^^ •'■' «r^ % /% \1^" /\ s^*^ '% ^ 't °o "°^'^^*/ %^^^' J' "o^-^^*/ V*^"^,/ %'^^*.0^ °o •^«. A-^ »V — .J J z^ n o/w-vv\ Vv. o/' C/vwv^ O'^v cyl^(yU? vO GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY STATE OF MAINE COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF GEORGE THOMAS LITTLE, A. M., Litt. D. Vice-President Maine Genealogical Society Librarian of Bowdom College Honorary Member Minnesota Historical Society ^rier i::rtrHir Isociation Member of Council, American Library Association Author "Little Genealogy AND INCLUDING AMONG OTHER LOCAL CONTRIBUTORS REV. HENRY S. BURRAGE, D.D. State Historian Chaplain of National Home, Togus ALBERT ROSCOE STUBBS Librarian Maine Genealogical Society VOLUME III ILLUSTRATED LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK 1909 f\2 Copyright, 1909, LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. New York. ©f^' ^ 1,2 4.1 r,K O.- JUL 23 1^09 IL^, STATE OF MAINE. The records of Essex county, iMas- AYER sachusetts, have this name under many forms, such as : Aars, Aers, Aier, Aiere, Aiers, Air, Aires, Ares, Ayeres, Aver. Eayer, Eayre, Eyer, Eyers, Eyre. (I) The ancestors of most of the name in New England, and the earHest in Essex county was John Ayer. It is supposed that he came from England, and was living in Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1640, removed to Ipswich in 1646. next year to Haverhill, and died there March 31, 1657. His wife Hannah died October 8, 1688. Children: John, Re- becca, Robert, Thomas, Peter, JMary, Obadiah, Nathaniel and Hannah. The eldest received the homestead by will. (II) Cornet Peter, fourth son of John and Hannah Ayer, was born about 1633, perhaps in England, and was a freeman in Haverhill in May, i666. He was a farmer, member of general court 1683-85-89-90, and active in town aiifairs and in the Indian wars. He mar- ried, November i, 1659, Hannah, born June, 1642, in Salisbury, daughter of William and Hannah (Goodale) Allen. She died De- cember 22, 1729. He died in Boston in Jan- uary, 1689. Children, born in Haverhill : Ruth, Hannah, Abigail, Mary, Martha, Sam- uel, William, Rachel, Ebenezer. (III) Captain Samuel, eldest son of Cornet Peter and Hannah (Allen) Ayer, was born September 28, 1669, in Haverhill. He was a man of property, and owned a negro slave named Lot. He succeeded his father as mem- ber of committee for control of common lands of Haverhill. His efficient leadership in the Indian v.-ars did much to prevent savage out- rages. He died January 2, 1744. He mar- ried, November 21, 1693. Elizabeth Tuttle, of Ipswich, who died November 29, 1752. Children : Hannah, Peter, Samuel, William, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Simon and Sarah. (IV) Lieutenant Ebenezer, fourth son of Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Ayer, was born in Haverhill, February 18, 1705, and settled in Methuen, Massachusetts. Upon the establishment of the province line in 1 741 his homestead became a part of Sa- lem. New Hampshire, and the following inscription is found on his tombstone in that town ; "Here lies ye body of Lieutenant Ebe- nezer Ayr; he departed this life JMarch 3, 1763, aged 57 years." He married (first), March 29, 1726, Susanna, daughter of Robert and Susanna (Atwood) Kimball, of Bradford, Massachusetts. She was born I\Iay 25, 1707, and died September 26, 1749 ; five children died young, the others being : Ebenezer, Peter, Timothy, Joseph and Isaiah. Lieutenant Ebe- nezer married (second) Elizabeth , born 1715, died January 2, 1786; children: William, Elizabeth, Samuel, Philip and John. (V) Peter (2), second son of Lieutenant Ebenezer and Susanna (Kimball) Ayer, was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, May 12, 1737. He lived in that part of Methuen set aside as Salem, New Hampshire, in 1741, re- moving to Buxton, Maine, about 1776. He was a soldier of the revolution. He married (first) Rebecca , who died October 28, 1795; children: Benjamin, Jonathan, Benja- min, Sarah, Ebenezer, Elizabeth and Philip. He married (second) January 19, 1796, Widow Sarah Jenkins, of Pepperellboro (Saco). (\T) Benjamin, third son of Peter (2) and Rebecca Ayer, was born in Salem. New- Hampshire, November 23, 1763, and died in L'nity, Maine, July 29, 1844. Besides culti- vating a farm, he was an itinerant Methodist preacher and resided in Falmouth, now Port- land, and Freedom, Maine. He enlisted in the war of the revolution at the age of sixteen, and served with bravery. He married, April 2, 1785, Rachel, daughter of Abner and Rachel (Shaw) Sanborn, a direct descendant of Rev. Stephen Bacheler, one of the founders of Hampton, New Hampshire. She was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, July 19, 1762, and died at the home of her son Peter, in Freedom, Maine. Children : Annis M., Lydia S.. Peter, Benjamin, Rachel, John, San- born, Rachel and Thomas Burnham. (\TI) Thomas Burnham. youngest child of Rev. Benjamin and Rachel (Sanborn) Ayer, was born in Portland, Maine, June i, 1800, and died in West Waterville, April, 1864. Owing to the frequent change of residence of the family, rendered necessary by the preach- 105 1 I052 STATE OF iMAlM ing of Rev. Benjamin, the ejve New Orleans, and later joined the forces then besieging Port Hudson. While at Bonnet Carre, Mr. Seiders had an attack of typhoid fever and a relapse therefrom, and after recovering joined his reg- iment at Port Hudson. In the meantime Vicks- burg was besieged and taken, and also Port Hudson shortly after. The regiment returned home via the Mississippi river and Chicago, and was mustered out of service at Augusta, Atigust 25, 1863. After the war Mr. Seiders returned to Union and remained on the home farm un- til he attained his majority, then he went to Portland, where he obtained employment in the machine shops of Charles Staples & Son, where he remained some months. Having a desire to obtain a better education, he left the workbench in 1866, attending two terms at Kent's Hill Seminary, and subsequently continuing and finishing his preparatory course for college at Lincoln Academj', Newcastle, Maine. He entered Bowdoin College in the class of 1872. During his preparatory and college courses he paid his way by teaching in district schools and academies. Lie gradu- ated with the degree of A. B. and later re- ceived the degree of A. M. After his gradu- ation he was immediately appointed principal of Greelev Institute, Cumberland Center, Maine, which position he occupied two years, during which time the institute enjoyed a larger degree of prosperity than it had ever before or has since. At the close of his serv- ices at Greeley Institute he was elected sub- master of the high school at Waltham, Mas- sachusetts, where he taught one year, when, having received an advantageous offer, he ac- cepted a professorship in the Episcopal Acad- emy of Connecticut at Cheshire, Connecticut, where he taught during the school year of 1875-76. While there he took up the reading of law, and in July, 1876, entered the office of Thomas Brackett Reed, at Portland, and there continued the study of law. In October, 1878, Mr. Seiders was admitted to the bar and took desk room with Hon. F. M. Ray for a few months, when he returned to ]\Ir. Reed's office and remained in association with him until Mr. Reed moved to New York in igoi. In Jan- uary, 1893, Mr. Seiders and F. V. Chase, Esq.. formed a co-partnership under the style of Seiders & Chase, which continued until Jan- uary, 1901. In 1883 he was appointed as- sistant counsel for the United States in the Alabama Court of Claims, and acted in that capacity during the continuance of the court. In 1885 he was electejil county attorney for the county of Cumberland and again in 1887, serving two terms. During his services as county attorney many important cases were tried by him, including murder cases. After having completed his services in that capacity he was engaged in both civil and criminal practice. He defended two murder cases which perhaps e.xcited as much jniblic inter- est as any that have been tried in the county of Cumberland. During the period when Mr. Seiders was reading law and for two years after his admission to the bar he lived in the town of North Yarmouth, where he was elect- ed representative to the Legislature of 1878 on the Republican ticket by the classed towns of Yarmouth and North Yarmouth. Although he had not been admitted to the bar, he was appointed on the judiciary committee and others of importance. He took up his resi- dence in Portland in 1880. In 1892 he was elected to the State Senate and served on the judiciary and other important committees. Two years later he was re-elected and was unanimously chosen president of that body. His business methods, prompt and courteous rulings, and impartial dealings in public af- fairs secured for him strong support, which in 1901 was the means of his being elected attorney general of the state. Lie was re- elected in 1903, serving two full terms. His administration of this office was highly com- mended. In 1898 he was elected a member of the Republican state committee, and served in that capacity until 1905. Mr. Seiders has been attorney for and officially connected with many corporations. From his youth he has been a member of the Congregational church. He is a member of Bosworth Post. G. A. R., of the Cumberland Gub, and of Bramhall League, all of Portland. He married, November 24, 1874, Clarice Small Hayes, who was born in North Yar- mouth in 1854, daughter of Isaac S. and Asenath (Batchelder) Hayes, of North Yar- mouth. They have three children, all living r Grace Ruiten, born 1875: Mary Asenath. born 1877: and Pliilip Reed, born 1885. Grace R. married Dr. Phillip Webb Davis in 1903. They have two children, Mary Louise, born 1904, and Kathcrine, born 1906. STATE OF MAINE. 1087 The Wingates of England VVINGATE are an interesting and profit- able family to study, and it has always been the ambition of the Wingates of America to secure an unbroken chain to connect the two families, but up to this time the missing links have not been restored, and only in an indirect way can the relationship be established. In view of this it is not our purpose to regard the English family, but to name the progenitor of the family in America and to trace from him the subject we have in hand. (I) John Wingale, American progenitor of the Wingates of New England and of the northwest, if not of the entire family in Amer- ica, came to New Hampshire from England when an independent young man with no re- sponsibility of family or relatives. He was credited with being in the service of Thomas Layton, who located at Hilton's Point, now known as Dover Neck. New Hampshire, as early as 1658. Thomas Layton gave him a consideration for services already rendered, or to be rendered, twenty acres of land in the Neck, and the selectmen of the town thought it expedient to grant him an allotment of twenty acres immediately adjoining that given him by his master. He thus became an im- portant yeoman or farmer in the colony. He built a house and established a homestead which has been handed down from generation to generation in uninterrupted succession, even to this day. In early records his name is writ- ten "John Winget" and there appear various other spellings of the name. He married, after securing a homestead, Mary, daughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter, a stern and exemplary Puritan, and they had two children: Anne, born February 18. 1667. and John. July 13, 1670. His wife died, and about 1676 he mar- ried as his second wife Sarah, widow of Thomas Carney, by whom he had five chil- dren, as follows : Caleb, Moses, Mary, Joshua and Abigail. lohn Wingate died December 9, 1687. (II) John (2). eldest son of John (i) and IMary (Nutter) Wingate, was born in Dover. New Hampshire. July 13, 1670. As the eldest son, he inherited the homestead and it was his home during his entire life. He com- manded a company of militia in the expedi- tions to Port Royal, 1707-10. His wife was Ann, and after she had borne him twelve children, and he had left her a widow, she married, December. 1725, Captain John Heard. The children of Captain John and Ann Win- gate were: i. Mary, born October 3, 1691. 2. John, April 10, 1693, died September, 1694. 3. Ann, February 2, 1694, died 1787. 4. Sarah, February 17, 1696. 5. Moses, December 27, 1698, died February 9, 1782. 6. Samuel, No- vember 27, 1700. 7. Edmond, February 27, 1702. 8. Abigail, March 2, 1704. 9. Elizabeth, February 3, 1706. 10. Mehitable, November 14, 1709. II. Joanna, January 6, 171 1. 12. Simon. September 2, 1713. Captain John Wingate died in 1715. (Ill) Simon, youngest son and child of Captain John (2) and Ann Wingate, was born on the homestead in Dover Neck, New Hampshire, September 2, 1713, two years be- fore the death of his father, who left him to the care of his mother and eldest son John to be brought up. He sold, in 1736, in conjunc- tion with his youngest sister, Joanna, to their brother, Moses Wingate, for thirty pounds, "a part of thirty acres of land granted by Dover to our honored father, John Wingate, late of Dover, deceased." The deed is dated May 26, 1736. He removed from Dover to Biddeford, Maine, where he was admitted to the First Church of that town, October 17, 174a, and he soon after was elected a deacon of the church. He married Lydia, daughter of Ebe- nezer and Abie! (Snell) Hills, and she was admitted to the First Church, November 29, 1774. They had twelve children born to them in Biddeford, as follows: i. Anne. 2. Eliza- beth. 3. Hannah. 4. Snell, baptized February 3, 1744. 5. Simon, baptized June 21, 1747. 6. John, baptized April 8, 1750. 7. Lydia, bap- tized .April 26. 1752. 8. Edmond, baptized January 5, 1755. 9. . 10. Lucy, bap- tized December 25. 1757. 11. Sarah, baptized March 22, 1761. 12. Susanna. (I\') Snell, eldest son and fourth child of Simon and Lydia (Hill) Wingate, was bap- tized February 3, 1744. He married (first) Margaret Emery, of Biddeford, Maine, who died November 29, 1783, and (second) Me- hitable Davis Crocker, of Dunstable, Massa- chusetts, widow of Elijah Crocker, who was a sea captain and sister of Daniel Davis, so- licitor-general. After his marriage, Snell Win- gate removed from Biddeford to Buxton, Maine, and built a house on Lot No. 12, Range D., Third Division. He was a select- man for eleven years. His five children by his first wife were: i. Molly, baptized April 13, 1770. married Daniel Bradbury, of .\thens, Maine. 2. Samuel, baptized August 26, 1772. 3. Daniel, baptized .August 27, 1775 or 1776, married Sarah Whittier in 1802, settled in Buxton near his father, had one son John, who left Buxton and was never heard from. io88 STATE OF MAINE. and his large family of daughters married and removed from P.uxton. 4. Abigail, baptized August 3, 1777. 5. Simon, born August 27, 1780 {t)r bai)tized September i, 1781). Chil- dren of second wife: 6. Robert Davis, born August 8. 1789, died April 23, 1806. 7. Elijah Crocker, born December 17, 1790, married Mary Lombard, of Gorham, Maine, and died without issue. 8. Snell, born August 7, 1792, died 1814. 9. Ansel, born March 16, 1794, died 1814, while a soldier in the American army in the war of 1812. 10. Margaret Em- ery,' born January 3. 1797. 11. John, born April 28, 1799, married, January 22. 1821, Salome Small, of Buxton, Maine, and (sec- ond), September 22, 1829, to Sophronia, wid- ow of Mr. Frost. John Wingate lived in Gor- ham, Maine, and had by his first wife three children and by his second eight. He died at Gorham, Maine, in 1859. Snell Wingate, his father, died in Buxton, Maine, early in the nineteenth century, but no date is on rec- ord. (\^) Samuel, eldest son and second child of Snell and IMargaret (Emery) Wingate, was born in Buxton Center, Maine, and baptized August 26, 1772. He married Molly Wood- man, of Buxton, Maine, October 17. 1796, and lived in West Buxton, where five children were born of the marriage: i. William. 2. Edmund, who lived and died in Saco, Maine, and left a son who lived at Boston. 3. Mar- garet. 4. Nabby, married a Mr. Scribner, lived at Buxton, Maine, and had three sons. 5. Harriet. (\T) William, eldest son of Samuel and Molly (Woodman) Wingate, was born at West Buxton, Maine, his birth probably oc- curring in 1797 or 1798. He was married to Mary Ann Coolberth, of Standish, Maine, and they lived first at Steep Falls in the town of Standish and later at Limerick, Maine. He was a merchant, a member of the Baptist church, a devoted advocate of the principles of the Whig party, and as a Republican he was elected selectman in 1861. He served in the Thirteenth Maine Regiment in the civil war and was a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion of the L^nited States. Will- iam and Mary Ann (Coolberth) Wingate had two children, Edwin R. and Mary Ann. (VH) Edwin R., only son of \^Mlliam and Mary Ann (Coolberth) Wingate, was born at Steep Falls, town of Standish, Maine. He became a merchant, and also held the office of postmaster at Steep Falls, in the township of Standish, Maine. He was also a manufac- turer. In the civil war he enlisted in the Thirteenth Maine Volunteer Regiment and served during the entire war, receiving the credit of being a good soldier, a faithful officer and a patriot of undoubted repute. His church affiliation was with the Free Will Baptist de- nomination, and his political faith was with the party that put down the Rebellion and pre- served the L'nion of the states. He was a com- panion of the military order of the Loyal Le- gion of the L'nited States and a cominander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He mar- ried, 1868, Harriet Boulter, of Steep Falls, and they had three children: i. Edwin R., who became a hotel clerk in Swampscott, Mas- sachusetts. 2. Thomas H., a clerk and partner in his father's business, t,. William W. (q. v.). (VHI) William W., son of Edwin R. and Harriet (Boulter) Wingate, was born at Steep Falls, Standish township, Maine, September 12, 1870. He attended the public school and was graduated at Fryeburg Academy, Bowdoin Col- lege, and Harvard University Law School, and was admitted to the bar. He established him- self in the practice of law in Brooklyn, New York, v\ith offices at 44 Court street. He became a Republican politician and served as counsel for the sheriff of Kings county, New York, and as undersherift" of the county. He was appointed attorney for the state comp- troller, January i, 1909. He affiliates with the Masonic fraternity and with the order of Elks, and is a member of the Republican Club of New York, of the Reform Club and of the Maine Society of New York. He is a mem- ber of Plymouth Congregational Church of Brooklyn. Mr. Wingate is unmarried. The surname Burleigh is an BURLEIGH ancient English family name. The most common spellings of this name in the early records are Burleigh, Burlcy, Burly, Birle, Birley, Birdley and Burd- ley. No less than nineteen branches of this family in England had or have coats-of-arms. (I) Giles Burleigh, immigrant ancestor of the American family, was an inhabitant of Ipswich, Massachusetts, as early as 1648, and was born in England. He was a commoner at Ipswich in 1664. He was a planter, living eight years on what was later called Brooke street, owning division lot No. 105. situate on Great Hill, Hogg Island. His name was spelled Birdley, Birdly, Burdley and Budly in the Ipswich records, and his name as signed by mark to his will is given Ghils Berdly. He bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth (called else- where Rebecca): his son Andrew: his son STATE OF MAINE. 1089 James ; his son John, and an uncle whose name is not given. Theophilus Wilson was execu- tor. Deacon Knowlton and Jacob Foster, over- seers, Thomas Knowlton Sr. and Jacob Foster the witnesses. Soon after his death his widow was granted trees for a hundred rails and a hundred posts, June 13. 1668. She married (second), February 23, 1669, Abraham Fitts, of Ipswich. Children: i. Andrew, born at Ipswich, September 5, 1657, married Mary, daughter of Governor Roger Conant. 2. James, February 10, 1659, mentioned below. 3. Giles, July 13. 1662. 5. John, July 13, 1662, died February 27, 1681. (II) James, son of Giles Burleigh, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, February 10, 1659, died in Exeter, New Hampshire, about 1721. Married (first). May 25, 1685, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Worces- ter) Stacy. She died October 21, 1686. Her mother was a daughter of Rev. Witham Worcester, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. His sons Joseph, Giles, Josiah and James made a written agreement in 1723. Children: i. William, born in Ipswich. Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 27, 1692-93, was at Newmarket in 1746. 2. Joseph, April 6, 1695. 3- Thomas, .-Vpril 5, 1697. 4. James, Exeter, 1699. 5. Josiah, 1701, mentioned below. 6. Giles, 1703, mar- ried, December 9, 1725, Elizabeth Joy, of Salis- bury, Massachusetts. (III) Josiah, son of James Burleigh, was born in Ipswich in 1701, died in Newmarket, New Hampshire, in 1756. He married Han- nah; daughter of Hon. Andrew Wiggin, judge of probate, son of Andrew Wiggin (2) and his wife, Hannah (Bradstreet) Wiggin. Thomas Wiggin, father of Andrew (2), was the immigrant, coming in 1631 as agent for the proprietors of New Hampshire. Hannah Bradstreet was a daughter of Governor Simon and Ann ( Dudley ) Bradstreet, ami grand- daughter of Governor Thomas Dudle}-. A tract of land at Exeter was set aside for him by the committee in 1718. He signed a petition for a bridge at Newmarket in 1746. Children : I. Josiah, died at Newmarket, married Judith Tuttle. 2. Thomas, born about 1730, men- tioned below. 3. Samuel. (IV) Thomas, son of Josiah Burleigh, was born about 1730. He was an inhabitant of Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 1766, and was appointed on a committee to locate the meet- ing-house. He married Mercy Norris. In 1775 he settled at Sandwich, New Hampshire, on what is now known as Burleigh Hill. He was a farmer. Children: i. Deacon Thomas, married (first), April 6, 1779, Hannah Ether- idge ; (second) Susan, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Hanson) Watson, widow of Colo- nel Lewis Wentworth, of Dover. 2. Mercy, married, March 5, 1784, Eliphalet Smith, son of Colonel Jacob and Dolly (Ladd) Smith. 3. Benjamin, born about 1755, mentioned be- low. 4. Samuel, died at Sandwich, July 5, 1851 ; married, March 7, 1785, Ruth, daughter of Joshua and Ruth (Carr) Prescott. 5. Jo- siah, died at Sandwich, August 31, 1845; mar- ried, February 27, 1788, Rosamond Watson, of Moultonborough, New Hampshire. 6. Dolly. (\') Benjamin, son of Thomas Burleigh, was born about 1755, in Deerfield, New Flamp- shire. He was a merchant, having a general store at Sandwich. New Hampshire, the first in that town. He married, November 23, 1779, Priscilla Senter, of Centre Harbor, New Hampshire, born November i, 1759, died Jan- uary I, 1819. She married (second) Colonel Parker Prescott, son of Lieutenant John and Molly (Carr) Prescott, born at Manchester, Massachusetts, April 4, 1767, died December 17, 1849. Children: i. (Tolonel Moses, born March 25, 1781, mentioned below. 2. Ben- jamin, born at Holderness, March i, 1783, died at Oakfield, Maine ; married Hannah Sanborn, of Centre Harbor. 3. Thomas, March i, 1783, married, April 21. 1808, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Etheridge) Burleigh. 4. Priscilla, 1785, married William Cox. 5. Polly, born at Sandwich, 1787, died May. 1831 ; married Captain Ezekiel Hoit, son of Joseph and Betsey Hoit. 6. Olive, April 12, 1789. 7. — , born 1790. (\T) Colonel Moses, son of Benjamin Bur- leigh, was born at Sandwich, New Hampshire, March 25, 1781 ; died at Linneus, Maine, Feb- ruary 13, i860: marrietl Nancy Spiller. He settled before 181 2 in Palermo, Maine, where he lived until 1830, when he removed to Lin- neus, Aroostook county, where he resided until his death. At Palermo he was elected to various offices of trust and honor. He was captain of the militia company there when called into service in the war of 1812, and marched with his company to Belfast at the time that the British vessels entered the Penob- scot river, to destrox' the LTnited States frigate "Adams." He was commissioned captain in the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Eleventh Division, Massachusetts militia, in 1 81 4, and promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1816. He was a representative to the general court of Massachusetts wdien Maine was a part of that state and afterward was in the Maine state legislature. He was a delegate to the convention in 1816 at Brunswick, to frame the logo STATE OF MAIXK. constitution for the state of Maine. He car- ried the first mail by carriage from Augusta to Bangor, it having been carried on horseback previously. At Liniieus he was appointed by the marshal to take the census in the north- ern section of Washington county. When he was engaged in that service, the provincial warden, alleging that he was in disputed ter- ritory in violation of the provincial law, pur- sued with authority to arrest Colonel Burleigh, but the latter was successful in eluding the pursuit and completing his work. In 1831 he was appointed assistant land-agent, to guard that section of the public lands, and in that office drove various parties of Canadian squat- ters back to the provinces. He was for several years postmaster at Linneus. We are told by his biographer that he was a man of activity, energy and probity of character ; his hospi- tality was particularly marked, the hungry were fed and the weary found rest beneath his roof. His wife died January 2, 1850, aged sixty- four. "She lived a life of usefulness, was kind and beneficient, beloved and respected by her numerous friends." Children of Colonel Moses and Nancy ( Spiller) Burleigh; i. Elvira Senter, born January 7, 1806, died October 27, -1829. 2. Benjamin, March 6, 1809. 3. Benjamin, February 21, 181 1. 4. Hon. Parker Prescott, May 16, 1812, mentioned below. 5. Nancy Spiller, married Jabez Young, of Houl- ton, Maine. 6. Moses Carlton, born at Paler- mo, May 15, 1818, married, 1843, Caroline Elizabeth Frost, of Lubec. Maine. 7. Samuel Kelsey, January 8, 1820. married Keziah By- ron, of Linneus. 8. Olley Seaver, September II, 1822, died March 20, 1876; married Dud- ley Shields. 9. Rufus Burnham. February g, 1826, died at Fulton, Arkansas, April 30, 1864; married, at Belfast, Maine, September 21. 1857, Ann Sarah Flanders. (VH) Hon. Parker Prescott, son of Moses Burleigh, was born in Palermo, Maine, May 16, 1812. Fie was educated at the Hampden Academy, in Maine, and the Hartford (Con- necticut) grammar school, at that time one of the best-known schools of the country. At the same time he received instruction in mili- tary tactics from Colonel Seymour, afterwards governor of the state. He removed with his father from Palermo to Linneus in 1830, and devoted some time to obtaining instruction in land-surveying. His knowledge of timber lands in the Maine wilderness was excelled by none, and he invested extensively in this form of property. He followed the profession of civil engineering and surveying, in addition to farming. As state chairman in 1869 of the Maine commission on the settlement of the public lands of Maine, he contributed largely to the development and settlement of Aroos- took county. He was elected state land-agent in 1868 and served in that office eight years. He himself was one of the pioneers there, in 1830. and at the incorporation of the town of Linneus in 1836 he was chosen tow^n clerk, treasurer, collector of taxes and chairman of the school committee. Throughout his long life he held nearly all the time some office of trust and honor. In 1839 'i^ \^'^* commis- sioned captain of Company M, Sixth Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division, of Maine mili- tia, and in 1840 was elected lieutenant-colonel of the Seventh Regiment, a position he held for seven years. He was appointed county commissioner by Governor Kent in 1841, and was subsequently elected to that office ; was county treasurer also, and postmaster at North Linneus for twenty-five years. He was a member of the house of representatives in 1856-57, and a state senator in 1864-65, 1877- 78. Fle was chairman of the boaid of select- men several years. He died April 29, 1899, in Houlton, Alaine. He married (first) Caroline Peabody, daugh- ter of Jacob and Sally (Clark) Chick, of Bangor. She was born January 31, 181 5, died April 6, 1 86 1. He married (second) May 29, 1873, Charlotte Mehitable, daughter of Colo- nel James and Mehitable (Jones) Smith, of Bangor. Children of first marriage: i. Hon. Albert Augustus, born at Linneus, October 12, 1841, married Lucinda G. Collins: enlisted in the Union army in the civil war in 1864; was wounded, taken prisoner and confined at Petersburg and Richmond ; resided at Oakfield and Houlton, Maine ; was commissioner of Aroostook county twelve years ; surveyor of land by profession : children : i. Everett Edwin, born November 9. 1862: ii. Albert Augustus, January 8. 1864, died July 30, 1864; iii. Pres- ton Newell, born at Oakfield, February 18, 1866: iv. Park-er Prescott, February 15, 1868; V. Frances Lucinda, November 19, 1871 ; vi. Harry Ralph, October 5, 1874. 2. Hon. Edwin Chick, mentioned below. (\'III) Hon. Edwin Chick, son of Hon. Parker Prescott Burleigh, was born in Lin- neus, Maine, November 27, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Houlton Academy, where he fitted for college. Following the example of his father, he educated himself as a land sur- veyor, a profession that oflfered excellent op- portunities at that time to young men on ac- STATE OF MAINE. 1091 count of the necessity of surveying timber lands. For a time after leaving the academy he taught school, but when the civil war broke out he and his brother went to Augusta and enlisted in the District of Columbia cavalry, but he was rejected, on account of the state of his health, by the e.xamining surgeon, Dr. George E. Brickett. Disappointed in his am- bition to enter the service, he accepted a clerk- ship in the office of the adjutant general of Alaine, and remained to the close of the war. He then followed his profession of surveyor and the business of farming until 1870, when he was appointed clerk in the state land office at Bangor, and two years later made his home in that city. In 1876-77-78 he was state land agent, and during the same years also assistant clerk of the house of representatives. In 1880 he was appointed clerk in the office of the state treasurer and removed permanently to Augusta. In 1885 he was elected treasurer of the state, an office that he filled with con- spicuous ability and success. He was reelected in 1887, and in the year following was chosen governor of the state, with a plurality of 18,- 053 votes. In i8qo he was reelected governor with a phirality of 18,899 votes. His adminis- tration of state affairs was pre-eminently con- structive and progressive in character. His e.xperience in public life, his executive ability and well-balanced character fitted him admir- ably for the office of governor. Democratic in his ways, indefatigable in his attention to the varied duties of his position, he strengthened himself in the hearts of the people during his term of office. He was popular and won the commendation of press and public alike. His appointments were satisfactory. His addresses to the legislature and on public occasions marked him as a master of e.xpression. Through his influence and action, the plan to remove the state capitol from Augusta to Portland was defeated, and an appropriation of $150,000 made for the enlargement of the old state house. He was chairman of the com- mission in charge of the state-house addition, hicidentally the state saved at least two mil- lion dollars by refusing to abandon the old capitol. In 1899 Governor Burleigh became chairman of a committee to locate and pur- chase a permanent muster field, and after something of a contest he secured the selection of historic Camp Keyes, in Augusta, an ideal field for the purpose, at a cost of $3,500. The value of the real estate has since then tripled, and the wisdom of the choice has been often applauded. During the winter of 1889 he called attention through the columns of his newspaper, the Kennebec Jonnial. to the crowded condition of the state insane hos- pital, and the legislature authorized the ap- pointment of a commission to purchase grounds near Bangor for the erection of a new state hospital for the insane. At the sugges- tion of Governor Burleigh the valuations foi the purpose of taxation were investigated by a commission, and the state valuation, as a con- sequence, increased from $236,000,000 to $309,000,000, and a state board of assessors created. Taxes have since then been more justly and equitably levied in Maine. In fund- ing the state debt. Governor Burleigh effected a substantial saving to the taxpayers. At his suggestion the legislature authorized an issue of bonds to take up the entire state debt which was then bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. These three per cent, bonds were sold at a premium of $79,900 and an annual saving of $71,520 effected at the same time. In 1891 he advocated the Australian ballot system in his address before the legislature. The house of representatives voted against the bill, but the governor fought hard, the popular support was given him, and in the end the bill was enacted. Since then, this system of voting has been adopted in almost every state in the Union. On the recommendation of Governor Burleigh, the secretary of the board of agri- culture was given a larger salary and quarters in the state house, largely increasing the effi- ciency of the board. On his recommendation, the appropriation for state aid for soldiers, dis- abled veterans of the civil war, was increased from $70,000 to $135,000. At the same time he eft'ected great improvements in the National Guard of Maine. It was upon his recommen- dation that the law was passed providing heavy penalties for the careless setting of forest fires, making the land agent the forest commissioner of Maine, with wardens in every section. The results of this legislation have been very ef- fectual and valuable. When the state library was to be moved to its new quarters in the State-house extension in 1891, he advocated a modern card catalogue, the appropriation for which was made, and to-day the state library of Maine in convenience and usefulness is sec- ond to none in New England. During his ad- ministration, it should be added, the rate of taxation reached the lowest point in the history of the state, notwithstanding the progress and improvements mentioned. When his four years as governor expired, Mr. Burleigh had aspirations to go to con- gress, and in the campaign of 1892 he sought the nomination, against Hon. Seth L. Milliken, 1092 STATE OF MAINE. of Belfast, then member from the tliinl district. Mr. MiUikcn won after a lively and close con- test, and was given the cordial support of Mr. Burleigh. In 1897, when Mr. Milliken died. the nomination was given Governor Burleigh by acclamation. In congress Mr. Burleigh's ability and usefulness have been conspicuous. His first important achievement in congress was the apportionment bill in the fifty-sixth congress, when he served on the select com- mittee on the census. Chairman Hopkins, of Illinois, had a bill for three hundred and fift}-- seven members, based on a population of 208,- 868 for each member, while Governor Bur- leigh's bill provided for three hundred and eighty-six members, based on a population of 194,182 for a district, the smallest number that would allow Maine to retain four members of the house. The Hopkins bill was approved by the majority of the committee, but on the floor of the house the Burleigh bill was suc- cessful. As a legislator Mr. Burleigh has been remarkably successful, having the tact and ability to persuade others to his way of think- ing. After the custom of his state, he has been reelected at each successive election to the present time. Since the death of the late Congressman Boutelle, Governor Burleigh has been Maine's member of the National Repub- lican Congressional Committee. Mr. Burleigh has large investments in tim- ber lands, especially in Aroostook county. He was interested with his brother, Albert A., in constructing the Bangor & Aroostook railroad into the Aroostook wilderness, an enterprise that has had a great influence in the develop- ment and upbuilding of that resourceful re- gion. For a number of years past his chief business interest has centered in his newspaper, The Kennebec Journal. Associated with him in the management and ownership is his son, Clarence B. Burleigh, wdio holds the position of managing editor, and Charles F. Flynt, a practical printer of long experience, who has charge of the business department. When congess is not in session he may nearly always be found at his desk in the Journal building, or in the private office of his summer cottage on the shore of Lake Cobbosseecontee, where he spends part of the summer with his family. Congressman Burleigh is a frequent contribu- tor to the newspaper, which has held its posi- tion and the high reputation it won under the management of Luther Severance, James G. Blaine and John L. Stevens as an organ of the Republican party, to which the growth and strength of that party were in no small degree due. He is a director of the First National Bank and of the Granite National Bank, and trustee of the Augusta Trust Company. He is a member of Augusta Lodge, F. and A. M. Governor Burleigh married. June 28, 1863, Marv Jane, born in Linneus, Maine, November 9, 1841, daughter of Benjamin and Anna ( Tyler ) Bither. Her father was the son of Peter Bither, a native of England, who died in Freedom, Maine, and who served in the American army in the revolution. Benjamin Bither was in the service in the war of 1812. Children: i. Clarence Blendon. born at Lin- neus, ?\laine. November i, 1864, graduate of Bowdoin College in the class of 1887, married Sarah P., daughter of Hon. Joseph H. and Nancy (Fogg) Quimby, of Sandwich, New Hampshire ; children : i. Edwin Clarence, born in Augusta, December 9, 1891 ; ii. Donald Quimby, born in Augusta, June 2, 1894. 2. Caroline Frances, born at Linneus, July 23, 1866. married Robert J. Alartin, M. D., of Augusta, whose father. Dr. George W. Martin, was a leading physician of that city ; Dr. Rob- ert J. Martin was drowned June 16, 1901, while attempting to rescue a drowning girl ; they had one child, Robert Burleigh Martin, born September 3, 1888. 3. \'allie Mary, born at Linneus, June 22, 1868, married Joseph Williamson jr., of Augusta, son of Hon. Jo- seph Williamson, of Belfast, Maine ; children : i. William Burrill Williamson, born Novem- ber 20, 1892; ii. Robert Byron Williamson, born August 23, 1899. 4. Lewis Albert, born at Linneus. March 24, 1870, graduate of Bow- doin College in 1891 and Harvard Law School in 1894, is practicing law in Augusta with his brother-in-law, under the firm name of Will- iamson & Burleigh ; was city clerk of Augusta ; and at present writing (1909) is a mem- ber of the Maine House of Representatives ; married Caddie Hall, daughter of Hon. S. S. Brown, of Waterville, Maine; child, Lewis .\lbert Jr.. born July 20, 1897. 5. Lucy Emma, born in Bangor, February 9, 1874, married Flon. Byron J3oyd, ex-secretary of state and now (1908) chairman of the Republican state committee : son of Dr. Robert Boyd, of Lin- neus; children: i. Dorothy Boyd, born No- vember 12, 1895; ii. Robert Boyd 2d, born Tune 25, 1902; iii. Mary Edwina Boyd, born December 21, 1903; iv. Richard Byron Boyd, born December 10, 1904; v. Edwin Burleigh Boyd, born December 12, 1905. 6. Ethelyn Hope, born in Linneus, November 19, 1877, married, April 20, 1904, Dr. Richard H. Stubbs, son of Hon. P. H. Stubbs, of Strong, Maine. ( IX ) Clarence Blendon. eldest child of Hon. Xo . fu . J\L^^^^^J>-^^-Ma^ ^ STATE OF MAINE. 1093 Edwin Chick Durleigh, was born November i, 1864, in I.inneus, Maine, and educated in the conmion schools of Bangor and Linneus, and New Hampton Literary Institute, graduating in 1883. He then entered Bowdoin College, from which he graduated with the class of 1887, after which he became editor of the Old Orchard Sea Shell, which was published bj' the Biddeford Times until the close of the beach season, when he returned to the city of Au gusta, where he purchased an interest in the Kennebec Journal in 1887. In 1896 he was elected state printer, which office he held until igo6. During the years 1896-97 he was presi- dent of the Maine Press Association. He has been president of the Augusta City Hospital since its estalilishment : was member of the board of assessors in 1897; president of the Augusta board of trade in 1899-1900; chair- man Republican city committee since 1902. He is the author of the following works : "Bowdoin '87, a History of Undergraduate Days," "Camp On Letter K," "Raymond Ben- son at Kranipton," "The Kenton Pines" and other works. He is a member of Augusta Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons . Chushuc Chapter, No. 43, Royal Arch Ala- sons ; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, Augusta, and the Maine Consistory, thirty- second degree, Portland, Maine ; also is iden- tified with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Knights of Pythias, and is a charter member of the Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks. In religious affiliations he is a member of the Congregational parish. iMr. Burleigh was married, November 24, 1887, to Sarah P. Quimby. born May 22, 1864, in Sandwich, New Hampshire, daughter of Jo- seph H. and Nancy P. ( Fogg) Quimby. Their children are : Edwin C, born December 9, 1891 ; Donald O., June 2, 1894. (IX) Lewis Albert, son of Hon. Edwin Chick Burleigh, was born in Linneus, Maine, March 24. 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town, at Bangor and Au- gusta, graduating from the Cony high school in 1887 and from Bowdoin College in 1891. He studied his profession in the Harvard Law School, where he was graduated with the de- gree of LL. B., in 1894. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Kennebec county, and in October of that year engaged in practice in partnership with his brother-in- law, Joseph Williamson. The firni has taken a leading position among the lawyers of the state, doing a general and corporation busi- ness. Mr. Burleigh is a Republican in poli- tics, and has been city clerk of Augusta, and at present writing (1909) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives. He is a member of the board of education of Au- gusta ; in 1903 was appointed one of the three United States commissioners by Judge Clar- ence Hale, of the L^nited States district court, to succeed W. S. Choate, and in 1907 was re- appointed to this responsible office. He was a director of the Augusta National Bank until it went into liquidation. Mr. Burleigh is very prominent in Masonic circles. He is a past master of Augusta Lodge of Free Masons ; member of Cusuhue Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; of Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and has attained tlie thirty-second degree in Ma- sonry. He is a member of Kora Temple, Or- der of the Alystic Shrine, Lewiston. In 1907 he was master of the Lodge of Perfection. He is also a member of Augusta Lodge of Odd Fellows : of Augusta Lodge, Knights of Pyth- ias ; of the Ancient Order of United Work- men, and of Augusta Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a Congre- gationalist and a member of the prudential committee of the Congregational church. He married, October 18, 1894, Caddie Hall Brown, born in Fairfield, Maine, April 22, 1871, daughter of Hon. S. S. Brown, of Waterville. Maine (see sketch). They have one child, Lewis Albert Jr., borri July 20, 1897. The family of Dunn settled in DL'NN southwest Maine many years ago. and the name of Jonah Dunn ap- pears often in the histories of the towns lying along the course of the Saco river. Several Dunns were men of prominence there. (I) Jonah Dunn lived in Cornish, York county. Maine, where he was selectman, 1806- 08-09-15: there he married and his children were born. In 1826 he removed with his fam- ily to Houlton. Their journey was made in the winter and part of it lay over the frozen surface of the Baskehegan river to its head, where, leaving it, they pursued the remainder of their journey through woods, guided by spotted trees. He was a Friend, or Quaker, a man of good education, with a clear head and a keen power of discernment. He held the office of justice of the peace and made many conveyances and other papers requiring legal form. He was familiarly known as Squire Dunn. He always used the words thee and thou when addressing another per- son. About the time of his settlement at Houlton, the British military authorities of New Brunswick were bullying the settlers on I094 STATE OF MAINI American territory, and this soon became un- bearable. At this juncture, when the settlers had passively borne British insults for some time, Jonah Dunn said : "This state of things must not and shall not continue. The federal power we will invoke, and it shall all be known that the United States of America can protect its subjects and its territory." He wrote sev- eral communications to the papers of Maine re- hearsing the situation, and calling upon the people to give expression to their feeling upon the subject. In the settlement he first men- tioned the subject to John Hodgdon in his office, and wished a petition to congress drawn asking that Houlton be made a military post, and that an appropriation be made for the support of the same. Colonel Hodgdon drew up the petition, and it was numerously signed. This was probably in 1827. In response to this petition a military post was created at Houlton, a garrison established, and British interference with the settlers was forevei ended. He married Lydia Trafton, who died in Houlton. His death occurred in Augusta. (II) Charles, youngest child of Jonah and Lydia ( Trafton ) Dunn, was born in Cornish. December 13. 1813, died in Houlton, Novem- ber, 1897. He went with his father and fam- ily to Houlton in 1826. He was fond of horses, which he managed with skill, was a fine reinsman and handled four or six horses as well as men usually handle one. He estab- lished lines of transportation in different di- rections from Houlton, and for twenty-eight years carried the mails from that place to all points north. In connection with his mail service, he did a large express business, and carried many passengers, especially during tht war. In 1868 others underbid him for carry- ing the mail, and he sold the successful bid- ders his entire outfit and retired from active life. From that time he lived quietly in Houl- ton, speculating in farms. He was a staunch Democrat, but supported the war measures of the government. He married, in 1859, Lydia Cloudman, born in Saint David's Parish, New Brunswick, 1833, died in Houlton, June 20, 1 861, two years after her marriage and eleven days after the birth of her only child. She was the daughter of James Cloudman, of Wake- field, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of Gilman Cloudman. Her mother was Hannah (Foster) Cloudman, of Saint David's Parish, daughter of George and Cynthia (Chase) Foster, and granddaughter of Colonel Benja- min Foster, a hero of two wars, a soldier in Pepperell's army at the capture of Louisburg, ancl the companion of O'Brien in the capture of the "Margaretta," at Machias, at tlie begin- ning of the revolution. James Cloudman was left an orphan at a tender age, and was brought up by his grandfather, who lived at Home's Mills, Wakefield, New Hampshire At eighteen years of age he went to the lum ber regions of St. John, in New Brunswick Subsequently he settled on a farm at Oak Bay, in St. David's Parish. Hearing of the fertile country of the Aroostook, he went there on a tour of observation in 1S44, and the next spring moved to Presque Isle, where he farmed continuously till 1883. He was a suc- cessful farmer, and made a specialty of raising fine beef cattle. He sold this farm in 1883 and went to the village south of Presque Isle, where he afterwards resided. He died in Port- land, at the residence of his grandson, Charlci Dunn Jr., in 1892. He was six feet four inches high, straight, lean, strong as a giant and weighed two hundred pounds. His wife, Han- nah Cloudman, died in 1889. Charles Dunn married (second), 1868, Jennie, widow oi George Bagley and daughter of George and Cynthia Whidden, of Presque Isle. (HI) Charles (2), son of Charles (i) and Lydia (Cloudman) Dunn, was born in Houl- ton, June 9, 1 86 1, and was educated in the common schools and the Ricker Institute where he prepared for college. He then began the study of law in the office of General Charles P. Mattocks, and was admitted to the bar in 1885, after three years' study. He en- tered upon the practice of liis profession, which he followed seven years in Portland. In 1892 he was a member of the city council. In 189a he was attacked by an illness which rendered him an invalid for nine years, during which time he was engaged in out-of-door employ- ment. Recovering his health in 1901, he re- ceived the appointment as deputy from Sherifl Pearson, who died in 1902, and was succeeded by Mr. Dunn, who served out the remaindei of the term, about one year. On leaving office he became special agent of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, of New York. He was afterward a candidate for the office of sheriff on the Independent Democratic ticket and was defeated. He was master of Portland Lodge, No. I, Free and Accepted Masons, in 1895: is a member of Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, No. 13, of which he has been an officer for two years past ; and Portland Council, Royal and Select Masters. Charles Dunn married, in Portland. November 21, 1888, Grace Eliza- beth, born in Portland. November 2, 1862, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Pote) Wal- ton. Mark Walton was a designer of furni- STATE OF MALVE. 10M5 ture, and for thirty years was in the employ of the widely known firm of Walter Corey. His father, Mark Walton Sr., came from the Isle of Shoals, and was brought up by Judge Sewell, of York. Mark Walton Jr. died about 1864, and his wife died in 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn are members of the Baptist church. They have one child, Esther Cloudman, born May 6, 1891, now in the third year of the Portland high school. Herbert S. Dyer, only son of Ste- DYER phen K. and Emily (Jordon) Dyer, was born in Portland, May 6. 1858, and died at Madrid, December 20, 1907. He was educated in the public schools, graduating from the high school in the class of 1876. He soon afterward went to New York City, where for about twelve years he was employed by the E. S. Higgins Carpet Company as a house salesman, and later with Arnold, Constable & Company, in the whole- sale carpet department. During his employ- ment his health failed to such an extent that it was impossible for him to continue, and from the nature of the trouble, which was caused by overwork and close confinement to business, it became necessary for him to take to horseback-riding as an exercise. This sug- gested to him the institution of a riding- academy, and he established the Belmont Ri- ding Academy, and conducted it for some time with success. He went into other ventures, and about 1892 returned to Portland to en- gage in various patent enterprises, the first being that of the Brooks Arms & Tool Com- pany. This was qperated for some time, and then he became interested in other matters. About 1900 he engaged in the life insurance business, for which he was fitted by nature to perfection, and in which he made a remarkable success. He became state agency director for the New York Life, from which he changed some time afterward to the John Hancock, for which he was also state agent. A few years ago he became the local representative of the New York banking business of Kountze Brothers, and was with that concern at the time of his death. He had been from his youth an enthusiast in geology and mineralogy, and had always evinced an interest in the minerals of this state. He labored long and earnestly before the state board of trade and the legislature for an appropriation for a state mineralogist and for a survey of the state to determine the location and approximate ex- tent and value of its mineral wealth. He was a member of the common council in 1898-99, and was president of that body during his second term. He was a Republican in politics, and was an active candidate for postmaster, to succeed the late Clark H. Barker. For some time lie had been one of the most energeticmem- bers of the board of trade, and was one of its directors and a member of the committee on entertainment. In 1907 he introduced at a meeting of the board a resolution favoring legislative action which should lead to the adoption of uniform couplings for hydrants throughout the state. He and his family for years before his death were connected with the High Street Congregational Church circles, and there, as in other associations, Mr. Dyer was always of assistance in the time of need. He was killed by the accidental discharge of his rifle. Mr. Dyer was well known and uni- versally respected and liked. He was full of energy, a man of force of character, which gave him great influence in board of trade mat- ters and on public questions. In social circles he left a vacant place than can never be filled. Possessed of an unusually bright and cheery nature, people turned to him as flowers to the sunshine, and his presence at any afifair was always an inspiration. To know Herbert S. Dyer was to love him, and to have the privi- lege of his friendship was to have a strong arm to lean on. He was a thoroughly unselfish friend, who was never weary of welldoing. In social life he gave that which is a rare thing to find, a friendship on which one could al- ways rely. He married, July 6, 1880, Elizabeth, a native of Portland, daughter of John and Marv ( Har- ris) Bradford. Mr. Bradford was a well- known spar-maker in Portland. Children: i. Helen AI., married Walter Elden Smart. 2. Edith Bradford. 3. Hamilton H., a student in the high school. 4. Jeannette. This is not an uncommon name HEATH in New England, although the Heaths have not been a prolific family. The name comes here from England, the mother country, and was planted on this side of the Atlantic ocean some time previous to the middle of the seventeenth century. John Heath, brother of the immigrant, appears to have received greater attention from chron- iclers of the famil\- history, but it is doubtful if he occupied a higher station in early town affairs than his brother. Both are frequently mentioned as Heth, but similar errors on the part of town and parish clerks are not infre- quent, and they need not be surprising when we consider the verv limited education of iog6 STATE OF MAIM':. those of our New England ancestors who came here to dwell among Indians, in a wil- derness region, without more than the plainest comforts of life, and when schools for sev- eral years were almost unheard of. (I) Bartholomew Heath, brother of John above mentioned, was first of Newbury, iVIas- sachusctts Bay colony, and afterward of Hav- erhill, where the greater part of his Hfe was spent. Savage says he was born about 1600, but other authorities say, with more accuracy, that he was born about 1615; and he died in January. 168 1. Chase, in his "History of Haverhill,"' says that in 1645 "considerable land was this year granted to individuals west of Little river, on the Merrimack, and Hugh Sharratt, Bartholomew Heath, James Fiske and John Cheuarie had liberty to lay down their land on the plain, and have it laid out over Little river, westward." In 1646 he owned lands which were estimated as of the value of one hundred and forty pounds, and when plans were made for another distribu- tion of the town's territory, called the "second division of plough-lands," Bartholomew Heath was allotted lot number four. He was one of the signers of the petition praying that the penalty imposed on Mr. Pike on account of his religious exhortations be remitted him, and in this and many other respects he appears to have been a leading man in the town. In 1665 with one Andrew Grealey he entered into an agreement with the town to set up and keep in repair the corn mill, operate it. and in con- sideration of the expense they might be put to in placing the mill in repair, the town voted them the right "to have so much privilege of the land in the street on both sides of the brook at the end of Michael Emerson's lot as may be convenient to set up another mill on, or any other place on the town's land" ; and the town did also "engage that no other man shall set up a mill or mills upon any land that is the town's, with any order from the town." In other words the town ordered that Barthol- omew Lleath and Mr. Grealey have an ex- clusive mill privilege in Haverhill, and it may be said here that they carried on this business for several years, to their own profit and to the great convenience of the inhabitants. Mr. Heath's wife was Hannah, daughter of Joseph Moyce, and she died in Haverhill, July 9, 1677. There does not appear to be any record of their marriage, and from the fact that they had a son Samuel, whose name is not given among their children born in Newbury or Haverhill, it may be assumed that they mar- ried in old Guilford, Surrey, England, whence they came to this country ; and it is probable that this son Samuel either remained in Eng- land at the time of his father's immigration or subsequently returned there, married and lived there some years before coming over again. As shown by the Newbury, Haverhill and other records the children of Bartholomew and Hannah (Moyce) Heath were Samuel, John, Joseph, Joshua, Hannah, Josiah, Elizabeth (died young), Benjamin and Elizabeth. John, the second child, was born in 1643, ^"^1 Eliza- beth, the youngest, was born September 5,' 1658. (II) Samuel, son of Bartholomew (i) Heath, was born in England, married there, and had children, among them a son John. (HI) John, son of Samuel Heath, was born in England, married there, and La;l children, among them a son Bartholomew. (IV) Bartholomew (2), son of John Heath, was born in Surrey, England, in 1710 and came to New England in 1737. This is stated on the authority of a private family record, and from the same source it is learned that this Bartholomew was the son of John, and that John was the son of Samuel, and that Samuel was the son of the first Bartholomew. The last mentioned Bartholomew Heath mar- ried twice, and by his first wife had one child ; by his second wife he had nine children. Soon after the death of his first wife he settled in Sharon, Connecticut, married his second wife there and raised a large family of children. His sons were Bartholomew, Thomas, Oba- diah, Joseph. John, Hezekiah and Daniel. De- scendants of Hezekiah are now living in IMil- waukee, Wisconsin, and so late as 183 1 Thom- as and Obadiah were living on the old farm in Sharon, and in the old house which their fa- ther had built over a century earlier. (V) Bartholomew (3), son of Bartholomew (2) Heath and his first wife, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, and was an infant when his mother died. He married Ann Millard, born in East Haddam, Connecticut, near Hart- ford, and by whom he had three children: i. Asa. 2. Nathan, who cared for his mother after the death of her husband. She lived to the good old age of ninety-nine years. 3. Oliver, who entered the profession of law, went to England and settled in Liverpool. (VI) Rev. Asa (i), son of Bartholomew (3) and Ann (Millard) Heath, was born in Hillsdale, Columbia county, New York, July 31, 1776, and married, March 26, 1801, Sarah ^Ioore, whose great-grandparents came from Londonderry. Ireland, and her grandfather was born on board the ship in which they STATE OF MAINE. 1097 came to this country. They had the grant of Cape EHzabeth, but not liking it exchanged it for a township of land in New Hampshire, now the town of Derry. Rev. Asa and Sarah (Moore) Heath had two sons, Asa and Jon- athan, and six daughters. (VH) Asa (2), son of Rev. Asa (i) and Sarah (Moore) Heath, married (first) Mar- garet Boynton and (second) Mary Clary. He was a physician by profession, a Methodist in religious preference, and a Republican in poli- tics. His children were Flavius, Margaret, Alvan M. C, George, Adelia, Mary, Martha, ■Genevieve, Olive and Eva. (Vni) Alvan M. C, son of Dr. Asa (2) Heath, was a printer by trade and newspaper editor by principal occupation; a soldier of the civil war and was killed in battle at Freder- icksburg, December 13. 1862. He married Sarah H. Philbrook, daughter of Milton and Ora (Kendall) Philbrook, and by whom he had four children: i. Herbert M.. born Au- gust 27, 1853. 2. Willis K., February 12, 1855. 3. Dr. Frederick C, 1857, "ow a physi- cian in active practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. 4. Dr. Gertrude E., January 20, 1859, engaged in medical practice at Gardiner, Maine. (IX) Herbert M., lawyer, son of Alvan M. C. and Sarah H. (Philbrook) Heath, was born in Gardiner, Maine, August 27. 1853, and was educated in the public schools of that town, graduating from the high school in 1868, and at Bowdoin College, where he was graduated with the degree of A. EJ. in 1872. After leaving college he devoted the next four years chiefly to pedagogical work and during the latter part of that period took up the study of law. In the fall of 1872 he was appointed principal of Limerick Academy, Limerick, Maine, remained there one term, and from the beginning of the school year in 1873 until the close of the session in 1876, he was principal of Washington Aca 1895. (For preceding generation see Robert Quiraby I.) (II) Robert (2), second son of QUINBY Robert (i) and EHzabeth (Os- good) Quimby, was born in Amesbury, and resided in that town. He was given a seat in the meeting house in 1699, and was one of "the five late constables" who were prosecuted on October 18, 1708, for not ma- king up their accounts according to law. His estate was administered June 6, 1715, and divided in December of the same vear. He 1 100 STATE OF MAINIi. had three sons and three daughters: Joseph, John. Mary, Benjamin, Hannah and Anne. (Different branches of the family spell their name Ouimbv and Quinby. ) (III) Inseph, eldest child of Robert (2) and Mary ( )ninbv. resided in Amesbury and was known as "junior" until 1736. on account of an uncle who bore the same name. He married Lydia Hoyt, daughter of John (3) and Elizabeth (Challis) Hoyt, granddaughter of John (2) and great-granfldaughter of John (i) Hoyt, of Amesbury. She was born June 15, 1686, in Amesbury, and was the executrix of' her husband's estate, appointed September 30, 1745- The children of Joseph Quinby we're: Joseph and Benjamin (twins). Ann, Hannah, Daniel (died young), Robert, Daniel and probably Mary. (IV) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph (i) Quinby, was born 171 5, probably in Ames- bury, and settled in 1740 at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, where he was an industrious and successful citizen, acquiring considerable property and becoming prominent in the community. After the burning of Portland, he joined his twin brother Benjamin, who was a mill-owner in Saccarappa, :Maine, and there passed the remainder of his life, and died April 14, 1776. He was married (intentions published September 28, 1740) to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Parsons) Haskell. She was born April 22 1722, and died April 12, 181 5. Their children were: Mary, Rebecca, Joseph, Sarah, Eunice, Thom- as, Marv. Captain John and Levi. (V) Captain John, third son of Joseph (2) and Mary (Haskell) Quinby, was born May 12, 1760, at Falmouth, "and died September 27, 1806, at Stroudwater. His entire life was passed in that vicinity and he was a ship- owner. Two of his ships were captured by the French in 1799. He was married, October 31, 1782, to Eunice, daughter of Joshua and Lois (Pearson) Freeman. She was born Jan- uary 18. 1762, and died December 12, 1790. They were the parents of six children: i. Eunice, born 1783, married Ezekiel Day. 2. Thomas, September 18, 1784, died October 22, 1802. 3. Moses, April 19, 1786. 4- Le^'. No- vember 12, 1787, married Mary Titcomb. 5. George, May 22, 1789, died September 21, 1790. 6. Infant, born and died in 1790. (VI) Moses, son of Captain John and Eunice (Freeman) Quinby. was born April 19, 1786, at Stroudwater, Maine, prepared for col- lege at Philips Exeter Academy and was one of the six constituting the first graduating class of Bowdoin College in 1804. He re- ceived his early legal training in the office of Stephen Longfellow, of Portland, Alaine, and was an active and successful lawyer and the most prominent person in the community at Stroudwater, where he died May 6, 1857. He was married, December 31, 1809, to Anne Tit- comb, who was born June 17, 1789, and died April 2, 1859, daughter of Andrew Philips and Mary (Dole) Titcomb. Their children were: Andrew T. (died young), Mary Anne, Andrew T., Eunice Day. John, Almira and Thomas. (\TI) Thomas, second son of Moses and Anne (Titcomb) Quinby, was born December 15, 181 3, in Stroudwater, and died there June 18, 1885. He was a civil engineer and became superintendent of the Portland and Rochester railroad and managing agent of the Saco Wa- terpower Company, which latter position he held to the end of his business career. He was married in 1835 to Jane Elizabeth Brewer, born March 22, 1819, in Dover, New Hamp- shire, and died March 3, 1903, in Portland, Maine. Their children were : Lucretia, Henry Brewer, Frederick and Thomas Freeman. (VIII) Henry Brewer, eldest son of Thom- as and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby. was born June 10, 1846, in Biddeford, Maine, and be- gan his education in the schools in his native town. He continued his preparation for col- lege at the Nichols Latin School in Lewiston and graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1869. with the degree of A. B. ; three years later his alma mater honored him with the degree of A. M. Shortly after graduation he became identified with the Cole Manufac- turing Company, at Lakeport. New Hamp- shire, with which he has continued until the present time, having risen to the position of president and treasurer of the concern. He has taken the foremost place among the busi- ness men of Laconia. of which Lakeport is a suburb, and has filled with unfailing suc- cess numerous positions of trust. He is now president of the Laconia National Bank, one of the most successful financial institutions in that city. While he is actively engaged in busi- ness, Mr. Quinby has always had time for the encouragement of the leading and uplifting cities of the community in which he resides. He has taken an active part in political affairs, and though not a professional orator has con- tributed much by his addresses to the success of his party. At the age of twenty-six years Mr. Quinby was appointed colonel on the staff of Governor Straw and held this position two years. In 1887 he was elected representative to the general court, and served in the fol- STATE OF MAINE. IIOI lowing session, and in 1889-90 was state senator from his district. In igoi-02 he was a member of the governor's council, and was chairman of the state prison commit- tee of the council during this incumbency. He had long been a member of the board of trustees of the Asylum for the Insane, and these services made him familiar with the practical management of New Hamp- shire institutions. In 1892 the Republican party of the state chose him delegate-at-large to the National Convention at Minneapolis, and at the State Convention at Concord in i8g6 he acted most acceptably as chairman. His frequent appointment on various conven- tions, on committees and on resolutions, offer a tribute to his literary ability. In recognition of his valuable public services he was selected as its candidate for the highest office in the state, that of governor, and in November, 1908, he was elected to that position. In religious matters Colonel Ouinby is a Unitarian. He was married, June 22, 1870, to Octavia M. Cole, daughter of Hon. B. J. Cole, of Lake- port. They are the parents of a son and a daughter. The elder, Candace Ellen, is the wife of Hugh N. Camp Jr., residing in New York City, and has a son, Hugh N. Camp (3). (IX) Henry Cole, only son of Henry B. and Octavia M. (Cole) Quinby, was born at Lake Villasje, New Hampshire, July 9, 1872. Graduated from Harvard College in 1894 and from the Harvard Law School two years later, and is now practicing law- in New York City. He married Florence A., daughter of Charles W. and Amanda ( Hoag) Cole. Sir John Leavitt was born in LEA\TTT England and probably in Dor- setshire in 1608. He was of the Teutonic race, their language modified by the periods of .\nglo-Saxon Old English, Middle English to Modern English usage. His advent in New England was but eight years after the "Mayflower" passengers landed at Plymouth and his first home in America bor- dered on the Plymouth Colony. He was un- disputably the first of the name of Leavitt to make a home in the New World. { I ) John Leavitt was about twenty years old when he reached the shores of the New World. He was among the first settlers of the common land known as Mattapan, which plantation, September 7, 1630, was established under the direction of the general court of the Massachu- setts Bay Colony as the town of Dorchester. John White, the first minister of the church established as the nucleus of the town, and his followers were mostly from Dorsetshire, Eng- land, and they gave to the new town the name of the municipal borough and capitol of the shore Dorchester, located eight miles north of the seaport at Weymouth, from which port they probably took ship for New England, and it is safe to presume that John Leavitt was a Dorsetshire man. The settlement at Matta- pan antidated the settlement of the town of Charlestowne, Watertown, Roxbury and Bos- ton, although the general court established the town government of Charlestown, August 23, 1630, and of Boston, Dorchester and Water- town on September 7, 1630, and of Roxbury, September 28, 1630. In 1633 the town of Dor- chester was described as "ye greatest towne in New- England." John Leavitt appeared be- fore the general court and took the freeman's oath March 3, 1636, he having removed from Dorchester to that part of the colony which included the common lands known as Borilove, established as the town of Hingham, Septem- ber 2. 1635. He was deacon of the church for many years; was selectman of the town 1661- 63-65-68-72-74 and 1675 ; was a representative in the general court of Massachusetts Colony 1656-64, and held other offices of trust and honor in the town and colony. He was mar- ried about 1636 but the name of his wife is not recorded. She died July 4, 1646, and he married for his second wife Sarah , De- cember 16, 1646, died May 26, 1700. Deacon John Leavitt was by trade a "tayler," and died in Hingham, November 20, 1691, aged eighty- three years. The children of Deacon John Leavitt by his first wife were: i. John, of Hingham, born 1637, married Bathsheba, daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, June 2-], 1664. He died soon after, and his wife married, No- vember 19. 1674, Joseph Turner. 2. Hannah, baptized April 7, 1639, married John Lobdell, of Hull. 3. Samuel, baptized April, 1641, re- moved to Exeter, New Hampshire. 4. Eliza- beth, baptized April 8, 1644, married Samuel Judkins, March 25, 1667. 5. Jennial, baptized March i, 1645-46, removed to Rochester, Plymouth Colony. Children of John Leavitt and his second wife, Sarah: 6. Israel (q. v.), baptized April 23, 1648. 7. Moses, baptized April 12, 1650, removed to Exeter, New Hampshire. 8. Josiah, May 4, 1653. 9. Ne- hemiah, January 22, 1655-56. 10. Sarah, Feb- ruary 25. 1658-59, married Nehemiah Clapp, of Dorchester, and as her second husband Samuel Howe. 11. Mary, June 12. 1661, mar- ried Benjamin Bates, of New London, Con- necticut, October 10, 1682. 12. Hannah (2d), March 20, 1663-64. married Joseph Loring, 1 102 STATE OF MAINK. October 25, 1683. 13. Abigail, December 9, 1667, married, January 20, 1685-86, Isaac Lasell. (II) Israel, eldest cliild of Deacon John, the immigrant, and Sarah Leavitt, was baptized in the church in Hingham, Plymouth county, April 23, 1648. He was a husbandman by oc- . cupation, and was married, January 10, 1676, to Lydia, daughter of Abraham and Remem- ber (Morton) Jackson, of Plymouth, and they had nine children, as follows: i. John, July 6, 1678. 2. Israel, August i, 1680. 3. Solo- mon (q. v.), October 24, 1682. 4. Elisha, July 16, 1684. 5. Abraham, November 2j, 1686. 6. Sarah, February 8, 1688. married John Wood, of Plymouth, February 10, 1797-98. 7. Lydia, born 1691, married. May 23, 1712. Jon- athan Sprague, of Bridgewater. 8. Hannah, June 30, 1693, married James Hobart, Decem- ber II, 1718. 9. Mary, February 18, 1695, married Ebenezer Lane. Israel Leavitt died in Hingham. December 26, 1696, and his widow Lydia (Jackson) Leavitt, married as her sec- ond husband, Preserved Hall. (III) Solomon, third son of Israel and Lydia (Jackson) Leavitt, was born in Hing- ham, Massachusetts, October 24, 1682. He re- moved from Hingham to Pembroke, Plymouth county, probably at the establishment of the town March 21, 1712, when the territory in- cluded in the new town was set off from that part of Duxbury called Alattakeeset, a tract of land known as the Major's Purchase, and the land called Marshfield Upper lands of Mat- takeeset. (IV) Jacob, son of Solomon Leavitt, was born in Pembroke, Plymouth Colony, February 4, 1732. He was married by the Rev. Samuel Leires, of Pembroke, on March 15, 1753, to Sylvia, daughter of Ichabod and Mary (Tur- ner) Bonney, of Pembroke. She was born in Pembroke, September 3, 1733, and died in Turner, Maine, December 31, 1810. Jacob Leavitt removed from Pembroke to Turner, Androscoggin county, Maine, August 6, 1778, with his wife and family of seven children, having been preceded in 1772 by his son Jo- seph, who, with Daniel Staples, Thomas and Elisha Records and Abner Phillips, became pioneers in Sylvester Town, a township grant- ed by the general court of Massachusetts in 1765 to the heirs of Captain Joseph Sylvester and his company for services rendered in Can- ada in 1690, and a lien of a grant previously made to lands in New Hampshire. These five pioneers were voted a bounty of £10 on condi- tion of "completing the terms of settlement." The proprietors at Pembroke, July 19, 1774, selected Ichabod Bonney to go to Sylvester- Canada, Maine, and forward the building of a saw and grist mill. This was the beginning of the town of Turner, Maine, and in 1778 Jacob Leavitt, with his wife and family, made the journey to the new land discovered by his son Joseph, and became prominent settlers, making tbeir home in the house erected by Uieir son. The venerable pioneer was the patri- arch of the Leavitt families of Turner. Jacob Leavitt died in Turner, Maine, January 25, 1 814, aged eighty-two years. He was the fa- ther of thirteen children, born of his marriage with Sylvia Bonney and of a second wife. Of these, Joseph (q. v.), born in Pembroke. Mas- sachusetts, 1755-56; Sylvia, married Levi Mor- rill ; Tabitha, married Benjamin Jones ; Isaiah, married Lydia Ludden, September 7, 1797; Ja- cob, married Rhoda Thayer ; Anna, married a Mr. Stockbridge ; Cyrus, married Sarah Pratt : Sarah, married Jeremiah Dillingham: Isaac, married Ruth Perry in 1797. Fle married as his second wife Hannah Chandler, who bore him two children, and his third wife had no children. (V) Joseph, eldest son of Jacob and Sylvia (Bonney) Leavitt, was born in Pembroke, Plymouth county, Massachusetts in 1755 or 1756; was one of the first of the young men of Pembroke to enter for service in the patriot cause in the American revolution. He served one enlistment of three months, when he de- termined to "raise bread for the soldiers," and he went to Maine to assist in the survey of the lands granted to soldiers for former serv- ice to the colony. He was eighteen years old when he was assisting in the survey of the township in Androscoggin county, Elaine, and liking the county he expressed to the surveyors a desire to settle there, and he was assigned a lot in Sylvester township, next to the meet- ing house lot on Upper street, and he returned the next spring alone and lived in the wilder- ness with only savages about him, and he made a clearing and erected a block house. He sowed seed from which he realized a good crop. Lie aided in founding the town, which was first named Sylvester and then Turner, in honor of the Rev. Charles Turner, the first minister. He built the first frame building in the town, which became known as the Jo- seph Leavitt place, planted the first apple trees and raised the first apples. He maintained his house as a home for travelers, although he never put out a sign that w'ould indicate it was a tavern. He married, in 1778, Anna, daughter of Moses and Hannah Davis Ste- vens, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the is- STATE OF MAINE. 1 103 sue of this marriage was eight children, the ■eldest, Joseph, being the first white child born in Turner, Maine. By his second wife, Han- nah (Chandler) Leavitt. he had two children, and his third wife, Elsie (Croswell) Leavitt, was childless. The children of Joseph Leavitt were remarkable for longevity, most of them living beyond threescore years and ten, some of them attaining fourscore years and over. (VI) Ichabod, son of Joseph and Anna (Stevens) Leavitt, was born in Turner, Maine, and as a young man served in the war of 1812. He married Aseneth Bryant and they had chil- dren born in Turner, Maine, and brought up •on the farm carried on with thrift and profit by his father. ( VII) Leonard, son of Ichabod and Aseneth (Bryant) Leavitt. was born in Turner, Maine. When twenty-one years of age he left the farm and worked in the construction of the Grand Trunk railroad, making his residence at Ox- ford, Maine. He was married May 30, 1828, to Olive A., daughter of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Witham) Goss, of Danville, Maine. He left railroad building in 1866 and retired to his farm near Turner, where he died in July, 1907, having nearly reached the one hundredth year of his age. Children: i. Ida B., mar- ried Rufus Haskell, of Turner. 2. Etta F., married F. E. Whiting, of Turner. 3. Frank L., married Mary Cobb, of Auburn. 4. Fred L. (q. v.). 5. Jennie L., born October 21, 1864, married Isaac Chase, of Turner. (\TII) Fred L., second son and fourth child of Leonard and Olive A. (Goss) Leavitt, was born in Oxford, Maine, December 7, i860. He attended the public schools of Turner while as- sisting in the cultivation of his father's farm, and when twenty years old he left the farm and took a course in surgical dentistry at the Philadelphia Dental College, graduating D. D. S. in 1888. He practiced his profession in Lewiston, Maine, up to November, 1903. when he became treasurer and manager of the \'ic- toria Manufacturing Company of Auburn, Maine, manufacturers of acetylene generators. He affiliates with the Republican party, and in 1906 served as a member of the common coun- cil of the city of Auburn, and in 1907 was president of the council. His fraternity affilia- tions are with the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Patrons of Husbandry. He was vice-president of the National Photographers Association of America, Department of the State of- Maine. His religious afiiliation is with the Methodist denomination and with his family he attends the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church •of Auburn. He married. December 24, 1889, Cynthia E., daughter of William and Fannie (Delano) Dustin, and a descendant of Hannah Dustin, the unfortunate captive and subse- quent heroine in the Indian warfare at Haver- hill, Massachusetts. The children of Dr. Fred L. and Cynthia E. (Dustin) Leavitt are: Madge Dustin, Frank L. and Dorothy L. Leavitt. (For early generations see preceding sketch.) (V) Isaac, son of Jacob and LEAVITT Sylvia (Bonney) Leavitt, mar- ried and had a son Branch, born at Turner, Maine. (VI) Branch, son of Isaac Leavitt, married Lucy Pratt, and was a farmer in the township of Turner, Maine. (VII) Lewis, son of Branch and Lucy (Pratt) Leavitt, was born in Turner, Maine, May II, 1834. He was educated in the dis- trict schools and continued the occupation of his forefathers in that town, that of farming. He was a progressive agriculturist, and from raising sweet corn for the market simply, as a farmer, he in 1880 combined the business of canning the corn, establishing a cannery in Livermore, which he successfully conducted for nine years, selling it out in 1889 to the Baxter Canning Company. His church affilia- tion, like that of his progenitors for three or more generations, was with the Universalist Society, until his first marriage, when he be- came a Baptist and remained so until his death. He was originally a Free Soil Whig and went with the adherents of that party to the ranks of the Republican party in 1856. He joined the Masonic fraternity early in life, and was advanced to high degree in that ancient order. He was married (first) to Persis Berry, by whom he had two children — Abbie B. and Fred A. He married (second) Betsey Jane, daughter of Stephen Bisbee, and by her he had two children, one dying in early infancy, and a son, A. Judson, born April 15, 1877. His second wife died October 15, 1903. and he died in Livermore, Maine. (VIII) A. Judson, son of Lewis and Betsey Jane (Bisbee) Leavitt, was born in Livermore, Maine, April 15, 1877. Fie attended the pub- lic schools of Livermore and Hebron Academy and on leaving school became a clerk and stu- dent in pharmaceutics in a drug store in Dix- field. and after two and a half years practical training in the business he completed his pro- fessional training in the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, graduating with the class of 1903. He spent six months of 1905 in Cali- fornia, and on returning home he located in II04 STATE OF MAINE. Brunswick, Maine, where in 1906 he estab- lished one of the most finely equipped and up- to-date drug stores in the state of Maine. He was married October 4, 1899, to Mary, daugh- ter of John and Mary Wallace, of Windsor, New Brimswick, and they made their home in Brunswick, Maine. Their children are Thel- ma Arlene, born in Livermore, and Edessa Ra- mona, born in Brunswick. Abraham Leavitt, without LEAVITT doubt a descendant of Deacon John (i) Leavitt, of Hing- ham, was a resident of Scarborough, Maine, w-as a prominent citizen, well known to the citizens of the latter part of the eighteenth century as "SheriiT Leavitt." He was hon- ored with the friendship and confidence of Sir William Pepperell, with whom in some way he had an intimate connection. He was the an- cestor of all the Leavitts living in Scar- borough. (1) Aaron B. Leavitt was born in Scarbor- ough, where he was educated in the common schools. He early went to sea and in time be- came captain and part owner of various ves- sels, which at different times he commanded. He was an active member of the ]\Ietho list Episcopal church. He married (first) Diana Seavey; children: Abiathar W., George W., Aaron, John, Francis W., Anne, Amos C, El- len. He married (second) a Miss Richardson. By her he had Alvan, Diana, Edna, Clarabella, I ouisa and Sarah. (H) Francis Woods, fourth son of Aaron B. and Diana (Seavey) Leavitt, was born at Saco Ferry, York county, February 18. 1831. He was educated in the common schools, and like his father betook himself to the sea at an early age. His first voyage was as a member of the crew of a ship commanded by his broth- er. Captain Aaron Leavitt. In a comparative- ly short time he became captain and part owner of the ship "Franconia." In 1880 he left the sea, after being a mariner many years, and settled at Saro, where he engaged in the coal trade, doing a flourishing business for about ten years. He died April 29, 1890. He was a parish member of the Unitarian church of Saco ; in politics a Republican ; of a retiring disposition, never seeking public office. He married, August 29, i860, Sarah O., daughter of Dr. Joseph P. and Elizabeth (Foss) Grant, of Saco. Dr. Joseph Perkins Grant was born in Saco, and was of Scotch parentage. He attended the public schools of Saco and sub- sequently graduated from Bowdoin College and practiced metlicine at Saco for many years, lie took high rank in his profession and was one of the prominent physicians of Maine in his day. He died July 2},, 1881. He was a Republican and an attendant of the Uni- tarian church. He married Elizabeth, of Sal- mon I-'alls daughter of XMlliam and Olive (Seavey) Foss. She died February 17, 1901. Their children were : Sarah O., mentioned above; Marianna, married Amos C. Leavitt; George C, unmarried ; lawyer in Saco. Chil- dren of Francis W. and Sarah O. (Grant) Leavitt were: i. Elizabeth A., born April 23, 1862, died young. 2. Josephine G., June 23, 1865, married Dr. F. P. Graves, of Saco. 3. Anna E., October 2, 1866, married Herbert R. Jordan, of Saco. 4. Frank, May 18, 1870, died young. 5. Frank G., August 29. 1873, married Grace Pillsbury, of Biddeford, now a jeweler in Portland. 6. Henry F., June 8, 1876, electrician. New Haven, Connecticut; married Florence Belcher, of California. 7. Philip .\., March 21, 1881, dentist, Providence, Rhode Island. Identical w i t h Wad- W^ADSWORTH worth, Waddeworth, Wadeworth, Waddes- worth, Wordsworth, Wardysworth. XN^ordis- worth and Wordsworth, and derived from Woods Court or court in the woods. The last visit of the good ship "Lion" to Boston har- bor, Massachusetts Bay, was in 1632. This ship, wdiich had brought so many sturdy ad- venturers to the same port, had on board one hundred and twenty-three passengers, of whom fifty were children, and Captain Pierce, on entering the harbor and casting anchor on Sunday evening, September 16, 1632, reported his passengers in good health, although they had been on shipboard twelve weeks and eight weeks had elapsed since he left Lands End, England. On this, her last visit to JNIassachu- setts Bay, she first sighted land at Cape Ann, and was held in the bay five days before an- choring in the harbor owing to a thick fog. The passenger list was not preserved intact, and only about thirty of the names are re- corded, among them William Wadsworth and family of four. Wlien the passengers were discharged the ship took on freight, including nine hundred beaver skins and two hundred skins of the otter, and on leaving the harbor, November 4, 1632, was bound for James- town, 'Virginia, as w-as customary, intending to clear thence to England. While in Bos- ton Captain Pierce had accompanied Governor Winthrop and others on an overland trip to Plymouth. The next heard of the ship "Lion" STATE OF MAINE. 1 105. was that she ran on a shoal in Virginia bay, and all but ten of the crew perished. The object of this introductory statement explains the appearance of the name of one of the pas- sengers of the "Lion" on the list of passengers. This name is that of William Wadsworth, a descendant of a long line of ancestry dating from Peter, son of Henry de Wodsvvorth, who was contemporaneous with King John, sur- named Lackland, brother of Richard Lion- heart, who appointed him his successor to the throne, and he became King of England in 1 199, and was compelled to sign the Magna Charter in 1215, the repudiation of which char- ter thereafter caused war with the barons, dur- ing the waging of which he died at Newark, October 19, 12 16. The line of descent from Peter includes lords, barons, esquires and men of letters and of the church. The relationship of William Wadsworth, one of the passengers of the ship "Lion," with Xtopher, is later shown to have been established, and the claim that William and Christopher came on the same ship and were brothers is well estab- lished. While William Wadsworth was the progenitor of the family in Connecticut and New York, Christopher is the common ances- tor of the Wadsworths of Maine and Massa- chusetts, including Henry Wadsworth Long- fellow, the poet. (I) Christopher Wadsworth, or as his name was early written, Xtopher Waddesworth, landed in Boston by the ship "Lion," Septem- ber 16, 1632. His birthplace in England has not been ascertained, nor his positive parent- age. The name of Thomas Wadsworth is written before that of Christopher in a family Bible printed in London by Benham Norton and John Bell, 1625, formerly the property of Rev. John Pierce, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and descended to his son, John T. Pierce, of Geneseo, Illinois, which Bible is now in the possession of Mr. Samuel W. Cowles, of Hart- ford, Connecticut, and was examined by Mr. Horace A. Wadsworth, of Lawrence, Massa- chusetts. Mr. Wadsworth copied the inscrip- tion found in the handwriting of Christopher Wadsworth, the immigrant, which reads : "Christopher Wadsworth His Book "Christopher and William Wadsworth landed in Boston by ye ship Lion. "i6th September, 1632, together in ye ship." And elsewhere in the same Bible he found the name of Thomas Wadsworth before Chris- topher's in such a way as to convey the idea of its being the name of his father. Kent, Braintree, Chelmsford in Kent, and the Pala- tinate of Durham are each entitled to some consideration as his birthplace or residence. Kent probably has the strongest claim. We find Christopher Wadsworth in Duxbury, Plymouth colony, in 1633, and he was elected a constable in January, 1634, the highest office in the gift of the town, and on him devolved the duty of jailor, sheriff in executing punish- ments and penalties, crier to give warning in church of the marriages approved by the civil authorities, sealer of weights and measures, and surveyor of lands. His name appears on every page of the town records of the time, and shows his life in Duxbury to have been one of incessant activity. He was deputy, se- lectman, surveyor. He owned land at Holly Swamp as early as 1638, and in 1655 bought more land of John Starr and Job Cole. He erected a house about a mile west of Captains Hill near the new road to Kingston, and his lands ran down to the bay formerly known as Morton's Hole. The place remained in the Wadsworth family up to 1855, when it was sold after the death of Joseph F. Wadsworth in that year, and it passed out of the family. The immigrant made his will July 31, 1677, and it was filed at the Plymouth court in Sep- tember, 1678, and it is between these dates that his death occurred. He made provisions for his wife Grace and daughter Mary An- drews, gave his home place to his son John and part of his Bridgewater grants and other lands to his son Joseph, having in his lifetime deeded part of his Bridgewater grants to his son Cap- tain Samuel, of Milton, who married Abigail Lindall, and was killed fighting the Indians at Sudbury, 1676. The children of Christo- pher, the immigrant, and Grace (Cole) Wads- worth were: Samuel (q. v.). Joseph, Mary and John. Joseph and John lived and died in Duxbury, and ]\Iary married Andrews, and was a widow at the time her mother made her will, January 13, 1687, which instrument was proved June 13. 1688. (II) Samuel, son of Christopher and Grace (Cole) Wadsworth, was born in Duxbury, Plymouth colony, and he there married Abi- gail Lindall, whose parents were neighbors of the Wadsworths. They removed to Milton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was cap- tain in the militia, and he was killed by the Indians while in command of his company at Sudbury, 1676, leaving a widow and seven children. His widow died in Milton in 1687. The children of. Captain Samuel and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth were: i. Christopher, born in 1661, died in 1637. and his tombstone is the oldest in the Milton burying ground, consequently he must have died before his iio6 STATE OF MAINE. mother, whose death occurred in the same year. 2. Ebenezer (q. v.), horn 1660. 3. Timothy, 1662. 4. Joseph, 1667. 5. Benjamin, 1670. 6. Abigail, 1672. married Andrew Boardman. 7. John, 1674, died 1734, according to tomb- stone in the jMilton burying ground. (III) Ebenezer, eldest son of Captain Sam- uel and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth, was born in Milton, Massachusetts, in 1660. He was a deacon in the First Church in Alilton, and married Mary ■ . His tombstone, now standing in the church burying ground near that of his brother Christopher, which is the oldest in the grounds, records the date of her death as 1717. The children of Ebenezer and Mary Wadsworth were: i. Mary, born 1684, married a Mr. Simpson. 2. Samuel, 1685. 3. Recompense, 1688. 4. George (q. v.). (IV) George, youngest child of Ebenezer and Mary Wadsworth, was born in the town of Stoughton, Massachusetts, was ensign in Captain Gofi'e's company in the French and Indian war, attained considerable military re- nown and was always addressed as Ensign George. He married Hannah Pitcher, and their children were : 1. Lydia, born in Stough- ton, 1720. 2. Esther, 1722, married E. May. 3. Ruth, 1724, married E. Tilden. 4. Christo- pher, 1727. 5. Recompense, 1729. 6. Susanna, 1731. 7. John (q. v.). (V) John, youngest child of George and Hannah (Pitcher) Wadsworth, was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1735. He was a soldier in the American revolution, and died from disease contracted while in the patriot army. He was married in 1759 to Jerusha White, and they had children: i. Susanna, born Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1761, married Joseph Cheney. 2. John, 1763. 3. Jerusha, 1764, married Stewart Foster. 4. Eunice, 1766, married Daniel Robbins. 5. Mar\-, 1768, married Ezra Briggs. 6. Aaron. 1770, mar- ried Lucy Stevens. 7. Miriam, 1772. 8. Moses (q. v.). (VI) Moses, son of John and Jerusha (White) Wadsworth, was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1774. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and a farmer, his farm being located on the Neck at Litchfield, IMaine, and he was an elder in the Friends Society for forty years. He removed to Litchfield, Maine, in 1798, and they had twelve children, as follows: i. Daniel, born Litchfield, Maine. May 15, 1799, married Margaret F. Goodwin, and lived in Auburn, Illinois. 2. Ephraim, born March 16, 1801, married Sarah Bailey, September 22, 1825, and lived on his father's farm on the Neck, Litchfield, Maine. 3. Thomas, born May 9, 1803, married Ro.xanna Webber in 1830. 4. Peleg, born May 1, 1805, married Emily Stone. 5. Anna F., born Feb- ruary 22, 1807. married Nathaniel Webber. 6. Eunice, born October 25, 1808, married, February 26, 1829, William Farr. 7. Miriam, born February i, 181 1, married Andrew Pink- ham, and lived in West Gardiner, Alaine. 8. Moses Stevens (q. v.) 9. Joshua, born Jan- uary 2, 1817, married, 1842, Sarah J. McGraw. ID. Sybil, born April 2, 1819. died 1843. H- Nathan, born October 26, 1823, died February 8, 1824. 12. John W., born October 26. 1824, died in November, 1846. Elder Moses Wads- worth died in Litchfield, Maine, December 21, 1851. fVII) Moses Stevens, son of Elder Moses and Hannah (Stevens) Wadsworth, was born in Litchfield, Maine, (3ctober 29, 1814. He was a carpenter and builder, as well as a cabinet maker, having learned the respective trades in Gardiner, Maine. He was a mem- ber of Company K, Ninth New England Regi- ment, in the Mexican war, and on returning from the seat of war in Mexico he continued the business of house building and cabinet work in Gardiner in the volunteer army, being a member of Company C, Third Maine Vol- unteer Infantry, and he was with the regiment in the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, and the succeeding battles in which the Third Maine engaged up to the disbanding of the regiment in 1864, after three years' service. He then re-enlisted in the Veteran Corps of Volunteers known as Hancock's Corps, and he served with that organization up to the close of hostilities in 1865, when he received an honorable discharge, but he kept up his interest in military affairs as lieutenant of the Artillery Company of Gardiner. He repre- sented the choice of the Republican party in the office of councilman in the city government of Gardiner. He was a class leader and val- ued worker in the Metliodist church ; was a member of Gardiner Lodge, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows ; a member of Harmon Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; served the city of Gardiner as chief of the fire department and chief of the police depart- ment. The latter years of his life he spent retired of the cares of business. He was mar- ried, October 31, 1837, to Margaret, daughter of Joshua Knox and Hannah (Soule) Knox, of Gardiner. Their children were : Charles Osgood, born September 8, 1839 ; Ada F., Frederick A., Margaret E., Elenora H. Moses Stevens Wadsworth died in Gardiner, Maine. November 30, 1875, and his widow, Margaret STATE OF MAINE. 1 107 (Osgood) Wadsworth, died in the same city, in the home of her married life, 1906. (VIII) Charles Osgood, eldest son of Moses Stevens and Margaret (Osgood) Wadsworth, was born in Gardiner, Maine, September 8, 1839. He was educated in the public schools of Gardiner and West Gardiner, learned the carpenter and joiner trades from his father, and continued in that vocation for four years, 1858-62. In 1862 he volunteered his service in the Union army for the suppression of the rebellion of the Southern states, in which serv- ice his father had already been actively en- gaged since June, 1861, and he was assigned to the Sixteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry and assigned to Company B of that regiment. He was with his regiment in the Fredericks- burg and Chancellorsville campaign in Vir- ginia, the Gettysburg campaign in Pennsyl- vania, the Rappahannock and Wilderness cam- paigns under General Grant, and he took part in all the eventful battles of these memorable campaigns, including the terrible slaughter at Cold Harbor. He then was in the final cam- paign in front of Petersburg that resulted in the fall of that city and of Richmond, and the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. While in front of Petersburg he was wounded in the knee, June 21, 1864, by a rifle ball, and he was sent to the Stanton Hospital, Washington, from where he heard of the closing events of the war, and on sufficiently recovering from his wound he was sent home on furlough and assigned to the care of the chief surgeon of the General Hospital at Augusta, Maine, where he remained until September, 1865, when he was honorably discharged from the service. As he was still suffering from lameness, the result of his severe wound, he engaged in peddling tinware and produce from a wagon, making his headquarters at Gardiner, and traversing the highways of Kennebec county. This open-air occupation aided in resting his broken health, and after four years occupied in peddling, he accepted the position of book- keeper for William (jrant, engaged in the gen- eral merchandising business and remained in his salesrooms for four years, after which he was bookkeeper for various establishments in the trade for six years. He then secured from the Republican party, of which he was a mem- ber, the position of city clerk by election, and he took office in March, 1878 and has been continued in that ofiice to the present time. He is a comrade of Health Post, Grand Army of the Republic, quartermaster of United Vet- eran Union since 1873, and has served as com- mander and adjutant of the command. He has also served as quartermaster-general of the Union Veteran Union Department of Maine. He was also made a member of the Sons of Veterans in acknowledgment of the service of his father in the civil war, being as- sociated with Staples Camp of Augusta, Maine. He was married, October 17, 1873, to Angle M., daughter of Stephen C. and Prudence (Fisher) Baldwin, of Laconia, New Hamp- shire, and their children, both born in Au- gusta, Maine, are: Mildred B., November 15, 1877, a graduate of the high school at Gardi- ner. Frank C. September 17, 1880, educated in the public schools, was reporter for the Kciincbcc Journal for a time, and now ( 1908) is with the Plympton Press, at Norwood, Mas- sachusetts, these children are in the ninth generation from Christopher Wadsworth, the Plymouth colony immigrant, Christopher ( i ) , Samuel (2), Eb'enezer (3). George (4), John (5), Moses (6), Moses S. (7), Charles Os- good (8). William Manley was from MANLEY Weymouth. Massachusetts, and resided in Easton, that state, m 1694. He served in the Indian war. He left three sons. (II) William (2), son of William (i) Man- ley, was born in 1679, died January, 1764. He married, February 22, 1710, Mercy Howin, born about 1677, 'i Taunton, Massachusetts, died January 6, 1777. (III) John, son of William (2) and Mercy (Howin) Manley, was born in Easton, Massa- chusetts, September 2j, 171 5. He served in Captain John Andrew's company, Colonel Doty's regiment, in the revolutionary army. He married, November 27, 1739, Mercy Smith, born February 19, 1718, in Stoughton, Massa- chusetts. He left two sons, James and Jesse. ( I\') Jesse, son of John and Mercy (Smith) Manley, was born May 28, 1754, and lived in Royalston, Massachusetts. He removed to Dummerston, Windham county, Vermont, and married, February 15, 1778, Eunice Holmes. Chddren: Jesse, Amasa. Eunice, Nathaniel, Hannah, Betsey, William, Sally, Polly, John and Luke. (V) Amasa, second son of Jesse and Eu- nice (Holmes) Manley, was born May 11, 1780, in Dummerston, Vermont, died Septem- ber 24, 1850, in Augusta. He married, Jan- uary 26, 1806, Lydia French, born July 9, 1784, in Dummerston, died November i, 1874, in Augusta. Amasa Manley removed to Nor- ridgewock, Maine, in 1819. iio8 STATE OF maim:. {\l) James Sullivan, third son of Amasa and Lydia (French) Alanley, was born in Putney, Vermont, July 17, 1816. He lived first in Norridgewock, Maine, and then moved to Augusta. He published the Gospel Banner and the Maine Fanner in Augusta. He mar- ried, November 2j, 1839, Caroline Gill Sewall, born in Augusta, April 12, 1818. He died De- cember 9, 1861, in Augusta. (VHj Joseph Homan, eldest son of James Sullivan and Caroline Gill (Sewall) Manley, was born in Bangor, Maine, October 13, 1842, died in Augusta, February 7, 1905. His great- grandfather, Henry Sewall, was captain in the revolutionary army. He attended the public schools of Augusta and Abbott's Little Blue School in Farmington, where he fitted for col- lege. His health, which had interfered with his early opportunities, forced the abandon- ment of a college education. He began the study of law in the Boston ofifice of Sweetsir & Gardiner, and in September, 1863, gradu- ated from Albany Law School. He formed a law partnership in Augusta with H. W. True, and in 1865 was admitted to practice in the United States and district courts, and was ap- pointed a commissioner of the latter court. From 1869 to 1876 he was special agent of the internal revenue department. After this he was in Washington as agent of the Pennsyl- vania railroad. In 1878 he purchased a half interest in the Maine Farmer. In May, 1881, he was appointed postmaster of Augusta. Dur- ing the first term in this ofifice he instituted many improvements in the postal service and was untiring in his efforts to secure the fine postofifice building which now adorns the cap- ital city, and to Mr. Manley more than to any other is due the credit of it? erection. He was reappointed in 1889. He was a director in the First National Bank, president of the Augusta Savings Bank, treasurer of the Augusta Water Company, director of the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, of the Edwards Manufactur- ing Company, of the Maine Central, Knox and Lincoln, Portland and Rochester railroads, of the Portland, Mount Desert and Machias Steamboat Company, of the Portland Publish- ing Company, of the State Publishing Associa- tion. He was a thirty-third degree Mason. In 1889-91 he represented Augusta in the leg- islature. In 1899-iqoi he was also a member of that body and its speaker the last year. In 1903 he was a member of the state senate. As a factor in the political affairs of the state and nation Mr. Manley was widely known. For twenty years he was a member of the Re- publican state committee, and for sixteen years its chairman ; was a delegate to the Repub- lican National conventions in 1880 and 1888; was a member of the executive committee of the National Republican committee in 1888-92- 96-1900, and Its secretary in 1896 and 1900. He married, October 4, 1866, Susan, daughter of Governor Samuel Cony. Mrs. Manley died in Augusta, February 17, 1896. Children: I. Samuel Cony. 2. Lucy Cony, married Chase Mellen, of New York. 3. Harriet, mar- ried George V. S. Michaelis, of Augusta. 4. Sydney Sewall, married Duer du Pont Breck, of New York. (VIII) Samuel Cony, eldest child and only son of Joseph Homan and Susan (Cony) Manley, was born July 21, 1867, in Augusta. He was educated in the city schools, graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1885, and from Harvard College in 1889 with honorable mention in history. He was clerk, chief clerk to superintendent and train master with the Maine Central railroad from 1889 to 1899. He is now president and general manager of the Maine Water Company, vice-president of the Sagadahock Light and Power Company, treas- urer of the Kennebec Light and Heat Com- pany, treasurer of the Maine Farmer Publish- ing Company, trustee of the Augusta Savings Bank, director of the First National Bank of Augusta, of tne Edwards Manufacturing Com- pany, of the Portland Publishing Company, of the State Publishing Association, treasurer of the Small Point \'\'ater Company, president of the trustees of the Cony Female Academy, member of the board of education of Augusta, member of the Republican city committee. He has been treasurer of the Augusta Water Company, director of the Williams school dis- trict, member of the superintending school committee, member of the Augusta park com- mission, member of the Augusta common council and board of aldermen, and president of both boards. He belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry ; Bethlehem Lodge, Cushnoc Chap- ter, Trinity Commandery ; Abnaki Club of Au- gusta ; Small Point Club of Phippsburg; Port- land Country Club and the Cumberland Club of Portland ; to the New England and Ameri- can Water Works and Maine Press associa- tions; and to the Maine Genealogical Society. He has never married. Dr. Anthony Luques, immi- LUQUES grant ancestor, was born in Retz, France, October 28, 1738. He was educated for his profession as physi- cian and surgeon in the schools of Paris. He came to the United States in 1785, soon after STATE OF MAINE. 1 109 the close of the revolution, and settled in Bev- erly, Massachusetts. His full name, accord- ing to the Beverly records, was Simon Judge Anthony Luques. He married Hannah , born June 11, 1771. In 1802 he removed to Lyman, Maine, and died May 20, 1820. Chil- dren, born in Beverly: i. Andrew, born May 8, 1 79 1, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, bap- tized June 4, 1797. 3- Anthony, born October 7. 1798. (H) Andrew, son of Dr. Anthony Luques. was born in Beverly, May 8, 1791. He was educated in the public schools of Lyman, Maine, whither his parents removed when he was young. He was a Methodist in religion and a Democrat in politics. He was a mer- chant. He married, in Alfred, Maine, January 16, 1815, Betsey White, born May 3, 1794. Children, born at Lyman: i. Samuel White, August 3, 1816, mentioned below. 2. An- thony, June 26, 1819. Born in Kennebunk- port: 3. Andrew J., June 15. 1824. 4. Alary Elizabeth, November 4, 1826. 5. Hannah Ann, June 2, 1830. 6. Emmeline, April 24, 1836. " (HI) Samuel White, son of Andrew Luques, was born in Lyman, Maine, August 3, 1 816, died .August 31, 1897. He received his education in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, and studied law with Hon. E. E. Bourne, of Kennebunk, Maine. He con- tinued his studies in the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1841, in York county, Alaine. being one of the oldest mem- bers. He practiced at first in Kennebunkport, removing to Biddeford in 1846, where he practiced his profession. He was very con- servative in financial affairs and his influence was strongly felt by his associates. He was rated as the wealthiest citizen of Biddeford, and one of the most prominent. He was ap- pointed judge of the municipal court in 1876 and held the office for several years. He was a Whig in early life, and later a Republican in politics. He was a member of the Uni- tarian church, and of Mavishan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Biddeford. He was elected a director of the City Bank (now the First National) in 1856. He married, Decem- Ijer 9. 1852, Hannah Maria Child, born in Augusta, Maine, June 27, 1828, died April 29, 1886, daughter of Elisha and Maria (Pal- mer) Child, of Augusta who were married December 4, 1822. Her father was one of the most prominent citizens of Augusta, and died March 4, 1839. Her mother, Maria (Pal- mer) Child, was born October 6, 1792, died August 17, 1858, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Roberts) Palmer, of Wakefield, New Hampshire. Children, born in Biddeford: i. Edward Child, born July 31, 1858, mentioned below. 2. Herbert Llewellyn, born November 4, 1861, graduate of Dartmouth College. 1882; resided at Passaic, New Jersey. 3. Frank An- thony, born December 3, 1863, died August 8, 1895 ; educated at Phillips Academy at And- over, and graduated at Harvard College, 1886. (I\') Edward Child, son of Samuel White Luques, was born in Biddeford, Maine, July 31, 1858, and was educated -in the public schools of that city and at Dartmouth College, graduating in the class of 1882. In 1887 he engaged in the retail coal and lumber business in Biddeford, and continued with marked suc- cess until his father's death, when he disposed of his business to devote all his time to the care and development of his father's real es- tate and other property. He has conducted some real estate business, however and his of- fices at Biddeford. In politics he is a Repub- lican and has been in the common council of Biddeford, and in 1895 was in the board of aldermen of the city of Saco. He is a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons, of York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Maine Coun- cil, Royal and Select blasters ; of York Com- mandery, Knights Templar and of Kora Tem- ple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. He is also a member of Laconia Lodge of Odd Fellows of Biddeford, and is past chief pa- triarch of York Encampment, and has held all the offices in succession iji Canton Dear- born. He is a Unitarian in religion. At the present time he resides in Saco. He married, March 8, 1883 Dora Boynton, born in Bidde- ford. July 12, 1856, daughter of Woodbury J. and Esther (Day) Boynton, of Cornish, Maine. Her father was overseer of the Pepperill Mills for many years. Children: i. Edward W., born February 17, 1884: educated in the schools of Saco and at Thornton Academy and at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, gradu- ating in March, igo6; now a druggist at Wa- terville, Maine. 2. Alargaret, born March 24, 1895 ; student in Thornton Academy. Robert Page, immigrant ancestor, PAGE was born in 1604 in England, son of Robert and Margaret Page, of Ormsby, county Norfolk, England. On April II, 1637, Robert Page, aged thirty-three, with wife Lucy, aged thirty, and children, Francis, Margaret and Susanna, and servants, W'illiam Moulton, aged twenty, and Ann Wadd. aged fifteen, of Ormsby, passed the required exami- nation to go to New England. They settled 1 I lO STATE OF MAiXE. in Salem, where Lucy was admitted to the church in 1639. He removed that year to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he had a grant of land between the homesteads of Will- iam Rlarston and Robert Marston, on Meet- inghouse Green. The original grant is still held in the family, or was recently. He was selectman of Hampton six years ; deputy to the general court of Massachusetts two years ; marshal of the old county of Norfolk, and served on many important committees of the town. He was elected deacon in 1660, and from 1671 to 1679 was the only deacon of the church. He had a brother, Edward Colcord, whose wife's name was Ann (probably broth- er-in-law), for whom he secured claims in 1654 and 1679. He died September 2.2, 1679. His will, dated September g, proved Septem- ber 29, 1679. bequeathed to sons Francis and Thomas ; daughters Mary Fogg, Margaret Sanborne, and Hannah, wife of Henry Dow ; grandchildren Seth, James and Hannah Fogg; Joseph, Benjamin, Robert, Hannah, Sarah and Ruth Moulton; Jonathan Sanborne; Rebecca, Hannah, Samuel, Lucy and Maria Marston; Joseph, Samuel, Symon and Jabez Dow ; Rob- ert, Samuel, John, Mary and Lucy Page (some of these grandchildren were called by their marriage names in the will). His age at death was given as seventy-five years. Lucy, his wife, died November 12, 1665, aged fifty- eight years. Children: i. iMargarct, born in England, 1629, married Jonathan Sanborn. 2. Francis, 1633, mentioned below. 3. Susanna, born in England! 4. Thomas, born in Salem, 1639, married, February 2, 1664, Mary Hus- sey. 5. Hannah, married Henry Dow. 6. Mary, born about 1644, married Samuel Fogg. 7. Rebecca, baptized at Salem, September i6, 1639. 8. Samuel baptized September 16, 1639. (H) Deacon Francis, son of Robert Page, was born in England in 1633. He married, December 2, 1669, Meribah, daughter of Rob- ert Smith. He resided on the homestead of his brother-in-law, William Marston. Children: I. Samuel, born March 3, 1671, mentioned be- low. 2. Lucy, September 22, 1672, married Ichabod Robie. 3. Susanna, December 20, 1674, married (first) Benjamin Betchelder ; (second) John Cram. 4. Francis, December 14, 1676, married Hannah Nudd ; died August 19' 1755- 5- Meribah, March 17, 1679, "i^''" ried (first) Josiah Shaw, son of Joseph Shaw; (second) Samuel Tilton ; (third) Benjamin Sanborn. 6. Rebecca, November 24, 1681, married Samuel Palmer; died April 30, 1759. 7. Joseph, November 25, 1686, married Sarah Moulton; died February 5, 1773. (HI) Lieutenant Samuel (i), son of Dea- con Francis Page, was born March 3, 1671. He resided in Hampton on the old road through the meadows. He married (first), January 9, 1696, Hannah Williams, who died December 24, 1701. He married (second), November 18, 1702, Anne Marshall, of Oyster River (Durham). He married (third), March 8, 1726, Mary (Smith) Thomas, widow, daughter of Joseph Smith, of Durham. Chil- dren : I. Hannah, born October 3, 1796. 2. Samuel, May 3, 1698, died young. 3. Meribah, December 18, 1699. 4. Samuel baptized Oc- tober 3, 1703, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, baptized September 3, 1704. 6. Prudence, born September 2, 1706, married (first) Samuel Hilton; (second) John Marston; (third) Cap- tain William Branscomb. 7. Elizalx-th, born January 12, 1708, married, January 13, 1737, Isaac Tobey. 8. Benjamin, born March 6, 1709, died young. 9. Rev. Solomon, born March 16. 1710, married Dorothy Dunster ; was in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and removed to Maine. 10. John, baptized November 18, 1712, married, March 14, 1751, Lydia. daugh- ter of Reuben Sanborn. 11. Benjamin, bap- tized November 21, 1714, married Mary San- born. 12. Stephen, baptized January 22, 1716, married Ann Perkins; married (second) Mary Burnham ; died March 21, 1804. 13. Joseph, baptized April 14, 1717. 14. Anna, baptized December 7, 171 8. 15. Simon, baptized March 17. 1723- (IV) Samuel (2), son of Lieutenant Sam- uel (i) Page, was baptized October 3, 1703, and died August 9, 1774. He resided at Ken- sington, New Hampshire. He married, July 2, 1729, Mary Clark. Children: i. Stephen, re- sided at Kensington in 1790 and had a family of two males over si.xteen, and three females. 2. Simon, died young. 3. Elizabeth, resided at Kensington. 4. Ann. 5. Mary. 6. Mercy. 7. Sarah. 8. Enoch, g. Simon, born about 1750 mentioned below. 10. Robert, removed to Winthrop, i\Iaine; was moderator in 1784- 86-88; selectman 1787; deputy to the general court 1784-85; on committee to build a meet- ing house in 1786; on committee in 1784 to see about "procuring fresh fish through the mill dam" ; had son Robert, graduated at Bow- doin College in 18 10; removed to Readfield, Maine. (V) Simon, son of Samuel (2) Page, was born about 1750 in Kensington, and removed to Winthrop, Maine, where he was living, as was his brother Robert, in 1790. At that time his family consisted of three males over six- teen, three under si.xteen, and seven females. STATE OF MAINE. nil He served in the revolution, on the Hst of those from Hampton and vicinity, in Captain Henry Elkins' company, the Third, Second Regiment, under Colonel Enoch Poor, in 1775. He and his son, Simon Jr., were among the incor- porators of the First Congregational Church in 1800. Among his children was Simon Jr., mentioned below. (VI) Simon (2), son of Simon (1) Page, was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, in 1773, and when nine years old removed with his parents to Winthrop, Maine, remaining there until 1815. He then removed to Nor- riflgewock, Maine, and settled on a farm in the village. Fie followed farming until his death, September 9, 1833, and his farm has since been known as the Page homestead. He married Susan Smith, born at Middleborough, Massachusetts, died at Norridgewock, April 16, 1856 aged eighty-six years. Children; I. John Calvin, married Fanny Fould. 2. Horatio N., born February 9, i8og, mentioned below. 3. Henry Lewis, died aged five years. (VH) Horatio Nelson, son of Simon (2) Page, was born in Winthrop, Maine, Febru- ary 9, 1809. He was educated in the public schools of Norridgewock and the academy at Farmington, Maine. He taught school in Madison, Mercer and Norridgewock. He lived on the homestead with his parents, and followed farming successfully. The farm con- tains a hundred and twenty acres of fine land. In politics he was a Whig, and later a Re- publican, casting his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison. He was for thirteen years town clerk ; was chairman of the board of selectmen. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Congregational church for forty years. He served as clerk of the parish and was twenty years deacon. He died 1890. He married, October 10, 1837. Hannah, born in Winthrop, November 20, 1818, daughter of Sewell and Mary (White) Page. Her father was a farmer of Winthrop, and her mother was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire. Children: i. George Nelson, mentioned be- low. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born December 18, 1842, died February, 1905. 3. Edward Pay- son, mentioned below. 4. Henry L., born Oc- tober 4, 1858, died March 12, 1883. (VIII) George Nelson, eldest son of Flora- tio Nelson Page, was born on the farm in Norridgewock, Maine, October 17, 1838, died September 2, 1906. He was reared on his fa- ther's farm, and his education was acquired at Eaton Academy in Norridgewock village and at Bloomfield Academy. During the civil war he obtained a position in the adjutant general's office at Augu.sta, and in 1871 he came to Skowhegan to accept the position of cashier of the First National Bank, which he held for a period of thirty-five years, to the time of his death. He was a member of Somerset Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and had served as its treasurer for more than twenty years ; mem- ber of De Molay Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, of which he was recorder for many years. In early life he united with the Congregation- al church at Norridgewock, and during resi- dence in Skowhegan was a constant attendant, a valued and exemplary member of the Island .^Xvenue society of that denomination, serving as clerk of the parish for over ten years. He was quiet and domestic in his habits, devoted to his business, generous and charitable and respected by all who knew him. He married, June 16, 1868, Mary Elizabeth Savage, born in Augusta, Maine, October 9, 1835, died April 6, 1904, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Hixon) 'Savage, who were the parents of one other child, Hannah Heywood, married Nathan Church. Daniel Savage mar- ried (second) Frances, a sister of his first wife ; children : Daniel Byron, Charles Henry. Daniel Savage was son of Daniel and Eliza- beth (Pierce) Savage, the former of whom married Mary Fletcher, and grandson of Cap- tain Daniel and Elizabeth (Robinson) Savage, the former of whom married (second) Anna Johnson. George Nelson and Mary Elizabeth (Savage) Page had one child, Hannah Re- becca, born in Skowhegan, Maine, November 10, 1872. (VIII) Hon. Edward Payson, second son of Horatio Nelson Page, was born December 26, 1846, in Norridgewock, Maine, and died suddenl)', January 3, 1907. He received his education in the common schools of his na- tive town and in the Maine W^esleyan Semi- nary at Kent's Hill. In 1871 he went to Skowhegan and was employed with his broth- er, who was cashier of the First National Bank, which had been organized but a short time previousl3^ He was soon offered the po- sition of treasurer of the Skowhegan Savings Bank, which he held for thirty-five years, re- signing but a short time before his death in order to accept the presidency of the bank. In his early manhood he acquired a knowledge of timber and land values, and his name was prominent among the lumber dealers of Maine. He was connected with various companies, and interested in many and varied enterprises. He was president of the Skowhegan Electric Light Company, treasurer of the Skowhegan Pulp I 112 STATE OF MAINE. Company, and a heavy stockholder in both these institutions, and was a member of the firm that operated the Riverside Pulp Mill, and connected with other like enterprises. In poli- tics he was a Republican, and active in the interests of his party. He was representative to the Maine legislature in 1901-03, and served on the financial committee the first term. In igo6 he was elected to the senate, and among the important committees in which he served were banks and banking, appropriations and financial afi^airs. He was a member of the sen- ate at the time of his death. His financial judgment was considered remarkably sound, and many a man with small means owed his first success in life to Mr. Page, for extending credit when a less discerning man would have refused it. He was a loyal friend to a large number of people, and all sincerely mourned his loss. During his funeral all places of busi- ness in the town remained closed as a mark of respect to his memory. Rev. B. B. Merrill, of the Island Avenue Church, which Mr. Page and his family attended, was the officiating clergyman. The attendance was large ; all walks of life were represented, and among them the number of prominent men of afifairs from other communities was especially notice- able. Mr. Page married, June 10, 1879, Lizzie M. Randall, of Vassalboro, Maine (see Ran- dall family). Children: i. Blin W., born April 5. 1882, cashier of Eirst National Bank; Republican ; member of various Masonic or- ders. 2. Edna C, born March 16, 1884. John Randall, immigrant an- RANDALL cestor, was born in England, and died in Westerly. Rhode Island, about 1684-85. He lived at Westerly until about 1670, when he sold his land to Thomas Beal, November 30, 1670, and re- moved to Stonington, Connecticut, where he was admitted an inhabitant later. He mar- ried Elizabeth . He took the oath of allegiance September 7, 1669, and was deputy to the general assembly. 1682. Singularly enough, a widow, Elizabeth Randall, settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, about the same time and had sons Stephen and John, whose children's names were similar to those of the Westerly family. That these families were related w-e must believe. Children of John Randall, born at Westerly: i. John Jr., born 1666. 2. Stephen, 1668, mentioned below. 3. Matthew-, 1671, died at Hopkinton, Rhode Is- land. 4. Peter, died at Preston, Connecticut. (II) Stephen, son of John Randall Jr., was born at Westerly in 1668. He went to Stoning- ton with the family. Children, born there : I. Abigail, December 20, 1698. 2. Samuel, May 19, 1701. 3. Stephen, March 13, 1704, mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, Alarch 17, 1707. 5. Elizabeth, September 25, 1709, died July 2, 171 1. 6. Phebe, September 18, 1712. 7. William, February 26, 171 5. 8. David, May 7, 1719, the only son remaining at Stoning- ton. (III) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i) Randall, was born at Stonington, Connecticut, March 13, 1704. He is believed to have set- tled in Falmouth, now Portland, and to be the same as Stephen of Falmouth. He mar- ried Mary . Stephen was a shipwright by trade, doubtless learning his trade at Sto- nington. He was of Falmouth, July 5. 1731, when he bought one hundred and twelve acres of land along the falls at Falmouth. Later he was called a miller, probably ow-ning a mill on this property. He sold land in 1732 to Nathaniel Jordan at Scarborough. He mar- ried (second) Deborah Saw\'er, of Gloucester (intentions at Falmouth, October 6, 1750). Children: i. Stephen, born at Falmouth, No- vember 27, 1726, baptized at the First Church of Falmouth, September 24, 1727; soldier in the revolution; married, April 25, 1761. Mercy Dyer; (second) at Cape Elizabeth, October 20, 1774, Lydia Roberts. 2. Mary, November 12, 1728, baptized November 24, 1728. 3. Cath- erine, August 15, 1733, baptized June 10, 1733. 4. Susannah, February 10, 1735. 5. Sarah, April 4, 1738. 6. Jacob, was a taxpayer in Falmouth in 1760 (five shillings sixpence), and was lost at sea in 1768. 7. Thankful, died October i, 1769. 8. Isaac, mentioned below. 9. John, settled at Royalsborough ; married, November 22, 1769, Ann Roberts; son Isaac born April 18, 1787. (IV) Isaac, son of Stephen (2) Randall, was born about 1735-40. He was on the tax- list in 1760 for five shillings sixpence. Ste- phen and Jacob were also taxpayers. He was a soldier in the revplution, in Captain Caleb Turner's company in 1775; later was corporal in 1775, serving at Georgetown, Maine. (V) Dr. Isaac H., son or nephew of Isaac Randall, was born about 1780-90 at Falmouth. He came to Vassalborough, Maine, to practice, and died there at the age of thirty-eight. He had a brother. Job Randall, of Falmouth (Portland). There were other children. He married Rachel Fuller Percival. widow of Na- thaniel Percival, a native of Cape Cod. Chil- dren : Hildanus, George, Dulcy and James D., born at Vassalborough, 1817. mentioned be- low. Rachel Fuller above mentioned was born STATE OF MAINE. 1113 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and was one of several children. (VI) James D., son of Dr. Isaac H. Ran- dall, was born at Vassalborough, October 10, 1817. He lived in his native town all his life. He married, August 18, 1840, Mary Percival, daughter of Captain John Percival, who was lost at sea. Captain Percival was a brother of Nathaniel and Bathsheba Percival, all born on Cape Cod. Children : Hollis R.. born De- cember 26, 1841. Osborne P., July 18, 1845. Lizzie M., born at Vassalborough, July 26, 1854, married Edward P. Page. (See Page family herewith.) John Page, immigrant ancestor, PAGE was born in England. He settled first in Hingham, Massachusetts, and was one of the signers of a petition to the general court, November 4, 1646. He re- moved to Haverhill about 1652. He d'ed No- vember 23, 1687. Administration of his es- tate was granted to his grandson, Thomas Page, March 12, 1721-22, and the estate was finally divided in November, 1723. His wid- ow died February 15, 1796-97. He married Mary Marsh, daughter of George Marsh. Children: i. John, baptized July 11, 1641, married in Hingham, June 14, 1663, Sarah Davis. 2. Onesiphorus, baptized November 20, 1642, at Hingham, married, November 22, 1664, Mary Hauxworth; (second) July 31, 1695, Sarah Rowell, widow. 3. Benjamin, born 1644, baptized July 14. 1644: married, September 21, 1666, Mary Whittier. 4. Mary, baptized May 3, 1646, married, October 23, 1665, John Dow; married (second), July 14, 1673, Samuel Shepard. 5. Joseph, baptized March 5. 1647-48. married, at Hingham, Jan- uary 21, 1671, Judith Guile; married (second), December 2, 1673, Martha Heath. 6. Corne- lius, baptized July 15, 1649, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, baptized July 18, 1651, at Hingham, married, January 14, 1669, James Sanders. 8. Elizabeth, born June 15, 1653, died July 3, 1653. 9. Mercy, born April i. 1655, married, November 13, 1674, John Clough. 10. Son, born and died March 26, 1658. 11. Ephraim, born February 27, 1658-59, died July 22, 1659. (II) Cornelius, son of John Page, born 1649, baptized July 15, 1649. He married, Novem- ber 13, 1674, Martha Clough, who died May II, 1683. at Haverhill. He married (second). January 16, 1684, Mary Marsh, daughter of Onesiphorous Marsh, and granddaughter of George Marsh. She died November 24, 1697. His estate was administered July 18, 1698, and "divided in 1699. He was a planter in Haver- hill. Children, born in Haverhill: i. John Jr., born September 27, 1675, mentioned below. 2. Amos, born October 22, 1677, married Han- nah . 3. Elizabeth, born September 14, 1679. 4. Joanna, born March 6. 1680, died young. 5. Mehitable, born February i, 1681, died May 9, 1682. 6. Cornelius, born April i, 1683, died May 24, 1683. Children of second wife: 7. Joseph, born September 21, 1686, died P>bruary 12, 1687. 8. Joseph, born Sep- tember 12, 1689, married Mary Thompson. 9. Sarah, born November 23, 1691, died June 18, 1762. 10. Thomas, born February 4, 1692. II. Cornelius, born May 20, i6g6. ( HI ) John (2), son of Cornelius Page, was born in Haverhill, September 27, 1675. He married. May 21, 1700, Sarah Singletary, daughter of Nathaniel and granddaughter of Richard .Singletary, of Haverhill. He resided in Haverhill and died there March 7, 1717-18. His estate was administered October 13, 1718, and divided in 1722. His widow Sarah was then living. Children : Nathaniel. Sarah, Jonathan, John, Edmund, mentioned below; Abiel, Mehitable. (IV) Edmund, son of John (2) Page Jr., was born in Haverhill, November 7, 1708. He married, February 5, 1734, Abigail who was born March 23, 1717. Children: i Daniel, born November 6, 1735, died 1830. 2 Captain David, born November 23, 1737. 3 Ruth, born March 14. 1739, died March i6 1739. 4. Jesse, born February 16, 1740. 5 William, born March 14, 1752. 6. Deborah born July 13, 1753. 7. Job, born November 10, 1755. 8. Jeremiah, mentioned below. (V) Jeremiah, .son of Edmund Page, was born March 25, 1751. He was a soldier in the revolution from Conway, New Hampshire, where he settled. He was on the list of sol- diers in 1775. His farm was in East Conway. He married Mary Dustan, born August 10, 1752, died November i, 1808. granddaughter of Hannah Dustan, who killed her Indian captors and escaped in 1693 after the Haver- hill massacre. Children, born in Conway (rec- ord of the family) : i. Abigail, born Sunday, November 24, 1776. 2. Thomas, born April 18, 1779, mentioned below. 3. Duston, born July 4. 1782, on Thursday. 4. Mary, born Monday, June 4, 1787, died January 25, 1850. 5. Jesse, born on Thursday. March 31, 1789. 6. Abigail, born on Thursday, July 7, 1791. 7. Hannah, born on Thursday, September 26, {W) Colonel Thomas, son of Jeremiah Page, born at East Conway, New Hampshire, April 18. 1779, died February 8, 1864. He II 14 STATE OF MAINE. removed in 1826 from his native town to Lowell, Maine, as it is now known, and he built the first sawmills there, the locality being known still as Page's Mills. He took up pub- lic land and built new roads. At one time he owned most of the land now comprising the town of Burlington, Maine. To each of his sons he gave a wedding present of a hundred acres of land in Burlington, and to each daugh- ter two hundred dollars in money, a cow and half a dozen sheep. He was colonel of his militia regiment, a prosperous farmer and miller, a sagacious and successful business man. He married Elizabeth Charles, of Frye- burg, New Hampshire, born May 2, 1786, died May 22, 1875. Children, born in Conway, ex- cept the youngest: i. Ansel, born February 12, 1808. 2. Dean, born March 4, 1810, died February 9, 1874. 3. Jeremiah, born June 20, 1812 died November 24, 1887. 4. John, born July II, 1814, mentioned below. 5. Elizabeth, born December 21, 1816, died February 23, 1898. 6. Norman, born February 19, 1819, died October 18, 1893. 7. Catherine, born January 18, 1823. 9. Dorcas, born October 30, 1825, died December 6, 1891. 10. Her- man S., born March 4, 1828, died April 26, 1903. (VH) John (3), son of Thomas Page, was born in Conway, New Hampshire, July 11, 1814. He was educated and reared in Bur- lington. Maine, where he has lived most of his long life. He married, September, 1844, Eliza- beth McCorrison, of Standish, Maine, born September 21, 1823, died March 29, 1900. Children, born in Burlington: i. Ansel, born October, 1845. -■ Melvin, born April 11, 1847, mentioned below. 3. Irene N., born July 11, 1849, died January, i860. 4. Edelle May, born May I, 1 85 1, married William Henry Taylor, general agent of the Penn Mutual Life In- surance Company, Bangor, Maine, born Au- gust 2},, 1843, at Enfield, Maine: children: i. Jesse Wright Taylor, born July i. 1871 ; ii. Irene Page Taylor, born April 13, 1874, died September 28, 1874; iii. Russell Morrison Taylor, born April 6, 1875; iv. Josiah Towle Taylor, born February 13, 1876; v. Ella Maud Taylor, born January 27, 1878; vi. John Page Taylor, born November 14, 1879, died Novem- ber 12, 1880; vii. Marcia Adelle Taylor, born July 27, 1881 ; viii. Hattie Maria Taylor, born June 20. 1885. 5. Lizzie A., born June 16, 1853, died April, 1890 or 1891. 6. Stella J., born April 21, 1855. (VIII) Melvin, son of John (3) Page, born in Burlington, Maine, April 11, 1847, died No- vember 7, 1890. He married Sarah Ella Estes, born in Vassalborough, Maine. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town and at Lee Normal Academy. He learned the trade of carpenter and during his active life was a carpenter and builder. He was a Dem- ocrat in politics. He died in Milford, Maine, where he spent his later years. Children: i. Dr. Prince Caleb, mentioned below. 2. Julia Emily. (IX) Dr. Prince Caleb, son of Melvin Page, was born in Lee, Maine, September 6, 1874. He was educated in the Winn public schools, at Lee Normal Academy, the schools of Old Town and the Bangor Business College. He began the study of medicine in the Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1901 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He began to practice in Lagrange, Maine, and went thence to Bangor, w'here he was located for about three years. He came from Bangor to Biddeford in 1905 and since then has been practicing in this city. In politics he is a Re- publican, and in religion an Episcopalian. He is a charter member of Abenkis Tribe, No. 6, Independent Order of Red Men of Bangor. He married, April, 1901, Ida May North, daughter of Augustus North, of Washington, D. C. They have one child, Thomas Neilson, born August 3, 1902. John Macomber, who it is MACOMBER believed came with his brother William from In- verness, Scotland, 1638, settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, and was, as the records show, subject to military duty in 1643. He was a landowner as it is shown that he paid taxes amounting to seven shillings in 1659, on twen- ty-four acres and four "head." His first wife's name is not known. His second wife was Mary Babcock, whom he married January 7, 1686. He was a carpenter and accumulated considerable property, which he bequeathed to his children, John and Mary (Staples). He died between 1687 and 1690. (II) John (2), son of John (i) Macomber, was in Queen Anne's war, 1691. He was mar- ried July 16, 1678, to Anna Evans, of Taun- ton. Their children were : Thomas, John, William and Samuel. (III) John (3), second son of John (2) and Anna (Evans) Macomber, was born early enough to have participated in Queen Anne's war. He married (first) Elizabeth Williams, and (second) Mrs. Lydia (King) Williams. His will, dated December 28, 1742, named nine children, all by the first wife. He died at Taunton, December 14, 1747. STATE OF MAINE. 1115 (IV) Nathaniel, eldest son of John (3) Ma- comber, was born February 9, 1709. He was of a very religious disposition and served as deacon in the Congregational church of Taun- ton many jears. He married, in 1735, Priscil- la Southworth, of Middleboro, Massachusetts. He was an industrious man in business affairs, and while he worked for the interest of his family never neglected his church duties and that of the public in general. As is shown by the inscription on his tombstone, he died No- vember 10, 1787, aged seventy-nine years. His children were: Job, born 1737; George, Na- thaniel, Ichabod, Ezra and John. (V) George, second son of Nathaniel and Priscilla (Southworth) Macomber, was born July 7, 1740, and but little can be learned of him further than that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and married Susan Paull, January 27, 1767. He became the father of the following children : Mary, Ezra and John (twins), Azalle, George, Paul, Nathaniel, Su- sanna, Philena, Ebenezer and Samuel. (VI) George (2), third son of George (i) and Susan (Paull) Macomber, was born Sep- tember 17, 1772, and married Anna Harkness, September 17, 1801. She was born October 24, 1782. Their children were: Sarah B., Betsey B., George Washington, William H., Esther H. and David W. The father died aged fifty-seven years, January 31, 1830. (VII) George Washington, son of George (2) and Anna (Harkness) Macomber, born September 26. 1807, at Pelham, Massachusetts, died at Augusta, Maine, August 31, 1864. He became a resident of Augusta at a very early age of his life, and worked as a granite cutter and general contractor on the state house. He followed the granite business throughout his life. Until the formation of the Republican party he was a Whig, and took an active part in both city and county government. In his religious faith he was a Baptist and served as deacon in that church many years. He mar- ried (first) Sarah P. Ripley, by whom two children were born : Emily F. and Esther H. He married (second) Hannah Kalloch, born December 10, 1820. died September i, 1905, at Augusta. She was the mother of two chil- dren : George E. and Henry D. (VIII) George Ellison, son of George Washington and Hannah (Kalloch) Macomb- er, was born at Augusta, Maine, June 6, 1853. He obtained his education at the public schools of his native city, and subsequently entered the grocery store of Luther Mitchell as a clerk, which position he filled a short time, and then accepted a position in the Augusta postofifice, where he remained si.x years. In March, 1876, he purchased the insurance busi- ness conducted by David Cargill, and was en- ergetic and highly successful in the business until 1886, alone, but at that date he took his brother, Henry D. Macomber, into partnership with him. This association existed until broken by death of the brother, when Charles R. Whitten became a partner in the business, continuing until 1904. In 1908 the business was carried on by a company, consisting of H. C. Carl, Charles H. Howard and R. H. Bodwell. The insurance business was by no means the only calling Mr. Macomber pur- sued with diligence and success ; he was treas- urer of the Augusta, Hallowell & Gardiner Electric Railroad Company until that road was sold to the L. A. & W. Company, in 1907. He is now treasurer of the Norway & Paris Elec- tric Railroad Company; the Austin Traction Company, of Austin, Texas; treasurer of the Hutchinson Water, Light and Gas Company, of Hutchinson, Kansas. Being recognized as a man of correct business methods, he was elected to the important position of president of the Springfield Railway and Light Com- pany, of Springfield, Missouri. He is also president of the Augusta Trust Company, Kennebec Savings Bank and Augusta Opera House Company ; a director in the Granite National Bank ; treasurer of the Augusta Real Estate Association, and a trustee of "the Maine Insane hospitals located at Augusta and Ban- gor. His long career as an insurance man causes him now to be the special agent for the following insurance companies: Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia Un- derwriters' Alliance, Granite State Fire In- surance Company, and others. He is a stock- holder in the Augusta Hotel Company, and has numerous other interests and enterprises which demand his time and special attention. He was married to Sarah V. Johnson, born March 31, 1857, '" Edinboro, Pennsylvania, daughter of Hiram and Almira Johnson. Their children are: Alice H., married R. H. Bod- well. Annie J., married Guy P. Gannett. One authority says the Mor- MORTON tons of Gorham came original- ly from Cape Cod; another states that the descendants of Bryant Morton, the first settler of the name in southwest Maine, claim him to have been English. No authority has yet been found which decides the matter. Many of the descendants of Bry- ant Morton have been leading citizens in the communities where they have resided — prom- iii6 STATE OF MAINE. inent in politics, patriotic in war, and indus- trious in peace. (I) Captain Bryant Morton first appears in the records about the year 1738, as a citizen of old Falmouth (now Cape Elizabeth), where he was a taxpayer in 1743. On September 28, 1750, Bryant Morton of Cape Elizabeth bought of Augusta Bearse his right in Gorhamtown. June 28, 175 1, the proprietors of Gorham deed Bryant Morton certain land, at which time he is described as of Gorhamtown. He set- tled in Gorhara between the dates mentioned probably, and lived on thirty-acre lot No. 15, at Gorham Corner. His dwelling stood back from the street near where Emery's brick store now stands. He was an energetic, active man, a good trader, dealt largely in lands, and few men in town bought and sold more lots than he. "In 1772 Mr. Morton was one of the Com- mittee of Safety and Correspondence ; and was a delegate to the Provincial Congress held at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He went to Cam- bridge on horseback, with Benjamin Cham- berlain behind him to bring his horse back. He was a representative to the general court several years ; and captain in the army during the war of the revolution. He had command of a company of eighty men, called sea-coast guards ; and was stationed at Fort Hancock, on Cape Elizabeth. This fort was located on the spot now occupied by Fort Preble, and ■consisted of a battery of several cannon for the defence of Portland, then Falmouth. For several years Mr. Morton was a firm sup- porter of the old Congregational Church, and was one of the ruling elders in 1758-59. With many others he became dissatisfied with the ministrations of Mr. Lombard, and with them drew off, built a new meeting house, and set- tled the Rev. Ebenezer Thompson. Captain Morton in his latter years became a zealous Free Will Baptist. Before his second mar- riage he provided well for his first children. His homestead at Gorham Corner he con- veyed to his son Bryant, who by his deed con- veyed "the lot, No. 15, with the Bryant ]\Iorton house, and the lot opposite, where the Bryant Morton barn now stands,' to Gary McLellan. After his second marriage Captain Morton moved on a small farm, since called the 'Cham- berlain Place.' Here he died in the year 1793, aged about eighty-eight. At his death his es- tate, real and personal, was appraised at about seven hundred dollars." Bryant Morton married (first) Thankful . We do not know her antenuptial sur- name or the date of her birth or death. He married (second), in Cape Elizabeth, June 23, 1 77 1, Lucy (White) Chamberlain, who was born in Falmouth, December i, 1732, daugh- ter of John and Jerusha White. She was the widow of Aaron Chamberlain. She sur- vived Captain Morton many years, and died about the year 1813. Captain Morton's ten children by his first wife were all born before he moved to Gorham. They were: Thomas, Martha, Joseph, Ebenezer, Thankful, Jabez. Bryant, Elisha, Anna and Phineas. The chil- dren by the second wife, Lucy Chamberlain : Jerusha, John, who is the subject of the next paragraph. (II) John, only son of Captain Bryant and Lucy (White) (Chamberlain) Morton, was born in Gorham, February 11, 1775. He mar- ried, about 1799. Mary, eldest child of Stephen and Hannah (Gushing) Tukey, of Portland. She was born March 19, 1781, and died De- cember 12, 1854. She was a descendant of John Winter and Rev. Robert Jordan (see Jordan I), and also of Colonel Ezekiel Gush- ing, all of Cape Elizabeth. Stephen Tukey was a revolutionary soldier. His father, John Tu- key, the immigrant, married Abigail Sweetser, in 1749. She was a daughter of Benjamin Sweetser, a soldier in the Louisburg expedi- tion, 1745, and descendant from Seth Sweetser, the immigrant, 1636. Their children were: I. Juliana, born September 21, 1800, who mar- ried John Sargent, sea captain. 2. Ebenezer IMiller, December 16, 1801, died young. 3. John, September 26, 1804, who went to sea and was never again heard of. 4. Stephen Tukey, March 7, 1807, sea captain. 5. William White, next mentioned. (III) U'illiam White, youngest child of John and ]\lary (Tukey) Morton, was born in Gorham, February 5, 1809, and died in Windham, July 27, 1868. At an early age he became a sailor, with the intention of fitting himself to be a master mariner, for which he was in everything but experience well quali- fied. He was in the merchant service, and made various voyages between New York and other domestic ports and European ports. At the age of thirt}' he lost his hearing as the re- sult of a fever, and was compelled to give up his plans, and spent the remainder of his life on a farm in Windham, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was a good man, an active member of the Congregational church, and one of its liberal supporters. He married. May 29, 1842, Adeline Hale Barton, who was born July 27, 1823, died April 11, i8g8. She was an unassuming and intellectual woman, a faithful wife and a good mother. STATE OF MAINE. 1117 Her grandparents on the paternal side were Ebenezer and Dorothy (EHott) Barton, of Windham. Ebenezer Barton served three years five months and fourteen days in tlie revolu- tionary army, was at Hubbardton, Stillwater, Saratoga, the surrender of Burgoyne, spent the winter at Valley Forge, and was at Mon- mouth in Colonel Benjamin Tuppcr's Eleventh Massachusetts Regiment. He was killed by a falling tree at Windham, April 15, 1785, aged about thirty-five years. The children of Will- iam W. and Adeline H. (Barton) Morton were: i. Stephen Tukey, a volunteer in the Seventeenth Maine Regiment, was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1862. 2. Will- iam Francis, enlisted in the Ninth Maine Regi- ment, was at the assault on Fort Wagner, and was killed before Richmond in 1864. 3. Eliza- beth, died young. 4. Caroline, died young. 5. Seth C. see below. 6. Julia H., married Walter Hussev and lives in Windham. (IV) Seth Clark, third son of William W. and Adeline H. (Barton) Morton, was born in Windham, November 25, 1858. He was educated in the Windham public schools and at the Quaker high school. His first work of consequence away from home was in build- ing" the pulp mill at South Windham, where he worked as a machinist for the Sabago Wood Board Company from 1876 to the sum- mer of 1881. In the same year, July 26, he entered the employ of S. D. Warren & Com- pany, proprietors of the pulp mill at West- brook. For a time he was a machinist and the superintendent of the machine shop and mechanical department where three hundred men are employed. This position he now holds. Mr. Morton is a Democrat and has been called to fill various municipal offices. He was the first fire warden of Westbrook, and is now fire commissioner and chief engi- neer of the fire department of the city. He was a member of the board of aldermen 1903- 04-05, and was elected mayor igo6, and re- elected in 1907. He has discharged his duties faithfully and well, and enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He at- tends and contributed liberally to the support of the Universalist church. Fie is a member of Warren Phillips Lodge, No. 186, Free and Accepted Masons ; member of Ammoncongin Lodge, No. 76, Independent Order of Odd Fello\^■s, of which he is a past grand : and Presumpscot Valley Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor com- mander. He was captain and first base of the famous Presumpscot baseball team, recognized as the best strictlv amateur baseball team in Maine for several years. Seth C. Morton was married in South Windham, November 30, 1879, to Althea Small, of Gray, who was born September 28, 1846, in Framingham, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Stephen and Hannah ( Tweed ) Small. They have one daughter, Bertha C, born October 22, 1883; she is a musician and an ardent devotee to the study of the drama. The Aliens in America are of ALLEN both Scotch and English descent. In England the name was for- merly and still is subjected to various forms of spelling, as Allen, Allin, Allyn, etc., all of which are undoubtedly from one source. The original Scotch spelling was Allan. In the early records of Esse.x county, Massachusetts, is found the name of William Allen, born in Manchester, Englaiid, about 1602; came to New England with the Dorchester Company, which settled temporarily on Cape Ann in 1623; accompanied Roger Conant to Salem in 1626; and was adnfitted a freeman in 1631. Another early emigrant of this name was George Allen, born in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and came to Amer- ica with his family in 1635, when sixty-seven years old, in order to escape religious persecu- tion. A Samuel Allen and his wife Ann catiie from Braintree, England, and were among the first settlers in Braintree, Massachusetts. Colo- nel John Allan, born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, January 31, 1746, son of Major William Allan, of the British army, became the progenitor of a Maine family, some of whom, if not all, retain the original Scotch spelling. (I) Jotham Allen, an early settler in Al- fred, went there from either York or Kittery subsequent to the revolutionary war, and cleared a farm from the wilderness. (N. B. It is stated by some of his descendants that their branch of the family is the posterity of an immigrant from Scotland.) The Christian name of his wife was Susan and their children were : Jeremiah, Amos, Jotham, John, Olive, Susan and Hannah. (II) Amos, second child of Jotham and Susan Allen, born in Alfred in 1801, died in 1874. Adopting agriculture when a young man, he purchased a farm in Waterboro and tilled the soil industriously for the remainder of his life. It was his custom to vary the monotony of farm life by frequent excursions into the forests for the purpose of hunting, and he was one of the most noted hunters artd trappers of his locality. He married Eleanor iii8 STATE OF MAINE. Ridle.v, of Alfred, born in 1801, died in 1874. They'were the parents of children: Jeremiah, Isaiah, Otis, Mary. Jotham, Amos Lawrence, Lydia, Timothy and Sarali. (Ill) Hon. Amos Lawrence, fifth son and sixth child of Amos and Eleanor (Ridley) Al- len, was born in Waterboro, IMarch 17, 1837. He attended the public schools of Waterboro and Alfred, was prepared for his collegiate course at the Whitestown (New York) Semi- nary, and entering Bowdoin College as a so- phomore was graduated with the class of i860. At Bowdoin he was a classmate of Thomas Brackett Reed, with whom in after years he became closely connected. He was subsequent- ly engaged in educational work for a short time, teaching at the Alfred Academy ; also in Gardiner, Sanford, Waterboro and Pembroke, Maine. His legal studies, begun in Alfred, were completed at the Columbian Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, and he was admitted to the York county bar in 1866. Mr. Allen served for short intervals as clerk in the treasury department at Washington and in the postoffi'ce of the national house of representa- tives, and also in the office of the York county clerk of courts. In 1870 he was elected clerk of courts in York county, retaining that office for a period of twelve years, and returning to the national capital he acted as clerk of the judici- ary committee of the lower house in 1883-84. He was next employed for a year as a special examiner by the pension bureau, and being elected a representative to the Maine legisla- ture he served in that capacity for the years 1886-87. In December, 1889, he became pri- vate secretary to the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, speaker of the national house of representa- tives, serving as such during the fifty-first, fifty-fourth and fifty-lifth congresses, and in 1896 was a delegate at large from Maine to the Republican national convention at St. Louis, being assigned to the committee on resolutions. At a special election held in the first congressional district, November 16, 1899, Mr. Allen was elected the successor of Repre- sentative Reed, who resigned his seat as a member of the fifty-sixth congress, and he con- tinued in office through re-elections to the sixtieth congress, and was renominated to the sixty-first. In 1904 he defeated his Demo- cratic opponent, Luther R. Moore, by a ma- jority of 4,989, in a vote of 31,613; in 1906 he defeated the same gentleman by a major- ity of 1,649; 3nd in 1908 his majority was , about 3,300. Mr. Allen's intimate association with his illustrious predecessor made him es- pecially qualified to represent the first district in congress, and his ability has been amply demonstrated. He is a Master Mason, affili- ating with Fraternal Lodge of Alfred, and is a member of the Grange in North Alfred. He attends the ^lethodist Episcopal church. In 1858 Mr. Allen married Esther, daughter of Jacob and Eunice Maddox, of Waterboro. Her grandfather, also named Jacob ]\Iaddox, came from England in the latter part of the eighteenth century ; he settled upon a tract of wild land in the town of Waterboro, and im- proved it into a good farm. His son Jacob, born in Waterboro, served in the defence of Kittery during the war of 1812-15. He be- came a prosperous farmer in his native town, and lived to be eighty-five years old. He was twice married and of his first union there were three children. His second wife, Eunice, bore him four children : Daniel, a resident of Stand- ish ; John F., of Alfred ; Harriet, widow of John Dame ; Esther, who became the wife of Hon. Amos L. Allen. Mrs. Allen died March 20, 1900, in Washington, D. C. She was the mother of three children: i. Herbert L., born December 24. 1861, a graduate of Bowdoin, 1883, and now superintendent of schools in Dalton, Massachusetts ; he married Annie Bradbury, of Limerick, Maine, and has two children: Amos L., born February 14, 1895, and Laura E., born June 22, 1903. 2. Laura E., born March 3, 1863, resides with her fa- ther. 3. Edwin H., born April 14, 1864, a graduate of Dartmouth, 1885, a practicing phy- sician of Boston, and is connected with the John Hancock Insurance Company ; he mar- ried Linda W. Forbush, of Boston, and has one son, Nathaniel Draper Whiting Allen, born July 31, 1903. Among those who wrought PEASLEE our early history in colonial days, in "times that tried men's souls," were the Peaslees, who, like most other old Maine families, are credited with a Massachusetts origin, and developed around Haverhill. The name Peaslee is claimed by some to have sprung from Peter, from which we have Peers, Pearse and Pears. Others as- sume it was an offshoot from peas, a legum. Peas were grown in the east from time imme- morial and were introduced into Europe in the Middle Ages. Shakespeare spoke of peas- blossom. Lee is from lea, a pasture. The man who was the son of Mr. Peas perhaps lived on the lea, and to distinguish him from the other Mr. Peas he was called Peas-at-lea, and finally Peaslee. Hon. Charles H. Peaslae, a distinguished statesman and congressman STATE OF MAINE. 1119 from New Hampshire ; Chief Justice Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent, of Massachusetts ; the Hon. WilHam Pitt Fessenden ; the Honorables Lot M. and Anson P. Morrill, governors, members of congress, and a cabinet officer j the Hon. Daniel J. Morrill, member of congress from Pennsylvania; Professor Edmund Randolph Peaslee, A. M., M. D., LL. D., a great physi- cian, author of medical books, and professor in Dartmouth college ; the Hon. John D. Peas- lee, of Ohio ; and Judge Daniel Peaslee, of Vermont, were of this line. (I) Joseph Peaslee was founder of the Peas- lee family in America. He was a native of England, the tradition in the family is that he was born and lived in the western part of England, near the river Severn, adjoining Wales. With his wife and two or three chil- dren he emigrated, about 1635, and came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1642. He re- ceived a grant of land in Haverhill, Massachu- setts, March 14. 1645, ^""^^1 'I's name appears in the first list of landholders of Haverhill in 1645. He settled in the easterly part of the town near "Reaks Bridge," over the Merrimac river, and received grants of land from 1645 to 1656, when divisions of land were made by vote of the town of Haverhill, was one of the commissioners for the settlements of claims, and selectman of Haverhill in the years 1649- 50-53. He was made a "townsman" of Salis- bury "Newtown" ( now Amesbury, Massachu- setts) July 17, 1656, granted "twenty acres of upland, bought of Thomas Macy, and ten acres of meadow, for which the town agreed to pay si.x pounds to Thomas Macy." In di- visions of land in Salisbury "Newtown" in the years 1656-57-58, Joseph Peaslee received liberal shares. It was the custom in the new settlement to give lands, to induce persons having a trade such as a mason, blacksmith, etc., to settle in the new towns. Joseph was a lay preacher as well as a farmer, and was reputed to have some skill in the practice of medicine. In the recognition of these natural gifts, he was, undoubtedly, made a citizen of Salisbury "Newtown." Later this gift of preaching made trouble in the new settlement and history for Joseph. Soon after he re- moved to "Newtown," the inhabitants neglect- ed to attend the meetings for worship in the old town and did not contribute to the support of the minister. They held meetings for wor- ship at private houses, and in the absence of a minister, Joseph Peaslee and Thomas Macy officiated. The general court, which had juris- diction over territory from Salem, Massachu- setts, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire (and was called Norfolk county), soon fined the inhabitants of "Newtown" five shillings each for every neglect of attending meetings in the old town and an additional fine of five shillings each to Joseph and Macy if they exhorted the people in the absence of a minister. This de- cree was not heeded. Meetings were held and Joseph and his friend continued to preach. The general court made additional decrees and fines, which also were not heeded. Macy fled from persecution in Massachusetts and settled in Nantucket, then a port of New York, in 1659. Joseph Peaslee was a Puritan, a re- formed Episcopalian. The creed was to aban- don everything that could boast of no other authority than tradition, or the will of man, and to follow as far as possible the "pure word of God." The Puritans came to the wilder- ness of America to escape persecution in Eng- land and to enjoy their own religious liberty, but not to allow religious freedom to any who differed from them. Nowhere did the spirit of Puritanism, in its evil as well as its good, more thoroughly express itself than in Mas- sachusetts. The persecution of Joseph was of short duration, as he died at Salisbury "New- town," December 3, 1660. He made his will November 11, 1660, proved February 9, 1661 ; Mary Peaslee, executrix. By tradition Joseph married Mary Johnson, of Wales, England, the daughter of a farmer of comfortable worldly estate. In 1662 the widow, Mary Peaslee, was granted one hundred and eight acres of land in Salisbury. The administration of her es- tate was granted September 27, 1694, to her son Joseph. Their children were : Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Joseph. (II) Joseph (2), fifth child and youngest son of Joseph (i) and Mary (Johnson) Peas- lee, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, September 9, 1646. He received "children's land" in 1660 and a "Township" in 1660, being a tract of land, conferring the right to vote and take part in town meetings when of age. He resided in Salisbury "Newtown" until after his marriage and birth of his eldest child, Mary, when he removed to Haverhill, iMassa- chusetts. He was a physician and farmer ; owned saw and .grist mills, a large landholder by grants, inheritance and purchases, and had large tracts of land beyond the Spicket river, now Salem, New Hampshire, inherited from his father. He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity at Haverhill in 1677; built a brick gar- rison house with bricks imported from Eng- land about 1673. This house is in East Haver- hill on the highway now called the "River Road," and is still standing in good repair, II20 STATE OF MAINE. one of the landmarks of the Merrimac valley. He married, January 2, 1672, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Barnard, of Haverhill. Massachu- setts, who was born October 16, 1651, and died November 25, 1723; he married second Mary (Tucker) Davis, widow of Stephen Davis. He held many town offices, was much in public life, and a member of the Society of Friends. For many years there was an established meet- ing of that denomination at his house. He died at Haverhill, Massachusetts. March 21, 1735, and his widow was living in 1741. From the records he evidently distributed his estate by deeds to his heirs, with this closing clause, "Saving always and hereby reserving unto my- self the free use and Improvement of ye prem- ises During my natural life." Children by first wife : Mary, married an ancestor of John Greenleaf Whittier ; Joseph, Robert, John, Na- thaniel. Ruth, Ebenezer and Sarah. (HI) John, fourth child and third son of Joseph (2) and Ruth (Barnard) Peaslee, was born February 25, 1679, and married, iVIarch I, 1705, Mary, daughter of John Martin. He resided in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and New- ton, New Hampshire, and was prominent in town and church affairs, a farmer, and a mem- ber of the Society of Friends. Meetings were established at his house in Newton, and later a meeting-house was built on his land and near-by there was a Friends burial ground, which is now in a fair state of preservation. The ancient headstones are plain field stones not lettered. He died in 1752. Children: Jo- seph, John, Ruth, Sarah, Jacob, Nathan, Da- vid, Moses, James, Ebenezer and Mary. John and Mary (Martin) Peaslee had ninety-eight grandchildren, and two hundred and eighty- four great-grandchildren. (IV) Nathan, sixth child and fourth son of John and Mary (Martin) Peaslee, was born September 20, 171 1, and married, December 8, 1 74 1, Lydia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Lancaster) Gove, who was born June i, 1701, in Hampton, New Hampshire. Nathan re- sided in Newton. New Hampshire, and was a farmer. He and his brother Moses married Methodist wives, and were disowned by the Society of Friends, as was the prevailing prac- tice at that time. They joined the Methodists. Nathan's grandson. Rev. Reuben Peaslee, was one of the most distinguished Methodist min- isters of his day in New England, and was author of several books. Children : Oliver, Nathan, Reuben, Jacob, Daniel, Ezekiel, Jon- athan, Ruth and Sarah. (V) Jonathan, seventh child and son of Na- than and Lydia (Gove) Peaslee, was born in September, 1764, and died in 1826. He mar- ried a Miss Glidden, and their children were: Jonathan, Susanna. Sarah, Abigail, George, Katherine, Jacob, Ruel and Riley. (VI) Ruel, eighth child and fourth son of Jonathan Peaslee, was born July 15, 1804, and married, February 5, 1823, Harriet Hilton. He removed to Jefferson, Lincoln county, Maine, and there had the following children r Harriet, Edward, John Thurston, Eben Blunt and Eliza. (VII) John Thurston, third child of Ruel and Harriet (Hilton) Peaslee, was born Jan- uary 17, 1830, in Jefiferson, Maine, and mar- ried Mary Elizabeth, daughter of John W. and Nancy (Foye) Paine, of Alma, Maine, where he resides. He received a common school ed- ucation, became a blacksmith by trade, is a Republican, and has been town treasurer and representative to the legislature. His religious affiliations are with the Baptists. Children r Clarence Ardeen, Beatrice and Winfield Scott. (VIII) Clarence Ardeen, eldest child and son of John Thurston and Mary E. (Paine) Peaslee, was born in Alma, ]\Iaine, August 16, 1853, and married Augusta Maria, daughter of David and Sophia (Tutman) Hill, of Bath, IMaine. Dr. Peaslee received his preliminary training at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, graduated from the medical de- partment of Bowdoin College in 1883, New York Polyclinic School in 1894, New York Post-Graduate School in 1905, and London, England, Post-Graduate School in 1905. He settled in Wiscasset, Maine, and practiced his profession for twenty-one years. While there he was chairman of the board of selectmen, and representative to the legislature in 1895 and 1899. He moved to Bath, Maine, in 1904, where he now resides, engaged in professional duties. He was president of the board of L^nited States pension examiners four years, at Bath, member of the Maine Medical Asso- ciation, American Medical Association, Maine Academy of Medicine, of which he was presi- dent in 1905-06. He stands in high repute as a physician, and is frequently called into con- sultation by other members of the craft in difficult cases. He is a Republican, and con- nected with the Central Congregational Church ; past master of Blue Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, past high priest of Royal Arch Chapter, member of Commandery and Mystic Shrine, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, past noble grand and past dis- trict deputy, past chancellor commander and STATE OF MAINE. II2I past district deputy of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks of Bath, Maine, of which he is lecturing knight. Anthony Besse, immigrant an- BESSE cestor, was born in England in 1609 and came to America in the ship "James," sailing from England in July, 1635. He was a man of education, and used to preach to the Indians. He was among the first to remove from Lynn, Massachusetts, to Sandwich, on Cape Cod. He was before the court in 1638, and was one of the petitioners asking Mr. Leveredge to remain at Sandwich. 1655. His widow Jane married the notorious George Barlow. In her will, dated August 6, 1693, she bequeaths to her daughters, Anne Hallett, Elizabeth Bodfish, Rebecca Hunter, and sons, Nehemiah Besse and John Barlow. Anthony Besse's will is dated February 10, 1656, his inventory May 21, 1657. He be- queaths to wife Jane, daughters Dorcas, Ann, Mary and Elizabeth ; sons Nehemiah and Da- vid, providing that if his mother in England should send over anything, as she had formerly done, it should be divided among all the chil- dren. Children : I. Anthony, who was of age in 1664. 2. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 3. David, born at Sandwich, May 23, 1649. 4- Anne, married Andrew Hallett. 5. Elizabeth, married Joseph Bodfish. 6. Rebecca, married Hunter. 7. Dorcas. 8. Mary. (II) Nehemiah, son of Anthony Besse, was born as early as 1641, for he was of age in 1662. He was a townsman of Sandwich, in 1675, the only one of the family: he 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. He married Mary . Children, born at Sandwich : i. Mary, November 16, 1680, married Benjamin Curtis. 2. Nehemiah, July 3, 1682. 3. Hannah, 1684- 85, married, October 5. 1708, Thomas Jones. 4. Robert, April 30, i6go, married. May 9, 1712, Ruth Pray, of Bridgewater. 5. Joshua, February 14, 1692-93; married, at Wai'eham, September 17, 1743, Lydia Sandes, and re- moved to Wareham. 6. David. December 23, 1693. married, July 18, 1717, Mary Pray. 7. Benjamin, September 20, 1696. 8. Ebenezer, mentioned below. (III) Ebenezer, son of Nehemiah Besse, was born in Sandwich, April 30, 1699. He removed to Wareham and was admitted to the church there July 20, 1740. All five of his brothers also located in Wareham. Robert Besse and his wife Ruth joined the First Church, April 18, 1742; David Besse and wife, July II, 1742; Joshua Besse, December 12, 1742; Benjamin Besse's wife jMartha, July 22, 1744, and Nehemiah's wife Sarah. Their de- scendants have been and are still very numer- ous in the town of Wareham. From the foun- dation of that town the Besse family has been one of the foremost in numbers and influence. Ebenezer married Deborah . Children, born at Wareham: i. Ann, December 16, 1739, baptized in the First Church, July 27, 1740. 2. Ruth, August 25, 1740, baptized Oc- tober 12, 1740. 3. Reuben, mentioned below. (I\') Reuben, son of Ebenezer Besse, was born May 12, 1745. He removed to Win- throp, Maine. He married Keziah . Children, born in Winthrop : i. Deborah, Oc- tober 19, 1768. 2. Reuben Jr., July 24, 1770, settled finally in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, a town near Wareham. 3. Abigail, January 17, 1773. 4. Jonathan, July 24. 1775, mentioned below. 5. Samuel : children, born in Winthrop : Alden, February 21, 1795; John, April 7, 1797; Andrew Blunt, August 11, 1799. (V) Jonathan, son of Reuben Besse, was born in Winthrop, Maine, July 24, 1775. He married Asenath Smith. Among his children was Jonathan Belden, mentioned below. (VI) Jonathan Belden, son of Jonathan Besse, was born in 1820, in Wayne, Maine, a town near Winthrop, where his parents then lived. He died Majch 5, 1892, aged seventy- two years, in Albion, Maine. He was a tan- ner by trade. When a young man he was em- ployed as a tanner of sole leather by the Southwicks in \'assalborough, Maine. After- ward he worked for William Healy, a tanner at Albion, and eventually became the owner of the Healy tannery, at Albion Corners, and had a prosperous business. In 1878 he added to his business the tanning of sheep skins. After his son was admitted to partnership the busi- ness was conducted under the firm name of J. B. Besse & Son, and in 1890 he moved it to Clinton, Maine, and the firm built a tannery there, though Mr. Besse retained his residence in the town of Albion. Mr. Besse was a Re- publican in politics, and a prominent member of the Christian Church. He was a member of the Free Masons, Royal Arch Masons, Roy- al and Select Masters, and Knights Templar. He was a shrewd and successful business man, upright and honorable in his methods and of sound judgment. He commanded the respect and enjoyed the confidence of all his towns- men and was well known throughout his sec- 1 122 STATE OF MAINE. tion of the state. He was the first white child born in the town of Wayne, and he took no little pride in that fact and in the town itself. He married (first). July ii, 1852, at Albion, Isabella F., daughter of Lewis Hopkins, of Belgrade ; the ceremony was performed by Dr. A. P. Fuller; she died August 8, 1870, aged thirty-seven years ten months. He married (second), in Brunswick, December 4, 1872, by the Rev. E. Byrington, M. S. Springer, of Brunswick, born in Livermore, daughter of Nathaniel Springer. Children, by first wife : I. Mary Asenath, born in Albion, September 5, 1853, died December 2, 1869. 2. George Byron, November 30, 1855, died October 13, 1862. 3. Hannah B., August 28, 1857. 4. Frank Leslie, April 8, 1859, mentioned below. 5. Everett B., 1861. 6. Byron, January 12, 1865, died January 9, 1883. 7. Bertie, July 16, 1868, died February 7, 1881. (VII) Frank Leslie, son of Jonathan Bel- den Besse. was born in Albion, April 8, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at the age of nineteen started to learn the trade of tanner in his father's business and was soon afterward admitted to partnership by his father. The firm name was J. B. Besse & Son during his father's life. He succeeded to the business, after his father died, and has conducted it under his own name to the present time. The business has grown to large proportions, the capacity of the tan- nery at Clinton being three thousand skins a day, employing a regular force of twenty journeymen. In addition to his extensive leather business, Mr. Besse conducts a large farm ; is president of the Clinton Electric Light and Power Company ; half-owner of the mill property on the Sebasticook dam ; president of the Besse, Osborne & Odell Company, a cor- poration engaged in the general leather trade, with ofSces at 51 South street, Boston; direc- tor of the People's National Bank of Water- ville ; trustee of the Central Institute at Pitts- field. Maine. He is a member of Sebasticook Lodge of Free Masons ; of Dunlap Chapter of China, Alaine ; of St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templar, of Waterville ; also of Pine Tree Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Clinton. He is an active and influential Republican, often serving as delegate to nominating conventions, member of the Republican county committee. He stands among the foremost business men of the town and county, and being of sound judgment and spotless integrity enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him. He has given freely of his means in projects supported by public spirit and for charity. He married, September 7, 1885, Mary Alberta Proctor, born September 7, 1865, in Albion, daughter of Albert and Mary (Whittier) Proctor. The study of the history of the COOMBS Coombs family leads us far back into the past, among many contrasting conditions of life, and among peo- ple who spell their name in various ways. But wherever these historic trails lead us we dis- cover the same sturdy physical characteristics ; the same glowing patriotism ; the same unflag- ging industry ; the same untiring perseverance ; the same love of home ; the same triumphs over difficulties which at first, and even through long years might have seemed ap- palling to hosts of others. Sir Mathew Hale, in his "Norman People." gives many noble records of the family who spelled their name Combes, Combs and Coombs. Theobald Combes was of Normandy in 1180-1195, with noble sons Giselbert, Nigil and Richard. Robert Combes made the far year 1198 shine with his sturdy valor. Orli- dulph Comes lived as brave and true a life in Devon in 1272 ; as did also Sir Richard Comes. Roger and Nicholas Combes were in Oxford and other towns at an early date. Brownings "Americans of Royal Descent" shows one of the noblest of Coombs lines from William the Conqueror down to Matilda Woodhull of Princeton, daughter of Dr. John H. Woodhull and Ann Wycoff, who married Judge Joseph Coombs. The description of the coat-of-arms of the Coombs family in England is that of a man standing upright, with the hilt resting on the ground. The spear is represented as being broken oiY perhaps a foot from the point, but the bearer of it seems ready to face any foe with what remains of the weapon. The legend accompanying this device may be freely trans- lated, "He who fights shall win the victory." It has been said that the family name, which was spelled Comb, Combe, Coomb and Coombs, was from the Welch owmb (Cumb or Coomb), meaning a narrow valley. But Scotland, too, is a land of oombs, or valleys, and here are found many of the Coombs name, some of them being men of considerable note. Some spell their name McComb, and some of their descendants in America still retain the name in that form, though the majority spell it Coombs. (I) The large majority of the members of the Coombs family in the New England States, and of those which are so w'idely scattered VT. i^-T'-^A. , ctCt . ''^'^^jL-^<.yiL./_^ STATE OF MAINE. 1123 over the west, trace their origin to a sturdy ancestor, Anthony Coombs, who was born in France about 1656 and came to America about 1674, landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts. From thence he removed to New Meadows, near Brunswick, Maine, buying a large tract of land of the Indians. Being driven from thence by the savages he removed to Massa- chusetts, where he died ; but some of his chil- dren returned to the lands in Maine, and be- came, like those of the family who remained in Massachusetts, the ancestors of many no- ble, patriotic men and women, all records for our country's struggles for liberty being starred many times with the names of Coombs patriots. The name of the Coombs ancestor at New Meadows, INIaine, is spelled Allister, in the old records. He was married, Septem- ber 5, 1688, to "Dorkas" Woodin. This an- cestor, Anthony Coombs, is said to have been of one of the best French families, and by his father was designed for a priest, but his noble spirit revolted at the restrictions laid upon the priesthood. He soon found that an old friend of his had a portion of the English Bible, which he diligently read in secret. He was so impressed by the sincerity and faith of this old man, and by what he read in the Bible, that he determined to become an earnest Chris- tian, though he knew the discovery of this purpose meant death for him. At length he ventured to talk about this with his mother, and found that she held the same ideas which made his life have such a new meaning. She aided him with money and means to escape on a vessel to America, though she well knew that she might never again look into the face of this beloved son. No wonder that, with such an ancestry as this, the members of the Coombs family through long generations have been men and women of noblest thought and Christian faith. (II) Lieutenant Peter, son of Anthony and Dorcas (Woodin) Coombs, was born 1690 at New Meadows, and died there March 30, 1768. His wife's Christian name was Joanna, and they were the parents of : George, Anthony, Peter, Samuel, Caleb, Asa and Abigail. (III) Anthony (2), second son of Lieuten- ant Peter and Joanna Coombs, was born about 1715, probably at Gloucester, Massachusetts, and lived for a time upon the paternal lands at New IMeadows (now a part of Brunswick), whither he removed about 1750; thence he re- moved to the town of Islesboro, Maine, where he was town officer in 1789, and died in 181 5, at the age of one hundred years. His wife, Ruth (surname unknown), survived him about eleven years, dying in 1826. They had seven sons and two daughters, but the names of the latter are not preserved. The sons were : An- thony, Jesse, Robert, Ephraim, Benjamin and Jonathan. (IV) Jesse, second son of Anthony (2) and Ruth Coombs, was probably born at Glouces- ter, Massachusetts. He removed with his fa- ther to Islesboro, Maine, and died there Sep- tember 5, 1823. He was married April 16, 1794, to Hannah, daughter of William Rich- ards, of Bristol, Maine. She died November 16, 1859, in Islesboro. where all their children were born, viz. : Jesse, Sally, Othniel, Wealthy, Temperance, Rebecca, Philip, Pillsbury, Lucin- da, Hannah and Cyrena. (V) Othniel, second son of Jesse and Han- nah (Richards) Coombs, was born June 25, 1799, in Islesboro, where he passed his life. He was a man of remarkable energy and in- dustry and was governed by the highest prin- ciples of honor in all his dealings. He was therefore much esteemed and respected, and died mourned by most of the inhabitants in the town. His old age was passed in the care of his youngest son. Joseph, who inherited the paternal estate. His marriage intentions were published April 2"/, 1816, and the \vedding no doubt occurred very soon thereafter, the bride being Sally Marshall, of Islesboro. Their chil- dren were: i. Sarah, born November 20, 1818, married William Farrow of Islesboro. 2. Lois, February 6, 1821, married Henry Rue, of Islesboro. 3. llydia J., April 6, 1832, married Samuel Coombs. 4. Arphaxad, February 12, 1826. 5. Martin S., IMarch 30, 1829, married Catherine Thomas, died September 8, 1868; his children : Wellington, born September 16, 1854: Eliza C, October 26, 1857; Robert P., May 3, i860. 6. Lucenia, June 10, 1831, died w'hen sixteen years old. 7. Mary Ann, Feb- ruary I, 1835, died April, 1838. 8. Eliza F., November 22, 1837, died November 26, 1857. 9. George A., August 30, 1840, married Lydia Burgess. 10. Joseph L. S., September 24, 1842, married Lucy Parker. (VI) Arphaxad, eldest son of Othniel and Sally (Marshall) Coombs, was born Febru- ary 12, 1826, in Islesboro, and died in New York, November i, 1883. In 1838 he went to sea as cabin boy, and worked up to master mariner. In 1875 he left the high seas and en- gaged in the towing business in New York Citv. He was a member of the Masonic fra- ternity and a Congregationalist in religion. He married Harriet L. Coombs, daughter of Fields and Betsey (Ames) Coombs, of Isles- boro. She was born October 15, 1827, and I 124 STATE OF MAINE. died September lo, 1897. They were the parents of three sons and two daughters: i. Arphaxad, died at the age of twenty years. 2. Angehna, married (first) George Russell, of Belfast, and (second) Roscoe Robbins, and resides in Union, Maine. 3. Hattie I., born July 8, 1857, died March 3, 1897, while the wife of Arthur Paine, of Camden. 4. Preston W., born July 14, 1863, died March 7, 1901. 5. James Bliss, mentioned below. (VII) James Bliss, youngest child of Ar- phaxad and Harriet L. (Coombs) Coombs, was born July 12, 1865, in Islesboro, and re- ceived a limited education in the public schools of Belfast, Maine, and Brooklyn, New York. He came to the latter city at the age of eleven years and one year later became an office boy with Miller & Houghton, in business on South street, Manhattan, and here he continued five years. Before beginning his business career he attended school one year in Brooklyn. At the age of seventeen he took employment with L. W. & P. Armstrong, merchants, sugar ex- porters and importers and steamship agents, in New York. Since that time he has remained continuously connected with this firm, and in 1903 became one of its partners. His keen in- terest in the business and activity in its pro- motion has contributed in considerable degree to the success of the establishment. He was formerly a member of the Union League Club of Brooklyn, and is now an active member of the Marine and Field clubs in that city, the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and of the Produce and Maritime exchanges of New York. He is a trustee of the Bedford Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, and in politics is an earnest and straightforward Republican. He is one of the Sons of Maine who have gone out into the world and achieved success unaid- ed, amidst the crushing competitions of a great city. He married, June 10, 1896, Lulu Tirrell, a native of Boston, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Tirrell, of Brooklyn, New York. (HI) Peter (2), third son of Peter (i) and ' Joanna Coombs, was a resident of Brunswick. (IV) Hosea, probably son of Peter (2) Coombs, removed from Brunswick to Isles- boro and settled on the next lot below Sab- bath Harbor. He married (first), September 25, 1782, Elizabeth Page, supposed to be either a daughter or sister of Rev. Solomon Page, who was the minister of Bath, Maine, about 1762. Peter Coombs married (second), Sep- tember II, 1 81 3, Judith (Maddocks) Buck- more, a widow. Their children were probably : Simon, Fields, Hosea, Otis, Solomon Page, Jeremiah, Betsey. Isaac and John. (V) Captain Fields, second son of Hosea and Elizabeth (Page) Coombs, was born Jan- uary, 1786, in Islesboro, where he passed his life and died May 2, 1848. He married, De- cember 26, 1814, Betsey Ames, who died Au- gust 15, 1865, aged seventy-nine years and five months. Their children: i. Emeline, born May 17, 1816, died January, 1892; mar- ried Thomas H. Parker, February 6, 1839. 2. Eliza J., March 23, 1817, married Mark Pen- dleton Jr.. 1837. 3. Otis, 1819, died March, 1820. 4. Otis F., February 22, 1821, married Angelina Veazie, who died December 19, 1891. 5. Catherine, February 23, 1823, died August 9, 1826. 6. Deborah, April 27. 1825, married (first) Otis C. Veazie, January 21, 1844, (sec- ond) John Veazie, who died i'888. 7. Lincoln, August 3, 1830, married Louisa Farnsworth. 8. Charles A., February 22, 1832, married (first) Euraina Veazie, (second) Helen Smith. 9. Theresa, March 11, 1835, died January 9, 1838. 10. Edwin, October 29, 1837, married (first) Louisa IMarshal, January 29, i860,, (second) Augusta \'eazie, September 25. 1864. Otis F. Coombs represented the town in the legislature and was the first master of Island Lodge of Free Masons. He was postmaster,, town clerk, and a man of honor and esteem. He died on board his vessel, the brig, "Caro- line Eddy," in the Mediterranean .Sea. Decem- ber 19, 1877, and was buried in Islesboro with Masonic rites. Many members of the Coombs COOIMBS family appeared in America at early dates, and trace their ori- gin to England. John Coombs was a passen- ger on a ship from London, October 13, 1635, and is considered to be the same John Coombs who was at Plymouth, Massachusetts, at an early date. The old records of Boston. Massachusetts, contain mention of several worthy citizens who bore the name of Coombs. None of the de- scendants left statements which prve how these were related to or if they were near relatives of John Coombs, of Plymouth. One of the ear- liest Coombs records in Boston mentions the marriage of one John Coombs to Elizabeth Barlow on February 24, 1661. His children were : Elizabeth ; John, who was born July 20, 1664. and daughters Mary and Sarah. The son John was a famous "Taylor" in Boston, and had by his wife, Elizabeth, children: Thomas, Peter and Mary, and two sons John, one of whom died young, the other John being a very successful mariner, who made his will at Boston, September 26, 1751. mentioning his STATE OF MAINE. 1 125 wife Elizabeth and children John, Jonathan and Elizabeth. One of the executors of this will was Philip Coombs, of Newbury, Massa- chusetts. (I) Philip Coombs was a shipwright at Newbury, JMassachusetts, in 1751, and appears to have resided in that town for many years. He was a man of great constructive skill, and was a townsman of excellent'repute. The chil- dren born to him by his wife Lydia at New- bury are thus named in the old records : Will- iam, mentioned below; Martha, ]\Iay 29, 1739; Betty, June 8, 1744. (II) William, only son of Philip (i) Coombs, was born September, 1736. (III) Philip (2), son of William Coombs, was a man of very sturdy, enterprising character, who removed to Bangor, Maine, in 1814, becoming a very successful mer- chant there, and one who was highly re- spected by all who knew him. "In 1836 Philip Coombs, one of the original settlers of Ban- gor, with his son Philip H. and his son-in-law Frederick Hobbs, Esq., conveyed to the city of Bangor what was then called 'Coombs City Common,' containing five acres, to be forever kept as a park. During the administration of Mayor Arthur Chapin the name of this park was changed to Chapin Park." (IV) Philip Henry, son of Philip (2) Coombs, was born in Newburyport, Massachu- setts, February 21, 1803, died November 22, 1 87 1. He moved to Bangor, Maine, when he was a lad and became a very successful mer- chant in that city. He was widely noted for his great executive ability, his honest dealings with all classes of customers, and for his grand help in all matters of public interest. He was a member of the First Congregational Society of Bangor, and a Republican in politics. He married Eliza Boardman, born August 26, 1805, died j\lay 25, 1873. They had several children, only two who arrived at maturity : I. Fred H., born May i, 1832, died December 16, 1887, unmarried ; he was a successful civil engineer and city engineer of Bangor. 2. Philip, see forward. (V) Phihp (3), son of Philip Henry Coombs, was born in Bangor, August 5, 1833. died November 9, 1906. He graduated from the high school of that city, and at an early age became a bookkeeper and an expert ac- countant. One of the many obituaries of him states : "Mr. Coombs was a man who was recognized as the very soul of honor and probity. He was scrupulously exact in all busi- ness matters, and used the utmost care in every detail of his work. He was deeply interested in all charitable and religious work, and along all such lines did as much as several men usually do. He was willing to go without many things which seemed quite essential to his comfort if only the poor could be cheered and the cause of religion advanced. His death will be regretted by a large circle of friends." Philip Coombs married Sarah F., daughter of the Rev. Richard Woodhull, and descended from a long line of ancestry. The mother of Sarah F. Woodhull was Sarah Forbes, daugh- ter of William Forbes, the second postmaster at Bangor, Maine, who was appointed to that office April i, 1804. William Forbes took up one of the original settlers' lots on the Penob- scot river, near the present Mount Hope ceme- .tery, at what is called Red Bridge, and the farm has ever since been owned in the family. It is now occupied by the widow of Charles H. Forbes, son of William Forbes. Philip Coombs and wife had six children, one of whom died in infancy. The others were: i. Philip Hen' ry. 2. Eliza Boardman, married Rev. J. G. Smiley. 3. Mary Woodhull, married Dr. Fred- erick M. Brown. 4. Caroline, married Henry E. Kelley. 5. Helen, who is unmarried and resides in Connecticut. (VI) Philip Henry (2), son of Philip (3) and Sarah F. (Woodhull) Coombs, was born' in Bangor, Maine, December 24, 1856. He has always resided at Bangor. He entered in 1875 the engineering office of his uncle, Fred H. Coombs, where he learned civil engineering. After the death of his uncle, in 1887, he en- tered into partnership with T. W. Baldwin. Since 1892 Mr. Coombs has been in sole con- trol, and has a very large business, which reaches far and wide outside of the city. Foi' over twenty years Mr. Coombs has been city engineer for Bangor. It is very interesting to notice that this civil engineering office was started by the great-uncle of Mr. Coombs, William Coombs, over seventy years ago, and then continued by his nephew, Fred H. Coombs, and then as stated by Philip H. Mr. Coombs is consulted on important matters by people all over his native state. The following list of the achievements of Philip H. Coombs was furnished by the American Society of Civil Engineers : "Assistant on original sur- vey for location of Penobscot Chemical Fiber Company, Pulp Mills, Great Works, ]\Iaine, in 1881. Acting resident engineer on the con- struction of canal and mill, 1882 and 1883, for T. W. Baldwin ; civil engineer from the time of breaking ground until the mill was suc- cessfully running. Original cost of this mill about $150,000. This was the first large pulp 1 126 STATE OF MAINE. mill erected in Maine. Resident engineer in laying out and construction of pulp and paper mill, Eastern Manufacturing Company, at Brewer, Maine, 1889, this costing about $200,- 000. Resident engineer pulp and paper mill, Orono Pulp and Paper Company, Basin ]\Iills, Orono, Maine. iSgo, the work costing about $250,000. Resident engineer Pulp and Paper Company, Webster Paper Company, Orono, Maine, 1890, cost about $250,000. Engineer on laying out Bangor, Maine, street railway, 1888. This was the first electric road built in Maine, and among the first to be successfully operated in the United States. Original length of this road, one and one-half miles. Mr. Coombs has been engaged as engineer in lay- ing out and improving roads for several com- panies centering in Bangor most of the time since 1888 up to date. City engineer and su- perintendent of sewers, Bangor, from Novem- ber, 1883, until March, 1893, inclusive. City engineer, 1 894-99- 1 90 1 -02-03-04-05-06-07-08. The cost of sewers constructed during these years was $323,348. The cost of bridges con- structed in that time, $201,777. Mr. Coombs was principal assistant with city engineers from 1875 to 1882, inclusive. He made the plans, specifications and contracts, and super- intended the construction of the masonry pier and abutments for Kenduskeag Bridge in 1884 and 1889, and for masonry pier for Franklin street bridge in 1885, the cost of both being $60,000. This work was done jointly by the city of Bangor and the United States govern- ment, the government first approving the de- signs, plans and specifications and finally ac- cepting the work and paying one-half the cost. He made surveys and plans with profiles for sewer system for towns as follows: 1892, De.xter, Maine, estimated cost to complete, $54,000; 1894, Dover, Maine, estimated cost to complete, $30,000: 1904, Foxcroft, Maine, es- timated cost, $30,000; 1904, Newport, Maine, estimated cost, $20,000. Engineer on survey, plans and specifications, contract and in charge of construction for sewer system for a part of the city of Brewer, Maine, in 1898, cost $10,- 000. In 1901, same kind of work for Maine State Prison, cost about $6,500. Engineer on original and subsequent sewerage. Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, from purchase of the property in 1899 to date. Principal construc- tion, 1895 to 1900. Administrations of three different commissions. Made plans, specifica- tions and contract for engineering construc- tion, among which may be mentioned earth and ledge excavations, about $45,000; sewer system, about $1,500; a deep well water sup- ply sufficient for one thousand patients, cost about $2,500; and the building of about one- half of the macadam road on the grounds; also designed what landscape work was done. Cost of this institution, about $300,000. Resi- dent engineer on construction and completion of foundation and building of Stewart Free Library, Corinna, IMaine, 1897-98, including design and laying out of grounds ; cost about $45,000. On this work Mr. Coombs also acted as agent of the owners, who lived in Minne- apolis, Minnesota. Engineer engaged in or- iginal survey for water works system. Dexter, Maine, in 1898, and on survey, plan, specifica- tions and construction of system, including concrete reservoir of five hundred thousand gallons capacity, in 1903 ; cost of system built, about $50,000. One of the two commissioners authorized by the Maine legislature in 1901 and appointed by the Penobscot Log Driving Company on a hydraulic survey of the Penob- scot river. West Branch watershed, to investi- gate and determine present storage, need of increased storage for log driving, manufac- turing and other purposes. This survey cov- ered two years and cost $13,000. Reported to the legislature of 1903, upon which legislation and business transactions have since been based. Mr. Coombs is still engaged by the Penobscot Log Driving Company, principally on hydraulic work. Chief engineer for the Bangor Terminal Railway Company on sur- vey, location, etc., of six miles of road con- templated to connect Bangor with the North- ern Maine seaport branch of the Bangor and Aroostook railway at Hermon, Maine, con- struction pending. Engineer on working plans and in charge of construction of Chapin Park, Bangor, 1899 and 1901, cost about $8,000. Same position on working plans, spe- cifications, contract under charge of construc- tion of Broadway Park, Bangor, 1904 and 1905 ; cost, about $10,000. Same position on survey, plan and design for Summit Park, Bangor, 1904; estimated cost, $5,000. Engi- neer on design, plan, specifications, inspection of construction, etc., of fishways for Maine Fisheries Commissioners from 1889 to pres- ent date." Mr. Coombs is deeply interested in Masonic work ; is an active member of Rising Vir- tue Lodge, No. 10, F. and A. M.. of which he is past master; Mt. Moriah Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M., of which he is high priest; Bangor Council, R. and S. ^I., of which he is master; St. John's Commandery, No. 3, K. T., of which he is eminent commander ; Eastern Star Lodge of Perfection ; Palestine Council, STATE OF MAINE. 