe  Clemmons,  of 
Ellsworth;  (second)  Elizabeth  Butler,  of 
I'ranklin,  Maine,  now  living  in  Ellsworth.  3. 
Emery,  died  at  Ellsworth,  Elaine,  unmarried. 
4.  Marv  T.,  married  Nahum  Richardson  (see 
Richardson  H).  5.  Charlotte,  died  at  Ells- 
worth ;  married  Lewis  Fields,  of  that  town,  a 
carpenter. 


Jeremiah  Nightingale,  a 
NIGHTINGALE    descendant  of  William 

Nightingale  (q.  v.),  was 
a  native  of  Vermont  or  Elaine.  ?Ie  died  on 
the  coast  of  ]\Iainc,  now  the  New  P.runswick 
line,  in  1S32.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1S12.  Children:  i.  Jeremiah,  born  in  181S: 
a  farmer  of  Fort  Fairfield.  Maine,  millwright 
at  Grand  Lake,  sold  his  farm  in  1890  and 
moved  from  Grand  Lake  to  Fort  Fairfield, 
where  he  died  in  1894:  married  }iIarion  Bar- 
ton.    2.  Josiah,  mentioned  below.     3.  John,  a 

farmer  of  Grand  Lake  ;  married  (first)  

Barton ;  (second)  Rhoda  Ann  Jenkins.  4. 
William,  removed  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia. 
5.  Jerusha. 

(II)  Josiah  Nightingale,  son  of  Jeremiah 
Nightingale,  was  born  in  }ilaine,  near  the 
Canadian  line,  in  1820.  died  at  Grand  Lake, 
New  Brunswick,  in  Alay.  i886.  He  was  a 
millwright  by  trade,  settling  in  Grand  Lake 
when  a  young  man.  He  bought  a  farm  and 
lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Liberal.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church.  He  married  Eleanor  Mc- 
Namara,  born  at  Range.  Grand  Lake.  Queens 
countv.  New  Brunswick.  1833,  died  at  Grand 
Lake,'  July  18.  1891.  She  \vas  a  Baptist  in 
religion.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Ireland, 
born  about  1704,  died  at  Grand  Lake,  about 
187-5,  where  he  was  a  farmer  for  many  years. 


He  married  Riley,  born  in  Ireland  in 

1796.  died  at  Grand  Isle.  1879.  Eleanor  Mc- 
Namara  had  a  sister  Mary,  who  died  at  Grand 
Lake,  unmarried;  a  brother,  Joseph,  farmer  at 
Grand  Lake,  married  Rachel  Miller,  and  a 
sister  Allie,  who  married  Lot  Kelly,  of  Cole's 
Island,  New  Brunswick. 

Children  of  Josiah  and  Eleanor  (McNamara) 
Nightingale:  i.  Levi,  born  May  29,  1853;  a 
carpenter;  married  Elizabeth  Luimey.of  Cum- 
berland Bay,  Queens  comity,  New  Brunswick; 
nov,-  living  at  Range,  Grand  Lake ;  children  : 
\\'ard,  miner  and  farmer,  Grand  Lake; 
Blanche,  married  Walter  Hawk,  head  sawyer 
in  a  mill  in  Queens  county;  \\'ilford  L..  mar- 
ried, October  23,  1913.  Lena  White:  Myrtle, 
married  Wassam.  farmer  and  lumber- 
man, Salmon  Creek,  New  Brunswick;  Hazen 
and  Ivy.  2.  F.lias,  born  May  3,  1855;  a 
farmer ;  married  (first)  Rosctta  McNamara,  a 
first  cousin  ;  children  :  Maude,  married  Leslie 
Barton,  a  coal  hoister.  Range,  Grand  I^ke ; 
Mary,  married  Leslie  Butler,  miner,  New  Cas- 
tle, New  Brunswick;  Annie,  married  — 

Brown  ;  farmtr  at  Hardwood,  Sunbury  county, 
New  Bnmswick;  Ellcry.  lives  on  the  home- 
stead :  Cecil,  lives  on  the  homestead ;  Elias 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Dorothy  (Rollins) 
Monroe,  widow  of  Samuel  Monroe,  a  ship 
builder.  Grand  Lake ;  no  children.  3.  Nehe- 
miah.  horn  February  28,  1857;  captain  of  a 
coasting  vessel,  now  a  farmer  at  Cumberland 
Bay.  New  Brunswick ;  married  Mary  IMcNa- 
mara.  sister  of  Rosetta  McNamara.  4.  Mary, 
died  young.  5.  Annie,  born  January  22,  1861  ; 
married  John  McNamara,  brother  of  Mary 
]\IcNamara;  farmer  at  Range,  Grand  Lake; 
children :  Winnie  McNamara.  married  James 
Howe,  a  railroad  man.  Norton.  New  Bruns- 
wick :  Cora  McNamara,  married  Fred  Mc- 
Lean, engineer.  Queens  comity.  New  Bruns- 
wick; Alice.  I'Tank  and  Carl  ^IcNamara.  6. 
Simeon,  mentioned  below.  7.  Herbert,  died 
}oung.  8.  Emery,  born  August  22,  1867  ;  mar- 
ried Jane  Libby,  of  Parish  Canning.  New 
P.runswick,  now  living  at  Fort  Fairfield ; 
farmer;  children:  Avis,  Millie,  Carrie,  Pearl, 
Owen.  Moses. 

(Ill)  Simeon  Nightingale,  son  of  Josiah 
Nightingale,  was  born  at  Parish  Canning, 
Queens  county.  New  Brunswick.  December 
14.  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the 
farm  until  he  was  seventeen  years  old.  when 
he  went  to  Fan  Claire,  Wisconsin,  for  two 
years.  He  returned  to  his  native  town,  but 
soon  afterward  went  to  Eau  Claire  again, 
th.ence  to  Emporium.  Pennsylvania,  following 
the  lumber  industry.  From  18S4  to  18S6  he 
was  on  a  coasting;  vessel.     Afterward  he  held 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


various  positions  in  Parish  Canning  and  vicin- 
ity. In  the  winter  of  1893  he  worked  in  the 
lumber  camps  at  Mars  Ilill  and  Blaine,  Maine. 
He  bought  a  farm,  March  16,  1894,  on  the 
Aroostook  Falls  road,  Fort  Fairfield,  and  cul- 
tivated it  for  the  next  eight  }ears.  In  1902 
he  sold  his  farm  and  bought  the  place  that  he 
now  owns,  on  Hopkins  road,  Fort  Fairfield,  a 
mile  and  a  half  from  the  village.  He  also  has 
a  grocery  store,  a  grist  mill  and  stave  mill,  in 
partnership  with  his  son,  Alden  S.  Nightingale. 
His  farm  comprises  one  hundred  and  seventy 
acres,  largely  under  cultivation.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  road  commis- 
sioner, lie  is  steward  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  a  member  of  Pioneer  Lodge, 
No.  •/■/,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Fort  Fairfield,  of  which  he  has  been  vice 
grand  noble.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Aroos- 
took Valley  Grange,  No.  485,  Patrons  of  FIus- 
bandry. 

He  married,  April  3,  iSSq,  in  P>cdericton, 
New  P.  runs  wick,  Caroline  Augusta  Stone, 
born  in  Parish  Canning,  Queens  county.  New 
Brunswick,  February  17,  1S64.  She  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Aleihodist  Episcopal  church, 
of  the  Aroostook  Valley  Grange  and  of  the 
Ladies'  Aid  Society.  Children  of  Simeon  and 
Caroline  Augusta  (Stoin.)  Nightingale:  i. 
Alden  Simeon,  born  October  12,  1890,  at 
Grand  Lake,  New  Brunswick;  in  partnership 
with  his  father;  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  of  Eastern  Frontier 
Lodge,  No.  112,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
married  Lucy  Bowles,  daughter  of  Rev.  S.  S. 
Bowles,  Methodist  minister  at  Fort  Fairfield. 
2.  Eleanor  Beatrice,  born  at  Grand  Lake, 
Parish  Canning,  ]\Iarch  19,  1892;  married 
Stanley  Watham,  of  New  Brunswick,  now  of 
Fort  Fairfield,  operator  of  the  Bangor  & 
Aroostook  Railroad;  child,  born  October  11, 
1913.  3.  Bessie  Gladys,  born  at  Grand  Lake, 
May  12,  1893,  died  :\Iarch.  1S96,  at  Fort  Fair- 
field. 4.  Vernon  Basil,  born  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, June  4,  1894,  died  March,  1896.  at  Fort 
Fairfield.  5.  Florence  Hazel,  born  March  5, 
1898;  student  in  high  school.  6.  Velma  Fay, 
born  May  27,  1899.  7.  Herbert  Lester,  born 
March  11,  1901.  8.  Harold  Stone,  born  3.1arch 
9,  1902.  9.  Dclmer  Kenneth,  bjrn  .\pril  11, 
1904. 

Thomas  Stone,  father  of  ^Irs.  Nightingale, 
was  born  at  Land's  End,  Cornwall,  England, 
in  1833,  died  at  New  Castle,  Sunbury  county. 
New  Brunswick,  April,  1890.  He  came  to 
Canada  with  his  wife  and  two  children,  settled 
at  New  Castle,  where  he  followed  mining  and 
farming.  In  politics  he  was  a  Liberal.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.    He  mar- 


ried Caroline  Libby,  born  in  England,  about 
1835,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  September,  1901. 
She  was  also  a  Bajjtist  in  religion.  Children 
of  Thomas  Stone:  i.  Elizabeth  Stone,  born  in 
England,  September  26,  1853;  married  Law- 
rence Burns,  of  Duluth,  Minnesota;  she  is  now 
living  at  Caribou,  a  widow.  2.  Mary  Ann 
Stone,  born  in  England,  April,  1S55 ;  married 
William  Flower,  of  New  Brunswick.  3.  Mar- 
tha Stone,  born  at  New  Castle,  September  5, 
1857;  married  Enoch  Nightingale,  son  of  Jere- 
miah Nightingale,  a  farmer  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. 4.  John  Stone,  born  November  19,  1859, 
died  February  28,  1880,  unmarried.  5.  Esther 
Stone,  born  October  6,  1861  ;  married  Nelson 
Chapman,  a  farmer,  Waterville.  Maine.  6. 
Caroline  Augusta  Stone,  married  Simeon 
Nightingale,  mentioned  above.  7.  Charles 
Stone,  born  August  9,  1866;  a  farmer.  New 
Castle;  married  Maude  Kennedy,  of  New 
Brunswick.  8.  Ransford  Stone,  born  May, 
1S68,  died  young.  9.  George  Stone,  bcrn  March 
3,  1874;  a  farmer  of  Fort  Fairfield;  married 
^Iabc■l  Averill. 

\\'illiam  Stone,  father  of  Thomas  Stone, 
was  born  in  England  and  died  there,  a  miner 
all  his  active  life.  He  married  .  Chil- 
dren: William  Stone,  a  miner  at  Land's  End, 
Cornwall ;  John  Stone,  miner,  Cornwall ; 
Thomas  Stone,  mentioned  above ;  Martha 
Stone ;  Esther  Stone ;  Elizabeth  Stone  ;  Cath- 
erine Stone. 


The  familv  of  Coffin  in  Eng- 
COFFIN     land  was  seated  at  Portledge  in 

the  parish  of  Alwington  in 
northern  Devonshire  and  has  been  traced  in 
England  to  the  time  of  the  Norman  Conquest, 
ic66.  This  family  bears  arms  described: 
\'ert,  five  cross-crosslets  argent  between  four 
plates. 

(I)  Tristram  Coffin,  the  earliest  English 
ancestor  of  the  American  family  of  which  we 
have  authentic  record,  lived  in  Briton.  Devon- 
shire, England.  His  will  was  dated  November 
16,  1601. 

(II)  Nicholas  Coffin,  son  of  Tristram  Cof- 
fin, lived  at  Rutlers,  Devonshire,  and  his  will 
is  dated  September  12.  1613,  and  proved  No- 
vember following.  He  bequeathed  to  wife 
Joan,  sons  Peter,  Tristram,  Nicholas  and  John, 
daughter  Anna,  and  granddaughter  Joan  Cof- 
fin. 

(HI)  Peter  Coffin,  son  of  Nicholas  Coffin, 
married  Joan  Thomber.  He  lived  at  Brixton 
and  died"in  1628,  leaving  a  will  dated  Decem- 
ber 21,  1627.  This  will  proves  the  relation- 
ship with  the  American  immigrant.  In  1649 
his  widow  with  her  son  Tristram  and  daughter 
Marv  went  to  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  thence 


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to  Haverhill  and  Newbury  in  that  state.  She 
died  at  Nantucket  or  Boston,  in  May,  1661, 
aged  seventy-seven.  Rev.  John  ^\■ii5on,  of 
Boston,  preaclied  her  funeral  sermon.  Chil- 
dren: John,  died  in  l^lymouth  Fort;  Tris- 
tram, mentioned  below ;  Joan,  prohablv  died 
in  England;  Deborah;  Eunice;  Mary.' 

(1\')  Tristram  (2)  Coffin,  the  American 
immigrant,  was  son  of  Peter  Coffin,  and  was 
born  in  England  in  1609,  died  in  Nantucket, 
October  2,  1691.  He  married,  in  England, 
Dionis  Stevens,  daughter  of  Robert  Stevens, 
of  Brixton,  Devonshire.  He  canie  to  Salis- 
bury in  1642  with  his  mother,  wife  and  iive 
children,  removing  soon  afterward  to  Haver- 
hill where  he  witnessed  a  deed  in  the  same 
year.  About  1648  he  went  to  Newbury,  where 
he  kept  an  inn  and  afterward  returned  to  Salis- 
bury, about  1655,  and  was  commissioner  there. 
In  1659  he  was  one  of  a  Salisbury  company 
that  bought  land  in  Nantucket,  whither  he  re- 
moved in  1660.  He  was  one  of  the  first  mag- 
istrates of  the  island,  .and  a  cajiable  official. 
Children:  Hon.  Peter,  born  1631 ;  Tristram, 
1632;  Elizabeth;  James,  .\ugust  12,  1640; 
John,  died  in  Haverhill,  1642;  Deborah,  boiu 
at  Haverhill,  November  15,  1642;  JNIary,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1645;  John,  October  30,  i^i-lj;  Ste- 
phen, at  Newbury,  ^lay  11,  1652. 

(I)  Grindall  Coffin,  a  descendant  of  Tris- 
tram Coffin,  was  born  about  1790  in  \'ermont, 
according  to  family  tradition,  and  died  in  Ash- 
land, Maine,  in  1850.  He  came  to  Ashland, 
after  he  married,  following  a  blazed  trail,  and 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  town.  He 
cleared  a  farm  and  followed  agriculture  for  his 
occupation.  In  politics  he  was  a  \\'hig.  He 
■was  an  upright  citizen  and  a  consistent  Chris- 
tian. He  married  Hannah  \\'alker,  born  in 
Albion.  Maine,  in  1782,  died  at  Ashland,  in 
1872,  sister  of  Joseph  Walker,  wdio  was  born 
in  the  White  ]\Iountain  district  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  was  also  a  pioneer  of  Ashland. 
Joseph  Walker  married  Esther  (Rankage) 
Gardner,  who  was  born  at  Thomaston.  Maine, 

now  Rockland,  the  widow  of Gardner, 

of  Rockland,  a  seafaring  man.  Esther  Rank- 
age  was  born  in  1790,  died  at  Ashland  in 
1890.  By  her  first  husband  Esther  had  one 
child:  William  Gardner,  a  farmer  of  Ashland, 
married  Nancy  Maria  Coffin,  mentioned  be- 
low. Children  of  Grindall  Coffin:  i.  Elbridge 
Gerry,  born  at  Albion,  died  at  Ashland,  un- 
married. 2.  Printhia,  resides  at  Okltown, 
Maine ;  married  Simeon  Lord,  of  Bangor,  a 
tanner.  3.  Lorenzo,  died  near  Bangor.  4. 
Luther,  died  in  Washington  state,  a  miner  and 
farmer;  had  a  restaurant  in  Seattle;  unmar- 
ried. 5.  Artemas  \\'.,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Mary, 'died    at    Ashland;    married    Harrison 


Walker,  a  farnur,  liMrn  at  Albion.  7.  Han- 
nah, died  at  iMcerlnni,  M:iinc;  married  Daniel 
Getcliell.  a  farmer  of  Alhion.  8.  Rufus,  died 
at  .\shl:nid  ;  a  farmer  and  iumlierman  ;  married 
Olive  Brown,  of  Green,  Maine.  9.  Sarah, 
died  at  .Alhinn;  married  David  Small,  a  farmer 
of  .Mliion.  10.  l-;ii/;i,  (lied  at  Prcsque  Isle; 
married  1  )avid  Sylvester,  a  farmer  of  Ash- 
land. II.  Lnvina',  died  at  .Ashland;  married 
Leon.nrd  Ellis,  of  Diuir,  Maine,  farmer  and 
lumherm;in.  u.  Willi. nn,  died  in  Ashland, 
i^  y:;nev  Mruia.  died  at  A.shland ;  married 
\\-illiam   (;,,rdi,er.   farnur. 

i\\)  .\rtema.  W.  Coffin,  son  of  (irindall 
Coffin,  was  hum  in  Albion,  Maine,  Jmie  25, 
]Si2.  died  at  Ashland,  in  March,  1903.  He 
was  i.me  of  the  pioneers  of  .\shland,  removing 
there  .soon  after  his  marriage.  He  cleared  a 
farm  and  cultivated  it  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  I  le  was  also  a  lumberman.  In  politics  he 
was  in  later  years  a  Reiniblican.  He  was  for 
a  nuniber  of  years  selectman,  collector  of  taxes 
for  six  years  and  a  pronfinent  citizen.  He  was 
active  in  the  temjierance  movement  and  in  the 
Baptist  church.  He  married  Maribah  Scrib- 
ner,  b'irn  June  24.  1S07.  in  Unity,  ]\laine,  died 
in  .Xshland.  1809,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
H.  Scribner,  who  was  born  at  Albion,  I\[aine, 
in  T770,  died  at  Thoindike,  Elaine,  in  1864,  a 
farmer,  cajHain  of  the  state  nfilitia,  farmer  in 
Unity,  afterward  living  with  his  son  at  Thorn- 
dike.  Captain  Scribner  married  Susan  Spen- 
cer. Children,  all  born  in  Um'ty:  i.  Maribah 
Scribner.  married  Artemas  W.  Coffin,  men- 
tioned above.  2.  Isaiah  Scribner,  died  in  the 
service  in  the  civil  war.  3.  Mary  -Scribner, 
died  at  Stockton,  Maine  ;  married  (first)  Clem- 
ent Sigert ;  (secrmd)  Captain  Edward  Sigert, 
his  brother,  sea  captain.  4.  Sophia  Scribner, 
died  in  Minneapolis;  married  Nathaniel  Sigert, 
brother  of  Edward  Sigert.  5.  Hall  Scribner, 
died  on  the  way  to  California  by  way  of  Cape 
liorn  al)0ut  1849.  d.  Hannah  Scribner,  died 
in  Illinois;  married  Charles  Sigert,  another 
brother  of  those  mentioned  above,  a  shoemaker 
by  trade.  7.  Philip  Scribner,  died  at  Unity; 
married  Catherine  McManus,  of  Freedom.  8. 
Benjamin  Scribner,  mariner,  died  in  the  Sail- 
ors' Home.  9.  .\Ibert,  a  farmer,  died  at 
Thorndike :  married  (first)  Sophronia  Thomp- 
son; (second)  Sarah  Thompson,  her  sister. 
10.  Horatio  Scribner,  died  in  Illinois;  married 
Elizabeth  Spinney.  11.  Orrin  Scribner,  died 
from  the  effects  of  a  gunshot  wound  received 
while  in  the  service  in  the  battle  of  .\ntietain. 
The  parents  of  Captain  John  H.  Scribner  died 
when  he  was  (|uite  young  and  he  was  brought 
up  bv  John  Hall,  a  merchant  at  Freedom, 
:\hiine.  Children  nf  .\rtemas  W.  Coffin;  i. 
Artemas,  born  at  Tiu.rnd.ike,  Maine;  went  to 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


California  in  1S49  and  after  several  jxars  in 
the  mining  fields  returned  to  Portage  Lake, 
Maine,  where  he  had  a  general  store  for  many 
years ;  removed  to  Ashland,  where  he  had  a 
farm ;  married  Emma  Greenlaw,  of  Charlotte, 
Maine,  now  living  in  Ashland ;  children : 
Elmer  E.,  Albion,  Lillian.  Alaribah.  AL'iriha, 
ilall,  \\'illiam,  Addie,  Annie.  2.  Nathaniel  S., 
mentioned  below.  3.  Sophia,  resides  at  Ash- 
land ;  married  Ira  Howe,  of  Ashland,  a  farmer 
and  lumberman.  4.  LeRoy,  married  Caroline 
Savage,  of  New  Pirunswick  ;  now  a  farmer  of 
Ashland. 

(Ill)  Nathaniel  S.  Cc.riln,  son  of  Artemas 
W.  Cofiin,  was  born  at  Thorndike,  Waldo 
county,  ]Maine,  January  5.  1840.  He  went  to 
live  in  Ashland,  Maine,  with  his  parents,  when 
he  was  four  years  old,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  there  until  thirt^-en  years  old.  lie 
assisted  his  father  on  the  homestead  and  suc- 
ceeded to  it.  He  has  added  by  purchase  until 
he  now  has  six  hundred  acres  of  land,  of  which 
one  hundred  are  cultivated,  the  remainder 
good  timber  land.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. He  has  been  constable  for  six  years,  road 
commissioner  for  one  year,  member  of  the 
scliool  board  for  three  years.  He  attends  the 
Baptist  church.  He  has  been  prominent  in  the 
temperance  work  of  the  comniunit}-.  He  is  a 
member  of  Ashland  Grange,  No.  247,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry,  and  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  No. 
^2,  Free  and  Accepted  ^Masons.  He  was 
chosen  lieutenant  of  the  state  militia  in  the 
civil  war.  He  married.  June  15.  1S68,  at 
Presque  Isle.  Manira  Greenlaw,  born  at  Char- 
lotte, Maine,  ^lay,  1850.  Children  of  Nathan- 
iel S.  Coffin:  I.  Orrin  Scribner,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Luther,  born  September  20.  1872; 
manager  for  Thomas  Fair,  lumberman.  Ash- 
land; married  Lavona  De  Long,  of  Patten. 
3.  Herbert,  born  1S74;  a  merchant;  married 
Ethel  Sutlierland,  of  Portage  Lake :  children : 
Margaret,  Nathaniel,  Ola,  Helen.  4.  Frank, 
born  November  5.  1876;  married  Ida  AIcDon- 
ald,  of  Patten;  she  died  July,  1913:  child, 
Lowena.  5.  Alfred,  born  July  13,  1S78;  mar- 
ried Kate  Haywood.  6.  Sophia,  born  April  15, 
1880;  married  Arthur  Libby,  a  potato  buyer 
of  Presque  Isle.  7.  Ira.  born  January  29, 
1882;  married  P'lorence  P>aston.  of  Ashland; 
child.  John  Rodney.  8.  Philip,  born  Decem- 
ber 17,  1883.  9.  Susan,  born  September  20. 
1S85.  10.  Aubrey,  born  May  21.  1887;  stu- 
dent at  Worcester  Academy  two  years,  now 
assisting  his  father.  11.  C.  Frederick,  born 
August  22,  1890.  12.  Sarah,  born  Marcli  2. 
1892.     13.  Anna,  born  June  3,  1894. 

William  Greenlaw,  father  of  ^Irs.  Coffin. 
was  born  at  Calais.  Maine,  died  at  South 
Presque  Isle,  in   1859.     He  was  a  pioneer  in 


that  town,  a  farmer,  \Miig  in  politics.  He 
married  Mary  Smith,  boi'n  at  Calais,  died  at 
Presque  Isle.    Children  of  ^^'illiam  Greenlaw: 

1.  Mary  Greenlaw,  married  Lowell  Elanchard. 

2.  Darius  Greenlaw,  died  in  the  service  in  the 
civil  war.  3.  William  Greenlaw,  drowned  in 
a  river  drive.  4.  Aaron  Greenlaw,  married 
Abbie  (iMiierson)  Rose,  widow  of  Moses 
Rose,  Jr.  5.  Mehitable  Greenlaw,  married 
George  Lancaster.  6.  Sarah  Greenlaw,  mar- 
ried Benton  Rose.  7.  Samuel  Greenlaw,  mar- 
ried Mary  Sprague ;  is  county  commissioner, 
living  at  Presque  Isle.  8.  George  Greenlaw, 
married  Martha  Sprague.  9.  Lewis  Green- 
law, resides  at  Presque  Isle.  10.  Plmma 
Greenlaw,  married  Artemas  Coffin,  mentioned 
above,  ir.  ]\Ianira  Greenlaw,  married  Na- 
thaniel S.  Coffin,  mentirmed  above.  12.  Ed- 
ward Greenlaw,  married  Mary  McLoughlin, 
of  Presque  Isle. 

(1\")  Orrin  Scribner  Coffin,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel S.  Coffin,  was  born  at  xKshiand.  Maine, 
November  4.  1869.  He  was  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools.  He  has  been  a  lumberman 
since  he  was  twenty  years  old  and  has  also  a 
farm  in  Ashland,  ISIaine.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  attends  the  Congregati.inal 
church,  and  is  a  member  of  Pioneer  E'vlg-.-. 
No.  247.  Free  and  Accepted  2\Iasons  ;  of  Shasta 
Chapter.  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Ashland  Grange. 
He  married  Mrs.  Ina  (Flemming)  McCor- 
quindale,  born  at  Oxbow,  Maine,  July  27, 
1874.  Tliey  have  one  child,  Manira,  born 
March  19.  190S.  Mrs.  Coffin  married  (first) 
John  McCorquindale.  born  at  Springfield,  New 
Brunswick,  1852,  died  at  Oxbow.  Maine.  Sep- 
tember 7.  1904.  a  farmer  and  inn-keeper  at 
Oxbow.  By  this  marriage  she  had  three  chil- 
dren:  I.  \'iola  McCorquindale,  born  March  i, 
1893,  niarried  Robert  Tweedy,  a  filer,  of  Ash- 
land. 2.  Perley  ^IcCorquindale,  born  March 
28.  1894.  a  chauffeur,  of  Ashland.  3.  Marion 
McCorquindale,  born  December  29,    1896. 


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ing-  Line) 


(I)  Thomas  Flemming,  born  1797,  died  at 
Prince  Edward  Island.  1821.  He  was  a 
farmer.  He  married  Betsey  L'nderwood.  born 
in  New  "^'ork  City,  died  at  ]\Iiramichi,  New 
Brunswick.  Their  only  child  was  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas  (2)  Flemming.  son  of  Thomas 
(i)  Flemming,  was  born  on  Prince  Edward 
Island.  1821,  died  at  Oxbow,  October  9.  1904. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Miramichi 
and  came  to  Oxbow,  Alaine,  before  his  mar- 
riage. He  was  a  lumberman,  a  Democrat,  and 
an  Episcopalian.  He  married  Mary  A.  Pot- 
ting, burn  ]\Iay  6,  1842,  died  at  New  Limerick, 


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,\[ainc,  in  Febnian-,  1902.  William  Rotting 
came  to  Canatla  with  his  parLiUs  in  1820  and 
scltlcd  in  JMontreal.  Afterward  he  became  a 
farmer  at  Oxbow.  He  married  Frances  Ruth, 
born  on  the  river  Thames,  England.  1820,  died 
at  Oxbow,  1892.  Children  of  AX'iliiam  I'.ot- 
ting:  I.  William  Dotting,  born  at  Madison, 
Maine,  died  at  ^[inneapohs;  married  Eliza- 
beth Curo.  2.  Elizabeth  Hotting,  married 
James  Cnro,  inn-keeper.  3.  Rosanna,  mar- 
ried Hiram  Smitli.  cook  and  guide.  4.  Mary 
A.,  married  Thomas  Flemming,  mentioned 
above.  5.  Henry  Hotting,  enlisted  in  i86i,  in 
Seventh  Maine  Regiment,  died  of  a  wound. 
6.  Fielder  Bottin_g.  married  ]\Iary  I^IcKee.  7. 
James  F.otting,  married  Abbie  Merchie.  8. 
George  Bolting,  an  engineer.  9.  Charles  F.ot- 
ting, orange  grower  in  California.  10.  Helen 
Eliza  r>otting,  married  David  Aiken,  of  Fred- 
erickton.  New  Brunswick.  11.  Grace  Viola 
Betting,  married  John  Aiken,  brother  of  David 
Aiken.  Children  of  Thomas  Flemming:  i. 
'Jhomas,  born  1867,  died  at  Oxbow,  1891.  2. 
George,  born  1870;  married  Eliza  Taylor;  he 
is  a  guide  at  Oxbow.  3.  Ida,  born  1S72;  mar- 
ried Henry  Smith,  of  Houlton,  a  guide  at 
O.xbow.  4.  Ina.  mentioned  above,  married 
Orrin  S.  Coffin.  5.  Gertrude,  born  in  1876; 
married  Boardman  Stone,  of  Zealand,  Xew 
Brunswick,  a  carpenter  and  gm'de ;  reside  in 
Oxbow.  6.  Wilmon,  born  1878,  twin ;  married 
Mary  Lannigan :  is  a  guide  and  farmer  at  Ox- 
bow. 7.  AMlliam,  twin  of  A\'iImon,  a  guide  at 
Oxbow,  8.  Frederick,  born  18S1  :  married 
\'esta  Carson  :  i.^  a  farmer  and  lumberman. 


David  Perry,  son  of  Jonathan  and 
FERRY  Margaret  (Malcolm)  Perry,  was 
born  in  Topsham,  ]\Iaine,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1762,  died  December  18,  1844.  He  was 
a  fanner  and  moved  from  Topsham  to  Litch- 
field, where  he  lived  near  Robinson's  Corner, 
where  all  of  his  children  were  born.  He  finally 
removed  to  Richmond,  Maine.  He  married, 
September  24,  1789,  Margaret  (Owen)  Wil- 
son, born  October  9,  1764,  died  August  4,  1840. 
Children,  born  in  Litchfield,  ^^aine:  i.  Mar- 
garet, born  September  12,  1790,  died  Marcii, 
i8fx);  married  David  Baker.  2.  Gideon,  born 
May  12,  1793,  died  April,  i8ri9;  married  Eliza 
W,  Farren.  3.  Sarah,  born  February  17,  1705; 
married  (first)  Joseph  Crawford,  (second) 
Nathaniel  Flutchins.  4.  Lucinda,  born  Decem- 
ticr  5,  1797,  died  at  Richmond,  August  19, 
1S83;  married  (first)  \\'illiam  Webber,  (sec- 
ond) Jabez  Robinson.  5.  Otis,  born  August 
5,  1800,  died  1823.  6.  David,  mentioned  be- 
low. 7.  Harriet,  born  November  28,  1805,  died 
June  15,  1807. 

(H)"  Deacon  David  (2). Perry,  son  of  David 


(i)  Perry,  was  born  in  Richmond,  Maine, 
June  :/,  1803.  died  there,  .\pril  26,  1877.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  a  member  of  the  P>ee  Will 
Baptist  church,  of  which  be  was  deacon  for 
many  years.  He  married  (fir.st)  Martha  Rob- 
inson, and  (second)  ALircia  K.  Stimson.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Henry  Otis,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Maria,  born  April  18.  1S32  ;  married  Nehemiah 
Preble,  a  Free  Will  Baptist  minister  in  Rich 
mond  most  of  his  life. 

(HI)  Captain  Henry  Otis  Perry,  son  of 
Deacon  David  (2)  Perry,  was  born  at  Rich- 
mond, Kennebec  county,  Mair.e,  February  2, 
1829,  died  October  9,  1913,  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine.  His  early  life  was  that  of  the  ordinary 
farmer's  son.  J^e  attended  the  common  schools 
in  and  near  Richmond  and  afterwards  fitted 
for  college  at  Litchfield  Academy.  For  a  time 
he  was  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store  at  Gardiner, 
!\[ainc.  In  1857  he  went  to  Minnesota,  where 
he  followed  the  trade  of  carpenter  for  about 
three  years.  In  1861  he  returned  to  Maine  and 
located  first  in  Aroostook  county,  and  after 
a  few  years  sold  his  place  and  removed  to 
Blaine,  ]\Iainc.  In  the  autumn  of  1863  he  en- 
listed in.  the  Thirty-first  Regiment,  ]\Iaine  \'ol- 
unteer  Infantry,  and  was  made  orderly  ser- 
geant. He  won  promotion  rapidly  and  was 
commissioned  first  lieutenant  of  Company  E 
of  his  regiment.  He  was  afterward  captain  of 
his  company  and  served  to  the  end  of  th.e  war 
with  distinction.  From  1870  to  1S76  he  was 
engaged  in  business  in  Blaine,  Maine.  He  was 
afterward  in  partnership  witli  his  son,  Chad- 
bourne  W.  Perry,  in  business  in  Fort  Fairfield, 
and  had  a  large  and  profitable  business.  Dur- 
ing his  last  years  the  management  of  the  busi- 
ness was  largely  in  the  bands  of  his  son.  In 
1895  he  was  appointed  agent  of  the  American 
Express  Company,  with  offices  at  the  station 
of  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  railroad,  and  he 
was  succeeded  in  this  position  by  his  son,  Chad- 
bourne  W.  He  was  trial  justice  for  thirty 
years  or  more  and  he  was  known  as  a  fair, 
just,  im[)artial  magistrate,  not  lacking  in  kind- 
ness and  sympathy  for  the  imfortunates  that 
came  into  his  court.  In  politics  he  was  always 
a  staunch  Republican.  Fie  was  elected  to  vari- 
ous offices  of  trust.  He  was  selectman,  super- 
intendent of  scb.ools  and  for  six  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  county  commissioners.  In 
18G7  and  1868  he  represented  the  town  of 
Blaine  in  the  state  legislature,  and  he  was  a 
presidential  elector  when  General  Grant  was 
elected  president.  L'nder  the  administrations 
of  Presidents  Garfield,  Arthur  and  Harrison 
lie  was  deputy  collector  of  customs  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  a  period  of  eight  years  in  all. 

He  married  (first)  Sarah  Ring,  by  whom  he 
had   a   child,    Sarah.      He    married    (second) 


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May  I,  1853,  Susan  Ellen  P.lanchard,  of  Rich- 
mond. She  died  December  22,  1859.  lie  mar- 
ried (third)  November  4.  1860/ Mary  JHlcn 
Treble,  of  Richmond.  She  died  January  7, 
1870.  He  married  (fourth)  ^[arch  11,  1871, 
Hattie  Ruby  W'itham,  daughter  of  Allen  Cobb 
Witham,  of  Easton  (see'W'itham  II).  She 
was  born  at  Gardiner,  ]\Iaine,  July  14,  1847, 
and  educated  tliere  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  the  Presque  Isle  Academy.  She  taught 
school  one  year  in  Easton  anrl  at  Monticello, 
Maine.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  of  Goodwill  Cliapter,  No.  83,  Order 
of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  which  she  has  been 
matron  and  is  now  district  deputy. 

Captain  Perry's  death  followed  a  shr.ck  of 
paralysis,  after  a  week.  Delegations  from  Kil- 
patrick  I'ost,  No.  61,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  which  he  had  been  a  prominent  mem- 
ber ;  from  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge,  No.  112, 
Free  and  Accepted  Alasons,  of  which  he  had 
been  a  member  for  many  3'ears  and  an  officer, 
attended  the  funeral.  Rev.  W.  A.  Richtiiond 
officiated.  The  interment  was  at  River.^ide 
Cemetery.  .At  the  time  of  his  death  a  local 
newspaper  said  of  him  : 

Captnin  Perry  was  one  of  the  most  agrecr.blc, 
genial  and  companionable  of  men,  believing  thor- 
oughly in  the  principle  of  live  and  let  live,  and 
always  a  prominent  and  public-spiried  man  and  one 
of  the  best  of  neighbors.  From  him,  no  reasonable 
accommodation  was  ever  refused.  Many  are  the 
neighbors  and  friends,  especially  young  men,  who 
have  known  and  felt  his  spirit  of  helpfulness.  A 
leader  in  his  party  in  this  region,  being  always 
pronn'nent  in  politics,  a  leader  in  business  interests 
in  Fort  Fairfield  and  in  .Aroostook,  largely  through 
his  great  insurance  agency,  and  one  of  the  most 
interested  of  Grand  Army  men,  having  been  De- 
partment Commander  of  the  Maine  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic  in  1906,  Captain  Perry  will  be  sorely 
missed  indeed  by  many  interests  and  many  friends. 
Captain  Perry  was  a  man  of  splendid  physique  and 
strong  and  active  mind,  one  of  the  kind  of  men 
bound  to  make  their  impression,  no  matter  where 
they  are  located  or  whatever  occupation  concerned. 

Child  by  second  wife:  Mary  L..  born  Sep- 
tember, 1857;  married  George  P.  Witham.  of 
Caribou,  ]\Iaine.  now  a  potato  buyer,  Water- 
ville,  Maine.  Children  by  third  wife  :  i.  Mar- 
tha Alice,  born  September,  1861  ;  married  War- 
ren Knight,  potato  buyer.  Fort  Fairfield.  2. 
Myra  Olive,  born  March,  1864;  married  Fred 
Euell,  machinist,  \\'oburn.  ^lassachusetts.  3. 
Henry  Warren,  born  .-\pril  23,  i856:  hardware 
merchant,  Fort  Fairfield.  Children  by  fourth 
wife:  4.  Charles  A.,  born  September  23,  1872, 
in  Blaine:  a  potato  buyer,  of  Limestone;  mar- 
ried Dora  Long,  of  Limestone ;  cliiklren : 
Buell  and  Dorothy.  5.  D.  Frank,  born  at 
Blaine,  January  21,  1874:  carpenter  of  Water- 
ville;    married   — ;    children:     Lawrence, 


Thomas,  Marion.  Doris.  6.  Chadliourne  \V., 
mentioned  below.  7.  E.  Louise,  born  .April' 
25,  1S79:  married  \'arney  I'earce,  of  h'ort 
Fairfield;  children:  Harriet  Maria  Pearre, 
born  .April  18,  1901  ;  Phillip  Gorham  Pearce] 
May  2,   1903. 

(I\")  Chadbourne  W.  Perr)',  son  of  Cap- 
tain Henry  Otis  Perry,  was  born  at  Fort  h'air- 
field,  Maine,  December  17,  187^1.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  there,  and  graduated  from 
the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school  in  1894.  He  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  the  insur- 
ance business,  was  admitted  to  partnership  and 
is  now  sole  projirietor  of  the  business  tliat  his 
father  established.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. Fle  represented  the  town  in  the  state 
legislature  in  1907  and  1909.  He  attends  the 
Congregational  church,  and  is  a  member  of 
Eastern  Frontier  Lodge.  No.  112,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  of  Garfield  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Alasons;  Presque  Isle  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  IMasters  ;  Flonlton  Commandery,  Knights 
Temjilar;  Cora  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Alystic 
Shrine,  of  Lewiston ;  the  Ivnights  of  Pythias 
of  Fort  Fairfield  and  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  of  Houlton.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Frontier  Trust  Company  of 
Fort  Fairfield. 

Mr.  Perry  married,  September  14,  1898,  at 
Fort  Fairfield.  Estella  McDougal,  a  graduate 
of  the  I'ort  Fairfield  high  school.  Ale.xander 
McDougal,  her  father,  was  born  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, Jaiuiary  27,  1839,  and  has  always  lived 
there.  He  was  a  farmer,  now  retired  from 
active  life.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  of  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge.  Free 
and  .Accepted  JMasons ;  Kilpatrick  Post,  No. 
61,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  which  he 
was  commander  at  one  time.  He  enlisted  in 
the  fall  of  1861  in  tiie  Eleventh  Maine  Cavalry 
and  was  honorably  discharged  August  13, 
1865.  He  took  part  in  the  second  laattle  of 
Bull  Run,  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Peters- 
burg, Five  Forks  and  Appomatto.x:  Court 
House.  He  married,  August  31,  1865,  Mary 
Ann  Fisher,  born  January  19,  1845,  i"  Fred- 
ericton,  IMaine.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  Children  of  Chadbourne 
W.  Perry:  Louise,  born  Alay  16,  1900;  Maxine, 
January  31,  1903;  Katherine,  October  21,  1909. 


(I)  John  Witham  was  a  farmer  in  New 
Gloucester,  Maine,  where  he  died.  Pie  mar- 
ried   .    Children:   i.  John,  died  at  Paris, 

i\Iaine,  a  farmer.  2.  Parsons,  died  at  Gardi- 
ner, Maine,  a  miller  ;  married  Louise  Ladd.  3. 
William,  ch'ed  at  Gardiner,  Maine;  married 
Sarah  Rollins,  of  Pittston,  Maine.  4.  Louise, 
died    at   Roslindale.    Massachusetts,    in    1909; 


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married  James  Townscnd,  of  Gardiner.  5. 
Abigail,  died  in  Oxford  covinty,  Maine ;  mar- 
ried    Coffin,  a  farmer.     6.  Sarah,  died 

at  Freeport,  ^^aine:  married  Jonathan  ila.skell, 
of  Freeport,  a  farmer.  7.  Allen  Cobb,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Allen  Cobb  Witham,  son  of  John 
W'itham,  was  born  in  Xew  Gloucester,  Maine, 
in  1816,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Elaine,  May  4, 
1891.  He  was  a  miller  in  Gardiner,  Maine, 
until  1S60,  when  he  moved  to  Easton,  Maine, 
where  he  carried  on  a  farm.  I^ater  he  settled 
on  a  farm  in  Liniestcinc,  Maine,  remaining  for 
a  few  years,  and  died  while  on  a  visit  in  Fort 
Fairfield.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
church.  He  married  Elsie  ^foore,  born  in 
Gardiner,  }>Iainc,  in  iSiS,  died  in  Easton, 
Maine,  in  18S1.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  Children:  i.  Charles 
■\Ioore,  born  December  25,  1S45,  at  Xew  Glou- 
cester;  enlisted.  i86t,  in  Company  E,  Thirty- 
first  Maine  Regiment  \'olunteer  Infantry  ;  died 
in  1863.  in  Danville  prison,  having  been  cap- 
tured at  Petersburg.  2.  Hattie  Ruby,  born 
July  14,  1S47;  niarried  Captain  Henry  Otis 
Ferry  (see  I'erry  III).  3.  Otis,  born  July  14, 
i8!9,  *^'^d  at  Presque  Isle,  Elaine,  ^Iarch  3, 
1912;  married  Orintha  True,  of  Fort  Fair- 
field; she  died  ^March,  1905;  children:  John, 
farmer  in  Presque  Isle;  Charles,  lives  in 
Presque  Isle;  Louise,  married  Charles  Giver- 
son,  farm.er  in  Presque  Isle ;  Chester,  farmer 
in  Pre.sque  Isle.'  4.  George  P.,  born  April  19, 
18^2;  married  Marv  Witham. 


(IV")  Henry  \\"arren  Perry,  son 
PERRY  of  Captain  Henry  Otis  Perry  (q. 
v.),  was  born  at  Elaine,  JNIaine, 
April  23,  )866.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  graduated  from  the 
Fort  Fairfield  high  school.  During  his  youth 
he  helped  his  father  on  the  farm  aiid  in  the 
insurance  business.  He  became  a  clerk  in  the 
hardware  store  of  J.  S.  Hall,  Fort  Fairfield, 
and  continued  there  for  nine  years.  In  1898 
he  opened  a  hardware  store  on  his  own  account 
in  Fort  Fairfield  and  he  has  continued  in  this 
business  to  the  present  time.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican  until  1912,  and  he  is  mow  a  Pro- 
gressive. He  has  been  town  clerk  for  the  past 
twenty-two  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church  ;  of  the  Eastern  Frontier 
Lodge,  Xo.  112,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  of  which  he  has 
been  secretary:  of  Border  Lodge.  Xo.  S3, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Fort  Fairfield,  of  which 
he  has  been  chancellor  commander. 

He  married,  March   i,  1890,  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, Mora  C.  Knight,  born  in  Easton,  Penn- 


sylvania, March  9,  iSi'19.  Her  parents  came  to 
lloulton,  Maine,  when  she  was  nine  months 
old  and  she  attended  the  jjublic  sciiools  there. 
When  she  was  eleven  years  old  her  parents 
came  to  Fort  I'\airfielil,  where  she  attended  the 
high  schools  three  years.  She  engaged  in  the 
millinery  business,  after  leaving  school,  in  the 
employ  of  the  Dresser  Company,  one  year, 
and  with  F"rench  Brothers,  nine  years.  She 
left  this  concern  to  become  a  partner  in  the 
firm  of  G.  E.  Bartlelt  iS:  Company.  She  with- 
drew at  the  end  of  six  years  to  establish  a  mil- 
linery business  of  her  own  and  she  now  has  a 
large  and  flourishing  business  at  Fort  Fairfield. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  ; 
of  Goodwill  Chapter,  Xo.  85,  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  of  which  she  has  been  con- 
ductrice.     Children  of  Henry  Warren  Perry: 

1.  Wellman  L.,  born  Xovember  16.  1S90;  edu-* 
cated  in  the  public  schools  and  the  Fort  Fair- 
field high  school ;  graduate  of  the  Bucksport 
Academy,  iQio;  was  for  six  months  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Boston  Woven  Hose  and  Rubber 
Company,  since  then  has  been  associated  in 
business  with  his  father;  member  of  Border 
Le^dge,  Xo.  83,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which 
he  is  now  appellate :  married  .\deline  Stelphen, 
born  at  Orland,  Maine.  Xovember  17,  1890, 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Fiath,  Elaine, 
and  the  Bucksport  Seminary;  children:  Con- 
stance, born  August  10.  191 1,  at  Fort  Fair- 
fieM ;  Dorothy,  born  February  14,  1914.  2. 
Ellen  Beryl,  born  Xovember  13,  1891  ;  edu- 
cated in  the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school;  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church.  3.  Mar- 
gartt,  born  December  10.   1905. 

(The    Knight    Line). 

(I)  Rev.  Elbridge  Knight  was  born  at  \\'est- 
field.  New  York,  in  1812,  died  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, 1895.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  Cor»- 
gregational  church.  When  a  young  man  he 
was  principal  of  schools  at  Craftsbury  and  in 
another  town  in  Vermont,  where  he  also 
preached.  Lie  came  as  a  missionary  to  Fort 
Fairfield  and  preached  there  and  at  Limestone, 
Alars  Llill  and  neighboring  villages.  He  was 
an  earnest,  devout  Christian  and  accomplished 
a  vast  amount  of  good  work  in  his  field  of 
labor.  In  early  life  a  Republican  in  politics, 
he  afterward  became  a  Prohibitionist.  He 
married  Ann  Whitten,  born  at  Braintree,  Xew 
Hampshire,  A[)rii  6,  1813,  died  at  Easton, 
Maiiie,  Alay.  1905.  She  was  also  a  devout 
Congregationalist.  Children  of  Rev.  Elbridge 
Knight:    i.  Hermon  Knight,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Homer  Kni.ght,  born  at  Craftsbury,  Ver- 
mont, 1844:  married  Christian  Ellis,  of  Fort 
Fairfield  ;  they  reside  at  Clinton,  Maine.  3. 
Mary  Knight,  born  in  \'ermont,  184S,  died  at 


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rJurlingtoii,  Vermont,  April,  1S73.  4-  ^^'-"''^ 
Knight",  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  1850;  married 
John  I'.olster,  of  F'aston,  a  farmer;  she  resides 
in  JL'istcjn.  5.  Herbert,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
1852,  died  :it  Presque  Isle;  married  Isabelle 
Jenkins,  of  I'lcsque  Isle ;  she  has  married 
twice  since  he  died  and  is  now  Using  in  Maine. 
6.  EfTie  Knight,  born  1S54;  married  Walter 
Frazier,  of  New  Brunswick,  now  a  farmer  of 
Easton.  7.  flenry  Knight,  born  1S58;  went 
west.  8.  Dora  Knight,  i;orn  1S60,  died  young. 
9.  Adelbert  Knight,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
i8r)4,    died    tiicre    November,    ii.;o4;    married 

• Turner,  of  Limesti.ine,  where  she  died. 

(II)  Hermon  Knight,  son  of  Rev.  Elbridge 
Knight,  was  born  at  Eden,  \"ermont,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1842,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,_  July  31, 
1906.  He  was  a  grocer  in  Houiton  for  eleven 
years  and  in  Fort  Fairfield  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  from  1880  until  igoS.  In  politics  he 
was  first  a  Republican,  then  a  Prohibitionist. 
For  many  years  he  was  deacon  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  Fle  was  a  member  of  the 
Odd  Fellows  Lodge,  of  Fort  Fairfield.  He 
married,  June  i,  1866.  Abby  S.  Hadley  (see 
Hadley  IH  ),  born  at  South  Moluncus,  Alaine, 
May  16,  1851,  now  living  at  Fort  Fairfield,  an 
actiVe  memljer  of  the  Congregational  church 
of  that  town.  Children  of  Hermon  Knight: 
I.  Mora  C,  married  Henry  Warren.  Perry  (see 
Perry  1\').  2.  Wellman,  burn  at  Hoiihon, 
February  '5,  1871;  educated  in  the  Iloultun 
public  schools  and  the  Fort  Fairfield  high 
school,  now  living  in  Boston,  engaged  in  the 
fish  and  meat  business;  member  of  the  lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  of  Fort  Fairfield.  3.  Edith 
Knight,  born  April  5.  1876.  at  Houiton.  gradu- 
ate of  the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school :  married 
Raymond  Wallace,  of  :\Iillbridge,  .Maine,  re- 
sides at  Fort  Fairfield,  clerk  for  F.  J.  Lowery 
Company,  clothiers,  Fort  I'airfield. 


(I)  Ephraim  fladley.  the  fir^t  of  the  name 
in  Machias,  Maine,  was  doubtless  a  descendant 
of  George  Iladley,  the  pioneer.  Ephraim  Had- 
ley was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  (see  New 
Hampshire  State  Papers,  vol.  xiv,  pages  51, 
185,  424).  He  was  in  Captain  Isaac  Bald- 
win's company.  Colonel  John  Stark's  regi- 
ment, and  in  Captain  John  Hall's  company, 
Colonel  Stark's  regiment,  in  1775;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Samuel  McConnell's  company.  Colonel 
Daniel  Moor's  regiment  ( muster  and  pay  roll 
dated  September  26.  I77''>).  He  married 
Susanna  Coburn  or  Colburn.  According  to 
the  first  federal  census,  taken  in  1790.  he  had 
no  family,  however,  but  evidently  was  keeping 
house  at  Machias.  The  only  other  Hadleys 
in  Maine  were  Simeon  and  Samuel,  of  }iIount 


Desert,  who  came  doubtless  from  Cape  Cod. 
The  sijelling  Hadlock  was  in  use  also  at  this 
time.  E])hraini  Hadley  was  a  taxpayer  in 
Machias  in  1790.  He  was  on  the  grand  jury 
in  iS-oi.  Children:  Abel,  mentioned  below; 
Colburn;  Ej)hraim,  married  (first)  Su^an 
Woodruff,  (second)  Hannah  P.ryant ;  Stephen  ; 
Mary,  married  Jacob  Stevens;  Sally,  married 
I'2arl  Woodi'uff ;  George,  married  Esther  Liliby. 

(II)  Abel  Hadley,  son  of  Ephraim  Hadley, 
was  born  at  Machias,  Maine,  about  iSoo.  He 
married  Jane  P>erry.  Her  father,  Jonathan 
ISerry.  married  Hannah  Knight;  children: 
Hannah,  Sally.  Jane,  married  Abel  Hadley, 
mentioned  above;  .-\bigail,  Sally,  Rebecca, 
Jonathan,  Freeman,  Susan,  John,  Lydia.  Atkins, 
Phebe,  Jonas.  Westbrook  Berry,  of  an  old 
Maine  family,  one  of  the  first  sixteen  settlers  of 
the  town  of  Machias,  was  a  native  of  Scar- 
borough. Maine.  He  married,  in  1763.  at  Scar- 
boro,  Jane  Freeman.  Children  of  \\'estbrook 
Berry:  Jonathan,  Sally.  John.  Benjamin.  Re- 
becca. Hadley 's  lake  in  Machias  takes  its  name 
from  this  family.  Abel  Hadley  was  a  farmer. 
Children  of  Abel  Hadley  :  Susan  ;  Hannah, mar- 
ried George  Smith  ;  Stephen.   According  to  the 

family  record  .\bel  Hadley  also  married 

Longfellow  and  she  was  perhaps  mother  of  the 
following  children :  Eliza  Jane,  married  Mar- 
tin Longfellow,  of  Machias,  moved  to  ^linne- 
apoHs,  Minnesota,  where  both  died ;  Matilda 
Jane,  died  at  Patten,  Maine,  married  Marion 
.Shaw,  of  Marshfiel:!,  Maine,  afterward  a 
farmer  of  Patten,  died  at  Sherman,  Maine; 
John,  died  at  IVIachias.  a  farmer  and  lumber- 
man, later  a  landscape  gardener;  Wilson,  died 
at  Machias  :  Abel ;  Obadiah  ;  William  W.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(HI)  William  W.  Hadley,  son  of  Abel  Had- 
ley. was  born  at  Machias  in  1814,  died  at  San 
D'iego,  California,  April  28,  1888.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  and  farmer  in  South  Moluncus, 
Maine.  Afterward  he  removed  to  Bucksport, 
Maine,  and  conducted  a  boarding  house  there 
for  seminary  students.  He  removed  thence  to 
Castine,  ]\Iaine,  and  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
wdiere  he  had  boarding  houses.  Thence  he 
went  to  Eureka.  California,  and  had  a  ranch 
for  some  years.  He  afterward  followed  farm- 
ing at  Spokane,  Washington.  After  he  retired 
he  settled  at  San  Diego,  California.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican.  For  many  years  he 
was  town  clerk  and  justice  of  the  peace  in 
South  Moluncus,  Maine.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent member  and  steward  of  the  ^Methodist 
Episcopal  church  for  forty-five  years.  Fie 
served  in  the  .Vroostook  war.  He  married 
Cassandra  Currier,  born  at  Corinna.  or  Nor- 
ridgewock.  IMaine,  died  at  South  Moluncus, 
December,    1S60.      Her   parents   moved    from 


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Xorridgewock  to  South  JMoluiicus.  She  was 
.1  devout  Alethodist.  Children,  all  born  at 
South  Moluncus:  i.  Mary,  born  1841,  died  in 
1846.  2.  Ilattic,  born  1S43,  'I'cd  1S40.  3. 
Hdwin,  born  1845,  '^'''-'"^  April,  ^84^i.  4.  Abby 
S.,  born  May  16,  1S51  ;  inarried,  June  i,  iS.')(), 
Hernion  Knight  (see  Knight  II).  5.  William 
•  E.,  born  May  24,  1S53,  died  at  San  Diego, 
California,  April,  1907 ;  married  (first)  Emma 
Williams,  of  Eureka,  California;  married 
(second)  Louise  Diiigley.  of  Lewiston.  Maine. 
6.  Mary  C.  born  March  24,  1S55:  married 
J.  M.  (jrimmcr.  of  St.  Stephen.  New  I'.runs- 
wick,  now  of  Spokane,  Washington,  in  busi- 
ness as  a  truckman  and  warehouseman.  7. 
Ephraim   Wilson,    born    December    28.    1857; 

married  'Sla.ry  ,  a  school  teacher  from 

Ohio ;  he  is  a  real  estate  dealer  and  broker  and 
merchant  of  San  Diego,  California.  8.  Emma, 
born  March  4,  i860,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
January  31,  1SS6;  married  Frank  Crit^in,  of 
Sherman  Mills,  ;\Jaine;  resides  in  Massachu- 
setts. 


Lvman  Cla\ton   was  born  in 
CLAYT(3N     England  about   1795,  died  at 

East  Saginaw,  Michigan, 
about  1875.  He  settled  at  Nashwaak,  prov- 
ince of  New  Brunswick,  before  his  marriage, 
and  was  a  fanner  all  his  life,  living  in  Michi- 
gan for  a  time,  moving  there  about  1850.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican, 
and   in   religion   he  was  a   Presbyterian.     He 

married Plummer,  and  she  died  in  East 

Saginaw,  Michigan,  about  18S3 ;  she  was  born 
about  1790.  Children;  i.  Charles  Washburn, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Archie,  died  in  Michigan. 
3.  John,  died  in  Michigan.  4.  Fred,  lived  in 
^lichigan.    5.  Eliza,  died  in  Michigan.    6.  Ann, 

mariied  ]\IcKay.  and  for  years  kept  a 

hotel  in  Detroit. 

(II)  Charles  Wasliburn  Clayton,  son  of 
Lyman  Clayton,  was  born  at  St.  Mary's  river. 
New  Brunswick,  January  15,  1820,  died  at 
Ashland,  October  16,  1896.  He  moved  to 
Aroostook  county,  near  Bangor.  Maine,  before 
his  marriage,  and  w-as  a  lumberman  for  a  time. 
Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Ash- 
land, where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  cleared 
land.  He  was  a  pioneer  there  and  resided 
there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  politics  lie 
was  a  Republican,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church.  He  served  in  the  civil  war, 
enlisting  in  1862,  as  captain  of  the  Fifteenth 
Maine  Regiment  of  \'olunteer  Infantry.  He 
served  but  a  short  time,  as  he  was  compelled 
to  resign  becau'^e  of  his  physical  disability. 
He  married,  September  14,  1S4S.  Sarah  I'er- 
nald,  born  November  20.  1S29.  in  Glenburn, 
Maine,   died   at   Ashland,   February    12,    1884. 


She  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church. 
Children;  i.  Ira,  born  September  14,  1S49, 
at  No.  8.  Maine;  married  Delia  Robinson,  of 
A.shland,  and  ihey  live  at  Washburn,  Maine; 

children:     Nora,   married McDonald, 

drnggi-t;  Charles,  of  Seattle,  Washington; 
John';  Clair,  of  Ashland;  Ada;  James,  of 
\\'ashl)urp.,  Maine,  fanner;  Sarah,  deceased; 
Archie,  of  Wa'-hlnirn,  a  farmer.  2.  Charles 
I'redcrick,  mentiuned  ludow.  3.  Inez,  born  at 
No.  8.  Maine.  I'ebruary  28,  1S53;  married 
George  R.-  Ketehum,  of  \\'ood^lock,  New 
Brunswick;  sh-  died  at  Ashlniul,  October  3, 
1892:  he  niairii-d  (secimd)  Abbie  ,'Clavton) 
Smith,  sislcr  ^<i  Inez;  children:  Ralp'h,  of 
Saskatchewan.    (/aiK'ula.    a     fanner;    Charles; 

Inez,    marrie-'l Adam.-,     of     Bangor, 

Maine;  others,  imw  (deceased.  4.  Ida,  born 
December  0,  t8;6,  in  Masardis,  Maine;  mar-" 
ried  Will.iir  I'.artletl,  of  Ashland;  they  live  at 
G:irfiel(l,  .Maine,  having  one  daughter  living, 
Maude,  married  I'erey  BalTord,  of  Ashland. 
5.  Abbie,  born  l-'eb|  uary  23,  i!>'62,  in  Masardis, 
Maine;  married  (first)  William  Smiih,  of 
New  Brunswick,  died  1899,  by  whom  she  had; 
Randall  K..  horn  August  30,  1883,  lives  with 
her;  Henry  Neely.  born  I'ebruary  17,  18S6. 
lives  at  Brockton,  Massachusetts,  has  jewelry 
.store;  she  married  (second)  George  R. 
Kelchum.  who  married  hrst  her  sister  Inez ; 
he  was  born  June.  1849,  at  Woodstock,  New 
Brunswick,  and  they  live  at  Ashland,  Maine, 
on  their  farm;  he  is  a  Republican,  a  member 
of  Episoripal  church;  member  of  Woodstock 
Lodge.  I'Vee  and  .\ccepteil  Masons.  6.  George, 
born  at  .Ma-;irdiN,  Maine,  August  24,  1863; 
married  (  first )  Ruse  Coding,  of  Masardis,  and 
had  William,  deceased;  married  (second) 
Edna  Coding,  sifter  of  first  wife,  and  had 
.Alma,  married  Howard  We^t,  of  Garfield. 
Maine;  Hazel,  married  Charles  I'atchel,  of 
Hangor,  Maine;  Lei.ii,  farmer  of  Garfield; 
.Alden  ;   bred,  lives  with  parent-'. 

(Ill)  Cliark>  I'rederick  Clayton,  son  of 
Charles  Wa-hburn  Clayton,  was  born  at  tuwn- 
:^hip  No.  8.  ab'Ut  eight  miles  south  of  Masardis, 
M;iine.  December  24.  i8^0.  He  was  educated 
in  the  jniblic  >cliooIs  of \\Iasardi.s.  When  he 
was  nineteen  years  old  his  parents  removed  to 
.\^l■,kmd.  Maine,  and  he  operated  a  grist  mill 
in  that  tnwn  until  1873.  Afterward  he  erected 
the  fir.-t  >teain  -hingle  mill  in  the  town  of  Ash- 
knid.  In  fact  his  w;is  the  fir-t  steam  engine  in 
the  ttiwn.  lie  followed  farming  and  lumber- 
ing fur  a  number  nf  years  and  spent  one  year 
in  the  .-t.ate  ol  Washington.  L'non  his  return 
he  b'lUL'iit  a  starch  factory  in  .\shland  and 
operated  it  fur  a  perioil  of  t\\-enty-live  years, 
fur  lAent\-one  \tars  he  also  0[>erated  his 
sliingie  mili.     I  le  M.ld  hi,-  buMius-  and  in  Uj^i 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres 
and  has  conducted  it  since  then.  He  owns  tim- 
ber lands,  which  he  has  leased.  In  politics  Mr. 
Clayton  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  communicant 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Lodge  Xo.  144,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Ashland,  and  of  Ashland 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

He  married,  September  3,  1878,  in  Dcbec, 
New  Brunswick,  Mary  McOuarrie,  born  Oc- 
tober 25,  1S50,  at  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick. 
She  is  a  member  of  Rebekah  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church  (see  jMcQuarrie 
II).  Children,  all  born  in  Ashland:  i.  Inez 
Lavinia,  born  June  5,  1879,  <^'fd  August  15, 
1905,  unmarried.  2.  Lottie  ?vlay,  born  Decem- 
ber II,  iSSo;  married,  November  25,  190S, 
Allen  Smith,  of  iMasardis,  a  dealer  in  potatoes  ; 
daughter,  i\Iary  Lucretia,  born  December  2, 
1912.  3.  Lu,  born  February  18,  1S82,  died 
aged  six  months.  4.  Harry  Miles,  born  April 
17,  1883.  died  December  11,  1910,  of  injuries 
received  while  on  duty  as  a  locomotive  engi- 
neer of  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  railroad  ;  mar- 
ried. April  I,  1907,  \'ivian  Carter,  daughter  of 
John  Carter,  of  Masardis;  she  married  (sec- 
ond) Herbert  Greenland,  of  Westtield,  Maine, 
a  farmer;  children  by  first  husband:  Harry 
Lyman  Cla}'ton,  born  January  9,  190S ;  Wal- 
lace Carter  Clayton,  August  3,  1909.  5. 
Charles  Frederick,  born  October  7,  18S5 ;  he 
was  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Louis- 
ville (Doctor  of  Medicine,  1910),  and  is  prac- 
ticing in  Kentucky;  married,  April  26,  191 3, 
at  Meadow  Plantation,  Tennessee,  Agnes 
Meek.  6.  Hannah  Elizabeth,  born  September 
20,  18S9;  graduate  of  Kent's  Hill  Academy; 
teacher  at  Sheridan,  Jvlaine.  7.  Lyman  Stan- 
Icy,  born  C)ctoLer  20,  1S91  ;  lives  with  his  par- 
ents. 

(The  McQuarrie  Line). 

(I)  Alexander  McQuarrie  was  either  born 
in  Nova  Scotia  or  came  to  that  place  from 
Scotland.  He  was  born  about  17S0,  died  in 
Debec  Junction,  New  Brunswick,  in  i860.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Houl- 
ton  for  many  years.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Presbyterian.  He  married  Catherine  Dunbar, 
born  in  Scotland  in  17S2,  died  at  Houlton  in 
1862.  Children,  born  in  Nova  Scotia:  i. 
James,  died  in  Pennsylvania,  farmer ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Kirkpatrick,  of  Debec  Junction, 
New  Brunswick;  children:  Jacquest,  Neil, 
Ida,  Sarah,  marrietl  - — Frazier.  2.  Alex- 
ander, mentioned  below.  3.  John,  died  at 
Woodstock,  New  Brunswick,  1007,  farmer; 
married  Agnes  \\'ood,  of  Frederickston,  New- 
Brunswick,  daughter  of  Dr.  Wood;  children: 
Margaret,  married  Charles  Bull,  lives  on  farm 


at  Southampton,  New  Brunswick;  James,  de- 
ceased ;  Josejjh,  lives  in  Pennsylvania ;  Fannie, 
married  Henr}'  Ingram;  Mary,  married  Ed- 
ward Coding;  John,  deceased;  Abner,  bridge 
engineer ;  Fred,  lives  in  Pennsylvania ;  Eliza- 
beth. 4.  Hugh,  died  at  Ilodgdon,  farmer.  5. 
Neil,  died  in  California,  unmarried;  a  miner, 
a  "forty-niner."  6.  William,  died  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, unniarried.  7.  Nancy,  deceased.  8. 
Eliza,  died  in  Boston,  unmarried. 

(II)  Alexander  (2)  McQuarrie,  son  of 
Alexander  (i)  McQuarrie,  was  born  in  Picture 
Town,  Nova  Scotia,  in  iSoS,  died  at  Debec 
Junction,  New  Brunswick,  in  April,  1889.  He 
was  a  carpenter,  and  moved  from  Picture 
Town  to  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick,  and  in 
1840  settled  in  Debec  Junction,  then  called 
South  Richmond,  where  he  purchased  a  farm. 
He  was  an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  was  an  Orangeman.  He  married  Chris- 
tina IMcPhee,  born  in  Picture  Town  in  iSiS, 
died  at  Debec  Junction,  September,  1889.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Picture  Town:  i.  John,  born 
1834;  married  Ellen  O'Brien,  of  Debec,  where 
he  was  a  farmer;  children:  John,  of  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick,  and  Nellie.  2.  Amy,  born 
1836,  died  at  Oak  Alountain,  New  Brunswick, 
in  1903;  married  Andrew  Kerr,  of  Oak  Z^Ioun- 
tain,  farmer ;  children :  Alexander,  Robert, 
Howard,  Joseph,  Plenry,  IMary.  3.  Duncan, 
born  1 838,  died  unmarried  when  a  young  man, 
killed  by  a  falling  tree  near  Debec.  4.  Cath- 
erine, born  3.[ay  24,  1S40:  married  Allen  Mc- 
Quarrie, of  .\'ova  Scotia,  not  related;  she  died 
at  Garfield,  Maine,  in  1898:  he  died  in  1897; 
children:  Charles,  of  Ashland,  a  merchant; 
Edwina,  married  Whitfield  Hallett,  postmaster 
of  Ashland;  Frank,  lives  in  Vancouver.  5. 
^^ary,  born  October  25.  1850;  married  Charles 
Frederick  Clayton  (see  Clayton  HI).  6.  Eliza, 
born  1852,  at  Debec,  died  1880,  unmarried.  7. 
Edwina,  born  1854,  died  aged  sixteen.  8. 
Alexander,  born  1856;  married  Clara  Steward, 
of  X'anceboro,  Maine;  a  railroad  engineer  for 
twenty-one  years  ;  children  :  Mildred  Glenroy, 
trained  nurse,  and  Cassie,  school  teacher. 


John  M.  Ward,  son  of  Josiah 
WARD  Ward,  grandson  of  Daniel  \Vard, 
was  born  in  Limestone,  Maine, 
February  17,  1865.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  assisted  his 
father  on  the  homestead,  and  after  his  father 
died  in  18S4  he  and  his  brother  came  into  pos- 
session of  their  father's  place.  John  M.  \\'ard 
sold  his  interests  to  his  brother  in  1888  and 
bought  a  farm  in  Limestone.  This  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  of  which  all 
is  under  cultivation  except  about  forty  acres, 
he  has  cultivated  since  then.     In  politics  he  is 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


a  Rciniblican.  He  is  one  of  the  selectmen  of 
the  town  and  he  has  held  that  office  eight  years. 
lie  has  served  also  on  the  school  board  and 
is  road  commissioner  at  the  present  time.  In 
1891  he  went  into  the  manufactory  of  starch 
and  has  continued  in  this  industry  up  to  the 
present  time.  He  attends  the  Advent  cluirch. 
He  is  a  member  of  Limestone  Grange,  No. 
272,  of  which  he  has  been  master,  and  of  Pio- 
neer Lodge,  No.  -JJ.  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Fort  Fairfield. 

He  married,  March  25,  1SS7,  at  Fort  I-'air- 
field.  Alice  A.  Willey,  of  Limestone,  born  at 
Colebrook,  New  Hampshire,  .April  29,  1S65. 
Her  parents  moved  to  Limestone  when  she 
was  fourteen  years  old  and  she  completed  her 
schooling  there.  She  afterward  taught  school 
for  four  terms  in  Limestone.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Advent  church,  and  of  Limestone 
Grange  (see  Willey).  Children:  i.  Elmer  E., 
born  June   16,  1S88,  died  December  17,  1894. 

2.  Benjamin  H.,  born  ]\Iay  16,  1890;  a  farmer, 
Limestone  ;  married  Gladys  Cox,  of  New  York 
City,  November  9,  1912,  and  has  one  child, 
Althea,  born  at  Limestone,  September  i.  191 3. 

3.  Mabel,  born  June  17,  1S91,  died  May  9, 
191 1.  4.  Eva  AL,  born  September  9,  1S92 ; 
married,  August  31,  1913,  Glen  Cheney,  of 
Limestone,  an  electrician,  now  of  Washburn, 
Maine.  5.  James  B.,  born  July  17,  1893,  "^i' '' 
December  16.  1907.  6.  Sadie,  born  September 
19,  1895;  a  junior  in  the  Limestone  high 
school;  member  of  the  Grange.  7.  Beecher, 
born  November  9,  1S97.  8.  Herman,  born 
January  i,  igoo. 

(The    Willey    Line). 

Isaac  Willey  was  born  in  Bristol,  New 
Hampshire,  September  13,  1819,  died  in  Lime- 
stone, jNIaine,  November,  1898.  His  father 
died  when  he  was  a  small  boy.  Isaac  Willey 
wa.*;  a  farmer  in  Colebrook,  New  Hainpshire, 
until  1874,  when  he  moved  to  Limestone, 
where  he  resided  the  remainder  of  his  Ijfe,  as 
a  farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  in 
Colebrook.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Holden, 
born  July  7,  1812,  died  in  Stewartstown,  New 
Hamjjshire,  March  23,  1862.  He  married 
(second)  Sarah  Jane  Forest,  born  in  Stewarts- 
town,  November  25,  1840,  died  in  Limestone, 
February  17,  1896.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Advent  church  and  of  the  Women's  Christian 
Temperance  Union.  Chiklren  of  first  wift: 
I.  Sarah  Jane,  born  August  24,  1S41;  married 
William  Angier,  farmer.  2.  Alfred  D.,  born 
September  iS,  1842.  died  young.  3.  Charles 
A.,  born  September  11,  1844,  "Jie^  April  16, 
1893;  married  Sophenia  Hardy.  4-  Ezckiel, 
born    September    7,    1S46,    died    October    22, 


1863.  T.  IVancnia,  bon 
marrie(l  llirani  I'aul, 
farmer,  hv(.s  in  .Vnrtli  (' 
lulv  l.>.  iSv.;  m.irii.d 
(.LC..nd)  Sai.d,  l).,u;Jii 
7.  h'raiik.  bora  Ma\-  31, 
Evaline  IIciv,-e,  of  Kitly 
married    (second)   


145 

lenibcr  12,  1S4S; 
ui  of  civil  war, 
la.  6.  lohn,  born 
.tl  F.llen  Forest, 
e.-.  in  Limestone. 
;  niairied  (first) 
New  Ham])shire, 
vcs  in  \'ermont. 
ried  Susie 


8.  ICdwin,  born  liuie  l^,  iS^: 
MaeDuug:il.  cf  "C^iswell,  .Maine;  they  live  in 
Limesione.  (^liildieii  of  second  wife:  I.  Ar- 
delia,  Imrn  in  t\)lrliniuk.  May  24,  1863;  mar- 
ried William  Wai<l,  luothcr  of  John  M.  Ward; 
children:  M;irei:i,  iii:irricd  V.  O.  Sinionson,  of 
Lime.^tone;  Be.-vsie,  married  R.  Levitt,  of  Etna, 
Maine,  farmer:  Jesse,  farmer  in  Limestone, 
niarrieil  Mabel  llamilton;  Wili-'am,  Emery, 
Preston,  Homer  aiui  Evaline,  living  with  par- 
ents. 2.  .Mice  .\.,  born  A])ril  29,  1865;  mar- 
ried John  M.  Ward  (see  Ward).  3.  Isabelle, 
born  June  22,  i8'')7,  died  at  Colebrook,  April 
30,  i8('9.  4.  Hatlie,  born  March  27,  1869; 
married  lulward  P.olstridge,  of  Limestone, 
farmer;  children:  I'.ertha,  I'.essic.  Sadie,  Lizzie, 
Clarence,  livini;  with  parents.  5.  Arthur,  born 
January  10,  1871  ;  married  (jertrude  Blais- 
dell,  of  Fort  h'airfield,  Maine;  they  live  on 
farm  in  Limestone;  child,  Jasper,  living  with 
parents.  6.  George,  born  June  26,  1873;  mar- 
ried Dora  Turner,  of  b'ort  h'airfield ;  they  live 
on  farm  in  Limesione  ;  children  :  Lula,  Turner, 
.Mildred,  li\ing  witii  jiarents.  7.  Isabelle,  born 
May  5.  1875;  inarrietl  John  Griffeth,  of  Lime- 
stone, farmer;  children:  Ellen  and  Vesta,  liv- 
ing with  ])arents.  8.  Isaac  E.,  born  February 
20,  1877;  uKirried  Jennie  Frazier,  of  Caswell, 
Maine;  a  farmer  in  Portland,  Maine;  no  chil- 
dren. 9.  Everett,  born  in  Limestone,  March 
iS,  1S70.  ilied  July  3.  18S2.  lo.  Kate  E.,  born 
.May  S.  i.'^i  ;  married  Clarence  Bennett,  of 
I'ort  l"airt:eld,  f.irmer  ;  ciiildren  :  Roy,  Harold, 
.Mabel. 


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John    Gallagher,    son    of 

M.L.XCillER     the    immigrant    ancestor, 

was  born  in  .New  Bruns- 

in  1819.  died  in  Lime.-tone,  Maine,  1899. 

:ame  to  tin's  cciuntry  when  a  young  man, 

■d  in  Carib..u,  Maine,  and  followed  farm- 

llis  parent-  alM)  came  to  America  in  the 

part    I'f    the    nineteenth    century.      He 

;d  in  tile  eivi!  v.ar  in  th.e  First  Maine  Cav- 

\\k    ua-    a    member   nf    Caribou    Post, 

id    .\rniv   ..1    the    i;- public.      He   married 

n  .McXe.il.  b.,rn  in  .\ew   Prunswick,  died 

■iniS.'<3.     (I.ildren:     I.  b'Se()h,  served  in 

ivi!  uar.  w,-   \s..unde<!.  died  ,,f  f.-ver.     2. 

lael.  d:rd  a:  Laiibi.u:  ni;irried  Jane  Dem- 

int.  M-ter  ..!  L..u)-a  S.  Demerchant;  chil- 

:     Celia,   nr.rrivd    F<lgar   Gearv,  of  Cari- 


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NEW  LNGLAXD. 


bou;  Johanna,  deceased,  married  Charles 
Baird,  farmer,  selectman  of  Caribou;  Zilplia, 
married  Frank  McXcal,  farmer,  Caribou  ;  Su- 
sie, married  Wilham  ^IcXeal,  farmer,  Cari- 
bou ;  F.velyn,  married  I^enwood  Rideout,  mer- 
chant, Roiibinston,  Maine;  WilHam,  deceased; 
Wilford,  clerk  in  a  drug  store.  Caribou;  Don- 
ald, deceased.  3.  James  W.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Frank,  fanner.  Caribou ;  married  Ma- 
ria Woodward,  of  Fort  Fairfield;  children: 
Joseph  .A..,  of  Floulton ;  Charles,  deceased; 
Newman,  deceased;  Lillian;  Pearl;  Fern.  5. 
Margaret,  married  John  McLaughlin,  farmer, 
of  Cariliou ;  children:  John,  farmer,  of  Cari- 
bou; inisworth,  farmer.  Fort  Fairfield;  James, 
deceased;  Julia  L.,  principal  of  school,  Cari- 
bou ;  Rosanna,  school  teacher.  Caribou. 

(II)  James  W.  Gallagher,  son  of  John  Gal- 
lagher, was  born  at  Caribou,  Maine,  June  9, 
1S50,  died  at  Limestone,  ]\Iaine,  September  3, 
1892.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  followed  farming  all  his 
active  life  and  owned  the  farm  now  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  sons.  He  married  Louisa  S. 
Demerchant,  born  .April  3,  1854;  she  is  now 
living  at  Limestone,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church  of  that  town,  and  of  the 
Grange.  Children  of  James  A\'.  Gallagher : 
I.  George  R.,  born  1873;  a  farmer  in  Lime- 
stone; married  ^Manha  Doody;  children: 
Elva,  born  June  10,  1895;  ^J^ary  Idella,  No- 
vember 24,  1897;  James  Edward,  July  19, 
1901  ;  Laura  Louise,  October  3,  1906;  George 
W'.,  October  26,  1909;  Marjorie  B.,  Sep- 
tember 8,  191 1.  2.  Joseph  A.,  born  1875; 
farmer,  of  Limestone ;  member  of  the  Grange 
there;  married  Flilda  Belyea ;  children:  Glen, 
born  1907;  Ernest,  190S;  Grant,  1910.  3. 
Margaret  R.,  born  July  25,  1877;  member  of 
the  Grange  at  Caribou ;  married  James  R. 
Wright,  now  of  Limestone,  a  farmer;  chil- 
dren: Delmar,  died  in  1913;  Clifford  Wright, 
born  1906;  Lillian  Wright,  190S:  Atwood 
Wright,  1911;  Arnold,  1913.  4.  James  H., 
born  January  9,  1880 ;  a  farmer  in  Lime- 
stone; member  of  the  Grange  and  the  Modern 
W^oodmen  of  America ;  married  Mabel  \^. 
Bro\\  11.  of  Limestone  ;  children  :  \^iolet,  born 
1907;  Jasper,  1910;  Woodrow  Wilson,  1912. 
5.  John  S.,  born  April  4,  1882;  a  farmer  in 
Limestone ;  Democrat  in  politics :  married 
Minnie  Flamilton,  of  Caribou  ;  cliildren  :  Char- 
lotte, born  1910;  William.  1912.  6.  Norman 
Ivan,  mentioned  below.  7.  Chester  Ray,  born 
July  21,  1SS7;  in  partnership  with  Norman 
Ivan  Gallagher,  mentioned  below,  member  of 
the  Grange,  of  which  he  was  .secretary  one 
year,  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America;  married,  February  2t,-  1907,  in  Lime- 


stone, Laura  C.  Richardson,  born  at  Ilart- 
land.  New  Brunswick,  .April  10,  1S88;  chil- 
dren: \\'endell,  born  November  26,  1910; 
Lenwood,  July  21,  191 1.  8.  William  V\al- 
lace.  born  June  3,  1890;  educated  in  the  Lime- 
stone public  schools,  the  Caribou  High  School 
and  the  Wesleyan  .Seminary  at  Kent's  Hill, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1909 ;  teacher  at 
Caribou ;  attended  Shaw's  Business  College, 
Portland  ;  teacher  in  Caribou  High  School  and 
in  Niagara,  New  York;  graduate  of  Bowling 
Green  University,  Kentucky,  1912,  B.  C.  S.; 
now  teaching  in  the  High  School  of  Com- 
merce, Springfield,  Massachusetts ;  member  of 
the  Grange  and  of  the  Modern  \\'oodnKii  of 
Aincrica. 

George  Demerchant,  father  of  Mrs.  Galla- 
gher, was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  December 
28,  181S,  died  at  Limestone,  October  19,  1905. 
He  was  a  pioneer  in  Limestone,  where  he 
cleared  a  farm,  now  owned  by  Norman  Ivan 
and  Chester  R.  Gallagher.  He  served  in  the 
militia  when  a  young  man.  He  married  Zil- 
pha  .Anderson,  born  in  Miramichi,  New 
Brunswick,  August  15,  1820,  died  in  ^\'ashing- 
ton,  February  11,  1892.  She  was  a  devout 
church  member.  Children  of  George  and  Zil- 
pha  Demerchant:  i.  Jane,  born  1S51  ;  mar- 
ried Michael  Gallagher,  mentioned  above.  2. 
Louisa  S.,  married  James  W.  Gallagher,  men- 
tioned above.  3.  Rosanna,  born  1856;  mar- 
ried '  (first)  Leslie  Green,  of  Caribou,  a 
farmer ;  (second)  Alfred  Tufty,  a  merchant, 
now  of  Towasket,  Washington ;  children : 
Charles  and  Leonard.  4.  John,  born  tS6o, 
died  at  Spokane,  \A'ashington,  September  20, 
1913;  dealer  in  coal,  wood  and  ice;  married 
Jennie  Donnelly,  of  Andover,  New  Bruns- 
wick, now  of  Spokane;  child,  A\'allace,  who 
succeeded  his  father  in  business.  5.  Sanders, 
twin  of  John,  is  a  ranch  owner  and  miner  at 
Lo'imis.  Washington;  married  Nellie  Crane, 
of  New  Brunswick;  son,  Lee,  a  student  in  the 
L'niversity  of  the  State  of  \\'a5hington.  6. 
Harvey,  died  young.  7.  Irene,  married  Pat- 
rick Somers,  of  Caribou,  now  of  Limestone,  a 
farmer;  children:  Nettie,  born  1895,  Earl,  and 
Alice.  8.  AA'ilford,  married  Emeline  McNcal, 
of  Caribou;  resides  at  Wanicut.  Washington, 
a  ranchman;  children:  George,  Leslie,  Josie, 
Kenneth,  and  a  son,  deceased. 

(Ill)  Norman  Ivan  Gallagher,  son  of  James 
W.  Gallagher,  was  born  at  Limestone,  Alaine, 
.August  25,  1884.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  the  high  schools  of 
Limestone  and  Carilwu  and  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Presquc  Isle,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1905.  Before  graduating  from 
the  Normal  School  he  had  taught  school  for 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


147 


jfvcral  terms  in  Caswell,  Caribou  and  Linic- 
sionc.  After  graduating,  lie  was  for  one  year 
jirincipa!  of  the  Presque  Isle  Grammar  School 
and  for  two  years  in  Woodland,  ^^laine.  In 
190S,  in  partnership  %\ith  his  brother,  Chester 
Ray  Gallagher,  he  bought  a  farm  in  Lime- 
stone, five  miles  from  Caribou,  on  the  Noycs 
road.  It  consists  of  one  hundred  acres  of 
cultivated  land  and  forty-five  acres  of  wood- 
land. In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  has 
been  selectman  of  the  town  for  three  years  and 
is  now  a  member  of  the  sch.ool  board,  lie  is 
a  member  of  Limestone  Grange,  No.  2']2, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  Aroostoe^k 
I'omona  Grange.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
Grange  for  four  years.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  tlie  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  of  Cari- 
bou, and  a  former  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Good  Templars.  He  married,  December  14, 
1910,  at  Limestone,  Etta  May  (Amesj  Savage, 
widow  of  Enoch  B.  Savage,  who  was  born  in 
Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  March  27,  1S82,  and 
was  educated  in  the  Fort  Fairfield  schools. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  of  Fort  Fairfield,  and  of  the  Grange. 
She  is  a  teacher  of  mu^ic.  yix.  and  Mrs.  Gal- 
lagher have  t',vo  cIiildrLu:  ^Mariel  Alberta, 
born  June  27,  1912.  at  Limestone,  and  Irwin 
Ames,  born  Ma)   13,  1914. 

William  Ames,  father  of  Mrs.  Gallagher, 
was  born  at  Clinton,  Maine,  September  8, 
1S60.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Fort  Fairfield,  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  selectman  and  road  com- 
missioner. He  and  his  wife  attend  tlie  Robie 
luiion  Churcli.  He  married,  in  March,  iSSo, 
in  Fort  Fairfield,  Mary  L.  Spearin.  Children 
of  William  Ames ;  i.  Etta  May,  married  Nor- 
man Ivan  Gallagher,  mentioned  above.  2. 
Edith  Carrie,  born  April  i,  18S3;  married  Jo- 
seph Emery,  of  New  Brunswick,  Centervillc, 
Carleton  county,  now  a  farmer  at  Fort  Fair- 
field; children:  Mary.  Carl.  Helen.  Emery  and 
an  infant.  3.  Otis  William,  born  November 
10.  18S4:  married  Lavinia  Barnes,  of  i'l'rt 
Fairfield.  4.  Hattie  Ethel,  born  October  13, 
1886.  5.  Abner  True,  born  December  11, 
18S8 :  married  Susan  M.  Shea.  6.  Henry  Har- 
ris, born  October  14.  1890;  married  Inez 
Sloan,  of  Limestone.  7.  Charles  Lorin.  born 
November  2r,  1892.  unmarried.  8.  Samuel 
Florace.  boi  n  I^ecember  19.  1895. 

Otis  Ames,  father  of  William  .A.me>.  was 
born  in  Benton,  Maine.  1838.  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield.  1890.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  ^vas 
drafted  in  the  civil  war,  but  excused  fron> 
active  service.     He  married  Elvira  True,  liorn 


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Several  families  of  the  name 
BENNETT  of  P.ennett  located  in  Strat- 
ford, Connecticut.  The  first 
settler  of  the  name  was  James  Bennett,  wlio 
came  from  Concoid,  Massachusetts,  with  the 
pioneers,  and  married,  in  1644,  Hannah 
Wheeler,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wheeler,  who 
also  came  there  from  Concord.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Sar;di,  Hannah,  James,  Thomas, 
John,  .Ahiry.  jane.  CJf  lliis  family  there  are 
api>arenll>  many  (Ie--ceiiclaiits  in  I-'airfield 
county.  Connecticut. 

(])'Tl;e  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  family 
described  herein  was  born  in  F'.ngland  and 
came  to  this  country  with  a  brother,  leaving 
another  brother  in  his  native  land,  wlio  sub- 
sequently became  an  earl.  He  had  a  farm  on 
the  Connecticut  river  near  Stratford,  and  died 
there  in  1858.  His  widow  went  to  Maine  with 
some  of  her  children  and  died  there.  Children 
of  the  immigrant:  i.  Zera.  2.  Abel,  a  farmer 
and  cattle  buyer,  died  in  Coimecticut.  3. 
Elisha.  mentioned  below.  4.  Daniel,  served  in 
the  war  of  1812.  5.  Elijah.  6.  Stephen,  died 
in  Madison,  Maine,  a  blacksmith.  7.  Char- 
l(3ttc.  Five  other  daughters  whose  names  are 
not  known  to  the  family. 

(IF)  I'.lislia  Bennett,  son  of  the  immigrant, 
was  born  near  Stratford,  Connecticut,  July  27, 
1780,  died  in  Anson,  Somerset  county,  Maine, 
in  A[>ril,  1877.  Fie  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  blacksmith,  which  he 
learned  in  his  father's  shop,  until  the  time  of 
liis  marriage.  He  then  removed  to  Unity, 
Maine,  and  later  to  Anson  in  that  state.  He 
erected  the  first  dam  across  the  Kennebec 
river  at  Aladison.  In  politics  he  was  originally 
a  Whig,  finally  a  Repulilican.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Universalist.  He  was  a  Free  Mason. 
He  married  (first)  Martha  Loomis,  born  near 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  died  at  Searsmont, 
}vlaine.  He  married  (second)  Azubah  Crowell, 
born  in  Belgrade.  Maine.  January  12.  1800, 
died  in  Ans.m.  in  .Viiril,  i8i)C).  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Iquseopal  church. 
Tb.e  only  cliild  by  his  first  wife  died  young. 
Children  liy  his  second  wife:  i.  Samuel,  born 
at  Searsmont,  1823;  married  Harriet  Stejihens, 
of  Stark;  both  died  in  Presque  Isle;  he  died 
there  in  1906;  children:  Robert;  Olive,  mar- 
ried Ivory  Kempton ;  ]\[ary,  married  George 
Moody,  a  railroad  man  of  .Skowhegan ;  Norris, 
a  carpenter,  living  near  I,os  Angeles,  Califor- 
nia; Persis,  married  Daniel  Everett,  a  farmer, 
and  she  resides  in  Woodland,  Maine.  2.  Mar- 
tha, born  at  Searsmont,  1825,  died  at  Water- 
ville,  Maine.  1842;  m.^rried  .\nscl  Sliorey.  a 
livery    stable    proprietor.     Waterville;    child. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Helen,  deceased.  3.  Catherine,  born  at  Searj- 
monl,  t8.?7;  married  Benjamin  Willis,  of  In- 
dustry, i^lainc;  she  died  at  Waverly.  Iowa, 
where  he  was  a  farmer  ;  children  :  Leone,  mar- 
ried Alonzo  Norton  ;  Albert,  a  retired  farmer, 
Hving  at  Waverly,  Iowa ;  Junietta,  resides  at 
Waverly,  umiiarried ;  Franklin,  a  farmer  of 
Waverly.  4.  Harriet,  born  at  Searsmont, 
1829,  died  in  Portland,  I\Iaine,  1895  ;  married 
Stephen  Brewster,  of  Haverhill,  ^Ias^achu- 
setts;  children:  Charles,  Frank,  Estella,  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island;  Rn;ic!.  also  of 
Providence.  5.  Franklin,  born  1S31,  died  aged 
two  years.  6.  Elsie,  born  at  .Vnson.  1833,  died 
there;  married  Joshua  Pelton,  of  Anson,  a 
farmer,  who  died  in  Dakota ;  children :  Flor- 
ence, lives  in  Providence;  Helen,  lives  in  Da- 
kota ;  Fred ;  Everett,  Leroy  Pelton.  7.  John 
G.,  mentioned  below.  8.  Charles,  born  June 
17,  1847,  at  Anson ;  married  a  Miss  Seavey,  of 
Industry;  he  resides  at  Long  Beach.  Califor- 
nia, real  estate  dealer:  by  his  first  wife  he  had 
no  children;  bv  second  wife  he  had  Ilattie  and 
Elsie. 

(Ill)  John  G.  Bennett,  son  of  Elisha  Ben- 
nett, was  born  September  9,  1840,  at  Stark,  ■ 
Somerset  county,  ^^laine.  His  parents  removed 
to  Anson,  Elaine,  when  he  was  tw-o  years  old 
and  he  attended  the  public  schools  there. 
During  his  boyhood  and  afterward,  until  he 
was  twenty-seven  years  old,  he  assisted  his 
father  on  the  farm,  with  e.xception  of  three 
and  a  half  years,  during  war  time,  passed  in 
California  where  he  had  various  employments. 
Then  he  bought  a  farm  at  Presque  Isle,  then 
called  iJaysville.  After  cultivating  this  place 
for  seven  years  he  sold  it.  He  bought  another 
farm  in  Easton,  Alaine,  and  also  sold  that 
after  living  on  it  for  a  period  of  seven  years. 
Lie  next  bought  a  farm  at  Fort  Fairfield.  In 
1 89 1  he  again  sold  out  and  bought  another 
farm  at  Presque  Isle.  After  cultivating  it 
for  eight  years,  he  sold  it  in  1909  and  since 
then  he  has  lived  in  the  village  of  Presque 
Isle.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  For 
two  years  he  was  selectman  of  Easton.  He 
was  road  commissioner  in  Easton  and  Fort 
Fairfield  and  also  school  agent  in  Fort  Fair- 
field. In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist.  He  was 
formerly  a  member  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Fort  Fair- 
field, and  of  Aroostook  Union  Grange.  No. 
I4'?,  Patrons  of  Husbandrv.  of  South  Presque 
Isle. 

He  married,  March  3,  1S67.  at  Presque  Isle, 
Murilla  T.  Hayden,  born  there,  April  14.  1847, 
died  there  November  8,  190J.  She  attended 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  church  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grange.  Children  of  John  G.  Ben- 
nett:    I.  Artiuir  Milton,  mentioned  below.     2. 


Dr.  Freeman  E.,  born  at  Presque  Isle,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1871  ;  married  Ella  Call;  he  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Bowdoin  (M.  D.j  and  is  practicing 
medicine  at  Presque  Isle.  3.  Josephine,  born 
at  Presque  Isle,  January  14,  1873;  mairied 
Pienjamin  Good,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  a  farmer; 
child,  Loomis  Good.  4.  Sarah,  born  at  Presque 
Isle,  February  17,  1S75;  married  Ralph 
Sprague,  of  Presque  Isle,  clerk  in  A.  M. 
Smith's  hardware  store  in  Presque  Isle;  child, 
Clara  Sprague.  5.  Fred,  born  November  i, 
18S1,  at  Easton;  died  at  Presque  Isle,  March 
19,  1909;  was  a  farmer;  married  Eunice 
Brown,  of  Presque  Isle,  where  they  resided; 
children  :  Glen,  Louisa  ;  she  married  (second) 
Jeremiah  Watson,  of  Presque  Isle,  a  farmer. 
6.  Rose,  born  October  20.  1891,  at  Fort  Fair- 
field ;  married  Frank  Griffin,  of  the  state  of 
Georgia,  brakeman  on  the  Bangor  &  Aroos- 
took railroad  ;  child,  Helen  Griffin. 

Freeman  Hayden,  father  of  ]Mrs.  Bennett, 
was  born  at  Madison,  ^vlaine,  in  181 1,  died  at 
Presque  Isle,  in  18SS.  He  came  to  Presque 
Isle  after  he  married  and  was  a  pioneer  there. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
church.  In  politics  he  was  originally  a  ^^'hig. 
later  a  Republican.  He  married  Sarah  Ord- 
way,  born  in  Maine  in  1807,  died  at  Presque 
Isle  in  1892.  Children  of  Freeman  and  Sarah 
Ha}-den :  i.  Granville  Hayden,  born  1838,  at 
Corinna.  Alaine.  died  at  Presque  Isle,  was 
killed  in  1874  while  sheriff  at  the  Chapman 
Plantation  by  one  Cullen  whom  he  had 
arrested;  married  Irene  Rowes,  of  Presque 
Isle.  2.  Cyrus  Hayden,  born  1840,  at  Corinna, 
died  at  Presque  Isle  in  191 1 ;  a  farmer,  unmar- 
ried. 3.  Luman.  born  1842  at  Corinna,  died  at 
Presque  Isle,  1903;  was  a  farmer;  married 
Augusta  Seeley,  of  New  Brunswick.  4.  Mu- 
rilla T.  Hayden,  married  John  G.  Beiniett, 
mentioned   above. 

(I\')  Arthur  Milton  Bennett,  son  of  John 
G.  Bennett,  was  born  at  Presque  Isle.  Maine. 
January  31,  1869.  When  he  was  seven  years 
old  his  parents  moved  to  Easton  and  to  Fort 
Fairfield  when  he  was  thirteen.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  in  both  these  towns.  During 
his  boyhood  he  w'orked  on  his  father's  farm 
and  continued  until  he  came  of  age.  For  two 
years  afterward  he  was  employed  on  the  farm 
of  his  uncle,  E.  L.  Hayden.  Afterward  he 
worked  for  various  farmers,  in  the  woods  and 
on  a  hay  press.  In  1S95  he  bought  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  twelve  acres  in  Mapleion. 
After  two  years  he  sold  this  property  and 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Merrill-Atwood 
Company,  ice  dealers,  of  Wakefield,  Massa- 
chusetts, lie  continued  in  this  position  for 
ten  years  and  a  half.  Afterward  for  si.x 
months  he   was   with   the   Stoneham    Express 


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Company,  iMassacliiisotts,  and  for  a  short  time 
in  the  employ  of  the  Boston  Ice  Company  at 
Charlestown.  He  then  carried  on  a  f'ann 
owned  by  his  brother,  F.  E.  Bennett,  ami 
located  on  the  Easton  road,  tlirec  miles  from 
the  village  of  Presqne  Isle.  tie  finally 
bought  the  farm  which  he  is  now  cultivating 
on  the  Washburn  road  about  four  miles  from 
the  village  of  Presque  Isle.  He  has  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres,  of  whicli  eightv  are 
in  cultivation.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist;  in 
politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  in  Pre';(iue 
Isle,  October  15.  1896,  Lucy  Iliggins.  She 
was  an  adopted  child.  She  was  I'orn  I.ucv 
Dyer,  at  Spragueville.  Maine,  January  26, 
1873,  and  educated  in  the  Mapleton  scJiools. 
She  attends  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church. 
Her  own  father,  John  Dyer,  was  born  at  Flor- 
enccville.  New  Brunswick,  184S,  died  at 
Calais,  Maine,  'Slay  30,  1903.  He  followed 
the  trade  of  barber  at  Milltown,  a  suburb  of 
Calais.  In  politics  Mr.  Dyer  was  a  Repub- 
lican. He  enlisted  in  a  Maine  regiment  in  the 
civil  war  in  1S63  and  served  to  the  end  of  the 
war,  taking  part  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg 
and  in  other  engagements.  Mr.  Dyer  married 
Sophia  Hcrsey,  born  in  New  Brunswick,  1845, 
died  at  Presque  Isle,  1879.  She  was  a  devout 
Christian.  Children  of  John  Dyer:  Eliza- 
beth, born  in  1865,  died  aged  fourleeri  years. 
2.  Lcverett,  born  1867;  married  Edna  ^^'ebb, 
of  Lakewood.  Maine;  he  died  there  in  1912 
and  she  resides  there:  children:  Ona  and  two 
others.  3.  Frank,  born  iSfig,  drowned  in  1881  ; 
was  a  recruiting  oflicer  of  the  United  States 
army.  4.  Burt,  bom  1871  ;  married  Addie 
McGeary.  of  Island  Falls;  foreman  on  the 
railroad,  resides  at  Milo,  Maine;  children: 
Lloyd,  Vera,  Abbie.  3.  Lucy,  married  .Arthur 
Milton  Bennett,  mentioned  above.  6.  Millard, 
born  1875;  resides  at  Robinson's  Mills,  Maine. 
Cliarles  Iliggins.  the  foster  father  of  Lucy 
Dyer,  was  a  farmer  in  Mapleton  :  he  married 
Ruth  Davis.  Lucy  was  left  an  orphan  by  the 
death  of  her  mother  when  she  was  six  years 
old. 


James  Hone  was  born  in  England, 

HONE     died   in   county   Donegal.    Ireland. 

He   was    a    farmer.      He   marxied 

Henderson,  who  died  in  county  Done- 


gal, Ireland,  where  the  children  were  all  born. 
Children:  i.  John,  died  unmarried  when  a 
young  man.  2.  George,  died  in  Littleton, 
Maine:  farmer;  unmarried;  lived  with  brother 
Andrew.  3.  Andrew,  died  in  Littleton ;  mar- 
ried Belle  Mackay.  of  Ireland.  4-  Robert,  dicfl 
in  Littleton,  unmarried.  5.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned beiov,'. 

(11)   Thomas   Hone,   son   of   James   Hone, 


wa>  1m, rn  In  cmuIv  Donegal,  Irekuul,  in  1829, 
(hed  in  Lutlr\..n,' Maine',  in  i./oi.  He  was 
alniiit  eighteen  \  e:irs  of  age  when  he  came  to 
thi-,  country,  lie  settled  in  Honlton,  Maine, 
where  he  v.a>  a  blacksmith.  After  a  time  he 
moved  to  .Xew  Limerick,  Maine,  where  he 
buih  a  log  cabin,  and  he  fmally  settled  in  Little- 
Ion,  wluie  he  imrehaserl  a  farm.  He  was  a 
memli  r  of  ihe  l".pisc(ip;d  chmch.  He  married 
hdi/al.elli  .Mehhim.  born  m  county  Donegal, 
Irel.md,  in  |S;|,  died  in  iS()i.  She  was  also 
;■.  muu.lur  of  ihc  iM.iMopal  eliureh.  Children: 
1.  S:n;di  Jar.e,  b..in  J:inuai'v.  1S55,  in  Xew 
Limerick  ;"mai'ie,l  George  lleiirv  McBride,  of 
Xew  r.run.wiek,  C;ma'.'a,  and'  thev  live  at 
I'lCMine  Me.  J.  RnWvt  E.,  born'  at  Xew 
Limerick,  l-\I)iuary  3,  185'! ;  married  Sarah 
Xoyes.  of  Sm>rna,' .M";iine;"they  live  at  Little- 
ton. 3.  Daviii  .\ndrew,  mentioned  below.  4. 
John  ].,  born  in  Lilllelon,  March,  1861  ;  mar- 
ried Lucy  Brown,  of  Presque  Jsle,  where  they 
Inc.  5.  Catherine,  born  December,  1S64,  in 
Littleton;  married  William  II.  Gray,  of  IIouI- 


n.  Maine. 
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.Andrew  Hone,  srm  of  Thomas 
Houf.  was  born  :it  Littleton,  Maine,  July  11, 
i(S59.  He  atiendi-d  the  public  schools  until 
he  was  eighteen  years  old,  and  assisted  his 
father  on  the  farm'.  In  i8Sfi  he  left  home  and 
in  ])artncrship  with  his  brother,  John  J.  Hone, 
established  a  grocery  store  at  Presque  Isle, 
Maine.  .After  conrlucting  this  business  for 
eighteen  years  tl'.e  brothers  sold  it  to  the  pres- 
ent owner,  Mr.  McBride.  In  ifx>4,  'n  com- 
]/any  with  his  cousin,  Theodore  H.  McBride, 
Mr.  Hone  made  a  western  trip,  visiting  Den- 
ver, Leadvillc  and  other  places  in  the  Rocky 
moimtains.  In  1003  he  entered  the  employ  of 
W.  H.  Gray,  harrlware  dealer  and  plumber,  at 
Houlton.  where  he  remained  until  1909.  when 
he  left  the  store  on  account  of  ill  health  and 
c(<nducted  th.e  farm  of  his  brother,  Robert  E. 
Hone,  in  Littleton,  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He 
removed  to  Fort  Fairfield.  December  26,  1910, 
and  bought  the  theatre  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted there.  In  jiolitics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
co[jal  church,  and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  a  former  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  Rebekah  lr)dges.  lie  served  the  town  of 
Littleton  as  highway  surveyor.  He  married, 
June  4,  1007,  Catherine  I''.  Churchill,  born  at 
"Presque  Isle,  June  8,  1873.  graduate  of  the 
Pres(|uc  Isle  high  school,  f'jllowcd  dressmaking 
for  seven  years  before  her  marriage.  She  is 
also  an  Fi)iscoi'alian.     They  ha\e  no  children. 

(Tlip  Cliurchin   I,ln.-). 

The   history   of   the   Churchi!l    family   dates 
back  to  the  time  of  the  Norman  cou'iuest.  The 


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name  is  derived  from  the  town  Ccmrcil  in  Lor- 
raine, France.  The  surname  lias  been  spoiled 
Coucelle,  Conrcil,  Qirichell,  Chercik,  Churchi!, 
Churchall,  Churchell  and  Churchill,  the  last 
form  being  the  one  generally  used.  Eight  gen- 
erations of  the  Churchill  family  have  been 
dukes  of  INLarlboroiigh.  It  is  likely  that  th.c 
American  pioneers  of  the  seventeenth  century 
were  of  this  stock.  Ail  the  New  England 
families  are  descended  from  John  Churchill, 
mentioned  below. 

(I)  John  Cluirchi!!,  th.e  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Entjland  about  1620.  Wry  little 
is  known  of  him.  lie  apjiears  first  in  Ameri- 
can records  on  the  list  of  men  able  to  bear 
arms  at  Plymouth  in  1643.  He  died  at 
Plvmouth  in  1662-63.  He  bought  a  farm  of 
Richard  Higgins  in  Plymouth,  August  iS, 
1G45.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  June  5, 
1651.  He  bought  of  Nathaniel  ■  ^^lasterson, 
then  of  Manchester,  !Massachusets,  ten  acres 
of  upland  at  Wcilingsley,  in  Plymouth,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1652.  His  house  was  at  Hobshole  and 
his  homestead  was  on  the  east  side  from  the 
south  line  of  the  field  opposite  Jabez  Corner 
to  a  point  thirty  feet  distant  from  the  south 
line  of  the  estate  of  Branch  Blackmer.  He 
became  owner  of  much  land.  He  made  a 
nuncupative  will  2*.Iay  3.  1662,  proved  October 
20,  1662.  He  married,  December  iS,  164.4, 
Hannah  Pontus,  daughter  of  William  Pontus. 
who  was  at  Plymouth  as  early  as  1633;  she 
was  born  in  Holland  or  England  in  1623.  Wil- 
liam Pontus  v,-as  one  of  the  Pilgrims  left  be- 
hind with  Rev.  John  Robinson;  a  fustian 
worker  bv  trade,  from  Dover,  England ;  mar- 
ried Wub'ra  Planson,  December  4.  1610.  Wil- 
liam Pontus  had  another  daughter  who  mar- 
ried, October  31,  1645,  James  Glass.  2\Irs. 
Hannah  (Pontus)  Churchill  married  (second) 
June  25,  1669,  Giles  Rickard,  as  his  third  wife; 
she  died  at  Hobb's  Hole,  December  22,  1690, 
in  her  sixtv-seventh  year.  Her  estate  was  dis- 
tributed, March  17,  "1691.  Children:  Joseph, 
born  1647;  Hannah,  November  12,  1649; 
Eliczer,  April  20.  1652;  Mary,  August  i,  1654; 
William,  mentioned  below;  John.  1657. 

(H)  William  Cluirchill,  son  of  John 
Churchill,  was  born  in  Plvmouth  in  1656,  died 
in  Plympton,  October  5,  1722.  He  inherited 
lands  in  Plympton.  then  Punkatussett,  a  part 
of  old  Plymouth,  and  was  among  the  first  set- 
tlers there.  He  and  his  wife  were  members 
of  the  Plymouth  church.  He  married,  in 
Plymouth.  January  17,  1683.  Lydia  Bryant, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Abigail  (Shaw) 
Bryant,  and  she  died  February  6,  1736.  in  her 
seventv-fourth  vear.  aiildren,  born  in  I'lynip- 
ton:  William  born  .\ugust  2,  16S5 ;  Samuel, 
April    15,   168S;  James,  September  21,   1690; 


Isaac,  September  16,  1693;  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below;  Lydia.  April  16.  161J9;  Josiah, 
.\ugust  21,  1702;  ]\Iehitablc. 

(HI)  Benjamin  Churchill,  son  of  William 
Churchill,  was  born  in  Plympton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1695,  died  December  6,  177 1,  accord- 
ing to  his  gravestone  at  Carver.  He  and 
his  wife  lived  in  the  north  part  of  the  town 
of  Plympton,  in  the  house  in  which  John 
Bonney  lived  in  1849.  It  is  said  that  Ben- 
iamin  Churchill  moved  to  the  border  of 
Middleboro.  near  "Pope's  Point  Furnace"  in 
Carver.  Mr.  Bradford,  the  town  clerk  of 
Plympton.  wrote  in  a  letter  that  the  family 
lived  much  nearer  the. Carver  church  than  the 
Plympton  church,  and  that  they  attended  the 
Carver  church.  Benjamin  Churchill  married, 
December  15,  1717,  Hilary  Shaw.  Children: 
Jilary,  born  April  17,  1720:  Perez,  October  15, 
1722,  in  ]\Iiddlcboro;  Elizabeth,  April  15, 
1723;  James.  December  30,  1726;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below;  Susannah,  April  2,  1733. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2)  Churchill,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (i)  Churchill,  was  born  January  3, 
172S.  and  lived  in  iNIiddlcboro  until  iSoi,  when 
he  moved  to  Flartford,  :\Iaine,  where  he  settled 
with  his  son  Jabez.  He  married  Thankful 
Wood.  Children:  Jabez,  James,  William, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  Nelson,  Dinah. 

(\')  \^"illiam  (2)  Churchill,  son  of  Benja- 
min (2)  Churchill,  was  born  in  Zsliddleboro  in 
I7:;5.  He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  in 
Captain  Calvin  Partridge's  company,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Samuel  Pierce's  regiment ; 
marched  ^^lay  21,  1779,  and  was  stationed  at 
Little  Conijjton,  Rhode  Island.  Some  tune 
before  17S4  he  settled  in  Buckfield,  Maine, 
and  about  1796  or  1797  he  moved  to  Wayne, 
Maine.  According  to  one  of  his  grandsons 
he  drew  a  pension  for  his  service  in  the  war. 
He  married,  in  Middleboro,  Lydia  ]\[axirn. 
Children,  four  born  in  Buckfield,  two  in 
Wayne:  Lydia,  born  December  13,  17S4: 
Mai-y,  June'i,  178S;  Benjamin,  July  22,  1791  : 
William,  menlioned  below  ;  Hepsibah,  died  un- 
married ;  Nathan,  born  March  23,   1S07. 

(VI)  William  (3)  Churchill,  son  of- Wil- 
liam (2)  Churchill,  was  born  in  Buckfield, 
Maine,  August  5,  1796.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  mariner,  returning  to  his  home  in  Wayne 
between  voyages,  but  he  was  always  of  a  rov- 
ing and  adventurous  nature.  He  related  some 
extraordinary  tales  of  adventures  at  sea;  at 
one  time  when  the  ship  was  wrecked  he  and 
a  companion  swam  to  a  wild  shore,  were  cap- 
tured by  natives  and  made  slaves,  but  after  a 
time  managed  to  escape  and  make  their  return 
home.  After  retiring  from  the  sea  he  lived  at 
Wavne.  and  was  drowned  in  Wayne  pond, 
December    ;,    1812,  while  skating  after  some 


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wild  clucks  which  had  lighted  in  an  open  place. 
He  almost  managed  to  crawl  to  ^llol■c,  hut 
gave  out  before  reachir.g  safety,  in  view  of 
three  of  his  children,  who  were  unable  to  hel[) 
him.  He  was  a  large  man  and  noted  for  his 
strength.  He  married,  in  Wauie.  intenli'.ms 
published  May  24,  1S16,  Thebe  Maxim,  of 
Wayne.  She  was  born  August  5,  1795.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Wayne:  Florinda  \\'.,  born  Oc- 
tober S,  1817;  Thomas  Wilson,  mentioned  he- 
low;  Lewis,  March  2,  1823;  William,  May  i, 
1S25;  Jemima,  July  6,  1827;  Lydia,  April'  in, 
1S29;  Emily.  April  27,  1830,  died  March, 
1833 ;  Emily  A.,  ilarch  19,  1833. 

(VH)  Thomas  Wilson  Churchill,  son  of 
\\'illiam  (3)  amrchill,  was  born  in  Wayne, 
Maine,  June  28,  1S21,  died  January  i,  igoo. 
He  lived  in  Wayne  until  after  1842,  when  he 
moved  to  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  where  he  re- 
sided'the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  in  Gardiner.  Li 
politics  he  was  a  Republican  and  he  served  as 
a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  attended 
the  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  was  a  member. 
He  married  (first)  at  Presque  Isle,  1S49, 
Sarah  Ireland,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Celia 
(Chubbuck)  Ireland.  She  was  born  in  Calais, 
Maine,  about  1828,  died  at  Presque  Isle  in 
1876.  He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Elizabcih 
Frost.  Children  by  first  wife,  born  in  Presque 
Isle:  I.  Emily,  born  December  28,  1849;  mar- 
ried Sylvanus  S.  Richardson,  and  they  have : 
Ida  M.,  Olive  and  Lucille  M.  2.  William,  born 
1851,  died  January  13,  I8^2.  3.  Annette,  bi:rn 
1853,  died  July,  1879;  m'arried,  1S87,  Daniel 
Chase.  4.  Frank,  born  1855;  married  Maria 
Frost,  deceased.  5.  Floraman,  born  1857; 
married  Elsie  Clark,  of  Peacham,  \'ermont, 
where  they  live.  6.  Nellie,  born  January  16, 
1859;  married  Darius  ]^IcGuire,  of  Presque 
Isle.  7.  Alma,  born  May  9,  1861,  died  Seji- 
tember,  1870.  8.  Ilattie,  born  March  26.  1863 ; 
married  George  W.  Thompson,  of  Mapleton, 
and  they  have  Flora.  9.  Albert,  born  May, 
1S65,  died  January  19,  1S87,  at  Richmond, 
Maine.  10.  Elmer,  born  March,  1872;  mar- 
ried (first)  Mabel  Brown,  of  Easton,  Maine, 
and  she  had  Albert  and  Harold;  married  (sec- 
ond) Annie  \\'il5on.  of  Presque  Isle,  where 
they  live.  11.  Catherine  F.,  born  June  8.  1873, 
married  David  Andrew  Hone  (see  Hone  HI). 


The  surname  Lear,  according  to 
LE.-\R     "Patrons-mica  Britannica,"  wa-  not 

derived 'from  the  personal  Lear, 
celebrated  in  Shakespeare  and  in  history,  but 
from  Lire,  an  arrondisemcnt  of  Evreux  in 
Normandy.  "Mr.  Ferguson  thinks  the  name 
was  originallv  from  Hler  (Hlcer),  one  of  the 


names  of  Xe()tune,  of  n'Uthcrn  mythology." 
In  •'liuike's  General  .Xiniory"  we  tiud  tl;c 
coat-of-arm>  of  the  family.  That  of  the  i.ears 
'of  Lindringe.  comUy  Devon,  was  borne  by  Sir 
John  Lear.  Tlie  h'aronel:ige  is  extinct.  His 
daughter  .Mary,  an  onl\  child,  married  Sir 
Thomas  Tippuig,  baronet.  The  arms  are  de- 
scribed: .\/.ure  a  fe^^e  raguly  between  three 
unicorns'  luiuU  eia'-ed  ur.  A  similar  armorial 
w;is  burue  hv  the  Le:u>  oi  Li;niion  :  .-\/,ure  a 
fe-se  d.nihle'enihallled  heluecu  three  unicorns' 
heads  era>eii  or.  Lae-1 :  Two  hanils  issuing 
from  clouds  gra-].:ng  tlie  trunk  of  an  oak  tree 
jiropcr.  There  is  no  dnubt  that  the  London 
and  Devon  families  were  of  the  same  stock. 
There  are  two  branches  of  the  family  in  Amer- 
ica. Om;  pioneer  located  in  New  JIam[)shire 
and  had  descendants  at  Portsmouth  and  Rye, 
New  1  lam|isliiie.  I'Tom  tiiis  family  sprang 
Tobias  Le;ir,  who  was  secretary  of  \\'a>hing- 
ton.     The  other  family  is  described  below. 

(1)  Colonel  John  Lear,  founder  of  the  \'ir- 
ginia  f:imily,  was  horn  in  lingland,  either  in 
London  or  Devonshire.  The  will  of  Mary 
Robinson  (printed  in  the  "Virginia  Maga- 
zine," vol.  16,  p.  194),  dated  February  13, 
1617-18,  in  London,  be<|ueaths  to  John  Lear 
and  other  chihlren  of  her  "Si.-.ter  Leare."  She 
was  wi(!ow  of  John  Robinson,  chief  searcher 
of  customs  at  I^ondon,  daughter  of  William 
Ramsey,  of  London.  She  al.-o  left  a  bequest 
to  build  a  church  in  \'irginia.  She  married 
(first)  John  Wanton,  who  died  August,  1592. 
This  record  indicates  that  John  Lear,  of  "I'ir- 
ginia,  was  related  to  Joh.n  Lear,  mentioned  in 
this  will,  but  it  is  highly  prob;ibly  that  the  Lon- 
don and  Devonshire  families  were  of  the  same 
stock".  Colonel  John  Lear  patented  land  in 
I-llizabetli  City  county,  Virginia,  in  1691,  in 
right  of  his  wife  Rebecca,  said  land  formerly 
belonging  to  Colonel  Leonard  Yeo,  wdio  was 
a  burgess  in  1644-45,  1663-66.  Both  Yeo  and 
Lear  are  Devonshire  names  (sec  "William  arid 
Mary  College  Quarterly,"  vol.  vii,  p.  yx).  and 
vol.  ix,  p.  124).  This  land  was  near  Old  Point 
Comfort.  Ciiloncl  John  Lear  came  to  \'ir- 
ginia  about  1650,  and  settled  in  Nansemond 
county.  As  early  as  1666  he  was  captain, 
according  to  the  colony  records,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  assembly.  He  was  appointed 
to  tlie  king's  council  in  I'.S^  and  served  until 
1687.  and  probably  until  lie  died.  He  married 
four  times.  The  name  oi  hi-;  first  uife  is  not 
known:  married  before  167S.  He  married 
(seccnd)  after  167S,  .Ann.  widow  of  Colonel 
John  George,  of  Isle  of  Wight  coimty.  He 
married  (third)  after  168S.  Rebecca,  \vidow 
of  Colonel  Charles  ^^ovson  and  Colonel  Leon- 
ard Yen.  of  Fliz.abeth'City  county.  He  mar- 
ried (fourth)  .\iin  Willis,  of  I[»wicli,  .Ma^sa- 


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chusetts,  widow  of  Scth  Sothell,  governor  of 
North  Carolina,  and  she  died  in  i6<';5.  \'ari- 
ous  cases  in  which  he  was  a  Htigant  are  jjre- 
servcd  in  tlie  court  records.  He  died  June  27, 
1696.  His  will  is  preserved  at  the  Henrico 
county  court  house  (see  copy  in  "\'irginia 
Magazine/'  vol.  20,  pp.  5  and  122),  dated  No- 
vemher  21,  1695.  He  bequeaths  to  sister. 
Widow  I'itt,  and  sister,  Widow^  Perdue;  to 
daughter,  Martha  Burwell,  and  to  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  deceased  son  Thomas ;  to  grand- 
daughter. Elizabeth  Lear,  and  grandson.  Jolm 
Lear;  grandchiUlren,  Elizabeth  and  ^lartha, 
children  of  son  Tliomas.  The  will  was  proved 
December  12,  1696.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  ]\Iartha,  married 
(first)  Colonel  William  Cole,  and  (second) 
Major  Lewis  Burwell,  member  of  the  council. 

( H)  Thomas  Lear,  only  son  of  Colonel  John 
Lear,  was  born  before  1678,  perhaps  as  early 
as  1650  or  1660.  He  died  before  his  father. 
He  represented  Nansemond  county  in  the 
house  of  burgesses  in  16S5-8S,  and  doubtless 
in  other  years.  He  married  Elizabeth  Bridges, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Joseph  Bridges,  of  Isle  of 
Wight  county.  He  was  also  in  the  council. 
Children,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  C6lt)nel 
John  Lear :  Thomas,  of  whom  nothing  further 
is  known;  John,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth, 
and  Martha. 

(HI)  John  Lear,  son  of  Thomas  Lear,  was 
born  before  if>95-  He  was  residuary  legatee 
of  his  grandfather  and  the  only  surviving 
male,  hence  all  the  Lears  of  Mrginia  trace 
their  ancestry  through  him.  Before  1712  he 
married  Elizabeth  Haveild.  He  was  sheriff  in 
1723;  member  of  the  hou-c  of  burgesses  from 
Nansemond  county,  1720-22.  He  was  in  the 
grammar  school  in  1705,  in  his  third  year,  and 
made  an  affidavit  relating  to  the  ancient  cus- 
tom of  "barring  out  the  masters." 

(IV)  John  Lear,  son  of  John  Lear,  was  the 
only  head  of  family  of  this  surname  in  \"ir- 
ginia  in  the  census  of  1783  and  1786.  He  n-as 
then  of  Shenandoah  county,  and  had  five  in  his 
family  in  both  census  reports. 

(V)  John  Lear,  son  of  John  Lear,  was  born 
about  1770-75,  in  \'irginia,  and  must  have  been 
living  in  Shenandoah  county  in  1783-86.  Ac- 
cording to  tradition  his  wife.  Alice  Doggctt. 
was  born  in  Lancaster  county,  near  Kilmar- 
nock, and  was  reared  at  Carter's  Creek.  After 
the  death  of  her  father  she  made  her  home 
with  her  guardian  in  Fredericksburg.  Virginia, 
where  she  was  married.  Lear  is  known  to 
have  been  a  great  traveler.  Physically  and 
mentally  he  was  a  strong  man.  He  finally  set- 
tled at  Fredericksburg  and  became  a  merchant 
there.  He  was  well  educated  and  spoke  sev- 
eral languages  and  often  acted  as  interp-retcr 


for  foreign  \isitors.  Among  his  children  was 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(\  I)  Rev.  Josejih  Lear,  son  of  John  Lear, 
was  born  in  Fredericksburg,  Virginia,  P'ebru- 
ary  10,  iSio.  and  dierl  in  Petersburg,  \'irginia, 
April  9,  1889.  In  1833  he  was  licensed  to 
preach,  and  in  1834  joined  the  ^Methodist  Plpis- 
copal  Conference  of  \'irginia,  remainiiig  a 
member  of  that  body  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
was  largely  self-educated,  but  was  a  scholar  of 
no  mean  attainments,  having  mastered  Hebrew 
as  well  as  Greek  and  Latin.  He  married  Susan 
Wilkinson,  of  New  Kent  county,  \'irginia,  a 
daughter  of  Major  W.  C.  and  Ann  (Christian) 
Wilkinson. 

(\TI)  Rev.  \\'illiam  Wilkinson  Lear,  son  of 
Joseph  Lear,  was  born  December  5,  184-;,,  in 
New  Kent  county.  He  attended  several  private 
schools,  and  in  1S61  entered  Randolph-Macon 
College  at  Boydton,  \''irginia.  During  the  civil 
war  he  left  college  to  enlist,  joining  the  Rich- 
mond Howitzers,  July  19,  1863,  and  served  to 
the  end  of  the  war.  He  was  paroled  by  Gen- 
eral Grant  at  Appomatto.K,  April,  1865.  and 
resumed  his  studies  at  Randolph-Macon  Col- 
lege, which  had  been  removed  to  Ashland, 
\'irginia.  He  joined  the  IMethodist  Confer- 
en.ce  of  Virginia  in  November,  1875.  and  is 
now  (1914)  ])reaching  at  Bedford  City.  \'ir- 
ginia.  He  married  May  Nolley,  who  was  born 
at  Ashland,  \'irginia,  February  7,  1851,  daugh- 
ter of  George  W.  and  Emily  (Crenshaw) 
Nolley,  November  10,  1876.  Children:  Joseph 
Merritt,  born  at  Petersburg,  Virginia,  July  17. 
1877;  John  Emery,  mentioned  below;  Grace 
Nolley,  born  in  Dinwiddie  county,  April  5, 
1SS2;  William  Emma,  born  at  Ashland,  No- 
vember 16,  1S84. 

(Mil)  John  Emery  Lear,  son  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Wilkinson  Lear,  was  born  at  Petersburg, 
\'irginia,  July  17,  1879.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  fitted  for 
college  at  Nolley's  private  school  at  Rich.mcnd. 
Virginia,  where  he  was  a  student  for  four 
}ears.  He  entered  the  \'irginia  Polytechnic 
Institute,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1901  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science, 
afterward  taking  a  special  course  at  Cornell 
University.  Fie  began  his  business  career  in 
the  employ  of  the  General  Electric  Company 
at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  remaining  until  1905, 
and  becoming  assistant  designing  engineer. 
Thence  he  went  to  Texas  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  as  graduate  student  and 
instructor,  and  in  1909  received  the  degree  of 
Electrical  Engineer.  He  remained  at  this  insti- 
tution until  June  13,  1913,  as  associate  pro- 
fessor of  electrical  engineering,  resigning  to 
become  professor  of  electrical  engineering  in 
Norwich   University   at   Northfield,   Vermont. 


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In  politics  he  i?  a  Democrat.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Methodist  Ei.iscopal  church; 
a  member  of  Brazos-Union  Lodge,  No.  129, 
Free  Masons,  of  Bryan,  Texas.  He  is  an  a'^so- 
ciate  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Electrical  Engineers. 

He  married,  June  30,  1906,  Aldana  Crockett, 
who  was  horn  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember I,  1SS3,  daughter  of  Aaron  H.rrcckelt 
Csee  CrockettV  They  have  one  child.  Ch^uMcs 
Merrit'-,  born  November  21,  190,,  at  Char- 
lottesville, \'irginia. 


R  March  23.  1839,  married  Daniel  AL  Coss ; 
Harriet  Ik.  "laiiuary  9,  1841,  married  David 
T  Foster:  hNeline  E.,  lulv  n,  1842,  ched  in 
1S62:  \'iigil  D.,  March  b.  1845,  died  m  1S49; 
Aaron  IL^  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Aaron  11.  Crockett,  son  of  Daniel  tl. 
Crockett  wa-;  burn  at  Woo.lstock,  Maine,  bep- 
tcniber  (  18  iM.  lie  married  Maria  Harriet 
Mdrich  of  Paris.  Maine.  He  died  June  22, 
,„,  M:;><u-hu^eU<.  Child:  Aldana 
,in  at  Lvnn,  September  I,  1883, 
n  k.merv'Lear  (see  Lear). 


1007, 
I'lnre 
marri 


Willi 


th 


Jonathan  Crockett,  descendant  of  Thomas 
Crockett,  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  August  2. 
1717,  and  married  there,  .\pril  26,  1739,  Eli:^a- 
beth  Rice.  There  was  a  Jonathan  Crockett  at 
Durham  in  1792. 

(H)  Daniel  Crockett,  believed  to  be  son  cl 
Jonathan,  was  born  in  Portsmouth  New 
FLunpshire.  and  removed  to  Windham,  Maine. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Cor- 
ham  in  Captain  Hart  Williams'  company, 
April  21  1775.  and  in  Cai>tain  James  John- 
son's company,  Colonel  Edmund  Phmnev's 
ret^iment;  also  a  soldier  from  \\  mdham;  In 
1790  the  federal  census  reports  him  as  head  ot 
a  family  at  Rucktown  plantation,  Cumberland 
■  countv.  He  married  ^vlolly  Noyes.  Aiiv.ng 
their  'children  was  ^lorris  C,  mentioned  be- 
low. ,     T^       •    , 

(HI)  Morris  C.  Crockett,  son  of  Darnel 
Crockett,  was  born  about  1770,  in  \\  mdliam. 
Maine,  or  vicinity.  He  married  Olive  Hun- 
phrey.  Among  their  children  was  Daniel  H., 
mentioned  below.  . 

(IV)   Daniel  H.  Crockett,  son  of  ^lorns  C. 
Crockett,  was  born  December  5-  I797-     .•;'"'-'l 
of  his   minority  was   spent   in  the    family   ot 
Isaiah    Willis,   of    Paris,    Maine.      He    was    a 
soldier   in   the   war   of    18 12,   m   Lolone M.- 
Cobb's   regiment.      He    came    to    ^\o"'f"-.^- 
Maine,  with  the  early  settlers  and  located  u 
the  eastern  part  of  the  town.    He  soon  moved 
out  and  later  lived  for  several  years  on  Ham- 
lin Gore,  now  part  of  Woodstock.     He  was  a 
shoemaker  bv  trade,  and  became  a  prominent 
citizen.    .He  was  a  school  teacher  for  a  tune, 
and  for  many  years  justice  of  the  peace^     Ic 
married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Benjamin  I.acon. 
of  Greenwood.     Children:    Helen,  born  April 
^q    1822,  married  Fessenden  Swan:  i'e^J^'W''^ 
B    November  26.  1824.  married  Lucy  R.  \N  il" 
bur:  Daniel  M.,  September  29.  182-,  married 
Harriet  C.  Vosmus:  Cyprian.  April  29.  i^--0. 
Rev.  Charles  T.  D.,  ^larch^iS.  iB3.v  n^^^'^; 
Clementine    Bird:    Amos   \..   June    2,,.    i^V- 
died  young:  Avice.  March  22.   1837.  marr 
Jonas  W.  Lane  and  lived  m  Gorham ;  O.n. 


Chadsi. 
CH  \DS1A'  LTanl  ancestor,  was  born  in 
\\'ales  ill  \<>0-,  and  died  in 
1787  'in  171C1  he  was  in  Newport,  Rhode 
Island  and  soon  after  crossed  the  bay,  pur- 
chasing a  farm  of  about  one  hundred  acres, 
sit'uate^l  three  miles  iiorlli  of  Wickford.  Here 
he  settled  and  remained  the  rest  of  his  lite. 
He  marrie.l.  17 IQ.  Susannah  Greene,  daugh- 
ter of  Tabez  Greene,  and  they  lived  together 
for  sixtv-eight  years,  dying  withm  three 
months  of  each  other  in  1787.  Children: 
labez.  mentioned  below  ;  Mary  ;  Richard  ;  Jane  ; 
'William  :  Naomi :  Phebe  ;  John  ;  Elizabeth. 

(11)  labez.  Chadsev,  son  of  William  Chad- 
sev  was  born  in  April,  1720,  and  died  at  the 
a'^'e'of  one  hundred  vears.  lacking  about  three 
inonths.  burLd  in  th'e  family  burying  ground 
lanuarv  ^  1820.  He  married  (first)  about 
'i7:;o  Honor  Huling,  daughter  of  Alexander 
Muling,  and  she  died  in  1772.  He  married 
(second)  Marv  Carev,  widow  of  John  Carey, 
whose  first  husband  was  Jeremiah  Greene, 
father  of  Jeremiah  Greene  Cliadsey's  (IV) 
mother  :  she  .lied  in  1789.  He  married  (third) 
Martha  Grieves,  widow  of  .\rchibald  Grieves, 
and  she  died  ;it  the  end  of  eleven  years.  Chil- 
dren all  by  first  wife:  John,  born  December 
j^^  j_'-,  .  'f.|l,^.7_  nuMitioned  below;  Tabitha,  - 
June  '-0  "i7sf);  I'nseph.  August  8,  1758;  Eliza- 
i,eth  lanuarv  'ifi.  1761:  Honor,  September, 
i763:'Rowlati<l.  l-ebruary.   I7ry'.;  Sisket,  Au- 

^"(lin  'I'dicz  (2)  Chad-ev,  son  of  Jabez  (i) 
Cha.Lev,'  w:is  liorn  I.aminry  20.  1754-  He 
servi-il  "in  tk.e  revoluii'on.  in  Sullivan's  expedi- 
tion at  Newport,  and  spent  much  time  guard- 
in"  tlie  shores  during  the  war  :  his  widow  drew 
a  pension  of  fiftv  dollars  a  year  for  the  last 
eight  vears  of  her  life  as  compensation  tor  his 
services.  He  married,  in  September.  1774, 
H-uinah  ("".rcciir,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Greene; 
sli'e  w-is  born  in  \7(y">.  and  died  in  Wales,  near 
r.utT  do  N.  \N  Vork.  in  November,  1839.  Chil- 
dren- Ierenii:di  C.reenc.  born  December  2; 
,-sin  nieiil^ouvd  below:  G>-orge.  October  t6, 
/-S'"-  llon-r.  (  )ctober  16,  178''.;  Mary  Greene, 


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December  2,  178S;  Eliz.-il)cth ;  Elislia  Greene, 
July  (>,  1791;  Joseph  Fones.  October,  1793; 
Tamsin  Brown,  September  6,  1798;  Sarah, 
July  17,  1 801. 

(I\')  Jeremiah  Greene  Cliadsey,  son  of 
Jabez  {2)  Chaclsey,  was  born  in  North  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island.  December  2,  17S0.  He 
was  educated  at  Plaintield  Academy,  Connecti- 
cut ;  was  a  teacher  in  the  East  Greenwich  Acad- 
emy in  1805-06,  and  was  principal  of  the  War- 
wick Academy  from  1S07  to  iSii,  when  he 
relinquished  teaching  and  began  his  career  in 
business  as  a  manufacturer  of  cotton  y.Trn, 
whicli  at  that  time  was  made  into  cloth  by 
hand  looms  in  the  homes  of  the  vicinity.  He 
was  also  a  general  merchant  and  at  his  store 
the  cloth  was  exchanged  for  goods.  This  busi- 
ness continued  until  1842,  his  son  Henry  T. 
Chadsev  being  in  partnership  with  his  father 
from  1826  to  1837  and  Alfred  B.  Chadsey, 
another  son,  from  1837  to  1842,  when  the  busi- 
ness was  discontinued.  Mr.  Chadsey  then  pur- 
chased several  tracts  of  land  in  and  adjoining 
the  village  of  \Mckford  and  followed  farming 
for  many  years  and  largely  benefited  his  towns- 
men by  giving  new  impulses  to  agriculture. 
He  was  very  fond  of  mathematics.  Astronomy 
was  his  favorite  study  and  in  1807  he  con- 
structed for  his  own  gratification  an  entire 
almanac,  calculating  the  eclipses.  He  took  a 
keen  interest  in  public  affairs  and  served  two 
years  in  the  Rhode  Island  Senate.  Ele  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  from  1816  to 
the  time  of  his  death  in  1873.  He  married, 
August  16.  1804.  Avis  W'ightman,  who  was 
•born  in  North  Kingstown,  October  7,  1780. 
daughter  of  George  and  W'aity  W'ightman,  and 
granddaughter  of  Colonel  George  Wightman. 
They  were  married  by  Elder  William  North- 
rup.  They  lived  together  sixty-eight  years  and 
nine  months.  Children:  Euclid,  born  April 
19.  1805,  died  October  19,  1864:  Henry  Turner, 
October  24,  1806,  died  June  2,  1889:  Emily 
Greene,  April  2,  1809,  died  ^larch  28,  1S6S; 
William,  Jilarch  2,  181 1,  died  March  23.  181 1  ; 
George  \\"ightman,  !March  23,  1814.  died  June 
4,  1814;  Alfred  Blair,  September  13,  1815,  died 
February  27,  1902:  Frances  Loring,  June  17, 
1817,  died  at  Alt.  Vernon,  New  York,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1902,  married  Sheffield  C.  Reynolds; 
Maria  Wightman,  IMay  23,  1S19,  died  .A.ugust 
27,  1853  '  ^^'aity  Wightman,  June  3.  1822,  died 
same  day. 

(V)  Henry  Turner  Chadsey.  son  of  Jere- 
miah Greene  Chadsey.  was  born  October  24, 
1806,  on  Main  street,  East  Greenwich,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
From  1S26  to  1837  he  was  in  partnership  with 
his  father  and  afterward  became  one  of  the 
best  known  auctioneers  in  that  sectioii  of  the 


state.  He  was  also  an  extensive  dealer  in  farm 
produce.  He  was  a  notary  public  and  con- 
stable and  at  one  time  collector  of  the  customs 
at  the  port  of  Wickford.  In  politics  he  was  a 
prominent  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  of  \Mckford.  of  which  he 
was  the  second  secretary.  He  was  correspond- 
ent of  the  Providence  journal,  the  Providence 
Rvcnlncj  Bulletin  and  the  F.ast  Grecnzvicli  Pen- 
dulum. 

He  married,  June  13,  1S30,  Alir.ira  Wight- 
man,  (Inigliter  of  Captain  John  Wightman 
(  see  W'igliinian).  Children:  John  Wightman, 
born  .\pril-2,  1831,  died  January  5,  i8ij6; 
Henry  Theodore,  June  2r,  1S33,  ^^^^  ^^^y  S. 
1860;  George  Holmes  \V.,  June  18,  1836,  died 
February  15,  1903  ;  Hester  Ann,  July  29.  1839; 
Mary  Catherine  W.,  Ajjril  9,  1840,  died  March 
30,  1842;  lilary  Catherine  W.,  born  March  12, 
1842;  .Almira  Artemesia,  April  15,  1844 ;  Jere- 
miah Greene,  }ilarch  12,  1846;  Nathan  Bush- 
nell,  Alarch  5.  1848.  died  January  23,  1905; 
Frances  Wayland,  September  20,  1S50,  died  in 
New  York  City.  Mrs.  Chadsey  died  ilay  15. 
18.90.  The  following  obituary  was  published 
in  a  local  newspaper  at  the  time  of  her  death: 

Mrs.  .A.lmira  W.  Chadsey.  widow  of  Henry  T. 
Cliadsey.  *  *  *  was  married  in  June,  1S30.  and 
the  hou>e  in  which  Ihey  began  housekeepin.o:  they 
occupied  the  rest  of  their  lives  and  there  all  of  their 
children  were  born.  Mrs.  Chadsey  was  a  person  of 
great  e.xcellence  of  life  and  character,  and  a  devoted 
wife  and  mother.  The  interests  of  her  family  were 
uppermost  in  her  mind,  and  while  to  all  who  came 
in  contact  with  her  she  was  a  kind  and  faithful 
friend,  it  was  in  her  own  home  that  she  was  best 
known  and  loved.  Many  years  ago  she  made  a 
public  profession  of  religion;  th.e  faith  and  hope 
she  then  profes.sed  she  kept  to  the  end.  Ten  years 
ago  she  was  laid  aside  from  active  life  by  a  shock 
of  paralysis,  but  always  maintained  her  interests 
in  all  matters,  and  bore  her  affliction  with  patience. 
The  sudden  death  of  her  husband  nearly  a  year  ago 
was  a  shock  to  her,  and  doubtless  hastened  h.er 
own  departure.  More  and  more,  however,  as  her 
strength  failed,  she  found  comfort  in  the  reading 
of  her  Bible  and  religious  books.  Her  last  illness 
was  brief,  but  though  unable  to  speak,  she  could 
recognize  her  children,  and  gave  ample  assurance 
that  her  mind  was  at  peace,  and  her  trust  was  in 
God.     "Her  children  rise  up  and  call  her  blessed." 

