Dedication
In recent years I have been very fortunate to do a great deal of traveling: Italy, Scandinavia, the Danube River, the Columbia, Mississippi and Hudson Rivers, and The New England Islands. This year will include Aruba, Ireland and the Great Lakes. This book is dedicated to my traveling companions in no special order: my brother Albert Boyle, his partner, Marilyn Shanahan, my “Caregiver,” Su Lachance, Tom and Kyle Osborne, Judy Ward, Sharon McDonald, Jim Parks and Ken Taylor. Thank you all for traveling with me and providing fellowship, needed attention and that joie de vivre that makes going on a trip a wonderful experience.
Other books by Frederick R. Boyle
Early Families of Sanford-Springvale (1988)
Genealogy of the Folsom Family, Vol. IV (1989)
Later Families of Sanford-Springvale, Maine (1995)
Hatevil Nutter of Dover, NH and His Descendant (1997)
Famiies of Shapleigh and Acton, Maine (2002)
Early Families of Alfred, Maine (2006)
Hatevil Nutter of Dover, NH and His Descendants, Part II (2011)
Early Families of Waterborough, Maine (2012)
Early Families of Lyman, Maine (2017)
Early Families of Buxton, Maine (2022)
Early Families of Hollis and Dayton, Maine (2023)
Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine (2024)
CONTENTS
Dedication
Preface
Key
Illustrations
Family Genealogies
Bibliography 235
Index 239
Preface
Parsonsfield as a unique town in York County borders Oxford County on the north, was the last of the towns in York County to be established, and was settled predominantly by New Hampshire natives. It is also unique in that it has two historical societies, Ancient Landmarks of Parsonsfield and the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Societies.
Thomas Parsons, for whom the town was named, a resident of Effingham, NH, saw the value in the unclaimed land to his east. He and others began to purchase lots in the 1770s in “Parsonstown” leading to the final organization of the town in 1785 and the construction of the first church in 1790. By 1790 the federal census showed 142 families living there.
Even though I found the existing genealogies in History of Parsonsfield indispensable, I also found the family records in Vital Records of Parsonsfield, Maine equally important. The latter contain many town family records that do not appear in the History. Using a combination of the two books has produced a more complete picture of the multitude of families that settled the town. Another advantage of writing Parsonsfield genealogy was finding a number of earlier genealogies of near-by towns that connected their families to Parsonsfield families. In particular, Robert L. Taylor produced the History of Limington, Maine in 1975, Early Families of Limerick, Maine in 1984 and Early Families of Cornish, Maine in 1994. I met Bob on a few occasions as he was pursuing records on his own family lines. Unfortunately, Bob died too young and was not able to do further work. However, his work on Limington and Limerick provide this book with great authority. I could say the same for Ruth Bridge Ayers’ Early Families of Newfield, Maine (1995.), which also does provide a number of Parsonsfield genealogies.
An important quality which I found in Parsonsfield was the many professionals that it produced in the fields of medicine and law. Moses Sweat, in particular, was an important physician of note, who trained countless young Parsonsfield men as doctors. It is also noteworthy the number of young Parsonsfield men who attended Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges.
I wish to thank members of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society for collaborating with me, especially for the illustrations of this book. Lynda Sudlow took a number of the key photographs and Janice Iler sent images from Parsonsfield, A Town of Many Villages. Also again I thank my indexer, Marie Plouffe, and finally, my publisher (since 1988) Peter E. Randall Publisher, now headed by Deidre Randall.
Frederick R. Boyle
March 2025
KEY
bap. Baptized
Ca Circa/about [used when a definite date cannot be determined]
DVR Birth record found on a death record.
FB Family Bible
GS Gravestone inscriptions [In some cases dates of birth are given on a gravestone. In other cases, a date has been mathematically determined from a deceased’s age at death. The place of burial should not be considered as necessarily the same place as burial.]
Int. Intention of marriage
MM Maine Marriages, 1770–1907, from LDS records
MR Marriage Record
NEHG New England Historical and Genealogical
Obit. Obituary notice
PVR Parsonsfield Vital Records
SAR Sons of American Revolution applications.
SS Social Security record
TR Town Record
USC United States federal census
VR Vital Records Birth, marriage and death records
YMR York Maine Marriage records (see bibliography)
ALLEN
1 SAMUEL5 (Samuel4-3, Jude2, Charles1), b. Wakefield, NH 1772, son of Samuel and Content Elizabeth (Stockbridge) Allen, d. Parsonsfield 2 Sept 1842; m. NH 26 Aug 1793 (VR) MEHITABLE YORK, b. Wakefield, NH ca 1773, daughter of John and Eleanor (Durgin) York, d. Parsonsfield 4 July 1863. His will, signed 1 Sept 1842, named his wife Mehitable, and children [listed below].1
Children of Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
2 i JOHN6, b. Wakefield, NH 12 June 1794
ii ELIJAH, b. 10 Feb 1796, d. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1885.
iii HENRY, b. 15 Dec 1797, d. Parsonsfield 7 July 1887; m. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1824 (VR) SALLY WEDGEWOOD, b. 1794, daughter of Noah Wedgewood, d. Parsonsfield 30 July 1866. He received the family farm in his father’s will.
iv NANCY, b. 26 Feb 1800, d. Parsonsfield 19 Apr 1858; m. Parsonsfield 11 June 1816 (VR) JONATHON PHILBRICK, b. ca 1794, possible son of Jonathon and — (Ayer) Philbrick, d. Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1831.
v SAMUEL, JR., b. 28 June 1803, d. Freedom, NH 1891, buried Effingham, NH.
3 vi ENOCH, b. 7 Nov 1805
vii SALLEY/SARAH G., b. 18 Mar 1808, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1861; m. Parsonsfield 27 May 1846 (VR) MARQUIS DeLAFAYETTE EMERY, b. Buxton 9 Aug 1812, son of William and Jane (Brown) Emery, d. Parsonsfield 30 Oct 1873 (GS).2
viii AMASA, b. 27 June 1810, d. Bangor, ME 24 May 1884 (GS); m. “of Lee” Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1844 (VR) SOPHIA PEASE, b. Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1816 (VR), daughter of Nathaniel and Olive (Towne) Pease, d. Bangor 12 Oct 1866 (GS). He lived in Lee, NH, at the time of his father’s death.
ix IRA, b. 26 Aug 1812, d. Bangor 29 Nov 1907 (GS); m. (1) ALMIRA SWEET, d. Bangor 24 June 1865 (GS); (2) Bangor 4 May 1867 (VR) MARTHA CARDWELL, b. CT 1816, d. Bangor 12 May 1873 (GS). He lived in Lee, NH, at the time of his father’s death.
2 JOHN6, b. Wakefield, NH 12 June 1794 (PVR), son Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen, d. Parsonsfield 8 June 1879; m. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1819 (VR) JOANNA YOUNG, b. 4 Jan 1791 (GS), probable daughter of John and Betsey ( ) Young, d. Parsonsfield 27 July 1863 (GS). There are no federal census records for this family. Children of John and Joanna (Young) Allen, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i MARY ANN7, b. 10 Nov 1819, no further record.
1 York Co, Probate 301,
2 Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 121. Sally is not shown as one of Marquis’s three wives.
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ii SAMUEL, b. 4 Mar 1821, d. Effingham, NH 1 Nov 1895 (VR); m. (1) NH 28 Jan 1844 (VR) MERCY YOUNG, b. Freedom, NH ca 1821, lived in Effingham, 1870, aged 49 (USC); m (2) NH 14 Mar 1875 (VR) ELIZABETH W. HUNTRESS, b. Effingham 31 Oct 1830, daughter of Robert H. Huntress3 m. (3) Effingham 3 May 1891 (VR) ROSE M. (PERKINS) DANFORTH, b. Freedom, NH ca 1845, daughter of James Perkins.
iii WILLIAM, b. 13 May 1824, no further record.
iv A[L]MIRA, b. 27 Nov 1832, no further record.
3 ENOCH6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 7 Nov 1805 (VR), son Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen,, d. Chelsea, MA 6 Apr 1884 (VR); m. Sandwich, NH 22 May 1837 (VR) MARY ANN WEDGWOOD, probably b. Parsonsfield Apr 1811 (VR), daughter of Noah and Polly (Littlefield) Wedgwood, d. Conway, NH 9 Feb 1845 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 31 Oct 1849 (VR) PHEBE BRACKETT of Cornish, b. May 1813, d. Parsonsfield 2 Dec 1902 (GS).
Children of Enoch and Mary Ann (Wedgwood) Allen, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SARAH ELIZABETH7, b. 19 Apr 1838 (from age at death), d. Somerville, MA 9 Jan 1890; m. “of Cornish” (cert.) Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1859 (VR) ROBERT MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 13 May 1836, son of Henry and Aurelia (Page) Merrill, d. Cornish 22 Mar 1908 (GS).
ii ALICE JANE, b. 28 Apr 1842 (DVR), d. Conway, NH 29 Aug 1911 (VR); m. JOHN A. GARLAND, b. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1847, son of James and Mary (Martin) Garlnd, d. Conway 4 Nov 1910 (VR).
Children of Enoch and Phebe (Brackett) Allen b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iii IOLA R. b. 1 Aug 1850 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1871 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 25 June 1870 (Dr.) JOHN LANG BENNETT, b. Parsonsfield Mar 1850, son of Charles and Mary D. ( ) Bennett, d. Quincy, MA 13 Sept 1886 (VR).
iv ELLA EUNICE, b. 17 June 1853, d. Taunton, MA 24 Aug 1906 (VR); m. May 1874 (Dr.) JOHN LANG BENNETT, b. Parsonsfield Mar 1850, son of Charles and Mary D. ( ) Bennett, d. Quincy, MA 13 Sept 1886 (VR).
v EMMA R. , b. 1857, d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1872.
3 North America, Family Histories, p. 125.
JOHN and NATHANIEL AMES
1 JOHN7 (Nathaniel5, Daniel5-4, Robert3-2, Thomas1), b. Newmarket, NH 1746, son of Nathaniel4 and Anna (Marston) Ames, d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1824; m. 1770 ELIZABETH NEAL, b. Gilmanton, NH 1750, daughter of Ebenezer Neal, d. Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1827. He came to town in 1786.5
Children of John and Elizabeth (Neal) Ames, b. Newmarket, NH:6 i JOHN8, b. 1773, d. Tamworth, NH 14 Mar 1860; m. SARAH GLIDDEN, d. Tamworth 13 Dec 1869.
ii SAMUEL S., b. 1 Oct 1775, d. Wakefield, NH 3 May 1861; m. SUSAN GLIDDEN, b. Durham, NH 24 Mar 1772, d. Wakefield, 25 Nov 1772.
iii BETSEY, b. 20 July 1777, d. Parsonsfield 25 May 1857 (GS).
3 iv MARSTON, b. 1779
v CATHERINE, b. 1782, d. Acton, ME 1 May 1863; m. Parsonsfield 29 Jan 1812 (VR) SAMUEL BURLEIGH, b. Wakefield, NH 9 May 1787, son of Jonathon and Sarah (Haley) Burleigh, d. Acton 18 Dec 1864.
vi DANIEL, b. 1786, d. Parsonsfield 10 Aug 1867.
2 NATHANIEL, JR.7 (Nathaniel5, Daniel5-4, Robert3-2, Thomas1), b. Newmarket NH 1748, son of Nathaniel and Anna (Marston) Ames; m. —. He was first in Parsonsfield by 5 Dec 1787 when land was drawn for him.7 He acquired land in Parsonsfield, 20 Feb 1804, from Jephtah and Betty Bean of Cornville, Kennebec Co., ME “in good and perfect estate of inheritance.”8 And, later, 29 Dec 1806, as “Nathaniel Ames, Jr.” acquired additional land Parsonsfield from his father, Nathaniel Ames of Parsonsfield.9 Children of Nathaniel Ames, b. Parsonsfield, ME:10
i ABIGAIL L. 8 , b. 21 Apr 1780, d. Effingham, NH 17 Dec 1837; m. Effingham JOSEPH LIBBY GLIDDEN, b. New Durham, NH 29 Mr 1778, son of Nicholas and Mary (Libby) Glidden, d. Effingham 10 Apr 1847.
4 ii PHINEAS S., b. ca 1792 ii LYDIA, b. 1795, d. Parsonsfield 1833; m. Parsonsfield 12 July 1815 (VR) WILLIAM BURLEY, b. Wakefield, NH 8 Aug 1793, son of Jonathon and Sarah (Haley) Burleigh, d. Exeter, NH 29 July 1872.
4 Deeds indicate that Nathaniel Ames, father to John and Nathaniel Ames, Jr., was in Parsonsfield by 1777 and died there, after 1806. He was in Parsons Town by 12 Feb 1777, when he of Newmarket, NH purchased land there from Thomas Parsons of “Levetts Town” NH.
5 History of Parsonsfield, p. 365.
6 Ibid.
7 York Co. deeds, 51:30. However, it should assumed that he was there earlier, say 1777, when his father first acquired land in “Parsons Town.”
8 York Co. deeds, 78:217.
9 York Co. deeds, 78:218.
10 History of Parsonsfield, p. 365. The volume makes the unsubstantiated claim that Nathaniel’s unidentified daughter m. Moulton Smart.
3 MARSTON8, b. Newmarket, NH 1779, son of John and Elizabeth (Neal) Ames, d. Parsonsfield 14 Sept 1851; m. (1) Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1807 (VR) HANNAH CROCKETT of Ossipee, NH; m. (2) 1809 MARY MANNING, b. Ossipee, NH 1798, d. Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1836;11 m. (3) (cert.) Parsonsfield 3 May 1837 (VR) MARY TUCKER of Ossipee b. ca 1798, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 52 (USC).
Children of Marston and Mary (Manning) Ames, b. Parsonsfield, ME:12
i HANNAH9, b. 30 May 1810, d. Dover, NH 13 Mar 1887; m. 3 Feb 1835 (YMR) TITCOMB WENTWORTH, b. Newfield 13 Apr 1812, son of Ephraim and Ann (Titcomb) Wentworth, d. Newfield 1880–87.13
ii ELIZABETH, b. 22 Feb 1812, d. Parsonsfield 7 Jan 1836.
iii LYDIA, b. 15 Sept 1815, d. Rutland, Putnam Co., IN 18 Nov 1897 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; 12 July 1894, according to her will;14 m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1845 (VR) JOHN SUTTON, b. ca 1788, lived in Parsonsfield 1870, aged 82 (USC).
iv JOHN MANNING, b. 10 Apr 1816, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1885 (GS).
v MARSTON, b. 19 Feb 1818, d. Groveland, IL 21 Feb 1902, buried Parsonsfield.
vi MARIA, b. 30 Mar 1820, d. 2 Oct 1884 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 7 Nov 1846 (VR) JOHN TOWNE, b. [probably Kennebunk] 24 Nov 1817, son of John and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Towne, d. Groveland, IL 31 May 1905.15
vii DANIEL JACKSON, b. 1 June 1822, d. Marshall Co., IL 17 Dec 1877 (VR); m. (1) Ossipee, NH 10 July 1877 (VR) ABBY A. (SCATES) WRIGHT, b. Ossipee ca 1842, daughter of John and Betsey ( ) Scates, lived in Rutland, IL, 1880, aged 38 (USC); m. (2) MARY ELIZABETH JONES, b. 3 Feb 1842 (GS), daughter of Lorenzo and Thankful Jane (Kerkaldie) Jones, d. Calhoun, IA 28 June 1913 (GS).
viii ZIMRI FISHER, b. 10 July 1824, d. Marshall Co., IL 16 Nov 1909 (GS); m. JULIA A. FOGG, n. Effingham, NH 8 July 1833 (GS), daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Moulton) Fogg, d. Marshall Co. 11 Dec 1894 (GS).
ix MARTHA, b. 13 Feb 1829, d. 22 July 1858 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Parsonsfield 20 May 1856 (VR) GEORGE BUFFUM, b. No. Berwick 1822 (GS), d. No. Berwick 9 May 1871 (GS).
4 PHINEAS S.8, b. Parsonsfield, ME ca 1792, son of Nathaniel Ames, Jr., lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 58 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1816 (VR) HARRIET SMART, b. ca 1792, daughter of Moulton Smart, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 66 (USC).
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 716.
14 Illinois Wills and Probate. The will, signed 12 July 1894, made bequests to her sister Maria Towne and niece Anna L. Towne. Her brother Marston Ames was named executor of the will.
15 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 699.
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Known children of Phineas S. and Harriet (Smart) Ames, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ERASTUS9, b. ca 1821, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 29 (USC).
ii ELIZABETH; m. JOHN DOE, b. Durham, NH 8 Sept 1749, son of Nicholas and Abigail (Bartlett) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 21 Feb 1819; m. Durham 27 Dec 1773 ELIZABETH, Newmarket, NH 27 Nov 1750, d. Parsonsfield 27 July 1810.
iii JOHN M., b. ca 1834, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 26 (USC); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 Aug 1856 (VR) ABBY E. RICKER, b. Dexter, ME 7 Dec 1840, daughter of John H. and Eloisa A. (Morrill) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1878.
iv NATHANIEL B., b. ca 1834, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 16 (USC).
BAILEY
JOHN, b. Colebrook, NH 11 Mar 1797 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1870 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 1 May 1823 (VR) NANCY DOE, b. 25 Nov 1797 (PVR), daughter of Eliphalet and Betsey (Clark) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 20 Feb 1835; m. (2) Parsonsfield 14 June 1835 (VR) SALOME DOE, b. 9 Feb 1806, daughter of Eliphalet and Betsey (Clark) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1883 (GS).
Children of John and Nancy (Doe) Bailey, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i JANE Y., b. 10 Dec 1823, d. Parsonsfield 6 Oct 1912; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1842 (VR) JOSEPH HENRY WEDGWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 22 Apr 1818 (GS), son of John and Mary (Towle) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1889 (GS).
ii MERIBAH D., b. 28 Aug 1825, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 25 (USC).
iii NANCY D., b. 25 June 1827, d. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1865 (GS).
iv JOHN, JR., b. 21 June 1830, d. Topsfield, MA 28 Jan 1902 (GS); m. (1) Salisbury, MA 2 June 1863 (VR) MARY AUGUSTA MOORE, b. Parsonsfield 1837, daughter of Ira and Martha (Doe) Moore, d. Topsfield 19 Apr1 1864 (GS); m. (2) Topsfield 17 June 1866 (VR) SARAH JANE GOULD, b. Topsfield 28 Feb 1841 (GS), daughter of Charles S. and Elizabeth (Averell) Gould, d. No. Hampton, NH 13 Apr 1943 (GS).
v EDWIN, b. 1732, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1834 (GS).
vi CAROLINE, b. 1834, d. Oshkosh, WI 18 May 1875(GS); m. Charleston, WI 18 Apr 1858 MOSES HOOPER, b. Lyman, ME 21 Jan 1835 son of Moses and Mary (Foss) Hooper, d. Oshkosh 12 Nov 1932 (GS).
Children of John and Salome (Doe) Bailey, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
vii EDWIN, b. 5 May 1836, d. Haverhill, MA 13 Dec 1918; m. Haverhill 17 Dec 1874 (VR) MARY ELLEN BLACK, b. Danvers 28 Sept 1839
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
(GS), daughter of William and Mary (Pinder) Black, d. 26 Oct 1919 (GS), buried Danvers. He was a veteran of the Civil War
viii FRANKLIN H., b. 7 July 1838, d. Cambridge, MA 18 Dec 1879 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. —. He served in the Civil War from Cambridge.
ix LUCY C., b. 1 Aug 1840, d. Los Angeles, CA 27 Dec 1930 (VR); m. Newton, MA 25 Dec 1867 VR) CHARLES DAY OTIS, b. Chicago, IL ca 1838, son of Seth T. and Frances Louisa (Kellogg) Otis, d. Chicago 12 May 1898 (VR).
x HENRY, b. 18 Oct 1842, d. Oshkosh, WI 1893 (GS); m. Oshkosh 19 Oct 1870 (VR) SARAH TRACY EASTMAN, b. Randolph, VT 23 July 1843 (GS), daughter of Edward and Catherine Peckham (Granger) Eastman, d. Winnebago Co., WI 30 Nov 1823 (GS). He was a Capt. of Co. C, 53rd WI Infantry in the Civil War.
xi HELEN/ELLEN, b. Sept 1844, d. 1848.
xii MERRILL, b. Nov 1846, d. young.
BANKS
1 JACOB5 (Moses4-3, John2, Richard1) b. Scarborough 27 Feb 1775 (GS), son of of Moses and Phebe (Curtis) Banks, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1861 (GS); m. (1) 5 Oct 1805 RELIANCE EDGECOMB, b. 1782 (GS), d. 10 Sept 1832;16 m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 16 Apr 1835 (VR) HANNAH MULLOY of Limerick
Children of Jacob and Reliance (Edgecomb) Banks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i MARY6 , b. 9 July 1806; d. Parsonsfield 1 Sept 1894 (G9). m. 14 Mar 1830 THOMAS CHURCHILL , b. Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1798 sm of Ichahsd and Elizabeth (Doe) Churchill, d. Parsonsfield 16 oct 1878.
ii OTIS, b. 14 Mar 1808; m. 23 Nov 1832 —
iii PHEBE C., b. 25 Sept 1811, d. 30 Jan 1874.
iv SALLY E., b. 30 June 1814; m. 10 Dec 1835 DAVID PILLSBURY, JR. 2 v ISRAEL, b. 22 Mar 1816
vi ELIZA W. b. 3 July 1820; m. 17 July 1842 CHASE MOULTON of Gilmanton, NH
vii LYDIA E., b. 10 Nov 1823; d. Saco 26 Oct 1856, m. 6 June 1844 ELISHA WADLEIGH. D. Parsonsfield 26 oct 1856 d. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1819, son of John and Sally (Wedjerood) Wadleigh, d. Lyman 21 Apr 1868.
2 ISRAEL6, b. 22 Mar 1816; m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1839 (VR) MARTHA A. PILLSBURY, b. 1818 (GS), d. 18 Dec 1843; m. (2) 26 June 1849 ELVIRA MOULTON of Sandwich, NH , b. 1829 (GS), d. 1912 (GS).
Child of Israel and Martha A. (Pillsbury) Banks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:17
16 History of Parsonsfield, p. 365.
17 Ibid.
i (Daughter)7, b. 23 Oct 1841, d. 30 Oct 1853.
Children of Israel and Elvira (Moulton) Banks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
ii MARTHA A., b. 21 May 1854; m. CHARLES T. WENTWORTH
iii LYDIA W., b. 21 June 1856; m. 17 Apr 1880 STANTON L. HANSON
iv FRANK O., b. 8 Apr 1860
v OLIVA L., b. 22 Sept 1869
BEAN
1 WILLIAM, b. Brentwood, NH May 1777, son of William and Mary ( ) Bean, d. Parsonsfield 22 July 1846 (GS); m. Wells 6 Feb 1802 MARY ROBINSON, b. Wells Mar 1775, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bean) Robinson, d. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1847 (GS).
Children of William and Mary (Robinson) Bean, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i DANIEL, b. ca 1803, d. young.
ii LOVEY, b. ca 1805. d. Waterboro 9 Aug 1865 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 25 Apr 1833 (VR) IVORY ALLEN, b. Waterboro ca Sept 1800, son of Joseph and Susanna (Sayward) Allen, d. Waterboro 4 Mar 1861 (GS).18
iii OTHNIEL, b. 1806, d. Milo, ME 2 Oct 1871; m. SUSAN C. GILMAN, b. China, ME 1813 (GS), d. Milo 17 Jan 1889 (GS).
iv ACHSAH, b. ca 1810, d. Parsonsfield Oct 1850 (USC).
2 v JAMES, b. 4 Aug 1811
vi DANIEL ROBINSON, b. 27 June 1917, d. Limington 26 Oct 1882; m. Limington 14 Jan 1840 NANCY WATERHOUSE, b. Limington 21 July 1820, daughter of Theophilus and Phoebe (Cobb) Waterhouse, d. Limington 27 Oct 1878.19
vii WILLIAM, JR., b.21 July 1823, d. Limington 17 Apr 1885; m. Limington 10 June 1838 MARY WATERHOUSE, b. Limington 14 Nov 1817, daughter of Theophilus and Phoebe (Cobb) Waterhouse, d. Limington 25 July 1874.20
2 JAMES, b. Parsonsfield, ME 4 Aug 1811 (PVR), son of William and Mary (Robinson) Bean, d. Effingham, NH 13 July 1881 (VR); m. 10 Oct 1840 (VR), ELIZABETH J. MERRIFIELD, b. Wells 8 Mar 1820 (PVR), daughter of Stephn and Lydia (Brown) Merrifield, lived in Effingham, 1870, aged 58 (USC).
Children of James and Elizabeth J. (Merrifield) Bean, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i STEPHEN J., b. 1 July 1842, last enumerated in Civil War Registration, Parsonsfield, 1 July 1863.
18 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 4.
19 History of Limington, Maine, p. 210.
20 Ibid.
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ii JAMES A., b. 25 Jan 1845, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 6 (USC).
iii MARY E., b. 31 Mar 1848; m. “of Effingham, NH” NH STEPHEN D. COLE, b. Limington, son of John and Nancy ( ) Cole.
iv EMMMA L. (twin), b. ca 1856 [1858 (GS)], d. Lebanon 1929 (GS); m. (1) LOUIS J. PETERSON, b. St. Stephen’s, N.B. 1958 (GS), d. Lebanon 1918 (GS); m. (2) Lebanon, ME 26 Jan 1922 (VR) CHARLES F. MERRILL, b. Acton, son of John C. and Josephine (Joy) Merrill.
v ELLA/NELLIE S. (twin), ca 1856, [1 Feb 1858 (GS)], d. Cornish 8 Dec 1929 (GS); m. Effingham 28 Feb 1880 (VR) CHARLES F. STORER, b. Hiram 9 Aug 1859 (GS), son of Eben and Mary E. (Poindexter) Storer, d. Cornish 18 Feb 1951 (GS).
BENNETT
1 JOHN, b. Kittery, ME 1 June 1773 (GS), son of Joel and Lydia (Perkins) Bennett, d. Parsonsfield 13 Aug 1833, aged 60-2-12 (PVR), buried Cornish; m. SUSANNA LOUGEE, b. 4 Jan 1781, daughter of Gilman and Joanna (Smith) Lougee, d. Parsonsfield 1859 (GS).
Children of John and Susanna (Lougee) Bennett, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
2 i GILMAN LOUGEE, b. 13 Dec 1805
3 ii JOHN PERKINS, b. 21 Aug 1811
2 GILMAN LOUGEE, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Dec 1805, d. Parsonsfield 10 Dec 1973, buried Portland St. Cemetery, So. Berwick; m. (int.) “of Milton, NH” Parsonsfield 24 Feb 1829 (VR) HANNAH MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 21 Sept 1807, daughter of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 12 Jan 1879. Dr. Gilman L. Bennett, a medical doctor, lived on Middle Road. He was mentor to a number of future doctors who started their careers in his office.
Child of Gilman Lougee and Hannah (Merrill) Bennett, b. Middleton, NH (PVR): i SUSAN MARIA, b, 27 Sept 1830, d. Berwick, ME 11 July 1818;. m. (Judge) ABNER OAKES, b. Sangerville, ME 1820, son of William, Jr. and Mary (Weymouth) Oakes, d. So. Berwick 2 Sept 1899.
3 JOHN PERKINS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 21 Aug 1811, son of John and Susanna (Lougee) Bennett, d. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1852; m. 4 July 1834 (VR) ARMINE WHITTEN, b. Parsonsfield 26 Mar 1814, daughter of Simon Jordan and Mary Bennett (Pike) Whitten, d. Parsonsfield 6 Aug 1887. Gilman L Bennett was named guardian of his brother’s children, 3 May 1852; i.e., Susan Ellen, John and Mary Armine,21
Children of John Perkins and Annie (Whitten) Bennett, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i ELLEN SUSAN, b. May 1835, d. Cornish 10 July 1911; m. Cornish 15 Nov 1861 DAVID COPELAND PIKE, b. 1832, d. 1887.
21 York Co. Probate, 959.
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ii JOHN, b. June 1836, d. Shapleigh 12 Dec 1906, buried Cornish; m. Cornish 29 June 1892 LUCRETIA S. DECKER, b. Lewiston 14 Feb 1861 (DVR, daughter of Jonathon and Ann M. (Wentworth) Decker, d. Parsonsfield d 11 July 1918 (VR).
iii MARY ARMINE, b. 22 Apr 1845, d. Biddeford 17 Aug 1910 (VR); m. 1869 JAMES CURTIS AYER, b. Cornish 1836 (GS), son of James M. and Adeline H. (Thompson) Ayer, d. Biddeford 1930 (GS).
BENSON
1 JAMES3 (Henry2-1), bap. Arundel/Kennebunkport, ME1 Mar 1753, son of Henry and Mary (Quint) Benson,22 d. Parsonsfield prior to Aug 1813; m. (1) “of New Durham, NH” New Durham of New Durham, NH 15 Feb 1779 (VR) SARAH BICKFORD; m. (2) SUSANNA BICKFORD, b. ME ca 1766, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 84 (USC), George Bickford and James Benson acquired land in Parsonsfield, 13 Apr 1799, from the Committee for the Town of Parsonsfield.23 James Benson’s will, signed 16 Aug 1813, named his wife Susanna, and children [listed below]. Also named was a granddaughter, Susan Bickford.24
Children of James and Sarah (Bickford) Benson, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):25 i NANCY4, b. say 1780; m. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1806 (VR) JAMES BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield 1778, son of George and Anne (Granville) Bickford, d. Newburgh, ME 1815.
2 ii JAMES, JR., b. 28 Nov 1788
3 iii EBENEZER/EBEN, b. 9 Feb 1791
iv GEORGE, b. 8 Jan 1798, no further record.
v MERCY, b. 6 May 1799, d. Newburgh, ME 30 Oct 1841 (GS); m. 17 Jan 1817 (VR) JOSEPH SMITH, d. Newburgh 31 Jan 1853, aged 63 (GS).
vi SALLY, no further record
Child of James and Susanna (Bickford) Benson b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
vii STEPHEN B. , b. 6 Jan 1813, d. Newfield 7 Feb 1882; m. (1) (cert) Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1835 (VR ABIGAIL ANN MOULTON, daughter of Nathan Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1851; m. (2) Newfield 1 Feb 1857 LUCY DORMAN, b. 1 Feb 1927, daughter of Charles Dorman, d. Newfield 1 Jan 1873.26
22 Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. 17.
23 York Co. deeds, 73:257.
24 York Co. Probate 997.
25 Nancy and Sally are not shown in the birth records of James Benson’s children.
26 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 36.
2 JAMES, JR.4, b, Parsonsfield, ME 28 Nov 1788 (VR), son of James and Sarah (Bickford)Benson, d. Parsonsfield 30 June 1846 or 8 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1815 (VR) ANNA CLARK, b. 2 Aug 1792, d. Parsonsfield 5 Apr 1862 (GS).27 Known children of James and Anna (Clark) Benson, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i GEORGE W.5, b. 17 Jan 1816, d. Lawrence, MA 12 Apr 1859 (VR); m. Hanover, NH 30 July 1844 (VR) NANCY MARIA TENNEY, b. Hanover, NH 29 Oct 1819 (GS), daughter of William and Nancy (Durkes) Tenney, d. Rockport, MA 22 July 1892 (VR), buried Hanover. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College.
ii ALVAN C., b. ca 1818, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1821, aged 3 (GD).
iii SARAH ANN, b. 7 Apr 1820, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1873; m. Parsonsfield 8 Sept 1939 (VR) WENTWORTH L. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 6 Oct 1818 (PVR), son of Samuel and Hannah ( ) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 23 Mar 1881 (GS).
iv EMILY, b, 27 Oct 1823, d. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1865, aged 41-4-16 (GS).
v SABRINA D., b. 16 Feb 1826, d. Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1863; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 28 Aug 1849 (VR) JOHN W. CRAM, b. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1823, son of John and Lydia (Granville) Cram, d. Conway, NH 4 Sept 1858
vi JAMES MADISON, b. 23 Oct 1828, d. Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1858 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1868 (VR) CLARA A. BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield ca 1829, daughter of Asa P. and Abigail (Cooper) Bickford; she m. (2) Daniel Fogg.
vii ALMON A., b. 1831, d. Parsonsfield 26 Nov 1854, aged 23-6 (GS).
3 EBENEZER/EBEN4, b. Parsonsfield, ME 9 Feb 1791 (VR), son of James and Sarah (Bickford)Benson, d. Parsonsfield June 1854(GS); m. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1811 (VR)
HANNAH JOY HAYES, b. New Durham, NH 1 Feb 1792, daughter of Jonathon and Susanna (Woodman) Hayes, d. Parsonsfield 12 June 1862. Ebenezer Benson’s estate was administered by Joshua Quint of Brownfield. Children of Ebenezer and Hannah Joy (Hayes) Benson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SARAH J.5, b. 1812, d. Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1845 (GS).
ii MARIA W., b. 1818, d. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1838 (GS).
iii JAMES E., b. 27 Aug 1820, d. Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1904 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield30 Nov 1842 (VR) MARTHA J. MOSES, b. Eaton, NH 22 July 1820 (DVR), daughter of Cyrus M. and Eunice (Underwood) Moses, d. Wakefield, NH 2 Jan 1905 (VR).
iv CYRUS IRVING, b. ca 1824, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1903 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1848 (VR) AMANDA COLE, b. 27 July 1829 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 2 May 1813 (GS).
v MARY, b. 1827
27 The probate of her estate gives her date of death as 30 June 1846 (York Co. Probate 998).
vi LUCINDA, b. ca 1829
vii HANNAH, b. ca 1831
viii EBENEZER, JR.
GEORGE BICKFORD
1 GEORGE6 (Ebenezer5, Thomas4 , Benjamin3, John2-1), bap. Durham, NH 21 Mar 1742, son of Ebenezer and Ann (Quint) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 1830; m. (1) New Durham, NH ca 1765 ANNE GRANVILLE, b. NH; m. mi (2) New Durham 21 Mar 1795 (VR) SARAH (GILMAN) THOMAS of Gilmanton, NH.28 George Bickford, who settled in Parsonsfield ca 1778, lived on the South Road and was later served on the School Committee of the Morrison School District. Levi, Stephen and George Bickford were three of the original members of the First Baptist Society, 1 Mar 1809.29
Children of George and Anne (Granville) Bickford, b. New Durham, NH, except as noted:30
i JUDITH7, b. 1766, d. Newport, ME 6 Jan 1856; m. Cottonport, LA, 11 May 1792 (VR) WILLIAM LEAVITT.31
ii RHODA b. 19 Oct 1767 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 21 July 1822; m. DUDLEY HILTON, b. Newmarket, NH 28 Mar 1753, son of Dudley and Sarah (Taylor) Hilton, d. Parsonsfield 11 May 1826.
iii GEORGE, JR., b. 1770, d. Newburgh, ME 6 July 1812; m. Parsonsfield 1798 LYDIA DODGE. He served in the War of 812.
2 iv STEPHEN, b. 1776
v THOMAS, b, 1777, d. Newburgh 3 July 1830; m. Parsonsfield 18 Jan 1901 (VR) NANCY PEASE.
vi JAMES, b. Parsonsfield 1779, d. Newburgh, ME 1815; m. p 1 Oct 1806 (VR) NANCY BENSON, b. p 1780, daughter of James Benson.
3 vii (probably) LEVI, b. Parsonsfield
viii ICHABOD, b. Parsonsfield 1784, d Newburgh 18 Sept 1858
ix EBENEZER, b. Parsonsfield 15 Mar 1786, d. Newburgh 1876
Child of George and Sally (Gilman) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME: 4 x GIDEON, b. 1796
2 STEPHEN7, b. New Durham, NH 1776 (GS), son of George and Anna (Granville)) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 1859 (GS); m. (1) OLIVE —, d. 1804; m. (2) Parsonsfield 28 Oct 1804 (VR) SARAH/SALLY THOMAS, b. 1787 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 13 Aug 1843. Children of Stephen and Sally (Thomas) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): 5 i GEORGE WASHINGTON8, b. 14 Sept 1805
28 Catherine Bickford Fahnestock, 300 and Fifty Years of Bickfords in NH, Cottonport, LA, 1971, p. 383.
29 300 and Fifty Years of Bickfords in NH, Cottonport, LA, 1971, pp. 485 and 487.
30 Op., cit., pp. 383–4; Ancestry.,com.
31 Catherine Bickford Fahnestock, 200 and Fifty Years of Bickfords in NH, p. 197.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
ii ELIZA, b. 26 Sept 1807 (PVR)32; m. Parsonsfield 12 Apr 1827 (VR) JABEZ DAME, b, Rochester, NH 7 Apr 1799, son of Caleb and Abigail ( ) Dame (PVR).
iii SALLY, b. 2 May 1809
iv CASSANDRA, b. 27 May 1811, d. Dixmont, ME 6 Jan 1861 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1831 (VR) GEORGE W. BICKFORD, b. Newburgh, ME 30 Mar 1810, son of George and Lydia (Dodge) Bickford, d. Dixmont 22 Apr 1962 (GS).
v SUSAN H. , b. ca July 1820 (from age at death), d. 3 Mar 1826, aged 5-8 (GS).
vi STEPHEN, b. ca May 1822 (from age at death), d. 9 Oct 1826, aged 4-5 (GS).
vii IRA H., b. 8 Feb 1824, d. Boston 3 Apr 1913 (GS); m. (1) “of Boston” (cert.) Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1846 (VR) MARTHA ANN BURNHAM, b. Parsonsfield 17 Aug 1825, daughter of Noah and Martha (Hilton) Burnham, d. Saco, ME 9 Nov 1889 (GS); m. (2) Boston 16 Sept 1891 (VR) REBECCA (JENKINS) CLAPP, b. Boston ca 1828, daughter of Edward and Martha (Reed) Jenkins, d. Boston 3 Oct 1899 (VR); m. (3) Parsonsfield 6 Mar 1900 (VR) CARRIE LIZZIE PIPER, b. Sept 1869, daughter of Samuel F. and Mary J. (Bragdon) Piper, d. Belgrade, MA 3 Feb 1926 (GS).