1 127 Princes of Jerusalem; Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree. He is also an Odd Fellow, member of the Masonic Club, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Coombs married Millie M., daughter of Samuel B. and Mary Proctor (Burr) Field; two children : Grace Field, born September 6, 1886; Leola Woodhull, March 10, 1889. Samuel B. Field was born at Carmel, Maine, October 4, 1817, died November 19, 1902; he was a very faithful soldier in the civil war, mustered in December 12, 1861, first lieuten- ant of Company C, Second Regiment of Alaine Volunteers ; he was a charter member of B. H. Beal Post, No. 12, Grand Army of the Re- public. The immigrant ancestor of this COOMBS branch of the Coombs family was of French Huguenot an- cestry. All we know of him is that he came to America, lived for a time in Plymouth county, Alassachusetts, and then at Newbury- port. He was doubtless a seafaring man and there is reason to believe that he died when a young man. There are many reasons for thinking him a grandson or at least a near relative of Henry Coombs, of Marblehead. who is the progenitor of a large part of the Coombs families of America. He, too, was French in descent, though of English birth probably. Henry Coombs had land laid out to him in Marblehead, December 22, 1648; had charge of the ferry in that town in 1661 ; died 1669 ; children of Henry and wife Eliza- beth : i. Henry, settled in Salem Village and had a son John, who died in 1690; ii. Hum- phrey, born 1635, married Bathsheba Ray- mond : iii. Deborah ; iv. Elizabeth ; v. Mi- chael, resided in Marblehead ; vi. Susannah, married, October 22, 1668, Francis Grant; vii. Richard, died January. 1693-94. Children of the Maine family's progenitor: i. Peter, came to Brunswick, Maine, about 1730, and settled at Havard's Point a short distance be- low the Bartlett Adams place, removed to the Freeman Gross place near Harding Station ; children : George, Peter, Samuel. Caleb. 2. Anthony, mentioned below. 3. John, settled on Great Island, Harpswell, Maine, and was grandfather of Elisha, Anthony, John and Isaac Coombs of that town. We find John Coombs, born August 14, 1695, at Hull, Mas- sachusetts, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Coombs, probably the pioneer ancestors of this family. (II) Anthony Coombs, son of the immi- grant, was born in 171 5. He went to Bruns- wick, Maine, with his two brothers. He set- tled on the James Larrabee place. He re- moved to Islesborough, Maine, where he was one of the first settlers. He was a prominent citizen and held various offices. He sold his farm at Islesborough to Mighall Parker, Au- gust 6, 1791, and spent his last years in Brunswick, where he died in 1815 at the age of one hundred years. His widow Ruth died 1826. Children: i. Anthony Jr., died Jan- uary 8, 1735, a town officer; married Hannah Holbrook. 2. Jesse, married, April 16, 1794, Hannah Richards, of Bristol. 3. Robert, men- tioned below. 4. Ephraim, died January 9, 1812, aged thirty-si.x. 5. Benjamin, married, June 16. 1 791, Abigail Williams, who died July 13, 1842. 6. Jonathan, married, Novem- ber 16, 1790, Martha Warren and removed to Albion, Maine. 7. Abiezer, married, Novem- ber 23, 1823, Marv Burke; he died October 3, 1861 ; she died May 5, 1881. (III) Robert, son of Anthony Coombs, was born in Islesborough or New Meadows (Brunswick) about 1755. He lived in West Bay, Islesborough, near Jeremiah Hatch. He married, July 10, 1790, Lucy Thomas. He may have been a soldier in the revolution, though the record has not been found. Of the revolutionary soldiers of the family we find from Brunswick alone Fields Coombs, Benjamin Coombs, Hezekiah Coombs, Joseph Stout Coombs and Nathan Coombs. Robert Coombs was a captain in the coasting trade, and like many of the privateers in the revolu- tion his contribution to the cause, if any, might not be found in the printed rolls. He married (second) . Children, born in Isles- borough: I. Robert Jr., June 25, 1783, men- tioned below. 2. Jacob, March 31, 1785, mar- ried Prudence Turner (intentions dated April 15, 1821). 3. Lucy, February 28, 1787, mar- ried, October 7, 1816, Otho Abbott, of Mont- ville, Maine. 4. Jesse, April 4, 1789. married Desire Turner, March 2, 181 6. 5. Isaac, Feb- ruary 9, 1790, married Betsey Boardman. 6. Luther, June 3, 1805, married Dean Basford, of Belfast, May 9, 1828. 7. Catherine, May 13, 1809, married Charles Bagley, of Belfast. 8. Louisa, July 18, 181 1, married, June 21, 1832, Arthur Farnsworth. Child of his sec- ond wife: 9. Isaiah, August 16, 1838. (IV) Robert (2), son of Robert (i) Coombs, was born in Islesborough, June 25, 1783. He began to go to sea when a boy, and led the life of a sailor during his youth and early manhood. In 1830 he removed to Belfast, Maine, and purchased a farm of some sixty acres, where he lived the remainder of ,1128 STATE OF MAINE. ■his life, and died July 9, 1862. He married, December 25, 1823, Jane Gilkey, born in Isles- borough, April 9. 1807, died in Belfast, Au- gust I, 1884. Children: i. Lucy Jane, born 'September 5. 1824, died January 23, 1827. 2. Statira Preble, April 13, 1826. 3. Robert H., July 3, 1828, mentioned below. 4. Lucretia ■ Mary, married A. J. Macomber. 5. Lorenzo D., Noyerpber 20, 183 1, was a forty-niner. 6. . Charles Henry, went to California in 1853, and not heard from since 1865, when he joined a company of cavalry and took part in '- the close of the civil war. 7. Ludia Jane, March 15, 1835. 8. Hollis M., March 15, 1837, resides ,in Providence, Rhode Island. 9. Franklin S., January 5, 1839. 10. Philip G., -resides in Belfast. 11. Royal Augustus, drowned while bathing at the age of fifteen. 12. Caroline F., died young. 13. Welcome Jordan, resides on the homestead. 14. Emma Frances, married Charles Hayes. (V) Captain Robert H., son of Robert Coombs, was born in Islesborough, Maine, July 3, 1828, and died in Belfast. Maine, No- vember 7, 1897. He had but a limited educa- tion, entering on his career as a sailor when but nine years old. He went first as cook on a coasting vessel, and at the age of sixteen was master of the schooner "Jane" of Belfast. After that he commanded a variety of craft, including the schooner "Dime," "Eri," "Royal Welcome," "Tippecanoe," "Pensacola," "Fred Dyer," "Lydia Brooks," the brig "Russian," the bark "P. R. Hazeltine," the bark "Diana," the ship "Live Oak," the ship "Cora," named for his daughter. During the war he sailed the "Diana," under the Hanoverian flag, from America to India and to the Lhiited Kingdom. In the spring of 1865 he sold this vessel in Copenhagen. In the "Cora" he sailed round the world, touching at Chinese ports and others on the Pacific coast, and for twenty years his vessel was not on the American coast. About 1880 he returned to Belfast and gave up sea-going for the remainder of his life. He engaged in the furniture trade and under- taking business in Belfast. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, and his diploma was a most interesting document, coming from the Grand Orient in Paris, where he was made an M. M., bearing indorsements from many lodges ; from Excelsior Lodge in Buenos Ayres in 1862; New Zealand Lodge. Wellington, New Zea- land, 1866; Bute Lodge, Cardiff, Wales, 1859; Mount Moriah Lodge, New Orleans, 1859; Lodge of Love, Falmouth, Cornw^all, England, i860; Rising Star. Bombay, September, 1876: St. Andrew Lodge, Calcutta. 1877; and St, John Lodge, Hong Kong, China, 1880. His home membership was with Phoenix Lodge, No. 24, Belfast, Maine. He married, June 11, 1850, Harriet E. Pendleton, born April 13, 1 83 1, died June 7, 1894, daughter of Jared Pendleton, of Belfast. Children: i. Walter H., resides in Belfast. 2. Cora J.. September 18, 1852, married Alexander Leith and had two children. 3. Daughter, died young. 4. Charles R., March 20, 1862, mentioned be- low. (\T) Charles R., son of Captain Robert H. Coombs, was born in Belfast, March 20, 1862. He attended the public schools of Belfast. When he was but ten years old he went to England with his mother, and while there con- tinued his schooling for two years. When he returned home he took a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College in Boston. He became associated in business with his father in February, 1882, under the firm name of Robert H. Coombs & Son, undertakers and dealers in furniture, in Belfast. Their busi- ness was prosperous and the partnership con- tinued until the father's death in 1897. Since then the junior partner has been the sole pro- prietor. In 1900 he sold the furniture store and business and has devoted his attention ex- clusively to the undertaking business. In pol- itics he is a Republican. He is a member of Phcenix Lodge of Free Masons, Belfast, and at present its worshipful master. He is a member also of the Corinthian Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Belfast, and of King Solo- mon Council, Royal and Select Masters ; also of Waldo Lodge of Odd Fellows, Belfast ; of Penobscot Encampment and Aurora Lodge of Rebekahs. In religion he is a L'nitarian. He married, September 4, 1902, Helena C. Mat- thews, born January 11, 1872, daughter of Charles and Carrie Matthews, of Belfast. They have no children. Henry Coombs was of Marble- COOMBS head, Massachusetts, as early as December 22, 1648, when he with others had lots of land laid out in the swamp. On April 11. 1653, he sold a cow lease to John Legg, and in 1656 was elected "way warden." In 1661 he had temporary charge of the ferry, near which he appears to have lived. In 1667 he was complained against for having uttered alleged slanderous reports concerning the minister at Marblehead, the Rev. Mr. Walton, saying that "he preached nothing but lies, and that he could prove him to be a knave." Henry Coombs was a fisher- V. STATE OF MAINE. 1 129 man. The inventorv of his estate was taken September 16, 1669, by Henry Bartholomew, Moses Maverick and Hilliard Veren. His wife was Elizabeth , and administration was granted on her estate June 13, 1709, to her son-in-law, Francis Grant, and his wife Susannah, the latter the youngest daughter of the decedent. Henry and Elizabeth Coombs .had seven children: i. Henry, was living in 1690, when he was in Salem, Massachusetts, and settled the estate of his brother John. 2. Humphrey, born about 1635. married, July 29. 1659, Bathsheba Rayment (Raymond), 'daughter of Richard Rayment, of Seabrook, Connecticut. 3. Deborah, who married House. 4. Elizabeth, who married Thomas Trevey. 5. Midiael (see post). 6. Susannah, ■who married, October 22, 1668, Francis Grant, ■of ;\Iarblehead, and had nine children: Mary, born July 16, 1669, died young; Susannah, August 19, 1671. died before 1718, married, July 4, 1692, Thomas White ; Francis, No- vember 25, 1673; Sarah, August 24, 1675, :married Merritt ; Jane, August 29, 1679, married Knight; John, August 30, 1682; David, November 14, 1684, died be- fore 1718; Henry, July 30, 1687; Mary, April 12, 1694, married Pitman. 7. Rich- ard, died January, 1693-94; married Margaret , and had one child, Bridget, born Feb- ruary 25, 1689, married, January 10, 1710, John Lapthorne. (H) Michael, son of Henry and Elizabeth Coomlas, married Joanna , and by her had two children: Michael (see post) and Joshua, born February 23, 1670-71, no further record. (HI) Michael (2). son of Michael (i) and Joanna Coombs, was born ^Marcli 22, 1668-69, and died July 26, 1730. He was witness to a nuncupative will made by Thomas Rhoades, of Marblehead, to John Sampson, on board the ship "Essex" at sea, wherein it was agreed that if either died during the voyage the sur- vivor should have whatever clothes and wages the other possessed at the time of his decease. It so happened that Sampson was killed during the voyage. Mr. Coombs married, July 12, 1694, Ruth Rhoades and had six children: i. Joanna, baptized May 19, 1695, married, De- cember 29, 171 5, Benjamin Girdler. 2. Rich- ard, baptized February 14, 1696-97. 3. Josh- ua (see post). 4. Michael, born February 28, 1702-03, died January, 1782; married (first), March 12, 1724-25, Remember White, daugh- ter of Thomas and Susanna (Grant) White. Their children were Mary, baptized December II, 1726; Ruth, baptized September 28, 1729, died in infancy; Ruth, baptized June 30, 1731, died November 8, 1814, married, June 18, 1751, Mark Haskell; Thomas, baptized No- vember 25, 1733, died December, 1764. 5. Ruth, baptized iMarch 25, 1705, married, June 12, 1726, John Down, of St. Island, New Hampshire. 6. Elizabeth, baptized July 26, 1 71 3, no further record. (IV) Joshua, son of Michael (2) and Ruth (Rhoades) Coombs, was baptized June 11, 1699, and died before February 27, 1764, the date his will was proved. He was a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church of Marble- head. He married, January 29, 1721, Mary Goree, and by her had four children: i. Mi- chael (see post). 2. Susaimah, married a Mr. Nicholson. 3. Joanna, married a ]\Ir. Nelson. 4. Richard, date of birth unknown, died young. (Y) Michael (3), son of Joshua and Mary (Goree) Coombs, was baptized February 25, 1727-28, and died in 1806. During the revo- lution he cast his fortunes with the British, and having become a Tory he fled from home and all his property, with that of other Tories in the vicinity of Marblehead, was confiscated. In regard to his movements the following an- nouncement was made by the committee of correspondence at Marblehead, in June, 1781, through Jonathan Glover, chairman of the committee : "This may certify that Mr. Mi- chael Coombs, late an inhabitant of Marble- head, in said county (Essex), mariner, has absented himself for 3 weeks and upwards from the usual place of his abode and we verily believe went to our enemies." On Feb- ruary 19, 1782, Michael Coombs' wife present- ed a petition to the general court asking that a portion of his estate which had been con- fscated should be set off and sold, which re- quest was granted and one-third of it was set oft", including the !iiouse and the land around it, located "on training field hill." On January 4, 1753, Michael Coombs married Sarah Girdler. In his will he mentions only one son, Nicholas (VI), to whom he gives his great coat, and to Joshua, son of said Nicholas, he gave all the rest of his wearing apparel. To his wife Sarah he gave one-third part of his real es- tate. (VII) Joshua, son of Nicholas Coombs and grandson of Michael Coombs, of both of whom mention is made in the preceding paragraph, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, July 7, 1775, and died November 29, 185 1. He married Mary , who was born December 7, 1772, and died in October, 1843. (VTII) James, son of Joshua and Mary Coombs, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, No- 1130 STATE OF MAINE. vember 7, 1798, and died in Lisbon, Alaine, September i. 1880. He was a blacksmith by trade. The greater part of his Hfe was spent in his native town of Bowdoin, but during his latter years he lived in Lisbon, where he died. He married (first) Love Getchel, who was born July 26. 1801. and died December 20, 1 85 1, having borne him thirteen children. He married for liis second wife Mrs. Mary Gould, and by her had one child. His children: i. William Given (see post). 2. Nathaniel G., born February 5, 1821, died October, 1876. 3. John G., May 19, 1822. 4. Mary, July 28, 1823, died July 6, 1824. 5. Mary, June 21. 1825. 6. James, January 13, 1827, died Au- gust. 1864. 7. Hannah, March 5, 1828, died March 5, 1828. 8. Daniel C., March 3, 1830, died September 26, 1891. 9. Martha, Novem- ber 4, 1834, died September, 1871. 10. Charles B., July 28, 1837, died September, 1875. 11. Susan, October 28, 1839, inister to China, and from 1853 to 1857 attorney-general of the United States. Honorable Luther Stearns Cushing, born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, June 22, 1803, became famous as the author of Cushing's Manual ; and Frank Hamilton Cushing, born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1S57, acquired renown from his archaeological researches among the Zuni In- dians. (I) William Cushing (Cussyn or Cusseyn) was born some time during the fourteenth cen- tury, and was either the son or grandson of the Galfridus Cusyn of Hardingham, Norfolk county. England, who is mentioned in the Sub- sidy Rolls for Norfolk in 1327. He added to the estates in Flartlingham the estates in Hing- ham, which were inherited by his son Thomas. (II) Thomas, son of William Cushing, was born in Hardingham, Norfolk county, Eng- land, in the latter part of the reign of Richard II, 1377-1399. A deed dated 1466 contains not only his name, but also the name of his son William, who is also named in other deeds and charters dated 1474, 1480 and 1484. Thomas Cushing possessed large estates in I200 STATE OF MAINE. Hardinghani, Hingham and other parts of his native county. (III) William (2), eldest son and heir of Thomas Gushing, was born at Hardingham, England, early in the fifteenth century, and lived at Hingham. He died about the time that Columbus discovered America, for his long and explicit will was dated September 26, 1492, and proved in the Bishop's court of Nor- wich, ]\larch II, 1493. In ancient deeds re- lating to his estates in Hardingham, Hingham, East Dereham and other parts of the county of Norfolk, he is styled "Gentleman." Will- iam (2) Gushing's wife Emma was executrix of his will; and her own, dated June 16, 1507, was proved July 26, 1507. The archaic Eng- lish of Mr. Gushing's will is so quaint and in- teresting, and his connection with the Roman Gatholic church so intimate that a few sen- tences of this ancient document are worth quoting: "I William Gusshyn of Hengham in my hoel mend And good memory beying, make my testament and my last will Declare in this forme FoUying: First I comende my sowle to god Almighty, or lady seint Mary & to all the blessed copany of heven, and my body to be buryed in the chirchyard of Hen- ghm foresaid, To the wich high Auter ther for my tithes negligently wtholden, I bequeath Xs Itm I give and bequeth to the house of the Grey fryrs in Norwich, in the wich I am a brother, Xs to sing and say placebo and Dirigo for me wt a masse of Re- quiem Itm I woll have a secular p'st to syng and p'y for my sowle & my faders and modir by the space of two yere, yt is to say oon yere in chirch of Henghm and a nother yere in the chirch of Hardynghm. The resi- due of all my goods and catall and lands in this my p'sent testament and last will, not assigned nor bequethed, I gif and bequeth to the foreseid Emme my wif, whom I chose, make and ordeyne of this my p'sent testament and last will, myn executrixe." Eight children were born to William (2) and Emma Gushing: John, the elder, whose sketch follows ; Robert, of Hingham, whose will was proved July 10, 1547; Thomas, of Hardingham, whose will was proved January 15, 1504; John, junior, whose will was proved August I, 1515; Elyne ; Annable; Margaret, married Thomas Growe; Agnes. (IV) John, eldest child of William (2) and Emma Gushing, was born at Hingham, Eng- land, but lived at Hardingham, where he pos- sessed estates. He also owned large proper- ties in Lombard street, London, and was called "Gentleman" in a survey of the manor of Flockthorp in Hardingham, dated 1512. John Gushing's will was proved March 5, 1523, and in it he mentions his wife and six chil- dren. His own name occurs in the Subsidy Rolls of Henry VIII for the year 1523. Eight children were born to John Gushing : John, of Hingham, Lord of the Manor of Flockthorpe in Hingham, Markham's in Tothington, and Stalworth in Wymondham ; Thomas (2), men- tioned in the next paragraph ; William, of Hardingham, to whom his father gave a house called Gilberts; Margaret; Isabel; Margery; Elyne; Agnes. (V) Thomas (2), second son of John Gush- ing, inherited the homestead of his father at Hardingham, England, and all the lands per- taining thereto, and died in that place in April, 1558. He had six children : John, of Knapton in Norfolk, whose will was proved November 26, 1586; Ursula; Nicholas; Edward; Stephen; Peter, whose sketch follows. (VI) Peter, youngest child of Thomas (2) Gushing, was born at Hardingham, England, but moved to Hingham about 1600, and was buried in the latter place April 26, 1641. He was probably one of the first of the Gushings to embrace the Protestant faith, for the wills of his father and eldest brother are in the Gatholic form. Peter Gushing married Susan Hawes at Hardingham, June 2, 1583, and they had seven children : Theophilus, baptized No- vember 4, 1584; Bridget, baptized February 19, 1586, married George More; Matthew, whose sketch follows ; William, baptized April I, 1593, married Margery ■ ; Barbara, bap- tized June 16, 1596, died in January, 1632; Peter, of London, married Godly, widow of Simon Payne ; Katherine, married Long, of Garlton Road, near Wymondham. in Suf- folk; Thomas, of London, baptized May 15, 1603. With this generation ends the English rec- ord of the Gushings. Two of Peter's sons. Theophilus and Matthew, set out for the new world ; and it is the American branch of the family, founded by Alatthew, with which we shall hereafter concern ourselves. Theophilus Gushing, the eldest son, came to New Eng- land in 1633 in the ship "Griffin." along with the eminent Puritan divines. Gotten and Hooker. He appears never to have married, and when his younger brother Matthew came over, Theophilus settled with him at Hing- ham, Massachusetts. Theophilus was blind for twenty-five years before his death, which occurred IMarch 24, 1679. (VII) Matthew, second son of Peter and Susan (Hawes) Gushing, was baptized at STATE OF MAINE. I20I Hardingham, England, March 2, 1589, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, September 30, 1660. For the first fifty years of his hfe he Hved at Hardingham and Hingham, Nor- folk county, England; but in 1638, with his wife and five children, and his wife's sister, Widow Francis Riecroft, who died a few weeks after their arrival, Matthew Gushing embarked on the ship "Diligent," a vessel of three hundred and fifty tons, under the com- mand of John Martin. This ship sailed from Gravesend, April 26, 1638, with one hundred and thirty-three passengers, among whom was Robert Peck, M. A., rector of the parish of Hingham, England. The immediate cause of their departure seems to have been trouble in ecclesiastical matters. Their rector, doubtless with the sympathy and aid of most of those constituting the emigrating party, had pulled down the rails of chancel and altar, and leveled the latter a foot below the church, as it re- mains to this day. Being prosecuted by Bishop Wren, Reverend Robert Peck left the kingdom, together with his friends, who sold their estates at half their real value. The party, having landed at Boston, August 10, 1638, immediately proceeded to their destina- tion, Hingham, Massachusetts, so named after the former home of the Gushing family in Hingham, England. At a town meeting held in 1638 a house lot of five acres on Bachelor (Main) street, was given to Matthew Gush- ing, and it continued in the possession of the family till 1887, practically a quarter millen- nial. Matthew Gushing was early engaged in the afifairs of the town, and became a deacon in the church. He had many eminent de- scendants, for it is now a well-established fact that, with the exception of some recent immigrants, all the Gushings of the United States and Ganada are his direct lineal de- scendants. On August 5, 1613, Matthew Gushing married Nazareth Pitcher, daughter of Henry Pitcher, of the famous family of .Admiral Pitcher, of England. She was bap- tized October 30, 1686, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, January 6, 1682. They had five children, all born in Hingham, England : Daniel, April 20, 1619; Jeremiah, July 21, 1621 ; Matthew, April 5, 1623 ; Deborah, Feb- ruary 17, 1625, married Matthias Briggs and lived at Hingham; John (2), whose sketch follows. (Vni) John (2), youngest of the children of Matthew and Nazareth (Pitcher) Gushing, was bom at Hingham, England, in 1627, and died at Scituate, Massachusetts, March 31, 1708. At the age of eleven he migrated to America with his people, and he appeared to have remained at Hingham, Massachusetts, till after his father's death in 1660. In 1657 John (2) Gushing, together with Matthias Briggs, purchased for one hundred and twenty pounds the Varsall estate at "Belle House Neck," Scituate, which consisted of one hundred and twenty acres with house and barns ; but Gush- ing did not move there till about 1662. The place derived its name from the fact that for a century, at least, a bell hung at the house there to give an alarm to the neighboring country in case of the approach of the In- dians. In 1663 John (2) Gushing was sur- veyor of highways; in 1667, receiver of ex- cises; in 1674 was deputy to the colony and was often re-elected; in 1673 he was on the committee for dividing the Scituate lands ; and in 1676 he was chosen to report to the govern- ment a statement of all services of the soldiers of Scituate in the war with King Philip. Mr. Gushing was selectman from 1674 to 1686, inclusive, and county magistrate (Plymouth county) from 1685 to 1692. He was assistant of the Old Golony government of Plymouth colony from 1689 to 1691, and representative to the general court at Boston in 1692 and for several succeeding years, member of the coun- cil in 1796 and 1707, and was colonel of the Plymouth regiment. On January 20, 1658, at Hingham, Massachusetts, John (2) Gushing married Sarah Hawke, daughter of Matthew and Margaret Hawke, who was baptized at Hingham, August i, 1641, and died at Scitu- ate, March 9, 1679. Her father was the third town clerk of Hingham. To John (2) and Sarah (Hawke) Gushing were given twelve children : John, born April 28, 1662 ; Thom- as, December 26, 1663; Matthew, February, 1665; Jeremiah, July 13, 1666; James, Jan- uary 27, 1668; Joshua, August 27, 1670; Sarah, August 26, 1671 ; Galeb, whose sketch follows; Deborah, 1675; Mary, August 30, 1676; Joseph, September 23, 1677; Benjamin, February 4, 1679. (IX) Rev. Caleb, seventh son of John (2) and Sarah (Hawke) Gushing, was born at Scituate, Massachusetts, in January, 1673, and was baptized on May 1 1 of that year. He died January 25, 1752, after a pastorate of fifty- six years at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was graduated from Harvard Gollege in 1692, and went to Salisbury in March, 1696, and was ordained minister of the first parish, Novem- ber 9, 1698. He was one of the numerous signers of documents in 1745, unfavorable to the itinerary of Whitefield, and endorsing the proceedings of Harvard Gollege in 1744 rel- I202 STATE OF MAINE. ative to VVhitefield's career. The preacher of Mr. Cushing's funeral sermon said of him: "We know not the man in the County of Es- sex who has moulded a broader and deeper influence on the minds of the people than this venerable divine." The Boston Ei'ciiing Post stated : "He was of excellent natural parts, judgment and memory vvhich so rarely meet, yet met in him in so eminent degree that it was not easy to say in vvhich he excelled, and at the same time, he had the easiest and hap- piest temper, and most benign soul. He was a learned, solid divine, and of exemplary con- versation, condescending, prudent, benevolent and a wise counsellor, remarkable for hospi- tality." The painting of him still preserved shows a man of large build, with a long yet rather full face, a prominent aquiline nose, keen dark eyes, and rather a humorous mouth. There is a certain family resemblance, par- ticularly about the eyes and nose, to Chief Justice William Cushing and to Lieutenant- Governor Thomas Cushing. Reverend Caleb Cushing is represented in wig and bands, ac- cording to the custom of the times. On March 14, 1698, Rev. Caleb Cushing married Mrs. Elizabeth (Cotton) Ailing, daughter of the Rev. John Cotton, and widow of Rev. James Ailing, Mr. Cushing's predecessor at Salis- bury. There were four children, all of whom filled creditable positions in life. i. Caleb Cushing, the eldest son, born October 10, 1703, became chief justice of the court of common pleas, was a deacon in the church at Salis- bury, was colonel of the Essex Regiment, and for twenty-seven years a representative to the general court. 2. Rev. James, follows in the next paragraph. 3. Rev. John, born April 10, 1709, was graduated from tiarvard College in 1729, and became the first minister of the sec- ond church at Boxford, Massachusetts. 4. Elisabeth, married Rev. Joshua Moody, of the Isles of Shoals. (X) Rev. James, second son of Rev. Caleb and Elizabeth (Cotton) (Ailing) Cushing, was born at Salisbury, iMassachusetts, November 25, 1705, died May 13, 1764. He was grad- uated from Harvard College in 1725, was or- dained December 2, 1730, and settled as the first minister at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Plaistow, New Hampshire. In the Collec- tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society we find : "Reverend James Cushing was a solid and fervent preacher, in conduct upright, prudent and steady, and recommended the amiable religion of his Master, by meekness and patience, condescension and candor, a tender sympathy with his flock, and a studious endeavor to maintain and promote the things of peace." On October 16, 1730, Rev. James Cushing married Anna Wainwright, daughter of John Wainwright, and great-granddaughter of Simon Wainwright, who was killed by the Indians at his own door. She died Februarv 12, 1810, having reached the great age of ninety-nine years. There were seven children, one of whom became a minister, and two of whom married ministers, i. Caleb (2), men- tioned in the succeeding paragraph. 2. Rev. James, born May 8, 1739, died at Pondicherry, in the East Indies, June 2, 1764. 3. Eliza- beth, born November 6, 1741, married (first) Rev. Jacob Emery, of Pembroke, New Hamp- shire, and (second) Captain Alexander Todd, of Goffstown, New Flampshire. 4. Moses, born July 14, 1745, served as a private in the revolutionary w-ar. 5. Lucy, born August 12, 1747, married Rev. Giles JMerrills, who suc- ceeded her father as minister at Haverhill and Plaistow, preaching there till his death in 1801. 6. Dr. John, born December 11, 1749, was twice married, and died at Goffstown, New Hampshire, in 1833. 7. Thomas, born June 28, 1754, died at the age of ten years. (XI) Caleb (2), eldest child of Rev. James and Anna (Wainwright) Cushing, was born May 28, 1737, at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and died there October 6, 1806. He fought at Lexington, and served all through the revo- lutionary war, first as quartermaster, and later as brigade quartermaster. On August 13, 1761, Caleb (2) Cushing married Sarah Saw- yer, born November 16, 1742, who died at Salisbury, January 10, 1832, in her ninetieth year. There were eight children: Ann. born January 19. T763, married Timothy Dunstan ; James, March 9, 1765; Caleb, September 4, 1767; Theodore, March 9, 1770; Sarah, De- cember 26, 1771, married Ananiah Bohonan ; Elizabeth, November 13, 1775, married Ben- jamin Stark, of Derryfield, New Hampshire, a son of General John Stark of the revolution ; Abigail, October 3, 1778; and John Wain- wright, whose sketch follows. (XII) John Wainwright, youngest of the eight children of Caleb (2) and Sarah (Saw- yer) Cushing, was born at Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, Julv 23, 1782, and died at Burling- ton, Vermont, in August, 1836. He spent his life at Haverhill, and married, September 29, 1807, Sarah Swett, of Salisbury. They had three children : James William ; Joseph '\\'ain- wright, whose sketch follows ; and ]\Iary. There were also two W'ho died in infancy. (XIII) Joseph Wainwright, second son of John Wainwright and Sarah (Swett) Cush- C^\aK(UavJA.-^ 4AA^^ STATE OF MAINE. 1203 ing, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, about 1812, and died at Brownsville, i\laine. He lived at Milo and Sebec, Maine, and built and operated woolen-mills in both places. The first woolen-mill ever erected in Piscataquis was built by Mr. Gushing. On November 26, i8..|0, he married Anna Morrill, daughter of John and Morrill, of Sebec. There were seven children : Wainv.-right, whose sketch follows; Sarah Martha, born May 28, 1843; Caleb, January 17, 1845, was killed in the battle of the Wilderness; Celia Ann, March 17, 1847, married Edwin C. Prentiss, of Bos- ton; Maria Josephine, June 17, 1850, died February i, 1851 ; Clara Elizabeth, November ig, 1854 (Mrs. Frank Ellis) ; William Edwin, July 3, 1856, married Ida L. Perry, and lives at Somerville, Massachusetts. (XI\') Wainwright, eldest child of Joseph Wainwright and Anna (Morrill) Cushing, was born August 12, 1841, at Sebec, Maine. He was educated in the town schools and at Foxcroft Academy, and worked in his father's woolen mills at Sebec. In 1861 Mr. Cushing enlisted in the Sixth Maine Regiment, Com- pany A, and later re-enlisted in the First Maine \'eterans, a company made up of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh regiments. Mr. Cushing served under Burnside and Hooker at Williamsburg, in front of Richmond, at the Second Battle of Bull Run, at Antietam and F"redericksburg, and campaig'ned in the Shen- andoah \'alley under Sheridan. He enlisted as a private, was twice wounded, and was dis- charged July 5, 1865, as a lieutenant. After the war was over, Mr. Cushing returned to Sebec, and went to work in the mill as dyer. In 1869 he moved to Dover, Maine, and went to work for the Brown Woolen Company, where he had charge of the dye-house for thirteen years. \\'hile engaged in this work he conceived the idea of developing a business absolutely new to the world by perfecting a set of household dyes that would replace the family dye-pot, in which there had been no practical improvement for hundreds of years. Mr. Cushing experimented for a whole decade in his little shop near the mill where he was employed during business hours, and in 1880 he started an establishment on his own ac- count. He had now to educate the world to the value of his goods and his methods. As his ready means were small, his progress was naturally slow, but he was materially aided by his modest salary as register of probate for Piscataquis county, which office he held for six terms. Persevering in the introduction of his goods, which, under the name of Cushing Perfection Dyes, soon became locally known and largely used, in 1886 Mr. Cushing began to advertise in a small way by means of cir- culars and samples. In six years there were placed upon the books the names of over twenty-five hundred regular customers, many of them dealers, agents and Indian-traders, lo- cated not only in every section of the United States, but in other countries, civilized and uncivilized, from Dakota to India. Mr. Cush- ing's original shop or laboratory has grown into a large factory with commodious offices, and his mail and express business lias attained extensive proportions, and is constantly in- creasing. It was in 1892 that he buift his present large plant, containing some sixteen thousand square feet. The business is now run under the name of Cushing's Perfection Dyes, and the product is sold all over the world. The firm is composed of Mr. Cushing and his son, Caleb H. Mr. Wainwright Cushing has a beautiful home on the banks of the Piscataquis river, in Foxcroft, of which town he is a valuable and public-spirited citizen. He is a Republican in politics, and served on the executive council of Governor H. B. Cleaves during 1895-96. He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and has served as worshipful' master of Mosaic Lodge, and high priest of Piscataquis Chap- ter, Royal Arch j\Iasons, and belongs to Ban- gor Council and to all the Scottish Rite or- ders. He is past chancellor of Onawa Lodge, Knights of Pythias, past master workman of Protection Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and past master of Piscataquis Lodge, New England Order of Protection. In the Grand Army of the Republic he has been commander of C. S. Prouty I^ost, No. 21,, of Foxcroft, and in 1893 was department commander of the Department of Maine. He also belongs to the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and to the Union Veterans' Union, and has been department commander of the Department of Maine of the latter organization. He is active in the Christian Science faith. On October 20, 1866, Wainwright Cushing married Flora A. Mclntyre, of Sebec. Maine. She was born at Rockport, Maine, December 13, 1849. daughter of Captain LViah and Susan (Boardman) Mclntyre, the former a retired sea captain. Two children have been born to the Cushings : Caleb H., October 20, 1868. at Sebec; and Annie F., April, 1872, at Foxcroft. Caleb H. Cushing was educated in the schools of Foxcroft and at Foxcroft Academy, and is now engaged in business I204 STATE OF MAINE. with his father. He has served three terms as county treasurer, and is trustee of the Pis- cataquis County Savings Bank. He married Mary F. Fogler, daughter of J. F. Fogler, of Rockland. Annie F. Gushing was educated in the schools of Foxcroft and at Foxcroft Academy, and was graduated from Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Massachusets, in i8g6. On April 30, 1902, she was married to Cap- tain Walter J. Mayo, son of John G. Mayo, of Foxcroft. There were many pioneers STEVENS bearing this name identified with the earliest settlement of Massachusetts, and their descendants have been numerous and widely scattered, and have born no inconsiderable part in the develop- ment of this nation. John Stevens, of New- bury and Andover, Massachusetts, was born about 1606, and settled in Andover about 1645 ; he had six sons. William Stevens, of New- bury, Massachusetts, left three sons; Ser- geant John Stevens, of Amesbury, Massachu- setts, was born about 161 1, and resided early in Salisbury; he left three sons. Deacon Thomas Stevens, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, was a sawyer and husbandman, and a promi- nent citizen of the town. He left three sons. Another John Stevens, of Amesbury, left two sons. It is probable that the line herein traced is descended from John Stevens, of Andover. (I) John and Elizabeth Stevens lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in 1679. (II) Joseph, son of John and Elizabeth Stevens, was born March 24, 1679, in Chelms- ford, and was a resident of Woburn, Massa- chusetts, whence he removed to Billerica, same state, in 1710. He was probably born about 1675. In 1723 he removed to Groton, Massa- chusetts, and seven years later to Townsend, same colony, where he died in 1738. He was an able and active citizen ; selectman of Bil- lerica, and at the incorporation of Townsend, in 1732, was delegated by the general court to call the first town meeting. He was modera- tor and selectman almost continually until his death, and was deacon of the church. He was married in Woburn, September 24, 1701, to Elizabeth Tidd, who was born September 19, 1679, '" that town, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fifield) Tidd, and granddaughter of John and Rebecca (Wood) Tidd. She died in Billerica, February 6, 1714, and he subse- quently married Elizabeth Sherman. The first wife was the mother of four of his chil- dren and the second of eight. They were : Joseph (died young), James, Elizabeth, Jona- than, Joseph (died young), Esther, Joseph, Ephraim, William, Jonas and Lucy. (Ill) Jonas, eighth son of Joseph Stevens and seventh child of his second wife, Eliza- beth (Sherman) Stevens, was born April 26, 1727, in Groton, Massachusetts, and grew up in Townsend, whence he removed to Falmouth, Maine, and thence to the town of Gray, not far from Falmouth. He cleared up a farm in the wilderness and there made his home until his death. He was a soldier of the revo- lution, going from Gray as a private in Cap- tain Moses Merrill's company of Colonel Thomas Phinney's (third) regiment, enlisting April 15, 1775, and was allowed subsistance for seven weeks and two days. He received an order for a bounty coat at Cambridge Fort No. 2, October 26, 1775, and was among those recruited by New Gloucester for the Continental army, enlisting for three years, or during the war, under Captain Paul Ellis, in Colonel Timothy Bigelow's regiment, be- ing then a resident of Gray. His name ap- pears in the pay accounts from March 23, 1777, to the same date, 1780. No record of his marriage appears, but his children are accounted for as follows: i. Jonas, bom 1747, married Mary Crandall and had chil- dren: Benjamin, William, Jane, Elizabeth, Amos, Ruth, Sarah, Joseph, Jonathan. 2. Joel, born 1751, died May 18, 1850; married for third wife Olive Hobbs, and had children : Joel, William, Eleanor, Polly, Charlotte, Olive, Jeremiah, Job Eastman, Dresser, Miriam, Moses, Sally, William, Irene, Ezra. 3. Joseph, see forward. 4. Nathaniel, born in Townsend, Massachusetts, February, 1761, died June 30, 1816. Married Rebecca Cobb, born in Cape Elizabeth, and had children : Abigail, Charles, Susanna, Susan, Rebecca, Rhoda, Nathaniel, Orpha, William and George. 5. Ruth, born 1762, married James Doughty, of Gray. 6. Susanna, married Samuel Winslow. (I\') Captain Joseph (2), third son and child of Jonas Stevens, came to Norway, Maine, from Massachusetts, in 1787, and built the first frame house in the town. He mar- ried Elizabeth Hobbs, and they had children : I. Daniel, see forward. 2. Jonas, born 1782, married Mary Hobbs. 3. Amy, 1784, died unmarried. 4. Apphia, 1786, married Benja- min Eastman, of Conway, New Hampshire. 5. Joseph, born in Norway, May 31. .1788, married Ruth Bradbury. 6. Elmira, 1794, married Dr. John Eastman, of Conway. 7. Simon, August 10, 1798, married Rebecca Atherton, of Waterford. (V) Daniel, eldest child of Joseph (2) and STATE OF MAINE. 1205 Elizabeth (HobbsJ Stevens, was born in Greenwood, Maine, in 1780. He followed the occupation of farming throughout his life. He married Miriam Fowler and had chililren : I. Edmund, born November 18, 1804, died in Missouri. 2. Ruth, December 21. 1807, went west and is unmarried. 3. Daniel, May 31, 1809, resided in Manchester, New Hampshire. 4. Ansel, see forward. 5. Amy S., January 28, 1812, died young. 6. Mary Jane, married John G. Robinson. 7. William, who also went west. (VT) Ansel, third son and fourth child of Daniel and Miriam (Fowler) Stevens, was born in Greenwood, Oxford county, Maine, July 16, 181 1, and died in 1857. Like his forefathers, he was a farmer. He moved from Maine to Manchaug, town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from thence to Michigan, and still later to Illinois, where he died. He was a corporal at the time of the Aroostook war, and went as far as Augusta at that time. He married Sarah Kniglit. of Greenwood, who died at the age of forty-eight years. Their children were : Ferdinand Ivsley, Lewis Ansel, Amy Ann, Sarah Octavia, Daniel Atwood, see forward : Charles Peter, Ruth Ellen. (\TI) Daniel Atwood, third son and sixth child of Ansel and Sarah (Knight) Stevens, was born in Greenwood, July 26, 1845. He was educated in the public schools of Sut- ton, to which town his parents had removed when he was seven years old. His attendance at school was confined to the winter months, as his assistance was required on the farm during the summer. At the age of seventeen years he commenced an apprenticeship to the machinist's trade at Whitinsville, Massachu- setts, but in July, 1863, when the civil war was at its height, he responded to the call for volunteers and enlisted in the Second Massa- chusetts Heavy Artillery. His term of serv- ice extended to September 3, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to Whitinsville, he finished his apprenticeship and subsequently worked at his trade until 1878, when he engaged as clerk for W. M. Walker,^ in York Village. Finding himself better adapted to mercantile duties than to mechani- cal labors, he established a store of his own in 1 881 in the town of York, and has since conducted a successful business. He is a Republican in politics and was postmaster under Harrison's administration. He was ap- pointed postmaster at York Village in 1905, but resigned. He has been actively engaged in many useful enterprises, and is always ready to assist in promoting any project for the good of the community. Believing thor- oughly in the elevating power of religion, he is "an active member of the Congregational church, is a deacon, and has been parish clerk for many years. He is a member of St. Aspin- quid Lodge, No. 198, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; Knights of Pythias ; and Or- der of the Golden Cross. He married, May 5, 1871, Clara E., daughter of Richard H. and Clarissa (Wilson) Walker, and they have one child, Alice Emma, born March, 1873. She attended the town schools of York and a private school in New Hampshire. She mar- ried, 1905, Walter C. Badger, of_ New York, an electrician. They are now living in York, Maine. The name Stevens occurs in STEVENS the records of Maine at an early date, and as early as 1720 John Stevens, from whom the Stevenses of this article may be descended, was in Ken- nebunkport. Thirty-five pages of the record, "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution," are given to accounts of the Stevenses. (I) Moses Stevens, the earliest known an- cestor, married, November 16, 1703, Elizabeth Butland, of Wells. (II) Benjamin, son of Moses and Elizabeth (Butland) Stevens, married, December 3, 1735, Mary Hatch. He moved to Kennebunk in 1751. (III) Joel, son of Benjamin and Mary ( Hatch) Stevens, was born in Kennebunk, 1744, died April 2, 1840. He was a farmer in Kennebunk; a revolutionary soldier and pensioner. He married, March 10, 1774, Mary Webber. (IV) Calvin, son of Joel and Mary (Web- ber) Stevens, was born in Kennebunk. March 14, 1793, died March 31, 1877. He was a cabinetmaker and farmer in Standish. He married (first) Lydia P. Moulton, who died June 2, 1852, and they were the parents of Lorenzo, Leander and George. He married (second) Mrs. Lucy Paine, a widow. (V) Leander, second son of Calvin and Ly- dia P. (Moulton) Stevens, was born in Stand- ish, March 8, 1822, died in Portland, Novem- ber 27, 1903. He was engaged in the grocery business in Boston and in the hardware busi- ness in New York ; then was a clerk in a Bos- ton hotel ; in 1857 removed to Portland, Maine, where he was in the employ of a gro- cery firm three years. For a time he was a messenger on the road between Portland and Montreal. He was clerk at the Preble House, I206 STATE OF MAINE. Portland, for some years, until the opening of the Falmouth in that city; was then clerk at :the Falmoutli from 1868 to 1876, and pro- prietor 1876-79, and was for ten years clerk at the American House, Boston. After a .term as clerk at the Poland Spring Hotel he retired and spent the remainder of his life in Portland. In politics he was an independent voter. He served one year in the Portland city council. He married Maria Jane Han- .cock Wingate, born in Gorham, November 7, 1825. She was the third child of John and Salome (Small) Wingate, of Gorham, and descended from the first John Wingate who ■settled near Dover, New Hampshire, about 1658. (See Wingate VI.) Their children were: i. Leander L., born November 20, [849, married, December 16, 1874, Mrs. Lucy Blanchard, and they have had two children : Leander Elwood and Alice G., died young. 2. John Calvin, mentioned below. 3. Lydia Maria, born August 10, 1859, married Stephen E. Winslow, and died April 27, igoo. 4. Henry Wingate, born January 8, 1869, mar- ried Frances Seely, and has three children : "Wingate Irving, Theodore Moulton and Frances Louise. (\T) John Calvin, second son of Leander and Maria J. H. (Wingate) Stevens, was born in Boston, October 8, 1855, and was taken by his parents when two years old to Portland, where he has since spent his life, except a year and a half in Boston. He re- ceived his early education in the Portland schools, and graduated from the Portland high school in June, 1873. In the fall of the same year he entered the office of Francis H. Fas- sett, architect, in Portland, remaining in this connection until 1880, when he was admitted to partnership with his employer, the firm taking the name of Fassett & Stevens. A branch office was opened in Boston, of which Mr. Stevens took charge and there remained eighteen months. While there he won, in com- petition with other architects, the award for a design of the Hotel Pemberton, afterward built at Windmill Point, Hull, in Boston har- bor. Returning to Portland in the latter part of 1881, he continued with j\Ir. Fassett until the spring of 1884, when he opened an inde- pendent office in the First National Bank building, where he remained until his removal to his present office in the Oxford building. In 1888 he took in a partner, A. W. Cobb, of Boston, but this relation was soon dissolved, and he continued alone until 1906, when his son, John Howard Stevens, was admitted as an associate in the business. The firm of Stevens & Cobb published a book, "Examples of American Domestic Architecture," which has received much commendation from the members of the architectural profession and the general public. Among prominent build- ings designed by Mr. Stevens, which are men- tioned here as conveving some estimate of the character and extent of his work, are : The exterior of the Brown block on Congress street, designed while in partnership with F. H. Fassett; the remodeling of the Union Mu- tual Life Insurance building for the U^nion Safe Deposit and Trust Company ; the Oxford build- ing on Middle street ; the Eye and Ear In- firmary, New Surgery building, at the Maine General Hospital ; the rebuilding of State Street Church; Maine Medical School build- ing; Portland Athletic Club building; North- eastern Telephone building ; many of the finest residences in Portland and a large number of the best summer residences about Portland, such as those of James Hopkins Smith and Henry St. John Smith. A great deal of his work has been out of town, scattered through the state, including the fine residence of Judge Powers in Houlton ; the residence of Governor John F. Llill in Augusta ; nearly all the re- cent buildings at the Soldiers' Home at To- gus ; the fine residence of F. E. Boston in Gardiner ; the Academy building in Houlton ; the Academy and Dormitory at Hebron ; the Maine State Sanatorium for Pulmonary Dis- eases. Hebron ; many of the smaller Baptist churches throughout the state ; the dining-room wing of the Poland Spring Hotel ; the hotel at Belgrade ; the Checkley House at Prout"s Neck ; many summer residences at Front's Neck and Kennebunkport ; the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital at Bangor ; residences at Bar Harbor and Hancock Point ; numerous pieces of work outside the state, including houses in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and New Castle, In- diana; a Baptist church in Colorado; several fine residences in Boston ; Library building at Rumford Falls ; Library building at Houlton ; remodelling and fire-proofing of the south wing of the State House at Augusta. The firm is now building the Municipal building at Skowhegan, and are carrying on extensive remodelling at the Soldiers' Home at Hamp- ton, Mrginia, involving the expenditure of more than five hundred thousand dollars, and has been selected associate architects with Carrere & Hastings, of New York, for the new City Hall at Portland. In the summer of 1892 Mr. Stevens, with F. A. Elwcll. of the Portland Transcript, organized an architectu- ral sketching tour on bicycles through north- STATE OF MAINE. i2oy ern and central France, which was very suc- cessful. The party included twenty-three members, and traveled over a thousand miles awheel, visiting many picturesque towns lying off the route of the ordinary tourist. Mr. Stevens is a fellow of the American In- stitute of Architects, and has served upon its board of directors ; is a member of the Boston Society of Architects; a member of the Ar- chitectural League of New York ; member of the Portland Art Society, of which he was president in 1893, and has served upon its executive committee since its organization ; member of the Rlaine Charitable Mechanics' Association, serving as president in 1890-91 ; member of the Portland Athletic Club, of which he was third vice-president in 1894-95 and president in igoo; was a member of the Portland Wheel Club, was president of the or- ganization in iS88-8g, and was at that time chief consul of the Maine division of the League of American Wheelmen. Fie is also a member of the board of trustees of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and an honorary mem- ber of the Portland Yacht Club. He is a prominent Mason, being a member of An- cient Landmark Lodge, Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, Portland Council of Royal and Select Masters, Portland Com- mandery of Knights Templar, and Maine Con- sistory of the Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret. He is also a member of Maine Lodge of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and in i8go was a member of Portland city council from ward seven. John Calvin Stevens married, in Portland, December 25, 1877, Martha Louise Waldron, born in Buckfield, Maine, daughter of Howard D. and Caroline (Baker) Waldron. Chil- dren: John Howard, married, September i, 1903, Agnes McFadden, of Portland, Maine; Caroline Maria, Margaret Louise, Dorothy Winsfate. "The English family of Win- WINGATE gate is of great antiquity. It had existed for several gen- erations previous to the settlement of the fam- ily at Sharpenhoe, in the parish of Streatty, in County Bedford. The manor of the family, in the parish of Ellesborough, in Bucking- hamshire, in early days called Wyngate's, is now known by the name of Grove." Win- gate was used as a surname in South England and Scotland prior to 1200, but a writer states that the first known of the family was a cer- tain "Hemyng de Wingate," that is, Hemyng of Wyngate, who was lord of that manor about the reign of King Henry II, 1 154-1 189. From him are descended eleven generations of Wingates, but no connection between the Eng- lish and the American Wingates can be traced. That the Wingates of America were like their British relations, worthy people, is known from the fact that the name Wingate occurs with frequency and dignity in the history of the early colonial enterprises in America. The latitude in the spelling of the name was as great in this case as in the average of instances in colonial times. (I) John \\'ingate, immigrant, was born in England and came to New Hampshire with- out a family. All the members of the Win- gate family now in this country can be traced back to this one immigrant. John Wingate was a planter at Hilton's Point, now Dover, as early as 1658. Few facts are known of him, but enough to indicate a good standing among his fellow men for probity, energy and success in life. He was "received inhabe- tant of Dover 18, 4 mO. 1660," but this must refer to citizenship and not to settlement, as he had received land of the town 11, 11, 1659, when twenty acres were given him "at the head of Thomas Laytons twenty acker lott on the west side of the back River that joyneth to Elder Nutter's 20 acker lott." It seems that on John Wingate's first coming to Dover he was in the service of Thomas Layton ; so it would appear from a record in Dover's oldest town book, that states that there was con- veyed to him by the selectmen 23, 10, 1658, a lot of twenty acres on the west side of Back river, "at the head of the twenty acker loet given unto the afoersayed John Wingett by his master, Thomas Layton, decesd." The rec- ords show that John had other lands also : whereas "John Wingett has tenn acres of land granted him by the inhabetants of Dover Necke" between little John's creek and Ralph Twambley's lot. It was laid out 3, 3, 1669. He soon made his homestead on Dover Neck, where a beautiful farm of nearly one hundred acres very near the city of Dover has always been in the possession of the Wingate family, having been handed down in uninterrupted descent to the sixth generation, almost two hundred and fifty years. John Wingate paid attention to his own aiTairs and prospered, and became one of the principal land-holders of Dover; but he was sometimes in the public service, and was grand juror and selectman in the years 1674-86-87, being chairman the lat- ter year. He was in active military service in 1675, the year which King Phillip's war broke out. John Wingate died December 9, I208 STATE OF MAINE. 1687. His will, made in the spring of 1684, was proved before Judge Barefoot, March 23, 1688. He married (first) Mary Nutter, daughter of Hateville Nutter (See Nutter I). He married (second) about 1676, Sarah, widow of Thomas Canny, whose maiden name was Taylor; she was a daughter of Anthony Taylor, who died November 4, 1687, aged eighty years, and who came to Hampton prob- ably in the summer of 1640; Philippa, his wife, died September 20, 1683. John Wingate had five chiklren by his last wife. The list in full is : Anne, John, Caleb, Moses, Mary, Joshua and Abigail. (H) John (2), eldest son of John (1) and Mary (Nutter) Wingate, was born in Dover Neck, July 13, 1670, and died in 1715. He inherited the paternal homestead and lived upon it all his life. He was prominent in military afifairs. When a little under fifty years of age he commanded a company in the expedition against Port Royal, but whether the first or second expedition is not certain. The records for the province for April 19, 171 1, show that "Captain John Wingett was al- lowed 249 pounds 5 shillings 9 pence for the muster roll of the company under his com- mand upon an expedition to Port Royal," and for November ig, 1712, they show that he was allowed 13 pounds 9 shillings, 7 pence, for muster roll. His will, made December 28, 1714, was probated in 171 5. He gave to his sons, Moses and Samuel, "/\11 that hundred acres of land which I had of my grandfather Nutler, lying neare Mr. Reyner's farme." The son Edmund, thirty acres granted to him by the town "in Barbadoes Woods." To wife Ann, and eldest son John, the dwelling-house, farm, orchards, etc., and Marsh flats: "my part of a saw-mill at Tole End," to enable them to bring up my small children, also live stock, household goods, ready money, debts and so forth. To his daughters five pounds each. Of the wife of John we know only her Christian name, which was Ann. She mar- ried (second) December, 1725, Captain John Heard. The twelve children of John and Ann Wingate were: Mary, John, Ann, Sarah, Moses, Samuel, Edmond, Abagail, Elizabeth, Mehitable, Joanna, Simon, whose sketch fol- lows. (HI) Simon, twelfth and youngest child of John (2) and Ann Wingate, was born at Dover Neck, September 2, 1713. He moved to Biddeford, Maine, was admitted to the first church of that town October 17, 1742, and became a deacon. He married Lydia Hill, daughter of Ebenezer and Abiel (Snell) Hill. She was admitted to the first church, Novem- ber 25, 1744. It is probable that she married a second time, September 29, 1774, Captain Daniel Stover. Simon and Lydia had twelve children : Anna, Elizabeth, Hannah, Snell, Simon, John, Lydia, Edmund, , Lucy, Sarah and Susanna. (IV) Snell, eldest son of Simon and Lydia (Hill) Wingate, was baptized February 3, 1744. He settled in that part of Buxton now Buxton Centre, and lived and died in a house which he probably built on lot 12, range D, of the third division. Fie was selectman eleven years. He married (first) December i, 1768, Margaret Enjery, of Biddeford, who died No- vemlDcr 29. 1783; (second) June, 1788, Me- hitable Crocker, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, widow of Elijah Crocker, a sea captain, and sister of Solicitor-General Daniel Davis. Snell Wingate had five children by his first wife and six by his second wife, as follows : Molly, Samuel, Daniel, Abigail, Simon, Robert Davis, Elijah Crocker, Snell, Ansel, Margaret Em- ery, John, next mentioned. (V) John (3), youngest child of Snell and Mehitable (Crocker) Wingate, was born April 28, 1788, and died in 1859. He resided in Gorham. He was married (first) January 22, 1821, to Salome Small, of Buxton, who was born December 10, 1802: (second) September 22, 1829, Widow Sophia Frost, who was born September 5, 1799. He had by his first wife three children and by the second wife eight: Ansel D., Sarah P., Maria J. H., Rebecca I., Salome S., Henry F., James I. (died young), James I., Mary G., Ellen I. and John P. (VI) Maria J. H., third child of John (3) and Salome (Small) Wingate, was born No- vember 7, 1825. and married. November 3, 184S, Leander Stevens (see Stevens V). It is generallv supposed REYNOLDS that the names Runnels and Reynolds have a com- mon origin ; and many branches of the fam- ily with the former spelling have changed it to the latter under the impression that Run- nells is but a corruption of Reynolds. As- suming that the patronymics are identical, no less than forty-nine different orthographies have been found in written records. Some of the most noticeable are Runals, Renels, Ronals, Runils, Renold, Runolds, Renls, Roynalds, Ronels, Reinolds. Add to these the variations that may come from doubling the middle let- ters n and 1, and it will be readily seen that a multiplicity of forms will result. Rev. Moses T. Runnels, for some time pas- STATE OF MAINE. 1209 tor of the Congregational church at Sanborn- ton, New Hampshire, is incHned to favor an independent origin of the two principal forms, Runnels and Reynolds. He has devoted much time to genealogical research, and thinks that Runnels is of Scotch origin, and that Reynolds is English and Irish. Reynolds is generally admitted to have been derived from the old German Reginald, or, possibly, the old Nor- wegian Ronald, while Runnels is thought to have been taken literally from the Scotch term, runnel, meaning a small brook or rivu- let. The only coat-of-arms that has been found has for its principal features : "A plate charged with a rose, gules, barbed and seeded, between two fleurs d lys, or. Crest, a fox pas- sant, or. holding in its mouth a rose, as in the arms, slipped and leaved, vert. Motto: Mu- rus Aheneus Esto (Let him be a wall of brass). Underneath is the word Runnells, and on the back of the document is the state- ment : "The family of Runnells is originally from the town of Biddeford, in the County of Devon. These are five descents in Sir Will- iam Seager's visitation in 1619." Notwith- standing this bit of heraldric testimony. Rev. M. T. Runnels stoutly maintains the Scotch origin of the Runnels name ; and perhaps the armorial bearings, if they prove anything, merely emphasize the inextricable confusion of the two families Runnels and Reynolds. Scarcely any name is more numerously rep- resented among the early settlers of this coun- try. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary men- tions no less than twenty-tw^o as being heads of families in New England prior to 1690, most of whom wrote themselves Reynolds, Renold or Renolds. These were Richard, "passenger 1634"; John, Watertown, 1634; Robert. Watertown, 1635 ; William, Duxbury, 1636: William, Providence, 1637; William, Salem, 1640: Henry, Salem, 1642; James, Plymouth, 1643; John, Isles of Shoals, 1647; Nathaniel, Boston, 1657; John, Norwich, Con- necticut, 1659; John, Weymouth, 1660; Thom- as, New London, 1664; John, Wcathersfield, 1667; Jonathan, Stamford, 1667; Robert, Bos- ton, 1670; John, Josiah and Samuel, Wick- ford, 1674; John, Providence, 1676; Francis and Henry, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1686. (I) Robert Reynolds, the first American ancestor of the following line, was born in England about tlie end of the sixteenth cen- tury, but the exact date and place are un- known. He died in Boston, April 27, 1659. He is known to have been located in that town as early as 1632, and he was mentioned as a "shoemaker and freeman, September 3, 1634." Soon after he moved to the neighbor- ing village of Watertown, and finally migrated with his brother John to Wcathersfield, Con- necticut, being dismissed by the church, March 29, 1636, to form a church at Wcathersfield. He soon returned to Boston, however, and there spent the remainder of his life. His wife's first name was Mary, and she tlied Jan- uary 18, 1663. There were five children, all born in England : Nathaniel, whose sketch follows; Ruth, married John Whitney; Tabi- tha, married Matthew Abdy ; Sarah, married Mason ; Mary, married Richard San- ger, or Sawyer. (II) Nathaniel, only son of Robert and Mary Reynolds, was born in England, prob- ably about 1620, and died at Bristol, Rhode Island, July 10, 1708. When a child he came to this country with his people, and lived in Boston or its neighborhood until 1680, when he moved to Bristol, where he spent the last twenty-eight years of his life. He was a shoe- maker and became a freeman in 1665. In a record dated Chelmsford, February 25, 1676, he was called Captain Nathaniel Reynolds, probably for service in King Philip's war. He was recognized in the first town meeting at Bristol, "and became one of the principal men of that town." He was twice married and had eleven children in all, three by the first and eight by the second wife. On November 30, 1657, Captain Nathaniel Reynolds was united in marriage by Governor John Endi- cott to Sarah, daughter of John Dwight, of Dedham. She died July 8, 1663, leaving three children : Sarah, born July 26, 1659, married John Fosdick; Mary, November 20, 1660, died "January 28, 1663, aged two years and two months, and Nathaniel (2), whose sketch fol- lows. Before February 21, 1666, Captain Nathaniel Reynolds married his second wife, Priscilla Brackett, daughter of Peter Brackett, "a well-to-do tradesman of Boston." There were eight children by this marriage: John, August 4, 1668, died in his eighty-ninth year, without direct heirs; Peter, January 26, 1670; Philip, September 15, 1672, died previously to 1706; Joseph, January 9, 1677, lived to be eighty-two years of age; Hannah. January 15, 1682, married Samuel Rayall ; Mary, 1684, married Nathaniel Woodbury; Benjamin. May 10, 1686; Ruth, December 9, 1688, married Josiah Gary. (III) Nathaniel (2), only son of Captain Nathaniel (i) and his first wife. Sarah (Dwight) Reynolds, was born March 3, 1662- 63, probably in the neighborhood of Boston, and died October 29, 1719, probably at Bristol, I210 STATE OF MAINE. Rhode Island. His wife's name is said to have been Ruth, and it is thought that there were seven children, of whom the names of two only are recorded: Nathaniel (3), whose sketch follows ; John, born March 29, 1696. (IV) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) and Ruth Reynolds, was born September 11, 1689, probably at Bristol, Rhode Island, and died in Boston in 1740. He came from Bristol to Boston in 1735, and owned a store there. In 1 71 2 Nathaniel (3) Reynolds married Mary Snell, and they had two sons ; Nathaniel, born 1716-17, and Thomas, mentioned below. After the early death of Nathaniel (3) Rey- nolds his widow moved to North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, taking her two sons with her. (V) Thomas, younger of the two sons of Nathaniel (3) and ]\Iary (Snell) Reynolds, was born March 19, 1718, probably at Bristol, Rhode Island, and died in 1775, probably at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. On November 3, 1748, Thomas Reynolds married Elizabeth Turner, and raised up a family of eight chil- dren, probably at North Bridgewater : Amy, born October 29, 1749, died May 9, 1752; Jo- seph, whose sketch follows : Amy, February 25, 1753, married Silas Dunbar; Elizabeth, June 22, 1755; Susanna, April 24, 1757, mar- ried Oliver Howard ; Martha, March 23, 1759. married Parmenas Packard ; Thomas, January 27. 1762. married Tabitha Thayer, 1785; Josiah, July i, 1766, married a Phillips and moved to Vermont. (VI) Joseph, elder son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Turner) Reynolds, was born June 22, 1751, at North Bridgewater, Massachu- setts, but the date of his death is unknown, though it probably occurred in Maine, where he moved in early life. On September 17, 1772, Joseph Reynolds married Jemima Per- kins, and they had eleven children : Ichabod, whose sketch follows; Joseph, Daniel, Simeon, Azel, Thomas, Olive, who married a Macom- ber ; Amy, married a Howard ; Vesta, married a Clapp : Susanna and Jemima. (VII) Captain Ichabod, eldest son of Jo- seph and Jemima (Perkins) Reynolds, was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, March 27. 1773. au'l flied at Auburn, Maine, April 3, 1855. On January 21, 1796, he married at Bridgewater, Polly Brett, daughter of Isaac and Priscilla (Jackson) Brett, who was born at Bridgewater, March i, 1777, and died at Auburn, Maine, May 19, 1866. She was seventh in descent from John and Priscilla (]\Iullins) Alden, who are among the most famous of the "Mavflower" Pilgrims (Alden VII). Captain Ichabod and Polly (Brett) Reynolds moved to Minot, ]\Iaine, where they had eleven children: Otis, Ichabod (2), men- tioned below ; Madison, Luke, Samuel L.,. Adoniram J., Polly, who married a Kinsley; Nancy, married a Bird ; Betsy, married a Far- rington ; Clara, married a Kinsley ; Laura, married Franklin Reynolds. (VIII) Ichabod (2), second son of Captain Ichabod (i) and Polly (Brett) Reynolds, was born at Minot, Maine, August 7, 1804, and died at Bethel, Maine, June 26, 1867. On January 17, 1831, he married Laura Ann Woodman, daughter of Jacob Woodman, who was born at Minot, Maine, December 4, 1810,, and died at Holyoke, Massachusetts, May 13, 1881. They had three children: Roscoe Clin- ton, whose sketch follows : Franklin O., of ]\lichigan; Julia E., married E. M. Bartlett, a minister, with charge at Brandon, Vermont. (IX) Roscoe Clinton, son of Ichabod (2) and Laura A. (Woodman) Reynolds, was born at Windsor, ]\Iaine. February 24, 1838. He was educated in the public schools of Lew'is- ton and at Lew^iston Falls Academy. In 1854, JNIichigan ; Julia E., married E. M. Bartlett, a at the age of sixteen, he learned the machin- ist's trade, and in 1857 became master me- chanic at Bates Mills, Lewiston, where he re- mained for thirteen years. He went from there to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he filled a similar position in the Everett Mills for five years. Returning to Lewiston, he be- came agent of the Lewiston Machine Com- pany, which position he held for twenty-four years. In 1900 he retired from active busi- ness, to enjoy a well-earned leisure. Mr. Reynolds is a Democrat in politics, and has taken as active a part in city affairs as busi- ness interests would allow. In 1870-71-78 he was a member of the common council. an', daugh- ter of Thomas and Dorothy Lamb, of Rox- bury, and by her had ten children. (III) Thomas (2), third child of Thomas (i) and Mary (Lamb) Swan, was born Feb- ruary 16, 1669, and died October 19, 1710; graduated from Harvard College in 1689, and was a teacher, physician, and also registrar of probate of [Middlesex county, jMassachusetts. The last seven years of his life he "did prac- tise physick and chirurgery" at Castle William, in Boston Harbor, where he died. He mar- ried Prudence, daughter of ilajor Jonathan Wade, of Medford, and granddaughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. (IV) Ebenezer, son of Thomas (2) and Prudence (Wade) Swan, was born May 12, 1686, was a mariner, captain of a ship, and died at sea about 1716. He married, Decem- ber 23, 1706, Prudence, daughter of Timothy Foster, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. (V) William, only son of Ebenezer and Prudence (Foster) Swan, was baptized in 1715 and died in 1774. His occupation was that of gold and silversmith, and he had a place of business in Boston. He married (in- tentions published December 27, 1742) Livina, daughter of Gershom Keyes. Of their thir- teen children, a daughter Livina, born 1749, was grandmother of the famous artist, William Morris Hunt, and a son Edward, born 1754, a soldier of the revolution. (\T) Wilham (2), second son and child of William (i) and Livina (Keyes) Swan, was born in Boston in 1746, and died June 24, 1835. He was a merchant in Groton, Massachusetts, for a number of years, then removed to Maine and lived successively in the towns of Otisfield, Gardiner and Winslow. During the revolution he was an officer in the Sixth Massachusetts regiment of militia, and his commission, dated in 1778, is signed by fifteen members, "a major part of the council of the state of Massachusetts Bay." In 1789 he was commissioned justice of the peace, with authority to act as trial justice, and his com- mission bears the signatures of John Han- cock, governor, and Samuel Adams, lieuten- ant governor. Mr. Swan is remembered as a genial, cultivated christian gentleman, and he appears to have enjoyed in a marked de- gree the respect and confidence of all men with whom he was acquainted. Although a devout communicant of the Protestant Episco- pal church, he always manifested a hearty sympathy with all efforts to promote the cause of religion in other branches of Christ's great family. In 1776, he married Mercy Porter, of Weymouth ; children : Sarah, Elizabeth. Wil- liam, Edward, Francis, Thomas, Sophia, Mary, Lavina and Catharine. (VII) Edward, son of William (2) and STATE OF MAINE. 1269 Mercy (Porter) Swan, was born in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1783, and died in Gardiner, Maine, in i860. He was brought up and trained to mercantile pursuits, but for many years was cashier of the old Gardiner Bank. Subsequently he became president of the Co- basseconte Bank of Gardiner, and for many years occupied a prominent position in the business life of that town and subsequent city. He served as representative and also as sen- ator in the state legislature, was a member of the electoral college which placed Mr. Lin- coln in the national presidency in i860, and was one of the first mayors of Gardiner under the city charter. He was president of the first marine insurance company incorporated under the laws of this state, and in many other re- spects was a leading man in the community throughout the long period of his active life. His character for integrity was above sus- picion, and the soundness of his judgment was recognized wherever he was known ; and like his father, he won and always held the unbounded confidence of the entire com- munity. He was a communicating member in the Protestant Episcopal church. He married (first) Susan Shaw, died 1847, daughter of Benjamin Shaw, of Gardiner. In 1849 he married a second wife. He had nine children, all born of his first marriage : Edward Bridge, married Sarah Ann Davis ; William, married Elizabeth Wylde, of Runcorn, Eng- land ; Catherine, married Joseph Adams ; Thomas, married Margaret Shaw ; Margaret, married Peter Grant ; George ; Christina ; Mercy Porter, married Charles Barnard Clapp : Emma Jane Gardiner, married Frank- lin Glazier. (VII) Francis Swan, third son and fifth child of William (2) and Mercy (Porter) Swan, was born in Groton, Massachusetts, June 26, 1785, and began his business career in Gardiner, Maine, in partnership with his brother Edward, in 1807. In 1809 he entered mercantile pursuits in Winslow, where he con- tinued to live until 1834, then removed to Calais and lived there until the time of his death, in June, i862._ His removal to Calais was determined by his having purchased with several others the so-called Fowler and Ely township of wild land, about twenty-two miles from Calais, the management of which he controlled for many years, he retaining one- third of the property during his life. He re- tired from active mercantile pursuits in 1848. He was a man of firm principles, undoubted integrity, and of very superior judgment. In religious sympathies he was an orthodox Con- gregationalist, and for more than a (|uarter century was a consistent member of the church of that denomination in Calais. The old man- sion house in Winslow which Francis Swan occupied still stands, delightfully situated on the bank of the Sebasticook river, near its junction with the Kennebec, directly facing the site of Fort Halifa.x on the opposite side of the Sebasticook, which with the old block- house (still standing) was built in 1757 dur- ing the French and Indian war. Francis Swan married, November 12, 1814, Hannah Child, born at Augusta, Maine, March 2, 1795, daughter of James and Hannah (Gushing) Child. She died in Calais May 20, 1869, hav- ing borne her husband six children : Sarah Porter, James Chikl, William Henry, Francis Keyes, Charles Edward and Eugene. Each of these children receive brief mention in these annals. (VIII) Sarah Porter Swan, eldest child and only daughter of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born February 5, 1816, and died at Santa Cruz, West Indies, whither she had gone for the benefit of her health, December 21, 1841. She married, November 7, 1840, Richard Henry Manning, of Brook- lyn, New York, for many years a merchant of New York city. He died November 2, 1887. They had one daughter, Sarah Augusta Man- ning, born July 24, 1841, married June 13, 1865, Dean Sage. (VIII) James Child Swan, eldest son of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born in Winslow. Maine, August 4, 18 17, and died in Calais, October 15, 1853. He was one of the pioneers of Texan colonization from the north. In 1838, having associated with Dr. Cyrus Hamlin (brother of Hannibal Ham- lin), he chartered a vessel, and with a full cargo and a colony of thirty young men from eastern Maine sailed for the "'Lone Star" state, arriving at Galveston, their port of destination, in December of the same year ; but after nearly three years of trying experi- ences, among which was the loss from yellow fever of one-third of the colony, including Dr. Hamlin, Mr. Swan returned north and to his old home in Maine. A portion of the follow- ing year he spent in Nassau, N. P., where he was associated in business with Timothy Dar- ling, then United States consul at Nassau. In 1844 he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Calais, and continued in business until the time of his death, most of that time being in- terested with James S. Pike in their various enterprises. He was an active promoter of the construction of the Calais '& Baring railroad. 1270 STATE OF MAINE. the first railroad in Eastern Maine, and was its treasurer and managing director from 1849 to 1853. In 1849-50 he was city treasurer of Calais. Mr. Swan married September 9, 1845, Helen Trask, of Portland, and by her had four daughters, two of whom died in in- fancy. The two daughters who grew to ma- turity are Sarah Porter and Anna Child Swan, both of Portland. (VIII) William Henry Swan, second son of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born January 13, 1819, and died at Poland Spring, Maine, July 5, 1890. He was con- nected with the commission house of Grin- nell, Minturn & Co., of New York city, at first in the capacity of clerk, and as partner from 184 1 until 1887, when he retired from active business life. Mr. Swan is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland. (\'ni) Francis Keyes Swan, third son and fourth child of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born October 20, 1820, and died May 28, 1896. He entered Waterville Col- lege (now Colby) in 1836, but was compelled by ill health to abandon his college course in 1838. From 184 1 until 1848 he was engaged in business with his father in Calais, and in 1849 and 1850 he was cashier of the Gardiner Bank, Gardiner, Maine. In 1852 and 1853 he was cashier of the Calais Bank, and re- signed that position on the death of his brother James to take the latter's place as man- ager and treasurer of the Calais & Baring railroad. He was the first banking commis- sioner of the state, and held that office from 1 861 until 1866; and from 1853 ""^il 1867 he also was engaged in fire and marine insur- ance. In the fall of 1865 he removed to Port- land, and two years afterward formed a part- nership with George Potter Barrett under the firm style of Swan & Barrett, bankers and dealers in investment securities, in which firm he continued an active member for almost nineteen years and then retired from business pursuits, in 1885. Mr. Swan had a remark- able capacity for business, having keenness of penetration, breadth of view, rapidity of cal- culation, and unquestioned integrity. His ex- perience as bank commissioner gave him a wide acquaintance throughout the state and brought him into association with men of finance, and this was of especial advantage when he established himself in business in the city of Portland. In his new field he intro- duced methods previously untried in the re- gion and he quickly built up a large and profit- able business. He was urged to accept a mayoralty nomination when his candidacy would have been equivalent to election, but he felt impelled to decline the proffered honor because of the limitations of his physical strength, which from youth had been much impaired by ill health; but he always was in- terested in public affairs and felt it a duty to participate in them as fully as possible. His nature was profoundly religious, and he took an earnest interest in the work of his church. His disposition was most genial and kindly, generous and charitable in the best sense, and to a wonderful extent he diffused an at- mosphere of affection around him. After his retirement from business he devoted much time, energy and money to genealogic study, particularly in respect to his own family and the family of his wife ; and the greater part of our present narrative is taken from his manuscripts. Francis Keyes Swan married September 16, 1843, Emily Bradbury, born in Alfred, Maine, May 18, 1821, died in Port- land. December 4, 1877, daughter of Jere- miah and Mary Langdon (Storer) Bradbury, and by whom he had four children : Henry Storer, a physician of Lakeville, Massachu- setts; Emily Manning, wife of Frederic Henry Gerrish, M.D., of Portland (see Gerrish) ; Marcia Bradbury and Florence Wainwright, both of Boston. (VTII) Charles Edward Swan, fourth son and fifth child of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born September 5, 1822, and died Tuly 13, 1908, after a brief illness, in the homestead built by his father in 1836. It is given to few men to be so universally hon- ored and respected in his own community as was Dr. Swan. He was graduated from Bow- doin College in 1844, and received his degree in medicine from that honored institution in 1847. After a valuable hospital experience in New York City and Boston he settled per- manently in Calais, Maine, and practiced his profession for more than sixty }ears. Dr. Swan took an earnest and commendable in- terest in public affairs in Calais, and twice filled the office of mayor of the city ; for many years he was the Nestor of his profession in that part of the state. Dr. Swan married (first) September 26, 1S49, Mary D., daugh- ter of Hon. George Downes, of Calais, by whom he had two daughters, both of whom died in infancy. He married (second) Sep- tember 8, 1890, Mrs. Minerva K. Horton, daughter of Gilman D. King. (VIII) Eugene Swan, youngest son and child of Francis and Hannah (Child) Swan, was born July 23, 1824, and passed nearly the whole of his life on the old family homestead STATE OF iMAINE. 1271 in Calais. He died March 30, igcx), in Bald- winville, Massacliusetts, wliere he had gone for the benefit of his health. The name of Durgin is not a DURGIN common one, though it is fairly numerous in certain parts of New Hampshire, notably Sanbornton and the Franconia valley. The first American an- cestor appears to have been William Durgin, who is said to have come from England in "1690 and settled in Massachusetts. As in the case of most patronymics, there have been con- siderable variations in the spelling, Durgen, Durgan, Durgain and Durgin, being found in some of the older records. In Colonial times Benjamin Durgan, of Rowley, Massachusetts, appears on the muster roll of Captain Joseph Smith's company, and in 1776 James Durgen was in the company of Captain Moses ]\lac- Farland, Colonel Nixon's regiment. In later times Dr. Samuel Holmes Durgin. born at Parsonfield, Maine, 1839, has been a conspicu- ous figure in the medical profession, having been a lecturer at the Harvard Medical School since 1884, and president of the American Flealth Association. (I) Job Durgin, grandfather of Dr. Henry I. Durgin, of Eliot, Maine, was born in Ver- mont about 1800. He conducted farming operations in Eaton, New Hampshire, being among the first to plant apple and other fruit trees and in the raising of fine graded sheep and cattle, and he was assisted in this work by his eldest son, Joshua. He married Betsey Durgin, of Eaton, New Hampshire, who bore him ten children, namely : Joshua, Calvin, Lydia, Elizabeth, Newell, Lorenzo, Lucetta, Francena, Adeline and Alvinza. (II) Joshua, son of Job and Betsey (Dur- gin) Durgin, and father of Dr. Flenry I. Dur- gin, was born October 31, 1825. He attended the public schools of Freedom, New Hamp- shire. In early manhood he purchased a large tract of wooded land which he cleared and converted into a valuable stock farm, which was a source of admiration to his neighbors ; the improved methods of farming followed by him, the diversity of crops, the large quantity of fruit raised, especially apples, also the fine sheep, cattle and hogs, as well as the excellent farm buildings, were an uncommon sight in those primitive days. He made excellent ex- hibits at the early district, county and state fairs, and created a large trade in blooded cat- tle, sheep and horses. His oxen and steers became famous owing to the skill with which he matched and trained them. His superior methods made his farm well known, and in 1878, finding an opportunity to dispose of it to good advantage, accepted the ofifer and re- moved with his family to Cornish, Maine. He remained there until 1881, engaged in lumber- ing and milling, and then purchased a large farm in Centre Effingham, New Hampshire, which he materially improved and on which he continued to live until the death of his wife in 1900, when he was induced to make his home with his son, Dr. Henry I. Durgin. Joshua Durgin died in Eliot, September 20, 1905. Joshua Durgin married, September 17, 1847, ^lary Elizabeth, born March 28, 1827, died in Centre Effingham, May 15, 1900, daughter of John and Folly (Thurston) Ken- ison, of Effingham, New Hampshire. Their children, all born in Freedom, New Hamp- shire, were: i. Evelyn A., married (first) Alonzo Ward, by whom she had two children, Lilla M. and Grace E. Ward ; she married (second) Joseph Marslon. 2. Susan Lilla, died at the age of thirteen years. 3. .Adeline, died in infancy. 4. Henry Irwin. (Ill) Henry Irwin, only son of Joshua and Mary E. (Kenison) Durgin, was born in Freedom, New Hampshire, April 21, 1864. He attended the district schools of Freedom, New Hampshire, and high school at Cornish, IMaine, later the New Hampton Literary In- stitute, New Hampton, New Hampshire, where he was prepared for college, but on account of impaired health he abandoned his studies and from 1881 to 1885 taught school and also served as assistant in the Masonic Charitable Institute at Effingham. Subse- quently he took up the study of medicine with Dr. J. E. Scruton, after which he pursued one year's course in the L'niversity Medical Col- lege of Vermont, and then entered the medi- cal department of the L'niversity of the Cit)f of New York, from which he was graduated with the degree of M.D. in March, 1889. He received an appointment on the medical staff of Lincoln Hospital and Home in New York, and during this service gained a valuable ex- perience which proved of benefit in his active career. During the summer of i88g he went to Newfield, Elaine, and November 5 of the same year went to Eliot. Maine, where he purchased the estate of the late Calvin H. Guptill, who had practiced medicine in the town of Eliot for forty-four years, gaining a large practice during this extended period of professional life. The house was built by Dr. Horace Stacey in 1845 o" Bolt Hill, sold by him to Dr. Mark F. \\'entworth, from whom it passed to Dr. Guptill. In addition to his 1272 STATE OF MAINE. practice, which has steadily increased in vol- ume and importance with each passirig year, Dr. Durgin has always taken an active interest in educational affairs, and he was for eight years elected a member of the school board, and also a member of the building committee entrusted by the town with the erection of a new high school building. Dr. Durgin holds membership in the American Medical Associa- tion, Maine Medical Association, York County Medical Society, having served in the ca- pacity of president, and the Portsmouth Med- ical Society. By right of inheritance he was admitted to memberehip in the Society of Sons of the American Revolution, and is past presi- dent of the Paul Jones Club of that society. Pie is a member and past master of Naval Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Kittery, Maine; Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of South Berwick, Maine ; Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters; De Witt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is a thirty- second degree Mason of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ; being a past thrice potent grand master of Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfec- tion, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; a member of Grand Council, Princes of Jerusalem, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; New Plamp- shire; Chapter, Rose Croix, of Dover, New Hampshire; and of New Hampshire Con- sistory, of Nashua, New Hampshire. He is a member of Kora Temple Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, Patrons of Husbandry, Eastern Star, Improved Order of Red Men, of which he is past sachem, Knights of Pvthias. of which he is past chancellor com- mander, Navy League of the United States and the Warwick Club of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Durgin marriel, December 3, i8go, Alta Moulton, daughter of Ira Sewall and Susan Abigail (Pinkham) Knox, of Milton, New Hampshire. Her ancestors in America em- brace several noted New England families, and we trace them by generations as follows : (I) Thomas Knox, immigrant, came from Scotland to Dover, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1652. He had a son Sylvanus. (II) Sylvanus, son of Thomas Kno.x, had a son Zachariah. (III) Zachariah, son of Sylvanus Knox, had a son Zachariah. (IV) Zachariah (2), son of Zachariah (i) Knox, married Judith Pitman and had a son John. (V) John, eldest son of Zachariah (2) and Judith (Pitman) Knox, was a soldier in the American revolution, enlisting in Berwick, Maine, between May 30, and June 15, 1775, for a term of three years in Captain Samuel Derby's company. Colonel John Bailey's bat- talion. In the muster rolls in the "Massachu- setts Archives" his name appears as "John Noox." He was a private at Valley Forge, January 25, 1778; served from May i, 1777, to December 31, 1779, and from January i, 1780, to May 21 following. Before going to the war he married ]\Iolly Grant and removed to Lebanon, Maine, and is recorded as a pen- sioner living in that town as late as 1820. One son of John and Molly (Grant) Knox was Samuel, evidently named in honor of Captain Samuel Derby. (VI) Samuel, eldest son of John and Molly (Grant) Knox, was born in Lebanon, Maine, in 1767, and died in 1852. He married Sally Gerrish, born in 1768, daughter of George and Mary (James) Gerrish ; children : Mary, George, John, Samuel, Ada, Sarah and La- vinia. The mother of these children died in Lebanon, December 20, 1846. (\TI) John (2), second son of Samuel and Sally (Gerrish) Knox, was born in Lebanon, Maine, in 1799. He married Betsey Jones; children : George Orrin and Ira Sewall. (VIII) Ira Sewall, son of John (2) and Betsey (Jones) Knox, was born in Lebanon. Maine, January 17, 1830. He married Susan x'\bigail Pinkham, born in Milton, New Hamp- shire, February 29, 1828, daughter of James Knox and Sally Dearborn (Jewett) Pinkham, and they are the parents of Clara Jane, Ella Jeanette, Frank Irwin, and Alta Moulton, who became the wife of Dr. Henry Irwin Durgin, of Eliot. Sally Gerrish, wife of Samuel Knox, and grandmother of Alta JNIoulton (Knox) Dur- gin. was the dau.ghter of George Gerrish of the fifth generation, granddaughter of John Gerrish of the fourth generation, who married Margery Jackson, daughter of Dr. George and Joanna (Pepperell) Jackson, and grand- daughter of Colonel William and Margery ( Brav) Pepperell, of Kittery, Maine. Colonel William Pepperrell came to Cape Cod, Massa- chusetts Bay Colony, from Tavistock, Corn- wall, England, and engaged in the fishing trade first on the Isle of Shoals and subse- quently at Kittery, where he was married, and their only son, General William, was the first native born American to be created a baronet of Great Britain, and for services in the French and Indian war was commissioned major-general, and was acting governor of STATE OF MAINE. 1273 Massachusetts colony 1756-58; was commis- sioned Jieutenant-general in 1759, and died at Kittery, Maine, July 6, 1759. In the Gerrish line from John of the fourth generation we have Colonel Timothy of the third. Captain John of the second, and Captain William, the immigrant. In this way we trace her direct line of descent from three distinct and notable families of the early history of New England. Thomas Knox, the immigrant, with his de- scendants prominent in the history of the American Revolution ; Captain William Ger- rish, another immigrant of note ; William Pep- perrell, who gave New England history pe- culiar brilliancy through his son, Sir William, the distinguished Colonial military and civil officer. It would be interesting to trace the descent of Mrs. Durgin through the Pitmans, Grants, Jacksons, Joneses, Sewalls, Pinkhams, but space will not permit. This name, first a forename GEORGE and later a surname, is derived from two Greek words and sig- nifies "earth-worker," or "farmer." The families of this name are probably of different ancestors, and are scattered throughout the United States. The members of the George family who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony about the middle of the seventeenth century came from the south-eastern part of England and as traditions of the family indi- cate were three brothers, arriving in America at nearly the same time. (I) Gideon George, from Yorkshire, Eng- land, with his wife and son Gideon, sailed for Salem, Massachusetts, about 1680. A son John was born during the ocean voyage, and left a numerous progeny. His descendants have been active and useful citizens. (II) John, second son and child of Gideon George, was born upon the ocean about 1680. He lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and his name is found in the list of petitioners for a schoolhouse in the northeastern part of Haver- hill, in 171 1. He was drowned while attempt- ing to cross the Merrimack river on the ice, February 27, 1715. He married, about 1700, Ann Swaddock, who died February 7, 1763. Their children were : John Swaddock, Wil- liam, Augustin, Elizabeth and Gideon. (III) Gideon (2). fourth son and youngest child of John and Ann (Swaddock) George, was born in Haverhill, May 27, 1712, and lived in Haverhill and Bradford, Massachu- setts. He married. April 14, 1737, Elizabeth Jewett, born in Rowley. June 18, 1718, daugh- ter of Deacon Daniel and Elizabeth (Hopkin- son) Jewett. (IV) William, son of Gideon (2) and Elizabeth (Jewett) George, was born in Brad- ford, November 18, 1737, and died in Plymouth, New Hampshire, January 12, 1820. After his marriage he lived in Haverhill about four years, and then removed to Hampstead, New Hampshire. From thence he removed to Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1777. In the midst of a large and fertile farm he built a log house, and as he prospered, afterward built a frame house. He was a selectman for four years, and December 21, 1784, was appointed a coroner for Grafton county, an office he re- signed December 13, 1792. From the date of this appointment he was styled William George, Esq., but was not a justice of the peace. He was a prosperous farmer and a respected citizen. He married (first) May 26, 1763, Ruth Hastings, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, August 8, 1742, died June i, 1809, daughter of Robert Jr. and Ruth (San- ders) Hastings. He married (second) Feb- ruary 19, 181 1, Abigail Dearborn, daughter of Benjamin Dearborn. She had previously been married to Peter Hobart, Thomas McCulner and Rev. Samuel Currier. She survived her husband and died April 8, 1839. William George had four children, all by first wife : Robert, see forward; ^\'illiam, King, Moses. (V) Robert, son of William and Ruth (Hastings) George, was born in Hampstead, January 5, 1768. He was a farmer in Plymouth and built a house in South Ply- mouth, where he probably resided. He died by accident in 1834; while crossing a brook upon a log he fell and was drowned. He mar- ried. May 5, 1793, Sarah Dearborn, born April 21, 1774, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Clough) Dearborn. She died January 18. 1851. They were the parents of children: Gideon, Leonard, Clarissa. Samuel Dearborn. Hiram, Malvina, Moor Russell, Mary Ann and Ruth. (V) King, second son of William and Ruth (Hastings) George, was born in Hampstead. New Flampshire, May 19, 1771. Plymouth, New Hampshire, at the confluence of the Mer- rimack and the Pemigewasset, heretofore a trackless wil(!erness, the home of savage beasts and more savage Indians, was to blossom into a prosperous pioneer settlement with the ad- vance of man and the quickening influences of civilization. Thither removed King George before 1787, then the outpost of intruding northern settlement. In that year the Congre- 1274 STATE OF MAINE. gatioiial cluirch was burned, and Mr. George allowed the worshipers to meet in his spacious barn, which stood near the present residence of ]\lrs. Solomon A. Smith, on the Riimney road. He seems to have been very prominent in the church, and had received in youth some education, for he taught school in Plymouth, and was also a farmer. He married Ruth Eaton : children : Eaton, William, Daniel, David and Asa. (VI) Asa, son of King and Ruth (Eaton) George, was born in Plymouth, Grafton county, New Hampshire, November 2, 1809, died May 6, 1887. He moved to Groton, then old Cockermouth. New Hampshire, a near-by town, and in 1850 became a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina. Like his respected father, he was deeply interested in the Orthodox church, and possessed a strik- ing physique. In the south Asa George was an extensive land-owner and planter. He married, February 22, 1832, Adeline Kemp, who died in 1843. Children: David Kemp, died aged two years ; Edward Payson, see for- ward ; Mary Adeline (Mrs. Prather), a widow, residing in Charlotte, North Carolina. (VII) Edward Payson, son of Asa and Adeline (Kemp) George, was born in the town of Groton, Grafton county. New Hamp- shire, July 4, 1840. He took a collegiate course at Davidson College, North Carolina, and at the outbreaking of the civil war joined the Confederacy, becoming a captain in the commissary department. After the cessation of hostilities he removetl to Denver, Colorado, and engaged in the insurance business. He next studied dental surgery in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, locating soon after in Frankfort, Germany. It was there he met the lady who became Mrs. George. Returning to America he located in Thomaston, Maine. Seven years more and we find him again in Europe, this time at Hanover, Germany, besides travel- ing extensively on the Continent. When in the United States again he settled on the old Creighton homestead in Thomaston, his wife's birthplace. He was a devoted member of the Congregational church. February i, 1887, he married Harriet Rose, daughter of James Alexander Creighton, of Thomaston. Mr. and Mrs. George had three children : Alice Creigh- ton, born in Frankfort, Germany, November 21, 1888; Hilda Mav, Thomaston, Maine, Oc- tober 8, 1891 ; Donald Payson, Portland, Maine, February 5, 1893. Mr. George died December 19, 1907. In his will he bequeathed the following benefactions: To the town of Thomaston, six thousand dollars, to aid the needy poor requiring hospital service. To the Congregational church, two thousand dollars. To Thomaston Public Library, one thousand dollars. He also had in his lifetime given liberally to Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, the Children's Aid Society of New York, and Jacob Riis' worthy schemes in tene- ment district work in New York. A leading newspaper in the state has this to say of him : "Dr. Edward P, George was an educated, refined and cultured gentleman, with the graceful manners of the old school. He had decided opinions on the questions of the day, but did not advertise them or obtrude them upon others. He was always considerate, and treated every one with extreme courtesy. He came to Thomaston a stranger, but at once and always commanded the highest respect and es- teem of our people, and his death is mourned bv the entire community. He was unosten- tatiously charitable. ''' '^ * "While he resided in Thomaston, he took great interest in local affairs, and especially in beautifying the town and promoting the effi- ciency of its schools. He was instrumental in the establishment of the \'illage Improvement Society in Thomaston, and was active in hav- ing the street sides kept neat and trim. -^ * * It was through his energetic and diplomatic efforts that the town finally voted to introduce the study of music in the schools." The line of Creighton runs back to David, who was a Scotch-Irish settler in Warren, Maine, and was killed by the Indians in 1744. His children were : .Abraham, Samuel and David. (II) Samuel, second son of David Creigh- ton, married Lucretia Howell, of Bridge- water, Maine. Their children were : Captain James, John and Jane (Mrs. Jonathan Ful- ler). Samuel died November 10, 1783. (HI) John, second son of Samuel and Lu- cretia (Howell) Creighton, was born March 24, 1774, and married Joanna Jordan. Their children were : Captain Samuel, Robert, John, Captain Ebenezer, Keziah, Joshua, Jordan, Captain James Alexander and Lucretia J. ( I\' ) Captain James Alexander, sixth son of John and Joanna (Jordan) Creighton, was born June 6, 182 1. He went to sea at an early age and was master mariner at twenty- one, following aboard ship till he was thirty- two, wdien he returned to Thomaston, and began the burning of lime. The captain was as prosperous on land as he had been on deck, and built up a large business. He also oper- ated a grist-mill, a general store, coal and wood-yards. He married Emily, daughter of STATE OF MAINE. 1275 Nathaniel Meserve)-, of Rockland, Maine. The children were: i. Emily, married Sidney Smith. 2. Clara A., deceased. 3. James Ed- win, died in infancy. 4. Harriet R., widow of Dr. Edward Payson George, of Thomaston, whose ancestors are sketched in this work. 5. Elizabeth, died in childhood. 6. John M., see forward. 7. Charles A., interested in the firm of J. A. Creighton and Company. 8. James Arthur, died in childhood. Captain Creigh- ton married (second) Isabelle Lewis, of Al- fred, Maine, who died in 1900, without issue. Captain Creighton died in December, 1893. (V) John M., eklest son of Captain James Alexander and Emily (Meservey) Creighton, was born November 8, 1856. His education was due to the local schools of Thomaston, and at the age of nineteen he entered the store of his father as clerk. In 1879 h^ was made a member of the firm of J. A. Creighton & Company. He married Hattie May, daughter of Ferdinand Robinson, of Worcester, Mas- sachusetts, and has one child, Emily Creigh- ton. This name, which is spelled TWITCHELL Twitchell, Tuchill and Twitchwell, was borne by three men who were probably immigrants, that is, Benjamin of Dorchester, probably of Medfield, 1663, and Francis and Joseph, both of Dorchester, 1633. (I) Joseph Twitchell, perhaps a brother of Francis, was of Dorchester, JMassachusetts, in 1633; was admitted freeman May 14, 1634, and was still a resident of Dorchester in 1656. He was a man of irreproachable character, and tradition represents him to have been a Cy- clops in stature and a Hercules in strength. He had a son Joseph and four daughters. (II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Twitch- ell, was a soldier in King Philip's war. "A List of Captain Samuel Mosselys Company taken at Dedham the 9th day of Xber 1675," includes the name of "Joseph Touchwill." Among those "Credited with Military Service under Captain Mosely, December loth 1675" is "Joseph Twitchell £4 19s 04d." Joseph Twitchell settled in Sherborn immediately after King Philip's war and died in Sherborn, Oc- tober 24, 1 710. He united with others to extinguish the Indian titles in Sherborn and became the owner of one hundred acres of the first grants there in 1682. (III) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Twitchell, was born in Sherborn, September 3, 1688, and died there January 31, 1728. He married, March 27, 1718, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Silence Holbrook, the latter a daughter of Jonathan Wood, who was massa- cred by the Indians the day before her birth, and whose mother expired soon after. (IV) Captain Joseph (4), son of Joseph (3) and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Twitchell, was born in Sherborn, February 13, 1719, and died there March 12, 1792. His home in Sherborn was on the east side of a place still known as "Dirty Meadow," on the south side of a steep, rocky hill. Among the trusts im- posed on him was the guardianship of the Natick Indians, in settling their estates. Long after these estates were settled and he was deceased, the Indians were in the habit of coming to the old homestead then occupied by his son Peter, to see if there was not still something due them. He was a man of good judgment and common sense, and the follow- ing anecdote illustrates his practicality. He had been on a business trip to Halifax, and while returning the vessel in which he sailed encountered a violent storm, lost her rudder, and became unmanageable. The captain was in utter despair and considered his ship as good as lost. Captain Twitchell examined the nature of the accident, and at once sug- gested a remedy ; a man was suspended head downward over the stern of the ship, being held by his ankles, and in that position, with an a.x, cut a hole through the ship into the cabin, and through this hole he fastened a temporary tiller by means of which the vessel was steered safely into Boston Harbor. The historian of Sherborn says of him : "Tradi- tion has brought down a high character for this man, and the record confirms it. He was captain of the militia, commissary for the army in the war of 1776, town clerk, repre- sentative and negotiate, and the leading man of the town until succeeded by his half- brother, Hon. Daniel Whitney." In the month of June, 1768, a township of land situated on both sides of a river in Maine was granted to the descendants of those men who went from Sudbury, Massachusetts, and adjacent towns on the Canada expedition in 1690. This grant was called Sudbury Canada, and is now Bethel. Joseph Twitchell, a man of affairs, was chosen president of the proprietors, and took great interest in the plantation. He be- came a very large proprietor by bidding oflf lands sold for taxes, and by purchasing rights of others, so that he had nearly a controlling interest in the soil. Neither he nor any of the other original proprietors were residents, but four of his sons became residents of Sud- bury Canada, and spent the remainder of their 1276 STATE OF MAINE. days there. Josepli Twitchell caused a grist- mill and a sawmill to be built on tlie Mill brook at the foot of Bethel hill in 1774. These, save perhaps a nule camp or two, were the first buildings erected in the township. In 1779 a house was built for the use of the miller, the first framed building erected for a dwelling. He married (first) June 28, 1739, Deborah Fairbanks, daughter of Joseph F. Fairbanks, of Sherborn, and with her was received into the church July 27, 1740. He married (second) Widow Deborah (Sanger) Fasset, January 5, 1786. He was the father of fourteen children, all by the first wife: Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Eleazer, Ezra, Martha, Deborah (died young), ATjel, De- borah, Molly, Amos, Eli, Peter and Julia. Eli and Peter served in the revolutionary war. Eli left no descendants. Eleazer and Eli lived in Bethel. (V) Deacon Ezra, fifth child and fourth son of Joseph (4) and Deborah (Fairbanks) Twitchell, was born in Sherborn, Massachu- setts, June 23, 1746, and died in Bethel, Maine. He settled in Bethel about the time his brother Eli died, and was a farmer. He first re- sided in Dublin, New Hampshire, where his brother Samuel also lived, Ezra Twitchell was in the battle of Saratoga and several other engagements in revolutionary war, and the sword he carried is in the possession of the family. While in Dublin four of his children, all that were then born to him, died in one day of throat distemper (diphtheria). So stupefied were the parents by this terrible stroke that they could not shed a tear at the time. He was chosen deacon of the Congre- gational church in Bethel, and worthily filled the office till his death. He married Susanna Rice, of Framingham, Massachusetts, by whom he had eleven children: Susanna (died young), Hannah (died young), Anna (died young), Calvin (died young), Susanna, Cal- vin, Eliza, Eli, Thaddeus, Anna and Nathan F, (VI) Ezra (2), seventh child and third son of Deacon Ezra (i) and Susanna (Rice) Twitchell, was born November 24, 1781, and died 1874. He was a farmer and masofi, and lived on the north side of the Androscoggin river, below Mayville. He married Betsey Coffin, Their children were : Daniel, Alphin, Nancy, Cynthia, Abiah, Samuel (died young), Samuel Birge, Richard Eastman, Betsey Chap- man and Lucian. (VII) Alphin, second son and child of Ezra (2) and Betsey (Coffin) Twitchell, was born in Bethel, DecemlDer 27, 1804. Fie lived near Mavville, was an active business man and dealer in cattle, often in town office, a good citizen and highly respected. He married Roxanna A. Twitchell, his cousin, who was born December 20, 18 16, and died September 15, 1892, daughter of Thaddeus and Betsey (Barker) Twitchell. They had seven chil- dren : I. Adelbert B., born December 14, 1836, was an officer in the Seventh Battery in the civil war ; married Marietta Northrup, and had three children : Richard, Adelbert B., mar- ried Catherine Mead, and Henry F., married Leslie Wells; two sons: John, born October, 1903, and David, 1908. 2. Adeltha, April 13, 1840, married Colonel Benjamin Thompson, of Minneapolis, and had two children : How- ard and Harry. 3. Amelia J., September 2, 1842, married ]\Iajor John M. Gould, and had three children : Annie A., missionary in China and killed during the Boxer trouble in that country ; Oliver C. and Theodore. 4. Adelia B., died in infancy. 5. Mary Ella, April 23, 1849, married Ed^vard C. Chamberlain, of Bethel, and has three children : Beulah, Albert and Alice. 6. Herbert F., mentioned below, 7. Clara F., May 25, 1864, married Horatio N. Upton, of Bethel, (VIII) Herbert Francis, second son and sixth child of Alphin and Roxanna A. (Twitchell) Twitchell, was born in Bethel, November 16, 1859, He was educated in the Bethel public schools and at Gould's Academy, and was then a clerk in a retail drygoods store for a year. In 1880 he matriculated in the Maine Medical School, from which he took his degree in 1883. The following year he was interne at the Alaine General Hospital, and in 1884 commenced the general practice of his profession at Freeport, where he remained until 1892. He then settled in Portland, where he has practiced medicine and surgery, and at- tained much success, ranking now among the leaders of the profession in the state. He is surgeon and clinical instructor in surgery in the Maine General Hospital. He is a mem- ber of the Pathological Club, the Portland Medical Club, the Academy of Medicine and Science, the Cumberland County Medical So- ciety, and the Maine Medical Association ; also the Portland Club. He was made a Mason in Rising Star Lodge, of Freeport, Maine. In politics he is a Republican, and in religious views a Congregationalist. Dr. Herbert F. Twitchell married. May 14, 1885, Alice J. Gould, who was born in Avon, Maine, June 12, 1855, daughter of Rev, Samuel L. and Ann (Poor) Gould, of Andover, Massachu- setts, STATE OF MAINE. 12/7 There were several an- WAKEFIELD cestors bearing this name who settled very early in the New England colonies, and their descend- ants have been conspicuous for good citizen- ship through the numerous generations that have taken their turn upon the stage of life. A town in Massachusetts has been named for the family, and its members have been con- spicuous in the fields of education, medicine, law and the ministry. They have also been active as business men and have contributed universally to the mental and moral growth of society as well as the material develop- ment of the commonwealth in which they lived. ( I ) John Wakefield, the progenitor of the family which has been very numerously rep- resented in ]\Iaine, was a native of England. The first record of him found in this country bears date January i, 1637, when at the town meeting held at Salem he was assessed fifteen shillings as an inhabitant of Marblehead in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. It is presum- able that he came as early as the previous summer. On the fourteenth of the same month, among the several portions of land laid out at Marblehead, he received four acres "on the Neck." Prior to 1648 he lived in Salem, which then included the present town of Marblehead. He first appears on record in IMaine in 1641, when he and his brother- in-law, John Littlefield, received a grant of what is known as the Great Hill Farm. The hill at that time extended much farther into the sea than it now does, and with the pro- jecting land at the eastern end was called the Great Neck. This was in the ligonia patent, and neither of the grantees took possession probablv on account of the uncertainty as to their title. John Wakefield settled in the town of Wells, where he attained considerable prominence. He served as commissioner and selectman in 1648-34-57. In each instance his father-in-law, Edmund Littlefield, served in the same capacity. In 1652 John Wakefield purchased Wakefield's Island and removed to it in that year and there resided for a time. He subsequently purchased land in Scarboro and resided upon it several years. Thence he removed to that part of Biddeford which is now Saco, where he remained until his death. That he was a man of considerable substance is evidenced by the fact of his buying and selling lands, and he was frequently called upon to witness deeds for others. In 1670, when he was probably incapacitated by illness or the infirmities of age, his wife acted as his at- torney in selling parcels of land. He died February 15, 1674, and was buried at Bidde- ford. The destruction of the records of Wells, Maine, leaves us no accurate data as to the time of his marriage or his birth or the births of his children. His wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Edmund and Annis Littlefield, of Wells. Her death is not recorded. Their children included : John, James, Henry, Will- iam, Mary and Katherine. (II) James, second son and child of John and Elizabeth (Littlefield) Wakefield, was born about 1670, probably at Wells, Maine, where his father, the original immigrant of this line, had settled as early as 1648, having moved down the coast from Salem, Massachu- setts. James Wakefield lost his life by drown- ing on October 25, 1707. In 1699 he was granted a tract of one hundred acres of land on the Kennebunk river, near the landing. Like most of the men of that time and re- gion, he was probably as much engaged in fishing as farming. On the day that he lost his life he had gone out with his brother, Will- iam Wakefield, Moses and Job Littlefield, and Job Storer (2). Bourne's History of Wells and Kennebunk says that they "went out in a small sloop to fish, there was a heavy sea at the bar, and as they attempted to drive the sloop over it; she was upset and all were drowned ; bodies of four were recovered. These men were all valuable citizens and their aid was greatly needed." Some time prior to 1700 James Wakefield married Rebecca Gibbons, daughter of James and (Lewis) Gibbons, of Saco. James Gibbons was "master of the magazine," and a landed proprietor of Saco. His wife was a daughter of Thomas Lewis, one of the original owners of the "Lewis and Boynton Patent," through whom he inherited an estate. James Gibbons died in 1730 and provided for his daughter, Rebecca Wakefield, among his other children. To James and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield were born : James, who married Mary Dur- rell, on December 18, 1719; John (2), whose sketch follows; Keziah, married. May 27, 1724, Philip Durrell (2) ; Nathaniel, married Han- nah Emmons in 1730; Samuel, married Ruth Godfrey, about 1736; Gibbons, who served in the expedition against Rasle in August, 1724. (HI) John (2), second son and child of James (i) and Rebecca (Gibbons) Wakefield, was born, probably at Saco, Maine, about the year 1700. but the date of his death is un- known. He was a resident of Kennebunk, and previous to the building of the new meet- ing-house in 1750 meetings were held at his house. On August 25 of that year he was 1278 STATE OF MAINE. one of the committee to receive the answer of Mr. Daniel Little, who was invited to settle with them as minister. By the tax-list of the new pari.sh, 1750, John Wakefield was assessed two pounds, one shilling. In early life he saw military service, for in August, 1724, he was in the company of Captain Moulton at Nor- ridgewock, Maine, in the expedition against Rasle. His brothers, Nathaniel and Gibbons Wakefield, were also in this expedition. On May 27, 1724, John (2) Waketield married Elizabeth Durrell, and on the same day his sister Keziah married Philip Durrell (2), evi- dently a double wedding of two brothers and two sisters. To John (2) and Elizabeth ( Durrell ) Wakefield were born eight chil- dren : John, April 16, 1725, married Ruth Cousins; Gibbons, March 7, 1726-27, married Mary Goodwin; Elizabeth, August 20, 1730, died October 7, 1736; Rachel, June 24, 1733, married Nicholas Bunnell ; James, whose sketch follows; Elizabeth, April 14, 1740, mar- ried Jonathan Taylor; Jacob, July 26, 1742, died on August 10 of that year; Isaiah, De- cember 29, 1743, married Susanna Fiske. (IV) James (2), third son of John (2) and Elizabeth (Durrell) Wakefield, was born May 7, 1736, at Kennebunk, Maine, and died in October, 1779. He was a farmer near Wells, Maine, and in the quaint language of one his- torian, "was one of those early settlers who thought more of the house of God than their own." This inference is drawn from the fact that at his death his house was appraised at seventy-three dollars and his pew in church at sixty-seven. This does not imply, however, that he was a man of little means, for the total inventory of his estate amounted to five hun- dred and forty-seven pounds and twenty shil- lings. James (2) Wakefield married, July i, 1756, Miriam Burbank, daughter of John Bur- bank, one of the first settlers of Arundel and a lieutenant at the taking of Louisburg in 1745. Six children were born to James (2) and Miriam (Burbank) Wakefield: Eliza- beth, married Jacob Waterhouse ; Sarah, mar- ried Joseph Dennet ; Miriam, married Lewis Martin ; Hannah, married William Water- house ; Abigail, married Peter Roberts ; James, whose sketch follows. Fifteen months after her husband's death, Mrs. Miriam (Burbank) Wakefield married Lewis Martin, of Wells; this marriage occurred January 27, 1781. (V) James (3), only son and youngest of the six children of James (2) and Miriam (Burbank) Wakefield, was born in Kenne- bunk, IMaine, October 4, 1775, and died at Etna, October 8, 1848. He was a lumber- man by occupation, and lived at Buxton and Etna, Maine. About 1796 he married Han- nah Smith, who was born February 25, 1777. They had seven children : Elisha, January i, 1797; Abigail, May 26, 1799; Harriet, Sep- tember 18, 1801 ; James, November i, 1803; Hannah, August 4, 1806; Darius, March 9, 1809; and Archibald, whose sketch follows. Four of the children, Abigail, Harriet, James and Hannah, joined the Poland Shakers and lived there till their death. Their mother, Mrs. Hannah (Smith) Wakefield, lived till November 2, 1872, dying at the age of eighty- eight. (VI) Archibald, fourth and youngest son of James (3) and Hannah (Smith) Wakefield, was born at Buxton, Maine, August 23, 181 1, and died at Lewiston, Maine, February 2, 1882. Like some of his elder brothers and sisters, he was brought up by the Poland Shakers, with whom he lived till he was twenty years of age. He lived at different times at Buxton, Alfred, Poland and Lewis- ton, Maine, and at Boston, Massachusetts. On November 27, 1834, he married Sarah Davis, daughter of David and Mary (Curtis) Davis, of Lewiston. Her father, David Davis, was the second male child born in that town, the date occurring September i, 1775. Archibald and Sarah (Davis) Wakefield had seven chil- dren: David Davis, born January 12, 1837, died at the age of four months ; Seth Davis, whose sketch follows; Edwin, March 15, 1840; Harriet, July 5, 1843 ! Flannah R., November 21, 1849; Sarah A., September 30, 1853; Helen, November 3, 1855. (VII) Seth Davis, second son and child of Archibald and Sarah (Davis) Wakefield, was born at Lewiston, Maine, February 22, 1838. He received his early education in the public schools of Lewiston, at Lewiston Falls Acad- emy, Kent's Hill and Litchfield Liberal In- stitute. In 1856 he went into the drygoods business in the old Garcelon Block, under the firm name of Clark and W'akefield. He re- mained there till the latter part of 1857, when he went to Dubuque, Iowa. In 1858 he re- turned to Auburn, Maine, and went into the dry-goods business under the firm name of Parcher & Wakefield. When his father built a store in Central Block, in Lewiston, he moved into it. After a time Seth D. Wake- field thought he wanted to see something of the country, so he started for California, go- ing by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, which was a tedious journey in those days, requiring about a month. Having seen as much of the country as he desired, he re- STATE OF MAINE. 1279 turned to Lewiston and started the Merchants' Express, Lewiston to Boston by way ot the Bath boat, an enterprise which is still doing business. Mr. \\"akefield's next venture was in the shoe business, under the firm name of Gorham & Wakefield, which became the S. D. Wakefield Company after the death of Mr. Gorham. After six years of this, Mr. Wake- field had an opportunity to learn something of the drug business. Finding it to his liking, on December i. 1868, he purchased the drug business of A. G. Rankin, which he still con- ducts, after forty years of successful con- tinuance. The firm name became Wakefield Brothers upon the admission of Edwin Wake- field, and after the death of the latter in 1899 ^Ir. Seth D. Wakefield conducted the business alone, but still retained the early name. In addition to his regular occupation, for four years (1897 to 1901) i\Ir. ^Vakefield was in- terested in a coal and wood business in Au- burn, under the firm name of Wood & Wake- field ; but he eventually sold out to his part- ner. Mr. S. D. Wakefield's father, Archibald Wakefield, was for many years a director of the First National Bank of Lewiston, and upon his death in 1882 Seth D. Wakefield was elected to fill his place ; and still later was made vice-president of the bank, which posi- tion lie still holds. He is also a director of the Androscoggin County Savings Bank, of Lewiston. He is a Democrat in politics, but in 1875 he was elected to the state legislature, largely by the help of the Republicans, as his own party was in the minority. He has also served on the board of assessors, and in 1876 was on the commission for readjustment. He is an attendant of the Universalist church. On August 25, 1859, Mr. Wakefield married Mary E. Coffin, daughter of Aaron and Fear Parker (Drisco) Coffin, of Washington county, Maine. Two sons were born of this mar- riage, both in Lewiston : Archibald C, Feb- ruary 18, 1861 : and Frederick S., December 10, 1873. Archibald C. is a clothing merchant in Albany, New York. Frederick S. married Jane Kerr, of New York City, and is a physi- cian living in Lewiston, making, a specialty of the eye. ear, nose and throat. The family of Morrison is MORRISON very numerous in Scotland and the surname has been fixed there and in the adjacent island of Lewis for many centuries, probably for a thou- sand years. It is an old surname in the coun- ties of Lincoln, Hertford and Lancaster, Eng- land, where persons of the name were knighted and received coats-of-arms. The family has spread over England, Ireland and America. It appears to be evident that all of the name spring from the same stock and have a com- mon origin. The island of Lewis, on the west coast of Scotland, is undoubtedly the place where the family originated, though its founder was probably of Norwegian origin. The family has two tartans — a beautiful red clan tartan and a green hunting tartan. While there is more than one coat-of-arms, that in most general use and presumed to be the most ancient is : Azure three Saracen heads con- joined in one neck proper, the faces look to the chief, dexter and sinister sides of the shield. This design is in general use as a crest, and the three Moors' or Saracen heads in other designs are on the shields of other Morrison families. Motto: Pretio prudentia praestat. (Prudence excels reward. Or, Pru- dence is better than profit ; or Long-headed- ness is above price.) It is claimed that the arms and crest were bestowed upon a Morri- son during the Crusades for some deed of daring by Richard Coeur de Lion. The name has been variously spelled Maryson, Moreson, Moryson, Morreson, Moorison, Morrisson, Morson, Morisown, Morisone, Morison, Mor- rison, Murison and Morrowson. In early days the family in Scotland, England, Ireland and America almost invariably spelled the name Morison. About 1800 Morrison came into general use in Scotland, England, Ire- land and America, and has continued to the present time. The best authority on the origin of the name state that it means the son of Mary, Moore or Maurice, and the name as originally written in Sa.xon English would be Moores-son or j\lores-son, or, if the Gaelic form were retained, Mhores-son. In Norse the name would be Moors-son, Moorsonm, Mhors-son, everything indicating a close con- nection between the Moor and Morrison fam- ilies. (I) Daniel Morrison, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1669, undoubtedly of Scotch ancestry, but whether born in England or Scotland is yet unknown. He settled in New- bury, Massachusetts, before 1690 and was a farmer there for many years afterward. On May 20, 1695, he and Thomas Staples pur- chased of Abiel Long and wife Hannah, eigh- teen acres of land. On February 28, 1696, he was one of sixty-four persons taxed for build- ing the West End Meeting-house. On March 14, 1699-1700, then of Newbury, he bought of Moses Chase of that town fifteen acres ; February 3, 1706-07, he purchased of Stephen 128o STATE OF MAINE. Greenleaf. of Newbury, twenty-seven acres, known as the Rate lot. He married (first) Hannah Griffin, daughter of John and Lydia (Shatswell) Griffin. Lydia was a daughter of Theophilus Shatswell, son of Theophilus Sr., of Haverhill. Massachusetts. Hannah (Grif- fin) Morrison was born in Bradford with her twin brother John, April 2, 1671, and died in Newbury, October 9, 1700. His widow, Lydia Griffin, and children deeded to Stephen Barker, April 7, 1709, for one hundred and five pounds a tract of one hundred and sev- entv-eight acres of land given to the Widow Griffin by her father, Theophilus Shatswell. This land was on the north side of the river at Haverhill. In this deed Daniel Morrison signs in behalf of his former wife, Hannah Griffin. Daniel bought land June 20, 1710, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Thomas Staples. He deeded forty acres of land in Newbury "for love and affection" March 16, 1726, to his son John. He sold for seven hun- dred and ninety pounds a house and thirty- two acres of land, probably his homestead, April I, 1731, to Timothy i\lorse, and bought a home in Rowley of John Stevens, December 23, 1 73 1, with thirty acres of land. He and his wife Mary deeded thirty acres at Row- ley for love and affection to Roger Chase and his wife Abigail, of Newbury, mentioning the dwelling-house, barn and orchard. His wife Hannah died October 9, 1700. He married (second) March 27, 1707, Mary, dattghter of Deacon John Foulson, of Exeter, New Hamp- shire. She was born September 27, 1664, and died February 14, 171 1. He married (third) Mary , who survived him. His will, dated November 3, 1736, was proved May 10, 1737. To his wife Mary he gave ten pounds bill of credit "provided she accept of this last will and testament. In case she does not ac- cept this my last will then I do not give her anything. The reason why I thus deal with her is because I have given her forty pounds, which she hath disposed of, which money was in lieu of a bargain made betw^een us before marriage." ChiUh-en : i. Daniel, born in Newbury, August i, 1691, resided in Row- ley. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, Newbury, January 27, 1695-96. 4. Ebenezer, Newbury, October 6, 1697, resided in Stra- tham. 5. Mary, Newbury, March 20, 1699, married Charles Annis. 6. Abigail, married Roger Chase, of Newbury. March 16, 1725. Children of second wife: 7. Lydia (twin), February 4, 1710, died young. 8. Beriah (twin), February 4, 1710, died young. 9. and 10. Twins born and died April i and 2, 1712. (II) John, son of Daniel Morrison, was born, in Newbury, iMarch 28, 1693. On De- cember 9, 1 717, he bought a house and land on the north side of the King's Highway, in Exeter, New Hampshire, of Nathaniel Ladd, of Stratham. , He was a resident of Newbury, Massachusetts, however. On ^ larch 16, 1726, he received a deed of gift from his father Daniel, forty acres of land in Newbury, on the Bradford road. Later he was a resident of Haverhill, apparently in the east parish; was a rate-payer there in 1741 and signed petitions there in 1743 and 1748. His will, recorded at Salem, was dated August 18, 1769, and proved February 7, 1770. He was a cordwainer by trade. He married Lydia Robinson. She was allowed one hundred and thirty-four pounds, five shillings, five pence, out of her husband's estate, which was rendered insolvent September 24, 1770. His son-in-law, John Goodrich, was executor. Children: i. Bradbury, born iMarch i, 1720, married Elizabeth . 2. Daniel, settled in Gilmanton or Kingston, New Hampshire. 3. David, born 1732-33, lived in Sanbornton. 4. Samuel, lived in Sanbornton. 5. Ebenezer, lived in Sanbornton. 6. Jeremiah, "went to some unknown region." 7. Hannah. 8. Abi- gail, married Folsom, of Gilmanton. 9. Lydia, married John Goodrich. 10. Jona- than, died young. 11. ^lolly. 12. John, men- tioned below. (III) John (2), son of John (i) Morrison, was born in Sanbornton about 1750. He re- sided in Epping and Candia, New Hampshire, and is the progenitor of the Candia family of Morrisons. He married . Among their children was David, mentioned below. (IV) David, son of John (2) Morrison, was born in Candia, New- Hampshire, March 30, 1792, and died in Palermo, Maine, April 25, 1833. He married Eleanor Lang, born in Candia, February 22, 1793, died in Madrid, Maine, June 24, i860. Children: i. David Jr., born April 1812, died July 30, t86o. 2. James, February 10, 1814, mentioned below. 3. Moses Baker, December 4,' 18 15. 4. Ben- jamin Lang, April 19, 1818. 6. Louisa Jane, June I, 1820. 6. Cyrus, April 2, 1822, died December 30, 1863. 7. Dairus, August 2, 1824, died October 27, 1825. 8. Salome, Sep- tember II, 1826, died November 5, i860. 9. Mary, May 9, 1828, died October 27, 1850. 10. Eleanor, April 15, 1831. (V) Captain James, son of David Morrison, was born in Candia, New Hampshire, Febru- ary ID, 1814, and died in Phillips, Maine, No- vember 12, 1884. He was educated in the J^fe'^i^ ^^ '/^'^'-r-r-^^''^ . STATE OF MAINE. 1281 common schools in Candia, and when twelve years old removed with his parents to Waldo county, Maine, where his father built a saw and grist-mill in Palermo. When a young man he settled in Madrid, Franklin county, and built mills which he conducted for many years. Later he bought a farm in Phillips. Maine, but retained the mills at Madrid. He was in active business up to the time of his death. In politics he was a Republican. He was captain of the militia company at Madrid. He married Mary Leach Doten, born in Buckfield. Maine, May 13, 1807, died July 14, 1887. Children: I. James, mentioned below. 2. Mary Ellen, born June 17, 1845, married Leroy A. Smith, who died in 1896; had two children, Bertha and Eugene Smith ; resided in Rangely, but at present in Los Angeles, California. (\T) Hon. James (2), son of Captain James (i) Morrison, was born in Madrid, Maine, March 14. 1841. When he was six years old his parents removed to Phillips, Maine, and he worked on the farm and in his father's sawmill, attending school as he found opportunity. At the age of twenty-two he enlisted in the second regiment, Maine Cav- alry, in the civil war, and served in the De- partment of the Gulf. He was at New Or- leans, Thibodeaux, Louisiana ; Brashear City ; Pine Barren Creek and Milton, Florida, Pol- lard, Alabama, and the taking of Mobile, and was with the cavalry detachment that led the Sixteenth Army Corps up through Alabama, and occupied the city of Montgomery. At the close of the war he came home and re- sumed the occupation of teacher, which he had engaged in from time to time. He began the study of law, and was admitted to the Frank- lin county bar in September, i86g. He was superintending school committeeman, one of the selectmen of Phillips for about tw-elve years, representative to the general court in 1877, senator in 1878 and 1879, serving one term as chairman of the committee on legal affairs and one term on the judiciary. He was appointed judge of probate for Franklin county by Governor Robie in 1883, to fill a vacancy, elected for four years in 1884, re- elected in 1888-92-96. He continued in the practice of law for five years after his admis- sion to the bar, but failing health, the result of hardships and exposure during the war, compelled him to partly give up his ofiice work and devote much of his time in work upon his farm, although he still retains an office. Fie is interested in the raising of blooded stock, and also in the buving and sell- ing of timber lands. Judge Morrison has always been a Republican and served six years on the Republican state committee, and has done considerable work in the field and on the stump. He is a radical temperance advo- cate, and believes in the Maine law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of into.xicating liquor. A man of sterling character and strict integrity, he commands the confidence and esteem of all his townsmen. He is a member of Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons, at Phillips, Maine; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Farmington ; of Jephtha Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, Farmington ; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, Farmington ; of Sherburne Chapter, Eastern Star, Phillips. He is a member also of Mount Saddleback Lodge of Odd Fellows, Phillips, and of Hope Lodge of Rebekahs ; of Franklin Grange, No. 186, Patrons of Husbandry, of the Pomona and State Grange. He married, March 14, 1871, Louisa E. Chick, of Madrid, Maine, born December 14, 1850, died Novem- ber 4, 1903, daughter of Benjamin Chick, a native of Ossipee, New Hampshire. Chil- dren, born in Phillips: I. Grace Winnefred, born January 25, 1872, educated in the public schools, at Phillips Academy and at the Farm- ington Normal school ; married Orrin Young, a carpenter, in Greenville, Maine, Moosehead Lake; child, Rodney Young. 2. Cassandra Mary, born September 20, 1880, married Har- old W. Worthley, of Avon, a farmer; chil- dren: Herbert M. Worthley, Louisa Worth- ley and George Worthley. 3. James Blaine, born August 10, 1884, law student in the office of Hon. Frank W. Butler, Farmington, Maine. is a family name of local KENDALL derivation, borrowed probably from Kendal, a noted town in Westmoreland county. England, on the bor- ders of the river Ken, and signifying the val- ley of the Ken ; or, as it is thought by some, from Kent-dale, that is, a dale in the county of Kent. From one or the other of these sources the Kendalls in England and their descendants in America derived their origin and their name. The family in England is very large and widely distributed, many of the branches bearing arms and having dis- tinguished members. The name is found com- mon in Bedfordshire, at Basingborne, Esse.x ; in Lancashire; at Smithby, Derbyshire; in Cornwall ; in Devonshire ; and Hertfordshire. In 1575 a branch of the family settled in Thorpthules, Durham, a younger son of the I2»2 STATE OF MAINE. Kendall family of Ripon, Yorkshire, where the family lived at an early date. Among the early Kendalls who were prominent was John Kendall, sheriff of Nottingham, killed in the battle of Bosworth in 1485, fighting in the army of Richard III. (I) John Kendall, progenitor of the Amer- ican family, lived in the county of Cambridge, England, 1646, died there in 1660. Two of his sons came to America: i. Francis, men- tioned below. 2. Deacon Thomas, who was a proprietor of Reading, Massachusetts, in 1644: was admitted freeman May 10, 1648; had nine daughters and one son. One daugh- ter and the son died in infancy, thus leaving no descendants bearing his name. (II) Francis, son of John Kendall, born 1620, in England, is supposed to have been the ancestor of all of his name in New Eng- land prior to the revolution. He came from Kent, England, and was in Charlestown, in 1640, where he subscribed the "Town Or- ders" for Woburn in December of that year ; and was taxed among the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, 1645, arid built the first grist- mill there. His house was about one mile west of Woburn Center, on the Lexington road. A family tradition, communicated many years ago by the Rev. Dr. Kendall, of Wes- ton, is that in order to conceal from his par- ents his intention to emigrate to this country, he embarked in England under an assumed name. Miles. Perhaps he was related to Miles Kendall, governor of the Bermuda Islands in 1619. He died in 1708, when according to testimony given by him in court, 1700, he must have been eighty-eight years old. He was a gentleman of great respectability and in- fluence in the place of his residence. He served the town at different times, eighteen years on the board of selectmen, and w^as often appointed on important committees, especially on one for distributing the common lands of the town, 1664; and on another respecting the erection of the second meeting-house, 1672. In his will, dated May g, 1706, when he was "stricken in years" (he writes) ''and expecting daily his change," he styles himself a miller; and gives one-half of his mill, with a propor- tionate interest in the streams, dams and uten- sils thereto belonging, to his son John, one- quarter to Thomas, and one-quarter to Sam- uel. This mill has ever since been in the possession of his posterity. He remembered, likewise, in his will the eight daughters of his brother Thomas, one of the first settlers of Reading. The record of his marriage reads thus : "Frances Kendall, alias Miles, and Mary Tedd (Tidd) Maryed 24th of 10 mo. (24 of December) 1644." This lends sup- port to the family tradition as to his feigned name. Mrs. Kendall was the daughter of John and Margaret Tidd, died in 1705. Their children were : John, Thomas, Mary, Eliza- beth, Hannah, Rebekah, Samuel, Jacob and Abigail. All the sons made Woburn their place of residence, where their descendants be- came very numerous, though now but few re- main. (Ill) Thomas, second son of Francis and Mary (Tidd) Kendall, was born January 10, 1649, "i Woburn, where he lived, was a farmer, and died May 25, 1730. He married (first) in 1673, Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Iggleden) Blodgett, of Woburn. She was born December 28, 1656, in that town, and died December 18, 1695. He married (second) March 30, 1696, Abigail Broughton, who died December 31, 17 16. She was the widow of Captain John Broughton, of Salmon Falls, now Berwick, Maine, who was killed by Indians, June 19, 1689, and daughter of Rev. John Reyner, of Dover, New Hampshire. His children, all born of the first marriage, were : I. Ruth, February 17, 1675, married John Walker. 2. Thomas, May 19, 1677, who settled in Framingham. 3. i\Iary, February 21, 1 68 1, married Joseph Whittemore in 1699. 4. Samuel, October 29, 1682, was lieutenant under Governor Belcher. 5. Ralph, mentioned below. 6. Eliezer, November 16, 1687. 7. Ephraim, i6go, who lived in Wilmington. 8. and g. Jabez and Jane, twins, September 10, 1692. ID. Son, still-born. The youngest daughter married Joseph Russell in 171 2, and Jabez remained in Woburn. ( I\' ) Ralpn, third son of Thomas and Ruth (Blodgett) Kendall, was born May 4, 1685, in Woburn, and lived in that town until 1719-20, when he moved to Lancaster, Massachusetts, and there passed his last years. He was mar- ried in May, 1707, in Woburn, to Abigail, daughter of Lieutenant John and Ruth ( Burn- ham) Carter, of that town. She was born March 30, 1689. Their first seven children were born in Woburn, and six more in Lan- caster, as follows: t. Ralph, died at the age of four days. 2. Peter, born October 14, 1710. 3. Abigail, August 14, 1712. 4. Esther, Feb- ruary 14, 1714. 5- Jonathan, February 14, 1716. 6. Bezell, April 7, 1718. 7. Keziah, January 12, 1719. 8. Uzziah, .-Kpril 11. 1721, in Lancaster. 9. .^biarthar, February 22, 1723. 10. Ruth, February 9, 1725. 11. Abi- gail, July 20, 1728. 12. Benjamin, September 12, 1731. 13. Eunice, May 14, 1733. STATE OF MAINE. 1283 (\') Benjamin, twelfth child of Ralph and Abigail (Carter) Kendall, was born Septem- ber 12, 1731, in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and like most of his father's children settled in Maine. He located at first at Georgetown, where his first two children were born, and subsequentl}- lived in Dresden, Maine. The last fifteen years of his life were spent at Freeport, Maine, where he died February 28, 1805. Benjamin served in Captain Eicazer Melvin's company, 1754, in the Shirley expe- dition against Niagara. He married Jennie Rogers (styled in her father's will Jean), who was born June 25, 1733, in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and survived him nearly three years; died April i, 1808. She was a grand- daughter of George Rogers, a Scotch Presby- terian, who came from Londonderry, Ireland, about 1720, and lived at Londonderry, New Hampshire, before he settled at Georgetown, New Hampshire. He was born about 1662 in Ireland, and died October 30, 1743, in George- town. His wife, Isabella, was born about 1678 and died December 5, 1743. Their gravestones are still to be seen in the Dro- more burying-ground at Phippsburg, Maine. Their son. William Rogers, the father of Jen- nie Rogers, was born in northern Ireland in 1702 and was still a minor when he came to America with his father. He married Dinah, daughter of Hugh Rankin, and settled about 1735 at Georgetown, now Phippsburg, where he died February 23, 1763. The children of Benjamin Kendall were: Abigail, William, Benjamin, Annie, John, Hugh Rogers, Thom- as, Fanny and Robert Rogers. (VI) Captain Robert Rogers, youngest child of Benjamin and Jean (Rogers) Kendall, was born March 21, 1773, in Dresden, Maine, and settled in Freeport, Maine, soon after the incorporation of the town. He built a house on Main street at what is known as Kendall's Corner, and this, though enlarged, is still standing and occupied by his descend- ants. He died May 25, 1858. He was a sol- dier in the war of 1812, and was a prominent and liighly respected citizen. Fle was noted as a swordsman, and it is related that in a test of his skill as a swordsman he success- fully defended himself against two men at- tacking him simultaneously with bayonetted guns. He was married May 25, 1797, to his cousin, Margaret Miller Rogers, daughter of \\'illiam and Eleanor (Stanwood) Rogers. She was born February 26, 1778, in Bruns- wick, Maine, and died at Freeport, January 24, i860, surviving her husband nearly two years. Their children were : William Rogers, Hora- tio Gates, Robert Pope, Eleanor Jane, Nathan Nye and Julia Margaret. (VII) William Rogers, eldest child of Cap- tain Robert Rogers and Margaret M. (Rog- ers) Kendall, was born .\ugust 18, 1799, in Freeport, and in his earlier years was a fisher- man, captain of a mackerel "handliner." Later in life he was a farmer upon the paternal homestead in Freeport, where he died about 1880. Like his father he was a member of the Freeport Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, and each in turn occupied the chair in the East. His ruling passion was the desire to shoot wild geese and for this purpose he always kept behind the "entry" door an old flint lock Queens Arm and a bored-out .Spring- field rifle ever loaded. It is said that the only chance he ever had to shoot any geese was on a foggy morning when a flock flew low be- tween his barn and house. Never thinking of his guns, he ran out, seized a stick of wood from the fuel-pile and let it go at the disap- pearing birds. The proof of this story lies in the fact that the guns are still in the posses- sion of his grandson, though the charges have been drawn. He w'as noted in the neighbor- hood as a drummer. He married in Decem- ber, 1829, to Minerva Converse, of Freeport, Maine. She was a woman of marked social gifts, and was especially noted as a skilful whist-player. She was a descendant of Cap- tain George Rogers, was a daughter of Dr. John and Sally (Hanson) Converse, of Dur- ham, Maine, and was born February 2^, 1807, in Durham. One of her relatives, named Rog- ers, was an officer during the war of 1812, probably on the ship "Enterprise," and among the relics preserved by her descendants is a • round mahogany dining-table that was taken from the "Enterprise" or "Boxer" after the naval battle of Portland in 1813. Mrs. Ken- dall died in Freeport in 1881 at the age of seventy-five years. She was devoted to her grandchildren and it was due to her persistent insistence that her grandson, Dr. William C. Kendall, of Washington, D. C, was kept in school. Her children were : William Pote, John Converse, Sarah and Horatio. . (VIII) William Pote, eldest child of Will- iam Rogers and Minerva (Converse) Kendall, was born .\ugust 12, 1831, in Freeport, and died March i, igoi. By trade he was a painter and was employed almost exclusively on the ships built during the heighth of that industry, for which Freeport was for a long time noted. After the decline of ship-building he engaged in painting buildings and was also a grainer, paper-hanger and glazier. He took 1284 STATE OF MAINE. little interest in public affairs and was not identified with any church or fraternal or- ganization outside of the Grand Army Post at Freeport, of which he was a past com- mander and chaplain. Shortly after the out- break of the civil war, with his brother John C, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Maine \'ohintecrs, in which he had the rank of corporal and in which his brother became major. William P. Kendall nearly lost his life of typhoid fever at Arlington, and re- tired from the service after the expiration of the nine months for which he had enlisted. The brother re-enlisted in the Thirtieth Regi- ment and became captain of his company. William P. Kendall found his chief recre- ations in fishing for brook trout and hunting grouse. He married Mary Frances, daughter of Barnabas Bartol and Mary (Cofifin) Carver, and granddaughter of Seth and Jane (Brown) Carver, of Freeport. She was born February 24, 1832, and resides in Freeport. Their chil- dren were : William Converse, Nathan Nye, Fanny G. and Sarah Schieffelin. The elder be- came the wife of Arthur Grant, of Freeport, and died one day previous to her husband. The younger is the wife of Linwood E. Porter, of Freeport, and has two daughters, Vivian Kendall and Frances. (IX) William Converse, elder son of Will- iam P. and Mary Frances (Carver) Kendall, was born April 4, 1861, in Freeport, and spent his early life in that town. In his schooldays he seldom had even a summer vaca- tion, being kept in a private school after the public schools were closed. As soon as he was old enough he was the constant companion of his father in fishing and hunting expeditions, developed a great enthusiasm in those sports and is still fond of traversing the fields where he spent so much time with his father. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1885, with a degree of A. B., and received the degree of A. M. from that institution in i8go. He en- tered the medical school of Georgetown Uni- versity, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1896. For a few years he was engaged in school-teaching, and in 1889 joined the United States fish com- mission, with which he is still connected as naturalist. His numerous scientific papers have appeared mainly in the bulletins and reports of the commission and in the pro- ceedings of the United States National Mu- seum. He has, however, contributed articles on natural history subjects and short stories to the popular magazines. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment uf Science, a member of Washington Academy of Science, the Washington Biologi- cal Society, Maine Ornithological Society, American Fisheries Society, American For- estry Association, Portland (Maine) Society of Natural History, and was for some time an associate member of the American Ornitho- logists Union. He was formerly a member of A. C. Pray Camp, No. 2, Sons of Veterans, of Auburn, Maine, and is one of the founders of the Geological Society of Washington, from which organizations he resigned after a mem- bership of about two years each. In college he was a member of the Fraternity, Theta Delta Chi. He is a member of the Harra- seeket Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Pythias, of Freeport, Maine, and of Freeport Lodge, No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons, in which both his great-grandfather and grandfather were presiding officers, and is also a member of the Maine Grange. Dr. Kendall was married April 3, 1893, in Washington, to Ida Wilhel- mina, daughter of Henry Aschenbach, of that city, and they have one child, Minerva ( Con- verse) Kendall, born June 29, 1897, in Wash- ington. (IX) Nathan Nye, younger son of William P. and Mary Frances (Carver) Kendall, was born April 15, 1864, in Freeport, where he now resides. He married Linnie Marston, of Freeport, and they have a son, Lloyd Mayne. (For preceding generations see John Kendall I.) (IV) Samuel, son of Thomas KENDALL Kendall, was born October 29, 1682. He married Eliza- beth . Giildren, all born in Woburn : I. Rev. Samuel, born June 30, 1708, married Annie Green; died January 31, 1792: pastor of church at New Salem. Massachusetts, many years. 2. James, born April 28, 17 10, married (first) Lydia ; (second) July 21, 1735, Sarah Richardson; (third) March i, 1740, Lydia Richardson; died November 25, 1796. 3. Josiah, born September i, 1712, mentioned below. 4. Ezekiel, born March 14, 171 5. mar- ried (first) March 3, 1742, Hannah Pierpont; (second) December 21, 1752, Mary May; died December 28, 1802. 5. Timothy, born March 23, 171 7, married, November 13, 1740, Esther Walker; died July 21, 1780. 6. Elizabeth, born September 3, 1719, married John Brooks. 7. Jonas, born March 10, 1721. married, August 8, 1751, Elizabeth Bennet ; died July 22, 1799. 8. Sarah, born April 16. 1723, married John Kendall. 9. Susanna, born July 5, 1724. un- married. 10. Obadiah, born September 3, 1725, married, October 17, 1755. Elizabeth STATE OF MAINE. 1285 Miles; died February 10, 1841. 11. Jesse, born May 15, 1727, married Elizabeth Evans; dietl April 14, 1797. 12. Seth, born January 4, 1728-29, married Deborah ; died July 5, 1790. 13. Abigail, born February 27, 1730-31, married Jacob Pierce. 14. Ephraim, bom November 9, 1732, died February 16, ^733- 15- Jerusha, born February 13, 1734-35' married Reuben Richardson Jr., of Woburn. (V) Josiah, son of Samuel Kendall, was born in Woburn, September i, 1712. He re- moved to Lancaster soon after his marriage and settled, with two brothers, in the west parish, on Chocksett hill, later known as Ken- dall hill. His homestead is or was lately owned by Daniel and James F. Kendall, direct descendants. He was admitted to the church January 13, 1745. He was selectman from 1743 to 1746, inclusive, also from 1777 to 1781. He was a man of strong convictions, and often was in trouble on account of his quick tongue. He had a controversy with the pastor of the church, but was exonerated from all blame in the trial of the case. It is said that when he differed with any statement that the pastor made in his sermon he would sig- nify his disapproval by rapping on the pew in a very decided and telling manner. He was an ardent patriot and a leading man in the cause of liberty. He purchased in 1777 land known as the Charlestown grant. He mar- ried, March 17, 1736, Tabitha Wyman, born April 7, 1714, died April 22, 1800. He died July 22, 1785. Their gravestones are in the old cemetery at the foot of Kendall hill. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Wyman, among the first settlers of Woburn : Children: i. Josiah, born j\Iay 3, 1738, mar- ried, March 26, 1760, Esther Sawyer; died January 10, 1816. 2. Heman, born May 20, 1740, mentioned below. 3. Lucy, born No- vember 3, 1743, married (first) July 8, 1762, Stephen Smith; (second) June 30, 1779, Jona- than Whitney; died October 11, 1817. 4. Ethan, born September 25, 1748, married, July 4, 1771, Thankful Moore; died Septem- ber 22. 1834. 5. Esther, born January 23, 1750, died March 10. 1756. (VI) Heman, son of Josiah Kendall, born May 20, 1740, died June 9, 1800. He resided in that part of Sterling known as the "Leg," and a portion of his farm was bounded by the Holden line. He was a soldier in the revo- lution, at one time stationed in New York. He died intestate. He married, June 20, 1765, Mary Fairbanks, born February 22, 1744, died July 18, 1827, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Fairbanks, of Lancaster. Thev are buried in the Leg cemetery, and his grave- stone contains the following stanza : "Why do we mourn departed friends. Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, To call them to his arms." Children, the first four born at Westminster, the others at Lancaster: i. Abel, born June 19, 1766, married, February 6, 1791, Betty Wilder; married (second) April 4, 1816, Mrs. Polly Brewster; died i\lay 29, 1825. 2. Molly, born April 21, 1768; married Jeremiah Burpee Jr.; died April 7, t8oi. 3. Lucy, born June 8, 1770, married Theodore Gibbs; died Novem- ber 22, 1865. 4. Dolly, born August 6, 1772, married Fortunatus Eager; married (second) Helon Brooks; died March 8, 1835. 5. Eunice, born June 11, 1774, married Mannasseh Houghton ; died February 28, 1857. 6. Susey, born December 11, 1776, married. May 28, 1800, Nathaniel Smith, of Dana. 7. Nathan, born August 11, 1779, mentioned below. 8. Azubah, born April 3, 1781, married Theo- philus Eveleth; died 1839. 9. Heman, born July 22, 1783, married (first) Submit Tuttle; (second) Mrs. Sarah H. Brooks; died Au- gust 28, 1857. 10. Betty, born June 16, 1785, died unmarried April 28, 1821. 11. Peter, born May 12, 1787, married, December 28, 1814, Susanna Keyes ; died April 8, 1817. ( YII) Nathan, son of Heman Kendall, born August II, 1779, died October 4, 1869. He settled in Alfred, Maine, in 1807, and was a merchant. He held the following military commissions: Captain, March 23, 1812, by Caleb Strong, governor and commander-in- chief of Massachusetts: major, April 6, 1813; colonel, October 15, 1816, by John Brooks, governor. He was deacon of the Congrega- tional church from 1822 to the time of his death. He married, March 7, 1812, Lydia Emerson, born April 17, 1789, died February 23, 1850, daughter of Joseph L. and Lydia (Durrell) Emerson, of Topsfield. Lydia w:as daughter of Major Durrell, of Kennebunk, Maine. Children: i. Nathan Otis, born May I, 1 81 3, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born July I, 1816, died July 28, 1816. 3. Mary Elizabeth, born April 17, 1818. 4. Lydia Emerson, born February 22, 1820, married, March 16, 1841, Benjamin Franklin Chad- bourne. 5. Joseph Augustus, born May 7, 1823, married, December 9, 1849, Mary Anna Cole. 6. Sarah Maria, born April 20, 1825, living in Alfred : graduate of the public schools and academy ; member of the Con- gregational church at Alfred. (Vni) Nathan Otis, son of Nathan Ken- dall, born May i, 1813, died October i, 1878. 1286 STATE OF MAINE. He settled in Sanford, Maine, but soon re- moved to Saco, and in 1847 to Biddeford, Maine. He was a merchant. He married, October i, 1844, Susan Eliza Lowe, born February 21, 1819, daughter of Captain Jo- seph and Susanna Lowe, of York, Maine. Children: i. LeRoy Sidney, born April 30, 1846, in Sanford, married, March 28, 1878, Dora A. Whittier, of Allsworth, Maine, born September 27, 1855. 2. Lelia Florence, born February 2, 1850, in Biddeford, married, Au- gust 19, 1873, Rev. John D. Emerson, born ]\iay 29, 1828; children: i. Winifred Emer- son, born September 24, 1874; ii. Ralph Otis Emerson, born March 3, 1876; iii. Leon Lowe Emerson, born February 13, 1878; iv. Alfreda Emerson, born October 10, 1880. 3. Lucius Harvey, mentioned below. (IX) Lucius Harvey, son of Nathan Otis Kendall, was born in Biddeford, ^Maine, Jan- uary I, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of Biddeford, graduating from the high school in 1869. He learned the trade of merchant tailor and followed it for a number of years. Owing to ill health he gave up his business and engaged in the manufacture of bricks in order to have an outdoor occupa- tion. In 1890 he entered partnership with J. H. Dearborn, in the manufacture of ladies' shoes, under the firm name of Dearborn & Kendall, and continued for years, when he withdrew from the firm and since then has devoted his attention to the care and improve- ment of his real estate. Colonel Kendall has been ])romincnt in military affairs, and is one of the best-known militia officers of the state. Lie enlisted in the Biddeford Light Infantry in 1876: was elected second lieutenant Au- gust 30. 1876: fir.st lieutenant ^lay 27, 1880: captain December 31, 1880. He was ap- pointed commissary with the rank of major on the staff of Governor Joshua L. Chamber- lain, February 20, 1884, but the legislature of 1885 failed to choose a successor to General Chamberlain: he resigned and was discharged March 31, 1885. A few months later, Au- gust 18, 1885, he was unanimously elected to his old command, captain of the Biddeford Infantry. He rose finally to the rank of colo- nel, being elected in 1889, and held that com- mission for eighteen _\'ears, and served at the head of his regiment in the Spanish war in 1898. He was retired with rank of briga- dier-general, August 6, 1907. In politics Colonel Kendall is a Republican. He has been candidate of his party for mayor of Bid- deford several times and received a handsome vote, though his party was in the minority. He was a state senator in 1889, and has been influential and prominent in the councils of his party for many years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, of Biddeford, of Lodge of Odd Fellows and of York En- campment and Canton J. H. Dearborn. He is a prominent Free -Mason, member of Dunlap Lodge, of Biddeford; of York Chapter, Royal ^•Vrch JMasons ; of Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters. He is an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church of Biddeford. He married, August 26, 1874, Fannie Adesta Lee Hall, born August 25, 1856, in Levviston, daughter of John Randall and Rebecca (Lee) Hall. Children, born in Biddeford: i. Clar- ence F., born January 15, 1876, mentioned be- low. 2. iMarion Hall, born November 20, 1893. ( X ) Dr. Clarence Fairbanks, son of Lucius Harvey Kendall, w'as born at Biddeford, Jan- uary 15, 1876. He attended the public schools of his native city, graduating from its high school June 25, 1894, and from Bowdoin Col- lege in the class of 1898. He studied his pro- fession in the Maine Medical College, gradu- ating with the degree of M. D. in 1901. He practiced medicine the following year in Bid- deford ; then accepted the appointment of house doctor in the Maine General Hospital in Port- land for one year. He located then at Jones- port, Washington county, Maine, but in 1905 returned to his native city and since then has practiced successfully in Biddeford. In poli- tics Dr. Kendall is a Republican. He has served the city as city physician. He is a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons, of Biddeford, in 1907 was senior w^arden of that lodge, and in December, 1907, was elected master of lodge. He is a member of the Bid- deford and Saco Medical Club, the York County Medical Society, the Maine ]\Iedical Society and the American iMedical Society : is assistant surgeon of the medical department of tbe national guard of the state. He at- tends the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, December 30. 1903, Annie L, Norton, born January 25, 1880, daughter of Thomas P. and Matilda L. (Pittman) Nor- ton, of Jonesport. Children: i. Lucia .\., born November 29, 1904. 2. Otis A., No- vember 23, 1906. This family traces its .\mer- SAFFORD ican ancestry from Thomas Saft"ord, the immigrant, to Ipswich, ^Massachusetts Colony, through a long line prominent in the formation and ad- vancement of the growth of the American STATE OF MAINE. i-'87 colonies, and on the record of each the verdict : "He did what he could for the betterment of the human kind with which he was brought in contact" is true and just. From the Eng- lish ancestral record.s we find that the sur- name occurrs frequently in the early part of the thirteenth century and appears to be of Saxon derivation. The name appears in the inscription engraved on the seal of an ancient town on the English coast, and reads as fol- lows : "Sigillum Burgensium de Saffordia." It also appears among the lists of immigrants who came from England to the Colony of Virginia between 1613 and 1623. (I) Thomas Saflford was born in Suffolk county, England, and first appeared in Ips- wich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, prior to 1630. He owned land in Ipswich before xApril 6, 1641 ; was made a freeman by the general court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Decem- ber ig, 1648. He died February 20, 1667, having before his death made provision for the certain support of his widow and unmarried daughters, directing that a fixed amount should be paid to them annually out of the first proceeds from the product of his farm of sixty acres and this annuity to be continued during the life of his widow and her depend- ent daughters. His widow, Elizabeth, died March 4, 1671, in Ipswich. Their children were: i. Joseph, born in Ipswich in 1631. 2. John, see forward, and the three daughters for whom provision was made in his will were : Elizabeth, Mary and Abigail. (II) John, second son of Thomas and Eliza- beth Safford, was born in Ipswich in 1633. He evidently lived on the farm of his father and was engaged in its cultivation probably in partnership with his brother Joseph, and be- fore his death made provision similar to that made by his father, by which his wife, Sarah, and daughter were placed beyond danger of want in any contingency, by an annuity to be paid out of the product of the farm, and his wife joined him in the conveyance of the sixty-acre farm on such condition, the deed being signed by them September 5, 1665. He and his wife Sarah had children: i. Sarah, born July 14, 1664, died July 21, 171 2. 2. Margaret, February 28, 1666. 3. Rebecca, August 30, 1667. 4. Mary, February 26, i66g. 5. Elizabeth, February 27, 1671. 6. Thomas, see forward. 7. Joseph, March 12, 1675- (III) Thomas (2), eldest son and sixth child of John and Sarah Safiford, was born in Ipswich, October 16. 1672. He lived on the farm cultivated by his ancestors and added to it by the purchase of six or more parcels of land. He married (first) October 7, 1698, Elinor Setchwell, who died December 22, 1724. Their children were: i. Sarah, born March 29, 1701, died July 10, 1702. 2. Thom- as, see forward. 3. Joseph, March, 1704-05. 4. Daniel, 1706. 5. John. 6. Nathan, March 16, 1712. 7. James, June 2-], 17 14. 8. Steph- en. March 10, 1716-17. 9. Titus, baptized February 24, 1722-23, died April 11, 1729. Thomas Safi'ord married (second) June 29, 1725, Sarah Scott, of Rowley, Massachusetts, who bore him no children. (IV) Thomas (3), eldest son and second • child of Thomas (2) and Elinor (Setchwell) Safford, w-as born in Ipswich, April 28, 1703. He married Sarah Dresser; child, Moses, see forward. (V) Moses, son of Thomas Jr. (3) and Sarah (Dresser) Safiford, was born in Ips- wich, July, 1746. He removed to York, Maine, m 1768. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Nathan Hood, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and had children : John, born in York, :\Iaine, September 19, 1769, married and had chil- dren: I. Moses, see forward. 2. Jeremiah, born May 20, 1772, not named in his father's will and presumably died before the making of the testament, as there is no record of his adult life. 3. Israel Putnam, August 14, 1775, mar- ried and had children. Moses married (sec- ond) i\Iay 3, 1777, Mary, daughter of An- drew Sargent, of York, Maine, and had chil- dren: 4. Thomas, April 5, 1778. 5. Elizabeth, November 12, 1780. (\T) Moses (2), second son and child of Moses (i) and Mary (Hood) Saflford, was born in York. Maine, March 9, 1771, and died in Kitter}', Maine, April 28, 1816. He or- ganized the first Christian (Disciples) Church, of Kittery, in 1805, with the co-operation of Ephraim Stinchfield, of New Gloucester, and was pastor of the church for about ten vears, nearly to the time of his death. He married Sarah, daughter of Roger and Abigail (Ger- rish) Mitchell, of Kittery, and granddaughter of Robert Eliot Gerrish and "of Roger and > Mary (Goold) Mitchell. Sarah Mitchell was born August 14, and baptized August 20, 1776, and died July 7, 1845. They had chil- dren: I. Roger Mitchell, born in Kittery, July 31, 1795; served as a soldier during the war of 1 81 2 and died a prisoner of war in Dartmoor Prison, England, 1814. 2. Mary Hood. September 2, 1797, married James Pet- tigrew. 3. Sarah Ann, September 6, 1799. 4. Abigail Mitchell, July 30, 1801. 5. Moses, June 22, 1804, died June i, 1823. 6. Edward 1288 STATE OF MAINE. Bearing, see forward. 7. Robert Gerrish, Jan- uary 4, 1809, died in Springfield, Wisconsin, October 16, 1891 ; be married Louisa Boston. of York, Maine, and had children : Robert H., Mary A., Louisa and Alice. 8. Hannah Jane, October 29, 181 1, died in October, 1820. (VH) Edward Bearing, third son and sixth child of Moses (2) and Sarah (Mitchell) Saf- ford, was born in Kittery, Maine, July 17, 1806, and died in the same town, August 19, 1856. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was nine years of age, leaving home at that time to become a sailor, and as he became older was advanced through the various grades until he attained the rank of master mariner in command of a ship. While living on shore he learned and carried on the business of blacksmith. His interest in politics made him a useful and active member of the Bemocratic party and he served his town on the board of aldermen, and repre- sented Kittery in the legislature of the state of Maine in 1851-52-33. He was a con- sistent and earnest member of the Baptist church and held the office of deacon for sev- eral years prior to his death. The evils of intemperance which he had witnessed in his career on the sea led him to take an active part in temperance organization and he was a member of the Sons of Temperance many years, filling at various times all the positions of honor and the offices in the executive work of the order. He married, Becember 22, 1832, Mary R., daughter of Bavid and Anna (Wilson) Lewis, granddaughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Haley) Lewis, and a descendant in a direct line of John Lewis, the immigrant settler in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, 1640. She was born in Kittery, Maine, January 7, 1808, and died there September 2, i860. The children of Edward Bearing and Mary R. (Lewis) Saflford were: i. Moses At- wood, see forward. 2. Edward F., born Au- gust 29, 1835, died October 16, 1898, having been the proprietor of the Pepperell Hotel at Kittery Point for many years ; he married, March 15, 1868, Eunice G. Seward. 3. John S., September 21, 1837, is now living at Kit- tery Point; he married. May 12, 1857, Lizzie G. Frost. 4. Ann Mary, March i, 1845, "J'S*^' in infancy. (Vni) Moses Atwood, eldest child of Ed- ward Bearing and Mary R. (Lewis) SafTord, was born at Kittery Point, Maine, Septem- ber 28, 1833. He attended the public schools of Kittery, was graduated from the high school and later became a student at the New Hampton Literary Institute, New Hampton, New Hampshire. He served as page in the house of representatives, at Augusta, Maine, in 1853; clerk in the office of the secretary of state during the regime of Governor Wells, 1856; read law with Stillman B. Allen, of Kittery, and in the office of Josiah H. Brum- mond, of Waterville, Maine, and was admit- ted to the bar in September, 1861. In that year he volunteered in the United States navy as yeoman on board the ship "Constellation," Portsmouth navy yard, then fitting out for service, and was subsequently ordered to the Mediterranean Sea, where, after some years' cruising, the ship was ordered to join Far- ragut's squadron at Mobile Bay, the ship being placed out of commission in January, 1865, and was later used as a school-ship at Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. SafTord resumed the prac- tice of law after being discharged in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1865, opening an office at Kit- tery, and in addition to his law practice dis- charged the duties of clerk in the United States navy yard for a time. He succeeded to the practice of Francis Bacon, of Kittery, in 1871, and for more than twenty years his was the only law office in the place. He is a Re- publican in party politics and has served as selectman of the town, town agent, superin- tendent of schools, member of school com- mittee, register of probate for York county, 1877-85, and representative in the state legis- lature in 1907. He is president of the Rice Public Library, of Kittery, having been a leading spirit in securing this institution to the town, and served as chairman of the build- ing committee. He was one of the organizers of the Piscataqua Pioneers and served as first president of that body. He affiliates with the Masonic fraternity as a member of Naval Lodge, No. 184, of Kittery, was a commander of E. G. Parker Post, No. 99, Grand Army of the Republic, and has served in the state and National department offices, in the couiicil of administration and holds the office of judge advocate and inspector. He has represented the state in the National Encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic for many years, and in meetings of local, state and national council he was a recognized leader. In early life he was a member of the Free Baptist church of Kittery, but later associated hituself with the Protestant Episcopal church, becom- ing a communicant of Christ church, Ports- mouth. He married, November 29, 1866, Catherine Cecelia, daughter of John H. and Fanny (Keen) Bellamy, granddaughter of John and Tamsen (Haley) Bellamy and great-grand- / /mm>. STATE OF MAINE. 1289 daughter of John and Alary (Burnham) Bellamy. John Bellamy Sr. was a resi- dent of New Haven, Connecticut, and probably a son of Matthew Bellamy. Cath- erine Cecelia Bellamy was born in Kit- tery. Maine, December 13, 1830, and died in the same town, December 5, 1907. Upon the death of her father, September 22, 1831, her mother married Charles G. Bellamy, brother of her deceased husband, and by this marriage eight children were born between April, 1836, and October, 185 1. Moses At- wood and Catherine Cecelia (Bellamy) Saf- ford had children: i. Moses Victor, born in Kittery, 1867, was graduated Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in i8go, and Doctor of ]\Ie(licine from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He was a practising physician in New York City ; surgeon of the Department of Emigration on Ellis Island, New York Harbor, for several years, and is now surgeon of the United States emigration department in Boston, Massachu- setts. He married, October 5, 1899, Mary Westaway Steward. 2. Mary Bellamy, Jan- uary 29, 1869, resides with her father in Kit- tery. 3. Edward Hart, July 20, 1871, died March 31, 1904; was graduated Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1894, and Bachelor of Laws from the Boston University Law School in 1897: he practiced law in Bos- ton up to the time of his death. 4. Stanley, October 27, 1872, died in infancy. George Vaughan, immigrant VAUGHAN ancestor, was born in Eng- land in 1621, died October 20, 1694, at Middleborough, Massachusetts. He married, in 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Hincksman, of Marshfield. She died June 24, 1693, aged sixty-three. He settled first in Scituate as early as 1653 and removed to Middleborough in 1663. He appears to have had a liking for litigation, as he appears frequently in the court records, both as plain- tiff and defendant. For a time he resided at Marshfield also. He was appointed on a committee June i, 1669, with William Cro- w'ell. to determine the boundary line between Nantasket Men's Land, called the Major's Purchase, and the towns of Marshfield, Dux- bury and Bridgewater. He kept the first li- censed ordinary in the town. In 1671 he w^as placed on a committee to view the damage done by horses and dogs of the English to property of the Indians. He bought part of the land in the Twenty-six Men's Purchase. He" was one of the town garrison in King Philip's war. His will was dated June 30, 1694, and proved November 10, 1694. His house was in that part of Middleborough known as Nappanucket. Children: i. Eliza- beth, born April 8, 1653. 2. Joseph, August 20, 1654, mentioned below. 3. Daniel. 4. John, 1658, drowned at the age of eighteen. 5. Mary, married, 1683, Jonathan Washburn. (II) Captain Joseph, son of George Vaughan, was born in Middleborough, Au- gust 20, 1654, died there March 2, 1734. He married, May 7, 1680, Joanna Thomas, who died April 11, 1718, aged sixty-one. He mar- ried (second) December 2, 1720, Mrs. Mercy Fuller, widow of Jabez Fuller. (Married by Peter Thatcher.) He was ensign of the Mid- dleborough military company as early as 1706, and lieutenant in 1712. His house was known as the Captain Nathaniel Wilder house and he owned much land in the town. He owned a share in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase also. Children: i. Elisha, born February 7, 1681, lived in Middleboro. 2. Jabez, April 30, 1682, mentioned below. 3. George, October 3, 1683, married (first) Rebecca— , who died Feb- ruary I, 1718-19; married (second) Faithful — , who died April 5, 1753, aged sixty- six. 4. Ebenezer, February 22, 1684. 5. Elizabeth, March 7, 1686, married, December, 171 1. 6. Hannah, November 18, 1688, died April 6, 171 5. 7. Joseph, October 2, 1690, died April 5, 1718. 8. John, September 8, 1692, married, February 19, 1718, Jerusha Wood, at Middleborough. 9. Mary, October 6, 1694. 10. Josiah, February 2, 1698-99, died February 13, 1723-24. 11. Joanna, January 26, 1701-02. (III) Jabez, son of Joseph Vaughan, was born in Rliddleborough, April 30, 1692. He married, November 23, 1710, Deborah Ben- nett and resided in i\Iiddleborough. Children, born there: i. Daniel, born October 29, 1712, died young. 2. Elizabeth, September 21, 1713, died March 22, 1714. 3. Hannah, July 6, 1716, died September 15, 1716. 4. Deborah, September 11, 1717. 5. Daniel (twin), April 9, 1719. 6. Joanna (twin), April 9, 1719. 7. Jabez (twin), September 7, 1722, mentioned below. 8. Ebenezer (twin), September 7, 1722. (IV) Jabez (2), son of Jabez (i) Vaughan, was born in Middleborough, September 7, 1722. (V) Jabez (3), believed to be son of Jabez (2) Vaughan, was an early settler in Pomfret, Vermont. A Lieutenant Jabez Vaughan was a soldier in the revolution from Lyme, New Hampshire, in 1775, in Colonel David Ho- 1290 STATE OF MAINE. bart's regiment. Jabez \'aughan was in Cap- tain Bartholomew's Vermont company in the revolution, 1781. According to the federal census of 1790, the only family of this sur- name in Pomfret was that of Jabez. He had two sons under sixteen and three females in his family at the time. (VI) Jonah, son of Jabez (3) X'aughan. was born August 15, 1781, at Pomfret, and died at New Vineyard, Maine, May 24, 1855. He removed to New Vineyard when a young man and had a farm there. He also owned a saw-mill and a grist-mill at New Vineyard. He married Rebecca Morton, born in Middle- borough, Massachusetts, September 25, 1785, died July 10, 1845. Children: 1. Ira, born July 12, 1807, died February 9, 1849. 2. Zephaniah, July 10, 181 1, mentioned below. 3. Jonah Jr., October 10, 1813, died June, 1894. 4. Daniel, April 17, 1817, died August 2, 1885. 5. Joseph D., December 17, 1819, died December 5, 1889. 6. William, Septem- ber 10, 1822, died March 20, 1877. 7. George M., March 11, 1825, died Jime 23, 1884. All the children were born at New Vineyard. (VII) Hon. Zephaniah, son of Jonah Vaughan, was born in New Vineyard, July 10, 181 1, died June 17, 1882. He was educated in the common schools. He helped his father on the homestead and later cleared his own farm. He learned the trade of carpenter, and in addition to his farming was a builder dur- ing his active life. He built many of the houses and mills in New Vineyard. He was a prominent citizen there. After the organiza- tion of the Republican party he was a zealous supporter of its principles and candidates. He was a selectman for several years and held various other offices of trust and honor in the town. He represented his district in the state legislature two terms and was state senator one term, serving on important committees. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and active in the Free-will Baptist church. He married (first) July 30, 1832, Catherine L. Johnson, who died May 2, 1839. He married (second) October 9, 1839, Clarissa McLain, born at New Vineyard, December 14, 18 15, died October 4, 1870, daughter of Charles and Betsey (Merchant) McLain, and granddaugh- ter of Ichabod McLain, a revolutionary sol- dier of Scotch origin. Children of first wife : I. Melville, born July 11, 1833, died February 25, 1 90 1. 2. Augustus, October 21, 1836, died March 18, 1879; served in the civil war in Company G, Seventeenth Maine Regiment, and took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Gettysburg and Antietam, among others. Children of second wife : 3. Sylvester, Novem- ber 4, 1840, served in the same company at the same time, three years, as his brother Au- gustus. 4. Rebecca P., January 9, 1842. 5. Charles M., October 7, 1843, served one year in the navy in the civil war. 6. Roscoe, Octo- ber 10, 1845. 7. Zephaniah, June 5, 1848. 8. Jonah, April 30, 1851. 9. Catherine L., August 20, 1853. 10. William, mentioned be- low. (V'lllj Rev. William, son of Zephaniah Vaughan, was born in New Vineyard, Maine, September 21, 1855. He attended the public schools of his native town, Wilton Academy, Kent's Hill Seminary, completing his prepara- tion for college in New Brunswick, New Jer- sey. He graduated in 1881 with the degree of A. B. from Rutgers College, at New Bruns- wick. He then entered the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, where he was grad- uated in the class of- 1883. His first charge was the Dutch Reformed church of Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1883. He resigned this pastorate in 1888, to become pastor of the Col- legiate Reformed Church in New York City and continued until 1902, when on account of failing health he resigned and removed to Bel- fast, Maine. Here, by request of his neigh- bors, services were held in a schoolhouse, and from this small beginning grew Trinity Re- formed Church, a congregation organized un- der and belonging to the Classis of New York City, with Mr. Vaughan as the first pastor. The church has been singularly prosperous and useful during the period of his ministry. The congregation numbers thirty-six mem- bers and has built on Searsport avenue a neat, beautiful stone building, in which they wor- ship. In addition to his pastoral duties he has conducted a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, and until recently has carried on a large dairy business. In politics Mr. Vaughan is a Republican. He is a member of Phenix Lodge of Free Masons, Belfast. He married, August 30, 1883, Amanda Irene, born in Farmington, Maine, October 22, 1856, daugh- ter of Moores J. and Irene Bass, of Farm- ington IMaine. Children: i. Otto Bass, born in Farmington, July 23, 1884, graduate of Trade School of New York City; assists father in management of the farm. 2. Clarissa Belle, born in Jer- sey City, January i, 1886, graduate of the Belfast high school. 3. William Jr., born in Jersey City, January 23, 1888, educated in the Belfast public schools, a graduate of high school, student in LTniversity of Maine, at Orono, class of 1912. 4. Donald Wentwo;;th, STATE OF MAINE. 1 291 born in New York City, April 7, 1893. 5. Malcolm, born in New York City, November 15, 1894. 6. Austin Knox, born in Farming- ton, Maine, June 8, 1899. Edward Ingraham, immi- INGRAHAM grant of this line of In- graliams, was born in Eng- land, probably in 1721, came to this country when a young man and settled in York, Maine. He died at Kittery, March 6, 1807. (See Necrology of York, Historical Deeds, \'ol. 10, Series H.) He married Lydia, daughter of Joseph Holt, of York. The records of York of that time show that he was the proprietor of the village inn, was a highly respected citi- zen, and took an interest in all that pertained to the welfare of the town. He was a man of quiet and retiring manners and was promi- nent in the affairs of the village church. Chil- dren : I. Elizabeth, born August 6, 1743. 2. Edward, January i, 1746. 3. Lydia. March 28, 1749. 4. Joseph Holt, February 10, 1752. 5. Mary. May 14, 1755. 6. Ruth, October 22, 1758- 7- William, September 25. 1761. (H) Joseph Holt, .son of Edward and Ly- dia (Holt) Ingraham. was born in York. Feb- ruary 10, 1752, and his early youth was spent in his native town. In 1768, when only six- teen years of age. he moved to Portland and established himself in the silversmith's trade. By his industry and thrift he built up a large business, but reverses followed through no fault of his. He lived in a troublous time, for no sooner did he move to Portland than the germs of the revolutionarv war were be- ginning to take root. In 1775 Captain Mow- att bombarded and burned the town and the comfortable home of Joseph Holt Ingraham was laid in ashes. Not discouraged, however, he erected in 1777 the first dwelling-house in Portland after the bombardment. (See Wil- lis' History of Portland, page 550.) His in- vestments must have taken the form largelv of real estate, as the early records show he had large holdings in this line. In 1793 he built Ingraham wharf, now called Commercial wharf. In 1799 he laid out State street with its beautiful rows of trees which makes it to-day a magnificent residential street of which the city of Portland is justly proud. He gave this street from Congress to the har- bor to the town of Portland, and it is this gift which places him among the greatest bene- factors and public-spirited citizens of Port- land. He also opened Market street from IMiddle to Fore. In 1801 he built the beau- tiful house on the easterly corner of State and Danforth streets, which in later years has been known as the Churchill and Dole House. In addition to his magnificent gift of State street to the city of Portland, he gave other valuable property, and the early records of the city clerk's office speak of his generosity. In 1805 he gave a lot of land on the corner of Milk and Market streets, where the armory now stands, to be used for a market place. As evidence of his public spirit, there is in the deed conveying this property a clause which reads as follows: "With a view to serve the interests of the town and to accommodate the inhabitants thereof." 'Interested in the educa- tion of the youth of his day, he gave a lot of land on Spring street, near State, on which the town erected a schoolhouse. This lot is now used by the city for fire department pur- poses, being occupied by Engine Company No. 4. To show his love for Portland, there is in the deed conveying this property a clause which reads as follows : "In consideration of my regard and attachment for the town of Portland." His next gift was that of the three-acre lot on what is now Portland street, just west of Deerings Oaks, for the site of the City Alms House, and here that institution stood till 1905, when it was removed to the Deering district. He also gave his time and services for the public good of his town. For eleven years he served as one of the select- men and for ten years represented Portland in the general court of Massachusetts when Maine was a part of that commonwealth. He w-as married three times; married (first) Alarch i, 1775, .Abigail, of Portland, daugh- ter of James Milk. One child, James Milk. Abigail died May 17, 1783. (See Smith and Dean's Journals, page 353.) Married (sec- ond) in 1786, Lydia Stone, of Brunswick. Maine. She only lived a short time. They had one child, William Stone, who died at forty years of age, unmarried. Married (third). Ann Tate, in 1789. She was born March 18, 1767, died March 25, 1844. in Portland. (See Smith and Dean's Journal, page 250, and Willis' History of Portland, page 841.) She was a niece of Admiral Tate, of the Russian navy. Children of third mar- riage : I. Elizabeth Ross, born September 17, 1791. 2. John Hermiker, June i. 1793, died at twenty-four years of age. 3. George Tate, September 13. 1795. 4. .Samuel Parkman. No- vember 22, 1796. 5. Edward Tyng, Septem- ber 3, 1799, died 1828. 6. Holt, May 22, 1800, died October 2, 1877. 7. .Ann Tate, March 23, 1802, died February 26, 1844. 8. Joseph \\'hite. January 18, 1804, died at four- 1292 STATE OF MAINE. teen years of age. 9. Mary Little, September 13, 1806, died at about six years of age. 10. Lydia, died at fifteen years of age. 11. Na- thaniel, died at ten years of age. Joseph Holt Ingraham built and for years lived in the house now occupied by Mr. Elias Thomas on the corner of Danforth and Win- ter streets, and it was in this house that he died October 30, 1841, at the age of eighty- nine years. He was buried in the old In- graham tomb in the Eastern cemetery in Port- land, overlooking the scenes of his activities, the town he loved so well. (III) Samuel Parkman, son of Joseph H. and Ann (Tate) Ingraham, was born in Port- land, November 22, 1796, died there June 26, 1863. On June 15, 1825, he married Mary Adams, born October 15, 1798, in Thomaston, Maine, died in Portland, February 4, 1876. He was a merchant and always attended to his business in a quiet but successful way. He was in business in Haliowell, Maine, for sev- eral years, under the firm name of Ingraham, Smith & Company, which business was dis- solved August I, 1827. He then moved to Camden, Maine, where he continued in the business of a general store-keeper for some years and later moved to Portland. He took no part in public afifairs, but was respected and honored as a citizen. Their children were: i. George B. C, born June 22, 1826, in Haliowell, died May i, 1865, in Hono- lulu ; married a Pattengall, of Pembroke, Maine ; two children, Mary and Clara, who now live in Washington, D. C. 2. Lydia Adams, January 6, 1829, in Camden, died Au- gust 22, 1845, while a student at the Gor- ham Normal school. 3. Darius H., October 14, 1837, ill Camden. (IV) Darius Holbrook, son of Samuel P. and Mary (Adams) Ingraham, was born in Camden, Maine, October 14, 1837. He was educated at Bridgton Academy, and in 1853 received the appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he stayed for a year and a half, when ill health com- pelled him to resign. After regaining his health he studied law for one year in the office of John Neal, and completed his studies in the office of Deblois & Jackson, and was ad- mitted to the Cumberland bar in 1859. In • i860 he was elected clerk of the common council, and a member of the school committee, which position he held for three years. In 1876 he served as secretary' of the Democratic state committee, and later served on the con- gressional committee. In 1879 he was one of the representatives to the legislature from Portland. In July, 1885, he was appointed by President Cleveland consul at Cadiz, Spain, which position he held until October, 1889, when the administration changed. In 1892 he was elected mayor of Portland and in the same year was nominated by his party for congress. In June, 1893, he was appointed by President Cleveland consul-general to Hali- fax, Nova Scotia, where he remained until August, 1897, another change of administra- tion having taken place. In 1899 and in 1903 he was the Democratic nominee for mayor of Portland, and in 1908 one of the nominees for presidential elector. He is a member of the Cumberland Club and the Maine Historical Society. He married, June 25, 1868, Ella, daughter of William Moulton, of Portland. Children: i. Alice, born March 28, 1869. 2. William Moulton, November 2, 1870. (V) William Moulton, only son of Darius H. and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham, was born in Portland, November 2, 1870. He attended the public schools and fitted for college in the high school, from which he went to Bowdoin College, and there graduated with the class of 1895. He then attended Harvard Law School for one year and completed his legal studies in the office of Hon. Augustus F. Moulton, of Portland, and was admitted to the bar October 19, 1897, and has since been en- gaged in the practice of law in his native city. He traveled extensively in Europe in 1896 and 1900. On September 10, 1906, he was elected on the Democratic ticket judge of the probate court of Cumberland county for the term of four years, and assumed the duties of the office January i. 1907. He is a member of the Cumberland Club, also of the Maine Historical Society, the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution and American Bar Association. He married Jes- samine Phipps Damsel, in Evanston, Illinois, June I, 1901. She was born in Mansfield, Ohio, April i, 1877, daughter of William H. and Susan R. (Nace) Damsel. Mr. Damsel is vice-president of the Adams Express Com- pany. (For preceding generations see William Moulton I.) (V) Daniel (2), fifth son of MOULTON Captain Daniel (i) and Grace (Reynolds) Moulton. was born in Scarborough, May 25, 1764. died February 17, i8..;9. He was called "No finger Daniel" from the fact of his having lost the fingers on one hand. He lived at Scar- borough Corner, where John and William Moulton, his grandsons, now live. He mar- STATE OF MAINE. 1293 ried, November 20, 1790, Deborah Dyer, who died April 13, 1852. aged eighty. Children: James, John, Daniel, Gratia, William, Eliza, Morris, Mehitable and Dorcas. (VI) William, fourth son of Daniel (2) and Deborah (Dyer) Moulton, was born in Scarborough, March 27, 1801, died Decem- ber 28, 1868. He lived first on his father's place in Scarborough, afterwards removed to Hartford, Oxford county, and then to Port- land. He was called the "Duke of Scar- borough." He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Portland with Charles Rogers, and for years was president of the Cumberland National Bank. In politics he was a Democrat and although he never sought political office or took a very active part, he was always interested in whatever pertained to the welfare of the party. He was one of the nominees for presidential elector in i860. He was an attendant at High Street Congrega- tional church. He married, October 31, 1836, Nancy McLaughlin, daughter of Henry V. S. and Catherine (McLaughlin) Cumston, of Monmouth, Maine, but formerly of Scarbor- ough. Children: I. Sarah Cumston, born in Portland, January 11, 1838, died in that city, November 12, 1849. 2. Ella, born in Port- land, January 27, 1842, married Darius H. Ingraham (See Ingraham IV), June 25, 1868. Children: Alice, born March 28, 1869, and William Moulton, November 2, 1870 (See Ingraham V). 3. William Henry, born in Portland, March 18, 1852, graduated from the Portland high school, class of 1870, and from Bowdoin College in the class of 1874. He has been engaged in the banking business, and for years has been a director and president of the Cumberland National Bank, trustee of the Portland Savings Bank and vice-president and director in the Portland Gas Company. He has been interested in the Maine General Hos- pital and has served many years on the board of directors of that institution. He is a mem- ber of the Cumberland Club and the Maine Historical Society. On December 15, 1880, Mr. Moulton married Dora Adelaide Deering, oldest daughter of the late George W. Deer- ing, of Portland. She died in Portland, Jan- uary 21, 1904. The Cumston (formerly spelled Conip- ton) family arrived in this country from England as early as 1750 and settled in Bos- ton. The immigrants of this line of Cumstons were John and Elizabeth. Their children were John and Edward, twins, born February 10, 1752. and Henry, a half-brother of John and Edward, who was born in England and died in Boston. John and Edward served in the revolutionary war. They accompanied Arnold on his march to Quebec. John was a lieu- tenant in Captain Goodrich's company and was taken prisoner at the storming of Quebec. (See the diary of General Henry Dearborn in the Boston Public Library.) John Cumston married Sarah Moody, of Kittery, November 20, 1771. She was born June 15, 1753, died May 17, 1795. She was the niece of Sir Will- iam Pepperell, was brought up in his family and was highly cultivated and very beautiful in person. John Cumston died in Saco, Maine, April 26, 1787. Children: i. Henry Van Schaick, born August 22, 1782, died in Mon- mouth, Maine, iVIay 6, 1870. 2. Joshua Moody, August 8, 1784, died July 18, 1835. 