(X\)  John  Wightman  Chadsey,  son  of 
Henry  Turner  Chadsey,  was  born  in  Wick- 
ford, .April  2,  1831,  and  there  he  attended  the 
public  schools  and  learned  the  trade  of  jeweler. 
For  a  time  he  w^orked  as  a  clerk  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  but  in  1857  entered  the  employ 
of  Knowles  &  Sibly,.  woolen  manufacturers  at 
Warren,  Massachusetts,  as  bookkeeper.  When 
this  firm  began  to  manufacture  steam  pumps, 
he  became  the  business  manager  and  reinained 
in  this  ])osition  until  tl:e  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen  of 


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Warren  in  iS'l/  and  often  served  the  town  on 
important  committees,  sucli  a-^  the  buildinLC 
committee  for  tlie  high  school,  hiljrarv  anci 
other  buildings.  He  was  one^f  tlie  loundeiv- 
of  the  Warren  Savings  Bank.  lie  was  e.-pe- 
cially  active  and  interested  in  promotins^-  the 
pnblic  library.  I'-esides  large  contributions  to 
the  building  fund,  he  furnished  Library  Mall 
with  various  attractive  appointments,  such  as 
the  clock  in  the  reading  room,  racks,  tables  and 
electric  lights  and  he  provided  the  janitor.  He 
was  for  many  years  president  of  the  board  of 
directors  and  treasurer.  He  was  piresidcnt  of 
the  Warren  Building  and  Improvement  Com- 
pany and  a  member  of  the  Rural  Improvement 
Society,  in  which  he  took  the  keenest  interest. 
At  one  time  he  was  president  of  the  board  of 
tra  'e.  He  was  a  member  of  tlie  Congrega- 
tional church,  was  chairman  of  the  parish  com- 
mittee and  for  eighteen  years  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school,  for  wdiich  he  provided  a 
primary  room  and  all  its  furnishings.  He  re- 
modeled the  church  kitchen,  and  gave  a  parlor 
organ  and  piano  for  use  in  the  chapel.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  Republican  town  committee  and  dele- 
gate to  many  state  and  other  nominating  con- 
ventions of  his  party.  He  was  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Worcester  Continentals.  He 
was  of  a  cheerful  and  happy  disposition,  im- 
bued with  public  spirit  and  civic  pride,  gener- 
ous in  benevolence,  an  exceeding  useful  citi- 
zen. He  married  .Ann  Frances  Henrv,  who 
f'ied  -April  22,  1905.  Children:  Edith  \\'. ;  and 
Emma,  who  married  Charles  ^loore  and  had 
two  children — INIadeline  and  Stanlev. 

(\1)  Henry  Theodore  Chadsey,  brother  of 
John  Wightman  Chadsev,  was  born  June  21, 
1833.  an<^'  f^if'd  ^I^av  8.  i860.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  C.  Foster  &  Company,  hard- 
ware merchants  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  ]\Iary  Emeline  Nichols,  who  was 
born  February  i~.  18.^3.  died  September  30, 
1859.  Children:  William  Nichols,  born  Octo- 
ber 12,  1854:  Henry  Raplee,  born  September 

11,  1S58,  died  December  25,  1807.  .After  the 
death  of  their  parents,  they  lived  at  Wickford, 
Rhode  Island,  and  afterward  with  their  uncle, 
Geort'e  Holmes  W.  Chadsev,  in  Providence. 

(\'U)  William  Nichols  Chadsey.  son  of 
Henrv  Theodore  Chadsev,  was  born  October 

12.  1854.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public 'schools  of  Wickford  and  Providence 
and  learned  the  printer's  trade  in  the  office  of 
Hammond,  .Angell  &  Company  of  Providence. 
He  then  engaged  in  business  for  four  years  at 
Benton  Harbor.  ^MichiEjan.  under  the  firm  name 
of  the  Pictorial  Publishing  Company.  In  1807 
he  sold  his  business,  returning  to  Providence, 
where   he    entered    into   partnership    with   his 


brollier  in  the  sewer  cuntracting  busines-.  He 
i-  a  member  of  St.  .Vuilrew's  Lodge.  No.  39, 
I'ree  Ahisons;  of  i'rovidence  Ch.apter,  No.  I, 
Royal  Arch  .Ma-nns  and  Providence  Council, 
Uuyal  and  Select  .Masters,  ami  of  Providence 
.Nerie  \*i.  90,  luigles.  He  married,  May  22, 
iN77.  Xellie  Stone,  who  was  born  December  29, 
1K35.  Slie  died  December  23,  1913.  Children: 
Nellie  S.,  horn  March  I,  18S0,  died  January  8, 
18S9:  Cha:]e>  Hutchinson,  born  May  30,  1S94. 

(\dl)  Henry  Ra])lee  Chadsey,  brother  of 
William  Nicl'.o'ls  Chadsey,  was  horn  Septem- 
iK-r  i[,  1S5S.  and  died  December  25,  189". 
When  a  young  man  he  was  a  bookkeeper  and 
afterward  was  a  sewer  contractor  in  Provi- 
dence anil  in  partnership  with  (jcorge  H.  John- 
son of  Riverside  in  the  cual  business.  He  was 
a  member  of  St.  .\ndrew's  Lodge,  No.  39,  Free 
Masons;  I'roviclence  Chapter,  No.  6,  Royal 
Arch  ]\Iasons,  and  St.  John's  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  .At  one  time  he  was  a 
member  of  the  town  council  of  East  Provi- 
dence. He  married,  June  11,  1S82,  Sarah  Jane 
^\■il!i^.  Children:  William  N.,  born  June  i, 
iSi-']. ;  Henry  R.,  .\ugust  5,  1S86.  He  married 
( >econd  )  Elizabeth  ilidden  and  had  one  child, 
George  Theodore. 

(\TII)  William  N.  Chadsey  (2d),  son  of 
Henry  Raplee  Chadsey,  was  born  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  June  t,  1SS4.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Providence  and 
blast  Providence  and  the  Friends'  School  of 
I'rovidencc.  Since  October,  1901,  he  has  been 
with  the  ^Mechanics'  National  Bank  of  Provi- 
dence. He  married.  July  18,  190^1,  ^Mildred  T. 
Straight,  dau-htcr  of  Stephen  R.  Straight, 

(\'Iin  Henry  R.  Chadsey,  son  of  Henry 
Raplee  Chadsey,  was  born  August  5,  1SS6,  and 
educated  at  \Vickford  and  Greenwich  acad- 
emies. He  began  his  business  career  as  clerk 
in  the  Mechanics'  National  Bank  of  Provi- 
den.-r.  He  married,  November  3,  1910,  Fannie 
Hazard  M.iglone,  daughter  of  lolni  Maglone, 
of  Belleville;  Rhode  Island. 

(\1)  George  Holmes  W.  Chadsey,  son  of 
Henry  Turner  Chadsey,  was  b')rn  June  18, 
1836,' and  died  February  13.  1903.  He  spent 
his"  \  until  at  Wickfonl.  In  1S57  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Barker  &  Whitaker,  afterward 
Broun  Brothers  &  Barker  and  I'arker,  Chad- 
sev &  Company,  hardware  merchants,  of  which 
he  was  a  partner.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
e.vecutive  committee  of  Dr.  Woodbury's  church 
in  Providence.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
I-'irst  Light  Infantry  \'cteran  .Association  and 
vice-president  of  the  Unitarian  Club.  He  mar- 
ried .\ddie  Maybury  Cook,  of  Boston.  She 
died  in  1878.  Children:  I.  Fannie  Evans,  born 
January  iS,  i8('.7,  married.  October  15.  i.'^io, 
Cyrus  i'.  Brown,  and  had  Cyrus  P.  Brown  Jr., 


NEW  ENGLAND 


born  July  4,  1892;  Adelaide  Alaybury  Drown, 
February  24,  1896.  and  Edward  Cleveland 
Brown,  May  31,  iScjj.  2.  Addie  Maria,  ]'"eb- 
ruary  29,  1S68.  3.  ^lary  Edna,  May  2]-,  1872, 
died  in  April,   1S73. 

(\'l)  Hester  Ann  Chadsey,  daughter  of 
Henry  Turner  Chadsey,  was  born  July  29, 
1839.  She  and  her  sisters  still  occupy  the 
homestead  at  5  Fowler  street.  W'ickford.  They 
are  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  and 
are  ladies  of  refined  taste  and  artistic  tempera- 
ment. They  possess  many  priceless  heirlooms 
that  have  been  in  the  possession  of  the  family 
for  generations.  Their  home  is  rich  in  an- 
tiques. The  wall  paper  itself  in  the  drawing 
room  dates  back  to  1831  and  is  in  a  state  of 
perfect  preservation. 


Joseph  Hammoiul  was  born 
ILAMMOND     'in    England,    November    16, 

1690,  and  died  at  North 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  June  24,  1776.  He 
married,  about  1715.  Rachel  Gardiner,  who 
was  born  2^Iarch  25,  1696,  and  died  February 
7,  1756,  daugliter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
Gardiner.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  He  had 
a  shop  at  Swansea  at  first,  and  then  moved 
with  the  Paines  and  others  to  North  Kings- 
town, Rhode  Island,  in  1716  or  1717.  There 
he  bought  a  part  of  the  "Pcttaquamscut!  pur- 
chase," whicli  later  came  to  be  known  as 
"Hammond's  Hill,"  where  he  lived  the  rest  of 
his  life.  His  son  William  inherited  the  place. 
He  also  owned  lands  in  Exeter.  Rhode  Island, 
which  he  gave  to  his  sons,  Joseph  and  John, 
and  he  also  gave  land  to  his  daughters,  Rachel 
Hanmiond  and  Lucy  Tisdale.  Children :  Jo- 
seph, born  August  28,  1717,  died  May  5,  1792; 
Thomas,  1719:  John,  October  28,  1722;  Lucy, 
August  28,  1725;  Rachel.  July  19.  1728:  Ben- 
jamin, July,  1731,  died  ^I?rch  24,  1749;  Wil- 
liam, Februfiry  19,  1733,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  Hammond,  son  of  Joseph 
Hammond,  was  born  in  North  Kingstown, 
Rhode  Island,  February  19,  1733,  and  died 
there  January  23,  1S09.  He  married,  I\Iay  8. 
1755,  Chloe  Wilbur,  who  was  born  in  Swansea. 
February  7,  1733,  and  died  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  December  14,  1818,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Wilbur,  of  Swansea.  Wil- 
liam Hammond  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent men  in  \\'ashington  county,  Rhode  Island. 
He  lived  on  his  father's  farm  at  Hammond 
Hill,  and  bequeathed  it  at  his  death  to  his 
son  William.  From  June,  1767,  to  May,  17S3. 
or  after,  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  (Civil 
and  Military  Lists  of  R.  I.,  pages  270.  283, 
299,  303).  In  October.  ijC>2.  he  was  captain 
of  the  Fourth  Nev.-port  Comi)any.  Troop  of 
Horse    (page  243).     In   1782  he  was  deputy 


from  Nortl;  Kingstown  ;  in  1783,  sixth  assist- 
atU  ;  in  1784,  assistant;  from  1796  to  1799  or 
after  lie  was  justice  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas  of  Washington  county  (pages  554,  568. 
583).  In  17S0  he  was  recruiting  officer  for 
North  Kingstown.  In  the  Rhode  Island  census 
of  1774  he  is  given  as  living  in  North  Kings- 
town, having  a  family  of  two  males  over  six- 
teen, two  sixteen  or  under,  one  female  over  six- 
teen, and  four  si.xteen  or  under.  In  September, 
1769,  he  was  director  of  a  jniblic  lottery  in  North 
Kingstown.  Children:  Joseph,  born  August 
2,  1756,  died  March  10,  1792;  ;\Iary.  August 
4,  1758,  died  in  March,  1853;  Elizabeth,  April 
10,  1760;  Rachel,  March  24,  1763;  Wilbam. 
March  3,  1766,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin, 
March  12,  1769;  Esther,  March  12,  1771  ; 
Lucy,  Jaiuiary  21,  1775;  Gardiner,  Deceniber 
8,  1777,  died  December  20,  1777;  Lydia.  June 
4,  1779,  died  October  31.  1801. 

(ill)  William  Hammond  Jr.,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Hammond,  was  born  in  Newport.  Rliode 
Island,  IVlarch  3,  1766,  and  died  at  Wick  ford, 
Rhode  Island,  September  24,  1827;  he  was 
buried  on  the  farm.  He  married,  November 
8,  1790,  Alice  Tillinghast,  wdio  was  born  May 
12,  1766,  and  died  February  27,  iSii.  She 
was  daughter  of  Pardon  and  Ruth  (Fry)  Till- 
ingliast,  of  Exeter,  Rhode  Island.  \\"illiam 
Hammond  was  a  merchant  banker,  ship  builder 
and  farmer.  For  many  years  he  kept  a  general 
store  at  Wickford.  He  also  was  engaged  in 
the  West  India  trade.  In  1816  he  was  ap- 
pointed surveyor  of  customs  for  the  port  of 
North  Kingstown.  He  was  the  principal 
founder  of  the  North  Kingstown  Bank,  which 
later  combined  with  the  Narragansett  Bank 
to  form  the  Wickford  National  Bank.  He 
built  the  family  mansion  in  Wickford,  where 
he  lived  the  most  of  his  life.  He  became  a 
wealthy  man  through  his  great  success  in  busi- 
ness, and  was  able  to  give  his  children  fine 
educational  advantages  and  to  start  them  in 
business.  He  spent  a  good  part  of  his  time 
on  the  old  Hammond  Hill  estate,  which  he  in- 
herited. His  son,  Pardon  T.  Hammond,  was 
administrator  of  the  estate.  The  house  is  now- 
occupied  by  his  granddaughter.  Ruth  H.  Ham- 
mond, daughter  of  Pardon  T.  Hammond,  men- 
tioned below. 

His  wife.  Alice  Tillinghast.  was  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  Dr.  John  Green  and  Rev.  Sanuiel 
Gorton,  foum'ers  of  Warwick.  Rhode  Island. 
Her  father.  Pardon  (4),  was  son  of  Philip, 
son  of  Pardon,  son  of  Rev.  Pardon  Tillinghast, 
of  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Her  mother 
was  daughter  of  Thomas  Fry,  son  of  Thomas 
(3),  son  of  Thomas  (2),  son  of  John  (i). 
Children :  Pardon  Tillinghast,  born  January 
31,  1792,  mentioned  below;  Maria,  October  26, 


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i--(;3,  married  Benjamin  Champlain ;  Iistiier, 
March  ^3,  1797,  died  January  2,  181 1;  Ruth 
l-'ry,  June  20,  1799,  married  Eliphalct  Young: 
William  Gardiner,  January  20,  1802;  George, 
October  31,  1804;  Lydia  Alice,  January  29, 
1S07,  died  April  10,  1S86,  married  Jabez  Dul- 
lock-. 

(1\')  Pardon  Tilliiighast  Hammond,  son  of 
William  Hammond,  was  born  at  Wickford, 
Rhode  Island,  January  31,  1792.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  began  his  career  in  business  as  clerk 
in  the  office  of  the  Beliville  mills.  From  1S18 
to  1867  he  was  cashier  of  the  Xonh  Kings- 
town Savings  Bank,  resigning  when  the  bank 
was  reorganized  as  the  Wickford  National 
Bank.  He  retired  and  spent  his  last  years  in 
Wickford.  At  the  time  of  his  resignation,  he 
was  the  oldest  banker  in  the  state  in  point  of 
service  and  was  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected througliout  tlie  state.  He  inherited  his 
portion  in  the  Hammond  Hill  estate  from  his 
father,  later  purchasing  the  other  heirs'  inter- 
ests in  the  same  and  took  great  interest  in 
farming.  "He  was  well  educated,  of  tine  in- 
tellect, a  leader  in  the  affairs  of  his  native 
town  and  state.  He  was  a  follower  of  Jeffer- 
son and  Lincoln  jn  politics ;  active  in  industrial 
and  financial  enterprises,  and  deeply  interested 
in  educational  advancement."  He  v.as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church.  He  died  at  his  home 
in  1S72  and  was  buried  in  Elm  Grove  Ceme- 
tery at  x\llenton,  Rhode  Island.  He  married, 
February  23,  1823,  Roby  H.  Stanton,  who  was 
born  at  South  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island.  Octo- 
ber 18,  1S02,  died  Septeiftber  12,  1S77,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Ruth  (Hopkins)  Stanton,  of 
Wickford.  Children :  Daniel  Stanton,  men- 
tioned below ;  Alice,  died  aged  twenty-one 
years;  William  Pardon,  born  November  2, 
1829;  Ruth  Hopkins;  Mary  Elizabeth,  died  un- 
married, May  6,  191 1,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York  ; 
Lydia  Harriet,  died  in  infancy. 

(V)  Daniel  Stanton  Hammond,  son  of  Par- 
don Tillinghast  Hammond,  was  born  at  Wick- 
ford, March  8,  1S26.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
Early  in  life  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  leather  goods  in  New  York  City,  and  was 
highly  successful  in  business,  lit  and  his 
brother  William  inherited  the  Hammond  Hill 
estate,  which  they  sold  to  George  Hammond, 
whose  widow  bequeathed  it  at  her  death  to 
four  members  of  the  family  in  common.  He 
died  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  June  11.  1901, 
and  was  buried  at  Newtown,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Sophia  .\ugu-ta  Blakeslee,  \,ho  was 
born  February  26,  1S29,  died  in  Brooklyn.  New 
York,  March  14.  1S90.  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Chloe  (Fairman)  Blakeslee.    CI;ildren :    i. 


.Mice  Tillingh,-i>t,  married  John  Davis  Wood, 
of  Brooklyn;  died  January  J.^,  iS'j;^.  2.  Eva 
.Stautun,  unniartied,  antl  3.  I'^lla  Sophia,  twins, 
the  latter  dying  in  18(19.  4.  Mary  Grace,  mar- 
ried, December  28.  18S7,  Charles  H.  Northrop, 
who  died  May  20,  1908;  she  died  at  Wick- 
ford, -May  13,  1914,  at  the  home  of  her  aunt, 
Ruili  II.  Hammond;  children:  i.  Mary  Grace, 
died  young;  ii.  Elenore  Hammond,  and  iii. 
Nelson  Northrop.  5.  Daniel  Stanton  Jr.,  bora 
at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  I'Ybruary  18,  1S65, 
resid.es  at  Ridgcwood,  New  Jersey  ;  married, 
-April  8,  18S6.  Helena  M.  Scott ;  children  :  Dan- 
iel Stanton,  born  September  22,  1887;  Charles 
Scott,  born  June  6,  18S9;  Reginald  Blakeslee, 
born  June  5,  1891  :  Helena  M.,  born  May  24, 
1896.  6.  Sophia  Blakeslee,  born  July  2,  1870, 
resides  in  Brooklyn,  unmarried. 

(V)  William  Pardon  Hannnond,  brother  of 
Daniel  Stanton  Hammond,  was  born  at  Wick- 
ford, No\-ember  2,  1829.  He  resides  at  War- 
saw, Illinois,  where  he  conducted  a  general 
store,  later  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits, 
and  is  now  retired.  He  married,  February  9, 
1875,  J.  \'irginia  Wilson.  Children:  William 
Pardon  Jr.,  born  March  9,  1876  ;  Harmon  Wil- 
son, November  6,  1S7S:  Mary  Stanton.  No- 
vember 8,  1883;  \'irginia  Robv,  March  14, 
18S9. 

(\'")  Ruth  Hopkins  Hammond,  sister  of 
William  Pardon  Ilammond,  was  born  at  Wick- 
ford, and  is  the  only  surviving  daughter  of 
Pardon  Tillinghast  Hammond.  She  resides  at 
tlie  old  Flammond  homestead  at  Wickford. 
She  is  devoted  to  the  church  and  has  been  very 
active  throughout  her  life  in  temperance  and 
charitable,  work.  She  is  a  suffragist  and  for 
many  years  has  contributed  to  the  movement 
for  woman's  rights  and  equal  suffrage. 

(The     TUIinghast     Line). 

Pardon  Tillinghast,  son  of  the  immigrant, 
and  fourth  of  the  same  name  in  direct  line, 
was  born  February  16,  1666,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 15,  1743;  he  married  (first)  Mary  Keech, 
who  died  h'ebruary  7,  1726,  and  (second) 
Sarah  Tarbo.x.  Pie  was  a  deputy  for  many 
years  and  justice  of  the  peace  in  Providence. 
Children  by  first  wife:  John,  1690;  Mary, 
1694;  Philip,  mentioned  below;  Joseph  and 
Mercy.  1706. 

Philip  Tillinghast.  son  of  Pardon  Tilling- 
liast,  was  born  in  1710.  Children,  born  at 
East  Greenwich:  Hilary,  .\ugust  5,  1734;  Par- 
don, mentioned  below:  Thomas,  August  21, 
1742;  Benjamin,  Se(itember  13,  1746;  George, 
Januarv  17,  1750-51. 

Pardon  Tillinghast,  son  of  Pliilip  Tilling- 
hast, was  born  February  2.  i735-3''>:  mar- 
ried, }ilarch  2^,  1756,  Ruth  Fry,  claugliter  of 


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NEW  EXGLAND. 


Thomas.  She  (h'cd  August  27,  1776.  Chil- 
dren: Daniel,  June  5,  1756;  'j'lioma-,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1757;  Phih'p,  July  25,  1759;  Samuel, 
May  20,  1761  ;  Mary,  May'28.  1763;  Alice, 
May  21,  1767,  married  William  Hammond  (see 
Hammond);  Rnlh,  April  jj,  1773. 


The  surname  Bullock  is  doubt- 

F.ULLOCK  less  derived  from  the  name  of 
the  domestic  animal  and  be- 
longs to  the  same  class  as  Bull,  Lion,  Doe. 
Lamb,  ILut,  Slagg  and  many  others.  The 
ancient  seat  of  the  Bullock  family  of  England, 
according  to  Burke,  was  in  Arborfield,  Berk- 
shire, and  several  of  the  family  there  served  in 
the  office  of  sheriff  in  the  fourteenth,  fifteenth 
and  sixteenth  centuries.  The  ancient  Bullock 
coat-of-arms  is  described;  Gules  a  chevron 
ermine  betn-een  three  bulls'  heads  cabossed 
argent  armed  or.  Crest:  Five  Lochaber  axes 
handles  or  blades  proper,  bound  with  an  e,-carf 
gules  tassels  or.  John  Bullock,  of  Great  Wig- 
borough,  county  Essex,  who  died  in  1595,  used 
the  same  coat-of-arms  and  his  motto  was:  .V/7 
coiiscii-c  sihi.  Branches  of  the  family  are 
located  also  in  Shipdam.  Xorfolkshire,  in  Xor- 
tou,  Onston  and  Darlye,  in  Derbyshire,  since 
the  time  of  Henry  \'L 

(I)  Robert  Bullock,  of  Harburghtield  or 
Arborfield,  Bcrkshiie,  used  the  coat-of-arms 
borne  by  the  Bullocks  of  Eerksr.ire  and  Essex. 
He  was  sherilt  of  Berkshire  and  Oxlordsl'ire 
in  the  eighteenth  }ear  of  Richard  H.  and  died 
in  1405. 

_    (H)   Thomas  Bullock,  son  of  Robert   I'.ul- 
lock.  also  lived  at  Arborfield. 

(\')  Thomas  Bullock,  great-grandson  of 
Thomas  Bullock  (II),  married  Alice  Kingmill, 
daughter  of  John  Kingmill,  one  of  the  ju?tices 
of  the  king's  bench.  Of  their  six  sons,  Rich- 
ard remained  on  the  estate  at  Arborfield,  Wil- 
liam is  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  William  Bullock,  son  of  Frank  Bul- 
lock, married  Elizabeth  Bellet.  daughter  and 
heir  of  John  Bellet,  of  Moreton.  Cheshire. 

(VH)  John  Bullock,  son  of  William  Bullock, 
a  descendant  of  Robert  Bullock  (I),  was  the 
first  of  the  family  in  coimty  Essex,  England, 
and  was  progenitor  of  th.e  Bullock  families  in 
Essex.  lie  died  February  10,  1595,  an;!  is 
buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  at  Great 
Totham. 

(VIII)  Sir  Edward  Bullock,  son  of  John 
Bullock,  was  born  in  15S0,  diedin  1644.  He  was 
knighted.  He  married  a  daugh.ter  of  Thomas 
Meldor-Wyld,  Esquire,  of  Glazeyshall,  Salop. 
About  1637  Sir  Edward  bought  the  manor  of 
Faulkbourn  of  John  Fortesque,  and  this  manor 
has  been  the  seat  of  this  branch  of  the  family 
to  the  present  time. 


(IX)  Henry  Bull.-ck,  born  1595,  t'le  fii;.t 
of  the  family  in  America,  was  a  grandsmi  ut 
John  Bullock  (\'),  according  to  the  evidence 
at  hand.  He  lived  at  St.  Lawrence  parish, 
county  Essex,  and  came  to  Xew  England  in 
the  ship  "Abigail''  in  June,  1633.  He  and  his 
family  were  certified  as  formerly  living  in  St. 
Lawrence,  and  his  age  was  given  as  forty,  that 
of  his  wife  Susan  as  forty-two,  of  his  son 
Henry  as  eiglit,  daughter  Mary  six,  and  son 
Thomas  two  years.  He  settled  at  Charlestown, 
I\Iassachusetts,  removing  in  163S  to  Salem, 
where  he  had  a  grant  of  land  in  1643,  and 
another  December  2,  i6()3.  His  wife  Susan 
died  about  Xovember  2,  1644,  at  Salem.  From 
the  fact  that  many  settlers  went  back  and  forth 
between  Salem  and  Rehoboth.  where  Richard 
Bullock  settled,  and  for  various  other  reasons, 
it  is  believed  that  Richard  Bullock  was  a 
brother  of  Henry.  Without  doubt  Henry  and 
Richard  were  nearly  related  and  descended 
ircm  the  English  family  described  above.  Ed- 
ward Bullock,  presumably  another  brother 
cam^^  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  sailing  from  Eng- 
land. April  17,  1635,  and  settled  at  Dorchester. 
He  returned  to  F.ngland,  where  he  died  in 
i65'X 

(I)  Richard  Bullock,  the  American  progeni- 
fr  of  this  line,  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
town  of  Rehcbcth,  Massachusetts,  in  1643.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony  in  1C44. 
.\bout  1656  he  removed  to  Xewtown,  Long 
Island,  but  soon  afterward  returned  to  Reho- 
both. He  received  an  allotment  of  land  there 
January  4,  1647,  and.  another  June  22,  165S. 
He  was  elected  town  clerk  January  30,  1659. 
He  was  a  man  of  some  prominence  in  the  town. 
He  married  (first)  August  4,  1647,  Elizabeth 
Ingraham,  probably  a  daughter  of  Richard 
Ingraliam,  an  early  settler  of  Rehoboth.  She 
I'ied  January  7.  1659,  and  he  married  (second  ) 
September  21,  ir/io,  Elizabeth  Biliington.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Samuel,  born  August  19, 
164S;  Elizabeth,  October  9,  1G50;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1652;  Mehitable,  April  4,  1655;  Abi- 
gail, August  29,  1657;  Hopestill,  December  26, 
1659.  Children  by  second  wife:  Israel,  born 
July  15,  1661  ;  Alercy,  March  13.  1662:  John, 
mentioned  belmv  ;  Richard,  March  i^,  1666-67. 

(II)  John  Bullock,  son  of  Richard  Bullock, 
v,-as  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  May  19, 
i6fj4.  Fie  was  a  farmer  living  in  his  native 
town.  He  married  Elizabeth  Barnes,  daugh- 
ter of  Tliomas  and  Patience  Barnes.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Rehoboth:  Ann.  born  1697;  Zer- 
vinh,  1700:  Esther,  1702;  Israel,  1706;  Eliza- 
beth; John,  1710,  died  young;  Mary,  1714; 
John,  mentioned  below  :  Richard. 

'HI)  John  Bullock,  son  of  John  Bullock, 
was  born  at  Rehoboth,  in  1714.     He  married 


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(lir^t)  Patience  llosworth  (intemions  of  mar- 
riage dated  at  r.anington,  Rhode  l.~!and,  Sep- 
tiiiiber  6,  1740)  ;  she  was  born  IXccinber  8, 
1-17,  a  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Susanna  Bos- 
worth.  He  married  (second)  March  16,  174S- 
40,  Jeruslia  Smith  (Rt\~.  Solomon  Townsend 
ofriciating).  He  married  (third)  Ann  Cole, 
widow  of  David  Cole.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Jabez,  married  Mary  Richmond  and  had  Cap- 
tain Richmond  Bullock,  of  Provi'.ence,  Rhode 
Island  ;  Elizabeth.  Children  by  second  wife  : 
fuhn,  mentioned  below:   Jerusha. 

(IV)  Captain  John  Bullock,  son  of  John 
T'.nliock,  was  born  at  Rehoboth.  May  21,  1751, 
and  was  known  as  John  Bullock  (3d)  for 
many  years.  He  went  to  sea  early  in  life  and 
became  a  master  mariner  in  the  coasting  trade. 
For  many  years  he  resided  in  I'rovidence, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  a  soldier  in  tlie  revo- 
lutionary war,  a  private  in  Captain  Jabez  Bul- 
lock's company,  Colonel  Carpenter's  regiment, 
in  17S0.  He  married  Sarah  Brown  (inten- 
tions of  marriage  published  in  Barrington, 
Cktolier  3.  1773).  She  was  a  daughter  of 
David  and  Sarah  fHowland)  (Lawton) 
Brown.  Her  mother  was  a  descendant  of  the 
Howland  family  which  came  with  the  Pil- 
grims to  Plymouth.  She  married  (third) 
Alathew  XVatson,  of  Barrington,  Rliode  Island. 
Airs.  Bullock  died  at  Providence.  April  30. 
1790.  After  her  death  Captain  Bullock  went 
south  and  married  again,  made  his  home  there 
and  died  th.ere.  Children  of  Captain  John  and 
Sarah  (Brown)  Bullock:  Jerusha.  married 
Captain  Joseph  Gould  and  settled  in  W'ickford, 
Rhode  Island:  Selinda,  n^arried  John  Case,  of 
W'ickford:  Sarah,  married  Joseph  [Martin,  of 
Providence  :  John,  resided  in  W'ickford  :  James, 
settled  in  W'ickford;  Jabez,  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Jabez  Bullock,  son  of  Captain  John 
Bullock,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rho  le  Island, 
July  13,  17S6.  He  was  but  four  years  old  when 
his  mother  died.  In  I70'5,  when  he  was  ten  years 
old.  he  went  to  live  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Gould, 
in  W'ickford,  where  he  received  his  education 
in  a  subscription  sch.ool.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  cabinetmaker  and  followed  it  throughout  his 
active  life.  He  was  a  skillful  craftstiian.  espe- 
cially e.vpert  in  the  making  of  chairs  and  other 
household  furniture.  He  dwelt  in  \Vickford, 
where  he  erected  a  home  on  Main  street,  oppo- 
site the  new  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  and 
now  owned  by  Aaron  S.  Thomas,  of  New 
York,  and  about  the  time  of  his  third  marriage 
he  erected  a  handsome  house  on  Brown  street, 
now  ownerl  and  occupied  bv  his  daughter.  Miss 
Abby  Catherine  Bullock.  'He  was  a  W'h.ig  in 
early  life,  and  afterward  a  Rei)ublican,  keenly 
interested  in  public  attairs,  a  substantial  and 
useful  citizen.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Prot- 


tesfant  Episcopal  church  of  W'ickford.  He 
die.l  at  a  ripe  old  age  in  Wick  ford,  uhere  he 
sj^ent  nearly  all  of  his  life.  June  15,  i&'u,  and 
was  buried  in  the  F.lni  Grove  Cemetery  in  that 
town.  He  married  (first)  Catherine  llull,  who 
died  September  28,  iS.^5,  at  W'ickford.  lie 
married  (second)  Aliigail  L'lKlike  Reynolds, 
daughter  of  Joscp.h  Re>nol;!s:  she  died  at 
Wickford,  October  17,  1832.  He  married 
(thinl)  November  15,  iS4i,Lydia  Alice  Ham- 
mond, daughter  of  William  Ihimmond  (see 
Hrnunrmd  family  in  tlii^  work).  She  died 
April  10.  188/1,  and  was  buried  in  Elm  Grove 
Cemetery.  She  was  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  P'piscopal  church.  Children  by  tlie 
first  wife:  i.  Sarah,  married  .Mfred  W.  Cp- 
hani.  By  third  wife:  2.  .Abby  Catherine,  re- 
sides on  the  homestead  at  W'ickford.  a  com- 
municant of  the  Protestant  Rpisco]);d  clun'ch. 


The  name  Wyman  is  undoubt- 
W'YMAN  edlv  of  early  Saxon  origin  and 
in  common  with  other  ancient 
names  is  variously  spelled.  Wiman,  W'yniond, 
W'ymant,  Wimond,  Ymoud  are  some  of  the 
forms  found  in  old  records.  Withlaf,  the 
Saxon  king,  had  a  son  Wimond,  born  825,  and 
an  old  Roman  town  in  Leicestershire  given  to 
him  was  named  Wymands  Town.  Wimond 
is  doubtless  the  same  name  as  Waermond,  the 
mythological  son  of  Woden,  the  Saxon  deity. 
Wymands  Town  became  Wymandham,  a  visit 
to  which  is  described  by  Mr.  Horace  Wyman 
in  an  address  at  the  W'yman  reunion,  February 
14,  190S,  afterward  published.  Wyman  or 
Wymond,  as  a  surname,  has  been  in  use  from 
the  time  when  surnames  were  used  in  Eng- 
land. The  family  became  numerous  in  various 
counties  of  England  and  America  and  it  is 
estimated  that  there  are  fully  ten  thotisand  de- 
scendants of  the  two  American  immigrants 
mentioned  below. 

(I)  Francis  Wyman,  father  of  the  .Ameri- 
can pioneers,  lived  at  West  IsUW,  Ilertforcf- 
shire.  England.  lie  married  there.  May  2, 
1617,  Elizabeth  Richardson.  Plis  home  was  at 
Brook  End,  about  one  mile  from  West  I\Iill 
cluuxh.  and  afterward  at  West  Mill  Green,  a 
half  mile  from  Brook  End.  His  wife  was  of 
the  Richardson  family  that  sent  three  brothers 
to  New  England.  The  Wymans  and  Richard- 
sons  were  founders  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts. 
Among  the  children  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth 
W'yman  were :  Thomas,  who  inherited  his 
father's  lands:  Francis,  baptized  February  24, 
ifiiQ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

fll)  John  W'yman.  son  of  Francis  Wyman, 
was  baptized  in  West  Mill,  Herts,  England, 
pLbruary  3,  i^)2i.  'With  his  brother  h'rancis 
he  came  to  .\merica   in    1640  and   they   were 


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among  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of  Wo- 
burn,  2^Iassachusetts,  after  Uving  for  a  time  in 
Chark-.sto\vn.  He  subscribed  to  the  town 
orders  of  Woburn  in  December,  1640,  and  was 
taxed  there  for  the  country  rate,  September 
8,  1645.  He  was  admitted  'freeman,  ]May  26, 
1647,  and  was  one  of  tlie  proprietors  oi"  the 
town.  He  deposed,  December  18,  1660,  that 
his  age  was  about  thirty-nine  years.  He  held 
various  town  offices.  He  was  lieutenant  of 
the  Woburn  company  and  served  in  King 
Philip's  war.  He  was  in  the  Swamp  Fight 
where  his  son  John  was  killed  and  a  nephew 
mortally  wounded.  Later  in  the  war  an  at- 
tempt to  impress  horses  for  the  colonial  troops 
was  resisted  by  Wyman  and  his  daughter 
Barsheba,  who  according  to  tb.e  complaining 
constable  ''fisted  him  down."  Father  and 
daughter  were  lined.  He  and  others  were 
prosecuted  in  December,  167 1,  some  "for  pub- 
licly manifesting  contempt  for  the  ordinance 
of  infant  bajDtism  as  administered  in  the  church 
of  Woburn,"  others  for  withdrawing  from 
that  church.  Some  were  admonished,  others 
fined.  The  records  show  that  he  had  bought 
the  time  of  one  Simpson,  a  Scotchman,  one  of 
the  soldiers  of  Charles  II.,  captured  by  Crom- 
well and  sold  into  servitude  in  New  England. 
A  petition  of  John  Wyman  to  the  governor 
and  council  gives  an  ilkrninating  picture  of 
life  in  1676 : 

Humbly  Shewcth  that  yore  Petitioner  Haith  beene 
often  out  in  the  service  of  ye  Country  against  the 
Indians;  his  sone  also  was  out  and  slaine  by  the 
enemy;  and  his  servants  hath  been  long  out  in  the 
warrs  and  now  being'  reduced  to  greate  v.ants  for 
clotheing:  desires  liberty  to  come  downe  from 
Hadley  where  he  now  remains  a  garrison  soldier; 
and  he  is  a  taner  by  traid  and  yore  Petitioner 
bought  him  on  purpose  for  the  management  of  his 
lanyard:  and  himselfe  being  inexperienced  in  that 
calling  doth  humbly  request  that  favore  of  your 
honors  to  consider  the  premisses  and  to  grant  his 
said  servant  Robert  Simpson  a  dismission  from  this 
present  service  that  so  his  lethcr  now  in  \atts  may 
not  by  spvled  but  yore  Petitioner  be  ever  engaged 
to   pray,    &c.  JNO.   WYMAN. 

He  married  Sarah  Nutt,  November  5,  1644. 
She  was  born  in  England  and  came  to  this 
country  with  her  father,  ilyles  Nutt,  who  set- 
tled first  at  Watertcwn,  then  in  Woburn.  He 
died  ]\Iay  9,  1684.  His  widow  married  (sec- 
ond) August  25,  16S4,  Thomas  Fuller,  of  Wo- 
burn. Children  of  John  Wyman:  Samuel, 
born  September  20.  died  September  27,  1646; 
John,  March  28,  1648:  Sarah,  April  15,  1650; 
Solomon,  February  26,  1651-52;  David,  April 
7,  1654;  Elizabeth.  January  18,  1655-56;  Bath- 
shcba,  October  6,  165S;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below  ;  Seth,  August  3,  16)63  '<  Jacob. 

(Ill)    Cornet  Jonathan  W}nian,  sou  of  Jolm 


Wyman,  was  born  in  Woburn,  Jidy  13,  iC/)i. 
He  was  a  cornet  in  the  military  conip;uiy.  He 
died  in  his  native  town,  JJeceniber  15,'  1730. 
He  married  (first)  July  29,  1689,  Abigail 
Fowle,  born  October  15,  1669,  died  January 
3,  1690,  daughter  of  James  Fowle,  granddaugh- 
ter of  George  Fowle.  He  married  (second) 
July  31,  1690,  Hannah  Fowle,  daughter  of 
Peter  Fowle,  of  Woburn.  Child  by  first  wife: 
Abigail,  born  June  i,  1691.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife:  Hannah,  born  November,  i()94; 
Alary,  January  26,  1696;  Elizabeth,  h^ebruary 
15,  1700;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
August  iS,  1706;  Zecliariah,  July  19,  1709, 
soldier  in  French  and  Indian  war. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2)  Wyman,  son  of  Jona- 
than (i)  Wyman,  was  born  in  Woburn.  Sep- 
tember 13,  1704,  died  there  in  August,  17S0. 
Descendants  settled  in  Burlington,  JNIassachu- 
setts,  and  Dummerston,  Vermont.  He  served 
in  the  war  of  the  American  revolution  of  1775. 
He  married  Martha  Tliotnpson.  Children, 
born  in  Woburn:  Alartha,  Alarch  3,  1732; 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Ezra,  February 
2,  1737;  Abigail,  December  16,  1740;  John, 
June  iS,  1743;  Hannah,  March  30,  1746; 
Sarah,  August  27,  1749. 

(V)  Jonathan  (3)  \\'yman,  son  of  Jonathan 
(2)  Wyman,  was  born  at  Woburn,  October  7, 
1734.  died  November  18,  1774.  He  married 
Abigail  Wright,  who  died  at  \Voburn,  July  5, 
1787.  Children,  born  at  Woburn:  Abigail, 
August  20,  1760;  Mary,  April  5,  1762;  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below;  Alargery,  October  24, 
1766;  Joshua,  December  30,  1768;  Lavina, 
October  20,   1770. 

(VI)  Jonathan  (4)  \\'yman,  son  of  Jona- 
than (3)  \Vyman,  was  born  at  Woburn,  Octo- 
ber 5,  1763.  He  married  Ruby  B.  Richardson, 
widow,  daughter  of  Abel  and"  Alary  Richard- 
son. She  died  at  Woburn,  September  2,  1S53, 
aged  eighty- four  years.  Children,  born  in 
Woburn:  Jonathan,  March  '16,  1789;  Abel, 
mentioned  below;  Abigail,  September  3,  1795; 
Sylvester,  Joseph,  Stephen,  Ray,  Ruby,  Ipps. 

(VII)  Abel  Wyman,  son  of  Jonathan  (4) 
Wyman,  was  born  at  \\'oburn,  January  21, 
1793,  died  February  10,  1.S64.  He  was  a  boot 
and  shoe  manufacturer  in  his  native  town, 
noted  for  his  integrity,  tact  and  sagacity  in 
business  and  his  exemplary  character.  He 
married,  Alay  2,  18 17,  Alaria  Wade,  daughter 
of  Frank.  Children,  born  at  Woburn:  Charles 
Austin,  July  20,  1S18;  Ward,  March  10,  1820; 
Winthrop,  December  24,  172 1  ;  Nancy  Maria, 
January   10,   1823;  Horace,  mentioned  below. 

(\''HI)  Horace  Wyman,  son  of  Abel  Wy- 
man, was  born  at  Woburn  on  the  old  home- 
stead, November  27.  1827.  He  attended  t'lC 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  th.e  Woburn 


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\r:i(li.'niy  ami  the  Francestown  Academy  in 
\c\v  (laiiipshire.  He  began  liis  business  career 
;:)  iS.(6,  as  a  machinist  in  the  employ  of  the 
AniO'^keag  Manufacturing  Company  at  Man- 
i!ie>ter,  New  Plampsliire.  Afterwards  he  was 
employed  by  the  Lowell  Machine  Shop,  and 
in  the  Hinckley  Locomotive  Works  in  Boston. 
Me  then  became  a  draughtsman  for  the 
liolyoke  Water  Power  Company,  and  in  i860 
became  superintendent  and  manager  of  the 
I'om  works  of  George  Crompton  in  W'orcester. 
!-'nrly  in  life  he  developed  inventive  ability, 
aiul  he  devoted  his  attention  particularly  to  the 
improvement  of  looms.  During  his  active  life 
he  was  granted  up  to  the  year  1909  more  than 
one  hundred  and  fifty  patents,  and  many  more 
since  that  time,  mo^t  of  which  were  for  im- 
provements in  textile  machinery,  increasing 
production,  improving  the  quality  of  goods, 
cheapening  the  cost  of  production.  From  time 
to  time  he  was  associated  with  others,  but  tlK- 
princijial  machines  with  which  his  name  is 
connected  were  the  result  of  his  own  inventive 
genius  and  mechanical  skill.  The  Crompton 
Loom  Works  owe  much  of  their  success  to  his 
designs.  While  superintendent  he  introduced 
the  manufacture  of  looms  for  making  ging- 
hams and  he  designed  devices  for  pattern 
mechanisms  which  shifts  the  shuttle  boxes  to 
produce  the  proper  width  of  colored  stripes 
in  the  cloth.  He  also  devised  warp  stop 
mechanism  for  stopping  the  loom  when  a  warp 
thread  breaks  by  means  of  which  perfect  clotli 
is  woven.  Both  of  these  inventions  are  now 
in  use  in  most  of  the  fancy  cotton  mills  in  the 
country,  together  with  many  other  important 
devices  which  he  devised  applicable  to  such 
looms.  He  patented  a  device  for  producing 
designs  on  moquette  carpets  by  means  of  the 
Jacquard  machine,  by  which  the  interweaving 
of  the  colored  tuft  yarns  was  governed  and 
the  winding  of  the  different  colors  on  spools 
as  in  the  loom  invented  by  Skinner  was  dis- 
pensed with.  He  had  patents  also  for  an  im- 
proved method  of  introducing  (in  the  spool 
loom)  the  ends  of  the  tuft  yarns  into  the 
fabric,  making  the  latter  much  finer  and  allow- 
ing the  increase  in  width  of  the  goods,  by 
which  rugs  could  be  woven  large  enough  to 
cover  aTi  ordinary  floor. 

When  Mr.  Crompton  died  in  1S86.  the  busi- 
ness was  incorporated  and  Mr.  Wyman  be- 
came vice-president  and  manager,  and  in  1S97, 
when  the  Crompton  &  Knowles  Loom  Works 
was  formed  by  merger,  he  became  its  consult- 
ing engineer. 

He    has   been    president    of    the   \\'orccster 

Storage  Companv  since  its  establisliment :  was 

director  of  the  Quinsigamond  National   Bank 

before  it  merged  into  Worcester  Trust  Coni- 

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[lany ;  trustee  of  the  Peof)le"s  Savings  Bank, 
and'  was  director  of  the  L'xbridge  iS:  Black- 
stone  Street  Railway  Company  until  it  merged 
into  the  Worcester  Consolidated  railway.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  he  was  at  one 
time  an  alderman  of  the  city  of  Worcester. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Unitarian.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, the  Worcester  County  ^Mechanics'  Asso- 
ciation, the  Worcester  Society  of  .\ntiquity  and 
of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Old  Men's 
Home,  lie  is  a  niembcr  of  the  order  of  Free 
Masons.  He  has  traveled  extensively  in  this 
country  and  abroad,  both  for  pleasure  and 
business.  He  has  devoted  much  time  to  the 
study  of  family  and  local  history  and  published 
two  small  books:  "The  Wyman  Families  of 
Great  and  Little  Hormead,  Herts  County, 
England"  (1895)  and  "Some  Account  of  the 
Wyman  Genealogy  and  Wyman  Families  in 
Herts  County,  England"  (1897). 

He  married,  May  r,  i860,  Louisa  B.  Ilorton, 
born  at  Orleans,  Alassachusetts,  June  12,  1837, 
died  Alarch  24,  1894,  daughter  of  Sparrow  and 
Betsey-  (Doane)  Horton,  and  descendant  of 
John  Doane,  born  1590,  who  came  to  Plymouth 
in  1630,  was  assistant  to  Governor  Prince  in 
1633.  Children  of  Horace  Wyinan  :  i.  Horace 
Winfield,  born  May  30,  1861,  died  October  11, 
1905;  graduate  of  the  Worcester  Polytechnic 
Institute,  founder,  with  Lyman  F.  Gordon,  of 
the  firm  of  Wyman  &  Gordon,  manufacturers 
of  iron  and  steel  drop  forgings ;  married,  1889, 
Alary  Wills  Haskell,  daughter  of  William 
Henry  and  Aurelia  (Bulkely-Lord)  Haskell, 
of  Atchison,  Kansas;  children:  i.  Aurelia, 
born  at  Worcester,  Augrist  6,  1891,  attended 
Aliss  Rust's  School,  Dalzell  School,  Bancroft 
School  of  Worcester,  and  Aliss  Porter's  School, 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  two  years,  then  went 
abroad  for  three  years  of  travel  and  study, 
now  a  student  at  Worcester  Art  Museum,  ii. 
Horace,  born  in  Worcester,  March  16,  1893, 
attended  the  same  private  schools  and  the 
Worcester  high  school  for  one  year,  student 
for  two  years  at  the  Chateau  de  Lancy,  Geneva, 
Switzerland,  then  one  year  at  Milton  .Academy 
(Massachusetts)  and  entered  Cornell  Univer- 
sity in  1912,  taking  the  mechanical  engineering 
course;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Kappa  Alpha 
fraternity,  iii.  Louise,  born  in  Worcester.  Au- 
gust 28,  1S94.  attended  the  same  schools  as 
her  sister,  also  traveled  and  studied  in  Europe, 
and  is  now  a  student  at  Miss  T'orter's  School. 
Farmington.  Connecticut.  The  family  are 
Congregationalists.  Mrs.  Wyman  married 
(second)  June  30,  191 1,  Marshall  N.  Goold, 
author,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and  the  family 
resides  at  No.  58  West  street,  Worcester.  2. 
Maria   Louise,  born  June   11,    1S64.     3.  Josie 


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Horton,  born  1867,  dieJ  186S.  4.  Adelaide 
Richards,  born  February  26,  1S70;  attended 
public  and  private  schools  of  Worcester  and 
Pittsfitld;  married,  November  S,  1898,  Ernest 
H.  Wood,  born  in  Uxbridge,  January  29.  1870, 
son  of  C)rus  G.  and  Mary  Farnum  (South- 
wick)  Wood,  who  were  the  parents  of  three 
other  children:  John  Franklin,  Gertrude 
Southwick,  Sarah  Louise.  Ernest  FL  \\'ood 
attended  the  public  and  high  schools,  clc^ss  of 
188S,  then  entered  Harvard,  graduating  with 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  1893;  engaged  in 
business  with  his  father,  admitted  to  partner- 
ship in  firm  of  C.  G.  Wood  &  Company,  woolen 
manufacturers,  Holden,  ]\Iassachusetts,  1898; 
he  is  treasurer  of  the  Worcester  Storage  Com- 
pany, the  president  being  Horace  Wynian ;  he 
is  a  L'nitarian  in  religion;  their  children  are: 
Cyrus  Wyman,  born  January  31,  ig^yo;  A\is- 
ten,  May  25,  1903;  Daniel.  September  7,  1904; 
Louisa,  October  27,  1905. 


John  Leavitt,  the  immigrant 
LE.-\\"1TT  ancestor,  was  born  in  England 
in  1 60S,  and  settled  at^  Dor- 
chester, ^LlSiachusetts,  as  early  as  1634.  }Ie 
removed  to  Hingham,  ]\Ltssachusetts,  where 
he  was  living  when  admitted  a  freeman,  'NTarch 
3,  1636.  In  1636  he  had  a  grant  of  land  for  a 
house  lot  in  Hingham.  He  was  deputy  10  the 
general  court,  1656-64;  selectman,  1661-63- 
65-6S-72-74-75,  and  deacon  of  the  church.  He 
was  a  tailor  by  trade.  The  name  of  his  first 
wife  is  not  known.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember 16,  1646,  Sarah .  who  died  I\Iay 

26,  1700.  He  died  November  20,  1691.  His 
will  was  dated  November  30,  1689.  Children: 
John:  Hannah,  born  1639;  Samuel,  April, 
1641,  removed  to  Exeter,  Nevv-  Hampshire; 
Jeremiah,  baptized  March  i,  1645-46.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Israel,  baptized  April 
23.  1648:  IMosts,  mentioned  below;  Josiah, 
May  4,  1653;  Nehemiah,  January  22,  1655-56; 
Sarah.  February  25,  165S-59;  ;\Iary.  June  12, 
1661;  Hannah,  }>Iareh  20,  1663-64;  Abigail, 
December  9,  1667. 

(II)  ]Moses  Leavitt,  son  of  John  Leavitt, 
was  born  at  Hingham,  ^Massachusetts,  August 
12,  1650.  He  and  his  brother  Samuel  settle<l 
at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  prominent  citizens  of  the  town.  He 
was  selectman  in  16S2  and  three  other  years; 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1692  and  three 
other  years  and  moderator  seven  years..  Fie 
married,  October  26,  16S1.  Dorothy  Dudley, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley  and  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley.  Qiil- 
dren  :  Moses,  of  Stratham  ;  Timothy  ;  ."Stephen, 
of  Brentwood:  Joseph,  of  Exeter  and  Deer- 


field;  John,  mentioned  below;  Dudley,  01 
Exeter;  Hainiah;  Sarah;  Elizabeth;  Dorotliy. 

(Ill)  John  (2)  Leavitt,  son  of  Mo^es 
Leavitt,  had  the  homestead  of  his  father.  Ik- 
died  in  176S.     He  married  .     Children: 

John,  Moses,  Nehemiah,  mentioned  below; 
Dorothy,  2\Iary,  Sarah. 

(I\')  Nehemiah  Leavitt.  son  of  John  (2) 
Leavitt,  resided  at  Epjiing  and  perhaps  adja- 
cent towns.  He  died  intestate  in  1771.  He  mar- 
ried    .     His  children   were  baptized   as 

children  "f  Nehemiah  and  J.,  September  21, 
1729,  in  t'le  Kingston  church;  John,  settled  at 
Raymond;  Nehemiah,  mentioned  below;  Eliz- 
abeth, Sarah,  Anna. 

(V)  Nehemiali  (2)  Leavitt,  son  of  Nehe- 
miah (1)  Leavitt,  was  born  about  1720-25. 
He  lived  at  Kingston,  Exeter  and  perhaps  Gil- 

manton.       He     married .       Children: 

Nehemiah,  mentioned  below ;  Amos,  soldier 
in  the  revolution  from  Brentwood;  Abigail, 
born  December.  1760;  Reuben,  born  March 
13.  ^7^3-  St  Exeter. 

(VI)  Nehemiah  (3)  Leavitt,  son  of  Nehe- 
miah (2)  Leavitt,  was  born  in  1752.  He  was 
a  soldier  from  Brentwood  in  Captain  Dear- 
born's company,  1775,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three,  and  went  to  Canada  in  Captain  Aaron 
Kinsman's  company.  Colonel  John  Stark's  regi- 
ment. Nehemiah  of  Candia  and  Amos  of  Ray- 
mond were  enlisted  in  1777  for  three  years. 
The  histor}-  of  Raymond  states  that  John 
Leavitt  lived  near  the  road  from  Gile  School 
to  Jones  pond  and  that  Nehemiah  lived  fur- 
ther south.     He  married  .     Among  his 

children  was  Amos,  mentioned  below ;  Nehe- 
miah, born  1775,  died  at  East  Rumford.  Maine; 
married  Polly  Sleeper ;  removed  to  Royahon, 
Vermont,  1797,  to  Maine  in  1S35  :  wa?  granted 
the  town  of  Smyrna  on  condition  that  he  get 
one  hundred  actual  settlers. 

(\"ll)  Amos  Leavitt,  son  of  Nehemiah  (3) 
Leaviit,  was  born  in  Raymond,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1777,  died  in  Royalton,  \"ermont,  in 
1828.  He  married  Hannah  Sleeper,  born  17S7, 
died  at  Hodgdon,  Maine,  1862.  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Davis)  Sleeper,  of  Kings- 
ton, granddaughter  of  Moses  and  Priscilla 
Sleeper,  great-granddaughter  of  Aaron  and 
Elizabeth  (Shaw)  Sleeper,  and  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  the  first  settlers,  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  (Sherburne)  Sleeper  (see  "His- 
tory of  Andover.  New  Hampshire").  Amos 
Leavitt  lived  on  Broad  Brook,  Ro}-alton.  He 
was  killed  by  a  fall  while  attempting  to  cross 
\Miite  river  on  the  stringers  of  a  bri.'ge.  Chil- 
dren; I.  Enos.  born  1804.  a  farmer,  died  at 
Littleton.  Vermont:  married  Emma  Hobbs, 
and  had  four  children  (see  "History  of  Royal- 


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[.■n.\'erniont"  ).  2.  Amos,  born  August  12.  1S07. 
(lied  April,  iSSS.  3.  Hannah,  born  iSio;  mar- 
ried Orange  \'<iil.  4.  Moses,  mentioned  below. 
_:;.  Oramel.  a  farmer,  died  in  Sherman,  Maine; 
married  ILIiza  Estabrook ;  had  eight  children: 
William.  Albion,  Justin  M.,  Lucilva,  Ilannali. 
Evelyn,  Edward  and  Emily.  6.  Merrill,  born 
1820:  married  Sarah  Harrinton  and  had  Amos, 
Marcus  and  Merrill. 

(VIII)  Moses  (2)  Leavitt.  son  of  Amos 
Leavitt,  was  born  in  \'ermont,  December  27. 
1S14,  died  at  Dyer  Brr.ok.  Maine,  July  24, 
1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
\\'hen  a  >  oung  man  he  came  to  Smyrna,  Maine, 
where  he  was  employed  in  farming  and  lum- 
bering. He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
town  of  Smyrna,  where  he  lived  during  most 
of  his  active  life.  He  bought  a  farm  before 
h.e  married  and  cleared  it.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church.  He  married  Eliza  Tarbell. 
born  in  1829,  died  in  Dyer  Brook  in  1906. 
Children:  i.  Artemas.  mentioned  below.  2. 
Wilbur  M.,  born  September  9,  1S63,  at  Dyer 
Brook,  where  he  resides  on  the  homestead.  3. 
Mile  E.,  born  at  Dyer  Brook,  1S67;  married 
Ina  Brown  ;  they  reside  on  a  farm  at  Oakfield  ; 
child.  Lawrence  A.,  a  jev.eler  at  Smyrna  Mills. 

(IX)  Artemas  Leavitt,  son  of  Closes  (2) 
Leavitt,  was  born  at  Dyer  Brook,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1S53.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there,  and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  until 
he  was  twenty-five  years  old.  For  eight  years 
after  that  time  he  was  in  the  hotel  business  at 
Smyrna  Mills.  He  also  bought  and  conducted 
a  farm  at  Smyrna  Mills.  After  retiring  from 
the  hotel  business  he  carried  on  his  farm  until 
1903.  when  he  sold  it  to  his  son,  Lewis  Ridley 
Leavitt.  Erom  1904  to  1909  he  was  a  iner- 
chant  at  Smyrna  Mills.  Since  1904  he  has 
owned  and  conducted  another  farm  in  Smyrna 
]\rills.  In  politics  he  is  a  Progressive :  was 
formerly  a  Republican.  He  has  been  select- 
man of  the  town  and  for  four  years  tax  col- 
lector. He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
He  married,  July  26,  iSjg.  in  Smyrna  Mills, 
Anna    M.    Clement,    born    at    East    Corinth, 


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},  died  at   Smvrna  Mills 


July  2j.  1910.  daughter  of  Elijah  Clement,  a 
native  of  Maine,  who  died  at  East  Corinth  in 
1901,  a  wheelwright  by  trade,  trustee  and 
steward  of  th.e  Methodist  church.  Mr.  Clement 
married  Mary  Ridley,  who  died  at  East  Corinth 
in  1904.  Children  of  Elijah  and  Mary  Clement : 
I.  Alphia.  married  Henry  Russell,  a  carpenter: 
resides  at  Charleston.  Elaine.  2.  \'e-ta  E..  re- 
sides at  Charleston.  Maine.  3.  Austin  .A.,  a 
wheelwright ;  married  Ella  Colbath.  4.  Anna 
M..  mentioned  above.  5.  Carrie,  marrie  1 
Henry    Blaisdell,    a    farmer    of    Bangor.      6. 


George,  died  young.  7.  Albert  E.,  a  machinist 
of  Brunswick.  i<  Lester  O..  of  .\ugusta.  a 
m.nchinist.  9.  Marjoric,  married  Elbridge 
Ranks,  of  .Auburn,  a  machinist.  Children  of 
Artemas  Leavitt:  i.  Lizzie  L.  born  at  Smvrna 
Mills,  May  6,  i.ScSo;  married' Samuel  H.  Styles, 
of  Elgin,  Xew  Brunswick.  2.  Lewis  Ridley, 
mentioned  below.  3.  \"iola  L.,  born  July  25, 
1S87,  at  Smyrna  Mill<,  died  August  3,  1907; 
married  Frank  Styles,  of  Elgin,  now  of  Oak-, 
field,  a  railroad  man:  he  married  (second) 
Celia  Claghorn;  child  by  first  wife,  Beulah 
Evelyn,  born  at  Henderson,  Maine.  September 
I,  1906.  4.  Geneva  M.,  born  July  10,  1896. 
(X)  Lewis  Ridley  Leavitt,  son  of  Artemas 
Leavitt,  was  born  at  Sm}Tna,  Maine,  May  18, 
1882.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there 
until  189S.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm 
until  1902.  when  he  bought  a  farm  uf  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-five  acres  in  Smyrna,  where  he 
has  since  lived.  In  politics  he  is  a  Progressive. 
He  has  been  selectman  of  the  town  for  the 
past  two  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  :  of  the  Oakland  Grange.  Patrons 
of  Husbandry;  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Foresters.  He  married,  January  16,  1903.  in 
Smyrna.  Pauline  Emma  Soule,  born  in  Oak- 
field.  }.Iaine,  August  25.  1885.  Before  her 
marriage  she  taught  sch.ool  in  More  and 
Siboeis,  Maine.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist church,  of  Oakfield  Grange,  of  the  De- 
gree of  Honor  of  Smyrna  Alills  and  of  the 
\\'omen's  Christian  Temperance  L'nion  (see 
Soule  IX).  Children,  born  in  Smyrna:  i. 
Alva  Lois,  born  Xovember  5,  1903.  2.  .-\ilcen 
Bettina.  born  June  5.  1906.  3.  Helen  Pauline, 
born  June  11,  1910.  4.  Erna  Geneva,  born 
April  6.  1912. 


(I)  George  Soule.  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  in  the  "May- 
flower" to  this  country.  He  was  the  thirty- 
fifth  signer  of  the  famous  compact,  and  was 
entered  on  the  passenger  list  as  an  aiiprentice 
of  Governor  Edward  W'inslow.  As  early  as 
!fi23  he  was  granted  in  his  own  right  land  at 
Plymouth,  and  in  1633  was  admitted  a  free- 
man and  was  a  taxpayer.  He  was  a  volunteer 
for  the  I'equot  war  in  1637.  He  had  various 
grants  of  land  at  Powder  Point.  In  163S  he 
sold  his  Plymouth  property  and  moved  to  Dux- 
bury  in  Myles  Standish"s  comjiany,  being  a 
founder  there.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest 
selectmen,  and  often  served  in  that  and  other 
offices.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1642-45-46-50-51-54.  When 
lirii'gewater  was  set  off  from  Duxbury  he 
was  one  of  the  original  proprietors,  but  soon 
afterward  sold  his  rights,  and  subsef|ucutly  be- 


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came  one  of  tlic  earliest  purclia'-crs  of  Dart- 
mouth and  Middleboroiigli.  He  was  a  com- 
missioner of  court  in  1640.  and  was  on  the  im- 
portant committee  for  the  revision  of  the 
colony  laws  with  Governors  Prince.  Winslow 
and  Constant  Southworth.  showing  that  he 
must  have  been  a  man  of  superior  intelligence 
and  education.  Winslow  mentions  him  among 
the  ablest  men  of  the  colony.  He  married,  in 
England.  Mary  Beckett,  wlio  came  in  the 
"Ann"  in  1621,  in  company  with  Barbara 
Standish,  Patience  and  Fear  Brewster.  Gov- 
ernor Bradford  tells  us  that  he  had  eight  chil- 
dren, flis  wife  Mary  died  in  1677.  He  died 
in  1680,  one  of  the  last  of  the  Pilgrims  to  die. 
His  will  was  dated  August  11.  1677.  proved 
March  5,  1679-80.  Children:  Zachariah, 
Mary,  George,  Susanna.  John,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Nathaniel.  Elizabeth,   Benjamin. 

(H)  John  Soule.  son  of  George  Soule.  was 
born  about  1632,  and  was  the  eldest  son.  ac- 
cording to  his  father's  will;  he  died  in  1707, 
aged  seventy-five  years.  He  served  as  sur- 
veyor of  highways.  1672,  1694;  grand  jury- 
man, 1675-76-77-78-83-84;  arbitrator  between 
Marshfield  and  Du.xbury,  and  Plymouth  and 
Duxbury.  1698,  involving  land  disputes;  wit- 
ness to  the  Indian  deed  of  Bridgewater.  De- 
cember 2T.,  1686.  In  1653  he  was  involved  in 
a  quarrel  with  Kenelm  Winslow  "for  speake- 
ing  falsly  of  and  scandalicing  his  daughter  in 
carying  divers  falce  reports  betwixt  Jo.sias 
Standish  and  her."  Pie  was  fined  ten  pounds 
and  costs  of  tv.o  hundred  pounds  June  8,  1654. 
He  married  Hester,  probably  daughter  of 
■  Philij)  and  Hester  (  Dewsbury)  De  la  Noye.  the 
French  Protestant  who  joined  the  Pilgrims  in 
Holland.  No  other  person  of  her  name  was 
born  in  Duxbury,  who  could  have  been  his 
wife.  She  was  born  in  163S,  died  September 
12,  1733.  Children:  John,  Sarah,  Joseph, 
Joshua,  Josiah.  Moses,  mentioned  below; 
Rachel.  Benjamin,  Rebecca. 

(Ill)  Moses  Soule,  son  of  John  Soule,  lived 
in  Duxbury.  near  Island  Creek.  Little  is 
known  of  him.  He  died  in  1751.  being  well-to- 
do  for  the  times,  and  owner  of  much  land.    He 

married  .     Children:    Isaac,  Cornelius, 

Barnabas,  mentioned  below ;  Ruth.  Ichabod, 
Elsie,  Gideon.  Deborah.  Jedediah. 

(]\'')  Barnabas  Soule.  son  of  Moses  Soule, 
was  born  in  1705,  died  .-\pril  8.  17S0.  He  set- 
tled in  North  Yarmouth.  Maine,  about  17-12. 
In  1745  he  purchased  a  homestead  of  his 
brother  Cornelius.  He  was  ancestor  of  most 
of  the  name  in  Yarmouth,  Maine,  and  vicinity. 
He  married,  about  1737.  Jane,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabctli  (Stockman)  liradbury. 
of  Salisbury.  Massachusetts.  Slie  was  born  in 
1718,  baptized  .-\ugust  4,  great-granddaughter 


of  Rev.  John  Wheelwright.  Barnabas  Soule 
and  wife  were  admitted  to  the  h'irst  Church. 
August  30,  1742.  Children:  Moses,  born  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1738;  John,  mentioned  below;  Cor- 
nelius, June  28,  1743;  Sarah.  September  4, 
1745  ;  Elizabeth.  Octoljer  28.,  1747  ;  Mercy,  Xo- 
vember  2/,  1749:  Samuel,  June  16,  1752  ;  Jane, 
September    27,    17S5;    Barnabas,    March    2^. 

1758- 

(V  )  John  (  2  )  Soule,  son  of  Barnabas  Soule. 
was  born  March  12,  1740.  and  was  a  sea  cap- 
tain. He  married  (first)  November  30,  1763. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mehit- 
able  (  Bragdon )  Mitchell,  born  September  29, 
1747,  died  December  26,  1794.  He  married 
(second)  October  10.  1795.  Elizabeth  Stan- 
wood,  of  Brunswick:  she  died  April  26,  1800. 
He  married  (third)  April  17.  1814,  Chloe 
Josselyn ;  she  died  September  26,  1831.  Chil- 
dren: Mehitable,  born  April  12,  1765;  Dorcas, 
March  11,  1766;  Cornelius,  ^larch  i,  1768: 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  John,  August  13, 
1772  ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  May  14.  1775  ;  Brad- 
bury: Joanna;  Rufus,  17S5;  Joseph.  178S; 
Barnabas. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Soule.  son  of  John  (2) 
Soule,  was  born  April  15,  1770.  He  moved 
from  Freeport,  Maine,  to  Pownal,  Maine, 
where  most  of  his  descendants  live.  Pie  was 
called  "Major  Ben,"  and  was  much  interested 
in  military  afl:'airs.  He  married.  October  14. 
1 791.  Eunice  Frost.  Children:  John,  men- 
tioned below:  Phineas.  born  March  2,  1794: 
Benjamin,  January  4,  1796:  Alfred,  February 
15,  1798;  Dennison,  May  15.  1800;  William, 
May  6.  1802;  Loui.sa,  April  12,  1804;  Rufus, 
May  2y,  1806;  Washington,  January  24,  1809: 
James.  November  20.  1811;  Eunice,  twin  of 
James:  Horace,  January  17,  1814;  Augusta. 
"October  i,  1S16;  George  Nelson,  March  12, 
1820. 

(A'll)  John  (3)  Soule,  son  of  Benjamin 
Soule,  was  born  May  6,  1792.  died  at  Hern- 
don,  Virginia,  March  22,  1875,  where  he  lived 
with  his  daughter  Lena.  He  was  a  sea  cap- 
tain. He  was  for  a  time  a  blacksmith,  and 
later  a  peddler  in  Cumberland  county,  Maine. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Repub- 
lican. Pie  married,  November  30.  181 5,  ■Mary 
True,  born  February  16,  1794,  died  1S63.  in 
Cumberland  county,  Maine.  Children:  i.  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below.  2.  John  P..  born  at 
Turner.  Maine :  a  photographer  in  Boston ; 
died  in  Seattle,  Washington,  where  he  was  in 

real  estate  business;  married  ■ Campbell. 

of  Georgetown,  Maine;  she  died  in  Maiden, 
Mas.-achusetts.  3.  ^lary,  born  at  Turner;  mar- 
ried Tristram  Petty ;  lived  in  Cumberland 
county  on  farm,  later  in  Florida.  4.  Lucia, 
born  at  Turner:  married  Horatio  G.  Smith,  of 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


l6: 


rht'l-^ea.  Massachusetts.  5.  William  S.,  born 
at  Turner;  he  was  photographer;  died  in  Mel- 
rose, Mas^aclulsetts;  married  Emma  Blaek- 
inan.  6.  Lena,  born  at  Turner ;  married  Ed- 
win Kideant.  of  Cumberland  county.  Maine. 
7.  Eunice  Frost,  born  Fel.iruary  3,  1S19.  died 
\(_'Uiig.     8.  Augusta,  died  young. 

(N'llI)  Benjamin  (2)  Soule,  son  of  John 
(3)  Soule,  was  born  at  Pownal,  Maine,  De- 
cember 4,  1816,  died  in  Buxton,  Maine,  .Au- 
gust, 1892.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Turner  ana 
I'i'.illips,  and  then  a  cattle  buyer  in  Aroostook 
coimty,  living  at  Enfield,  ami  finally  in  Bn.xton. 
He  w^is  a  Whig  and  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  married  Celia  C.  Creach,  born  in  Wayne, 
Maine,  iSiS,  died  in  Buxton,  November,  1909. 
Children:  .1.  Eunice  Augusta,  born  1841,  died 
at  F^ortland,  Maine,  191 1;  married  C.  Oscar 
Gordon,  of  Phillips,  a  physician  in  New  Jer- 
sey. 2.  William  Dennis,  born  1842;  married 
Arvilla  Pratt,  of  Phillips ;  lives  in  Buxton.  3. 
John  O.,  born  April   i,  1844;  married   (first) 

Mary  McMillan,  (second)  ;  farmer  in 

Buxton.  4.  Benjamin  Franklin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Mary  Addie,  born  1848 ;  married 
(first)  Jacob  (Tlausen,  (second)  Jacob  Gantz ; 
dictl  iQTi.  6.  Edwin  .\..  born  1850;  married 
Eli7abetli  Waterman,  of  Fiuxton.  7.  Lizzie 
B.,  born  1S52;  married  Albert  P.  Whiltier,  of 
Enfield  ;  lives  in  Portland.  8.  Lena  C.  born 
1854;  married  Edward  Hill,  of  Buxton.  9. 
Rollin,  born  1857:  married  Minnie  Cobb;  lives 
in  South  Windham,  ]\Iaine.  10.  Clinton,  died 
young. 

( IX  )  Benjamin  Franklin  Soule,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (2)  Soule,  was  born  in  Turner,  Maine. 
July  2,  1846.  He  left  school  when  sixteen 
years  old,  attending  in  the  winters  until  he  was 
twenty,  working  on  the  farm  until  iS''>7.  He 
then  went  to  Chicago  for  seven  years,  and  in 
1875  moved  to  ?vIi!ford,  'Maine,  remaining  for 
a  short  time.  After  staying  a  season  with  his 
father  in  Enfield,  he  went  to  South  Lincoln, 
Maine,  remaining  for  two  years,  working  in 
MacGregor's  spool  mill.  In  1878  he  moved 
to  Oakfield,  Maine,  buying  a  farm,  on  v.diich 
he  now  lives.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  has  served  two  years  as  superintendent  of 
the  school  and  one  term  as  selectman.  He  is  a 
member  of  Oakfield  Grange,  and  is  an  ex- 
member  of  the  Orangemen  and  of  the  Odd 
Fellows.  He  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  niarried  Angie  F.  Grant,  born 
November  2^.  1851,  at  Linneus,  Maine.  She 
attended  the  Lincoln,  Maine,  schools,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  of  the  Oakfield  Grange,  as  well  as  of  the 
Rebekahs  of  Smyrna  ^lills  and  of  the  \\'omen's 
Christian  Temperance  L'nion.  Slie  is  daugh- 
ter of  William  B.  Grant,  born   1S20.  died  at 


Dyer  Brook,  Maine,  1003;  he  was  a  farmer  at 
Dyer  Brook  for  twenty  years,  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church; 
he  married  Mary  Lillie,  who  died  at  Dyer 
Brook.  Children  of  W.  B.  Grant:  i.  Lizzie, 
married  Christopher  AIcLaughlin,  of  Sherman, 
Maine.  2.  Henr}-,  of  Island  Falls,  Maine.  3. 
Angie  F.,  mentioned  above.  4.  George,  mar- 
ried Alice  McGinley,  of  Houllon,  Maine,  and 
they  live  at  Smyrna.  5.  Rebecca,  died  young. 
6.  John,  married  .\lice  Randall,  and  they  live 
at  Island  Falls.  7.  Fannie,  married  Sidney 
Lillie,  of  Dyer  Brook.  8.  Annie,  married  Jesse 
Hall,  of  Washington  state.  9.  Charles,  ranch- 
man in  Montana.  Children  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  Soule:  i.  Ethelyn.  born  in  Enfield, 
November  3.   1875,  died  at  Portland,  August 

2,  1 886.  2.  Evangeline,  born  December,  1877, 
at  South  Lincoln,  Maine,  died  October  7,  1S79. 

3.  Jessie,  born  in  Oakfield,  April  11,  1S79,  died 
November  5,  1905.  4.  George  Clinton,  born 
July  I,  1882,  in  Oakfield;  married  Bessie  Lan- 
nigan.  of  Moro,  Maine,  and  they  live  with  his 
parents.  5.  Frank  Elmo,  born  in  Oakfield,  De- 
cember 30,  1883.  died  August  2,  i886.'  6. 
Pauline  Emma,  married  Lewis  Ridley  Leavitt 
(see  Leavitt).  7.  William,  born  I'ebruary  25, 
1887,  in  Oakfield;  runs  a  garage  in  Portland; 
married  \'erna  Gilpatrick,  of  Portland.  8. 
Fritz,  born  in  Oakfield,  July  13,  1888;  married 
Lou  Smart,  of  Danforth.  Maine.  9.  Walter, 
born  May  26,  1890.  in  Oakfield;  ranchman  in 
Montana.  10.  Albert,  born  November  30, 
1891 ;  ranchman  in  Montana.  11.  Erna,  born 
in  Oakfield.  April  10,  1894  ;  lives  with  parents, 
unmarried. 


Rev.  John  Crandall,  the  im- 
CR.-\ND.\LL     migrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  England,  and  settled  in 
Providence.  Rhode  Island,  as  early  as  1637. 
Fie  is  the  progenitor  of  all  of  the  name  of 
colonial  ancestry  in  this  country.  He  was  a 
Baptist  in  religion,  and  for  differing  with  the 
Puritan  church  was  persecuterl  in  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  settled  first.  From  Providence 
he  came  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  as  early 
as  1651,  and  became  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  there,  subsequently  the  first 
elder  of  the  denomination  at  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island.  With  John  Chace  and  Obadiah 
Holmes  he  went  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  to 
hold  services  for  the  Baptists,  was  arrested 
there  Tuly  21.  1651.  and  sent  to  prison  in  Bos- 
ton. Ten  days  later  he  was  convicted  of  break- 
ing the  law  by  holding  services  anrl  fined  five 
pounds,  in  default  of  which  he  was  to  be  pub- 
licly whipped.  L'pon  his  promise  to  appear  at 
the  next  term  of  court  h.e  was  released.  In 
1655  he  was  a   freeman  of  Rhode  Islantl ;  in 


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NEW  EXGLAXD. 


165S-59,  1662-63,  he  was  a  coinmifsioner. 
With  eight  others  ho  signed  a  ktter  to  the 
court  of  commissioners  of  Rhode  Island,  dated 
August  27,  if)6i,  in  relation  to  a  tract  of  land 
at  Westerly,  where  they  antl  others  desired 
to  settle.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
assembly  in  1687.  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year 
was  living  at  Westerly.  He  and  Joseph  Tor- 
rey  were  appointed  commissioners  to  treat 
with  Connecticut  as  to  jurisdiction  over  dis- 
puted territory,  May  14,  1669,  and  he  was  sup- 
plied with  thirty-five  shillings  by  the  colony 
of  Rhode  Island  to  pay  his  expenses  to  Con- 
necticut. He  received  a  letter  from  the  gov- 
ernor and  assistants  of  Connecticut,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1669,  complaining  that  he  and  others 
had  api^ropriated  a  large  tract  of  land  belong- 
ing to  Stonington.  Connecticut.  He  and  Tobias 
Saunders  answered  the  complaint  for  the 
Westerly  people.  He  was  conservator  01  the 
peace  at  ^Vcsterly  in  1670,  and  deputy  to  the 
general  assembly  again  in  1670-71.  He  was 
arrested  by  the  Connecticut  authorities,  May 
2,  1671,  and  by  advice  of  the  Rhode  Island 
government  declined  to  give  bond.  The  Rhode 
Island  colony  promised  to  pay  his  expenses 
and  defend  him. 

His  first  wife  died  August  i,  1670,  and  he 
married  (second)  Hannah,  probably  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Anr^  (Porter)  Gaylord,  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  She  died  in  1678.  He 
died  at  Newport,  whither  he  had  removed  on 
account  of  King  Philip's  war,  in  1676.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  married  Elizabeth  Gorton ;  James  ; 
Jane,  married  .Job  Babcock ;  Sarah,  tnarried 
Josiah  \\'itter;  Peter,  died  1734;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  born  1663;  Jeremiah, 
died  171S;  Eber,  born  1676. 

(II)  Elder  Joseph  Crandall,  son  of  Rev. 
John  Crandall,  died  September  12,  1737.  C)n 
April  20,  1704.  he  was  chosen  town  council- 
man of  Westerly,  but  declined.  In  1712  he 
moved  to  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  and  on 
March  24,  1713,  deeded  one  hundred  acres  in 
Westerly  to  his  son  John.  On  May  8,  171 5. 
he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Seventli 
Day  Baptist  church  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
and  served  until  1717  as  colleague  of  William 
Gibson,  who  died  that  year.  He  married  Deb- 
orah, daughter  of  Robert  and  Ruth  (Hubbard) 
Burdick.  She  was  baptized  April  11.  16S5. 
Children  :  John  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ; 
Deborah. 

(III)  Joseph  (2)  Crandall,  son  of  Elder 
Joseph  (i)  Crandall,  was  born  at  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island.  He  married.  February  15.  1716. 
in  Westerly,  Ann  Langwortliy.  Children,  born 
in  Westerly :  Joseph,  bcjrn  January  17,  1717: 
James,  Alay  12,  1719:  William,  .August  6,  1721  ; 
Simeon,   January    15,    1725;   Joshua,   October 


15,  1727;  Ezekiel,  November  21,  1730;  .\nn, 
July  21.   1733;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

( I\')  P.enjamin  dVandall,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Crandall,  was  born  November  20,  1736.  Ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1774  he  was  living  at 
North  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  and  had  five  in 
his  family.     He  married  Alice  - — • . 

(\')  Rev.  Joseph  (3)  Crandall,  son  or 
nepliew  of  Benjamin  Crandall,  was  born,  it  is 
said,  in  Freetown  (now  Fall  River),  Massa- 
chusetts, then  part  of  Tiverton,  Rhode  Inland. 
Joseph,  Nathaniel  and  Eber  Crandall  were 
heads  of  families  in  Tiverton  in  1774,  accord- 
ing to  the  census.  He. was  born  in  1760  and 
died  in  Salisbury,  New  Brunswick,  in  1S5S, 
nearly  a  hundred  years  old.  He  was  a  Bap- 
tist minister  for  sixty-si.K  years.  He  left  Free- 
town when  twenty  years  old.  He  began  to 
preach  at  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick,  and 
was  ordainerl  at  Sackville,  New  Brunswick. 
Afterward  he  had  various  parishes  in  Nova 
Scotia  and  New  Brunswick.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  Martha  Hopper,  born  in  1789,  died  at 
Salisbury  in  1S77.  She  was  of  English  de- 
scent. Children  by  second  wife:-  i.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin,  died  at  Salis- 
bury, a  merchant;  married  Mary  Ann  Scott, 
of  Salisbury.  3.  W^illiam,  died  at  Salisbury,  a 
merchant ;  married  Elsie  Miller.  4.  Chapin, 
died  at  Hillsboro,  New  Brunswick,  a  farmer; 
married  Frances  Knight,  of  Monkton.  5. 
Henry,  died  at  Salisbury ;  married  Catherine 
Wheaton.  of  Salisbury,  where  she  is  now  liv- 
ing; he  was  a  merchant  and  farmer.  6.  Mercy, 
died  at  Deer  Creek  Falls,  Washington ;  mar- 
ried George  Shearer,  a  farmer  of  Nova  Scotia. 
7.  Ann,  died  at  Oakfield,  Alaine;  married  Rob- 
ert Perigo,  of  Alilo,  ]\Iaine,  a  merchant. 

(\'I)  Joseph  (4)  Crandall,  son  of  Rev.  Jo- 
seph (3)  Crandall,  was  born  at  Salisbury,  New 
Brunswick.  Canada,  July  14,  1805,  died  at 
Oakfield,  I\Iaine,  July  26,  1902.  He  came  to 
the  L'nited  States  in  middle  life  and  located  at 
Oakfield,  Z^Iaine,  where  he  had  a  farm  and 
saw  mill.  Fie  married  Catherine  Wheaton, 
born  at  Salisbury,  in  1812,  died  at  Oakfield, 
1897.  Children,  born  at  Salisbury:  i.  Asa, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Washington,  born  1841, 
died  at  Oakfield,  unmarried.  January  19,  1903. 
3.  Martha,  born  March  8,  1842  ;  married  Harry 
Fisher,  born  in  Cumberland,  England,  April, 
1833,  came  to  Nova  Scotia  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  and  to  Oakfield  at  the  age  of 
thirty-five ;  now  a  prosperous  farmer  at  Oak- 
field.   4.  Matilda,  born  1844.  died  about  1S84; 

married Mills,  of  Salisbury,  a  farmer. 

5.  Bonaparte,  born  1846;  married  Olive 
Thompson,  of  Oakfield.  where  they  reside  on 
a  farm.  6.  James  (q.  v.).  7.  Wdliam,  born 
1850,  killed  by  a  falling  tree  at  Oakfield,  aged 


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f.,.urlcen  years.  8.  Mary  Helen,  born  1852; 
married  Swatiton  Hig^gins.  who  is  now  living 
iH'.Tr  Bangor,  a  retired  farmer ;  she  died  in 
( );ikfield  in  1887.  9-  K^te,  born  1S54,  died 
.-igcd  seventeen  years.  10.  Marshall,  born  1S55  ; 
a  farmer  at  Oakfield ;  married  Florence  Bren- 
nan.  II.  Henry,  born  1S59,  died  at  Oakfield, 
aged  twenty-seven  years:  married  Jeimie 
Drew.  12.  Belle,  born  1861  ;  married  Frank 
lioodcll.  a  mill  owner  of  Xew  Brunswick. 

(\'n)  Asa  Crandall.  son  of  Joseph  (4) 
Crandall.  was  born  at  Monkton,  Xova  Scotia, 
1S3Q.  died  at  Oakfield,  Maine,  1901.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  r^Ionkton.  and  was 
afterward  a  lumberman  at  Morrill,  Island 
Falls  and  elsewhere  along  the  Penobscot  river, 
settling  at  length  in  Oakfield.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  lie  was  a  member  of  the 
I'aptist  church.  He  married  (first)  a  ^liss 
Wheaton :  he  married  (second)  Estelle  Drew, 
born  at  Linncus,  Maine,  1859,  died  at  Oakfield, 
1893,  daughter  of  Aaron  Drew.  Her  father 
was  born  in  182S,  at  Smyrna,  Elaine,  and  died 
at  Oakfield,  1897,  a  farmer,  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  married  Olive  Cookson, 
born  September  19.  1S35.  She  is  now  living 
at  Oakfield.  Children  of  Aaron  and  Olive 
Drew:  i.  Estelle.  mirried  Asa  Crandall,  men- 
tioned abo\-e.  2.  Hannibal,  married  Annie 
Randall,  of  Linneus ;  they  live  at  D\er  Brook. 
3.  Olive,  resides  in  Oakfield,  unmarried.  4. 
Hattie.  married  Harry  Dwyer,  of  Millinocket. 
5.  Samuel,  married  Sadie  Howard,  of  Patten; 
they  reside  at  Oakfield.  6.  Jennie,  married 
Harry  Crandall.  Children  of  Asa  Crandall  by 
his  first  wife:  i.  Frank,  born  i8'j6:  married 
Lydia  Z^Iiles  and  resi^'es  at  Linneus.  2.  Lona, 
born  1870;  married  Henry  ]\Iurchie,  a  farmer 
and  owner  of  a  mill  and  threshing  machine. 
3.  Idella,  born  1872;  married  Isaac  Fredericks, 
of  Xew  Pinmswick :  they  live  at  Oakfield. 
Children  of  .\?a  Crandall  by  his  second  wife 
Fstelle :  4.  Bertha.  5.  Guy,  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  Abel,  born  February  22.  1887 ;  atten.i- 
ed  the  public  schools  of  Oakfield;  farmer  and 
lumberman ;  Republican  in  politics  and  Bap- 
tist in  religion;  married.  February  26.  1913.  in 
Oakfield,  Geneva  Shorey,  born  at  Oakfield, 
Xo\-ember  29.  1S94;  school  teacher  before  her 
marriage,  daughter  of  William  Shorey.  born 
at  Lowell,  Maine.  1861.  a  prosperous  farmer 
and  lumberman  of  Oakfield ;  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics and  formerly  road  commissioner:  married 
Minnie  Crandall.  daugb.ter  of  James  Crandall, 
of  Monkton.  \\'illiam  Shorey  resides  at  Oak- 
field. His  chil'Ven  :  i.  Annie,  born  1S85,  mar- 
ried Charles  Shernip.n.  r,f  Oakfield,  a  farmer 
there.  2.  Vera,  married  Roy  Boutler.  or  Bou- 
tilier,  a  native  of  Xew  Brunswick,  now  of  Oak- 
field, a  farmer.    3.  Geneva,  married  Abel  Cran- 


ilall,  mentioned  above.  4.  Mary,  born  April 
22.  1889.  married  Edward  Willi.iins  a  native 
of  Penobscot  countv,  a  farmer  of  Oakfield. 

(\'HIj  Guy  Crandall,  son  of  .\sa  Crandall, 
was  born  at  Oakfield,  Maine,  September  9, 
1885.  His  parents  removed  t(;  Island  Falls, 
Maine,  when  he  was  eleven  years  old  and  he 
attended  the  jniblic  schools  there.  During  his 
youth  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  He 
followed  farming  and  railroading  on  the 
P)angor  &  Aroostook  railroad  until  1906,  when 
he  bouglit  a  farm  of  seventy-five  acres  in  Oak- 
field, near  the  village.  Since  then  he  has  con- 
ducted this  farm.  He  has  also  a  farm  of  sev- 
enty-five acres  about  three  miles  from  the  vil- 
lage. In  politics  he  was  formerly  a  Repub- 
lican, now  a  Progressive.  He  has  been  fence 
viewer  of  the  town  of  Oakfield.  He  attends 
the  Baptist  church,  and  is  a  member  of  Oak- 
field Lodge  of  Orangemen.  He  married,  X'o- 
vember  19,  1905,  at  Smyrna  Mills,  Alma  J. 
Clark,  born  at  Oakfield,  July  4,  1890.  educated 
in  the  Oakfield  schools,  daughter  of  Bernell 
Clark,  who  was  born  at  Oakfield  in  1870.  Her 
father  is  living  at  Oakfield  and  has  followed 
farming  there  all  his  active  life.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  Fie  has  been  a  member  of 
the  school  board  and  road  commission.  He 
married  Annie  Moore,  born  in  X'ew  Bruns- 
wick, daughter  of  Samuel  Moore.  Samuel 
Moore  died  in  Oakfield,  where  he  was  a 
farmer.  He  married  \\'alton.  Chil- 
dren of  Bernell  Clark:  i.  Alma  J.,  married 
Guy  Crandall,  mentioned  above.  2.  Harold, 
born  1892.  resides  at  Oakfield.  3.  -\Iary.  born 
1894.  rnarried  Charles  Grant,  born  at  Oakfield, 
a  farmer.  4.  John,  born  1S99.  5.  Charles, 
born  190T.  6.  Lawrence,  born  1910.  Children 
of  Guy  Crandall:  i.  Asa  B.,  born  at  Oakfield, 
March  20,  1907.  2.  Kenneth,  born  September 
I.  IQ09.  3.  Calvin  Howard,  born  September 
30,  1911. 


(VII)  Tames  Crandall,  son 
CRAXDALL  of  Joseph  Crandall  (q.  vA, 
was  born  in  Salisbury,  Xew 
Brunswick,  Canada.  September.  1849.  and 
now  lives  at  Oakfield.  Maine.  He  was  a  lum- 
berman, but  was  compelled  to  retire  from 
active  work  because  of  his  health.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  has  served  as  dep- 
uty sherift'  of  Aroostook  county  for  ten  years ; 
as  road  commissioner  for  two  years :  and 
for  several  years  as  a  member  of  the  school 
committee.  He  is  a  member  of  ^lonument 
Lo<lge.  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Houl- 
ton.  and  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  of  Hi>ulton.  He  married. 
Januan,'  23.  18C.0.  at  Botnidary  Creek.  Xew 
Brunswick.    Matilda    Brown,   born   in    Monk- 


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ton,  New  Brunswick,  February  14,  1S50. 
They  both  are  members  of  the  JJaptitt 
church.  Cliildren:  i.  Minnie,  born  Febru- 
ary 23,  1870,  at  Salisbury;  married  Wilhani 
Shorey,  ot  Enlield,  Maine,  and  they  hve  at 
Oakfield  ;  lie  is  a  lumberman  and  farmer  ;  chil- 
dren :  Annie,  married  Charles  Sherman,  of 
Oakfield;  \'era,  married  Roy  F.outler  or  Bou- 
tilier,  of  Oakfield  ;  Gcne\  a,  married  Abel  Crau- 
dall;  Mary,  married  Edward  Williams,  a 
fanner  of  Oakfield.  2.  Carrie  B.,  born  at 
Oakfield,  January  i,  1872;  married  James 
Kinney,  ot  jaekson  Brook,  IMainc;  they  hve 
at  Oaktield,  cliildren:  Koland,  of  Oakfield; 
■  Chalmer,  of  Oakfield;  Dolly,  lives  with 
mother;  Milton,  deceased;  Waldo,  Kate  and 
Florence,  living  with  mother;  Eldin.  3.  fiarry, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Kate,  born  at  Oakfield, 
December  22,  1876;  married  John  Shorey,  of 
Enheld,  Maine;  she  died  1904,  and  he  lives  in 
New  Jtlampshire,  where  he  runs  a  boarding 
house;  children:  Edith,  lives  in  Oakfield  with 
aunt;  Earl,  is  with  lather;  Freeda,  deceased. 
5.  Flarvey,  born  at  Oakfield,  Alay  10,  1879; 
married  .\iadge  Sprague,  of  Oakfield,  where 
they  live;  he  is  a  Re]iublican;  children:  Nel- 
lie, James  and  Glenms,  living  with  parents.  6. 
Blanche  L.,  bora  at  Oakfield,  July  23,  1880; 
married  James  Shorey,  of  Enfield ;  he  is  a 
fanner  and  also  is  employed  by  railroad;  cliil- 
dren :  Ray,  Virginia,  Lester,  Avis,  Freeda, 
Daphne,  living  with  parents.  7.  Frank  B., 
born  at  Oakfield,  August  16,  1S82;  married 
Ruth  Russell,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine;  they 
live  at  Oakfield,  where  he  is  a  lumberman; 
children;  Mary,  Katy,  living  witli  parents.  S. 
Alary  E.,  born  at  Oakfield,  July  22,  1SS4;  mar- 
ried Samuel  Antworth,  of  New  Brunswick ; 
she  died  1904,  at  Oakfield  ;  he  lives  at  Stock- 
holm, Maine ;  no  children  living.  9.  Nellie, 
born  August  29,  1S86;  married  Henry  Sher- 
man, of  Oakfield,  where  ihey  live  on  a  farm; 
children;  Mary,  Helen,  Ruth,  Edith,  living 
with  parents.  10.  Gertrude  AL,  born  at  Oak- 
field, July  22,  1888;  married  Hariey  Sprague, 
of  Oakfield,  where  he  is  a  barber;  children; 
Hazel,  Charles,  Goldie,  Frank,  Alildred,  living 
with  parents.  11.  Charles  P.,  born  at  Oak- 
field, January  15,  1890;  married  Mary  Martin, 
of  Oakfield,  where  they  live;  child,  Joseph 
Preston. 

(VHI)  flarry  Crandall,  son  of  James  Cran- 
dall,  was  born  at  Oakfield,  Maine.  November 
19,  1873.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  during  his  youth  and 
young  manhood  was  employed  in  farming  and 
lumbering.  In  April,  1907,  he  bought  a  farm 
in  Oakfield,  comprising  one  hundred  and  forty- 
three  acres  and  since  then  he  has  followed 
fanning  there.     In  politics  he  is  now  an  inde- 


IKiident  Progressive;  was  formerly  a  Repub- 
lican. He  was  road  commissioner  of  the  town 
for  one  term.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  No.  845,  of 
Houlton,  and  was  formerly  a  member  ot  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Floulton.  He  attends 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  church. 

He  married,  December  21,  1S96,  in  Smyrna, 
Agnes  L.  Adams,  born  in  Oakfield,  December 
14,  1880.  She  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Linneus  Corner  High 
School.  For  five  terms  she  taught  school  be- 
fore her  marriage.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  (see  Adams  Ilj.  Children: 
I.  Don,  born  September  8,  1898.  2.  Alarjorie, 
born  March  31,  1900.  3.  .Marion,  born  Febru- 
ary 3.  1902.  4.  Lloyd,  born  July  20,  1904.  5. 
Jane,  born  May  14,  1906.  6.  Marshall,  born 
May  9,  1908.  7.  Arthur,  born  October  20, 
1910.    8.  .Ada,  born  January  19,  1913. 


I  I  j  William  Adams  was  born  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  New^  Brunswick,  probably  in  1806, 
died  at  Linneus,  Maine,  in  18S6.  He  settled  in 
Linneus  after  his  marriage,  and  was  a  farmer 
and  lumberman  there  the  remainder  of  h's  life. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church, 
being  a  deacon  and  an  active  member  towards 
its  support.  He  married  Eliza  Hughes,  born 
in  Ireland  in  1816,  died  at  Linneus,  August  19, 
1913.  She  was  eight  years  old  when  her  par- 
ents came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  New- 
Brunswick;  they  came  to  Linneus,  where  her 
father  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i.  Charles, 
born  in  New  Brunswick,  died  at  Linneus; 
farmer;  married  Ellen  Boyd,  of  Linneus.  2. 
James,  born  in  New  Brunsw^ick ;  married  Jes- 
sie Mitchell,  of  New  Brunswick ;  they  live  on 
farm  in  Linneus.  3.  John,  born  in  New- 
Brunswick;  married  Lottie  Russell;  they  live 
on  farm  in  Flodgdon,  Maine.  4.  Justus,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Murray,  born  at  Linneus ; 
married  Sophronia  Brown,  of  New  Bruns- 
wick ;  they  live  on  farm  at  Linneus.  6.  George, 
born  at  Linneus ;  married  Phoebe  Flansom,  of 
New-  Brunswick ;  she  died  at  Linneus,  w-here 
he  lives.  7.  Sarah  Jane,  born  in  New  Bruns- 
w-ick;  married  Justus  Woodworth,  of  Lin- 
neus, where  they  live  on  farm.  8.  Louise, 
born  at  Linneus;  married  (first)  William  Kur- 
ven,  of  New-  Brunswick;  farmer;  married 
(second)  George  Sterritt,  of  Linneus,  where 
they  live  on  farm.  9.  Maggie,  born  at  Lin- 
neus;  married  John  Hughes,  of  New-  Brnns- 
wick;  they  live  at  HouUon,  Maine;  he  is  a 
building  mover.  10.  Mary,  born  at  Linneus; 
married  .Alfred  Hughes,  brother  of  John 
Hughes,  a   farmer.      11.   Hattie,  born  at   Lin- 


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ncus;  married  Dennis  Haiifuni,  of  Xcw  Ilnins- 
wick  ;  he  lives  on  farm  at  Linneus  ;  she  is  (Kail. 
(II)  Justus  Adams,  son  of  William  Adam;, 
was  born  April  18,  1847,  ^^  Linneus,  Maine, 
and  lives  now  at  Oakfield.  Maine.  He  is  a 
farmer,  and  has  lived  in  Oakfield  ever  since  his 
marriage.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
has  served  as  road  commissioner.  He  attends 
the  llaptist  church.  He  married  Jane  David- 
son, born  in  the  Province  of  New  ISrunswick. 
October  4.  1848.  Children,  born  in  Oakfield: 
I.  W'illiam,  born  A;iril  18.  1870:  married 
Becky  Brown,  of  Oakfield,  where  they  live  on 
farm.  2.  George,  born  yiay  12,  1872:  married 
Gertrude  Higgins,  of  Oakfield,  where  he  is  a 
farmer  and  lumberman.  3.  Scott,  b. irn  .May 
14,  1874;  lives  with  parents,  unmarried.  4. 
Emma,  born  July  29,  1S77  ;  married  Fred  Ray- 
mond, of  \\'allagrass,  ^lassachusetts ;  they  live 
at  Oakfield  on  a  farm.  5.  Agnes  L.,  married 
Harry  Crandall  (see  Crandall  X'HI).  6.  James, 
born  August  11,  1883;  married  Blanche  Hunt- 
ley, of  Oakfield,  where  they  live.  7.  Lewis, 
born  June  9,  18S6;  lives  with  parents,  unmar- 
ried.   8.  John,  died  in  infancy. 


Thomas  Griffin,  doubtless  a  de- 
GRIFFIX     scendant  of  Humphrey  Griffin, 

a  pioneer  of  Ipswich.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  progenitor  of  most  of  the  Grif- 
fins of  the  state  of  Maine,  was  born,  in  F'ree- 
port,  Maine,  June  17,  1770,  died  at  Levant. 
Maine,  July  22,  1857.  Fie  married,  at  Xew 
Gloucester,  August  9.  1796,  Hannah  Rollins, 
born  there,  September  27,  1777,  died  at  Levant. 
December  30,  184S.  Children,  born  at  I'ow- 
nal,  Maine:  i.  Carina  P.,  born  August  g.  179Q, 
died  September  5,  1875,  at  Levant.  2.  Priscilla, 
born  October  16,  1 800.  3.  Samuel  Rollins, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Stephen  M.,  born  Octo- 
ber 19,  1803.  5.  Flannah,  born  October  25, 
1804,  died  at  Xew  Gloucester,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber I,   1870.     6.  Thomas,  born  June  5,   1S06. 

7.  Charles,  born  Xovember  20,  1807,  died  Feb- 
ruary   16,    1S79,    in    North    Bridgton,    Maine. 

8.  John,  born  March  23,  1809.  9.  Martha, 
born  November  17,  1810.  10.  .\lbert,  born 
September  6,  181 2,  died  January,  1885.  11. 
IMoses  R.,  born  August  24,  1S14,  died  at 
Levant,  February  2j,  1855.  12.  B.enjamin, 
born  .-\ugust  5,  1S16.  13.  [acob  S.,  born  July 
26,  18J9. 

dl)  Samuel  Rollins  Griffin,  son  of  Thomas 
Griffin,  was  born  January  18,  1S02,  in  I'ownal, 
]\raine,  died  at  Calais,  Maine,  June  30.  18'/). 
He  learned  the  trade  of  ship  carpenter  and 
joiner.  For  many  years  he  follnwed  farming 
in  Charlotte,  Maine,  and  in  Pembroke,  Maine, 
where  he  spent  most  of  his  active  years,  .-\lter 
he    retired    from    active    labor    he    settled    in 


(■.•d;a-.  In  earlv  life  he  wa-  a  Whig,  and  later 
a  Kepul.lic;in.  I  le  w,i>  a  member  of  the  Metii- 
odi-l  I'.j.i-eop.d  cliiuch.  He  married,  August 
3,  iSjS,  S;!^anna  I'.  I'.ldridge,  l)orn  in  St.  John, 
"Cli.irli.Ue  eounly,  .\ew  I'.runswick,  December 
9.  1805.  dird  in  Pembroke,  .Maine,  1900.  She 
wa<  a  devoni  .Melhodi-t.  Children,  born  at 
CharlnUc  an.l  IVmbn.ke:  1.  Thomas  G..  born 
-March  27,  iSji;,  at  I'emhioke,  died  in  Char- 
lotte. Septtniber  <;,  1 879 ;  a  farmer  and  joiner 
of  .Maplilon;  nnrned '  Sarah  .McGlauflin,  of 
Charlotte;  children:  ]?uk-.  C,  married  Maggie 
Argent,  and  n-i.lcs"ni  .\labama:  Arthur  \\\, 
f;irmer,  Mapli.tnn,  marriol  Rose  Argent,  sister 
of  -Maggie;  l  on-tantine,  died  young.  2.  Mar- 
garet i-;.,  born  in  Cliarlntle,  July  24,  1830,  died 
-Aliril  2.  i<>[3:  m;u-ried  (first)  Josiah  McCJlauf- 
lin,  of  Charltitte,  veteran  of  the  civil  war, 
served  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  Maine  \'olun- 
tecr  Infantry,  killed  in  the  service;  children: 
Lillian,  married  lleman  Sjirague,  of  Boston; 
Gertrud.e,  married  Horace  McGlauflin,  Meth- 
odist clergyman,  Skowlicgan,  Maine;  Alice, 
married  (.ieorge  B.  W'hidden ;  Mary,  married 
Edward  Greenlaw,  farmer,  Presque  Isle.  Mar- 
garet E.  married  (second)  .Mbert  McGlauflin, 
a  blacksmith,  who  died  at  Presque  Isle.  3. 
James  (',..  born  at  Charlotte,  .August  27,  1831, 
died  there,  unmarried,  June  6,  1853.  4-  Slacey 
A.,  born  July  25,  1833,  ^^'^"^  ^^  Caribou,  Maine, 
1910;  was  a  farmer;  married  (first)  Sarah 
Meek,  of  Littleton,  Maine;  (second)'  Mrs. 
Corilelia  (Toothaker)  Soule,  widow  of  Ben- 
jamin Soule,  of  Mapleton,  a   farmer,  veteran 

of  the  civil  war  ;  married  (third)  Mrs. . 

Stacey  A.  was  a  sohlier  in  the  civil  war  for  a 
year  in  the  Eleventh  -Maine  Regiment;  chil- 
dren: Herbert,  married  Ida  Merrill,  resides  at 
Caribou;   Osgood,    farmer.    Caribou,   married 

-Annie ;   Millie,   married  -Austen   Foss. 

farmer,  Kenduskeag,  Maine;  Stacey  Evander, 
married  -Alice  Mills,  Caribou.  5.  Albert  Stan- 
ley, mentioned  below.     6.  Infant,  died  young. 

7.  Infant,  born  .September  2,  1838,  died  young. 

8.  Infant,  born  February  11,  1S40,  died  young. 

9.  Samuel  A.,  born  January  10,  1841,  in  Char- 
lotte; farmer,  Pembroke;  served  in  a  cavalry 
regiment  from  Maine  in  the  civil  war,  was 
badly  wounded,  now  a  pensioner,  member  of 
the  Grand  .Army;  married  (first)  Eliza  Tar- 
bell,  of  Charlotte,  (second)  Sarah  Johnson,  a 
native  of  .XLT^sachusetts  ;  children  by  first  wife  : 
Percy  and  Herbert.  10.  Susan  Melvina,  born 
July  [3.  1843,  in  Charlotte:  married  F^lijah 
"wilder,  of  \\'ashington  county,  Maine,  now 
living  in  Caribou;  children:  Fannie,  married 
Charles  Murpliy,  a  dentist  in  Calais;  Stephen, 
a  harnessmaker  in  Calais,  where  his  father  is 
also  a  harnessmaker.  ir.  Stephen  R..  born 
November   20,    1845,    ''^    Charlotte,    shot   and 


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NEW  EIN'GLAXD. 


killed  at  tl-e  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June  3, 
1864;  was  a  private  in  the  Tliirty-tirst  Maine 
Regiment  \'oliintecr  Infantry.  12.  Leonora  ]•-., 
born  Sejiteniber  23.  1S49,  in  Charlotte,  died 
there  October  3.  1849. 

(II J)  Albert  Stanley  Griffin,  son  of  Samuel 
Rollins  Griffin,  was  born  May  I,  1835,  in  Char- 
lotte, Maine.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  followed  farming  on 
the  homestead  until  he  came  of  age.  He  then 
became  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Mapleton, 
Maine,  and  cleared  a  tract  of  land  there.  In 
1862  he  enlisted  in  the  Seventh  Maine  Regi- 
ment \'oIunteer  Infantry,  and  served  until  the 
end  of  the  war.  He  was  a  musician  and  jjlaxed 
in  the  regimental  band.  He  was  mustered  out 
in  Portland,  Maine,  in  iSG$.  After  the  battle 
of  the  Wilderness  he  carried  a  rifle  and  took 
part  in  every  engagement  of  his  regiment.  He 
was  in  the  camjiaign  in  the  Shenandoah  \'alley, 
in  the  battle  of  Winchester,  at  the  siege  of 
Petersburg,  at  Fredericksburg  and  Appomat- 
tox. He  returned  to  his  farm,  after  the  war, 
but  subsequently  sold  it,  and  bought  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  his  sister, 
iMargaret  E.  (Griffin)  McGlauflin.  clearing  the 
greater  part  of  it.  In  190S  he  sold  his  farm 
and  retired.  Since  tlicn  he  has  lived  in  the 
village  of  ■Mapleton.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican; in  religion  an  Adventist.  Ho  is  a 
member  of  McGlauflin  Post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  and  has  held  various  offices,  and 
a  former  member  of  Mapleton  Grange. 

He  married,  August  10.  1865,  in  Portland, 
Mary  A.  Waldron,  born  in  Portland,  February 
22,  1842.  She  was  educated  in  the  conunon 
schools  and  is  a  member  of  the  Advent  church 
(see  Waldron  VIII).  Children:  i.  Eva  Al- 
bertina.  born  March  4,  1867:  married  Ernest 
T.  McGlauflin  (see  McGlauflin  I\').  2. 
Charles  E.,  born  August  8..  1869;  farmer  in 
Mapleton:  member  of  the  Mapleton  Grange, 
and  Mapleton  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  ^Ia- 
sons  ;  married  Blanche  Thompson  ;  children  : 
Luona,  married  Irving  Dudley,  of  Mapleton, 
one  child,  Frank  Dudley ;  Luclla,  married, 
June  17,  1914,  Theodore  Southard,  of  Presque 
Isle;  Sterling,  Ellery,  Charles,  Zelma  and 
Sherman,  who  died  in  infancy.  3.  C.  Lewis, 
born  April  3,  1S71  ;  farmer  in  Castle  Hill,  for- 
merly of  ^lapleton:  a  Free  Mason,  Odd  Fel- 
low, and  member  of  the  Grange :  married 
Christina  (or  Tennie)  Bird,  of  Castle  Hill; 
children:  Velma,  Delta,  Alden.  4.  Alice  E.. 
born  October  6.  1873;  married  Winficld  Saw- 
yer, of  Castle  Hill,  a  farmer;  she  is  a  member 
of  the  Advent  church  and  of  the  Grange;  chil- 
dren: Ivan  FI.  and  Pearl.  5.  Rosa,  born  Janu- 
ary 31.  1878;  married  Harry  W.  Greenlaw,  of 
Masardis,    registered    guide,    lumberman;   she 


is  a  member  of  the  Grange;  children:  Crystal, 
LIo>(l.  Etta,  Lauretta ;  Cr\  stal  married,  in 
I<)I4.  (ieorge  P.U7zell,  of  Caribou,  one  child, 
Clairon  I'.uzzell. 

(The   W.-iIdron   Line). 

Tlic  \\'aIdron  family  has  been  traced  for 
several  centuries  in  F.ngland.  The  ancient  seat 
of  the  family  is  in  Warwickshire. 

(I)  Edward  Waldron  or  \\'alderne  lived  at 
Alcester.  Warwickshire.  England,  and  was 
buried  there  January   13.   1590.     He  married 

Joan   .     Children :    George,   mentioned 

below:  Edward,  buried  February  11,  1619; 
William,  baptized  April  18,  1581. 

(II)  George  Waldron,  son  of  Edward 
Waldron,  was  buried  at  Alcester,  April  12. 
1588.  He  married.  July  3.  1576,  Joan  Shollard, 
who  was  buried  July  2j,  1627. 

(HI)  William  \\'aldron,  son  of  George 
Waldron,  was  baptized  at  .-Mcester,  July  25, 
1577.  and  was  buried  there  December  25.  1636. 
lie  married,  November  26,  1600,  at  Alcester, 
Catherine  Raven.  Children,  born  at  Alcester: 
I.  William,  mentioned  below.  2.  George,  bap- 
tized A])ril  26.  1603.  3.  John,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 25,  1606.  4.  Thomas,  baptized  October  29, 
1608.  died  in  1633.    5.  Foulke,  baptized  March 

3,  1610.  6.  Robert,  baptized  April  9,  1612. 
7.  Elizabeth,  baptized  October  10,  1613.  8. 
Major  Richard,  baptized  January  6,  161 5  ;  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  pioneers  of  New 
Hampshire,  settled  at  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
1636;  treasurer,  commissioner  to  hear  small 
causes,  selectman,  deputy  to  the  general  court 
and  speaker  of  the  liouse  at  Boston  for  six 
years;  president  of  the  province,  liiSi  :  tor- 
tured to  death  by  Indians  in  1689.  9.  Kath- 
erine,  baptized  February  7,  1618.  10.  Alex- 
anc'er,  baptized  April  6,  1620.  11.  Humphrey, 
baptized  August  4.  1622.     12.  Edward. 

(I\')  William  (2)  Waldron,  son  of  Willinm 
(i)  Waldron,  was  baptized  in  Alcester,  Octo- 
ber 13.  1601.  He  came  to  Dover  about  the 
same  time  as  his  more  famous  brother.  Major 
Waldron.  He  was  recorder  from  1641  to 
1648:  a  magistrate  in  1642;  member  of  the 
church  ;  deputy  to  the  general  court,  1646.  He 
was  accidentally  drowned  in  1646.  Children: 
I.  Christoplier,  mentioned  in  the  English  pedi- 
gree, wdiich  is  on  record  in  the  chancery  court, 
England.     2.  William,  born  1642.     3.  George. 

4.  Alexander,  died  at  Dover,  1676.  5.  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  Waldron.  son  of  William 
Waldron.  lived  at  Dover,  taxpayer,  1672. 

(VI)  John  (2)  Waldron,  son  or  nephew  of 
John  (i)  Waldron.  lived  in  Dover.  A  tradi- 
tion, however,  states  that  he  lived  in  I-'ngland 
when  a  boy.     Another  tradition  makes  him  a 


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r(.'l;itive  of  Major  Ricliard  Waldron.  TIr-  tra- 
(liiion  has  it  that  a  ruan  named  Heard  to.ik 
lolui  in  an  unfair  manner  from  an  ImiljIisIi 
seaport.  Rut  John  Heard,  of  Dover,  in  liis 
will,  Aiiril  21,  16S7,  mentioned  "Waldrc-n.  niv 
aijprenticc."  John  Waldrcn  married  a  widuw 
and  another  romantic  story  is  told  of  thi<  mar- 
riage. She  was  born  October  2,  i(yiS.  mar- 
ried  ffir.^t)    June   ^o,   168'), ,   (sLcnid) 

.\i:uu<l  2>).  1608.  lohn  Waldrun.  She  \va^  a 
daughter  of  John  and  .Mary  (Ikar.Ii  Ilam, 
and  gran.ddaugliter  of  Jolin  ITean!,  the  m;,~;Lr. 
John  W'aldron's  will  is  ilated  .\ugust  12,  1740. 
Children:  1.  Sarah.  2.  P.ri 'get.' killed  i)v  In- 
dians. 3.  Richard,  mentioned  below.  4.  lulm, 
died  1778.  s.  Elizabeth.  6.  Aima.  7.  Alehit- 
aWe.     8.  Sarah. 

(\'II)  Richard  Waldron,  son  of  John  (2) 
Waldron,  was  born  in  Dover,  about  170a.     He 

inherited  the  homestead.     He  married  

Smith,  of  Durham.  Xew  Hampshire.  His  will 
was  dated  August  6,  167T,  proved  January  29, 
1672,  mentions  wife  Elizabeth.  -Children:  i. 
Colonel  John,  born  1740.  2.  Hannah.  3.  Eliz- 
abeth. J.  Mary.  5.  Joseph,  born  ^lay  16, 
1744.  6.  Richard,  mentioned  below.  7.  Sam- 
uel.    8.  lames. 

(Vllf)  Richard  (2)  \\'aMron.  son  of  Rich- 
ard (1)  \\'aldron,  was  born  in  Dover,  1749. 
His  farm  was  afterward  owned  by  the  town. 
He  married,  October  25,  1773,  Elizabeth 
Clements,  daughter  of  Job  Clements.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Dover:  i.  Elizabeth.  2.  Rich- 
ard, born  March  30,  1775.  3.  Mary,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1777.  4.  John,  died  young.  5. 
Abigail,  married  David  McDuffee,  and  lived  at 
Winthrop.  Maine.  6.  Joseph  C.  (And  others). 
Ricliard  \\'aldron,  or  a  cousin  of  the  same 
name,  married  Mary  Hall,  and  died  at  Fort- 
land,  Maine.  Children;  i.  Silas  Hall,  men- 
tinned  below.  2.  American  Prospect,  married 
Maria  Mason.  3.  Francis  Ashby,  a  miller, 
grinding  corn  and  salt.  Portland;  married 
Tf  arriet  ]'"airbanks.  4.  William  Harrison,  divi- 
sion superintendent  of  a  railroad;  married 
Harriet  Mortley.  5.  Haimah.  died  at  Portland. 
aged  eighteen  years.  6.  Mary  Gould,  married 
Rodney  Chaffln :  children;  Mary  Augusta, 
married  Joseph  O.  Fidler;  Sarah  Jane,  Julia 
Jennette.  Emily  Francis,  Agnes  .-\ngelia,  Ellen, 
Charles  Rodney,  Frank  William.  7.  Jeanctte, 
married  Nathaniel  Hicks,  farmer ;  children : 
Hattie  and  Emma. 

(IX)  Silas  Hall  Waldron.  son  of  Richard 
Waldron.  was  born  about  1800.  He  was  a 
miller  and  ground  salt  and  corn.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican  in  later  years.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  .Ann  Sawyer  Hamilton,  born  near 
Portland,  died  there  in  i8ri8.  aged  o\er  eighty- 
four  vears.     She  was  a  member  of  the  .Advent 


cliurcli.  'I'hev  lia.l  li  ileen  clnldien:  i.  Silas 
H..  nf  WintliNip,  i.-iiuRr,  xeienm  of  the  civil 
uar;  niariied  l.\dia  1  )nw.  2.  Eugene,  dicl 
>'i!iig.  3.  Il.iirin.  mained  Charles' F.  Corey, 
a   drui^iMM,    roul.iiid       4.    .Mary   A.,    married 

married  \\  illi-  ( i.  .\lii  il.uiliin,  ukiiUkikiI  in 
the  .\L(,'aullin  -ketch.  (..  juseph.  died  in 
child!).,, -d.  ;.  Al/iii,i,  .lied  in  childhod.l.  8. 
.Mbertina,  dird  \<  inig.  u.  I'jnnia,  died  in  Cari- 
Ixiu  :  m.iiricd  (Mis  Ki  yniilds.  10.  Anna,  died 
in  .\iiL;iNt:i.  .Maine,  i;;i;n:ii  ried.  I'uur  other 
childun  di.d  in  clnldhiKMl.  i  :,.  lunest,  the 
vuungest.  hve,  in  r,,ri!and,  M'aine ;  married 
-Mrs.  Minnie  .\hb(,tt. 

lames  McGlaullin  (or 
AKdLACI'LlX  'Luchland  as  originally 
spelled)  came  to  .\mer- 
ica  toward  t!ie  last  part  of  the  eiglitccnth  cen- 
tury, and  seliled  m  Xew  Hampshire.  With 
him  c.ime  two  of  hi-  brothers.  His  children 
were:  l)a\id,  \\  iili:iiii,  [ohn,  James,  Thomas, 
r.arhara.  Sallv,   Marv, 

(11)  Jolin'Mc(,l;iiinin,  son  of  James  Mc- 
Glaullin, ua-  born  in  Lha- leston,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire, October  II.  I7.;S,  died  in  Charlotte, 
Maine.  December  (>,  1X50.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  (charlotte,  where  he  married,  1S19,  flannah 
Smith.  She  was  born  in  Dennysville,  Alainc, 
iahruary  II,  1805,  died  in  Presc|ue  Isle,  Maine, 
January'5,  1880.  Children:  i.  Albert,  born  De- 
cember 31,  1819,  died  in  Pres(iue  Isle.  May, 
1891  ;  he  was  a  blacksmith  and  a  ilaptist  minis- 
ter married  (hrst) ,  (second)  Margaret 

(iritfiii;  no  children.  2.  Lewis,  born  February 
12,  1821,  died  in  Sacramento,  California;  was 
a  farmer  and  broker.  3.  Thomas,  born  June 
9,  1822,  killed  during  civil  war  ;  was  in  Seventh 
Afaine  Regiment  X'olunteer  ]nfantr\'.  4.  lolin, 
born  D.'cember  5,  1823,  died  in  Xew  V..rk 
state;  \\a-  a  mini-ter.  5.  William  X'ance,  Ijorn 
Jaiui.ir\  2,  182(1,  died  January  2^,  1851.  6. 
Hannah,  born  October  19,  1827,  died  June  10, 
1842.  7.  James,  born  March  13,  1829,  died  in 
I'resi|ue  Isle;  was  postmaster  and  merchant  in 
Mapleton,  M;iine  ;  Republican;  married  (first) 
M;irtha  lireenlaw,  (second)  Marion  Green- 
law, sister  of  his  first  wife;  she  lives  in  Chat- 
man,  Maine.  8.  Josiah,  born  .August  20,  1S30, 
killed  during  civil  war;  was  in  Seventh  Maine 
Regiment  \'olunteer  Infantry.  9.  Mary,  born 
May  2ji.  1832,  died  in  Mapleton,  Maine;  mar- 
ried Levi  Ilughs,  of  Charlotte,  a  farmer.  10. 
Sarah,  born  C)ctober  14,  1833.  died  in  ALiple- 
ton  ;  mairied  (first)  Thomas  ("Jriffin,  uncle  of 
F.rnest  T.  McGlauHin.  mentioned  below;  mar- 
rie<l  (second)  [Fall  Packard,  of  Washburn, 
Maine.  11.  Isaac,  born  June  20,  1835,  died  in 
Presiiue  Isle;  wool  carder;  had  a  mill  in  Pat- 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


ten,  Maine,  later  in  Presque  Isle ;  was  trial 
justice  in  Presque  Isle  several  years  ;  married 
Sarah  Haniniund,  of  Lincoln,  Maine.  12. 
Nancy,  born  January  30,  1S37,  died  at  Presque 
Isle;  married  John  H.  Sprague,  of  Presque 
Isle,  a  trader.  13.  Ezra,  mentioned  belosv. 
14.  Helen,  born  January  11,  1841,  died  at  a 
camp  meeting;  living  at  Pembroke  at  the  time  ; 
married  Ehvell  Carter,  of  Pembroke,  a  farmer, 
who  died  in  April,  1913.  15.  Elvira,  born 
October  29.  1842.  died  in  Mapleton ;  married 
Ira  Carter,  brother  of  Ehvell  Carter,  farmer 
and  upholsterer.  16.  Laura,  born  December  30, 
1S44,  died  in  ^lapleton;  married  James  Wil- 
cox, of  Mapleton,  farmer.  17.  Willis  G.,  born 
December  23,  1846 ;  lives  in  Portland.  Maine, 
partner  of  Gould's  drug  store;  served  in  Sc\- 
enth  Maine  Regiment  \'olunteer  Infantry ; 
married  Rose  \Valdron.  18.  Hannah,  born 
October  21,  1848,  lives  in  Mapleton;  married 
John  Waddell.  of  Castle  Hill,  a  Universalist 
minister. 

(Ill)  Ezra  McGlauHin,  son  of  John  Mc- 
Glauflin,  was  born  in  Charlotte,  Elaine,  De- 
cember II,  1838,  died  in  Elaine,  Maine.  July 
II.  i8c;6.  He  was  a  fanner  until  the  time  of 
the  civil  war,  when  he  enlisted.  1863,  in  the 
Seventh  Maine  Regiment  \'oluntcer  Infantrv, 
with  Albert  S.  Griffin,  father  of  the  wife  of 
his  son,  Ernest  T.  McGlautiiii.  They  both 
served  during  the  remainder  of  the  war  and 
both  were  members  of  the  band  a  part  of  the 
time.  After  his  marriage  he  worked  as  a  lum- 
berman, living  at  Mapleton,  Maine,  and  later 
was  a  wheelwright  and  blacksmith  at  Presque 
Isle.  For  several  years  before  his  death  he 
was  agent  for  the  Portland  Transcript.  He 
was  an  Independent  Republican  in  politics, 
and  was  an  Adventist.  He  was  a  member  of 
Grange  No.  143.  of  which  he  was  master  for 
several  years  ;  he  was  also  master  of  Pomona 
Grange,  the  County  Grange,  for  a  number  ef 
years.  He'  was  a  member  of  Wade  Post, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  married, 
August  iS,  1861,  Melissa  A.  Sprague,  born  in 
Charlotte,  Maine,  March  30.  1837,  died  in 
Presque  Isle,  Maine,  September  17,  1905.  She 
was  a  member  of  Grange  No.  143.  and  an  Ad- 
ventist in  religion.  She  was  daughter  of  Mer- 
rill Sprague.  born  in  Pembroke.  August  26. 
1812.  died  June  i.  18S6.  in  Charlotte,  Maine. 
He  was  a  \Vhig  and  later  a  Republican ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church  and  of  the  Grange. 
He  married.  May  24.  1836,  Drncilla  Welch, 
born  at  Deer  Island,  New  Brunswick,  Febru- 
ary 2"/,  181 5,  died  at  Charlotte,  February  26, 
1892;  she  was  a  member  of  the  Grange  and  of 
the  Baptist  church.  Children  of  Merrill  and 
Drucilla  (Welch)  Sprague:  i.  Melissa  A.. 
married    Ezra    McGlauflin,   mentioned   above. 


2.  Henry  .Augustus,  farmer,  died  in  Charlotte 
in  1905  ;  married  Annie  Gardner,  of  Charlotte  ; 
she  live;  in  Connecticut.  3.  Elvira,  died  at 
Charlotte,  1898;  married  Joseph  Lampson,  of 
Presque  Isle,  where  he  is  a  retired  farmer  now. 
Children  of  Ezra  and  Melissa  A.  (Sprague) 
McGlaufHn,  born  in  Presr|ue  Isle:  i.  Ernest 
T.,  m.entioned  below.  2.  Winfred,  born  Octo- 
ber 2,  1871,  died  December  3,  1871.  ,  3.  Selden 
A.,  born  February  20,  1S74;  married  Maude 
Porter,  of  Castle  Hill,  Maine;  they  live  at 
Presque  Isle  on  a  farm ;  member  of  Grange 
No.  143,  of  which  he  has  been  master,  and  of 
Modern  Woodmen  of  .\merica,  Presque  Isle: 
children;  Mabel  and  Philip,  living  with  par- 
ents. 

(I\")  Ernest  T.  McGlaullin.  son  of  Ezra 
McGlauflin,  was  born  at  Charlotte,  Maine.  July 
7,  1863.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Presque  Isle,  the  Presque  Isle  high  school  and 
St.  John  high  school,  now  the  .-\roostook  State 
Normal  School.  Before  leaving  school  he  had 
taught  two  terms  in  Presque  Isle  and  after- 
ward he  was  a  teacher  at  Mapleton  one  term. 
In  1883  he  began  farming  and  he  has  con- 
tinued in  this  occupation  to  the  present  time. 
His  son.  Harvey  F.  McGlauflin,  is  now  culti- 
vating his  farm  at  Presque  Isle.  For  eight 
years  Mr.  McGlauflin  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Parmenter  &  Polsey  Fertilizer  Company. 
For  the  past  seven  years  he  has  been  secretary 
of  the  Aroostook  County  Patrons  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company.  He  is  also  secretary  of  the 
Northern  Maine  Patrons  Mutual  Fire  Infur- 
ance  Company  and  of  the  .Aroostook  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company.  In  politics  he  is  an 
independent.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Aroos- 
took L'nion  Grange,  No.  143,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry, of  which  he  has  been  master.  He  was 
secretary  of  Pomona  Grange,  the  county  organ- 
ization, for  sixteen  years.  For  the  ].iast 
eighteen  years  he  has  been  secretary  of  the 
Northern  Maine  Fair,  Presque  Isle.  He  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
-America  and  a  member  of  Lookout  Camp, 
Sons  of  \'eterans,  of  Presque  Isle,  and  has 
been  its  captain.  For  several  years  he  has 
been  deacon  of  the  Advent  church. 

He  married.  January  17,  1888,  Eva  Al- 
bertina  Griffin,  born  at  Mapleton,  March  4, 
1867.  Sh.e  is  a  member  of  the  Presque  Isle 
Advent  Church,  of  Aroostook  LTnion  Grange, 
of  which  she  has  been  ceres  and  secretarv  (see 
Griffin  II n.  Children:  i.  Ray  IL.  born  Feb- 
ruary 10.  1S89;  an  electrician  at  Presque  Isle; 
member  of  Trinity  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Alasons,  of  which  he  is  senior  warden,  and  of 
.Aroostook  L'nion  Grange.  2.  Harvey  F.,  born 
December  31.  i8<jo;  member  of  Aroostook 
L'nion    Grange;    Ancient    Order    of    L'nited 


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Workmen;  married,  October  26,  1910,  Georgia 
May,  who  was  born  in  Xew  Brunswick;  he 
manages  his  father's  farm  at  Presque  Isle; 
children:  Elaine  T.,  born  July  3,  191 1,  at  Furt 
Kent,  died  there  February  4,  1912;  Irene  Dor- 
othy, born  ^\ny  31,  1913.  3.  Floyd  E.,  burn 
|une  24,  1895;  employed  by  the  I'resqnc  Isle 
"ivlectric  Company ;  member  of  Aroostook 
L'liion  Grange,  of  which  ho  has  been  assistant 
sleward.     4.  \'era  A.,  born  March  7,  1902. 


John  Damon,  the  immigrant  an- 

DAMOX  cestor,  was  born  in  England,  and 
came  as  early  as  1633  to  this 
country.  He  was  a  planter  of  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1644.  With  him  came  his  sister 
Hannah,  mentioned  with  John  Damon  as 
legatees,  children  of  a  sister  of  William  Gil- 
son,  whose  will  was  dated  February  i,  1639- 
40.  John  Damon  succeeded  to  the  Gilson  place 
on  Kent  street  in  1649.  He  marrit-d  { first ) 
in  1644,  Katherine,  daughter  of  Henry  Mer- 
rill. He  married  (second)  Martha  Howland, 
of  Plymouth.  John  Damon  died  in  1776  and 
the  inventory-  of  his  estate  is  dated,  October  23, 
1C76.  His  widow  Martha  and  son  Daniel  made 
de]iositions  preserved  in  the  records.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Deborah,  born  April  25, 
1645;  John,  November  3,  1647;  Zachariah. 
February,  1647,  died  young:  Mary,  July,  1051  ; 
Daniel,  February,  1652:  Zachariah,  mentioned 
below.  Children  by  second  wife:  Experience, 
April  17,  1662;  Silence,  January  2, 1663;  Eben- 
ezer,  January  11,  1665  :  Ichabod,  April  8,  1668; 
Margaret,  July  20,  1670;  Hannah,  December 
2.  1672. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Zachariah  Damon,  son  of 
John  Damon,  was  born  at  Scituate,  Massachu- 
setts,   in    1654.      Fle   was   an   officer   in    King 

Philip's  war.     He  married  Mehitable  . 

Children,  born  at  Scituate:  ^Martha,  July, 
1682;  John,  June,  1684:  Zechariah,  1686; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below;  ^^lary,  ^Vlarch,  1690; 
Hannah,  Xovember.  i(-'>94:  Mehitable.  Febru- 
ary, 1696, 

(HI)  Daniel  Damon,  sun  of  Lieutenant 
Zachariah  Damon,  was  born  in  16S8,  He  mar- 
ried, at  Scituate,  January  3,  1711-12.  Bath- 
sheba  Sylvester.  Children,  born  at  Scituate: 
Hannah,  April  24,  1713:  Daniel,  April  23, 
1716;  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

( IV)  Joseph  Damon,  son  of  Daniel  Damon, 
was  born  December  16.  1720,  at  Scituate,  Mas- 
sachusetts, died  at  Abington,  Massachusetts, 
March  7.  i8qf).  aged  eighty-six.  His  wife  died 
at  .-\bington,  Xovember  2,  1792.  aged  sixty- 
nine  years.  Fie  married,  Xovember  13.  1742. 
at  Scituate,  Joanna  Damon,  daughter  of  Ex- 
perience and  Ruth  Damon.  She  was  born  May 
4,  1722.     Her  father.  Experience  Damon,  born 


April  7,  i'«;3,  wa>  son  of  Experience,  grand- 
Miii  of  Idlui  (  I  ),  Children  o!  loseph  Damon: 
jd-cpli.'  liapfzcl  November  ' G.  1743.  'lied 
y.mn-;  Jo't-ph,  baptized  May  18,  I74f>; 
j'l-uMKi.  Iiaptii'cd  Xovember  4,  1750;  Leafa 
and  Kmli,  bapii/ed  with  loanna ;  Abiah  or 
.\hicl,  mentioned  below:  .\lercy,  died  at  Ab- 
ingtnn,  .Xovember  13.  1734,  aged  seventy- 
-evcn:   Ezra.      I'mbably  other  children. 

(\')  .-\biah  l>;uH0ii  (or  Abiel  as  he  was 
originally  named),  son  of  Joseph  Damon,  was 
one  of  twin  sons,  and  both  served  in  the  revo- 
lution, .\biali  Damon,  of  Abington,  was  a 
siildicr  in  Cajitain  Jeiseph  Trufaut's  company. 
Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment,  August  to 
December,  177^',  and  also  from  May,  1777,  to 
December,  1779,  in  (."ajitain  Li;icoln's  com- 
pany. He  was  in  Captain  Robert  Day's  com- 
jiany.  Colonel  l;"rfcman's  regiment,  in  1777; 
matross  in  Captain  Amos  Lincoln's  company 
(second).  Colonel  Paul  Revere's  regiment,  in 
1780,  He  was  from  .Abington  in  1780,  in  Cap- 
tain Edward  Cobb's  comijany.  Colonel  Elipha- 
let  Gary's  regiment ;  also  in  Captain  Lincoln's 
company  of  artillery,  at  Castle  Island,  1779. 
He  married,  at  Hingham,  Xovember  6,  17S3, 
Lucretia  Gardner,  daugluer  of  Joshua  Gard- 
ner, granddaughter  of  Stephen  Gardner  and  a 
descendant  of  John  Gardner,  of  Hingham,  a 
pioneer  there  in  iC)50,  Soon  afterward,  in 
1786,  he  removed  to  Perry,  Maine. 

(\'I)  Joshua  G.  Damon,  son  of  Abiah  or 
Abiel  Damon,  was  born  at  Pembroke,  Maine, 
Xovember  24.  iSoi,  died  at  Charlotte,  Maine, 
April  22.  18S1.  He  was  a  farmer  and  miller 
in  Charlotte,  where  he  settled  before  his  mar- 
riage and  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  married,  June  23, 
1827,  in  Charlotte,  .-\bigail  Morgan,  born 
March  26,  1S06,  in  Pembroke,  died  at  Char- 
lotte, July  28,  1S61.  Children:  i,  Abigail, 
born  December  23,  1829,  died  at  Charlotte, 
December  4,  1833.  -■  tlliza,  born  February 
12,  1S31  ;  married  John  Baker,  3.  Joshua  K.. 
born  .\pril  11,  1S33,  died  at  Charlotte,  1894; 
he  was  a  farmer;  served  in  the  civil  war,  i8t>i- 
63;  married  Emeline  Xorwood.  Xovember  11, 
1857  ;  children  :  William.  Eveline,  Adelaide.  4. 
George,  born  September  8.  1S37:  served  three 
years  in  the  civil  war ;  married  .-Vugusta  Mor- 
gan, of  Charlotte.  5.  Levi,  born  September  8, 
1S37,  twin  of  George,  died  at  Charlotte,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1856;  was  a  farmer.  6.  Sarah,  born 
.-\pril  9,  1840.  died  May  19,  1841.  7.  James 
A.,  born  .April  30,  1842;  farmer,  Charlotte; 
married.  August  24,  1S71,  Mary  Boyd.  8. 
.-\rvella  K.,  born  September  i8.  1844,  died  at 
Charlotte,  iqii  :  married  Isaiah  Dan.ion,  a  tirst 
cousin,  farmer  in  Charlotte,    <).  Sarah  A,,  born 


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March  21,  184;,  died  :\Iay  16,  1S55,  at  Char- 
lotte.     10.   Jason   rVanklin,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  Jason  Franklin  Damon,  son  of  Joshua 
G.  Damon,  was  born  at  Charlotte,  Maine,  May 
13,  1S50.  He  is  a  farmer  in  his  native  town. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  has  been 
road  commissioner  of  the  town.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber and  has  been  master  of  the  Charlotte 
Grange.  He  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  married,  at  Calais,  Maine,  August, 
1870,  Elizabeth  Hobart,  born  at  Edmunds, 
Maine,  March  2,  1851,  died  at  Charlotte,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1897.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church  and  of  the  Charlotte- 
Grange.  Children  of  Jason  Franklin  Damon: 
I.  Albert  Hobart,  mentioned  below.  2.  Ralph 
Talman,  born  March  15,  1873;  married 
Lemma  Milbury,  of  Nova  Scotia  ;  now  residing 
in  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  claim  agent  for 
the  Boston  &  Alaine  railroad;  child,  Z^Iarjorie, 
born  July,  1906.  3.  Paul  Hobart,  born  July 
10,  1894 ;  assists  his  father  on  the  farm. 

Albert  Hobart,  father  of  r^Irs.  Damon,  was 
born  at  Edmunds,  Maine,  June  5,  1S21,  died 
at  South  ]MaitIands,  Nova  Scotia,  April  6, 
1906.  He  married,  Alay,  1S46,  at  Little  Falls. 
Edmunds,  Maine,  Sarah  Jones  Hobart,  a 
cousin.  She  was  born  February  16,  182^,  at 
Little  Falls,  died  November  21,  190S.  He  was 
a  sea  captain,  afterward  in  the  lumber  indus- 
try at  South  Maitlands,  in  partnership  with 
Daniel  K.  Hobart,  who  was  American  consul 
at  Windsor.  Albert  flobart  was  a  Republican, 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  Chil- 
dren of  Albert  and  Sarah  Jones  Hobart:  i. 
Edmund  Hobart,  born  at  Edmunds,  Alaine, 
^L^rch  29,  1847.  died  at  South  Maitlands,  Jan- 
uary 4,  191 1,  a  lumberman.  2.  Elizabeth  Ho- 
bart, married  Jason  Franklin  Damon,  men- 
tioned above.  3.  Octavia  Hobart,  born  at  Ed- 
munds, ]\Iay  5,  1853.  died  July  4,  189S,  at 
South  Maitlands;  married  Gilmore  McDougal. 
Aaron  Hobart,  father  of  Albert  Hobart,  was 
a  farmer  at  Edmunds.  Sarah  Jones  Hobart 
was  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Hobart,  father  of 
Isaac  and  Aaron  Hobart.  Isaac  Hobart  Sr. 
came  from  the  Hingham  family,  served  in  the 
revolution  and  received  a  grant  of  land  at  Ed- 
munds on  account  of  his  military  service. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Albert  Hobart  Damon,  son  of 
Jason  Franklin  Damon,  was  born  at  Charlotte, 
Maine,  October  23,  1871.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Hebron  .-\cademy.  He  was  a  student  at  Dart- 
mouth College  for  several  years  and  afterward 
at  the  L^niversity  of  \'ermont,  from  wdiich  he 
was  graduated  in  June.  1900.  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  joined  the  medical 
fraternity.  Alpha  Kappa  Kappa.  He  began  to 
practice  his  proiessii.'n  in  Franklin,  Maine,  and 


continued  until  1902,  when  he  located  at  Lime- 
stone, in  that  state,  where  he  has  practiced 
since  then.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  public  atifairs. 
He  has  been  superintendent  of  schools  of 
Limestone  for  three  years  and  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education  ever  since  he  has  livdl 
at  Limestone.  He  is  now  chairman  of  tlie 
school  board.  He  is  at  present  president  of 
tiie  board  of  trade.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Aroostook  County  Medical  Society,  the  Maine 
State  Medical  Society  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association.  He  has  also  served  on  the 
board  of  health  of  Limestone  since  he  came  to 
the  town  and  is  now  the  health  officer.  He  is  a 
master  of  Limestone  Lodge,  .\ncient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  member  of  Garfield  Chaj)- 
ter.  No.  49,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  of  Frontier 
Lodge,  No.  •/"/,  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Universalist,  but  attends  the  ^letliodist 
church.  He  is  financially  interested  in  the 
Limestone   Water   Company. 

He  married,  at  Charlotte.  July  13,  1898, 
Susie  Elizabeth  Fisher,  born  at  Charlotte,  June 
13.  1872.  She  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  Hebron  .\cademy  in  1892, 
and  was  a  student  for  one  year  at  the  Castine 
Normal  School.  She  taught  school  for  six 
years  before  her  marriage  in 'Poland,  Robbins- 
ton  and  Charlotte,  Maine  (see  Fi.>her  N). 


(I)  Anthony  Fisher,  the  first  of  the  family 
of  which  there  is  definite  record,  lived  m  the 
latter  part  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  in 
the  parish  of  Syleham,  county  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land. This  parish  is  situated  on  the  south 
bank  of  the  Wavenay  river  on  a  freehold  estate 
called  Wignotte.  He  married  Mary  Fiske, 
daughter  of  William  and  Anne  Fiske,  of  St. 
James,  South  Elmasham,  county  Suffolk,  de- 
scendant of  an  ancient  family  of  Puritans  wdio 
suft'ered  during  the  persecutions  of  Queen 
Mary.  Anthony  Fisher  was  buried  .\pril  11. 
1G40.  Children:  Joshua,  baptized  February 
24,  15S5;  Mary,  twin  of  Joshua;  Anthony, 
mentioneil  below  ;  Aukjs,  married  Anne  Mor- 
rise,  widow  of  Daniel  Locke:  Rev.  Cornelius, 
baptized  August  6,  1599;  Martha,  married 
John  Buckingham. 