3 LEVI7, probable son of George and Anne (Granville) Bickford. d. Brownfield 1824; m. Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1805 (VR) LYDIA LEAVITT, b. Scarborough 8 Oct 1786, daughter of Carr and Huldah (Hobbs) Leavitt, d. Effingham, NH 6 Mar 1879. George and Sarah Bickford of Parsonsfield conveyed land in Parsonsfield to Levi Bickford, 15 Feb 1805.33
Children of Levi and Lydia (Leavitt) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i DODAVAH IRA8, b. 16 Feb 1806, d. Brownfield 25 Dec 1878 (GS); m. 20 Apr 1828 LYDIA JANE QUINT, b. Parsonsfield 1812, daughter of Jonathon and Sally (Pearl) Quint, d. Brownfield 19 Feb 1876 (GS).
ii POLLY, b. 25 July 1808
iii LOUISA, b. 3 July 1811
iv ABIGAIL, b. 27 June 1812
4 GIDEON7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1796. son of George and Sally (Gilman) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1873; m. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1818 (VR) MARY/POLLY PIPER, b. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1800, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Hodgdon) Piper, d. Gorham 20 Mar 1882. He was a lieutenant in the militia, having served in the War of 1812. His will, signed 24 June 1869, named his wife Mary, and the following children: Mary A. Chapman, Harriet N. March, Sarah Rankins, George I. Bickford, Albion H.
32 She was not listed in the naming of Stephen’s children but in a subsequent listing of Jabez Dame’s children.
33 York Co. deeds, 90:216.
Bickford, Roscoe G. Bickford, and Rufus N. Bickford.34 Polly Bickford’s will, signed in Parsonsfield, 18 Aug 1878, named the same children, with the addition of Laurinda E. Littlefield.35
Children of Gideon and Mary (Piper) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i HANNAH B. 8 , b. 9 July 1818, d. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1840 “at her father’s home;” m. 31 May 1837 (YMC) GEORGE WASHINGTON THOMPSON of Somersworth, NH, b. Newfield 1 Aug 1814, son of George and Lydia (Dam) Thompson, d. Newfield 25 Jan 1876 (GS).36
ii MARY ANN, b. 22 Aug 1820 d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1903; . Parsonsfield 5 June 1841 (VR) ANDREW McCLARY CHAPMAN, III, b. Parsonsfield 8 May 1821 (GS), son of Andrew McClary and Eleanor (Jones) Chapman, d. Parsonsfield 30 Jan 1888 (GS)
iii HARRIET NEWELL, b. 30 June 1822 (DVR), d. Manchester, NH 18 Nov 1905 (VR), buried Monmouth; m. [her brother-in-law] (1) Parsonsfield 8 Mar 1841 (VR) GEORGE WASHINGTON THOMPSON of Somersworth, NH, b. Newfield 1 Aug 1814, son of George and Lydia (Dam) Thompson, d. Newfield 25 Jan 1876 (GS), obviously div.;37 m. (2) Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1847 IVORY G. MARCH, b. Parsonsfield 8 Mar 1820 (VR), son of Samuel and Mary (Colley) March, d. Monmouth, ME 10 Sept 1905; he m. (3) 18444 Mary Nowell.
iv GEORGE IRVING LEWIS, b. 5 Aug 1824, d. Gorham 25 June 1903; m. 10 May 1845 ELIZA JANE PARKER, b. 20 July 1825, daughter of Oliver and Dorothea (Elliot) Parker, d. Gorham 31 Aug 1918 (VR).
v ALBION K. PARIS, b. 24 Nov 1825, d. Leeds, ME 22 Feb 1902; m. CLARINDA JONES, b. ME 1 June 1832, daughter of Africa and Lydia (Record) Jones, d. Leeds 22 Feb 1907.
vi CYRUS, b. 12 June 1829, d. 12 July 1834.
vii ROSCOE GREEN, b. 3 Feb 1832, d. Monmouth, ME 23 Oct 1915; m. JULIA ANN LEAVITT, b. NH 15 Jan 1838, d. Monmouth 1 May 1883.
viii LAURINDA ELVIRA, b. 27 Apr 1835, d. Gorham 24 Dec 1905; m. ALMON LITTLEFIELD, b. 10 Jan 1841, son of Joshua and Sarah B. (Hawkes) Littlefield, d. Standish 28 May 1895.
ix RUFUS McINTIRE, b. 24 Jun 1826 (DVR), d. Romeo, MI 21 Aug 1907 (VR); m. 23 June 1862 MARTHA A. KEZAR, b. Parsonsfield 2 May 1844, daughter of John Paine and Anna (Matthews) Kezar, d. Romeo 10 June 1912.
x SARAH/SALLY MOORE, b. 2 Aug 1838, d. Waltham, MA 14 Feb 1890; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 June 1858 (VR) PERRY RANKINS, b.
34 York Co. Probate 1124.
35 York Co. Probate 1137.
36 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 674. Parsonsfield VR gives a marriage between George W. Thompson and Harriet N. Bickford in 1841. This would suggest that there was a divorce, since Harriet m. Ivory March in 1847.
37 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 674.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Hiram 28 May 1834, son of James and Joanna T. (Watson) Rankins, d. Waltham 29 Jan 1907.
xi ADALINE HANNAH, b. 19 May 1842, d. Limington 27 Aug 1868; m. 26 May 1861 SIMEON STROUT HOBSON, b. Limington 29 Apr 1839, son of Enoch Billings and Nancy (Strout) Hobson, d. Great Falls, MT 27 Apr 1922.
5 GEORGE WASHINGTON8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 14 Sept 1805, son of Stephen and Sally (Thomas) Bickford, d, Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1875 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield
1827 NANCY MASON, b. 1804, d. Parsonsfield 10 Feb 1847 (GS); m. (2) MARY B. STEWART, b. Freedom, NH 24 June 1826, daughter of John and Sally (Brooks) Stewart, d. 16 Feb 1899 (GS). Guardianship of his minor children was given to Mary B. Bickford, 4 Mar 1876.38
Children of George Washington and Nancy (Mason) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MINERVA/MINNIE L. 9 , b. 23 May 1836 (GS), d. Boston, MA 23 Sept 1897 (GS); m. Boston 24 Dec 1863 (VR) EDWARD GREEN SHATTUCK, b. Pepperell, MA 1831 (GS), son of Nathaniel and Zoa Parker (Green) Shattuck, d. Cambridge, MA 1823 (GS).
ii SARAH A. , b. 8 May 1837, d. 31 Aug 1860 (GS); m. Barrington, NH 21 July 1858 (VR) MOSES J. COLBY, b. Concord, NH ca 1830, son of Moses and Mary ( ) Colby, d. 26 Oct 1880 (GS), buried Groveland, MA; he m. (2) Marietta Emerson.
iii GEORGE M., b. 22 Feb 1839, d. Leavenworth, KS 28 Dec 1929 (GS); m. JULIETT GARDNER, b. Peoria, IL 7 Nov 1747, daughter of Turman and Sarah A. (White) Gardner, d. Salt Lake City, UT 1932 (GS).
iv MARY ANN, b. 1841, d. 31 Dec 1842, aged 1-9 (GS).39.
v MERRILL W., b. 11 Mar 1843, d. Everett, MA 20 Jan 1921, div. 1888; m. Dover, NH 7 Mar 1866 CARRIE A. DAVIS, b. 1849 (GS), d. Malden, MA 19 Sept 1916 (GS).
vi WARREN C., b. 3 May 1845, d. Washington, DC 22 Nov 1922 (GS); m. D. C. 12 Apr 1866 (VR) SARAH R. HAMER, b. 1850 (GS), d. D.C. 1918 (GS).
vii MARIA, b. 1847 (GS), d. Lewiston, ME 1938 (GS); m. HAM BROOKS, b. Lewiston 21 June 1809 (GS), son of William John and Anna (Ham) Brooks, d. Lewiston 14 Aug 1898 (GS).
viii HENRY AUSTIN, b. 8 May 1846, d. Norway, ME 27 Feb 1923; m. JOSEPHINE L. ALLEN, b. Stoneham, ME 19 Dec 1952 (GS), daughter of George F. and Lucy Foss (Stewart) Allen, d. Norway 13 Mar 1930 (GS).
Children of George Washington and Mary B. (Stewart) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
38 York Co. Probate 1134.
39 The transcription reads “1812.”
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 15
ix STEPHEN ERASTUS, b. 8 May 1848, d. Waverly, MO 25 Jn 1897; m. Logan, Il 11 Oct 1874 (VR) CLARA DELPHINE BLACK, b. New Philadelphia, OH 15 June 1848, daughter of George Bradley and Mary J. (Huston) Black, d. Los Angeles, CA 26 July 1914 (VR); she m. (2) Richard Verbryck.
x JOHN FRANK, b. 13 Dec 1849 (GS), d. p 1942 (GS); m. p 26 Nov 1874 (VR) MARY F. BUZZELL, b. Andover, MA 1 Dec 1845 (VR), daughter of Samuel T. and Mary Jane (Knox) Buzzell, d. Parsonsfield 17 Aug 1922 (GS).
xi JAMES W., b. 27 Feb 1851 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 21July 1925 (GS); m.29 Oct 1882 (VR) EMMA E. WELCH, b. p 1 July 1856 (GS), daughter of Cyrus Brackett and Julia A. (Colbath) Welch, d. Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1910 (GS).
xii NANCY ELLA, b. 27 Aug 1853 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1889 (GS); m. Milton, NH 17 Dec 1876 (VR) FRANCIS J. BUSCH, b. Lowell, MA 13 Feb 1864, son of Francis and Rose (Farrell) Busch, d. Manchester, NH 18 Apr 1914 (VR).
xiii EMMA MARTHA, b. say 1853 [1859 (GS)],40 d. Limerick 1940 (GS); m. p 25 Dec 1878 (VR) CHARLES H. BOOTHBY, b. Limerick 9 June 1857 (GS), son of Daniel S. and Mary Elizabeth (Staples) Boothby, d. Limerick 5 Dec 1944 (GS).
xiv WILLIS EDWIN, b. 18 Aug 1857 (GS), d. NH 2 Jan 1940; m. Milton, MA 21 Oct 1884 (VR) MARGARET J. TEDFORD, b. Leominster, MA 10 Mar 1864 (DVR), daughter of William and Mary ( ) Tedford, d. Northfield, NH 16 Mar 1927 (VR).
xv FRED CHARLES, b. 8 Apr 1860 (GS), d. Sanford 22 Oct 1900; m. p 13 Nov 1889 (VR) MARIA E. SMITH, b. Stow, ME Nov 1865, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Cole) Smith, d. Farmington, NH 22 Aug 1929 (VR); she m. (2) Henry S. Osborne
xvi MARY BELLE, b. 27 Dec 1862 (GS), d. Cambridge, MA 23 Mar 1890 (VR); m. ELLERY TURNER EASTMAN, b. Kittery 28 Dec 1861, son of Ellery T. and Sophia W. Crockett) Eastman, d. Boston 24 Apr 1911 (GS).
xvii SARAH/SADIE A., b. 1862, d. Cornish 26 Nov 1900 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1883 (VR) GEORGE WASHINGTON GOODRICH, b. Saco Nov 1850, son of George Washington and Caroline (Livingstone) Goodrich, d. Pittsfield, MA 9 June 1913 (VR).
xviii ALTA JENNIE, b. 14 June 1867, d. Norway, ME 29 Oct 1950 (GS); m. (1) Gorham, NH 29 Sept 1889 (VR) FRANK P. KNAPP, b. Norway 1868, son of David Scott and Lucinda A.(Briggs) Knapp, d. Norway 1931 (GS), div.; m. (2) Norway 23 Nov 1901 (VR) WALLACE W.
40 There is a disparity about Martha Emma’s date of birth. The 1900 census gives her date of birth as Oct 1858. However, the guardianship records show that she was 20 in Mar 1873, two years older than “Willie.”
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
SHEEN, b. Marblehead, MA 27 Feb 1872, son of Charles Henry and Abigail (Russell) Sheen, d. Norway 1924 (GS).
JOHN BICKFORD
1 JOHN6 (John5, Benjamin4-3, John2-1), bap. Newington, NH 3 Seot 1759, son of John Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1837; m. Rochester, NH 29 July 1779 ELIZABETH PEARL, b. Rochester 1758, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Bickford) Pearl, d. probably Dover, NH after Apr 1844. He was a Revolutionary War veteran, enlisting at the age of 16 in Rochester, Jan 1776.41 He purchased his first land in Parsonsfield from a town official, 7 June 1781.42 John Bickford’s application for a Revolutionary War veteran’ pension indicated that, 9 May 1818, he was 59 years old and had enlisted in Capt. David Place’s Co., Col. J. Reed’s Regt. of the NH line. He was at first at Winter Hill in Cambridge, MA until the British evacuation of Boston. He then marched to New London, CT, was shipped to New York and after reaching Albany marched to Montreal, Canada. In Canada he was taken prisoner and was confined at first in Quebec and then shipped to New York City where on the Jersey shore he was exchanged for a British prisoner. He was released and went home Oct 1788. His second enlistment was as a marine aboard the Ranger out of Portsmouth, NH. Later Elizabeth Bickford requested a widow’s pension, 17 Oct 1838.
Children of John and Elizabeth (Pearl) Bickford, b. Rochester, NH and Parsonsfield, ME:
2 i DANIEL7, b. Rochester, NH ca 1780
ii ABRAHAM/ABRAM, b. NH ca 1783, lived in Troy, ME, 1860, aged 77 (USC); m. NANCY —, b. ME ca 1790 (USC). As early as 18 Mar 1805 he sold land in Parsonsfield, of which he claimed title, to Tobias Pray.43 He first purchased land in Parsonsfield from William Fenderson, 4 Mar 182344 and in a series of sales ca 1 Ot 1839, sold his and Nancy’s Parsonsfield holdings.45
iii ABIGAIL, b. Parsonsfield 1785, d. Dover, NH 8 Mar 1852; m. Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1805 NICHOLAS MORRILL,, b. Kittery/ Eliot, ME ca 1778, son of Nicholas and Patience (Chick) Morrill,, d. Parsonsfield ca 1818.46
3 iv BENJAMIN B., b. Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1789
41 300 and Fifty Years of Bickfords in NH, pp. 4809–90, 195, 500.
42 York Co. deeds, 56:4=391,
43 York Co. deeds, 73:38.
44 York Co. deeds, 113:213.
45 York Co. deeds, 167:123 and 124.
46 Old Kittery and her Families, p. 622.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 17
v JOHN, b. Parsonsfield. He sold land to [his brother] Abraham Bickford, 17 Sept 181747 and later sold land in Parsonsfield to Philip Towle, 3 Dec 1821.48
vi WILLIAM, b. Parsonsfield 1796, d. NY 8 Apr 1840; m. Parsonsfield 29 June 1816 (VR) MARY NELSON of Limerick, b. Newfield 6 Dec 1785 (VR), daughter of Jacob and Abigail (Tibbetts) Nelson.49
2 DANIEL7, b. Rochester, NH ca 1780, son of John and Elizabeth (Pearl) Bickford, probably d. Parsonsfield before 1829; m. (1) Parsonsfield 22 July 1804 (VR) POLLY MIGHELS, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Page) Mighels; m. (2) Parsonsfield 113 Oct 1825 (VR) SARAH/SALLY PAGE; she m. (2) “Deacon” Samuel Moulton. Known child of Daniel and Polly (Mighels) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME: 4 i ASA P.8, b. 15 June 1815
3 BENJAMIN B.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Sept 1789, son of John and Elizabeth (Pearl) Bickford, d. Tamworth, NH 3 Nov 1856 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1806 (VR) LYDIA CRAM, b. Pittsfield, NH 15 Sept 1782, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Bacon) Cram, d. Madison 7 Nov 1872. The family lived in Eaton, NH, 1850. Children of Benjamin B. and Lydia (Cram) Bickford, first four b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i CLARISSA A.8, b. 8 July 1806 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 15 June 1888 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 24 Feb 1841 (VR) JOSIAH COLCORD SWETT, b. Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1810 (VR), son of Stephen and Rachel (Colcord) Swett, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1869 (GS).
ii HANNAH, b. 8 Feb 1808 (VR), no further record.
iii ELIZABETH/ELIZA, b. 18 Oct 1810 (VR), d. Conway, NH 11 Feb 11885; m. Conway 1830 ISAAC QUINT, b. Eaton, NH 1809, son of George and Mary Jane (Brown) Quint, d. Conway 16 Nov 1848.
iv JOHN, b. 18 Oct 1812 (VR), d. NH 4 May 1876; m. NH 7 Oct 1832 (VR) ABIGAIL NASON, b. Kennebunk, ME.
v NICHOLAS MORRILL, b. NH 4 Feb 1817, d. Plymouth, IL 8 June 1889; m. Adams, IL 20 Feb 1840 (VR) MARY BOWERS, b. MD ca 1820, d. Plymouth May 1887 (GD).
vi JENNING HEALD, b. Madison, NH Aug 1820, d. Lovell, ME 18 Sept 1900, aged 80-1 (VR); m. —.
vii CALEB, b. Madison 1822
viii PAUL PEARL, b. Madison 6 Sept 1823, d. Conway 7 Aug 1892; m. Conway 27 Apr 1867 (VR) ELIZA ANN RAND, b. Dover, NH ca 1835, daughter of Leonard S. and Margaret P. (Spinney) Rand, d. Conway 15 Apr 1888 (GS).
47 York Co. deeds, 113:213.
48 York Co. deeds, 117:197.
49 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 519.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
ix ENOCH, b. Madison 12 Nov 1826 (GS), d. Tamworth 4 Feb 1895 (VR); m. NH 10 Jan 1856 (VF) SUSAN LORD, b. Eaton, NH 1823, d. Tamworth 6 May 1882 (GS).
x BENJAMIN, b. Parsonsfield 9 June 1829 [1827 (DVR)], d. Tamworth 22 June 1914 (VR); m. Tamworth 25 Jan 1861 (VR) MARY ROBERTSON, b. Eaton, NH ca 1831, daughter of Enoch and Hephzibah (Bean) Robertson, d. Tamworth 2 Oct 1891 (VR).
4 ASA P. 8, b. Parsonsfield 15 June 1815, son of Daniel and Polly (Mighels) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield7 Feb 1889; m. (cert.) 23 May 1834 (VR) ABIGAIL COOPER, b. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1813, daughter of Joseph Cooper, d. Haverhill, MA 26 Feb 1881.50 Children of Asa P. and Abigail (Cooper) Bickford, b. Parsonsfield, ME:51
i DANIEL PEARL9, b. 25 July 1834, d. Meriden, CT 4 Jan 1898; m. Salem, NH 11 Sept 1862 (VR) CAROLINE HANNAH JANE EMERSON, b. Methuen, MA 15 May 1840, daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth (Loud) Emerson, d. Meriden 28 Aug 1909.52 He was a jeweler.
ii JOSEPH W., b. 18 Dec 1835, d. Parsonsfield 23 May 1853 (GS).
iii CLARISSA/CLARA A., b. ca 1839, d. Amoskeag, NH 11 Dec 1892; m. (1) — BENSON; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1861 (VR) DANIEL FOGG, b. NH ca 1820, d. Manchester, NH 1 Feb 1890.
iv CYRUS LORIN, b. ca 1841, d. Haverhill, MA 4 June 1903 (VR); m. Haverhill 24 Dec 1865 (VR) ABIGAIL JENNIE McDONNELL, b, N. S. 17 Nov 1845 (GS), daughter of Solomon and Roxanna ( ) McDonnell, d. Haverhill 19 June 1920 (GS). He was a veteran of the Civil War.
v ASEL, b. 1842, d. 23 July 1862 (GS), a veteran of the Civil War.
vi SUSAN ABNETTE/NETTIE, b. 27 Apr 1850, d. Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1869 (GS).
vii ABBIE JANE, b. 27 Apr 1856 (GS), d. Manchester, NH 6 June 1928 (GS); m. (1) Manchester 4 Oct 1894 (VR) GEORGE GATES RICHARDSON, b. Hillsboro, NH 6 Apr 1826 (GS), son of Stephen and Sarah (Minot) Richardson, d. 1 Jan 1902 (GS; m. (2) Manchester 18 Nov 1903 (VR) CHARLES LAFAYETTE HORTON, b. Enfield, NH 8 Jan 1848 (GS), son of Simeon W. and Polly M. C. (Purmort) Horton, d. Manchester 11 May 1917 (GS).
50 300 and Fifty Years of Bickfords in NH, p. 499.
51 Op. cit., pp. 499–500. The 1850 and 1860 federal censuses show additional children.
52 SAR Application.
BLAISDELL
SIMEON3 (William2 Blaisdell, Amos1 Blazo), b. NH 1761, son of William and Abigail (Wallace) Blazo/Blaisdell, 53 d. Parsonsfield 14 May 1832 (GS); m. SARAH TIBBETTS, b. NH 26 Nov 1766, d. Parsonsfield 22 Apr 1839, aged 86-2-24 (GS).54 Dr. John J. Blaisdell, [Simeon’s brother], purchased land in Parsonsfield, 1 May 1793, from William Bickford of Parsonsfield.55. He sold it to Simeon, 17 Sept 1798.56
Children of Simeon and Sarah (Tibbetts) Blaisdell, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i CHAROTTE4, b. “NH” 28 Apr “1781,” [1791], lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 79 (USC); m. Parsonsfield July 1816 (VR) THEOPHILUS HALL ALLEN, b. Cornish 1 June 1789 (GS), son of Elijah and -(Hall) Allen, d. Parsonsfield 14 Aug 1870(GS), a veteran of the War of 1812.
ii ABNER, b. “NH” 20 July “1783” [19 July 1793 (Saco VR), d. Saco 13 May 1868; m. (1) (int.) Saco 24 Mar 1821 (VR) MARY PUTNAM CLEAVES, b. Saco 10 Apr 1805, daughter of Jonathon and Hannah ( ) Cleaves, d. Saco 26 Dec 1823; m. (2) (int) Saco 12 Dec 1824 (VR) HANNAH CLEAVES, b. Saco, daughter of Jonathon and Hannah ( ) Cleaves,57 lived in Saco, 1850, aged 53 (USC).
iii SABRINA, b. 14 Jan 1796, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged “58” (USC).
iv MARIA, b. 22 Feb 1798, d. Parsonsfield 9 Nov 1839 (GS).
v SALLY, b. Aug 1801, d. Parsonsfield 9 Dec 1802, aged 1-4 (GS).
vi WILLIAM, b. Jan 1804 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 12 June 1804, aged 5 mos. (GS).
vii ABIGAIL, b. 20 Feb 1805, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, “Blaisdell” aged 65 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 17 June 1824 (VR) JOSEPH HAZELTON.
viii ARVILLA, b. 20 Feb 1807, d. Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1837 (GS).
ix CYRUS, b 6 Dec 1810, d. Wolfeboro, NH 29 Aug 1850l m. Lancaster, NH 20 June 1837 CLARISSA WESLEY ROWELL, b. Bow, NH 19 Jan 1816, daughter of Dustin and Jane (Gordon) Rowell, d. Wiltmore, PA ca 1882. A physician, he was a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School and practiced in both Newfield and Wolfeboro.58
53 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 132.
54 Sarah was enumerated in the 1850 federal census aged 83 (USC).
55 York Co. deeds, 55:370. Dr. Blaisdell re-settled in Dixmont, ME.
56 York Co. deeds, 64:182.
57 North America, Family Histories, p. 591.
58 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 31.
BLAZO
1 AMOS2 (Amos William1), b. Greenland, NH 3 Dec 1738, son of Amos Blazo, d. Parsonsfield 23 Feb 1821; m. Epsom, NH 2 Nov 1761 JOANNA LIBBY, b. Rye, NH 16 Oct 1737, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Bennett) Libby, d. Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1810. The family came originally from Bordeaux, France in 1635. Amos settled in Parsonsfield, 1779, in what is called Blazo’s Corner.59
Children of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, the first six, b. Rye, NH:60
i CATHERINE3, b. 11 Aug 1762, d. Parsonsfield 16 Dec 1809; m. JONATHON TOWLE, b. Rye, NH 24 Mar 1754, son of Levi and Ruth (Marden) Towle, d. Eaton, NH 23 Jan 1841.
2 ii DANIEL, b. Sept 1764
iii MICHANOE, b. ca 1768, d. Norwich, VT July 1851.
iv JOSEPH, b. 16 June 1768, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1827; m. before 1800 MARY PAINE, possibly b. Rye, NH 1770, daughter of William and Catherine (St. Clair) Paine, d. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1851, aged 81 (GS). Joseph’s will, signed 12 May 1826, named only his wife Mary.61 Mary’s will named her brother, Philip Paine.62
3 v EBENEZER, b. 1 Sept 1770
vi JOHN, b. Epsom, NH 4 Dec 1778, d. 4 Nov 1821
4 vii JONATHON, b. Epsom, NH 9 Nov 1779 (VR)
viii WILLIAM, b. Epsom, NH 1 Mar 1777, d. Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1830 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1803 (VR) MEHITABLE WEDGWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 1 May 1786 (VR), daughter of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 25 July 1862 (GS). She named her nephew, William B. Wadleigh. In her will.63
ix POLLY, b. Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1779, d. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1804.
2 DANIEL3, b. Rye, NH Sept 1764, son of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, d. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1802; m. ABIGAIL CHAPMAN, b. ca 1765, daughter of Job Chapman, d. 13 Oct 1842. His will, signed 21 Oct 1801, named his wife and children [listed below].64 Children of Daniel and Abigail (Chapman) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
5 i ROBERT TIBBETS4, b. 11 Aug 1797
6 ii JOHN, b. 28 Nov 1798
iii HENRY, b. 1800, no further record, not named in father’s 1801 will.
iv CLOUGH, b. before Oct 1901, declared non compos mentis, 18 Sept 1834.65
59 History of Parsonsfield, p. 366.
60 Ibid.
61 York Co. Probate 1291.
62 York Co. Probate 1292. Mary Blazo lived by herself in Parsonsfield, 1840, aged 70–80 (USC).
63 York Co. Probate 1295l.
64 York Co. Probate 1287.
65 York Co. Probate 1286.
3 EBENEZER3, b. Epsom, MH 1 Sept 1770, son of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, d. Porter 10 Sept 1855, buried Parsonfield; m. (1) NANCY TOWLE, b. Epsom, NH 24 Apr 1778, d. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1802 (GS); m. (2) ELIZABETH/BETSEY RUNNELL, b. New Durham 18 Sept 1788 (VR), daughter of Samuel Runnell, d. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1870 (GS).
Child of Ebenezer and Nancy (Towle) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME
i EBENEZER4, b. 5 Dec 1801, d. Porter 30 Apr 1892; m. (1) Porter 14 May 1826 LAVINIA TOWLE, b. 28 Mar 1808 (from age at death) d. 30 Apr 1829, aged 21-1-2 (GS); m. (2) ELIZABETH GIBBS, b. 13 Mar 1806 (from age at death), d. Porter 3 Jan 1854, aged 47-6-21 (GS); m. (3) (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Sept 1854 (VR) SUSAN ( ) KENNISON. d. 20 Nov 1865, aged 60 (GS); m. (4) JOANNA MATTHEWS ALLARD, b. Eaton, NH 16 May 1832, daughter of Stephen and — (Randall) Allard, d. Freedom, NH 17 Nov 1913 (VR).
Known children of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Runnell) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
ii NANCY , b. 23 Aug 1818 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 14 Aug 1819, aged 11 mos., 22 dys (GS).
iii BETSY, b. 14 Mar 1824 (GS) d, 26 Mar 1885 (GS).
iv ABBA, b. May 1730 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 26 Mar 1885 (GS).
4 JONATHON4, b. Epsom, NH 9 Nov 1779 (VR), son of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, d. June 1817; m. Parsonsfield 23 July 1799 (VR) JANE DESHON, b. Epson, NH 2 Aug 1780, d. Parsonsfield ca 1855. William Blazo was named guardian of three children of Jonathon Blazo, 16 June 1820; i.e. William, Jr., Jonathon and Eliza.66 Children of Jonathon and Jane (Deshon) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i JANE5, b. ca 1800; m. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1839 (VR) MOSES FERREN of Eaton, NH
7 ii JONATHON, JR. , b. 29 Mar 1801
iii LYDIA, b. 17 Sept 1805 (VR), not in list of guardianships.
iv ELIZA, b. 1806 (GS), d. Limerick 5 Jan 1884 (GS).; m. (cert.) p 5 Mar 1833 (VR) ALMON DURGIN, b. Limerick 9 Jan 1807, son of Jeremiah and Comfort (Smith) Durgin, d. Limerick Mar 1882 (GS).67
v WILLIAM, JR. b. 19 May 1812 (VR), no further record.
5 ROBERT TIBBETTS5, b. Parsonsfield 11 Aug 1797, son of Daniel and Abigail (Chapman) Blazo, d. 1890; m. Moultonboro, NH 24 Dec 1835 MARY T. FREEMAN, b. Moultonboro, NH 1 Aug 1812, daughter of James Otis and Susan (French) Freeman, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1900 (VR). His early education was at the Limerick academy and other local schools. His study of the law was in 1835 with Emerson & Hoyt of Sandwich, NH. His early practice was in Moultonboro and Sandwich, after which he
66 York Co. Probate 1290.
67 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 48.
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returned to Parsonsfield in 1839 where he practiced law and farming for most of his life.68 His will, undated, named his wife and children [listed below].69
Children of Robert Tibbetts and Mary (Freeman) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME:70
i DANIEL OTIS6, b. Nov 1837, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1914; m. EMILY M. PERKINS, b. Sandwich, NH 30 Apr 1839 (DVR), daughter of Stephen W. and Martha P. (Trueworthy) Perkins, d. Parsonsfield 5 June 1922.
ii SUSAN CHAPMAN, b. 15 Feb 1839 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1920 (GS); m. Ossipee, NH 4 Mar 1858 (VR) (Rev.) JOHN GREENLEAF
LEAVITT of Westbrook, b. Smyrna, ME 13 Aug 1834 (GS), son of Nehemiah and Margery Lowell (Record) Leavitt, d. Hull, MA 7 Oct 1886 (VR).
iii CHARLES, b. 1 Aug 1842 (GS), d. Rochester, NH 20 Oct 1926 (GS); m. Tamworth, NH 23 June 1867 (VR) AUGUSTA GILMAN, b. Effingham, NH 2 July 1841 (GS), daughter of Smith and Ellen (Gile) Gilman, d. Rochester 4 May 1935 (GS). A graduate of Bowdoin College and a physician he studied medicine with Dr. Moses Sweat. He practiced in Parsonsfield and Long Island College Hospital, but primarily in Rochester.71
iv EMILY M., b. 1844 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1924 (GS); m. Boston, MA 9 Nov 1866 (VR) HIRAM H. BROWN, b. Cornish, ME 1838 (GS), son of John and Mary (Holm) Brown, d. Parsonsfield 27 Aug 1897 (VR). They lived in Gilford, NH, 1870, where he was a lawyer.
6 JOHN5, b. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1798, son of Daniel and Abigail (Chapman) Blazo, d. 1 Dec 1878; m. 1 May 1825 (VR) NANCY TOWLE, b. Madison, NH 1802 (GS), daughter of Jonathon and Catherine (Blazo) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 11 Jan 1846 (GS). His will, signed 27 Dec 1867, named his living children [listed below], with the exception of Maria Hodgdon. Children of John and Nancy (Towle) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME:72
i MARY C.6, b. 3 Mar 1826, d. 25 Sept 1876.
ii NANCY, b. 19 June 1827, d. 11 Jan 1846.
iii JOHN, b. 8 Apr 1831, d. 19 Oct 1905; m. (1) Boston, MA 28 Mar 1855 (VR) HANNAH F. HODGDON, b. NH Feb 1837, daughter of Bradbury Hodgdon, d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1856 (GS); m. (2) Effingham 1 May 1858 HATTIE BURLEIGH, b. Madison, NH 23 Feb 1833 (GS), daughter of William and Nancy (Hodgdon) Burleigh, d. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1893 (VR).
68 History of Parsonsfield, p. 129.
69 York Co. Probate 1298.
70 History of Parsonsfield, p. 366.
71 Op. cit., p. 156.
72 Op. cit., p. 366.
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iv MARIA F, b. 8 Feb 1836, d. Tuftonboro, NH 2 Sept 1912; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1858 (VR) JACOB HODGDON, b. Tuftonboro 1835 (GS), d. Tuftonboro 7 Sept 1836 (DR), son of Bradbury and Harriet (Hodgdon) Hodgdon, d. Tuftonboro 15 May 1915 (VR).
v LORENZO S., b. 9 June 1837, d. Tuftonboro, NH 4 Dec 1903 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Chelsea, MA 18 Dec 1977 (VR) KATE VAN WIE, b. Rensellear, NY 1842 (GS), daughter of Andrew H. and Harriet (Lampher) Van Wie, d. Medford, MA 26 Mar 1908 (VR).
vi JAMES HENRY, b. 16 June 1844, d. Tuftonboro, NH 5 Dec 1926 (VR), buried Brownfield; m. ABBY B. FOGG, b. Brownfield 1838 (GS), daughter of David M. and Betsey (Black) Fogg, d. Porter 5 July 1914 (VR).
vii ENOCH W., b. 30 Nov 1839, d. 30 Aug 1840.
7 JONATHON, JR.5, b. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1801,son of Jonathan and Jane (Deshon) Blazo, d. Milton, MA Mar 1860; m. LUCY STORER, b. Wells 1808, lived in Milton, MA, 1860, aged 52.
Children of Jonathon, Jr., and Lucy (Storer) Blazo, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i WILLIAM AUGUSTUS6, b. 17 May 1829, d. Boston, MA 30 May 1902 (VR); m. 23 Aug 1858 (VR) MARY ELIZABETH FARNUM, b. Hudson, NH 8 June 1840 (GS), daughter of Greenleaf B. and Martha A. (Webster) Farnum, d. Providence, RI 21 Dec 1903 (GS).
ii SUSAN J., b. 11 Aug 1831, d. Limerick 19 Dec 1885 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 7 Apr 1855 (VR) JACOB CLARKE of Effingham, NH, b. 10 Apr 1821 (GS), son of William and Mehitable (Strout) Clark, d. Limerick 18 Feb 1892.
JOHN and JAMES BRACKETT
1 JOHN7 (James6, John5, Samuel4-3, Thomas2, Anthony1), b. Berwick, ME 18 Aug 1774, son of James and Anna (Stillings) Brackett, d. Parsonsfield 3 Apr 1803; m. Lebanon 2 July 1800 BETSEY FOGG, b. Berwick 27 July 1779, daughter of James and Anna (Remick) Fogg, d. 21 Mar 1854; she m. (2) JAMES BRACKETT, below. Children of John and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i ANNA8, b 13 Apr 1801, d. Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1898 (VR); m. SILAS CARTLAND, b. Parsonsfield 19 Mar 1798, son of Pelatiah and Anna (Hanson) Cartland, d. 10 Feb 1875.
3 ii JOHN, JR., b. 4 June 1803
2 JAMES7 (James6, John5, Samuel4-3, Thomas2, Anthony1), b. Berwick, ME 18 June 1777, son of James and Anna (Stillings) Brackett; m. BETSEY (FOGG) BRACKETT, b. Berwick 27 July 1779, daughter of James annd Anna (Remick) Fogg, d. 21 Mar 1854. , Known children of James and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): 4 i JAMES, JR.8, b. 5 July 1805
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
ii SUSAN/SUKEY, b 11 Nov 1811, d. Limington 27 Nov 1846; m. Parsonsfield 18 Dec 1831 (VR) (Dr.) SAMUEL MOULTON BRADBURY, b. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1805, son of James and Ann (Moulton) Bradbury, d. Limington 23 Sept 1888.
iii ELIZABETH, b. 16 Mar 1820 (from age at death), d. Limington 4 Apr 1899, aged 78-1-19 (VR); m. (Dr) SAMUEL MOULTON BRADBURY, b. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1805, son of James C. and Ann (Moulton) Bradbury, d. Limington 22 Sept 1888 (GS).
3 JOHN, JR.8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 4 June 1803 (VR), son of James and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, d. Parsonsfield 4 Feb 1886; m. “of Dover, NH” Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1827 (VR) JEMIMA B. LORD “of town,” b. Ossipee, NH 10 July 1802, , daughter of (Rev.) Wentworth and Patience (Brackett) Lord , d. Parsonsfield 1879 (GS).
Children of John, Jr. and Jemima B. (Lord) Brackett, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i JOHN WENTWORTH9, b. 21 Apr 1828, d Canton, MA 1821 (GS).; m. Concord, MA 24 Dec 1862 (VR) FRANCES BLAISDELL HOYT, b. Northfield, NH 1843, daughter of Enos and Grace R. ( ) Hoyt, d. Framingham, MA 20 Oct 1863 (GS); m. (2) Boston, MA 30 Sept 1885 (VR) FLORENCE I. LAPOINTE, b. Peru South America ca 1859, daughter of Alfred and Ellen M. ( ) LaPointe, d. 1830. He was a piano manufacturer who lived in Boston.
ii CYRUS FOGG, b. 34 June 1833 (GS), d. Princeton, NJ 29 Jan 1815 (GS); m. Amesbury, MA 2 Dec 1864 (VR) ALICE A. BRIGGS, b. Holderness, NH 9 Dec 1839 (GS), daughter of Joshua and Alice ( ) Briggs, d. Princeton 14 July 1885 (GS). He was a physician and professor at Princeton, University.
iii SUSAN ELIZABETH, b. 30 Apr 1840 (DVR), d. Wolfeboro, NH 30 May 1823 (VR); m. 1872 ALFRED BROWN, b. Ossipee, NH 8 Nov 1827 (GS), son of Moses and Susan M. (Ayers) Brown, d. Wolfeboro 10 July 1907 (VR).
iv EMILY/EMMA ADELAIDE, b. 23 Oct 1841, d. Parsonsfield 1 Mar 1916 (VR). She was a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1863.