3. John Greenleaf Clark, October 20, 1786, died January 31, 1787. (II) Henry Van Schaick, son of John and Sarah (Moody) Cumston, married Catherine McLaughlin, December 16, 1812. She was born July 3, 1785, died November 19, 1877. They were both from Scarborough. He repre- sented the town of Scarborough in the Maine legislature in 1824 and 1826 and the town of Monmouth in 1842, having moved to the lat- ter town in 1834. Children: i. Nancy ]Mc- Laughlin, born in Scarborough, August 11, 1814, died in Portland, January 21, 1898. She married William Moulton, of Scarborough, October 31, 1836 (see Moulton VI). Their children were : Sarah Cumston, born January 11, 1838, died November 12, 1849; Ella, Jan- uary 27, 1842, married Darius H. Ingraham, June 25, 1868 (See Ingraham IV) ; William Henry (See Moulton Genealogy), March 18, 1852. 2. Joshua, born May 16, 1816, died in Monmouth, July 9, 1891. 3. Robert Mc- Laughlin, born November 3, 1817, died of cholera at Panama while on his way to Cali- fornia, August 4, 1849. 4. Sarah, born Au- gust 9, 1820, died in Monmouth, January, 1900. 5. Charles McLaughlin, born January 12, 1824, died February 11, igo6. (Ill) Charles McLaughlin, youngest child of Henry \^an Schaick and Catherine (Mc- Laughlin) Cumston, was educated at ]\ Ion- mouth .\cademy and Bowdoin College, grad- uating from that institution in the class of 1843. After graduating he gave his atten- tion to teaching and made that his life's work. In 1844 he taught at Alfred .Academy, in 1845 at North Reading, Massachusetts, then at Wo- burn in 1846. In 1847 ^^^ became master of the North Phillips grammar school at Salem. Massachusetts, and in 1848 became usher in the English high school at Boston. He was 1294 STATE OF MAINE. elected sub-master in the same school in 1854, and in 1869 became head master, which po- sition he held until 1874, when he retired. In 1870 Bowdoin College conferred the degree of LL.D. upon him. Reference is hereby made for a more complete record of this family to the Cumston Genealogy written by Charles M. Cumston, in the Library of the Maine Genea- logical Society. There is no question what- CLE\"ELAND ever as to the antiquity of the English branches of the Cleveland family, which traces to one Thorkil de Cliveland, whose name appears in history about the time of the Norman con- quest ; and from that time coming down through the centuries there were those bear- ing the surname in some of its various ortho- graphical forms who were peers, dukes and earls, titles conferred by sovereigns as marks of royal favor, for deeds of valor in the wars or service to the crown in official station. With titles there also were coats-of-arms, some of them suggesting an ancient Welsh origin; and while all of these marks of dis- tinction were put away when the immigrant American ancestor crossed the Atlantic to the shores of this country, his numerous descend- ants look with satisfaction on these emblems of gentility in their family in ancient times. That which appears to be the accepted coat- of-arms of the Cleveland family of the branch under consideration in this place is thus de- scribed in Burke's "Peerage": "Per chevron sable and ermine, a chevron engrailed counter- changed." Crest: A demi old man proper, habited azure, having on a cap gules turned up with a fair front holding in the dexter hand a spear, headed argent, on the top of which is fixed a line proper, passing behind him, and coiled up in the sinister hand." Burke gives no motto, but three such at least are inscribed on the scrolls accompanying the arms : "Pro Deo at Patria" — For God and Country; "Semel et Semper" — Once and Always ; "Vin- cit Armor Patriae" — Love of Country Con- quers. Even greater antiquity is accorded the Cleve- land family than that suggested in a preceding paragraph, if we may accept the conclusions of students whose researches have carried back into the remote ages antedating the Christian era to B. C. 55, to Caesar, who led the Romans into Britain and subdued the aborigines, which conquest was made complete A. D. 72. Then the district now known as Cleveland, in York- shire, England, was given the name Caluvium, which name by the time of the Norman con- quest, 1066, had become Cliveland — a name descriptive of the region — and in the course of time became Cleveland, as now known, the seat of the family in the north riding of York- shire. Such in brief is a mere outline of pre-Amer- ican history of the Cleveland ancestor who transplanted the name into the fertile region of New England in the year 1635, and from whom has sprung a numerous family of de- scendants, now scattered from ocean to ocean, from the far north to the gulf on the extreme south ; and towns and cities have been named in allusion to his descendants, while one who bears this honorable name has been twice ele- vated to the highest seat in our national gov- ernment — in its character and dignity a seat as exalted as that of any foreign potentate. (I) Moyses Cleaveland — ^Moses Cleveland — the common ancestor of all who bear this surname and are of New England origin, went from Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, to London, and thence sailed for America in the year 1635, landing at Plymouth or Bos- ton, then being, according to family tradition, about eleven years old, for the court files in Woburn in 1663 state his age as thirty-nine. There are various traditions regarding his immigration to America, and the question never has been settled satisfactorily; and we only know that he was a boy of less than twelve years when he came to this country. He settled in Woburn and was admitted free- man there in 1643, had lands granted him, was a member of the trainband, married and died there. He died January 9, 1701-02. He married, September 26, 1648, Ann Winn, of whom one tradition says that she was born in Wales, and another in England, about 1626, and died in Woburn before May 6, 1682. The lecords of births, deaths and marriages for Woburn mentions their eleven children as fol- lows : I. Moses, born September i, 1651, died before October 30, 1717; married, October 4, 1676, Ruth Norton. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. 2. Hannah, born August 4, 1653 ; married, September 24, 1677, Thomas Henshaw, a soldier in King Philip's war. 3. Aaron, born January 10. 1655, died Septem- ber 14, 1716; married (first) September 26, 1675, Dorcas Wilson; (second) about 1714-15, Prudence . He was a soldier in King Philip's war. 4. Samuel, born June 9, 1657 (see post). 5. Miriam, born July 10, 1659, died August 31, 1745; married, December 10, 1683, Thomas Foskett, son of John and Eliza- beth (Leech) Foskett. 6. Joanna, born Sep- STATE OF MAINE. 1295 tember 19, 1661, died March 12, 1667. 7. Ed- ward, born May 20, 1664, died Pomfret, Con- necticut, 1746; married (first) about 1684, Deliverance Palmer; (second) January i, 1722, Zeruiah Church. 8. Josiah, born Feb- ruary 26, 1666-67, died Canterbury, Connecti- cut, April 26, 1709; married, about 1689, Mary Bates. 9. Isaac, born May 11, 1669, died Nor- wich, Connecticut, August 10, 1714; married, July 17-18, 1699, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, widow of John Curtis and daughter of Samuel and Mary Pierce. 10. Joanna, born April 5, 1670, died Westfield, Massachusetts, March 18, 1758; married. May 28, 1690, Joseph Keyes. II. Enoch, born August i, 1671, died August I, 1729; married (first) October 9, 1695, Elizabeth Counce ; (second) July 9, 1719, Elizabeth Wright. (II) Sergeant Samuel, third son and fourth cliild of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, was born in Woburn, June 9, 1657, and died in Canterbury, Connecticut, March 12, 1735-36. He was a soldier in King Philip's war and held the rank of sergeant, serving in 1675 under Major Simon Willard, and in 1676 under Captain Joseph Sill. He was made freeman in 1689-90, and lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts ; returned to Woburn in 1693 and in the same year removed to Canterbury, Connecticut. In the latter town he took a prominent part in public affairs and was one of the men selected for considering "all that may tend to the good well fare of this town." Sergeant Cleveland married (first) in Chelms- ford, May 17, 1680, Jane Keyes, born in New- bury, Massachusetts, June 25, 1660, died No- vember 14, 1681, daughter of Solomon and Frances (Grant) Keyes. "Serg. Solomon Keies from England, of Newbury, Mass., 1653, he and his brother Joseph took up land in Chelmsford 1664-5. town clerk, tything man, his old homestead still stands in West- ford, Middlesex co., Mass.; married Oct. 2, 1653, Frances Grant." Samuel Cleveland married (second) May 23, 1682, Persis Hil- dreth, born in Chelmsford, February 8, 1660, died in Canterbury, February 22, 1698, daugh- ter of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth. He married (third) July 25, 1699, Mrs. Margaret Fish, widow of John Fish. Samuel Cleveland had nine children: i. Jane, born about 1681, died Southborough, Massachusetts, April 12, 1745; married, 1702, Colonel William Ward. 2. Persis, born April 21, 1683; married, Octo- ber 24, 1706, Thomas Hewitt. 3. Samuel, born January 12. 1685, died Canterbury, Octo- ber I, 1727. 4. Ephraim, born April 10, 1687, died Canterbury, March 13, 171 1. 5. Joseph, born July 18, 1689, died Canterbury, March II, 1766; married (first) February 7, 17 10- 11, Abigail Hyde, born Cambridge, Massachu- setts, August 8, 1688, died Canterbury, December 16, 1724; married (second) March 31, 1725, Sarah Ainsworth, or Ensworth, born Plainfield, Connecticut, June 12, 1699, died Canterbury, June 21, 1761. 6. Elizabeth, born June 26, 1693; married (first) April 21, 1717, John Ensworth; married (second) May 2, 1733, Christopher Huntington. 7. Mary, born June 14, 1696, died March 11, 1766; married, October 5, 1719, Joseph Ensworth. 8. Abi- gail, born April 23, 1700, died February 23, 1717-18. 9. Timothy, born August 25, 1702, died January 19, 1784. (Ill) Joseph, third son and fifth child of Samuel and Persis (Hildreth) Cleveland, his second wife, was born in Chelmsford, Massa- chusetts, July 18, 1689, and died in Canter- bury, Connecticut, March 11, 1766. He was called sergeant and sometimes was addressed as mister, in order, it is said, to distinguish him from his cousin of the same name. He held an important place in town affairs and served as surveyor of highways, hayward and fenceviewer. Married (first) Abigail Hyde, February 7, 1710-11. She was born in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, August 8, 1688, and died in Canterbury, December 16, 1724, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Kidder) Hyde. Jonathan Hyde, born Newton, Massa- chusetts, April I, 1655, was a son of Sergeant Jonathan Hyde, born 1626, and was of New Cambridge (Cambridge) Massachusetts. His wife was Mary French. For his second wife Joseph Cleveland married, March 31, 1725, Sarah Ainsworth, born in Plainfield, Connec- ticut, June 12, 1699, died June 21, 1761. He had nine children, seven by his first and two by his second marriage: i. Ephraim, born February 3, 1711-12, died after 1781. 2. Jonathan, born May 9, 1713, died Canterbury, March 19, 1754; whether single or married unknown ; inherited property from his father. 3. Benjamin, born May 20, 1714, died East Brookfield, Orange county, Vermont, 1797; married, 1736, Rachel . 4. Dorothy, born March 31, 1716, died probably unmar- ried ; admitted to the church at Canterbury, October 25, 1739. 5. John, died Canterbury, March 5, 1754. 6. Elijah, born January 5, 1720-21, died Hillsdale, Columbia county. New York, September 28, 1794; married, about 1748, Alice Lawrence. 7. Persi% born 1723, baptized Canterbury, April 7, 1723 ; mar- ried, Pomfret, February 18, 1754, Henry Bacon. 8. Ezra, born 1726, baptized Canter- 1296 STATE OF MAINE. bury, April 17, 1726, died 1802. 9. Samuel, born June 7, 1730, died Royalton, Vermont, September, 1809; married (first) May 7, 1751, Ruth Darbe ; married (second) March II, 1784, Anna Welch. (IV) Ephraim, eldest son and child of Joseph Cleveland, was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, February 3, 1711-12, and died later than 1781. He left Canterbury and set- tled at Dedham, Massachusetts, and in 1743 owned land in Hardwick. He afterward lived in West Bridgewater and in 1762 located in Hardwick, where he was a saddler. He was assessor in 1781. He married (first) Janu- ary 14, 1734-35, Abigail Curtis, bom in Rox- bury, November, 17 16, died at Dedham, Au- gust 30, 1738, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Lyon) Curtis. He married (second) November 21, 1738, Ruth Nichols, who died October 14, 1744; married (third) March 26, 1746-47, Mrs. Hannah Hay ward, whose fam- ily name was Paige. Ephraim Cleveland had fourteen children: i. Ephraim, born Septem- ber 13, 1737; married, November 15, 1770, Dorothy (or Dolly, or Lydia) Whipple. 2. Jacob, born October 3, 1739, baptized First Church, Dedham, October 7, 1739. 3. Sarah, born December 21, 1740. 4. Rebekah, born July 3, 1742; married, 1763, Simon Chamber- lain. 5. Abigail, born May 21-28, 1744; mar- ried Amos Hunter. 6. Louis, twin, born Jan- uary 9, 1747-48, died December 22, 1752. 7. Louisa, twin, born January 9, 1747-48; mar- ried John Gardner, dwelt Hardwick. Gard- ner, Worcester county, Massachusetts, named for descendants. 8. Joseph, born April 26, 1749, died Richmond, New York, April 9, 1844; married (first) May 4, 1772, Elizabeth Wheeler, died 1827; married (second) Mrs. , widow. 9. Benjamin, born December 18, 1 751; reported to have settled in Oneida county. New York. 10. Elijah, born June i, 1753-54, died July 15, 1812. 11. Ebenezer, twin, born December 21, 1755, died Decem- ber 7, 1800; married, November 28, 1790, Bet- sey Barnard. 12. Lucia, twin, born December 21, 1755; marriage published December 4, 1780, Ichabod Eddy. 13. Olive, born Febru- ary 14, 1759; married, April 17, 1785, Silas Whittaker. 14. Persis, born February 25, 1760, died Richmond, New Hampshire, December, 1798; married, October 9, 1783, Aaron Cooley, born 1743, died June, 1833. (V) Elijah, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Paigel (Hay ward) Cleveland, his third wife, was born June i, 1753 (or 1754) and died in Hardwick, Massachusetts, July 15, 1812. He succeeded to the farm formerly owned by his father which afterward passed to his own son Elijah. His wife, whom he married May 15, 1789, was Sarah Alarsh, who died April 2, 1842, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Olmstead) Marsh (whose baptismal name was Ephraim) was a son of Thomas and Mary (Trumbull) Marsh, grandson of Samuel and Mary (Allison) Marsh, great- grandson of John Marsh, whose first wile was Annie (Webster) Marsh, and great-great- grandson of John Marsh, of Braintree, Eng- land, who was of Chelmsford, Massacliusetts, in 1638. Elijah and Sarah (Marshj Cleve- land had seven children: i. Elijah, born October 16, 1790, died October 28, 1856; mar- ried, December 14, 1819, Lucy Barnes. 2. Royal, born March 25, 1793, died February 26, 1875; married, June i, 1820, Sarah Smith. 3. Polly, born May 12, 1797, died Greenwich, Massachusetts, May i, 1854; married, Decem- ber 31, 1818, Rufus Barnes. 4. Joseph, born August 16, 1800, died May 15, 1894. 5. Cal- vin, born October 2, 1803, or 1804, died Fitch- burg, Alassachusetts, June 4, 1878; married, December 16, 1829, Sarah Eaton. 6. Alvin, born August 23, 1807, married, Surrey, New Hampshire, February 5, 1836, Rosetta Darte. 7. Cutler, born 181 1, died 1812. (VI) Joseph (2), fourth child of Elijah and. Sarah (Marsh) Cleveland, was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, August 16, 1800, died there May 15, 1894. Although but a boy, he served in the war of 1812-15 as a drummer, and the drum he used in service is still in the possession of his descendants. By occupation he was a farmer. He was twice married. His first wife, whom he married a week after Thanksgiving day in 1820, was Amy Barnes, who was born in Hardwick in December, 1806, died there March 17, 1823, a daughter of Adonijah and Chloe (Knights or Wheeler) Barnes. His second marriage, published in Hardwick, September 12, or 15, 1825, was with Bathsheba Burgess, who was born in Hardwick, January 14, 1806, died there No- vember 5, 1881, daughter of Luther and Sarah (Carpenter) Burgess. One child was born to the first wife and twelve to the second: i. Jason Welcome, born July 30. 1822, married, January 24. 1842, Lucy Harriet Smith. 2. Joseph Andrew, born February 20, 1827, died Coldbrook, Massachusetts, January 16, 1883; married, November 22. 1846, Mary Elizabeth Chamberlain. 3. Son, born February 24, 1828, died in infancy. 4. Henry Luther, born Au- gust 5. 1829, married, October 23, 1851, Amanda Keith. 5. Charles Cutler, born Au- gust 18, 1 83 1, died February 22, 1885; mar- STATE OF MAINE. 1297 ried, 1855. Eliza Alaria Lovell. 6. Charlotte Samantha, born December, 1833, died August 14, 1835. 7. Frederick Mortimer, born Jan- uary 20). 1836, died December 9, 1876. 8. Alviii Albert, born May 7, 1838; married (first) December 22, 1858, Mary Jane Lowe, died April 28, 1878; married (second) August 25, 1879, Mrs. Mary (Bennett) Stone. 9. William Harrison, born March 25, 1841, died August 29, 1862, while being removed on a boat from Fredericksburg, \'irginia, to Alex- andria, Virginia; married, July 17, 1861, Mary Alice Atwood ; served in civil war. 10. Dwight S., born November 22, 1843, served in nineteen battles in civil war ; married, June 26, 1861, Sarah Jane Atwood. 11. Franklin Herbert, born December 11, 1846, served in civil war; married, June 11, 1870, Ida Maria Lamb. 12. Alpheus Austin, born June 3, 1852, married .Vrabella Warner. 13. Son, born December 29, 1854, died December 31, 1854. (VII) Frederick Mortimer, seventh child and sixth son of Joseph (2) and Bathsheba (Burgess) Cleveland, was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, January 29, 1836. Early thrown on his own resources, he determined to obtain a thorough education and succeeded, by dint of hard work and close application, so well that he was able to take up teaching as a business. He followed that profession for twenty-two years and won an excellent repu- tation as an educator. In 1876 he visited the centennial exposition at Philadelphia, and upon returning to his home was taken with typhoid fever and died December 9, 1876, at Hardwick. He married, in Hardwick, May 4, 1864, Ellen Jane Barnes, born at Hard- wick, March 11, 1843, daughter of William Sumner and Lucinda Howe Barnes. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Cleveland married, at Greenwich, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 19, 1880, Hervcy Walker King, who was born in Hardwick, August 16, 1852, son of John and Mary (Richardson) King. Children of Frederick Mortimer and Ellen Jane (Barnes) , Cleveland: i. Eugene Sumner, born March 31, 1865; married, Charlestown, Massachusetts, December 25, 1889, Carrie Belle Poland, born Friendship, Maine, March 19, 1872, daughter of Captain Sylvester Mor- ton and Frances Ellen (Condon) Poland; children : Frederick Eugene, Ethel Francis, Morris M. and Richard Sumner. 2. Leslie Linwood, born March 10, 1871, graduated from Athol, Massachusetts, high school, 1887; Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachu- setts, 1889; Williams College, 1893. 3. Heber Howe, born September 3, 1872 (see post). 4. Ernest Elgin, born July 23, 1876, graduate of Massachusetts Institute Technology, Boston. (VIII) Heber Howe, third son and child of Frederick Mortimer and Ellen Jane (Barnes) Cleveland, was born in Barre, Massachusetts, September 3, 1872. His father died when he was but four years old, and he was left in nuich the same position in which his father had been in his youth. When eleven years old he began to make his own way in the world, earning money by peddling shavings at ten cents per barrel. In this con- nection may be mentioned an incident which will show the discouragements and difficulties that even a child may meet when he faces the world alone. Setting out one day with four or five barrels of shavings, he called on a man who told him that the shavings were not pressed down properly. Mr. Cleveland in- formed him that he had trodden them down as best he could, whereupon the man began treading down the shavings, and being a heavy man, finally succeeded in getting the shavings from three barrels into one, then pompously informing him that he "called that a barrel- full," he handed him ten cents and told him to "run along." Soon after this he was given the chance to "pile staves" at eight cents per thousand; working before and after school hours he soon became expert and often on Saturday earned as much as two and a half dollars. This work he continued until he en- tered the high school, where as janitor he paid his way. After graduating from the high school he entered Cushing Academy at Ashburnham, Massachusetts, worked his way by doing whatever he could find and gradu- ated in 1891. After leaving the academy he taught school for two years, in the same school where his father had taught for so many years and where many of his pupils were children of parents who had been taught by his father. He then entered Williams College, at Willams- town, Massachusetts, and one year later, in the fall of 1895, took up the study of medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he graduated M.D. in 1899. During his college course he won a scholarship of two hundred dollars, and also earned his way through college by tutoring. While in his senior year at Harvard he passed the state medical examination, and after gradu- ation began the practice of medicine in Bos- ton, where he remained until 1900, when he removed to Auburn, Maine. In his practice he has specialized in surgery and in 1903 was appointed to the staff of attending surgeons of the Central Maine General Hospital, which 1298 STATE OF MAINE. position he still holds. He is a member of the Medical Research, Androscoggin County Medical Society, Maine Medical Association, American Health Association, National Aux- iliary Committee of Medical Legislation, Tranquil Lodge, No. 29, A. F. and A. M., Bradford Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M., Lewis- ton Commandery, No. 6, Dunlap Council of Auburn, Kora Temple, and Conwav Castle, No. 3, K. G. E. Dr. Cleveland married, June 25, 1901, Josie L. Blanchard, born July 17, 1877, daughter of George W. and Theodosia (Hutchinson) Blanchard, and granddaughter of Calvary Blanchard. Two children have been born to this marriage, Frederick George, born March 18, 1904; and Theodosia Helen, born June 10, 1907. Ralph Jones, immigrant ancestor, JONES was born in England. He was a settler at Plymouth before 1643, when his name appears :n the list of those able to bear arms. He removed to Barn- stable as early as 1654 and lived in the sec- tion called Scorton. His house was on the main land a few feet from the Sandwich line, and many of his descendants have lived in the town of Sandwich. He was a farmer and owned lands with the Fuller family with which he was connected by marriage. As early as 1657 he was inclined to the Society of Friends, for in that year he was fined for not attend- ing meeting, though the meeting house of the parish was six miles away. He took the pre- scribed oath of allegiance in 1657, an oath that Quakers did not take as a rule. But he soon became a zealous member of the Society of Friends, as shown by the following quaint account by George Keith of his persecution by the Puritan zealots : "From an honest man, a Quaker, in the town of Barnstable, were taken four cows with some calves, the Quaker's name being Ralph Jones, who is yet alive, and these cattle were taken away by the Preacher of that town — his son-in-law who had married his daughter and returned to the Priest as a part of his wages. The Priest sent to Ralph Jones to tell him he might have two of his cows returned to him if he could send for them. But he never sent and so the priest used them and disposed of them as his own, killed one of the calves and sent a part of it to his daughter that lay in child bed ; she no sooner did eat a little of the calf but fell into great trouble and cried : 'Return home the man's Cows. I hear a great noise of them ;' and so died in that trouble. The Priest alleged the Quakers had bewitched the daughter although it cannot be proved that ever they had any business with her. But to what evil construction will not malice and Hypocrisie and covetousness bend a thing? Sometime after — the said Preacher killed some of these cows to be eat in his house saying he would try if the Quakers would bewitch him, and not long after he died even before the flesh of these cows was all eat. This passage is so fresh in that town that it is acknowledged by divers of the neighbors to be true." This account was printed as early as 1693 and again in 1702. It would be explained that the Quakers refused to pay rates to support the ministers of the Puritan town churches; the cows were taken for delinquent taxes and the constable (probably Deacon Job Crocker) who took the cows was son-in-law of the min- ister. Rates were paid in cattle, grain, etc., by the citizens and received at a stipulated amount by the minister, money being not avail- able even to pay taxes and minister's salaries. Crocker was son-in-law of Rev. Thomas Walley. Jones made his will May 11, 1691 ; it was proved April 29, 1692, bequeathing to "my friends called Quackers" ; to wife "land bought by my father Fuller" ; to sons Shubael. Ralph, Samuel, Matthew, Ephraim and John ; daughters Mercy, Mary and Mehitable (Hit- table). He married, April 17, 1650, Mary, daughter of Captain Matthew Fuller, of Plymouth. Children, born at Barnstable: i. Mehitable, born about 165 1, probably at Plymouth ; married John Fuller Jr. and set- tled "at East Haddam, Connecticut. 2. Matthew, married, January 14, 1694-95, Mary Goodspeed. 3. Shubael, born August 27, 1654, was living in Sandwich in 1692. 4. Jedediah, born August 14, 1656. married, March 18, 1681-82. Hannah Davis: his son Isaac had a son Jedediah, who married. April 14, 1737, Mary Fuller, of Sandwich. 5. John, born August 14, 1659, removed from Barn- stable. 6. Mercy, born November 14, 1666. 7. Ralph, born October i, 1669. 8. Samuel, married, June 26, 1718, Mary Bliss. 9. Ephraim. 10. Mary. (I) Eliphalet, descendant of Ralph Jones, and probably of his son Shubael who settled in Sandwich, was born and lived in Sand- wich. The condition of the records makes it impossible to trace the two or more genera- tions between Shubael and Eliphalet, but it is known that all the Sandwich family are de- scended from Ralph Jones. Eliphalet was born about 1770. He was probably a ship- STATE OF MAINE. 1299 wright by trade. He removed to Boston, where he married Prudence Hall. Their son Eliphalet is mentioned below. (II) Eliphalet (2), son of EHphalet (i), Jones, was born in Boston, August 31, 1797. He attended the Eliot School in Boston under Masters Little and Tileston in the palmy days of the ferule and rattan, and made a cred- itable record for scholarship. He was at graduation one of the Franklin medal schol- ars, and on selectmen's day had the honor with the other Franklin medal scholars of dining with the dignitaries in Fanueil Hall. In 181 1 he became junior clerk in the store of Norcross, Mellen & Company, dealers in crockery, earthenware and pottery, Boston. He became a partner of Otis Norcross, the senior member of this firm, a few years later and the firm name became Otis Norcross & Company. This name continued as long as Mr. Jones was in the firm, although Otis Nor- cross Jr. succeeded his father in the firm. The business was very prosperous and made several fortunes. In 1847 ^^''^- Jones retired from business to enjoy the wealth he had acquired. He made his home in Boston dur- ing and after his business activity and was a leading citizen. For seven years he was a member of the old volunteer fire department. In 1847 he was a member of the common council of Boston from ward five, and in 1850 he represented his district in the general court. In politics he was originally a Whig, but a Republican after that party was organized. He was for many years a director of the Union Mutual Fife Insurance Company. Mr. Jones was greatly respected in the business community for his intelligence, industry and integrity and highly prized by his numerous personal frientls for his genial, liberal and manly characteristics. He was interested in history and was a prominent member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, a liberal contributor to the fund for the pur- chase of the present building on Somerset street. Many of the facts of this sketch are taken from a memoir in the proceedings of that society, written by George Montfort, of Bos- ton. Mr. Jones died March 17, 1873. and was buried at Mount Auburn cemetery. He mar- ried, March 28, 1824, Sally Paine Adams Rust, bom April 18, 1802, died July 6, 1883. (See Rust, VII.) Children, born in Boston: i. Henry Rust, born January 19, 1826, died July 30, 1838. 2. Otis "Norcross. mentioned below. 3. Mary, born March 14, 1830, died young. (Ill) Otis Norcross, son of Eliphalet (2), Jones, was born in Boston, March 6, 1828, died May 20, 1892. He was educated in the public schools and at a boarding school. He became a clerk in his father's firm, Otis Nor- cross & Company, when a young man. Be- sides dealing in glassware, crockery, earthen- ware, etc., this firm established a glass fac- tory at Sand\\ich, Massachusetts, one of the first in successful operation in this country, though glass had been made on a small scale much earlier. He traveled extensively. When he was twenty-one years old he made a trip around the world. He lived for some time in Hong Kong, China, in Calcutta and Bombay, India, and in Paris, France. He joined the gold-seekers who went to California in 1849 and was in the mining districts about a year. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Unitarian church. He married, May 27, 1869, Kate H. Frost, born in Nor- way, Maine, Alay 2, 1844, daughter of William and Lydia E. (Foster) Frost. (See Frost, VII.) Children: i. William Frost, men- tioned below. 2. Otis Norcross Jr., born Feb- ruary 19, 1873, died at Colorado Springs, aged twenty years. 3. Mary Ellen, August 3, 1874, married Professor Henry C. Metcalf, of Tufts College. (IV) William Frost, son of Otis Norcross Jones, was born in Boston, April 5, 1871. He attended the public schools in Boston, the Bos- ton Latin school and Harvard College where he was graduated with the degree of A.- B. in the class of 1892. He accompanied his brother, whose health had failed, to Colorado Springs and remained with him until his death. He returned to his home at Norway, Maine, and read law in the ofiice of Charles E. Holt, was admitted to the bar in 1898 and began to practice his profession in Norway immediately. He has been in active and suc- cessful practice since. At the present time he is judge of the municipal court in Norway. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the school board, trustee of the public library and superintendent of schools. He married, June 22, 1897, Elinor Frances Hunt, born December 21, 1871, daughter of George W. and Ella F. Hunt, of Bath, Maine. Children: i. ICatherine H., born July 30, 1898. 2. Otis N., December 26, 1899. 3. Frances, December 7, 1901. 4. Mary E., Jan- uary 17, 1903. The surname Rust is an ancient RUST one, a Hugh Rust having lived in England as early as 131 2. The naine is also common in Germany. Henry Rust, immigrant ancestor, came from Hing- I300 STATE OF MAINE. ham, county, Norfolk, England, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1633 or 1635. He was the first of the name in this country, and was a glover by trade. He had a grant of land at Hingham in 1635 in June, and other grants March 5, March 23 and August 14 of the same year. He was admitted a freeman March, 1637-38. February 16, 1638, he was chosen to "make the rates," and in 1645 was town clerk of Hingham. He was admitted as an inhabitant of Boston, and March 31, 1651, bought property of Audrey Palmer, a house and" land. This land he deeded later to his son, Nathaniel Rust, and son-in-law, Robert Earle. The site is now occupied by Trinity church, corner of Summer and Hawley streets, then Bishop's alley. The seven Star Inn, or Pleiades, formerly stood there. The wife of Henry Rust was admitted to the church with him February 20, 1669. Children: i. Sam- uel, baptized at Hingham, August 5, 1638, married Elizabeth Rogers. 2. Nathaniel, bap- tized February 2, 1639-40, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, baptized at Hingham, November 7, 1641, married Robert Earle. 4. Israel, bap- tized November 12, 1643, married Rebecca Clark. 5. Benjamin, baptized April 5, 1646. 6. Benoni, baptized October 23, 1649. (II) Nathaniel, son of Henry, was baptized at Hingham, February 2, 1639-40. He fol- lowed his father's trade of glover. He re- irioved to Ipswich, was living there in 1661, and resided there until his death. He was often appraiser of estates, and was lot layer in 1692-93. He died in 1713 and his estate was administered December 23, 17 13, by Daniel Rindge and Thomas Norton. He mar- ried Mary, born 1642, died July 7, 1720, daughter of William and Alice Wardell. Children: i. Mary, born June, 1664, married Captain Daniel Rindge. 2. Nathaniel, March 16, 1667, married Joanna Kinsman. 3. Mar- garet, February 7, 1669, married Samuel Williams. 4. Elizabeth, March 14, 1672, mar- ried, December 7, 1693, William Fellows. 5. Mercy, married, November 14, 1700, Thomas Norton. 6. Dorothy, born March 10, 1682, died November 10, 1684. 7. John, born July 9, 1684, mentioned below. '8. Sarah, born 1686, died January 26, 1739; married January I, 1706-07, Nathaniel Hart, born April 3, 1677, died September 9, 1746. (HI) John, son of Nathaniel Rust, was born July 9, 1684, and died at Ipswich, Jan- uary, 1713. He married, September 26, 1705, Sarah (Potter) Fellows, born December 11, 1685, daughter of John and Sarah Potter, and widow of Jonathan Fellows. She adminis- tered his estate, being appointed January 22, 1716-17. Children: i. John, born March 18, 1707, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, October 20, 1708, died August 17, 1724. 3. Sarah, June 28, 1 710, married, December 17, 1729, Thomas Hovey. 4. Nathaniel, March 29, 1713 (posthumous), married Sarah Wallis. (IV) John (2), son of John (i) Rust, was born at Ipswich, March 18, 1707, died Novem- ber, 1750. He was a tanner by trade. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and ensign in the eighth company under Captain Thomas Stanford, Colonel Robert Hale's fifth regiment, in the Louisburg expedition in 1745. He married, November 12, 1730, Sarah, daughter of .Abraham and Abigail Foster. She was appointed administratrix of his estate; she married (second) October 31, 1752 (intentions published October 28), Jacob Parsons, of Gloucester. Children: i. John, born May 22, 1732, sea captain, died unmar- ried. 2. Sarah, September 25, 1735, married, in New Gloucester, Maine, January 5, 1755, William Parsons. 3. Henry, August 23, 1737, mentioned below. 4. Mary, July 16, 1737. 3. Abigail, November 6, 1742, married, January 18, 1763, Benjamin Witt. 6. Daniel, June 21, 1747, killed by a horse. (V) Henry (2), son of John (2) Rust, was born at Ipswich, August 23, 1737, died at Sa- lem, September 28, 18 12. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of joiner as apprentice of Jonathan Gavet. During the revolution he made money, taking consider- able risks in shipping. He began in business as a cabinetmaker and merchant and became interested in manufacturing as well as ship- ping. He built a brick store in Salem in 1786 on the site of the old court house and had large holdings in land in the vicinity of Rust street which he opened when developing his property for house lots. In 1787 he bought six thousand acres of land for four hundred and fifty pounds, the site of the township of Rustfield, now Norway, Maine, and his three sons, Henry, John and Joseph, settled in that town and became influential citizens. Captain Rust settled Essex county and often visited it, coming on horseback or in his chaise, which upon the occasion of his first trip in it, in 1804, had the distinction of being the first wheeled carriage seen in the town of Norway. He built a summer home at Pike's Hill, the door- step for which, cut from solid rock, still marks the site of the buildings. He was kind and generous to the settlers, selling land to them without money, taking his pay in labor at the rate of a da^'s work for an acre of land until STATE OF MAINE. 1301 each had a homestead of his own. He built a saw mill and grist mill in Norway in 1789 and later a tannery and opened a general store. He gave land for the church and cemetery. He brought the first glass windows to the town, small four-square windows with panes six by eight inches and distributed them, two or three to each settler. In 1797 he took his grandson, Henry Rust, then ten years old, to spend the summer with him in Rustfield. His will was dated July 10 and proved October 5, 1812. He married (first) December 25, 1759, Lydia James, born JMay 12, 1740. died August 24, 1808, daughter of Joseph and Lydia James, of Salem. He married (second) May 28, 1809, Abigail Benson, widow of Captain Thomas Benson. She died at Salem, January, 1823. Children, all by first wife: i. Henry, born September 21, 1760, married Sally Archer. 2. John, April 4, 1762, married Nancy Mansfield. 3. Joseph, January i, 1767, married Ruth Lash, of Boston. 4. Lydia, Jan- uary ' 7, 1765, married Joseph Austin. 5. Sally, March 5, 1767, died September 29, 1768. 6. Polly Hooper, August 5, 1768, died August 18, 1770. 7. Daniel, June 23, 1770, died November 8, 1771. 8. Daniel, July 22, 1772, married Elizabeth Leach, of Salem. 9. Jacob Parsons, August 15, 1774, mentioned below. 10. Sally, May 18, 1776, married, December 28, 1801, John Daland, died Feb- ruary 5, 1803. II. Nathan, February 28, 1778, died September 28, 1778. 12. Nathan, June, 1779, died aged three days. 13. Nathan, August, 1780, died aged five days. 14. Nathan, June, 1781, died aged five hours. 15. Israel, July 18, 1782, died August 18, 1795. 16. Polly Jane, November 6, 1783, died December 25, 1843, married, December 2, 1810, Samuel Lee Paige, who died at Salem, December 22, 1824. (VI) Jacob Parsons, son of Henry (2) Rust, was born at Salem, August 15, 1774, died January 6, 1828. He is buried in the old Granary cemetery at Boston. He was a merchant and owned a house, land and store in Salem, and land and buildings on Prince street, Boston ; also a right in the Charles river bridge. His son Jacob was appointed administrator of his estate January 14, 1828, and the division was made April 27, 1829. He married (first) April 23, 1797, Mary Adams, of Boston. He married (second) November 3, 1823, Abigail Reynolds, who died January I, 1837. Children of first wife: i. Thomas Adams, born January 15, 1798, married (first) Abbie Williams; (second) Harriet Freeman; (third) Phebe Chamberlain. 2. Mary, July 30, 1799, died August, 1799. 3. Jacob, July 19, 1800, died unmarried at Somerville, Au- gust 5, 1847; merchant. 4. Sally Paine Adams, April 18, 1S02, mentioned below. 5. Diana Adams, March 28, 1806. married Henry Hooper and resided at Boston. 6. William Paine Adams, January 26, 1808, married, Jan- uary 25, 1832, Caroline J. Chase, died May 29, 1857; carpenter; had Lucy Ann, died October 2y, 1843. 7- Joseph Henry, Decem- ber 5, 1809, married Emily White, died Sep- tember 18, 1835, and is buried in the old Granary burying ground ; widow married (second) A. A. Dana and had three sons. 8. John, March 8, 1814, married Susan West. Children of second wife : 9. Mary Adams, March 17, 1825, married, July 8, 1845, Edwin Howdand, died May 10, 185 1. 10. George Reynolds, August 26, 1827, died November 27," 1828. (VII) Sally Paine Adams, daughter of Jacob Parsons Rust, was born April 18, 1802, died July 6, 1883. She married, March 28, 1824, Eliphalet Jones. (See Jones, II.) George Frost lived at Winter FROST Harbor, Saco, Maine, and was appraiser of the estate of Richard Williams in 1635. He served on the grand jury in 1640. Goody Frost was assigned to a pew in the church at \\'inter Harbor next to the pew of Goody Wakefield, September 22, 1666. He is supposed to be the father of the following children: i. Rebecca, married Simon Booth ; removed to Enfield, New Hampshire, and died in 1668. 2. John, mar- ried Rose . 3. William, mentioned be- low. (II) William, son of George Frost, wit- nessed a deed in Winter Harbor in 1667 and bought land in Saco of William Phillips in 1673. It may have been he who had a grant of land on Crooked Lane in Kittery in 1658. The Indian war drove him to Salem, Massa- chusetts, where he was living from 1675 to 1679. William Frost, cordwainer, of Salem, bought land in Wells, Maine, in 1679, ''"^ had various grants and mill privileges in Wells until 1690. His estate was adminis- tered in 1690 by Israel Harden, and William Frost Jr. was his bondsman. Roger Hill wrote to his wife May 7, 1690, "The Indians have killed Goodman Frost and James Little- field and carried away Nathaniel Frost and burnt several houses here in Wells." William Frost married Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Littlefield) Wakefield, and grand- daughter of Edmund and Annis Littlefield. 1302 STATE OF MAINE. Children: i. William, married (first) Rachel; (second) April 5, 1796, Elizabeth Searle ; died September 23, 1721. 2. Nathaniel, captured by the Indians in 1690. 3. Elizabeth, married, November 8, 1698, Daniel Dill. 4. Mary, born at Salem, July 31, 1677. 5. Abigail, married, January 14, 1702-03, Samuel Upton. 6. James, mentioned below. (III) James, son or nephew of William Frost (Hist, of Kittery, Maine), married, May 15, 1707-08, Margaret, daughter of William and Deliverance (Taylor) Goodwin. He was a planter and owner of a mill in South Berwick, RIaine. He and his wife were mem- bers of the Congregational church. His will was made in 1744, proved July 4, 1748. Chil- dren, baptized at South Berwick: 1. James born November 5, 1708, married Sarah Nason. 2. William, February 15, 1710, married Love Butler. 3. Nathaniel, August 14, 1713, men- tioned below. 4. John, baptized October 22, 1716, went to Nova Scotia. 5. Stephen, bap- tized April 12, 1719, married Lucy . 6. Mary, baptized September 29, 1723, married Major Charles Gerrish. 7. Jeremiah, baptized December 24, 1725, married Miriam Harding; went to Nova Scotia. 8. Jane, baptized May 10, 1728, married, March 10, 1747. Caleb Emery. 9. Margaret, baptized July 13, 1730, married, June 18, 1752, William Haskell. (IV) Nathaniel, son of James Frost, was born August 14, 1713, and died about 1763. He lived in Falmouth and Gorham, Maine. He married Elizabeth, who died about 1768. Children: i. Abigail, born about 1741, mar- ried, December, 1758, James i\iosher. 2. Ben- jamin, born about 1742, married Susanna Frost, 1765. 3. David, mentioned below. 4. Peter, born about 1746, married Margaret • . 5. Nathaniel, born about 1748, mar- ried (first) June 3, 1780, Polly Berry; (sec- ond) June 16, 1787, Sally Brown, of Fal- mouth; (third) October 3, 1801, Mrs. Rebecca Higgins, of Standish. 6. Enoch, born about 1750, married, April 24, 1780, Alice Davis. 7. Elizabeth, born about 1752, married, Novem- ber 26. 1778, Benjamin Adams; (second) Charles Patrick. 8. Hannah, born about 1754, married, February 3, 1775, Joshua Adams. (V) David, son of Nathaniel Frost, was born about 1744 in Gorham, Maine, or Fal- mouth. He married (intention dated April 10, 1766) Mary Johnson. Four of hie^sons settled on Frost Hill, Norway, Maine, and late in life he also settled there. Children, born in Gorham: i. David Jr., removed to East Machias. 2. William, married, July 2, 181 5, Polly Stevens. 3. Charles, resided in Portland. 4. Peter, married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Perkins. 5. Nathaniel settled in Gorham. 6. Eunice, married Samuel An- drews; resided in Norway. 7. Nancy, mar- ried Joseph Hamblen ; resided in Norway. 9. Jennie, married Webster. 10. John, resided in Norway ; married Jane Richmond. 11. Robert, mentioned below. (\T) Robert, son of David Frost, was born in Gorham. Alaine, March 26, 1782. He mar- ried Betsey Jordan, born at Otisfield, Feb- ruary 26, 1789. He settled in Norway in 1803. Children, born in Norway: i. Mercy, November 8, 1807; married (first) Thomas J. Everett; (second) Jacob Parsons. 2. Charles, December 13, 1809, married Hannah Foster. 3. William, January 9, 1812, mentioned be- low. 4. Robert, June 9, 1814, died March i, 1816. 5. Timothy J., April 17, 1816, married Mary A. Goss. 6. Eliza, July 8, 1818, mar- ried Simon Lewis. 7. Polly, October 22, 1820, married John Davis. 8. Robert J., February 25, 1823, married, April 30, 1856, Alice N. Shedd, born July 27, 1829. 9. David W., July 12, 1825, married Vesta Briggs. 10. Esther, born June 12, 1827, married Joshua Crockett. II. Aaron, September 8, 1829, died April 23, 1832. 12. Catherine, May 26, 1833, died May 1, 1840. (VII) William, son of Robert Frost, was born in Norway, January 9, 18 12. He mar- ried, 1842, Lydia Foster, who died September, 1851. Married (second) 1853, Mrs. Mary A. Whitcomb, nee Harris. Children: i. Kate H., born in Norway, May 2, 1844, niarried Otis Norcross Jones in 1869 (see Jones, HI). 2. Lydia Ellen, June 17, 1847, died June 30, 1894. Nathaniel M. Jones emigrated JONES from Wales to Turks Island, West Indies, by the way of Ber- muda, where he made a brief tarry. He was a goldsmith by trade and also engaged in the manufacture of salt at Turks Island. His wife Harriet accompanied him, and their son, Hiram Thomas, was born there in 1837. (II) Hiram Thomas, son of Nathaniel M. and Harriet Jones, was born in 1837 and re- ceived his school training in Turks Island, West Indies, which was his birthplace. When of age he became a merchant and manufac- turer of salt, which business had been carried on by his father for several years. He re- moved to Bangor, Maine, in 1876 and became head bookkeeper for the Hinckley & Egery Iron Company for a time, and then engaged with G. W. Merrill in the furniture business. STATE OF MAINE. 1303 When he left Turks Island, he arranged to have his business continued, and he attended to it by correspondence. He was married in Turks Island to Helen Ewing, daughter of the Rev. James Morrison, a Presbyterian divine, who were attendants of the Methodist church. They have seven children all born in Turks Island, West Indies, and their names accord- ing to the order of their birth are as follows : I. Nathaniel M. (q. v.). 2. Emily H., married John M. Jones, of New Yerk City. 3. Hiram Thorborn, died 1902. 4. Lilla A. 5. James W., who removed to Oak- land, California. 6. Hilton B., who also re- moved to Oakland, California. 7. Ella Stew- art, born in Bangor, Maine, married George W. Thoms, a lawyer, of Lincoln, Maine. (Ill) Nathaniel Morrison, eldest child of Hiram Thomas and Helen Ewing (Morrison) Jones, was born in Turks Island, West Indies, and was educated in the best schools that island afforded. He came to Bangor, Maine, alone, in 1874, and engaged as clerk in the office of T. J. Stewart & Company, where he remained for several months, leaving to take a position with James E. Crosby, a grocer, as clerk and bookkeeper, for whom he worked for about eighteen months. He was next a stevedore on the river docks and next a clerk in a meat market and a helper in the produce commission house of James A. Greenacre. In 1880 he went into the fruit and produce busi- ness on his own account, which business he sold out in 1882 and became express messen- ger for the Bangor and Boston Express Com- pany on the Boston & Bangor Steamship line, and after two seasons of such work went with the Hinckley & Egery Iron Works Company as bookkeeper and secretary where he re- mained seven years. In 1890 he bought an interest in the water power at Howland Falls, Maine, and assisted in organizing the How- land Falls Pulp Company, in which he owned stock. He was made general manager after first year and held this position for three years when the mills were burned. He at once drew plans for new mills, which were accepted by the company, and he directed the building of the mills. At about this time he secured by purchase the property of the Lincoln Pulp & Paper Company at Lincoln, Maine, and re- built both mills. He also furnished detail plans and built a mill at Ausable Forks, New York, for J. J. Rogers & Company, and a mill at Fort Edward, New York for the Glens Falls Paper Company, and one at Lockport. New York, for the Traders' Paper Company. This business as a mill architect came to him through the success he had made at the How- land Falls Mills. The patents, designs, and methods used by him in the construction of the mills and the handling of the material attracted the attention of the paper and pulp manufacturers over the entire country. In 1895 he resigned his position as general man- ager of the Howland Falls Paper & Pulp Company, and sold out all his interests in the other mills as enumerated, and devoted his time to the oversight of the Katahdin Pulp & Paper Company of Lincoln, Maine, of which he was general manager. He was made a director of the Merchants' National Bank, and a member of the executive board of the East- ern Trust and Banking Company, both of Bangor. He was appointed a state survey commissioner. He was the Republican repre- sentative from the Howland and Lincoln dis- tricts in the Maine state legislature, 1895-98, serving one term from each district, and he was state senator from the Bangor district, 1899-1902, a member of Governor Hills' council, 1903-04, and of Governor Cobb's council, 1905-06, being chairman of the coun- cil during the years of 1905-06 of the last named governor. He was instrumental in 1905 in obtaining an appropriation from the state legislature to build a bridge across the Penobscot river at Howland, Maine, and he was made a member of the commission ap- pointed to plan and superintend its construc- tion. He discharged this diity to the entire satisfaction of the public. He is a thirty-sec- ond degree Mason, belonging to Composite Lodge, F. and A. M., La Grange, Alaine; Royal Arch Chapter at Mattawamkeag; St. John's Commandery, K. T. ; Eastern Star Lodge of Perfection ; Palestine Council, Princes of Jerusalem ; Bangor Chapter Rose Croix (Scottish Rite bodies) ; the Maine Con- sistory at Portland and the Mystic Shrine at Lewiston, Maine. He is also a useful mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias. He married, December 5, 1880, Hattie T., daughter of Josiah B. Harthorn, of Bangor, Maine, and their children are : Sidney Mor- rison, a graduate of the L^niversity of Maine, and Hattie Harthorn, educated in the public, grammar and high schools of Bangor, and Miss Porter's School of Farmington, Con- necticut. James Morrison, father of Helen Ewing (Morrison) Jones, and maternal grand- father of Nathaniel Morrison Jones, was a Presbyterian divine of Glasgow, Scotland, and in the middle of the nineteenth century went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was 1304 STATE OF MAINE. a professor in the theological school of the Presbyterian church. He was later sent to Bermuda, where he built the first Presbyterian church erected in Bermuda. The surname Templeton TEMPLETON is of local origin. There is a village of this name in Devonshire, antl another in Pembrokeshire, and the family originally took the name of the place, after a common custom, when adopting a surname. The family of Templeton in Scot- land bore these arms as early as the si.xteenth century : Gules a temple argent on a chief sable a star or. The English family bears : Azure a fess or in a base a church argent. Crest : A holy lamb regardant argent sus- taining over the shoulder a banner gules. The word originally meant, of course, a town in which a temple or church was located. (I) Adam Templeton was of the Scotch family, from a brancli located in Ulster with the Scotch Presbyterians. The family had not been in Ireland long before he came to America. Even he himself may have been born in Scotland. The family is still some- what numerous in county Antrim. Adam Templeton came from Ireland with his brother-in-lav\', .-Xlexander Simpson, about 1735 or a little later, and both settled in Wind- ham, a part of the original New Hampshire colony of Scotch-Irish. He bought nine and three-quarters acres of land of James Wilson for one hundred and ten pounds, old tenor, November 24, 1747, and located with Simpson in the meadow southeast of Robert Simpson's horse, where each built a log cabin. Temple- ton afterwards built a house in a more health- ful locality near the present Robert Simpson house. He was a wheelwright by trade and made spinning wheels used by all the early settlers. He carried his wheels about on horseback through the section and sold them to the Scotch settlers, at the same time that he was struggling to clear his farm. His name appears on the town records as early as 1753 and as late as 1776. He went to Antrim in his old age and died there at the home of his son Matthew in 1795, aged eighty-four years. Children: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Daniel lived in Hillsborough, but died or removed before 1790 from the state of New Hampshire. 3. James, resideil in Peter- borough, New Hampshire : removed to Mont- pelier, Vermont, in 1800, and died there in 1807; rnarried Jennet ; children: i. Agnes, born September 24, 1758; ii. Mary, April 10, 1760; iii. William, October 24, 1762. married Mary Moore, of Sharon ; iv. John, November 14, 1764; v. Jenny, 1766, married Charles McCoy. 4. Matthew, born in Ireland and came to Windham with his parents, was a soldier in the French and Indian wars in 1758, was constable, removed to Peter- borough as early as 1770 and to Antrim in 1775; married Jennie Harkness, who died 1780, aged forty-three; he returned to Peters- borough in 1784 and died there May 30, 1809, aged seventy-three ; a very rigid and stern Presbyterian; children: i. Betsey, born 1770, married John Holmes and settled in Mont- pelier; ii. .Samuel, 1772, married Jane Miller and succeeded to the homestead ; iii. Jean, 1774, married Hugh Miller, of Peterborough, and died June 9, 1845; v. Jennie, 1778, at Antrim, died unmarried February 19, 1849. (II) John, son of Adam Templeton, was born about 1740. He married Mary ]\Iay- hew and settled in Windham, the only one of the sons to remain in that town. He signed a petition of Windham inhabitants 1787. Children: i. Isaac, married, March 15, 1814, Mary Ross ; lived in Hillsborough, Antrim and Deering, New Hampshire, and died at Hills- borough, April 19, 1869; thirteen children. 2. John, mentioned below. Probably others. (III) John (2), son of John (i), Temple- ton, was born in Windham, New Hampshire, about 1780-90. He was a soldier in the War of 1 81 2. He settled afterward in Ossipee, New Hampshire. He married Betsy Eldridge. Children : Charles, Nathaniel, Andrew Jack- son, mentioned below; John, Ira, Abiel, Eliza- beth, Jerusha, Harriet. (IV) Andrew Jackson, son of John (2) Templeton, was born April 13, 1816, at Ossi- pee, New Hampshire, died April i, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of Ossipee. At the age of seventeen he went to work in a cotton mill and learned the business thoroughly. He held responsible positions in the employ of various manufacturers. He started in business on his own account during the civil war and manufactured cotton batten in Auburn, Maine, until his death. He mar- ried Mary A. Muzzey, born May 17, 1820, died May 11, 1869. Children: i. Albert La- Roy, born November 4, 1842, mentioned be- low. 2. Alice Jane, September 22, 1845, <^'^f' July 29, 1895. 3. Emma Josephine, October 18, 1850. died June 6, 1900. (V) .Albert LaRoy. son of Andrew Jack- son Templeton. was born November 4, 1842, in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools of Lake \'illage, Man- chester, New Hampshire, Providence. Rhode STATE OF MAINE. 1305 Island, and Lewiston, Maine. At the age of seventeen he began work as clerk in the Lew- iston Falls Bank and later was merged into the First National Bank, Lewiston, where he worked under Cashier Albert H. Small. He was promoted step by step and in 1874 became cashier, a position he has filled with conspicu- ous ability and success to the present time. In 1908 he had completed forty-eight successive vears in the service of this bank. His honesty, integrity and fidelity have become proverbial in the community. He is known in banking circles throughout the state and ranks high in the estimation of banking men. He is among the oldest bank cashiers of New England still in active life. Few men have so completely won the love and esteem of their townsmen as Mr. Templeton. He is kindly and democratic in his manner, inviting confidence, retaining respect and coining friendships year after year. He is a member of the Rabboni Lodge of Free Masons, Lewiston; treasurer of the Knights of Honor and of the Congregational church, of which he is a prominent member. He is a Republican, but not active in politics. He married, December 22, 1874, Nellie L. Sands, daughter of James and Caroline (Bradford) Sands, of Waterborough, Maine, and a descendant of Governor William Brad- ford of the "Mayflower." Children: i. Car- rie E., born March 3, 1876, died April 9, 1878. 2. Mabel L., January, 1878. 3. Bessie Sands, April 12, 1 88 1, a teacher in the kindergarten schools of Lewiston, Maine. 4. James An- drew, April 8, li ' The Farrington name FARRINGTON dates far back in English history, and in old Saxon was called Ferndon, signifying Fern hill. There is an ancient town called Farring- don in Berks county, west of London. There is a township named Farrington in Lancaster county, and a parish of the same name in another part of Englanfl. The most ancient family of Farringdons live at Shaw Hall in Lancashire. They arose at the time of the Conquest, and have since preserved an unin- terrupted male succession. They lived in the township of Farrington till the time of Eliza- beth, continued at Wearden till the close of the sixteenth century, and have since resided at Shaw Hall ; all these places are in the Parish of Leyland and county Palatine of Lancaster. The manor and hundred of Levland was held by them of King Edward the Confessor ; and the men of the manor, which was of a su- perior order, as well as those of Salford, en- joyed the privilege of attending to their own harvest instead of the king's. Another family of Farringtons, who spell their name with the double fF, are lineal descendants of John de Ffarington in the time of Henry HI. His will was dated 1549. and the motto of his armorial bearings was "Domat Omnia Virtus" (\'irtue Subdues All). Sir Anthony Farrington was knighted in 1766, and from him are descended the Farringtons of Blackheath, County of Kent. One of the earliest Farringtons to come to this country was Edmund, who emigrated from Southampton, England, and settled first at Lynn, Massachusetts. In May, 1640, he with some others embarked at Lynn in a ves- sel commanded by Captain Howe, and arrived at Cow Bay, Long Island, where they pur- chased from the Indians a tract of land ex- tending from the eastern part of Oyster Bay to Cow Bay. They were afterwards dispos- sessed by the Dutch Governor Kieft, and Far- rington returned to Lynn ; but two of his sons, Thomas and Edmund, subsequently settled at Flushing, Long Island, and from them the New York Farringtons are descended. (I) John Ffarrington, son of Edmond and Eliza Ffarrington, was born in Olney, Buck- inghamshire, England, about 1624, and sailed to this country in the ship "Hopewell" in 1635. He died at Dedham, Massachusetts, April 27, 1676, and administration of his estate was granted to his "relict Mary and son John" on June 29 of that year. In 1646 John Ffarring- ton was admitted a townsman of Dedham and granted two acres of upland, and in 1648 he bought William Barstow's grant of eight acres. In 1652 he was taxed one poimd, two shillings and tenpence, and he was elected woodreeve in 1635-37-58. He was made a freeman, that is. joined the church, March 9, 1667. His wife was admitted to the church fifteen years earlier. May 16, 1652. In 1649 John Ffarrington married Mary, daughter of William Bullard, and ten children were born to them: i. Mary, January 26, 1650, married John Pidge. 2. Sarah, July i, 1652. 3. John, February 25, 1654, married Mary James. 4. Nathaniel, June 6. 1656. 5. Eleazer, February II, 1660. 6. Hannah, July 22. 1662. 7. Daniel, whose sketch follows 8. Judith, June I, 1666, died March 3, 1676. 9. Abigail, April 30, 1668. 10. Benjamin, June 15, 1672. (II) Daniel, fourth son of John and Mary (Bullard) Farrington, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, April 10, 1664, and died in Wrentham, that state, April 7, 17 18. He re- moved to W^rentham about 1690 and there 1 305 STATE OF MAINE. married, October 5, 1691, Abigail Fisher. Eleven children were born of this marriage : I. Jemima, May 11, 1695. 2. Abigail, Octo- ber II, 1696. 3. Daniel (2), whose sketch follows. 4. Milcah, June i, 1700. 5. Han- nah, August 22, 1703. 6. Elisha, April 2, 1705- 7- ^lary, September 22, 1706. 8. Eli- jah, March 14, 1709. 9. Ruth, December 15, 171 1. 10. Benjamin, March 12, 1714-15. 11. Athemar, November 18, 171 7. (III) Daniel (2), eldest son of Daniel (i) and Abigail (Fisher) Farrington, was born in 1698-99, probably at Wrentham, Massachu- setts, and died February 5, 1755. He held the title of lieutenant, and in 1731 married Bethiah Mann. (IV) Daniel (3), probably the son of Daniel (2) and Bethiah (Mann) Farrington, was born in 1771, lived in Vermont. In mid- dle life he moved with his family to Keene. New York, where he cleared a farm on which he lived till his death, August 25, 1854. He married Rebecca Kendall, either in Westmore- land, New Hampshire, or in some place in Vermont. She was born in 1776, died Octo- ber 28, i860. They had ten children: Daniel, Isaac, Jacob, Rufus, whose sketch follows ; Ira P., Horace, Harriet, Lucinda, Lucy and Laura. It is thought that these children were all born in Western Vermont. (V) Rufus, son of Daniel (3) and Rebecca Farrington, was born October 28, 181 8, in Vermont, and died at Fort Ann, New York, February 6, 1893. In early life he moved with his parents to Keene, New York, and became owner of the home farm there, which he sub- sequently exchanged for a store at West Fort Ann. About i860 he was made postmaster, which position he held several years ; he later sold his store and purchased a farm in Fort Ann, New York. Mr. Farrington married Maria S. Holt, born January 14, 1823, died April 24, 1887, daughter of Alva and Polly (Pease) Holt, of Keene, New York. Chil- dren : I. Ira Kendall, born July 31, 1841, died in Chicago, April 26, 1891. 2. Alva Monroe, born February 2, 1845, resides in Whitehall, New York. 3. Albert Henry, born February II, 1848. 4. Clayton James, see forward. 5. Fred R., born December 15, 1852. 6. Frank William, born May 12, 1857, died June or July, 1865. 7- Jennie Maria, born October 5, 1864, married Dr. Douglass. (VI) Clayton James, fourth son of Rufus and Maria (Holt) Farrington, was born March 31, 1849, at Keene, New York. At the age of eleven he left home and began work on a farm with the privilege of attending school during the winters. In his fifteenth year he was a pupil at a private school, and at the age of sixteen he went to Portland, Alaine, where he entered the employ of his uncle, Ira P. Farrington, in the retail clothing and gents' furnishing business. While there he attended evening school for some time, and at the age of nineteen was taken into partnership with his uncle. Upon the retirement of the latter, Clayton J. Farrington continued the business until 1893. In November, 1896, he came to Lewiston and became interested in the Bates Street Shirt Company, and upon its incor- poration, ten years later, was elected vice- president of the concern, with which he is connected at the present time (1909). Mr. Farrington is a Republican, attends the Uni- versalist church, and has been grand coin- mander, Knights Templar, for the state of Maine. On July 7, 1869, Clayton James Farrington married Ella Leontine Adams, daughter of Elijah and Cordelia (Knight) Adams, of Portland, Maine. Mrs. Farrington is a de- scendant in the eighth generation of John and Priscilla Alden, and a descendant in the fifth generation of Joseph Adams, of Braintree, Massachusetts, the grandfather of President John Adams. (See Adams, VIII.) Three daughters were born to Clayton J. and Ella L. (Adams) Farrington: Leontine .\dams, De- cember 19, 1869, married Frederick J. Stevens, who died .^pril 18, 1908. Delia Maria, Jamiary 14, 1871, married R. W. Hilliard, has one son, Clayton Adams, .\lice T., January 16, 1873, married Henry S. Hig- gins. The career of a success- FARRINGTON ful business man not only benefits society, but, when the result of individual effort, it afifords an incentive to others for high endeavor and the achievement of like success. For this reason, worthy examples not only justify, but merit a place on the historic page. Ira Put- nam Farrington's career was in the line of these observations. The theatre of his activi- ties was in the city of Portland, but his birth and early training were in the country, a fact quite noticeable in the lives of distinguished men in all ranks and professions. He was born in Weston, Vermont, November 18, 1820, and was one of a family of fourteen children, all of whom survived. His father Daniel (see preceding sketch), when this son was about four years of age, removed to Keene, New York, and cultivateil a farm, assisted by Ira «/ STATE OF :\IAINE. 1307 until the latter reached the age of sixteen years. But, dependent upon his own efforts for fighting the battle of life, his tastes led him to choose a different pursuit from that which his father contemplated for him. In the spring of 1845 'i^ came to Portland. There he established himself in business, occu- pying a store on Middle street, near Exchange street, where he remained, using it later as an office, until his death, December 17, 1894. He transacted a large and profitable business until, by unremitting industry and the application of those cjualities which insure success, his property interests had assumed a magnitude to demand his exclusive attention. To the management of these he devoted himself mainly in his later years, and by assiduity and unusual skill he accumulated a large estate, and became one of the most prominent capital- ists in Portland and the state. It was well said by one of the Portland journals in a tribute to his memory, that ■'though never seeking honors or notoriety, the community was not slow to appreciate his capacity for business and trustworthiness, and hence availed itself of his service in many local and prominent institutions. Among the trusts to which he was invited was that of director (and afterwards president) of the Casco National Bank, president of the Sail- ors' Home, of the Eye and Ear Infirmary and of the Home for Aged Men, a trustee of the Portland Benevolent Society, an active partici- pant in the financial management of Preble Chapel and of the First Parish (Unitarian) Church, in whose prosperity he was warmly interested." His death was deplored as a pub- lic loss, and elicited from the press and from various institutions with which he was iden- tified honorable tributes to his memory, and usefulness, some of which may well be placed on record. It was said in the Christian Register by one who knew whereof he spoke: "He has always been associated with the most worthy charities of the city, and usually in some official ca- pacity. His judgment in business affairs was of a high order. This ability he has always freely shared with the organization in which he was active. For twenty-seven years Mr. Farrington was treasurer of the Ministry at Large, known as Preble Chapel. This is the means by which the First Parish reaches the poor of Portland. In this office Mr. Farring- ton had the practical control over the work- ing of the institution." The managers of the Home for Aged Men placed on its records the following tribute to his memory: "Resolved, that in the death of our late associate we have sustained a loss which \yords fail to express. A prime mover in the foundation of the institution, he con- tinued to be its supporter and friend, and ready to give assistance in the promotion of this charity, his_ life stands as an example for us who remain, while his memory will be cherished as long as the Home endures." At the annual meeting of the institution a further memento was placed on record as fol- lows : "This institution met with a serious loss in December, when Mr. Ira P. Farrington, one of the pioneers in this undertaking, and for many years its president, passed to another life. His interest in everything that pertained to the House was unflagging. He knew its needs, he hoped for it a great usefulness. Now that his earthly presence is missing, he has emphasized his belief in the cause by a munifi- cent bequest, a remembrance which will give fresh impetus and solve some troublesome problems." The Board of Trustees of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, at a special meeting, en- tered the following record : "It is with feel- ings of deep sorrow that we record the death of the President of the corporation of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and one of the esteemed associates of this Board, Mr. Ira Putnam Farrington, who died at his residence on Free street on Monday, December 17, 1894. Mr. Farrington early saw the importance of the work of the infirmary, and the field it was destined to occupy as a state institution. He was constant in his attendance at our meet- ings, and always took a great interest in the work, and welfare of the institution, annually contributing liberally to its support. He was a careful observer, painstaking in his methods to ascertain the facts, and possessed a high ideal of how things should be done. We there- fore deem it a high endorsement of the man- agement of the infirmary that the methods pursued met his entire approval. He early recognized that in its origin, in its method of management, and in the scope, extent and variety of its usefulness, the infirmary was unique in its existence, and without a parallel in its accomplishments. The munificent gift of a portion of his estate, as provided in his will, is the final consummation of his benefi- cent acts, and the highest evidence of the es- teem in which he held the institution." Mr. Farrington gave in his will many large and beneficent charitable bequests : T?o the American Unitarian Association, in aid of the church building fund, twenty thousand dol- i3o8 STATE OF MAINE. lars; to the trustees of the Portland .Ministry at Large, twenty-one thousand dollars, to be known as the Farrington fund, the income of fifteen thousand dollars to be used for the benevolent purposes of the society, and that of the remainder to be paid over to its minis- ter and missionary, now Rev. W. T. Phelan, for distribution to the poor of- the mis.sion ; to the Home for Aged Men at Portland, forty thousand dollars, the income to be applied to the charitable purposes of the institution ; to the Home for Aged Women, ten thousand dollars, under the same conditions ; and to the Female Provident Association, two thousand dollars. He divided between the Maine Eye and Ear Intirmar\ and the Portland Public Library a large residuary fund estimated at about three hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Farrington was exact in all his methods, and required exactness of all with whom he had business relations. But while on the one hand he demanded the strict fulfillment of all agreements, on the other he was free and generous in his charities, although discrimi- nating carefully in their bestowment b)' con- fining them to such as he found to be worthy and meritorious. He was simple in his habits and mode of life, but he indulged in all things needful to make his home an abode of com- fort and refinement, and for travel in the United States and abroad. To him the for- mer was the most attractive on either conti- nent, and his domestic life was most fortunate and happy. He was twice married ; his sec- ond wife survived him to mourn his loss, but he left no children. In all lands and in all ages cir- ADAMS cumstances have created oppor- tunities for gifted men to dis- tinguish themselves above their fellows. In some instances inherited talent has made it possible for men in successive generations of the same family to fill high positions in the same general line, as in finance, literature or states- manship. This ability to see opportunities and this strength to perform great labor was not a fortuitous gift to the individual, but is a characteristic that has often developed in this great family, for nearly all the Adamses of New England are of one stock. Its individual members have, as a rule, been persons of abil- ity, industry, energy, honor, honesty, sobriety, of genial disposition, good neighbors and steadfast friends, persons of substance and in- fluence. From this sturdy family that landed on the shores of New England nearly three centuries ago have come a host, who as yeoman, bankers, manufacturers, lawyers, doc- tors, clergymen and statesmen have serveil well in the situations they have been called to fill. (I) Henry Adams, of Braintree, is called thus because he was one of the earliest or first settlers in that part of Massachusetts Bay designated "Mt. Wollaston," which was in- corporated in 1640 as the town of Braintree. then including what is now Quincy, I'raintree and Randolph, Massachusetts. He is believed to have arrived in Boston with his wife, eight sons and a daughter, in 1632 or 1633, but whence he came is a matter of conjecture, ex- cept that he was from England. The colonial authorities at Boston allotted to him forty acres of land at "the Mount" for the ten per- sons in his family, February 24, 1640. The name of his wife is not known, nor where or when she died. Henry Adams died in Brain tree. October 6, 1646. It is known that he was a maltster as well as a yeoman or farmer, and a plain, unassuming man of tact and ability who came to America for a better opportunity for his large family. His sons were: Lieu- tenant Henry, Lieutenant Thomas, Captain Samuel, Deacon Jonathan, Peter, John, Joseph and Ensign Edward. (II) Joseph, seventh son of Henry Adams, of Braintree. Massachusetts, and his wife, whose maiden name is unknown, was born in England in 1626, and died at Braintree, Massachusetts, December 6, 1694, at the age of sixty-eight. He was a maltster by occupation, and was made a freeman in 1653 and select- man of the town in 1673. On November 26, 1650, Joseph -Adams married at Braintree Abigail Baxter, daughter of Gregory and Margaret Baxter, of Boston: she died in Bos- ton. August 27. 1692, at the age of fifty-eight. Twelve children were born to Joseph and Abi- gail (Baxter) .\dams : Hannah, November 13, 1652, married Deacon Samuel Savil ; Jo- seph (2). whose sketch follows: John, Feb- ruary 13. 1656, died January 27, 1657: Abi- gail, February 27. 1658. married John Bass (2) : Captain Tohn, December 20, 1661, mar- ried (first) Hannah Webb, (second) Hannah Checkley : Bethia (twin), December 20. 1601. married John Webb; Mary, September 8, 1663. died young; Samuel, September 3, 1665, died in infancy ; Mary, February 25, 1668, married Deacon Samuel Bass ; Captain Peter, February 7, 1670, married Mary Webb; Jona- than. January 31, 1671 ; Mehitable, November ■23. I '^73- niarried Thomas White (2). (HI) Joseph (2), eldest son of Joseph (i) and Abigail (Baxter) Adams was born in STATE OF MAINE. 1309 Braintree, Massachusetts, October 24. 1654, and died there February 12, 1737. He was selectman of his native town in 1673 and in 1698-99. In August, 1676, he and John Bass were credited to Braintree for services in the war with the Indians. Joseph (2) Adams was thrice married, and he had eleven children in all, two by the first, eight by the second and one by the third marriage. On February 20. 1682, Joseph (2) Adams married Mary Chapin, who was born .August 27, 1662, and died June 14, 1687. They had two daughters: Mary, born at Braintree, February 6, 1683, married Ephraim Jones (2); Abigail, Febru- ary 17, 1684, married Seth Chapin (2). In 1688 Joseph (2) .-Vdams married Hannah Bass, daughter of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass, who was born June 22, 1667, and died October 24, 1705. This woman was the grand- daughter of John and Priscilla (MuUins) .\1- den, whom Longfellow has immortalized ; and she was destined to become the grandmother of John Adams, second president of the United States. She had reason to be proud of her ancestry, but her posterity were des- tined to bring her more reason. To Joseph (2) and Hannah (Bass) Adams were born eight children ; Reverend Joseph, January 4, 1689; Deacon John, February 8, 1691-92; Samuel, whose sketch follows; Josiah, Feb- ruary 18, 1696, married Bethia Thompson; Hannah, February 21, 1698, married Benja- min Owen; Ruth, March 21, 1700, married Rev. Nathan Webb, of U.xbridge, Massachu- setts; Bethia, June 13, 1702, married Ebenezer Hunt; Captain Ebenezer, December 20, 1704. married Annie Boylston, sister of Susanna Boylston. Of this family Rev. Joseph Adams, the eldest son, was graduated from Harvard College in 1710, was ordained and settled at Newington, New Hampshire, where he re- mained as pastor sixty-six years, and where he died May 20, 1783, in his ninety-fifth year. Deacon John .\dams, the second son, married Susanna Boylston, daughter of Peter and .\nn (White) Boylston, of Brookline, Massachu- setts ; she lived to be ninety-eight years and six weeks old, dying April 17, 1797. They had three sons : John, who became the sec- ond president of the United States ; Captain Peter Boylston, who lived at Braintree and was representative to the general court ; and Captain Elihu, who lived at Randolph. Mas- sachusetts, and died during the revolution, aged thirty-five. The father of President John Adams was a farmer and cordwainer, which in its original meaning signified a worker in Cordovan leather, and was finally applied to all cobblers and shoemakers. Joseph (2) -Adams had a third wife, Elizabeth Hobart, daughter of Caleb Hobart, of Braintree, whom he married about 1706-07. There was one child of this third marriage, who lived but nine days: Caleb, born May 26, died [une 4. 1 710. (I\') Samuel, third son of Joseph (2) Adams and his second wife, Hannah ( Bass) Adams, was born at Braintree. Massachusetts, January 28, 1694, and died July 17. 1751. This Samuel was first cousin of Samuel Adams, the elder, as he is usually called, to distinguish him from his son, Samuel Adarns, the patriot. On October 6, 1720, Samuel Adams married Sarah Paine, daughter of Deacon Moses Paine ; she died in Aledway, Massachusetts, June 23. 1777, aged seventy- nine. Samuel and Sarah (Paine) Adams lived in Braintree, now Quincy, Massachu- setts, where their eight children were born : Samuel, June 15, 1723: Sarah, March 4, 1726; Mary, .\pril 4, 1728: Joseph, December 17, 1730; Moses, January 31, 1733; Aaron, July 29, 1736: Elijah, whose sketch follows; and Nathaniel, January 19, 1745. (V) Elijah, fifth son of Samuel and Sarah (Paine) Adams, was born at Braintree, Mas- sachusetts, March 16, 1738, and died in Bos- ton. August 22, 1798. He was twice married, and had two children by the first wife. About 1760 Elijah Adams married Mrs. Deborah Miner, who died February 14, 1778, at the age of forty years. There were two children : Captain Elijah, born at Boston, .\pril 5, 1762, who followed the sea, and died at the age of eighty-three; and Moses, whose sketch fol- lows. Elijah Adams married for his second wife Mrs. Judith Townsend, widow of Nathan Townsend, who died August 22, 1808, in her fifty-fifth year. (VI) Moses, second son of Elijah and Deborah (Miner) .A.dams. was born in Bos- ton, in 1767, and died at Portland. Maine, March 7. 1820. On March 30, 1796, he mar- ried Nancy Paine, who died October 30, 1838, aged sixty-four. They lived in Portland, Maine, where their nine children were born : Sophia, 1797, died April 20, 1845; Mary A., 1800, married Elijah .Adams; Adeline, 1802, died June 10, 1840; William, 1804, died Au- gust 30, 1820; Loui.sa, 1806, married Elijah Adams; Charles P., 1808, died September 11, 1827; Maria G., 1810, died November 14, 1840; Elijah, 1812, died .August 21, 1813, aged ten months; Elijah (2), whose sketch follows. (MI) Elijah (2). youngest and only sur- I3IO STATE OF MAINE. viving son of Moses and Nancy (Paine) Adams, was born in Portland, Maine, March I, 1814, and died there September i, 1875. His death was sudden, and was occasioned by heart disease. On March 2, 1845, Elijah (2) Adams married Cordelia Knight, daughter of Captain Benjamin and Mary (Hutchinson.) Knight, of Portland. Mrs. Adams died July 19, 1853, in her thirty-fifth year, leaving chil- dren : Frank Eugene, born December 2, 1846; Charles Moses, November 6, 1847, married Lizzie Ann Quinn ; Harriet M., died young; Ella Leontine, mentioned below ; Delia Maria, May 18, 1853, died January 3, 1871. On March 26, 1855, Elijah (2) Adams married his second wife, Mrs. Olive P. (Hanscom) Talcott. There were no children by this mar- riage. (MH) Ella Leontine, daughter of Elijah (2) and Cordelia (Knight) Adams, was born in Portland, Maine, April 29, 1850. On July 7, 1869, she was married to Clayton James Farrington, a resident of Portland, who was born at Keene, New York, March 31, 1849. They have three daughters : Leontine A., Delia M. and Alice T. (See Farrington, VL) The coat-of-arms of the English EATON family of Eaton is: Azure fret on a field. Crest : An eagle's head erased sable in the mouth a sprig vert. Motto: "Vincit Omnia Veritas." (Truth conquers all things.) The surname Eaton is of Welsh and Saxon origin, a place name meaning hill or town near the water. In Welsh "Aw" means water, and "Twyn," a small hill; Awtyn, called "Eyton," a small hillock near the water. In Saxon "Ea" means water and "Ton" town ■ — the same significance, viz. : A town or hill near the water. And from some place bearing this name the first of the family to use tlje surname took their home-town name, after a very common custom. The name of the fam- ily is spelled in various ways : Eton, Etton, Eyton and Eaton by all authorities during the early days, but the latter spelling became gen- erally used several generations before the first emigrant came to America. The English an- cestry has been traced as follows : (I) Banquo, Thane of Lochabar, A. D. 1000. (II) Fleance, son of Banquo, married Guenta Princess, of North Wales. (III) Alan Fitz Flaald, son of Fleance, mar- ried Amieria. (IV) WiUiam Fitz Alan (son of Alan) »ii?rried Isabel de Say. (V) Robert de Eaton, son of William Fitz Alan. (VI) Peter de Eaton, son of Robert de Eaton. (\TI) Sir Peter de Eaton, son of Peter de Eaton, married Alice . (\TII) William de Eaton, son of Sir Peter, married Matilda . (IX) Sir Peter de Eaton, son of William de Eaton, married Margery . (X) Peter de Eaton, son of Sir Peter. (XI) John de Eaton, son of Peter de Eaton. (XII) Peter de Eaton, son of John de Eaton. (XIII) Humphrey Eaton (dropping the preposition de (of), son of Peter. (XIV) Georgius Eaton, son of Humphrey Eaton. (XV) Sir Nicholas Eaton, son of Georgius Eaton, married Katerina Talbott. (XVI) Louis Eaton, son of Sir Nicholas, married Anna Savage. (X\TI) Henry Eaton, son of Louis Eaton, married Jane Cressett. (X\TII) William Eaton, son of Henry Eaton. (XIX) William Eaton, son of William Eaton, married Jane Hussey. He died before 1584; his widow Jane died that year, leaving a will dated August 27, 1584, and proved De- cember 29 following. She left instructions to be buried in the churchyard of St. James, at Dover, England, where the family lived. She named her son-in-law, James Huggen- son, executor, and gave directions for the education of her sons John, Peter and Nicho- las, and her eldest son William. One of the daughters married Allen and Barbara Allen administered her father's estate a few months after her mother's death. (XX) Peter Eaton, son of William Eaton, married Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson. Children : I. William, came to Reading, Massachusetts, from Staple, England, sailing from Sandwich before June 9, 1637; settled first at Water- town, where he was a proprietor as early as 1642; removed to the adjacent town of Read- ing, where he was a proprietor in 1644 and a town officer later; he, his wife and children were legatees in the will of his wife's sister, Margaret Lane, of London, England, dated September 3, 1662; he died at Reading, May i3> 1673. 2. Jonas, mentioned below. Per- haps others. (I) Jonas Eaton, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the American family, was son of Peter Eaton. He first settled with his brother in Watertown and bought land there STATE OF MAINE. 1311 and had his residence there in 1643. He and his brother WilHam were among the first set- tlers of Reading, Massachusetts. Jonas and his wife Grace were admitted to the church at Reading, September 29, 1648, or eariier. He was admitted a freeman in 1653 and was selectman of Reading for several years. His residence and farm were on Cowdrey's Hill, in the northwest part of the town, now within the limits of Wakefield. He and several of his neighbors were fined sixpence each for being late to town meeting on one occasion. He died February 24, 1674, and his widow married, November 18, 1680, Henry Silsbee, of Lynn. His will was proved April 7, 1674. He bequeathed to his wife Grace, sons John, James, Joseph, Joshua, Jonathan and daugh- ter Mary. Children: i. Mary, born February 8, 1643-44, died 1731. 2. John, September 10, 1645, mentioned below. 3. Jonas, born and died September 10, 1645. 4- Jonas, born and died September 24, 1648. 5. Sarah, 1650. 6. Joseph, January 5, 1651. 7. Joshua, December 4, 1653. 8. Jonathan, December 6, 1655. 9. David, September 22, 1657, died October 7, 1657- (H) John, son of Jonas Eaton, was born September 10, 1645, ^i^d was called "John of the Plains." He died in Reading, Massachu- setts, May 25, 1691. He married, November 26, 1674, Dorcas Green, and settled in Read- ing. Children: i. Jonas, born March 13 1676, died March 28, 1676-77. 2. Grace January 12, 1677, married John Boutelle. 3 Noah, January 26, 1678, died 1701. 4. Thorn as, June 22, 1679, died November 30, 1679 5. Jonas, May 18, 1680, mentioned below. 6 Joseph. April 18, 1681. died April 29, 1681 7. Benjamin, January 16, 1683-84, died Febru ary 2, 1683-84. 8. Joseph, settled in Reading, 9. Benjamin, settled in Roxbury. 10. Dorcas July 26, 1688, died young. 11. Stephen, Au- gust II, 1689, died August 25, 1689. 12 Phebe, August 25, 1690, married Jonathan Nichols. (HI) Jonas (2), son of John Eaton, was born Alay 18, 1680. He was a carpenter and bricklayer and settled in Framingham. He was selectman there in 1717. He purchased, March 10, 1705-06, the east half of what was known as the "Half Mile Square," and died there August 13, 1727. He married, in 1705, Mehitable Gould. Children: i. Mehitable, born February 17, 1706-07. 2. Noah, July 22, 1708. 3. John, September 3, 17 10, settled in Killingly, Connecticut. 4. Phebe twin), Oc- tober 22, 1714. 5. Jbnas (twin), October 22, 1714, mentioned below. 6. Joseph, March 12, 1716. 7. Mary, March 12, 1718. 8. Joshua, July I, 1 72 1, settled in Voluntown, Connecti- cut. 9. Benjamin, October 9, 1723. 10. Ebe- nezer, September 2, 1727, cordwainer. (IV) Jonas (3), son of Jonas (2) Eaton, was born October 22, 17 14. He married, Au- gust 3, 1738, Mary Emerson. He was taxed from 1739 to 1773 in Framingham, and then removed to Charlestown, where he lived at the time the town was burned by the British. He made a claim in 1775 for loss of property for himself and his three sons, Jonas, Daniel and Ebenezer. Children: i. Jonas, born June 16, 1739, died young. 2. Jonas, baptized Febru- ary 8, 1740-41, mentioned below. 3. Daniel, baptized January 16, 1743-44. 4. Ebenezer, baptized November 4, 1744. 5. Benjamin. 6. Mary, baptized November 6, 1748, married, 1772, Silas Parker. 7. James, baptized Jan- uary 20, 1751-52. 8. Joseph, baptized July 22, 1753. 9. Joshua, baptized March 28, 1757. (V) Jonas (4), son of Jonas (3) Eaton, was baptized February 8, 1740-41, and was a currier by trade. The marriage intentions between Jonas Eaton and Mildred Rand were published October 26, 1765, and were "For- bidden by the man himself." He married, December i, 1767, Mary Wyer, of Charles- town, where he settled. He owned a lot on Main street, part of which he sold to Benja- min Frothingham. He was taxed in Charles- town from 1762 to 1766. He served in the revolution in Captain Jesse Fames' company, Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment. Fifth Middlesex, in 1776, and also in Captain David Brewer's company. Colonel Abner Perry's regiment, Tenth Middlesex, in the Rhode Island campaign. He died in 1787 and his estate was administered by his son Daniel. Children: i. Jonas, baptized February 11, 1770, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth (twin), baptized March 8, 1772. 3. Mary (twin), baptized March 8, 1772. 4. Daniel. 5. Ben- jamin. 6. James. When Charlestown was burned in 1775, his wife and three children escaped in a rowboat and fled to Framingham, where Jonas joined them later, and from there enlisted for the war. (VI) Jonas (5), son of Jonas (4) Eaton, was baptized in Charlestown, February 11, 1770, and was with his mother when they escaped from Charlestown in 1775, at the burning of the town. He married, in 1792, Mary Corey, whose father was a revolutionary soldier. He resided in Groton, Massachu- setts, where his children were born. Chil- 13 ■- STATE OF MAINE. dren : Josluia, Alary, .-\iiielia, Jonas. Charlotte, \\'illiam,. Sara, Joseph Emerson, Susan and Henry Frankhn. (VJI) Henry Franklin, son of Jonas (5) Eaton, was born in Groton, Massachusetts. He was educated there in the public schools. He .settled in New Brunswick, and was very successful in the lumbering; business. He lived in Milltown, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine. He married, October 17, 1842, Anna Louisa, born at Portland, Maine, De- cember 12, 1822, daughter of William and Esther ( Wigglesworth) Boardman. Chil- dren: I. Henry F., deceased. 2. George H. 3. Henrietta AL, married Rev. J. J. Blair; three children : Helena, Annie and Kenneth. 4. Henry B. 5. Franklin M. 6. Annie K.. married Horace B. Alurchie; three children: Wilfred, Howard and Lillian. 7. Wilfred L. ( \in ) Hon. George Howard, son of Henrv Franklin Eaton, was born at Alilltown, New Brunswick, Alarch 14, 1848. He prepared for college at Phillips Academv, Andover, Alassa- chusetts, graduating in the class of 1866. He entered Amherst College, where he was grad- uated in the class of 1870, with the degree of A. B. He then became associated with his father and brother in the lumber business, under the firm name of Henry F. Eaton & Sons, at Calais, Alaine. The firm deals in all kinds of eastern lumber and has enjoyed a large and flourishing trade. It ranks among the largest houses in this line of business in that .section of the state. Mr. Eaton is a mem- ber of St. Croix Lodge, No. 46, Free Alasons, and of the St. Croix Club, of which he has been president. He is a member of the Calais Board of Trade : was president of the Calais National Bank for a number of years; now president of the International Trust and Bank- ing Company of Calais. He is a trustee of the Bangor Theological Seminary, and cor- porate member of the Board of Foreign Alis- sions, one of the vice-presidents of the Amer- ican Sunday-school Union. Mr. Eaton has been honored with various offices of trust and responsibility. He is a trustee of the Calais public library. In 1901 he was elected to the state legislature and served two terms with credit. He was state senator in 1906, serving on important committees, and was re-elected in 1908. He married, in Alilltown, New Bruns- wick, August 22. 1 87 1, Elizabeth Woodbury, of Chicago, Illinois, born at Amherst, Massa- chusetts, August 27, 1849, daughter of James W. Boyden, a lawyer, of Beverlv, graduate of Harvard College, who settled in Amherst and later in life in Chicago, to practice his profession. Children : i. George Dudley, born August 31, 1872. 2. Elizabeth B., September I. 1874, graduate of Aliss Wheeler's School at Providence, Rhode Island. 3. John Boy- den, February 7, 1877. 4. Harris Dickinson, January 7, 1879. 5. Anna Louise, Alarch 7, i«8i. 6. Ahriam Breed, November 7, 188^ 7 Alice Alay, June 20, 1887, graduate of Aliss Wheelers School, as were also all her sisters- now a student at Wellesley College, class of 1910. 8. Louis Woodbury, Alarch 28, 1892. TTATr^x- '^'^'^ Eatons of the following Ii-AION line are not directly descended from the pioneer of that name wlio came to Alassachusetts before 1700 but are ot a family which came to these shores about a century ago (being descended from one of the pioneers who settled for a time in Connecticut and returned to England) and settled m Alaine soon after their arrival in America. (I) Thomas Eaton came from Warrington England, and .settled in Bellingham, Massa- chusetts, about 1805. He married, at Belling- ham Airs. Rebecca Barton, a widow with two children, Seth and Rebecca. He afterward moved to Bath, Alaine, where he was engaged as a ropemaker. By his second marriage he had four daughters and two sons: i Eliza- beth, married Robert Goddard. 2. Hannah married a Mr. Godfrey. 3. Alary Ann, mar- ried Zachariah T. Thornton. 4. 'William B died ,n infancy. 5. Sarah AL, died young! o. ihomas, see forward. (II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and Rebecca Eaton, was born in Bellingham Massachusetts, December 18, 1813, and died m Brunswick, Alaine, August 16 1887 He resided in Bath from the time he was one year old until he removed to Brunswick, April 1865. He was engaged in business as a har- ness and carnagemaker. He married, at Bath October 21. 1838, Emilv Bartlett Nash, who was born in Bath. November 22, 1819 dauo-h- ter of William and Lvdia (Shaw) Nash bemcr a descendant of Elder Brewster, who came over in the "Alayflower.'- Thev had six chil- dren: I. Maria Frances, married George S Berry, of Damariscotta, and has one Irhild living, George S., who resides in Denver Colorado. 2. Sarah Ellen, married Finley Lattimore. of Washington, D. C, and has t\vo children: Emily, the wife of Sidney Coombs, and Katharine. 3. Emma J. S., some years after the death of her sister Sarah E became the wife of Finlev Lattimore. 4 Ray P.„ married Ella Cutter and has two children'- STATE OF :\IAIXE. 1313 Abbif .M. ami Alice H. 3. Thomas H., see forward. 6. Charles H., who married Ella Blethen and has one child, Harold D. (Ill) Thomas H., fifth child and second son of Thomas (2) and Emily Bartlett (Nash) Eaton, was born in Bath, Maine, August 2t„ 1849. He attended the public schools of his native city, where he prepared for college, and in 1865 entered Bowdoin College, from which he graduated with honors in the class of 1869, and three years later received the degree of M. A. After graduation he went to Burling- ton, Iowa, where he was a clerk in the office of the Chicago. Burlington & Ouincy rail- road. In 1873 he became clerk in the First National Bank of ]\Iadison, \\'isconsin, where he remained two years. From that place he went to the Iowa National Bank of Ottumwa, Iowa, and filled the position of bookkeeper for some years. In 1883 he went to London, England, as the representative of the Anglo- American Investment Company, where the business in which he was engaged required his presence eight months. After his return to Ottumwa he was made teller of the Iowa Na- tional Bank, and later was promoted to cash- ier of that bank. After a period covering twenty-two years he severed his connection with that institution and returned to Maine in 1896. He immediately entered the employ of the Chapman National Bank of Portland, and two years later, i8g8. was made its cashier, and has held that place ever since. In politics he is a Republican, and a member of the Port- land Club, but he is not a politician, nor has he any affiliation with fraternal societies. This name, which is variously WINN spelled Winne and Wynne, also without the final e, is of ancient Welsh origin, being derived from gii'yn, mean- ing white. "Burke's Peerage" has this to say of the English family : "To the House of Gydir, now represented maternally in one of its branches by the Williams-Wynns of Wynn- stay, must be conceded the first rank in Cam- brian genealogy. This eminent family de- duces male descent through their immediate ancestor. Rhodri, Lord of Anglesey, vounger son of Owen Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, from Anarawd, King of North Wales, eldest son of Rhodri Mawr, King of Wales. This last monarch, the descendant of a long line of regal ancestors, succeeded to the crown of Powys on the demise, in 843, of his father. Mer\-yn \"rych. King of Po-wys, and by in- heritance and marriage acquired the king- doms of North Wales and South Wales." Rhodri ap Owen Gwynedd, Lord of An- glesey, mentioned in the preceding paragraph, was born about the middle of the twelfth cen- tury, and married Agnes, daughter of Rhys ap Griffith ap Rhys ap Tewdyr Mawr, King of South U'ales. Tenth in descent from this couple was John Wynne ap i\Ieredith of Gwydir, county Caernavon, who died in 1559- He seems to have been the first to bear the name of Wynne in its present form. His grandson. Sir John Wynn, of Gwydir, born in 1553, was the well known author of the History of the Gwydir Family. The arms of Wynn of Gwydir are : Quarterly : first and fourth, -rert, three eagles, displayed in fesse, or^ for Owen Gwynedd, King of North Wales ; second and third, giilcs, three lions, passant, in pale argent, armed azure, for Griffith ap Cynan. King of North Wales. (I) Edward Winn, the progenitor of the New England family, was born about the be- ginning of the seventeenth century, and came with his family from Ipswich, England, to Massachusetts about 1638-40. He was one of the first settlers of Woburn. being there in 1641, and he died in that town. September 5, 1682. He was married three times. His first wife, Joanna, came from England with him, and their son Increase, born December 5, 1641, was the first child whose birth is found in the records of Woburn. It is probable that the son Joseph and the daughters Ann and Eliza- beth were older, and came from England with their parents. Joanna, wife of Edward Winn, died March 8, 1649, '"id on August 2 of that year he married Sarah Beal. She died March 15, 1680, and Edward Winn married Mrs. Ann or Hannah Wood, widow of Nicholas W'ood, who survived him, dying in 1686. Children : i . Joseph, see forward. 2. Ann, married. September 26. 1648, Moses Cleveland, of Woburn. 3. Elizabeth, married. May 21, 1649, George Polly, of Woburn. a carpenter by trade ; she died May 2, 1695. 4. Increase, married, in Woburn, July 13, 1665, Hannah, daughter of Richard Sawtell. (II) Joseph, eldest son of Edward and Joanna \\'inn, was born in England, and came to this country with his parents about 1640. He died in Woburn. where he spent his life and reared his family, in 1641. .About 1664 Joseph Winn married Rebekah, daughter of William and Mabel Reed, and sister of the first George Reed, of Woburn. Joseph and Rebekah (Reed) Winn had children: i. Re- bekah. born ]\lay 25, 1665, died April 6, 1679. 2. Sarah, November 9, 1666, married Ebenezer Johnson. 3. Joanna, 1668, married Edward I3I4 STATE OF MAINE. Knight. 4. Abigail. June 18, 1670, lived but one week. 5. Joseph, jNIay 15, 1672. 6. Jo- siah, whose sketch follows. 7. Timothy, 1676, died ]\larch 22, 1678. 8. and 9. Rebekah and Hannah (twins j, February 14, 1679. 10. Anne, November i, 1684, died September 13, 1686. II. Timothy, February 27, 1687, mar- ried Elizabeth Brooks, who had a son. Deacon Timothy Brooks, who became wealthy. (Ill) Josiah, second son of Joseph and Re- bekah (Reed) Winn, was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, March 15, 1674, and died at Wells, ]\Iaine, in 1734. In 1700 he received a grant of ten acres of land at Wells, and moved there, probably increasing his holdings from time to time. He was one of the select- men, and took part in Lovell's war, which ended in 1726. He appears to have been a man who enjoyed the confidence of the com- munity, because the care of the estate and children of Josiah Littlefield, who had been captured by the Indians in 1708, was assigned him (Winn) by order of the probate court. Josiah Littlefield was an uncle of the wife of Josiah Winn, and the stewardship resulted in one of those long family quarrels which was not ended by the death of the chief partici- pants. The History of IVells and Kennehunk devotes several pages to the matter, and the author is inclined to blame Littlefield's second wife for all the trouble. From all accounts Winn had conducted affairs in a judicious manner, and Littlefield himself would have found no fault had he not been egged on bv his wife. The contest, originally a private one, assumed such proportions and involved so many people that the litigation lasted for forty years, from 1710 to 1750, and Edward E. Bourne, the historian of Wells, thinks it is without a parallel in New England. Josiah Winn married Lydia Littlefield, and there were two sons, Josiah and John, and probably some daughters. Josiah (2) was probably born about 1705, as a list of the ninety-one male inhabitants of the town, made in 1726, in- cludes him, as well as his father. They are the only Winns mentioned and the son prob- ably would not have been enrolled had he not been of age. (IV) John, son of Josiah and Lydia (Little- field) Winn, was born in 1710, probably at Wells, Maine. From the side lights we' are able to get on his career, he was a man noted for his bravery and decision of character. In 1737 Captain John Winn, in company with John Webber and James Littlefield, purchased the schooner "Prosperous," of York. This vessel was engaged in the coasting trade, and was commanded by Captain Winn. How long the latter followed the sea is not known, but he was appointed one of the committee to build the new meeting-house in 1766. He saw some service in the revolution, for we read that in 1779 Captain John Winn, in company with Major Daniel Littlefield, Captain Samuel Saw- yer, and others of the most substantial and energetic citizens of Wells, was called upon to take part in the expedition to the Penobscot. The American fleet, consisting of seventeen vessels and a large number of transports, en- tered the bay on July 21, and a cannonade was soon begun. But a large addition to the ene- my's vessels arrived, and the failure of our own government to furnish the required num- ber of soldiers resulted in defeat, and the American army made their retreat in the best manner they could through the wilderness. They finally reached their homes after great suffering. Major Littlefield and Captain Saw- yer lost their lives in this expedition, but Captain \\'inn, though sixty-nine at the time, probably survived ; at least, we have no ac- count of his death. Captain John Winn was married probably as early as 1735; at least, we have record of a school being kept in his house about that date. He had two wives, Huldah and Abigail Littlefield, probably sis- ters, and there were five sons, and perhaps daughters. (V) John (2), eldest son of Captain John (i) and Huldah (Littlefield) \\'inn. was born in 1736, at Wells, ;\Iaine. The only informa- tion that we have been able to find concern- ing him relates to the seating of the new meeting-house in June, 1769. This was an important ceremony in old times, and people were seated according to their rank or wealth. John (2) \\'inn was assigned to the front rank in the gallery, where the pews were rated at six pounds, eight shillings. John (2) Winn married Priscilla Littlefield : their children were : Ebenezer, Isaac and three daughters. (VI) Ebenezer, son of John (2) and Pris- cilla (Littlefield) ^^'inn, was born at Wells, Maine, 1768. Nothing further is known about him except that he had two wives, the first Olive Goodwin, the second, Abigail Staples. (VII) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i) Winn, was born in 1818, died January 8, 1852. He married Sally, daughter of Elihu and Sarah Hayes. Children: i. John, see forward. 2. Charles E. 3. Charles H. 4. Mary E., married James I. Shapleigh. 5. Hannah E., married John S. Peasley. 6. Laura J., married (first) W. P. Morrison; (second) George W. Janvrin. ^ ^^> STATE OF MAINE. 1315 (\"III) John (3), son of Ebenezer (2) and Sally (Hayes) Winn, was born at Lebanon, Maine, November 7, 1842. At the age of nine years, on account of his father's death, he went to work on a neighboring farm, gaining such education as the district schools of the time afforded. When a young man he learned the business of manufacturing cotton goods, and he has been engaged in this work ever since, at Lewiston, Maine. He belongs to the Masonic order, is a Republican in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. October 25, 1864, John (3) Winn married Margaret O'Meara, of LeW'iston, Maine. They have two children : George Hayes, whose sketch follows ; and Therese Belle, born October 21, 1885. (IX) George Hayes, only son of John (3) and Margaret (O'Meara) Winn, was born at Lewiston, Maine, November 30, 1880, and ob- tained his early education in the public schools of that city. He was graduated from the University of Maine in the class of 1900 and from the law department of the same institu- tion in 1903. He was admitted to the bar, February 7, 1904. Mr. Winn is a Republican in politics, and has been secretary of the city committee for five years. He has twice been candidate for representative, but was defeated on account of the city being strongly Demo- cratic. During the session of the Maine legis- lature in 1907 he served as secretary of the committee on legal affairs. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he is an active worker, has filled all chairs and is now exalted ruler. (For aucestry see preceding sketch.) ' (V) Nathaniel Winn was a con- WINN temporary of John Winn (4), probabl}- a cousin. He lived at Wells, Maine, and in 1769, when the seating of the new meeting-house was in progress, he was assigned by the committee one of the pews of second rank in the gallery, which was valued at five pounds. Nathaniel Winn was a blacksmith by trade, and in early middle life moved wdth his family to Clinton, Alaine, where he was among the first settlers. (VI) Japheth, son of Nathaniel Winn, was born at Wells, Maine, near the close of the eighteenth century, and died at Benton, Maine, in 1875. In his younger days he followed the sea as a cook aboard ship on the vessels that sailed from Wells. After a time he gave up his seafaring life, and learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked during the greater part of his days, having his home at Benton. He was a staunch Democrat, attended the Universalist church, and at one time was a major in the militia. About 1817 he married Annie Simpson, who was born at Winslow, Maine, and died at Benton. They had nine children : Charles H., Abigail A., Japheth M., whose sketch follows, George W., Olive J., Eliza A., Maria A., iSIary C. and Frances. (VII) Japheth Miles, son of Major Japheth and Annie (Simpson) Winn, was born at Clinton, jMaine, May 14, 1822. He was edu- cated in the schools of Clinton, which is now a part of Benton, and also at Benton Academy. He then learned the trade of blacksmith with his father. At twenty years of age he went to Boston, where he remained but a short time, when he went to Bingham, Maine, where he learned to make axes by hand, following gen- eral work for one year, working for Cyrus Hunter. In 1843 ]Mr. Winn returned to his native town of Clinton, where he built a black- smith-shop of his own ; shod many oxen, manufactured axes by hand, and conducted an extensive business in general work. In 1867 he sold his business to Messrs. Hussey and Thompson, and became a dealer in lumber and wood. He supplied the Maine Central rail- road with wood until they adopted the use of coal. For two or three years he was asso- ciated with John Jewell in the ownership of a general store at Clinton, but in 1875 !Mr. Winn sold out his interest, and has since been re- tired from active business. He attends the L'niversalist church, and is a Democrat in politics. He was a member of the board of selectmen in Clinton during the years 1859-66, serving as chairman of the board, and with the exception of two years was town treasurer from 1867 to 1880; in 1880 served one year as county commissioner. IMr. Winn married, December 31, 1852, Eleanor S., born at Clin- ton, August 17, 1833, daughter of David (2) and Mary (Hay ford) Hunter. They had three children: Annie M., born April 18, 1854, died September 25, i860. 2. Mary A., Feb- ruary 5. 1857. died September 13, i860. 3. Frank, August 2, 1867, died April 10, 1869. The posterity of Rev. Will- TOMPSON iam Tompson, immigrant, of Braintree, and particularly the line written in the present article, is re- markable for the moral and mental qualities of many of those who constitute it, and the number of clerg\-men and graduates of Har- vard College which it has produced. (I) Rev. ^^'illiam Tompson, or Thompson, as the name was sometimes spelled, matricu- I3I6 STATE OF MAINE. lated at Brazen Nose College, Oxford, Eng- land. January 28, 1620, at the age of twenty- one, but his degree is not found in the Fasti. He had been a preacher in Warwick, a parish of his native Lancashire, before he came to our side of the sea in 1637, and was engaged first at Kittery or York. He brought with him his wife .\bigail and sons Samuel and William, perhaps daughter Mary, and Elinor, who was born in 1626. He had born here Joseph and Benjamin. He settled in Brain- tree, Massachusetts, in 1639, ^''"^ "^"^'^s made a freeman Alay 13, 1640. and in the same year received a grant of one hundred and twenty acres of land. Also, on July 29, 1644, a grant was made to "Thompson, William and Flint, Henry Alarsh in the three hills march not formerly granted to J. Wheelwright, to- gether with two hillocks of upland." He owned and occupied an estate on the west side of the sea. now Chestnut street, and Rev. Peter Whitney and Rev. Henry Flint had property on the east side of the same street. "The Rev. Mr. Thompson, pastor of the First Church of Braintree, was selected as chaplain to sound the silver trumpet along with the army," when a draft w-as ordered on Brain- tree for soldiers, August 5, 1645, '^o fill a quota of two hundred men to go to tight the Narragansetts, but the deputies of Pessacus and the other chiefs averted war at that time. After the dismissal of Mr. Wheelwright, the people of Braintree called Mr. Tompson to be their pastor and Mr. Henry Flint to be their teacher. From a report of a committee made in 1657 it appears that they received fifty-five pounds as their salary. The original covenant, as signed by the members of the First Cluirch of Braintree, at their first gather- ing. September 16, 1639, had for its first sub- scriber "Wm. Tompson, Pastor." Mr. Tomp- son was ordained November 19, 1639, and ]\lr. Flint. March 17, 1640. According to the dis- tinction observed in those early times in churches, !Mr. Tompson became pastor and Mr. Flint teacher. One of the most important incidents in the life of Mr. Tliompson was his being chosen one of the ministers to go on a mission to \'irginia in 1642, upon a re- quest from certain individuals in that remote colony that competent ministers of the Con- gregational order should be sent to preach the gospel to them. The following e.xtract from Hubbard's History of New England will ex- plain the reasons and object of this mission: "In the same year, 1642, one Mr. Bennett, a gentleman of \'irginia, arrived in Boston, bringing letters with him from sundry w-ell- disposed jieople there, to the ministers of New England, bewailing their sad condition for want of the means of salvation, and earnestly entreating a supply of faithful ministers, whom upon experience of their gilts and godliness, they might call to office. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Tompson were sent away by the con- sent of their churches and departed on their way on October 7, 1642, to meet the vessel that should transport tliem, at Narragansett. They were long wind-bound at Rhode Island, and met many other difficulties, so as they made it eleven weeks of a dangerous passage before they arrived there ; but had this ad- vantage in the way, that they took a third minister along with them in the person of Mr. James, of New Haven. They found loving and liberal entertainment in the country, and were bestowed in several places by the care of some honest-minded persons, that much de- sired their company rather than by any care of the governor. And though the difficulties and dangers they w'ere continually exercised with in their way thither, put upon them some ques- tion whether their call were of God or not, yet they were much encouraged by the suc- cess of their ministry, through the blessing of God, in that place. Mr. Tompson, a man of melancholy temper and crazy body, wrote word back to his friends that he found his health so repaired, and his spirit so enlarged, that he had not been in the like condition since he first left England. But he fared with them as it had done before with the Apostles in the primitive times, that the people magni- fied them, and their hearts seemed to be much inflamed with an earnest desire after the Gos- pel, though the civil rulers of the country did not allow of their public preaching, because they did not conform to the orders of the Church of England : however, the people resorted to them, in private houses, as much as before. At their return, which was the next summer, by the letters which they brought with them, it appears that God had greatly blessed their ministry for the time, while they were there, which was not long; for the rulers of the country did in a sense drive them out, having made an order that all such as would not con- form to the discipline of the English Church, should depart the country by such a day. It appears from what is related concerning this mission that, although it did not succeed, as had been anticipated, and was abruptly ter- minated by the order from the authorities of the Virginia Colony, yet it was not wholly without fruit. ^lany seem to have been favor- ably impressed by the preaching of Tompson STATE OF MAINE. 1317 and his associates ; and Daniel Gookins re- moved from X'irginia and settled in Cam- bridge, and was later Major General of j\las- sachusetts Colony, and was author of "The Historical Collections of the Indians of New England.' Mr. Tompson met with a severe bereavement in the death, during his absence, of his wife, who died January i, 1643. She is described as a Godly young woman, and a comfortable help to him, being left behind with a comjiany of small children. She was taken away by death and all his children scattered, but well disposed of among his Godly friends. Mr. Tompson married (second) 1646 or 1647, Anne, the widow of Symon Crosbie, of Cam- bridge. Their only child, Anna, was born March 3, 1648. In 1648 Mr. Tompson was connected with the synod which convened at Cambridge, and framed the platform of church discipline for the Congregational churches. For several years before his death Mr. Tomp- son's happiness and usefulness appear to have been destroyed by a fixed melancholia which amounted at times to mental alienation. He left his public labors as a preacher in the year 1658, about seven years before his death. The state of his mind in the latter part of his life cloubtless incapacitated him for the management of his temporal affairs, as well as the discharge of his official duties. In the archives of the state is a documenf entitled 'A proposal for the issue of the complaints pre- sented by the beloved brethren, the Deacon of the Church of Braintree, in reference to our beloved sister, Mrs. Tompson, yet standing member of the Church of Cambridge, drawn up by the elders and some brethren of that church, who had a hearing thereof at Cam- bridge, October 15, 1661. This unhappy dif- ference between Mrs. Tompson and the offi- cers of the Braintree church seems to have continued. After the decease of her husband she presented a petition, in 1668, to the gen- eral court, in which she complains of certain moneys being withheld that were due to her husband for his services, and asks relief, al- though she humbly craves that she may not be interpreted to accuse the church of any acts of injustice or neglect in the place where she lives." In this connection it may be men- tioned that in the Dorchester church records is the following entry: "The 26 ( I ) '65. The day aforesaid, at the Motion of Mr. Mather, there was a contribution for Mr. Tomson of Braintree, into which there was given in money £6 OS 9d, besides notes for corn and other things above 30s ; and some more money was added afterwards to the value of 8s 3d." Mr. Tompson"s reduced circumstances were due probably to the mode of Raising the minister's salary in Braintree, which was by contribution, and varied from time to time. Death at length came to deliver the pastor from his outward straits, and to relieve his mental distress. It is gratifying to be assured that before his de- parture, the cloud that had settled upon him for years, lifted, and he enjoyed a brief season of peace. He died December 10, 1666. He was buried in the old Hancock cemetery, and his headstone, the oldest to be found there, bears the inscription: "Here lies buried the body of the Rev. Mr. William Tompson, the first pastor of Braintrey Church, who de- ceased December 10, 1666. Aetatis suae, 68. He was a learned, solid, sound divine, whose name and fame in both Englands did shine.' And by his side lies Mrs. Ann Tompson, his wife, deceased October ye 11, 1675. Aged 68 years. Mr. Tompson died intestate. There is in the Suffolk Probate Office an inventory of his effects, which corresponds too closely with Mather's lines : "Braintree was of this jewel then possest. Until himself he labored into rest. His inventory then, with John's was took ; A rough coat, girble, with the Sacred book." (II) Deacon Samuel, eldest son of Rev. William and Abigail Tompson, was born in England in 1631, and died in Braintree, June 18, 1695. The house in which the public Latin school was taught for many years was first in the possession of Mr. Samuel Tomp- son, who in 1672 sold it to the Rev. Moses Fisk, the second settled clergyman of the First Church. This estate then consisted of a house, barn, orchard and six acres of land, and was purchased for £115. Samuel Tompson was appointed ensign October 15, 1684. He was ordained deacon of the First Church in Braintree, November 2, 1679, though his name is not found in the list of freemen. He was an influential man in political affairs, and was representative from 1676 to 1686, except in 1681-82, and again filled that office in 1691. Among the bequests in the will of William Fenn, of Boston, were : "To Deacon Tompson, of Brantry, two pounds in silver ; and to his son Edward I give two pounds in Money." Samuel Tompson married (first) April 25, 1656, Sarah, daughter of Edward Shepard, who died January 15, 1680, aged forty-three. He married (second) Widow Elizabeth Bil- lings, perhaps the daughter of Roger, of Dor- chester, who died November 5, 1706, aged sixty-nine. She was buried in the old Han- cock cemetery, and her gravestone is inscribed : i3i8 STATE OF MAINE. "Here lyes buried ye Body of Elizabeth Tompson, wife of Deacon Samuel Tompson of Braintry, aged 69 yrs. Died Nov. 5, 1706." The children of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Shepard) Tompson were: Sarah (died young), Deborah, Samuel, Edward, Abigail, Sarah (died young). Hannah, William (died young), William and Sarah. (III) Rev. Edward, second son of Deacon Samuel and Sarah (Shepard) Tompson, was born in Braintree, April 20, 1665, graduated from Harvard College in 1684, and died March 16, 1705. He taught school several years before and after leaving college, and began to preach at Simsbury, June, 1687. He was ordained at jMarshfield, October 14, 1696, and remained there till his death. His wife's baptismal name was Sarah. Their children were : Samuel, Edward, William, John, Jo- seph, Sarah, Anna and Abigail. (IV) Rev. William (2), third son of Rev. Edward and Sarah Tompson, was born April 26, 1697, died Februar>' 13, 1759. He grad- uated from Flarvard College in 1718. He be- gan preaching in Scarborough in 1728, and in September of the same year accepted a call to settle there in the ministry, and was or- dained to the charge of the newly formed society. The number of male members whose names were enrolled on the church record at the time of the organization was fifteen. This was the first regularly organized church within the town of which there is any record. The salary of Mr. Tompson was £100 the first year, £110 the second, £120 the third, and so to continue until the inability of the towns- men to pay more should prevent further addi- tion. When Mr. Tompson began his labors, in 1728, he preached at the house of Arthur Bragdon, who lived on the plains near the Black Point graveyard. In March following the town voted to build a meeting-house which was erected in the northwest corner of the present Black Point burial-ground, and soon afterwards another was built on what is now the common at Dunstan. Mr. Tompson preached alternately in these two divisions of the town until a second society was formed at Dunstan in 1744, by setting oflf fifteen males and as many females from the Black Point Society. Mr. Tompson continued his labors until his death. He was held in high esteem by his townsmen, and his loss was deeply felt and severely lamented by the whole commun- ity. The expenses of his funeral was de- frayed by the '"town as a town" ; and it was moreover voted in town meeting "that ex- clusive of cotton gloves, &c., for the funeral of the deceased, and all necessaries, that the Town will give a suit of mourning to the widow." The committee appointed to oversee the ceremonies returned an account of ex- penditures amounting to £22, of which there was allowed £3 6s. 8d. "for the Rings of the Bearers." Such items illustrate the customs of the day. February 21, 1759, the following entry was made in Father Smith's diary: "I rode with my wife to Mr. Tompson's Funeral. There was a great concourse of people : as many from my parish as there were Horses and Sleighs." Mr. Tompson married Anna Hubbard, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, who was born July 22, 1702, daughter of John and Jane (Collensby) Hubbard, of Salisbury. She v/as a granddaughter of Richard and Martha (Allen) Hubbard. The children of Rev. Will- iam and Anna (Hubbard) Tompson were: William, Anna and John. William was chief justice of the court of sessions of Cumberland county. A sketch of John follows. (V) Rev. John, second son of Rev. William (2) and Anna (Hubbard) Tompson, was born in Scarboro, October 3, 1740, and died in Berwick, December 21, 1828. He grad- uated from Harvard College in 1765, and was ordained October 26, 1768, the first settled minister of Standish. The ordination cere- monies were performed in Rev. Mr. Smith's meeting-hcruse in Falmouth (now Portland). At that time there was a church organized of seven male members, and there were in the town of Standish about thirty families. To the year 1766 he received his support princi- pally from the proprietors of the township, but after that year they withheld it, believing the inhabitants were numerous and able enough to maintain their minister themselves. Mr. Tompson on this occasion acted, in imi- tation of the Lord, the part of true, disin- terested benevolence, for he continued to preach there five years without compensation. In 1 781, however, he suspended his ministra- tions in Standish and sought other fields of labor, and in Alay, 1783, he was dismissed at his own request, and in the same month was installed minister of South Berwick, the suc- cessor of Rev. Jacob Foster. The prospects of Mr. Tompson in pecuniary alifairs were now bright and promising, for the parish owned a tolerable parsonage and other property to the amount of two thousand dollars, to which must be added General Lord's donation of fifteen hundred dollars to the funds of the society. But the church was small, no general revival of religion having ever, till lately, dis- tinguished its annals. Surely so good a min- STATE OF MAINE. 1319 ister as IVIr. Tompson might often feel his heart bleed on perceiving lukewarmness so protracted among a people remarkable for so- briety and the best habits. Still, he believed there would be fruits to be failed not. He was persevering, therefore, in his labors like a primitive apostle, and he possessed "like pre- cious faith." His ministry was of uncommon length, being in the whole sixty years, forty- nine of which were at South Berwick. He married (first) November 22, 1768, Sarah Small, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, by whom he had eight children. His second wife was Widow Sarah i\Ierrill, and they had two children. (VI) Samuel, son of Rev. John Tompson, was born in Standish, October 11, 1773. He married Mary Lancaster, born January i, 1774, daughter of Rev. Thomas Lancaster; she died February 11, 1813. Among their children was a son \\'illiam. (VH) Captain William (3), son of Sam- uel and Mary (Lancaster) Tompson, was born in Scarborough, November 20, 1796, and died in Scarborough, January 15, 1849. He was a master mariner, and resided at Scar- borough. He married, September 23, 1819, Rhoda Libby, who was born in Scarborough, June 13, 1792, and died in Portland, June 23, 1876. Her parents were Seth and Lydia (Jordan) Libby (See Libby V). The chil- dren of Captain William and Rhoda Tompson were: Mary Lancaster, Benjamin Larrabee, Sally Hayman, John Adams and William. (\'III) John Adams, second son of Cap- tain William (3) and Rhoda (Libby) Tomp- son, was born in Scarborough, Z\Iarch 10, 1828, and died in Portland, December 21, i88g. He was educated in the common schools. Soon after his marriage he moved to Portland, W'here he engaged in the express and transfer business, which he followed the remainder of his life. He was a member of the common council in 1867. In religious affiliation he was a Congregationalist. He married, in Scar- borough, May 2, 1852, Mary Elizabeth Libby, who was born in Scarborough, March 22, 1830, daughter of George and Lydia (Libby) Libby. (See Libby VI.) Their children were : Benjamin Franklin, born in Portland, August 26, 1853, died young; Frederick Au- gustus, whose sketch follows ;• Edward Fran- cis, July 30, i860; and Charles Howard, July 27, 1863, died young. (IX) Frederick Augustus, second son of John A. and Mary Elizabeth (Libby) Tomp- son, was born in Portland, August 10, 1857, and was educated in the Portland public schools, graduating from the high school in 1876. In the fall of the same year he en- tered the office of F. H. Fassett, architect, by whom he was employed for nine years. Jan- uary I, 1886, he became Mr. Fassett's partner, the firm taking the name of Fassett & Tomp- son, and continuing until January i, 1891. Since that time ]\lr. Tompson has been in business alone. He has prepared the plans and superintended the construction of many build- ings in Portland and vicinity, among which are Young Men's Christian Association's build- mg, Union ]\Iutual Life Insurance building, Exchange street; Deering high school. Con- gress Square Hotel Annex and Wilde Memo- rial Chapel. In politics Mr. Tompson is a Republican. ' He has never held a political office or aspired to one. He is a Free Mason and a member of the following divisions of that order : Ancient Landmark Lodge, Green- leif Chapter and Council, and St. Albans Com- mandery. He is an Odd Fellow and a member of Harmony Lodge, Eastern Star Encampment. He is a member of the Port- land Club, the Country Club, the Kotzschmar Club, the Portland Society of Art, American Institute of Architects. He married, in Port- land, October 17, 1894, Harriet Jane Larra- bee, who was born in Portland, May 17, 1863, (See Larrabee VH), daughter of George H. P. and Jane Bayes (Phillips) Larrabee. The derivation of this name, PERHAM its origin or the locality in England of the family has not been determined. In America the name is rare among the immigrant ancestors, and in fact we only find two families that might claim the name, and one of these disappears after the second generation. John Peram is found as early as 1643 •" the settlement made at Seaconk, in Plymouth Colony, on land owned by Elizabeth Pole, or Pool, and known as tlie Pole settlement. His name is given among the proprietors of the ancient town of Seaconk, versus Rehoboth, 1643, written John Perram, John Peram, John Peren and John Perrum. His estate is valued originally at sixty-seven pounds sterling, and in the same list he acquires another estate valued at sixty-one pounds. On May 28, 1672, his name is written John Perrim Senior when given among the proprietors of the lands of the North Purchase of Rehoboth in the division of lands, March 18, 1668-69. This purchase became the town of Attleborough in 1694. His name as last written would suggest a son John and other records a son Abraham, 1320 STATE OF MAINE. but as the name then entirely disappears it is probably due to accident of birth, the two brothers either not marrying or having only female issue. The only immigrant that posi- tively left male issue and became the forebear of the Perhams in America was the Chelms- ford, Massachusetts Bay Colony, immigrant. (I) John Perham appeared in Chelmsford as a young man in 1664, with no property, relatives or friends, and was bound out or apprenticed to meet the requirements of the law of the colony then in force. He evidently served his term of apprenticeship very faith- fully. He was born in England, probably about 1633, but just when or by which vessel he reached the coast of New England is not known. Evidently he learned the business of farming, as we find that to have been his life's occupation. He must have been thrifty and able to accumulate sufficient money to purchase a farm and establish himself as a freeman, as he is recorded as having taken the freeman's oath, as provided in the laws of the colony. He married, December 15, 1664, Lydia, daughter of John Shepley, of Chelms- ford, settled upon a farm in that town and died there, June 21, 1721, aged about eighty- eight years. The five children of John, the immigrant, and Lydia (Shepley) Perham, were born on his farm in Chelmsford, Middle- sex county, Massachusetts, as follows: i. Mary, January 8. 1665. 2. John (q. v.). 3. Joseph, October 22, 1669. 4. Lydia, February 19, 1673. 5. Benoni, married, December 6, 1704, Sarah Robbins, of Cambridge. The Perham farm acquired by John Perham, the immigrant, has the peculiar historic interest of having been the home of one or more of his descendants of the name of Perham through nine generations, and is still, 1909, by right of unbroken successive ownership, "the Perham Farm." It has always been celebrated for its fertility and healthfulness and notable for its fine apple orchards, the products of which in both fruits and apple-cider have been standard articles of merchandise in the Boston market and the occasion of regular autumnal visits to the farm to see the fruit-burdened trees and witness the process of cider-making. It is probable that the name has become more fa- miliar to New Englanders through "Perham Farm Apples" and "Perham Farm Cider" than falls to the lot of farmers. (II) John (2), eldest son and second child of John ( I ) , immigrant, and Lydia ( Shep- ley) Perham, of Chelmsford, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, was born in Chelms- ford, January 27, 1667, and died in Grafton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, July 29, 1743. He removed from Chelmsford to L'p- ton in 1728, was a soldier in the Indian wars. He lived in Grafton after 1738 and was a farmer and probably an innkeeper. He mar- ried, December 29, 1692, Lydia, daughter of Samuel Fletcher and granddaughter of Rob- ert F'letcher, the immigrant," who came to New England in 1630. The children of John (2) and Lydia ( Fletcher ) Perham were born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, as follows: i. Lydia, October 25, 1693. 2. John, January 12, 1695, married Experience Powers. 3. Samuel, Alay 6, 1698. 4. IMary, December 24, 1700. 5. Sarah, October 16, 1703. 6. William, January 16, 1706, married Susanna Powers, November 10, 17^0. 7. Benjamin (q. v.). (HI) Benjamin, youngest son of John (2) and Lydia ( Fletcher) Perham, was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, February 23, 1707, and died in L^pton, Massachusetts. March 20, 1787. He was a hotelkeeper and a farmer ; served as soldier in the Indian wars, as did his father, his position in the military company being an ensign, and he became known as Ensign Perham. He mar- ried Esther, born March 19, 1709, died De- cember 16, 1790, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Butterfield, of Chelmsford, in 1731. In his will dated Jul)- 14, 1770, he names his sons and daughters as follows : Benjamin. Lemuel (q. v.), Jacob, Esther Keys. Olive Tinney, Lydia Learned and Sybil Wood. Of these children, Benjamin Jr., born February I3» 1733' married Rachel Clemens and had five children born between 1757 and 1777. (IV) Lemuel, second son of Benjamin and Esther (Butterfield) Perham, was born in Upton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, May 25, 1735, and died in Guilford, \"ermont, De- cember 6, 1814. He was brought up on his father's farm and aided him in the harvest ; he became a prominent citizen of Upton, serving as selectman, constable and land-sur- veyor. He served in the early part of the revolutionary war, and w^as an innkeeper at West Upton for forty years, up to 1804, when he removed to a farm in Guilford, \ ermont, where he died. He married, April 10, 1755, Mary, born July 28. 1735, daughter of Ben- jamin and Kezia Butterfield, of Westfield, Mas- sachusetts. He was with his mother, Esther, the sole executors of his father's will, made July 14, 1770. Children of Lemuel and Mary (Butterfield) Perham, were born in Upton, Massachusetts, as follows: i. Joanna. April 10, 1757, died young. 2. Lemuel (q. v.). 3. STATE OF .MAINE. 1321 Bett_v. May 2},. 1764. 4. Joanna, March 3, 1770. 5. Molly, April 13, 1774. 6. Lovicy, March 17, 1777. (\'j Lemuel (2). eldest son and second child of Lemuel (i) and Mary (Butterfield) Perham, was born in Upton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Decehiber 29, 1760, and died in Woodstock, Maine, March i, 1833. He was brought up in West Upton. Massachusetts, where his father was a town ofScer and innkeeper, and he removed to Paris, Oxford county, Maine, where he was an early settler and a farmer. He marrietl, in May, 1780, Betsey, daughter of Elisha and Jane (Kinginan) Gurney, of Worcester, Mas- sachusetts. Elisha Gurney removed from Worcester to Paris, Maine, in 1791, with his family. Lemuel Perham first lived on what was called the center lot, afterward moved to High street and about 1S12 to Woodstock. The children of Lemuel (2) and Betsey (Gur- ney ) Perham w ere born in Paris, O.xford county. Maine, as follows: i. Patty, April 6, 1781, married Abiather Tuel, of Paris. 2. Jonathan, March 22, 1784, married Lucy Felt. 3. Betty, August 28, 1787, died young. 4. Lemuel. November 10, 1788, married Sally T. Chase. 5. Lovicy, February 20. 1794, mar- ried Cyprian Cole. 6. Joel (q. v.). 7. Aziel, July 4, 1805, married Elvira Bowker. (VI) Joel, son of Lemuel (2) and Betsey (Gurney) Perham, was born in Paris Hill. Oxford county, Maine, March 31, 1797, and died in Woodstock, Maine, January 24, 1877. He was a farmer, merchant and large raiser of sheep, often caring for six hundred of these animals in his large barns through the long winters. He married Sophronia. born in Paris, Maine, April i, 180 1, died in Wood- stock, Maine, November 7, 1865, daughter of Rouse and Hannah (Carroll) Bisbee, grand- daughter of Calvin Bisbee and a descendant of Thomas Bisbee, who came from Europe to New England and landed in Scituate Harbor in 1634. The children of Joel and Sophronia (Bisbee) Perham were born in Woodstock. Oxford county, Maine, as follows: i. Sidney (q. v.). 2. Betsey G., March 13, 1821. 3. Kilborn, August 8, 1822. 4. Joel, May 8, 1826, merchant at Bryant Pond. Maine, 1854- 63 ; tow-n clerk and treasurer of Woodstock 1856-57; justice of the peace 1852-70; United States commissioner of board of enrollment with the rank of lieutenant in United States army 1863-66 : messenger in United States senate 1867; government inspector 1869; real estate dealer, \\'ashington, District of Colum- bia, Auburn. Maine, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois, up to the time of his death in Boston. 5. X'iania, April 10, 1832. 6. Cynthia. June 27, 1839. ( \ II) Si(hiey, son of Joel and Sophronia (Bisbee) Perham, was born in Woodstock. Oxford county, Maine, March 2j, i8ig. He was brought up on his father's farm and was a pupil in the public schools of Woodstock and at Gould's Academy, Bethel. Maine, and engaged in teaching school during the winter months, working on the farm in the summer, as had been his custom from early boyhood. In 1837 he purchased of his father the old homestead farm in Woodstock and continued the business of farming, stock-raising and sheep-husbandry. Like his father, his tlock of sheep numbered five hundred and were the especial pride of the neighborhood. He was made a member of the Maine board of agri- culture in 1853-54, being twice elected. He continued his agricultural pursuits even dur- ing his public duties up to 1886, when he made Washington his permanent home, but he still spent his summer vacations at Paris Hill. Maine. He became an active Democratic poli- tician soon after reaching his majority, and he was elected selectman of his native town in 1839 and continued in various town offices up to the time his public services interfered with his private duties. He was sent to the state legislature in 1854 and made speaker of that body on the opening of the session in 1855, the first instance in the history of the state when a person without legislative experi- ence was so honored. He voted for A. P. Morrill for governor in 1853. helped to found the Republican party in Alaine in 1856, was presidential elector on the Fremont and Day- ton ticket in 1856. and in 1857 the Maine electors voted for the Republican candidate. He was an elector on the Harrison and Mor- ton ticket in 1888, when the Maine Republi- can electors were again chosen. He served his county as clerk of the supreme judicial court, 1858-62, and the second Maine district as representative in the thirty-eighth, thirty- ninth and fortieth congresses, 1863-69, his first election being by a majority of twenty- five hundred votes and he was re-elected by six thousand, five hundred votes. He was made a member of the committee on pensions at the opening of the thirty-eighth congress, which was, owing to the close of the civil war, a very important house com- mittee, and he served on the committee throughout his three terms in congress. He was largely responsible for the increase of in- valid pensions; for stated' pensions for loss of 1^22 STATE OF .MAINE. limb and additional pensions to soldiers' widows having minor children to support. He was honored with the chairmanship of the committee during the entire thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses. He was also active in in- fluencing national legislature and took a prominent part in the impeachment proceed- ings against President Johnson. He \yas elected governor of Maine for three successive terms, 1871-74, and his repeated re-elections are the highest compliment that could be paid a public servant, as it was the voice of the people of Maine who selected him to serve in the highest office in their gift, as an endorse- ment of his labor in behalf of prison reform, the establishment of free high schools and bi- ennial elections. He served as secretary of state of the state of Maine, appointed by Governor Dingley in the fall of 1875 to fill a vacancy, and he held the office until the legis- lature met in 1876 and elected S. J. Chadborne to the office. He next served as appraiser of the public store connected with the United States custom house in the port of Portland, Maine, 1877-85, receiving his appointment from President Hayes. In 1891 President Harrison appointed him a member of a com- mission to select a site on the coast of the United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico, suitable for the erection of a drydock for the use of the United States navy. His interest in education was manifested during his terms as governor, when he was instrumental in secur- ing for the state an Industrial School for Girls, and he was made the first president of the institution, serving for a period of twenty- seven years, 1872-99, and resigned in 1899. Governor Perham was also active in eiicourag- ing temperance associations, teacher's insti- tutes and educational conventions, before which gatherings he was a willing and effec- tive speaker. He served as president of the board of trustees of the Westbrook Seminary and Female College and gave to all the schools, under the direction of the Universalist denomination, his unqualified support. He helped to form the first temperance society in Woodstock and in 1857 he spoke in two hun- dred towns in Maine, urging the re-enactment of the repealed prohibition law. He became a worthy grand patriarch of the Grand Lodge, Order of the Sons of Temperance, of the state of Maine, and worthy grand templar of the Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars, of the state of Maine, and was often a representative in the national or- ganizations of both of these orders. His con- nection with the Universalist denomination commenced when he was nineteen years of age and he served as president of the Uni- versalist state convention and of the national convention. He was a member of the board of trustees of the general convention of the church for twenty-seven years and often served as president of the board. Governor Perham married, January i, 1843, Almena Jane, daughter of Lazarus and Lucy (Cole) Hathaway, of Paris, Maine. They had four children, including Captain A. S. Per- ham. Almena Jane (Hathaway) Perham died at her residence, 905 Westminster avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, June 5, 1902, and her husband, Governor Perham, died April 9, 1907. Both were buried at Bry- ant Pond, near the place of his birth, and near the L'niversalist church, which was built largely through his efforts. The Danforths of Suiifolk DAN FORTH county, England, were of considerable repute in the county for many generations. At an early date the surname was very much varied, and the parish register at Framingham, county Sufifolk, recorded it in many ways : Daneford, Darneforde, Darnford, Derneforth, Danford and Danforthe. One authority gives the ori- gin of the name "the ford of the Danes." There is no evidence that the Danforths were of the gentry, for though highly esteemed, they were sometimes recorded "yeomen." Cot- ton Mather wrote of Nicholas Danforth, the emigrant from Framingham, Sufifolkshire, "he was a Gent of such Estate and Repute that it cost him a considerable sum to escape Knight- hood * * * and of such esteem in the church that he procured that famous Lecture- ship at Framingham where he had a fine Manour." This, however, seems not intended to convey an idea of great wealth, although his father's will shows film to have been in comfortable circumstances and owner of some property in England. Nicholas Danforth set- tled in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1636, but the records do not connect him with the Ipswich branch, yet it is not improbable that there was relationship and that County Suffolk was the common home. (I) William, the emigrant ancestor, was on record in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1660, in the employ of William Pritchell, and may have arrived there several years earlier. In a deposition which he made in court in behalf of William Pritchall, September 29, 1663, he stated that he was twenty-two years of age, therefore his birth date was 1640-41. In 1675 STATE OF MAINE. 1323 he removed to Byfield (or Newbury) and took the oath of alleg-iance 1678. In 1681 he was called to court "with his partner, William Longfellow, ancestor of the poet," for slaugh- tering animals belonging to others and fined the value of same. In 1688 his tax was abated, and tlie constable wrote the name Dan- forth, though he was previously known as Danford. William married (first) at Ips- wich, March 20, 1670, Hannah, daughter of pioneer Robert Kinsman, who was born at Ipswich about 1644. Her father left her by will, 1664, forty pounds. She died at New- bury, October 18, 1678, and he married (sec- ond) Sarah, daughter of Francis and Ann Thurloe. who deeded them land January i, 1696. This land "William Danforth and wife Sarah sold in 1698." William's death occurred after March 27, 1721, when the sale of his wood-lot was recorded. Children by first marriage: William (?) and ^lary, born September 19. 1673. By the second mar- riage : Richard, born in Newbury, January 31, 1679-80: John. December 8, 1681 ; Jona- than, iMay 18, 1685: Thomas, December 26, 1688, whose inventory showed that he owned land at Casco Ba}-. in Falmouth ; Francis, March 16, 1691 ; Joseph, May 12, 1694, and "perhaps Rebecca." (II) John, third son of William and Sarah (Thurloe) Danforth, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts. December 8, 1681. The name of his first wife is unknown. He married (second) November 24, 1703, Doris White, a member of the Byfield church, in 1744. She died March 26, 1788, aged ninety or ninety-one. He died after two years of help- lessness, October i. 1772, aged nearly ninety- two. Children: Nathaniel, born 1703-04; Thomas, about 1705; William, about 1708; Samuel, December 11, 1715; John, February 17, 1720; Oliver, baptized December 24, 1720; Moses: Sarah, married James Head; i\Iary, married James Gibson ; Elizabeth. (III) Nathaniel, eldest son of John and Doris (White) Danforth, was born in New- bury, 1703-04, was married in Bo.xford, Octo- ber 8, 1724, to Priscilla Wycom. He was baptized an "adult" in Rowley, Massachu- setts, December 3, 1727, and two of his chil- dren at the same time, and he probably re- sided there for a time. He removed to Con- toocook, New Hampshire, as shown by land transactions, and was styled in the deed "hus- bandman." He was one of the Contoocook soldiers who petitioned for protection from the Indians, I\Iarch 21, 1755. He removed to Boscawen, New Hampshire, before 1766, it is stated. Among the names of first settlers at Boscawen, which was "granted 1733 under the name of Contoocook," were those of William and Nathaniel Danforth and prob- ably Nathaniel (the son of William), moved to the part of the town then named Boscawen about 1766. Children of Nathaniel and Pris- cilla : Eunice and Nathaniel, baptized Decem- ber 3, 1727; Stephen, baptized October 5, 1729; John and Jonathan, born in Boxford (Georgetown) January 14, baptized February 3, and died February 14, 1744; Hepsibah, baptized February 22, 1746-47. (IV) Nathani'el (2), eldest son of Na- thaniel (i) and Priscilla (Wycom) Dan- forth, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, where he was baptized on the same day with his father and sister Eunice, December 3, 1727. He went with his father to New Hamp- shire when young, and it is a family tradition that he and his brother Stephen were soldiers of the revolutionary war. The record of his marriage does not appear, nor can the name of his wife be learned at this writing, but there is conclusive evidence of the birth of a son bearing his name. The repetition of Na- thaniel for three generations has doubtless caused confusion, but the New Hampshire town records should be further consulted. .It is testified by a daughter of Nathaniel of the fifth generation that her father, Dudley D., told her that "his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all named Nathaniel," and as this Nathaniel of the fourth genera- tion was the only one who went to New Hampshire, the record given is doubtless cor- rect. (Y) Nathaniel (3). son of Nathaniel (2) Danforth. was born in Concord, New Hamp- shire, November 5, 1768, and married his first wife there, name unknown. After her death he left his two children with her family in Concord, and went to the Kennebec river, [Maine, and settled at China. About 1800 he married (second) Ann Doe, who was born in China, November 28, 1776. They removed to Bangor, and thence to Argyle, Maine, where he died January 27. 1861, and his wife died January 11, 1834. Children by the first mar- riage: I. Rufus, born in Concord, New Hampshire, unmarried and blind. 2. Lucy, born in Concord, married Evans, of China, Maine. Children by second marriage : 3. Na- thaniel, married and died in Argyle, and had four children : Waldo. Matilda, Addie, and P. Dutton, who died in the civil war. 4. Sophia, married Thomas Roberts, of How- land, ]\Iaine, and had three sons : Thomas, 1324 STATE OF MAINE. Danforth and Mark. 5. Louisa, married John Lamb, of Argyle, and had Rufus and Na- thaniel. 6. Dudley D., October 26, 1807, Hv- ing 1904, married, April 22, 1841, in Argyle, Maria R. Comstock, born April 2, 1823, died June 21, 1896, at Prescott, Wisconsin, where they removed from Argyle, October, 1854; they had seven children : Theodore R., born January 28, 1842, died August 30, 1881, at Hancock, Minnesota, married May, 1870, Fan- nie A. Ferris, of Illinois, and had two sons: Jesse and Charlie ; Charles W., May 29, 1843, enlisted in army at Prescott, Wisconsin, Au- gust 4, 1862, died January 13, 1863, Madison, Wisconsin; Maria J., born January 13, 1845, married, December 30, 1865, Jack Wilson, of Prescott ; Susan D., born June 18, 1852, died August 8, 1882, Hancock, Minnesota; Matilda \'., born Prescott, August 5, 1856, married, January 8, 1879, Frank W. Wilcox; Benja- min F., born September 18, 1859, married Mary P. Davidson, and had son Victor and one daughter, Lucy E., March 11, 1862, Pres- cott, where she resided. 7. William Doe, August 6, 1812 (see below). 8. Susan, born at Argyle, married George Brown, and moved to Westfield, New Jersey. 9. Nancy, married Ezra Clarke. 10. Lucy, married Gideon Clarke. 11. Debora, born in Argyle, married Edward Brown, and moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey. (VI) William Doe, third son of Nathaniel (3) and Ann (Doe) Danforth, was born in Argyle. Maine, x\ugust 6, 1812, and married in Greenbush, Maine, Nancy Jane, daughter of Jeremiah and Betsey Abbott, of that place, who was born in Farmington, Maine. Jan- uary 16, 181 5. and died in Carroll, Maine, November, 1880. He died there February 14, 1893. They had seven children: David W., born January 29, 1839 (see below) ; Abigail, born in Carroll, May 17, 1842, died Novem- ber 26, 1903, in Minnesota; Betsy, born July, 1844, died in Carroll, March, 1864; Martha E., born in Carroll, July 5, 1846, living in Peabody, Massachusetts: Charles W., born in Carroll, December 4, 1848; Frank E., born in Carroll, April 27, 1851 ; John A., born in Carroll, March 26, 1853. The last three re- side in Carroll. (\'II) David Worcester, eldest son of Wil- liam Doe and Nancy J. (Abbott) Danforth, was born in Greenbush, IMaine, January 29, 1839. He married, in Carroll, November 28. 1861, Jeannette M., daughter of Samuel and Rachel Peeples. who was born October 17, 1836, at Steep Creek, Nova Scotia, and died at Peabody, Massachusetts, December 25. 1906, where they had removed in 1893, ^^'^^ where her husband now resides. He is en- gaged in real estate business, and is a con carpenter and builder. Children: i. Waldo R., born February 23, 1863, died in Peabody, December 2, 1899, married. April 19, 1886, Bertha, daughter of Leonard and Vesta Stick- ney, born jMarch i, 1865, and had Mabel E., died in infancy; Earnest L., died aged fifteen, and Roland E., born 1898. \\'aldo R. was a machinist and millwright of considerable skill. 2. \\'ill T., born March 29, 1866, married, January 17, 1897. Lima B., daughter of Gard- ner and Henrietta Conforth, born March i, 1872. 3. Albion G., born February 26, 1868. 4. Harland A., August 8, 1872. 5. Ralph M., July 4, 1878. 6. Mattie, May 15, 1881, died .\ugust, 1882. (Vni) Albion Gates (D. D. S.), third son of David W. and Jeannette (Peeples) Dan- forth, was born in Carroll, Maine, February 26, 1868. He attended the public schools and Ricker Classical Institute at Houlton, Maine. In politics he is a Republican, and is a mem- ber of the following societies : Aroostook Valley Lodge, No. 88. I. O. O. F.; the local lodge. Knights of Pythias ; Caribou lodge, A. F. and A. M.; Garfield Royal Arch Chapter of Caribou. Dr. Danforth is a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, class of 1905. He practiced dentistry in Caribou, Maine, for six years, until failing health compelled a two years' rest. He then removed to New York City, where he pursues his profession at 55 West Thirty-ninth street. He married (first) in Caribou, 1894, Gertrude M. Briggs, who died there October 28, 1895; and (second) in Carroll. ]\Iaine, Lulu R., daughter of John and Dina Brown, who was born in Carroll, and died May 25, 1908, in Tappan, New York, where the family resides. Children by first marriage : Gertrude Albion, born October 21, 1895: by second marriage: John Roscoe. born in New York City, July 8, 1905, and in- fant son. born Mav 19, igo8. (VIII) Harland A. (M. D.), fourth son of David W. and Jeannette (Peeples) Danforth, was born at Carroll, August 8, 1872, and mar- ried at Lynn, Massachusetts, May 16, 1907, Bessie May, daughter of George and Georgi- ana Pinkham, who was born at Lynn, Septem- ber 29. 1878. He graduated from Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, Maine, class of 1896, and L^niversity of \'ermont Medical School, class of 1904. Dr. Danforth followed his profession for some time at Lynn, Massa- STATE OF MAINE. 1325 chusetts, and then removed to Cliftondale, Massachusetts, where he has an extensive practice. (VIII) Ralph M. (D. D. S.), fifth son of David W. and Jeannette (Peeples) Danforth, was born at Carroll, Maine, July 4, 1878, and married in Littleton, North Carolina, May 30, 1907, Rosa, daughter of Samuel J. and Betty Veach, who was born at Warsaw, North Caro- lina, October 9, 1877. Dr. Danforth is a graduate of Philadelphia Medical College, class of 1904, and since that date has been practicing dentistry at Lynn, where he resides. The Greenwoods of GREENWOOD Greenwood Lee, county York, England, have been located in that place since 1154. The name appears to have originated with Richard Greenwode, who was pursuant under Richard III, and was continued in that office for up- wards of ten years by Henry VII. He was also "Bailiff of Richmond Fee in the countie of NoriTolke." The Myles Greenwood fam- ily of Greenwood, Yorkshire, England, were doubtless descended from this stock, and the progenitors of at least two and probably three of the American immigrants was Myles or iSIiles Greenwood, a weaver of Greenwood, Yorkshire, who was admitted as a citizen of Norwich, May 3, 1627, having come to that place when very young and apprenticed to Josiah Robbs, a worsted weaver. He was the son of Myles and Anna (Scott) Greenwood, and was baptized in St. Peter's church, Sep- tember I, 1600, married Abigaill , and died in Norwich, England, in 1658, leaving a widow and several children. The coat-of-arms of the Greenwoods of Norwich is : "Argent, a fesse sable, between three spur-rowles in chief and three ducks in base, all of the sec- ond." This family arms is cut upon the tomb of Nathaniel and his brother Greenwood in the Copps Hill burial ground in Boston. Mun- sell's American Genealogy credits Miles Greenwood as the father of Nathaniel, Sam- uel and Thomas Greenwood, the distinctive heads of three New England families, and each of whom appear in Boston, Massachu- setts Bay Colony, about the middle of the seventeenth century. That Nathaniel and Samuel were his sons is left without doubt, but no other authority gives definite place to Thomas, and his name" does not appear on the English register of the children of Miles Greenwood. That he was an Englishman and a near relation of the other two immigrants is a reasonable supposition. (I) Thomas Greenwood, according to "Munsell's American Genealogy," the son of Miles and Abigaill Greenwood, of Norwich. England, first appeared in New England and was a weaver in the town of Boston in 1665. Munsell gives the date of his birth 1643, which birth date places him between the two known immigrant sons of Miles Greenwood, younger than Nathaniel and older than Samuel. Thomas Greenwood removed from the town of Boston as early as 1668 and received a grant of land in the town of Cambridge, the land being located on the south side of the Charles river and subsequently included in the town of Brookline. He was made a free- man by the general court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was admitted to church mem- bership in the South parish of Cambridge in 1 681. He served the town of Cambridge as selectman, town clerk and constable. He was married July 8, 1670, to Hannah, daughter of John Wood, a freeman of the town of New- ton, and they had two children : John, who married Hannah, daughter of James Trow- bridge, made his home in Newton, where he became a prominent citizen, and where seven children were born of the marriage, and where he died August 29, 1737. Rev. Thomas, born January 27, 1673, married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Noel Wiswell, had six children, and died September 7, 1720. Thomas Greenwood married as his second wife Abigail , and by her had two children : James and William. (II) William, son of Thomas and Abigail Greenwood, was born in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts Bay Colony, October 14. 1689. He married, June 21, 1715. Abigail, daughter of John Woodward, of Cambridge, and removed to Sherborn about 1725, where he secured a considerable grant of land in the new town and engaged extensively in business, besides carrying on the cultivation of his farm. He was a deacon in the church at Sherborn, town clerk, selectman and a representative from the town in the general court of the colony. Wil- liam and Abigail (Woodward) Greenwood had at least nine children, their son Joseph being the ninth child. William Greenwood died in Sherborn. Massachusetts, about 1756. (Ill") Joseph, ninth child of William and Abigail (Woodward) Greenwood, was bom in .Sherborn, Massachusetts, Jun» 10, 1734. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and also employed his spare time in weaving, which occupation was an inheritance from his father and grandfather. He was married about T758 to his cousin Sarah, daughter of lo- 13^6 STATE OF MAINE. siah Greenwood. Soon after liis marriage he removed to Holden, Alassaclnisetts, and thence to Dubhn, New Hampshire, where he became a useful and esteemed citizen and the most important business man in the town. He served at various times as schoohnaster, justice of the peace, town clerk, selectman, treasurer of the town, and he was sent as a delegate to the last Provincial congress of New Hamp- shire before the adoption of a state constitu- tion. In 1793 he removed to Bethel, Maine, where he died December 27, 1825, aged ninety-one years. The three sons of Joseph and Sarah (Greenwood) Greenwood were: Ebenezer, died young. John, born December 24, 1760, died young. Nathaniel (q. v.). (IV) Nathaniel, youngest son of Joseph and Sarah (Greenwood) Greenwood, was born November 6, 1761, and was brought up in the town of Dublin, New Hampshire, where he re- ceived his school training. He was married, June 24, 1782, to Mary, daughter of Moses and Lydia (Knapp) Mason, of Dublin, New Hampshire, and in 1793 he removed with his own family and that of his father to Bethel, Maine, and the three sons by this marriage — Ebenezer, Nathaniel Jr. and Thaddeus — set- tled in Farmington, Maine. Thaddeus, who married Belinda Caldwell, of Hebron, subse- quently removed from Farmington to Indus- try, Maine, where he died in 1864. His wife Mary died in Bethel, February 25, 1825, and he was married in 1827 to Abigail Irving, of Paris, Alaine, and he had by this second mar- riage three children. He subsequently re- moved from Bethel to Farmington, where he spent the declining years of his life and where he died, surrounded by children and grand- children, November 7, 1846. (V) Nathaniel Jr. (2), second son of Na- thaniel (i) and Mary (Mason) Greenwood, was born in Dublin, New Hampshire, Decem- ber 2^, 1790. When three years old he was taken by his parents to Bethel, Maine, where he was brought up and where his school ad- vantages were very limited. He was, how- ever, a studious lad, and by self-instruction and reading he became well informed and able to take a prominent part in the business world in which he lived. He married and removed to Farmington, I\Iaine, and in January, 1832, purchased a farm in that town, now the prop- erty of L. 6. Manter, and he at the same time purchased the saw mills located on the Farm- ington Falls, where he carried on an extensive lumber business, employing a large number of men during the winter season in cutting and logging, preparatory to the spring freshets and summer manufacture of lumber at the mills. He was the first to manufacture hogsheads for use in the sugar markets of the south, for transporting molasses, and affording them at a reasonable price by knocking down each hogs- head or cask and securing these parts in well mowed shooks ready to reform into their original forms by inexperienced coopers when they reach the sugar plantation and were to be used at the cane mills. This device proved to be very profitable to both the maker and purchaser, and became generally adopted in the trade. He also engaged in farming, and he served his adopted town in various official positions. He was married on May 11, 1815, to Huldah, daughter of Jacob and Betty (Fos- ter) Howe. Jacob Howe had served in the army in the American revolution, and his daughter Huldah was born in Maine, May 25, 1796. Nathaniel Jr. and Huldah (Howe) Greenwood had ten children: i. Julia, bom in Bethel, Maine, March 14, 1816, married George B. Brown, of New Sharon, Maine. 2. Mason Knob, July 17, 1818, died December 9, 1827. 3. Albert Newton, August 14, 1820, married Alatilda A. Soule, resides in Fairfield, Maine, and has served as county commis- sioner. 4. Zina Hyde (q. v.). 5. Alfred Alan- son, February 25, 1827, married twice, had six children, and resides in Attica, Indiana. 6. Marcia Almeda, born March 28, 1829, mar- ried three times and has no children living. 7. Huldah Jennie, June 17, 1831, died ^larch 28, 1885. 8. Alma Esther, May 11, 1833, married James H. Bullen, had five children, and re- sides in Perry, Oklahoma. 9. Charles Mel- len, 1834, died 1836. 10. Charles, February 17, 1837, married Martha A. Prescott, of Hal- lowell, Maine, has three children, and was a hardware merchant first in Farmington, then in Augusta and later in Lewiston, Maine, now of Maiden, Massachusetts. Nathaniel Green- wood Jr. died in Farmington, Maine, April 15, 1867, and his widow at the home of her son, Zina Hyde, in Farmington, 1892, in the ninety-seventh year of her age. (VI) Zina Hyde, third son of Nathaniel Jr. (2) and Huldah (Howe) Greenwood, was born in Bethel, Maine, September 21, 1824, He was educated in the excellent public schools of Farmington, learned the trade of carpenter and builder, worked at his trade in Augusta, Maine, upto 1854, and became an expert bridge builde'r in Farmington, being appointed by the town authorities to superin- tend the building of the large bridges that were yearly severely tested and frequently de- stroyed by the spring freshets with great loss STATE OF MAINE. 1327 to the tow 11, the reconstruction of some of the bridges costing many thousand dollars. He conducted a fire insurance business in Farm- ington from 1854 up to 1893, but was forced to find more active employment for the pres- ervation of his health. He purchased the farm owned by Jesse Butterfield Jr., and became a farmer and bridge builder. He also engaged in canning sweet corn for the market, and has formed a company, erected a large can- ning establishment and carried on a very use- ful and profitable business known as the Sandy River Packing Company. This addi- tional care obliged him to leave the farm in 1885, and he purchased in 1887 nine acres of the Stewart farm on High street, and on this estate erected a handsome and substantial resi- dence and sold building lots to home seekers who were willing to improve and beautify the neighborhood. He served as selectman of the town for seven years, 1865-68 and 1876-77. He was made a life member of the Franklin County Agricultural Society and of the Maine State Agricultural Society. He was married November 8, 1849. to Emily Merrill, daugh- ter of Isaac and Sarah (Bradbury) Fellows, of Athens, Maine, born June 11, 1829. Zina Hyde and Emily M. (Fellows) Greenwood had six children: i. Edward, born November 17, 1850, married Emma R. Dutton ; he has charge of the railroad shops at Phillips, Maine. 2. Albert Mellen. February 2, 1853, married Affie yi. Sanborn, June 22, 1882; he was a jeweller in Phillips, Maine, now resides in Farmington. 3. (Drville Short, July 14, 1855, married Cora L. Prescott, and has three chil- dren: Mildred Francis, born January 5, 1883 ; Philip Prescott, October 9, 1884; Fred Al- bert, April 19, 1887. 4. Chester (q. v.). 5. Lizzie A., April 13, 1861, graduated at State Normal school and became a professional teacher. 6. Emilie, June 28, 1863, educated in the public and high schools, and engaged in preparatory gardening, bedding plants under glass for market gardens up to igo6. ( VH) Chester, son of Zina Hyde and Emily M. (Fellows) Greenwood, was born in Farm- ington, Maine, December 4, 1858. He was educated in the Farmington public school and Wilton Academy. He patented an ear pro- tector, which he devised w'hen fifteen years old and patented when seventeen. It came into almost universal use, and to meet the demand of the trade he manufactured the protector on a large scale, first on the farm near Farm- ington and in 1883 moved the industry to West Farmington ; in 1887 he erected a large building for the purpose in Centre Milage, whicii he gave up in 1901 to take possession of a large brick factory which he had erected on Depot street. He invented his own machin- ery, and the factory continued to turn out sixty thousand pairs annually, and of late years as high as eighty thousand, the business being conducted as Chester Greenwood & Company. He organized the Franklin Independent Tele- phone Company, and was made president and manager of the corporation, and shortly after he negotiated a sale of the property to the Rockland Telephone Company. He is also largely interested as owner and trustee of val- uable and profitable real estate. He is a Pro- hibitionist in pc)litical faith, and a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 58, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Farmington. He was married October 12, 1884, to Sarah Isabel Whittier, of Chesterville, Maine. She is a daughter of Phineas Whittier, an extensive farmer and orchardist, and at one time known as the "Apple King" of Maine. The children of Chester and Sarah Isabel (Whittier) Greenwood are: i. Lester C, born July 28, 1885, graduated at Dartmouth College, A.B., 1908, and at once entered Institute of Tech- nology, Boston, in naval architecture and marine engineering. 2. Donald Whittier, Feb- ruary 17, 1887, matriculated at Dartmouth with the class of 1910. 3. Vodisa E., Octo- ber 1888, matriculated at Smith College, class of 1912. 4. Clinton W., February 6, 1893, a sophomore at Brewster Free Academy. The tradition of this family ELDER states that the early ancestors were Scotch and went to Ireland in the time of the great exodus from the for- mer to the latter country in the seventeenth century. The name Elder is from the Anglo- Saxon ealdor, meaning older or senior, and the earliest progenitor of the family, as well as the name, may have come from some point south of the Scotch border. (I) Samuel and Robert Elder, brothers, came from Ireland, one authority says from Londonderry, another says Artmore, county of Antrim, in the north of Ireland. Robert settled at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Samuel made his settlement at Presumpscot Falls, in the year 1729, at which time a company of Scotch-Irish came to this state. In 1743 Sam- uel removed to Windham, then called New Marblehead, where he purchased home lots Nos. 45 and 46, and there he and his son Wil- liam made themselves a "Dubble house," as was sometimes done by well-to-do settlers. The ordinary house of pioneer days consisted 1328 STATE QF MAINE. of a single room built (generally) of logs. The double house had two such rooms, and a space between them roofed and floored, but having no outer walls. This middle space was a very handy and comfortable place to work in warm weather. Samuel Elder married a Huston, by whom he had seven children: i. ^Margaret, born in Ireland, married (first) 1752, Samuel Watts; (second) November 9, 1759, Isaac Gilkey, of Gorham. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Isaac, born in Falmouth, January 19, 1739, married, October 16, 1761, Mary Hunnewell. 4. Elizabeth, born in Fal- mouth, 1741, married, July 23, 1761, Simon Huston, who moved in 1763 to Gorham, and died there. 5. Eunice, born 1745, married, January i, 1767, Gary McLellan, of Gorham. 6. Samuel, born August 29, 1748, married (first) March 3, 1774, Hannah Freeman; (second) Mary Graffam. 7. Jane, whose date of birth is not known, married Eleazer Chase, of Standish, Maine, and settled in Windham, where she died. (II) William, eldest son of Samuel and ■ ■ (Huston) Elder, was born in Ireland, and was brought in early childhood to Maine bv his parents. He married Mary Akers, and they lived and died in the "Dubble house," which stood on the River road, near the spot where Caleb Elder later lived, in the south part of Windham. They had twelve children : I. John, born August 20, 1752, married Re- becca Grafifam. 2. William, February ig, 1754, married Keziah Hanson. 3. Prudence, June 30, 1756, died July 9, 1756. 4 and 5. Joseph and .Samuel, twins, July 26, 1757, Jo- seph married Hannah LeGrow ; Samuel died April 10, 1758. 6. Prudence, May 31, 1759, married Thomas Craig. 7. Samuel, March 18, 1761, died March 30, 1761. 8. Reuben, June 22, 1762, married Elizabeth Huston. 9. Rebecca, August 27, 1764, married James Webb. ID. Charles, June 29, 1767, married Betsey Kingsbury. 11. Silas, March 2, 1789, married Abigail Chesley. 12. Isaac, next men- tioned. (III) Isaac, youngest child of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, was born December 9, 1770, died December 3, 1844. He settled in East Windham, and cleared a farm of one hundred acres, the title of which has never since been out of the Elder name. The house he built on this farm is still standing, some- what modernized in its appearance, it is true, but many of its rooms remaining as he fin- ished them and the wooden cornice in the par- lor, around its upper part, remains exactly as he made it. In recognition of the fact that they were Scotch-Irish, and that their an- cestor, Samuel the emigrant, came directly from Ireland, the neighborhood and school district in which Isaac Elder cleared his farm and lived, was called Ireland, while the neigh- borhood next south, for similar reasons, was called Scotland, both of these localities retain- ing their respective names to-day. Isaac El- der married (first) Hannah Chesley, born July 12, 1792, died June 2, 1798. He married (second) Mary Jackson, born April 23, 1778, died July 11, 1832. By his first wife he had four children: i. Joseph, born February 18, 1792, married Ruth Quint, and settled in An- son, Maine. 2. Mary, December 30, 1793, married, June 3, 1830, Major William Smith. 3. Charles, December i, 1795, married Esther Lowry. 4. Rhea, November 8, 1797, married Harriet Fields. By his second wife, Mary Jackson, the children were as follows: i. Hannah, September 9, 1799, married Amos LeGrow. 2. Eleanor, February 16, 1801, died unmarried. 3. Betsey, November 17, 1802, married Ezekiel Mayberry. 4. Lydia, April 8, 1905, died unmarried. 5. Richard Jackson, mentioned below. 6. Frances, born August 4, 1810, married Edward Mayberry. 7. Esther A., May 25, 1813, married John E. Kemp. 8. Jane B., November 28, 1817, married Peter Craig. 9. Catherine, June 6, 1820, married Ebenezer Field. (IV) Richard Jackson, only son of Isaac and Mary (Jackson) Elder, was born in Windham, July 11, 1807, and died in Wind- ham, in the same house in which he was born, February i, 1877. He received a common school education, and devoted himself to culti- vating the soil and was a farmer in comfort- able circumstances. He was industrious, loved his home and had no use for secret societies. He was progressive in politics, kept abreast of public thought, and was a strong supporter of Lincoln and his war policy. He married (first) Roxcillana Washburn, born in Hebron, Maine, February 28, 1810, daughter of Stephen Washburn, of Hebron. She died in Windham, June 11, 1866. Stephen Wash- burn, a miller by trade, moved from Bridge- water, Massachusetts, to Hebron, Maine. He married Betsey Record, by whom he had Anna, 1792; Betsey, 1794; Stephen, 1796; Calvin, 1798: Luther, 1800; Otis, 1802; Hulda. 1804; Thankful, 1806; and Mercy, 1806 (twins). The children by his second wife were: Ruth, born in 1809; Roxcillana, 1810; Isaac, 1812 ; and Lovisa. Ruth married (first) Washburn; (second) Zacariah Field. Roxcillana, married Richard J. Elder. y^jao- (^ ^^. STATE OF MAINE. 1329 Isaac, married Cynthia Stevens. Lovisa, mar- ried James Hadlock. Ruth had by second husband: James, who was drowned while young; Ellen who married Albert Libby, and Georgia, who died unmarried. Isaac had Charles, who died leaving no issue ; Emma, who married Warren Dorman, and had one child, Nellie W. Dorman ; Lovisa died leaving eight children. Richard J. Elder married (second) Adah S. Elder, widow of Peter El- der, who was born in 1805 and died in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1895. Children of Richard J. and Roxcillana (Washburn) Elder were: I. Cynthia Jane, born December 14, 1838, mar- ried Jordan McLellan and died January 2, 1894. They had: i. Stephen, died young; ii. ^linnie E., married Clarance Rolfe, and has five children : Luther Wiswel, born Novem- ber 18, 1883; Jennie Gertrude, August. 1885; Iris Ola, 1887; j\Iona Ball and Guy Ellsworth, ii. Lana, married William McLellan, and died in 1894, leaving five children, Mamie Gertrude, November 29, 1833, Jordan Elmo, 1885, Edna P., 1888, Bessie. 1890, and Ruby Lana, 1894. iii. Guy Richard, died young, iv. Wesley Mayberry, married Maud Barrows and has two children, Horace and Cynthia. 2. Isaac, born March 6, 1840, died March 24, 1846. 3. Stephen Washburn, born June 30, 1841, died February 5, 1843. 4. Mary Lovisa, born Feb- ruary 19, 1843, died unmarried, April 9, 1878. 5. Almeda Louisa, born March 29, 1844, died single. May 26. i860. 6. Stephen Washburn, born June 2, 1845, enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteers, when but six- teen years old, served his term of enlistment and was honorably discharged. He learned the carpenter's trade and worked in Boston and Portland ; then went to San Francisco, where he carried on a large business as house carpenter, contractor and builder, returning to Portland in 1879; ^^ married Lucetta F. LeGrow and settled in Portland, where he con- tinued his business. He died May 18, 1908, leaving one child, Cona Bertrand, who mar- ried Lizzie Smith, and with his mother con- tinues to live in Portland. 7. Isaac L., men- tioned below. 8. Ellen Maria, born Septem- ber 16, 1850, died March 31, 1851. 9. Elva Roselett. born August 7, 1851, began teach- ing at the age of fourteen, teaching in the towns of Windham, Westbrook, Falmouth, Orrington and Brewer ; she was assistant prin- cipal of Hampden Academy for one year and then went to San Francisco, where siic LaugnL in the public schools of that city for twenty- five years and then returned to Portland, where she is living with her brother Isaac. Elva R. graduated from Westbraok Seminary in the class of 1894. She was never married. (V) Isaac Luther, fourth son of Richard J. and Roxcillana (Washburn) Elder, was born in Windham, July 27, 1849. He attended the public schools in Windham and Westbrook Seminary, graduating from the seminary in the class of 1868. He entered Bowdoin Col- lege in 1869, and graduated in the class of 1873. He acquired his higher education by dint of his own efforts, teaching school during the time in Falmouth, Windham, Westbrook and Bristol, and after graduation at Orring- ton for two years was principal of Hampden Academy. During a portion of the time he was put to much inconvenience by reason of trottble with his eyes, often suffering ex- tremely, and during his college course, for a period of six months, he was unable to use them at all, not reading a line of print in a book. But he was energetic and determined, and succeeded in securing his diploma with his class, in spite of all the obstacles which hindered but could not stop his progress. In 1875 Mr. Elder entered the ofiice of Strout & Gage of Portland to read law, and in Octo- ber, 1877, passed his examination and was admitted to the bar of the supreme court. Soon afterwards he began the practice of law in Portland, where he has since built up a successful business. Politically Mr. Elder has been a lifelong supporter of the Republican party. From 1894 to 1896 he was city solici- tor of Deering, and from 1893 to 1897 judge of the Deering municipal court, when he re- signed because of his private business. From 1902 to 1906 he was chairman of the Cumber- land County Republican committee. Since 1896 he has been on the board of trustees of Westbrook Seminary. His ]\Iasonic standing is as follows : Made a Mason in Presumpscot Lodge, No. 127, at Windham; joined Deering Lodge, No. 183, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master; Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, No. i ; Portland Com- mandery, No. 2, Knights Templar; Portland Council, No. i. Royal and Select Masters; and Deering Chapter, order of the Eastern Star. He is also a member of Fraternity Lodge, No. 6, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 51, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor. He is also a past grand representative, past dep- uty errand chanc^'iiu. , past grand chancellor ana past supreme representative in that order. He is also a member of Cumberland Lodge, No. 45, New England Order of Protection, and Presumpscot Grange, No. 27, Patrons of I330 STATE OF MAINE. Husbandr}-, of which he is a past master. For many years Mr. Elder has Hved, first in the town of Deering, then the city of Deering, and then Ward 8, in the city of Portland, on Dalton street, Pearl street and finally on Coyle street, in one house which he built and from which he has never moved. Isaac L. Elder married (first) at Windham, October 31, 1875, Georgia A. Starbird, born in Gray, November 10, 1846, daughter of El- lery H. and Olive Ann (Wilson) Starbird, of Falmouth. ]\lr. Starbird was born in Gray and moved to Falmouth, where he was a far- mer, teacher, surveyor, and one of the lead- ing citizens for forty j-ears ; about 1878 he re- moved to Gray, where he died. Mr. Elder died in Deering, August 3, 1897, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Elder married (second) in Portland, October 18, 1902, Mary Elizabeth, born in Standish, June 28, 1849, daughter of William H. and Alary Jane (Hamlin) Moody, of Standish, and widow of Benjamin A. LeGrow. The chil- dren, both by first wife, were : i. Olive Marie, born November 2, 1879, graduated from Westbrook Seminary in the class of 1895 and entered Colby University. Unable by reason of ill health of entering upon her studies at the University, she spent several years in Cali- fornia and the west in a vain efifort to regain her health, finally returning to her father's house in Portland, where in 1904 she died and was buried in Evergreen cemetery, at the age of twenty-seven years. Ollie Marie was never married. 2. Harold Starbird, born June 24, 1884, was taught by his mother until able to enter Westbrook Seminary, where he gradu- ated in the class of 1902, entering Bowdoin College, graduating from that institution in the class of 1906, and is now a student in his father's office. In college both father and son were members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon, a Greek letter fraternity, and both are members of Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 51, Knights of Pythias. The surname Babson is of an- BABSON cient English origin, derived like Robson, Batson, Watson, Jackson, from abbreviated personal names. The family has never been numerous in the mother country. The author of the history of Gloucester, Massachusetts, a learned man, and perhaps the most prominent of the American family, searched at the registrar-general's office in London and found no recent traces of the family in the L'nited Kingdom. Tradition in one branch of the American familv grave the English home as Bristol, but the records he examined showed no trace of the name. It is possible that the name is the same as Bat- son. ( I ) James Babson and wife Isabel, together with infant son James, left England with a party of emigrants for the United States. On the trip over James died. Isabel Babson, widow, was the first of the name in America, and she and her only son James are progeni- tors of all of the name in this country. She was a mid-wife and nurse at Gloucester, Massachusetts. She had several grants of land, of which the earliest was in 1644. Even before this grant she bought a lot of Mr. Mil- ward, known as the Ashley lot, two acres, part of which is now the site of 73 and -jj Front street, which she left to her son James, valued at twenty-seven pounds, six shillings. The place remained in the Babson family a hun- dred and fifty years. She died at Gloucester, April 6, 1661, aged about eighty-four years, indicating that her birth-year was 1577. James appears to be her only child, although tradi- tion says there was a son John. (II) James (2), son of James (O and Isa- bel Babson, was born in England about 1620-25. His age is given as about thirty in a deposition dated 1663, but he was married as early as 1647 and grantor in a deed of that year, and must have reached his majority. He settled in Little Good Harbor, Gloucester, and was a cooper by trade, making barrels for the fishermen, etc. He had a small farm also. The town granted December 23. 1658, twelve acres of fresh meadow lying above the mill, and twenty acres of upland lying alongside it. On this grant he settled and it finally passed into the hands of his son-in-law, Thomas Witham, husband of his daughter Abigail, and it has remained in the Witham family to the present generation. He died December 21, 1683. His will was dated December 4, 1683, and proved March 25, 1684, bequeathing to wife Elinor, son John and other children, making his son Philip executor. The in- ventory of his estate amounted to one hundred and eleven pounds, sixteen shillings, an aver- age estate for his day. He married, Novem- ber 16, 1647, Elinor Hill, at Gloucester, who died March 14, 1714, aged eighty-three years, sister of Zebulon Hill, who came from Bristol, England. Children, all born at Gloucester : I. James, born September 29, 1648. 2. Elinor, June 13, 165 1. 3. Philip, October 15, 1654, settled in Salem, married Hannah Baker, Oc- tober 22, i68g; had daughter Anna, who mar- ried Israel Hendricks. 4. Sarah, February 13, STATE OF MAIXE. 1331 1656-57, died 1676. 5. Thomas, May 21, 1658, soldier in King Philip's war. 6. John, Novem- ber 27, 1660, married, 1686, Dorcas Ehvell, had grant at Strattsmouth in 1695 to set up fishing; both he and wife died 1737; iiad nine children. 7. Richard. June i. 1663, mentioned below. 8. Elizabeth, October 8, 1665. 9. Ebenezer, February 8, 1668, a notorious char- acter, called by Cotton Mather a "playmate of the devil." 10. Abigail, 1670. (III) Richard, son of James (2) Babson, was born June i, 1663, at Gloucester. He married (first) Mary Jane Reading, \yho died February 14, 1718, aged fifty-four years. He married (second) October 14, 1718, Jane Reading, probably widow of John Reading. He was a mariner or coaster and may have removed to Falmouth, Maine, before 1727. as a deed conveying his house and land at Fresh Water Cove to his son John for thirty-four pounds was acknowledged at that place Octo- ber 10, 1720. He had ten daughters and one son. Five of the daughters lived to marry. Of the son John, mentioned below, there are many descendants. (IV) John, son of Richard Babson, was born July 9, 1687. He had the homestead of his father at Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester. He married, August 20, 171 1, Hannah Hodg- kins. Children: i. Thomas, born and died 1712. 2. John, born 1713, married (first) Jan- uary II, 1739; (second) December 2, 1756, Abigail Allen, perhaps widow of John, and (third) March 20. 1771, Anne Savery ; he re- sided in what is known as the old Garrison House on Back street and died March, 1797, aged eighty-four years ; son Samuel settled in Lincoln, Massachusetts. 4. Samuel (twin), June 12, 1715. 5. Solomon (twin), June 12, 1715, married, November 9, 1739, Elizabeth Parsons, probably daughter of John : had six daughters, and three sons. Solomon, John and Zebulon. 6. Philip. July 29. 1719. marrietl, July 24, 1744, Mary Elwell. 7. William, Octo- ber 18, 1721, married (first) July 24, 1744. Mary Williams; (second) Elizabeth Choate. 8. Joseph, mentioned below. Others died young. (V) Joseph, son of John Babson. was born in Gloucester, July 18, 1732, died in Brooklin, Maine, January 15, 1815. In November, 1773, he removed to Naskeag (now Brooklin), Maine, where he was active in repulsing the encroachments of the British upon the terri- tory about Castine when it was occupied by them during the revolutionary war. and also upon their occupancy of Castine during the war of 1812; during that war he was captain and owner of privateer and captured at Cas- tine after having captured a vessel loaded with supplies for the British army. He mar- ried Martha Sonfes, June 12, 1755. Children: Joseph, born December 6. 1756, died in New- buryport, .April I, 1843; Martha, Abram, Eliz- abeth, Susanna, John, mentioned below ; James, born at Xaskeag. 1775, died 1863. (\'I) John (2), son of Joseph Babson, was born in Gloucester, December 11, 1768. He married Emma Brown. They lived in Brook- lin, Maine. Children, probably not in order of birth : John W., Sivilian, mentioned be- low ; Samuel Brown, mentioned below ; James Madison, Elizabeth, Sophia, Susan and Louisa. (VH) Captain Sivilian. son of John (2) Babson, was born in Brooklin, Maine, 1810, and died in Brookville, Maine, in 1888. He was educated in the public schools. Early in his youth he began to go to sea and he was mariner until 1873. when he retired. He be- came a master mariner when a young man and commanded his own vessel and owned his cargoes for many years. He traded between Boston and Baltimore to the south and to St. John, New Brunswick, to the northward. Dur- ing the civil war he owned several vessels chartered by the govenmient for transports. In politics Captain Babson was a Republican. He married Abbie Perkins, born in Penob- scot, Maine, 1823, died 1904. Children: I. Emma F., born 1849. died in 1863. 2. George Jay, born 1855, mentioned below. 3. Edwin P., born 1857, merchant at Blue Hill. Maine, married Rose A. Billings ; child. Mabel. 4. Clara P., born 1868. married William H. Chadbourne. of East Waterford. Maine ; raises fancy cattle and is a lumberman; children: i. Fred Chadbourne and Philip Chadbourne. ( VIII) George Jay. son of Captain Sivilian Babson. was born in Brooksville. Maine. 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Brooksville. Maine, and at the State Normal school, Castine, Maine. He taught school for a time, then traveled through the west buying wool. He came to Foxcroft, Maine, in 1887, and was engaged in merchandizing and lum- ber business, and built up a large and flourish- ing business which was incorporated in 1907 as Babson & Company. He married (first) in 1885, Lillian A. Perkins, born in Penob- scot, daughter of Horace Perkins. He mar- ried (second) in 1900, Jessie Oakes, born in Sangerville. daughter of William P. and Edith (Lewis) Oakes, of Foxcroft. Child of first 1332 STATE OF MAINE. wife: Horace P., born June 19, 1889. Chil- dren of second wife : Keith O., born June 13, 1901 ; George Jay Jr., August 2, 1905. (VII) Samuel Brown, son of John Babson, was born in Brooklin, Maine. October 2, 1812. Married Nancy Tapley, born Brooksville, Maine, March 29, 1811. Children: John Walker, mentioned below. Albert M., bom December 18. 1844, died July 31, 1848. James A., born November 7, 1847, died November 4, 1889. (VIII) John Walker, son of Samuel Brown Babson, was born in Brooksville, Hancock county, Maine, August 15, 1835. He attended the local schools, Blue Hill Academy and the academy at Kent's Hill. He served as post- master of the town of Brooksville from 1856 to 1859; appointed clerk to Hannibal Hamlin, vice-president of the United States in 1861 and served in the United States capitol until 1866, when he was transferred to the pension bureau and made deputy commissioner of pensions in 1869; in 1872 was transferred to the United States patent office and appointed chief of the issue and gazette division, which position he held for more than thirty-five years. A staunch Republican in politics, he has served as chairman of the county com- mittee four years. He is a member of B. B. French Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Washington," D. C, 1866; National Geo- graphic Society; East Washington Citizens' Association ; Anthropological Society, and a director of the Board of Trade of Washing- ton, D. C. He married (first) November 5, 1855, at Bangor, Maine, Louise A. Tibbetts, born in Brooklin, Maine, March 14, 1838. Married (second) September i, 1868, in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, Eliza A. Tibbetts, born in Brooksville, Maine, February 8, 1838, daugh- ter of Noah N. and Elvina (Norton) Tib- betts, who were the parents of six other chil- dren : Elvina, Clara, Lydia, Minnie, Noah and James; Noah N. Tibbetts was a sea cap- tain for more than forty years. Children of first wife: i. May Winifred, born Brooks- ville, August 3, 1856, married, 1877, Dr. Wil- liam B. French at Washington, D. C. 2. Ab- bie Nancy, Brooksville, November 28, 1857, died October 2, 1861. 3. Eugene St. L., Brooksville, February 4, 1861, died February I, 1888. Children of second wife: 4. Rosie Myrtle, Washington, D. C, June 29, 1869, died March 8, 1904. 5. Don Hamlin, Wash- ington, D. C, January 19, 1871, died same day. 6. John Walker, Washington, D. C, April 22, 1876, educated in public schools and high school of Washington, graduating from the latter institution in 1893; immediately en- gaged in business with the Norris Peters Com- pany, lithographers, where he has gradually w-orked his way to the front until now he is secretary of the corporation. In 1899 he mar- ried Mary Elizabeth Halley in Washington, D. C. ; children: Isabel, Berwyn B., Beulah Louise and John W., the third. 7. Bertha Belle, Brooksville, August 28, 1878, died June 7, 1889. 8. Berwyn, Washington, D. C, July 27, 1879, died December 30, 1884. Occasionally one finds a name DEARTH so unusual that it seems to be in a class by itself. In such cases it is not unreasonable to suppose that the form under consideration may be a modi- fication, brought about either by accident or design, of some patronymic more widely dis- tributed. In this case it is possible that Dearth may be derived from Death, a surname rather uncommon in this country, but still more nu- merously found than Dearth. The family of Dearth appears to be non-existent in England, and in America it has been traced to but two localities outside of Maine. One Thomas Dearth, born March 26, 1777, lived at Brim- field, Massachusetts, where he married Me- hitable Bliss. Henry Golden Dearth, born at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1863, is an artist of repute, and a member of the American Na- tional Academy. He is probably a descend- ant of Captain Golden Death who lived at Bristol in the early part of the nineteenth cen- tury and was part owner of a privateer during the war of 181 2. (I) Leonard Dearth was born at Sherborn, Massachusetts, in 1792, and died at East Sangerville, Maine, in 1880. In early life he moved from Massachusetts to Sangerville, and cleared the land where he spent the remainder of his days, and where all his children were born. Leonard Dearth married Fannie Cars- ley of Sangerville, and their children were: Freeman D., Leander, Henry L., Mercy, Hul- dah and Rebecca. (II) Freeman Daniel, youngest son of Leonard and Fannie (Carsley) Dearth, was born at Sangerville, Maine, about 1829, and died in that town in 1886. He was educated in the common schools and at Foxcroft Acad- emy. He was a farmer all his life and lived and died on the old home place, which his father had cleared and where he himself was born. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist church. About 1853 Freeman Daniel Dearth married Mary B. Spooner, daughter of Daniel and Jemima STATE OF J^IAINE. 1333 (Knowlton) Spooner, of Sangerville, Maine. (See Spooner, VI). Freeman D. and Mary B. (Spooner) Dearth had children: Elwin, deceased; Charles F. and Amelia E. (twins), the former of Foxcroft and the latter of Bos- ton ; Leonard, of California: Albert E. and Alice (twins), the former of Lowell and the latter deceased; Freeman Daniel, mentioned below : Elbridge H., of Lowell ; Huldah H. (Mrs. Warnell), deceased; Asa E., of Lowell; Arthur L., of Boston; Gertrude M., of Dex- ter ; Blanche E., of Boston. (IIL) Freeman Daniel (2), fifth son of Freeman Daniel (i) and Mary B. (Spooner) Dearth, was born at Sangerville, Maine, April 16, 1861. He obtained his preliminary edu- cation in the public schools, at Foxcroft Acad- emy, from which he was graduated in 1881, and at the Maine Central Institute, from which he was graduated in 1883. He entered Bowdoin College, from which he took his de- gree in 1887. After graduation he became the principal of the high school at Castine and also taught school at Bolton, Alassachusetts, for one year. He was then appointed to a government position in the railway mail ser- vice on the route between Bangor and Green- ville, and also between Bangor and Vance- boro. While holding these positions he be- gan reading law and studied in the office of Crosby & Crosby at Dexter. He was admit- ted to the Maine bar in 1896. He opened a law office in Dexter on November 16 of that year, and has been in successful general prac- tice there ever since. He is a Republican in politics, and has for three years served as judge of the municipal court. He resigned this office in order to accept that of postmaster, to which he was appointed in 1900. Mr. Dearth takes an active part in the afifairs of the town, and holds many positions of trust. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Abbott Memorial Library, is a director of the First National Bank, and has been chair- man of the school board. He belongs to Bedivere Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Dex- ter; and to Penobscot Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, also to the East- ern Star. He attends the Universalist church. This family is descended SPOONER from the Spooners of Ply- mouth and Dartmouth, Mas- sachusetts, who were among the first settlers in the last named town, and figured quite prominently in the early history of that sec- tion of Bristol county. One of the most notable representatives of the family was the Hon. Walter Spooner, a staunch revolution- ary patriot, and descendants of the original settler are scattered through the New Eng- land and other states. (I) William Spooner, the first of the name on this side of the ocean, probably arrived in New England from the mother country in 1637, locating in Plymouth, and as he is first mentioned in the records of that town as an apprentice, it may be inferred that he was a minor. He was admitted a freeman in 1654 and resided in Plymouth until about the year 1660, when he removed to that part of Dart- mouth which is now Acushnet. He died at Dartmouth, 1684. He married (first) Eliza- beth Partridge, who died April 28, 1648. Mar- ried (second) March 18, 1652, Hannah, daughter of Joshua Pratt. His children were : John, Sarah, Samuel, Martha, William, Isaac, Hannah, Mercy and Ebenezer. (II) Samuel, elder son of William Spooner and his second wife, Hannah (Pratt) Spooner, was born, probably at Plymouth, Massachu- setts, January 14, 1655, and died at Dart- mouth, IMassachusetts, in 1739. When Sam- uel was five years old, his father removed to the new settlement of Acushnet in the Dart- mouth purchase, and the son spent all of his long life in that place or the immediate neigh- borhood. He inherited lands from his father, and his homestead contained one hundred and four acres and a half "Situate and being on ye eastward side of Acooshnet river." Sam- uel Spooner was constable in 1680 and also in 1684, served on the grand and petit juries, and held other positions of trust. He and his brother John, with others of the Dartmouth proprietors, were successful defendants in suits brought by Zachary Allin, William Wood and others in 1684 and 1686. Samuel Spooner's will was dated September 27. 1731, and proven February 19, 1739. In it he pro- vides for his wife and eleven children ; but the provisions of the will indicate that he had already divided a considerable portion of his estate among the latter. About 1688 Samuel Spooner married Experience, daughter of Daniel Wing, and his second wife, Anna ( Ewer) Wing. Daniel Wing came from Eng- land with his parents in 1632 and settled in Sandwich, Massachusetts, where he was sev- eral times fined for being a Quaker. On four of these occasions he was obliged to pay five pounds, and at another time ten. Experience (Wing) Spooner was born August 4, 1668, and was living in 1731. To her and her hus- band, Samuel Spooner, were born eleven chil- dren : William, February 13, 1689; Mary, ■3,U STATE OF iMAIXE. January 4. 1691, married Caleb Peckham ; Samuel, February 4, 1693 ; Daniel, whose sketch follows; Seth, January 31, 1695; Han- nah, January 27, 1697; Jashub, November 13, 1698: Anna, April 18, 1700; Experience, June 19, 1702; Beulah, June zj, 1705, married John Spooner; Wing, April 30, 17 — . (Ill) Daniel, third son of Samuel and Ex- perience (Wing) Spooner, was born Feb- ruary 28, 1694, at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and died at Petersham, that state, in 1797. He went from Dartmouth to Newport, Rhode Is- land, where he was admitted a freeman of the colony in May, 1732, and where he carried on the business of house carpentry in company with his brother. Wing Spooner. After a time Daniel returned to New Bedford, but he removed to Hardwick prior to June 16, 1748. In a deed of July 14, 1750, he is describetl as of Nichewoag (Petersham), but he moved there more than a year earlier, because on April 2, 1749, Daniel Spooner and his wife were received into the membership of the l-'irst Church at Petersham on letters from the church at Dartmouth. On July 11, 1750, Dan- iel Spooner was chosen one of the deacons of the First Church at Petersham, which office he held many years. Deacon Spooner was an energetic, reliable man and a sturdy patriot. Although eighty-one years of age when the revolution broke out, he took a decided inter- est in the struggle and gave his ardent sup- port to the American cause. In the town offices of Petersham he served in one capacity or another from 1755 to 1768. As an evi- dence of his vigorous old age, it is said that after he had passed his ninetieth year, he made the journey to Vermont on horseback to visit his sons. Although devoted to his family and an excellent provider, he was a stern disci- plinarian, after the fashion of the times. A great-grandson of his relates that the "Dea- con was a carpenter and joiner, and worked much from home during the week, and on his return Saturday night, he would call up his large family of boys, and, without any inquiry, would give each of them a whipping, presum- ing that, by their conduct through the week, they had deserved it." On October 10, 1728, Daniel Spooner married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Hannah (Devotion) Ruggles, who was born October 21, 1710, and died in August, 1767. They had ten children, many of whom seemed to have inherited their fath- er's trait of longevity, for three of them lived to be past eighty, and three more continued well along into the nineties. The children were: Lucy, born August 29, 1729, died April 2, 1821 ; Elizabeth, January 14, 1731, died November 24, 1756; Philip, December 13, 1733, died September 30, 1826; Shearjashub, August 14, 1735, died April 25, 1785; Rug- gles, March 24, 1737, died in 1831 ; Wing, whose sketch follows; Eliakim, April 7, 1740, died January 3, 1820; Daniel, December 10, 1741. died in November, 1828; Hannah, June 25. 1743, died young; Paul, March 20, i'746, afterwards lieutenant governor of Vermont, died September 5, 1789. The next month after the deatii of his first wife, on September 3, 1767, Deacon Daniel Spooner married Bethiah Nichols. The funeral baked meats must literally have furnished forth the mar- riage tables. Perhaps the good deacon must not be too harshly judged, however, for both his elder daughters had married at the age of eighteen, his youngest daughter had died young, the youngest of his seven sons was twenty-one, and house-keepers were probably hard to get. Wives were evidently to be had in indefinite succession, for on October 16. 1780. at the age of eighty-six, he espoused his third, Mrs. Mary Dean, widow of Paul Dean, and daughter of Nathaniel and Rosilla (Coombs) Whitcomb. She was comparatively a young woman at the time of her Spooner marriage, being thirty-three years the junior of the Deacon, whom she survived a quarter of a century. Mary (Whitcomb) (Dean) Spooner was born October 9, 1727, and died i\Iay 9. 1822. She was admitted to the church in Petersham. September 10. 1781, on a letter from the church in Hardwick. ( I\^ ) Wing, fourth son of Deacon Daniel and Elizabeth (Ruggles) Spooner, was born December 29. 1738, and died at Petersham, Massachusetts, December 7, 18 10. Like his elder brothers, Shearjashub and Ruggles, and his younger brothers, Eliakim and Daniel, Wing Spooner entered the army and fought in the wars of his country, finally reaching the rank of captain. At the breaking out of the French and Indian war. Wing Spooner, then only nineteen years of age, enlisted in the company of Captain Stone, and in 1758 was transferred to the company of Captain Alex- ander Dalrymple where he served for a long time. He was one of the first to advocate the cause of American independence, and was ac- tive and efficient in raising volunteers and in helping to devise ways and means for the prosecution of the war. So great was his patriotic ardor that he caused his two eldest sons to enlist in the Federal service when they were mere youths and not legally re- quired to bear arms. In April, 1775, Wing STATE OF MAINE. 1335 Spooner enlisted in the company of Captain John Wheeler, and soon after was raised to the rank of captain. He commanded a com- pany in the regiment of Colonel Nathan Spar- hawk at the battle of Bennington, and took part in the battle of ^^^lite Plains and other important conflicts. He was a resident of Petersham most of his life, and the house where he and his wife passed the entire forty- eight years of their union was standing in that town in 1883, situated about half a mile west of the village. Wing Spooner held many important local offices, and showed good judgment in his management of public trusts. On January 27, 1763, Wing Spooner married Eunice, daughter of Joseph Stevens, who was born August 31, 1746, and died in August, 1838. Twelve children were born to Wing and Eunice (Stevens) Spooner: Stevens, whose sketch follows ; Ruggles. April 18, 1765; Hannah, January 7, 1767; Dolly, May 12, 1769; Joel, April 26, 1771 ; Charles, Janu- ary 13, 1773; Wing and Eunice (twins) No- vember 20, 1775; Asa, February 20, 1778; Daniel, May 25, 1780, moved to Walpole, New Hampshire; Joseph, August 29, 1782, died on October 1 1 of that year ; Lois, December 24, 1783- (V) Stevens, eldest child of Captain Wing and Eunice (Stevens) Spooner, was born at Petersham, Massachusetts, August 17, 1763, and died at Sangerville, Maine, August 17, 1827. While a lad he enlisted as a soldier in his father's company, and later was a volun- teer in the company of Captain Peter Wood- bur)-. He saw considerable active service ; was engaged in the battle of Bennington ; was present at the surrender of Burgoyne (being but fourteen at the time these two events oc- curred) ; and was on duty at West Point at the time of the attempted treason of Arnold. Soon after marrying Mr. Spooner moved to Sangerville, ]\Iaine, where he bought land and became a farmer. He was an active, indus- trious and enterprising citizen, and enjoyed the respect of the community where he dwelt. On July 2, 1787, Stevens Spooner married Sally, daughter of John and Rebecca (Rice) Hodgkins, who died July 4, 1841. Eight chil- dren of this couple are recorded : Lois, De- cember 3, 1791 ; Lewis, August 23, 1793; Clarissa, October 26, 1795: Leonard, Septem- ber 10, 1798: Paul. December, 1800; Eunice, January 2, 1802; Lucretia, February, 1805; and Daniel (2), mentioned below. (VI) Daniel (2), youngest of the eight children of Stevens and Sally (Hodgkins) Spooner, was born at Sangerville, Maine, De- cember 26, 1808, and died November 19, 1884. On December 6, 1832, he married Jemima Knowlton, born April 2, 181 1, died Septem- ber 14, 1895; they had six children: Mary B., married Freeman Daniel Dearth (see Dearth, II) ; Benjamin F., died young; Asa S., Benja- min F., Lucretia, Ella Maria. This family was one of WOODCOCK the earliest in Massachu- setts, and its descendants now number many thousands. In early times they were prominent in Indian wars, and later in the revolution they bore their part. They have always been energetic and progressive. (I) The name of John Woodcock Sr. ranks high among the early colonists of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. In Hotten's Emigration Lists is given a John Woodcock, who emigrated March 20. 1635, from Weymouth, England, to New England, described as being a little over twenty years of age, and this is supposed to be the John referred to. He lived in the North Purchase, at which place he was al- lowed one and one-half acres, by Rehoboth, in 1666. His house was at Ten Mile River, now a part of the town of Attleboro. In 1673 he was made ffeeman. He was a man of true worth, an enterprising and successful citizen, and a brave soldier. His house was a strate- gic point in Indian warfare in 1676, and many important meetings were arranged for at this place. His house was a landmark for many miles around, and was given prominence in directing the route of travellers who started out from Boston. About 1649 he married Sarah, the mother of his children. She died in 1676, at Attleboro, and by 1692 he had married Joanna, his second wife. His children were : John, Israel, Jonathan, Thomas, a daughter who became the wife of Thomas Estabrook, Mary and Deborah. (II) Jonathan, third son of John and Sarah Woodcock, married Mar}-, about 1698. and had children as follows : Deborah, Phosbe, Jonathan. Thomas, Benjamin and William. (III) Benjamin, third son of Jonathan and ]\Iary Woodcock, was born June 12, 1707, at Attleboro, and died in 1759 or later. He mar- ried Margaret White, and their children were : I. Benjamin, born December 31, 1735. 2. Nathan, January 9, 1737-38. 3. Margaret, August 26, 1740. 4. David, June 4, 1742. 5. John, June 15, 1744. 6. Mary, March 13, 1745-46. 7. Ruth, February 27, 1747-48. 8. A child, June 3, 1750. 9. Hannah, April 29, 1752. 10. Jonathan, April 28, 1753. 11. Hep- zibah, June 4, 1758. 1336 STATE OF MAINE. (IV) David, third son of Benjamin and Alargaret (White) Woodcock, was born June 4, 1742. He was a sergeant in Captain Jacob Ide's company, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, who marched on the alarm of the battle of Bunker Hill. He was also in Captain Stephen Richardson's company in the six weeks cam- paign at Roxbury in 1775, and was one of the company of five months men that "went to Yorke" in 1776. He was sergeant in Captain Alexander Foster's company from Attleboro, in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's regiment in the campaign at Rhode Island, from July 27 to August 12, 1778. With his wife and six children, he removed from Attleboro to Union, Maine, in 1784, and at once became prominent in the affairs of the town. He set- tled upon what was called the "Mill Farm," where he built a grist-mill. He was active in church matters, and was one of a committee to raise funds for building a church. He was selectman in 1788, and in 1790 is mentioned as a tithingman ; the same year he was ap- pointed by the town as one of a committee to look for a plot of ground and secure it for a burying-ground. He died December 7, 1790, and was the first person interred in this "bury- ing-place." September 17, 1765, he married Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Hastings) Holmes; she was born June 10, 1741, and died September 25, 1823. Their children were : Benjamin, David, Hannah, Linda (Belinda), Nancy, Polly and Theodore. All except the last-named were born at Attle- boro, Massachusetts. (V) David (2), second son of David (i) and Abigail (Holmes) Woodcock, was born October 23, 1771, at Attleboro, Massachu- setts, and married Aphia Peabody. Their son, Dexter Hatch, was born September 11, 1795, and John Thompson was born November 25, 1801, both at Union, Maine. (Further men- tion is made in this article of John Thomp- son Woodcock.) (VI) Dexter Hatch, elder son of David (2) and .A.phia (Peabody) Woodcock, was born September 11, 1795, at Union, Maine. In 1 82 1 he married Jane Hovey, and their chil- dren were : Nancy Jane, John Calvin, David James, Dorothy Ann, .\aron Hovey, Hannah Smith, Thomas Jefferson and William Dexter. (VII) Aaron Hovey, third son of Dexter Hatch and Jane (Hovey) Woodcock, was born February 11, 1832, at Alexander, Maine, and died in 1906 at Calais, Maine. He was town clerk of Princeton, Maine, about 1870, and was elected from Princeton to the Maine legislature. He married (first) Olive Jane Gould, born at Baring, Maine. Their chil- dren were: i. Fannie Eva, married E. B. Larrabee, of Carroll, Maine, and has four children. Mrs. Larrabee now resides at Tewksbury, Massachusetts. 2. Lindsay Todd. 3. Edna Gertrude, married Edgar H. PoUeys, of Baring, Maine, and has four children. 4. Fidelia Gould. Mr. Woodcock married (sec- ond) Addie Robbins, of Bailey ville, Maine, and they had children as follows: i. Dexter. 2. Dora, who died in infancy. 3. Belle, now a teacher in the public schools of Calais, Maine. 4. George W., now residing in .Bovie, Minnesota. (VIII) Lindsay Todd, son of Aaron Hovey and Olive Jane (Gould) Woodcock, was born August 23, 1858, at Baring, Maine. He re- ceived his education in Princeton, JMaine, and his first business experience was in a country store. He had charge of the store of F. Shaw & Brother, Grand Lake Stream, Maine, for some time, until he removed to Chicago, in 1876. In the following year he entered the service of Field Leiter & Company, in their retail store, and he has continued ever since in the employ of that firm and its successor, Marshall Field & Company. In 1878 he be- came assistant manager of the ribbons, jew- elry, fans and umbrella sections, and three years later became manager of these depart- ments. In 1889 he became superintendent of the retail establishment, and by his enterprise and zeal has contributed largely to the suc- cess of the firm. In January, 1907, he was made general manager of the retail store. He is a member of the New England Society, also of Sons of American Revolution. He is a director of the Young ]\Ien's Christian Asso- ciation of Oak Park, also of the Presbyterian League of Chicago. He is a member of Oak Park Club of Oak Park, the Westward Ho Golf Club of Oak Park, and the Union League Club of Chicago. j\lr. Woodcock is also director of the Oak Park Trust & Sav- ings Bank. He married, at Chicago, June 3, 1884, Maude H., daughter of Charles K. and Josephine (.Abbott) Waterhouse. She was born January 2, 1865, at Boston, ]\Iassachu- setts. Their children are: i. Robert Lind- say, born September 21, 1886. 2. Marjorie Louise, December 28, 1894. 3. Helen Gladys, April 12, 1894. 4. Lois Todd, October 29, 1899. (\T) John Thompson, son of David (2) and Aphia (Peabody) Woodcock, was bom November 25. 1801, at Union, Maine. He married, November 16, 1826, Harriet Jones, of Robinston, Maine, and their children were : STATE OF MAINE. 1337 I. Alfred Carpenter, born March 16, 1828. 2. Sarah Ann, August 31, 1830. 3. Caroline Thaxter, October 11, 1832. 4. John Leigh- ton, January 30, 1836. 5 and 6. Elizabeth McAllister and Mary Brook, October 3, 1838. 7. Belinda Thompson. February 14, 1841. 8. Abigail Howe, April 26, 1844. ( ^TI ) John Leighton, second son of John Thompson and Harriet (Jones) Woodcock, was born January 30, 1836. After attending the public schools of Calais, Maine, he went to St. Stephens Academy for a short time, after which he engaged in mercantile busi- ness at Calais. In 1856 he removed to Chi- cago, Illinois, and remained in that city for three years, when he returned to Maine. In 1867 he came to Chicago again, and was for thirty-five years engaged in conducting vari- ous hotels. He was one of the firm of Wood- cock & Loring, who kept the Matteson House, corner Jackson street and Wabash avenue, also the Clifton House, corner of Monroe street and Wabash avenue. Mr. Woodcock was very successful in these enterprises, and in December, 1892, sold his interests and re- tired. He is a Republican in political views, and is a member of the Union Park Congre- gational Church. His residence is No. 1218 W'ashington Boulevard. He married Elsie Watts, daughter of Samuel W. and Mary B. Haycock, of Calais, Maine, and their children are: i. Charles Price, born October 15. i860, at Calais. Maine ; secretary of firm of E. Schneider & Company. Chicago ; married Jeannet Service : one child, William Price. 2. Samuel Jones. July 11. 1862, died August 22, 1863. 3. Elsie Gertrude, June 7. 1864. 4. Har- riet Farrar. September 12. 1866. 5. Alfred Kimball. September 21. 1868, at Chicago: is a resident of Kansas City, Missouri ; married Jessie Jackson and thev have two children : Willis j. and Charles J.' 6: Robert Hill, Au- gust 12, 1870, at Chicago: he is a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is employed in the treasurer's office of Allis-Chalmers Company ; married Alma Wilson and they have one son, Robert. 7. John Thompson, April 2, 1874. at Chicago, and is now a resi- dent of the state of Idaho : married Grace Gardner and they have one child, Ruth Alden. 8. Ralph Emerson, January 21, 1878, died Jan- uary 14. 1883. 9. Grace Loring, September 16, '1884. On the 31st of March, 1632, at Exeter, Eng- land, a license to marry was given to James Richards (i), of Silverton, Devonshire, and Wilmot Digon. Of the eight children born of this marriage, the one in whom this article is interested is the sixth child and fifth son, Henry. (II) Henry, fifth son of James and Wilmot (Digon) Richards, was born in Silverton and baptized in the church at that place, April 16, 1634. He married Dorothy Pease, and had nine children. (III) James (2), eldest son of Henry and Dorothy (Pease) Richards, lived and died in Silverton, England. He married , and had four children. ( I\' ) John, eldest son of James (2) and • Richards, of London and Edmonton. In England the family of RICHARDS Richards were principally yeomen, gentleman farmers and merchants engaged in shipping trade. was a merchant in London, and there carried on an extensive shipping trade with Spain and her colonies. He married Dorothy, daughter of Joshua Galliard. He died in August, 1736. (V) John (2). eldest son of John (i) and Dorothy (Galliard) Richards, was baptized March 4, 1737. in the church at Edmonton, England. He owned the estate of North House. Catherington, in Hambledon, Hamp- shire, England, on which he lived as a gentle- man farmer. He married Maria Downman, who died in Hambledon, November 11, 1826, having outlived her husband seven years, he having died at that place. July 27, 1819. The children of John and Maria (Downman) Rich- ards were : John, Richard, George, Dorothy, Maria, Anne, Frances. (VI) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and ^laria (Downman) Richards, of North House. Catherington, was born in Hambledon, Hants, May 9, 1768, and died in London, March 26, 1835. In his youth he came to this country in the employ of the Barings, and was afterwards a merchant in Boston, living on Chestnut street, where he was a friend and patron of Gilbert Stuart, the painter, whose portraits of members of the family are con- sidered his greatest works (vid. Century Cy- clopedia of Names). He married Susan Coffin, youngest daughter of Stephen Jones, of Machias. Maine, judge of probate court of Calais. Maine. His children were : John, George, Francis, Henry, ]\Iaria Downman, Charles Jones. After the panic of 1817 he re- turned to England, and lived with his sisters on his estate at North House. (\ 11) Francis, son of John (3) and Susan (Coffin) Richards, was born in Gouldsboro, Maine, May 13, 1805. He was educated at Hvde Abbey school, near Winchester, Eng- 1338 STATE OF MAINE. land, and returned to New England in or about the year 1827. living in Calais, Maine, where in com])any with his twin brother Henry, who accompanied him to America, he found employment on the Bingham estate in that place. They subsequently engaged in the lumber trade, manufacturing lumber on a large scale, and continued in this business up to 1832, when Francis removed to Gardiner, Maine, at the solicitation of his wife's uncle, Frederick Tudor, and engaged with him in the ice business. The business was ruined by the experiment of shipping ice to the West Indies and by the loss of the ice plant on the Kennebec river by a freshet. Mr. Richards tlien returned to England, where he studied the principles of the manufacture of paper, and acquiring the art in a paper mill in Eng- land he returned to Maine and started a paper mill in Gardiner with a partner, the firm be- ing Richards & Hoskins. They continued the business 1853-58, and in the latter year the firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. Rich- ards. He was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal church of Gardiner, was warden of Christ Church, and a prominent church worker in the diocese of Maine. He was married, September 18, 1832, to Anne Hallowell Gardiner, daughter of Robert Hal- lovvell and Emma Jane (Tudor) Gardiner, of Oaklands, Garfliner, Maine. .She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 5, 1807, died in Paris, France, 1876. The death of Francis Richards occurred in Gardiner, Maine, 1858. He had children : Francis Gardiner, George Henry, Sarah Sullivan, John Tudor, Robert Hallowell, Henry. (VHI) Henry, youngest son of Francis and Anne Hallowell (Gardiner) Richards, was born in Gardiner, Maine, July 17, 1848. He received his primary and secondary school training in Gardiner ; his intermediate course of instruction at Wellington College, Woking- ham, Berkshire, England, taking a five years course in that institution ; prepared for matric- ulation at Harvard College at Dixwell's school in Boston ; was graduated at Harvard Uni- versity, A.B., 1869: took a post-graduate course in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He practiced this profession in Boston up to 1876, when he re- turned to Gardiner, where in company with his brothers, Francis G. and John Tudor, he took up the paper manufacturing business founded by his father which had been pur- chased from the estate by Francis G. and was carried on by him under the firm name of Richards & Company until his death in 1884. It was then formed into a joint stock com- pany known as the Richards Paper Company, and so continued up to 1900, when the busi- ness was consolidated with the International Paper Company, that great corporation pur- chasing the property. Henry Richards then engaged in architectural business during the winter season, and during the summer carries on a summer camp for boys at Great Pond in Belgrade, Maine. He has always been inde- pendent of political parties, voting for men and measures rather than with party organi- zations. He has served as chairman of the Gardiner school board : trustee of the Gardiner Water District ; director of the Public Library of Gardiner ; member of the city council. He is a communicant of Christ Church, Gardiner, and served as a vestryman for many years. He was married June 17, 1871, to Laura Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe, of Boston. Laura E. was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 2j, 1850; she was educated in private schools in Boston, and became widely known by her books, written principally for the young. Among the titles with year of first publica- tion are: "Sketches and Scraps," 1881 ; "Five Mice in a Mouse Trap," 1883; "The Joyous Story of Toto," 1885; "Toto's Merry Winter," 1887; "Queen Hildegarde," 1889; "Captain January," 1890; "In My Nursery," i8go; "Hildegarde's Holiday," 1891 ; "Hildegarde's Home," 1892: "When I Was of Your Age," 1893; "Glimpses of the French Court," 1893; "Melody." 1893; "Marie," 1894; "Nautilus," 1895; "Jim of Hellas," 1895; "Five Minute Stories," 1895: "Hildegarde's Neighbors," 1895; "Narcissa," 1896: "Some Day," 1896; "Isla Heron," 1896: "Three Margarets,'' 1897; "Hildegarde's Harvest," 1897; "Rosin the Beau," 1898; "Margaret Montfort," 1898; "Love and Rocks," 1898; "Quicksilver Sue," 1899; "Peggy," 1899; "Rita," 1900; "For Tommy," 1900; "Snow White," 1900; "Fernly House," 1901 ; "Geofifry Strong," 1901 ; "Mrs. Tree," 1902; "The Hurdy-Gurdy," 1902; "!\Irs. Tree's Will," 1905; "The Journal and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe," 1906; "The Wooing of Calvin Parks," 1908; "The Golden Windows," 1903; "The Silver Crown," 1906; "The Piccolo," 1906; "Grandmother," 1907. Samuel Gridley Howe, the father of Laura Elizabeth (Howe) Richards, was born in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, November 10, i8oi, son of Joseph N. and Patty (Gridley) Howe. He was graduated at Brown University, A.B., 1821, and at Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1824. He was a member of the Patriot army STATE OF MAINE. 1339 in Greece, fighting for the freedom of that ancient country, 1824-30, and was surgeon of the Greek naval fleet, 1827-30. He visited the United States in 1827 and raised funds for the reHef of famine stricken people of the land whose cause he had espoused, and later founded a colony of Greeks on the Isthmus of Corinth. In 1830 he returned to Boston, and, under Dr. Fisher"s suggestion, prepared to start a school for the blind. With this end in view he visited Europe in 1831 to study the methods there in use for educating the blind. While in Paris his sympathies were enlisted in behalf of the Polish patriots, and he was made president of a committee organized for their relief by General Lafayette. While carrying the relief thus raised to a detachment of the Polish army he was arrested by the Prussian government, imprisoned for six weeks, and then conveyed to the frontier of France and liberated, after being forbidden to return within the Prussian borders. Having fulfilled his mission for the Polish Relief Committee, he returned to Boston to take up the more peaceful work of educating the blind, and there started in his father's house the school which was the foundation of wdiat is now known as the Perkins Institution and Massa- chusetts Asylum for the Blind, of which he was superintendent for forty-five years, up to the time of his death. His greatest achieve- ment in this undertaking was the education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the blind and deaf mute, and the attention this remarkable ac- complishment called to his success, brought him pupils, endowments and patrons that in- sured his success. He also organized and founded the Massachusetts School for Idiots and Feeble-minded Youth, and he was super- intendent also of that institution 1848-75. (vid. The Journals and Letters of Samuel Gridley How'e, ed. Laura E. Richards.) He married, in 1843, .Tulia Ward, the well known author, woman suffragist and reformer, best known popularly as the author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," who in 1908, when eighty- nine years of age, was still actively engaged in her philanthropic work and an eloquent speaker before public assemblages. Mrs. Rich- ards is a writer of rare force, and her two score and more books for the young, and her innumerable short articles in prose and verse, which find place in current literary journals all over the English speaking world, are lov- ingly drawn from the beautiful home life en- joyed at Gardiner. Her parents named her Laura as a compliment to Laura Dewey Bridg- man (1829-1889). The seven children of Henry and Laura E. Richards are: i. Alice Maud, born in Bos- ton. July 24, 1872, now a teacher in the Gardi- ner high school. 2. Rosalind, born June 30, 1874. 3. Henry Howe, born February, 1876, A.B., Harvard, 1898, teacher in Groton school, Groton, Massachusetts. 4. Julia Ward, born in Gardiner, Maine, 1878, married Carleton A. Shaw, teacher, Groton, Massachusetts. 5. Maud, born 1881, died in infancy. 6. John, born February 13, 1884, A.B., Harvard, 1907, student in Harvard Law School. 7. Laura Elizabeth, born February 12, 1886. In the tide of sturdy emi- SARGENT grants who left England's shores to settle along the "stern and rockbound coast" of New England in the early part of the seventeeth century was the ancestor of the Sargents, who have thought more about the clearing away of the wilderness, the making of homes and farms, the erection of workshops and factories, the rearing of churches and schoolhouses, and the founding of a great free nation, than of keep- ing a record of their acts. A brief account of some of them is here given. The earliest rec- ord seeming to bear on the origin of the Sar- gent family of this article appears in the Ab- bey church at Bath, England, under date of November 22, 1602, where the record of the marriage of Richard Sargent and Katherine Stevens is set out, and it states further "Ano Dom. 1630, Jenning Walters and Joane Sar- gent were married April 15," and under "Bap- tism," "Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Sargent, 28 day, 1603, October; 1606, June, William the Sonne of Richard Sargent the 28th ; March, 1609, Joane the daughter of Richard Sargent was baptised the 26th." No further record of father or son is found there, and it is inferred that they may have gone to London and William shipped from there. (I) One historian of the Sargent family says : "At first I was not inclined to believe this William was our ancestor, or from this part of England. But since learning that the father of William's first wife, 'Quarter Mas- ter John Perkins,' was at Agawam in .\ugust, 1 63 1, a short time after arriving in .\merica, and that he came from near Bath, England, it seems quite probable that if William was from there and with Captain Smith in 1614, when the latter landed at Agawam and wrote up its beauties and advantages, William may have returned and induced John Perkins and others to emigrate." The first record found of Wil- liam is in the general court records of Massa- KW STATE UF .MAIXE. chusetts Colon\- in April, 1633, where a copy of an act appears to protect him and other grantees of land at Agawam, now Ipswich, Massachusetts, in their rights. The next rec- ord is that of his oath of allegiance and fidelity in 1639. It is shown hy records and deeds that he was one of the first settlers at Wessa- cucoh, now Newbury, in 1635; at Winnacun- net, now Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1638; at South Merrimac, now Salisbury, Massachu- setts, in 1639. and that "William Sargent, townsman and commissioner of Salisbury," had a tax rate December 25, 1650, of 7s. 4(1. He was next located at Salisbury New Town, now Amesbur}- and Merrimack, in 1655. where he resided until his death in 1675. He is believed to have married Elizabeth Perkins about 1633, as she came with her parents to America in the ship "Lion," in the spring of 1631. She died before September 18, 1670, for William married at that time Joanna Row- ell, who survived him and married Richard Currier, of Amesbury. The children of Wil- liam Sargent seem to have been as follows, but owing to lack and contradiction of records there is uncertainty about them : Mary, Eliza- beth, died young; Thomas, William, Lydia, Elizabeth, died young; Sarah, died young; Sarah and Elizabeth. (II) Thomas, third child and eldest son of William and Elizfibeth Sargent, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 11, 1643, died February 27, 1706; he was a farmer, and re- sided on "Bear Hill." He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity at Amesbury before Mafor Robert Pike, December 20, 1677; ^'^'^^^^ public office, and was quite a prominent man in civil affairs, and a lieutenant in the militia. His will was dated February 8, 1706. and probated at Salem, April 8, 1706. He mar- ried, January 2, 1667, Rachel, born February 3, 1648, daughter of William Barnes, of Amesbury and Salisbury. She died in 1719. Both were buried in the "Ferry Cemetery." Their children were : Thomas, died young ; John, died young ; Mary, Hannah, Thomas, Rachel, Jacob, William, Joseph, Judith, died young; Judith and John. (III) John, youngest son of Thomas and Rachel ( Ijarncs ) Sargent, was born in Ames- bury, Massachusetts. May 18, 1692. He was a farmer and held the position and rank of captain in the Colonial militia. He married, in Amesbury, January 12, 1713. Hannah Quimby, of Amesbury, born August 23, 1692, and they had eight children. Captain John Sargent died in Amesbury. May 19. 1762, and was buried there. His will was probateil in Salem in 1762. The children of Captain John and Hannah (Quimby) Sargent were all born in Amesbury. as follows: i. Mary, Septem- ber 16, 1714, married Stephen Patten. 2. Robert, October u, 1716, married Anne Cof- fin, of West Newbury, and he died F'ebruary 20, 1796. 3. Joshua, November 5, 17 19. died October 22, 1757. 4 John (q. v.), March 18. 1721. 5. Josiah, March 18, 1724. married Sarah, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Bag- ley) Sargent, and he died April 17, 1818. b. Thomas. March 20, 1727, married Sarah Clement, and died March 16, 1794. 7. Han- nah, February 25, 1730, married Mr. Colby. 8. Rachel, February 19, 1732, married Aaron Sawyer, AI.D., of Amesbury. (R') John (2), third son of Captain John (I) and Hannah (Quimby) Sargent, was born in Amesbury, Alassachusetts, March 18, 1 72 1. He was a farmer and resided in IMethuen after his marriage, February 26, 1746, to Mary Tucker, of Amesbury, and they had ten children, all born in Methuen. Mary (Tucker) Sargent died February 28, 1777. and he married, September 30, 1777, ]\Iiriam Swan, of }iletluien, by whom he had no chil- dren. The children of John and Mary (Tucker) Sargent were: i. John, born March, 1746. died August 11, 1749. 2. John (q. v.). August 5, 1749. 3. Molly, January 16, 1751. 4. Olive, February 14, 1753, mar- ried John Masten. 5. Ebenezer, October 26, 1755, married Mar\- March and died Novem- ber 8, 1838. 6. Joshua. November 26, 1757. claimed to have served in the revolutionary war, married Abigail Ladd, and died February 23, 1844. 7. Molly. September 6, 1759. 8. Alice, .-Xrgust 14. 1761, married Jonathan Swan, of Sunberton, New Hampshire. 9. Benjamin, September 2, 1763, married Olive Bodwell, of Alethuen. 10. Jacob, August 25, 1765, married Mercy, daughter of James and Meribah (Ordway) Sargent. (\') John (3), son of John (2) and Mary (Tucker) Sargent, was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, August 5, 1749. He was a manufacturer of woolens and established the first fulling mill in that section of Massachu- setts now the center of both cotton and woolen manufactory of the United States. He also conducted a flour mill and had the first mill in which flour was bolted so as to separate the flour from the middlings, by a process of sifting that he introduced. He married, Sep- tember 12, 1771, Elizabeth Bodwell, of Methuen; children: i. Asa, born in Methuen, April 25, 1773. (He is supposed to be the Asa Sargent who was a surgeon in the L'nited STATE OF AIAIXE. 1341 States army in 1800.) 2. Abigail, January 26, 1775. married Stephen Runnells, of Methuen. 3. JNIolly, Methuen, April 21, 1777, married John Cluff, and had seven children. 4. Elizabeth, May 20, 1779. died 1788. 5. Frederick, April 17, 1781. 6. Sally, May 17, 1783, married Daniel Morrill, of Sutton, New Hampshire. 7. Sophia, April 27, 1785, died 1788. 8. John, May 18, 1787, died young. 9. John Tucker, April 24, 1790, married .\biah M. Frye. and died March ig, 1840. 10. Wil- liam A., Januar)- 26, 1792, married W'ealthy Austin, of Salem, New Hampshire. 11. Eliza B., May 20, 1794, married Ebenezer Kimball. 12. Rufus King, January 13, 1797, married Hannah Shaw, and died at Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, August 29, 1850. 13. Jedediah, Sep- tember. 1799, died young. Elizabeth (Bod- well) Sargent died in Methuen, Massachu- setts, November 29, 1803, and on October 12, 1804, her husband married as his second wife Dorothy Huse, of Methuen, who was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, in 1773, and died at Methuen, August 8, 1852. The children of John and Dorothy (Huse) Sargent were: i. Jedediah Warren, born May 2. 1805, married Clara F. Smith, of Newton, Massachusetts. Jedediah Warren Sargent was a Baptist cler- gyman receiving his training in theology at the Newton Theological Institution, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, graduating in 1834. 2. Sulvanus Gilman, February 19, 1807, married Martha A. Richards, of Hallowell, Maine, was a graduate of Waterville College, 1834, be- came a Baptist clergyman and died at Au- gusta, Maine, February 21, 1896. 3. Walter Taylor (q. v.), February 3, 1809. 4. George Anson. February 22, 181 1. (VI) Walter Taylor, third son of John (3) and Dorothy (Huse) Sargent, was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, February 3, 1809. Fie attended the public school of Methuen, worked in his father's fulling mill, and after 1828 in a woolen mill at Andover, Massachu- setts; again attended school 1831-32 in South Reading: Waterville Academy 1833-34; matriculated at Colby College, Waterville, in 1834, but was obliged to leave by reason of continued ill health and he worked in his fath- er's fulling mill in ^lethuen and in 1836 took up an elective course at Colby and was li- censed to preach by the Baptist church of Methuen. He supplied churches at Billerica and Randolph, Massachusetts, and at Somers- worth. New Hampshire, and in 1837 took his first regular pastorate at Buxton, Elaine, and served that church one year.. In July, 1838, he accepted a call to the Baptist church at Damariscotta, Maine, and in August, 1838, was ordained as pastor, the service of ordina- tion being held August 14, i He went from there to Bowdoinham, where he was pastor of the Baptist church in that place up to the spring of 1842, when he went to Mount Vernon, where he served 1843-49; was at Acton, Maine, 1849-55; Sanford, ;\Iaine, 1855-57; Green, Maine. 1857-64, where in a very small parish he baptized eighty-four converts. He was in Dexter, Maine, 1864-66; Richmond, Maine. 1866-70; Freeport, Maine, 1870-75; retired from active service in 1875, but continued his residence in Freeport, v^'here he died in 1886. He married. May 3, 1837. Mary L. Hayden, of Winslow, ]\Iaine, born February 10, 1817, daughter of General Charles Hayden. The two children born to Rev. W'alter Taylor and Mary L. (Hayden) Sargent, were Charles and Walter, and both died in infancy. The mother died April 30, 1840, The Rev. Samuel F. Smith, of New- ton Centre, author of "America," preached the funeral service of Mrs. Sargent, and min- istered at the burial of her two children, and he had less than three years before conducted the ceremony of the marriage of Mrs. Sar- gent. Mr. Sargent married (second) June 3, 1841, Joan Greenleaf Quint, of Topsham, born in Bowdoinham, Maine, in 1820. Children: I. Marv Ellen, born Bowdoinham, Julv 28, 1842, married A. R. G. Smith, M.D., of North Whitefield. 2. Maria Frances, born at Mount \'ernon, April 26, 1844, married James M. Sanborn. 3. Susan Jane, born at Brunswick, Maine, October 18. 1845, died May 17, 1878. 4. Sarah Elizabeth, born in Topsham, July 16, 1848. married Waterman T. Moore. 5. Anna Louisa, born in Acton, January 19, 1852, mar- ried Edward J. Wight, of Tacoma, Washing- ton. 6. Emma Caroline, born in Acton, Sep- tember I, 1854, a school teacher in Freeport. 7. William Edward (q. v.). 8. Alice Crosby, June 5, 1864, deceased. 9. Kate Gertrude. June 7, 1866, deceased. (VII) William Edward, only son of Rev. Walter Taylor and Joan Greenleaf ( Quint ) Sargent, was born in Sanford, Maine, !\Iay 23, 1856. He attended the public schools of Green, Dexter and Freeport, and was gradu- ated at Bowdoin College, A.B.. 1878. He was master of the Topsham high school 1878-80; of the Freeport high school 1880-85 • princi- pal of Hebron Academy since 1885. He has seen the school grow from sixty students in 1885 to over two hundred in 1908, and he has been obliged to turn scores of applicants away each year. The original endowment of $60.- 1342 STATE OF MAINE. ooo in 1885 has grown to over $200,000, and the buildings to house the students. Hbrary, laboratory, gymnasium and classes are among the best appointed in the state. The acad- emy celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in 1904. Professor Sargent is a member of the Baptist church ; of the Republican party ; of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of the Free and Accepted Masons: of the Knights of Pythias, and of several learned societies. He married. August 20, 1883. Ella Caroline Morgan, daughter of Captain Philip and Mary Ann ( Dickman ) Hale, of Balti- more, Maryland. The name Runnells is sup- RUXXELLS posed to be of Scotch ori- gin. The coat of arms borne by the family is as follows : Argent masoned, sable upon a chief indented of the last, a plate charged with a rose, gules, barbed and seeded, between two fleur-de-lis, or. Crest : a fox passant or, holding in its mouth a rose, as in the arms, slipped and leaved vert. Motto : Mitriis ahcnctis esto. Underneath, Runnells. (I) Sergeant Samuel Runnells was born, according to family tradition, in 1674, near Port Royal, Nova Scotia. The tradition says that he and an elder brother escaped from an attack of Indians or pirates on their father's residence near Halifax and came in an open boat to New England. He resided in Brad- ford, Massachusetts, where he owned a farm. He also owned land in Boxford, and erected a house there. He was admitted to full com- munion in the Bradford Congregational church November 27, 1709. His will was dated March 5, 1744-45 and proved Novem- ber 25, 1745. He married Abigail Middleton, about 1700. She died October 11, 1753, and he died October 27, 1745. Children: i. Stephen, born May 14. 1703. 2. Samuel, December 17, 1706. 3. John, March 9, 1710, died young. 4. John, born April 8, 1711, died July 6, 1713. 5. Job, born June 18, 1712. 6. Sarah, born October 31, 1716. 7. Abigail, November 11, 1722. 8. Ebenezer, November 20, 1726, mentioned below. (II) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Runnells, was born in Bradford, November 20, 1726, and baptized the ne.xt day. He was a black- smith by trade, and bought January 7, 1744, from the town of Haverhill, a piece of land on the Merrimack river, and March 6, 1748, a lot and dwelling house. He was successful in his business, and dealt largely in real estate. He owned much land in Hollis, New Hamp- shire, and in Dunstable, Massachusetts. He was engaged considerably in the ironing of \'essels, and had an interest in shipbuilding in Newburyport. His residence was situated on the present \\'ashington Square, with the gar- den in the rear extending to the Little river. His shop was on the opposite side of the road, in the rear of the present Christian Baptist church. His will was dated February 10, 1795, and he died August 4, 1795. He mar- ried (first) in 1747, Abigail Sollis, of Bev- erley, who died October 3, 1765. He married { second ) Hannah Smith, born in Haverhill, May 31, 1742. died there March 29, 1814. Children of first wife: i. Benjamin, born Alarch 31, 1748, mentioned below. 2. Eben- ezer, born April 21, 1750. 3. John, born Au- gust 14, 1752, died September 14, 1753. 4. Stephen, born July 3, 1754. 5. John, born June 18, 1756, died June 16, 1760. 6. Molly, born July 1758. 7. Abigail, born December 7, 1760. 8. Thomas, born December 14. 1763, died November 16, 1765. Children of second wife: 9. Samuel, born March 15, 1767. 10. Thomas, born February 7, 1769. 11. Nathaniel Stevens, born June 23, 1771. 12. Daniel, born October 22, 1773, died September 22, 1774. 13. Daniel, born December 18 ( family record says September 22), 1775. 14. Ebenezer, born 1778. 15. Hannah, born April 22, 1783, died February 22, 1787. 16. Hannah, born July 12, 1787. (HI) Benjamin, son of Ebenezer Runnells, was born in Haverhill, March 31, 1748. In 1769 he went to Pownalborough, Maine, and thence to what is now Augusta, where he was one of the first settlers. He afterwards sold his land in Augusta for two dollars an acre. He served about two years in the revolution, and was with the army in New York. He was a private in Captain Timothy Heath's company. Colonel Samuel McCobb's regi- ment June 30 to September 25, 1779. His trade being that of a blacksmith, he helped to forge the chain which was stretched across the Hudson at West Point to keep the. Brit- ish ships from going up the river. Meanwhile his family remained at Augusta, in constant danger from the Indians. One night seven Indians came to their house, ransacked it, and spent the night, to the terror of his wife and children. His wife always said that her life was only spared at the intervention of a squaw who was one of the party. In 1778 he re- moved farther up the river and built the first framed house in Waterville. about 1793. He did lumbering, and built a small vessel, claimed to be the first one launched on the upper Ken- STATE OF MAINE. 1343 nebec, and ran it to Augusta, twenty miles, before being rigged. He also built the first saw mill in W'aterville, and subsequently the first at Pittsfield. He was the first representa- tive from the combined towns of Waterville and Winslow to the general court at Boston, and became owner of so much land that he was nicknamed "King" Runnells. Later he lost much of his property through the failure of one Shepard, an English contractor, and by other misfortunes, especially by losing on a contract of his own for furnishing masts to be sent to England. He died in Winslow, Maine, June 22, 1802. He married, in 1768, Hepsibah Bradley, of Haverhill, who died December 25, 1798. The family burial ground was selected by her on the east bank of the Kennebec, a mile or two above Waterville. Children: i. James, born January, 1769, in Haverhill. 2. ^lary, born May, 1770, in Pow- nalborough, Maine. 3. John, born November 19, 1771, mentioned below. 4. Benjamin, born April, 1773, in Augusta. 5. Stephen, born February, 1775, in Augusta. 6. Ruth, born December, 1776, in Augusta. 7. Abigail, born March 4, 1778, in Winslow, Elaine. 8. Rachel, born Alarch 24, 1782, in Winslow. 9. David, born October 5, 1783, in Winslow. (IV) John, son of Benjamin Runnells, was born November 19, 1771. He resided in Winslow, and later in Clinton, Maine. He married, October 19, 1795, Mary Brown, of Hancock Plantation. He died February 14, 1807, aged thirty-six. His wife inscribed his gravestone with her own hands, at Benton, near Kendall's Mills, and died there in March, 1856. Children, the two eldest born in Winslow, the others in Clinton: i. John, born November 12, 1796. 2. Oliver, born March 14, 1798, drowned near Kendall's Mills, in the Kennebec, November 28, 1818. 3. Damon, born July 11, 1800. 4. Elnathan, born December 8, 1802, died at Winslow, December i, 1824. 5. James, born ]\Iay 9, 1804, mentioned below. 6. Benjamin, born July 15, 1806. (V) James, son of John Runnells, was born in Clinton, Maine, May 9, 1804. He was edu- cated in the public schools and at Kent's Hill, and taught school up to the time he was si.xty- five years old. He had schools in Frankfort, Stockton, Sear.sport and Prospect, Maine. He settled in 1823, in Frankfort, where he re- sided most of his life. His last years were spent on his farm there. He was a lieutenant and afterwards captain in the militia at the time of the Aroostook war. He died in 1886. In religion he was a ]\Iethodist. He married (first) January 12, 1829, Mary Elizabeth Dwelley, of Prospect, Elaine, born September 18, 1808. died December 29, 1855. He mar- ried (second) in May, 1859, Rosilla Luce, of L'nion, Maine. Children, all by first wife: i. Lydia Ann, born January 12, 1831. 2. Wil- liam Thomas Curtis, born October 3, 1835, mentioned below. 3. Artemiza, born August 16, 1840, died at Frankfort, August 6, 1841. 4. Aurelia Adelaide, born July 6, 1850. (\T) William Thomas Curtis, son of James Runnells, was born in Frankfort, Maine, Oc- tober 3, 1835. He was educated in the public schools and by his father, and studied three years under the tuition of Samuel Johnson, of Jackson, l\Iaine, a graduate of Bowdoin Col- lege. Fle read law in the offices of Nehemiah Abbott, of Belfast, ^Maine, and was admitted to the bar in i860. He began to practice in Searsport in the following year, and has con- tinued to the present time with eminent suc- cess. He was admitted to practice in the L'nited States courts in 1875. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. He has been a member of the school committee of Searsport, superin- tendent of the schools, and county attorney for two years. He married, January i, 1864, Caroline Sophia Frederika Hansen, born in Elsinore, Denmark, January 27, 1841, daugh- ter of Johan F. and Caroline (Hagedorn) Llansen, of Copenhagen, Denmark. Children : I. William Franklin, born February 18, 1865. mentioned below. 2. Lillian Grace, born Sep- tember 3, 1874, educated by her father, and in the State Normal School, Bridgewater, Massachusetts ; teacher in Searsport schools six years, in Rockland (Massachusetts) schools five years, and for the past three years in Melrose. Massachusetts. (\TI) William Franklin, son of William Thomas Curtis Runnells, was born in Sears- port, j\Iaine, February 18, 1865. He was edu- cated by his father, and taught school for sev- eral years. He read law under his father's instruction, and was admitted to the bar in Waldo county in 1886. He practiced his pro- fession in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, and Su- perior, Wisconsin, but after a few years re- turned east and located in Winterport, Maine. He left his practice there to take the position of superintendent and general manager of the foundry business of his wife's father at New- buryport, Massachusetts, which he has held for fifteen years, during that time enlarging the works and becoming a principal owner. ;\Ir. Runnells married, r^Iarch 20, 1889, 1344 STATE OF MAINE. Eleanor C. Russell, born ^ larch 20, 1869, daughter of Edward P. Russell, a prominent manufacturer of Newburyport. This name spelled variously Bis- BISBEE bredge, Besbridge, Bes'brech, Besbitch, Bresbrech, Bisbe, Bes- be\', Bisby and Bisbee, is now written Bis- be'e, the accepted orthography of the family in America. The first and only one we find among the early founders of New England is Thonias Besbeech, of Sandwich, England, who, with his six children and three servants (according to the History of Sandwich by Wilhams Boys, Canterbury, 1786), were emigrants on the ship "Hercules" of Sand- wich of two hundred tons. John Witherley, master, bound for "the plantation called New England in America with certificate from the ministers where they last dwelt of their con- versation and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, and that they had taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy." Thomas Harman, vicar of Hedcorn, March 6, 1634, and Thomas Warren, rector of St. Peter's, Sandwich, March 13, 1634, furnished the necessary certificates to this Thomas Bes- beech, and these passengers constitute those who departed on the "Hercules" in or imme- diately after March, 1634-35. (I) Thomas Bisbee, or as spelled on the ship's list "Bisbedge," must have been a mem- ber of the parish of St. Peter's, Sandwich, England, or the rector, Thomas Warren, would not have issued so important a certifi- cate. The name or fact of his having a wife in his company does not appear, and the pres- ence of three servants establishes his standing as a man of some wealth and position, as does his will in which he bequeathed all his lands in Hedcorn and Frittenden, Old England, to his grandson, Thomas Brown. The "Hercules" on which he reached Plymouth Colony, landed in Scituate Harbor in the spring of 1634, and he at once aided in the foundation of the town incorporated in 1636. The parish records of the early church have been lost, but the first church was regtdarly formed, a minister set- tled, and a society fully organized January 18, 1634, O. S. A meeting house for public wor- ship had been erected some years earlier, and the pulpit was occupied successively by : Lothrop, Chauncey Dunster and Baker. The first regularly ordained minister of the First Church of Scituate was Mr. John Lothrop, the ceremony of induction into office were the laying on of the hands of the elders with prayer. These elders were elected, probably. on the same day on which the ordination ser- vice was held, January 18, 1634, O. S., and they themselves ordained before they per- formed the office on Mr. Lothrop, and at this meeting Mr. Thomas Besbedge was insti- tuted one of the deacons of the church, and in this way he became a founder of the town, having been made a freeman by the general court of Plymouth Colony, in company with Rev. John Lothrop and three others in 1637. He did not remain long in Scituate, however, as he purchased a house in Duxbury from William Palmer in 1638, and moved his fam- ily into it. In December, 1638, he was one of a committee of eight former or present residents of Scituate to receive a grant of lands at Seipican (now Rochester), but the people of Scituate did not accept the grant, as thev had determined to remove to Barnstable, and in 1639 a majority of Mr. Lothrop's church did settle in Barnstable, but Mr. Bis- bee remained in Duxbury, and in 1643 was with William Basset elected deputies to the general court from that town. He next ap- pears as a petitioner from the town of Marsh- field to the general court, and his next move was to Sudbury, where he died March g, 1674. If he had six children as appears on the ship's list of passengers, three must have died un- married, as only Elisha (q. v.) ; Alice, who married John Bourne, and Mary, who married William Brown, of Sudbury, are foimd in the records, and there is no mention of them or of his wife in his will which made his grandsons, William and Edward Brown, executors. ( II ) Elisha, only known son of Thomas Bis- bee, immigrant, was born probably in his es- tates in Hedcorn, England, and came with his father to America in 1634. The only way we can approximate as to his age is the fact that in 1644 he kept the ferry in Scituate, where L'nion Bridge was subsequently built. He was a cooper by occupation, and his house at the ferry was used by his son Elisha and a tavern stood on the west side of the highway. The christian name of his wife was Joanna, and the birth of his first child was in 1645, '"''f' it is presumable he married in Scituate and that his children were born there. They were : I. Hopestill, born 1645, married, his wife Sarah surviving him, and married (second) Joseph Lincoln, of Hingham, thus becoming his second marriage. 2. John (q. v.), 1647. 3. Mary, 1649, married Jacob Best, of Hing- ham, January 15, 1678-79. 4. Elisha, 1654, married (first) Sarah, daughter of Thomas King, of Scituate, and (second) March 25, 1685, Mary (Jacob) Bacon, w'idow of Samuel STATE OF MAINE. 1345 Bacon, and daughter of John and Margery (Eames) Jacob. Ensign Eh.sha resided in South Hiiighani, where he died March 4, 1715-16. 5. Hannah, 1656, married, 1689, Thomas Brooks, and Martha, probably his daughter, married Jonathan Turner. (III) John, second son of Elisha and Jo- anna Bisbee, was born in Scituate in 1647. He married, in Marshfield, September 13, 1687, Joanna Brooks, moved to Pembroke and died there September 24, 1726, his wife having died on August 17, of the same year. Their chil- dren were: i. Martha, born October 13, 1688. 2. John, .September 15, 1690, married Mary Oldham. 3. Elijah, January 29, 1692, mar- ried Sarah . 4. Mary, March 28, 1693. 5. Mioses (q. v.), October 20, 1695. 6. Elisha, May 3, 1698, married Patience Soanes. 7. Aaron, married Abigail . 8. Hopestill, April 16, 1702, removed to Plympton and mar- ried Hannah Churchill. (IV) Moses, third son of John and Joanna (Brooks) Bisbee, born October 20, 1695, mar- ried and removed to East Bridgewater, where his wife Mary bore him six children, as fol- lows : I. Abigail, who died young. 2. Miriam, born 1724. 3. Charles (q. v.), 1726. 4. Jo- anna, 1729, married John Churchill. 5. Mary, 1733, died young. 6. Tabitha, 1735. (V) Charles, son of Moses and Mary Bis- bee, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1726. After the revolutionary war he settled in Sumner, Maine, where on June 9, 1874, there was a gathering of his descendants at the old Bisbee Homestead, the invitation to thus meet having been given by Captain Lewis Bisbee, grandson of the patriarch, Charles, who lived at the time on the old homestead and was made chairman of the meeting, and an address was delivered by George D. Bis- bee (q. v.), of the fourth generation from the patriarch. He married Eeulah. daughter of Rowse Howland. of Pembroke, probably a de- scendant of Arthur Howland, of Marshfield, who subsequently removed to Pembroke. He was a soldier in the American revolution, his two eldest sons, Elisha and Charles, also taking part in that conflict, and after the close of the war he_ joined the company of adven- turers who left the old colony town to make a new home in the Maine woods, and he pur- chased land in the township of Sharon ( after- ward Butterfield), and the part of Butterfield in which he settled was incorporated in 1798 as the town of Sumner. In 1783 he visited his land and put up a rude tenement for his fam- ily in the then wilderness, and in the follow- ing spring he with his family took packet from Scitnate Plarbor and landed at Yarmouth, pro- ceeding thence through the wilderness on horseback to his waiting cabin, and arrived there June 5, 1784. With the aid of his seven stalwart boys he soon cleared up a good farm and he lived to see his children comfortably settled around him. He died in Sumner, Maine, June 5, 1807, the twenty-fifth anni- versary of his arrival with his family in the place which had grown into a prosperous town. His widow Beulah outlived him nine vears, and died September i, 18 16. Their children, all born in Pembroke, Massachu- setts, were: I. Elisha (q. v.). 2. Charles, 1758, married Desire Dingley, of Marshfield, and was a soldier in the American revolution. 3. Mary, 1760, married Charles Ford. 4. Moses, February 21, 1765, married Ellen Buck. 5. John, married Sarah Philbrick. 6. Solomon, September 3, 1769, married Ruth Barrett. 7. Calvin, October 14, 1771, married Bethiah Glover. 8. Rowse, October 17, 1775, married Hannah Caswell. 9. Celia, married Joshua Ford. (\T) Elisha (2), first child of Charles aJid Beulah (Howland), was born in Duxbury, i\Iassachusetts, in 1757, removed with the fam- ily to the wilderness of Maine after the revo- lutionary war, in which he served as a sol- dier, married, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1/79' Mary Pettingill, and his wife and two children accompanied him to their new home in Sumner, Maine, where their other eight children were born. The date of the death of the father and mother is not recorded. The children of Elisha and Mary ( Pettingill) Bis- bee were: i. Susan, born in Duxbury, ]\Iassa- chusetts, March 26, 1780, married Nathaniel Bartlett, of Hartford, Maine, March 28, 1802. 2. Sally, born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, be- fore 1784, married Gad Hayford, of Hartford, Maine. 3. Anna, born in Maine after 1784, married, March 24, 1805, Stephen Drew, of Turner, Maine. 4. Elisha Jr. (q. v.). May 8, 1786. 5. Daniel, married Sylvia Stevens, of Sumner. 6. Hopestill, April 2."], 1791, mar- ried, December 18, 1817, Martha Sturtevant. 7. Molly, January 4, 1794, married Nehemiah Bryant, probably in 1810, and (second) Lem- uel Dunham, of Hartforfl, Maine, October 3, 1825, and had four children by each husband. 8. Theresa, married Barney Howard, and had five children. 9. Huldah, married Sampson Reed, of Hartford, had eight children, and died in 1842. 10. Horatio, August 13, 1800, married Eunice White, March 27, 1823, and had ten children. (\TI) Elisha Jr. (3), eldest son of Elisha 1346 STATE OF AIAIXE. (2) and Mary ( Pcttiiigill) Bisbee, was born in Sumner, Maine, May 8, 1786. He was married April 10, 18 10, to Joanna Sturtevant, and the children born to them were: i. El- bridge G., February 8, 181 1, died October 2, 1812. 2 and 3. Thomas J. and George W. (twins), born July 6, 1812. Thomas J. was married in June, 1840, to Sylvia Stetson, of Sumner, and he died in Rumford, December 10, 1874. George W. (q. v.). 4. Mary P., June 6, 181 5, married Freeman Reed, April, 1840. 5. Elisha S., born in April, 1822, died September 24, 1853. Elisha Jr. married (sec- ond) Fanny Bryant, May 9, 1825, and the children by this marriage were : 6. Sarah W., ' February 21, 1826, married Orville Robinson. 7. Sophia G., April 7, 1827. 8. Levi B., July 10, 1828, married Eliza A. C. Heald. 9. Elisha S., April 15, 1830, married Jane Par- sons, January 4, 1857. lO- Asia H., January 6, 1832, married and died in Portland. Ore- gon, June I, 1870. II. Daniel H., October 9, 1833, ■^^'ho married. 12. Jane ,Y., July i, 1835, married James McDonald, October i, 1855. 13. Hopestill R., June 21. 1837, married . 14. Hiram R., December 11, 1839, sergeant in Company F., Ninth Maine Volun- teers, was shot on the line of battle and died at Bermuda, May 20, 1864. (VHI) George W.. son of Elisha Jr. (3) and Joanna (Sturtevant) Bisbee, was born in Sumner, Maine, July 6, 1812. He married. January i, 1836, Mary B. Howe, of Rumford, Maine, and their only child, George Dana (q. v.) was born July 9, 1841. George W. Bisbee died in Peru, Maine, January 2-}. 1872. (IX) George Dana, only child of George W. and Mary B. (Howe) Bisbee, was born in Hartford, Maine, July 9, 1841. He was obliged to work from his early boyhood days, and his school days were in the common dis- trict school and the high school in West Peru. His life found a decided change in 1861 when the civil war broke out and the government asked for men to put down the Southern re- bellion. Maine had witliin her borders an army of able, willing and loyal men, undisci- plined, but patriotic, ready to answer to their country's call. Responding to the call of Pres- ident Lincoln, young Bisbee enlisted in the Sixteenth Maine Regiment at its organiza- tion, and passed with the regiment an active and eventful career of danger and daring and an intimate acquaintance with what had been heretofore the horror of sudden death. He found war to be indeed a Hades, and he passed through its very door and witnessed its intensest scenes of suffering. He had part in the successive campaigns under McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, ^leade and Grant. This meant the unsuccessful attempt to recover some of the foothold lost in \'irginia by the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville cam- paign ; the second falling back on Washington, and the brilliant and successful Antietam cam- paign that saved the National Capital and drove the Confederates to the dangerous necessity of making a stand on the free soil of Pennsylvania, resulting in the decisive bat- tle of Gettysburg with a glorious ending at Appomattox. To have passed through such a series of campaigns with entire safety would be impossible, and our Maine soldier felt the dark side of war in wounds received at Fred- ericksburg, from which he has never fully re- covered ; from the disappointment of capture and imprisonment on the first day at Gettys- burg, July I. 1863, where with his entire regi- ment he was made a prisoner of war and con- fined in Libby and other southern prisons un- til finally paroled in December, 1864, and then only in consideration of the wounded condi- tion of his body that he w'ould never be fit for duty again ; but this was to have its recompense for after a special exchange he with his regi- ment participated with the army of General Grant under Sheridan in the final battle of the war resulting in the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, which Mr. Bisbee says amply repaid him for all the hardships he e.xperi- enced during the three years of strenuous war- fare or of lingering in almost hopeless inac- tivity in southern prisons. At the close of the war he was mustered out of the army with his regiment. The Bisbee family were noted for the cour- age of their convictions and a will power equal to the occasion. This was true of young Bis- bee while in the army. Severely wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg he refused to have his wounded arm amputated, and while in the hospital he received notice of his pro- motion as an ofiicer ; he desired to go to the front and accept his commission, but the hos- pital physician refused the request saying that "Sick and wounded men at the front were of no use." Young Bisbee was discharged from the L^nited States service on account of wounds and physical disability. He obtained a permit through \'ice-President Hamlin to visit his regiment and was mustered again into the service under his commission as lieu- tenant : was actively engaged in the battle of Chancellorville carrying his wounded arm in a sling: paroled from the southern prisons on account of wounds after eighteen months con- ■ t^ ^^ 1 ^H itk.-' ■ ^^^H ^^^H ^M ^1 ^HHB ^km ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B ^fl^B^^^^^^^ ^^^1 ^^^K ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K^ TSIB ^K ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^KSS-'^-' J^l^^ -"^^^...ti-ff^ p.,^ '^P^O J-z.^-2^*-*^ STATE OF MAINE. 1347 finement, he refused a discharge from the ser- vice and obtained a special exchange, rejoined his regiment and saw the Union army come oft victorious. On returning home he took up the study of law and was admitted to the Oxford bar in December, 1865. his mind having gained in his war college course a grasp of the princi- ples of law and equity that no law school could possibly instill. He opened a law office in Buckfield, Maine, in January, 1866, and continued the practice of law in that place up to 1892, when he removed to Rumford Falls, where he is now senior member of the law firm of Bisbee & Parker. Fie is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the United States. Besides a large practice in Oxford county he is recognized as one of the foremost business lawyers in the state, and is employed in important cases outside his own county. He has served as county attorney of Oxford county ; been both representative and senator in the legislature of Maine ; has served as United States marshall for the district of Maine : as state bank examiner and as a mem- ber of Governor Cobb's council in 1905-07. He is besides being a leading and active Re- publican, a strong advocate of temperance and is a member of the Baptist church at Rumford Falls. His business interests, independent of his professional or political connections there- with, include the presidency of the Rumford Falls Trust Company, in the organization of which corporation he was active, and he is also connected as a director and attorney with the Portland and Rumford Falls railroad and with several other local enterprises. Mr. Bis- bee was made chairman of the board of trus- tees of Hebron Academy in 1907, and is now president of the institution, having served as vice-president of this board for several years. He married, July 8, 1866, Anna Louise, daughter of Hon. Isaac N. Stanley, of Dix- field, and their children are Stanley (q. v.), and Mary Louise, wife of Everett R. Josselyn, of the firm of Brown & Josselyn, of Portland, Maine, wholesale flour dealers. (X) Stanley, son of George Dana and Anna Louise (Stanley) Bisbee, was born in Buck- field, Alaine, April 25, 1867. He attended Hebron Academy and Coburn Classical Insti- tute and commenced business as a clerk in a general store in Buckfield, of which he soon became proprietor, remaining in that business up to 1893, when he sold out and became agent for the American Express Company opening an office in Rumford Falls just as the place became an important railroad center. In 1895 he engaged in the hardware business and still conducts the business. He was elected selectman of the town of Buckfield, and was a member of the school board of Rumford for six years. He was initiated in the Masonic fraternity through membership in the Blazing Star Lodge of Rumford, was advanced to the Rumford Royal Arch Chapter, Strathglass Commandery, Knights Templar, of Rumford, Maine. He is also a member of Penacook Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Rumford Falls ; of the Knights of Pythias, Metalluc Lodge, Rumford Falls, and a com- panion of the Loyal Legion of the United States. In 1909 he represented the town of Rumford in the seventy-fourth legislature. He married, March 12, 1889, Nellie B., daughter of Cyrus E. and Ellen Young Spaulding, of Buckfield, Maine, and their children are : Spaulding, bom in Buckfield, January 6, 1890, Louise, born in Rumford, July 2T„ 1896. (XI) Spaulding, son of Stanley and Nellie B. (Spaulding) Bisbee, and of the eleventh generation from Thomas Bisbedge, the immi- grant, 1635, was educated in the schools of Rumford Falls and is now a student at Hebron Academv- This ancient family CHADBOURNE whose progenitor set- tled in Maine nearly three centuries ago is one of distinction be- cause of the character and quality of its mem- bers, who in every generation from the time of the immigrant have been representative men, progressive, energetic, moral and gen- erally well-to-do. According to President Paul A. Chadbourne the family name signi- fies "the dwelling by the ford." A theory also held is that it refers to the race of St. Chad (or Ceadda), an English ecclesiastic, who died 672 A.D. In the old documents the spelling is variously Chadbourne, Chadbourn, Chadben, Chadbon, Cliadborn, Chadbou, Chad- boun, Chadburn, Chadburne, Chatbunn and Chatburn. The following account of a section of the family is taken from the Chadbourne- Chadbourn Genealogy by William Morrill Emery, A. M. , (I) William Chadbourne, the immigrant ancestor from whom descends the American family of that surname, came to this country in 1634 and settled in what now is South Ber- wick, Maine. His son Humphrey had pre- ceded him in 1631. Doubtless they came from Devonshire, England, many of the Kittery set- tlers having emigrated from Dartmouth or i34>^ STATE OF ?^IAINE. Kingsweare, lying on opposite sides of the river Dart. William Chadborne arrived at Kittery on July 8, 1634, coming with two com- panions, James ^\'all and John Goddard, in a vessel called the "Pied Cow." The place where they landed is known as Cow Cove to this dav. These men were carpenters, who had come over to build for the patentee, Cap- tain John Mason, what was probably the first saw mill erected in New England. The three came under a contract to work for JNlason five years, after which they were to have fifty acres of land on lease for the term of three lives (generations), paying an annual rent of three bushels of corn. Mason, however, died the following year. The work which they accomplished is quaintly described in the fol- lowing deposition made by Wall eighteen years later. The Deposition of James Wall : Taken the 21 of the 3 month, 1652. This Deponent say the, that aboute the yeare 1634, he, with his partners, W^illiam Chadbourne and John Goddarde, came over to New England upon the accompte of Cap- taine John Mason of London, and also for themselves, and were landed at Newich.nwan- nock. vpon certaine lands there which mr. Joieslenn, Captaine Mason's Agente, brought them vnto, with the landings of some goodes, and there they did build vpp at the fall there (called by the Indian name of Ashbesebedick) for the use of Captaine Mason & our selues, one sawe mill and one stampinge mill for Coone, w'ch we did keep for the space of three or foure yeares next after ; and further this Deponent saythe, he builte one house vpon the same lands, and soe did William Chad- burne another & gave it to his sonne in Law, Thomas Spencer, who now lives in it. And this Deponent also say that we had peaceable and quite possession of that lande for the vse of Captain Mason afi'oresaide, and that the saide Agente did buye some planted ground of some of the Indians, w'ch they had planted vpon the sayd land, and that Captaine IMasons agentes servants did breake vp & cleered certaine lands there, and planted Corne vpon it, and all this to his beste remembrance. James Wall sworne, whoe affirmed vpon his oath that p'misses is true. Sworne before me George Smyth." The date of William Chadbourne's death is not known. He was still living in 1662, for his name appears on the act of submission to Massachusetts signed by forty-one inhabitant^ of Kittery on November 16 of that \ear. He is known to have had three children, William, Humphrey and Patience. Of these children, William lived in Plymouth, and had a wife Mary and a daughter Mary, the latter of whom was born in Boston in 1644 and married John Frost, of Dover, New Llampshire. It is believed that the family of this W^illiam re- turned to England. Patience, the only daugh- ter of William, the ancestor, married Thomas Spencer, a planter, lumberman and tavern keeper at Berwick. (11) Humphrey, son of. William Chad- bourne, the great landowner and leader among men, was one of the most prominent citizens in the town of Kittery. He was born probably about 1600. He came over in the bark "Warwick," landing September g, 163 1, three years before his father, and as chief car- penter for David Thompson, patentee, built what was called the Great House at Straw- berry Bank, now Portsmouth, where he lived for several years. The Great House was a blockhouse for defence against the Indians, but probably became subsequently a "truck house," or trading post. Hubbard calls Hum- phrey Chadbourne "chief of the artificers." Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in his delightful work on Portsmouth, "An Old Town by the Sea," remarks: "It was not until 1631 that the Great House was erected by Humphrey Chad- bourne on Strawberry Bank. Mr. Chad- bourne, consciously or unconsciously sowed a seed from which a city has sprung." Eventu- ally Humphrey Chadbourne took up his abode at Newichawannock, where he waxed prosper- ous. It is said that he succeeded .-Xmbrose Gibbons as steward for Mason at this place. May 10, 1643, ^''s bought of the Indian Saga- more Roles (or Rowles) a large tract of land at Newichawannock. This land, in whole or in part, remained in the Chadbourne family for more than two hundred years. In 1651-32 Humphrey Chadbourne received grants of about three hundred acres of land in Kittery. Pie took an active part in the affairs of the town, and is referred to by Miss Sarah Orne Jewett as "the lawgiver" of Kittery. In 165 1 he wa's elected one of the townsmen or select- men. He was ensign of the militia in 1653, and unquestionably bore his part in the wars with the Indians. From 1654 to 1659 he was town clerk. He was a deputy to the general court in 1657-59-60, and in 1662 was ap- pointed one of the associate judges of the county of York. He signed the submission to Massachusetts in 1652. His will, dated May 25, 1667, is a long and interesting document. The testator mentions his wife Lucy, his eldest son Humphrey, his STATE OF MAINE. 1349 younger sons James and William, liis "little daughters," Lucy, Aylce and Katherine. There was also a posthumous child. According to the English custom he made his eldest son Humphrey his principal heir, supplementing his gifts of real estate with that of his saddle horse "with all the furniture to him belong- ing." Provision was also made for the other sons and the widow, and to each of the daugh- ters he left one hundred pounds. To his "otinckle," Nicholas Shapleigh. the testator gave "one very good beaver hat," and to his cousins William Spencer and John Shapleigh each "a good castor hatt as good as can be gotten." Humphrey Chadbourne at the time of his death, in the summer of 1667, was owner of farms, mills and timberlands. The inventory of his estate, returned by the ap- praisers September 12 of that year, placed the value of his property at 1713 pounds, 14 shillings, an enormous fortune for that time. The property included "900 acres of land by estimation." Humphrey Chadbourne married Lucy, daugh- ter of James and Katherine (Shapleigh) Trevvorgy, of Kittery, who was much youpger than himself. She married (second) Thomas Mills, of Kittery, who made her a marriage settlement April i, 1669, and married for her third husband Hon. Elias Stileman, of Ports- mouth, New Hampshire. She died in 1707. Children of Humphrey Chadbourne: i. Hum- phrey, born 1653, died 1694. 2. Alice, mar- ried (first) after November 5, 1677, Samuel Donnell : (second) Jeremiah Moulton, of New York. 3. Katherine, married ( first ) Edward Lydstone ; ( second ) James Weymouth. 4. James, died about 1686. 5. William, did not marry ; was taken prisoner by Indians and released at Pemaquid on the Penobscot when Major Waldern's expedition went to the east- ward in 1676 ; was ransomed with other cap- tives for twelve skins each. 6. Lucy, married Peter Lewis Jr. 7. Elizabeth, born 1667, mar- ried Samuel Alcock. (HI) Humphrey (2), son of Humphrey (i) and Lucy (Treworgy) Chadbourne, was born in Kittery in 1653 3"^ '^^^'^ there about 1694. He married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Bolles, of Wells and Cape Porpoise. She was born January 20, 1657, and bore her husband five children: i. Humphrey, born September 2, 1678, died January 26, 1763. 2. W'illiam, born about 1683. 3. Elizabeth, supposed to have married Amos (or Andrew) Fernald, of Portsmouth. 4. ]\Iary, married, July i, 1708, William Dyer. 5. Joseph. (IV) W^illiam (2), second son and child of Humphrey (2) and Sarah (Eiolles) Chad- bourne, was born about 1683. and both he and his wife were baptized and owned the cove- nant at South Berwick, November 21, 1714. His wife's baptismal naine was Mary, but her family name is not known. They had eleven children: I. W'illiam, born June 30, 1714. 2. Humphrey, June 19, 1716. 3. Benjamin, July 23, 1718, died March 16, 1799. 4. Joseph, June I, 1720, died January 15, 1808. 5. Thomas, June, 1723, died young. 6. Thomas, July, 1724, died young. 7. Elizabeth, died young. 8. Sarah, baptized June 9, 1728, mar- ried (first) Ichabod Smith; (second) William Ross. 9. Catherine, baptized March 28, 1736, died young. 10. Elizabeth, baptized March 28, 1736, died before 1762. 11. Thomas, born March 26, 1736-37, died March 7, 1810. (\^) Elder Humphrey (3), second son and child of William and Mary Chadbourne, was born June 19, 1716, and died in Corinth, Maine, August 11, 1798. In 1757 he was elected deacon of the Baptist church in Ber- wick and in 1761 became one of its elders. He frequently conducted religious worship and was generally called Elder Chadbourne ; it is said that he was ordained in the ministry. A leaf in an old family Bible contains a state- ment to the effect that Elder Chadbourne was owner of the farm in Berwick "lying on the westerly side of the main road leading from North Berwick to South Berwick village, known as the "Chick farm," and that he "was also an elder and minister." He married in April, 1742, Phebe Hobbs, who died in Wa- terboro, August 6, 1807, aged eighty-three years, by whom he had eleven children. Five of his sons were soldiers of the revolution. His children: i. Humphrey, born May 24, 1744, died March 21, 1792. 2. Elizabeth. May 20, 1746, married, February 8, 1764, Elijah Hayes. 3. Paul, March 20, 1748, died Decem- ber 13, 1821. 4. Simeon, April 16, 1750, died October 29, 1846. 5. Silas, August 8, 1752, died June 15, 1823. 6. Thomas, born 1754, died young. 7. Sarah, March 10, 1756, mar- ried, September 12, 1776, Nathaniel Brackett. 8. Rev. Levi, April 18, 1758. 9. Phebe Hobbs, September 13, 1760, married, Deceniber 30, 1778, Jonathan Dana Clark. 10. Rev. William, January 17, 1763. II. James Hobbs, Feb- ruary 15, 1766, died September 12, 1846. (VI) Rev. William (3), son of Elder Hum- phrey (3) and Phebe (Hobbs) Chadbourne, was born on the old "Chick" farm in Berwick, January 17, 1763, and died December 15, 1863. He was a Calvinistic Baptist minister, a man of much character and strength, and I350 STATE OF MAINE. from 1807 to 1817 was pastor of the Third Baptist Church of Berwick (South Berwick). He was one of the five sons of Elder Chad- bourne, who served in the American army during the war of the revolution. He mar- ried, February 2, 1786, Margery, daughter of Israel and ]\Iary (Lord) Hodgdon. She was born August 4, 1766, and died January 12, 1823, having borne her husband eleven children: i. Hannah, born July 19, 1786, married a Hodgdon. 2. Israel, November i, 1788. 3. Rebecca, May 16, 1791, married a Shorey. 4. William, July 8, 1793. 5. Isaac, July 24, 1795. 6. Dorcas, January 4, 1798, married a Guptill. 7. Margery, February 9, 1800, remained single. 8. Nancy, May 13, 1802, married a Hay. 9. Zintha (Cynthia), June 2, 1804, married a Tibbetts. 10. James, June 17, 1806, died single. 11. Oliver, May 12, 1809, died October 30, 1852. (VII) Israel, eldest son and second child of Rev. Williarri (3) and Margery (Hodgdon) Chadbourne, was born on the "Chick" farm in Berwick, November i, 1788, and died June 5, 1865. From 1831 until 1855 he lived in the town of Alfred, and was jailer for six years and sheriff of York county for twenty years. He was a man of considerable influence and held the respect of a large acquaintance in the county ; as a public official his character was above reproach. He married, June 19, 1810, Rebecca Goodwin, born October 24, 1788, died November 6, 1883, and bore her husband eight children: i. George, died Feb- ruary 13, 1863, married Nancy , who died October 18, 1861, and their only daugh- ter Ann died August 9, 1866. 2. Benjamin Franklin, born January 15, 1815. 3. William Goodwin, April 25, 1818. 4. Harriet, Decem- ber 20, 1820, died after March 6, 1880, mar- ried Forest Eaton. 5. James, died December 25, 1882. 6. Emeline, died November 7, 1882. 7. Greenleaf. 8. Sarah Jane, born April 10, 1831. Rebecca (Goodwin) Chadbourne, wife of Israel Chadbourne, was the eldest daugh- ter of James Goodwin, who was born August 16, 1768, and married Lovey Shinburne, who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Their children were : Rebecca (Chadbourne), Eleanor (Waldrow), James, Olive (Hart- ford), Sally (never married), Statira (Went- worth), and Lovey (never married). James Goodwin was a son of Samuel Goodwin, son of James, son of James. The Goodwin.s, like the Chadbournes, were among the earliest set- tlers in Maine, and took a prominent part in the early settlement and history of the several localities in which thev lived. The old Good- win farm on the Salmon Falls river in Ber- wick continued in the family for many years and descended from father to son through sev- eral generations. (\III) Benjamin Franklin, son of Israel and Rebecca (Goodwin) Chadbourne, was born in Berwick, Maine, January 15, 1815, and died in the city of Portland, February 19, 1888. He obtained a good academic educa- tion, and after leaving school was appointed deputy sheriff" of York county under his father. Also for some time he was clerk in the office of the registrar of deeds of the county. In 1854 he was elected member of the lower house of the state legislature. For many years Mr. XThadbourne was proprietor of one of the largest clothing and men's furnish- ing houses in the town of Berwick and carried on a very large and correspondingly success- ful business. However, immediately after the end of his term in the legislature he removed to Portland and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, J. A. Kendall, under the firm name of Chadbourne & Kendall, dealers in woolens and tailors' trimmings. Later on he erected a commodious store building on Middle street, which afterward was removed to make room for the First National Bank building. After that the firm occupied the ground floor under the Falmouth hotel, and still later re- moved to No. 229 Middle street. At the time of Mr. Chadbourne's death the firm of Chad- bourne & Kendall was the oldest concern in business without change in the city. During the latter part of his active business life Mr. Chadbourne became considerably interested in real estate and devoted much of his time to its care and improvement, leaving his mercantile interests in charge of his partner; and during the thirty-two years he was in business in Portland he was universally respected and his death was looked upon as a public loss. He was in all respects a capable business man, successful in his endeavors, and perfectly faithful to every trust, whether public or pri- vate. He represented ward 4 in the common council in 1859-60, during the administrations of ^layors Jewett and Thomas. In politics Mr. Chadbourne was a firm and consistent Democrat, in religious preference a Congre- gationalist, and a regular attendant at the High Street Church. He was one of the foun- ders of the organization of which the out- growth is the present Bramwell League, and was also one of the principal founders of the league itself. His nature was generous, his companionship always agreeable, and his char- acter above suspicion. STATE OF MAINE. 1351 I\Ir. Cliadbourne married in Alfred, Maine, March 15, 1841, Lydia Emerson Kendall, born Alfred, February 22, 1820, died Port- land, i\Iarch 3, 1907, daughter of Nathan Otis and Elizabeth (Emerson) Kendall, who were parents of six children : Augustus. Mary, Sarah, Otis, Lydia E. and Elizabeth Kendall. Benjamin Franklin and Lydia Emerson (Ken- dall) Chadbourne had three children: i. Frank Augustus, born December 11, 1845, died January 18. 1854. 2. Octavia Augusta, born January 26, 1848, married Charles B. Belknap. 3. Myra Fairbanks, born May 2, 1854. married, August 13, 1874, John Stevens Al orris, who was born in Bangor, Maine, Feb- ruary 3, 1849, son of John Chambers Morris. Three children were born of this marriage : i. Franklin Chadbourne, born I\larch 15, 1875, married Ada Leavens and has one son. Rich- ard \Mnthrop, born April 22, 1895. ii. Daniel Belknap, born July i, 1877, married Helen Lois Brown, and has one son, John Kendall, born February 3, 1904. iii. Payson Tucker, born February 21, 1880, died September 7, 1881. The Harris family here treated HARRIS comes of English ancestors and dates its history in New England from the first half of the seventeenth century. In England the family is of great antiquity and among those w-ho bore that sur- name in the mother country were persons of large estate and high official and social sta- tion. In New England the particular family here considered begins its history in Charles- town in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, with one who has been referred to as John Harris, of Charlestown and North Yarmouth, and who is said by some chroniclers to have been the John Harris who married Amy Hills. This, however, is not certain, for there were two John Harrises in Charlestown and not of the same family, so far as is known. The John Harris who married Amy Hills appears to have remained in Massachusetts, and spent his life in Charlestown and Newbury, and there is no evidence that he ever went to Maine, while the John Harris, of Charles- town and North Yarmouth, did remove to that colony and lived there for a time at least. The more probable theory is, therefore, that John Harris, of Charlestown and North Yarmouth, was a son of Thomas Harris, of Charlestown, whose grandfather was John Harris, of Dev- onshire, England. These premises are not assumed as having substantial proof to sustain them, but rather a reasonable and logical con- clusion arrived at after careful examination of the circumstances connected with the lives and movements of the two Charlestown fam- ilies, the head of each of which was John Har- ris and whose lives so far as the meagre rec- ords show were contemporary. (I) John Harris lived in Ottery, St. Mary's, Devonshire, England. (II) Thomas, son of John Harris, of, Ot- tery, was baptized there August 26, 1806. (III) John (2), of Charlestown and North Yarmouth, perhaps a son of Thomas and grandson of John (i) Harris, of Ottery, Dev- onshire, England, was founder of the New England family of the Harris surname pur- posed to be treated in these annals. He is the John Harris who by some reliable chroniclers is said to have married Amy Hills and had several children, among them a son Joseph, the latter an ancestor in the line of the family here under consideration ; but such claim is not put forth here, neither is it disputed. (IV) Joseph, of Charlestown and North Yarmouth, son of John (2) Harris, and per- haps a grandson of Thomas Harris, and great- grandson of John ( I ) Harris, of Ottery, Dev- onshire, England, was born in Charlestown, ^Massachusetts, November 17, 1665, removed to North Yarmouth, Alaine, lived there and subsequently returned to Charlestown. He married Naomi Stevens, born December 16, 1665, died December 16, 1710, daughter of Amos Stevens, of North Yarmouth. They had eight children : i. Joseph, born August 4, i68g. 2. Jonathan, December 2, 1690. 3. Amos, August 19. 1693, married, November 8, 1722, Hannah Laraby (Larrabee). 4. Sam- uel, August 18, 1695. married, January 6, 1718-19. Mary Newcomb. 5. Naomi, Septem- ber 13, 1697, married November 8, 1716, Wil- liam Gowin. 6. Mary, December 7, 1699, mar- ried October 16, 1729, Daniel Edes. 7. Jo- siah, January 9, 1701-02, 8. Huldah, March 29, 1704, married September 7, 1727, Samuel Edes. (V) Josiah, son of Joseph and Naomi (Stevens) Harris, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 9, 1701-02, and mar- ried, November 28, 1723, Hannah King, born January 13, 1704-05, probably a daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Manning) King. They had six children: i. Josiah, born July 31, 1725, married (first) 1747, Millicent Esta- brook (second) Joanna Abraham. 2. Wil- liam, June 7, 1727, married, August 20, 1767, Rebecca Mason. 3. Hannah, May 8, 1729, 1352 STATE OF MAINK. married. February 19, 1754, Thomas Larkin. 4. Samuel, Deceniljer 4, 1731. 5. Ebenezcr. Au- gust, 1734. 6. Mary, September, 1738. (\T) Samuel, son of Josiah and Hannah (King) Harris, was born in Charlestown, December 4, 1731, died in Boston, May 25, 1789, having spent the greater part of his life in the latter city. He married (first) Sarah More, the mother of all of his children ; mar- ried (second) Widow Hannah Parker, whose family name was Call. She died in October, 1801. His children: i. Samuel, born 1753, died young. 2. William, February 26, 1755, died July 3, 1803. 3. Sarah, December 22, 1756, died young. 4. Samuel, September 13, 1758, died March 8, 1814. 5. Hannah, 1763. 6. Andrew Burger, 1765. 7. Sarah, December 22, 1766, married Samuel Bowles. 8. Josiah, February 27, 1770. (\TI) Josiah (2), .son and youngest child of Samuel and Sarah (More) Harris, was born in Boston, February 27, 1770, and spent his business life largely in mercantile pursuits in that city and in East Machias, Maine. He was a young man of seventeen years when he first went to Maine, and there found employ- ment with John Avery, then register of pro- bate for Washington county. He remained there one year engaged in recording legal doc- uments and performing such other duties as were required of him. then in 1788 returned to Boston and became clerk in a mercantile house, but in the following year he went again to East Machias and there laid the foundation of his own later business career as an em- ployee of E. H. & N. J. Robbins, of Boston and Milton, Massachusetts, who were also the founders of the town of Robbinston. Maine. After a time he acquired a partnership inter- est in the firm and still later began business on his own account. He was a man of good un- derstanding, capable, straightforward in his business dealings, and for many years occu- pied a standing of prominence in the town. He died June 17, 1845. His wife, whom he married December 11. 1796, was Lucy Tal- bot, born January 18, 1775, died at East Ma- chias, December 27, 1861, daughter of Peter and Lucy (Hammond) Talbot (see Talbot, IV). Josiah and Lucy (Talbot) Harris had nine children: i. John Fairbanks, born Octo- ber 18, 1797, died September 30, 1877; mar- ried, January 6, 1822, Drucilla West Foster. 2. Stephen Talbot, September 9, 1800, died January 30. 1879: married (first) Cynthia Foster; (second) February i, 1858, Toanna, widow of Joel Chase. She died February 18. 1897. 3. George, March i8, 1802, died April 15, 1876; married (first) Lucy Gooch Chal- oner ; (second) Alary Ann Palmer. His son, Rev. George Harris, D.D., is an eminent di- vine, at one time professor of theology at Andover Seminary, occasional preacher at Harvard University and at present the presi- dent of Amherst College. 4. Lucy Talbot, December 2, 1803, died August 4, 1805. 5. Sarah Bowles. July 25, 1805, died unmarried January 21, 1879. 6. Lucy Talbot, June 4, 1807, died March 24, 1895; married Jeremiah Foster. 7. Peter Talbot, September 12, 1808. 8. Betsey Talbot, July 24, 1810 (or 1811), died August 19, 1834; married in 1832 Hiram Hill. 9. Samuel, June 14, 1814, died June 25, 1899; married ( first ) Deborah Robbins Dickinson ; (second) October 11, 1877, Mrs. Alary Sher- man (Skinner) Fitch. He was Rev. Dr. Sam- uel Plarris, eminent theologian and distin- guished educator ; professor in Bangor The- ological Seminary, president of Bowdoin Col- lege, and professor in Yale Theological Sem- inary. (\ IH) Peter Talbot, son of Josiah (2) and Lucy (Talbot) Harris, was born in East Machias, Maine, September 12, 1808, and died October 4, 1855. He was a successful mer- chant and a man of large influence in the town. He took a prominent part in public afifairs, served in various important local capacities and was representative from East Machias to the state legislature. He married, August 25, 1835, Deborah Longfellow, born Machias, December z"], 1809, died in East Machias, September 22, 1893, daughter of Jacob and Tahpenes (Longfellow) Longfellow and of the same family from which came the poet Long- fellow. Peter Talbot and Deborah (Longfel- low) Harris had three children: i. Edgar, born 1836, died August 15, 1851. 2. Austin, July 10, 1841. 3. Herbert, December 17, 1846. (IX) Austin, son of Peter Talbot and De- borah (Longfellow) Harris, was born in East Machias, Maine, July 10, 1841, and died there January 7, 1899. He was a man of extensive influence in the state, was devoted to the best interests of native town and was highly re- spected by all who came in contact with him. His early education was received at Washing- ton Academy, and his later at Amherst Col- lege, where he graduated in 1863. He then entered upon a mercantile business in East Machias, but after a few years forsook this for the lumber business in Charlemagne, Can- ada, where he resided from 1872 until 1877. Later he engaged in extensive lumber and mercantile enterprises in East Machias, where he was managing partner of the firms of Pope, STATE OF AJAIXE. 1353 Harris & Company and J. (). Pope & Com- pany until his death, the demand for his "services in pubHc office was greater than he was able to grant ; but he had served the state as representative, senator and member of the Republican state committee, and was treasurer of Washington county and treasurer and ex- ecutive officer of Washington Academy at the time of his death. In his ,\oung manhood he was active in Free Masonry, and held office in the Grand Lodge of Maine. He was a member of Warren Lodge, No. 2, and a char- ter member of Washington and Warren Royal Arch Chapter. He married, December 15. 1868, Emily Frances Pope, daughter of Sam- uel Warren and Betsey Jones (Talbot) Pope, who survives him. They had six children : i. Florence, born August 14, 1869, married Al- bion W. Hobson, December 25. 1896. 2. Edna Pope, June 17, 1871, died in infancy. 3. Ma- bel, March 11, 1875, married, June 28, 1906, Stanwood Merton Rose. 4. Samuel Pope, February 3, 1878, died June 27, 1908. 5. Philip Talbot, Februarv 10. 188 1. 6. Emilv, May 2, 1882. (IX) Herbert, son of Peter Talbot and De- borah (Longfellow-) Harris, was born in East Machias, Maine, December 17, 1846, and is vvidelv known in musical circles throughout New England, an organist and teacher of music of superior ability. His elementary edu- cation was acquired in public schools, his sec- ondary education at Washington Academy, and his higher education at Bowdoin College, where he entered in 1868 for the classical course, and graduated A.B. in 1872; A.AI. in course, 1875. After leaving college he took up the study of music in Boston, and having attained the degree of proficiency to which he aspired has since devoted his attention to teaching, and with most gratifying success. As an organist he ranks with the best per- formers in New^ England, and as such has officiated in both Boston and Portland churches, besides having taught music in each of those cities. Mr. Harris also is very well known in social and fraternal circles, espe- cially in Free Masonry, he having been made a thirty-third degree Mason in 1891. He holds membership in Warren Lodge, No. 2. F. and A. M., of East Machias, the second lodge instituted in this state, and is a charter member of Warren Chapter, R. A. M., St. Elmo Commandery, K. T., Delta Lodge of Perfection and Deering Chapter, Princes of Jerusalem, A. A. S. R. He is past senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Maine, F. and A. M., past grand king of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M., past commander of the Grand Commandery, K. T., of Maine, and has been grand organist of the Supreme Coun- cil, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, A. A. S. R. He is an occasional contributor to the various periodicals of the craft and also to the general literature of the order : and at the present time he is foreign correspondent of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He is a Phi Beta Kappa, member of the Maine Genealogical Society and the IMaine Historical Society. The recently published "Genealogy of the Harris Family of Machias, Maine" is his work and the result of his exhaustive re- searches in the boundless field of genealogy. In A. D. 1035 Hugh Talebot T.\LBOT granted a charter to Trinite du Mont, Rouen. Normandy, and A.D. 1066 le Sire Talebot, a Xornian knight, went into England with William the Con- queror, and fought under him at Hastings ; his name is on the roll of Battle Abbey. There were peers among the English Talbots, and nobles, gentlemen, scholars, and men famed in the wars. In 1442 John Talbot was created first Earl of Shrewsbury. This earldom was actually patented to Talbot as Earl of Salap, but both he and his descendants called them- selves Earls of Shrewsbury. The living rep- resentative of the Shrewsburys is Major Gen- eral Honorable Sir Reginald Arthur John Talbot, son of the eighteenth Earl of Shrews- bury. He is the governor of Mctoria, Aus- tralia, and forght in the war with the Zulus. Among the more distinguished American Tal- bots there may be mentioned the name of Cap- tain Silas Taibot, L'. S. N., Governor Talbot, of Massachusetts, and Bishop Ethelbert Tal- bot, of the Protestant Episcopal church in Pennsylvania. Generally the Talbots both of the mother country and America run to the learned professions, the arts and the sciences. (I) Peter Talbot, immigrant, son of George Talbot, was born in Blackburn, England, and came to America under duress, from Carr, Lancashire, England. While at school in Edinburgh he was taken with others and im- pressed on board a British man of war bound for America, and when off the coast of New England he sprang overboard and swam ashore at some place in Rhode Island. He then made his way to Dorchester and went to work to earn money sufficient to pay his passage back to England, but the vessel sailed without him. From Dorchester he went to Chelmsford, married there and, according to the tradition, afterward made another attempt 1354 STATE OF MAINE. ro return to tlie mother country, and being de- feated he iletermincd to remain in New Eng- land. He raised a family, and while living in Chelmsford his home was attacked by In- dians, his wife made prisoner and her infant child was killed. The other children con- cealed themselves and thus escaped capture, although the eldest son v^'as killed while fight- ing the savages. The wife was afterward re- captured and afterward the family settled in that part of Dorchester which now is Stough- ton. Peter Talbot died about 1704. He mar- ried, January 12, 1677, Mary Waddell, who died August 29, 1687, and he afterward mar- ried for his second wife, Hannah (Clarke) Frizzell, widow of William Frizzell and daugh- ter of William and Margery Clarke. He had seven children, four by his first and three by his second wife: i. Edward, born ]March 31, 1679. 2. Dorothy, February 20, 1680, mar- ried, about 1703, James Cutting, of Water- town. 3. May (or Mary), January 15, 1682. 4. Peter, June i, 1684. 5. George, December 28, 1688. 6. Sarah. 7. Elizabeth, married, November 2"], 1713, Eleazer Pufifer. (II) George, son of Peter and Hannah (Clarke-Frizzell) Talbot, was born December 28, 1688. and died July 31, 1760. He was a husbandman and lived in that part of Dor- chester which became Stoughton, on lands which have remained in possession of his de- scendants to the present time. On April 4, 1714, he was admitted to communion in the church in Milton, and November 12, 1717, "Bro. Talbot and wife," with others, "had their dismissal to ye church in Dorchester New Village." He married (first) February 18, 1706-07, in Milton, Mary Turell, daughter of Daniel and Anna (Barrell) Turell; and mar- ried (second), July 27, 1737, Elizabeth With- ington, who died April 30, 1774, aged seventy- four years. George Talbot had nine children, all born in Stoughton and baptized in Milton: I. Mary, March 24, 1708. 2. Daniel, March 9, 1709-10, married, 1734, Martha Stearns, of Lexington. 3. Hannah, May i, 1712. 4. George, October 24, 1714, removed to Free- port, Maine. 5. Peter, 1717. 6. Sarah, Au- gust 23, 1719. 7. Jerusha, October 6, 1721, married, November 20, 1746, Jonathan Capen Jr., of Dorchester, and removed to Stoughton. 8. Ebenezer, December 24, 1723. 9. Experi- ence, February 20, 1725. (III) Peter (2), son of George and Mary (Turell) Talbot, was born in Stoughton and baptized in Milton, March 3, 1717, died Octo- ber 13, 1793. He married (first) December 5, 1744, Abigail Wheeler, who died November 3, 1750; married (second) January 8, 1752, Mary Bailey, who died ]\Jay 17, 1782; and married (third) Rebecca, widow- of Samuel Dickernian, and whose family name was Brent. Peter Talbot had six children, three by his first and three by his second wife: i. Peter Jr., born November 17 (one account says No- vember 6), 1745. 2. Captain Samuel, Feb- ruary 24, 1747, died November 29, 1821 ; mar- ried, September 5, 1769, ^lary , died November 20, 1821. 3. Abigail, married Ebenezer Paul, of Dedham, Massachusetts. 4. Jabez, April 20, 1753. died December 8, 1816; married, November 22, 1784, Susannah Guild, died March 29, 1790. 5. Richard, married and had children. 6. Anna, 1763, died Jan- uary 24, 1778. (lY) Peter (3), son of Peter (2) and Abi- gail (Wheeler) Talbot, was born in Stough- ton, Massachusetts, November 17, 1745, and spent the greater part of his active life in Maine, where he died, at East Machias, April 28, 1836. He came to Maine in 1771 and for many years was one of the most influential men in the eastern part of the state ; a man of large stature, muscular, and of corresponding mental strength. In business life he was en- ergetic and thrifty, and hence was successful. He fulfilled the duties of various town offices, and when representative to the general court of Massachusetts it was his custom to ride on horseback from Machias to Boston to attend the sessions of that body. At the time of his death he was nearly ninety-one years old. He married, June 4, 1771, Lucy Hammond, of Brookline, Massachusetts, born July 25, 1752, died East Machias, June 10, 183 1, daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Jones) Hammond, of Brookline. They had seven children, all born in Machias: i. Apphia, April 6, 1772, mar- ried, 1790, Abijah Foster. 2. Lucy, January 18, 1775, married Josiah Harris (see Harris, VII). 3. Stephen, February 7, 1781, died un- married April 29, 181 1. 4. Peter, jMarch 29, 1783, married twice. 5. John Coffin, October 13, 1784, married Mary Foster. 6. Micah Jones. May 18, 1787, married Betsey Rich. 7. Sally Jones, February 24, 1792, died No- vember 29, 1856, married Caleb Gary, who died December 30. 1848. It would be an interesting MILDON study to review the influences upon our industrial develop- ment of Nova Scotia emigration to the New England states. They are among the highest type of manhood infused into our composite citizenship from foreign lands. They have STATE OF ^lAINE. 1355 not refused to t?ke a hand in civic affairs and their official rer ' stands to their credit as faithful and de^ • ving public servants. (I) Thomas .dildon was born in Devon- shire. England, March 5, 1810. and died Sep- tember 13. i'jo6. at Weymouth, Xova Scotia. He came from England to Weymouth in 1845 and -.v- - a school teacher. He married Susan Mar\ ivis, of Somersetshire, England, born Nover -■ 28, 1826. died November 28, 1906, her f .tleth birthday. She was a relative of S:r Robert Sale of England, who distin- g"' ed himself in the Crimean war. Chil- I : Walter Brind, Elizabeth, Frederick oert Sales, who was mayor of Marlboro, .vlassachusetts ; Thomas C. and William S. (twins), and Maria. Up to the time Thomas was ninety-six he had lost none of his seven children, none of his nine grandchildren nor of his five great-grandchildren. (II) The Hon. William Shaw, third and twin son of Thomas and Susan Mary (Davis) iMildon, was born in ^^'eymouth, Xova Sco- tia, March 16, 1855. The Weymouth schools supplied his tutorage, and he engaged in the grocery business some time before coming to Eastport, Maine, in 1881, where he established a department store which he still conducts, and there gained friends, trade and with these official preferment. He was alderman of his adopted city in 1898. overseer of the poor in 1899, mayor in 1904. His recognized fitness for this office was conceded by his political opponents and he was courageous and ener- getic in the performance of his duties and prompt to push to completion measures of public utility needed by the exigencies of the times. Mayor Mildon was a member of the board of trade, of Eastern Lodge, Xo. 7, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was past worshipful master, of Royal Arch Chapter, of which he is past high priest : of .St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Templar ; of Border Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Moose Island Encampment, Patri- archs Militant Odd Fellows; and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. I\Iayor IMildon worships at the Episcopal church. He married, April 2, 188,^, Sabina, daughter of Xathaniel and Ellen (Churchill) Travis, of Kentville, Xova Scotia. William Dodge, eldest son of DODGE John and Margery Dodge, of Somersetshire, England, came to Salem, ^Massachusetts, in 1629, in the "Lion's \Mielp," sailing from Yarmouth, England, ^la}- 1 1, and landing at Salem on June 29. He was described as a skillful and painstaking husbandman, and was recommended to be pro- vided with a team of horses, and especially commended to the care of Governor Endicott by Rev. John White, in a letter to the gov- ernor, sent with "forty plates for Dorchester and places adjacent, many mariners, species of ordnance, provisions, and four goats," as the cargo of the ship, consigned to the gov- ernor. William Dodge settled in that part of Salem which became Beverly in 1668, then known as Bass River Side, separated by the bay from Salem proper. He possibly returned to England to be married. He became free- man April 17, 1637; received a grant of sixty acres September 3, 1637; o" J""^ 29, 1644, bought two hundred acres, pa\ing forty poimds, "late the property of Peter Palfrey," granted to Palfrey at the time John Balch, William Frost, John Woodberry and Richard Conant each received two hundred acres, a part of the Old Planters' tract, granted by the town to these immigrant settlers, January 25, 1635. William Dodge came to America nine years earlier than his brother Richard, over whom he thus gained prominence, being gen- erally recognized as the ancestor of all the Dodges in America. However, the records show that the descendants of Richard are more numerous. William was probably twenty-five years old when he landed at Salem, and Rich- ard was probably two years his senior ; a sec- ond brother, Alichael, lived and died in East Coker. Their parents were John and IMargery Dodge. The name of William Dodge's wife is not known. His father, when William re- turned to England to gain his consent that he should make a permanent home in America, imposed the condition that he should marry, and he would make him a present. But one deed made in William's lifetime gives the name of a wife — "Mary, wife of Captain Wil- liam ;" she was a Conant when she married, and was widow of John Balch. William Dodge was selectman, grand juryman, trial juryman, and served the town in various ways. Chil- dren : I. Captain John, see forward. 2. Cap- tain William, born September 19, 1640, died ]\Iarch. 1720. 3. Hannah, 1642. married Sam- uel Proctor, who died 1660; (second) Thomas Woodberry, December, 1661. Israel Dodge, killed in the Xarragansett war, 1675, may have been another son. (II) John, son of William Dodge, was born probably in Salem, 1636. \\'hen he came to manhood he settled in the Beverly section, later annexed to the town of Wenham, and here built a saw and probably grist mill on 1356 STATE OF MAINE. Mill river, in Wenham Neck; the mill was yet in use in 1872. He received of his father's estate about eighty acres about the mill, and five acres of meadow on the same side of Langham Bank. He was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, John Dodge, who died in England, 1635. John Dodge (2) was an important man in Beverly, and held every town office requiring intelligence and business ability, between 1667 and 1702; was deputy to the general court, 1676-78-79-80-81-83; was cornet, or standard bearer, and afterward lieutenant, of the Wenham militia company, with which he served in the Narragansett war, 1675. He married, April 10, 1659, Sarah Proctor, who died February 8, 1705-06, aged sixty years; he married (second) Elizabeth, widow of John Woodberry. John Dodge died 171 1, and his widow 1726, aged ninety-four years. Children: John, William, Sarah, Hannah, Hannah, Martha and Jonathan. (HI) Jonathan, youngest child of Lieuten- ant John and Sarah Dodge, was born between 1675 and 1680. He lived in Salem and Bev- erly Cove, was a man of considerable means, and when he died his estate inventoried £1,822 5s. He married (first) December 17, 1701- 02, Elizabeth Goodhue; (second) May 15, 1705. Jerusha Raymond, widow. Children, by first wife: Francis, born March, 1703, married, Februarv 19, 1729, Sarah Dodge; by second wife: Jonathan, see forward; Peter; Hannah, married Deacon Joshua Dodge. (IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) and Jerusha Dodge, was baptized at Beverly, September 3, 1721. He was a weaver, sold out his business in 1747, removed to Ipswich, where he resided twenty-five years, then re- turned to Beverly, where he lived from 1772 to 1788, and died between 1788 and 1792. He married, April 13. 1743, Deborah, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Balch. Children : Cor- nelius, Benjamin Balch, Mial Balch, Benjamin Balch and Abner. (V) Abner, youngest child of Jonathan (2) and Deborah (Balch) Dodge, was born in Beverly, March 27. 1755, died January 28, 1839; married (first) October 16, 1777. Eleanor Dodge, of Beverly, died July 24, 1780; married (second) October 25, 1781. Elizabeth Sears, who lived to the age of ninety-two years, and is said to have drawn a pension of ninety-six dollars a year to the time of her death for services of her husband in the revolutionary war. Abner Dodge was a mason in Beverly, and a landowner ; he sold to Isaac Woodberry, carpenter in Ipswich, ten acres in Beverly, Septernber 11, 1792, sale in- cluding his house and barn, consideration £210; same day he sold to William Sears, cooper, of Beverly, half of a ten acre lot in Wenham, and house on Prison lane, Salem; also to Isaac Woodberry one pew on main aisle of Upper Parish meeting house, Septem- ber 12, 1792, for £20; and his interest in es- tate of his "honored mother, Deborah Dodge, deceased," to William Sears, for £80. This was preparatory to removing to the wilds of Alaine, where he located at Bridgton, then in the wilderness, where he carved a farm out of tlie woods, and cultivated a productive farm until his death. By his second wife he had six children, born in Beverly, Alassachu- setts, and the foUowipg born in Bridgton. I\Iaine: i. Benjamin. 2. Job, June 7, 1795, died April 27, 1864. 3. George. 4. Char- lotte. (VI) Caleb Abner, son of Abner and Eliza- beth (Sears) Dodge, was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, and in 1792 went with his father and family to Bridgton, Maine, where father and son became early settlers in Cum- berland county, then a wilderness. In 1816 he removed to Burnham, Waldo county, where he was a farmer, lumberman, served as town collector, and died in 1820. He married a Perley. (VII) John Perley, son of Caleb Abner Dodge, was born in Bridgton, Maine, 1810, died in Benton, Maine, 1878. He was six years old when his father removed the family to Burnham, and he was there brought up, acquiring a full knowledge of farming and lumbering. In 1833 he removed to Clinton, Kennebec county, where he was engaged in the calling named. He married, 1837, Ro- sanna Richardson, a native of that part of Clinton now Benton; she was born in 1810, in Clinton, daughter of William and Hannah (Wilson) Richardson; her father was ensign in the war of 1812, was of the sixth genera- tion from Thomas Richardson, one of the earliest settlers of Woburn, Massachusetts. She died in 1867, in Benton, ]\Iaine, and Mr. Dodge married (second) 1871, Mrs. Sarah Libby, of Unity, Maine. Children of Mr. Dodge, by first marriage, born in Benton, Maine: i. Howard Winslow. 2. Hobart Richardson. 3. John Orin. 4. Lottie Louise, married George W. Plaisted, of Everett, Massachusetts. Hobart R. and John O. Dodge became lumbermen in Pennsylvania, and both served in the civil war. (\TII) Hon. Howard Winslow, eldest child of John Perley and Rosanna (Richardson) Dodge, was born in Benton, Maine, Februarv 1 :S ^ J ^ «> ■CN ■4 6) STATE OF MAINE. 13; i6, 1838. He was reared on the parental farm, and educated at the pubHc schools and Sebas- ticook Academy. As a young man he engaged in lumbering, at times in business for himself, at other times for others, or with partners. From 1867 to 1870 he was in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in the employ of William E. Dodge & Company, of New York, in their extensive lumber plant at that place. For a time he was engaged in buying sheep in Can- ada, for the Brighton (Massachusetts) and the Maine markets. In 1871 he engaged in a mercantile business in Clinton, Maine, which he conducted successfully for a period of thir- ty-two years, having various partners — in the firm of Hunter & Dodge, later with Dodge & Jaquith, for twenty years; and still later Dodge & Cain. In connection with his gen- eral mercantile business he was engaged in shipping produce. His business career has been one of marked success, testifying at once to his ability, integrity and enterprise, and he has ever enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He has been entrusted with the settlement of large estates from time to time, and his continuous employment in various positions of trust has furnished addi- tional evidence of the estimation in which he is held. He has served as a notary public since 1883; has served as town clerk, mod- erator, treasurer, for eight years as select- man of Clinton, and formerly selectman of Benton. He was three times the unsuccessful candidate for state senator, county commis- sioner and high sheriff, his party being in a hopeless minority, and he a staunch Demo- crat. In 1885 he witnessed the inauguration of President Cleveland — the first Democratic president since he came of voting age. He has been a trustee and treasurer of the Brown Memorial Library since its establishment; was one of the organizers and a trustee of the Waterville (Maine) Trust Company; and was a trustee of the Nobleboro Camp Meeting As- sociation. He has been vice-president of the Clinton Board of Trade, and also of the State Board of Trade. He was made a Mason Feb- ruary 2. 1864, in Star of the West Lodge, of Lenity, Maine ; was demitted to Sebasticook Lodge in 1872: took the Royal Arch degree in 1870. in Dunlap Chapter, at China, Maine; was knighted in De ^lolay Commandery, at Skowhegan, Maine, in 1872; and was a char- ter member of St. Omer Commanderv. at Waterville, Maine. In 1867 Mr. Dodge be- came connected with the Good Templars, and has been constantly active and prominent in advancing the cause of temperance and total abstinence, and has served as worthy chief templar of Kennebec county, and state deputy of the grand lodge. IMr. Dodge married, December 5, 1885, Cora Ada, born in Clinton, Maine, January 26, 1856, daughter of Charles and Olive (Berry) Jaquith. Her father was born in Bloomfield, Maine, now a part of Skowhegan, July 3, 183 1, son of David and Sally (Young) Jaquith. David Jaquith was a son of Andrew, who came from Massachusetts to Maine among the pioneers, served in the war of 1812, and of revolutionary descent. Sally Young was born ^in Madison, Maine. Olive Berry was a daugh- 'ter of Eben Berry. Children of Howard Xv. and Cora Ada (Jaquith) Dodge: i. Charles Everett, born September 30, 1886, graduate of Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, and a teacher by profession. 2. Lottie Myra, August 6, 1887, graduate of Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville; married, August 6, 1907, George N. Wakely, of Clinton. 3. Alice Olive, December 21, 1888, graduate of Coburn Classical Institute. Mr. Dodge and family at- tend the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has long been a working member and offi- cer, and his benefactions to religious and benevolent organizations have been liberal and continuous. He was made a lay delegate to the East Maine Conference in May, 1908. On January 5, same year, at the one hundred and si.xth anniversary of Brown Memorial Metho- dist Episcopal church, Mr. Dodge was se- lected to deliver the historical address, and he presented 'a carefully prepared and perma- nently valuable history of that body, his effort being most favorably commented upon by the press throughout the country. Mr. Dodge and wife are both active members of the Grange, and he is press correspondent. The name Pitman is said to be PITMAN derived from residence in the neighborhood of a pit, and the patronymic is found among very early Eng- lish records. Johannes Piteman is mentioned in the Hundred Rolls, 1273. A family of Pit- man has been seated at Dunchideockhouse, county Devon, for several generations, and is recorded in the parish registers from the vear 1552. Geoffrey Pitman was sherifl of Suffolk county hi 1625, and Pitman is also found in Yorkshire pedigrees. There are at least two entirely distinct coats-of-arms in England, showing that the different families must" have had a separate origin. In New England we find seven early settlers of the name "scattered among the different states. Thomas Pitman, 1358 STATE OF MAINE. born in 1614, settled at i\Iarblehead. Massa- chusetts; and Mark, born in 1622, settled in the same place. William Pitman, born in 1632, made his home at Oyster River, now Durham. New Hampshire. Nathaniel Pitman settled at Salem. Massachusetts, in 1639, J°" seph, at Charlestown in the same state in 1658; and Jonathan at Stratford, Connecticut, in 1 68 1. Perhaps the most romance gathers about Henry I'itman, who about 1666 was one of the first settlers at Nassau, New Provi- dence, one of the Bahama Islands. He built a house, planted fruit-trees, and made great improvements, dwelling there about fifteen years. He died about the time of the fishing for the Plate wreck, when Sir William Phipps was trying to recover the treasure wrecked in a Spanish vessel. Henry Pitman's house was burned in the depredations of enemies ; but his son John, born in 1663, afterwards came into possession of the plantation and im- provements. He built himself a house, estab- lished a shipyard, constructed several vessels, and lived on the island till the taking and burning of New Providence by the French and Spaniards in July, 1703. He moved to other islands in the same group, and finally, in 1710, came to New England and settled at Newport, Rhode Island. He left five sons, who married and had children ; so that a nu- merous progeny can trace their descent to Henry Pitman, of Nassau. It has not been possible to connect the following linfe with any of these early settlers ; and it may be derived from a more recent immigrant. (I) John Pitman was born at Concord, New Hampshire, in 1797, and died in 1837. His father's Christian name is unknown, but he was one of several Pitmans who saw service in the revolution. As no Pitman appears on the list of revolutionary soldiers from Con- cord, New Hampshire, it is inferred that the senior Pitman must have been living in an- other town, or possibly another state, at the time. John Pitman had two elder brothers, David and Samuel, and their mother was a Carlton. AMien a young man John Pitman moved from Concord to Bartlett, New Hamp- shire, where he was a farmer and lumberman, and built several mills. He married Abigail Carlton, daughter of Woodman Carlton, a rev- olutionary soldier: Mrs. Woodman Carlton lived to be one hundred and three years ; at ninety-five she was very active. Children : Hazen. Abiah, David C, John, W'oodman C. and Abigail. None of these is now living ex- cept Woodman C, whose sketch follow-s. (II) Woodman Carlton, son of John and Abigail (Carlton) Pitman, was born at P.art- lett. New Hampshire, January 2. 1822. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and at Bartlett Academy, after which he taught school for a short time at Center Bartlett. He then went to Lowell, ^Massachusetts, and worked at odd jobs and farming for a while. Returning to Bartlett, he worked in a mill for a year. At the age of twenty-two he began working on the construc- tion of the Concord and Montreal railroad, at Concord, New Hampshire, and soon had charge of a crew of men. He went west and was conductor on Michigan Central railroad for a year. He contracted .some of the work on the Maine Central railroad between Water- ville and Bangor, and engaged in railroad con- tracting until 1867. During this time he built for the European and North American rail- road a line of track from Benham to the sea- shore, constructing the work by means of his own cars and engines. He still kept up h aged sixty-two years, and he married (second) Mercy Coleman, a widow, on May 3, 1774, and she died August 3, 1783, without issue by him, and he died at the homestead in Lebanon, August 10, 17S3. The children of Elijah and Ruth (Tracy) Flyde were: An- drew, born in Norwich, Connecticut, Septem- ber 10, 1732, married Hannah Thomas; Eli- jah, January 17, 1735, married Mary Clark; Eliphalet, May 4, 1737, died November 4, 1743; Caleb, July 2g, 1739, married Elizabeth Sacket; Zina (q. v.), April 2, 1741 ; Ruth, January 21, 1743, died March 29, 1743; Eliphalet ( 2 ) , born in Lebanon, Connecticut, May 9, 1744, married Naomi Flint and mar- ried (second) Abigail Washburn; Moses, Sep- tember II, 1 75 1, married Sara Dana; Ebene- zer, November 26, 1753, married Lucy Hun- tington; Ruth (2), May 5, 1746, married Cap- tain Andrew Huntington. (V) Zina, fifth son of Elijah nad Ruth (Tracy) Hyde, was born in Lebanon, Con- necticut, April 2, 1 74 1. He was a farmer in Lebanon, and was married November 30, 1769, to Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Case) Goodwin, and they had six children, as follows: Erastus, born August 31, 1771, died April 20, 1774; Jonathan, July 20, 1772, mar- ried Deborah Thomas; Sarah, February 23, 1775, married the Rev. J. Belden ; Erastus (2) July 30, 1777. died August 24, 1777; Wealthy, July 27, 1778, died July 28, 1783; Philomela, Alarch 29, 1782, died Alay 27, 1783. The mother of these children died August 4, 1783, and her husband married (second), February 2-1- 1785' Lois, daughter of Oliver Bosworth, of Chatham, and he had by this marriage three children: Wealthy (2),' December i, 1785, died July 12, 1809, unmarried; Zina (q. v.), born October 14, 1787; Erastus, November 9, 1790, died at sea, unmarried, in 1812. (\T) Zina (2), eldest son of Zina (i) and Lois (Bosworth) Hyde, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, October 14, 1787. He removed to Bath, Maine, in 1802, where his brother Jonathan was carrying on a general merchan- dising business, and he learned the business and soon became a partner, and finally opened business on his own account as Zina' Hyde & Company, dealers in hardware and ship- chandlery. He became identified with the state militia, and served in the defence of the town in the war of 1812, when the town and state of Maine were in danger of blockading British men-of-war, and he was adjutant of the regi- 1374 STATE OF MAINE. ment and brigadier major. He married, June 10, 1816, Hannah, daughter of Colonel Daniel and Mary (Jewell) Buck, of Bucksport, Maine. His father-in-law was a well-known citizen of Maine, and the town of Bucksport was named in his honor. Mrs. Hyde was born in Bucksport, Maine, September 4, 1789, and died in Bath, Maine, January 2, 181 7, without issue. j\lr. Hyde was a founder of the Swedenborgen church in Bath, Maine, but had been brought up in the Congregational church and was a member of both the Old North and the Old South Church of Bath, and like his intimate friend, the pastor of the Old South Church, Rev. Dr. W. Jenks, he became more liberal in his views and embraced the teaching of Swedenborg. He was mar- ried (second), April 13, 1840, to Eleanor Maria, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Davis, of Jamaica Plain, ^lassachusetts, and widow of Israel Little, of Boston, and they traveled in Europe for two years. Their first child was born in Florence, Italy, and named Thomas Worcester (q. v.). Their second child, Mary Eleanor, was born in Bath, Maine, November 4, 1842. Major Hyde's health became much impaired, and he withdrew from active busi- ness life. About fifteen years after his death at his home in Bath, Maine, September 19. 1856, his widow removed to London, England, hoping to benefit her health, and she died there July 28, 1885, when eighty-two years old. and her daughter was her companion in exile during her last days. (VII) Thomas Worcester, only son of Zina (2) and Eleanor Maria (Davis) (Little) Hyde, was born in Florence, Italy, January 15, 1841, and soon after his birth was brought by his parents to their home in Bath, Maine, where he was brought up. He was prepared for college in the schools of Bath, and was graduated at Bowdoin College A. B., 1861, the year of the breaking out of the civil war, and while a postgraduate student at the Old Uni- versity of Chicago he enlisted in a Chicago regiment, which regiment was not accepted by the government, and was disbanded. He re- ceived his degree from the university, being one of the first graduates of 1861, and re- turned to Bath and set about raising a com- pany for a regiment of Maine troops, which became the Seventh Regiment Maine Volun- teers. He went into camp as captain of his company, at Augusta, was elected major of the regiment, and in the absence of his superior officers he took the regiment to the field in Virginia, and it formed part of McClellan's Army of the Potomac in the siege of York- town and in the battles of Williamsburg and Mechanicsville, and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was in command of the regiment in the second battle of Bull Run under General John Pope, and under General McClellan at Crompton's Gap and Antietam. In the battle of Antietam he was directed to attack and gain possession of the position of the Confederates that defended the head- quarters of Stonewall Jackson, and in a des- perate charge which he led, Major Hyde was enabled to break through the Confederate lines and the Seventh Maine came out of the fight with sixty-five men, commanded by Major Hyde alone, and in the desperate struggle his horse was shot three times, but not so as to fall, and he was himself slightly wounded. The regiment was ordered back to Maine to recruit its ranks, and its first batallion was fitted up and took the field the following spring, and on being assigned to a place in the Army of the Potomac, Major Hyde was placed on staff duty as acting inspector-general of the left division, and when that organization was disbanded, he was retained upon the staff of the Sixth Corps as aide-de-camp and pro- vost-general to General Sedgwick, commander of the corps. This position gave him an im- portant position in the storming of Marye's Heights, and after the battle at Salem Church he was selected to present to General Hooker the flags captured from the enemy, and he was also recommended for promotion. He fol- lowed the fortunes of General Sedgwick as a staff officer through the three days at Gettys- burg, Pennsylvania, and in all the battles in which the Sixth Corps was engaged, and he was by the side of his chief at Spottsylvania when he was killed. He was about the same time promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colo- nel, and after the death of Sedgwick was re- tained on the staff of the Sixth Corps. When his three years' term of service expired he was commissioned colonel and assigned to command the First Maine Veteran Volunteers, organized from the veterans of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Maine Volunteers. He joined his volunteer regiment in the Shenan- , doah Valley, and although but twenty-three I years of age, he was placed in command of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Army Corps, where Commander-General Bid- well had been killed at Cedar Creek, and he commanded the brigade to the close of the war and was with the Sixth Corps when he led his brigade in the assault, familiarly known as the "Wedge," which broke the enemy's lines and secured the possession of Petersburg. fri^m^ / STATE OF MAINE. 1375 He was next at Sailor's Creek and at the sur- render of Lee's army at Appomattox, and was with the column under Sheridan sent to North Carolina to attack the army of General Joseph E. Johnston, the only formidable Confederate force left in the field, and on reaching Dan- ville, Virginia, and learning of the surrender of Johnston, he was made military governor of that place and of the adjoining counties. After two months' service as military governor he returned to Washington and was mustered out in the summer of 1865, after four years' active service, and was commissioned brevet major-general. He was at once selected to command a brigade in a provisional corps that it was proposed at army headquarters to form out of the Army of the Potomac for duty in the south, but this purpose was not carried out. He returned to Bath and engaged in the iron business. He was state senator for the Bath district for three terms, 1873-75, and in 1874-1875 was president of the state senate. He was mayor of the city of Bath in 1876 and 1877, and a member of the board of visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, for eight years, from 1877. He also received appointment for the United States Congress as a member of the board of managers of the Soldiers' Home at Togus, Alaine, in 1883. He was a companion and commander of the Maine Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the L'nited States ; president of the Sagadahoc Club of Bath, and a member of the Cumber- land Club of Portland, Somerset Club of Bos- ton and Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C. He received his master's degree from Bowdoin College in 1864. In the fall of 1865 he leased the Bath Iron Foundry, of which valuable plant he subsequently became owner, and in 1884 he caused it to be incorporated as the Bath Iron Works, and was president of the corporation 1884-99. ^^^ ^^^9 he also pur- chased the Goss Marine Iron Works, estab- lished in 1887, and he consolidated it with the Bath Iron Works and entered the field as ship- builders. At the works was built the first triple-expansion marine engine built in the United States, which was placed in the yacht "Meteor," now "Golden Rod." This was in 1889, and the same year they contracted for the construction of the "Cottage City," a wooden steamship for the Maine Steamship Company. In April, 1890, the Bath Iron Works signed the contract with the United States government for building two gunljoats. the "Machias" and "Castine," at the contract price of $310,500 each, and both boats, the first steel vessels built by the company, ex- ceeded by two and three knots respectively the contract speed. In 1894 the "City of Lowell,'' a twin-screw steamer, was built, which for four years held the pennant as the fastest ves- sel on the Sound. The same year the yacht "Eleanor" was under construction, at the time the largest American-built steam-yacht afloat. The United States armored ram "Katahdin" was on the stocks at the yard at the same time when the works were destroyed by fire in 1894. The w'ooden buildings destroyed were replaced by those built of steel, and in 1896 the "Newport" and "Vicksburg," United States gunboats, were on the stocks, and in 1897 the two first thirty-knot torpedo-boats, "Dahlgren" and "Craven," were in course of construction, and the battleship "Georgia," a fifteen-thousand-ton, nineteen-knot steel ves- sel, which held the record of speed of any bat- tleship in the American navy. At the yards the steamer "Camden," the second turbine steamer built in the United States, was launched. The old Hyde Foundry, changed in 1889 to the North Division of the Bath Iron Works, became known as the Hyde Windlass Company, and now sustains a plant equal in size to the Iron Works itself, and is devoted to the manufacture of the Hyde patent steam windlass used on half the vessels used in this country. It also manufactures the Hyde man- ganese bronze used for propellers, and both heavy and light ship castings. General Hyde's health failed in 1898, and in September, 1899, he resigned from all connection with the con- cern, and his son, Edward W. Hyde, suc- ceeded to the presidency of the corporation, and another son, John Sedgwick Hyde, was made vice-president. General Hyde was a di- rector of the Maine Central Railroad Company for twelve years. He was married, 1866, to Annie, daughter of John and iMartha Hayden, of Bath, Maine, and their children were: i. John Sedgwick, born March 26, 1867. 2. Edward Warden, born August 9, 1868. 3. Ethel, born August 30, 1871, died in 1899. 4. Arthur Sewall, born February 21, 1875, resides in New York. 5. Eleanor Hayden, born August 6, 1880; married, January 11, 1908, John C. Phillips, i\I. D., of Boston. 6. MadelVn, born August 4, 1883, died in 1904. General Hyde repaired to the Hotel Cham- berlain. Old Point Comfort. Mrginia, with his family, hoping that a milder climate would benefit his health, but on November 14, 1899, his death occurred, and proved a great blow to his family and friends, who had hoped to have him return to Bath greatly benefitted in 13/6 STATE OF MAINE. physical health. The Bath Iron Works is a monument to his business ability, and he will also be remembered as a soldier, financier, statesman, literateur and scholar. He was author of a military work entitled "Following the Greek Cross." The "Odes of Horace" were translated into English by ^Irs. Hyde, and he put them in verse. Gladstone praised the work and sent Mr. Hyde a postcard, com- mending the same. (Vni) John Sedgwick, son of General Thomas \Vorcester and Annie (Hayden) Hyde, was born in Bath, Maine, ]\Iarch 26, 1867. He was prepared for college in the public schools of Bath, and took a three years' course in mechanical engineering in the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, 1885-88, and on graduating returned to Bath, and be- ginning at the bottom, learned from practical work every detail of the business of ship- building. On the retirement of his father in 1899, he was made vice-president of the cor- poration, but did not change his plan of mas- tering the business of the works in every de- tail, and it was not till the early part of 1905 that he was willing to accept control of the business, when he purchased the entire capital stock of and was made president of the cor- poration. The building and launching of the "Chester," which in her speed-trial trip of four hours' duration averaged 26.52 knots per hour, and which speed has not been exceeded by any United States vessel (except torpedo craft) built by any shipyard in the United States, stands to the credit of John Sedgwick Hyde, and is a record of which anv ship- builder in the world may be proud when they beat it. He is a Republican in politics and served as a member of the common council and the board of aldermen, and representative and senator to the state legislature. He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion ; American Society of Mechanical En- gineers ; British Institute of Naval Architects ; American Society of Naval Engineers ; So- ciety of Naval Architects and Alarine Engi- neers ; Engineers' Club of New York City ; Sagadahoc Club of Bath ; Cumberland Club of Portland, and Army and Navy and Metro- politan clubs of Washington, D. C. He is a director of the Lincoln National Bank and trustee of the Bath Savings Institute. ]\Ir. Hyde married, June 4, 1898, Ernestine Shan- non. (VIII) Edward Warden Hyde, second son and child of Thomas Worcester and Annie (Hayden) Hyde, was born in Bath, Maine, August 9, 1868. He was educated in the Bath public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, after which he spent one year at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. He then entered the office of F. H. F"assett, of Portland, where he spent one and a half years, receiving practical instruction. He then re- turned to Bath and entered the Bath Iron Works, and became successively storekeeper, purchasing agent, treasurer, vice-president ana president, remaining v/ith the Bath Iron Works until it was sold to the Ship Builders' Trust. Mr. Hyde has been prominently iden- tified with the business interests of Bath for many years. He was president of the First National Bank and is a director ; also a di- rector of the Marine National Bank, one of the organizers and first vice-president of the Bath Trust Company ; w as treasurer of the Hyde Windlass Company — in fact, is con- nected financially with many business concerns of Bath. Mr. Hyde is president of the Bath Anvil, a weekly newspaper. In politics he is a Republican, and has taken a very active part in the counsels of the party. He was mayor of Bath three terms — 1901-2-3; chairman of the Bath Republican committee, and has re- cently been nominated and elected to the state legislature. Mr. Hyde is equally prominent in fraternal and social affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; the Sagadahoc and Suffolk clubs of Bath, and has been commodore of the Kennebec Yacht Club four years. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and was president of the Sagadahoc Club seven years. December 4, 1904, Mr. Hyde married Alice Morse, daughter of Alonzo A. A'lorse, of Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Hvde have no children. De Boterel, of Stafford- WTIITMORE shire, England, had two sons:William (1100-1135), who had a son William (1158-1161) ; and Peter (q. v.). (II) Peter de Boterel had a son born in Staffordshire, who was named Radalph or Ralph (q. v.). (III) Ralph, son of Peter de Boterel. was born in 11 52, and died in 1771. He married twice, and by his first wife had a son William, who married .\visa de Whitmore (1197). By his second wife he had a son Ralph (q. v.). (IV) Ralph (2), son of Ralph (i) by his second wife, had a son John (q. v.). (Y) John, son of Ralph (2) de Boterel, be- came .Sir John de Whitmore. He married Lewis Hist07-i.ca.l Puh-Co IVTBat'KeT.NY STATE OF ^^lAlXi:. I .vT Agnes (1252-1276), and among his children were three sons: John (q. v.), Lord of Whitinore, founder of the Caunton line ; W'illiam. who married Alice Fanners, and had a son Philip, founder of the Claverly line; and Ralph. (M) John (2), son of Sir John (i) and Agnes de ^^'hitmore, married JMargerie (1270-1301). He was Lord of Whitinore, and had a son Richard (q. v.). (VII) Richard, son of John (2), Lord of Whitmore, married Susannah Draycote, daughter of Sir Philip Draycote of Painesley, knight. The children of Richard and Susan- nah (Draycote) de Whitmore were: Jane, married John Blunt : Mary, married John Gifford ; Beatrix, married John Chebwind ; Christina, married Richard Flutvvood ; Philip (q. v.). (\TII) Philip, youngest son of Richard of Whitmore and Susanna (Draycote), married Thomasine, daughter of Richard Oliver ( ?). and then had a son Richard (q. v.). (IX) Richard (2), son of Philip and Thomasine (Oliver (?) AMiitmore, married (first) a daughter of Sir Ralph Bagot ; (sec- ond) a daughter of Richard Devereaux and (third) a daughter of Simon Harcourt, who was probably of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, and bv his third wife he had a son Nicholas (q. v.). i^X) Nicholas, son of Richard Whitmore by his third wife, married Annie, daughter of Thomas Aston, of Tixall. Staffordshire, and had two children : Mary, married William Lusone : Anthony (q. v.). (XI) Anthony, only son of Nicholas and Annie (Ashton) Whitmore, married Christ- man, daughter and heir of Nicholas Vaux, and thev had two children : Joan and William (q.'v.). (XII) William, only son of Anthony and Christina (Vaux) Whitmore. married, and had children, including a son John (q. v.). (XIII) John (3), second son of William Whitmore, of Caunton, married (first), dur- hig the reign of Henry VI, Alice, daughter and heir of Robert Blyton of Caunton, and (second) Catherine, daughter and heir of Robert Compton of Hawton, Visitation of York, 1536, and had two sons — William, and Robert (q. v.). (XR") Robert, son and heir of John Whit- more, of Caunton, married (first) Catherine, daughter of George Claye, of Finningly, Visi- tation of Yorkshire, and they had : William, the heir, who married a daughter of John Ridley, lived in Rotterdam, where he died in 1508, (second) Alice Atwoodc, of Harling- ton, Bedfordshire, and by this marriage had : I. Richard, died without issue. 1559. 2. John, living in 1545. 3. Charles (q. v.). 4. Thcm- as, probably died about 1603. 5. Edward, living in 1359. 6. Rowland, living in 1591. 7. James. 8. Randall. Also three daughters. (XV) Charles, probably third son of Rob- ert and Alice (Atwoode) Whitmore, lived in Tuxworth, where he married, and had chil- dren : I. William, died in 1582. 2. John, was living in Staffordshire, where he died in 1571. 3, Robert, died in 1608. 4. Richard, died in 1578- 5- James, died in 1614. 6. Thomas, of Hitchen, who had a wife by the Christian name of ]\Iary, and died in 1649. Two of his sons, Thomas and John, emigrated to New England — Thomas, who spelled his surname Whittemore. to Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and settled in Maiden ; and John Whitmore to Stanford, in the colony of Con- necticut, where his two children, John and Elizabeth, were born. 7. Roger (q. v.). 8. Christopher, died in 1640. 9, 10, 11 and 12, daughters. 13. (jcorge. Charles Whitmore, father of these children, died in Hitchin, Hert- fordshire, England, in 1568. Three of his sons adopted the spelling Whitemore, three Watmore, and one retained the spelling Whit- more as used by their father, and which pre- vails in England. (X\'I) Roger, seventh son of Charles Whitmore, lived in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where he married and became the father of Nicholas. (X\^II) Nicholas, son of Roger Whitmore, and first cousin of Thomas Whittemore, of [Maiden, and of John WHiitmore, of Stanford, also American immigrants and heads of American families of the name. Nicholas had by marriage, besides other children, two sons : Frances (q. v.). and Thomas, who settled in Middletown, Connecticut Colony. (I) Francis, son of Nicholas Whitmore, was of the eighteenth generation of the family in England, and appears as of the first generation in America. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, in 1625. He married Isabel, daughter of Richard and Margery (Crane) Parke, some time after reaching America, where he first located, between 1630 and 1640, in the town of Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and removed across the Charles river to Cambridge before 1648. He was a soldier in the King Phillip war, and served as selectman and constable of the town of Cambridge in i6fi8. His first wife, Isabel Parker Whitmore, died after bear- 1378 STATE OF MAINE. ing him six cliildrcn: I. Elizabeth, born May 2, 1649; married November 3, 1669, Daniel Markham. 2. Francis, October 12, 1650; mar- ried, February 8, 1674, Hannah Harris. 3. John (q. v.). 4. Samuel, May i, 1658; married, March 31, 1686, Rebecca Gardner. 5. Abigail, July 30, 1660; married, May 9, 1683, Samuel Wilcox. 6. Sarah, March 7, 1662, married William Locke. After the birth of his child his wife died, and he married (second) Margaret Harty. November 10, 1666, and by her had: 7. Margaret, September 9, 1668; married Thomas Carter. 8. Frances, March 3, 1671 ; married Jonathan Thompson. 9. Thomas, 1673; married Mary Jennison. 10. Joseph, 1675; married Mary Kendall, February 13, 1698. Francis Whitmore, the immigrant to Boston and Cambridge, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 12, 1685. (II) John, second son and third child of Francis arid Isabel (Parke) Whitmore, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October i, 1654. He married Rachel, daughter of Fran- ces and Mary (Saunders) Eliot and widow of Poulter. who was born October 25, 1643, and died March 20, 1723. They resided in Cambridge, and removed to Medford, of which town he was a large land owner, as he was also in Billerica. He was a deacon in the First Parish Church of Medford, and served the town as treasurer. He was a sol- dier in the Indian wars, and served in the regiment of Major Swayne at Saco, in the district of i\Iaine. He had by his first wife three children, and after her death he married as his second wife, June 3, 1724, Rebecca Cutter, who was childless, and became his widow on his death in Medford, February 22, 1739. Children of John and Rachel (Eliot) Poulter Whitmore: i. Francis, born May 8, 1678, married (first), December 7, 1699, Anna Pierce, and (second) Mary, surname is not recorded. 2. Abigail, twin of Francis, mar- ried John Elder. 3. John (q. v.). (III) John (2), second son and third child of John and Rachel (Eliot) Poulter Whit- more, was born in ^ledford, Middlesex county, I\Iassachusetts. .April 27, 1683. He learned the trade of housewright. but did not long continue in that occupation. He became a partner with his brother Francis in the busi- ness of general merchandising in Medford and Billerica. and dealer in real estate in both these towns. He was one of the chief factors in organizing the town of Bedford, which was incorporated September 23, 1729, having been established from lands belonging to both Billerica and Concord. He was married, in 1706, to Mary, daughter of Colonel John and Susan (Whipple) Lane, of Billerica. She was born in that town May 15, 1686, and died there March 27, 1783. John Whitmore was prominent in the First Parish Church in Med- ford, and is mentioned in the records of the church for his many benefactions. He was foremost and liberal in town affairs, but held no town offices. He spent his last days at the home of his son John, in Billerica, where his wife died, and that event was soon followed by his own death. Children of John and Mary (Lane) Whitmore, born in Medford: i. Mary, July 17, 1707; married, August 19, 1725, J. Webber, and when his widow she married White. 2. Susannah, Novem- ber 25, 1708; married, September 16, 1727, Benjamin Webber, and when his widow, she married Page. 3. John, April 5, 171 1 ; married Martha Lane. 4. Francis (q. v.). 5. Martha. February 23, 1717-8; married Jehn Skinner, December 22, 1743, and died March 7, 1780. 6. William, December 19, 1725; mar- ried, October, 1747, "Mary Brooks. (IV) Francis, second son and fourth child of John (2) and Mary (Lane) Whitmore, was born in Medford, October 4, 1714. He learned the business of general merchandising in the stores of his father and uncle, and suc- ceeded to the business on his own account. He also became largelv interested in property in the district of Maine about 1760, and spent much of his time there, becoming a permanent settler. He purchased large tracts of land along the Kennebec river, selling it to actual settlers and cutting from the forests timber for masts and spars for the Royal navy. He was a pioneer in the lumber business on the Kennebec river, and finally settled at Bow- doinham, named for William Bowdoin, of Boston, and located on the river, ten miles north of Bath, in Sagadahoc (then Lincoln) county, where he died April 27, 1794. He married, January i, 1739, Mary, daughter of Lieutenant Stephen and Elizabeth (Fowle) Hall, born April 17, 1719, died October 20, 1791, and their children were all born in Med- ford: I. Stephen (q. v.). 2. Francis, Au- gust 16, 1741 ; married, December 30, 1764, Elizabeth Bowman. 3. William. September 6, 1746. 4. Mary, December 25. 1750: married Thomas Blodgett. 5. Elizabeth, November 27, 1752: married Elisha Seavins. 6. John, November 25, 1754: married, April 12. 1781, Huldah Crookes, and died November 29, 1820. 7. Susannah. September 14. 1757: married STATE OF MAINE. 1379 Thomas Dhismore. 8. Andrew, October 2, 1760; married Lucy Cowillard, and died March 31, 1839. (V) Stephen, eldest child of Francis and Marv (Hall) Whitmore, was born in Med- ford, October 21, 1739. He was brought up to the mercantile business in i\Iedford, and in 1767 removed to the Kennebec river, district of Alaine. where he assisted his father in his large lumber interests. He settled in Bow- doinham, at that time in Lincoln county, and which was incorporated as a town in 1762. He was one of the leading business men of the place, and foremost in the formation of the town government, and served as selectman for many years ; also as constable and collector in 1785, and as town clerk for a number of years. In 1793 he retired from active busi- ness, and changed his residence to the "Ridge," where he had a beautiful home, and where he died October 15, 181 5. He married, July 14, 1763. Mary, daughter of Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (Spring) Whittemore, who was born May 6. 1741, and they had eleven chil- dren, the last ten born in Bowdoinham, Maine, Elizabeth and Stephen in Medford, Massachu- setts. These children were: i. Elizabeth, May 19, 1764, married John Springer. 2. Stephen, September 15, 1765, lost at sea, 1787. 3. Samuel, June 11, 1768, married Mary Por- ter, and died October 30, 1818. 4. William, June II, 1768. married Rachel Adams, and died May 28, 1850. 5. John (q. v.). 6. Jon- athan, August 22, 1773, married, November 27, 1797, Mary Rogers, and died 1820. 7. Benjamin, July 12, 1775, married Elizabeth Temple, and died August 24, 1847J 8. Mary, October 26, 1777: married William Givin, and died 1867. 9. Rhoda, February 9, 1779, named Alexander Preble. 10. Sarah, Octo- ber 12, 1782, married (first) Joseph Perry, (second) — Deering. 11. Andrew, Oc- tober T, 1785, died October i, 1785. (VI) John (3), fourth son and 'fifth child of Stephen and Mary (\\''hittemore) Whit- more, was born in Bowdoinham. Maine, No- vember 25, 1771, and died .\ugust 2, 1865, aged ninety-four years, eight months. He at- tended school and engaged in the lumbering business with his father and as his successor, taking his place in various enterprises and ably seconding his efforts in behalf of good schools, roads, and transportation facilities. He mar- ried Sarah McLellan, born in 1778, and they lived and died in Bowdoinham, she dving April ID, 1839. Children, all born in Bow- doinham: I. Amherst, September 18, 1805; married Mary Jane Perry, and died May 22, 1886. 2. Philena, March 2, 1807; died un- married, September 16, 1892. 3. John, Jan- uary 29, 1809; married Mary Berry, of Lis- bon, Maine, and died April 15, i8g6. 4. Han- nah, September 16, 1810, died unmarried, September 20, 1884. 5. Nathaniel ]\IcLellan, October i, 1812; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege. A. B., 1833; was a lawyer in Gardiner, Maine : died February 26, igoo. 6. Stephen. Alay 9, 1814; graduated at Medical School of Maine, Bowdoin College, M.D., 1836; was a physician and surgeon in Gardiner, Maine; married Maria Haskell, and died in Gardiner, Maine, February 9, 1880. 7. Sarah, January 9, 1816; never married. 8. Chadburne War- ren, October 4. 1818: graduated at Medical School of Maine. Bowdoin College. 1839; mar- ried. January i, 1850, Harriet E. Sampson; he died in Washington, D. C, March 24, 1884. 9. Samuel. (\'^II) Samuel, youngest child of John (3) and Sarah (McLellan) Whitmnre, was born in Bowdoinham, February 13. 1820, and died in 1898. He was a leading business man in his native town, and greatly esteemed for his solid worth and unostentatious charities. He married, in September, 1849, Helen Mahr, daughter of Thomas and Rhoda Stinson ; she was born October 19, 1823, and died in 1902. Children, born in Bowdoinham: i. Steplien Chalmers, July 19, 1850; graduated at Bow- doin College, A. B., 1875; practiced law in Bowdoinham ; married there. 1879, Estelle Guiboard. 2. Albion Stinson : see forward. 3. John A., February 26, 1853 ; married Anna Crehore; he died September 3. 1895. 4. Anna Philena, May i, 1857. 5. Helen Maria, April 4, 1859. 6. Florence. August 6, 1861, died 1878.' (VIII) Albion Stinson. second son and child of Samuel and Helen ^Mahr (Stinson) Whitmore, was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, December 13. 1851. He was educated in the schools of his native town, at Kent's Hill, where he prepared for college, and at Bow- doin College, from which he was graduated A. B. in 1875, 3"d received the degree of .■\. M. in 1878. He studied for his profession at Columbia University Medical School, New York City, from which he received his degree of M. D. in 1878. He has practiced medicine and surgery in Boston, Massachusetts, since the year of his graduation, with offices at No. 18 L'nion Park, and has been consulting physi- cian and surgeon of the Peabody New Eng- land Home for Crippled Children at Hyde Park, of which institution he was a trustee. In 1 88 1, at the opening of the Home for Aged i38o STATE OF MAINE. Couples, he became attending physician and surgeon, continuing in that capacity for ten vears, since wliich time he has been consulting' physician and surgeon. His skill as a surgeon has brought to him many important and, to the profession, interesting cases, in which he has been called in consultation, and in this way he has become widely known and highly es- teemed for his professional skill and his en- tire willingness to give it freely in cases of dire calamity or extreme urgency. His pro- fessional affiliation includes membership in the American Medical Association : the Massachu- setts ^Medical Society ; the Boston Medical Li- brary Association, rooms at No. 8 Fenway ; the New England Electro-Therapeutical As- sociation, the first of its kind in the country; and the New England Association of Gradu- ates of New York Medical Colleges. He is also a member of the University Club, Bow- doin College Club, Pine Tree Club (of which he was a director for many years), the Zeta Psi college fraternity ; and is affiliated with various Masonic bodies : St. John's Lodge No. 7, F. and A. M.: St. Andrew's Chapter No. 7, R. A. M.; Boston Council, R. S. AL; De Molay Commandery, K. T. ; and Aleppo Tem- ple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is a trustee of the Penny Savings Bank of Boston. Dr. W'hitmore married, October 14, 1885, Maude, daughter of Moses j\L and Nancy G. (Norcross) Swan. Mrs. Whitmore was born in Augusta, Maine, where her father was a jeweler for many years. "The posterity of William HASKELL Haskell is believed to be much more numerous than that of any other early settler," says the genealogist of the Haskell family of Gloucester, Massa- chusetts. A large number of his descendants remain in town, but a still greater number are scattered abroad over the country. From six generations of this prolific stock emigrants have gone forth, who, whether they braved the dangers and hardships of pioneer life in the forests of Maine or sought a kinder soil than their own in more settled and cultivated regions, or engaged in handicraft and trade in the marts of business, have generally sustained the character for usefulness and respectability which the family have always borne in its an- cient seat. Captain William Haskell was born about 1620. and was connected with the family of Roger Haskell, of Salem. He first appears in Gloucester in 1643 ; and in 1645 rnention is made of his land at Planter's Neck. He prob- ably resided here a few years following the last date ; but the hiatus in the recorded births of his children alTords ground for conjecture that he was not a permanent resident from that time. If he left town for a season, he had returned by 1656, and settled on the west- erly side of Amisquane river, where he had several pieces of land, among which was a lot of ten acres, with a house and barn, bought of Richard Window, situated on the west side of Walker's Creek, which is still occupied by descendants. The public offices to which he w as elected affords sufficient proof that he was a prominent and useful citizen. He was a selectman several years and representative six times in the course of twenty years. In 1681 he was appointed by the general court lieu- tenant to the train band, of which he was afterward captain. He was one of the first two of whom we have any knowledge who were deacons of the First Church. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot, No- vember 16, 1643. She died August 16, 1693; and he four days after (on the 20th), leaving an estate of ^548, 12s. His children, whose births are recorded were : William, Joseph, Mark, Sarah and Eleanor. Besides these, he had sons Benjamin and John and daughters Ruth and Mary. Various descendants of Will- iam Haskell settled in Falmouth and New Gloucester. Maine, among them being Moses, Job, of Hampton, New Hampshire, and Nathan, who settled in the latter place, but no history of the following generations of this article has been connected with that of the Gloucester parent family, though there is no doubt of their descent. (I) Jacob Haskell is said to have come from Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and settled in New Gloucester, where he raised a family ; no dates given. (II) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (i) Haskell, also resided in New Gloucester, and is said to have had a first wife whose surname was Godfrey before marriage. (III) Peter, son of Jacob (2) and (Godfrey) Haskell, was born in 1769, and died in New Gloucester. July 14, 1849, where he was a prosperous farmer. He married, De- cember 8, 1791, Salome Parsons, born in Gloucester, 1772, died March 25, 1858, in New Gloucester. She was the daughter of Colonel Isaac Parsons, who came to New- Gloucester from Gloucester. Massachusetts, in 1 76 1. He was the leading man in that part of Cumberland county in the days before the revolution. It was he who discovered a method of planting corn so that it could be (:;i^^::'^^..^^^ STATE OF :\IAIXE. 1381 raised successfully on newly cleared land, and thereby conferred a great boon upon the straggling settlers. His farm was at what is now Gloucester Lower Corner, and descended to the Haskell family through the daughter Salome, who married Peter Haskell. (IV) Captain Peter (2) son of Peter (i) and Salome (Parsons) Haskell, was born in New Gloucester, January 10, 1797, and died in New Gloucester, May 6, 1875. He was a prosperous farmer and an old-time militia offi- cer. He married, April i, 1823, Sally Pulsi- fer, by whom he had Mary F., Jacob W., Eze- kiel, Lucy. He married (second) January 30, 1834, Betsey Hawes, born March 5, 1806, died January 21, 1881, aged seventy four, daugh- ter of Captain Thomas and Betsey (Whitman) Hawes of ^^■ellfleet, Massachusetts. Betsey and Chief Justice Whitman were the only children of Josiah \\'hitman, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Children of Peter and Betsey (Hawes) Haskell: Charles Peter and Thomas Hawes. . (V) Charles Peter, son of Captain Peter (2) and Betsey (Hawes) Haskell, was born March 8, 1833. and is a farmer, residing on the old homestead. He married (first) March 5, 1868, Helen Marr, born March 22, 1841, daughter of Hezekiah and Eunice (Harmon) Crockett. She died January 4, 1884. He married (second) March 19, 1885, Sarah, daughter of Elbridge and Amanda (Bevens) Tarbox. She was born September 30, 1859. Four children were born to the first marriage : Mary Cross, August 20, 1870; Eugene ]\Iaur- ice, January 16. 1873; Fannie Crockett. De- cember 27, 1874, died young; and Fred Peter, June 7, 1877. (V) Hon. Thomas Hawes, youngest son of Peter (2) and Betsey (Hawes) Haskell, was born in New Gloucester, May 18, 1842, and died in Portland, September 24, 1900. He grew up on his father's farm, and before he was twenty years old had attended the public schools and the academies at Auburn and Paris Hill, graduating from Norway In- stitute in 1862, and fitted himself for college, intending to enter Bowdoin, but instead en- listed in Company I of the Twenty-fifth Maine Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colo- nel Francis Fessenden, and served as a ser- geant with his regiment in Virginia. It was a nine months' regiment, and after his dis- charge, in the summer of 1863, he entered the office of Judge Nahum Morrill, of Auburn, as a law student. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar of that county. The following ac- count of him is taken from "The Green Bag," vol. vii, published 1895. For a time he re- mained with his instructor, but moved to Portland in 1866, where he resided ever after- ward, and continued in active practice of his profession until called to the bench, March 31, 1884, succeeding Hon. Joseph Symonds, who had resigned. He held no political office out- side the line of his profession, except as a member of the city council of Portland. He served as county attorney for part of a term, in 1870, being appointed by the court to fill a vacancy, and again in 1878; and was appointed to the office by the governor in 1879, serving until the expiration of the term. He was also a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States. He was for a time the law partner of the late Judge Goddard of the superior court for Cumberland county, and of Hon. W. W. Thomas Jr., late our minister to Sweden, and of Hon. Nathan Webb at the time he was appointed United States district judge in 1882. In 1881 he was appointed by Governor Plaisted upon a commission to inves- tigate abuses in the Reform School. He made a separate report that was full and exhaustive, and he drew and secured the passage of the law, approved March 15, 1883, now governing that institution, establishing regulations for the prevention of abuses, establishing a me- chanical school, and providing for a woman visitor and also a letter-box for the boys where they can deposit letters without scru- tiny of the officers of the school. He early developed in the profession an aptitude for pleadings, and became proficient and successful in the branches of the law re- lating to admiralty, corporations, bankruptcy, criminal and commercial law. "Don't do too much for your boys," said a shrewd merchant, "if you expect them to make anything of them- selves." No doubt, confidence and self-reli- ance come largely in that way, but the suc- cessful lawyer must have a fearless and in- dependent spirit to build upon ; and I found that was the case with Judge Haskell the first time that I saw him. It was when I was holding a bankrupt court as register in a neighboring city, he appeared in opposition to a very able lawyer, skilled in all the tactics that long practice afTords, who sought to pro- tect a preferential mortgage. The proceed- ings before me consisted in taking examina- tions of witnesses by Judge Haskell, who read- ilv succeeded in laving the foundation for va- cating the preference, notwithstanding the in- terruptions, bluster and threats of his antag- onist. I could but admire his coolness and courage, for older lawyers and even judges 1382 STATE OF MAINE. dreaded to encounter this member of the bar. As the proceedings lasted several days, the young lawyer was put upon his mettle, but he came off triumphant, for his antagonist yielded in the end and complimented him in an un- usual degree. It gave him also an enviable reputation that time only generally affords. He was a good lawyer and gained the con- fidence of those who were associated with him as counsel and client, for ability, integrity and industry — qualities all and each of which are necessary to create and hold the esteem of the bar, upon whose recommendation he was promoted to the bench. He has fine pow- ers of observation and is well informed in other things outside his profession. In this respect he exceeds the average professional man. He is many-sided, and would have suc- ceeded well as a naturalist, bank president or manager and financier for a corporation. He loves a fine horse or a bit of intricate machin- ery. Inventive and ingenious, without me- chanical training, he could both plan and build a house with enough closets and bow windows to satisfy any woman. To these powers add a methodical and critical faculty developed, strengthened and broadened, and you have the qualities of mind which are readily seen in the way he has built his library, both law and miscellaneous. While on the other hand you cannot find there a single useles volume, many of which will gather in lawyers' bookcases. On the other hand, there are rare and original editions and some valuable for their previous ownership, attested by the autographs of Si- mon Greenleaf and others distinguished in the profession. He has a good combined selection of American and English books for every- day use, and his private library has been brought together in the same choice and orderly method. He has good taste in all the details of bookmaking, as will be seen in "Haskell's Reports of Fox's Decisions in the United States District Court for the District of Maine," which he prepared and edited in 1887-88. His tasteful execution of a reporter's work in these two volumes gave him the credit of a connoisseur for skill and ability, and my- self a good excuse, when I began my duties as reporter of decisions of this court, to call upon him for advice and information, which he always accorded in a friendly and helpful way. These two volumes of Haskell's Re- ports, work which he did after he went upon the bench, are not exceeded by any reports that I have seen for aptness and precision in the headnotes. Grasping the salient points of each case, they have the happy medium be- tween over-conciseness and prolixity that com- mends a value of reports to a busy lawyer, and is thus a vast saving of time. In his pre- fatory note he modestly claims that he has only endeavored to verify the citations and quotations, to guard against all errors of the press, and says : "I only desire that my work may be charitably received and prove valuable to my professional brethren." Following this in the article quoted is a running commentary on opinions rendered by Judge Haskell, as re- ported in the Maine Reports, interesting only to those connected with the courts. In one place he speaks of the judge as follows: "Of his opinions, and only a few cursory glances are attempted here, it may be truly said that they disclose force, diligence, and vivacity. There is nothing feigned in them ; on the con- trary, they possess a genuineness of his own, hearty, and sometimes idiomatic way, based on the primary virtue of justice and the cour- age to be just. He has an alert mind. "He is one of the quickest," says a well-known federal judge, "to see a point upon which a case turns." His style reminds one at times of the old English judges, and almost rivalling in brevity his associate, Mr. Justice Walton. His familiarity with decided cases gives him the power of selecting the best material and cases ; and he loves to give credit to attorneys who furnish full and orderly briefs. Without "an almost ignominious love of detail," as Sir Arthur Helps says, he sees all there is in a case, and counsel find it so in their practice before him. A love of order and system, combined with industry, enable him to turn off his judicial labors with ease ; and when he returned at night to his home, the cares of office do not follow him. Rather indifferent to fame, he would be among the last to adopt Benvenuto Cellini's advice, "that all men after they have reached forty should write down their own lives" ; nor is it difficult for the believer in heredity to see how his favorite judge has become, to use a military phrase, "a chief of staff" of the court in the midst of his varied usefulness on the bench. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1894." In an obituary notice of Judge Haskell pub- lished in the Eastern Argus, September 25, 1900, it is stated that he was appointed to the supreme bench in 1884, reappointed in 1891, and again in 1898, and served till the time of his death. He was the author of the "Cen- tennial History of New Gloucester," published in 1874. He was a member of Bosworth Post, Grand .'Vrmy of the Republic, in which he STATE OF :\IAINE. 1383 was greatly interested, but belonged to no other organization. He was a constant attend- ant of the First Parish Church and served as moderator of the parish meeting for many years. "His special delight was the study of physics and particularly of the steam-engine. He had a workshop fitted up in his house, and was never so happy as when working with his tools of experimenting with fine pieces of mechanism. For this reason his opinions were always sought upon cases involving practical questions of mechanics or similar matters." Thomas H. Haskell married, in Nashua, Xew Hampshire. November 27, 1867, Eliza- beth Parsons Whitman, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, March 13, 1842, only daughter of Isaac Parsons and Sarah Elizabeth (Jordan) Whitman, who survives him, and resides in Portland. (See \\'hitman VHI.) In the days of the coloniza- WHITMAN tion of New England, before 1680, four men named Whit- man came to New England. Two of them, John, of Weymouth, and Zachariah, were brothers, but are not known to be related to either of the others. John is claimed as the ancestor of a large part of the Whitmans of New England. (I) Deacon John Whitman came from Eng- land and became one of the earliest settlers of Weymouth, Massachusetts. When he came or how long he had been in Weymouth before he was made freeman there, December, 1638, is not known. In 1645 he was appointed en- sign in the militia and also appointed to end small controversies, a position equivalent to that of justice of the peace at the present time. He was also deacon of the church in Wey- mouth, probably from its first establishment until his death, which occurred November 13, 1692, when he was nearly ninety years old, it is said. His family did not come to this country until 1641. four years or more after his arrival. John Whitman lived upon a farm adjoining the north side of the highway, lead- ing by the north side of the meeting-house of the North Parish in Weymouth, and directly ofif against it, and extending to Weymouth river; and his dwelling-house was situated near the center of it. The same farm, entire, descended by bequest from father to son until 1806, when the title went into a female line of descendants, who still occupy the place. John Whitman was among those citizens of Weymouth who received allotments of land in 1642, as follows : Twenty-one acres in the west field, fifteen of them upland and six of salt marsh; four acres and a half on the west- ern neck; eleven acres in Harrisons range, first given to him; sixty acres by the goat- pond first given to Mr. Hull; and four acres of fish-marsh, first given to Mr. Hull. In the list of 1 65 1. Ensign Whitman is given twelve lots of land, and on the list of 1663 he received eighty-one lots, comprising sixty acres. The first deed on record to John Whitman bears date 10, 28, 1649, iri which Thomas Jenner, of Charlestown, grants to Elder Bates and John Whitman, of Weymouth, "one dwelling-house at Weymouth (now in possession of John King), two orchards and twenty-one acres ad- joining more or less ; also twelve acres of Ye Western Neck, be it more or less, also half an acre upon Grape Island, be it more or less ; also forty acres, which is his own pp (proper) lot, be it more or less ; and eighteen acres which was his father's; also ye round marsh, being four acres more or less, and one acre of fresh marsh adjoining, and six acres of marsh above ye fresh pond and a wood lot on Hingham side." The first deed on record made by John Whitman bears date March 19, 1648, by which he sells to William Hayward about twenty-two acres of land in "Braintry,"' which he had purchased of James Nash. Those entries show that he must have been one of the most extensive real estate owners in the town. His office of ensign he held till ;\Iarch 16, 1680. At a session of the general court, held May 15, 1664, on the occasion of John Burrell and Richard Wager being sent as messengers to the Indians, John Whitman was allowed four shillings a day "for his paynes" and use of "his horse in ye journey he was employed in for the countrey's service to the Narrowgansetts." From an entry in the Weymouth records, it seems that John Whit- man's wife's name was Ruth, and that she died "8, 17, 1662." He had four sons and five daughters, all but one of whom survived him, and six of \vhom lived to be over eighty years of age. They were: Thomas, John, Zechariah, Abiah. Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah and Judith. ( II) Thomas, the eldest son of John Whit- man, was born in 1629, and was about twelve years old when he came with his mother and some others of the children, about 1641, to settle in this country. In 1653 he was made a freeman in Boston, being then twenty-four years of age. and a church member, of course. He settled first in Weymouth; but in 1662 sold his farm there, as did his father-in-law, Nicholas Bryan, and both removed to Bridge- water, twelve miles south of Weymouth, '384 STATE OF MAINE. where each settled himself upon a valuable tract of land in the easterly part of the town, then in a state of nature. That selected by Thomas Whitman was what has since been called Whitman's Neck, containing about two hundred acres, and lying between the rivers Saiucket and Matfield, and coming to a point at their junction. A more eligible situation could not have been found. There he resided fifty years, until his decease in 1712, aged eighty years. He built three residences. The first house, built in 1663, was destroyed by the Indians in 1676: the second, erected in 1676, he occupied only a few years ; the third, built in 1680, was occupied by four genera- tions, and was the birthplace of thirty-six children. Thomas Whitman provided for each of his three sons by deeds of conveyance before his decease, and by his will dated 171 1, made them, after the decease of their mother, his residuary legatees. The estate he left was valuable and attests his good habits, industry and good judgment. Thomas Whitman mar- ried, November 22, 1656, Abigail, daughter of Ensign Nicholas and ]\Iartha (Shaw) Bryan, who probably came over with his father. Abigail survived her husband many years, living to be very aged. They had seven children : John, Ebenezer, Nicholas, Susanna, Mary, Naomi and Hannah. . (Ill) Nicholas, third son of Thomas and Abigail (Bryan) Whitman, was born in 1675 and died August 6, 1746. He was a man of great vigor, industry and activity. He had his father's homestead and lived with him. His dwelling was near Matfield river. In re- ligious notions he partook, in some measure, of the times and was somewhat pertinacious. It is related of him that having grown up while it was fashionable, owing probably to the open and unfinished state of the meeting houses in early times, for the men to put on their hats during sermon time, he could not readily conform to an innovation even in this particular. This practice had existed during the whole of the ministry (about fifty years) of the first settled minister, after which his successor, a fashionable young man from the metropolis, who was able to persuade all, ex- cept Mr. Whitman, to lay aside the practice, and finding him conscientious, he delivered a discourse on the subject; but before he had finished Mr. Whitman arose and with great gravity, and possibly without intending sar- casm, remarked "That rather than offend a weak brother, he would pull oft" his hat," and accordingly did so thereafter, as well during the sermon as prayer time. Before his death he settled portions of his homestead upon his sons, Thomas and John, and Seth, Eleazer, and Benjamin were settled on his outlands. His other children, except David, who was provided for by his Uncle John, after his de- cease, had between them the residue of the homestead. Nicholas Whitman had the rare felicity of having eleven of his children all set- tled, and well settled, in the same town with himself, where they all spent their lives in good repute. Five of them lived to be of the ages respectively, eighty, eighty-six, eighty- seven, ninety, ninety-seven. The other six died between thirty and seventy years of age. He came to his death on August 6, 1746, at the age of seventy-one, being crushed under the wheels of a cart loaded with hay which he was hauling from the field. He married (first) 1700, Sarah Vining, of Weymouth, by whom he had six children; she died in 1713, and he married (second) Mary, daughter of Francis and Hannah (Brett) Cary, by whom he had two children; she died in 1716, and he married ( third ) the same year, Mary, daugh- ter of William and Mary (Trow) Conant, the great-granddaughter of Roger Conant : and by this last marriage he had eight children, four of whom died in infancy. Children of Nicholas were: Thomas, John, Josiah (died young), David, Jonathan, Seth, Eleazer, Ben- jamin, Mary, William, Josiah, Sarah, Abigail, Nicholas, Susanna and Ebenezer. (I\') John (2), second son of Nicholas and Sarah (Vining) Whitman, was born in 1704, and died in 1792. He had a share of his fath- er's estate, including that part on which his grandfather, Thomas, had his dwelling. Judge Whitman says of him: "He was regular in his habits, but not very labori- ous, sufficiently so, however, to maintain his family, and keep his patrimony together, until, in his old age. his son John took charge of it, and of the maintenance of himself and wife." He married (first) 1726, Elizabeth Richard of Plympton, who died in 1727. He married (second) 1729, Ehzabeth Cary, born 1700, died 1742, daughter of James Cary. He married (third) 1743, Hannah, widow of Dea- con Isaac Snow and daughter of Joseph Shaw, ried (fourth) September 30, 1765, Hannah, widow of Joseph ]\Iitchell, of Hingham, and daughter of Hearsey, of Abington. She was born 1703, and died 1788. Six chil- dren were born to him : Samuel, Elizabeth, John. James, Daniel and Ezra. (V) Deacon John (3), second son of John (2) and Elizabeth (Cary) Whitman, was born in Bridgewater, March 17, O. S. or 28 N. S., STATE OF MAINE. 1385 1735, and died Jul^' 26, 1842, aged one hun- dred and seven. On the maternal side he was the fourth in descent from Captain Miles Standish of the "Mayflower," the line of de- scent being as follows: Josiah, son of Miles Standish, of Bridgewater : Mary, daughter of Josiah and wife of James Cary ; their daugh- ter. Klizabeth Cary, wife of John (2) Whit- man and mother of John (3). At the age of seventeen John Whitman was apprenticed to I^eacon Cary, of North Bridgewater, to learn the trade of "shop joiner," as it was then called ; after leaving Deacon Cary he worked for Captain Daniel Xoyes, of Abington. Dur- ing the time he was at the latter place he was drafted for service in the French war. His brother Samuel furnished him with means to procure a substitute, and soon afterward he went to New Jersey, where he stayed two years. He then returned home to take charge of his father and sister, settling on his fath- er's homestead. In the first year after his marriage he and his wife joined the church in East Bridgewater, and endeavored, to quote his own words — "to walk in all the command- ments and ordinances of the Lord blame- lessly." About 1775 he was chosen deacon of the church, an office which he held till his ad- vanced age rendered it fitting that he should retire. At the commencement of the revolu- tionarv war he was chosen lieutenant of a company of militia untler Captain Alden, which office he held till the close of the war. He was, however, called into service but twice, and only once went into camp, when he was stationed for three months in Rhode Island guarding the coast. After the war he walked from Rhode Island to East Bridgewater. When almost home he was quite discouraged with thinking what a hard time was in store for him, as it was quite late in the season and his crops not planted. When he came to a small "grog shop" he bought a drink of grog- to revive his spirits, for which he paid eleven dollars in Continental money. This was the last liquor he ever took, and he lived to be one hundred and seven years old. He was a strong temperance man in a time when temperance was not fashionable. For several years he She was born 1704, and died 1762. He mar- was selectman, overseer of the poor and as- sessor of taxes, but his retiring disposition prevented hitii from being put forward for offices of distinction. After the death of his wife, he made arrangements with his son .\lfred to take charge of the farm, and he boarded with him the remainder of his life. He married (first) October 11, 1764, Lydia Snow, born in 1740, died April 25, 1771, daughter of David and Joanna (Hay ward) Snow. He married (second) August 5, 1775, Abigail \\'hitman, born August 5, 1751, died September 16, 1813, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Sinith) Whitman. His children were : Lydia, Elizabeth, James, Catherine, Bathsheba, Josiah, Alfred, Obadiah, Na- thaniel, Hosea, John, .\bigail, Bernard and Jason. (\ I) Obadiah, fourth son of Deacon John (3) and Abigail (Whitman) Whitman, was born in 1783, and died January 8, 1862. He removed to New Gloucester, Maine, where he was a farmer and a prominent and exem- plary- citizen. He held various town offices and represented the town in the legislature two terms. He shared the deep religious feelings that had been instilled into all his children by Deacon John. He married. May i. 1805, Susannah Parsons, daughter of Colonel Isaac Parsons, of New Gloucester. She died No- vember 7, 1859. They had six children, all born in New Gloucester: Edwin, Isaac Par- sons, George Washington, Susannah, Rufus Anderson and John, (VH) Isaac Parsons, second son of Obadiah and Susannah (Parsons) Whitman, was born in New Gloucester, October 12, 1809, and died in Portland, February 24, 1888. He was a practical machinist. He resided in Nashv.a, New Hampshire, man\- years, and while there he held many local offices and rep- resented the cit}- in the legislature two years. In 1872 he removed to Portland, Maine, where he spent his last years. He married. May 12, 1841, Sarah Elizabeth Jordan, of Biddeford, born in 1814, died in Portland, June 7, 1904, daughter of Ichabod and Betsy (Nason) Jor- dan, of Biddeford. (See Jordan, \T.) They had two children — Elizabeth Parsons, and Isaac Henry, who died in infancy. (\TII) Elizabeth Parsons, only daughter of Isaac Parsons and Sarah Elizabeth (Jordan) Whitman, was born in Nashua, New Hamp- shire, March 13, 1842. She was married No- vember 27. 1867, to Thomas Hawes Haskell, of New Gloucester. (See Haskell, \'.) (For preceding generations see Rev. Robert Jordan I.) (IV) Judge Rishworth, eldest JORDAN child of Captain Samuel and Olive (Plaisted) Jordan, was born in W'inter Harbor, now Biddeford, York county, jMaine, in 1719, and died April 18, 1808, aged eighty-nine years. He lived in the lower part of the town, in a house since occu- pied by his son, Ralph Tristram Jordan, and 1386 STATE OF MAINE. by his grandson, Robert Elliot Jordan. Early in the revokition he was raised to the bench of the cotnt of common pleas, ott which he subsequently became chief justice, and was universally esteemed for his able and upright discliarge of the duties of his ofilice. For more than fifty years he took an active and prominent part in the affairs of town and church, enjoying the confidence and respect of the inhabitants. From early manhood he was a member of the Congregational church. He was a man of impressive person- ality, of a type which has passed away. He was six feet in height, broad shouldered, of light complexion, and possessed of a very loud, strong voice. His figure was very erect till bowed by age. He wore small clothes, a three-cornered hat and a wig. Judge Jordan married, in Kittery, 1742, Abigail Gerrish, born 1720, died October 25, 1794, daughter of Colonel Timothy Gerrish. (See Gerrish, HI.) Their children were: Olive, Abigail, Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Rishworth, Jane, Jo- seph, Elizabeth and Ralph Tristram. (V) Major Rishworth (2), second son of Judge Rishworth (i) and Abigail (Gerrish) Jordan, was born in Biddeford in 1754, and died there October 23, 1843, aged eighty-nine. His entire life was spent in that town, his homestead being located a mile and a half from Saco Falls. He married (first) Sarah For- syth, who died in 1786, aged thirty-five years; (second) Sarah (Goodman), widow of Tem- ple Hight, of Berwick. She died February 26, 1825. His children were: Rishworth, Ichabod, Temple and Sarah Goodwin. (VI) Ichabod, second son of Major Rish- worth (2) and Sarah (Forsyth) Jordan, was born in Biddeford, February 2, 1782, and died August 7, 1874, in the ninety-third year of his age. In early business life he was en- gaged in a country store for some years; was early identified in town affairs; held various offices of trust; was representative to the gen- eral court in Boston; was for many years deputy sheriff of York county; was uni- versally known and respected not only in his own town, but throughout the county. He married Betsy Nason, and they were the pa- rents of George F. H.. Noah Nason, Sarah Elizabeth, Abigail Hight, Rishworth. Ichabod Goodwin, Andrew S., Daniel S., William G., Ethelbert G. and Annie. (VTI) Sarah Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Ichabod and Betsy (Nason) Jordan, was born in 1814, and died 1904. She married Isaac P. Whitman, of New Gloucester. (See Whit- man, VII.) In England the family name PEASE Pease has been known for at least four centuries, and as early as 1472 the name John Pease, LL.D., appears in a published book. It is claimed by some antiquarians that the name is of German ori- gin and that families of that name emigrated from Germany to England about the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. On the other hand it is claimed by reliable authorities- that the Eng- lish I'ease family comes of an ancient Latin race, and this belief seems to have found sup- port in this country, where we have an account of one of them who dropped his name Pease and in its place adopted that of Pise, which is said to be the Italian equivalent of Pease, and has the same pronunciation, or perhaps more like "Pees." This particular member of the Pease family was a descendant of the Enfield branch of the American family and therefore of kin to the family of whom this narrative is intended to treat. In respect to the origin of the name it may be said that it is supposed to have been in some manner associated with the esculent plant pea. The Pease coat-of- arms granted by Otho II had for its crest an eagle's head, holding in its beak a stalk of Pea-haulm, from which it appears reasonable that the family name was in fact associated with the pea-plant. The branch of the family here considered comes of the English family of the same name and on this side of the At- lantic dates its history from the year 1634, and has for its principal ancestor in the sec- ond generation one John Pease, son of the immigrant. In this connection it may be well to mention that between the years 1635 and 1672 there were no less than six persons in New England who bore the name of John Pease, and on that account some confusion has arisen among their numerous descendants ; and in the family here treated the baptismal name John has been transmitted from sire to son in every generation and in nearly all the families from the time of the immigrant to the present day. (I) Robert Pease, immigrant, is supposed to have been born in Great Baddow, Essex, England, son of Robert and Margaret Pease, of Great Baddow. He came to America in 1634 in the ship "Francis" from Ipswich, Eng- land, to Boston, New England, with his son John, then four years old, and his brother John. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and died there in 1644, aged about thirty-seven years. No mention is made of his wife, or of other children than the boy John, and it is presumed that he was a STATE OF ^lAlNE. '387 widower when he came over with his brotlier and son. (II) John, son of Robert Pease, the immi- grant, and the only child of whom the records give us any account, was born in England, probably about 1630, for he is mentioned as having been four years old when his father came to this country. He was John Pease, of Salem, Massachusetts, and Enfield, Con- necticut, progenitor of most of the New Eng- land families of that name, as well as many of those of New York and New Jersey. He married (first) Mary Goodell, who died in 1669, soon after the birth of her fifth child. IMarried (second) Ann, daughter of Isaac Cummings, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and soon afterward removed to Enfield, where he died. He had five children by his first and three bv his second wife: John, Robert, Mary, Abraham. Jonathan, James, Isaac and Abi- gail. (III) Jonathan, son of John and Mary (Goodell) Pease, was born in .Salem, Massa- chusetts, January 2, 1669, and died in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1 72 1. Although a minor in 1689, at the time of his father's death, he seems to have presented the inventory of his estate and gave bond in the sum of three hun- dred pounds for the faithful discharge of the duties of administrator. He married, Octo- ber II, 1692, Elizabeth Booth, who is said to have been a daughter of Simeon Rooth, who came to America from Wales and settled in Enfield in 1680. The children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Booth) Pease were Rebecca, Jonathan. David, Samuel, John (a soldier of the French and Indian war and killed at Fort Dunimer in 1725), Josiah, Peletiah and Eliza- beth. Of these children Jonathan and David were progenitors of the Pease families of New Jersey, concerning whom one writer of the family history says "there seems to have been two branches of them, but they were related. One branch is traced back to three brothers, Cornelius, Adam and Jonathan." This Jonathan was captain of a company of New Jersey troops during the revolution and took part in the battle of ^Monmouth. He died without issue. On the same subject another writer says : "We have for some time been inclined to the opinion that the New Jersey Peases came originally from Enfield, Con- necticut. John R. Pease, of Hartford, Con- necticut, has recently informed us that he re- members of hearing Mr. John Pease, the con- fectioner, inform his father, the late Dr. John C. Pease, that his ancestor came from En- field. It seems probable that they belong to the descendants of Jonathan, the fourth son of John Pease, senior, of Enfield."' ("l\) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i) and Elizabeth (Booth) Pease, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1696, and is believed to have been progenitor of one branch of the Pease family of New Jersey. Concerning him a contemporary writer says "we have no his- tory of him after 1726. His name is men- tioned in the settlement of his father's estate, and on January 7, 1726, he had letters of ad- ministration granted him on the estate of his brother John." As this Jonathan is believed to have founded one branch of the New Jer- sey Pease family this record is made of him, but it is not understood that he was the imme- diate ancestor of the family treated in this narrative. (I\') David, son of Jonathan ( I) and Eliz- abeth (Booth) Pease, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1698. He "emigrated to the southern states and settled there and had a family," says the history of Enfield. Refer- ring to him another account says "it seems probable that he left Enfield not long after the death of his father," and "if he only re- moved to New Jersey it might have been said in those times that he went to the southern states." ( V) Cornelius, wdio is believed to have been a son of David Pease, was born April i, 1735, and with his brothers Adam and Jonathan settled in Freetown, Monmouth county. New Jersey, where they were farmers and exten- sive landowners. Jonathan, as has been men- tioned, was the revolutionary officer, and died without issue. Adam married and had sons David and John, and three daughters. Cor- nelius married, July 11, 1758. Elizabeth Clark, and had five sons and three daughters. The sons were David, John C, William, Adam and Josiah. (\'I) Josiah, son of Cornelius and Eliza- beth (Clark) Pease, was born and spent his life in ]\Ionmouth county. New Jersey. He is remembered as a mail of excellent princi- ples and was highly respected for his charac- ter and worth. He married (first) Elizabeth Anderson, and after her death married Eliza- beth . He had six children : John .