(II)  Anthony  (2)  Fisher,  son  of  .\nthony 
( I )  Fisher,  was  baptized  at  Syleham,  England, 
.April  23,  1591.  He  was  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, and  came  to  New  England  probably  in  th.e 
ship  "'Rose,"  arriving  in  Boston,  June  26,  1637. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  May,  1645.  and 
was  selectman  of  Dedham  in  1646-47;  dejiuty 
to  the  general  court,  ]\Iay  2,  1649;  elected 
countv  commissioner.  September  3,  16610.  He 
was  woodreeve  in  1653-54-55-57-58-61-62.    He 


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rt-iiiovcd  to  Dorchester  and  was  elected  select- 
jiKin  there,  December  5,  1664,  and  the  two 
years  following;  was  commissioner  in  1666. 
lie  (lied  in  Dorchester,  April  18,  1671.  Mis 
wife  Mary  was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Ded- 
liam,  March  27,  1642,  but  he  was  not  "con- 
foinuibly  received  into  the  church  *  *  on 
account  of  his  proud  and  hauglity  spirit"  until 
March  14,  1645.  He  married  (second)  No- 
vember 14,  1663,  Isabel  Rreck.  widow  of  Ed- 
ward Breck,  of  Dorchester.  Children,  all  by 
first  wife:  Anthony,  mentioned  below:  Cor- 
nelius; Daniel,  about  1619;  Nathaniel,  born 
about  1620,  in  Syleh?m;  Lydia,  married  Daniel 
Morse;  John,  died  in  Dedham,  September  5, 
1038. 

(Ill)  Anthony  (3)  Fisher,  son  of  Anthony 
(2)  Fisher,  was  born  in  Syleliam,  England, 
and  came  with  his  parents  to  this  country.  He 
settled  in  Dedham  in  1637,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Dedham  church,  July  20,  1645,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  May  6,  1646.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Honorable  Artillery  Company 
of  Boston  in  1644.  He  was  elected  surveyor 
of  Dedham  in  1652-53-54.  He  also  removed 
to  Dorchester  and  was  selectman  there  in  1666. 
He  married,  at  Dedham,  September  7,  1647, 
Joanna  I-'axon,  only  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Jane  Faxon,  of  Braintree,  ^lassachusetts. 
Children:  Mehitable,  born  June  ij,  1648,  died 
young;  Exj)erience,  baptized  August  11,  1650, 
probably  died  young;  Josiah,  born  May  i, 
1654;  Abish,  baptized  August  3,  1656;  Sarah, 
born  October  29,  165S:  Deborah,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1661 ;  Judith,  baptized  July  5,  1663; 
Eleazer,  mentioned  below. 

(I\'J  Eleazer  Fisher,  son  of  .Anthony  (3) 
Fisher,  was  born  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
September  18,  1659,  died  there,  F""ebruary  6, 
1722.  He  married,  at  Dedham,  October  13, 
i6q8,  Mary  Avery,  born  there  August  21, 
1674,  died  at  Stoughton,  ^Massachusetts,  March 
25,  1749.  a  daughter  of  William  and  IMary 
(L.ane)  Avery.  Her  father  was  baptized  Oc- 
tober 2-j,  1647,  in  the  parish  of  Brekham, 
Berkshire,  England,  a  son  of  Lieutenant  Wil- 
liam .Avery.  Children :  Eleazer,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1699;  William.  June  28,  1701  : 
Jemima,  September  28.  1703;  David,  men- 
tioned below;  Ezra,  February  8.  1707;  Na- 
thaniel. 1708:  Alary.  C'ctober  27,  1710;  Eze- 
kiel,  October  22.  1712:  Timothy,  .August  28, 
1714  :  Stephen,  July  1 1,  1715.  died  young  ;  Ben- 
jamin, Atay  I,  1721. 

(\')  David  Fisher,  son  of  Eleazer  Fisher, 
was  born  in  Dedham,  June  21.  1705.  died  July 
30,  1779.  fie  joined  the  South  Parish  Churcli 
in  what  is  now  Norwood,  Alassachusctts,  with 
his  wife,  November  7,  1736.  He  married 
(first)    at  Walpole,   F'ebruary   16,   1732,   Deb- 


orah Boyden,  of  Walpole,  born  171 1,  died  July 
18,  1770.  He  married  (second)  November  7, 
1770,  I':iizabcth  Talbot,  of  Stoughton,  born 
February  22,  1754.  ChiUlrcn,  all  by  first  wife: 
David,  nientioncil  below;  Thomas,  born  Alarch 
10,  1735:  Jacob,  June  23.  1737;  Deborah,  Oc- 
inher  23,  1739;  Hannah.  November  28,  1742; 
Nathan,  l-'ebruary  8,  1745;  Oliver,  Alay  23, 
1747:  -Abigail,  June  4,  1749;  Alary,  December 
13,  1751  ;  .Aimer,  June  20.  1755. 

(\'l)  David  (2)  Fisher,  son  of  David  1  i) 
Fisher,  was  born  at  Dedham,  Januarv  22, 
1733.  He  lived  at  Sharon.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  lieutenant  in  Captain  David 
Savel's  company.  Colonel  Lemuel  Robinson's 
regiment,  April  19,  1775.  He  was  also  in  Cap- 
tain Steplien  I'enninian's  company,  Colonel 
Robinson's  regiment,  and  in  Captain  Theoph- 
ilus  Wilder's  company.  Colonel  Dike's  regi- 
ment, December,  1776,  to  Alarch  i,  1777.  His 
will  was  dated  Alarch  19,  1812.  He  married, 
September  21 .  175S.  Abigail,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Alary  (Whiting)  Lewis,  born  there  Decem- 
ber 4.1 73S.  Children,  born  in  Sharon:  David, 
mentioned  below;  Aloses.  born  April  i,  1761; 
Aaron.  December  16,  1762;  Ebenezer,  August 
27,  1765;  Catherine,  September  28,  1767:  Re- 
becca, July  29,  1769;  Alary,  died  young;  Alary, 
born  July  12,  1776. 

(\\\)  David  (3)  Fisher,  son  of  David  (2) 
Fisher,  was  born  at  Sharon.  June  26,  1759. 
He  married,  November  20,  178 1,  Alehitable 
Lewis,  daughter  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  and  • 
Alercy  (Guild)  Lewis,  born  there.  I'ebruary 
20,  I7r)2,  died  at  Francestown,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Alay  4,  1S49.  They  moved  to  F'rances- 
town,  where  he  died  November  8,  1S29.  From 
his  size,  he  weighed  two  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  lie  was  called  "King  David."  He 
entered  the  revolutionary  army  at  the  age  of 
si>tecn.  He  built  a  saw"  mill  on  what  is  still 
called  Fisher's  brook.  Children,  all  but  the 
fourth  born  at  Francestown :  Alehitable,  Feb- 
ruary iS,  1782;  David.  December  15.  1783; 
Ebenezer,  August  11.  1785;  Joel,  July  16. 
17S7;  Susanna,  at  Sharon.  November  5,  1790; 
Increase.  July  17,  1792;  Enoch  Hewins,  men- 
tioned below;  Benjamin,  February  22,  1796; 
Asa,  October  i,  179S;  Nancy,  October  10, 
1800:  Levi.  Alarch  14.  1803;  Mary,  April  17, 
1S05 :  Thomas,  Alay  12.  1808. 

(VlII)  Enoch  liewins  Fisher,  son  of  David 
(3)  Fisher,  was  born  in  Francestown,  New 
Flampshire.  Alarch  16.  1794.  died  at  Charlotte, 
Alaine,  December  17,  18S2.  He  moved  to 
Charlotte  a  few  years  after  his  brothers, 
David.  Ebenezer  and  Increase.  He  married, 
March  14.  1816,  Roxanna.  daugliter  of  Wins- 
low  and  Esther  (  Sawtelle )  Lakin.  Sh.e  was 
born  in  I-'rancestown,  August  30,  1796,  died  at 


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Charlotte,  July  19,  1 88 1.  Children:  Roxanna  ; 
Enoch  :  Levi,  mentioned  below  ;  Erances  Wood- 
bury, born  April  12,  1825  ;  llewins  G. ;  Charles 
L. ;  Esther;  Reuben  Perkin;,  June  28,  1836; 
Antress  R. 

(IX)  Levi  I'isher,  son  of  Enoch  Hewins 
Eisher,  was  born  at  Charlotte,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1S21,  died  January  23,  1883.  He  was  a 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  thirty  years,  a 
farmer  and  luniberniau.  He  married  Susan  S. 
Waterman,  born  August  27,,  1819.  His  wife 
died  January  14,  18S8.  Children,  born  at 
Charlotte :  Ansel  ^\'aterman,  mentioned  be- 
low; Ambrose  Levi,  born  February  3,  1847; 
Horace  Joseph,  April  11,  1849;  Clara  L.,  Au- 
gust 9,  1851  ;  Herbert  P.,  July  i,  1S56. 

(Xj  Ansel  Waterman  Eisher,  son  of  Levi 
Fisher,  was  born  September  29,  1845,  ^^  Char- 
lotte, Alaine.  He  was  a  school  teacher  when  a 
young  man,  and  afterward  a  salesman  on  the 
road  for  many  years.  He  was  first  selectman 
for  many  years,  member  of  the  school  board 
and  superintendent  of  schools.  He  has  a  grain 
and  feed  store.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,  of  which  is  a  deacon.  He  is  a  member 
of  J'embroke  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  ^la- 
sons  ;  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Calais,  and 
of  Charlotte  Grange.  He  married,  at  Char- 
lotte, September  29,  1869,  Sarah  E.  Gardner, 
born  at  Chiirlotte,  Septen.iber  i,  1850.  She  is 
a  member  of  Pembroke  Chapter,  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  and  of  Charlotte  Grange.  Lucas 
\V.  Gardner,  her  father,  was  born  in  Charlotte, 
1821,  died  in  Calais,  April,  1903.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  lumberman  in  Charlotte,  removing 
to  Calais  late  in  life.  In  early  life  he  was  a 
Whig,  afterward  a  Republican.  He  was  a 
Free  Alason,  and  was  first  master  of  the  Char- 
lotte Grange.  For  many  years  he  was  first 
selectman  of  Charlotte.  He  married  Eliza 
Lincoln,  bom  in  Pembroke,  Maine,  January  9, 
1824,  and  is  now  li\ing  in  Charlotte,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Charlotte  Grange.  Children  of 
Lucas  \\'.  Gardner:  i.  Alvira  Gardner,  born 
1845,  died  at  Calais,  1905  ;  married  (first)  Ed- 
ward Hastings,  of  ^Marlborough,  ^lassachu- 
setts,  and  had  a  daughter  Sarah  Hastings,  now 
of  Alachias,  IMaine ;  married  (second)  Alex- 
ander Duncan,  of  St.  Stephen,  New  Bruns- 
wick. 2.  Sarah  E.,  married  Ansel  W.  Eisher. 
mentioned  above.  3.  William  Gardner,  born 
1856;  a  retired  architect,  Seattle,  Washington. 
4.  Frank  Gardner,  born  1858,  died  in  infancy. 
Isaac  Gardner,  father  of  Lucas  W.  Gardner. 
was  born  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
at  Charlotte.  He  was  a  lumberman.  Children 
of  Ansel  W.  Fisher:  i.  Frank  L..  born  July 
21,  1870;  a  traveling  salesman  and  merchant  at 
Audubon,  Penn.^ylvania  ;  married  Belle  Weikel. 
2.  Susie  Elizabeth,  married  Dr.  Albert  Hobart 


Damon  (see  Damon  \'I11 ).  3.  Maude  L.,  born 
November  29,  1S74;  married  .Vrthur  Sylvester, 
of  Etna,  Alaine,  now  of  Woodland,  station 
agent  and  telegra])h  operator;  daughter,  Grace 
^L,  born  June  9.  1906.  4.  Herbert  L.,  born 
July  23,  1889;  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Maine,  now  ci\il  engineer  at  Pittsburgh,  Peun- 
svlvania. 


The    Trafton    family    settled 
TR.\I"TON     before   1700  in    York  county, 

Maine.  Benjamin  Trafton 
died  witliout  issue,  leaving  a  will,  dated  June 
4.  1706,  bequeatiiing  his  property  to  his 
brother,  Zacheus  Trafton,  brother,  Thomas 
Trafton,  and  brother  (brother-in-law)  Wil- 
liam Beale.  FVom  his  brothers  descend  the 
families  of  Alaine  of  this  surname. 

(I)  General  Mark  Trafton,  descendant  of 
the  York  county  family,  was  born  July  4,  1785, 
in  r\Iaine,  died  at  Bangor  in  that  state,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  became  a  leading  citizen  of 
Bangor,  prominent  in  civil  and  military  affairs. 
When  a  young  man  he  was  active  in  the  state 
militia  and  was  commissioned  captain  of 
cavalry  and  as  such  he  served  in  the  war  of 
1812.  He  was  afterward  brigadier-general  of 
the  state  militia.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics and  represented  his  town  in  the  general 
court  in  Boston  and  after  the  state  of  Maine 
was  incorporated  in  1820  he  was  state  sena- 
tor in  1822.  For  several  years  (182S-1840) 
he  was  postmaster  of  Bangor.  He  was  land 
agent  for  the  eastern  and  northern  sections  of 
}^Iaine  before  the  office  was  opened  at  Bangor. 
He  served  in  the  city  council  of  Bangor  and 
held  other  offices  of  trust.  He  was  appointed 
to  the  custom  house  at  Fort  Fairfield  and 
moved  thither  in  1843.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  town  of  Limestone,  Maine, 
and  furnished  capital  for  the  building  of  mills 
there.  With  B.  D.  ILastman  and  others  he  was 
in  business  at  Limestone  for  many  years.  He 
returned  to  Bangor  in  1S57,  died  in  the  same 
year  and  is  buried  in  Mount  Hope  Cemetery. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  L'nitarian  church.  He 
married  (fir5t)  June  10,  1808,  Eliza  Goodhue, 
of  the  Ohio  Settlement,  born  February  10,  1785, 
sister  of  Nathaniel  Cioodhue.  She  died  at  Ban- 
gor, August  22.  1818.  He  married  (second) 
September  13,  1822,  at  Bangor,  Ann  Bright, 
of  Croton,  Massachusetts,  born  February  13. 
1798,  died  December  i,  1832,  at  Bangor.  He 
married  (third)  June  zj,  183S.  Eliza  A.  San- 
born, born  August  5,  1816,  died  December  4, 
1843.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Mary  .\nn, 
born  .April  14.  iS'ii,  died  October  15,  1813. 
2.  Sarah  Goodluie,  born  November  8,  1 812, 
died  Februar}-  13.  1895;  married  Mar- 


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siiall.  3.  Mary  Eliza,  born  September  11,  iSi.], 
iliod  December  13,  1842.  4.  Martha  Ann,  born 
Inly  4,  1S17,  died  in  1849;  married  Eben  Web- 
ber, of  Orono,  Maine,  owner  of  a  lumber  mill. 
Children  by  second  wife:  5.  John  Bright,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Ann  Bright,  born  February 
17,  1825,  died  March  3,  1825.  7.  Mark  Jr., 
born  May  18,  1826,  died  August  16,  1913,  mar- 
ried Maria  Libby,  of  Limestone,  ALiine,  who 
died  March  17,  1893;  he  was  a  pioneer  in 
Limestone,  farmer  and  merchant;  children: 
Charles  W.,  a  merchant,  died  in  Limestone, 
March  I,  1912;  Alice,  married  Joseph  Lunt, 
died  April  30,  1900;  Martha,  married  John  2\1. 
Thurlough,  of  Fort  Fairfield;  Elizabeth  E., 
married  Jerre  F.  Flacker,  a  merchant  of  Fort 
Fairfield,  died  February  10,  1902,  leaving  a 
son,  Tom  E.  Hacker.  8.  William  Bean,  born 
November  3,  1827,  died  in  New  York  City, 
April  5,  191 1  ;  school  teacher  and  real  estate 
dealer.  9.  I\Iary  Ann,  born  September  11, 
1829,  died  at  Utica,  New  York,  in  1901  ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Richard  S.  Jones,  September  3, 
1853,  a  merchant,  and  had  ]\lilton  Trafton  and 
Fred  Jones;  married  (second)  WiUiam  Taylor, 
of  Utica.  10.  Charlotte,  born  December  29, 
1S31,  died  September  18,  1S32. 

(II)  John  Bright  Trafton,  son  of  General 
Mark  Trafton,  was  born  at  Bangor,  ^.laine, 
September  4,  1S23,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  June 
26,  1896.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Bangor  and  the  \\'aterville  Classical  Institute. 
Fie  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Penobscot  county.  He  practiced  law  in  Fort 
Fairfield.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
was  for  two  years  county  attorney.  Fle  was 
a  communicant  of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church,  Fort  Fairfield,  and  for  many 
years  was  its  warden.  He  was  a  member  of 
Eastern  Frontier  Lodge,  No.  1 12,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Fort  P^airfielcl,  of  which 
he  was  past  master;  and  of  Houlton  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  married,  September 
19,  1847,  Sarah  Jane  Staples,  born  August  24, 
1S31,  in  Sangerville,  Maine,  died  October  17, 
1893.  She  was  a  communicant  of  St.  Paul's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  F'ort  Fairfield. 
Peter  Staples,  her  father,  was  born  at  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  May  7,  1787,  died  at  Fort  Fair- 
field, April  15,  1S55,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  Fle 
was  a  farmer  in  Lebanon,  .Albion  and  finally 
in  Sangerville.  After  he  retired  he  lived  at 
Fort  Fairfield.  Fle  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  He  married  .Mary 
Keay,  born  at  Lebanon,  Elaine,  February  17, 
1794,  died  at  Houlton,  April  20,  1871.  Chil- 
dren of  Peter  Staples:'  i.  Nathaniel  Seaver, 
born  at  Lebanon,  August  14,  1817,  died  at  Leb- 
anon. 2.  Benjamin  Libby,  born  February  28, 
1819,  died  at  Houlton,  June  18,  1S91;  promi- 


neiit  citizen  of  Houlton,  clerk  of  courts  many 
years,  trial  justice,  Demoyatic  leader;  married 
Mary  Trueworthy;  children:  JMary'E.,  mar- 
ried Waldo  G.  Brown,  hardware  merchant,  de- 
ceased ;  Ada  L.,  married  Walter  D.  Shaw,  a 
merchant  in  California.  3.  JMary  Elizabeth, 
born  at  Albion,  January  19,  1823,  died  at 
Houlton,  1898;  married  Charles  W.  Douty.  of 
Sangerville,  a  farmer,  died  in  1S90;  daughter 
Ella,  married  Hickory  A.  Mansur,  merchant, 
and  had  jMerton  D.  Mansur,  dentist,  Ashland, 
JMaine.  4.  George  W.,  born  at  Albion,  July 
28,  1825.  5.  Sarah  Jane,  married  John  Bright 
Trafton,  mentioned  above.  Children  of  John 
Bright  Trafton:  i.  John  Seaver,  born  June 
18,  1850,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  June  8,  1S63. 
2.  Mary  Abby,  born  March  31,  1S54,  died  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  April  20,  1S59.  3.  Ann  Staples, 
born  September  12,  1856;  married,  August  18, 
1873,  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Fort  Fairfield,  Cal- 
vin Blake  Roberts,  of  Caribou,  a  prominent 
lawyer;  she  died  November  13,  1911;  chil- 
dren: Elva  May,  born  J\Jay  2,  1874,  died  July 
4,  1913,  married  C.  F.  Ross,  now  of  San  Diego, 
California;  Sarah  Atlant,  born  May  15,  1878, 
graduate  of  Colby  College,  librarian  of  the 
public  library  at  Caribou  ;  John  Blake,  born 
February  14,  1S80,  married  Blanche  Lamb,  of 
Sangerville;  he  is  a  graduate  of  Colby  and  of 
Harvard  Law  School,  a  lawyer  at  Caribou; 
Charles  Fred,  born  November  18,  1883,  stu- 
dent at  Tufts  College  two  years,  a  farmer  at 
Caribou,  married  Lilla  Lewis ;  Ann  Trafton, 
born  June  22,  18S5,  died  March  6,  1908,  when 
a  senior  at  Colby;  Melvin  Philip,  born  Novem- 
ber 22,  1891,  graduate  of  Colby  College,  assist- 
ant principal  of  Caribou  high  school;  Dorothy 
Isabel,  born  ilarch  30,  1897.  4.  Sarah  Elva, 
born  April  2,  1858,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  May 
13,  1863.  5.  Arthur  Willie,  born  July  5,  1861. 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  May  30,  1863.  6.  Her- 
bert \\'alter,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Herbert  Walter  Trafton,  son  of  John 
Bright  Trafton,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
May  26,  1S64.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  the  Floulton  Academy, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  18S2,  and  Colby 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1886.  Fle  joined 
the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity.  He  read 
law  in  the  office  of  his  father  and  of  Calvin  B. 
Roberts,  of  Caribou,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  February,  1891,  and  since  then  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Fort  P'airfield.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  was  elected  to  the  state  legis- 
lature in  1911.  For  several  years  he  was  super- 
intendent of  schools  of  Fort  Fairfield.  He  is 
warden  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  of 
Fort  Fairfield.  He  is  a  member  of  Eastern 
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Masons,  Fort  Fairfield,  of  wliich  he  was  mas- 
ter for  five  years;  of  Garfield  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  of  Prcsque  Isle  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  I\Iasters.  He  is  a  director  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Fort  Fairfield  National  Uank ; 
director  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  Drug  Company; 
director  and  treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Frontier 
Masonic  Hall  Assrjciation.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 24,  1S91,  in  Dexter,  Maine,  Kate  Pcrsis 
\\'inslo\v,  born  in  Dexter,  December  20,  1864. 
She  graduated  from  the  Dexter  high  school  in 
1883,  and  taught  school  for  six  years  in  Dex- 
ter and  Fort  Fairfield.  During  the  last  three 
years  she  was  a  teacher  in  the  Fort  Fairfield 
high  school.  She  is  a  communicant  of  St. 
Paul's  I'rotestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Fort 
Fairfield;  member  of  Goodwill  Chapter,  No. 
85,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  which  she 
was  matron  for  two  years;  member  of  the 
Philomathean  Literary  Society  and  of  St. 
Paul's  Guild  (see  Winslow  A'l'H).  Children, 
born  at  Fort  Fairfield:  i.  Sarah  Winslow, 
born  Y\ugust  10,  1S94,  died  ]\Iay  25,  1913.  2. 
Gertrude  Staples,  born  May  S,  1900. 


(IV)  Benjamin  Winslow,  son  of  James 
Winslow  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Freetown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, June  19,  1717,  died  at  Falmouth, 
Maine,  April  26,  1796.  He  came  to  Falnijulh 
with  his  father  before  1728.  He  bought  half 
of  Birch  Island.  He  w^as  a  Quaker.  He 
married  (intention  dated  August  11,  1738) 
Hope  Cobb,  born  Alarch  24,  1716,  died  No- 
vember 20,  1797.  Children,  born  at  Falmouth  : 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  June  iS, 
1741 ;  Oliver,  March  9,  1743,  died  young;  Eliz- 
abeth, March  10,  1745;  Benjamin,  December 
6,  1746;  Joseph,  July'31,  174'S;  William,  June 
19,  1750;  Oliver,  March  2,  1752;  Hamiah,  Au- 
gust 18,  1754. 

(V)  Samuel  W'inslow,  son  of  Benjamin 
Winslow,  was  born  at  I'^almouth,  Elaine,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1739,  died  April  24,  1833.  He  mar- 
ried, May  24,  1762,  Ruth  IMorrill,  born  Janu- 
ary 4,  1744,  at  Berwick,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Sarah  (Peaslee)  I^Iorrill.  She  died  October  5, 
1825.  Children:  Hezekiah,  born  April  4,  1763  ; 
Sarah,  February  16,  1765  ;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  February  14,  1770;  Abigail, 
March  19,  1772;  James,  April  5,  1774;  David, 
July  19,  1775;  Mary,  August  7,  1777;  Benja- 
min, August  7,  17S0:  Jonath.an.  July  29,  17S2; 
Amos,  April  25.  1784;  Ruth,  November  27, 
1787. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  Winslow,  was  born  November  26,  1767, 
at  Westbrook,  Maine,  died  October  15,  7841. 
at  Canton,  Maine.  He  married,  December  10. 
1789,  Susanna  Stevens,  born  IVIarch  24,  1767, 


died  October  28,  1871,  aged  one  hundred  and 
four  years  five  months,  at  Canton.  They  re- 
sided at  Falmouth,  Poplar  Ridge,  Westluook, 
New  Gloucester,  Jay  and  Canton,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  born  April  3,  1791 ;  Ruth,  .\pril 
7,  1793;  Sarah,  December  9,  1794;  Thankful, 
September  29,  1796;  Samuel,  November  3, 
1798;  Eli  Knight,  mentioned  below;  Holmes, 
December  9,  1S03;  Nathaniel,  March  29,  iSo('); 
Andrew  Cushman,  January  18,  180S. 

(\  11)  Eli  Knight  W'inslow,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  Winslow,  was  born  2^lay  31,  1801,  died  at 
liexter,  Elaine,  in  1876.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  house  jiainter  in  Dexter.  In  early  life 
he  was  a  Whig,  afterward  a  Republican.  He 
married  (first)  in  1823,  Mary  (Polly)  Adams, 
born  June  27,  1804,  died  in  Dexter.  lie  mar- 
ried (second)  Clarissa  Elder.  He  married 
(third)  Rhoda  Jordan.  Samuel  Adams,  father 
of  Mary,  married  Susanna  Rist.  Children : 
Betsey,  Moses,  Abigail,  Sally,  Elias,  Polly, 
mentioned  above,  Joseph  and  Samuel  Adams. 
Joseph  Adams,  father  of  Samuel  Adams,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Draper.  Samuel  Adams,  father 
of  Joseph  Adams,  married  Sarah  Paine.  Jo- 
seph Adams,  father  of  Samuel  Adams,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Bass,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
(Alden)  Bass,  grandson  of  John  and  Priscilla 
( Mullins)  Alden,  who  came  in  the  "'^SJay- 
flower.''  Henry  Adams,  of  Braintree,  was  the 
immigrant  ancestor.  Children  of  Eli  Knight 
W'inslow  :  i.  Susanna,  born  July  29,  1824,  died 
at  Dexter,  unmarried,  1909.  2.  Samuel  Adams, 
mentioned  below.  3.  ]\lary  Jane,  born  De- 
cember 2,  1830,  died  in  Dexter;  married  Jona- 
than Lane,  of  Ripley,  a  farmer  and  Advent 
preacher.  4.  Roscoe  Green,  born  November 
18,  1835,  died  March  31,  1906,  at  Lawrence, 
^Massachusetts  ;  married  (second)  ]\lary  Thurs- 
ton, now  living  in  New  York  City  with  their 
adopted  son,  Arthur,  who  served  as  a  bugler 
in  the  Spanish  war  and  is  now  employed  by 
the  telephone  company.  5.  John  R.,  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  1839,  died  young.  6.  Clara  Thomas, 
born  September  6,  1841,  died  at  Livermore 
Falls,  ?>]aine;  married  (fir^t)  Roscoe  Moore, 
who  was  killed  in  the  civil  war,  (secondj 
George  Whitney,  of  Livermore  Falls. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Adams  W'inslow,  son  of  Eli 
Knight  Winslow,  was  born  November  12, 
1826,  died  at  Dexter,  Maine,  December  2,  1905. 
His  parents  moved  from  Green  to  Dexter 
wdien  he  was  a  boy  and  he  attended  the  schools 
in  Dexter.  Pie  was  a  painter  by  trade.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
Sarah  Parker  Lane,  born  at  Ripley,  April  26. 
1832.  She  resides  at  Dexter  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Universalist  church.  Richard  York 
Lane,  father  of  Sarah  Parker  Lane,  was  born 
in  Maine  in  1803.    He  was  a  farmer  in  Ripley 


NEW  EXGLAXI) 


alt  his  active  life,  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a 
Methodist  in  religion.  He  married  Sally 
i'arker  Thompson,  born  in  Maine  in  1S05,  re- 
sided in  Ripley  until  1S92,  and  died  at  Dexter 
in  1895.  She  was  also  a  Methodist.  Children 
of  Richard  York  Lane:  i.  Ann,  lived  many 
years  in  San  Francisco,  died  at  Brockton, 
'Massachusetts;  married  (first)  Rufus  Craw- 
ford, farmer,  Ripley;  children:  Andrew,  of 
lirockton;  Harvey  F.,  of  Brockton;  Adolphus, 
of  Oldtown ;  she  married  (second)  William 
Flye,  of  Oldtown,  and  (third)  Charles  Fahye, 
of  California.  2.  Jidia  Granby,  married  George 
Tones,  of  Ripley,  a  farmer,  and  had  one  son, 
Kdgar  Jones,  farmer,  Ripley.  3.  Sarah  Parker, 
married  Samuel  Adams  \Vinslow,  mentioned 
above.  4.  I^ouise  Fuller,  born  January  5.  1S35; 
married  George  Sampson,  of  Ripley,  farmer; 
children:  Emma,  married  Reuben  Henderson; 
Charles,  farmer,  Ripley;  Frank,  potato  buyer, 
deceased.  5.  Richard  Fowler,  born  1837; 
police  officer  of  Minneapolis  ;  married  Abbie 
Estes.  6.  Betsey  Greeley,  born  1S39,  died 
young.  7.  Cyrus  Elias,  born  1842,  died  at 
Dexter,  1912;  a  barber  by  trade,  later  an 
osteopath  and  farmer  in  Dexter ;  married 
Famiie  Packard,  of  Brockton;  children:  Leon, 
farmer.  Dexter;  ^faisie,  died  young.  8.  Sum- 
ner Warren,  born  1846  ;  married  Rossie  Welch, 
of  Ripley;  children:  Abbie;  Sarah,  married 
Orrin  Guiggey,  farmer.  Athens;  Cyrus,  of 
Ripley;  Herbert,  of  Ripley.  9.  Grace  Ellen, 
born  1849;  married  John  Nutter,  farmer  of 
Ripley,  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  10.  Frederick 
Augustine,  born  1852;  married  Mary  Adams. 
Webster  Lane,  father  of  Richard  York  Lane, 
married  ^Mercy  Smith,  and  had  children:  Wil- 
liam, Sarchwell,  Benjamin,  Mary,  Levi,  Asa, 
Richard  York,  mentioned  above,  Waitstill, 
David  Lane.  Sally  Parker  Thompson,  men- 
tioned above,  was  a  daughter  of  James  and 
Hannah  (Chase)  Thompson,  who  had  chil- 
dren :  Daniel,  Benjamin,  Janeta,  Betsey,  Mary, 
Hannah,  Sally  Parker,  mentioned  above,  Abi- 
gail, Ann,  Cassandra,  Jonathan  Thompson. 
Children  of  Samuel  Adams  and  Sarah  Parker 
(Lane)  Winslow  :  i.  Waldo  R.,  born  June  29, 
1855;  married,  November  29,  1S83.  Leila 
Brown,  of  Dexter;  children:  Bertha,  born 
September  2.  1884,  died  unmarried;  Amy  Per- 
sis.  December  12,  1886;  Samuel  Howard,  July 
3,  1888.  died  young.  2.  Herbert  Stanley,  born 
April  13,  1S57,  died  February  18.  1902,  at 
L)exter,  Maine:  married,  October  15.  18S5, 
Jennie  Green,  of  Dexter.  3.  Mary  Louise, 
born  January  20.  1S59.  4.  Kate  Persis,  mar- 
ried Herbert  Walter  Trafton  (see  Trafton 
HI).  5.  Annie  Isabel,  born  January  7,  18^17; 
married  Dr.  Joseph  Harvey  IVIurphy.  of  Aji- 
dover.  New  Brunswick,  a  pliysician  in  Dexter  ; 


child.  Grace  M.,  bnrn  ^L^y  18,  1897.  6.  John 
Liates,  horn  l\bru;iry  15,  181)9:  married  Ida 
h'uller,  ui  Dexter;  resides  at  Westbrook,  a 
dentist;  childrin :  Katharine,  born  July  6, 
1899;  Clifi'urd,  Jul\-  24,  1901;  Annie  Louise, 
March  18.  \'i-'}J.  7.  Sarah  Parker,  born  June 
29,  1S71  ;  assistant  eashii-r  of  the  Eastern  Trust 
and  Banking  Company,  Dexter.  . 

Haven  Glidden  was  born  in 
GLIDDEN  Bethel,  .Maine,  in  1790,  died  in 
Pre«|iie  Lie,  .Maine,  in  1861. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Betliel  and  later  in  Pres(|Ue 
Isle.  He  married  twice.  His  second  wife  was 
Alary  I'hair,  widow  of  James  Phair.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  I.  Oren,  resides  in  Bethel. 
2.  l-'rcemont,  a  farmer  of  Gorhani,  Maine.  3. 
Henry  Chase,  mentioned  below.  4.  Olive,  mar- 
ried il.  P.  Ingalls,  a  retired  manufacturer  of 
Portland,  Maine;  children:  Molly  Ingalls, 
married  Peter  Kyle,  an  auctioneer  of  Portland; 
Lillian  Ingalls ;  Frank  Ingalls ;  I'dorence  In- 
galls (adopted).  5.  Edna,  married  George 
Smith;  son,  Moses  Smith,  now  of  South  Paris, 
Maine.      6.    Mary,    died    at    Bethel;    married 

Bean,  a    farmer  of   Bethel;   children: 

Charles  and  Frederick.  7.  Jennie,  married 
Gus  Moore,  a  barber  of  Auburn,  Maine;  son, 
Archie,  of  Auburn. 

(II)  Henry  Chase  Glidden,  son  of  Haven 
Glidden,  was  born  in  Bethel,  }klaine,  in  1834, 
died  at  Presque  Isle  in  March,  1906.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  \\'hen  a  young 
man  he  went  to  New  York  City,  where  he  was 
employed  in  the  Metropolitan  Hotel.  After 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  Aroostook  county 
and  cleared  a  farm,  which  he  afterward  sold 
for  Sio.ooo.  Prior  to  his  death  he  moved  to  a 
smaller  place  of  about  eleven  acres  in  Presque 
Isle.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  lie 
served  on  the  school  committee  and  as  road 
sur\'eyor.  He  was  in  the  service  in  the  last 
year  of  the  civil  war,  stationed  at  .\ugu-ta, 
Maine.  Pie  married  (first)  Nancy  S.  Hig- 
gins,  born  Sei)tember  29,  1S43.  '"  ^'armouth, 
Elaine,  died  at  Presque  Lie."  May  iS,  iS;;!. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  P^'ee  Will  Ba[)tist 
churcli.  He  married  (second)  Theresa  Welch, 
of  Gardiner  Creek.  Maine.  She  married  (sec- 
oml)  Cecil  Pulsifer,  a  farmer,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Alapleton,  Maine.  Cliildrcn  by  first 
wife:  T.  Oren  Alleland,  mentioneil  below.  2. 
Henry  Rodoljih.  born  April  2,  1S63;  resides  at 
Tacoma,  W'ashington  ;  married  Miiniie  Cowan, 
of  New  Brunswick;  children:  Juanita  and 
Kenneth.  3.  Alden,  born  1865;  a  real  estate 
broker  at  Skowhegan  :  married  .\ddie  Taylor  ; 
chiKlren:  Alton,  (ierald,  Muriel  and  AfarshaH. 
4.  William,  born  Cictuber,  i8('i7;  a  painter  of 
Pre-que   Isle;  married  Eva  Irving;  children: 


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Marjorie,  Irving,  Harold.  5.  Charles,  born 
1872;  a  guide  and  cocik,  li\ing  at  Taconia, 
W'asliington;  married  Chri-tine  Sundel,  of 
X'ancouver,  British  Columbia.  Children  by 
second  wife:  6.  Ruth,  born  at  Presque  Isle; 
married  Robert  Burton,  of  Linneus,  Maine. 
'J.  Olive,  born  at  Presque  Isle. 

(Ill)^Oren  Alleland  Glidden,  son  of  Henry 
Chase  Glidden,  was  born  at  Presque  Isle, 
jMaine,  September  29,  i&Si.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  When  a 
young  man  he  went  to  live  on  the  old  Isaiah 
Higgins  farm,  where  he  cared  for  his  grand- 
father and  grandmother  in  iheir  declining 
years.  In  1S93  he  came  into  possession  of  the 
farm,  which  comprises  one  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-seven acres,  of  which  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  are  under  cultivation  and  the  re- 
mainder in  timber.  It  is  located  six  miles  from 
the  village  of  Presque  Isle,  on  the  road  to 
Caribou.  In  politics  he  is  a  Progressive,  but 
was  formerly  a  Republican.  He  has  been  road 
surveyor  of  the  town.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  of  the  Cari- 
bou Grange,  in  which  he  has  filled  the  office  of 
overseer.  He  married  (first)  July  3.  18S9, 
Alice  Campbell;  he  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 4,  1907,  in  Houlton,  Flora  Augusta  }ilcr- 
ritt,  born  in  Ploulton,  December  i,  1S81.  She 
was  educated  in  the  public  scliools  of  Houl- 
ton and  at  the  Felton  School  of  Music,  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  She  taught  music  before  her 
marriage.  She  attends  the  Z^Iethodist  church 
and  is  a  member  of  Caribou  Grange  and  of 
Luna  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  (see 
iMerritt  IV).  Children  by  first  marriage:  i. 
Winfield  Ingalls,  born  April  25,  1S90;  attended 
business  college  at  Portland,  now  a  farmer  in 
■  Caribou;  married  Edna  May  Irving,  of  Cari- 
bou. 2.  Jesse  Dempsey,  born  January  13, 
1896;  student  at  P.owdoin  College.  3.  Walter 
Akers,  born  August  13.  1903.  Children  by 
second  marriage :  4.  Frank  Lowell,  born  Au- 
gust 30,  190S.  5.  Freeman  ]\Iaurice,  born  De- 
cember 16,  1909. 

(The    Merritt    I.ine). 

Ezekiel  Merritt  (also  signed  ^^leritt)  en- 
listed from  Scituate,  Alassachusetts,  December 
3,  1781,  as  a  private  and  filer  under  Captain 
Adams  Bailey,  Colonel  Ebcnezer  Sprout,  and 
served  to  June  10,  1783.  Fie  applied,  April 
15,  1818,  when  residing  at  Lebanon,  }iIadison 
county.  New  York,  for  a  pension,  which  was 
allowed,  and  his  widow,  Sarah  (Snow)  Aler- 
ritt,  drew  the  pension  after  his  death.  Fie  died 
April  23,  1847,  ^t  Eaton,  Madison  county. 
New  York,  and  she  died  there,  November  i, 
1848,    aged    eighty    years.      Children:     Azel, 


Barnabas,  Mtlzcr,  Stephen,  Salathia,  Betsey 
Ami  Mills.  The  above  was  received  from  the 
Bureau  of  Pensions  of  the  Interior  Depart- 
ment, Washington,  D.  C.  Also  senate  docu- 
ment, first  session,  twenty-third  congress,  1835, 
contains  the  following:  "Ezekiel  I\Ierritt,  fifer, 
allowance,  S96;  sum  received  $1,525.29  ;  placed 
on  jiension  roll  August  20,  1819;  commence- 
ment of  pension  April  15,  181S,  aged  67." 

(I)  Ezekiel  Merritt,  probably  the  Ezekiel 
Merritt,  mentioned  above,  moved  from  Scitu- 
ate to  Brockton,  Massachusetts,  about  1780, 
and  later  to  Hamilton,  New  York.  Married 
Sarah  Snow,  and  among  their  .children  was 
Ezekiel,  mentioned  below.  The  above  is  copied 
from  an  old  family  Bible. 

(IF)  Ezekiel  (2)  ]Merritt,  son  of  Ezekiel 
(i)  Merritt,  was  born  July  21,  17S0,  died  Sep- 
tember 10,  1846,  aged  fifty-eight  years  one 
month  twenty  days.  He  lived  at  North  Bridge- 
water,  ]\Iassachusetts.  He  married,  October 
26,  1809,  Lydia  Knapp,  daughter  of  Abijah 
Knapp;  she  died  August  7,  1874,  aged  eighty- 
six  years  three  months.  Children :  Phebc, 
born  July  17,  1810;  Ezekiel,  mentioned'below  ; 
Azel,  born  August  24,  1S15,  died  August  7, 
1S17;  Nancy,  January  24,  1818,  died  January 
24,  1897;  Isaac,  September  7,  1S20,  died  .April 
2,  18S4;  Sally,  January  25,  1823;  Lydia,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1826,  died  March  24,  191 1;  George, 
August  5,  1828,  died  about  1897;  Adeline, 
February,  1831,  died  February  i-j ,  1833.  The 
above  was  also  copied  from  the  family  Bible. 

(HI)  Ezekiel  (3)  Merritt,  son  of 'Ezekiel 
(2)  ^lerritt,  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 9,  1812,  died  at  Houlton,  Elaine,  April 
2,  1886.  Fie  was  a  farmer  and  butcher  in  his 
native  state  and  afterward  at  Lincoln,  Maine. 
His  later. years  were  spent  at  Houlton.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  He 
married  Eunice  Dean,  born  in  Massachusetts 


in  1816,  died  at  Houlton.  ?klaine. 


1904. 


was  a  Methodist  and  member  of  the  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union.  Children:  i. 
Edmund,  resides  at  Bridgewater,  Massachu- 
setts, a  fruit  grower  and  gardener ;  served  in 
the  civil  war;  married  Sarah  Ingersoll,  of 
Houlton;  children:  Elmer,  lives  in  the  west; 
Louis,  a  physician  at  Campello,  Massachusetts  ; 
Susie;     Howard,     a     dentist     in     California; 

George ;     Edward ;     Sadie,     married     — 

Keith.  2.  George  Francis,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Charles  IJ.,  born  1847;  owner  of  flour  mills 
at  Houlton,  and  now  resiflcs  at  Seattle.  Wash- 
ington ;  married  Hannah  Kinney,  of  Houlton ; 
children  :  Hattie  ;  Fred  F.,  married  Edna  Tin- 
ling,  of  Houlton,  and  removed  to  Seattle; 
Nellie.  4.  Eunice  V.,  born  1849,  died  at  Houl- 
•ton,     unmarried,    aged     forty-six    years.       5. 


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I.yman  B.,  born  185 1,  died  at  Santa  Barbara. 
California  ;  owner  of  flour  mills,  etc.,  in  part- 
nership with  Charles  D. ;  married  (i'lrst)  l.illie 
Berry,  of  Smyrna,  Maine;  married   (second) 
.Alolly  Rideout,  of  Ludlow:  child  by  first  wife: 
Mabel,  died  aged  one  year;  children  of  second 
wife:  Marion  and  Earl.    6.  Hattie.  died  young. 
(I\')   George  Francis  2\Ierritt.  son  of  Eze- 
kiel  (3)  Merritt.  was  born  at  Mansfield,  ^.[as- 
sachusctts,  October  8,   1S45.     He  learned  the 
trade  of  butcher  in  his  youth.     He   followed 
t:         his  trade  and  farming  at  Houlton,  ^Nlaine.     In 
?         politics  he  is  a  Prohibitionist.     He  is  a  mem- 
\     '    her  of  the  ]Mcthodist  church  of  Houlton.  and 
I         has  been  treasurer  and  steward.    He  is  a  char- 
I-         tcr  member  of  Houlton  Grange.  No.   16,  Pat- 
l         rons  of  Husbandry,  of  which  he  has  been  mas- 
f         tcr  for  several   terms.     He  married,  in  1874, 
[         Laura  Chandler,  born  in  Green  Bay.  ]ilichigan, 
September  28,  1S53.     -''^  is  a  member  of  the 
f         JNIethodist  church  and  of  the  Women's  Chris- 
\         tian  Temperance  Union  and  a  charter  member 
I         of  the  Houlton  Grange.    James  Chandler,  her 
[         father,  was  born  at  Presque  Isle,  and  is  be- 
[         lieved  to  have  been  drowned  in  the  Mississippi 
I         river.    He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.    He  mar- 
1         ried   Sarah   Gilman,   born   in   Maine  in    1827, 
I         died  at  Houlton,  1903.     Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.    Chandler:     i.    Lizzie,    married    Henry 
Fisher,  of  Council  Grove.  Kansas,  a  farmer; 
she  is   living  in   Seattle ;  children :    Laura   E. 
and  Charles  Fisher.    2.  Laura,  married  George 
Francis  ]\[erritt,  mentioned  above.     3.  Lowell 
E.,   a   painter   and   paperhanger   of   Houlton; 
married    Maggie    Mcllroy,    of    Benton,    New 
Brunswick;     children:      Linnie     F.,     married 
George  H.  Mooers,  of  Ashland  ;  Hazen  J.,  a 
surveyor   of   Houlton.     4.   Rachel,   died   aged 
ten  years.     Children  of  George  Francis  Mer- 
ritt:    I.  Herbert  Lincoln,  born  June  16,  1875; 
educated    in    the    Houlton    high    school    and 
Ricker's    Classical   Institute.      2.   Lillian   Ray, 
born  November  20,  1876;  graduate  of  Ricker's 
Classical  Institute;  school  teacher  at  Yankton, 
C'regon.      3.    Albert    Grayson,   born    April    4, 
1878;  graduate  of  Ricker's  Classical  Institute 
and  of  the  Houlton  Business  College;  a  farmer 
at  Floulton ;  meiriber  of  the  Houlton  Grange, 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  the  Free 
Masons  and  Odd  Fellows ;  plays  in  the  Houl- 
ton band  and  orchestra.     4.  Frank  Chandler, 
born  July  2,   1879;  graduate  of  the  Houlton 
Business   College;   secretary   of   Congressman 
Guernsey,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  member  of  the 
Odd  Fellows ;  married  Mabel  B.  Hibschman, 
of  Ambler,  Pennsylvania.     5.  Flora  Augusta, 
married  Oren  Alleland  Glidden   (see  Glidden 
III).     6.  Fannie  Fern,  born  August  31.  1891  ; 
graduate  of  the  Houlton  high  school. 


(\'I)  li|ihraim  Higgins,  sun  of  Timothy 
Higgins  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  1775,  at  Standish, 
Maine.  He  married  (first)  Rebecca  Higgins, 
of  that  town.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
Thomas,  born  in  Standisli,  died  there  Novem- 
ber   3.    1S18.      Children:     Ephraim,    married 

Abbie ,  who  is  now  living  at  Buxton, 

Maine;  Bradford,  a  farmer  in  Standish;  Isaiah, 
mentioned  below  ;  Lucinda,  flied  at  Standish. 

(VII)  Isaiah  Higgins,  .son  of  Ephraim  Hig- 
gins, was  born  at  Limingtoii,  Maine.  October 
2j.  181S,  died  in  I'resque  Isle  in  June,  1900. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  at  Pownal, 
Maine,  Xuvembcr  12,  1841,  Hannah  Stubbs, 
born  in  Cunil)erlanil,  Maine,  November  12. 
1823.  Children:  I.  ]\Iary.  born  July  2J,  1843; 
married  (first)  A])ril  29,  1861,  in  Maysville, 
Josejih  Vance,  born  July  4,  1S38,  at  Caribou, 
died  July  i,  1862,  in  New  r)rlcans.  a  soldier 
in  the  Fifteenth  Maine  Regiment;  married 
(second)  Jerry  Dempsey,  born  in  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick,  January  13,  1840;  children: 
Elbridge  Allen  Dempsey,  born  September  15, 
1S65,  and  INIary  Emma  Dempsey,  born  Au- 
gust 29,  1S81,  married  Clarence  \Mnte,  farmer 
of  Caribou,  and  has  children :  \'elma,  \'esta 
and  Grover  White.  2.  Nancy  S.,  born  Septem- 
ber 29,  184^,  married  Henry  Chase  Glidden 
(see  tSlidden  II).  3.  Abbie  McDuff,  born  at 
North  Yarmouth.  July  22,  1850,  died   July   i, 

l8^2. 


The  Christie   families  of  this 
CHRISTIE     country    are    probably    all    of 

Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  There 
were  several  pioneers  of  this  family  among 
the  early  Scotch-Irish  pioneers  in  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  prominent  in  New 
Boston,  Windh.am  and  other  towns  in  the  vicin- 
ity, and  related  it  is  though.t  to  the  New  Bruns- 
wick family  mentioned  below. 

(I)  Jesse  Christie  was  born  about  1770,  at 
Sheffield.  New  Brunswick,  died  at  Parish 
P>right.  in  that  province.  He  married  Esther 
Burpee,  born  in  Sheffield,  died  at  Parish 
Bright.  The  Burpees  settled  early  at  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  and  were  doubtless  related. 
Children:  i.  Thomas,  a  farmer,  died  at  Bear 
Island,  New  Brunswick.  2.  Joshua,  died  at 
Washburn,  Maine;  married  Deborah  Estey ;  he 
was  a  farmer.  3.  James,  died  at  Temperance 
Vale,  New  Brunswick;  was  a  blacksmith.  4. 
Peter,  mentioned  below.  5.  George,  died  at 
Parish  Bright ;  was  a  farmer ;  married  Lydia 
Clark.  6.  John,  died  at  Salmon  River,  New 
Brunswick;  was  a  millwright.  7.  Jeremiah,  a 
taimer,  died  ai  Parish  Bright;  married  Diana 
.    8.  I^Iary,  died  at  l\arish  Bright;  mar- 


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ried  Tyler  Coburn.  a  farmer.  9.  Elizabetli, 
married  Archie  I'lemnioii,  a  fanner.  10.  liei-i- 
sibath,  married  Tlioinas  i'asant,  a  farmer.  11. 
Agues,  married  William  Clark. 

(II)  Peter  Christie,  son  of  Jesse  Christie, 
was  born  at  Sheffield,  New  r.runswick,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1795,  died  at  Parish  Bright,  August  4, 
1876.  He  came  to  Parish  Bright  with  his 
father,  when  he  was  a  young  man,  and  fol- 
lowed farming  there.  lie  was  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  churcli  for  many  years.  He 
married  Ollie  Parent,  born  January  7,  180S, 
died  at  Parish  Bright,  April  7,  1878.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Parish  Bright:  i.  Jeremiah, 
born  ]\Iay  30,  1830,  died  in  \\'i:-con5in ;  was  a 
shoemaker;  married  Barbara  Sheridan,  of 
Parish  Bright,  now  living  in  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick;  children:  Oliver  P.,  a  lumber- 
man   in     Wisconsin;    Mary    C>live,    married 

Hethington,    of    Grand    t^ke.    New 

Brunswick,  resides  at  St.  John,  a  merchant. 
2.  I\Jary,  born  in  1833.  died  in  1849.  3.  John 
Tennant,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  John  Tennant  Christie,  son  of  Peter 
Christie,  was  born  at  Parish  Bright,  New 
Brunswick,  July  6,  1837,  died  there  August  29, 
191 1.  He  was  a  fanner  in  his  native  town  all 
his  active  life.  In  religion  he  was  a  Coagie- 
gationalist.  He  married.  June  15,  1858,  Cath- 
erine [NIcFarlane,  born  in  Perthshire,  Scotland, 
June  28,  183S.  came  with  her  parents  to  New 
Brunswick  in  1S56,  settled  in  the  parish  of 
Douglas.  Sh.e  is  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  She  is  now  living  with  her  son, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  John  Tennant 
Christie,  all  born  at  Parish  Bright:  i.  Isabel 
Coburn,  born  2vlarch  2;^,  i860;  married  Thomas 
Morehouse,  of  Parish  Bright,  living  now  at 
Morehouse  Corners,  York  county,  New  Bruns- 
wick, a  farmer;  she  is  an  Episcopalian;  chil- 
dren: Moses  Burt,  died  young;  Oliver,  a 
farmer.  Parish  Bright;  Walter  Earl,  died 
young;  Kenneth.  2.  Peter  Daniel,  born  Au- 
gust 30,  1862;  married  (first)  Ellen  Jones,  of 
Jones'  Mill,  New  Brunswick;  children:  Celia 
Beatrice,  married  Henry  Brewer,  painter. 
Parish  Douglas ;  Stella  Mae,  married  Freeman 
Gilby,  farmer.  Peter  Daniel  married  (second) 
Jane  Estey ;  children:  Lydia,  F'rances,  Lillie 
Campbell,  died  young.  3.  Alexander  Herbert, 
born  February  23,  1S65;  married  (first)  Jane 
Brewer,  of  Parish  Bright ;  married  (second) 
Gertrude  Flammond,  of  Mapleton,  Maine; 
children  by  first  wife  :  Ralph  ;  Alice  Catherine  ; 
Flarold  James,  a  machinist,  Gjeenfield,  Alassa- 
chusetts;  child  by  second  wife,  Louis  Free- 
man. 4.  Jessie  Ellen,  born  March  3,  1867,  died 
July  27,  1869.  5.  Jessie,  born  March  23,  18G9, 
died  April  14.  1913;  married  John  Inch,  of 
Parish  Bright;  children:    Ernest  and  Walter. 


6.  Walter  Robert,  mentioned  below.  7.  luhii 
T.,  born  September  29,  1873;  uiarried  Lizzie 
Currie;  resides  on  the  homestead  at  Parish 
Bright;  daughter,  Annie  ^lynle,  born  191 1. 
8.  Lockwood  B.,  born  November  2,  1875;  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Amy  (Picket)  Bostwick,  of  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick,  and  had  Iva  Sutton,  born 
1911.  9.  Lillie  Campbell,  born  May  1,  187S, 
died  July  7,  1900;  married  Henry  Dayton,  a 
miller  in  the  west.  10.  William  Wedderbuni, 
born  August  16,  1883;  resides  at  Fairbanks, 
Alaska. 

Alexander  Alcl-'arlane,  father  of  Mrs. 
Christie,  was  born  in  Scotland,  1806,  died  at 
Parish  Douglas,  1876.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try with  six  children  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Douglas.  In  politics  he  was  a  Liberal ;  in  re- 
ligion a  Presbyterian.  Tie  married  Ellen 
Campbell,  born  and  died  in  Scotland.  Chil- 
dren of  Alexander  McFarlane:  i.  Catherine, 
married  John  Tennant  Christie,  mentioned 
above.  2.  Jeanette,  born  }ilay  24,  1841,  in  Scot- 
land; married  Andrew  Steen,  of  Douglas;  she 
died  April  30,  191 1 ;  he  was  a  farmer.  3.  Wal- 
ter, born  August,  1843,  died  May  7,  1S95 ;  a 
manufacturer;  married  Jane  Haines;  she  lives 
in  Fredericton.  4.  John,  born  1845;  resides  at 
Castle  Bright  on  the  homestead,  unmarried.  5. 
Alexander,  born  1847,  ^^^^  1894;  married 
Henrietta  Foster,  of  Douglas;  resides  on  the 
homestead.  6.  William  R.,  born  1849;  married 
Lucy  Gill,  of  Gibson,  New  Brunswick ;  he  died 
in  1876;  she  lives  at  AVoodstock.  Alexander 
McF'arlane  married  (second)  Jane  McClellan, 
born  in  Scotland,  died  in  Douglas,  leaving  no 
children. 

Walter  ^IcFarlane,  father  of  Alexander  Mc- 
Farlane, was  born  and  died  in  Scotland.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  married  Catherine  Clark, 
born  and  died  there  also.  Children  of  Walter 
^JcFarlane:  i.  Peter,  died  at  Douglas:  married 
(first)  ^Margaret  White,  (second)  Helen  Gra- 
ham. 2.  Alexander,  mentioned  above.  3. 
Jeanette,  born  in  Scotland ;  married  Andrew 
Ryan,  a  blacksmith,  native  of  Scotland.  4. 
Agnes,  married  Neil  McNorton,  a  farmer ; 
came  from  Scotland.  5.  Mary,  died  in  Scot- 
land;  married  William  Russell,  a  longshore- 
man. 

(IV)  Walter  Robert  Christie,  son  of  John 
Tennant  Christie,  was  born  at  Parish  Bright, 
York  county.  New  Brunswick,  September  6, 
1S71.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there, 
and  assisted  his  father  on  the  homestead  until 
1890  when  he  removed  to  Presque  Isle,  Maine. 
Three  years  later  he  bought  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  acres  and  to  that  he  has  added  by  pur- 
chase three  hundred  acres  more.  Most  of  his 
four  hundred  acres  is  under  cultivation.  His 
farm  is  located  two  miles  from  the  village.     In 


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pdlitics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  attends  the 
Calvinistic  Eiaptiit  church,  and  is  a  member  of 
Trinity  Lodge,  No.  130,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Presque  Isle,  and  of  Aroostook 
County  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  of 
IVesque  Isle.  He  married,  September  5,  1894, 
at  ^laysville,  Zellah  -Jane  Kitchen,  born  at 
Jacksontown,  New  Brunswick,  August  20, 
1S75.  She  attended  the  public  schools  there 
and  taught  mu.-ic  before  her  marriage.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Calvinistic  Baptist  church,  of 
the  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  of  the  Grange  and  the 
Hospital  Aid  (see  Kitchen  II).  Children, 
born  at  Presque  Isle:  i.  Jessie  Fay,  born  No- 
vember 17,  1895,  died  November  28,  1896.  2. 
Thelma  Fay,  born  May  19,  1899;  student  in 
the  high  school.  3.  Dorothea  ]\Iac,  born  De- 
cember II,  1906,  died  December  14,  1906. 

(The   Kitchen   Line). 

(I)  Henry  Kitchen  was  born  at  Parish 
Bright,  New  Brunswick,  in  1S03,  died  at  Jack- 
sontown, in  tliat  province,  in  1SS7.  He  was  a 
farmer  there  all  his  life.  He  married  Harriet 
Spur,  born  at  St.  John,  died  at  Jacksontown. 

Children:    i.  Lina,  married  JMcGraw, 

a  school  teacher  of  Jacksontown.  2.  William, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Mary  Ann,  married  Fred 
Estey,  a  farmer.  4.  Martb.a,  resides  at  Wal- 
tham,  Massachusetts;  married  Benjamin 
Estey,  cousin  of  Fred  Estey.  5.  Burpee,  re- 
sides at  Brockton,  ^Massachusetts ;  foreman  of 
a  shoe  factory;  married  Carrie  Richardson,  of 
Deer  Island,  New  Brunswick.  6.  Herbert,  a 
farmer,  Jacksontown,  unmarried.  7.  Fannie, 
married  Alfred  Smith,  cotton  mill  employee, 
Marysville,  New  Brunswick.  8.  Carrie,  mar- 
ried, in  1912,  David  Edson,  shoemaker,  Cam- 
pello,  ^lassachusetts. 

(II)  William  Kitchen,  son  of  Henry  Kitchen, 
was  born  at  Jacksontown,  New  Brunswick, 
June  6,  1845,  died  at  Presque  Isle,  September 
16,  1901.  He  married.  March  6,  1S73.  Mary 
Hetty  Estey,  born  at  Jacksontown,  December 
22,  1S45  (see  Estey  II).  She  resides  with  her 
children  at  Caribou  and  Presque  Isle.  William 
Kitchen  was  a  farmer  at  Jacksontown  and 
Presque  Isle,  a  Republican  in  politics,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Calvinistic  Baptist  churcfi  and  of 
Maysville  Center  Grange.  Children,  born  in 
Jacksontown:  i.  Hannah  IMaud,  born  March 
9,  1874;  married  Herbert  Lincoln  Calkins,  of 
Presque  Isle,  now  of  Littleton,  Massachusetts, 
a  Baptist  minister ;  child,  Louise  Estey,  born 
January  2,  1905.  2.  Zellah  Jane,  married  Wal- 
ter Robert  Christie  (see  Christie  IV).  3.  \'ilah 
May,  born  April  24,  1877:  married  Carl  Lc-lie 
Smith,  of  Presque  Lie,  now  of  Jennings 
Lodge,  Oregon,  foreman  in  a  caiming  factory. 
4.  Llerbert  Winslow,  born  October   u,    1S7S; 


married  Annie  S.  Greenlaw,  of  Presque  Isle, 
and  had  Alice  Maryland,  born  l''ebruary  9, 
1908.  5.  Minetta  Joy,  born  April  14,  1880; 
married,  December  30,  1908,  Thomas  Jeli'er- 
son  Ramsdell,  a  Baptist  minister.  Caribou,  and 
had  Ruth  Evangel,  born  September  7,  1911. 
6.  John  Colby,  born  December  18,  1S81  ;  re- 
sides at  Bull's  Run,  Oregon,  merchant  and 
[lostmaster,  unmarried.  7.  Alva  Newman, 
born  September  7,  1SS3;  married  Ella  B.  Clif-. 
ford,  of  Portland,  now  of  Presque  Isle,  retail 
store  dealer  ;  children :  Doris  Isabel,  born  Jan- 
uary 14,  1909;  Geneva  Ethel,  September  2, 
1910;  Theodore  Hawks,  September  26,  1911. 
8.  Eva  Blanche,  born  January  10,  18S6;  mar- 
ried Merle  Roy  Smith,  of  Maysville;  lives  at 
Presque  Isle,  a  farmer ;  child,  Irving  Kitchen 
Smith,  born  July  31,  1912.  9.  William  Beverly, 
born  May  24,  1890;  married,  June  21,  1913, 
Marion  Flicks,  of  Portland,  Maine;  sales  agent 
there  for  the  Cntlerwood  typewriter. 


(I)  Endicott  Estey  was  born  December  9, 
1777,  died  August  15,  1S48.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Jacksontown,  New  Brunswick.  His  wife 
Hannah  was  born  February  14,  1781,  died 
February  24,  i8f5o.  Children:  i.  William  Bev- 
erly, mentioned  below.  2.  Alary  E.,  born  De- 
cember 17.  1806,  died  November  30,  18S4; 
married  George  Everett.  3.  Hannah,  born 
January  1,  1808.  4.  John,  born  December  23, 
iSio.  died  January  5,  1886;  married  (third) 
Sarah  True.  5.  Jarvis  L.,  born  February  19, 
1813,  died  December  29,  1S65 ;  married  twice. 
6.  Charlotte,  born  May  29,  1815.  7.  Jonathan, 
born  July  6,  1817,  died  February  8,  18S9;  mar- 
ried   (second) Alills,    (third)    Mary 

Jane  Corliss,  of  Calais,  Alainc.  8.  Charles, 
born  August  30,  1819.  9.  Thomas  E.,  born 
November  3,  1821.  10.  Stephen,  born  Decem- 
ber 28,  1822;  married  Elizabeth  Vandine. 

(II)  William  Beverly  Estey,  son  of  Endi- 
cott Estey,  was  born  at  Jacksontown,  New 
Brunswick,  November  10,  1S04,  died  there  Oc- 
tober 17.  1876.  He  was  a  farmer;  member  of 
•the  Baptist  church.     He  married,  December  3, 

1833,  Hannah  Churchill,  born  Alay  22,  1S14. 
in  Jacksontown,  died  there  July  10,  1S66.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William  E.,  born  July  30,  1834,  died 
there  March  27,  1910;  married  Margaret  Gray, 
of  Eel  River.  2.  Joseph  E.,  born  December 
II,  1S35,  died  at  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick, 
April  5,  1864.  3.  Charles  L.,  born  October  17, 
1837,  died  at  Knoxford,  New  Brunswick,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1891  ;  married  Susan  Nevers.  4. 
Benjamin  F.,  born  October  19,  1839,  died  at 
^^'ocdstock,  New  Brunswick,  October  12, 
1902;  married  Martha  Kitchen.  5.  Hannah 
E.,  born  August  4,  1841 ;  resides  at  Brookline, 


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Massachusetts.  6.  George  H.,  born  September 
12,  1843,  died  at  Hartland,  New  r.runswick, 
January  16,  11)07.  7-  Mary  Hetty,  born  De- 
cember 22,  1845 ;  married  William  Kitchen 
(see  Kitchen  11).  8.  Sarah  A.,  born  Decem- 
ber 28,  1847;  married  John  Hopkins.  9.  Hen- 
rietta A.,  born  INIarcli  i,  1850;  married  foshua 
Churchill,  of  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick, 
now  of  Aniesbury,  Massachusetts.  10.  Fred- 
crick  M.,  born  March  28,  1S52.  died  July  4, 
1852.  II.  Alice  ]\1.,  born  September  9,  1S54, 
died  April  i,  1862.  12.  Jennie  E.,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1857,  died  March  iG,  1901  ;  mar- 
ried William  Shii'prell. 


Most   of   the   Iliggins    families 
IlIGGINS     of    Elaine   are   descendants   of 

Richard  Higgins,  of  Plymouth 
and  Barnstable,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  else- 
where in  this  work.  Some  of  his  descendants 
settled  at  Standish,  ]Maine,  and  vicinity.  In 
the  Saco  ^"alley  we  find  some  Higgins  families 
of  Scolch-lrish  ancestry. 

Higgins,  descendant  of  Richard  Hig- 
gins, lived  at  Indian  Point,  Maine,  and  died 
there.  He  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter.  He 
married  twice.  Childrenby  first  wife  :  i.Reuel, 
died  at  Iillswortb.,  )>lainc  ;  was  a  singing  school 
teacher,  and  later  in  life  a  ship  carpenter; 
served  four  years  in  the  civil  war;  married 
Adeline  Hale,  sister  of  Adelia  C.  Hale,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Sophia,  resides  at  Raleigh, 
North  Carolina.  3.  Bethany,  died  in  ]\lassa- 
chusetts.  4.  Andrew  Jackson,  mentioned  be- 
low.    He  married  (second)  Hittie and 

'had  Fenlawn  (Fenelonrj,  carpenter  and  mer- 
chant. Bar  Harbor. 

(II)    Captain  Andrew  Jackson' Higgins,  son 

of Higgins.  was  born  at  Indian  Point, 

Mount  Desert  island,  about  1839,  died  at  Ells- 
worth, Alaine.  1906.  He  was  a  sea  captain, 
sailing  to  foreign  ports.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of  Legonia 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
Ellsworth;  a  Royal  Arch  ^Nlason,  and  a  Knight 
Templar.  He  married  Adelia  C.  Hale,  born 
at  Sedgwick,  Maine,  1846,  and  now  lives  in. 
Ellsworth,  in  that  state.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  and  of  the  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star  of  Ellsworth.  Her  father  was 
born  in  England,  died  in  Sedgwick.  He  was 
a  farmer,  carpenter  and  soldier  in  the  civil 
war.  Children  of  her  parents:  i.  Eliza,  died 
at  Sedgwick;  married  Jonathan  Penney,  of 
Blue  Hill.  2.  Amanda,  died  at  Sedg^vick ; 
married  Joseph  Hntchins.  who  had  a  livery 
stable  there.  3.  Sarah  Jane,  died  at  North 
Brooklin  Settlement,  Maine ;  married  Adams 
Herrick.  of  Sedgwick,  farmer  and  carpenter. 
4.   Hattie,   died   at    Ellsworth;    married    Paul 


Custer,  of  lUue  Hill,  owner  of  a  shipyard.  5. 
Adelia  C,  married  Andrew  Jackson  Higgiu>, 
mentioned  above.  6.  Charles,  a  sea  captain. 
7.  George,  resides  at  Ellsworth,  a  retired  sea 
captain,  afterward  a  fish-packer  in  Eastport, 
Maine;  served  in  the  navy  in  the  civil  war. 
Children  of  xAndrew  Jackson  Higgins:  i. 
Charles,  born  at  Ellsworth,  died  young.  2. 
Schuyler,  born  1875,  at  Ellsworth;  married 
Lena  Jones,  of  Manchester,  New  Hampshire; 
resides  at  Ellsworth,  of  which  he  is  city  mar- 
shal;  member  of  the  Senior  Order,  United 
\Vorkmen  of  America ;  children :  Kenneth, 
\\'endell.  Earl  and  another  son.  3.  Percy 
Elmer,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Captain  Percy  Elmer  Higgins,  son  of 
Captain  Andrew  Jackson  Pliggins,  was  born 
at  Ellsworth,  December  2S,  1SS6.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  grad- 
uated from  the  Ellsworth  high  school  in  1905. 
He  entered  the  University  of  Maine,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  191 1  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  Pie  is  a  member  of 
the  Pi  Alpha  Delta  fraternity  of  the  law  school. 
He  began  to  practice  law  in  Ellsworth.  After 
a  year  he  located  at  Limestone,  where  he  has 
since  practiced.  In  politics  he  was  formerly  a 
Republican,  now  a  Progressive.  He  is  at  pres- 
ent tax  collector  in  Limestone,  !Maine.  He 
was  tax  collector  of  Plantation  No.  8  of  Ells- 
worth in  191 2.  Pie  attends  the  Baptist  and 
Methodist  churches,  but  is  an  Episcopalian. 
He  is  a  member  of  Lejok  Lodge,  No.  9-0,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Ellsworth, 
and  served  as  right  supporter  of  the  vice  grand 
noble.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Harvest  Home 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Plusbandry,  West  Ells- 
worth, INIaine.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  King  Arthur  and  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  Liberty  and  Junior  Order  of  United 
American  Workmen.  Fie  married,  November 
5,  1913,  in  Caribou,  Flarriet  Orcutt  Boulier, 
born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  December  24,  18S6. 
She  w-as  educated  in  the  Limestone  public 
schools  and  ]\Ielrose  high  school,  -Massachu- 
setts. She  was  a  nurse  in  Melrose  two  years 
and  a  school  teacher  in  Limestone  one  year. 
In  religion  she  is  an  Episcopalian. 

Solomon  Boulier,  father  of  Mrs.  Higgins, 
was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  June  4.  1843.  ^^^ 
resides  at  Limestone,  a  hotel  proprietor,  agent 
for  fertilizers,  bookkeeper.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  is  a  member  of  Presque  Isle 
Lodge.  Free  and  Accepted  ]\Iasons.  He  en- 
listed in  June,  i8^>i,  in  Company  C,  Fifteenth 
Regiment  Maine  \'olunteer  Infantry,  and  was 
transferred  to  the  First  Maine  Battery,  serv- 
ing through  the  Shenandoah  campaign  under 
General  Sheridan.  He  was  discharged  in  Sep- 
tember, 1864.     He  married  Ada  Orcutt,  born 


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June  28,  1845,  in  Passadumkeag,  ivlaine,  died 
at  Limestone,  Maine,  November  10,  1910.  She 
was  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church.  Children:  Fern  ;  }ilildred,  died 
aged  fourteen  years;  Harriet  Orcutt,  married 
I'crcy  Elmer  Higgins,  mentioned  abo\-e. 

Thomas  Boulier,  father  of  Solomon  P.oulier, 
was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  1786,  died  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  1884.  He  wa?  a  general 
jobber  in  Fort  Fairfield  for  many  years.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Koman  Catholic.  He  married  Harriet  Cyr, 
born  in  France  in  1S06,  died  at  Fort  Fairtield, 
1889,  a  Roman  Catholic  in  religion.  Children 
of  Francis  Boulier:  i.  Francis  Xavier,  born 
1838,  went  to  .Australia  during  the  gold  excite- 
ment and  never  returned.  2.  .\mos,  born  1841, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield :  was  a  farmer ;  enlisted 
in  1861  in  Company  G,  Fifteenth  iNIainc  Regi- 
ment and  served  three  years  in  tlie  civil  war. 
3.  Solomon,  mentioned  above.  4.  Thomas, 
born  1S45;  farmer.  Fort  Fairfield;  married 
Sai-ah  Campbell.  5.  Flora,  born  1847  :  married 
John  Vasseur,  of  Madawaska,  a  farmer.  6. 
Joseph,  born  1850,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield;  en- 
listed in  Company  G,  Fifteenth  Regiment  and 
served  three  years.  7.  Mary,  born  1852;  mar- 
ried Thomas  Tardy,  of  Madawaska,  now  a 
farmer  in  \'an  Biiren.  8.  Philip,  died  in  Mars, 
Maine;  enlisted  in  Company  G,  Fifteenth 
Regiment;    married    (first)    Jane    McDonald, 

(second)  — ' Leverett.  9.  Denot  Elizabeth, 

born  May  6,  1852  ;  married  Samuel  C.  Alurphy, 
harnessmaker,  Fort  Fairfield.  10.  ]vlitchell  or 
Michael,  served  in  Company  C,  Fifteenth 
Regiment.  11.  Anthony,  died  aged  nineteen 
years.     12.  Annie,  married  Roland  Howard. 


The  surname  Guernsey, 
GUERNSEY  Garnsey  or  Garnsy,  as  it  was 
spelled  interchangeably  in 
the  early  records,  is  taken  from  the  name  of 
the  Isle  and  the  family  undoubtedly  originated 
in  the  Isle  of  Guern-ey.  Henry  Garnsey  set- 
tled at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as 
1655,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  i6(jo. 
John  and  Joseph  Garnsey  settled  in  Milford, 
Connecticut,  about  1639.  Both  seem  to  have 
had  sons  Joseph.  Joseph  Garnsey  removed  to 
New  Haven,  where  he  was  living  in  1647  and 
finally  to  Stamford,  where  he  and  his  descend- 
ants lived  for  many  years.  He  or  his  son 
Joseph  married,  'May  11,  1659,  at  Stamford, 
Rose  Waterbury,  and  had  Joseph,  born  June 
30,  1662,  settled  at  Stamford;  John,  born  May 
23,  1697,  resided  in  \\'aterbury. 

(I)  John  Guernsey,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  the  Isle  of  Guernsey  and  settled  at 
Milford,  Connecticut,  where  he  probably  died 
soon  after  1659.   Children  :  Joseph,  born  about 


1640-50,  married,  at  Milford,  April  10,  1673, 
Hannali,  daughter  of  Samuel  Cooley  Sr.,  and 
had  Joseph,  John  and  Hannah  (also  given 
Sarah)  ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  (2)  Guernsey,  probably  the  son 
of  John  (i)  Guernsey,  and  certainly  of  this 
family,  was  born  about  1650,  died  at  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  March  31,  1722.  His  wife 
Elizabeth  died  April  11,  1714,  at  Rehoboth. 
He  married  (second)  at  Rehoboth,  August  16, 
1716,  Sarah  Titus.  Among  his  children  were: 
John,  mentioned  below;  Ebenezer,  married,  at 
Rehoboth,  January  19,  1709-10,  Mehitable 
West;  Elizabeth,  married,  ]\Iay  6,  1703,  James 
Boweu,  at  Rehoboth;  Mary,  married,  Septem- 
ber 3.  1713,  Samuel  Hicks,  at  Rehoboth. 

(HI)  John  (3)  Guernsey,  son  of  John  (2) 
Guernsey,  was  born  about  1690.  He  married 
(first)  October  14,  1714,  at  Rehoboth,  Judith 
Ormsbee,  who  died  August  2j,  1715.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  at  Rehoboth,  June  6,  1717,  Eliz- 
abeth Titus,  who  died  April  11,  1771.  Child, 
born  at  Rehoboth,  of  first  wife:  Beriah,  born 
September,  1715.  Of  second  wife:  John,  born 
February  7,  171S-19,  died  February,  1718-19; 
John,  mentioned  below  :  Oliver,  born  Septem- 
ber 27,  1722;  Elizabeth,  April  23,  1725;  Solo- 
mon, 1727;  Mary,  February  22,  1731 ;  Sarah, 
May  15,  1735- 

(IV)  John  (4)  Guernsey,  son  of  John  (3) 
Guernsey,  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  ^lassachu- 
sctts,  January  4,  1719-20.  He  married,  ^^lay 
13,  1742,  Lydia  Healey.  Children,  born  at 
Rehoboth  :  Amos,  born  ^larch  31,  1743  ;  Lydia, 
September  25,  1745,  died  young;  Oliver,  men- 
tioned below;  Lydia,  January  12,  1747-48; 
William,  January  11,  1749-50;  Hannah,  De- 
cember 30,  1752;  Ruth,  June  18,  1754:  Esther, 
May  22,  1756;  Lois,  July  5,  1758;  John.  May 
7.  1760;  Samuel,  October  3,  1762;  David, 
March  30,  1764;  Jesse,  April  9,  1766:  Mary, 
January  f>,  1768. 

(V)  Oliver  Guernsey,  son  of  John  (4) 
Guernsev,  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Alassachu- 
setts,  July  5,  1846.  Pie  removed  to  Richmond, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel  Ware.  Among  his  children  v.'as 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Guernsey,  son  of  Oliver 
Guernsey,  was  born  at  Richmond,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  2^,,  1775.  He  became  a  farmer 
and  a  tanner  at  Effingham,  New  Hampshire. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low: John^Ware:  Mary  Ann;  Eunice;  Sarah 
Jane.  Child  by  second  wife:  Elizabeth  Gil- 
man. 

(\'II)  Samuel  Guernsey,  son  of  Benjamin 
Guernsey,  was  born  at  Effingham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1S03,  died  at  Bangor,  Elaine,  October 
22,   1873.     He   spelled  his   name   Garnsey,   as 


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most  of  the  preceding  generations  lui'l  done, 
though  we  liave  used  the  present  spelhng 
throughout  for  the  sake  of  uniformity.  In 
every  generation  various  forms  of  spelling  pre- 
vailed in  different  branches  of  the  family.  He 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Bailey,  at 
Wiscassct,  Maine.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  to  prac- 
tice law  in  Bangor  in  partnership  with  Judge 
Chandler.  He  practiced  law  until  1S37,  win- 
ning honorable  distinction  at  the  bar,  and  was 
connected  with  many  important  case^.  Ln 
1837  he  entered  upon  a  mercantile  career  in 
the  dry  goods  business,  in  partnership  with 
J.  C.  White  and  continued  until  a  few  years 
before  he  died.  He  \vas  a  member  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  Bangor  and  for  many  years 
one  of  the  deacons.  He  married,  about  1S26, 
Eliza  A.  Nicholas,  of  \\"iscasset,  born  in  that 
town  in  1S07.     Children:    i.  Horace  H.,  born 

1830,  died  soon.    2.  Thomas  H.,  born  May  26, 

1831,  died  in  Boston  in  1SS4;  married  Caro- 
line Helen  Hoadley.  December  14,  1S66;  she 
resides  near  New  Haven,  Connecticut ;  he 
graduated  at  Colby  College.  Waterville,  3.1aine, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Penobscot  bar  and 
member  of  the  legislature  of  Maine  in  1865-66 
and  a  member  of  the  judiciary  commitLee  in 
that  legislature ;  served  on  the  staff  of  Gov- 
ernor Samuel  Coney  during  part  of  the  civil 
war  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel :  later 
practiced  law  in  Boston  and  New  York.  3. 
Edward,  born  and  died  in  1S33.  4.  Isabelle, 
born  October  24,  1834;  she  married  Edward 
T.  Hornblower,  and  resides  at  .\rlington,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 5.  Edward  Hersey,  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  W'illiam  A.,  born  1S39,  died  in  New 
York  City,  October  6,  1S75;  enlisted  October 
4,  1 861,  mustered  in  as  a  private  November 
16,  promoted  to  sergeant  October  27,  iS()2.  in 
the  Second  Louisiana  Regiment ;  promoted 
captain  of  Company  J,  Second  Regiment 
Louisiana  Infantry,  October  14,  1S63 ;  mus- 
tered out  with  rank  of  captain  !\rarch  26,  1865. 
7.  George  H.,  born  1843,  ^''^^  1^53- 

(\'ni)  Edward  Hersey  Guernsey,  son  of 
Samuel  Guernsey,  was  born  June  10,  1837,  at 
Bangor,  Maine,  died  at  Hot  Springs.  Arkansas, 
January  19.  1SS4.  He  was  educated  in  the 
'  public  schools  of  Bangor.  He  was  engaged 
in  the  clothing  trade  at  Dover,  Maine,  before 
the  civil  war.  He  went  to  the  front  as  sutler 
of  the  Sixth  Elaine  Regiment  and  afterward 
became  sutler  of  the  Si.xth  Army  Corps.  .A.t 
the  close  of  the  war,  in  1865.  he  and  George 
Norcross,  of  Bangor,  fitted  out  an  expedition 
at  New  Orleans  to  explore  for  oil  in  Texas. 
Later  he  engaged  in  the  nickel-plating  business 
in  New  York  City  and  continued  until  1S72, 
when  he  went  to  the  state  of  Tolima,  Republic 


of  Colombia,  South  .\merica,  and  engaged  in 
gold  mining  until  187S.  After  he  returned 
from  South  .-\merica  in  1S78  ho  became  a  hotel 
proprietor  in  Boston,  in  partnershi[)  with 
Zacharias  Favour,  anrl  at  the  same  time  was 
engaged  in  railroad  construction  in  Wyoming. 
In  1S83  he  made  another  trip  to  South  Amer- 
ica to  attend  to  his  mining  interests,  was  ill 
when  he  returned  and  never  reco\ered.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  Free 
Mason.  He  married  Hannah  ]\Iorse  (Thomp- 
son )  I'V'ss,  born  at  Sangerville,  Maine,  April 
20,  1S33,  died  at  Dover,  Maine,  June  18,  1908 
(sec  Thompson  \TII).  Children:  i.  .Anna 
Belle,  died  April  18,  1864,  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  aged  two  years  eight  months.  2.  Frank 
Edward,  mentioned  below.  3.  Samuel  James, 
born  May  i,  1867,  in  Dover;  a  professor  in 
Harvard  University;  married  Drisilla  Camp- 
bell, of  New  Brunswick;  they  reside  in  Arling- 
ton, Massachusetts.  4.  Edwin  Grant,  died  at 
Dover,  October  2,  iS'V),  aged  one  year  five 
months. 

(IX)  Frank  Edward  Guernsey,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Hersey  Guernsey,  was  born  at  Dover, 
Maine,  October  15,  1865.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  Foxcroft 
Academy.  In  the  fall  of  1S85  he  entered  the 
Bucksport  (East  Maine)  Seminary.  .A  year 
later  he  became  a  student  in  the  Wesleyan 
Seminary  at  Kent's  Hill,  Maine,  and  remained 
until  June,  1 887.  In  1884  he  was  graduated 
from  the  Eastman  Business  College  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  New  York.  He  started  in  business, 
May  12,  1884.  in  the  hardware  store  of  Sawyer 
&  Gifford,  at  Dover,  and  was  a  clerk  there 
until  August  15,  1885.  After  leaving  the 
Kent's  Hill  Seminary,  in  1887,  he  began  to 
study  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  W.  E.  Parsons, 
of  Foxcroft,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
September.  1S90.  Since  then  he  has  prac- 
ticed law  at  Dover.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. In  September,  1890,  he  was  elected 
treasurer  of  Piscataquis  county,  was  reelected 
twice,  serving  in  this  office  until  December  31, 
1896.  In  1S91  he  was  elected  town  agent  of 
Dover  and  was  reelected  each  year  for  sixteen 
years,  serving  until  1908.  Fle  represented  the 
towns  of  Dover.  Sangerville  and  Parkman  two 
terms  in  the  state  legislature,  1S97-99,  and  was 
state  senator  in  1903.  In  September,  1908,  he 
was  elected  to  the  sixtieth  congress  to  fill  a 
•\-acancy  caused  by  the  death  of  ex-Governor 
Llewellyn  Powers.  He  was  reelected  and 
served  in  the  sixty-first,  sixty-second  and  sixty- 
third  congresses.  His  term  expires  in  March, 
191 5.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  of  the  Military  Order 
of  tlie  Loyal  Legion,  of  the  Piscatarjuis  Club 
of  Dover  and  Foxcroft,  of  the  Tarratine  Club 


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of  Fiangor,  the  Army  and  Navy  Club.  W'a^Ii- 
iiigton,  and  the  Cokniibia  Country  Club,  Wash- 
ington. He  attends  the  Methodist  church,  lie 
i.s  president  of  the  Piscataquis  Savings  Bank, 
elected  in  1905.  and  was  previously  a  trustee, 
also  a  trustee  of  the  Kineo  Trust  Conii)auy  of 
i:)over. 

He  married.  June  16.  1897,  at  \'inal  Haven, 
.Maine,  Josephine  Francis  Lvford  (see  I.vford 
\]I).  She  attended  the  \'iri:d  Haven  schools, 
the  Bucksport  Seminary  and  the  Maine  Wes- 
leyan  Seminary  at  Kent's  Hill,  from  which  she 
graduated  in  1887.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  .-\merican  Revoltition.  The 
only  child  of  Frank  Edward  and  Josephine 
Francis  (Lyford)  Guernsey  was  Thompson 
Guernsey,  born  at  Dover,  February  17,   1904. 

(The  Thompson  Line). 

(I)  James  Thompson,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  W'o- 
burn,  Massachusetts,  coming  in  W'inthrop's 
company  in  1630.  He  probably  settled  first  in 
Charlestown;  according  to  tradition  he  was  of 
the  party  that  landed  at  Salem  in  June,  1630. 
He  was  born  in  1593,  in  England,  and  his  wife, 
three  sons  and  one  daughter  came  with  him  to 
this  country.  His  coat-of-arms  is  identified 
with  that  of  Sir  \\'illiam  Thompson,  a  London 
knight,  and  it  is  probable  that  he  came  of  tliat 
family.  He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the 
h'irst  Church  of  Charlestown,  August  31.  1633, 
and  in  December,  1633,  he  was  made  freeman. 
In  December,  1640,  he  was  one  of  the  thirty- 
two  men  who  subscribed  to  the  noted  town 
orders  for  W'oburn,  and  he  was  one  of  the  first 
in  the  town.  He  was  on  the  first  board  of 
selectmen,  and  served  in  that  office  nearly 
twenty  years  with  short  intervals.  In  1650  he 
was  commissioner  to  carry  the  votes  for  town 
officers  to  Cambridge.  He  owned  much  land, 
and  probably  disposed  of  most  of  it  before  his 
death,  as  it  was  not  mentioned  in  his  will.   He 

married    (first)    Elizabeth  ,   who   died 

November  13,  1643.  He  married  (second) 
Februar}  15,  1^44.  Susanna  Blodgett.  widow 
of  Thomas  Bkidgett,  of  Cambridge.  She  died 
February  10.  i6-6i.  He  died  in  W'oburn  in 
ifiS2.  (Children:  James,  Simon,  Olive.  Jona- 
than, perhaps  another  daughter. 

(II)  Simon  Thompson,  son  of  James 
Thompson,  was  born  in  England.  He  can:e  to 
Woburn  with  his  father,  being  made  freeman 
there  in  1648.  He  was  one  of  the  purchasers 
of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  and  was  one  of 
the  seven  wlio  met  to  arrange  some  form  of 
local  government.  It  is  said  that  he  was  fir-t 
town  clerk  of  Chelmsford.  He  died  in  May, 
I'^iSS,  within  three  years  of  the  formation  of 
the   new   town.      He    married,    December    19, 


i'i.)3.  ill  Wolinin,  Ma;y  i\m\vv>i:,  daughter  of 
iJhvard  C'i.>n\i  r^c.  Slie  m.irricil  (second) 
h'ebruary  i,  hk'io,  Jnhn  Sheldon,  of  i'.illerica. 
Children:  John,  Sarali,  James,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  -Mary,  .Aim,  Rebecca. 

(III)  James  (2)  'I'lirimpson,  son  of  Simon 
lliumpMin.  w.i-  born  in  W'oburn,  Massachu- 
setts, March  jo,  1649,  and  was  the  only  son  to 
reach  manlinod.  He  a.ssisted  in  the  care  of 
the  mill  of  his  grandfather,  Edward  Converse, 
living  with  his  uncle,  Samuel  Converse,  until 
he  came  ul  age,  after  hi.s  father's  death.  He 
married  (first)  January  _7,  1674,  Hannah 
Walker,  who  died  l'"ebruary  4,  1686.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  .Ajiril  13,  i(kS7.  Abigail  Gardner, 
of  Charle->to\vn.  She  married  (second)  Deacon 
Edward  Jtjhnson.  Jaincs  'Hionipson  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  i()93.  Children  of  first  wife;  Han- 
nah, Joshua,  James,  h'benozer.  Of  second 
wife:   Richard,  .Abigail,  Simon. 

(IV)  Joshua  Tliomi^son,  son  of  James  (2) 
Thompson,  was  born  Sejitembcr  15,  1677,  died 
July  10,  ijCo.  lie  lived  in  the  part  of  Woburn 
which  was  later  Wilmington,  and  became  a 
church  member  in  1742.  On  March  2,  1731, 
he  was  elected  "Clerk  of  the  Market."  He 
married,  Alay  6,  1702,  Martha  Dayle,  who  died 
June  3,  1749.  Children;  Joshua,  Hannah, 
Martha,  Robert,  James,  Ebenezer,  Esther,  .Abi- 
gail, Phoebe,  Jacob,  Hezekiah. 

(\')  Robert  Thomjison,  son  of  Joshua 
Thompson,  was  born  probabl}-  about  1708, 
died  October  31,  1756.  He  settled  in  Wind- 
ham, New  Hampshire,  early  in  life.  Two  of 
his  sons  were  in  the  French  and  Indian  war, 
and  three  or  four  in  the  revolution.  Xo  record 
of  his  marriage  has  been  found.  Children: 
Robert,  Andrew,  Samuel,  James,  Jonathan, 
\\'illiani,  and  very  likely  lienjanun. 

(\'l)  Robert  (2)  Thomjison.  son  of  Robert 
(i)  Thompson,  lived  in  Londonderry,  Xew 
Flamijshire,  and  was  a  selectman  in  1782.  He 
served  in  the  revolution,  and  was  an  elder  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Mar- 
garet  .    Children:  Robert,  Jenny,  John, 

Smith,  Thomas,  James,  William,  Betsey, 
Peggy. 

(AH)  JauK's  (3)  Thompson,  son  of  Robert 
(2)  Thompson,  was  boiii  in  Londonderry, 
Xew  Hamiishiie.  August  18,  1764.  and  settlecl 
in  Buckficld,  Maine,  when  a  young  man.  He 
cleared  a  farm  and  lived  there  the  remainder 

of  his  life.     He  married  (first)  Gregg, 

[irobably  daughter  of  Jonathan  Gregg,  of  Lon- 
donderry. He  married  (second)  Alartha  Gil- 
more,  probably  flaughter  of  Whitefield  Gil- 
more,  and  she  died  Xovcmbcr  17,  1S33.  He 
married  C third)  — —  Chase.  Child  of  first 
wife:  Jonathan  Gregg,  born  .Augu-^t  12,  1792. 
Children  of  second  wife:   Whitefield,  Gilmore, 


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Robert,  ;\Iargarct,  Sarah  Boies,  Tames,  Jere- 
miah Adam,  John,  Mary  Jane,  Cliarles.  Child 
of  third  wife:   Ehsiia. 

(Mil)  James  (4)  Thompson,  son  of  James 
(3)  Thompson,  was  born  June  21,  1801,  in 
Buck-field,  Maine,  died  in  1873.  in  Dover, 
Maine.  He  received  a  public  scliool  education, 
and  worked  on  his  lather's  farm.  In  1S26  he 
moved  to  Sangerville,  Maine,  where  he  was  a 
farm.er  and  until  1850  was  engaged  in  lumber- 
ing, as  well  as  conducting  a  general  store.  In 
1850  he  started  a  general  store  in  Dover, 
Maine,  with  C.  O.  Palmer  as  partner  and  was 
also  interested  in  the  lumber  business  there. 
He  retired  three  years  before  his  death.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  select- 
man and  town  treasurer  for  several  years.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  at  Dover,  and  was  a  generous  con- 
tributor to  the  church  funds,  especially  to  the 
building  fund  when  the  new  church  was 
erected.  He  married,  June  12,  1825,  Hannah 
Hunt  Coombs,  born  in  Brunswick,  Elaine.  Yiny 
18,  1S06,  died  November  20,  189 1,  daughter  of 
Deacon  John  Coombs.  Children:  i.  Elbridge 
Augustus,  born  January  Jl..  182S,  died  August 
2,  191 1 ;  prominent  physician  in  Charleston, 
and  later  at  Dover,  Maine ;  served  as  surgeon 
in  civil  war;  was  an  active  Republican  leader, 
serving  in  \arious  important  town,  county, 
state  and  federal  offices;  member  of  the  legis- 
lature, served  on  the  governor's  staff  in  1871, 
rank  of  colonel,  and  member  of  the  gov- 
ernor's council,  1873-74;  delegate  to  Repub- 
lican national  convention,  1876,  and  in  iS.So; 
delegate-at-Iarge,  1896.  2.  Amanda  E..  born 
February  7,  1830,  died  August  17,  1905  ;  mar- 
ried C.  O.  Palmer,  her  father's  partner.  3. 
Hannah  ]\Iorse,  born  April  20,  1833,  died  June 
18,  1908;  married  (first)  A.  M.  Foss,  of 
Charleston,  r^Iaine,  (second")  Edward  H. 
Guernsey,  of  Bangor  (see  Guernsey  \'III). 
4.  Dr.  Edwin  J.,  bcrn  November  3.  1845;  ^ 
practicing  denti?t  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts. 

(The    Lyfon"!    I.ine). 

(I)  Francis  Lyford,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as 
1667.  He  owned  land  on  the  water  front  and 
was  called  mariner.  About  16S9  he  moved  to 
Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  select- 
man in  1689  and  1690;  had  a  grant  of  two  hun- 
dred acres  in  1698;  served  in  King  William's 
war  in  1696,  Captain  Kinsley  Hall's  company, 
Exeter;  was  commander  of  sloop  "Elizabeth" 
of  Exeter;  constable.  1709,  but  another  was 
chosen  to  take  his  place  because  of  his  age. 
His  will,  dated  December  17,  1723.  was  proved 
September  2,  1724.  He  married  (first)  Bos- 
ton, about  June,  1671,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 


Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  born  November 
6,  ir)4('i;  married  (second)  Exeter,  November 
21,  1681,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Dudley  and  granddaughter  of  Governor 
Thomas  Dudley. 

(II)  Thomas  Lyford,  son  of  Francis  Ly- 
ford, was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
March  25,  1672,  died  in  Exeter.  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1726-27;  will  dated  December  29, 
1726,  proved  June  7,  1727.  He  owned  much 
land.  He  married,  at  Exeter,  Judith,  daughter 
of  Moses  and  Elizabeth  (Hersey)  Gilman. 

(HI)  John  Lyford,  son  of  Thomas  Lyford, 
was  born  in  Exeter,  New  Plampshire,  died  in 
Canterbury,  New  Hampshire;  will,  dated 
March  18,  1788,  proved  May  20.  1795.  He 
was  a  housewright  in  Epping,  New  Hamj)- 
shire.  He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Hannah  (Gilman)  Folsom. 

(IV)  James  Gilman  Lyford,  son  of  John 
Lyford,  was  baptized  at  Exeter,  New  Hamp- 
shire, August  24.  1746.  He  married  Mary 
(Molly)  Hardy;  lived  in  Canterbury  and  in 
1802  moved  to  Stanstead,  Canada. 

(V)  Biley  Lyford.  son  of  James  Gilman 
Lyford,  was  born  in  Canterbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  17,  1775.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber I,  1801,  Lois  Lyford,  wdio  died  ^lay  29, 
1854,  in  Atkinson,  Elaine,  where  Biley  was  the 
first  settler;  she  was  daughter  of  Thomas,  son 
of  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Francis 
Lvford  (I). 

(VI)  Biley  (2)  Lyford,  son  of  Biley  (i) 
Lyford,  was  born  at  Atkinson,  Maine,  March 
17.  1813.  died  there  May  25.  1885.  He  mar- 
ried, January  I,  183S,  Betsey  Lewis  Cook,  born 
December  26,  1818,  at  Provincetown,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  October  29,  1886. 

(VH)  Elisha  Hammond  Lyford,  son  of 
Biley  (2)  Lyford,  was  born  August  11,  1840. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  school  at  Atkin- 
son, and  in  Foxcroft  .\cademy  and  Bucksport 
Seminary.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Bruns- 
wick Me:lical  School  in  June,  1866,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  IMedicine,  and  practiced 
in  \'inal  Haven  from  1S66  until  he  retired  in 
1907.  when  he  moved  to  Dover,  his  present 
residence.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  the  Four- 
teenth Maine  Infantry,  was  discharged  for  dis- 
ability in  1862;  reenlisted  as  medical  cadet. 
United  States  army,  in  June,  1863,  and  served 
until  February,  1865.  He  held  the  rank  of 
first  sergeant  in  the  civil  war  for  two  years. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married, 
July  10,  1S65,  Hannah  Jane  Rider,  born  !March 
30,  1839.'  The  only  child  of  Elisha  Hammoml 
and  Hannah  Jane  (Rider)  Lyford  was  Joseph- 
ine Francis,  born  at  Bucksport,  May  i,  1866, 
who  married  Frank  Edward  Guernsey  (see 
Guernsey  IN). 


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William  Winslow  or  Wyiice- 
WIXSLOW     low  was  the  first  of  the'linc- 

age  as  traced  in  England, 
riiildrcn:  John,  of  London,  and  WynVelow 
Hall;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  William 
(1)  \Mnslow  or  Wyncelow,  had  son  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  ^^'i^slow,  son  of  William  (2) 
Winslow,  was  of  liurton,  county  O.Kford,  hav- 
ing lands  also  in  Essex;  was  living  in  1452; 
married  Cecelia  Tansley,  called  Ladv  .\gnes. 

(IV)  William  (3)  Winslow,  son  of  Thomas 
Winslow,  was  living  in  1529.  Children: 
Kenelm,  mentioned  below  ;  Ricliar<l. 

(V)  Kenelm  Winslow,  son  of  William  (3) 
Winslow,  purchased  in  1559  of  Sir  Richard 
Newport  the  estate  of  Newport's  Place,  Kemp- 
sey,  Worcestershire,  and  he  had  an  older  and 
very  large  estate  in  the  same  parish  called 
Clerkenleap.     He  died  in  1607,  in  the  parish 

of  St.  Andrew.    He  married  Catherine . 

His  will  was  dated  April  14,  1607,  proved  No- 
vember 9,  1607. 

(VI)  Edward  ^^'inslow,  only  son  of  Kenelm 
Winslow,  was  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  An- 
drew,, county  Worcester,  and  died  before  1631. 
He  lived  in  Kempscy  and  Droitwich.  same 
county.  He  married  (first)  Eleanor  Pelham. 
of  Droitwich,  (second)  at  St.  Bride's  Churcli, 
London,  November  4,  1594,  Magdalene  Oliver, 
the  records  of  whose  family  are  found  in  the 
parish  register  of  St.  Peter's,  Droitwich.  Chil- 
dren :  Richard;  Edward, governor  of  Plymouth 
colony;  John;  Eleanor:  Josiah :  Gilbert,  came 
in  the  "ilayflower" ;  Elizabeth  ;  }ilagdalen ; 
Kenelm,  mentioned  below. 

(I)  Kenelm  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  Edward 
Winslow,  was  born  at  Droitwich,  county 
Worcester,  England,  April  29,  1599,  baptized 
at  St.  Peter's  Church,  May  3,  1599.  He  was 
tlie  immigrant  ancestor,  and  came  to  Plymouth 
probabl}"  in  1629  with  his  brother  Josiah,  being 
admitted  freeman  January  i,  1632-33.  He 
was  surveyor  of  Plymouth  in  1640,  and  was 
fined  ten  shillings  for  neglecting  the  highways. 
About  1641  he  moved  to  Marshfield.  where  he 
had  received  a  grant  of  land  at  the  place  called 
Green's  Plarbor,  ^Nlarch  5,  1637-38.  This 
grant,  originally  made  to  Josiah,  his  brother, 
he  shared  with  Love  Brewster.  He  left  the 
homestead  to  his  son  Nathaniel.  He  received 
other  grants  of  land,  and  was  one  of  the 
twenty-six  original  proprietors  of  Assonet, 
now  Freetown,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
joiner  by  trade  as  well  as  a  planter.  He  held 
various  town  offices ;  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  from  1642  to  1644  and  from  T649  to 
1653.  eight  years  in  all.  He  had  considerable 
litigation,  as  the  early  court  records  sh.ow.   He 


died  at  Salem,  whither  he  had  gone  on  busi- 
ness. September  13,  1672,  apparently  after  a 
long  illness,  for  his  will  was  dated  five  weeks 
earlier,  August  8,  1672,  and  in  it  he  says  he  is 
"very  sick  and  draw  ing  nigh  unto  death."  He 
married,  in  June,  1634.  Eleanor  Adams,  widow 
of  John  Adams,  of  Plymouth.  She  died  at 
Marshfield,  and  was  buried  there  December  5, 
i68r,  aged  eighty-three.  Children:  Kenelm, 
born  about  1635:  Eleanor  or  Ellen,  about 
1637;  Nathaniel,  about  1639;  Job,  mentioned 
below. 

(11)  I.ieutenatU  Job  Win>low,  son  of 
Kenelm  (2)  Winslow,  was  born  about  1641, 
died  July  14,  1720,  at  Freetown,  .Massachu- 
setts. He  settled  at  Swansey,  Massachusetts, 
about  1666.  When  King  Philip's  war  broke 
out  in  1675,  his  house  was  burned.  He  seems 
to  have  been  an  early  settler  at  Rochester, 
Massachusetts,  as  he  was  there  about  1680; 
he  soon  moved  to  F^reetown,  for  in  1686  he 
was  a  selectman  tb.ere.  In  1690  he  was  town 
clerk  and  grand  juror;  assessor  in  169 1,  1701, 
1706  and  171 1 ;  deputy  to  tlie  general  court  in 
1692;  moderator  of  town  meeting.  170S  and 
171 1.  He  was  a  leading  man  of  the  church  as 
well  as  in  town  affairs.  He  was  a  lieutenant 
of  the  militia,  and  a  shipwright  and  planter. 
His  will,  dated  November  12,  1717,  bequeathed 
land  to  the  town  now  called  the  Winslow  bury- 
ing ground.  He  married  Ruth ,  who  sur- 
vived him.  Children,  birth  records  of  first 
six  in  Swansey,  others  in  Freetown :  William, 
November  16,  1674;  Oliver,  February  20, 
1677;  Ruth,  September  13,  1678;  Richard, 
^ilarch  6,  1680;  Hope,  May  29,  1681  ;  Job,  July 
10,  16S3;  Joseph,  about  1685;  James,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  April  2,  1689,  died  young; 
George,  January  2,  1690-91  ;  Jonathan,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1692;  John,  February  20.  1694-95; 
Elizabeth,  1696-97. 

(HI)  James  Winslow,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Job  Winslow,  was  born  in  Freetown,  ^Nlassa- 
chusetts.  May  9,  16S7,  died  October  19,  1773. 
He  moved  from  Freetown  to  Falmouth,  Maine, 
abuut  1728,  and  settled  on  land  granted  to  him 
in  1728,  on  which  he  was  to  erect  a  mill.  He 
owned  a  largctract  at  Portland  (then  Broad 
Bay),  which  he  gave  to  his  sons.  Fle  was  the 
first  Friend  in  Falmouth  and  "lent  a  most  im- 
portant support  to  the  doctrines  of  that  re- 
spectable people  in  this  neighborhood."  He 
became  a  member,  with  Nathan  and  Benjamin 
Winslow,  at  a  monthly  meeting.  May,  1751- 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Carpenter,  (sec- 
ond) intentions  dated  November  12,  1750, 
Ruth  Gatchell,  of  Brunswick.  Children,  re- 
corded in  Freetown:  ]\Iary,  June  20,  1709; 
Nathan,  mentioned  below ;  Job,  March  30, 
1715:    Benjamin,    June    19.    1717;    Elizabeth, 


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May  6,  1721 ;  James,  August  6,  172^;  Svbil, 
October  3,  1727. 

(IV)  Nathan  Winsluw,  son  of  James  Wms- 
low,  was  born  at  Freetown,  Massachusetts, 
April  I,  1713,  died  at  i''ahnouth,  Maine,  No- 
vember 22,  1772.  He  lived  in  the  part  of  Frd- 
mouth  later  named  W'cstbrook,  ]\Iaine.  His 
name  is  on  the  records  of  Falmouth  in  August, 
1743.  He  married,  intentions  dated  April  4, 
1734,  Charity  Hall.  Children,  born  in  l-"al- 
moutli :  Charity:  Mary,  1739;  Ebenezer ;  Na- 
than, mentioned  below;  Job,  January  4,  1745; 
James,  September,  1746;  John,  August  2,  1751  ; 
Tabitha:  i'hebe,  Februar},  1753;  Joseph. 

(\')  Nathan  (2)  \Mnsluw,  son  of  Natlian 
(i)  Winslow,  was  born  at-Faknouth,  Elaine, 
April  I,  1743,  died  November  7,  1S26.  He  was 
a  mechanic  and  lived  at  Falmouth.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  September  25,  1764,  Jane  Crane, 
born  November  12,  1742,  died  ]\Iarch  30,  1S05. 
She  was  daughter  of  Richard  and  Alargaret 
Crane.  Richard  Crane  was  killed  by  Indians, 
August  20,  1747,  and  his  wife  died  at  George- 
town, April  13,  1762,  aged  forty-three.  Na- 
than Winslow  m.arried  (second)  ^lary  A'inal, 
who  died  February  25,  1S49,  aged  eighty-nine, 
at  Vassalboro.  Maine.  Children;  Eleanor, 
born  August  15,  17C5;  Elijah,  November  26. 
1767;  Richard,  September  6,  1769;  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below;  Charity,  September  7,  1773, 
died  August  25,  1774;  Charity,  January  23. 
1776,  died  August  2Ti.  1776;  Fanny,  June  24, 
1777;  Aaron,  October  28,  1779;  Flezekiah. 
January  29,  17S3;  Jane,  June  24,  17S5. 

(VI)  Jonathan  Winsiow.  son  of  Nathan 
.(2)    Winslow,  was  born  May   12,   1771,  died 

May  14,  1858.  He  was  a  farmer  and  scythe 
manufacturer,  and  lived  at  Saccarappa,  at  Old 
Town  and  at  Albion,  Maine.  He  married, 
January  31,  1796,  'McLvy  Smith,  born  July  6, 
1774,  at  Windham,  Maine,  died  October  10, 
1849,  -^to^fl  seventv-five.  daughter  of  Rev. 
Peter  Thatcher  and  Elizabeth  (Wendell) 
Smith,  of  \Mn;'ham,  and  sister  of  Elizabeth 
Hunt  Smith,  wife  of  Deacon  John  Farwell. 
Children:  Elijah,  born  November  11,  1796; 
Mary  Smith,  January  11,  179S;  Elizabeth 
Wendell,  ]\Iarch  12,  1800:  Jane  Crane,  No- 
vember 24,  1801  :  Fanny,  May  i,  1803:  Nathan, 
mentioned  below:  Smith.  June  16.  1S07; 
Nancv,  Februarv  24,  iSiX):  Hczekiah,  January 
17,  iSii. 

(VII)  Nathan  (3)  Winslow,  son  of  Jona- 
than \\'in5lo\\ .  was  born  June  15.  1805,  at  }.Iii- 
ford,  ]\Iaine.  died  there  },Iay  16,  1S38.  Fle  was 
a  merchant  in  2^Iilford,  and  in  politics  was  a 
Whig.  He  married  Lucv  Bailev,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  180S,  at  Milfo'rd,  died  at  /Vshlaud, 
Maine,  ).[av  ;,  187S.  .She  married  (second") 
February,   1845,  John  Treat,  of  Milford,  and 


he  died  at  Milford.  She  had  a  daughter,  Alary 
E.  Treat,  born  April  26,  1846.  who  died  a-^ed 
eighteen  years.  Children  of  Nathan  and  Lucy 
Winslow:  Charles,  born  November  22,  1830, 
died  at  Ashland,  October  11,  1S55,  a  farmer, 
immarried.     2.  Nathan,  mentioned  below\ 

(\']il  I  Nathan  (4)  Winslow,  son  of  Na- 
than (3)  Winslow,  was  born  at  Milford, 
Alaine,  March  2,  1S35.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools.  He  bought  a  farm  in 
Ashland  when  a  young  man  and  followed 
farming  there  all  his  active  life,  tie  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  the  town,  clearing  his  orig- 
inal farm  of  four  hundred  acres.  At  that  time 
no  roads  had  been  built  and  he  traveled  by 
blazed  trails  and  over  the  ice  on  the  .-\roostook 
river.  From  time  to  time  he  bought  more  land 
and  at  th.e  time  of  his  death  he  owned  three 
farms.  In  politics  in  his  later  years  he  was  a 
Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  was  tax  collector  for  tw-enty  years  and 
constable  for  a  long  time.  He  attenderl  tlie 
Congregational  church.  He  married  (first) 
May  12,  1869,  Martha  Jen  Sharp,  born  at 
Maysville,  Maine,  1848,  died  at  Ashland,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1874.  He  married  (second)  Frances 
E.  Bolstridge,  born  at  Ashland,  Maine,  April 
28,  1844,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  and  of  Ashland  Grange,  No.  247, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  (see  Bolstridge  II). 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Lucy  Mary  Lena, 
born  August  6,  1870;  married, 'May  2,  1S8S, 
Ernest  E.  Porter,  of  Castle  Hill,  Maine;  she 
resides  on  her  farm  there;  children:  Grace 
Porter,  married  Guilford  Smith,  of  Washburn, 
Maine  :  Alonzo  Porter,  a  farmer  ;  Earl  I^orter, 
married  Ethel  Rouse,  a  merchant,  \\'ash.burn; 
Beatrice  Porter:  Wallace  Porter;  Robert  Por- 
ter. 2.  Lucretia  Frances,  born  June  30,  1872; 
married  William  Coding,  of  .\shland,  now  of 
Canyon  City,  Colorado,  a  fruit  growler ;  chil- 
dren :  Norman,  George  and  Louise  Goding. 
Children  by  second  wife:  3.  Charles  Richard, 
born  April  30,  1876;  married  Rose  McKec,  of 
■Millinocket;  he  is  a  farmer  at  .A.shland ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Grange  and  an  Orangeman.  4.  Wal- 
lace Bradley,  born  July  22,  1877;  married 
Geneva  Coffin ;  he  is  a  farmer  in  Ashland ; 
member  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  the  Grange  and  the  Orangemen  ;  cliild, 
Elwood  Coffin,  born  May  IQ,  1907.  5.  Smith 
Bailey,  born  August  13.  1878;  married  Ethel 
Alieff ;  he  is  a  farmer  of  .\shland  ;  member  of 
the  Grange  and  the  Orangemen  ;  children  :  Lin- 
wood  .Alieff,  born  .August  28,  1907 ;  Russell, 
July  16,  1901 ;  daughter.  .August,  1913.  6. 
Lorenzo  Nathan,  born  October  25,  1879;  mar- 
ried .-\ima  Reab.  of  Samoa.  California:  resides 
at  Eureka.  California,  a  miller;  son,  Leonard 


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N.itlian,  born  JNIay  21,  191 1.  7.  Elizabeth 
/Miiclia,  born  August  20,  18S4;  married,  July 
[,,.  19 1 3,  Clarence  Stanley  Gallup,  born  at 
|;!:iinc,  June  24,  1887,  a  salesman,  member  of 
the  C)rangemen,  Pioneer  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
,-i-|'tcd  Masons,  and  the  Odd  Fellows  uf  Claine. 
S.  lames  Henry,  born  October  5,  1SS7  ;  nicni- 
lnT  of  Pioneer  Lodge  and  of  the  Orangemen; 
married  Ella  Clara  Hood;  child,  Robert  Burns, 
!)iirii  June  20,  igi  i. 


(I)  Janics  P.olstridgc  was  born  in  P.ristol, 
England,  died  at  St.  John,  New  LVuuswick, 
about  1822.  He  came  to  this  country  about 
iSiy,  settling  at  St.  John.  He  married"  a  :\Iiss 
Snn'th.  Children,  order  of  birth  not  given:  i. 
}'"red,  died  in  Limestone;  married  Catherine 
McDougall,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine.  2.  Jane, 
died  at  Maysville,  Maine;  married  William 
J'iclds,  a  farmer  of  ALaysville.  3.  FIbenezer, 
mentioned  below.  4.  James,  died  young.  5. 
William,  died  young.     6.  Joseph. 

(H)  Ebenezer  Bolstridge,  son  of  James 
liolstridge,  was  born  in  Bristol,  England,  in 
18:5,  died  at  Ashland  in  1S9S.  He  was  four 
years  old  when  his  parents  came  to  this  coun- 
try, and  he  settled  in  Ashland  when  he  came  of 
age,  residing  there  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  was  a  lumberman.  Jn  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  married  xAinelia  Bradley, 
born  at  Long  Reach,  near  Tobique,  New  Bruns- 
wick, in  1S17,  died  at  Ashland  in  1855,  daugii- 
ter  of  Henry  Bradley,  born  in  New  Brunswick 
about  1792,  died  there  about  1848.  Fleiiry 
Bradley  was  a  farmer ;  he  married  Abigail 
Freeman;  children;  Henry;  Angus;  Sarah, 
married  Jacob  Sailor ;  ]\Iary ;  Amelia,  married 
Ebenezer  Bolstridge.  mentioned  above  ;  Dorcas, 
died  young.  Children  of  Ebenez.er  and  Amelia 
( Bradley )  Bolstridge,  born  in  Aroostook 
county,  Maine:  i.  ^lartha  Jane,  born  Septem- 
ber 12,  1836,  died  young.  2.  Rachel  Ann,  born 
Aj)ril  5,  1838;  married  George  Bolstridge,  who 
served  three  years  in  civil  war  and  Ii\ed  at 
F'ort  Fairfield.  3.  \\"illiam  Henry,  born  Au- 
gust 5,  1S39,  died  in  Minnesota;  married  2^Iary 
Bean,  of  Minnesota.  4.  Albert,  born  February 
18,  1841 ;  married  (first)  Martha  Bragdon, 
(second)  iMinnie  Bragdon.  5.  Eleanor  ;\L, 
born  October  31,  1S42;  married  Charles 
Matheson,  of  Masardi>,  Maine,  an  irmkeeper 
and  farmer ;  she  died  in  Montana.  6.  Frances 
K.,  married  Nathan  Winslow  (see  Winslow 
A'Hl).  7.  Victoria  A.,  born  September  12. 
1845;  married  Israel  West.  8.  Ebenezer,  born 
April  II,  1847;  married  Lucinda  Metcalf.  of 
Masardis;  he  is  a  farmer  at  .Vshlar.d,  ?ilainc. 
9.    Amelia,    born    Se(itember    12,    1S48,    died 


young.  10.  Fred  C,  born  October  22,  1850; 
married  Ida  Bragdon:  he  is  a  farmer  at  Port- 
age Lake,  Maine.  11.  Rufus  L.,  burn  October 
U),  1852;  was  a  storekeeper  in  .Minneapolis, 
died  in  igil,  in  Masardis.  unmarried.  12. 
Celestia,  born  September  j8,  1S54;  married 
Ro>coe  Noyes,  uf  Crystal,  Maine,\vliere  they 
live.  13.  .\ngus,  burn  March  26,  1856,  died 
agecl  twenty  years. 


John  Brown,  the  imniigrant  an- 
BROWN  cestor,  was  born  in  England  in 
1588-89,  and  died  February  28, 
16S7,  nearly  a  hundred  years  old.  He  came  to 
this  country  in  the  great  immigration  from 
England  in  1635,  and  in  1639  permanently  set- 
tled at  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  He  had  a 
four-acre  house  lot  near  the  branch  of  the  river 
which  was  subsequently  named  for  him.  He 
built  a  house  on  the  ten-acre  lot  that  he  bought 
of  John  Sanders  afterward.  He  married  Sarah 

.     Children,  born  at  Hampton  :    Sarah  ; 

John,  August  29,  1643;  Benjamin,  1647;  Eliz- 
abeth ;  Jacob,  1653  ;  ^lary,  September  13,  1655  ; 
Thomas,  July  14,  1657;  .Stephen,  1659. 

(II)  Benjamin  Brown,  son  of  John  Brown, 
was  born  in  Hampton,  in  1647.  tie  married 
Sarah  (or  Elizabeth)  Brown,  of  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts."  He  settled  in  Hampton,  in 
\\hat  is  now  the  southeast  part  of  Seabrook, 
New  Hampshire.  Children,  born  at  Hampton  : 
William,  June  5,  1680;  Sarah,  September  11, 
1681,  died  young;  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elizabeth,  July  16,  1686;  Tohn,  Alarch 
iS,  168S:  Jacob,  March,  169 1  ;  Stephen,  July 
17.  i*^'93;  ^"fary,  1696;  Thomas,  May  21,  1699; 
Jeremiah.  November  20,  1701. 

(III)  Benjamin  Brown,  son  of  Benjamin 
Brown,  was  born  at  Hampton,  December  20, 
1683,  and  died  February  9,  1766.  He  married, 
January  7,  1718,  Sarah  Gove,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Gove.  They  resided  at  South  Hamp- 
ton, New  Hampshire.  Children :  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below :  Benjamin,  Lydia,  Enoch, 
Daniel,  Dolly  and  Nathan. 

(I\')  Jonathan  Brown,  son  of  Benjamin 
Brown,  was  born  about  1720,  at  South  Ilainii- 
ton.  He  settled  in  that  part  of  the  town  now 
Kensington  (p.  366,  "History  of  Rockingham 
County'').  Among  his  children  was  Joseph, 
mentioned  below. 

(  \' )  Joseph  Brown,  sun  of  Jonathan  Brown, 
was  born  at  Kensington,  New  Hampshire, 
about  1750.  He  married  Ann  Brown.  They 
had  twelve  children:  Closes,  Jonathan,  Joseph, 
Sewell,  mentioned  below;  Nehemiah,  Nathan, 
Stephen.  William  and  John. 

(\'I)  Sewell  Brown,  son  of  Joscpli  Brown, 
was  born  at  Kensington,  New  Hampshire,  Au- 
gust 24,  1771.    He  married  .\nne  French,  born 


1    I  r.:.-\   i.  .:;■■, 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


July  25,  1770,  daugliter  of  Captain  Enoch 
French,  of  Sahsbiiry,  Massachusetts.  Sewell 
Broun  married  (second)  Eunice  Whidden, 
born  1785,  died  at  Patten,  1S71.  Sewell  Brown 
came  to  Litchfield,  Maine,  in  1792,  and  settled 
on  what  was  afterward  called  the  Squire  Neal 
place.  Lie  had  two  sisters,  the  wives  respec- 
tively of  Abner  and  Daniel  True.  }i[v.  Brown 
moved  late  in  life  to  Brown's  Corner,  \\'est 
Gardiner,  jMaine,  and  died  there  October  20, 
1828.  Llis  wife  died  July  31,  1817.  Children 
by  first  wife:  William,  born  April  23,  1794, 
married  Abigail  Libby;  Ann,  May  18,  1796, 
married  Benjamin  Field;  Seweh,  January  19, 
179S;  married  Abby  Kimball;  Joseph,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1799,  married  Joanna  Perham;  Sus- 
anna, December  31,  1801,  married  James 
Fuller;  Roxanna,  1803.  married  D.  J.  Rams- 
dell;  Joanna,  December  31,  1804,  married 
James  ^IcCurdy;  John,  February  16,  1S06, 
married  Betsey  IMeigs;  ^lary,  August  9,  180S, 
married  John  W.  Thorns;  Henry,  iSio,  of 
Grand  Rapids,  ^Michigan ;  Angeline,  June  4, 
,  married  Rev.  Daniel  Sewell ;  Sylvia,  Au- 
gust 6,  1S14,  married  John  Knowlton.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  i.  Lafayette,  died  in 
Bangor,  where  three  sons  are  living — Lafay- 
ette, Sewell  and  Samuel.  2.  Elizabeth,  died  in 
iMichigan;  married —  Bicknell,  and  re- 
moved to  Wisconsin.  3.  Gilbert,  nieutiLmcd 
below.    4.  Sarah,  died  unmarried. 

(VII)  Gilbert  Brown,  son  of  Sewell  Brown, 
was  born  in  Gardiner,  Maine,  December  8, 
1818,  and  died  at  Patten,  October  25,  1896. 
Fie  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  He  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith. 
Fie  came  to  Patten  when  a  young  man  and 
engaged  in  the  business  of  teamster  and  truck- 
man during  the  rest  of  his  life  in  tliat  town. 
In  politics  he  was  Democrat.  He  served  in 
the  Aroostook  war.  In  religion  he  w  as  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married  Lovina  Kneeland, 
who  was  born  at  Lincoln,  Maine,  and  died  at 
Patten,  November  23.  1905,  aged  seventy-six 
years  eight  months  trfteen  days.  She  was  a 
member'of  the  Seventh  Day  Advent  cliurch, 
and  active  in  its  work.  Her  parents  came  to 
Patten  when  she  was  very  young,  and  she  was 
educated  there  in  the  pubhc  schools  and  acad- 
emy. Children,  all  born  in  Patten:  i.  John 
K.,  July  3,  1853.  died  in  Patten,  November  12, 
1S70.  2.  Eugene,  born  January  15,  1856;  mar- 
ried Lottie  Parsons,  of  Patten;  he  has  a  large 
factory  at  Patten :  he  w-as  educated  at  Patten 
Academy ;  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  Pomola  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows.  3. 
Mary  Flelen,  August  7,  1858.  died  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  January  5,  1901,  unmarried; 
educated  in  Patten  Academy ;  a  dressmaker  by 
trade.     4.   Mina   L.,   April    12,    1S61,   died  at 


Patten,  .\pril  3,  1907,  unmarried.  5.  1  ierhcrt 
\\".,  monlioned  below,  u.  Edgar  h'.,  born  Sep- 
temlter  12,  1S67,  died  in  Boston,  April  3,  1907, 
unmarried;  was  a  tobacco  merchant. 

(VHI)  Herbert  W.  Brown,  son  of  Gilbert 
Brown,  was  born  August  22,  1864,  at  Patten, 
Maine.  lie  attended  the  public  schools  and 
Patten  Academy.  In  18S2  he  left  school  and 
followed  farming  and  lumbering  until  1897, 
when  he  went  into  business  as  a  truckman. 
His  business  grew  rapidly  and  he  prospered. 
In  addition  to  his  business  he  conducts  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  the  village 
of  I'atten.  Fle  purchased  this  place  in  1902. 
In  politics  ]\Ir.  Brown  is  a  Denioci  at.  He 
attends  the  Congregational  church.  He  is  a 
member  of  Pomola  Lodge,  No.  98,  Odd  Fel- 
lows, of  Patten.  He  married,  August  18,  1886, 
at  \\'oodstock.  New  Brunswick,  Canada, 
Emma  J.  Lonergan,  who  was  born  at  I'ortage, 
JMaine,  August  23,  1864,  daughter  of  Cornelius 
Lonergan.  She  attended  tlie  Congregational 
church,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Patten 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  She  died  at 
the  Bangor  Hospital,  August  25,  1910. 

Cornelius  Lonergan,  her  father,  was  born  in 
Nova  Scotia,  in  1S37,  and  died  at  Portage, 
Maine,  in  1S91.  He  came  to  Portage  before 
his  marriage  and  bought  a  farm  there.  In 
Portage  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  hfe.  He  was 
a  Republican.  He  married  Sarah  Thompson, 
a  native  of  Portage,  and  she  died  there  in  1897. 
Children  of  Cornelius  and  Sarah  Lonergan : 
I.  James  Lonergan,  born  July,  1863;  married 
]Masic  I'elletier,  of  Portage;  they  reside  on  the 
farm  at  Portage,  the  homestead  cleared  by  his 
father.  2.  Emma  J., .  married  Herbert  W. 
Brown,  mentioned  above.  3.  Edward  Loner- 
gan, born  in  1S66,  died  young.  4.  Laura  Loner- 
gan, born  in  1868;  married  Archie  Nevers,  of 
New  Brunswick;  she  died  in  Patten,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1S93;  he  is  a  farmer  in  Patten;  for- 
merly proprietor  of  the  Patten  House,  now 
owner  of  the  Half-way  House,  twenty  miles 
from  Patten.  5.  Flannah  Lonergan,  born  in 
1878;  mariied  (first)  Frank  Law,  of  Houlton, 
a  plumber,  (second)  Erastus  Harvey,  of  Pat- 
ten, the  ;Mattagamon  stage  driver,  now  living 
in  Patten. 

Flannah  Lee,  grandmother  of  Mrs.  Brown, 
a  native    of    England,    died    in    Nova    Scotia. 

—  Lonergan,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Brown, 

was  a  farmer  in  Nova  Scotia.  Besides  Cor- 
nelius he  had  a  son  William,  wdio  resides  in 
Somerville,  ^lassachusetts,  and  a  daughter, 
Mary  Lonergan,  who  married  Charles  McNeal, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ;  served  in  the 
United  States  army. 

Children  of  ^tr.  and  Mrs.  Flerbert  W. 
Brown:    i.  Winnifred,  born  January  i,  18S9, 


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,,!  1008;  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School 
;.t  (.lorham,  class  of  1910;  school  teacher  at 
i'attcii  since  graduation.  2.  Frank,  born  at 
i':itteii,  September,  1S96;  graduate  of  lliggins' 
|n>titutc,  Charleston,  ^Maine,  class  of  1912; 
iiuu  a  student  in  Do\v"s  Business  College,  Ban- 
gor, Maine. 


The  ancestor  of  the 
WJLKINS-COAN     Wilkins       family       in 

Wales,  Robert  de  Win- 
tons,  went  from  England  to  Glamorganshire 
(now  Bieckneck  county),  Wales,  in  logo.  He 
was  one  of  the  nobles  sent  by  William  Rufus, 
the  king,  to  subdue  the  Welsh.  After  the 
Welsh  had  retreated  to  the  mountains,  Robert 
remained,  built  a  castle  and  was  lord  of  the 
manor.  The  line  of  the  \Vilkins  family  in 
Wales  is  published  in  several  ancient  histories 
of  ancient  Wales,  with  the  crest  and  coat-of- 
arms — a  Wyvern. 

(I)  Bray  Wilkins,  the  immigrant  an.ccstor, 
was  born  in  1610,  and  came  from  \\'ales  to 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  he  settled  in  162S 
or  1630.  Tradition  says  that  he  came  with 
Endicott  in  1628,  and  there  is  record  of  him 
there  in  1630.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
Alay  14,  1634.  After  about  fifteen  years  in 
Dorchester  he  returned  to  Sa'em  and  bought 
a  tract  of  land  of  seven  hundred  acres  which 
had  been  granted  to  Go^■ernor  Richard  Belling- 
ham.  From  time  to  time  he  added  to  this  until 
he  owned  about  a  thousand  acres.  His  prop- 
erty extended  two  miles  along  the  line  of 
Reading.  His  estate  was  known  as  Will's  Hill, 
as  the  hill  on  the  place  had  been  the  home  of 
an  Indian  called  Black  Will._  Bray  Wilkins 
died  in  January,  1702,  aged  ninety-two  years. 
He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  First 
Church  in  Salem,  and  their  names  head  the  list 
of  petitioners  for  leave- to  withdraw  to  form  a 
church   in   Salem   Village.     This  new   church 

.was  the  one  which  figured  in  the  witchcraft 
delusions  during  the  ministry  of  Samuel  Ferris 
in  1692.  Bray  Wilkins  married  Anna  Gingell. 
Children :  Samuel,  born  in  Dorchester ;  John, 
baptized  at  Dorchester.  March  2.  1642,  mar- 
ried Mary  ;  Lydia ;  Thomas,  baptized 

March  16,  1647;  Margaret;  Henry;  Benjamin; 
James. 

(II)  James  Wilkins,  son  of  Bray  Wilkins, 

married" ,    April    20,    1684.      Children: 

Margaret,  July  16,  16S5  ;  Elizabeth,  July  21, 
1687;  James,  March  10,  1689-90.  Probably 
others. 

(III)  Bray  Wilkins,  son  or  nephew  of 
James  Wilkins,  and  grandson  of  liray  (i), 
was  born  about  16.S0.  He  married  Rebecca 
,  and  lived  at  Middleton,  Ivlassaclnisetts. 


Children,  born  at  Middleton:  Rebecca,  May 
iS,  1703:  reuelupc,  September  22,  1704;  Israel, 
Januaiy  0.  1705-06;  I'hinehas,  December  26, 
170S;  Mehitable,  September  6,  1711-12; 
Ithaniar,  September  15,  1712;  Abigail,  July  28, 
1716;  Ichabod,  July  7,  1720.  Probably  other 
cl.ildren.  Henry  and  Joseph  Wilkins  were 
living  in  Mitldleton  about  the  same  time. 

(IV)  Timothy  Wilkins,  son  or  nephew  of 
Bray  Wilkins,  was  born  in  Salem,  !Massachu- 
setts,  about  1700.  He  married  (intentions 
dated  November  26,  1730)  Anne  Smith.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  ^Middleton:  Timothy,  mentioned 
below;  Isaac,  baptized  1735;  James,  baptized 
173S. 

(\')  Timothy  Wilkins,  son  of  Timothy 
Wilkins,  was  dorn  in  ]\liddleton,  Seiitember 
14,  1733.  He  settled  in  Billcrica,  where  his 
father  bought  farm  112  in  1739,  jiart  of  the 
Blood  farms,  bounded  north  by  the  Billcrica 
line.  He  had  sons :  William,  and  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below.  His  wife  was  Mary  Chamber- 
lain, whom  he  married  December  11,  1755.  He 
was  then  of  Carlisle,  Massachusetts.  William 
was  a  physician,  born  April  i,  1765,  married, 
^lay  10,  1789,  at  Billcrica,  Frances  Cummings; 
removed  to  Marblchead,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Isaac  Wilkins,  son  of  Timothy 
Wilkins,  was  born  about  1761,  and  died  in 
1821,  aged  about  fifty  years.  He  married, 
April  28,  1793,  Sally  Edwards.  He  was  a 
physician  in  I'rownville  during  the  last  eleven 
years  of  his  life.  His  wife  died  in  Brown- 
ville  about  1830.  He  was  a  Whig  in  politics. 
Children:  i.  Sally  Hanscom,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 29,  1793,  died  at  Brownville;  married 
Jonah  Thomas.  2.  George,  baptized  January 
17,  1796,  died  in  Brownville;  married  (first) 
Caroline  Thomas,  (second)  Augusta  Miller. 
3.  Isaac  Edwards,  mentioned  below.  4.  Sidney, 
married  Alva  Williams,  of  Solon.  5.  Bray, 
died  at  Fairfield,  Maine;  married  Alice  Free- 
man. 6.  Harry,  died  at  Brownville,  a  farmer; 
married  Mary  Barney,  of  Milo. 

(VII)  Isaac  Edwards  Wilkins,  son  of  Isaac 
Wilkins,  was  born  in  Billcrica,  ]\Iassachusetts, 
and  baptized  there  April  i,  1798.  The  middle 
name  was  added  after  he  was  baptized.  He 
died  in  Brownville,  IMaine,  1848.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  in  Billcrica.  When  he  was 
ten  years  old  his  parents  moved  to  Brownville, 
and  he  continued  in  the  public  schools  there. 
He  entered  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary, 
from  which  he  was  graduated,  and  ordained  a 
minister  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
was  pastor  of  churches  at  Garland,  Fairlield 
anrl  Albion,  Maine.  Before  lie  entered  the 
ministry  he  studied  medicine  under  the  instruc- 
tion of  his  father,  and  for  a  time  he  practiced 
medicine.     In  both  his  professions  he  was  sue- 


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cess  fill.  In  politics  lie  was  a  Whig.  He  was 
a  Free  Mason.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Drown, 
at  Newbur\-port,  Massachusetts,  born  June  28, 
1805,  died  at  Brownville,  Maine,  March  3, 
1894.  Children:  i.  William  B.,  born  at  Gar- 
land, Maine,  died  at  Brownville;  married 
Miriam  Heath,  of  Brownville:  he  was  a  mer- 
chant. 2.  Hannah  B.,  born  at  Garland,  died  at 
Brownville :  married  Peter  Perham,  of  Wil- 
liamsburg, Maine,  a  farmer.  3.  Francis,  died 
young.  4.  Eleanor,  died  young.  5.  Lyman  H., 
died  unmarried ;  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Sixth 
Maine  Regiment  \'olunteer  Infantrv,  as  a 
private ;  was  lieutenant  when  killed  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Rappahannock  Station.  6.  George  E., 
at  Albion,  died  at  Presque  Isle.  [Maine,  a 
blacksmith ;  married  Elizabeth  Harmon,  of 
Milo,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Mar- 
lin)  Harmon.  7.  I\Iartha  J.,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Francis,  at  Albion,  a  lumberman,  died  in 
Minnesota;  married  Mary  Perigo.  of  Milo.  9. 
Angenette,  resides  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire  ; 
married  Frank  Twombly,  of  Farmington,  New 
Hampshire;  was  a  shoe  manufacturer,  now 
deceased.  10.  Helen,  born  at  Brownville;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  member  of  the 
Congregational  church  and  of  the  \^'omen's 
Christian  Temperance  L^nion ;  married  Dr. 
Luther  B.  Crosby,  who  was  born  at  Albion, 
Maine,  September  8,  1S33.  died  at  Bro\vn\  ille, 
May  13,  190S,  graduate  of  Waterville  College, 
no.yv  Colby,  school  teacher ;  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany F,  Seventh  Maine  Regiment  \'oIunteer 
Infantry,  in  the  civil  war,  was  discharged  on 
account  of  ill  health  in  1863;  studied  medicine 
■under  the  instruction  of  his  brother  and  at- 
tended the  medical  school  at  Brunswick, 
Maine,  and  at  Harvard  Medical  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1868.  and  prac- 
ticed in  Brownville  from  that  time  until  he 
died ;  a  Republican  in  politics,  afterward  a 
Democrat  and  Prohibitionist ;  his  widow  re- 
sides at  Brownville.  11.  [Marietta,  at  Albion, 
died  in  Brownville  at  the  age  of  six  years. 

Mary  Jane  Brown  was  a  daughter  of  Fran- 
cis Brown,  who  was  born  at  Newburyport, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  in  1854,  at  Brown- 
ville, whither  he  came  when  a  young  man.  He 
was  a  W'hig  in  politics :  a  Congregationalist  in 
religion  and  deacon  of  the  church  for  many 
years.  He  married  Hannah  Dustin  Chase,  of 
West  Newbury,  [Massachusetts,  a  descendant 
of  Hannah  Dustin,  who  killed  her  Indian  cap- 
tors. Children  of  Francis  and  Hannah  Dustin 
Brown:  i.  Mary  Jane,  married  Isaac  Edwards 
Wilkins,  mentioned  above.  2.  William  Brown, 
died  in  [Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  a  lumberman: 
married  Ellen  t,ee,  of  Bucksport,  [Maine.  3. 
Eleanor    Brown,    died    at    Sacramento,    Cali- 


fornia; married  Jeft'erson  Lake,  of  Sebcc, 
Maine.  4.  Eliazer.  died  at  Brownville,  a  promi- 
nent business  man  and  politician  ;  married  ]-[liza 
A.  Jenks.  5.  Moses,  died  at  Brownville,  a  dry 
goods  merchant ;  married  Angenette  Morrilj, 
of  Readfield,  Maine.  6.  Francis,  died  at 
Brownville,  a  farmer;  married  (first)  Mary 
Jane  Griffin,  of  Bradford.  Massachusetts, 
(second)  Abigail  Ryder,  of  Dover,  Maine.  7. 
Hannah,  died  at  Readfield :  married  Reuben 
^^orrill,  of  Readfield.  8.  Luther  Brown,  died 
at  Brownville,  when  young. 

(VIII)  Martha  J.  Wilkins.  daughter  of 
Isaac  Edwards  Wilkins,  was  born  at  Albion, 
Maine,  and  educated  in  the  Brownville  public 
schools.  For  several  years  she  was  a  teacher 
of  physical  culture  in  the  schools  of  Houlton, 
[Maine,  and  also  at  [Machias,  Eastport  and 
Calais,  [Maine,  and  St.  Stephen.  New  Bruns- 
wick. She  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  Alton,  New  Hampshire,  in  which 
she  was  a  Sunday  school  teacher.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  of 
Dover,  New  Hampshire.  She  married,  at 
Brownville,  [Maine,  July  26,  iSuS,  Rev.  Lean- 
der  S.  Coan,  who  was  born  at  Exeter,  [Maine, 
in  1842,  and  died  at  Alton,  New  Hampsiiire, 
in  1883.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Exeter  and  Garland,  and  studied  for  the  min- 
istry in  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary.  He 
was  ordained  in  the  Congregational  church 
and  preached  at  Cohasset,  [Massachusetts  ;  Am- 
herst, Massachusetts;  Boothbay,  Maine;  Som- 
erset, Massachusetts,  and  Fall  River ;  Brown- 
ville, Maine,  and  Alton,  New  Plampshire.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  lodge  of  Farmington,  and 
of  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge  of  Fall  River.  He 
enlistedin  1863  from  Coliasset,  Massachusetts, 
in  the  Sixty-first  Regiment  Massachusetts 
\'olunteer  Infantry  as  a  private,  and  was  ap- 
pointed chaplain.  He  was  wounded  in  the 
service  and  brought  to  the  New  York  Hos- 
pital, from  which  he  was  discharged.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Grand  .\rmy.  Children  of 
Rev.  Leander  S.  and  Martha  J.  (Wilkins) 
Coan:  i.  Fred  Leon  Coan,  born  at  Brown- 
ville, November  8,  1S70,  died  at  Fall  River, 
Massachusetts,  November  8,  1873.  2.  Alice 
Coan,  born  at  Alton,  New  Hampshire,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1875,  died  at  Somcrsworth,  New 
Hampsh.ire,  June  11,  1904;  married  Fred  K. 
Wentworth,  of  Somersworth,  treasurer  of  the 
Somersworth  Savings  Bank;  child,  Gordon 
Coan  Wentworth,  born  June  4,  1904.  3.  Jessie 
Blanche  Coan.  born  at  Alton,  June  8.  1S77, 
died  at  Farmington,  New  Hampshire,  June  7, 


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William  Eldridge.  tlie  iniiiii- 

El.DRIDGE  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England.  This  surname  is 
nl'io  spelled  Eldredge  and  Eldred,  and  it  is  of 
.Sax'on  origin.  Eldred  was  the  name  of  several 
.^axon  kings  in  the  eighth  and  ninth  cen- 
turies. Eldred  was  king  of  Chester  in  9^;!. 
At  the  time  of  the  Domesday  survey,  A.  D. 
10S5,  the  name  was  in  common  use  in  \\''ilts, 
Dorset,  Somerset,  Devon,  Gloucester.  Shrop- 
shire. York  and  other  counties  in  England. 
John  Eldred,  of  Great  Saxham,  countv  Suf- 
folk, descended  from  an  ancient  family' claim- 
ing Saxon  origin.  Tradition  says  that  he  pur- 
chased the  Great  Saxham  estate  because  of  his 
belief  that  his  ancestors  in  remote  ages  as 
Sa.Kon  kings  had  held  Saxham  as  tlieir  seat, 
lie  was  born  in  1532  and  died  in  1632;  was  a 
great  traveler  and  his  ships  and  merchandise 
went  to  all  parts  of  the  world  of  commerce ; 
was  a  founder  of  \'irginia  and  from  1609  to 
1624  a  member  of  his  majesty's  council  for  the 
\'irginia  Company  of  London.  Settlers  of 
this  surname  were  relatives  of  this  John 
Eldred,  it  is  believed. 