3 JAMES, JR.8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 5 July 1805 (VR), son of James and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, d. Parsonsfield 5 June 1848; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Apr 1829 (VR) BETSEY BARKER, b. Limerick, 11 Mar 1805, daughter of Ezra and Betsey (Seavey) Barker, d. Lawrence 26 Oct 1880.
Children of James, Jr. and Betsey (Barker) Brackett, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARY PERRY9 , b. ca 1831, d. Lawrence, MA 14 Nov 1880 (VR); m. ANTONIO ALVAREZ, b. Spain, ca 1832, lived in Lawrence,1880.
ii IRENE COLE, b. ca 1833, d. Lawrene, MA 6 Dec 1881; m. JOHN Y. DELGADO, b. Gibacoa, Cuba ca 1841, son of Sats and Belen ( ) Delgado.
iii ANNA CARTLAND, b. 3 Mar 1835, d. Lawrence, MA 27 Dec 1912.
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iv JOHN B., b. ca 1839, d. Lawrence 19 Apr 1880; m. Boston 14 Dec 1871
EMMA G. FESSENDEN, b. Boston, MA 1847, daughter of Abijah and Louisa M. (Watkins) Fessenden, d. Boston 28 May 1877 (VR).
v JAMES EDWIN, b. ca 1846, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850.
BRADBURY
JAMES C.6 (Cotton5, John4, Wymond3-2, Thomas1) b. York, ME 28 Apr 1772 (GS/PVR), son of Cotton and Ruth (Weare) Bradbury, d. Windham, ME 7 Feb 1844 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 12 Nov 1800 (VR) ANN (MOULTON) MOULTON, b. Newbury, MA 27 Sept 1777, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1835 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 1 Nov 1836 (VR) NANCY (MOULTON) CHAPMAN, b. 3 Jan 1800, lived in Windham, 1860, aged 60 (USC).
Children of James and Ann (Moulton) Bradbury, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i JAMES WARE7, b. 10 June 1802, d. Augusta 6 Jan 1901 (VR); m. Augusta 1834 ELIZA ANN SMITH, b. ca 1815, daughter of Thomas Smith, lived in Augusta, 1870, aged 55 (USC). A graduate of Bowdoin College, Thomas W. Bradbury went on to be a teacher, lawyer, editor, county attorney, U.S. Senator and President of the Maine Historical Society.
ii SAMUEL MOULTON, b. 22 Aug 1805, d. Limington 22 Sept 1888; m. (1) Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1831 (VR) SUSAN BRACKETT, b. Parsonsfield 11 Nov 1811, daughter of James and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, d. Limington 27 Nov 1846; m. (2) ELIZABETH BRACKETT, b. 16 Mar 1820 (from age at death), daughter of James and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, d. Limington 4 Apr 1899, aged 78-1-19 (VR). A graduate of Bowdoin College he studied medicine with his father and then set up practice in Limington.
iii CLARISSA ANN, b. 18 June 1807, d. Windham 5 Dec 1950 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1832 (VR) CHARLES GRANDISON PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1807, son of Joseph and Abigail (Adams) Parsons, d. Windham 1864 (GS).
Child of James C. and Nancy (Moulton) Bradbury, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iv COTTON MATHER, b. 22 Feb 1839, d. Westbrook 17 Sept 1917; m. Gorham 19 Dept 1879 (VR) ELLA L. HARRIS, b. Lewiston 1859 (GS), daughter of Richard D. and Julia A. (Greenleaf) Harris, d. Windham 5 Apr 1893 (VR).
LUTHER BROWN
1 LUTHER, b. 1756, d. 1859 or June 1850; m. Danvers, MA 26 Sept 1789 (VR) SARAH
ELIZABETH PEABODY (VR), b. Gorham, ME ca 1765, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Trask) Peabody, d. Parsonsfield ca 1831.
Children of Luther and Elizabeth (Peabody) Brown, b. Lynn, MA
i THOMAS, b. 1789, d. ? Gorham; m. Portland, ME 23 Oct 1823 VR)
ESTHER W. LANE
2 ii EPHRAIM P., b. Lynn, MA MAY 1793
iii NANCY, b. 1796, d. before 1828; m. Parsonsfield 26 Oct 1815 (VR)
DEAN SAWYER; he m. (2) 1828 Sally Harmon
iv SALLY/SARAH ANN, b. 1803, d. Brownfield 27 Oct 1851 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 27 Mar 1823 (VR) JOSEPH CHICK, b. Parsonsfield 22 Apr 1800 (VR), son of Daniel and Rosanna (Perry) Chick, d. Porter 16 Jan 1884; he m. (2) Charity Kennard.
2 EPHRAIM, b. Lynn, May 1793, son of Luther and Elizabeth (Peabody) Brown, d. Limerick 8 Feb 1867 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 Mar 1816 (VR) HANNAH HART, b. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1795 (VR), daughter of James and Hannah (Wade) Hart, d. Limerick 8 Oct 1867 (GS).
Children of Ephraim and Hannah (Hart) Brown, b. Parsonsfield, ME:73
i JANE B., b. 5 Feb 1817, d. Bridgton 19 Mar 1883; m. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1833 (VR) BENJAMIN SIMPSON of Bridgton, b. 19 June 1809, d. Bridgton 1 June 1891.
ii IVORY, b. 27 Dec 1819, d. Browfield12 Oct 1903; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 31 Jan 1842 (VR) JANE HART of Freedom, NH
iii CATHERINE G., b. 22 Feb 1821, d. Westbrook 19 June 1896; m. ISAAC F. QUIMBY, b. ca 1819, d. Westbrook 7 Apr 1898.
` iv BELINDA HART, b. 20 Oct 1822, d. Meriden, CT 6 Oct 1916; m. THOMAS McLELLAN of Meriden, CT, b. 14 Apr 1920.
v SUSAN G., b. 1830; m. WILLIAM BAKER, d. Meriden 16 Zug 1899.
vi HANNAH C., b. 11 Oct 1823, d. Farmington, NH 26 Oct 1885; m. JOHN BROWN, b. Cornish 5 Apr 1820, son of John and Mary (Holmes) Brown, d. Farmington 13 Sept 1892.
vii HORACE T., b. 1826, d. FT. St. Philip, New Orleans, LA; m. MARGARET A. BABB. He was in the 13th ME Regt.
viii MARY W., b. Nov 1828; m d. Springfield, MA 1021; m. THOMAS C. HOWE, of Westfield, MA.
ix SUSAN G., b. 26 Dec 1831, d. Meriden, CT 19 Nov 1921; m. WILLIAM BAKER of Meriden, CT.
x JAMES HART, b. 28 Jan 1833, d. Limerick 31 Aug 1890; m. (int.) Parsonsfe1d 15 Dec 1855 (VR) MARY ELLA MASON McCARTEE
73 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 367.
of Porter, b. Limerick 1 July 1839, daughter of Stillman B. and Mary (Mason) McCartee, d. Limerick 14 Apr 1903.
xi LYDIA A., b. 1834, d. Parsonsfield 8 Aug 1893; m. CHARLES H. EASTMAN, b. Parsonsfield 18 Sept 1838, son of Henry and Maria (Downs) Eastman, d. Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1918 (GS).
xii LUTHER, b. and d. 1837.
xiii RUTH A., b. 1838, d. Meriden, CT 20 Aug 1921; m. HORACE MANWARING.
SIMON BROWN
1 SIMON8 (Nathan5, Samuel4, Stephen3, Jacob2, John1), b. Hampton, NH 22 Jan 1775, son of Nathan and Jane (Lamprey) Brown, d. Parsonsfield 31 Oct 1852; m. Oct 1800
SARAH SPEED, b. NH ca 1780, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1857.74 Children of Simon and Sarah (Speed) Brown, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
2 i SIMON, JR.7, b. 2 Oct 1802 (VR)
ii ABRAHAM, b. 10 Mar 1806 (VR), d. 9 July 1827.
iii HARRIET, b. 14 Feb 1812 (VR); m. JAMES LORD, b. Parsonsfield, ME 29 May 1808 (VR), son of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord.
3 iv SAMUEL, b. 12 Sept 1815
2 SIMON, JR.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME, 2 Oct 1802 (VR), son of Simon and Sarah (Speed) Brown, d. 29 May 1884; m. (int.) Parsonsfield SARAH MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1804, daughter of John and Mary (Mills) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 1868.
i HARRIET A.8, b. 1827 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1915; m. Parsonsfield 2 Mar 1857 (VR) DAVID W. CLARK MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1818 (VR), son of Joseph and Hannah (Burbank) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 1875 (GS).
ii ANNETTE MARY, b. 1829, d. Parsonsfield Apr 1856; m. Parsonsfield 14 June 1855 (VR) SAMUEL STANLEY, b. Porter, ME 11 July 1831, son of Elisha and Lovey (Durgin) Stanley, d. Porter 18 July 1902.
iii SARAH C., b. Oct 1834, d. Boston, MA 14 Feb 1911.
iv MARTHA, b. 1838, d. 1856.
v JOHN MERRILL, b. 5 Apr 1839, d. Milton, MA 2 Aug 1925; m. FRANCENA SOPHIA SACKETT, b. Southwick, MA 7 Nov 1845, daughter of Almeron Royal and Sophia Loomis (Holcombe) Sackett, d. Milton 29 Mar 1919. He was a Boston attorney.
vi ETTA E., b. Jan 1849, d. Boston, MA 22 Feb 1941; m. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1870 (Rev.) ISRAEL PAUL QUIMBY, b. Dover, NH 21 My 1849, son of Israel Paul and Betsey (Barnes) Quimby, d. Malden, MA 24 Jan 1925.
74 History of Hampton, NH, p. 622.
3 SAMUEL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 12 Sept 1815, son of Simon and Sarah (Speed) Brown, d, 27 Nov 1886; m. (int.) Parsonsfield 14 Sept 1846 (VR) MIRANDA HILL, b. 1823 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1887 (GS)
Children of Samuel and Miranda (Hill) Brown, b. Parsonsfield, ME75
i SIMON8, b. 7 May 1847, d. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1920 (GS).
ii CHARLES, b. 19 June 1849 d. Parsonsfield 1887 (GS).
iii MARY ANN, b. 1 Oct 1856 (DVR), d. Effingham, NH 13 Sept 1933 (VR).
BURBANK
CALEB6 (Asa5, John4, Caleb3-2, John1), b. Arundel, ME 6 Nov 1771 (KVR), son of Asa and Esther (Emery) Burbank, lived in Parsonsfield, 1820; m. Arundel 12 Feb 1795 (MM) SARAH/SALLY LITTLEFIELD, bap. Arundel 29 Sept 1771, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Stevens) Littlefield, d. Oct 1849. A blacksmith and farmer he settled in the Middle Road Village.
Children of Caleb and Sarah (Littlefield) Burbank, b. Parsonsfield, except as noted (VR):76
i ESTHER EMERY7 , b. Wells 13 Aug 1795, d. 17 July 1878; m. Parsonsfield 29 Apr 1818 JOHN LORD, b. Berwick, ME Feb 1794, son of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1865.
ii HANNAH FOSTER, b. Wells 24 Mar 1799, d. Cornish 29 May 1850 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 9 July 1818 JOSEPH MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1796, son of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 2 Nov 1889 (GS); he m. (2) Mercy ( ) Leavitt,
iii SAMUEL L., b 11 Aug 1800, probably d. Newport, ME 25 Oct 1870 (GS).
iv SARAH ANN, b. 12 Sept 1803, d. 15 Jan 1825; m. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1824 (VR) JOSEPH LORD of Newport, ME.
v MARY ANN, b. 9 Feb 1805, d. 24 May 1879; m. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1824 (VR) ELISHA WADLEIGH, b. Parsonsfield 9 Sept 1801, son of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. 4 Aug 1875.
vi OLIVE O., b. 10 July 1806, d. Parsonsfield 7 Apr 1886; m. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1825 LEMUEL MILLER, JR., b. Arundel ca 1801, son of Lemuel and Anna (Burbank) Miller, lived in Biddeford, 1860, aged 59 (USC).
vii LYDIA A., b. 24 Mar 1808, d. 26 Aug 1878; m. (1) JOSEPH LORD; m. (2) Parsonsfield 18 Mar 1855 JEREMIAH LEAVITT of Effingham, NH; m. (3) Freedom, NH 4 Sept 1867 (VR) DANIEL ELLIOT, b. Parsonsfield ca Apr 1805 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1881, aged 76-6 (GS).
viii CALEB B., b. Parsonsfield 22 Nov 1812, d. 19 Mar 1814.
75 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 367.
76 The Littlefield Genealogy, pp. 533–4; Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. XX
ix JOSEPHINE, b. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1815, d. 19 Feb 1816.
BURNHAM
1 PAUL2 (Thomas1), b. Epping, NH 5 Feb 1760, son of Thomas Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 2 June 1832 (GS); m. (1) 1783 SALLY WEYMOUTH, b. Lee, NH 13 June 1761, probable daughter of William and Rachel Rebecca (Rollins) Weymouth, d. Parsonsfield 26 Nov 1801; m. (2) Parsonsfield 27 Jan 1803 (VR) COMFORT PEASE, b. Parsonsfield 1 Aug 1781 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Comfort (Marston) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1840 (GS). He came to Parsonsfield in 1795. He served in the American Revolution from NH.
Children of Paul and Sally (Weymouth) Burnham, first six, b. Lee, NH (Parsonsfield VR):77
i BETSEY3 , b, 5 Mar 1784, d. 2 Mar 1870; m. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1800 ENOCH POOR PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Apr 1781, son of Thomas, Jr. and Hannah (Foster) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1860; m. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1800.
ii ABIGAIL, b. 24 Nov 1785, d. Portland, ME 29 Dec 1867 (GS); m. WILLIAM MORRIS of Scarboro.
iii ASA, b. 13 Dec 1787, d. Waterville 30 July 1875 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 May 1811 (VR) LYDIA PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 4 July 1790, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Lord) Parsons, d. Waterville, ME 5 May 1882 (GS). Their first two children, Lydia and Sally, were b. Parsonsfield.
2 iv NOAH, b. 24 Jan 1790
v SALLY, b. 2 Mar 1792, d. 26 Nov 1802 (VR).
vi ANNA, b. 13 Apr 1794, d. 13 Apr 1803 (VR).
vii POLLY, b. Parsonsfield 14 Oct 1795, d. 24 Nov 1799 (VR).
viii SUSANNAH, b. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1799, d. 24 Nov 1802 (VR).
Children of Paul and Comfort (Pease) Burnham, B. Parsonsfield, ME:
ix ANNA/NANCY, b. 3 Nov 1803, d. Newfield before 1 Oct 1866; m. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1829 MOSES COLMAN DUNNELS of Newfield, b. Newbury, MA 24 Apr 1796, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Dresser) Dunnels, d. Newfield 2 Jan 1839 (GS); he m. (2) Sally (Woods) Pray.78
x MARY, b. 31 Mar 1805, d. Baldwin 25 Feb 1868 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 May 1829 (VR) CYRUS SNELL BROWN of Baldwin, b.11 Oct 1802, son of Ephraim and Huldah (Richardson) Brown, d. Baldwin 10 Sept 1869 (GS).
3 xi JOHN, b. 29 Nov 1806
77 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 368.
78 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 233.
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xii JULIA ANN, b. 16 Feb 1809, d. MN 28 May 1890; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1834 (VR) CHARLES BROWN of Baldwin, b. 4 July 1807, d. St. Paul, MN 7 Jan 1854 (GS)
xiii COMFORT MARSTON, b. 23 Nov 1813, d. young.
xiv JOSEPH P., b. 5 Jan 1816, d. young.
xv SUSAN M., b. 31 Aug 1819/20, d. Newfield 27 Feb 1853; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 6 Sept 1846 (VR) LAFAYETTE DAVIS, b. Newfield 18 Sept 1824, son of Daniel and Abigail (Campernell) Davis, Newfield 18 Dec 1892; he m. (2) Achsah L. Boothby. 79
2 NOAH3, b. Parsonsfield, ME 24 Jan 1790 son of Paul and Sally (Weymouth) Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 5 Feb 1865; m. 20 Dec 1812 MARTHA HILTON, b. 15 Mar 1790, daughter of Dudley and Rhoda (Bickford) Hilton, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1869. Children of Noah and Martha (Hilton) Burnham, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):80
i RHODA H.3, b. 21 Sept 1813, d. 3 Feb 1833.
ii CAROLINE W., b. 11 May 1816, d. 6 May 1840; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1837 (VR) (Dr.) CHARLES LOUGEE b. Parsonsfield 23 Oct 1813, son of John, Jr. and Ann (Parsons) Lougee. d. Scarboro 13 May 1838 (Parsonsfield VR).
iii GEORGE OLIVER, b. 4 Sept 1818, d. Biddeford 1893 (GS); m. 29 Oct 1844 HANNAH JANE HOOPER, b. 7 Aug 1822, daughter of William Phillips and Mary (Stone) Hooper, d. Biddeford 1878 (GS).
iv JAMES ERASTUS, b. 18 Dec 1820, d. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1892 (GS), buried Sanford; m. 6 Dec 1863 SUSAN E PERRY, b. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1839, daughter of James and Catherne (Gould) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1921 (GS).
v NOAH AUGUSTUS, b. 20 Mar 1823, d. 25 Nov 1843.
vi MARTHA ANN, b, 17 Aug 1825, d. Saco, ME 9 Nov 1889 (GS); m. IRA H. BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1824, son of Stephen and Sarah (Thomas) Bickford, d. Boston 3 Apr 1913 (GS).
vii JOHN LORENZO, b. 6 Mar 1828, d. Nashville, TN 1902 (GS); m. GEORGEANNA HALEY, b. Kennebunkport, ME 4 June 1836 (DVR), daughter of Nahum and Jane (Fairfield) Haley, d. Nashville 21 Mar 1904 (VR)
viii EMELUNE AMANDA, b. 18 July 1830, no further record.
ix CHARLES IRVING, b. 7 Aug 1832, d. 13 Dec 1832.
3 JOHN3, b. Parsonsfield, ME 29 Nov 1806, son of Paul and Comfort (Pease) Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1871 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 15 Oct 1831 LYDIA BURBANK, b. Newfield 5 Sept 1809, daughter of Silas and Sally (Wedgwood) Burbank, d. 9 Jan 1846;81 m. (2) Newfield 2 Mar 1847 SALLY ADAMS, b. Newfield 24 Dec 1812,
79 Op. cit., p. 153.
80 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 368.
81 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 70.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 31
daughter of Thomas and Sally (Wilsom) Adams, d. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1873 or Oct 1875.82
Children of John and Lydia (Burbank) Burnham, b. Parsonsfield, ME:83
i JOSEPH, b. 12 Aug 1833, d. 1840 (GS).
ii RHODA, b. 5 July 1835; m. (1) 4 Dec 1856 WILLIAM WILMATH; m. (2) June 1886 CHARLES H. GREEN.
iii THATCHER W., b. 29 Mar 1837 (DVR), d. Parsonsfield 13 July 1821 (VR); m. 6 Dec 1863 DEBORAH RANDALL HAYES, b. Limerick 3 Jan 1836 (GS), daughter of Levi and Lydia (Philpot) Hayes p. 72, d. 1923 (GS). He served in the 27th Regt. of ME Vols. in the Civil War.
iv SARAH MELLISSA, b. 14 Feb 1839, d. Limerick 23 Sept 1905 (VR); m. 5 Nov 1863 (Dr) EBEN F. SEVERANCE of Limerick, b. 1822, son of Joseph and Mary (Foss) Severance, d. Limerick 1886 (GS). She was a music teacher.
v JOHN M., b. 15 Nov 1842, d. Dover, NH 1 June 1900 (VR); m. Dover 29 Oct 1870 (VR) ABBY J. MOULTON, b. Dover 1836, daughter of Leonard and Betsey (Goldsmith) Moulton, d. Dover 7 Nov 1896 (VR). He served in the 16th Regt. of ME Vols. in the Civil War.
BUZZELL
1 JOHN BELLOW6 (William5-4, John3, Simon2-1), b. Barrington, NH 16 Sept 1767, son of William and Eunice (Drew) Buzzell, d. Parsonfield 29 Mar 1863; m. ANNA BUZZELL, b. New Durham, NH 1771, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Drew) Buzzell. D. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1839. The family arrived in Parsonsfield in April 1798. Although a minister and a deeply religious man John B. Buzzell took an important role in the civil and political life of the town. He not only was town clerk but represented the town at the 1818 convention in Brunswick which led to Maine’s statehood.84
Children of John Bellow and Anna (Buzzell) Buzzell, first four b. NH, last six in Parsonsfield, ME (VR):85
i MARY7 , b. Barrington, NH 10 May 1782, d. Sept 1876; m. Parsonsfield 19 Aug 1810 (VR) GILMAN LOUGEE, b. Parsonsfield 12 May 1783 (VR), son of Gilman and Joanna (Smith) Lougee, d. Parsonsfield 14 Jan 1832.
ii ANNA/NANCY, b. 1793, d. 1836; m. Parsonsfield 9 June 1817 (VR) BENJAMIN McKENNEY
2 iii LUKE, b. Middleton, NH 1796
iv JOHN DREW, b. Middleton, NH 14 Jan 1798, d. Cape Elizabeth 1876; m. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1819 (VR) DEBORAH WIGGINS DOE,
82 Op. cit., p. 6.
83 Op. cit., p. 71.
84 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 69.
85 Ibid.
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b. Parsonsfield Mar 1801, daughter of John and Abigail (Giddings) Doe, d. Cape Elizabeth 18 Sept 1878. A medical doctor he did his early training under Dr. Moses Sweat and several Portland doctors.86
v ALVAH, 3RD, b. 4 Apr 1800, d. 16 Sept 1801 (VR).
vi AARON, 4TH, b. 17 Mar 1803, d. Norfolk, VA 1840; m. Deerfield, NH 22 Sept 1824 HANNAH LEIGHTON, b. Barrington, NH 16 Oct 1800, daughter of Andrew and Margaret T. (Babb) Leighton, d. Norfolk, VA 21 Nov 1844.
vii WILLIAM BOULTON, b. 24 Sept 1804, d. Chelsea, MA 24 Sept 1875 (VR); m. (1) Deerfield, NH 19 May 1827 HANNAH SUSAN SANBORN, b. Deerfield, NH 24 Jan 1806, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( ) Sanborn, d. Deerfield 5 Nov 1842; m. (2) Dracut, MA 10 Nov 1845 (VR) HARRIET (BUCK) KIMBALL , b. Dracut ca 1807, daughter of Asa and Lydia ( ) Buck, lived in Chelsea, 1870, aged 63 (USC).
viii ALVAH, 6TH, b. 15 Apr 1807, d. Southboro, MA 2 Apr 1888 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1833 MARY ANN CILLEY, b. Andover, NH 24 Apr 1810, daughter of Jonathon and Betsey (Hilton) Cilley, d. Andover 20 Mar 1867 (VR).
ix CLARINDA, b 4 Mar 1809, d. Gorham 1 Apr 1898; m.(1) Parsonsfield 2 Nov 1828 (VR) ISAAC N. SANBORN, b. Deerfield, NH 28 Oct 1807, son of John and Elizabeth ( ) Sanborn, d. Parsonsfield 1 June 1836; m. (2) 7 Mar 1844 COLWELL LEMONT COUILLARD, b. Georgetown, ME 7 Mar 1809, d. Bangor 1847.
x JAMES MADISON, b. 4 Nov 1812, d. Portland, ME 2 Sept 1891 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1836 (VR) REBECCA A. HOBSON, b. Limington 20 Nov 1816 (GS), daughter of Jabez and Betsey (Hancock) Hobson, d. Gorham 27 Feb 1899 (VR).87 A graduate of Bowdoin College, he was a medical doctor in Andover, NH, Limerick, ME and Gorham, ME.
xi MARTHA A. , b. 16 May 1816, d. Steep Falls, ME 1855 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 22 Nov 1835 (VR) SEWALL HOBSON, b. Limington 6 Mar 1815, son of Jabez and Betsey (Hancock) Hobson, d. Conway, NH 26 June 1896; he m. (2) Ann ( ) Thompson 88
2 LUKE7, b. Middleton, NH Apr 1796, son of John Bellow and Anna (Buzzell) Buzzell, d. Parsonsfield 10 Aug 1821 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 July 1818 (VR) MARY MUDGETT, b. New Hampton, NY 16 Jan 1797, d. Meredith, NH 30 June 1869. Children of Luke and Mary (Mudgett) Buzzell, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
86 Op. cit., p. 137.
87 Early Families of Limington, Maine, p. 174.
88 Ibid.
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i ETHELBERT LUKE8, b. 26 Dec 1818, d. Maplewood, MN 7 May 1905 (GS); m. MARTHA ABIGAIL PHILBRICK, b. Phillips, ME 16 June 1825, b. Burlington, VT 25 Aug 1913.
ii ELIZABETH, b. ca 1820, d. before 1860; m. Lowell, MA 26 Nov 1846 (VR) DAVID F. ROLFE, b. Gorham, ME son of Benjamin and Nancy (Bangs) Rolfe, d. Gorham, ME 16 Aug 1903 (VR); m. (2) Katherine Bean.
CARTLAND
1 PELATIAH3 (Joseph2, John1), b. Lee, NH 14 Dec 1746, son of Joseph and Lydia (Allen) Cartland, d. Parsonsfield 1 May 1830; m. 1777 ANNA HANSON, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1849.
Children of Pelatiah and Anna (Hanson) Cartland, b. Parsonsfield, ME:89
2 i CHARLES4, b. Lee, NH 27 Mar 1778
ii ABIGAIL, m. Parsonsfield 21 Aug 1806 (VR) BENJAMIN DALTON, b. Hampton, NH 24 Aug 1780, son of Samuel and Sarah (Scott) Dalton, d. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1856.
3 iii SILAS, b. 19 Mar 1798
2 CHARLES, b. Lee, NH 27 Mar 1778 (GS), son of Pelatiah and Anna (Hanson) Cartland, d. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1839 (GS); m. MIRIAM ROBINSON, b. Windham, ME 24 Sept 1790, daughter of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, d. Windham 21 Oct 1849. Charles’s will, signed 26 Dec 1938, named his wife, Miriam and the children listed below90. Charles and Miriam Cartland were Elders of the Windham Society of Friends Meeting House.
Children of Charles and Miriam (Robinson) Cartland, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i CONTENT, b. Windham 26 Mar 1813, d. Sandwich, NH 28 Jan 1839; m. Parsonsfield July 1834 DANIEL BEEDE HOAG, b. 1803, son of Stephen and Martha Phebe (Beede) Hoag, d. No. Sandwich 13 Aug 1855 (GS).
ii ANNA, b. 1815, d. Sandwich, MA 31 Mar 1900 (VR); m. CHARLES MILLIKEN, b. ME ca 1820, son of Rufus and Jane ( ) Milliken, d. Sandwich 14 Nov 1891 (VR).
iii JOSEPH, b. Windham 22 Aug 1818, d. Brunswick, ME 27 Jan 1898; m. SUSAN P. DAY, b. Durham, ME 17 June 1820, daughter of Isaiah and Deborah (Philbrook) Day, d. Brunswick 18 May 1904 (VR). They were members of the Society of Friends.
89 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 369.
90 York Co. Pronate 2578.
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iv JOHN B., b. 30 Nov 1820, d. Windham 4 Dec 1902; m. Parsonsfield 29 Oct 1845 NANCY MILLIKEN, b. Windham 31 Oct 1823, daughter of Rufus and Jane (Coolbroth) Milliken, d. Windham 3 Dec 1912 (VR).
v STEPHEN M., b. 17 Oct 1822, d. Cape Elizabeth 19 May 1894; m. Brunswick, ME 25 Jan 1848 ALMIRA DAY, b. Durham, ME 4 Jan 1825, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Peace (Jones) Day, d. So. Portland 28 May 1894.
vi CHARLES, JR., b. 24 June 1824, d. Parsonsfield 23 Mar 1881 (GS); probably m. Standish 31 Jan 1879 ROSANNA CARLE.
vii CYRUS, b. 20 Aug 1827, d. Brunswick 21 Apr 1915 (GS); m. Brunswick 20 Aug 1848 PHEBE ROGERS JONES, b. Brunswick 11 Dec 1823, daughter of John and Lydia (Tuttle) Jones, d. Brunswick 15 Mar 1911 (VR).
viii ISAIAH, b. 8 Sept 1829, d. Portland, ME 12 Jan 1890 (VR); m. 24 Aug 1752 EUNICE HACKER RICH, b. Lynn, MA 27 Dec 1827, daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Jones) Rich, d. Bridgton, ME 18 Dec 1903 (VR).
ix LYDIA M. C., b. 26 Oct 1831, d. Dover, NH 17 Sept 1896 (VR); m. Windham, ME 28 Mar 1852 WILLIAM PENN TUTTLE, b. Dover 26 June 1823, son of Joseph and Sarah (Pinkham) Tuttle, d. Dover 4 May 1911.
x ABIGAIL D., b. 23 Feb 1834, d. Portland, ME 13 May 1862 (VR).
3 SILAS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 19 Mar 1798, d. p 12 Feb 1875 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1821 (VR) ANNA BRACKETT, b. Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1801, daughter of John and Betsey (Fogg) Brackett, d. Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1898 (VR). Anna Cartland’s will, signed 18 Feb 1875, named her sons, Asa, John B. and Silas H. Cartland; and numerous grandchildren, including Allen S. Hamblen.91
Children of Silas and Anna (Brackett) Cartland, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ASA, b. 20 Mae 1822, d. Augusta 26 Mar 1885; m. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1849 (YMR) ISABELLE E. DAVIS, b. Hollis 5 June 1830, daughter of James and Harriet (Milliken_ Davis, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1904 (VR).
ii JOHN BRACKETT, b. 31 Aug 1824, d. Sandwich, NH 4 Mar 1905 (VR), buried p; m. (1) CYNTHIA WINSLOW, b. Westbrook 11 May 1829, daughter of Josiah and Lydia (Robinson) Winslow, d. Parsonsfield 11 Aug 1857 (GS); m. (2) EUNICE DOUGLAS KNIGHT, b. Windham, ME 15 June 1830, daughter of Mark and Mary (Douglas) Knight, d. Sandwich 15 Nov 1894 (VR).
iii SILAS H., b. 14 Feb 1831, d. Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1906; m. LYDIA A. CARTLAND, b. Vassalboro 5 June 1822 (VR), daughter of John and Tabitha (Pope) Cartland, d. Parsonsfield 27 June 1906 (VR).
91 York Co. Probate 2576.
iv ELIZABETH, b. 24 Sept 1834, d. Windham 20 Apr 1862; m. BYRON G. HAMBLEN
v ANNIE H, b. 19 May 1838 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1866, aged 28-5-27 (GS).
vi JOSEPH D., b. 5 Dec 1839 (from age at death), d. p 21 Aug 1861, aged 21-8-16 (GS).
SAMUEL and ANDREW McCLARY CHAPMAN
1 SAMUEL6 (Samuel5-2, Edward1), b. Newmarket, NH Jan 1762, son of Samuel and Mary (Barber) Chapman, d. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1850 (GS); m. (1) HANNAH QUIMOY, b. 1763, d. Parsonsfield 29 Sept 1901 (VR);2) OLIVE DESHIN, b. Saco 21 Nov 1771, d. 22 Apr 1860.
Children of Samuel and Hannah (Quimby) Chapman, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i BETSEY7 , b. 9 Jan 1792, d. Plainfield, VT; m. Parsonsfield 24 Feb 1812 (VR) SAMUEL CLIFFORD of Corinth.
ii HALE, b. 8 June 1793, d. Newmarket, NH 31 May 1806 (PVR).
iii HENRY, b. 8 Nov 1794, d. Westbrook 31 Nar 1872; m. HANNAH BOND, b. Portland, ME 15 July 1801, daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Russell) Bond, d. Portland 29 Dec 1881.
iv MARY, b. 30 July 1796
v HANNAH, b. 36 Mar 1799
Children of Samuel and Olive (Deshon) Chapman, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
vi MARK C, b. 18 June 1804 [17 July, (GS)], d. Parsonsfield 3 Dec 1833 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1826 (VR) RUTH MARDEN WEDGWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1804, daughter of John and Mary (Towle) Wedgwood, d. Hillsdale, MI 25 Mar 1882 (GS); she m. (2) John Drake.
vii PERMELIA, b. 6 Dec 1805, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 74 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1826 (VR) JOHN GAMMON, b. Parsonsfield 15 June 1804, son of John and Eunice (Carter) Gammon, d. Parsonsfield 30 June 1875 (GS).
viii CAROLINE, b. Nov 1807, d. Parsonsfield 16 Apr 1812 (VR).
ix HALE, b. 29 Mar 1810, d. Ossipee, NH 11 Nov 1860; m. 14 Feb 1831 ELVIRA JANE COLBY of Ossipee, NH, b. 3 Apr 1812, d. [possibly Peabody, MA] 1906.
3 x ANDREW McCLARY, II, b. 16 July 1813
2 ANDREW McCLARY6 , b. Newmarket, NH 22 Aug 1773 (GS), son of Samuel and Mary (Barber) Chapman, d. Parsonsfield 14 Apr 1850 (GS); m. ELEANOR JONES, b. Epping, NH 9 Jan 1777(GS), daughter of Timothy and Judith (Gilman) Jones, d. Parsonsfield 24 May 1868 (GS).
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Children of Andrew McClary and Eleanor (Jones) Chapman, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first (VR):
i JUDITH G.7, b. 11 Nov 1799, lived in Madison, NH, 1880, aged 80 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1821 (VR) (Dr.) DAVID HOWARD of Eaton, NH, b. 29 1792, son of David Howard, d. Eaton Oct 1826;92 m. (2) Wakefield, NH 5 Mar 1831 (VR) DANIEL SANBORN HOBBS, b. NH ca 1800, son of Jonathon Hobbs, lived in Madison, NH, 1880, aged 80 (USC).
ii RHODA, b. 19 July 1802; d. 1895 m. Parsonsfield 19 July 1825 (VR)
JOSIAH HILTON HOBBS of Wakefield, b. Effingham, NH (VR) 2 Nov 1795 (GS), son of Benjamin and Sarah (Hilton) Hobbs, d. Wakefield 18 June 1854 (GS).
iii ZEBULON D., b. 17 Oct 1804, d. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1837 (GS)
iv ALMIRA, b. 5 Oct 1806, d. Sangerville, ME 3 July 1897 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1825 (VR) ALGERNON SIDNEY HOWARD of Tamworth, NH, b. Bridgewater, MA 11 Oct 1796, son of David and Rebecca (Whitman) Howard, d. Sangerville 5 Aug 1859 (GS).
v MARY ANN, b. 16 Feb 1819, d. Tamworth, NH 22 Oct 1867 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 13 Sept 1831 (VR) TRUE PERKINS of Tamworth, b. there 15 May 1806 (VR), son of True and Sally ( ) Perkins, d. Tamworth 8 July 1878 (GS).
4 vi ANDREW McCLARY, II, b. 8 May 1821 (GS)
3 ANDREW McCLARY, II7 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 16 July 1813, son of Samuel and Olive (Deshon) Chapman, d. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1883 (GS) (GS); m. Parsonsfield 29 Apr 1836 (VR) ESTHER A. WELCH, b. Bridgton, ME 27 Feb 1812, daughter of Roger and – (Smith) Welch (GS), d. Parsonsfield 18 Mar 1895 (VR). Children of Andrew McClary, II and Esther W. (Welch) Chapman, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARK, b. 11 Jan 1838, d. Malden, MA 224 Apr 1908 (VR); m. RI 15 Dec 1858 (VR) MARY E. BEAUMONT, b. NJ Oct 1837, lived in Malden, 1900, aged 62 (USC).
ii ZEBULON D.8, b. 1841 (GS), d. Boston, MA 1878 (VR), buried Parsonsfield m. Boston 30 Mar 1867 SARAH J. (HORN) SMITH, b. Freedom, NH 1840, daughter of Reuben and Sarah J. (Maddox) Horn, d. Waltham, MA 8 Jan 1903 (GS).
iii ELLEN G., b. 1849, lived in Malden, MA, 1930, aged 81 (USC); m. Boston, MA 29 Sept 1870 (VR) JOHN M.STEWART, b. NS 1847, son of Murdock and Jessie ( ) Stewart, lived in Parsonsfield, 1900, aged 62 (USC).
iv JOHN HENRY, n. 16 May 1852; d. Boston 29 Apr 1918, buried Hull (GS) m. Hull, MA 27 Oct 1878 (VR) MARY J. GALIANO, b. Hull 1857,
92 North America, Family Histories, 2345.
daughter of Andrew and Emily (Robinson) Galiano, d. Brookline, MA 14 July 1826 (obit).