\., Elizabeth, W^illiam, Martha Ann, Charlotte and Cornelius. (\II) William, son of Josiah and Eliza- beth (Anderson) Pease, was born near Free- hold, Monmouth county, Nev\' Jersey, No- vember 17, 1806, and died in Verona, New Jersey, February 19, 1895. He was engaged in the shipping business in New York City, 1388 STATE OF MAINE. was a capable and straightforward business man and held the confidence of all with whom he became acquainted. In religious preference he was a Baptist, conscientious and consist- ent in his daily walk, and in politics was a firm Democrat. Mr. Pease married, in Kings- ton, Ulster county, New York, January lo, 1833, Caroline A. Silkworth, born New York City, October 10, 18 15, died Verona, New Jersey, October 26, 1887. Her ancestors were of English stock and on coming to America settled first in Canada, removing thence to Ulster county. New York. Her great-grand- father, William Silkworth, was a soldier in the American army during the revolution. William and Caroline A. (Silkworth) Pease had nine children: i. John A., born New York City, December 23, 1833, married (first) September 6, 1852, Harriet L. DuBois, died Brooklyn, New York, June 2, 1900; married (second) October 16, 1901, Harriet Heyman. 2. Maria Elizabeth, born Brook- lyn, October 31, 1835, died there April 9, 1836. 3. Caroline Augusta, born Brooklyn, J\Iarch 17, 1837, married, in Verona, New Jersey, January 14, 1863, Sidney S. Arm- strong. 4. Julia Maria, born New York City, February 8, 1839, married, in Verona, May 5, 1864, Alfred D. Willifer, who died in Au- gust, 1907. 5. William H., born New York City, March 29, 1841. 6. Emma Jane, born Brooklyn, June i, 1844, married, in Verona, June 19, 1873, Albion H. Barter, of St. George, Maine. 7. Cassie Elizabeth, born Verona. August 18, 1846, died there June 27, 1873. 8. Gilbert Browne, born Verona, Feb- ruary 5, 1850, married, in Mont Clair, New Jersey, April 18, 1892, Mary E. Unger, of Mont Clair. 9. Sarah Frances, born Verona, May I, 1852, married, in Verona, November 23, 1871, Austin G. Jacobs, who died in Jan- uary, 1905. (VIII) Rev. William Henry, son of Wil- liam and Caroline A. (Silkworth) Pease, was born in New York City, March 29, 1841, died in Portland, Maine, January 23, 1904. He was educated at Colgate University, gradu- ating from there with the class of 1868. He entered the ministry and during the civil war was chaplain of a New York regiment. After leaving the army he devoted himself earnestly to the work of the ministry and filled pas- torates successively about as follows : Jay, Cold Spring, Groton, Jordan and Johnson Creek, New York : Somerset, Massachusetts ; and Block Island, Rhode Island. On August II, 1868, at Hancock, New York, Mr. Pease married Frances Lodema Hyatt, born in Law- rence, New York, August 15, 1S46, daughter of Nelson G. and Mary M. (Wilsey) Hyatt, of Hancock. Her father, Nelson G. Hyatt, was born in Otego, Otsego county. New York, and her mother, Mary (Wilsey) Hyatt, was a native of Rensselaerville, Rensselaer county, New York. They had only one child, Harry Hyatt Pease, see forward. (IX) Harry Hyatt, only son and child of Rev. William Henry and Frances I-odema (Hyatt) Pease, was born in Hancock, Dela- ware county. New York, May 22, 1871, and received his education in public schools. Dean Academy at Franklin, ]\lassachusetts, Peddie Institute at Hightstown, New York, where he was a student one year, and at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, where he took a thorough commercial course. His business career was begun as travelling salesman for the Vacuum Oil Company, of Boston, and in the latter part of May, 1893, he went to Portland, ?\Iaine, and established the branch house of the company in that city, of wlwch he has since had the management. Mr. Pease is a Mason, member of Atlantic Lodge, and a Knight of Pythias, member of Columbus Lodge, No. 33, of Block Island, Rhode Island. In politics he is a Republican, but takes little active part in public affairs. He married, at Block Island, October 6, 1891, Charity Littlefield, born April 22, 1871, daugh- ter of Ray S. and Sophronia (Rose) Little- field. For many years Mr. Littlefield was en- gaged in mercantile pursuits, also was post- master, and one time a member of the state senate. He had two children. Harold R., who married Ada Littlefield, and Charity, who be- came Afrs. Pease. Mr. and [Mrs. Pease have one child. William Ray Pease, born March 7, 1893. (By John T. Hyatt.) This name is quite common in HYATT England, both in modern times and on the old records. It oc- curs frequently in the records of wills in Doc- tors Commons, London, as Hyat and Hyett. The earliest representative of the family in America is Thomas Hyatt (the first), called "Brother" in the will of John Russell, of Dor- chester, Massachusetts, who died August 26, 1633. The name of this ancestor, Thomas Hyatt, appears of record at a town meeting of the early settlers held at Stamford. Connecti- cut. A town meeting held at that place, De- cember 7, 1641, granted him and others "be- sides house lotts as other men * * * everv one of them twoe acres, and 3 acres STATE OF MAINE. 1389 wood land in the feiled now to be enclosed." He held a Squire's Commission from the Crown. "Thomas Hiout" was a witness in Stam- ford, February 26, 1647. His name appears on the Stamford records in boundaries of land several times in 1649, '^"^ 1650. Sometimes it was spelled "Tjomas Hyout" and "Tjomas Hyat." He bought seven and one-half acres of upland in "Rocky Necke," April 3, 1650. The Stamford records state that "Thos. Hyat died 9 Sept. 1656," and an inventory of his estate amounting to 132 pounds 2 shillings 3 pence was filed in the court at Stamford on June 16, 1662. After deducting the widow's third there remained "in ye hands of Cor- nelius Jones ye sume of 88 pounds, i shilling and 6 pence," as portions to be divided amongst the six children according to law. The published records of New Haven Colony also mention this inventory of the estate of "Thomas Hyatt," late of Stamford. Cor- nelius Jones, administrator of his estate, mar- ried the widow "Elizabeth Hyat," October 6. 1657, and in 1669 and 1674 three of the chil- dren signed receipts to their stepfather Cor- nelius Jones for their respective shares in the estate of their father "Thomas Hyatt." These receipts are copied on the same page with those of the children of Simon Hoyt ; but they were evidently written in later with different ink, in the vacant spaces left at the bottom of the pages. The name of Thomas Hyatt is printed Hoyt in the "List of Pioneers," his- tory of Stamford, but it is not so written on records, and we find no descendants of Thomas who bear any other name than Hyatt, and the various modifications, to wit : Hyat, Hyet, Hiet, Hiout, etc., except in one or two entries where Hoit is plainly an error for Hyatt. The names of the children of Thomas Hyatt, as given in the history of Stam- ford, are as follows: i. Caleb Hyatt, receipt to his stepfather, dated December 23, 1661. 2. Ruth Hyatt ; she married John Wescott be- fore February g, 1667. 3- Debora Hyatt; she received her portion of her father's estate, November 30, 1669, with the consent of her guardian, Mr. Richard Lays. 4. John Hyatt, of Stamford, sold land in Stamford to John Weed in 1668, recorded in 1669. The name of John Hyatt occurs as a witness to deeds in Stamford in 1678 and 1680. He had re- moved from Stamford, Connecticut, to Yonk- ers. New York, some time before July 6, 1689, at which time he discharged his step- father, Cornelius Jones, of Stamford, from all claims of inheritance, according to Stamford records. 5. Rebecca Hyatt. She received her share of her father's estate October 13, 1674, as appears on the records at Stamford. 6. Thomas Hyatt (2). He received his share of his father's estate, October 21, 1674, as appears by the Stamford records. He was a witness in Stamford, January, 1681. (H) Thomas (2) Hyatt moved to Norwalk, Connecticut. He was there as early as Feb- ruary, 1671, when his name appears on the town table of estates. He married Mary Sention, daughter of Mathias Sention, of Norwalk, "about the loth of Nov. 1677," and his home lot is mentioned in that year. Seven acres of land were granted to him by a vote of the town in January, 1676, on account of his valiant services as "a souldier in the In- dian Warres," and he was known as Captain Thomas Hyatt. This land was exchanged in 1682. He bought land in 1679; drew lot No. 22 "over Norwalk River," December, 1687, and his name is on the table of the estates dated January, 1687, and on the list of voters at town meetings in Norwalk, December, 1694. Captain Thomas Hyatt died, intestate sometime before March 28, i6g8, at which time the inventory of his estate was filed at Fairfield. The estate was distributed in 1718. His widow, Mary Hyatt, survived him. Sev- eral tracts of his land were recorded after his death, and following the custom of ancient spelling, his name is variously spelled on the records, Hyatt, Hyat, Hyett, Hyet, Hiett, Hiet, Hiot, Hyot, and in a single instance on the probate records Hoit. Thomas and Mary Hyatt, of Norwalk, had children : Rebecca, Thomas (3), Maria, Ruth, Sarah, John, Eliza- beth, Ebenezer and Millison. The names of all these children appear on the probate rec- ords in 1698. (Ill) Thomas (3) Hyatt was born at Nor- walk, Connecticut, about 1680. He received a royal patent for land at Rye in 1710. Af- ter his marriage he moved to Ridgefield as early as 171 5, when land was entered on the Norwalk records. A deed from Thomas Hyatt of Ridgefield dated 1718 was recorded at Nor- walk, December, 1721. His will dated June 10, 1759, proved February 5, 1760, is recorded at Danbury. In it he mentions his wife, Ex- perience, and the following children : Han- nah, Mary, Elizabeth, Zibiah, Rebecca and his only son, Thomas Hyatt (4). One of the daughters of Thomas Hyatt (the third) mar- ried a man by the name of St. John, some of I390 STATE OF .MAIXP:. tlie descendants of whom are farmers living in Otego. New York, and one of them is a banker and lives in New York City. (I\) Thomas (4) Hyatt was born at Ridgefield, Connecticut, in 1729. In his will probated at Norwalk in 1800, he mentions his children as follows: Elvin, Samuel, my great-grandfather; Jessie, Stephen, Gilbert. Betty. Susanna and Hannah. Thomas Hyatt married Elsie Smith, daughter of a prominent family, and we find the names of Smith Hyatt and llyatt Smith were common in the family during this generation. (\') Samuel, son of Thomas (4) Hyatt, was born at Norwalk, Connecticut, March 20, 1759. and died at Otego, New York, October 14. 1831. He married Julia Pope in the year 1783. when she was twenty-three years old. Although but a lad when the revolution broke out. he joined the Continental army and was subsequently made chief of an observation corps whose duty it was to keep track of and report the movements of the enemy. He served throughout the war, and his daring and numerous hairbreadth escapes are a family legendary. About the year 1807 Samuel Hyatt, with a portion of the Pope and St. John families, pushed from Connecticut to Otego, Otsego county. New York, which W'as then a wilderness, he being among the first set- tlers of that region. Some of these travelers located in the East Otsego Valley, on land later owned by John Wilsey. From the old family Bible in my possession which belonged to my grandfather, and from memoranda among my father's effects, I have gathered much of the following information about Samuel Hyatt and his children. To Samuel Hyatt and Juda, his wife, were born the following children-: i. Samuel (2) was born August 15. 1785: he had a large family. and died in Otego when about sixtv-three years of age. 2. Elsy was born December 23, 1767. She married a man by the name of Faucher, and died at Unadilla. Otsego county. New York, leaving to survive her a family of some size. 3. Thomas (5), my grandfather, of whom I will speak later. 4. Amerilius was bom August 15, 1792. She married Cephus Hathaway, who lived near Goatsville, in the town of Otego. To them were born two sons and four daughters. 5. Susan was born Octo- ber 16, 1794. 6. Lewis was^'born September 23, 1796. He was a Universalist minister, and died in Otsego county, New York, leav- ing to survive him two sons : Charles, who lived at Unadilla ; Frank, a dentist, who lives at Cortland, New York. 7. Betsy, born Octo- ber 21, 1798. 8. Polly, born December 10, 1800. Susan, Polly and Betsy all married men by the name of Bunnell. Susan and Betsy lived for many years in Maine, Broome county. New York, and died there, Betsy leaving three married daughters living there, and one son. Fitch Bunnell, who lived at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he having mar- ried a Miss Doebler of that place. Polly died at Butternuts, Otsego county. New York, leaving sons : 9. Charles Smith Hyatt, born August 30, 1802. He died in Delaware county, New York, where his wife, Roxanna, was still living in 1887 with her only daugh- ter. 10. Fitch Hyatt was born March 3, 1805. He lived for many years in Chautauqua county. New York, but died in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1880, leaving three sons: Smith, Williard, Willis, and two daughters. Smith settled in Texas. Willis in Colorado, and Williard in Cambridge, Crawford county, Pennsylvania. (VI) My grandfather, Thomas (5) Hyatt, second son of Samuel Hyatt, was born at Norwalk, Connecticut, February 28, 1790, and when about seventeen years old moved with his parents to Otego, Otsego county. New York. He served his country as a drummer boy in the war of 1812. He married Sabrina Grififith, of Lawrence, Otsego county, Octo- ber 30, 1813. My grandmother was a daugh- ter of Nijah and Hannah Grifiith. and was seventeen years old when married to my grandfather. My grandfather settled upon a farm near his father's home. He erected a saw mill thereon and divided his time between lumbering and farming. After making sev- eral payments on his land, and having lum- ber enough cut. which when sold would pay the balance of his indebtedness, a heavy flood swept away his lumber which caused him to lose his farm, and he had to start life anew. He purchased a farm on the East Osdavva creek, where most of his twelve children were born. He donated the ground whereon is now erected the Christian church of that valley. Among the excellent neighbors of my grand- father, my father mentions Freeman W. Edison, \Villiam Brown. Thurston Brown, Samuel Emerson, Lovett Jenks, James Brown and Anson Judson. In 1849 '"">' grandfather sold this farm and moved to Troy, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where he bought a farm whereon the railroad depot of that place is now erected, the railroad company having purchased the farm from him. My grand- father then bought from a Mr. Hackett an- other farm, located about one mile north of STATE OF MAINE. 1391 Smithfield Centre, in the same county, and moved upon this farm in the year 1852, where he remained until his death, June 4, 1862, aged seventy-two years three months and seven days. "He died as he had Hved, an honest, Christian gentleman," and is buried in the cemetery just east of the village of Smithfield Centre, being at the time of his death a mem- ber of tfie Disciple Church. To my grand- parents were born the following children : 1. Emeline, born August 3, 1814, died Sep- tember 10, 1814. 2. Nelson G. Hyatt, born October 19, 181 5. He married Mary M. Wilsey, of Ctego, New York, January 4, 1838. They subsequently moved to Hancock, New York, where my uncle bought a farm upon which be lived until his death in 1896. He took a prominent part in the al?airs of that place, was a fine Christian gentleman, and re- spected by all who knew him. Four daugh- ters and one son were born to this marriage : (a) Lemira was drowned when a child, (b) Edgar joined the Northern army during the civil war, and was killed at Chancellorsville by a shot in the forehead, (c) Euphemia married a Mr. Fleming. (d) Frances Lodema, who was always one of my father's favorites and married a Baptist minister, Wil- liam FI. Pease, by name, by whom she had one child, Harry H. Pease, a prominent busi- ness man, now connected with the X'acuum Oil Company, a subsidiary corporation of the Standard Oil Company, at present living at Portland, ]Maine. (e) Emma, married Charles Nichols, of Hancock, New York. 3. Lewis Burdick Hyatt. He was first mar- ried to Maria K. Smith, of Lawrence, Otsego county. New York, in 1840. She died at Troy, Pennsylvania, as a result of being thrown from a carriage in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Their only daughter, Imogene, is married to Dr. Samuel Reynolds, of Reynoldsville, Jef- ferson county, Pennsylvania. This uncle married for his second wife Emma P., daughter of Judge Bullock, of Smithfield, Pennsylvania, by whom he had two sons : Charles Hyatt and Dr. Stanford Hyatt, and two daughters, Ella and Mary, now residing at Connellsville, Pennsylvania. L. B. Hyatt was a minister of the Disciple church, and during his ministry baptized over 2,500 con- verts. 4. Ezra D. Hyatt was born September 8, i8ig, and died at Otego, New York, August 16, 1821. 5. Samuel Hyatt (2), born July 25, 1821, and died at Smithfield Centre, April 4, 1878. He was a stock dealer by occupation, and on September 29, 1850, he married Elizabeth Aus- tin, of Lewisville, Otsego county, New York, by whom he had three boys and four girls. His widow, the last I knew of her, lived near her daughter, Hattie Phelps, of Phelps, Phelps county, Nebraska. 6. Salina Hyatt was born October 16, 1823, and died at Smithfield Centre, Pennsylvania, January 27. 1875. She married Richard Cope, of Butternuts, New York, by whom she had two sons. 7. Delos Hyatt, born March 28, 1826, and died at Otego, November 10, 1829. 8. Ophelia A. Hyatt was born February 16, 1828, and died at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, April, 1874. She married Adam Schill, of Smithfield, by whom she had three children. 9. Euphemia (1. Hyatt, born January 3, 1830, and died at Otego, Otsego county. New York, February 8, 1842. 10. El\- E. Hyatt was born at Otego, Otsego county, New York, June 22, 1832. He was married, November 11, 1856, to Emma F. Herr, of Salona, Clinton county, Pennsyl- vania, by whom he had six children: (a) Hattie, intermarried with Elmer Jakeway, now- deceased, (b) Charlotte (Lottie), in- termarried with John T. Thompson, by whom she lias the following children : Clinton, Ran- dolph, Helen and Emma. Mr. Thompson and family are located at Salona, Pennsylvania. He has been very successful as a lumberman, cattle dealer and farmer, and served a term as Treasurer for Clinton county, (c) George, intermarried with Effie McKibben, operates a flour mill at Salona, and has the following children: Ely McKibben, Sarah J., Char- lotte M., Georgianna and Fernando P. (d) H. Clinton, intermarried with Marion Brown, is a director of the Lewisburg Trust and Safe Deposit Company ; resides at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and has the following children : Ernestine, Eleanore and Brown, (e) Annie, intermarried with Thomas Harris, now living at Tremont, Illinois, and has the following children, Marion and Benjamin, (f) Jennie, intermarried with Charles Krape, a merchant, lives at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and has one child, Charles, by name. I spent a good deal of my boyhood days with my LTncle Ely, at East Smithfield, Penn- sylvania, where he owned a large farm and dairy ; at Lamar, where he was an ax manu- facturer, and at Salona, w^hen he was retired from business. He also spent considerable spare time with my father at our home, and I learned to love him next onlv to mv father. 1392 STATE OF MAINE. As a young man he went into an enterprise, in which he lost all that he had, and $1,500 besides. Although this venture left him penniless, he did not slop until he had earned and paid back to his creditors every cent that he owed them. He was a man whose word could never be questioned, and whose un- selfishness, charity, and broad sympathy en- deared him to all who came in contact with him. He was a philosopher, and a mathemati- cian that probably knew more of astronomy and higher mathematics than most college pro- fessors. He would get up at two or three o'clock in the morning to study certain stars and constellations which did not appear un- til that time. Often as a boy, when driving with him at night, he would map out the heavens, and explain to me the lore of the celestial bodies. He died at Salona, Pennsyl- vania, where he is buried, in 1894. At the time of his death my father was the American consul, and I vice consul, at Santiago, Cuba. I shall never forget the time when the news of his death reached us. My father closed the doors of the consulate, and his grief was un- consolable. My Uncle Ely's death was an irreparable loss to me. 11. Pulaski F. Hyatt, my father, an account of whose life I will give later. 12. Dilwin L. Hyatt, born at Otego, Otsego county. New York, October 30, 1838, and died at the same place February 9, 1842. Griffith Family. — Sabrina Griffith, my grandmother, was the daughter of Nijah and Hannah Griffith, of Lawrence, Otsego county, New York. She was born Alay 10, 1796, and married my grandfather, Thomas Hyatt, Oc- tober 30, 1813, when seventeen years of age. The Griffiths are of Welch descent, but when they came to this country is beyond my knowl- edge. My great-great-grandfather, Daniel Griffith, was born July 8, 1726, I think, at Oxford, Massachusetts. He was twice mar- ried ; by the first wife he had six children, and by the second wife nine children, fifteen all told. Their names and dates of birth appear in our family Bible. Six of the sons were revolutionary soldiers. My great-grandfather, Nijah Griffith, the third son by the second marriage, was born in Lawrence, Otsego county. New York, May 18, 1768, and was married to Hannah Rolland, who was born March 2, 1768, by whom he had thirteen chil- dren, eight boys and five girls. He was a tanner by trade, and kept a general store. Three of his children at an early date settled near Vandalia, Illinois, where man}' of their descendants still live. The two girls who went there married brothers by the name of Washburn, one being the mother of seven- teen children, and the other of eighteen. My great-grandfather Griffith died February 27, 1831. Ilis wife died February 5, 1840, and they are both buried in a country graveyard at Lawrence, Otsego county. New York. "The writer of this sketch, Pulaski Fer- nando Hyatt, the seventh son and eleventh child of Thomas and Sabrina S. Hj'att, was born in Otego, Otsego county. New York, June 4, 1836, near the Christian church on the West Otsdawa cteek. "My early days were spent on the farm and attending school. At the age of thirteen I went to Troy, Bradford county, Pennsylvania^ to live with my brother, L. Burdick Hyatt, and to attend the Troy Academy. Soon after- ward my father sold his farm in New York, and moved to Troy also. He sold the farm in Troy and moved to Smithfield, I going with him. For a time I divided my time between farming and attending school at the Troy Academy. At the age of eighteen I com- menced teaching school during the winter months, first teaching the Harkness school in Springfield. For three successive winters I taught what is known as the Bitner School in Beech Creek, Clinton county, Pennsylvania. When twenty-one years of age I commenced the study of medicine, with Dr. E. P. Allen, of Smithfield, but before concluding my stud- ies was induced to turn my attention to den- tistry, and graduated from the Baltimore Col- lege of Dental Surgery in ]\Iarch, i860, after which I settled in Lock Haven to practice my profession. While living there I became ac- quainted with Miss Maggie E. Allen, of Montoursville, Lycoming county, Pennsyl- vania, and was married to her by my brother, Rev. L. B. Hyatt, January i, 1861, at 2:30 p. m., and commenced housekeeping in Lock Haven, April i, 1861. And I will here add that my wife has at all times been a most faithful and devoted wife and helpmate. "We had not much more than got to house- keeping when the civil war between the North and South broke out, and in October, 1861, I joined Company D of the old Eleventh Penn- sylvania Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Richard Coulter, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and donned my first military suit at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My pa- rents were greatly grieved because of this step on my part, fearing that between the dangers of war and their advanced age, we would never meet again, but before leaving Camp Curtin I got a leave of absence and went to STATE OF MAINE. 1393 see them at Smithfield. They were not ex- pecting me, and the emotions which came over us will have to be left to the imaginations of the reader. I remained with them but a day, and parted from them with my mother's bless- ing, and a father's admonition to do my duty bravely, and never be found with a bullet hole in my back, unless the ball had passed through me. "I never saw my father again, as he died on the fourth of the following June. Soon after rejoining my regiment we took up the line of march and finally brought up at Annapolis, Maryland. Our regiment re- mained at Annapolis doing patrol duty until April, 1862, when we joined the Army of the Potomac under the command of General Mc- Clellan, opposing General Robert E. Lee. Our regiment was kept well to the front, and did much hard fighting during the spring, sum- mer and autumn of 1862. Besides numerous hard skirmishes not known as battles during this time, we were in the thickest of the fol- lowing battles, viz. : South Mountain, Cul- peper Courthouse, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg. "After the battle of Fredericksburg, which occurred December 12, 1862, I was detailed to accompany the sick and wounded to Wash- ington, and while in Washington was by order of the Secretary of War transferred to the regular army, after which I was by order of the Surgeon General assigned to duty at Car- ver United States General Hospital, Washing- ton, D. C, under command of Surgeon O. A. Judson, where I remained until September, 1865, the war having closed on the April previous. "My duties at Carver Hospital were re- sponsible but satisfactory. Owing to favor- able and near proximity to the Georgetown Medical College, 1 took advantage of the sit- uation to renew my medical studies, and grad- uated in medicine from that institution. Im- mediately after graduation I was ordered be- fore the United States Medical Examining Board at Washington, and after passing the required examination was appointed A. A. Surgeon, -U. S. A., and at the request of Surgeon O. A. Judson was returned to Carver United States General Hospital for duty, and closing, in 1865, after which I resigned and was surgeon in charge of the same at its final closing, in 1865; after which I resigned and returned to civil life, although offered bv the Surgeon General a place as surgeon in the regular army. "Having during the war invested some money in a farm at Smithfield, in Bradford county, Peimsylvania, I decided to go there for a time to rest and deliberate upon my future course." (My father, Dr. Pulaski F. Hyatt, started to write an account of his own life in 1887. He got as far as the paragraphs quoted, which I found between the leaves of the family Bible, but he never finished the work.) Dr. Hyatt formed a strong friendship dur- ing the war for Czar Dunning. He sold his farm at Smithfield and moved to the city of Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1866, where he and Mr. Dunning bought a drug store to- gether, and Dr. Hyatt practiced medicine. The doctor subsequently bought out Mr. Dunning's interest in the drug store. Dr. Hyatt was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Admiral Charles Steward, com- monly called "Old Ironsides," who was com- mander of the "Constellation" and "Constitu- tion," during the war of 1812, and who died at Bordentown, July 28, 1869. During the bitter presidential fight of 1876 Dr. Hyatt was sent to Florida as Samuel J. Tilden's confiden- tial representative, to superintend and investi- gate the count of the election boards of that state. Fie served for fifteen years as president of the board of trustees of the public schools of Bordentown, and for years was trustee and secretary of the Bordentown Female College. He declined the nomination as mayor of the city, and also a nomination on the Democratic ticket for member of the legislature at a time when Burlington county was strongly Demo- cratic and a nomination equivalent to an elec- tion. He took a post-graduate course in medicine at Jefferson Medical College, 1883-84, and moved with the familv to Lewisburg, Penn- sylvania, April I, 1885. In Lewisburg he served for several years on the Board of Min- isterial Education of Bucknell University, and as deacon of the Baptist church nearly all the years he lived in that place. He was a man who never divorced politics and religion, and saw- no reason why a man should abandon the latter, if active in the former. In politics he was a Democrat, and for two successive terms he vvas Democratic Chairman of his county (Union). Following this for three successive terms he was elected Democratic chairman of the sixth Division of Pennsylvania, including Potter, Tioga, Clinton, Lycoming, Union and Snyder counties, and in 1891 was prominently mentioned throughout the commonw^ealth for Democratic state chairmanship. While divi- sion chairman. Dr. Hyatt early felt the public '394 STATE OF MAINE bearing favorably for the nomination of Rob- ert E. I'attison as governor of the common- weahh, and he consuhed with the late I Ion. Charles S. Wolf concerning the advisability of bringing Mr. Pattison out as a candidate. Mr. Wolf replied that in a political sense he owed the ex-governor nothing, but as he be- lieved Mr. Pattison an upright, fearless and able man, peculiarly suited to the times, he would support the e.x-governor if a candi- date. Joel Herr Esq., of Clinton county, a prominent Republican and Cranger, and many others of like kind, informed the chairman lo the same effect. Armed with this knowledge he wrote Mr. Pattison of the situation in cen- tral Pennsylvania, and Mr. Pattison consulted with Hon. William F. Harrity, then post- master at Philadelphia. Mr. Harrity then in- formed Chairman Hyatt that if the sentiment elsewhere in the state should crystalize in favor of Mr. Pattison, the ex-governor would enter the field as a candidate. Circumstances favorable to the accomplishment of this end came thick and fast. It was thought if the Republicans put forth Delamatcr there would be enough deflection from the Republican ranks to elect Mr. Pattison. Tiie division chairmen, nine in all. controlled the place and date of the Convention. Excluding the vote of Chairman Hyatt, there was a deadlock as to the arrangements. His vote decided that the nomination convention of 1890 should be held after the Republican state convention, and at Scranton, a Pattison stronghold, instead of Harrisburg, where the Wallace men wanted it. After Mr. Pattison's nomination and election, to secure which Chairman Hyatt worked with tireless energy, no recognition was asked of the Governor for himself, but he did ask the Governor that the services of his division sec- retary, T. Kittera Van Dyke Esq., and of the Hon. Charles V. Wolfe, be properly recog- nized. Mr. Van Dyke was made chief clerk in the corporation department in the state ad- ministration, and Mr. Wolfe was appointed director-general of the Pennsylvania exhibit at the World's Fair, Chicago, although he did not live to assume the duties of his appoint- ment. Governor Pattison having declined to stand in the way of ex-President Cleveland's nomi- nation at Chicago, and Mr. Harrity becoming Democratic national chairman in the mean- while, both gentlemen were in a position to be heard by Mr. Cleveland after his election, and they made it a personal matter to urge my father for a foreign appointment. Letters of endorsement were addressed to Mr. Cleveland by e.x-Governors Curtin and Beaver; Con- gressman Wolverton, McAleer, Hutchler, Kribbs, Beltshoover, Reilly and Hincs; Demo- cratic State Chairman James Kerr, President Judges Orvis. McClure, Savage, Peek, Metz- ger and others. The result was his appoint- ment on June 8, 1893, as United States Consul at Santiago de Cuba, with sub-ofifices at Daiguiri, Guantanimo. Santa Cruz del Sur and Mauzanille — a jurisdiction in which over §17,000,000 of .American capital were invested, and which shipped over 1,000.000,000 pounds of freight monthly to the United States. The commercial side of this appointment, however, was soon dwarfed in importance by the diplo- matic duties which arose because of the out- break in Cuba of a desolating insurrection, the first official information of whicii was given our government by my father in dispatch No. 95, of February 23. 1895. '^^'o tlays before the formal birth of the war. This dispatch, to- gether with others relating to subsequent "Affairs in Cuba," were published in a message from President Cleveland in 1895, making a document of 206 pages, about one- half of which were written by my fatlier. anrl concerning which e.x-Minister Moret, the greatest Spanish authority on international law, said in a speech in the Spanish national cortes : "\\'hen the work was published for the first time somebody well versed in diplo- matic affairs told me that it was an admirable paper, in which were reflected the history of the insurrection and the character it bore at its beginning, .\fter I read it I found that the aforesaid opinion was well grounded, and I am constrained to believe that when you shall hear what I am going to tell you, you will agree with me, at least as far as regards the importance of the revelations it contains." The energetic protection given the .Ameri- can interests by Consul Hyatt prior to our war with Spain so aroused the animosity of the Spanish residents at Santiago that they made several attacks upon the consulate. Among others, he secured the release of Thomas Bol- ton, Manuel Fuentes, correspondent of the Nezi' York World; and Dr. .\gremonte. Julian Sains and .Augustus Richelieu, American citi- zens, whose unjustifiable arrests and confine- ment in the foul prisons of Eastern Cuba created no little excitement in this country. During the days of Weyler's reconcentration he distributed about twenty shiploads of medi- cine, clothing and provision contributed by the .American people for the suffering Cubans. When diplomatic relations with Spain were broken off. immediatelv before the outbreak STATE OF MAINE. 1395 of the Spanish-American war, the American government sent instruction through Consul Dent, of Jamaica, recalHng Consul Hyatt, and the steamship Brookhne was dispatched to Santiago to relieve him. But Consul Hyatt refused to abandon his post at such a time un- til he got orders direct from Washington, and held the ship twenty-four hours pending their receipt. When he left Santiago, soon to be- come the principle theatre of war, he was, upon order of General Toral, Spanish mili- tary governor, escorted by fifty policemen from the consulate to the ship in waiting as a protection against the assaults of the gath- ering mob. January i, 1861, Dr. Hyatt married .Mar- garet E. Allen, of Williamsport, Pennsyl- vania, by whom he had the following chil- dren : I. Maggie Hyatt, born October 14, 1864, died at birth. 2. Paul .Allen Hyatt, born March 16, 1866, died February 6, 1870. 3. John T. Hyatt Esq., born September 12, 1868, now practicing law at Jersey Shore, Pennsyl- vania. 4. Fred P. Hyatt, born ( )ctober ig, 1871, died .A.pril 2;},. 1878. From an editorial in the irHliuiiisport Sim of January 18, 1904: "Pulaski F. Hyatt, whose death occurred at Jersey Shore last evening, was a man of more than ordinary abilitw a fact that was recognized by both President Cleveland and President McKinley. By the former he was appointed consul at Santiago de Cuba, and his services were so ably and satisfactorily per- formed that he was retained in the position by Mr. McKinley. His work in behalf of the Cuban people prior to the Spanish war won for him the praise of the American nation. Mr. Hyatt was a man of rare good judgment and intrepid courage. His death removes one of the most highdy respected residents of the We.st Branch valley." Taken from the eulogy of Dr. Enoch Per- rine, Professor of Literature at Bucknell University, and delivered at the funeral of Dr. Pulaski F. Hyatt, at Jersey Shore, Penn- sylvania, Wednesday, January 20, 1904 : "Because we live so close to the mountains we take little note of them and rarely, if ever, bid them a cool 'Good morning,' When we are far away on some wide extended plain or when only the level and boundless ocean sur- rounds us, then we are sure to appreciate them as we recall how they silently but constantly lift their lofty heads to the skies, bidding us follow. So with our friends. It requires that Death shall bear them from us on the long voyage — and then they loom up large, becom- ing eloquent through the unbroken silence into which they have passed. "There is little of noble ambition in the world compared with what there might be, and this small amount is so often done to death by the disappointments of the years, that his early and ceaseless desire to push onward strikes us most forcibly in the life of Dr. Hyatt. That little farm in New York in the early fifties of the last century was in his opinion too narrow a field and the wide world with a conspicuous place in it became his goal while yet a boy. Hence there was the gradu- ation from a medical college, the unselfish de- votion of physician and surgeon in both war and peace, the political leadership in National as well as in State and local politics, the splen- did work as representative of his country on foreign shores, and crowning all his promi- nence in the church of his choice — an ambition to play well a man's part on as wide a stage as he could command. Disappointments? Yes, a plenty of them ; but these slackened his steps not for a moment, and nothing but a deadly malady called even a halt to his stout heart always aspiring to better things. "But ambition, even though its quality be noble, is not always displaced in a winsome personality. Some, like the younger Adams, confer a favor in such a way as to make of its recipient an enemy ; and others, like Gold- smith, love to do good by stealth, not caring whether it be found out even by accident. Of these latter was Dr. Hyatt. It was the writer's fortune to be by his side in secret consultation with the President of the L'nited States in the White House; by his side when a new life raised its first cry to the world, when applaud- ing citizens w-elcomed him home from posi- tions of difficulty and peril, often in the pri- vacy of his own home, — and in every case it was the calm, quiet, unassuming, genial, mas- terful spirit thinking, speaking, acting as though Eternity itself were looking at him. Eternity in whose presence the mean and the base cannot live, Eternity that pours around all who stand in awe of it a light far more attractive to the beholder than that which paints the sunset cloud with unspeakable beauty at the close of an October day. "No wonder that the same spirit so domi- nant in his life, should persist to the last, and that those who stood by when the final mo- ment came, as they looked and listened, could truly exclaim as Air, Blaine did of the dying Garfield : 'Let us think that his dying eyes read a mystic meaning which only the rapt and parting soul may know. Let us believe 1396 STATE OF MAINE. that in the silence of the receding world he heard the great waves breaking on a farther shore and felt already upon his wasted brow the breath of the eternal morning." It is one of the compensations of life to know inti- mately those who illustrate, in these ways, the better side of human nature ; to discover them ere yet Death has put them beyond the grasp of our hands is a benediction ; and to bid them 'Farewell' is but to look longingly after them as they go into a world whither we shall fol- low and in which no word is ever spoken." Jonathan Fairbanks ( Faire- FAIRBANKS banke, Fairbank) was born before 1600 in England. But little is known of his immediate English ancestors. He came from Sowerby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1633, to Bos- , ton, Massachusetts, and settled in Dedham, where he built the noted Fairbanks House. This house is an object of great interest to visitors to Dedham. The house as it stands to-day was probably complete as early as 1654. It is claimed that the oldest part was built in 1636. In his will, dated June 4, 1668, he bequeathed the house to his eldest son John, and it has since been occupied succes- sively by John, Joseph, Joseph, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Prudence, Sarah, Nancy and Re- becca. In July, 1892, the house was struck by lightning and damaged, and Rebecca Fair- banks removed for a time to Boston, but later returned and occupied it until 1904, when the Fairbanks Association took possession of it and will preserve it indefinitely. Jonathan Fairbanks signed the famous Ded- ham covenant which regulated the future con- duct of the town. Among the one hundred and twenty-five signers were his sons John, George and Jonathan Jr. Jonathan Fairbanks was admitted a freeman March 23, 1637-38, and received numerous grants of land. He joined the church August 14, 1646. He died in Dedham, December 5, 1668. He married Grace Smith, who died December 28, 1673, or May 19, 1676. Children, born in England: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Captain George, married Mary Adams. 3. Mary, born April 18, 1622, died May 10, 1676, or June 4, 1684; married Michael Metcalf April 2, 1644; mar- ried (second) August 2, 1654, Christopher Smith. 4. Susan, died July 8, 1659; married Ralph Day. 5. Jonas, killed by the Indians during a raid in King Philip's war February 10, 1676; married. May 28, 1658, Lydia Pres- cott. 6. Jonathan, died January 28, 1711-12; married Deborah Shepard. (II) John, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, was born in England and died November 13, 1684. He was the eldest son, and inherited the homestead, where he lived. In 1638 he was appointed with John Rogers to survey the Charles river. He was one of the sign- ers of the Dedham Covenant. He was ad- mitted a townsman as early as 1642. He married Sarah Fiske, March 16, 1641, and she died November 26, 1683. He received two grants of land, one in 1640, the other a year later, and in 1656 a third. In 1663 he was sent in company with Daniel Fisher to ex- amine the land at Deerfield. He held some local offices and was admitted to the church May 4. 1 65 1. His will was dated November 10, 1684, and proved February 19, 1685. Children: i. Joshua, born jNIay 26, 1642, died February 5, 1661. 2. Lieut. John, February 7, 1643, disd September 14, 1706; married, March i, 1671-72, Hannah Whiting. 3. Sarah, December 9, 1645, married Sawyer. 4. Jonathan, November 10, 1648, died March I, 1661-62. 5. I\lary, December 25, 1650, died December 31, 1650. 6. Martha (twin), De- cember 25, 1650, died January 6, 165 1. 7. Joseph, May 10, 1656, mentioned below. 8. Hannah, February 10, 1657, married, June 26, 1688, Samuel Deerin, of Milton, Mas- sachusetts. 9. Benjamin, February 17, 1661, died December 5, 1694. (III) Deacon Joseph, son of John Fair- banks, was born in Dedham, ]\Iay 10, 1656, died June 14, 1734. He made an agreement with his brother Benjamin, the original of which is still preserved in the old house, whereby he retained a part of the homestead, where he resided. He was admitted a free- man in May, 1678. He married, in 1683, Dor- cas , who died Januar)' 9, 1738. Chil- dren: I. Dorcas, born March 14, 1686, mar- ried (first) May 20, 1714, Rev. James Hum- phrey; married (second) July "9, 1735, Will- iam Woodward; married (third) August 7, 1 75 1, Andrew Blake. 2. Joseph, mentioned below. (IV) Joseph (2), son of Deacon Joseph (i) Fairbanks, was born in Dedham, April 26, 1687. He inherited a part of the home- stead, and resided there. On March 9, 1752, he sold the homestead and eight other tracts of land to his son Joseph Jr. He married, May 3, 1716, Abigail Deane, born in Ded- ham, June 12, 1694, died December 31, 1750, daughter of John and Sarah Deane. They were both admitted to the church October 31, 1725. Children: i. Joseph, bom May 21, 1717, mentioned below. 2. John, December STATE OF iAIAINE. 1397 9. 1718, died October 25, 1794; married Mrs. Mary Lewis (intentions dated November 30, 1753)- 3- Abigail, March 9, 1721, died Sep- tember 20, 1798, unmarried, "of a palsie." 4. Israel, May 28, 1723, died February 25, 1809; married, May 30, 1751, Elizabeth Whiting. 5. Sarah, June 4, 1726, died September 11, 1749, unmarried. 6. Samuel, September 14, 1728, died March 28, 1812; was in the revo- lution; married, May 15, 1752, Mary Draper. 7. Ebenezer, September 26, 1732, died Feb- ruary II, 1812; in the revolution: married, December 16, 1756, Prudence Farrington. 8. Benjamin, August 17, 1739, in the revolution; married, September 9, 1762, Sarah Kingsbury. (V) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) Fair- banks, was born in Dedham, May 21, 1717. He lived on the homestead and in Wrentham, where some of his children were born. He removed to ]\Iaine, and his name appears on the records of Winthrop, Maine, in March, 1775. He settled on lot 82, at present known as the Haskell farm, where he lived until the last few years of his life, which were spent at the home of his son Joseph, a mile distant. He died November 27, 1794. He was remarkably gifted in a mechanical way, a trait which was inherited by many of his descendants. In all things which demanded a knowledge of mechanics, a Fairbanks seemed to be the one who could best supply the de- mand, and they became noted as the best workmen in the country. Joseph Fairbanks married in April, 1744 (intentions dated March 24, 1743-44), Frances Estey, of Stoughton, who died in \Mnthrop, ]\Iaine, No- vember 10, 1806, in her ninety-second year. Children, the first five born in Dedham, the others in Wrentham: I. Experience (Temper- ance), February 21, 1744-45, died April 29, 1769. 2. Benjamin, November 20, 1746, died in Winthrop, May 28. 1828; married (first) October 29, 1772, Keturah Luce; (second) May 17, 1808, Lydia White; (third) February 8, 1821, Sally Blue, 3. Sarah, September 4, 1749, died jNIarch 4, 1835; married Captain \Villiam PuUen. 4. Joseph, August 4, 175 1, died July 4, 1807 ; married, October 16, 1776, SybiPGrover. 5. Nathaniel, July 15, 1754, mentioned below. 6. Elijah, September 16, 1756, died May i, 1836; in the revolution; married, 1781, Elizabeth Hopkins. 7. Abigail, January 20, 1760, married. May 30, 1781, Rial Stanley ; died July 23, 1843, (VI) Colonel Nathaniel, son of Joseph (3) Fairbanks, was born in Dedham, July 15, 1754. He was a resident of Winthrop, Maine, and closely identified with everything which promoted the growth and welfare of the town from the beginning. He settled in what has since been known as the ^Nletcalf neighbor- hood, then and for many years the center of the town. In 1778 he built a house, which is now or was lately standing in good preserva- tion. Here he entertained many men of note, among them Tallyrand, the French diplomat, and the Duke of Orleans, afterwards Louis Phillippe, as they made a journey through the country in 1794. That year he built a tan- nery which he conducted until 1800, when he removed to the village. He enlisted in 1775 in Captain Samuel McCobb's company, Colonel John Nixon's regiment, and was afterwards a member of Benedict Arnold's expedition up the Kennebec to Quebec, He took part in the siege of Boston, and served six weeks after his term had expired. He received a captain's commission from Governor Hancock in 1788 and was the first man in Winthrop to be com- missioned colonel of a regiment. He held many positions of trust, and served in almost every office within the gift of the town. He was nine years representative to the general court and was delegate to the Portland con- vention in 1794, He was well educated and gifted with a charming presence. He could entertain both in private conversation and in public speaking. He was fond of reading and well versed in the topics of the day. His gift of story-telling was remembered with delight by his grandchildren, to whom he often told tales of his pioneer days. In 1814 he removed to Wayne, where he was also active in public afifairs, and where he died, jNIarch 27, 1838. He married (first) October 21, 1778, Su- sanna IMetcalf, born May 27, 1759, died in Franklin, Massachusetts, September 24, 1791, daughter of Dr, Joseph and Hannah (Haven) Metcalf, of Wrentham. He married (second) January i, 1793, Lydia Chipman, born in Halifax, Massachusetts, January 11, 1767, died in Wayne, Maine, August 23, 1855, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Waterman) Chipman, She was a lineal descendant of the Pilgrim, John Howland. Children of the first wife, born in Winthrop: i. Hannah, December 20, 1781, married, November 29, 1798, Liberty Stanley; died July 5, 1813, 2, Philo, Febru- ary 21, 1784, died December 24, 1868; mar- ried (first) Susanna Besse; (second) July 30, 1862, J\Iary Witham. 3. Calvin, August 5, 1789, died February 28, 1856; married, June 7, 1819, Hannah Thompson, Children of second wife: 4. Columbus, November 7, 1793, mentioned below, 5. Franklin, June 18, 1795, killed while driving a coach between Frederic '398 STATE OF MAINE. and Hagerstown. Maryland, July 26, 1832; married, September 26, 1819, Hannah Sewall. 6. Susan, December 15, 1796, married, Sep- tember 29, 1823, Rev. David Starrett; died August 16, 189 1. 7. George W., August 5, 1803, died October 13, 1888: married, April i, 1828, Lucy Lovejoy. (VII) Columbus, son of Colonel Nathaniel Fairbanks, was born in W'inthrop, Maine, No- vember 7, 1793, died September 7, 1882. At the time of his death he was the oldest native- born citizen of Winthrop. He was a farmer and it is said that he earned his first money, when nine years old, by driving oxen for one cent a day and his dinner. He was a soldier in the war of 181 2. He and his wife joined the church in 1820. He was industri- ous and a respected citizen of the town. He was well versed in the traditions of his family and was proud of his ancestry. He married (first) September 17, 1816, Lydia Wood Tink- ham, born May 22. 1797, died May 10, 1859, daughter of Seth and Catherine (Woodman) Tinkham, of Wiscassett, Alaine. He married (second) November 8. i860. Mrs. Lydia T. Wing, born December i, 1803, died June 8. 1895, widow of Isaac D. Wing, and daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Lambert) Trufant, of Winthrop. Children, all by first wife, born in Winthro]) : 1. Horatio Wood, June 2-. 1817. died August 4, 1856: married, June 12, 1839, Mary Caroline Ladd. 2. Franklin Tinkham, October 21, 1818, married (first) June 2, 1842, Susan Johnson Cony Stewart; (second) August 17, 1878, Mrs. Henrietta Elizabeth (Benteen) Doyle. 3. Joseph Woodman, No- vember 16, 1821, mentioned below. 4. Phebe Wood, December 31, 1824, died June 19, 1856. 5. Charles Henry. November 20, 1827, died September 30, 1828. 6. Charles Nelson, Sep- tember 27, 1829, married (first) February 27, 1859, Phebe Jane Crandall ; (second) Decem- ber 25, 1864, Julia Stubbs Hunter; died Jan- uary 9, 1868; no issue. 7. Edwin Bartlett, December 18, 1831, died August 25, 1833. 8. Emily, February 22, 1834, married, October 29, 1856, Dr. Israel Tisdale Talbot. 9. Sam- uel, April 2, 1839, died May 30, 1839. (VIII) Hon. Joseph W. Fairbanks, son of Columbus Fairbanks, was born in Winthrop, Maine, November 16, 1821, died December 8, 1905. He was educated in the district school of his native town. In September, 1844, he went to Farmington and entered the store of his brother, Franklin T., as clerk, in his shoe- store. Two years later he bought the business of his brother, and continued in the business with great success until 1878. when he re- tired from active work. After that time he was identified with the banking interests of the town. He was a trustee of the Franklin County Savings Bank, and vice-president of the First National Bank, the successor of the Sandy River National Bank, of which he was president. He was active in town afYairs, and lent his aid and influence to all public enter- prises. He was representative and senator during 1864 and 1868 and valuation commis- sioner in 1880-81. He was a trustee of State Normal school. He served the town as as- sessor for several years and as selectman and was instrumental in greatly reducing the in- debtedness of the town. In politics he was a Republican. He married (first) October 14, 1852, Susan Evelina Belcher, born March 29, 1825, died November 8, 1875, daughter of Hon. Hiram and Evelina (Cony) Belcher, of Farmington, Maine. He married (second) October 25. 1876, Henrietta F. S. Wood, of Winthrop, daughter of General Samuel and Florena (Sweet) Wood. (See Wood \TI.) Children, all by first wife : 1. A daughter, born July 4, 1854. died same day. 2. Mittie Bel- cher, August 24, 1855. 3. Emily Talljot, July 6, 1857, died June 7, 1861. 4. Charlotte Bel- cher, June 5, 1859, married, October 2, 1890, Clift'ord Wood, son of Colonel Henry Clay and Marv Frances (Lord) Wood; he was born in Standish, Maine, and educated at Tha\'er Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Institute of Technolog>' and Harvard Law School. Children : i. Clififord \\'ood, born March g, 1892 ; ii. Frances Wood. September 3, 1893 ; iii. Eveline ^^'ood, Septem- ber 6, 1896: iv. Phebe Wood, August 4. 1898; V. Lois Wood, February 26, 1901. 5. Wallace Joseph, January 19, 1868, died May 3. 1874. The origin of the name is the WOOD same as that of By wood, .\t- wood, etc., all being originally designations of persons from the location of their homes in or near woods, similar in derivation to the names Hill, Pond, Rivers. Lake, Bridges, etc. The medieval spelling of this surname was Ate Wode, afterwards modified to Atwood and in a majority of cases to Wood, as the prefixes Ap, Mc, De. Le were dropped in other surnames. Almost every conceivable wood in England surnamed some family in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth centuries. In Domesday Book the name is found in its Latin form de Silva in county Suffolk. Some branches of the family have retained the ancient form of spelling to the present time, and the name Atwood is com- uc/ c^r/^//r^ STATE OF !^IAINE. 1399 moil in the I'nited Kingtloni as well as Amer- ica. The American families are descended from Philip Atwood, who settled at ^lalden, Massachusetts, married Rachel Bacheller and Elizabeth Grover and Elizabeth ; from Herman Atwood, cordwainer, who came from Sanderstead. county Surrey, fifteen miles from London, to Boston'before 1643; deacon of the Second Church: died 165 1. and from the sev- eral immigrants at Plymouth, many of whose descendants settled upon the spelling Wood. In fact, the Plymouth Atwoods, even the im- migrants themselves, used the two spellings interchangeably, to judge from the records. ( I ) Henry Wood, immigrant ancestor, was in Plvmouth as early as September 16. 1641, when' he bought of John Dunham, the younger, his house and land at Plymouth, for seven pounds. He was among the Plymouth men reportetl in 1643 ^^ s'^''-" '^" ^^^^ arms. He re- moved to Yarmouth, where his children. Sam- uel and Sarah, were born, but in 1649 re- turned to Plymouth. In 1655 he settled at Middleborough. He was not among the twenty-six original purchasers, but received the share set out to John Shaw, and part of his original homestead is still in the possession of his descendants. He was an original pro- prietor of the Little Lotmen's Purchase. His home was near the General Abiel Washburn place. He was admitted a freeman of the col- ony in 1648; was grand juror 1648-56-59-68. and often on other juries. He was one of the complainants against the rates at Plymouth. In 1665 he had one share of thirty acres on the west side of the Xemasket River. His name is sometimes spelled "Wood, alias Atwood," in the records. His son Samuel and son-in- law John Nelson were appointed administra- tors of his estate October 29, 1670. He mar- ried, April 25, 1644, Abigail Jenney, daughter of John, who owned land in Lakenham. now Carver, April 28, 1644. Their sons Abiel and Samuel were among the original members of the church at ]\Iidflleborough. Their son John made a nuncupative will dated April 13, 1673, bequeathing to his two youngest broth- ers, sister IMary and mother .Abigail, and later the court ordered the eldest brother SauTuel to give over his land to the youngest brothers, Abiel and James. Children: i. Samuel, born May 25, 1647: mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, born January i, 1649-50. 3. David, born Oc- tober 17, 165 1 : married ]\Iary (Cuthbertson) Coombs, daughter of Cuthbert Cuthbertson, widow of Francis Coombs. 4. John. 5. Jo- seph. 6. Benjamin. 7. Abiel, married Abiah Bowers. 8. James. 9. Sarah, born at Yar- mouth : married, November 28, 1667, John Nelson. 10. Abigail, married November 2, 1664-65, Jonathan Pratt. 11. Susanna, mar- ried December 11, 1661. John Holmes. 12. Isaac, born 1654. (II) Samuel, .'^on of Henry Wood, was born at Yarmouth, May 25, 1647. He came to Middleborough with liis father, among the first settlers of the town, and became a leading citizen. He was highway surveyor in 1673; constable in 1682: selectman in 1684-89 and other vears, fifteen in all. He was one of the original members of the First Church, organ- ized December 26, 1694. After the death of his father, by agreement among the heirs, he received thirteen acres of upland, containing the homestead, also a portion of the Tispequin purchase known as Wood's purchase. He was an original owner of what was known as the Sixteen Shilling purchase. He died February 3, 1718. He married Rebecca , who died February lo, 1718. She joined the First Church, March 27, 1716. Children, born at Middleborough: i. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Ephraim. born January, 1679 : deacon of the church: died 1744: married Susanna . 3. Deacon Samuel, born September 19, 1684; married Elizabeth . 4. Jabez, born i6go: married, 1716. Mercy Fuller. 5. Jo- anna. 6. Anne, born January 20, 1687. 7. Rebecca, April 9, 1682. married Smith. 8. Susannah. ( III) Henry (2), son of Samuel Wood, was born in Midclleborough, Massachusetts. He married, December 24, 1717, Mary Tinkham. Children, born at Middleborough: i. Samuel, September 27, 17 18. 2 Esther, July 31, 1720-21: died May 9, 1721. 3. Joanna, March 30, 1722; died unmarried, April 7, 1797. 4. Susanna, April 24, 1724; married, December 24, 1767, Samuel Smith. 5. Henry Jr., February 27, 1726-27; died December 26. 1806 (gravestone) : married, August i, 1754. Lydia Benson. 6. \Moses, February 3, 1730- 31 ; married, January 12, 1762, Lydia Water- man. (IV) Henry (3), son of Henry (2) Wood, was born at Middleborough, February 27, 1726-27; died December 26, 1806. He mar- ried, August I, 1754, Lydia Benson, born 1737. died February 2, 181 4. Most of this family settled in ]\Iaine. Children, born at Middleborough: i. Deliverance. Alarch 25, 1755: died August 19, 1769. 2. Mary, May 16, 1756; died August 6. 1808: married March 25, 1778, John Tinkham. 3. Hope, October 15, 1757; married Leonard Briggs. 4. Sam- uel. September 10, 1759; died September 10, 1400 STATE OF MAINE. 1848; married November 14, 1782, Phebe Morton. 5. Martha, April 9, 1761 ; died Au- gust 4, 1782; married (intention dated Jan- uary 27, 1781) Ebenezer Morton. 6. De- borah, May 12, 1763; died November 18, 1833; married January 15, 1799, Isaac Shaw. 7. Keziah, January 6, 1765 ; died September, 1854; married, October i, 1793, Dudley Dear- born. 8. Enoch (twin), June 24, 1769; died February 14, 1836; married, October 30, 1791, Priscilla Camp. 9. Elijah (twin), mentioned below. 10. Susanna, March 12, 1771 ; died September 29, 1776. 11. Joanna, April 9, 1773; married John Harlow. -12. Henry, Jan- uary 14, 1779; died February 14, 1836; mar- ried, October i, 1800, Eunice Howe. (V) Elijah, son of Henry (3) Wood, was born in Middleborough, June 24, 1769; died July 28, 1848. He removed to Winthrop, Maine, with other of the family. He was a general merchant there for many years and manufactured wrought iron nails, employing twenty or more journeymen blacksmiths in this industry. An interesting anecdote of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Phebe, wife of Samuel Wood, is told in the history of Winthrop. Colonel Nathaniel Fairbanks called upon her one morning to ask her to spend the day at his house. "I cannot go to- day," she said, "for I am just kneading a batch of rye and Indian bread which I must bake." But the colonel was not to be put off. He persuaded the good lady to mount his horse, and taking the bread trough before him they travelled safely to their destination. She baked the bread at his house and carried it home at night. He married Sarah Clifford. Children, born at Winthrop: i. Samuel, De- cember I, 1798; mentioned below. 2. Truxton, December 28, 1799; died November 28, 1868; married May i, 1823, Submit T. Blaisdell. 3. George Washington, born April 7, 1801 ; died unmarried, June 15, 1836, at Bartholomew, Chicot county, Arkansas. 4. Joanna, January 9, 1803 ; died unmarried, July 4, 1874, at Win- throp. 5. Sarah Clifford, November 14, 1805 (twin) ; married, October 18, 1837, Philander Morton. 6. Elijah (twin), November 14, 1805; died January 4, 185T ; married January 27, 1829, Esther Stafford. 7. Mary," Febru- ary 2, 1808; died November, 1879; married. May 25, 1828, Sewall Prescott Jr. 8. Abigail March 30, 1810: married, November 21, 1839, Charles B. Stinchfield. 9. Lewis, February 29, 1812; married. November 21, 1839, Ann A. Snell: died December 5, 1892. (VI) Samuel (2), son of Elijah Wood, was born in Winthrop, Maine, December i, 1798. died May 26, 1874. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, became clerk in his father's general store and was asso- ciated with him in business. He was a promi- nent Whig and chairman of the town com- mittee of that party ; representative from Win- throp to the state legislature for two terms and served as engrossing clerk of the legis- lature. He was town clerk of Winthrop for many years, also county commissioner. He was charter member of the Lodge of Free Masons at ^\'inthrop. He was a member of the Congregational church, and an active, up- right and useful citizen, having the esteem of all his townsmen. He married, January 18, 1824, Florena Sweet, born at Winthrop, Maine, February 10, 1798, died July 25, 1862, daughter of Arnold and Mary (Bonney) Sweet. Children: i. Henrietta Florena Sweet, mentioned below. 2. General Henry Clay, born May 26, 1832, resides at 350 West End avenue, near One hundred and Second street. New York City, a retired officer of the United States army; his son, Winthrop S. Wood, also a United States army officer, lives in Seattle, Washington. (VII) Henrietta Florena Sweet, daughter of .Samuel Wood, was born at Winthrop, Sep- tember 16, 1825. She received a good edu- cation in the public schools and taught school for some years before the civil war in the state of Kentucky. She married, October 25, 1876, in Winthrop, Joseph Woodman Fair- banks, born in Winthrop, November 16, 1821, died December 8, 1905. (See Fairbanks \'III.) The surname Goodwin is of GOODWIN ancient origin. Several pio- neers of that name settled in New England before 1650. William and Ozias Goodwin, brothers, settled in Hartford, Connecticut, about 1632; Christopher Good- win in Charlestown, Massachusetts, his de- scendants removing to Boston, Reading and Marblehead, Massachusetts, and York, Maine. Richard Goodwin resided in Gloucester, Massachuetts, in 1660, and many of his de- scendants of that section spell the name God- ding. Edward Goodwin was in Boston in 1640, and another Edward in Gloucester in 1660. (I) Daniel Goodwin, immigrant ancestor, believed to be a brother of Richard Goodwin, of Gloucester, and son of Bridget Goodwin, who married (second) Henry Travers, and (third) Richard Window. She died in Gloucester, where her inventory was dated August 9, 1673. There is good reason for be- lieving that the home of Daniel Goodwin in STATE OF MAINE. 1401 England was Torrington, near Plymouth. Daniel Goodwin was in Kittery, York county, Maine, as early as 1652. He married, first, in Kittery, Margaret Spencer, daughter of Thomas and"Patience (Chadbourne) Spencer. Patience Chadbourne was daughter of Wil- liam. Goodwin married, second, after March, 1670, Sarah (Sanders) Turbet, widow of Peter Turbet. Daniel Goodwin died about 1712. He was a prominent citizen of Kittery, a surA'eyor, innkeeper and large landed pro- prietor. Children of first wife: i. Daniel, born 1656, mentioned below. 2. James, mar- ried Sarah Thompson. 3. Thomas, men- tioned elsewhere. 4. William, married Deliv- erance Taylor. 5. Moses, married Abigail Taylor. 6. Patience, married Daniel Stone. 7. Elizabeth, married, first, Zachery Emery ; second, Philip Hubbard. 8. Sarah, married Isaac Barnes. 9. Adams, presented at court December 19, 1675, for non-attendance at meeting. 10. David, mentioned in court rec- ords of New Hampshire in 1670, aged t\vent)'-two. (II) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) Good- win, was born in 1656; married, December 17, 1682, Amy, daughter of Miles and Ann Thompson. He died at Berwick, April, 1726. Children: i. Margaret, born August 23, 1683; married Joseph Hodsdon. 2. Daniel, born June 13, 1685, married Abigail Roberts. 3. Miles, born July 31, 1687. 4. Nathaniel, born October 29, 1689, married about 171 2, Mary Gyles. 5. Amy, born April 19, 1693, married, November 6, 1712, Moses Goodwin. 6. Samuel, born May 24, 1693. married Sarah Davis and Mrs. Judith (Prebel) Smith. 7. James, born July 15, 1697, married Elizabeth —and lived at Falmouth. 8. Thomas, ,born August 15, 1699, mentioned below. 9. Sarah, born September 23, 1701, married Josiah Paul. ID. Anne, born October 19, 1703. died No- vember 24, 1703. II. Ann, born February 16, 1704, married, January 16, 1723. (HI) Thomas, son of Daniel (2) Goodwin, was born August 15, 1699, died April 3, 1769. Married, December 20, 1722, .\bigaij Seward. Children: i. Henry, baptized November 21, 1723, married, February 28, 1747, Elizabeth Weymouth. 2. Susannah, baptized May 23, 1725; married March 13, 1784: died in Bidde- ford March 9, 1813. 3. Danid, baptized De- cember 25, 1726; married September 14, 1747, Martha Pierce. 4. Gideon, baptized October 5, 1732; married Elizabeth Jenkins. 5. Thomas, baptized October, 5. 1732; men- tioned below. 6. .Reuben, baptized October 29, 1736. 7. Charity, baptized October 29, 1736; married, December 18, 1760, Thomas Abbot. (IV) Thomas (2) Goodwin, son of Thomas ( I ) Goodwin, was baptized in Berwick, Octo- ber 5, 1732; married, October 25, 1753, Su- sannah Downing, born 1732 in Kennebunk- port, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fabians) Downing (4), Captain John (3), John (2), Dennis Downing (i), of Kittery. They resided in Wells, where the wife died December 26, 1791. Thomas died in May, 1799, aged sixty-six. (It is possible, as sug- gested in the genealogy that this Thomas Goodwin may have been confused with one of his cousins of the same name and some have thought his mother Hannah (Wells) Goodwin instead of Elizabeth, as here given. There is also some doubt as to the correct- ness of the family historian in making this Thomas Goodwin (3), son of James Good- win (2), but the writer believes the lineage here given established after considering all the records found.) Children of Thomas and Susannah Good- win : I. Hannah, born October 18, 1754, married Theophilus Waterhouse. 2. Eliza- beth, born January 2. 1756, married Thomas Clark. 3. Thomas Wells, born March 16, 1757, died young. 4. Alice, born May 14, 1759, married Stephen Ricker. 5. John Fabians, born September 10, 1760, married Lucy Storner and died without issue. 6. Wil- liam, born June 28, 1762, died in infancy. 7. Richard, born July 20, 1763, married Mrs. Salome Cousins. 8. Susannah, born ]\Iarch 5, 1765, married Zebulon Larabee. 9. Down- ing, born August 15, 1766, died in infancy. ID. Sarah, born December 3, 1767, married John Goodwin. 11. Lydia, born March 3, 1769, married Thomas Clark. 12. Downing, born November 18. 1770, mentioned below. 13. Thomas Wells, born September 28, 1771, died in Wells. 14. Benjamin, born Septem- ber 10, 1773. married Susan Day; daughter Lucy S. married Calvin Dunton, of East Charlestown, Vermont. 15. Mehitable. born March 10, 1777, married Pike Gordon and Dr. Marshall. (V) Downing, son of Thomas (2) Good- win, was born November 18, 1770, in Wells; married in Topsham, Maine, Mary (or Polly) Haley, born 1772, daughter of Joseph Haley, born in Kittery in 1738, and Alary Goodwin, his wife, sister of Samuel Goodwin, of Wells, and perhaps a daughter of Thomas and Han- nah (Wells) Goodwin, granddaughter of Dan-_^ iel Goodwin (2), and great-granddaughter of Daniel Goodwin ( i ) . Downing Goodwin re- I402 STATE OF MAINE. sided ill Freeport, Maine, removing to Bruns- wick and thence to Topshain, Maine. In Feb- riiarv. 1807, he settled in Burton (tlien Al- bany), New Hampshire, where his wife Mary died March 21, 1836, aged sixty-four years and three months. He died March i, 1841, in Baldwin. Children: i. Susan, died young. 2. John, born August 31, 1794. mentioned be- low. 3. Downing, married Hannah Yeaton. 4. Sarah, married twice. 5. Mary, married Levi Whitten. 6. Susan Downing, married John Clark. 7. Hannah, married David Harri- man. 8. Lydia, died young. 9. Aaron, mar- ried Martha Hamblin. 10. Moses, born Jan- uary 2, 1808, married Jane Rounds. 11. Jo- seph Haley, married Sarah Atkinson and Lydia Pratt. 12. Joshua, born September i, 1812, married Sophia Marden. (VI) John, son of Downing Goodwin, born in Topsham, Maine, August 31, 1794, died at Baldwin, Maine, August 19, 1873. Mar- ried (first) Abigail Brown, born November 21, 1792, daughter of Ephraim and Huldah (Richardson) Brown. She died December 14, 1833, and he married (second) Sarah Cole, born August 25, 1798, died July 11, 1840. Mr. Goodwin married (third) Eliza Richardson, born August 11, 1808, daughter of Elisha Richardson. She died April 6, 1867. He married (fourth) Clarinda Buzzell. He resided in Baldwin, Maine, from 1817 for over fort\' years, a general merchant in part- nership with Lot Davis at the "Comer." He kept a tavern from 1830 to 1853, removing afterward to Limington. Children of first wife: I. Emeline, born April 30, 1820, died September 19, 1862, unmarried. 2. John Mun- roe, born September 3, 1822, mentioned be- low, 3. George Peabody, born April 21, 1825, married Lucia (Williams) Atherton ; died at Evanston, Illinois, June 12, 1878. 4. Hannah Brown, born March 13, 1827, died June 26, 1829. 5. Ephraim Henry, born March 31, 1829, died at Stowell, Victoria, Australia. August 20, 1901 ; married Matilda Ashton. 6. Abigail Brown, born July 25, 1831, died August 19, 1903; married L. W. Small. Child of second wife : 7. Olive Maria, born August 16, 1836, marripd James K. Emery. Children of third wife : 8. Eugene, born Au- gust 21, 1848, married Clara Eastman. 9. Mary Eliza, born September 30, 1849, mar- ried George B. Schermerhorn. 10. Newton, born September 30, 1852, married Nellie Bur- ling. (V^II) John Munroe, son of John Good- win, was born September 3, 1822. in Bald- win, iviaine. He attended the public schools of his native town, Yarmouth Academy and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1845. ^^^ taught school in the old .\lfred Academy at Alfred, Maine, and the acailem_\- at Dennys- ville. He then turned to the study of law in the office of Judge Wells, of Portland, and in 1848 was admitted to the bar. He came to Biddeford, Maine, in 1850. and began to prac- tice his profession in that city. He achieved a prominent place in his profession and also in public life. He was a Democrat in a Re- publican state and continued steadfast in his allegiance to the party through all its vicissi- tudes. He was elected from time to time to various offices of trust and honor ; was in the common council and board of aldermen of Biddeford ; was city solicitor for a number of years ; superintendent of schools, city treas- urer and collector. He was representative to the state legislature in 1863-64 and was a state senator in 1855. In 1876 he was a can- didate for congress against Hon. Thomas B. Reed. He was once nominated for attorney general of Maine by the Democrats in the legislature and once for Uniterl States sena- tor. He was the first president of the Citi- zens' Municipal Association of Biddeford, and was at the head of that organization many years. He was a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free Masons. He attended the Congrega- tional church. He died March 8, 1905, aged eightv-two years and six months. He married, July 16, 1850, Harriet Proctor Herrick, born January 17, 1829, in Alfred, daughter of Ben- jamin Jones and Mary (Conant) Herrick. Children: i. Francis Jones, born January 12, 1852, married Emily R. Milliken. 2. George Brown, born ]\larch 4, 1855, mentioned below. 3. Mary Isabel, born February 22, 1857, mar- ried Frederick Gold Lyman, of Alontreal, where she died in 1888, 4. Henry Herrick, born November 29, 1859; married Jennie Mur- ray. 5. William Burton, born January 11, 1864. married Mary Hills. (\TII) George Brown, son of John Mun- roe Goodwin, was born March 4, 1855. He received his rudimentary eilucation in the pub- lic schools of Piiddeford and at Kent's Hill Academy. He spent two years and a half in foreign travel in Germany and Switzerland. When he returned home he took up the study of law in the office of his father and later of \\'illiam L. Putnam, of Portland, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1877. Instead of prac- ticing his professicm. however, he turned to journalism. He went on the stai? of the Bos- ton Post and for seven years was an associate editor. In 1885 he was appointed by Presi- I STATE OF MAINE. 1403 dent Cleveland consul to Annaberg, Germany, and served during the Cleveland administra- tion. From 1889 to 1892 he was editor and proprietor of the Denison (Texas) Herald and from 1892 to 1905 was connected in an edi- torial capacity with the New York World and Herald. In 1903 he resumed the practice of law. being admitted to the New York bar in that year. L'pon the death of his father in 1905 he returned to Biddeford and has practiced law there to the present time. In national politics he is a Democrat. He married, Sep- tember 29, 1881, Grace L. Webster, born Feb- ruary 8, i860, daughter of James Webster, of Orono. Maine. They have one daughter, their only child, Marian Herrick, born July 29, 1882, at Oono, Maine. (Vnij Francis Jones, son of John Munroe Goodwin, was born in Biddeford, January 12, 1852; married Emily R. Milliken. He was educated in the schools of his native city and at Amherst College, from which he was grad- uated in 1873. Children: i. Austin M., editor of the Portland Express. 2. Emily R. (Vni) Henry Herrick, son of John Mun- roe Goodwin, was born November 29, 1859, at Biddeford. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Maine State College. He married, at Berlin, Germany, Jennie S. Murray, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Children: i. Isabel Smead, born in Biddeford, educated at Bradford Academy. 2. Henry Murray, born in Biddeford. (VHI) William Burton, son of John Mun- roe Goodwin, was born in Biddeford, January II, 1864. He was educated in Hallowell Classical Institute and Phillips Exeter Acad- emy, graduating from Yale in 1887. He studied law in the New York University Law School and was admitted to the bar in New York city, where he has since practiced, being at present a member of the firm of Gould & Wilkie, 2 Wall street. He married Mary Ho- bart Hills, of Chicago. Their only child, Helen Merrill, was born in New York city. (For first generation see preceding sketch.) (II) Thomas, son of Daniel GOODWIN Goodwin, was born in Kit- tery, about 1660-65; married, about 1685, Mehitable Plaisted, daughter of Lieutenant Roger and granddaughter of Ichabod Plaisted. In 1689-90 his wife was taken captive by the Indians, together with her infant son, whom they killed. She was kept in captivity five years before she was re- stored to her family in Berwick. He married (second) Sarah . He and his sec- ond wife deeded land to his son Thomas, De- cember, 1711. He was an ensign in his mili- tary company. He lived in South Berwick, Maine. Children: i. Son, killed by the In- dians 1689-90. 2. Thomas, born July 12, 1697, mentioned below. 3. Ichabod, born June 17, 1700, married Elizabeth Scammon. 4. Olive, born 1708, baptized March 14, 1717-18; mar- ried Timothy Davis. 5. Mary, baptized June 18, 1710, married Abbot and (second) John Cooper. 6. James, married Margaret Wallingford. 7. Daughter, married ■ Shapleigh. 8. Bial (daughter), baptized May 6, 1716. (Ill) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) Goodwin, was born July 12, 1697, at South Berwick; married, December 2, 1722, Eliza- beth, daughter of TTiomasand_Elizabeth. But- ler. Children: I. Elisha, baptized October 9, 1726. 2. Thomas, also baptized October 9, 1726,' mentioned below. 3. Olive, baptized July 28, 1728, married Nathan Lord Jr. 4. Moses, baptized October 27, 1728, died 1766, unmarried. 5. Elizabeth, baptized August 9, 1730, married Alexander Shapleigh. 6. Mary, baptized April 15, 1733, died July 18, 1736. 7. James, born j\larch 17, 1735, died July 21, 1736. 8. Reuben, baptized October 29, 1736. 9. Charity, baptized October 29, 1736, mar- ried Thomas Abbot. 10. James, baptized May I5> ^7Z7' married Sarah Griffith. 11. Daniel, baptized August 19, 1739. 12. Mollie, bap- tized January 25, 1740, unmarried in 1766. (IV') Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Goodwin, born in South Berwick, baptized October 9, 1726. From the names of chil- dren in the two families, the age of Thomas compared with others, and various other evi- dences establishes the accuracy of the lineage as traced. He may have married (second) July 29, 1754, Mary Hicks. His first wife was Eunice . He was close!)' connected with Thomas Goodwin, of Maine, if not the same man. Thomas and Etmice had son Jon- athan, mentioned below. Perhaps other chil- dren. (V) Jonathan, son of Thomas (3) Goodwin, born in Berwick, baptized there January 22, 1752. He married (intentions dated in Ber- wick, April 7, 1770) Elizabeth Clark. He re- sided in Lyman, Maine. After his death his widow married (second) ■ — Welch, and resided in Waterborough. where she died. Children: i. George Clark, born February, 1772, married Ruth Page. 2. Andrew. 3. Jonathan Jr., married Earle. 4. Uriah, died at New Orleans. 5. Reuben, mentioned below. 1404 STATE OF AlALXE. (\T) Reuben, son of Jonathan Goodwin, was born in Lyman, Maine, about 1790. He married (first) Elizabeth Pray and (second) Polly . Children born in Lyman, Maine: i. Reuben Jr. 2. Joseph Pray, born January, 1821, mentioned below. 3. Sarah. 4. Elizabeth. (\II) Joseph I'ray, son of Reuben Good- win, born in Lyman. Maine, January, 1821, was educated there in the common schools. He learned the carpenter's trade and removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and became a con- tractor and builder on his own account. After some years he removed to Saco and finally to Biddeford. Maine, continuing- his business as a carpenter and luiilder as long as he lived. In politics he was a Democrat and served on the hoard of aldermen of Biddeford. He was a Methodist in religion. He married Mary A. Hayford, born in Tamworth, New Hamp- shire, 1822, died in Biddeford, November 6, 1899. He died December 24, 1883. Chil- dren: I. Sarah, born 1848. 2. Charles E., born April 2, 1850, mentioned below. 3. For- rest J., born April 8, i860. 4. Abbie (twin). 5. Emma (twin). 6. .\lbert R., born Feb- ruary 29, 1864, an assistant in the Biddeford National Bank. (Vni) Charles Edwin, son of Joseph Pray Goodwin, was born in Biddeford, April 2, 1850. He attended the public schools of his native city and Cjray's Business College, Port- land, in which he was a student in the year 1867. In the same year he took a position as clerk in the Biddeford National Bank, in 1872 was made assistant cashier, a position that he efficiently and capably filled until 1875, when he was made cashier, which position he still retains. Fie has been connected with this bank for a period of forty years, and is one of the best known and most prominent men in business and financial circles in Biddeford. Mr. Goodwin is a Democrat in politics, and has served the city as member of the common council and board of aldermen. He was mayor of the city in 1888-89 and his adminis- tration was eminently successful. He was treasurer of the city from 1887 to 1894. He is a member of the Orthodox Congregational church. He married, January 24, 1872, Lucy J., born October. 185 1, daughter of Joshua Dver, of Dayton, Maine. Children: i. Fred C, born February 3, 1873, graduate of Yale College in 1895 ; director of the Biddeford National Bank and director and treasurer of the Biddeford & Saco Coal Company ; he mar- ried. September, 1897. Jane Steinhelper. of Newbern, North Carolina. Children : i. Rob- ert S., born June, 1899; ii. Katherine, born August, 1900. 2. Rena M.. born October 30, 1876. educated in the common and high schools of Biddeford, at Lasell Seminary, Au- burndale, Massachusetts, and at the New Eng- land Conservatory of Music, Boston ; is now a clerk in the bank of which her father is cashier. This occupation surname which is HUNT of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and signifies hunter is found in the annals of New England before the expira- tion of a score of years after the landing of the "Mayflower" at Plymouth. Edmund lluht was of Duxbury as early as 1637: Robert, CharlestovMi, 1638. an original proprietor of Sudbury: and Piartholomew was of Dover. 1640. The number of immigrant ancestors was large and the number of their progeny very great. The Hunts have been and still are an energetic, industrious and reliable race, and their record is excellent. There are over three hundred entries of enlistments in the revolutionary records of Massachusetts under this name, and in local afifairs. wherever set- tled, the Hunts have been people whose influ- ence was appreciably and properly exerted. (I) Deacon Jonathan Hunt, born 1637. a maltster by occupation, moved from Connecti- cut to Northampton, Massachusetts, about 1660, and was made a freeman of the colony 1662; was deacon from 1680 to 1690, and was representative to the general court. 1690. He died September 29, 1691, aged fifty-four. His father v\as John Hunt (as near as can be as- certained) and his mother was Mar\-, the daughter of John Webster, chosen. 1836. the fifth governor of Connecticut ; whose will, made June 25. 1659. named grandchildren Jonathan and Mary Hunt. Governor Web- ster was previously of Salem, where his daughter was a member of the church : and he moved from Connecticut to Hadley with his wife Agnes, and died April 5, 1661. Jona- than Hunt married, September 3, 1662, Clem- ence Hosmer, of Hatfield. In 1694 she be- came the second wife of John Smith, of Mil- ford, Connecticut, who died 1704. The chil- dren of Jonathan and Clemence were: Thomas, Jonathan (died young), Jonathan. John. Hannah, Clemence, Ebenezer ( died young), Ebenezer, Mary, Sarah and Samuel, (li) Jonathan (2). third child of Jonathan ( I ) and Clemence (Hosmer) Hunt, was Ijorn Ianuar\ 20. 1665, at Northampton, and died julv I. 1738. He made his will January 4. 1735. which was probated in .\ugust. 1738. He ^^^ STATE OF MAINE. 1405 married ^lartha Williams, sixth daughter of Samuel aud Theoda (Park) Williams, of Pomlret. She was born i\iay 19, 1671, and died March 21, 1751. Their children were: Theoda, Jonathan, Martha Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary, Joseph and John. (Ill) CajHain Samuel, second son of Jona- than (2) and Martha (Williams) Hunt, was born in 1703, and died February 28, 1770. He was a substantial man and possessed fine busi- ness ability. Twenty-five conveyances of land to him are cited by the genealogist. He was the father of Governor Jonathan Hunt. He resided and died in Xorthfield. A horizontal monument bears this inscription : "In mem- ory of Capt. Samuel Hunt, who died ve(r)y suddenly of an apoplectick fit, Feb. 28th. A.D, 1770, in the 67th year of his age." He mar- ried Ann Ellsworth, who was born April 27, 1705, daughter of John and Esther Ellsworth, of Windsor, Connecticut. Xear her husband's monument stands an upright marble slab on which is inscribed : "Aladam Anna Hunt Relict of the late Capt. Samuel Hunt Ob May 6, 1794 Aetat 90." Their children were: Samuel, Anne, Jonathan, Elisha, .\rad, Sarah and Martha. (I\") Elisha. third son of Captain Samuel and Ann ( Ellsworth ) Hunt, was born Decem- ber 22, 1740, and died November 27, 1810. He lived in Northfield. He married, October 24, 1 77 1, Mary Lyman, daughter of Aaron and Unice (Dwight) Allen, who was born November 12, 1745. Their children were: Samuel, Mary, Ellsworth, Martha, Frederick, Elisha, Sally and Jonathan. (Y ) Ellsworth, second son of Elisha and Mary ( Lyman ) Hunt, was born in North- field, November 5, 1775, and died 1823. He married, December 21, 1797, Electa Allen, daughter of Zebulon and Freedom (Cooley) Allen, a sister of Hon. S. C. Allen, who was a member of congress sixteen years in succes- sion. She was born February, 1775, and died March 16, 1825. They had two children: Frederick Ellsworth and Mary. (VI) Frederick Ellsworth, only son of Ells- worth and Electa (.\llen) Hunt, was born in Northfield, Massachusetts, April 20, 1803, and died in Louisiana, 1840. He resided in Derry, New Hampshire, and was a merchant. He married, October i. 1825, Eliza Kilburn Smith, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, born September 3, 1802, who died November 22, 1840. She was daughter of Captain Na- thaniel and .\nna (Kinsman) Smith, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. (See Smith, VII.) They had five children: i. Anna Electa, born October 23, 1826, died March 5, 1855. 2. George Smith, born P^ebruary 8, 1829. 3. Enoch Ordvvay, born November 12, 1 83 1, died December 24, 1831. 4 Abigail Smith, born February 19, 1833. died Decem- ber 4, 1841. 5. Susan Eliza, born January ii, 1839, married Albert H. Breed, of Lynn, Sep- tember 2, 1879. (\TI) George Smith, eldest son of Fred- erick E. and Eliza K. (Smith) Hunt, was born February 8, 1829, and died in Portland, Maine. March 9, 1897. After the death of his father and mother in the fall of 1839, he went to Portland on account of the loss of his pa- rents, became a member of the family of his relative, William Allen, and so remained for twenty-one years. Until at the age of eigh- teen he attended the grammar and high schools of Portland, at which time, without pecuniary aid from others, he started out for himself. For five years he was a clerk in a jobbing fruit store. In 1853 he became a clerk for P. F.- Varnum, a jobber of flour and grain, and remained four years in that employ. In 1857 he spent two months on the Island of Cuba, where he formed an extensive business acquaintance and entered into arrangement with several Cuban merchants to export vari- ous American products. In May he returned with a large importation of cigars, and made his trip a profitable one and of future interest. He at once opened an office on Commercial street and commenced a trade with Cuba, ex- porting lumber and general merchandise, and receiving sugar and molasses. In that year a heavy financial crisis came upon the busi- ness men in this country ; yet so well were his plans laid, and so judicious was his judgment, that his first year's extensive business was car- ried through safely, but with little profit. A second and a third visit to Cuba in 1859-60, gave him increased opportunities for an ex- tensive business, which ranked him among the most enterprising, active, and successful "busi- ness men of Portland. In 1859 he first inter- ested himself in shipping, and he subsequently had interests in a large number of vessels be- longing to the district of Portland. In 1874 he associated with himself in business two for- mer clerks, Joseph P. Thompson and Fred- erick E. Allen, and the new firm took the style of George S. Hunt & Company. Mr. Hunt was interested in many local enterprises, and was ever prompt to render aid and counsel in their management. He was actively identified with the sugar business for many years, being agent of the Eagle sugar refinery from 1871 until it ceased doing business. He was one 1406 STATE OF MAINE. of the original stockholders of the Forest City Sugar Refining Company, of which he was for twelve years treasurer and business manager. He was also one of the pioneers in the beet sugar enterprise, being president of the com- pany. He was president of the Central Wharf Corporation, a director in the Portland Trust Company, and in other local corporations. In Tanuary' 1865. he was elected director in the Merchants' National Bank, and in 1875 he be- came its vice-president. He succeeded to the office of president in May, 1888, and filled that office until his death. He was well and favor- ably known as a financier, and none of his associates were more fortunate than he in com- mercial and financial enterprises. He mar- ried, September 22, 1863, Augusta Merrill Barstow, of Portland, Maine, who was born Tune 6, 1842. She is the daughter of George Simonton and Ellen (Merrill) Barstow, of Portland. (See Barstow, VI.) The children born of this union are : Arthur Kinsman and Philip Barstow. (VIII) Arthur Kinsman, son of George S. and Augusta M. (Barstow) Hunt, was born in Porttand, Maine. June 19, 1864, and was educated in the public schools of Portland and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. In 1883 he took a short trip abroad, and in the following January entered the em- ploy of George S. Hunt & Company. He be- came a partner in this firm January i, 1888, remaining there until the firm was dissolved by the death of his father. He then became a partner of George O. K. Cram in the firm of George S. Hunt & Cram, sugar brokers, which firm is still in active business. In January, 1897, he became a partner in the firm of Swan & Barrett, bankers, and remained there until that firm was merged with the Portland Trust Company, of which Mr. Hunt was made vice- president. Mr. Hunt removed to Boston in 1905, and is now the senior partner of Hunt, Saltonstall & Company, bankers and bond dealers. While in Portland Mr. Hunt was in- terested in the welfare of his native city, and for three years represented his ward in the city government. He is a member of the Masonic order. Arthur K. Hunt married, October 4, 1888, Fannie Louise Piper, born in Boston, July 17, 1864, daughter of Frederick K. and Frances Ellen (Page) Piper. They have four children, all born in Portland, Maine : Ka- tharine, April 29, 1892 ; Madeleine, December 6, 1894; Eleanor, October 17, 1898; Freder- ick Kinsman, April il, 1901. (VIII) Philip Barstow, second son of George S. and Augusta M. (Barstow) Hunt, was born in Portland, June 13, 1869, and at- tended the public schools of Portland and one year at Tufts College. He then went to Min- neapolis, Minnesota, where he is now gen- eral manager of a large insurance com- pany. He is a Republican and a Univers- alist. He married, November 7, 1894, in St. Paul, Fannie Ella Perry Kibbee. born in Jefferson, Wisconsin, daughter of Chand- ler Waldo and Hattie (Stebbins) Kibbee, who then (1894) resided in St. Paul. The children of Mr. and ]\Irs. Hunt are: George Smith, born November i, 1895; Mar- jorie Frances, April 17, 1899; and Philip Barstow, April 24, 1905. This family, whose name BARSTOW sometimes appears in early records as Bairsto, and Bere- sto, is of English origin, and from the West Riding of Yorkshire, where the name still oc- curs. The Barstow arms are : Ermine, on a fesse sable, three crescents, or. Crest : A horse's head couped argent. Four brothers of this name came early to New England, and settled at Cambridge, Watertown and Ded- ham, Massachusetts. These were George, Michael, John and William. Of but two, George and ^^'illiam, is there any account of the time or manner of their coming. The place from which they came is not given, but they were probably of Yorkshire. The de- scendants of William Barstow are widely scattered over the northern and western states, and wherever known are men of respectable standing, and several have risen to eminence and honor, in the councils of states, and the congress of the nation. (I) William Barstow, aged twenty-three, and George Barstow, aged twenty-one. em- barked at London. September 20, 1635, for New England in the "Freelove," John Gibbs, master. William Barstow was of Dedham, 1636, and signed the petition for the incor- poration of that town under the name of Con- tentment. "The 16 day of the 12 month, 1642, grants of upland ground fir for improve- ment with the plough" were made to him and to his brother George. He was a freeman in Scituate, 1649, ^"d the first settler of whom there is any record of the present territory of Hanover. The outlines of the cellar of the house of William Barstow, carpenter or ship- wright, were yet visible some years ago. That he had an orchard is attested by the record of a suit in which he was plaintiflf against John Palmer, claiming iio damages "for pull- ing down fence, and daminfying his apel trees, STATE OF MAINE. 1407 and for stroying his corn, English and In- dian, with his hoggs." Across the North river, in October, 1656, Wilham Barstow Sr. was authorized to build a bridge, "above the third herring brook at Stoney reach, being the place where now passengers goe fre- quently over; the said bridge to bee made sufficient for horse and foot; and to cleare and marke a way to Hughes cross, and to open and clear and mae a way along beyand Hughes Crosse toward the bay, soe as to avoid a certain Rocky Hill and swamp ; — he to have £12 current countrey pay for so doing." July 27, 1662, Mr. Barstow agreed with Mr. Con- stant Southworth and Major Josias Winslow, in behalf of the Colony of New Plymouth, ''to keep in repair and maintaine the bridge called Barstow's bridge, upon the North River, in consideration of £2.0 in hand paid, to serve for transportation of passengers, horses, cat- tle, and all such use as they shall ordinarily put it to," and pledge for the fulfilment of this contract, the house and land in and on which he dwelt, a small tract already disposed of to his son (in-law) ]\Ioses Simmons, only ex- cepted." This was the first bridge built on this stream and its old piers are still visible. In 1657 Mr. Barstow was "allowed by the Court to draw and sell wine, beer and strong waters for passengers that come and goe over the bridge he hath lately made, or others that shall have occasion, unless any just exception shall come in against him." He had been previously licensed to keep an ordinary ; so that it appears probable that near the bridge he had a small building as a kind of toll house, ind here his refreshments were kept. About 1662 a grant of land was made to William Barstow, "lying westward of Cornett Stud- sons graunt, in reference to satisfaction for his pains etc. in the countreys business ;" and the commissioners were instructed to lay out not less than forty nor more than fifty acres of arable land. William Barstow died in Scituate in 1668, aged fifty-six. He left no will, and his widow administered on his es- tate. Mr. Barstow was a noted man in his day, as appears from what has just been said of him. He was an extensive landholder, a man of high respected ability, and a worthy and enterprising citizen. He probably married his wife Anne after he came to New England, but there is no record of his marriage, and nothing is known of his wife's parentage or surname before her marriage. She became a member of the church in April, 1641, the same month in which her son Joseph was bap- tized. They had : Joseph, Mary, Patience, Sarah, Deborah, William, Martha, and one other child. \Vidow Ann married (second) John Prince, of Hull. (II) Joseph, eldest child of William and Anne Barstow, was born in Dedham, June 4, 1639, and died April 17, 1712. In March, 1672, liberty was "granted and allowed to Joseph Barstow to keep an ordinary at the place where he now lives, and that he be pro- vided always with neassaries for the entertain- ment of travellers, and keep good order in his house, that there be no just cause of complaint against him in that behalfe." He was an ex- tensive landholder, as appears from the record of grants made to him by the colonial court, the amount thus received running into the hundreds of acres, now lying chiefly in Abing- ton. These grants were in the vicinity of the grants made to Cornet Stetson, with whom Mr. Barstow seems to have been on terms of intimate friendship, and whose will he wit- nessed. He married. May 16, 1666, Susanna Lincoln, of Hingham>, who died January 31, 1730. Their children were : Susanna, Joseph, Benjamin, Deborah and Samuel. (III) Captain Joseph (2j, eldest son of Jo- seph (i) and Susanna (Lincoln) Barstow, was born in Hanover, January 22, 1675, ^^^ died there July 25, 1728. Captain Barstow, in connection with Benjamin Stetson, received in 1720 a grant of two acres of land on the Indian Head river, betvi'een Pine Hill and Rocky Run, for the accommodation of a forge and finery, and erected the forge subsequently known as Barstow's forge, and later as Syl- vester's, and which was improved by his de- scendants for nearly a century, or until about the year 1800. He lived on Broadway, and it is said built the house known one hundred and fifty years later as the Salmond House. He was a man of much wealth for those times, and owned a great amount of land. The in- ventory of his estate mentions : one-fourth of a sloop ; his farm of seventy acres ; the farm of forty acres on which William Stet- son lived in Scituate ; the farm of the Widow Amy Dvvelly, of Scituate, twenty-four acres ; three hundred and twenty-eight acres called the Court Grant, between lands of Deacon Stockbridge and Samuel Barstow ; thirty-two acres of cedar swamp, partly in said grant ; seventy acres joining the north side, of Elijah Cushing's farm ; forty-five acres on the south side of said Cushing's farm; six acres fresh meadow ; one-fourth of the new forge ; five and one-third acres by Gershom Stetson's ; six acres adjoining Charles Stockbridge's ; one and a fourth acres on the north side of the i4o8 STATE or MAIXIL road to Benjamin Perry's; one-ninth of a saw mill; one hundred and eighty-four acres of land in Pembroke, adjoining the new forge; fourteen acres in Pembroke, near Major's Purchase; one-fourth of a grist mill at the new forge ; one-half acre by North river bridge ; and a negro woman named Rose. The whole was appraised at £6,926. His wife's forename was Mar}-. She married. May 14, 1735, after his death, Thomas Bryant, of Scituate. The chjldren of Joseph and Mary Barstow were: Elizabeth, Joseph (died young), Joseph, Joshua (died young), Mary (died young), James, Mary, Joshua and Abi- gail. (I\') Joshua, fifth son of Captain Joseph (2) and Mary Barstow, was born in Scituate, September 8, 1720, and died October 3, 1763. He was the proprietor of the forge built by his father, 1720, which he operated until his decease ; it is also probable that he occupied his father's house. An inscription on a stone in the Hanover graveyard states that he "was drowned at the Eastward, Oct. 3, 1763, ae. 44." He married, April 21, 1741, Elizabeth Foster, of Scituate. Their children were : Joseph, Mary, James, Barshaway, Abigail (died young), Joshua, Calvin, Ezekiel, Tim- othy, Foster, Elizabeth and Joseph. (\') Timothy, seventh son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Foster) Barstow, was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, probably, February 22, 1762, and died in Portland, Maine, Au- gust 9, 1837. He settled in Portland, and there married Susanna Simonton, of Cape Elizabeth, their intentions of marriage being filed November 18, 1797. She was born Sep- tember 30, 1766, and died in Portland, March 5, 1848. (VI) George Simonton. son of Timothy and Susanna (Simonton) Barstow, was born in Portland, December 21, 1807, and died March 7, 1874. He married Ellen Merrill, of New- buryport, Massachusetts, January 7, 1830. (See Alerrill, \ II.) She was born in New buryport, Massachusetts, May 17, 1807, and died in Portland, August 17, 1873. Their children were: i. Susan Ellen, married Cap- tain Daniel Bragdon, died March 12, 1894. 2. Abbie M., married Dudley Blanchard, died October, 1887. 3. Mary Elizabeth, married Gains B. McGregor. 4. Julia B., married J. Wayland Kimball. 5. Margaret Ann, married Rev. Edwin C. Bolles, died September 15, 1907. 6. Augusta Merrill, born June 6, 1842, married George S. Hunt (see Hunt, \TI). 7. George Alvin, married Alice G. Beach, died July, 1905. (For first generaUon see Nathaniel I.) (II) Sergeant Daniel, fourth AIERRILL son of Nathaniel and Susanna (Jordan) Merrill, was born in Newbury, August 20, 1642, and was admitted freeman. May 7, 1684. March 22, 1677, Moses I'ilsbury and Daniel Merrill were chosen fence viewers "at the farter end" of the town of Newbury. In 1665, Daniel Merrill was one of those who were called upon and did take the oath of allegiance to the King, in a modi- fied form. His name again appears among those who took the oath "as it is by law es- tablished within the Kingdom of England," in 1678. In the "Invoyes" of August, 1688, Daniel Merrill's list enumerates two heads (persons); two houses; twelve acres plow lands ; two horses ; two oxen ; five cows ; eight younger cattle ; thirty sheep and six hogs ; showing him to have been in very comfortable circumstances. In 1689 he was chosen "Way Warden." He was admitted to Newbury church in 1681, and to the Salisbury church later. He died June 27, 1717, in Salisbury. His will, made May 10, was probated July 12, 1717. In it his wife Sarah is mentioned, and "cousin" Thomas Merrill, to whom he gave land in Haverhill. Daniel Merrill married (first) May 14, 1667, in Newbury, Sarah Clough, who was born June 28, 1646, and died Alarch 18, 1706, at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He married (second) May 29, 1708, Sarah , who was born October 14, 1650, in Salisbury, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Clement) Morrill, and wddow of Philip Rowel! and of one Siphorus Page. They had Daniel, John. Sarah, Ruth, Moses, Martha and Stephen. (Ill) Daniel (2), eldest son of Daniel (i) and Sarah (Clough) Merrill, was born in Newbury, March 8, 1672, and received his father's homestead by will in 1717. His es- tate was administered upon September 29, 1725. In 1706 his name is on the list of those who are appointed to keep snow-shoes and moccasins for use in service against Indians. In the same year Daniel Merrill is a member of the North Regiment in Essex in "My Par- ticular Company," — probably commanded by Captain Thomas Noyes, in whose company other records show him to have been. He mar- ried Esther, eldest child of Aquila and Esther (Bond) Chase, who was born November 18, 1674, in New'bury, who survived him and died 1 75 1. Their children were: Joseph, Daniel. Abigail, Judith, Peter, Sarah. Benja- min, Thomas, Enoch, Edmund, and Moses, whose sketch follows. STATE OF MAINE. 1409 (I\") Aloses. youngest child vi Daniel (2) and Esther (Chase) Merrill, was born in New- bury, April 5, 1719, and died about 1788. He married, April 5, 1743, Alary Plummer, daugh- ter of Samuel and Hannah Plummer, of New- bury, who was born November 26, 1723, and died in 1793. , ( V ) Thomas, son of Moses and Mary (Plummer) .Merrill, was born in Newbury, October 24, 1745, and died at Newburyport, February 12, 1882. In 1788 Thomas Merrill had a tavern on State street. Among the ad- vertisers mentioned in the history of New- buryport. as of ancient times, is Thomas Mer- rill, who kept a tavern near Rev. Mr. Gary's meeting house, in what is now Market Square, which announced to customers that he made "Apple and Mince Pies in the neatest and best manner," and sold them at a reasonable price. April 13, 1812, Thomas Merrill conveyed to Henry Merrill, treasurer and agent for the Baptist church and society, in Newburyport, a lot of land forty feet wide, on Silk (now Congress) street, on which a small brick meet- ing house was erected. A lane which was afterwards a street was named in honor of the Merrill family in 1774. Thomas Merrill mar- ried, about August 25, 1770, Hannah Butler, born about 1747, and died August 22, 1833. (\T) Colonel Paul, son of Thomas and Hannah (Butler) Merrill, was born in New- buryport, November 23, 1783, and died March 10, 1818. He married, October 30. 1806, Eleanor Stevens, of Westbrook ( formerly called Falmouth), Maine, who was a daughter of Tristam and Margaret (Patrick) Stevens, born November 20, 1785, and died June 14, 1867, at Portland, Maine. Their children were: i. Ellen, born May 17, 1807. 2. Paul Stevens, born December 27, 1809, at New- buryport, Massachusetts, married, November, 1835, Caroline Blanchard. of Cumberland. Maine, died June, i8gi, at Lock Haven, Penn- sylvania. 2. .Samuel Thompson, born Decem- ber g, 1813, at Newburyport, Alassachusetts, died very young. 3. Elizabeth Titcomb, born May 2, 1816, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, married, 1836, William Edward Short, died February g, 1898, at Portland, Alaine. 4. Margaret .Ann. born July 30, 1818. at New- buryport, Massachusetts, died before reaching twenty years of age. (\TI) Ellen, daughter of Colonel Paul and Eleanor (Stevens) Merrill, was born in New- buryport, May 17, 1807, and died August 17, 1873, at Portland, Maine. She married, Jan- uary 7. 1830, George Simonton Barstow. (See Bar.stow, VI.) There is no surname which sug- S.MlTll gests to the student of history more of interest than Smith. To the Smith the world is indebted chiefly for its progress and accomplishments, for without the smith and his ingenuity in invention and skill in making there could have been little if any civilization. The man\' families of Smiths de- scending from smiths of ability have been among the leaders in progress and culture. Not a few of such are found in New England. (I) Richard Smith, of Ipswich, Massachu- setts, may have been a son of Richard, of Shropham, county Norfolk, England, a short distance from East Harling. Dates of his birth, death, marriage, the name of his wife and the dates of her birth and death are want- ing. In the summary of names of early set- tlers of Ipswich occurs the name Richard Smith, opposite which is the date of settle- ment 1645. His name is found in "The list of those that by law are allowed to have there votes in Town affairs. \'oted to be recorded at the Towne meeting, December th 2nd 1679." In 1678 he was one of those who had the right of commonage. Richard Smith had a difficulty with the officers of the town in 1645 and was so indiscreet as to say, "Though Father, Son & Holy Ghost were against him, yet he had the victory," or to this purpose. For this he was sentenced to "make ac- knowledgement of his blasphemy" or pay a fine in addition to the forty shillings already levied. The house lot. owned by Andrew Hodges in 1646, was sold by .Andrew Burley to Richard Smith, "the house and land for- merly Hodges," one and a half acres, March 24. 1680. (II) Richard (2), son of Richard Smith, was born in Ipswich, about 1642. He mar- ried, November, 1660, Hannah Cheney, of Newbury. fill) John, son of Richard (2) and Han- nah (Cheney) Smith, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1677, and died May 20, 1713. He married, December 4, 1702, Mercy -Adams. (IV) John (2), son of John (i) and Mercy (.Adams) Smith, w'as born in Ipswich, Janu- ary 22, 1707, and died July 11, 1768. He married, in 1728, Hannah Treadwell, and died before 1762. (V) Major Charles, son of John (2) and Hannah (Treadwell) Smith, was born Feb- ruary 24, 1737, and died March 16, 181 5. He married, February 11, 1760. Martha Rogers, of Ipswich, who was born May 12, 1738, and ilied March 6, 1821. I4IO STATE OF iMAINE. ("VI) Nathaniel, son of Major Charles and Martha (Rogers) Smith, was born September 5, 1774, in Derry, New Hampshire, and died in Gloucester, Alassachusetts, November 29, ■1829. He married, January 7, 1799, Anna Kinsman, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who was born in 1775. (VH) Eliza Kilburn, daughter of Nathaniel and Anna (Kinsman) Smith, was born Sep- tember 3, 1802, and died November 22, 1840. She married, in 1825, Frederick Ellsworth Hunt, who was born April 20, 1803, and died about 1840. (See Hunt VI.) The Wheeler family is of WHEELER English origin. J3etween 1620 and 1650 many immi- grants of the name came to America, settling in Virginia, Connecticut and Massachusetts. These were distinguished, at least as far as connection with this country is concerned, and all were of very good stock. The name has figured creditably in both military and civic annals through many generations, and has now living in Maine some very worthy repre- sentatives. (I) Among the earliest in this country was John Wheeler, who came from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, where he was born about 1580. He sailed IMarch 24, 1634, in the "Mary and John," and settled in the town in Massa- chusetts which took its name from his Eng- lish birthplace. He was a farmer and a bar- ber, the profession in that day partaking some- what of that of the surgeon and embodied among other duties those of cupping and leech- ing. He was a member of Salisbury in 1652 and removed to the adjacent town of New- bury, where his wife Ann died August 15, 1662. He survived her about eight years, dy- ing in 1670. His will dated March 28, 1668, and proved October 11, 1670, bequeathed to son David ; to sons John and Adam, of Salis- bury, England; to son William, if he come over to this country ; to Mercy, Elizabeth But- ton and Ann Chase; to Susanna, wife of his son George, and to his children, Mary and Elizabeth : to daughter-in-law Susanna, the land formerly given to her husband George, on which he built. He appointed his son Henry executor. His son David came in the ship "Confidence" in April, 1638, aged eleven. (II) George, son of John and Ann Wheeler, was born about 161 5. in Salisbury, England, and was one of the founders of Concord. Massachusetts, where he settled as earlj as 1638, and perhaps in 1635. His name' ap- pears in various petitions to the general court. and upon the town records to the time of his death, between 1685 and 1687. He v^as se- lectman in 1660 and held many other posi- tions of trust and honor, serving on many committees. He owned land in every part of the town : Brook Meadow, Fairhavens Meadow, the Cranefield, Bywalden, Goose ana Flint's Ponds, on White Pond Plain and on the Sudbury line. He was twice married, but no record of his first wife is obtainable. His second wife, Katherine, died January 2, 1685. He had five children born in England and three in Concord, namely: i. Thomas, married, October 12, 1657, Hannah Harrod. 2. Elizabeth, married, October i, 1656, Fran- cis Fletcher. 3. William, married, October 30, 1659, Hannah Buss. 4. Ruth, married, October 26, 1665, Samuel Hartwell. 5. Han- nah, named in will as daughter Hannah Fletcher. 6. Sarah, born at Concord, March 30, 1640, married, October 26, 1665, Francis Dudley. 7. John, born March 19, 1642-43, see forward. 8. Mary, born September 6. 1645, married, October 26, 1665, Eliphalet Fox. (Ill) John (2), third son of George Wheel- er, was born ]\Iarch 19, 1642-43, in Concord, and died there September 27, 1713. He was admitted a freeman in 1690, and was constable in 1684, when Robert Blood Sr. was fined ten pounds for assaulting him. He was prom- inent in town affairs and was a deacon of the' church and also a sergeant of militia. His house lot was south of the mill pond between the corner of Maine street and the present site of the almshouse adjoining the present site of the Trinitarian meeting house. He was mar- ried, March 25, 1663, to Sarah Larkin, who was born in Concord in 1647, died August 12, 1725, a daughter of Deacon Edward and Jo- anna Larkin. Their children were as follows : I. John, born February 6, 1664. 2. Samuel, July 6, 1665. 3. Sarah, December 12, 1667. 4. Edward, July 17, 1669. 5. Joanna, Decem- ber 21, 1671. 6. Mary, September 15, 1673. 7. Lydia, October 27, 1675. 8. Esther, De- cember I, 1678. 9. Joseph, January 27, 1680. 10. Ebenezer, June 3, 1682. 11. Thankful, tW'in of Ebenezer. 12. Sarah, November 11, 1686. 13. Abigail. December 29, 1689. (IV^) Deacon Samuel, second son of Ser- geant John (2) and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler, was born July 6, 1665, in Concord, where he removed and was an excellent citizen, and died December 20, 1717, during the prevalence of unusual sickness in the community. He was marrierl January 27, 1690, to ^lary Hos- mer, born May 2, 1668, in Concord, daughter of Steven and Abigail (Wood 'I Hosmer. She STATE OF MAINE. 1411 was married December 5, 1721, to John Bel- lows, who was born May 13, 1666, a son of John and Mary (Wood) Bellows, of Marl- boro. She did not long survive this marriage, as John Bellows was married (third) August 30, 1723, to Sarah Johnson. The children of Samuel and Mary Wheeler were: i. Mary, born November 12, 1690. 2. Dorothy, June 2, 1693. 3. Joanna, May 12, 1696. 4. Steven, April 12, 1698, married Ruth Hall, of Charles- town. 5. Jacob, mentioned at length below. (V) Jacob, youngest child of Samuel and Mary (Hosmer) Wheeler, was born June 26, 1702, in Concord, and lived in Southboro for at least twenty years. His subsequent history has not been ascertained. He was married in Marlboro, January 12, 1727, to Amity x-\msden, who was born October 9, 1704, in that town, a daughter of John and Hannah Howe Ams- den. Four of their children are recorded in Southboro, namely: i. John, born February 5, 1732. 2. Jonas, May 10, 1734, married, Jan- uary 22, 1756, Margaret Whitney and settled in Petersham. 3. Joel, mentioned hereinafter. 4. Silas, February 24, 1744, married Sarah Miller and probably removed to New Hamp- shire. (VI) Joel, third son of Jacob and Amity (Amsden) Wheeler, was born January 27, 1743, in Southboro, died in Petershajn, Decem- ber 10, 1814. He settled as a young man at Petersham, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, serving in Captain John King's company in the siege of Boston, 1775, and in Colonel Dike's regiment, 1776-77. He was living in Petersham in 1790, and died there. The records of that town are very meagre. He was married December 19, 1765, to Mary Dudley, who was born December 6, 1740, in Sutton, Massachusetts, died March II, 1810, a daughter of Francis and Sibillah Leland Dole. Their children recorded in Petersham were: i. David, born May 29, 1767. 2. Joel, October 29, 1768. 3. Jacob, mentioned hereinafter. 4. Zeriah. July 2, 1773- 5- Joel, May 9, 1775. died before fif- teen years of age. 6. Dolly, January z"], 1782. (VII) Jacob (2), second son of Joel and Mary Dudley (Dole) Wheeler, was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, September 29, 1771, and died in Corinth. Maine, April 21, 1842. In the fall of 1795 he moved from Petersham to Bangor, Maine, where he re- mained that winter, and in the spring of 1796 moved to Corinth, where he purchased, July 4, 1797, from Robert Campbell, one hundred acres of land, in third range, and the dwellings thereon. In 1803 he built the first frame house in the town, it being built with nails forged by hand, also shaved shingles and shaved clapboards. It was in this house, by his invi- tation, that the early religious services were held, for the town had no church until 1832. He was an industrious and enterprising citizen and was prominent in the affairs of the town and surrounding country. Jacob Wheeler married (first) Azubah Skinner, daughter of Daniel Skinner, one of the early settlers of Corinth. She was born February 29, 1777, and died December 19, 1819. Their children were: i. Polly, born November 14, 1799. 2. Eunice G., February 23, 1802, married Sweet. 3. Harriett, November, 1804. 4. Nel- son, November 28, 1807, died in Exeter, May 21, 1890; he married Abigail B. Hih (see HiU), of Exeter. 5. Carolin, September 19, 181 1, died February 25, 1820. On July 25, 1821, Jacob Wheeler married (second) Abi- gail (Hunting) Bragdon, born May 7, 1784, at New London, New Hampshire, a daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Ordway) Hunting. She died at Corinth in 1850. To Jacob and Abigail (Bragdon) Wheeler was born Feb- ruary 25, 1823, one child, Joseph Bragdon Wheeler, whose sketch follows. She first married Joseph Bragdon, October 21, 1816, who was born May 8, 1784, and died Novem- ber 24, 1819. Three children were born to Joseph and Abigail (Hunting) Bragdon, namely : i. Elbridge H., born January 7, 1812, died April, 1900, at Cambridge, Massachu- setts; married Sarah Marshall. 2. Enoch H., born January 2, 1814, died 1868 in Corinth; married Sarah Skinner. 3. Hannah Ordway, bom March 4, 1817, died 1864; married (first) Ricker, and (second) Reuben Hammonds. (\TII) Joseph Bragdon, only child of Jacob (2) and Abigail (Hunting) (Bragdon) Wheeler, was born in Corinth, ;\iaine, Febru- ary 25, 1823, and died there February 13, 1897. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and at the Charles- town Academy, and later taught more than twenty-five terms of school during the winter months in Corinth and adjacent towns. He was one of the leading men in his town, serv- ing in various town offices, being on the board of selectmen for fifteen years or more. He was enrolling officer at the time of the civil war, and in 1872 he represented his class in the Maine legislature. In politics he was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party. He was a man who took great interest, not only in the affairs of his own town and state, but of the nation. In 1851 he pur- 1412 STATE OF MAIXE. chased of General Isaac Hodsden the farm adjoining his father's on which he spent the remainder of his days. On July 8, 185 1, Jo- seph Bragdon Wheeler married Cordelia A. Hill, fourth daughter of Colonel Francis and Elizabeth (Wason) Hill, of Exeter, Maine (see Hill), who was born at Exeter, Elaine, August 19, 1827, died at Corinth, Elaine, April 20, 1887. Their children were: i. Leslie Hill, mentioned hereinafter. 2. ^lary Ella, born May 19. 1859, died February 2-], 1863. 3. Myra E., born April 2"/, 1865, married Fred E. ^IcCard, of Exeter. Maine, February 6, 1888. They had six children, namely: i. Gladys M., born July 27, 1890; ii. Geneva C, February 2. 1893 : iii. Fred L., October 10, 1894: iv'. Mildred E., October 4. 1898; v. Ger- trude P., December 10, 1900. died February 18, 1904: vi. Joseph L., March 4, 1904. died October 10. 1904. (IX) Leslie Hill, only son of Joseph Brag- don and Cordelia (Hill) Wheeler, was born in Corinth, Maine. August 16, 1854. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He was educated in the common and private schools in his native town. Corrinna Union Academy and Eastern State Normal school at Castine. Maine. Dur- ing the early part of his life he taught some ten terms of school in Penobscot county, and for two years was connected with his uncle, George S. Hill, of Exeter, in mercantile busi- ness. In 1878 he entered the office of his cousin, Dr. Francis X. Wheeler, of Exeter, where he commenced the study of medicine and entered the medical department of Bow- doin College in the class of 1880. graduating in the class of 1882. In October. 1882 he moved to South Brewer. Maine, where he has had an active and successful practice of his profession since that time. He is a member of the Maine Medical Association and the Penobscot County Medical Association. Also examiner in several of the leading old line life insurance companies. He has been interested in the wholesale ice business on the Penobscot for the last twenty years. He married, June 12, 1901. Harriett Chambers Xickerson. of Brewer. Maine, born March 16. 1872. died September 22, 1905. daughter of Charles F. and Annett (Chambers) Xickerson. of Brewer, Maine. Her father. Charles F.. was a de- scendant of one of the pioneers of Brewer. He was sergeant of Company C. Second Maine Regiment. Lnited States Volunteers, in the late civil war. and for many years served as postmaster at South Brewer, Maine. Harriett Chambers Xickerson was educated in the schools of Brewer and graduated from Brewer high school at the age of sixteen years. She was for several years prior to her marriage the successful and popular principal of the South Brewer grammar school. Leslie Hill and Harriett C. (Xickerson) Wheeler have one child, Cordelia Hill Wheeler, born June 6, 1904. This occupative name, now WHEELER obsolete and succeeded by the term wheelwright, is as ancient as the art of making wheels in Britain, and has been used as a cognomen from the "time whereimto the memory of man runneth not to the contrary." The Wheelers were among the pioneer settlers of Massachusetts, and among these pioneers were : John. 1634 : Isaac, 1639; Obadiah. 1638: Thomas. 1636; Thomas, 1639; and others. The history of the town of Concord, where the present line of Wheelers started, states : "This name was originally and has ever been borne by more persons than any other in the town. George, Joseph, and Obadiah were among the first settlers, and Ephraim, Thomas and Timothy came in 1639 and were all heads of families. Tradition says they came from Wales, but it is uncertain. Their descendants have been so numerous, and so many have borne the same christian name, that their genealogy is traced with great difficulty. Among the births re- corded by the town clerk between 1650 and 1670, six bore the name of John Wheeler." (I) George Wheeler, as well as Joseph and Obadiah Wheeler, settled in Concord. Massa- chusetts, by 1635 or 1636. In 1654 Concord was divided into three parts called quarters, and George Wheeler is mentioned as living in the "South Quarter." which contained the land south and southwest of ^lill brook. George Wheeler had eleven acres of land, near which was Joshua Wheeler's lot of fourteen acres. In 1654 George Wheeler had an enlarge of twenty acres, it having been agreed in town meeting ■"'That some particular persons shall have some enlargement who are short in lands, paying I2d per acre, as others have don. and 6d per acre, if the towne consent thereto." In the list of land-owners in the South Quarter is the name of "George Wheeler. 24 lots. 434 acres." George Wheeler seems to have been a man of consequence, and presumably a man of education and judgment, as he was often in- terested in important matters and put on many committees for the transaction of public busi- ness. He was a man of wealth and owned land in every part of the township. Bnx)k Meadow, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranfield. bv STATE OF MAINE. 1413 Walden. Goose and Flint Ponds, on White Pond Plain, on the Sudbury line. etc. His will was dated January, 1685. and probated June 2. 1687. His wife's name was Katherine, but nothing more is known concerning her except that she died in Concord. Januan.- 2, 1684. They had eight children, five of whom were probably born in England, as their births are not recorded here. Their names are : Thomas. Elizabeth. William. Ruth, Hannah, .•^arah. John and Mary. (H) William, third child and second son of George and Katherine Wheeler, was born probably in England, and died in Concord. Massachusetts. December 31. 1683. He mar- ried. October 30. 1659. Hannah Buss, by whom he had Hannah. Rebecca. Elizabeth. William. George. John. Richard and probably others. (HI) George (2). second son of \\"illiam and Hannah ( Buss ) Wheeler, was bom in Concord, in 1674. and died July, 1737. He married (first) August 16. 1695, Abigail Hosmer: (second) December 3, 1719. Abigail Smith. (I\') Peter, son of George (2) and Abi- gail ( Hosmer ) \\'heeler. was born in Con- cord, October 2},. 1704. and died in Holhs. New Hampshire. ^Nlarch 28. 1772. He mar- ried, 1731. Hannah, family name unknown, by whom he had : Lucy. Alice, Ebenezer. Leb- bens, Jemima, in Hollis. and others born earlier in Concord. (,\") Peter (2). son of Peter (i) and Han- nah Wheeler, was born in Concord. Massa- chusetts. December 22. 1732. and died in Temple. New Hampshire, where he resided for many years. He married Mehitable Jew- ett. of Bradford, Massachusetts. March 19, 1 75 1, and had: ;Mehitable. Peter, Samuel, Esther, Hannah. Benjamin. Joseph, Jonathan and Xathan. (\T) Joseph, seventh child and fourth son of Peter (2) and Mehitable ( Jewett) Wheeler, was bom in Hollis. New Hampshire. Novem- ber 13. 1766. and died in Bethel. Maine, April 29. 1829. He removed to Bethel in the fall of 1793. He had previously been there and made a small clearing upon lot 29 in the fifth range. He had a bam thirty-six by forty feet in dimensions built upon it, for which he paid one hundred silver dollars. He was an industrious man and cleared up a large farm which is still in possession of the familv. He married, November 9, 1788. Naomi, daughter of Deacon James and Sarah ( Wellman ) Gro- yer, pioneer settlers of Bethel, who was bom in Mansfield. Massachusetts. September 28. 1770, and died September 2, 1829. The chil- dren of Joseph and Naomi were : Joseph, James. Naomi (died young), Daniel, Benja- min. Jedediah, Peter, Sarah. Joel, Alvah, Eli- jah and Naomi. (\'n) Peter (3). seventh child and sixth son of Joseph and Naomi (Grover) Wheeler, was born in Bethel, Maine. August 27, 1797. He was a life occupant of the old homestead on Grover Hill. "He was an honest and painstaking farmer and a kind and accommo- dating neighbor." He married Phebe Has- kell, of Sweden. Their children were : Caro- line, William M., Peter, Galen and Rowena. (\'ni) Galen, fourth child and third son of Peter ( 3 ) and Phebe ( Haskell ) \\'heeler, was born in Bethel, October 12. 1833. At the age of thirt)-six years he removed to Milan, where he now resides. He has always been a farmer, and by industry and economy has laid by a competence which he has lived to enjo}- after passing his three score and ten. He is a man of broad views, believes in the "square deal." is a Universalist and a Re- publican. He married Frances Ann Harden, who was born in Bethel, December 25, 1837, daughter of Elijah and Betsey S. (Bell) Har- den, or Harding, of Bethel, and is the sec- ond of ten children, named as follows : Han- nah Eliza, Frances Ann, Mary Ellen, George W., Orlando Evander, Cuvier Grover, Abbie M., Lizzie D., \'ictoria B. and Ella A. The children of Galen and Frances A. (Harden* Wheeler are: i. Elwin E., born Januar)- 20, 1857, rnarried Donnie Phipps. and has four children : Ella, Harold, Florence and Herman. 2. Nellie E., November 4. i860, married A. L. Austin, of Riunford, and has two children : Floyd and Lawrence. 3. Frank E.. October 26, 1862, married Minnie . and has two children. Pearl and Ruby. 4. Ernest A., mentioned below. (IX) Ernest Alberto, youngest child of Galen and Frances Ann ( Harden j Wheeler, was bora in Bethel, Maine. April 6, 1866. At three years of age he was removed by his parents to Milan, New Hampshire, where he grew up. He was educated in the public schools of Milan, and graduated from the high school of that place in 1883, a"d later took a course in Shaw's Business College. Portland. He was a clerk in a general store in ^lilan for four years, and then removed to Portland. Maine, in 1S86. and became as- sistant bookkeeper for Emerv", Waterhouse & Company, and filled that place three years. In 1890 he went into the employ of F. and C. B. Nash as a bookkeeper, and in 1894 was made president of the corporation, a place in I4I4 STATE OF MAINE. which he has displayed all the qualifications of a successful business man for fourteen con- secutive years. He votes the Republican ticket, and is a consistent member of the Free Street Baptist Church. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution ; An- cient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Free and Ac- cepted Masons of Portland; Bramhall Lodp:e, No. 3, Knights of Pythias; the Portland Ath- letic and the Century clubs. Ernest A. Wheel- er married, in Portland, June 25, 1890, Lizzie Maria Nash, who was born in Portland, Au- gust 6, 1864, daughter of Charles B. and Julia Maria (Stuart) Nash. Charles B. Nash, born in Raymond, May 24, 1835, is a son of John Nash, whose six children were : Oliver M., Daniel Webster, Freedom, Charles B., Samuel and Mary. Charles B. learned the tinsmith and plumbing business, and in 1856 started in trade for himself at Ex- change and Fore streets, Portland, where he carried on business until 1889. Charles B. succeeded his uncle in trade, and the store now occupied by Mr. Wheeler has been oc- cupied by members of the Nash family for seventy-five years. Charles B. Nash was a member of the Free Street Baptist Church, the Veteran Firemen, the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. The chil- dren of Charles B. and Julia M. ( Stuart j Nash are : Lizzie M., Maria J., Edward H. ; the latter married Katherine Bradford. The children of Ernest A. and Lizzie M. (Nash) Wheeler are: Philip West, born January 28, 1894; Paul Stuart, December 12, 1900; Ruth Frances, July 14, 1902. Stubbs is an ancient English STUBBS surname and the family has been prominent in Durham, Hert- fordshire, Lincolnshire and London. The coat-of-arms : Sable on a bend or between three pheons argent as many round buckles gules. Crest : A demi-eagle displayed argent holding in the beak an acorn slipped vert fructed or. The name is also spelled Stubs and Stubbes, even at the present time, in Eng- land. There were two early immigrants of the name, Richard, mentioned below, and Joshua, who settled in Watertown, was ad- mitted a freeman May 2, 1649: married Abi- gail; Benjamin died at Charlestown about 1655- (I) Richard Stubbs, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and was one of the first planters at Hull, Massachusetts. He was mentioned in the records of the general court, May 20, 1642. He married, March 3, 1659, Margaret Reed. He married (second) Eliza- beth , who survived him. His will was dated May 22, 1677, and proved June 21, 1677, bequeathing to his wife during her life or until she should marry again, his four children, who were not mentioned by name, to have portions when they came of age. Chil- dren : Richard, mentioned below, and three other children, probably daughters. (H) Richard (2), son of Richard (i) Stubbs, was born in Hull about 1660. He suc- ceeded to the homestead at Hull and appears to have lived there all his life. He married Rebecca . Children, born at Hull: i. Richard, January 10, 1692, mentioned below. 2. William, March 30, 1694. 3. Luke, July 5, 1696. 4. Experience, April 6, 1698. 5. Mar- garet, January 22, 1700. 6. Benjamin, March 2, 1701-02. 7. James, March 2, 1701-02 (twin). 8. Samuel, November 22, 1704. 9. Rebecca, November 18, 1707. 10. John, May 12, 1710. (IH) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Stubbs, was born at Hull, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 10, 1692, died there before 1751. He married, about 1716, Jael . He mar- ried (second) 1748, Rhoda (Chandler) Rus- sell, widow of James Russell. He resided at Hull, but late in life removed to North Yar- mouth, Maine. Children, born at Hull: i. Richard, July 19, 1717, died July 5, 1785. 2. Mary, July 13, 1718, married Nathaniel Locke. 3. Jonathan, baptized July 16, 1732. 4. Han- nah, born October 21, 1722, died November 30, 1797; married, 1744, Philip Greeley; mar- ried (second) June 22, 1749, Jonathan Under- wood. 5. Jael, December 26, 1724, died Octo- ber 9, i8og; married John Farrow. 6. Re- becca, married (intention dated September 14) 1 75 1, Peter Dunbar. 7. Sarah, married (in- tention dated December 26, 1742) Joseph Brown, who died November 7, 1746. (IV) Richard (4), son of Richard (3) Stubbs, was born in Hull, July 19, 1717, died July 5, 1785. He settled in North Yarmouth, Maine. He married (intention dated October ^3' 1739) Mercy Brown, who died 1795. Chil- dren, born and baptized at Yarmouth, Maine : I. William, baptized October 11, 1741. 2. Susannah, baptized January 23, 1743. 3. Richard, born October 21, 1744, soldier in the revolution. 4. Abner, born about 1748 or 1752, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, baptized April 15, 1750, soldier in the revolution. 6. John, baptized July 18, 1756. 7. Moses, bap- tized May 28, 1758, dismissed from the North Yarmouth to the Cumberland church, October I, 1795. 8. Mercy, baptized August 3, 1760. /uJxi^ //• ^i:.^U^ STATE OF MAINE. 1415 9. Anna, baptized November 7, 1762. Per- haps others. (V) Abner, son of Richard (4) Stubbs, was born about 1748 or 1752 in North Yarmouth, Maine. He was a soldier in the revohition, a corporal in Captain George Rogers' com- pany, transferred from the second Cumberland county company to work on the fort at Fal- mouth, November, 1775. He removed to Cum- berland (formerly part of Yarmouth) after the revolution. Children, born at North Yar- mouth and baptized there September 15, 1782: William, mentioned below ; Reuben, Ann. (VI) William, son of xA.bner Stubbs, was born in Cumberland, then or formerly North Yarmouth, Maine, October 25, 1776, died in Fayette, Maine, September, 1813. He mar- ried Sarah Morse, September 19, 1802. Chil- dren, born at Cumberland or Fayette, i\Iaine : Abner, Emily, Philip Morse, mentioned below ; Martha. (VII) Philip Morse, son of Wilham Stubbs, was born in Fayette, Maine, 1804, died Au- gust 26, 1876. His father died when he was seven years old, and he went to school winters and helped on the farm summers. He at- tended the Livermore and Farmington Acad- emy and then taught school. He studied law with Judge Washburn, of Livermore, and Judge Preston, of Norridgewock, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1831. In 1832 he settled in Strong, Maine, and began the practice of his profession in the same building in which he retained his office the remainder of his life. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican, and was judge of probate for Franklin county for fourteen years. He was one of the builders of the Leeds & Farming- ton railroad, and was also connected with the Androscoggin Railroad Company. He also was largely interested in real estate. He was a charter member of the Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons at Phillips, Maine, and was its second master. He married, 1835, Julia A. Eastman, born in Strong, April 2, 1815, died November 3, 1887; (see Eastman family herewith). Children: i. Emma J., born De- cember 7, 1836, died i860. 2. Philip Henry, April 7, 1838, mentioned below. 3. Dr. George E., December 30, 1839, married Annie Bell and resides in Philadelphia. 4. John Francis, May 30, 1845, died at the age of three, Au- gust 20, 1848. (VIII) Hon. Philip Henry, son of Judge Philip M. Stubbs, was born in Strong, April 7, 1838. He received his early education in the public schools and prepared for college at the Farmington Academy. He graduated from Bowdoin College in i860. He began the study of law in his father's office, and at- tended the Harvard Law School, graduating in 1863. He was admitted to the bar the same year, and began the practice of law soon after in the office with his father, and has continued in the same place ever since. He is justice of the peace and notary public, and has served as school superintendent of Strong. He is an active Republican, and has served two terms as county attorney, from 1870 to 1876, and two terms as state senator, 1883 to 1886, when he was chairman of the committee of legal affairs. Since 1884 he has held the office of treasurer of the Franklin & Megantic rail- road, and is one of the directors. He was also a director of the Sandy River railroad, built in 1878. He was instrumental in having the narrow guage railroad built from Farm- ington. He also has large real estate in- terests. He is a member of the Congregational church, and of the Blue Mountain Lodge of Free ]Masons at Phillips, Maine. He mar- ried, June 2, 1868, Julia Augusta Goff, born March 10, 1844, daughter of Dana and Abby (Baker) Goff, of Auburn, Maine. Her father was a railroad man. Her mother was a native of Yarmouth, and died January 6, 1846. Chil- dren of Philip H. and Julia A. Stubbs: i. Emma A., married Rev. Roscoe W. Peterson, of Cornish, Maine. 2. Philip D., graduated at Bowdoin in 1895; read law with his father; admitted to bar in 1898; now practicing at Strong with his father. 3. Annie B., married Dr. C. W. Bell, of Strong. 4. Richard H., a physician in Augusta, Maine ; married Ethe- lyn Hope Burleigh, youngest daughter of Hon. Edwin Chick Burleigh of Augusta (see Bur- leigh sketch). 5. Robert Goff, now attending Bowdoin College. The surname Eastman is EASTMAN synonymous with Easterling. A native of the Hanse towns or of the east of Germany was known as an "easterling." In mediaeval times merchants trading with the English in that quarter were known as mercatores esternses. The surname Eastman is also synonymous with Eastmond, Estmond, Easemond, Easman and Esmond. A branch of this Eastman family came early to the Barbadoes. The only coat-of-arms of the Eastman family is : Gules the dexter chief point an escutcheon argent charged with a lion rampant. The Eastman genealogv gives the abstract of will of John Eastman, of Rom- sey, Southampton, England, dated September 24, 1602, and proved October 22, 1602, pro- I4I6 STATE OF MAINE. viding for his burial there and bequeatliing to sons Roger and John and daughters EUzabeth and Margaret, all minors. (I) Roger Eastman, immigrant ancestor, was born in Wales in 161 1, and died in Sims- bury, Massachusetts, December 16, 1694. He came from Langford, Wiltshire, England, sailing from Southampton in April, 1638, in the ship "Confidence," John Jobson, master, registered as servant of John Saunders. He was the ancestor of all the old families of New England bearing this surname. The name was often spelled Easman and Easmen. He settled in Salisbur)-, Massachusetts, where he received land in the first division, 1640- 43. He contributed to the minister's ta.x in 1650 eight shillings, three pence. The fam- ily became numerous in the second generation in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, and later extended to all parts of the country. I\lr. Eastman was a house carpenter by trade. He was a proprietor of Salisbury in 1639. He deposed, April 11, 1671, that he was aged si.xty years, and his wife Sarah on the same day deposed that she was aged about fifty. He died December 16, 1694. His will was dated June 26, 1691, and proved March 27, 1695. His widow Sarah died March 11, 1697-98. He married Sarah Smith, born 1621. Children, born at Salis- bury: I. John, January 9, 1640. 2. Nathan- iel, March 18, 1643. 3. Philip, October 20, 1644. 4. Thomas, September 11, 1646. 5. Timothy, September 29, 1648. 6. Joseph, No- vember 8, 1650. 7. Benjamin, December 12, 1652. 8. Sarah, July 25, 1655. 9. Samuel, September 20, 1657, mentioned below. 10. Ruth, January 21, 1661. (H) Samuel, son of Roger Eastman, was born at Salisbury, September 20, 1657, died February 27, 1725. He was admitted a free- man in 1690 and took the oath of allegiance in 1677. He removed from Salisbury to Kingston about 1720, and was dismissed from the Salisbury church to the church in Iving- ston, September 26, 1725. He received a grant of land from the town. He married (first) November 4, 1686, Elizabeth Scriven, who was baptized and admitted to the church at Salisbury, October 8, 1690. He married (sec- ond) September 17, 1719, Sarah Fifield, who died at Kingston, August 3, 1726. Children, all by first wife: i. Ruth, born January 5, 1688. 2. Elizabeth, December i, 1689, mar- ried, December 10, 1713, Thomas Fellows. 3. Mary, January 4, 1691, married, November 4, 1714, John P.urley. 4. Sarah, April 3, 1694. 5. Samuel. January 5, 1695-96. 6. Joseph, January 6, 1697, married Patience Smith. 7. Ann, Alay 22, 1700. 8. Ebenezer, January 11, 1701. 9. Thomas, January 21, 1703. 10. Tim- othy, March 29, 1706. 11. Edward. ?iiarch 30, 1708, married, January 21. 1730, Deborah Graves. 12. Benjamin, July 13, 1710. (HI) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Eastman, was born at Salisbury, January 11. 1701, died at Kingston, February 16, 1746. He resided at Kingston. He married. May 5, 1726, Mary Sleeper, widow. Children, baptized at King- ston : I. Samuel, May 7, 1727, mentioned be- low. 2. Edward, February 25, 1732, married, May 12, 1758, Anna Judkins. 3. Mary, .Au- gust 25, 1734. 4. Hannah, May 3, 1741. (I\') Samuel (2), son of Ebenezer East- man, was baptized at Kingston. May 7, 1727. died in 1799. He was a town officer at King- ston, where he resided until 1761, when he removed to Pittston, Maine. He was the builder of the bridge at Togus, Maine. He married, September 8, 1748. .\bigail Hubbard. Children: i. Dolly, married Christopher Jack- son. 2. Elizabeth, died August 13, 1790; mar- ried David Lawrence. 3. Mary, born 1758. unmarried. 4. Benjamin, born C)ctober 27, 1761, mentioned below. 5. Hattie, born 1764. married Stephen Rowe, a Quaker. 6. Samuel, born 1767, married Sally Stevens and resiiled in Gardiner, Maine. 7. Hubbard, born 1770, died August, 1843. (\") iienjamin, son of Samuel (2) East- man, was born at Kingston, New Hampshire. October 27, 1761, and died at Strong, Maine, July 14, 1831. He married, February 6, 1783, Ann Carr Barker, born at Fort Weston, Au- gusta, Maine, September 8, 1766, died at Strong, March 29, 1852, daughter of John and Cirance (Wright) Barker, formerly of Hanover, Massachusetts. Her father and grandfather owned and worked a foundry for casting bells, at Hanover, and during the revo- lution cast cannon for the army. The works were destroyed by fire and the family re- moved to Maine. Mrs. Eastman was grand- daughter of Ann Carr, daughter of Sir John Carr, who was son of Sir Robert Carr, ap- pointed one of the four commissioners to settle the controversy between Connecticut and Mas- sachusetts as to the ownershin of Rhode Island. The decision was rendered by Charles H at Warwick, April 4. 1665. Caleb Carr, probably son of Sir Robert Carr, was elected governor of Massachusetts in May, 1695, and died in office. Benjamin Eastman resided in Dresden, Mount \'ernon and .Avon, Maine. .A. Benjamin Eastman, given as of Hawkes, a nearby village, was in the revolution in 1775. STATE OF MAINE. 1417 Children, all born in Mount N'ernon except the last, who was born at Avon: i. Samuel, October 27, 1784, mentioned b^low. 2. Su- sannah, January 18, 1786, died in Charleston, August 21, 1863; married David Stimson. 3. Nancy, February 6, 1788, died July 12, 1873: married Lemuel Ueland. 4. Martha, April 20, 1790, died in Ohio, February 9, 1862; mar- ried Ephraim Stevens. 5. Violelta, July 31, 1792, died in Strong, May 11, 1881 ; married Benjamin Hitchcock. 6. Benjamin, March 23, 1794, died October 6, 1800. 7. John, April 2, 1796, die^^8. Plis house was on the west side of Brushy Hill, northeast of the road where Shadrach Wade resided a genera- tion ago. In 1657 he was licensed to keep an ordinary or tavern in Scituate. He died in 1683, at an advanced age. Jonathan and Richard Wade, pioneers to Massachusetts, were probably his brothers. Children, born in Scituate or England: i. John. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Elizabeth, married Marmaduke Stevens and was divorced in 1679 because Stevens already had two wives. 5. Joseph, was killed in the Rehoboth battle in King Philip's war. 6. Hannah. 7. Nicholas. 8. Jacob, lived in Scituate, left no family. (II) Thomas, son of Nicholas Wade, was born in Scituate about 1650. He settled in Bridgewater, ^Massachusetts, in 1680. and some of his children were born there. He bought the farm of Samuel Staples at Bridgewater, near Nippemicket Pond, in 1693. He mar- ried, in 1672, Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis. He died in 1726. Children, born at Scituate: i. Jacob, 1673, settled in Scituate. 2. Joseph, 1675, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, 1678. 4. Thomas, 1680, resided in Bridgewater. Born at Bridgewater : Han- nah, 1682, married Edward Lathrop. 6. Icha- bod, 1685, resided at Bridgewater. 7. Moses, 1689. resided at Bridgewater. 8. Deborah, 1691, married Jonathan Phinney, of Middle- borough. 9. Rachel, 1692, married, 1731, Israel Alger. (III) Joseph, son of Thomas Wade, was born in Scituate, Massachuetts, in 1675. He settled in his native town. He married there in 1705 Ruth Gannett. Children, born at Scituate: i. Ruth, 1706. 2. Elizabeth, 1708. 3. Joseph, 1710, mentioned below. 4. Jacob, 1712, married, 1734, Rachel Turner. 5. Issa- char, 1714, married, 1750, Thankful Merritt. 6. Zebulon, 17 16, married, 1744, IMercy Nor- ton. 7. Sarah, 1719. 8. Simeon, 1722, mar- ried, 1750, Eunice Studley. (IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Wade, was born in Scituate in 1710. He married Rachel Turner and among their children was Abner, mentioned below. A (V) Abner, son of Joseph (2) Wade, was " born in Scituate, [Massachusetts, November 14, 1746. He served eight years and eight months in the revolutionary army, attaining the rank of captain. He was nearly if not quite all the time under the immediate command of Gen- eral W'ashington. He married Widow Hope- still Bradford, and among their children was Turner, mentioned below. (\T) Turner, son of Abner Wade, was born in Woolwich. Maine, September 23, 1789. He lived at Woolwich, Maine. Married Hannah Carlton Farnham, of W'oolwich ; children : Jane Farnham, Abner Turner, Abigail Ever- STATE OF MAINE. 1421 son, Joshua Farnham, Eben Delano, Hannah Carlton and Hannah Farnham. (VH) Captain Abner Turner, son of Tur- ner Wade, was born November i, 1817. He followed the sea ; for many years was captain of large sailing vessels going from Bath, Maine, to Europe. He was not a church mem- ber, but prominent in church work. He was a Democrat; served two terms in the legisla- ture. He was a member of the Masonic or- der. He married Sarah Elizabeth Ayer, born June 20, 1820, daughter of Moses and Lydia (Hale) Ayer, of Sangerville, Maine. She was born in Norway, Maine, and later, until her marriage resided in Bangor, Maine. Chil- dren, born in Sangerville, Maine: i. Sarah Sophia, July 26, 1844. 2. Josephine Matilda, June 29, 1845, married John Franklin Hughes (see Hughes IV). 3. Abner Russell, March 12, 1847. 4- Charles Calvin, May 22, 1852. 5. Jennie Farnham, July 4, 1855. 6. Anne Hale, January 3, 1857, married I. A. Sutherland; children: Clarence Hale, Margaret Ayer and Elizabeth Wade Sutherland. 7. Bertha Alice, July 15, 1859. The name is given as of HASKELL Welsh origin in Arthur's "Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names," and it is com- monly spelled Hascal, Hascall, Hascol, Has- coll, Haskol, Haskall, Haskel, Haskil, HaskiU, Haskal, Haskall, Haskul, Haaskull, Hasghal, Haschall, Haskill and Haskell. The deriva- tion of this name is from "hasg," a place of rushes, in a low sedgy place, and "hall," or "hayle," a marsh or moor giving the name the signification ; a place of rushes in the marsh or "the sedgy place," and no doubt this name was first given to a family or tribe dwelling in a marshy place. "It would be difficult," says Ulysses G. Has- kell, a genealogical writer, "to find among the early settlers of New England a single family whose genealogy would interest more persons than that of the Haskell family, and as yet there has been but little attempt made to pre- serve any information relating thereto. The first settlers of the name in America appear to have been the three brothers, Roger, Will- iam and Mark, the patriarch heads of the family in this country. Roger was the eldest and Alark the youngest of the two who prob- ably came to New England together from Bristol. England, as early as 1637, for they are all three found to have been very early settlers in that part of Salem which is now Beverly." * * * "The second brother, William Haskell, is the ancestor of most of the Has- kells in this country. His posterity is believed to be much more numerous than that of any other of the early settlers of Gloucester, where he permanently resided. A large number are still to be found in that place and large num- bers are scattered abroad over the country. From this prolific stock emigrants have gone forth who, whether they braved the dangers and hardships of pioneer life in the forests of Maine, or sought a kinder soil than their own more settled regions, or engaged in handicraft and trades in the marts of business, have gen- erally sustained the character of usefulness and respectability which the family has always borne in its more ancient seat." (I) "Willam Haskell, the first of the name to settle in Gloucester, then called Cape Ann, Massachusetts, was born in England in 161 7, came to New England about 1637 with his brothers Roger and Mark, with whom he at first settled in the part of Salem, now Beverly, then known as Cape Ann Side, and subse- quently became a permanent resident of Gloucester, where he died August 20, 1693, leaving an estate valued at £548, 02s. He first appears in Gloucester in 1643, and in 1645 mention is made of the land at Planters Neck where he probably resided for a few years following the latter date, but the information obtained from the recorded births of his chil- dren affords room for the conjecture that he was not a permanent resident from that time. If, however, he left town for a season, he had returned in 1656, and settled on the westerly side of Annisquam, where he had several pieces of land, among which was a lot of ten acres with a house and barn thereon bought of Richard Window, situated on the westerly side of Walker's Creek. His two sons took up land on both sides of this creek which is still occupied by his descendants. He was a mariner, and was engaged in the fishing business, and was known as captain and lieu- tenant. The public offices to which he was chosen afford sufficient proof that he was a prominent and useful citizen. He was select- man several years and a representative to the general court six times in the course of twenty years. In 1661 he was appointed by the gen- eral court lieutenant of the "trayned band' of which he was afterwards captain. It is stated that in 1688 'some feeble but magnanimous efforts of expiring freedom were exhibited in the refusal of several towns to assess the taxes which the governor. Sir Edmond An- dros, as Council of New England, had levied upon them. One of these towns was Glouces- 1422 STATE OF MAINE. ter, seven of whose citizens, namely : William Haskell, Sen., James Stevens, Thomas Riggs, Sen., Thomas Millett, Jeffrey Parsons, Timo- thy Somers and William Sargent, Sen., were fined by the Superior Court at Salem for the non-compliance of the town with a warrant for the assessment of those 'odious taxes' in 1688. The first five were selectmen and Som- ers was constable. All but Somers were fined forty shillings, with three pounds and a shil- ling added as fees. Somers was let off on payment of fees only. In 1681 he was one of the petitioners to the King, praying for the Crown's interposition to prevent the dis- turbance of titles to real estate at Gloucester by Robert Mason, who had made claims there- to. At the General Court 1685 one Grace Dutch was appointed administrator of her husband Osmond Dutch 'with the advice and assistance Lieutenant William Haskell.' " He was also one of the firm of two of whom we have any knowledge, who were deacons of the first church at Gloucester. He married, No- vember 16, 1643, Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot who died four days before her hus- band, by whom he had the following children : William, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Ruth, Mark, Sarah, Elinor and Mary. Generations after the death of William Haskell various of his descendants settled in the then wilderness of the province of Maine, and from them have sprung most of those in this state of the name of Haskell. (II) Jabez Haskell, probably a descendant of William Haskell, the immigrant, was a citi- zen of New Gloucester, an enterprising man, who carried on a successful business as farmer and miller. Politically he was a Democrat, and both he and his wife were liberal in their religious belief. He married Nancy Chipman, of Poland, who died August 29, 1848. The\- had five children. (III) Captain I\Ioses M., third son of Jabez and Nancy (Chipman) Haskell, born 1804, died June 22. 1849. He succeeded to his father's occupations, which he carried on throughout his life in New Gloucester. He was liberal in religious faith, in politics an excellent Democrat, and was for years a cap- tain in the militia. He married (first) Sarah Merrill, of New Gloucester, daughter of Will- iam Merrill. She died, leaving one child, Mary A. He married (second) Polenah S. Mclntyre, born June, 1809, died April 12, 1877. By his wife Polenah S. he had two children : Charles A. and Sydney H. (IV) Charles Augustine, son of Moses M. and Polenah S. (Mclntyre) Haskell, was born in New Gloucester, May 13, 1836. After leaving the district schools where he acquired his education, he learned the trade of horse- shocr and followed that calling six years in New Gloucester. In 1866 he bought a farm of one hundred and forty acres, in Windham, where he has since resided. Forty acres of this he has put in a high state of cultivation, £ and is successfully engaged in general farm- " ing. His specialty has been dairying and but- ter-making, all his butter being taken by spe- cial customers in Portland. In religious faith and political views he has followed his pa- ternal ancestors. As a Democrat he has been staunch and influential in his town, and was elected to the board of selectmen in 1874-75, serving as chairman the latter year, and again in 1901-02-03. In 1876 he was nominated as a candidate for representative of the state legislature, but was defeated by seven votes. In i8gi he served as collector of the town of Windham. Charles A. Haskell married, April 14, 1863, Hannah Allen Libby. born March 29. 1838, daughter of Elias and Eliza- beth (Hawkes) Libby, of Windham. (See Libby \'1I.) They are the parents of four children: i. Frederick Lincoln, born New Gloucester, September 12, 1865, married, No- vember 19, 1887, Jessie A. Le Grow, of Wind- ham ; they have two children : Walter Everett, born Windham, January 15, 1889, and Wini- fred Hannah, Cumberland, August 2, 1895. 2. Ella Florence, born Windham, October 30, 1867, is wife of Eugene Brooks Lamb, of Naples ; they have one child, Luella May, born Windham, May 29, 1894. 3. Frank H., has extended mention below. 4. Alta Gertrude, born Windham, March i, 1875, married Will- iam Jordon Cooke, of Casco, and lives in Casco ; they have two children : Alice Ger- trude, born in Casco, May 22, 1900, and Helen Elizabeth, born in Poland, March 23, 1903. (V) Frank Herbert, second son of Charles A. and Hannah A. (Libby) Haskell, was born in Windham, July i, 1871, was educated in the common schools, at Bridgton Academy, from which he graduated in 1890; and at Bo\\doin College, where he took the degree of A. B. in 1895. In 1897 he entered upon the study of law in the office of Isaac L. Elder, in Portland, and was admitted to the bar at the completion of his studies, 1899. In .April of that year he opened an office in Portland, and from that time to the present has devoted himself to his profession with a degree of dili- gence that has placed his name among those of the young lawyers whose future seems as- sured with more than the ordinary measure of STATE OF AIAINE. 1423 success. In 1895 he was elected a member of the school board for two years ; from i8g6 to 1900 he was collector of taxes, and in 1901-02 was representative of Windham in the state legislature. In political affiliation he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Square Universalist Church. He was made a Mason in Presum- scot Lodge, No. 127, in Windham, April 25, 1896, and is now a past master. He is also a member of Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. i, Port- land Council, No. i, and Deering Chapter, No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star. Also of Rocky Hill Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias, Woodfords. His club membership includes the Portland, the Deering and the C men and respected by his superiors. In war he stood amid the din and smoke of battle ; in peace he lived in the plaudits of his country- men and secure in the decorations he had won. He died at a serene old age, leaving to his posterity a name they can mention with par- donable pride. He married Abiah Merrill, July, 1776, a few days after our independence was declared, and his rejoicings were of a two- fold character, the freedom of his country in which he had taken a no inconspicuous part and his marriage. Their children were : Mary, Levi, Eunice, Elizabeth, Abigail, David and Sarah. Major Bradish died in 1818. (VI) David (2), youngest son of Major David (i) and Abiah (Merrill) Bradish, was born in Portland. He had a son Martin. (\'I1) Martin, son of David (2) Bradish, was born in Portland, i\Iay 2, 1815, the month before the battle of Waterloo. He removed to Eastport and conducted a bakery. He mar- ried Louisa, daughter of Calvin Gilson, of Buckfield, Maine, and had two boys, Martin, and Walter F., the subject of the ne.xt para- graph. (VIII) Walter F., second son of Martin and Louisa (Gilson) Bradish, was born in Eastport, September 7, 1844. While still a pupil in the public schools, embued with the martial spirit of his great-grandfather, Walter F. enlisted in Company I, Twenty-Eighth Maine Regiment, and served in the Nineteenth Army Corps under General Banks in the siege of Port Hudson, and Fort Donaldson. Louisi- ana. Private Bradish was in General T. W. Sherman's division, General Nickerson's bri- gade. The battle was fought May 27, 1863, and the position of the Twenty-eighth was on the extreme left of the L'nion line. He par- ticipated in the charge of Nickerson's men at two o'clock in the afternoon in which the bri- gade was terribly cut up. It was at this battle that General Neal Dow was wounded. After his return from the front he engaged in the bakery business with his father and event- ually bought him out. Mr. Bradish is a mem- ber of the board of trade of Eastport ; Eastern Lodge, No. 7, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Eastport Royal Arch Chapter, No. 10; St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Tem- plar ; of Kora Temple, Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, and has been advanced eigh- teen degrees in the consistory of Scottish Rite ]\Iasonry. He was charter member of East- port Lodge, No. 880, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and belongs to Meade STATE OF MAINE. 1437 Post. No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Bratlish has served on the board of edu- cation and votes the Republican ticket. He is liberal in his religious belief and friendly to- ward all. He married Frances R. Swett, of Eastport, and she was killed in the railroad accident at Atlantic City, October 28, 1906. Mr. Bradish married (second) Rena Spoor, of Coxsackie, New York. The children of Walter F. and Frances R. (Swett) Bradish were christened and born as follows: i. Ar- thur Jefferson, May 4, 1871, died May 22, 1908. 2. Scott Philson, April 6, 1873, mar- ried Mary McCulloch, of Calais, Maine. 3. Frank Lester, January 20, 1875, married Ethel Calder, of Campobello, New Brunswick. 4. Ralph Walter, February 12. 1880, married Nancy Conklin, of Somerville. Massachusetts. 5. antl 6. Murray Swett and Donald Dunbar (twins). There are various traditions LARR-A-BEE relative to the origin of the Larrabees of America, all resting upon inconclusive evidence. That the name is of French origin is little doubted, and that the famfly is of Huguenot extraction is generally credited, but nothing is definitely known as to who was the immigrant ancestor of any of the various families of Larrabee, or when the "settler" came to these shores. For a portion of the following account of the family, credit is due to G. T. Ridlon's "Saco \'alley Settlements and Families.'" (i) Stephen Larrabee is stated in a petition by Isaac Larrabee, of Lynn, Massachusetts, dated March 6, 1732, to be the father of sons named Stephen, William, John, Thomas, Sam- uel, Isaac. Benjamin, Ephraim, and a daugh- ter Jane. The same names, with the addition of the name of Hannah as the daughter of Jane, are mentioned in the will of William Larrabee, of Maiden, Massachusetts, made October 24, 1692, in which they are men- tioned as "loving kinsmen and kinswomen." (II) Thomas, evidently the fourth son of Stephen Larrabee, seems to have removed from Maiden, Massachusetts, to North Yar- mouth, Maine. The year 1660 is given as the date of his birth. He owned land in Scar- borough in 1 68 1, was a resident as early as 1683, but when the war with the Indians broke out in 1686 he fled with the other inhabitants of that district to Kittery or Portsmouth, and there some of his children were born and mar- ried. In 1720, soon after the second settle- ment of Scarborough, Thomas Larrabee re- turned to his plantation, was present at the meeting for the organization of the town government in 1720, and resided in the town two years, next following, and April 19, 1723, with his son Anthony was killed by the In- dians while at work in a field at some dis- tance from his house. The place where they were at work was called the ten-acre home lot. They were buried on the west side of the Block Point road, not far from the scene of the tragedy. Thomas Larrabee was an in- dustrious citizen and highly esteemed. The names of seven persons supposed to be his children are given, as follows : Anthony, Eleanor. Thomas, Jane, Hannah, John and Benjamin. (Hi) Benjamin, seventh child and fourth son of Thomas Larrabee, lived on Pleasant Hill in Scarborough. He died December 17, 1763, in the sixty-third year of his age, and was buried in Block Point cemetery. He mar- ried, December 4, 1724, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Johnson, of Kittery. She died December 26, 1789, in the eighty-si.xth year of her age. They had eight children ; William, Sarah, Elizabeth. Hannah, Lydia, Benjamin, Miriam and Jonathan. (IV) Benjamin (2), sixth child and sec- ond son of Benjamin (i) and Sarah (John- son) Larrabee, was born ]May 23, 1740, and died April 17, 1829. He was a patriot sol- dier and the "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sail- ors in the War of the Revolution" contains the following record of him : "Captain ; engaged July I, 1775; service, 6 months 16 days, on seacoast in Cumberland County ; also, official record of a ballot by the House of Represen- tatives, dated February 5, 1776: said Larrabee chosen second major, Col. Jonathan Mitchell's ( Second Cumberland County ) regiment of Massachusetts ]Militia ; appointment concurred in by Council February 7, 1776; reported com- missioned Feb. 7, 1776." He was a man of action and a leader among his townsmen. He married, July 28, 1778, Hannah Skillings, who died September 26, 1828, aged eighty-one. The children were: Hannah, Benjamin and Joseph. (V) Benjamin (3), the elder of the two sons of Benjamin (2) and Hannah (Skil- lings) Larrabee, was born June 24, 1781, and died February 25, 1823. He was a pros- perous farmer in Scarborough, a wel? in- formed and popular man, and served as select- man and represented his town in the legisla- ture. He married, October 10, 1805, Susanna Libby, who was born in Scarborough, Novem- ber 16, 1784, daughter of Seth and Lydia (Jordan) Libby. She died May 17, 1846, 1438 STATE OF MAINE. aged sixty-two years. They had seven chil- dren: Mary, Jolin, Benjamin, Seth L., Han- nah, Jordan L. and Albion K. P. (VI) Benjamin (4), second son of Ben- jamin (3) and Susanna (Libby) Larrabee, was born in Scarborough, August 8, 1810, died in Portland, August 2, 1874. He was a car- penter and settled in Portland about 1834; he passed the remainder of his life there. He was a Democrat in political faith and was customs inspector at Portland from 1852 to i860. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church, and is spoken of as a very worthy man. He married, October 4, 1836, Harriet Jane Pearson, born in 1817, died in Portland, July 22, 1841, daughter of George H. and Harriet (Rice) Pearson. They had one child, George H. P., whose sketch fol- lows. (VII) George Henry Pearson, only child of Benjamin (4) and Harriet Jane (Pearson) Larrabee, was born in Portland, January 31, 1841. He is a farmer and lumber surveyor, and resides at Pride's Corner. He is a mem- ber of the Free Masons. He votes the Re- publican ticket, but has never held or sought public office. He married (first) July 30, 1862, Jane Boyes Phillips, born in Portland, August 18, 1841, died June 3, 1877, daughter of Warren and Mary (Parker) Phillips, of Portland. He married (second) July 16, 1878, Ella Margaretta Everett, born in Bath, Maine, May 25, 1847, daughter of Timothy and Sarah L. (Hudson) Everett, of Bath. Mr. Everett followed the sea for many years, was a master mariner, and sailed principally to South America, Australia and India. The children of George H. P. and Jane Boyes (Phillips) Larrabee were: Harriet Jane and Elizabeth P. Harriet J., born May 17, 1863, graduated from the Portland high school in 1883, and married Frederick A. Tompson (see Tompson IX). Elizabeth P. died in in- fancy. Mr. Larrabee's children by his sec- ond wife are: i. George P., born in Scarboro, June 23, 1881, is a druggist in Presque Isle, Maine ;" he married Mary Collins. 2. Winni- fred S., born Westbrook, July 8, 1885, mar- ried Harold V. Goodhue. 3. Sarah E., born Westbrook, September 21, 1886. 4. Lena, born Westbrook, April 3, 1888. (VI) Jordan L., sixth child and fourth son of Benjamin (3) and Susanna (Libby) Lar- rabee, was born in Scarborough, June 4, 1818, died April 8, 1884. He was a farmer and also engaged in carpentering. He was intel- ligent and honorable and served his towns- men several years as a member of the board of selectmen. Pie married, November 9, 1849, Caroline F. Beals, born November 28, 1826, daughter of Benjamin and Francis (Leonard) Beals, of Leeds. She died July 2, 1907, aged eighty years. Two children were born of this union : Albion W^ and Seth L. Albion W. was born August 20, 1852, took a course in medicine at Dartmouth Medical College, from which he graduated in 1873, practiced his profession in Saco and Scarborough, and died in the latter town September 29, 1892. He married, in Boston, October 11, 1873, Susan Brown, of Portland, who survives him. (Vll) Seth L., second son of Jordan L. and Caroline F. (Beals) Larrabee, was born in Scarborough, January 22, 1855. His boy- hood was passed on the ancestral homestead, about equally divided between attending the district school and in the performance of the labor necessary on the farm. Later he fitted for college in Westbrook Seminary, from which he graduated in 1870. He entered Bowdoin College in 1871 and graduated from that institution with the class of 1875. He taught several terms in the common schools while pursuing his college course, and after his graduation was instructor of languages one year in Goddard Seminary at Barre, Ver- mont. In 1876 he entered the law office of Strout & Gage in Portland, where he studied until admitted to the Cumberland bar in Octo- ber, 1878. He immediately opened an office in Portland and soon built up a large prac- tice, having for his patrons many of the prominent business men of Portland and the surrounding territory. For nearly thirty years "his commanding figure and his masterly con- duct of cases have been well known in the Maine Courts." "Mr. Larrabee is a Repub- lican and his influence in political circles, his ability to win and keep friends, and his social popularity have combined," says the Bench and Bar of jMaine, "to render him an im- portant factor in the party to which he has rendered important service." In 1880 he was elected register of probate for Cumberland county, and filled that place for nine years. In 1 89 1 he was elected city solicitor for Port- land, and re-elected in 1893. In 1895 and again in 1897 he was chosen representative to the state legislature. On the assembling of that body after his second election he was its sole choice as a candidate for the speaker- ship, and was elected to that office without a dissenting vote, and filled it with dignity, ability and a charm of personal manner sel- dom equalled. His business qualifications and critical judgment have placed him in a num- I I (JjirViJLs mcriAcJJ) \ji ^ViAcUuUj STATE OF MAINE. .1439 ber of responsible trusts. For many years past he has been an influential member of the Portland Board of Trade. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Casco and of the Portland Loan and Building Associa- tions, in both of which he is a director, treasurer and attorney. He was also an origi- nal incorporator and president of the Port- land & Yarmouth Electric Railway Company ; and was one of the founders of the Chapman National Bank, of which he was vice-president and director until the death of Mr. Cullen C. Chapman, March 22, 1903, and was then elected to the presidency of that institution. He was instrumental in chartering and found- ing the Mercantile Trust Company, of which he is vice-president, trustee and attorney. The care of various estates has also been placed in Mr. Larrabee's hands, and in all these posi- tions he has proved himself to be conservative yet progressive, prudent yet active and alert. He is a Mason and a member of Atlantic Lodge, a Knight of Pythias and member of Bromhall Lodge, No. 3. He is a member of Cumberland Club and many other social and civic organizations. For two years he served as captain of the First Battery, Maine Na- tional Guard. Seth L. Larrabee married, Oc- tober 21, 1880, Lulu B. Sturtevant, of Scar- boro, who was born February i, 1858, daugh- ter of Joseph and Harriet AL (Bartels) Stur- tevant. They have two children : Sydney Bar- tels, born July, 1881 ; and Leon Sturtevant, December, 1882. (For earlier generations see preceding sketch.) (HI) John, one of the LARRABEE 3'ounger children of Thomas Larrabee and wife, who re- sided at Scarborough, married Mary Inger- soll, of Kittery, January 13, 1726, and by this union the following children were born : I. Deborah, born July 24, 1728, married her cousin, Isaac Larrabee, and settled in Machias, Maine, where she survived her husband and reached the exceptional age of one hundred years. She was the first white woman within the town and her descendants are very nu- merous. 2. Solomon, married Elizabeth Win- ters. 3. John. 4. Mary. 5. Stephen. 6. Phebe. 7. Philip. 8. Eunice. 9. John. 10. Jonathan. (IV) Philip, seventh child of John and Mary (Ingersoll) Larrabee, was born March 3, 1744. married Sally Smith, of Berwick, and settled in Scarborough, where he died August 22, 1 82 1, aged about seventy-seven years. (V) John (2), son of Philip and Sally (Smith) Larrabee, was born .'\ugust 5, 1769. He was a farmer, and later in life became a timber and lumber dealer, being a resident of Wales, Maine, where he resided from 1793 to the time of his death in 1854. He was a staunch old-time Democrat, and in religion a believer in the Universalist faith. He mar- ried Susan Andrews, a native of Wales, Maine, and their children were : Presina, Hannah, Philip, John, Daniel, William (died young), and William, who grew to manhood. (VI) Daniel, son of John (2) and Susan (Andrews) Larrabee, born July 2, 1805, in Wales, Maine, died March 4, 1883, in Gar- diner. In his youth and young manhood he farmed, but at the age of about nineteen years entered the ship-yards at Bath, Maine, where he learned the ship-building trade. In 1838 he went to Louisiana, as a superintendent for the government, looking after the cutting of live oaks, which timber was used in ship-building. After one year in the south, and early in the forties, he, in company with his brothers, Philip and John Larrabee, went to Virginia and engaged in the business of getting out ship-frames, which they supplied to Bath ship- builders. They continued in this business until 1861, when Daniel returned to Gardiner, where he engaged in the staple and fancy grocery business, with Cyrus Libby. This partnership was in effect until the death of ,Mr. Libby, when his brother, Samuel W. Libby, came into the firm, and this firm con- ducted the business until 1870, when Mr. Lar- rabee retired and resided on his farm, which he still retained. Lie was a Democrat until 1862, then threw his vote and influence with the Republican party, and became a promi- nent figure in city government, holding the office of councilman, and at another time was elected alderman. He was a member of the Gardiner Commandery of Knights Templar, and also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Devoted to Christianity, he had his church home with the Baptist denomi- nation, and was deacon many years. He was married to Sabrina Ricker, born i\Iay 16, 1802, in Milton, New Hampshire, died February 23, 1882, in Gardiner, Maine. Their children were : Statira, Jane, Jarnes M., Ezra K., who died in infancy. (VII) James Morrill, third child of Daniel and Sabrina (Ricker) Larrabee, was born December 4. 1833, in Wales, Maine. He se- cured a good education at the public schools of his native place, which he attended several years, then spent three years at the Maine Seminary, at Kent's Hill, and also one year at J440 STATE OF MAINE. Phillips Exeter Academy. After obtaining his education, he clerked one year for John Stone in the retail grocery business. Not feeling satisfied with that line of merchandising, he took a position in the dry-goods house of Frost & Judkins, at Gardiner, remaining there one year. In 1857 he taught school in the New" Mills district, one term in Gardiner. In 1858 he taught the Highland grammar school, and continued in that school for three years, resigning on account of his health. He ne.xt joined his father on the farm, where he re- sided until 1879. From 1880 to 1884 he re- sided in Pennsylvania, where he was agent for Appleton's American Encyclopedia. Return- ing from Pennsylvania to Gardiner, in July, 1885, he was appointed judge of the municipal court. Among the various public positions he has held are those of assessor, and overseer of the poor, from 1864 to 1869: also presi- dent of both branches of the Gardiner city government. Mr. Larrabee has been a mem- ber of Herman Lodge, A. F. and A. M., since 1855; of Jerusalem Chapter, for the same period ; the Maine Commandery of Knights Templar since 1856. He was master of the lodge in i860, and is the senior living past- master of the lodge, and has been secretary of the same since 1894. He was the first high priest of Lebanon Chapter, serving in 1864- 65. In 1862 he was elected commander of the Maine Commandery, serving five years, and in the seventies he was again elected and served two years. He was master of the council for twenty years; grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Maine, 1868-69; deputy grand commander of the Grand Commandery of ilaine, 1867-68; senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Maine in 1905. Mr. Lar- rabee was among the patriotic defenders of the L^nion cause during the civil war period, having been a member of the Eleventh Maine regimental band from September 8. 1861, to August 19, 1862, when they were discharged from further service, by act of congress. He is numbered among the active members of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was mar- ried to Priscilla Woodward, daughter of Amos and Nancy (Mussey) Woodward; the date of her birth was January 13. 1834, in Winthrop. Their children were : Edgar W., Harry E., Daniel, James M., Joseph H., Edith M. and Helen W. (twins), and Austin P. This is one of the surnames SAWYER which probably arose from an occupation, and has been hon- ored in America since its transportation by many leading citizens of various states. It has figured conspicuously in the United States senate, in the ministry, in law and in the various callings pursued by the American people. It is ably and numerously represented in Massachusetts and has contributed its pro- portion to the progress and development of the state. Within a few years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth it appears in the records of the settlements of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and this patronymic of Sawyer has been borne and honored by men who have been successful leaders in nearly all the walks of life. As pioneers they showed those quali- ties of character which planted civilization in a land inhabited with savages, and under con- ditions that would have disheartened any but the strongest and bravest. Their hardihood and Christian fortitude made them fit instru- ments for the advancement of civilization upon the underlying foundation principles, the ob- ject which is the enjoyment of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." As defenders of these principles they were ever ready to face death, as the records of the early In- dian wars in New England show, as well as those of the revolution, and in later years when their country required defenders. It is a mat- ter of record that eighteen members of the Sawyer family from Lancaster, Massachusetts, alone were in the military service at the same time during the revolution, and that one com- pany recruited in that town was officered from captain down by Sawyers. John Sawyer (or Sayer) was a farmer in Lincolnshire, Eng- land, where he is supposed to have been a landholder also. He was the father of three sons : William, Edward and Thomas, who left England on the ship commanded by Cap- tain Parker, and settled in Massachusetts about 1636. (I) William Sayer, the immigrant ancestor, was born about 1613, probably in England. He was in Salem, Alassachusetts. and later in Wenham, from 1640 to 1645. His name at that time was spelled Sayer. He subscribed to the oath of allegiance in 1678, and became a member of the First Baptist Church in Boston, with his wife and several others of Newbury in 1 68 1. It is probable that he had then re- sided in Newbury for forty years. A branch of the First Baptist Church was formed in Newbury in 1682, and William and John Sayer and others were among its members. He was still living in 1697, and his estate was administered by his son-in-law, John Emery, in March, 1703. The name of his wife was Ruth, and his children were : John, Samuel, STATE OF iMAINE. 1441 Ruth, Mary (died young), Sarah, Hannah (died young), William, Frances (died young), Mary, Stephen A., Hannah and Frances. ( H ) John, eldest child of William Sawyer, or Sayer, was born August 24, 1645, in New- bury, and bought land in Haverhill in 1669; he probably lived- in that town for a time. He was a member of the Baptist church of New- burv with his parents in 1682, and died March, 1689, his death being recorded in Salem. He married, February 18, 1676, in Newbury, Sarah, fifth daughter of John Poore, of New- bury. She was granted administration of his estate March 25, 1690, and it was divided in November, 1697. She married (second) No- vember 2~. 1707, Joseph ISailey. John and Sarah (Poore) Sawyer were the parents of Ruth. William, Sarah, John (died young), Jonathan, David and John. (HI) David, fourth son of John and Sarah (Poore) Sawyer, was born January 13, 1687, in Newbury, and settled in that part of Kit- tery which is now Eliot, Maine. He was there married. February 28, 171 1, to Elincir Frost, daughter of Nicholas Frost, a beaver trader, and his wife, Mary ( Small ) Frost. He prob- ably passed his life in Eliot, as the marriage and the births of all his children are recorded there. They were : John, Mary, David, Jona- than, Sarah and Steven. (IV) David (2), son of David (i) and Elinor (Frost) Sawyer, was born February 12. 1715, in Eliot, and early settled in Pep- perellboro, now Saco, Maine. He served as a soldier of the revolution from that town. No record of his marriage or children appears, but he is known to have been the father of the next mentioned. (V) Abner, son of David (2) Sawyer, was born about 1757 in Saco, and died there No- vember 15, 1823. He was a revolutionary sol- dier, like his father. By engaging in ship- building he accumulated a considerable for- tune, and was able to give each of his sons a good farm. He married Mary Staples, who was born about 1760 in Saco, and died April 12. 1842. These records are from their tomb- stones in Saco. They had a family of ten children who married into the best families of the neighborhood, and were evidently of good social standing. (VI) Captain Mark, son of Abner and Alary (Staples) Sawyer, was born December '3' 1/99' in Saco, and in common with his brother was a seafaring man and the com- mander of a vessel. When he retired from the sea he settled upon the farm inherited from his father in the town of Saco, where he died April 15, 1865, at the age of sixty-five years. He married, April 21, 1825, Asenath Patter- son, born March 2y, 1803, died July 14, 1866, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Sawyer) Patterson (see Patterson HI). Their chil- dren who survived the period of infancy were : 1. Cordelia, wife of Captain George Titcomb. 2. Horace Bacon, mentioned below. 3. Green- leaf, who died upon the paternal homestead. 4. Charles Evans, who now resides in Saco. 5. Sarah, married Edward Stiles, of Saco. (\TI) Horace Bacon, eldest son of Captain Mark and .\senath (Patterson) Sawyer, was born February 16, 1830, in Saco, where he grew up and began his education in the com- mon school. He was subsequently a student at Kent's Hill, Maine, and in the school of Theology at Concord, New Hampshire. He became a member of the Vermont Methodist Conference on probation, and was first sta- tioned as a pastor at Hartland, and subse- quently at Putney, \"ermont. He removed from the latter place to iMaine and was pastor of the church at Wells, in 1862-64. For three years he engaged in business and subsequently returned to \'ermont, where he was ordained in the Baptist church and occupied a pastorate for some years in Danbury, New Hampshire, where he was very successful. He returned to business life again until 1873, when he was made pastor of a church in Albion, Maine. In 1875 he retired from the ministry, and after five years of business life settled on a farm in Brunswick, Maine, where he con- tinued nine years. He then sold the farm and removed to Turner, Maine, whence he went to Massachusetts and died at Haverhill in that state, at the age of sixty-three years. Al- though }ilr. Sawyer was generally conceded to be a speaker of interest and ability upon religious matters by those who heard him, he was naturally independent in his thoughts and unusually free in the expression of those thoughts for those times. This tendency grew upon him the more he thought upon religious matters, causing him to frequently resign po- sitions where he felt that he could not longer continue with a free conscience. He was a member of the Masonic order and was an active and prominent citizen, and while re- siding in Albion was supervisor of schools. He married, July 31, i860, at White River Junction, Vermont, Clarissa Jane Carter, daughter of Horace Black and Ruth J. (Wood) Carter, of Lebanon, New Hamp- shire (see Carter, VIII). She was born March 15, 1841. Her children were: Sarah. Asenath. George Mark, Harvey Lincoln. Clarence 1442 STATE OF MAINE Evans and Clara Mabel. The oldest daughter is a music teacher and the eldest son engaged in business. The second son died at the age of twenty-one years. The third is the sub- ject of the following paragraph. The younger daughter is the wife of Williard O. Copithorn, a dentist, of Natick, Massachusetts. (VIII) Clarence Evans, third son of Rev. Horace B. and Clarissa J. (Carter) Sawyer, was born August 7, 1869, in Wilmot, New Hampshire, and was about six years of age when his parents removed to Brunswick, Maine. He attended the public schools of that town and the Adams Academy at Quincy, Massachusetts. While pursuing his education he was busily employed during spare time as a clerk in a grocery store in order to bear the expenses of his education. Later he engaged in teaching school and the funds thus earned were employed in pursuing a partial course at Bowdoin College in the class of 1893 and in the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and at once began the practice of his profession in Brunswick, where he has since continued, and has built up a tine reputation and remunerative practice. In 1908 he re- moved his residence to Portland because of his increasing professional employment at the county seat, but continues his law office at Brunswick, as well as one in the city. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Knights of Pythias and cherishes the fraternal sentiments of these orders. He married, Au- gust 18, 1896, Blanche M., daughter of Cap- tain John F. and Mary A. J. (Lovell) Brown. They are the parents of three children : Rus- sell Fulton Brown, Lovell Brown and Louise Burton. Airs. Sawyer's ancestry was very early iden- titied with the township of North Yarmouth, Maine. The tirst in the line of whom she has knowledge was Reuben Brown, whose wife was Elizabeth Parker. They were the parents of Moses, Benjamin, Joanna, Jeremiah, Ra- chel and Abigail, the last two being twins. Captain Jeremiah, third son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Parker) Brown, was born May 12, 1798. Though a shoemaker by trade, he be- gan to follow the sea early in life, commanded the schooner "Phoenix," and carried the first load of stone to build Fort Sumter, famous in the civil war. He married, September 13, 1833, Eliza Ann Fulton, who was born in i8og, and they were the parents of Abigail Reade, Martha Ann, Mary Jane, John Fulton, Samuel Larrabee, Eliza Ellen, Harriet, Au- gusta and Charles Albert. Captain John Ful- ton, oldest son of Jeremiah and Eliza Ann (Fulton) Brown, born August, 1842, followed the sea with marked success from 1862 to 1896. He served in the United States navy on the "Ohio," the "Santee," the "Sabine" and the "Florida." After the war he com- manded the "Giles Loring," the "Ida M. Com- ery" and the "Jennie Phinney," which was built for him at Yarmouth, until 1886. Sub- sequently he sailed the brig "Screamer," "Elizabeth Winslow," "Henry B. Cleaves" and the bark "H. J. Libbey." He now resides on the Brown homestead at Bay View, Yarmouth. He married Mary Abbie Jane Lovell, of Gray, Maine, November 28, 1867, and they were the parents of : Hattie Fulton, Blanche May, Ed- mund Phinney, Burton Eugene and Gertrude Louise (twins), and John Millard. Blanche May, second daughter of Captain John F. and Mary A. J. (Lovell) Brown, was born INIay 8, 1874, in Yarmouth, Maine, and married, Au- gust 18, 1896, Clarence E. Sawyer, of Bruns- wick (see Sawyer VIII above.) (For first generation see W'illiam Sawyer (Saver) I.) (II) William (2), third son of SAWYER William (i) and Ruth Sawyer, was born February i, 1656, in Newbury, and settled in Wells, Maine. He was a soldier of the Narragansett campaign in 1675 and bought land in Wells in 1679 and 1685. The first date probably indicates the time of his settlement there. He was deputy to the general court in 1707, 1716-17 and died June 7, 1718. His will was dated three days previous to his death. He was married about 1677 to Sarah Littlefield, daughter of Francis and Rebecca Littlefield, of Wells, and granddaughter of Edmund Littlefield, who came from Tichfield, England, to Wells about 1637. She was born about 1650, and married (first) at Wells; she survived her second hus- band and was baptized and received into the church at Wells, July 27, 1718. She died in January, 1735. Their children were: Joseph, Frances, Daniel, Hannah and Ruth. (HI) Daniel, third son of William (2) and Sarah (Littlefield) Sawyer, was born May 26, 1683, in Wells, and seems to have resided there through life, dying between 1714 and 1716. The baptismal name of his wife was Sarah. After his death she married Joseph Hill, of Wells, the intention being published March 23, 1739. Daniel Sawyer's children were : William, Sarah, Lydia, Daniel and Han- nah. (IV) William (3), eldest son of Daniel and Sarah Sawyer, was born February 6, 1705, in Wells, and died there in 1768. His first wife STATE OF MAINE. 1443 bore the name of Mary. The second was Love, daughter of Arthur Bragdon, of York, their intention being pubUshed March 30, 1734. Their children were: Phoebe, Sarah, Lydia, Daniel, Samuel, ]\Iary, Sarah and Will- iam. (V) Wilham (4), youngest child of Will- iam (3) Sawyer and fourth child of his sec- ond wife, was born about 1740 in Wells, and probably settled in Cumberland. There is a family tradition that he with several compan- ions walked from Gilmanton to Westbrook in the winter season because at that time the ice furnished a means of crossing the rivers. He had children : Benjamin, William, Rebecca, Asa and John. (VI) William (5), second son of William (4) Sawyer, was born about 1766 and died February 8, 1856, in Pownal, Maine. He mar- ried Susanna Blake, of Harpswell, Maine, and settled in Pownal, same state. Susanna Blake's mother was Jane, daughter of Waitstill Weber. She was born 1731, died in 1797. The name of her husband was John Blake. Waitstill Weber was a son of Samuel Weber, born 163 1 and killed by the Indians in 1716. Samuel Weber was a son of Wolfert Weber Jr., grand- \son of William the Silent, Prince of Orang;e, and was born 1604, and died 1670. The chil- dren of William and Susanna (Blake) Sawyer were : Benjamin, William, Jeremiah, Susan, Abigail, John, Charles, Charlotte and Rebecca. (VII) Benjamin, eldest son of William (5) and Susanna (Blake) Sawyer, was born Au- gust II, 1795. in Pownal. He married, Jan- uary 26, 1825, Lydia Fields, of Freeport, Maine. Their children were: i. Lydia, born June 26, 1825, married Simon Fickett. 2. Elijah F., September 24, 1827. 3. Lewis F., June 19, 1829, married Laura Plummer, of Alna, Maine. 4. Harriet B., November 2, 1832, married Joshua Witham, of Gray, Maine. 5. Melissa E., November 12, 1843, married Edward Bowie, of Durham, Maine. (VIII) Elijah Field, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Fields) Sawyer, was born in Pownal, Maine, September 24, 1827, and died Septem- ber I, 1906. In early youth he removed with his parents to CumberlanEli Longley, grandfather of Whitman Sawyer, mentioned below. Eli Longley was born December 13, 1762, and was the son of Robert and Anna Longley, of Bolton, IMassachusetts. On March 9, 1784. he married Mary Whitcomb, daugh- ter of John \Miitcomb, of Bolton, a prominent man in town affairs, one of the committee of correspondence in the revolutionary war, and a member of the general court of Massachu- setts. In June, 1789, Eli Longley with his wife moved from Bolton to Waterford, Maine, when the first settlers were locating there. He immediately took a prominent part in the af- fairs of the growing town, and at his "log house, a sort of tavern," plantation meetings were held. Later he built the first hotel and store and was the first postmaster. His tavern was the social headquarters of the town, and his sign read "Eli Longley"s Inn, 1797," the same sign being later in service for him at Raymond, Maine. In 1817 he sold the tavern with a view of locating in the west, but a brief experience altered his mind, and he tried to regain the tavern. Being unable to obtain it. he bought the hotel at Raymond so long known as Longley's, afterward as Sawyer's tavern, where he died in 1859. His old sign of 1797 was in time replaced by one reading "Lafay- ette House," which was retained by his suc- cessor. In 1807 John Ward, of Fryeburg, made for Mr. Longley at a cost of £80, a tall "grandfather's clock," which stood in the din- ing room of the tavern at Waterford, and in the bar room at Raymond, where for many vears it was the standard time indicator for the village and for the traveling public. Hav- ing passed through the successive generations, the clock in 1904 is in the possession of his great-grandson, Edward E. Sawyer, of Low- ell, Massachusetts. The children of John and Rebecca Sawyer were: i. Franklin, born May 23, 1826, died April 16, 1888. He lived many years in Port- land, and during the latter part of his life held a responsible position in the custom house there. 2. Hamilton J., born February g, 1828, died August 9, 1898. He left home at Ray- mond, at an early age, and went to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he learned the machin- ist's trade. In 1849 the gold excitement led him to California, where he spent several years engaged in mining. He then returned to Low- ell and established a small shop in which he carried on the business of machinist over thirty years. After a few years of retired life, he died and was buried at Lowell. 3. Mary Grace, born June 7, 1831, married George Walker. 4. Charles Carroll, born January 3, 1833, died June 27, 1904. During the civil war he had a lucrative appointment as sutler and furnished army supplies for several vears. Fie afterward engaged in other lines of busi- ness, in Boston, and for many years lived in the vicinity of that city. He died and was buried at Waltham. 5. Caroline Peabodv, born 1446 STATE OF MAINE. October 20, 1835, died April 23, 1872; mar- ried Alvin B. Jordan, of Raymond. 6. Whit- man, mentioned below. 7. Sarah Brooks, born May I, 1840, married Jesse F. Holden, of Casco. 