William  Eldridge  had  brothers.  Robert  of 
Yarmouth  and  Monomoy,  Massachusetts,  and 
Samuel,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and 
Stonington,  Connecticut.  \\'illiam  Eldridge 
was  appointed  constable  of  Yarmouth,  Alassa- 
chusetts,  in  1657-62-74-75  and  1677.  He  was 
also  surveyor  of  highways  in  that  town.  As 
the  records  of  the  town  were  destroyed  by  fire, 
it  is  difilicult  to  trace  the  family.  He  married 
Anne  Lumpkin,  daughter  of  William  an  1 
Tamesin  Lumpkin,  of  Yarmouth.  Lumpkin 
came  over  in  1637;  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  and  held  many  town  offices  :  bequeathed 
in  his  will  to  Elisha  and  Bethiah  Eldred  and 
others.  Anne  Eldridge  was  buried  November 
1,1676.  Children  of  William  Eldridge:  Anne, 
born  at  Yarmouth,  December  16.  1648;  Sarah, 
born  October  10,  1650;  Elisha.  born  1653,  re- 
sided in  Harwich  and  Eastham.  died  October 
14.  1739;  Bethia  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
John. 

(H)  Samuel  Eldridge,  son  of  William  Eld- 
ridge, was  born  at  Yarmouth,  about  1655.  He 
married  Keziah  Taylor.  Children,  born  at 
Yarmouth  (p.  24,  ''Mayflower  Descendants," 
vol.  10)  :  Samuel,  born  September  25,  1681  ; 
Jehosaphat,  mentioned  below;  Mehitable,  born 
"January,  1686-87;  -'^nn-  born  .April.  1691  ; 
John,  born  February,  1692;  Keziah,  born 
March,   1605  •  ^lary.  born  ^Larch,   1697. 

(HI)  Jehosaphat  Eldridge.  son  of  Sanniel 
Eldridge.  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  October  12. 
1683.  and  died  in  1732.  He  married  Elizabeth 
.  Children,  born  in  what  is  now  Chat- 
bam:     Edward,    July     17,     1702:    Nathaniel; 


Edisha  ;  Elnathaii ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ; 
Barnaba.s,  born  about  1715:  Elizabeth. 

(  W)  Ebenezer  Eldridge,  son  of  Jehosaphat 
Eldridge,  was  l)orn  in   Chatham   about    1710. 

He    married    Deliverance   .      Children, 

born  at  Chatham:  John,  March  15,  1743;  Ste- 
phen, .May  12,  1746;  Elnathan,  March  7,  1747; 
Sarah,  July  25,  1750;  l-'benczer,  September  22, 
17S2;  Desire,  November  12,  1754;  Jonathan, 
Seplember  2.  1756;  Elizabeth,  April  6,  1758; 
llcher,  i-'el)iuary  7,  17610;  liethia,  December 
t6,  77(12:  .Mercy,  February  16,  1764;  Ensign, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Ensign  Eldridge,  son  of  Ebenezer  Eld- 
ridge, was  born  at  Chatham,  Cajie  Cod,  March 
9,  1766.  He  settled  in  Maine.  He  married 
and  had  children,  among  whom  w^erc :  Ed- 
n:ond,  [jrivatecr  in  revolulionary  war,  and  En- 
sign, mentioned  below. 

(Vi)  Ensign  Eldridge,  son  of  Ensign  Eld- 
rii.lgc,  was  born  about  1800,  at  or  near  Dover, 
iMaine.  and  died  at  Chilton,  Wisconsin,  whither 
he  went  in  1851.  He  was  a  farmer.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Eunice 
Dow,  who  was  born  in  Dover  and  died  in 
Chilton.  Children,  born  in  Dover:  Luther, 
died  at  Chilton,  a  Methodist  minister;  WiUon 
E.,  mentioned  below;  Henry,  died  at  Chilton, 
a  farmer  ;  Betsey ;  Job,  died  at  Durand.  Wis- 
consin ;  Lucinda  and  another  child  died  young. 
The  order  of  birth  is  not  known. 

(VH)  W^ilson  E.  Eldridge,  son  of  Ensign 
Eldridge,  was  born  at  Dover,  Maine,  July  i8. 
1831,  died  at  Foxcroft,  May  19,  1909.  He  left 
school  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old  and 
worked  for  various  farmers.  He  also  learned 
the  blacksmith  trade.  In  185 1  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia for  gold  and  was  successful  in  his  min- 
ing, remaining  four  years.  L'pon  his  return 
he  followed  the  trade  of  blacksmith  at  Fox- 
croft. On  account  of  ill  health  he  gave  up  his 
shop,  however,  and  went  to  farming  at  Sebec, 
Maine.  Subsequently  he  sold  his  farni  and 
went  to  live  with  his  son.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  and  active  in  public  affairs. 
He  was  selectman  for  two  years.  He  attended 
the  People's  Church,  and  was  a  member  of 
East  Dover  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
He  married  Sarah  A.  Houston,  who  was  born 
at  Dover,  1S32,  died  at  Sebec,  1S72.  Jonas 
Houston,  her  lather,  was  born  about  1803,  at 
or  near  Kennebec.  Maine.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Dover.  Maine,  all  his  active  life.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  died  at  Dover,  about 
1879.  He  married  Sarah  Hersey,  who  was 
born  in  Maine,  1S03,  died  at  Dover,  1881. 
Children  of  Jonas  Ilouston:  i.  William  H. 
Houston,  a  farmer:  married  (first)  Helen 
Dow,  ("second)  Harriet  Brown.  2.  Joseph  W. 
Ilouston,  died  at  Courtland.  California,  a  mcr- 


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diant  and  hotel  proprietor ;  married  Sarah 
Jones,  of  Dover,  now  living  in  Conrtland.  3. 
Noah  llonston,  of  I'"uljom.  California,  mar- 
ried Dorcas  Hilton.  4.  Hiram  Houston,  of 
Newport,  ]\Iaine.  5.  John  Houston,  of  Bruce- 
ville,  California;  married  Anne  Smart,  of 
Dover;  she  is  living  in  Bruceville.  6.  Jonas 
Houston,  died  in  California,  unmarried.  7. 
Augustus,  died  at  Bradford,  Maine,  a  farmer 
and  blacksmith;  married  Alartha  Robinson,  of 
Corina,  ]\Iaine;  she  now  lives  in  Bradford  in 
that  state.  8.  Sarah  A.,  married  \\'il-on  E. 
Eldridge,  mentioned  above.  Children  of  Wil- 
son E.  Eldridge:  i.  Eannie  H.,  born  at  Fox- 
croft,  1S57;  married  Charles  Hamilton,  of 
Sebec;  they  reside  at  East  Dover.  2.  Anna 
A.,  born  1S59,  died  at  Sebec,  1875.  3.  Warren 
J.,  mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Warren  J.  Eldridge,  son  of  Wilson 
E.  Eldridge,  was  born  at  Sebec,  Maine,  July 
7,  1863.  ile  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
the  Foxcroft  Academy  for  one  year.  During 
his  youth  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  In 
1884  he  left  school  and  became  a  clerk  in  the 
general  store  at  East  Dover.  Si.x  months  later 
he  bought  the  business  of  his  employer.  After 
he  had  conducted  the  business  a  year  the  store 
was  destroyed  by  tire.  In  18S6  he  built  a  new 
store  and  continued  in  business  as  a  general 
merchant  until  1897.  In  1894  he  opened  a 
branch  grocery  store  in  Foxcroft  and  con- 
tinued to  run  this  business  after  he  sold  the 
store  at  East  Dover  in  1S97.  He  bought  the 
building,  on  North  street  in  which  he  had  his 
store,  and  afterward  bought  the  adjoining  lot 
and  built  an  addition,  making  it  a  well  equipped 
general  store.  In  1907  he  sold  this  business 
and  since  then  has  carried  on  a  wholesale  busi- 
ness in  oils,  etc.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  was  for  twelve  years  postm.aster  in  East 
Dover.  On  January  12,  1914,  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Foxcroft  by  President  Wilson; 
this  is  the  largest  postoftice  in  the  county.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  East  Dover  Grange,  Pat- 
rons of  Husbandry,  and  attends  the  Baptist 
church.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Pis- 
cataquis Club  and  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Foresters  of  Dover.  He  married,  June  12, 
18S8,  at  East  Dover,  Nellie  E.  Stocker,  who 
was  born  at  Atkinson,  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools  and  in  Foxcroft  Academy.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Charles  Stocker,  born  at  South 
Dover,  1833,  died  th.ere  in  1873,  a  farmer  and 
butcher.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
married  ^Nlary  — — ,  who  survived  him  and 
is  now  living  with  her  daughter's  family.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stocker:  i.  Minnie,  died 
at  Dover;  married  C.  W.  Prince,  who  was 
formerly  of  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  a  travel- 


uig  salesman;  she  married  (second)  ]'"orre>t 
D^ion,  of  Atkinson,  a  barber.  2.  Nellie  \\. 
Stocker,  married  Warren  J.  Eldridge,  men- 
tioned above.  ]Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eldridge  ha\c  one- 
child,  Charles  Wilson,  born  at  East  Dover, 
No\emlier,  1892,  now  a  student  in  the  Univer- 
sit'y  of  Maine. 


William  I'"ord,  the  imnu'grant  au- 
FORD     ccstor,  was  born  in  England,  and 

settled  in  Duxbury,  where  his  name 
appears  on  the  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms 
in  1643.  He  deposed  October  30,  167 1,  that 
he  was  sixty-seven  years  old.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman  June  3,  1652.  He  removed  to 
Alarshfield.  He  was  buried  September  18, 
1676.  His  will  was  dated  September  12,  1676, 
when  he  was  about  seventy-two  years  old.  Fie 
bequeathed  to  wife  Anna,  sons  William  and 
I\Iichael,  daughters  Margaret  and  Milicent, 
grandchildren  Jolin  Ford,  William  and  John 
Carver.  His  widow  Anna  died  in  September, 
1684.  Children:  W'illiam,  Michael,  mentioned 
below;  2\Iargaret,  Alilicent. 

(II)  jNIichael  Ford,  son  of  William  P'ord, 
was  born  about  1645.  He  married,  December 
12,  1667,  Abigail  Snow,  daughter  of  Anthony 
and  Abigail  (Warren)  Snow,  granddaughter 
of  Ricliard  and  Elizabeth  Warren,  who  came 
in  the  "Mayflower."  Michael  married  (sec- 
ond) Bethia'llatch,  daughter  of  Walter  Hatch. 
Children  by  tirst  wife:  Lydia,  born  February 
II,  166S.  at  Marshfield:  Hannah,  October  19, 
1670;  \\'illiam,  mentioned  below;  James,  April 
4,  1675;  Abigail,  April  28,  1679;  Patience, 
April  22,  16S2.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Thomas,  April  30,  168^;  Deborah,  October  24, 
i68(5;  Bethia,  March '16,  1687-88;  Susanna, 
July  26,  1689;  Bathsheba,  ]\farch  i,  1691 ; 
Ephraim,  July  18,  1692;  Elizabeth,  JNIarch  3, 
1694;  Elisiia,  January  19,  1696-97;  ]\Iehitable, 
September  18.  1698;  ]\Iartha,  October  29, 1700. 

(III)  William  Ford,  son  of  IMichael  Ford, 
was  born  at  Marshfield,  December  26,  1672. 
He  had  a  son  William,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  William  Ford,  son  of  William  Ford, 
was  born  in  1696.  He  married,  December  7, 
1 72 1,  Hannah  Truant.  Children,  born  at 
Marshfield:  Silence,  born  November  22,  1722; 
Abner,  mentioned  below;  Nathan,  January  15, 
1727;  Elijah,  September  24,  1735-36;  Levi, 
May  18,  1739. 

(V)  Abner  Ford,  son  of  William  Ford,  was 
born  at  Marshfield,  November  8,  1724.  He 
married,  in  1754,  Bethia  Sampson.  He  had 
one  child.  Silence,  baptized  at  Marshfield, 
.-\;)ril  30,  1758.  He  appears  to  have  moved 
about  that  time  to  Lincoln  county,  Maine.  Ac- 
cording to  tlie  first  federal  census,  Abner  Ford 


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v,a-  living  in  Lincoln,  Maine,  anil  had  in  his 
!.-iinily  three  females  ;  Abner  Jr.  ha.l  three  sons 
iimlcr  sixteen,  and  two  females. 

(\'I)  Abner  Ford,  son  of  ^Vbner  Ford,  was 
born  about  1750-55.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
rev'oUifion,  and  a  pensioner  after  the  war.  1  [e 
was  in  Captain  ^Mercres  Carr's  company.  Colo- 
nel Joseph  North's  regiment,  serving  in  the 
retaking  of  the  niastship  "Gruel,"  September, 
1777.  He  was  at  Ticondoroga  under  Benedict 
Arnold. 

(\"n)  Abner  Ford,  son  of  Abner  Ford,  was 
probably  born  at  XMiiteSeld,  ^Laine.  I7y5,  and 
('ied  at  Sebcc,  [Maine,  1S5S.  He  was  a  macliin- 
i'Jt  by  trade,  and  a  wheelwright  at  Sebec.  He 
installed  the  machinery  in  the  mills  of  the 
vicinity.  .In  politics  he  was  a  \Miig.  He  was 
a  member  of  Scbec  Lodge,  Free  ^Masons,  after- 
wards of  Milo.  Three  generations  of  his  fam- 
ily were  made  Masons  in  this  lodge.  He  mar- 
ried Mehitable  Hatch,  wdio  was  born  at  Cam- 
bridge, Maine,  about  1S02,  and  died  at  Sebec 
about  1895.  Children:  i.  Caleb  Jewett,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Caroline,  born  at  Sebec, 
1822  :  married  Theodore  Wyman.  of  Sebcc,  a 
meichant.  3.  Eli^a  Jane.  1824;  married  John 
Morrison,  of  Corinth,  farmer  and  lumberman; 
she  died  at  Corinth,  Alaine.  4.  David  S.,  1827, 
died  young,  of  scarlet  fever.  5.  Lucy  A.,  1S29, 
•died  young,  of  scarlet  fever.  6.  Llewellyn, 
1831,  died  at  Sebec,  unmarried:  served  in  the 
First  Maine  Ca\-alry  in  1863,  died  of  typhoid 
fever  while  home  on  a  furlough.  7.  ^^lelvina, 
1833:  married  Judson  E.  Parker,  merchant  of 
Corinth.  8.  Annette,  married  Henry  yi.  Rich- 
ardson, of  Sebec,  a  retired  farmer ;  she  died 
February.  1914.  9,  Frank  M.,  1836,  died  at 
Bangor,  unmarried,  a  traveling  salesman. 

(VHI)  Caleb  Jewett  Ford,  son  of  Abner 
Ford,  was  born  at  iVIayfield,  Z^Iaine,  then  called 
Fordtown,  the  first  white  child  born  in  May- 
field,  December  31,  1820,  and  died  at  Atkinson, 
Maine,  in  1896.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Sebec  and  the  Charleston  Academy,  now  the 
Higgins  Institute.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
machinist  and  millwright,  and  also  followed 
farming  in  Atkinson,  where  he  lived.  He  fol- 
lowed his  trade  in  various  factories  and 
foundries  in  Dover  and  Foxcroft.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  represented  the  dis- 
trict in  the  state  legislature  in  1872,  and  served 
as  selectman  of  the  town  for  many  years.  He 
was  a  member  of  Piscataquis  Lodge,  Free  Ma- 
sons, of  Milo,  and  of  Piscataquis  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Dover.  He  married, 
at  Atkinson,  [Maine,  Helen  P.  Snow,  who  died 
at  IMilo,  about  1900:  she  was  a  daughter  of  Dr. 
Eleazer  Wheelock  Snow,  who  was  born  at 
Wliitefield  or  Rath,  New  Hampshire,  in  I7<;)9, 
and  died  at  Atkinson,  Elaine,  iS;i.     He  came 


to  .\tkins(.n  after  his  m;irriai;e  and  practiced 
mcdienie  tlure..  making  hi^  piolessional  visits 
on  horseback,  i  le  received  his  degree  as  doc- 
tor of  medicine  from  Dailmoulh  College.  In 
I'(j]itics  he  was  a  Whig.  Di'.  Snow  married 
D.'rcas  Hibbard,  who  was  born  at  Bath,  in 
iS'oi,  and  died  at  .Atkinson,  in  1S76,  He  was 
a  son  of  Henry  (  n  Snow.  Children  of  Dr. 
Snow:  I.  Mrs.  Ford.  2.  Edwin  I'ayson.  died 
at  .\tkinM;n,  a  physician  in  that  town;  married 
(first)  Henrietta  Chase,  of  Sebcc,  (second) 
Lovina  Reed,  of  Charleston,  Maine.  3. 
Amanda  Payson  Snow,  dietl  at  .\tkinson  ;  mar- 
ried Russ  A.  Snow,  a  first  cousin,  of  Atkinson, 
farmer.  Children  of  Caleb  Jewett  Ford:  i. 
Mary  \V.,  born  at  ScIk'c,  August  22,  1S50; 
married  Crosby  Oliver  Hutchinson,  of  Atkin- 
son, a  farmer;  she  died  in  February,  1913.  2. 
Louis  Caleb,  mentioned  below.  3.  Caroline  A., 
June  24,  1856,  in  Atkinson;  married  (first) 
Frank  J.  Frcese,  of  Atkinson,  a  farmer,  (sec- 
ond )  R.  H.  Alorrison,  of  Sebcc,  wdiere  they 
now  live. 

(IN)  Dr.  Louis  Caleb  Ford,  son  of  Caleb 
Jewett  Ford,  was  born  at  .\tkinson,  Maine, 
August  1 1,  1S52.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Foxcroft 
Academy.  He  studied  medicine  in  the  Maine 
[Medical  College  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  and 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1877  ^^''f'''  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  medicine.  He  began  to  practice 
immediately  at  Sebcc,  where  he  remained  until 
September,  1880.  wdien  he  located  at  I\Iilo.  He 
has  been  a  gen.eral  practitioner  at  Milo  since 
that  time,  and  is  a  leader  in  his  profession.  He 
has  been  health  oflicer  several  years  and  is 
county  medical  examiner.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  has  been  supervisor  of  schools. 
He  is  a  member  of  Piscataquis  Lodge,  Free 
Masons,  and  is  past  master ;  member  of  Raboni 
Chapter,  No.  62,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of 
Brownville ;  of  Bangor  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  of  Dirigo  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Milo,  of  which  he 
is  past  noble  grand.  He  was  formerly  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ancient  Order  of  L'rnted  \\'orkmen 
of  [Milo,  of  which  he  was  the  medical  examiner. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Golden  Kag\c  of  Milo:  Milo  Chapter,  Order 
of  the  Eastern  Star;  Pleasant  River  Grange; 
Crotona  Club  of  Milo;  the  Piscataquis  County 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  has  been  secre- 
tary :  the  Alaine  State  [Medical  Society ;  the 
Piscataquis  Historical  Society.  He  was  for- 
merly a  member  of  the  Improved  Order  of 
Red'^Ien. 

Fie  married  (first)  June,  1877,  at  Atkin-on, 
Antoinette  I'erkins,  who  was  born  at  Orne- 
villc,  Maine,  February  14,  1S52,  died  July  23, 
1885,  at  Milo,  daugh.'ter  of  Joseph  and  [Vlary 


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(•\yer)  Perkins.     Ilcr  father  was  a  farmer  of 
Atkinson.     Dr.   Ford  married    ueeoad)    Feb- 
ruary   26,    18S5,    at    Bradford,    Mame,    Eduh 
Annette  Rogers,  who  was  born  at  LkownyiUe 
daughter  of  William  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Hobbs) 
Roger';  of  Brownville.  He  was  a  mason.  Chil- 
dren  of  Dr.   Ford;    i.  Caleb,  born  at   Sebec. 
October  3,  187S,  died  at  Milo,  December,  1896; 
graduate  of  the  ^lilo  high  school.     2.  Flelen 
born    at    I^Iilo,    February    24.    18S1  ;    married 
Arthur  C.  Dyer,  of  Dover,  Maine,  now  of  the 
firm   of   Dvcr    Brothers,   grocers;   she   was   a 
p-raduate  of  the  ^lilo  high  school  and  of  the 
Perniii   School  of   Sh.orthand,  of   Boston.     3. 
Antoinette,  born  at  Milo,  June  i,  1884;  mar- 
ried WaUer  E.  Burnham.  of  Greenheld,  Mas- 
sachusetts;  they  reside  in  Palmer,  Massachu- 
setts   where  he  is  employed  m  the  State_  i'lsh 
Hatchery;  she  is  a  writer  on  natural  history 
subjects  and  a  ta.xidermist.  a  graduate  of  the 
Milo  high  school  and  of  Ladies'  Tailor  and 
Millinery  College,  Boston:  she  was  before  her 
marriage  a  milliner  at  Dexter  and  Milo,  Mame. 
4.  Abnev,  born  January  28,,  1907. 

William  Sherman,  theimmi- 
SHER^L\N     grant  ancestor  of  this  family, 
settled  in  the  Plymouth  colony 
about  1630.    No  relationship  between  him  and 
the  othei  Sherman  immigrants  has  been  proved 
as  yet.     He  lived  first  at  Duxbury,  where  he 
is  recorded  as  a  yeoman  and  planter.     He  was 
a  taxpayer  there 'in  1652.    As  early  as  1637  his 
name  appear,  in  the  list  of  proprietors.     He 
was  on  the  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  m 
■    1643      He  finallv  removed  to  Marshheld,  near 
Plymouth,  and  his  descendants  have  been  nu- 
merous in  that,  town.    He  was  admitted  an  in- 
habitant of  the  town  of  Marshheld.  November 
n    1644,  and  held  various  town  ottices.    W  hen 
became  to  this  country  he  was  without  means, 
but  he  was  thrifty  and  industrious  and  lett  to 
his  children  a  generous  estate.    He  owned  rea 
estate  in  Rochester  and  Marshheld.     He    v.s 
a  useful  and  active  citizen.     Before  he  died  he 
conveyed  to  his  sons  various  lots  of  real  estate. 
He  deeded  a  share  to  Samuel,  June  9,  1673;  to 
John,   February  5,   1673;  to  WiHiam    -\ugust 
16    1676.     He  died  October  25^it>79.     The 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  dated  December  30, 
1680,  and  he  was  buried  m  the   lamily  bury- 
ing ground  at  Marshneld.     Judging  ^--om  the 
date  of  his  marriage  and  from  the  tact  that  he 
was  called  an  old  man  at  the  time  ot  his  death, 
he  was  born  as  early  as  1610.    He  married,  m 

163S,   Prudence Children:    Samuel, 

mentioned  below  ;  John,  born  1(^46.  oicd  1722; 
William,  a  soldier  in  King  Philip  s  war ;  per- 
haps other  children. 

(H)    Samuel  Slierman,  son  ot  W  ill:am  i,her- 


man,  was  born  1640-50,  in  Plymouth  colony, 
now  Massachusetts.  As  already  mentioned,  he 
received  from  his  father  a  part  of  the  home- 
stead and  in  the  deed  his  father  calls  bamud 
"my  noble  son."     He  married  (first)  Hannah 

Da'-crctt.  (second)  Hannah •    Children, 

born''  at  Marshfield :  Sarah,  married  Josiah 
Fo'^ter  ;  Prudence,  "maiden  turned  of  seventy, ' 
married  Robert  Cushman,  aged  eighty  years; 
Susanna:  Flannah,  born  February  20.  i6b-S; 
Samuel.  November  t,  1690;  Mary,  October  i. 
1 691;  Jo.hua,  January  i,  1693;  Desire  Octo- 
ber I  1695  ;  Patience,  ^larch  i,  1698  ;  William, 
June  I,  1699;  Gcrshom,  .1700;  Caleb,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill)  Caleb  Sherman,  son  of  S.-'inuel  Shci- 
man,  was  born  at  Marshfield,  April   1,   1703- 

He     married     Rebecca     ■       Children: 

Young,  born  June  6,  1746;  Rmg  mentioned 
below  :  Hannah,  October  29,  1751 ;  Sarah,  June 
07    17:1 ;  Elizabeth,  July  i,  1755- 

( IV  )  Ring  Sherman,  son  of  Caleb  bherman, 
was  born  at  [Marshfield.  December  17,  I749- 
He' appears  to  have  been  a  Loyalist  during  the 
revolution,  and  to  have  settled  in  New  Bruns- 
wick The  names  of  his  children  are  not 
known  to  the  writer,  excepting  Ring,  men- 
tioned below,  and  Josiah,  of   Salisbury,  wr.o 

„,arried    —    W^artman,    and    had    three 

daughters 


(V)  Rin"-  (2)  Sherman,  sou  of  Ring  (i) 
Sherman,  was  born  at  Salisbury,  New  Bruns- 
^yick  179S.  died  there  in  1872.  He  was  a 
farmer,  owning  large  orchards.  He  was  well 
educated  and  fond  of  books.  He  married 
Rachel  Jacques,  who  died  in  Salisbury,  aged 
eighty- four  years.  They  were  members  of  the 
Baptist  church.  Children:  i.  Caleb,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  John,  born  1S27,  a  .i-ancbman 
died  in  North  Dakota  in  1S96;  married  (tirs  ) 

Blackney.  who  died  in  1S62,  (second) 

Grace :  children  by  first  wife:    Freeze, 

a  manufacturer  in  South  Dakota,  and  John,  ot 

St.  Louis.  Missouri.    3. ,  married  Jacob 

Beck,  of  Salisbury,  a  farmer,  and  had  children  : 
Sherman  and  Lemuel  Beck. 

(VI)  Caleb  (2)  Sherman,  son  of  King  (-) 
Sherman,  was  born  at  Salisbury,  ^e^v  Bruns- 
wick, October  25,  1824,  died  at  Oakfield, 
Maine,  November  14,  I903-  He  had  a  com- 
mon school  education.  He  was  a  farmer  lum- 
berman and  nursery  proprietor.  n  1864  he 
removed  from  Salisbury  to  Oakheld  and 
located  on  the  old  Spaulding  larm,  which  tie 
subseciuentlv  sold.  He  bought  another  farm 
in  Oakfield,  however,  and  followed  tarming 
there  as  long  as  he  lived.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Rcpubhcan.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
chiirch.  He  married,  December  31,  ib45.  \I?0' 
Tane  lUaknev,  born  October  15.  1S27.  m  New 


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Urunsvvick,  died  at  Oakfield,  Maine,  Fchruary 
...',  iSSS.  Children:  i.  Susan  A.,  born  June  9, 
1847,  in  Salisbury;  married  Charles  L..  I'.crrv! 
of  iioulton,  a  mercliaiit ;  children:  Fran!;, 'a 
carriagemaker  at  Island  Falls;  Percy,  a  travel- 
ing salesman;  Cassius,  a  tinsmith  and  [.lumher 
of  Island  Falls:  Frederick,  in  partnership  whh 
his  brother  F>ank ;  Lillian,  married  lulm 
Roach,  carpenter  and  architect.  Island  Falls; 
Charles,  blacksmith.  Island  Falls.  2.  Josepli 
R.,  born  at  Salisbury,  March  24,  1S49,  'I'ed  at 
Masardis.  Maine,  February,  1905;  ^\•as  a  cook 
by  trade;  lived  at  Woodstock,  Xew  IJrun-wick, 
and  in  the  west;  married  (first)  Lizzie  Mu.l- 
lens,  (second)  Ella  Dine,  who  now  lives  ai 
Masardis:  children  by  first  wife:  Marry,  a 
miller  in  Oregon;  Calen,  a  miller  in  Oregon; 
Pearl;  one  child  by  his  second  wife.  3.  Wil- 
liam J.,  twin  of  Joseph  R.,  died  1914;  re>ided 
at  Island  Falls;  unmarried.  4.  Annie  F.,  born 
March  23,  1851,  died  at  Oakfield,  August  14, 
1896;  married  William  Corliss,  of  Smyrna: 
children :  Nellie,  married  Paul  Xedcio.  a 
farmer,  Oakfield :  Sumner,  married  Sophia 
Cameron;  Wendell,  a  miller  of  Oakfield;  Jus- 
tine, married  Henr}'  Collins,  a  farmer,  Oak- 
field ;  Amber,  married  R.  Dowe,  farmer,  Orino, 
Maine:  Eva,  married  (first)  Stephen  File-, 
(second)  Elmer  Eyron,  camp  owner,  at  Island 

Falls;    j\Iary.    married   Higgins,    mail 

clerk  at  St.  John,  Xew  Brunswick ;  Grace,  de- 
ceased;  Susie,  in  training  school  for  nurses. 
5.  C.  Ambrose,  born  at  Salisbury,  Augiist  9, 
1853;  married  (first)  Flelen  Rrown,  of  Oak- 
field, who  died  in  18S4,  (second)  Ardra 
Thompson :  he  is  a  farmer  in  Oakfield :  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church  and  Oakfield  Grange  ; 
children  by  first  wife:  Charles,  married  Annie 
Shorey;  Paul,  unmarried,  resides  with  broth.er 
Charles  ;  Henry,  married  Xellie  Crandall ;  chil- 
dren by  second  v,-ife:  Merle,  a  school  teacher; 
Emma.  6.  Sarah  Lavinia,  born  Xovember  2, 
1855,  in  Salisbury.  Xew  I3runswick;  married 
Avon  D.  Weeks,  of  Houlton.  a  mill  owner, 
farmer  and  lumberman;  he  died  July,  1913: 
she  died  September  28.  lyio;  children:  June 
A.,  married  George  Rosie,  a  salesman  of  Milo: 
Kate  B.,  married  Dr.  Bunker,  of  Calais. 
Maine ;  Helen  C,  married  Ralph  Tillie,  living 
at  Squa-Pan.  Maine,  he  a  potato  buyer  and 
carpenter ;  Hadley  F.,  unmarried :  Gertrude, 
married  Chester  Feelev,  druggist,  Houlton.  7. 
Fred  M.,  born  at  Salisbury,  March  24,  1S58: 
married  Varina  ]\Iollens,  of  Xew  Brunswick; 
he  is  a  farmer  and  agent  for  machir.ery.  Island 
Falls;  has  been  a  miller  and  lumberman:  chil- 
dren: Waldo,  carpenter  of  Island  Falls,  mar- 
ried Bessie  Eaton :  Mabel,  married  Sterling 
Moore,   carpenter.    Bangor;   Don,   unmarried; 


Ray.  .lo-e.ise.l;  Red;  .\Iaynard.  8.  Mary  A., 
born  ;tl  S.di-b!!iy,  .\ugu>t  2.  i8(io;  marriciJ 
Wi!h:;m  W.  Sewl.1'1.  -J.  Charles  Walter,  men- 
iio!uil  liolnw.  10.  l:c-vie  A.,  hern  at  Oakfield, 
j:uui:uy  1  j.  iS'.^:  married  William  C.  Harper, 
farmer  :m<\  carpenici- ;  ciiihhen  :  .Amy,  married 
r.uyd  Crand;ill.  Oakfield;  Percy,  unmarried; 
Mildred,  nianied  Joel  ILiuun,  Smyrna;  Caleb; 


Marj,.iie;  Durri-.  11.  Gertrude  IT.,  March  6, 
i^i'j:  married  v"l..iile,-,  L.  Weeks,  brother  of 
.\vnn  1).  \\  n-k- :  hv  i^  a  guide  and  carpenter 
.il  .M.i-:udi-;  children  ;  Beatrice,  married  Ellis 
-McCurdy.  farnier,  Ma>ardis;  Lincoln,  resides 
with  -irhr  J'.tMtrice;  I'.essie,  bookkeeper  and 
slen-gr:iplur,  Hani^.r;  l'.u>sie,  clerk;  Harold, 
st;ili..n  a-eiil;   i;d\\in:i;  M.iry;  Mope. 

(\'ll)  Char!r>  Walter  Sherman,  son  of 
Caleb  (J)  SluTiiKin,  w.i'^  born  Deccmlier  ir, 
iS'ij.  in  .S;ili-biiry.  .\e\v  lirunswiclc.  When  he 
wav  si.K  ni'inths  old.  his  |)arents  removed  to 
Oakfield,  Maine,  where  he  attended  the  public 
school-..  During  hi^  boyhood  he  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.  In  i8m3  '^^  located  at  Smyrna 
on  a  farm  of  one  Inuidred  and  twenty  acres, 
whicli  he  has  cnhixated  since  that  tiiue.  He  is 
a  priimineut  ;ind  inlluciuial  citizen.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Ri'inibHcan.  I'or  the  past  three  years 
he  h.as  been  town  treasurer,  and  he  has  been 
member  of  the  scliool  board,  road  commis- 
sioner and  for  three  years  member  of  the  board 
of  health.  He  belongs  to  tlie  Oakfield  Grange, 
Patrons  of  Mu>b,uidry.  and  to  the  Baptist 
church,  of  which  lie  has  been  deacon  for  the 
[ia-t  si.x  years.  Me  married,  September  10, 
1SS7.  at  Ltidlow,  Maine,  Amy  Maria  .Stephens, 
burn  at  Ludlow.  December  24,  1867,  educated 
in  Ludlow  schools  and  Patten  Academy.  She 
taught  scluK>l  in  Merrill,  r\Laine,  two  years  be- 
fore her  marriage.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Bapiti-t  church,  and  was  furmcrly  a  member  of 
the  llciilt..u  Gran,L,a\  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
She  is  als'i  a  niemi)er  (if  the  Woman's  Chris- 
tian Temperance  Union.  Children,  born  at 
Smyrna:  I.  P.eechcr  Avon,  born  December  2, 
i8<;o;  attended  Patten  Academy  and  Ijodgin's 
Business  College  of  llouhon;  a  potato  buyer 
of  Oakland;  member  ..f  the  Loyal  Order  of 
Moose,  and  of  the  Bajuist  ciiurch ;  married 
lulith  Manun.  born  at  Sni\rna.  .Aiiril  5.  1891, 
graduate  nf  Picker's  Classical  In-titute  and 
for  two  years  a  school  teacher  before  mar- 
riage; child,  Jc;in  Xevaila,  born  at  Smyrna, 
.-\[)ril  18,  1913.  2-  Cl-.arPs  Walter  Jr.,  born 
June  20,  1893;  chauffeur,  living  in  Calgary, 
.Mberta,  Canada.  3.  .Annie  Purrington,  born 
January  I.  i8i/>;  student  for  two  years  in 
Picker's  Clas-ical  Institute  of  Houlton.  4. 
Ray  Wellman.  born  October  8.   19134. 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


Three  brothers  of  this 
JvIcLAUGHLJX  name  came  from  Irrhiiid 
to  this  country,  one  of 
tliem  settling  in  New  Brunswick,  and  the  other 
two  settling  in  the  L'nitcd  States.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  is  descended  from  the  one  who 
went  to  New  Brunswick,  whose  name  was  very 
likely  Thomas  ]\lcLauglilin. 

(I)  Robert  AlcLanghlin  was  born  probably 
in  New  Brunswick  about  1766,  died  in  Char- 
lotte county.  New  Brunswick,  about  1858.  He 
was  a  farmer  there.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Stevens,  born   and   died  there.     Children:    i. 

Daughter,  married  Norton,  and   they 

lived  on  bank  of  Kennebec  river.  2.  Daughter, 
married  Daniel  Whitton,  and  they  lived  at 
North  \'assalboro,  ]\Iaiiie.  3.  Daughter,  mar- 
ried George  Thirston,  a  farmer  in  New  Bruns- 
wick. 4.  Lydia,  married  (first) Thirs- 
ton, (second) Townes,  a  farmer;  she 

died  in  Charlotte  county.  New  Brunswick.  5. 
Eliza,  married  (first)  John  McLaughlin,  (sec- 
ond) James  Davis^  a  farmer;  she  died  in  Char- 
lotte  county.     6.    Steven,  a   farmer;   married 

(first)  Eliza  Smith,  (second)  ;  died  in 

Charlotte  county.  /.  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Robert,  was  a  farmer;  married  Margaret 
Miller ;  died  in  New  Brunswick.  9.  Levi, 
farmer ;  married  ]\Iary  Smith ;  they  died  in 
Charlotte  county.  10.  Thomas,  married  Ade- 
line Palmer,  both  deceased. 

(H)  Daniel  McLaughlin,  son  of  Robert  ?ilc- 
Laughlin,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick.  Febru- 
ary 15,  1812,  died  at  Oakfield,  Elaine,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1900.  Pie  lived  in  New  Brunswick 
until  1869,  when  he  settled  in  Oakfield.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  lumberman.  He  purchased 
a  farm  in  Oakfield  on  which  he  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  became  naturalized, 
and  was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married 
Helen  B.  I\IcGeorge,  born  April  7,  1812,  in 
Scotland,  died  at  Oakfield  in  October,  1901. 
She  was  daugliter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Little)  McGeorge,  who  came  to  this  country 
when  she  was  about  seven  years  of  age,  and 
settled  in  Charlotte  county,  New  Brunswick; 
William  McGeorge  died  in  1S33,  when  a  young 
man;  he  was  a  farmer;  his  wife  died  in  1863. 
Children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  McGeorge : 
I.  Ann,  died  in  Canada;  married  John  Lundy, 
of  New  Brunswick,  farmer,  deceased.  2. 
Helen  B.,  married  Daniel  McLaughlin,  men- 
tioned above.  3.  Jane,  died  in  New  Bruns- 
wick; married  Daniel  Trafton,  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, farmer,  deceased.  4.  Mary,  died  in  New 
Brunswick:  married  John  Trafton,  farmer, 
brother  of  Daniel.  5.  Elizabeth,  died  in  New 
Brunswick,  unmarried.  6.  3.1argaret,  lives  near 
Seattle.  Washington;  married  (first  Benja- 
min Simmons,  farmer,  (second  Jeremiah  John- 


son, farmer,  deceased.  7.  Peter,  died  in  Minne- 
sota ;  farmer ;  married  Elizabeth  Kelley,  of 
New  Brunswick,  deceased.  8.  William,  died 
in  California:  farmer;  married  Margaret  Mc- 
Laughlin, second  cousin  of  Daniel  McLaugh- 
lin. 9.  David,  rlicd  in  California;  farmer; 
married  Jane  Little,  of  New  Brunswick.  10. 
Andrew,  lives  in  Minnesota;  farmer;  married 
Lucy  Ann  Hasty,  of  New  Brunswick.  Chil- 
dren of  Daniel  and  Helen  B.  (McGeorge)  Mc- 
Laughlin, all  born  in  Charlotte  county:  i.  Asa, 
born  1836,  died  at  Old  Town,  Maine,  in  1898; 
married  Mary  ^IcConncll,  of  Old  I'own,  de- 
ceased, 2.  Edgar,  born  1S38;  a  miner  in  Cali- 
fornia for  forty  years.  3.  Oscar,  born  1840; 
married  Emily  David;  they  live  in  state  of 
Washington,  at  I'ort  Angelas.  4.  Nelson,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Jeannette  E,,  born  IVIarch  6, 
1845 :  marrie  J  Samuel  White,  of  Charlotte 
county,  farmer ;  they  live  at  Oakfield.  6.  \\'i!- 
liam  S.,  born  May  23.  1847;  niarried  Sarah 
Clark,  of  Oakfield;  was  killed  in  a  dynamite 
accident  at  Port  Angelus,  Washington,  where 
she  now  lives.  7.  Robert  Pearl,  born  18.^9, 
died  1S63,  in  Charlotte  county.  8.  Clarence, 
born  1851,  died  1852.  9.  Daniel  Webster,  men- 
tioned below. 

(HI)  Nelson  }>IcLaughlin,  .son  of  Daniel 
McLaughlin,  was  born  June  6,  1842.  He  was 
educated  in  Charlotte  county,  New  Brunswick. 
He  is  a  fanner  and  lumberman.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  For  two  years  he  served  as 
collector  in  Oakfield.  He  lives  now  at  Dyer 
Brook,  Maine,  and  is  a  member  of  Monument 
Lodge,  No.  196,  Free  and  Accepted  ^lasons, 
Houlton,  Maine,  of  which  he  was  steward  sev- 
eral years ;  also  is  a  member  of  Oakfield 
Grange,  and  of  Orangemen  at  Smyrna  Mills. 
He  is  insurance  agent  for  Oakfield  Grange 
now.  He  married  (first)  June  20,  1865,  Eme- 
line  Steward,  in  Charlotte  county,  where  she 
was  born  January  4,  1844;  she  died  at  Oak- 
field, September  3,  1885.  He  married  (second) 
Clara  Barrows,  December  25,  1893,  "^  Houl- 
ton;  she  died  at  Oakfield,  ]\Iay  16,  1912.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  Ivy  Florence,  died  aged 
ten  years.  2.  Phoebe  E.,  born  in  Charlotte 
county,  January  i.  1868;  married  Philip 
Parker ;  they  live  in  Beverly,  ]vlassachusetts. 
3.  Charles  K.,  born  at  Oakfield,  1870;  married 

Elsie  ,   of   California ;   lives   at    Skow- 

hegan,  Maine ;  farmer.  4.  Melissa  E.,  born 
1872  in  Letter  B  township,  deceased.  5.  Wil- 
lard  E.,  born  in  Houlton  in  1874;  married 
Janie  Robinson,  of  Golden  Ridge,  ]Maine;  they 
live  at  Sherman,  Maine.  6.  Gertrude  L.,  born 
at  Houlton  in  1875;  married  Elbridge  Leach, 
of  Massachusetts.  7.  Ivy  M.,  born  at  Oakfield 
in  1877;  married  Dudley  Conant,  of  Presque 
Isle,   Maine,   where  they  live.     8.   Edgar    N., 


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!„,rn  at  Oakfield  in  1S70,  died  as  result  of 
liiinting  accident  in  Sherman;  married  Ethel 
Anihers,  of  Sherman.  9.  Harold  \'.,  born  at 
Oak-field,  iSSi,  died  1906  at  Uxbridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, unmarried.  10.  Cora  E.,  born  at 
Oakfield,  1S83 :  married  Joseph  McNelle,  of 
l")vor  Brook,  Maine,  where  they  live.  11. 
IJaughter,  died  in  infancy.     By  .second  wife: 

12.  Claude  M.,  born  at  Oakfield,  July  5,  1895. 

13.  Hudson  D.,  born  at  Oakfield,  jnlv  24,  1899. 
(HI)   Daniel  Webster  r^lcLaughl'in,  son  of 

Daniel  ^McLaughlin,  ar.d  brother  of  Nelson 
^fcLaughlin,  was  born  May  30,  1S55,  in  Bailey, 
New  Brunswick,  and  now  lives  at  Dyer  Brook, 
Maine.  He  received  his  education  in  Bailey, 
and  at  Oakfield,  where  his  parents  settled 
when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age.  He  was 
t\\  enty-one  years  of  age  when  he  married,  and 
he  became  owner  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  ninety  acres  at  Dyer  Brook,  which  he  now 
manages.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
he  h.as  served  as  first  selectman  for  one  year, 
now  holding  the  offices  of  collector  and  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board.  He  is  a  member 
of  Island  Falls  Lodge,  No.  206,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  of  the  Odd  Fellows  of 
Smyrna,  Maine ;  and  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Foresters,  Smyrna  [Mills.  He  married  Mary 
Efrte  Clark,  born  at  Smyrna,  June  18,  1857, 
and  educated  at  Oakfieid,  where  her  parents 
settled  when  she  was  very  young.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Eastern  Star,  Island  Falls 
Chapter,  and  of  the  Oakfield  Grange.  She  is 
daughter  of  John  B.  Clark,  born  in  Brown- 
ville,  Maine,  about  1S23,  died  at  Oakfield  in 
1903,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  blacksmith ; 
he  married  Mary  Young,  born  at  Linneus, 
Maine,  about  1833,  died  at  Oakfield  in  1901. 
Children  of  John  B.  and  ]Mary  (Young)  Clark: 
I.  Sarah,  married  William  S.  McLaughlin,  son 
of  Daniel  IMcLaughlin,  mentioned  above.  2. 
Ernest,  married  Angle  Sharp,  of  Merrill, 
iMaine ;  they  live  at  Smyrna  Mills,  where  he  is 
blacksmith.  3.  Mary  Efhe,  married  Daniel  W. 
McLaugblin,  mentioned  above.  4.  John,  mar- 
ried Nora  Shields,  of  Oakfieid;  they  li\e  at 
Mars  Hill;  farmer.  5.  Janie,  married  John 
McGerry,  of  Oak-field;  she  died  at  Port 
Angclus,  Washington,  where  he  now  lives.  6. 
Annie,  married  John  Luce,  of  Farmington, 
Maine,  where  he  died,  a  farmer ;  she  died  at 
Oakfield.  7.  Bernal,  married  Annie  Mores,  of 
Oakfield,  where  she  died ;  he  is  a  farmer  there. 
8.  Mattie,  twin,  died  young.  9.  Lydia.  twin  of 
Alattie,  died  young.  10.  Stanley,  married  Lil- 
lian Rackliff,  of  Farmington ;  they  live  on 
farm  in  Oakfield.  11.  Daughter,  died  young. 
Children  of  Daniel  Webster  and  Marv  Effie 
f Clark)  McLaughlin:  i.  Clyde  DrelK  men- 
tioned   below.      2.    Cordia,   born    at    Oakfield, 


-May  2,  18S2;  marrie.l  Guv  Crosby,  of  Oak- 
fi..'ld;  farmer;  children:  .S\lvia  and'  Effie,  live 
with  parents. 

(  1\  )  Clvde  Drell  McLaughlin,  son  of  Dan- 
iel Webster  .McLaughlin,  wa.s  horn  in  Oakfield, 
-Maine,  May  15,  1876.  He  attended  the  public 
<choo!s  there  and  at  Dyer  Brook,  Maine,  leav- 
ing school  in  1892  to  work  on  his  father's  large 
l:irm.  There  he  remained  until  the  si)ring  of 
1910,  when  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-three  acres  in  Dyer  Brook",  on 
v.hich  he  now  lives.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  has  served  for  t.vo  years  as  road 
commissioner  in  l-)yer  Brook.  lie  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  [Maccabees,  Oakfield  Tent,  No.  57, 
and  of  Island  Falls  Lodge,  No.  206,  Free  and 
.Vcccpted  Alasons  ;  he  is  also  a  member  of  Oak- 
field Grange.  He  married  Ella  Margaret 
White,  born  at  Lambert  Lake,  Maine,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1879,  and  received  her  education  in  the 
public  school  at  \'anccboro,  [Maine.  She  is  a 
member  of  Oakfield  Grange  (see  White  II). 
Children  of  Clyde  Drell  and  Ella  Margaret 
(White)  McLaughlin,  born  at  Dyer  Brook:  i. 
Carl,  born  April  24,  1897;  has  attended  the 
Houlton  high  school.  2,  Kemp,  born  June  5, 
1S99.  3.  Cleo,  born  March  13,  1901.  4.  \'il- 
lard,  born  June  i,  1903.  5.  Ralton,  born  De- 
ceitiber  23,  ic;o6.  6.  Jennie,  twin  of  Ralton. 
7.  -Augustus  Abbott,  born  -April  5,  1913. 

(The   -White   Line). 

(  I )  James  White,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  thi^  line,  was  bcrn  in  Ireland  about  1801, 
and  came  to  this  country,  settling  at  New 
Brunswick,  Canada,  where  he  died  at  Wolf 
Corners,  in  1881.  He  lived  in  Charlotte  county. 
New  Brunswick,  all  his  life  after  coming  over 
here.     In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian.     He 

married  .     Children:    \\'illiam  J.,  lives 

at  Antigo,  Wisconsin,  a  farmer;  George  F., 
mentioned  below ;  Daniel,  of  whom  nothing 
further  is  known. 

(II)  George  F.  White,  son  of  James  White, 
was  born  in  New  Brunswick  in  1S54.  He  is 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  worked  at  Vance- 
boro.  and  for  the  past  twenty  years  has  worked 
in  Oakfield.  He  married,  at  Lainbert  Lake, 
-Agnes  Trafton,  born  at  New  Brunswick  in 
1856,  daughter  of  Enoch  Trafton.  Enoch 
Trafton  was  born  in  Charlotte  county.  New 
Brunswick,  about  1828,  died  at  Oakfield, 
Maine,  in  1905 ;  he  was  a  farmer  in  Charlotte 
county,  later  moving  to  Lambert  Lake,  Maine, 
and  then  to  Oakfield ;  he  married  Elizabeth 
Pinkerton.  born  in  Charlotte  county  in  1S36, 
died  at  Lambei't  Lake,  June  20,  19 12.  Chil- 
dren of  Enoch  and  Elizabeth  Trafton:  i. 
-Agnes,  married  George  F.  White,  of  this 
sketch.     2.   -Albert,  married    (second)    Mattie 


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Grass;  they  live  at  Clearwater,  Minnesota; 
carpenter.  3,  Ellen,  married  f'eter  Leaie,  of 
Minnesota  ;  tl;ey  live  at  Clearwater.  4.  Joseph, 
runs  a  meat  market  at  Clearwater.  5.  William, 
married  Ella  Trafton.  of  Lambert  Lake;  lives 
at  Danforth,  ALaine ;  a  millwright.  6.  Emma, 
married  Albert  Marshall,  of  Bailey,  Charlotte 
county,  New  Brunswick ;  they  live  at  Lambert 
Lake.  7.  Enoch,  married  Hepsie  Gellerson,  of 
Lambert  Lake ;  works  on  Bangor  and  Aroos- 
took railroad  ;  lives  at  IMillinocket,  Maine.  8. 
Annie,  married  Hill  Howland,  of  Lambert 
Lake;  lives  at  Baring,  Maine.  9.  ]\Ielvin,  mar- 
ried Cynthia  Grass,  of  Lambert  Lake ;  lives  at 
Oakfield,  Maine.  10.  Emerson,  died  young. 
II.  Cassie,  married  Herbert  Grass;  died  at 
Lambert  Lake,  where  he  now  lives.  12.  Emily, 
married  George  Grass,  farmer;  they  live  at 
Lambert  Lake.  13.  Stella,  married  Herbert 
Grass,  who  married  (first)  Cassie  Trafton. 
Children  of  George  F.  and  Agnes  (Trafton) 
\Miite:  i.  Ella  Margaret,  born  February  8, 
1879;  married  Clyde  Drell  JMcLaughlin  (see 
McLaughlin  I\').  2.  Frank,  born  at  Lambert 
Lake,  October  21,  18S1 ;  unmarried;  farmer  in 
Oakfield.  3.  Cora,  born  ]\Iar';h  28,  1SS3,  at 
Lambert  Lake  ;  married  Dexter  Smart,  of  Oak- 
field, Maine,  where  they  live;  he  is  a  painter 
and  carpenter.  4.  Fred,  born  at  Lambert  Lake, 
April  7,  1SS5;  lives  at  Oakfield.  5.  Ellsworth, 
born  at  Lambert  Lake,  March  31,  1887;  mar- 
ried \"iolet  F'lummer,  of  Oakfield,  where  he  is 
station  agent  for  the  Bangor  and  Aroostook 
railroad.  6.  Melvin,  born  at  \'anceboro,  July 
21,  1S89,  unmarried,  lives  in  Oakfield.  7.  Ro- 
land, died  in  infancy.  8.  Leland,  born  at  Oak- 
field, August  I,  1893;  \\'orks  for  Bangor  and 
Aroostook  railroad  ;  unmarried  ;  lives  at  Oak- 
field.     9.    Edith,    born    at    Oakfield,   July    21, 


The    surname    Scribner    was 
SCRIBNER     originally  Scrivener,  meaning 

a  professional  writer  or  con- 
veyancer. There  were  at  least  four  families 
in  England  earlv  named  Scrivener  owning 
landed  estates.  The  first  of  the  name  in  Amer- 
ica was  Matthew  Scrivener,  a  member  of  the 
council  of  Virginia  colony  in  1607.  It  does  not 
appear  that  he  had  a  family,  although  he  was 
commended  by  Captain  John  Smith  as  a  "very 
wise  understanding  gentleman."  He  was 
drowned  in  the  James  river  a  few  years  after 
his  arrival.  Benjamin  Scrivener,  ancestor  of 
the  Connecticut  Scribners,  married  at  Nor- 
walk,  Connecticut,  March  5,  1680,  Hannah 
Cranipton.  He  was  of  Huntington.  Long 
Island,  at  an  earlier  date. 

(I)   Jolm   Scribner,   immigrant   ancestor  of 
another  branch  of  the  familv,  came  from  Kent, 


England,  before  1652,  to  Hampton,  New 
Hamjishiie,  and  to  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
where  ho  died  October  2,  1675.  He  was  a 
large  landowner  and  a  person  of  influence. 
His  will  is  dated  November  27,  1674.  He  be- 
queathed to  wife  ?\Iary  and  children.  Children  : 
John,  Edward,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth. 

(II)  Thomas  Scribner,  son  of  John  Scrib- 
ner, was  born  in  Hampton,  New  Hampsliire, 
and  removed  to  Kingston.  He  also  li\ed  in 
Exeter.  New  Hampshiie.  Fle  died  in  1718. 
He  o\^-ned  much  land  and  was  a  prominent 
citizen.  He  married  (first)  December  25, 
1702,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (God- 
frey) Clittord;  she  was  born  October  30.  1673, 
and  died  June  5.  1706.  He  married  (second) 
Februar_\-  4.  1708-09,  Hannah  Welch,  daughter 
of  Philip  Welch,  of  Ipswich ;  she  was  born  in 
1680.  Children  by  first  wife:  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Deborah,  born  September  7. 
1705.     Children  by  second  wife:    Sarah,  born 

November  iS, ;  Elizabeth,  May  i,  1709; 

Edward,  April  2"/,  171 1;  Samuel,  March  29. 
17 13,  died  young. 

(HI)  John  Scribner,  son  of  Thomas  Scrib- 
ner, was  born  at  Hampston  or  Kingston,  De- 
cember 6,  1703.  The  Kingston  records  give 
the  record  of  marriage  of  John  to  Susanna 
Davis,  July  5,  1749,  and  of  John  to  Deborah 
Smith,  Septei)iber  27,  1750.  One  of  these 
marriages  was  probably  of  his  son  John,  and 
the  other  his  second  marriage. 

(R')  John  Scribner,  son  of  John  Scribner, 
was  born  about  1725,  at  Kingston..  In  1770  he 
settled  with  seven  others  among  the  j.iioneers 
and  founders  of  Waterboro,  Penobscot  county, 
Maine.  This  place  was  also  called  Massa- 
besic  in  the  early  days.  The  census  of  1790 
gives  among  the  heads  of  families  of  Water- 
borough,  Samuel  Scribner.  probably  a  brother 
of  John,  having  three  males  over  sixteen  years, 
one  male  under  that  age  and  five  females  in 
his  family;  Daniel,  with  two  males  over  six- 
teen, two  under  tliat  age,  and  four  females ; 
Edward,  with  one  male  over  sixteen,  two  under 
that  age.  and  one  female  ;  Edward  Jr.,  who  had 
no  children ;  Samuel  Jr.  John  had  two  males 
over  sixteen  and  one  female  in  his  family. 

(V)  Daniel  Scribner,  son  of  John  Scribner, 
was  born  in  1750,  at  Kingston.  He  was  a 
soldier  from  ^Iassabesic  in  the  revolution,  in 
Captain  Smith's  company.  Third  York  County 
Regiment.  His  age  was  then  thirty  years. 
His  complexion  is  described  as  dark  (page 
932.  Mass.  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, vol.  xiii).  He  came  to  Waterboro  in 
childhood.  He  followed  farming  for  an  occu- 
pation. He  died  at  Otisfield,  Maine.  Besides 
other  children,  as  shown  by  the  census  of  1790, 
he  had  Daniel,  mentioned  belov/. 


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(\'I)  Daniel  Scribner,  son  of  Daniel  Scrib- 
iicr,  was  born  at  W'aterboro,  .Maine,  in  ijjfi, 
anil  died  at  Patten,  Maine,  in  iS('i2.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  followed 
farming.  He  was  also  a  carpenter  and  barn 
framer.  and  he  worked  at  this  trade  in  Water- 
boro.  Spring-field,  Lincoln,  Crystal,  Maine.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics,  afterward  a  Reinib- 
lican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Eree  Will 
Baptist  church.  He  served  in  the  war  of  1S12, 
at  Portland,  Elaine,  when  the  ships  "Enter- 
prise" and  "Bo.xer"  attacked  the  tcwn.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah  Kneeland,  who  died 
at  Otisfield,  Maine.  He  married  (second) 
Hannah  Sampson,  who  was  born  in  Harrison, 
Maine,  in  1789,  and  died  at  Patten  in  1857. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Sally,  died  at  Bridg- 
ton,  Maine;  married  Hiram  ^\'illard,  a  stone- 
cutter by  trade.  2.  Aaron,  died  at  Mount 
Chase,  Maine,  a  farmer,  who  also  owned  a 
half-way  camp,  which  was  destroyed  by  fire, 
in  which  he  lost  two  cliildren  burned  to  death, 
and  in  which  he  was  so  severely  burned  that 
he  died  soon  afterward;  married  Diadama 
Stevens.  Cliilc'ren  by  second  wife:  3.  Miles 
Sampson,  born  in  Parkman,  Maine,  died  in 
Augusta,  Elaine,  a  merchant;  married  (first) 
Lovisa  Fisli,  (second)  Lovena  IMcPhctcrs,  of 
Holden.  ]Maine ;  he  served  in  the  civil  war  in 
the  Eighth  Maine  Regiment  for  six  months : 
his  son  Elites  served  in  the  same  regiment.  4. 
Asenath,  born  and  died  at  Parkman ;  married 
Solomon  Cole,  a  farmer.  5.  Diana,  born  at 
Parkman,  died  unmarried  at  Patten.  6.  Han- 
nah Cole,  born  at  Parkman,  died  at  Bridgton. 
Maine;  married  (first)  Robbins,  (sec- 
ond) John  Troop,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Cold  Harbor;  served  in  the  Eighth  Maine 
Regiment.  7.  Jemima  S.,  born  at  Parkman. 
died  at  Patten;  married  Lorenzo  Waillin,  of 
Saco,  IVLainc,  a  farmer.  8.  Reuben  S.,  born  at 
Lincoln,    ^ilaine,   died   at    Patten,   a   tailor   by 

trade;    married    Elizabeth   .      9.    ^Liry 

Ann,  born  at  Springfield,  died  at  Crystal ;  mar- 
ried Albion  K.  P.  Hamilton.  10.  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VH)  Daniel  Scribner,  son  of  Daniel  Scrib- 
ner, was  born  at  Springfield.  May  3.  1S34.  and 
died  October  17,  1913.  When  he  was  eight 
years  old  his  parents  removed  to  Lincoln, 
]\Iaine.  and  four  years  later  to  Crystal,  in  that 
state.  Pie  attended  the  public  schools  in  these 
towns,  and  in  185 1  went  to  work  on  a  farm, 
continuing  in  this  occupation  until  he  enlisted 
in  the  summer  of  1S61  in  the  Fourteenth  ^Laine 
Regiment,  \'olunteer  Infantry.  He  was  ap- 
pointed a  corporal,  and  at  the  time  of  his  dis- 
charge in  the  summer  of  i8f'>5  he  had  the  rank 
of  sergeant.     He  served  in  the  civil  war  under 


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Cencrals  William  T.  Sherman,  Nathani 
Bank.-  aii.l  Benjamin  1".  I'.utler  in  the  Missis- 
sipi)i  river  campaigns.  He  took  part  in  the 
engagements  at  I'aton  Rouge,  W'incliester,  and 
many  other  actions.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at 
the  battle  of  Winchester  and  sent  to  Libby 
prison,  .\fter  several  weeks  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Belle  Isle  prison.  After  two  months 
he  was  paroled  and  exchanged.  After  he  was 
mustered  out  he  was  clerk  in  a  store  at  Patten, 
Maine,  for  six  months.  Since  1867  he  was 
a  farmer  and  merchant  in  I'attcn.  In  jmlitics 
he  was  formerly  a  Reiniblican,  later  a -Pro- 
gressive. He  was  selectman  for  two  years, 
town  treasurer  for  six  years,  tax  collector  for 
a  long  period,  and  for  thirty-five  years  trial 
justice.  He  was  a  member  and  for  many 
years  a  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church, 
and  also  a  member  of  the  executive  connnit- 
tee.  He  was  a  member  of  Katahdin  Lodge, 
Free  Masons,  of  Patten,  and  a  past  master; 
member  of  Patten  Grange,  No.  394,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry.  He  was  formerly  treasurer  of 
the  Patten  Water  Company.  He  was  post- 
master of  Patten  under  President  McKinley. 
He  married,  in  1873,  in  Conway,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Tcnie  A.  Warren,  who  was  born  at  Den- 
mark, Maine,  in  1845,  and  died  at  Patten,  May 
25,  1905.  Children, 'all  born  at  Patten:  i.  Lo- 
ammi  Wadlin,  1875.  died  at  Ouray,  Colorado,  in 
1901,  a  miner,  umnarried.  2.  Roland  Sampson, 
1877,  died  189S;  left  at  the  end  of  his  sopho- 
more year  in  the  Luiivcrsity  of  Maine  and  en- 
listed in  the  First  Maine  Regiment  in  the  Span- 
ish war ;  contracted  typhoid  at  Chickamaugua, 
and  died  in  the  general  hospital  at  Portland, 
Maine.  3.  Rosalie,  born  18S1.  died  in  infancy. 
4.  Caleb  \\'arren,  mentioned  below. 

(\'III)  Caleb  Warren  Scribner,  son  of 
Daniel  Scribner,  was  born  at  Patten,  Maine, 
March  i,  1S82.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Patten  Academy,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1901.  He  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  University  of  Maine.  In  1902 
he  left  college  and  assisted  his  father  in  the 
work  of  the  homestead.  Pie  is  now  in  charge 
of  the  farm  and  has  continued  in  farming  there 
to  the  present  time.  He  has  also  been  a  suc- 
cessful real  estate  dealer.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Progressive.  He  has  served  on  the  school 
committee,  as  collector  of  taxes,  and  member 
of  the  boanl  of  health.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church,  and  of  Katah.din 
Lodge,  No.  96,  Free  Masons,  of  Patten,  of 
which  he  is  now  junior  steward.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Patten  Grange,  No.  394,  of  which 
he  \sas  master  for  four  years,  and  of  the  Mac- 
cabees of  Patten.  He  was  married,  in  Patten, 
-August  27.   1904,  to  Margaret  E.  Main,  who 


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uas  born  in  Crystal,  }i[aine,  Sqitembcr  ii. 
1883.  graduate  of  ]\ittcn  Academy  in  1002 ; 
member  of  the  Congregational  cliurch,  and  of 
Patten  Chapter,  CJrder  of  the  Eastern  Star:  of 
Patten  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Martin  \'an  Buren  Main,  who 
was  born  August,  1850,  in  Brunswick,  Canada, 
and  now  resides  at  Crystal,  Maine.  lie  is  a 
farmer.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  for 
a  number  of  year^  lie  has  been  the  tax  col- 
lector. During  the  civil  war  he  ran  away  from 
home  to  enlist  in  the  arni_\-,  but  was  sent  home 
on  account  of  his  youth.  He  married  Lucy 
Plockter,  who  was  borr.  in  Ohio.  August,  1S60. 
Children  of  Martin  \"an  Buren  Main:  i.  Henry 
Main,  born  February,  1881 ;  married  Ethel 
\\'el)stcr,  of  Patten;  he  is  employed  by  the 
Bangor  &  Aroostook  Railroad  Company,  and 
is  proprietor  of  a  moving  picture  theatre  in 
Patten.  2.  Margaret  B.,  married  Caleb  War- 
ren Scribner,  mentioned  above.  3.  Dora  Alain, 
born  June,  1889;  married  John  Douglas,  of 
Crystal,  ]\Iaine,  where  they  reside.  4.  Martin 
L.j  November,  1S92;  graduate  of  the  Patten 
Academy  in  1913.  cm[iloyed  on  the  Bangor  & 
Aroostook  railroad.  5.  Bertram  3.1ain,  born 
August  13.  1S94,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Agnes 
Bernice  Main,  twin  of  Bertram,  died  in  in- 
fancy.    7.  Stanley,  August  13,  1899. 

Martin  L.  Main,  father  of  Martin  \'an  Buren 
Alain,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  Canada, 
March,  1828,  and  is  now  living  in  Crystal, 
Maine.  He  had  a  farm  in  Oxboro,  }\Iaine,  on 
the  Aroostook  river,  and  afterward  another  in 
■Crystal.  He  is  now  retired.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Prohibitionist.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free 
Will  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  has  been 
deacon  for  many  years.  He  married  INIaria 
Curo,  who  was  born  in  Scotland,  1S20,  died  in 
Crystal,  190S.  Children  of  ALartin  L.  Main: 
I.  James  Main,  married  Julia  Hoxter.  2.  Eliza 
Main,  married  Henry  Downing,  of  Groveton. 
3.  Martin  V.  B..  mentioned  above.  4.  Isadore 
Alain,  married  \\'illiam  McFarland,  now  of 
Island  Falls.  5.  Martha,  born  at  Oxbow, 
Maine;  married  Murray  Nason.  6.  Alary 
Alain,  married  f first)  David  Campbell,  ("sec- 
ond)  James  AIcKeen,  (third)  Simeon  Pomeroy, 
of  Aledway.  7.  Jane  Alain,  died  at  Groveton, 
married  Edward'  Blake.  8.  John  Alain,  mar- 
ried   (first)    Lillian   Marston,  of  New  Castle, 

Alaine,  (second)  Alice ,  and  they  reside 

in  Hersey,  Alaine.  9.  Charles  Alain,  married 
Annie  Barton.  Children  of  Air.  and  Airs. 
Caleb  W.  Scribner:  Tenie.  born  July  16.  1906; 
Daniel,  February  26,  190S:  Elizabeth  Chad- 
bourne,  October  2,  1909:  Archie,  Alay  3,  191 1  ; 
Hugh,  twin  of  .Archie. 


Jarvis  or  Jarvice  Gould  or  GooKl 
GOCLD  was  the  innnigrant  ancestor  of 
the  Gould  family  in  America,  lie 
came  from  county  Kent,  Eiiglan  1,  in  1635,  and 
settled  in  llingham,  Alassachusctts,  where  he 
had  a  house  lot  of  five  acres,  on  South  street, 
near  Mersey  street,  July  3,  1636.  He  sold  it 
to  Thomas  Lincoln,  the  weaver.  He  was  a 
cordwainer  and  a  member  of  the  church.  He 
removed  to  Boston  and  died  there  Alay  27, 
1656,  aged  fifty-one  years.    He  married  Alary 

,  who  died  prior  to  his  death.    Children  : 

John,  mentioned  Ijelow ;  Joseph,  born  Alarch 
II,  baptized  Alarch  25,  1649. 

(II)  John  Gould,  son  of  Jarvis  Gould,  \vas 
born  July  28,  and  baptized  in  Boston,  August 
^o,  1646.  He  was  a  trooper  in  King  Philiji's 
war  in  1676,  and  a  soldier  in  1682.  Fie  mar- 
ried, August  21,  1673,  Alary  Crosman,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  and  Sarah  Crosman.  He  sur- 
vived his  wife  and  died  at  Taunton,  wdierc  he 
resided,  December  14,  171 1.  Children:  Mary, 
died  young;  John,  mentioned  below:  Hannali, 
Joseph,  Nathaniel.  Alary,  Jabez,  Ijcn.jamin, 
Elizabeth. 

(III)  Joseph  Gould,  son  of  John  Gould, 
came  to  Kittery,  Alaine,  when  he  was  twenty- 
two  years  old.  lie  bought  in  17^  land  at  Tre- 
worgy's  Point,  in  the  north  part  of  Eliot,  and 
he  died  there  Alay,  1762,  aged  eighty-two  years. 
He  married,  at  Kittery,  in  1705.  Bethiah  Fur- 
bish, daughter  of  Will'iam  Furbish.  Children: 
Alary,  born  Alay  22,  1706-07;  Bethia,  married 
Richard  Church  Jr. ;  ^^'illiam,  married  Ann 
Searles;  Samuel,  mentioned  below-;  Joseph; 
Hannah,  married  Robert  Tidy  ;  Sarah. 

(IV)  Samuel  Gould,  son  of  Joseph  Gould, 
w^as  born  at  Kittery,  Alaine,  and  settled  in  Ber- 
wick, Alaine.     His  will  was  proved  July  27, 

1779.     He  married  Sarah  .     Children: 

Samuel,  married  and  had  children,  Ezra  and 
Samuel,  of  Dixmont,  Alaine;  Alussey,  married 

Elizabeth    Robinson;    Alary,    married   

Jepson ;  Sarah,  married  Jedediah  Alorrill : 
Judith.  The  Quaker  records  show  the  mar- 
riage of  Alussey  Gould.  September  28.  1751, 
to  Alartha  Frye ;  and,  January  2j,  1768,  to 
Elizabeth  Tibbitts ;  the  marriage  of  Samuel 
Gould  to  Sarah  Hanson,  August  22,  1761,  and 
of  Samuel  Ir.  to  Alargaret  Hussev,  October  4, 
1761. 

(\T)  Edward  Gould,  grandson  of  Samuel 
Gould,  founder  of  the  Berwick  branch,  was  a 
farmer  in  Berwick,  Alaine.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward, a  farmer  and  butcher,  died  at  Berwick; 

married    ;    children:     Alartin,    married 

Abbie  AI.  Gould :  Edward  ;  Albert  and  a  daugh- 
ter. 2.  Samuel,  died  at  Houlton:  married  Sally 
Alorrison.    who    subsequently   married    Oliver 


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CioiiW,  mentioned   below.     3.  Janics,   died   at 

lloulton;  married •  Fnsbie.     4.  Daniel, 

,l;cd  at  IJerwiek,  a  farmer.     5.  Lydia,  died  at 
I'.crwick,  unmarried.     0.  Oliver,  mentioned  be- 

(Vll)  Oliver  Gould,  son  of  Edward  Gould, 
\v;is  born  at  Berwick,  r\Iaine,  April  y,  1S04, 
died  at  New  Limerick,  Maine,  July  10,  1805. 
lie  attended  tlie  public  schools.  Ele  became  a 
farmer  in  New  Limerick,  where  he  owned  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  lumber 
mills.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  he 
took  a  prominent  part  in  town  aftairs.  He 
attended  the  Methodist  church,  lie  married 
Sally  ( -Morrison)  Gould,  born  at  Parsontield, 
Maine,  June  28,  iSii,  died  at  Fort  Fairrield, 
August  6,  1S97.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
liaptist  church.  Children,  all  born  in  New 
Limerick,  ;\Iaine:  i.  Abbie  AL,  born  May  23, 
1S30,  died  April  17,  1S8S,  in  Lowell;  married 
Martin  B.  Gould,  her  first  cousin,  of  Berwick, 
Maine,  a  railroad  man,  killed  in  a  railroad  acci- 
dent. 2.  Samuel  J.,  horn  April  10,  1832,  died 
at  ^Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  November  18, 
1902;  a  railroad  man,  afterward  a  farmer  near 
Minneapolis;  married  Carrie  Olmsiead.  3. 
Mary  Jane,  September  j,  1834,  died  at  Patten, 
jMaine,  January  5,  1907;  married  John  O. 
Bradbury,  of  New  Limerick,  a  railroad  man, 
killed  in  a  railroad  accident.  4.  Daiiitl  E.,  born 
June  12,  1S36,  died  at  Minneapolis,  2\Iay  20, 
1877  ;  ^  railroad  and  hmiberman.  5.  Fltnry 
Harrison,  mentioned  below.  6.  Albert  O.,  born 
August  25,  1842,  died  at  New  Limerick,  No- 
vember 10,  1861.  7.  Sarah  F.,  born  July  3, 
1846,  died  November  19.  1S61,  at  New  Lim- 
erick. 8.  John  F.,  horn  September  11,  1849; 
married  Ella  Howe,  of  ^linneapolis ;  he  is  a 
druggist  in  that  city. 

(\ni)  Henry  Flarrison  Gould,  son  of 
Oliver  Gould,  was  born  at  New  Limerick, 
Maine,  April  17,  1S40.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  until  1S60,  when  he  assisted  his 
father  on  the  homestead  at  New  Lim»erick  until 
1SS7.  He  then  bought  a  farm  in  Fort  Fair- 
field, Maine,  having  sold  the  homestead  to 
which  he  succeeded.  In  1904  he  sold  his  farm 
in  Fort  Fairtield  and  bought  a  place  of  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  in  Patten,  where  he 
has  since  lived.  In  politics  he  is  independent. 
He  was  selectman  of  New  Limerick  for  sev^ 
eral  years,  and  member  of  the  school  boaru, 
and  also  town  treasurer.  Fie  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  of  Patten 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  married, 
December  25,  1870.  at  Linneus,  ]\laine,  Re- 
becca J.  Pipes,  born  in  Albert  county.  New 
Brunswick,  Canada,  in  January,  1S54.  Her 
parents  removed  to  Houlton,  Maine,  when  she 
was  twelve   vears   old  and   she   was  educated 


tiiere  in  the  public  schools.  She  also  is  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  Methodist  church  and  of  the  Grange. 
Children  of  Henry  Harrison  (.iould:  i.  Fred 
11..  born  at  New  Limerick,  November  21,  1871, 
died  at  Fort  Fairliehl,  April  21,  1892.  2.  Al- 
bert O.,  April,  1873;  he  was  educated  in  the 
New  Limerick  schools  and  at  F.astman  Busi- 
ness College  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York; 
cm])loyed  by  the  International  Harvester  Com- 
pany at  Bangor;  married  May  l^lamor,  of  Bar 
Harbor.  3.  Mabel  F.,  born  Marcli  19,  1877; 
graduate  of  the  I'ort  Fairfield  high  school ; 
now  bookkeeper  for  the  Houlton  Furniture 
Company.  4.  Harland  R.,  born  July  18,  1882; 
graduate  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school; 
married  Edna  Hall,  of  Patten;  they  re.-ide  at 
Sherman,  Maine,  where  he  is  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. 5.  Gertrude  L.,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield, 
September  8.  1S90;  graduate  of  the  Patten 
high  school  in  19CK;;  has  taught  school  one 
year  in  Patten  and  two  years  in  I'ort  Fairfield. 
6.  Walter  B.,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  December 
II,  1898;  student  in  the  Patten  high  school. 

Rufus  Pipes,  father  of  Mrs.  Gould,  was  born 
January  29,  1825.  at  Amherst,  Nova  Scotia, 
died  at  Easton,  Maine,  November  22,  1902. 
He  taught  school  for  many  years  in  Albert 
county,  New  Brunswick,  and  afterward  fol- 
lowed farming  in  New  Limerick.  After  re- 
tiring, he  lived  at  Easton.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican. For  niany  years  he  was  deacon  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  married  Jane  Brewster, 
born  in  Albert  county.  New  Brunswick,  April 
16.  1S26.  died  at  New  Limerick.  December  20, 
1899.  Children  of  Rufus  and  Jane  Pipes:  i. 
James  P>rewster,  born  in  Albert  county.  New 
Brunswick,  April  17,  1849;  ^  carpenter:  mar- 
ried Amne  Hackett,  of  Patten,  Maine.  2. 
William  Rufus,  born  Ai)ril  30,  1S51  ;  married 
Sarah  Graham,  of  Woodstock ;  they  reside  at 
I'resque  Isle,  Maine ;  he  is  a  merchant.  3. 
Rebecca  ].,  married  Henry  Harrison  Gould, 
mentioned  above.  4.  Mary  E.,  born  October 
14,  1856;  married  Emery  Hubbard,  of  New 
Hampshire,  a  farmer  later  at  Dover,  Maine, 
where  she  now  resides,  a  widow.  5.  Wallace 
I.,  born  April  16,  1859;  married  Myrtie  Rob- 
bins,  born  at  Oakfield,  Maine;  now  living  at 
Corinna.  Maine.    6.  Herbert  N.,  born  October 

24,  1862;  married  Sophia  ,  of  Dakota; 

they  reside  on  a  farm  in  New  Limerick.  7. 
Annie  I.,  born  July  12,  1S65,  at  Houlton  :  mar- 
ried Hudson  Drew,  of  New  Limerick;  he  is  a 
carpenter  in  Houlton.  8.  Lillian,  born  July 
24.  iSf)S,  in  New  Limerick,  died  there  August, 
1885. 

\Villiam  Pipes,  father  of  Rufus  Pipes,  v.'as 
born  in  Nova  Scotia  and  died  in  .\mherst, 
Nova  Scotia.  He  was  a  ship  builder.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.     He  mar- 


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ried  .     Children,  bom  in  Nova  Scotia : 

I.  Hannah,  married  Harris  Calhoun,  owner  of 
saw  mills.  2.  William  Coglan,  was  postmaster 
of  Albert  for  many  years.  3.  Rufus,  men- 
tioned above.  4.  Thomas,  a  prominent  citizen, 
served  in  the  Canadian  parliament. 


Robert  Clark,  the  immigrant  an- 
CLARK  cestor,  was  born  in  the  north  of 
Ireland  and  came  in  1725  with 
olher_  Scotch-Irish  to  Londonderry.  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  Letitie  Cochrane,  of 
another  prominent  Scotch-Irish  family  of  Lon- 
donderry. Children:  William,  horn  1735: 
John,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  1739;  Ninian. 
1741  ;  Jane,  1742:  Letitia,  1744;  Agnes,  1747; 
Elizabeth,  1750. 

.  John  Clark,  son  of  Robert  Clark,  was  born 
in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  in  1737.  He 
married  Nancy  Stinson.  Children:  Robert, 
David,  Letitia,  Polly,  Ale.xander,  mentioned 
below;  ^^'illiam,  Jane,  Betsey,  John. 

Alexander  Clark,  probably  a  brother  of  Rob- 
ert Clark,  mentioned  above,  was  born  at  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire,  and  was  one  of 
the  early  settlers  of  ISelfast,  Maine.  He  was 
selectman  in  1777.  town  clerk  1781-1800.  He 
died  in  Brooks,  ]\Iaine,  January  31,  1S39,  aged 
ninety-five  years.  His  wife  Hannah  died  De- 
cember 28,  1820.  aged  seventy-eight  years. 
Various  other  Clarks  also  settled  in  Belfast, 
but  it  is  believed  that  the  family  mentioned  be- 
low descended  from  Ale.xander. 

(I)  James  Clark,  a  descendant  of  Alex- 
ander Clark,  was  born  April  7,  1790,  died  at 
Greenfield.  Maine,  April,  1840.  He  lived  in 
Belfast,  Maine,  and  was  a  sailor.  In  1826  he 
moved  to  Greenfield,  Maine,  and  bought  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  which  he  cleared,  and 
he  conducted  a  farm  until  his  death.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1S12  with  Perry's  fleet.  He  married  Sarah 
Dodge,  born  December  2,  1794,  died  at  Green- 
field in  1853.  Children,  born  at  Belfast:  1. 
James,  mentioned  below.  2.  Lavona,  born 
about  1816  ;  married  Frank  Costigan,  a  farmer  ; 
both  deceased.  3.  [Margaret,  born  1818,  died  in 
Burlington,  Maine,  1897:  married  Jeremiah 
Page,  a  farmer,  hotel  proprietor,  lumberman, 
merchant ;  was  prominent  in  Burlington,  and 
well-to-do;  deceased.  4.  Mary,  born  1820; 
married  Edward  Coney,  brother  of  ex-Gov- 
ernor Coney,  of  Maine;  live'l  in  Augusta, 
Maine.  5.  Robert,  born  1822.  died  at  Green- 
field. 1852;  married  Emily  Dollitf,  of  Green- 
field ;  she  lives  in  ^Morrill,  Maine,  having  mar- 
ried (second)  Joseph  Mears ;  children  of  Rob- 
ert: Robert  F.,  lives  in  Freedom.  Maine,  a 
tinsmith,  and  George,  of  Morrill,  Maine. 

(II)  James    (2)    Clark,   son   of  James    (i) 


Clark,  was  born  at  Belfast,  Maine.  October  2, 
1814,  died  at  Sherman,  Maine,  January  22, 
1882.  He  was  eilucated  at  Belfast,  and  owned 
his  father's  farm  in  Greenfield.  In  1865  he 
moved  to  Sherman,  where  he  purchased  one 
hundred  and  seventy-five  acres,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat, 
and  later  a  Republican.  He  served  as  road 
commissioner,  school  agent,  and  in  other  town 
offices.  He  married.  October  23,  1842,  Maria 
.■\.  Jackson,  who  was  born  in  Belfast,  January 
II.  1S24,  died  in  Sherman,  September  2,  iS'j(j. 
Children:  I.  Arsenath.  born  September  14, 
1S43.  '"  Greenfield,  died  September  16,  1846. 
2.  Robert,  born  June  2,  1S47.  i"  Greenfield, 
enlisted  in  1S64  in  Fourteenth  Regiment  Maine 
\'olunteers.  and  died  at  Georgetown,  South 
Carolina,  1865,  unmarried.  3.  Luther,  men- 
tioned below. 

(  III )  Luther  Clark,  son  of  James  (2)  Clark, 
was  born  in  Greenfield.  Maine,  May  3,  1849. 
He  was  sixteen  years  of  age  when  his  parents 
moved  to  Sherman.  He  attended  the  Green- 
field and  Sherman  schools  until  1S67,  when  he 
began  to  work  on  his  father's  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  acres  at  Sherman  Mills. 
He  inherited  this  farm  from  his  father,  and 
has  lived  on  it  all  his  life  since.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  married,  in  Sherman, 
May  3,  1S74,  Jessie  F.  Perry  (see  Perry  HI). 
Children,  born  in  Sherman:  i.  Waldo  \\'., 
born  July  21,  1875;  attended  school  in  Sher- 
man, and  lives  at  Sherman  r\[il!s;  is  a  cattle 
buyer  and  butcher;  married  Ethel  Greaves,  of 
Silver  Ridge,  Maine;  children:  Maurice  James, 
born  at  Sherman,  September  6,  1903 ;  Eleanor 
Greaves,  Sherman,  November  14,  1905;  Made- 
line, Sherman.  June  8,  igo8.  2.  Effie  A.,  born 
September  16,  1877;  married  Chester  A.  Bar- 
rows, of  Sangerville,  Maine;  they  live  at  Win- 
terport,  Maine,  where  he  is  station  agent  for 
the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  railroad.  3.  Lizzie 
E.,  born  July  5.  1879,  died  April  8,  1888.  4. 
Luther  Jackson,  born  December  23.  1881  ;  edu- 
cated in  Slierman  and  at  Bucksport  Seminary; 
married  Eleanor  Coombs  \Villiams,  of  Sanger- 
ville :  child,  Florence  Arsenath.  born  in  Sanger- 
ville. Maine,  December  i,  1913:  they  live  in 
Arlington,  where  he  runs  a  garage.  5.  Mattie 
E.,  born  February  6,  1886;  graduate  of  Sher- 
Bian  high  school,  and  of  the  Eastern  Maine 
General  Hos[iital  at  Bangor;  is  a  trained  nurse 
in  Bangor.  6.  Jessie  Perry,  born  July  11,  1S87; 
graduate  of  Sherman  high  school;  is  a  tele- 
graph operator  at  Sherman  Station  for  the 
Bangor  &  Aroostook  railroad.  7.  \'erna  A., 
born  .August  30,  1889;  graduate  of  high  school 
at  Winterport,  Maine,  and  also  studied  at  Cas- 
tine  Normal  School ;  has  taught  at  Sangerville. 
Silver  Ridge,  North  East  Carry,  and  Sherman. 


NEW  KNGI.ANl) 


Maine.  8.  Ralph  W.,  born  December  2.  iSoi  ; 
graduate  of  Sangerville  high  school :  unmar- 
ried;  is  at  a  garage  at  Wintcrport,  livinL;  with 
his  parents.  9.  h'red  P.,  born  C)ctol)er  4.  iS'/i. 
died  October  14.  1S97. 

(The  Perry  Line). 

Three  Perry  brothers  came  from  llngland, 
and  one  settled  in  New  York  state,  one  in 
Connecticut,  and  one  in  Vermont.  This  branch 
is  descended  from  the  \"ermont  famih. 

(I)  William  Perry  was  born  in  \'crm.>nt 
about  1804,  died  at  Exeter,  Maine,  about  1842. 
He  was  a  carpenter,  being  skilled  at  his  trade. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  lie  married  Mary 
Elizabeth  IMcCard,  born  in  1806,  died  at  Sher- 
man about  1869.  Children:  i.  Joseph  T., 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
1829,  died  at  Sherman  in  1909;  married  Ezra 
Cushman.  of  Sherman,  a  farmer.  3.  Albert, 
born  1831,  died  at  Haverhill  ]\Iassachusetts. 
1911;  married  Susanna  Pcavy.  of  Patten. 
Maine,  and  she  died  at  Groveland.  Massachu- 
setts. 4.  Son.  died  young.  5.  Samuel,  born 
1835,  died  at  Groveland;  enlisted  from  Massa- 
chusetts in  1862  and  served  nearly  two  years, 
dying  a  few  years  later.  6.  Jonathan  Ai,  born 
in  1838.  at  Exeter,  Maine;  lives  at  ,Sherninn 
Station;  married  Lois  Frank,  of  Sherman, 
born  1841  in  Blue  Hill,  IMauie,  died  in  ic;oi. 
7.  ^^'illiam.  born  1840.  died  in  civil  war,  enlist- 
ing from  Groveland.  and  dying  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  8.  Helen,  born  1842.  died  at  (^'.rove- 
land  about  1865:  married  Daniel  Sawyer,  a 
jeweler  of- Groveland. 

(II)  JosephT.  Perry,  son  of  William  Perry, 
was  born  August  23,  1827,  at  Exeter,  Maine, 
and  now  lives  in  Sherman,  a  retired  farmer. 
He  was  nineteen  years  of  age  when  he  went  to 
Sherman,  and  at  first  he  ran  a  mill,  later  buy- 
ing a  farm  there.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, and  he  has  served  as  road  commissionof,- 
as  school  superintendent  and  in  other  town 
ofHces.  He  married  (first)  Emily  Cushman, 
born  in  P.uckficld,  ]Maine.  died  in  Sherman. 
He  married  (second)  Charlotte  E.  Eaton,  born 
May  29,  1836,  in  Strong,  iMaine  :  died  at  Sher- 
man, November,  1908^  She  was  of  Scotch 
descent.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Emily, 
died  in  infancy.  2.  Lizzie  M.,  married  Ed-;on 
C)wen,  of  Sherman;  Hves  at  P.radiord,  }>Ia<sa- 
chusetts ;  he  is  a  plumber.  3.  William  A.,  died 
at  Somerville.  Massachusetts:  married  Nettie 
Longfellow,  of  Silver  Ridge;  was  a  member 
of  Somerville  Fire  Department;  she  married 
(second)  Samuel  Pease,  a  retired  carriage 
manufacturer,  and  they  live  at  Merrimac,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children  by  second  wife,  born  in 
Sherman:  4.  Jessie  Freemont,  mentioned  be- 
low.   5.  Florence  E.,  born  September  17,  1859; 


attended  S!Kini;in  ilit;li  School;  married 
I'.oarduian  W.  Ctnti-,.  nf  I'.hie  Hill.  Maine;  he 
died  at  Sherman  in  l';(i-, ;  was  a  farmer.  6. 
Daniel  II..  born  .M,-iy  (.."iSoi  ;.attended  Sher- 
man High  School;  iiKirried  (li:>t)  Carrie  E. 
Whitney',  of  Dam.-iriMMtta,  Maine;  (second) 
l'jnm;i  I L'\itt,  of  t  aiibou,  .M.iine;  they  live  in 
SluTUKui.  7.  .Mallie  I'..  lioMi  December  25, 
18(17:  attciKk-d  Sherman  lligii  School;  mar- 
ried John  I'ea-e.  of  .Merrimac.  Massachusetts, 
carria;;e  n',;uuifactuier.  deceased;  she  lives  at 
-Mrrrim.ic. 

(  III  )  JeSMv  I'reemoiit  IVrrv,  daughter  of 
Jovepli  T.  IVrry,  \\a-  'uom  ]vuc  10,  1S37,  in 
Sheinian.  Mie  ;itien(|ri|  the  Sherman  High 
School.  She  is  a  nuniber  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  Slie  married  l.nther  Clark,\.f 
Sherman  Mills  (see  Clark  llll. 

Colonel  Clavton  came  with  a 
CLAVTOX      r.riti.sh    re.giment    from   Eng- 
land  during   the   Revolution. 
.\t  the  elo-c  of  the  war  he  went  with  his  regi- 
ment to  St.  John.  New   Prunswick,  where  he 
located  on  a  government  grant  at  Sheffield  or 

Majorfield.     lie  marrreil  ■ .Archibald,  of 

Xew  'N'ork  Citv.  .Ninc/ng  their  children  was 
L^■man.  iiieiitioni'd  bilow. 

'(II)  Lym.ni  (.■|ayton,  ^on  of  C'olonel  Clay- 
ton, was  born  at  ShelTield  or  Majorfield,  Xew 
liriniswick,  and  died  at  an  advanced  age  in 
iSf>(i.  in  l\ast  .'-^aginaw,  Michigan.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  Inniberman.  Late  in  life  he  went 
to  Michigan  with  four  or  five  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Cliililren:  I.  ( ieorge,  died  in  New 
Prun^wick.  2.  .\rchil)akl,  farmer,  miller  and 
lumherman.  [irohably  died  in  Michigan.  3. 
John,  was  at  one  time  a  police  officer  at  Sagi- 
naw City.  4.  r.noeh.  ueiit  to  the  then  distant 
West.  5.  Ired.  lived  in  Canada,  opposite  De- 
troit, Michigan,  w,i-  a  stone  mason.  6.  Charles 
Washbtu-n,  mentioned  l)elo\\-.    7.  .\nn,  married 

McKay,  a  hotel  ])ro|irietor  in   Detroit. 

8.  Eliza,  married  a  farmer  in  .Michigan. 

(llll  Cliarle.s  Washlnirn  Clayt.m.  s..n  of 
I.vnian  Chuton.  wa-.  Imrn  at  Majorfield.  Xew 
I'.runsuick.'janiKiry  15,  1S20,  .lied  at  Ashland. 
Maine.  CAtoln-r  i(>.  i>^ij(,.  He  was  a  farmer, 
lnmbL-rm:in.  n;ill  owner  and  a  maniifacturei  of 
starch,  lie  located  in  Plantatii.in  Xo.  8,  Maine, 
and  after  a  few  >ears  ther.e  moved  to  Masar- 
di-,  where  ht  livei!  for  about  "^ix  years,  'i'hence 
he  went  to  ("iarheld  and  finally  to  Ashlaml. 
.Maine.  In  [lojitics  he  wa^  a  Kepubiican  He 
enli-ted  in  the  ci\i!  v\ar  in  the  h'ltteenth  .Maine 
Regiment  \oIunteer  Infantry  and  served  about 
eight  months.  He  was  di-charged  on  account 
of  illness.  He  was  a  member  of  the  .-Vshland 
I'rote.stant  IJn-copal  Church,  and  of  Pioneer 
Lodge.   Xo.   yj.   I'ree  and   .\ccepted    .MasMis. 


-.'.■    •  I  -rjf'-'d  •//no'!    O'-^iilT 

■/■j/  'I.  -.ihloi-,  5n -I  bur, 
;•/■/  .  .-•  ;.nv.  ;,;:,;, ^■>nnr,-> 
;  ."  ■    •  ,!i    r.-rir    Ivthri-rj?-'.!.  ,i 


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of  Ashland.  He  married  Sarah  E.  Fernel  or 
Fernakl,  born  at  Glcnburn,  Maine,  Xovembcr 
20,  1829,  died  at  Garfield  Plantation  in  Febru- 
ary, 1S85.  She  was  also  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church.  Children:  i. 
Ira,  mentioned  below.  2.  Charles  Frederic, 
born  December,  1850;  married  Mary  Mc- 
Oucry,  of  New  P.runswick;  they  reside  at 
Ashland ;  he  is  a  farmer.  3.  Inez  Ann.  born 
1853;  married  George  Randolph  Ketchum,  of 
\\'oodstock,  New  Enmswick,  now  a  farmer  in 
Garfield  Plantation;  she  died  in  Ashland  in 
1S93.  4.  Ida  May,  born  December  9,  1855; 
niarrlcil  Wilbur  Bartlett.  born  at  Ashland,  now 
a  farmer  at  Garfield.  5.  Abbie,  born  February 
23,  1862;  married  (first)  William  Smith,  of  St. 
John,  New  P)runswick,  a  hay  buyer  of  Fort 
Fairfield ;  married  (second)  George  Randolph 
Ketchum,  mentioned  above;  resides  at  Gar- 
field. 6.  George  W.,  born  August  24,  1863 ; 
married  (first)  Rose  Gordon,  of  Masardis ; 
(second)  Edna  Gordon,  her  sister,  who  died  in 
Masardis ;  he  resides  in  Garfield. 

(IV)  Ira  Clayton,  son  of  Charles  Wash- 
burn Clayton,  was  born  ten  miles  south  of 
Masardis  in  Aroostook  county,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1849.  He  attended  the  public 
schools.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm  and 
in  winter  followed  lumbering  in  the  woods 
until  he  was  twenty  }cars  old.  He  th^'n  became 
a  contractor  for  hauling  logs.  Pie  also  fol- 
lowed farming  until  189S,  when  he  retired. 
He  is  now  living  at  Wasliburn  with  his  wife 
on  the  farm  of  his  son,  Charles  W.  Clayton. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  Republican  in  poH- 
•tics,  but  is  now  a  Progressive.  He  has  been 
assessor  of  the  town  of  Garfield  and  for  three 
years  was  town  treasurer.  He  is  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  He 
is  a  member  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  No.  "/i.  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  married.  >.Iarch 
13,  1870,  in  Garfield,  Adelia  Robinson,  born  in 
Ashland,  November,  1849.  Children,  all  born 
in  Garfield:  i.  Xorine  Isl.,  born  December, 
1870;  married  Frank  McDonald,  a  druggist  in 
Boston.  2.  Charles  W.,  born  September,  1872 ; 
married  Louise  Sinclair,  of  St.  John  Planta- 
tion, Maine ;  he  is  a  sawyer  in  Seattle,  ^^■ash- 
ington.  3.  Ada  K.,  born  June  i,  1874;  a 
stenographer,  Boston.  4.  John  R.,  born  No- 
vember 3.  1876;  married  Annie  Munn,  of 
Mapleton,  now  of  Skowhegan,  a  farmer.  5. 
Clarence  L.,  born  March,  1878;  resides  in 
Oakland  and  has  charge  of  the  timber  lands  of 
the  Ashland  ^Manufacturing  Company.  6.  Ira, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Sarah  L.,  born  July, 
18S3;  died  in  Washburn.  October  20,  1912; 
marVied  Leroy  Ballard,  a  carpenter,  of  Wash- 
burn. 8.  James,  born  April,  18S5 ;  married 
(first)     Augusta     Wilder;     (second)     Mabel 


Rockwell,  of  Washburn.  9.  Archie,  born 
March  6,    1890, 

Daniel  Robinson,  father  of  .\delia  (Robin- 
son) Clayton,  was  born  in  Kennebec  county, 
Maine,  died  at  Ashland  about  1873.  Pie  was 
a  farmer  in  Ashland  all  his  active  life.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Mary 
Ann  Rafford,  born  August,  1823;  she  is  living 
in   Ashland.      Children   of   Daniel   and    Mary 

Ann    Robinson:      i.    Orrin.    married    

Smith,  of  Masardis:  he  is  a  farmer  in  .Ash- 
land. 2.  Lnt.  married  Fannie  Bolton  ;  resides 
on  his  father's  farm,  .Ashland.  3.  Adelia,  mar- 
ried Ira  Clayton,  mentioned  above.    4.  Charles, 

married  (first) \\'est ;  (second)  Jennie 

Bolton,  a  sister  of  Fannie  Bolton,  just  men- 
tioned; they  reside  at  Masardis.  5.  Esther, 
married  David  Stevens,  of  Ashland,  a  farmer 
there.  6.  Isabel,  married  Fielder  Bolton, 
brother  of  Jennie  Bolton  ;  a  farmer,  at  Smyrna. 

(V)  Ira  (2)  Cl'i>"ton,  son  of  Ira  (i)  Clay- 
ton, was  born  at  Garfield  Plantation,  Maine, 
October  3,  1S81.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  until  1890  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Mapleton,  where  he  also 
attended  school.  He  began  to  work  in  the 
lumber  business  when  he  was  fifteen  and  con- 
tinued in  the  woods  and  on  the  river  drive  for 
eight  winters.  In  1S98  he  bought  a  farm  on 
the  State  road  in  Mapleton,  consisting  of  a 
hundred  acres.  In  1905  he  sold  this  farm  and 
bought  another  of  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
two  acres  in  Washburn,  where  he  has  since 
lived.  He  has  ninety-five  acres  in  cultivation. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He -is  a  mem- 
ber of  Castle  Hill  Grange.  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. Knights  of  IMaccabees  of  Castle  Hill, 
and  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  Mav  22.  1910.  in  \\'a5hburn, 
Jessie  Sloat,  born  there  March  8,  1885.  She 
attends  the  Baptist  church.  Joseph  Sloat,  her 
father,  was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  February 
29,  1852.  He  is  a  farmer  in  Washburn,  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  married  Martha 
Burtsill.  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  April  i,  1859: 
Children  of  Joseph  Sloat:  i.  Inez,  married 
Miles  Pelkey,  of  Washburn.  2.  Alice,-  mar- 
ried Plenry  Howes,  of  Ashland.  3.  Pearl,  died 
in  Mapleton,  December,  1908.  4.  Hester,  mar- 
ried Alden  Webber,  of  Alapleton,  a  farmer. 
5.  Henry,  married  Lou  Sloat,  of  Easton, 
Elaine,  resides  on  a  farm  in  Washburn.  6. 
Jessie,  married  Ira  Clayton,  mentioned  above. 
Abram  Sloat,  father  of  Joseph  Sloat.  was  born 
in  Xew  Brunswick,  1826,  died  at  Castle  Hill, 
Maine,  1899.  He  was  a  farmer  in  his  native 
place  and  afterward  at  Castle  Hill,  where  he 
died.  He  married  Martha  Henderson,  born  in 
Xew  Brunswick,  182S.  died  at  Castle  Hill, 
1902.     Children  of  Abram  Sloat:     i.  Darius, 


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,i:cd  at  Easton,  Maine;  married  (first)  Gussie 
i'.uinp;  (second)  Laura  Elliott,  now  of  Easton. 
J.  Joseph,  mentioned  above.  3,  Abram,  a 
farmer,  Ashland,  married  Olive  Martin,  of 
Ashland.  4.  Benjamin,  died  in  the  service  in 
tlie  civil  war.  5.  Hiram,  a  farmer,  died  at 
Cnstle  Hill;  married  Nellie  Fitz  Herbert,  of 
J'ort  Fairfield;  now  living  at  Castle  Hill.  6. 
Allen,  a  mail  carrier  at  Fort  Fairfield.  7. 
.Martha,  died  at  Castle  Hill;  married  Charles 
.•^niith,  a  farmer  of  Castle  Hill.  8.  Charlotte, 
died  at  Castle  Hill;  married  Richard  Bell.  9. 
Lydia,  married  George  Mitchell.  10.  Ada. 
married  George  Robinson,  of  Prcsque  Isle,  a 
livery  stable  owner  and  wagon  dealer,  11. 
Dora,  married  Samuel  Moullon,  of  fJoston, 
employed  in  the  watch  factory  at  Wahham. 
Ma^sachusetts.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ira  Cla)ton 
have  one  child.  Athil,  born  September  29, 
191 2. 


Anthony  Potter,  the  immigrant 
POTTER     ancestor,  was  born  in  England 

in  162S,  died  in  1690.  He  set- 
tled in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he  is 
first  recorded  in  164S.  His  house  was  situated 
near  the  stone  mill,  being  the  one  which  was 
built  by  Major-General  Daniel  Denison.  Later 
Mr.  Potter  lived  opposite  the  soldiers'  monu- 
ment, and  about  1661  he  built  a  "itan-lo"  on 
that  site,  with  the  town's  permission.  The 
liouse  was  next  the  old  tavern  which  still 
stands ;  the  old  inn-keepers  there  were  Jol;n 
Sparks,  Rogers,  Smith  and  Treadwell,  the  lat- 
ter having  been  the  keeper  during  the  Revolu- 
tion. I\Ir.  Potter  owned  a  farm,  one  of  the 
best  in  town,  on  the  road  to  Salem,  about  a 
mile  southwest  of  Ipswich  village,  and  extend- 
ing north  to  Ipswich  river.  He  was  success- 
ful in  the  raising  of  fruit.  He  and  his  wife 
gave  a  silver  cup  to  the  Ipswich  Church.  His 
wife's  tombstone  at  Ipswich  bears  the  follow- 
ing inscription:  "Here  lys  hurried  Mrs.  Eliz- 
abeth Potter,  who  died  March  ye  10,  171 2, 
aged  83  years.  A  tender  mother, — A  prudent 
wife, — At  God"s  command — Resigned  her 
life."  Anthony  Potter  married  Elizabeth 
Whipple,  born  1629,  died  1712,  daughter  of 
Deacon  John  and  Sarah  Whipple.  Children : 
John,  born  at  Ipswich  in  1652;  Edmund,  born 
at  Ipswich  in  1654;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  died  1745;  Anthony,  died  1756;  Eliz- 
abeth, born  about  1661,  died  before  1730; 
Lydia. 

(II)  Samuel  Potter,  son  of  Anthony  Potter, 
was  born  at  Ipswich,  ^lassachusetts,  died  in 
1714.  He  married  (first)  Joanna  \\'ood.  born 
in  1661,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Mercy 
(Thompson)    Wood.      He    married    (second) 

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April  18,  1692,  Ruth  Dunton.  He  married 
(third)  December  4,  1705,  Sarah  Burnett, 
widow  of  Robert  Burnett.  Children  by  first 
wife,  born  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts:  David, 
born  March  z-j,  16S5;  Sarah,  twin  of  David; 
Joanna,  born  June  1(5,  16S6;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Thomas,  born  April  15,  1691  ; 
Elizabeth;  Henry.  Children  by  second  wife, 
born  in  Ipswich:  Antiiony,  born  October  2, 
169G,  not  mentioned  in  his  father's  will; 
Esther,  born  December  18.  1703,  died  1703; 
Ezekiel,  Iwrn  in  1704.  Children  by  third  wife, 
born  in  Ipswich:  Esther,  born  September  10, 
1707;  Lydia,  born  June  4,  1710;  Abigail,  born 
September  6,  17 13. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2)  Potter,  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  Potter,  was  born  in  I[)swich,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1 688,  died  in  1747.  He  married, 
November  17,  1712,  Hannah  Dresser,  born 
in  16S1-S2,  died  in  1728.  She  was  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  ^lary  (Leaver)  Dresser.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Topsfield,  Massachusetts  :  ]\Iary, 
baptized  March  14,  1714,  died  in  infancy; 
^lary,  born  ^lay  7,  1715;  Elizabeth,  born  June 
30,  1717,  died  (October  25,  1734;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  born  June  28,  1724. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3)  Potter,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Potter,  was  born  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
June  28.  1719.  died  in  1759.  He  married,  July 
12,  1738,  Abigail  Cummings,  born  in  1719, 
died  in  1765.  She  was  daughter  of  I.^^aac  and 
Abigail  (Boardman)  Cummings.  Children, 
born  in  Topsfield :  Jeremiah,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 17,  1742;  Hannah,  baptized  September  11, 
1743;  Daniel,  baptized  June  15,  1746;  Pru- 
dence, baptized  July  17,  174S;  Solomon,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  baptized  September  17, 
1752:  Abigail,  baptized  June  18,  1758,  at 
Topsfield. 

(V)  Solomon  Potter,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Potter,  was  born  at  Limebrook  Parish.  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts.  July  29,  1749,  died  May 

25.  1800,  in  Whitefield,  Elaine.  lie  settled  in 
New  Castle,  now  Alma.  Lincoln  county,  Maine, 
after  his  first  marriage,  and  moved  to  White- 
field  in  17S2.  His  sons.  Captain  Aaron,  Ma- 
jor Daniel  and  Deacon  John,  all  served  in 
the  War  of  1812.  Solomon  Potter  married 
(first)  June  11.  1776.  Jane  Leighton.  born  in 
1755.  died  in  1794.  He  married  (second)  Sep- 
tember 20,  1795,  Rachel  Bartlett,  born  in 
1770,  died  in  1813.  She  was  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Lydia  (Chase)  Bartlett.  Children  by 
first  wife,  born  in  New  Castle.  Maine :  Aaron, 
born  March  I,  1777;  Daniel,  born  .September 
1(1.  1781.  Born  in  Whitefield:  Solomon,  born 
February  25,    1784;   Ezekiel.  born   December 

26,  17S5  ;  Hannah,  born  April  22,  1787;  Mary 
(Polly),  born  July  16.  1790;  Jane,  born  Feb- 


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riiary  ii,  1792.  Children  by  second  wife,  born 
in  Whitefield:  John,  born  September  jtj,  1796; 
James,  mentioned  below. 

(Vl)  James  Potter,  son  of  Solomon  Pot- 
ter, was  born  in  \\'hiteheld,  Maine,  Feliruary 
1,  1800,  died  .March  15.  1875,  at  Limestone, 
I\Iaine.  He  was  a  fanner  in  the  town  of 
Perry,  and  later  in  Caribou.  He  lived  in 
Limestone  after  his  retirement  from  active 
life.  ]ji  politics  he  was  a  Whig,  and  later  a 
Republican.  .  He  married,  at  Perry,  Maine, 
Mary  Goulding,  born  in  1806,  died  in  18S1, 
from  drowning  by  falling  from  a  bridge  at 
Caribou.  Maine.  (The  Potter  Genealogy  gives 
the  dates  of  her  birth  and  death  as  iSi  1-1876). 
Children,  born  in  Perry,  Maine:  i.  Lucy  .Ann, 
born  March  19,  1830;  died  in  Penobscot 
county,  ]\L-iine ;  married  Amial  Keen,  of  Ken- 
nebec county,  Maine;  he  died  in  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick,  where  he  was  a  hostler.  2.  Joseph 
Conant,  born  April  24,  1831;  lives  in  King- 
man, Maine,  a  well-to-do  farmer ;  married 
Maggie  Jacobs,  of  Danforth,  Maine,  deceased. 
3.  I'eter  Goulding,  born  December  31,  1832, 
was  drowned  in  Meadow  Brook,  February  16, 
1858,  while  breaking  up  a  jam  of  logs  ;  married 
Abbie  A.  Eames,  of  Kennebec  county.  ^Slaine, 

and  she  lives  at  Prentice,  wife  of  James , 

farmer.  4,  George  Everett,  mentioned  below. 
5.  James  Luther,  born  October  11,  1S36,  died 
August  16,  1S64,  being  shot  by  '.he  enemy  on  the 
bank  of  the  Potomac  while  saving  the  Flag, 
being  the  fifth  to  fall  in  same  way  in  one  of 
the  attacks  at  the  time ;  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany B,  Eleventh  Maine  Regiment,  in   1861 ; 

married   Annie ,   who  died  before   the 

war.  6.  Mary  E.,  born  March  10,  1S39,  died 
September  17,  1841.  7.  Rachel  P..,  born  ^Iprch 
31,  184 1,  died  September  12,  1841.  S.  Clark 
G.,  born  I\Iarch  19.  1842:  married  Aima  ^L 
Averill.  9.  Hannah  L.  born  January  19,  1S45. 
died  February  2t,.  1848.  10.  John  Letford, 
born  September  11,  1S46,  died  December  i, 
1854.  II.  Annie  AL,  born  March  i,  1850; 
married  William  E.  Leonard. 

(VH)  Rev.  George  Everett  Potter,  son  of 
James  Potter,  was  born  in  Perry,  Washington 
county,  I\Iaine,  November  19,  1833.  Pie  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  went  to  work  cutting 
cordwood  for  his  father,  and  also  assisted  his 
father  in  the  work  of  the  farm.  Later  he  was 
employed  on  the  river  drive  as  a  lumberman. 
He  enlisted  in  August,  1862,  in  Company  M, 
First  jMaine  Regiment  Heavy  Artillery,  and 
'was  mustered  out  after  the  close  of  the  war  in 
September,  1865.  Pie  took  part  in  the  battles  of 
Spottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor,  Fredericksburg 
and  many  other  engagements.  After  the  war 
he  engaged  in   farming  at  Limestone,   Maine, 


where  lie  owned  three  hundred  acres,  much  of 
which  was  timber  land.  He  cleared  laud  fcjr 
tillage  and  cultivated  this  place  for  nine  years, 
then  sold  it  to  Deacon  Gould.  He  bought  a 
farm  of  eighty  acres  in  Monticello,  wiiere  he 
remained  for  a  few  years.  In  1875  he  became 
a  minister  of  the  Christian  church  and  for 
many  years  he  preached  in  various  towns  in 
Aroostook  county.  He  is  now  retired  from 
active  service  and  residing  in  Easton,  Maine. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married 
(first)  .\bigail  Tryphene  Trolt,  born  in  Perry, 
died  in  Lee.  He  married  (second)  Jane 
Theresa  Banks,  born  in  Ireland,  died  in  Monti- 
cello,  Maine.  Children  by  first  wife:  i. 
George  Frederick,  born  at  De.xtcr  Plantation. 
October  9,  1S55,  died  in  Monticello.  2.  Charles 
Sumner,  born  February  14.  1858;  married, 
July  24,  1880,  Laura  Clendennin.  3.  Louis 
Clark,  born  'May  27,  i860,  died  at  Lee.  4. 
Laurin  Ereemont,  resides  in  Limestone,  Maine. 
Children  by  second  wife:  5.  Lillian  J.,  born  in 
Prentice,  Maine,  July  25,  1867;  m.arried  I'red 
Lowell,  clerk  in  a  department  store.  Provi- 
dence. Rhode  Island.  6.  Harry  Everett,  born 
at  Caribou,  August  25,  1S70;  soldier  in  the 
L'nitod  States  army,  lieutenant,  has  served  in 
the  I'liilippines  and  in  China.  7.  James  Mor- 
gan,  born    September    12,    1871,   at    Caribou; 

married  Gussie ,  of  New  Jersey  ;  resides 

at  Gales  Ferry,  Connecticut;  is  a  ^lethodist 
minister.     8.  John  Garfield,  mentioned  below. 

(\"III)  Dr.  John  Garfield  Potter,  son  of 
Rev.  George  Everett  Potter,  was  born  at  Lime- 
stone, Maine,  September  20.  1879.  His  par- 
ents removed  to  Aloiiticello  when  he  was  two 
years  old  and  he  attended  the  public  schools 
there.  He  graduated  from  Ricker's  Classical 
Institute  at  tloulton,  Maine,  in  the  class  of 
1901.  For  two  years  and  a  half  he  was  an 
attendant  in  the  Rhode  Island  Hospital  at 
I'rovidence  and  for  another  year  was  a  nurse. 
In  1904  he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1908 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  In 
1904  he  joined  the  .Alpha  Kappa  Kappa  fra- 
ternity. Since  graduating  he  has  been  prac- 
ticing medicine  at  lioulton,  Maine.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Progressive.  He  was  elected  on  the 
school  board  in  March,  1913.  He  attends  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  church.  He  is  a  member  of 
Monument  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Houlton ;  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Houlton;  of  the  Maine  State  Med- 
ical Society,  the  Aroostook  County  Medical 
Society  and  the  American  Medical  .Associa- 
tion. 

He  mnrried.  June  1,  1910,  at  Hodgdon, 
Maine.  Eveline  L.  Haskell,  born  at  Hodgdon, 
August  4,  1 886,  and  educated  there  in  the  pub- 


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lie  schools,  at  Ricker's  Classical  Institute  and 
in  the  Aroostook  Hospital.  She  followed  her 
profession  as  a  trained  nurse  until  her  mar- 

""''Tvilliam  Milton  Haskell,  father  of  Mrs.  Tot- 
ter, was  born  at  Hodgdon,  March  24,  1S4O.  He 
followed  farmmg  there  all  his  active  life.  He 
is  a  Prohibitionist  in  politics  and  has  held  the 
office  of  road  commissioner  for  several  terms. 
He  is  a  deacon  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church. 
He  married  Alma  J.  Gidney,  born  at  Jimsack, 
New  Brunswick,  in  November,  1854.  Chil- 
dren of  \\'illiam  Milton  and  Alma  J.  Haskell; 
I.  George  W.,  born  January  30,  1880;  clerk  in 
the  Boston  Store;  married 'Helen  Floyd,  of 
Danforth,  Maine,  now  of  Houlton ;  child.  Lois 
Evaline.  born  January  31,  1908.  2.  Willard 
W.,  born  May  3.  1882  :  resides  in  North  \'an- 
couver,  British  Columbia;  clerk  in  a  depart- 
ment   store;    married   ;    child,    Eveline 

Winnifred,  born  March,  1913.  3.  Eveline  L., 
mentioned  above.  4.  Harold  ^L,  born  July  14, 
1894;  student  in  the  Bible  Institute,  Spencer, 
Massachusetts. 

Rev.  George  W.  Haskell,  father  ot  William 
Milton  Haskell,  was  born  in  181 5.  died  at 
Hodgdon.  Maine,  in  1877.  He  was  a  Free 
Will  Baptist  minister,  preaching  in  various 
parishes  in  Aroostook  county  and  finally  locat- 
ing in  Hodgdon,  where  he  died.  He  married 
Hannah  Smith. 


William     A.     Walton,     whose 
WALTON     death    occurred    at    his    home, 

2S9  Broadway,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  on  Tune  25,  1914.  i"  the  eighty- 
third  vcar  of  his  age,  was  one  of  the  well 
know-ii  and  substantial  residents  of  the  state  of 
Rhode  Island,  and  a  self-made  man  mthc 
truest  sense  of  the  word.  Begmnmg  lite  a 
poor  boy,  he  had  climbed  the  ladder  of  success, 
rung  bv  rung,  until  he  had  reached  a  toremost 
position  among  the  successful  maiuitacturers 
of  New  England.  _ 

John  Walton,  grandfather  ot  William  A., 
was  one  of  the  old-time  hand-loom  weavers 
and  resided  in  Yorkshire.  England.  He  wa- 
assisted  in  his  work  by  his  wife,  who  previous 
to  her  marriage  was  Mary  Marsden.  As  wss 
the  custom  of  those  days  all  the  children  were 
in  the  same  art  ot  hand-loom 


also  instnn 

'''fohif Walton  Jr..  son  of  John  and  father  of 
William  A.  Walton,  like  his  father  before  him. 
wa-^  also  a  skil'ed  weaver.  He  bought  warps 
and  distributed  them  among  families  m  the 
neighborhood  to  be  woven  on  hand-looms,  and 
when  woven  the  cloth  was  taken  to  market  by 
him  and  sold.  He  came  to  America,  .pending 
about   a   vear   in    Philadelphia.    Pennsylvania. 


hut  returned  to  his  native  country,  where  he 
and  his  wife  both  passed  away.  He  married 
Mary  Braccwell,  daughter  of  Samuel  Brace- 
well,'  who  was  a  hat  manufacturer.  To  this 
union  were  born  eight  children,  namely:  Wil- 
liam .\..  mentioned  below;  Mary  B. ;  Jane  P..; 
Hannah;  I'.raccwell ;  Hartley;  Thomas,  and 
SanuK'l. 

William  .\.  Walton,  eldest  child  of  Jiihn  and 
Mary  (Braccwell)  Walton,  was  born  in  Saltcr- 
forth,. Yorkshire,  England,  September  20. 1831, 
and  was  a  small  bov  when  his  family  moved  to 
I'ingky,  in  the  same  county.  His  parents  were 
very  industrious  people,  I'nit  the  wages  were 
small,  and  with  their  family  to  sujiport  it  was 
necessary  that  the  children  should  go  to  work 
as  soon  as  possible,  so  that  their  earnings 
could  assist  in  the  support  of  the  tamily. 
When  at  the  age  of  eight  years  William  A. 
Walton  wound  bobbins  at  home  for  liis  father. 
The  educational  advantages  of  an  English 
factory  bov  in  his  circumstances  were  very 
limited  indeed,  and  he  was  taught  to  read  and 
write  in  the  Sabbath  school.  However,  he  re- 
ceived more  thorough  instruction  between  the 
ages  of  eight  and  eleven  years,  wdien  he  was 
helping  a  sister  who  tended  four  looms,  and 
he  wa's  released  from  work  to  spend  a  half 
day  in  school.  About  this  time  he  also  man- 
aged to  attend  a  night  school. 

The  boy's  first  work  in  a  mill  was  handing  in 
warp  threads.  Later  he  was  placed  in  charge 
of  a  loom  in  a  mill  at  Bingley  when  only  eleven 
years  of  age.  Here  he  was  engaged  m  weaving 
fancy  dress  goods,  and  remained  there  for  a 
period  of  about  three  years.  From  there,  m 
1S45,  he  went  to  Bradford,  six  miles  distant 
wheVe  for  eighteen  months  he  was  emploved 
operating  two  fancv  lacquard  looms,  wdiich 
necessitated  very  hard  work.  He  practiced  the 
verv  strictest  economy,  with  the  idea  of  saving 
enough  money  to  pay  his  passage  to  America, 
wlierc  the  opportunities  were  better  and  the 
future  brighter  for  an  industrious  and  am- 
bitious voting  man  of  his  stripe.  Having  man- 
aged to' save  ten  pounds  sterling,  he  embarked 
at  Liverpool,  on  the  sailing  vessel,  "Iowa, 
which  was  thirty-five  days  en  route,  and  he 
landed  in  New  York  on  June  i,  1853.  a 
stranger  in  a  strange  land,  with  but  a  few 
dollars  left. 

Mr.  Walton  went  to  Philadelphia  first,  upon 
landing  in  this  country,  wdiere  a  relative  re- 
sided, and  soon  found  employment  at  his  trade 
in  a  mill  at  a  place  near  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware, wdiere  he  remained  until  July,  1853. 
l^Ierc  he  earned  and  saved  enough  money  to 
pay  his  way  to  Lawrence,  Massachusetts, 
where  an  ac'quaintance  was  employed  in  the 
Bav  State  Mill,  and  in  this  mill  Mr.  Walton 


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also  found  employni.ent,  and  there  did  his  first 
work  at  spinning,  running  a  hand  jack,  iie 
remained  there  until  October,  when  he  ac- 
cepted a  better  position  in  the  Alniy  Mill,  then 
conducted  by  a  Mr.  Russell,  at  AlmyviUe, 
Moosup,  Connecticut,  his  wages  here  being  one 
dollar  {ler  day.  Here  the  boss  and  "iixers" 
were  starting  up  a  Jacquard  loom,  and  were 
experiencing  considerable  trouble  with  it,  in 
fact,  could  not  start  it.  ]Mr.  Walton  said  to 
the  superintendent  that  he  believed  he  could 
start  and  run  the  loom,  as  he  had  been  a 
Jacquard  weaver  in  England.  He  was  given 
a  trial,  and  instructions  were  given  other  em- 
ployees to  keep  away  from  him.  He  soon  had 
the  loom  running  and  the  warp  woven  out.  He 
put  in  other  warps  and  wove  them  out,  and 
was  then  offered  the  position  of  loom  "tixer"' 
at  five  dollars  per  week,  which  was  one  dol- 
lar less  than  he  had  been  receiving  for  weaving. 
He  was  considered  a  tirst-class  weaver,  as  the 
average  earnings  of  weavers  were  then  from 
four  to  five  dollars  per  week.  He  began  his 
work  as  loom  "'tixer,"  but  for  some  unknown 
reason,  perhaps  an  oversight,  his  wages  were 
not  reduced.  After  servmg  as  loom  "fixer"' 
here  for  a  year,  on  twelve  "Bay  State"  looms, 
and  building  the  chains  for  the  same,  at  the 
above  wages,  he  asked  that  his  pay  be  raised  to 
$1.25  per  day.  He  was  told  'ihat  the  other 
"fixers"  were  paid  only  seven  dollars  per  week, 
but  rather  than  lose  his  services  his  wages 
were  increased.  After  remaining  there  for 
about  a  year  and  a  half,  Mr.  Walton  resigned 
his  position  to  become  assistant  overseer  in  the 
weaving  dejiartment  of  a  mill  owned  by  the 
Merrimac  Woolen  IMills  Company,  at  Dracut, 
Massachusetts,  near  Lowell,  and  two  years 
later  he  left  this  position  to  take  charge  of  the 
weaving  department  of  a  woolen  mill  in 
Brookdale,  Alassachusetts,  where  he  continued 
for  a  period  of  two  year-s.  ;\Ir.  Walton  was 
then  tendered  a  position  in  the  Elm  Street 
Woolen  Mill  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  as 
loom  '"fixer"  at  $1.50  per  da}-,  and  while  till- 
ing this  position  he  bought  passage  to  Cali- 
fornia, intending  to  seek  his  fortune  in  that 
far  western  State,  but  John  P.  Willard,  who 
was  boss  weaver  at  Millville,  Massachusetts, 
at  that  time,  induced  him  to  accept  the  position 
as  second  hand  in  the  latter  mill,  at  S2.00  per 
day,  and  Mr.  \\'alton  continued  in  this  posi- 
tion for  a  period  of  about  four  years.  His 
next  position  was  in  the  Bradford  &:  Taft  mill 
at  Blackstone,  Massachusetts,  where  he  spent 
two  and  a  half  years,  as  weaver  and  designer, 
receiving  $2.50  per  day  for  his  services. 

In  1865  Mr.  \\'alton  assumed  charge  of  the 
Weybosset  Mills,  in  Providence,  where  iiis  suc- 
cessful   management    very    soon    secured    for 


him  the  special  favor  of  the  owners,  who 
steadily  increased  his  salary,  and,  in  further 
appreciation,  presented  him  with  a  government 
bond  for  five  hundred  dollars.  Soon  after  he 
acquired  an  interest  in  this  mill  and  as  the 
profits  continued  large  it  furnished  him  a  good 
capital  at  the  end  of  tifteen  years,  when  he  dis- 
posed of  his  interests  for  about  ^80,000.  Mr. 
Walton  was  now  in  a  position  to  fulliU  a  life- 
long ainbition,  to  own  a  mill,  and  he  pur- 
chased of  David  L.  Aldrich  and  Edwin  Mil- 
ner,  in  1879,  the  Wood  River  Mills,  located  in 
the  town  of  Riclimond.  Rhode  Island,  in  which 
venture  he  was  for  a  time  associated  with  Wil- 
liam IJlakely.  In  1SS3  Mr.  Blakely  retired 
from  the  business,  selling  his  interests  to  Mr. 
Walton,  who  greatly  improved  the  property, 
erected  new  and  comfortable  homes  for  the 
operatives,  and  thus  attracted  an  unusually 
good  class  of  h.elp.  Here  Mr.  Walton  did 
splendid  work,  and  was  instrumental  in  having 
the  postoffice  established  there,  which  took  the 
name  of  Alton.  The  little  village  which  sur- 
rounded the  mill  was  a  most  prosperous  one 
and  the  general  atmosphere  of  refinement  and 
contentment  that  pervaded  the  locality  was 
largely  due  to  his  generosity  and  his  personal 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  employees.  Al- 
ton was  one  of  the  cleanest  and  best  kept  mill 
villages  in  the  state,  and  its  mill  gave  employ- 
ment to  about  two  hundred  people,  and  pro- 
duced cassimeres  valued  at  $325,000  annually. 
This  business  was  continued  by  Mr.  Walton 
until  1899,  \vhen  the  plant  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  and,  his  other  interests  by  this  time  hav- 
ing become  very  extensive,  together  with  his 
advancing  years,  he  did  not  desire  to  reengage 
in  active  business,  so  that  the  property  was  not 
rebuilt. 

yir.  Walton  was  one  of  the  organizers  and 
leading  sfiirits  in  the  Smith  Webbing  Com- 
pany, at  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  which  is  a 
most  flourishing  and  prosperous  concern,  and 
has  probably  the  most  up-to-date  plant  of  its 
kind  in  the  country.  He  became  the  first  presi- 
dent of  this  company,  continuing  in  that  capac- 
ity until  19 12,  when  he  resigned  the  ofHce.  al- 
though he  retained  a  position  on  the  board  of 
directors  until  his  death.  Mr.  Walton  was 
also  a  director  of  the  Narragansett  Electric 
Lighting  Company;  of  the  Hope  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company ;  of  the  What  Cheer  Mu- 
tual Fire  Insurance  Company;  and  of  the  Tex- 
tile Finishing  Machinery  Company,  all  of 
Providence.  He  was  for  over  four  years  a 
member  of  the  board  of  park  commissioners 
of  Providence,  h.aving  been  ajipointed  January 
4,  1904,  and  resigning  the  office  on  June  29, 
11908,  on  account  of  failing  health. 

Mr.  Walton  was  a  prominent  and  influential 


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ineinlicr  of  the  Masonic  organization,  hokling 
iiRMnbcrship  in  Adclphoi  Lodge,  Xo.  33,  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  ]\[asons ;  Providence 
Chapter,  Xo.  i.  Royal  Arch  ^lasons ;  IVovi- 
dence  Council,  Xo.  i,  Royal  and  Select  Ma.s- 
ters;  St.  John's  Commandery,  Xo.  i,  Knigh.ts 
Templar,  and  the  Rhode  Island  Consistory, 
having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree.  lie 
was  also  a  member  of  Palestine  Temple,  Order 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Providence.  lie  was 
a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  School  of  De- 
sign, and  was  much  interested  in  the  work  of 
the  same.  His  religious  affiliation  was  with 
the  Society  of  the  Pilgrim  Congregational 
Church,  of  Pro\idence,  of  which  ,he  served 
for  many  years  as  a  member  of  the  finance 
committee. 

On  November  28,  iSCo,  while  a  resident  of 
]\Iillvil!e,  Massach.usetts,  Mr.  Walton  was 
united  in  marriage  at  Pascoag,  Rhode  Island, 
to  Mary  Wynn,  who  was  bom  September  9, 
1S36.  in  Wiltshire,  England,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Sarah  (Mcrtimer)  \\"ynii,  of  Pascoag, 
with  whom  she  came  to  America  when  five 
years  of  age.  Before  her  marriage  to  Mr. 
Walton  she  was  formerh-  a  successful  sch.oul 
teacher.  Her  grandfather  fought  at  the  battle 
of  Waterloo  under  General  Wellington.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walton's  wedded  life  covered  a 
period  of  over  fifty  years,  and  both  being  fond 
of  traveling,  they  made  several  visits  to  their 
native  country,  enjoying  the  scenes  of  their 
childhood.  To  Mr.  and  Airs.  Walton  were 
born  four  children,  one  of  whom  died  in  in- 
fancy, the  others  being  as  follows:  i.  Clara 
\\'.,  born  November  22,  1S61,  married,  May  5, 
1882,  Clifton  P.  Pirown,  of  Providence,  and  to 
this  imion  were  born  two  children,  namely: 
Gertrude  Walton,  born  February  3,  18SS,  and 
Clarence  Walton,  born  ^.lay  8,  1S92,  who  died 
December  14,  1S99.  2.  William  Hartley,  born 
June  4.  1863,  is  connected  with  the  real  estate 
and  insurance  firm  of  G.  L.  &  H.  J.  Gross,  of 
Providence,  with  whom  he  holds  a  responsible 
position,  and  is  also  secretary  of  the  Gross  & 
Gross  Company,  of  New  York.  3.  John  Morti- 
mer, born  May  15,  1872,  is  treasurer  of  the 
National  Construction  and  Equipment  Com- 
pany, of  New  York,  builders  of  electrical  rail- 
ways :  he  married  Mabel  Roberts,  and  they 
have  two  children,  namely:  Mortimer  and 
Robert. 

Mr.  Walton  was  a  man  who  made  many 
friends  during  his  long  and  active  life,  pos- 
sessing those  sterling  qualities  which  ever  win 
esteem.  In  his  pleasant  home  at  No.  289 
Broadway,  he  had  resided  since  November, 
1891,  and  since  1865  had  been  a  resident  of 
Providence,  where  he  was  well  and  favorably 
known.     He  enjoyed  the  reward  of  a  success- 


ful and  well-directed  life,  and  held  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  a  wide  circle  of  acquaint- 
ances. A  friend,  in  writing  of  Mr.  Walton, 
said  of  him:  "']  came  to  know  him  as  he  really 
was,  for  a  more  open-hearted  man  never  ex- 
istcfl.  There  was  nothing  hidden,  nothing  de- 
ceptive, but  he  spoke  right  out,  just  as  he  felt, 
sometimes  perhaps  to  his  own  detriment.  He 
was  naturally  a  very  liberal  man.  In  the  weave 
room,  while  at  Dracut,  and  also  in  after  years, 
as  I  know  him,  he  was  a  genius.  To  have  a 
thing  to  do,  was  simply  to  go  and  do  it,  and  it 
was  always  done  in  the  quickest  possible  way, 
and  with  the  least  possible  waste.  There  was 
no  guess  work,  no  experimenting,  but  he 
merely  took  the  tools,  and  went  and  fi.xed  the 
loom,  and  always  good  naturedly.  1  never 
knew  him  to  abuse  a  weaver,  but  rather  to 
conciliate  them,  even  when  they  felt  disposed 
to  be  ugly."  In  the  death,  of  Mr.  Walton, 
Rhode  Island  lost  one  of  its  best  known  and 
most  successful  manufacturers,  as  well  as  one 
of  its  oldest  anrl  most  respected  citizens. 

Adam  Brouwcr,  or  more 
P.ROL'WTiR  [iroperly  Adam  Brouwer 
Berkhoven,  came  to  this 
country  from  Ceulen  or  Cologne  in  1642  and 
settletl  at  Xew  Amsterdam,  where  he  married, 
March  19,  16-15,  Magdalena  Jacobs  Verdan. 
Berkhoven  was  probably  a  family  name. 
Brouwer  is  the  Dutch  for  brewer  and  was 
doubtless  the  occupation  of  .\dam  or  his  an- 
cestors. To  some  extent  Berkhoven  was  used 
by  his  children  in  this  coimtry,  but  it  was 
finally  dropped  for  Brouwer.  Adam  Brouwer 
bought  a  house  and  garden  in  New  Amster- 
dam, February  3,  1645,  of  Hendrick  Jansen, 
who  refused  to  give  a  deed  and  sued.  Adam 
Brouwer  received  a  patent  from  the  govern- 
ment for  a  lot  on  Manhattan  Island,  and  Au- 
gust 19,  1656,  he  sold  this  lot  to  Dirck  Schil- 
luyne  with  house  thereon,  between  the  lot  of 
Jan  the  cooper  on  the  west  and  Egbert  Wou- 
tersen  on  the  east.  In  1661  he  and  Isaac  De 
Forest  owned  the  oldest  tide  mill  in  Brookdyn. 
It  was  known  as  Brouwer's  mill,  later  as 
Frecke's.  Brouwer  bought  out  De  Forest. 
.\dam  Brouwer  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  Dutch  church  at  Brooklyn  in  1677  and 
were  censured  in  1679  and  16S0  for  leaning 
to  the  Catholic  religion.  His  will  was  dated 
January  22,  1691,  and  proved  March  21.  1692. 
His  widow  deeded  her  rights  to  sons,  Abra- 
ham and  Nicholas,  August  12,  1698.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Peter  Adams,  baptized  September  23, 
1646:  married  (first)  Petronella  L'ldrichs  or 
Claine;  (second)  Gertruyd  Jans :  (third)  Feb- 
ruary 15,  16S7,  Annetje  Jansen.  2.  Jacobus, 
mentioned  below.     3.  Aeltje  Adams,  married. 


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April  30,  16S2,  Jo>ias  Janszen  Decaux.  4. 
Mathys  Adams,  baptized  May  30,  1649;  'Har- 
ried, January  26,  1673.  in  New  York,  Alarretje 
Wyckoff.  5.  William  Adams,  baptized  March 
5,  1651  ;  married  (first)  Elsje  ;  (sec- 
ond) I'^lizabeth  Simpsons;  (third)  Martc 
— .  6.  Mary,  Maria  or  Niarretje,  bap- 
tized June  4,  1653;  married  (tirst)  Jacob 
Pieterszen;  (second)  October  13.  16S6,  fiarent 
Janszen.  7.  Helena  Adams,  baptized  October 
31,  1660;  mnrried,  October,  i(iSi.  David  Hend- 
rickson,  of  England  :  resided  in  Brooklyn.  8. 
Adam  Adams,  baptized  May  iS,  1662.  9. 
Abraham  Adams,  married,  February  6,  1(392, 
Cornelia  Hals}n.  10.  Nicholas  Adams,  bap- 
tized April  16,  1672;  married,  September  15, 
1692,  Jannctje  Coljer.  11.  Fyiie  or  Sophia 
Adams,  married  (first)  Evert  Hendricksoii; 
(second)  February  20,  1692.  ]\Iatys  Ernelissen. 
12.  Anna  Adams.  13.  Sarah  Adams,  married 
(first)  July  13,  16S4,  Tienis  Janszen;  (second) 
September  2^,  1692,  Thomas  Smit ;  (third) 
Thomas  Knight.  14.  Rachel  Adams,  married, 
June  5,  169S,  I'ieter  Hcndrickszen  Sr.,  from 
V'riesland. 

(II)  Jacobus  Brouwer,  son  of  Adam  Brouwer, 
was  barn  about  t("/>o.  He  married,  at  Flatbnsh, 
January  29,  1682  (recorded  also  in  the  Dutch 
church.  New  York,  February  4,  16S2),  Annetje 
Bogardus,  baptized  October  3,  1663,  daughter 
of  \\"illiam  and  Wyntje  (Sybrants)  Bogardus, 
granddaughter  of  Rev.  Everardus  and  Anneke 
(Jans)  Bogardus.  Rev.  Everardus  Bogardus 
came  from  Holland  in  1633,  and  married,  in 

163(3, .    Jacobus  Brouwer  took  the  oath 

of  allegiance  at  Brooklyn  in  16S7.  Children, 
born  at  Brooklyn :  Sybrant ;  Jacobus,  men- 
tioned below;  Willem,  baptized  r^Iay  8,  1687; 
Everardus,  December  8,  1689:  Elizabet,  No- 
vember 15,  1604:  Adam,  March  29,  1696,  at 
the  Dutch  church.  New  York;  Wyntje,  Octo- 
ber I,   1701  ;  }ilagdalena.  ]^Iarch  S,   1704. 

(III)  Jacobus  (2)  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacobus 
(i)  Brouwer,  was  baptized  at  Brooklyn,  No- 
vember 30,  1684.  He  married,  October  2S. 
1709,  Peiternella  De  La  iMontagne,  daughter 
of  Jan  De  La  Montagne  and  wife.  Abbetje 
Josephs  (Waldron)  De  La  Montagne.  Chil- 
dren :  Jacob,  mentioned  below ;  Johannes,  bap- 
tized March  19,  1712;  Abraham.  February  6, 
1717;  Antje,  March  13,  1720;  Adam,  February 
14,  1722;  Antje,  March  30,  1726;  Everardus. 
mentioned  in  his  brother's  will. 

(IV)  Jacob  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacobus  (2) 
Brouwer,  was  baptized  at  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1710.  He  was  a  mason.  He  married 
Maria  Delanoy.  His  will  (vol.  xii,  p.  230), 
dated  at  Kakiat.  Nev,-  York,  October  23,  1781, 
proved  April  5,  1784,  bequeathed  to  sons, 
Jacob,     .Abraham     and    William;     daughters. 


Petronella,  .\nna  (wife  of  Cornelis  Cooper), 
Jane  (wife  of  Henry  \'an  Winkel),  and  (.htty 
and  ^Iary  I'ermillian,  children  of  his  deceased 
daughter  Mary;  to  his  nephew,  Jacob  Brouwer, 
hatter,  executor  with  his  son  Jacob.  The  will 
provided  that  if  any  of  his  father's  estate  he 
recovered  it  should  be  divided  in  four  shares 
— one  share  for  his  children,  another  for  th.e 
heirs  of  his  brother  John,  a  third  to  his  brother 
Everardus  and  a  fourth  to  his  brother  .Abra- 
ham.    His  son  Jacob  married  Elizabeth  Turk. 

(V)  Abraham  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacob 
Brouwer.  was  born  1745-50.  He  married 
Rachel  Sebring,  born  November  iS,  174S,  anil 
died  February  16,  1826,  daughter  of  Baren  ! 
and  Susanna  (Roome)  Sebring.  Her  parents 
were  married  May  9,  1747,  and  had  children: 
Rachel,  mentionerl  above;  John,  born  June  26, 
1750;  Susannah,  June  20,  1752;  Maria.  Sep- 
tember 8,  1754:  Earend,  August  21,  1756; 
.\letta,  July  19,  1758;  Frederick,  December  2j, 
1760;  Jacob,  September  28,  1762;  Hester,  Au- 
gust 19,  1764;  Cornelia,  June  25,  1766;  Sarah, 
^larch '28,  1768;  Peter,  April  9,  1770.  Her 
mother  was  descended  from  Peter  Willemse 
Roome  and  Hester  \'on  Gelde,  daughter  of 
John  \'on  Gelde  and  Jane  Alonteroath,  bap- 
tized January  29,  1662,  died  .April  17,  1729. 
luarried,  November  26,  1684.  Children  of 
Abraham  and  Rachel  (Sebring)  Brouwer: 
Jacob,  mentioned  below ;  Susanna,  baptized 
October  3,  1773,  married  James  Smith;  Ber- 
net,  born  April  11,  1777,  married  Elizabeth 
Packard;  Mary,  February  7,  17S0,  married 
Isaiah  Wilson;  Rachel,  May  8,  1783,  married 
—  Chardavayne. 