4 ANDREW McCLARY, III7 , b. Parsonsfield 8 May 1821 (GS), son of Andrew McClary and Eleanor (Jones) Chapman, d. Parsonsfield 30 Jan 1888 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 June 1841 (VR) MARY ANN BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1820, daughter of Gideon and Polly (Piper) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield. Children of Andrew McClary and Mary Ann (Bickford) Chapman, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i GEORGE FRANCIS8, b.25 July 1842 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1928 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1963 (VR) MARY E. HUSSEY, b. Cornish 1842, daughter of John and Lucinda ( ) Hussey, d. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1906 (GS).
ii ALMIRA H., b. Parsonsfield 2 July 1844 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 4 Jan 1859 (GS).
iii MELVINA, b. 19 Oct 1846 (GS), d. Chicago, IL 28 Dec 1926 (GS); m. EDWIN JAMES KEZAR, b. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1842, son of James and Lettice H. (Newbegin) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 13 Jan 1881 (GS).
iv ALTA E., b. 22 Feb 1851 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 9 Mar 1890 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1879 CHARLES L. HOYT, b. Biddeford 17 Dec 1857 (GS), son of Nathaniel and Anne (Milliner) Hoyt, d. Kennebunk 15 Apr 1920 (VR).
v CARRIE E., b. Sept 1855, [1854 (GS)], d. Winthrop, MA 1931 (GS); m. Boston, MA 7 Aug 1875 (VR) SILAS V. KILLBORN, b. Bridgton, ME 1754 (GS), son of Samuel F. and Mary E. (Strout) Killborn, d. Winthrop, ME 1931 (GS).
DAVID CHASE
1 DAVID7 (Moses6, Aquila5, James4, Thomas3, Aquila2-1), b. Newbury, MA 12 Aug 1778 (PVR), son of Moses and Anne (Sargent) Chase, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 73 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1798 (VR) LYDIA SANBORN, b. Greenland or Kingston, NH 25 Aug 1771 (PVR), daughter of John and Ruth (Rand) Sanborn, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 72 (USC). DOROTHY CHASE, aged 75, was living in the 1850 Parsonsfield, household Children of David and Lydia (Sanborn) Chase, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i SAMUEL8, b. 14 May 1798, apparently d. before 1850;93 m. Parsonsfield 16 Apr 1820 (VR) MARTHA A. WEBBER, b. 1803, d. Saco 6 Apr 1843 (GS). Samuel and Edmund Chase, Jr. took a mortgage for two lots of
93 His daughter Nancy M. Chase (1837–1853) lived with his parents in Parsonsfield, 1850, and is buried with her mother in Saco.
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land. He purchased land in Parsonsfield from Edmund Chase, 5 Dec 1829.94
ii EDMUND, JR., b. 27 May 1801, possibly d. Parsonsfield before July 1833, when the administration of his estate was given to Mercy Chase.95
2 iii DAVID WELLS C., b. 26 Apr 1808
iv BETSEY, d. Parsonsfield 23 Mar 1809.
2 DAVID WELLS C. 8 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 26 Apr 1808, son of David and Lydia (Sanborn) Chase, d. Parsonsfield before 10 Aug 1891, when his widow re-married; m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1828 (VR) MERCY C. KIMBALL, b. P 2 Oct 1802, daughter of Jonathon and Nancy (Granville) Kimball, d. Somersworth, NH 21 Nov 1879, div.; m. (2) 1872 ADA JANE HADDOCK, b. Haverhill, NH June 1853, daughter of George and Sarah A. (Staples) Haddock, d. Meredith, NH 19 Oct 1921; she m. (2) 10 Aug 1891 Elisha Sceggel.
Children of David Wells and Mercy C. (Kimball) Chase, b. Parsonsfield, ME
i CHARLES B.9, b. 22 Oct 1830 (GS), d. Malden, MA 27 June 1888 (VR); m. MARIA M. KIMBALL, b. 4 Aug 1835, d. Malden 26 July 1893.
ii DAVID M., b. 15 Oct 1831 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 26 Dec 1904 (VR); m. Charlestown, MA 25 Aug 1854 (VR) MARY E. CURRIER, b. West Andover, MA ca 1837, daughter of David and Susan ( ) Currier, d. Charlestown 21 Feb 1855 (VR); m. (2) Charlestown 16 May 1857 (VR)
MARTHA A. CLARK, b. Worcester, MA Oct 1832, daughter of Frank and Rosanna (Simmonds) Clark, d. Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1899 (VR).
iii EDMUND W., b. 1834, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 33 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 7 July 1859 (VR) RUTH EDWARDS, b p 1835, daughter of Nathaniel and Almira (Clough) Edwards d. Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1905 (VR).
iv JAMES P. , b. Feb 1837 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1931 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 19 Dec 1860 (VR) HENRIETTA SANBORN, b. p Feb 1850 (GS), daughter of Isaac and Mary (Johnson) Sanborn, d. Newfield 10 Jan 1905 (VR).
v JOHN M., b. 1840, d. Effingham, NH 8 Mar 1920 (VR); m. 1889 HARRIET STOKES, b. Lawrence, MA 7 May 1854 (DVR), daughter of Daniel and Martha (Meder) Stokes, d. Effingham 3 Mar 1936 (VR).
vi HARRIET A., b. Feb 1842, d. p 1927 (GS); m. (cert.) p 17 June 1858 (VR) JAMES EDWARDS, b. 9 June 1838 (FVR), son of Nathaniel and Almira (Clough) Edwards, d. p 1917 (GS)
vii WILLIAM H. T., b. 1845, d. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1866 (VR).
Children of David Wells and Ada Jane (Haddock) Chase b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
94 York Co. deeds, 135:98.
95 York Co. Probate 2816.
viii ANNA M., b. Meredith, NH 1873; m. Ossipee, NH 26 Nov 1891 (VR) BENJAMIN P. SCEGGEL, b. Ossipee July 1868, son of Benjamin and Abby (Folsom) Sceggel, d. Milton, NH 20 May 1838.
ix ALBERT WILLIAM, b. Dec 1876, d. Greene, ME 19 May 1853 (GS).
x SARAH E./LENA, d. Waterboro 19 Mar 1920; m. Waterboro 18 Nov 1919 (VR) SHERMAN YOUNG, b. Freedom, NH Mar 1852, son of Jeremiah and Jane (Ally) Young, d. 1934
xi GEORGE WELLS, b. 4 May 1883, d. 2 Jan 1945; m. Meredith 6 Aug 1908 (VR) FLORA M. BEEDE, b. Moultonboro, NH 16 Mar 1888, daughter of Daniel Q. and Bertha B. (Knowles) Beede, lived in York, ME, 1940, aged 52 (USC), buried Eliot.
EDMUND CHASE
1 EDMUND6 (Aquila5, James4, Thomas3, Aquila2-1), b. Newbury, MA 23 May 1743 (VR), son of Aquila and Mary (Bowley) Chase, d. Porter, ME 15 Mar 1841 (GS); m. 1768
BETSEY GILMAN, b. Newmarket, NH 1747, d. 12 Dec 1832.
Children of Edmund and Betsey (Gilman) Chase, b. Parsonsfield ME, except first: i NATHANIEL7, b. 1 May 1769, d. Prospect, ME 13 Feb 1850; m. Swanville, ME 27 May 1785 MARY/POLLY HAINES, b. York, ME 22 Nov 1771, d. Swanville, ME 13 July 1857. He was in Harwick Plantation, Hancock Co., 6 Jan 1802, when he sold land in P near David Chase to Eliphalet Chase of College Town, Kennebec Co.96
ii ELIZABETH, b. 1773, d. Alexandria, NH 8 July 1823; m. NATHANIEL P. MUDGETT, b. Brentwood, NH 1761, d. Dixmont, ME 10 Nov 1848.
iii ELIPHALET, b. 26 Mar 1775, d. Champaign, OH 28 Oct 1821; m. p 9 May 1796 (VR) SUKEY MUDGETT; she m. (2) Joseph Pollock. 2 iv EDMUND, b. 10 Nov 1778
v NOAH, b. 1780, d. 1785.
vi IRA, d. 1847
2 EDMUND7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 10 Nov 1778 (GS), son of Edmund and Betsey (Gilman) Chase, d. Parsonsfield 15 Mar 1841 (VR); m. (1) Shapleigh 31 Jn 1808 LOVEY CORSON, b. Shapleigh, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Perkins) Corson; m. (2) int. 11 Oct 1913 ELIZABETH/BETSEY DAY, b. Newfield 6 Sept 1791, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Hodkins) Day, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1854 (GS).97 The administration of Edmund’s estate was given to Ira C. Chase, 4 Oct 1841.98
Children of Edmund Chase, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i MARY JANE8 , b. 3 Nov 1808, d. Parsonsfield 26 Feb 1814.
96 York Co. deeds, 68:211.
97 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 173.
98 York Co. Probate 2817.
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ii IRA CORSON, b. 5 June 1810, d. New Gloucester, ME 9 Sept 1896; m. Limington 20 Sept 1831 ELIZABETH/BETSEY HEARD, b. l0 Jan 1808, daughter of Isaac and Martha (Farnham) Heard, d. New Gloucester 3 Feb 1890.99
iii NOAH, b. 12 Mar 1813, d. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1813.
Children of Edmund and Betsey (Day) Chase, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):100
iv LOVEY, b. 10 Oct 1814, lived in Parsonsfield 1870, aged 55 (USC); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1836 (VR) JOSEPH F. HEARD of Porter, b. 5 Jan 1811 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1845, aged 34-3-21 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 27 June 1850 (VR) OLIVER PARKER, b. ca 1801, lived in Parsonsfield 1860, aged 59 (USC).
v MARY JANE, b. 8 Feb 1816, d. 20 Aug 1819.
vi DRUSILLA, b. 5 Apr 1819, d. Cornish 8 Dec 1900 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1849 (VR) CHARLES JAMES CHENEY of Lunenburg, VT, b. 24 Mar 1823 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 28 Feb 1908 (GS).
vii LYDIA PEASE, b. 1 Nov 1821, d. Hiram 28 June 1885; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1848 (VR) PELEG WADSWORTH GERRISH, b. Hiram Aug 1823, son of Obadiah and Deborah (Littlefield) Gerrish, d. Hiram 1902.
viii
ix
ELIZABETH/ELIZA, b. 3 June 1824, d. Poland, ME 2 Sept 1882; m. (cert.) p. 18 Dec 1848 (VR) IRVING PIPER, b. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1813, son of Jonathon and Mary (Burbank) Piper, d. Parsonsfield 14 May 1881.
EDMUND, b. 1 Mar 1827, d. Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1833.
x MARY ANN, b. 21 Mar 1830, d. Cornish 10 Oct 1913; m. Parsonsfield 11 Mar 1852 (VR) AMOS TOWLE DANFORTH, son of Enoch and Mary Steele (Towle) Danforth, b. Eaton, NH 10 Jan 1828 (GS), d. Cornish 31 Jan 1892 (GS).
xi EDWIN RUTHEVEN, b. 30 Mar 1835, d. Gain’s Hill, VA 27 June 1862, a casualty of the Civil War.
MOSES CHASE
MOSES7 (Moses6 , Aquila5, James4, Thomas3, Aquila2-1), b. Newbury, MA 22 Feb 1769 (PVR), son of Moses and Anna (Sargent) Chase, d. Nunda, NY 1860; m. Parsonsfield 12 Aug 1792 REBECCA FAIRBANKS, b. Lancaster, MA 26 Aug 1774, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca (Richardson) Fairbanks, d. Castile, NY 17 Jan 1835.
Children of Moses, Jr. and Rebecca (Fairbanks) Chase, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):101
99 History of Limington, Maine, p. 173.
100 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 173.
101 Last four children are not included in Parsonsfield VR.
i REBECCA R.8, b. 28 June 1793, d. Mapleton, ME Nov 1883; m. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1816 (VR) FRANCIS MARCH.
ii NANCY/ANNE, b. 9 Mar 1795, d. Castile, NY 11 Aug 1851; ??m. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1824 (VR) JAMES KNIGHT.
iii MOSES, b. 6 Mar 1797, d. Robinston, ME 1835; m. SARAH GREENLOW, b. Milltown, N. B. 1793, daughter of Alexander and Hannah (Nason) Greenlow, d. Nunda, NY 14 July 1868.
iv JOEL FAIRBANKS, b. 3 May 1799, d. Argentine, MI 1870; m. Rochester, NY 1831 HARRIET MOREHOUSE, b. Greenfield, NY 7 Feb 1803, d. Portage, NY 1846.
v MARY, b. 25 Aug 1802, d. Pittsfield, NH 14 Oct 1858; m. Boston, MA 5 Apr 1822 ICHABOD MORTON CUSHMAN, b. Middleboro, MA 7 Nov 1786, d. VT 28 Dec 1857.
vi SARAH, b. 22 Feb 1804, d. Newfield 7 Apr 1889, aged 88 (GS) (sic); m. (1) Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1831 (VR) JEREMIAH TUCK LEAVITT, bap. Hampton, NH 24 Sept 1780, son of Thomas and Abigail (Tuck) Leavitt, d. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1839 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 11 Nov 1855 (VR) REUBEN GRANT, b. 1788, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Grant, d. Newfield 3 June 1862 (GS).102
vii GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 9 Sept 1806, d. Granger, NY 31 Mat 1896’ m. (1) Nunda, NY 1836 MAEIA C. TERRY, b. Zanesville, OH 10 Mar 1814, d. Nunda 15 Mar 1848; m. (2) Nunda Aug 1848 MARY C. BILLINGTON, b. Canjoharie, NY Nov 1824, d. Granger 22 July 1903.
viii DOROTHA DELIA, b. 3 Mar 1819, d. Victory, MI 23 Jan 1903; m. (1) Castille, NY 1828 JONAS CLARK, b Chester, NH 23 Mar 1803, d. Castille 15 June 1835; m. (2) Argentine, MI Feb 1836 JAMES ELIAS PARKER, b. VT ca 1819, d. Litchfield, MI 31 July 1848.
ix LEVI R., b. 12 Nov 1813, d. Jamestown, WI 6 July 1876; m. LUCINDA GALE BROWN, b. P. Q. ca 1816, d. Jamestown 1875.
x JOHN F., b. ca 1816, d. Argentine, MI 27 July 1886.
CHICK
1 DANIEL4 (Thomas3, Aaron2, Thomas1 , b. Berwick, ME 1771, son of Thomas and Mary (Murray) Chick, d. Parsonsfield, 26 Dec 1837; m. ROSANNA PERRY, b. 1775, d. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1847.
Children of Daniel and Rosanna (Perry) Chick, b, Parsonsfield, ME, except first two (Parsonsfield VR):
2 i JAMES5, b. Cornish 30 Nov 1791 [1794, GS], d. Parsonsfield 14 Sept 1877; m. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1823 (VR) SUSAN COOK, b. Sandwich, NH , buried Sandwich; m. (2) LYDIA A. COOK, d. Cornish 4 May
102 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 303.
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1884, aged 76-6-23, buried Parsonsfield (GS). He received a pension for his service in the War of 1812.
ii THOMAS, b. Cornish 29 May 1795, d. Limerick 1876 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 June 1831 (VR) BETSEY SIMPSON, b. 1810, d. Limerick 1880 (GS).
iii ANNA/NANCY, b. 22 Mar 1799, d. Cornish 22 Dec 1877 (GS); m. “of Cornish” Parsonsfield 2 Jan 1834 (VR) SAMUEL H. KELLEY, d. Cornish 11 Aug 1874 (GS)
iv JOSEPH, b. 22 Apr 1800, d. Porter 16 Jan 1884; m. (1) Parsonsfield 8 May 1823 (VR) SARAH/SALLY ANN BROWN, b. Parsonsfield 1803, daughter of Luther and Elizabeth (Peabody) Brown, d. Brownfield 27 Oct 1851 (GS); m. (2) CHARITY KENNARD
v LUCY, b. 2 July 1806, d. Cornish 11 May 1881; m. FOREST PUSLLEY, b. ca 1801, lived in Cornish, 1870, aged 69 (USC).
vi REBEKAH, b. 30 Nov —, d. Parsonsfield 1805 (GS).
vii MARY JANE, b. 5 Feb 1810, d. Parsonsfield 7 May 1866 (GS).
viii JOHN, b. 15 Nov 1812, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1884 (GS); m. MARTHA C. FLINT, b. Baldwin Mar 1829, daughter of Eleazer and Eliza (Cram) Flint, d. Hiram 12 Apr 1904 (VR).
2 JAMES5, b. Cornish 30 Nov 1791 [1794, GS], son of Daniel and Rosanna (Perry) Chick, d. Parsonsfield 14 Sept 1877; m. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1823 (VR) SUSAN COOK, b. Sandwich, NH, buried Sandwich; m. (2) LYDIA A. COOK, d. Cornish 4 May 1884, aged 76-6-23, buried Parsonsfield (GS). He received a pension for his service in the War of 1812.
Known child of James and Susan (Cook) Chick, b. Parsonsfield, ME” i ADELINE6, b. 30 Jan 1824 (GS), d. Hiram 15 July 1897 (GS); m. (int.) Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1851 (VR) JOSEPH CRAM, b. Baldwin 1 July 1820 (GS), son of John and Lydia (Thom) Cram, d. Hiram 4 Sept 1901 (GS).
Known child of James and Lydia A. (Cook) Chick, b. Parsonsfield, ME: ii JAMES M., b. 1856 (GS), d. Cornish 1891 (GS); m. JESSIE A. F. WEST, b. 1857 (GS), d. Cornish 1954 (GS).
CHURCHILL
1 ICHABOD, b. Newmarket, NH 24 June 1764, son of Thomas and Mary (Ewer) Churchill, d. Parsonsfield 15 Sept 1855 (GS); (1) Newmarket 3 Apr 1788 ELIZABETH DOE, b, 1769, d. Parsonsfield 23 Nov 1809 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 28 Oct 1810 LEAH ALLEN, b. Stratham, NH ca 1764, daughter of Samuel and Content Elizabeth (Stockbridge) Allen, d. Parsonsfield 9 Sept 1858 (GS).103 He was a farmer and shoemaker.
103 Maine Families in 1790, 2:44.
Children of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Doe) Churchill, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):104
i NICHOLAS, b. Newmarket 3 June 1790, d. Parsonsfield 10 Aug 1845.
ii ELIZABETH/BETSEY, b. Newmarket 27 Mar 1793, d. Parsonsfield or Sandwich, NH 30 Mar 1877.
iii JOHN, b. Newmarket 22 Sept 1795, d. Sandwich, NH 5 Oct 1873.
2 iv THOMAS, b. 20 Jan 1798
v MARY/POLLEY, b. 21 Jan 1801, d. Madison, NH 17 May 1865; m. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1830 (VR) WILLIAM/ROBINSON BLAISDELL of Eaton, NH, d. 27 Dec 1867.
vi NANCY, b. 6 Oct 1803, d. Cornish 2 Mar 1877; m. Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1824 GREENLEAF SMITH, b. Cornish 24 Aug 1799, son of Theophilus and Sarah (Pike) Smith, d. Cornish 28 Feb 1867.
2 THOMAS, b. Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1798, son of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Doe) Churchill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1878; m. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1830 MARY EDGECOMB BANKS, b. 9 Sept 1806, daughter of Jacob and Reliance (Edgecomb) Banks, d. Parsonsfield 1 Sept 1894 (GS).
Children of Thomas and Mary Edgecomb (Banks) Churchill, b. Parsonsfield, ME:105 i THOMAS SMITH, b. 6 May 1831, d. Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1919 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1855 (VR) MARY ANN DIXON, b. 2 Oct 1832, d. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1878. (GS).
ii OTIS BANKS, b. 5 Nov 1832, d. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1920; m. 2 Jan 1861 SUSAN E. FERRIN, b. Freedom, NH 14 Jan 1838, d. Parsonsfield 7 Jan 1911.
iii JOHN C., b. 11 Sept 1834, d. Parsonsfield 1923; m. Boston, MA 18 Oct 1859 MARY ANNIE BUCK of Boston, b. PA 1847, d. 1917.
iv MARY RELIANCE, b. 12 Feb 1837, d. Porter, ME 18 Feb 1930; m. Parsonsfield 21 Feb 1860 (VR) NEHEMIAH TOWLE LIBBY, b. Porter 20 Sept 1837, son of Isaac and Roxanna (Towle) Libby, d. 23 May 1887.
v NATHANIEL H., b. 9 May 1839, d. Parsonsfield 15 Mar 1922; m. Boston, MA 7 Jan 1885 (VR) SOPHIA KNAPP EDGAR, b. New York 1843 (GS), daughter of Frank and Jane (Knapp) Edgar, d. 1925 (GS).
vi ELIZABETH, b. 15 Mar 1841, d. Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1844.
vii JOSEPH, b. 16 Oct 1843, d. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1844.
viii SAMUEL, b. 12 May 1846, d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1848.
ix LYDIA FRANCES, b. 15 Mar 1850, d. Cornish 11 Feb 1936; m. Parsonsfield JOHN W. S. COLCORD, b. Porter 15 Sept 1849, son of Washington and Susan O. (Roberts) Colcord, d. Cornish 7 Nov 1885.
104 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 370.
105 Ibid.
JOSIAH and JOB COLCORD
1 JOSIAH6 (Gideon5, Samuel4, Edward3, Samuel2, Edward1), b. Newmarket, NH 10 Apr 1755, son of Gideon and Rachel (Parsons Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 5 Apr 1837, aged 82 (GS); m. Portland, ME MARY SHEPARD, b. NH 12 Aug 1762, d. Parsonsfield 1 Aug 1838 (GS).
Children of Josiah and Mary (Shepard) Colcord, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):106
i RACHEL7, b. 22 May 1785, d. 2 Feb 1853; m. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1807 (VR) STEPHEN SWETT, b. Gilmanton, NH 4 June 1783 (PVR), son of John and Mary (Folsom) Swett, d. Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1824.
3 ii GIDEON, b. 25 May 1787
iii COMFORT, b. 23 Apr 1789, d. Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1864 (GS).
iv NANCY, b. 27 Oct 1791, d. Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1866.
v JOHN S., b. 7 Dec 1794, d. Parsonsfield 31 Mar 1885.
vi ABIGAIL/ABBY, b. 30 June 1800, d. Lowell, MA 13 Dec 186 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 25 July 1819 (VR) MORRIS LORD, b. Effingham, NH 1784, son of George and Patience ( ) Lord, d. Lowell 25 Sept 1849 (VR).
vii MARY, b. 26 Mar 1803, no further record.107
viii MERCY S., b. 29 July 1803, d. 28 Dec 1831, ix MAEY M., n. 26 Mar 1805, d. 5 Mar 1845.
2 JOB6 (Gideon5, Samuel4, Edward3, Samuel2, Edward1), b. Newmarket, NH 1760, son of Gideon nd Rachel (Parsons) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield after 1810 when he was last enumerated there; m. SUSANNA MOORE, b. Stratham, NH 30 Oct 1762, daughter of Harvey and Mary (Wiggin) Moore, d. Tuftonboro, NH 2 Mar 1832. During the American Revolution he served as a private in Col. Gilman’s NH Regt. In the records of the first town meeting after Parsonsfield’s incorporation, Job Colcord is shown as the first Field Driver, 29 Aug 1785.108 Job Colcord already of Parsonsfield, 1 June 1796, purchased land in Parsonsfield from Thomas Grandvill of Parsonsfield.109 His first two grantor deeds were to Andrew and Samuel Gilman, 17 Feb 1797.110 Known children of Job and Susanna (Moore) Colcord, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two:111
i HARVEY7 , b. Newmarket, NH 1791, lived in in Tuftonboro, NH, 1830; m. REBECCA —.
4 ii JOB, b. Newmarket, NH 14 Aug 1793
106 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 370–1.
107 It is apparent that Mary and Mercy are the same person.
108 Op. cit., p. 418.
109 York Co. deeds, 63:7.
110 York Co. deeds, 60:252.
111 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 371. Census records indicate he was the father of three daughters.
iii JOSIAH, b. 1795, d. Huron, NY 5 May 1891 (GS); m. (1) CATHARINE —, b. NH 1793, d. Huron 29 Oct 1972 (GS); m. (2) SALLY A. —, b. 1815, d. Huron 19 Mar 1879 (GS).
5 iv CHARLES, b. 1800 v (possibly) MARY
3 GIDEON7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 5 May 1787 (VR), son of Josiah and Mary (Shepard) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1863; m. (1) Parsonsfield 12 June 1808 (VR) COMFORT DOE, b. 10 Aug 1791, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1834; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 17 Sep 1840 (VR) OLIVE TASKER of Dover NH. B. NH 1773 (cen.)) d. Parsonsfield June 1869 (GS). Children of Gideon and Comfort (Doe) Colcord, b. Parsonsfield, ME:112
i ELIZABETH D.,8 b. 20 June 1811, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 69 (cen.).
6 ii RUFUS, b. 20 June 1813
iii JOSIAH H., b. 6 July 1817, d. 14 Sept 1852.
iv CLIMENA E., b. 13 Apr 1820, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 60 (cen.).
v MERCY S., b. 23 May 1825 d. 21 Jan 1869.
vi CLARA LEAVITT, b. 27 Apr 1826, d. Beverly, MA 24 Mar 1896 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1853 (VR) (Rev.) EPHRAIM ANDREWS EDWARDS of Beverly, b. there 24 Jan 1824 (GS), son of Ezra and Miriam (Andrews) Edwards, d. Washington, NH 4 Nov 1885 (GS).
vii JOHN D., b. 21 July 1829, d. 20 Aug 1853.
4 JOB7, b. Newmarket, NH 14 Aug 1793, son of Job and Susanna (Moore) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 14 Apr 1878 (GS); m. “of Tuftonboro, NH” Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1818 (VR) BETSEY M. TOWLE, b. Parsonsfield 14 May 1797, daughter of Simeon and Betsey (Moore) Towle, d. 19 Jan 1867 (GS).
Children of Job and Betsey M. (Towle) Colcord, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:113 i JOHN MOORE8, b. Effingham, NH 13 Dec 1819, d. Needham, MA 13 Nov 1863, buried Windham, CT; m. (1) Cambridge, MA 17 May 1846 (VR) MARY D. NICHOLS, b. ca 1827, daughter of Jason L. Nichols; m. (2) 27 Nov 1849 LUCY BINGHAM, b. Windham 17 Nov 1824 (GS), daughter of Roger and Nancy (Waldo) Bingham, d. Windham 15 Nov 1923 (VR).
ii ELIZABETH, b. 31 July 1821, d. 9 Feb 1823.
iii HENRY A. F., b. Effingham 24 Nov 1823 or 9 Nov 1824, d. Effingham 10 Sept 1903 (VR); m. (1) 23 May 1850 NANCY C. WINGATE, b. 22 Apr 1824, d. 16 June 1855; m. (2) 1866 ELIZA A. TOWLE, b. NH Feb 1826 (cen.).
iv CHARLES, b. 6 Nov 1826, d. 18 Jan 1830.
112 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 371.
113 Ibid.
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v SIMEON F., b. 2 Apr 1831, d. 14 Jan 1833.
vi CLARINDA, b. 6 MAY 1837, b. 31 Mar 1838.
5 CHARLES7, b. Parsonsfield ca 1800, son of Job and Susanna (Moore) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 26 Feb 1861 (GS); m. 12 Feb 1829 (VR) ABIGAIL TOWLE, b. Parsonsfield 12 July 1799, daughter of Simeon and Betsey (Moore) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1872 (GS).
Known children of Charles and Abigail (Towle) Colcord, b. Parsonsfield, ME:114
i HESTER ANN8, b. Feb 1835 (from age at death), d. 7 Sept 1853, aged 18-7 (GS).
ii JULIETT, b. July 1842 (from age at death), d. 3 May 1857, aged 14-10 (GS).
6 RUFUS8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 20 June 1813, son of Gideon and Comfort (Doe) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1884 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1842 (VR) ROXANNA WENTWORTH of Milton, NH, b. 7 June 1822, daughter of John and Abigail (Wingate) Wentworth,115 d. Parsonsfield 14 Nov 1889 (GS).
Children of Rufus and Roxanna (Wentworth) Colcord, b. Parsonsfield, ME116
i HENRY WENTWORTH9 , b. 23 Nov 1844, d. 3 Feb 1923 (GS); m. 16 Sept 1873 (VR) EVA A. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 12 July 1849. daughter of William E. and Priscilla (Towle) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 10 Dec 1919. He served in the Civil War in the 29th ME Inf.
ii EDWARD JOHN, b. 28 July 1849, d. Brooklyn, NY 9 Apr 1931, buried Beverly, MA; m. Beverly, MA 2 July 1881 (VR) CAROLINE WOODHULL HINKLEY, b. Beverly 6 Apr 1852, daughter of William W. and Sarah A. (Webber) Hinkley, d. NY, NY 22 Dec 1934.
iii RUFUS JORDAN, b. 4 Oct 1851, d. Placer, CA 5 Apr 1938 (VR); m. Lowell, MA 12 June 1873 (VR) ADA F. AUSTIN, b. LaMoine, ME ca 1846, daughter of Leonard J. and Lovina ( ) Austin, d. Boston, MA 3 Apr 1910 (VR).
CONNER
1 JESSE5 (Jonathon4-3, Jeremiah2, Cornelius1), b. Exeter, NH 18 Dec 1765, son of Jonathon and Mary (Jewett) Conner, d. Parsonsfield 8 Dec 1943; m. Waterboro 7 Apr 1802 (VR) CHASE DESHON, b. ca 1788, daughter of Moses, Jr. and Mary ( ) Deshon, d. Parsonsfield 1 Sept 1852. Chase lived in Limerick, 1850.117
114 Ibid.
115 Wentworth Genealogy, II:309.
116 Ibid.
117 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 372; Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p.152.
Children of Jesse and Chase (Deshon) Conner, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two (VR):118
2
i JESSE, JR. (twin)6, b. Waterboro 21 May 1798 (sic)
ii DORCAS (twin), b. Waterboro 21 May 1798 (sic), d. Newfield 7 Apr 1875; m. DANIEL SMITH, b. Epping, NH 1799, son of Aaron and Mary Ann (Merrill) Smith, d. Parsonsfield 17 Jan 1894.
iii MARY, b. 16 Sept 1802, d. 31 Oct 1879.
iv SARAH, d. in infancy.
v DANIEL (twin), b. 1806/7, possibly d. Galway, Ireland before 1880.
vi EUNICE (twin), b. 1806/7, possibly d. Nantucket, MA 14 Sept 1890 (VR); m. Epping, NH 1 Dec 1829 (VR) ISAAC HOAR HUNT, b. Concord, MA 28 Nov 1806 (VR), son of John and Harriet ( ) Hunt, lived in Monroe, WI 1870, aged 63 (USC).119
vii JONATHON C., b. 20 Sept 1811, no further record.
viii MOSES, b. 2 Feb 1814, d. Limerick 3 Feb 1880; m. ROXANNA DURGIN, b. Limerick 15 Apr 1824, daughter of Jeremiah and Comfort (Smith) Durgin, d. Limerick 2 Feb 1917.120
2 JESSE, JR.6, b. Waterboro, ME 21 May 1798 (sic), son of Jesse and Chase (Deshon) Conner, d. Farmington Falls, ME 10 Dec 1851 (GS); m. ELVIRA LOVE, b. ca 1800, d. Farmington Falls, ME 22 Oct 1852 (GS). The couple lived in Wayne, ME, 1850. Children of Jesse, Jr. and Elvira (Love) Conner:
i ORLANDO P.7, b. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1833 (GS), d. Trenton, NJ 1 Mar 1906 (GS); m. JOSEPHINE HOPKINS, b. Philadelphia, PA 17 Nov 1840 (GS), d. Trenton 3 Aug 1883 (GS).
ii ELIZABETH N., b. Farmington, ME 10 Sept 186 (GS), d. Lawrence, MA 25 Dec 1919 (GS); m. Biddeford 14 June 1859 (VR) HIRAM WENTWORTH KIMBALL EASTMAN, b. Albany, NY 22 Feb 1838 (GS), d. Lawrence 8 Oct 1914 (GS).
iii ARAVESTA, b. 1839 (GS), d. Cornish, ME 19 June 1928 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1855 (VR) JOHN MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1834, son of Henry and Aurelia (Pray) Merrill, , d. Cornish 6 Aug 1872 (GS).
118 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 372.
119 He and Eunice had separated by 1850, he living in Augusta and she living in Biddeford.
120 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 48.
CRAM
JAMES, JR.8 (James7-6 , Wadleigh5-4, John3 , Benjamin2, John1), b. Pittsfield, NH 27 Dept 1780, son of James and Elizabeth (Cram) Cram, 121 d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1847; m. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1798 (VR) ANNA MERRILL, b. Newburyport, MA 10 Feb 1778, daughter of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1830. Children of James, Jr. and Anna (Merrill) Cram, b. Parsonsfield, ME:122
i NANCY9 , b. 29 Mar 1799 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 28 Pct 1825.
ii JAMES, JR., b. 4 June 1803 (VR), d. Brownfield 22 May 1873; m. (int.) Parsonsfield 25 Mar 1826 (VR) DOROTHY/DOLLY SMITH, b. Parsonsfield 15 May 1804, daughter of David and Mary (Carter) Smith, d. Brownfield 25 Dec 1872.
iii ELIZABETH/ELIZA, b. 11 Oct 1809 (VR), d. Brownfield 6 July 1879; Parsonsfield; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 1 Nov 1830 (VR) JACOB BRACKETT WENTWORTH, b. Brownfield 1 Sept 1803, son of Andrew and Martha (Goodwin) Wentworth, d. Brownfield 29 Dept 1869.
iv JULIA ANN, b. 22 Mar 1811 (VR), d. 29 Oct 1835.
v SARAH M., b. 13 May 1813, d. Brownfield 28 July 1895 (VR) m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1840 (VR) JAMES GOODWIN of Brownfield, b. 5 Nov 1808 (GS). d. Brownfield 5 Feb 1882 (GS); m. (2) MATTHEW CLARK PRAY, b. NH 2 May 1813 (GS), d. Brownfield 28 Oct 1889 (GS).
vi MERRILL, b. 10 Feb 1816, d. Newburyport, MA 6 Aug 1875 (VR);123 m. (1) LOUISE THOMPSON;124 (2) Effingham, NH 4 1847 (VR) NANCY THOMPSON, b. ME ca 1825, lived in Ossipee, NH, 1850, aged 25 (USC); m. (3) EMILY HUTCHINS, b. NH ca 1832, d. Concord, NH 10 Nov 1890 (VR).
vii NATHAN BAILEY, b. 11 Oct 1818, d. Limerick 24 Mar 1899 (VR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1842 (VR) ELIZABETH M. TARBOX, b. Parsonsfield or Buxton 29 Dec 1818 (GS), d. Limerick 3 My 1869 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 18 Jan 1870 (VR) CATHERINE LOMBARD, b. 4 Apr 1823 (GS), d. Limerick 14 June 1886 (GS).
121 James’s parents, Maj. James and Elizabeth (Cram) Cram, d. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1837 and 24 July 1839, respectively.
122 Parsonsfield VR mistakenly calls the mother of the children “Elizabeth.”
123 Genealogies place the death in Gloucester, MA; death index is in Newburyport.
124 Merrill Cram is shown in Ossipee, NH, in the 1850 census, with two children Henry B. and Priscilla [Wallingford], who were obviously children of a first wife.
DALTON
1 SAMUEL4 (Samuel3, Philemon2, Timothy1), b. Hampton, NH 5 Apr 1725, d. Parsonsfield; m. 17 Nov 1757 SARAH SCOTT. 125
Children of Samuel and Sarah (Scott) Dalton, b. Hampton, NH:126
i OLIVE5, bap. 1 Jan 1758
ii MARY, d. Hampton 30 June 1769
iii SARAH, bap. No. Hampton 16 Nov 1766
iv PHILEMON, bap 16 Apr 1769 (twin), d. 8 Feb 1770.
v SAMUEL, bap 16 Apr 1769 (twin), d. 3 July 1771.
2 vi SAMUEL, bap. 7 Aug 1771
3 vii BENJAMIN, b. 24 Aug 1780
2 SAMUEL5, bap. Hampton, NH 7 Aug 1771, son of Samuel and Sarah (Scott) Dalton, d. Portland, ME 27 Apr 1821 (VR); m. MARY BENNETT, b. Wells, ME 28 Jan 1774, daughter of Joel and Lydia (Perkins) Bennett, d. Stroudwater, Portland 1809 (GS); m. (2) HULDAH —, d. Stroudwater, Portland 1814 (GS). A prominent businessman in Parsonsfield he re-settled to Portland.
Children of Samuel and Mary (Bennett) Dalton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:127
i LYDIA6 , b. 18 July 1796, d. Dover, NH 1832; m. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1816 PETER HUCKINS, b. Gilmanton, NH 5 July 1792, son of Joseph and Mary (Jenness) Huckins, d. Dover, NH 11 Nov 1832.
ii SAMUEL, b. 25 Nov 1797, d. Boston, MA 1848; m. Wakefield, NH 27 Oct 1819 (VR) MARY ANNA HUCKINS, b. Effingham, NH 1 May 1798, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Jenness) Huckins, d. Boston 28 Jan 1881.
iii MARY, b. 22 Mar 1799, d. Boston, MA 28 May 1870 (VR); m. Ossipee 10 May 1821 (VR) (Dr.) ALVAH MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1798, son of Samuel and Anna (Moulton) Moulton, d. Ossipee, NH 11 Oct 1868 (VR).
iv BETSY, b. 21 Nov 1800; m. (1) GEORGE THOMES, b. ca 1798; m. (2) AMOS HODGDON, b. ca 1808.
v TRISTRAM, b. 11 July 1802, d. unmarried.
vi COMFORT, b. 1805, no further record.
vii LOUISA ANTOINETTE, b. 15 Apr 1807, d. Effingham, 19 June 1870 (GS); m. (pub.) Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1824 (VR) (Dr.) ASAHEL DEARBORN of Effingham, b. 6 Mar 1898 (GS), son of Asahel and Elizabeth (Drake) Dearborn, d. Effingham 14 Oct 1848 (GS).
125 History of Hampton, NH, p. 656.
126 Ibid.
127 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, pp. 372–3.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
viii SARAH SCOTT, b. 18 Apr 1808, d. Ossipee 1 Feb 1882 (GS); m. SAMUEL JEFFERSON QUARLES, b. Ossipee, NH 41 Mar 1807 (GS), son of Samuel and Lydia (Very) Quarles, d. Ossipee 6 July 1865 (GS).