8. Jane Lamson, born June 17, 1842, married John Tukey, a soldier, died in 1864 ; she married (second) in 1870, William Henrv Bickford. (IX) Captain Whitman, fourth son of John (5) and Rebecca (Longley) Sawyer, was born in Raymond, June 10, 1838, and died in Portland, June, 1904. He lived in Raymond until his early manhood, and at the outbreak of the civil war he offered his services for the preservation of the union. Following is his war record: Compiled from official and au- thentic sources by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society, of which he was a member, duly signed and sealed : "Whitman Sawyer enlisted from Cumberland county, Maine, on the loth day of September, 1862, to serve nine months, and was mustered into the United States service at Portland, Maine, on the 29th day of September, 1862, as first lieutenant of Captain Charles H. Doughty's Company 'C,' 25th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Francis Fessen- den commanding. The Twenty-fifth was the second regiment from the Pine Tree State to enter the service of the United States for nine months duty, and was the first for that term to leave the State. It was mustered into the United States service at Portland on the 2gth day of September, 1862, with the follow- ing field officers : Francis Fessenden, colonel ; Charles E. Shaw, lieutenant-colonel ; Alexan- der M. Tolman, major. The regiment left the State on the i6th of October for Washing- ton, D. C, where it arrived on the i8th and went into camp on East Capitol Hill, where it was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, Casey's Divi- sion, 22d Corps, Defenders of Washington, and was immediately engaged in drills and evolutions of the line under General Casey. On Sunday, October 26th, the regiment moved, through a furious storm, to a camping ground on Arlington Heights, Virginia, im- mediately in front of the line of earth works for the defense of Washington, remaining here until March 24, 1863, constantly engaged in guarding Long Bridge on both sides of the Potomac and in constructing batteries and fortifications. In December, 1862, the Third Brigade of Casey's Division was broken up, and, with the Twenty-seventh Maine, the regi- ments were organized into the First Brigade of Casey's Division, with which it remained until its final muster out. Although in no pitched battles, the command had a number of encounters with guerillas and marauding bands, in all of which it acquitted itself ad- mirably. The said Whitman Sawyer was honorably discharged at Portland, Maine, on the 3d day of July, 1863, by reason of expira- tion of his term of enlistment. "He reenlisted at Augusta, Maine, on the 19th day of December, 1863, to serve three years or during the war, and was mustered into the United States service and commis- sioned as Captain of Company 'C,' Thirtieth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Francis Fessenden commanding. The Thir- tieth Maine was formed of exceptionally good soldierly material to a large extent, and also had a number of old men and discharged sol- diers whose disability was only apparently re- J moved, a large proportion of its officers and • men, however, were experienced soldiers. The regiment was organized at Augusta, on the 9th day of January, 1864, with the following field officers, viz. : Francis Fessenden, colonel : Thomas H. Hubbard, lieutenant colonel ; and Royal E. Whitman, major. On the 7th of February, being fully armed and equipped, the command proceeded to Portland, and from there embarked on the steamer "Merrimac," for New Orleans, where they arrived on the night of the i6th, thence moved up Bayou 1 Teche to Franklin, Louisiana, where they were | assigned to the Third Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Corps, Army of the Depart- ment of the Gulf, and later took in the Red River Expedition, and engagements at Sabine Cross Roads, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Clouterville, Alexandria, Man- sura, Marksville, Yellow Bayou, Atchafalaya Bayou, and Morginzia, Louisiana. In July the regiment sailed from Morginzia for Vir- ginia, reaching Fortress ]\Ionroe on the i8th, and was sent immediately to Deep Bottom, where it held a picket-line in the face of the enemy for twenty-four hours, and later took part in an engagement at Bermuda Hundred, \'irginia, and a number of skirmishes. The regiment lost two hundred and ninety by death while in service. The said Whitman Sawyer was brevetted major for brave and meritori- ous service, and while in line of duty con- tracted malaria from which he suffered a num- ber of times for short periods. He was, how- ever, at all times to be found at his post of duty, performing faithful and efficient service, and achieving an enviable record for bravery and soldierly bearing. He received a final STATE OF MAINE. 1447 honorable discharge at Savannah, Georgia, on the 20th day of August, 1865, by reason of the close of the war." Returning from the war Captain Sawyer settled in Falmouth, where for a few years till March, 1870, he was engaged in the grocery business. He then removed to Portland and formed a partnership in the livery stable busi- ness with the late N. S. Fernald. This firm did an extensive business and after a time was formed into a stock company and named after Mr. Sawyer the Whitman Sawyer Stable Company, he being the treasurer and business manager. Captain Sawyer was one of the strongest of Republicans and had often been honored with political positions. While living in Falmouth he represented that town in the legislature, 1869, and in 1892 was elected one of the legislative representatives from Port- land. He was also in the city government from ward five, beginning as one of the coun- cilman and being advanced to alderman in 1885 and being re-elected in the following year when he was elected chairman of the board. For several years he was chairman of the board of prison inspectors, having been reappointed for the third time in December, 1903. by Governor Hill. He was a member of Windham Lodge of Masons and of Unity Lodge, No. 3, Lidependent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of Portland, and a prominent member of Bosworth Post, No. 2, Department of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he filled all the chairs. Captain Sawyer died at his residence, 650 Congress street, and was buried in Evergreen cemetery. In fhe annual report of the prison inspectors, they thus ex- pressed their regret at the loss of their chair- man : "In commencing this report we are sensibly reminded of our loss, and the loss of the whole state, in the death of Hon. Whitman Sawyer, late of Portland, who, with marked ability and efficiency served the State for nine years as chairman of the board of prison and jail inspectors. And we here record this ex- pression of our esteem of his manly qualities, his unfailing charity, his loyalty to principles and faithful discharge of the duties of his office." Other bodies of which he was a mem- ber passed resolutions of sorrow over his death and commendation of his high character and sterling worth. A paragraph in one of the leading Portland papers stated : "Not only all old soldiers, but all good citizens regretted the death of Captain Whitman Sawyer. He was a good representative of our sturdy Maine stock. His word was as good as his bond, and he was faithful in all his relations of life. Such a man is a distinct loss to any com- munity. Captain Sawyer will be long remem- bered because of his manly qualities of hand and heart." Captain Whitman Sawyer married, Decem- ber 24, 1865, Maria Lucy Fulton Dingley, widow of Sumner Stone Dingley, and daugh- ter of Elijah and Lucy (Abbott) Fulton. She was born in Limington, November 8, 1836. Elijah Fulton was born April 8, 1809, and died in Raymond. Maine, April 7, 1874. Lucy Abbott was of Limington, Maine, born July II, 1807, and died in Raymond, Novem- ber I, 1873. She was the daughter of Na- thaniel and Lucy (Crockett) Abbott. Mr. Fulton was the son of Robert Fulton, of Mas- sachusetts, born 1784, died i860, and Gracena (Weeks) Fulton. Five children were born to Elijah and Lucy (Abbott) Fulton: i. Mi- nerva Ann, married Rev. Jeremiah Hayden. 2. Mercy Jane, died single. 3. Maria Lucy, mentioned above. 4. James Edward, married Keziah Dingley Murch, and by her had four children : Sumner, Mabel, Lucy A. and Me- lissa. 5. Melissa Ellen, married Gideon P. Davis, and had one child, Nellie Maria, who married Charles H. Gififord, of Boston. They have four children: Robert Fulton, Stanley Easton, Raymond Mayne and Eleanor Davis. Mrs. Sawyer is an active and honored mem- ber of Bosworth Relief Corps; the first or- ganization of its kind in the United States. She has held the highest offices in that and in the State Corps, and is also a member and president of the Young Woman's Christian Association. Bosworth Relief Corps was or- ganized in 1869. James Fulton, Mrs. Saw- yer's brother, served in the Seventeenth Maine. Mr. Sawyer left an adopted daughter, Nellie Maria, now the wife of C. H. Gifford. (I^or ancestry see preceding sketch.) (VIII) Lemuel, third son of SAWYER John (4) and Grace (Jenkins) Sawyer, born July 18, 1807, died August 12, 1888, aged eighty-one. He was a farmer and resided in Standish. He married Esther Purinton, born January 30, 1807, died December 14, 1880. She was the daughter of Meshach and Sarah (Gerish) Purinton, of Durham and Windon. Meshach was son of David Purinton; Sarah was a daughter of William Gerish. The children of this marriage were: i. Sarah Ann, born July 8, 1833, married George E. Mead, of Bridg- ton, and died December 21, 1859. 2. Dennis (448 STATE OF MAINE. Jenkins, born April 6, 1835, married (first) Sarah J. Yarney, by whom he had oiie child. Eugene H., who married Emma Thurlow ; (second) Charitv Ann Smith, by whom he had three children:' George P., who married Georgia Phinney and had one child, Arthur ; William A., who married Lulu Nash; and Luella 3. Maria, born September 11. 1836, married John B. Winslow. 4- EUery Pox- craft, born March 13. 1838, died March 19, 1876, married Ellen Nichols and had two chil- dren- Charies L.. who married a Ahss Hall and had one child Hall ; and Chester. 5. John Purinton, born October 30, 1839. married Louisa Bodge and had one child, Clarence P., who married Louisa Dunn, and they have one child Philip. 6. Emilv Freeman, born April 21. 1842, died March 13, 1888; she married Charies A. Nichols, who was born April 22, 1842, and died February 14. 1908; their five children are: Thomas B.. who married Irene Calef, and has one child, Ira; John C, wdio married Josephine Hanson, and has three chil- dren • George A., Donald and Emily ; Ernest L., who married Sadie L. Porter; Grace E., wife of Fred Frisbee ; and Ahce L., wife of George E. M. Lindenberg. 7. Alfred Stan- ford, mentioned below. 8. Harriet L., born July I, 1847, died December 2-], 1830. 9. Marietta, born June 27, 1850. married Samuel C. Richard, has one child, Ellery C. (IX) Dr. Alfred Stanford, fourth son ot Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer, was born in Standish, August 13, 1844, and spent his eariv life on his father's farm. He re- ceived his literary education in the private schools and from private tutors. He remained on the farm until 1882, teaching a part ot each year after 1865. In 1882 he entered upon the study of medicine in the office of Dr. George H Cummings, of Portland, reading until 1886 and then entered Dartmouth College, medical department, from which he graduated with the class of 1887. After graduation he began his professional career at Charlestown, Massachu- setts from which place he went to Plamfield, New Hampshire, where he remained till the fall of 1889. In that year he removed to Portland, Maine, where he sojourned a short time and then staved a short time in Scar- borough (till 1890), and then settled in South Portland, and has since resided there. Studi- ous habits, a natural adaptation to his profes- sion an upright character and pleasing man- ners' have made his life a success. He is de- voted to his profession and gives but little time to matters outside of his business. He is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No^i27 Free and Accepted Masons ; and Eagle Royal Arch Chapter, No. 11. Dr Alfred S. Sawyer married, m Standish, Maine, March 23, 1881, Hannah E. Rich, born Tulv ^S 1857, only child of William and Lucy (Freeman) Rich, of Standish. They have one child Ralph Eldon, born December 8, 1884, who graduated from Harvard College in 1908, with the degree of A. B. The name of Sawyer is ex- SAWYER ceedingly numerous in the states of Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, and it is a matter of great difficulty to trace the relationship of the different branches. In many cases there is probably no direct connection. There is a likelihood that the folloNving hue is c^escended from William Sawyer or Sayer, as he spelled his name, who was at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1640, and afterwards lived at Newbury, that state, for more than half a centurv. His descendants are numerous in that region to- day Joseph, one of William's great-grand- sons, born at Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1706, settled at Falmouth, ^lame and is the ancestor of most of the Sawyers who belong in the Saco valley, but who are apparently unre- lated to the line under consideration. Possi- bly the following branch may be descended from Thomas Sawver. an English immigrant who settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, 'n. i639- The only reason for this supposition is tie prevalence of the name Jonathan among the descendants of Thomas Sawyer. One ot the Jonathan" born at Marlborough, Massachu- setls. in 1817. was the father of Governor Charles H. Sawyer, of New Hampshire. (I) Jonathan Sawyer lived at Salem, Mas- sachusetts, about the mi.ldle of the eighteenth S^ry, and died at Boothbay Maine, about the year 181 1. The name of his wife is un- known; but there were seven children of whom four lived to grow up, and all made tl home in Maine. The children were Phebe who lived at Boothbay ; one who prob- ably died young, name unknown; Clarissa who lived at Hope; two daughters who died Tung; Jonathan (2), whose sketch follows, Alfred, who lived at Knox. (II) Jonathan (2), elder son of Jonathan (I) Sawver, was born at Salem, Massachu- etts, about 1771. and died at Levant Maine in 184s ^^■hen a boy he moved with his father to Boothbay, where he became a black- mith About 1802 he married Martha Reed, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\^^^^^^^^^^^^^F' ''^ ^^^^^^1 ^H ^^S^^B> "^^M ^^^1 ^^^1 ^^^BP^ "^^^^1 ^^^n ^^M ^^K ■ <^ ^j ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^MKSgw''.-^: -' *'. '."^"l';.rwI-"*jT."ford, place and date of birth unknown, was a resident of Boston in 1667 and for several years afterward, as is shown in Suffolk deeds of that period, in which his name appears as a party to various real es- tate transactions. In or prior to 1680 he re- moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, and in the records of both places he is referred to as a mariner. For a number of years he was master of a sloop engaged in transporting lum- ber and other merchandise to and from Boston to the Piscataqua, and on one occasion he was sent to Saco, Maine, to rescue and bring to Portsmouth the inhabitants of that town who were exposed to the ravages of the In- dians. In a list of persons who had been granted land in Exeter prior to JMarch 28, 1698, his name appears as having received two hundred acres, and he also acquired consid- erable real estate by purchase. He was a se- lectman in Exeter for the years 1689-go. In King William's war he served as a soldier from February 6 to March 3, 1696. In 1709 he was chosen constable, but the general as- sembly, acting upon information to the effect that he was incapacitated for service by physi- cal disability, ordered the selectmen of Exeter to appoint another in his place. In a deed recorded in 171 5 he is designated as a weaver. His will was made December 17, 1723, and proved September 2, 1724, showing that his death must have occurred sometime between these dates. In June, 1671. he was married in Boston to Elizabeth Smith, born November 6, 1646, daugliter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith. His second wife, whom he married in Exeter, November 12, 16S1. was Rebecca Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley and granddaughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. His children were: i. Thomas, born in Bos- ton, March 25, 1672. 2. Elizabeth, born la STATE OF MAINE. 1477 Boston, July 19, 1673, united with the Old South Church. October 7, i6q6; died single. 3. P^rancis, born in Boston, May 31, 1677; all of his first union. 4. Stephen, see forward. 5. Ann, who became the wife of Timothy Leavitt, son of Moses Sr. and Dorothy (Dud- ley) Leavitt, of Exeter. 6. Deborah, who became the wife of Follett. 7. Re- becca, who married Hardie (Hardy). 8. Sarah, who became the wife of John Foul- sham (Folsom), son of John and grandson of John and Mary (Oilman) Foulsham. 9. Mary, who married Hall. All were born in Exeter, but the record at hand fails to give dates of their birth. (H) Stephen, son of Francis and Rebecca (Dudley) Lyford, resided in Exeter, and in a list of grantees of land dated April 12, 1725, is mentioned as having received one hundred acres. In 1734 he served as a selectman. He died in Exeter. December 20, 1774, and among the items of his estate, which was valued at fifteen hundred and seventy-five pounds, ten shillings and nine pence, was a negro woman "Syl," and a negro girl "Nants." He was married in Exeter to Sarah, daughter of Moses and Dorothy (Dudley) Leavitt. Moses Leavitt, born August 22, 1650, was a son of John Leavitt. and Dorothy, his wife, was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley, the latter a son of Governor Thomas Dudley. Sarah (Leavitt) Lyford died October 13, 1781. She was the mother of seven children: i. Biley, born in 1716; see sketch on following page. 2. Stephen, born in Newmarket, New Hamp- shire, April 12, 1723, was a revolutionary soldier, serving in Colonel Nicholas Oilman's regiment. New Hampshire militia, in 1777, and in September of that year was at Saratoga with Captain Porter Kimball's company of Colonel Stephen Evan's regiment. 3. Moses. 4. Samuel, died February 8, 1788. 5. Francis. 6. Theophilus. 7. Betsey (Elizabeth), who became the wife of Joshua Wiggin, of Strat- ham. New Hampshire. (Ill) Moses, son of Stephen Lyford, was a tailor by trade and resided for many years in Brentwood, New Hampshire. He died in Exeter, April 13, 1799. He married, Septem- ber 22, 1748, Mehitable Smith, daughter of Oliver Smith, of Exeter. In a deed recorded in the Exeter probate records Oliver Smith, of Exeter, Gent., conveys to Moses Lyford, son- in-law, and Mehitable, his wife, four acres of land in Brentwood. Mehitable died some time between July 15. 1803, and December 4, 1806. They were the parents of ten children: i. Dudley, born July 28, 1749. 2. Francis, bap- tized May 12, 1 75 1, died young. 3. Oliver Smith, see succeeding paragraph. 4. Mehit- able, born October 29, 1755, became the wife of — Swain. 5. Jonathan, born January 24, 1758. 6. Nathaniel Lad (Ladd), born January 26, 1762. 7. Sarah, born April 5, 1764, became the wife of Merrill. 8. Francis, born April 12, 1766. 9. Elizabeth (Betty), born in 1768, was married in 1781 to .Abraham Sanborn, born October 4, 1766, died December 21, 1845; Elizabeth died April 20, 1819. 10. Dorothy (Diilly), date of birth not at hand ; became the wife of Bean. (IV) Oliver Smith, son of Moses Lyford, was born (presumably) in Brentwood, Au- gust 24, 1753. He served in the war for na- tional independence and his military record, contained in the New Hampshire State Pa- pers, vol. xiv, is as follows : 'Tn Capt. Daniel Moore's company. Col. Stark's regiment, from August I to October 17, 177=;, and in Capt. Wilson Harper's Company, Col. Isaac Wy- man's regiment, for Canada, mustered July 16, 1766." His death occurred in 178S. In 1780 he married Elizabeth Johnson, bom May 26, 1 76 1, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Ann (Lane) Johnson, of Brentwood and Hamp- ton. She was a sister of Alarv Johnson, who became the wife of Nathaniel Lad (Ladd) Lyford, previously mentioned. In the will of Mehitable (Smith) Lyford, widow of Moses Lyford, the following children are mentioned as being those of her son, Oliver Smith Ly- ford : I. Dudley, born in Brentwood, Feb- ruary 18, 1 78 1. 2. Anne (Nancy), born in 1783, married David Phillirock, by whom she had eight sons and two daughters. 3. Mehit- able, who in 1804 became the wife of Samuel Blake, born at Epping, New Hampshire, in January, 1779 (died in January, 1838. at Au- gusta, ]\Iaine). He was a son of Robert and Martha (Dudley) Blake, of Epping, and a grandson of Jedediah Blake. 4. Charlotte, born May 4, 1788, died January 19, 1831. In November, 1807, she became the wife of John Stevens (born in 1788; died in 1857). Their son, Hon. John Leavitt Stevens, who was born in Mt. Vernon, Maine, 1820, and died at Augusta in 1895, was United States minister to Hawaii. The latter married. May 10, 1848, Mary Lowell Smith, of Hallowell, Maine. (V) Dudley, only son of Oliver Smith and Elizabeth (Johnson) Lyford, was born Feb- ruary 18, 1781, in Brentwood, New Hamp- shire, and settled in Mt. Vernon, Maine, in 1804-05. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to a carpenter and became master of the trade, but cleared up a farm in 14/8 STATE OF MAINE. Mt. Vernon and made all the woodwork of his house, furniture and agricultural tools. He continued to reside in Alt. Vernon until his death in December, 1S56. He was deacon of the Baptist church and a very decided Whig in polilical sentiment. About 1803 he mar- ried Elizabeth (Betsey), daughter of Esquire Jabez Smith, of Brentwood, and very soon thereafter settled in Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Lyford was born July 25, 1786, in Brentwood, and was the mother of eleven children, namely : I. Sophronia S., became the wife of William Coggswell and died in Mt. Vernon. 2. Eben S. 3. Aaron S., who was selectman, town clerk and representative, and died in Mt. Ver- non. 4. Betsey. 5. Fanny, who became the wife of Louis Bradley, and died in Spring- field, Massachusetts. 6. Moses, for thirty years a teacher in Colby College ; died at Springfield. 7 and 8. Daniel S. and Samuel T., both died at the age of nineteen years. 9. Oliver Smith, mentioned below. 10. Fran- cis, who died at Mt. Vernon. 11. Dudley A., who died in California in 1857. (VI) Oliver Smith (2), ninth child of Dudley and EHzabeth (Betsey) (Smith) Ly- ford, was born June 19, 1823, in Mt. Vernon, and grew up there upon the paternal farm. His education was completed by twelve weeks' attendance at the village high school, and in 1846 he entered the services of the Boston & Lowell railroad as watchman and assistant baggageman. In October of that year he be- came ticket agent and remained in the service of that compau)- until I'"ebruary, 1 85 1, in that capacity and extra passenger conductor. In November of the last-named vear he became clerk of the Erie railroad at Dunkirk, New York, and so continued until October, 1855, when he became passenger conductor on the same road. From October, i860, to Novem- ber, 1863, he was station agent of the Erie and Atlantic and Great Western roads at .Sal- amanca, New York. In .\pril, 1869, he became division superintendent of the Great Western and so continued until November, 1871, when he became assistant general superintendent of the same road. From the last named date until July, 1872, he was division superinten- dent of the Buffalo and Rochester division of the Erie railroad. For about sixteen months thereafter, he was general superintendent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, and from December, 1874, until Novem- ber. 1876, was general superintendent of the Kansas Pacific. From January i, 1878, to February, 1886, he was superintendent of the Chicasro and Eastern Illinois railroad, and for the succeeding year and a half was general manager of that line and continued in that capacity with the additional duties of vice- president from November, 1887, to February, 1890. Since that time, on account of advanc- ing years, he has resigned the position of gen- eral manager, but has continued to serve as vice-president. The long service of Mr. Ly- ford through various promotions in railroad operations testifies to his ability as a railroad operator and his character as a man. He is a member of the New England Society of Chi- cago, and since 1850, when he united with the First Baptist Church of Lowell, has been iden- tified with that sect. While an active sup- porter of Republican principles, he has taken no active part in political action other than to cast his vote with regularity. He mar- ried, September 27, 1852. Lavinia A. Norris, daughter of Grafton and Mary (Stevens) Norris. After the death of Grafton Norris, his widow became the wife of labez S. Thyng. The family was located in Livermore, Maine. The children of Oliver S. and Lavinia A. Ly- ford were: i. Frank Emilus, who died at the age of eighteen months. 2. Fannie, wife of J. W. Grififith, resided in Omaha. 3. Will H., mentioned below. 4. Harry B., connected with the great hardware house of Hibbard, Spencer and Bartlett, in Chicago. 5. Charles W., who died at the age of three years. 6. Oliver S. Jr., a resident of New York City. (VII) Will H., eldest surviving son of Oliver Smith (2) and Lavinia A. (Norris) Lyford. was born September 15, 1858, in Waterville, Maine, and received his educa- tion in the public schools and Colby College, Maine, from which he was graduated in 1879. He pursued the study of law in the law de- partment of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1886. Two years later he be- came the head of the law department, and still remains general counsel of the same company. Having thoroughly prepared himself for his profession, he has been an active and success- ful attorney in his adopted citv where he still resides. He is an earnest Republican in po- litical sentiment and is a member of the Chi- cago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid- Day. University, and .South Shore Country clubs of Chicago. He is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association and of the Manhat- tan, Lawyers, and Railroad clubs in New York. In religious sentiment he is a Baptist, while his family is identified with the Episcopal church. He married. April 28, 1886, at Ne- braska Citv, Nebraska, Marv Lee Mac Comas, STATE OF MAINE. 1479 of that place, a daughter of Rufus French and EHzabeth (Simpson) Mac Comas, of Chicago. They are the parents of two children : Gertrude Wells and Calhoun Lyford. : (For preceding generations see Francis Lyford I.) (Ill) Biley, son of Stephen LYFORD Lyford, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1716, and died at Brentwood, February 10, 1792. He was in the revolution in Colonel Nicholas Gil- man's regiment of militia, September 12, 1777, and in Captain Porter Kimball's company, Col- onel Stephen Evans' regiment at Saratoga in September, 1777. In his will he says: "My will is that my two negroes shall live with any of my children they see fit or otherwise to have their freedom as they choose." He also leaves ]\Iolly and Judith each one hundred Spanish milled dollars. His estate was valued at one thousand, eighteen hundred and twenty- five pounds, seven shillings and five pence. He married, August 25, 1743, Judith Wilson, born February 18, 1717, died 1789, daughter of Thomas Wilson. Children: i. Rebecca, born July 26, 1744, died April 10, 1782; married Samuel Dudley. 2. Dorothy, born September 5, 1746, married, January 10, 1765, James Robinson. 3. Alice, baptized June 26, 1748, died July 3, 1748. 4. Mary, born .\ugust 10, 1749. 5. Alice (Elsey), born April 19, 1751, married John Sanborn. 6. Anne, born July 13, 1753, married Bartholomew Thyng. 7. Biley Dudley, born October 19, 1755, men- tioned below. 8. Sarah, born February 22, 1757, died August 2, 1810; married Enos San- born. 9. Judith, born March 29, 1760. 10. John, born August 12, 1762, died January 16, 1812: married, November 20, 1786, Lois Smith. (IV) Biley Dudley, son of Biley Lyford, was born October 19, 1755, died April 16, 1830, at Fremont, New Hampshire. He mar- ried (first) Mary Robinson; (second) Dor^ othy Blake, born April 4, 1770, died April 9, 1835. Child of first wife: John, born Janu- ary I, 1782, mentioned below. Children of second wife: i. Dudley, born October 14, 1793- 2. James, February 25, 1795. 3. Eze- kiel, November 24, 1796, died March 3, 1814. 4. Mary, September 27, 1798, died December 5. 1887. 5. Epaphras Kibby, July 21, 1800. 6. Henry, July 31, 1803. 7. Dorothy, June 6, 1810, died January 14, 1895; married (first) Johnson; (second) Lyman Worthen. 8. Washington, March 10, 1805. (Y) John, son of Biley Dudley Lyford, was born January i, 1782, died at St. Albans, Maine, January i. 1854. He married (first) Marian Rowe, of Brentwood, New Hamp- shire. Alarried (second) March 2, 1817, Abi- gail Fogg Baine (or Bean), a widow of Will- iam Baine. She was born June 10, 1792, at Raymond^ New Hampshire, died December 20, 1878, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Lane) Fogg. Children of first wife: i. Biley, born at St. Albans, January 22, 1805. 2. Mary, St. Albans, November 30, 1807, married Snow. 3. Albert, St. Albans, June 26, 1810. 4. Dolly, Brentwood, New Flampshire, Janu- ary 16, 1812, died October 10, 1850; married, March 30, 1823, Thomas Boynton Tenney. Children of second wife : 5. John Fogg, Feb- ruary 17, 1818, mentioned below. 6. James Robinson, April 10, 1819, married, January 8, 1861, Mary Elizabeth Ellis. 7. WilHam King, August 13, 1820, died January 12, 1836. 8. Maria Rowe, November 13, 1821, died June 21, 1840. 9. Pamelia, January 5, 1823, died August 9, 1848; married. 1841, Enoch W. Rollins. 10. Sullivan, May 25, 1824, died No- vember 14, 1863. II. Abigail, December 27, 1825, died December 26, 1848; married Bates. 12. Frances H., July 7, 1828, died September 28, 1851 ; married Given. 13. Samuel Fogg, May 15, 1830. 14. Lois Ann, February 5, 1832, married L. E. Judkins. IS- Sarah W., July 4, 1836, died October 26, 1861. (VI) John Fogg, son of John Lyford, was born February 17, 181 8, at St. Albans, Maine. He was brought up on his father's farm, and after he grew to manhood, bought the home- stead of his father. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. In addition to farming he engaged extensively in lumber- ing. In 1901 he sold his farm and retired from active business, and since then he has been living with his daughter at Pittsfield, Maine. He is a Republican in politics ; was for some years on the board of selectmen, was collector of taxes and held various other town offices. He married, February 8, 1844, Fannie Bean Rowe, born at St. Albans, Maine, Au- gust 6, 1819, died November 22, 1896, daugh- ter of David and Betsey (McClure) Rowe, of Newmarket, New Hampshire. Children : i. Franklin Orestes, born January 21, 1847, men- tioned below^ 2. Horace Kibby. June 17, 1848, married (first) August 30, 1870, Sophia Stinchfield; (second) November 27, 1876, Clara Ann Stinchfield : he now resides at Man- ly, Iowa. 3. Vesta Lizzie, January 31, 1852, lives with her father at Pittsfield. (VII) Franklin Orestes, M, D., son of John Fogg Lyford, was born in St. Albans, Maine, 1480 STATE OF MAINE. January 21, 1847. He was educated in the public schools of that town, at Corinna Acad- emy, at Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalborough, and at Hahnemann iMedical College, Phila- delphia, where he was graduated with the de- gree of M. D., March 8, 1877. He began to practice his profession at Farmington, March 31, 1877, and has continued in that city for thirty-one consecutive years. He has an ex- tensive practice and stands high in his pro- fession. He is a Republican in politics; has been supervisor of schools in Farmington for fourteen years and a member of the board of health for seventeen years. He is a prominent Mason, a member of Maine Lodge, No. 20, of Farmington ; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Jephtha Council. Royal and Select Masters ; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Farmington ; of Maine Consistory, Scottish Rite Masonry, Portland; a thirty-sec- ond degree Mason. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias of Farmington. He is a Congregationalist. He mirried, January 22, 1873, Ellen S. Skinner, born in St. xA.lbans, Maine, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Olive (Hackett) Skinner, of St. Albans. Their only child, Earle Howard, is mentioned below. (VHI) Earle Howard, son of Dr. Franklin O. Lyford, was born at St. Albans, December 22, 1873. He was educated in the public schools of Farmington and in Bovvdoin College, where he graduated in the class of i8g6. He attended the Boston School of Pharmacy and received his degree in 1901. He is at present in business as a druggist at Berlin, New Hampshirp, a partner in the firm of Lyford & Currier, established in 1902. He is a member of Maine Lodge of Free Masons, No. 20, of Farmington ; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; of Jephtha Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Farmington, and of the Scottish Rite degree. Concord, New Hampshire. He belongs to the Odd Fellows of Farmington and tlie Independent Order of Red Men, Lew- iston, Maine. He is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He mar- ried, April 7, 1908, Cora S. Burleigh, daughter of Oilman Burleigh, of Vassalborough, now of North Carolina. The Dillingham family is DILLINGHAM an old one in England, was early transplanted to New England and has been prominent for several generations in the history of Maine. It has sent out from that State many worthy sons who have made their mark in the various professions and callings of life. (I) Edward Dillingham, the American pro- genitor, came from Bitteswell, in Leicester- shire, England, to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1630. In 1637 he was one of ten residents of that town to receive a grant of land from the general court. This land was located in Sand- wich and the pioneer ten were soon joined by many others from Lynn, Duxbury and Ply- mouth. Edward Dillingham was appointed, April 16, 1641, to divide the meadow land in Sandwich, of which eight acres were awarded to him. (")n September 27, of the following year, he was chosen deputy from .Sandwich to the general court at Plymouth, and in the fol- lowing year was on the list of thofe liable to bear arms in Sandwich. In 1647-48, he was one of the three who made inventory of the propcrtv of James Holloway and George Knot. He was appointed an associate of Richard Bourne, January 26, 1654, to act in behalf of the town in a contract witli Thomas Dexter for building a mill. At the same time he was appointed on a committee to frame a petition to the general court for a grant and assistance in the purchase of Mohamet. On May 18, of the succeeding year, Edward Dillingham and Thomas De.xter were appointed to make a rate which would suffice to bring the town out of debt. He was one of those who signed an invitation to a clergyman to settle at Sand- wich, and in 1658 he was a member of a committee to determine the true boundary of the land of every inhabitant in Sandwich. In that year he was sued by an Indian because of damage to the latter's corn, by Dillingham's horse. Edward Dillingham died in 1667. His will was made the previous year and probated on June i, immediately succeeding his death. It would appear from matters mentioned in his will that he had taken cattle and horses from several former neighbors in his native place to be kept for a portion of their increase. Ed- ward Dillingham's wife, Dusilla (miiden name unknown), died February 6, 1656. Their chil- dren, of record, were: Henry, John and Osiah (daughter). (II) Henry, elder son of Edward and Du- silla Dillingham, was born 1627, in England, and lived in Sandwich, Massachusetts, His name appears on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. '^"d nine years later he was one of those appointed to lay out the most convenient way from Sandwich to Plymouth. In 1659 he was fined two pounds, ten shillings, for refusing to serve as constable, and three STATE OF MAINE. 1481 years later he was fined fifteen shillings for refusing to assist the marshal in prosecut- ing Quakers. In the same year, October 2, his wife was fined ten shillings for attending a Quaker meeting. He is recorded in Sand- wich. February 23, 1675, as having a just right to the privileges of the town. From this it would appear that his leaning toward the Quakers had been condoned. In the same year he- was made one of the council of war. On a list made July 15, 1678, he is recorded as one of those who had taken the oath of fidelity and in 1702, June 25, he is listed as one of the freemen in Sandwich. He was married June 24, 1652, to Hannah Perry, who died June 9, 1673. Children : Mary, Edward, John and Dorcas. ( III) John, younger son of Henry and Han- nah (Perry) Dillingham, was born February 24, 1658. in Sandwich, and died there. May 2, 1733. He appears to have been a good hus- bandman who took no part in public affairs. His name appears in the records of 1681, as a freeman who had taken the oath of fidelity. No record of his wife appears. His children were : John and Meletiah. (I\') Meletiah, younger son of John Dil- lingham, was born about 1700, and died Janu- ary 25, 1786. He appears to have resided in Hanover, where he exchanged lots in 1744, and in 1748-49 bought land in Hanover. He was engaged in shipbuilding and is also de- scribed in deeds as a blacksmith. He bought land in Scituate in 1768, and in Hanover in 1771. He built a home near "The Corners," in Hanover, and his descendants lived in that town for some generations ; in the last century the name has not appeared in Hanover. He was married October 28, 1723, at Scituate, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin Curtiss, of Han- over, Massachusetts. She was born August 22, 1691, and died December 17, 1727, leaving a son. He was married (second) February 18, 1730, to Phoebe Hatch, of Hanover, who died January 31. 1732, leaving no living issue. He was married (third) January 31, 1735, to Mariah Gilford, who died December 21, 1784, aged seventy-five years. His children were : Lemuel, Lydia, Hannah, Content, Thomas, Joshua, Meribah, William. Ann and Phoebe. The first was the child of first wife. (V) Lemuel, child of ]\Ieletiah and Mary (Curtiss) Dillingham, was born before Decem- ber 17, 1727, in Hanover or Scituate, and settled in Bristol (Bremenport), Maine, where he died after 1800. He was in Bristol as early as June 21, 1774, on which date he bought seventy-five acres of land, and in November, five years later, he wrote from that point, ask- ing a removal certificate from the Quaker church, in Massachusetts. In December, 1779, this certificate was sent, directed to Falmouth, Maine, to the monthly meeting of Friends at Casco Bay. The seventy-five acre lot which he purchased was sold by him, in 1795, to John Johnson, and was again purchased by Dilling- ham in 1796. This was again conveyed to Johnson, September 9, 1800. He was a con- sistent Quaker and was buried in the Quaker cemetery in Bristol, in an unpainted coffin according to the custom of that sect. The fol- lowing anecdote is related to indicate the char- acter of men like Lemuel. On one occasion he invited David Collamore to have breakfast, but the latter declined at first, but afterwards said, "I believe I will have a cup of coffee." To this Dillingham replied, "Thee cannot lie in my house."' and Collamore was obliged to forego the refreshment. The brother of the last named. John Collamore, of Bristol, mar- ried Dillingham's daughter, Sarah, and a con- tract appears on record, dated September 9, 1800, which shows that John Collamore under- took the care of Lemuel Dillingham, in his old age, agreeing to provide him with whole- some victuals, drink and clothing, with com- fortable bed and bedding and a fire when necessary, and also medical attendance, and the care of a nurse if required. Collamore further bound himself to see that Dillingharn was decently buried at death. He was married September 23, 1756, to Sarah Palmer, born in Hanover, Massachusetts, and died in Bristol, Maine. Their children were : Lemuel, Joshua. Sarah, Josiah and Lydia. (VI) Joshua, son of Lemuel and Sarah (Palmer) Dillingham, was born November 12, 1758, in Hanover, and removed to Bristol, Maine, prior to 1774. He bought land in Bristol, December 10, 1779, located on the south branch of Pemaquid pond. During that year he served as a seaman on the colonial frigate "Boston." He is described as a black- smith in a deed of land made June 10, 1782, and the next year he sold that land in Megunti- cook. In 1795 he gave a deed in which he is described as a resident of Camden. On Sep- tember 16, 1798, he received from Henry Knox, of Thomaston, a deed of land embrac- ing one hundred and eighty-seven acres, on the west bank of Penobscot Bay, for which he paid $441.32. In 1801 he purchased another tract of seventy acres in the same locality, and in 1803 a lot of nearly thirty-four acres. He was one of the first settlers in Camden, hav- ing removed from Bristol about 1782, in a ves- 1482 STATE OF MAINE. sel. and landed on what has ever since been called Dillingham Shore. He had previously erected a log cabin near the shore, and in this he lived for some time. He was followed to Camden within a few years by his brothers, Lemuel and Josiah. Their lands were prob- ably taken on warrants as revolutionary vet- erans, and when the Waldo patent came into the hands of General Knox, their titles had to be confirmed by deeds which were granted after he moved his family to Thomaston. Joshua's land was subsequently divided into several farms on which three of his children settled. He was one of the first Universalists in the town of Camden, and often read ser- mons at meetings of that sect held in private houses. This section was then a part of Mass- achusetts, and in 1808, he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature. He died May 6, 1820, in Camden. He was married Febru- ary 4, 1778, to Mary Palmer, a sister of the wife of his elder brother. Lemuel. She was born October 28, 1760, and died March 18, 1848, having survived her husband nearly twenty-eight years. Their children were : Nathaniel, Rachael, Sally and Joshua. (VH) Nathaniel, eldest son of Joshua and Mary (Palmer) Dillingham, was born Oc- tober 13, 1783, in Camden, and settled on a part of his father's land in that town. He was first selectman of Camden, from 1824 to 1 83 1, and was for many years cashier of the Megunticook bank of that town. He was a staunch supporter of the temperance move- ment, and was president of the Camden Tem- perance Society in 1829. His chief occupa- tions were farming and lumbering. About 1850 he moved to Old Town, Maine, where his son resided, but subsequently resided with a son in Bangor, where he died May 30, 1863. He was married August 25, 1805, to Deborah Myrick, of Princeton, Massachusetts, bom November 4, 1782, in that town, and died September 2, 1862, in Old Town, Maine. Children : Theodore Heald, Frederick Hart- well, Edward Hamilton, George Humphrey, Harriet Maria and Nathaniel Himelius. The second son was a deputy and special deputy collector in the Bangor custom house twenty- six years, and died there in 1901. The third son died in infancy, as did the fourth. The daughter lived and died in Camden, unmar- ried. The youngest son lived in Bangor where he died April 19, 1899. (Vni) Theodore Heald, eldest child of Na- thaniel and Deborah (Myrick) Dillingham, was born December 2, 1806, in Camden, and died March 7, 1858. He moved from Camden to Warren, Maine, where he engaged in trade. He moved to Old Town prior to 1835, and was in lumber business and in trade. He served for a time as Indian agent. In 1838 he re- moved to Bangor, but returned to Old Town in October, 1844, and continued there until his death. He was married (first) January 2, 183 1, to Angelica Hovey, daughter of Dea- con John Miller, of Warren, Maine. She was born March 13, 1812, and died November 16, 1839, and he was married (second) in Feb- ruary, 1842, to Susan Kent Beverage, of Cam- den, Maine. She died in that town August 19, 1873. Their children were : Edwin Frederic, George Francis, Harriet Maria, Charles Theo- dore, Albert Heald and Henry N. The second son died in Bangor in 1904'. The daughter died at the age of sixteen months. The third son resides in New York City, member of firm Charles T. Dillingham & Company, wholesale booksellers. The youngest son died before two years of age. (IX) Edwin Frederic, eldest child of Theo- dore Heald and Angelica H. (Miller) Dilling- ham, was born June 6, 1832, in Warren, Maine. He was educated in the public schools of Bangor and was for a short time a student in a private school at Old Town. In 1844 he became a student of the Bangor high school and continued there one year. He entered the book store of David Bugbee in Bangor, May 24, 1847, ^^'^ continued as a clerk until 1854. From August 25 of that year, until February 9, 1899, he was a member of the firm of D. Bugbee & Company, and on the last named date became sole proprietor of the business. This concern has remained in tlie same local- ity, and in connection with the sale of books, stationery and wall paper, since June, 1836, in- cludes a blank book factory and bindery. He is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, of which he is junior warden ; has been a mem- ber of the Parish for more than fifty years, and is the oldest living male communicant. Fie has been the longest in active business of any one in Bangor, covering a period of sixty- one years in the same store. He is the oldest member and past master of St. Andrew's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and is also the oldest past high priest of Mount Moriah Chapter, R. A. M. He is the oldest past commander of St. John's Commandery, K. T., and the oldest member of the Scottish Rite body of that town. He has been treasurer of this association for twenty years and for forty- six years has been treasurer of Saint An- drew's Lodge. He holds the oldest policy in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance STATE OF MAINE. 1483 Company in the state of Maine and province of New IJrunswick. Mr. Dillingham is first vice-president of the Bangor Loan and Build- ing Association and is recognized as one of the leading business men of his own town. He is an active supporter of the Republican party, and served as a member of the common coun- cil of Bangor in 1864-5-6, being the o ily sur- vivor of the former body. For over fifty years he has spent his summers at Camden, where he and his sons own a tract of ten acres, with cottages, the location being known as Dillingham's Point. He was married May 8, 1855. in Bangor, to Julia, daughter of Martin and Jane (Cutter) Snell, a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. (See Alden.) Children: I. Frederick Henry. 2. Edwin Lynde. 3. Jenny Cutter, wife of Dr. George S. Macpher- son, of Boston ; daughter, Janice Russell. 4. Julia Field, married William H. Stalker, and resides in New York City. (X) Frederick Henry, eldest child of Edwin F. and Julia (Snell) Dillingham, was born April 7, 1857, in Bangor, and attended the public schools of that city. He was graduated from Bowdoin College with the degree of Bachelor of .Arts in 1877, and three years later received the degree of Master of Arts from the same institution. Having decided to en- gage in the practice of medicine, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1880, and since that date has been continuously and ac- tively engaged in the practice of his profession in New York City. In January, 1882, he was appointed a member of the board of health, and continued as a member of that body, hold- ing the position of assistant sanitary superin- tendent, when he resigned May i, 1903. He is an adjunct professor of dermatology in the New York Polyclinic and Hospital, visiting physician and dermatologist of St. Joseph's Hospital, and consulting dermatologist of St. Francis' Hospital. Dr. Dillingham "is a mem- ber of the Academy of Medicine of New York and the State and County Medical societies. He is a member of the Medical Association of Greater New York; the New York Polvclinic Clinical Society; and the West Side Clinical Society. He is also a member of the Phy- sicians' Mutual Aid Association, the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, and of the Maine Society of New York. Since 1887 he has been secretary of the Bowdoin Alumni Association of New York. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, affiliating with the Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter. A man of genial nature and large heart, he brings to the practice of his protestion that personal magncusm whicli is one of the strongest equipments in a phy- sician. Possessed of a fine literary taste, Dr. Dillingham is and always has been a student, and keeps abreast with the best thought of the times and the progress and advancement in his profession. He was married (first) November 15, 1893, to Helen Alexandra, daughter of James Edward and Helen Ganson, of New York City. She died January 20, 1894, and he was married (second) November 3, 1897, to Susy Maria Ferguson, of New York City, widow of John Henry Ferguson, and sister of his first wife. (X) Edwin Lynde, second child uf Edwin F. and Julia (Snell) Dillingham, was born in Bangor, Maine, May 3, 1861. He attended public schools in Bangor and was graduated from Yale in 1882 (A. B.). He engaged in business in New York City after graduating, and in November, 1886, moved to Bos, on, Massachusetts, where he was connected with Ticknor Company and Lee & Shepard nr.til February, 1892, when he returned to New York to enter the firm of Charles T. Dilling- ham & Company, wholesale book sellers, where he continued until j\Iarch,25, 1896. Since October, 1896, has been head of the F. Dillingham, is descended from John .Alden subscription book department of Charles Scribner's Sons. Julia (Snell) Dillingham, wife of Edwin (who is fully written of in other pages of this work) and his son Joseph, through the follow- ing line : (III) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) and Mary (Simmons) Alden, was prob- ably born at Bridgewater. and lived in South Bridgewater. He married Hannah, daughter of Daniel Dunham, of Plymouth, in 1690. Children: Daniel, Joseph (died young), Eleazer, Hannah, Mary, Joseph, Jonathan, Samuel, JMehitabel and Seth. (IV) Eleazer, third child of Deacon Joseph (2) and Hannah (Dunham) Alden, was born 1694, at South Bridgewater, and died in 1773. He lived all his life in South Bridgewater, where he was a highly respected citizen, at- taining to a ripe old age. He married, 1720, Martha, daughter of Joseph Shaw ; she died in 1769, aged sixty-nine years. Children: Jonathan, Eleazer, Abraham, David, Joshua, Caleb, Ezra and Timothy. (V) Eleazer (2), second son of Eleazer (I) and Martha (Shaw) Alden. was born in 1723, at South Bridgewater, and died there in 1484 STATE OF MAINE. 1803. He married, in 1748, Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Whitman, who died in 1819, aged ninety-three years. Children : Martha, Mary, Abigail, Sarah, Hannah and Eleazer. (VI) Abigail, third child of Eleazer (2) and Sarah (Whitman) Alden, was born in 1756. She married, in 1774, William Snell, at South Bridgewater, and there their first three children were born ; afterward they re- moved to Ware, and again to Tamworth, New Hampshire. He was a soldier in the French war, where he lost a leg, and was a very great sufferer from his wounds. He was also a teacher in the schools of his town, and was called "Master Snell." Children : William, Seth, Smyrdus, Eleazer, Alden and Martin. (VII) Martin, sixth child of William and Abigail (Alden) Snell, was born May 4, 1793, in Ware, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Brown University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1818. He took a post- graduate course at Yale, and received the de- gree of Master of Arts in 1821. He engaged in teaching, and was a candidate for orders in the Protestant Episcopal church, but did not take them on account of poor health. He mar- ried, March 9, 1825, Jane Cutter, born July 15, 1801, and died in Bangor, Maine, ilay 29, 1854. Children: William Cutter (died at age of seven years), Elizabeth Jane, Henry Martin, Julia and William. (VIII) Julia, younger daughter of Martin and Jane (Cutter) Snell, was born July 18, 183 1, in Eastport, Maine, and became the wife of E. F. Dillingham. (See Dillingham, IX.) The Champlin family in the CHAMPLIN United States is of Nor- man-French rather than of English origin, it is supposed. Families of this name are still found in Normandy, and few if any in England. Samuel de Cham- plain, the distinguished navigator and explor- er, the founder of Quebec and the first gov- ernor of New France, was a Norman. A cel- ebrated French painter, born at Les Andelys in 1825, bore the name, Charles J.- Champlin. (I) Geoffrey Champlin. the first to bear the Champlin name in this country, reached the new world in some way not now known. It is thought that he may have landed in Bos- ton or some other Massachusetts port, and have left there with the company of Dissen- tients who followed Coddington and Arnold into the wilderness. He was on the island of Rhode Island as early as t6^8. and within a vear after the earliest white settlers made their homes there. Wc find him at first a resident of Portsmouth, but he soon made his home in Newport. On the twenty-fourth of the eleventh month, 1638, he was admitted an inhabitant, and was made a freeman Sep- tember 14, 1640. While at Newport, if not before, he acquired property, and in 1661 re- moved to Misqiamacut, now known as West- erly. His home lot and dwelling in Newport, with forty acres of land, he sold in 1669. His name appears in the list of free inhabit- ants of Westerly in 1669. In 1661 he took the oath of fidelit}' to the colon\-. During King Philip's war, 1675-76. he ]5robably returned to Newport. He died on or before 1695, as in that year he is mentioned in a confirmition of a deed by his son Jeffrey as "my deceased father." Previous to 1650 Geoffrey Champlin married f probably in Newport), but the name of his wife is unknown. His children, so far as has been ascertained, were Jeffrey, William and Christopher. (II) Jeffrey, the oldest son of Geoffrey Champlin, was born probably at Newport, about 1650, some say in 1652. May 17, 1671, he was called to take the oath of allegiance to the colony, but did not appear. He took the oath September 17, 1679. The same year he was chosen a member of the town council in Westerly. In 1680 he was the moderator of the town meeting. His is the earliest rec- ord of a moderator in Westerly. He was the moderator of tow;i meetings also in 1681-84. With the exception of 1683 he represented Westerly in the general assembly from 1681 to 1685. In 1685 he bought of Anthony Low six hundred acres of land in Kingston, and removed thither in 1686. In 1690, when Cap- tain of the train band of Kingston, he was appointed on a commission to raise money to pay soldiers to be used "against their Maj- esty's enemies." The government of Rhode Island as organized in 1647 in accordance with the terms of the patent brought from England in 1644 by Roger Williams, con- sisted of a president and an assistant from each town. In case of the absence or death of the president, his place was to be taken by the assistant of the town from which the president was chosen. Jeffrey Champlin was the Kingston assistant from 1896 (with the exception of 1697) to 171 5, the year in which he died. He had one son Jeffrey, and a daugh- ter Hannah, born about 1677, who married John Watson Jr., April 8, 1703. (III) Jeffrey (2), only son of Jeffrey (i) and Hannah Champlin, was born probably in Westerly, about 1672. About 1700. while re- c/-7^^^ Ct^ir STATE OF MAINE. 148 = siding in Kingston, he married Susanna El- dred, daughter of Thomas and Susanna (Cole) Eldred, and granddaughter of Susanna Hutchinson, youngest child of the well-known Anne Hutchinson. Their children were En- blin. born January 30, 1701-02, married, De- cember 25, 1721, Joseph Wilbour, and Jeffrey, born February 2, 1702-03, married, September 26, 1725. Mary Northrup. I\Irs. Susanna (El- dred) ChampHn died about 1705-06, and Jef- frey Champlin married (second) Hannah Hazard, daughter of Robert and Mary (Brownell) Hazard, of Kingston, and grand- daughter of the ftrst Thomas Hazard, of Bos- ton, ilassachusetts, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Their children were : Thomas, born September 3, 1708, Stephen, see forward, and William, bom March 3, 1712-13, probably died before 1730. Mrs. Hannah (Hazard) Champlin died March 5, 1713, and Jeffrey Champlin married (third) Susanna . Their children were Hannah, born January II, 1715: and John, born February 12, 1716- 17, married Freelove Watson. Jeffrey Champ- lin died in 1718. His will, made February 14, 1717-18, was proved March 10, 1718. The inventory amounted to £1,457, 7^. id. His widow married, May 26, 1720, Samuel Clarke, of Westerly. (IV) Stephen, of South Kingston, second son of Jeffrey (2) and Hannah (Hazard) Champlin. was born February 16, 1709-10. He married, in 1733, Mar\- Hazard, daugh- ter of Robert and Sarah (Borden) Hazard, of North Kingston. He lived on Point Judith Neck. He was admitted a freeman May 2, 1732. In 1746 he bought of Thomas Hazard two hundred acres of land on Boston Neck, and later three hundred and thirty acres on the coast. He died on his estate July 22, 1771. In his will, July I, 1771, he gave each of his daughters £400. His children were Ste- phen, born September 29, 17^4: Hannah, Jan- uary 20, 1735-36; Sarah, August 18, 1737 Mary. April 14. 1739: Susanna, March 26, 1742: Jeffrey, March 21. 1744-45; Robert April 12, 1747; Thomas, November 26, 1755 Mary Champlin, widow of Stephen Champlin born February 23, 1716, died March 13, 1773 Her father, Robert Hazard, left her £500 at his decease, May 20, 1762. (V) Robert, of South Kingston, third son of Stephen and Mary (Hazard) Champlin, born April 12, 1747, married, in 1768, Mary Browning, daughter of John and Ann (Haz- ard) Browning, of South Kingston. He was a sea-captain, sailing from Newport to the coast of .Africa. \\'est Indies, &c. He died in .South Kingston, September 25, 1809. Mrs. Mary (Browning) Champlin, born in 1737, died April 8, 1823. Their children were Rob- ert, born November i, 1769; Sarah, June i, 1771; Lucy, 1774, John, April 7, 1775; Ste- phen, 1776. (VI) John, second son of Captain Robert and Mary (Browning) Champlin, married (first) Abigail Carpenter, daughter of Daniel and Ruth (Cornell) Carpenter, of North Kingston, Rhode Island. She died at Col- chester, Connecticut (to which place they had removed), November 13, 1800. and John Champlin married (second) in 1803, Martha Armstrong, of South Kingston. He died there June 4, 1852. Mrs. Martha (Armstrong) Champlin, born September 9, 1779, died at Lebanon, May 24, 1843. Their children were Robert, born January 22, 1805; Sarah, March 17, 1806; John, .April 28, 1807; Stephen, April II, 1808; James Tift, June 9, 181 1; George, May 17, 1813; Lydia, August 29, 1816; Mar- tha, September 19, 1819; Mary, September 19, 1819 (twins). (VII) James Tift, the fourth son of John and ]\Iartha (.Armstrong) Champlin, was born in Colchester, Connecticut, June 9, 1811. Not long after his birth his parents took up their residence in Lebanon, Connecticut. His was a typical New England home, in which were taught lessons of duty, frugality and piety. When about fourteen years of age he united with the Baptist church in Lebanon. A thoughtful, studious boy, both father and mother easily discovered the bent of his mind, and his aptitude and wishes for school advan- tages found in them hearty support. The de- sire for a collegiate education early took pos- session of him, and in the autumn of 1828 he entered the academy at Colchester and de- voted himself to college preparatory studies. These studies were continued at the academy in Plainfield. Connecticut. Having completed his preparatory course, he entered the fresh- man class of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in .September, 1830. At Brown he came under the influence of Francis Way- land, the distinguished president of the LTni- versity, and one of the foremost educators of his time. From Dr. Wayland he received an impulse along intellectual and spiritual lines that followed him through life. During his college course he won first rank as a stu- dent and at graduation was the valedictorian of his class. Even before his graduation he was looking forward to the vocation of a teacher, and was elected principal of the Nor- mal Labor School at Pawtuxet. Rhode Island ; i486 STATE OF MAINE. but the position lacked the attraction of edu- cational work along lines with which he was especially familiar, and he returned to the col- lege as a graduate student. Probably this was with reference to a position in the University, as at the opening of the next collegiate year he received an ap]Jointment as a tutor at Brown, a position which he held until March, 1838. Unexpectedly, early in February of that year, he received a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Portland, Maine. Dr. Maginnis, the pastor of the church, had resigned in order to accept the professorship of biblical theology in the The- ological Seminary at Hamilton, New York, and he directed the attention of the church to Tutor Champlin as a desirable candidate for the vacancy. The call was so urgent on the part of the church that while looking forward to the work of teaching as his life-work, Mr. Champlin decided to visit Portland and look at the field. This he did, and after spending several weeks in Portland he accepted the call and was ordained in Portland as pastor of the church. May 3, 1838, President Patti- son, of Waterville College, preaching the ser- mon. Mr. Champlin entered upon his labors with great earnestness, and proved an efficient and successful pa.stor. Tune 12, 18^9, he was married to Mary Ann Pierce, of Providence, Rhode Island, daughter of Mr. Asa Pierce, a prominent Providence merchant, President Wayland being the officiating clergyman. Mrs. Champlin was a descendant of Captain Mi- chael Pierce, of Scituate, Plymouth Colony, who was slain at the head of his command in King Philip's war on Sunday, March 26, 1676. Captain Pierce was a brother of John and Captain William Pierce, and came to New England not far from 1645. locating first at Hingham and later at Scituate. Mr. Champ- lin's pastorate at Portland was a happy one, but the location of Portland on the sea-coast was unfavorable for a bronchial rlifficulty that had fastened itself upon him, and which made it difficult for him to discharge his pulpit duties; and when, in the summer of 1841, Mr. Champlin was elected professor of ancient languages in Waterville College, he deemed it his duty to accept the appointment and re- signed his pastorate. At Waterville he en- tered upon what proved to be his life-work. His associates were scholarly men, and his new duties were congenial to him. To the work of instruction he added the task of pre- paring needed text-books. In 1843 he pub- lished his "Demosthenes on the Crown," which soon came into use in manv American col- leges. Professor Felton, of Harvard College, reviewed the work in the North American Revieii', and called attention to it as "a valu- able addition to the series of classical books published in the United States." For more than thirty years this was the text-book in general use in American colleges, in the study of this masterly oration. Other classical works followed. In 1855 Mr. Champlin received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Rochester University. Two years later he was elected president of Waterville College. He was also made professor of moral and intellectual philosophy. The college at that time had three buildings, and an invested fund of twelve or fifteen thousand dollars. Dr. Champlin at once entered upon the task of securing for the college an ampler endowment and equipment. The outbreak of the civil war in 1861 interfered for a while with his well-matured plans, but in the third year of the war he drew the attention of Air. Gardner Colby to the needs of the college. Mr. Colby was a prosperous Boston merchant, some of whose early years had been spent in Water- ville and Winslow, and whose mother had been befriended by the first president of the college. On revisiting Waterville in 1866, by invitation of Dr. Champlin, he was present at the Commencement dinner, and took the oc- casion to ofifer to give the college $30,000 on condition that the friends of the college would raise $100,000 additional. By heroic efforts on the part of Dr. Champlin and some of his colleagues this amount was raised. At the suggestion of Dr. Champlin, in recognition of Mr. Colby's generous gift, the trustees of the college voted to ask the legislature of Maine to change the name of the institution to Colby University. This was done, and later the name was changed to Colby College, its present designation. Added funds for building purposes soon came into the treasury of the college. Memorial Hall and Coburn Hall, costing upwards of $75,000, were erected ; and the old chapel and North College were remodeled at an expense of $14,500. In 1872 the funds of the college had increased to $200,000. During this period of endow- ment and upbuilding, Dr. Champlin prosecuted his studies and work of instruction with old- time vigor. With energy and fidelitv he dis- charged his many important duties. But in 1872, having served the college thirty-one years, he asked to be relieved of the burden • he had carried so long. By request of the trustees he continued his labors another year, and then brought his connection with the col- /jfi/m<^"^^^ <^^9'^t:<^ ^^c^^inyi'/Lty STATE OF MAINE. 1487 leg^e to a close, save that he accepted an elec- tion as a member of its board of trustees, a position which he retained until his death. In 1874 he took up his residence in Portland, where the years of his devoted ministry were spent; and there among his books, and in the prosecution of added literary labors, he passed the evening of life. Brown University in 1850 had conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Colby Uni- versity in 1872 conferred upon him the hon- orary degree of Doctor of Laws. He died in Portland. Alarch 15, 1882. The Rev. Dr. losepli Ricker, of Augusta, who was closely identified with the interests of Colby during Dr. Champlin's connection with the college, well said of Dr. Champlin : "With an unus- ually robust intellect, an honest heart and a fixed purpose he pushed his investigations into every field of inquiry pertaining to the several branches of learning he was called to teach. With unflagging industry he toiled, with pre- eminent fidelity he sought to discharge the great trusts committed in his keeping, and was faithful in little and also in much. His life has been a tlistinguished benediction, whether considered in its relation to the church or state, to learning or to religion." His widow, Mary Ann (Pierce) Champlin, died in Portland. May 17, 1892. Their children were James P., Augustus, Caroline and Frank Armstrong. (VHI) James Pierce, oldest son of the Rev. Dr. James Tift and Mary Ann (Pierce) Champlin, was born in Portland, Maine, June 9, 1840. He attended the schools in Water- ville. including the Waterville Academy, then under the principalship of James H. Hanson, one of the most distinguished of the heads of the secondary schools in Maine. In 1854 he went to Suffield, Connecticut, where he con- tinued his studies in the academy at that place, remaining a year. In the spring of 1855, ™ accordance with a fixed purpose to enter upon a business career, he obtained a clerkship in the publishing house of Phillips. Sampson & Company in Boston, and remained with this house a year. In the spring of 1856 he re- turned to Maine and obtained a situation in Portland as a clerk in the wholesale grocery establishment of Davis, Twitchell & Chap- man. Here he remained until the spring of i860, when he again took up his residence in Waterville and engaged in business there. But after a year he returned to Portland and en- tered into partnership with John G. Twitchell, under the firm name of Twitchell & Champ- lin, the firm conducting a wholesale flour busi- ness. This partnership continued until 1865, when Mr. Champlin and Air. Twitchell bought out the interests of Frederick Davis and El- bridge Chapman in the firm of Davis, Twitch- ell & Chapman, wholesale grocers, and changed the name of the firm to Twitchell Brothers & Champlin. In 1868 John Q. Twitchell and James P. Champlin bought out the interest of Mr. Thomas E. Twitchell, and continued the wholesale grocery business until 1872, when they admitted to the firm Mr. Champlin's brother, Frank A. Champlin. Twitchell, Champlin & Company continued the business along the same lines as hitherto until 1890, when the firm was incorporated under the name of The Twitchell Champlin Company. At the first election held by the stockholders Mr. James P. Champlin was made one of the directors and the directors elected Air. Champlin president each year until 1903, when he declined a re-election. Since that time he has kept in touch with the busi- ness of the company, but has not taken an active part in its management. The corpora- tion has prospered from its beginning. A branch house was opened in Boston at the time of the incorporation of the company. In addition to its large plant on Commercial street, Portland, the company has established caimeries in many places, including those at Hiram, Waldoboro, Sedgwick, Machiasport and Lubec, Maine, and Wolcolt, New York; while at the home establishment in Portland vegetables and fruits are canned in their season. The company also manufactures brooms and other articles at the Portland plant. The pay-roll of the company at the present time amounts to about $2,000 a week. The Boston branch is continued and The Twitchell, Champlin Company has a wide rep- utation for business integrity and enterprise. Mr. James P. Champlin married, November 2, 1864, Helen F. Perry, daughter of Ezra N. Perry, of Portland. She died October ig, 1895. Their children are Marion Pierce, George Pierce, Arthur Perry and James Pierce Jr. After the death of Mrs. Champlin, Mr. Champlin made his home in Boston, giv- ing his attention largely to the company's business interests there. February 16, 1898, he married, in Bangor, Nettie C. Wiggin, daughter of Andrew Wiggin, of Bangor. They remained in Boston until 1901, when they returned to Portland and took possession of the fine residence erected by Mr. Champlin on Vaughan street. Released from the over- sight of large business interests, Mr. Champ- lin in recent years has devoted much of his 1488 STATE OF MAINE. time to travel. With Mrs. Champlin he has visited many parts of the United States, in- chiding the southern states, California and Alaska. They had also spent some time among the islands of the West Indies, including Trinidad, Porto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica, and in visiting some of the South American states. They have traveled also extensively in the various countries of Europe, in Egypt and in Palestine. Though often urged to ac- cept public office, Mr. Champlin has declined such service on account of the large demands of his growing business interests. These have so largely engrossed his time and attention as to leave no opportunity for service in other fields, however attractive. (VIII) Augustus, second son of the Rev. Dr. James Tift and Mary Ann (Pierce) Champlin. was born in Waterville, March 9, 1842. With a view to professional life he prepared for college at the Waterville Acad- emy. Entering Waterville College in 1858, he was graduated in 1862 in the second year of the civil war. The year following he taught a school in Evansville, Illinois. Then for a year he was principal of the academy in China, Maine. He then devoted himself to the study of law, and after admission to the bar entered upon the practice of his profession in Dexter, Maine. Later he turned his atten- tion to fire insurance, and removing to Ban- gor opened an office in that city. In 1878 he removed to Portland and associated himself in the fire insurance business with Sterling Dow, under the firm name of Dow & Champ- lin. Subsequently he devoted himself to the adjustment of fire insurance claims. Later he became the resident secretary of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. His judgment in all matters pertaining to fire insurance was frequently sought. He married, February 23, 1888, Carrie H., daughter of William T. and Lucetta S. (Libby) Kilborn, of Portland, Maine. Mr. Champlin died in Portland. September 12, 1897, leaving besides his widow one daughter, Mary, born in Port- land, April 23, 1889. (VIII) Caroline, only daughter of the Rev. Dr. James Tift and Mary Ann (Pierce) Champlin, was born in Waterville, January 4, 1846. She studied at the academy in Water- ville, and later at Miss Bonney's school in Philadelphia. While at school in Philadelphia she was baptized by the Rev. Dr. George Dana Boardman, and united with the First Baptist Church in that city. Of a charming person- ality, active in social and church relations, she endeared herself to a wide circle of friends. May 19, 1873, she was married to the Rev. Henry S. Burrage, pastor of the Baptist church in Waterville. In October, 1875, her husband became editor and pro- prietor of Zion's Advocate, a weekly religious paper published in Portland, Maine, and that city became their residence. Two children were born to them, Champlin and Thomas Jayne. Mrs. Burrage died in Portland, No- vember 24, 1875. (IX) Marion Pierce, only daughter of James Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champ- lin, was born in Portland, Maine, September 24, 1869. She was educated in the Portland schools, and was graduated at the high school in 1889. Afterwards she attended Mrs. Reed's school. Fifty-third street. New York City. October 9, 1895, she was married to Mr. Fred E. Small, of Portland, a salesman and department manager of The Twitchell, Champlin Company, and a son of Benjamin Irving and Henrietta L. (Shaw) Small. They have one child, Helen C. Small, born in Port- land, August 20, 1896. (IX) George Pierce, eldest son of James Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champlin, was born in Portland, March 8, 1872. He was graduated at the Portland high school, and later attended the Portland Latin school one year. In 1890 he became connected with the Boston house of The Twitchell Champlin Company as clerk, and is still connected with that house as one of the directors, and as as- sistant manager of the corporation. .Septem- ber 30, 1896, he married in Boston, Massa- chusetts, Mabel Kurr, and they have one child, Dorothy Pierce, born in Boston, November II, 1897. (IX) Arthur Perry, second son of James Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champlin, was born in Portland, June 2, 1873. He studied at the Portland public schools, and later at the Highland Militar}- Academy at Worcester, Massachusetts, with which he was connected three years. In 1892 he entered the employ of the Portland house of The Twitchell Champlin Company as clerk. Since 1903 he has been the treasurer of the corporation. April 7. 1904, he married Frances L. Chap- man, of Portland, daughter of the late Cullen Carter and Abbie (Hart) Chapman. (IX) James Pierce Jr., youngest son of James Pierce and Helen F. (Perry) Champ- lin, was born in Portland, September 8. 1880. After graduating at the Butler grammar school in Portland, he entered the Highland Military Academy at Worcester, Massachu- setts, and was graduated in 1889. He then STATE OF MAINE. 1489 passed his examinations for entrance to Brown University, and intended to enter the fresh- man class of that institution in September, but was taken ill, and died August 30, 1889, before the opening of the collegiate year. This old English name is among FLINT those early planted in Massachu- setts, and is now represented throughout the United States by numerous worthy descendants. It has contributed much to the military annals of New England and has also been known in considerable part in civil development. The Flints of Bedford are descended from sturdy Puritan ancestry, and have preserved intact the sterling integrity and profound religious faith of their fore- fathers. There are two Thomas Flints among the early settlers of this country. Thomas Flint, who settled in Salem, Massachusetts, is men- tioned for the first time in the town records for the year 1650. His descendants lived in that historic place for several generations, but about the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury. Captain Nathaniel Flint moved to New Boston, New Hampshire, founding a branch of the family now represented in Bedford, that state. The Thomas Flint, whose line fol- lows, settled at Concord, Massachusetts, where his posterity lived for many generations, and so far as can be ascertained he is no connec- tion of the Thomas Flint who settled at Salem, Massachusetts. (I ) Hon. Thomas Flint, born in 1603, came from Matlock, Derbyshire, England, to Con- cord, Massachusetts, in 1638, and brought with him four thousand pounds sterling. He died in Concord, October 8, 1653, and his will is the first recorded in the Middlesex probate records. His brother. Rev. Henry Flint, of Braintree, and his uncle, William Wood, were executors. According to Shattuck's History of Concord, "He possessed wealth, talents and a Christian character; represented the town four years, and was an Assistant eleven." In Johnson's Historical Collections, he is repre- sented as "a sincere servant of Christ, who had a fair yearly revenue in England, but having improved it for Christ by "casting it into the common treasury, he waits on "the Lord for doubling his talent, if it shall seem good unto him so to do, and the mean time spending his person for the good of his people in the office of magistrate." Johnson, in his "Collections," further com- memorates the noble old Soldier of the Cross in the following verses : "At Christ's commauds. thou leav'st thy lands, and na- tive habitation ; His folks to aid. in desert straid, for gospel's exaltaUon. tlint. hardy thou, wilt not allow, the undermining fox, With subtill skill. Christ's vines to spoil, thy sword shall give them kno<:ks. Vet thou base dust, and all thou hast Is Christ's, and by him thou Art made to be, such as we see; hold fast forever now." Airs. Abigail Flint, wife of the Hon. Thomas, died in 1689, but nothing further is known about her. There were two sons: Colonel John, whose sketch follows; and Captain Ephraim, born Tanu-'rv 14, 1642, died .\u'just 3, 1723- On March 20, 1683-84, Captain Ephraim Flint married Jane, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, and died without issue. He owned about one thousand acres of land, in- cluding Flint's Pond, which was named' for him. All these items indicate that the Flints were people of the first standing in the early history of Concord, Massachusetts. (II) Colonel John, elder son of Hon. Thomas and Abigail Flint, was born, prob- ably at Concord, Massachusetts, about 1640, and died there December 5, 1686. He was a deputy to the general court from 1678 to 1680, and again in 1682. On November 12, 1667! he married Mary Oakes, daughter of Edward and Jane Oakes, and a sister of Rev. Urian Oakes, president of Harvard College in 1667 Mrs. Mary (Oakes) Flint died June 9, 1690. There were eight children born to her and her husband: Mary. October 26, 1668, died May 31. 1675; Thomas, December 12, 1670, died May 29, 1675: John, March 31, 1673, died June 6, 1675; .\bigail, January 11, 1674-75, married Colonel Daniel Esterbrook ; John (2), whose sketch follows; Mary, August" 11, i68o[ married Timothy Green ; Thomas, January 16! 1682-83, married Mary Brown ; Edward, July 6, 1685, married Love (Minott) Adam's. It will be noticed that the three eldest children all died within five weeks of each other, which calls to mind the sad lack of medical knowl- edge in those days, which often gave to dis- eases, which are now easily controlled, the na- ture of an epidemic. (Ill) John (2), third son of Colonel John (i) and Mary (Oakes) Flint, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, Tulv 18, 1677, died October 25, 1746. On May 7, 1713, he mar- ried Abigail Buttrick, who died October 7, 1746, two weeks and four days before her husband. It would seem that in some of the early New England towns, women were not wholly without importance, even in those days, for the Concord records make this statement: "Colonel John Flint Late Husband to mrs. Abigail his \Viie (now Decasd) Died Octo- ber 25:1746." Seven children were born to 1490 STATE OF MAINE. Colonel John (2) and Abigail (Buttrick) Flint: Ephraim, March 4, 1713, graduated from Harvard College, 1733; Abigail, Febru- ary 24, 1715-16; Mary, December 17, 1717, died May 20, 1719; Sarah, May 3, 1720; John (3), whose sketch follows; Hannah, Septem- ber 23, 1724; Jane, April 23, 1727. (IV) John (3), second son of Colonel John (2) and Abigail (Buttrick) Flint, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, May 12, 1722, died January 20, 1792. He was one of the selectmen from 1771 to 1774. On January 12, 1744-45, John (3) Flint married (first) Hepzibah Brown, daughter of Eleazer and Abigail (Chandler) Brown, and there were seven children, whose births occur with bi- ennial uniformity: Hepzibah, November i, 1747; Edward, whose sketch follows; John, August II, 1751; Abigail, September 6, 1753. died fifteen days later; Nathan, February 11, 1755; Ephraim, April 17, 1757; Thomas, May 6, 1759- John (3) Flint married (second) Submit (Bateman) Brown, daughter of John and Anna (Wheeler) Bateman, who was about twenty years younger than himself, for the record says that she died October 11, 1791, aged forty-nine. (V) Edward, eldest son of John (3) and Hepzibah (Brown) Flint, was born at Con- cord, Massachusetts, 1749, and died there March .18, 1812. His marriage record reads as follows in the old town book : "Edward Flint and Hephzibah Fletcher Both of Con- cord was married at Litchfield by the Revd. mr. John Cotton of that Town by Virtue of Licence Granted him by the Govenor of that province of newhampshire February ye 28, 1770." Nine children were born to Edward and Hephzibah (Fletcher) Flint; Ephraim, September 14, 1770; Rebeckah. February 2, 1773, died September 13, 1774; Hephzibah. February 22, 1775; Samuel, March 16. 1780; Ephraim, whose sketch follows ; Elizabeth, April 22, 1785; Abigail, December 2, 1787; Edward, March 31, 1793: John, February 20, 1797. (\T) Ephraim. third son of Edward and Hephzibah { Fletcher) Flint, born at Concord, Massachusetts, August 5, 1782, was named after his elder brother who died in babyhood. Ephraim Flint moved to Baldwin, Maine, in 1806, being the first of his line to forsake the ancestral dwelling-place, and he died in his adopted town September 21, 1865, after a resi- dence there of nearly sixty years. Ephraim Flint married Phebe Snow, and among their children was Ephraim (2), whose sketch fol- lows. (VH) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (i) and Phebe (Snow) Flint, was born at Bald- win, Maine, March 11, 1819, and died in Do- ver, that state, June 17, 1894. He was edu- cated in the common schools of his native town, and at Westbrook Seminary and the academies of Parsonfield, Gorham, Bridgton and Fryeburg, Maine, where he obtained his preparation for Norwich Universitv in Ver- mont, from which he was graduated in 1841, after a course at the Harvard Law school. He read law with Fessenden and Willis of Port- land, and was admitted to the bar in 1843, and the following year began the practice of his profession at JNIonson. He remained there seven years, or until 185 1, when he was elected clerk of courts and removed to Dover, which became his permanent home. He held the office of clerk of the courts twelve years, or until 1863. From 1864 to 1867 he was secretary of state, and in 1868 was a member of Governor Chamberlain's council. In poli- tics he was originally a Whig, and afterwards became a Republican. By appointment of Governor Coburn he served on the commis- sion to locate the normal schools at Farming- ton and Castine, and in 1869 was chairman of the board of commissioners to revise the _ statutes of the state. Fie represented his town I in the legislature of 1881. jNIr. Flint con- ■ tinned in the practice of his profession up to the time of his death. He was a member of Mosaic Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Dover, and also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On June 16, 1844, Ephraim (2) Flint married Laura Maria Riley, born at Norwich, Vermont, Jan- uary 20, 1822, died at Dover, April 3, 1899. Five children were born of this marria^je, of whom the elder two, Edward and Fannie, born at Monson, both died in babyhood. The sketch of Henry B., tlie eldest surviving son, follows in the next paragraph. Edgar T., the third son, was born at Dover, Maine, and died at Savannah, Georgia, where he was emplo\ed in the post-office. His death was caused by yellow fever. Clara F. Flint, the youngest child, was born at Dover, and was married to Walter Thomas, of Waltham, Massachusetts. who is now in the dry goods business at War- ren, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two children : Marjorie and Harold. (\TII) Henry B.. second son of Ephraim (2) and Laura M. (Riley) Flint, was born at ^lonson, Maine, September 10, 1850. He was educated in the schools of Dover, Foxcroft Academy, Franklin School for Boys at Tops- ham, Maine, East Maine Conference Seminary STATE OF MAINE. 1491 at Bucksport and at Gray's Commercial Col- lege in Portland. He studied civil engineering- in the office of Green & Danforth in the lat- ter city. In 1869 he entered the employ of General George Thom, of the United States engineering corps, and was engaged in harbor improvements and in removing obstructions at various places along the New England coast. \\'hile engaged in this work he held the position of inspector. In 1874 he returned to Dover and was elected clerk of the courts, assuming the duties of that office January i, 1875, and serving continuously till the present time (1908). Besides his official duties Mr. Flint has large farming interests and owns one of the finest and most extensive apple orchards in the state. He is a Republican in politics, and attends the Congregational churc'i. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and to the Royal x\rcanum. On .August 15, 1872, Henry B. Flint married Caro E. Emery, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Emery, who was born in Bangor, Oc- tober 28, 1852. Three children were born of the marriage: i. Robert, born April 13, 1873, died June 21, 1876. 2. Edgar T., born June 2. 1877, at Dover, Maine, obtained his edu- cation in the schools of Dover and at Foxcroft Academy, the medical department of the Uni- versity of Vermont, and Baltimore Medical College. He began the practice of medicine at Fort Kent in Aroostook county, and is now settled at l\Iars Hill in the same county. 3. Charlotte Woodman, born at Foxcroft. Maine, April 15, 1882. was educated in the public schools and at Foxcroft Academy. She also took a musical course at Dana Musical Insti- tute, Warren. Ohio, and at the New England Conservatory of Nfusic in Boston. She has taught school in Sebec and Jackman, Maine, and is now supervisor of music in the public schools of Guilford. There are two ways of THATCHER spelling this name, with the middle t and without. The Thachers claim that their method is the true and ancient one. But this probably belongs to that large class of surnames, like Webster, Fletcher, Fisher, Fuller and their counterparts, which were derived from an occupation ; al- though in primitive times, when everybody had to be a jack-of-all-trades, it might be thought that the process of thatching roofs would hardly have been a distinctive craft or business. Still, if the occupations of farmer and car- penter, which must have been of almost uni- versal application, could furnish patronymics, why not thatcher? The family, whether they use the middle / or not, appear to have made an excellent record in this country, for they began with some early ministers of distinc- tion, and have since included judges of the supreme court and other men of rank. The first of the name of whom we can find any record is the Rev. Peter Thacher, who lived in the early part of the seventeenth cen- tury at Sarum, England, where he was rector of the parish of Saint Edmund's for the space of nineteen years. He was a man of talent and possessed a liberal and independent mind ; but he dissented from the established church, and being harrassed by the spiritual courts, he resolved to turn his back on ecclesiastical per- secution and migrate to New England, but the death of his wife altered his plans. The pur- pose of the father was destined to be carried out by the eldest son, who subsequently be- came the Rev. Thomas Thacher, minister of the church at Weymouth, Massachusetts, and the first pastor of the Old South in Boston, whose pulpit he was filling at the time of his death in 1678. Rev. Thomas Thacher seems to have been quite a remarkable man. He was only fifteen when he arrived in this coun- try, June 4, 1635, but he had the good fortune to become an inmate of the family of Rev. Thomas Chauncey, afterwards president of Harvard College. Young Thacher not only achieved distinction in the pulpit, but he studied medicine as well, and united the voca- tions of physician and clergyman, a useful combination in those days. He was a man of great learning, and President Stiles speaks of Air. Thacher as the best Arabic scholar known in the country, and states that he composed and published a Hebrew lexicon. Mather says he was a most incomparable scribe, and there are yet extant monuments of Syriac and other Oriental characters in his handwriting, which are hardly to be imitated. Rev. Thomas Thacher seems to have been a man held in the highest veneration by his felliiws, and his death inspired Eleazer, an Indian student at Harvard, to write an elegy from which the following extract is taken. Although the verse is conventional, it is perhaps worthy of note as coming from a red man in the year 1678. "Thacher. 'tis virtue that thy name endears, Virtue, that climbs beyond the starry spheres. To men of station, and of low degree. Thy faith shines forth like beacons o'er the sea. • *•*••• Thy cross of suffering thou shalt bear no more, Temptations, perils, sorrows, all are o'er. Death, the destroyer, died — the last of foes — And life renewed, to life Immortal grows." 1492 STATE OF MAINE. Rev. Thomas Thacher left a long line of ministerial descendants. His youngest son, Rev. Peter Thacher, was for forty-seven years the beloved pastor of the church at Mil- ton, Massachusetts. His son, Rev. Peter (2) Thacher, was for thirty-five years in charge of the church at Middleboro, Massachusetts. His son, Rev. Peter (3) Thacher, preached at Attleboro, Massachusetts, for forty-three years, or until his death, which occurred Sep- tember 13, 1785, in the seventieth year of his age. Perhaps the most noted Rev. Peter of all was Rev. Peter Thacher who received his doctor's degree from the University of Edin- burgh. He was the eldest son of Oxenbridge Thacher, who was a grandson of Rev. Peter (i). Dr. Peter Thacher had his first pastor- ate at Maiden. Massachusetts, but in 1785 was called to the Brattle Street Church in Boston. He was one of the earliest members of the Historical Society, and belonged to nearly all the literary and charitable institutions then ex- isting in New England. Two of Dr. Peter Thacher's sons, Thomas Gushing and Samuel Cooper Thacher, also became ministers, the first at Lynn, and the second in Boston. There were also many collateral relatives who were clergymen. In fact, it is doubtful if any fam- ily in the country has furnished more preach- ers of the Gospel. (I) Samuel Thatcher, the ancestor of the following line, was admitted freeman at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 18, 1642. No relationship is known to exist fjetween him and Rev. Thomas Thacher, mentioned in the introduction, but the fact that they were con- temporaneous settlers in the new world, and bore the same rather unusual surname, would indicate that they might have sprung from the same English stock a few generations back. The date of Samuel Thatcher's birth is un- known, but he died November 30, 1669. The inventory of his estate amounted to a little more than six hundred and seventy-five pounds, a comfortable property for those days. Samuel Thatcher was a deacon, served sev- eral times as selectman, and held the office of representative in 1665-66-68-69. Deacon Thatcher left a widow, Hannah, whose maiden name is unknown ; two children : Hannah, born October 9, 1645; Samuel (2), whose sketch follows. Hannah Thatcher was mar- ried to John Holmes, but she had died previ- ous to April 16. 1682, the date of her mother's will. This will was proved April 3, 1683. (II) Samuel (2), only son of Deacon Sam- uel (i) and Hannah Thatcher, was born Oc- tober 20, 1648, lived at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, and died October 21, 1726. He was a lieutenant, and was admitted freeman April 18, 1690. His wife Mary, whose maiden name is unknown, died August 17, 1725. Children: i. Mary, August i, 1681, died the next May. 2. Samuel, April 8, 1683. 3. John, January 22, 1685-86, married Elizabeth Morse. 4. Anna, April 30, 1688, died July 22, 1690. 5. Mary, September 17, 1690, mar- ried Joseph Child. 6. Hannah, December 10, 1692. 7. Abigail, June 6, 1694. 8. Mercy, January 2, 1697-98. 9. Sarah, November 30, 1699, died June 13, 1727. 10. Ebenezer. (III) Ebenezer, third and youngest son of Lieutenant Samuel (2) and Mary Thatcher, was born March 17, 1703-04, lived at Water- town, Massachusetts, and died in 1757. Jan- uary 27, 1731-32, he married Susanna Spring, ■ and they had seven children: i. Samuel (3), ^ whose sketch follows. 2. Sarah, February 20, 1733-34- 3- Mary, December 27, 1735. 4. Ebenezer. August 20, 1737, died in October, 1741. 5. Susanna, July 3, 1739. 6. .Sarah, October 3, 1741, died September 3, 1749. 7. Ebenezer, January 15, 1742-43. (IV) Samuel (3), eldest child of Ebenezer and Susanna (Spring) Thatcher, was bap- tized November 5. 1732. lived at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which town he represented in the legislature, and died in 1792. On Septem- ber 3, 1753, he married Mary Brown, of Lex- ington, daughter of James and Jane (Bow- man) Brown, who was born August 13, 1735. Children: i. Susanna, 1755, married Jesse Putnam. 2. Ebenezer, born and died in 1759. 3. Mary, 1767, married Thomas IMayhew. 4. Elizabeth, 1771. 5. Samuel (4) whose sketch follows. 6. Ebenezer. 1778, married Lucy F. Knox. Ebenezer Thatcher, the youngest son, was graduated from Harvard College in 1798, moved to Thomaston. Maine, where he became a lawyer, militia officer and judge of the court of common pleas. He afterwards removed to Bingham, where he died June 12. 1841. The second of Ebenezer Thatcher's children. Com- modore Henry Knox Thatcher, was graduated from West Point in 1827. and commanded the frigate "Colorado" at the storming of Fort Fisher. (\') Honorable Samuel (4), second son of Samuel (3) and Mary (Brown) Thatcher, was born at Cambridge. Massachusetts, July I, 1776, and died at Bangor, Maine, July 18, 1870. In 1793, when a youth of seventeen, he was graduated from Harvard College. He studied law with Hon. Timothy Bigelow, of Groton, Massachusetts, settled first at New Gloucester, Maine ; removed to Warren in STATE OF MAINE. 1493 1800, where he lived till 1833, at which time he moved to Brewer ; he spent his last years in Bangor. He represented the town of War- ren in the state legislature for eleven years, and was representative to congress for two terms, 1803-07. He was sheriff of Lincoln county from 1812 to 1821, and was one of the founders of Warren Academy. January 15, 1800, he married Sarah Brown, daughter of Reuben and Molly (Howe) Brown, of Concord, Massachusetts. She was born in Concord, December 17, 1776, and died at Bangor, Maine, September 22, 1851. Five children, but one of whom survived their father: i. Harriet Howard, born at Warren, Maine, May 28, 1801, died at Bangor, June 23, 1865. 2. Elizabeth, born at Concord, Massachusetts, April i, 1803, died at Warren, June 23, 1827. 3. Samuel, born at Warren, February 11, 1805, lived at Bangor for some vears, removed to Saint Anthony, Minnesota, in 1851, where he died August 31, 1861. He was much esteemed, and a promoter of every good work in his native state. He married Elizabeth L. P. Johnston. 4. George Augus- tus, whose sketch follows. 5. Benjamin Bus- sey, born in Warren, October 8, 1809, was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1826, studied law and had an office in Boston, but he relinquished his profession in order to devote his time to literary pursuits. He was a constant contributor to magazines and news- papers, and wrote well on many subjects. He died in Boston, July 14, 1840. (VI) George Augustus, second son of Samuel (4) and Sarah (Brown) Thatcher, was born at Warren, Maine, August 24, 1806, and died at Bangor, iMaine, December i, 1885. He moved to Bangor in 1822 and was" clerk for George W. Pickering till 1826, when they entered into partnership under the firm name of George A. Thatcher and Company. In after years Mr. Thatcher was associated with other firms till he retired from active business in 1847. He joined the First Con- gregational Church in 1828, and was chosen deacon in 1840, and for many years was trustee of the Bangor Theological Seminary. He was originally a Whig and afterwards a Republican in politics, and served as assessor for several years. He was early identified with the anti-slavery and temperance movements in Bangor. October i, 1832, he married Re- becca Jane Billings, daughter of Caleb C. and Nancy (Thoreau) Billings, who was bom June 23, 1813, died October 27, 1883. Chil- dren: I. George Putnam, born July 14, 1833, lives in California. 2. Frederick Augustus, September 25, 1835, died January 10, 1838. 3. Charles Alfred, May 16, 1837, gave his life for his country; he died at Red River, Lou- isiana, November 26, 1864, while in command of the United States steamer, "Gazelle." 4. Benjamin Bussey, April 21, 1839, was a mer- chant in Bangor; has been representative and held other official positions; married (first) Mary E. Walker, born August 19, 1842, died January 12, 1875; married (second) Decem- ber 4, 1877, Charlotte P. Walker, sister of his first wife; they have two children: George T. and Lottie May; Benjamin B. Thatcher died June 3, 1906. 5. Caleb Billings, November 5, 1840, lives at Bangor. 6. Sarah Frances, June 7, 1842, deceased. 7. Henry Knox, whose sketch follows. (VII) Henry Knox, youngest of the six sons of George Augustus and Rebecca J. (Billings) Thatcher, was born at Bangor, Maine, August 3, 1854. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and was gradu- ated from Harvard College in 1877, and from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1881. He began the practice of his pro- fession at Cambridge, Maine, in 1882, and moved to Dexter, Maine, in 1885, where he has been located ever since. Dr. Thatcher is one of the leading physicians in that region, and has a large and constandy increasing practice. He is a Republican in politics and attends the Congregational church. He be- longs to Penobscot Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Dexter, and to Saint John Royal Arch Chapter. January 17, 1882, Dr. Thatcher married Annie Ross, daughter of Hugh and Ann Ross, of Bangor. They have one child, Henry David Thoreau, born July 12, 1884. The son was educated in the schools of Dexter, and was graduated from the L^niversity of Maine at Orono in 1905. In 1907 he married Mary MacNamara, of Orono, and is now living at Wharton, New Jersey, where he is a civil engineer. They have one child, Anna Rebecca, born July 12, 1908. Here is another Maine fam- WASGATT ily who have filled to the full the measure of usefulness, as soldiers, preachers, physicians, seamen and farmers, and their record in all stations of life is an enviable one. The name is German, from which country their ancestors came. (I) Davis Wasgatt. born March 11, 175 1, enlisted in the Continental army, and fought in the revolution. He married Rachael Rich- ardson, born November 27, 1752, died June 30, 1841. The husband died November 27, 1494 STATE OF MAINE. 1843. Children: Davis Jr., Rachael, Cor- nelius, Jameson, Rufus, Sarah H., Rufus, Hanna R., David R., Asa and Margaret D. (II) Rev. Asa, seventh child and sixth son of Davis and Rachael (Richardson) Wasgatt, was born at Mt. Desert, Maine, August 19, 1793, died January 24, 1879. He was a Meth- odist minister, and in the war of 1812. He married Sarah Gott, born August 23, 1796, died December 29, 1855. Their children were: Asa Jr., Rhoda Haines, Sarah E., Thomas A., Cornelius, Delia Gott, Deborah, Mary Berry, David, Charles Wesley, E. Spurling and Na- thaniel G. Two living at the present time : Rhoda H.. at liar Harbor, now in her eighty- sixth year, and Cornelius, of Everett, Massa- chusetts. (III) Charles Wesley, son of Rev. Asa and Sarah (Gott) Wasgatt, was born in Somerville, ^It. Desert, Maine, July 27, 1837, died ■May 6, 1898. He followed the sea in early manhood as man and master until 1830, when he retired to a farm in his native town, on which he resided for the remainder of his life. He was very prominent in his section, holding important offices, and acting as ad- ministrator of estates. He was a shrewd and successful business man. He married Marga- ret Gray, born July 31, 1841. Children: i. Charles R.. chief bookkeeper at Kittery navy yard; married, 1896, Mabel Moore, of Kittery; have one child, Hazel. 2. \'ernon G., as- sistant treasurer of Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company; married, November, 1895, Caro Richards, of Bar Harbor ; four chil- dren : Margaret, Boyd, Asa, Richard. 3. Lotta, widow of Dr. Byron D. Spencer, of Bangor; resides at Surry, Maine, with her mother: one child, Doris. 4. Rowland J., see forward. (IV) Rowland J., youngest son ar.d child of Charles Wesley and Margaret (Gray) Wasgatt, was born March 9, 1873, in Ells- worth, and attended the common schools, fin- ishing his education in Bucksport Seminary in 1892. He received his professional train- ing at Hahnemann Medical College, and was appointed house surgeon of the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia. Prior to this he taught school in Addison and Greenville, Maine. In 1897 he began the practice of medicine at Union, Maine, coming to Rockland, that state, in 1898, where he has since resided. In 1903 he took a post-graduate course at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, and in the spring of 1906 studied at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School. He is a mem- ber of the American Homeopathic Society, the Hahnemann Alumni Society, and Maine Ho- meopathic Society, of which he was president in 1907. Dr. Wasgatt has an extensive and profitable practice, and is accounted very skill- ful as a physician and surgeon. He belongs to Aurora Lodge, No. 50, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; King Solomon Temple, No. 8, Royal Arch Chapter ; King Hiram's Coun- cil, No. 6, Royal and Select Masters ; Clare- mont Commandery, Knights Templar, of Rockland; and Rockland Lodge, No. 1008, Benevolent Protective Order Elks. He mar- ried Josephine, daughter of Joseph E. Nicker- son, of Orrington, Maine, June 27, 1906. One child, Mary, born April 9. 1907. From what part of England WALKER the Walkers of New England came is not definitely known, as the name is common to many counties of old England and the first of the family who settled in the colonies of Massachusetts Bay or of Plymouth appears to have been Robert Walker, who came to Lynn (Saugus) 1630, with the first settlers of that place. The "W'idow" Walker and her sons and nephews appear as passengers on the ship "Elizabeth" at Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, in 1634, son, Samuel, was one of the passengers and at once joined his father at Lynn, while the other cousins went to Plymouth colony, or as far south as Taunton, which was at the time of its first settlement part of the town of Dor- chester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, but after- wards included in the Colony of Plymouth. Samuel Walker, another immigrant, appeared at Woburn, Middlesex county, 1655, as a tax- payer. According to an affidavit made by himself and his son, Samuel, April 2, 1661. he was born in England about 1617, and he is recorded as having held public office in the town of Woburn. There is some confusion in these records, by reason of the father and the son having the same baptismal name as one of the sons of Richard, who also lived in Reading about the same time, and it does not appear that the two Samuels were always des- ignated by naming the father. Samuel of Wo- burn was an innkeeper, and was given a license to sell liquors, his license being granted by the county court in April, 1662. He re- sided for a time in the towa of Reading, ad- joining Woburn. and his children by his first wife were born in that town, hence the con- fusion with Samuel (2), son of Richard of Plymouth, 1630, who also lived at Reading and had many children. Samuel, the original immigrant to Woburn, does not appear to be STATE OF MAINE. 1495 in any way related to Richard of Lynn. His wife's name was evidently Ann, and their names are recorded as having been dismissed tcPthe church at Reading, March 26, 1650, and to have ceased to be members of that church on their return to Woburn in 1654. His children by his first wife were : Samuel, born in Woburn, 1643: Joseph, 164s ; Israel, 1648; John, 1649; Benjamin, 1651. The chil- dren of .Samuel (2) (son of Richard of Lynn, Reading, and finallv Lynn, where he died and was buried \lay 16, 1687) were: John, born in Reading in 1665; Samuel, 1669; Timothy, 1672; Isaac (q. v.), 1677; ^"^ Ezekiel, 1679. (I) Captain Richard Walker, founder of this line, is first found of record at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1630, when he was ensign of the local military company. As the settlers of that town were English, there is no doubt that he was of the same nativity, but the place of his birth is unknown, and its time can only be approximated. The time of his death is indicated by the record which shows that he was buried at Lynn, May 16, 1687, when his age is given as ninety-five years, indicating that his birth occurred about 1592. He was made a freeman in 1634 at Lynn. In 163 1 the neighboring Indians threatened the infant settlement and Ensign Walker was in service on guard. One night he heard a noise in the forest near him and felt an arrow pass through his coat and buff waistcoat. He dis- charged his gun into the bushes, and it was burst by the heavy charge it contained. He gave the alarm and returned to his post, after which he was again fired at. The next day an assemblage of men made a demonstration which frightened away the marauders for some time. In 1637 ^f""- Walker was a mem- ber of the committee which made division of the common lands of the community, and in 1638 he received an allotment of two hundred acres, upland and meadow. In 1645 he ac- companied Robert Bridges and Thomas Mar- shall in negotiating with Lord de la Tour and Monsieur D'.\ulney, governors of French provinces on the north. As regard for his services in this expedition Lieutenant Walker received four pounds sterling. In 1657 he was one of those who deposed as witnesses against the claim to Nahant of Thomas Dex- ter, who had purchased it from an Indian for a suit of clothes. In 1678 he was one of the selectmen, then called "the Seven Prudential Men." The name appears in the muster roll of the Honorable .Artillery Company of Eng- land in 1620. L^pon the petition to the general court made by the new troop of Lynn, formed in 1679, that he be its commander (which petition was granted), he is called "Captain Walker." He was by occupation a farmer. His wife, Sarah, was the administratrix of his estate. He had two sons and two daught- ers, and may have had others. The elder son, Richard, born in England in 161 1, was at Reading in 1635, and represented that town several times in the general court. The other receives extended mention below. His daugh- ter, Tabitha, was married March 11, 1662, to Daniel King: and the other, Elizabeth, mar- ried Ralph King, March 2, 1663. (II) Samuel, younger son of Captain Rich- ard Walker, was born in England and came with his father to New England in 1630. He settled first in Reading, which was originally Lynn Village, and removed thence to Woburn (formerly Charlestown Village), where he is found of record in a tax list of 1655, and again ■ February 25, 1662, having been ap- pointed a surveyor of highways at a town meeting of that date. He was selectman in 1668. He was a maltster, and in 1662 re- ceived the first license to sell spirits granted in Woburn. It seems that his good nature at one time overrode his judgment, as it is of record that he was fined ten shillings for sell- ing to a notorious toper, the latter being fined five shillings at the same time for being drunk. That he was a man of character and standing is evidenced by the fact that he was one of a committee appointed at a meeting held March 28, 1667, empowered to divide the public lands. For this service the committee received seven acres for themselves in addition to the several allotments to them as individuals. He died, November 6, 1684, aged about seventy. His first wife, whose name is unknown, bore him seven children, namely : Samuel, Joseph, Hannah (died at four months), Hannah, Is- rael, John, Benjamin. His second wife, Ann, was the widow of Arthur Alger, of Scarbor- ough, and daughter of Giles Roberts, of that place. She died in Woburn, March 21, 1716. She was the mother of Mr. W^alker's two youngest children, namely : Isaac and Ez- ekiel. (III) Isaac, sixth son of Samuel Walker and grandson of Captain Richard Walker, of Saugus (Lynn), 1630, was born in Woburn, Middlesex county, Massachusetts Bay Colony, November i, 1677. He was one of the pro- prietors of the town of Penacook, established as a town under the direction of the general court of Massachusetts, all the territory after- wards set off as New Hampshire being then in Norfolk county, Colony of Massachusetts 1496 STATE OF MAINE. Bay, and he built a log house on the lot ap- portioned to him, which, being- the strongest and most capable of withstanding any assault from the Indians, was made the garrison house of the little colony, and in this house his son Isaac Jr. died the same day that his relative. Rev. Timothy Walker, died (Septem- ber I, i/Si). Remarried, February 20, 1704, Marjory Bruce, and had five sons, all born in Woburn, namely: Isaac, 1707; Ezekiel, 1709; Timothy. 171 1 ; \Mlliam, 1715; Samuel, 1723. (IV) Isaac (2), eldest son of Isaac (i) and Marjory (Bruce) Walker, was born in Woburn, July 12, 1707. He was by trade a tailor, and was known by his familiar friends as "Tailor Isaac." He married, about 1730, Sarah Breed, and they had five sons : Joseph, 1732; Ezekiel, 1735; James (q. v.), 1739; Isaac, 1741: Samuel, 1745; all borii in Pen- acook ; he lived in the "Garrison House" erected by his father, and died there Septem- ber I, 1782. He removed to Penacook, Mas- sachusetts (now New Hampshire), before the organization of that town, and was an original proprietor, taking part in the formation of town government under the direction of the general court of the province of Massachu- setts Bay in 1725. The name of the town was changed to Rumford in 1730. and in 1765, when the boundary between New Hampshire and Massachusetts was fixed, the place became Concord, New Hampshire. (V) James, son of Isaac (2) and Sarah (Breed) Walker, was born in Rumford. Mas- sachusetts, .\pril 2, 1739. He married Ruth Abbott and had cliildren, including James, mentioned belov^-. (\T) James (2). .son of James (i) and Ruth (Abbott) Walker, was born in Concord. New Hampshire, July 26, 1778. He married a Miss Charles, and lived in Stowe; Maine, and had eight children, as follows : Judith, Sally, Abigail, Susan. Samuel. James, Barnes. Isaac. James (2) Walker was killed by being run over by an ox team while driving home from Portland, the accident taking place at Standish Plains, ]\[aine. (VII) Isaac (3), fourth son and voungest child of James (2) Walker, was born 1799, ' in Stowe, Maine, was educated in the common district school of his native frontier town, and was brought up on his father's farm. On reaching manhood he bought a farm in Frye- burg, Maine. He married Eliza Colby, who was born in Fryeburg in 1806, and they had four children, as follows : Simeon Colby, died January 12, i860: Sarah Elizalieth, .Vi'gustus Hall. Olive Chandler. He was a Whig in state anil national politics, and served as a member of the board of selectmen of Frye- burg. He was a member of the Congrcgja- tional church of that town. He died 1840. (\TII) Augustus Hall, youngest son of Isaac (3) and Eliza (Colby) Walker, was born in Fryeburg, Maine, December 22, 1833. He was educated in the public school, Bridg- ton Academy, at North Bridgton, and Bow- doin College, where he passed through the freshman and sophomore years, and then en- tered the junior class of Yale College, and was graduated A. B. in 1856. He then read law in the office of D. R. Hastings, of Lovell, Maine, and with the law firm of Fessenden & Butler, and he was admitted to the bar in 1858. He practiced law in .Anoka, Minnesota, up to July, 1859, when he returned to Maine on account of the severe illness of his brother. Simeon Colby Walker, who died January 12, i860, and he thereupon began the practice of law at Fryeburg Village, and he carried on a success- ful practice there up to October, 1861, when he returned to Lovell, Maine, and was equally successful for twenty years. In June, 1881, he went to Bridgton, where he opened a law ofiice and became president of the Briilgthew, of Chilmark. (R^) Samuel (3), third son of Samuel (2) and Sarah (Pope) Hinckley, was born Sep- tember 24, 1684, in Barnstable, and died in Brunswick, Maine, where he settled after January, 1720. He resided in Harwich, Mas- sachusetts, until 1715, in wliich year lie re- moved to Truro, Massachusetts, going thence to Alaine. He was married in April, 1710, in Harwich, Massachusetts, to Mary, daughter of Edmond and granddaughter of I\Iajor John Freeman of that town, where she was born. Children : Seth, Shubael, Samuel, Mary, Ed- mond, Reliance, Aaron, Mehitable, Experience, Isaac and Gideon. (V) Samuel (4), third son of Samuel (3) and Mary (Freeman) Hinckley, was born Febmary 7, 171 1, in Harwich, Massachusetts, and died in Georgetown, Maine. He resided in Brunswick until after 1742, when he re- moved to Georgetown, and there passed the remainder of his life. He was married in Brunswick to Sarah iMiller; children: John, Mehitable, Samuel, Mary, Josiah, Edmund, William, Seth, Nathan, Sarah and Reliance. (\T) Edmund, fourth son of Samuel (4) and Sarah (Miller) Hinckley, was born Jan- uary 29, 1745, in Georgetown, Maine, where he passed his life, and was a farmer. He was married in 1767 to Mary Pettingill, of North Yarmouth, Maine. Children : Elizabeth, John, Miriam, Edmund, Mary, Martha, Rebecca and Sarah. (VH) Edmund (2), son of Edmund and Mary (Pettingill) Hinckley, was born Jan- uary 6, 1778, in Georgetown, Maine, where he was engaged in farming and fishing. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was married in Georgetown, Maine, to Abigail Oliver, born April 27, 1782, in that town, daughter of Eph- riam and Anna (Spinney) Oliver. Children: Alaria, William, Pettingill, Eliza, John Wilson, Ann. Ephraim Oliver, Mary and Richard. (\'III) Ephraim Oliver, fourth son of Ed- mund and Abigail (Oliver) Hinckley, was born August 6, 1818, in Georgetown, Maine, where he was reared and received such educa- tion as the local public school afforded. Dur- ing the most of his active years he followed a seafaring life, which proved detrimental to his health, and for the last twenty years he has lived. ?tffetired life on account of physical disabilities « Georgetown. He is an earnest suppCrter of the Republican party, but takes no active part in political movements, and has no desire for official station. He was married in Georgetown, September 22, 1845, to Maria, born January 28, 1822, in that town, a daugh- ter of Ephraim and Jerusha (Spinney) Oliver. Ephraim Oliver was a farmer and fisherman, residing in Georgetown. The children of Eph- raim O. and Maria (Oliver) Hinckley were: William, Loring, Georgianna, Sarah Elizabeth, Frederick James, Abby Ellen, Edward Clar- ence and Mary Maria. (IX) Frederick James, second son of Eph- raim O. and Maria (Oliver) Hinckley, was born November 25, 1853, in Georgetown, and received his education in the public schools of his native town. At the age of fourteen years he went to sea with his father, and continued in this line of occupation for many years. At the age of twenty-two years he became master of the vessel, and sailed in the coasting trade and voyages to the West Indies until 1897. In the last-named year he settled in Bath, Maine, where he engaged in business as a ship bro- ker, and fire and marine insurance agent. In this he has been successful, and is regarded as a useful and leading citizen. He is a mem- ber of the Atlantic Carriers' Association, and of the Free Baptist church of Georgetown, Maine. He was married, January 19, 1875, to Mary Emma, of Phippsburg, Maine, daughter of Isaac Holbrook, of that town. Two chil- dren, one of whom died in childhood. The other, Ethel Blanche, is the wife of Sylvester H. Rowland, of Bath, Maine, formerly of New Jersey. This name was early in New HOUGH England. William Hough, house- wright, was a son of Edward Hough, of West Chester, in Cheshire, Eng- land, and came to America, probably in 1640, with Rev. Richard Blinman. It has not been ascertained that this Edward Hough emigrated to America, but a widow, Ann Hough, who died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1672, aged eighty-five years, was perhaps his relict, and the mother of William Hough. William Hough married, October 28, 1635, Sarah, daughter of Hugh Caulkins, and had Hannah, Abiah and Sarah. He removed to New Lon- don, and there had Samuel, John, William, Jonathan, Deborah, Abigail and Ann. Of sev- eral of these children there are no traces. Jo- seph, mentioned below, may be a grandchild of William the immis:rant. 1504 I » STATE OF MAINE. (I) Joseph Hough was born in "\^/aHjng- ford, Connecticut, in i/i", and died June 5, 1809. He married, June 27, 1745, Catherine Yale, who died October 5, I7'''7' agerf forty- six years. She was tlie daughter of Captain Theophilus and Sarali Street Yale. Their children were: Joseph, Mary, Lois (died young), Lent, Lois, David, Joel, James (died young), James, Catherine and Sarah. (H) Lent, second son of Joseph and Cath- erine (Yale) Hough, was born in Walling- ford, Connecticut. April 4, 1751, and died Oc- tober 8, 1837. He married (first) Rebecca Tuttle, who died August 22, 1798, aged forty- four years. He married (second) Mary An- drews, who was Mary Pierrepont, of North Haven, before her first marriage. She died June 27, 1832, aged seventy-five. Children by the first marriage were : Lucy, Hannah and Serrajah; child by second marriage, Almira. (HI) Serrajah, only son of Lent and Re- becca (Tuttle) Hough, was born in Walling- ford, March 26, 1780, and died in Meriden, August 3. 1853. He married, February 18, 1801, Elizabeth S. Avery, who was born in Wallingford, September 27, 1782, daughter of Abner Avery. Their children were: Lyman Worcester, Lent Serrajah, Nancy Avery, Re- becca Tuttle, Alonzo Bennett, George Sher- man, John Meers, William Augustus and Ju- lius Ogden. ( I\' ) Alonzo IVnnett. third son of Serrajah and Elizabeth .S. (Avery) Hough, was born March 25, 1810. He resided in Ludlow, Ver- mont, Gardiner. Maine and later in Vincland, New Jersey, where he was engaged in the in- surance business. He married Rebecca Gil- bert, who died in Portland, at the home of her son, William Ogden, July i, i8g8, aged eighty- six years. Children: i. Franklin, died at about the age of four years. 2. William Og- den, see forward. (V) William Ogden, son of Alonzo Ben- nett and Rebecca (Gilbert) Hough, was born in Ludlow, Vermont, March 12, 1843, died in Portland, Maine, December 23, 1902. At ten years of age he went to Gardiner, Maine, with his parents, and there attended the public schools, graduating from the high school. He then entered Bowdoin College, which he at- tended two years. Entering the employ of the Berlin Mills Company of Portland, he became an expert accountant, and made bookkeeping his business the remainder of his active life. Mr. Hough was a man of very high moral ideas, and was of spotless character. He was a Republican and stood for all that was best in the platform of that party. His strong moral convictions early made Mr. Hough a Prohibitionist, in which faith he grew strong with advancing years. He was a most ex- emplary Christian and devoted church and Sunday-school worker. While in Portland he was a member of the Second Parish Church (Congregational). His devotion to his mother during her years of widowhood was a beauti- ful example of filial regard. For nearly forty years they lived in the house where his widow is now living. William Ogden Hough mar- ried, in Portland, Maine, June 6, 1900, Lucy Scribner, born in Otisfield, Maine, September 6, 1853, daughter of William T. and Emaline (Haskell) Scribner the former of Otisfield and the latter of Poland. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scribner: i. Mary Louise, born De- cember 14, 1845, died A^ay 28, 1880; married David L. Mayberry and had a son Frederic, who married Lizzie Eggleston. 2. Diana, born January 3, 1849, residing with Mrs. Hough. 3. Lucy, above mentioned as the wife of William Ogden Hough. 4. George W., born January 15, 1855, married (first) Rose J. Bonney; married (second) Sarah Rawson ; thev reside in Paris, Maine. The family of this name of TAYLOR which this article is written is traced to Scotland. The chris- tian name of the immigrant to America indi- cates his Scotch birth, and probably Scotch parentage. But the name Taylor, being an English name, suggests that those who bear it are descended more or less remotely from English forebears, and that this family began its existence under its present surname south of the Cheviots. ( I ) Duncan Taylor, a native of Scotland, removed from Glasgow, Scotland, to Prince Edward Island, Canada, where he lived and died. His wife, Christena (Murray) Taylor, died in 1876, aged over ninety years. Ten children, three eldest born in Scotland, among whom were : Duncan, Neil, Donald and Will- iam, twins ; James, went to California ; John, Malcomb, Mary, Alexander. (H) Alexander, son of Duncan and Chris- tena (Murray) Taylor, was born in Prince Edward Island, April 17, 1830, died Novem- ber 29, 1878, aged forty-eight years. He was educated in the cotnmon schools and left Prince Edward Island when a boy of fifteen and came to Portland and worked with his brother William, who had come before him. He learned the trade of shipsmith, and worked STATE Ol' MAINE. 1505 at this business all his life, was an industrious, quiet, exemplary citizen, who set a good ex- ample in his daily life. He was inclined to be fraternal in his associations with his fellow- men, and was a member of Free and Accepted Masons lodge, chapter and commandery ; In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and St. An- drew's Society and Burns" Sdciety, Scotch .so- cieties. He married, in Portland, on January 1, 1856, Mary Frances Harden, born in Dover, New Hampshire, January 9, 1830, died in Portland, January 21, 1906, aged seventy-six years. She was the daughter of Simon and Phoebe ( Lougee ) Marden, of Portsmouth. New Hampshire. Children: i. Addie I., born February 14, !8'7, married Jnhn S. Con- ley, of Portland; children: Walter, William, Arthur and Marion. 2. William Neil, men- tioned at length below. 3. Sarah C, born in Portland, November i, 1861 ; married (first) Benjamin L. Johnson: child. .Mary F., born February 6, 1888: married (second) Samuel O. Carruthers, and had one child Ruth, born August 25, 1893. 4. Walter M., born March 3, 1866; married Henrietta Speight, and had child, Charles S., born November 24, 1900. (HI) William Neil, second child and elder of the two sons of Alexander and Mary Fran- ces (Marden) Taylor, was linrn in Portland, February 17, 1859, graduated from the Port- land high school in 1876, and then went with the firm of Loring, Short & Harmon to learn the stationery trade and the art of blank-book making. After a term of two years' service there he went west and was in various em- ployments for ten years. In 1888 he returned to Portland and became a traveling salesman for his former employers, and was on the road until 1891. He then took a position with Randall & ^IcAllister, coal dealers. On the death of Mr. Randall, Oakley C. Curtis, Henry T. Merrill and William N. Taylor were ap- pointed trustees of the estate and managed the business. Mr. Taylor is an active supporter of the principles of Lincoln and Roosevelt, and has long been a party worker. In 1907 he was elected to the city council from Ward i. In religious affiliations he is a Piaptist. He ha^^ membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Portland Lodge, No. 188, and the Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. M., of Portland. He married, on June 4, 1890, Maud Havens, daughter of John Freeman and El- vira Small (Sargent) Randall (see Randall, II), and they have one child, Neil Randall, born November 5, 1903. Thomas Low or Lowe, immigrant LOW ancestor, was born and came from the island of St. Michaels (an Eng- lish possession). He is believed to have been the son of Captain John Low, master of the ship "Ainbrose" and vice-admiral of the fleet that brought over Governor Winthrop's col- ony in 1630. The cane and Bible, said to have belonged to Captain John Low, have been handed down in the families of the Essex Lows and are now in the possession of Daniel W. Low, of Essex, Massachusetts, a descend- ant. The Bible was "Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to -he Queen's most excellent Majestic, dwelling in Pater Noster Rowe at the signe of the Tigershead .Anno 1579." "The whole Book of Psalms by Sternhold Hopkins and others, printed by Derye over Aldergate 1578." "Susanna Low her book 1677, May 19." "Thomas Low his book." Thomas Low came early to America and was a resident of Ipswich as early as 1641. .According to his deposition made in 1660 he was born in 1605. He was a maltster by trade. He died September 8, 1677. His will, dated April 30, 1677, was proved November 6, 1677. His son John succeeded to his business as nnlt- ster and carried it on until 1696. Thoinas Low married Susanna , who died at Water- town, August 19, 1684, aged about eighty-six. Children : i. Margaret, born in England, mar- ried, April 8, 1657, Daniel Davidson, who was afterwards a major-general ; died July 8, 1668. 2. Thomas, born in England, 1632, died April 12, 1712. 3. Sarah, born 1637, if deposi;ion of father in 1660 is correct, married Joseph Safford. 4. John, mentioned below. (II) John, son of Thomas Low, was born about 1640 in Ipswich. He married, Decem- ber 10, 1661, Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thorndike, of Beverly, Massachu- setts. He married (second) Dorcas . He died intestate, and in 1705-06 Elizabeth, Daniel and Joseph Low, declining to admin- ister, the son Thorndike was appointed. Chil- dren born at Ipswich : i. John, April 24, 1665. 2. Elizabeth, October 10, 1667. 3. Margaret, January 26, 1669. 4. Dorcas, November 3, 1673. 5. Daniel, about 1675, mentioned be- low. 6. Joseph, about 1677. 7. Martha, Sep- tember, 1679. 8. Thorndike, about 1680, died 1750; children : i. Nathaniel; ii. Joseph; iii. Sarah, married Abraham Alartin Jr. ; iv. De- borah, married Isaac R mdall ; v. Martha ; vi. Mary, married Nathaniel Foster ; vii. Eliza- beth, married Timothy Bragg Jr.; viii. Dor- othv, married Thomas Yorke ; ix. Daughter, married Jacob Clarke. 1506 STATE OF MAINE. (III) Daniel, son of John Low, was born about 1675, in Ipswich. His uncle, Thomas Low Sr., who settled in Gloucester and mar- ried Sarah, dau.2:hter of Harlaakenden Sym- onds, December 2, 1687, was a grantee with his son John Low Jr. and others who bought of Harlaakenden Symonds a tract of land called Coxhall, now Lyman, Maine, six by four miles. Most of the grantees and first settlers in this section of York county, Maine, were from Ipswich. Thomas and John appear to have lived always at Gloucester. Daniel Low went to York when a young man ; bought land in Wells, Maine, of Henry Maddocks, of York, June 19, 1721, and January 29, 1723-24. Sarah Low, widow of Thomas (3) Low, son of Thomas (2) Low, deeded land in Wells to her son, John Low, of Gloucester. There is no indication that either Thomas or John became permanent residents of Maine. Daniel was killed by the Indians at Wells in the spring of 1723. His property seems to have descended to Job, William, Jeremiah and Eph- raim ( i ) , doubtless his sons. Job had a house in Wells in 1735 and was an inhabitant and proprietor with William in 1726. Jeremiah Low may have returned to Ipswich ; his estate was divided February 28, 1758, among his widow, Elizabeth Low (now Raymond) ; chil- dren : Jeremiah, Mary, Lydia, Daniel and Jonathan. (IV) Job. son of Daniel Low, was born about 1700-10. He lived in Wells, Maine, and in 1735 appears to be the only one of the fam- ily living there. These appear to be his sons : I. Jcdediah, mentioned below. 2. John, mer- chant, had a ship built by Pelatiah Littlefield at Wells in 1792. 3. Jonathan, was soldier in the revolution frnm Wells. 4. Ephraim (2). born March 14, 1748, married Little- field, of Wells : he was a soldier in the revolu- tion. 5. Ebenezer, went with Ephraim ( i ) and Jedediah to settle in Sanford, Maine; Olive, daughter of Ephraim ( i ). born June 28, 1742, was the first white girl born in Sanford, Maine. (V) Jedediah, son of Job Low, married Mary Stewart, of Wells, Maine. He came from Wells to Sanford, during or right after the revolution and settled on a farm in what is now the lower part of Sanford Village, Maine. A year or two previous to 1779, Jede- diah Low, taking with him his father, Job Low, moved and settled upon a farm about a mile north of Springvale Village, Maine, and upon it now lays the pond which supplies Springvale with water. He was granted this farm of one hundred acres from the agents of the state of Massachusetts during the revolu- tionary war, concerning which there had been a famous lawsuit. Alxnit 1785 he sold this farm, and, with his family, consisting of six children — Jeremiah, Moses, Stephen, Eunice, Hannah and Abbie — removed to Shapl^igh, Maine. He was a soldier in the revolution in the Wells company. Colonel Joshua Bragdon's regiment, April 9, 1775, and later in the year in Colonel Scammon's regiment (Thirtieth) Massachusetts. ( \T ) Jeremiah, son of Jedediah Low, born in Sanford, IMaine, 1779, died in Shapleigh, 1861. He married .\bigail Ham, by whom he had eleven children, and after her death mar- ried Patience Abbott, of Ossipee, New Hamp- shire. Children of Jeremiah and his wife Abigail: i. Thomas, died in 1819, aged nine- teen years. 2. Sarah Ann, married Thomas Ricker. 3. Hannah, born March 5, 1805, mar- ried Simon Wilson ; she died February i, 1882. 4. Betsey, born September i, 1807, married Oliver Trafton ; died August 15. 1882. 5. Samuel, born 1809, married Lvdia Rhodes. 6. Darling, born 1812, married Phebe Rhodes (sister to Lydia); died October 4, 1874. 7. Eunice, born 1815, married James Nason ; died June I, 1890. 8. Asa, born 181 8, married Mary Getchell : resided in Springvale, a prom- inent citizen and lawyer. 9. Thomas, born 1820, mentioned below. 10. Albion, married E^lizabeth Southwick. 11. Mary, married Dan- iel Brown for her first husband and Henry Wiggins for her second, both of Danvers, Massachusetts. Of these children Thomas, Haimah, Betsey remained in Sha]ileigh ; Eunice settled in Alfred ; Sarah in Waterboro ; Asa in Springvale, Maine ; Samuel, Darling, Albion and Mary settled in Danvers, and are buried there, as is Betsey, who went to Danvers many years afterwards. (\TI) Thomas, son of Jeremiah Low, born in Shapleigh. 1820, died in 1875. He mar- ried, 1847, Clara, born in Shapleigh, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Trafton) Staples. Thomas Low was educated in the public schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm during his minority, continuing afterward at farming in his native town all his life and on the same farm. He was a prominent citizen. He was for many years on the board of selectmen of the town. In politics he was a Republican of much influence and high standing. He was a member of the Baptist church of Shapleigh. Children: i. Abbie C. born November 26, 1858, married Closes ^.lorrison. of Springvale. 2. Jerry Al- bion, born Februarv 28, 1862, mentioned be- i^^^^ At , ^^vv^v^ STATE OF MAINE. 1507 low. 3. Lilla, born June 22, 1865, married Walter Russell, of Alfred, Maine. 4. Leslie T., born January 15, 1867, married Eldora Hanscome, of Lebanon, Maine ; he is a shoe- maker, residing at Whitman, Massachusetts. (VIII) Jerry Albion, son of Thomas Low, was born in Shapleigh, February 28, 1862. He worked on his father's farm from an early age until after he came of a.ge. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Shapleigh. In 1887 he removed to Sanford and entered the employ of the Sanford Plush Manufacturing Company in the finishing department, and ten years later, in 1897, was placed in charge of the plush-finisliing department as overseer, and has held that postion to the present time. He is a Republican; was a selectman in 1894-95 and again in 1906-07-08. when he was chair- man of the board. He has been a director of the Sanford Building and Loan Association since 1893 ; director of the Sanford Co-opera- tive Association since its organization in 1900. He is a member of Friendship Lodge of Odd Fellows of Springvale ; Morali Encampment of Sanford ; and Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Sanford. He attends the Baptist church with his family. Mr. Low is interested in all movements for the public welfare and the improvement of the town in which he lives. He is highly esteemed by his townsmen and a citizen of much influence for good in the community. He married, January 11, 1887, Lavinia, born May 10, 1862, daughter of Ste- phen P. and Phebe Jane Ham, of Shapleigh. Children: i. Elmer L., born June 7, i8yo. 2. Llewellyn J., April 29, 1902. 3. Thomas i\I., June 10, 1904. The family here under considera- LOW tion is of Danish extraction, mem- bers thereof being men of character and action in all that have contributed to the welfare of the communities in which they lo- cated. The race is an energetic one, and its members inclined rather to active than se- dentary employment. They are self-reliant and accumulate above the average amount of substance, this being particularly true of the present representative of the family. Frank M. Low, one of the leading \-oung business men of Portland, whose success is attributable to executive ability, business acumen and strict integrity. John William Low, the first of the family to come to the L'nited States, was born in Copen- hagen. Denmark, in 1824, son of Balthazar and Elizabeth Dorthea Maria Low. He was left an orphan at the age of si.x years. He ob- tained his education in the schools of his native land, and at the age of twenty, being ambitious and energetic, he left his home for the new v/orld, he having decided that the prospects for advancement there were better than in the old. After engaging in many busi- ness ventures in the south and middle west, he finally settled in Portland, Maine, at about the age of thirty, and there established a cloth- ing store, on a small scale, which line of busi- ness he followed throughout the remaining years of his life. He was one of the first Dan- ish settlers in the city of Portland. Before coming to Portland, in the fall of 1845, he shipped at Norfolk, X'irginia, as hailing from Pennsylvania, as a seaman aboard the "Cy- ane," a sloop of war belonging to the United States navy, and served three years and three months, or through the Mexican war. He was made a citizen of the United States in New York City, October 12, 1852, under the name of William Low. Changed or reaf- firmed it in Portland, November 23, 1891, as John William Low. He was made a Mason in Navigator Lodge, No. 232, New York City, May 22, 185 1. He married Jensine An- toinette Ibsen, born in Denmark, December 19, 1830, died September 16, 1907. Children who grew to maturity are : John, Soren Frederick, George B.. Emma M., William Adolph, Frank Mathias, see forward. John W. Low died in Portland, February 13, 1904.. Frank Mathias, ei.ghth son and youngest child of John William and Jensine Antoinette (Ibsen) Low, was born in Portland, December 18, 1872. He attended public schools until fifteen years of age, and then entered the em- ploy of a local clothing firm to obtain a knowl- edge of that business, serving between two and three years. In 1890. in partnership with an older brother, they established a clothing business, which was the foundation for the present extensive and profitable business known as Frank M. Low & Company, prob- ablv the largest of its kind in the state of Maine. The partnership above referred to was dissolved in 1895, since which time it has been conducted by Frank M., under whose competent management and administration it has increased to such large proportions ; the stock consists of a full line of all that is worn by men and boys, of different grades of qual- ity to suit the requirement of all classes, and is known as "The House of High Grade Clothing." His successful career as a mer- chant has won for him the confidence of his fellow citizens, and he was chosen as a direc- tor of the Fidelity Trust Company at its in- i5o8 STATE OF MAINE. corporation, serving at the present time, and also as director of the Portland Board of Trade. In Free Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree, and is a member of the following named organizations : Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Greenleaf Royal Arch Chapter, Portland Council, Royal and Select Masters, St. Alban Commandery, Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite, and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership in the following clubs ; Portland, Athletic, Yacht and Country. He takes an active part in the politics of his native city, giving his al- legiance to the Republican party, and his in- fluence is always felt on the side of all that pertains to the welfare and advancement of the varied interests of Portland. Mr. Low married, in Portland, July 31, 1899, Anna Louise, born May 20, 1876. daughter of Mel- ville C. and Abigail Maria Hutchinson, of Portland. Children : Frank Mathias Jr., born 1900. John Hutchinson, 1902. Robert Low was born October 30, LOWE 1759, died in North Livermore, Maine, January 10, 1849. He was a Baptist preacher, lived in Waterville, Maine, where his children were born, and from 1821 to 1838 was a trustee of Waterville College, Waterville. subsec|uently known as Colby Uni- versity. He married, December 9, 1779. Ju- dith Elwell, born March 23, 1759, died in East Livermore, Maine. January 26, 1839. Robert and Judith (Elwell) Low had nine children born as follows: i. Robert. March i, 1781. 2. Samuel, November 20, 1782. 3. David (q. v.), December 23, 1784. 4. Moses, March 3, 1788. 5. Sally, December 31, 1789. 6. Mary, November 7, 1791. 7. Betsey, Septem- ber 20. 1793. 8. Sylvania, October 26, 1796. 9. John, November 17, 1799. (H) David, third son of Robert and Judith (Elwell) Low, was born in Waterville, Maine, December 22,. 1784. He was married to Han- nah Sweetser, by whom he had three chil- dren: William Granville (q. v.), Josephine, Laura. He married as his second wife Matthews, by whom he had two children : Ed- win and David. (HI) William Granville, first child and only son of David and Hannah ( Sweetser ) Low, was born in Waterville, Maine. His children changed the spelling of the name from Low to Lowe. He was married to Susan Moor, born in St. Albans, Maine, and he was a farmer and carpenter in Levant. Maine. (lY) Perley, 'son of William firanville and Susan (Moor) Low, was born in Levant, j\Iaine, November 6, 1845. He was brought up on his father's farm and attended the dis- trict schools. He enlisted in the L'nion army in 1864, and was in the First District of Co- lumbia Cavalry and later in First Maine Cav- alry (Army of the Potomac), .Major-General George Crooks; Third lirigade. Colonel Charles H. Smith, his regiment being imder the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan P. Cilley and holding the right of the brigade in the Appomattox campaign, the cavalry be- ing in command of Major-General Philip Sheridan. On returning home at the close of the war, he taught school in Maine, and in 1867 removed to Chicago, where he worked in lumber yards, which employment led to his becoming a member of the firm of Thomp- son Brothers & Lowe, lumber dealers, in 1S85. The firm became Kelle\-. Lowe & Company in 1889 and Perley Lowe & Company from 1893, his partner being William Templeton. He was a member of the Lumberman's Ex- change of which he was a director, vice-presi- dent in 1885 and president in 1886. The of- fices of Perlev Lowe & Company are at 1603 Railway Exchange, Chicago. Illinois, and their principal mills at Peshtigo, Wisconsin. He is president of Mississippi Lumber Company. He had been all his life an active layman of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal church, and in Chi- cago became especially interested in the Hal- stead Street Mission. He served as a lay del- egate from the Rock River conference to the general conference at Los Angeles, California, in 1904. He was made president of Wesley Hospital. Chicago, and a trustee of the North- western University, Evanston, Illinois. His club affiliations included the Westward Ho! Club of Chicago. Chicago Golf Club and Union League. He was married in 1875 to Eliza, daughter of William and Annie Tem- pleton, of Glasgow, Scotland, and their chil- dren are: Agnes S.. Ella E., .Annie E. and Grace J. His home is on Washington Boule- vard, Chicago. Among the earliest records of ELWELL Massachusetts is to be found the name of Elwell. and it has ever stood for integrity, honesty and stead- fastness of ^lurpose. This familv furnished soldiers at the time of the revolution, and its members, in times of peace, have done their part as citizens of colony and state. (I) The name of Robert Elwell appears in the colony records of Gloucester, Massachu- 0. ^TL O/we//. STATE OF MAINE. 1509 setts, in 1635, when he appeared as witness concerning the "outrageous conduct" of one Thomas Wannerton. No documentary evi- dence has been discovered to show his family connections, his social standing or even his nationality. He was admitted as a freeman in 1640, was a member of Salem church in 1643, and was several times made selectman, the first time in 1649. There is a record of his buying land in 1642, and by further purchases, in addition to grants from the town, he became possessed of several lots, among which was a neck of land consisting of about thirtv acres, on the southeast side of the Harbor, known as "Stage Neck." His first residence was at the Harbor, but as most of his land was situ- ated at the Eastern Point, it is supposed he afterwards settled there. The term goodman was often given to him and he was worthy of this name in the best sense of the word. He died in 1683, leaving an estate worth two hundred pounds. His first wife, Joane. died in 1675; in 1676 he married Alice Leach, a widow, who survived him. His children were : Samuel, a second child (name unknown) who died young, John. Isaac, Josiah, Joseph, Sara (born and died in 1651), Sarah, Thomas, Ja- cob, Richard and Mary. (II) Samuel, the eldest son of Robert El- well, was born in 1635-36 and died about 1697. He married Esther Dutch, who sur- vived him, and after his death is described as a "poor distressed widow," in consequence of sickness and poverty; she died in 1721, aged about eighty-two years. Their children were : Samuel, Jacob, Robert, Esther, Sarah, Eben- ezer, Hannah, Elizabeth and Thomas. (HI) Robert (2), son of Samuel and Esther (Dutch) Elwell, removed to Maine, and thereupon sold his property and rights in Gloucester to some of his children. He mar- ried, October 12, 1687, Sarah, daughter of James Gardner, and their children were : Robert, Sarah (died young). Hannah. Samuel, Benjamin, Sarah, Joseph, John and Jemimah. (iV) Joseph, fourth son of Robert (2) and Sarah (Gardner) Elwell, was born August II, 1705, in Gloucester, and died at Biddeford, Maine. His wife's name and the number of his children is not known. (V) Benjamin, son of Joseph Elwell, was born November 10, 1733, at Biddeford, Maine, and died July 4, 1801, at Buxton, Maine. With his eldest son John he enlisted in Captain Daniel Lane's company in the revolutionary war. He married, January 22, 1761, Abigail Ingraham. Record is found of only two of their children, John, mentioned above, and Theodore. (\'I) Theodore, son of Benjamin and Abi- gail (Ingraham) Elwell, was born September 2. 1786, at Saco, Maine, and died June 10, 1843. 2t Buxton, Maine. He married Anna Harmon. (\'II) Nathaniel H., son of Theodore and ■\nna (Harmon) Elwell, was born May 23, 1820, at Buxton, ]Maine. He married Martha P. Harmon. (VIII) Edward Harmon, son of Nathaniel H. and Martha P. (Harmon) Elwell, was born November 9, 1845, 3t Buxton, Maine. He received his education in the public schools and academy of his native town, and prepared for college, though he did not enter. He has been for more than twenty-five years con- nected with the Michigan Mutual Life Insur- ance Company, being one of the directors of that company, and manager of the northwest- ern department of said company. He has been a resident of Chicago, Illinois, since 1885, and is one of that city's representative business men. Mr. Elwell belongs to the Union League Club and South Shore Country Club, and is a member of the order of Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons. He married, February i, 1882, Nettie L., daughter of George and Mary F. (Lunt) Tuttle (see Tuttle, VIII). They had two children: i. Russel Tuttle, born Oc- tober 20. 1887, prepared for college at the Culver Military Academy ; entered Chicago Universitv 1906, will graduate 1910: while at Culver graduated as commissioned officer and stood high in his rank. 2. Grace Edna, born October 13. 1889, prepared for college at the Stevan School for Girls, and in 1908 entered Wellesley College. The name of Tuttle was com- TUTTLE mon in England for several hundred years before first heard of in America, and is generally supposed to come from the name of a place, "Toot-hill." The family here described is of Welsh origin, and is first heard of in New Hampshire, re- maining there for several generations. (I) John Tuttle was in Dover, New Hamp- shire, in 1640, his name appearing among the citizens who protest against the project of Underbill to place Dover under the jurisdic- tion of Massachusetts. He died in 1663, leav- ing a widow, Dorothy, and three children. One child was Elizabeth, who married Captain Philip Cromwell, and another was John. (II) John (2), son of John (i) and Dor- I5IO STATE OF iNIAINE. othy Tuttle, won distinction in civil and mili- tary affairs. He filled every public office with- in the gift of the citizens of Dover, and in 1695 was by appointment judge of their maj- esties' court of common picas under the ad- ministration of Lieutenant-Governor Usher. He held the office of selectman, town clerk and town treasurer. He was a member of the as- sembly, and was one of the six commissioners sent from Dover to the convention of 1689. He died in 1720. His wife's name was Mary. (HI) John (3), second son of John (2) and Mary Tuttle, was born in 1671, and was killed by Indians, May 17, 1712. He was known as "Ensign" Tuttle. He married Ju- dith, daughter of Richard and Rose ( Stough- ton) Otis. She and her brother. Sir Nicholas Stoughton, were the only children of Anthony Stoughton, of Stoughton in Surrey, England. (IV) Thomas, fourth son of John (3) and Judith (Otis) Tuttle, was born March 15, 1699, and died about 1772. He married Mary Brackett, and they had eleven children. She died February 28, 1773. They were members of the Society of Friends, and most of their descendants are of that faith. (V) Reuben, son of Thomas and Mary (Brackett) Tuttle, was born March 26, 1737. He settled in Barrington, New Hampshire, and in 1785 removed to Durham, Maine, where he died in 1814. He married. May 26, 1762, Elizabeth, daughter of Tobias and Ju- dith (Varney) Hanson, and they had eight children, born at Barrington, New Hampshire. In revolutionary times he, being a blacksmith as well as a farmer, was often called upon by the patriots of New Hampshire to use his skill to repair the locks of their muskets, to fit their bayonets, and to make them swords, and this was in direct oppostion to his convictions against war, as he was a Quaker. He was so annoyed by their demands that he sold out such of his possessions as he could not very well move, and with his family left on a coaster, from which they disembarked at Mast Landing. In 1785 he removed to Durham, Maine. His wife died January 28, 1828. Their children were : Elisha, Judith and six others. (VI) Elisha, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Hanson) Tuttle, was born September 2-. 1767, and died December 21, 1854. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Caleb and Lydia (Bishop) Estes, who was born March 4, 1772, and they had nine children. She died January 15, 1857. Their children were: Lydia, To- bias, Esther, Thomas, Judith, Phiiena, Pa- tience, Sarah and Elias. (VII) Thomas (2), son of Elisha and Sarah (Estes) Tuttle, married Lydia, daugh- ter of Caleb Jones, of Brunswick, Maine, and they had four children. (VIII) George, the eldest son of Thomas (2) and Lydia (Jones) Tuttle, was born Sep- tember 18, 1823. He married Mary F. Lunt, born February 22, 1828, and they had seven children, as follows: i. May Etta, born in 1858, died March 13, 1866. 2. Nettie L., married Edward H. Elwell, February i, 1882. (See Elwell, VIII.) 3. Thomas E. 4. Sarah J., born October 24. 1862, married Captain M, "D. Sprague; she died in 1888. 5. John H., born August 20, 1863, married Flora E. Jew- ett. 6. Harry W., born April 15, 1866, died in 1888, unmarried. 7. Fannie M., born Oc- tober 20, 1870, married Edward H. Jenkins. It is claimed that all of the older CHASE families of this name in New England are descended from Aquila Chase, one of the early settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts, and among the founders of Hampton, New Hampshire. Many prominent citizens in various parts of the nation have borne this name. (I) Jacob B., son of James Chase, was born August 27, 1829. He resided in New- buryport, Massachusetts, where he was en- gaged as ship master. He married Hannah J. Thurlow, who was born in Newburyport, daughter of James Thurlow, of Newburyport. They had seven children: i. Joseph. 2. Hannah, married John H. Bean, and has three children : Fred, Lillian and Alcena. 3. Jacob, married Myra Southwick, and they are the parents of four children. 4. Sarah, married John Bray and has three children : Grace, Edward and Joseph. 5. George W., men- tioned below. 6. Grace E., married Allan McKenzie and has one child, Harold. 7. William. (II) Dr. George Washington, third son of Jacob B. and Hannah J. (Thurlow) Chase, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Au- gust 25, 1857. He was educated in the public schools, and in 1880 entered upon a course of mental therapeutics under the direction of Dr. E. J. Noyes, of Boston. He completed his course of medical instruction and graduated from the IMetaphysical College in 1879, and immediately engaged in the practice of mental medicine in Newburyport. He followed his vocation there until 1883, when he removed to Portland, where he has since practiced. He is a typical exponent of his school of medicine, and has a large clientage. He is a man of SIATE OF MAINE. 1511 quiet manners, a lover of his home, and a member of no secret order or society. The excitement of a political campaign has an at- traction for him which he likes to indulge, but he has never held or aspired to a city office. He is a staunch Republican. He married Carrie E. Williams, July 5, 1886. She is the daughter of Charles and Lydia (Davis) Will- iams, of Amesbury, ^Massachusetts. They have two children: i. Marion, born July 6, 1888. 2. Evelyn, March 13, i8gi. The following account relative SPINXEY to the early history of the Spinneys on this side of the ocean is based partly upon f.^mily tradition, while some of the facts, particularly those con- cerning the arrival and settlement of the im- migrants, are to be found in existing records. James Spinney, a native of Plymouth, Eng- land, a young man of wealthy parents and therefore possessed of excellent prospects in life, accompanied a fishing expedition to the Bay of Fundy, and prompted by a spirit of independence which was a predominating fea- ture of his character, he decided to cast his lot with those of his countrymen who had preceded him as pioneers in .America. Making his way along the coast to Kittery he acquired possession of a large tract of wild land, and bringing into action a natural capacity for enterprise, he erected a sawmill on Sturgess creek, thus becoming the pioneer lumber manufacturer in that locality. Thomas Spin- ney, a brother of James, came to America in search of the latter, but being unable to find him he at last located himself at Eliot Point, a short distance from the scene of James' in- dustrial enterprise in Kittery, and ere long the brothers were reunited. The Spinneys of York county are the posterity of these immi- grants. In addition to felling and manufac- turing lumber, James Spinney engaged in fish- ing, and as fast as he cleared his land of the lumber he improved it for agricultural pur- poses. He married Mary Gouch and reared several children. His brother Thomas became a prosperous farmer and landholder, including among his possessions a large tract in North Berwick, which he divided and sold to good advantage. (I) Zina H. Spinney, who was born in 1808, resided in Georgetown, Maine, and died there in 1866. He married , and had a family of five children: Mary E.. Palmer O., David, Alfred O. and Charles S. (II) Palmer O., second child of Zina H. Spinney, was born in Georgetown, March 18, 1838. Having made good use of his educa- tional opportunities, which were confined solely to the public school system then in vogue, he taught school for a time and was considered an excellent instructor. He was, however, at- tracted to the sea. and entering the merchant marine service before the mast he worked his way aft to the quarterdeck, taking command of a vessel while still a young man. He soon became tired of battling with the elements, and abandoning the sea he was appointed by Presi- dent Lincoln keeper of the Sequin light, at the mouth of the Kennebec river. With a view of bettering his fortunes he relinquished that postion, and going to Lewiston took charge of two corporation boarding-houses, which he carried on for some time. He next engaged in the clothing business in that city, becoming a member of the firm of Pulverman & Spinney, and selling his interest in that con- cern some three years later, he purchased a farm in Brunswick, where he is now residing. He is a charter member of Mechanics' Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also affiliates with the encampment and the canton, all of Lewiston. In politics he acts inde- pendently. About the year 1858 he married !Marv J. Todd, who was born in Georgetown in i8-|0. They were the parents of five chil- dren. Annie L., Elvington Palmer, Leon Les- lie (who graduated from Bowdoin College in 1894), Inez P., Alfred. (Ill) Elvington Palmer, second child of Palmer O. and ]\Iary J. (Todd) Spinney, was born in Georgetown, June 30. 1868. He fitted for college in the schools of Lewiston and Brunswick, took his bachelor's degree at Bow- doin with the class of 1890, and as his health had become somewhat impaired, at the conclu- sion of his college course he went to Wiscon- sin to recuperate. During his year's residence in the west he taught school, and upon his re- turn to his native state devoted a similar pe- riod to teaching at the Paris Hill .A.cacott, and was a sergeant-major in Colonel Drake's regiment in the campaign against Burgoyne in 1777. Three of his brothers were fellow soldiers and of these James was an officer and led a regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, -whose name repeatedly occurs in the New Hampshire archives. His children by his wife Deborah were Lydia, Mary, Sarah, Chase. (VI) Chase, son of Samuel and Deborah Wedgwood, married Martha Mitchell. He was an early settler in Lewiston, Maine, but removed to Tamworth in 1812. His children were Dana, Samuel, Curtis, Josiah, Martha, George and ^Melissa. (VII) Curtis, son of Ch-se and Martha (Mitchell) Wedgwood, was born March 29, 1806, at Lewiston. He received an academic education at Fryeburg Academy and was en- gaged in teaching over half a century. He settled in 1837 ^^ Litchfield, Maine, where he was one of the founders of the Litchfield Lib- eral Institute, and where he served as mod- erator of town meetings for thirty years, and died in 1893. All of his sons served in the war of the rebellion. His wife, Hannah, daughter of David and Flannah (Smith) Springer, was born February 12, 1807, and died in 1877. Their children were Milton Curtis, Thomas S., John G.. Martha H., Georre S., Newton J. and Luella P. (A'TII) Milton Curtis, eldest son of Curtis and Hannah (Springer) Wedsiwood, was born December 27, 18^2, at Bowdoin, Maine. He was fitted for college at the Litchfield Liberal Institute and taught several years before he graduated from the Medical School of Maine in 1859. He began the practice of his profes- sion at Durham, Maine, and three years later entered the armv as assistant surgeon of the Eleventh Maine \'olunteers. On his return ^^^^<^^ ^^ ^^U^J^^^^':^rz^■^^-z(^ STATE OF MAINE. 1563 from the south in 1864 he settled in Lewiston, where he met with marked success in his pro- fessional work, and which continued to be his home till his death. For the last twenty years of his life he was consulting physician at Po- land Springs Hotel, and became an expert in diseases of the kidneys. He died April 9, 1906, from a lesion in the blood-vessels of the brain. Dr. Wedgwood was a member of the American Medical Association, served as president of the Androscoggin Medical So- ciety, of the Maine Medical Association in 1879, and of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science for three years. He was a mem- ber of the governor's council under both Gov- ernor Burleigh and Governor Hill, and of the state board of 'health from 1894 till his de- cease. He was prominent in the Masonic or- der, being a member of the Maine Consistory of the thirty-second degree. A member and friend of the Pine Street Congregational Church, he was a man of old-fashioned hon- esty and straightforwardness, sympathetic with his patients and loved by a wide circle of friends. Dr. Wedgwood married, December 2, 1861, Elizabeth J., daughter of Joseph and Lucinda (Williams) Webster, of Durham, Maine, who survives him. Mrs. Wedgwood, through her mother, is descended from Thomas Williams, a physician and teacher, who came to Boston in 1 71 7, and in 1729 became the first perma- nent settler in what is now Bath, Maine. His son, Samuel Williams, married Mercy, daugh- ter of Anthony Coombs, of Brunswick, settled in Harpswell and served in the revolutionary war. His grandson, George Williams, born August 3, 1777, at Harpswell, married Mabel, daughter of Noah and Mabel (Wade) Litch- field, of Lewiston, and settled in Durham, Maine, where he died February 8, 1867. Mrs. Lucinda (Williams) Webster was the seventh of his thirteen children, all save two of whom had families of their own. On her father's side, Mrs. Wedgwood is the great-great-granddaughter of James and Isabel Webster, of Cape Elizabeth. Their son William married, December 24, 1769, Mrs. Jane (Little) Yeaton, and moved to Gray, where he was a captain in the militia and one of the first board of selectmen. He died De- cember 19, 1808, aged sixty-eight. His son, William Webster, born April 30, 1774, at Cape Elizabeth, married Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dunning) Stackpole, and was one of the original settlers in Durham. He was a farmer and a maker of plows and farming utensils. During the war of 1812 he was a captain in the militia. His seventh child was Joseph Webster, who lived the most of his life upon the old homestead in Durham, and is remembered as an honest, industrious and successful farmer. He was largely en- gaged in the purchase and sale of lumber and timber lands. An earnest and active Chris- tian, he gave generously for the support of the church in his native town. He died in Lewiston, August 24, 1877. By her paternal grandmother Mrs. Wedg- wood is descended through John 4, James 3, Philip 2, from James Stackpole, the emigrant, who was born in 1652 in Ireland. "He was a branch of the Pembrokeshire family, Wales; having the same coat-of-arms as the other family, and going from 'Stackpole Court' to Ireland, where a house and home were found- ed called 'Edenvale' at Ennis, county Clare." He came to Dover, New Hampshire, before 1680, married Margaret, daughter of James and Margaret Warren, of South Berwick, Maine, and died in what is now Rollinsford, New Hampshire, in 1736. It is quite certain that he was connected with the Stackpole fam- ily of Limerick, Ireland. Between 1450 and 1650 A. D. twenty-six persons named Stack- pole, or Stacpole as the surname was then written, appears as mayors, aldermen, and re- corders of Limerick. They were descended from the Stackpoles of Pembrokeshire, Wales, whose Norman ancestor built a castle, early in the twelfth century, on the site now occupied by Stackpole Court, the seat of the Earl of Cawdor. From this place Sir Elidyr Stack- pole, who was founder of the family, went on the crusade with Richard the Lion-hearted. This family traces descent KNIGHT from Walter Knight, who with Thomas Gray and John Gray settled at Nantasket, Massachusetts, in 1622. These names appear in original papers of Salem, among those who comprised the settle- ment when Endicott arrived. In 1629 Walter Knight's name appears on a patent obtained from Charles I, the patent reciting the grant of the Council of Plymouth. It is supposed that Walter Knight was a son of Isaac Knight, referred to by Annie Venn, daughter of Cap- tain John Venn, in a book written in London in 1658, in which she mentions Isaac Knight as a prominent divine. (I) Captain George Knight was born in Portland, Maine, December 3, 1796. For many years he was commander of vessels of the Portland Steam Packet Company. He married (first) Pamelia Dyer, born March 21, 1564 STATE OF MAINE. 1800; (second) Judith, daughter of The- ophilus Dyer. Children: i. Judith S., born July 21, 1822. 2. George H., see forward. 3. Child, August 25, 1827. (II) George Henry, son of Captain George Knight, was born on Franklin street, Port- land, near where Lincoln Park now is, May 22, 1826, and died September 18, 1899. He had such educational advantages as were avail- able in Portland at that time. He became a clerk in the wholesale dry goods store of John and Jeremiah Dow, and continued with them for some time. Later he was in the woolen business for himself. He then engaged in the dry goods business, being located on Middle street, where the Standard Clothing Company's store now stands. After several years Mr. Knight started the manufacture of bungs, in which he continued until about six years before his death, when he retired from business. He was a well known citizen of Portland, and died after a lingering illness, at his home on State street. He married (first). May 14, 1856, Helen Burnside, of Lancaster, New Hampshire, who died about i860, leaving one daughter Helen, who mar- ried Herbert Winslow, of Philadelphia, and had a son Burnside, who married Helen Car- rington. He married (second) October 11, 1866, Harriet S. Moses, of Bath, who was born February 5, 1838, daughter of Oliver and Lydia Clapp Moses. Five children were born of this marriage: i. George M., born Octo- ber 13, 1867, died, unmarried, November 28, 1962. 2. Marcia Bowman, bom October 11, 1869, married Dr. William H. Bradford. (See Bradford.) 3-4, Lydia Clapp and Pamelia Dyer (twins), born July 31, 1871. Lydia Clapp died March, 1872. Pamelia Dyer mar- ried, October 6, 1897, Philip J. Deering, and had two children ; Margaret Knight, born Au- gust 22, 1898; and Philip Chilton, July 16, 1902. 5. Annie Louise, born 1873, died 1874. 6. Anna Putnam, born May 12, 1875 ; mar- ried, December 20, 1905, Lucius H. Bingham, of New York. 7. Dorothea Clapp, December 10, 1883, married, September 8, 1906. Hay- ward Wilson. (See Wilson.) The Puritans of New England WILSON find in the name of John Wil- son (1588-1667) first minister of the First Church of Boston, a name that marks the laying of the corner stone of Puri- tan Congregationalism in America. Bom in Windsor, England, graduated at the Univer- sity of Cambridge in 1606, a fellow and stu- dent at law in that famous institution 1606-09, ordained a priest in the Church of England, chaplain to Lady Scadamore, rector at Moot- lake, Kenley, Bumsted Stoke and Candish rec- tor of the parish of Sudbury, Essex, suspended and finally dismissed by the Bishop's court by reason of his Puritan sympathies, he was passed through the fires of persecution and came out a full-fledged Puritan. He there- upon joined Governor John Winthrop in the project of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The two great minds having freed themselves from the tramals of the Established Church about the same time, and being of the same age, their sympathizers were coexistent and their partnership in the enterprise mutual. The London proprietors having determined to transfer the seat of government to the New World, the great lawyer and the great divine became leaders in the aflfairs of state and church as modified by the Puritan system of government decided upon. On October 30, 1629, John Winthrop was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in America, and by June 22, 1635, his fleet of eleven ships had reached Salem, then the favored New England port. They had fitted out at the Isle of Wight and had a propitious voyage, but not finding suitable conditions at Salem they proceeded to Charlestown, where on August 23, 1630, John Wilson organized a church and thence they proceeded to Tri-mountain in September and then on September 30, 1630, he estab- lished the church and town of Boston, of which church John Wilson became the first minister, and the church the first church of Boston. His ordination as teacher of this church was performed by the members them- selves, who laid their hands on the chosen leader and proclaimed him their pastor. This ceremony, however, was not performed until 1632. In 1634 he visited England, returning in 1635 with his wife, and bringing as his assistant Hugh Peters, who had been com- pelled to leave England for non-conformity. Wilson, like Winthrop, opposed the doctrine taught by the Antinomians through their leader, Ann Hutchinson, and her brother-in- law, John Wheelwright. He went out as chaplain of the New England troop set against the Pequot Indians of Connecticut in 1636, and subsequently became associated with John Eliot in his missionary labors among the In- dians. He wrote a Latin poem to the memory of John Harrad in 1647, twenty years before his death, an account of his experience in teaching the Indians, under the title "The Day STATE OF MAINE. 1565 Breaking if Not the Sun Rising of the Gos- pel." which was republished in New York in 1865. The Pilgrims, the early martyrs who found refuge from the intolerance of the Church of England as early as 1608 on the farther shore of the North Sea at Leyden, Holland, so beautifully situated on the Old Rhine river, had their hero in another Wilson bearing the surname of Roger, who had much to do with the establishment of the Pilgrim band, im- mortalized by having been the first to land from the "Mayflower" on New England terri- tory, December 21, 1620. If he was not a pas- senger on that historic ship, he was the chief instigator and supporter of the movement that led to the undertaking of that eventful adventure and stood as bondsman for William Bradford, Isaac Allerton, and Digerie Priest. Thirty-one years after he was represented in the New England Colony, of which he was a founder and liberal promoter, but to whose shores he never came, in the person of his son John Rogers (1631-91) the immigrant of Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1651. It is of this son of the bondsman of Governor Bradford that the line of Wilsons now make this John Wilson their first American an- cestor. (I) Roger Wilson, the promoter of the en- terprise that laid the foundation of the Ply- mouth Colony, the cornerstone of the Ameri- can Republic, was bom in Scrooby, Notting- hamshire, England, about 1588. He was a member of Rev. John RolDinson's church, whose minister was suspended for non-con- formity in 1603 and became the pastoral care of his flock, driven from their church and their country, at Amsterdam, Holland, in 1608, and at Leyden, to which place they regathered in May, 1609. Roger Wilson was one of the three friends who provided a house for the comfort and convenience of the growing Sep- aratist congregation and co-operated with Cushman, Bradford, Brember and others in organizing the movement that led to the re- moval of the majority of the able-bodied mem- bers of his congregation to America in 1620. He was among the wealthier of the congrega- tion, was a prosperous woolen and silk draper in Leyden, and a member of the first stock company that fitted out the '"Mayflower." He remained in Leyden with tlie pastor, probably intending to join the colony at a later day, but in 1625, when John Robinson died, the congregation remaining at Leyden, including Roger Wilson, met a loss that it could not withstand, and persecution of the Separatists having subsided in England, the remainder re- turned home or became abandoned in the Dutch population. Roger Wilson's death is not recorded in Leyden. and he evidentlv re- turned to England and continued there his worship of God according to the faith of the Brownests, also known as Separatists, or Con- gregationalists, as they came to be called. His wife Mary was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Fuller, the physician and surgeon of the "Mayflower," 1620, who was a deacon of Mas- ter Robinson's church, and died in the Ply- mouth Colony, Massachusetts, in 1633, and John, their youngest child, was the only one to remove from England, or possibly from Leyden, Holland, to America. (II) John, youngest son of Roger and Mary (Fuller) Wilson, was born in Leyden, Holland, or in Scrooby, Nottingham, England (if his father returned to his old home after the death of the Rev. John Robinson in Ley- den in 1625, which is highly probable), in 1 63 1, and he died in Woburn, Alassachusetts Bay Colony, July 2, 1687. Inheriting the spirit of liberty that cost his father banish- ment and great loss of property, he was true to his heritage, and when he arrived at the age of manhood he sought greater freedom in the New England colonies, the unreached Mecca of his father. He appears in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, after 1655, with his wife and two children — John Jr. and Dor- cas. The name of his wife (or possibly wives, if John Jr. and Dorcas were his children by a first wife) does not appear in any record of the early history of Woburn, and the only in- timation of a wife on the official records of the town give the birth of a son to John Wil- son and wife — Samuel, December 29, 1658. On the tax lists of Woburn, in the rate for the county of Middlesex, assessed August 26, 1666, John Wilson Sr. is mentioned as among those who had right in the common lands of the town. He probably was one of the immi- grants in 1 65 1. He was a lieutenant in the Indian war. His children were bom in the order following: i. John, 1653. -■ Dorcas, 1655 ; married Adam Cleveland, September 26, 1775, then in Woburn. 3. Samuel, Decem- ber 29, 1658. 4. Abigail, August 8, 1666. 5. Elizabeth, August 6, 1668. 6. Benjamin (q. v.), October 15, 1670. 7. Hannah, May 31, 1672; married Jonathan Pierce, 1689. (III) Benjamin, youngest son and sixth child of Lieutenant John Wilson, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, October 15, 1670. He removed to Rehoboth after his father's death in 1687, and was a resident of the neighbor- 1 566 STATE OF MAINE. hood of Palmer's river, where a meeting-house was built in 1718 and seated December 23 of that year, when first dignity, second, age, third, public charge in building the house and in town affairs, was observed. Benjamin Wil- son's name appears as sixth on the list of persons who bound themselves to an agree- ment that if the town and community voted £50 towards the expense of the building, the subscribers would clear the town of all further expense in relation to their house. He had eighteen children by his two wives Elizabeth, but we find no record of their family names. His children: i. Jonathan, December 8, 1698. 2. Rebeckah, January 20, 1701. 3. Hannah, October 7, 1702. 4. Frances, September 7, 1704. 5. Elizabeth, July 8, 1706. 6. Samuel, January 5, 1707. 7. Ruth, April 7, 1710. 8. Bethiah, December 4, 171 1. 9. Abijah, Au- gust 30, 1 713. 10. Mary, October 17, 17 14. By a second wife Elizabeth: 11. Sarah, Feb- ruary 23, 1729-30. 12. John (q. v.), October 19. 1733- 13- Lucas, August 10, 1735. 14. Annie, April 26, 1737. 15. Benjamin, April II, 1739. 16. Jonathan, April 7, 1741. 17. Ezekiel, May 11, 1744. 18. Chloe, June 23, 1746. (IV) John (2), twelfth child and eldest son of Benjamin Wilson by the second wife, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, October 29, 1733. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war. and sergeant in the Rehoboth company. Captain Hix, enlisted for three years' service in the American revolution. He was a man of remarkable size and strength, and in local tests of these gifts and of athletic skill he is said never to have met his equal. He married jibigail , and their children were born in Kehoboth: i. Molly, December 2, 1764. 2. Sarah, September 15, 1766, died young. 3. Joseph (q. v.); June 25, 1768. 4. Sarah, October 15, 1770. 5. John, January 27, 1775. 6. Miles Shorey, January 27, 1775. 7. Abigail, April 13, 1777. 8. Betsey, Sep- tember 23, 1779. 9. Benjamin, March 23, 1783. 10. Lucretia, April 24, 1785. (V) Joseph, eldest son and third child of Sergeant John (2) and Abigail Wilson, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, January 25, 1768. He removed from Rehoboth to Tliom- aston, Maine, and about 1795 married Lydia Major, and later in life removed to Bradford, Maine, where he was a farmer during his later days, and where he died. Joseph and Lydia (Major) Wilson had nine children, bom as follows: i. Mary, born 1796. 2. Miles S., born March 4. 1800. 3. John Hines (q. v.), born June 9, 1804. 4. Harvey S. 5. Joseph. 6. Jemima, whose husband's name was Fletch- er. 7. Eliza, whose husband's name was Garey. 8. Daniel. (VI) John Hines, second son of Joseph and Lydia (Major) Wilson, was born in Thomas- ton, Maine, June 9, 1804. He was brought up on his father's farm in Bradford, Penobscot county, Maine, and attended school during the winter season. He was a Democrat, like a large majority of the voters of Maine at the time he reached his majority, and he remained an active worker in that party up to the for- mation of the Republican party in 1856, when he joined that party as expressing his views upon the question of slavery. He served un- der the Democratic rule as deputy sheriff of Penobscot county, and the Republican party elected him sheriff, and his term in the sher- iff's office in Penobscot county covered a pe- riod of forty years. His affiliations were with the Methodist church, and he was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was married, at Bradford, Maine, December, 1831, to Rachel Rider Kingsbury, a native of Brewer, Maine, where she was born April 26, 1807. Her husband died January 30, 1893, and she died on August 5, 1893, six months only intervening between their deaths. Chil- dren of John Hines and Rachel Rider (Kings- bury) Wilson: i. Franklin A. (q. v.), No- vember 6, 1832. 2. Walter Kingsbury, born in Orono, Maine, December 22, 1836, died March 16, 1837. 3. Lucinda B., born in Orono, October 15, 1838. 4. Amanda M., born in Orono, September 26. 1842. 5. Henry E., born in Bangor, December 18, 1849, died August 15, 1859. (VII) Franklin Augustus, eldest child of John Hines and Rachel Rider (Kingsbury) Wilson, was born in Bradford, Maine, No- vember 6, 1832. When he was four years of age his father moved to Orono, and when he was eleven the family moved to Bangor. He received his preparatory educational training in the public schools of Bangor. He was graduated at Bowdoin College A. B., 1854; A. M., 1857; studied law in the office of John A. Peters in Bangor, and was admitted to the Penobscot bar in 1857, and soon after was admitted to practice in the courts of Maine and in the United States circuit court. He became the law partner of his law precep- tor, John A. Peters, in 1867, and the law partnership of Peters & Wilson continued up to 1882, when Mr. Peters withdrew to accept the position of judge of the supreme judicial court of Maine, when Charles F. Woodward was admitted and the firm became Wilson & STATE OF MAINE. 1567 Woodward, and so continued up to 1900, when Mr. Wilson retired from active practice after a period of forty-three years. He con- tinued to manage the various trust interests committed to his charge, and served as a director of the Maine Central railroad from December, 1892, and was elected president of the corporation in May, 1894, which position he resigned in 1899, but continued his direc- torship of the road. He was also chosen president of the Penobscot Savings Bank of Bangor in 1888, which position he still holds, and president of the European & North American Railroad from 1900. His director- ship in other corporations include : The Frank- lin Company of Waterville and Boston, deal- ing in real estate and water rights ; the Lock- wood Company, manufacturers of cotton goods, and the First National Bank of Bangor. He was also made a trustee of the Bangor Public Library, and overseer of Bowdoin Col- lege, which institution conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1900. His church affiliation is with the Unitarian denom- ination, and his club membership includes the University of Boston ; the Cumberland, of Portland ; the Tarratine of Bangor, and the Mount Desert Reading Room of Bar Harbor. His political affiliation was with the Demo- cratic party up to 1861 and has been with the Republican party from that time. He served his state as a representative from Bangor in the Maine legislature in 1875 and 1876. He was married, September 21, 1859, ^o Mary E., daughter of Joshua Wingate and Hannah (Pearson) Carr, of Bangor, and two children were born of the marriage: i. Mary Franklin, January 12, 1861 ; married, June 17, 1886, to George C. Cutler ; five sons : John Cutler, May 12, 1887; Elliot Carr Cutler, July 30, 1888 ; Roger Wilson Cutler, November 3, 1889; George Chalmers Cutler Jr., May 8, 1891, and Robert Cutler, June 12, 1895. 2. Elliot Carr Wilson, twin of Mary Franklin, died November 9, 1864, when three years old. The mother of these two children died Feb- ruary 9, 1867, and Mr. Wilson married (sec- ond), October 12, 1871, Caroline, daughter of Charles and Jane (Pierce) Stetson, of Ban- gor, Maine. Caroline Stetson was born May 30, 1842, and by her marriage with Mr. Wil- son had three children: Charles Stetson (q. v.), John (q. v.), and Hayward (q. v.). Mr. Wilson found his recreation from his law practice and the care of his business interests as a director of corporations in travel, and he has visited and studied the historic countries of the Old World, including Egypt and the upper Nile, Greece, Rome, and the modern cities of the continent of Europe. (Vni) Charles Stetson, eldest son of Franklin Augustus and Caroline Pierce (Stet- son) Wilson, was born in Bangor, Maine, June 10, 1873. He was prepared for college at the Roxbury Latin School, and was grad- uated at Harvard A. B., 1897. He was clerk in a banking house in Boston for three years (1897-1900); was secretary of the United States legation at Athens, Greece, four years (1900-04) ; secretary of the United States le- gation at Havana, Cuba, one year (1904-05), and has held a similar position at Buenos Ayres, Argentine, S. A., since 1905. He is unmarried. (VHT) John (3), second son of Franklin Augustus and Caroline Pierce (Stetson) Wil- son, was born in Bangor, Maine, September 26, 1878. He was prepared for college at the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, and the Roxbury Latin School, and was grad- uated at Harvard A. B., 1900, and at the Harvard University Law School LL. B., 1903. He began the practice of law in Bangor, Maine. Mr. Wilson married. December 4, 1903, Emma, daughter of John P. and Isabell (Stratton) Otis, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and their first child, Caroline, was born July 26, 1905, their second, John Otis, December 4, 1907. He is a member of the Tarratine, Ken- duskeag Canoe and Country, ^Meadow Brook Golf Clubs, and secretary of the Haward Club of Bangor. He is a member of the Indepen- dent Congregational (Unitarian) Society. (VIII) Hayward Wilson, third son and youngest child of Franklin Augustus and Car- oline Pierce (Stetson) Wilson, was born in Bangor, Maine, April 9, 1884. He prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, Ex- eter, New Hampshire, and was graduated at Harvard A. B., 1905. He then engaged as a clerk in the banking house of Lee, Higgin- son & Company, of Boston, and was given a position in the Portland office of that firm. He attends the First Parish (Unitarian) Church of Portland ; is a member of the Cum- berland Club and the Country Club of that city and of the Harvard Union of Cambridge. He was married, September 8, 1906, to Dor- othea Clapp, daughter of George Henry and Harriet (Moses) Knight, of Portland, Maine. Dorothea Clapp was born December 10, 1883, and they have one son, born June 4, 1907, Franklin Augustus Wilson (2nd). 1568 STATE OF MAINE. The surname Wilson is one of WILSON the most common and wide- spread in England, Scotland and Ireland. It is derived, of course, from Will and son, in the same way as Johnson, Jackson, Davidson, etc., and like those sur- names there were doubtless hundreds of pro- genitors of unrelated families that assumed the surname when the custom became general in the twelfth century or earlier. Many of this name have won distinction. There are numerous coats-of-arms borne by Wilsons of the higher classes. In Scotland the Wilsons were numerous in Renfrewshire, Elginshire, Fifeshire, Lanark- shire, and were found in other counties also at an early date. Durina: the frightful perse- cution of the Scotch Presbyterians, one of their familv suffered martyrdom. In 1685 James II, an avowed Roman Catholic, became King of England, sworn to maintain the es- tablished church (Episcopal), but his acces- sion brought no relief to the persecuted Cov- enanters in Scotland and Ireland. An Episco- pal farmer named Gilbert Wilson had two daughters — Alargaret, aged eighteen, and Ag- nes, aged thirteen. These girls attended con- venticles and had become Presbyterians. Ar- rested and condemned to death, their father succeeded in procuring the pardon of the younger bv paving one hundred pounds ster- ling, iaut the eider and an old woman named Margaret MacLaughlin were bound to stakes on the seashore that they might be drowned by the rising tide. After the old woman was dead and the water had passed over Mar- garet's head, she was brought out, restored to consciousness and offered life if she would take the abjuration oath. But she said: "I am one of Christ's children, let me go." She was then once more placed in the sea and her sufferings ended by death. In the north of Ireland the Crown granted to William \\'illson. of Suffolk, England, two thousand acres of land in the precinct of Lif- fer (Barony of Raphoe), county Donegal, about 1610. In 161 1 Willson bought two thousand acres granted to Sir Henry Knight. His residence is given as Clarye, in Suffolk, and his Irish asent was Christopher Parmen- ter. He brought over some English settlers, but may never have lived there himself. In 1689 one of the Scotch Wilsons living in En- niskillen became famous. July i. Lieutenant MacCarmick. in whose company James Wil- son was a soldier, made a stand against the Duke of Berwick, an illegitimate son of King James, at the head of a detachment of Irish, six hundred dragoons on foot and two troops of horse. Governor Hamilton, his superior officer, failed to keep his promise to support MacCarmick, and his little company was fairly cut to pieces ; his son slain at his side and he was taken prisoner. But thirty escaped. "Among them was a brave soldier named James Wilson. Surrounded by a number of dragoons, he was assailed by all at once. Some of them he stabbed, others he struck down with his musket, and several he threw under the feet of their own horses. At last, wounded in twelve places, his cheeks hanging over his chin, he fell into a bush. There a sergeant struck him through the thigh with a halbert ; but Wilson, exerting all his strength, pulled it out and ran it through the sergeant's heart. By the aid of this halbert he walked to Enniskillen. He was afterwards cured of his wounds and survived for thirty years." Whether descended from him or not, the Wil- son family, mentioned below, may well take pride in this exploit. (I) William Wilson, immigrant ancestor, came to this country from Tyrone, Ireland, in 1737, with his wife, a daughter, and his son Robert, mentioned below. They spent the first winter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then removed to Townsend, where many Scotch-Irish families settled. (II) Major Robert, son of William Wil- son, was born about 17,34 in Tyrone, Ireland, and came to New England with his parents. He enlisted in the French war in 1755 and was among the company that was with Gen- eral Wolfe, September 12. 1759, at the Heights of Abraham, when Wolfe was killed. He re- turned to Massachusetts and settled in Peter- borough, New Hampshire, and resided on the farm now or lately occupied in part by his grandson, James Wilson, on what used to be called Main Street Road. He was a farmer, and kept a tavern. The house stood on the west side of the road, about seventy-five or eighty rods southwest of the house now occu- pied by James Wilson, and some forty rods north of the brick school house. The old cellar hole marks the spot. He was in the revolution. He was a lieutenant in the militia in 1771, a captain in 1775, when he answered the Lexington alarm, and a major in 1777. He was under General Stark and was present at the various engagements at Bennington, Saratoga, etc., and was appointed by General Stark to command a guard detailed to escort six hundred Hessian prisoners of war from Bennington to Boston. He was selectman in 1765-71; treasurer in 1786-87-88, and one of STATE OF MAINE. 1569 the committee of safety in 1776. He was a man of fine physique, six feet in height, and was industrious and prudent in his affairs. By his own hard work he was able to accumulate quite a fortune for those days. He died De- cember 25, 1790, suddenly, of strangulated hernia. He married, in 1761 or 1762, Mary Hodge, of West Cambridge. She married (second) September 16, 1803, Enos Knight, of New Ipswich, and died December 22, 1825, aged ninety years. Children: I. Anne, born March 28, 1764; died August 16, 1771, killed by a log falling ofT a fence upon her. 2. James, August 16, 1766; married (first) Eliz- abeth Steele; (second) Elizabeth Little. 3. Anne, born May 3, 1768, married Jeremiah Swan. 4. William, February 8, 1770, married Dotia Smith. 5. John, January 10, 1772, men- tioned below. 6. Mary, May 21, 1775, mar- ried General John Steele. 7. Sarah, 1777, married, November 6, 1803, Joseph Haynes Johnson. 8. Joseph, 1780, died April 24, 1794. (III) Hon. John, son of Robert Wilson, was born January 10, 1772, in Peterborough, New Hampshire. He settled in Belfast, Maine, studied law and became one of the leaders of the bar in his time. He was prominent in pub- lic life and represented his district in congress in 1813-14, when Maine was still part of Mas- sachusetts. He died at Belfast in 1848. He married Hannah Leach. Children, born at Belfast: i. Sarah, married Daniel Jewett, at- torney at law, Bangor ; removed to St. Louis, where he became a prominent citizen, and was mayor of that city. 2. John, born May 7, 1810, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, married A. G. Jewett, a prominent lawyer of Belfast, active in public affairs and at one time minis- ter to Peru. 4. Mary, married William C. Crosby, a lawyer of Bangor. 5. Jane. (IV) John (2), son of Hon. John (i) Wil- son, was born in Belfast, May 7, 1810, died there February 10, 1874. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He fol- lowed farming for his occupation all his life. He was a Republican in politics, after the party was organized, and at one time was a member of the common council of the city of Belfast. He married, June 23, 1830. Eliza A. Townsend, born at Taunton, Massachusetts, December 29, 1809, died August i, 1879. Children, born at Belfast: i. Sarah E., June 19. 1831, died January 24, 1862; married David L. Hatch : one child : Charles L. 2. James A., April 14, 1833, clied January 30, 1898: served in the civil war. 3. John O., May 9, 1835. died June 12, 1859. 4. Joseph B., April 19. 1837, served in the civil war. 5. Jefferson F., July 26, 1839, mentioned below. 6. Julius A., August 20, 1841, served in the civil war. 7. Jesse A., April 2, 1843, killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. 8. Justus M., October 10, 1844. 9. Jones E., De- cember 5. 1846, killed at the battle of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. 10. Annie A., April 22,, 1848, married, January 31, 1875, Alfred Ginn Ellis. Five of the sons were in the Union service in the army and navy at the same time and two were killed. (V) Jefferson Franklin, son of John (2) Wilson, "was born in Belfast. July 26, 1839. He was educated in the public schools there and worked on his father's farm until he was nineteen years old, when he went to Aroos- took county, three miles from the nearest clearing, and settled. He cleared his farm, built a log house and barn, and conducted his farm there for seven years. Then he returned to Belfast and established a general trucking business which prospered and grew to large proportions. He was in this business for a period of thirty years. In 1896 he sold out, and since then has devoted his attention to con- tracting and the care of his real estate. Mr. Wilson is a Democrat in politics ; he has been street commissioner and member of the board of aldermen of the city of Belfast; in 1888-89 he represented his district in the state legis- lature, serving on the important fish and game committee, was coroner of Waldo county four years ; was a delegate to the district convention to choose delegates to the Democratic National convenion in 1908. He is a charter member of Waldo Lodge of Odd Fellows, Belfast; of the New England Order of Protection, and of Seaside Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Bel- fast. He married. December, i860, Rosanna Blanchard, who died in 1863, daughter of Ben- jamin Blanchard. of Unity. He married (sec- ond), April 18, 1868. Lizzie F. Davis, bom July 6, 1847, daughter of Leander and Eliza (Cunningham) Davis, of Freedom, Maine. Child of first wife: Etta E., born in Mars Hill, Maine, 1862, married Ferd McKean, of Bel- fast. Children of second wife: Jesse E., see forward ; Frank P., see forward. Leander Davis, father of Mrs. Jefferson F. Wilson, was born August 23, 1818, in Sangerville, Maine, died at Belfast, July 15. 1870. He married, May 27, 1841, Eliza Cunningham, born at Bel- fast, July 18, 1821, died March 9, 1894, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Betsey (Stephenson) Cunningham, and granddaughter of Major William Cunningham, a native of Scotland, a noted ship-builder of his day, who built "The Fox," the first ship ever built at Belfast. Ben- 1570 STATE OF MAINE. jamiii Cunningham was born in Edgecombe, Maine, married, September 29, 181 2, Betsey Stephenson, of Belfast. (VI) Jesse E., son of Jefferson Franklin Wilson, was born in Belfast, January 24, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and after working with his father a short time in the teaming business, took a course at Gray's Commercial College, Port- land. For a time he was a bookkeeper for F. O. Bailey & Company, of Portland, and then returned to Belfast and purchased an interest in the furniture and undertaking business of the late Aubrey G. Spencer, at No. 81 Main street. Mr. Wilson was then but twenty-one years of age, being the youngest man in busi- ness for himself in the city. Two years later the firm had outgrown its quarters and was obliged to move to a larger store in the Coli- seum building, a few doors down the street. After ten years, during which time the business constantly increased, Mr. Wilson sold his in- terest to his partner and went west. He vis- ited many places in the middle west and on the Pacific coast, and finally purchased an interest in the business of J. B. Beals, of Fort Collins, Colorado, who had built up a good business as a men's outfitter. In the fall of 1904 Mr. Wil- son purchased his partner's interest in the business, and has since carried it on in his own name, advertising as "Wilson, My Clothier." He is a firm believer in newspaper advertising. He recently was obliged to lease additional floor space to accommodate his growing trade, and now has the largest business in his line in Colorado outside of Denver. Fort Collins is one of the most progressive cities in the west, and is rapidly growing in population and busi- ness importance. Mr. Wilson is taking the same interest in the material welfare of his adopted city that he did in the place of his nativity, being active in forwarding everything that looks to the benefit of the business of the community. Although one of the youngest men in business in Belfast, he was ever to be found among those who were striving for her best business interests. He was a member of the city council, and when there was work for the board of trade he was always at his post and was an efficient worker on the most active committees. He was one of the most active of the citizens of Belfast in readjusting the shoe factory difficulties, and in bringing to Belfast the firm of Leonard & Barrows. He was also largely instrumental in the settling of the Duplex Roller Bushing Company in Bel- fast, and several smaller concerns were ma- terially assisted in locating in Belfast by Mr. Wilson and his associates. He is a past chan- cellor of Silver Cross Lodge, Knights of Pyth- ias, and an Odd Fellow, and was for many years librarian of the Universalist Sunday- school. (VI) Frank P. Wilson, second son of Jef- ferson Franklin Wilson, was born in Belfast, October 3, 1878. He was educated in the schools of his native city, graduating from the high school ; then entered Comer's Commercial College, Boston, after which he matriculated in the University of Maine, graduating with the class of 1902. He read law in the office of Judge Johnson, of Belfast, and was ad- mitted to the bar in Massachusetts, August 26, 1902, and to the bar in Maine, April 21, 1903. He was admitted to practice in the L'nited States district courts of Maine and New York, February 17, 1904. For one year he had an office in Belfast, Maine, but at the present time (1908) is associated with the law firm of Rich, Woodford, Bovee & Butcher, No. 18 Wall street, ^^ew York. The Wilsons are found in many WILSON branches of one family, and there are also many distinct families throughout this country. The one to which this article will refer was a Portland (Maine) sub-division of an old colonial line whose descendants may be found in all parts of the country now. (I) Isaac Wilson was born July 14, 1786, died April 24, 1861. He married, November II, 1811, Mehitable, daughter of Samuel Ho- vey ; her first husband was Jonathan Fair- banks. She was born September 8, 1786, died July 27, 1873. Children: i. Samuel Hovey mentioned below. 