(YI)  Jacob  (2)  Brouwer,  son  of  Abraham 
Brouwer,  was  born  in  New  York,  April  i, 
1772.  He  married  (first)  Eliza  Grant;  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Hall,  or  Hill,  about  1800.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Child,  died  January  18, 
1795;  child,  died  September  25.  1797;  child, 
died  in  infancy.  Children  by  second  wife  :  Sus- 
annah, born  September  18,  1803,  married  Caleb 
Amerman;  Barnet,  September  9,  1806;  Abra- 
ham, mentioned  below;  Mary,  January  16, 
1812,  married  Isaac  Flail;  James  S.,  married 
Anna  M.  Jeremiah  ;  George  W.,  November  4, 
1S18,  married  Rachel  J.  Ronier ;  Eliza,  March 
25,  1823,  married  Piloses  W.  Fish;  Ellen,  mar- 
ried Israel  Haight. 

(VII)   Abraham  (2)  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacob 


(2)   Brouwer,  was  born  September 


1809. 


died  December  18,  1867.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1830,  Sarah  Clark,  born  February  14. 
1S14,  daughter  of  Flenry  and  Rachel  (Forster) 
Clark,  granddaughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary 
Clark.  They  lived  in  Pleasantville,  New  York. 
Children:  i.  Sarah  Forster,  born  October  15, 
1831,  died  September  17,  1S65;  married,  Sep- 


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XEW  ENGLAND 


I  tuiiticr  6,  1S54,  Noah  I.  Atwood.  2.  Jacob, 
f.  ,,.iiitioneJ  below.  3.  William  Brownlee.  born 
\-'  .■^cpteinlier  8,  1835,  died  April  29,  1S71  :  mar- 
■|  ixd,  -May  29,  1 861,  Catherine  M.  Cunningham, 
i"  .iiid  had  Sarah  Ann,  born  July  12,  i86s,  mar- 
rxd.  April  15.  18S5,  C.  P.  McGrath.  4.'Henry 
llark,  born  January  29,  1838;  married,  Octo- 
liLT  29.  1862,  Paulina  Allen,  antl  had  children: 
Warren  Hamilton,  born  August  27.  1S63;  \'ir- 
.^iiiia  Allen,  February  14,  186S;  Floyd  Perry, 
(iilv  14.  1872.  5.  Adelia,  born  November  30, 
"1830.  6.  Abraham,  born  January  31,  1842, 
died  February  8,  1S43.  /-'Rachel  Elizabeth, 
born  ^larch  21,  1S44;  married,  ]March  6,  1867, 
Noah  I.  -Atwood,  who  died  October  18,  1884; 
children :  Sylvester  Opdyke,  born  January  10, 
1S68,  died  February  12,  1871;  Alfred,  June  2, 
1S77,  died  July  25,  1S77;  Edith,  June  27",  1878; 
Florence  Josephine,  April  7,  18S1.  8.  Julia 
Pclton,  born  October  i,  1846,  died  July  28, 
1851.  9.  Martha  Purdy,  born  June  2,  1851. 
10.  George  Howard,  born  December  25,  1S54; 
married,  October  17,  1877,  Evelyn  E.  Rine- 
hart ;  children :  William  PL,  born  December 
29,  1878;  George  Egbert,  June  2,  18S3,  died 
April  23,  1884;  ]\Labcl,  .April  2^,  188^.  died 
April  25,  1885. 

(\'ni)  Jacob  (3)  Brouwer,  son  of  .Abra- 
ham (2)  Brouwer,  was  born  in  Pleasantville, 
New  York,  July  21,  1833.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  the  Pleasantville  Univer- 
sity, but  he  left  before  graduation  and  was 
ajiprcnticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  carpenter. 
At  the  end  of  his  first  year  he  was  made  super- 
intendent of  construction  of  a  block  of  build- 
ings in  New  York  City  under  W.  I\L  Johnson. 
He  followed  the  building  trade  until  his  un- 
timely death,  June  14,  1872.  He  was  espe- 
cially gifted  with  mathematical  ability  and 
skillful  in  planning  and  construction.  He  had 
a  fine  tenor  voice  and  for  many  years  sang  in 
the  choir  of  the  Eighteenth  Street  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  New  York.  He  lived 
during  his  last  years  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jer- 
sey. He  mariied,  September  29,  1S58.  .-Mthea 
.Allen,  born  .August  24.  1837.  Children:  i. 
Clarence  .Allen,  mentioned  below.  2.  .Ada  .At- 
wood, born  March  16.  1862,  died  October  26, 
1889;  married.  October  10.  1879,  Fred  O. 
Dyer,  and  had  Edith  May.  born  June  26.  1881. 
3.  Fred  Tilton,  mentioned  below.  4.  Frank, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Clarence  .Allen  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacob 
(3)  Brouwer,  was  born  .-\pril  2,  i860,  in  New 
York  City.  He  attende.l  the  public  schools  of 
Jersey  City.  New  Jersey,  and  Proviilence. 
Rhode  Island,  wiiither  the  family  removed 
after  his  father  died.  ?Ic  began  his  business 
career  at  the  age  of  twelve,  assisting  on  a  milk 
route  for  two  dollars  a  week.     .At  the  age  of 


fourteen  he  began  to  work  in  an  office  and  at 
the  same  time  established  a  newspaper  route, 
.Afterward  he  was  employed  by  the  express 
company  as  a  delivery  clerk,  lie  learned  the 
trade  of  cabinet  fmisher  in  the  Wheeler  &  Wil- 
son factory,  New  York,  and  was  sent  by  that 
concern  to  its  Indianapolis  factory,  wdiere  he 
worked  for  five  years.  .At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  returned  home,  but  after  a  short  time 
returned  to  Indiana.  .\  year  later  he  and  a 
jiartner  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  oper- 
ating a  portable  saw  mill.  Through  the  fault 
of  his  partner,  this  venture  proved  unsuccess- 
ful. He  took  a  position  as  deck  hand  on  the 
steamer,  "William  Ma.xwell,"  of  Providence, 
but  soon  afterward  found  employment  in  the 
Riverside  Worsted  Alills  and  after  three 
months  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  office.  He 
was  subsequently  superintendent  for  the  .Stand- 
ard Oil  Company  in  Providence  for  seven 
years.  He  hatl  to  retire  from  business  for  a 
year  on  account  of  ill  health  and  he  spent  the 
time  in  New  Jersey.  During  the  following 
year  he  was  engaged  in  settling  an  estate  in 
New  York.  He  returned  to  Providence  in  the 
employ  of  the  American  Electrical  Works  at 
East  Pro\idence  and  was  sujierintendent  of 
one  of  the  departments  for  eleven  years,  finally 
retiring  from  active  business  in  January,  191 1. 
.At  the  present  time  he  is  interested  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Canadian  oil  fields  and  in  other 
investments.  He  has  a  beautiful  home  at  East 
Providence.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
Fie  was  at  one  time  nominated  for  the  state 
legislature,  but  declined  to  run.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons.  He  married,  December  15,  1892, 
Nellie  F.  Munroe,  sister  of  Addison  ^lunroe, 

(IX)  Fred  Tilton  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacob 
(3)  Brouwer,  was  born  September  3,  186S. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Jersey  City 
and  Providence  and  the  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Business  College  of  Providence.  He  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade  and  started  in  business  as 
a  builder  and  contractor  at  Forked,  River,  New 
Jersey.  He  bought  land  and  built  houses  to 
sell  and  dealt  extensively  in  real  estate.  He 
also  owned  and  operated  a  grain  mill  and  was 
proprietor  of  Sedge  Island  Gunning  Club.  One 
night,  while  on  his  yacht  a  mile  from  shore, 
he  saw  the  club  house  burned  to  the  ground. 
He  is  now  superintendent  of  the  National 
Canal  Transit  Company.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and 
-Accepted  Masons.  He  married.  May  30,  i8<;>3, 
.Angeline  Holman  :  child,  P>ank  Holmes,  born 
February,  1894. 

(IX)  Dr.  Frank  Brouwer,  son  of  Jacob 
(3)  Brouwer.  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  Sep- 
tember   24,    1870.      He    attended    the    public 


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schools  of  Providence  am!  was  graduated  from 
the  Jefferson  Medical  College  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  ^ledicine  in  the  class  of  1S92. 
He  was  at  Manchester,  New  Jersey,  for  one 
year,  and  finally  located  in  Toms  River,  where 
he  has  built  up  an  excellent  [iractice.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  County  and  State  ]Medical  soci- 
eties, and  the  local  kidge  of  Free  antl  Accepted 
Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
married  (first)  July  i,  1S96,  Carrie  D.  Hyer : 
children :  Evan  Hyer,  born  December  26, 
1901,  and  Allen  Kennedy,  born  M?rcli  28, 
1903.  He  married  (second)  November  24, 
1910,  Lyla  Kirk. 


Tlie  Claflin  familv  of  Provi- 
CLAFLIN  dence,  Rhode  Island,  promi- 
nent in  its  various  eenerations, 
in  business,  professional  and  public  life,  has 
for  its  American  ancestor  Robert  ^lac  Clatlin. 
who  was  at  W'enham,  Massachusetts,  as  early 
as  1661.  Pie  married.  October  14,  1664,  Jo- 
anna Warner.  The  line  of  descent  from  him 
is  Antipas  (II).  Ebenezer  (HI),  Oliver  (IV). 
(V)  Lyman  Claflin  was  a  native  of  the  town 
of  Douglass,  Massachusetts,  born  July  25. 
1794.  Pie  was  a  successful  manufacturer,  and 
a  man  of  influence  in  the  community  of  Paw- 
tucket,  where  he  resided.  Pie  was  a  Knights 
Templar  Mason,  and  devotedly  attached  to 
the  institution  of  PVee  I^Iasonry.  His  death 
occurred  January  2,  i860,  when  he  was  in  his 
si-xty-fifth  year.  Mr.  Claflin  married.  March 
6,  1822,  Rebecca  Gay  Starkweather,  and  to 
them  were  born  children,  as  follows :  George 
Lyman,  of  whom  further;  Sarah,  born  ]\Iay  i, 
1824,  died  October  9.  182S;  Minerva,  born 
December  19,  1826.  married,  March  15.  1S49, 
James  Gushing,  and  died  September  3,  1896; 
Sarah,  born  April  21,  18^1.  married.  Septem- 
ber 8,  1853,  Edward  Haskell,  and  died  Octo- 
ber I,  1S57. 

Oliver  Starkweather,  father  of  Mrs.  Re- 
becca Gay  (Starkweather)  Claflin.  was  a  well- 
known  public  man  in  his  day,  having  been  an 
active  member  of  the  ^Massachusetts  legisla- 
ture and  also  of  the  national  house  of  repre- 
sentatives. One  of  his  sons,  John  Stark- 
weather, a  graduate  of  Brown  University,  was 
a  practising  physician  in  Upton,  Massachu- 
setts, for  nearly  fifty  years,  and  was  a  man  of 
wide  repute  in  his  profession.  Another  son, 
Samuel  Starkweather,  also  a  graduate '  of 
Brown  P^niversity  and  afterward  a  tutor  there, 
was  for  many  years  a  judge  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  Another  'son,  James  C.  Starkweather, 
became  a  successful  manufacturer  in  hib  native 
town,  Pawtucket,  being  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Starkweather  &•  Claflin. 

(\'I)    George  Lyman  Claflin,  elde.-it  son  of 


Lyman  and  Rebecca  Ga)-  (StarkweatluTl 
Ciatlin,  was  born  in  I'awtucket,  Massachu- 
setts, (now  in  the  state  of  Rhixle  island), 
December  22,  1822,  died  April  4,  1886.  H^. 
enjoyed  the  usual  advantages  afforded  to  boys 
of  good  parentage  and  surroundings,  attending 
public  and  private  schools  and  also  an  academy 
taught  by  Mr.  Frederic  \'inton.  In  1S42,  in 
his  twentieth  year,  he  came  to  Providence, 
entering  the  store  of  John  H.  JMason  &  Com- 
pany, druggists,  on  Weybossct  street,  nearly 
opposite  the  old  "City  Plotel."  Subseciuently 
he  was  in  the  employ  of  Earl  P.  Mason  & 
Company,  with  whom  he  continued  until  he 
became  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  this  biisiness 
was  later  conducted  imdcr  the  name  of  Snow, 
Claflin  &  Company.  In  1873  he  purchased 
the  stand  and  fixtures  of  the  late  J.  Balch  & 
Sons,  on  South  Main  street,  succeeding  to 
their  business  as  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
George  L.  Claflin  &  Company,  and  there  he 
continued  until  his  death  to  carry  on  a  large 
wholesale  and  retail  drug  business.  His  suc- 
cess in  that  enterprise  alone  would  make  a 
creditable  life  record  for  any  man,  but  ]Mr. 
Claflin  had  wider  ideas  of  a  man's  responjibil- 
ity  in  his  relations  to  the  community  with 
which  he  was  identified.  Consequently  he 
interested  himself  in  the  various  financial  insti- 
tutions which  had  sprung  up  in  Providence, 
and  in  the  welfare  of  which,  as  a  business  man, 
he  was  personally  concerned.  He  was  a 
director  in  the  Northern  Bank  from  its  organ- 
ization, in  1856;  of  the  Coventry  National 
Bank  and  of  the  Coventry  Savings  Bank,  in 
Anthony,  Rhode  Island :  of  the  Jackson  In- 
stitution for  Savings,  and  of  the  Second  Na- 
tional Bank.  Pie  was  also  interested  in  insur- 
ance, and  in  that  connection  was  a  director  of 
both  the  Roger  Williams  Insurance  Company 
and  the  Union  ^Tutual  Insurance  Company. 
His  relations  with  various  other  institutions 
were  equally  important. 

Mr.  Claflin  had  no  taste  for  public  life  and 
no  desire  for  its  honors,  but  he  had  the  im- 
pulses which  make  every  earnest  man  a  patri- 
otic and  public-spirited  citizen,  and  as  such  he 
consented  to  fill  several  offices.  In  1870  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  common  council 
from  the  first  ward,  and  served  three  separate 
terms  in  that  body.  In  1S74  he  was  elected  to 
the  state  legislature,  and  in  both  positions  dis- 
charged his  duties  with  characteristic  ability 
and  fidelity.  But  after  the  cares  of  business 
he  found  his  chief  pleasure  in  his  home  and  in 
his  church  work,  and  political  triu.mphs  had  no 
attractions  for  him.  The  prosperity  of  the 
church  to  which  he  was  so  devotedly  attached 
appealed  most  strongly  to  him.  and  his  zeal  in 
furthering  its  interests  displayed  this  side  of 


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bib  character.  In  1S43,  soon  after  coniiuL,'  to 
Providence,  he  became  deeply  intcroted  in 
religions  truth,  joining  the  Congregational 
clnirch  which  at  that  time  held  services  in 
\\'cstminster  flail,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev. 
Thomas  T.  Waterman.  Upon  the  formation 
of  Central  church,  under  Rev.  Dr.  Swain,  Mr. 
Claflin  at  once  became  an  active  member 
thereof,  identifying  himself  with  all  its  inter- 
ests and  cont'-ihuting  largely  toward  the  erec- 
tion of  the  house  of  worship.  On  December 
4,  1S59,  iic  became  superintendent  of  the 
primary  department  of  the  Sunday  school,  and 
the  duties  of  this  position  he  discharged  con- 
scientiously for  over  twenty-five  vears.  His 
devotion  to  the  work  was  marked  by  tireless 
elTorts  and  unusual  results,  and  in  no  circle 
was  he  more  sadly  missed  than  among  the  reli- 
gious workers  of  the  city.  Mr.  Claflin  died 
April  4,  iSSf\  aged  sixty-three  years. 

On  September  3,  1850.  ]\Ir.  Claflin  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Louisa  Sisson  Whit- 
man, daughter  of  Christopher  A.  AMiitman, 
of  Coventry,  Rhode  Island,  a  leading  citizen 
of  tl;at  place,  a  manufacturer,  bank  president, 
member  of  both  branches  of  the  state  legisla- 
ture, and  an  active  and  influential  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity.  Mrs.  Claflin  died  Oc- 
tober 19,  1892,  aged  sixty-four  years.  In  1864- 
65  Air.  Claflin  erected  a  commodious  and  ele- 
gant home  at  the  corner  of  Ilalsey  and  Pratt 
streets.  Four  children  were  born  to  himself 
and  wife:  Arthur  Whitman,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; George  Lyman,  born  September  24,. 
1859.  died  October  2.  1859;  William  Lyman, 
bom  June  18,  1862.  died  January  24.  1903; 
George  Edwin,  bom  April  4,  1866,  married 
Aprif  18.  1894,  Susan  Emilv,  daughter  of 
Charles  H.  and  :\Iary  C.  Talbot,  of  I'rovi- 
dence.  Rhode  Island. 

(VII)  Arthur  Whitman  Claflin,  eldest  son 
of  George  Lyman  and  Louisa  S.  (Whitman) 
Claflin,  was  born  October  10,  1S52,  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Providence,  and 
at  Mowry  &  Goffs  English  and  Classical  High 
School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1869. 
For  three  and  a  half  years  following  he  was 
with  the  firm  of  Snow,  Claflin  &  Company, 
on  Canal  street,  and  in  1873  he  came  with  his 
father  to  the  present  location  of  George  L. 
Claflin  &  Company.  Xos.  62-72  South  Main 
street.  In  1S84  he  became  a  member  of  the 
firm,  and  on  January  i.  1903,  incorporated  the 
business  under  the  name  of  George  L.  Claflin 
Company.  For  many  years  this  has  been  one 
of  the  leading  wholesale  and  retail  drug  houses 
of  New  England.  In  addition  to  his  interests 
in  this  concern  Mr.  Claflin  was  connected  with 
the  Fourth  National   I'.ank  of  Providence,  of 


which    he    was    vice-prc-i.lcnt.    and    he    was   a 
director  of  the  I'nited  National   I'.ank. 

On  March  15,  1S81,  Mr.  Claflin  married 
Mary  Alice  Howard,  daughter  of  Lieutenant- 
Governor  Albert  C.  Howard,  of  East  I'rovi- 
dence,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren: Louisa  Howard,  born  March  7,  1882, 
and  Albert  Whitman,  born  Jamiarv  31,  1885. 
Mr.  Claflin  is  a  member  of'the  Central  Con- 
grcgati'.'nal  church  of  IVovidence. 

(Tlic  HowarO  Line). 

(I)  The  record  of  this  family  is  traced  to 
Thomas  Howard,  born  aliout  1643.  He  was 
of  record  at  Lynn  and  Enfield,  Massachusetts, 
the  latter  now  being  Enfield,  Connecticut.  On 
November  15.  1667,  he  married  Ruth  Jones,  of 
Gloucester,  Niassachusetts,  bom  February  22, 
1645.  died  after  November  14,  1718. 

(II)  Benjamin  tloward,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Ruth  (Jones)  Howard,  was  bom  at  En- 
field. Massachusetts.  May  4,  1CS6,  removed  to 
East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  died 
February  3.  1738-39.  On  September  10,  1710, 
he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  Lee.  bom 
in  1690,  died  February  22.  1774. 

(III)  Solomon  Ploward,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Mary  (Lee)  Howard,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 27,  1716.  died  before  June.  1801.  He  re- 
sided in  Warwick  and  is  of  record  as  buying 
land  there  in  1747.  He  married  prior  to  1743, 
Hannah  . 

(I\')  Peter  Howard,  son  of  Solomon  and 
Hannah  Howard,  w_as  born  June  30.  1745, 
died  May  15,  1823.  He  married.  May  11. 
1776,  Abigail'  Giles,  born  .April  20,  1756,  died 
Januars^  23.  1831. 

[V]  Judge  Jesse  Hov.-ard.  son  of  Peter  and 
Abigail  (Giles)  Howard,  was  born  April  14. 
1793,  died  April  6,  1881.  He  married,  April 
4.  1825.  Mary  King,  born  May  25,  1800,  died 
December  6.  18S4.  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Alice  Crawford  (Mathewson)  King.  Alice 
C.  Mathewson  was  the  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Mathewson.  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  who 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Sarah 
(Crawford)  Cooke.  Sarah  Cooke  was  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Susannah  Crawford, 
and  the  latter  was  the  daughter  of  Gabriel 
Bernon.  the  noted  Huguenot  refugee  wdio  set- 
tled in  Rhode  Island.'  Of  the  three  children 
of  Judge  Jesse  Howard:  i.  Henry,  born  April 
2,  1826,  died  September  22.  1905 ;  he  held 
many  public  offices,  among  them  being  that  of 
governor  of  the  state  of  Rhode  Island;  he 
married.  September  30.  1851,  Catharine 
Greene,  daughter  of  Governor  Elisha  Harris, 
and  they  had  children :  Jessie  H..  Eiisha 
Harris  and  Charles  T.  2.  .Albert  Crawford, 
of  wdiom  further.  3.  Abby  Alice,  born  May  2j, 


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1831.  died  in  Providence,  October  16.  1S94; 
she  married  Aui,'u,-tii..  11.  Preston,  and  had 
one  child,  Jlouartl  \\"..  who  icsides  in  Provi- 
dence. 

(\'I)  Lieutenant-Governor  Albert  Craw- 
ford Howard,  son  of  Judge  Jesse  and  Alary 
(King)  Howard,  was  born  February  29.  1S28, 
died  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  July  3,  1910,  During 
his  residence  in  Rhode  Island  he  was  well 
known  in  commercial  and  political  circles. 
From  1S77  to  18S0  he  was  lieutenant-governor 
of  Rhode  Island.  He  married  (first)  April 
14,  1853.  Ellen  Murray,  born  November  2, 
1S34,  died  January  25.  1875.  daughter  of  Har- 
ris and  Sophia  R.  (Canfield)  Alurray,  of 
South  W'averl)-,  Pennsylvania.  She  left  five 
children:  i.  Mary  Alice,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Ellen  Murray,  born  January  16,  1856;  mar- 
ried Henry  Edmunds;  son,  Howard  Maurice, 
born  July  25,  1S84;  resides  in  Moulsecombe, 
Brighton,  England.  3.  Albert  Harris,  born 
July  II,  1862;  married  Jenny  Harris;  chil- 
dren: Henr)-  Bernon,  born  August,  1894,  and 
Fallen  Margaret,  born  December  24.  1899;  re- 
side; in  London.  4.  Henry  Augustus,  born 
March  10,  1864;  married  'Mary  L  Piggott; 
daughter.  Alice  Plummer,  bom  February  20. 
1898;  they  reside  in  Boston.  5.  Jesse  \\'ay- 
land,  born  October  22.  1867,  ^''^^  March  i, 
1893.  Mr.  Howard  married  (second)  Jennie 
Randall.  Two  children:  Jennie  Randall,  born 
April  25,  1S84,  died  September,  18S5,  and 
Winthrop  Randall,  born  July  19,  18S9,  resides 
in  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

■  (VH)  Alary  .\lice  Howard,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant-Governor  Albert  Crawford  a!id 
Ellen  (Alurray)  Howard,  was  born  June  21, 
1854.  She  married  Arthur  Whitman  Claflin 
(see  Claflin  VH). 


This  is  an  early  New  England 
MOORF.  name  and  is  found  with  various 
spellings  in  the  pioneer  records, 
such  as  Moors,  Moores.  Alooers  and  Mores, 
also  sometimes  as  Moore.  It  was  identified 
with  the  settlement  and  development  of  several 
New  England  towns,  and  has  taken  no  incon- 
spicuous part  in  the  making  of  northern  New- 
York.  Its  revolutionary  record  is  an  honor- 
able one,  and  its  members  have  been  no  less 
worthy  in  civil  life. 

(I)  Edmund  Mooers,  born  about  1614. 
came  from  Southampton,  England,  to  Boston, 
in  1638,  and  is  found  of  record  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1640.  with  his  wife 
Anne.  He  died  in  Newbury,  June  7.  1676. 
Children:  Alartha,  born  December  12.  1643; 
Jonathan,  mentioneil  below:  Mary,  November 
30,   164S;  Edmund,  died   November  8,   1656; 


Richard,  born  November  3,  1653;  Sarah,  .Xpril 
I,   1 661. 

(II)  Jonathan  Moore,  eldest  child  of  Fd- 
inund  and  .\nne  Mooers,  was  born  .April  23. 
1646,  in  Newbury,  Alassachusetts,  where  he 
subscribed  to  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1678. 
He  was  assessed  jointly  with  his  brother  in 
1688  for  the  following  property:  Two  houses, 
fifty-two  acres  of  land,  two  horses,  one  two- 
year-old,  two  oxen,  three  cows,  four  three- 
olds,  one  two-year-old  ;  eight  sheep,  one  hog. 
He  was  member  of  the  military  company,  be- 
ing promoted  from  corporal  to  cornet  in  16S9, 
and  to  lieutenant  in  1690.  Either  he  or  his  son 
bearing  the  same  name  was  a  soldier  in  1707. 
He  married,  Alay  10.  1680  (this  appears  1670 
on  Newbury  records,  but  is  evidently  an 
error),  Constance  Langhorne.  Children:  Jon- 
athan, mentioned  below;  Richard,  born  July 
24,  i68v"  Samuel,  Februarv  20,  16S6;  Thomas, 
November  6.  168S;  Dorothy.  December  S, 
i6go. 

(III)  Jonathan  (2)  Aloore,  eldest  child  of 
Jonathan  (i)  and  Constance  (Langhorne) 
Aloore,  was  born  April  30.  1681.  in  Newbury, 
Alassachusetts,  and  resided  in  that  town,  where 
he  died  April  8.  1745.  The  records  of  the 
town  show  that  Jonathan  and  one  of  his  broth- 
ers received  twenty  shillings  as  a  hounty  for 
killing  a  wolf  in  Bradford,  "This  last  winter." 
voted  Alarch  13.  1722,  by  the  town  of  New- 
bury. He  married.  January  17,  1714.  A'ary, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Alary  iAVallin,<:5ord) 
Poor,  born  August  12,  1692.  Children:  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  born  April 
4.  1718;  Edmund.  August  24.  1722;  Benjarriin, 
January  20,  1725;  John.  October  15.  I72ri; 
Samuel.  November  5,  1728:  Amiruhama,  No- 
vember 17,  1730. 

(IV)  Joseph  Aloore.  eldest  child  of  Jona- 
than (2)  and  Alary  (Poor)  Aloore.  was  born 
Febniary  3,  1715,  in  Newbury,  Alassachusetts,. 
and  presumably  resided  in  Alassachusetts.  He 
probably  lived  outside  of  Newbury,  as  record 
of  his  marriage  does  not  appear  in  that  town, 
and  only  two  children  are  there  recorded.  1  lis 
wife's  name  was  Sarah,  and  ^^e  birth  of  their 
son  Daniel  is  recorded  in  Newbury  and  the 
baptism  of  a  daughter  Alary.  December  28,. 
1740,  in  Byfield  church. 

(V)  Daniel  Aloore.  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarali 
Aloore,  was  born  in  January,  1734.  in  New- 
bury. Alassachusetts.  He  resided  in  Haver- 
hill, Alassachusetts.  where  he  married  Janu- 
ary 4.  1753,  .Abigail  Springer,  born  .August  28. 
1729.  in  Newbury,  daughter  o^  Henrv  and 
Joanna  (Pike)  Springer.  The  following  ch.il- 
dren  are  recorded  in  Haverhill:  Sarah,  bap- 
tized September  9,  1753,  died  young-  Joshua, 


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.;;,-iitii>tiecl  be-low;  Sarah,  born  June  20.   1757, 
li.inifl.  September  13,  1759. 

I  \'n  Joshua  Moore,  sou  of  Daniel  and  AM- 
i-.ii!  (Springer)  Moore,  was  born  March  2S;. 
1 7^5,  in  Haverhill.  Massachusetts.  He  prob- 
.ilily  located  in  that  town  after  1790.  as  his 
ii:nnc  docs  not  appear  in  the  census  of  that 
\rnr.  lie  died  there  about  1816.  He  married 
Horothv  Moody,  born  April  2,  1769.  in  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Cn'eb  and 
Porothy  (Sargeant)  Moody.  No  pulilic  rec- 
ord of  their  children  seems  available,  and  but 
ihrce  are  known.  Rev.  John  Moore,  born  Feb- 
ritarv  13,  1797.  organized  the  I'niversalist 
churcli  in  Strafford  soon  after  his  majority, 
nud  wa';  a  minister  at  Lebanon.  New  Hamp- 
shire. Danvers.  Massachusetts,  and  Concord, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  magnetic,  erthn- 
sia.-tic  man,  popular,  respected  and  beloved. 
He  was  nominated  bv  the  American  psrt}-  for 
governor  of  New  Hampshire,  but  had  not 
lived  in  the  state  the  inmiber  of  years  required 
by  the  constitution,  and  so  his  nomination  vas 
withdrawn.  For  many  years  he  was  kno^.Mi 
as  "Father  Moore,"  and  died  suddenly  at  Con- 
cord, February  •;,  1835.  Another  son.  Samuel 
Afoore.  lived  in  Strafiford.  Another  son.  James 
Spencer,  mentioned  below. 

fX'TF)  Tames  Spencer  Moore,  son  of  Joshua 
and  Dorothy  (IMoodyl  i^Ioore.  was  born  Oc- 
tober 23.  1805.  in  Strafford,  and  died  February 
II,  1810.  in  Rovalton.  \^ermont.  He  was  in- 
terested in  the  .^outh  Rovalton  F.ank.  through 
which  he  suffered  considerable  losses,  bul  by 
his  industry  and  economy  secured  a  compe- 
tence. He  was  prominent  in  the  conduct  of 
local  affairs,  and  was  juds'C  of  probate  for 
Orange  county  in  1856-57-5S.  He  is  described 
as  a  man  of  gentle  nature  and  many  agreeable 
nualities.  He  married,  February  23.  1830, 
Julia  Ann  Comstock.  born  Februar\-  20.  1809, 
died  November  25,  1S92.  in  Pawtuckct.  Rhode 
Island.  Children:  John,  born  June  21,  1831, 
died  .Auril  7,  18^2;  David  Comstock.  men- 
tioned below  :  John  Harris,  August  18.  1836, 
died  January  8,  1007;  Carrie  A^enath,  Febru- 
arv  21,  1841.  died  August  17,  iSfl:;,  in  Straf- 
ford. 

rVIII)  Dr.  David  Comstock  Moove.  sec- 
ond son  of  James  Spencer  and  Julia  A.  (Corn- 
stock)  Aloore.  was  born  May  15.  1834.  in 
Straft'ord,  died  October  9,  1876,  in  South  Roy- 
alton,  Vermont.  His  body  was  taken  to  Straf- 
ford for  burial.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  his 
native  town,  pursued  the  study  of  medicine, 
and  after  graduation  settled  in  Sherburne. 
Rutland  countv,  Vermont,  to  engage  in  prac- 
tice. In  1862  he  removed  to  South  Royalton, 
where  he  was  very  successful  in  his  profes- 
sion, and  was  also  interested  in  a  drug  store. 


He  served  during  a  portion  of  the  civil  war 
as  surgeon  with  the  I'nion  forces,  locateil  at 
Point  Lookout.  Maryland.  In  1872  he  re- 
moved with  his  family  from  South  Royalton 
to  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
conducted  a  drug  store,  but  later  returned  to 
.^(.•uth  Royalton,  where  he  died  as  before  noted. 
Soon  after  this  his  widow,  with  her  two  sons, 
James  S.  and  T'Jmcr  E.  Moore,  removed  to 
Poston.  He  married.  1840,  at  ^^'oodstock, 
Vermont,  Haimah  A.  Esterbrook,  a  native  of 
Sherburne.  \'ermont,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Dorcas  (Colton)  Esterbrook.  She  is  still  liv- 
ing and  resides  in  East  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  in  the  home  of  her  son.  Dr.  James 
Spencer  Moore. 

(IN)  Dr.  Elmer  E.  Moore,  son  of  Dr. 
David  Comstock  and  Hannah  A.  (Esterbrook) 
Moore,  was  l)orn  October  10,  1861.  in  Hart- 
ford, A'ermont.  died  at  his  home  in  East  Prov- 
idence Centre,  Rhode  Island,  January  30. 
1913.  His  body  was  deposited  in  Lakeside 
Cemetery  at  East  Providence.  .\s  a  youth  he 
attended  the  public  schools  of  P>ostDn,  includ- 
ing the  high  school,  and  spent  two  years  in  the 
famous  Eliot  School  at  Jamaica  Plains,  a 
suburb  of  Boston.  For  five  years  after  leav- 
ing school  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  trade  in 
\^ermont  and  Poston,  followinsr  which  he  was 
a  student  at  the  ^^lassachusetts  School  of  Phar- 
macy. He  began  the  study  of  medicine  in 
1883  and  two  years  later  entered  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Vermont  at 
Burlington,  and  v.-as  graduated  in  18S6  from 
the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College, 
with  the  degree  of  :M.  D.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  vear  he  located  at  East  Providence  Cen- 
tre, Rhode  Island,  and  for  twenty-seven  years 
was  among  the  most  successful  physicians  of 
that  section  of  the  state,  his  practice  extending 
largelv  over  Bristol  and  Providence  counties. 
as  well  as  adjoining  districts  of  Massachusetts. 
In  1898  Dr.  Moore  visited  Europe,  and  pur- 
sued a  course  of  study  in  the  medical  schools. 
continuinsT  through  one  year  at  the  medical 
schools  of  Berlin.  Germanv.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Rhode  Island  Medical  Societv.  the 
Providence  !Medical  .Association,  and  the 
Providence  Clinical  Club.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
was  affiliated  with  the  ^vlasonic  fraternity  as  a 
member  of  Rising  Sun  Lodee.  No.  30.  Free 
and  .Accepted  Masons,  of  Fast  Providence; 
Provid<"nce  Chapter.  No.  i.  Royal  .Arch  Ma- 
sons: Providence  Council.  No.  i.  Royal  and 
!^elect  Masters  ;  St.  John's  Comniandery.  No. 
I.  Knights  Templar;  Rhode  Island  Consistory, 
(thirt\--second  decree),  and  Pale'^tine  Temple, 
.Ancient  .Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Alvstic 
Shrine.     At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Con- 


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gregational  Society  of  Seekonk,  Ajiril  22.  1913, 
tlie  following  resolutions  upon  tlie  ilcatli  of 
Dr.  Moore  were  adopted: 

Since  the  List  meeting  of  this  Society,  God  hath 
callfd  unto  himself  one  of  our  members  whose 
character  and  service  deserves  honor  and  recogni- 
tion. On  January  30,  1913,  Elmer  K.  Moore,  'M.  D., 
passed  from  this  life,  having  made  for  himself  a 
place  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  knew  him,  espe- 
cially his  associates  and  co-laborers.  He  came  to 
East  Providence  in  \&6,  and  immediately  con- 
nected himself  with  Newman  Church  and  this  soci- 
ety and  since  that  tiine  has  given  to  the  si-.pport  of 
both  in  all  ways,  having  filled  various  ofifices  and 
bein;;-  at  the  time  of  his  death,  Treasurer  .--.nd  also 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  Being  a 
Christian  gentleman,  a  Physician  and  a  man  of 
sympathetic  nature,  he  was  especially  qualified  to 
render  true  friendly  service,  which  he  did  and  for 
this  he  will  be  long  remembered,  in  the  Church, 
Parish  and  this  and  adjoining  towns  in  the  sphere 
of  his  activities.  Therefore  be  it  Resolved,  that 
in  his  death  not  only  this  society  and  Church,  but 
the  community  in  which  he  lived  and  wrought,  as 
well  as  the  many  objects  with  which  he  was  iden- 
tified have  suffered  an  inestimable  loss.  Resolved 
that  for  his  loyal  service  and  support,  this  Society 
owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  which  it  desires  to  express 
and  record  in  a  sincere  and  fitting  manner.  There- 
fore, Bt  it  Further  Resolved,  that  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  be  presented  to  his  family  in  token  of 
our  sympathy,  our  appreciation  of  the  service  ren- 
dered tn  us.  and  our  regard  for  his  memory,  and 
that  a  copy  of  the  snme  be  entered  upon  the  records 
of  this   Society. 

Erom  Providence  /o!(r»a/,  January  31,  1913: 

He  was  a  syinpathetic  Christian  supporter  of  all 
good  work,  and  has  long  been  an  active  member  of 
the  Newman  Congregational  Church,  being  its 
treasurer  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Last  year  Dr. 
Moore  was  president  of  the  Newman  Club  at  Rum- 
ford. 

Dr.  Moore  married,  June  28,  1897,  at  East 
Providence,  Annie  Richmond  Pearse,  a  native 
of  that  town,  daughter  of  Robert  H.  and  Ruth 
Anne  (Kent)  Pearse  (see  Pearse  IX).  Mrs. 
Moore  was  educated  in  the  public  and  liigh 
schools  of  East  Providence,  and  engaged  in  the 
profession  of  teaching  for  several  years  in  the 
public  schools  of  her  liome  town.  She  is  a 
faithful  member  of  the  Congregational  church, 
warmly  devoted  to  her  home  and  family,  and 
highly  esteemed  in  the  cominunitv.  Children; 
Roger  Ellsworth,  a  student  in  the  hig'n  school; 
Robert  Spencer,  a  student  in  the  public  schools  ; 
Alarjorie  Kent,  died  in  infancy. 

(The    Fc-arse    Line). 

The  Pearse  family  is  both  ancient  and  his- 
toric in  the  annals  of  England,  the  lineage  of 
Richard  Pearse,  the  immigrant  to  New  Eng- 
land and  founder  of  the  American  family. 
being  traced  to  the  time  of  Gal f red.  In  more 
receiit  English  generations  were  Peter  Percy, 
standard  bearer  of  Richard  III.  at  the  battle 


of  Bosworth  Eield  {i4S5),and  Richard  Percy, 
the  founder  of  Pcarce  Mall.  I"or  nearly  two 
and  a  half  centuries  the  Pearse  family  has 
been  identified  with  the  political,  judicial  and 
legislative  history  of  Rhode  Island  and  Pristol. 
During  both  the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
periods  the  name  constantly  recurs  either  in 
legislative  or  military  aft'airs.  Captain  Nathan- 
iel I'earse  commanded  an  artillery  coinpany  at 
the  burning  of  Piristol  by  the  British,  during 
the  Revolution,  and  covering  the  period  from 
1757  to  1S49  different  members  of  the  family 
represented  the  town  in  the  state  legislature. 
Flon.  Dutee  J.  Pearse,  in  the  early  portion  of 
the  century,  served  as  a  member  of  congress 
from  Rhode  Island  for  more  than  a  decade; 
the  late  Edward  Pearse  was  for  many  years  a 
leading  figure  in  the  commerce  and  finances 
of  Bristol,  a  number  of  his  sons  following  in 
his  footsteps.  In  more  recent  years  figured 
the  late  Alfred  S.  Pearse.  Richard  S.  Pearse, 
John  S.  Pearse,  and  the  son  of  the  last  named, 
the  late  John  Bowen  Pearse,  who  was  for 
many  years  high  sherifi  of  Bristol  county,  suc- 
ceeding his  father  to  that  office,  and  also  for 
many  years  postmaster  of  Bristol. 

(I)  Richard  Pearse  (name  changed  from 
Percy  in  this  generation),  born  in  England  in 
1590,  married  in  England — his  wife's  name 
being  Martha — and  was  a  resident  of  Bristol, 
England.  He  was  a  son  of.  Richard,  who  re- 
sided on  the  homestead  of  his  father,  grand- 
son of  Richard  Percy,  the  founder  of  Pearce 
Hall,  in  York,  England,  where  he  lived  and 
died,  and  great-grandson  of  Peter  Percy,  who 
was  standard-bearer  to  Richard  III.  at  the 
battle  of  Bosworth  field  in  14S5.  Richard 
Pearse  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Lyon," 
from  Bristol,  England,  his  brother.  Captain 
William  Pearse.  being  master  of  the  ship.  His 
children  were:  Richard,  John,  Samuel,  Han- 
nah, Martha,  Sarah,  William,  Mary.  Captain 
William  Pearse,  of  the  ship  "Lyon,"  was  a 
distinguished  shipmaster.  He  was  killed  by 
the  Spaniards  at  Providence,  in  the  Bahamas, 
1641.  He  is  credited  with  being  the  author 
of  the  first  almanac,  for  1639.  published  in 
North  America. 

(II)  Richard  (2)  Pearse,  son  of  Richard 
(  I  )  Pearse,  the  settler,  born  in  1615,  in  Eng- 
land, married,  in  1642,  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  Susannah  A\'right,  born  in  1620.  ]Mr. 
Pearse  died  in  1678  in  Portsmouth,  and  ]Mrs. 
Pearse  was  dead  at  that  time.  He  was  at 
Portsmouth  as  early  as  1654,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman  of  the  colony  from  Portsmouth. 
His  children  were;  Richard,  mentioned  be- 
low; Martha,  born  September  13,  1645;  John, 
September  8,  1647;  Giles,  July  22,  1651  ;  Su- 
sannah, November  22,   1652;  Mary,  May  6, 


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ifi54;  Jeremiah,  November  17.  1656;  Isaac. 
J)eccniber,  1658;  George,  July  10,  uVu;  Sam- 
uel, December  22,  1664. 

(If I)   Richard  (3)    Pearjc,  son  of  Richard 

(2)  P'earsc,  was  born  October  3,  1643,  '" 
J\irtsmouth,  Rhode  Island.  He  was  a  tree- 
man  of  the  colony  of  Portsmouth  in  Mnv, 
ibOT,.  He  removed  to  Bristol.  Rhode  Island, 
probably  soon  after  his  father's  death,  and 
tliere  both  he  and  his  wife.  Experience,  died, 
his  death  occurring  July  19.  1720.  Their  chil- 
dren, born  in  Bristol,  were:  Jonathan.  Rich- 
ard. Abigail,  Alary.  Jeremiah,  Aimic,  Ik-nja- 
min,  and  a  son. 

(I\')   Richard   (4)    Pearse,  son  of  Richard 

(3)  Pearse,  married  (first)  Sarah and 

(second)  May  22,  1723.  Susannah  Lawton.  of 
Portsmouth.  Rhode  Island,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Elizabeth  (Tallman)  Lawton.  Susannah 
Lawton  was  born  April  3.  1689,  died  Julv  29, 
1768.  Mr.  Pearse  died  October  2^,  1744. '  His 
widow  married,  in  September,  1746,  Joh.n 
Burden,  of  Portsmouth.  Richard  Pearse  was 
a  resident  of  Bristol.  His  children  were: 
Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Sarah,  Richard,  William, 
Experience,  Mary.  Susannah,  .\.nn.  Elizabeth. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Pearse.  second  son  of  Rich- 
ard (4)  and  Susannah  (Lawton)  Pearse.  was 
born  November  23,  170S,  in  Bristol,  and  lived 
in  that  town,  where  the  records  shov,-  that  he 
sold  land  September  22,  1746.  He  married, 
April  6.  1732,  Mary  Lindsay  and  they  had 
children:  Samuel,  born  October  25,  1733; 
John,  March  28.  1735;  Richard,  mentioned 
below;  Nathaniel,  August  5,  1739;  Christo- 
pher, July  5,  1741  ;  Elizabeth,  February  17, 
1743;  Thomas,  March  6,  1744.  died  young: 
Mary,  April  3.  1747  ;  Thomas.  March  24.  1749  ; 
William,  .April  2,  1753;  Sarah.  August  26, 
1754- 

(\T)  Captain  Richard  (5)  Pearse,  third 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Lindsay)  Pearse, 
was  born  January  15,  1737,  in  Bristol,  and  re- 
sided in  that  town  and  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, dying  in  the  latter  place  in  1809.  Llis 
\\ill  was  proved  at  Taunton,  Alassacluisetts, 
June  6,  1809.  He  married,  about  1760,  Pliebe 
Munro,  born  June  16.  1743,  in  Bristol,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Jolls)  Munro. 
Cliildren:  Phebe,  born  October  5.  1760; 
Richard.  October  27.  1762;  Nathaniel.  Octo- 
ber 4.  1764;  Lydia,  February  13.  1767;  Mary, 
July  2,  1771  :  Timothy,  February  14,  1775; 
Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Robert  Pearse.  youngest  child  of 
Captain  Richard  (5)  and  Phebe  (Munro) 
Pearse,  was  born  July  18,  1777,  in  Bristol, 
and  resided  in  Rehoboth,  where  he  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1S32.  He  married.  ]\Iay  3,  1798.  Lydia 
Blandins,  born   Februarv  22,   1778,  in  Reho- 


both. died  DeccmlxT  17,  1833,  daughter  of 
William  and  Lydia  (OrniVby)  Blanding. 
Children:  .-\urelia  Powell,  born  December  14, 
179S;  William  Augustus,  May  25,  1801  ;  Rob- 
ert Munro,  mentioned  below;  Abram  Bland- 
ing, December  29.  1805;  Gilbert  Dean,  De- 
cember 16,  180S;  Elizabeth  IMartin,  May  28, 
iSii  ;  Susan  Blanding,  September  29,  1815; 
James  Henry,  May  29,  1818. 

(\T1I)  Robert  Munro  Pearse.  secr)ntl  son 
of  Robert  and  L}-dia  (Blanding)  Pearse,  was 
born  October  27,  1S03.  in  Rehoboth,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  farming,  and  finally  resided 
on  Pine  street  in  Providence.  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  died.  He  married  Luc\'  Carpenter 
Blanding,  born  May  23,  1813,  in  Rehoboth, 
daughter  of  Christoidier  and  ^lary  (Lawton) 
Blanding,  and  had  children :  ]\Iary  Blanding, 
born  December  21,  18^9.  married,  September 
25,  1S72,  Francis  L.  Hill;  Robert  R..  men- 
tioned below;  Christoijher  Blanding,  born 
April  30,   1847. 

(IN)  Robert  R.  Pearse,  elder  son  of  Robert 
r^Iunro  and  Lucy  C.  (Blanding)  Pearse.  was 
born  December  14.  1S41,  in  Seekonk,  [Massa- 
chusetts, which  later  became  East  Providence, 
where  he  operated  a  wheelwright  shop  for  many 
years,  and  died  December  4,  1900.  He  mar- 
ried. Jime  3,  1S69,  Ruth  Anne  Kent,  a  native 
of  East  Providence,  daughter  of  Isaac  B.  and 
Hannah  R.  (Kent)  Kent  (see  Kent  VII). 
She  survives  him  and  resides  in  East  Provi- 
dence. Children:  Annie  Richmond,  wife  of 
Dr.  Elmer  E.  Moore,  of  East  Providence 
(sec  Moore  IXl  :  and  Mar}-,  wife  of  Dr.  Ed- 
ward Gledhill,  a  well  known  dentist  of  Provi- 
dence. 

(The    Kent    Line). 

h"or  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  years  the 
Kents  of  the  section  of  country  now  embraced 
in  Rehoboth  and  Swansea,  Massachusetts,  and 
F.ast  Providence  and  Barrington,  Rhode 
Island,  have  been  a  continuous  family,  and  one 
among  the  honorable  and  highly  respected 
families  of  that  section.  .And  for  a  generation 
before  this  branch  of  the  old  Dedham  (Massa- 
chusetts) family  had  dwelt  not  far  distant  in 
New  England.  Back  in  old  England  the  Kents 
were  an  ancient  family,  their  history  reaching 
back  to  the  year  1295,  and  possibly  earlier,  but 
in  that  year  they  were  residents  of  Sherbeck. 
Various  branches  of  the  family  had  coats-of- 
arms,  many  of  which  are  of  record.  They 
were  possessed  apparently  of  much  property. 
Here  in  this  country  the  name  is  now  numer- 
ous and  most  honorably  connected  with  Amer- 
ican history.  From  our  colleges  have  gradu- 
ated many  of  the  name,  a  number  have  risen 
to  the  gubernatorial  chair  in  diiTerent  com- 
monwealths,   while    many   are   represented    in 


•i     I 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


the  learned  professions.  The  family,  too,  has 
been  fully  and  ably  represented  in  the  several 
wars  of  this  country,  a  number  being  high  in 
command. 

(I)  Joseph  Kent  appears  in  New  England 
at  Dcdhani.  Massachusetts,  in  1645,  \vhither 
he    came     from    England  with    his    brother, 

Toshua  Kent,  who  had  previously  been  iu  this      i  nomas  v  lan,  01  ivi-huu^l,.,  j^^-...  -.  ^.,  •- 
and  been  a  resident  of  Dedham.   There      cember    17,    1769;   Josiah,    mentioned    belo 


the  Rhode  Island  alarm,  in  August,  1780J, 
which  marched  to  Tiverton.  He  is  referred  to 
as  of  Rchoboth  and  of  Rhode  Island,  tie 
married,  April  16,  1767,  Elizabeth  Bullock, 
of  Rchoboth,  who  died  Augnist  2,  1781,  aged 
thirtv-seven  vears.  Children:  Patience,  born 
Tanuarv  26,'  176S,  married,  June  4,  1789, 
Thomas  Viall,  of  Rchoboth;  Jabez  E.  B.,  De- 


country  anc 

is  no  record  of  Joseph  at  Dedham  after  1659. 
Later  he  appears  at  Block  Island,  which  was 
settled  in  1661,  largely  by  people  from  Brain- 
tree.  Massachusetts.  '  Still  later  he  was  at 
Swansea,  ^ilassachusetts.  of  which  town  he 
was  admitted  an  inhabitant.  December  15, 
1673.  He  married,  in  1G63.  Susanna  George, 
and" their  children  were  :  Joseph,  born  in  ii565  ; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Joshua,  1672;  Su- 
sanna, September  25,  1687. 

(11)  Samuel  Kent,  son  of  Joseph  Kent, 
born  in  1668,  married  Desire,  born  in  1673, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ruth  (Howland) 
Cushman  and  granddaughter  of  John  How- 
land  and  Elizabeth  Tilley.  both  passengers  of 
the  historic  "Mayflower."  To  Samuel  Kent 
and  his  wife  came  two  children:  Hannah. 
born  October  3.  1703;  and  Josiah,  mentioned 
below,  both  of  Swansea  record.  On  the^grave- 
stone  of  Desire  Kent  in  the  cemeteM'  at  Tyler's 
Point,  opposite  \\'arren,  is  the  following  in- 
scription :  "Mrs.  Desire  Kent,  wdo  of  Ensign 
Samuel  Kent.  Barrington.  who  was  the  first 
English  woman's  granddaughter  born  in  New 
England.  Died  Eeb.  ye  8th.  A.  D.  1762,  aged 
about  94  years." 

(Ill)  Josiah  Kent,  son  of  Samuel  and  Ue- 
■sire  (Cushman)  Kent,  born  September  9.  1705. 
married,  September  4,  1730.  Alethca.  daughter 
of  Sam- 


Perez  Simon;  Charles,  March  11,  1780;  went 
to  Conneaut,  Ohio,  and  died  there. 

(V)  Josiah  (3)  Kent,  son  of  Josiah  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Bullock)  Kent,  was  born  in 
Tune.  1771.  He  married,  July  5,  1795,  Patty 
Brown,  daughter  of  Isaac  Brown,  both  being 
of  Rchoboth.  Patty  (Brown)  Kent  was  a 
great-great-granddaughter  of  John  Brown  Sr., 
who  with  Thomas  Willett  and  Miles  Standish 
purchased  of  the  Indians  a  tract  of  land  known 
by  the  Indian  name  of  Wannamoisett,  and  of 
which  Mr.  Brown  aftcrv,-ard  became  sole  pro- 
prietor. Josiah  Kent  was  quite  a  character, 
and  was  "known  familiarly  as  "Uncle  Siah,'| 
while  his  wife  was  always  "Aunt  Patty." 
Children:  Ira;  Celinda,  who  married  Benja- 
min J.  Brown,  toll  gatherer  of  Washington 
Bridge  for  manv  years;  Elizabeth,  who  mar- 
ried Perry  Barney,  of  East  Providence;  Mar- 
tha; Isaac  Brown,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Isaac  Brown  Kent,  youngest  child  of 
Tosiah  (3)  and  Patty  (Brown)  Kent,  was  bom 
"July  3,  1812.  and  resided  in  Seekonk,  Rhode 
Island,  now  known  as  East  Providence,  where 
he  died  Mav  8.  1SS5.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
substantial  citizens  of  that  section,  where  his 
forefathers  had  dwelt  for  generations.  Of 
quiet  and  unassuming  nature,  he  pursued  the 
course  of  life  without  ostentation,  and  by  in- 
ueraird'Xnna' Salisbury  Buliock.  torn      dustry    and   prudent    management   acquired 


comfortable  property.     As  a  boy  he  went  to 
school  in  the  old  red  school  house,  and  first 


April  4.  1712.  and  their  children  were:  ou- 
sanna,  born  May  4.  ^73^'  Samuel,  January  9. 
1733;  Armies.  June  26,  1734:  Hannah,  March 
13  17:57;  Alethia.  1739:  Josiah.  mentioned 
below;" Anna.  April  16.  1745;  Joshua.  Eebru- 
ary  28.  1746.  ^    ^     .  ,     ^  , 

(IV)  losiah  (2)  Kent,  son  of  Josian  (i) 
and  Alethea  (Bullock)  Kent,  was  born  April 
8,  1741.     He  was  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution. 

■iprvinp-  as  a  nrivate  in  Captain  Joseph  Prank-      _       _    .   .  ..•     1  _ 

'^T!o^plny.    Colonel    Thomas    Carpenter's      gaged    in    gerieralfarmnig.   giving   particular 


t>ngagcd  in  farming  with  his  father,  inheriting 
the  homestead  at  the  latter's  death.  This  em- 
braced about  one  hundred  acres,  to  which  he 
added  from  time  to  time,  until  the  estate  in- 
cluded over  two  hundred  acres,  and  was  then, 
as  now,  one  of  the  best  in  that  section.  It  has 
been  divided  and  was  owned  in  part  by  his 
sons,  Isaac  R.  and  Alfred  J.  Kent.     He  en- 


rec^nient  marching  to  Bristol  on  the  alarm  in  attention  to  the  production  ot  milk  ana  . ay- 
Dec  nXV  1776  His  name  is  also  on  the  Though  an  earnest  Republican  in  pohti  al 
r^oh  of  Capt^fn  Lyon  and  Captain  Perrin's  principle,  and  not  ^a  ^seeker  _for^office.^he^re- 
company,  which  marched  from  Rehoboth  on 
the  Lexington  Alarm  in  April.  1775.     These 


two  companies  from  Rehoboth  were  com- 
manded bv  Captain  John  Lyon  and  Captain 
Jesse  Perrin.  Mr.  Kent  was  a  member  of 
Captain  Idbez  Bullock's  company,  Colonel 
Thomas  Carpenter's  regiment   (for  service  at 


.ponded  to  the  call  of  duty,  and  filled  some 
minor  stations  in  the  town  of  East  Providence. 
Of  superior  judgment,  his  counsel  was  fre- 
quentlv  taken  by  neighbors  and  friends  m 
financial  matters.  Though  his  schooling  was 
not  extended,  bv  experience  and  reading  he 
acquired  a  large  fund  of  general  information 


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and  carried  a  large  influence  in  the  community. 
lie  was  a  regular  attendant  and  supporter  of 
Newman  Congregational  Church  of  East 
Providence.  He  married,  April  20,  1837,  Han- 
nah i\.  Kent,  daughter  of  Alfred  Kent,  of 
Scekonk,  granddaughter  of  Joseph  Kent  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Samuel  Kent.  Chil- 
dren: Isaac  Richmond,  died  young;  Lsaac 
Richmond,  born  Eebruary  5,  1846,  lived  in 
East  Providence;  Harriet,  wife  of  Wheaton 
Read;  Ruth  Anne,  mentioned  below;  Alfred 
K.,  born  November  2-j,  1849,  lived  in  East 
Providence;  Hannah  Maria,  July  2g,  1851. 
died  the  folloNving  year  :  Martlia  I!.,  residing  in 
East  Providence,  unmarried. 

(\'n)  Ruth  Anne  Kent,  second  daughter 
of  Isaac  B.  and  Hannah  R.  (Kent)  Kent,  was 
born  in  East  Pro\-idcnce,  and  married,  June  3, 
1869,  Robert  R.  Pearse,  of  that  town  (see 
Pearsc  IX). 


This  is  a  branch  of  the  family 
GREEXE  of  Greene  of  Greene's  Xorton, 
Northamptonsliire,  England, 
which  flourished  in  that  county  from  1319  until 
the  time  of  Plenry  Vlll.  Sir  Henry  Greene, 
Knt.,  lord  chief  justice  of  England  in  1353, 
was  the  head  of  this  family  in  his  time.  His 
younger  son.  Sir  Flenry  Greene,  was  beheaded 
in  1399  for  his  attachment  to  the  cause  of 
Richard  II.  Queen  Catherine  Parr  was  a 
member  of  this  family,  her  mother  being  Ma- 
tilda Greene,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir 
Thomas  Greene,  of  Greene's  Xorton.  By  the 
marriage  of  Matilda  Greene  and  her  sister 
Anne,  respectively,  to  Sir  Thomas  Parr  and 
I'>aron  \"aux,  the  Xorthampton  estate  passed 
into  other  families. 

A  branch  of  this  family,  from  which  the 
American  Greenes  are  descended,  owned  and 
occupied  the  estate  of  Bowridge  Hill,  in  Gill- 
ingham  parish,  in  Dorsetshire,  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  \'III.,  and  so  continued  until  iC^},^  and 
after  many  records  of  births,  marriages  and 
deaths  of  the  family  appear  in  the  parish 
records,  and  various  curious  wills  of  theirs  are 
extant.  Their  old  stone  house  is  still  stand- 
ing. The  John  Greene,  of  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island,  who  is  treated  in  what  follows,  was  a 
younger  brother  of  the  owner  of  Bowridge 
Hill,  at  the  time  of  his  emigration  to  the  Amer- 
ican colonies  in  1635.  From  this  source  came 
the  Greenes  under  consideration,  and  their 
lineage  from  the  American  ancestor  follows, 
each  generation  being  designated  by  a  Roman 
character. 

(I)  Lord  Alexander  de  Greene  de  Boketon, 
a  knight  at  the  kii-.g's  court,  was  tlie  great- 
grandson  of  one  of  the  X'orman  n.'ble>  who 
invaded  England  with  William  the  Conqueror 


in  1066,  King  John  bestowed  the  estate  of 
Hougjiton  in  Xortliamiiton  on  him  in  1202. 
He  is  the  earlie.st  known  ancestor  of  tlie  Greene 
families  of  Warwick  and  Ouidnesset  in  Rliode 
Island.  He  probably  received  his  e.state  for 
scr\ices  rendered  in  putting  down  a  rebellion 
of  Jolm's  nobles,  and  w  hat  was  given  him  had 
proliably  belonged  to  one  of  the  lords  whom 
the  king  had  attainted.  Lord  Alexander  as- 
sumed a  surname  after  his  chief  estate,  de 
Greene  de  Boketon,  that  is,  the  Lord  of  the 
Park  of  the  Deer  Enclosure.  A  green  in  those 
times  was  a  park.  Boketon  is  a  very  old  word 
meaning  the  ducks'  (dokes)  ton  or  paled — in 
enclosure.  Centuries  ago  the  terminal  syllable 
ton  had  lost  its  original  sense,  and  meant  a 
town,  so  that  Boketon,  still  used  in  the  original 
sense,  shows  Lord  .Mexander  came  to  an  estate 
named  long  before,  and  noted  for  its  exten- 
sive ])arks  and  deer  preserves,  Boketon  be- 
came Bucks  and  Buckston,  and  later  Bough- 
ton,  its  present  name.  It  lies  in  Xorthamp- 
ton. For  a  long  time  the  full  name  de  Greene 
de  Boketon  was  used  in  legal  documents. 
Xaturally  in  everyday  speech  it  was  shortened 
to  de  Greene.  During  the  reign  of  Henry  \T., 
1422-1471.  with  its  attendant  French  wars,  the 
patriotic  de  Greenes  dropped  the  patrician  de 
as  too  Frenchy  in  sound  for  Englishmen,  as 
they  now  considered  themselves. 

(II)  Sir  Walter  de  Greene  de  Boketon.  son 
of  Sir  Alexander  de  Greene  de  Boketon,  suc- 
ceeded his  father  to  the  title  and  estates,  and 
was  probably  a  crusading  knight  in  the  seventh 
crusade,  whicli  ended  in  1240,  as  he  was  listed 
in  the  old  rolls  of  the  twentieth  year  of  Henry 
HI.  (1236)  and  the  fort_\-fiftli  year  of  the 
same  king  (1261). 

(III)  Sir  John  de  Greene  de  Boketon,  son 
of  Sir  Walter  de  Greene  de  Boketon,  accom- 
panied King  Edward  III.  to  the  Holy  Land  as 
a  crusading  knight  and  perished  tlicre,  leaving 
an  infant  son. 

(I\")  Sir  Xoinas  de  Greene  de  Boketon, 
only  child  of  Sir  John  de  Greene  de  Boketon, 
received  the  title  of  his  ancestors  in  his  infancy. 
He  accompanied  Edward  I.  against  the  Scots 
in  1296,  and  is  mentioned  in  the  records  of 
1319  as  then  alive.  He  married  Alice,  daugh- 
ter and  co-heir  of  Sir  Thomas  Bottishane.  of 
Brauston, 

(V)  Sir  Xoinas  (2)  de  Greene  de  Bciketon. 
fifth  Lord  de  Greene  de  Boketon,  was  born  in 
1292,  son  of  Sir  Xoinas  (i)  de  Greene  de 
Boketon.  W'hen  about  forty  years  old  he  was 
made  high  sheriff  of  Xorthampton  (1330-32), 
in  the  early  part  of  the  reign  of  Edward  III. 
"The  office  in  those  days  was  esteemed  equal 
to  tlie  care  of  ]>rinces,  a  place  of  great  trust 
and  reputation."     He  married   Lucie,  daugh- 


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tor  of  Kudo  dc  la  Zouche  and  Millicent,  one 
of  the  sisters  and  heirs  of  George  de  Lantehipc, 
lord  of  Abergaveny.  Lady  Lucie  had  royal 
blood.  One  house  of  de  La  Zouche  was  line- 
ally descended  from  Alan,  the  famous  Earl 
and  sovereign  of  Little  Britain.  One  son  was 
born  of  this  marriage. 

(V'l)  Sir  Plenry  de  Greene  de  Boketon,  son 
of  Sir  Noinas  (2)  de  Greene  de  Boketon,  was 
the  foremost  lawyer  of  his  day  and  was  made 
lord  chief  justice  of  England.  He  was  speaker 
of  the  house  of  lords  in  two  parliaments  (1363- 
G4).  and  became  at  last  the  king's  nearest 
coimsel.  He  died  in  1370,  in  the  sixtieth  year 
of  his  age,  and  was  buried  at  Boughton.  He 
left  to  his  posterity  one  of  the  most  consider- 
able estates  of  the  age.  He  married  Katherine, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Drayton,  and  only  sister 
of  Sir  Simon  Drayton,  of  Drayton.  They  had 
six  children:  Thomas,  Henry,  Richard,  Nich- 
olas, Margaret,  Amadila. 

(VH)  Sir  Henry  {2)  de  Greene  de  Boke- 
ton, the  second  son  of  Sir  Henry  (i)  de 
Gre.ene  de  Boketon,  was  made  the  heir  of  his 
father  in  spite  of  the  English  law  of  primo- 
genture  through  a  special  license  given  by  tlic 
king.  Sir  Henry  was  a  very  rich  man  and 
possessed  many  estates.  He  married  Matilda, 
sole  heiress  ot  her  father,  Lord  Thomas  Alau- 
duit,  who  also  had  five  lordships  and  other  fair 
possessions.  Sir  Henry  was  a  man  of  ability 
and  became  as  prominent  a  statesman  as  his 
father  had  been.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
house  of  commons,  and  one  of  its  leaders.  He 
was  knighted  and  became  one  of  the  king's 
near  counselors.  As  a  favorite  of  the  king, 
he  received  many  more  manors  and  estates. 
Sir  Henry  was  one  of  a  commission  appointed 
over  King  Richard  H.,  whose  eccentricity 
amounted  almost  to  insanity,  and  as  such  coun- 
seled the  king  to  confiscate  the  estates  of  the 
banished  Henry  Bolingbroke,  duke  of  Here- 
ford and  Lancaster.  After  the  overthrow  of 
Richard,  Sir  Henry  was  taken  prisoner  by 
Bolingbroke  and  beheaded  in  the  market  square 
in  Bristol,  September  2,  1599.  Shakespeare 
devotes  much  of  Acts  L  and  II.  of  his  Richard 
II.  to  Sir  Henry  Greene.  The  children  of  Sir 
Henry  and  Lady  Matilda  were  Ralph,  John, 
Thomas,  Henry,  Eleanor,  Elizabeth,  Mary. 

(VIII)  Thomas  de  Greene  de  Boketon, 
third  son  of  Sir  Henry  (2)  de  Greene  de  Boke- 
ton. was  the  only  son  of  his  father  whose  line 
remained  to  bear  the  name  of  Greene.  From 
him  came  the  Gillingham  Greenes,  and  from 
them  again  came  the  Warwick  and  Ouidnesset 
Greenes,  two  of  the  most  important  lines  of 
that  name  in  America. 

(IX)  The  name  of  the  son  of  Thomas  de 
Greene  de  Boketon,  who  was  the  ninth  of  this 


line  has  not  been  preserved.  He  was  burn 
about  I-J20,  and  came  to  manhoinl  in  the  niiil- 
dlc  of  the  "bloody  century."  This  included  the 
period  of  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,  and  but  little 
authentic  liistory  of  many  families  during  this 
time  is  to  be  found. 

(X)  John  (2)  Greene,  the  next  of  the  line, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  born  about  1450. 
Dickens  says  thnt  King  Richard  HI.  sent  word 
to  Sir  Robert  I'.rackenbury  by  John  Greene, 
offering  him  to  put  the  two  princes  to  death. 
But  Sir  Robert  refused  to  execute  the  com- 
m.and.  After  the  death  of  Richard,  John 
Greene  lost  no  time  in  putting  the  seas  between 
himself  and  Henry  \TI.,  the  rival  and  suc- 
cessor of  Richard.  He  returned  to  England, 
whera  he  lived  a  while,  then  fled  again  and 
died  abroad.  He  is  known  as  "Juhn,  the  fugi- 
tive" in  the  family  records. 

(XI)  Robert  Greene  owned  and  resided  on 
his  estate  at  Bowridge  Hill  in  the  parish  of 
Gillingham,  county  Dorset  (a  locality  noticed 
in  the  Ordnance  Survey  of  England),  when 
taxed  on  the  Subsidy  Rolls  in  the  time  of  King 
Henry  MIL  (1543),  in  the  ist  of  Edward  VI. 
(1547),  and  in  the  ist  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
(158S).  The  name  of  his  wife  is  unknown. 
Children:  i.  Peter,  gentleman,  son  and  heir, 
who  succeeded  to  the  estate  of  Bowridge  Hill, 
Gillingham;  he  died  and  was  buried  (accord- 
ing to  Parish  Register)  'Slay  31,  1583;  his  will 
is  dated  May  20,  and  was  proved  in  London, 
June  I,  1583;  he  died  without  issue,  leaving 
bec|uests  to  his  wife,  Joan,  and  to  his  brothers 
and  sisters.  2.  Richard,  of  whom  further.  3. 
John,  of  Gillingham,  received  legacy  from  his 
brother  Peter,  by  will.  4.  Alice,  received 
legacy  from  her  brother  Peter's  will ;  she  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Small  and  had  issue.  5.  Anne,  re- 
ceived legacy  from  her  brother's  will ;  married 
Roger  Capps,  of   Gillingham,  and   had   issue. 

(XII)  Richard  Greene,  son  of  Robert 
Greene,  inherited  the  property  of  Bowridge 
Hill  as  heir-at-law  and  "residuary  legatee  of 
his  brother,  Peter  Greene."  He  was  taxed  on 
Subsidy  Rolls  2ydi  of  Queen  Elizabeth  (1587). 
His  will,  dated  May  10,  1606,  was  proved  May 
3,  1608.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not  known. 
Children:  i.  Richard,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Katharine,  married  a  I\Ir.  Turnor. 

(XIII)  Richard  (2)  Greene,  son  of  Rich- 
ard (i)  Greene,  succeeded  to  Bowridge  Hill, 
160S.  He  was  appointed  executor  of  his 
father's  will.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Hooker  (alias  \'owell),  who  was  cham- 
berlain of  the  city  of  Exeter,  England.  Sep- 
tember 12,  1534,  and  represented  Exeter  in 
parliament ;  he  was  uncle  to  the  celebrated 
divine,  Richard  Hooker,  rector  of  Bascombe. 
county    Wilts,    England,    and    prebendary    of 


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c  ,i:>l)iiry.  Mary  (Hooker)  Greene  was  the 
.,r;,n,liiiece  of  Archbishop  Grindal,  of  Canter- 
i.iirv.  Children:  I.  Peter,  gentleman,  son  and 
;..,-ir  to  P.owridge  Hill  estate;  married  Joan 
;  children  and  dates  of  baptism:   ^lary, 

""  r)cccmbcr  29,  1605;  William,  April  7,  1607; 
[.an,  April  25,  1609;  ]Margery,  April  11,  161 1  ; 
Kuhard,  August  6,  1612;  Richard,  April  30, 
1015;  Robert,  January  23,  1617-1S.  2.  Rich- 
;iril,  of  Salisbury;  he  died  s.  p.  1617,  leaving 
his  property,  to  his  father,  wife  Agnes,  and  to 

\  his  brothers  and  sisters.  3.  Robert,  of  Cuck- 
iington,  county  Somerset,  gentleman,  died 
1650;  his  will,  dated  October  21,  1649,  ^^'^'s 
proved  January  7,  1650-51;  his  wife  is  not 
named ;  child,  Robert,  who  was  his  father's 
sole  executor.     4.  John,  of  whom  further.     5. 

Rebecca,  married  Downton.     6.  ^lary, 

mentioned  in  her  brother  Richard's  will.  7. 
Rachel,  married  Richard  Perne,  of  Gillingham. 

8.  Anne,  baptized  at  Gillingham.  August  31, 
1593.  married  Giles  Stagg,  of  Little  Xewtpn. 

9.  Thomas,  baptized  Mav  iS,  1599,  buried  Au- 
gust 15.  1599. 

(I)  Dr.  John  (3)  Greene,  son  of  Richard 
(2)  Greene,  was  born  on  his  father's  estate 
at  Bowridge  Hill,  parish  of  Gillingham,  county 
Dorset,  England,  about  1590.  He  resided  at 
Salisbury  for  about  sixteen  years,  following 
his  profession  of  surgeon.  On  April  6.  1635, 
he  was  registered  for  embarkation  at  Hamp- 
ton, England,  with  his  wife  and  six  children 
(one  having  probably  died  in  England  before 
this  date),  in  the  ship  "James,"  William 
Cooper,  master,  for  New  England.  After  a 
voyage  of  fifty-eight  days  he  arrived  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  June  3,  1635.  He  first 
settled  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
associated  with  Roger  Williams,  purchasing 
or  building  a  house  there,  but  soon  after  Mr. 
Williams'  flight  from  Salem  (1636)  he  sold 
it  and,  joining  ]\Ir.  \\'illiams  at  Providence, 
secured  his  home  lot.  No.  15,  on  the  main 
street.  He  was  one  of  eleven  men  baptized  by 
Roger  Williams,  and  one  of  the  twelve  original 
members  of  the  first  Baptist  church  on  this 
continent,  organized  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  the  first  professional  medical 
man  in  Providence  Plantations.  He  is  alluded 
to  in  Goodwin's  "Pilgrim  Republic"  (p.  407) 
as  "one  of  the  two  local  surgeons"  at  Provi- 
dence in  1638.  though  we  are  told  "the  people 
of  Providence  relied  solely  upon  him  for  sur- 
gical aid  long  after  his  removal  to  Warwick  in 
1643."  H^c  was  one  of  the  twelve  original  pur- 
chasers of  Sliawomet,  a  tract  of  land  embrac- 
ing a  g'reater  part  of  the  present  towns  of  War- 
wick and  Coventry.  In  1644  he  went  to  Lon- 
don to  negotiate  for  Narragansett.  and  was 
one  of  the  com.mittce  who  first  organized  the 

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colony  of  Rhode  Island,  under  the  charter  ob- 
tained from  Charles  I.,  in  1647.  He  was  a 
prominent  man  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  and 
colony,  and  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  respect 
of  his  associates  through  a  long  and  active 
political  life,  holding  office  almost  continually 
until  the  sunnncr  before  his  death,  when  he 
refused  to  accept  the  office  of  commissioner, 
being  repeatedly  urged  thereto.  On  August 
8,  1647,  he  was  appointed  member  of  first 
town  council  of  Warwick;  February  26,  1648, 
commissioner  (representative  of  Warwick  in 
general  assembly)  ;  ]\Iay  7,  1649,  magistrate 
in  court  of  trials  at  Warwick;  June  4,  1649, 
assistant;  July  2,  1649,  member  of  town  coun- 
cil; commissioner  on  the  following  dates;  Oc- 
tober 26,  1650,  May  8,  1655,  October  6,  1656, 
August  9,  1657. 

Dr.  John  Greene  "married  (first)  at  St. 
Thomas'  Church,  November  4,  1619,  Joanne 
Tattershall  (or.  as  it  was  written  on  the  church 
register,  "Tatarsolc").  Nothing  is  definitely 
known  of  her  English  connections ;  tlie  name 
is  frequently  found  in  early  records  among 
post-mortem  examinations,  parliamentary 
writs,  and  charters,  and  is  variously  written 
Tatersall,  Tateshall,  Tatashall,  Tat-ershal  and 
Tatershall.  The  first  of  the  family  of  whom 
we  have  mention  came  in  with  VVilliam  the 
Conqueror  and  obtained  the  lordship  of  Tater- 
shall in  Lincolnshire,  where  he  seated  himself 
and  from  which  he  took  his  surname.  His 
descendants  were  seated  in  Berkshire  and  Xor- 
folkshire,  and  were  held  in  high  repute.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John,  baptized  August  15,  1620,  mar- 
ried Anne  Almy.  2.  Peter,  baptized  March 
10,  1621-22,  married  !Mary  Gorton.  3.  Rich- 
ard, baptized  ^larch  25,  1624,  died  young, 
probably  in  England.  4.  James,  baptized  June 
21,  1626.  5.  Thomas,  baptized  June  4,  162S, 
married  Elizabeth  Barton.  6.  Jone,  baptized 
October  3,  1630,  married  John  Hade.  7.  Mary, 
baptized  May  19,  1633,  married  James  Sweet. 
]Mrs.  Greene  died  soon  after  their  removal  to 
Rhode  Island,  and  it  is  supposed  was  buried  at 
Conimicut.  Old  Warwick.  Dr.  John  Greene 
married  (second)  "Alisce  (Alice)  Daniels,  a 
widow."  She  died  in  October,  1643.  r)r.  John 
Greene  married  (third)  in  London,  England, 
about  1644.  Phillippa  (always  written  Philip) 

,  who  returned  with  him  to  Warwick, 

Rhode  Island,  1646.  She  died  in  Warwick, 
March  11,  1687,  aged  about  eighty-seven  years, 
having  survived  her  husband  for  nearly  thirty 
years.  Dr.  John  Greene  died  in  January,  1659, 
and  was  buried  at  Conimicut,  Warwick. 

(II)  Major  John  (4)  Greene,  son  of  Dr. 
John  (3)  and  Joanne  (Tattersall)  Greene,  was. 
born  in  1620,  in  England,  and  after  serving  as 
commissioner    from    Warwick    and    assistant 


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was  made  deputy  governor  of  Rhode  Island, 
holding  the  oft'ice  from  i(kjo  until  1700,  a 
longer  ttrni  than  that  of  any  other  colonial 
governor  with  the  exception  of  Governor 
Cranston,  of  Rhode  Island.  John  Greene  filled 
the  offices  of  recorder  and  attorney-general, 
and  v.as  one  of  the  committee  appointed  in 
1654  to  revise  the  laws,  serving  also  in  1664. 
on  the  commission  for  the  same  purpose,  in 
association  with  Roger  Williams.  In  1670  he 
was  api)uinted  to  go  to  England  to  vindicate 
the  charter  hefore  the  king,  and  from  1683  to 
the  lime  of  Andros  he  held  a  commission  in 
the  army  of  "major  of  the  main,"  equivalent 
to  the  present  rank  of  a  major-general  of  the 
United  States  army.  In  1666  he  was  appointed 
with  others  to  draw  up  an  address  to  his  ma- 
jesty and  the  lord  chancellor  of  England;  in 
1666  he  was  notified  by  Governor  Andros  of 
his  appointment  as  a  member  of  his  council, 
and  in  iCkjo  he  with  others  sent  a  letter  of  con- 
gratulation to  William  and  Mary  on  their 
accession  to  the  crown.  John  Greene  married 
Ann  Almy,  who  was  born  in  1627,  died  May 
17,  1709.  He  himself  passed  away  November 
27,  1708. 

(III)  Captain  Peter  Greene,  third  son  of 
Major  John  (4)  and  Ann  (Almy)  Greene, 
was  born  February  4,  1654,  at  Warwick,  and 
inherited  by  will  from  his  uncle,  Pet.-r  Gvftne, 
the  homestead  of  his  grandfather,  Dr.  John 
Greene,  the  American  immigrant,  near  Coni- 
micut  Point,  in  the  eastern  part  of  Old  War- 
wick, where  he  resided  until  his  death  about 
1723.  He  held  various  responsible  town  offic^.s, 
was  captain  of  the  train-band,  and  for  many 
years  represented  ^^'arwick  in  the  general 
court.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Sarah  (Smith)  Arnold,  of  Pawtuxet, 
born  November  2,  1659.  Children:  Peter, 
Sarah,  John,  Stephen,  William,  Elisha,  Ear- 
low. 

(IV)  Elisha  Greene,  fifth  son  of  Captain 
Peter  and  Elizabeth  (Arnold)  Greene,  was  born 
February  13,  1692,  in  Old  Warwick,  and  died 
in  1767  at  his  home  near  Apponoug,  where  he 
resided  through  life.  His  wife,  Mary  Greene, 
who  was  a  distant  relative,  died  September  27, 
1750.  Their  children  were:  Mary,  Elisha, 
Elizabeth. 

(V)  Elisha  (2)  Greene,  only  son  of  Elisha 
(i)  and  Mary  (Greene)  Greene,  was  born 
July  7,  1726,  in  Warwick.  Fie  engaged  in 
farming  on  the  paternal  homestead,  and  also 
conducted  a  distillery.  Later  he  removed  to 
East  Greenwich,  wliere  he  continued  farming, 
and  died  in  1802.  He  married  (first)  Isabel, 
daughter  of  John  Endlong,  and  his  second 
wife  was  Sarah  Johnson,  who  survived  him. 
His   children,   all   born   to  the   first   marriage, 


were:  Tabitha,  .Stephen,  Mary,  William,  Eliz- 
abeth. 

(\'I)  Sti-pheii  Greene,  eldest  son  of  I'llisha 
(2)  and  Isabel  (Endlong)  Greene,  was  bom 
November  5,  1752,  in  Warwick.  He  rc^idLd 
at  Greene's  Corners,  in  East  Greenwich,  where 
he  was  buried,  succeeding  his  death,  June  20. 
1S33.  During  the  revolutionary  war  he  was 
drafted  for  service,  but  could  not  conveniently 
leave  his  family  and  furnished  a  substituie. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  social  life  of  the  com- 
munity, serving  as  a  judge  of  the  lower  courts, 
and  representative  in  the  legislature.  He  mar- 
ried, December  i,  1771,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
George  \\'ightman,  of  North  Kingstown,  died 
April  I.  1830.  in  her  eightieth  year.  Their 
children  were :  Elisha.  George,  Mary,  Isabel, 
\'alentine,  William,  Elizabeth,  Tabitha. 

(\TI)  William  Greene,  fourth  son  of  Ste- 
phen and  Elizabeth  (\\'ightman)  Greene,  was 
born  November  8..  1784.  in  East  Greenwich, 
and  during  his  long  and  active  life  engaged  in 
farming  in  that  town,  where  he  died  March  3, 
1854.  He  was  active  in  promoting  the  public 
interest,  and  for  several  years  represented  his 
town  in  the  general  assembly.  In  early  life  he 
was  a  Democrat,  and  was  one  of  the  eleven 
who  voted  for  Andrew  Jackson  when  he  was 
first  a  candidate  for  president.  He  was  a  sup- 
porter, however,  of  the  principles  and  policies 
which  developed  the  organization  of  the  Re- 
pubhcan  party,  but  did  not  live  to  see  that 
organization.  In  1820  he  became  a  member 
of  the  ESaptist  church,  and  was  much  esteemed 
in  the  community  for  his  upright  life  and 
Christian  character.  He  was  noted  for  his 
honesty  and  devotion  to  his  home  and  family. 
He  married,  June  16,  iSii,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  John  Reynolds,  of  Warwick,  who  siyvived 
him  many  years,  dying  in  East  Greenwich, 
r^Iarch  26,  18S9,  near  the  close  of  her  ninety- 
fifth  year.  Her  home  was  with  her  son, 
Lauriston  H.  Greene,  in  East  Greenwich,  dur- 
ing her  later  years.  Of  her  large  family  of 
children,  several  died  in  infancy.  Those  who 
reached  maturity  were:  i.  John  R.,  who  mar- 
ried Fannie  Wightman :  was  a  merchant  of 
Wickford  until  the  middle  forties,  when  he 
removed  to  Worcester,  Alassachusetts,  and 
there  engaged  as  an  accountant  until  his  death. 
2.  Mary  R.,  who  married  Joseph  Fry;  died  in 
Providence.  3.  Elizabeth  Isabella,  married 
John  Pitcher:  died  in  East  Greenwich.  4.  \\'il- 
liam  C,  mentioned  below.  5.  Thomas  T.,  twin 
of  William  C,  married  Ann  Fleines ;  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-six  years.  6.  George  F., 
was  a  resident  of  East  Greenwich,  where  he 
died  August  16,  i860;  his  wife,  Melissa  f  Rem- 
ington) Greene,  survived  him  and  married 
again,  now  living  in  Westerly.    7.  Henry,  died 


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(X'lllj  William  C.  Greene,  second  son  of 
William  and  Abigail  (Reynolds)  Greene,  was 
horn  .\ugtist  19.  1S26,  in  East  Greenwich.  lie 
was  an  attendant  of  the  public  schools  to  his 
eighteenth  year,  spending  the  summers  in  hard 
labor  on  the  paternal  farm  as  soon  as  he  was 
old  enough  to  be  of  use,  and  tiie  winters  in 
school.  For  six  weeks  he  was  a  student  at 
Wickford  Academy,  and^  in  1845,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years,  he  went  to  Providence, 
where  he  apprenticed  himself  to  Allen  Brown, 
a  manufacinring  jeweler,  for  a  period  of  three 
years.  For  this  period  he  was  to  receive  one 
Innidred  and  forty-five  dollars,  and  upon  this 
he  lived  and  clothed  himself.  After  one  year 
as  a  journeyman  he  embarked  in  business,  in 
1S49.  with  Nathan  Mathewson,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Mathewson  &  Greene,  and  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  jewelry  in  Providence,  on 
the  corner  of  \\'estminster  and  Eddy  streets. 
The  firm  soon  moved  to  larger  quarters,  and 
'"  '853  John  T.  Mauran  and  ex-Governor 
Charles  Jackson  were  admitted  to  the  firm, 
which  was  then  known  as  Matliewson,  Greene 
&  Mauran.  In  1S54  Mr.  Mathewson  with- 
drew, the  firm  bcccming  Greene.  Mauran  & 
Company.  In  i8<'32  Mr.  Greene  sold  his  inter- 
est to  Mr.  Mauran.  and  four  years  later  formed 
a  partnership  with  Alfred  P>iiss,  and  did  busi- 
ness under  the  firm  name  of  Greene  &  Bliss 
for  nearly  twenty-eight  years,  on  Pine  street. 
Providence.  The  junior  partner  died  in  iSCS, 
and  Mr.  Greene  purchased  his  interest  from 
the  widow,  later  admitting  Charles  H.  Bliss. 
a  brother  of  his  former  partner,  who  retained 
an  interest  in  the  business  until  his  death  in 
1S72.  The  next  year  Mr.  Greene  was  joined 
by  three  partners,  and  the  firm  became  William 
C.  Greene  &  Company,  later  a  corporation 
under  the  name  of  Greene  &  Knox  ^Ianufac- 
turing  Company,  and  this  later  became  a  cor- 
poration known  as  William  C.  Greene  &  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  (^ireene  was  treasurer. 
After  more  than  half  a  century  in  the  jewelry 
business,  most  of  which  time  was  devoted  to  the 
manufacture  of  gold  jewelry.  Mr.  Greene 
passed  away  in  February.  1914.  and  was  buried 
in  the  Swan  Point  Cemetery  at  Providence. 
In  1849  he  joined  the  Point  Street  Baptist 
Mission,  and  four  years  later  transferred  his 
membership  to  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in 
which  he  filled  the  office  of  deacon  for  more 
than  a  score  of  years,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  married  (first)  November  4.  1850. 
Alary  Amanda  Wightnian,  who  <lied  .August 
2.3.  1S05.  He  married  (second)  February  13. 
18(19.  Sarah  Boone.  .After  1875  he  resided  in 
a  beautifid    house,   which   he   erected   on   the 


southwest  corner  of  Broad  and  Stewart  streets, 
Providence,  where  he  died. 

i\  111)  Lauriston  Hall  Greene,  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  .Abigail  (Reynolds)  (jrcene,  was  born 
July  19.  1S33.  on  the  ])aternal  homestead  in 
East  Greenwich,  on  which  he  has  spent  most 
of  his  life,  and  though  above  four-score  years 
of  age.  is  still  active  as  a  man  of  sixty.  His 
long  life  may  be  attributed  to  his  temperate 
liabits  and  influ.-try,  and  his  life  in  the  open 
air.  In  childhood  and  youth  he  applied  him- 
self to  study,  was  a  ]irohcient  student,  and 
acquired  an  e.vcellent  eilucation.  In  early 
manhood  he  went  to  Providence  and  learned 
the  business  of  manufacturing  jewelry  with  his 
brother,  William  C.  Greene,  remaining  ten 
years.  On  the  death  of  his  brother,  George  F. 
Greene,  he  was  called  ujjon  to  settle  the  estate, 
and  at  this  time  he  purchased  the  interest  ^f 
the  other  heirs  of  the  paternal  homestead, 
whicii  has  been  his  home  since  the  spring  of 
iS'ji.  It  embraces  an  area  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-five  acres,  and  its  intelligent  culti- 
vation lias  been  the  occupation  of  Mr.  Greene 
for  considerably  more  than  half  a  century. 
He  gave  up  a  business  life  largely  on  account 
of  his  mother,  for  whom  he  maintained  a  con- 
genial home  during  her  later  years,  thus  re- 
paying in  some  measure  the  debt  which  every- 
one owes  to  his  parents.  In  many  other  ways 
through  life  Mr.  Greene  has  evinced  a  sym- 
path.etic  and  self-sacrificing  nature.  He  has 
made  many  modern  improvements  upon  the 
farm,  and  has  brought  numerous  changes, 
which  demonstrate  his  thoroughness,  business 
ability  and  systematic  management.  He  has 
served  the  public  as  a  member  of  the  town 
council,  but  has  refused  numerous  suggestions 
of  his  fellow  citizens  that  he  accept  other  polit- 
ical honors.  A  member  of  the  Ouidnessett 
Ba]itist  Church,  he  is  among  its  active  workers, 
and  is  a  liberal  contributor  to  all  religious  and 
temperance  movements.  With  a  naturally 
robust  constitution,  his  regular  habits  and 
activity  of  mind  and  body  have  kept  him  youth- 
ful to  the  present  date. 

Mr.  Greene  married  (first)  December  12, 
1S55,  Abby  Ripley,  of  Providence,  who  died 
Alarch  2,  1904,  after  nearly  half  a  century  as 
his  companion  on  the  journey  of  life.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  January  16,  1907.  Lydia  Parker 
Brown,  who  died  in  190S.  He  married  (third) 
October  20,  1909,  in  Providence,  Lydia  A. 
Greene,  born  August  18,  1853.  in  Ea.-t  Green- 
wich, daughter  ot"  Stephen  and  .Almira  ( Sher- 
man) Greene.  She  is  a  d.escendant  in  the  ninth 
generation  of  John  Greene,  the  immigrant. 
Her  grandfather.  \'alentine  Greene,  was  a  son 
of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  fWightman)  Greene. 
He  married  Marv  Godfrev,  and  their  son,  Ste- 


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phen  (2)  Greene,  and  his  wife.  Almira  (Sher- 
man) Greene,  were  the  partnis  of  Mrs.  Lauris- 
ton  H.  Greene.  Stephen  {2)  Greene  was  a 
fanner  in  the  town  of  East  Greenwich,  where 
he  made  his  home,  and  died  in  1872.  His  wife 
survived  him  about  four  years,  dying  in  1876. 
Mr.  Greene  is  the  last  survivor  of  his  branch 
of  an  old  and  honorable  family  in  East  Green- 
wich, where  he  is  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected. His  life  history  will  show  a  success- 
ful business  career,  and,  moreover,  a  most 
honorable  one. 

Csptain  \\'illiam  Coiy,  the  immi- 
CORY  grant  ancestor,  came  to  America  in 
1635,  and  settled  on  the  coast  of 
Massachusetts,  later  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  followed  the  trade  of  car- 
paiter  and  miller.  On  December  10,  1657.  he 
received  a  grant  of  eight  acres  of  land,  and  on 
May  18,  1658,  he  was  made  a  freeman.  On 
October  28,  1662,  he  let  his  house  to  I'cter 
Folger,  of  Newport,  for  five  years.  He  had 
a  deed  of  a  third  of  a  share  in  Dartmouth, 
Massachusetts,  from  William  Earle,  December 
4,  1669.  He  was  juryman  June  7,  1671,  and 
on  April  4,  1676,  he  was  on  a  committee  of 
four  appointed  to  have  the  care  and  disposing 
of  one  barrel  of  powder  for  the  town,  and  to 
fit  for  service  two  large  guns,  one  near  the 
house  of  John  Borden  and  the  other  on  Ferry 
Neck.  On  August  24,  1676,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  court-martial  at  Newport,  held  for  trial 
of  certain  Indians,  and  in  167S,  1679  and  1680 
.he  was  deputy  to  the  general  court.  He  held 
the  office  of  lieutenant  and  captain.  His  will. 
dated  January  4,  1681,  was  proved  February 
24,  1682,  his  wife  Mary  being  appointed  ad- 
ministratrix, and  William  Wodell,  John  San- 
ford  and  George  Brownell,  overseers.  He  left 
to  his  wife,  absolutely  at  her  disposal,  all  lands. 
etc.,  with  the  wind  mill  at  Portsmouth  and  all 
personal  estate,  except  legacies ;  the  use  of  the 
dwelling  house,  except  two  rooms,  half  the 
.orchard,  half  the  barn  and  use  of  half  the  up- 
land and  meadows  adjoining  lands  of  one  Hall. 
To  son  John  he  left  land  in  Portsmouth  with 
housing;  to  William  two  rooms  in  house,  half 
the  orchard,  profits  of  half  upland  and  meadow 
adjoining  and  at  decease  of  his  mother  the 
rent  of  the  lands  and  house;  to  Thomas,  when 
he  came  of  age,  half  share  of  Pocasset  lands; 
to  Caleb,  a  third  of  a  share  in  Dartsmouth  ;  to 
Roger,  at  age,  half  of  Pocasset  share;  to 
Mercy,  ten  pounds,  and  same  amount  to  other 
daughters.  His  widow  received  receipt  on 
January  15,  1682,  for  legacy  of  Mercy,  and 
had  one  from  Ann  the  following  year.  On 
June  23,   1691,  she  received   from  her  future 


second  husband  a  writing  that  she  wcndd  have 
liberty  to  care  for  h.er  first  husband's  estate, 
and  she  gave  full  power  to  Edward  Cory  and 
George  Brownell  to  care  for  the  estate  and 
bring  up  her  children,  reserving  for  herself  a 
mare,  four  cattle,  four  hogs  and  four  sheep. 
Her  will  was  dated  August  12,  1717,  and 
proved  April  14,  17 18,  her  son  Thomas  being 
executor. 

William  Cory  married  ^Mary  I'larle,  who 
died  ]\Iarch  22,  1718,  daughter  of  Ralph  and 
Joan  Earle.  She  married  (second)  about 
1683,  Joseph  Timberlake.  William  Cory  died 
in  1682.  Children :  John,  of  Portsmouth  and 
Kings  Town,  Rhode  Island;  William, of  Ports- 
mouth; Mercy,  married  (first)  Cornelius  Jones 
and  (second)  Charles  Gonsales;  Ann,  married 
Robert  Bennett ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below  ; 
Margaret,  died  young;  Mary,  married  Thomas 
Cook  ;  Cabel,  of  Dartmouth  ;  Roger,  of  Tiver- 
ton and  Richmond,  Rhode  Island;  Joan,  mar- 
ried    Taylor. 

(II)  Thomas  Cory,  son  of  Captain  William 
Cory,  lived  in  Portsmouth  for  a  time,  but  set- 
tled in  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  was 
an  inhabitant  at  the  organization  of  the  town, 
March  2,  1692.  His  will,  dated  September  23, 
1734,  was  proved  ilarch  21,  173S,  his  sons, 
\Villiam  and  Philip,  being  executors.  To  Wil- 
liam he  left  half  of  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  in  Pocasset,  half  of  swamp  lot  and  half 
of  sixty-acre  lot,  this  land  received  from  his 
father's  will ;  to  grandson,  Thomas  Cory,  son 
of  Thomas,  two  hundred  acres  and  housing, 
being  the  farm  in  Dartmouth,  also  forty  acres 
to  come  to  him  at  age;  to  son  Philip,  home- 
stead farm  in  Tiverton,  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  and  housing,  two  cows,  etc.,  and 
the  profit  of  grandson  John's  legacy  until  he 
came  of  age,  he  to  bring  him  up  and  put  him 
to  a  trade;  to  daughter  Patience,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds  in  household  goods,  Indian 
boy  Sam  and  Indian  girl  Dinah  until  their 
time  expired;  to  daughter,  ^Mary  Durfee,  six 
hundred  pounds,  and  same  amount  to  daugh- 
ters, Sarah  Brown  and  Patience;  to  wife,  one 
hundred  pounds ;  personal  property,  etc.,  to  be 
distributed  evenly.  Thomas  Cory  married 
(first) .  He  married  (second)  Febru- 
ary 24,  1732,  Susanna  Taber,  who  died  after 
.I7'34.  He  died  in  1738.  Children  by  first 
wife:  William,  Thomas,  Philip,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Patience,  Mary,  Sarah. 

( HI )  Philip  Cory,  son  of  Thomas  Cory,  was 
born  about  170005.  He  settled  in  Tiverton, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen 
and   held   various   town   offices.     He   married 

Hannah  .     Children,  born  at  Tiverton: 

Mary,  October  5,  172S;  Elizabeth,  October  6. 


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ijj'K  Tlionias,  July  10.  1731  ;  Sarah,  Junt"  16. 

['-34:  Philip,  XovuniliCT  23,  1741  :  I■^nac,  niL-n- 

lio'iicd  l)fIo\v. 

(I\')  Isaac  Cory,  son  of  Phihp  Cory,  was 
born  at  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  Xoven.iber  13, 

1746,  died  about  1S32.  He  was  a  captain  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  He  followed  the  sea 
.itid  was  captain  of  a  whaling  vessel.  lie  was 
iilsii  a  sliij)  builc'er  and  conducted  a  general 
flore  for  many  years.  He  moved  from  Tiver- 
lon,  Rhode  Island,  to  Dartmouth.  .Massachu- 
-clts,  now  Westport  Feint,  MassachujcUs.  He 
married,  March  18,  1764.  Mary  Cadman.  of 
Portsmouth.  Rhode  Island  (marriage  by  Rev. 
Restcombc  Sanford).  Children,  born  at  Ports- 
mouth :  Isaac,  mentioned  below ;  Christopher, 
February  9,  1770:  Sarah.  July  28.  1771.  Others 
at  Tiverton  and  Dartmouth. 

(\')  Isaac  (2)  Cory,  son  of  Isaac  (  i)  Cory, 
was  born  at  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  about 
1765.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  afterwards  became  associated  in  business 
with  his  father  un'er  the  firm  name  of  Isaac 
Cory  &  Son.  ship  builders  and  general  mer- 
chants, at  W'estport,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried yiary  P.rownell,  of  an  old  Rhode  Island 
family,  daughter  of  Deacon  Sylvester  Brownell 
and  bister  of  Bishop  Thomas  Brownell,  of 
Hartford:  Dr.  Richmond  Brownell.  of  Hart- 
ford ;  Sylvester  Brownell,  of  Providence,  and 
Lydia  Wendell,  wife  of  Judge  Wendell,  of. 
Hartford.  Fler  father  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
militia.  Children:  .-Mexander  H.,  mentioned 
below:  Albert:  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  who  died 
in  infancy. 

(\T)  Alexander  H.  Cory,  son  of  Isaac  (2) 
Cory,  was  born  at  Wcstport.  Massachusetts, 
September  5,  1S15,  died  in  October,  1S97,  in 
Westport  Point.  He  attended  the  Westport 
public  schools,  and  then  became  a  clerk  in  his 
father's  general  store,  finally  engaging  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  as  a  merchant  in 
Westport  Point.  For  more  than  forty  years 
he  was  postmaster  of  that  town.  He  held 
various  ofifices  of  trust  and  honor  in  the  town. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  school  committee,  an 
overseer  of  the  poor  and  a  selectman.  He  was 
a  prominent  Free  Mason,  having  taken  all  the 
thirty-two  degrees  of  Scottish  Rite  Masonry 
in  New  Bedford  Masonic  bodies.  He  was  a 
member  of  Eureka  Lodge.  Free  and  .\ccepted 
Masons :  Royal  .-Vrch  Masons ;  Royal  and 
Select  ^Masters ;  Sutton  Commandery.  Knights 
Templar.  In  religion  he  and  his  family  were 
Unitarians  and  Episcopalians.  Mr.  Cory  was 
a  kindly,  lovable  man,  widely  known  and 
esteemed.  To  the  poor  and  unfortunate  he 
was  especially  considerate  and  helpful  and  he 
gave  generously  of  hi-,  means  to  help  others. 


In  ]ii>litics  lie  was  a  Republican.  lie  married, 
in  1S4T,  .Mary  .\nn  Prince,  burn  in  1810.  died 
in  November,  181)6,  daughter  of  Joseph  Prince, 
of  I'.rooklyn,  Connecticut.  Children:  Isaac, 
born  .Vugust  15,  1843,  died  November.  1S72; 
Joseph  Prince,  mentioned  below;  Charles 
Burnett,  deceased;  Emma  Brownell,  unmar- 
ried, living  in  I'rovidcnce;  Kate  r,ucia,  mar- 
ried Pliilli[j  L.  Grinnell,  of  Westport  Point; 
Alexander  H.  Jr.,  living  with  his  brother, 
Joseph  Prince:  Thomas  I'.rownell,  married 
Mary  Ch.attcrlon,  and  lives  in  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island  ;  .Albert  {•'"remont,  died  aged  three  years  ; 
Mary  Brownell.  unmarried;  Bertha  Belle,  mar- 
ried Rev.  William  Ik  Kuglcr,  a  wealthy  min- 
ister, now  located  at  East  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, and  had  children:  Hester  C,  Lois  M., 
Amy  R  and  William  .\.  Kugler;  Helen  C, 
unuKirviod. 

(\TI)  Joseph  Prince  Cory,  son  of  Alex- 
ander H.  Cory,  w^as  born  August  5,  1845,  ^^ 
\\'estport,  Massachusetts.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Pierce's  Academy  at  Middleboro,  Massachu- 
setts, from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1863.  He  started  upon  his  business  career  in 
the  emjiloy  of  his  father.  In  1866  he  left  home 
and  was  for  one  year  employed  as  clerk  in  an 
imported  drug  store  in  New  York  City.  In 
June,  1867,  he  established  himself  in  the  retail 
grocery  business  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
but  after  fifteen  months  went  into  the  fancy 
goods  business  in  the  Arcade,  in  the  jewelry  line, 
continuing  there  until  1S71.  He  then  entered 
the  einploy  of  Daniel  R.  Childs,  manufacturer 
of  a  general  line  of  jewelry,  gold  and  plated, 
such  as  pins,  rings,  chains  and  charms,  and 
after  serving  as  bookkeeper  for  a  year,  in  1872 
he  bought  the  business  and  continued  it  under 
the  name  of  Johnson  &  Cory,  in  partnership 
with  Solon  R.  Johnson.  This  firm  was  dis- 
solved in  1876  and  Mr.  Cory  continued  the 
business  alone  until  1893,  when  he  admitted 
Frank  Reynolds  to  partnershi]-).  In  i8*')4 
Thomas  B.  Cory  was  admitted  to  the  firm.  In 
1893  the  business  was  incorporated  as  the  Cory 
&  Reynolds  Company,  with  Joseph  O.  Cory 
as  president :  Frank  Reynolds,  treasurer ; 
Thomas  B.  Cory,  secretary.  In  1906  Mr.  Cory 
retired  from  active  business.  In  later  years 
Mr.  Cory  invested  from  time  to  time  in  real 
estate  in  Providence  and  he  now  has  large 
holdings  in  that  city. 

Mr.  Cory  is  a  member  of  St.  John's  Lo<lge. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Providence: 
Providence  Chapter,  Royal  .'\rch  Masons,  of 
Providence:  Proviflcnce  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  ^Tasters ;  St.  John  Commandery, 
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Shrine,  and  also  of  the  Warwick  Ckib.  In 
religion  he  is  a  .Methodist.  Mr.  Cory  is  one  of 
the  hest  known  and  most  popidar  business  men 
of  tlie  citv.     lie  is  unmarrietl. 


.\niong  the  ancient  and  high- 
Si  I  ERM.A.V     ly  honored  families  of  Rhode 

Island,  noted  for  their  integ- 
rity and  uprightness,  characteristics  which 
Have  been  transmitted  to  their  descendants, 
may  be  mentioned  the  Sherman  family,  worth- 
ily represented  b\'  .-Mired  Everett  Sherman,  in 
the  present  generation. 

(I)  Hon.  I'h.ilip  Sherman,  the  pioneer  an- 
cestor- of  the  family,  was  born  in  Dedhani, 
England,  February  5,  1610,  died  in  1687.  in 
Portsmouth.  Rhode  Island.  He  came  of  a 
good  old  English  family,  iiis  father  being  Sam- 
uel Sherman,  son  of  Henry  Sherman,  who  was 
the  son  of  Henry  Sherman,  all  of  Dedham, 
county  of  Essex,  England,  but  as  the  family 
bore  the  .Suffolk  coat-of-arms,  and  probably 
origin.ally  lived  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  re- 
moving thence  to  Essex  about  a  century  before 
Philip  Sherman  came  to  New  England  in  1634, 
locating  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  from 
whence  he  removed  to  Rhode  Island,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  the  Island  of 
Aquidneck  in  1636,  and  on  the  formation  of  a 
government  became  secretary  under  Governor 
William  Codciington.  He  was  public-spirited 
and  enterprising,  a  man  of  influence,  and  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Odding,  daughter  of  Mrs.  John 
Porter,  \vho  bore  him  the  following  children : 
Eber,  Sarah,  Peleg,  Hilary,  Edmund,  Samson, 
William,  John,  iMary,  Hannah,  Samuel,  Ben- 
jamin, of  whom  further,  and  Philip. 

(II)  Benjamin  Sh.eruian,  son  of  Philip  and 
Sarah  (Odding)  Sherman,  was  born  in  Ports- 
mouth, Rhode  Island.  1650,  died  September 
24,  1719.  He  gave  his  attention  to  agriculture 
in  his  native  place  throughout  his  active  years, 
and  was  the  owner  of  considerable  land  in 
Kings  Towne,  Rhode  Island.  He  served  in 
the  capacity  of  constable  in  16S8,  and  as  deputy 
in  1707.  He  married,  December  3,  1C74,  Han- 
nah iVlowry,  born  September  28,  1656,  died  in 
1718,  daughter  of  Roger  and  .Mary  Mowry. 
Children:  Benjamin,  born  December  26,  1675; 
Jonathan,  of  whom  further;  Joseph,  February 
II,  1678;  Hannah,  :March  20,  1679;  Amie,  Oc- 
tober 25.  1681  ;  Sarah,  16S4;  Isaac,  April  22, 
16S6;  Mehetable.  :^Iarch  4,  16SS;  Deborah, 
September  3,  1691  ;  Abigail,  March  13,  1694; 
Freelove,  September  14,  1696;  Bethia,  1699. 

(III)  Jonathan  Sherman,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Hannah  (Mowry)  Sherman,  was  born  in 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  March  7,  1677, 
died  in  1752.     In  early  manhood  he  settled  on 


a  tract  of  lantl  of  two  hundred  acres  in  tb.e 
town  of   Exeter,  Rhode   Island,  given  to  liini 

by  his  father.     He  married  Mary .  and 

tlieir  children  were :  Jonathan,  of  wJiotn  fur- 
ther; Haimah,  Mary,  Sarah,  Ainie,  Benjamin, 
Ezekiel,  born  June  23,  1721. 

(1\')  Jonathan  (2)  Sherman,  son  of  Jona- 
than ( I )  and  Mary  Sherman,  was  born  in 
Exeter,  Rhode  Island,  October  14,  1705,  died 
on  his  farm  there,  .-\pril  18,  1778.  He  also 
followed  the  occupation  of  farming  from  which 
he  derived  a  comfortable  livelihood.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  February  5,  1726-27,  Dorcas 
Sheldon,  and  (second)  Mary,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Card,  of  South  Kingstown,  Rhode 
Island:  she  died  November  15,  1803.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  ]-]enajah,  of  whom  further, 
and  Joseph.  Children  of  second  wife:  Jona- 
than, born  October  14,  1731;  Robert,  Febru- 
ary 7.  1734;  Abigail,  October  7,  1737;  Gideon, 
October  25,  1741  ;  Robert,  September  3,  1752. 

(V)  Benajah  Sherman,  son  of  Jonatlian 
(2)  and  Dorcas  (Sheldon)  Sherman,  was  born 
on  his  father's  farm  in  Exeter,  Rhode  Island, 
in  172S,  died  in  1785.  His  entire  life  was  spent 
in  his  native  place,  wdiere  he  followed  farming, 
and  where  he  was  respected  by  all  who  knew 

him.    He  married  Martha ,  and  among 

their  children  was  Hazard,  of  whom  further. 

(\'I)  Hazard  Sherman,  son  of  Benajah  and 
Martha  Sherman,  was  born  in  Exeter,  Rhode 
Island,  died  in  Exeter,  and  was  buried  in  the 
family  plot  on  the  farm.  He  continued  a  resi- 
dent of  Exeter  throughout  his  lifetime,  being 
one  of  the  extensive  owners  of  land  in  that 
town,  and  his  principal  occupation  was  farm- 
ing, in  which  he  was  highly  successful.  He 
married  (first)  Ruth  Jenkins,  whose  death 
occurred  in  Exeter;  married  (second)  Han- 
nah Gardner;  married  (third)  Betsey  Chaplin. 
Children  of  first  wife:  George,  Peleg  Brown, 
of  whom  further  ;  Hazard,  .\my,  Ruth.  There 
were  no  children  by  the  second  and  third  mar- 
riages. 

(\TI)  Peleg  Brown  Sherman,  son  of  Haz- 
ard and  Ruth  (Jenkins)  Sherman,  was  born  in 
E.xeter,  Rhode  Island,  died  at  Pawtucket, 
Rhode  Island,  his  death  being  caused  by  his 
being  thrown  from  a  sleigh  ;  he  was  buried  in 
the  North  burying  ground,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  E.xeter, 
during  his  boyhood  and  youth  assisting  with 
the  duties  of  the  farm.  In  1828  he  removed 
to  Cranston,  where  he  rented  a  farm,  upon 
which  he  resided  until  1832,  when  he  removed 
to  Valley  Falls,  remaining  there  until  .April  3, 
1837.  He  then  removed  to  Lonsdale,  and  there 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  from  wdiich 
he  derived  a  lucrative  income,  which  was  aug- 
mented by  his   services  as  postmaster,  which 


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.  .p.i-t  lie  filled  acceptably  for  a  number  of 
jc.irs.  He  was  a  member  and  deacon  of  the 
i'„ijitist  church,  and  first  a  Whig  and  later  a 
Piniocrat  in  politics.  He  married,  June  i. 
iSiJ,  Elcy,  daughter  of  Shebney  and  Mary 
(Sherman)  Dawley,  whose  death  occurred 
April  2,  1858,  and  her  remains  were  interred 
l.c>ide  those  of  her  husband.  She  was  also  a 
consistent  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Harriet,  born  February  23,  181S; 
married  Peleg  Arnold  Sanford,  a  contractor 
and  builder,  living  in  Providence.  2.  ]\Iary, 
born  December  31,  1819,  died  February  17, 
iS-'f);  married  Nelson  A.  Eurlingame.  3.  Haz- 
ard, born  January  14,  1S21,  died  December  27, 
i88.j:  member  of  Knights  Templar;  married 
Susan  F>:  FoIIctt.  4.  Susan,  born  April  14, 
1822,  died  July  19,  1899.  5.  Pelcg,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1824,  living  in  Lonsdale.  6.  Mar- 
tha, born  July  9,  1S27,  died  November  7,  iS'90. 
7.  Ruth,  twin  of  ^^artha,  died  May  13,  18S3; 
married  William  R.  Esten,  a  machinist.  8. 
George,  born  February  6,  1829,  died  December 
18,  1890;  he  was  a  member  of  the  Knights 
Templars;  married  Laura  Eaton.  9.  Robert, 
born  }klay  26,  1S30 ;  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War ; 
died  November  23,  1865.  10.  Alfred,  of  whom 
fnrllier.  11.  EUie,  born  November  7,  1S33, 
died  unmarried,  Januarv  27,  1903.  12.  Sarah, 
born  October  27,  1837,  died  November  23, 
1840.  13.  Hannah,  born  September  21,  1S39, 
died  unmarried,  November  12,  1870.  14. 
Emilv  R.,  born  [Mav  11,  1843,  died  unmarried, 
April  16,  1S75. 

(\TH)  Alfred  Sherman,  son  of  Peleg 
P.rcnvii  and  Elcv  fDawIev)  Sherman,  was  born 
in  Valley  Falls,  Rhode  Island,  July  15.  1S32, 
died  in  Lincoln,  March  15,  18SS,  buried  in  the 
North  burying  ground.  Providence.  He  at- 
tended the  schools  of  Lonsdale,  and  after  com- 
pleting his  studies  worked  in  his  father's  gro- 
cery store  until  the  death  of  the  latter,  after 
which  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  brother, 
remaining  for  a  short  period  of  time,  and  then 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  which  he  fol- 
lowed- for  some  time.  Preferring  mercantile 
business  to  that  of  a  trade,  he  again  entered 
the  employ  of  his  brother,  and  finally  engaged 
in  business  on  his  own  account,  which  he  suc- 
cessfully conducted  for  a  number  of  years, 
then  leased  the  store,  and  subsequently  sold  it 
to  the  Lonsdale  Company,  and  retired  from 
mercantile  pursuits.  He  then  purchased  the 
Wecdcn  farm,  in  the  town  of  Lincoln,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days,  devoting 
his  time  to  its  cultivation  and  improvement. 
He  bore  a  reputation  for  public  and  private 
integrity,  his  influence  for  good  was  felt  in 
the  community,  and  he  was  respected  by  his 
neighbors  and  friends.     He  filled  the  ofifice  of 


assessor,  having  been  electe<l  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket.  He  was  a  member  of  Union 
Lodge,  No.  10,  Ancient  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons,  at  Pawtucket ;  was  a  charter  mcmlier 
of  Lenity  Lodge,  No.  34,  at  Lonsdale;  member 
of  Pawtucket  Chapter,  Pawtucket  Council,  and 
Holy  Sepulchre  Commandery,  Knights  Temp- 
lar. Mr.  Sherman  married,  October  29.  1854, 
Hannah  T.,  born  in  E.xetcr,  Rhode  Island, 
A])ril  25,  1837,  daughter  of  Samuel  Cross  and 
Abby  Potter  (Robinson)  Clarke  (see  Clarke 
HI).  His  widow  lives  in  the  old  home  with 
her  son;  their  house  is  one  of  the  best  in 
Providence,  and  is  surrounded  with  beauti- 
ful grounds,  whose  careful  and  artistic  appear- 
ance speak  of  the  good  taste  of  its  owners. 
They  had  one  son,  Alfred  Everett,  of  whom 
further. 

(IX)  Alfred  Everett  Sherman,  son  of  Al- 
fred and  Hannah  T.  (Clarke)  Slierman,  was 
born  at  Lonsdale,  town  of  Cumberland,  Rliode 
Island,  December  2,  i860.  He  pursued  his 
early  studies  in  the  schools  of  Lonsdale,  and 
later  took  a  course  in  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College,  at  Providence.  In  early  life 
he  worked  in  his  father's  store,  thus  becoming 
familiar  with  every  branch  of  the  work,  and 
later  conducted  the  business  on  his  own  re- 
sponsibility, continuing  thus  until  1S91,  when 
he  accepted  a  clerical  position  with  the  Lons- 
dale Company,  wdio  appreciated  his  services  by 
advancement,  he  becoming  paymaster  in  1902, 
which  office  requires  thoroughness  of  detail 
and  ability  of  a  high  order,  the  duties  thereof 
being  performed  by  Mr.  Sherman  in  an  effi- 
cient manner.  He  was  chosen  for  the  office 
of  treasurer  of  Lincoln,  in  which  he  served  for 
seven  years  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  all 
concerned.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
.-\mong  fraternities  he  is  a  member  of  Lenity 
Lodge,  No.  34,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  at  Lonsdale;  Pawtucket  Chapter; 
Pawtucket  Council,  and  Holy  Sepulchre  Com- 
mandery, Knights  Templar, 

^Ir.  Sherman  married  at  her  own  home, 
Annie,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Samuel 
Clark,  who  was  general  treasurer  of  state  for 
many  years.  She  is  an  active  worker  in  the 
Episcopal  church. 

(The  Clarke  Line). 

The  family  of  the  mother  of  .\lfred  Everett 
Sherman  is  an  old  one  in  W'ashington  countv, 
Rhode  Island. 

(I)  Elias  Clarke,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Han- 
naJi  T.  (Clarke)  Sherman,  was  a  native  of 
South  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
followed  farming  for  a  livelihood,  and  be- 
came the  owner  of  a  large  amount  of  land.  He 
married  Ruth  Cross,  who  died  on  their  farm, 


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and  was  buried  beside  hiin  in  tlie  Clarke  Ceme- 
tery at  Richmond.  Their  children  were : 
Thomas,  James,  Samuel  Cross,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(II)  Samuel  Cross  Clarke,  son  of  Elias  and 
Ruth  (Cross)  Clarke,  was  born  at  Xarragansett, 
town  of  South  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  I'eb- 
ruary  19,  1798.  died  in  1878,  and  his  remains 
were  interred  in  the  North  burying  ground  in 
Providence.  He  was  a  farmer  in  early  life,  later 
followed  the  trade  of  carpenter  in  the  employ 
of  the  Lonsdale  Couipan}-,  manufacturers  of 
bo.xes,  after  his  removal  to  the  town  of  Lons- 
dale in  1847  \^"'th  li's  family.  He  attended  the 
Friends'  meeting,  and  had  the  reputation  of 
strict  integrity  and  the  possession  of  all  Chris- 
tian \irtues.  He  was  in  politics  first  a  \\'hig 
and  later  a  Republican.  He  married  Abby 
Potter,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Hannah  (Sands) 
Robinson,  who  died  in  1847.  Children:  Elias, 
died  in  Hartford,  Connecticut ;  Mary,  married 
xMexander  G.  Sherman ;  Susan,  married 
Thomas  B.  Tucker;  Hannah  T.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; William  E.,  died  in  Brockton,  r^Iassa- 
chusctts;  John  and  Charles,  twins,  deceased. 

(HI)  Hannah  T.  Clarke,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Cross  and  Abby  Potter  (Robinson)  Clarke, 
born  in  Exeter,  Kliode  I^iand.  April  25,  1837, 
is  sti'l  living  with  her  son.  She  married  Al- 
fred Sherman    (see   Sherman  \"Illj. 


Thomas  Sturges  was  born  in 

STURGES     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Ho 

tiiarried  ^lary  Rush,  daughter 

of  William  Rush,  of  Philadelphia,  where  they 

lived. 

(II)  Howard  Okie  Sturges,  son  of  Thomas 
Sturges,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, February  24,  1S45.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  He  then  worked  for  two  years 
in  a  national  bank,  and  since  then,  for  a  period 
of  forty-eight  years,  he  has  worked  in  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  cloth.  He  is  president 
of  the  Allen  &  Read  Insurance  Company  ;  vice-, 
president  of  the  Narragansett  Electric  Light- 
ing Company;  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of 
the  Providence  Institute  for  Savings :  director 
of  the  Providence  Telephone  Company,  Al- 
bany and  Susquehanna  railroad.  Rhode  Island 
Hospital  Trust  Company,  Providence  Build- 
ing Company,  and  Manufacturers",  Rhode 
Island  Stale, ':\lechanics".  Enterprise,  American 
— all  mutual  fire  insurance  companies.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  1896-97  was  a 
member  of  the  common  council.  He  served  in 
the  civil  war,  in  Company  D,  Tenth  Regiment 
Rhode  Island  \'olunteers.  in  1862,  and  belongs 
to  Rodman  Post.  Grand  .-Vrmy  of  the  Republic. 
He  is  a  member  of  Hope  Club,  Providence; 


Art  Club.  Agawam  Club,  Turk's  Head  Club, 
Rhode  Island  Country  Club,  Squantum  Asso- 
ciation, and  Bristol  Reading  Room.  In  re- 
ligion he  and  his  family  are  Episcopalians.  He 
married,  at  Providence,  November  25,  1875, 
Alice  Spring  Knight,  of  Providence,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Bray  ton  and  Phebe  Ann  (Slo- 
cum)  Knight  (see  Knight  VII).  Children  of 
Howard  O.  Sturges:  Walter  Knight,  see  for- 
ward; Rush,  see  forward;  Howard,  see  for- 
ward ;  Dorothy,  educated  at  Briarcliffe  School, 
New  York. 

(Ill)  Walter  Knight  Sturges,  son  of  How- 
ard Okie  Sturges,  was  born  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  .August  25,  1876,  died  }ilay  9, 
1913.  He  attended  the  private  schools  of 
Providence  and  St.  Paul's  School  at  Concord, 
New  Hampshire.  He  entered  Yale  University 
and  was  graduated  in  1898  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Philosophy.  For  eighteen  months 
he  was  employed,  after  graduation,  in  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank,  and  from  1901  until 
his  death  was  agent  of  the  B.  B.  Knight  estate, 
the  management  of  which  was  his  main  occu- 
pation. He  was  active  in  public  life  and  was 
an  influential  Republican.  In  1910  he  was 
elected  councilman  from  the  First  Ward  and 
in  191 1  he  was  reelected.  To  the  duties  of  his 
office  and  to  the  various  conmiittees  on  which 
he  served  he  devoted  himself  with  earnestness 
and  energy,  and  won  a  position  of  leadership 
in  the  city  government.  He  had  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  all  classes  of  people  and  was  ' 
popular  both  in  public  and  private  life.  lie 
was  a  member  of  Hope  Club,  Agawam  Hunt 
Club,  Bristol  Reading  Room  Club,  Art  Club 
and  the  University  Club  of  New  York  City. 
He  married,  Apr'il  25.  1903,  ]\Iarie  Hayes, 
born  May  27,  1876,  daughter  of  Joseph  M.  and 
Sarah  (Boyle)  Hayes,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
Children:  Thomas  Rush,  born  September  19, 
1905;  Hayes,  October  7,  1906;  Walter  Knight 
Jr.,  June  30,  1909. 

(HI)  Rush  Sturges,  second  son  of  Howard 
Okie  Sturges.  was  born  August  19,  1879,  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He  attended  the 
University  Grammar  School  in  that  city,  pre- 
paring for  college  at  St.  Paul's  School  in  Con- 
cord. New  Hampshire.  He  entered  Yale  Col- 
lege and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the  class  of  1902.  After 
spending  a  year  in  foreign  travel,  Mr.  Sturges 
returned  to  this  country  and  entered  Harvard 
Law  Sch.ool.  from  which  in  due  course  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws 
in  1906.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1908 
at  the  September  term  of  court  and  began  to 
practice  in  the  office  of  Green,  Hinckley  & 
Allen,  attorneys  of  Providence.  In  1910  he 
was  admitted  to  partnership  in  this  firm.     He 


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is  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Island  Bar  Associa- 
ticii;  Hope  CUib;  Agawam  Hunt  Chib  and  the 
Khode  Island  School  of  Design.  He  has  been 
in  the  state  militia  for  a  number  of  years  and 
now  holds  a  commission  as  first  lieutenant  of 
Battery  A,  Field  Artillery.  Rhode  Island  Na- 
tional Guard.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Provi- 
dence Public  Library.  In  religion  he  is  an 
h'piscopalian  and  he  is  a  vestryman  of  Grace 
Church,  and  treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  equipment  fund  of  the  Episcopal  Dio- 
te?e.  He  married,  January  i,  190S,  Elizabeth 
Hazard,  born  April  27, 1H84,  daughter  of  Row- 
land G.  and  ^lary  (Pierrepont^  ( Buslmelh 
Hazard  (see  Hazard  and  Bushnell  lines). 
Children:  Benjamin  Rush,  born  December  4. 
1908;  Elizabeth  Peace,  JMay  11,  1910;  John 
Pierrepont.  December   19,   1912. 

(Ill)  Howard  Sturges,  son  of  Howard 
Okie  Sturges,  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  and  fitted  for  college  at 
Groton,  Massachusetts.  He  also  went  to  Yale, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1908.  Since  then  he  has  been  studying  music 
in  Paris,  France.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  governors  of  the  Agawam  Hunt  Club, 
member  of  Yale  Almuni  Association  of  Rhode 
Ibidud,  Tiuk'»  Ilwdu  Club,  Xuoiiday  Club, 
Churchman's  Chib,  and  secretary  of  Play- 
ground Association  of  Providence. 

(The    Knight   Line). 

( II)  Captain  Jonathan  Knight,  son  of  Rich- 
ard Knight  (q.  v.).  lived  in  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island,  where  on  April  30,  1678.  he  was  made 
freeman.  In  16013  two  hundred  acres  of  the 
Hrdl  and  Knight  Purchase  in  Xarragansett 
was  laid  out  to  h.im.  and  on  March  15,  1694, 
he  and  his  wife  Hannah  sold  their  house, 
orchard  and  meadow  in  Warwick  to  Thomas 
Greene  Sr.  In  1695  he  purchased  a  tract  of 
land  in  ]\Iachantatack.  and  two  hundred  acres 
of  this  was  divided  off  and  bounded.  This 
same  year  he  moved  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  where  in  1704  he  was  deputy  to  the 
general  assembly.  In  1704  he  was  lieutenant 
and  later  captain.  He  died  June  25.  1717. 
Children:  Hannah,  Jonathan,  Richard,  Rob- 
ert, mentioned  below :  Joseph. 

(HI)  Captain  Robert  Knight,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Jonathan  Knight,  was  a  freeman  in  1720 
and  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in  1736. 
He  died  in  177 1  and  his  will  was  proved  the 
same  year.  He  left  his  property  to  his  chil- 
dren and  also  bequeathed  one  thousand  pounds 
to  one  grandson.  He  married  Mary  Potter, 
daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (  Burlingame)  Pot- 
ter, and  great-granddaughter  of  Robert  Pot- 
ter. Robert  Potter,  with  Governor  Samuel 
Gorton,    the    first    settler    of    Warwick,    and 


others,  in  1643  resisted  the  authority  of  the 
Massachusetts  colony.  'I'liey  were  taken  to 
Boston  by  soldiers  who  besieged  them  in  a 
fortified  house,  and  were  charged  with  heresy 
and  sedition.  They  were  sentenced  to  be  con- 
fined during  the  ])leasure  of  the  court,  and 
should  they  csca])e7from  jail,  preach  their 
heresies,  or  sjieak  against  the  church  or  state, 
they  should  die.  At  the  time  they  were  taken, 
their  wives  and  children  had  to  take  to  the 
woods,  where  three  wonu'n  died  of  exposure; 
one  of  them  was  the  wife  of  Robert  Potter. 
Children  of  Robert  Kni.ghl :  r'".dward,  \\'illiam. 
Robert,  mentioned  below ;  Charles,  Josciih, 
Mary.  Esther,  Ruth,  Patience. 

(I\')  Robert  (2)  Knigh.t,  son  of  Captain 
Robert    (i)    Knight,   was  born   in   Seplemhtr, 

1721,  died  April  18,  1791.  He  married,  Au- 
gust   29,    1742,    Mercy    tiorton,   born   July   4, 

1722,  died  October  i,  1809,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mercy  (Matthewson)  Gorton,  and  great- 
great-grand('aughter  of  Governor  Samuel  Gor- 
ton, mentioned  above;  he  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  of  his  time.  Children  :  Mercy  ; 
Zilpha,  married,  1755,  Nicholas  Sheldon: 
Mary:  Freelove ;  Robert,  mentioned  below: 
.-\nne.  born  1760,  died  1S33;  married,  Decem- 
ber 2y,  i;Si.  Joseph  Potter,  born  in  Cranston, 
Rhode  Island,  August  12,  1757,  died  Novem- 
ber 23,  1824;  nine  children;  Alonzo,  one  of 
their  children,  born  July  10,  1800,  beca.me  Rt. 
Rev.  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  married  (first)  Sarah  Maria  Nott,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Eliphalet  Nott,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
president  of  Union  College.  Bishoj)  .Monzo 
Potter  was  father  of  Henry  Codman  Potter, 
bishop  of  the  diocese  of  New  York. 

(\')  Robert  (3)  Knight,  son  of  Robert  (2) 
Knight,  was  born  June  12.  1750.  died  July  31. 
1823.  He  served  in  the  revolution  during  the 
entire  war  in  the  Captain  Generars  Cavaliers, 
the  crack  company  of  the  state.  He  served  in 
the  battle  of  Rhode  Island.  He  was  a  wheel- 
wright by  trade,  as  well  as  a  farmer.  He 
moved  from  Cranston  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  some  time  after  1792,  settling  at  the 
corner  of  what  is  now  Westminster  and  Bur- 
gess streets.  He  lived  there  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  known  as  an  upright  and  honorable 
man.  He  married,  1769.  Elizabeth  Hammond, 
born  May  6.  1750,  died  August  24,  1845, 
daughter  of  Captain  Amos  Hammond,  wh.o 
raised  and  commanded  a  company  of  soldiers 
during  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and  also 
commanded  them  in  the  revolution;  he  fought 
at  the  battle  of  Crown  Point.  Elizabeth  (Ham- 
mond) Knight  survived  her  husband  over 
twenty-two  years,  and  in  spite  of  her  extreme 
age,  retained  all  her  faculties  and  was  i|uite 
active.     She  had  a  wonderful  memory,  espe- 


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cially  fur  the  Scripture,  which  she  was  fond  of 
(jLiotiiig.  She  was  a  rcHyious  woman,  and 
until  a  few  years  before  her  death  could  read 
her  I'.ible  witliout  the  aiil  of  glasses.  She 
attended  church  at  the  home  of  Teleg  Boss,  on 
High  street  (now  Westiuinster ),  at  Provi- 
dence, and  when  the  Mogcr  Williams  Free  l'.ap- 
tist  Church  was  organizeil  at  the  house  in  1830, 
she  became  a  constituent  member.  She  attend- 
ed church  services  rcgularlv  as  Jong  as  she  was 
able.  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Knight  liad  twenty- 
two  children,  horn  in  Cranston,  eleven  of  whom 
die<l  in  infancy.  Children  wh.o  survived  in- 
fancy: Rebecca,  born  November  4,  1769:  La- 
vina,  December  8,  1770;  Xehemiah,  April  13, 
1774:  Elizabeth,  September  15,  1778:  Stephen, 
mentioned  below-;  Robert,  May  22,  1782; 
Amelia,  January  i,  1784;  Celia.  May  27,  1786; 
Amos,  July  24,  1788;  Annah,  March  i,  1790; 
Thomas,  April  13,  1792. 

(VI)  Stephen  Knight,  sou  of  Robert  (3) 
Knight,  was  born  in  Cranston,  Rhode  Island, 
May  13,  1780,  died  in  Warwick,  October  i, 
1848.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  for  many  years 
was  employed  as  a  farmer  by  William  Sprague, 
later  working  in  the  employ  of  Elisha  Harris 
at  Coventrv,  Rhode  Island;  Elisha  Harris  later 
was  gnverpnr  nf  Pi^odc  T.i-.nd.  lie  v.„.  a;i 
industrious  man,  but  was  unable  to  accumulate 
property  because  of  the  large  size  of  his  fam- 
ily. He  married  (first)  Esther  Burton,  (sec- 
ond) Wealtha  Brayton,  born  April  8,  1794, 
died  February  16,  1871,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Brayton.  After  her  husband's  death  she 
moved  to  Providence,  where  she  resided  the 
remainder  of  her  life.  During  the  pastorate 
of  Rev.  Jonathan  Brayton,  she  joined  the  Cal- 
vinistic  Baptist  Church  and  later  transferred  to 
the  Friendship  Street  Baptist  Church,  during 
the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Bixby.  For  many 
years  before  her  death,  her  five  sons  visited 
her  at  her  home  every  Sunday  evening.  Child 
by  first  wife:  Amos.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife:  Sophia  Amelia,  born.  January  11, 
1812;  Benjamin  Brayton,  mentioned  below; 
Jeremiah,  April  18,  tSi6;  Mary  Briggs,  March 
18,  1819;  Annah,  August  15,  1824;  Robert, 
January  8,  1826:  Elizabeth,  January  8,  1826, 
"twin  of  Robert:  Stephen  Albert,  June  5,  1828: 
Dexter  Newton,  July  16,   1832. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Brayton  Knight,  son  of 
Stephen  Knight,  was  born  in  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island,  October  3,  1813.  During  his  boyhood 
ho  worked  on  the  farm  and  attended  the  dis- 
trict schools  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age. 
In  1831,  when  he  was  eighteen,  he  entered  the 
Sprague  Print  Works  at  Cranston,  where  he 
remained  as  an  apprentice  for  two  years,  then 
working  again  as  a  farmer  until  1835.  In  that 
year,  when  he  was  twenty-two,  he  purchased 


a  small  lot  of  land  near  the  Sprague  Prim 
Works,  and  moved  a  siuall  building  to  that 
place  from  Providence.  There  he  opened  a 
grocery  store  which  he  conducted  for  five 
years.  He  then  moved  to  Providence,  and 
with  L.  E.  Piowen,  who  had  been  his  partner 
in  Cranston,  and  Olney  Winsor,  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  grocery  business  under  the  name 
of  \\'insor.  Knight  &■  Company.  After  two 
years  lie  bouglit  the  entire  interest  in  the  busi- 
ness, and  in  1847  ^i'^  t^o'''  "^^  a  partner  his 
brother.  Jeremiah  Knight,  with  the  firm  name 
B.  B.  Knight  &  Company.  After  a  time  he 
also  engaged  in  the  flour  and  grain  trade  with 
D.  T.  Penniman,  with  the  name  Penninian, 
Knight  &  Company,  and  in  a  year  he  bought 
out  Mr.  Penniman,  carrying  on  that  business 
alone  for  four  years.  In  1849  he  sold  his  gro- 
cery interest  to  his  brother  Jeremiah,  and 
about  1851  sold  a  half-interest  in  the  grain 
business  to  his  brother  Robert,  purchasing  of 
Robert,  at  the  same  time,  a  half  interest  in  the 
Pontiac  Mill  and  Bleachery.  Under  the  firm 
name  of  B.  B.  &  R.  Knight  they  began  what 
in  time  became  the  highest  cotton  industry  of 
its  kind  ever  established.  The  business  in- 
creased so  rapidly  that  in  time  they  were  com- 
pelled to  Jtll  out  liieir  interests  in  other  lines, 
and  devote  their  energies  to  the  mills  alone. 
The  business  started  on  so  small  a  scale  be- 
came the  largest  of  its  kind  under  one  firm. 
In  1898  the  firm  owned  under  various  names 
twenty-one  cotton  mills  in  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island,  and  employed  nearly  seven 
thousand  operatives.  Their  property  consisted 
of  fifteen  villages,  and  they  made  millions  of 
dollars  worth  of  improvements  on  their  prop- 
erty. The  principal  mills  in  Rhode  Island  are: 
The  Pontiac  Mill  and  Bleachery  at  Pontiac; 
the  Natick  Mills  at  Natick ;  Royal  and  \'alley 
Queen  Mills  at  Riverpoint :  Arctic  Mill  at 
.Arctic;  White  Rock  Mill  at  Westerly;  Clinton 
Mill  at  Woonsocket;  Grand  Mill  at  Provi- 
dence; Lippitt  Mill  at  Lippilt;  Fiskeville  Mill 
at  Fiskeville:  Jackson  Mill  at  Jackson.  In 
Massachusetts:  Hebron  Mill  at  Hebronville; 
Dodgeville  Mill  at  Dodgeville :  Manchaug 
Mills  at  Manchaug;  Readville  Mill  at  Read- 
ville.  The  principal  product  of  these  factories 
has  been  the  famous  "Fruit  of  the  Eoom"  mus- 
lin. The  business  has  continued  to  increase  as 
it  increased  from  the  begiiming. 

Mr.  Knight  was  active  in  public  life  as  well 
as  in  business  life.  In  1852  he  was  elected  on 
the  Democratic  ticket  to  tlie  general  assembly, 
and  in  1872  was  chosen  representative  by  the 
Republican  party,  being  chairman  of  the  finance 
committee  during  that  term.  In  1865-66-67  he 
was  alderman  of  the  sixth  ward,  and  served 
as  chairman  of  the  finance  committee  during 


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iliat  time.  Eor  many  years  before  his  dontli  he 
was  one  of  the  coinmissioner>  of  the  Dexter 
donation  fund.  He  was  president  of  the  old 
lUitchers'  and  Drovers'  [lank  from  its  founda- 
tion, with  the  exception  of  about  a  year,  July 

2,  1853,  until  his  death,  and  lie  was  director 
of  various  insurance  companies,  being  promi- 
nent in  other  business  institutions  also.  He 
died  at  his  home  on  Broad  street.  Providence, 
Jime  4,  1898,  and  the  funeral  services  were 
held  at  his  house.  The  cotton  brokers  of  the 
c-^ty  closed  their  places  of  bu-iness  during  the 
hours  of  the  funeral.  The  Proi-iclriicc  DaHy 
Journal  said,  June  6,  189S: 

He  was  one  of  the  leaders  among  tlie  men  who 
have  developed  the  cotton  manufacturing  industry 
in  this  country.  His  lite  was  that  of  the  typical 
American,  devoted  to  business  with  indelati'gable 
energy  and  persistence;  and  he  succeeded,  in  con- 
nection with  his  associates,  in  building  up  a  manu- 
facturing property  that  was  the  largest  of  its  kind 
under  one  management.  He  was  an  upright  citizen 
and  the  vast  business  whicii  he  organized  and 
operated  has  contributed  largely  to  the  prosperity 
and  wealth  of  this  State.  In  some  sense  the  world 
owes  more  to  the  successful  organizers  of  industry 
than  to  any  other  class. 

He  married  (first)  October  2,  1S42,  Alice 
A^'e.'^tr^tf  Col]'"-,  r'-'T'^*c-  r^  E!'-""-  '^""ir.~ 
of  Johnston,  Khode  iJ'land.  She  died  Febru- 
ary 8,  1850.     He  married  (second)   December 

3,  1 85 1,  Phebe  Ann  Slocum,  born  in  Pawtuxet, 
June  29,  1822,  dauglner  of  xAbel  and  Phebe 
(Fenner)  Slocum.  She  died  October  13.  1906. 
She  was  noted  for  her  generosity,  though  she 
gave  s>D  quietly  that  her  benefactions  were  not 
found  out.  She  was  the  founder  of  the  Chil- 
dren's Friend  Society,  known  as  the  Tobey 
Street  Home,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Sophia  Little  Home.  Fur  years  she  was  identi- 
fied with  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Children.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Henry,  died  in  infancy;  Hilary  Wealtha.  born 
Se[)tcmber  19,  1845,  ^'^^  unmarried,  August 
17,  1870;  Walter  Brayton,  born  August  8, 
1849,  died  August  7,  1S77.  By  second  wife: 
Alice  Spring,  born  December  15,  1853,  mar- 
ried, November  25,  1875.  Howard  Okie  Stur- 
ges  (see  Sturges  H )  :  Flenry  Eugene,  born 
June  29,  1S56.  died  December  18,  1S62  ;  Adel- 
aide Maria,  born  September  7,  185S. 


Simon  Crosby,  the  immigrant 
CROSBY  ancestor,  was  born  in  England 
in  160S.  Fie  embarked  for  New 
England  in  the  ship,  "Susan  and  Ellen,"  April 
18,  1634,  with  his  wife  Ann,  aged  twenty-five 
years,  and  son  Thomas,  aged  eight  weeks.  Pie 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  selectman  in  1636  and 
iG-jS.      He    resided    at    what    is    now    Brattle 


Sifuaie,  near  the  site  of  the  old  P.rattle  House. 
He  ilieil  in  September,  1639.  His  widow  Ann 
married  (second)  Kev.  William  Thompson,  of 
('■raintree,  liefore  i')48.  surviving  her  second 
husband,  who  died  December  10,  16G8.  Thomas 
Crosby,  believed  to  be  brother  of  Simon  Cros- 
b\-,  was  in  Cambridge  as  early  as  1640,  resid- 
ing on  the  westerly  side  of  Ann  street,  remov- 
ing thence  to  Rowley,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren of  Simon  and  Ann  Crosby:  i.  Thomas, 
born  February,  1634;  graduate  of  Harvard 
College,  i('/>3:  minister  at  Eastham,  Massa- 
chusetts. 2.  Simon,  born  at  Cambridge,  Au- 
gust. i')37.  3.  Joseph,  born  February,  1638- 
39;  settled  in  P.rnintrec,  Massachusetts:  mar- 
ried Sarah  Tirackett. 

(I)  Luther  Crosb)-,  descendant  of  Simon 
Crosby,  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Albion, 
AL'iiiie.  He  was  a  mill  owner  and  merchant 
in  .\lbion.  He  was  of  large  physique,  a  promi- 
nent citizen  for  many  years.    In  politics  he  was 

a  Re]jub!ican.     He   married  Getchell. 