3 BENJAMIN5, b. Hampton, NH 24 Aug 1780 (GS), son of Samuel and Sarah (Scott) Dalton, d. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1856 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1806 (VR) ABIGAIL CARTLAND, b. Rochester, NH 1785., daughter of Pelatiah and Anna (Hanson) Cartland, d. Parsonsfield 30 Apr 1883 (GS). He had a prosperous business in Parsonsfield. Children of Benjamin and Abigail (Cartland) Dalton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i JOHN6, b. 28 May 1808, d. 1825.
ii ANNA, b. 27 Jan 1810, d. Parsonsfield 6 Nov 1895 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1825 (VR) JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN of Dover, NH, b. Alton, NH 1798, d. Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1874.
iii ASA, b. 15 Apr 1812, d. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1866 (GS); m. PATIENCE
WEED, b. Buxton 6 July 1819,128 daughter of Samuel and Isabella (Chamberlain) Weed, d. Somerville, MA 14 Feb 1896 (VR).
iv HULDAH, b. 27 Apr 1814, d. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1838 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 6 Oct 1834 (VR) JOHN McARTHUR, b. ca 1811.
JEREMIAH, FRANCIS and JACOB DEARBORN
1 JEREMIAH5 (John4-2, Geofrey1), b. Hampton, NH 8 Jan 1768, son of John and Ziporah (Towle) Dearborn,129 d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1851 (GS); m. (1) 6 June 1790 RUTH
BATCHELDER, b. Hampton 13 Jan 1769, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Sanborn) Batchelder, d. Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1819 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1821 (VR)
NANCY BATCHELDER, b. Hampton 28 Oct 1783,130 lived in Parsonsfield, 1859, aged 74 (USC). Together with James Leavitt, also of Hampton, Jeremiah Dearborn purchased his first land in Parsonsfield from Thomas Parsons, 7 Nov 1792.
Children of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two (VR):131
i DOROTHY6 , b. Hampton, NH 27 Sept 1790, d. Parsonsfield before 1859, m. Parsonsfield 15 Oct 1812 (VE) DANIEL MIGHELS, b. Parsonsfield 14 Aug 1789, son of Moses and and Elizabeth (Page) Mighels, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 60 (USC).
ii JEREMIAH, JR., b. Hampton, NH 25 Aug 1792, d. Parsonsfield 26 June 1821 (GS). He served in the War of 1812.
iii LYDIA, b. 11 Aug 1794, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1871 (GS); m. 19 May 1813 ISAAC C. WHITE, b Lyman 1781, d. Parsonsfield 17 June 1823 (GS).
128 Death record gives birth in Westbrook ca 1820.
129 History of Hampton, NH, p. 666.
130 Op. cit., pp. 594–5.
131 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 375.
iv NANCY ANNA, b. 2 May 1796, d. 5 June 1851 m. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1812 (VR) MORRIS BROWN of Effingham, b. there 1780-90, son of Nathan and Theodate (Hobbs) Brown, lived in Effingham, 1830, aged 40-50 (USC)
v RUTH, b. 1 May 1799, d. 7 Oct 1833; m. Parsonsfield 27 June 1821 (VR) JOSEPH ATKINSON, b. Effingham, NH 5 June 1799 (VR), son of Jonathon and Betsy ( ) Atkinson, lived in Effingham, 1830, aged 30-40 (USC).
4 vi JOHN, b. 13 Feb 1801
vii ZIPPORAH, b. 5 June 1804, d. Ossipee, NH 15 Mar 1830 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 18 Dec 1828 (VR) ISAAC PRAY, b. Lebanon, ME 5 Nov 1800, son of Tobias and Sarah (Gowen) Pray, d. Ossipee 29 June 1888 (GS); he m. (2) Sarah Goldsmith
5 viii JOSEPH, b. 6 Apr 1808
ix LUCINDA, b. 6 May 1810, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1830 (GS).
x ELIZABETH, b. 6 Dec 1812, d. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1844 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1833 (VR) JOHN PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 24 Jan 1804, son of Tobias and Sally (Gowen) Pray, d. Parsonsfield 4 Oct 1889 (GS; he m. (2) Hannah (Goldsmith) Nute. xi FRANCIS, b. 20 July 1815, d. 20 June 1855.
2 FRANCIS5 (John4-2, Geofrey1), b. Hampton, NH 3 Apr 1772, son of John and Zipporah (Towle) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 12 May 1839; m. ELIZABETH/BETSEY MOULTON, b. Moultonboro, NH 9 July 1775, daughter of John and Abigail (Salter) Moulton, d. 1846.
Children of Francis and Elizabeth (Moulton) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):132
i MEHITABLE8, b. Moultonboro, NH 11 Feb 1799, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 71 (USC); m. 18 Aug 1818 JONATHON JOHNSON, b. Parsonsfield ca 1797, son of David and Lydia Dearborn (Batchelder) Johnson, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 73 (USC).
ii JOHN, b. 7 Nov 1802, d. Troy, ME Oct 1869 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 10 July 1828 (VR) ELIZABETH/ELIZA LOUGEE 4 Dec 1798, daughter of John and Betsey (Smith) Lougee, lived in Troy, 1880, age 81 (USC).
iii ZIPPORAH, b. 9 Feb 1805, enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1840, aged 30-40; m. 18 July 1832 (VR) JAMES SANBORN, b. Parsonsfield, enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1840, aged 50-60. James and Zipporah conveyed land in Parsonsfield, near the late Francis Dearborn’s land, to Silas Cartland, 2 Feb 1841133
3 JACOB5 (John4-2, Geofrey1), b. Hampton, NH 8 May 1774, son of John and Ziporah (Towle) Dearborn,134 d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1854.; m. Hampton 20 Nov 1797 MARY
132 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 375.
133 York Co. deeds, 170:266.
134 History of Hampton, NH, p. 666.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
BROWN, b. Hampton 15 July 1778, daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Marston) Brown, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1853.
Children of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i RACHEL6, b. 7 July 1798, d. Parsonsfield 24 Apr 1885 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1817 (VR) JAMES WADLEIGH, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Nov 1794 (GS), son of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1868 (GS).
ii ZIPPORAH, b. 9 Feb 1800, d. Limerick 11 Nov 1875 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1822 (VR) JOHN MUDGETT, b. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1796 (VR), son of Simeon and Dorothy (Edgerly) Mudgett, d. Limerick 2 Apr 1866 (GS).
iii MARY ANN, b. 17 Feb 1802, d. Parsonsfield 30 Oct 1878 (GS); d. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1878(GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1831 (VR)
WILLIAM D. DIXON, b. 25 Mar 1802 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 16 Apr 1875 (GS).
iv BETSEY, b. 21 Sept 1805, d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1894 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 15 Dec 1831 (VR) SAMUEL FOSS, b. 1804, d. Parsonsfield 25 May 1863 (GS).
6 v JACOB, JR., b. 19 July 1807.
7 vi JOSEPH SANBORN, b. Hampton, NH 26 Dec 1811.
4 JOHN6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Feb 1801, son of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1877 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1826 (VR) SALLY S. WADLEIGH, b. Parsonsfield 5 Aug 1808, daughter of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 18 May 1850 (GS). Children of John and Sally S. (Wadleigh) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME:135
i RUTH B.7, b. 2 Aug 1827, d. Saco 19 Jan 1898 (VR); m. 8 Mar 1853
ELLIOT FERNALD, b. Parsonsfield 19 Nov 1828, son of Elliot and Sally (Mudgett) Fernald, d. Saco 10 May 1909 (GS).
ii SAMUEL G., b. 4 Feb 1830 (GS), d. Newfield 10 Dec 1907 (GS); m. Maplewood, ME 8 May 1895 (VR) MIRANDA D. (WARREN) STONE, b. Limerick 13 Sept 1832 (GS), daughter of Jonathon and Sophia (Heald) Warren, d. Newfield 9 Feb 1901 (GS).
iii JEREMIAH W., b. 2 May 1832 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 8 Dec 1904 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 17 June 1853 (VR) MARY G. SMART, b. 12 July 1832 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 12 May 1906 (GS). He was a medical doctor.
iv ELISHA, b. 1837, d. in childhood.
v EVELINE/EVELYN D., b. 8 Nov 1839, d. Waterboro 24 July 1910 (VR); m. (int.) Waterboro 11 June 1866 (VR) ALBERT H. ROBERTS, b. Waterboro 2 Apr 1837, son of Jeremiah and Olive J. (Roberts) Roberts, d. Waterboro 39 June 1812 (VR).136
135 Ibid.
136 Early Families of Waterborough Maine, p. 394.
5 JOSEPH6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 6 Apr 1808, son of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1874; m. Parsonsfield 11 June 1837 JUDITH FERNALD, b. Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1812, daughter of Elliot and Sally (Mudgett) Fernald, d. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1872.
Children of Joseph and Judith (Fernald) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME:137
8 i ELLIOT M.7, b. 27 Sept 1842
ii SARAH E., b. Apr 1849, d. Nov 1851.
iii MELISSA S., b. 15 Dec 1853, d. Parsonsfield 5 Feb 1933 (GS).
6 JACOB, JR.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 19 July 1807, son of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1869; m. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1832 (VR) MAHALA TOWLE, b. Hampton, NH 9 Sept 1804, daughter of David and Zipporah (Dearborn) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 28 Feb 1861.
Children of Jacob, Jr. and Mahala (Towle) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield. ME:
i EVELINE7, b. May 1833, d. 1 July 1838 (GS).
ii JACOB S., b. 1834, d. 14 Apr 1853 (GS).
iii CLARA ANN, b. 30 Sept 1836 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 21 Aug 1856 (GS).
7 JOSEPH SANBORN6, b. Hampton, NH 26 Dec 1811, son of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1894; m. Parsonsfield 6 Mar 1832 (VR) LYDIA JANE FROST, b. Parsonsfield 21 Sept 1813 (VR), daughter of William and Sally (Johnson) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1883 (GS).
Children of Joseph Sanborn and Lydia J. (Frost) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):138
i JOHN EDWIN7, b. 4 June 1832, d. Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1872 (GS); m. Augusta, ME 27 Feb 1855 ELIZABETH/ELIZA ANN HEATH, b. Augusta 8 Sept 1835, daughter of William and Caroline (Tanner) Heath, d. Georgetown, ME 26 Feb 1917 (VR).
ii SARAH E., b. 11 Jan 1834, d. after 1893; m. Parsonsfield 18 Dec 1870 (VR) TRISTRAM HOOPER, b. Hollis 12 Apr 1811, son of John and Nancy (Gilman) Hooper, d. Waterboro 19 Mar 1893 (VR).139
iii JOSEPH FRANKLIN, b. 29 May 1835, d. Parsonsfield 7 May 1899; m. MARY E. BRACKETT, b. Limington 29 Mar 1842, daughter of Nathaniel and Parmelia (Foss) Brackett, d. Madison, IL 7 May 1899 (GS).
iv MARY ANN, b. 1 Nov 1836, d. St. Louis, MO 26 Feb 1934 (GS); m. Lawrence, MA 9 Oct 1857 (VR) JEFFERSON LAWRIE, b. Palmyra, ME ca 1835, son of Thomas and Susannah (Mills) Lawrie, d. Medford, MA 23 Oct 1890 (VR).
v CLOVIS/VALORUS, b. 7 Dec 1838, d. Harper’s Ferry, VA 13 Sept 1864 in the Civil War.
137 Ibid.
138 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, pp. 375–6.
139 Early Families of Waterborough Maine, p. 254.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
vi LYDIA MARIA, b. 27 Aug 1840, d. Garland, ME 31 Jan 1911; m. 2 July 1861 (Rev.) ALBERT GREENLEAF HILL, b. Newfield 27 Apr 1838, son of Joseph A. and Sophia (Roberts) Hill, d. Garland 25 Jan 1907.140
vii ELLEN, b. 12 Apr 1842, lived in Limerick, 1920, aged 77 (USC); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 July 1861 JOSEPH FRYE, b. Limerick 3 June 1833, son of Ebenezer and Jane (Frost) Frye, d. 9 Sept 1914.141
viii MOSES SWEAT, b. 4 Jan 1845, d. Alameda, CA 2 June 1936 (VR); m. Sonoma Co., CZ 9 Oct 1873 (VR) EDITH M. SMITH, b. Bodega, CA 9 Aug 1856, daughter of John Kinder and Teresa M. (Banks) Smith, d. Sonoma, CA 15 Jan 1920 (VR).
ix GEORGE W., b. 29 Sept 1847, d. Parsonsfield 26 Oct 1926 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1879 (VR) EMMA S. MUDGETT, b. Parsonsfield 1858 (GS) daughter of John and Lydia (Elliott) Mudgett, d. Boston, MA 8 Jan 1944 (GS).
x CHARLES ALBERT, b. 22 July 1849, d. Parsonsfield 23 Sept 1923 (GS); m. Freedom, NH 5 May 1872 (VR) LIDA CANNEY, b. Ossipee, NH 21 Apr 1852 (GS), daughter of Henry and Sarah A. (Weed) Canney, d. Parsonsfield 23 Mar 1930 (GS).
xi SIMON FROST, b. 24 Jan 1851, lived in Medford, MA 1930, aged 79 (USC); m. Boston, MA 25 Oct 1881 (VR) ANNIE L. RAND, b. Portsmouth, NH ca 1855, daughter of William W. and Sarah W. (Marden) Rand, lived in Medford, MA 1930, aged 75 (USC).
xii ANNA F., b. 17 July 1852, d. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1914 (GS).
xiii CLARA A., b. 25 Dec 1856, d. Medford, MA 3 Apr 1947 (obit.); m. Parsonsfield 13 June 1878 (VR (Rev.) ALVRA H. HANSCOM, b. E. Machias, ME 21 May 1847 (GS), son of Luther Pike and Mary Ann (Bedell) Hanscom, d. Springvale, ME 25 Aug 1912 (GS).
8 ELLIOT M.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 27 Sept 1842, son of Joseph and Judith (Fernald) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1917 (GS); m. 2 Jan 1864 OLIVE J. ROBERTS, b. Waterboro 25 July 1843, daughter of Jeremiah and Olive J. (Roberts) Roberts, d. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1939.142
Children of Elliott M. and Olive J. (Roberts) Dearborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME:143
i FREDERICK CONARD8, b. 6 Dec 1865, d. Portland, ME 27 Sept 1939 (GS); m. Portland 24 Dec 1903 (VR) ELIZABETH MARIA FRYE, b. Portland Nov 1871, daughter of John James and Myra C. (Emery) Frye, d. Portland 15 Feb 1844.
ii FRANK R., b. 6 Jan 1870, d. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1924; m. Lee, NH 29 Mar 1889 (VR) MARY A. (LADD) FARWELL, b. Dorset, VT Jan
140 Op. cit., p. 240.
141 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 60.
142 Early Families of Waterborough Maine, p. 392.
143 Ibid.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 55
1862, daughter of Brayella and Jennie (McGuigan) Ladd, lived in Lee, 1920, aged 59 (USC).
iii LUTHER ELLIOTT, b. Apr 1871, d. Eaton, NH 14 Apr 1939 (VR); m. 1893 MINNIE BELLE ROBERTSON, b. Eaton 15 Apr 1873, daughter of Henry H. and Ella J. (Porter) Robertson, d. 1950.
iv JOSEPH, b. 1873 (GS), d. So. Portland, ME 1943 (GS); m. Portland 26 June 1902 (VR) MARGARET EFFIE HAMILTON, b. Gray, ME 26 Sept 1875, daughter of Horace P. and Aldana (Elliot) Hamilton, d. Portland 15 June 1970.
DOE
1 GIDEON5 (Nicholas4, Sampson3, Nicholas2-1), b. Durham, NH Jan 1740, son of Nicholas and Abigail (Bartlett) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1820; m. Newmarket, NH 1875 ABIGAIL CONNER of Newmarket, NH, b. County Cork, Ireland 31 May 1744, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Bartlett) Conner, d. Durham, NH Mar 1798; m. (2) EUNICE HILL, d. 1799; m. (3) SARAH GILMAN, d. Parsonsfield 15 June 1819. Gideon Doe lived in Wolfeboro, NH, in 1774, according to a Parsonsfield vital record. He was already a resident of Parsonsfield, 9 Feb 1779, when he purchased land there from Thomas Parsons 144
Children of Gideon and Abigail (Conner) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
i BETSEY6, b. Newmarket, NH 19 Feb 1766, d. before 1779.
3 ii ELIPHALET, b. Newmarket, NH 10 Mar 1767
iii GIDEON, JR., b. Newmarket, NH 7 Ug 1769, d. 1785.
4 iv JEREMIAH/JEREMY, b. Newmarket, NH 19 Mar 1771
v AMASA, b. July 1773, no further record.
5 vi JOSEPH, b. Wolfeboro 8 Oct 1774, b. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1852 (GS)
vii ABIGAIL, b. 18 Mar 1777, no further record.
viii BENJAMIN CONNER, b. 28 Apr 1779, last recorded in Newfield 1837, a “lunatic person”; m. NH 11 Sept 1803 (VR) REBECCA DEARBORN, b. Tamworth, NH, d. Newfield 14 Apr 1849.145
ix NICHOLAS, b. 21 May 1781, d. Parsonsfield 13 Sept 1822.
x MERIBAH, b. 21 Mar 1783, d. Parsonsfield probably 1807; m. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1806 (VR) STEPHEN SWETT, b. Gilmanton, NH 4 June 1783 (PVR), son of John and Mary (Folsom) Swett, d. Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1824.
xi OLIVE, b. 8 Mar 1788, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 62 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 13 Nov 1807 (VR) JOHN WILLIAMS of Wakefield, NH; m. (2) York, ME 27 Jan 1824 SAMUEL J. JUNKINS, b. 1769, son of Samuel and Hepzibah (Preble) Junkins, d. York 18 Nov 1845.
144 York Co. deeds, 45:234.
145 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 191.
2 JOHN5 (Nicholas4, Sampson3, Nicholas2-1), b. Durham, NH 8 Sept 1749, son of Nicholas and Abigail (Bartlett) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 21 Feb 1819; m. Durham 27 Dec 1773
ELIZABETH AMES, b. Newmarket, NH 27 Nov 1750, daughter of Nathaniel and Anna (Marston) Ames, d. Parsonsfield 27 July 1810. Children of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
i ANNA/NANCY6 , b. Newmarket, NH 15 Sept 1774, d. Parsonsfield 22 JAN 1828; m. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1794 JOSIAH HANNAFORD, b. Newmarket, NH May 1770, son of Josiah and Anna (Dearborn) Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1816 (PVR).
ii BARTLETT, b. Durham, NH 2 June 1776, d. Durham in infancy.
6 iii JOHN, JR., b. 1 Aug 1778
iv MARY, b. 23 June 1781, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1826.
v BETSY, b. 13 Sept 1783, d. after 1816
7 vi BARTLETT, b. 30 Aug 1785
vii SALLY, b. 29 July 1789, d. 7 Mar 1869; m. (1) Parsonsfield 12 My 1801 (VR) JAMES MARSTON; m. (2) 26 Sept 1813 SHEM KNIGHT, b. Waterboro 5 June 1789, son of Zebulon and Anna (Emery) Knight, d. Parsonsfield 1873.146
viii COMFORT, b. 11 Aug 1790, d. 1 Dec 1834; m. Parsonsfield 12 June 1808 (VR) GIDEON COLCORD, b. Parsonsfield 5 May 1787 (VR), son of Josiah and Mary (Shepard) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1863; he m. (2) Olive Tasker.
3 ELIPHALET6, b. Newmarket, NH 1 Mat 1767, son of Gideon and Abigail (Conner) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1838 (GS); m. (1) NANCY HANNAFORD, b. 11 Jan 1767, daughter of Josiah and Anna (Dearborn) Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield after Aug 1796; m. (2) BETSEY (CLARK) HILL, b Stratham, MH 30 Jan 1765, daughter of Moses and Mehitable (French) Clark, d. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1816 (GS).
Children of Eliphalet and Nancy (Hannaford) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):147
i MARK7, b. 18 June 1790, d. St. Louis, MO 1866, buried Somersworth, NH (GS).
ii JOSIAH H., b. 19 June 1792, d. VA 1830.
iii ABIGAIL, b. 7 May 1794, no further record.
iv SARAH (twin), b. 14 Apr 1796, d. 19 Aug 1796.
v NANCY (twin), b. 14 Apr 1796, d. 19 Aug 1796.
Children of Eliphalet and Betsey (Clark) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
vi NANCY, b. 25 Nov 1797, d. Parsonsfield 20 Feb 1835; m. Parsonsfield 12 Apr 1822 (VR) JOHN BAILEY, b. Colebook, NH 11 Mar 1797 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1870.
8 vii EBENEZER HANNAFORD, b. 25 Nov 1799.
146 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 299.
147 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 377.
viii IRA, b. 27 Oct 1801, d. Parsonsfield 31 May 1825 (GS); m. Parsonsfield NANCY CHADBOURNE MOORE, b. Parsonsfield 9 June 1803.
ix MOSES CLARK, b. 3 Sept 1803, d. Rochester, NH 8 Oct 1871 (GS); m. Rochester 12 Mar 1840 (VR) DOROTHY W. (DOWNS) LARY, b. 7 Apr 1807 (GS), daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hayes) Downs, d. Rochester 2 Apr 1857 (GS).
x SALOME, b. 9 Feb 1806, d. Parsonsfield 30 May 1883 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 June 1835 (VR) JOHN BAILEY, b. Colebrook, NH 11 Mar 1797 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1870 (GS).
xi MERIBAH, b. 29 Sept 1807, d. Parsonsfield 1826 (GS).
xii GIDEON, b. ca 1810. D. Parsonsfield 2 Jan 1834, aged 23 (GS).
xiii NICHOLAS, b. ca 1811, d. Parsonsfield 13 Sept 1822, aged 11 (GS).
4 JEREMIAH/JEREMY6 , b. Newmarket, NH 19 Mar 1771, son of Gideon and Abigail (Conner) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 14 Feb 1854 (GS); m. 1796 SARAH GARLAND, b. 1771, bap. Rye, NH 18 July 1772, daughter of Benjamin Garland, d. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1842 (GS).
Children of Jeremy and Sarah (Garland) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME:148
i HANNAH7, b. 4 Sept 1797, d. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1868, aged 71 (GS).
ii GIDEON, b. 25 Oct 1799, d. Parsonsfield 1824 (GS).
iii MARY G., b. 5 Oct 1801, d. Parsonsfield 6 July 1870, aged 69 (GS).
iv NANCY, b. 4 Aug 1805, d. possibly 4 Aug 1875; m. 1835 DAVID H. COOMBS, b. ME ca 1810, lived in Concord, NH, 1850, aged 40 (USC).
v OLIVE, b. 10 Apr 1807, d. Biddeford 1 Aug 1897 (GS); m. (int.) Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1827 (VR) WILLIAM BUZZELL of Effingham, b. NH 16 Apr 1806 (GS), d. Biddeford 3 Jan 1889 (GS).
9 vi AMASA GARLAND, b. 27 Nov 1808
10 vii JOSEPH G., b. 4 Jan 1810 viii OLIVER C., b 1 Apr 1815, d. Parsonsfield 22 June 1875, aged 60 (GS). He was a teacher.
5 JOSEPH6, b. Wolfeboro, NH 8 Oct 1774, son of Gideon and Abigail (Connor) Doe, b. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1852 (GS); m. Berwick, ME 2 Sept 1800 SARAH DOE, b. Newmarket, NH 27 Aug 1780, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Weeks) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1825 (GS).
Children of Joseph and Sarah (Doe) Doe, b. Parsonsfield ME, except as noted:
i COMFORT W.7, b. Effingham, NH 7 Jan 1803 (GS), d. Haverhill, MA 12 June 1884, buried Parsonsfield.
ii GIDEON BARTLETT, b. Newmarket, NH 8 July 1804, d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1874 (GS).
148 Ibid.
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iii ALBERT C. , b. ca 1807, d. Parsonsfield 27 Aug 1849, aged 42 (GS).
iv WALTER CALVIN (twin), b. Effingham, NH 23 July 1809, d. Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1824 (GS).
v URANIA (twin), b. Effingham, NH 23 July 1809 (GS), d. Haverhill, MA 28 Aug 1881 (VR); m. p 1 Feb 1829 (VR) HARVEY MOORE, JR., b. Parsonsfield 7 July 1804 (VR), son of Harvey and Phebe (Chadbourne) Moore, d. Haverhill 15 Mat 1885 (GS).
vi HORACE, b. Berwick ca 1811, d. Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1831, aged 20 (GS).
vii CALVIN, b. 3 Jan 1813, d. Parsonsfield 20 May 1821, aged 11-7-27 (GS).
viii MARTHA W., b. ca 1816, d. Parsonsfield 11 Dec 1848, aged 32 (GS).
6 JOHN, JR.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1 Aug 1778, son of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1821 (GS); m. 22 Nov 1800 ABIGAIL D. GIDDINGS, b. Exeter, NH 4 July 1784, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wiggin) Giddings, d. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1879.
Children of John, Jr. and Abigail D. (Giddings) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i DEBORAH WIGGIN7, b. Mar 1801, d. Cape Elizabeth 31 Mar 1877; m. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1819 (VR) (DR.) JOHN DREW BUZZELL, b. Middleton, NH 14 Jan 1798, son of John Bellow and Anna (Buzzell) Buzzell, d. Cape Elizabeth 1876.
ii BETSEY, b. 1803, no further record.
iii JOHN WIGGIN, b. 1805, d. Parsonsfield 12 Aug 1867; m. Parsonsfield 31 Aug 1829 (VR) RUTH TOWLE, b. Parsonsfield 10 Aug 1803, daughter Simeon and Betsey (Moore) Towle, lived in Parsonsfield 1880.
iv MARTHA A., b. 1807, d. Parsonsfield May 1870 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1827 (VR) JACOB MARSTON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 16 Apr 1799, son of David and Mary (Page) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1853.
v MARY, b. 1809 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1885 (GS).
vi BARTLETT, b. ca 1811, d. Parsonsfield 1875.
vii IRA CHADWICK, b. 6 June 1814, d. Saco 17 Sept 1892; m. DOROTHY A. DYER, b. Saco 1827 (GS), daughter of Thomas H. and Lydia (Jenkins) Dyer, d. Saco 17 Dec 1908 (VR).
viii MARIA JANE, b. 1818 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1834 (GS).
ix RUFUS KING, b. 13 Sept 1818, d. Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1880; m. Cambridge, MA 23 Oct 1845 LYDIA MURDOCK WOOD, b. Townsend, VT 18 Apr 1821, daughter of Augustus S. and Sophronia (Smith) Wood, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1861.
x WILLIAM KING, b. 8 July 1820, d. Parsonsfield 14 Dec 1898; m. Lowell, MA 16 Mar 1856 PAMELIA J. HANSON, b. So. Berwick
29 July 1820, daughter of William and Hannah ( ) Hanson, d. Parsonsfield 18 June 1907.
7 BARTLETT6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 30 Aug 1785, son of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1872; m. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1810 (VR) MARY SANBORN, b. Parsonsfield 20 July 1791, daughter of John and Hannah (Batchelder) Sanborn, d. Parsonsfield 22 May 1863. He was a colonel in the militia. Children of Bartlett and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i MARTHA7 (twin), b. Parsonsfield 15 Aug 1811, d. Newfield 9 Sept 1869; m. “of Lisbon” (cert.) Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1833 (VR) IRA MOORE, b. Parsonsfield,15 Jan 1801, son of John and Anna (Milliken) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1865 (VR).
ii MARY (twin), b. Parsonsfield 15 Aug 1811, d. Parsonsfield 22 June 1889.
iii ALVAH, b. 28 Aug 1813, d. Parsonsfield 4 July 1884; m. (1) Effingham 1 June 1837 (VR) MARTHA JANE CHADBOURNE LEAVITT, b. Effingham, NH 25 Nv 1814, daughter of Jeremiah and Martha G. (Chadbourne) Leavitt, d. Parsonsfield 26 Mar 1870; m. (2) 11 Aug 1872 SUSAN E. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 1838 (G), daughter of Cutting and Lydia (Lord) Moulton, d. Berwick 17 June 1913 (VR), buried Cornish; she m. (2) Stephen Abbott Stackpole. He was a Captain in the militia who also served in the State Legislature and was a public schoolteacher.149
iv AMZI SANBORN, b. 23 Sept 1815, d. Presque Isle, ME 6 Sept 1867; m. (1) 1842 LORANA E. WADE, b. Parsonsfield 1837, d. Presque Isle Mar 1866; m. (2) EMILY MARY ROSE, b. Presque Isle 1832, daughter of Moses and Lydia (Bradford) Rose, d. E. Cleveland, OH 2 Feb 1911.
v HANNAH SANBORN, b. 9 Mar 1818, d. San Francisco, CA 2 Nov 1902; m. Parsonsfield 17 Mat 1859 (VR) DANIEL FIELD of Danville, ME, b. Falmouth, ME 1812, d. Alameda, CA 4 July 1897.
vi BARTLETT, JR. , b. 13 Feb 1820, d. San Francisco, CA 18 Apr 1906 (VR).
8 EBENEZER HANNAFORD7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 Nov 1799, son of Eliphalet and Betsey (Clark) Doe, d. So. Berwick 9 Dec 1866; m. (1)Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1825 (VR) ORINDA DAM, b. Newfield 17 Aug 1803, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Nelson) Dam,150 d. 27 Nov 1845; m. (2) So. Berwick 11 Sept 1848 (VR) MARGARET ESTES, b. Berwick 10 Jan 1811 (GS), d. So. Berwick 8 Feb 1858 (GS).
Children of Ebenezer Hannaford and Orinda (Dam) Doe: i MARK DEARBORN8, b. Parsonsfield 19 May 1827, d. Milton, NH 16 Nov 1904; m. Milton 31 Jan 1870 RACHEL HORNE, b. 1800,
149 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 358–9.
150 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 141.
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daughter of James Howe and Huldah (Roberts) Horne, d. Milton 15 Apr 1882.
ii JOSEPH DAM, b. Effingham, NH, 17 Feb 1837, d. So. Berwick 19 Oct 1914; m. Rollinsford, NH 18 Oct 1857 (VR) SARAH CALL MORGAN, b. Wells, ME Dec 1838, daughter of James and Esther (Hatch) Morgan, d. So. Berwick 14 June 1904 (VR). He served during the Civil War.
iii JOHN FAIRFIELD, b. So. Berwick, ME 19 Jan 1840, d. Farmington, NH 2 May 1875; m. GEORGIANNA LORD, b. Bridgton, ME 16 Feb 1845, d. Danvers, MA 1913; she m. (2) Thomas Day Knightly
Child of Ebenezer Hannaford and Margaret (Estes) Doe, b. So. Berwick, ME:
iv ANNIE M., b. July 1852, d. Somersworth 20 May 1925 (VR); m. Somersworth, NH 7 Feb 1883 (VR) WILLIAM H. WHITEHOUSE, b. Dover, NH 31 Aug 1855 (DVR), son of John W. and Mary (Allen) Whitehouse, d. Somersworth 1 Feb 1925 (VR).
9 AMASA GARLAND7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 27 Nov 1808, son of Jeremy and Sarah (Garland) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1882; m. Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1830 MARY JANE PEASE, b. Parsonsfield 7 Dept 1818 (GS), daughter of Nathaniel and Olive (Towne) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 19 June 1886 (GS).
Children of Amasa and Mary J. (Pease) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME:151
i BRADBURY PEASE8 , b. 11 July 1844, d. Cambridge, MA 9 May 1915; m. Boston, MA 2 Jan 1870 (VR) REBECCA CROWELL HOWES, b. Dennis, MA 1838, daughter of Abijah and Keziah (Hall) Howes, d. Cambridge 8 Oct 1910 (VR).
ii CHARLES FREEMAN, b. 29 Jan 1848, d. Medford, MA 30 Jan 1897; m. Hubbardston, MA 26 Nov 1879 (VR) ALIRA ELIZABETH GREENWOOD, b. Hubbardston 10 Oct 1842, daughter of Horace and Almira (Hartwell) Greenwood, d. Hubbardston 1925 (VR).
iii JOHN WESLEY, b. 24 Mar 1852, d. Medford, MA 1924; m. Medford 10 Sept 1874 (VR) CLARA EMILY COSTELLO, b. Richmond, ME July 1856, daughter of Edward and Emily ( ) Costello, d. Medford after 1930.
iv EUGENE M., b. 6 May 1854, d. Parsonsfield 4 Feb 1929; m. 11 Nov 1879 MYRA B. LORD, b. Limerick 23 Aug 1859, daughter of John and Catherine P. (Weeks) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 7 Nov 1904 (VR).
10 JOSEPH G.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 4 Jan 1810, son of Jeremy and Sarah (Garland) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 1868 (GS); m. 12 June 1839 (YMR) LOUISA R. HURD, b. Newfield 10 Jan 1812, daughter of Tristram and Lydia (Buzzell) Hurd, d. Parsonsfield 1879 (GS).
151 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 377.
Children of Joseph G. and Louisa (Heard) Doe, b. Parsonsfield, ME:152
i HOWARD HURD8, b 1 Mar 1841, d. 24 Dec 1929; m. Lowell, MA 30 Apr 1883 (VR) EMMA FRANCES (BURNHAM) BLAKE, b. Essex, MA 17 Mar 1850, daughter of Aaron C. and Nancy (Gage) Burnham, d. Limerick 23 Mar 1933. He served in Co. H, 14th ME Infantry in the Civil War.
ii ELLEN MARY, b. 20 Feb 1843, d. Parsonsfield 23 Oct 1869.
iii TRISTRAM HURD, b. 18 July 1844, d. Parsonsfield 12 Aug 1927; m. Newfield 26 Oct 1879 (VR) FANNY M. STONE, b. Cornish 31 Aug 1856, daughter of John Levi and Lucinda B. (Benson) Stone, d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1940.
iv ORESTES TOPLIFF,153 b. 3 Mar 1864, d. Franklin, MA 6 Jan 1930 (VR); m. Worcester, MA 20 Oct 1872 (VR) MABEL PIPER, b. Newfield, ME 19 Mar 1861, daughter of John Henry and Mary F. (Fernald) Piper, d. Franklin 14 Oct 1958.154 He was a lawyer and judge.
EDWARDS
1 NATHANIEL3 (Joshua2, Malachi1), b. Wells, ME 3 Aug 1756, son of Joshua and Joanna (Young) Edwards, bap. Wells 23 1765, d. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1836; m. (1) Gorham 16 Oct 1775 (VR) SARAH HUNT, b. Gorham 16 Apr 1754,155 d. Casco 5 Mar 1832; m. (2) Gorham 29 Sept 1786 (VR) BATHSHEBA SNOW, b. Barnstable Co., MA ca 1760, daughter of Benjamin156 and Bathsheba (Thomas) Snow.157 During the Revolutionary War he enlisted from Wells, Apr 1775 in Capt. Joshua Bragdon’s Co, Col. Scammon’s Regt. serving eight months in Cambridge and the Boston area. Following this at Cambridge he re-enlisted for another year in Capt. Samuel Derby’s Co., marching to New York. Then, according to his application for a veteran’s pension, he re-enlisted for three years in CT under Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell’s Co. Under this enlistment he served in the Albany, NY being at Saratoga for the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne in 1777. He further served at Valley Forge and was in the Battle of Monmouth. After his honorable discharge he served later in Penobscot and Machias. He testified, signing with a full signature that he was still owed backpay as they had lost some of his papers. In 1820 he testified that his real estate consisted of a cow, a pig and a small amount of household furniture. In his 1820 household were his wife Bathsheba, aged 60, and children Nathaniel and Bathsheba, both 20.158
152 Ibid; Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 102.
153 He was the son of Ellen Mary Doe, above, but brought up by his grandparents.
154 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 651.
155 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 51.
156 Benjamin7 Snow, b. Eastham, MA ca 1737, son of Stephen and Rebecca ( ) Snow, d. Bucksport, ME ca 4 Mar 1807. He was a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrim, Stephen Hopkins. The line is Benjamin7, Stephen6–4, Joseph3–2 Nicholas1 Snow m. Constance Hopkins, daughter of Stephen Hopkins.
157 History of Gorham, Maine, p. 376.
158 Revolutionary War pension application S35280.
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Children of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hunt) Edwards, b. Gorham, ME (VR):
i GEORGE4, b, 3 Aug 1776, d. Casco, ME 30 Sept 1847 (GS), div. Nov 1826 (VR); m. “of Raymond” Bethel, ME 13 July 1807 (VR) LYDIA COFFIN, b. Freeport, ME 20 Mar 1769, daughter of Stephen and Martha (Chapman) Coffin.
ii JOHN, b. 3 Oct 1777, no firther record.
iii STEPHEN, b. 22 Sept 1779, d. Otisfield, ME 1 Apr 1855; m. 4 Oct 1798 DILLA HAMBLEN, b. Gorham 30 June 1776, daughter of Daniel abd Dilla (Pettingell) Hamblen,.
Children of Nathaniel and Bathsheba (Snow) Edwards, b. Gorham, ME (VR):
iv ISAAC, b, 12 Mar 1787, d. Charlestown, MA 23 Nov 1815 (VR).
v RACHEL, b. 18 July 1789, no further records.
vi JACOB, b. 6 Dec 1790, d. Gorham 26 June 1847 (VR).
vii TABITHA, b. 11 June 1792, d. Limerick 18 Aug 1849 (GS); m. Limerick 28 Feb 1828 ISAAC FOGG, b. Berwick 13 Nov 1783, son of Joseph and Mercy (Littlefield) Fogg,, d. Limerick 26 Jan 1847 (GS).159
viii SALLY, b. 23 May 1793; m. (pub.) Parsonsfield (int.) 19 Aug 1818 (VR) DANIEL THOMPSON of Gorham.
ix JOSHUA, b. 12 Jan 1795, no further recods.
x REUBEN, b. 18 Dec 1796, lived in Marlboo, MA, 1870, aged 73 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 1 Sept 1819 (VR) FRANCES (GRANVILLE) TRIPP, b. Oarsonsfild 25 Aug 1790, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Sanborn) Granville, lived in Effinghqm, 1860, aged 61 (sic) (USC).
xi ANNA, b. 31 May 1798 d. Brownfield 2 Sept 1847 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 3 Dec 1818 (VR) JOSEPH QUINT, JR., b. New Durham, NH ca 1789, son of Joseph and Catherine (Basbridge) Quint, lived in Brownfield, 1860, aged 71 (USC; he m. (2) Rachel (Kent) Rogers.