2. Willard, March 29, 1814 3. Isaac Jr., born in Saco, June 6, 1816. 4 Henry, in Portland, September 18, 1818. 5 Ruth H., in Westbrook, December 17, 1820. 6. Sarah A., in Falmouth, February 26, 1824 7. Eunice M., in Danville, July 17, 1826. (II) Samuel Hovey, eldest child of Isaac and Mehitable (Hovey) (Fairbanks) Wilson, was born in the city of Portland, Maine, Au- gust 12, 181 2, and after obtaining a good com- mon school education began at the age of six- teen years to learn the carpenter's trade. Later he went to Boston, remained several years, then returned to Lewiston, Maine, where he was a well known contractor and builder. He married (first), November 5, 1837, Deborah Jewel Gould, born August 6, 1813. Child, Adolphus P., born in Lewiston, November 15, 1842. Married (second), September 7, 1856, Caroline Frye, daughter of Ebenezer and Ju- STATE OF MAINE. 1571 dith (Barker) Ham. Children: i. Edward Alton, born April 13, 1859. 2. John Stock- bridge Patten Ham, August g, i860. 3. Mar- garet Lenora, January i, 1862. (Ill) John Stockbridge Patten Ham, son of Samuel H. and Caroline Frye (Ham) Wil- son, was born August 9, i860. He was edu- cated at the public schools of Auburn and Tur- ner, Maine. He taught school twelve years, then entered the employ of J. B. Ham & Company, with whom he remained until 1900, when he purchased the business from his employers. This is an old and well established grain busi- ness, in which Mr. Wilson is still engaged. He is trustee of the Auburn Savings Bank. He is public-spirited, and has held numerous local offices including that of member of the school committee, while residing at Turner. Politically he is a Democrat, and by that party elected as mayor of Auburn in 1901-02. Being possessed of the fraternal spirit of the times, 'he is found numbered among the active mem- bership of the Masonic order, having advanced to the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family are attendants of the Universalist church. The Wilson family, which is WILSON the subject of this narrative, was long time resident in Cor- nish, Maine, and not improbably descended from Gowen Wilson, whose progeny is nu- merous in the state. (I) John Wilson lived in Cornish so long ago that record and tradition have preserved little of him but his name. (II) David, son of John Wilson, was a farmer in Cornish, where he resided many years, and died about the year 1854. He mar- ried Mary Emery, who died in 1871 at the age of eighty-five years, in Thomaston. (III) Hon. Edmund, son of David and Mary (Emery) Wilson, was born in Cornish, York county, Maine, March 4, 181 2, died in Thomaston, April 25, 1886. He studied law in the office of Judge Joseph Howard, then of Limerick, and was admitted to practice at the York county bar in October, 1837. Soon after admission he removed to Thomaston and en- tered upon the active practice of his profession. On first going to Thomaston he entered the law office of Jonathan Cilley, taking charge of it while Mr. Cilley was a member of the na- tional house of representatives, and up to the time of Mr. Cilley 's memorable duel with Graves, of Kentucky, in which the high- spirited representative of Maine lost his life. Mr. Wilson was county attorney for Lincoln county (before the formation of Knox county) from 1842 to 1847. In 1846 he was appointed by President Polk to the customs collectorship of the Wakloboro district, serving until 1849. He was again appointed by President Pierce in 1853 and served until 1857. In 1868 he was appointed special agent of the United States treasury under the administration of President Johnson, serving two years. He was a member of the Maine house of repre- sentatives in 1865-66-70-71-72-79. From 1876 to the time of his death he was the member from Maine of the Democratic national com- mittee. He took great interest in the promo- tion of the Knox & Lincoln railroad, and for many years was one of its directors. Mr. Wil- son was one whose wide acquaintance with public men and -national politics brought him into close contact with public affairs. The breadth of his information and the geniality of his disposition made him hosts of friends even among his political opponents. For a long time he was a conspicuous figure in Maine politics. A Democrat by training and convic- tion, he was always loyal to the party of his first and only love, giving on every occasion a hearty support to its nominees. Perhaps one of the happiest moments of his life was when he received the news of the election of Grover Cleveland. Apparently strong and well, Mr. Wilson died from an attack of apoplexy. He was taken ill while at dinner, late Sunday after- noon, soon became unconscious, and so re- mained until death, which occurred about eleven o'clock. He died in the midst of his third term as a member of the National Dem- ocratic committee, and the following is an ex- tract from the tribute paid to his memory by his successor, Hon. William Henry Clifford : "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : It has be- come my duty to announce to this committee the death, since their last session, of Hon. Ed- mund Wilson, former member from the state of Maine, and it is my apology for occupying a few moments of the present session, that the mere announcement would come short of the proprieties of the occasion, when that is made concerning so venerable a member and so marked and prominent a person, in the business affairs, at the bar, and in the political contests of the state of which he was a citizen. For many years Mr. Wilson had filled no inconsiderable place at the bar and in the party of which he was always an honored member. * * * As a member of the Democratic party of Maine he performed an important function in its coun- 1572 STATE OF MAINE. sels, and was among the foremost in its con- tests with a strong and victorious foe. He had served as a young man in the ranks of the Democracy in the old days of its glory and predominance in Maine. He went down with it into the valley. But his devotion to its destinies was more especially exemplified dur- ing that long period during which it met only with reverses and defeats. I refer to the two decades subsequent to 1861, and during and following the outbreak and continuance of the civil war. Throughout this era of almost un- varied disaster, cheered by no victory, and illuminated by no hope, few, if any, in Maine contributed more than he towards maintain- ing some organization and coherency among the faithful few that, unfaltering, still mus- tered beneath the Democratic standard and maintained the Democratic faith. This is no small praise. In those days it required the firmness of an almost heroic spirit to profess the Democratic creed, and openly act in op- position to the haughty, domineering, uncom- promising, nay, almost persecuting spirit that inspired the forces of the overruling Republi- can power. To his honor, and in behalf of his memory, be it spoken that the subject of these remarks was by no means inconspicuous among the strong and steady men that calmly faced the noisy, exultant, contemptuous out- cries of triumphant Republicanism, without any approach toward faltering, and an impa- tient expectation of the coming of a brighter day. * * * Mr. Wilson was a type of the plain, unaflfected, self-reliant New England man. He was a product of her institutions, educated under her systems, with a character moulded and colored by the social and moral influences which New England life exerts. * * * A singularly kind and human nature was not at all concealed or distorted under a manner which, to the stranger, but little courted intimacy or advance. Indeed, I think, like many strong and rugged men averse to any exhibition of emotion, he assimied by habit a certain kind of bluntness as a mask ; but this was only the rough external rind of a ripe fruit, sweet, savory and pleasant to the taste — a heart soft and tender and open to every just appeal. He was a man of deep con- victions and followed without faltering wher- ever a sense of duty led. He derived his courage from the sincerity of his belief. Of thick-set, sturdy frame, of resolute counten- ance and mien, he exhibited what he really was — a man of energy and vigor and strength. He was a Democrat from conviction, and from real comprehension of the spirit and aim of our institutions." At the close of these re- marks Mr. Clifford introduced the following resolution, which was adopted : "'Resolved, That the members of the Democratic national committee learn with sorrow of the death of the late representative of the state of Maine, in this body, the Hon. Edmund Wilson. By the death of Mr. Wilson this committee has lost the counsel and co-operation of an experi- enced and judicious member, who by his cor- rect appreciation of the duties of his position, his earnestness in the cause of Democracy, his intelligent appreciation of its spirit and aims, his capacity, his manly and considerate bear- ing, had established himself in the respect and regard of his colleagues, who will continue to maintain of their late esteemed and honored associate, the most agreeable recollections." At a special meeting of the Kno.x county bar the following resolutions were passed ; and ordered placed on the records of the court: "Resolved, That we have with regret heard of the decease of the Hon. Edmund Wilson, a dis- tinguished member of this bar, who has adorned the profession by an upright and hon- orable life ; and we desire to mark the occasion by attempting to record our estimate of his manly life, his abilities and high character. Resolved — that the character and abilities of the Hon. Edmund Wilson, demand esteem ; that though he was not for several years en- gaged in the active practice of his profession, he has kept a constant social intercourse with the members of the bar, and attending nearly every term of our court — by them he will be seriously missed. Throughout his whole life he maintained a wide and varied intercourse with the public men of our state and nation, and took deep interest and a prominent part in public affairs ; he was by nature social, and had a large fund of information, and large ac- quaintance with the men and aft'airs of the day. Resolved — That the bar deeply sympa- thize with the family and friends of our de- ceased brother, and that a copy of these resolu- tions be forwarded to his widow and son. and if the presiding justice permits, be entered on the records of the court." .-Vfter the passage of these resolutions Chief Justice Peters spoke substantially as follows : "I am happy to con- cur with the body in the sentiments of the res- olutions offered and in the remarks. Mr. Wil- son was a conspicuous member of the bar, although for a good many years he could hardly be called a practitioner, certainly not an active one. I miss him here exceedingly. He was always in attendance more or less dur- ing the terms, and he took a personal interest STATE OF MAINE. 1573 in the disposition of cases. He had a very high respect for the profession and a very high respect for the court. He was a man of strong friendships ; this was a marked trait of his character. He was a prominent man, a man known throughout the country. I regarded him as a man of integrity and character, and I think it very fitting that this tribute should be paid to his memory, and the request that the resolutions be entered on record is heartily granted." Edmund Wilson married, December i, 1842, Mary Sprague, born in Thomaston, November 16, 1813, died in Portland, May i, 1902, daughter of John and Sarah D. (Sampson) Haskell, of Thomaston. Of this union was born an only child, Bion. (IV) Bion, only child of Edmund and Mary Sprague (Haskell) Wilson, was born in Thomaston, April 21, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Thomaston, fitted for college by a private tutor, and entered Bow- doin College, July 12, 1872, from which he was graduated July 13, 1876. Subsequent to his graduation he read law in his father's of- fice at Thomaston, and for a short time in the office of Hon. Eben F. Pillsbury, of Augusta, and was admitted to the bar of Kennebec county at the March term of court, 1878. He immediately entered upon practice, and from May 10, 1878, till March i, 1879, was associ- ated with Hon. James W. Bradbury, ex-United States senator, a prominent attorney, and a graduate of the famous Bowdoin College, class of 1825. During the three years beginning March i, 1879, he was a law partner of Hon. Herbert M. Heath, a graduate of Bowdoin, class of 1872. January i, 1887, he removed to Portland and was appointed deputy surveyor of customs by the Hon. Bion Bradbury, sur- veyor of the port of Portland and Falmouth, and held that position until November, 1890, when he resigned. He was then engaged in business affairs until May 15, 1893, when he was appointed national bank examiner for Maine. He held that office until January 17, 1898, when he was elected to his present po- sition of cashier of the Cumberland National Bank of Portland. He has been a member of the directorate of this bank since January, 1905, and for twelve years he was a director of the Union Safe Deposit & Trust Company of Portland. Since January, 1907, he has been secretary of the Portland Clearing House Association. Mr. Wilson is a Democrat in politics, and was the candidate of his party for county attorney of Kennebec county in 1882, and an alternate delegate to the Democratic national convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880, which nominated Hancock and English. He is a member of the Portland Country Qub. Mr. Wilson married, in Brunswick, June 4, 1879, Jennie Morse, born August 28, 1854, daughter of Woodbury and Lydia (Owen) Sweat, granddaughter of John and Nancy (Parker) Sweat, great-granddaughter of Ja- cob Parker, and great-great-granddaughter of James McCobb. James McCobb was born in England in 17 10, and died in Phippsburg, Maine, in 1788. He commanded a company in the Colonial wars, and afterward held office under the King as special justice of the su- perior court of common pleas for the county of Lincoln. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson : Elise, born September 30, 1886; and Edmund, born September 12, 1890, a graduate of the Portland high school, and now a student at Bowdoin College. From Norman-French stock HASKELL and a companion of William the Conqueror, the Haskells of this line claim descent ; and in evidence of their claim adduce their coat-of-arms, which goes far to substantiate their claims. The es- cutcheon itself is Norman. Its field is (sais) or fur — Sais is derived from the fur with which the robes of only nobles or knights were lined. The colors, argent and sable, are those such as rendered the bearers noteworthy, the combination indicating unblemished reputa- tion. Argent compounded with sable means the yielding up of pleasure. Sable, the most ancient armory colors, compounded with ar- gent means famous. It is without device. An- ciently it was the opinion that such were of the highest honor. It bears the tesse or waist belt of honor, one of the insignia of knight- hood, it being of gold would imply that the bearer was a knight of no mean power or wealth. The legend of the crest is given thusly : At the battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror, being faint from lack of food, saw in the distance, near the lines of Harold, an apple tree in fruit : expressing his belief that one or two of the apples would revive him until the fortunes of the day should be decided, one of his attendants (a knight), Roget de Haskell by name, dashed forward amid a shower of the enemy's arrows, secured and brought to his sovereign a scarf filled with the fruit, whereupon the Conqueror bade him bear as his crest the fruit bearing apple tree pierced by a flying arrow. The impression is that the knight was mortally wounded. At the head of the coat-of-arms is the apple tree pierced by 1574 STATE OF MAINE. the arrow. The motto, "Craygnez honte Aymez loyante." (I) Roger Haskell, brother of the immi- grant William, was born about 1613, died in 1667. He was a resident of Salem, Massachu- setts, in 1637, and was of Beverly after the incorporation of that town. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of John Hardy, and had John, William, Mark and Elizabeth. (H) Mark, son of Roger and EHzabeth (Hardy) Haskell, died May 17, 1699. He married Mary Smith. (HI) Roger (2), son of Mark and Mary (Smith) Haskell, was born October 17, 1680, and married, January 25, 1708, Joanna Swift. (IV) Ephraim, son of Roger (2) and Jo- anna (Swift) Haskell, was born February 9, 171 1, died February 25, 1774. His wife's bap- tismal name was Alehitable. ( \' ) Elias, son of Ephraim and Mehitable Haskell, was born July 14, 1751, died October 10, 1824. The revolutionary records of Mas- sachusetts state that Elias Haskel (probably), of Rochester, was a corporal in Captain Earl Clap's company of minute-men, Colonel The- ophilus Cotton's regiment, which marched in response to the alarm of April ig, 1775: serv- ice seven da}'s ; also Captain Joseph Parker's company. Colonel John Cushing's regiment ; entered service September 20, 1776; service two months, at Rhode Island. Elias Haskell, Rochester, corporal. Captain Joseph Parker's company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment ; service, fifteen days : mileage out home ( sev- enty miles ) allowed ; company marched to "foglon ferry. " Rhode Island, under command of Second Lieutenant John Doty on the alarm of December 8, 1776. Elias Haskell married Mary Tillson. born January 14, 1757, died De- cember 18, 1822. Children : Elias, John, Will- iam, Mercy. Perez and Ira. (VI) John, second son of Elias and Alary (Tillson) Haskell, resided in Thomaston, Maine, and married Sarah D. Sampson and had : Charles, Susan, ]\Iartha, John, Mary S., Sarah and Elias. (VH) Mary S., fifth child of John and Sarah D. (Sampson) Haskell, married Ed- mund Wilson (see Wilson, III). Anthony Bennett, immigrant BENNETT ancestor, was the nephew of Richard Bennett, of Salem. There is a tradition that the family was or- iginally Welsh. Richard Bennett was in Salem as early as 1635 ; removed to Boston, where his wife Sybil died September 13, 1653, and he married (second) Margaret Gurgefield, widow. His will, dated June 21 and July 6, was proved September 8, 1677, bequeathing to wife IMargaret, son Jonas Clark and Susanna his wife ; grandchildren Susanna, daughter of his son Peter; cousin (i. e. nephew) Anthony Bennett "of Bass River" ; frees his negro man Jethro and gives him a house lot. His son Peter was a legatee in the will of his mother's brother, Major Ralph Hooker, of Barbadoes, March 14, 1663, proved April 15, 1664. An- thony Bennett settled in Goose cove, Glou- cester, and as early as 1679 owned six acres of land. He also owned land on the east side of Mill river, Gloucester. He owned a sawmill near the outlet of Cape Pond brook, where his son John succeeded him in the mill busi- ness, the site at Cape Pond brook being still known as Bennett's Mills. He died by acci- dent in 1 714 and his inventory amounted to one hundred and three pounds. The will of Richard Windowe (Dindoe, Winder or Winde), of Gloucester, indicates that the father of Anthony was dead and his mother was the second wife of Windowe. Richard Window, or Windowe, was in Glou- cester in 1647 or earlier; was charged with living apart from his wife, but he showed that he sent for her and she would not come. He was a town officer in 1654. He married, March 30, 1659, Bridget Travis, widow of Henry Travis. Window's will was dated May 2, 1665, proved June 7, 1665, bequeathed to his wife Bridget and her son James Travis; daughter Ann ; son-in-law ( used for step-son always) Anthony, committing him to the care of his uncle Bennett (his Uncle Richard prob- ably) ; to "daughter-in-law Elizabeth Bennett a Bible that was her father's." (She was evidently a sister of Anthony Bennett and step-daughter of Window ; her mother dy- ing before the third marriage to Widow Travis) ; also to Richard Coding. At the date of the will Anthony was probably a minor. It is conjectured that the name Win- throp is a modification of the name Window and perhaps the correct spelling of the sur- name. Winthrop is used as a christian name in several generations of the family. Anthony Bennett married Abigail , who died Oc- tober 26, 1733. Children: i. Anthony, born at Gloucester, November 12, 1679, nientioned below. 2. John, April 11, 1686, married Eliza- beth , and had sons Anthony and Jon- athan, born February 14, 1714, who removed to New Gloucester, Maine. 3. Abigail, Sep- tember 7, 1688. 4. Peter, married, February, 1704, Hannah Eveluth. 3. Andrew, had a grant of land in 1706 adjoining Anthony's '^ .^-UArUjLy- ui'iy^^^^v^'^^'lJ^T^ STATE OF MAINE. 1575 farm ; married Rebecca Townsend, of Charles- town, and had JonaUian, Bethia and Lydia; died January 15, 1718. (II) Anthony (2), son of Anthony (i) Bennett, was born in Gloucester, November 12, 1679. He married, July 13, 1704, Rebecca . Late in life his son John became his guardian, appointed February 9, 1735. Chil- dren: I. John, mentioned below. 2. David, died aged nineteen. 3. JNIoses. 4. Peter. 5. Stephen. 6. Nathaniel. 7. Jonatha,n, died aged six. 8. Job. 9. James. (III) John, son of Anthony (2) Bennett, was born at Gloucester about 1705, and mar- ried there, February 11, 1732. Children, born at Gloucester : John, mentioned below ; David, Jonathan, Patience, Experience, Elizabeth, Job. (IV) John (2), son of John (i) Bennett, was born in Gloucester about 1735. He seems to have settled in Portsmouth and Gilmanton, New Hampshire. He married Betsey . The census of 1790 shows that John Bennett Sr. and John Jr. and family were living in Gilmanton. Some of his children: i. John, had son John, probably born in New Durham in 1787, died at Portsmouth, August 10, 1872; son of John and Lydia (William P. Bennett, born 1820, died at Portsmouth, son of John and Jane Bennett). 2. Winthrop, mentioned below. 3. Andrew, married and had a family at Gilmanton. (V) Winthrop, son of John (2) Bennett, was born about 1760, died March 25, 1840. He was living in Portsmouth in 1790 and mar- ried Elizabeth — ■ — — , who died March 12, 1819. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, a private in the field artillery under Cap- tain George Turner and in the same company later under Captain Hall Jackson, of Ports- mouth, in 1776. Fie probably moved to Gil- manton later. Children: i. Andrew (Will- iam J. Bennett, son of Andrew, died at Lon- donderry, New Hampshire, December 8, 1893, aged sixt3'-seven years, seven months; mother was Mary (Hall) Bennett). 2. John. 3. Jo- seph. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Jere- miah. 6. Deborah. 7. Nancy. 8. Mary. 9. Richard. 10. Gilman. 11. Polly. (Winthrop Bennett, related to this family, died March 31, 1875, at Moultonborough, New Hampshire, aged eighty-two, and another Winthrop died there December 12, 1876, aged forty-eight, probably his son.) (VI) William, son of Winthrop Bennett, was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and settled in Bridgton, Maine, where he cleared a farm in the wilderness and lived upon it the remainder of his days. He married Lois Flint at Sweden, Maine. Children : Lois, Gilman, Nathaniel, William, Joseph, John, Reuben. (VII) Joseph, son of William Bennett, was born in Bridgton, Maine, in 1810 and died in 1890. He was educated in the common schools, and during his youth helped his father on the farm. He learned the trade of cooper, and in connection with farming split staves and made shook. It was the custom in New Eng- lang for farmers to follow some trade in win- ter. Many were shoemakers, others were coop- ers, hatters, etc. He bought part of the home- stead and had a milk route in Bridgton, in connection with his farm, and until shortly before his death continued active in his busi- ness. At the age of seventy-eight he drove his own milk-cart on the delivery route. He was a member of the American (Know Noth- ing) party when a young man, later a Repub- lican. He was a faithful member of the Bap- tist church. He married, in 1833, Dolly Chap- lin, born in Waterford in 1804, died 1882. Children: i. William Marshall, lives on the homestead, formerly his father's. 2. Joseph Louville, mentioned below. 3. Daniel C., died in infancy. (VIII) Joseph Louville, son of Joseph Ben- nett, was born in Bridgton, August 6, 1842. He attended the public schools of his native town and entered Bovvdoin College in 1861. He left his studies to fight for his country in the civil war, enlisting, September 10, 1862, in Company B, Twenty-third Maine Regiment from Bridgton under Colonel William W. Virgin and served most of the time of his nine months' enlistment in the vicinity of Washing- ton and along the Potomac river. Discharged on account of disability, March 23, 1863, at Edwards Ferry, Maryland, with rank of cor- poral. At the end of his term of enlistment he returned to college, but in 1864 he again en- tered the service, enlisting in the Seventh Maine Battery and took part in the battle of Petersburg and in the final engagement of the war in front of Richmond. He did not return to college, but was honored with the degree of A. B. by Bowdoin College, in 1904. He studied medicine at the Medical School of Maine, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1869. He began the practice of his profes- sion in Fryeburg, Maine, directly after gradu- ating, and continued for a period of five years. After practiciiig a year in Massachusetts he located at Hiram, Maine, remaining nine years. In 1887-88 he was located at Peabody, Massachusetts, and since 1889 in Bridgton, 1576 STATE OF MAINE. Maine. He has been in general practice and is an honored and successful member of his profession, and is member of Maine Medical, also the American Medical associations. Dr. Bennett is a Repul^lican in politics and has been especially useful in the towns in which he has lived on account of his interest in public education and his service on the school com- mittees and as superintendent of schools. He is a member of Oriental Lodge, Free Masons, of Bridgton ; Oriental Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, of Bridgton; Oriental Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bridgton ; Norway Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, of Norway, Maine; charter member of Hiram Lodge, No. 39, Knights of Pythias, of Hiram, Maine. He belongs to Farragut Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgton, and is an attendant of the Congregational church. He married, No- vember 20, 1886, Rosalia Larrabee, born at South Columbia, New Hampshire, daughter of Joshua and Grace Ann (Stevens) Larrabee, of South Columbia, New Hampshire. Chil- dren: I. Dolly Chaplin, born in Alfred, Maine, October 31, 1887, graduate of Bridgton high school, now a member of the class of 1910, Smith College. 2. Emma Louville, born in Bridgton, September 9, 1896. (For first generation see Anthony Bennett I.) (H) Peter, son of Anthony BENNETT Bennett, was born in Glou- cester about 1680; married, February, 1704, Hannah Eveluth. He re- moved to York county, Maine. He sold by deed dated June 26, 1728, rights as a proprietor in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine. He lived in Falmouth and York. He sold a lot in Georgetown, April 13, 1717, to John Cookson. His brother John .sold land east of Spruce creek to Benjamin Weeks, April 17, 1732. His brother Anthony and his wife sold land they bought of Sarah Jamison in Falmouth to John Smith, March 7, 1721-22; Sarah was the daughter of William Jamison. Anthony Ben- nett (2) married Rebecca . (Ill) Dr. David, son or nephew of Peter Bennett, was born about 1705, died in 1745. He lived in York, and though one of the original and first four grantees of the town of Sanford, Maine, did not remove thither. On one of his four house-lots he built the first "proper" (frame) house built in Sanford, Maine, and in company with others was owner of the first mill erected in the town. In 1743 his house was occupied by Samuel Staples. He fenced lots 26, 127, 28 in 1742, about the same time that he built the house. The fact that one Staples, one Howard and others lived in it is proved by three depositions of persons whose memory extended back to a time earlier than 1743. His widow Alice married Joseph Simpson. She gave her lands to William and Nathaniel Bennett, her sons, by deed and will. Children : i William, sold half of lot 27 to his son William Jr. in 1790. 2. Hannah. 3. David. 4. Lieutenant Nathaniel, mentioned below. 5. John. (IV) Lieutenant Nathaniel, son of Dr. David Bennett, born in 1741 at York, died at Sanford, Maine, January 23, 1804, in his sixty- third year. He came to Sanford about 1770 and settled in South Sanford and became one of the leading citizens of that village. He was a lieutenant in the revolution in Captain Dan- iel Butterfield's company. Colonel John Frost's regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign in 1776. He was ensign in Captain Morgan Lewis's company on the Lexington alarm, April 19, i775. These were the minute-men of Sanford and New Gloucester. He was ser- geant later in 1775 in Captain Moses Merrill's company. Colonel Edmund Phinney's regi- ment (First), and later commissioned lieuten- ant in Captain Edward Harmon's company (Ninth of Sanford), Colonel Ebenezer Saw- yer's regiment (First York). He was in Cap- tain Samuel Nasson's company at one time also. He was a charter member of the Con- gregational church at Sanford ; was selectman in 1780-81. All the Bennett families of South Sanford are descended from him. Among his children were : i. Rufus, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, born February 11, 1786, died August, 1846; married Abigail Batchelder, born April 4, 1792, died 1875; removed to Hiram, March 18, 1824, and thence to Denmark in December, 1825. (V) Rufus, son of Lieutenant Nathaniel Bennett, was born about 1780 at South San- ford, Maine. He was a farmer at South San- ford. He married Annie Batchelder. Chil- dren, born there: i. Horace, mentioned be- low. 2. Mary. 3. Nahum, mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel. 5. Son lost at sea when a young man, unmarried. (VI) Horace, son of Rufus Bennett, born in South Sanford, 1806, died in 1880. He mar- ried Sally C. Haslem, born in Waltham, Mas- sachusetts, 181 4, died in 1900. Children born at South Sanford : Nelson A., Walter E., Horace S., Ellen M., Mercy A., Bradford, mentioned below. (VII) Bradford, son of Horace Bennett, bom in South Sanford, 1844, died there in 1880. He married, in Sanford, 1868, Flor- STATE OF MAINE. 1577 ence M. Emory, born at South Sanford in 1852. Bradford Bennett was educated in the public schools of Sanford. He learned the trade of shoemaking, which he followed all his active life. He was a Democrat in politics, a well known and useful citizen of his native town. Their only child, Elmer Dana, men- tioned below. (Vni) Elmer Dana, son of Bradford Ben- nett, was born in South Sanford. February 12, 1869, and was educated there in the common schools. He began to work in the mills of the Sanford Manufacturing Company as a loom fixer, and afterward learned the trade of block-printer. In 1891 he left the mills to en- gage in the plumbing business, and for six- teen years has had charge of this line of work for the Sanford Water Company. In politics Mr. Bennett is a Republican. He belongs to Company F, First Regiment, Maine Volun- teer Militia, enlisting May 23, 1903. He is a member of Riverside Lodge, Knights of Pyth- ias, of Sanford. He married f first), in 1889, Mary A., daughter of F. J. Cousins, of Old Orchard, Maine. He married (second), No- vember, 1902, Georgie E.. daughter of George H. Clififord, of North Conway, New Hamp- shire. Child of first wife : Lena, born in , May, 1890. Child of second wife: Elmer, born August 12, 1906. (VI) Nahum. son of Rufus Bennett, born in South Sanford, May 4, 181 1, died February 7, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of blacksmith. At one time he worked at Quincy, Massachusetts, in the granite quarries, and ac- quired the trade of stone-cutter. He worked at blacksmithing for a time at Springvale, Maine. He conducted a farm during much of his active life. In politics he was a Democrat, a man highly esteemed and enjoying the fullest confidence of all men. He married Nancy Hanson, born in Waterborough, Maine, 1814, died in 1889. Children: Mary A., Benjamin, Frances, Justus B., Harriet N., Sarah W., Julia A., mentioned below. (VII) Julia A., daughter of Nahum Ben- nett, was born in South Sanford, January 28, 1855. She married Frederick Amos Garnsey, born in Richmond, New Hampshire, January 14, 1857, died May 29, 1899, son of Amos Garnsey. (See Garnsey family herewith). The surname Garnsey, Garn- GARNSEY sy, or Guernsey, 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 Guernsey. Henry Garnsey settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, as early as 1655, and was admitted a freeman in 1690. John and Joseph Garnsey settled in Milford, Con- necticut, about 1639. Both seem to have had sons Joseph. Joseph Garnsey removed to New Haven, where he was living in 1647, ^"^ 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 Waterbury. (I) John Garnsey, immigrant ancestor, came from the Isle of Guernsey and settled at Milford, Connecticut, where he probably died soon after 1639. (II) Joseph, son of John Garnsey, was born about 1640-49; married, at Milford, Han- nah Cooley, daughter of Samuel Cooley Sr., April ID, 1673. Children born at Milford: i. Joseph, born January 13, 1674, married Eliza- beth Disbrow, of Horseneck; and (second) Eleanor — ; removed to Woodbury, Con- necticut, where his wife died, September 15, I753> aged seventy-seven, and he died Sep- tember 15, 1764, aged eighty; children: i. Joseph, born 1700; ii. Ebenezer, born 1703; iii. Jonathan, had grandsons, Amos, Jonathan, et al. ; iv. Peter, born April 6, 1709; v. John (twin), born April 6, 1709; vi. Betsey, mar- ried Joshua Baldwin. 2. Hannah (also given Sarah), born March 4, 1678. (II) John (2), probably the son of John (i) Garnsey, and certainly of this family, born about 1660, died at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, March 31, 1722. His wife Elizabeth died April II, 1714, at Rehoboth. He settled in Rehoboth, where he married (second), August 16, 1716, Sarah Titus. Among his children were: i. John, mentioned below. 2. Eben- ezer, married, at Rehoboth, January 19, 1709- 10, Mehitable West. 3. Elizabeth, married, May 6, 1703, James Bowen, at Rehoboth. 4. Mary, married, September 13, 1713, Samuel Hicks, at Rehoboth. (III) John (3), son of John (2) Garnsey (or Garnzey, as spelled in Rehoboth records), was born about 1690. He married (first), Oc- tober 14, 1714, at Rehoboth, Judith Ormsbee, who died August 27, 171 5. He married (sec- ond), at Rehoboth, June 6, 1717, Elizabeth Titus, who died April 11, 1771. Child born at Rehoboth, of first wife : i. Beriah, born Sep- tember, 1715. Children of second wife: 2. John, February 7, 1718-19, died February, 1718-19. 3. John, January 4, 1719-20, men- tioned below. 4. Oliver, September 27, 1722. 1578 STATE OF MAINE. 5. Elizabeth, April 23, 1725. 6. Solomon, 1727. 7. Mary, February 22, 1731. 8. Sarah, May 15, 1735. (IV) John (4), son of John (3) Garnsey, born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, January 4, 1719-20, married, May 13, 1742, Lydia Healey. Children born at Rehoboth: i. Amos, March 31, 1743, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, Septem- ber 25, 1745, died young. 3. Oliver, July 5, 1746, removed to Westminster, Vermont. 4. Lydia, January 12, 1747-48. 5. William, Jan- nuary 11, 1749-50. 6. Hannah, December 30, 1752. 7. Ruth, June 18, 1754. 8. Esther, May 22, 1756. 9. Lois, July 5, 1758. 10. John, May 7, 1760. 11. Samuel, October 3, 1762. 12. David, March 30, 1764. 13. Jesse, April 9, 1766. 14. Mary, January 8, 1768. (V) Deacon Amos, son of John (4) Garn- sey, born in Rehoboth, March 31, 1743, died February 12, 1813, at Richmond, New Hamp- shire. He and his brothers removed to Rich- mond when young men. Although his son Amos was born in Rehoboth in 1768, Deacon Garnsey was located in Richmond in 1766, probably bringing his family to settle after 1768. His lot was described as No. 113, range 11. He was a soldier in the revolution from Richmond, a private in Captain William Humphrey's company in the continental army in 1776, with brothers John and Oliver. The name was spelled Guernsey in many cases. (New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, vol. i, p. 356.) He married, at Rehoboth, November 15, 1763, Miriam Pike, who died December 12, 1814. Children born in Rehoboth: i. Cyrel, April 30, 1764. 2. Amos, April 9, 1768, mentioned below. Children born at Richmond : 3. Cyrus, February 20, 1773. 4. Lucy, No- vember 29, 1774, married Nehemiah Bennett. 5. Moses, March 25, 1781. 6. Darius, De- cember 20, 1784. (VI) Amos (2), son of Amos (i) Garnsey, was bom in Rehoboth, April 9, 1768. His uncle, Oliver Garnsey, a veteran of the revolu- tion, settled in Westminster, Vermont, and died there January 30, 1737, aged eighty-five. Amos, John Jr. and Oliver were all in the same company in the revolution. Child born at Richmond : Amos, mentioned below. (VII) Amos (3), son of Amos (2) Garnsey, born at Richmond, New Hampshire, Septem- ber 6, 1803, died March g, 1886. He settled in his native town on the Benjamin Hewes's place, and removed to his late home in 1845. He was a farmer and well-known citizen. He married Clarissa Randall, born in Swanzey, New Hampshire, December 7, 1806, died April 15, 1875. Children born at Richmond: i. Amos, born December 26, 1731, mentioned be- low. 2. William, September 27, 1739. 3. Watrous, September 6, 1742. (VIII) Amos (4), son of Amos (3) Garn- sey, born in Richmond, December 26, 1831, died in Sanford, Maine, March 9, 1898. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was seventeen years old, working be- tween terms on the farm. He learned the trade of wood-worker and blacksmith, and in 1866 went to Sanford, Maine, to become mas- ter mechanic in the Sanford Mills. He held a position of responsibility in these mills for thirty years, excepting about ten years in the Mousam River Mills, of which he was a stock- holder. He was active in public affairs and a citizen of prominence. He also worked for a few years at Troy, New Hampshire. He married, June 15, 1854, Mary Jane, born at Rochester, New York, September 2, 1835, daughter of Ezra and Irena (Damals) Martin. Her father was born in Richmond, New Hampshire. Children: i. Frederick Amos, born January 14, 1857, mentioned below. 2. Alman Ezra, married (first) Minnie Stack- pole, had daughter Alice E., born March 9, 1890. Married (second) Esther Lunt. (IX) Frederick Amos, son of Amos (4) Garnsey, born in Richmond, New Hampshire, January 14, 1857, died in Sanford, Maine, May 29, 1899. He was educated in the public schools of Troy, New Hampshire, the high school of Sanford, Maine, and Gray's Business College, Portland. He learned the trade of weaver in the Sanford Mills and rose to the position of boss weaver. He was taken into the counting-room and was connected with the management for a number of years. He engaged in business as superintendent for his father, and for Mr. Charles Frost, of the mills at Moultonville and later at Cordaville, Massachusetts, in the manufacture of blankets. He knew the business thoroughly and was a successful manager. Of upright character and gifted with great ability in some directions, his early death was a loss to the manufacturing world and to a large circle of friends. He had the esteem of employees as well as his associ- ates in business. In politics he was a Repub- lican. He married, December 9, 1876, Julia A., daughter of Nahum and Nancy (Hanson) Bennett. (See Bennett family herewith.) Their only child, Frederick Amos, was born in Cordaville, in the town of Southborough, Massachusetts, March 14, 1892, educated in the public schools of his native town and of Sanford, Maine, and now a student in the Sanford high school. STATE OF MAINE. 1579 The name of Gibbs was well known GIBBS in England before the emigration of the Puritans to America. Will- iam Gibbs, of Lenharn. Yorkshire, England, for signal service received a grant from the King of England, embracing a tract of land, four miles square, in the center of the town. Tradition says that he had three sons, the eldest of whom inherited the paternal estate and remained thereon ; the younger sons learned the ship carpenter's trade and on ar- riving at majority received funds from their elder brother with which they came to Boston, Massachusetts, to establish themselves in life. One of these was undoubtedly Matthew Gibbs, whose descendants are treated in this article. The tradition says that one settled on the Cape and the other in Newport, Rhode Island. (I) Matthew Gibbs was a resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1650, and for four years thereafter. In 1654 he sold his house and lands and removed to Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he received a grant of land in 1659. In 1670 he purchased from Thomas Reid a farm upon which he probably resided thereafter. He married Mary, daugh- ter oT Robert Bradish, of Sudbury, and their children were as follows: i. Mary, born 1652, married (first) John Goodridge, (second) Thomas Frost. 2. Hannah, 1654, married Samuel Winch. 3. Matthew, married (first) Mary Moore, (second) Elizabeth Moore, daughter of John Moore, of Sudbury. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, lived in Fram- ingham, Massachusetts. 6. Joseph. 7. Eliza- beth. 8. Jonathan. 9. Josiah, of Framing- ham. (II) John, second son of Matthew and Mary (Bradish) Gibbs, was born about 1657, died in Sudbury, April 2, 1718. He married (first), in Sudbury, April 27, 1688, Anna, daughter of Thomas Gleason, who survived but a short time; he married (second), May 31, 1694, Sarah Cutler. She survived him and died August 31, 1725. His children were: i. Thomas, who settled in Brookfield. 2. Mercy. 3. John, of Framingham. 4. Nathaniel, men- tioned below. 5. Isaac, who lived in Sudbury. 6. Sarah. 7. Jacob. 8. Israel. 9. Ephraim. (III) Nathaniel, third son of John Gibbs and child of his second wife, Sarah Cutler, was born 1695, in Sudbury, and lived in that town. He married. May 26, 1726, Bathsheba, daugh- ter of Joseph and Mary (Gibbs) Parmenter. She was born January 28, 1705, in Sudbury, and died there October 25, 1746. So far as record is found, their children were: i. Eu- nice, married Abijah Moore. 2. Sybel. 3. Bathsheba, died young. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Jesse, married Ruth Hoyt and lived in Sudbury and in Greenwich, Massachusetts. (IV) William, eldest son of Nathaniel and Bathsheba (Parmenter) Gibbs, was bom March 18, 1740, in Sudbury, and resided in Princeton, Massachusetts, where he died April 25, 1770. He married, April 14, 1762, Joanna, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth Gleason. She was born July 13, 1740, in Framingham, and died June 28, 1830. After the death of William Gibbs she married (sec- ond), in Princeton, April 27, 1783, Uriah Newton, and he died there April 25, 1805, and she survived him more than twenty-five years. The children of William Gibbs were: i. Ezra, born October 17, 1762, lived in Bridgton, Maine. 2. William, August 22, 1764, married, November 30, 1788, Martha Cobb. 3. Al- pheus, see forward. 4. Theodore, August i, 1768, married, 1791, Lucy Kendall. 5. Jo- anna, June 27, 1770. (V) Alpheus, third son of William and Joanna (Gleason) Gibbs, was born June 20, 1766, in Princeton, Massachusetts, and was a pioneer settler in the town of Bridgton, Cum- berland county, Maine, removing there in the spring of 1814. He was married in Princeton, January 25, 1790, to Abigail Wheeler, who survived him and died in the southern part of the town of Bridgton. (VI) Rufus, son of Alpheus and Abigail (Wheeler) Gibbs, was born August 26, 1800, in Bridgton, now Harrison, and attended the district schools during his boyhood. At the age of fourteen the death of his father com- pelled him to embark in active pursuits for his own maintenance, but though he was thus deprived largely of the benefit of schools, he attained to be a student, and by observation and reading became a well-informed man. For seven years he was employed by John Perley, being engaged chiefly in tanning, and the re- mainder of the time was employed upon the farm. On attaining his majority Mr. Gibbs established himself in business in the village of Bridgton as a tanner and leather merchant, and in this was quite successful. His profits were invested largely in land and he con- tinued in this business until about 1840. For the next fifteen years his entire attention was given to lumbering. In 1855 he commenced the construction of a large blanket, or woolen mill, which was completed and in operation in the spring of 1856. In the operation of this establishment he was aided by his sons, and continued in business successfully until 1877, when he retired. He died in 1892 at an ad- i58o STATE OF MAINE. vanced age. From the time of its organization, Mr. Gibbs was a supporter of the RepubHcan party, and never failed to vote on state and presidential elections, but never sought politi- cal honors for himself. He was frequently urged to serve in various ofificial capacities, but preferred to give his attention to his private business. In 1878, having retired from busi- ness, he accepted the nomination for repre- sentative and was elected by a large majority. He was an active member of the Congrega- tional church and contributed largely to its benevolent and missionary undertakings. He was married, in 1825, to Adeline, daughter of Joseph Sears, of Bridgton. She was born in 1803 and died in 1874. Children: i. , died in early childhood. 2. Horace I., de- ceased. 3. Edward A., see forward. 4. Ma- jor John S., resides in Baltimore, Maryland. 5. Ann Mariah, widow of William F. Perry, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 6. Charles E., see forward. (VII) Edward A., son of Rufus and Ade- line (Sears) Gibbs, was born October 29, 1830, in Harrison, and now resides in Bridgton, Maine, where he is interested in the insurance business. He married, in 1853, Augusta In- galls, of Bridgton, and they were the parents of three children: i. Annette, deceased. 2. Mary B., wife of George Chapman, of Brook- line, Massachusetts. 3. Edward Everett, re- sided in Baltimore, Maryland. (VII) Charles Edwin, son of Rufus and Adeline (Sears) Gibbs, was born August 7, 1835, in Harrison, died in 1899. He was in- terested with his father in the operation of a woolen mill. He was the owner of the Sebago Steamboat line from 1870 to 1892, when he sold out to the S. D. Waren Company, of Westbrook. In 1882-83 he built the pleasant Mountain House, of which he was owner until his death. He was an active Republican in politics, was postmaster of Bridgton from 1871 to 1885. He was a representative in the legis- lature in 1867 and a member of the state senate in 1869. He married, 1855, Augusta Bangs, of Bridgton, and they were the parents of a son and a daughter. The latter, Nellie, is the wife of J. Williams Dickens, residing in Rox- bury, Massachusetts. (VIII) Rudolph Rufus, only son of Charles E. and Augusta (Bangs) Gibbs, was born Au- gust 10, 1857, in Bridgton, and attended the public schools of his home town, Bridgeton Academy, and the Little Blue school. He was employed by his father in the steamboat opera- tion, after leaving school, and was assistant postmaster at Floral Park, Long Island, New York, whence he removed to Washington, D. C, in 1890. There he was first employed in the National capitol building, and in 1892 was appointed telegrapher in the United States treasury department, a position he still holds. Like his father and grandfather, he adheres to the Republican party. He has attained emi- nence in the Masonic order, being a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 13, A. F. and A. M., of Bridgton, and of Oriental Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M., of Bridgton. He is a sir knight of Columbia Commandery, K. T., of Washing- ton, and is a member of Kora Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine. Mr. Gibbs is also a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 30, I. O. O. F., of Bridgton. He is a liberal in religion and is not affiliated with any church organization. He married Alice, daughter of Everett Marean, of Washington, D. C. The tradition is that the now nu- HALL merous families of the Hall sur- name in New England are de- scended from three Hall brothers — John, Ralph and Richard — who came to this country from England and settled ; John in Dover and Ralph in Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rich- ard in the vicinity of Boston. But there were still other Halls in New England during the early colonial period, and among them in the first two or three generations were no less than twenty who bore the baptismal name of John. The progenitor of the family purposed to be considered in this place was John Hall, first of Charlestown. Massachusetts, and afterward of Dover, and he has been confused by vari- ous chroniclers with the John Hall, of Charles- town, who in 1640 removed to the plantation at Barnstable, Massachusetts. (I) John Hall, immigrant ancestor, was ac- cording to his own deposition born in 1617. He first appears in New England in Charles- town, where he was made a freeman May 6, 1635. He removed to Dover, New Hampshire, where his name appears on the tax list from 1648-49 until 1677, and often in land records. In 1652 he lived at Dover Neck, next to the meeting-house, the lot on the southwesterly side which reached to the river and embraced a spring, which is still flowing and is called Hall's spring. He was first deacon of the first church of Dover as early as 1655. He was lot layer as early as 1657 and as late as 1674. In 1658-39 he was one of three to lay out the town bounds between Lamprey and Newichawannock rivers, and to run the north boundary. In 1663 he was on a committee to STATE OF MAINE. 1 581 lay out the highway from Lamprey river to the waterside. He was selectman in 1660 and was occasionally commissioner to end small causes; grand juror in 1663-66 and '68; "clerk of ye writs" for the court in 1663-68-69; town clerk in 1670-75-79 and other years. In 1677 Deacon Hall received a lot of twenty acres on the west side of Back river, which had been laid out to George Webb in 1642. He gave to his son Ralph by deed, February i, 1685-86, one-half the house and land, and the other half at his death ; this deed was proved as his will May 4, 1692, and recorded in February, 1694- 95. He married Elizabeth . Children : I. Sheba, baptized January 9, 1639-40. 2. John, born in Charlestown, September 21, 1645, representative to the New Hampshire legislature in 1694-95-96; died 1697. 3. Eliza- beth, born September 4, 1647, died young. 4. Elizabeth, born November 2, 1648, died young. 5. Nathaniel, taxed in 1680. 6. Ralph, men- tioned below. 7. Grace, born May 16, 1663-64. (II) Ralph, son of John Hall, was heir to his father's homestead at Dover Neck. He lost twenty acres of land July 11, 1694, at Fresh creek in a law suit with Richard Wal- dron. Richard and Elizabeth Pinkham gave him a quit claim deed to land in consideration of the sum of ten pounds. He was auditor in 1702 and constable in 1705. He died No- vember 13, 1706. He married (second), May 26, 1 701, Mary, daughter of Philip Chesley. In 1713 she, with her sister Esther, wife of John Hall, quit-claimed their father's planta- tion at Oyster River. She married (second), February 25, 1717-18, John Fox, and quit- claimed her share in the estate of her first hus- band to John Hall, son of the first wife. Ralph, John and James Hall were administra- tors of the estate of their father Ralph, March 4, 1706-07. The estate was divided between seven sons, the eldest receiving a double por- tion, and fifteen pounds to Jonathan, who was "weak and sick." Children of first wife: i. John, born about 1685, settled in Somersworth, New Hampshire; married, August 9, 1705, Esther Chesley, sister of his step-mother. 2. James, died before 1735. 3. Jonathan. 4. Isaac, removed to Massachusetts. Children of second wife: 5. Benjamin, born June, 1702. 6. Ralph, mentioned below. 7. Joseph, born March 26, 1706, married, December 19, 1734, Peniel Bean; died November 14, 1782. (Ill) Ralph (2), son of Ralph (i) Hall, was born in Dover about 1704. He lived in Madbury until about 1753, when he removed to Barrington. He was one of the petitioners for the incorporation of Madbury in 1743. In the latter part of his life he went to live with his son Joseph. He married Elizabeth Willey, of Lee. He died in Strafford, New Hampshire, and he and his wife are buried in the old or- chard on the farm. Children: i. Elizabeth, married Joseph Daniels, of Barrington. 2. Frances, married Samuel Foss, of Barrington. 3. Solomon, married Joanna Morrill. 4. Ralph, married Davis and settled in Jackson, New Hampshire. 5. Lois, died young. 6. Joseph, born December 11, 1741, mentioned below. 7. Deborah, born May i, 1744, married John, son of Benjamin Hall. 8. Abigail, married Samuel Berry, of Barrington. 9. Sobriety, married, June 19, 1777, Nicholas Brock, of Barrington. (IV) Joseph, son of Ralph (2) Hall, born December, 11, 1741, died in December, 1826. He resided in Strafford, New Hampshire, on a farm on Crown Point road, just below the Blue hill. The farm is or was lately owned by his great-great-grandson, John Hall. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, and is remembered for his estimable qualities. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Jo- seph Parsons' company, October 12, 1775 ; also one year in the continental army from August 19, 1779 (p. 570, vol. 3, N. H. Rev. Rolls) ; in Colonel Stephen Evans's regiment also (p. 628, vol. XV). He married, April 4, 1764, Mary Foss, born March 25, 1745, died in May, 1822, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Dowse) Foss, of Barrington. Children: i. Mary, born February 17, 1765, married, February 6, 1783, Ephraim Holmes. 2. Joseph, born July 8, 1767. 3. Solomon, born June 25, 1769, died October 24, 1852; married Lydia — ■ — — . 4. Betsey, born March 25, 1772, died September 4, 1845 > married Samuel York. 5. Samuel, born August 8, 1774, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, born January 31, 1777, died unmar- ried. 7. Lois, born March 18, 1778, married William Sanders. 8. Sally, born December 13, 1782, married William Berry; died Sep- tember 8, 1815. 9. Israel, born March 17, 1785, married (first) Hannah Sanders; (sec- ond) Mary Sanders. (V) Samuel, son of Joseph Hall, was born August 8, 1774. Children: i. Polly, married Dow. 2. Mary, married — Han- son. 3. Ralph, born September 26, 1799. 4. Joseph, mentioned below. 5. Israel. 6. Sam- uel. 7. Tamsin, married Pierce. 8. Sally, married Pierce. (VI) Joseph (2), son of Samuel Hall, was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, about 1800. He was educated there in the public schools and worked on the homestead during 1582 STATE OF MAINE. his youth. He succeeded his father on the farm at Strafiford and followed farming all his life. In politics he was a Democrat. In re- ligion he was a member of the Free Baptist church, of which for many years he was dea- con. He died aged seventy-two years. He married Betsey Brock, born in Barrington, New Hampshire. Children: Mary Dyer, Horace S., mentioned below ; Samuel D., Jo- seph, John. (\'II) Horace Stevens, son of Joseph (2) Hall, was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, January 15, 1833. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in his youth worked at farming and shoemaking un- til nineteen years old. He went to Saco, Maine, at the age of nineteen, to work for the York Manufacturing Company and is still em- ployed by the same concern. He has worked for this company for fifty-six years, beginning in the spinning room, rising in three years to the rank of overseer. In 1870 he was made superintendent of the corporation and has filled that office with ability and to the utmost satisfaction of all concerned to the present time. It is doubtful if any mill superintendent has a longer or more honorable and faithful record. He is well known in the textile indus- tries of the whole country. Mr. Hall is a Re- publican in politics. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Saco. He is a prominent Alason, a member of Dunlap Lodge of Biddeford, of York Royal Arch Chapter, and also of Unity Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He married, November 21, i860, Mary E., daughter of Jacob Huff, of Kenne- bunkport. They have one son, Frank, men- tioned below. (\TII) Frank, son of Horace Stevens Hall, was born March 29. 1862, in Saco, and edu- cated in the public schools of that town. He learned the trade of machinist in the York Manufacturing Company mills, where he worked about three years. He is now his father's assistant in the duties of his personal business. He married Harriet Rattell. His only child, Horace Herbert, lives with his erandfather. (For first generation see preceding sketch.) (II) John (2), son of John (i) HALL and Elizabeth Hall, was baptized in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1645, and was three years old when his father removed with his family to Dover. The rec- ords show that in 1683 he received a bounty with his father and thirteen other settlers for killing a wolf. In 1675 '^^ bought lands of the town committee and his name was still orr the tax lists in 1680, but in December, 1693, he lived on Dover Neck and in that year gave bonds as tavern keeper. He probably had lands from his father, received grants of other lands from the town, and also came into pos- session of still other tracts through his wife's father. He represented Dover in the legis- lature in 1694-95-96, and died while he was still incumbent of that office. Under date of April 28, 1697, Pike's Journal says "John Hall, Sen., was drowned coming up the river in a little float, near Green-point." The in- ventory of his property was made by Ralph Hall and John Tuttle, and the estate was ap- praised at one hundred and four pounds eight- een shillings. His widow declined administra- tion of the estate and the letters therefore was granted to her sons, Thomas and Joseph. On November 8, 1671, John Hall married Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Nutter) Rob- erts. John Roberts was a son of Thomas Roberts, immigrant, and his wife Abigail was a daughter of Hatevil Nutter. Abigail, widow of John Hall, married for her second hus- band, October 24, 1698, Thomas Down, of Cocheco, who was killed by Indians in 171 1. The children of John and Abigail (Roberts) Hall were John, Thomas, Joseph, Hatevil, Sarah and Mary. (III) Hatevil, fourth son of John (2) and Abigail (Roberts) Hall, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, and lived on the west side of Back river. The tradition among his de- scendants is that he was drowned in early manhood. He married, March 14, 1707, Mercy Cromwell, and left an only child, Hate- vil, whose Christian name, like that of his father, is written Hate Evil in some records, Hatevil being, it is supposed, a contraction of the original name. (IV) Hatevil (2), only son and child of Hatevil (i) and Mercy (Cromwell) Hall, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 15, 1708 (one account says 1707) and died November 28, 1797. He was a member of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, a man of upright character and or- derly in his walk. On November 17, 1733, he sold to John Ham all the right and interest his father had in and to a tract of one hundred and twenty acres of land which was formerly owned by his grandfather, John Hall ; and on April 20, 1734, Daniel Field, with the con- sent of his wife Sarah, sold and conveyed to Hatevil Hall, chairmaker, ten acres of land west of Back river "on the southward side of the country road from Dover to Durham." ;^ V^ ^ t^ -^^^L^ STATE OF MAINE. 1583 On May 6, 1738, he sold to William Hus- sey, of Dover, for the consideration of twenty pounds ten acres of common lands, and March 20, 1752, John Twombley conveyed to Hatevil Hall twenty-three and one-half acres on the east side of Salmon Falls River. About the time of this last conveyance Hatevil Hall re- moved from Dover to Falls River, and from thence, about 1753-54, to Falmouth, Maine, where he settled on a farm at the north end of the road called Shady Lane, which winds around the eastern base of Blackstrap hill. There he built his house and there he reared to maturity a goodly family of children, bring- ing them up in the way in which they should go, the way in which he himself had been taught to walk. He is remembered as a man of great physical and moral strength, and his influence in the community always was for good. He married, April i, 1733, Sarah Fur- bish, of Kittery, Maine, and by her had thir- teen children. At the time of his death he left four hundred and ninety-five descendants, who in turn became progenitors of some of the most thrifty, respectable and influential citizens of western Maine. His children: i. Dorothy, married George Leighton, and had eight children : Pelatiah, Jedediah, Sarah, Hate Evil (Hatevil), Abigail, David, Paul and Silas Leighton. 2. Daniel, married Lo- rana Winslow, and had eight children : Win- slow, Mercy, William, Stephen, Rachel, Anna, Betsey and Simeon. 3. Hatevil (Hate Evil), married (first) Ruth Winslow, (second) Ann Jenkins, and had thirteen children : Job, Ruth, Sarah, Hezekiah, Enoch, Submit, John, Hate Evil, Abigail, Nathan, Dorcas, Margaret and Shadrack. 4. Mercy, born October 6, 1738, married Joseph Leighton, of Dover, New Hampshire (see Leighton), and had eleven children : Susannah, Hannah, Andrew, Stephen, Mary, Ezekiel, Lydia, Daniel, Bet- sey, Robert and Sarah Leighton. 5. Eben- ezer, married Hannah Anderson, and had seven children : Abraham, Isaac, Dorothy, Israel, Bethshua, Ebenezer and Daniel. 6. Abigail, bom February 12, 1740, died Febru- ary 12, 1825; she was a woman of much strength of character and was highly respected by all to whom she was known ; she married Isaac Allen and had seven children : Cathar- ine, Sarah, Robert, Davis, Mary, Dorcas and Isaac Allen. 7. William, married (first) Bet- sey Cox, (second) Elizabeth Wilson, and had nine children : Elijah, Timothy, Trial, Rob- ert, Isaiah. Jeremiah, Betsey, Sarah and Mary. 8. John, married Grace Sprague, and had fif- teen children : Sarah, Love, Abigail, Sylvina, Hate Evil, Lucy, Charity, John, Dorothy, Anna, William, Daniel, Grace, Simeon and Joel. 9. Jedediah, born January 21, 1748. 10. Andrew, married Jane Alerrill, and had eight children : Jane, Edmund, Polly, Amos, George, Eunice, Josiah and Henry. 11. Nich- olas, married (first) Experience Stone, (sec- ond) Emma Sawyer, and had ten children: Esther, Miriam, Noah, Lot, Greenfield, Ex- perience, Comfort, Solomon, Ephraim and Os- ney. 12. Paul, married (first) Sarah Neal, (second) Keziah Hanson, and had ten chil- dren : Johnson, Olive, Daniel, Neal, William, Sarah, Hannah, Patience, Betsey and James. 13. Silas, married (first) Mary Gould, (sec- ond) Hannah Neal, and had fifteen children : Samuel, Mary, Dorothy, James, Francis, Peace, Sarah, Andrew, John, Paul, Olive, Silas, Miltmore, Augusta and Hannah. (V) Jedediah, son of Hatevil (2) and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, was born January 21, 1748, and moved down east. He married (first) March i, 1773, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Hussey) Tibbetts, and married (second) Elizabeth Clough. He had eleven children : Peter, Joel, Elizabeth, Aaron, Mercy, Moses, Abigail, David, Jonathan, Ann and Dorcas. (VI) Peter, son of Jedediah and Hannah (Tibbetts) Hall, was born in 1774, and died in Portland, Maine, in 1853. He married Anna Hunnewell, who was born in Windham in 1784 and died in Portland in 1856. They had eleven children: i. Louisa Ann, born Portland, December 14, 1809, died November 9, 1878; married Captain George B. Sturges, of Maryland, and had three children : i. George B., died single; ii. Henry B., married Emily Court, of New York, and had Emily L., Nellie D., Sidonie S., Ethel, Harry Louis and Martin V. H. ; iii. Ellen Elizabeth, mar- ried Alvin H. JacolDS, of Portland. 2. Aaron, 1809, died at sea. 3. Stillman I., 1815, died young. 4. Harriet, 1815, died 1901 ; married Henry P. Drew, of Brunswick, Maine, and had George and Horace. 5. Joel, 1819, died at sea in 1837. 6. Stillman, 1821, died 1824. 7. Sumner C, 1825, died 1826. 8. Elizabeth Wood, married Daniel H. Stone, of Bruns- wick, and had a daughter Annie W., who be- came wife of Thomas William Stanwood. 9. Mary Porter, married John Swett, of Wind- ham, Maine, and had three children : i. Mary Louisa, died single ; ii. Frank, married Eliza- beth Child; iii. Ellen M., married Rufus Stan- ley, of Portland, Maine, and Lawrence, Mas- 1584 STATE OF MAINE. sachusetts, and had three children : Grace, Harry and Helen. 10. George W., went to sea and died in California. 11. Charles H. (VH) Charles H., youngest of the eleven children of Peter and Anna (Hunnewell) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, and was a car- penter by trade and principal occupation. His first wife was Rachel Chase, who died in 1839, and he afterward married Caroline Page, who was born in Fryeburg, Maine, daughter of Philip Page, who moved from Conway, New Hampshire, to Burlington, Maine, and was one of the earliest settlers in the latter town. Charles H. and Caroline (Page) Hall had three children: Charles B., Edward Irving and Albert B. (VIII) Major General Charles B. Hall, U. S. A., eldest son of Charles H. and Caroline (Page) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, April 29, 1844, and in 1862 was in the senior class in Portland high school. Master Han- son then was at the head of that school, and his first assistant was Thomas Benton Reed, who taught English, French, Latin and Greek, "and incidentally drummed into the boys a lot of practical truths that were not written in the text books." The following account of Gen- eral Hall's military career, for he is a soldier by profession, is taken from the August num- ber (1906) of "Pine Tree Magazine." "Young Hall had from early boyhood de- lighted in playing soldier. He was a natural leader among his fellows, and when he en- tered the high school he enlisted in the cadets. From private he passed through the grades until he was captain of one of the companies in the school battalion. It was no surprise to his schoolmates or to his parents when he an- nounced in 1862 his intention to enlist in the army and go to the front. Many a chum of his shared his patriotic zeal. The Twenty- fifth Maine regiment was being mustered for nine months' service. His knowledge of the tactics gained during his career in the high school made him eligible to election as an offi- cer in Company A, to which he was assigned, and he was chosen its second lieutenant. Company A was composed largely of Port- land young men of high social standing, mem- bers of the boat club and athletic organiza- tions. The regiment was under command of Colonel Francis Fessenden of Portland, son of William Pitt Fessenden. It was assigned to service around Washington 'and didn't get a smell of burnt powder,' but when its sol- diers returned home at the expiration of their nine months' enlistment, and were veteranized as the Thirtieth Maine Infantry, it was a dif- ferent story ahead of them. The regiment with Colonel Fessenden in command, and Thomas H. Hubbard as lieutenant colonel, headed for Louisiana and was presently in the thick of the Red river fighting, a hard and disastrous campaign. The Maine boys were assigned to what was known as the Metropoli- tan Brigade of New York, in the four regi- ments of which were enlisted many New York city policemen and a pick of other fighting men of that state. In the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, the first in that expedition, Lieutenant Hall displayed such gallantry that he received a brevet rank of first lieutenant. In the battle of Pleasant Hill he again dis- tinguished himself and was brevetted captain. In the latter engagement the brigade com- mander. Colonel Benedict of New York, was killed and General Fessenden assumed com- mand ; and to Fessenden's staff as aide Cap- tain Hall was assigned. In the engagement at Cane River Crossing Fessenden's brigade was selected to cross and take the confederate en- trenchments on the other side of the river. While charging across a field Colonel Fessen- den was wounded, a minie ball shattering a bone in his right leg, necessitating amputa- tion. To Captain Hall, the only staff officer near him at the moment, Colonel Fessenden gave an order to turn over the brigade to Colonel Peck, the next officer in command. In the face of a melting cross-fire from be- hind the confederate trenches there was not time to locate Colonel Peck for a delivery of this order and Captain Hall commanded the brigade, in his gallant leader's name, until the close of the engagement. From Louisiana the brigade moved up to Cold Harbor, Vir- ginia, and thence into the Shenandoah valley. There General James D. Fessenden, a brother of the wounded colonel, was assigned to the command and Captain Hall served on his staff. The day before the battle of Cedar Creek Gen- eral Fessenden and staff met at Martinsburg General Phil Sheridan and staff, jiist returned from Washington, where that gallant fighter had been called for consultation with the presi- dent and secretary of war. The two generals and their staff's rode together to Winchester and stopped there over night. Early the next morning the sound of battle at Cedar Creek was heard and immediately all mounted and pulled out, Sheridan on his coal black charger, 'Rienzi,' famed in war song and story. Sev- eral miles down the road they began to meet stragglers and wounded men, and from them learned how the federal troops were being driven back. Sheridan's horse, speedier than STATE OF MAINE. 1585 all the others galloping toward the front, an- swered to the spurs and soon distanced the field. Thus did Captain Hall, as a staff offi- cer of the brigade commander, have the honor of being a participant for a part of the way in 'Sheridan's Ride.' Fessenden's brigade re- mained in the Shenandoah valley until imme- diately after the assassination of President Lincoln, when it was ordered to Washington, and remained there for a time. Captain Hall next accompanied General J. D. Fessenden, as adjutant general, to the western district of South Carolina, and was there when the war ended. Not once during the war was he hit by confederate ammunition, although at Cane River Crossing his hat was shot off and in that and also in several other engagements he had very narrow escapes. "After the war he returned home and was appointed to a clerkship in the warehouse de- partment of the Portland custom house, but the 3'earning for military service got posses- sion of him and after a few months, on the recommendation of the two Fessendens, he received, much to his own surprise and pleas- ure, the appointment of second lieutenant in the regular army. As he never had requested the appointment nor been consulted in regard to it he considered it then, as he does now, a great compliment paid him by these distin- guished officers. After passing the required examinations he was assigned to the Twenty- eighth Infantry at Little Rock, Arkansas, (jn his way out he reported at Governor's Island, New York harbor, and was temporarily as- signed to his first command. Castle William. On arrival at Little Rock he reported for duty to the colonel of the regiment, Charles H. Smith, who also was a native of Maine. In the next twenty-five years the Portland soldier worked his way steadily through the various grades, skipping none, and at times being de- tailed to government duty outside the active post and field work. In 1895 he was selected on account of his recognized ability as a tac- tician to assist Major General Thomas H. Ruger, United States army, in the revision of the infantry drill regulations. Colonel Hall was the only officer of the army selected for this duty and was so employed for two years ; the manual of arms now in use in the army was written by Colonel Hall and was recom- mended by this board, and adopted by the war department. Within the above stated period he served largely in Louisiana, Texas, Ar- kansas and Kansas. During the early days in Arkansas he was engaged in the reconstruc- tion of that state, acting as inspector general of the bureau of refugees. In 1869 he was temporarily attached to the First Infantry and remained on duty with that regiment at De- troit for about ten months', and afterward was assigned to the Nineteenth Infantry, into which the Twenty-eighth had been merged. He remained in the Nineteenth Infantry until 1899 and then became major of the Second Infantry. At the time of the outbreak of the Spanish-American war his regiment was at Sault St. Marie, but was ordered to Mobile, Alabama, and remained there until' the close of hostilities and then was sent to Porto Rico. While waiting at Mobile Major Hall was or- dered by the secretary of war to be assigned to duty as treasurer of the United States Military Academy, and quartermaster and commissary of cadets at West Point. In that capacity he was continued until January, 1902, when hav- ing been promoted to lieutenant colonel he was assigned to the Thirtieth Regulars, then on duty in the Philippines. General Jesse M. Lee had recently been assigned to duty as colonel of that regiment. Arriving at Manila, Colonel Hall was placed in command of the Thirtieth Infantry and also was given com- mand of the island of Mindoro, south of Lu- zon, a locality which on account of losses from malaria there had been given the name of 'White Man's Graveyard' ; but Colonel Hall kept his men moving up and down the coast and engaged in regular drills, and hence lost only one or two men through that dreaded disease. Later on, however, he had a hard struggle with his men and the natives on ac- count of both malaria and cholera, but by strict measures and their enforcement regard- ing fumigation, cleanliness and care among the natives and insisting on strict observance of regulations the epidemic was finally con- quered. He next was ordered to Manila and placed in command of the post which com- prised all the forces in and about the city, a number sufficient to form a brigade. "In 1903 Colonel Hall was promoted colonel of the Eighteenth Infantry, with headquarters and one battalion of the regiment at Taclo- ban, on the island of Leyte. Another bat- talion was at Ormoc and a third at Cebu, on the island of the same name. His duties on the island were to suppress ladronism, main- tain order and protect telegraph lines. His regiment had considerable fighting around the southern islands and took part in the capture of Iloilo, Panay. In January, 1905, his regi- ment was ordered to return to America, and sailed from Cebu on the transport 'Logan,' via Manila, Nagasaki and Honolulu, arriving 1586 STATE OF MAINE. at San Francisco about the middle of Febru- ary. Colonel Hall continued in command of his famous regiment until April ii, 1907, and on that day received" his promotion to the rank and commission of brigadier general, United States army, having been in active and almost continuous service for almost forty-five years, from September 29, 1862, to April 11, 1907. Retirement, however, did not immediately fol- low this promotion, for he was continued in service at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as com- mandant of the Infantry and Cavalry School and Staff College. In March, 1908, he was promoted to the rank of major general. United States army, and was retired April 29, 1908, having reached the age limit." In 1865 Gen- eral Hall married Lucretia F. Plummer, and had three children: Marion Clark, Gertrude Plummer and Annie Conley Hall, the latter of whom died young. (VIII) Edward Irving, second son and child of Charles H. and Caroline (Page) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, April, 1847, and died in that city in June, 1906. He married Georgianna Martin, and by her had six children: Edward Albert, Philip (dead), WilHam (dead), Ethel Page, Charles Ring and Sallie. Mr. Hall always lived in Portland and for many years was a leading clothing merchant in that city. (VIII) Albert Bradish, youngest son and child of Charles H. and Caroline (Page) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, January 6, 1857, and acquired his education in the public and high schools of that city, graduating from the high school in 1874. He began his busi- ness career in the capacity of clerk for the ship brokerage firm of Chase Leavitt & Com- pany, with whom he remained from 1870 until 1885, and then became partner with C. O. Haskell, under the firm style of Hall & Has- kell, and carried on a ship brokerage busi- ness until 1887, when he became attorney for the Portland, Maine, Underwriters, with which he is now connected. He also is a member of the firm of Norton, Hall & Webster, general fire insurance agents, Portland. Mr. Hall is a Republican in politics, but not particularly active in that field, although for six years he has been a member of the city board of educa- tion. For more than thirty years he has been a member of the Baptist church ; and he also is a member of Unity Lodge, No. 3, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Portland, and of the Portland Athletic Club. He married, Oc- tober 20, 1880, Clarissa Carruthers Webster, born Portland, February 15, 1858, daughter of Joseph H. and Harriet (Stevenson-Staples) Webster, of Portland. Children : \^ernon Webster, May 14, 1882, and Alfred Edgar Burton, November 13, 1892. There are several distinct families HALL of this name in New England, the posterity of different immigrants, and the family to which this article is devoted is descended from Richard Hall, of Bradford, Massachusetts. It has not as yet been ac- curately determined whether he was an immi- grant or not, but there is some reason for sup- posing that he was a son or a nephew of Rich- ard Hall, who came from England and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts. (I) Richard Hall, who was born in 1649, first appears in the records as a resident of Bradford in 1673, and was admitted a free- man there in 1676. He died March 9, 1730. He was one of the deacons of the first church in Bradford. The christian name of his wife was Martha, and his children were : Joanna, Sarah, John, Richard, Joseph, Mary and Mar- tha. (II) Joseph, fifth child and youngest son of Richard and Martha Hall, was born in Bradford, February 19, 1680, died October 7, 1750. He served as deacon of the church at West Bradford. October 24, 1706, he married Sarah Kimball, daughter of Henry Kimball, and his children were : Joseph, Benjamin, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Hannah, Ju- dith and Ephraim Famum. (HI) Ebenezer, fifth child of Deacon Jo- seph and Sarah (Kimball) Hall, was born in Bradford in 1721. He was an early settler in Concord, New Hampshire, and resided there for the remainder of his life, which terminated April 24, 1801. The christian name of his first wife, who died August 23, 1744, was Hepzibah, and of this union there was one son, Ebenezer. June 17, 1746, he married (second) Dorcas Abbott, born February 15, 1723, died September 28, 1797. She became the mother of twelve children : Hepzibah, Obediah, Dorcas, Sarah, David, Timothy, Stephen, Abiel, Hannah, Lydia, Deborah and Moses. (IV) Dr. Abiel, fifth son and eighth child of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Abbott) Hall, was born in Concord, March i or 31, 1761. Prior to his majority he entered the struggle for national independence, marching from Con- cord, July 5, 1777, with Lieutenant-Colonel Gerrish's company to Ticonderoga, where he joined Captain Ebenezer Webster's companj. He also participated in the battle of Benning- ton under General Stark, and in the defeat of STATE OF MAINE. 1587 General Burgoyne at Saratoga the same year. He subsequently studied medicine, and locat- ing in Alfred, Maine, practised his profession there until his death, which occurred October 13, 1829. Married (first) Mary Farnum, born August 26, 1764, daughter of Benjamin Far- num, of Concord, and she died November 22, 1816. Married (second) Mrs. Grant (nee Francis), a sister of Ebenezer Francis, of Bos- ton. His children were : Julia, Mary, Ivory, Porter, John, David and Abiel. The latter succeeded to his father's practice in Alfred, and Dr. Jeremiah G. Hall, son of the second Dr. Abiel Hall, is now a well-known physician in Wells. (V) Porter, second son and fourth child of Dr. Abiel and Mary (Farnum) Hall, was born in Alfred, ]\Iarch 21, 1807, died June 18, 1853. He was reared and educated in his native town, and when a young man engaged in mer- cantile pursuits, establishing a general store in Kennebunk, which he carried on success- fully for the remainder of his life. He was an upright, conscientious man whose integrity was unimpeachable, and as an active member of the Congregational church he labored dili- gently in behalf of the moral and religious welfare of the community. Politically he afifiliated with the Whig party. July 2, 1834, he married (first) Mary Dane, born in Kenne- bunk, Maine, November 14, 1810, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Clark) Dane, and grand- daughter of Judge Clark of York county. Jo- seph Dane was a descendant of John Dane, of Berkhamsted and Bishop's Stortford, England, who came to New England, settling first at Ipswich and later at Roxbury, where he died in 1658. Joseph was a nephew of Hon. Na- than Dane, United States senator from Mas- sachusetts and founder of the Dane Law School of Harvard University. Mrs. Mary Hall died April 17, 1843, leaving one son, Frederick Porter. Mr. Hall married (sec- ond), March 26, 1844, Maria Perkins; chil- dren : Elizabeth Maria, born January 24, 1849, died in Augusta, 1890. Porter, born August 2, 1853. (VI) Frederick Porter, only son of Porter and Mary (Dane) Hall, was born in Kenne- bunk, August 23, 1835. His preliminary studies in the Kennebunk public schools were augmented by advanced courses at the Lim- erick and South Berwick academies, and after completing his education he became a mariner, following the sea for a number of years. In 1858 he engaged in general mercantile busi- ness at Kennebunk, and selling his establish- ment in 1865 he was for the succeeding four years a wholesale flour merchant in Portland. Returning to Kennebunk he established him- self in the grocery and coal business and con- ducted it without interruption for a period of thirty-five years, or until his retirement in 1904. From 1886 to the present time Mr. Hall has served upon the board of directors of the Ocean National Bank. For the past thirty years he has labored assiduously and with beneficial results in behalf of the Kenne- bunk Public Library, has acted as clerk and treasurer of the Cemetery Association for twenty years and as treasurer of the Unitarian church for fifteen years. In politics he is a Republican. He married, January 26, 1866, Louise Augusta Smith, born in Groton, Mas- sachusetts, January i, or June 9, 1844, daugh- ter of Rev. Joseph C. and Augusta (Lord) Smith, and granddaughter of Ivory and Lou- isa (McCulloch) Lord. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have no children. Not in broad and massive states- HALL manship nor in daring and intrepid soldiery, nor in profound scholar- ship, nor in choice and abiding letters does the old Pine Tree State rest her glory alone, but in music, Nordica and Annie Louise Gary were Maine girls, and in art as well she is at the top of the list. The parent stem of this family, Lemuel Hall, came from Scotland in the latter part of the eighteenth century and became a farmer at Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc county, Maine. (II) Joseph, son of Lemuel Hall, was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, August 8, 1797. Af- ter receiving a common school education he became a sailor. He enlisted in the war of 1812 in the regiment of his brother, Colonel John Hall. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned to Bowdoinham and engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits. He was postmaster of East Bowdoinham for thirty-one years, captain of a local military company, and belonged to the Methodist per- suasion. Mr. Hall married, April 6, 1818, Mary M. Toothaker, bom June i, 1798. Chil- dren, Mary Jane, John, James Monroe, Re- becca A., Joseph Nelson, Martin P., Jeremiah M., Eliza M., George J., Sarah R., William T. and Lemuel F. Mr. Hall died November 26, 1886, and his wife, May 14, 1865. (III) Judge William T., seventh son of Jo- seph and Mary M. (Toothaker) Hall, was born in Bowdoinham, August 22, 1841. The schools of Bowdoinham and Richmond Acad- emy furnished his education. He studied law with Judge Cleaves in Bowdoinham, and in 1588 STATE OF MAINE. the offices of Nathaniel Whitmore in Gardiner and James M. Hagar in Richmond. Mr. Hall was admitted to the bar August i8, 1863, and began the practice of his profession in Rich- mond. In 1874 he was elected county attor- ney, serving six years, followed by his eleva- tion to the probate judgeship of Sagadahoc county, holding this office for twenty-five years. He brought to the discharge of the varied duties of the bench the character and attainments necessary for sustaining its rigid requirements, all his decrees having been fully sustained. Since leaving the bench Judge Hall has practiced law. He has served in the capacity of chairman of the board of select- men of his town. He is a member and past master of Richmond Lodge, No. 63, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Knights of Pythias. He married Elvira Coburn, daugh- ter of Levi Parker, of Skowhegan. Children : William Toothaker, Elvira Carrie, Mary, Rachel Ann and Jennie Isabel. (IV) William Toothaker, only son of Hon. William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, was born in Richmond, Maine, July 4, 1866. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Richmond schools, and he matriculated at Bowdoin in 1888, graduating with honor four years later. He delved into the tomes of Coke and Blackstone with Hon. E. F. Webb, of Waterville, and Judge Hall, and from being associated with two lawyers of such rank and standing in the profession as his father and Mr. Webb, he was well grounded in the fun- damentals. Being admitted to the bar of Sa- gadahoc county, August 17, 1897, he began the practice of law in Bath, Maine, now makes " a specialty of probate law and has been ref- eree in bankruptcy for ten years. Mr. Hall is a Republican, and has been a member of the Bath school board for six years. He belongs to Theta Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa, Greek letter societies, and the Brunswick Club. (IV) Elvira Carrie, eldest daughter of Hon. William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, was born in Richmond, Maine, and educated in Waterville, at Colby College. To this daughter Judge Hall gives the credit for the success which his other three daughters have attained, for after the death of his wife, their mother, in 1891, she assumed charge of his home and of her three young sisters. (IV) Mary, second daughter of Hon. Wil- liam T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, whose painting of the beautiful Countess Vinci gained her much praise from the mem- bers of the nobility and of foreign artists, studied in Boston and New York for several years prior to her course in the foreign gal- leries. Boston painters of reputation who are acquainted with her work predict for her a brilliant future. Shortly after her graduation from Richmond high school, she went to Bos- ton and began work. She at first began to devote herself to miniature under the direction of Eric Pape, and in this school received sev- eral prizes for her excellent work. Following a course in New York under the best instruc- tors in that city she went abroad, touring Eng- land, France, Switzerland and Italy, visiting many famous art galleries, and finally settling in Florence, where she studied under the noted artist, Signor Calistri. Her canvases in the Italian city won her great praise, and the news of her fame reaching Count Vinci he requested her to paint a portrait of his wife, who was a rich English girl before her mar- riage, and is one of the most beautiful women in southern Italy. So pleased were the family with the portrait that several other commis- sions were given this Maine girl from rich and noble Florentians. (IV) Rachel Ann, third daughter of Hon. William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, is a teacher of physical culture, and has de- voted much time to perfecting herself in this art. (IV) Jennie Isabel, fourth daughter of Hon. William T. and Elvira Coburn (Parker) Hall, after graduating from the Richmond high school, made a special study of music, perfecting herself, and at the present time (1908) is one of the most talented pianists and teachers in the state. This name was not very BRIDGHAM common in the first records of New England, but has been well known since 1641 in Massachusetts, and the family were from the first prominent in the business and political life of the colony. The name frequently appears in the History of Boston, where the Bridgham family were held in high esteem as merchants, and were men of comparative wealth for those times. Some of them served in the Revolutionary War, and many of them had fine educations and asso- ciated with people of the highest culture. (I) Henry Bridgham, son of Henry Bridg- ham, of Flotham, England, was born in 1613, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Harding, of Boreham, Essex county, and in 1641 came to America, settling first in Dorchester, in two years removing to Boston, where his descend- ants became many. He owned a tan yard on the east side of Milk street, Boston, on the STATE OF MAINE. 1589 soutn aide of what is now Post Office Square. He was a constable in 1653, and was a cap- tain of artillery. His residence was also on Milk street on land now occupied by the west end of the present post office, where he was building a new house when he died, in 1670; this house was subsequently sold to a French- man called Julien, who conducted a restaurant, the same who invented the famous "Julien Soups," and this building became a landmark. Henry Bridgham's wife survived him two years, and when his will was probated in Suf- folk county 1670, the tan yard was divided by an agreement among his sons, Jonathan, John and Joseph, date being July 2, 1680. His children were: i. John, born July, 1645; graduated Harvard College, 1669; 'i physician; never married; died in Ipswich, May 22, 1721. 2. Joseph, died October 14, 1646, eight days old. • 3. Jonathan, born October, 1648 married Elizabeth Pounding; he died 1690 4. Joseph. 5. Benjamin, born May 3, 1654 6. Hopestill, July 29, 1658, died young. 7 Nathaniel, December 8, 1659, died June i 1660. 8. Samuel, January 17, 1661, died 1677 9. Nathaniel, April 2, 1662, died young. 10 James, May 12, 1664, died 1679. (II) Joseph, the fourth son of Henry and Elizabeth (Harding) Bridgham, was born January 17, 165 1, and died January 5, 1709. In 1674 was a member of the artillery com- pany, in 1678 was made freeman, was repre- sentative in 1697, also for Northampton in 1690. He was deacon and ruling elder in the First Church of Christ, was often moderator of the Boston town meetings, and often on various town committees. His will, dated January 3, 1708-09, was probated in Sufifolk county, and provided a sum of twenty pounds to be spent by the deacons of the church for plate for the communion table. He was a tanner, probably carrying on his business in the same location as his father before him. His first wife was Sarah, and he married (second) April 17, 1700, Mercy Wensley, who survived him and married Thomas Cushman, between whom and the heirs of Joseph Bridgham there arose a dispute as to the settlement of the es- tate.- She died October 3, 1740. His children, mentioned in his will and the Boston town rec- ords, were : By first wife : Henry, born De- cember 16, 1676, married Abigail Walker, February 6, 1700, died April 14, 1720, and his widow married John Dixwell. By second wife : Joseph ; Elizabeth, born September 27. 1702, baptized October, 1702, married Samuel Holyoke; Mercy, born November 11, 1704, married John Smith, December 5, 1728: John, born February 28, 1705, died young; James, June II, 1706, died young. (III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) and Mercy (Wensley) Bridgham, was born April 16, 1701, and died in 1754, at Plympton, Mas- sachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Col- lege in 1 719, and became a physician and apothecary in Boston, but about 1737 moved to Plympton, where he was selectman in 1743 and 1746. He married Abigail, daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Alden) Willard, a de- scendant of John Alden. Captain John, son of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Wil- liam Phillips, and widow of Abiel Everill ; John and Elizabeth (Phillips-Everill) x\lden had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Sam- uel Willard, who officiated as vice-president of Harvard College from September 6, 1701, to his death, September 12, 1707. Alden has been used as a christian name by some of the Bridgham family. The children of Joseph and Abigail (Willard) Bridgham were: Jo- seph, born November 22, 1723 ; Abigail, No- vember 21, 1724; Mercy, December 27, 1725; John, August 27, 1729; Hannah, August 2, 1730, married, February 28, 1754, Mr. Plymp- ton. (IV) John, second son of Joseph (2) and Abigail (Willard) Bridgham, was born Au- gust 27, 1729, and died at West Minot, Maine, July 31, 1840. He was a man of some promi- nence at Plympton, Massachusetts, and was a member of the committee sent to Boston be- fore the war, to consider the position of the colonists ; he was captain in the revolutionary war, his son John being corporal and his son Samuel fifer in the same company. He was a selectman, and in 1777 was representative to the general court. About 1781 he removed with his wife and children from Plympton to Shepardsfield, now Hebron, Maine, now in Oxford county, and became progenitor of a large number of descendants in that state. In 1788 he and his associates were granted by the legislature of Massachusetts eighteen thou- sand acres of land in Poland, Maine; Poland then included the present town of Minot, the city of Auburn, and part of Mechanic Falls. He married, February 28, 1754, at Plympton, Joanna Comer; children: i. John, born May 16, 1754; married Sibella Shaw. 2. Joseph. 3. Willard, married Jemima Packard. 4. Dr. William; see forward. 5. Samuel, married Lucy Hammond. 6. Tom. 7. Alden, married Sarah Lane, in 1791. 8. Joanna. 9. Cyrus. (V) Joseph (3), second son of John and Joanna (Comer) Bridgham, was born April 8, I590 STATE OF MAINE. 1761, at Plympton, Massachusetts, and died January 24, 1851. September i, 1789, he mar- ried Betsey, daughter of Benjamin Lane, born May 20, 1770, died 1840; children: i. Jo- seph. 2. Alvin, born April 15, 1792; married April 29, 1817, Jane Downs. 3. Alden, born April 9, 1795; married Margaret Downs. 4. Betsey. 5. Andrew, born January 5, 1798. 6. Sally, married Lewis Wilder. 7. Ellsworth, born April 25, 1803; married, March 17, 1831, Joan C. Pierce, and died in Charleston, Maine. 8. Sullivan, born July 5, 1806; married Janu- ary 25, 1835, Eliza Willey, and died June 18, 1888, at Charleston, Maine ; children : i. Vienna A., born December i, 1835, married, November 11, 1855, Ansell Dunning, who died January 26, 1867 ; ii. Daniel, born July 22, 1838, was for over twenty years sergeant of police in Boston; married, August 9, 1868, Mary Lolie Cary, and had daughter Addie, who died young ; iii. Leland T., born February 4, 1843, married Addie F. Mcintosh, resides at Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, and has seven children ; iv. Eliza, born January 28, 1844; died January, 1845. 9- Olive, born Oc- tober 12, 1809; married C. Dunning. 10. Vienna, born January 30, 1813, married Charles B. Willey and lived in Cherryfield, Maine. 11. Levi, born July 4, 1814; was a farmer and apothecary; married Lucinda Libby ; lived and died in Dexter, Maine ; five children. 12. Willard. 13. Rhoda, married Isaac Dunning. (VI) Joseph (4), eldest son of Joseph (3) and Betsey (Lane) Bridgham, was born De- cember 25, 1789, at Minot, Maine, and died May 17, 1857, at Charleston, Maine. He was captain in the war of-* 1812, and as all his friends and neighbors called him colonel, it is probable he had that rank in the Maine Militia ; in 1834 he was a member of the state legisla- ture, and was for many years postmaster at West Charleston, ]\Iaine. He was prominent in all the affairs of his town, and when he died his funeral was attended by nearly all its resi- dents, many in carriages, but the majority of the men walking by twos, and the procession reached nearly half a mile. February 19, 1817, he was married, by Rev. Henry Hale, to Mar- garet, daughter of Levi and Mary Bradley, of Bangor, born March 2, 1793, at Brewer, Maine, died at Bangor, March 19, 1883. Levi Bradley was for several years sheriff of Pe- nobscot county, Maine. Children of Joseph and Margaret (Bradley) Bridgham: i. Wil- mot, born November 12, 1817; had wife Han- nah, and lived in Beddington, Maine ; he died April 17, 1882. 2. Albert. 3. Margaret, born January 25, 1823, died August 21, 1870, at Bangor; never married. 4. Joseph, bom July 18, 1827, married Mary J. Scribner, and died in Y'assar, Michigan. 5. Zebulon, born Au- gust 2, 183 1 ; married Hannah E. Walker; lived and died in Ashland. 6. Mary, born De- cember I, 1834, died June 8, 1863, at Brewer, Maine ; never married. 7. Hannah Maria, born March 5, 1837; never married, and died in Bangor. (VII) Albert, second son of Joseph (4) and Margaret (Bradley) Bridgham, was born No- vember 3, 1819, at Charleston, Alaine, and died March 2, 1886, at East Eddington, Maine, greatly lamented and universally re- spected. For several years he served as post- master of West Charleston; he was a farmer and mechanic, making a specialty of oars. In November, 1859, he removed to Bangor, Maine, where he carried on a small farm and worked at his trade. In his views he was a Democrat, but as he could not conscientiously indorse his party during the civil war and would not go over to the Republican party, at this time he took no part in political affairs. The last of his life he spent with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles H. Ford, who lived at East Eddington. July 28, 1849, '""^ married Martha Campbell, daughter of Asa D. and Mary (Penny) Maddocks, of East Eddington, born Jaiuiary 12, 1829, died at Bangor, Maine, May 14, 1868; children: i. Percy Albert. 2. Mar- tha Annette, born May 14, 1857, at Charles- ton, Maine, married, December 25, 1877, Charles H. Ford; lives in East Eddington; children : i. Leonard Harris Ford, born July 28, 1878, graduated in class of 1900 from Uni- versity of Maine, studied medicine at Bowdoin Medical School, now practicing his profession at East Eddington; ii. Bernice, died young. 3. Frances Mabel, bom May 14, 1859, is unmar- ried and lives at Bangor, Maine. (VIII) Percy Albert, only son of Albert and Martha Campbell (Maddocks) Bridgham, was born November 5, 1850, at East Edding- ton, Maine ; he attended the common schools of Charleston and high school of Bangor, Maine, and prepared for Bowdoin College, though on account of the death of his mother he did not enter that institution. From April, 1869, to April, 1872, he was assistant to the register of deeds of Penobscot county; in 1871-72 was clerk of the common council of Bangor. In July, 1872, he removed to Boston, where he entered the office of Alphonso J. Robinson, for the purpose of studying law, and by diligent work he progressed so well that he was admitted to the bar at Boston, in vjUL^ STATE OF MAINE. 1 591 November, 1875, after which he was in part- nership with Mr. Robinson till 1880. Since June 8, 1887, he has been legal editor of the Boston Daily Globe, writing under the name of "People's Lawyer." Has published a book called "One Thousand Legal Questions An- swered by the People's Lawyer." In March, 1893, he joined Prospect Hill Congregational Church, at Somerville, Massachusetts, and be- came interested in the work of the Boys' Bri- gade, a Sunday school military organization, with the result that he became commander of the division of Massachusetts and Maine, with rank of major-general, and later commander of the department of New England. He takes great interest in all public affairs, and is well informed on subjects outside his profession. In 1879 he was member of the common coun- cil of Somerville. He is an enthusiastic mem- ber of the Masonic order, being affiliated with Mount Olivet Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Cambridgeport, Cam- bridge Royal Arch Chapter ; Boston Council, Royal and Select Masters, and Cambridge Commandery, Knights Templar. September 12, 1870, he married (first) Lydia M. Went- worth ; children: i. Albert Alphonso, born June 29, 1874, at East Boston,- Massachusetts. 2. Gladys Ruth, born in December, 1882, at Somerville, Massachusetts, died March 5, 1883. 3. Gladys Ruth, born March 5, 1884, at Somerville. He married (second), October 9. 1901, Lillian Foster, daughter of John Paul and Charlotte Elizabeth Clisby, born at Ips- wich, Massachusetts, August 18, 1872, and they had one child, Alden Clisby, born March 10, 1903, at Somerville, died March 28, 1903. They have one adopted child, Kenneth Camp- bell, bom March 28, 1904. ^ (V) Dr. William, fourth son of John and Joanna (Comer) Bridgham, was born 1756. He removed to Shepardsville, Maine, with his father, and afterward went to New Glouces- ter, where he resided until his death, August 4, 1837. He married (first) Anna, daughter of Roland Hammond, of Plympton, Massa- chusetts; (second) Lydia Smith, March, 1801. He had children: i. Dr. William Jr. 2. George, married Anna Nicholas, of Carlisle, Massachusetts. 3. Dr. Thomas W. 4. Lucy, became Mrs. Bennett. 5. Caroline, became Mrs. Buck. 6. Nancy, became Mrs. Clark. 7. Lydia. 8. Michael. (VI) George, second son of Doctor William and Anna (Hammond) Bridgham, married Anna Nicholas, of Carlisle, Massachusetts; children: i. Arville, married Ransom R. Bon- ney. 2. George, married Myrtilla Cole, of Falmouth, Maine. 3. Anna, married Miles Long, of Buckfield, Maine. 4. Eveline, mar- ried Caleb Gushing. 5. Elbridge, married Apphia Bonney, of South Paris, Maine. 6. Lucretia, married James Curtis, of South Paris. 7. Prescott, born January 31, 1823, married, June 20, 1850, Lucy A. Foster, and died August 31, 1903, at Newtonville, Massa- chusetts. 8. Rosctta. (\T) Dr. William (2), son of Dr. William (i) and Anna (Hammond) Bridgham, was born in New Gloucester, Maine, and married Hannah Bradbury. His children were : Thomas Sydenham, William P., Orville, Caroline, Hannah, Aurelia, and Mary Ann. (VII) Thomas Sydenham, son of Dr. Wil- Ham (2) and Hannah (Bradbury) Bridgham, was born at Buckfield, Maine, where he was a farmer, and for a time kept a tavern. He mar- ried Lucretia Bell Sheppard, of Skowhegan, and had children: i. Thomas S., married Martha Farnham ; children: Ada, died young; Harry ; Belle, married Henry Nulty ; Alice, died young. 2. Thomas. 3. Dr. Charles Burr; see forward. 4. Sarah, deceased. 5. Henry, deceased. 6. William Henry; see forward. (VIII) Dr. Charles Burr, son of Thomas Sydenham and Lucretia (Sheppard) Bridg- ham, was born in Buckfield, Maine, May i, 1841. He studied for his profession under the instruction of his uncle. Dr. W. P. Bridgham, and in the Harvard Medical School. Before he could complete his course in the latter in- stitution he entered the army for civil war ser- vice, and was appointed hospital steward in Second Regiment Berdan Sharpshooters, be- came acting assistant surgeon, and while serv- ing in that capacity was taken prisoner at the second battle of Bull Run. He was paroled, and returning home completed his studies in the Bowdoin Medical School, and graduated in 1863. Haying been released from parole under an exchange of prisoners, he re-entered the army as assistant surgeon of the Fifty- fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and served until July, 1864, when he resigned on account of disability, and resumed practice in his na- tive town. In 1868 he removed to Livermore, where he practiced ten years; in 1878 returned to Buckfield, and resumed practice there, and in 1887 located at Cohasset, Massachusetts, his present home. He married, March 22, 1864, Addie M. Williams, of Buckfield, daugh- ter of Charles and Lydia (Withington) Wil- liams; children: i. Mary Frances, married Henry Bates, and is now deceased. 2. Addie Ellen, married Herbert Withington. 3 and 4. Charles and Hattie Belle, twins, died 1880. 5. 1592 STATE OF MAINE. Henry Sydenham, died 1880. 6. Dr. Paul Chester, married Gertrude Murray, and has daughter Pauline. All residing in Cohasset, Maine. (VIII) William Henry, son of Thomas Sy- denham and Lucretia (Sheppard) Bridgham, was born December 29, 1847, at Buckfield. He was reared in his native town, and there at- tended the public schools. At the age of four- teen he enlisted in the army, serving as a fifer. He afterward entered the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and later became connected with the Poland Spring Company, and is now engaged in the sale of spring water, with his residence at Lewiston. Maine. He married Georgietta Radcliffe ; children: i. Robert E., married Cassie Slat- tery ; four children : Ruth, Margaret, Angus and Myra. 2. Alice Maud. 3. Dexter Wil- liam : see forward. 4. Rebecca Lucretia, mar- ried Fred W. Record. 5. Grover Cleveland. 6. Frances Margaret. 7. Radcliffe Sydney. (IX) Dexter William, second son of Wil- liam Henry and Georgietta (Radcliffe) Bridg- ham, was born in Buckfield, Maine, June 30, 1879. He was reared in his native town, and was educated there and in Auburn, Maine. He was of an industrious disposition, and at an early age became associated with his father in business. In 1900 he removed to Boston, where he has built up a successful business, being now manager and treasurer of the Windsor Mineral Spring Water Company. He married, April 19, 1906, Elizabeth Fitz- gerald, and they have one child, William Til- den, born January 19, 1907, at Dorchester, Massachusetts, where they reside. Mrs. Bridgham was born in Boston, December 12, 1883, daughter of James and Rose (Doherty) Fitzgerald. Her father was born in New York, son of Edward Fitzgerald, who was born in England, and came to New York, where he passed the remainder of his life. James, only son of Edward Fitzgerald, resided in New York, where he was engaged in a mercantile business ; he died when Mrs. Bridgham was only three months old. Mrs. Bridgham's mother was born in Boston, daughter of Charles Doherty, who was of Irisli descent, and a Mason in Boston. Mrs. Bridg- ham was the only child of her mother. Several members of the Hobbs HOBBS family came to Maine from Dover, New Hampshire, and pio- neers of this name have been identified with the settlement of several towns in York and other counties. Some of them were mill- wrights and as such became instrumental in establishing the lumber manufacturing indus- try. (I) Henry Hobbs, an energetic young Eng- lishman, arrived in New England about the middle of the seventeenth century and settled in Dover, New Hampshire, where he received a grant of land in 1657 and another in 1658. He was married in Dover prior to 1661 to Hannah Canney, daughter of Thomas Canney, one of the prominent men of the town. Henry Hobbs inherited a large part of his father-in- law's estate and resided in that part of Dover known as Sligo. He died before July 4, 1698, leaving but one son. (II) Henry (2), only surviving son of Henry (i) and Hannah (Canney) Hobbs, in- herited his parent's estate and was an e.xten- sive farmer. He was a lifelong resident of Dover and attained a ripe old age. The chris- tian name of his wife, whom he married prior to 1704, was Mary, but neither her maiden surname nor a list of their children appears in the records consulted. (III) Thomas, son of Henry (2) and Mary Hobbs, was born in Dover, and learned the millwright's trade. In 1735 he went to Ber- wick, now North Berwick, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Benjamin Weymouth, and together they purchased of Thomas Spinney of Kittery a tract of eighteen acres of land containing the water power privilege which is now occupied by the Hussey Plough Works. The title deed of this property, which was written by Sir William Pepperell and ac- knowledged by him as a justice of the peace, is still in the possession of the Hobbs family. Having erected a sawmill Thomas Hobbs manufactured lumber, engaged in general mercantile business and in farming. He lived to be over ninety years old. December 12, 1721, while still residing in Dover, he mar- ried Elizabeth Morrell, born March 18, 1698, daughter of Nicholas Morrell, of Kittery, and a granddaughter of John ^lorrell. who was born in 1640. John Morrell, who was a mason by trade, was granted land in Kittery in 1668, and in 1676 removed to Cold Harbor (now Eliot), where in 1686 he was licensed to keep a ferry and a house of public entertain- ment. He was still living in 1720. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Nicholas and Eliza- beth Hodson. and was the father of Nicholas, Sarah, John. Edah, Hannah, Abraham, and Elizabeth. Nicholas Morrell, who was born in 1667, was a blacksmith. His children were: Sarah (who married Benjamin Wey- mouth, previously mentioned), Elizabeth STATE OF MAINE. 1593 (married Thomas Hobbs), John, Robert and Anne. Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbs became the mother of three sons, Thomas, Joseph and Henry. (IV) Captain Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and EHzabeth (Morrell) Hobbs, was born in Dover in 1726. He was a merchant and a farmer, and one of the most influential residents of North Berwick in his day, serving as a selectman in 1771-72-76-77. He served in the French and Indian war, and as a member of Captain Ichabod Goodwin's Berwick com- pany participated in the battle of Ticonderoga in July, 1759. His death occurred October 18, 1818, at the age of ninety-two years. He married Mary Abbott, daughter of Joseph Ab- bott, of Berwick, and she died March 18, 1818, aged seventy-nine. Their children were : Sheldon, born in 1760; Stephen, 1761 ; Wil- liam, 1767; Nathaniel, see next paragraph; Theodore, 1771 ; Frances, 1776; and Mary, 1779. Sheldon Hobbs entered the Continental army for service in the revolutionary war in 1775, when fifteen years old, and in 1776 marched with a company from Maine to the Hudson river, leaving Kittery December 17, and arriving at Peekskill, New York, January 7. 1777- (V) Colonel Nathaniel, fourth child of Captain Thomas (2) and Mary (Abbott) Hobbs, was born in Berwick, September 22, 1768. As a young man he engaged in farm- ing, lumbering and trading, and he eventually succeeded to the possession of the homestead. Erecting the noted N. Hobbs Inn he opened it to the public in 1804, and for many years this commodious antl comfortable hostelry was a desirable resting-place for travellers. Colonel Hobbs was a man of untiring energy and he continued in business until his death, which occurred November 12, 1850. For a number of years he was prominently identified with the state militia and held a colonel's commis- sion. He and his brother William were dele- gates to the convention which framed the state constitution. In his religious belief he was a Universalist. He married Patience Nowell, of North Berwick, daughter of Major Jona- than Nowell, a revolutionary soldier who served under General Washington. Patience died November 12, 1828, aged fifty-eight years. She was the mother of four children : Hiram H., Wilson. George and Sally, all of whom grew to maturity. (VI) George, third child and yoimgest son of Colonel Nathaniel and Patience (Nowell) Hobbs, was born in North Berwick, May, 1800. In his youth he assisted his father in farming, but haviftg developed an aptitude for trade he engaged in mercantile pursuits and became well established as a general store- keeper in his native town. His business ca- reer, however, was of short duration, as he died in the prime of life. May 28, 1828. As a supporter of the Whig party he took a lively interest in political affairs, and he was active in the state militia, attaining the rank of lieu- tenant-colonel. In 1823 he married Nancy Kent, born in Rochester, New Hampshire, August I, 1798, daughter of John and Tem- perance (Lapish) Kent. Her grandfather, also named John Kent, who was of the New- buryport or Gloucester Kents, went from Massachusetts to Durham, New Hampshire, and resided there for the remainder of his life. He left two children : Nancy, who became the wife of Major William Cutts, of Kittery, and John. (N. B. The "Kent Genealogy," by Vernon Briggs, states that the ancestry of these Kents has not as yet been identified.) John Kent, son of John, was a native of Dur- ham. He went from Rochester to South Ber- wick, and thence to Somersworth, New Hamp- shire. He was drowned in the Piscataqua river, April 16, 1816, at the age of forty-five. Temperance, his wife, was a daughter of Cap- tain Robert Lapish, a shipbuilder of Durham, going there from Newcastle, New Hamp- shire. She bore him five children : Mehita- ble. Temperance, Nancy, John and Kinsman. Nancy Kent, third child of John and Temper- ance (Lapish) Kent, married Colonel George Hobbs, of North Berwick, as previously stated, and became the mother of two chil- dren : Nathaniel, see next paragraph, and Georgiana, who was accidentally burned to death at the age of four years. Mrs. Nancy Kent married for her second husband Daniel Hodsdon, M. D., and her death occurred Feb- ruary 27, 1 89 1. (VII) Judge Nathaniel (2), only son of Colonel George and Nancy (Kent) Hobbs, was born in North Berwick, September 10, 1824. His preliminary studies in the com- mon schools were followed by a course of ad- vanced instruction at a private school. At the age of fourteen he went to reside with his grandparents, whom he assisted in farming for a number of years, and about 1850 he engaged in the leather business at Danvers, Massachu- setts, in company with Gilleon and Stackpole. He was also in business in Boston for some time. Returning to North Berwick in 1857 he spent the succeeding two years as a law stu- dent in the office of Abner Oakes, of South Berwick, and having completed his profes- 1594 STATE OF MAINE. sional studies at the Harvard Law School was admitted to the bar in i860. He immediately began the practice of his profession in his na- tive town, where he rapidly obtained recogni- tion as an able attorney and a wise counsellor, and he has ever since transacted a profitable general law business in North Berwick, a period of nearly fifty years. For the past thirty-six years he has served continuously as judge of probate for York county, having been originally elected in 1873 and retaining office through subsequent re-elections and re-elected in November, 1908, for four more years. Aside from his public and private professional duties Judge Hobbs has found time to interest himself in other spheres of usefulness — po- litical, charitable, benevolent, etc. In politics he is a Republican and for the years 1866-67 was a state senator. He is a Master Mason, affiliating with Yorkshire (Blue) Lodge of North Berwick, and he attends the Free Bap- tist church. Some years ago he became espe- cially interested in the welfare and develop- ment of Good Will Farm at Fairfield, Maine, an institution organized for the purpose of providing a comfortable home, practical edu- cation and a healthy moral atmosphere for im- perilled boys and girls, who through force of circumstances are in need of industrial en- couragement and christian example. In 1897 he was chosen a member of its board of direc- tors and in 1903 was elected president to suc- ceed Moses Giddings, Esq., of Bangor. Good Will Farm has been in operation some twenty years, and the results already obtained cannot be too highly estimated. On September 29, 1853, Judge Hobbs married Sarah Ann Pen- hallow Paine, daughter of John J. and Mary Paine, of Melrose, Massachusetts ; she died February 6, 1854. His second wife, whom he married February 5, i860, was Ellen Frances Eastman, daughter of Dr. Caleb Eastman, of York. Her death occurred May 3, 1901. Among the early families of HOBBS New England were three of the surname Hobbs, whose immigra- tion dated to the time of the Puritans of the first half of the seventeenth century. Tradi- tion says they were brothers, and that one re- turned to his mother country, while the other two — Maurice (or Morris) and Henry re- mained. Henry settled in Dover and his de- scendants removed to what is now North Berwick, where some of them still reside. Some of the descendants have adopted the spelling Hubbs, but this is not general and is found only in a few recent generations in iso- lated branches. (I) Maurice (or Morris) Hobbs was the progenitor of the New Hampshire and Maine families of that surname. He was born about 161 5 and settled in the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, sometime between the years 1640 and 1645, removing from thence in the latter named year to Rollinsford, where he settled on the Jjank of the river. He took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts in the fall of 1648. There is an interesting tradition re- garding the immigration of Maurice Hobbs and the circumstances which impelled his ac- tion. The story is told by Dow in his valuable "History of Hampton" (New Hampshire) and can be best retold here in the words of that versatile writer: "He (Hobbs) has been paying his addresses to a young lady who for some cause not mentioned, turned him off, and thereupon he determined to emigrate to America. When the lady knew of it she re- lented, and knowing he would pass her resi- dence as he proceeded to embark, placed her- self in his view, hoping to bring about a reconciliation. To her grief, she found him inexorable ; and although she accosted him with the affectionate inquiry, 'Whither goest thou, Maurice?' yet he deigned not to turn his head or look back upon her ; and they never saw each other more." Maurice Hobbs married (first) Sarah Estaw, who died May 5, 1686, and she bore him the following chil- dren : William, John, Sarah, Nehemiah, Mor- ris, James. Mary, Bethia, Hannah and Abi- gail. William Estaw, father of Sarah (Es- taw) Hobbs, was one of the grantees of Hampton and one of its first settlers. He was made freeman in 1638, and is said to have been a widower when he came to the town. He represented Hampton at the general assem- bly three years. His children were Sarah and Mary Estaw, the latter of whom married Thomas Marston. Maurice Hobbs married (second) Sarah Swett, June 13, 1678. daugh- ter of Captain Benjamin and Esther (Weare) Swett. She was born November 7, 1650, and died December 8, 1717. Captain Benjamin Swett was a noted character in early Hampton history and was killed by Indians, June 29, 1677. One son was born of the second mar- riage of Maurice Hobbs, also Maurice by name. (II) Maurice (2), son of Maurice ( i) and Sarah (Swett) Hobbs, was born in Rollins- ford, New Hampshire, September 13, 1680, and died May 7, 1739. He married Theodate, STATE OF MAINE. 1595 daughter of Nathaniel (2) Batchelder, about the 3'ear 1700, and their children were: James, Mary, Sarah, Josiah, Theodate, Morris, Han- nah, Jonathan, Esther and Elizabeth. (III) James, elder son of Maurice (2) and Theodate (Batchelder) Hobbs, was born March 20, 1701, married Rebecca Hobbs, about the year 1719, and had a son James. (It is possible that the next mentioned was also their son.) (IV) A very rigid search has failed to dis- cover the birthplace of Obe (probably Oba- diah) Hobbs, who was born August 7, 1736. None of his descendants have been found who could tell anything about his native place or his residence or any particulars concerning him. (V) Obe (2), son of Obe (i) Hobbs, was born June 3, 1780, died December 18, 1836. Nothing can be found showing where he lived or died, and in fact the birthplace of his son, the next in the line, is unknown. He married, January i, 1807, Sally Huey, born June 5, 1782, died June 22, 181 1, and they had one child, Charles Huey (q. v.), born July 11, 1807, and a girl baby that died with its mother on the eve of its birth, June 22. 181 1. He married (second) Hannah Littlefield, Sep- tember 27, 1815, and they had children as follows: I. Samuel Littlefield, born June 8, 1816, died May i, 1817. 2. Suel, August 18, 1817, died November 21, 1818. 3. Samuel B., April 16, 1819. 4. George Littlefield, March 21, 1822. 5. Sally Huey, September 23, 1824. Hannah Littlefield's sister, Rhodia Littlefield, born March 29, 1801, was drowned from falling in a well September 11, 1819. (VI) Charles Huey, son of Obe (2) and Sally (Huey) Hobbs, was born July 11, 1807. He learned the trade of cabinet- maker, and carried it on in Sabattus, Lisbon township, Androscoggin county, Maine. He married Jemima, daughter of Mesach Pres- cott. They had only one child, born January 10, 1830. The father died in Sabattas, Maine; November 19, 1830, after six weeks' illness, the result of typhoid fever. The only child of Charles Huey and Jemima (Prescott) Hobbs was James Bartlett (q. v.). The widowed mother, Hannah Hobbs, died September 23, 1876, aged eighty-nine years and upwards. (VII) James Bartlett, son of Charles H. and Jemima (Prescott) Hobbs, was born in Sabattus, Lisbon township, Androscoggin county, Maine, January 10, 1830. He re- ceived a liberal school training in the local schools of his native town and at the Litch- field Institute, Litchfield Corners, and was ap- prenticed and learned the mason's trade at Portland, Maine. In 1853 became proprietor of a general merchandise store in Wales, Maine. He removed to Chicago, Illinois, in 1856, and engaged in the produce commission business in 1857 and continued that business successfully for thirty years, retiring in 1887. During this time he was president of the Chi- cago board of trade for one year and an im- portant factor in building up the grain and produce market of Chicago. He was presi- dent of the North Waukegan Harbor and Dock Association, of the National Church In- surance Company, of the Commercial Loan & Trust Company and of the National Amer- ican Fire Insurance Company. His political affiliation was with the Prohibition party, as he consented to allow his name used as the candidate of the party for governor of Illi- nois in 1884, for the good of the cause of which he was a champion. His church affilia- tion was with the Methodist Episcopal church after he located in Chicago. He is a member of Grace Alethodist Episcopal Church and president of its board of trustees. He has served the denomination in all ways open to a layman. He has been class leader for many years; has been elected twice to attend the general conference of the church and once to attend the ecumenical conference. He is president of the Methodist Deaconess' Asso- ciation and of the Deaconess' Orphanage and Epworth Children's Home, at Lake Bluff, Illi- nois, president of the City Missionary and Church Extension Society; a trustee of the Northwestern University, which institute is under Methodist control. His native state has always received the devotion and attention of a loyal son and he joined the Maine Society of Chicago and the New England Society of Chicago and gave both liberal support. He married, March 20, 1853, at Litchfield, Maine, Mary Marrill, a daughter of the Rev. Con- stant Quinnam, a clergyman of the Free Bap- tist church, and by her he had one son, Frank Wallace, who was born in Chicago, where he was brought up and educated ; he died in New Mexico when thirty years of age; he married Margaret Blaisdell. of Chicago, and they had one child, James Blaisdell Hobbs, who en- gaged in the insurance business in Los An- geles, California. The wife of James Bart- lett Hobbs was brought up in the communion of the Free Baptist church and when she came to Chicago joined the Indiana Street Metho- dist Episcopal Church, which church was merged later into the Grace Methodist Episco- pal church, where she entered into all the ac- 1596 STATE OF MAINE. tivities of the society and later in life she be- came actively interested in the various char- itable and benevolent institutions of the city, and when her husband became interested in the work of the jMethodist Episcopal church she ably seconded him in the special work in which he was interested as an executive offi- cer. They were both persons of broad views, high ideals and determined industry, and bore a large part in quickening the march of spir- itual and humanitarian progress in the city of Chicago. (For first generation see Roger Eastman I.) (II) Philip, third son of EASTMAN Roger and Sarah (Smith) Eastman, was born in Salis- bury, Massachusetts, October 20, 1644. The name of his first wife is unknown; by her he had one daughter. He married (second) Au- gust 22, 1678, Mary Morse, born September 22, 1645, widow of Anthony Morse, and daugh- ter of Thomas and Eleanor Barnard, of New- buryport, Massachusetts. He married (third) Margaret . His children were: i. Susannah, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1673, died in the one hundredth year of her age. She was twice married, and twice cap- tured by Indians. 2. Hannah, Haverhill. No- vember 5, 1679. 3. Abigail, 1680. 4. Eben- ezer, see forward. 5. Philip, August 18, 1684. Philip Eastman first lived in Haverhill, Mas- sachusetts, where his house was burned by Indians, March 15, 1697, some of the family being captured and others dispersed. He also was captured at the same time, but finally es- caped. Later he settled in Connecticut, where his son had preceded him. A full record of the family has never been found. It is known, however, that he served in King Philip's war. On the town record of Woodstock, Connecti- cut, where he settled, mention is made of Philip Eastman as being represented by his heirs in the distribution of lands as laid out among the proprietors in 1715; mention is also made of his buying a piece of land in Ashford, a town adjoining Woodstock. He died prior to the year 1714. (HI) Ebenezer, son of Philip Eastman, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, February 17, 1681. He married, March 4, 1710, Sarah Peaslee or Peasley, daughter of Colonel Na- thaniel and Judith (Kimball) Peaslee or Peas- ley. Captain Eastman was the first settler in Concord, New Hampshire. There are many interesting facts concerning the part Mr. East- man took in the settlement of the town that was to become the future capitol of the com- monwealth. The services he rendered, and the affairs of trust and honor committed to his charge were many, and always faithfully and honorably administered. Having considerable property, and coming as he did at the earliest period of settlement, with six sons, the eldest of whom was fifteen years of age and able to perform the work of a man, Captain Eastman became in a few years the strong man of the town. In 1 73 1 his house and home lot were in better order and he had more land under cul- tivation than any other person in the settle- ment. At the age of nine years his father's house was destroyed by Indians, and at nine- teen years of age he joined the regiment of Colonel Wainwright in the expedition against Port Royal, Nova Scotia. In 171 1, when about twenty-one years of age, he had com- mand of a company of infantry which em- barked on a transport forming a part of the fleet under Sir Howenden Walker in the expe- dition against Canada. In the ascent of the St. Lawrence river, tradition says, the weather was very rough and the fleet had orders to follow at night the great light at the admiral's masthead. To do so in doubling a certain rocky and dangerous cape would bring sure destruction to any ship so doing, but Captain Eastman, having previous knowledge of the state of things and supported by his men, by force, compelled the captain of the ship to deviate from the admiral's instructions and thus saved the ship and all on board, while eight or nine other vessels and about a thou- sand men perished by following the orders of the admiral. Captain Eastman went to Cape Breton twice, the first time, March 1, 1745, in com- mand of a company, and was present at the reduction of Louisburg, June 16, 1745. He returned November 10, 1745. Early in the next year he went again, and returned home July 9, 1746. He was also a captain in Colonel Sylvester Richmond's regiment of Massachusetts, February 6, 1744. On settling in Pennacook (Concord) his "house lot" was number 9, second range, on Main street. In the second survey, in 1727, he had lot No. 16, containing four and a half acres, on "Mill Brook Range," east side of the river, where he finally settled and had a garrison around his house. At the time of the massacre in Pennacook, August 11, 1746, Captain East- man and family were in a garrison on the east side of the river. Subsequently he erected on or near the spot a large two-story house, but before it was finished he died. "This house is still standing and is occupied by Colonel T. E. STATE OF MAINE. 1597 Pecker as a residence. Captain Eastman was an extensive farmer, and in 1729 took a lease of the farm land of Judge Sewall, containing five hundred acres, with the island, for a period of thirty years, for which he was to pay rent as well as to greatly improve the prop- erty. He died July 28, 1748, and the inventory of property he then left amounted to seven thousand nine hundred and twelve pounds, ten shillings and six pence. Children: Ebenezer, Philip, Joseph, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Obadiah, Ruth and Moses. (IV) Philip (2), second son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Peaslee or Peasley) Eastman, was born November 15, 1713, died in Concord, New Hampshire, September i, 1804. He was one of the most useful citizens of his genera- tion in the community where he lived, took a leading part in town affairs, and was known as a man of sterling integrity, great resolu- tion, moral strength and sound judgment. He married, in Concord, May 29, 1739, Abiah, daughter of Abraham and Abigail (Philbrick) Bradley. She was probably born in Haver- hill, Massachusetts. Children : Robert, Jona- than and Ruth. (V) Jonathan, second son of Philip (2) and Abiah (Bradley) Eastman, was born in Con- cord, New Hampshire, June 10, 1746, died there October 19, 1834. He is described as a man of robust frame, distinguished, daring, active and enterprising. He was an ardent patriot in the revolution ; was in Captain Jo- seph Abbott's company of volunteers which marched to reinforce the Northern Army, September, 1777, and was ready to fight for his country at any time afterwards. Squire Eastman, as he was usually called, lived on the east side of the Merrimack river in Con- cord, on the spot near where the old garrison house stood in which his grandfather had lived, and where all his children were born. He had but very little education, but learned to write on birch bark in the absence of pa- per, and in his mature years was well in- formed on political and local public affairs. As illustrative of his enterprise and force of character it is related that when a boy of fif- teen years he was sent by his father on foot to Conway, New Hampshire, driving two cows and two shoats the whole distance, and going by way of Saco, Maine. Near a solitary cabin in the woods about half way to the place where he was to stop, he met a bear in his path, which he faced, till old bruin, put out of countenance, fled. He lodged in the cabin alone at night, and reached Conway in safety the next day. He married (first), January 5, 1769, Molly Chandler; and (second) July 12, 1776, Esther Johnson, who died September 17, 1834. She was the daughter of Francis John- son, son of Uriah, grandson of Major Wil- liam, and great-grandson of Captain Edward. The latter, the immigrant, came from Hern Hill, county of Kent, England, in 1630, and settled in Woburn, Massachusetts. He repre- sented Woburn in the general court twenty- eight years, and was speaker of the house. He published a history of New England in 1652 and died at an advanced age, April 23, 1672. The children of Jonathan Eastman by his first wife were :• Asa and Philip. He had by the second wife: Molly (died young), Seth, Jon- athan, Robert, John Langdon, Molly and Susannah. (VI) Asa, eldest child of Jonathan and Molly (Chandler) Eastman, was born in Concord, December 5, 1770, died August 16, 1818. About 1796 he removed to Chatham, New Hampshire, where he died. At the time of his going to Chatham, it was a wild place on the borders of civilization. There were no roads and the settlers traveled along paths on horseback, and in winter drew their supplies through the woods on sleds. He married, De- cember 31, 1795, Molly, born in Concord, May 15, 1775, died in Chatham, daughter of Phineas and Lucy (Pearl) Kimball. Children: Jonathan K., Philip, Susan, Eliza, Molly Chandler, Robert Kimball, Asa Parker, Lucy Eliza and Esther Johnson. (VII) Philip (3), second son of Asa and Molly (Kimball) Eastman, was born in Chat- ham, New Hampshire, February 5, 1799, died in Saco, Maine, August 7, 1869. He was graduated Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1820, and also received the degree of M. A. In 1823 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at North Yar- mouth, Maine, where he remained till 1836, when he removed to Harrison, and in 1847 to Saco. Here he formed a law partnership with his old classmate, Mr. Bradbury, and remained in the practice of his profession until his death. He was actively interested in town, county and state afifairs, and was often called to stations of honor and responsibility. In politics he was a Democrat. He was chairman of the county commissioners for Cumberland county from 1 83 1 to 1837, and was elected to the state senate in 1840-42, and in 1840 was chair- man of the committee on the revision of the statutes, and superintended their publication. In 1842 he was appointed chairman of the commission on the port of iMaine to locate grants in the territory which had been claimed 1598 STATE OF MAINE. by Great Britain in the northern part of the second wife: Molly (died young), Seth, Jon- state. In 1849 he published a digest of the first twenty-six volumes of the Maine reports. He was a member of the I\Iaine Historical Society, and for several years a trustee of Bowdoin College. For six years prior to his death he was president of the old bank, now the Saco National. He was closely identified with the social and business interests of the city of his residence. He married, July 23, 1827, Mary, born in Concord, New Hamp- shire, July 23, 1802, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Eastman) Ambrose. Children: Ellen J., Ambrose, Edward and Mary Searle. (VIII) Edward, second son of Philip (3) and Mary (Ambrose) Eastman, was born April 3, 1837, died in Saco, July 5, 1882. He was educated in the common schools and at Bowdoin College, from which latter he was graduated in 1857. In 1876 he was elected to the state legislature as a Democrat; was trustee of the Saco Savings Bank, direc- tor of the Saco National Bank, and trus- tee of the Saco Academy. He married, in Baltimore, Maryland, June 18, 1868, Frances Ellen, born in Saco, August 23, 1843, daugh- ter of Amos and Mary Frances (Akerman) Chase. (See Chase, XI.) Children: Philip, born April 23, 1869, died August, 1869. Chase. (IX) Chase, second son of Edward and Frances Ellen (Chase) Eastman, born in Saco, September 12, 1874, was educated in the pub- lic schools, at Coburn Classical Institute, and at Bowdoin College, graduating from Bow- doin in 1896, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently he attended Harvard Law School, where he took the degree of L. C. B. in 1899. Two years later he began the prac- tice of his profession in Portland, Maine, where he has since continued in practice. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Theta Nu Epsilon college fraternities, and the Cumberland and Country clubs of Portland. He married, June 18, 1903, Mary, born in Portland, September 30, 1871, daughter of Jonathan H. and Mary J. (West) Fletcher, of Portland. (See Fletcher, VII.) Mary, their only child, was born March 19, 1904. (For first generaUon see Roger Eastman I.) (VI) Colonel Benjamin EASTMAN Franklin, ninth child and fifth son of Benjamin and Ann Carr (Barker) Eastman, born in Mt. Vernon, November 15, 1800, died in Portland, Febru- ary 10, 1894, in the ninety-fourth year of his age. He removed with his parents to Avon and afterwards lived in several other towns before he was twenty years old. He then became a clerk for his brother Samuel, who had a store at Strong, where he worked five months for five dollars a month and his board. In 1821 he went to school at Farmington Academy for about ten months. Soon after he successfully taught the Freeman Ridge school of fifty or sixty pupils, and in the year that followed taught various other schools to the satisfac- tion of his constituency. For pay for his first term's work as a teacher he received eleven dollars a month for three months, and was paid in wheat at one dollar a bushel. In 1822 he attended school at the academy at Bloom- field, now Showhegan, a short time. That fall he went to Ohio by wagon, being four or five weeks making the trip. He taught school in Liberty township in Butler county, and other places, and in 1825 returned to Strong, Maine. The return trip occupied thirty-seven days. In the year following he taught and attended school, bought and conducted a fulling mill, and worked on a farm. In 1828 he and his brother-in-law, James Dyar, formed a partner- ship and engaged in merchandising and carry- ing on a "potash" business in Strong. This partnership continued three years. Mr. East- man then bought Mr. Dyar's interest and car- ried on the business alone until 1836. In 1837 he settled on the farm which for many years had been the homestead of his father-in-law, and there spent the following twenty-three years. In 1859 he sold this farm and in i860, forming a partnership with his son Briceno M., engaged in trade in Strong, under the firm name of B. F. Eastman & Company. They were in business together five years, and then B. F. Eastman retired from active business. In 1874 he removed to Portland, where he re- sided the remainder of his life. In politics Mr. Eastman was active, and a fellow laborer in the Republican party with Hamlin, Dow, Blaine and other noted leaders. He was a member of the celebrated Strong convention of 1855 or 1856, at which by a coaHtion of the Morrill Democrats, the Whigs and the Free- soil Democrats, the Republican party was formed. He was town clerk in Strong in 1833-34, two years, selectman in 1834-35. While on the farm in Strong he served the town four or five years as selectman, most of the time as chairman. He was twice elected councilor to the governor, first in 1840, and second in 1857. He represented Franklin county in the senate when Hannibal Hamlin STATE OF MAINE. 1599 was a member of that body, and thereafter a lifelong friendship existed between the two men. In military affairs he was also prom- inent and held offices as follows : July 3, 1827, elected ensign of the Strong Light Infantry ; March 29, 1828, promoted to lieutenant ; April 2, 1829, elected major of the regiment; July 31, 1832, elected colonel of the First Regiment, Second Brigade Eighth Division of the Mi- litia of Maine; January, 1833, he resigned his office as colonel. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1826, and was baptized in Sandy river in Strong, by Elder Elisha Streeter, in the summer of that year. He was steward or class leader of the church the greater part of the time of his church mem- bership, until incapacitated by age. His in- fluence was strong, in all church matters he was a leader, and in his contributions for the support of the church he was prompt and lib- eral. He was a staunch supporter of the tem- perance cause, and was the first merchant to refuse to sell rum in Strong. It hurt his trade to give up the traffic, but he would not handle what he knew to be a curse to the community. In 183 1 he built a house in Strong and the frame of that house was the first house frame in the village and perhaps in the town raised without rum. Colonel Eastman possessed many fine traits of character which won him the confidence and esteem of his fellow citi- zens. Some time before his death he wrote an extended account of his ancestry and of him- self which is highly prized by the members of his family, giving as it does many facts of interest which would otherwise have been lost. He married, March 4, 1826, Eliza Dyar, born in Maiden, Massachusetts, February 14, 1806, died January 5, 1874. Their children were : Eliza Velzora, Briceno Mendez, James Fred, Imogene and Ermon Dwight. Eliza Dyar was the daughter of Joseph and Sally (Klerritt) Dyar, of Strong. Joseph Dyar was tlie son of Joseph Dyar, of Boston, a sea cap- tain, who was a member of the celebrated party which threw the tea into Boston harbor in revolutionary times. (VII) Briceno Mendez, second child and eldest son of Benjamin F. and Eliza (Dyar) Eastman, was born in Strong, February 17, 1 83 1, and was educated in the public schools of Strong and Phillips. He remained with his father until 1865, and then came to Portland and with his brother, in 1865, started the firm of Eastman Brothers, dealers in dry goods, now one of the leading houses of its kind in the city of Portland. In 1866 the "Great Fire" swept away their entire stock ; but they were not discouraged, and started again, continuing under the firm name of Eastman Brothers until 1880, when Walter P. Bancroft was ad- mitted as a partner and the style of the firm was changed to Eastman Brothers & Bancroft, which it has ever since remained. Mr. East- man is a conservative Republican. In religious faith he is a Methodist, is a trustee and steward of his church and has been superin- tendent of its Sunday-school. He married, in Strong, August 4, 1864, Martha Russ, born in Strong, November 6, 1840, died June 16, 1904, daughter of Adam and INIary (Johnson) Clark. Their children are : Fred Ermon, Caroline Imogene Alice Clark, Lucina Theresa and Har- old Benjamin. Fred E. is mentioned below. Caroline Imogene, born in Portland, May 7, 1868. married Herbert A. Richardson, mer- chant, of Portland. Alice Clark, Portland, October 30, 1871, is single. Lucina Theresa, Portland, January 8, 1873, died February 17, 1893. Harold Benjamin, Portland, June 24, 1878, married Elizabeth Clifford, and has one child, ]\Iartha. (VTII) Fred Ermon, eldest child of Briceno M. and ]\Iartha R. (Clark) Eastman, was born in Strong, July 17, 1865. At the age of one year he was brought by his parents to Port- land, where he has since resided. He went to school until eighteen years of age, and then became a clerk in the employ of the firm of Eastman Brothers & Bancroft. From that po- sition he advanced through dift'erent depart- ments in the store until 1902, when, upon the incorporation of the concern, he was made gen- eral manager, a position he has since held. He is a director of the Fidelity Trust Com- pany, vice-president of the Portland Board of Trade, director Associated Charities, director of Portland Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, president of the Eastman Association of America, member of the Maine Genealogical Society, of the Civic Federation, the Portland Athletic and the Portland Country clubs. He is also a member of Portland Lodge, No. i. Free and Accepted Masons, of Portland, mem- ber and steward of Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal church. He married, at Portland, September 10, 1890, Lilian Thomas, bom in New Bedford, August 3, 1869, daughter of Thomas and Mary Josephine (Pierce) Ed- wards. Her father, a son of John Crabtree Edwards, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsyl- vania. Her mother was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The children of Fred E. and Lilian T. (Edwards) Eastman are: Thomas Edwards, born March 7, 1892. Laurence Ed- wards, born October 4, 1894. i6oo STATE OF MAINE. (For first generation see Roger Eastman I.) (II) Thomas, fourth son and EASTMAN child of Roger Eastman, was born in Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, September ii, 1646, married, Janu- ary 20, 1679, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, De- borah, daughter of George and Joannah (Davis) Corlis. He took the oath of allegiance in 1675. Thomas was a soldier in King Philip's war, and was killed by the Indians. The issue of this marriage was Jonathan, Sarah, Joanna (twins), and Joannah, 2d. (III) Jonathan, eldest son of Thomas East- man, was born on the shores of the musical Merrimack, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and took to wife Hannah Green, April 8, 1701. Having spent some years of married life in Haverhill, Jonathan is reported to have re- moved to Andover, Massachusetts, and thence to Concord, New Hampshire, then Rumford, and purchased the land whereon St. Paul's school now stands. Jonathan executed a will March 2, 1747, and appointed his son Amos executor, and the will was admitted to probate at Exeter, May 30, 1758. He was a man of powerful frame and stood six feet and four inches. In 1759 Amos removed with his mother to Hollis, New Hampshire. The dates of the deaths of Jonathan and Hannah are not given in the records. Hannah was taken in captivity by the Indians during Queen Anne's war. Haverhill was then a small town of thirty houses, and it was imperfectly protected from the ferocious assaults of the hidden, sav- age foe. The men went armed everywhere. At church the settlers carried their guns in one hand and the Bible in the other. The musket lay beside them when they worked in the field, and they slept within reach of it at night. During the absence of Jonathan the Indians appeared, dashed out the brains of his infant child, and carried Hannah a captive to Canada. She suffered immensely and en- dured incredible hardship. Weary from long marches, chilled from exposure, emaciated from fasting, grieved at being separated from her husband and the loss of her child, expect- ing everv moment to be tomahawked, she at length reached the end of the perilous journey through the wilderness. After three years of imprisonment, Jonathan, who had followed in search of her, luckily one day passed the house of a friendly French woman, in whose home she had sought shelter from the Indians. Thus were husband and wife again reunited. The story reads more like a romance than of actual reality. (IV) Richard, fifth child and third son of Jonathan and Hannah (Green) Eastman, was^ born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, August 9,. 1 712, died in Lovell, Maine, December, 1807. Married, in Andover, Massachusetts, by Rev. Mr. Philips, November 15, 1737, Molly Love- joy, born December 17, 171 8, baptized Decem- ber 24, 1718, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Farnum) Lovejoy. She died in Pembroke, New Hampshire, June 14, 1764. He married (second) Sarah Abbott, daughter of James and Abigail (Farnum) Abbott, of West Par- ish, Concord, New Hampshire, born August 17, 1730. Sarah was the widow of Job Ab- bott. Richard set up his lares and penates in Pembroke, New Hampshire. Like the custom of the day, he followed the river in seeking a new home. In 1768 he is recorded as living in Conway, New Hampshire. He took title to the mill property of Thomas Chadbourne there. He next removed to Lovell, Maine, and ran a ferry across the Saco river, and later was toll gatherer at the bridge thrown across the stream. He was the first man to hold the office of selectman in Fryeburg, and was a pil- lar in the church. His descendants abound very numerously in the Saco valley. The children of Richard and Molly (Lovejoy) Eastman, all born in Pembroke, New Hamp- shire, were Caleb, Jonathan (2), Mary, Ab- iathar, Richard (2), Sarah, Job, Noah, Han- nah, Martha, Abiah, Esther. Children by the second wife were Daniel, Cyrus, Susannah, Jeremy and Jonas. (V) Daniel, child of Richard and Sarah (Abbott) Eastman, was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, April 21, 1766, died in Lov- ell, Maine, January 16, 1844. Married Sarah Whiting; she died January 19, 1806. He was town clerk of Lovell, and a very fine penman. He served in the revolutionary war under Lieutenant Farrington, of Fryeburg. ;\Iaine. The last years of his eminently useful life were clouded with the misfortune of blindness. He had issue born to him as follows : Phineas, James, Sally, Solomon, Cyrus, Asa, Daniel (2), Jonas and Isaac. (VI) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) and Sarah (Whiting) Eastman, was born in Lov- ell, Maine. 1799, died 1878. He was educated in the public schools, was a farmer, speculated in timber and timber lots, was justice of the peace and trial justice. A Republican in poli- tics, and a member of the Congegational church. He married (first) Lucy Walker. Their children were James W., Hall C, Ho- race, Abigail and Mary Ann. He married (second) Rebecca Smart, of Prospect. Maine, born 1808, died 1884. Their diildren were STATE OF MAINE. 1601 Andrew J., Seth S., Lucy W., Tobias Lord, Susan L and Emma J. (VII) Tobias Lord, fourth child of Daniel (2) and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, was born in Stowe, Maine, December 30, 1844. He was educated in the schools of Lovell. When thir- teen years old he clerked in store and attended school until seventeen years of age. He joined the army when seventeen years old, but on account of youth was not permitted to enlist. He followed the company to New Orleans and was enlisted there Rlay i, 1862, in Company E, Twelfth Maine Regiment, and was there mustered out August 20, 1865. He served under Generals Butler, Banks, and Phil Sheri- dan, was orderly and did clerical work when not in the field. He saw a great deal of active service, was one of the volunteers to go into the action of Ponchatula, Mississippi, July, 1862, was at Port Hudson, and at the stubborn siege at Petersburg, was in Washington in 1864, and was in the engagements at Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill. At the close of the war he returned to Lovell, Maine, and worked in the store of A. H. Price as clerk, remained one year, went to East Cambridge, Massachu- setts, where he was employed in the store of J. M. Price, brother of A. H. Price, of Lovell, remained there one year, went then to Steep Falls, Maine, and was engaged as clerk in a country store, remained there four years, went into the railway mail service in 1874, running from Portland, Maine, to Swanton, Vermont, continuing in the service for six years, health failed him and he laid off duty for six months ; was appointed postmaster of Fryeburg, Maine, by President Garfield, which position he held four years. He then embarked in the corn packing business in Fryeburg in 1886, and continued in the same until 1902. He did a sixty-thousand-dollar-a-year business. In 1902 a corporation was formed of the business, and it is now known as The Eastman Canning Company, of which Mr. Eastman is president. In igo2 the Eastman and Warren Company, general store, of Fryeburg, was incorporated, in which Mr. Eastman is a stockholder, and is manager and assistant treasurer. Mr. East- man is interested in the lumber business, and is a director in the United States Trust Com- pany of Portland, Maine, with a branch office in Fryeburg. He is also a trustee of Frye- burg Academy, and a member of the Eastman Association of New Hampshire. He is a lead- ing Republican, and represented his town in the legislature in 1891-02. While in the house he served on the agricultural, military, and other committees, on which he acted as secre- tary. He is a member of the Pythagorean Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Fryeburg; Aurora Chapter, R. A. M., Cornish; Portland Council, of Portland ; Portland Commandery, Kora Temple, of Lewiston ; the Consistory of Port- land, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. He is a member of Pequawket Lodge, K. of P., of Fryeburg ; of Pequawket Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Brownfield, Maine ; Kezar Valley Encampment, of Lovell, Maine ; of Grover Post, No. 126, G. A. R., of Fryeburg, Maine; and of the Pilgrim Fathers. He is active in the Congregational church, moderator and chairman of the prudential committee. He married (first), in 1876, Mary M., daughter of Rev. P. M. Hobson, of Standish, Maine. Their children were: i. James W., born April 11, 1878, educated at Fryeburg Academy, and is now treasurer of the East- man and Warren Company, general store, Fryeburg. Since the formation of the com- pany, in 1902, Mr. Warren has retired, and the store is now owned by Tobias, Lord, and James W. Eastman. James W. married Ina W. Sawtelle, and has three children : Tobias Clifford, Harold and Robert. 2. Reba, born 1880, was educated in the schools of Standish, New Gloucester, Maine, and the Conservatory of Music, Boston, also in a private school in Portland. She was stenographer to Mr. Brad- ley, of Portland, and subsequently to Mr. Hastings, attorney, in Fryeburg. She married Dr. Joseph RL Thompson, of New Gloucester, Maine, now located in Walpole, New Hamp- shire. Tobias L. Eastman's wife died Febru- ary 28, 1880. He married (second). May 20, 1884, Adelia S., daughter of Henry Walker, of Fryeburg. They have one daughter Edna, born 1888; she graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1906, and is now a student at Simmons College. Edmund Bridges, the im- BRIDGES migrant ancestor, was born in England in 1612. He came in the ship "James," in July, 1635, giving his age as twenty-three. He settled at Lynn and fol- lowed his trade as blacksmith. He was ad- mitted a freeman September 7, 1639, and was one of the proprietors of the town. He re- moved to Rowley, and was living there in 1641, when he had a suit at law at Ipswich. He was a proprietor of Rowley. The general court. May 26, 1647, ordered him "to answer at Essex Court for neglect to further public service by delaying to shoe Mr. Symond's horse when he was about to come to the Gen- eral Court." That was before the days of l602 STATE OF MAINE. labor unions and strikes in America. He de- posed in 1658 that he was aged about forty- six years. He removed to Ipswich, Massachu- setts. He was a subscriber to the Denison fund in 1648; was a commoner of Ipswich as early as 1664, and a voter in 1679. He ad- ministered the estate of his third wife's son, John Littlehale, November 25, 1675. He re- moved finally to Topsfield. He died January 13, 1684. His will is dated January 6, 1694, and proved March 31, 1695. The inventory amounts to 235 pounds. He married (first) Alice ; (second) Elizabeth , who died December, 1664, and (third) April 6, 1665, Mary Littlehale, who died October 21, 1691, widow of Richard Littlehale. Children: I. Edmund Jr., born 1637; died 1682; lived at Topsfield and Salem; married, January 11, 1659-60, Sarah Towne, daughter of William ; she married (second) Peter Clayes. 2. Hachaliah, lost at sea, 1671-2. 3. Obadiah, born about 1646; died about 1677; married, October 25, 1671, Mary Smith; (second) Elizabeth , who married (second) Jo- seph Parker. 4. John, married Sarah How, daughter of James and Elizabeth; (second) Mary Post, widow, March i, 1677-8. 5. Josiah, mentioned below. 6. Mehitable, born at Rowley, March 26, 1641-2. 7. Faith, mar- ried Daniel Black, who settled at York, Maine. 8. Bethia, married, October 26, 1663, Joseph Peabody. 9. Mary. (II) Josiah, fifth son of Edmund (i) Bridges, was born about 1650. He lived at Ipswich, Boxford and Topsfield, Massachu- setts. He married (first), November 13, 1676, Elizabeth Norton, and (second), September 19, 1677, Ruth Greenslip. Children, born at Topsfield: i. Josiah Jr., born May 29, 1680; mentioned below. 2. Daughter born May, 1695-6. Perhaps others. (III) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) Bridges, was born at Topsfield, May 29, 1680. He re- moved to York, Maine, where his father's sister settled (Mrs. Daniel Black), and prob- ably other neighbors and relatives from Box- ford and Topsfield. He was in York before 1719. He bought a quarter-interest in the lands of John Hoy (Hoyt?), of York, eighty- four acres, in the section called Brickson, or Bricksum, September 6, 1719. He bought an- other quarter of the same land August 14, 1723. He bought of John and Tabitha Lins- cott, in exchange for some of his York prop- erty, a small house and land, March 23, 1719, showing that he had land at York by grant or inheritance not mentioned in York Deeds. Bridges sold land to Linscott December 15, 1719, located at Bricksum, York; also to Peter Nowell, on the highway to York Bridge, March 3, 1721, and to Joseph Moulton thir- teen acres on the highway at the southeast end of York Bridge, January 10, 1721. He bought land also of David Robertson, mariner, of Boston, and September 18, 1732, sixty acres in Kittery, Maine, of Charles Frost. He sold land near the bridge in York, September 19, 1732, to Charles Mclntire. The will of Josiah Bridges was dated January 10, 1753, and proved January 6, 1755. He died, there- fore, in 1754. He bequeathed all his movables, except money at interest, to his widow Eliza- beth ; to his granddaughter, Ruth Hamilton (Hambelton), to his four sons — Josiah, John, Edmund and Daniel — two-thirds of his money at interest, the remainder to be divided after his wife's death. He seems to have divided his property by deed. His son John was executor. Children: i. Edmund, baptized at Boxford, June, 1703; mentioned below. 2. Hepzibah. 3. Mercy. 4. Josiah. 5. John. 6. Daniel. (IV) Edmund (2), son of Josiah (2) Bridges, was born at Boxford, and baptized there June 17, 1703. He married Sarah Beede, daughter of Henry Beede, of York, Maine. He settled in York, Maine, probably on the homestead. Children, born at York. i. Daniel, born November 24, 1735. 2. Ruth, born November 17, 1737. 3. Edmund, born November 17, 1739. 4. Sarah, born May 17, 1744-5. 5. Martha, born January 17, 1744-5. 6. Thomas, born October 19, 1747. 7. Joshua, born March 7, 1749-50, mentioned below. (V) Joshua, son of Edmund (2) Bridges, was born March 7, 1749-50, at York, and died there August 25, 1826. He settled in York, and married there, in 1777, Elizabeth Grant, who died January 17, 1831. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain Johnson Moulton's company of minute-men on "the Lexington call, April 19, 1775; also in Captain Samuel Darby's company. Colonel James Scammon's regiment, in August, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts ; also in Captain Philip Hubbard's company at Kittery Point and York in 1776. Children, bom at York: I. Stephen, born January i, 1778; died Au- gust, 1778. 2. Lucy, born August i, 1779, died February, 1825 ; married Samuel Par- sons. 3. Stephen, born October 20, 1781, mar- "ried Mary Donnell. 4. John, born May 25, 1783, mentioned below. 5. Daniel, born June 3, 1787, married Hannah Seavey; children: i. Mary Jane, born August 5, 1814, married, June 3, 1839, William Preble; ii. Eliakim, born (^ t^ STATE OF MAINE. 1603 May 5, 1816; iii. Abigail, born July 23, 1818, married, February 10, 1741, Theodore Don- rtell, and she died April 2, 1845 J iv. William, born March 22, 1841, married Theda Jellison ; V. Lucy Ann, born August 12, 1827, married. February 2, 1846, Theodore Donnell; vi. George, born November 27, 1832, married, January 28, 1855, Martha Jellison. (VI) John, son of Joshua Bridges, was born in York, IMay 25, 1783. He settled in York, and married Betsey Winn, of Wells, Maine. Children: i. Aurilla. 2. x\nn. 3. Benjamin, mentioned below. 4. John. 5. Sally. 6. Edmund. 7. Jeremiah. (VII) Benjamin, son of John Bridges, was born in York, October 19, 181 1, and died there July 6, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of York, and for many years was head light-keeper for the government at the Boon Island lighthouse, York. He mar- ried, December i, 1836, Clarissa Philbrook, born August 22, 1816, died April 2, 1877, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Todd) Phil- brook, of Rye, New Hampshire. (See Phil- brook below.) Children, born at York: i. George, born March 16, 1838, died March 13, 1839. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born February 3, 1841, married, December 21, 1862, John Glenn; children: i. Abbie E. Glenn, born Jan- uary 15, 1866; ii. Elsie M. Glenn, born Sep- tember 24, 1867. 3. George E., born May 16, 1844; died September 26, 1870. 4. Mary C, born October 30, 1846, died June 4, 1850. 5. Benjamin F., born June 5, 1850, married, Feb- ruary II, 1867; children: i. Rosealtha, born September 24, 1867; ii. Bernice C, born May 12, 1870; iii. George E., born February 5, 1872. 6. Joseph Coburn, born October 15, 1852, mentioned below. 7. Mary S., born May 18. 1856, married, December 31. 1885, George N. Thompson ; no children. (VIII) Joseph Coburn, son of Benjamin Bridges, was born in York, October 15, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of York, and learned the mason's trade. He worked for some years as journeyman in Bos- ton, Providence and elsewhere. He then en- gaged in business as a contractor and house- painter for a number of years. For the past twenty-five years he has been in the real estate business in York. Mr. Bridges is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Riverside Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Kittery, Maine ; of St. Aspinquid Lodge of Free Masons, of York; of Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of South Berwick: of Bradford Command- ery. Knights Templar, Biddeford ; of Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Saco; of Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Lewiston, Maine ; of the Consistory, Scottish Rite iMasonry, Portland. He is also a mem- ber of the Knights of Constantine. He mar- ried, January 26, 1897, Lillian Armine Moul- ton, born January 8, 1866, daughter of Charles and Theodosia "jenette (Langton) Moulton, granddaughter of John Moulton and great- granddaughter of John Moulton. Clarissa (Philbrook) Bridges, wife of Ben- jamin Bridges (\TI), was a descendant of Thomas Philbrick (I), through James (II), and Joseph (HI), which see elsewhere in this work. (IV) Joses, son of Joseph Philbrook (Phil- brick), was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, November 5, 1703, and died at Rye, New Hampshire, March 24, 1757. He moved to Rye with his parents when a child. He was a blacksmith by trade, an active and useful citizen and large land owner. He married, January 4, 1727, Abigail, daughter of William Locke. Children, born in Rye: i. Hannah, November 27, 1727; married Reuben Moulton. 2. Tri- phena, April 24, 1729; married, 1760, John Sanders; (second) Jonathan Berry. 3. Abi- gail, November 11, 1730. 4. Sarah, November 9, 1732; married Robert Aloulton. 5. Joseph, August 10, 1735; lived at Hampton and Rye; married, December 2, 1760, Ann Towle. 6. Deacon Reuben, February 27, 1737 ; married Hannah Locke; (second) Mary Wedgwood, widow; (third) Mary Dalton ; (fourth) Mary Bell. 7. Daniel, February 2, 1740; married Abigail Marden. 8. Jonathan (see forward). 9. Alary, born April 12, 1749; died November 15. 1834- (y) Jonathan, son of Joses Philbrook, was born in Rye, New Hampshire, November 26, 1745; died April 2, 1822. He was a black- smith by trade. There was a Jonathan Phil- brook in the revolution, but the writer lacks positive proof that he was this Jonathan. He married, December 8, 1768, Mary, born Feb- ruary 12, 1749, daughter of Ebenezer Marden. Children, born in Rye: i. Daniel, July, 1769; mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, September 29, 1772; married June i, 1797, Sarah Wells. 3. Abigail, October 30, 1776; married December 10, 1801, James Chapman. 4. Elder Ephraim, September 9, 1780; married Sally Webster. 5. Elizabeth, November 2, 1783 ; married Lieu- tenant Joseph Jenness. 6. Joseph, May 27, 1788; married Betsey Page. (VI) Daniel Philbrook, son of Jonathan Philbrook, born in Rye, 1769; died in York, May 14, 1840. He married (first) Betsey Wells; (second) IMary Todd, of Kitterv, De- i6o4 STATE OF MAINE. cember 25, 1795. She was born November 28, 1776; died August 30, 1867. Children: i. John, born 1797 (no record of death). 2. Mary, born 1799; died November, 1870; mar- ried William Taylor, of Gloucester, Massa- chusetts. 3. George, born 1801 ; died 1857. 4. Daniel, born 1805; died January 14, 1852; married Almira Leach, of York. 5. Sally, born 1807; died 1838. 6. William, born 1810; died July 30, 1879; married Olivia Varrell, of York. 7. James, born 1812; died November 23, 1891 ; married Eliza Ayers, of York. 8. Clarissa, born August 22, 1816; died April 2, 1877; married Benjamin Bridges, of York. 9. Samuel, born February 8, 1822; died August 27, 1874 ; married Rosalthea Peters, of Alton, Illinois. (For first generation see preceding sketch.) (II) John, son of Edmund ( i ) BRIDGES Bridges, resided in Andover, Massachusetts. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of James and Eliza- beth How, December 6, 1666. He married (second), March i, 1677-78, Mary Post, widowf. Children of first wife : i. James, men- tioned below. 2. Sarah, married (first), April 2, 1694, Samuel Preston; (second) William Price, of Ashford, Connecticut. Chil- dren of second wife: 3. Mary, born January 27, 1678-79. 4. Samuel, July 19, 1861. 5. Elizabeth, June 5, 1683. 6. Mehitable, April 29, 1688. (III) James (i), son of John Bridges, was born in 1671 and died April 24, 1739. He married. May 24, 1692, Sarah, who died Sep- tember 18, 1736, daughter of John and Martha Marston. Children: i. Sarah, born February 25, 1693-94, married Nathan Frye. 2. James, February 16, 1695-96, mentioned below. 3. Bertha, August 9, 1696, married, July 15, 1720, Philemon Dalton ; married (second) Samuel Morse. 4. Hannah, married, April, 1728, Samuel Preston. (IV) James (2), son of James (i) Bridges, was born February 16, 1695-96, died July 17, 1747. He married (first), December 28, 1721, Eleanor, born October 17, 1700, died May 5, 1736, daughter of Caleb Moody. He married (second) Mary Abbot, born March 24, 1700, died 1774. Children, born at Andover: i. Moody, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born Oc- tober 29, 1724. 3. James, June 2, 1729, mar- ried, September 4, 1755, Mary Twitchell. 4. Sarah, March 4, 1733, died October i, 1738. 5. Abigail. 6. Eleanor. 7. Sarah, December 21, 1739. 8. John, September 5, 1741. 9. Chloe, December 28, 1743. (V) Moody, son of James (2) Bridges, was a grantee of Bridgeton, Maine, which is said to have been named for him. He married, November 5, 1747, Naomi, daughter of Isaac Frye, of Andover. Children, born at An- dover: I. Naomi, September 7, 1748, married Jedediah Sweet, of Pittston. 2. Sarah, June 14, 1750, died February 16, 1754. 3. James, November 4, 1751, died November 22, 1789. 4. Isaac, February 3, 1753, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, 1754, died at Readfield, Maine, March 6, 1809; married John Dean, of Exe- ter, New Hampshire. 6. Abigail, September 25. 1756. 7. Eleanor, October 8, 175 — , died February 22, 1801 ; married James \'arnum. 8. Susanna, May 3, 1760. 9. Enoch, August 23, 1762, died June 7, 1764. 10. Hannah, September 17, 1764, died 1843. 11. Martha, April 30, 1767, died young. 12. Dorcas, May 23, 1769, died August 26, 1839; married James Tyler. 13. Ruby, April 30, 1771, mar- ried James Jewett. (\'I) Isaac, son of Moody Bridges, was born February 3, 1753, and is thought to be the Isaac Bridges who settled at Penobscot, Maine. Children, born at Penobscot: Bizer, February 5, 1786, mentioned below; Molly, Isaac, Aaron, Jesse, Hannah, John. (VII) Bizer, son of Isaac Bridges, was born in Penobscot, Maine, February 5, 1786, died in 1869. He married Deborah Stover. ' Children : Otis, Robert, Jeremiah, mentioned below ; Phebe, Willis, Lucy, George, William, Eliza, Infant, died young. (VIII) Jeremiah, son of Bizer Bridges, was born in Penobscot, Maine, about 1815, died in Newport, Maine. He was a blacksmith by trade. He was fond of music, and had a fine voice. He had a singing-school in Stetson, Maine, and also made carriages there. He married Lucinda Snow. Children : Humphrey Atkins, Otis, Willis, Robert Adams, mentioned below ; Charles. (IX) Robert Adams, son of Jeremiah Bridges, was born in Stetson, Maine, October 18, 1854, died May 10, 1901. He was edu- cated in the district schools of his native town. At the age of about sixteen he went to Bangor, Maine, and began his business career as clerk in the hardware store of Rice & Skinner. He became the junior partner of the firm which succeeded his employers, under the firm name of Fogg & Bridges. The business was sold several years later to the firm of Rice & Mil- ler, and from that time to his death he was associated with the firm of Haynes & Chalm- ers, hardware dealers. He was a member of the Odd Fellows. He married Mary E., STATE OF MAINE. 1605 daughter of William Holden. Children: i. Harry, living in St. John, New Brunswick. 2. Grace S., living at Bangor, Maine. 3. Ralph Emerson, mentioned below. 4. Mabel L., married Jones and lives at Portland, Maine. (X) Ralph Emerson, son of Robert Adams Bridges, was born in Bangor, May 29, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of Bangor, and graduated from the high school in that city. He began February i, 1898, as clerk for the Eastern Trust and Banking Company, and continued until March i, 1905, when he became treasurer of the Merchants Trust and Banking Company, a position he filled with ability and credit until June i. 1907, when he became the treasurer of the Carter- Corey Company, wholesale dealers in potatoes and fertilizers, his present position. He and his wife attend the Protestant Episcopal church. He married, June 5, 1905, Edith Gordon, daughter of Edward B. and Willa (Gordon) Cummings. They have no chil- dren. CHASE The annals of North America are frequently embellished by this name, which has been borne by statesmen, jurists, soldiers, clergymen and others honored in the various walks of life. For many years the earliest known ancestor of the American family of this name was Aquila Chase, who was among the founders of Hampton, New Hampshire, and said to be from Cornwall, England, by several antiquar- ians on the authority of tradition. A long search has established, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was from Chesham in Bucking- hamshire, some thirty miles northwest of Lon- don. The family is said to have been of Nor- man origin, and it has been suggested that the name was formerly La Chasse. In the old English records it is spelled Chaace and Chaase, and in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen- turies it was modified to the form now most in use — Chase. (I) Matthew Chase, of Hundritche, parish of Chesham, gives his father's name as John, and the father of the latter as Thomas. As the name of Matthew's wife is the first female found in the line, this article will number Mat- thew as the first. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Bould. (II) Richard, son of Matthew and Eliza- beth (Bould) Chase, married Mary Roberts, of Welsden, in Middlesex. He had brothers, Francis, John, Matthew, Thornas, Ralph and William, and a sister Bridget. (III) Richard (2), son of Richard and Mary (Roberts) Chase, was baptized August 23, 1542, and was married September 16, 1564, to Joan (or Anne) Bishop. Their children were : Robert, Henry, Lydia, Ezekiel, Dorcas, Aquila, Jason, Thomas, Abigail and Mordecai. (IV) Aquila, son of Richard (2) and Joan or Anne (Bishop) Chase, was baptized Au- gust 14, 1580, and died December 24, 1670. The unique name of Aquila is found nowhere in England, before or since, coupled with the name of Chase, which makes it reasonably cer- tain that this Aquila was the ancestor of the American family. One tradition gives the name of his wife as Sarah, and another as Martha Jellison. Record is found of two sons, Thomas and Aquila, the latter born in 1618. It is generally believed that William Chase, the first of the name in America, was an elder son, and that the others came with him or fol- lowed later. The fact of their being minors would lead to their absence from the records of the earliest days of William in this country. Some authorities intimate that Thomas and Aquila were employed by their uncle, Thomas Chase, who was part owner of the ship "John and Francis," and thus became navigators and so found their way to America. This theory is borne out by the fact that Aquila was granted a house lot and six acres of marsh by the inhabitants of Newbury, Massachusetts, "on condition that he do go to sea and do service in the Towne with a boat for foure years." (V) Aquila (2), son of Aquila (i) Chase, settled in Newbury, Massachusetts (that part now Newburyport), about 1646. He was for- merly in Hampton (now part of New Hamp- shire), where he and his brother Thomas re- ceived grants of land in June, 1640, along with fifty-five others. There, as owner of a house lot, he was listed among those entitled to a share in the common lands, December 2},, 1645. This he subsequently sold to his brother, as shown by town records after his removal to Newbury. His eldest child is said to have been born in • Hampton. His wife, Anne (Wheeler) Chase, was a daughter of John Wheeler, who came from Salisbury, England. In September, 1646, according to the county records, Aquila Chase and his wife, with her brother, David Wheeler, were presented and fined "for gathering pease on the Sabbath." They were admonished by the court, after which their fines were remitted. Mr. Chase died December 27, 1670, aged fifty-two years. His widow married again, and died April 21, 1687. Aquila Chase's children were named: Sarah and Anne (twins), Priscilla, Mary, i6o6 STATE OF MAINE. Aquila, Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Ruth, Dan- iel and Moses. (VI) Moses, eleventh and youngest child of Aquila (2) and Anne (Wheeler) Chase, was born December 24, 1663, in Newbury. He was married November 10, 1682 or 1684, to Anna FoUansbee, and settled in West Newbury, on the main road, about one hundred rods above Bridge street (present). A large majority of the Chases in the United States are said to be his descendants. He died September 6, 1743. His children were: Moses (died young) and Daniel (twins), Moses, Samuel, Elizabeth, Stephen, Hannah, Joseph and Ben- oni. (VII) Samuel, fourth son and child of Moses and Anna (FoUansbee) Chase, was born May 13, 1690, and married, December 8, 1713, Hannah Emery. Their children were: Francis, Amos, Hannah, Mary (died young), Anne, Samuel, Mary, Betsey, Benjamin, John. (VIII) Deacon Amos, second son and child of Samuel and Hannah (Emery) Chase, was born in Newbury, January 15, 1718. He emi- grated to Saco, Maine, then called Pepperell- borough, in honor of Sir William Pepperell, Baronet, who owned a large tract of land, a portion of which was granted for a "towne settlement" about 1740. "Mr. Chase was with- out doubt one of the fruits of the great re- ligious revival beginning in 1735 in Newbury, Massachusetts, under Jonathan Edwards, con- tinued by Whitefield, Tennant, and others, the account of which would fill a volume." Mr. Chase attempted a settlement in Buxton, on a right belonging to his father. Tradition says "he was the first person to drive a team into the town; and that his daughter Rebecca was the first white child born m Buxton." The war of 1^4 caused him to return to Newbury, from which place he returned to Saco, and settled at "the Ferry" at the mouth of the Saco river. In 1760 he removed to the estate two miles above, where he spent the remainder of his long and active life. "The stately elms which overshadowed the residence of the good deacon" he carried to the spot and set out with his own hands about the time of his removal. No one knows their size or age at the time they were transplanted, but they have already stood one hundred and fifty years in their pres- ent environment. The first meeting held in Pepperellborough was in July, 1762, when Amos Chase, Tristam Jordan, and Robert Pat- terson were chosen selectmen. October 13, 1762 (a day set apart for fasting and prayer), a church was organized consisting of eleven members. Rev. John Fairfield was chosen for first pastor, and Amos Chase for first deacon. Mr. Chase was ordained April 21, 1763. The first committee of correspondence selected to prepare the way for the Revolution, was chosen in Pepperellborough, November 9, 1774, and was composed of Deacon Amos Chase, Tris- tram Jordan, James Scammon, and James Foss. A separate committee of inspection was chosen consisting of the same persons with two others, to see thaf the several "Resolves of the County Congresses be complied with." Deacon Amos Chase was "Stately and com- manding in figure, six feet in height, vigorous and erect even in old age, eloquent in conver- sation and pre-eminently so in prayer." On July 17, 1817, the deacon, then ninety-nine years old, rode three miles on horseback to the rural seat of George Thatcher, where he met President Monroe and suite returning from Portland to Biddeford, and extended to him an eloquent welcome, concluding with the invocation of a blessing on the illustrious chief magistrate'. Deacon Chase died I\Iarch 2, 18 18, having overlapped his century one month and eighteen days. The record of that time states that "He had been hopefully converted to Christianity 85 years, has had 14 children, 81 grandchildren, 188 great-grandchildren, and 19 great-great-grandchildren, 195 of whom are now living." He married, November, 1741, soon after settling in Saco, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Cole. Their children were : Samuel, Rebecca, Hannah, Betsey, IMoses, Sarah, Amos, Joseph, Anna, John, Olive, Daniel, Mary and Abner. (IX) Daniel, twelfth child and sixth son of Deacon Amos and Sarah (Cole) Chase, was born August 28, 1762, and inherited his father's homestead, then and since known as 'the Elms." There he spent his life and died September i, 1827, surviving his father, on whose estate he administered, nine years. He is described as "a man of sterling integrity, an honored citizen, modest and unassuming in manner, kind and generous, beloved by all his neighbors and acquaintances." He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Tap- pan, of Huguenot descent, who spent the en- tire period of his sacerdotal life as pastor of the Congregational church in Manchester, Massachusetts. One of her descendants thus speaks of her: "My grandmother, Elizabeth Tappan Chase, spent her married life at 'The ' Elms.' She was a woman of great strength of character, strong religious convictions inher- ited froin her Huguenot ancestry, which were impressed on her children. She outlived her husband seven years, and died June 26,, 1834, STATE OF MAINE. 1607 after an illness of a few hours only." The children of this union were : Benjamin Tap- pan, Sarah, Daniel, Amos, David, Eliza and Mary. (X) Amos (2), fourth child and third son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Tappan) Chase, was born in Saco, January 14, 1799, and succeeded his father in the possession of the ancestral seat, '.'The Elms." One who knew him well in the varied relations of life wrote of him : "Mr. Chase was the grandson of the remark- able centenarian whose name he bore, and with him died the name so long identified with the interests of Saco. Born at the old home- stead on the 'Ferry Road,' occupied by the family more than one hundred years, he spent almost his entire life in Saco. At an early age he ernbarked in mercantile business which he pursued for some time, then engaged in lum- bering in which for years he was the leading operator in this market. Subsequently he was extensively engaged in navigation, but for sev- eral years has retired from active' business. Mr. Chase was a fine illustration of New Eng- land energy and capacity. With but a limited early education he achieved success by careful use of his opportunities, strict integrity, shrewd foresight, and prompt attention to business. Beginning without other capital than his own ability he raised himself to be a power in the business community. In his domestic and so- cial relations he was beloved for his gentle courtesy and thought fulness for others. Nat- urally reserved, he seldom gave expression in words to his feelings, but generous and con- siderate deeds showed the spirit which actu- ated him." His daughter thus writes of him : "My father, Amos Chase, was one of the most lovable men I ever knew. He was respected as a citizen, valued as a friend, honored as a man of integrity, and endeared in all the re- lations of family and kindred. 'Uncle Amos' was a household name in the homes of two generations." He possessed a commanding figure, very erect, and in countenance, it was said, he strongly resembled Hon. Edward Ev- erett, for whom he was often taken. He died in Saco, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eastman, August 12, 1873, aged seventy-four. He married, about 1833, Mary Frances Aker- man, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who was born October 15, 1817, and died August 10, 1887. She was considered very beautiful in her youth both in face and figure, and re- tained her beauty through life. She was a woman of superior endowments and good judgment, was a consistent Christian, with all the essential qualities of a good wife, mother and grandmother. She died during a visit to the summer home of her daughter, Elizabeth Chase Palmer, in Kennebunkport, August 10, 1887, having survived her husband fourteen years. Two children were born to Amos and Mary F. (Akerman) Chase: Mary Elizabeth and Frances Ellen. (XI) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Amos and Mary Frances (Akerman) Chase, was born in Saco, June 22, 1834, and married, De- cember 12, 1855, Bartlett Palmer, of Boston, Massachusetts, by whom she had six children : Chase, Bartlett, Nelson, Lillian, CHnton and Francis. (XI) Frances Ellen, second daughter of Amos and Mary Frances (Akerman) Chase, was born in Saco, August 23, 1843; married, in BaUimore, ]\Iaryland, June 18, 1868, Ed- ward Eastman, of Saco. (See Eastman, VIII.) This name is exceedingly numer- WOOD ous, both in England and Amer- ica. Add to those born Wood or Woods the foreigners who have acquired the patronymic by translating their original names, the French DuBois and the German Wald, to their English equivalent, and it will be readily seen how the tribe increases. Happily the fam- ily are noted for their respectability as well as their multiplicity ; so there can hardly be too many of them. In England, Wood is the fam- ily name of the Viscount Halifax. A historical magazine, published at Newbury, New York, would associate the patronymic with another noble family, for it says that Israel Wood, only son of Israel Wood, Earl of Warwick, came to New Amsterdam with the Duke of York and purchased a tract six miles square in the township of Brookhaven, Long Island. He married his wife in this country, and left three son, Israel, Cornelius and Alexander. There is evidently some mistake here, for the family name of the present Earl of Warwick is Brooke. But American Woods have no need to search for distinguished relatives bearing foreign titles. There are plenty of the Ameri- can branch who have won distinction on their own merits. Among them may be mentioned Dr. Alphonso Wood, the eminent botanist, born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, whose first manual was put forth in 1845. Com- mander Edward Barker Wood, of Ohio, won distinction at the battle of Manilla by silenc- ing the Spanish forts from the little gunboat "Petrel." Miss Frances A. Wood, the hon- ored librarian of Vassar College, has been con- nected with the institution from its foundation i6o8 STATE OF MAINE. in 1865. Of the fame of General Leonard Wood, the original colonel of the Rough Riders, it is not necessary to speak in detail. It is difficult to say who was the first Ameri- can immigrant bearing the name of Wood, be- cause so many came here in the early days ; among them, no less than nine under the given name of William. William Wood, a husband- man, came over in the "Hopewell" in 1635. There was a William Wood at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who married Martha Earle. We find a William Wood at Marblehead in 1668; one at Ipswich who took the oath of fidelity in 1678; one at Newton, Long Island, in 1640, who may have come from Stamford, Connecticut ; one who was a freeman at Salem in 1670; and one at Burlington, New Jersey, in 1677. This leaves out of account the Will- iam Wood, of Concord, Massachusetts, the ancestor of the following line ; and the Williani Wood who wrote "New England's Prospects." This book was published in England in 1634, and there is some doubt as to which William wrote it. The volume has been erroneously attributed to the founder of the clan whose history is traced below ; but the probabilities are that the William who wrote the book did not become a permanent settler. He came to this country in 1629, going first to Salem, Massachusetts, and the next year to Lynn, and remaining there till his return to England, August 15, 1633. ^ , , . (I) William Wood was born m England m 1582 and died in Concord, Massachusetts, May 14, 1671. He emigrated from Matlock, Derby- shire, with his wife and family in 1638, being fifty-six years old at the time. His ancestry is unknown, though there has been an effort to trace him to James Wood, a cornet of dra- goons under Cromwell, who was a Yorkshire man and finally settled in the county of Sligo, Ireland. All that we surely know is that Will- iam Wood and his wife Rlargaret with their two children, Michael, who had a wife Mary, and Ruth, an unmarried daughter, came to this country in 1638. They were accompanied by William Wood's nephew, Thomas Flint, who was probably married at the time. Ruth Wood afterwards married Captain Thomas Wheeler, noted in Indian warfare. William Wood seems to have stood well with his fellow set- tlers in Concord, Massachusetts, and held many town offices. His will was made Sep- tember 15, 1670, and an inventory of the es- tate was returned the following June, about a month after his decease. Among the other items one notes "putre," sixteen shillings; ^'napkins and pillow coates," ten shillings. The total inventory amounted to seventy-seven pounds, six shillings and two pence ; but the testator explains that he has already given half of his movable estate to his daughter, Ruth Wheeler, at the time of her marriage. In addition he bequeaths her "two brown cowes, also a great Brass kettle and a brass pot, and Mr. Bulklyes Books upon the Cove- nant and all the Augors that my son Wheeler hath in his hands, except the bigest." The rest of the property, except a brindled cow given to his grandchild, Abigail Hosmer, is bequeathed unreservedly to his son Michael, as his wife Margaret's death had taken place eleven years before, on September i, 1659. (II) Michael, only son of William and Margaret Wood, was born in England, prob- ably at Matlock in Derbyshire, and died at Concord, Massachusetts, May 13, 1674, only three years after his father. He migrated to this country with his father in 1638, and on the first settlement of Concord had a house and lot near the common. Later he moved to a farm farther away ; and it is said that he was also heavily interested in the iron-works in that township. It is thought that his death must have been sudden, as he left no will. Michael Wood had a wife Mary, whom he married in England, but no further facts are known about her. There were eight children, all born in Concord, Massachusetts : Abigail, April 10, 1642; John, whose sketch follows; Nathaniel; Mary; Thomson; Abraham; Isaac; and Jacob, March 3, 1662. The order of the children is conjectural, as the births of two only, probably the eldest and youngest, are recorded. Two of the children died before their father, Nathaniel Wood on March 7, 1662, and Mary Wood on April 24, 1663. (III) John, son of jNIichael and iVIary Wood, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, some- where about 1650, and died there January 3, 1728. On November 13, 1677, he married Elizabeth Vinton, of Concord, and they had five children: Elizabeth, born July 15, 1678; John (2), whose sketch follows; Abraham, August 17, 1682; William, March 4, 1687; and Ruth, February 11, 1692. Mrs. Elizabeth (Vinton) Wood died April 8, 1728, three months and five days after her husband. Their youngest child, Ruth, died at the age of twenty-three years. (IV) John (2), eldest son of John (i) and Elizabeth (Vinton) Wood, was bom at Con- cord, Massachusetts, November 13, 1680, died July 12, 1746. On May 22, 1707, he married 'cJ^i^d STATE OF MAINE. 1609 Mary Lee, daughter of Joseph Lee, and they had eight children : Mary, born February 16, 1708, died September 26, 1728; Millicent, Oc- tober 23, 1710; Eunice, March 8, 1712; EHza- beth, February 22, 1714; John (3), whose sketch follows: Martha, March 23, 1718; Michael, August 28, 1721, died September 18, 1721 ; and Zepheniah, January 12, 1725, died November 6, 1794, leaving a wife Abigail, but no children. Out of this large family John (3), mentioned in the next paragraph, was the only one to continue the name. (V) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and Mary (Lee) Wood, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, March i, 1716, and died at Mason, New Hampshire, November 9, 1785. In 1778, only seven years before his death, he left his native town and moved to Mason, be- ing the first of his line to migrate from their original dwelling-place in Concord. About 1744 he married Elizabeth Boutelle, born in 1719, died November 13, 1794. Children: John, born February 27, 1745; James, born and died April 18, 175 1 ; James, November 4, 1755; Nathan, whose sketch follows; and Bet- sey, who died young. (VI) Nathan, fourth and youngest son of John (3) and Elizabeth (Boutelle) Wood, was born August 16, 1758, at Concord, Mas- sachusetts, and died March 26, 1830, at Starke, Maine. He married Susannah Dunton, born January 5, 1761, at New Ipswich, New Hamp- shire, and died June 25, 1844, at New Sharon, Maine. Among their children was Nathan (2), mentioned below. (VII) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (i) and Susannah (Dunton) Wood, was born July 4, 1788, at Starke, and died July 4, 1887, at Mercer, Maine, having just passed his ninety- ninth birthday. He was instructed to mow with a scythe when he was ten years old, and as it is the custom in Maine to commence har- vesting about the Fourth of July, he followed this each and every year until his death. The last he mowed was a strip about one hundred feet long, when he was ninety-nine years old. The feat was always performed on his birth- day. Married (first) Rebecca Gault. Chil- dren : Nancy, Sabrina, Ann, Olive, John N., whose sketch follows, William, Susan, Betsey. Nathan (2) Wood married (second) Annie Hallway, and they had one son, Charles. (VIII) John Nathan, son of Nathan (2) and Rebecca (Gault) Wood, was bom Sep- tember 29, 1825, at Norridgewock, Maine, and attended the common schools of his native town till the age of fourteen. Being one of a large family he was obliged to go to work, and he went to Augusta, where he found em- ployment in a hotel. At the age of eighteen he went to Waterville, and for four years he drove the stage between that place and Skow- hegan. About that time came rumors of the wealth to be had in California merely by wash- ing the sands, and Mr. Wood, like so many others of the Argonauts, was attracted by these alluring dreams of gold. Being a sober and thrifty young man, he had saved enough of his earnings to pay his passage by way of the Isthmus of Panama, which cost three hun- dred and seventy-five dollars. The voyage took thirty-one days, and when he landed at San Francisco, California, he had only one ten-dollar gold piece left, and it was a walk of sixty miles to get to the "placer diggings." With several others, all from the same locality in Maine, he began the long tramp to the long- sought El Dorado. When they started, each was carrying a heavy valise, but they had gone but little way when they began to find many valises by the roadside, which had been emptied of the absolutely necessary articles, and abandoned with the rest of their contents. A short distance farther on, the valises of the newcomers were added to those already left. During Mr. Wood's stay of four years in the placer fields, he, with nine other Yankees, all from Maine, who in fact were the only other New Englanders or Yankees in that district, walked nine miles to cast their presidential vote for Fremont. After his return from California, where he was very successful, Mr. Wood came to Lewiston, Maine, and purchased a quarter interest in a stave mill, later known as the Wood mill, and had charge of this for several years. In 1865 he founded what is now one of the largest coal and wood yards in central Maine. Mr. Wood is a Republican in politics, and served in the common council of the city government in 1865 3"^ again in 1869. Mr. Wood has been a director of the First Na- tional Bank of Lewiston for over thirty years, and was vice-president of the bank for five years. He is a member of Lewiston Board of Trade, also a member of Ashler Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, King Hiram Chapter, R. A. M., Lewiston Commandery, No. 6, K. T., and Portland Consistory, thirty-second de- gree, and Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Lewiston, Maine, of which he was treasurer for four years and one of the sixteen charter members. In religious preferences he is a Universalist. On September 4, 1849, John Nathan Wood married Mary J. Pratt, daughter of Collins and Nancy (Coffin) Pratt, of Damariscotta, i6io STATE OF MAINE. Maine. Children : Helen Aug^usta, born Jan- uary 21, 1852, married Frank N. Kincaid, July 5, 1882; they had one child. John Everett, born September 21, 1883. Mary Ella, Decem- ber 14, 1861, died April 6, 1865. George, De- cember 21, 1862, died April 7, 1865. George Everett, August 31, 1866, married Mary Ma- rion Straw, daughter of J. B. Straw, October 20, 1887; he died June 29, 1888. The history of this Mat- MATTHEWS thews family, of which some account follows, be- gins, so far as definitely proven, in Boothbay, although it is almost certainly established that the next preceding four generations were of Dover, New Hampshire, and the surrounding towns, where the name is often spelled Mathes. The earliest ancestor at Boothbay was John Matthews, whose origin is somewhat conjec- tural, though probably derived from one of the four sources. First, but not most probable : A Scotchman named Thomas Matthews was among the early settlers of Pemaquid who were killed or driven away by the Indians in the last quarter of the seventeenth century to Massachusetts and other sections further west. One, William Matthews, appears in 1743 as one of some twenty-five petitioners to Governor Shirley, they being settlers on the shore of the Damariscotta river, where they had re- sided twelve years. This William may have been a son or grandson of Thomas Matthews, of Pemaquid, and had probably settled there with Dunbar settlers, 1729-31. William Mat- thews was of the right age to have been the father of John Matthews, of Boothbay, who could not have been born later than 1735, and the location is near by. Second : A John Matthews came from Massachusetts with those who settled Merryconeag, then a part of North Yarmouth, now Harpswell, and was there as early as 1740, when he appears among the thirty petitioners. He appears again in 1743 and 1748, and is there as late as 1768. It is possible that John Matthews, of Booth- bay, was one of his sons by his first marriage, born before he went to Harpswell. Third : A John Matthews, said to have come from York, Maine, was a petitioner among those living on the Kennebec in 1752 and again in 1755. Fourth: The last and altogether most probable supposition leads to the same immi- grant ancestor as the third ; that is : that John Matthews of Boothbay came from Dover, New Hampshire, or one of the surrounding towns, along with some forty families from that sec- tion, who settled what is known as the "Dover District," at North Boothbay, close to where he lived, and in that immeditae vicinity-, some time between 1749 and 1760. (For further facts see Greene's "History of Boothbay," page 465 and following.) (I) Francis Matthews, immigrant ancestor, was sent over by Mason. He was of Ports- mouth in 1631, of Oyster River in 1633, and at Exeter, 1639-46. He removed to Dover, probably in 1647, having purchased the estate of William Beard in 1640 (see Savage Gen. Index). He bought the William Hilton prem- ises at Oyster River, July 7, 1645, and died in 1648. He married, as early as 1630, Thom- asine , who died on the homestead at Durham Point, in 1662. Their children were: Benjamin, Walter, see forward; and Martha, who married (first) Snell, (second) ■ — • Browne. (II) Walter, son of Francis and Thomasine Matthews, lived on the Isle of Shoals, "Smut- ty Nose," in 1661. Pie was constable of the Isle of Shoals in 1658, and died in 1678. His will was dated April 15, 1678, and probated June 25, 1678, as shown by the Exeter county records. New Hampshire. He married Mary ■ — , who outlived him, and they had chil- dren : Samuel, see forward ; Susanna, mar- ried Young ; Mary,who married Senter ; and there is a Johanna mentioned as a sister by Samuel in his will, but it is fair to presume that this refers to his sister-in-law, Johanna Raynes. (Ill) Samuel, son of Walter and Mary Matthews, was of the Isle of Shoals in 1683, and died in 1720. He was fined forty shillings for abusing a constable, as the records show. He was also known as Samuel of Newcastle, New Hampshire. He married Raynes, daughter of Francis Raynes who, in his will dated 1693, recorded in 1706, bequeathed to "Sam'l Matthews' wife" and "Sam'l Matthews' children," without mentioning names. The will of Samuel Matthews, dated 1719, probated 1720, mentions the following children: Walter, settled in York, Maine, deeded land in "Smut- ty Nose" to Stephen and John Minott, of Marblehead, in 1727; Francis, possibly the ancestor of John Matthews of Boothbay; Samuel, see forward. (IV) Samuel Jr., son of Samuel and (Raynes) Matthews, was married, by Rev. Hugh Adams, November 21, 1728, to Mary Bodge, of Oyster River. They had a son STATE OF MAINE. 