Children:  i.  Jonah,  moved  to  Camden.  2.  Al- 
phonso,   married   and   moved   to   ^Manchester, 

New  Flampshire.  3.  Ethelinda,' married 

I'ray,  a  farmer  of  Albion.    4.  Sarah,  married 

Lancaster,   a    fanner   of    Benton.      5. 

Martha,  married  Samuel  Fuller,  of  Exeter  and 
Watcrville,  JNIaine ;  he  is  a  farmer  of  Water- 
ville.  6.  Luther  Byron,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Augustus,  died  at  Benton;  a  mill  owner  and 
farmer ;  married  Susan  Flinds.  8.  Atwood, 
was  a  physician  at  Waterville ;  died  at  Las 
\  egas.  New  Mexico,  in  18S2;  married  Lizzie 
Hanscom,  sister  of  Lois  G.  Hanscom,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  Dr.  Luther  Byron  Crosby,  son  of  Lu- 
ther Crosby,  was  born  in  Albion.  Maine.  1835, 
died  at  Brownville,  May  30,  1908.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  at  Colby  College,  in  which  he  was 
a  student  for  two  years  in  the  class  of  1859. 
He  was  for  several  years  a  school  teacher.  lie 
enlisteil  in  i85i  in  the  Seventh  Maine  Regi- 
ment \'olunteer  Infantry,  and  served  eleven 
months  in  the  civil  war.  He  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  captain,  but  was  discharged  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health.  Pie  entered  Harvard  Med- 
ical School  and  was  afterward  a  student  at 
Bowdoin  Medical  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. He  began  to  jiractice  at  Brownville  and 
ce>ntinued  there  throughout  his  active  life.  In 
early  life  he  was  a  Republican,  afterward  a 
Democrat.  He  served  on  the  Brownville  school 
board,  and  for  four  years  was  United  States 
pension  examiner  of  the  county  during  Presi- 
dent Cleveland's  administration.  He  was  a 
member  of  Brownville  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons. 


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He  married  (first)  March  8,  1857.  Lois  G. 
Hanscom.  born  at  lienton,  Maine,  about  1S37. 
He  married  (second )  Maria  Parsons,  at  lUick- 
field,  Maine.  She  died  in  18S8  at  Drownville, 
aged  fifty-nine  years.  He  married  (third) 
Helen  W'ilkins,  of  Erownville,  now  living  in 
that  town.  Children  of  Luther  P.yron  Crosby 
by  first  wife:  i.  Edgar  Herbert,  born  at  Ben- 
ton, 1859,  was  killed  by  a  railroad  train  when 
crossing  th.e  tracks  at  Wood  fords,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 31,  iSg8;  he  taught  school  at  lirownville, 
in  Monsou  Academy  and  in  tlic  Decring  high 
school;  married  Hettie  E.  Carle,  of  I'.rown- 
ville,  who  died  in  luii.  2.  Alice,  born  at  llcn- 
ton,  i8tH  ;  married  L'rban  Sumner,  Williams- 
burg, Maine,  a  farmer  in  that  town.  3.  Eannie. 
born  1S62 ;  married  Frank  S.  Hamlet,  of 
Brownvillc ;  was  killed  by  a  fall  from  a  roof, 
where  he  was  working,  in  Gorham,  1908;  was 
a  physician;  his  widow  resides  at  Saco.  INlaine. 
/[.  Nathaniel  J-lanscom,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Lois,  born  at  Benton,  1S65;  married  Levi  E. 
Johnson,  of  Milo,  a  photographer,  now  in  the 
insurance  business  at  Brownville.  Children  by 
second  wife:  6.  r\Iinnie  A.,  married  Edward 
A.  Chase,  a  druggist- of  Brownville.  7.  Luther 
Byron,  died  aged  five  vears. 

Dcac.u  D^vld  11..,..^..,,.  fath..  ..:  L^;._  G. 
(Hanscom)  Crosby,  was  born  at  Berwick, 
Maine,  September  16,  1809,  died  at  Benton, 
October  30,  18S8.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  two  years  old,  leaving  a  family  of  six  chil- 
dren, of  whom  he  was  the  youngest.  Early  in 
life  he  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker  and  in 
,1830  he  came  to  Albion,  where  he  followed  his 
tra\le.  Lie  bought  the  Eaton  Lumber  Alill  and 
conducted  it  for  many  years.  His  plant  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1856..  but  he  built  a  new 
mill  on  the' old  site.  He  bought  part  of  the 
Lovejoy  farm  in  1831,  and  made  his  home 
there.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
represented  his  district  for  two  years  in  the 
state  legislature.  He  also  held  various  offices 
of  trust  and  honor  in  the  town.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-five  he  joined  t'le  Baptist  church  and 
he  was  a  deacon  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
consistent  Christian,  kindly  and  philanthropic. 
He  married  Betsey  Guptil'l,  of  Berwick.  ChiL 
dren :  Sybil ;  Lois'  G.,  married  Luther  Byron 
Crosby ;  Lizzie,  married  Atwood  Crosby  and 
died  s'oon  afterward :  Nathaniel,  served  in  the 
army  in  the  civil  war  and  died  of  typhoid 
fever  in  the  service,  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Fair  Oaks,  was  captain  of  his  company :  Rob- 
ert, died  at  age  of  four  years ;  Emily,  died 
shortly  after  marriage. 

(HI)  Dr.  Nathaniel  Hanscom  Crosby,  son 
of  Dr.  Luther  Byron  Crosby,  was  br.rn  at  Ben- 
ton, Maine,  January  17,  1864.  Wlien  he  was 
four  years  old,  his  parents  removed  to  P.rown- 


ville,  where  he  attended  the  pubhc  -chools. 
Ik  graduated  from  the  liauscom  Clas>ic;U 
Institute,  now  the  Coburn  Classical  institute 
at  Waterville,  Maine,  and  entered  Colby  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  18S7 
with  the  degree  of  P.achclor  of  Arts.  In  1891 
he  received  th.e  degree  of  Master  of  .\rts  at 
Colby.  He  studied  his  profession  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont,  from  which  he  received 
th.e  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1S91, 
graduating  with  honors.  He  started  to  prac- 
tice at  Monson,  Maine,  and  continued  for  a 
period  of  ten  years.  Since  1901  he  has  been 
in  general  j^ractice  at  Milo,  ?^Iaiue.  -He  is 
president  of  the  Piscataquis  County  Medical 
Society  and  a  member  of  the  Maine  State  Med- 
ical Society  and  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
was  for  several  years  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Mtmson  :  for  a  number  of  years  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  education,  aiid  is  at  pres- 
ent a  health  officer  of  Milo.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church; 
a  member  of  Onaway  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Monson;  of  Pleas- 
ant River  Lodge,  .\ncicnt  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Brownville;  of  the  Independent 
OiuL.  of  rurc-leis.  01  Milo,  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  of  Milo. 

Dr.  Crosby  married,  at  ?vIonson,  Maine.  De- 
cember 24,  1899,  ]\Iarion  Alberta  Hiscock, 
born  July  5.  1878,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Monson  and  Fort  Fairfield,  gradu- 
ating from  IMonson  Academy  in  1896.  She 
tlien  took  the  one-year  course  in  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  at  Gorham,  Maine,  and  taught 
school  at  Monson  for  several  years.  She 
joined  the  Congregational  church  when  fifteen 
years  old  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  of  Milo.  She  is  a 
member  of  Euclid  Chapter,  Order  of  the  East- 
ern Star,  in  which  she  has  held  various  offices 
and  of  which  she  is  now  conductress.  She  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Woman's  Relief  Coriis, 
the  Alpha  Reading  Club  and  is  past  noble 
grand  of  Orion  Rcbekah  Lodge,  No.  16,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  (see  Hiscock 
II).  Children,  born  at  Milo:  Clare  Alice, 
born  January  27,  1903;  Gustavus  Edgar,  De- 
cember. 1904,  died  the  same  day;  Luthan  .Al- 
bert. May  20.  1909. 

(The  Hi!.cock  Line). 

H)  Sanuiel  Hiscock,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Nathaniel  Hanscom  Crosby,  was  born  at 
Carthage,  Maine,  died  in  1881  at  Abbott, 
Maine,  aged  seventy-four  years;  he  was  a 
farmer  atAbbott,  whither  he  removed  in  1840; 
He  married  Polly  Lernard.  Children:  i.  Jo- 
seph, born  at  Carthage,  January  25,  1827,  died 


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at  Guilford,  Maine,  January  2-j,  1911  ;  a  mill 
»vorkcr;  married  (first)  Anne  Gordon,  of  Ab- 
liolt,  who  died  in  i860;  married  (second) 
Sarah  Guilnian,  of  Abbott,  in  1S65;  she  died 
in  1913.  at  Guilford,  Maine.  2.  Fenderson,  a 
farmer,  died  at  Abbott ;  married  Jennie  Faunce, 
of  Abbott.  3.  Samuel  T.,  enlisted  from  Ab- 
bott in  the  Eigliteen.th  Regiment  Maine  \'ol- 
unteer  Infantry  and  was  corporal  of  Company 
E,  made  sergeant  in  18G3.  first  sergeant  in 
1S64,  second  Heutenant  in  June.  1864,  was 
killed  in  battle;  unmarried.  4.  Rhinda,  died 
at  Abbott;  married  (first)  Samuel  Lindsay, 
a  farmer.  5.  Enos.  died  young.  6.  Daughter, 
died  young.  7.  Guslavus  Brown,  mentioned 
below.  S.  Jesse,  born  September  15,  1845,  died 
at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  December  10, 
1892  ;  a  shoemaker  ;  married  Susan  Ladd,  who 
resides  at  E.xeter,  Elaine. 

(II)  Rev.  Gustavus  Brown  Hiscock,  son  of 
Samuel  Hiscock,  was  born  at  Abbott.  Maine, 
February  26,  1S43,  died  at  ]\lilo.  May  26,  1910. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  Monson 
Academy.  He  was  a  teacher  in  the  high 
schools  of  IMonson,  Greenville  and  Guilford. 
He  was  for  thirteen  years  a  teiicher  in  the 
J^Ionson  schools.     He  was  an  earnest  student 

P,.r1    ,,-.c   1-irgplv   ^plf-PrLn-nl-f..!         He    ctn.I^ed    for 

the  ministry  and  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  at  Fort  Fairfield,  March 
28,  1S89.  After  ten  years  in  this  pastorate,  he 
resigned  to  accept  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
at  ]\Ionson.  Afterward  he  was  pastor  of  Con- 
gregational churches  at  Blanchard  and  Abbott. 
He  was  for  a  number  of  years  one  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  Maine  ^Missionary  Society.  In 
1905  he  retired  and  made  his  home  with  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Crosby,  at  Milo.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of 
Doric  Lodge,  Xo.  149,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  Monson,  and  of  Euclid  Chapter,  Xo. 
58,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  Monson. 
He  was  past  commander  of  Gerry  Post,  Xo.  5, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic:  member  of  the 
I'nion  Veterans'  L'nion,  of  Foxcroft.  He 
served  in  the  civil  war  in  Company  E,  Twelfth 
Maine  Regiment  Heavy  Artillery,  in  1S62.  He 
was  wounded  by  a  bullet  in  the  thigh  in  his 
first  engagement,  the  battle  of  Spottsylvania. 
May  19,  1863,  and  incapacitated  for  further 
service. 

Mr.  Hiscock  married  Clara  Octavia  Kitt- 
ridge,  born  at  Monson.  1847,  died  there  De- 
cember 10.  1899,  daughter  of  Sylvester  B.  and 
Mary  Frances  (Bean)  Kittridge.  Her  father 
was  born  at  Readfield,  Massachusetts,  about 
1820,  died  at  Monson.  about  1850.  He  was  a 
farmer.  His  widow  married  (second)  James 
Kollock  Whiting,  of  Readfield;  he  died  at 
Portland,  Maine.     She  was  a  daughter  of  Al- 


bert I',  liean,  said  to  be  a  descendant  of  Pere- 
grine White,  the  first  white  child  born  at 
rhniouth.  Children  of  Sylvester  B.  Kittridge: 
I.  i'Vank  S.,  born  1841  ;  resides  at  Chandler, 
Xorth  Dakota,  a  retired  coal  dealer ;  was  in 
business    in    Chicago   and    at    Lincoln,    South 

Dakota;   married    Georgia   .     2.    Mary 

Frances,  born  1844;  resides  at  Hudson,  South 
Dakota ;  married  George  Knight,  a  well-to-do, 
retired  farmer.  3.  Clara  (^)clavia,  married 
Rev.  Gustavus  Brown  Hiscock,  mentioned 
above.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hiscock: 
Mikheil  .Mice,  born  in  Monson,  in  1869.  died 
there  in  18S1  ;  Marion  A.,  married  Dr.  X.  H. 
Cro^bv. 


Chase,    a    descendant    of 

CHASE     Aquila  Chase,  a  sketch  of  whom 

is  given  elsewhere  in  this  work 
with  his  ancestr\-  in  England,  was  born  about 
1794.  probably  in  Freeport,  Maine,  where  he 
lived,  and  died  about  1S69.  He  was  a  ship 
carpenter  and  joiner  by  trade.  Children,  born 
at  Freejiort:  i.  WiP.iam  Emery,  a  ship  car- 
penter, died  at  Freeport.  2.  Caroline,  married 
Isaac  Lambert,  a  sea  captain.  3.  Reuben 
Brewer,  mentioned  below.  4.  Thomas,  a  ship 
rprnpnfer  and  farmer,  Yarmouth,  Maine.  5. 
George,  died  at  New  Gloucester,  Maine.  6. 
Margaret,  died  at  Freeport;  married  Charles 
Soule,  a  carpenter. 

(IIj   Reuben  Brewer  Chase,  son  of  

Chase,  was  born  at  or  near  Freeport,  Maine, 
August  28,  1834,  died  at  Limestone,  Maine, 
June  4,  1912.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  followed  the  trade  of  ship 
carpenter  in  Freeport  and  Yarmouth,  Maine. 
In  1862  he  removed  to  Limestone,  where  he 
was  a  pioneer.  He  cleared  a  farm  there,  and 
owned  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Proliibitionist.  Fie  was  select- 
man of  Limestone  for  many  years,  and  super- 
intendent of  schools.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Congregationalist.  He  served  in  the  Twen- 
tieth Regiment  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry  from 
1864  to  the  end  of  the  civil  war.  He  married 
(first)  Betsey  Ellen  Paine,  born  at  Freeport, 
1835,  died  at  Limestone.  March,  1S66.  She 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  He  married  (second)  Maggie  A. 
Phair,  who  died  at  Limestone,  in  September, 
18S1.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Clarence, 
born  at  Freeport,  Maine,  January  29,  1855, 
died  at  Limestone,  December  25.  1881 :  farmer 
in  Limestone,  afterward  in  Dakota;  he  died 
unmarried  in  Limestone,  Maine.  2.  Harry 
Alton,  mentioned  below.  3.  Nellie,  born  at 
Freeport.  March  i,  i860,  died  at  Limestone, 
in  March,  1882:  married  Warren  A.  Long,  a 
native  of  Xew  Hampshire,  a  retired  farmer. 


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now  living  at  Caribou  ;  child,  F.tiiel  Long,  mar- 
ried Alfred  Xoyes,  farmer,  Lime^time"^  Clrl- 
dren  by  second  wife:  4.  Edith  .May.  born  at 
Limestone.  May.  1873  ;  married  Will'iam  Elgee. 
of  New  Brunswick,  a  carpenter.  5.  Effie,  born 
1875.  at  Limestone;  married  Albert  E.  Nor- 
ton, of  Portland,  now  of  Xewton  Highlands, 
Massachusetts,  manager  of  the  Portland  Com- 
pany's elevator  department.  ■  6.  Rowena,  born 
at  Limestone,  18S3,  died  there  in  1S90. 

(HI)  Harry  Alton  Chase,  son  of  Reuben 
Brewer  Chase,  was  born  at  Frecport,  ^Liine, 
July  25.  1857.  His  parents  removed  to  Lime- 
Stone,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools 
from  1862  to  1S73.  During  his  boyhood  he 
worked  with  his  father  on  the  homestead  at 
Limestone.  After  he  was  twenty-one  he  went 
to  Minnesota  and  Dakota.  In  1881  he  returned 
to  Maine  and  followed  farming  for  a  year  on 
his  father's  place.  He  then  bought  a  farm  ad- 
joining his  father's  and  cultivated  it  for  a 
period  of  twenty-five  years.  He  sold  it  in 
1907  and  bought  another  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  in  Limestone  village.  To 
this  he  has  added  from  time  to  time.  He  has' 
taken  his  sons  into  partnership  under  the  firm 
name  of  H.  Chase  &  Sons.     The  firm  owns  a 

thousand    ?rrps   nf  Innrl,  r.-.r>.-(-',.  vt^rjer  C"!tivr-- 

tion,  and  also  deals  in  real  estate,  horses, 
wagons,  fertilizers,  farming  implements  and 
suplJlie^.  The  firm  is  well  known  in  this  sec- 
tion and  highly  successful.  ;\Ir.  Chase  is  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  has  for  several  years 
been  a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  is  an 
active  and  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  is  steward  and 
trustee.  He  is  a  member  of  Limesttne  Grange, 
No.  2J2.  I'atrons  of  Husbandry,  of  which  he 
was  master  for  three  years. 

He  married,  at  Caribou,  Maine.  November 
5,  18S2,  Saraii  A.  Thompson,  born  at  Free- 
man. Maine,  ]\Iarch  3.  1865.  When  she  was 
twelve  years  old  her  parents  removed  to  Lime- 
stone. Maine,  where  she  completed  her  early 
education.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  chuich.  and  a  former  member  of 
Limestone  Grange.  No.  272,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry, and  of  "the  Ladies  Aid  Society  and 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union.  P-e- 
fore  her  marriage  she  taught  schocJ  for  seven 
terms  in  Limestone  and  Caswell,  Maine  ( see 
Thompson  HP).     Children,  all  born  in  Lime- 


stone:    I.   Omar   C.  born   October 


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graduate  of  the  Linjestone  high  school:  mem- 
ber of  Camp  No.  13.  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  of  Limestone;  now  a  partner  of 
H.  A.  Chase  &  Sons;  married  Maude  Libby, 
of  New  Brunswick:  children:  .Alton,  born 
^Larch  25,  190S:  Carroll,  C)ctober  27,  iqio; 
Lucian,  December  8,  191 1.    2.  Walter  E.,  born 


July  4,  1885;  graduate  of  the  Limestone  liij;Ii 
school :  member  of  the  Knighls  of  Pythias,  and 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  .America;  jiart- 
ner  in  the  firm  of  PI.  A.  Chase  &  Sons;  mar- 
ried Katy  Candage;  children:  Willis,  born 
February  21.  1910,  and  Harry,  May  23,  191 1, 
at  Limestone.  3.  Harold  S.,  born  June  2.  i88,S; 
graduate  of  the  Limestone  high  school  and  of 
Shaw's  P>usiness  College  of  Portland  in  1907: 
partner  in  IL  .A.  Chase  &  Sons;  married  Edna 
Getchcll ;  children:  Geraldine.  born  at  Lime- 
stone, September  15,  i<;ir,  and  Richard 
Gctch.cil,  born  October.  1914.  4.  Hobart,  burn 
October  27,   1910. 


(I)  John  Thompson,  of  an  old  state  of 
.Maine  family,  was  born  in  Bowdoinham, 
Maine.  He  followed  farming  for  many  years 
in  Freeman  and  Kingfield.  Maine,  and  died  at 
Freeman. 

(II)  Zaccheus  Thompson,  son  of  J^'hn 
Thompson,  was  born  at  Kingfield,  Maine,  in 
i8n.  died  there  February  10,  1869.  He  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  an:l  fol- 
lowed farming  there  all  his  active  life.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Cynthia 
Phillips,  born  in  September,  1S12,  died  at 
Kingfield,  November  29,  1S93.  Children,  all 
born  at  Kingfield:  i.  Solomon  P.,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Henry  L..  born  March  10,  1S36,  died 
at  Limestone,  August  8,  1907;  a  farmer:  mar- 
ried Celia  Streeter,  of  New  Portland,  Maine; 
she  is  living  in  Limestone.  3.  Alonzo  H.,  born 
December  27,  1837,  died  at  Kingfield,  Novem- 
ber 29.  1877;  worked  in  factories  in  Lowell. 
Massachusetts,  and  followed  farming  in  King- 
field.  4.  Jacob  P.,  born  July  26,  1839,  died 
February  28,  1S41.  5.  Levi  M..  born  Febru- 
ary 5.  1841  ;  farmer  at  New  Portland;  married 
.Alma  Phillips,  daughter  of  Davis  Phillips,  of 
Kingfield.  6.  Stephen  L.,  born  March  21, 
1843.  died  at  Kingfield,  June  2.  1900;  married 
(fir.-t)     Mary     Lane,    of     Lowell,     (second) 

.     7.  Mary  Ann  S.,  born  September  26, 

1845.  died  at  Farmington.  Maine,  November 
17.  1902;  married  Frank  Preston,  of  Farming- 
ton,  where  he  resides.  8.  Marshall  D.  P.,  born 
February  2,  184S;  land  agent  and  farmer, 
Kingfield:    married    (first)     .Annette    Knapj), 

('second)   Sarah  .     9.  George  W.,  born 

September  6.  1850.  died  at  Kingfield,  January 
21.  1870.  10.  Rufus  L.,  born  January  ;,  1853, 
died  young  in  Kingfield. 

(lil)  .Solomon  P.  Thompson,  son  of  Zac- 
cheus Thompson,  was  born  at  Kingfield. 
Maine.  January  2,  1S35,  anti  is  now  livi:ig  in 
Limestone.  Tie  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  has  followed  farnu'ng  all  his  life. 
He  removed  from  Freeman,  Maine,  to  Lime- 


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^(uiie,  October  22,  1877.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Di-niociat.  For  many  years  he  has  been  stlcct- 
iiKui  of  the  town.  He  has  also  been  town 
irc-asurer  and  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in 
town  affairs.  In  religion  he  is  a  Universalist. 
lie  is  a  member  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  Lo  Ige 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  Limestone  Grange,  Xo. 
J72.  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  of  which  "he  was 
secretary  and  treasurer  for  many  years.  He 
married  Lydia  J.  Bradbury,  born  at  KingfieKl, 
.Maine,  September  10,  1833,  died  at  Limestone. 
.April  6,  1905.  She  was  also  a  Universalist. 
Children,  all  horn  at  I'Veeman :  i.  .Arthur, 
born  February  6,  1839;  a  farmer  of  Lime- 
stone; married  EUlelia  Noyes,  of  Limestone; 
children:  Sybil,  married  Wilmont  Libby, 
farmer.  Limestone ;  Elsie,  married  George 
Hamilton,  bookkeeper,  Limestone;  Clyde; 
Roy;  Ernest;  Aljiha,  deceased;  .Addie,  de- 
ceased; Josiah;  Cecil.  2.  Walter,  born  July  4, 
t86i  :  superintendent  of  a  city  department, 
Lowell,  Massachusetts;  married  .Alice  Worl, 
of  Dunbarton ;  child,  Eva.  3.  Sarah  A.,  mar- 
ried Harry  A.  Chase  (see  Chase  HI).  4. 
Minnie  May,  born  June  10,  1S67;  married 
George  Phair,  of  Limestone,  deputy  collector 
of  customs,  farmer;  George  Phair  married 
(first)  Annie  Kelly;  children  of  Georce  Phair 
by  hrst  wife:  Henry  Phair,  rural  mail  carrier. 
Limestone,  married  .Aul'ine  Knights ;  Lizzie 
Phair;  Mark  Phair;  children  of  George  Phair 
by  second  wife:  Philip,  Edward,  Sarah,  Hallie, 
pjennie,  Burns  (twin  of  Bennie),  ^Muriel,  Mar- 
jorie  and  Gladys  Phair.  5.  Philip,  born  March 
23.  1S69;  motorman,  Dorchester,  Ala^^sachu- 
sctts ;  married  Theresa  Tobin,  Xew  York  City. 


Samuel     Getchell     and     his 
G  ETCH  ELL     brother     John     came     from 

England  to  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1636.  John  settled  in  Marblehead, 
Massachusetts,  where  many  of  his  descendants 
lived  for  several  generations.  Samuel  settled 
in  Flampton,  New  Hampshire,  and  sold  real 
estate  there  in  1644.  With  his  wife  Dorcas 
and  daughter  Susannah  he  settled  in  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1674,  and  died  there  in  No- 
vember, 1697.  His  wife  died  there  January 
12,  1685.  Children,  born  in  Salisbury:  Sus- 
anna, married  Joseph  Norton;  Piiscilla.  born 
February  24.  1648-49:  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(II)  Samuel  (2)  Getchell.  son  of  Samuel 
(T)  Getchell,  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  S,  165S-59,  died  there  July 
7,  1710.  He  served  in  King  Philip's  war  in 
Captain  Jonathan  Poole's  company,  which  was 
stationed  at  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  during 
the  winter  of  \GjCt-jj.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 27,    1679,   Elizabeth  Jones,  of  .Amesbury. 


She  died  May  24,  1735.  Children,  born  at 
Salisbury:  llaunali,  born  laiuuirv  20,  1O81- 
82:  .Moses,  May  15.  1  (.82  ; 'I'.linor,' October  3, 
1683;  Elinor,  November  2.  1684;  Dorcas,  May 
8,  i"()85  or  1686;  Mary,  April  12,  16S7;  Sam- 
uel, twin  of  Mary,  mentioned  below;  John; 
Josejih;  Elizabeth,  married  IMiilij)  Quimby; 
Nathaniel,  born  1697.  of  Haverhill;  Joanna, 
May  22.   iTxjo:  Robert,  July  13,  1702.' 

(Ill)    Samuel   (3)   Getchell,  son  of  Samuel 

(2)  (Sctchell,  was  born  at  Sali>bury,  Massa- 
chusetts, .Ajiril  12.  1687.  In  1736  he  bought 
land  of  Elisha  Plai.-ted,  of  Berwick.  He  sold 
lard,  September  28,  1737,  and  again  in  1756. 
CJn  the  muster  rolls  of  the  .Massachusetts 
archives  he  is  mentioned  as  father  of  Dennis, 
James  and  Nathaniel  Getchell,  all  of  whom 
served  in  the  colonial  militia.  He  served  as  a 
private  seven  months  in  a  company  from  Ber- 
wick in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He  mar- 
ried Dorcas  .  Children  :  James  :  Na- 
thaniel, born  1720-29:  Dennis,  mentioned  be- 
low; Nehemiah.   1744. 

(I\')   Major  Dennis  Getchell,  son  of  Samuel 

(3)  Getchell,  was  born  about  1723.  He  was  a 
sentinel  under  Captain  Cargill  in  1759  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  In  1769  he  bought 
land  at  Vassalbnro,  Maine,  of  the  Kennebec 
Proprietors,  and  on  .August  27,  1770,  land 
above  F'ort  Western,  now  in  Riverside.  .At 
the  first  town  meeting  in  \'assalboro,  April  26, 
1771,  he  was  elected  first  selectman,  an  office 
he  held  for  many  years  afterward.  He  was 
commissioned  captain  of  the  I'ifth  Company, 
Second  Lincoln  County  Regiment,  July  23, 
1776.  and  was  sent  with  his  company  to  River- 
ton,  Rhode  Island,  in  1777.  He  was  represen- 
tative to  the  general  court  in  1786.  Plis  will 
was  dated  .August  2,  1790,  proved  January  6, 
1792.  He  married  (first)  Nancy :  (sec- 
ond)   Margaret   .      Children:      Dennis, 

mentioned  below:  David,  born  1757;  Eliliu, 
1760:  Edmund,  1762;  Abigail,  1765;  Reming- 
ton, 1767;  Margaret,  1770;  -Anstris.  1772:  Ly- 
dia. 1775:  Fannie.  1777:  Mary.  1780,  married 
Charles  H.ayden. 

(\')  Dennis  (2)  Getchell,  son  of  .Major 
Dennis  (I)  Getchell.  was  born  in  1755.  He 
married  (intention  dated  September  21,  171)5) 
I'hebe  Bragg,  of  Vassalboro.  They  had.  it 
is  believed,  sons:  Dennis,  mentioned  beknv  : 
George;  Franklin,  born  December  12,  1818; 
Lewis ;  Lvdia. 

(VI)  Dennis  (3)  Getchell.  son  of  Dennis 
(2)  Getchell,  according  tt>  the  best  evidence  to 
be  found,  was  born  at  .Albion,  .Maine,  1805, 
died  at  Limestone.  Maine.  March.  1S77'.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  owned  large  tracts  of  land  in 
Limestone.  He  was  also  a  mil!  owner.  In 
politics   he   was   a   A\'hig.   later  a    Republican. 


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In  religion  he  was  a  Unitarian.  lie  married 
Drusilla  Harmon,  born  at  Peel,  Carleton 
ctHuity,  New  F>rnnswiek.  1817,  died  at  Lime- 
stone. Maine,  January  2,  1S98.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Free  Will  Bajitist  church. 
Ciiildren:  i.  Steplien,  born  August  19,  1835, 
in  Middle  Simons.  New  Brunswick;  a  farmer; 
served  from  October  12,  1S64,  to  January  17, 
1865,  in  the  civil  war.  discharged  for  disabil- 
ity;  married  Lfttie  Cell,  of  Mars  Hill,  now  of 
Limestone.  2.  Daniel,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Thomas  F.,  born  at  Middle  Simons,  Decem- 
ber 1,  10^38.  died  there,  young.  4.  Nelson, 
born  at  Middle  Simons.  .Vugusl  30.  1S40,  died 
ai  Limestone;  was  a  farmer;  married  (tlrst) 
Belle  Burns,  of  Bridgewater,  Maine;  (second) 
Mary  Sloan,  of  Limestone ;  (third)  Jane 
Getchell.  a  cousin,  now  residing  in  Exeter, 
Maine.  5.  John,  born  at  ]^liddle  Simons,  July 
I,  1S41,  died  young.  6.  George,  born  June 
I,  1S44.  died  there,  young.  7.  Henry,  born 
June.  1S46,  died  young.  8.  Dennis,  born  at 
i\TiddIe  Simons,  March  8,  1848;  removed  from 
Limestone  in  1889  to  Ferndale.  \\'ashington ; 
a  truckman,  now  a  farmer ;  married  Emma 
Stiics.  of  Pennsylvan'a.  9.  William,  born  at 
Middle  Simons,  March  30,  1850;  married 
(first)  Florence  Chandler,  of  Woodstock,  New 
Liuii3i\ick;  (second;  a  Isliss  J:.ira,  01  .Mis- 
souri ;  resides  at  Lakeside,  \\"ashington,  a 
farmer.  10.  Lydia  \'ictoria,  born  ^Larch  17, 
1852,  died  at  Limestone;  married  James  Edge- 
comb.  II.  W'allace  Irving,  mentioned  below. 
12.  David  Crosby,  born  at  Elaine,  May  6, 
1857;  a  farmer  and  real  estate  owner  of  Lime- 
stone; married  (first)  Ruth  Carney,  of  Beech- 
wood,  New  Brunswick,  died  at  Limestone, 
April  2S,  1912;  (second)  Blanche  Beckwith. 
(VH)  Daniel  Gctcheh,  son  of  Dennis  (3) 
Getchell,  was  born  at  Middle  Simons,  New 
Brunswick,  November  10.  1836.  He  resides 
at  L.imestone,  a  retired  farmer.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  of  Blaine,  Maine,  and  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  he  left  school.  He  assisted  his 
father  on  the  homestead  until  he  was  twenty- 
'  nine  years  old.  After  that  he  had  a  farm  and 
mill  in  Limestone  until  he  retired  from  active 
labor.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has 
been  road  commissioner.  He  is  a  member  of 
Limestone  Grange,  No.  272,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. He  married  Susan  Bridges,  of  Mars 
Hill.  Children:  i.  Alice,  born  March,  1864; 
married  Jean  Nickerson.  of  Boston,  now  of 
Roslindale,  Massachusetts,  a  lawyer;  children: 
Elsie  Hazel,  married  Rudolph  F.mil.  a  civil 
engineer ;  Dorothy.  Esther  and  Alberta  Nick- 
erson. 2.  Maria,  horn  at  Blaine,  October  29, 
iSr/);  married  Lee  Goodrich,  of  Fort  Fair- 
field,  a   prominent    farmer  ;   children  :      Villa, 


(Jlatlys  lola.  Harry,  Mabel  and  Susan  Good- 
rich. 3.  Lyman,  born  at  Limestone.  July  27, 
186S;  marriefl  (first)  Mary  Boulier.  of  Fort 
I'airfield,  died  at  Portland,  1909.  formerly  01 
Limestone;  children:  Flope  F'lizabeth.  born 
December,  1895,  and  Daniel  Emery,  born 
1897;  Lyman  married  (second)  Rachel  Wcath- 
crhead.  of  Gillespie  Settlement.  New  Bruns- 
wick; farmer  of  Limestone.  4.  Sarah  Ade- 
laide, born  at  Limestone,  1870.  died  in  1883. 
5.  Ilope,  born  at  Limestone,  January  22.  1S72; 
married,  June  3.  1891.  Henry  Long,  born  at 
Limestone.  May  14,  1870,  farmer.  Limestone, 
Republican,  has  been  on  the  school  board,  an 
assessor  two  years,  ta.x  collector  three  years; 
member  of  the  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  the  Grange  at 
Limestone;  children:  Laila  Susan,  born  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1S92,  teacher  of  music;  married. 
June  8.  1914.  Leroy  Thompson ;  Benjamin 
Franklin,  born  January  12.  1894;  Hazel 
Maria,  born  January  2,  1896;  Leversia  Emma, 
born  January  6,  189S;  Gretchen  Althea.  born 
May  3,  1909.  6.  George  Flolland.  died  young. 
7.  Laura  Lulu,  died  young.  8.  Earl  Webster, 
died  young.  9.  Zetta  Zelma,  died  young.  10. 
Berry  Randall,  died  young.  11.  Ernest,  born 
ft  Limestone.  March  15,  18S2;  has  a  farm  of 
two  hundred  and  ninety  acres ;  a  Republican, 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  of  Limestone  Lodge,  and  Limestone 
Grange;  married.  October  10.  1900.  Melinda 
Gray,  at  Presque  Isle,  born  at  Bath,  New- 
Brunswick,  August  23.  1880.  member  of  the 
]\Iethodist  church ;  children :  Daniel,  born  at 
Limestone.  [March  24.  1902 ;  Irving.  October 
17,  1903;  Harry,  March  31,  1906;  Winifred, 
]May  26,  191 1  ;  Laura,  August  12,  1913.  12. 
Fern,  born  at  Limestone,  June  13,  1884;  mar- 
ried Percy  Lannon.  of  Boston,  a  lawyer;  child, 
Frances  Lannon,  born  May  18.  1910.  in  Bos- 
ton. 

(\"II  )  Wallace  Irving  Getchell.  son  of  Den- 
nis (3)  Getchell.  was  born  at  Blaine,  Maine, 
June  29,  1S54.  died  at  Limestone,  July  6.  1911. 
His  [larents  came  to  Limestone  when  he  was 
twelve  years  old  and  he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  that' town  and  Fort  Fairfield.  He 
had  a  saw  mill  and  farm  in  Limestone.  The 
mill  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1910  and  the  site 
was  then  sold.  The  farm  which  his  son  now 
owns  comprises  two  hundred  and  t>venty-five 
acres  of  land,  all  cleared  except  ten  acres  of 
woodland.  He  also  owned  five  hundred  acres 
in  the  town  of  Caswell.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  chairman  of  the  Republican 
town  committee,  superintendent  of  schools, 
selectman,  road  commissioner.  He  attended 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  was  a 
member  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  No.  jy,  Independ- 


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cut  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Fort  Fairfield, 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  P"oresters  of 
Fort  Fairfield,  and  Limestone  Grange,  Xo. 
272,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  married,  De- 
cember 25,  1888,  in  Limestone.  Isabelle  Mar 
Brown,  born  at  Good's  Corners,  Carleton 
county.  New  Brunswick.  March  14,  1862.  She 
attended  the  public  schools  there.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  but  attends  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Limestone. 
She  was  formerly  a  member  of  tlie  Grange. 
Children  of  Wallace  Irving  and  Isabelle  ^lar 
(Brown)  Getchell :  i.  Dennis  Fowler,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Edna  Mary,  born  April  8, 
1890;  married  Harold  Chase,  of  Limestone, 
partner  of  his  father,  Flarry  A.  Chase,  farmer 
and  real  estate  dealer.  3.  Eva  Belle,  born  Feb- 
ruary 13.  1893;  graduate  of  the  Limestone 
High  School,  1912,  student  one  year  in 
Whcaton  College,  Norton,  Massachusetts.  4. 
Helen  Mudgett,  born  April  18,  1896;  student 
for  two  years  in  the  Limestone  High  School, 
afterward  in  the  High  School  at  Northboro, 
Massachusetts,  now  at  the  Sea  Pine  School, 
Brewster,  ]\Iassachusetts,  specializing  in  music. 
George  A.  Brown,  father  of  }ilrs.  Getchell, 
was  born  near  Fredericton,  York  county,  New 
Brunswick,  August  24,  1S33,  died  at  Parish 
Grand  halls,  i\ew  Brunswick,  March  b,  1902. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Good's  Corners,  later  at 
Grand  Falls.  In  politics  he  was  a  Conserva- 
tive. He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
He  married  Eliza  Nevers,  born  at  Sunlniry 
county,  New  Brunswick,  September  10,  1835, 
now  of  Gillespie  Settlement,  New  Brunswick, 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  daughter  of 
John  G.  Nevers.  Children  of  George  A.  and 
Eliza  (Nevers)  Brown:  i.  John  Nevers 
Brown,  born  November  5,  i860;  farmer  at 
Limestone ;  married  Agnes  Curry,  of  Four 
Falls,  New  Brunswick.  2.  Isabelle  Mar  Brown, 
married  Wallace  Irving  Getchell,  mentioned 
above.  3.  William  Chandler  Brown,  born 
March  25,  1865,  merchant  at  Limestone;  mar- 
ried Clara  Durepo,  of  that  town.  4.  Norris 
Best  Brown,  born  October  19,  1867;  farmer  at 
Gillespie  Settlement,  New  Brunswick;  married 
Annie  Wetherhead,  born  at  Spring  Hill,  New 
Brunswick.  5.  Mary  Helen  Brown,  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1871,  married  Charles  Sawyer,  a 
farmer  and  well  driller;  she  resides  in  Noith- 
boro,  Massachusetts.  6.  Bertha  Eliza  Brown, 
born  June  30,  1876;  married  John  Gardner,  of 
Caribou.  Maine;  resides  at  present  in  Otis 
Orchard,  Spokane,  Washington ;  has  been  a 
merchant  at  Caribou. 

James  Price  Brown,  father  of  George  A. 
Brown,  was  born  in  Sunbury  comity.  New 
Brunswick,  about  1S03.  died  at  Jacksontown, 
New  Brunswick,   1875.     He  was  a  farmer  in 

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Jacksontown  for  many  years.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Conservative.  He  was  a  communicant 
of  the  Protestant  I''.piscopal  church.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Brimmer,  born  in  York  county, 
New  Brunswick,  1807,  died  in  Jacksontown, 
1S7S.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  Children  of  James  Price  and  Alary 
Ann  (Brimmer)  Brown;  i.  Hulda  Brown, 
died  at  Jacksontown ;  married  Ephraim  Stoko, 
a  native  of  England,  merchant  in  Jackson- 
town. 2.  Ruth  Brown,  died  at  St.  John,  New 
Brunswick,  unmarried.  3.  Benjamin  Brown, 
a  farmer,  died  at  St.  John,  unmarried.  4. 
Charles  Brown,  married  Elizabeth  Hovey,  of 
Woodstock,  New  Brunswick,  now  of  Califor- 
nia ;  he  was  a  farmer  in  Jacksontown.  5.  La- 
vinia  Brown,  born  1831,  died  at  Woodstock, 
New  Jirunswick;  married  George  Hovey, 
brother  of  Elizabeth.  6.  George  A.  Brown, 
mentioned  above.  7.  Ann  Brown,  died  at 
Grafton,  New  Brunswick;  married  Thomas 
Shields,  a  farmer,  died  in  Grafton.  8.  James 
Brown,    married    Mary    .Stiles. 

William  Chandler  Ijrown,  father  of  James 
Price  Brown,  died  in  York  county,  Maine.  He 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  British  army,  and  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  land  in  New  Brunswick.    He 

married  Price. 

John  G.  Nevers,  father  of  Airs.  George  A. 
Brown,  was  born  in  Sunbury  county.  New 
Bnmswick,  1796,  died  at  Jacksonville,.  New 
Brunswick,  1873.  FIc  was  a  farmer  at  Jack- 
sonville, a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He 
married  Jane  Holly,  born  in  Sunburv  county, 
1804,  died  at  Jacksonville,  1S82.  Ch'ildren  of 
John  G.  and  jane  (Holly)  Nevers:  i.  Mary 
Nevers,  born  August  25,  1823,  died  at  Jack- 
sonville, 18S7;  married  James  Harker,  of  Ire- 
land, a  farmer.  2.  Jane  Nevers,  born  Febru- 
ary 7,  1825.  died  at  Presque  Isle,  September, 
189S.  3.  Charles  Nevers,  born  April  27,  1829, 
died  in  Wisconsin,  1888;  married  Mary 
Spaulding,  of  Wisconsin.  4.  Isabelle  Nevers, 
died  young.  5.  Caroline  Nevers,  born  Febru- 
ary 13,  1833;  died  at  Bridgewater,  Maine, 
Alarch  21,  1913;  married  (first)  Samuel  Ray- 
mond, of  Aliddle  Simons,  a  farmer;  married 
(second)  Rufus  Snow,  of  Wakefield,  New 
Brunswick,  an  Advent  minister.  6.  Eliza 
Nevers,  married  George  A.  Brown,  mentioned 
above.  7.  Elizabeth  Nevers,  born  April  24, 
1838,  died  at  Middle  Simons;  married  Elijah 
Abbott,  of  Kings  county.  New  Brunswick,  a 
farmer  of  Middle  Simons.  8.  Isabelle  Nevers, 
born  October  16,  1840:  married  Levi  Everett, 
of  Jacksontown,  New  Brunswick,  and  died 
there;  she  resides  at  Waterville,  Carleton 
county,  New  Brunswick.  9.  John  Nevers, 
born  at  Jacksontown,  February  12,  1845,  died 
at  Presque  Isle,  1893;  married  Serena  Haines, 


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of  Richnioiul,  now  living  on  his  farm  at 
Prescjne  L'sle.  ii.  ^^lartha  Nevcrs.  horn  at 
Jacksontown,  Januar\-  13,  11^49,  dieJ  agetl 
three  years. 

Samuel  Nevers.  fatlier  of  John  G.  Nevers, 
died  in  Sunbury  county  in  1S20  or  soon  after- 
ward. He  was  a  LoyaHst,  born  in  New  Eng- 
land. He  married  Isabelle  Howard,  born  in 
St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  died  in  Sunbury 
county.  Both  were  members  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian cliurch.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Isabelle 
(Howard)  Nevers:  i.  Samuel  Nevers,  born 
in  Carleton  county,  a  farmer,  married  Betsey 
rvlei.ia,  ui  St.  John.  2.  Alexander  Nevers,  a 
farmer,  married  ^lillicent  Peters,  of  Sunbury 
coimty.  3.  John  G.  Nevers,  mentioned  above. 
4.  Maria  Nevers,  died  at  Majorville,  New- 
Brunswick:  married  ^\'hitman  Boone.  5. 
Eliza  Nevers,  died  at  Majorville,  New  P>runs- 
wick;  married  Edward  Miles,  of  Sunbury, 
New  Brunswick,  a  farmer.  6.  Ann  Nevers. 
died  at  \\'itlow.  New  Brunswick;  married 
Charles  Miles,  brother  of  Edward,  a  farmer. 
7.  Fannie  Nevers,  died  young. 

(Vin)  Dennis  Fowler  Getchell,  son  of 
Wallace  Irving  Getchell,  was  born  at  Lime- 
stone, ?^laine,  October  iS.  1S89.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  for  two 
years  was  a  student  in  the  Limestone  High 
Sdiuul,  aiiu  j;iauaalcu  iioni  liie  Hebron  Acad- 
emy in  the  class  of  1908.  He  entered  the  L'ni- 
versity  of  Maine  in  die  class  of  1913.  In  his 
sophoinore  year  he  left  on  account  of  the  death 
of  his  father,  and  took  charge  of  the  farm. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi  frater- 
nity. In  politics  he  i^  a  Republican  and  he  is 
chairman  of  the  Republican  town  committee, 
and  member  of  the  Republican  county  commit- 
tee. He  attends  the  Methodist  church,  and  is 
a  member  of  Frontier  Lodge.  No.  112.  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Limestone,  and 
of  Limestone  Grange,  No.  272,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Limestone 
Board  of  Trade. 


Nicholas  Edgecomb.  de- 
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branch  of  the  ancient  and 
distinguished  family  in  Devonshire,  England, 
came  to  Blue  Point.  Scarborough.  ]Maine.  as 
early  as  1639  and  opened  a  plantation  on  a 
tract  of  fifty  acres,  rented  of  Captain  Richard 
Bonython.  'He  took  the  oath  of  submission  to 
Massachusetts,  July  13.  1658.  In  1660  he  sold 
a  house  and  land  at  Blue  Point  and  removed 
to  Biddeford,  where  he  was  a  juror  in  1661. 
Fie  bought  fifty  acres  of  land  at  Saco,  for- 
merly part  of  Biddeford,  March  20.  1662. 
His  wife's  name  was  Wilmot.  Children, 
according  to  the  "Saco  Valley  Settlements  and 


Families:"  Robert,  mentioned  below;  John, 
was  selectman  of  Saco,  16S6;  Christopher, 
living  at  Scarborough,  1675;  Michael,  was  at 
Blue  Point,  1675;  Miles,  born  165 1  ;  Mary, 
married  George  Page,  removed  to  Marble- 
head  ;.    Joanna,     married    Pyncheun, 

Boston. 

Nicholas  Edgecomb,  of  Plymouth,  England, 
had  a  son  John,  who  came  to  Kittery,  Elaine, 
as  early  as  1640,  removed  to  New  London, 
Connecticut,  and  founded  a  prominent  family. 
It  is  said  that  his  father  Nicholas  was  instru- 
mental in  establishing  a  settlement  on  Casco 
Bay,  and  visited  it  in  1658.  It  seems  probable, 
therefore,  that  this  John  Edgecomb  was  a 
brother  of  Nicholas  (i),  and  that  Nicholas 
was  a  son  of  Nicholas  of  Plymouth. 

(II)  Robert  Edgecomb,  son  of  Nicholas 
Edgecomb.  was  born  at  Blue  Point,  Scarbor- 
ough. Maine,  1656.  He  settled  on  the  home- 
stead of  his  father  at  Saco  and  cared  for  his 
mother  during  her  last  years.  His  land  was  on 
Goose  Fair  brook.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
first  church  of  Saco.  He  married  Rachel, 
daughter  of  James  Gibbins.  Her  mother  was 
Judith,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lewis,  an  orig- 
inal patentee  of  Saco.  In  1730  share  of  the 
Lewis  estate  was  granted  to  the  heirs  of  Rachel 
and  descendants  have  since  lived  there.  Mrs. 
Edgecomb  died  in  1724,  aged  sixty-three 
years:  Mr.  Edgecomb  died  in  1730.  aged  sev- 
enty-four years.  Both  were  buried  at  Rendez- 
vous Point,  near  the  bank  of  Saco  river.  Chil- 
dren:  Robert,  born  1695,  lived  in  Biddeford; 
Thomas,  mentioned  bclow^  Judith,  married 
Abraham  Townsend ;  Mary,  married  David 
Young. 

(III)  Thomas  Edgecomb,  son  of  Robert 
Edgecomb,  was  born  in  Saco  in  ifxjS.  He  re- 
ceived in  1728  a  gift  of  thirty  acres  of  land  in 
the  town  clear  of  all  other  grants.  He  was  a 
farmer  on  the  Ferry  Road.  He  died  October 
17,  1778.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Pendleton  Fletcher,  2d,  December  10.  1725. 
She  died  August  16,  1790,  aged  ninety-two 
years.  Both  were  buried  in  the  old  Ferry  bury- 
ing ground.  Children:  Thomas,  born  Octo- 
ber 19.  1727,  died  young;  Rachel,  May  23, 
1730.  married,  December  29,  1748,  Matthias 
Redlon :  James,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
September  20.  1735;  John,  May  25,  1738; 
Samuel,  August  29,  1739;  Gibbins,  ^lay  9, 
1743:  Robert,  baptized  October  27,  1745. 

(i\")  James  Edgecomb,  son  of  Thomas 
Edgecomb.  was  born  at  Saco,  }vlaine,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1734.  He  married  Reliance  Thomp- 
son, sister  of  General  Samuel  Thompson,  of 
Brunswick,  in  1756.  He  lived  at  Edgecomb's 
Meadow  in  Saco.  During  the  Revolution,  his 
son  James  was  sick  at  Yorktown  and  he  started 


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;  ,  visit  him,  but  was  himself  taken  siuiilenly  ill 
,r.'l  ilicd  on  the  journey.  His  widow  married 
•.,;c['h  Woodman  and  had  by  her  second  hiis- 
[..iiul  a  child,  born  February  28,  1784.  Chil- 
,Ircn  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgecomb :  James, 
l.,.rn  July  -5-  1757.  soldier  in  revolution; 
Thomas,  October  19,  1758;  Reliance.  July  26, 
!7('0;  Sarah,  April  2,  1762.  died  young:  Lydia, 
Siptember  22,  1763.  married  Uriah  Gratt'am ; 
John,  May  19,  1765;  Aaron,  May  8,  1767; 
"iV-ndleton,  April  26,  1770;  Ezekiel,  June  6, 
1773;   Daniel,  June    11,    177^:   Samuel,   men- 

ciulicd    bclONV. 

(V)  Samuel  Edgecomb,  ."ion  of  James  Ed;<c- 
ccmb,  was  born  at  Saco,  Maine,  June  22,  1777. 
lie  married  ]\Iiriam  Garland,  of  Buxton,  De- 
cember 18,  iSoo,  and  settled  at  Hollis,  opposite 
the  town  house  at  Salmon  Ealls,  on  what  is 
called  Brigadier  Hill,  in  honor  of  Samuel,  who 
held  a  commission  as  brigadier  general  and 
served  in  the  War  of  1812.  Children:  John, 
born  January  29,  1802;  Joanna,  June  i,  1804, 
married  Daniel  Jolmson  ;  Salley,  July  2,  1806, 
married  Joseph  Rose ;  Mehitable,  never  mar- 
ried ;  Elizabeth,  married  Phineas  Glidden ; 
James,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  born  May  6, 
1816,  married  James  Morton,  of  Buxton,  ]\Iay 
25,  1834,  and  had  a  large  family,  she  died 
jcuiuaiy  i^,  iSo/  ,  Saiiiucl,  boiu  AoVemuer  20, 
1821,  died  Eebruary  4,  1893,  married,  October 
II,  1S43,  Ruth  L.  Hanson,  of  Hollis,  bom 
June  12,  1822,  died  March  27,  1874,  leaving 
five  children. 

(VI)  James  (2)  Edgecomb,  son  of  Samuel 
Edgecomb,  was  born  at  Hollis,  Maine,  De- 
cember 25,  1814,  died  at  Limestone,  April  i, 
1876.  He  was  a  miller  in  Hollis.  and  in  Fair- 
field. Alaine,  where  he  built  a  mill,  and  at 
Ikixton  and  other  places.  He  finally  settled  on 
a  farm  in  Limestone.  He  was  well  educated. 
At  one  time  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Fairfield.  In  politics  he  %vas  a  Democrat.  He 
was  selectman,  assessor,  tax  collector,  member 
of  the  school  board.  He  was  active  in  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  church.  He  married  Caro- 
line B.  Seavey,  born  at  Saco,  Maine,  Februar}' 
5,  1814,  died 'at  Limestone,  January  31,  18S3. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Advent  church. 
Children:  i.  Joseph  Almon,  born  January  6, 
1S38,  in  Fairfield,  Somerset  county,  ^L-li^e, 
died  at  HoUis,  1910;  was  a  farmer:  married 
Carrie  Moore,  of  Hollis.  2.  Daniel  Owen, 
born  August  12,  1839,  died  at  Augi-ista,  Maine; 
enlisted  in  1S61  inVhe  Fifteenth  Maine  Regi- 
ment, and  served  five  years  in  the  civil  war, 
being  discharged  a  year  after  the  end  of  the 
war;  was  run  over  by  an  ambulance  and 
severely  injured  during  the  war;  married 
Marv  Fowler,  of  Saco.  3.  Ariannah,  born 
April  29,  1843.  "^'^"^  3t  Fairtield,  ?vlaine,  Janu- 


ary 19,  1845.  4.  James  Augustus,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Caroline  A.,  born  June  5.  1847,  '^^i''' 
of  James  Augustus,  resides  at  Fairfield ;  mar.- 
ricd  Albert  Woodman,  a  miller, 

(VII)  James  Augustus  F.dgecomb,  son  of 
James  (2)  Edgecomb,  was  born  at  Fairfield, 
Somerset  county,  Maine,  June  5.  1847.  When 
he  was  five  years  old  his  parents  removed  to 
Saco,  Maine,  and  he  attended  the  public  schools 
there.  When  he  was  seventeen  he  went  with 
his  parents  to  Limestone.  During  his  youth 
he  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm.  In  1882  he 
bought  a  farm  in  Limestone  of  his  father. 
Subsequently  his  father  gave  him  the  southern 
half  of  the  homestead,  lie  has  one  hundred 
and  thirty-three  acres,  all  cleared  except 
twelve  acres  of  woodland,  situated  about  a 
mile  and  a  half  from  the  village.  In  politics 
he  was  formerly  a  Democrat,  now  a  Progres- 
sive. Fie  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  and  a  member  of  Eastern 
Frontier  Lodge,  No.  112,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Fort  Fairfield,  and  of  Limestone 
Grange,  No.  272,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

Mr.  Edgecomb  married  (first)  September, 
1869,  Lydia  A'ictoria  Getchell,  born  at  Mid- 
dle Simons,  New  Brunswick,  March  17,  1852, 
died  at  Limestone,  1878.  She  was  a  daughter 
ot  Daniel  Getchell.  Mr.  Edgecomb  married 
(second)  October  14,  1884,  in  Mapleton,  May 
Etta  Morris,  born  in  California  Settlenicnt, 
Province  of  New  Brunswick.  June  5,  1865, 
educated  in  Limestone  public  schools,  member 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  and  of  the 
Guild,  of  Limestone  Grange,  No.  272,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry,  and  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union.  Children  of  James  Au- 
gustus Edgecomb  by  first  wife:  i.  Carrie  B., 
born  October  30,  1870;  married  Clarence 
Dunn,  farmer  and  butcher,  living  near  Fair- 
field, Jilaine.  2.  Almond  J.,  born  ?klay  30, 
1876;  former  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Foresters  and  of  the  Orangemen.  3. 
Roscoe  G.,  born  December  15,  1878;  farmer 
of  Limestone:  married  Ida  Gillispie,  of  New 
Brunswick:  children:  Frank,  Raymond,  Har- 
old, Beatrice,  Ruth,  Glenwood,  Walter.  4. 
Bernice.  born  September  20,  1880;  now  a 
farmer  at  Limestone;  married  Florence  Haw- 
thorne, of  New  Brunswick:  children:  Horace, 
Margaret  and  a  baby.  Children  of  James 
Augustus  Edgecomb  by  second  wife:  5.  Ber- 
tram, January  20.  1885,  died  August  7,  18S6. 
6.  Perley  Austin,  born  Novemb^cr  15,  18SS; 
graduate  of  the  Limestone  High  School ;  mem- 
ber of  Limestone  Grange;  married  Mildred 
PZdith  Bennett,  of  Sangerville,  Maine,  April 
15,  1914;  she  was  born  in  Sangerville,  April 
15,  1890,  graduated  from  Dexter  High  Schtxil, 
student  at  Ca.-tine  Normal  School  and  taught 


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schcKil  for  tlirec  years;  member  of  South 
Saiig-erville  Grani,'e.  No.  365,  WumanV  Chris- 
tian   Union   and   of   the    Christian    Endeavor. 

7.  Selinda  Butterfield.  born  November  15. 
1S90;  graduate  of  Limestone  High  School, 
student  at  Presqne  Isle  Normal  School;  mem- 
ber of  Limestone  Grange;  married  Lee  Brown, 
of  Caribou:  child,  Freda,  born  April  13,  1912. 

8.  Elva  Elo,  born  September  30,  1892,  died 
1898.  9.  Anna,  bcrn  July  21,  1903.  10.  James 
Owen,  born  ]May  5,  190S.  Air.  Edgecomb's 
home  was  burned  in  1898  with  no  insurance. 
A  new  house  was  built  on  the  same  location, 
larger  and  more  modern.  The  family  was  liv- 
ing in  the  new  house  four  weeks  after  the  fire. 

William  P.  Morris,  father  of  Mrs.  Edge- 
comb,  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  March  4, 
1S33,  died  at  Limestone,  March  4.  191 1.  lie 
was  a  farmer.  He  enlisted  in  1S61  in  the 
Fifteenth  Maine  Regiment  Volunteer  Infan- 
try, and  served  three  years  in  the  civil  war.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church  and  of  the 
Good  Templars.  He  married  Hannah  Dru- 
silla  Fowler,  born  at  Presqne  Isle,  April  20, 
1840,  died  at  Limestone,  October  8,  1902. 
She  was  also  a  member  of  the  Free  W'ill  Bap- 
tist church.  Children  of  William  P.  Morris: 
I.  Frank,  bom  at  Presqne  Isle,  December  24, 
1861 ;  a  farmer  of  Limestone;  meml>er  of  the 
Limestone  Grange :  married  Alice  Hagerman, 
of  Centreville,  New  Brunswick.  2.  May  Etta, 
married  James  Augustus  Edgecomb,  men- 
tioned above.  3.  Clinton,  born  1867,  died  aged 
fourteen  years.  4.  Eva,  born  August,  iS'jg, 
died  young.  5.  Jessie,  born  1871,  died  young. 
6.  Myrtle,  born  1S73.  died  young.  7.  William, 
born  1874,  died  aged  seventeen  years.  8. 
Lyman,  born  at  Limestone,  February,  1876; 
married  Jane  Doak,  of  Caribou;  resides  at 
Houlton,  Maine.  9.  Casper,  born  1878,  in 
Limestone;  married  Florence  Reynolds.  10. 
Ivy,  born  May,  1SS3,  at  Limestone;  resides 
in   New    York   City. 

Isaac  Morris,  father  of  William  P.  Morris, 
was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  about  1794,  died  in 
California  Settlement,  New  Brunswick,  about 
18S1.  He  was  a  farmer  for  many  years.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Free  \\'i\\  Baptist 
church.  He  married  twice.  Children  of  Isaac 
Morris  by  first  wife:  i.  William  P.,  men- 
tioned above.  2.  Calvin,  died  at  Edmundston. 
IVIaine ;  was  a  farmer.  3.  Margaret,  died  at 
Limestone;  married  William  McDougal,  a 
farmer.  Limestone.  4.  Amelia,  died  at  Presque 
Isle;  married  Washburn  Packard,  a  farmer, 
who  died  at  Presque  Isle.  5.  Jane,  died  at 
Presque  Isle ;  married  Daniel  Johnson,  farmer, 
Presque  Isle.  Children  of  Isaac  Morris  by 
second  wife:     6.   Randolph,   farmer,  Califor- 


nia Settlement:  married  Eunice  Shorey,  now 
living  there.  7.  Lerancy,  married  Geort;e 
Cook,  a  farmer;  resides  at  X'alKs  .MilL, 
Presque  Isle,  Maine. 


Prominent  among  the  )-ounger 
PELLET]  ER  members  of  the  medical  pro- 
fession, resident  in  Alilli- 
nocket,  Maine,  is  Dr.  Ludger  Irene  Pelletier, 
who  has  a  thoroughly  established  practice  and 
a  wide  acquaintance,  and  his  successful  career 
illustrates  what  one  may  accomplish  who  is 
actuated  by  an  honest,  manly  purpose  and  a 
determination  to  make  the  most  of  his  oppor- 
tunities and  ability. 

(I)  Cyril  Pelletier, grandfather  of  Dr.  Pelle- 
tier, was  born  in  St.  Basil,  New  Brunswick, 
in  1815,  died  there  in  1885.  He  acquired 
a  practical  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  place,  and  during  his  active  career  was 
a  blacksmith  and  farmer,  conducting  his  oper- 
ations in  the  place  of  his  birth,  and  by  pru- 
dence and  thrift  was  enabled  to  provide  a  good 
home  for  his  family,  which  consisted  of  six 
children,  all  born  in  St.  Basil,  but  probably  not 
named  in  order  of  birth:  i.  George,  deceased 
resided  near  Bathurst,  N.  B. ;  had  an  official 
position  with  the  Intercolonial  Railroad.  2. 
Cyprian,  resides  at  St.  Basil ;  a  farmer.  3. 
Flora,  married  D.  Martin;  resides  in  St.  Basil. 
4.  Remi,  died  at  St.  Francis,  Maine;  operated 
a  saw  mill  and  farm.  5.  Joseph,  was  a  priest 
in  St.  Louis,  New  Brunswick,  now  retired: 
resides  in  St.  Basil.  6.  Thomas  Henry,  of 
whom  further.  The  father  of  these  children 
was  a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  and  a  Liberal  in  politics. 

(II)  Dr.  Thomas  Henry  Pelletier,  father  of 
Dr.  Pelletier,  was  born  near  Edmonston,  New 
Brunswick.  October  17,  1844.  He  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Quebec  College,  from  which  institution 
he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts, 
and  later  matriculated  in  Laval  University, 
Quebec,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Grand  Falls,  New  Brunswick,  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  then  removed  to  Van 
Buren,  Maine,  where  he  is  now  retired,  hon- 
ored and  esteemed  by  all  who  come  to  him 
for  alleviation  of  pain  or  for  counsel.  For 
one  year  during  the  civil  war  he  assisted  Dr. 
Currier,  who  attended  to  the  needs  of  the 
soldiers  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  thus 
acquired  a  valuable  experience  which  proved 
useful  to  him  in  his  subsequent  career.  He  is 
a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  married  Mel- 
vina  Chenard.  born  in  New  Brunswick,  1847. 
and  their  children,  all  born  in  Van  Buren, 
Maine,  are:    i.  Leda,  born  1871 ;  married  Dr. 


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)  A.  Pineau,  from  River  de  Loup,  Quebec,  a 
j  Iivsician  of  prominence,  who  clie*i  in  Water- 
Mlic,  Maine,  where  he  practiced  liis  profes- 
.:ioii:  she  resides  in  Montreal.  2.  Wilbrod, 
born  1872,  died  in  1905;  was  a  mercliant ;  un- 
ninrried.  3.  Ahna,  born  1873;  married  L.  V. 
Thibodeaii,  from  Grand  Isle,  Maine,  an  attor- 
iK-v;  they  reside  in  \'an  Buren.  ]\Liinc.  4. 
Annie,  born  1875  ;  a  nun ;  was  in  Mexico  until 
i(}i2  when  she  went  to  Austria,  Hungary.  5. 
C.i-orge,  born  1877;  a  foreman  in  a  "factory; 
married  Laura  IJelanger,  from  \'an  Buren, 
Maine;  they  reside  in  Lawrence,  Massachu- 
setts. 6.  Joseph,  born  1879;  a  merchant;  mar- 
ried Lizzie  Michaud,  from  Kingman,  Maine; 
they  reside  in  Van  Buren,  Elaine.  7.  Helen, 
born  1881  ;  married  Louis  W .  Chaput,  from 
Montreal,  where  they  reside;  he  is  a  grocer. 
8.  Ludger  Irene,  of  whom  furtlier.  9.  Louis, 
born  1885  ;  a  priest  at  St.  Mary's  College,  \^an 
Buren,  ^Maine.  10.  Rosalie,  born  1890:  resides 
with  parents. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Ludger  Irene  Pelletier,  born  in 
\'an  Buren,  Maine,  December  24.  18S3,  at- 
tended St.  Mary's  College,  \'an  Buren;  Sul- 
pician  College,  ■Montreal,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  May.  1902,  with  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts;  Laval  College,  Montreal,  from  which 
he  graduated  m  lyuu  uiili  licgicc  ui  Do>.iui  01 
Medicine.  He  lost  no  time  in  entering  upon 
tlie  active  practice  of  his  chosen  profession, 
and  it  soon  became  evident  to  the  medical  fra- 
ternity and  to  the  community  at  large  that  he 
was  a  man  of  skill,  ability  and  tireless  energy, 
which,  coupled  with  his  high  character  as  a 
man,  would  win  for  him  merited  distinction 
in  his  line  of  work.  For  the  first  three  and  a 
half  years  he  practiced  in  \"an  Buren,  achiev- 
ing a  certain  degree  of  success,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1909  removed  to  Millinocket,  where  he  now 
resides,  and  where  he  has  built  up  an  extensive 
and  lucrative  practice,  which  is  steadily  in- 
creasing. He  devotes  himself  to  his  work  with 
conscientious  zeal,  takes  a  personal  interest  in 
each  case  brought  to  his  notice,  and  therefore 
merits  the  success  which  has  attended  his 
efforts.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  com- 
municant of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and 
a  member  of  Council  No.  680,  Knights  of 
Columbus,  in  which  he  serves  as  medical  ex- 
aminer. 

Dr.  Pelletier  married.  October  19.  1908.  in 
Madawaska.  Josephine  Pelletier,  born  in  Mada- 
waska,  Maine,  January  ir,  1890,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Edith  (Cyr)  Pelletier,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Cyprien  Pelletier.  Joseph  Pelle- 
tier was  born  in  St.  Basil,  1870,  has  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming  throughout  his 
active  career,  is  a  Roman  Catholic  in  religion, 
and  resides  in  St.  David,  Maine.     He  married 


Ediih  Cyr,  who  died  in  St.  David,  1901.  Their 
children:  i.  Josephine,  wife  of  Dr.  Pelletier. 
2.  Ethnund,  born  1892.  3.  Anna,  born  1S93; 
resides  in  \'an  Buren.  4.  Thomas,  twin  of 
Anna;  resides  with  father.  5.  Helen,  bom 
1S95;  resides  with  father.  6.  Henry,  born 
1897;  attends  St,  Mary's  College,  \'an  Buren. 
7.  George,  born  i8()9;  resides  with  father.  8. 
Emile.  born  1901  ;  in  ofllce  with  Dr.  Pelletier. 


This  family,  repre.-cnted  in  the 
WHALEX  present  generation  by  Carl 
William  W'halen.  proprietor  of 
a  well  equipped  jjliarniacy  in  Millinocket, 
-Maine,  was  founded  in  Ireland  some  centuries 
ago,  his  forebears  being  men  of  energy  and 
enterprise,  transmitting  these  characteristics 
to  their  descendants,  who  are  among  the  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  this  great  nation. 

(I)  Dennis  Whalen,  the  progenitor  of  this 
branch  of  the  family,  was  born  in  county 
Queens,  Ireland,  in  1799,  died  in  Miramichi, 
New  Brunswick,  Canada,  1867.  He  was  reared 
and  educated  in  his  native  land  and  remained 
there  until  the  year  183 1,  when  he  emigrated 
to  Canada,  that  land  of  promise,  and  located 
in  the  town  of  Nelson,  Miramichi,  where  he 
purchased  a  farm  which  he  cleared  and  cul- 
tivated, and  on  which  he  resided  for  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  Some  years  prior  to  his 
emigration  he  married  Catherine  Mahar,  born 
in  Tiniaho,  Ireland,  1794.  died  in  Canada,  1S61, 
and  they  had  ten  children,  the  first  two  namecl 
born  in  county  Queens,  Ireland,  and  the  re- 
mainder in  town  of  Nelson.  Canada:  i.  Daniel, 
born  1828,  died  in.  Woodville,  Maine;  unmar- 
ried ;  was  a  general  workman.  2.  John,  born 
1830,  died  in  town  of  Douglas,  Miramichi;  he 
was  a  riverman ;  married  Maggie  Kirk,  also 
deceased.  3.  Mary,  born  1832,  died  in  Nelson; 
married  Denm's  Kirk,  born  in  Nelson,  now  de- 
ceased, who  was  a  government  lumber  sur- 
veyor. 4.  IMichael,  born  1834,  died  in  town 
of  Nelson;  was  a  farmer  and  postmaster;  mar- 
ried Catherine  Hutchinson,  of  Nelson,  where 
she  now  resides.  5.  William,  born  1836,  died 
in  Lincoln,  Maine;  was  a  general  workman; 
married  a  Miss  Hamilton,  of  New  Brunswick, 
Canada ;  she  now  resides  in  Lincoln,  Maine. 
6.  Catherine,  born  1838;  married  Richard 
P.urk,  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  now  deceased; 
he  was  a  farmer;  she  resides  in  town  of  Nel- 
son. 7.  Patrick  W.,  of  whom  further.  8. 
Dennis,  born  1842.  died  in  Wisconsin,  unmar- 
ried; he  was  a  lumberman.  9.  Ed.ward,  born 
1844:  resides  in  California;  a  general  work- 
man; married  Mrs.  Costello,  a  widow.  10. 
Peter,  born  1846:  has  a  ranch  out  west. 

(ID  Patrick  W.  Whalen.  son  of  Dennis  and 
Catherine   (Mahar)   Whalen,  was  born  in  the 


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city  of  Quebec,  Canada,  March  17,  iS-)0.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Quebec, 
and  later  learned  the  trade  of  carpentei^ which 
was  his  occupation  throughout  the  entire  period 
of  his  active  business  career,  and  by  hard  labor 
and  ceaseless  activity  he  amassed  a  com- 
petence for  his  declining  years,  and  is  now 
(1913)  enjoying  a  period  of  rest,  the  natural 
sequence  to  a  life  of  toil.  He  resides  in  ^lilli- 
nocket,  where  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  his  friends  and  neighbors.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He 
married  Anne  \Iilea,  born  on  Priiice  Edward 
Island,  1852,  died  in  Winn,  Maine,  1892.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Ellen,  born  in  W'inn,  December  21, 
1874;  married  George  Galvin,  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  now  proprietor  of  a  lunch  wagon  in 
Millinocket.  2.  John  E.,  born  in  Winn,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1876,  died  February  4,  1876.  3.  Cath- 
erine A.,  born  in  Winn,  January  10,  1876, 
twin  of  John  E.,  died  January  25,  1876.  4. 
Peter,  born  in  Winn,  December  2.  1877,  "i'^ci 
August  9,  1878.  5.  Mary  E.,  twin  of  Peter. 
6.  Patrick  E.,  born  in  Winn,  February  13, 
1879;  resides  in  Bangor.  Maine;  unmarried; 
superintendent  of  the  outside  work  of  the 
Great  Northern  Paper  Company:  veteran  of 
th;  Sj.:...!oh-Ainericcin  \sai,  ciui^iiug  from  Lin- 
coln, Maine,  with  Steve  Lovejoy,  they  being 
the  only  ones  who  enlisted  from  that  city ; 
went  to  Chickamauga.  7.  Katherine,  born  in 
Winn,  July  4,  1880;  married  Edward  Callinan, 
of  Bangor,  a  clerk  for  the  Great  Northern 
Paper  Company ;  they  reside  in  Bangor.  8. 
Anne,  born  in  \\'inn,  September  5,  1881 ;  mar- 
ried Harry  Rush,  of  Millinocket,  where  they 
reside;  he  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Rush 
Bros.  9.  John  A.,  born  in  Winn,  April  8, 
1S84,  died  there,  August  9,  1884.  10.  Clemen- 
tine, born  in  Winn.  Alay  i,  1886,  died  in  in- 
fancy. II.  Clara,  twin  of  Clementine,  died  in 
infancy.  12.  Carl  William,  of  whom  further. 
(HI)  Carl  William  Whalen,  youngest  child 
of  Patrick  W.  and  Anne  (Milea)  Whalen,  was 
born  in  Winn,  Maine.  December  9,  1889.  His 
parents  removed  to  Lincoln,  ^Maine,  when  he 
was  three  years  old,  and  seven  years  later  re- 
moved to  iMillinocket,  and  his  education  was 
obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  both  places, 
completing  his  studies  in  the  high  school  of 
Millinocket  in  1906,  where  he  took  special 
course  in  chemistry,  anatomy  and  the  classics. 
From  1903  to  1007  he  worked  in  Heebner's 
drug  store"  in  Millinocket.  after  school  hours 
and  evenings  and  during  his  vacation  period, 
this  being  the  profession  which  he  chose  for  his 
life  work,  deeming  it  best  suited  to  his  tastes 
and  inclinations-  In  the  latter  named  year  he 
went  to  Portland,  Maine,  and  pursued  a  course 
of  study  in  pharmacy  until  1909,  in  which  year 


he  passed  the  examination  in  Augusta,  M;iine, 
and  was  admitted  to  practice.  From  Novliu- 
ber,  nyy'),  to  February,  1910,  he  spent  in  the 
woods  of  Maine  in  order  to' recuperate  his 
health  which  had  been  somewhat  impaired  by 
his  work  and  study  togetlier,  and  the  beneficial 
air  of  that  section  proved  the  tonic  he  needed. 
In  March,  1910,  he  took  charge  of  Heebner's 
drug  store,  serving  thus  for  six  weeks,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  this  period  of  time  accepted 
a  position  at  the  prescription  counter  of  Theo- 
dore ^letcalf's  drug  store  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  remained  until  November, 
19 10.  Fie  then  went  as  a  registered  pharmacist 
with  Mr.  Johnston,  of  East  Millinocket,  he  not 
being  a  registered  pharmacist,  and  remained 
with  him  until  the  summer  of  1911,  when  he 
again  sought  rest  and  recreation  in  the  woods 
of  Maine,  and  upon  his  return  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Mr.  Small,  of  North  East  Plarbor, 
j\Iaine.  In  November,  1911,  he  again  returned 
to  Millinocket  and  consummated  the  purcliase 
of  Warren's  drug  store  from  Mr.  E.  J.  War- 
ren, the  owner  of  the  building,  on  December 
16,  1911,  and  on  January  16,  1912,  he  began 
operating  the  store  on  his  own  account.  There 
is  only  one  other  store  of  a  similar  character 
in  ^lillinocket,  hence  Mr.  Whalen  is  enjoying 
an  extensive  patronage,  his  store  being  well 
supplied  with  all  things  necessary  for  the  com- 
pounding of  prescriptions,  and  in  addition  they 
carry  a  full  line  of  toilet  articles  and  other  ad- 
juncts of  a  perfectly  appointed  drug  establish- 
ment. Mr.  Whalen  is  a  Roman  Catholic  in 
religion,  an  Independent  in  politics,  a  social 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  St.  Mar- 
tin of  Tours  Council,  of  Millinocket,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  IMaine  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
and  a  stockholder  in  the  L'nited  Drug  Com- 
pany of  Boston. 

Mr.  Whalen  married,  June  4.  1912,  in  St. 
Martin  of  Tours  Church,  ^Iillinocket.  the  cere- 
mony being  performed  by  Father  Reilly,  Mabel 
B.  Smart,  born  in  Kingman,  Maine,  January 
25.  1S88.  daughter  of  Alexander  C.  and  Fran- 
ces fPelkey)  Smart.  Mrs.  Whalen  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  ^ladison  and 
Montague.  Maine,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Whalen  have  two  children:  Carl  William  Jr., 
born  June  7,  1913:  Jeanette,  born  July  24., 
1914.  ]Mr.  Smart  was  born  in  the  province  of 
Quebec.  June  17,  1855.  Fie  is  a  merchant  of 
^Tillinocket.  an  Independent  in  politics,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  St.  Martin 
of  Tours  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  of 
Millinocket,  and  the  Holy  Name  Society.  He 
married  Frances  Pelkey,  born  in  the  province 
of  Quebec,  IMarch  23,  i860.  Children:  i. 
Mattie,    born    in    Kingman,    Maine,   July    14, 


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(S^-S;  married  James  Bealcar.  of  Montague, 
Mriine,  assistant  superintendent  in  paper  mill ; 
rc-i(les  in  JNJadison.  2.  Thomas,  born  in  King- 
w.w.  Angiist  30.  1880;  a  carpenter;  married 
l".ilcn  Qiiinn,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland  ;  resides 
HI  Baltimore.  3.  Alexander,  born  in  Kingman, 
April  20,  1S82 :  a  merchant  in  IVIillinocket ; 
mari-icd  Lottie  Farrell,  of  \'an  Buren,  Maine. 
4.  IClizabeth,  born  in  Kingman,  July  t6,  18S4; 
married  Edward  Sheehan,  of  Bangor,  Maine, 
v.  ho  is  assirtant  superintendent  at  Pulp  Mill, 
(•:ast  Millinocket.  5.  Mabel  B..  born  in  King- 
man, January  25,  iFjSS,  wife  of  Carl  W. 
W'halen.  6.  Maude,  born  in  Montague,  De- 
cember 29,  1890;  married  Arthur  Nadeau,  of 
Fort  Kent,  Maine,  an  attorney;  they  reside  in 
I'ort  Kent.  7.  George,  born  in  Montague,  July 
6,  1896;  a  student  in  St.  Hilary's  College,  \'an 
Buren.  Alexander  C.  Smart  was  a  son  of 
John  Smart,  born  in  the  province  of  Quebec. 
1805,  died  there,  1907,  at  the  advanced^age  of 
one  hundred  and  two  years.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  his  native  place  all  his  active  life,  and  a 
Roman  Catholic  in  religion.  He  was  the  father 
of  two  other  children,  namely:  Michael,  re- 
sides in  Glenburn,  }vLaine,  a  farmer,  and  \'ir- 
ginv.. 


The  Cochrane  family  traces 

COCHRANE  its  descent  from  Ayr,  in 
Ayrshire,  Scotland.  The 
name  is  spelled  variously  Cofran,  Cofren, 
Coghrrn  and  Cochran.  Among  the  signer^  of 
a  petition  to  Governor  Shute  of  Massachu- 
setts, asking  from  the  North  of  Ireland,  ALirch 
26,  1718,  for  a  grant  of  land,  are  John,  An- 
drew, James,  John,  William  and  B.  Cochran. 
William  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire,  in  1722,  and  John, 
Peter  and  Andrew  also  are  fotmd  there,  the 
Antrim  branch  of  the  family  being  descended 
from  the  first  John.  This  surname  is  spelled 
Cofran,  Cofren  and  Cochrane,  as  well  as 
Cochran. 

(I)  Deacon  John  Cochran,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family,  settled 
in  Londonderry  and  was  a  prominent  man  and 
a  deacon  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  mar- 
ried   .  Children:  James,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  married  (first)  Mary  McHard, 
f second")  :Margaret  Owens;  Ninian. 

(H)  James  Cochran,  son  of  Deacon  John 
Cochran,  was  living  in  Pembroke,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1750.    He  married .    Children  : 

Joseph,  mentioned  below;  William,  born  1740; 
James,  born  1743;  Samuel;  John,  rnarried 
Joanna  Gilman. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Cofran.  son  of 
James  Cochran,  was  born  in  1740,  probably 
"in    Pembr.jke,    New   Hampshire.      He   spelled 


his  name  Cofran.  He  lived  in  Pembroke  on 
the  fifth  range,  south  of  the  John  M.  Kimball 
place.  He  died  in  Goshen,  March  20,  1816. 
He  served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution  in  Cap- 
tain William  Barron's  conqiany,  out  of  Colonel 
Daniel  Moore's  regiment,  nuistered  July  22, 
1776.  (Page  358,  New  JIampshire  rolls,  book 
I).  He  married  IMargaret  Murray,  born  in 
1740,  died  August  17,  U830.  Children,  born  in 
i'embroke:  Robert,  born  November  i,  1764; 
James,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  born  June 
3,  1771  ;  Benjatnin,  born  1779;  B>et>ey,  married 
John    Currier;    Margaret,    born    1783;    Sally, 

married  Joseph  Smith;  Mary,  married  

Chamberlain;  Susanna,  married  Enoch  Blood. 

(IV)  Rev.  James  (2)  Cochran,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Cofran,  was  born  in  Pembroke, 
New  Hampshire,  Alarcli  20,  1767,  died  March 
2j,  1817,  at  \'ieima,  Alaine.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  a  Methodist  Episcopal  minister  in  Vienna. 
He  preached  in  the  neighboring  towns  as  well 
as  in  \'ienna.  He  married  Ruth  \\'hittier, 
born  in  Redfield,  Maine.  She  married  (sec- 
ond I  Frances  Hubbard,  of  Fayette,  Maine. 
She  was  born  July  28,  1773,  died  September 
2^,  1856,  at  Vienna.  Children,  born  at  X'ienna: 
P^lly,  born  November  10,  1794,  died  Septem- 
ber 24,  iSoo;  Nathaniel,  born  June  15,  1796, 
married  Sally  Greeley,  of  Mt.  Vernon,  Maine, 
died  January  24,  1879;  Mercy,  born  August 
31.  179S.  married  William  Brier;  Levi,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  January  30,  1804, 
married  Ansel  Wood.;  Thomas  Jeft'erson,  born 
January  2?<,  1807,  married  Ruth  Kimball; 
Lewis  B.,  born  January  7.  181 1,  died  umnar- 
ried.  May  8,  1837;  Ma'ry  P.,  born  August  15, 
181 5,  married  Peleg  F.  F'ike,  of  I'ayette,  who 
lived  in  Wayne,  Elaine,  and  attained  the  re- 
markable old  age  of  one  hundred  years  and 
some  months. 

(\')  Levi  Cochrane,  son  of  Rev.  James 
Cochran,  was  born  in  Vienna,  Maine,  March 
10,  1802,  died  in  Fayette,  Maine,  September 
20.  1S65.  He  received  a  coinmon  school  edu- 
cation at  Vienna,  and  was  a  farmer  in  Fayette 
all  his  life.  In  politics  he  was  at  first  a  Whig 
and  later  a  Republican,  and  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  mar- 
riel  Alice  C.  Furber,  born  at  Rochester,  New 
Hampshire.  August  9,  1S04,  died  at  Summers- 
worth.  New  Hampshire,  September,  1S77.  She 
was  daughter  of  Richard  Furber,  who  was  born 
probably  at  Rociiester,  and  died  there  before 
she  was  born ;  he  was  a  farmer,  and  married 
Alice  Furber,  a  distant  relative,  who  died  in 
Rochester:  their  children  were:  I.  Nicholas, 
tailor,  married  a  Miss  Miller,  and  died  in  New 
York  City.  2.  John,  died  at  Bunker  Hjll.  Illi- 
nois:  farmer.  3.  Alice  C,  married  Levi  Cocl;- 
rane.     4.    Benjamin,  died  at  Summersworth ; 


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miller;  married  Olive  Ilussey.  5.  Rosamond, 
died  at  lUinkcr  Hill,  Illinois  ;' married  Ricliard 
Nutter.  6.  Mary,  died  at  Newton,  }*Iassachu- 
setts;  married  Richard  Sykes,  of  England, 
who  did  fine  drawing  in  woolen  mills.  7. 
Elizabeth,  died  at  Summersworth ;  married 
Isaac  Chandler,  who  married  (second)  Qiar- 
lotte  M.  Cochran.  8.  Miranda,  died  in  Sum- 
mersworth ;  married  Allan  Fisk,  who  owned  a 
machine  shop.  Children  of  Levi  and  Alice 
(Eurber)  Cochrane:  i.  James  Brier,  men- 
tioned belovv.  2.  Angcline  E.,  born  August  13, 
1835,  <Ji^'d  in  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  1883. 
unmarried.  3.  Charlotte  M.,  born  July  26, 
1837;  married  Lsaac  Chandler,  mentioned 
above,  superintendent  of  machinery  in  cotton 
mill ;  she  lives  in  Melrose,  he  is  deceased.  4. 
Charles  W.,  born  May  31,  1S42;  married  Ellen 
Colesworthy,  of  Chelsea:  she  lives  at  Alalden. 
Massachusetts,  he  was  salesman  in  a  wholesale 
store. 

(M)  Dr.  James  Rrier  Cochrane,  son  of 
Levi  Cochrane,  was  born  in  Fayette,  Kennebec 
county,  ]\Iaine,  March  23.  1833.  ^^^  received 
his  early  education  there  in  the  common  schools 
and  at  Kent's  Hill  Seminary.  He  entered  Bow- 
doin  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 

of  Arts.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Ep- 
silon  fraternity.  He  began  to  study  medicine 
at  the  Portland  School  for  ^ledical  Instruction 
and  spent  a  year  in  the  L'nited  States  Marine 
Hospital,  under  Dr.  Fessenden.  He  afterward 
took  a  course  of  medical  lectures  at  the  Maine 
.Medical  School  at  Brunswick.  He  then  be- 
came a  student  at  the  Albany  Medical  College, 
from  which  he  was  gradr.ated  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1864.  He  began 
immediately  to  practice  at  Chelsea,  Massachu- 
setts.. Soon  afterward  he  went  to  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  where  he  practiced  for  si.K  months. 
He  then  located  at  Cottage  Grove,  IMirmesota, 
and'  remained  there  until  1S73,  when  he  came 
to  Dover,  ]\Iaine,  and  has  continued  to  prac- 
tice up  to  the  present  time.  He  bought  a  farm, 
on  part  of  which  he  makes  his  home.  Some 
of  the  farm  has  been  sold  for  building  lots. 
For  many  years  he  was  a  staunch  Reiniblican. 
and  he  walked  fifty  miles  to  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln  for  President.  He  is  now  a  Progres- 
sive in  pohtics.  He  has  been  health  officer  of 
Dover  since  18S5,  and  was  United  States  pen- 
sion examining  surgeon  from  1S82  to  1S93. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  Fo.Kcroft  Academy.  He  at- 
tend; the  Congregational  church.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Piscataquis  County  Medical 
Society,  the  Maine  State  Medical  Society,  the 
Minnesota  State  Medical  Society,  of  which  he 
was  a  charter  member.     He  is  one  of  the  in- 


corporators of  the   Piscataquis   Savings   Bank 
of  Dover. 

Dr.  Cochrane  married,  February  19,  1865, 
in  Dover,  Elizabeth  Merrill  Cochran,  born  at 
Dover,  August  23,  1836  (see  Cochran  \' ).  She 
was  educated  at  the  Fo.xcroft  Academy  and  the 
Gorham  Female  Seminary.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  and  is  a  charter 
member  of  Dover  Cha])ler,  Daughler^  of  the 
American  Revolution.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cochrane 
have  no  children. 


The  line  of  Elizabeth  Merrill  Cochran,  who 
married  Dr,  James  Brier  Cochrane,  is  the  same 
for  the  first  three  generations,  as  his  own, 
namely:  Deacon  John  Cochran  (i),  James 
Cochran  (II),  and  Lieutenant  Tosepli  Cofran 
(III). 

(I\  )  Robert  Cochran,  son  of  LieiUenant 
Joseph  Cofran,  and  brother  of  Rev.  James 
Cochran,  was  born  in  Pembroke,  New  Hamp- 
shire, November  i,  1764,  died  January  3,  1844, 
in  \'ienna,  Maine.  He  was  a  farmer  and  also 
owned  a  mill.  He  kept  a  hotel  in  \'ienna.  He 
served  in  the  revolution,  and  it  was  through 
his  services  that  ^Irs.  James  B.  Cochran  gained 
licr  meiubership  in  the  Daughters  of  the  .Amer- 
ican Revolution.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Merrill,  of  \"ienna,  born  1776,  died  January 
28.  1801.  He  married  (second)  May  26.  1802, 
Sarah  Gower,  of  Farmington,  Maine.  She  was 
born  in  1779.  died  in  1865.  Children  by  first 
wife:  I.  Benjamin,  born  November  15,  1797; 
married  Hannah  Stevens  ;  killed  by  a  fall.  June 
28,  1S47.  2.  Sewall,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Louisa  Betsey,  born  January,  1801,  died  young. 
Children  by  second  wife:  4.  John  G..  born 
1803;  married  Catharine  Stockbridge.  5. 
Samuel,  born  March  26,  1804:  married  Mary 
Clouchnan.  6.  Jeremiah,  born  1806:  married 
Caroline  Hall;  died  1884.  7-  Louise,  born 
July  1,  1S09;  married  John  L.  Philbrick.  8. 
Calista,  born  June  15,  1812;  married  Rev. 
George  W.  Childs.  9.  Fidellis,  born  July  17, 
1S15;  married  William  W.  Lowell,  merchant 
in  Dover.  10.  Ann  Maria,  born  1817;  married 
Joseph  C.  Whitman;  died  July  18,  1893.  11. 
Charles  H.,  born  .\ugust  26,  1819;  married 
Abigail  Greeley;  died  in  California,  1894.  12. 
Julia  Ann,  born  December  29,  1825;  married 
James  M.  Woodman,  1856;  died  in  Cape  Eliz- 
abeth, Maine. 

(V)  Sewall  Cochran,  son  of  Robert  Coch- 
ran, was  born  June  15,  1799,  in  \'ienna,  Maine, 
died  in  Dover,  Maine,  July  12.  1884.  He  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education  in  \'ienna, 
and  was  a  miller.  He  settled  in  Dover  in  1828, 
being  one  of  the  pioneers  there.     In  politics  he 


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was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail  Crowell,  born  in  Xcw  Sharon, 
.\!;iine,  November  15.  iSoi,  died  July  12,  1874, 
in  Dover.  Children,  born  in  Dover:'  i.  I'eriey 
.^cwall,  born  February  7.  1828,  died  August 
^1,  182S.  2.  Henry  Sewall,  born  February  11, 
Is^o,  died  in  Foxcroft.  January.  1913;  was  a 
lorly-niner,  going  across  the  Isthmus'  and  re- 
maining in  California  three  years,  was  success- 
ful, returned  to  Dover  and  was  a  farmer;  mar- 
ried (first)  September  7,  1854.  Marinda  Cut- 
t-r.  (second)  August  2.  1877,  Hattie  M. 
Greene.  3.  Elizabeth  Merrill,  born  August 
-'3.  1836:  married  Dr.  James  P.rier  Cochrane 
(sec  Cochrane  \'I).  4.  Chaunccy  Newion, 
horn  June  15,  1S43;  married,  March  20,  iSf'^j, 
Esther  J.  Drake;  died  in  Bangor,  1903:  rail- 
road mail  agent:  children:  Harry  \\'alter, 
born  April  13,  1870:  Wilbur  Sewall,  born  Au- 
gust 15,  1873. 


The    early    records   usually   have 
KEYES     this  surname  s].)ellcu  Key,  but  the 
present      spelling     is      generally 
Keyes.     The  spelling  Keay  was  al-o  in  use. 

(I)  John  Key,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  set- 
tled before  1657  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire. 
In  t6^7  hf  ■"■iv"  V'v'^'y  in  the  adi^rent  town  of 
Berwick,  Maine.  He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity, 
July  19,  1669.  The  name  of  his  first  wife  is 
unknown.  He  married  (second)  Sarah,  widow 
of  Jonathan  Nason  and  daughter  of  Reynold 
Jenkins.  His  will  was  dated  April  13.  1710, 
and  proved  October  30,  17 18.  He  and  his  son 
John  were  prisoners  at  Quebec  in  if395.  having 
been  captured  by  the  Indians.  Children : 
James,  killed  by  the  Indians  about  16.90;  John, 
mentioned  below :  Abigail,  captive  in  Canada. 

March    5,    1710-11;    Mary,    married — 

Wentworth;  Hannah,  married,  July  7,  1708, 
John  Haines:  Elizabeth,  born  i'i73,  married, 
January  3,  1694.  Walter  Abbot. 

(II)  John  (2)  Key.  son  of  John  (i)  Key, 
married  Grizzel.  daughter  of  Peter  Grant.  She 
was  baptized  .Vpril  15,  1703.  His  will  was 
dated  June  18,  1736.  proved  December  20, 
1737.  He  bequeaths  to  wife  Grizzel  and  the 
following  children:  i.  James,  born  November 
18,  1697  (not  named  in  the  will).  2.  John.  No- 
vember 22.  i6cK),  died  in  1770;  married  Char- 
ity, daughter  of  John  and  Charity  Hooper; 
children,  baptized  at  South  Berwick,  as  fol- 
lows: Charity,  October  26.  1729.  died  young; 
James,  August  9,  1730.  died  young;  John. 
March  18,  1732-33;  Grizzell.  June  23,  1737, 
married,  1757,  Tames  Hamilton :  James,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1740:  Betsey,  November  20,  1748..  3. 
Afary.  born  December  15,  1701  ;  married  Moses 
Tibbctts,  March  18,  1724-25.    4.  William,  men- 


tionedi  below,  v  Peter,  died  Jinie  18,  1769. 
6.  Abigail. 

(HI)  William  Key,  .son  of  John  (2)  Key, 
was  born  February  4,  1703,  at  Berwick,  Maine. 
He  married  Mary  Ilodsilon.  Children,  bap- 
tized at  South  Berwick:  John,  mentioned  he- 
low;  ]3aniel.  Jime  24.  174S;  -Ann,  Jamiary  10, 
174 1-42;  Mary,  February  26,  1743-44,  mar- 
ried Aaron  Chick;  Hannah,  March  23,  1745- 
46,  married  Nathaniel  Guplil. 

(IV)  John  (3)  Key.  sou  of  William  Key. 
was  baptized  at  South  I'.erwick.  Maine.  l-\b- 
ruary  17.  1739-40.  He  married.  AprW  (j.  \-j(^-J, 
Mehilable  Early. 

(  V  )  William  (2)  Key  or  Keys,  son  of  John 
(3)  Key,  lived  at  I'erwick,  Maine,  and  per- 
liaps  later  in  life  at  Wolfboro,  New  Hanij)- 
shire.  He  died  at  Corinth,  Maine,  in  1838. 
He  was  a  farmer.  Love  Key,  probably  a 
brother,  married,  January  18,  1796.  at  Wolf- 
boro, Molly  Fogg,  of  Berwick.  The  records 
of  marriages  at  Wolfboro  show  also  that  Peter 
Key  married,  December  23,  1790,  Betsey  Cole- 
man;  P'zekiel  Key  married.  October  30,  1S22, 
Elizabeth  Fay;  Bradbury  Keys  married,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1833.  I'Ctsey  Whitehouse.  William 
Key  or  Ke_\-s  had  sons:  John,  mentioned  be- 
low; Lewis  B..  married.  1832.  at  Wolfboro, 
Hannah  Knox.. 

(VI)  John  (4)  Keys  or  Keyes.  son  of  Wil- 
liam Key  or  Keys,  was  born  at  Wolfboro.  New 
Hampshire,  August  18,  1803.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  in  1836 
removed  to  Stetson,  Elaine,  where  he  bought 
a  farm.  He  was  a  pioneer  and  cleared  his 
own  farm  there.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. He  was  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Christian  church.  He  married  - — Mar- 
den,  born  in  New  Hampshire,  died  at  Stetson. 
Children:  i.  William,  born  at  Wolfboro,  1828, 
died  at  Concord,  Maine.  1886;  he  was  a 
farmer  in  Corinth;  married  Jane  Bean,  of 
Corinth;  children:  Orlando,  Carrie  and  Delia, 
who  is  now  living  in  Corinth.  2.  Elvira,  born 
1830,  at  W'olfburo,  died  at  Stetson,  1874;  inar- 
ried  Merrill  Hersey,  of  Stetson,  a  farmer; 
children :  Drusilla  Hersey.  married  Emory 
Robinson,  resides  with  her  daughter.  Mrs.  W. 
A.  Frey,  of  Bangor;  Elias  Ilersey,  farmer  of 
Stetson ;  Nathan  Hersey.  owns  the  homestead. 
3.  George  L.,  mentioned  below.  4.  Lydia.  born 
1834,  at  Wolfboro;  married  Samuel  Tay,  of 
Levant,  Maine,  a  farmer;  children:  William, 
Lucy  Ann,  Ella  Tay.  5..  John,  born  1836.  at 
Stetson,  died  at  Levant,  farmer,  unmarried. 
6.  James,  born  183S.  at  Stetson,  died  at  Levant ; 
married  Ella  .-Mien,  who  is  now  livitig  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

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Keys  or  Keycs,  was  born  at  Wolfboro,  New 
Kanipsliire,  1832^  died  at  Stetson,  Maine, 
March.  1897.  He  came  with  his  parents  to 
Stetson  in  1836  and  became  a  farmer  in  that 
town,  succeeded  in  time  to  the  homestead  of 
his  father.  He  attended  the  Union  church. 
In  poHtics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married 
(first)  Kosetta  Sanborn,  born  at  Newport, 
Alaine,  died  in  1S7.1,  at  Stetson.  He  married 
(second)  Ellen  Abbott,  born  at  Stetson,  1849, 
and  is  now  living  in  that  town.  She  attends 
the  Union  church,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Stetson  Grange.  J^atrons  of  Piusbandry. 
Thomas  Abbott,  her  fatlier,  was  born  in  York, 
Maine,  181 1,  died  at  Exeter,  Maine,  1903.  He 
came  to  Stetson  when  a  young  man  and  fol- 
lowed farming  there.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  He  married  Elizabeth  Pease,  born 
at  Exeter,  died^  at  Stetson.  Children  of 
Thomas  Abbott,  born  at  Stetson :  i.  John,  born 
1841,  died  at  Newport,  T^Iaine,  a  farmer;  mar- 
ried Almira .  2.  Irene,  born  1843.  died  at 

Stetson  ;  married  William  Davenport,  who  was 
a  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  3.  Annette,  born 
1845  ;  married  Dr.  Charles  Robinson,  of  New- 
burg,  Maine;  she  resides  at  .Stetson.  4.  Olive, 
born  1847,  died  at  Newport.  Maine:  msrrir-d 
Wiiiiarn  Kandlett,  ot  Newport,  a  retired 
farmer;  children:  Roscoe,  (jf  Windham.  Fred, 
of  Newport,  Belle,  of  New  Hampshire,  and 
Nina,  of  Detroit,  Maine.  3.  Ellen,  married 
George  L.  Keyes,  mentioned,  above.  6.  Charles, 
born  1S51  ;  resides  at  Wenham,  Massachusets ; 
has  charge  of  the  Pingree  e-tate;  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  civil  war ;  unmarried.  7.  Wesley, 
born  1853.  died  at  Stetson,  unmarried  :  a  school 
teacher  and  afterward  a  farmer.  8.  Frank, 
born  1856;  a  farmer,  died  unmarried  at  Stet- 
son. 9.  Preston,  born  1859,  died  at  Stetson,  a 
farmer;  his  wife  now  resides  at  Newport, 
Maine;  children:  Charles,  a  farmer  of  New- 
port ;  Clarence,  a  farmer  of  Newport ;  3.1aurice, 
who  died  aged  eighteen  years.  Child  of  George 
L.  Keyes  by  first  wife :  Lewis  \".,  born  at  Stet- 
son, September  19,  1S72;  a  musician,  living  at 
Belfast,  Maine;  a  Free  Mason;  unmarried. 
Children  by  second  wife:  Orman  L.,  men- 
tioned below ;  Leeman  H..  born  September  29, 
1880.  in  Stetson,  a  farmer  on  the  homestead 
cleared  by  his  grandfather;  unmarried. 

(VHI)  Orman  L.  Keyes,  son  of  George  L. 
Keyes,  was  born  at  Stetson.  Maine,  ^lay  20, 
1878.  He  received  his  early  education  there 
in  the  public  schools  and  graduated  from  the 
Stetson  high  school  in  1896.  He  graduated 
in  1S98  from  the  Central  Institute.  Pittsfield. 
Maine,  and  was  for  one  year  a  stud.ent  in  the 
University  of  }ilaine.  He  studied  law  in  the 
University  of  ^^laine  for  three  years  and  was 
graduated  in  1905  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 


of  L;iws.  Since  November,  1905,  he  has  been 
practicing  law  at  Caribou,  Maine.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat.  He  attends  the  Baptist 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  Caribou  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  of  Etna  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Bangor,  Maine,  June  8,  1903,  Grace  L. 
Allen,  born  at  E.xetcr,  Maine,  February  20, 
1878,  died  at  Caribou,  Elaine,  Novcmbci  8, 
1910.  She  attended  the  Baptist  church,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  Rebckah  Lodge.  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  I'oUows.  Before  her  niarriage 
she  was  a  school  teacher  in  Stetson  and  Orono. 
She  was  a  graduate  of  the  Oldtown  high  school. 
Alfred  H.  Allen,  her  father,  was  born  at  Exe- 
ter, Maine,  1857.  He  resides  in  Oldtown.  He 
is  a  stationary  engineer.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Tibbetts,  born  at  Exeter,  Maine,  1859, 
died  there  in  1883.  Elizabeth  Tibbetts  was 
born  at  Exeter,  daughter  of  Joseph  Tibbetts, 
born  there  in  1820,  died  at  El  Paso,  Texas, 
December  15,  1912.  Joseph  Tibbetts  taught 
school  in  Exeter  several  years,  removed  to  El 
Paso,  where  he  was  a  fruit  grower,  and  owned 
lands  also  in  Arizona.  Alfred  H.  and  Eliza- 
beth Allen  had  one  child,  Grace  L.,  who  mar- 
ried Op.n-i.n  L.  Keycs,  mentioned  above.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Keyes  have  one  child,  Grace  Marion, 
born  at  Caribou,  April  22,  1907. 


The  Rik-ers  or  Ryck's-Lents  and 
LENTE     Krankheyts     were     of     common 

origin  in  Germany,  and  at  a  very 
early  date  they  were  living  in  Lower  Saxony, 
where  they  had  the  estate  or  manor  of  Ryeken. 
Their  name  of  "van  Ryeken"  was  taken  from 
this  manor.  "Hans  van  Ryeken,  the  lord  of 
the  manor  and  a  valiant  knight,  with  his  cousin, 
■\Ielchoir  van  Ryeken,  who  lived  in  Holland, 
took  part  in  the  first  crusade  to  the  Holy  Land 
in  1096,  heading  eight  hundred  crusaders  in 
the  army  of  'Walter  the  Penniless'."  Hans 
met  his  death  in  the  expedition,  while  Melchoir 
returned  home  again.  It  is  a  tradition  in  the 
Lente  family  that  their  ancestor  came  with  a 
company  wliich  sailed  from  Amsterdam,  Hol- 
land, May,  1640,  arriving  at  New  Amsterdam, 
August,  1640.  The  records,  however,  show 
thai  he  came  about  two  years  earlier.  (I) 
Melchoir  Ryck  was  of  Amsterdam,  Holland. 
(II)  Captain  Jacob  Simons  de  Ryck,  son  of 
Melchoir  Ryck,  was  a  wealthy  corn  merchant 
of  Amsterdam,  Holland,  fill)  Jacob  de  Ryck, 
son  of  Captain  Jacob  Simons  de  Ryck,  had 
a  son  Abraham. 

(IV)  Abraham  de  Ryck.  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  son  of  Jacob  de  Ryck.  He  came 
to  America  in  163S,  and  had  in  that  year  a 
grant  of  land  from  Governor  Kieft;  he  took 
a  patent   for  this  land  August  8,   1640.     He 


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,!it.-(i  in  1689,  and  left  his  farm  to  his  ?on  Abra- 
ham. He  married  Gertie,  daughter  of  liend- 
fick  Ilermanson,  who  it  is  said  settled  early  at 
what  was  called  the  "Poor  Bowery"  (Boii- 
werij,  Dutch  farm),  and  purchased  a  large 
.ninount  of  land;  he  had  been  an  armourer, 
according  to  the  Dutch  story,  and  was  accus- 
tomed to  forge  tomahawks  for  the  Indians; 
for  some  reason  the  Indians  attacked  him  sud- 
denly and  he  was  killed  by  one  of  the  very 
instruments  which  he  had  forged  for  them. 
Children  of  /^braiiam  de  Ryck  :  Ryck  Abraham- 
so!i,  mentioned  below;  Jacob,  born  1640,  died 
yoting;  Jacob,  1643,  joined  his  brother  in  pur- 
chasing Ryck's  patent,  now  part  of  Cortland- 
town,  Westchester  county,  New  York;  Hend- 
rick,  born  1646,  died  in  infancy;  Mary,  1649, 
married  Sybout  M.  Krankhcyt,  of  the  manor 
of  Courtlandt ;  John,  1651,  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Jacobus  Krankheyt ;  Aletta,  1653, 
married  Captain  John  Harmansen,  of  the 
manor  of  Cortlandt ;  Abraham,  1655,  diied 
1690;  Hendrick,  1662. 

(V)  Ryck  or  Richard  Abrahamson  van 
Lent,  son  of  Abraham  cle  Ryck,  was  born  in 
New  Amsterdam,  in  1637,  and  was  christened 
in  the  old  Dutch  church  in  the  fort,  now  the 
Battery.  He  and  his  brother  Hendrick  were 
the  first  to  adopt  the  name  of  Lent,  and  it  is 
thought  that  they  took  it  from  their  maternal 
grandfather,  who  came  from  Lent.  This 
grandfather  is  thought  to  have  been  the  one 
mentioned  in  a  letter  to  Governor  Stuyvesant 
in  1654,  from  his  superiors  in  Holland,  as 
"Hendrick  Hermansen  van  Lent,"  a  soldier 
sent  to  Curacoa,  but  who  was  not  to  be  found 
there.  Richard  became  the  principal  owner  of 
the  tract  of  land;  bought  of  the  Sachoes  In- 
dians by^  the  Dutch  in  April,  1643,  P^'^i  ^o'" 
with  merchandise.  The  land  was  situated  east 
of  Aiinsville  creek,  east  and  south  of  where 
Peckskill  is  located,  and  of  the  seven  thousand 
two  hundred  acres  of  land,  Richard  owned 
eighteen  hundred  acres.  The  Lents  seem  to 
have  been  on  very  gocd  terms  with  tliC  Indians, 
as  were  the  rest  of  the  Dutch,  for  through  all 
the  trouble  with  the  Indians  and  French,  and 
later  with  Great  Britain,  there  was  no  record 
of  their  being  molested.  With  his  brothers, 
Jacob  and  Hendrick,  he  lived  in  the  manor  of 
Courtlandt.  and  they  were  the  owners  of  Ryck's 
patent,  as  the  land  he  had  from  tlie  Indians 
was  called ;  this  land  covered  a  large  part  of 
the  northern  half  of  the  town  of  Cortlandt,  be- 
tween Verplanck's  Point  and  Peekskill  creek. 
The  "village"  of  the  Sachoes  Indians,  from 
whom  the  land  was  purchased,  was  situated^  in 
the  southern  part  of  what  is  now  the  city  of 
Peekskill,  Westchester  county.  New  York,  in 
the   part    known    as    "Lent's    Flats."      Ryck's 


patent,  confirming  the  title  of  the  land,  was 
granted  by  the  English  to  Hercules  Lent,  son 
of  Ryck,  about  1730.  Ryck  married  (Tryntje) 
Catrina,  daugiiter  of  Harck  Syboutsen,  and 
they  were  both  early  members  of  the  old 
Dutch  church  (Sleepy  Hollow),  at  Tarry- 
town,  New  York.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born 
1672  ;  married  Thomas  Heyclt  (Hyatt)  ;  Abra- 
ham, mentioned  below;  Ryck,  born  1O78; 
Harck  (Hercules),  i(.)8i  ;  Margaret,  about 
1683,  married  Thomas  Benscn ;  Kathcrinc, 
about  1685,  married  Joscjih  Jones. 

(VI)  Abraham  van  Lent,  son  of  Ryck 
Abrahamscn  van  Lent,  was  born  ]\Iarch  10, 
1674.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Dutch  church 
(Sleepy  Hollow),  at  Tarrytown.  New  York, 
retiring  from  that  office  August  28,  1724.  He 
lived  in  Westchester  county  a  number  of  years, 
and  then  returned  to  Newtown,  Long  Island, 
in  1729.  He  settled  on  the  farm  left  him  by 
his  uncle  Jacobus  Krankheyt,  which  was  at 
that  time  part  of  the  estate  of  Isaac  Rapalye, 
deceased.  He  was  on  the  committee  to  build 
the  church,  December  29,  1731,  the  edifice 
being  finished  in  1735.  He  inherited  from  his 
father  an  island  on  Long  Island  Sound  called 
"Judich's  Island,"  and  some  land  on  Nassau 
Island,  "which  is  wrongfully  detained  from 
me."  He  died  February  5,  1746.  He  mar- 
ried, in  169S,  Anna  Catherine,  daughter  of 
Adolph  Meyer,  from  Ulfcn  in  Westholia,  and 
settled  in  Harlem,  New  York.  She  was  born 
in  1677,  and  died  July  21,  1762,  in  her  eighty- 
sixth  year.  Children:  Ryck,  born  1699,  died 
1732;  Jacob,  1701;  Adolph,  1703;  Isaac,  1705; 
Abraham,  1707:  Catrina,  1710,  married,  Janu- 
ary I,  1729,  Elbert  Herring;  Jacobus,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  1718,  married  Jacob 
Brinckerhoff :  Maria,  born  1720,  married  John 
Rapalye;  Wyntie,  1722,  married  Jeromus 
Rapalye;  Ann,  born  1724,  married  (first) 
Maratie  Ryder,    (second)   John  Brinckerhoff. 

(VII)  Jacobus  Lent,  son  of  Abraham,  was 
born  at  Newtown,  Long  Island,  New  York. 
July  3,  1714,  and  died  December  13,  1779.  He 
inherited  his  father's  farm  on  Long  Island, 
and  was  elder  of  the  Newtown  Dutch  Church, 
being  a  highly  respected  citizen.  He  married 
^largaret.  daughter  of  Daniel  Rapalye,  and 
she  died  September  11,  1794,  in  her  seventy- 
fourth  year.  Children:  Abraham,  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1745.  died  April  13,  1S16:  Allctta. 
born  April  24,  1747,  married  George  Rapalye  ; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(\TII)  Daniel  Lent,  son  of  Jacobus  Lent, 
was  born  in  Newtown,  May  31,  1754,  and  died 
April  20,  1707.  He  was  the  last  of  the  family 
to  live  on  the  van  Lent  estate,  at  the  "Poor 
Bowery,"  and  it  was  sold  just  before  his  death. 
He  married,  December  9,  1792,  Rensie,  daugli- 


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ter  of  Martin  Rapalye.  The)-  had  four  chil- 
dren, the  first  three  dying  in  infancy:  Daniel, 
mentioned  below. 

(IX)  "Daniel  Lent,  son  of  Daniel  Lent,  was 
born  August  30,  1797,  at  Xewtowii,  Long 
Island,  and  died  February  2^.  185S,  at  Flush- 
ing Bay.  He  was  a  merchant  in  New  York 
until  the  spring  of  1S22,  when  he  bought  a 
farm  in  Flushing.  Long  Island,  near  the 
Canon.s  Cleft  in  the  Kills,  called  "The  Alley." 
He  purchased  the  Lawrence  farm  on  Flushing 
Bay,  in  the  spring  of  1834,  and  lived  there 
until  his  death.  He  married,  June  6,  1821, 
Jane  Catherine,  daughter  of  Cornelius  R.  Rem- 
sen,  and  she  died  August  15,  1854.  He  was 
for  years  an  elder  of  the  Reformed  church  at 
Newtown,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  both 
buried  in  the  cemetery  there.  Children :  Rev. 
James  Rapalye,  born  April  iS,  1822,  married, 
June  25,  1851,  Catherine  White,  of  Scotch- 
town,  Orange  county.  New  York,  and  slie  died 
May  27,  1S87  ;  Cornelius  Remsen,  mentioned 
below ;  Theodore,  born  about  1828,  died  in  in- 
fancy;  Charles  Llenry,  born  April  28,  1833, 
farmer  at  Schodack  Landing,  Rensselaer 
county,  New  York,  married,  October  15,  1S57, 
Mary  A.  Thorburn,  and  she  died  July  23. 
1889;  Elizabeth  Catherine,  born  March  23, 
1842,  married  Charles  Malcott,  of  i- lushing 
Bay. 

(X)  Cornelius  Remsen  I,ent,  son  of  Daniel 
Lent,  was  born  at  Newtown,  November  25, 
1825,  and  died  January  20,  1896,  at  Corona, 
Long  Island.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Newtown 
and  Corona.  He  married,  December  10,  1850, 
Sarah  Ann  Xafis,  of  Newtown,  Long  Island. 
and  she  died  November  7,  1897.  Children, 
born  in  Corona:  .^bram  Remsen,  May  15, 
1852,  died  August  6,  1852;  Adriana  Nafis, 
July  6,  1854,  died  September  5.  1854;  Jane 
Catherine,  born  .April  15,  1S56,  married,  Janu- 
ary I,  1877,  Thomas  \Mnitney  Powell,  of 
Flushing,  where  they  live,  he  having  now  re- 
tired from  the  real  estate  business ;  Allen  Rem- 
sen, mentioned  below;  Sarah  Cornelia,  born 
March  10,  1859,  married  George  Edgar  Suy- 
dam,  of  Lucas,  Long  Lland,  August  10,  1881. 
and  they  live  at  Winsted,  Connecticut,  he  being 
a  truck  farmer ;  Henry  Meserole,  born  Janu- 
ary 6,  1861,  married  ^lay  10,  1890,  Cornelia 
S.  Arkels,  of  Greenpoint,  Long  Island,  and 
they  live  in  Winsted,  Connecticut ;  .Addie 
Nafis,  born  June  19,  1862,  died  -April  2,  iSfS: 
Aletta  Hallock,  born  July  6.  1864,  died  No- 
vember 31,  1864;  Elizabeth  Cornish,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1867,  married.  January  24,  1889, 
Benjamin  Duryea,  of  Flushing,  and  they  live 
on  Long  Island,  he  being  in  the  oil  business. 

fXI)  Allen  Remsen  Lente,  son  of  Cor- 
nelius  Remsen  Lent,  was  born  at   Newtown, 


July  5,  1S57.  and  died  November  10,  1892,  at 
Santas,  Brazil.  He  finished  his  cducatiMU  at 
Columbia  University,  and  on  account  of  ill 
health  decided  to  follow  the  sea.  Fie  became  a 
master  mariner.  For  some  time  he  was  in  the 
government  service.  He  was  a  Free  Mason. 
He  married  Mary  Ella  Singer  Butler,  June  12, 
1882.  She  was  born  January,  1855,  '" 
Thomaston,  Maine,  and  is  now  living  at  Ea^t 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Annie 
Remsen,  born  October  25,  1884,  in  South 
Thomaston,  Maine ;  married  William  F. 
Blancharil,  of  \'ermont ;  they  reside  at  East 
Hartford,  Connecticut ;  he  is  an  engineer  of 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartforil 
Railroad  Company.  2.  Harry  Hallock,  men- 
tioned below. 

(XII)  Dr.  Harry  Hallock  Lente,  son  of  Allen 
Remsen  Lente,  was  born  in  South  Thomas- 
ton, :\Iaine,  October  25,  1886.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of  1903. 
He  entered  Dean  Academy  at  Franklin,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1906.  He  joined  the  Pi  Chi  Beta  fraternity. 
He  entered  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine  in  IQ12.  He  joined  the  Phi  Chi  fra- 
ternity, a  national  medical  organization.  He 
began  to  practice  in  association  with  Dr.  Hayes 
at  Brownville  Junction  for  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railroad  Company.  After  the  death  of  Dr. 
Hayes,  in  1912,  Dr.  Lente  opened  an  office  in 
Brownville,  where  he  has  already  acquired  a 
generous  clientele.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat. He  attends  the  Universalist  church.  He 
married,  September  6,  1913,  Hildred  Robert- 
son, eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Roderick 
Robertson,  of  Richibucto,  New  Brunswick, 
Canada;  she  was  born  July  18,  1887. 


The  Merrills  are  of  French 
IMERRILL  origin,  the  name  originally  be- 
ing de  ]\Ierle,  and  they  were 
of  the  French  nobility.  The  ancestral  home  of 
the  family  in  1550  was  Place  de  Dombes,  Au- 
vergne,  France.  The  family  coat-of-arms  is 
published  in  .American  Fleraldry  and  is  as  fol- 
lows :  The  field  is  silver,  the  bar  blue  and  the 
peacocks'  heads  green  and  gold.  The  shield  is 
charged  with  three  peacocks'  heads,  erased  one 
above  and  two  below  a  fesse.  The  crest  is  also 
a  peacock's  head.  In  Burke's  "General  Arm- 
ory" the  peacock's  head  is  accredited  to  the 
name  in  England,  but  the  coat-of-arms  of  the 
English  family  is  not  the  same,  though  using 
the  same  crest.  Being  Iluguenots  the  family 
fled  to  luigland  at  the  time  of  the  massacre  of 
St.  Fjartholomevv  in  1552  and  settled  in  Salis- 
bury, county  of  \\'iltshire.     In  England  they 


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ui-ic  an  honored  family.  Sir  Peter  ?k[crri!l 
(do  Merle),  of  the  Eiiyllsh  arin\-,  wa;,  knighted 
111  1634- 

(I)  Research  has  led  to  the  cuneliision  that 
all  the  Merrills  in  this  country  are  descended 
from  Nathaniel  and  Susanna  ^lerrill.  who  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  the  early  spring  of  1635.  Some 
other  families  of  the  name  are  mentioned  in 
early  town  and  parish  records,  but  these  fam- 
ilies seem  to  have  died  out  and  there  is  to  be 
found  no  one  of  the  name  whose  ancestry  can 
be  traced  back  to  any  other  than  Nathaniel 
Merrill,  of  Xewbury,  John,  the  elder  brother 
of  Nathaniel,  a  very  prominent  man  in  the 
settlement,  had  daughters  but  no  son  and  con- 
sequently contributed  nothing  to  the  family 
history,  except  his  own  individual  and  very 
honorable  record.  Nothing  is  known  of  the 
parents  of  John  and  Nathaniel  Merrill  or  from 
what  county  in  England  they  came,  but  proba- 
bly from  Wiltshire  and  the  vicinity  of  Salis- 
bury. 

Nathaniel  Merrill  took  the  freeman's  oath 
in  163S  or  1640  in  Newbury  and  there  died 
March  16,  1654-55.  He  left  an  estate  valued 
at  eighty-four  pounds  six  shillings.  By  his 
win  nis  cbiaic  was  lu  gu  to  his  .-uii  N'aLliaiiii.;, 
executor,  subject  to  life  interest  of  widow, 
Susanna,  he  to  pay  as  directed  to  the  other 
children.  After  his  death  his  widow  married 
Stephen  Jordan,  August  16,  1661.  and  her 
death  occurred  January  25,  167.2.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  yirs.  IMerrill,  as  given  in  Coffin's  "His- 
tory of  Xewbury,  Massachusetts,"  were:  i. 
John,  born  1635,  died  July  18,  1712;  freeman 
in  1658;  deacon;  v.ent  to  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut; married  Sarah  Watson;  ten  children.  2. 
Abraham,  born  1637,  died  November  28,  1772  ; 
was  a  weaver  by  occupation ;  resided  in  New- 
bury; was  freeman  in  166S;  selectman  and 
deacon;  married  (first)  January  11,  1660,  Abi- 
gail Watson;  eleven  children;  married  (sec- 
ond) September  2,  1713,  Sarah  Bradley  Bond. 
2.  Nathaniel,  bora  163S,  died  Janna'-y  i,  1683; 
freeman  iu  166S;  married,  October  15,  1661, 
Joanna  Ninnian ;  seven  children.  4.  Susanna, 
born  1640,  died  in  1690;  married.  October  15, 
1663,  John  Eurbank.  5.  Daniel,  born  .\ugust 
20,  1642,  died  June  27,  1718:  freeman  in  1668; 
married  (first)  May  14,  1667,  Sarah  Clough  ; 
eight  children;  married  (second)  May  29, 
170S,  Sarah  (Morrill)  Bond;  three  children. 
6.  Abel,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  Abel,  youngest  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Susanna  iMerrill,  was  born  February  20,  1644- 
45,  died  October  28,  1681^.  Ble  was  made  free- 
man in  1668,  and  served  as  deacon  of  the 
original  Baptist  church  in  Xewbury.  He  was 
active    in    community    affairs,    respected    and 


honored  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  married 
(first)  February  10,  lUji.  Priscilla,  born  March 
14,  1649,  died  November,  1697,  daughter  of 
A((uillaand  Ann  (Wheeler)  Chase.  He  married 
(second)  Sarah  I'.radbury.  Children  of  first 
marriage:  r.  Abel,  born  December  28,  1671 ; 
served  as  deacon  ;  married,  June  18,  i6<)4,  Abi- 
gail Stevens.  2.  Susannah,  born  November  14, 
Ib73;  married,  January  28,  161)2,  Benjamin 
Morse.  3.  Nathan,  born  April  3,  1676;  mar- 
ried, September,  1699,  Hannah  Kent;  ten  chil- 
dren. 4.  Thomas,  born  January  i,  1678-79; 
married  Judith  Kent;  twelve  children.  5. 
Joseph,  born  July  12,  i68[  ;  married  Ann  \\'ig- 
gin  ;  five  children.  (>.  Nathaniel,  born  Febru- 
ary 6,  1684;  married,  July  28,  1709,  Hannah 
Stevens;  one  son.  7.  Priscilla,  born  July  13, 
1686;  married,  June  8.  1704,  Nathaniel  Noyes. 
8.  James,  of  whom  further. 

(HI)  James,  youngest  son  of  Abel  and 
Priscilla  (Chase)  Merrill,  was  born  January 
27,  16SS-89.  He  married,  November  23,  17 14, 
Mary  Pettingill  Adams,  born  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  March  3,  16x99-1700,  died  in 
1790,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Rebecca 
(Knight)  Adams,  granddaughter  of  Abraham 
and  Mary  (Pettingill)  Adams,  and  great- 
grauddauglitLr  of  Robert  Adams,  also  of  Rev. 
James  X'oyes,  and  a  descentlant  of  Richard 
Inkersall,  all  of  which  families  had  coats-of- 
arms.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merrill  resided  in  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  until  after  the  birth  of 
their  fourth  child,  when  they  removed  to 
Stratham,  New  Hampshire,  where  five  chil- 
dren were  born  to  them.  They  then  moved  to 
Falmouth,  Maine,  where  two  more  children 
were  born  to  them.  They  settled  in  the  north- 
east part  of  the  town  on  the  Pusampscot  river, 
that  part  of  the  town  still  bearing  the  original 
name.  He  was  a  leading  and  influential  citi- 
zen, and  was  the  ancestor  of  nearly  all  the 
families  attending  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Falmouth,  which  church  he  took  an 
active  part  in  forming  in  1753.  Pie  died  Octo- 
ber 27,  1756.  His  will  was  probated  October 
3.  1757,  in  which  he  devised  a  very  consider- 
able estate  for  those  times  to  his  heirs.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Israel,  of  whom  further.  2.  Humph- 
rey, born  in  Newbury,  January  18,  1717-18, 
died  January  i,  1815;  was  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Falmouth;  was  selectman  fifteen  years;  in 
1775  was  on  the  committee  of  safety;  was 
assessor  in  lyjCy-ijyj  and  other  years,  and  was 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  ;  married 
(first)  August  29,  1741,  Betty  Merrill,  of  Salis- 
bury, daughter  of  Moses  Merrill,  who  was  son 
of  Daniel,  who  was  son  of  Nathaniel  Merrill; 
she  died  1770;  he  married  (second)  June  iS, 
17S3,  Mary  (Noyes)  Weare;  she  died  in  182 1. 
3.  Rebecca,  born  in  Newbury  about  1720;  mar- 


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ried,  in  1739,  John  Galley.  4.  Prisoilla,  born  in 
Newbury  about  1723  ;  married  (intentions  pub- 
lished October  24.  1742)  Richard  :Merrill.  5. 
Adams,  born  in  Stratham.  1726;  married  (in- 
tentions published  November  19,  1757)  Eliza- 
beth Pitcomb.  6.  James  Jr.,  born  in  Stratham, 
1728,  died  November  16,  1806;  married,  June 
29-  1753-54.  Abigail  I'.rackett.  7.  Joshua,  born 
in  Stratham,  March  25.  1733,  died  in  1782; 
married  (intentions  pnbli'^hed  November  i, 
1755)  Mary  Winslow.  8.  Mary,  born  in 
Stratham,  January  14,  1734-35;  married  (in- 
tentions published  December  20.  1750')  Samuel 
Noyes.  9.  Dorothy,  born  in  Stratham,  about 
1737;  married  (intentions  published  May  25, 
1753)  John  Blake.  10.  Susanna,  born  in  Fal- 
mouth, 1739:  married  (intentions  published 
June  22,  1761)  Moses  Adams.  11.  Sila,  born 
in  Falmouth,  March  i,  1741 ;  married  (first) 
Susanna  Knight,  (second)  Hannah  Matthews. 

(IV)  Israel,  eldest  son  of  James  and  Mary 
Pettingill  (Adams)  Merrill,  was  born  in  New- 
bury, j\Iassacliusctls,  Jul)-  27,  171 5.  said  to 
have  been  killed  by  the  Indians  about  1750. 
He  married,  August  20,  1743,  Abiah.  daughter 
of  Richard  Galley  (sometimes  spelled  as  pro- 
nounced, Gawley),  of  Stratham,  New  Hamp- 
shire. She  married  (second)  (intentions  pub- 
lished November  17  17531  r^pt?in 'n-^-'-'^' ''''^•■- 
rey.  Ghildren  of  Mr.  and  ]Mrs.  Merrill:  i. 
Israel,  born  in  Fahnonth,  August  31,  1744.  2. 
Elias,  baptized  1746.  3.  Abiah,  born  1747; 
married,  Jidy  19,  1767,  Gaptain  David  Brad- 
ish.  who  was  captain  of  one  of  the  Falmouth 
companies  in  Golonel  Edmund  Phinney's 
Thirty-first  Regiment  from  ^lay  to  December 
31,  1775,  at  Gambridge.  IMassachusetts ;  he  ren- 
dered other  service  during  the  revolutionary 
war  and  was  commissioned  major,  January  i, 
1777;  they  had  a  daughter  Betsey,  who  mar- 
ried Edward  G.  Gapon;  Major  Bradish  died 
in  1S18.  4.  Nicholas,  born  September,  1747 
(?),  died  in  the  \\'cst  Indies;  married  Sarah 
Harris.     5.  Levi,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  Levi,  youngest  son  of  Israel  and  Abiah 
(Galley)  Merrill,  was  born  in  Falmouth. 
Maine,  January  27,  1749,  died  in  Portland, 
Maine,  August  10,  1787.  He  was  third  ser- 
geant in  Gaptain  Bradish's  company  from  May 
to  December  31,  1775,  and  probably  rendered 
other  service.  He  married,  November  25, 
1773,  Mary  Smith,  of  Newbury,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  (Newman)  Smith.  She 
married  (second)  John  Musscy,  by  whom  she 
had  two  sons,  John  and  Gharles  Mussey.  Mrs. 
Musscy  died  in  Portland,  Elaine,  .August  i, 
1796,  aged  fifty-nine  years.  ^Ir.  and  Mrs.  Mer- 
rill had  three  sons:  i.  \\'illiam,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 2.  Thomas,  born  in  Portland,  November 
12,    17S2,    died    in    Gape    Elizabeth;    married 


Sophia  -Smith,  of  Newburyjiort.  3.  Leonard, 
born  in  Porthmd,  .\i)ril,  1785,  died  at  sea,  No- 
vember 30,  1807. 

(\T)  \\'illiam,  eldest  son  of  Levi  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Merrill,  was  born  in  Portland,  Maim, 
June  22,  1780,  died  June  26,  1854,  at  Shclby- 
ville,  Kentucky,  and  was  buried  in  the  family 
ground  of  th.c  Mortons.  Later  his  remains 
were  brought  to  Portland,  Maine,  and  placed 
in  his  tomb  in  the  Western  Gemetery.  He 
married  (first)  >,rary,  daughter  of  Captain 
\\'illiam  iVlcLellan,  granddaughter  of  Bryce 
McLellan,  who  came  from  Scotland  about 
1719  or  1720.  and  a  descendant  of  Sir  Hugh 
Mcl.ellan,  of  Argylc,  Scotland,  who  was 
knighted  in  15 15.  She  died  in  Portland,  June 
12.  1S34.  and  her  remains  were  placed  in  the 
tomb  in  \\'estern  Gemetery.  Mr.  Merrill  mar- 
ried (second)  December  7,  1S35,  I'rances  Fol- 
som.  Ghildren  of  first  marriage,  all  born  in 
Portland,  Maine:  i.  William  Leonard,  born 
June  27,  1806,  died  November  13,  181 1.  2. 
Mary  Smith,  born  January  26,  1S08,  died  in 
Gorham:  married.  September  5,  1835,  Gharles 
A.  Stackpole.  3.  Martha  Wells,  born  ^Nlarcli 
6.  1810,  died  December  20,  18S5;  married 
(first)  September  10,  1832,  Dr.  Asa  Dodge, 
who  died  in  Jerusalem,  Palestine,  January  28, 
T<'35;  (rcccr.d")  February  23,  1S37,  Rev.  John 

D.    Paxton,   of  ■ — ■ ,   Syria;    (third)    John 

Lagow,  Princeton,  Indiana.  4.  Garolina  Eliz- 
abeth, born  January  4,  1812,  died  in  Naples, 
Maine;  married  Elijah  Smith  Dow.  5.  Sophia 
Smith,  born  Ivlarch  17,  18 15,  died  in  Prmce- 
ton.  Indiana,  July  2,  1877.  6.  Eliza  ^McLellan, 
born  December  15,  1816,  died  at  Auburn.  Indi- 
ana, Septembei  6,  185 1  ;  married,  September 
29.  1S44,  Rev.  James  P.  BHss.  6.  William 
George,  of  whom  further.  7.  Gharles  Mussey, 
born  September  19,  1S21,  died  November  4, 
1870,  unmarried.  8.  Edward  Thomas,  born 
Julv  18,  1S23;  married,  December,  1843,  ^lai")' 
Jane  Tarbell.  9.  Henry  Augustus,  born  July 
'2^.  1826,  died  same  year.  10.  Harriet  Jane, 
born  October  iG,  1827,  died  October  7.  1828. 

The  oldest  house  in  Portland,  Maine,  and 
one  of  the  three  buildings  now  standing  which 
were  there  when  Gaptain  Henry  Mowatt  and 
the  British  fleet  burned  Falmouth,  in  October, 
1775,  is  still  on  its  original  site,  the  third  house 
on  the  west  side  of  York  street  before  reaching 
High  street.  This  house  was  built  by  Bryce 
McLellan,  grandfather  of  Mary  (McLellan) 
Merrill,  and  was  occupied  by  him  prior  to  and 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  When  the 
house  was  built  it  was  on  the  outskirts  of  the 
town  of  Falmouth,  and  at  the  time  of  the  de- 
struction of  that  town  was  far  removed  from 
the  burning  section,  and  was  the  refuge  for 
many  women  and  children  whose  homes  had 


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;,fcii  destroyed  by  the  carcasses  and  sliclls  from 
i!ic  British  ships.  This  ok!  building,  which  is 
,;,,\v  occupied  as  a  dwelling,  is  of  snb.-tantial 
I, instruction,  with  large  chimneys  and  big  open 
iircplaccs.  which  are  not  u>ed  at  the  i)re>ent 

(\'II)  William  George,  son  of  ^^■i^iam  and 
Mary  (McLellan)  Merrill,  was  born  in  Port- 
land' Maine,  December  i,  1819,  died  at  Ridley 
I'ark-,  Pennsylvania,  in  1910.  He  attended  the 
pul>lic  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  during 
liis  active  career  was  a  merchant  at  Uar  Mills, 
.Afainc,  where  he  was  highly  esteemed  and  re- 
spected. During  the  civil  war  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Thirteenth  Maine  \'olunteer  Infan- 
try, serving  in  the  capacity  of  sutler.  He  and 
iiis  wife  attended  the  Congregational  church, 
and  he  gave  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Re- 
publican party.  Pie  married.  May  22.  1845, 
Margaret  Taylor  Dow.  born  in  Xew  Bruns- 
wick, Xew  Jersey,  died  at  Ridley  Park,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1907,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Fannie  M. ;  Eleanor  A.,  married  (first) 
Frank  G.  Robinson,  (second)  Charles  Pritham  ; 
Margaret  Dow,  married  ^\'illiam  G.  Merrill; 
Amanda  G.,  married  (first)  Edward  E.  Mc- 
Kenney,  (second)  Benjamin  E..  Sweet;  Wil- 
liam John,  of  whom  further ;  Thomas  L. ; 
Henry,  deceased;  Charles  H. 

(VIII)  William  John,  son  of  William 
George  and  ^Margaret  Taylor  (Dow)  Merrill, 
was  born  in  Township  Xo.  /,  Aroostook 
county,  Maine,  April  22,  1S52.  The  early  years 
of  his  life  were  spent  at  Bar  Mills,  Gorham. 
South  Freeport  and  Portland,  all  in  Maine, 
and  his  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Portland.  Upon  arriving 
at  a  suitable  age  he  devoted  his  attention  to 
mercantile  pursuits  in  Portland,  continuing 
until  1878,  when  he  removed  to  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  remained  until  1890, 
following  the  same  line  of  work,  then  removed 
to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  electrical  pursuits  until  1S93,  '^'^^ 
from  that  time  to  the  present  (1914)  has  been 
engaged  in  financial  pursuits  in  Xew  York 
City,  with  oflrces  at  Xc.  115  Broadway.  Pie 
was  one  ■  of  the  organizers  of  the  American 
Hayti  Company,  capital  S3.000.000.  He  is  a 
Repviblican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Mr.  Merrill  married.  September  12,  1S76, 
May  Willctte  Lockhart,  born  in  Portland, 
r^Iaine,  June  2.  1S53,  '^"'^  '^'"^y  ^^'ere  the  par- 
ents of  one  child.  Jessie  Deering.  who  died  at 
the  age  of  si.x  years.  ^Irs.  Merrill,  who  is  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Scientist  church,  is 
the  daughter  of  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  now 
deceased. 


William  Howe,  descendant  of  an 
HOWT'".     oil    Xew    luigland    family,    was 

born  in  Penobscot  county,  Maine, 
in  1804,  died  at  Bangor  in  that  state  in  i8(/> 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Holden  and  East  Edding- 
ton.  Maine.  In  religion  he  was  a  Laiiversal- 
ist;  in  politics  a  Democrat.  He  married  Annie 
Pcakes,  born  in  Penobscot  county  in  1806, 
died  at  East  Eddington  in  1889.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  L'niversali<l  church.  Children, 
all  born  in  Holden  or  Ea.st  Eddington:  1. 
Susan,  married  John  E.  Stockwell,  of  Bangor, 
a  lumberman  ;  she  resides  in  Bangor.  2.  Amasa, 
mentioned  below.  3.  William  A.,  served 
through  the  civil  war,  a  pensioner,  now  living 
in  Massachusetts.  4.  Lctiiia,  married  William 
Rowe,  of  Great  \\'orks,  Maine,  a  lumlierman; 
she  resides  in  Bangor.  5.  Lawson  W.,  a  re- 
tired carriage  manufacturer,  living  at  Mcrri- 
mac,  INlassachusetts.  6.  Melza  B.,  resides  at 
the  Soldiers'  Home,  Togus,  Maine,  a  veteran 
of  the  civil  war.  7.  Anna,  married  Arthur 
^lerrill,  of  Eddington,  a  spool  manufacturer; 
she  resides  at  East  Eddington,  Maine.  8.  Wes- 
ley C,  married  Eucy  ?\Iorse,  of  Merrimac, 
Alassachusetts ;  he  is  a  carriage  manufacturer, 
residing  in  iMtchburg,  Massachusetts,  q.  Lizzie, 

married Fletcher,  a  farmer  at  Canton, 

Maine. 

(II)  Amasa  Howe,  son  of  William  Howe, 
was  born  at  East  Holden,  Maine,  May  25, 
1835,  died  at  Presque  Isle,  June  25,  1913.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
tou  n.  When  a  young  man  he  went  to  Bangor, 
r^Iaine,  and  engaged  in  business.  In  1S61  he 
came  to  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  wdiere  he  was 
employed  as  clerk  by  Xathan  Perry.  After- 
ward he  entered  into  partnership  with  Warren 
Pratt  under  the  firm  name  of  Pratt  &  Howe 
to  conduct  a  general  store.  He  was  afterward 
in  partnership  with  David  Dudley  and  his 
brother,  Melza  Dudley,  in  the  same  line  of 
business.  After  this  firm  was  dissolved  he 
engaged  for  a  number  of  years  in  a  general 
insurance  business.  He  then  embarked  in  the 
manufacture  of  lumber.  He  suli'cred  financial 
reverses  through  the  destruction  by  fire  of  sev- 
eral large  and  well  equipped  saw  mills.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  During  the  sec- 
ond Cleveland  administration  he  was  post- 
master of  Presque  Isle.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Unitarian  church.  He  married,  in  1S65, 
Louisa  Pratt,  born  in  Phillips,  Maine.  June  5, 
1843.  She  is  now  living  in  Presque  Isle  and 
is  a  member  of  tlie  Unitarian  church  there. 
Eeniah  Pratt,  her  father,  was  born  near  Phil- 
lips. Maine,  in  1806.  died  at  Presque  Isle  in 
1S78.  He  was  a  farmer  in  I'resque  Isle,  com- 
ing  there    after    his    marriage.      Children    of 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Beniah  Pratt:  i.  Leviua,  married  Colunilnis 
Hayford,  of  Fanniii-toii.  Elaine,  now  a  faniKr 
at  Prcjque  Jsle.  2.  Martha,  married  G.  C. 
Hall,  of  Caribou,  Maine,  then  called  Lyndon; 
a  farmer.  3.  Louisa,  married  Amasa  Mowc. 
mentioned  above.  4.  Warren  P.,  married  Au- 
gT.ista  Alien,  of  Presque  Isle.  5.  Edwin,  re- 
sides in  Kansas  City,  ^Missouri.  6.  George, 
died  young.  Children  of  Amasa  Llowe:  i. 
Vivian  E.,  bora  September  10,  1S67;  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  academy  of  Presque 
Isle  and  at  St.  John'.s  Eniscopal  School;  pro- 
prietor of  a  laundry  at  Presque  Isle ;  married 
Jennie  Lindow,  of  Woodstock,  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  has  one  son,  Edward  Amasa,  born 
at  Vvoodstock,  in  February,  1900.  2.  Leon 
Selden.  mentioned  below.  3.  Clifford,  burn 
1871,  died  at  Presque  Isle  in  1877. 