2 xii NATHANIEL (twin), b. 5 May 1800
xiii BATHSHEBA (twin), b. 5 May 1800, d. Brownfield 1 Mar 1899; m. Brownfield 13 Dec 1821 RICHARD SARGENT, b. Effingham, NH 6 June 1798, son of Robert and Mary (Bridges) Sargent, d. Brownfield 4 June 1883 (GS).
2 NATHANIEL4, b. Gorham, ME 5 May 1800 (VR), son of Nathaniel and Bathsheba (Snow) Edwards, d. Newfield 20 Oct 1880, aged 80-5-6 (GS); m. Ossipee, NH 20/28 Oct 1820 (VR) ALMIRA GARLAND “of Effingham,” b. Ossipee ca 1803, daughter of – and Almira (Clough) Garland, lived in Newfield, 1880. He lived in Parsonsfield for 60 years.
Known children of Nathaniel and Almira (Clough) Edwards, b. Parsonsfield, ME:160
159 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 56.
160 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 262.
i SOPHRONIA5, b. 1820, last enumerated in Newfield, 1860; m. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1848 (VR) LUTHER SANBORN, b. ca 1825, son of Stephen and Comfort ( ) Sanborn; he m. (2) Martha Jane Clough.
ii JOSHUA, b. 1826, d. Dorchester, MA 31 Oct 1866, aged 43 (VR).
iii MARTHA B., b. 1829, lived in Newfield, 1880; m. (1) 17 May 1855 (YMR) NATHANIEL CROSBY of Saco; m. (2) HAVEN GILPATRICK LIBBY, son of Joshua Libby.
iv ALMIRA, b. 22 Apr 1832 (GS), d. Haverhill, MA 16 May 1903, aged 70-11-16 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1854 (VR) GEORGE L. STONE, b. Waterboro ca 1834, last enumerated in Peabody, MA, 1870, aged 38 (USC).
v NATHANIEL, b. 1834, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850.
vi RUTH, b. 1835, d. Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1905 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 7 July 1859 (VR) EDMUND W. CHASE, b. Parsonsfield 1834, son of David Wells and Mercy C. (Kimball) Chase, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1870.
3 vii JAMES, b. June 1838
viii LORENZO, b. ca Feb 1837 (from age at death), d. Freedom, NH 24 Nov 1915, age 78-9 (VR); m. (1) LYDIA JANE JUDKINS, b. Freedom, NH ca 1831; m. (2) Parsonsfield 5 Oct 1896 (VR) CHARLOTTE EMERY (KNIGHT) SMITH, b. Alfred 13 Dec 1836 (GS), daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Sawyer) Knight, d. Limerick 1 Oct 1918; she m. (2) Alonzo K. Soule. ix LYDIA ANN, b. 1843, lived inShapleih, 1900, aged 56 (USC); m. (1) (cert,) Parsonsfield 17 Dec 1859 (VR) HENRY PATCH, b. Newfield ca 1838, son of Ivory and Maria (Sargent) Patch, d. Natchez, MI 8 July 1864 in the Civil War;161 m. (2) Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1869 (VR) DAVID F. BUZZELL, b. Effingham, NH 1838, son of Benjamin Randall and Elizabeth (Taylor) Buzzell, d. NH 30 Mar 1891. x ABBY,b. 6 Aug 1846 (GS), d. Waterboro 3 May 1892 (VR); m. STEPHEN CHICK of Shapleigh, b. ca 1845, son of Noah and Betsey (Beal) Chick; he m. (2) Margaret J. Young
3 JAMES5, b. Parsonsfield, ME June 1838, son of Nathaniel and Almira (Clough) Edwards, d. 10 May 1917 (VR), buried North Road Cemetery; m. Parsonsfield 5 July 1858 (VR) HARRIET ANN CHASE, b. Parsonsfield, b. Feb 1842, daughter of David Wells and Mercy C. (Kimball) Chase, d. Parsonsfield 1927 (GS).
Children of James and Harriet Ann (Chase) Edwards, b. Parsonsfield, ME:162 i JAMES FRANK6, b. 21 Jan 1860 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 30 June 1870. (GS)
161 Op. cit., p. 534.
162 Family records supplied by Stephen Edwards. There were also two infants who d. young.
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ii ELLEN F., b. 16 May 1861, d. 16 May 1898; m. 19 Nov 1892 JOHN G. STAPLES, b. Effingham, NH 6 Dec 1858, son of Christopher C.B. and Bathsheba (Edwards) Staples d. Parsonsfield 1935 (GS).
4 iii HARRY H., b. Feb 1862
iv EMMA J., b. 10 Jan 1865, d. So. Berwick 24 Nov 1922 (GS); m. (1) CHARLES PARKER; m. (2) 1892 WILLIAM W. REDMAN. b. Biddeford 1870, d. So. Berwick 1913 (GS).
v HATTIE M., b. 1867, d. 1958 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. (1) Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1885 (VR) DAVID W. CHASE, b. Parsonsfield 1864 (GS), son of Edmund and Ruth (Edwards) Chase, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1909 (VR); m. (2) CHARLES E. HODGDON, b. 1860, d. 1926.
vi CHARLES, b. 16 Nov 1868, d. Parsonsfield 16 Sept 1896 (GS).
vii FRANK, b. 23 Dec 1870 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 23 Feb 1895 (GS).
viii PRESTON, b. 21 Oct 1872 (GS) d. Parsonsfield 1 Nov 1899 (GS).
ix ELMER, b. 20 May 1874, d. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1864 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1900 MAUDE LILLIAN LIBBY, b. Shapleigh 3 July 1884 (GS), daughterr of Charles F. and Abbie A. (Taylor) Libby, d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1965 (GS).
x JENNIE, b. 4 Sept 1876, d. Parsonsfield 21 Jan 1893 (GS).
xi MAY BELLE, b. 9 May 1879, d. Parsonsfield 28 Feb 1948 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1896 (VR) CHARLES C. ANDREWS, b. Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1870, son of James Edward and Elizabeth H. (Tucker) Andrews, d. Parsonsfield 28 Feb 1948.
xii EVA, b. 9 Feb 1881, d. Cornish 26 May 1946 (GS); m. Freedom, NH 18 Nov 1908 (VR) EDWARD H. DUNN, b. Cornish 17 Aug 1875, son of Charles T.and Fannie (Merrian) Dunn, d. Cornish 9 Feb 1868 (GS).
xiii ERNEST, b. 16 Dec 1883 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1 May 1942 (GS).
4 HARRY H.6 , b. Parsonsfield, ME Feb 1862, son of James and Harriet A. (Chase) Edwards, d. Parsonsfield 1924; m. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1886 LILLA EDITH LINSCOTT, b. Parsonsfield Sept 1869, daughter of David B. and Marian (Tripp) Linscott, d. Parsonsfield 1945.
Children of Harry H. and Lilla Edith (Linscott) Edwards, b. Parsonsfield, ME:163
i ETHEL MAY7 , b. 6 Aug 1892, d. Eliot 1 Dec 1979; m. Freedom, NH 6 Dec 1913 (VR) RALPH WALDO NUTTER, b. Effingham, NH 18 May 1883, son of Melvin H. and Ella M. (Titcimb) Nutter, d. Effingham 2 Dec 1950 (GS).
ii SARAH/SADIE MAUDE, b. 12 June 1894, b. Benton, MI 10 May 1967, buried Parsonsfield; m. (1) Parsonsfield 31 July 1910 (VR) LELAND W. MERRILL, b. Apr 1887, son of Liston B. and Elizabeth (Chase) Merrill, d. Westbrook (train accident) 24 Oct 1910 (VR); m. (2) Parsonsfield 2 Jan 1915 (VR) (Dr.) RALPH HARRISON CLARK of
163 Records supplied by Stephen Edwards.
Limerick, b. Boston, MA 29 Apr 1875, son of Harrison D. Hobbs and Emma Clark, d. Parsonsfield 16 June 1963 (VR), div.; m. (3) HOMER LAVIN OAKS, b. Morrilton, AR 13 Nov 1821, son of Roy Clayton and Donna (Kelly) Oaks, d. Benton, MI 6 Feb 1956 (GS).
iii WILBUR HARRY, b. 8 Oct 1898 (SS), son of Harry H. and Lilla Edith (Linscott) Edwards, d. Mar 1955, buried Cornish; m. 15 July 1925 (VR) EDITH SARAH SMITH, b. Parsonsfield 15 May 1908, daughter of Herbert and Ethel F. (Rice) Smith, d. 2 Aug 1988 (GS).
iv CARROLL ELVIN, b. 23 Feb 1909, d. W. Baldwin 12 June 1976 (GS); m. Hiram 5 Mar 1930 (VR) ELEANOR R. BOWIE, b. Baldwin 14 Dec 1909 (VR), daughter of Walter and Gertude Lillian (Small) Bowie, d. Baldwin 29 July 1982 (GS). He was a railroad trackman.
ELLIOT
1 DANIEL, b. 1764 (GS), probable son of Richard Elliot, d. Parsonsfield 1849 (GS); m. Buxton 9 Nov 1789 LYDIA JOHNSON, b. 1774 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1860 (GS).
Children of Daniel and Susan Lydia Elliot, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except for the first (VR):
i REBECCA, b. Limington 16 Mar 1790, d. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1849 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 21 Dec 1814 (VR) JOSHUA DURGIN, b. Limerick 6 Feb 1786, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Warren) Durgin, d. Porter Feb 1854.164
ii MARY, b. 30 Apr 1792; m. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1818 (VR) DAVID SMITH
iii LYDIA, b. 12 Oct 1794 [11 Oct 1795 (GS)], d. Biddeford 16 Aug 1864 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 22 Nov 1818 (VR) WILLIAM JOHNSON, b. Limington 18 Jan 1799 (GS), son of Dennis and Rhoda (Johnson) Johnson, d, Biddeford 18 May 1868 (HS).
iv DOROTHY M., b. 3 Mar 1798, d. Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1849 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1824 (VR) OLIVER PARKER, b. 1802, d. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1870 (GS).
v ELIZABETH/BETSEY, b. 11 Apr 1800, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 80 (USC); m. LEVI FOSS, b. 1801, son of Eben and Mary (Perry) Foss, d. 31 Mar 1860 (GS).
vi JOHN, b. 13 May 1803, d. Parsonsfield 1 Apr 1822 (GS).
2 vii DANIEL, JR., b. 23 May 1805
viii JANE, b. 3 Oct 1807 lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 60 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 30 Oct 1831 JOHN REMICK, b. Lebanon, ME 1794, son of John and Sarah Mary (Stacy) Remick, d. Parsonsfield 12 Jan 1872 (GS).
164 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 46.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
ix JOSHUA, b. 5 Apr 1810, d. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1885; m. MARY B. HOBBS, b. NH 1812, d. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1869 (GS). Their children were born in Tamworth, NH.
x JAMES, b. 17 Sept 1814, d. Parsonsfield 30 Mar 1838 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Feb 1837 (VR) PHEBE PERKINS of Tamworth, NH.
2 DANIEL, JR., b. Parsonsfield, ME 23 May 1805, son of Daniel and Susan Lydia Elliot, d. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1881 (GS); m. Gorham 5 Jan 1831 (VR) MARY ANN MORTON, b. Gorham 29 Mar 1808, daughter of John and Rachel (Bolton) Morton, d. Parsonsfield 17 Dec 1865 (VR).165
Children of Daniel, Jr. and Mary Ann (Morton) Elliot, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARCIA HELLEN, b. 1832, d. Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1870 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1856 (VR) GEORGE LORD, b. Limington 21 Feb 1834, son of George S. and Olive (Knight) Lord, d. Limington 11 Jan 1858; m. (2) ELIAH P. DAY
ii LYDIA A., b. May 1835 d. Parsonsfield 21 July 1903 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1855 (VR) JOHN MUDGETT, JR., b. Parsonsfield 14 Nov 1830, son of John and Zipporah (Dearborn) Mudgett, d. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1910 (GS)
iii JANE M., b. 1837, d. Parsonsfield 25 Apr 1899 (VR); m. Cornish 7 May 1864 (VR) JOHN H. COLOMY, b. Parsonsfield 17 May 1834, son of Samuel and Mary (Cobb) Colomy, d. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1917 (GS).
iv DANIEL, b. 1840, d. Kexar Falls 5 Apr 1904 (GS); m. SARAH BOOTHBY, b. Limington 3 Apr 1839, daughter of David and Jane W. (Bradeen) Boothby, d. Porter 8 May 1910 (VR).
EMERSON
1 LUTHER6 (Joseph5, John4, Edward3, Joseph2, Thomas1), b. Wells, ME 11 Nov 1782, son of Joseph and Lydia (Durrell) Emerson, d. Parsonsfield 4 July 1875; m. (1)”of Alfred” Parsonsfield 28 Feb 1809 (VR) ELIZABETH USHER PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 1787, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Bradbury) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1857; m. (2) Wells 18 Nov 1868 (VR) HEPZIBAH (CONANT) DONNELL, b. Alfred 16 Nov 1791, daughter of Joshua and Adelia (Gole) Conant, and widow of Benjamin and William Donnell, d. Parsonsfield 14 Apr 1869. He was a Capt. of the militia.166 Children of Luther and Elizabeth Usher (Parsons) Emerson:167
i THOMAS PARSONS, b. 17 May 1809, d. Urbana, IL 8 Nov 1870 (GS); m. Wood Co., OH 15 Oct 1839 STELLA BRIGGS NEARING, b. Benson, VT 26 Dec 1808, daughter of Jefferson and Hannah (Briggs)
165 History of Gorham, Maine, p. 684.
166 Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 104.
167 “Philip Durrell and His Descendants,” NEHG Register, 132:270; History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 378.
Nearing, d. Bowling Green, OH 22 Feb 1890 (GS). He graduated from Bowdoin College, 1836 and later studied for the ministry at Lane Seminary, OH. His ministry followed in Ohio, for the most part.
2 ii JOSEPH PRATT, b. 10 Nov 1810
iii SYLVESTER GARDNER, b. 17 June 1812, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1833.
iv LUCY BRADBURY, b. 25 Mar 1815, d. Windham, VT 14 Apr 1873; m. 3 Sept 1842 (Rev.) CALVIN CHAPMAN of Andover, MA, b. Bethel, ME 13 Nov 1814, son of Edmund and Mehitable (Gould) Chapman, d. Kennebunkport 19 Mar 1889. He became a settler minister in Mannsville, NY, 1842.
v CHARLES HENRY, b. 2 Aug 1818, d. Seattle, WA 25 Jan 1902; m. Lee, ME 6 Sept 1858 LYDIA EVELINE RICKER, b. Lee 26 June 1841, daughter of Hosea and Priscilla (Gerrish) Ricker, d. Seattle 12 Dec 1917.
vi LUTHER ORLANDO, b. 3 Aug 1820, d. Boston, MA 29 Sept 1915 m. Boston, MA 4 Mar 1847 MARY JANE GOVE, b. Boston 24 July 1830, daughter of John and Mary (Burgess) Gove, d. Hyde Park, MA 14 Jan 1902.1830. He was a music mater in 1900.
vii ELIZABETH USHER, b. 9 Mar 1825, d. Chicago, IL 26 June 1909; m. (1) Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1846 ABRAHAM JOY BOURNE, b. Springfield, VT 31 Dec 1813, d. Boston, MA 24 Aug 1849; m. (2) 14 Dec 1852 (Dr.) JOHN MOORE, b. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1814, son of Harvey and Phebe (Chadbourne) Moore, d. Quincy, MA 22 Mar 1880.
2 JOSEPH PRATT, b. Parsonsfield, ME 10 Nov 1810, son of Luther and Elizabeth Usher (Parsons) Emerson, d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1884; m. St. George, N.B. 13 Sept 1831 SARAH DUNFIELD, b. St. Stephen, N.B. 13 Apr 1815, d. Parsonsfield 23 May 1887.
1Children of Joseph Pratt and Sarah (Dunfield) Emerson, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first three:
i 833, d. p 6 Apr 1919 (GS); m. 24 Sept 1864 ANTHONY JACKSON, b. England 1830, lived in Kennebunk, 1870, aged 49 (USC).
ii GEORGE EDWARD, b. N. B. 1 Oct 1835, lived in Newark, NJ, 1900, aged 67 (USC); m. Handin, OH 5 July 1861 ELVIRA E. SHANKS, b. Mansfield, OH 1 Apr 1844, daughter of Simon Peter and Elizabeth (Border) Shanks, d. Newark, NJ Mar 1928.
iii SARAH JOSEPHINE, b. St. John, N. B. 3 Sept 1839 (DVR), d. Cambridge, MA 10 Dec 1913 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1859 (VR) JAMES W. COOK, b. Wakefield, NH 1837, son of Nathaniel H. and Fanny P. (Chamberlain) Cook, d. Boston, MA 23 Nov 1895 (VR).
iv AUGUSTA CHAPMAN, b. 23 Aug 1841, lived in Boston, MA, 1930, aged 89 (USC); m. Worcester, MA 27 May 1869 (VR) EMERSON
PAINE KNIGHT, b. West Boylston, MA Aug 1837, son of Amos Flagg and Persis Eager (Fay) Knight, d. Boston 10 Feb 1911 (VR).
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
v HELEN ALEXIS, b. 10 July 1847, d. Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1934; m. Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1869 JAMES N. HOBBS, b. Effingham, NH 1845, son of Alvah H. and Jane M. (Perkins) Hobbs, lived in Concord, NH 1880, aged 35 (USC); m. (2) Brownfield, ME 27 Dec 1892 (VR) EUDENE A. WOODSUM, b. Pownal, ME 6 July 1863, son of Alonzo F. and Emma R. (Casley) Woodsum, d. Boston, MA 26 Apr 1914 (VR).
vi HENRY BOIRNE, b. 21 Apr 1850, d. Boston MA 25 Sept 1905 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1872 (VR) MARY ALICE
AMES, b. Grafton, VT 4 Sept 1852 (DVR), daughter of Charles and Mary (Maynard) Ames, d. Conewango, PA 4 June 1942 (VR). Mary Alice Emerson received her doctorate from Boston U., 1924.
vii
HERBERT JOSEPH, b. 14 Feb 1859, d. Boston, MA 25 May 1916; m. Freedom, NH 11 Feb 1877 (VR) ANNA STETSON, b. Effingham, NH 9 Mar 1856 (DVR), daughter of John and Hannah M. (Hobbs) Stetson, d. Effingham 21 June 1946 (VR).
ISAAC EMERY
ISAAC5 (Samuel4, Simon3, Daniel2, Anthony1), b. Kittery 9 June 1760 (VR), son of Samuel and Abigail (Shackley) Emery, d. Parsonsfield 22 Nov 1823; m. Kittery 10 Dec 1782 (VE) ELIZABETH KINGSBURY, b. York, ME 23 Sept 1761, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Milberry) Kingsbury, d. Parsonsfield 14 Feb 1846. Isaac Emery did not settle in Parsonsfield until ca 1802 and for a period of time 1829-22, lived in Newfield,168 Children of Isaac and Elizabeth (Kingsbury) Emery, b. Kittery, ME except last two b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):169
i JOSEPH, b. 26 July 1788, d. at sea between West Indies and Boston, 19 Aug 1821
ii HANNA H, b. 27 Mar 1791, d. Aug 1876; m. DAVID CAMPERNELL, b. Newfield 16 May 1791, son of John and Sarah (Chellis) Campernell, d. Ossipee, NH after 1870 at the poor farm.
iii LOVEY, b.26 Sept 1792, d. Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1883 (GS).
iv MARY/POLLEY M., b. 11 Jan 1795, d. Parsonsfield, 4 Nov 1857; m. (int.) Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1835 (VR) IRA HAYNES, b. 11 Jan 1795, d. Parsonsfield, 4 Nov b. NH 8 Aug 1799, d. Parsonsfield 8 Dec 1857 (GS).
v HIRAM, b. 25 Oct 1796, d. Falmouth, ME 31 Oct 1876; m. (1) Parsonsfield 15 June 1823 (VR) MARY NESETON of Boston, MA; m. (2) Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1828 (VR) MARGARET YOUNG b. 15 Aug 1804, daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Brown) Young. He lived in Poland, ME, 1829-49.
168 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 264.
169 Op. cit, pp. 264–5.
vi WILLIAM O., b. 2 Apr 1799, d. Parsonsfield 25 Apr 1884; m. (1) Newfield 20 Nov 1927 (VR) SABRINA DREW, b. Newfield 22 May 1804, daughter of Clement and Anna (Tibbets) Drew, d. Parsonsfield 12 Feb 1866; m. (2) MARIAH F ---; m. (3) PATIENCE B. (LORD) MOULTON, b. Limerick 4 May 1824, daughter of Joseph and Sally (Merrill) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 12 Aug 1878.
vii IVORY, b. Parsonsfield 19 Aug 1802, d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1890 (GS).
viii TEMPLE HARVEY, b. Parsonsfield 19 Aug 1804, d. Sangerville, MR 8 Jan 1892; m. Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1831 (VR) SARAH WEYMOUTH, b. ca 1811, daughter of James and Phebe (Jenkins), d. Sangerville 15 Mar 1883.
LUTHER and SAMUEL FAIRBANKS
1 LUTHER, bap. Lancaster, MA 7 July 1776, son of Joshua and Rebecca (Richardson) Fairbanks, d. NY 1835; m. Parsonsfield 9 Mar 1802 (VR) RUTH GRAY HATCH, b. Wells, ME 26 Jan 1770, daughter of Francis W. and Ruth (Walker) Hatch, d. Antwerp, NY 4 Aug 1849. Luther conveyed his Parsonsfield land to [his father] Joshua Fairbanks, 19 Jan 1815.170 The deed referred to a deed that [his mother] Rebecca Fairbanks had earlier signed 29 Apr 1803.
Known children of Luther and Ruth Gray (Hatch) Fairbanks b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):171
i AUGUSTUS, b. 3 Dec 1803, d. Antwerp, NY 7 Oct 1882 (GS); m. PHEBE —, b. VT 13 Nov 1807, d. Antwerp 20 Nov 1890 (VR).
ii LUTHER, JR., b. 20 Aug 1805, d. IA 31 May 1875; m. NANCY GREENE, b. Trenton, NJ.
iii MARY, b. 14 May 1807, d. Seneca, WI 30 Nov 1875; m. St. Lawrence, NY 1825 LEMUEL GREENE, b. Townsend, VT 29 Oct 1901, son of Nathaniel and Dorcas (Ames) Greene, d. Paoli, WI 20 Feb 1880 (GS).
iv CHRISTIANA, b. 26 Feb 1810, d. NY 1849; m. EZRA CLEVELAND.
v WILLIAM R., b. 5 May 1812, d. Fulton, NY 8 Sept 1884; m. ELIZA RIDER, b. Saratoga, NY 1820, daughter of Caleb and Ruth E. ( ) Rider, d. Fulton 19 Feb 1885.
vi EBENEZER, b. Herman, NY 24 Mar 1820, d. Dartford, WI 31 May 1900; m. JERUSHA C. —, b. NY ca 1821, lived in Burnet, WI, 1870, aged 49 (USC).
2 SAMUEL, b. Lancaster, MA 1783 (PVR), bap. 11 July 1784, son of Joshua and Rebecca (Richardson) Fairbanks, lived in Gouverneur, NY, 1850, aged 67 (USC); m.
170 York Co. deeds, 96:48. Joshua Fairbanks achieved the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant in The American Revolution.
171 SAR Application.
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THEODOSIA GRAY, b. Wells 12 Apr 1782, daughter of Joshua and Susanna (Hatch) Gray, lived in Gouverneur, NY, 1850, aged 68 (USC).
Child of Samuel and Theodosia (Gray) Fairbanks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i JOHN, b. 4 May 1804, d. Erie Co., NY 10 Sept 1985 (GS); m. MARY RHODES, b. Jefferson, NY July 1804, d. Evans, Erie Co. 4 Feb 1874 (GS).
WILLIAM and JOHN FENDERSON
1 WILLIAM3 (Nathaniel2, Wallis1 Finlayson), b. Scarboro, ME 15 July 1754, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ayers) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 8 June 1834; m. Scarboro 15 Nov 1781 ANNIE McKENNEY, b. Scarboro 1756, probable daughter of Robert and Jane (Holmes) McKenney, d. Parsonsfield 9 July 1853. Deeds place William Fenderson in Limerick as early as 1782172 and in Francisborough (Cornish) in 1785.173 He [no residence given], purchased land in Parsonsfield, 7 July 1792, from Joseph Parsons.174
Children of William and Annie (McKenney) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield ME, except say the first six (PVR):
i JOHN4, b 14 Oct 1778, d. Frankfort, ME 1839; m. KEZIAH CROXFORD.
3 ii WILLIAM, JR., b. Cornish 8 Mar 1779
iii NATHANIEL, b. 1 Aug 1784, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 77 (USC).
iv NANCY, b. 1 May 1787, d. 1788.
v THOMAS, b. 11 Feb 1789, d. Newport, ME 15 June 1850 (GS); m. ELIZABETH BARKER, b. 1793, d. Newport 18 Dec 1862 (GS).175
vi MARY, b. 22 Oct 1790, d. Saco 2 July 1850.
4 vii STEPHEN, b. Parsonsfield 11 Jan 1794
viii ELIZABETH, b. Parsonsfield 20 July 1797, d. 28 Dec 1867
2 JOHN3 (Nathaniel2, Wallis1 Finlayson), b. Scarboro, ME 15 July 1757, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ayers) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 24 June 1852 (GS); m. (1) Scarboro 16 Nov 1781 SARAH KENNEY of Saco, b. 1758, d. p 27 Mar 1798 (GS); m. (2) MARY MILLIKEN, b. 1755, d. p 29 Aug 1851, aged 86-7 (GS). John Fenderson, a resident of Pepperrellboro (Saco) in 1790, was still there 23 Nov 1795, when he purchased his first land in Parsonsfield from Thomas Parsons.176 Children of John and Sarah (Kenney) Fenderson, b. Pepperrellboro (Saco) (PVR):177 i MARY/POLLY4 , b. 24 Aug 1783; d. Nov 1821 m. JOHN PERRY.
172 York Co. deeds, 55:61. He was not found in the 1790 federal census.
173 York Co. deeds, 66:365.
174 York Co. deeds, 65:66.
175 Two of their sons, Samuel (1818–1895) and Joseph B. Fenderson (1832–1865) re-settled in Parsonsfield.
176 York Co. deeds, 64:118.
177 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 379.
5 ii NATHAN, b. 1 Mar 1785
iii NATHANIEL, b. 18 Feb 1787, d. after 1862, aged 62. He was at Dartmoor Prison during the War of 1812.
iv EDWARD AYERS, b. 18 Apr 1789, killed by a falling tree 15 June 1807 (GS).
v JOHN, JR., b. 18 Aug 1791, settled in East Mathias; m. HANNAH PERRY.
vi SALLY F., b. 15 Apr 1795, d. p 12 Dec 1866 (GS)
3 WILLIAM, JR.4, b. Cornish, ME 8 Mar 1779, son of William and Annie (McKenney) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1846, aged 69 (GS), buried Saco; m. (1) Parsonsfield 9 June 1803 (VR) PRISCILLA MERRILL, b. Newbury, MA, daughter of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 1807; m. (2) 14 Aug 1808 (VR) BETSEY MERRILL, b. Newbury, MA 1787, daughter of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Saco 17 May 1875, aged 86-3 (GS).
Children of William, Jr. and Priscilla (Merrill) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i WILLIAM5, b. 19 Apr 1805, no further record.
ii IRA, b. 24 Oct 1806 (VR), no further record.
Children of William and Betsey (Merrill) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iii BETSEY, b. 13 Sept 1809 (VR), d. p 25 Nov 1854.
iv STEPHEN J., b. 16 Aug 1811, d. Old Town, ME 6 Nov 1876; m. Penobscot Co, ME 10 June 1844 SARAH H. MANNING, b. Richbucto, N. B. ca 131, daughter of James Munson and Jane (Bowness) Manning, d. Franklin, MA 19 Mar 1881. He was a stone mason.
v MARY, b. 2 July 1813 (VR), no further record.
vi NANCY CRAM, b. 3 Mar 1817, d. Biddeford 26 Apr 1891; m. Saco 8 June 1845 SAMUEL DOLLIFF, b. ME 25 Jan 1821, son of Josiah and Anna (Straw) Dolliff, d. Saco 31 Jan 1901.
vii ARVILLA B., b. 1820, d. Biddeford 12 Oct 1848.
6 viii JOHN, b. 29 July 1821
ix CYRUS, b. 26 July 1822, d. Saco 10 June 1895 (VR); m. Biddeford 21 Oct 1860 ANN FENDERSON, b. Saco 8 July 1832, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy (Printon) Fenderson, d. Saco 11 June 1910 (VR).
x ADALINE, b. 1829, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1895 (VR); m. (1) Biddeford 27 Sept 1854 (VR) 13 July 1830.
xi SIMON/SIMEON BLAISDELL, b. 24 Mat 1833, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1895 (VR); m. (1) Biddeford 27 Sept 1854 (VR) MARY F. SANDERS, b. Effingham, NH ca 1835, daughter of Joseph and Lydia ( ) Sanders, d. Effingham 3 Jan 1861 (VR); m. (2) Boston, MA 3 May 1864 (VR) ELIZABETH BRIDGET McGOUGH/GOFF, b. Ireland 1845 (GS), daughter of Michael and Bridget ( ) Goff, d. Medfield, MA 1915 (GS). He was in the 13th MA Regt. during the Civil War.
4 STEPHEN4, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Jan 1794, son of William and Annie (McKenney) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 1 Apr 1872 (VR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1815 (VR)
ELIZA PENDEXTER, , b. Cornish 1794, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Catherine (Wales) Pendexter,,, d. Parsonsfield say 1830; m. (2) Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1831 (VR)
MARY ANN HASTY, b. Limington 3 Jan 1795, daughter of Robert and Mary (Boody) Hasty, d. Parsonsfield Mar 1871.178
Children of Stephen and Eliza (Pendexter) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i CATHERINE5, b. 15 Dec 1817, d. Parsonsfield 8 Sept 1897 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfild 4 May 1840 TOBIAS LORD, b. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1817 (GS), son of Joseph and Sarah (Merrill) Lord, d. p 20 Aug 1858 (GS).
ii OLIVE, b. 1820, d. Mansfield, MA 16 Apr 1886, aged 66-3 (VR); m. (1) ISAAC BRIGGS, b. Attleboro, MA 26 July 1826 (GS), son of Lewis and Peddy ( ) Briggs, d. Mansfield 9 July 1867(VR); m. (2) Mansfield 18 Nov 1869 (VR) WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM, b. Fairhaven, MA ca 1826, son of Henry and Phebe ( ) Ingraham, d. Fall River 1901 (VR).
iii MARY ANN, b. 17 Nov 1821 (from age at death), d. 27 May 1904 (VR); m. p 23 Oct 1842 (VR) JJMES M. WEEKS b. Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1816 (from age at death), son of Ichabod and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1894 (VR /GS).
iv ABIGAIL A., b. 1824, d. 22 Dec 1905; m. Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1846 (VR) JOHN FENDERSON, b. 1822, son of William and Betsey (Merrill) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 27 Jan 1903 (VR).
v CASSANBDRA E., b. 1825, d. Sebago, ME 24 Jan 1889; m. “of Saco” Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1844 (VR) JAMES HALEY of Biddeford, b. Sebago 22 Feb 1818, son of William and Polly (Johnson) Haley, d. Sebago 23 May 1877.
vi DORCAS GRANT, b. 17 Jan 1827, d. Woburn, MA 17 Sept 1889; m. Reading, MA 14 Feb 1849 JOHNSON RICHARDSON, b. Woburn 19 Nov 1821, son of Barnabas and Rachel (Perkins Richardson, d. Woburn 6 Nov 1891 (VR).
vii ELIZA, b. 13 Mar 1830 (GS), d. Winchester, MA 2 May 1905 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 13 Oct 1853 (VR) FLETCHER BURNHAM PRESTON, b. Rumney, NH 1828 (GS), son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Burnham) Preston, d. Rumney 1884 (GS).
Children of Stephen and Mary Ann (Hasty) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
viii COMFORT AMANDA, b. 29 June 1835 (DVR), d. Auburn, NH 9 Jan 1908 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1853 (VR) ALBERT N. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1833 (DVR), son of Cutting and Lydia (Lord) Moulton, d. Auburn 9 Jan 1908 (VR).
178 History of Limington, Maine, p. 173.
ix JULIA ANN, b. 1838, d. Parsonsfield 1879; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1855 (VR) GEORGE CHARLES SANBORN, b. Parsonsfield ca 1831, d. Parsonsfield 1879.
5 NATHAN4, b. Pepperrellboro (Saco), ME 1 Mar 1785, son of John and Sarah (Kenney) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 11 Jan 1873, aged 97-10-10 (GS) m. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1808 (VR)179 BETSEY PARKS, b. Limerick 12 Oct 1789, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Kenison) Parks,180 d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1860 (GS).
Children of Nathan and Betsey (Parks) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:181
i JOSEPH5, b. 20 Aug 1810 (VR), d. Peabody, MA 13 Dec 1883; m. Danvers. MA 18 June 1865 MARY FRANCES HAM, b. Dover, NH 18 Dec 1826, daughter of Samul and Frances (Leavitt) Ham, d. Peabody 27 May 1896.
7 ii EDWARD AYERS, b. 30 Nov 1813 (VR)
iii IVORY, b. 1816, d. Parsonsfield 11 May 1908 (VR); m. Malden, MA 27 Feb 1841 (VR) MARTHA CHASE, b. Orford, NH June 1820, d. Parsonsfield 12 Feb 1901.
iv JONATHON A., b. 18 Nov 1821, d. Readfield, ME 8 Aug 1891; m. Limington 15 Feb 1845 RHODA G. DYER, b. Limington 29 Dec 1821, daughter of Watson and Abigail (Merrow) Dyer, d. Readfield 29 Nov 1883.
6 JOHN5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 29 July 1821, son of William and Betsey (Merrill) Fenderson d. Parsonsfield 27 Jan 1903 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1846 (VR) ABIGAIL A. FENDERSON, b. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1824 (FB), daughter of Stephen and Eliza (Pendexter) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 22 Dec 1905 (VR).
Children of John and Abigail A. (Fenderson) Fenderson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i WILLIAM HENRY6, b. 1846 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1917 (VR); m. (!) 1870 MELISSA J. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 1849 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Anna (Towle Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 1891 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1896 (VR) MARTHA ELLEN LORD, b. Limerick 1859 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Weeks) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 1943 (GS).
ii JAMES G., b. 29 Aug 1848 (GS), d. p 10 Mar 1832; m. ANNA MOULTON, b. p 11 Dec 1854 (GS), daughter of Isaac and Betsy (Frost) Moulton, d. p 24 Oct 1912 (VR)
iii MARY ELIZABETH, b. 5 Aug 1851, d. 9 Oct 1906; m. p 6 Aug 1871
CHARLES MOULTON, b. p 20 May 1849, son of Charles and Lovina (Knowles) Moulton, d. p. 1 Dec 1935.
179 The marriage is also shown in VR as 19 June 1808.
180 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 107.
181 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 379.
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iv JOHN FRANK, b. p 19 Dec 1852, d. p 4 Mar 1826, m. Cornish 3 Jan 186 (VR) QUEENIE MAY LANE, b. Denmark, ME July 1887, daughter of Albert and Clara B. (Hutchins) Lane, d. p 25 Feb 1950 (GS).
v MARCIA J., b. 1856 (GS), d. p 1938 (GS); m. MOSES J. WILSON, b. 1867 (GS), son of Joseph and Sarah A. (Towle) Wilson, d. p 1933 (GS).
7 EDWARD AYERS5 , b. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1813 (VR, son of Nathan and Betsey (Parks) Fenderson, d. Caribou, ME 28 Feb 1890; m. 12 May 1830 MARTHA BABB, b. Effingham, NH 1814, daughter of William and Leidia (Cate) Babb, lived in Biddeford ME 1880, aged 67 (USC).
Children of Edward A. and Martha (Bebb) Fenderson:
i WILLIAM B.6, b. 20 Sept 1834 (VR), d. Warren, AZ 9 June 1910; m. SARAH JANE CHICK, b. Biddeford 6 Sept 1836, daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Kimball) Chick, d. Warren 23 Aug 1914. He was quartermaster in the 5th ME Infantry during the Civil War.
ii EDWARD, b. 20 Apr 1837 (VR), d. Caribou 30 Oct 1921; m. MAHALA MACKIE, b. Caribou 12 Apr 1835, daughter of George and Eseth (Hobbs) Mackie, d. Caribou 20 Jan 1917.
iii LYDIA A, b. ca 1846, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 4 (USC).