1611 Samuel, who was baptized February 15, 1729- 30, and other children, among them probably being John Matthews, of Boothbay. (V) John, probably son of Samuel and (Raynes) Matthews, but possibly son of Walter or Francis Matthews, was born about 1730 or 1735, and is known by a plan made in 1757 and recorded in Lincoln county registry of deeds, to have been the owner of a farm of two hundred acres of land on the shore of Back river, opposite Barter's island, in Townsend, now Boothbay. He married, probably at Georgetown, as the record is in that town, August 29, 1764, Janette Barter, who, with her two brothers, Samuel and Jo- seph, and a sister, Elizabeth, children of Sam- uel Barter, of Dover, New Hampshire, later of Boothbay or Townsend, had settled Barter's Island, Boothbay, about 1755. These Barters were descendants of Henry Barter, of Dover, New Hampshire, the original immigrant of that name, who came from England with Will- iam Pepperell in 1675 and settled at Crockett's Neck in Kittery, Maine. The children of John and Janette (Barter) Matthews were: Mary, married Nathan Dole, of Pownalborough ; Elizabeth, married (first) Frederick S. Arnold, (second) Edward Cooper, of Kennebec; Will- iam, had eleven children; Joseph, married Sarah Lamson ; John Jr., see forward. (VI) Captain John (2), youngest child of John (i) and Janette (Barter) Matthews, was born in Boothbay, May 20, 1779, and was lost at sea, July iq, 1848. He was a seafaring man, master of a vessel during the early part of the nineteenth century, and visited every quarter of the globe ; some of his voyages e.x- tended over several years. He married (first), April 15, 1804. Rebecca Southard, of Booth- bay, bom March 17, 1786, died October 31, 181 7, the second of the twelve children of John and Sarah (Lewis) Southard, of Booth- bay, and a granddaughter of John Serrotte, whose children changed the name to Southard. John Serrotte, pioneer, lived on the place ne.xt adjoining John Matthews', where he died. He went to Boothbay prior to 1757, from the set- tlement of French Huguenots who had come from the vicinity of Marseilles, France, and had settled at Dresden on the Kennebec in 1752. He was a prominent man in Boothbay, a member of the First Congregational church, and served in the coast defence militia during the revolution. John Southard married Sarah, born 1752, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Dexter) Lewis, of York, Maine, who moved to the Dover district, Boothbay, and soon afterward, but prior 10,1757, to Back river. Joseph Lewis, of Boothbay, born at Chelsea (Rumery Marsh), Massachusetts, January 11, 1723-24, was a great-grandson of John and Mary (Brown) Lewis, of Charlestown and Maiden, Massachusetts, grandson of Isaac and Mary (Davis) Lewis, and son of Isaac and Hannah (Hallett) Lewis, of Chelsea (Rumery Marsh), later of York, Maine. John Lewis was in Charlestown as early as 1634, joined the church there in 1644, but soon moved to Maiden. He married (first) Marguerite, who died April 10, 1649; married (second) Mary Brown, and died, September 16, 1657. The children of Captain John and Rebecca (South- ard) Matthews were : Alfred, see forward ; Edmund ; Elbridge, settled in Massachusetts, and became well known as an inventor of agricultural implements ; Daniel, settled in Southport. Maine; Caroline; Julia; and Ar- thur. Captain John married (second), about 1820, Mary Barter, bom in 1788, and died in 1861. They had children: Frances L., mar- ried Jason Tibbetts ; Stillman B., married An- nabelle N. Tibbetts, and was lost at sea with his wife in 1853; Mary C, married Allen Pinkham. (VII) Alfred, eldest child of Captain John and Rebecca (Southard) Matthews, was born in Boothbay, August 3, 1806, and died Jan- uary 26, 1879. He was a carpenter, much re- spected in business, and always lived at Booth- bay, although he made occasional sea voyages and was well acquainted with the New Eng- land coast. He was a deacon in the Free Will Baptist church. He married (first) Charlotte Dunton, who was born September 22, 1805, and died April 11, 1845. She was grand- daughter of Timothy Dunton, Jr., an English- man, who with his brother and sister settled in wdiat is now Westport, Maine, prior to 1749. and there he died. His wife, Mary Elizabeth, lived to a great age, tradition says one hundred and eight years, and died in Westport in 1819. Their children were: Jo- seph, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Abner, Timothy and Daniel. Timothy, son of Timo- thy and Mary Elizabeth Dunton, and father of Mrs. IMatthews, was born in 1752. and died at an advanced age in Boothbay. He bought a farm in Westport, October 31, 1777, which he later sold. He then settled in Boothbay in 1795. and purchased another farm at the head of Campbell's pond, on which his son-in- law, Alfred Matthews, subsequently lived. Timothy Dunton died and is buried on his homestead farm at Boothbay. He married (first). September 5. 1776. Nancy Smith, of Westport, who died at Boothbay, June 4, 1804. l6l2 STATE OF MAINE. Their children were: Timothy, Nancy, Wil- liam and Israel. He married (second), Jan- uary 15, 1805, Margaret Pinkham, born at Boothbay, March 30, 1781, and had children: Charlotte, married Mr. Matthews; Maria, married his brother, Edmund Matthews ; and Lucinda, married ■ — Boynton. Margaret (Pinkham) Dunlon's line of descent is as follows: (I) Richard Pinkham, immigrant, settled in Dover, New Hampshire, prior to 1642. (II) Richard Pinkham, Jr., son of pre- ceding, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jr., and Elizabeth (Nutter) Leigh- ton, the latter a daughter of Elder Hatevil and Ann Nutter. Elizabeth (Leighton) Pink- ham was a granddaughter of Thomas Leigh- ton, immigrant, who was a selectman of Dover in 1647-48, having been one of the forty-two petitioners in 1640 for the establishment of a town. (Ill) John, son of Richard, Jr., and Elizabeth (Leighton) Pinkham. (IV) Ben- jamin, son of John Pinkham, born in Dover, New Hampshire, 1717. He, with two of his brothers, Ebcnezer and Solomon, removed to Merryconeag (now Harpswell), Maine, and in 1759 Benjamin moved to Townsend, now Boothbay, where he died, 3ilarch 2, 1792. He married Judith . (V) Solomon, son of Benjamin and Judith Pinkham, married, in 1767, Mary Perry, and lived in Boothbay. They had a number of children, among them being Margaret, mentioned above. Alfred and Charlotte (Dunton) Matthews had children: Edward, born November 16, 1830, was lost at sea in 1851 ; Rebecca, born December 26, 1832, married Sewall Wylie ; Georgianna, born Sep- tember I, 1837, married Llewellyn Baker; El- bridge, see forw-ard : Byron C, born March 31, 1845. Alfred Matthews married (second), 1850, Martha L. Wentworth. By this mar- riage there were no children. (VIII) Captain Elbridge, fourth child and second son of Alfred and Charlotte (Dunton) IVIatthews, was born in Boothbay, Maine, Oc- tober 24, 1840. He inherited from his grand- father, Captain John jMatthews, a love for the sea, which was fostered in his earlier years by the old man's tales of adventure and per- sonal experience, and so, when a mere lad, he went as cabin boy on a brig, after which he rapidly worked his way upward until at the age of twenty-two years he took charge of a vessel. He sailed as a master mariner con- tinuously for twenty-four years, never having the misfortune to be wrecked, although pass- ing through many trying experiences, includ- ing fire and steamship collision, until he re- tired from seafaring in 1886 to enter upon a business career on shore. He at once estab- lished himself in the grain and food business at Knightville, South Portland, where he re- built his place of business after it was de- stroyed by fire in the spring of 1894. He opened a second store on Kennebec street, Portland, in 1892, and a third at Woodfords about the same year. In 1899 he retired per- manently from business, having built a resi- dence on Pleasant avenue, Portland, the pre- ceding year. He served two years as alder- man of his ward in Deering. His fraternal affiliations are with: Fraternity Lodge of Deering, and Machigonne Encampment, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows ; Lincoln Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Wis- casset ; and the Improved Order of Red i\Ien. He married (first) at Boothbay, Lovesta Hodgdon, born November- 19, 1839, died March g, 1883, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. She was the twelfth child of Tim- othy and Frances (Tibbetts) Hodgdon. (See Hodgdon.) Their children were: Fred Vivian, see forward; Chester, born Novem- ber 8, 1866; Genevieve, born August 4, 1870; Leslie Mitchell, died in infancy ; Florence Lo- vesta, born February 27, 1883, was adopted in infancy by her cousins, Dr. Roscoe G. and Laura (Hodgdon) Blanchard, of Dover, New Hampshire. Captain Elbridge Matthews mar- ried (second), October 20, 1884, Florence D., niece of his first wife, and daughter of Zina H. and Rhinda (Reed) Hodgdon, of Booth- bay. They have had one child : Marion Laura, born June 11, 1886; married, October 4, 1907, Lester M. Hart, of Portland. (IX) Fred Vivian, eldest child of Captain Elbridge and Lovesta (Hodgdon) Matthews, was born in Boothbay, September 2, 1865. He went to Deering with his parents, January i, 1874, and has since that time resided there. He was graduated from the Deering high school in 1883, from Hebron Academy the following year, and after spending a season in South America he became a member of the class of 1889 of Colby University, where he was at once elected president of his class, taking the first prize for declamation in the sophomore year, and being a member of Xi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fratern- ity. Leaving college at the end of the sopho- more year, he read law with Drummond & Drummond. of Portland, and was admitted to the Cumberland bar in October, 1889. He at once entered upon the practice of his profes- sion and has met with markerl success. While strictly devoted to his legal profession, he has taken an active interest in public and political STATE OF MAINE. 1613 matters, being several years secretary of the Republican city committee, and frequently a delegate to the conventions of his party. For four years, 1888-91, he was collector of Deer- ing ; for two years, at the time of the organiza- tion of the city of Deering, when the change from the town to the city form of government was made in 1892, he served as Republican member of the board of registration, and for the following two years as city solicitor, hold- ing several minor offices in addition to those responsibilities. In 1897 and i8g8 he was the prime mover in the campaign for the annexa- tion of Deering to Portland ; he was the chair- man of the annexation committee in Deering, and successfully conducted an active campaign to that end, presenting the matter before the legislative committee at the session of 1899, when the measure received its final passage and the annexation was consummated. Mr. Matthews is a member of the American Bar Association. Socially and fraternally he is as- sociated with : Deering Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Fraternity Lodge and Una Encampment, of Portland, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Portland Club: Con- gregational Club, of which he was secretary for several years ; Maine Historical Society and Maine Genealogical Society. In 1883 he became a member of the Woodfords Congre- gational Church of Portland, with which he still affiliates. He married, June 25, 1890, Annie B., daughter of Trueman and Harriet (Files) Harmon. (See Harmon, Files, Phinney.) Mrs. Matthews is a member of the Woodfords Congregational Church, of the Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and is prominent in lit- erary, musical and social circles. Mr. and Mrs. IMatthews have one child : Vivian Har- mon, born August 14, 1895. The Files family now numerous FILES in Southwestern ^Nlaine, was es- tablished in this state by the Eng- lish immigrant ancestor who, after seeing arduous service in the wars, removed hither to spend his declining j'ears. (I) William Files was born in England in 1728. When nine years of age his dislike for his stepfather led him to run away from home and go on board a vessel bound for America, where he hid himself until the vessel was well out to sea ; was brought to Massachusetts and sold to pay his passage. He was in the Eng- lish army at the capture of Fort William Henry on Lake George : was taken prisoner by the Indians along with Zephaniah Harding, of Gorham, but by superior strength, he over- powered his captors, and hiding in a hollow log, he escaped. After his marriage he lived several years in York, Maine, where his first two children were born. About 1760 he moved to Gorham, where he died March 21, 1823, aged ninety-five years. He first built a log cabin, and later a two-story house which was afterward occupied by his great-grandson, the late David F. Files. The log cabin was just south of this house on the opposite side of the road. He married Joanna Gordon, of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, who died January, 1816, aged seventy-five years. Their children were : Ebenezer, Samuel. William, Robert, George, Joseph. Polly, Joanna and Betsey. (II) Samuel, second son of William and Joanna (Gordon) Files, was born at York, Maine, August 4, 1759, but soon went with his father to Gorham. He entered the revolu- tionary army at sixteen years of age, and is one of the four mentioned in the Massachu- setts Revolutionary Rolls under the name of Files, or File. His record is as follows : "Pri- vate, Captain Hart Williams' company. Colonel Edmund Phimiey's regiment ; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, December 8, 1776; enlisted December 11, 1775; also corporal, Captain Alexander McClellan's com- pany. Colonel Jonathan Mitchel's regiment; entered service July 7, 1779, discharged Sep- tember 25, 1779; service two months eighteen days, on Penobscot expedition : roll dated "Gorham." He lived on his father's place be- tween West Gorham and Fort Hill, where he died April 7, 1835, aged seventy-five years. He married September 28, 1780, Esther Thomes, who died at Gorham, JMarch i, 1844, aged eighty-one years. She was the daughter of Joseph (2) and Sarah (Pickering) Thomes, of Gorham, a granddaughter of Joseph and Mary Thomes, first of Falmouth and later of Gorham, and a great-granddaughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Thomes. who lived at Clay Cove, Falmouth (now Portland) in 1718 and united with Parson Smith's church. Chil- dren of Samuel and Esther Files : Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Robert, Abigail, Eunice, George, Ebenezer Scott Thomes, Stephen, and Sarah. (Ill) Ebenezer Scott Thomes, sixth son of Samuel and Esther (Thomes) Files, was born in 1795. After marriage he removed from Gorham to Thorndike, where he and his wife died. He married, May 14, 1818, Patience, daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Crockett) Phinney, of Gorham. Their children who i6i4 STATE OF MAINE. married were : Albert H., Mary Ann, Ade- line, Harriett, Robert, Joseph, Esther and Ebenezer. Harriett married Trueman Har- mon (see Harmon, VH.) The Phinneys, a prominent family in the settlement of Maine, from whom Patience descended were of the race of John Phinney. (I) John Phinney was of Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts and later of Barnstable. His first wife, Christian, died September 9, 1649. He married (second) June 10, 1650, Abigail, wife of Henry Coggin, who died May 6, 1653 ; and (third) June 26, 1654, Elizabeth Bayley. By the first wife. Christian, he had a son John, and perhaps others, by third wife, Elizabeth, he had Jonathan, Robert, Hannah, Elizabeth, Josiah, Jeremiah and Joshua. (H) John (2), son of John (i) and Chris- tian Phinney, was born December 24, 1638, and baptized at Barnstable, July 31, 1653. He was a soldier in the swamp fight in King Philip's war in 1675. He married, August 10, 1664, Mary Rogers, whose father. Lieutenant Joseph Rogers, and his father, Thomas Rogers, had come to Plymouth in the "May- flower," 1620. John and Mary (Rogers) Phinney had children : John, Meletiah, Jo- seph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, Mary, Mercy, Reliance, Benjamin, Jonathan, Han- nah and Elizabeth. (HI) Deacon John (3), son of John (2) and Mary Rogers, was born in Barnstable, May 5, 1665, and died November 27, 1746. He married Sarah Lombard, May 30, 1689. (IV) Captain John (4), son of Deacon John (3) and Sarah (Lombard) Phinney, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, April 8, 1693, ^"d died in Gorham, Maine, Decem- ber 29, 1780. aged eighty-seven. He settled in that part of Old Falmouth then called Pre- sumpscot on the river of that name. In May, 1736, he and his son Edmund pushed up river several miles and up Little River and made a clearing and built a camp on what is now called Fort Hill. There he brought his fam- ily, and they were the first settlers of the Gor- ham of to-day. He worked much in the ship yards at Presumpscot and Stroudwater. He was the leading citizen in his neighborhood, a brave, energetic, sagacious man, and looked after the interests of the little colony which soon grew up around him, with the afifection and discretion of a father. Beloved and re- spected, he lived to see the forest give way and a flourishing little hamlet stand in its place. He married, September 25, 1718, Mar- tha, daughter of James and Patience Coleman, of Barnstable. She died at Gorham, Decem- ber 16, 1784, aged eighty-seven. Their chil- dren were : Elizabeth, Edmund, Stephen, Martha, Patience, John, Sarah, Mary G., Cole- man and James. (V) Colonel Edmund, eldest son of Cap- tain John (4) and Martha (Coleman) Phin- ney, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, July 27, 1723, and died in Gorham, Decem- ber 15, 1808. He came with his father to Narragansett No. 7 (Gorham) and felled the first tree cut in the town for purposes of set- tlement. He was a man of great activity and energy, and all his life held a prominent place in the business affairs of the town, serving in many public capacities. He was selectman, one of the committee of safety, member of the provincial congress, and representative to the general court of Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars, serv- ing as a sergeant in both Captain Berry's and Captain Hill's companies ; was a captain in the regiment of Captain Samuel Waldo Jr. about 1764. and in 1772 held a captain's commis- sion in the militia. His love for his country and his devotion to the cause of liberty were intense. In 1775 he received a colonel's com- mission, and was placed in command of the Thirty-first Massachusetts Regiment, which was composed entirely of citizens of Gorham and adjoining towns. This regiment he marched to Cambridge in July, 1775, and when the British evacuated Boston, in March, 1776, it entered the city and was stationed near Fort Hill. January i, 1776, he was com- missioned colonel of the Eighteenth regiment, in which his former command was merged. In the autumn of 1776 he marched his regi- ment to Ticonderoga, and during the follow- ing year he took an active part in the move- ments of the northern army until the surren- der of Bnrgoyne, when being out of health, he returned to his home to live again in re- tirement with his family. In 1781 he was colonel of the Third regiment of militia of Cumberland county. He joined the church in Windham, February 14. 1748, but was dis- missed December 23. 1750, to unite with the Gorham church, and became one of its first three ruling elders. He married (first) Betty, daughter of Clement and Sarah (Decker) Meserve, who lived at Portsmouth, Gor- ham and Bristol. She was born at Scar- borough, September 2, 1730, and died August 6. 1795, aged sixty-five. Colonel Phinney married (second) November 21, 1796, Sarah Stevens, widow of Benjamin Stevens. The STATE OF MAINE. 1615 children by the first marriage were : Patience, Decker, Sarah, Joseph, Betty, Edmund, Stephen, James and Nathaniel. (VI) Joseph, second son of Colonel Ed- mund and Betty (Meserve) Phinney, was born March 14, 1757, and died September 10, 1825. He was a farmer and plow-maker. He married, June 18, 1780, Susanna Crockett, daughter of Peletiah and Mary. She was born in Stratham, New Hampshire, May 14, 1761, and died January 15, 1838, aged seventy- seven. Their children were : Mary, Eunice, Hannah, Stephen, Nathaniel, Rebecca, Phebe and Patience, who married Ebenezer Scott Thomes Files (see Files HI). Nathaniel and John Harmon, HARMON brothers, were in Massachu- setts in the second decade of its colonization. From the former have sprung the principal subjects of this sketch, while John settled at Springfield, and from him have come the Harmons of Vermont, Connecticut and New York. (I) Nathaniel Harmon settled at Mount Wollaston (Braintree), Massachusetts, in 1640, and was made a freeman May 10, 1643. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Bliss, of Rehoboth, and had children : Nathaniel, Mary, John, Sarah, Jonathan and Ephraim. (II) John, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Bliss) Harmon, removed from Mount Wol- laston, Massachusetts, to Wells, Maine, in 1677. He had been a soldier in King Philip's war, 1675-76, and fought in the decisive con- test of that struggle. He had land in a grant to the soldiers who took part in that war, made by the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, and in 1677 took up that portion of the grant to which he was entitled, on the river in Wells. His wife, whom he married about 1679, was named Sarah. They had children : John, Sarah, Samuel, Mary, Wil- liam and Nathaniel. (III) Samuel, second son and third child of John and Sarah Harmon, was born in Wells, Maine, June 15, 1686. He purchased several large tracts of land at Scottaway Hill, after- ward known as Harmon's Hill, in Scarbor- ough, Maine, built a mill on the river there, known as Harmon's mill, and settled at the place in 1728. He became a comfortable land owner and a representative man of the sec- tion, and resided there until his death. He married, March 19, 1707, Mercy Stinson; children: Mercy, Sarah, Samuel, Jr., John, William, James and George. (IV) John (2), second son and fourth child of Samuel and Mercy (Stinson) Har- mon, was born in Wells, Maine, about 1718, and died in Standish, where he had lived for some years prior to his death. After the close of the Indian wars he removed with his pa- rents to Scarborough about 1728. He was married (first) December 2, 1742, to Mary Hasty, who died December 10, 1753. Their children were: Abigail, Mary, died young; Daniel, John and Mary. He married (sec- ond) Widow Abigail (Hoyt) Foss and had children : William, Josiah, Elliot, Rufus, Benjamin and Anna. (V) Josiah, second son and child of John (2) and Abigail (Hoyt) (Foss) Harmon, was born in Scarborough, November 5, 1759, and died in Corinna, about 1845. He pur- chased from Thomas Morton, July 3, 1805, a farm in Standish, to which he removed and on which he lived until May 4, 1827, when he sold it to his son Josiah, of Thorndike. He then removed to Thorndike and later to Corinna, where he ended his days. He was a veteran of the revolutionary war, having served as a fifer, with his brother William as a drummer, while both were still lads. He mar- ried Anna, born March 16, 1764, second child of Peter and Joanna (Shaw) Moulton, and great-great-granddaughter of Henry Moulton, one of the grantees of Hampton, New Hamp- shire. They had children : Peter, Luther, Jo- siah and Elias. (VI) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) and Anna (Moulton) Harmon, was born in Scar- borough, Maine. He established himself as a general trader in business at Thorndike about 1820, and was later succeeded by his son, True- man. He married Betsey, daughter of John and Betsey (Knowles) Gordon, first of Mount Vernon and later of Thorndike, Maine. Their children were : Abigail, died young ; Trueman, see forward ; Frank ; Daniel ; Lydia, married Tabor; Ralph; Elizabeth, married Dr. Albert Lincoln, of Gorham, Maine; Josiah Wesley, of Old Town, Maine, recently de- ceased. (VII) Trueman, eldest son and second child of Josiah- (2) and Betsey (Gordon) Harmon, was born in Thorndike, Maine, Sep- tember 18, 1825, and died in Deering, Maine, May 15, 1886. Upon the completion of his education in the common schools and the academy, he entered upon a career as a trader in Thorndike, and proved very successful in his business ventures. He took an active part in politics and became well known throughout that section of the state of Maine. He was appointed collector of the port of Belfast by i6i6 STATE OF MAINE. President Lincoln, in 1861, holding the office for ten years, when he removed with his family to Deering, Maine, now a part of Port- land. He was married at Thorndike, Maine, December 15, 1850, by Rev. Gould F. Elliott, to Harriett, born December 5, 1825, died No- vember 8, 1903, daughter of Ebenezer Scott Thomes and Patience (Phinney) Files (see Files). They had children: Charles S., born August 18, 1854; Annie B., born June 22, 1865, married Fred Vivian Matthews (see Matthews) ; Harry True, born May 17, 1869, now all residents of Portland (1909). This second line of the HODGDON Hodgdon family were resi- dents of Maine, living in or about Boothbay, and descended from progeni- tors already mentioned. (V) Captain Thomas Hodgdon, tradition says, was a son, but dates of record indicate that it is more probable that he was a grand- son of Alexander and Jane (Shackford) Hodgdon, a great-grandson of Jeremiah and Ann (Thwaits) Hodgdon, of Kittery, Maine, and a great-great-grandson of Nicholas and Esther (Wines) Hodgdon. He was born about 1735, in Boston or Kittery, and about 1757, with an elder brother, Calelj, went from there and settled on Jeremy Squam Island, now Westport, Maine. Joseph, undoubtedly another brother, settled for a time in Town- send, the adjoining town, at about this time, and was there in 1764, a petitioner for the in- corporation of the town of Boothbay ; and Benjamin, probably another brother, was in Edgecomb, another adjoining town, in 1777. Thomas Hodgdon was a prominent man, cap- tain of a company in Colonel William Jones's regiment in the revolution, under a commis- sion dated May 8, 1776. His son John's fath- er-in-law, John Dunton, a man of great stat- ure, strength and endurance, was lieutenant in Captain Hodgdon's company. They also par- ticipated in the expedition against Majorbaga- duce (Castine, Maine), in 1779, and in other important service during . the revolution. Thomas Hodgdon was the progenitor of a nu- merous race. His children were : Thomas, Jr., Benjamin, John, see forward, Joseph, Ca- leb, Prudence, Rebecca, Abigail and Mercy. (VI) John, third son of Captain Thomas Hodgdon, was born at Jeremy Squam Island, February 10, 1769. He married (first) De- borah Dunton, born June 10, 1774, died Feb- ruary 6, 1812, sixth child of Lieutenant John and Abigail (Walker) Dunton, and grand- daughter of Andrew and Mary (Grant) Walker, of Woolwich, Maine. Mr. Hodgdon married (second) Lucy, daughter of Zebe- diah Farnham, of Westport, and she was the mother of six children. The seventeen chil- dren of John Hodgdon were : Emerson, John, Timothy, see forward, Lowell, Abigail, Alfred, Rebecca, Elvira, Edwin, Ira, Samuel, Warren, Rufus, Cyrus, Lucy, Ann and Mary. (VII) Timothy, third son of John and De- borah (Dunton) Hodgdon, was born at West- port, near Boothbay, March 13, 1798, and died at Boothbay, October 19, 1881. Prior to his marriage he settled on a large farm on Saw- yer's Island, Boothbay, where the remainder of his life was spent. In the war of 1812 he served as a boy in the militia for coast guard at j\Viscasset, Maine. He married, July 20, 1820, Frances Tibbetts, of Boothbay, born De- cember 2, 1801, died January 28, 1875, ^nd whose ancestry will be found below. Of their children, four died in infancy, nine married and had children. Those who lived to marry were: Zina H., Mary E., George F., James Payson, Angelia F., Roxanna S., Alonzo K., Lovesta, who married Captain Elbridge Matthews (see Matthews VIII), and Roscoe G. Henry Tibbetts (I)' and Jeremiah Tibbetts (II) are written of elsewhere in this work. (HI) Samuel, sixth child of Jeremiah and Mary (Canny) Tibbetts, was born in 1666, and died in 1738. He was a tanner and far- mer by occupation, and a captain in the colon- ial army. He was married, by Rev. John Pike, September 2, 1686, to Dorothy Tuttle, of Dover, and they had nine children. (IV) Ichabod, fifth son of Samuel and Dorothy (Tuttle) Tibbetts, was born in 1690, and died February 25, 1746. He was a far- mer and tanner, also a captain in the colonial army, and saw active service during the early wars. He married his cousin, Abigail Tib- betts, by whom he had eight children. (V) Nathaniel, fourth child of Ichabod and Abigail (Tibbetts) Tibbetts, was born at Dover, August 30, 1727. He settled at Booth- bay, Maine, about 1759, with the members of his wife's family, lauilt a log house in the Dover district, but shortly afterward built far- ther north in the same district. He married Elizabeth Giles, born in Dover in 1729, died in Boothbay, June i, 1822, daughter of IMark and Lydia Elizabeth (Tibbetts) Giles, of Dover. Their children were : Ichabod, Na- thaniel, John, Giles, Abigail, Mark, Judith, Rebecca, James, Sarah and Polly. (VI) James, ninth child and youngest son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Giles) Tibbetts. STATE OF MAINE. 1617 was born at Boothbay, December g, 1768, and died December 15, 1858. He married (pub- lished January 23, 1790) Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Dexter) Lewis, and they had children : William, Isaac, Lois, Nathaniel, Eunice, Frances, who married Timothy Hodg- don, as mentioned above, James, Mary Carl- ton, Payson, Sarah A., Eliza A., and Abigail. John Coggan, the first of the COGGAN name in New England, ap- pears first in Dorchester in 1632, and took the freeman's oath November 5, 1633. The surname in the various parish and town records is written Cogan, Coggen, Coggin and Coggan. John Coggan was a merchant in Boston, became possessed of con- siderable wealth and appears, according to Washburn's "Judicial History of Massachu- setts," to have acted as one of the attorneys under the old charter of the colony of Mas- sachusetts Bay. His first wife Ann joined the church in Boston, and had her daughter Ann recorded to have been born November 9, 1636, baptized November, 1636, and another daugh- ter, Lydia, born and baptized July 14, 1639. John Coggan's second wife was Mary , who died January 14, 1652; and his third wife, whom he married March 16, 1652, was Martha, daughter of Captain William Rain- borow, and wadow first of Thomas Coytemore, and second of Governor John Winthrop. By his third wife he had one child, Caleb, born December 15, 1652, baptized December 26, 1652. He had also as members of his house- hold three children of his brother Humphrey, who did not come to New England. These children were : Mary, born in England ; Eliz- abeth, probably was born in Dorchester, as the mother doubtless came with either one or both children in company with her brother-in- law, John Coggan. The third child of John Coggan was John Jr., so called to distinguish him from his uncle of the same baptismal name. The younger John Coggan was admit- ted freeman of Boston, May 18, 1642, mar- ried and had a daughter Sarah, born Decem- ber 25, 1637, died 1674. Mary Coggan mar- ried (first) John Moody, of Roxbury, and (second) Thomas Robinson, of Scituat'e, and had three children. Her sister Elizabeth mar- ried Joseph Rock. John Coggan, the immi- grant, died in Boston in April, 1658, and in 1660 his widow Martha administered his will, made December 16, 1657, and in it he mentions his wife Martha, son Caleb, Mary Robinson, Elizabeth Rock, and John, son of his brother Humphrey, to whom he bequeathed a gold ring, and twenty pounds to the children of Windsor. A letter from Rev. John Daven- port, printed in "Massachusetts Historical Collections," (v. 45), contains a story of un- usual interest of the widow of John Coggan. The property of John Coggan, immigrant, mentioned in his will, included besides houses and a shop in the town of Boston, a farm at Rumney Marsh, a corn mill at Mystic Side (Maiden), and five hundred acres of land in the town of Woburn. (I) Henry Coggan, another immigrant, was of Boston in 1634, removed thence to Scituate, and in 1639 to Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died in England while on a visit there, in June, 1649. The baptismal name of his wife was Abigail; children: i. Abigail, born prob- ably before her father settled in Boston. 2. Thomas, baptized March i, 1640, died Jan- uary 26, 1659. 3- John, born February 12, 1643. 4- Mary, born April 20, 1645, died soon. 5. Henry, born October 11, 1646. Af- ter the death of her husband Abigail Coggan married June 10, 1650, John Phinney, and died May 6, 1653. Her daughter Abigail married June 21, 1659, .loh" French, of Bil- lerica, and died soon afterward. We have here three brothers, John, of Boston, who set- tled in Dorchester, 1632; Humphrey, of Eng- land, whose son John was brought up in the family of John, of Boston; and Henry, of Barnstable, 1639, who had a son John bap- tized February 12, 1643. (II) John, son of Humphrey Coggan, of England, and nephew of John Coggan, of Dorchester, and probably a nephew of Henry Coggan, of Dunstable, immigrants, was made freeman in Boston, May 18, 1642. He mar- ried and had a daughter Sarah, born Decem- ber 25,' 1657, died 1674. (II) John Coggan, son of Henry and Abi- gail Coggan, was born February 12, 1643, and was of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married December 22, 1664, Mary, daughter of Michael Long, and died in Charlestown May 7, 1681. John and Mary (Long) Cog- gan had three children : i. John, born August 27, 1666. 2. Henry, April 13, 1669. 3- Abi- gail, 1671, married 1702, John Teal, school- master. (III) John (2), son of John (i) and Mary (Long) Coggan, was born in Charlestown, August 2j, 1666, and removed to Bristol, Maine. (IV) John (3), son of John (2) Coggan. was a farmer and lived in Bristol, Maine. i6i8 STATE OF MAINE. (V) John (4), son of John (3) Coggan, of Bristol, Maine, was born in Bristol, in May, 1790. (VI) Taber, son of John (4) Coggan, was born in Bristol, Maine, and married March 19, 1812, Betsey, daughter of Kingsbury, stepdaughter of Leach, and widow of Lemuel Bryant. Taber Coggan died in Bris- tol, Lincoln county, Maine, June 2, 1863. (VII) Leonard Chamberlain, son of Taber and Betsey (Kingsbury-Bryant) Coggan, was born in Bristol, Maine, September 24, 1898. He was reared in Bristol, on a farm, and was a farmer all his life. He married Betsey Mar- tin Webber, born 1825, died February 24, 1894, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Farrar) Webber, of Bremen, Lincoln county, Maine (see Webber). His children: i. Al- den, was a merchant in Boston, where he mar- ried Anna Dow, of Quincy, now deceased; they had daughter Lizzie F., who married Frank Webber; resides in Bremen, Maine. 2. Marcellus, see forward. 3. James W., a brick manufacturer, in Kansas. 4. Annie, married James McGuire, of Webster, Massa- chusetts, where they reside. 5. Lizzie F., died young. (VIII) Marcellus, son of Leonard Cham- berlain and Betsey Martin (Webber) Cog- gan, was born in Bristol, Maine, September 6, 1847, and prepared for college at Lincoln Academy, New Castle, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College, A. B., with the class of '72, and was principal of Nichols Academy, Dudley, Massachusetts, from 1872 until 1879, during which time also he was chairman of the school board of the town. He then re- moved to Maiden, Massachusetts, and took up the study of law in the office of Child & Powers, Boston, and was admitted to the Suf- folk bar in 1881. Having come to the bar he practiced in Maiden and Boston, and in 1886 formed a law partnership with William Scho- field, under the style of Coggan & Schofield, a relation which was continued until 1896, after which Mr. Coggan practiced without a part- ner until 1904, when his son, Marcellus Sum- ner Coggan, who was admitted to the bar in 1900, became his law partner. Marcellus Coggan married, November 28, 1872, Luella Blanche, daughter of Calvin Chandler and Lucinda Boothby (Butterfield) Robbins. Three children were born of this marriage: I. Marcellus Sumner, born Dudley, Massa- chusetts, November 14, 1873 ; prepared for college in Boston Latin School; graduated from Bowdoin College, A. B., 1897, and from Boston University Law School, LL. B., 1900. In the same year he was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts, and at once became a member of the Suffolk bar. In 1904 he became partner in law practice with his father, with principal offices in Boston. He married, January 4, 1899, Mattie M. Hanson, daughter of Luther L. and Alice (Rogers) Hanson, of Maiden. Their son, Marcellus Sumner Coggan, Jr., was born December 22, 1905. 2. Linus Child, born ^Maiden, June 10, 1884; graduated from Maiden high school, 1903, and from Tufts College, A. B., 1907. 3. Florence Betsey, born April 26, 1886 ; grad- uated from Winchester high school, 1906. In Maiden, Marcellus Coggan was a mem- ber of the school committee, one year acting as chairman, and always took an active in- terest in the welfare of the city in every re- spect. He is a strong Republican, and as the candidate of that party was mayor of Maiden in 1886-87. Both he and the several members of his family are members of the Universalist church. He is a member also of Converse Lodge, F. and A. M., of Maiden, and of Maiden Lodge No. 201, I. O. O. F. During his residence in that city he also was associated with various other organizations, including those of social and professional char- acter. The earliest Webber (or Web- WEBBER er) ancestors came to America from Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century, and nearly all who bear that surname in New York and New England claim descent from one Wolfert Webber, who was born in Amsterdam, Hol- land, about 1600, and came to New Amster- dam, now New York City, about 1633, in company with the Dutch Governor Van Twil- ler. Wolfert Webber had a grant of land in New Amsterdam of about sLxty-two acres, lying between Broadway and the Hudson river and between Duane and Chambers streets. Something like a generation ago an attempt was made by some of the heirs of Wolfert Webber to claim this property, on the ground that the lease under which it was .held had expired, and also to enforce a claim to a share in the estate of Wolfert's parents in Holland, which was said to have been placed in trust in 1645 for the heirs of the third gen- eration, and that distribution never had been made according to the provisions of the trust. Of course the claimants failed of success, for STATE OF MAINE. 1619 their contention, which was stimulated by scheming parties, was groundless from the be- ginning. (I) Thomas Webber, with whom this nar- rative begins, lived at the mouth of the river Kennebec, Maine, as early as the year 1649. He married Mary, daughter of John Parker, Sr., and had five sons and one daughter. (II) Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary (Parker) Webber, lived for a time at Glouces- ter, Massachusetts, and died in York, Maine, m 1716. (III) Waitt, son of Samuel Webber, re- moved from York to Harpswell, Maine, in 1738. (IV) Benjamin, son of Waitt Webber, and great-grandfather of Betsey Martin Webber, married Polly , and lived in Harpswell, Maine. (V) Joshua, son of Benjamin and Polly Webber, was born in 1761, and died March 3, 1819; married January 26, 1791, Elizabeth, born 1776, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Martin, of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She died November 12, 1841. (VI) Benjamin, son of Joshua and Eliza- beth (Martin) Webber, was born in Bristol, Maine, November 4, 1792, and died in Brem- en, Maine, September 27, 1851. He married, December 27, 1818, Margaret Farrar, born Bristol, Maine, April 18, 1792, daughter of John (1756-1847) and Hannah (Burns) Far- rar, and great-granddaughter of John and Hannah Farrar. John Farrar died in 1809. His wife Hannah was a daughter of Deacon William and Jane (McClintock) Burns. Deacon Burns, born 1733, died 1827, was a native of Cornwall, England, and is said to have been of noble blood. John Farrar, born 171 1, died 1809, had seven sons, all of whom served in the American army during the revo- lution, and their mother fitted out these sons with all the clothing they wore and carried, except shoes. She spun, wove, cut out and made all these garments with her own hands, and sent out her boys as well equipped as any other soldiers in the ranks. They all returned to her except Thomas, who died in the service. The children of Benjamin and Margaret (Far- rar) Webber were: Betsey M., Hannah H., John F., Betsey M. (2d), Margaret M., James F. and Samuel (twins), Charles M., Cynthia and Benjamin. (VII) Betsey Martin Webber, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Farrar) Webber, married Leonard Chamberlain Coggan, farm- er of Bristol, Lincoln county, Maine (see Cog- gan). Like many other York county TITCOMB families the Titcombs are de- scended from an immigrant from England who located on the eastern shore of Massachusetts, and one of his de- scendants followed the coast line north, es- tablishing himself in Kennebunk. (I) William Titcomb, of Newbury, Berk- shire, England, came in the ship "Hercules" to Massachusetts Bay in 1634, and settled at Quascacumquen, which, in the following year, was renamed Newbury in remembrance of the old English town. He was one of the origi- nal proprietors, and during the early years of the town's history was a prominent man in its political and religious affairs. He was ad- mitted a freeman in 1642; was a selectman for the first time in 1646; was representative to the general court in 1655 and was assigned by both the colonial and town governments to several important committees. In the long controversy between the Rev. Thomas Parker and a portion of the church he was in oppo- sition to the pastor, and when the matter was at length submitted to the court at Ipswich for a decision he, with his associates, were declared by that body to be guilty of grave misdemeanors. (N. B. As lack of space pre- vents the giving a detailed account of this controversy, it is here stated for the benefit of the readers of this work who are unfamiliar with its origin that the trouble was not of an ecclesiastical or doctrinal nature, but re- lated wholly to the question of church govern- ment.) William Titcomb died September 24, 1676, of a severe attack of fever and ague. He married (first) Joanna Bartlett, daugh- ter of Richard Bartlett Sr., of Newbury, and she died June 28, 1653, immediately after childbirth. On March 3, 1654, he married (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, presumably the widow of William Stevens, and she sur- vived him. The children of first union were : Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Mellicent, William (died young) Penuel and Benaiah. Those of second marriage were : Elizabeth, Rebecca, Tirzah, William, Thomas, Lydia and Ann. (II) Penuel, second son and sixth child of William and Joanna (Bartlett) Titcomb, was born in Newbury, December 16, 1650. He re- sided in that part of the town which is now Newburyport and was one of the founders of a new church in that locality. Residing a con- siderable distance from the mother church in Newbury, more than three hundred people desired permission to establish a church of their own to be located on Pipe-stave hill, and the town having refused to accede to their l620 STATE OF MAINE. request they proceeded to erect a meeting- house and called a pastor upon their own re- sponsibility. This act on their part led to serious consequences, as they were prosecuted and some of the seceders sought and obtained protection from the established Church of England. The trouble was ultimately adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned. Among the leaders of the new church people was Penuel Titcomb, and he was one of the six who were served with a process forbidding the building of their meeting-house. He did not, however, become an Episcopalian. January 8, 1684, he married Lydia Poore, daughter of John Poore, of Newbury. Their children were: Sarah (died young), Sarah, William, John and Joseph. (III) Joseph, youngest child of Penuel and Lydia (Poore) Titcomb, born in Newbury, July 27, 1700, died in 1722. He married Sarah Batchelder, daughter of John Batchel- der, of Reading, Massachusetts, and was the father of but two children, Abigail and Stephen. His widow married (second) Sam- uel Sewall, son of John and Hannah (Fes- senden) Sewall, and went to reside in York, Maine. (IV) Captain Stephen, only son of Joseph and Sarah (Batchelder) Titcomb, was born in Newbury, December 27, 1721. When a young man he developed a capacity for busi- ness which he found impossible to exercise in his native town, and coming to Kennebunk about 1740 he displayed a spirit of enterprise which was quite unknown in the locality at that time. Having erected a garrison house as a means of protection from the Indians, who were still troublesome, he engaged extensively in trade, also in shipbuilding, owning several vessels employed in the coastwise trade, and built a sawmill on Middle river in Arundel, where he manufactured lumber. During the agitation which preceded the American revo- lution he strongly supported the cause of national independence, and upon receiving news of the battle of Lexington he immediately set out at the head of twenty-two patriots for the scene of hostilities. Arriving at Ports- mouth he was informed that his little company would not then be needed and they accord- ingly returned. He acted as agent for the town in the prosecution of all persons inimical to the state or federal governments; served as selectman and as captain of the local militia company; was one of the founders of the Second Congregational Church at Kennebunk and officially connected with it for many years. After the close of Indian hostilities he remodelled his old garrison house into a more pretentious and comfortable residence, in which he passed the sunset of his life enjoy- ing the fruits of his business enterprises. He died May 23, 181 5, after witnessing the tri- umph of the United States in the second con- flict with Great Britain. He married Abigail Stone and had a family of seven children : Joseph, who died at the age of twenty-one; Benjamin, who will be again referred to; Stephen, Sarah, who married Daniel Mitchell ; Abigail, Samuel and John. (V) Benjamin, second child of Captain Stephen and Abigail (Stone) Titcomb, was born in Kennebunk, j\Iay 21, 1751. He settled upon a large farm in Alewife, where he be- came a prosperous tiller of the soil, and for a period of thirty years was a member of the board of selectmen. He lived to be seventy- six years old and went to his final rest De- cember 26, 1827. He was a prominent mem- ber of the Christian church. He married (first) Mary Burnham, and they were the parents of five children-: Benjamin, who married Mary Waterhouse ; Hannah, who died young ; James, Joseph, and a second Hannah, who married John Perkins. He married (second) Hannah Bragdon, who bore him four children : Sam- uel, David, Abigail and Lydia. He married (third) Mrs. Nancy Gates (nee Hemingway), daughter of Rev. Moses Hemingway, D. D., of Wells, and widow of Dr. Gates. (VI) James, second son and third child of Benjamin and Mary (Burnham) Titcomb, was born in Kennebunk, March 14, 1783. He resided in his native town and died there Oc- tober 14, 1844. He married Abigail Durrell and she became the mother of seven children : Joseph, Lucy Wildes, who died in infancy ; George Payson, William, Lucy Wildes, who became the wife of James M. Stone; James W. and Abby. (VII) Hon. Joseph, eldest child of James and Abigail (Durrell) Titcomb, was born in Kennebunk, January 8, 1822. He began his education in the public schools, continued it at Dumner Academy, Byfield, Massachusetts, and completed it at Bowdoin College. He became one of the leading business men of York county and a famous shipbuilder of his day, devoting much time and capital to the construction of merchantmen, and among the notable ships which he gave to the merchant service were the "St. John Smith," and the "J. B. Brown," of Portland. During the civil war he built vessels for the government, and from 1870 to 1880 was in partnership with William Thompson, under the firm name of STATE OF MAINE. 1621 TitCOmb & Thompson. In his latter 3"ears he (For preceding generations see William Titcomb I.) was engaged in the fire and life insurance business. He was instrumental in organizing the Kennebunk Savings Bank, also the Ocean National Bank, and was president of the latter for some years. In addition to serving as a selectman and as a member of the school board for many years, he served with such marked ability in both branches of the Maine legis- lature as to place him among the leading Democrats of the state, and he was twice nominated by his party for the governorship. His sterling integrity, knowledge of finance and the principles of banking caused Gov- ernor Garcelon to appoint him bank examiner in 1879, and he held other positions of honor and trust. He was a deacon of the Con- gregational church. Hon. Joseph Titcomb died December 25, 1891. During his leisure moments he collected much valuable genea- logical matter relative to the Titcomb family from the time of the immigrant ancestors. December 23, 1852, he married Mary Anna Wise, who was born in Kennebunk, October 17, 1824, daughter of William W. Wise. Her death occurred November 25, 1883. She was the mother of four children : I. Agnes, born August 19, i860, married Charles H. Cole, who succeeded her father in the insurance business. 2. Alice, died in infancy. 3. William, see succeeding para- graph. 4. Frederick, died in infancy. (VIII) William, third child and eldest son of Hon. Joseph and Mary A. (Wise) Tit- comb, was born in Kennebunk, July 21, 1862. He was educated in the Kennebunk public schools, and at the age of twenty years en- tered the service of the Boston and Maine railway as a baggage master. He has ever since remained in the employ of that corpora- tion, and for the past sixteen years has acted as a passenger conductor. He is a Master Mason, affiliating with York Lodge, and is also a member of Myrtle Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Kennebunk. He is a member of the Congregational church. At the present time he is serving upon the financial committee of the board of trustees of the Kennebunk Public Library. In politics he is a Democrat. On January i, 1889, Mr. Titcomb married Maria Stone, daughter of Edward and Olive B. (Kilham) Stone, of Kennebunk. Mr. and Mrs. Titcomb have three children : Edward S., born January 21, 1890, is now attending Thornton Academy, Saco. William Sewall, October 16, 1895. Agnes Elizabeth, Novem- ber 4, 1901. (V) Stephen, third child of TITCOMB Captain Stephen and Abigail (Stone) Titcomb, was born in Kennebunk, Maine, October 3, 1752. When a young man he removed to Topsham, Maine, where he married, in 1776, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of James and Hannah Henry. She was born in Johnston, Rhode Island, August 19, 1749 (O. S.). The same year he began ex- ploring the valley of the Sandy river in search of desirable land, and there found a small tribe of Indians at Messee Contee (herring place), which became Farmington Falls. At the time he came there the tribe consisted of two familes, that of Pierpole and that of Phillips, sole representatives of their power- ful forefathers. Phillips left soon after the settlers came in 1781, but Pierpole remained for years and became the helper and friend of the white settlers. Stephen Titcomb led a party from Topsham including Robert Gower, Thomas Wilson, James Henry, Robert Alex- ander, and James M'Donnell in 1776, with a view of making a settlement. They came up the Kennebec river in canoes as far as Hallo- well, and from there proceeded on foot to the house of Rumford Smith, who had settled a little east of what is now Readfield Corner, then Winthrop. They then took a west- northwest course by compass, but lost the trail they had hoped to strike, and continued along the northern bank of the river to the boundary of the Tufts farm, where they built a camp and with a strip of basswood bark as a chain laid out six lots of one hundred rods in width each. After dividing the land so surveyed by lot, they returned to Topsham and prepared for actual settlement. Their example was soon followed by the eager land hunters of the times, and the wild country was rapidly populated. Between 1776 and 1780 Mr. Tit- comb journeyed every season to the settle- ment, cleared and prepared six acres for corn and potatoes, and built the first log house on the river. In 1780 he made a rude sled road to Winthrop with the assistance of the other pioneers, and about December 20, 1780, be- gan the journey of seventy miles with a yoke of oxen and a sled heavily laden with pro- visions for the winter. He was accompanied by his wife's brother, who drove a horse sled laden with furniture and bedding, and with comfortable seats for Mrs. Titcomb and two children, the youngest five weeks old. A snowstorm came up and they found refuge for four months for the mother and children at J 622 STATE OF MAINE. Readfield Corner in a small log cabin, while Mr. Titcomb proceeded to Sandy River and spent the winter and early spring there alone, making a few journeys on snowshoes with such provisions as he could convey on a hand sled, thus keeping the poor wife and little children as comfortable as possible. When the snow allowed, they continued the journey and took possession of the log house at Sandy River, and despite this perilous journey and its at- tendant hardships, Mrs. Titcomb lived to be ninety-two years old and the five weeks old infant lived' to the age of seventy-nine and was the mother of a large family. He built a framed barn in 1785, and a framed house in 1788, which is still standing, and which was at the time the finest house in the sec- tion. There was no church in the place, but Mr. Titcomb was a Methodist, and the first preaching service in the township was held in his log house by Rev. Ezekiah Emerson, a Congregational minister, who came at Mrs. Titcomb's request to baptize the first child born in this wilderness, her fourth child 'Stephen, born in Farmington, November 14, 1782. In 1799 the settlers built the first meeting-house, and Mr. Titcomb was foremost in the labor and bore a large share in the expenses. He represented his town in the general court in 1800; was a selectman 1815 and 1816, and a candidate for lieutenant-governor of Massa- chusetts in 1795, receiving twenty three votes for the nomination. Mrs. Titcomb died No- vember 6, 1839, and in 1840 Mr. Titcomb sold his farm, removed to the village then and now known as Farmington, and lived with his two daughters Lydia and Nancy. He died on Christmas Day, 1847, at the advanced age of ninety-five years. The children of Stephen and Elizabeth (Henry) Titcomb were: i. Jo- seph (q. v.), born December 18, 1776. 2. Henry, December 20, 1778, married Ann Buckminster, daughter of Rev. Timothy and Sarah (Williams) Fuller, and died August 19, 1864. 3. Hannah, November 15, 1780, re- moved from Topsham, Maine, in December, 1780, with her mother and two brothers to Sandy River after a journey that consumed three months ; married William Allen and died March 26, 1859. 4- Stephen, November 14, 1782, the first white child born at Sanciy River, afterward Farmington, Maine.. 5. Ly- dia, May 26, 1785, died March 31, 1881, un- married. 6. Nancy, May 24, 1787, died Feb- ruary 28, 1857, unmarried. 7. Betsey, April 25, 1789, married Samuel Belcher; died July 31, 1813. 8. John, February 24, 1794, died October i, 1861. (VI) Joseph, eldest son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Henry) Titcomb, was . born in Topsham, Maine, December 18, 1776. He was a pupil at Hallowell Academy, where he was graduated, and he began life as a merchant in Farmington, then known as Centre Village, in 1803, and continued in trade up to 1820, when his youngest brother John purchased his store and stock and he returned to his farm, afterwards occupied by his son John. He con- nected himself with the Congregational church not long after its formation and was one of its most constant supporters during the remainder of his life. He was town treasurer for seven years, 1822-28, and was a man of strict in- tegrity, trained to habits of thrift and industry, and successful in all his undertakings. He married, December 13, 1808, I\Iehitable, daugh- ter of Supply Belcher, and they had children : 1. Stephen, born September 16, 1809. 2. Henry Belcher, August 6, 181 1. 3. John, July 2, 1813. 4. Joseph, May 25, 1816 (q. v.). 5. Benjamin More, October 16, 1818. 6. Hiram B., August 27, 1822. The mother died Feb- ruary 16, 1838, and the father March 21, 1858. (VII) Joseph, fourth son of Joseph and Mehitable (Belcher) Titcomb, was born in Farmington, Maine, May 25, 1816. He was educated in his native town, and settled as a farmer on a part of the old homestead, and was greatly esteemed as a citizen. For many years he was a faithful member of the Congre- gational church. He married, November 26, 1844, Elisabeth Eaton, daughter of Thomas Jr. and Susan (Lyon) Wendell, and a direct descendant of Evert Jansen Wendell, born in Embden, Hanover, in 161 5, came to New Amsterdam (New York) in 1640, went up the Hudson river and settled in Albany. By this marriage Joseph and Elisabeth Eaton (Wendell) Titcomb had children as follows: Hiram (q. v.), August 2, 1846, and an infant son. His wife died March 15, 1849, and he married (second) September 20, 1854, Lois Nelson, daughter of Moses Craig, and by this marriage had three children : William; Eliza- beth Wendell and Henry Augustus. (VIII) Hiram, eldest son of Joseph and Elisabeth Eaton (Wendell) Titcomb, was born in Farmington, Maine, August 2, 1846. He began his education in the public schools of his native town, and pursued advanced branches in the Farmington Academy. For a time he taught school, acquitting himself most credit- ably. Meanwhile he had purchased and was successfully carrying on a farm. He aban- doned teaching to learn cheesemaking and 'ii^-^'iS^-i'^^-i ''■^Ce^yL-^-^tTo-'i'^^ STATE OF MAINE. 1623 became the manager of a cheese factory a few miles from his home. Later he established near his farm a factory for the canning of sweet corn, which he operated for a consider- able number of years. In 1889 he removed to the village, to give his children better edu- cational advantages, and engaged in a general grocery, grain and coal business, selling a por- tion of his farm and gradually abandoning the canning industry, except for occasional ven- tures. The general store was disposed of in 1899, but the coal business Mr. Titcomb re- tained until his death. Mr. Titcomb never lost his interest in farming, and at no time did he fail to have fields and orchards under cul- tivation. He was a wise and thrifty farmer, keeping his land in good condition and early giving intelligent and farsighted attention to the propagation and care of apple orchards. He was highly regarded for his industry, busi- ness capability and integrity, and was active and efficient in promoting the educational and material interests of the community. He was a member of the school committee for thirteen years, and for several years served as a select- man of Farmington. At the age of sixteen he became a member of the Congregational church and throughout his life was a constant attendant at its services. He served it as Sunday school superintendant and teacher, and was for years an efficient member of its busi- ness committee. He married, April 5, 1875, Hannah Jane, daughter of Andrew W. and Hannah (Emery) Gould, and granddaughter of Samuel and Lydia (Walker) Gould, whose family consisted of ten children, as follows : I. Damaris, born February 25, 1797. 2. Elias, February 12, 1799. 3. Lydia, July 5, 1801. 4. Samuel, July 6, 1803. 5. Mary, January 5, 1806. 6. Lucy, March 12, 1808. 7. Elbridge, May 2, 1810. 8. Maria, January 11, 1813. 9. Andrew W., April 10, 1815. 10. Lydia, February 25, 1819. Mrs. Titcomb was born in New Portland, Maine, May 30, 1853. To Mr. and Mrs. Titcomb were born: i. Grace, born December 23, 1877, graduated at Tufts College, 1904. 2. Olive Emery, September 8, 1881. 3. Frank Elmer (q. v.), March 17, 1884. 4. Flora Stevens, August 5, 1886. 5. Harold, March 7, 1894. Hiram Titcomb died December 16, 1906. Mrs. Titcomb died April 24, 1908. (VIII) Frank Elmer, son of Hiram and Hannah Jane (Gould) Titcomb, was born in Farmington, Maine, March 17, 1884. He at- tended the public grammar and high school of Farmington, and was a student at Dartmouth College, but had to leave college before gradu- ating, on account of the death of his father, which occurred December 16, 1906. This event made him, as the oldest son, the business head of the family, and proprietor of the coal business. He carried it on successfully until his death, July 21, 1908, which resulted from an operation for appendicitis. He was uni- versally loved and respected, had taken a deep interest in the business and social life of his town, and was rapidly coming to occupy a trusted and important place in the conduct of its affairs. This name is found in New Eng- SNOW land almost from the time of the landing of the "Mayflower" Pil- grims. Among the pioneer Snows, that is, those who came over before 1650, are An- thony, who was at Plymouth, 1638; Nicho- las, 1623; Richard, of Woburn, 1645; Thom- as, Boston, 1636; and William, of Plymouth, 1643, who probably came over 1635. An- thony had no male descendants in the third generation. (I) Nicholas Snow, who came in the "Ann" in 1623, had a share in the land in Plymouth, 1624, settled at Eastham in 1644, and was a man of much note. He was a free- man in 1633. He with six others, seven fami- lies of forty-nine persons, began the settlement of Eastham, first called Nauset, in April, 1644. See Freeman's Cape Cod, vol. 2, p. 356. He was elected town clerk in 1646 and held the office sixteen years ; was deputy from 1648, three years; was selectman from 1663, seven years. He and his son Mark signed the call to Rev. John Mayo to settle as their minister in 1655. He was one of Governor Prence's associates. He died at Eastham, November 5, 1676. His will was executed November 14, 1676 (O. S.). He married, in Plymouth, Con- stance Hopkins, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, the "Mayflower" Pilgrim, by a former wife. She died in October, 1677. The twelve chil- dren of this union were : Mark, Alary, Sarah, Joseph, Stephen, John, Elizabeth, Jabez, Ruth, Hannah, Rebecca, and one other. (II) John, sixth child and fourth son ot Nicholas and Constance (Hopkins) Snow, born about 1638, died Eastham, 1692. There is one record of a will of John Snow. He left lands and housing, which at the settlement of his estate, April 19, 1692, went to his sons "according to law." He married, September 19, 1667, in Eastham, Mary Smalley, born Barnstable, December 11, 1647, daughter of John and Ann (Walden) Smalley. She was baptized in Barnstable church, February 22, 1624 STATE OF MAINE. 1648, died Eastham, 1703. She married (sec- ond) Ephraim Doane. The children of John and Mary were : Hannah, Mary, Abigail, Re- becca, John, Isaac, Lydia, Elisha and Phebc. (III) John (2), fifth child and eldest son of John (i) and Mary (Smalley) Snow, was born in Eastham, May 3, 1678. John Snow, father of John (2), was one of the oldest pro- prietors of Truro in 1639. In the division of land John Snow had the eighth lot, bounded on the northerly side by Lieutenant Joseph Snow, deceased, and on the south by the lot of Thomas Paine. In 1703 he was one to decide boundaries, and from 1709 for eleven years was town clerk. In the act of propri- etors in 1730 his name does not appear. He had pew No. 2, £5, on the left hand in the church. He was one of four to call Rev. John Avery in 171 1. He married, February 25, 1701, Elizabeth Ridley, born May 13, 1678. They had eleven children : Joshua, 1701 ; Anna, 1703; Elizabeth, 1705; John, 1706; Anthony, 1709; Elisha, 1711; Isaac, 1713-14; Alary, 1716; Ambrose, 1718-19; Amasa, 1720-21 ; David, 1722-23. Truro was incorporated July 16, 1709. All these children born before that date are found upon the Eastham record. (IV) Anthony, fifth child and third son of John (2) and Elizabeth (Ridley) Snow, born in Truro, July 28, 1709, died July 14, 1796. He married, March 2, 1732, Sarah Paine, born Truro, June 17, 1714, died June 4, 1769, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Mayo) Paine. Their children were : David, born 1732; Daniel, 1733-34; Elisha, 1736; John, 1738; Jonathan, 1740; Sylvanus, 1741-42; An- thony, 1744-45; Sarah, 1746; Elizabeth, 1748- 49; Anna, 1750-51; Mary, 1753; Jesse, 1759. (V) Jonathan, fifth son of Anthony and Sarah (Paine) Snow, born Truro, June 6, 1740, died Truro, November 13, 1801. He married, in Truro, November 27, 1766, De- liverance Atkins, born Truro, July 20, 1747, died there February 19, 1817, daughter of Isaiah and Ruth (Hinckley) Atkins. They had: Isaiah, born 1767; Jonathan, 1770; John, 1772; Shubael, 1775; Daniel, 1779. (VI) Shubael, fourth son of Jonathan and Deliverance (Atkins) Snow, born Truro, July io> 1775. died there July 3, 1844. He mar- ried, in Truro, January 6, 1801, Betsey (Snow) Lombard, daughter of Anthony, Jr., and Tamsin (Harding) Snow. Their children were : Anthony, Jonathan, Shubael, Isaac, Isaiah, Reuben, Edwin, Ephraim and Paulina. (VII) Ephraim, eighth son of Shubael and Betsey (Snow) (Lombard) Snow, born Truro, October 19, 1810, died Truro, Septem- ber 22, 1895. He married, in Truro, Novem- ber 28, 1833, Jemima Knowles, born Truro, May 7, 1814, died Quincy, April 14, 1897, daughter of Zaccheus and Sarah (Lombard) Knowles. They had : Orlando Partridge, Ephraim Anthony, Sarah Elizabeth, Isaiah, Reuben, John Collins, Rebecca Jane, George Washington, Charles William Grey. (VIII) Ephraim Anthony, second son of Ephraim and Jemima (Knowles) Snow, born Truro, September i, 1837, died 'Quincy, Massa- chusetts, August 2, 1908. He married, in Truro, February 21, i860, Amelia Johnson Rich, born Truro, September 11, 1840, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Reliance (Snow) Rich. Reliance (Snow) Rich was born in Brewster, October 22, 1806, died Truro, August 13, 1874. Her line of descent on the paternal side is as follows : (I) Nicholas and Constance (Hopkins) Snow. (II) Jabez Snow. (HI) Edward Snow. (IV) Nathaniel Snow. (V') Reuben, born May 20, 1748, died November 16, 1769, and his wife Reliance (Wing) Snow. (VI) John, born in Harwich, March 22, 1778, died in Brewster, February 4, 1856; and his wife Abial (Pepper) Snow. (VII) Reliance, mentioned above. The children of Ephraim A. and Amelia J. Snow are Eva May and Herbert A. Eva May was born August 2;^, 1861, mar- ried Arthur E. Linnell, of Wollaston, Massa- chusetts. They have three children : Harry Leslie, Amelia Adeline and Lisabelle. Her- bert A. is the subject of the next paragraph. (IX) Herbert Austin, only son of Ephraim A. and Amelia Johnson (Rich) Snow, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, April 8, 1870. At an early age he was taken to Boston by his parents on their removal to that place, and there he took the usual courses in the Dudley street grammar and English high schools. He was graduated from the high school in 1886. He was then for a short time in the employ of R. S. Tubman, of Roxbury, merchant, and in 1886 was employed a year in the auditing department of the old Boston & Lowell rail- road. The following year he went into the auditing department of the Fitchburg railroad, where he was employed until 1894, and then became an accountant of the Boston & Alaine railroad at its ticket office in the Union Sta- tion, Boston. His employment at that place continued until June 12, 1903, when he was transferred to Portland, Maine, and made general ticket agent of the Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads at that place, and has since filled that position. Mr. Snow has been a successful railroad man because he STATE OF MAINE. 1625 first prepared for the duties he would have to perform as a business man, and has attended strictly to business all these years, performing his duties with dispatch and precision thai have won the approbation of his superiors. He is a Republican in political sentiinent, and a Congregationalist in religious faith. He is a member of Lodge No. 220, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Cambridgeport, Massa- chusetts, of which he is a past grand. Her- bert A. Snow married, in Walertown, Massa- chusetts, January 23, 1895, Emma Belle Strat- ton, born in Brooklyn, New York, May 9, 1868, daughter of Homer R., of Hancock, Maine, and Esther (Macomber) Stratton, of Augusta, maine. They have two children : Marjorie Lillian and Lucile. (For first generation see Nicholas Snow I.) (II) Jabez, son of Nicholas Snow, SXOW was born in 1642, and died at Eastham, Mas.Nachusetts, Decem- ber 20, 1690. He was a lieutenant in Captain John Gorham's company in the expedition to Canada under Phipps in 1690, and was a prominent citizen of Eastham. He married, about 1670, Elizabeth . Children, born at Eastham: i. Jabez, September 6, 1670; mentioned below. 2. Edward, March 26, 1672. 3. Sarah, February 26, 1673. 4. Grace, February I, 1674-75. 5. Thomas, April 2, 1677; died same day. 6. Elizabeth, born before i6go. 7. Deborah, born before i6go. 8. Rachel, born 1685, probably. (III) Jabez (2), son of Jabez (i) Snow, was born September 6, 1670, in Eastham, and died there October 14, 1750; his will, dated October 7 or 12, 1743, proved January 23, 1750, mentions sons Jabez, Sylvanus and Sam- uel; daughters Elizabeth Knowles, Tabitha Mayo and Phebe Smith. He married Eliza- beth Treati born July 24, 1675, died March 3, 1765, daughter of Rev. Sainuel and Elizabeth (Mayo) Treat. Her gravestone is in the Eastham burying ground, near the railroad station. Children, born in Eastham: i. Jabez, July 22, 1696. 2. Joshua, March 12, 1700; died young. 3. Elizabeth, October 8, 1703; married Thomas Knowles. 4. Sylvanus, Feb- ruary 16, 1704-5; mentioned below. 5. Ta- bitha, March 11, 1707; married John Mayo. 6. Samuel, January 22, 1708-9. 7. Edward, May 18, 171 1 ; died young. 8. Phebe, married David Smith. (IV) Sylvanus, son of Jabez (2) Snow, was born February 16, 1704-5, in Eastham, Massachusetts. He married Flannah Cole. Among his children was Edward, mentioned below. (V) Edward, son of Sylvanus Snow, was born in Eastham, and married Betsey Myrick. In 1785, with his wife and six children, he' removed to Orrington, Maine, where he set- tled. He died about 1790, and his estate, which was settled in 1794, amounted to 123 pounds 9 shillings 11 pence. Children: i. Edward, born October 6, 1770; mentioned be- low. 2. Daniel, born March 21, 1773; mar- ried October 13, 1793, Betsey Brooks. 3. Me- hitable, born April, 1775. 4. Betsey (twin), born April, 1775. 5. Mary, born September 6, 1777. 6. Statira, born October 29, 1779. 7. Sylvanus, born May 21, 1782. 8. William, born August 21, 1784; married Lydia Doane, 1809. 9. Sarah, born March 26, 1786; mar- ried, June 16, 1806, Manning Wood. 10. Jabez, born Mai'ch 15, 1788; died March 18, 1861 ; married Laura Goodale. 11. Colier, born JMarch 11, 1791 ; died August 21, 1875; married Polly or iVIercy Swett. (VI) Edward (2), son of Edward (i) Snow, was born probably in Eastham, Massa- chusetts, October 6, 1770, and removed to Orrington, Maine, with liis father. He mar- ried, September 6, 1795, Hannah, daughter of William Doane. He had a son Edward, men- tioned below. (VII) Edward (3), son of Edward (2) Snow, was born about 1797, in Penobscot, Maine. He was educated in the public schools, and settled in Frankfort, Maine, where he followed farming during his active life. He married Mary Twining, born October 29, 1794, died September 23, 1864, daughter of Abner Twining, and a descendant of Nich- olas Twining. Children: i. Williamson Twining, born June i, 1820, died June 29, 1886. 2. George Weston, born August 5, 1822, mentioned below. 3. Elvira W., born June 14, 1824. 4. Henry Otis, boi-n January, 1830. 5. James, born January 24, 1834, died October 23, 1900. 6. Albert, died yoimg. (VIII) George Weston, son of Edward (3) Snow, was born in Frankfort, Maine, Au- gust 5, 1822, and died August 7, 1876. He had a common school education, and early in life went to sea, rising to the rank of master mariner. He married, in 1847, Elizabeth Dut- ton Savage, born 1822, died 1879, daughter of George and ]\Iary (Holt) Savage, of Bangor, Maine. Mary Holt's father, William Holt, of Fryeburg, later Hermon, Maine, was a soldier in the revolution. He married Lucy Hutch- ings, of Montville, Maine. Children of George 1626 STATE OF MAINE. Weston Snow, born at Banjjor : i. Albert Francis, August 17, 1850. 2. George Freder- ick, May I, 1852. 3. Charles La Forest, Sep- tember 24. 1855; married Minnie I. Bolton; daughter Elizatieth May. 4. Mary Sophia, mentioned below. (IX) Mary Sophia, daughter of George Weston Snow, was born in Bangor, Maine, April 15, 1857. She was educated in the pub- lic schools of her native city, and entered upon the profession of teaching. From 1879 to 1889 she was principal of the Union Square grammar school of Bangor. During: the next ten years she was principal of the City Train- ing School for Teachers at Bangor, and at the same time superintendent of schools of that city. Since 1900 she has been supervisor of practice teaching in the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York. She was president of the New England Association of School Su- perintendents in 1898-9, and has been vice- president of the American Institute of In- struction. She received the honorarv degree of Ph. M. from the University of Maine. Miss Snow is a member of the American Science Association ; the Eastern Manual Training Association ; the Maine Audubon So- ciety ; the Society of New England Women of Brooklyn ; the Maine Women's Club of New York ; the New England Association of School Superintendents. She is on the board of management of the American Home Eco- nomics Association, and secretary-treasurer of the Home Economics Association of Greater New York. (For preceding generations see Nicholas Snow I.) (IV) Deacon Isaac, fifth son of SNOW John (2) and Elizabeth (Ridley) Snow, was born March 21, 1714, in Truro, and was a pioneer settler in Harps- well, whence he removed to Brunswick, Maine ; in his old age he removed to Thomas- ton, in that state, where most of his children lived, and died in 1799, at the home of his daughter, Hannah Hall, in St. George, Maine. The baptismal name of his wife is given in the Thomaston records as "Affier" (Aphia), and their children were : John, Isaac, Rev. Elisha, Joseph, Ambrose, Elizabeth, Polly, Samuel, Mercy and Hannah. (V) Rev. Elisha, third son of Deacon Isaac and Aphia Snow, was born March 26, 1740, in Brunswick, and was educated for the ministry, becoming a clergyman of the Baptist church. In 1767 he settled at South Thomaston, Maine, where he died January 31, 1832, near the close of his ninety-second year. Few or no attempts had been made to settle at Wessaweskeag (the Indian name for South Thomaston), prior to 1767. In that year elder Snow visited the place and was impressed with its water privi- leges and fine growth of timber. He induced John Matthews, of Plainfield, Connecticut, to join him, and they purchased the claim of a lieutenant in the British army, then in Boston, to three hundred acres of land, on which they erected a sawmill and began cutting up the timber to secure means to pay for the land. They were quickly successful in this, and Mr. Snow went to Boston to procure a deed. By a very favorable ofifer, he was there induced to purchase the entire tract, covering one thou- sand seven hundred and fifty acres, and he immediately returned to Thomaston and went to work with his associate to complete the pay- ment for the entire property. The holder of the notes and mortgage soon after sailed for England in a ship that was never afterward heard from, and so the holders of the land were never called upon for the final payment. However, on November 18, 1773, they pur- chased the right to the soil for the sum of six hundred and sixty-four pounds, ten shil- lings. Other settlers were soon attracted to the region and the dwelling house of elder Snow, the first in the settlement, was soon surrounded by the habitations of other pion- eers. He removed his family to South Thom- aston after 1771, and subsequently built a grist mill which was successfully operated for many years and was ultimately consumed by fire. He also engaged at an early date in building ships. His land was located on the north or northeast side of the Wessaweskeag river, and most of this passed into the hands of his seven sons, all of whom became active and enterprising business men, and most of them masters of vessels. ]\Ir. Snow was mar- ried at Cape Elizabeth, December .6, 1759, to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Jordan of that place. She died in August, 1835. They were the parents of: Ephraim, Robert, Ambrose, Joanna, Elisha, Israel, Isaac, Polly and Larkin. All of the sons except Elisha bore the title of "Captain" and he was also a master mariner. He was called Elisha "Esquire." (VI) Captain Ambrose, third son of Rev. Elisha and Elizabeth (Jordan) Snow, was born March 2, 1765, in Harpswell, and settled at South Thomaston. He followed the sea throughout most of his active life and died at sea April 11, 1802. He was married about 1787 to Fanny (Campbell) Archibald, who was probably a widow. She was born in 1759 and died December 24, 1842. Their children 'ir^.:^^?' ?' ^^-'^''^^^^^' ^^^^^^^^^^^ -•^J^-t>»-;z^^i_-- ^^^^2u-js>r^^ STATE OF MAINE. 1627 were: Robert, Jenny, Campbell (died young), William, Mary, Ambrose and Thomas A. Sev- eral of them were also sea captains. (VII) Captain Robert, eldest child of Cap- tain Ambrose and Fanny (Campbell) (Archi- bald) Snow, was born in 1788, in Thomaston, where he lived and where he died, August 28, 1848. He married (first) about 1810 Han- nah Thorndike, of South Thomaston, daughter of Joshua Thorndike, who died before 1828, and he married (second) August 12, of the last-named year, Sarah P. Washburn. There were three children of the first wife and three of the second, namely : Captain Ambrose, Mary Jane, who became the wife of John Bailey ; Bethia C, wife of William Oliver Fuller; Captain Robert R., Henry A. and William R. The last died in infancy and the one preceeding in his twenty-sixth year. The other two sons were master mariners. '^Vni) Captain Ambrose (2), eldest child of Robert and Hannah (Thorndike) Snow, 'vas born January 28, 1813, in Thomaston, and received a common school education in that town. At an early age he went to sea with his father and rose to the command of ships, most of them sailing from Thomaston. Dur- ing the busy days of the American merchant marine, he commanded in succession the ships "John Holland," "Leopard," "Leonidas," "John Hancock," "Carack," "Telamon" and "Southampton." The last-named sailed from New York, and Captain Snow was quarter- owner of the vessel, his partner in the owner- ship being James O. Ward, of New York. In 1852 he retired from the sea and the next year established a shipping firm in New York, under the title of Snow & Burgess. He was a very active and well-known citizen of the metropolis, and was elected president of the marine society in 1869, being repeatedly elected to the same position. For many terms he was president of the board of pilot com- missioners and upon his twelfth successive election to the presidency of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation in 1890, he was presented with a magnificent chro- nometer and diamond compass. For seventeen years he was president of the board of trustees of the Sailors' Snug Harbor. Upon the fail- ure of Grant and Ward in 1884, the marine bank, of which Captain Snow was vice-presi- dent, was also drawn into failure, and his testimony was a potent factor in uncovering the illegitimate transactions of Ferdinand Ward. After this Mr. Snow retired from active business. He was coxswain of a barge manned by a crew of ship-masters from the Marine Society, which rowed President Har- rison ashore at the Washington Centennial Celebration in New York. Considerable his- torical significance attaches to this incident, from the fact that a crew from the same so- ciety rowed General Washington from Eliza- bethport to New York at the time of his in- auguration as first president. Captain Snow passed away at the home of his son in Brook- lyn, June 27, 1895, at the good old age of eighty-two years and six months, and his body was conveyed to Thomaston for burial. He had enjoyed excellent health up till a day previous to his demise. The cause of his death was a paralytic stroke. His funeral at Thomaston was attended by a large number of citizens. On July 8, 1905, the Marine Society of New York adopted a fitting memorial which was beautifully engrossed and presented to his family. On the occasion of his twelfth elec- tion as president of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation he was presented with a finely engrossed testimonial. The sig- natures on these documents constitute a direc- tory of the leading business men of the city at that time. He married, March 16, 1836, Mary Robinson, of Thomaston, who was born January 28, 1813. Their children were: Adelia, Alfred, Dunstan, Louis Thorndike, Richard and William. The daughter died at the age of three years. The last two are de- ceased. Louis T. resides in Alameda, Cali- fornia. (IX) Alfred Dunstan, eldest son of Cap- tain Ambrose and Mary (Robinson) Snow, was born September 26, 1840, in Thomaston and has been a resident of Brooklyn, New York, since 1851. He received his education in the public schools of the two places and since May, 1857, has been identified with the shipping interests of the port of New York. He is now associated with W. R. Grace & Company, located at Hanover Square, in that city. He was a member of the Twenty-second Regiment, National Guard, State of New York, from January, 1862, to January, 1869, and with that regiment performed service in Virginia and Maryland in the first-named year, and in Pennsylvania in the following year. Mr. Snow is a supporter of the political principles of the Democratic party, but has never participated in the official conduct of affairs. He married, in Rockland, Maine, Oc- tober 16, 1866, Lucy B. Berry, daughter of Major Hiram G. Berry, who was killed at the battle of Chanccllorsville, while in command of the second division, third corps, Army of the Potomac, in the civil war. i628 STATE OF MAINE. " (For precdlng generation, see Nlchol.s Snow 1.) (V) David, son of Anthony SNOW Snow, was born in Truro, in 1732, and died there May 25, 179-^. "^ his sixtieth year. He married Sarah— —,who died October 13, 1758, in her twentieth yea He married second, • He hved n Truro. Children, born there: i. Sarah, bap- tized March 27, 1703- 2. John, mentioned be- low (VI) John (3), son of David Snow, was baptized it Truro, July 28, 1765- He married Mary Atwood, sister of Bangs Atvvood ot an Old Plymouth family. He was caUed the first," to distinguish him froin John ^""^ J^^ son of his uncle, Jonathaii Snow. Children of John and Mary Snow, born in T-Juro: 1. Enoch, bom September 19, I79i. baptized No- vembe'r 27, 1791 ; ^-^.^hde at ^^a jJec^-^e 14 1810, in his twentieth year, while on Ins home voyage from Goltenburg, Sweden. 2. Sy. bo'r/ December 3, 179^. died Septern- ber 10, 1817; married beorge Lewis. Z-D^n- felbom Apr'il 25, I795- 4- John, born March 10 I70Q. 5- Infant died October 21, 1800. 6 Azubah, married Nathaniel Lewis, father of Bangs A. Lewis, now living at Province- town, Massachusetts. 7- Melinda, married Ebenezer Lombard. 8. Sophronia, married Isaac Baker. 9- Sally, married Job Seavy. 10. Enoch, the youngest son, born November I 18m; mentioned below. ' (VII Enoch, son of John (3) Snow, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, November i i8m He lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts, removed to Scarborough Maine, and a^ter sev- eral years returned to Cape Cod and built a house in Provincetown. After his wife died he returned to Scarborough, where he died. He married at Provinctown, May 9, i«37. Eliza Ann Swift, of Provincetown (by Rev. Frederick Upham-Town records). Chil- dren of Enoch and Eliza A. Snow, as recorded at Provincetown (certified copy) : i. John b., born August 8, 1838; inentioned below 2. Enoch F, born January 8, 1841. 3- Ehza A., leptembe'r 5. 1842. 4- B- A Noven.ber 1 1843. And also: 5- Josiah S. 6. Free- man A 7. Lydia S. 8. Laura Evelyn. 9. Susan. 10. Rebecca. (VIII) John Swift, son of Enoch Snow, was born in Provincetown, August 8, 1838 and died May 23, 1881^ He was educated in the public schools of Provmcetown. He re- moved with his parents and the fami y to Scarborough, Maine, and there was employed in the canning business, which in various ca- pacities he followed during most of his active life. He was a Republican in politics, and a citizen of influence and prominence. He was for several years the United States collector of customs at Scarborough. He was a mem- ber of Saco Lodge of Free Masons, and of Old Orchard Lodge of Odd Fellows. He was an active and consistent member of the Chris- tian church. He married Anna Abigail Leav- itt, born in Scarborough, daughter of Mark and Hannah Leavitt. Children: i. Rebecca A., born December 20, 1868. 2. John Al- bert, mentioned below. (IX) John Albert, son of John Swift Snow, was born in Scarborough, Maine, September 16, 1871. He attended the public schools of his native town, the Biddeford high school one year, and the Portland Latin school three years, entering Williams College at the age of sixteen years. After one year he changed to Bates College, teaching school between terms. He had to abandon his course at college before graduating, on account of typhoid fever. He began the study of law in tlie office of Ben- jamin F. Hamilton, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1895. He became associated with John M. Goodwin, of Biddeford, Maine, in the practice of law, and continued until Mr. Goodwin's death. Since then he has occupied the office alone, having enjoyed a flourishing business. In politics he is a Republican, and has been a superintendent of schools of his native town, Scarborough, two years. He was the candidate of his party for representative to the legislature, but was defeated, the dis- trict being Democratic. He married, August 4, 1896, Ella Kelsey Litchfield, of Portland, Maine, born June 28, 1870, daughter of Charles L. and Mary W. Litchfield, of Free- port, Maine. Children : i. Kathleen Swift, born June 12, 1897. 2. Octavia Leavitt, Sep- tember 24, 1899. 3. John Albert Jr., August 10, 1902. 4. Annabelle Kelsey, August 31, 1904. 5. Clarence Lewis, March 10, igo6. 6. Clara Ella, March 18, 1907. (For preceding generaUons see Edmund Greenleaf I.) (IV) Stephen (3), second GREENLEAF son and seventh child of Captain Stephen (2) and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Greenleaf, was born Oc- tober 21, 1690, at Newbury, Massachusetts. He removed from Newbury to York about 1720-21, then to Falmouth about 1731. He married, October 7, 1712, Mary Mackres, born 1691, died 1771, in Woolwich. His children: I. Enoch, born June 23, 1713. 2. Richard, bom November 2, 1715 (see post). 3. Samuel, born June 12, 1718, died 1792; married STATE OF MAINE. 1629 Hepzibah Peeble. 4. Ebenezer, born April 23, 1720, married February 16, 1767, Mary Peeble. 5. Lydia, born May 3, 1722. 6. Stephen, born February 27, 1724-5, died 1772; married about 1752 Dorcas Gray. 7. Mary, born February 17, 1730-1. (V) Richard, second son and child of Stephen (3) and Mary (Mackres) Greenleaf, was born November 2, 1715. He was a sol- dier in the revolutionary war. He married. May 19, 1747, Mary Boucher; children: i. Joseph, born about 1748 (see post). 2. Eliza- beth, born 1756, died 1835; married Sampson Sherff. 3. Child, date of birth unknown. 4. Child, date of birth unknown, married Groves. (VI) Joseph, oldest son and child of Rich- ard and Mary ( Boucher) Greenleaf, was born about 1748. He married Margaret Nason (marriage intention filed November 5, 1782), of Pownalboro, Maine. He served in the war of the revolution. His children: i. Abigail, born April 12, 1783 ; married Jonathan Lovell. 2. Mercy, born August 15, 1784. 3. Sarah, born January 12, 1786; married James Daly. 4.- Abraham, born September 2, 1787, died January 15, 1818; married Emma . 5. Lydia, born September 17, 1792. 6. Thomas, born February 5, 1794 (see post). 7. Betsey, born February 23, 1796, married Rev. Stephen Williamson. 8. Joseph, born October i, 1797, died unmarried. 9. Anna, born May 3, 1799; married John Bean. 10. Nason, born Septem- ber 5, 1802. II. Margaret, born May 3, 1804. 12. Patience, born June 16, 1806. 13. Eme- line, married Crawford. (VII) Captain Thomas, son of Joseph and Margaret (Nason) Greenleaf, was born Feb- ruary 5, 1794, and died April 30, 1874. He lived in Norridgewock, Maine. He was cap- tain of a company in the war of 1812, sta- tioned at Castine, Maine. He married. May 14, 1818, Mary Young, born September 11, 1793, died November 17, 1874, a few months after her husband. Children: i. Harriet K., born February 25, 1819; married, October 3, 1847, Robert D. Ela. 2. Abraham, born Sep- tember 22, 1820, died 1903. 3. Joseph War- ren, April 16, 1822; see forward. 4. Cyrus Stetson, September 28, 1825, died September, 5. Lydia Works, August 9, 1826; died Mary E., born July 30, 1857; married E. T. Hescock; two sons: Fred M. and Roy M., a druggist, at Monson, Maine, where the family reside. 2. Charlotte M., born March 19, 1854, died 1865. 3. James Batchelder, born Septem- ber 6, 1856 ; is a merchant, living at Abbot, Maine; married, August 17, 1877, Sarah Ladd ; children : Adelbert F., born October 2, 1878, a printer and publisher in Fairfield, Maine, married ; and Archie W., born Novem- ber 2, 1891. 4. Ernest Warren, born June 8, 1858, died 1865. 5. John Cyrus, born July 19, 1862; married Annie Bassett; children: Ralph, Stanley, Emmett, and another son ; re- sides in Arkansas City, Kansas. 6. Luther Carroll, born December 27, 1866; see forward. 7. Charles Thomas, born January 3, 1869. (IX) Luther Carroll, sixth child of Joseph Warren and Melissa E. (Morton) Greenleaf, was born December 27, 1866. He was edu- cated in the common schools and high school of Abbot, and Dirigo Commercial College at Augusta. He then became apprenticed to a builder, and followed that business as journey- man, foreman and superintendent, having a thorough practical knowledge of every de- partment of building construction. During these years he devoted his spare time to the study of architecture, finally entering the Bos- ton Architectural School, from which he graduated in 1893, and at once began the practice of his profession in Boston, where he has since continued, designing many buildings in that city and throughout the New England states. He is a member of Farmington Lodge, No. 20, of Farmington, Maine ; Dorchester Chapter, R. A. M. ; the Colonade Club of Dorchester, the Boston Architectural Club, the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Republi- can Club of JMassachusetts. In November, 1908, he was elected a member of the legis- lature, and is serving on the committees on public charitable institutions, and constitu- tional amendments. He married (first) July 12, 1893, Alice H. MacCabe, born October 27, 1865, died January 21, 1905, leaving one child, Dorothy Augusta, born November 23, 1894. He married (second) Lena Frances Morrill, of Dorchester, born in Middletown, Connecti- cut, July 10, 1872. unmarried. 6. William Allen, June 9, 1832, died 1907. 7. Thomas, May 8, 1839, died young. (VIII) Joseph Warren, son of Thomas and Mary (Young) Greenleaf, was born April 16, 1822, and died in 1880. He married, Septem- ber 15, 1850, Melissa E. Morton; children: i. The name, variously written KILBORN Kilbom, Kilbon, Kilburn, Kil- bourn and Kilbourne, appears in American records from earliest to the pres- ent time. It has been the patronymic of art- ists, soldiers, divines and leaders, as well as workers, in every line of endeavor. Many of 1630 STATE OF MAINE. its representatives have been content to pursue quietly their several avocations and have not sought any part in public notice. Most of them have shown evidence of ability and cul- ture, though living in comparative obscurity. (I) The progenitor of this family in Amer- ica was Thomas Kilbourn, who was baptized May 8, 1578, and was warden of the church at Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1632. His wife's name was Frances and they had a large family of children born in the par- ish of Wood Ditton, eight of the children set- tling in New England. Their second son and third child, George, probably proceeded to America and settled first in Roxbury and about 1640 in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He came with his wife and younger children to New England in the ship "Increase," in 1635, having embarked at London, England, April 15, 1635. He settled in VVethersfield, New Haven Colony, and died in that town before 1639, and his widows in 1650. The ship's register describes the immigrant pas- sengers of the "Increase" as : "Thomas, aged fifty-five; Frances, fifty; Margaret, twenty- three; Lydia, twenty-two; Maria, sixteen; Frances, twelve." Of these children, Mar- garet was baptized in the church at Wood Dit- ton, September 23, 1707; was married to Rich- ard Law, of Wethersfield, who served the New Haven Colony as representative in the general court, as magistrate, and as commissioner, and after the union of the Hartford and New Haven Colonies as the Connecticut Colony, he held the same offices for many years. He was the pioneer settler of Stamford, Connecticut. The other children were : Thomas, George, Elizabeth, Lydia, Mary, Frances, and John, who is known in the history of Connecticut as Sergeant John Kilbourn. (II) George, second son of Thomas and Frances Kilbourn, was baptized in Wood Dit- ton, England, February 12, 1612. He came to New England before 1638 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was a member of the church founded by John Eliot in Roxbury. In 1640 he was ad- mitted a freeman of the town of Rowley, Essex county, where he lived with his wife Elizabeth and their six children: Mary, Jo- seph, Jacob, Samuel, Isaac and Elizabeth. They had sons : Isaac, Joseph and Jacob. (III) Samuel, fourth child and third son of George and Elizabeth Kilborn, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, 9 mo. 11, 1656. He married November 12, 1682, Mary Foster, and they had six children, all born in Rowley : Samuel, David, Maria, Jedediah and Eliphalet. He died in Rowley, April 22, 1722, and his will is on record in the probate office in Ips- wich. (IV) Jedediah, son of Samuel and Mary (Foster) Kilborn, was born April 20, 1699, in Rowley. He was married, March 22, 1724, to Susannah Fiske, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was known as Cornet Kilbourne by reason of his rank in the militia, and the records state as follows : "Cornet Jedediah Kilbourne died February 4, 1759, aged sixty." His widow, Susannah Kilbourne, died September 27, 1764. Their children, all born in Rowley, were: i. Jedediah, married Hannah Platts, of Rowley, November 4, 1749, removed to Boscawen, New Hampshire, then to Henniker, where he died in 1820. His children were : Nathan, Eliphalet, Lucy, JMercy, Hannah, Jedediah, Nathaniel and Susan. 2. Sampson (q. v.) 3. Abigail, married Jonathan Smith, Esq., of Danvers, Massachusetts, and her son, Jedediah Kilbourne Smith, was a senator and councillor in the New Hampshire legislature for many years, and served from 1807 to 1809 ^* ^ representative from New Hampshire in the United States congress. 4. Hannah, born 1734, died 1737. (V) Sampson, son of Jedediah and Susan- nah (Fiske) Kilbourne, was born about 1723, in Rowley, and was married, April 15, 1749, to Rebecca Pickard. He settled in Rowley, where their four children were born : Paul, John, Rebecca and Huldah. He died May 28, 1 75 1, aged thirty-three. (VI) Captain John, second son of Sampson and Rebecca (Pickard) Kilbourne, was born June 28, 1750, in Rowley. ' He was twenty years of age when the Lexington alarm sounded through the countryside and called to arms the patriot yeomen of Middlesex and Essex counties, and he responded and is said to have been among those who marched to- ward Concord and Lexington on that event- ful April day, 1775. As there were three or four of the name credited with this honor, it is likely that some doubt has been the result of a confusion of names. The "Official Records of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution," however, name him as sec- ond sergeant in Captain Enos Parker's com- pany. Colonel Benjamin Simonds' regiment, engaged August 14, 1777, discharged August 19, 1777, service six days. Regiment de- tached from the Berkshire county militia to reinforce the Continental army at Bennington ; also lieutenant in command of a company. Colonel Simonds' (Berkshire county) regi- ment, engaged October 13, 1780, discharged STATE OF MAINE. 1631 October 18, 1780, service seven days, includ- ing two days' (forty miles) travel home. Com- pany marched to Vermont by order of Gen- eral Fellows, on an alarm. He is semi-offi- cially credited with having been present at the storming of Stony Point, on the Hudson river, at Ticonderoga, receiving promotion to sergeant December, 1777, and captain 1780. That he was a gallant soldier and after the war was a pensioner as late as 1840, is a mat- ter of history in the local annals of Bridgton, Maine, to which place he removed in 1794, and where he died September 8, 1842. He was married in January, 1780, to Mary Howe, of Ipswich, New Hampshire, and lirst settled at Northwood in that state, remaining a few years, then settling in Bridgton, Maine. The children of Captain John and Mary (Howe) Kilborn were: i. Rebecca, born in Northwood, New Hampshire, February 25, 1781 ; married, July 21, 1801, Stephen Ingalls, of Harrison, Maine, by whom she had six children. 2. John, born in Northwood, New Hampshire, November 16, 1785; settled in Bridgton, Maine, where he is called Colonel John Kil- born. He received his title of colonel for service in the militia in the state of Maine. 3. Mary, died young. 4. Enos, January i, 1785 ; was a seaman, and last heard from in 1809. 5. William, mentioned below. 6. Ja- cob, born April 5, 1789, died July 2, 1820. 7. Lieutenant Ebenezer, born December 20, 1791, married Lydia G. Ingalls, in 1818, and had six children. 8. Huldah, born 1794, married Alfred Ingalls, in 1818, and had five children. 9. Paul, April 5, 1797, died the next year. (VII) Captain William, son of Captain John Kilborn, was born January 16, 1787, in Northwood, New Hampshire, and died in Bridgton, in 1873. His homestead was on a lot between the residence of Albert C. Buck and the home of the late Thomas Leighton, of Harrison. The site of the homestead has long been obliterated by time. He married (first) Elizabeth Senter, born in Rowley, Jan- uary 19, 1786, died in Bridgton, January, 1840; (second) February 10, 1848, Hannah Martin, of Bridgton, died 1875. Children by first wife, all born in Harrison : 1. Helena, born April 8, 1805; died unmar- ried. 2. Enos L. W., born June 30, 1808, died October 18, 1846; married Rhoda Shaw, of Standish ; children : i. Harriette Favoretta, born June 5, 1834; she was a successful teacher in the public schools and a contributor to the periodical press; is also author and compiler of a notable work published in 1904, entitled "Shaw Records," a genealogical mem- orial of Roger Shaw, the pioneer of Hampton, New Hampshire (1638) and of his numerous descendants. Her poetical productions have been widely known through the columns of the Boston Cultivator, Zlon's Herald, Bridgton Ncivs, Bethel Neui\s, Oxford Democrat, Word and Work, and other leading publications. She wrote the "Centennial Ode" sung at the cele- bration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Harrison, on August 3, 1905. She is a resident of West Bethel, at the age of seventy-four years. She married, January 6, 1855, Charles W. Farwell, of West Bethel, where they resided several years, finally settling on a farm in North Bridgton, thence removing in 1896 to Bethel, where Mr. Far- well died, on the last day of the year. ii. Helen Ann, born June 17, 1835, died April 15, 1843. iii. William Henry, born May 25, 1838; mar- ried (first) Sarah Jane Bryant, of Boland. He removed to Putnam, Connecticut, and is the father of a large family. His wife died in 1882, and he married (second) Agnes Hen- nesey. He lives in East Hartford, Connecti- cut; is a carpenter in railroad employ, and noted for his mechanical skill. iv. Mary Elizabeth, born September 15, 1842, died Sep- tember 20, 1848. V. Eben Shaw, born July i, 1846; married, February 10, 1904, Joan, daughter of S. Porter Stearns, of South Paris. Mr. Kilborn is a resident of Bethel, extensively engaged in milling, lumbering and real estate operations. He served five consecutive years in the board of selectmen, and sat in the legis- lature in 1898. He is a trustee of Gould's Academy, a director of the Bethel Savings Bank, is far advanced in Masonry and promi- nent in Odd Fellowship, and is a liberal bene- factor of churches and other institutions. He has traveled much in his own country and in Europe. Mrs. Rhoda Kilborn married (sec- ond) Jonathan Peabody, of Gilead, who died in November, 1853. She married (third) Mel- vin Farwell, of West Bethel, who died Au- gust 20, 1866. She removed to Harrison, where she lived nearly twenty years. Her last days were spent with her daughter at North Bridgton, where she died, August 20, 1886, twenty years to a day after the death of Mr. Farwell, and at the same hour, aged eighty- one years. 3. Thomas D., born June 18, 1810; mar- ried Richardson, and settled in Swe- den. 4. Jacob V. R., born August 4, 1812, died in Oakland, California, July i, 1907; mar- ried November 13, 1845, Esther H., daughter 1632 STATE OF MAINE. of Rev. Joseph H. Phinney, of Harrison ; she was born July 16, 1813, and died in Harri- son, April 28, 1862. Children: i. Sarah E., born March 5, 1836, died February 9, 1902; married Charles Glines ; two children, ii. Frances E., born April 17, 1838; married Isaac Burkett ; lives in Thomaston ; five chil- dren, iii. Emily P., born January 23, 1843, died September 12, 1858. iv. Eliza A., born May 31, 1846, died January 15, 1891. v. Rensselaer C., born January 24, 1853; mar- ried a Libby, of Windham ; resides at Morrill's Corner, Portland. 5. William T., born December 20, 1814, died November 22, 1818. 6. Jesse G., born May 8, 1817; no further record. 7. William Thomes, born May 17, 1819; see forward. 8. Samuel Farnsworth, born June 2, 182 1 ; see forward. 9. Eliza A., born February 25, 1824 ; mar- ried Theophilus Towne; resided in Lawrence, Massachusetts. 10. Deborah S., born April 21, 1826, died March 25, 182Q. 11. Benjamin F., born April 20, 1828, died August 15, 1828. 12. Deborah S., born July 25, 1829, died August 20, 1829. (\'III) William Thomes, son of Captain William and Elizabeth (Senter) Kilborn, was born in Harrison, May 17, 1819, and was twelve years old when his parents removed to Bridgton. At an early age he apprenticed himself to Deacon Nathaniel Potter, to learn the trade of carpenter, with the understanding that he might attend Bridgton Academy. He is now, at the age of eighty-nine, one of the oldest alumni of that school. After completing his trade he was for many vears a leading builder in Bridgton. He was also proprietor of a furniture store and had a well-equipped mill for manufacturing the wares for his own trade.. About i84(j be built a handsome resi- dence opposite the Cumberland House, but sold out subsec|uently and removed to Port- land, corner Brackett and Pine street. There he engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1858 had a flourishing trade in flour on Com- mercial street. This he sold out in i860 and purchased the Bergen Carpet business on Free street. Six years later, in the great fire, he was burned out and removed to the store built by W. T. Kilburn, now occupied by his busi- ness at No. 24, same street. His is the only strictly carpet store in Maine, in which is car- ried on a very large trade, requiring the ser- vice of sixteen people as salesmen and clerks. Despite his advanced age, Mr. Kilborn is still active in promoting and managing his busi- ness interests, which have built up by steady application and sound business intelligence. Mr. Kilborn married, December 4, 1846, Mary Foster Walker, born in Westbrook, March 17, 1823, died in Portland, September 30, 1863, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Walker, of Bridgton. He married (second) October 4, 1864, Lucietta Svveetser, born July 26, 1842, daughter of Alvah and Eunice Burn- ham (Stuart) Libby; her father was born in Parsonfield, Maine, November 6, 1805, and her mother was born in Scarboro, Maine, March 5, 1806. Children of William T. and Mary (Foster) Kilborn: 1. Ann Walker, born in Bridgton, May 31, 1849; married June 21, 1868, William Henry Jewett, born in Sweden, Maine, Sep- tember 8, 1845, died in Portland, Feb- ruary 22, 1903. Children: i. William Walker Jewett, born in Bridgton, March 30, 1869; married, January 30, 1891, Mary Jane McGowen, born June 27, i86g, in St. Johns, Newfoundland ; children born in Portland : Annie Mat, February 15, 1892; Caroline Walker, February 8, 1895 ; William Kilborn, June 8, 1900; ii. Frederick Joseph Jewett, born in Bridgton, September 9, 1893, married Etta Breitten, born March 12, 1868; child born in Portland; Fred Lewis, July 5, 1894; Alice K., March 31, 1899. Philip Henry Jew- ett, born in Portland, November 27, 1882; married January 25, 1906, Florence Mation Leith, born in England, December 12, 1886; children, born in Portland : Annie Frances, May 31, 1907; Gladys Shootall, February i, 1908. 2. Lilla May, born in Bridgton, September 3, 1856; married, June 30, 1878, Walter Weston Sabin, born in Putnam, \'ermont, November 28, 1853, son of George P. and Harriet (Shaw) Sabin, the father born in Putnam, Vermont, 1 82 1, the mother born in Lyons, New York, March, 1819. Child, born in Portlanil : George Shaw Sabin. born Octo- ber 9, 1881 ; married, January 8, 1907, Tulla Ellis Bowman, born in Springfield, Massachu- setts, October 30, 1879, daughter of Henry Hubbard and Gertrude (Ellis) Bowman, the father born in Sunderland, Massachusetts, 1849, s"*^! the mother in South Hadley Falls, 1853; child: Henry Bowman, born in Port- land, January 28, 1908. Children of William T. and Lucietta Sweet- ser (Libby) Kilborn: I. Carrie Harward Kilborn, born in Port- STATE OF MAINE. 1633 land, August 21, 1865; married, in Portland, February 23, 1888, Augustus Champlin, born in Waterville, Maine, March 8, 1842, died in Portland, September 12, 1897, son of Dr. James Tuft and Mary Ann (Pierce) Champ- lin ; child : Mary, born in Portland, April 23, 1889. 2-3. William Senter and Alvah Stuart, twins, born September i, 1867. The first named died September 19, 1868. Alvah Stuart married, April 5, 1901, May Seavey, born in Bangor, March 17, 1877. 4. Philip Carlisle, born April 7, 1869; mar- ried, June 5, 1898, Alice Dillingham Clark, born in Bangor, January 22, 1877, daughter of Charles Davis and Catherine (Dillingham) Clark, the former born in Bangor, February 25, 1842, and the latter in Freeport, July 5, 1848; children, born in Portland: i. John Barstow Kilborn, June 3, 1899; ii. Edna Webb Kilborn, December 31, 1900, died May 8, 1901 ; iii. Helen Kilborn, February 19, 1902; iv. Ruth Kilborn, September 27, 1906. 5. James Edward Kilborn, born in Portland, August 13, 1871 ; married, October 4, 1893, Carrie May Goss, born in Marblehead, Massa- chusetts, May I, 1872, daughter of William Pierrepont and Annie Augusta (Bartlett) Goss, both born in Marblehead, the fonner July 7, 1850, and the latter October 26, 1853; children: William Themes Kilborn (2d), born in Portland, September 23, 1897. 6. Gertrude Libby Kilborn, born in Port- land, September 21, 1873; married, September 10, 1895, Harry Badger Coe, born March 11, 1866, son of Henry Hersey and Frances Ellen (Todd) Coe, the former born December 15, 1835, the latter April 9, 1839 '< children, born in Portland : i. Philip Kilborn Coe. September 3, 1896; ii. Kilborn Bray Coe, March 25, 1898. 7. Joseph Walker Kilborn, born in Port- land, November 26, 1875; married, December 19, 1900, Mary Liscomb, born in Boston, October 10, 1876, daughter of John F. and Plenrietta (Ingram) Liscomb, both born in Portland, the former December 10, 1841, the latter August same year; children, born in Portland : i. Henrietta Kilborn, November 29, '1901 ; ii. Mary Kilborn, April 10, 1904. 8. William Thomes Kilborn Jr., born in Portland, September 19, 1879; married. May 29, 1907, Carlotta MacKinnon, born in Port- land, September 24, 1882, daughter of Roder- ick and Rosella (Stiles) iMacKinnon, the for- mer born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 2, 1845, the latter in Elgin, New Brunswick, October 31, 1847. 9. Karl Bray Kilborn, born in Portland, April 16, 1886; graduated from Bowdoin Col- lege, June, 1908; entered Boston School of Technology, October, 1908. (VIII) Samuel Farnsworth, seventh son of Captain William and Elizabeth (Senter) Kil- born, was born in Harrison, Maine, June 2, 1821. He learned the trade of carpenter, and also carried on a farm. He married Mary Thompson, and after her death Mary Strout, of Casco, Maine. His son George F. is a far- mer in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire; his daughter Helen M. married Mr. Allen Glenn, of Lawrence, Massachusetts; son Silas V. is in the express business in Winthrop, Massa- chusetts, and son, Charles H., a sales agent in New York. Samuel Farnsworth Kilborn now resides in Bridgton, Maine. Children of Samuel Kilborn, all born in Bridgton, Maine : Jane Elizabeth, Franklin and Andrew W., in service in the civil war; Helen, Silas V., George F., and Charles H. (IX) Charles Henry, son of Samuel Farns- worth and Mary (Strout) Kilborn, was born in Bridgton, JMaine, January i, 1864. He was educated in the public and high school of Bridgton, and from 1880 to 1901 engaged in the publishing business in Boston, Massachu- setts. In 1901 he removed to New York City. He was married, February 17, 1886, in Boston, to Rebecca (Cobb), daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna (Staples) Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth, ]\Iaine, and their son, Robert Charles, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 13, 1894. This is one of the early £am- ROBERTS ilies of New Hampshire and Maine, having been located from the earliest pioneer period within the present limits of the former state. The de- scendants bearing the name are very numer- ous throughout the commonwealth, and have spread to many other states. It was con- spicuously identified with the revolution, and has borne its part in developing the arts of peace. (I) Thomas Roberts was a settler on Dover Neck at a very early period, but there is now no positive information as to the exact date. The uniform tradition of the family states that he settled at the point, in company with Ed- ward and William Hilton, in 1623. Land which he occupied was retained in the Rob- erts family in uninterrupted succession for more than two centuries. In 1638 the people of Dover chose "Mr. Roberts" "president of the court" in place of Captain John Under- bill, whom they had expelled for his various 1 634 STATE OF MAINE. crimes. Mr. Roberts was elected to various minor offices in the town and received several grants of land at diflferent times, although his possessions are said to have been compara- tively small. He owned land on the east side of Dover Neck, and also on the west side of Buck river. Sewell's "History of the Quakers" speaks of him rebuking his sons, Thomas and John, who were constables, for the excessive virulence with which they en- forced the laws against the Quakers in 1662. This shows that Mr. Roberts, whose title proves him to have been a much respected man in his time, exercised greater tolerance than did many of his contemporaries. He had been at the date above named more than twenty years a member of the church. He died be- tween September 27, 1673, and June 30, 1674, the respective dates of making and proving his will. The bulk of his property was bequeathed to Richard Rich, husband of his daughter, Sarah, but legacies were given the three of the children mentioned below. He was buried in the northeast corner of the old burying ground on Dover Neck, where many of his descendants were also interred. His children included John, Thomas, Hester, wife of John Martin. (H) John, eldest son of Thomas Roberts, was born in 1629 in Dover, and died January 21, 1695, in that town. He is described in old records as a "planter," and is found re- ferred to as "Sargent John." He owned land near his father and was a man of importance in the community. He served several years as constable, then an important office, was select- man in 1664-65-68-74-76-77, and was ap- pointed marshal of the province in 1679, when New Hampshire became separated as a prov- ince from Massachusetts. In 1689 he was one of the commissioners from Dover to the con- vention which met at Portsmouth to confer about methods of government. He resided at Dover Neck and also owned land west of the Buck river as well as marsh adjoining the Great Bay. He married .\bigail, flaughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter, one of the pioneers of Dover. She was living in 1674, when she was mentioned in the will of her father. Their children were: Joseph, Hatevil, Thomas, Abi- gail, John, Mary and Sarah. (Ill) Joseph, eldest son of John and Abi- gail (Nutter) Roberts, was born about 1660 and died before 1742. The house in which he lived was situated sixty rods north-easterly from the homestead of his great-grandson, Hanson Roberts, subsequently occupied by the sons of the latter, John and Howard Roberts. He was surveyor in 1705-06-07, assessor in 1708 and fence viewer in 1709, and selectman in 1711-12-13-14. He was called "Ensign" in 1712 and "Lieutenant" in 1713. He dealt much in lands and gave a site for a Quaker meeting house and burial place. This lot was six rods long on the road from Hilton Point to Cocheco. The baptismal name of his wife was Elizabeth, but no record appears to show her family cognomen. Their children were : Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Abigail, Stephen, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Samuel and Lydia (twins), Mary. (IV) Ebenezer, fourth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Roberts, was born February 24, 1705, on Dover Neck, and died in 1754 in Somersworth, where he lived thirty-seven years from 171 7. He went to Somersworth as a lad of twelve years and found employment as a farmer's boy in due time, but took up land in Somersworth about one and one-half miles from the present village of South Ber- wick, Maine. He lived in a log cabin until 1 73 1, when he built a house of solid oak frame which is still standing. He was mar- ried in 1733 to Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Ham) Rollins, granddaughter of Ichabod, who was a son of James Rollins, the pioneer ancestor of the family in America. She was born January 23, 1714, in Somers- worth, and survived her husband, being ap- pointed executrix of his will, June 25, 1755. Their children were : Moses, James, Aaron, John, Ebenezer, Ichabod, Samuel, Jeremiah and a daughter, who died unnamed. After the death of the father his estate was divided among the eight sons, who became scattered through New Hampshire and Maine. The second and fourth remained on the homestead. The eldest was killed by exposure in war. With this exception, they all lived until Jere- miah, the youngest, was more than sixty years of age. He was the last survivor and lived to be ninety-four years old. (V) Ichabod, sixth son of Ebenezer and Mary (Rollins) Roberts, was born September 17, 1748, in Somersworth, died December 15, 1833, in Waterboro, Maine, where he settled and cleared up a farm. He married, Decem- ber 21, 1722, Susannah Roberts born May 27, 1750, died July 20, 1843, having attained the great age of ninety-three years. She was the daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Goodwin) Roberts, whose ancestry does not seem to be discoverable at this time. They had the fol- lowing children : Job, Jeremiah, Molly, An- drew, Susanna, Joanna and Rachel. (VI) Jeremiah, second son of Ichabod and ^CU-t-^i^^ cT, Oy^^^Ho^^ -7\ STATE OF MAINE. 1635 Susannah (Roberts) Roberts, was born May 17, 1775, in Waterboro, died January 2, 1854, in that town, where he passed his life. He married, January 18, 1799, Elizabeth Lord, born Tune 25, 1780, in Kennebunkport, Maine, died May i, 1850, in Waterboro, daughter of John and Charity (Curtis) Lord, of Kenne- bunkport. Their children were: Eliza, Icha- bod, Phoebe, Mary, John, Charity and Jere- miah. (VII) Jeremiah (2), youngest child of Jeremiah (i) and Elizabeth (Lord) Roberts, was born April 22, 1817, in Waterboro, died May 8, 1890, in Buffalo, New York. He mar- ried, October 28, 1838, Alma Roberts, of Ly- man, Maine, daughter of James H. Roberts, who receives further mention in this article. Three of their children died in infancy. The survivors are : Franklin Kimball and James Arthur. The former resides at Buffalo, New York. Jeremiah Roberts and his wife lived for forty years on the farm where he was born, and he served the town as selectman in 1842-43 and 1861, and was town clerk in 1844. About 1882 they removed to Buffalo, New York, where they resided with their youngest son. The wife died there November 22, 1897, having survived her husband more than seven years. (VIII) James Arthur, second son of Jere- miah (2) and Alma (Roberts) Roberts, was born March 8, 1847, in Waterborough, York county, Maine, and spent his boyhood in that town where he attended the public schools, fitted for college at the Edward Little Insti- tute in Auburn, Maine, and entered Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1870. Three years later he received from his alma mater the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1897 was further honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Immediately after graduation he en- gaged in teaching and continued in this occu- pation for one year in the Academy at Cherry- field, Maine. For four years succeeding he was principal of one of the public schools of Buffalo, New York. In the meantime he pur- sued a course in the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1875, in Rochester, New York. He engaged in the practice of his profession from 1876 to 1893, at Buffalo, and during this time served two terms as assem- blyman from his district in that city, and was four years a member of the Buffalo park board. As was natural with a man of his tal- ents and energy, Mr. Roberts took an active part in political movements, acting with the Republican party. In 1893 he was elected comptroller of the state of New York and was re-elected in 1895, holding the office from 1899 to 1902. He engaged in business in Buffalo, being a director, president and treasurer of many different corporations, giving his entire time to their management. At the present time he is active in the management of an ex- tensive real estate business with headquarters on Broadway in New York City. During the years 1864-65 Mr. Roberts was a soldier of the civil war, serving, in the Seventh Maine Battery of Light Artillery. In the winter of these years his battery lay before Petersburg, and in the spring he saw very active service until the final surrender of the confederacy. He is president of the New York State Histor- ical Association, and is actively identified with the Alumni Association of Bowdoin College in New York. He is also a member of the Maine Society of New York and of the L^nion League Club of that city. He married, in Tune, 1871. Minnie Pineo, of Calais, Maine, and after her death, which took place October I, 1883. he married, December 11. 1884, Mar- tha Dresser, of Auburn. Maine, daughter of Richard and Mary A. Dresser, of that town. Two children were born of the first union : Joseph Banks and Amelia. The latter is now the wife of Frank St. John Sidway, of Buffalo, New York. The former is engaged in the practice of law in New York City and is also interested in real estate matters. He married Mary Ferris, of New York, and their children are:' Dorothy Douw, Morris Ferris and Mary Livingston Dresser. (V) James, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Rollins) Roberts, married Ehzabeth Roberts, whose parentage does not seem to have been discovered. (VI) Joseph, son of James and Elizabeth (Roberts) Roberts, married Mercy Hobbs. (VII) James H., son of Joseph and Mercy (Hobbs) Roberts, was born August 22, 1789, in Lyman, Maine, died November 3, 1858, in Lyman. He married, October 3, 181 5, Olive Banks, born July 30, 1793, in Buxton, Maine, died April 18, 1865, in Lyman, Maine, a daughter of Joseph and Olive (Cole) Banks. (VIII) Alma, daughter of James H. and Olive (Banks) Roberts, became the wife of Jeremiah (2) Roberts, who is mentioned above. (For preceding generations sea Thomas Roberts I.) (IV) Joseph (2), eldest child ROBERTS of Joseph (i) and Elizabeth Roberts, was born October 27, 1692, in Dover, New Hampshire, and resided 1636 STATE OF MAINE. in that town. His wife's baptismal name was the same as that of his mother, but the only record afforded by the archives of the state, gives this as her name in announcing the births of his children. These were: Ephraim, Joseph, Betty, Mary, Abigail and Lydia. (V) Joseph (3), second son of Joseph (2) and Elizabeth Roberts, was born February 7, 1729, in Dover, and passed his early life in that town. He is probably the Joseph Roberts, of Brentwood, who removed from that town to Windham, Maine, as related hereinafter. Jo- seph Roberts was of Brentwood, New Hamp- shire, in 1756, and subsequently removed to Windham, Maine, where his brother Jonathan was also an early settler. Joseph Roberts was residing in Windham at the breaking out of the revolutionary war, and when his son Jo- seph, who while a minor ran away from home to enter the army, he went to Cape Elizabeth for the purpose of bringing him home. His own patriotism got the better of him, however, and instead of asserting his parental authority, he, too, enlisted and both served at Bunker Hill. He owned and occupied a farm of one hundred acres located on Standish Neck, ac- cording to the Windham town records, and his death occurred in Buckfield at about the be- ginning of the last century. He married (probably in Brentwood) Hannah Young, and she died in Buckfield at the home of her daughter Elizabeth in 1815. They were the parents of seven children : i. Joseph. 2. Han- nah, married, in 1780, James Jordan, a son of James and Phebe (Philbrick) Jordan, of Standish. 3. Sarah, born in Windham, 1764, married Jotham Shaw, a native of Weymouth, Massachusetts. 4. Jonathan, married, in Windham, January, 1781, Prudence Wil'lard. 5. Elizabeth, born in Windham in 1769, be- came the wife of Thomas Irish of that town. 6. Mary, born in Windham in 1773, and be- came the wife of Richard Taylor. 7. John, born in Windham in 1777, and married Miriam Irish. All settled in Buckfield and reared families. Joseph, Jonathan and John afterward removed to Brooks, Maine, "and Hannah settled in Monroe, this state. (N. B. Mrs. Grant mentions a family tradition, as- serting that Joseph Roberts came from VVales to New Hampshire. This is probably errone- ous.) (VI) Joseph (4), eldest child of Joseph (3) and Hannah (Young) Roberts, was born in Brentwood, February 6, 1756, and accom- panied his parents to Windham in early boy- hood. As has already been stated he partici- pated in the struggle for national independ- ence, enlisting prior to his majority, and the Massachusetts revolutionary rolls contain the following record relative to his services : "i. Appears with rank of private on mus- ter roll of Captain Samuel Dunn's company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's Thirty-first Regi- ment of Foot, dated July 11, 1775. He en- listed May 15, 177s, from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, for one month and twenty-seven days. 2. Appears on return of Captain Dunn's com- pany (October returns) 1775. 3. Appears in an order for bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, dated Cambridge, November, 1775. For service in Captain Dunn's company. 4. Appears on muster roll of Captain Jonathan Sawyer's company, Colonel Phinney's regi- ment, dated at Garrison Fort George, Decem- ber 8, 1776. He enlisted January i, 1776. 5. Service at Dorchester Heights, August 31, 1776. Residence, Windham, Maine. 6. Travel from home, Windham to Bennington, January 6, 1777- 7- Travel from Fort Edward to Windham, January 15, 1777. 8. Appears on muster and pay roll of Captain Robert Per- kins' company of Light Horse, raised by re- solve of September 22, 1777, for guarding Burgoyne's troops to Prospect Hill. He en- listed September 27, discharged November 7, '^777- 9- Appears on muster and pay roll Samuel Waterhouse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards at Winter Hill. He enlisted April 3, 1778. 10. Appears on muster and pay roll of Captain John Dodge's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards. He enlisted July 19, 1778, discharged December 16, 1778. 11. Appears on muster and pay roll of Captain Nathan Merrill's com- pany, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's regiment. He was detached for Penobscot Expedition, and allowed pay for mileage. He enlisted July 8, 1779, discharged September 25, 1779. 12. Appears among a list of men moved from Cape Elizabeth since 1776, dated Cape Eliza- beth, January 17, 1782. A pension was granted of $8 a month, from April 9, 1818. This was dropped under Act of May i, 1820, but restored by Act of June 7, 1832, at $76.66 per year. It was allowed April 10, 1834. The second pension commenced from March 4, 1831." After residing in Standish for a time Jo- seph Roberts removed to Buckfield, and about the year 1799 became the first settler in Brooks, Waldo county, Maine, residing there for the remainder of his life, which termi- nated January 10, 1843. In addition to clear- ing two farms, in which he was aided by his sons, he built the first saw-mill in Brooks, also STATE OF MAINE. 1637 the first gristmill, and being a natural me- chanic engaged quite extensively in the manu- facture of wooden ware, chiefly household utensils. He was patriotic, industrious and frugal, morally sound and fervent in his re- ligious duties. November 28, 1777, he mar- ried (first) Esther Hamlin, born in Gorham, Maine, June 30, 1758, daughter of Joseph Hamlin. H. T. Andrews, in his "History of the Hamlin Family," states that the Hamlins are of remote German ancestry, and that the founder of the family in England was a fol- lower of William the Conqueror. The emi- grant ancestor of whom Esther was of the fifth generation in descent, was James Hamlin, who came over in 1639 and settled in Barn- stable, Massachusetts. He was also the an- cestor of the late Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, vice- president of the United States during the civil war, and several others of his posterity ac- quired national distinction. Israel Hamlin, son of James, resided in Barnstable, and the latter's son Jacob, who was born there in 1702, went to Gorham about 1743 and died there in 1774. In 1 73 1 he married his cousin. Con- tent Hamlin, who died about the year 1800, and their only surviving child, Joseph, born prior to 1740, died June 17, 1763, shortly after his return from the French war. April 15, 1755, he married Hannah Whitney, whose parents were of YoTk, Maine, and she died in 1797. Their children were: Jacob, Esther, Joseph and Sarah. Esther Hamlin, who be- came the first wife of Joseph Roberts, died in Buckfield in 1800. Joseph Roberts' second wife, whom he married in 1801, was Margaret Hall, who was born in Buckfield in 1777, daughter of Hatevil and Ruth (Winslow) Hall. She was a descendant in the sixth gen- eration of Deacon John Hall, who was born in England in 1617, and settled in Dover, New Hampshire, about the year 1650. Hatevil (3) Hall, a grandson of the emigrant, settled in Falmouth, Maine, in 1750, and the latter's son, also named Hatevil, who was born in Dover in 1736, married Ruth Winslow and went from Falmouth to Windham, thence to Buckfield and finally to Brooks. Hatevil Hall died in Brooks in 1804 and Ruth, his wife, died there in 1808. They were survived by thirteen children, the twelfth of whom was Margaret, who became the second wife of Joseph Roberts. Through her mother, Ruth (Winslow) Hall, she was of the fifth genera- tion in descent from Kenelm Winslow, a brother of Edward Winslow, who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620 and was twice chosen governor of the Plymouth colony (1633 and 1636). Kenelm Winslow, who was born in England in 1599 and emigrated to Plymouth in 1629, married the widow of John Adams in 1634 and settled in Marshfield, Massachu- setts. From Kenelm the line of descent is through Job (2) Winslow, and the latter's son James (3), who was born in 1687, settled in Falmouth, Maine, in 1728, and was the first Quaker in that town. Job (4) Winslow, son of James, was born in 1715, and accompanied his parents to Falmouth. Ifis daughter Ruth married Hatevil Hall, as previously stated. Joseph Roberts had twenty-four children and one hundred and fifty-seven grandchil- dren. The children of his union with Esther Hamlin, his first wife, were : i. Hannah, born February 20, 1778, married John Young in 1799, died in 1844; had thirteen children. 2. Tabitha, born January 11, 1780, married James Roberts, a distant relative, in 1799; died November 26, 1868; had four children. 3. Sarah, born May 6, 1782, died in November, 1859. She married Shadrach Hall, a younger brother of her father's second wife, and had ten children. 4. Isaac, born May 10. 1784, married (first) Abigail Merrill, 1810; (sec- ond) Sarah Cobb, 1836; died 1862, had nine children. 5. Jacob, who will be again re- ferred to. 6. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1786, married John Gates, 1804, died June, 1832; had nine children. 7. Gilman, born Oc- tober 28, 1788, married (first) Ann Leathers; (second) Susan Batchelder, 1830; died May 4, 1877; had twelve children. 8. Enoch, born March 27, 1791, married (first) Eleanor Leathers; (second) Eliza Aborn ; died July 25, 1858; had eleven children. 9. An infant, born 1793, died 1793. 10. Esther, born March 20, 1795, married Daniel Hamilton, 1813; died 1877; had thirteen children. 11. Lovina, born August, 1797, married Levi Bowen, 1818; died October, 1856; had twelve chil- dren. 12. Joseph, born November 2, 1799, married Lydia Knight, 1823 ; died October 26, 1885 ; had three children. The children of Jo- seph and Margaret (Hall) Roberts were: 13. Nathan, born February 5, 1802, died young. 14. Benjamin, born February, 1804, married Nancy Cilley, 1843; died November 23, 1864; had five children. 15. John, born January, 1806, married Harriet Jackson, 1834; died May, 1886; had eight children. 16. Alfred, born October 21, 1807, married (first) Caro- line Davis, 1831; (second) Sarah Roberts, i860; died October 15, 1868; had fourteen children. 17. Ruth, born 1809, died young. 18. Mary, born 181 1, died young. 19. Timo- thy, born July 31, 1812, married Nancy Gard- 1638 STATE OF MAINE. ner, 1835; died March 19, 1868; had four children. 20. Charles, born January, 1814, married Clarinda Havener; died January 6, 1840. 21. Nathan, born June 9, 1815, mar- ried (first) Elvira Irish; (second) Mary Langham ; died September 9, 1892 ; had five children. 22. Mary, born 1818, married Cal- vin Fogg; died December, 1893; had four children. 23. Winslow, born March 8, 1821, married (first) Amelia Putnam; (second) Cornelia Rand; (third) Maria Bangs; died June 17, 1879; had seven children. 24. Rufus, born April 14, 1823, married Adeline Files, 1844; died May, 1900; had si.x children. (VII) Dr. Jacob, one of the twins who were the eldest sons of Joseph and Esther (Ham- lin) Roberts, was born in Buckfield, May 10, 1784. Although having no educational ad- vantages prior to his fifteenth year, he subse- quently sought and obtained through his own efforts opportunities for study and profes- sional training, of which he availed himself to the fullest extent, ultimately becoming one of the most skillful physicians and surgeons east of Portland. He received his medical diploma at the age of twenty-five, having defrayed the expenses of his professional preparations by working upon his father's farm and by teach- ing district schools, and in 1810 he located in Brooks. His practice, which became very ex- tensive, necessarily covered a wide area, and for years he travelled on horseback, carrying his medicines and surgical instruments in sad- dlebags and exposing himself to the severity of the climate in the pursuit of his useful call- ing. Possessing a broad and liberal mind, and alwavs a student, instead of opposing the in- troduction of the Hahnemann system of medi- cine he studied it carefully, and having, through close observation, been fully con- vinced of its soundness and efficacy he eventu- ally adopted it, becoming the pioneer homoeo- pathic practitioner in his section of the state. He afterward succeeded in converting several other old school physicians to the Hahnemann theory. In addition to his practice he culti- vated a farm and speculated quite extensively in timber lands. His benevolence caused a considerable portion of his practice to be un- remunerative, indeed, it is said that his charity patients far outnumbered those who con- tributed to his financial support, but he never- theless accumulated a good fortune. The last years of his life were spent in North Vassal- boro, Maine, where he died March 15, 1856, and he was succeeded in practice by his son- in-law, Dr. Barrows, and later by his grand- son, Dr. Francis Alton Roberts. He early adopted the Quaker faith, also the broad- brimmed hat and plain garb of that sect. In politics he was originally a Whig, and later an Abolitionist. In 1810 Dr. Roberts married Huldah Moulton Myrick, of Hebron, Maine, born in North Yarmouth, this state, in 1793, daughter of Bezaleel and Huldah (Moulton) Myrick. She died April 6, 1845, and in March, 1852, he married (second) Abby Jen- kins, of Vassalboro, who died in August of the same year. His first wife bore him eleven children: i. Hamlin Myrick, who is referred hereinafter to. 2. Jacob Wellington, born No- vember 21, 1813, concluded his education at the Friends School in Providence, Rhode Is- land, and became a noted educator in Waldo and Knox counties; died December 18, 1849. Married (first) May 22, 1836, Phebe Susan, daughter of Isaac and Chloe Abbott, of Jack- son, Maine, who was born May 24, 1818, died in Brooks, December 26, 1844. Married (second) in June, 1849, Jane Lippencott, of South China, Maine. His children, all of first union, are : i. Edward Junius, who died in infancy ; ii. Edward Junius, a prominent dentist of Augusta ; iii. Freeman Myrick, a resident of Newport, Maine, and a veteran of the civil war; iv. Amorena, widow of Lemuel C. Grant. Mrs. Grant, who is residing in Boston, is the author of "The Roberts Fam- ily," from which much di the data for this article was obtained. 3. Amorena Deborah Theresa, born September 2, 181 5, married Dr. Ezra Manter; died June 20, 1852. 4. Barna- bas Myrick, born October 17, 1818, died in Stockton, Maine, December 20, 1896. Was a successful merchant and a member of the Maine senate during the civil war, and at one time collector of customs at Belfast. He mar- ried Emeline Rich, daughter of Joseph and a sister of Mary Ann Rich, who will be again referred to. 5. Charles Linneus, born April 14, 182 1, became a prominent resident of Yates City, Illinois, where he served as postmaster for twelve years, and died there May 20, 1896. In 1855 he married Caroline P. Metcalf, of North Vassalboro, and she died in 1877. 6. Forteus Bezaleel, born July 27, 1823, taught school in New York and later in Illinois, where he subsequently engaged in railway con- struction ; became a real estate owner and cap- italist in Chicago; died in Brooklyn, New York, March 4, 1888. June 17, 1848, he was married in New York to Mary Ann Preckett, of Lansingburg, New York, who was born in Feresham, Kent, England, April 22, 1833. 7. Emily Esther, born in 1825, died in 1834. 8. Phebe Young, born April 5, 1828, became the STATE OF MAINE. 1639 wife of William Payson Miller in 1847 ^"^ died in September, 1849. 9- Huldah Jane, born December 19, 1830, married, March 25, 1852, Dr. Joseph Henry Barrows, a skillful homoeopathic physician who was born in Ox- ford, Maine, April 26, 1828, and died June 20, 1870, in Gardiner, Maine. She is now resid- ing in Boston. 10. Ellen Celilia, born May 27, 1833, was married in December, 1852, to Dr. Ezra Manter ; was subsequently matron of the Home for Boys at Newton, Massachu- setts, and still later of the Girls' Industrial School at Hallowell, Maine ; died August 10, 1901, in Augusta. 11. William Pinkney, born January 25, 1836, graduated from the Hahne- mann Medical College, Chicago, and became a successful homoeopathic physician. His oppo- sition to Dr. Koch's theories regarding tuber- culosis has given him a national reputation and he is still engaged in philanthropic medi- cal work. He originated the American In- valid Aid Society organized in Boston. In 1859 he married (first) Susan A. Weeks, of Vassalboro, and on April 14, 1888, married (second) Cora B. Ferris, of Janesville, Wis- consin, where he now resides. (VIII) Hamlin Myrick, son of Dr. Jacob Roberts, was born in Buckfield in 181 1. After concluding his attendance at the common schools he turned his attention to agriculture, and became an industrious tiller of the soil, owning a good farm in South Jackson. He was a Quaker and therefore an Abolitionist, but steadfastly refused to accept nominations to town offices, which were frequently offered him by his fellow-townsmen. He finally sold his South Jackson property and returning to the homestead of his father in Brooks, he died there in June, 1856. He was a charter mem- ber of the Waldo County Agricultural So- ciety, and took an active interest in its annual fair and cattle show, which was held at Bel- fast, the county seat. In 1835 he married Mary Ann Rich, daughter of Joseph Rich. She survived him, marrying for her second hus- band, in 1859, Rev. Dexter Waterman, and she died in East Dixfield in 1877. Hamlin M. and Mary A. (Rich) Roberts were the parents of five children, all of whom were born in Jack- son. I. Allen Hamlin, born February 22, 1836, taught school in Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island; went to Elmwood, Illi- nois, in 1857, becoming local agent for the Peoria and Oquawka railroad, now a part of the Burlington system ; later became a live- stock dealer at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Chi- cago, and is now residing in the last-named city. In 1863 he married Kate Weatherhead, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and their only child, Katie, died in Chicago at the age of nine years. 2. Francis Alton, M. D., born Au- gust 9, 1838, graduated from the Hahnemann Homoeopathic College in Philadelphia, in 1861 ; practiced medicine in China, Maine, Taunton, Massachusetts, Gardiner, North Vas- salboro and Waterville, Maine ; died in the last-named place May 26, 1892. In December, 1861, he was married in China, Maine, to Alary F. Huzzy, and had one daughter, Emily, who died in 1873, at the age of three years. 3. Emily, born in 1840, died in 1848. 4. Nelson, born in 1842, died in 1848. 5. Cassius Clay, mentioned below. (IX) Cassius Clay, youngest child of Hamlin Myrick and Mary Ann (Rich) Rob- erts, was born March 5, 1845, '" Jackson, Maine, and passed his early life in that town. At the age of sixteen years, in August, 1861, he enlisted as a soldier in the Tenth Maine In- fantry, and served two years as a private, par- ticipating in the campaigns of General N. P. Banks in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, with General Pope and General McClellan at An- tietam. In 1863 he was commissioned as first lieutenant of United States troops and served six months in General Ulman's brigade in Louisiana, and the siege of Port Hudson. He then returned to Maine and enlisted as a pri- vate in the First Maine Heavy Artillery and was promoted successively to sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and captain, and served until the close of the war, being mus- tered out September 11, 1865. He was pres- ent at the surrender at Appomatto.x. His entire service covered a period of four years and one month. At the battle of Cedar Moun- tain, August 9, 1862, he received a wound in the leg, and was again shot (in the left side) at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, May 19, 1864. On account of these injuries and his faithful and brave service, he is now the recipient of a pension from a grateful na- tion. After peace returned. Captain Roberts entered Eastman's Business College at Pough- keepsie. New York, from which he was grad- uated and subsequently was for two years a student at Bethany College, West Virginia. Returning to Maine he engaged in shipbuild- ing at Stockton, in partnership with others under the firm name of Colcord, Berry & Company. This partnership continued two years. For several years thereafter he con- ducted a general store at Stockton, and was chairman of the board of selectmen of the town for three years, and in 1878 was elected to the state senate from Waldo county. For some 1640 STATE OF MAINE. time subsequent to this he was engaged in the commission business at Boston, Massachusetts, and was three years of that time, 1880-1883, poHtical reporter for the Boston Globe from state of Maine. In 1884 Captain Roberts re- moved to Chicago and for two years was en- gaged in the grocery business there. During a period of fourteen years he was publisher and editor of the Chicago Opinion, was two years city press reporter, and is at present and has been for six years superintendent of sev- eral branch postoffice stations in that city. He is an active member of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., of Chicago, and the Illinois Loyal Legion and of the Christian Science church in that city. He is affiliated with Riv- erside Lodge, No. 12, A. F. and A. M., and with Corinthian Chapter, R. A. M. of Belfast, Maine. He is also a member of the Royal League, a beneiicent fraternal organization, and of Central Gi^duate Association of Chi- cago National College, Theta Delta Chi As- sociation. Captain Roberts married (first) Paulina E. Colcord, daughter of Josiah and Jane (Berry) Colcord, of Stockton, and she was the mother of two daughters, Parepa Col- cord, born August 7, 1869, now the wife of William I. Bennett, of Chicago, and Paulina E., wife of James J. Lawler, of Chicago. Paulina E. Roberts died November 30, 1875, and Captain Roberts married (second) Mar- garet, daughter of James J. Bennett, of Clyde, Illinois. She died in July, 1900, and Mr. Rob- erts married (third) January 5, 1904, at Lou- isville, Kentucky, Katherine T. Harlan, of that place, and they are the parents of a son Cas- sius Harlan, born March 13, 1905. It is impossible to speak of ROBERTS Bar Harbor, and of its phe- nomenal rise from a small fishing village in the sixties to the queen of American summer resorts and not to mention the name of Tobias Roberts. Giles Roberts was about Scarboro, Maine, as far back as 1675. He made his will January 25, 1666, and left five children. He is the beginning of the strong and capable Roberts family in Maine, though the connection has never been worked out. (I) Tobias Roberts was born in Lyman, Maine, came to Bar Harbor in 1839, and was a school teacher, postmaster, a justice of the peace, town clerk and enrolled in the Maine state militia, surveyor of lumber and conducted a general store. He wrought at many things and won out in them all. He was the first to cater to summer travel, and built the first land- ing at the Harbor at which the steamer "Lew- iston" touched. His first guests were artists and explorers. In 1855 ^^ built the "Aga- mont," the first hotel opened for the reception of summer people, and was largely instru- mental in the erection of L'nion Chapel, Bar Harbor's initiative movement in ecclesiastical history. Mr. Roberts married ^lary Whit- tington, who was born in Cohasset, Massachu- setts. He died in 1879; she in 1887. Chil- dren : Tobias L., Irene O., married Fred J. Alley; Iqua S.. John L., and William Mar- tin, see forward. (II) William M., youngest son of Tobias and Mary ( Whittington) Roberts, was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, February 27, 1848, and sought his rudimentary learning in the public schools of his native village. Before he was out of his teens he embarked in the hotel busi- ness, following in the footsteps of his father, and built the "Newport House," to which he has made several annexes. He is a director and vice-president of the Bar Harbor Na- tional Bank, and is recognized as one of the most public-spirited men among the perma- nent residents of the famed resort. Mr. Rob- erts is a Democrat in political faith ; he is a member of the Bar Harbor board of trade. Mr. Roberts married Miriam H. Ash, a na- tive of Bar Harbor, Maine, and had one son, John W., born August 22, 1870, died in No- vember, 1904. He was educated at Water- ville and at a Portland business college and was of great help to his father and a likely and promising young man, whose early taking off is to be deplored. This name is of French extrac- PINEO tion and is among the many who joined the Puritans in New Eng- land because of the religious liberty here en- joyed. The number of people of this class is much greater than is generally supposed. One of the first of these was Philip de la Noye, who came over in 1621 in the ship "Fortune" and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The prosecution and execution of Protestants in France drove many people out of that un- happy country, about the close of the seven- teenth century. (I) The first record of this family now known gives an account of a young Hugue- not named Jacques Pineo, probably of a Wal- densian family and was naturalized in London in 1690. It appears from this record that he had moved from France to England about 1688. He had escaped from Lyons, France, when the King's troops were hanging many of STATE OF MAINE. 1641 his contemporaries. Leaving England, he ar- rived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and very shortly afterward settled in Lebanon, Con- necticut. He was there married, in 1706, to Dorothy Babcock, and undoubtedly passed the remainder of his life there, where nine chil- dren are recorded as follows: James (died young), James, Sarah, Submit, Elizabeth, Daniel, Joseph, Peter and Dorothy. (II) Peter, fifth son of Jacques and Doro- thy (Babcock) Pineo, was reared in Lebanon, and removed in 1763 to Cornwallis, Nova Sco- tia, where the English government was mak- ing liberal grants of land to settlers. He had previously lived for a time in New Hampshire, where two of the six sons who accompanied him to Nova Scotia were born. His wife, Elizabeth (Sampson) Pineo, was a great- granddaughter of Henry Sampson, one of the Pilgrims, who settled at Plymouth, Massachu- setts. They had seven children, the second and third being twins, namely : Peter, David, Jonathan, John, Betsy, Daniel and William. (III) Jonathan, third son of Peter and Elizabeth (Sampson) Pineo, twin of David, was born September 8, 1747, in the north parish of Lebanon, Connecticut, and died at Cooper, Maine, at the home of his son, Otis, June 10, 1 82 1. One authority says that he re- sided for a short time in New Haven, Con- necticut, whither he removed to Alachias, Maine ; another authority says that he went to Nova Scotia, with his father, and removed from there to Machias. At any rate he set- tled in the last-named place about 1770. In 1774 he was among the subscribers to a fund for the construction of the first meeting- house in Machias, and four years later was among the subscribers in support of the min- ister. Rev. James Lyon. A record made July 19, 1784, shows him to have been at that time chairman of the board of assessors. He was a prominent citizen in Machias, as were his sons after him. He joined the church there on profession of faith in April, 1796, at the age of forty-nine years. It is probable that this occurred about the time of the death of bis first wife, Esther (Libby) Pineo, daughter of Timothy and Sarah (Stone) Libby, of Machias, born in that place in May, 1750, and died there January 10, 1796. She was the mother of eight sons and three daugh- ters. In 1787 they resided in Cooper, Maine, where he was for some time confined to the house with a broken leg. During this en- forced idleness he made a powder-horn, upon which he carved moose, ducks, Indians with pipes in their mouths, a canoe, paddles, fish. birds and snakes, with his name and the date, April 24, 1787. This horn is still in the pos- session of the family, and highly prized as a relic of his time. His second wife, whose maiden name was Bridget Byron, was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland, daughter of an admiral in the English navy and lived in New York City at the close of the revolutionary war. Her first husband was a sea captain, named Doty, of St. Andrews, New Bruns- wick. One of his ships was captured by the French in the French and Indian war, and he died at sea while on a voyage. His wife safely navigated the vessel after his death to the United States. She was a woman of great intelligence, highly educated and possessing a remarkable memory. She had a wide knowl- edge of the world derived from her voyages with her first husband. She had a genial na- ture, her society was much sought after, and she was always a welcome visitor at the homes of rich and poor alike. Her daughter, Mary Ann, became the wife of Otis Pineo, son of her second husband, who was the first child born in St. Andrews, New Bruns- wick, in September, 1783. The British crown granted a large tract of land to her first male child, where the village of St. Andrews now stands. By his second marriage, Jona- than Pineo had five children. After his death his widow lived among them. She visited her granddaughters at Sag Harbor, New York, in 1844, and died at Cherryfield, Maine, at the age of ninety-nine years. Jonathan Pineo's children were : Jonathan, Otis, David, George, Elizabeth, Timothy, Esther, Peter, Daniel, Gamaliel, Mary, James Doty, John R., Ruby VV., Charles Byron and Rufus Patten. (IV) David, third son of Jonathan and Esther (Libby) Pineo, was born February 17, 1774, in Machias, Maine, and died January 24, 1863, in Calais, Maine. He was a farmer and lived between Machias and East Machias and subsequently resided for a time in St. Steph- ens, New Brunswick, where his wife died. He married, December 13, 1796, Pricilla Hill, of Machias, who was born there July 28, 1780, died September 13, 1850, in St. Steph- ens. Their children were : Eliza C, Mary Ann, Jane, David, Hannah Hill, Amelia, Stephen Hill and John Smith. (V) David (2), second son of David (i) and Pricilla (Hill) Pineo, was born Septem- ber 25, 1803, in Machias, died October 5, 1862. He was a lumberman, a manufacturer and trader in lumber, and lived in that part of Calais known as Milltown. He was mar- ried in St. Stephens by Rev. Dr. Thompson, 1642 STATE OF MAINE. to Mrs. Amelia Sedgley, daughter of John Hall, and widow of Stephen Sedgley. She was born March 9, 1807, at St. Stephens, and survived her husband nearly twenty-eight years, dying May 2, 1890, at Milltown. They had eight children : Julia Ann, Josiah Hill, George Washington, Eben Libby, Minnie, Amelia, David and Stephen Sedgley. (VI) Minnie, second daughter of David (2) and Amelia (Hall) (Sedgley) Pineo, was born November 27, 1843, in Calais, Maine, and died October i, 1883, in Bufifalo, New York. She was married to James Arthur Roberts. (See Roberts VIII.) Through Elizabeth Sampson, wife of Peter Pineo, this family takes in something of the Alden and Standish blood. (See Alden and Standish.) The name was originally spelled Samson, and it is found thus written in the early Colonial records. The Sampsons of New England are mostly if not all descend- ants of two English immigrants, Henry and Abraham, who were probably brothers, but this fact has never been fully verified. De- scendants of both participated in the various wars under the colonial and federal govern- ments, distinguishing themselves on land and sea, and the famous Deborah Sampson, who, disguised as a man, served in the revolution- ary war, was descended from Abraham. She drew a pension for this service, and after her death it was continued to her husband, to whom she was married after leaving the army. (I) Henry Sampson, the American pro- genitor of the Maine family, a brief outline of whose history is now in hand, was among the company of Pilgrims who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620, and was included in the family of his uncle, Edward Tilley. Being a minor he did not sign the famous compact, formulated November 11 of that year, while the vessel was at anchor in Princeton harbor, but he shared in the allotment of land at Plymouth in 1623, and in the division of cattle in 1627, and in 1637 was made a freeman of the colony. With Captain Myles Standish, John Alden, and others he settled in Dux- bury, and although his name appears among the original grantees of the town of Bridge- water, Massachusetts, in 1645, he did not go there to reside. In 1661 he served as con- stable at Duxbury and his death occurred there December 24, 1684. He was married, in 1635-36, to Ann Plummer, and those of his children who survived him were : Elizabeth, Hannah, a daughter who became the wife of John Hammond, John, Mary, wife of John Summers ; Dorcas, James, Stephen and Caleb. (II) Caleb, son of Henry and Ann (Plum- mer) Sampson, married Mercy (or Mary) Standish, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish. (III) David, son of Caleb and Mercy (Standish) Sampson, married Mary Chaffin and they were the parents of Elizabeth Samp- son, wife of Peter Pineo. The history of this FAIRBROTHER Maine family begins with the closing years of the eighteenth century, and probably does not antedate the period of the revolution ; and while that particular family here under con- sideration has not at any time been a prolific one, its several generations from the time of the ancestor have produced men of character, education and sterling worth. (I) Isaac Fairbrother, with whom our pres- ent narrative begins, was born in Wales, and according to genealogical calculation the date of his birth was about 1765-70. The year in which he came to this country is not definitely known, and little else concerning him, except that he is remembered as having been a man of superior educational attainments, himself a school teacher, as also was his wife in her earlier years. Her name before marriage was Margaret Wippond, and they married pre- vious to the time of their immigration to America. So near as can be determined, they settled at Getchel's Corners, in the town of Vassalboro, Maine, and at some time after- ward removed to China, Maine. (II) Joseph, son of Isaac and Margaret (Wippond) Fairbrother, was born in China, Maine, in 1802, and married Susanna Gifford, who was born in Fairfield, Maine, in 1805. (III) Isaac (2), son of Joseph and Susanna (Gifford) Fairbrother, was born in St. Al- bans, Maine, November 4, 1840, and acquired his early education in public schools in his native town and his secondary education at Oak Grove Seminary, at Hartford, Maine, where he fitted for college, but did not make the collegiate course. After leaving the semi- nary he turned his attention to pedagogical work and taught in academic and high schools at St. Albans, Cambridge, Ripley, China and other towns in Maine, and at St. Albans he was supervisor of town schools for a period of four years. In 1870 he went to Washing- ton, District of Columbia, and in 1876 was appointed principal of the Jefferson school, in which capacity he proved himself an en- tirely capable and acceptable teacher and executive officer, hence in October, 1884, he STATE OF MAINE. 1643 was advanced to the more responsible office of supervising principal, the duties of which gave him supervision of eight pubhc schools of the city and the direction of about ninety regular and a less number of special teachers. Since it was organized Mr. Fairbrother has been president of the Supervising Principals' Association of Washington. He holds mem- berships in the several subordinate Masonic bodies of the city, Federal Lodge, No. i, F. and A. M., Eureka Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., Washington Commandery, No. i, R. and S. M., and also has taken fifteen of the degrees of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. March 4, 1867, Isaac Fairbrother married Drucilla, daughter of William Oakes, of Orland, Han- cock countv, Maine. This Boyd family is from New BOYD Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, and was first represented by Rich- ard Boyd, of whom but little is known. The name indicates that he was of Scotch descent, and his family has preserved the virtues pe- culiar to the "land of the heather." (II) Dr. Robert, son of Richard Boyd, was born June i, 1837, in Richmond, New Bruns- wick, received a good education and taught school during his earlier years, in the vicinity of his birthplace, for twelve years. At the end of that period he entered Harvard College (medical department), from which he gradu- ated in 1868. He settled at Linneus, Maine, where he has enjoyed a lucrative practice for almost forty years. He married Eliza Jane Savage, born 1836, in Williamstown, New Brunswick. The children by this union were : Linette I., married Dr. W. N. Hand, of Woodstock, New Brunswick; Wendell C. and Byron. (HI) Byron, son of Robert and Eliza Jane (Savage) Boyd, was born August 31, 1864, at Victoria Corner, Carlton county. New Brunswick. He was educated in the common schools of Linneus and Houlton Academy, and graduated from Colby University in 1886. After his leaving college, he taught the high school of Bar Harbor, Maine, one year, and later became interested in the grain business with Ralph Hamer, in Bar Harbor. Subse- quently he was employed as a clerk for the Green Mountain Railroad Company at Bar Harbor, where he remained one and a half years. In 1889 he went to Augusta, Maine, and entered the office of the secretary of state, where he was a clerk for six years ; later was deputy secretary of state for two years. Hav- ing made an almost enviable public record as an officer and clerk in state affairs, he was elected secretary of the state of Maine, taking his office January, 1897, continuing in that im- portant position for ten years. Since 1906 he has been engaged in the lumber trade, under the firm name of Boyd & Harvey. Politically Mr. Boyd is a supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He is an ex-member of the Augusta city council ; and has been a member of the state Republican committee for the past eight years and served as the com- mittee's secretary. Like so many of the ad- vanced business men of his times, he is iden- tified with fraternities as follows: Bethlehem Lodge, A. F. and A. M.; Cushnoc Chapter, R. A. M.; Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar; is noble of Cora Temple of Mystic Shriners, Lewiston, Maine. He is also affili- ated with the Knights of Pythias /and Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Augusta. He is a charter member of Augusta Lodge, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks ; member of Modern Woodmen of America, Ancient Order of United Workmen and is connected with several clubs. He is a trustee of the Au- gusta Trust Company, and has been a mem- ber of the executive board since the organiza- tion of the company. He was married Janu- ary 9, 1895, to Lucy E. Burleigh, born Feb- ruary 9, 1874. Their children are: i. Doro- thy, born November 12, 1895, in Augusta. 2. Robert, June 25, 1902. 3. Mary, December 10, 1903. 4. Richard, December 12, 1904. 5. Burleigh, December 11, 1905. This name is derived from DEVEREUX the town of Evereux, Nor- mandy, and several came over with William the Conqueror, in 1066, from the town of Dives. The earldom of Es- sex was held by the Devereux family, and Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex, was a great favorite with Queen Elizabeth. There was a John Devereux came to Salem, Massachusetts, with Winthrop's fleet in 1620, a youth of sixteen. He was living in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1694. He had a son John. (I) Richard Devereux, either a direct emi- grant from England or a descendant of the Salem line, was taxed in Parsonsfield, Maine, in 1796. (II) Thomas, son of Richard Devereux, was born in Parsonsfield, Maine, August 4, 1790, married, July 31, 1818, Phoebe True- worthy, and departed this life February i, 1865. His wife died December 25, 1880. Their children were John, Jonathan, Mary, Thomas, Phoebe. i644 STATE OF MAINE. (III) John, son of Thomas and Phoebe (Tnieworthy) Dcvereux, was born in Parsons- field, Maine, February 6, 1820, and died at Kezar Falls, Maine, July 9, 1906. His educa- tion was obtained in the schools of Parsons- field, and he went when a young man to Ban- gor, Maine, entering the employment of John Goddard of that place, for whom he worked seven years, in the lumber business. He was the first man in the state to operate gang saws. He went to Boston and engaged in the teaming business, where he remained fif- teen years. In 1870 he returned to Kezar Falls, Maine, and built a grist mill, which he conducted successfully until his death. He owned the water power at Kezar Falls, and gave the site where the Kezar Falls woolen mill now stands. He was one of the first to start the mills, and invested money in the en- terprise. He also has large farming interests, and was active up to the last of his life. He was a Republican, and was honored by his party associates with the nomination of rep- resentative to the legislature. He was en- rolled as a member of Greenlief Lodge, A. F. A. M., of Cornish, for over fifty years. He gave liberally to the church. Eliza M. Patten, of China, Maine, became his wife. She was born October 22, 1830, and died February 23, 1899. They had one child, Frank Guy. (IV) Frank Guy, son of John and Eliza M. (Patten) Devereux, dates his career from Boston, Massachusetts, November 10, 1858. The Brimmer School in Boston and West- brook Seminary was the book route he fol- lowed. He entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia College, New York, graduating in 1880, though he had previously studied at Bowdoin College, and with Dr. M. E. Sweat. He had also been connected with Bellevue Hospital in New York. At Kezar Falls he located in the practice of his pro- fession, and has a very large and lucrative practice. He is a Republican, belongs to Greenlief Lodge, A. F. A. M., Cornish, Maine; Aurora Chapter, R. A. M. ; Bridgeton Commandery, Kora Temple, Lewiston ; Cos- tello Tribe of Red Men, Kezar Falls. He is a director in the Kezar Falls woolen mill. He was united in marriage to S. Evelyn, daugh- ter of William and Ruth (Taylor) Ridlon, of Porter, Maine. of age he established himself in business as a carpenter in Hallowell. He had a shop for manufacturing builders' finish and conducted this business all his active life. He was a Re- I^ublican in politics. He was a member of the Ancient Orcler of United Workmen. He mar- ried Harriet . Children : Bertha, Will- iam G., Fitz Morris, mentioned below ; George A. (11) Fitz Morris, son of William George Fish, was born April 17, 1873, in Hallowell, Maine. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Capen Business College. Lie entered the employ of C. .\. Cole, retail grocer in Hallowell, and continued for twelve years. He was appointed deputy sher- iff of Kennebec county in 1901 and city mar- shal of Hallowell. He has been postmaster of Hallowell since May ig, 1904. He is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Kennebec Lodge ; of Jerusalem Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Alpha Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of Trinity Commandery. He is past master of the lodge and has filled all the chairs in the chapter and of Kora Temple, Mystic Shrine, Lewiston, except that of high priest. He is also a member of the Augusta Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 964; of the Knights of Pythias of Hallowell and of the Ancient Order of United Work- men. WilHam George Fish, son of FISH Fish, was born 1836 and died 1887, in Hallowell, Maine. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of carpenter. When he came This name, which may be found ALLEN in the early annals of New Eng- land, was evidently brought from England, and its bearers are now scattered throughout the LInited States. (I) Jotham Allen was a pioneer in the town of Alfred, Maine, settling there at a very early period of its history and taking up his resi- dence in a rude log cabin. (II) John, son of Jotham Allen, born in Alfred, Maine, i8i7,-died in September, 1895. He was for many years engaged in farming and lumbering. He was a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, and an attendant at the Congregational church. He married Caro- line P. Hill, and among their children were : Fred John, see forward ; Lizzie M., married Tristrim Russell, a resident of Alfred ; Charles H., who resides in Gorham, Maine. (III) Fred Jolin, son of John and Caroline P. (Flill) Allen, was born in Alfred, York county, Maine, July 27, 1865. He attended the public schools of Alfred, the Alfred high school, was graduated from the Nichols Latin school of Lewiston, Maine, in 1886, and from Bowdoin College in 1890. He then engaged STATE OF MAINE. 1645 in teaching for some years, at the same time taking up the study of law. Under the pre- ceptorship of Samuel M. Crane, of Alfred, he made rapid progress, and was admitted to the bar of York county in May, 1893. He imme- diately engaged in the active practice of his profession and has been devoted to it since that time. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he has served it in various offices. He was superintendent of schools in 1897; elected representative to the legislature in 1900 and 1903; chairman of the judiciary committee in 1903-05; elected state senator 1905-07; president of the senate in 1907. He attends the Congregational church. He is a member of Friendship Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Alfred ; White Rose Royal Arch Chapter, of Sanford; St. Amord Commandcry, of Kennebunk; and Kora Temple, of Lewiston. He married, June 8, 1892, Ida S., daughter of Alonzo Leavitt, of Sanford, and they have children: Frederick A., born July 9, 1897; Lawrence C, August 5, 1899. The name "Bunker" came BUNKER from Bon Coeur, a good heart. They were originally Hugue- nots, and as such bore that name. They came over with William the Conqueror into Eng- land from Normandy. It is glory enough for one family to bear the name of the once owner of Bunker Hill. (I) George, of Ipswich and Topsfield, was the son of William Bunker, of England, and settled first in Ipswich, and subsequently in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He married Jane Godfrey. He was drowned ]\Iay 26, 1658. His wife died in 1662. They had Elizabeth, William, Mary, Ann and Martha. (II) William, eldest son and second child of George and Jane (Godfrey) Bunker, was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1648, re- moved to Nantucket, Massachusetts, with his mother in 1712. He married, April 11, 1669, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hop- cot) Macy. He was one of the first settlers on the island. Children : Daniel, George, John, Jonathan, Peleg, Jabez, Thomas, Ben- jamin, Ann, Abigail, Mary Ann and Jane. (HI) Jabez, sixth child and son of William and Mary (Macy) Bunker, was born Novem- ber 7, 1678. He married Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Coffin) Gardner. Children: Naomi, Samuel, Paul, Silas, Lydia, Abner, Benjamin, Hannah, Peter and Peleg. He died in 1712. (V) Peter, son of one of the above sons of Jabez and Hannah (Gardner) Bunker, served in the revolutionary war; was taken prisoner by the British and confined in English pris- ons. After his release he returned to his native state, and later removed to South West Harbor, Hancock county, Maine. He married and had a son, Dudley Peter. (VI) Dudley Peter, son of Peter Bunker, was born in South West Harbor, Maine. He married Arabella Grow, and moved to West Trenton, Maine, where his son John E. was born. (VII) John Edward, son of Dudley Peter and Arabella (Grow) Bunker, was born in 1820 in West Trenton, Maine. That burgh he called home all his life. He married Mary Ann Alley, of West Trenton. Children: David W., Arabella G., Margery H., Hannah Alice, Georgia A., Angle, John E. Jr. and Luther Grow. He was a farmer and lumber- man. The old homestead farm is still owned by the Bunker family. He was a Democrat, and that party elected him to the office of se- lectman and road commissioner for several years. He followed the tenets of Hosea Bal- lou, the apostle of Universalism. He died in West Trenton, Maine, April, 1906, Mrs. Bunker having died in 1883. (VIII) The Hon. Luther Grow, youngest child and son of John Edward and Mary A. (Alley) Bunker, was born March 19, 1868, in West Trenton, Maine. He attended Blue Hill Academy, and graduated with the de- gree of M. D. from the Bowdoin Medical School in 1892. Dr. Bunker immediately took up the practice of his profession at Sanford, Maine, thence at North Berwick, Maine, mov- ing to Waterville in 1895. He was city physi- cian of Waterville from 1898 to 1901, and was secretary of the board of health from 1896 to 1902, and chairman of the Republican city committee of Waterville, 1906-07-08. Dr. Bunker is a member of Maine Medical Society, American Medical Society, York County Med- ical Society, Kemiebec County Medical So- ciety, which he has served as president, Waterville Clinical Society, which he has also served as president. He was elected mayor of his adopted city in March, 1907 and 1908, as a Republican. Mayor Bunker is a member of Waterville Lodge, A. F. and A. M.; Teconnet Chapter, No. 50, Knights of Pythias, holding therein the office of surgeon of Third Regiment of the uniformed rank ; of Modern Woodmen, and a charter member of Waterville Lodge, No. 905, B. P. O. E., and is an Odd Fellow. Mayor Bunker married Emilv R., daughter of Aaron and Emily (Heath) Plaisted. 1646 STATE OF MAINE. The Halfords developed in HALFORD the EngHsh midlands, Worcestershire. It is a county noted for its salt works, its needle manufactories, its carpet industries, and glass making. It is not known to which trade the Halfords belonged only that they were ar- tisans. (I) John Halford lived and died in Worces- tershire. (II) "John (2) Halford married and was the father of a son John. (III) John (3), son of John (2) Halford, was born in the parish of Lynton Ross, Worcestershire, in 1819, and died October 6, 1899. He was educated in the common schools, and enlisted in the English army Au- gust 24, 1837, serving eighteen years and forty-one days. He was through the whole of the Skye war in India, was in four general actions, and was wounded twice. He was pro- moted to sergeant of his company, and won three good conduct badges for meritorious service. He was discharged on account of disability, and was eligible to the Chelsea Pen- sions, a special home for soldiers. After the war he opened a training school for young ladies, where physical training and military drills were taught. He spent his later years in retirement. In politics he was a Liberal, and was a member of the Episcopal church. He married Harriet Mitchell, of Oxford, England, born 1820, and died in Yorkshire in 1875. Their children were : Robert, Jane H. (deceased), and John, who is a foreman for an excavating contractor in Scotland. (IV) Robert, son of John (3) and Harriet (Mitchell) Halford, was born in the parish of Chances Pitch, Hereford Beacon, Hereford- shire, England, October 21, 1862. He was educated in the schools in the village of Shelf, Yorkshire, England. When eight years of age he was employed in a worsted factory, going to school half of each day. In 1879 he came to America and went into the Providence Worsted Mills, Rhode Island, as a journey- man. He also worked in the coal fields of Kansas for a time, and then returned to Eng- land, to a suburb of Bradford, and was em- ployed in the worsted mills there for four years. Returning to Providence, Rhode Is- land, he was there employed in the Providence worsted mills, went to Oswego Falls, New York, worsted niilb, as overseer, coming to Providence again for a short stay. We next find him in Lowell, Massachusetts, working for the United States Bunting Company,'as over- seer of spinning and twisting. He came to San- ford, Maine, from Lowell, and was the first person employed by the Goodall Worsted Company, remaining with them for seventeen years in the charge of the yarn finishing de- partment. In 1905 he moved to Limerick, Maine, as agent and superintendent in the Limerick mills, and is financially interested in the corporation. A Republican in politics, he takes a deep interest in political affairs. He is affiliated with Friendship Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 67, of Springvale, Sagamore Tribe of Red Men of Sanford, Thomas Goodall Lodge, No. 51, A. O. U. W., of Sanford, Freedom Lodge, F. A. and A. M. of Limerick. He was an active member of the Congregational church when in Sanford. He was married, in 1 88 1, to Sarah, daughter of Moses and Mary Hillowill, of Buttershaw, Yorkshire, England. Their children are: i. John H., born in Great Horton, a suburb of Bradford, England, September 25, 1885, attended Hebron Academy and Bowdoin College. He is now assistant superintendent under his father in Limerick mills. Pie is a member of the Zeta Psi, a college fraternity; of Lim- erick Grange; of Highland Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 48, of Limerick; of Fairview Rebekah Lodge, of Limerick ; of Freedom Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Limerick; of Aurora R. A. C, of Cornish ; of Maine Council, Saco ; of Portland Commandery ; of Kora Temple, Lew- iston ; of the Sokokis Chapter, Eastern Star ; of Sokokis Lodge, K. of P., of Limerick. 2. Minnie M., born July 22, 1887, in Great Hor- ton, a suburb of Bradford, England, married, July 3, 1907, Professor Burton W. Sander- son, of Waterford, Maine, now of Mendon, Massachusetts, where he is principal of the high school. The narrative here written OVEREND relates to a Maine family whose part in the history of this state is to be included among the events of the last score and a half years, yet is en- titled to a place in these annals by reason of the thrift, progressive spirit and known in- tegrity of its members. The family name Overend has been known in various parts of England for many years and for several gen- erations previous to the immigration of its first representative in New England it had produced men skillful in trades and mechani- cal arts, many of them having qualified them- selves for higher positions in the guild schools of the mother country. (I) Jonas Overend was a native of Brad- ford, England, a city famous for its manu- STATE OF MAINE. 1647 factures and the quality of the workmen em- ployed in its diversified mill products. He married his wife in the equally noted industrial city of Leeds, and they had children. (II) Benjamin, son of Jonas Overend, was born in Bradford in 1845, was educated there, served out his apprenticeship at his trade, and came over to this country in 187 1 to take the responsible position of overseer or superin- tendent in a woolen mill in iVIystic, Connecti- cut. At the end of one year he came to this state and was appointed to a position as clerk in the office of his father-in-law, William Tay- lor, who was proprietor of the mills at Harri- son. Not long afterward the mills were de- stroyed by fire, and Mr. Overend then went to Bridgton and had charge of the dressing department of a mill there for the next four years. At the end of that time he went to Lowell, Massachusetts, and became overseer of dressing in the Merrimac woolen mills in that city, remained there about four years and afterward did similar work in the Maynard mills in Maynard, Massachusetts, returning thence to Lowell and worked two years more in that city. In 1880 Mr. Overend returned to this state and lived about nine years in Bridgton, then removed to Lawrence, Massa- chusetts, and was dresser tender in the Wash- ington mills until his retirement from active pursuits. His life has been one of constant and useful employment, not perhaps without its vicissitudes and embarrassments, but taken as a whole it has been one of gratifying suc- cess. While living in Connecticut he became a member of the Masonic lodge in Broadbrook, • and so far as he has taken an interest in politi- cal affairs his preference has been for the Re- publican party. His wife, Sarah (Taylor) Overend, was born in England in 1855, a daughter of William Taylor, who was his em- ployer when he first came to Maine. Six children were born of this marriage : George William, Lizzie, Annie, Martha, Josephine, James, who died in infancy. (III) George William, eldest child- of Ben- jamin and Sarah (Taylor) Overend, was born in Mystic, Connecticut, February 23, 1872, and was educated in public schools in Lowell and Maynard in Massachusetts, and Bridgton, Maine. After leaving school he began work in the mills where his father was employed, starting when he was only fifteen years old, and in the course of a few years became him- self a practical workman, capable of doing any kind of work in his special line and competent to take charge and direct the work of other men. His first responsible position was that of assistant superintendent and designer in a mill at Goffs Falls, New Hampshire, and from there he went to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and was designer in a mill in that city. In 1897 he went to Vassalborough, Maine, to take charge of the " Vassalborough mills, worked there about three years and then be- came equal partner with Thomas Sampson, an Englishman by birth and a skillful woolen worker by trade, in starting a worsted goods mill in Waterville, Maine. This was in 1900, and he engaged in business in that city until 1904, then removed to Bridgton to take the su- perintendency of the Pondcherry and Forest mills, which position he still retains. In every capacity in which he has been employed Mr. Overend has proved himself a thoroughly competent workman and efficient superintend- ent, and as such he is well known among woolen mill proprietors in this state. He is well known, top, in social and fraternal cir- cles, being a member of Waterville Lodge, No. 25, F. and A. M., Taconic Chapter, R. A. M., St. Omar Commandery, K. T., Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Lewiston, Maine, and of Waterville Lodge, No. 915, B. P. O. E. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Overend married, March 14, 1894, Emma C, daughter of Theophilus Coupe, of Lawrence, Massachu- setts, by whom he has two children: i. Ber- nice, born February 29, 1896. 2. Doris, Octo- ber 18, 1901. The ancient Anglo-Saxon name TODD Todd denotes fox ; and may have been put upon some Briton in the early times of name taking on account of his sly and shrewd ways or he may have used the emblem of the fox as a sign over his place of business and been known as "of the Todd," that is, the man who does business under the sign of the Todd, and finally have taken Todd for his surname. Percy R. Todd was born in Toronto, On- tario, December 4, 1859, and received his edu- cation in the Collegiate Institute at Ottawa, Ontario. In 1872 he entered the railway ser- vice as a clerk and telegraph operator in the general office of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa railway, now a part of the Canadian Pacific railway, at Ottawa, and held those positions until 1875. Subsequently he was Canadian agent of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain road to 1882; from that date to 1885 general traveling agent of the National Despatch line at Chicago, Illinois; July to December, 1885, commercial agent of the New York, West Shore & Buffalo railroad, at Albany ; Decem- 1648 STATE OF MAINE. ber, 1885, to October, 1886, chief clerk of the general freight department of that road at New York City; October, 1886, to December, 1889, general freight and passenger agent of the Canada Atlantic road at Ottawa, Ontario ; December, 1889, to December, 1892, general freight agent of the West Shore road ; De- cember, 1892, to February i, 1901, traffic man- ager of the same road; February i, 1901, to November i, 1903, second vice-president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- road ; November i, 1903, to January i, 1907, first vice-president of the same road. About the latter date he was offered and accepted the office of vice-president of the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, which he accepted and has since filled. Mr. Todd is a genial gentleman of unimpeachable character as a citizen, and an energetic and successful railroad man and officer. He is a member of the Union League and the Transportation clubs of New York, and of the Tarratine and Golf clubs of Ban- gor. He married (first) Estelie Du Charme, who died in 1886. One child, Erminie, born in 1886. He married (second) in December, 1897, Frances, daughter of D. M. and Susan Fackler, of New York. One child, Stella, born in 1899. In the north of Ireland this an- BYRNES cient cognomen is one of the best known, and many of this prolific family of Byrnes are men of substance and excellent business ability. (I) Roger Byrnes was born in Western Kerry, Ireland. He was a farmer, and lived to the advanced age of eighty years. (II) Joseph R., son of Roger Byrnes, was born in Ireland, in 1834, and died there in January, 1898. He carried on contracting on an extensive scale, and built hundreds of houses for the non-resident landlords who borrowed money from the crown to erect dwellings for their tenantry on their estates. He married Ann O'Shea; children: i. Dan- iel, who cultivates the Irish homestead. 2. John, shoe merchant of Lewiston, Maine. 3. Patrick J., see forward. 4. Joseph, engaged on the police force in Somerville, Massachu- setts. 5. Michael, member of Royal Irish con- stabulary stationed at Cork, Ireland. 6. Tim- othy, member of Royal Irish constabulary stationed at Dublin, Ireland. 7. Mary (Mrs. O'Connor), lives in Ireland. 8. Bridget, lives in Lewiston, Maine, g. Ellen (Mrs. Harkins), lives in Lewiston, Maine. 10. Abigail, lives in Boston, Massachusetts, ii. Ann (Mrs. O'Sul- livan), lives in Ireland. (Ill) Patrick Joseph, son of Joseph R. Byrnes, was born in Ireland, June 18, 1870. He was educated in the common schools, and at the ]\Ionks' school, at the head of which was General Griffin. When about to come of age, in 1890, he came to the United States, first locating in Boston, Massachusetts. He subsequently went to Lewiston, Maine, and worked in the cotton mills for a time, after- ward taking up the insurance business in that city. In 1896 he settled in Bangor, Maine, where he has since resided. He conducts an extensive and prosperous general insurance business, representing various companies, be- sides acting in the capacity of manager for the New England Real Estate Company, a cor- poration which transacts a large business, having all New England for its field. He takes an active interest in community affairs, and takes a real enjoyment in an exciting political campaign. He is of affable and com- panionable disposition, and has drawn to him- self many friends, who thoroughly appreciate his admirable qualities of head and heart. He is an active member of the Knights of Colum- bus, of which body he is financial secretary. Mr. Byrnes married, in 1905, Julia, daughter of Robert and Julia Hickson ; children : Anna Beatrice and Eleanor. Sweet is descriptive of the dis- SWEET position of a person. There were a good many Sweets came over in the infancy of the old Bay Colony, and John Sweet was in Boston in 1645. I" ^'^^ Book of Possessions his name appears as an owner of land, and in 1648 he owned a wharf at which Governor Bellingham had the privilege of mooring. His wife's name was Temper- ance, and she joined the church in 1648. John Sweet, son of the above, was born in 1647, and had for wife Susannah. He left no male issue, but the original John undoubtedly had other sons, and from some of them our Sweet has come down. (I) Charles Sweet was born in Boston about 1800. He was a jeweler and optician in Ban- gor, Maine, coming there in 1852, and mar- ried Mary Ann Whitten, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. They had four children, of whom Charles F. is the only survivor. (II) Charles F., son of Charles and Mary Ann (Whitten) Sweet, was born in Bangor, January 30, 1855, and educated in the Bangor public schools. During early life he worked STATE OF MAINE. with his father as a jeweler, and also in Bos- ton in the same occupation. In 1874 he was employed in the office of the clerk of court of Penobscot county, and on the first of Septem- ber, 1882, was elected to that office, which he now holds. He is an Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Reason of St. Andrew's Lodee No 8^ Mount Moriah Royal Arch Chapter" No 6 Bangor Council, Royal and Select Masters' St John's Commandery, Knights Templar' and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ot Bangor, thirty-second degree, and the Mys- tic Shrine of Lewiston. In Odd Fellowship he is identified with Penobscot Lod<^e No 7 as trustee for twenty years, is also a member of Bangor Lodge, No. 244, B P O E He IS a Republican. Mr. Sweet is very popular among the members of the bar, and those who have to do with the courts. He is courteous accommodating, and perfectly familiar with the details of his office. He married Flora E Haynes, January i, 1879. r-ATiTT r ^^"^ ^^*^"' ^ member of a re- LAIELL spected family of Italy, who was born at Lucca, that coun- try m 1820, and died in 1893, was a brick and stone mason by occupation. He married Teresa Satolli; four children, of whom two are now living, Francois in Italy, and Charles K. . ir^^'! ,f' '°\°^ P^"' ^"d Teresa (Sa- tolli) Catell, was born in Lucca, Italy Octo- ber 14, 1852, and came to America 'in 1872 His opportunities for obtaining a good educa- tion were limited, and for two years he worked as a laborer on the Boston & Albany railroad He saw there was very little prospect of ad- vancement in this direction, and accordingly decided to adopt some other line of business in which he could be independent and ad- vance more rapidly. He went to New Hamp- shire, there purchased a horse and wagon and engaged in the peddling of fruit in Rochester Manchester and other places for about ei-h- een months; he then went to Maine, where he carried on the same business, and in 1870 in Bangor, opened a store where he sold fruits' and nuts. His industry and good manage- ment were not without results, as his business increased rapidly and he now employs five clerks. He has also taken an interest in real estate matters, having built seventeen houses owning eight at the present time, in addition to a large tenement flat, the first to be built in Bangor, and other real property Mr 1649 Catell IS a fine example of a self-made man in the true sense of the word, coming to this coumr)- vy.thout means, and owing everything to his individual efforts. He is I thirty-sec ond degree Mason and connected with The fol- bwing organizations: Rising Virtue £dg, Mr:-?'nu^^ ^""^ Accepted Masons; Moun Moriah Chapter, Royal Arch Masons BanZ Council, Royal and Select Masters; S John^s Commandery, No. 3, Scottish Rite bodies Perfection Lodge, Eastern Star; Pales ine Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Bangor Sap! er Rose Croix; Maine Consistory^ of Por^ land; Kora Temple, Nobles of tU My° c ^■o?akV7eS^"'^^'^^^"^^^^^^ Hn^f'nr'""'^; '^' '^^^' ^^"i^' daughter of Holt Davis, of Bangor; children: i Robert Charles, who was educated in the local schools of r.a„gor, and then took a course of sevSl 3 ears m a Boston conservatory of music La er he expressed a desire to study dentistry' and became a student at the University of Pennsylvania; after the completion of his studies at this institution he returned to his home, and died there shortly after, October ^AU^^h^^u''^- ^^"^ °^ twenty-four years. 2. Tud hth •' ^^""C^ ^,^1'^"^ ^''™"&'^ the common and high schools of Bangor, is now preparing for Harvard College at Dean Academy, Frank^ hn, Massachusetts. 3. Sadie, married H. Kenn^^on, of Portland. 4. Charles. 5. Doris SPELLMAN This family is variously called O'Spealin, Spellan, ,„ , c .„ Splaine, Spollen, Spellman and Spillman, and is descended from Mahon son of Kennedy, the brother of Brian Boroimhe, who is No. 105 on the "O'Brien Kings of Thomas" Stem. The O'Hanrahan family IS also descended from this Mahon or Mahoun. The tribe-name of the O'Spellan Sept was Hy-Leughaidh, a name subsequently given to the lands of which they were pos- sessed in the baroncy of Eliogarty, county of lipperary; and a name derived from Leug- haidh, a remote ancestor of the family O Heerin says: "The chief of Hy-Leughaidli of swords, IS O'Spellan of the bright spurs ■ Majestic is the march of the Warrior'' A branch of the house of Hy-Leughaidh in early times settled in the baroncy of Galmoy in the county of Kilkenny, and gave name to "Ballv- spellane, celebrated for its mineral waters Another branch settled in the baroncy of Bar- i65o STATE OF MAINE. rvmore, county of Cork, and gave name to 'STvspillane;- a parish in that barony. (I) Daniel Spellman, a native of LorK, ire- npterl in Baneor about i84»' ana uicu i catea 111 ij'>;'& ^^_ , ^, uiaA-fimithins: in 1888?' He learned blacksmithini SiSaiS ^'^'^wa^alt^^^^^d "fdiowcd thal^ oc P,ucklev, si>^ children. He marrieu 7;;^dr in Ban,or, Bridget Kelley, born in STwh^ i^ slill living at the age of seventy- w?;-ears Children- I. Daniel J who lives rpCdence, Rhode I«}and. .^ James F.. next mentioned. 3- Fannie J., of Bangor. (II) Tames Francis, second son of Daniel and Briiget (Kelley) SpeHman was bo- - Rancor November 12, 1862. He recened n s TdSon in the P-ochial and public schcg^^s of Bangor, and then started m ^^^ driving locrs on the Penobscot river. In 1880 he en e?ed "he employ of Matthew Savage con- ractor whose specialty was wharf building In 1800 Mr. Spellman started in business for hLse?f as a contractor, constructing house docks and so forth; and has done work in all nar s of the state. One of his largest con- fracts was the construction of the docks a Stockto", Waldo county, near the mouth of *^^ ^0? *e S toSr r^' a^d^Seaport ^aZad^ Th re he completed in 1907 for tl^ railroad company the largest docks men- tioned. . , There are four of them having the foUowiig dimensions: One forty feet by w nTy-one hundred feet; one t^^■o hundred by one thousand feet; one one h"nd':ed and fi y bv eieht hundred feet; and one eighty by six hiiSS feet. He also erected -nous budd- ings for the company a^d^has ^-•".e o^^^^^^^ two sons have been his partners and the fi. name is James F. Spellman & Sons. Mn SpeU , ;c c crpnial whole-souled man wno nas 'ris n from Ae rU 1905. No children. W 88 ^oV^ •3^ '^^^'^ ^^ ' v^-^°' V*^\/ \'^'%-' \''^^\/ %*^^ o, ♦.t:t»\a 'o.. ♦;t:t.' A •. ""-^^0^ », < o "^-.. :. "-^^0^ /. ^^-^.^^ .. BOOK3INDINC ■ - ^K^ " ''^p'b^ n'^ ,0"., -^r t^* A -A* ."•. '*.