(Ill)  Leon  Selden  Howe,  son  of  Amasa 
Howe,  was  born  at  Presque  Isle,  }>Iaine,  Au- 
gust 18,  1869.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  the  Presque  Isle  Academy 
and  St.  John's  Episcopal  School,  now  the 
Aroostook  State  Normal  School.  At  the  age 
of  nineteen  he  left  school  and  engaged  in  the 
retail  clothing  business  in  the  employ  of  S. 
Friedman  &  Company  of  Presque  Isle,  remain- 
ing in  this  position  until  1803.  .After  resting 
a  year,  on  account  of  ill  health,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  M.  S.  Klein,  dealer  in  clothing,  and 
a  year  later  became  clerk  in  the  dry  goods 
store  of  William  R.  Piper,  in  whose  employ  he 
remained  until  1905,  when  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  R.  yi.  Barker  and  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  imder  the  firm  name  of 
the  Howe-Barker  Company.  The  firm  was 
dissolved  in  March,  1913,  and  in  the  following 
month  he  opened  a  ladies'  furnishing  store  in 
Presque  Isle  and  from  the  first  has  done  a 
large  and  flourishing  business.  In  politics  Mr. 
Howe  is  a  Democrat.  For  two  years  he  has 
been  a  trustee  of  the  State  Normal  School. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Unitarian 
church,  of  which  he  has  been  treasurer.  He  is 
a  member  of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  130,  Free  and 
Accepted  Miisons.  of  Presque  Isle,  of  which 
he  is  past  master;  member  of  Garfield  Chap- 
ter, No.  48.  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Caribou; 
of  Aroostook  Council,  No.  16,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters,  of  which  he  is  pa-t  thrice  illus- 
trious master ;  of  St.  Aldamar  Commandery, 
No.  17,  Knights  Templar,  of  Houlton  ;  of  Kora 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of 
Lewiston,  Maine.  He  is  past  junior  grand 
warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted ^lasons  of  the  State  of  r^Iaine,  was  dis- 
trict deputy  grand  master  of  the  First  Masonic 
District  of  Maine  for  three  years,  and  is  now 
representative  of  the  Grand'  Lodge  of  Cuba 
in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine.     He  is  also  a 


member  of  the  Moosaleuk  Club  of  PrcMiuo 
Isle. 

Mr.  Howe  married,  July  6,  1904,  at  r.angor, 
Myra  Frances  \'ickery,  born  at  Bangor.  Siic 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Bangor  high  school  am! 
of  Alounl  Holyoke  College,  member  of  the 
L-nitarian  church,  of  Luna  Chapter,  Order  (if 
the  Eastern  Star,  and  the  Pierian  Club  of 
Presque  Isle.  She  was  a  teacher  in  the  Presc^ue 
Isle  high  school  before  her  marriage.  Chil- 
dren of  Leon  Selden  and  Myra  Frances  Howe : 
Gilbert  Mckery,  born  August  i,  1905;  Sarah 
Scoville,  F"ebruary  5,  1907;  Leon  Selden  Jr., 
June  5,  190S:  Amasa,  September  10,  1909. 

George  W.  Vickery,  father  of  Airs.  Howe, 
was  born  in  Auburn,  Alaine,  in  1853,  and  now 
resides  in  Glenburn  in  that  state.  He  was  with 
Morse  &  Company,  lumber  merchants,  for 
more  than  thirty  years,  but  for  the  past  si.K 
years  has  followed  farming.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  has  served  the  city  of  Bangor 
as  alderman.  He  is  a  member  of  the  L'niver- 
salist  church,  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
F'ellows,  of  Bangor,  and  of  Glenburn  Grange, 
P'atrons  of  Husbandry.  He  married  Sarah 
Scoville,  born  in  Rockland,  Maine.  Children : 
Gilbert,  superintendent  in  the  Pennsylvania 
.Steel  Works,  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  mar- 
ried    Rennell ;  Alyra  Frances,  married 

Leon  Selden  Howe,  mentioned  above ;  Ethel 
(adopted),  deceased. 


Thomas  Paine,  the  progenitor  of 
PAINF2  this  branch  of  the  family  in  Amer- 
ica, was  born  in  England.  He 
settled  in  Yarmouth,  on  Cape  Cod,  and  was 
the  first  deputy  to  the  general  court  from  that 
town.  June,  1659.  His  name  is  on  a  list  of  the 
inhabitants  in  1641,  and  he  had  land  confirmed 
to  him  in  1648.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
June  4,  1639,  and  was  on  the  list  of  those  able 
to  bear  arms  in  1643.  ^^^  removed  to  East- 
ham  as  early  as  1655,  when  he  was  a  townsman 
there.  It  is  thought  that  he  was  the  Thomas 
Paine  whose  widow  Hannah  administered  on 
his  estate  at  Boston,  July  29,  1667.  He  had  a 
son  Thomas,  mentioned  below,  and  possibly 
other  children. 

(II)  Thomas  Paine,  son  of  Thomas  Paine, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  this  country 
at  the  age  of  ten  years,  with  his  father.  It  is 
said  that  he  lost  the  sight  of  one  eye  by  an 
arrow.  He  settled  in  Eastham,  where  he  or 
his  father  was  a  constable  as  early  as  1653  and 
townsman  in  1655.  fle  was  admitted  a  free- 
man June  I,  1658.  He  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways in  1662,  and  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1664.  He  received  a  grant  of  land  in  1667, 
and  two  years  later  purchased  land  at  Nam- 
skaket,  now  Middleborough,  adjoining  land  of 


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;,,!ui  Alden.  In  1670  he  was  appointed  an  in- 
[..■cct'ir  of  ordinaries  in  the  town  to  see  that 
there  was  no  excessive  drinking.  In  1670  he 
■  ■.iirchascd  land  at  Truro,  afterward  conveyed 
[o  his  son  Thomas.  For  many  years  he  served 
.K  "bayley  by  land  and  water"'  to  receive  cer- 
i.iin  prescribed  siuiis  from  fishermen  and  to  en- 
force tlie  rules  as  to  care  of  tlic  shore.  He  was 
ckpiuy  to  tlie  general  court  in  1671-72-74-76- 
7S-S0-81-90.  He  was  selectman  of  Eastham 
in  1671  and  several  years  afterward.  In  1676 
J.,,  v-pc:  onp  of  n  committee  to  collect  a  debt 
fiom  Sandwich,  and  of  another  to  build  tlie 
nic'.ting  house.  He  was  town  treasurer  1674 
to  1694.  In  1677  I'C  and  three  others  hired  the 
fishing  privileges  and  profits  at  the  head  of 
Cape  Cod  for  seven  years,  paying  annually 
thirty  pounds.  Before  1695  he  removed  to 
Boston  and  bought  the  homestead  of  Thomas 
Stablcford,  at  the  South  End.  In  1697  he  sold 
it  to  Eleazer  Darby,  and  in  the  same  year  sold 
his  share  of  land  at  Showamet,  Bristol  county. 
He  was  a  cooper  by  trade  and  also  a  millwright. 
He  built  two  grist  mills  at  Eastham.  He  died 
at  an  advanced  age,  at  Eastham,  August  16, 
1706.  His  win  was  dated  May  12,  1706,  and 
proved  October  2,  1706.  He  married  2^1ary 
Ctv^v;,  d-vgh'f'-  'i<^  v;.:^r^'-^c  ^,.,1  r^.-,c-(-nr!ce 
(Hopkins)  Snow.  Her  father  came  in  the 
ship  "Ann"  in  iS?3.  Her  mother  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Hopkins,  of  the  "Mayflower."' 
She  died  April  28,  1704.  Children:  Mary, 
Samuel,  of  whom  further;  Thomas,  1656; 
Eliczer,  Elisha,  John,  March  14,  1660-61 ; 
Nicholas,  James,  July  6,  1665;  Joseph,  Dorcas. 
(HI)  Samuel  Paine,  son  of  Thomas  Paine, 
v,-as  born  in  Eastham,  about  1660;  married, 
Jamiary  31,  16S2,  Patience  Freeman.  He  was 
selectman  of  Eastham  in  1697,  1700-01-02-05; 
lieutenant  of  the  military  company.  He  died 
October  13,  1712,  and  his  estate  was  divided 
January  29,  1717.  Patience,  his  wife,  was  a 
daughter  of  ^Iajor  John  Freeman  and  Mercy 
(Prence)  Freeman,  daughter  of  Governor 
Thomas  Prence  or  Prince,  granddaughter  of 
Elder  William  Brewster,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower."  Major  Freeman  was  assistant 
to  the  governor.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Pa- 
tience Paine:  Samuel,  born  October  30,  16S3 ; 
Mercy,  August  5,  16S6;  Nathaniel,  July  9, 
1689;  Ebenezer,  June  17.  1692;  Elizabeth,  June 
II,  1694;  Joshua,  mentioned  below:  Isaac, 
January  15,  1698-99;  Mary,  February  24,  1703- 
04;  Seth,  October  5,  1706. 

(IV)  Joshua  Paine,  son  of  Samuel  Paine, 
v,as  born  at  Eastham,  Cape  Cod,  M'ay  20, 
i6;;6.  He  married  Phebe  Snow,  March  19, 
1729,  and  settled  in  Eastham.  Children,  born 
at  Eastham:    Samuel,  born  January  29,  1730; 

NE-17 


Isaac,  January  13,  1737;  Sclh,  June  12,  1740; 
Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(\'j  Joshua  Paine,  son  of  Joshua  Paine, 
was  born  at  Eastliam,  May  10,  17.13.  He  mar- 
ried Mercy  Illggins,  .April  26,  17O8.  He  was 
a  mariner.  "After  lie  left  the  water  he  moved 
down  east."  lie  went  with  the  lliggins  fam- 
ily, into  which  he  married,  to  Siandisli,  Maine. 
Children,  born  at  Eastham:  Timothy  D.,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1770;  Sarah,  May  25,  1774;  Joshua, 
July  27,  1777;  Samuel,  June  11,  1779;  Uriah, 
mentioned  below,  and  others.  Joshua  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  corpoial  in  Captain 
Isaiah  lliggins'  company,  Major  Zenas  Wins- 
low's  regiment,  on  the  alarm  at  Bedford,  Sep- 
tember, 1778. 

(\Tj  Uriali  Paine,  son  of  Joshua  Paine, 
was  born  in  Maine,  about  17S0,  and  died  at 
Standish,  Maine.  Fie  was  captain  of  the 
militia.  Among  his  children  was  Joshua,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VHj  Joshua  Paine,  son  of  Uriah  Paine, 
was  born  in  1814,  at  Standish,  and  died  there 
in  1901.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  also  a 
farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican;  in 
religion  a  Unitarian,  and  deacon  of  the  church 
for  many  years.  He  played  the  bass  viol  in  the 

,-v,„rrh.   He  married Loweel,  born  1817, 

died  at  Standish,  1881.  Children:  i.  Caroline, 
died  at  Portland;  married  Aloiizo  ]\Iayo,  of 

Standish,  a  cooper.  2.  Appleton,  married  — 

Thomas;  resided  at  Old  Orchard,  Maine.  3. 
Etta,  married  G.  B.  Poindexter,  of  Standish, 
who  served  in  the  civil  war,  now  retired.  4. 
Daniel  Uriah,  mentioned  below.  5.  Frederick, 
married,  and  is  a  farmer  in  Standish  ;  children : 

Hattie,   married   Paine,    a   cooper   of 

Buxton;     Nora,     married     Higgins, 

farmer;  Standish;  Everett,  farmer,  Windham; 
Harry,  merchant,  Sebago  Lake,  Maine ;  \'era, 
school  teacher,  Jefi'erson,  New  Hampshire ; 
Wilford.  merchant,  Sebago  Lake;  Ina,  and 
Frederick.  6.  Melinda,  married  William 
Parker,    farmer   of   Buxton;   children:    Ethel 

Parker,  married  Lane,  now  a  student 

in  the  Gorham  Normal  School ;  Linette,  mar- 
ried Homer  Martin,  real  estate  dealer,  Buxton; 
Ernest  Parker,  farmer,  Buxton ;  Charles 
Parker,  farmer,  Buxton;  Alford  Parker,  stu- 
dent, Bates  College;  Linona  Parker.  7. 
Charles,  married  Emily  Robbins,  Eastport, 
Maine  ;  cooper,  now  living  in  Standish  \'illage  ; 
child,  Mable,  married  \\'illard  Boulter,  of 
Standish,  now  in  charge  of  a  grain  store,  Bos- 
ton. 

(VIII)  Daniel  Uriah  Paine,  son  of  Joshua 
Paine,  was  born  April  13,  1844,  at  Standish. 
He  received  his  education  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of  cooper.     He 


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has  also  followed  farniini,'.  In  [lolitics  lie  is  a 
Republican,  and  he  has  been  tax  collector  fcir 
a  number  of  _\ears.  In  religion  he  is  a  -Meth- 
odist. He  married  AlbronaV.  Berrv,  who  was 
born  at  Standi.-h,  1847,  tlied  there  July,  1884. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  :Method"ist  chureh. 
Asa  iJerry,  her  father,  was  born  in  Standi sh, 
in  1803,  and  died  there  in  iSyo.  He  wa?  a 
farmer  and  siiocmaker,  a  Democratic  leader  in 
the  town,  .sek-etman  for  many  years,  and  a 
Methodist  in  religion.  He  married  Hannah 
Moore,  born  1803.  died  1806.  Children  of  As;i 
Berry  :   i.  .\sbury  ]!erry,  shoemaker,  Standi?!) ; 

Helen  I'.erry,  married Parker,  Buxton; 

^'esta  Berry,  married Tarbox,  Port- 
land; John  Berr}-,  a  carpenter,  Xewburyport, 
Massachusetts;  Melinda  Berry;  Albrona  Fos- 
tina  Berry,  married  Daniel  Uriah  Paine,  men- 
tioned above;  Fernando  Cortez  Berry,  farmer; 
Standish,  married  Emma  Libby,  of  Gorham, 
now  of  Standish;  children:  May  F.  Berry, 
married  John  Howard  and  reside  on  the  Berry 
homestead;    Edv.ard    C.     Berry,    contractor, 

W'oodfords,  IMaine;  Inez  Berry,  married 

Files,  farmer,  Gorham  ;  Alice  Berry.  Children 
of  Daniel  Uriah  Paine:  i.  Lillian,  born  2;Iarch 
25,  1873,  ^^  Standish;  married  Curtis  W'itham, 
of  W'esthrook.  Mainp.  now  n  fnrrnpr  nf  ^(onH- 
ish ;  child,  Cmtis  Ray  \\'itl-,ani,  born  at  \\'c_-t- 
brook,  June  u,  1894.  2.  Leon  Gilnian,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Leon  Gilman  Paine,  son  of  Daniel 
Uriah  Paine,  was  born  at  Standish,  January 
25,  1880.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
graduated  from  the  Standish  high  school  in 
1898.  Fie  taught  in  the  grammer  school  at 
Standish  ^'ill:^ge  for  three  years,  then  attended 
the  Westbrook  Seminary  for  a  year  and  enter- 
ed Bates  College,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in 
1906.  He  then  taught  for  three  years  in  Pat- 
ten Academy,  of  which  he  was  piincipal.  and 
since  then  has  been  principal  of  the  Fort  Fair- 
field high  school.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  attends  the  Congregational  church. 
He  is  a  member  of  Eastern  Frontier  Lodge, 
No.  112.  Free  Masons;  of  Border  Lodge.  No. 
93.  Knights  of  Pythias,  Fort  Fairfield,  in  which 
he  has  been  master-at-arms,  and  of  Lodge  Xo. 
87,  Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  is  chaplain. 

He  married,  .June  12,  1907,  at  Litchfield. 
Maine,  Augusta  Parka  Briery,  who  was  born 
at  Litchfield,  May  5.  1884,  graduate  of  Litch- 
field Academy,  1902.  and  of  Bates  College, 
1906.  She  taught  in  Patten  Academy  three 
years,  and  since  then  has  been  assistant  prin- 
cipal of  the  Fort  Fairfield  high  school.  In  re- 
ligion she  is  a  Congregationalist.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Rebekah  Lodge,  Independent 
Order    of    Odd    Fellows,    of    Patten;   and    of 


Goodwill  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star, 
of  which  slic  is  an  officer;  and  of  tiic  I'hilo- 
mathean  Literary  Society.  Edgar  S.  Brierv, 
her  father,  was  born  at  Litclifield,  Februai'v 
22,  1852.  lie  is  a  farmer  in  Litchfield.  He  is 
deacon  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church,  nuni- 
bor  of  the  Masonic  lodge  and  the  Grange,  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  married  Nellie 
Stinson,  who  was  born  at  Bowdoinham,  Maine, 
ScptrmlxT  15,  1S62.  She  attends  the  I'ree' 
Will  Baptist  church  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Eastern  Star.  Mrs  Paine  was  tlicir  only  chilil. 
Willis  Stinson,  father  of  Mrs.  Edgar  S.  Briery, 
was  born  in  1S26,  and  died  at  Bowdoinham, 
1896.  He  was  a  farmer  and  owned  a  saw  mill. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
Hannah  Brooks,  who  was  born  at  Bowdoin- 
ham, November  15,  1829,  died  at  Litchfield, 
March  14,  1912.  She  was  a  devout  Baptist. 
Children  of  Willis  Stinson:  John  Stinson,  died 
aged  eighteen;  Lavinia,  born  1853,  resides  at 
Richmond,  unmarried ;  Nellie  Stinson  married 
Edgar  S.  Briery,  mentioned  above;  Lillian 
Stinson.  died  young.  James  Briery,  father  of 
Edgar  S.  Briery,  was  born  in  1S21,  and  died  at 
P.owdoinham  in  1901.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Bo\vdoinham,   a    Republican   in   politics.      He 

TT-rrried    (first) Haley   (  ?)  ;   (second) 

Mary  Bartlett,  widow,  now  living  in  Rich- 
mond. 

Children  of  James  Briery:  i.  Alvah  Briery, 
born  1849;  married  Ella  Stinson,  of  Rich- 
mond; a  farmer;  children:  Herbert  Briery, 
musician,  Augusta,  Maine;  Cheetham  Briery, 
farmer.  Bowdoinham;  Elwell  Briery,  farmer, 
Bowdoinham.  2.  Edgar  S.  Briery,  mentioned 
above.    3.  Alanley  Briery,  died  young. 


The  surname  Fogg  or  Fogge,  pos- 
FOGG  sibiy  identical  with  Fagge,  is  of 
ancient  origin  and  has  been  in  use 
since  surnames  were  adopted  in  England.  Its 
derivation  is  uncertain.  The  family  was  in 
county  Kent  as  early  as  A.  D.  115,  and  in  1400 
sotne  of  the  I'ogg  family  were  living  at  Ash- 
ford,  fifty  miles  from  London.  Sir  John  Fogg 
was  the  founder  of  the  college  at  Ashford. 
His  son,  Sir  John  Fogg,  also  li\-ed  there  and 
died  there,  leaving  a  will  dated  November  14, 
1533-  There  was  a  Sir  Francis  Fogg  of  the 
same  place.  There  is  biU  one  Fogg  coat-of- 
arms.  varied  slightly  by  the  different  branches 
of  the  family.  The  princi[ial  family,  having 
its  seat  at  Richbury,  Kent,  bears  this  armorial : 
Argent  a  fesse  between  three  annulets  sable  as 
many  millets  pierced  of  the  first.  Crest:  A 
unicorn's  head  argent.  Fogg  is  also  a  common 
surname  in  Wales. 

Samuel  Fogg,  the  American  immigrant,  an- 
cestor of  all  the  r^Iaine  and  New  Hampshire 


(i(.!.:.^ 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


L'lilonia!  Fogg  families,  was  born  in  England, 
1  flTiiary  20,  ifco,  died  at  Hampton,  New 
Jlanipsliire,  April  16,  1672.  There  is  a  tradi- 
tion that  two  brothers  came  with  him  and  there 
were  two  Fogg  pioneers  in  Masiacluisetts,  but 
evidence  to  show  their  relationship  is  lacking, 
[ames  Fogg  was  living  in  Gloucester  in  1648; 
Ralph  Fogg  came  from  Dcdham,  countv-  Essex, 
England,  was  first  at  Plymouth,  then  at  Salem ; 
his  son  John  was  living  in  Barnstable,  Eng- 
land, in  1665. 

S.'.mncl  Fogg  c:iTre  with  John  Winthrop  in 
1630,  settled  in  163S  or  soon  afterward  in 
Hamilton.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  bought  his 
homestead  of  Christopher  Husscy,  a  farm 
lately  known  as  the  Anthony  Emery  place.  He 
had  other  land  by  grant  and  purchase.  In  1669 
he  drew  one  hundred  acres,  which  have  re- 
mained in  possession  of  his  descendants  to  the 
present  time,  never  having  been  deeded.  He 
married  (first)  October  12,  1652,  Anne  Shaw, 
who  died  December  9,  1663,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Shaw.  He  married  (second)  December 
28,  1665,  Mary  Page,  daughter  of  Robert  Page, 
of  Hampton.  She  joined  the  Hampton  church, 
;\Iay  29,  169S,  and  died  at  Hampton.  I\Iarch 
8,  1 699- 1 700,  aged  fifty-six  years.  Children 
by  f.rzt  wife,  b:rn  in  IIan:pton:  Samu.l,  lo^i 
December  25,  1653;  Joseph,  March  25,  1656; 
John.  July  "15,  1658;  David,  June  16,  1660; 
Mary,  May  i,  1662.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Seth",  November  28.  1666;  James,  April  8, 
1668:  Hannah,  April  6,  1670. 

(H)  Almon  H.  Fogg,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Esther  Fogg,  descendants  of  Samuel  Fogg, 
was  born  in  Bangor,  Maine,  in  1S36,  died  in 
Boston,  October  iS.  1908.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  He  became  a  hard- 
ware merchant  at  Houlton,  Alaine.  in  1859. 
He  was  prominent  for  many  years  in  town 
alTairs.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
was  town  treasurer  and  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  and  president  of  the  Houlton 
Savings  Bank.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist.  He  married  Lucy  Webster  Hasey, 
born  at  Houlton,  Maine,  October  7,  1S3S, 
daughter  of  William  Hasey,  born  June  30, 
1799.  Her  mother  was  born  !\Iarch  17,  iSoo. 
Children:  i.  J.  Etta,  born  February  14,  1S64, 
died  November,  18S8.  2.  Charles  Houlton, 
mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Charles  Houlton  Fogg,  son  of  Almon 
H.  Fogg,  wa,  born  July  8,  1866.  at  Houlton, 
Maine.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  the  Houlton  Academy,  the  River- 
view  Academy  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York, 
from  18S1  to  '18S5,  and  entered  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  18S9.  He  was 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  hardware  busi- 


ness from  188')  to  1906.  Since  then  he  has 
been  editor  anil  publisher  of  Thr  Aroostook 
Times,  Houlton,  ^Maine.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Houlton  Savings  Bank.  He  is  a  member 
of  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity  of  Bowdoin;  past 
master  of  Monument  Lodge,  No.  96,  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  has 
taken  the  thirty-second  degree  of  Scottish  Rite 
Masonry,  and  is  a  member  of  Portland  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  Masters;  and  Kora 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  Houlton  Lodge,  No.  835, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  Mcduxulkeag  Club, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Houlton. 

Mr.  Fogg  married,  December  7,  1892,  at 
Houlton,  Maine,  Rosina  II.  Kidder,  born  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  May  21,  1876,  daugh- 
ter of  James  H.  and  Rose  S.  Kidder.  Her 
father  is  register  of  deeds  of  Aroostook  county. 
He  served  in  the  civil  war  in  Company  C, 
Fourteenth  Regiment  Maine  Volunteer  Infan- 
try. Children  of  James  H.  and  Rose  S.  Kid- 
der; Eldridge  If.,  Rosina  H.,  mentioned  above  ; 
Fred  B.  Kidder.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fogg  have  no 
children. 


James  Watson  was  born  about 
WATSON  1800.  He  married,  January 
10,  1826,  in  Eastport,  Maine, 
Sally  Emery,  who  died  at  Calais,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Eastport:  Enoch  Jones  Noyes, 
mentioned  below;  Julia  Ann  Elizabeth  Noyes, 
born   February    19,   1830,  died   September   10, 

(in  Enoch  Jones  Noyes  Watson,  sou  ot 
lames  Watson,  was  born  at  Eastport,  Maine, 
September  4,  1827.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  Early  in  life 
he  began  to  follow  the  sea,  and  rose  to  the  rank 
of  master  mariner.  He  made  many  foreign 
voyages  as  mate  and  captain.  In  i86r  he  left 
on'a  voyage;  the  vessel  never  returned,  and  he 
v.-as  doubtless  lost  at  sea.  He  married  Mary 
Millburn,  who  was  born  near  Salmon  River, 
New  Brunswick,  December  11,  1822,  and  died 
at  Calais,  Maine,  May,  1905.  She  was  a  de- 
vout Christian,  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  for  many  years.  Mary  (Mill- 
burn)  Watson,  wife  of  Enoch  Jones  Noyes 
Watson,  had  brothers  and  sisters:  David  Mill- 
burn,  died  in  Iowa,  a  farmer;  Isaac  ]\IiUburn, 
resides  in  the  west;  Sarah  Millburn,  died  in 
the  west,  married  Brown ;  sister,  mar- 
ried Oliver  Dow,  of  Milltown,  Calais,  Maine, 
keeper  of  the  toll  bridge;  sister,  married  Con- 
verse Kennev,  a  farmer.  Children  of  Enoch 
T.  N.  Watson,  all  born  at  Calais:  i.  Sarah, 
"born   1850,  died  young.     2.  George  Edmund, 


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NEW  ENGLAND 


mentioned  below.  3.  William.  1S54,  dicil 
young.  4.  Jones  Alfred,  burn  .\pril  12,  1850; 
married  Alary  Gage,  of  Macadavy,  New  Bruns- 
wick, and  they  have  adopted  a  daughter,  Belle. 
5.  Mary  M.,  18^10;  married  Everett  Leighton, 
of  Calais,  a  carpenter  and  farmer  of  Calais; 
no  children. 

(Ill)  George  Edmund  Watson,  sou  of 
Enoch  Jones  Noycs  Watson,  was  born  at  Calais, 
Maine,  June  15,  1852.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
At  thf^  age  of  fourteen  he  left  h.ome  and  went 
to  work  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
employed  in  W'inter  for  several  years  on  the 
steamboats  plying  between  Calais  and  East- 
port.  Ele  removed  to  Van  Ruren,  Maine, 
where  he  was  employed  as  clerk  for  C.  R. 
Goodcnough  &  Company  for  a  year  and  a  half. 
Afterward  he  was  a  shingle  inspector,  night 
watchman  in  the  mills,  and  scaler  in  the  woods 
until  18S9,  when  he  opened  a  variety  store  in 
Van  Buren,  Maine.  His  business  grew  con- 
stantly and  he  is  now  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
chants of  the  town.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. For  eight  years  he  was  a  tax  collector. 
He  served  as  deputy  sheriti'  under  Sheriff 
James  Bolton  and  for  two  terms  under  Sherift 
y  evi  Ce-ry,  p.  ♦otnl  of  iVc"*  si-  yrarr.  He  i: 
a  member  of  Caribou  Lodge,  1\o.  170,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  married,  January 
4,  1S74,  Eulalia  L.  h'arrell,  who  was  born  in 
Van  Buren,  May  15,  1S56.  She  attended  the 
public  schools  of  her  native  'town.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  of 
tlie  Independent  Order  of  Foresters  of  A'an 
Buren  (see  Farrell).  Children:  i.  William 
E.,  born  at  Van  Buren,  ]\Iay  22,  1875;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  graduate  of  the 
Calais  high  school;  now  a  merchant  in  Van 
Buren;  married,  June  26,  1912,  in  Haynesville, 
Iva  Dunlop,  of  Upper  Haynesville,  New  Bruns- 
wick;  child:  Winifred,  born  at  Van  Buren, 
June  23,  1913.  2.  Jones  A.,  at  Calais,  IVIainc, 
June  6,  1876,  graduate  of  the  Van  Buren  high 
school;  died  Alarch  7.  1900.  in  Van  Buren,  a 
merchant;  married  OdcHa  Therriault,  of  Grand 
Isle,  Maine;  she  died  in  August,  1901 ;  no  chil- 
dren. 3.  George  Wilbert,  at  Van  Buren,  No- 
vember 17,  1877;  killed  in  an  accident  in  a 
mill,  July  18,  1SS9.  4.  Mary  Malvenia,  at  Van 
Buren,  December  22,  1878;  educated  in  the 
Convent  of  the  Good  Shepherd  at  Van  Buren ; 
married  Simeon  B.  Cyr,  of  Van  Buren;  chil- 
dren :  Philip  George  Francis  Cyr,  December  4, 
1906;  Howard  Abel  Cyr,  April,  1908,  died  in 
infancy;  Eulalia  Mary  Cyr,  November  4,  191 1. 
5.  Henry,  March  23.  1880,  at  Van  Buren ;  gra'l- 
uate  of  Van  Buren  high  school;  married  iNIary 
Thibideau,  of  Eagle  Lake;  children:  George, 
Mary  and  Percy.    6.  Frank  Lee,  at  Van  Buren, 


December  13.  1882;  graduate  of  Van  Buren 
high  school;  a  merchant;  married  (first)  .Mary 
I'lourde,  of  Wallagrass,  Maine;  (second) 
r".-tclla  ilugbes,  of  Prince  Edward  Island.  7. 
Eulalia  M.,  born  December  30,  1887;  educated 
at  Convent  of  the  Good  Shepherd.  8.  Louise 
Hester,  January  5,  1890;  educated  at  Con- 
vent of  tiie  Good  Shepherd;  married,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1914.  Alphonse  Louis  I'cllctier,  of  \"an 
Buren,  a  carpenter  by  trade.  9.  Charles  How- 
ard, .'\ugust  10,  1900,  attends  St.  ]\Iary's  Col- 
lege, \'an  Bureu. 

(The    KarreU    Line). 

Michael  Farrell,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  about  1775,  and  died  at 
Van  Buren,  ]\Iaine,  in  1855.  He  came  to 
America  when  a  young  man,  and  was  one  of 
the  pioneers  of  the  town  of  Van  Buren.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He  was  a  com- 
municant of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He 
married  Julia  Dubay,  who  was  born  in  Maine, 
died  in  Van  Buren  in  1887,  aged  eighty-nine 
years  nine  months.  Children,  all  born  at  \''an 
Buren:  i.  !Mary,  died  in  Van  Buren;  married 
Robert  Powers,  a  farmer.  2.  Ellen,  died  in 
New  Brunswick;  married  Peter  Powers.  3. 
M-rgarct,  died  at  V^n  Buren;  married  David 
Cyr,  a  farmer.  4.  Dennis,  a  farmer  of  Van 
Buren;  married  Severine  I\Iicbaud,  a  native  of 
Canada.  5.  Alichael,  mentioned  below.  6. 
John  B.,  a  farmer  and  merchant  of  Van 
Buren;  married  Emeline  Michaud,  who  was 
born  in  Canada.  7.  Charles,  merchant  of  Van 
Buren ;  married  Caroline  Nedcau,  of  New 
Brunswick.  8.  Betsey  Ann;  married  Zebe- 
diah  Michaud,  a  native  of  Canada,  a  farmer  at 
Van  Buren.  9.  Edward,  died  at  Marysville, 
New  Brunswick,  a  millwright. 

(II)  Michael  Farrell,  son  of  Michael  Far- 
rell, was  born  at  Van  Buren,  ]\Iay  12,  1827, 
and  died  there  March  8,  1882.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  a  leader  of 
his  part)'.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
for  more  than  twenty  years  deputy  sherifif  of 
the  county.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  active 
Hfe.  In  religion  he  was  a  Roman  Catholic. 
He  married  Eulalia  Eelkneur,  who  was  born 
at  St.  Basil,  New  Brunswick,  February  14, 
1829,  and  died  at  Van  Buren,  .\ugust  3,  1912. 
She  was  also  a  Roman  Catholic.  Children,  all 
born  at  Van  Buren:  1.  Catherine,  born  Sep- 
tember, 185 1,  a  schoolteacher;  married  Michael 
Michaud,  of  Wallagrass,  Maine,  a  farmer 
there;  children:  Peter,  Olive,  Albert,  William, 
Elizabeth,  Eulalia,  Edward,  Isabelle  Michaud. 
2.  John  Charles,  November,  1852;  river  man, 
builder  of  piers;  married  Julia  A.  Charrette, 
of    Van    Buren;    children:      Sophia,    Henry, 


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()live  and  John.  3.  Mary,  October  30,  1S5.1, 
rcsiilcs  at  Howland,  Maine ;  married  AHck 
Xcdcau  ;  children  :  Henry.  Rosa,  Joseph,  Wil- 
liam, Alexander,  Edward  and  Mary.  4.  Eula- 
lia  L.,  a  school  teacher;  married  Georpe  Ed- 
mund Watson  ("see  Watson").  5.  Micliael, 
October  8,  1858,  resides  at  Waterville,  a 
painter  and;  paper  hanger,  married  Lena 
Michaud;  children:  William,  Edward  and 
Fred.  6.  Henry,  March,  i860,  a  carpenter  of 
Piritish  Columbia ;  unmarried.  7.  Son,  died  in 
infancy.  8.  Joseph,  November  8.  \Sf\i  a  miller, 
Van  Buren :  married  Artemesia  Bechard,  born 
in  Quebec,  Canada;  children:  George,  ]\Iary 
and  Lottie.  9.  \Viliiam,  July,  1867,  a  mill- 
wright of  Eagle  Lake,  Maine ;  married  (first) 
Tillie  Cyr,  of  Van  Buren ;  (second')  Anastasia 
Marquis,  of  St.  Agatha ;  children  by  second 
wife:  Patrick,  Mattic,  Joseph,  Maggie,  Liz- 
zie and  others.  10.  Flevia,  February  12,  1869; 
resides  at  Burling  Falls,  New  Hampshire ; 
married  William  Marden.  11.  Edward,  May 
29,  1S72,  a  millwright.  Van  Buren;  unmarried. 


Isaac  W.  Clark  \\as  born  prob- 
CLARK     ably    in    England,    died     in     the 

town  of  Charlotte,  Alaine,  where 
he  is  buried.  He  came  to  this  countrv.  accord- 
ing to  family  tradition,  before  he  was  married. 
Children:  i.  Eben,  a  farmer,  died  at  Char- 
lotte. 2.  Bela,  died  in  California.  3.  William, 
a  carpenter,  lost  his  life  by  a  fall  from  a  build- 
ing on  which  he  was  working.  4.  Lewis,  died 
at  Hollajid,  ]\Iaine;  married  Louisa  Leavitt,  of 
Medway,  Maine.  5.  Aaron,  died  at  Kingselian, 
Illinois;  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  a  Methodist 
preacher.  6.  J^Iary,  died  at  Medway;  married 
John  Hughes,  of  Charlotte,  a  farmer.  7.  A 
daughter.  8.  Isaac  W.,  mentioned  below.  Th.e 
order  of  birth  is  not  known. 

(11)  Isaac  W.  (2)  Clark,  son  of  Isaac  W. 
(0  Clark,  was  born  in  Washington,  Maine,  in 
1815,  died  at  Mapleton.  ]\Iaine.  During  his 
active  life  he  lived  in  Charlotte,  Machias  and 
Medway.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  He  mar- 
ried Annie  Smith,  born  at  Smith  Ridge,  Maine, 
died  in  1849.  Children,  all  born  at  Charlotte: 
I.  Isaac  W.,  died  at  Lowell,  Maine,  unmar- 
ried ;  served  in  the  civil  war  in  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  died 
shortly  after  the  war.  2.  Mary  Ann,  died  at 
Medway,  Maine ;  married  Joseph  Thompson, 
a  farmer  of  Medway,  also  a  lumberman.  3. 
Lucretia,  died  young.  4.  Lucretia  Darmon, 
died  at  Medway;  married  William  Clifford,  a 
farmer.  5.  Hannah,  died  at  Ashland;  mar- 
ried (first)  Harris  Crocker,  of  Medway,  a 
lumh<?rman:  married  (second)  Charles  Clay- 
ton,  of   Ashland,   a   lumberman.     6.   Charles, 


enli-^ted  in  the  civil  war  from  the  town  of 
Cooper.  Maine,  in  the  .'-iixty-sevcnth  Regiment 
Maine  \"olunlcer  Infantry,  was  wounded  and 
died  in  the  i-ervicc.  7.  Thomas,  enlisted  in  the 
F21eventh  Regiment  Maine  \'olunlcer  Infantry 
and  died  in  the  service  in  the  military  hos[)ilal. 
8.  Thaxtcr.  mentioned  below.  9.  Daughter, 
died  in  infani\-. 

(Ill)  Thaxter  Clark,  son  of  Isaac  W.  (2) 
Clark,  was  horn  in  Charlotte,  Washington 
county,  Maine,  h'ebruary  26,  1847.  When  he 
was  seven  years  old  his  jiarenls  moved  to  Med- 
way. Maine,  where  he  attended  the  pulilic 
schools.  He  also  attended  the  schools  at  Low- 
ell, Maine,  but  at  the  age  of  fourteen  he  went 
to  work.  He  followed  farming  and  lumbering 
for  several  years.  He  enlisted,  September  27, 
1864,  in  Company  I,  Ninth  Regiment  Maine 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, June  22,  1865.  Fie  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Chapin's  Farm.  After  the  war  he  re- 
turned to  Maine,  where  he  has  since  lived. 
Since  October  7,  1901.  he  has  resided  at  Milli- 
nocket.  Maine.  In  politics  he  is  a  Prohibition- 
ist. He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  BajHist 
Church  of  Island  Falls.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Grand  Army  Post  of  ^^'inn,  Maine. 

He  married,  .September  19,  1869,  in  Matta- 
wamkeag,  Maine,  Sarah  M.  Blackmore,  born 
in  Mattawanikeag,  July  9,  1845,  She  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  town 
and  taught  school  there,  in  Medway  and  Bene- 
dicta.  Alaine.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Free 
Baptist  Church  of  Island  ]-"alls  and  of  the 
Woman's  Relief  Corps.  Children  of  Thaxter 
Clark:  i.  Horace  B.,  born  at  IVIattawam- 
keag,  April  10.  1875;  married.  May  29,  1898, 
at  Island  Falls,  Maine,  \''ona  Maguire,  of  Wil- 
ton. 2.  George  Eddie,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Jennie  IL,  born  January  10,  1S80;  married. 
June  II,  1898,  Isaac  Higgins,  of  Crystal, 
Elaine,  a  machinist,  resides  at  Millinockct.  4. 
Annie,  born  at  Woodville,  Maine,  April  8, 
1882,  died  at  Millinocket.  April  20,  1903.  5, 
Harry  FL,  born  at  Woodville,  February  17, 
1884;  married  Mary  E.  Given,  of  Millinocket, 
September  25,  1906,  partner  of  George  Eddie. 

Joseph  I.  Blackmore,  father  of  Mrs.  Clark, 
was  born  at  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick, 
July  14,  181 1,  died  at  Mattawamkeag,  Febru- 
aiy  I,  1866.  Fie  was  a  carpenter  and  builder. 
He  came  to  Alattawamkeag  after  the  death  of 
his  first  wife  and  lived  there  during  his  last 
years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
married  (second)  Flepsa  Butterfield,  born  at 
Kingsboro,  Massachusetts,  February  5,  1812, 
died  at  Mattawamkeag,  January  30,  1S96. 
Children  by  second  wife:  I.  George  W.,  born 
Mav  T,.  1837,  at  \\'inn,  Maine,  then  called  Five 
Islands,  died  in  Old  Town,  bebruary  24,  1912; 


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was  a  carpenter  by  trade ;  enlisted  in  Septem- 
ber, 1862,  and  ser\ed  nine  intmths  in  tlic  civil 
war;  married  Catherine  Asher,  of  Sherman, 
Maine;  she  died  February  4,  1901.  2.  Josc[)h 
P.,  born  November  13,  1840,  at  Mattawam- 
keag,  died  in  December,  1841.  3.  Sarah  ]\I., 
married  Tliaxter  Clark,  mentioned  above. 

Joseph  Blackmore,  father  of  Joseph  I. 
Blackmore,  was  born  in  England,  died  in 
Woodstock,  Maine ;  he  was  a  farmer ;  mar- 
ried   Cozzens.     Children:     i.  William, 

died  at  Richmond,  New  Brunswick,  a  farmer. 
2.  Joseph  1.,  mentioned  above.  3.  Mary,  died 
at  Kingsclear,  New  Brunswick;  married  Isaac 
Mills,  of  New  Brunswick,  a  farmer.  4.  Sarah, 
died  at  Hardscrabble,  New  Brunswick;  mar- 
ried    Prosser,  a  farmer,  now  deceased. 

5.  Catherine,  died  at  Richmond,  New  Bruns- 
wick; married  James  Rush,  a  native  of  Ire- 
land, farmer.  6.  Julia,  died  in  New  Bruns- 
wick ;  married  Jewett,  a   farmer. 

(IV)  George  Eddie  Clark,  son  of  Thaxter 
Clark,  was  born  at  Prentice,  Maine,  September 

6,  1877.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there 
and  at  Mapleton,  IMaine,  whither  his  parents 
moved  when  he  was  eleven  years  old.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  went  to  work  on  a  farm  and 
continued  in  this  occupation  until  i8qS  when 
lie  bcgdii  tu  icain  tiie  tanners  trade  at  Island 
Falls.  After  working  in  the  tannery  for  three 
years,  he  came  to  Bangor  and  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  Railroad 
Company.  He  was  a  locomotive  fireman  for 
four  years.  In  loog  he  established  a  coal, 
wood,  ice  and  oil  business  at  ^lillinocket, 
Ivlaine,  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Harry 
H.  Clark,  and  the  firm  has  continued  with 
marked  success  to  the  present  time.  In  reli- 
gion he  is  a  Methodist,  but  he  attends  the  Bap- 
tist church  of  Millinocket.  He  is  a  member 
of  Millinocket  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  was  recording  sec- 
retary a  year  and  a  half  and  is  now  vice-grand 
noble.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  JModern 
Woodmen  of  America,  Millinocket  Lodge, 
No.   10.S57. 

He  married,  June  16.  1903,  in  Boiestown, 
New  Brunswick,  Mabel  Fairley,  born  at  Boies- 
town,  March  23.  1S83.  She  attends  the  Bap- 
tist church,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Neighbors  of  Millinocket.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  George  and  Maggie  (Long)  Fairley,  of 
Boiestown.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  Her 
mother  is  living  a:  Boiestown,  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Chil- 
dren of  George  and  }vlaggie  Farley:  i.  Het- 
tie,  born  at  Boiestown  ;  married  Thom.as  Dick- 
inson, of  Chatham,  New  Brunswick;  resides 
at  Boiestown.  _  2.  Howard,  a  lumberman  at 
Boiestown.  3.  Livingston,  a  farmer.  4.  Emma. 


5.  Mabel,  married  George  Eddie  Clark,  men- 
tioned above.  6.  Maude,  resides  with  parents. 
7.  Stanley,  of  Millinocket.  8.  Charles,  died  in 
Boiestown,  1907.  9.  William,  died  vouug. 
Children  of  George  Eddie  and  Mabel  Clark: 
I.  George  Thaxter,  born  at  Millinocket,  No- 
vember 7,  1906.  2.  Stanley  Irving,  born  No- 
vember 23,  19 10. 


(V)  Lieutenant  Nathaniel 
KELLOGG  Kellogg,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Kellogg  (q.  v.),  was  born  in 
Hadley.  Massachusetts,  September  22,  1693, 
died  there  .-\ugust  6,  1770.  Fie  was  a  surveyor 
of  land,  and  served  as  selectman  of  Hadley  in 
I737-39--1I-44-48-50-53-57-59-6I-  He  was 
lieutenant  in  the  militia.  In  173S  the  general 
court  of  IMassachusetts  allowed  two  hundred 
and  eight  acres  of  land  to  Lieutenant  Nathan- 
iel Kellogg  and  William  Chandler,  for  a  map 
of  the  Connecticut  river.  It  is  said  that  Josiah 
Kellogg  built  the  old  Thomas  G.  Ford  house 
in  Hadley,  whicii  was  torn  down  in  1901. 
There  was  an  old  stone  in  this  house,  used  as 
a  hearthstone,  which  bore  the  following  in- 
scription: "In  memory  of  Mrs.  Sarah,  the 
wife  of  Lieut.  Nathaniel  Kellogg,  who  died 
Sept.  ye  Tjth  ye  A.  D.  1756  in  the  63d  year  of 
her  age.  On  the  left  hand  lies  the  body  of 
their  Dautr  Abigail  who  died  Sept  ye  15th  ye 
A.  D.  1756  in  her  19th  year.  On  the  right 
hand  side  lies  the  body  of  their  son  Nathaniel 

who  died  Sept  ye ;"  the  stone  was  broken 

at  this  point.  Lieutenant  Kellogg  married 
(first)  March  4,  1714,  Sarah  Preston,  born  in 
Hadley,  November  8,  1693,  ^^^'^  September 
15,  1756,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Gar- 
diner) Preston.  He  married  (second)  inten- 
tions published  July  i,  1758,  Mrs.  Martha 
(Allis)  Hammond,  of  Hardwick,  born  No- 
vember 19,  1703,  died  September  13,  1764, 
daughter  of  Ichabod  Allis,  of  Hatfield,  born 
July  10.  1675,  and  Mary  (Belden)  Allis,  born 
August  27,  1679.  He  married  (third)  in  Ware, 
October  29,  1765,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Smith,  of 
Ware,  and  she  survived  him.  Children,  born 
in  Hadley:  Daniel,  born  about  1717;  Abra- 
ham, born  about  1719;  Prudence,  born  about 
1723;  Joel,  born  about  1724;  Gardiner,  men- 
tioned below;  Moses,  born  about  1733;  Phebe, 
married  Lieutenant  Eleazer  Nash ;  Sarah,  died 
unmarried,  aged  more  than  sixty  years;  Abi- 
gail, died  September  15,  1756,  aged  nineteen; 
Nathaniel,  died  young. 

(VI)  Gardiner  Kellogg,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Nathaniel  Kellogg,  was  born  in  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, about  1730,  died  there  October  6, 
1814.  He  served  as  sentinel  in  Captain  Israel 
^\'illianls'  company,  in  Colerain  and  Charle- 
niont,  September  9,  1754,  to  .March  14,  1755; 


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.1^  private  in  Captain  William's  company,  in 
tlu'  expedition  against  Crown  Point,  1736; 
^orved  forty-four  weeks.  He  married,  April 
,.,^,  1762,  Thankful  Cliapin,  of  West'  Spring- 
field, born  February  22,  1727,  died  February 
^'4.  1/55-  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Thankful 
( l)ickin.son)  Chapin.  Joseph  Chapin  was  born 
March  16,  1697,  was  of  Chicopec,  Massachu- 
setts, and  Thankful  was  of  llattield,  Massa- 
olnisetts.  Gardiner  Kellogg  and  his  wife  were 
Imried  in  the  Hadley  cemetery,  where  their 
gravestones  may  still  be  seen.  Children,  born 
in  Hadley:  Nathaniel,  burn  October  i,  1763; 
Gardiner,  mentioned  below;  Josiah,  horn  July 
15,  1767;  Lucy,  born  November  2,  1769. 

(VH)  Rev.  Gardiner  (2)  Kellogg,  son  of 
Gardiner  (i)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  September  22,  1765,  died  in 
Windham,  Maine,  November  29,  1826.  He 
attended  Amherst  or  Yale  College,  of  which 
he  was  a  graduate,  and  in  1791  was  clergyman 
at  Bradford,  \'ermont,  and  Windham,  Elaine. 
He  was  called  "Good  Old  I'arson  Kellogg," 
and  in  religion  was  Congregational.  He  was 
a  cousin  once  removed  of  Elijah  Kellogg,  the 
author.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  character,  much 
beloved  by  those  who  knew  him.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Whig.  Late  iu  iiic  n^  uAhed  a  =ii.all 
farm  in  \\"indhani.  He  married  Abigail  White, 
born  IMay  8,  1781,  died  in  Portland,  Mame.  in 
1844,  daughter  of  James  and  Eunice  (Kings- 
bury) White,  of  Thetford,  Vermont.  James 
White  was  born  May  17,  1754,  and  his  wife 
w<is  born  June,  1759.  Children,  first  five  born 
in  Bradford,  others  in  Windham:  i.  Lucy, 
born  June  19,  1799;  married  Samuel  L  Wells; 
died  in  Portland ;  her  husband  studied  law 
under  Daniel  Webster,  and  practiced  in  Salis- 
bury, Maine.  2.  Gardiner,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Julia,  born  1804,  died  in  Portland.  187 1,  un- 
married. 4.  Henr\-,  born  1S06,  died  in  1S08. 
5.  Caroline,  born  18(39,  died  at  Portland,  un- 
married, a  teacher.  6.  Benjamin,  born  iSii, 
died  in  Clinton,  1835,  unmarried:  contracted 
a  cold  while  in  Yale  College  which  settled  on 
his  lungs,  and  went  to  Clinton,  Georgia,  for 
his  health  :  was  a  successful  teacher.  7.  Har- 
riet Newell,  born  1S14,  died  in  Philadelphia, 
unmarried,  February  11,  1877:  was  a  well- 
known  artist,  and  for  some  years  a  IJible 
reader  for  the  poor  of  Philadelphia. 

(YUl)  Gardiner  {3)  Kellogg,  son  of  Rev. 
Gardiner  (2)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  Bradford, 
\'ermont,  January  7.  1802,  died  in  Clinton, 
Georgia,  October.  1840.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  entered  Bowdoin  L'ollege,  from 
which  he  was  gratluated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  .-\rts.  He  was  afterward  a  student 
at  "\'ale  University  and  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.     He  taught  school 


at  Penn  Yan,  New  York,  and  in  a  young 
k.die.s'  seminary  at  Siiarla,  (ieorgia,  and  in  a 
similar  institution  at  Clinton,  (ieorgia.  He 
wtnt  south  on  account  of  pulmonary  disease, 
but  continued  to  teach  until  two  days  before 
he  dietl.  In  politics  he  was  a  W  hig.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 

He  marrii-il,  in  (iorhain,  Maine,  November  9, 
1828.  Elizabeth  Grcvn  Foster,  born  at  Gorham, 
C)ctobcr  14,  1805,  daughter  of  William  Hart 
and  Betsey  (Harding)  I'oster.  She  died  at  Gor- 
ham, February  26,  1870.  Her  father  was  born 
in.  Boston,  January  20,  1780,  and  her  mother 
was  born  November  14,  1786.  Airs.  Kellogg 
was  educated  in  the  Gorham  Senu'nary.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
Children:  i.  Gardiner,  born  in  Bonn  Yan,  .-Vu- 
gust  21,  1829;  a  printer  by  trade  in  Gorham 
all  his  active  life;  died  there,  August  19,  1900, 
unmarried.  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  at  Pcnn 
Yan.  March  21,  1831,  died  in  July,  1831.  3. 
John  W'illiam,  born  at  Gorham,  May  13,  1832, 
died  at  Sherman  IMills,  in  March,  1906;  he 
was  engaged  in  literary  work;  married  Maria 
Lucy  Caldwell,  of  Sherman  Mills,  where  she 
now  resides;  children:  Ernest  Lee,  born  at 
Island  Falls,  December  10,  1864.  died  at  Sher- 
man Mills,  I^Iay  6,  1880;  Elizabeth,  born  at 
Island  1^'alls,  April  13,  1866,  married  Walter 
Spooner,  of  Monanda,  Maine,  a  carpenter  of 
Sherman  Mills  ;  Benjamin,  born  at  Island  Falls, 
February  19,  1868,  died  in  infancy;  Wesley, 
born  at  Island  I'alls,  September  30,  1869,  a 
machinist,  later  a  merchant,  and  since  1910 
owner  of  the  Sherman  House,  married,  No- 
vember 24,  1S97,  Geneva  .Augusta  Ingalls,born 
at  Sherman  Mills,  and  had  children:  Frederick 
Ernest,  born  June  23,  1899,  Lucy,  June  15, 
1902,  Pearl  James.  October  5,  1906,  Donald 
Foster,  .August  9,  1909 ;  Mary  Louisa,  born  at 
Sherman  Mills,  July  28.  1871,  died  there.  May 
30,  1S80;  ^Margaret  Hiller,  born  January  10, 
1873,  ^t  Sherman  !\Iil!s,  died  there.  May  23, 
1874;  John  William  Jr.,  born  at  Sherman 
Mills,  September  22,  1874,  died  there.  May 
30,  18S0.  4.  Louisa  Terrill,  born  at  Sparta, 
Georgia,  November  5,  1834,  died  at  Gorham, 
Maine,  August  20,  1S93,  unmarried:  was  a 
teacher  in  the  grammar  schools  of  Gorham 
anfl  Portland,  Maine.  5.  Lucy  Elizabeth,  born 
at  Sparta,  March  6,  1837,  died  at  Gorham,  in 
November,  igc/V,  unmarried.  6.  Mary  Foster, 
born  at  Clinton,  Georgia.  October  12,  1839; 
educated  at  the  Gorliam  Seminary ;  meml)er 
of  the  First  Parish  Church  of  Gorham:  has 
been  a  teacher  of  drawing  and  painting  in 
Gorham.  7.  Charles  Foster,  born  July  17, 
1841,  at  Clinton,  died  at  Gorham;  was  a  civil 
engineer:  served  in  the  civil  war.  in  the  First 
Maine  Cavalry,  for  a  year,  discharged  for 
physical  disability. 


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Noah  Rogers  was  born,  it  is 
ROGERS     thought,  at  Cornviile,  .\faiiic,  in 

l8i6,  died  at  Abbott,  Maine,  in 
1S94,  wiiere  he  was  a  farmer.  In  pohtics  he 
was  at  first  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican. 
He  served  in  the  civil  war,  enlisting  in  iSCn 
and  serving  throughout  the  war.  He  was 
injured  during  service  and  was  granted  a  pen- 
sion, which  arrived  the  day  after  his  death. 
He  married  Sarali  Davis,  who  was  born  about 
1819,  died  in  AhI)ott  in  1903.  Children,  not 
given  in  order  of  birth:  i.  William  L.,  lives  at 
Greenville,  Maine ;  a  lumberman :  married 
Frances  Wynini,  who  died  in  1910.  2.  Man- 
son,  a  lumberman,  lives  in  the  west.  3.  George, 
married  Louise  Loud ;  lives  at  Dover,  Maine, 
being  employed  in  a  factory.  4.  Laura,  mar- 
ried Charles  Collis,  deceased,  was  a  locomotive 
engineer ;  she  lives  at  Dover.  5.  Flora,  mar- 
ried Edward  Fogg,  of  Abbott,  Maine,  a  rail- 
road employee ;  they  live  at  liingham,  Maine. 

6.  Willis,  a  lumber  clerk  in  British  Columbia. 

7.  Charles,  a  lumberman,  lives  in  the  west.    8. 
\\'alter  D.,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Walter  D.  Rogers,  son  of  Noah  Rogers, 
was  bom  at  Orneville,  Maine,  August,  1S43. 
died  at  Abbott,  Maine,  April,  1911.  He  was  a 
lumberman  and  later  a  farmer  at  Abbott,  where 
Lv.  ovuicu  Lwo  iiLuiuieu  acres  ot  land.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  of  which 
he  was  deacon  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  tiie  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows. 

He  married  Lucia  M.  Simonds,  bcrn  in 
Ogdensburg,  New  York,  June  29,  1848,  and 
who  now  lives  at  Abbott.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  and  of  the  Guil- 
ford Grange,  Guilford,  Maine.  Children,  born 
in  Abbott,  Maine:  i.  Arthur,  born  1872;  mar- 
ried Mary  Huff,  of  Shirley,  Alaine.  where  they 
live  on  a  farm.  2.  Elmer,  born  1874;  married 
Edith  Frost,  of  Willimantic,  Maine,  and  they 
live  at  Guilford,  where  they  own  a  farm;  he 
also  works  in  the  saw  mills.  3.  George,  born 
1876;  married  Annie  Kingsbury,  of  Bradford, 
Maine,  deceased;  he  has  a  farm  at  Abbott.  4. 
Justin  N.,  born  March  20,  1878:  dentist,  located 
at  Patten,  Maine.  5.  Forest,  born  1880;  mar- 
ried \'ira  Kendall,  of  Willimantic;  they  live 
on  a  farm  at  Abbott.  6.  Lav.-rence,  born  1888; 
salesman  for  the  Maine  Tourist  Bureau  ;  un- 
married. 


I  John   r.lethen,   the  immigrant 

I  BLETHEX     ancestor,    settled    in     Salem, 

}  Massachusetts.       He     owned 

-■  land  on  the  Old  Mill  brook,  adjoining  land  of 

'  Samuel    Gardner   and    Daniel    Southwick   and 

the    highway    along   the   common    lands    near 


NorthficKU.  His  will  is  dated  at  Salem,  1704. 
lie  married.  May  10,  iCv2,  or  1674,  jane 
Marks,  of  Salem.  Children:  John,  nientiniu-d 
below;  Jane;  Elizabeth;  Sarah;  Abigail;  Han- 
nah. 

(II)  John    (2)    Blcthen,   son   of  John    (i) 

Bletheii,    married    Mary    .      Children: 

Nathan;  Samuel;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  John   (3)    Blethen,  son  of  John   (2) 

Blethcn,  married Kane,  and  settled  in 

Georgetown.  Maine.  Children:  Rhoda;  Han- 
nah; Sarah;  Wealthy;  Phebe;  James,  married 
Miriam  Day,  and  lived  at  Cape  Elizabeth  ;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Job;  Increase;  Levi. 

(I\')  John  (4)  Blethen,  son  of  John  (3) 
Blethen,  settled  in  Lisbon,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1763,  Dorcas  Getchcll,  of  Bruns- 
wick, Maine.  He  married  (second)  Aiigu.-t 
27,  1789,  Hannah  Hubbard.  He  married 
(tiiird)  Abby  Welch.  He  had  twelve  children 
by  his  first  wife  and  seven  by  the  second.  He 
was  in  the  garrison  house  in  1722,  when  it  was 
attacked  by  the  Indians.  He  died  at  the  age 
of  ninety-four  years.  He  lived  at  Old  Town, 
Maine.  He  bought  Lot  12  in  Durham,  Maine, 
in  1770,  and  afterward  mo\ed  to  Lisbon,  where 
he  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  Hannah. 
Children:  Rhoda;  Jptncs,  mentioned  below; 
John,  married  Sally  Pomeroy  ;  Hannah  ;  Mary  ; 
Josiah;  Reuben;  Increase;  Simeon:  Judy; 
\\'illiam  ;  Josey)h  ;  Job  ;  Stephen  ;  David  ;  Dor- 
cas ;  Achsah  ;  Jonathan  ;  Sarah  ;  Rhoda,  mar- 
ried Simeon  Kimball ;  Phebe,  married  Charles 
Gerrisli ;  Azel ;  Miriam,  married  Nathaniel 
Getchell:  Polly,  married  Josiah  True;  Dorcas, 
married  Edsel  Webber  ;  Joanna,  marricil  James 
Estes.     Probably  others. 

(V)  James  Blethen,  son  of  John  (4) 
Blethen,  was  born  in  Durham.  Maine,  died 
March  4,  1812.  He  married  Sally  Bryan,  who 
died  October  5,  iSri.  Children:  John,  born 
September  6,  1789,  died  April  3,  1873,  marrieii 
Rebecca  Blethen,  a  cousin ;  James,  April  4, 
1791 ;  Sally.  February  2,  1793;  Andrew,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1795  ;  Reuben,  September  14,  1797;  .Abi- 
gail. July  14.  1799;  Isaac,  mentioned  below; 
George,  July  21,  1804,  died  February  23,  1890. 
married,  April  13,  1826;  Mary,  September  16, 
or  June  26,  1807.  All  born  at  Durham,  accord- 
ing to  the  town  history. 

(VL)  Isaac  Blethen,  son  of  James  Blethen, 
was  bom  in  Durham.  Maine,  June  30,  1801. 
died  at  Dover,  Maine,  in  May,  1884.  Pie  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Durham,  and 
came  to  Dover  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  He  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  in  1844  he  built  the 
Hotel  Blethen.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 
He  was  active  in  the  state  militia  and  niajnr  of 
his  regiment.  He  married  Su^an  G.  Longlcy, 
who  died  in  1870.  Children,  all  born  in  Dover: 


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26.S 


I.  Isaac  D.,  born  December  10,  1S20,  died  at 
Dover;  was  a  truckman  and  hotel  proprietor; 
married  Julia  Elder,  of  Dexter.  2.  Jonas  L., 
born  April  3,  1823.  died  in  Nevada;  was  a 
carpenter;  married  Mary  Downing.  3.  Charles, 
born  December  5,  1825,  killed  in  a  railroad 
accident  in  California;  married  Lvdia  Galison. 
4.  James,  born  June  2^,  182S,  died  in  Oakland, 
California;  w^as  a  lumberman.  5.  AVilliam 
Dennett,  mentioned  below.  6.  Alphonso  George 
(q.  v.).  7.  Henry  A.,  born  August  11,  1836; 
a  jeweler  at  Dexter,  Maine:  married  (first) 
Eleanor  Turner,  (second)  Carrie  (Spanlding) 
Chase.  8.  Susan  Augusta,  born  August  14, 
1838,  died  in  Dover ;  married  Joseph  H.  Allen. 
9.  Helen  A.,  born  January  S.  1842;  resides 
with  her  nephew,  Walter  Blethen. 

(VH)  William  Dennett  Blethen,  son  of 
Isaac  Blethen,  was  born  at  Dover,  Maine, 
March  12,  183 1,  died  there.  May  26,  1907.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  Eoxcroft  .\cademy.  He  became  associated 
in  business  with  his  father,  whom  he  succeeded 
as  proprietor  of  Hotel  Blethen.  He  went  to 
California  for  gold  in  1850  and  remained  there 
for  four  years.  He  returned  to  Dover,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
member  of  Dover  Lodp-e.  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  of  Kineo  Lodge,  No.  64,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Dover;  and  of 
Eldorado  Encampment,  No.  20, -of  which  he 
was  treasurer  for  a  number  of  years.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  jMary 
Caroline  Warren,  born  at  Abbott,  Maine,  in 
1828,  died  at  Dover,  1865,  daughter  of  Ebcn- 
ezer  \\'arren,  who  died  at  Abbott  in  i8'')4.  Her 
father  w^as  a  farmer.  Children:  i.  Walter 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  2.  Harry  W.,  born 
at  Dover,  July  9,  1862;  educated  in  the  Dover 
schools  and  Foxcroft  Academy:  is  in  partner- 
ship in  business  with  his  brother;  he  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics;  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  of  Dover,  of  which  he  is  past  chan- 
cellor, having  held  all  the  offices  in  succession ; 
married  Effie  ^L  Hale,  born  at  Dexter,  ]\Iaine, 
died  at  Dover,  Februar\   i,  1906. 

(VHI)  Walter  Henry  Blethen,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Dennett  Blethen,  was  born  at  Dover, 
Maine,  April  26,  1859.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  Foxcroft 
Academy.  In  1878  he  left  school  and  was  em- 
ployed by  his  father  in  Hotel  Blethen,  which 
was  built  by  his  grandfather  in  1844.  He  has 
continued  in  this  business  and  is  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  in  conducting  the  hotel. 
It  is  the  largest  hotel  in  this  section  and  is 
equipped  with  all  modern  improvements  and 
conveniences.  It  is  a  favorite  stopping  place 
fur  the  traveling  public,  especially  commercial 
travelers.     The  structure  has  been  thoroughly 


rcmndelcd  three  times  since  it  was  built  and 
additions  m.-ide  from  time  to  time.  In  politics 
Mr.  Blethen  is  a  Democrat.  He  has  been  town 
ttcasurcr  of  Dover  for  ten  consecutive  years. 
He  is  trustee  of  the  Thompson  bVee  I^ibrary 
of  Dover.  He  is  a  member  of  Kineo  Lodge, 
No.  64,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Dover,  and  has  been  secretary  of  the  lodge 
since  July,  1885.  lie  is  also  a  member  of 
Eldorado  Encampment,  No.  20,  of  Dover,  of 
wliich  he  has  been  secretary  since  January, 
1886.  He  is  a  memlicr  of  Kineo  Canton,  No. 
6,  and  of  the  Winona  Rebekah  Lodge,  No.  11. 
Mr.  Blethen  married,  Decemljcr  4,  1890.  in 
Dover,  Nellie  Sanford,  born  in  Dover  and 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  She  is 
a  member  of  Winona  Rebekah  Lodge  of  Odd 
Fellows.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Elihu  Sanford, 
who  was  born  in  New  York  state  about  1833, 
died  in  Dover,  Maine,  1903,  a  blacksmith,  and 
hotel  and  livery  proprietor  in  Dover.  In  his 
younger  days  ^Ir.  Sanford  followed  tlie  sea. 
In  [lolitics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
Ann  Adams,  of  Bangor,  who  died  in  Dover, 
in  1906,  aged  seventy-two  years,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Adams,  who  died  in  Dover,  in  1884, 
aged  ninety-three  years,  and  Margaret  (Haley) 
Adams,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-two 
years.  Children  of  Elihu  and  .Ann  (Adams) 
Sanford:  i.  Nellie,  married  Walter  Henry 
Blethen.  mentioned  above.  2.  John,  resides  in 
Nebraska.  3.  Horatio,  died  in  Dover;  married 
Lillian  Bowker,  who  is  now  living  in  Dover ; 
he  was  a  barber  by  trade.  4.  Willis,  a  livery- 
man, died  in  Dover;  married  Minnie  Cofren. 
5.  Samuel  G.,  a  liveryman,  resides  in  Foxcroft; 
married  Florence  Lyford,  of  Dover.  6.  Etta, 
died  in  Dover,  unmarried.  Mr.  and  }vlrs. 
Blethen  have  one  child,  Mary  Etta,  born  at 
Dover,  December  17,  1892,  graduate  of  the 
Dover  grammar  school.  1906:  of  Foxcroft 
Academy,  1910:  now  a  student  in  Wellesley 
College,  class  of  191 5. 


f\^II)  Alphonso  George 
I'.LETHEX     Blethen.  son  of  Isaac  Blethen 

(q.  v.),  was  born  in  Dover. 
Maine,  Januar}'  12,  1833.  He  is  now  a  jeweler 
there.  He  went  to  Aurora,  Nevada,  in  1851, 
where  he  learned  the  trade  of  watchmaking, 
and  he  remained  there  for  several  years.  At 
one  time  he  owned  a  sash  and  blind  factory 
in  San  Francisco,  and  while  there  also  owned 
a  water  works  supply  and  artesian  wells,  .'^ince 
that  period  he  has  lived  in  Dover.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  held  the  offices 
of  school  conmiissioner  several  times  and  of 
rorid  commissioner.  He  attends  the  Methodist 
Iq-iiscopal  church,  and  is  a  member  of  Dover 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma.sons,  and  of  the 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Odd  Fellows  at  Dover,  tic  married  Martha 
Rockwell,  born  in  Setiec,  .M;iiiu\  |:nuiarv  I. 
1S34.  and  was  educated  in  tlic  Dover  public 
schools  and  at  Foxcroft  .-\cademy.  For  sev- 
eral )-cars  she  taught  school  at  Scbec  and  at 
Houlton,  Maine,  before  her  marriage.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Dover:  i.  Frank,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Annie,  born  1S67;  married  IJart- 
ktt  Clark,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  an  insur- 
ance adjuster,  deceased:  she  lives  in  Dover. 
3.  Edith,  born  1870,  unmarried;  lives  with 
parents ;  attended  Fo.xcroft  Academy,  study- 
ing paintmg  under  Miss  Greeley,  of  Fox- 
croft ;  has  taught  drawing  and  painting  in  oils. 
Jvlartha  Rockwell,  ^vife  of  Alphonso  George 
Blethen,  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Rockwell, 
who  was  born  at  Sebec,  about  1807,  and  died 
at  Dover,  about  1S74.  He  owned  a  farm  at 
J"oxcroft.  He  married  Deborah  Gliddcn,  born 
at  Sebec,  about  1812,  died  at  Dover,  in  1907. 
Children,  all  born  at  Sebec,  Maine:  i.  Elisha, 
born  about  1S31,  died  at  Coopcrville,  \Va>hing- 
ton,  1910,  where  he  had  a  ranch;  married  and 
had  children:  Mattie,  and  Annie,  deceased. 
2.  Martha,  married  Alphonso  George  Elcthen, 
mentioned  above.  3.  Lucy,  born  1S37,  lives 
in  Dover,  unmarried.  4.  Frank,  lives  at  Reno, 
Nevada,  where  he  is  chief  of  police ;  was  with 
Wells  i^argo  t.xpress  Company  there  for  many 
years. 

(\'in)  Frank  I'-letlua,  son  of  Alphonso 
George  Blethen,  was  born  at  Dover,  ^Laine. 
January  I,  1864.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Foxcroft 
Academy,  leaving  school  in  t88i.  He  followed 
the  trade  of  watchmaker  in  IJath,  Maine,  hav- 
ing previously  learned  the  trade  in  his  father's 
store.  After  two  years  in  Lath  he  spent  a 
year  in  Glouce^ter.  Massachusetts.  He  then 
estabhshed  himself  in  business  as  a  jeweler  at 
Monson,  }>Iaine.  After  a  year  there  he  re- 
turned to  Dover,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years.  In  18S7  he  went  to  San  Jose.  Cali- 
fornia, thence  went  to  l'"resno,  California,  and 
afterward  to  Carson  City,  Nevada.  In  1889 
I'.e  returned  to  Maine,  but  in  the  fall  went  west 
again,  locating  in  Seatiic,  \\'ashington.  In  the 
sjjring  of  iSijo  he  again  went  to  Carson  City, 
where  he  remained  for  three  years.  During 
tlie  next  six  years  he  had  a  jewelry  store  at 
Cari')ou.  Maine.  In  1S99  he  opened  a  jewelry 
store  at  Houlton,  Maine,  and  since  then  he  has 
reinaintd  in  business  in  that  town.  In  his  line 
of  bu-iness  he  is  the  leading  merciiant  in  this 
section.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  though 
until  four  years  ago  he  was  a  Republican.  In 
relij^ion  lie  is  a  L'niversalist.  He  is  a  charter 
ir.eniber  of  the  Dene\olcnt  and  Protective 
Order  of  IClks  No.  835,  of  Houlton.  and  has 
served  on  the  house  committee  for  two  ^ears. 


He  is  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Frateni,,! 
Order  of  Eagles,  No.  816.  of  HnullMU,  luuI  I|.•,^ 
served  on  its  building  committee.  He  is  .1 
charter  member  of  Caribou  Lodge,  Knights  (.i 
Pythias,  and  of  the  Uniformed  Rank.  He  i;, 
also  a  member  of  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  Xo. 
81S,  of  Houlton,  and  was  on  the  board  of  trus- 
tees in  1912  and  on  the  house  connnittce  ii\ 
1913.  Before  he  was  of  age  he  enlisted  in  the 
Maine  state  militia  and  served  for  eiglit  years 
in  Company  F,  and  in  Nevada  he  served  in  the 
Carson  City  Guards,  with  rank  of  junior 
second  lieutenant. 

Mr.  l-llethen  married,  at  Caribou,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1898,  Louise  Levasseur,  born  in  North 
Linden,  Maine,  in  January,  1882.  She  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Caribou  high  school:  member 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  of  the 
Ladies'  Division  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  she  is  president  of  the  Ladies'  Division  of 
the  New  England  Order  of  Protection.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I'rank  Blethen:  i.  Fred 
Alton,  born  at  FIouHon,  October  5,  1902.  2. 
Marion,  born  at  Houlton.  .April  3,  1904.  3. 
Doris,  born  at  Houhon.  June  25,  1906,  died 
July  8,  19 1 4. 

Ezekiel  Le\asseur,  father  of  Mrs.  Blethen. 
was  born  in  New  Brunswick,  in  1842,  died  at 
Caribou,  Maine,  in  1909.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  Canada  and  came  to  Maine  when  a 
young  man.  He  enlisted  in  a  Maine  regiment 
in  the  civil  war.  After  the  war  he  was  a 
lumberman  in  Maine  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  politics  he  \vas  a  Republican  and  afterward 
a  Democrat.  He  served  as  selectman  of  Cari- 
bou at  the  time  the  great  bridge  was  built 
.across  the  Aroostook  river  and  his  name  ap- 
pears on  the  tablet  on  the  bridge.  ?Ie  was  a 
communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

He  married  Madeline .     She  now  live? 

in  Caribou.  Children  of  Ezekiel  and  !Made- 
line  Levasseur:  i.  Delina,  married  Arthur 
Bouchard,  of  Caribou,  a  telephone  man.  2. 
Charles,  died  in  Caribou,  aged  about  twenty- 
five,  a  farmer.  3.  Louise,  married  Frank 
Blethen,  mentioned  above.  Other  children  died 
young. 


The  old  Dutch  surname 
V.\N  HEUSEN     Van  Heusen  is  identical 

with  \'an  Hoosen.  \'an 
Hoesen  and  \'an  Hoosear.  It  is  also  found 
spelled  in  a  variety  of  other  ways.  The  pro- 
genitor of  the  Van  Hoosear  family  of  Con- 
necticut appears  to  have  changed  the  spelling 
after  moving  from  New  York  state  to  western 
Connecticutat  the  time  of  the  revolution.  The 
familv  i^  not  large  and  though  it  is  difficult  to 
trace  all  the  descendants  it  is  practically  cer- 
tain that  all  of  the  name  are  descended  from 


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•  hf  immigrant  ancestor,  mentioned  below.  At 
.,iu'  time  a  Van  Heiisen  Family  Association 
\v;is  formed  for  the  purpose  of  claiming  an 
i-.-tate  in  the  old  country,  but  as  iu  all  similar 
r:,~es  of  foreign  estates  claimed  by  tlie  scat- 
tered descendants  in  this  country  from  a  rc- 
tntite  ancestor  of  whom  they  knew  little  or 
nothing,  many  took  stock  in  the  estate,  but  no 
estate  was  ever  found. 

(I)  Jan  Franse  \"an  Heusen,  or  Iloesen, 
was  born  in  Holland  and  settled  early  at  T'ort 
Oratige  and  licverwyck.  in  what  is  now  the 
state  of  New  York.  In  1662  he  bought  land 
at  Claverack,  on  the  Hudson  river,  from  the 
Indians  and  he  died  there  about  1667.  He 
married  \'olkie  Juriaanse,  sister  of  Amatje 
Juriaanse,  wife  of  Andries  Herbertsen  Con- 
stapl.  After  the  death  of  :Mr.  \"an  Heusen 
she  married  (second)  Gerritt  \'isbeecli.  The 
\'an  Heusens  were  Lutherans  for  several  gen- 
erations, and  therefore  we  find  few  baptisms 
in  the  old  Dutch  church  records.  Children  of 
Jan  F.  \'an  Heusen  living  in  1694:  Juriaan ; 
Jacob;  Volkert;  Johannes,  mentioned  below; 
Anna,  married  Luykas  Gerritsen ;  Stynje  Jan 
Tys  Goes;  Marya,  married  Hendrick  Coen- 
radtse  ;  Catharina,  married  Frank  Hardingh. 

(H)  Johannes  Van  Heusen.  son  of  Jan 
Franse  Van  Heusen,  was  born  about  1670. 
He  lived  at  Claverack  and  Kindjrhook,  New 
York.  He  married  (first)  Jannetje  Janse  De 
Ryke,  (second)  ^^'illempse  \'iele  Winne, 
widow  of  Lcvinus  Winne,  June  19,  1709.  He 
deeded  land  to  two  son^,  October  24,  1724. 
Children  :  Jan  ;  Johannes  ;  Harmen,  mentioned 
below;  Gerritt;  Jacob,  baptized  January  8, 
1699;  Jacob,  baptized  January  5,  1701 ;  Fran- 
cisca,  baptized  June  13,  1703;  Maria,  baptized 
January  7,  1705;  Gerrittje,  born  in  Albany, 
baptized  in  the  Lutheran  church,  August  20. 
1710;  Nicholas,  born  at  Claverack,  baptized 
at  Loonenburgh,  February,  1712. 

(HI)  Harmen  \'an  Heusen,  son  of  Jo- 
hannes Van  Heusen,  was  born  at  Claverack, 
New  York,   or  vicinity,   shortly  before    1700. 

He  married  Geesie ,  who  was  buried  in 

the  Lutheran  church  yard.  April  11,  1746. 
Among  their  children  were:  Jan,  buried  Au- 
gust 28,  1754;  \'olkert,  mentioned  below; 
Reiner;  Henilrick;  Lucas,  baptized  April  24, 
1726. 

(IV)  Volkert  Van  Heusen.  son  of  Hannen 
Van  Heusen,  was  born  about  1713.  Fie  mar- 
ried, April  20,  1738,  Alida  Marselius.  Chil- 
dren: Flarmen,  mentioned  below;  Bregje, 
born  November  9.  1740;  Myndert,  February 
20,  1743;  Geesje,  April  21,  1745:  Reinier,  Sep- 
tember 2.  1750;  Gerritt,  October  13,  1754- 

(V)  Harmen  (2)  \"an  Fleusen,  son  of  \'ol- 


kcrt  \'an  Heusen,  was  i>orn  at  Claverack,  or 
vicinity,  September  24,  1738.  He  married, 
September  10,  1763,  Catharyntje  Witbeck. 
Children:  Voll)ert,born  August  22,  1764;  Eva, 
October  31,  1766;  Volkert,  mentioned  below; 
Alida,  August  13,  1771  ;  Engeltje,  September 
21,  1776;  Creertruy,  August  6,  1780;  Gerritt, 
November  12,  17S2;  Alida.  December  5,  1787. 

(\"I)  X'olkert  (2)  \'an  Heusen,  son  of  Har- 
men (2)  \'an  Heusen,  was  born  April  i,  i/C<). 
He  married  Jane  Young.  He  had  a  son  Har- 
men, born  December  17,  1799.  Probably 
others.  The  brothers  and  sisters  of  Volkert, 
mentioned  below,  as  given  by  the  family  were: 
Myndert,  (larrett,  Jolin.  llatlien  (?),  married 
John  Lansing;  Julia,  married  Hitam  Bryant. 
The  father  was  a  farmer  and  shoemaker. 

(XTI)  X'olkert  (3)  \'an  Heusen,  son  or 
nephew  of  X'olkert  (2)  \'an  Heusen,  was  born 
about  1S04,  in  Claverack.  New  ^'ork,  or  vicin- 
ity. He  was  a  farmer  all  his  active  life.  In  his 
younger  days  he  served  in  the  militia.  In  ])olitics 
he  was  a  Democrat  and  he  served  three  terms 
as  assessor.  He  removed  to  Queensbury,  War- 
ren county.  New  York,  and  died  there  in 
1882-83,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  He  mar- 
ried, March  5,  1834,  Helen  Groesbeck,  born  in 
Dutchess  county.  New  York,  in  1S03-04,  died 
in  April,  1880,  daughter  of  Jacob  (jroesbeck, 
a  farmer.  They  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  The  children  of  Peter  Groes- 
beck were :  Peter,  who  died  aged  seventy 
years ;  Agnes.  Gertrude,  Sarah,  Betsey,  Helen, 
Rebecca,  Jemima.  Catherine,  John  f.  Groes- 
beck, all  now  deceased.  Children  of  Volkert 
and  Helen  Van  Heusen :  Margaret  Ann,  died 
aged  three  years ;  Leonard  Harmen,  died  in 
1910,  aged  seventy  years;  Jacob  Peter,  aged 
seventy  years  in  1912;  Helen  Augusta,  mar- 
ried John  Miller,  resides  at  Glen  Falls,  New 
"^'ork  ;  Garrett  Arthur,  mentioned  below  ;  Lem- 
uel Harmen,  never  married  :  Francelia,  born  in 
1S50,  married  Jacob  Buckbee,  a  farmer. 

(VIII)  Garrett  Arthur  Van  Heusen,  son  of 
\'olkert  (3)  Van  Flensen,  was  born  in  Queens- 
bury.  Warren  county.  New  York,  January  22, 
1846.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools.  For  many  years  he  followed 
farming,  but  has  in  later  years  been  a  general 
contractor  and  teamster  at  Glens  Falls.  New 
York.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
Methodist  in  religion. 

He  married.  May  21,  1873.  at  Queensbury, 
New  York,  Helen  Jane  Mead,  born  March  6, 
1852,  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Polly  Ann 
(Williams)  Mead.  'Her  father  was  born  at 
Nassau,  Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  died 
at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years,  seven 
months ;  her  mother  was  born  at  Queensburv, 


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died  there,  in  19 12,  aged  eiglity-six  years. 
Children  of  her  parents:  .Albert  II.,  married 
Eucy  Murray;  Edwin  R.,  married  Letlie  Wil- 
hanis;  Helen  Jane,  married  Garrett  Arthnr 
\'an  lieusen,  mentioned  above ;  Hilary  Per- 
mcHa,  married  Henry  Stevensoii;  Polly  Ann, 
married  John  Mead  ;  .-\da  P.elle,  married  Scott 
Gleason.  of  GUns  I^alls ;  .Amanda  L.,  married 
George  Norman:  Charles  \V.,  never  married; 
Fred  J.,  married  Ethel  Van  Dusen,  of  Glens 
Falls.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \'an  Heusen  have  one 
child.  Gertrude  .\.,  born  April  2,  1874. 


Stephen  Ha'-dison,  the  immi- 
H.ARDISOX  giani  ancestor,  was  doubt- 
less of  English  birth  and  an- 
cestry. He  settled  at  i'.crwick,  Maine,  as  early 
as  1687,  the  date  of  a  deed  which  he  witnessed. 
He  was  there  in  T6gi  according  to  the  court 
and  birth  records,  in  1696  was  yet  living,  but 
died  in  1697  or  169S,  when  his  widow  Mary 
is  mentioned  in  the  records.  Children:  John, 
born  January  22.  1 691  ;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below. 

(H)  Stephen  (2)  Hardison,  son  of  Stephen 
(i  ■)  Hardison,  v.as  born  at  Berwick  or  Kittery, 
Maine,  ]May  c),  1693,  died  December  25,  1769. 
He  married,  at  Kittery,  September  23,  1724. 
-V.;.;^  .Voboii,  bclieveu  10  be  daughter  oi  Joseph 
and  Alice  (Nason)  Abbott.  Children:  i.  John, 
born  August  16.  1725;  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  Berwick;  had  son  John,  baptized 
January  4,  1755.  2.  Stephen,  born  July^  30, 
1727;  married  (first)  September  5,  1753.  Mary 
Crece;  had  daughter  :\Iary.  baptized  July  16, 
1754:  married  (second')  November  9,  1756, 
Hannah  Scammon.  3.  Mary,  born  January 
16,  172S-29.  4.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Thomas,  born  January  9.  1736;  married,  De- 
cember 2,  I756,"]\lary  Chadburn.  6.  Nathaniel. 
born  April  22,  1738;  married,  October  25, 
1758,  Charity  Shorcy.  7.  Alice,  born  April 
22,' 1738;  married,  September  9,  1756,  Thomas 
Shorey.  This  seems  to  include  the  entire 
family  down  to  the  revolution.  John  and  Ben- 
jamin were  soldiers  in  the  revolution  from 
Berwick;  Nathaniel,  Stephen  and  Thomas 
were  also  in  the  revolution.  .According  to  the 
census  of  1790  there  were  six  families  of  the 
name  in  Elaine :  Joseph,  of  Lebanon ;  Na- 
thaniel: Stephen,  of  Sullivan,  Hancock  county  ; 
Samuel,  Stephen  and  Thomas,  of  Berwick, 
York  county,  Alaine. 

(HI)  Joseph  Hardison,  son  of  Stephen  (2") 
Hardison".  was  born  at  Kittery  or  Berwick, 
Maine,  September  3,  1732.  He  married,  No- 
vember 15.  1752.  !viary  Pike.  In  1700  he  was 
living  in  Lebanon,  near  Berwick,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  first  federal  census  had  in  his  family 
thVee  males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age 


and    five    females.     Among  his   children   was 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')   Joseph   (2)   Hardison,  son  of  Joseph    { 
(i)   Hardison.  was  born  in  1772,  at  Berwick.    1 
.Maine,   died   April   28,    1858,  aged   eighty-six    \ 
years,  at  Caribou,  Maine.     He  was  a  pioneer 
al  Winslow,  Maine,  a  farmer  during  his  active 
life.     He  married  twice.     His  wives  were  of 
the  Libby  and  Brainerd   families,  their  given 
names    not   known.      Children   by   first   wife: 
Hiram;     Joseph;     Ivory,     mentioned    below; 
;Mary.     Chihlren  by  second  wife  :   Betsey,  died 
ui'.married;   Lucinda,  died  in  California;  Re- 
becca. 

(\')  Ivory  Hardison,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Hardison,  was  born  in  China,  Maine,  in  1798, 
died  at  Caribou  in  that  state  in  1874.  lie  fol- 
lowed farming  in  China,  in  Winslow,  and 
finally  in  Caribou,  where  he  settled  in  1841 
with  the  pioneers  and  cleared  his  farm.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  was  road  sur- 
veyor, ju.stice  of  the  peace  and  for  a  number 
of  years  postmaster  of  Caribou.  He  married 
Dorcas  Abbott,  born  at  Winslow,  ^Maine,  1799, 
died  at  Caribou,  1887.  The  Abbotts  were  early 
settlers  at  .Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  vicin- 
ity. Children:  i.  Jacob,  born  at  Winslow, 
iViarch  11,  1825;  was  a  farmer  in  Caribou; 
married  Adaline  Smiley,  of  Winslow,  now 
residing  at  Santa  Paula',  California.  2.  Dor- 
cas, born  at  Winslow,  March  7,  1827;  mar- 
ried Samuel  Collins,  of  Bangor,  farmer  and 
miller  ;  she  resides  at  Caribou  ;  children  :  C.  P., 
now  in  Oklahoma;  Clara,  married  (first)   ^L 

D.  Teague,  (second)  Gries,  of  Los  .-\n- 

geles,  California;  Florence,  married  Dr. 
Charles  Porter,  a  Congregational  minister,  and 
she  is  living  in  Eos  Angeles;  Edith  E..  mar- 
ried Charles  E.  Oak,  of  Bangor;  Hershel,  a 
lumberman  of  Caribou.  3.  Oliver  A.,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Hilary,  born  at  Winslow, 
April  21,  1831;  married  James  Bishop,  born 
in  New  Brunswick,  1824,  an  oil  producer,  died 
in  California;  she  is  living  at  Santa  Paula  in 
that    state.      5.    James,    born    1835:    married 

Brook,    of    Newfoundland:    they    are 

living  at  Geneva.  Indiana;  he  is  an  oil  pro- 
ducer. 6.  Harvey,  born  at  Caribou,  died  at 
Newhall.  California,  killed  by  an  oil  explosion. 
7.  Martin,  mentioned  below.  8.  Ai.  born  in 
Kennebec  county,  Maine,  1S3S;  resides  in  Los 
Angeles,  California;  formerly  a  prosperous 
farmer  at  Caribou :  married  Josephine  Pratt. 

9.  Ida,  born  at  Caribou ;  married  John  Brown, 
an  oil  producer :  she  resides  in  Santa   Paula. 

10.  Wallace,  born  at  Caribou,  an  oil  producer 
at  Los  Angeles;  editor  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Herald.  190004;  killed  by  a  railroad  train 
colliding  with  his  automobile. 

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ilirdisLiii,  was  bom  at  China,  Maine,  May  iS, 
,v,.,,,  dioi  at  Caribou,  Maine,  June  23,  'uj02. 
Ili-i  jiarents  removed  to  Caribou  when  he  was 
■.wi'lvf  years  old.  He  followed  farming  and 
Ifiiibering  and  cleared  a  farm  on  which  he 
ii\cd  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  politics  he 
v,;is  a  Democrat.  He  was  road  surveyor  and 
mIiuoI  agent,  a  member  of  the  C'niversaiist 
church,  and  of  Caribou  Grange,  No.  138,  I'at- 
tmis  of  Hnsbandry.  }Ie  married  Mary 
(_)'Leary,  I\.Iarch  14,  1852,  in  Lyndon,  Maine, 
now  Caribou.  She  was  born  in  Mirimichi, 
New  Brunswick,  January  22,  1823,  died  at 
C  aribou,  Maine,  September  14,  1905.  She  was 
a  Roman  Catholic  in  religion,  member  of  the 
Caribou  Grange.  Her  father  was  a  native  of 
Ireland,  died  in  Alirimichi;  married  (tirst)  in 
Ii eland,  (second)  in  Mirimichi.  He  was  a 
farmer,  a  Roman  Catholic  in  religion.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  O'Leary:  Mary,  mar- 
ried Oliver  A.  Hardison ;  Simon,  a  farmer, 
died  in  Presque  Isle,  unmarried ;  Ellen,  mar- 
ried    Rideout,  a  farmer,  lost  his  life  in 

the  civil  war.  Children  of  Oliver  A.  Hardi- 
son :  I.  Lewis  A.,  born  .August  9,  1853  ;  resides 
at  Santa  Paula,  California,  in  charge  of  a 
pumping  station  in  the  oil  fields.  2. .Ellen  AL, 
Kr,T-n  Atp.-.'  o  t8'':  rrarriprl  Si"ie'~in  Qldbam 
of  Peru,  Maine ;  she  died  at  Caribou ;  he  lives 
in  Auburn.  3.  Abbott,  born  January  4,  1857, 
died  in  1881,  in  Ohio;  was  an  oil  producer. 
4.  Anna  Cora,  born  May  27,  1859;  married 
Clarence  Titcomb,  of  Lewiston,  Maine  ;  resides 
at  Auburn.  5.  Edward  Augustine,  born  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1861  ;  oil  producer,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  in  Arizona.  6.  Mary  Jennie, 
born  March  30,  1862;  married  Fessenden 
Hubbard,  of  Canaan,  Alaine.  7.  George  \\'., 
mentioned  below. 

(\''i)  Martin  Hardison,  brother  of  Oliver 
A.  Hardison,  was  born  at  China,  Alaine,  No- 
vember, 1835.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Caribou.  "W'hen  a  young  man  he  bought 
a  fami  there,  and  afterward  he  sold  out  and 
managed  the  homestead  for  his  mother  during 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican ;  in  religion  a  Universalist.  He 
married  Lucy  Nickerson,  born  at  Jacksontown, 
New  Brunswick,  August  9,  1847,  "ow  living 
at  Ashland,  New  Brunswick,  a  member  of  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  church.  Their  only  child, 
Tressa,  married  her  cousin,  George  W.  Hardi- 
son, mentioned  below. 

Ira  Nickerson,  father  of  Lucy  (Nickerson) 
Hardison,  was  born  in  England.  1810,  died  at 
Jacksontown,  1S75.  He  came  to  New  Bruns- 
wick when  a  young  man  and  followed  farming 
in  Jacksontown  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
married,  in  New  Bruiiswick,  Margaret  Rock- 


well, aLo  a  native  of  I'.nglaud,  born  1822,  died 
at  Wytopitlock,  .Maine,  1912.  Children  of  Ira 
Nickerson,  born  at  Jacksontown:  i.  Lucy, 
niairied  Martin  Hardison,  mentioned  above. 
2.  Nancy,  born  l8.^9;  married  (first)  Allen 
Jones,  a  school  teacher  of  Ccntreville,  New 
I'.runswick,  and  had  bVank  Jones,  now  a 
butclier  in  .S\iaciise,  New  '^'01  k;  married 
(second)  George  Currie,  a  farmer  of  Ccntre- 
ville, and  had  Miles  Currie:  married  (third) 
— —  Sloat,  of  Tracy's  Mills,  New  Bruns- 
wick, a  miller.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  1851;  mar- 
ried Thomas  McKec,  of  Smyrna  Mills,  Maine, 
soldier  in  the  civil  war;  she  is  living  at 
Smyrna;  children:  Ira,  of  Smyrna  Mills;  Ena, 
married  Knowland  Noyes,  mail  carrier, 
Smyrna;   Thomas,    of    Smyrna    Mills;    Lillic, 

married   Hanson,   of    Sherman,   Maine; 

Winnifred.  4.  Francis,  born  1853;  married 
lidward  Bragdon,  a  farmer  of  Smyrna;  chil- 
dren: Dora;  Burns,  of  Linneus,  a  shingle 
sawyer;  George,  a  farmer  of  Smyrna  Mills; 
Emerson,  of  Golden  Ridge,  Maine,  a  farmer; 
Allies:  Leila:  Elizabeth.  5.  Delia,  born  1856; 
married  Stephen  Rockwell,  a  farmer  of  Lin- 
neus; children:  Elzana,  married Hen- 
derson, of  Linneus;  Lillian;  Alargaret,  mar- 
nVd  Alexander  Reprdnn,  nf  Enston ;  Cecilia; 
Blanche.  6.  George,  born  185S,  a  farmer; 
married  Sarah  Frecartan,  of  Jacksontown.  7. 
Darius,  born  i^Co;  resides  at  Golden  Ridge,  a 
farmer;  married  Alarion  Reed,  of  Alerrill 
Plantation;  children:  Lorius,  farmer  of 
Golden  Ridge ;  Alelvina.  S.  Theresa,  born 
1S62;  resides  at  Kingman,  Alaine.  9.  James, 
born  1864;  married  Alargaret  Clark,  of  Aler- 
rill Plantation ;  he  is  a  farmer  of  Linneus.  10. 
Joseph,  died  aged  twenty  years  at  Jackson- 
town. 

(VII)  George  W.  Hardison,  son  of  Oliver 
A.  Hardison,  was  born  at  Caribou,  Alaine, 
I'ebruary  28,  1864.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  until  he  was  eighteen.  He  as- 
sisted his  father  on  the  homestead  until  he 
was  twenty-eight  and  then  succeeded  to  the 
farm,  which  he  b.as  cultivated  since  then.  He 
has  ninety-five  acres,  of  which  sixty-five  are 
under  cultivation,  the  remainder  in  timber  and 
pasturage.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
is  a  member  of  Caribou  Grange,  No.  138, 
Patrons  of  Huibandry. 

He  married,  Alay  7,  1893,  Tressa  Hardison, 
born  at  Caribou,  Alay  25,  1S69,  and  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  She  is  a  Univer- 
salist in  religion,  and  a  member  of  Caribou 
Grange.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Alartin  Hardi- 
son, mentioned  above.  Children:  i.  Clarence 
Lewis,  born  April  19,  1S98,  at  Caribou.  2. 
Ella  Anita,  born  July  12,  1909,  at  Caribou. 


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Anthony  Besse  or  l^ssey,  tlie  ini- 
RESSE  nii;;rnnt  ancestor,  wns  born  in 
England  in  1609.  and  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "James,"  sailing  from 
Enpiland  in  Jnly,  1635.  His  descendants  use 
both  spellings  of  the  name.  He  was  a  man  of 
education  and  used  to  preach  to  the  Indians. 
It  is  believed  that  liis  ancestry  was  French. 
He  was  among  the  first  to  move  from  Lynn, 
Massachusetts,  to  .*>andwich,  on  Cape  Cod. 
His  name  appears  in  the  court  records  there 
as  early  as  163S  and  he  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners asking  Rev.  Mr.  Leveredge  to  remain 
in  Sandwich,  1653.  His  widow  Jane  married 
the  notorious  Charles  Barlow.  In  her  will, 
dated  August  6,  1693,  she  bequeaths  to  her 
daughters,  .Anne  Hallett,  Elizabeth  Bodtish, 
Eebccca  Hunter  and  to  sons,  Nehemiah  Besse 
and  John  Barlow.  Anthony  Besse's  will  vras 
dated  February  10,  1656,  and  his  inventory 
May  21,  1657.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife 
Jane;  daughters,  Dorcas,  Anne,  Mary  and 
Elizabeth;  sons,  Nehemiah  and  David;  pro- 
viding also  that  if  his  mother  in  England 
should  send  over  anvthing,  as  she  had  formerly 
done,  it  should  be  divided  among  all  the  chil- 
dren. Children :  Anthony,  who  was  of  age  in 
1664:  Nehemiah.  mentioned  below;  r>?.vid, 
born  in  Sandwich,  May  23,  1649 '  Anne,  mar- 
ried    Andrew     Hallert;     Elizabeth,     married 

Joseph     Bodfish ;    Rebecca,    married    ■ — 

Hunter;  Dorcas  and  Z^Iary. 

(II)  Nehemiah  Besse,  son  of  Anthony 
Besse.  was  born  as  early  as  1641,  for  he  was 
of  age  in  1663.  He  was  a  townsman  of  Sand- 
wich in  1675,  the  only  one  of  the  family;  was 
a  freeman  on  the  list  of  1678;  was  entitled  to 
share  lands  at  Sandwich  on  the  list  dated 
March  24,  1702.  His  name  appears  frequently 
in  the  town  records  and  he  was  one  of  the 
most    prominent    citizens    of    Sandwich.      He 

married    Mary    .      Children,    born    at 

Sandwich.:  Mary,  November  16,  16S0;  Nehe- 
miah, mentioned  below :  Hannah,  1684-S5 ; 
Robert,  April  30,  1690 :  Joshua,  February  14, 
1692-93;  David.  December  23,  1693-94;  Ben- 
jamin, September  20,  1696;  Ebenezer,  April 
30,  1699. 

(HI)  Nehemiah  (2)  Besse,  son  of  Nehe- 
miah (i)  Besse,  was  born  at  Sandwich,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  3.  1682.  He  and  his  brothers  re- 
moved to  the  then  adjoining  town  of  W^areham 
and  their  descendants  have  constituted  one  of 
the  most  prominent  families  from  that  day  to 
the  present.  Robert  Besse  and  wife  joined  the 
First  Church,  April  iS.  1742;  David  Besse  and 
wife,  July  n,  1742;  Joshua  Besse.  December 
12,  1742:  Benjamin  Besse's  wife,  July  22, 
1744;  Nehemiali's  wife  Sarah,  Ajnil  7,  1754; 
Jabez    and    ^Martha    Besse    also   joined    early. 


.Among  the  chi'drcn  of  Xeheniiali  was  Xchc- 
niiah,  who  settled  in  Bridgewater,  and  Joseph, 
nKiilioncd  below. 

(I\')  Joseph  Besse,  son  of  Nehemiah  (2) 
Besse,  was  born  about  1740,  doubtless  at  Ware- 
ham.  He  went  to  Bridgewater  with  his  brother 
Nehemiah.  He  married,  at  W'archam,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1755,  Mercy  Dunham,  of  Middle- 
borough. 

(V)  Joseph  (2)  Besse,  son  uf  Joseph  (i) 
Besse,  was  born  about  1760,  in  \\'areham  or 
IMiddleborough.  He  married.  August  21, 
1784.  Lydia  Besse,  daughter  of  John  Besse, 
of  \\'arehatn.  a  relative.  He  was  tlien  of 
]\tiddleboroug!i.  He  remo\ed  to  Paris,  0.\- 
ford  county,  Maine.  He  settled  on  the  farm 
afterward  owned  by  his  son.  Captain  Alden 
Besse.  During  his  last  years  he  was  blind. 
Children,  as  given  in  the  history  of  Paris: 
Polly,  married  Gershom  Cole;  Warren,  mar- 
ried Margery  Ganum ;  Sally,  married  Na- 
thaniel Billings ;  Lydia  or  Loadia  ;  Elisha,  men- 
tioned below  ;  John,  married  Ruth  Allen  ;  Han- 
nah, married  \\'illard  Andrews ;  Joseph  Jr. ; 
Ca]5tain  Alden,  born  April  16,  1807. 

(VI)  Elisha  Besse.  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Besse,  was  born  about  1790  and  lived  to  the 
?gc  of  one  hundred,  lacking  twelve  days.  He 
was  a  farmer,  living  near  Augusta,  Maine, 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  ^^"hig,  afterward  a  Republican. 
His  wife  died  at  Winthrop,  Maine,  aged  nearly 
one  hundred  vears  and  twelve  days.  Children, 
whose  order  of  birth  is  not  known:  Constance, 
died  at  Lew'ston,  Maine,  shortly  after  the 
civil  war;  George;  Caroline,  married  Bernam 
Plummer;  Elisha,  mentioned  below:  Mary; 
Samuel,  served  in  the  civil  war,  died  in  the 
south.  And  five  whose  names  arc  not  known 
to  writer. 

(VII)  Elisha  (2)  Besse,  son  of  Elisha  (i) 
Besse,  was  born  October  24,  1820,  in  Oxford 
county,  Maine,  died  in  Merrill,  Maine,  July 
25,  1904.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  Bowdoin  College.  He  fol- 
lowed farming,  however,  for  a  vocation.  He 
had  a  farm  at  OakField,  whence  he  moved  to 
Merrill  Plantation,  thence  to  Bridgewater.  He 
spent  his  last  years  in  the  family  of  his  daugh- 
ter. Mrs.  ^I.ircellus  G.  Grant,  in  Smyrna, 
Maine,  and  with  his  son  Elisha.  at  whose  home 
he  diefl.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
was  an  assessor  of  Merrill  Plantation  for  some 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  enlisted  in  the  Me.xican 
war  and  served  from  beginning  to  end.  He 
\\as  in  the  United  States  army  for  seven  years 
and  during  part  of  the  time  he  was  in  the  re- 
cruiting service.  He  married,  June  25,  1848, 
in  Corinth,  Pennsylvania,  Catherine  (Sullivan) 


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Mclmyre,  born  in  Ireland,  iSrj,  died  in  .Mer- 
ri.'l.  .M:iy  29.  I9'33-  -"^''le  came  to  this  country 
•.\ith  her  brother,  Timothy  Sullivan,  and  a 
-i^tcr,  wlien  she  was  but  seven  years  old,  and 

!(.c;ited  in  Ohio.     She  married  (first) • 

.Mclntyre,  at  St.  Louis.  Missouri,  and  liad  a 
son,  John  Mclntyre,  born  in  1S30,  died  at 
Wiiithrop,  ;\Iainc,  in  1S61 ;  served'in  the  civil 
war,  was  wounded  and  after  he  came  home 
.[icd  of  his  wound.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Besse  had 
ci-ht  children,  of  whom  six  died  in  infancy. 
The  surviving  children  were:  t.  F.li-hn,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Kate  Ellen,  born  September 
J],  1864:  married,  a^  ^^■inthrop,  Maine,  Mar- 
ccllns  Gideon  Grant,  of  Hodgdon,  r^Iaine:  they 
reside  at  Patten,  Maine,  where  he  follows 
farming;  children:  Ella,  married  (first)  Allen 
McFaddcn,  (second)  Asahel  Stephen,  and  re- 
>idcs  at  Patten  ;  Floyd,  a  farmer  of  Patten  ; 
Llewellyn,  a  farmer  of  Patten;  Florence; 
Lizzie. 

(VIII)  Elisha  (3)  Eesse,  son  of  Elisha 
(2)  Besse,  was  born  at  Wayne.  Maine,  June  1, 
iSf'io.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Aroostook  county.  During 
boyhood  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  in 
Oakficld.     In  187^  his  father  bought  another 

fr,rrri    j.i    fhe-    t,-„<-r,~nl'    Afprrill,    WnCie.    whithpr 

the  family  removed.  He  also  went  to  Bridge- 
water  with  the  fam.ily.  He  succeeded  to  his 
father's  farm  and  conducted  it  until  1901, 
when  he  sold  it  and  bought  a  place  in  Smyrna. 
Ii;  191 2  he  bought  his  present  farm  in  that 
town.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  ^Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  of  Floulton  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
b:nidry.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
r.ridgewater  Grange,  of  which  he  was  master 
for  two  years  and  overseer  three  years. 

He  married.  May  6,  1903,  in  I'rederickton, 
New  Brunswick,  [Maggie  May  Ethelwood 
(.Anjovine-^IcKindred)  Ogden,  born  in  Ger- 
many, June  23,  1865.  She  came  to  America 
with  her  parents  when  she  was  seven  years  old. 
They  settled  in  Kings  county.  New  Brunswick. 
She  attended  school  in  Toronto,  Canada.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  ^lethodist  church.  She 
married  (first)  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  July 
20,  1877,  in  Kings  county,  F'rank  Wilmott  Mc- 
Kindred,  who  was  born  in  Scotland,  in  i860, 
settled  at  Monckton,  New  Brunswick,  where 
he  was  foreman  in  a  nut  and  bolt  factory,  in 
^vhich  he  was  accidentally  killed.  ?^Ir.  Mc- 
Kindred  was  an  active  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist church.  By  her  first  marriage  she  had 
children:  i.  Loretta  May.  born  April  20,  1879, 
in  Monckton;  married  Gilbert  \'ail,  of  St. 
John's;  they  reside  in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
where  he  is  in  the  laundry  business;  chil- 
dren:   Mary,  Harr\,  George.  Hcnrv.  Edward, 


William  \'ail.  2.  I'rank,  horn  June  iS.  iSSi, 
in  Monckton,  died  in  infancy.  3.  William, 
burn  October  2^1,.  1882.  After  the  death  of 
Mr.  McKindred  his  widow  married  (second) 
January  21,  1886,  John  11.  Ogden.  of  St. 
John,  horn  February  jr,.  181 7,  died  at  St. 
John.  March  22,  1901.'  He  resided  at  St. 
John  all  his  life.  He  was  a  carpenter  and 
an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
and  of  the  Orangemen.  Children  of  John 
H.  Ogden:  Harry,  \\'illiam,  John,  Kenneth, 
George  and  Hebrn  Ogden.  all"  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.  She  married  (third)  Elisha  P.essc, 
above  mentioned.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  I'.essc  have 
one  child,  Lona  isabcllc,  burn  I'ebruary  21, 
1906.  at  Merrill,  Maine. 

William  Anjovine,  father  of  Mrs.  Besse, 
was  born  in  Scotland,  in  1S22,  died  in  Kings 
county.  New  Brunswick,  1875.  Fie  came  to 
this  county  in  1873.  He  was  a  sea  captain  sail- 
ing to  foreign  ports.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  church.  He  married  Maggie 
May  Ethelwood,  who  was  born  in  Germany, 
in  1847,  died  there,  June  26,  1S65,  the  only 
child  of  Lord  Ethelwood,  of  Germany.  Henry 
.■\njoyine.  father  of  William  Anjovine,  was 
born  in  Scot'and  and  lived  and  died  there. 
ri>;iH.-en.  born  in  Scotland:  George,  Elizabeth, 
Mary  .Ann,  Jean  and  Hugh  (twins),  William, 
mentioned  above. 


The  relationship  between 
EMERSOX  Thomas  Eiuerson,the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  Ips- 
wich family  to  which  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 
belonged,  and  Michael  Emerson  (mentioned 
below  )  has  not  been  established,  but  there  is  no 
reasonable  doubt  that  some  relationship  ex- 
isted. Thomas  was  born  in  Bishop's  Stort- 
ford.  County  Essex,  England,  July  26,  1584, 
son  of  Robert  Emerson  of  Dunmow,  Comity 
Essex,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Emerson  of 
Great  Dunmow,  born  before  1540.  The 
first  to  use  the  name  Emerson  in  England  was 
Johannes  Emeryson,  of  Branccpeth  parish, 
County  Durham,  and  he  was  born  before  1300. 
It  is  thought  that  the  English  Emcrsons  are  all 
descended  from  him,  though  the  lines  cannot 
be  traced  for  want  of  complete  records.  The 
will  of  Alexander  Emerson,  of  Sereby,  Lin- 
colnshire. 1-Lngland,  yeoman,  dated  April  10, 
1604,  and  proved  February  10,  i()05,  was  that 
of  a  relative  of  both  Michael  and  Thomas  in 
all  probability,  and  it  is  likely  that  Michael 
(given  below)  was  his  grandson.  He  be- 
queathed to  a  son  Michael  Emerson  his  home- 
stead and  other  lands ;  to  son  Robert ;  to  son 
Thomas,  lands  in  Ilowson  and  Cadvey ;  to  his 
wife,  house  at  Glamford  Brigges ;  to  daugh- 
ters of  his  son  George  and  to  son  John.  These 


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names  have  survived  in  both  lines  of  the 
American  family.  It  should  be  s:;id  that  the 
Haverhill  Eniersons  are  not  all  descended 
from  ^lichael.  Robert  Emerson,  presumably 
his  brother,  married  at  Maverhill,  in  \C)6o,  Ann 
Grant;  died  169-I  ;  will  dpted  May  ,^.  1694.  He 
had  many  descendants  in  Haverhill;  his  wife 
died  in   1719. 

(I)  Michael  Emerson,  the  immigrant  ances- 
I  ■  tor,  was  born  in  En':^laiKl  about  1630,  probably 
't  in  Lincolnshire,  as  indicated  in  the  will  of 
'  Michael  Emerson,  cited  above.  He  came  to 
Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  in  1656  or  1661,  and 
had  a  nieadov,-  lot  granted  to  him.  He  was 
called  a  cordwainer  in  various  deeds  and 
doubtless  followed  this  trade  some  of  the  time. 
In  1665  he  was  chosen  to  "view  and  seal  all 
leather"  in  town.  That  was  the  first  election 
of  a  sealer  of  leather  in  Haverhill  and  for 
many  years  he  was  reelected  at  each  annual 
meeting.  His  farm  was  on  the  present  site  of 
the  railroad  station  on  the  east  side  of  Little 
River.  jMichael  Emerson,  of  Haverhill,  cord- 
wainer, deeded  to  his  sons  Jonathan  and 
Joshua,  of  Haverhill,  his  homestead,  including 
land  bought  of  Thomas  Davis  and  Peter 
Green,  "bounded  upon  ye  highway  that  goeth 
over  yet  w^est  Bridp^e  and  ranf^pth  frnm  ye  lit- 
tle river  upon  ye  highway  on  ye  north  side  of 
ye  old  way  yt  went  ilov.ne  to  ye  Bridge  abd  sie 
rangeth  from  thence  as  ye  fence  standeth  to  a 
small  black  oake  tree  next  to  ye  highway  that 
goeth  between  this  said  land  formerly  Robert 
Swan's  (?)."  In  the  same  deed,  dated  May 
31,  1699,  and  executed  October  18,  1714,  he 
conveyed  to  the  same  sons  other  parcels  therein 
described.  Michael  Emerson,  shortly  before 
his  death,  by  deed  of  gift  dated  June  3,  1715, 
and  acknowledged  November  14,  1715,  gave 
forty-four  acres  and  the  residue  of  his  estate 
to  his  grandson  Michael  Cor  ]Micah),  and  in 
case  of  death  before  Michael,  whom  he  says 
was  then  but  six  years  old,  reached  his  major- 
ity, the  property  was  to  be  divided  among  the 
surviving  children  of  Joshua,  brothers  and 
sister  of  this  youthful  grantee.  This  deed  was 
more  like  a  will  than  the  usual  deed,  and  was 
perhaps  an  attempt  to  adopt  the  English  cus- 
tom of  entailing  the  estate.  His  sons  Jonathan 
and  Joshua  divided  the  property  that  he 
deed  to  them  jointly.  The  will  of  Michael 
Emerson  was  dated  July  18,  1709.  and  is  on 
file  at  the  Salem  registry,  hut  no  record  shows 
that  it  was  allowed.  The  deed  mentioned 
seems  to  have  disposed  of  his  property.  The 
(  will  mentions  his  eldest  son  John,  his  youngest 
i  sons  Jonathan  and  Joshua,  son  Samuel ;  daugh- 
;  ters  Hannah  Dustin  and  .Abigail  Smith  ;  son- 
in-law   ^lathews  Jr..   and   his   children   John, 


Inhauna  and  Marv  Mathews.  He  married 
April  I.  1657,  Hannah  Webster,  daughter  ,,f 
John  Webster  of  Ipswich  and  Newbury.  Chil- 
dren:  Hannah,  born  December  23,  1657,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Dustin,  was  the  famous  Ilaimah 
Dustin  who  killed  the  Indians  who  had  cap- 
tured her;  John,  born  July  30,  1659;  Mary, 
October  5,  1660;  John,"  starch  iS,  1661-62; 
Samuel,  Eebruary  2,  1663;  Elizabetli,  January 
26,  1665;  Abigail,  December  17,  1667;  Jona- 
than, March  9,  1669-70,  mentioned  below;  .Xbi- 
gail.  November  20,  1671  ;  Judith,  July  2,  1673; 
Judith,  September  29,  1674;  Joshua,  March  2, 

1675-76,    died    young;    Ruth,    INIay    8,    ; 

Joshua.  November  17,  167S;  Susanna,  April 
30,  16S0. 

(H)  Jonathan  Emerson,  son  of  Michael 
Emerson,  was  born  in  Haverhill,  March  9, 
1669-70.  He  married  Hannah  Day.  Chil- 
dren, lx>rn  at  Haverhill:  Jonathan,  May  8, 
1700;  John,  June  7,  1701  ;  Nathaniel,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1703;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Rich- 
ard, September  29,  1710;  Hannah,  Decemljer 

3,  1712;  Jonathan,  June  10,  1715;  Abigail, 
twin  of  Jonathan;  Closes,  December  2,  1717; 
Nehemiah,  April  4,  1721  ;  Alehitable,  lanuary 
30,  1722-23. 

(TH)  Samuel  Emerson,  son  of  Jonathan 
Emerson,  was  born  at  Haverhill,  January  8, 
1707-08.  He  married  Tryphane  Webster.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Haverhill :  Daniel,  March  24, 
1735;  Sarah,  September  9,  1737;  Lois,  July 
13,  1740;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  John  Emerson,  son  of  Samuel  Emer- 
son, was  born  at  Haverhill,  October  17,  1742, 
and  was  called  "John  3d,"  to  distinguish  him 
from  others  of  the  name.  He  married  Ann 
Haseltine.  Children,  born  at  Haverhill :  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below ;  James,  born  May  4, 
1767;  Elizabeth,  October  4,  1769;  Samuel, 
December  31,  1771 ;  Joseph,  May  16,  1774; 
John,  Eebruary  10,  1777;  Polly,  June  22, 
1779;  Richard,  August  14.  1782;  Isaiah, 
r^Iarch  31,  1786;  Nancy,  March  4,  1790. 

(V)  Daniel  Emerson,  son  of  John  Emer- 
son, was  born  at  Haverhill,  February  17,  1765, 
and  died  at  Illyria,  Ohio,  about  1S49.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Athens  during  most  of  his  life, 
and  later  at  Illyria.  He  married Nut- 
ting, who  was  born  in  Norridgewock,  Maine, 
died  in  Illyria.  Children:  i.  Roberts,  died 
at  Athens,  killed  by  a  fall  from  his  father's 
grist  mill.  2.  Philip,  died  at  Eairfield,  Maine, 
a  farmer;  married  I.ydia  ^iIcKechnie,  of  Fair- 
field.    3.  Carter,  a  blacksmith,  died  in  Ohio; 

4.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  5.  Jonathan,  a 
farmer,   died    in   Athens.     6.    Alary,    died    in 

Ohio;   married  French    in   Ohio.      7. 

Fannie,    resides    in     Illvria,    married    


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i-rciicli,  a  farmer.     S.  Ann,  resides  in  Illyria, 
.i:;irrie(l  William  Walker,  farmer  and  Iiiniher- 

(\'l)  Samuel  Emerson,  son  of  Daniel  Em- 
iTson,  was  born  in  Athens,  Maine,  in  iSo;, 
.ind  died  in  Illyria,  Ohio,  December,  1S53.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  iiativVtown, 
nnd  followed  farming  in  Skowhegan,  Athens, 
Canaan,  Clinton,  IMaine,  finally  locating  in 
Illyria.  In  politics  he  was  independent.  He 
attended  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church.  He 
married  Fannie  Parlin,  who  was  born  in 
Athens,  about  1809,  and  died  at  Athens,  Som- 
erset county,  1S76.  Children:  i.  l'>ances, 
born  1827,  died  at  Harmony,  ^Maine;  married 
Willard  Richardson,  of  Waterville,  .Maine,  a 
farmer  afterw'ard  of  Harmony.  2.  Samuel, 
1829,  died  at  Skowhegan,  Maine,  November, 
191 1,  a  mill  owner;  married  Cynthia  Burrell, 
of  Canaan,  and  lived  at  Skowhegan.  3.  Orrin, 
1831,  resided  in  Montana,  attorney  and  con- 
tractor; was  at  one  time  state  treasurer.  4. 
Emeline,  1833 ;  married  Freeman  Tuttle,  of 
Astrina,  Alaine,  a  carpenter;  she  resides  at 
Richmond,  Maine,  with  her  son  Elmer.  5. 
Diantha,  1S17,  died  at  Garland,  Elaine,  190S; 
married  Mark  Avery,  of  Harmony,  Maine,  a 
farmer  and  merchant;  he  died  in  1912  at  Gar- 
land. 6.  Martm  L.,  mentioned  Lielow.  7. 
Elmer,  1842,  married  Ella  Phillips;  (second) 

;  he  is  a  carpenter  living  at  Richmond, 

Maine.  8.  Marcellus,  1844,  died  young.  9. 
Esther,  1846,  died  young.  10.  Aurelia,  184S, 
died  at  Athens ;  married  Bernam  Fox,  of 
Athens,  a  fanner. 

(VII)  Martin  Le  Forest  Emerson,  son  of 
Samuel  Emerson,  was  born  at  Norridgewock, 
Maine,  November  iS,  1839.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  in  Athens,  Harmony,  Canaan 
and  Lewiston,  Elaine.  He  began  to  work  in  a 
saw  mill  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  and  con- 
tinued until  1861.  He  was  also  engaged  in 
clearing  farms  in  Island  Falls,  that  county, 
until  1875,  when  he  bought  land  in  Island 
Falls  and  cleared  a  farm.  In  1901  ho  removed 
to  the  village  of  Island  Falls.  He  and  his  son 
Dclniont  are  now  the  owners  of  25,000  acres 
of  forest  land.  He  also  owns  a  number  of 
excellent  farms.  Fie  had  a  large  saw  mill 
which  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  October,  191 1. 
He  is  president  of  the  r^Iattawamkeag  Lumber 
Company,  of  which  since  October,  1912,  he 
and  his  son  have  been  half-owners.  This  com- 
pany brought  12,000,000  logs  to  the  saw  mills 
this  year  to  be  manufactured  into  lumber  for 
the  Boston  market.  The  mills  cost  originally 
$108,000.  In  politics  I\Ir.  Emerson  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  was  for  a  number  of  year,  assessor, 
selectman   and   member   of   the   school  board. 

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He  is  a  member  of  Islan.l  Falls  Lodge,  No. 
lo'i,  hVee  Masons,  and  has  been  senior  warden. 
He  was  furmerl)-  a  memlicr  of  the  Druiils,  of 
L-land  Falls. 

lie  married,  March  22,  iSfii,  at  Lewiston, 
Isabcllc  (i.  Carr,  who  was  born  at  Bowdoin- 
hani,  Maine,  July  12,  1837.  She  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  her  native  town.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  cluirch,  and  a 
charter  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star.  Nathaniel  Carr,  her  father,  was  born  in 
i8t2,  in  Bowdoinham,  and  died  there  in  De- 
cember, 1899.  He  was  a  ship  carpenter,  and 
worked  in  P.ath,  Richmond,  and  other  towns 
along  the  Kennebec  river.  Afterward  he  fol- 
lowed farming  in  Island  Falls.  He  was  a 
Democrat,  but  voted  for  Lincoln.  He  was  on 
the  school  board  and  was  selectman.  He  mar- 
ried Elvira  Small,  born  in  1817  at  Bowdoin- 
ham. Children  of  Nathaniel  Carr:  i.  Isabelle 
G.,  married  Martin  Le  Forest  Emerson,  men- 
tioned above.  2.  Joseph  Carr,  born  F"ebruary 
29,  1839.  died  1909,  in  Minneapolis;  married 
Flattie  Frank,  of  Slierman,  Maine.  3.  Julia 
Carr,  July  29,  184 1  ;  married  Henry  Coles- 
worthy,  of  Portland.  4.  Harriet,  June  7,  1844; 
married  Robert  Smart,  of  Patten.  5.  Jennie, 
March  24,  1S47;  married  Eugene  Dyer,  of 
l^imieus,  now  of  Minneapolis.  6.  Albert,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1853;  married  Mary  Jack,  of  Top- 
sham.  7.  Frank,  twin  of  Albert,  married  Jen- 
nie Jack,  of  To[)sham.  8.  Fred,  born  at  Lew- 
iston in  1862,  a  farmer  at  Island  Falls. 

Jose[)h  Carr,  father  of  Nathaniel  Carr,  was 
born  about  1782,  in  Maine  and  died  at  Bow- 
dcjinham  about  1857.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
shipwright.  He  was  a  Universalist.  He  mar- 
ried Sally  Purrington,  born  1785,  died  1S62. 
Children  of  Joseph  Carr:  i.  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned above.  2.  ]Mary,  married  Isaac  Var- 
num.  3.  Joshua  Purrington,  married  Caroline 
Starbird.  4.  William,  married  Ruth  Adams. 
5.  Courtney,  married  William  Johnson.  6. 
James  P.,  married  Statira  P'renche.  7.  Kate 
mariied  Jeremiah  Grover.  8.  Isaac,  died  aged 
twenty. 

Children  of  Martin  Le  Forest  Emerson,  i. 
Delmont,  born  at  Island  Falls,  April  20,  1864; 
educated  in  the  public  schools ;  mill  owner  and 
lumberman,  in  partnership  with  his  father; 
the  tirm  also  owns  a  general  store  in  Island 
I'alls;  a  Republican  in  politics  and  for  two 
terms  of  four  \ears  represented  the  town  in 
the  }ilaine  legislature  ;  member  of  the  school 
board;  married  M_\Ta  Morrison,  of  Sherman, 
Maine,  and  had  son  Roswell,  Au.gust,  1897.  2. 
Ralph  Waldo.  August  2,  iSr/j,  died  at  Ash- 
ville.  North  Carolina,  December  5,  1901 ;  was 
a  lumberman  and  land  owner,  and  died  worth 


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$65,000;  married  Pauline  Dow.  wlio  lives  at 
Island  Falls.  3.  Harold  L.,  March  24,  187 1, 
died  at  Island  Falls,  March  7,  1910:  was  a 
lumberman:  married  Clcneva  Walker,  now  of 
Lsland   I'alls. 


The    family    of    Bates,    Bate    or 
BATES     Bait,  as  the  name  was  variously 

spelled,  in  ancient  times  in  Eng- 
land is  one  of  the  oldest  in  England  and  many 
of  the  family,  both  in  England  and  America, 
have  achieved  distinction.  The  Bates  coat-of- 
arms  is  described  :  A  lion's  head  erased,  gules. 
The  name  is  derived  from  Bartelot  or  Bar- 
tholemcw.  Five  generations  of  the  family 
have  been  traced  in  England. 

(F)  Thomas  Bates  lived  in  Eydd.  parish  of 
All  Hallows,  county  Kent,  England,  and  died 
there  in  1485.  (II)  John  Bates,  son  of  Thomas 
Bates,  died  at  Lydd.  1522.  (Ill)  Andrew 
Bates,  son  of  John  Bates,  had  four  sons,  and 
died  at  Lydd  in  1533.  (IV)  John  (2)  Bates, 
son  of  Andrew  Bates,  died  at  Lydd.  in  15S0, 
leaving  three  sons.  (\')  James  Bates,  son  of 
John  (2)  Bates,  died  at  Lydd  in  1614.  Among 
his  children,  authorities  give  three  American 
pioneers — Clement,  mentioned  belo>\-;  Edward, 
who  settled  at  Weymouth,  ^Massachusetts ; 
James,  who  settled  at  Dorchester.  Massachu- 

seils. 

(\T)  Clement  Bates,  son  of  James  I'.ate:-, 
was  born  in  Hingham.  county  Kent.  England. 
in  1595.  When  he  was  forty  years  old,  he 
sailed  with  his  wife  Ann,  also  aged  forty, 
April  6,  1635,  on  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  William 
Stagg.  master.  He  was  also  accompanied  by 
his  five  children.  He  settled  at  flinghanv, 
Massachusetts,  about  the  same  time  that  Rev. 
Peter  Hobart's  company  arrived  in  Septem- 
ber, 1635.  and  he  had  a  homestead  of  five 
acres  granted  him  on  Town  street,  near  South 
street.  The  original  house  was  standing  at  last 
accounts  and  was  owned  by  descendants.  His 
wife  Anna  died  in  Hingham.  October  i,  1669. 
aged  seventy- four  years,  and  he  died  Septem- 
ber 17,  1671,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Flis  will 
was  dated  at  Hingham.  October  12.  1669,  and 
he  left  land  to  sons.  Joseph.  Benjamin  and 
Samuel.  Children:  /James,  born  1621  ;  Clem- 
ent, 1623;  Rachel,  1627 :"  Joseph.  1630;  Benja- 
min, 1633  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(\^II)  Samuel  Bates,  son  of  Clement  Ijatcs, 
was  baptized  in  Hingliam.  Massachusetts. 
Afarch  24,  1639.  He  married,  February  20, 
1666-67.  Lydia  Lapham.  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Tilden)  Lapham.  He  resided  on 
South  street.  Hingham.  In  16S5  he  was  one 
of  the  purchasers  of  .Aga\vam.  now  in  the 
town  of  Wareliam.  Massachusetts,  and  was 
one  of  the  committee  of  purchasers  and  one  of 


the  first  settlers.  .Agawam  is  now  called  Cre.a 
Neck  in  the  town  of  Wareliam.  i'lyniouth 
county.  Massachusetts.  Children,  born  at 
Hingham:  Lydia,  born  September  2,  if/*); 
Mary,  August  31,  1671,  died  young;  Sarah. 
December  23,  1673;  Anna.  .April  12,  1676,  in 
the  garrison  house  during  King  Philip's  war ; 
Judith.  .April  17,  1678;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Thomas,  March  17,  16S1-S2,  died  aged 
eleven  days;  David,  I'cbruary  22,  16S3-84. 
settled  at  Wareham ;  Mary,  April  12,  16S5, 
died  January  5,  1690-91. 

(\TH)  Samuel  (2)  Bates,  son  of  Samuel 
(1)  Bates,  was  born  at  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, February  28,  1679-S0.  He  and  his 
brother  David  settled  in  Wareliam.  and  are 
the  ancestors  of  the  Bates  family  of  that  town. 
They  belonged  to  the  church  at  Sandwich 
until  shortly  after  the  church  was  founded  in 
Wareham.  Their  children  were  baptized  at 
Sandwich.  Samuel  Bates  died  in  1730  in  his 
fifty-second  year,  according  to  his  gravestone 
in  the  old  cemetery  at  Indian  Neck.  Ware- 
ham. He  married  Margaret  Hamlin,  who 
died  July  5,  1764,  in  her  eighty-ninth  year,  and 
is  also  buried  at  .Agawa<n  (Indian  Neck  Cem- 
etery). Children:  Thomas,  born  1709.  died 
1804;  John,  1717,  soldier  in  the  Revolution; 
Barnabas,  mentioned  below :  David ;  Job.  re- 
moved to  Middletowii.  Connecticut;  Remem- 
ber;   Mary. 

(IX)  Barnabas  Bates,  son  of  Samuel  12) 
Bates,  was  born  in  Wareham.  Massachusetts, 
in  1719.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war,  enlisting  March  4,  1745,  for  the 
Cape  Breton  Expedition.  He  and  his  brother 
Thomas  are  ancestors  of  most  of  the  family 
in  \\'areliam.  He  was  received  from  the  Sec- 
ond Church  of  Sandwich  by  letter  to  the 
\\'areham  Church.  February  11.  1749-50.  He 
married,  at  Wareham,  September  17,  1747, 
Phebe  Gibbs.  Barney's  Point  was  nam.ed  for 
Barnabas  Bates  and  Lydia's  Island,  Wareham. 
for  the  wife  of  Thomas  Bates.  Lydia  was 
dismissed  from  the  Sandwich  Church.  October 
21,  1744,  to  Wareham.  Barnabas  Bates  was 
a  prominent  citizen  and  held  various  town 
offices.  Children  :  Barnabas,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Joseph,  born  ^fay  4,  1750;  Betsey,  June 
I,  1752;  Asa,  August  13.  1754;  Samuel,  Jan- 
uary 6.  1757;  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
Phebe.  June  29.  1759;  .Abigail,  October  4. 
1761  ;  Mercy,  Xovember  2,  1763;  Zilpah,  May 
27.  1766;  Joshua,  June  8,  1768;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Isaac,  January  20,  1773. 

(X)  Barnabas  (2)  Bates,  .son  of  Barnabas 
(U  Bates,  was  born  at  Wareham.  Massachu- 
setts. June  15.  1748.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
I^evohition.  He  was  clerk  of  the  proprietors 
of  tlie  Agawam  Purchase  and  a  leading  citi- 


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,,•,1.     He  married   Sylvia .      Children, 

l«.rn  at  Wareham;  William.  Rarnabas.  Ste- 
[iheii,  Josiali.  mentioned  below :  Susan  and 
[dim,  probably  in  Maine. 

(XI)  Josiah  Rates,  son  of  Rarnabas  (2) 
r.ati's,  was  born  in  Kennebec  countv,  Maine, 
iSoi,  died  at  Moro,  Maine,  in  1S66.  lie  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Fairfield,  and 
from  boyhood  followed  farming.  lie  removed 
to  Moro  among  the  pioneers  of  the  town  and 
cleared  a  farm  on  which  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Methodist  church,  fie  married  Sophro- 
nia  MnxJm,  born  at  Plymouth  county,  Massa- 
cliusctts.  1801,  died  at  Kloro,  18S3.     Children: 

1.  Sylvia,  born  1820,  died  at  Moro,  i<:)io;  mar- 
ried Edward  Collins,  a  native  of  Ireland  ;  they 
lived  in  Kennebec  county  aiid  later  at  Moro, 
where  he  was  a  farmer.  2.  Stephen  Toby, 
mentioned  below.  3,  David  B.,  born  1830; 
resides  in  Moro,  a  farmer;  married  (first) 
Isabelle  Green,  and  (second)  ^lary  Curtis,  of 
Enfield,  Maine.  4.  Albert  H.,  born  1832;  re- 
sides in  Moro :  married  Martha  Taber,  of 
Houlton. 

(XII)  Stephen  Toby  Rates,  son  of  Josiah 
Bates,  was  born  at  Fairfield  or  Palmyra, 
Maine,  about  1822,  died  in  \'irginia,  luly, 
i'^'^4  He  -ittpnripri  t-!,^  p,iw;.-  ^^h.^nh,  0+  Fp-V- 
field,  and  came  to  Hersey  with  his  parents  and 
took  up  land  tliere.  He  enlisted  in  January, 
i8(j3,  in  the  Thirty-first  Regiment  Maine  Vol- 
unteer Infantry  and  served  in  Comjiany  A 
until  he  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Spottsylva- 
nia.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist church.  He  married  Lillian  Ann  Mitch- 
ell, born  in  county  Derry.  Ireland,  August. 
1823,  died  at  Hersey,  Maine,  January.  1896. 
She  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  woman 
and  went  to  live  with  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Lillie 
Ann  (Mitchell)  Stephenson,  at  Cold  Stream, 
New^  Rrunswick,  Canada.  She  was  a  devout 
Methodist.-  James  2^Iitchell,  her  father,  was 
born  in  England  and  died  in  county  Derry, 
Ireland.  He  lived  in  the  town  of  Refow 
abiiut  twelve  miles  from  Londoiidcrr\-,  Ire- 
l;;iid,  and  followed  farming.  He  owned  thor- 
oughbred horses,  gamecocks  and  hunting  dogs 
and  lived  the  life  of  a  country  gentleman.  He 
married  Isabelle  Thompson,  born  in  Scotland, 
died  in  county  Derry,  Ireland.  Children  of 
James  and  Isabelle  Mitchell:  John,  born  1821, 
died  in  Ireland  ;  Lillian  Ann,  married  Josiah 
P>ates,  mentioned  above:  James,  born  1825, 
died  in  Ireland;  William  and  Relle,  both  died 
in  Ireland.  Children  of  Josiah  and  Lillian 
Ann  Rates:     i.  William  H.,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Isabelle,  born  June.  1853,  at  Moro,  died  of 
diphtheria  in  i8n4  during  an  epidemic  that 
took  also  the  three  younger  children.     3.   Lil- 


lie .\mi,  bi.rn  1855.  4.  Oliver,  born  1857.  5. 
John,   born    1850. 

(XIll)  William  H.  R.ates,  son  of  Stejihcu 
Toby  Bates,  was  born  in  Moro,  Maine,  April 
24,  1832.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  When  a  young  man  he  bought  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  si.xty  acres  of  land 
in  Moro  and  he  has  cultivated  it  with  marked 
success.  From  time  to  time  he  has  added  to 
his  possessions  until  he  now  owns  three  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres.  He  is  active  in  public 
affairs.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican. 
He  has  been  selectman  of  the  town  for 
eighteen  years:  lias  been  chairman  for  si.x. 
years;  has  served  six  years  on  the  school 
board :  for  twenty-two  years  he  was  deputy 
sheriff  under  Sheriffs  Bolton,  Sharp.  Levi  H. 
Gray.  Martin  Lawless,  Fred  Thurlow,  Alma 
G.  Bryson,  and  continues  in  office  at  the 
present  time ;  has  been  assessor  and  overseer 
of  the  poor  for  eighteen  years.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Katahdin  Lodge,  X"©.  98,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  I'atten ;  of  Pomola 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  is 
a  policy-holder  in  the  Vermont  Insurance 
Company  ;  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  of  Houlton;  of  Oak- 
field  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  was 
formerly  interested  financiallv  in  the  Katahdin 
Telephone  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  has 
been  steward  and  trustee. 

I\Ir.  Bates  married,  November  3.  1877,  at 
Hersey.  Lizzie  Mitchell,  born  at  Medford, 
Massachusetts,  February  21,  1S53.  Her  par- 
ents removed  to  Linncus.  Maine,  when  she 
was  very  young,  and  she  attended  the  public 
schools  there.  She  is  a  daugliter  of  Robert 
Mitchell,  born  in  Avon,  Maine,  1812,  resided 
in  Linneus,  but  died  in  Hersey  in  1896.  He 
was  a  farmer  all  his  life.  He  lived  in  Med- 
ford, Massachusetts,  for  a  time ;  also  in  Tin- 
mouth,  Vermont,  where  he  followed  the  trade 
of  stone  mason.  In  politics  j\lr.  Mitchell  was 
a  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Free 
Will  Baptist  church.  He  married  Mary  (Mc- 
Cusker)  Dorris,  born  in  county  Derry,  Ire- 
land. 1826.  died  at  Moro.  Maine,  1892.  Fler 
parents  removed  to  Linneus.  Maine,  when  she 
was  a  young  girl.  She  married  (first)  in  county 

Derry.  Dorris  and  had  two  children: 

John,  who  died  in  the  service  in  the  civil  war, 
and  Mary,  who  married  Simeon  Card,  a 
machinist:  she  is  living  at  ^Mansfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children  of  Robert  and  Mary  Mitch- 
ell:  I.  Lizzie,  married  William  H.  Bates, 
mentioned  above.  2.  George,  born  September 
ID,  1857,  in  Linneus.  died  at  Moro.  X'ovemher. 
1870.  3.  Clark,  born  at  Linneus,  1839,  died 
young.     4.  John,  born  January  29,  1865;  mar- 


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ried  (first)  Angie  l-'.hvcll,  of  Sherman,  Maine; 
(second)  Irene  Kirkpatrick,  of  .Merrill.  Kc.b- 
ert  Mitchell  had  a  hroilier  James,  a  physician, 
and  a  brother  \\  illiani,  both  of  whom  went 
west. 

Children  of  William  H.  Dates:  i.  Irving 
I.,  born  July  20,  1S84,  at  Horsey;  graduate  of 
the  Patten  High  School;  now  a  farmer  in 
summer  and  clerk  in  the  woods  in  the  lumber 
business  in  winter;  married  Mabel  Ellen  Stew- 
art, of  Hodgdon,  Maine,  November,  1907,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Elizabeth  Pauline,  born 
August  16,  191 1  ;  they  reside  at  Dyer  Pirool:; 
lie  is  a  member  of  Katahdin  Lodge,  No.  9S, 
Erec  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  holds  a  pol- 
icy in  the  Union  Mutual  Insurance  Company. 

2.  Winfield  Scott,  bom  at  Plersey,  August  24, 
1890;  educated  in  the  Elersey  public  schools 
and  the  Ricker  Classical  Institute  of  Houl- 
ton ;  he  is  a  policy-holder  in  the  Vermont  In- 
surance Company;  married  Bertha  Cunning- 
ham in  April,  1909;  she  was  born  at  Mt. 
Chase,  January  8,  1890;  children:  Marshall, 
born  May  18,  191 1;  Thurley,  August  6,  1912. 

(X)  Thomas  (z)  Bates,  son  of  Barnabas 
Bates,  was  horn  in  Wareham,  Massachusetts, 
January  6,  1757,  twin  of  Samuel.  Pie  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution  from  Warehnm^ 
called  Thomas  2d  in  the  records  to  distinguish, 
him  from  an  uncle  or  cousui  of  the  same  name 
in  Wareham.  He  was  a  fifer  in  Captain  John 
Gibbs'  company.  Colonel  Ebenezer  Sprout's 
regiment  in  1778  at  Falmouth  on  the  Eliza- 
beth Islands  alarm,  also  in  Captain  Elish.a 
Hackett's  company.  Colonel  Benjamin  Hawes' 
regiment  of  Plymouth  county,  at  Rhode 
Island,  1779,  ai'd  at  Falmouth  in  the  same 
year.  He  settled  at  \\'atervillc,  formerly  Teii 
Lots,  Maine.  He  married,  at  Wareham,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1782,  Ruth  Besse.  Children:  Con- 
stantine,  born  at  Sandwich,  June  10,  17S3.  set- 
tled at  Waterville  ;  and  others. 

(X)  John  (3)  Bates,  brother  of  Thomas 
(2)  Bates,  was  born  at  Wareham,  Massachu- 
setts, May  10,  1770.  He  married,  at  Ware- 
ham, March  3,  1791,  Experience  Pesse.  Pie 
removed  to  Waterville,  Maine. 

(XI)  John  (4)  Bates,  son  of  John  (3)  or 
Thomas  (2)  Bates,  was  born  about  1800,  died 
at  Ten  Lots,  I\Iaine,  1871.  He  v.-as  a  farmer 
in  Waterville,  }tlaine,  then  called  Ten  Lots, 
all  his  active  life.  In  politics  he  was  originally 
a  Whig,  later  a  Republican.  He  was  a  deacon 
of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church.  Children, 
born  at  Ten  Lots  (order  of  birth  not  known)  : 
I.  Joshua,  drowned  in  the  Kennebec  river; 
married  Otis,  of  Waten.-ille.  2.  Sam- 
uel, a  farmer,  died  at  Waterville,  unmarried. 