FERNALD
1 ELLIOT5 (Eleazer4, Tobias3, William2, Renald1), b. Berwick, ME 7 Mar 1796 (PVR), son of Eleazer and Margery (Staples) Fernald, d.Saco 16 June 1858 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 31 Jan 1811 SALLY MUDGETT, b. Parsonsfield 3 July 1791, daughter of Simeon and Dorothy (Edgerly) Mudgett, d. Saco 7 Apr 1882 (GS).182
Children of Elliot and Sally (Mudgett) Fernald, b. Parsonsfield, ME:183
i JUDITH6, b. 18 Feb 1812 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1872 (GS; m. Parsonsfield 11 June 1837 JOSEPH DEARBORN, b. Parsonsfield, ME 6 Apr 1808, son of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1874 (GS).
ii DOROTHY M., b. 22 Dec 1815, d. Dover, NH 29 May 1891 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 Dec 1839 (Rev.) JAMES RAND, b. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1815, son of John Holmes and Sarah (Hancock) Rand, d. Dover 24 Dec 1888 (GS).
iii SARAH, b. 3 Mar 1829, d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1894 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1859 (VR) THOMAS BRADBURY WENTWORTH, b. Buxton 28 Jan 1806, son of Tappan and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Wentworth, d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1895 (GD).
2 iv ELLIOT, JR., b. 19 Nov 1828
182 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 379.
183 Ibid.
2 ELLIOT, JR.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 19 Nov 1828, son Elliot and Sally (Mudgett) Fernald, d. Saco 10 May 1909 (GS); m. 8 Mar 1853 RUTH B. DEARBORN, b. Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1827, daughter of John and Sally S. (Wadleigh) Dearborn, d. Saco 19 Jan 1898 (VR).
Children of Elliot, Jr. and Ruth B. (Dearborn) Fernald, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i ALFREDA E.7, b. 15 May 1854, lived in Saco, 1920, aged 65 (USC); m. 26 Feb 1885 THEODORE TRIPP YOUNG, b. Sanford 28 Oct 1854, son of Daniel L. and Olive Ann (Tripp) Young, d. Saco 22 June 1940. ii IDA EVA, b. 4 Apr 1858, d. Saco 8 Oct 1876 (GS).
iii JOHN ELLIOT, b. 3 Sept 1866, d. Saco 1954 (GS); m. LILLIAN M. KNIGHT, b. Hollis 2 Aug 1866, daughter of Hiram B. and Eliza (Benson) Knight, ,, d. Saco 5 Oct 1940. ,
FOLSOM
JOHN5 (John4, Jonathon3, John2-1) b. Exeter NH ca 1744, son of John and Elizabeth (Hilton) Folsom. 184 d. Limerick 25 May 1830, aged 76 (GS);185 m. (1) Exeter NH PHEBE KENNISTON, b. Exeter ca 1744, daughter of Nathan and Sarah (York) Kenniston, d. 1783; m. (2) say 1783 MARGARET —, aged 26-45 in 1800, d. after 1805. He was called “Bear” Folsom, and was in Sanbornton, NH by 1767 and still there in 1776 when he signed the Association Test and in 1777 when he enlisted in Capt. Chase Taylor’s company, Col. Stickney’s Regt, in the American Revolution.186 He purchased his first land in Parsonsfield from Benjamin Sanborn, 6 Sept 1791.187 He and Margaret conveyed land in Parsonsfield, to Samuel Perry, 17 Dec 1805.188 He conveyed land to his son James, 12 Dec 1807189 and to his son Benajmin, 13 Apr 1814.190
Child of John and Margaret ( ) Folsom, b. NH and Parsonsfield, ME (PVR):
i JOHN, JR.6, b. NH 18 Nov 1784; m. Parsonsfield 13 Jan 1817 (VR) HANNAH CUSHION/CUSHING.
ii JAMES, b. NH 8 Mar 1786, d. Fryeburg, ME 18 Sept 1842; m. 8 June 1815 ANNA BRADBURY, b. Buxton 13 or 14 Aug 1785, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Page) Bradbury, d. Bridgton, ME 7 Apr 1859; she m. (2) Robert Wentworth.191 He was in Brownfield by 1817, when he sold land in Limerick.192
iii BETSY, b. NH 16 Mar 1788, no further record.
iv POLLY, b. NH 7 Mar 1790, d. young.
184 Folsom Genealogy, I:181.
185 Early Families of Limerick, Maime, p. 57.
186 Folsom Genealogy, I:181.
187 York Co. deeds, 67:86.
188 York Co. deeds, 74:207.
189 York Co. deeds, 88:11.
190 York Co. deeds, 91:109.
191 Folsom Genealogy, p. I:306; Early Families of Buxton, Maine, pp. 39–40.
192 York Co. deeds, 100:160.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
v BENJAMIN, b. Parsonsfield 16 Dec 1791, lived in Wolfeboro, 1860, aged 72 (sic); m. Parsonsfield 5 Jan 1816 (VR) HANNAH WENTWORTH of Somersworth, NH, b 1788, daughter of Evans and Dorothy (Wentworth) Wentworth, d. Wolfeboro, NH 1844.193
vi MARY194 , b. Parsonsfield 16 July 1794, no further record.
vii SAMUEL, b. Parsonsfield 8 Sept 1796, lived in Burlington, ME, 1860, aged 79 (sic) (USC);195 m. EUNICE COFFIN, b. Belfast 29 Oct 1794, daughter of John F. and Loruhama (Cotton) Coffin, d. Burlington, ME 14 Nov 1844. A resident of Belfast and Burlington, ME he served in the War of 1812, receiving a pension.196
viii NATHANIEL, b. Parsonsfield 21 July 1798, no further record.
FROST
1 SIMON6 (Charles5-2, Nicholas1), b. Kittery, ME 21 Jun 1845, son of Charles and Sarah (Peppernell) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 1816 (GS); m. Kittery 4 Mar 1770 (VR) EUNICE FURBUSH b. Kittery/Eliot 23 May 1749, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Meads) Furbush, d. Parsonsfield Apr 1835 (GS). At his death he was designated a Lieutenant. Children of Simon and Eunice (Furbush) Frost:
i JANE7, b. Kittery 31 Mar 1771 (VR), d. Limerick 19 Oct 1770; m. Kittery 21 Dec 1791 (VR) EBENEZER FRYE, b. Kittery 26 Sept 1759, son of Joseph and Susanna (Knowlton) Frye, d. Limerick 11 Feb 1843.197
ii SARAH, b. Kittery 24 Dec 1774 (VR), d. Berwick probably 1811; m. Kittery 13 June 1797 (VR) JOHN JOHNSON, b. Berwick 1773 (GS), probable son of Daniel and Mary (Green) Johnson, d. Parsonsfield 28 June 1841 (GS); he m. (2) Mary (Frost) Morrill. below.
iii MARY, b, Kittery 23 Sept 1776 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1862 (GS); m. Kittery 8 June 1795 VR) ROBERT MORRILL, b. Kittery 5 Mar 1766 (VR), son of Nicholas and Patience (Chick) Morrill, d. Parsonsfield 18 Sept 1807 (GS); m. (2) JOHN JOHNSON, b. Berwick 1773 (GS), probable son of Daniel and Mary (Green) Johnson, d. Parsonsfield 28 June 1841 (GS). Simon Frost conveyed land in Parsonsfield to Robert Morrill, 2 Sept 1799.198
2 iv WILLIAM, b. Parsonsfield 3 May 1783 (VR)
193 The Wentworth Genealogy, I:270; Folsom Genealogy, p. I:306. He is called “of Wolfeboro” in The Wentworth Genealogy
194 The Folsom Genealogy mistakenly calls her the wife of Abijah Dudley of Waterboro.
195 The Folsom Genearlogy gives his death as “d. Lowell, ME 3 May 1884.”
196 Folsom Genealogy, I:306–7.
197 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 60.
198 York Co. deeds, 64:117.
2 WILLIAM7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 May 1783, son of Simon and Eunice (Furbush) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 11 Mar 1875; m. (1) Parsonsfield 10 Sept 1811 SALLY JOHNSON, b. 1792 (GS), possible daughter of Daniel and Mary (Green) Johnson, d. Parsonsfield 20 July 1830 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) 6 Aug 1831 (VR) Parsonsfield MARIA (TOWNE) MURPHY, b. Arundel/Kennebunkport 9 Nov 1794, daughter of Amos and Mary (Littlefield) Towne199 , d. Parsonsfield 17 Feb 1878 (GS). In a conditional deed he conveyed his premises in Parsonsfield to his “son” William, 4 Jan 1806, with the understanding that William would provide for Simon and Eunice.200
Children of William and Sally (Johnson) Frost, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR)
i DAVID8, b. 17 Dec 1811, d. Newburyport, MA 23 Apr 1889 (VR); m. (1) HARRIET COLE, b. 26 June 1806 (GS), d. Cornish 24 Aug 1830 (GS); m. (2) Durham, NH 6 June 1837 (VR) SARAH ANN NUTTER, b. Portsmouth, NH ca 1820, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Whidden) Nutter, lived in Newburyport, 1880, aged 60 (USC).
ii LYDIA J., b. 21 Sept 1813, d. Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1883 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 Mar 1832 (VR) JOSEPH S. DEARBORN, b. Hampton, NH 26 Dec 1811, son of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1894 (GS).
iii SIMON, b. 17 July 1820 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 9 Mar 1904 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 15 Sept 1858 (VR) DORCAS H. RAND, b. Parsonsfield 25 June 1820, daughter of John Holmes and Sarah (Hancock) Rand, d. Parsonsfield 2 June 1895 (VR).
iv SARAH JANE, b. 9 Aug 1824, d. Parsonsfield 14 Jan 1849 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 21 Dec 1845 (VR) ANDREW JACKSON EASTMAN, b. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1817, son of Timothy and Susanna W. (Knight) Eastman, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1847 GS).
Children of William and Maria (Towne) Frost, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
v BETSEY FRYE, b. 28 Oct 1832, d. Parsonsfield 18 June 1897; m. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1851 (VR) ISAAC M. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 Mar 1822, son Samuel and Hannah (Lord) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 24 June 1897 (VR).
vi OLIVE TOWNE, b. 23 Apr 1833 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1908 (VR); m. (1) 9 Sept 1850 (VR) BENJAMIN LITTLEFIELD HALE, b. Parsonsfield 10 Feb 1829 (GS), son of Enoch Sawyer and Mehitable (Davis) Hale, d. Parsonsfield 8 Aug 1869 (GS); m. (2) Boston, MA 9 Apr 1876 (VR) JOHN ALVANA PEASE, b. Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1829 (GS), son of Nathaniel and Olive (Towne) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1906 (GS).
vii ANN MARIA, b. 23 Sept 1836 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 26 Sept 1910 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 13 Sept 1852 (VR) JOSEPH PERKINS PIPER,
199 Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. 327.
200 York Co. deeds, 75:255.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
b. Shapleigh 9 July 1831, son of Benjamin and Nancy (Sargent) Piper, d. Newton, MA 28 Fe 1922 (GS), buried Parsonsfield.
GAMMON
1 JOHN2 (Joseph1), b. Portsmouth, NH 3 Jan 1777 [1772 (PVR), son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Robardson) Gammon, d. Parsonsfield 4 June 1828 (GS); m. Epping, NH 15 Nov 1798 (VR) EUNICE CARTER, b. NH 3 Dec 1775 (PVR), d. Baldwin 2 Nov 1864 (GS).
Children of John and Eunice (Carter) Gammon, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i BETSEY3 , b. Newmarket, NH 5 June 1799, d. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1830 (GS).
ii JOHN, b. 1902, d. in infancy.
2 iii JOHN, JR., b. 15 June 1804
iv GEORGE, b. 25 Jan 1806, d. Laconia, NH 3 Dec 1882 (GS; m. Parsonsfield 30 Mar 1833 (VR) MARY JANE LEAVITT, b. Effingham, NH 14 July 1815 (GS), daughter of John and Ruth (Champion) Leavitt, d. Laconia 28 Mar 1880 (VR).
v SALLY, b. 6 May 1808, d. Parsonsfield 19 Apr 1855 (GS).
vi EUNICE, b. 3 Apr 1810, no further record.
vii ARVILLA, b. 19 Apr 1813, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 35 (USC); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 May 1838 (VR) JOHN HOBBS, b. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1809 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1895 (GS; he m. (2) Mercy J. Whitten.
viii WILLIAM WARREN, b. 27 Dec 1816, d. Limington 11 May 1886; m. ELIZABETH MARCH PUGSLEY, b. Sebago, ME 2 May 1818, daughter of John and Sarah (Libby) Pugsley, d. Limington 18 Oct 1887.
ix ALBERT, b. 3 Feb 1820, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 60 (USC); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1950 (VR) EUNICE YORK TAYLOR, b. Porter ca 1826, daughter of Joseph and Martha V. (Nason) Taylor, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 56 (USC).
2 JOHN, JR.3, b. Parsonsfield, ME 15 June 1804, son of John and Eunice (Carter) Gammon, d. Parsonsfield 30 June 1875 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1826 (VR) PERMELIA CHAPMAN, b. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1805, daughter of Samuel and Olive (Deshon) Chapman, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 74 (USC).
Children of John, Jr. and Permelia (Chapman) Gammon, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i MARY OLIVE4 , b. 17 Feb 1827, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 53 (USC); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1846 (VR) GEORGE WARREN, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 46 (USC).
ii JOHN JAY, b. 20 Nov 1831, d. 16 May 1844 (GS).
SAMUEL GARLAND
SAMUEL6 (Jonathan5, Samuel4, Jonathan3, Peter2, John1), b. Hampton, NH 28 Nov 1771, son of Jonathon and Abigail (Fogg) Garland, d. Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1855; m. MOLLEY BATCHELDER, b. Hampton 7 July 1775, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Sanborn) Batchelder, d. Parsonsfield 18 Nov 1838. Children of Samuel and Molly (Batchelder) Garland, b. Parsonsfield, ME except for first (VR):201
i DAVID7, b. Hampton, NH 23 Aug 1794, d. Winslow 23 Mar 1886 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1821 (VR) CATHERINE MORRILL PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1803, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Adams) Parsons, d. Winslow 5 Feb 1831 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1831 VR) MIRANDA PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Adams) Parsons, d. Windsor 4 May 1894.
ii JONATHON, b. 15 Mar 1796, d. Winslow, ME 31 Oct 1873 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1823 (VR) OLIVE JOHNSON of Cornish, b. 1797 (GS), d. Winslow 20 Apr 1850 (GS).
iii ABIGAIL/NABBY, b. 24 May 1797, d. Granville, OH 23 Feb 1882; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1838 (VR) (Rev.) HENRY AMBROSE MERRILL of Conway, NH, b. 13 July 1795, d. Granville 25 Sept 1872.
iv EDMUND, b. 15 Feb 1799, d. Granville, OH 3 Apr 1886. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Andover Seminary he was a Congregational minister in Ohio.202
v THOMAS LEAVITT, b. 15 Nov 1800, d. Winslow, ME 11 Mar 1864; m. Winslow 22 Aug 1832 SYBIL PATTEE DRUMMOND, b. Winslow 4 Apr 1803, daughter of John and Damaris (Hayden) Drummond, d. Winslow 5 July 1891.
vi CLARISSA, b. 4 Aug 1802, d. Granville 5 July 1890; m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 May 1830 (VR) (Rev.) HENRY T. KELLEY of Kingsville, OH; m. (2) (Rev.) JASON OLDS, b. Goshen, NH June 1799, d. Madison, OH 22 Oct 1952.
vii JOHN, b. 10 Jan 1805, d. Newfield 23 July 1883; m. MARY ESTHER MARSTON, b. Newfield 11 Jan 1817, daughter of Isaac Marston, d. Saco 16 Oct 1878. He was a school teacher, an abolitionist and proponent of temperance.203
viii MARY ANN, b. 6 Mar 180 d. Granville, OH 1 Feb 1868, buried Maple Grove.
ix JOSEPH, b. 12 Aug 1811, d. Fryeburg 15 May 1901; m. 10 Dec 1844 CLARISSA LORING, b. Norridgewock 2 Feb 1811, daughter of John
201 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 380.
202 Op. cit., pp. 60, 283.
203 Op. cit., pp.303–4.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Loring, d. Denver, CO 4 July 1883. A graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary he had an extensive ministry.
x DOROTHY, b. 15 June 1813, d. Hampton, NH 9 May 1901; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 13 June 1837 (VR) THOMAS G. WARD of Hampton, NH, b. there 23 Sept 1810, son of Thomas and Lydia (Garland) Ward, d. Hampton 2 Jul 1861.
GOULD
BARTHOLOMEW5 (Nathaniel4, Benjamin3, John2, Jarvis1), b. Wells, ME 18 Sept 1774 (PVR), son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Goodwin) Gould, d. Hiram, ME 11 Aug 1855; m. Wells 29 Mar 1789 MARY GOODWIN, b. Wells 17 Dec 1777 (PVR), daughter of Miles and Esther ( ) Goodwin, d. Hiram 5 Nov 1852.
Children of Bartholomew and Mary (Goodwin) Gould, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):204
i ABIGAIL6, b. 3 Dec 1798, d. Hiram 11 Aug 1852 (GS); m. CALVIN FOX, b. possibly Kennebunk 16 Aug 1798 (GS), d. Hiram 27 Feb 1872 (GS).
ii DANIEL, b. 28 Dec 1899, d. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1805.
iii HANNAH, b. 19 Jan 1803, no further record.
iv GEORGE, b. 12 Mar 1805, d. Hiram 5 Oct 1869 (GS); m. Hiram 19 Oct 1826 (VR) OLIVE STANLEY, b. Cornish Mar 1801, daughter of William and Lawanna (Morrison) Stanley, d. Hiram 22 Dec 1896 (VR).
HANNAFORD
1 JOSIAH4 (Josiah3 , John2-1 Hunneford), b. Newmarket, NH May 1770, son of Josiah and Anna (Dearborn) Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1816 (PVR); m. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1794 NANCY DOE, b. Durham, NH 17 Apr 1784, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, d.. Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1828 (PVR).
Children of Josiah and Nancy (Doe) Hannaford, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):205
i SALLY5 , b. 9 June 1784, d. Sept 1862; m. Parsonsfield 16 July 1815 (VR) TOBIAS RICKER, b. Berwick 16 July 1796 (VR), son of Joseph and Deborah (Wentworth) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 30 Jan 1844.
ii NANCY, b. 12 May 1796, d. 24 Feb 1830; m. Parsonsfield 16 May 1819 (VR) RUFUS McINTIRE, b. York 19 Dec 1784, son of Micum and Rhoda (Allen) McIntire, d. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1867.
iii BETSEY, b. 27 Apr 1798. d. Parsonsfield 9 Dec 1832; m. Parsonsfield 29 July 1827 JOSIAH PARSONS GILMAN, b. Shapleigh 9 May 1802,
204 Later children were born in Hiram.
205 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, pp. 381–2.
son of Dudley and Elizabeth H. (Parsons) Gilman, d. Illini, IL 17 May 1887.
iv SUSAN L., b. 25 Apr 1800, d. Parsonsfield 25 July 1834.
v LEVI A., b. 29 Mar 1803, d. Farmington, IL 6 Mar 2879; m. CAROLINE W. COLLINS, b. Windham 22 Apr 1805, daughter of John and Rebekah (Green) Collins, d. Farmington 27 Mar 1894. They settled for a time in Hiram.
vi JOHN, b. 20 Sept 1805, d. IL; m. LYDIA (BAILEY) YOUNG of St. Louis, MO, b. MA ca 1808, d. Trivoli, IL 3 May 1885.
vii MARY B., b. 2 Feb 1808, d. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1838; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Aug 1832 (VR) RUFUS McINTIRE, b. York 19 Dec 1784, son of Micum and Rhoda (Allen) McIntire, d. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1867.
viii REUBEN, b. 29 Mar 1819, d. Trivoli, IL 8 May 1888; m. Trivoli 7 Jan 1842 MARY ANN SMITH of Gorham, b. Apr 1827, d. Trivoli 30 Jan 1870.
ix CATHERINE, b. 16 Oct 1815, d. Parsonsfield 3 Dec 1832 (VR).
HART
JAMES, b. Berkley, Gloucestershire, England 28 Jan 1747 (PVR), son of Benjamin and Mart (Willis) Hart, d. Portland, ME 4 May 1825; m. say 1783 Epping, NH HANNAH —, 206 b. Epping 8 Apr 1760 (PVR), d. Seabrook, NH after 8 Nov 1803. James Hart purchased his first land in Parsonsfield, 7 June 1791.207
Children of James and Hannah ( ) Hart, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
2 i JOHN, b. Epping, NH 27 June 1784
ii SALLY, b. Newmarket, NH 13 Dec 1785, d. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1795.
iii WILLIAM, b. Newmarket, NH 17 Apr 1787, no further record.
iv SALLY, b. Newmarket, NH 27 Aug 1788, d. NH 13 Feb 1848; m. BENJAMIN GLIDDEN, b. New Durham, NH 1775, son of Nicholas and Mary (Libby) Glidden, d. before 1848.
v PATTY, b. Newmarket, NH 1 Dec 1789, no further record.
vi HENRY MORELAND, b. Newmarket, NH 25 July 1791, no further record.
vii JENNY, b. 14 Sept 1792, d. Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1802.
viii LYDIA, b. 3 Jan 1794, no further record.
ix HANNAH, b. 1 Oct 1795, d. Limerick 8 Oct 1867; m. 29 Mar 1816 (VR) EPHRAIM BROWN, b. Lynn, May 1793, son of Luther and Elizabeth (Peabody) Brown, d. Limerick 8 Feb 1867 (GS).
206 The name is also given as “Martha Kenniston,.” although Parsonsfield VR gives her name as “Hannah.”
207 York Co. deeds, 57:70.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
x THOMAS, b. 9 July 1797, no further record.
xi ALICE, b. 23 Feb 1799, no further record.
xii MELINDA/BELINDA, b. 15 May 1801, d. Canaan, ME 4 Jan 1853 (GS); m. p 18 Aug 1822 (VR) DAVID KIMBALL, b. p 30 June 1892, son of Ensign and Hannah (Granville) Kimball, , , d. Methuen, MA 4 Jan 1882 (GS).
xiii MATILDA, b. 7 Nov 1803, d. Cumberland Co., ME 2 Apr 1848 (GS), buried Westbrook; m. Dover, NH 7 Mar 1824 JOHN H. GILE,, b. Hollis 14 Aug 1800, son of Simon Hobbs and Polly (Houston) Gile, d. Tewksbury, MA 23 June 1870.
2 JOHN, b. Epping, NH 27 June 1784 (PVR), son of James and Hannah ( ) Hart, d. Eaton, NH 24 Sept 1866; m. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1806 (VR) HANNAH CARTER, b. Nottingham, NH 10 Oct 1788, daughter of Solomon and — (Kenniston) Carter, d. Eaton 18 Aug 1855.
Children of John and Hannah (Carter) Hart, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i JAMES, b. 9 Jan 1808, d. Eaton 11 Mar 1858; m. Eaton 28 Aug 1857
LUCY A. WHITMAN
ii HANNAH KENNISTON, b. 6 Dec 1810, d. Albany, NH 23 Aug 1898; m. (1) Eaton 2 Jan 1831 OBADIAH ALLAN HARRIMAN, b. Albany 20 Jan 1909, son of William and Anna (Walker) Harriman, d. NH 26 May 1854m. (2) Albany BARZILAI KNOX, b. Albany 20 Mar 1811, d. Albany 24 July 1883.
iii NANCY, b. 3 Oct 1811, d. Eaton 19 Apr 1876; m. Eaton 1 Nov 1832
ELEASER WASHBURN, b. Tamworth, NH 1792, son of Alden and Sarah (Gannet) Washburn, d. Chocoura, NH 8 July 1860.
iv JOHN, JR., b. 13 Apr 1813, no further record.
HILTON
1 DUDLEY5 (Daniel4, Joseph3, Edward2-1), b. Newmarket, NH 28 Mar 1754 (PVR), son of Daniel and Sarah (Taylor) Hilton, d. Parsonsfield 14 May 1836 (GS); m. RHODA BICKFORD, b. New Durham, NH 19 Oct 1768 (PVR), daughter of George and Anne (Granville) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 21 July 1822 (GS). He was a veteran of the American Revolution.
Children of Dudley and Rhoda (Bickford) Hilton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):208
i NANCY6 , b. 5 Apr 1785, d. Newburgh, ME 4 June 1859 (GS); m. JAMES MORRISON, b. Parsonsfield 26 Sept 1781, son of James and Lucy Ann (Littlefield) Morrison, d. Newburgh, ME 5 Jan 1862 (GS).
ii MARTHA, b. 15 Apr 1790, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1869; m. 20 Dec 1812 (VR) NOAH BURNHAM, b. Parsonsfield, ME 24 Jan 1790, son
208 History of Parsonsfield, p. 382.
2
of Paul and Sally (Weymouth) Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 5 Feb 1865 (VR).
iii RHODA, b. 2 Dec 1795, d. Alfred 10 Aug 1868 (GS); m. 12 Oct 1815 (VR) JAMES THOMAS, d. Alfred 3 Aug 1868, aged 79-7 (GS). He was a general.
iv SUSANNA, b. 28 Mar 1797, d. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1817.
v GEORGE, b. 23 Mar 1799
vi JOHN, b. 7 July 1801, d. Biddeford 2 Sept 1880 (GS); m. SARAH WHITTIER, b. Concord, NH 13 Aug 1807 (GS), daughter of Joseph and Mary (Chase) Whittier, d. Biddeford 22 June 1886 (GS).
2 GEORGE6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 23 Mar 1799, son of Dudley and Rhoda (Bickford) Hilton, d. Parsonsfield24 Oct 1886 (GS); n. (1) 21 Jan 1823 (VR) ABIGAIL FROST RICKER, b. Parsonsfield 21 July 1804, daughter of Peletiah and Jane (Leighton) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1854 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 18 Nov 1859 (VR) MARTHA A. EASTMAN, b. NH 31 July 1832 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 11 July 1882 (GS).
Children of George and Abigail Frost (Ricker) Hilton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):209
i RHODA JANE7, b. 22 Jan 1824, d. Chelmsford, M 31 Jan 1907 (VR); m. Lowell, MA 29 Aug 1850 (VR) WILLIAM HENRY HOYT of Lowell, b. Barnstead, NH 20 Oct 1820 (GS), son of James S. and Louisa (Ayers) Hoyt, d. Chelmsford 8 Sept 1899 (VR).
ii SUSAN ELIZABETH, b. 12 Jan 1826, d. Limerick 16 May 1903 (VR), buried Nashua, NH; m. 29 Nov 1853 FREDERICK LOVEJOY of Lowell, MA, b. Milford, NH 25 Apr 1821, son of Frederick and Pamelia (Tuttle) Lovejoy, d. Portland, ME 1907 (VR), buried Nashua.
iii RUFUS McINTIRE, b. 1 Jan 1828, d. Portland, ME 29 Oct 1903 (VR), buried Buxton; m. Charlestown, MA 13 Mar 1851 (VR) SUSANNA C. DANIELS, b. Newfield, ME 8 July 1826 (GS), daughter of William and Mehitable (Cilley) Daniels, d. Portland, ME 8 June 1896 (VR).
iv MARY ANN, b. 1 Dec 1829, d. Sacramento, CA 10 Dec 1895 (VR); m. Lowell, MA 27 Feb 1858 WILLIAM BERRY CROSS, b. Methuen, MA 17 Feb 1826 (GS), son of Samuel and Hannah (Daniels) Cross, d. San Francisco, CA 7 May 1891 (GS).
v ALPHEUS SPRING, b 19 Feb 1832, d. Portland 5 Sept 1911 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 9 Nov 1854 (VR) ORRIVILLE ADAMS PARKS, b. Newfield 9 Apr 1830 (GS), daughter of Eliphalet R. and Abigail Gilman (Parsons) Paeks210 d. Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1878 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 28 May 1881 (VR) ETTA J. FOGG of Limerick, b. Gray, ME 2 Oct 1857 (GS), daughter of Ai and Miriam (Foster) Fogg, d. Portland, ME 18 Oct 1914 (VR)
vi MOSES MASON, b. 28 Nov 1835, d. Hampton, VA 26 Apr 1863; m. New Bedford, MA 26 Aug 1862 (VR) CARRIE C. HUSE, b. Wilton,
209 Ibid.
210 Early Families of Newfield, Maime, p. 524.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
ME 1837, daughter of Jesse and Rhoda (Gould) Huse, d. Lowell 14 Apr 1908 (VR). A Union soldier, private in the 6th MA Infantry, he died in the service.
vii GEORGE WHITFIELD, b. 9 Aug 1839, d. Everett, WA 1914 (obit.); m. (1) Boston, MA 3 Dec 1865 (VR) MARY E. McCAMMON, b. Plymouth, MA 1845, daughter of David and Winifred ( ) McCammon, d. Lowell, MA 7 Aug 1899 (VR); m. (2) Seattle, WA 18 Feb 1901 MARY ELIZABETH (RUTH) BRUBAKER, b. IL 20 June 1869 (DVR), daughter of William and Sarah Jane (Morse) Ruth, d. Los Angeles, CA 2 Feb 1942 (VR). A physician he graduated from medical school in 1877. Later, he had practice in Chicago, IL, Lamoille, IL and Lowell, MA.
viii PELATIAH RICKER, b. 4 Mar 1843, d. Chicago, IL 22 Jun 1912 (VR); m. Cook Co., IL 9 May 1869 (VR) AGNES OLIVIA RICKER, b. Saco 23 July 1841 (GS), daughter of David F. and Olive Seavey (Parcher) Ricker, d. Chicago 12 Jan 1828 (GS). He was a manager of a printing company.
ix CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. 22 July 1845, d. Minneapolis, MN 24 Oct 1912 (GS); m. Will, IL 21 Oct 1872 (VR) SARAH CARPENTER, b. IL 1853, daughter of Isaiah and Frances M. (Haradon) Carpenter, d. Minneapolis 8 Oct 1844 (GS). In the U. S. Civil War he was a corporal in Co. G, 3rd MA Infantry.
Child of George and Martha A. (Eastman) Hilton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:211 x CORA BELL, b. 15 Dec 1869, d. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1879 (GS).
DAVID HOBBS
1 DAVID4 (Benjamin3, Morris2-1), b. Hampton, NH 5 July 1760, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fogg) Hobbs, 212 d. No. Hampton, NH 4 May 1849 (GS); m. (1) 1775 SUSAN LEAVITT; m. (2) No. Hampton 5 Feb 1780 MARY LEAVITT; m. (3) Parsonsfield 20 Aug 1786 CHARLOTTE LORD, b. Somersworth, NH 15 Sept 1766, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Wallingford) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 1800. He served in the American Revolution as a drummer in Tash’s Regt. Arriving in Parsonsfield in 1782 he was enumerated there in 1790 with one son under 16 and four females. He was in No. Hampton by 7 Mar 1803 when he conveyed his holdings in Parsonsfield to David Leavitt Hobbs of Parsonsfield.213
Child of David and Susan (Leavitt) Hobbs, b. Hampton, NH:214
2 i DAVID LEAVITT7, b. NH 3 July 1779
211 Ibid.
212 History of Hampton, NH, p. 751.
213 York Co. deeds, 102:258.
214 History of Hampton, NH, p. 751.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 85
Children of David and Mary (Leavitt) Hobbs, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):215
ii BENJAMIN LEAVITT, b.9 Apr 1780, d. Parsonsfield 25 Mar 1785 (VR).216
iii MARY LEAVITT, b. 14 Aug 1782, d. Parsonsfield 25 Mar 1785 (VR).
iv MARY L., b. 1783, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 87 (USC);217 m. DANIEL GILMAN, b. Feb 1778 (GS), son of Samuel Stevens and Alice ( ) Gilman, d. Parsonsfield 4 June 1845 (GS).
Children of David and Charlotte (Lord) Hobbs, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
v ELIZABETH, b. 12 Apr 1788, no further record.
vi SALLY, b. 23 Feb 1791, no further record.
2 DAVID LEAVITT7, b. Hampton, NH 3 July 1779, son of David and Susan (Leavitt) Hobbs, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1865; m. Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1798 (VR) JUDITH JENNESS, b. Pembroke, NH 1775, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 85; m. C2) (cert). Parsonsfield 27 Aug 1861 (VR HANNAH D. ( ) TITCOMB, b. ME ca 1829.
Children of David Leavitt and Judith (Jenness) Hobbs:218
i MOSES L.8, b. Freedom, NH 1 July 1800, d. No. Hampton, NH 23 May 1885, aged 84-10-23 (VR); m. (1) 12 Aug 1829 (VR) FANNY MARSTON, b. Hampton 4 Aug 1799 (GS), daughter of Simeon and Abigail (Leavitt) Marston, d. No Hampton 39 June 1851 (GS); m. (2) Newburyport, MA 10 Mar 1869 (VR) CAROLINE DODGE, b. Newburyport, daughter of John and Lydia H. ( ) Dodge, d. He was a physician.
ii MARY L., b. 25 July 1802, d. Newfield 15 Dec 1878 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1823 (VR) (Dr.) MOSES LEAVITT MARSTON, b. Hampton, NH 10 Dec 1801, son of Simeon and Abiah (Leavitt) Marston, d. Newfield 27 Apr 1829;219 m. (2) Newfield 27 Mar 1831 (VR)(Dr.) STEPHEN ADAMS of Newfield, b. Limerick 1 Mar 1804, son of Simeon Adams, d. Newfield 5 Nov 1898.220 iii VICTORY, b. 1806, d. TX 1840.
iv JOHN, b. 5 Dec 1809, d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1895 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 May 1838 (VR) ARVILLA GAMMON, b. Parsonsfield 19 Apr 1813, daughter of John and Eunice (Carter) Gammon, d. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1851 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1857 (VR)
215 History of Parsonsfield, p. 383
216 History of Parsonsfield claims that there was another son Benjamin who m. Abigail Parsons in 1808. The 1790 census schedule would deny this claim.
217 Cemetery records give her age at death [no date] “88=9.” Given a death date as an infant in Parsonsfield VR, it is apparent that there were two children named Mary L. Hobbs, born a short time apart.
218 History of Parsonsfield, p. 383
219 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 439.
220 Op. cit., p. 10.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
MERCY J. WHITTEN, b. Parsonsfield 26 June 1818 (GS), daughter of Simeon J. and Mary B. (Pike) Whitten, d. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1895 (VR).
v ALVAH L., b. Parsonsfield 1812, d. Effingham 31 Jan 1894, aged 80-9 (VR)l m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 28 June 1838 (VR) JANE M. PERKINS, b. Parsonsfield 12 July 1816, daughter of James and Deborah (Trafton) Perkins , d. Effingham 5 Sept 1869 (GS).
SAMUEL HOBBS
SAMUEL4 (John3, Morris2-1), b. No. Hampton, NH 5 July 1756 (PVR), son of Joseph and Abigail (Page) Hobbs, d. Parsonsfield; m. Hampton 17 Jan 1781 LYDIA TOWLE, b. Hampton 19 Dec 1757 (PVR), daughter of Lemuel and Mary (Shaw) Towle.221
Children of Samuel and Lydia (Towle) Hobbs, b. No. Hampton, NH (PVR):222
i ABIGAIL5, b. 5 Feb 1782, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 88 (USC) m. Parsonsfield 1 Feb 1802 (VR) JOHN PAGE, b. NH 1782, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 76 (USC).
ii MARY/POLLY, b. 23 Apr 1784, d. Saco 3 June 1853 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 22 Oct 1813 (VR) COTTON BRADBURY, b. Buxton 1 Apr 1790, son of Edward and Eunice (Berry) Bradbury, d. Saco 11 May 1854 (VR).
iii HANNAH, b. 30 July 1786, d. 27 June 1862 (VR); m. p 12 Mar 1812 (VR) SAMUEL HARDING BLAKE of Brownfield, b. Gorham 31 July 1788, son of John and Deborah (Tuckerman) Blake,223 d. 25 June 1865.
iv SAMUEL, JR. , b. 7 Oct 1788, d. Parsonsfield 3 June 1789 (VR).
v LYDIA, b. ca 1791, d. Parsonsfield 13 Oct 1834, aged 43 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1819 (VR) SAMUEL HODGDON, b. Parsonsfield 28 Oct 1792, son of Israel and Sarah (Lewis) Hodgdon, d. Saco 23 Oct 1874, aged 92 (sic) (VR).
vi SAMUEL, JR., b. 24 July 1793, d. 24 Sept 1882, aged 89-2 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Saco 5 July 1830 (YMR) LOVINA MORRISON, d. Parsonsfield 20 Feb 1841, aged 45 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) p 27 Nov 1841 (VR) MARY A. L. REDMAN of Saco, b. ca 1811, d. Biddeford 27 June 1881, aged 70 (VR). He lived in Biddeford, 1880.
vii ELIZA, b. 4 Dec 1795, evidently d. before 1850, b. ca 1796; m. (cert.) 20 Oct 1838 (VR) JOSEPH LIBBY GLIDDEN, b. Effingham, NH, b. New Durham, NH 29 Mar 1778, d. Effingham 10 Apr 1847.
viii DANIEL M., b. 13 July 1800, d. p 4 Feb 1804 (VR).