3.  Solomon,  mentioned  belov,-.  4.  George,  a 
farmer,  died  at   Moro,  ]\Iaine ;  enlisted   from 


Mf.iro  in  1861  and  served  one  year  in  the  }''.lev- 
enth  Maine  ]\ogimcnt  in  the  civil  war;  mar- 
ried Jane  Mcfneary,  of  Limieus,  Maine.  5. 
John,  died  at  Norridgewock,  Maine,  a  farmer; 
married  Mary  Olin,  of  Dexter,  Maine.  6. 
j\Iary,  died  at  Garland,  Maine ;  married  Jacob 
Haskell,  a  farmer,  who  died  at  Garland.  7. 
Salome,  died  young,  at  \Vatcrville.  8.  Sarali, 
died  at  Dexter;  married  Murry  Haskell,  of 
Garland. 

(XII)  Solomon  Bates,  son  of  John  (4) 
Bates,  was  born  at  W'aterville,  Maine,  March 
24,  1825,  died  at  Hcrsey,  Maine,  December, 
1906.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Waterville.  When  a  young  man  he  worked  in 
the  lumber  business  and  on  the  farm  of  Jolm 
Otis,  of  Waterville.  He  was  also  employed 
for  a  time  in  Tautman's  mill  on  the  Kennebec 
river.  After  he  married  he  bought  land  in 
Moro  and  cleared  a  farm  on  which  he  lived 
until  1870,  when  he  bought  another  farm  at 
Hersey  and  sold  the  farm  at  Moro.  On  the 
farm  at  Hersey  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
days.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
was  an  active  and  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was 
steward  and  trustee.  During  the  civil  war  he 
was  drafted,  but  was  rejected  on  account  of 
physical  disability. 

He  married  Cynthia  G.  Bates,  born  at 
Waterville,  Maine,  September  25,  1825,  died 
at  Plersey,  March  25,  1901,  daughter  of  Con- 
stantine  Bates.  Her  father  died  in  Waterville, 
Maine,  in  1864.  Pie  was  a  farmer  at  Ten  Lots, 
a  W'hig  in  politics,  later  a  Republican,  and  a 
member  of  the  Free  W^ill  Baptist  church  ;  mar- 
ried, March  10,  1803,  Sally  Blackwell,  born 
January  5,  1785,  and  had  Asa  Blackwell,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1807,  Anson,  Sophronia,  Phebe  and  Cyn- 
thia S.  Children  of  Solomon  Bates  :  I.Laura 
Etta,  born  1850;  married  Amos  Chase,  of 
Togus,  Maine,  a  farmer  and  lumber  manufac- 
turer, wdio  died  at  Moro,  Maine,  iSSS;  she 
resides  at  Moro;  children:  Samuel,  resides  in 
iMoro,  a  merchant,  carpenter  and  farmer,  mar- 
ried Gertrude  Bates  and  had  children,  born  at 
Moro:  Marion,  born  December  29,  1896, 
Augusta,  September  9,  1899;  Norman,  Febru- 
ary 7.  1903  ;  Hazel,  April  7,  1905  ;  Lizzie,  mar- 
ried John  Grant,  of  New  Limerick,  Maine,  a 
carjientcr,  now  living  in  Patten,  and  had  a 
daughter  Augusta  Chase,  who  died  young.  2. 
Leazer,  born  1852,  died  at  Moro  in  1863.  3. 
I-Vank,  born  1854;  married  Angeline  Bates,  of 
Moro,  now  of  Patten:  he  is  a  carpenter;  chil- 
dren ;  Lottie,  married  Allen  Brewer,  of  New- 
port, a  dairyman;  Gertrude,  married  Samuel 
Chase ;  Delia,  married  Charles  Lawrence,  a 
carpenter  and  merchant  of  Gardiner:  Lewis, 
a  blacksmith  at   Patten,  married   Bessie  Gun- 


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riiiyham;  Aiigri'sta,  married  George  Darliiit:, 
farmer,  Seattle,  Washington  ;  Fred,  of  Patten  ; 
Carrie.  4.  Abbie,  born  1S56:  married  Cieorjje 
fiinninsbam,  of  Xew  Brunswick,  now  of 
Draggvillc,  Maine,  a  fanner;  children:  Ella, 
married  Lige  Arbo,  farmer  and  guide  of  Mt. 
Chase,  Maine;  Edith,  married  AUen  I-"eni- 
more,  of  Hcrsey;  Minnie,  married  l'>ed  Kyle, 
of  llragg\-iile,  a  guide;  Alma,  married  Albert 
Dunn,  farmer  at  Mt.  Chase;  Winifred,  mar- 
ried Everett  Bates,  farmer,  at  ]\lerrill;  B.ertha, 
r-iarried  .Scott  Bates,  farmer,  Moro;  Emma, 
unmarried,  resides  at  Bragg\-ille;  Fred; 
Frank,  teacher  at  Moro;  Carl.  5.  George  Ed- 
gar, mentioned  below.  6.  Lorinda,  born  1S60, 
died  young,  at  ;\Ioro.  7.  Helen,  born  1862; 
married  Nelson  Ryder,  of  Mt.  Chase,  a  farmer, 
now  living  at  Madison,  Maine;  children: 
George,  born  at  Mt.  Chase,  18S4,  resides  on  a 
ranch  at  Winnipeg,  Canada  ;  Lettie,  deceased  ; 
Roy,  born  1895 ;  Ralpli,  born  at  Wyoming, 
Delaware.  8.  Stephen,  born  1S64;  married 
Effie  Miller,  of  Liimeus ;  resides  at  Moro,  and 
has  charge  of  the  woods  and  river  drive ;  chil- 
dren:  Nita,  Mona,  Dorris,  Herbert,  Edna, 
Rex,  Delmont,  Harold.  9.  Augusta,  born 
1866,  died  young,  at  Moro.     10.  Emma,  born 

tS^^8:    ni->'-riprt     ..Mpvnnrler    Cimning'^-'ni,    r^n^y 

living  in  Winnipeg,  Canada  ;  children  :  How- 
ard, of  Patten;  'VN'alter  and  Robert,  of  Bangor. 
II.  Annie,  born  1870;  married  Edward  Ken- 
nedy, of  Littleton,  Maine ;  resides  at  r^Ioro, 
a  farmer ;  children:  George.  Eleazer,  Warren, 
Ilora,   Cynthia.  Gustave,   Emma. 

(XHI)  George  Edgar  Bates,  son  of  Solo- 
mon Bates,  was  born  at  Hersey.  Maine,  Feb- 
ruary II.  1858.  Pie  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  began  to 
work  in  the  woods  and  on  the  river  drive 
when  a  boy  and  he  also  assisted  his  father  on 
the  homestead  until  1899.  He  is  a  member  of 
Patten  Lodge.  No.  98.  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  Pie  married.  January  5,  1S89,  at 
Hersey,  Laura  Mitchell,  born  at  Linneus, 
Maine,  1864,  died  at  Hersey.  August  30.  1907, 
a  daughter  of  Orrin  Mitchell,  born  1848.  a 
farmer  in  Moro,  a  Republican  in  politics.  Her 
mother,  Augusta  (Hutchinson)  Mitchell,  died 
at  Linneus  in  1875.  Children  of  Orrin  Mitch- 
ell:  I.  Laura,  mentioned  above.  2.  John, 
born  1866;  died  at  Argyle,  1912;  married  Eva 
Spencer,  of  Argyle,  Maine;  she  died  there  in 
1911.  3.  \"ernon,  born  at  Linneus,  1S68.  died 
19*37.  unmarried.  4.  Clark,  born  at  Oaktield, 
1882.  died  at  Merrill.  1905;  was  a  farmer; 
married  Evalina  Rockwell,  of  New  Bruns- 
wick; she  married  (second)  Arthur  Mitchell. 
Children  of  George  Edgar  Bates:  i.  -Ada, 
born  at  Hersey.  July  9.  iSoo;  married  Leston 
Kennedv.  born  at  Monticello,  Maine  ;  children  : 


R.^y.  b..ni  March  u,  n>-);  Uena,  May  I, 
im  1  ;  Leon,  June  8,  1913.  2.  Harold,  born  at 
Hersey,  .September  12,  1891,  died  November, 
1897.  3.  Graydon,  born  C)ctober  17,  1892.  4. 
Asa,  born  September,  1895.  5.  Amos,  born 
November  9.  1897.  6.  \'ane,  born  October  29, 
1900.  7.  Frank,  born  March  16,  1902.  S. 
Annie,  born   May  23,    1904. 


GRj; 


']"he  Grindlc  family  settled  on 
the  Penobscot  river  before  the 
revolutionary  war,  in  which 
Reuben.  D.uiiel  and  Ichabod  Grindle  were  in 
Cajitain  William  Reed's  com[)any  at  ]\Lnchias 
in  1777.  William  Grindle  was  in  Cajitain  John 
Lane's  company,  at  the  defence  of  Gloucester, 
November  i.  1775,  to  Decemb:^r  31  of  that 
year.  He  was  in  the  same  company  July  to 
November,  1775,  at  Penobscot.  In  the  census 
of  1790  John,  Ichabod,  Reuben  and  John  Grin- 
dle Jr.  were  lieads  of  families  at  Penobscot, 
Hancock  coiuity,  Maine.  In  the  adjacent  town 
of  Sedgwick,  Maine,  lived  Joshua  and  William 
Grindle.  These  were  brothers  or  closely  re- 
lated. Their  descendants  are  now  numerous 
in  Maine  and  other  states. 

(II)  William  Grindlc,  son  or  nephew  of 
AN'ill'am  Grindle,  was  horn  about  1775  in 
Penobscot  or  vicinity.  He  had  a  son  William, 
mentioned  below. 

(HI)  William  (2)  Grindle,  son  of  William 
( I )  Grindle.  was  born  at  South  Penobscot, 
I^laine,  died  there  in  1884.  He  was  a  farmer 
all  his  active  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  was  active  in  the  temper- 
ance movement  and  prominent  in  the  Knights 
of  Good  Templars.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Pilgrims.  In  early  life  he  was  a 
Whig  in  polities,  but  when  the  W'h\g  party  dis- 
solved he  became  a  Republican.  He  was  state 
senator  of  Maine  for  two  years,  a  member  of 
the  governor's  council  during  the  administra- 
tion of  Govei'nor  Dingley  and  of  Governor 
Perham.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years  col- 
lector of  customs  for  western  Hancock  county. 
He  married  Eliza  Perkins,  born  at  South 
P'enobscot,  Maine,  in  1806.  died  there  about 
iSSf).  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
Children,  born  at  South  Penobscot:  i.  Jewett, 
a   farmer.    South    Penobscot;   married    (first) 

.     (second)     Flora    -Leach:    child     by 

first  wife:  Eliza,  married  Frank  Binder,  re- 
side- in  Pennsylvania:  child  by  second  wife: 
William,  an  electrician,  served  in  the  civil  v.ar, 
resides  at  Sound,  Maine.  2.  .Vugustus,  farmer, 
South  Penobscot ;  married  Inez  Perkins :  he 
served  four  years  in  the  civil  war;  children: 
Fred,  died  young:  Herbert,  farmer.  South 
Penobscot.  3.  Stilhnan.  mariner,  lost  at  sea. 
4.    Clara,    resides    at    Sargentville;    married 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


(first) Leach.,  who  was  in  the  civil  war, 

killed  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg;  married 
(second)  Elisha  R.  Bowden,  of  South  I'cnob- 
scot,  a  merchant  and  brick  manufacturer;  cliil- 
dien  by  second  marriage:  Ellery,  an  attorney 
at  Winterjiort,  has  been  county  attorney  aiul 
district  attorney  of  Waldo  county ;  \Vilma, 
resides  at  Aledrield,  a  farmer ;  \'esta,  died  un- 
married ;  Flora,  graduate  of  the  .Ga~tine  Xor- 
mal  School,  1909,  teacher  at  Mull,  .Massachu- 
setts; Chandler,  clerk,  Sargentville.  Maine. 
5.  Arthur  ^L,  niLntioned  below.  6.  Lucius, 
married  and  has  a  son  Stillman,  stone  cutter, 
South  I'enobscoi. 

(IV)  Arthur  M.  Grindle,  son  of  William 
(2)  Grindle,  was  born  at  South  I'cnobscot, 
lilaine,  in  1844.  l^e  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools,  and  has  followed  farming  there 
all  his  active  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen.  He  married  Ada 
A.  Littlefield,  born  at  i'enobscot,  Maine,  1854, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools. 
Nelson  Littlefield,  her  father,  was  born  in  the 
vicinity  of  Penobscot,  where  he  died  in  1907, 
aged  about  eighty  years.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Penobscot  during  the  ereater  nart  of  his  lifp 
In  politics  he  was  originally  a  \Miig,  later  a 
Republican.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  one 
child,  Ada  A.  Littlefield,  mentioned  above.  He 
married  (second)  Julia  Leach,  of  South  Penob- 
scot, and  had  one  child,  Hattie  Littlefield,  who 
died  unmarried.  The  Littlehelds  settled  with 
the  pioneers  of  Wells,  ]\iaine,  and  the  family 
has  been  prominent  in  the  state  of  Maine. 
Children  of  Arthur  ^L  Grindle:  i.  Son,  died 
young.  2.  Son,  died  young.  3.  Lucius  Merrill, 
born  1873;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Penobscot ;  resides  at  South  Penobscot,  a  car- 
penter;  married  Mabel  Gray,  of  Blue  Hill, 
Maine;  children:  Una,  Amy,  Joy,  and  one 
other  daughter.  4.  Nan  J.,  born  iSSi ;  edu- 
cated in  the  Penobscot  schools,  graduate  of  the 
Castine  State  Normal  School,  1900;  has  taught 
school  in  I'enobscot,  Warren,  Maine  ;  \\  hitins- 
ville,  }\Iassachusetts,  and  for  the  past  five 
years  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  5.  Thomas 
S.,  born  August,  1S85 ;  superintendent  of 
schools  at  P>lue  Hill,  Brooklyn  and  Sedgwick. 
Maine;  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Castine  and  the  Coburn  Classical  Institute, 
Waterville.  Maine,  1909,  of  Colby  College, 
1912,  v^-ith.  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science; 
was  principal  of  Penob.scot  schools  one  year 
and  of  the  Baring  high  school,  Baring,  Maine, 
for  one  year,  after  leaving  college.  6.  Wade 
L.,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Wade  L.  Grindle,  son  of  .Arthur  M. 
Grindle,  was  born  at  South  Penobscot,  Maine, 
October    19,    1S88.      He    attended    the   public 


schools  of  his  native  town,  the  George  Stevens 
Academy,  I!lue  Mill,  from  which  he  graduated 
i:i  11707,  and  Bales  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  .\rts 
in  1913.  In  college  he  was  active  in  the  work 
of  the  Yc>ung  Men's  Cl'ristian  Association,  of 
which  he  was  delegate  to  the  Northticld  con- 
ference. He  was  president  of  the  Pierian 
Literary  Society  and  of  the  Student  Council. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Parker  Hall  Asso- 
ciation ;  charter  member  of  the  Politics  Club, 
of  which  he  was  ticasurer;  member  of  the  ad- 
visory board  of  the  Athletic  Association,  and 
of  the  Intercollegiate  Debating  Team.  He  is  a 
wearer  of  the  Drew  Medal.  He  was  editor-in- 
chief  of  the  Minor,  a  college  aimual ;  was 
chairman  of  the  class  executive  committee, 
assistant  in  oratory  and  senior  exhibition 
speaker.  He  is  now  a  member  of  Bates  Col- 
lege Club.  In  politics  he  is  independent.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry, of  North  Haven.  He  has  been  a 
school  teacher  in  Franklin  and  Hancock  and 
principal  of  the  Caratunk  high  school  one  year  ; 
principal  of  the  North  Haven  high  school  one 
year,  and  is  at  present  principal  of  the  high 
qchnol  at  Easton,  Maine. 


Hugh   Alley,   the   immigrant   an- 
ALLEV     cestor,   was  born   in   England   in 

160S,  and  came  to  New  England 
in  1635  in  the  ship  "Abigail"  from  London. 
He  gave  his  age  as  t\\'enty-seven  years.  He 
came  in  the  service  of  Henry  Collins,  and  set- 
tled at  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  He  deposed  in 
1662  that  he  was  aged  about  fifty-three.  He 
owned  land  at  Nahant.  He  died  January  25. 
1673.  His  will,  dated  January  2,  1673,  proved 
July  2,  1673,  bequeathed  to  wife  Mary,  son 
John  and  his  cl.ildren,  grandchild  Eleazer  Lin- 
sey,  and  to  Martha  Willis  and  her  child  Mar- 
tha. Children,  born  at  Lynn:  Mary,  January 
6,  1641-42;  John,  November  30,  1646;  Martha, 
July  31,  1G49;  Sarah,  .April  15,  1651  ;  Hugh, 
C)ctober  15,  1653;  Solomon,  August  2,  1756, 
killed  in  King  Philip's  war;  Hannah,  June  i, 
1661  ;  Jacob,  September  5,  1663. 

(II)  Hugh  (2)  Alley,  son  of  Hugh  (i) 
Alley,  was  born  at  Lynn,  October  15,  1653. 
He  resided  before  his  marriage  with  the  widow 
of  Richard  Rooten,  of  Lynn.  He  was  a 
weaver  by  trade.  He  married,  December  8, 
i(j8r,  Rel>ecca  Hood.  His  estate  was  divided 
by  his  widow  Rebecca  and  his  children  in  1712. 
Children:  Solomon,  boru  October  11,  1682; 
Jacob,  January  28,  1683;  Eleazer,  November 
"i,  168'')";  Hannah,  .August  16,  1689;  Richard, 
July  3r,  ifVjr;  Joseph,  June  22,  ir>93;  Benja- 
"miii.  {"ebruary  24,  1^)94-95  ;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 


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(111)  Samuel  Alley,  son  of  Hugh  (2  I  Alley, 
ii-iiied  at  Lynn.  He  was  a  honsewriglu  and 
ii^hcrnian.  He  married,  December  12,  1728, 
.\l)iE;ail  Bassett.  who  died  November  2.  1767. 
ihildren:  Hugh,  born  September  5,  1729; 
Sarah,  May  28,  1732:  Rebecca.  December  31, 
1742;  Samuel,  a  Quaker,  was  living  in  Lynn, 
1703,  a  shipwright  by  trade,  removed  to  P.ris- 
tol,  Lincoln  county,  Elaine,  married,  July  16, 
1758,  Deborah  Breed,  (second)  January  12, 
177.1.  Sarah  Lincoln,  daughter  of  Beiijamin 
Lincoln.  Samuel  Alley  contested  the  will  of 
l;is  wife's  fatlier  in  I79f).  He  was  then  of 
i;oi)thl)ay,  IMaine.  In  1790  we  find  as  heads 
of  families  at  Boothbay,  according  to  the  cen- 
sus, lohn,  fohn  Jr.,  Ephraim,  Samuel  and 
Joshua. 

(I\')  Joshua  Alley,  believed  to  be  son  of 
Si.muel  xMlcy,  settled  with  Samuel  Alley  Jr.  at 
Doothbay,  Maine.  He  was  a  corporal  in  the 
revolution  in  1775.  Ephraim  Alley,  a  brother 
or  near  relative,  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, enlisting  for  three  years  in  17S0.  Wil- 
liam -Alley  antl  John  Alley  Jr.  were  in  the  war 
of  1S12  from  I'.oothbay.  John  Alley  Sr.  was 
of  Boothbav  and  probablv  another  brother  of 
Jr-'vn. 

(V)  Alexander  Alley,  son  of  Joshua  Alley, 
was  born  in  Hancock  (formerly  Lincoln) 
county,  Maine,  probably  at  Boothbay,  about 
1792.  He  died  at  Bridgewater  about  1S75. 
lie  was  a  farmer,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
a  pensioner  of  the  war  of  1812.     He  married 

Gray,   who   was  born   at    Brooksville, 

Maine,  and  died  at  Masardis.  Children:  i. 
Joshua,  (lied  at  Orland,  Maine :  married  ^Lary 
Harper,  of  Mount  Desert..  Maine.  2.  Na- 
thaniel Gushing,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jason, 
a  mariner,  last  heard  of  at  Sydney,  .Australia. 
.|.  .Alexander,  a  miller  and  lumberman  in 
Oregon ;  married  Annette  Bean,  of  lVesf|ue 
Isle :  he  served  in  the  civil  war.  5.  George,  a 
jobber  at  Frankfort.  ]\Iaine ;  married  .Augusta 
Haswell,  of  Monroe.  6.  John,  died  at  Frank- 
fort, a  stone  quarryman  :  married West. 

7  Martin,  resides  at  North  Eldreth.  Maine,  a 
farmer.  8.  ^largaret.  resides  at  Nohomid, 
Washington;  married  Alonzo  York,  of  Mon- 
roe, a  farmer.  9.  Louisa,  died  at  Orland, 
Maine:  married  Samuel  Gray.  10.  Sarah,  re- 
sides at  Frankfort;  married  Willard  Clark,  a 
stone  cutter  and  farmer.  II.  Elizabeth,  resides 
a'  Ma])lcton  ;  niariied  Henry  Braley.  a  farmer, 
of  Mapleton.  12.  Deborah  died  in  Surrey. 
Maine:  married  .Addison  Cunningham,  of  Sur- 
rey, a  farmer.  There  were  si.x  other  children, 
eighteen  in  all. 

(\'I)  Nathaniel  Gushing  .Alley,  son  of  .Alex- 
ander .Alley,  was  born  at  Orland.  Maine.  March 
25,  1830,  and  died  at  \\'ade,  Maine,  .April  29, 


i(K)8.  He  aitended  tlie  public  schools  and 
studii'd  medicine  at  Bucksport  in  the  office  of 
Dr.  Jonathan  Henderson.  He  had  a  farm  at 
Sheridan  I'lantation,  Maine,  for  a  time,  and 
afterward  practiced  medicine  in  Aroostook 
county.  He  removed  to  Wade,  Maine,  but 
died  three  weeks  after  locating  there,  lie  was 
in  early  life  a  Democrat,  afterward  a  Reinil)- 
lican.  tie  married  Nancy  Jane  Harper,  who 
was  born  at  .Mount  Desert  Island,  Maine,  Octo- 
ber II,  1831,  and  died  at  Castle  Hill,  July  17, 
1899.  She  was  a  pious  woman,  a  model  wife 
and  mother,  Thomas  Harper,  her  fatlier,  was 
born  at  xMt.  Desert  and  died  at  Blue  Hill, 
Alaine,  about  1868.  He  was  a  sea  captain. 
He  married Irish,  a  descendant  of  Gen- 
eral Irish,  of  the  revolutionary  army.  She 
died  at  Blue  Hills.  Children  of  Thomas 
Harper:  r.  Nicholas,  a  farmer,  died  at  North 
I'enobscot,  Maine.  2.  James,  a  farmer,  died 
at  North  Penob.scot.  3.  Charles,  died  at  Wal- 
tham,  Maine.  4.  Lemuel,  drowned  at  Surrey, 
when  a  young  man.  5.  Nancy  Jane,  married 
Nathaniel  Gushing  .Alley,  mentioned  above.  6. 
Hannah,  married  William  Mace,  farmer  and 
lumberman.  7.  Margaret,  married  George 
rvn<:hy  IVnpm.  Children  of  Nathaniel  Gush- 
ing .Alley:  i.  Nathaniel  Eldad,  born  October, 
1855;  expressman;  married  Rebecca  Bragg,  of 
Braggville,  Maine,  (second)  Mrs.  Mary  Hunt; 
they  reside  in  Allston,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Lemuel,  June  2,  1857;  married  (first)  Man- 
daney  Clendennon,  of  Castle  Hill,  (second) 
Mrs.  Melli  Walton,  widow  of  Alexander  Wal- 
ton, of  Caribou  ;  he  is  a  merchant  in  Holden, 
Maine.  3.  Elihu  Sanford,  March  2,  1859; 
married  (first)  Hattie  Mc.Alpin,  widow  of 
James,  (second)  Kate  Hartley,  of  New  r)runs- 
wick ;  farmer  of  Castle  Hill.  4.  Llewellyn 
I'ratt,  July.  1861  ;  married  Etta  Hazleton,  of 
Hancock,  Maine;  a  farmer  and  trader  at  Ded- 
ham,  !Maine.  5.  Frank,  February  10,  1S65; 
d'ed  May  17,  18S7,  unmarried.  6.  Georgia 
Ellen.  January  11,  1S67;  married  William 
Stairs,  of  New  Brunswick,  (second)  Heber 
Kimiey,  of  Swanville,  Maine,  where  they  re- 
side; he  is  a  farmer  and  trader  in  hides,  etc. 
7.  George  Oscar,  mentioned  below.  8.  Sophia 
Jane,  July  11,  1S71 ;  married  Elias  King,  now 
of  Jackson.  Alaine.  9.  Calvin,  February  20, 
1873,  died  at  Sheridan,  Maine,  May,  1877,  10. 
Mary.  May.  11,  1875;  married  Samuel  Jakins, 
of  \Vaterville.  a  farmer  at  Skowhegan. 

(  VH)  George  Oscar  Alley,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Gushing  Alley,  was  born  at  Winterville.  Maine, 
March  6,  1S69.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools.  He  assisted  his 
father  on  the  farm  in  summer  and  worked  as 
a  lumberman  irj  winter  until  he  was  twenty 
years  old.    After  he  left  home  he  continued  in 


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the  same  vocations  until  1S90.  when  he  bought 
a  farm  in  Castle  Hill.  About  the  same  time 
he  bought  another  farm  in  Sheridan,  and  in 
1912  he  bought  a  farm  in  Wade  Plantation, 
where  he  now  resides.  The  three  farms  aggre- 
gate four  hundred  acres,  of  which  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  are  under  cultivation  and  the 
remainder  is  good  timber  growth.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Adventist  churcli,  and  of  Hope  Lodge,  Xo. 
181,  of  A\'ashbinn,  of  the  Orangemen,  of 
which  he  has  been  worthy  master  for  tiic  past 
three  years;  of  Castle  Hill  Grange,  Patrons  of 
PJusbandry.  He  mariied,  at  Castle  Hill,  No- 
vember 5,  1893,  Carrie  Ida  Turner,  w'ho  was 
born  at  Castk-  Hill.  July  i,  1877.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  .Advent  Christian  church,  and 
Castle  Hill  Grange.  Preserved  Brayton 
Turner,  her  father,  was  born  in  York  county. 
Maine,  July  9..  1S43,  ^'i^  died  at  Castle  Hill, 
December  2"],  1905.  He  worked  at  the  trade 
of  cooper  in  Levant  and  Bangor,  Maine,  and 
was  afterward  a  farmer  in  Castle  Hill,  where 
he  died.  In  politics  Mr.  Turner  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  he  served  the  town  as  road  commis- 
sioner and  supervisor  of  schools.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  Post  of  Mapleton. 
He  enlisted  in  i86t  and  <;prv^d  for'-*'''en 
months,  then  reenlisted  and  served  another 
year  in  a  I\Iaine  regiment.  He  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Fredericksburg  and  Port  Hudson, 
and  in  one  engagement  was  shot  through  the 
leg.  He  married  Abbie  Jane  Simpson.  She 
resides  in  Castle  Hill.  She  was  bom  in  York 
county,  February  t6,  1845.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Advent  Christian  church.  Children: 
I.  Walter  Herbert,  born  1864:  mnrried  Hattic 
Mardin,  of  Castle  Hill ;  he  operates  a  thresh- 
ing machine  and  resides  at  Castle  Hill.  2. 
\\''ilmer  Frank  Turner,  born  September,  1866; 
married  Phoebe  Cox,  of  New  Brunswick,  and 
resides  at  Castle  Hill.  3.  \'ina  Estelle  Turner, 
born  186S:  married  James  Frank  Carter,  a 
farmer  of  Mapleton.  4.  Lillian  Isabelle 
Turner,  born  in  1870;  married  Lemuel  Waldo 
Carter,  of  MapUton,  a  farmer  of  that  town. 
5.  Charles  Nelson,  at  Castle  Hill,  1872,  died 
there  aged  ten  years.  6.  Carrie  Ida  Turner, 
married  George  Oscar  Alley,  mentioned  above. 

7.  Lizzie  Inez,  twin  of  the  preceding,  married 
Whitfield  Hanson,  a  stone  mason  of  Mapleton. 

8.  Leo  Scott  Turner,  born  ]\Iay  26,  1882,  at 
Castle  Hill :  married  Maude  Esterbrook.  of 
Blaine,  Elaine,  he  is  a  farmer  at  Castle  Hill. 

9.  Twin  of  Leo,  died  at  birth.  Horatio 
Turner,  father  of  Preserved  Brayton  Turner, 
was  born  in  England  and  settled  in  York 
county,  Maine,  where  he  was  a  pioneer  farmer. 
He  married  Sally  Call.  Their  children:  i. 
Jackson  Turner,  a  cooper,  died  at  Bangor.     2. 


Charles  Ttirnrr,  a  cooper,  died  at  Hcimon. 
3.  Preserved  Brayton,  mentioned  above.  4. 
Adaline  Turner,  married  James  Breckett,  of 
Hcrmou,  a  farmer  there.  5.  Sarah  Turner, 
died  at  Bangor;  married  James  Ilodgdon.  6. 
David  Turner,  a  cooper.  The  order  of  birth  is 
not  known. 

Children  of  George  Oscar  Alley:  i.  Bray- 
ton Calvin,  born  April  12,  1S95.  2.  Eva 
Estelle,  January  1,  i8'J7.  3.  Inez  Ida,  June  2. 
1S99.  4.  Inza  Nancy,  February  19,  1901.  5. 
Georgia  Ellen,  July  7,  1902.  6.  \'ina  Isabel, 
October  17,  1904.  7.  George  Walter,  October 
10,  1907.  8.  Doris  Caroline,  March  27,  190J. 
9.  Ada.  h'cbruavy  24,  191 2. 


According   to    the    history    of 

HOPKINS     Sheepscot      and      Newcastle, 

Maine,  this  family  of  Hopkins 

was    from    Ireland,    though    tlie    family    was 

doubtless  originally  from  England. 

(I)  Solomon  Hopkins,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England  or  the  North  of 
Iieland,  died  in  1761.  He  settled  in  New- 
castle before  1735  and  had  Lot  No.  12,  one 
hundred  acres,  afterwards  owned  by  Samuel 
Kennedy  and  later  by  Washington  Houdlette. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war  in  1761.  David  Hopkins,  of  Newcastle, 
was  appointed  administrator  of  his  estate,  Sep- 
tember II,  1761.  The  inventory  by  Benjamin 
Woolbridge.  John  Cunningham  and  Samuel 
Nichols.  November  11,  1761,  amounted  to  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  The  court  issued 
an  order  regarding  the  real  estate,  September 
4.  1765.  In  probate  of  his  estate  the  children 
of  his  son  ^^'illiam  and  of  his  son  Solomon 
are  mentioned.  William  is  mentioned  below. 
Solomon  had  children,  David  and  Mary  Wood. 
(ID  William  Hopkins,  son  of  Solomon 
Flopkins,  was  born  1710-20.  In  1736  he  re- 
ceived Lot  No.  10,  one  of  the  Tappan  lots  of 
Newcastle,  one  hundred  acres,  afterward 
owned  by  John  Flolmes.  According  to  the 
history  of  Newcastle  he  was  taken  prisoner 
by  the  Indians  and  did  in  Canada.  He  died 
before  1761,  when  his  father  died.  His  farm 
was  afterwarri  owned  by  Washington  Houd- 
lette. According  to  his  father's  probate  rec- 
ords his  children  were  Solomon,  Mary.  Mar- 
tha. Agnes  and  Jennet.  Martha  (Patty)  mar- 
ried Samuel  Kennedy:  Jennet  (Jenny)  mar- 
ried David  Soames.  William  and  David  Hop- 
kins were  petitioners  for  the  incorporation  of 
Newcastle.  May  25,  1750.  Mary,  widow  of 
William  Hopkins,  was  appointed  administra- 
trix. September  22,  1761,  Peter  Paterson  and 
Robert  Cochran,  sureties.  She  was  appointed 
guardian  of  her  children,  Solomon.  Mary,  Mar- 
tha, Agnes,  Jennet.     The  inventory  was  dated 


J  u'i-y.'i'i 


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^  Xovember   iS,   1761.     Subsequently  she  inar- 

f  ricd,  before  October  4,  1763,  v.hen  her  account 

r  v.ab  filed,   Hugh   Holmes.     There  was   prob- 

I.  nbly  also  a  William,  son  of  David.     Jn   1790, 

f  at  Balltown,  Lincoln  county,  William,  William 

I  I.  and  Solomon  Hopkins  were  heads  of  lani- 

f*  ilies;  another  Solomon  was  living  at  Newcastle 

I  and  a  third  at  Peppcrillboro,  ^.laine. 

r  (HI)   Solomon   (2)    Hopkins,  son  of  Wil- 

I  Ham  Hopkins,  was  born  about  1750.     He  was 

r  a  soldier  inthe  revolution.    He  was  in  Captain 

'  1:^-.^]  Dnv's'  company.  Jnnf^  t,   1776,  to  De- 

f  cember  5,  at  the  defence  of  ?!oothb'a'y.   He  was 

f:  .-ciitinel  in  Captain  Richard  Hodge's  company, 

y  Colonel  William  Jones'  regiment,  and  his  name 

fc  is  on  the  list  of  men  who  assisted  in  the  re- 

^  capture  of  the  ship  "Gruel''  from  the  "Rain- 

I  bow,"  September  10,^777.     He  was  of  Xew- 

I  castle   (sometimes  called  of  Jefferson)   in  the 

I  Third  Lincoln  County  Regiment  for  the  Conti- 

}  nental    army    engaged    for    Salisbury,    joined 

I  Captain  Israel  Davis'  company.  Colonel  V\'ig- 

\  glesworth's  regiment,  eidisting  for  three  years. 

I  He  was  private  in  Captain  Woodbridgc's  com- 

I  pany,  Colonel   Calvin   Smith's  regiment    (for- 

inierly  W'igglesworth's ),  February  3,  1777,  to 
'  December  31,  1779.  He  was  on  many  payrolls 
;n   \\'irvo!^c,vnrth'c    rPgi-m^nt        Jp    7778   he   wr. q 

at  Valley  Forge,  at  Camp  Greenwich  in  June, 
1778,  and  at  Providence  in  October,  1778.  He 
was  in  the  same  regiment  in  1779.  Fie  made 
a  deposition,  December  24,  1821,  when  he  was 
living  in  Jefferson,  Kennebec  county,  aged 
seventy-two  years,  stating  that  he  enlisted  in 
February  or  March,  1777,  in  Captain  Davis' 
company.  Colonel  Wigglesworth's,  afterward 
Colonel  Sprout's,  regiment,  and  served  until 
February,  1780,  being  discharged  at  West 
Point,  and  asked  for  money  still  due  him.  nam- 
ing Fbenezer  Billings  as  attorney  to  receive  it. 
Flis  claim  was  certified  to  by  Captain  Henry 
Scwall,  of  Colonel  Sprout's  regiment,  stating 
that  Flopkins  was  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne 
in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign.  Other  service 
credited  to  Solomon  Hopkins  indicates  that 
there  wa.s  another  of  the  same  name  in  Lincoln 
county,  and  the  census  of  1790  proves  that 
there  were  two  of  the  name  there.  The  other 
Solomon  may  have  been  a  son  of  Henry  Hop- 
kins, son  of  Solomon,  grandson  of  Solomon 
CI).  The  history  of  Sheepscot  mentions  an- 
other early  settler.  Christopher  Hopkins,  who 
came  there  about  the  same  time  as  Solomon 
and  his  family,  and  he  came  from  Devonshire. 
England.  It  is  possible  that  the  families  were 
related.  According  to  the  family  records  Solo- 
mon Hopkins  was  born  in  April,  1757,  died 
December  25,  1813.  If  these  dates  are  correct, 
the  David  Hopkins  who  made  the  affidavit  in 
1821   was  the  son  of  David,  and  part  of  the 


revolutionary  record  given  above  belongs  to 
him. 

Solomon  Hopkins  married  Esther  Plununer, 
born  in  October,  1764,  died  March  6,  1846. 
Children:  i.  David,  born  July  17,  1785,  died 
1S55.  2.  Bedheld,  born  August  27,  1786;  mar- 
ried   ;  cliildren:    Harriet,   Sarah  Jane, 

Roxaniia,  Mary  Ann,  Seth,  Eli.  3.  James, 
born  r^larch  5,  17S7,  died  1873.  4-  Solomon, 
born  October  23,  17S9.  5.  John,  October  17, 
1791.  6.  Samuel,  born  March  17,  1793.  7. 
"\\'i11iam,  born  April  iS,  1795,  died  Xovember 

13,  1869;  married  ;  childtcn:    William 

Jr.,  Nancy,  Sarah,  and  three  others.  8.  Rob- 
ert, mentioned  below.  9.  Alexander,  bom 
April  1 8,  1798.  10.  Lewis,  born  September  9, 
1799,  died  in  Worcester,  ^lassacliuselts ;  mar- 
ried   ;  children:   Lewis  Jr.  and  Eveline. 

II.  Daniel,  born  February  24,  1801 ;  moved 
to  Aroostook  Junction,  .\'ew  Brunswick;  a 
farmer  and  lumberman;  married ;  chil- 
dren: William,  resides  in  Aroostook  Junction; 
John  S.  and  Daniel,  of  Aroostook  Junction; 
Flannah,  married  Albert  Brewer,  a  bridge 
builder  of  ^^'oo^lstock,  Xew  Brunswick  ;  James, 
Robert,  Edward,  Alary  Jane,  Sarah  and  Eliz- 
abeth. 12.  Josiah,  born  April  29,  1803.  13. 
Jsne.  bnrn  December  26.  1804.  14.  Esther, 
born  September  28,  1806.  15.  Sarah,  born 
June  13,  iSoS.  16.  Xancy,  born  Xoveml.ier  12, 
iSio. 

(I\^)  Robert  Hopkins,  son  of  Solomon  (2) 
Hopkins,  was  born  in  Xorth  Xewcastle,  Maine, 
October  29.  1796,  died  in  Washington,  Decem- 
ber iS,  1882.  Fie  was  a  farmer  there  all  his 
active  life.  He  married  Mary  Montgomery, 
born   February  28,   1795,  died   Xovember    14, 

1874.  Children:  Margaret  Elizabeth,  born 
January  19,  1821.  died  September  i.  186S.  2. 
Irene  Ann,  born  July  17,  1822,  died  March  12, 

1875.  3.  Daniel,  mentioned  below.  4.  Alary 
Jane,  born  August  6,  1S25,  died  July  i,  1826. 
5.  Josiah  Lewis,  born  July  iS,  1827.  died  Octo- 
ber 17,  1864.  6.  Solomon  E.,  born  October 
29,  1829,  died  October   14,  1911. 

(V)  Daniel  Hopkins,  son  of  Robert  Hop- 
kins, was  born  at  Whitcfield,  Alaine,  March  20. 
1824,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  February  14.  1909. 
He  enlisted  in  1861  in  the  Sixteenth  Regiment 
Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served  to  the 
end  of  the  war.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  the  Wilderness,  being  shot  in  the  jaw. 
.After  the  war  he  followed  farming  in  Fort 
Fairfield  to  the  end  of  his  life.  In  politics  he 
was  independent.  He  married  Hannah  J. 
Xewhall.  born  at  Whitefield.  June  20.  1831, 
Maine,  died  at  Fort  b'airficld.  Xovember  20, 
1012.  Children:  i.  William,  born  January  16, 
1857,  died  June  11,  1S63.  2.  Lillian  K.,  born 
Tune  22,  1S60,  died  Xovember  8,  18S6;  mar- 


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ried  William  II.  noyiUon,  a  farmer  of  Skow- 
hegan  ;  children  :  Hannah,  born  April  i6.  K^Sj. 
a  graduate  of  Colby  College;  William  H.  Jr., 
born  October  20,  1S85,  a  farmer  at  Mercer, 
Maine.  3.  James  R.,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Eben  Solomon,  mentioned  below.  5.  Mattic 
E.,  born  in  Fort  b'airficld.  May  10,  1S70;  she 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  town 
and  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  1S91  ; 
she  afterward  took  a  course  in  Bucksport 
Seminary,  graduating  from  that  institution  in 
1896:  since  tliat  time  she  has  been  teaching  in 
the  public  schools  of  Maine  and  New  Ifamp- 
shire ;  for  the  past  fourteen  years  she  has  been 
connected  with  the  public  schools  of  Fort 
Fairfield,  and  for  four  years  of  that  time  she 
served  acceptably  as  superintend.^^t ;  she  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  6. 
Minnie  E.,  born  March  31,  1S73,  '''^d  Novem- 
ber 28,  1S76. 

Hannah  J.  (Xewhall)  Hopkins  traced  her 
ancestry  to  William  Mullens,  who,  accom- 
panied by  his  wife,  son  Joseph,  and  daughter 
Priscilla,  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower"  in 
1620.  \\'illiam  Mullens,  his  wife  and  son  died 
during  the  first  year.  Priscilla  married  John 
Alden  in  1621  or  162^  and  thpy  ^\'prp  tVin  pi--- 
ents  of  eleven  children.  John  Alden  v/as  hired 
by  Mr.  ^Mullens  as  a  cooper.  David  Alden. 
second  child  of  John  .-Mden,  was  born  in  i'>35. 
died  in  1719;  married  Mary  Southworth.  P'.en- 
jamin  Alden,  son  of  David  and  Mary  Alden, 

married  Hannah .     David  Alden,  born 

in  1717,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah  Alden, 
married  Elizabeth  Thorndilce  in  1750.  To 
them  were  born  nine  children.  Rebecca  Alden, 
daughter  of  David  Alden.  was  born  Septem- 
ber 17,  1762.  Rebecca  Alden  married  Henry 
Pendleton.  They  had  thirteen  children.  They 
moved  to  Xorthport,  Maine.  Judith  Pendle- 
ton, daughter  of  Henry  Pendleton,  married 
Thomas  Jefferson  \Mtherly.  Their  children 
were:  David,  Betsy,  Henry,  \Mlliam,  Rebecca. 
James,  Amos,  John.  Erastus.  Rebecca  With- 
erly,  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  Witherly,  married 
(first)  a  man  named  Bowles,  and  (second) 
James  Xewhall.  Their  children  were:  Har- 
riet, Hannah  J.,  Katherinc,  Eben,  James,  Mar- 
garet and  I^is.  Hannah  J.  Xewhall,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Xewhall.  married  Daniel  Hop- 
kins. 

(VI)  James  R.  Hopkins,  son  of  Daniel 
Hopkins,  was  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine, 
September  30,  1S62.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen he  left  home  and  went  to  Xew  Hami>- 
shire.  He  followed  farming  and  lumbering 
in  Xew  Hampshire  and  Maine  until  he  came 
of  age.  In  1S85  he  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Eben  S.  Hopkins,  and  bought 


a  farm,  and  in  the  following  year  engaged  in 
the  meat  and  provision  business.  In  i8SS  tlie 
firm  added  a  grocery  store  to  their  under- 
takings. They  have  been  very  successful  in 
business,  and  are  among  the  foremost  mcr- 
ciiants  in  the  county.  I>uring  the  past  ten 
years  the  firm  has  dealt  extensively  in  horses, 
lumber,  automobiles  and  other  merchandise, 
also  real  estate.  Jn  politics  Mr.  Hopkins  is  a 
Progressive.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church,  and  of  Eastern  Frontier  I,odgc,  Xo. 
112,  .\ncient  Free  and  Acctjiled  Masons,  in 
which  he  has  l)ccn  junior  anrl  senior  warden. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Garfield  Chapter. 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  of  .Xioostook  Coun- 
cil. Royal  and  Select  Masters,  of  Presque  Isle. 
He  is  a  member  of  Aroostook  X'alley  Crange. 
Xo.  4S5,  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 

He  married,  at  Fort  Fairfield,  .\nnie  Ma\- 
nard,  born  at  h'ort  Fairfield,  .April  16,  i8C>6. 
Her  parents  moved  to  Clearfield,  Pennsylvania, 
V.  hen  slie  was  six  years  old  and  remained  there 
seven  years,  and  she  attended  the  public  schools 
there.  In  1S79  the  family  returned  to  Fort 
Fairfield,  where  she  completed  her  education. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Nletliodist  church,  of 
Cc"c'v.-il!  Chaptc;,  Xo.  85,  Order  of  the  East- 
ern Star,  in  which  she  has  held  office,  and  of 
Aroostook  \'ailey  Grange.  The  children  of 
James  R.  and  Annie  (Maynard)  Hopkins 
were:  i.  Lillian  Katherine,  born  October  21, 
18S7;  married  Charles  H.  .Abbott,  of  Presque 
Isle,  .August  20,  1913:  child,  Katherine  Hop- 
kins, born  Afay  22,  1914.  2.  Hannah  Mar- 
garet, born  December  31,  1889;  married  Allen 
A.  Sharp,  of  Presque  Isle,  .April  4,  1912;  child, 
Elizabeth  .Alden.  born  ^March  7,  19 13.  3. 
Mattie  Edna,  born  December  30,  1891,  met 
death  by  drowning,  December  i,  1909.  4. 
Louis  E.,  born  .August  16,  1901.  5.  Helen 
Irene,  born  Xovember  14,  1907. 

Robert  Maynard,  Mrs.  Hopkins"  father,  born 
in  March,  1820,  died  at  Mars  Hill,  April  25, 
1884,  wa<:  a  harnessmaker  by  trade  and  after- 
ward a  farmer  at  Alars  Hill,  at  P'ort  Fair- 
field, at  Clearfield.  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  where  he  died.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  In  religion  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church,  and  fraternally  he 
was  a  Mason.  He  served  through  the  civil 
war  and  was  severely  wounded  in  the  leg  at 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  .After  recovering  he 
returned  to  his  regiment  and  continued  in  the 
service  to  the  end  of  the  war.  He  married 
Phoebe  Clark,  who  was  born  in  January,  1825, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  January  24,  188'').  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 

(VD  Eben  Solomon  Hopkins,  son  of  Dan- 
iel Hopkin*.  and  brother  of  James  R.  Hopkins, 
was  born  at  Fort   Fairfield.  Maine,   May  9, 


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,S65.  and  was  educated  there  in  the  pubhc 
•  vhools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he 
.  I'tcred  the  employ  of  E.  Merritt  &'  Sons  of 
Ilonlton,  Maine,  and  continued  there  until 
K«-'S5,  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
l^rothcr,  James  R.  Hopkins,  as  described  above. 
He  has  large  farming  interests.  His  firm  lias 
ilie  largest  business  in  meat,  groceries  and 
tlifir  other  lines  of  any  house  in  this  part  of 
i!ic  state.  He  is  a  director  and  secretary  of 
r!v  hoard,  and  member  of  the  discount  com- 
n;ittce  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  National  Rank. 
He  is  administrator  of  the  estate  of  his  uncle, 
.'^olomon  E.  Hopkins,  of  Cooper's  Mills, 
Maine. 

He  married,  October  18,  1898,  at  .\ndover, 
New  Brunswick,  Kate  Kainsford  Watson,  born 
at  Andover,  July  21,  18^5.  She  is  a  communicant 
of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Watson.  Her  grandfather  was 
George  Watson,  who  had  three  sons :  George, 
William,  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  Samuel 
Watson  was  born  in  Ireland,  came  to  .America 
when  a  young  man,  and  settled  at  Andover, 
\'ictoria  county,  Xew  Brunswick.  He  was  a 
tailor  by  trade.  He  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
t'erc  of  Anrlover  where  lip  had  a  fnrm  of  one 
hundred  acre?,  on  which  he  lived  all  his  life. 
He  married  Jane  Kerrigan,  of  the  North  of 
Ireland,  in  St.  John,  Xew  Brunswick.  Chil- 
dren: I .  William,  single,  deceased  ;  was  a  trader. 
2.  Sarah,  unmarried,  resides  in  Andover.  3. 
Mary  .Ann,  married  .Andrew  Rainsford,  and 
had  Mary  H.  and  Kate,  deceased.  4.  John, 
married  Mrs.  Kate  L.  Hammond;  resides  in 
Houlton.  Maine.  5.  Samuel,  died  young.  6. 
Samuel  James,  deceased :  married  Augusta 
Philbrick;  children:  Carey,  deceased,  Pansy 
and  Geneva.  7.  I^Iargaret,  married  John  Rus- 
sell. 8.  George  T.,  married  Xellie  Thompson, 
of  Toronto;  resides  in  Winnipeg;  children: 
Frank,  Lee,  Harry,  Ruth.  9.  Henry,  unmar- 
ried, lives  in  Seattle.  10.  Peter,  unmarried, 
resides  in  Houlton.  Maine.  11.  Frank,  de- 
ceased. 12.  Kate  R.,  m.-trried  Ehen  S.  Hop- 
kins, mentioned  above.  Children  of  Eben  S. 
and  Kate  R.  (Watson")  Hopkins,  all  born  at 
Fort  P^airfield:  i.  Sarah,  born  May  4,  1900.  2. 
Mary,  twin  of  Sarah.  3.  Ruth,  born  Decem- 
ber  18,   1904. 


Rev.  Ebenezer  Brown  was  born 
BRO\\'X  in  Sharon,  .Massachusetts.  Sep- 
tember I,  1771,  died  at  East 
Wilton.  Maine,  March  2~.  1838.  He  lived  in 
FZast  Wilton,  where  he  was  buried.  He  married, 
January  25,  1797.  Hannah  Billings,  born  in 
Sharon,  November  2.  1776.  died  at  East  Wil- 
ton, May  29,  1852.  He  was  a  Free  Will  Bap- 
tist minister.     Children,  born  in  East  Wilton, 


order  of  birth  not  known:  I.  Mary,  died  at 
Wilton;  married  F.lisha  l-laton,  of  Wilton,  a 
farmer.  2.  Harriet,  dietl  at  Dover,  Maine; 
married  Oscar  Woodward,  of  Dover,  a  farmer. 

3  P.etsey,  died  at  I'Last  Wilton  ;  married  Luther 
Cheney,  of  Wilton,  a  farmer.  4.  James,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Hradish,  died  in  Massachu- 
setts;   a    carpenter;    married    (first)     Elzina 

-,    (second)    Harriet    Fox.      6.    Curtis, 

died  at  Boston,  unmarried;  a  merchant  tailor. 

(H)  .James  Brown,  son  of  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Brown,  was  born  in  Wilton,  31ainc,  June  24, 
1808,  died  at  Patten,  ^Laine,  May  30,  1872. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  school 
at  Wilton,  and  became  a  farmer  at  Dayton 
Plantation,  later  callerl  Hersey,  .Aroostook 
county,  Maine.  He  lived  on  this  farm  over 
tliirty  years  before  retiring  from  active  work. 
In  jiolitics  he  wa.s  a  Democrat,  and  served 
many  years  as  justice  of  the  peace,  also  serv- 
ing as  a  member  of  the  school  board,  as  road 
commissioner,  as  assessor,  and  for  many  years 
as  selectman.  He  married  Mary  Ann  Russell, 
at  Weld,  Maine,  February  18,  1835.  She  was 
born  at  Weld,  October  11,  1813,  died  at  Island 
Falls,  Maine,  in  .April,  1903.  Children:  i. 
Nancy,  horn  January  22,  1837,  in  Weld;  mar- 
ried Sanniel  T.  Sewall,  born  in  Farmington, 
Maine,  November  30,  1S26,  died  in  Island 
Falls,  March  13,  1913,  a  lumberman  and 
farmer;  she  lives  at  Island  Falls;  children: 
Mary  .Anna,  born  at  Island  Falls,  June  3,  1858. 
died  October  3,  1862;  Levi,  born  at  Dayton 
Plantation,  Xovember  4,  i860,  died  at  I.sland 
Falls,  October,  1862 ;  Rebecca  A.,  born  Febru- 
ary 18,  1862,  in  Island  Falls,  married  I'"red  S. 
Alexander,  of  North  Harpswell,  and  they  live 
at  Island  Falls.  2.  Lucia  A.,  born  at  Weld, 
June  27,  1839,  died  at  Island  Falls,  October, 
1862,  unmarried.  3.  James  Franklin,  born 
June  24.  1843,  died"  at" Island  Falls  in  1896; 
married  May  Emma  I'ratt,  of  Crystal.  Maine. 

4  Charles  Russell,  mentioned  below.  5.  Mary 
Eaton,  born  at  Dayton  Plantation,  February 
24,  1853,  died  at  Is'land  Falls,  October,  1862. 

(HI)  Charles  Russell  Brown,  son  of  James 
Brown,  was  born  at  Dayton  Plantation,  .Aroos- 
took county,  Maine,  .August  30,  1845.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  at  Dayton  Planta- 
tion and  at  Island  Falls.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years  he  went  to  work  on  a  farm  at  Day- 
ton Plantation  and  remained  there  for  two 
years.  Dayton  Plantation  is  now  the  town  of 
Hersey.  Mr.  Brown  enlisted,  January  4,  1864, 
at  Bangor,  ^Maine,  in  Company  L,  First  Maine 
Heavy  .Artillery,  one  of  the  famous  regiments 
of  the  civil  war.  He  was,  continuously  under 
fire  at  the  siege  of  Petersburg  from  May  18, 
1864,  to  June  19  following.  Of  eighteen  hun- 
dred men  in  this  regiment,  only  three  hundred 


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rtmained  after  tlie  desperate  charge  of  [une 
iS.  The  others  \vere  killed,  wounded  or  taken 
prisoners.  Mr.  Brown  was  wounded  at  I'cters- 
burg.AIarch  25,  1865,  ^"<;1  incapacitated  for  a 
fortnight.  He  was  in  engagements  continu- 
ously to  the  time  of  General  Lee's  surrender. 
He  was  mustered  out  with  his  regiment  Sep- 
tember II,  1S65.  After  his  military  ser^-ice, 
Mr.  Brown  became  a  lumberman  in  Maine, 
continuing  until  i8Sj,  when  he  established  a 
restaurant  in  ratten.  Maine,  where  he  had 
made  his  home  since  1866.  From  1SS2  to  i8yo 
lie  was  an  itinerant  merchant,  traveling  through 
the  surrounding  towns  with  his  ware'^.  From 
1890  to  1S92  he  had  a  store  in  Pat'en.  He  sold 
out  in  1892  and  went  to  Kitchi,  Michigan, 
where  he  became  proprietor  of  a  hotel,  which 
shortly  afterward  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He 
then  became  proprietor  of  a  hotel  at  Kenton, 
Michigan,  continuing  until  1895,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Patten,  Maine.  For  two  years  he 
was  guide  to  hunters  in  the  Maine  woods. 
From  1897  to  1903  he  was  a  potato  buyer  for 
wholesale  houses.  During  the  next  four  years 
his  health  was  poor  and  he  pursued  no  regu- 
lar vocation.  In  1907  he  was  appointed  rural 
mail  carrier  on  Route  2  of  Patten,  a  position 
that  he  has  since  filled.  He  is  well  known  and 
liighiy  esteemed  in  the  community. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Progressive,  formerly  a 
Republican.  He  has  been  tax  collector  of  Pat- 
ten for  three  years ;  road  commissioner  three 
years.  He  attends  the  Congregational  church. 
He  is  an  ex-member  of  the  Orangemen  of 
Patten  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order 
of  L'nited  Workmen  of  Patten ;  Katahdin 
Lodge,  No.  97,  Free  and  Accepted  Alasons,  of 
Patten,  of  which  he  is  past  master;  Pomola 
Lodge,  No.  98,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Patten,  of  wdiich  he  is  past  noble 
grand;  Edwin  S.  Rogers  Post,  No.  114,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Patten,  of  which  he 
has  been  commander  for  the  past  ten  years. 

Mr.  Brown  married,  July  6,  1872,  Clara 
Belle  Palmer,  in  Patten.  She  was  born  in 
Patten,  June  27,  184'),  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Patten  Academy.  She 
t^aight  school  in  Aroostook  and  Penobscot 
counties  in  thirteen  different  schools  before 
her  marriage.  She  attends  the  Congregational 
church.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Woman's 
Relief  Corps  of  Patten  and  of  Ideal  Lodge  of 
Rebekah,  No.  93,  of  Patten,  of  which  she  is 
past  noble  grau'I.  She  is  also  a  member  of 
Katahdin  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star, 
of  Patten,  of  which  she  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers and  charter  members  and  of  which  sh.e  has 
been  conductress  (see  Palmer  II),  Children, 
all  born  in  Patten:  i.  Curtis,  born  !May  30, 
1S74;    married    Adela    Blethen,    of    Linneus, 


Maine;  he  is  mnnnger  of  an  electric  r.iilwav  at 
Fargo,  North  Dakota;  children:  Charles,  born 
May  24,  1895;  Marjorie,  September  8,  ujcxx 
2.  Hadley  F.,  born  May  23,  1877;  married, 
February  24,  1904,  Lena  M.  :McKinncy,  born' 
in  Patten;  he  is  chief  machinist  in  a  sliipyard 
at  North  Weymouth,  Massachusetts;  children: 
Dorothy,  born  July  23,  1905,  at  Patten;  Car- 
roll, January  11,  ujx;,  at  Quincy.  3.  Eva  May, 
born  November  3,  1883;  married,  Deccmher 
5,  1900,  Clifford  V.  Grindal,  born  at  iiluc  Hill, 
Maine;  he  is  a  jeweler  in  Patten.  4.  Ada 
IMary,  born  February  6,  1SS5;  married,  Febru- 
ary 2^,  1906.  at  Patten,  Henry  G.  Either;  he 
is  a  barber,  living  in  Denver,  Colorado;  child. 
Stanley  Earl,  born  at  I'atton,  October  8,  1906. 

(The    Palmer    Line). 

(I)  Jonathan  Palmer  is  believed  to  have 
been  born  in  Wakefield,  New  Hampshire,  in 
1785,  died  in  Patten,  Maine,  December,  1877. 
Lie  settled  in  Patten  about  1829,  and  was  a 
farmer  there  the  remainder  of  liis  life.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican. 
He  married  Mehitable  Watson,  born  about 
1787,  died  at  Wakefield,  New  Hampshire,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1829.  Children,  born  in  Wakefield: 
T.  Offin  R.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Amanda, 
died  at  North  Chesterville,  Alaine;  married 
Solomon  Reed,  a  farmer  in  Patten.  3.  Har- 
riet, died  in  F'atten ;  married  Nelson  Darling, 
brother  of  Louise  M.  Darling,  who  married 
Oftin  B.  Palmer ;  he  was  from  Passadumkeag, 
and  was  a  well-to-do  fanner  in  Patten.  4. 
James,  died  in  Patten ;  a  farmer ;  married 
Mary  Dean  Darling,  sister  of  Louise  M.  Dar- 
l;ng.  5.  I\Iary,  died  near  Weston,  Maine ;  mar- 
ried Joel  Foss,  of  Weston,  a  farmer;  he  was 
a  Democrat,  being  prominent  in  political  life, 
a  member  of  the  legislature.  6.  Clara,  died  at 
Wilmington,  North  Carolina;  married  James 
Spiinger,  of  Weston,  a  mill  owner  in  the  south. 
7.  Jonathan,  died  at  Patten ;  a  farmer ;  mar- 
ried Evaline  Bowers,  of  Patten.  8.  Augustus, 
died  at  Patten :  farmer ;  married  Sarah  Dar- 
ling, sister  of  Louise  M.  Darling.  9.  Edwin, 
died  at  Patten ;  farmer ;  married  Elizabeth 
Craig,  of  Patten. 

(II)  Ofiin  B.  Palmer,  .son  of  Jonathan  Pal- 
mer, was  born  in  Waketield,  New  Hampshire, 
October  30,  1S08.  died  in  Patten,  Maine.  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1884.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  Wakefield  public  schools,  and  came  to 
Patten  when  a  young  man.  He  was  a  farmer. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  attended 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  belonged 
to  the  Sons  of  Temperance.  He  married,  No- 
vember 4.  1842,  in  I'atten,  Louise  M.  Darling, 
born  in  Passadumkeag,  Maine,  July  28,  1S24, 
died  January  4,   1903,  in  Patten.     She  was  a 


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NEW  ENGF-AXD. 


,!cvoU'd  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
ilmreli.  Cliildrcn,  born  in  I'atten:  I.  1m;ui- 
^-^■^  .Marian,  born  Xovembcr  13.  1843,  '^''-'d 
M:iv  13.  i^\C^-  2.  Sarah  Albina,  born  Dcccni- 
IcrM.  I'^^tS;  married,  July  3,  1S63,  Lorenzo 
W.  Hackett,  in  Patten ;  he  was  born  in  Biddc- 
ford,  Afaine,  where  they  Hve.  3.  Mary  Ed- 
wina,  born  October  25.  1847;  married,  j'ulv  7, 
iS('<8,  Hadley  Fairfield,  of  Moulton,  .Maine, 
whore  he  was  register  of  deeds  for  many 
years ;  she  lives  at  the  home  of  Charles  Russell 
'llrown.  4.  Clara  Belle,  born  June  27.  1849; 
married  Charles  Russell  Brown,  July  6,  1872 
(see  Brown  Til).  5.  .Arthur  Bowman,  born 
.August  26,  1851 ;  lives  at  Biddeford,  unmar- 
ried ;  a  liveryman.  6.  Maria  Louise,  born  Jan- 
uary I,  1854,  died  in  Patten,  October  27,  1S62. 
7.  James  \\'esley,  born  August  9,  i8s6,  died 
in  Patten,  .August  5,  186S.  8.  Lee  Ofiini,  born 
November  13,  1858,  died  December,  1909; 
married,  July  25,  1887,  Minnie  Belle  Crom- 
mett,  of  ]\Iount  Chase,  Maine;  she  lives  in 
Waterville,  -Maine ;  he  was  a  farmer,  lumber- 
man, an.d  hotel  proprietor  in  Patten.  9.  Cas- 
sius  Elbert,  born  Alarch  21,  1862:  married, 
July  I,  1903,  in  Presque  Isle,  .Annie  M.  Libbey, 
of  Patten;  they  live  in  Saco,  Maine;  he  is  a 
farmer,  rn,  \Vinthrop  \\  arson,  born  Julv  ^. 
1864;  married,  November  13,  1885,  in  Patten, 
Hattic  Mary  Willey,  of  Hersey,  Niaine;  they 
live  in  Saco  on  a  farm.  11.  Edith  Louise,  born 
April  19,  1S70,  died  at  Patten,  Alay  22,  1S85. 


John  Blackdeii  was  born  in 
BL.ACKDEN  .Anson,  ]Maine,  probably  in 
1795,  died  in  Carmel,  Maine, 
in  1882.  He  was  a  cobbler  by  trade,  remain- 
ing some  years  in  .Anson,  and  then  moving  to 
Carmel,  where  he  followed  his  trade  until  his 
death.  He  married  (first)  ]Martha  Blagden, 
who  died  at  .Anson.  He  married  (second) 
Rachel  Jones,  who  died  in  Carmel.  Children 
by  first  wife:  i.  Angeline,  married  Hiram 
Getchell.  2.  Susan,  died  young.  Children  by 
second  wife:  3.  Napoleon  B.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  John,  died  in  Everett,  Massachusetts ; 
married  Submit  Cookson,  born  1833,  of  Green- 
field, Maine,  and  she  lives  in  Everett,  aged 
eighty  years.  5.  Corydon,  died  in  Etna,  Maine ; 
enlisted  in  1S61  in  Sixth  Maine  Heavy  .Artil- 
lerj-  and  served  three  years  and  nine  months; 
worked  in  Boston ;  married  Charlotte  Kendall, 
of  Skowhegan,  Maine.  6.  Owen,  died  in  St. 
Louis,  ilissouri;  railroad  conductor;  married 

Ella    .      7.    Amelia,    died    in    Carmel, 

Maine;  married  Ansten  Mills,  of  Newport, 
Maine,  who  died  in  California.  8.  Ethan  .A., 
lives  in  Boston ;  retired  from  rubber  goods 
business;  married  Ella  ^^'hitney.  9.  Goft,  lives 
at  South  Etna,  a  farmer;  served  three  years 


nine  months  in  Sixth  Maine  Heavy  .Artillery; 
married  1  first )  .Annie  Day,  of  Larnu-l,  and 
had  Jennie,  married  IVank  Otis,  and  Lydia, 
married  Benjamin  Otis;  married  (second) 
Ella  Morrison,  of  Exeter,  Maine. 

(H)  Napoleon  B.  I'.lackden,  son  of  John 
Blackden,  was  born  in  Madison,  Maine,  Marcii 
5,  1823,  died  m  Dexter,  .Maine,  July  4,  1897. 
Until  May  2,  1880,  he  was  a  farmer  in  South 
Etna,  ALiine.  .At  that  time  he  purchased  a 
farm  in  IMars  Hill,  Maine,  and  moved  there,' 
selling  his  farm  in  South  Etna.  He  resided  at 
-Mars  Hill  the  remainder  of  iii.s  life,  and  lived 
the  last  fourteen  years  with  his  son,  Owen  E. 
Blackden,  retiring  from  active  work.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  held  the 
offices  of  road  commissioner  and  of  school 
agent.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church.  lie  married  Lydia  W.  Cookson,  born 
in  Greenfield,  Maine,  -May  18,  1835,  and  who 
now  lives  with  her  son,  Owen  E.  Blackden, 
mentioned  below  (see  Cookson  H).  Children, 
born  in  Etna:  i.  Rachel  M.,  born  March  13, 
1854;  married  .Alden  Sylvester,  of  Etna,  and 
they  live  at  Blaine,  iMaine,  on  their  farm;  chil- 
dren :  Ada,  Herbert  W'ilson,  Fred,  .Arthur, 
.Alice,  Pearl,  Lena,  Don,  Iva,  Lila.  2.  .Arvclla 
I'".,  born  April  13,  1856;  married  James  Round- 
let,  of  Etna,  wdio  died  at  Kittery,  Maine;  was 
a  farmer  ;  she  lives  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
sliire,  with  her  son,  the  only  child,  .Amos,  an 
attorney,  ^\  ho  has  been  in  engineer  department 
of  Portsmouth  navy  yard  for  si.xteen  years. 
3.  Owen  E.,  mentioned  below.  4.  Lillian,  born 
November  25,  i860,  died  February,  1906; 
married  W.  F.  Glidden,  of  Etna,  who  owns 
fine  farm  at  Mars  Hill;  children:  .Alta, 
Marian,  .Annie,  Ruby,  Ora,  Alden,  Alpha, 
Selma.  5.  George  Franklin,  born  December 
26,  1862;  married  Emma  Smith,  of  Alars  Hill, 
where  they  live;  children:  Oliver  O.,  Lydia, 
Clyde,  Ray,  Edna,  Velma.  6.  Fred,  born  1S68; 
married  Stella  I'ulton,  of  Mars  Hill,  where 
tliey  live;  he  is  a  contractor  and  builder;  chil- 
dren: Edith,  Leon,  Dale.  7.  Irene,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1S74;  married  Norman  Margerson, 
of  IMars  Hill ;  no  children. 

(HI)  Owen  E.  Blackden.  son  of  Napoleon 
B.  Blackden,  was  born  in  Etna,  Elaine,  .August 
II.  1858.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there 
until  he  was  si.xteen  years  old.  He  then  began 
t->  learn  the  blacksmith  trade  at  Solon,  Maine. 
He  followed  his  trade  there  and  at  Skowhegan, 
Maine,  until  1885.  He  became  the  proprietor 
of  the  Lanccy  House  at  Pittsfield,  Maine,  in 
October,  1886,  and  conducted  it  until  he  sold 
out  in  F'ebruary,  1891.  In  the  December  previ- 
ous he  had  bought  the  Exchange  Hotel  at  Dex- 
ter, Maine,  and  after  conducting  it  for  ten 
years  he  leased  it  for  six  years  and  then  sold 


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it.  After  rttiring  from  the  hotel  business  he 
followed  fanning^  at  Dexter.  In  if)02  he  en- 
gaged in  the  heating  and  plumbing  business  in 
Dexter  and  followed  it  for  seven  years.  He 
then  returned  to  his  trade  of  blacksmith  and 
conducted  the  T.  D.  Forrest  farm  at  Dexter. 
He  opened  the  Presque  Isle  House,  and  this 
liotel  has  already  become  the  best  hostelry  be- 
tween \'an  I'.urcn  and  Bangor.  Maine.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  select- 
man of  Dexter  for  two  years,  assessor  two 
years  and  overseer  of  the  poor  for  the  same 
length  of  time.  For  seven  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  tire  engineers  and  for 
six  years  on  the  -ewer  committee  of  the  town. 
For  many  years  he  has  been  on  the  Republican 
trwn  and  county  committees.  He  resigned 
from  the  county  committee  in  191 3.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  of 
which  he  has  been  a  trustee  and  director.  He 
is  a  member  of  Dexter  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  Dexter  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  ]\lasons.  He  joined  the  Carabasset 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of 
Skowhegan,  January  26,  iSSi,  and  is  past 
noble  grand.  lie  was  transferred  to  Plymouth 
Lodge,  of  Dexter,  in  1907.  He  is  alsu  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Dexter,  and 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Eiks,  of  Bangor.  He  joined  Parmenas  En- 
campment, January  26,  iSSi. 

Mr.  Blackden  married,  January  6,  1877,  at 
Athens,  jMaine,  Ada  C.  Cleveland,  born  at 
Athens^  November  12,  1858,  and  was  educated 
in  the  Athens  .A.cademy.  .She  is  a  member  of 
the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  of  Martha 
Washington  Rcbekah  Lodge,  of  Dexter,  and 
of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church.  William  H. 
Cleveland,  her  father,  was  born  in  1835  at 
Fairfield,  Maine,  died  at  Athens  in  1901.  He 
was  a  carpenter.  He  married  Mary  Wing, 
born  at  Athens.  Children  of  William  PI. 
Cleveland:  i.  Ada  C,  married  Owen  E.  Black- 
den, mentioned  above.  2.  Edward,  a  carpenter 
of  Waterville:  married Davis.  3.  Wil- 
liam, a  weaver  of  Dexter  ;  married  Edna  Keten, 
of  Dexter.  4.  Delmont.  married  Kate  Ross, 
of  Presque  Isle,  Maine;  he  is  proprietor  of 
the  Exchange  Hotel.  Elijah  Cleveland,  father 
of  William  H.  Cleveland,  was  born  at  Fair- 
field in  1816,  died  at  Athens  in  1893.  Chil- 
dren of  Owen  E.  Blackden:  i.  FMna  C,  born 
at  Pittsfield,  September  29,  i88-8,  died  aged 
si.x  months.  2.  \'esta  L.,  born  at  Pittsfield. 
January  6.  1891  ;  graduate  of  the  Dexter  high 
school,  member  of  Martha  Washington  Re- 
bekah  Lodge.  3.  \'era  May,  born  at  Dexter, 
December  11,  1892;  member  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  church  and  Martha  \\'ashington  Lodge. 
4.  Bernice  C,  born  at  Dexter,  Juh   20,  1894; 


member    of    Martha    Washington    Lodge.      >  \ 

CAven  l-ldward,  born  at  Dexter.  May  17,  iSj;*..  j 

6.  Glen,  born  at   Dexter,  Xovember  25,   i8>S,  i 

died  there  December  6,  1904.                   '             '  « 

Crtie  CooksoM  Mtie).  | 

(I)  Joseph  Cookson  was  born  in  Belmont.  1 
Maine,  about  1777.  died  in  Greenfield.  Maiiu-.  J 
ill  1S40.    tie  was  a  farmer  in  (ireenfield.     He         j 

married ,  probably  Hopkins,  who  died         8 

at  Milford,  Maine.  Children,  order  of  birili  | 
not  given:     i.    .\bram,   mentioned   below.     2.         | 

Benjamin,  married  Jane ,  died  in  Cojti-      ■    j 

gan,  Maine;  was  a  farmer.  3.  Reuben,  died  in  | 
tircenfield ;  was  a  farmer  and  lumberman ;  1 
served  in  Aroostook  war;  married   Margaret  I 

\\'hite,  who  died  in  Lowell,  Maine.     4.  Haii-  1 

nah,  died  in  Enfield,  Maine ;  married  Arthur  j 
Lamb,  a  blaekMuith.  who  died  in  Cosligan.     5. 

Betsey,    died    in    Greenfield;   married   

.•\dams,  veteran  of  civil  war.  6.  Joseph,  died 
in  Greenfield;  was  a  farmer;  married  Maria, 
probably  Otis. 

(II)  Abram  Cookson,  son  of  Josejih  Cook- 
son,  was  born  in  Belmont,  Maine,  in  1805, 
died  at  Etna,  Maine,  June  4,  1SS9,  aged  eighty- 
four  years  ten  months  six  days.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  Greenfield,  Maine,  for  many  years, 
nnd  fin-i'ly  in  Etna.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican, having  been  a  Democrat  until  Lin- 
coln's time.  He  was  active  and  prominent  in 
church  affairs.  He  married  Sybil  \\'ithani. 
born  in  New  Sharon,  Maine,  died  at  Etna, 
April  14,  18S5,  aged  seventy- four  years  eleven 
months  twenty-four  days.  Sybil  \Vitham  was 
daughter  of  Peter  Witham,  born  in  Maine, 
perhaps  New  Sharon,  about  1770,  died  in 
Greenfield,  about  1S60.  He  settled  on  a  farm 
in  Greenfield,  and  resided  there  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  married  Joanna  Whitney,  born 
in  [Maine  in  1771-,  died  in  Greenfield  in  1S47. 
Children  of  Peter  and  Joanna  (Whitney) 
Witham;  i.  Luther,  died  in  Greenfield;  mar- 
ried  (first)   Rebecca ■ — ,  (second)   Elvira 

-.      2.    Orrison,    killed   by    lightning    in 

Pennsylvania,  was  on  the  way  to  settle  in  \\'is- 
consin  when  he  was  killed :  was  a  farmer ; 
active  temperance  worker;  married  Lovisa 
Lord,  of  Plantation  No.  i,  Maine.  3.  Lydia, 
died  in  Greenfield;  married  Robert  Whitney, 
farmer  of  Greenfield.  4.  Submit,  died  in  Lin- 
coln, Maine  ;  married  Jason  Weston,  a  lumber- 
man and  farmer,  who  died  in  Bangor,  Elaine. 
^.  Sybil,  married  Abram  Cookson.  mentioned 
above.  6.  Asa,  died  in  Greenfield ;  was  a 
farmer.  Perhaps  other  children.  Children  of 
.Abram  and  Sybil  (Witham)  Cookson,  born  in 
Greenfield:  i'  Hepsebath.  born  1829;  married 
Philip  Littlefield.  of  Olamon,  Maine,  farmer; 
she  lives  in  Old  Town,  Maine,  aged  eighty-four 


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.,,.irs.  2.  Asa,  horn  1831  ;  carpenter;  married 
Maria  Hammond,  of  Etna,  and  they  hve  in 
I'n-ton.  Maine.  3.  Submit,  married  Johti 
I'.iackden.  4.  Lydia  W".,  married  Napoleon  C. 
I'.lackden  (see  Blackden  II ).  5.  Driisilla,  born 
it;^;;  married  William  Stevens,  of  Bel.sfrade, 
Maine,  a  farmer;  she  lives  at  Belgrade.  6. 
Albert,  born  1S39;  farmer;  served  in  civil  war 
diu'  year;  married  Rebecca  Patterson,  of  Car- 
incl,  Maine,  and  they  live  at  Etna.  7.  George 
\V.,  born  1839;  carpenter  and  builder;  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah  Patterson,  sister  of  Re- 
becca Patterson;  married  (second)  Rebecca 
I'inkham,   widow   of   Madison   Pinkham,   and 

daughter    of    McLaughlin ;    married 

(third)  Delia  Goodwin,  of  Carmel,  and  they 
live  at  Etna.  8.  Alartha,  born  1843,  "^li^J  a\ 
Etna,  18S7:  married  Harry  Smith,  of  Penn- 
sylvania, a  farmer,  veteran  of  civil  war,  died  in 
Ihesden,  Maine.  9.  Addison,  born  1845; 
farmer;  married  Anna  Rogers,  of  F'enobscot 
county,  Maine,  and  they  live  in  New  burg, 
Maine.  10.  Joanna  (always  called  Anna), 
born  1S47,  died  at  Mars  Hill.  Maine,  in  1S99; 
married  Edward  Tarr,  of  Carmel.  a  farmer, 
now  living  in  I'last   Newport.  Maine. 


Daniel  Page  was  born  about  180S, 
PAGE     in    Bucksport.    Maine,   and    was    a 

farmer  in  that  town  all  his  active 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  he  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  alt'airs  of  the  to\vn.  He 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  and  a  steward  and  trustee,  tie 
married  I\.Iargaret  Little,  born  in  Maine  about 
1 808,  died  at  East  Bucksport  in  1882.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  East  Bucksport:  i.  William, 
1829,  died  at  Rockport,  Massachusetts,  1903; 
hr.ilt  a  vessel  six  miles  from  the  shore  and  with 
the  help  of  his  neighbors  hauled  it  to  the  sea; 
it  was  lost  in  a  gale  at  sea;  was  afterward  a 
manufacturer  of  hammer  handles;  married 
;\Iinerva  Page,  a  cousin.  2.  Hannah,  born 
1831,  died  in  South  Orrington,  [Maine,  Au- 
gust 15,  1914;  she  married  (first)  Charles 
Hi.xie,  a  farmer;  married  (second)  William 
lii.xie,  trotiier  of  her  first  husband,  also  a 
farmer.  3.  Samuel  Thaxter,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Bathsheba,  born  1839,  died  at  Peabody, 
Alassachusetts,  in  1909;  married  Samuel  Har- 
ris, of  Rockport,  Massachusetts;  a  stone-cutter 
by  trade. 

(II)  Rev.  Samuel  Thaxter  Page,  son  of 
Daniel  Page,  was  born  at  Bucksport,  Maine, 
August  18,  1836,  died  at  Mile,  in  June,  1895. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Bucksport  Academy  and  graduated  from  the 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary:  became  a  Meth- 
odist minister  of  the  East  Maine  conference 
and  had  pastorates  in  Penobscot  and  .\roostook 


comities.  In  jjolitics  lie  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  iiostmaster  at  East  Bucksport  during 
the  civil  war.  He  was  a  member  of  Tomali 
Lodge,  hrce  and  Accepted  Ma.sons,  of  Dan- 
forth.  He  married  Ruby  King,  at  Orrington, 
June  28,  1863.  She  was  born  at  Orrington, 
November  18.  1838.  died  at  Purest  City,  Maine, 
August  2;^,  1890.  Siie  was  a  daughter  of  John 
King,  who  was  born  in  Orrington,  July  25, 
181  [.  died  at  Bangor,  August  17,  1903.  a 
farmer  all  bi>  life  in  Orrington  until  he'  re- 
tired. He  >.\i:-]][  his  last  years  in  llangor.  He 
was  a  Rei)ublican.  He  organizcil  and  drilled 
companies  for  the  service  in  the  civil  war  and 
was  called  Captain  King.  He  was  steward  and 
trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
Captain  King  married  Mary  Devcreux,  who 
was  born  at  Castine,  Maine,  about  1812,  died 
at  Orrington  in  1870.  Children  of  John  and 
Mary  King,  born  at  Orrington:  1.  John  D., 
died  at  Brewer ;  was  a  school  teacher ;  mar- 
ried Anna  Mason,  of  Bangor,  where  she  now 
lives.  2.  George,  tlied  at  Oi'rington,  was  a 
farmer;  unmarried.  3.  Ruby,  married  Rev. 
Samuel  Tliaxter  Page,  mentioned  above.  4. 
.Amos,  died  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  was  a  merchant 
for  forty  years  in  Brewer,  Maine ;  married 
Cora  Baker,  of  Orrington;  he  served  in  the 
civil  war.  5.  xAbbie,  resides  at  Bucksport; 
married  Charles  Dcvereux,  a  cousin,  sea  cap- 
tain, of  Castine,  now  deceased.  6.  Martha, 
died  at  Augusta,  Maine;  married  Amos  M. 
White,  of  Parkman,  [Maine,  a  jeweler,  now  of 
.\ugusta,  retired.  7.  Jabez,  resides  at  Toledo, 
Ohio,  a  plumber  by  trade,  served  in  the  civil 
war.  8.  William,  resides  in  Cleveland,  Ohio; 
employed  in  marble  works.  9.  Mary,  resides 
at  Toledo,  Oiiio;  married  George  Ryder,  of 
Orrington,  a  sea  captain,  afterward  a  farmer. 
10.  Anna,  resides  in  Bangor;  married  Alpheus 
Hanson,  who  died  in  1913,  was  general  man- 
ager for  Morse  &  Company  of  Bangor,  for 
whom  he  worked  forty-five  years.  11.  Everett, 
died  at  Ogden,  Utah,  was  a  real  estate  agent ; 
m.arried  Nellie  Rideout,  of  Bucksport ;  she 
married  (  second  ) Weymouth,  and  re- 
sides at  Patten,  Maine.  12.  Charles  Sumner, 
residues  at  Kingfield,  Maine;  manager  of  the 
Kingfield  Lumlier  Company;  married  Alice 
Smith,  of  Old  Town,  in  1912.  Child  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Thaxter  Page:  Sherman  Daniel  Page, 
n;entioned  below. 

(HI)  Sherman  Daniel  Page,  son  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Thaxter  Page,  was  born  at  Bucksjjort, 
[Maine,  July  30,  1864.  When  he  was  six  years 
old  his  parents  removed  to  Brewer,  Maine, 
and  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  that 
town  and  the  East  Corinth  Academy,  from 
which  he  grarluated  in  1882.  He  then  learned 
the  trade  of  carriage  painter  at  Caribou.  Maine. 


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and  followed  Iiis  trade  at  East  Corinth,  1SS4- 
86.  fie  afterward  worker!  at  Jiangur,  Fo.\- 
croft  and  Shorman  Mills,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  fresco  work.  He  entered  the  cm- 
ploy  of  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  I'lailroad 
Company,  January  i,  1S99,  at  lloulton,  :Maine. 
In  190S  he  came  to  Milo  Junction,  where  he 
has  since  lived.  He  is  now  general  car  fore- 
man on  this  railroad  system.  In  politics  Mr. 
Page  is  a  Republican.  He  has  served  as  super- 
visor of  schools  of  Milo  Junction  for  two 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  tlie  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  and  is  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees.  He  is  a  member  of  Piscataqua  Lodge. 
Free  and  Accejited  :\IabOns,  of  Milo  ;  of  Rocka- 
bcma  Lodge,  Indei)cndent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, of  Houlton;  of  the  Encampment,  Odd 
Fellows;  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Dover.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Master  Car  and  Loco- 
motive Painters'  Association  of  United  States 
and  Canada. 

Mr.  Page  married,  at  liradford,  Maine,  No- 
vember 27,  iSgo,  Nellie  I\I.  San  ford,  born  in 
Bradford,  September  30,  1S70  (see  Sanford 
II).  Children:  i.  Ruby  King,  born  at  Forest 
City,  Maine,  September  17,  1891  ;  educated  in 
the  Bangor  and  Houlton  schools,  graduating 
from  the  Milo  high  school  in  1910  and  from 
Bcai's  Seiioul  01  :3nortnand,  ijangor,  m  191 2; 
now  stenographer  for  the  superintendent  of 
motive  power  on  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook 
railroad ;  she  is  a  member  of  the  ]\Iethodist 
church,  and  of  Aldworth  Chapter,  Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star,  of  Milo.  2.  Helen  Sanford, 
born  at  Milo,  November  24,  1892;  graduate  of 
the  Milo  high  school,  1910,  and  the  State  Nor- 
mal School,  Farmington.  class  of  1914;  mem- 
ber of  the  IMethodist  church  and  Eastern  Star; 
has  taught  school  two  years  in  Benedicta,  Z\lilo 
and  Sangci  villc.  3.  Tha.xter  ^^'illiam,  born  at 
Milo  Junction,  June  6,  1S95,  '^''^^l  there  Octo- 
ber 23,  1S95.  4.  Alargaret  Edith,  born  at 
Houlton,  December  6,  1900.  5.  Edwin  Sher- 
man, born  at  IslWo  Junction,  October  20,  190S. 

(The   Sanford  Line). 

(I)  Pelcg  Sanford,  of  an  old  New  England 
family,  was  born  at  Palermo,  Maine,  and  died 
there  in  1820,  in  the  prime  of  life.  He  was  a 
farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  W^hig.  He  mar- 
ried  Hannah   ,   who   died   at   Palermo. 

Children:  Perez,  died  at  Palermo;  Ezckiel, 
died  at  Bradford,  a  farmer;  Hannah,  died  at 

Knox,  Maine,  married Marden;  Eliza, 

died  in  Dakota;  William,  mentioned  below; 
and  others. 

(II)  William  Sanford,  son  of  Peleg  San- 
ford, was  born  at  P'alermo,  Maine,  April  17, 
1818,  died  at  Bncksport,  May  5.  1S93.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 


At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  located  on  a  | 

farm  at   I'.radlord.     In  politics  he  was  a   K..-  1 

publican.    He  was  selectman  and  held  variou-,  j 

other  oftices  of  trust.     He  was  a  communicant  \ 

of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.     He  mar-  j 

ried  (first)  March  29,  1S41,  Mary  Ann  Rowe,  j 

born  December  4,  1818,  died  August  5.   184S,  | 

at  Bradford.     He  married  (second)  June  10,  j 

1849,    at    Bradford,    Margaret   Jane    Erskinc,  | 

born  at  Bristol,  Maine,  March  4,  1831,  died  at  j 

Bradford,  A[)ril  23,   191 1,  daughter  of  Rugcr  • 

Erskine,  born  in  1S04,  in  Maine,  died  at  Brad-       .  j 
ford  in  1864,  a  ship  carpenter  in  Bristol  an'!  } 

afterward  a  farmer  in  Bradford,  a  \\"hig  and  ! 

later  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  active  mem-  1 

ber  of  the  Methodist  church.     Roger  Erskine  | 

married  ]\Iaria  McCobb,  born  on  Loud's 
Island,  i8o''i,  died  at  Presque  Isle  in  1896. 
Children  of  Roger  and  ]Maria  (McCobb) 
Erskinc:  i.  John,  killed  in  the  battle  of  Spott- 
sylvania;  married  Elmira  Williams,  of  Brad- 
ford, now  of  Presque  Isle.  2.  Roger,  died  at  1 
Presque  Isle  ;  married  the  widow  of  his  brother  I 
John;  was  a  farmer  and  served  in  the  civil 
war.  3.  William,  died  at  Belfast,  Maine;  was 
a    harnessmaker    by    trade ;    married .  Georgia 

,  who  is  living  at  Newport,  Maine.     4. 

James,  resides  in  Aroostook  county,  a  farmer ;  i 

served  in  the  civil  war.  5.  Abbie,  died  in 
Bradford.  6.  Margaret  Jane,  married  William 
Sanford,  mentioned  above. 

Children  of  William  Sanford  by  first  wife: 
I.  Isabelle  H.,  born  August  5,  1842,  died  No- 
vember 27,  1855.  2.  Rufus  R.,  born  April  30, 
1844,  died  INIarch  9,  1856.  3.  George  W.,  born 
June  17,  184S,  died  February  i.  1901  ;  married 
(first)  Kate  Church,  of  Bradford,  died  July 
12,  1892;  married  (second)  Ruth  ^Mantor.  of 
Madison,  who  died  May  27,  1911;  he  was  a 
merchant  and  had  charge  of  a  large  tannerv. 
Cliildrcn  of  William  Sanford  by  second  wife: 
4.  Annie  M.,  born  September  16,  1S50,  died 
January  12,  1856.  5.  William  H.,  born  at 
"Bradford,  July  30,  1852;  resides  in  Corinth, 
IVIaine,  a  farmer;  married  (first)  Hattie  Perry, 
Decembef  25,  1880;  she  died  October  27,  iSSi  ; 
married  (second)  June  i,  18S7,  Laura  x-\. 
Goodwin.  6.  Clara  ].,  born  at  Bradford,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1854 ;  married  Edwin  Aldrich.  7. 
Alfred  Godfrey,  born  at  Corinth,  May  27, 
1S56;  married  Evie  A.  Strout,  May  to,  1882. 
8  John  Wesley,  born  at  Corinth,  September 
15.  1858;  married  f  first)  Lizzie  A.  Vague,  who 
died  March  20,  1909,  (second)  Martha  French, 
April  16,  1913;  now  living  at  Bangor.  9. 
Charles  C,  born  at  Bradford,  October  23. 
1861;  married.  September  25,  18S9,  Lizzie 
Ross,  born  in  Bradford;  resides  at  Bangor  on 
a  farm.  10.  I'lysses  Sherman,  born  at  Brad- 
ford,  November   iG,    1863,  died  at   Leadville, 


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tulorado,  June  29,  1S83,  a  minor.  11.  Rufus 
1^.  born  at  Bradford,  June  21,  iSf'ij;  married, 
l)ccember  21,  1907,  Grace  J.  Norwood;  they 
reside  in  Providence,  where  he  is  employed  in 
till-  wholesale  meat  business.  12.  Nellie  M., 
l.orn  September  30,  1870;  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Bradford  and  the  Ricker  Classical 
lii?litute  of  Houlton  and  the  Hijgins  Cla>sical 
Institute  of  Charleston,  INIaine ;  she  is  a  mem- 
l,cr  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  ;  of  Aid- 
worth  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of 
Milo.  and  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society;  married 
Sherman  Daniel  Page  (see  Page  III).  13. 
Daniel  B.,  born  at  Bradford,  .September  7, 
1S73;  married  Linnette  E.  Fogg.  January  15, 
1896;  he  died  ]\Iay  8,  1907;  she  married  (sec- 
ond) Ernest  Patten,  a  farmer  of  Greene, 
Maine.  14.  Margaret,  born  at  Bradford, 
March  9,  1876;  rcsi.les  at  Bangor,  a  milliner. 


John  Cookson,  the  immigrant 
COOKSON  ancestor,  settled  in  Boston, 
]\Iassachusctts,  about  1700. 
He  was  a  gunsmith  by  trade.  In  1705  he  was 
constable;  in  1706-15-18  tithingman.  He  was 
given  "the  libcrt}'  and  benefit  of  sweeping 
chimneys"— apparently  a  nice  monopoly— by 
the  selectmen.  Tune  7.  ttot.  Tn  i7t,i  he  w?"; 
authorized  to  prosecute  those  who  swept  chim- 
ne\-s  contrary  to  the  town  by-laws.  He  em- 
ployed negroes  to  do  the  work  and  was  in 
business  as  late  as  1723.  He  built  a  tomb  in 
the  Copp's  Hill  burying  ground.  Pie  was  a 
member  of  the  Artillery  Company  and  its 
clerk  in  1726.  He  married,  November  2,  1704, 
Rachel  Proctor.  He  and  his  wife  joined  the 
Second  Church,  November  12,  1727.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Rachel,  born 
September  10,  1707 ;  Elizabeth,  October  10, 
1708;  Obadiah.  February  i,  1709;  Reuben, 
May  10,  171 1  ;  Samuel,  January  29,  1716. 

(II)  John  (2)  Cookson,  son  of  John  (i) 
Cookson,  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
July  2,  1706.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church 
April  2,  1727.  His  wife  or  sister  Elizabeth 
was  admitted  December  24,  1727.  He  mar- 
ried, December  31,  1741,  at  Boston,  Mary 
Baker,  of  Eastham.  She  was  probably  his 
second   wife.     His  brother   Obadiah   married 

Margaret and   had  a  son  John,  born 

April  10,  1738. 

(IID  John  (3)  Cookson,  son  of  John  (2) 
or  Ob.ndiah  Cookson,  married,  at  Boston,  De- 
cember 3,  1767,  I^Iargaret  Freeman.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Roger 
Libby's  company,  Cumberland  county  (now 
in  Maine),  in  1779;  also  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Andrew's  company.  Colonel  Joseph  Prince's 
regiment  in  JNIaine  in  1780.  Reuben  Cookson, 
a  brother  or  near  relative,  lived  at   Pearson- 

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tcwn  and  served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
\\'ciitworth  Shaw's  company,  Colonel  iulnunid 
Phinncy's  regiment,  July  to  Seiitcuibcr,  1775; 
corporal  in  Captain  Jonathan  Sawyer's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Phinncy's  regiment  at  Fort 
George,  1776.  Reuben  Cookson  was  living  at 
Pearsontown  fStandish),  Maine,  in  1790,  and 
had  in  his  family,  according  to  the  tirst  federal 
census,  two  males  over  si.xteen,  three  under 
that  age  and  seven  females.  One  other  family 
of  Cookson  was  living  there,  Elizabeth,  a 
widow,  had  two  sons  under  si.\teen  and  tv.-o 
females  in  her  family.  Eliza'Deth  was  prob- 
ably the  widow  of  John. 

(IV)  Daniel  Noyes  Cookson,  .sonornephew 
of  John  (3)  Cookson,  was  born  at  Unity, 
I\Iaine,  about  1770.  Pie  was  a  farmer  all  his 
active  life.  He  married  (second)  Lucy  Gif- 
ford,  born  in  1777,  died  about  1S60,  in  Lin- 
neus,  -Maine.  Children  by  second  wife:  i. 
Daniel,  mentioned  below.  2.  Gardner,  born  at 
Unity,  1813;  he  was  a  farmer  at  Unity;  mar- 
ried Aurelia  Sagers,  of  Unity.  3.  Lucy,  born 
at  Unity,  1815;  married  William  Townsend,  a 
cooper  by  trade,  and  died  in  Brewer,  Maine; 
they  lived  in  Linneus  and  afterward  in  south- 
ern Maine;  she  died  at  Brewer.  4.  Calvin, 
horn    ,Tt    Unity.    t8t8  ;    married    Mary    Ann 

,  of  Houlton;  he  died  in  Rhode  Island 

and  she  at  Bangor,   ■Maine. 

(V)  Daniel  Cookson,  son  of  Daniel  Noyes 
Cookson,  was  born  at  L'nity,  Maine,  February, 
181 1,  died  at  Gadsden,  Alabama,  in  February, 
1879.  \\'hen  a  young  man  he  moved  to  Lin- 
neus and  followed  farming  there  for  thirty 
years.  He  and  his  son,  Eli  N.  Cookson,  then 
went  to  Alabama  to  engage  in  the  hmiber  busi- 
ness. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
married  Alaria  ]Morrison,  born  at  Limerick, 
Maine,  May  30,  iSro,  died  there  August  24, 
1892.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Isaiah  Morrison, 
born  in  western  Maine,  1786,  died  at  Linneus, 
1S75.  He  removed  to  New  Limerick.  IMaine, 
when  a  young  man  and  followed  farming.  He 
was  postmaster  for  a  number  of  years.  Mr. 
[Morrison  married  Sally  Webber,  born  in  1787, 
died  at  New  Limerick  in  1825.  Children  of 
Isaiah  Morrison:  i.  Maria,  married  Daniel 
Cookson,  mentioned  above.  2.  Olive,  died 
when  a  young  woman.  3.  Joseph,  died  in 
Linneus;  was  a  farmer;  married  Susan  Por- 
ter, of  New  Brunswick.  4.  Ruth,  died  at 
Houlton ;  married  Nathan  Lamb,  a  cooper  and 
farmer.  5.  Benjamin,  died  at  Linneus;  he 
v.'as  a  farmer;  luarried  Catherine  McGeery.  a 
native  of  Ireland.  6.  Sally,  died  at  Linneus: 
married  Joseph  Goodenough,  of  Smyrna, 
Maine.  Cfiildrfcn  of  Daniel  Cookson  :  i.  Olive, 
born  September  19,  1835;  married  .Aaron 
Drcv,',    born    at    Smyrna,    Maine,    October    i. 


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182S,  ditd  at  Oakfield,  March  S.  1S87;  was  r. 
farmer  in  Linncus  :  nicnibi.-r  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  church;  road  coiniiiis^ioncr  of  tiic 
town.  2.  C'hn<toplier  Cohimbus,  born  March 
14,  1S37,  died  at  Maplcton,  .Maine;  served  in 
the  civil  war  in  the  Sixteenth  Maine  Regiment 
and  was  made  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness  and  for  six  months  confined  in  the 
rebel  prison  at  Andersonville :  married  (first) 
Lydia  Cliflor'l,  of  Einneiis,  (second)  Mary 
Sawtelle,  of  Bangor,  who  is  living  in  Island 
Falls,  Maine,  having  married  (second)  Henry 
A.  Grant.  3.  Lucinda  A.,  born  March  11, 
1839;  married  Simon  Cai-penler,  of  Einneu.-, 
a  farmer,  luinberman  and  surveyor ;  she  died 
at  Dyer  Brook,  March  28,  1904:  he  died  at 
Milo,  in  l-"ebruary,  1910.  4.  Eli  X.,  born 
March  9,  1841,  died  in  July.  1906,  at  Gadsden, 
Alabama,  where  he  lived  for  thirty-six  years; 
served  in  the  Second  Maine  Cavalry,  enlisting 
December  20,  1863 ;  married  Olive  McCor- 
netha,  of  New  Brunswick.  5.  Fsaiah  M.,  born 
December  12,  1842;  married  Eunice  Collins. 
of  Flodgdon,  Maine  ;  they  reside  at  Milo.  where 
.he  is  a  farmer;  he  ser\ed  in  the  Second  Maine 
Cavalry  in  the  civil  war.  6.  Daniel  Noyes. 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Daniel  Noves  (2)  Cookson.  son  of 
Daniel  Cookson,  was  born  at  Linneus.  Maine, 
October  12,  1S49.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  assisted  his 
father  on  tlie  farm  until  he  was  twenty-nine 
years  old.  During  the  next  three  years  he 
was  a  teamster,  engaged  in  hauling  leather 
from  Shaw's  factory  to  Houlton  and  hides 
from  there  back.  In  1S82  he  bought  a  far.m  in 
Dyer  Brook  and  has  cultivated  it  since  then. 
He  had  eighty-six  acre^.  but  sold  six  acres  tn 
the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  Railroad  Company. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  betn 
selectman  for  twenty-one  years.  He  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  in  igoi  and  served  six 
years.  He  attends  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
church,  and  is  a  member  of  Island  Falls  Lodge, 
No.  206,  F'ree  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  for- 
merly a  member  of  t!ie  Good  Templars  of 
Linneus,  and  of  the  Oakfitld  Grange.  Patrons 
of  Husbandry. 

He  married,  at  Dyer  Brook,  October  3,  iSSo, 
Hattie  F.  Kellcy,  born  at  Littleton,  June  20, 
1862.  She  attended  the.  public  schools  at 
Bridgewater,  Maine,  whither  her  parents  re- 
moved when  she  was  twelve  years  old.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Oakiield  Grange,  and  of 
Island  Falls  Chapter.  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star.  Children  of  Daniel  Noyes  Cookson:  i. 
Nellie  A.,  born  at  New  Limerick,  August  21, 
1882 ;  ed.ucated  in  the  Dyer  Brook  schonK ; 
married  Edwin  .\.  Hughes,  born  at  Mapleton : 
they  reside  at  Milo,  where  he  has  a  farm  and 


he  also  follows  his  trade  as  machinist  :  chil- 
dren :  Dermont  Victor,  liorn  at  Dyer  Brt^ok, 
June  10,  1902;  Berley,  I'cbruary  20,  1905.  2. 
Lottie  M.,  born  at  New  Limerick,  .\]n\[  j, 
1S84;  married  Avon  R,  Carpenter,  of  Linneus. 
now  of  Dyer  Brook;  children:  Moyd,  born 
at  Dyer  lirnok,  October  14,  1905,  died  young; 
-Mildred,  September,  1907;  Frank,  July  3. 
I90(;  ;  Hollis,  March  14,  191 1 ;  Marjorie,  March 
14,  1913.  3.  Charles  Flarl,  born  at  Dyer  Brook, 
June  29,  1885;  graduate  of  the  Dyer  Brook 
schools,  assists  his  father  on  the  homestead. 
4.  Horace  E.,  born  at  D\er  Brook,  March  29, 
18S9;  resides  in  his  native  town;  is  a  potato 
buyer.  5.  Willis  D.,  born  at  Dyer  Brook,  May 
20,  1903. 

William  H.  Kelley,  father  of  Mrs.  Cookson, 
was  born  at  Weston,  Maine,  died  at  Dyer 
Brook,  December  17,  1903,  aged  seventy-one 
years  two  months  six  days.  He  was  a  farmer 
all  his  active  life  in  Easton,  Maysville  and 
Weston  No.  9,  at  Littleton,  Bridgewater,  and 
finally  at  Dyer  Brook,  where  he  lived  for 
twenty-five  years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  for  eighteen  years  he  was  post- 
master of  Dyer  Brook  and  for  ten  years  col- 
lector of  taxes  and  constable.  He  was  a  dea- 
con of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Jane  Fulds,  born  at  Maysville. 
Maine,  November  24,  1S35,  died  at  Dyer 
Brook,  in  189c;.  Mr.  Kelley  was  also  a 
preacher  and  licld  meetings  in  various  towns 
in  this  section.  Children  of  William  H.  Kel- 
ley: I.  Elijah  A.,  born  at  Easton,  Maine,  1854; 
njarried  Flora  M.  Kelley,  a  first  cousin,  of 
Bridgewater,  and  lived  at  Dyer  Brook.  2. 
Lyman,  born  at  Easton,  January  29,  1S56,  died 
at  Dyer  Brook,  1898;  married  Lucy  M.  White, 
of  Littleton,  Maine;  she  married  (second) 
John  D.  Clark.  3.  Ada  L.,  born  October  6, 
i860,  died  at  Dyer  Brook,  1901  ;  married 
Henry  A.  Grant,  of  Dyer  Brook,  now  a  farmer 
of  Island  Falls.  4.  Hattie  F.,  married  Daniel 
Noyes  Cookson,  mentioned  above.  5.  Etta 
Kelley,  born   1867,  died  at  Dyer  Brook,  18S3. 

Jeremiah  Kelley,  father  of  William  H.  Kel- 
ley, was  born  in  Kennebec  county,  Maine, 
1798,  died  at  Weston,  Maine,  about  1S78.  He 
was  a  lumberman  and  hotelkeeper  at  Haynes- 
ville,  Maine.  He  married  Sarah  Ellis,  born  at 
Athens,  Maine,  died  at  Weston.  Children  of 
Itremiah  Kelley:  i.  Samuel,  born  at  Flaynes- 
Ville,  Maine,  died  in  his  native  town,  unmar- 
ried; was  a  lumberman.  2.  Sarah,  died  at 
Orient;  married  (first)  Knight;  (sec- 
ond! Joel  Faulkner,  of  Orient,  a  farmer,  now 
of  Newport,  Maine;  he  married  (second)  El- 
meda  Cumberland.  3.  \\'illiam  H..  mentioned 
above.  4.  HuMa.  married  James  Irish,  of 
Havnesville.    farmer    and    lumberman,    po-t- 


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,t  the  town  ;  she  now  lives  at  Ilcrnion, 
M.iiiK'.     5.   -Martlia,  died  at   Weston,   Maine: 

,,;.-iriicd —  Xewcomb,  a  farmer.     6.  lien- 

ijmin  Franklin,  died  at  Orient:  married  Ma- 
tilda Pierce,  of  Rridgewater.  7.  Mary  Ann, 
twin  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  died  in  Orient ; 
married  Dr.  Pierson,  of  Dan  forth,  Maine.  8. 
Miirilla,  married  James  Whitney,  a  farmer, 
\vl;o  died  in  Weston:  she  resides  in  Weston. 
0.  I.ydia.  died  at  Weston;  married  William 
Iv-l.ibrook,  of  Amity,  a  farmer.  10.  Alonzo, 
(lied  at  Weston;  was  a  farmer;  married  Ame- 
lia Uallerson,  of  Weston.  11.  Orriii,  resides 
at  .\shiand,  Xew  Hampshire;  a  farmer:  mar- 
ried (first)  Deborah  Gallcrson,  sister  of  Ame- 
lia, and  (second)  Eva  Miller.  12.  Ix)raine, 
died  at  Danforth;  married  Albert  Kilpatrick, 
of  Danforth,  a  farmer. 


David  Stephens  was  born  in 
STEPtlEXS  England  in  180S,  died  in 
Ludlow,  !Maine,  in  1S83.  Fie 
came  to  this  country  after  his  marriage,  set- 
tling in  Ltidlow,  wliere  he  was  a  cari)enter. 
He  married  Helen  Gray,  who  was  of  Scotch 
ancestiw.  She  died  in  Miramichi,  Canada, 
where  they  lived  for  a  time  before  settling  in 
Ludlow.  The  children  were  all  born  in  Mira- 
michi:  I.  tieorge.  diea  at  fatten.  Maine,  lum- 
berman; married  Marian  ^.IcKeiizie,  who  died 
at  Patten.  2.  Thomas,  died  at  Dakota,  unmar- 
ried. 3.  Walter,  died  at  Ludlow,  unmarried,  a 
farmer.  4.  Charles,  mentioned  below.  5.  Bet- 
sey, died  at  Ludlow  ;  married  Frank  Small,  of 
Miramichi,  a  farmer  in  Ludlow:  son.  David,  a 
farmer,  died  in  1910.  6.  Jane,  died  at  Lewis- 
ton.  Idaho;  married  John  Small,  of  Miramichi, 
a  farmer ;  children :  Eliza,  married  Robert 
Ingram,  deceased,  and  she  lives  at  Lewiston ; 
j\Iary,  married  Richard  Steward,  both  de- 
ceased; Xancy,  married  Henry  \\'hitney.  she 
is  deceased ;  Elmira,  married  Samuel  Smith, 
both  deceased;  Elfert,  deceased;  George,  lives 
in  Lewiston ;  Eli ;  Lydia,  married  Reed  Smith, 
of  \*eazie,  ]\Iaine;  Annie,  married  Henry  Cor- 
coran. 7.  Amy,  died  in  Ltidlow ;  married  John 
Stewart,  fanner,  deceased;  no  children.  8. 
Mary,  died  in  Old  Town,  Maine;  married 
Jacob  Morris,  deceased ;  no  children. 

(II)  Charles  Stephens,  son  of  David  Ste- 
l)hens,  was  born  at  Miramichi,  Xew  Bruns- 
wick, August  21.  1826,  died  at  :^Ierrill  Planta- 
tion, Maine,  September  15,  18S5.  Fie  came  to 
the  United  States  with  his  parents  in  1S34,  and 
settled  in  Ludlow,  Maine,  where  he  received 
his  education.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lumber- 
man in  Ludlow  for  a  time,  and  then  moved 
to  Merrill  Plantation,  v.here  he  purchased  a 
farm,  after  selling  hi-  farm  in  Lndl'>\s-.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  ami  he  served  as 


scliool  agent,  as  selrctm.iii.  and  as  assessor;  he 
ha.l  charge  of  the  road  di>trict  and  aI>o  served 
in  other  ti>wn  oflices.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
F"ree  Will  Baptist  church.  He  was  drafted 
for  the  civil  war,  but  was  not  mustered  in,  as 
the  war  closed  before  he  was  needed.  He 
inarried.  Xovember  6,  1850,  Ruth  Cuminings 
Stewart,  horn  in  Ludlow,  Maine,  the  first 
white  child  to  be  born  there,  September  2~, 
1829,  died  at  Merrill  Plantation,  January  12, 
lyoi.  Children  of  Charles  and  Ruth  Cinu- 
mings  (Stewart)  Stephens,  born  at  Ludlow: 
I.  David,  born  October  6,  1851  ;  merchant  at 
Presque  Isle;  married  (first)  Annie  Black,  of 
Searshott,  Maine,  deceased;  children:  Fred, 
of  Pre.sc|ue  Isle;  Otis,  Ralph,  Theodale ;  mar- 
ried (secondj  Adella  Hoyt.  2.  Charles  Walter, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Cjeorge,  born  March  18, 
1853,  twill  of  Charles  Walter;  died  July  17, 
1896,  in  Houlton;  a  farmer;  married  Eliza- 
beth Taggctt,  of  Floulton :  child,  Gertrude, 
married  Fred  Shean,  of  Patten,  and  they  live 
at  Fort  Kent,  Maine,  where  he  is  in  custom 
house  office.  4.  John,  born  January  iS,  1855  ; 
married  Hannah  Dale  Watson.  5.  William, 
born  September  17,  1856;  died  at  Merrill  Plan- 
tation.Elaine,  Xovember,  1900;  married  Dian- 
tha  Small,  of  Ludlow  ;  she  lives  at  Minneap- 
ohs,  Minnesota;  children:  Walter,  Percy, 
Eva,  Sherman.  Charles.  Luella.  6.  Helen, 
born  June  27,  1S58;  married  Henry  Bradbury, 
of  Ludlow,  and  they  live  at  Fort  Kent ;  chil- 
dren :  Sadie,  married  Frank  Brown,  of  Ban- 
gor, Maine;  Eda,  stenographer,  lives  at  Houl- 
ton, Maine;  Grover,  stenographer,  lives  at 
Fort  Kent:  Irving,  lives  at  Bangor,  stenogra- 
pher; Mildred  and  Earl,  live  with  parents.  7. 
Rufus,  born  April  21,  i860;  married  Ruby 
Haskell,  of  Smyrna,  Maine;  they  live  in  Mer- 
rill on  a  farm  ;  children  :  Leland,  Delia,  Jas- 
per, Howard,  living  with  parents.  8.  Leon- 
ard, born  January  18,  i8f)2;  married  Mina 
Kimball,  of  Patten,  where  he  is  a  carpenter ; 
no  children.  9.  Jane,  born  February  10,  1864; 
married  Alonzo  Haskell,  of  Smyrna;  the\  live 
at  Smyrna  Mills;  children:  Gertrude,  married 
Parker  Smith,  of  Smyrna  Mills;  Myrtle,  mar- 
ried Wallace  .-\nderson,  of  Smyrna  Mills; 
George.  li\es  in  Xew  Hainpshire;  Charles. 
\\'illiam,  Telma,  Ruby,  Ora,  living  with  par- 
ents. 10.  Amzie,  born  February  9,  1866;  mar- 
ried Charles  Bates,  of  Moss,  Maine,  and  they 
live  at  Dyer  Brook,  where  he  is  a  farmer; 
children:  Irving,  married  Beatrice  Ma«on, 
and  lives  at  Portland.  Maine;  Andbrey,  Pearl, 
George,  living  with  parents,  n.  .\m\.  born 
December  24.  1867:  married  C.  Walter  Sher- 
man. 12.  Asa,  born  luly  26,  1869;  married 
Grace  Darling,  of  M..ro,  Maine,  and  thev  live 
at  Patten:  children:   Weston,  of  Merrill  Plan- 


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tatioii,  living  with  uncle,  John  Tarbell ;  Hazel, 
a  teacher,  living  v.ith  iinrle,  John  Tarbell.  13. 
Schuyler,  born  July  20,  1S72;  lives  at  Water- 
ville,  Maine;  married  Corinne  Ellis,  of  Dyer 
Brook,  deceased;  children:  Hollis,  lives  with 
grandfather  at  Dyer  Rrook;  Lucy,  lives  at 
Dyer  Brook,  with  grandfather.  14.  Eldridgc, 
born  April  15,  1S77;  farmer;  married  Alma 
Parker,   of   Dyer   Brook;  no  children. 

John  Stewart,  father  of  Mrs.  Stephens,  was 
born  in  county  Cork,  Ireland,  in  17S8,  died  at 
Ludlow  in  1S63  ;  he  was  a  Presbyterian  in  reli- 
gion ;  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  wife 
and  children  and  settled  in  Ludlow\  where  he 
was  a  farmer ;  he  married  IMary  Jane  Hum- 
phrey, who  died  in  Ludlow.  Children  of  John 
and  Mary  Jane  (Humphrey)  Stewart:  i. 
John,  died  at  Ludlow ;  married  Amy  Stephens, 
aunt  of  Charles  \\'alter  Stephens.  2.  Rich- 
ard, died  at  Dyer  Brook ;  married  Mary  Small, 
of  Ludlow,  deceased;  was  a  farmer;  children: 
Ella,  married  Andrev.-  Whitehead,  of  Houl- 
ton;  Zcnus,  deceased;  Ira,  deceased;  Annie, 
married  Joseph  Jordan,  of  Lewiston,  Idaho; 
John,  of  Houlton.  3.  Maria,  died  at  Ludlow ; 
married  Ephraim  Hall,  of  New  Brunswick, 
deceased;  children:  Addie,  married  Peter 
Moore;  Fossie,  of  New  Brunswick;  Jennie; 
Casiie,  ijiarrieu  i.eujamin  Hussey,  farmer  of 
Houlton;  John,  of  Houlton;  Cornelius,  of 
New  Brunswick:  [Minnie  and  Blanche.  4. 
Martha,  died  at  New  Limerick,  Maine ;  mar- 
ried Robert  Ingram,  of  New  Brunswick,  a 
farmer;  children:  Amos,  Robert  and  John, 
deceased  ;  Charles,  farmer  at  New  Limerick ; 
Mary,  married  Thomas  Smith,  veteran  of  civil 
war,  farmer,  deceased ;  she  lives  at  Blaine, 
Maine;  Joseph,  lives  on  farm  at  Patten, 
Maine;  Sainucl.  lives  at  Lewiston,  Idaho,  on 

his  ranch.     5.  Helen,  married  Martin. 

6.  Ruth  Cummings,  married  Charles  Stephens, 
mentioned  above. 

(Ill)  Charles  Walter  Stephens,  son  of 
Charles  Stephens,  was  born  March  18.  1853, 
at  Ludlow,  Maine,  then  called  the  Belfast 
Academy  Grant.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  r.ative  town  and  left 
school  in  186S  to  assist  his  father  on  the  home- 
stead. From  1874  until  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage he  worked  in  the  woods  and  on  farms  in 
the  vicinity  of  his  home.  In  18S1  he  bought 
a  hundred  acres  in  Dyer  Brook,  Maine, 
cleared  a  farm  of  si.xty  acres  and  has  culti- 
vated this  land  since  that  time.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  was  for  six  years  road 
commissioner  and  for  two  years  selectman  of 
the  town  of  Dyer  Brook.  He  has  also  served 
on  the  school  board.  He  married.  December 
10,  iSSi,  at  Houlton,  Maine,  Mary  Hopestill 
Watson,  hyrn  in  Eel  River,  New  Brunswick, 


May  24,  i860.  She  graduated  from  the  hii^h 
school  of  that  town  (see  Watson  HI).  Chil- 
dren: r.  Charlotte,  born  at  Ludlow,  OctolKr 
4,  1882;  school  teacher  in  Dyer  Brook;  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church;  married,  Alarch  4, 
1903,  George  Hunt,  a  carpenter  and  taxider- 
mist of  Island  Falls;  children:  Delight,  born 
at  Dyer  Brook,  August  12,  1904;  INlarion,  at 
Crystal,  Jime  14,  1907;  Ruth,  at  Crystal,  May 
24,  1909;  Charles,  at  Mount  Chase,  July  -. 
191 1.  2.  Halle,  born  at  Merrill,  Maine," March 
21,  1884.  3.  Harriet,  born  at  Dyer  Brook, 
Alay  22,  1 89 1. 


(I)  Edward  Watson  was  born  in  New 
Brunswick,  died  at  Frederickton,  New  Bruns- 
wick.   He  was  a  lumberman. 

(II)  William  Watson,  son  of  Edward  Wat- 
son, was  born  in  Lower  Woodstock,  New 
Brunswick,  about  1808,  died  at  Eel  River,  in 
1S80.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Lower  \\''ood- 
stock.  After  retiring, from  active  life,  he  went 
to  live  with  his  son,  Charles  F.  ^^"atson.  at  Eel 
River,  six  miles  from  Woodstock.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  and 
was  very  active  in  church  work.  He  preached 
occasionally  in  New  Brunswick  and  in  Aroos- 
took county,  ]\Iaine.  He  married  Jane  Wol- 
verton,  born  at  Northampton,  New  Bruns- 
wick, February  8,  1810,  died  at  Eel  River  in 
1872.  Children:  i.  William,  died  at  Houlton 
Hospital;  lived  at  Ludlow,  Maine,  at  time  of 
death,  1907;  farmer;  Republican;  member  of 
Baptist  church ;  married  Esther  Dow,  sister  of 
Charlotte  Armenta,  who  married  his  brother, 
mentioned  below;  children:  Henry,  married 
Mina  Dow,  of  Canterbury  Station,  New 
I'.runswick,  lives  at  Patten,  Maine,  on  a  farm  ; 
Norris,  lives  at  Ludlow,  unmarried ;  David, 
lives  at  Houlton.  2.  Charles,  died  young.  3. 
Charles  Frederick,  mentioned  below.  4.  Har- 
riet, married  George  Scott,  of  Eel  River;  he 
died  at  Oakland,  Alaine,  a  farmer;  she  lives 
at  Oakland:  children:  George,  Frank,  lives 
at  Waterville,  Maine,  unmarried;  Harry,  mar- 
ried ^Senia  Jennerson ;  Amelia,  married  Fred- 
erick Doe,  of  Oakland,  Maitie ;  Mary,  died 
young;  Jennie,  lives  at  Oakland.  5.  Jane,  died 
at  Debec,  New  Brunswick;  married  Wolfred 
Chapman,  of  Debec,  farmer ;  no  children.  6. 
Louisa,  deceased ;  married  John  Furlong,  of 
Frederickton,  New  Brunswick,  a  teacher  in 
high  schools,  deceased;  children:  Sophia; 
Louise,  married  \\' illiam  Furguson,  of  Water- 
ville; Emma,  Alexander,  Elizabeth.  7.  Jarvis, 
lives  at  Woodstock,  New  Brunswick;  is  re- 
tired from  trade  of  carpenter  and  joiner  ;  mar- 
ried Lucy  Scott,  of  Eel  River:  member  of 
Free   Will    Baptist   church ;   children :    Clyde, 


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incrrli.int  at  Woodstock ;  Mary,  lives  with  par- 
fijts,  unmarried. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Charles  Frederick  Watson,  son 
of  William  Watson,  was  born  in  Carleton 
ci>unty.  New  Brunswick,  in  1827,  died  at  Lud- 
l.nv.  Maine,  in  1905.  He  was  a  physician, 
having  received  his  degree  as  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  Frederickton,  New  Brunswick.  He 
practiced  medicine  in  Frederickton,  at  Eel 
K'ivcr,  and  Woodstock,  and  also  in  Houlton 
and  Ludlow,  Maine,  where  he  spent  the  last 
H^tnty-nine  years  of  his  life.  In  Canada  he 
was  a  Conservative  in  politics.  He  became 
naturalized  after  moving  to  Maine,  and  was 
a  Republican  in  politics.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Aroostook  County  Medical  Society,  and 
of  the  Maine  State  Medical  Society.  He  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Armenia  Dow,  born  at  Dow 
Settlement,  New  Brunswick,  in  1S29.  now 
Canterbury  Station,  died  at  Dyer  Brook, 
ALiine,  July  24,  191 1.  Children  of  Charles 
Frederick  and  Charlotte  Armenta  (Dow) 
Watson:  1.  Hannah  Dale,  born  at  Eel  River, 
June  I,  1856,  died  at  Waterville,  ^Mainc,  July 
17,  190S;  married  John  Stephens,  brother  of 
Charles  Walter  Stephens ;  lives  at  Portland, 
Oregon ;  children :  Jessie  Fern,  married 
Ernest  Crosby,  and  li.c:  L,  PorllanJ;  Cc.il, 
lives  with  father,  unmarried.  2.  Amanza, 
born  January  i,  1858,  at  Eel  River:  lives  at 
Ludlow ;  carpenter ;  member  of  L  O.  O. 
M.,  of  Houlton,  Maine.  3.  Mary  Hope- 
still,  born  May  24,  1S60;  married  Charles 
Walter  Stephens  (see  Stephens  HI).  4. 
Walter  Denmark,  born  at  Eel  River,  February 
12,  1862;  married  May  !Maude  Hawkins,  of 
New  Castle,  California:  she  died  1904.  at  New 
Castle,  where  he  is  a  mining  carpenter ;  chil- 
dren :  Dessel,  unmarried  :  Bessie,  unmarried. 
5.  Chick  H.,  born  at  Eel  River,  November  3, 
1870;  married  Harriet  Webb,  of  Littleton, 
Maine,  and  they  live  at  Waterville:  he  is  a 
member  of  New  England  Order  of  Protec- 
tion, Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  ^Modern 
W'oodmen  of  America,  and  Ancient  Order  of 
Mechanics;  child,  Don  Otto,  born  at  Ludlow. 
June  20,  1893,  lives  with  parents. 

David  Dow,  father  of  Mrs.  Watson,  was 
born  at  Canterbury  in  1808,  died  at  Ludlow, 
Maine,  in  1888:  he  moved  to  ]\Iaine  after  his 
children  were  born,  and  settled  on  a  farm  at 
Ludlow  with  his  son ;  he  also  ran  a  large  saw- 
mill at  Dow  Settlement  before  coming  to 
Maine;  he  was  deacon  of  the  Free  Will  Bap- 
tist church  for  many  years.  David  Dow  mar- 
ried Mary  Way.  born  at  Southampton,  New 
Brunswick,  in  1812,  died  at  Ludlow  in  t88i  ; 
children  of  David  and  Marv  (Way)  Dow.  not 
in  order  of  birth:  i.  Esther,  born  1833,  lives 
at    Ludlow ;  married   William   \\'atson,   men- 


tioned above,  brother  of  Charles  Frederick 
Watson.  2.  Hannah,  married  William  Con- 
ilon,  of  Connecticut,  owner  of  a  foundry;  she 
lives  at  Winslow,  Maine;  no  children.  3. 
Charlotte  Armenta,  married  Charles  F.  Wat- 
sen,  mentioned  above.  4.  Rhoda,  died  at  Dow 
Settlement;  married  Jacob  Tompkins,  of 
Southampton.  New  Brunswick,  farmer;  chil- 
dren :  Joel,  of  Iiloomfield,  New  Brunswick, 
farmer;  Frank,  of  Dow  Setllement,  lives  on 
homestead  farm  ;  Teresa,  married  Moses  Dow, 
and  he  lives  at  St.  Stephens.  New  Brunswick; 
Avord.  5.  Hopestill,  born  1847,  I'^'^'S  at  Wins- 
low,  Maine,  unmarried.  6.  Amos,  died  at 
Ludlow,  Maine;  married  Sojjhia  Watson.  7. 
John,  died  in  Mimiesota,  a  carpenter;  married 
Frances  Tupper,  deceased  ;  children  :  Albert, 
deceased:  Ella,  married  Horatio  Grant;  Elva. 
8.  Walter,  died  in  Waterville,  iNtaine,  carpen- 
ter; married  (first)  Angelina  Cummings,  of 
New  Brunswick,  and  had  Mary,  of  Winslow, 
Maine,  unmarried ;  married  (second)  Annie 
Anderson,  of  Canterbury  Station,  New  Brtms- 
wick,  deceased,  and  had  Lcveretl,  of  Water- 
ville, a  merchant. 


John  McGlauflin  was 
MeGL.-\UFLL\      born     in     C  harlestown. 

New  Hampshire,  Octo- 
ber II,  i/yS,  died  in  Charlotte,  ;\Iainc,  Decem- 
ber T).  1S51.  He  settled  at  Charlotte  before  his 
marriage  and  followed  farming  there  to  the 
end  of  his  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig;  in 
religion  a  Bai)tist.  He  married,  at  Charlotte, 
Hannah  Smith,  born  at  Dennysville,  Maine, 
died  at  Spragueville,  -Maine.  January  5  or  11, 
1880.  Children  born  at  Charlotte,  probably 
not  in  order  of  birth:  i.  Albert,  died  at 
Presque  Isle  in  1888;  was  a  blacksmith  and 
Baptist  minister  at  Calais  and  Presque  Isle; 
married  (second)  Margaret  (Griffin)  McGlau- 
flin, widow  of  Josiah  McGlauflin;  she  died  in 
June,  1913,  at  Presc|ue  Isle.  2.  Lewis,  died 
in  Sacramento,  California,  January.  1S67;  was 
a  blacksmith,  wheelwright,  farmer  and  broker; 

marrier  Emeline  .     3.  Rev.  John,  born 

1822,  died  in  New  Hampshire  in  1898;  was  a 
minister  in  the  Christian  church.  4,  Hannah, 
(lied  at  Charlotte,  aged  si.xteen.  5.  James, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Mary,  born  May  23, 
1831,  died  at  Mapleton,  September  30,  1911  ; 
married  Veli  Hughes,  a  farmer  of  Charlotte, 
-Maine.  7.  Isaac,  born  1833;  died  at  Presque 
Isle  in  February,  1898;  was  a  wool  carder; 
had  a  mill  at  Presque  Isle;  trial  justice  there; 
married  Susan  Hammond,  of  Lincoln,  Jilaine. 
8.  Josiah,  enli.^ted  in  the  Seventh  Maine  Regi- 
ment in  1S61  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Chaneellorsville ;  married  Margaret  Griffin. 
I).  Thomas,  servcfl  six  months  in  the  Eighteenth 


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Maine  during  the  civil  war;  dropped  dead  in 
Washington,   D.   C. ;   married   Alice   McCahe. 

10.  William,  died  aged  fifteen  years,  ii.  Ezra, 
born  December  ii,  1838,  died'  at  lllaine,  Jul}' 

11,  1S96.  12.  Sarah,  bom  October  14,  1839, 
died  at  Mapleton,  Januarj-,  1901  ;  married 
(first)  Thomas  tlriffin.  of  Cliarlotte ;  (second) 
Hall  Packard,  of  Washburn.  13.  Elvira,  born 
October  29,  1840,  died  in  iMapleton,  Novem- 
ber, 1905 ;  married  Ira  Carter,  of  Pembroke, 
brother  of  EKvell  Carter.  14.  Helen,  died  at 
a  campmeeting,  1898;  lived  at  Pembroke; 
married  Elwell  Carter,  of  Pembroke,  a  farmer, 
who  died  in  April,  1913.  15.  Laura,  born  De- 
cember 31,  1S45,  died  at  Mapleton,  May,  1897; 
married  James  ^^'ilcox,  of  Mapleton,  farmer. 
16.  Willis  C,  born  December  30,  1846;  part 
owner  of  Gould's  drug  store,  Portland ;  served 
in  the  Seventh  Maine  Regiment  in  the  civil 
war;  married  Rose  Waldron.  17.  Hannah, 
born  October  21,  1S48;  married,  ^larch  3. 
1865,  in  Mapleton,  John  Waddell,  a  Univer- 
salist  minister  and  farmer;  he  was  born  at 
Lubec,  ]\Iaine,  May  7,  1845  ;  is  a  member  of 
Mapleton  Grange:  children,  born  at  Castle 
Hill:  Jesse  A.  \\'addell,  October  10,  1866, 
farmer,  at  Castle  Hill ;  Hilary  Waddell.  April 
8,  t86o.  rbVd  yn^^^^:  Edward  L  V.'add:!!,  Oc^ 
tober  19,  1871,  a  jeweler,  married  (first)  Ro- 
sella  Humphrey,  of  Presque  Isle;  (second) 
Iva  \\'oodbury ;  Ralph  Eugene  Waddell,  July 
19,  1873,  died  young ;  \\'allace  W'addell,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1882,  married  Phebe  Craig,  of  Castle 
Hill,  is  a  farmer  at  Mapleton;  Susie  Waddell, 
May  I,  1884,  married  Horace  Higgins,  a 
farmer  of  Mapleton.  18.  Nancy,  died  at 
Presque  Isle;  married  John  Henry  Sprague. 
of  Charlotte,  afterward  a  merchant  at  Presque 
Isle. 

(II)  James  McGlautlin,  son  of  John  Mc- 
Glauflin.  was  born  at  Charlotte,  Maine,  in 
1830,  died  at  Presque  Isle.  1902.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  wheelwright  in  South 
Presque  Isle,  then  called  Spragueville.  On 
account  of  ill  healdi  he  moved  to  Mapleton, 
where  he  was  postmaster  and  general  mer- 
chant. He  enlisted  in  the  Seventh  Regiment 
Maine  Volunteer  Infantry  in  the  civil  war. 
In  the  service  he  had  an  attack  of  typhoid, 
and  never  entirely  recovered  his  health.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
church,  of  which  he  was  deacon.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  selectman,  road 
commissioner,  member  of  the  school  board  and 
board  of  health.  He  married  ^liriam  Green- 
law, born  in  Charlotte,  April  7.  1846.  She  is 
living  at  Chapman,  member  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  church  and  Cif  the  White  Ribbon  Tem- 
perance Society.     John  Greenlaw,  her  lather, 


was  born  in  1S06,  died  at  Mapleton,  189-,;  a 
shipbuilder  and  mariner.  She  had  brothers: 
r.cnjamin  Franklin  and  Calvin  Greenlaw. 
Children  of  James  Mclilautlin,  born  :u 
Presque  Isle:  i.  Nellie,  born  July,  186S;  mar- 
ried Llewellyn  I'^oss,  of  Dover;  a  farmer  nt 
Chapman;  children:  Halstead,  Hazel  and 
]\Iarion  Foss.  2.  Clifford,  born  December  31, 
1872;  was  a  school  teacher  in  Mapleton,  iiM\e 
a  lawyer  in  Portland ;  married  Hattie  Achoi  n. 
3.  Flora,  born  1875;  married  Alfred  Searles. 
of  Brownville,  a  dairy  farmer;  son,  Joseph.  4. 
Lulu,  1S79;  married  Herbert  Kiersted,  of 
Presque  Isle,  a  mail  carrier  in  that  town;  chil- 
dren: Ivan  and  Raymond  Kiersted.  S.James 
Frederick  Allen,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  James  Frederick  Allen  McGlaullin, 
son  of  James  McGlauflin,  was  born  at  Maple- 
ton, Maine,  August  10,  1889.  When  he  was 
seven  years  old  his  parents  removed  to  Presque 
Isle,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  He 
left  the  high  school  in  1905  and  began  his 
career  as  clerk  in  Portland,  in  the  grocery 
store  and  meat  market  of  Fred  B.  Estes. 
Afterward  for  nearly  a  year  he  was  a  street 
railway  conductor  in  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
He  returned  to  Portland  and  for  a  time  was  a 
teamster  for  the  city.  In  1907  he  became  a 
clerk  in  the  crockery  store  of  Guy  Chandler 
at  Presque  Isle.  From  1909  to  1911  he  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  Mapleton  Milk  Company. 
He  started  in  business  on  his  own  account  in 
1911,  having  a  variety  store  in  Mapleton,  and 
in  January,  1912,  formed  a  partnership  with 
T.  F.  Phair.  This  firm  has  a  large  and  flour- 
ishing general  store  in  Presque  Isle.  In  poli- 
tics Mr.  McGlauflin  is  a  Republican.  He 
attends  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church. 

He  married,  at  Chapman,  ]\Iaine.  Idella 
Emery,  born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  December  25, 
1891.  and  educated  in  the  schools  of  Presque 
Isle.     Children  of  Mr.  and  .Mrs.  McGlautlin: 

1.  Marjorie,  born  at  Chapman,  July  11,  1909. 

2.  James,  at  -Mapleton,  February  15,  191 1.  3. 
Donald,  March  2,  1914.  James  Emery,  father 
of  Mrs.  McGlauflin,  was  born  at  Foxcroft, 
Maine,  February  28,  1864,  died  at  Chapman, 
Maine,  May  18,  1906.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Presque  Isle  for  nine  years  and  in  Chapman 
for  two  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Modern  \'\'oodmen  of  America  of  Alapleton. 
He  married  Constantia  Nicholson,  born  at 
Centerville,  New  Brunswick.  March  28.  1S74, 
and  educated  in  her  native  place  and  at  Monti- 
cello,  Maine.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Free 
Will  Baptist  church,  and  of  Mapleton  Grange, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry.  Children  of  James 
Emery:  i.  Idella,  married  James  Frederick 
Allen  McGlauflin,  mentioned  above.  2.  Flos- 
sie, born  at  Fort  Fairfield,  April  3,  1893,  re- 


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.iiics  witli  her  mother  at  Chapman,  graduate 
,,;■  tlic  Lewiston  Business  College,  mcmhcr  of 
t!;c  l^rce  Will  Baptist  church  and  the  .Maple- 
lon  Grange.  Frank  Nicholson,  father  of  Con- 
^tantia  (Nicholson)  Emery,  was  born  in  New 
Hrunswick,  May  12,  1846.  He  formerly  had  a 
t'Marding  house.  He  married  Margaret  Nich- 
(ils,  born  in  New  B.runswick,  1853,  died  at 
I'resque  Isle,  1901.  Children  of  Frank  Nich- 
olson: I.  Constantia,  mentioned  above.  2. 
C  laude,  born  September,  1S83  ;  married  Zelpha 
IVnde.xter.  of  Chapman,  where  he  has  a  farm. 
Constantia  Emery  married  (second)  Getirgc 
.'"^ites,  of  Chapman,  a  farmer. 


James  Lang  was  born  in   Barnet. 

LANG  X'ermont,  in  1807,  died  there  in 
18S1.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Barnet 
all  of  his  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  he  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  ncarl}-  all  his  life.  He  married 
Nancy  Gilkerson,  who  died  in  Barnet.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Barnet:  i.  Agnes,  married 
Peter  Nelson ;  resides  in  Barnet,  aged  seventy- 
nine  years.  2.  William,  of  Barnet,  lives  on 
homestead,  unmarried,  aged  seventy-seven 
years.  3.  Louise,  lives  in  Barnet,  unmarried, 
aged  seventy-five  vears.  4.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  James,  born  1849.  died  aged 
fifty-two  \ears. 

(II)  Thomas  Lang,  son  of  James  Lang, 
was  born  in  Barnet,  Vermont,  in  1841.  .  For 
fifteen  years  he  worked  in  the  cotton  mills  in 
Lowell,  ^Massachusetts,  and  then  moved  to 
Oxford,  Maine,  where  he  had  a  farm.  Later 
he  settled  in  Perham.  Maine,  where  he  was 
a  farmer,  and  in  1912  moved  to  Vernon,  \''er- 
mont,  where  he  has  a  farm.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  of  the  Odd  Fellows. 
He  married,  in  1869,  }ilary  ]\IcF2achern,  borr 
on  Prince  Edward  Island,  in  1S48,  and  who  is 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  Her 
father  died  at  Prince  Edward  Island  in  1872, 
aged  forty-eight  years ;  he  was  a  ship  builder 
and  farmer;  his  children  were:  Mary,  men- 
tioned above;  Christie;  Sarah,  died  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one:  Jessie,  resides  in  Two  Har- 
bors, ^Minnesota;  Neal ;  Malcolm,  resides  in 
Portland,  Oregon  ;  Charles ;  John,  reside?  in 
Portland,  Oregon.  Children  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (McEachern)  Lang:  i.  Ger.rge  E., 
mentioned  below.  2.  Alena  ]M.,  nurse  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, member  of  Perham  Grange.  _  3. 
Sarah,  of  Massachusetts,  unmarried.  4.  Alice, 
lives  in  Connecticut.  5.  Frederick,  died  in 
1904,  aged  twenty-one  years.  6.  Edwin,  died 
in   1808,  aged  fourteen  years. 

(HI)  Gorge  E.  Lang,  son  of  Thomas 
Lang,    was    born    at    Dracut,    Mas.sachusetts, 


March  27,  1S70.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  .schouls  of  iV-rluun'  Maine, 
whither  his  parents  removed  when  he  was 
eight  years  old.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the 
farm  until  he  came  of  age.  Afterward  he 
folk)wed  farming  and  lumbering.  In  1892  he 
bought  a  farm  in  Perham  and  cultivated  it 
until  190(1.  h'or  two  years  afterward  he  oper- 
ated a  shingle  mill  in  Perham.  In  1908  he 
bought  the  farm  that  he  now  owns  in  Prcsque 
Isle,  consisting  of  si.xty-five  acres,  of  which 
fifty  are  luuier  cultivation.  In  ])olitics  lie  is  a 
Republican.  He  attends  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  is  a  member  of  I'erham 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  New  F.nglaud  Order  of  Protec- 
tion. He  niarrtcd,  ]\lay  r,  1895,  '"  Caribou, 
Blanche  J.  Jordan.  Children:  I.  Walter  J., 
born  in  1896.  died  in  infancy.  2.  E.  Stuart, 
born  at  Perham,  January  9,  189S.  student  in 
the  Presque  Isle  Lligh  School.  3.  Gertrude  A., 
born  at  Perham,  April  25,  1932.  4.  Helen  J., 
born  in  Prestiue  Isle,  Deceiuber  21,  191 1. 


The  Rtrleout  family  settled 
RIDEOUT  in  Massachusetts  and  New 
Hampshire  before  the  Revo- 
lution. Two  of  the  family  emigrated  to  New 
i'.nmswick  dtuing  or  directly  after  the  war 
with  e-lln-r  Loyalists  :ind  had  grants  of  land 
there  frum  the  Crown.  Their  names  were 
Burt  and  Nathaniel. 

(I)  Jephtha  Rideout  was  born  in  Carleton 
county.  New  Brunswick,  in  1S07,  died  at 
Parish  Grand  Falls  in  18S1.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  a  member  of  the  Piaptist  church.  He  mar- 
ried Anne  Dickson,  who  was  born  at  sea  on  a 
voyage  between  England  and  the  West  Indies. 
She  died  at  (jrand  Falls  in  1897.  Her  father, 
Thomas  Dickson,  was  a  soldier  in  the  British 
ariuy,  sent  to  the  \\'est  Indies  to  suppress  the 
uprising  of  the  negroes.  He  belonged  to  the 
Queen's  Royal  Rangers,  ^\'hen  he  retired 
from  the  army  he  settled  on  a  grant  of  land  at 
Grand   Falls,    New    Brunswick.      Children   of 

Thomas  Dickson:     i.  Mary,  married  

Dyer,  a  soldier  in  the  B.ritish  army  ;  settled  at 
Chicadec  Hawk,  in  Carleton  couuty,  New 
Brunswick.  2.  .\nne,  married  Jephtlia  Ride- 
out,  mentioned  above.  3.  Thomas,  resided  at 
Parish  Grand  Falls,  a  farmer.  Children  of 
Jephtha  Rideout:  i.  Ezekiel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Mary,  died  at  Parish  Grand  h'alL; 
married  \\'illiam  Merritt.  a  farmer.  3.  Re- 
becca, died  unmarried.  4.  Susamia.  died 
young.  5.  Margaret,  died  at  St.  Juhn,  New 
Briuiswick;  married  Marcus  ^\■atson,  of 
Grand  l^'alls.  a  farmer.  6.  Elias,  died  aged 
about  twenty-eight,  lunnarried.  a  farmer  of 
(irand     I'^alls.      7.    .\nnie,    resides     with     her 


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