221 History of Hampton, NH, pp. 751, 1005.
222 History of Hampton, NH, p. 751.
223 History of Gorham, Maine, p. 403.
SAMUEL HOBBS
SAMUEL4 (John3, Morris2-1), b. No. Hampton, NH 5 July 1756 (PVR), son of Joseph and Abigail (Page) Hobbs, d. Parsonsfield; m. Hampton 17 Jan 1781 LYDIA TOWLE, b. Hampton 19 Dec 1757 (PVR), daughter of Lemuel and Mary (Shaw) Towle224
Children of Samuel and Lydia (Towle) Hobbs, b. No. Hampton, NH (PVR):225
i ABIGAIL5, b. 5 Feb 1782, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 88 (USC) m. Parsonsfield 1 Feb 1802 (VR) JOHN PAGE, b. NH 1782, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 76 (USC).
ii MARY/POLLY, b. 23 Apr 1784, d. Saco 3 June 1853 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 22 Oct 1813 (VR) COTTON BRADBURY, b. Buxton 1 Apr 1790, son of Edward and Eunice (Berry) Bradbury, d. Saco 11 May 1854 (VR).
iii HANNAH, b. 30 July 1786, d. 27 June 1862 (VR); m. p 12 Mar 1812 (VR) SAMUEL HARDING BLAKE of Brownfield, b. Gorham 31 July 1788, son of John and Deborah (Tuckerman) Blake,226 d. 25 June 1865.
iv SAMUEL, JR. , b. 7 Oct 1788, d. Parsonsfield 3 June 1789 (VR).
v LYDIA, b. ca 1791, d. Parsonsfield 13 Oct 1834, aged 43 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1819 (VR) SAMUEL HODGDON, b. Parsonsfield 28 Oct 1792, son of Israel and Sarah (Lewis) Hodgdon, d. Saco 23 Oct 1874, aged 92 (sic) (VR).
vi SAMUEL, JR., b. 24 July 1793, d. 24 Sept 1882, aged 89-2 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Saco 5 July 1830 (YMR) LOVINA MORRISON, d. Parsonsfield 20 Feb 1841, aged 45 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) p 27 Nov 1841 (VR) MARY A. L. REDMAN of Saco, b. ca 1811, d. Biddeford 27 June 1881, aged 70 (VR). He lived in Biddeford, 1880
vii ELIZA, b. 4 Dec 1795, evidently d. before 1850b. ca 1796, ; m. (cert.) 20 Oct 1838 (VR) JOSEPH LIBBY GLIDDEN, b. Effingham, NH, b. New Durham, NH 29 Mar 1778, d. Effingham 10 Apr 1847.
viii DANIEL M., b. 13 July 1800, d. p 4 Feb 1804 (VR).
HODGDON
ISRAEL6 (Timothy5 , Israel4-2, Nicholas1), b. Arundel, ME 10 Oct 1766 (PVR), son of Timothy and Lydia (Hussey) Hodgdon, d. Newfield 28 Feb 1846 (GS); m. 10 Feb 1786 SARAH LEWIS, b. Arundel (Kittery), ME 19 Jan 1767 (PVR), daughter of Samuel and Huldah (Mitchell) Lewis, d. Newfield 17 Mar 1838 (GS),227
Children of Israel and Sarah (Lewis) Hodgdon, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
224 History of Hampton, NH, pp. 751, 1005.
225 History of Hampton, NH, p. 751.
226 History of Gorham, Maine, p. 403.
227 Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. 184.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
i ABIGAIL7, b. 9 Nov 1787, d. Newfield 12 Feb 1824 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 10 Sept 1819 (VR) WILLIAM DURGIN, b. Newfield 10 Nov 1776, son of William and Rebecca (Stewart) Durgin, d. Newfield 30 Dec 1845 (GS).228
ii TIMOTHY, b. 9 Mar 1790, d. Freedom, NH 20 Sept 1871 (GS); m. SUSAN J. LORD, b. Effingham, NH 30 Sept 1793, daughter of Thomas and Esther (Bradbury) Lord, ,, lived in Freedom, 1850, aged 56 (USC229 Timothy Hodgdon of Freedom left a parcel of land in Parsonsfield, 9 May 1860, to [his son] Israel Hodgdon and the same parcel, 13 June 1860, to [his daughter] Susan J. Hodgdon.230
iii SAMUEL, b. 28 Oct 1792, d. Saco 23 Oct 1874, aged 92 VVR) (sic); m. Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1819 (VR) LYDIA HOBBS, b. ca 1791, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Towle) Hobbs, d. Parsonsfield 13 Oct 1834, aged 43 (GS); m. (2) 5 Sept 1838 (YMR) BETSEY K. CAME, , b. Buxton 1799, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Kimball) Came , lived in Saco, 1870, aged 70 (USC).
iv ISRAEL, JR., b. 28 Oct 1794, no further record.
v JOHN, b. 3 Sept 1800, d. Effingham, NH 8 May 1884 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 22 May 1823 SARAH TUCK, b. Parsonsfield 14 Dec 1804, daughter of John and Betsey (Towle) Tuck, d. 8 Oct 1829.
vi SALLY, b. 8 Aug 1802, d. Boston, MA 25 June 1893; m. Parsonsfield 1 June 120 (VR) ISAAC T. CARPENTER, b. Waterboro 11 Apr 1796, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Leathers) Carpenter, d. Newfield 1860.231
vii ELIZA, b. 1 Apr 1805, d. IA 27 Oct 1880 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 3 Apr 1841 (VR) MOSES ROBERTS, b. Rochester, NH, 29 Jan 1802 son of Moses and Alice (Tibetts) Roberts, d. Union, IA after 1870.
viii ASA, b. 6 Mar 1812, lived in Saco, 1880, aged 68 (USC); m. NANCY —, b. ca 1817, lived in Saco, 1880, aged 65 (USC). They lived in Somersworth, NH, 1850.
JOSEPH AND JOHN HUCKINS
1 JOSEPH6 (Joseph5-4, Robert3, James2, Robert1), b Nottingham, NH 27 Oct 1767 (PVR), son of Joseph and Mary (Kelly) Huckins, d. Effingham, NH 24 Mar 1847; m. (1) NH 8 June 1787 (VR) MARY JENNESS, b. Pembroke, NH 3 Nov 1766 (PVR), daughter of Samuel and Jenness, d. Pars0nfield 20 Aug 1823; m. (2) Parsonsfield 1 Apr 1827
SARAH WARREN, b. Pembroke, NH 1777, d. 22 Jan 1844. A trader in Parsonsfield,
228 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 45.
229 This identification corrects an error in Early Families of Hollis and Dayton, Maine, p. 145.
230 York Co. deeds, 213:129 and 330:155. Israel conveyed the parcel back to his father, 14 Aug 1851 (YD 226:239).
231 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 79.
Joseph Huckins purchased his first land there from David Hobbs, 2 June 1795.232
Joseph sold Parsonsfield land to John Huckins of Gilmanton, NH, 24 Apr 1798.233
Joseph Huckins, still of Parsonsfield, sold the whole farm, formerly owned by Daniel Tilton, 13 Jan 1804, to Jonathon Hale.234 Deeds show him in Effingham, 8 Aug 1809.235 A biography identifies him as a merchant, miller, deputy sheriff and justice of the peace.236
Children of Joseph and Mary (Jenness) Huckins b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (PVR):237
i HANNAH7, b. Gilmanton, NH 3 Sept 1787, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1851; m. (1) Parsonsfield 28 Sept 1803 (VR) ANDREW GILMAN, b. Newmarket, NH 7 Apr 1780, son of John and Betsey (Haines) Gilman, d. Burlington, VT 5 June 1816; m. (2) 5 Dec 1816 SAMUEL JENNESS, b. Meredith, NH 12 Apr 1790, son of Samuel and – (Prescott) Jenness, d. 24 Sept 1865.
ii STEPHEN, b. Gilmanton, NH 2 Nov 1790, d. Roxbury, MA 2 Sept 1866 (VR); m. (1) Westbrook, ME 9 July 1830 PAULINE WEBB, b. Stroudwater, ME 11 July 1793 [1790, GS], daughter of James and Nancy (Cony) Webb, d. Roxbury 1836 (GS); m. (2) Boston, MA 9 June 1838 (VR) NANCY (RAYMOND) SLATER, b. ca 1799, lived in Somerville, MA, 1880, aged 80 (USC).238
iii PETER, b. Gilmanton, NH 5 July 1792, d. Dover, NH 11 Nov 1832; m. “of Effingham” Parsonsfield 17 Dec 1815 (VR) LYDIA DALTON, b. Parsonsfield 18 July 1796, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Bennett) Dalton, d. Dover 1832.
iv MARY, b. Gilmanton, NH 27 Apr 1794, d. Chicago, IL Aug 1872; m. 8 Dec 1812 WILLIAM BOYNTON, b. Gilmanton 13 Mar 1786, son of William and Mary (Huckins) Boynton, d. Chicago 1865.
v EUNICE, b. 13 Jan 1796, d. Parsonsfield Sept 1848.
vi MARY ANN, b. 1 May 1798, d. Boston, MA 27 Feb 1881; m. Wakefield, NH 27 Oct 1819 (VR) SAMUEL DALTON, b. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1797, son of Samuel and Mary (Bennett) Dalton, d. Boston, MA 1848.
vii IVORY LORD, b. 1 Jan 1800, d. Somersworth, NH 3 July 1851; m. (1) Newfield, ME 1 Oct 1821 NANCY D. HILL, b. Newfield 17 Jan 1800, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Doe) Hill, d. Somersworth 6 Mar 1847; m. (2) Lowell, MA 13 Wept 1847 (VR) HANNAH BRAINARD, b. Haverhill, NH 11 Dec 1818, daughter of Spencer and Elizabeth
232 York Co. deeds, 59:131.
233 York Co. deeds, 62:200.
234 York Co. deeds, 71:124.
235 York Co. deeds, 83:37.
236 North America, Family Histories, p. 40.
237 Op. cit., pp. 40–3, 81–6.
238 The couple had obviously separated by 1855, when she lived in Taunton, MA, aged 57 (MA cen.), By 1880 she had resumed her married name, Slater.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
(Allen) Brainard, d. Manchester, NH 20 Feb 1903 (VR), she m. (2) Joshua Edwards. He was a lumber merchant.
viii CAROLINE, b. 25 Sept 1801, d. Exira, IA 13 Sept 1867; m. Tamworth, NH 6 Dec 1829 JOSEPH WARREN, b. Scarboro, ME 14 Oct 1798, son of Gen. James and Sarah (Milliken) Warren, d. Exira 4 Sept 1867.
ix NICHOLAS E., b. 19 May 1804, d. Concord, NH 23 Sept 1864; m. Effingham 26 June 1825 (VR) NANCY SHUTE, b. Buxton 1 Sept 1805 (GS), daughter of Michael and Olive (Leavitt) Shute, d. Effingham 2 Nov 1904 (VR).
x IRA, b. Effingham, NH 29 Jan 1806, d. Ashland, NH 30 June 1884 (GS); m. (1) 30 July 1826 OLIVE ABBOTT of Effingham, b. there 9 May 1808, d. Tamworth 1 Nov 1839; m. (2) Tamworth, NH 17 Oct 1844 GRACE BEEDE, b. Sandwich, ON 24 Feb 1804, daughter of Elijah and Anna (Felch) Beede, d. Ashland 30 Dec 1880 (GS); m. (3) Ashland 13 Dec 1881 (VR) MARY (COTTON) DOW, b. Sandwich 1836, daughter of Jacob Cotton; m. (4) Ashland 31 Dec 1883 (VR) ANN MARIA JOHNSON, b. Sandwich 28 July 1831, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mason) Johnson, d. 26 Sept 1902.
xi ELIZABETH, b. Effingham, NH 15 Aug 1808, d. unm.
Child of Joseph and Sarah (Warren) Huckins b. Effingham, NH:
xii JOSEPH, JR., b. 25 June 1828, “disappeared in MI 1868;” m. 10 Nov 1852 HANNAH BATCHELDER, b. Sanbornton, NH 12 Sept 1827, daughter of Burley and Elizabeth (Taylor) Batchelder, d. 4 Dec 1884.
2 JOHN6 (Joseph5-4, Robert3, James2, Robert1), b; Nottingham, MH 24 Mar 1762, son of Joseph and Mary (Kelly) Huckins, d. Parsonsfield 27 Mar 1810; m. Gilmanton, NH 18 July 1784 HANNAH MUDGETT, b. Gilmanton 765, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Bean) Mudgett, d. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1807; m. (2) Parsonsfield 13 Nov 1808 (VR) REBECCA MARY EDGERLY of Gilmanton. A veteran of the American Revolution, he was at West Point “in the Fall of 1780.”239 His will, signed 7 Feb 1810, named his wife Rebecca, daughter Anna Granville, sons, John and Calvin, and granddaughter, Hannah Huckins, daughter of his son Stephen who “decd last summer.”240 Children of John and Hannah (Mudgett) Huckins, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):241
i ANNA7, b. Gilmanton, NH 27 Oct 1784, d. Effingham, NH 12 Sept 1863; m. Gilmanton 1804 STEPHEN GRANVILLE, b. Durham, NH 22 June 1777, son of Joseph and Mary (Dearborn) Granville, d. Effingham 29 July 1848.
ii STEPHEN, b. Gilmanton, NH 27 Mar 1786, d. Liverpool, England ca 1809; possibly m. — FARRINGTON of Conway, NH.
239 Op. cit., p. 38.
240 York Co. Probate, 22:323.
241 North America, Family Histories, pp. 38–40, 80–1.
iii HANNAH ROBERTSON, b. 19 Feb 1789, d. 23 Nov 1862; m. New Hampton, NH 14 or 23 Nov 1809 (VR) HIRAM PLAISTED, b. Gilmanton, NH 1787, son of William and Hannah (Huckins) Plaisted, d. New Hampton 21 Oct 1848.
iv SARAH, b. Gilmanton, NH 28 Jan 1791, d. Franklin, NH 21 Jan 1852 (GS); m. ca 1810 STEPHEN S. CHAPMAN of Gilford.
v EUNICE, b. Gilmanton, NH 31 Dec 1792, d. Bristol, NH 30 Aug 1847; m. Gilmanton 9 Mar 1815 WILLIAM THOMAS MUDGETT, b. New Hampton or Poplin, NH 29 Nov 1786, son of Joseph and Mehitable (Eastman) Mudgett, d. Bristol 13 Nov 1876.
vi SHUAH, b. Gilmanton, NH 22 Jan 1795, d. New Hampton 26 Sept 1878; m. 9 Jan 1817 STEPHEN SMITH, 3RD , b. New Hampton, NH Jan 1790 son of Stephen, Jr. and May (Bean) Smith, d. 7 Sept 1863.
vii MARY/POLLY, b. Gilmanton, NH 3 Jan 1797, d. Alexandria, NH 30 July 1883; m. 1 Apr 1829 JOHN SLEEPER, b. Bristol, NH 23 Jan 1795, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sanborn) Sleeper, d. Alexandria 10 Sept 1862.
viii SOPHRONIA EVA, b. 11 May 1799 (VR), d. Wesley. IL 6 Feb 1861; m. Bristol, NH 11 Nov 1822 (Rev.) SAMUEL T. JEWETT, b. Ipswich, MA 29 Sept 1798, son of Epes and Elizabeth (Hidde) Jewett, d. Wesley 2 Mar 1861.
ix JOHN R. , b. 23 July 1801 (VR), d. Bangor, ME 22 June 1891; m. Corinth, ME 16 Nov 1825 SARAH TIBBETTS, b. Corinth 10 Apr 1804, daughter of Abner and Sarah (Davis) Tibbetts, d. Bangor 6 June 1880. He was a lumber merchant.
x CALVIN, b. 29 Nov 1803 (VR), d. Rolla, MO 31 Dec 1870; m. Exeter, ME 1827 OLIVE TIBBETTS, b. Corinth 3 Mar 1806, daughter of Abner and Sarah (Davis) Tibbetts, d. Cannon City, MN 10 May 1864. A teacher, he lived in Exeter, ME, Delaware, IN and Rolla.
HUNTRESS
Three sons of Nathan5 (Christopher4, George3-1) and Susanna (Chick) Huntress settled in Parsonsfield, ME:
1 i JOSEPH CHICK6, b. Newington, NH 16 June 1771
2 ii JOHN FABYAN, b. Newington, NH 7 Nov 1775
iii NATHAN, JR., b. Newington, NH ca 1790, d. Parsonsfield 5 Oct 1869, aged 79 (GS).
1 JOSEPH CHICK6, b. Newington, NH 16 June 1771, son of Nathan and Susanna (Chick) Huntress, d. 1830 (GS); m. Newington 29 Oct 1797 (VR) MARY CHICK b. Berwick 1779, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Keays) Chick, d. Berwick 25 Sept 1860. Children of Joseph Chick and Mary (Chick) Huntress, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
i SAMUEL7, b. Newington, NH 14 Jan 1798, lived in Tamworth, NH, 1870, aged 72 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1819 (VR) HULDAH LEAVITT of Effingham, NH, lived in Tamworth, NH, 1860, aged 60 (USC).
ii HANNAH, b. Newington, NH 25 Apr 1799, d. Tamworth, NH 3 Jan 1867; m. Parsonsfield 2 Sept 1819 (VR) WILLIAM MOORE b. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1794, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Hodgdon) Moore, d. Tamworth 22 Nov 1860.
iii ELIZA, b. 20 Mar 1801 d. 1866; m. Parsonsfield 29 July 1821 (VR) STEPHEN PARSONS, b. 4 Mar 1798, son of Stephen and Abigail (Moore) Parsons, d. Woodstock, NB 1882.
iv POLLY, b. 19 Feb 1803, no further record.
v SALLY, b. 28 July 1805, d. Bangor, ME 28 Aug 1886 (GS); m. (1) (int.) Parsonsfield 4 Feb 1826 (VR) ELIJAH LIUVERMORE HAMLIN of Brownfield, b. Livermore, ME 29 Mar 1799, son of Cyrus and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin, d. Bangor 16 July 1872 (GS); m. (2) AUGUSTUS CHOATE, b. 28 Aug 1829 (GS), d. Bangor 13 Nov 1905 (GS).
vi ABIGAIL, b. 14 Oct 1808, d. Presque Isle, ME 1 Aug 1884 (GS); m. New Brunswick, Canada 8 Oct 1834 JAMES MOULTON TUCK, b. Parsonsfield, ME 15 July 1810, son of Samuel and Abigail (Carter) Tuck, d. Saco 29 May 1900.
2 JOHN FABYAN6 , b. Newington, NH 7 Nov 1775, son of Nathan and Susanna (Chick) Huntress, d. Parsonsfield 13 Sept 1852 (GS); m. PHEBE RUSSELL, b. No. Yarmouth, ME 6 Mar 1783, daughter of Thomas Chandler and Sarah (Gooch) Russell, d. Parsonsfield 29 Jan 1858.
Children of John Fabyan and Phebe (Russell) Huntress, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i ROBERT H.7, b. 15 Jan 1802, d. Freedom, NH 22 Mar 1872 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 19 Dec 1829 (VR) BETSEY W. SAYWARD, b. Shapleigh 22 May 1806 (GS), daughter of James and Lydia (Witherell) Sayward, d. Vienna, ME 5 July 1894 (VR).
ii JOHN R., b. 23 June 1803, d. Cornish 28 Feb 1855; m. EMMA LORD, b. Hiram 8 May 1807 (GS), daughter of Jacob and Emma (Day) Lord, d. Hiram 24 June 1887 (GS).
iii FREDERICK C., b. 2 May 1805, d. Portland, ME 23 Dec 1839 (GS); m. Portland 26 Feb 1834 (VR) ABIGAIL AUGUSTA CURTIS, b. Yarmouth, ME 1826, d. Norton, N. B., Canada 11 Jan 1862 (GS).
3 iv JAMES RUSSELL, b. 11 Nov 1806
v NATHAN, b. 6 Nov 1808, no further record.
4 vi THOMAS CHANDLER, b. 13 Mar 1811
vii SILAS BURBANK, b. 23 July 1813, d. Portland, ME 30 Sept 1874; m. Portland 14 Feb 1836 (VR) SARAH JANE DAVIS, b. Portland 29 Dec 1814, daughter of James W. and Rhoda (Tukey) Davis, d. Portland 17 Oct 1890.
viii SARAH ANN, b. 7 Nov 1816, d Freedom, NH 5 Feb 1880; m. JOHN BROOKS, b. Effingham, NH ca 1797, lived in Freedom, 1860, aged 63 (USC).
ix MARY M., b. 26 July 1821, d. Boston, MA 17 Apr 1887, buried Freedom, NH; m. say 1846 ELIAS W. HARMON, b. Freedom ca 1820, son of Phineas and Ruth (Hopkins) Harmon, d. Boston 8 Mar 1881 (GS)
x ELIZA JANE, b. 18 Aug 1825, d. Haverhill, MA 27 July 1885; m. Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1845 (VR) JAMES FOSS, b. Freedom ca 1821, son of Pelatiah and Jane ( ) Foss, d. Freedom 22 Mar 1860 (VR).
3 JAMES RUSSELL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Nov 1806, son of John Fabyan and Phebe (Russell) Huntress, d. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1856 (GS); m. (1) Portland, ME 30 Apr 1836 (VR) ELIZA ANN SMITH, b. Portland 16 Feb 1816, daughter of Waitstill and Lucy (Hunt) Smith, d. Parsonsfield 13 July 1844 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 9 Mar 1846 (VR) MARY/POLLY FRANCES SWETT, b. Parsonsfield 29 May 1808 (VR), daughter of Stephen and Rachel (Colcord) Swett, d. Parsonsfield 23 May 1853 (GS); m. (3) Saco 8 Mar 1854 (VR) MARY FENDERSON MOSES, b. Saco 12 May 1809, daughter of William and Anna (Milliken) Moses, d. Buxton 12 Sept 18901 (GS); she m. (2) Nathaniel Cross Thurston.
Children of James Russell and Eliza Ann (Smith) Huntress, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i ELLEN S.8, b. 25 Nov 1836, d. Boston, MA 20 Aug 1909, buried Parsonsfield.
ii CORNELIA SMITH, b. 25 Sept 1838, d. Freedom, NH 27 Nov 1907; m. Freedom, NH 12 Nov 1861 (VR) CALVIN MESERVE, b. Freedom ca 1828, son of Peter W. and Mary ( ) Meserve, lived in Freedom, 1910, aged 72 (USC).
iii FREDERIC CODMAN, b. 25 Sept 1840, d. Freedom, NH 26 July 1887 (GS), a carpenter.
iv LORENZO DOW, b. 15 Jan 1843, d. Portland, ME 8 May 1919, buried Parsonsfield; m. ABIGAIL A. TRUE, b. Freeport 1847, daughter of Solomon and Abigail ( ) True, d. 9 Feb 1823 (GS). He served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Children of James Russell and Mary Frances (Swett) Huntress, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
v ELIZA ANN, b. 10 Apr 1847, d. Amesbury, MA 2 Apr 1914 (GS); m. JOEL AUGUSTUS DAVIS, b. Amesbury 6 Sept 1849 (VR), son of Joel H. and Lydia (Jones) Davis, d. Amesbury 11 Apr 1926 (GS).
vi JAMES EDWARD, b. 9 Oct 1850, d. Parsonsfield 26 July 1863.
vii MARY ELLA, b. 7 May 1853, d. Malden, MA 9 Mar 1902; m. CHARLES WOODS FRARY, b. Whatley, MA 19 Mar 1846, son of Robert and Millicent (Woods) Frary, d. Manhattan, NY 21 Dec 1907.
4 THOMAS CHANDLER7, b. Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1811 (VR), son of John Fabyan and Phebe (Russell) Huntress, d. Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1901; m. Parsonsfield 25 Apr 1853 (VR) ANN HERNE, b. 19 Aug 1822 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 15 July 1889 (GS).
Children of Thomas Chandler and Ann (Herne) Huntress, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i GEORGE I.8, b. 10 Mar 1854, d. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1919 (GS).
ii MELVIN LOTHAIR, b. 9 Aug 1855 (GS), d. Boston, MA 18 Apr 1872 (VR), buried Parsonsfield.
iii FLORENTEEN/FLORA GOTT, b. 18 Oct 1857 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 25 July 1877 (GS).
iv IDELLA MARY, b. 15 Oct 1859, d. Parsonsfield 18 Sept 1843 (GS); m. Kezar Falls 11 May 1921 WILLIAM ALBION STUART, b. Eaton, NH 1 Apr 1857, son of Adrial H. and Martha (Sawyer) Stuart, d. 1 May 1941.
DAVID JOHNSON
1 DAVID5 (James4-2, Edmund1), bap. Hampton, NH 4 Oct 1767, son of James and Sarah ( ) Johnson, d. Parsonsfield 13 June 1858 (GS); m. Hampton ca 1780 LYDIA DEARBORN BATCHELDER, b. Hampton 8 Mar 1764 (from date of birth),242 daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Sanborn) Batchelder, d. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1851, aged 87-9-17 (GS). David Johnson settled in Parsonsfield ca 1784.243 David’s will, signed 25 Oct 1834, named “wife;” “the heirs of Sally Frost;” sons, James, David, John, Edwrd and Jinathon M. Johnson; daughter, Lydia Goddard.244 Children of David and Lydia Dearborn (Batchelder) Johnson, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):245
i SALLY6, b. Hampton, NH 6 Dec 1781, no further record.
ii RUTH, b. Hampton, NH 13 Nov 1792, d. Garland, ME 20 Jan 1893 (FS); m. Parsonsfield 11 Dec 1910 (VR) THOMAS DEARBORN, b. Hampton 25 Aug 1786, son of John and Ziporah (Towle) Dearborn, d. Garland 22 May 1877 (GS). She was not named in her father’s will.
iii JAMES, b. Hampton, NH 29 Sept 1784, d. Bucksport, ME 14 Apr 1866 (GS); m. 31 Mar 1818 BETSEY DEARBORN, daughter of Joseph F. Dearborn; m. (2) ABIGAIL —, d. Bucksport 12 May 1882, aged 88 (GS).
2 iv JONATHON M., b. 16 May 1796
3 v DAVID, JR. , b. 15 Mar 1800
vi NATHANIEL, b. 22 June 1802, d. 6 Jan 1828 (GS).
vii JOHN SANBORN, b. 12 Jan 1805, d. San Jose, CA 16 Jun 1883 (GS); m. MARY ANN PRAY, b. MA June 1810, d. Oakland, CA 1903.
242 History of Hampton, NH gives her date of birth as “8 Mar 1767.”
243 History of Hampton, NH, pp. 754, 594.
244 York Co. Probate 10336.
245 History of Hampton, NH, p. 775.
viii EDMUND/EDWARD, b. 4 Feb 1808, no further record after 1834.
ix LYDIA LEAVITT, b. 2 Oct 1811, d. So. Portland, ME 18 Oct 1900 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1831 (VR) JOHN GODDARD of Portland, ME, b. Portsmouth, NH 14 Feb 1811 son of Henry and Elizabeth Leavitt (Payson) Goddard, d. Cape Elizabeth 27 Mar 1870 (GS).
2 JONATHON M.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 16 May 1796, son of David and Lydia Dearborn (Batchelder) Johnson, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 73 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 16 Aug 1818 (VR) MEHITABLE DEARBORN, b. Moultonboro, NH 11 Feb 1799 (PVR), daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Moulton) Dearborn, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 71 (USC).
Known children of Jonathon M. and Mehitable (Dearborn) Johnson, b. Parsonsfield:
i ELIZABETH7, b. Dec 1819 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 1 Feb 1854 (VR)
ii EDWIN, b. 1829, d. Malden, MA 12 Dept 1905 (VR); m. Boston, MA 2 Dec 1854 (VR) ELIZA JANE PETTIGREW, b. Kittery ca 1846, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Duncan) Pettigrew, d. Malden 8 Feb 1910, aged 84 (VR).
iii SARAH F., b. 1830, d. Peabody, MA 7 Feb 1885 (VR); m. (1) JAMES GARLAND, b. Parsonsfield 10 May 1810, son of Jonathon and Betsey (Glidden) Garland, d. Limerick 1857 (GS); m. (2) Waterboro 8 Feb 1859 (VR) SAMUEL DUDLEY, b. Waterboro 16 Dec 1805 (VR), son of Trueworthy and Sarah (Stevens) Dudley, d. Waterboro 16 Apr 1882.246
4 iv DAVID, b. ca 1832
v LYDIA BATCHELDER, b. 12 Jan 1834 (DVR), d. Dover, NH 4 Dec 1912 (VR): m. JACOB KITTERIDGE BROWN, b. Somersworth, NH 1833 (GS), d. Dover 20 July 1917 (GS).
vi ELVIRA, b. ca 1836, no record after 1860.
vii ANN, b. ca 1841, no record after 1850.
viii JOHN OLSON, b. Apr 1844, d. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1928 (GS); m. VIANN LORD, b. Thorndike, ME 7 Aug 1840 [1839, GS], daughter of Daniel Towne and Julie Ann ( ) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 23 Dec 1882 (GS).
3 DAVID, JR.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 15 Mar 1800, son of David and Lydia Dearborn (Batchelder) Johnson, d. 11 Apr 1837 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 8 Aug 1823 (VR) MERCY R. WEEKS, b. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1800 (GS), daughter of Noah and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 29 Feb 1856 (GS).
Children of David, Jr. and Mercy R. (Weeks) Johnson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
246 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 165.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
i NOAH W.7, b. 1 Feb 1825 (GS), d. Caribou, ME 16 Feb 1894 (VR), m. MARY JANE BARTLETT, b. Garland 9 dec 1823 (GS), daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Kimball) Bartlett, d. Caribou 19 Apr 1909 (GS).
ii NATHANIEL J., b. 18 Mar 1828 (GS), d. Presque Ile, ME 2 Feb 1893 (GS), buried Garland, ME; m. ADELIA F. YOUNG, b. Waterville, ME 10 June 1832 (GS), daughter of Cyrus and Elicia (Tupper) Young, d. Portland, ME 11 Dec 1904 (VR).
iii HENRY W., b. 21 June 1831 (GS), d. Garland, ME 18 May 1906 (VR); m. (1) PHEBE G. CROWELL, b. 1832 (GS), d. Exeter, ME 5 Apr 1862 (DS); m. (2) Dexter, ME 11 July 1864 (VR) SARAH ANN JUMPER, b. Dexter 24 Apr 1832 (VR), daughter of Edward and Sarah (Cordwell) Jumper, d. Corinth, ME 28 May 1905 (GS),
iv SARAH M. , b. 7 Mar 1836 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 23 Dec 1836 (GS).
4 DAVID7, b. Parsonsfield, ME ca 1832, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 38 (USC), d. Malden, MA 29 Sept 1905 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1850 (YMR) LUCINDA BROWN, b. Cornish ca 1835, daughter of Joshua and Jermaine (Smith) Brown, d. Buxton 16 Apr 1903 (V); she m. (2) 1875 James W. Caton. 247 Children of David and Lucinda (Brown) Johnson, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i JONATHON/JOHN M.8, b. 5 Dec 1853, lived in Sanford, 1930, aged 76 (USC); m. Boston, MA 5 Aug 1896 (VR) SARAH A. PENNEY, b. NS July 1865, daughter of Isaac D. and Mary J. ( ) Penney, lived in Sanford, 1930, aged 65 (USC).
ii CHARLES H., b. 22 Oct 1856 (GS), no record after 1870.
iii SARAH F., b. ca 1856, no record after 1870.
iv FRANK, b. ca 1858, no record after 1870.
v LOVINA, b. 1861, no record after 1870.
vi EDWIN, b. ca 1862, b. Boston, MA 25 Aug 1884, aged 22 (VR).
vii ALBERT, b. 1866, d. Boston, MA 5 Aug 1903 (VR); m. Boston 28 Mar 1887 (VR) SARAH A. MORRISON, b. NS ca 1868, daughter of Wallace and Sarah ( ) Morrison, lived in Everett, MA, 1910.
viii IDA MAY, b. Mar 1859, d. [probably Westbrook] 1943 (GS), buried Buxton;248 m. (1) WILLIAM DEAN, b. Buxton 4 June 1855, son of John W. and Priscilla (Harmon) Dean, d. Portland, ME 5 Sept 1909 (GS); m. (2) Portland, ME 6 Nov 1910 (VR) ANDREW JOHN RODGERS, b. St. Johns, N.B. 1870, son of Cornelius and Margaret (Larkins) Rodgers, d. 4 Feb 1932.
247 James and Lucinda lived in Westbrook, 1880, without any of her children.
248 It is apparent that Ida and Andrew had separated by 1920.
JOHN JOHNSON
1 JOHN3 (?Daniel2, James1), b. Berwick, ME 1773 9(GS), probable son of Daniel and Mary (Green) Johnson,249 d. Parsonsfield 28 June 1841 (GS); m. (1) “of Berwick” Kittery 13 June 1797 (VR) SARAH FROST, b. Kittery 24 Dec 1774 (VR), d. Berwick probably 1811; m. (2) “of Berwick” Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1812 (VR) MARY (FROST) MORRELL of Parsonsfield, b. Kittery 22 Sept 1776 (VR), daughter of Simon and Eunice (Furbush) Frost and widow of Robert Morrell, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1862, aged 85-10-4 (GS). John Johnson of Parsonsfield, conveyed land in Berwick, purchased from Daniel Johnson in 1808 and abutting Noah Johnson, Jr., to Samuel Johnson of Berwick 29 Oct 1821.250
Children of John and Sarah (Frost) Johnson, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SAMUEL4, b. 1799, d. Cornish 1865; m. Berwick 2 June 1827 SARAH RHODES TIBBETTS, b. 1804, d. Cornish 1855.
ii SARAH F., b. ca Feb 1810 (from age at death), d. Boston, MA 20 Jan 1899, aged 88-11 (VR)
Children of John and Mary (Frost) Johnson, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
iii ASA, b. 16 Mar 1813, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1885 (GS). He purchased his first Parsonsfield land from his father John, 10 June 1834251 and another parcel of land there from James B. Morrill, 1 Jan 1838.252 He lived with his nephew, William H. Johnson [son of Samuel and Sarah Rhodes (Tibbetts) Johnson, above], in 1880.
iv IRA, b. 6 Jan 1815, d. p 14 Dec 1830 (GS)
v JANE F. , b. 5 May 1817, d. Manchester, NH 22 Mar1852 (VR(; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 26 May 1838 (VR) JOSEPH PEABODY, b. New Boston, NH 14 Apr 1816, son of John Peabody, d. Manchester 22 Feb 1780 (VR).
vi EUNICE, b. 30 Sept 1820, d. Shapleigh 17 Feb 1896; m. JAMES S. CASS, b. Richmond, NH 1816, d. Parsonsfield 22 Nov 1882 (GS).
KEZAR
1 GEORGE6 (John5-2, George1), b. Hampstead, NH 14 Aug 1733 (VR), son of John and Judith (Heath) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 1797; m. Canterbury, NH 1761 MARY MILES, b. Canterbury 31 May 1742, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Moore) Miles, d. Canterbury ca 1840. George Kezar is famous as a wildlife hunter prior to the establishment of
249 Vital Records of Kittery, Maine (p. 143) gives the family record of James1 and Rebecah (Benson) Johnson, with the dates of birth of their children, including Daniel, b. 13 June 1750 ,[ d. No. Berwick 27 Feb 1838 (VR)] and Noah, b. 17 Mar 1757. York Co. deeds, 112:76 connects John Johnson to both Daniel and Noah (Jr.) Johnson, who appears to have been a son of Daniel and Mary.
250 York Co. deeds, 112:76.
251 York Co. deeds, 175:135.
252 York Co. deeds, 160:165.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Parsonsfield. In 1790 he was enumerated in Parsonsfield with two sons over 15 and three females.
Children of George and Mary (Miles) Kezar, b. Canterbury, NH:253
i SARAH7, b. 1763, d. 1816.
ii JOSIAH, n. 1766, d. Stanstead, P. Q.; m. before 1790 EXPERIENCE
KNOWLES, b. Porter 1778, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Blake) Knowles, d. Stanstead, P. Q.. Josiah and Experience sold their Parsonsfield holdings to John Treworgy of Phillipsburg (Hollis), 24 Sept 1806.254 By 1809 they settled in Stanstead, P. Q.255
iii GEORGE, JR., b. 1769, not found in Parsonsfield after 1797 when he was enumerated in Parsonsfield living by himself.
2 iv EBENEZER, b. 1772
3 v ABNER, b. 1773
vi SUSANNA, b. 1774, no further record after 1800; m. Parsonsfield 9 Oct 1800 (VR) JOSEPH PERRY.256
vii (probably) HANNAH, b. say 1779; m. Parsonsfield 13 May 1800 (VR) NATHANIEL GOULD, JR., b. Wells 1777, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Goodwin) Gould, d. 22 July 1851.
2 EBENEZER7, b. Canterbury, NH 1772, son of George and Mary (Miles) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1862, aged 90-9 (GS); m. (1) NANCY PAINE,257 d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1802 (VR); m. (2) Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1806 (VR) HANNAH WHITE, b. Parsonsfield Feb 1785 (from age at death), daughter of Charles and Hannah (Ricker) White, d. Parsonsfield 22 Nov 1862, aged 77-9 (GS).
Child of Ebenezer and Nancy (Paine) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR)”
i JOHN PAINE8, b. 24 Dec 1801, d. Parsonsfield 3 Nov 1806 (VR).
Children of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): ii NANCY PAINE, b. 20 Apr 1807, d. Sandwich, NH 10 Nov 1884 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 18 June 1829 (VR) IRA PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 4 July 1799 (VR) or 5 Nov 1800 (VR), son of Archelaus and Sally (Fernald) Pray, d. Sandwich 8 Aug 1872 (GS); m. (2) Sandwich 22 Nov 1874 (VR) PARKER BEEDE, b. Sandwich 15 Nov 1803 (GS), son of Elijah and Anna (Felch) Beede, d. Sandwich 10 Feb 1890 (VR).
4 iii JOHN PAINE, b. 30 July 1809
5 iv GEORGE WHITE, b. 18 Aug 1811
253 History of Parsonsfield, p. 382.
254 York Co. deeds, 75:213.
255 Sherbooke Daily Record.
256 This Joseph Perry is hard to identify. He probably was of Cornish. Joseph Perry of Francisborough/ Cormish purchased land in Parsonsfield, 10 Feb 1791, from William Parsons, of Sanford (York co. deeds 58:110). He “of Cornish” sold the land to John Downing, Jr., 17 Apr 1795 (York co. deeds 58:110). However, there are also deeds in the same era for a Joseph Perry of Waterboro and Bridgton ME.
257 The Paines were a Rye, NH family that evidently re-settled in Gilmanton, NH.
v CHARLES PAINE, b. 21 Aug 1813, d. Parsonsfield 1885 (GS), buried Kezar Falls; m. ELIZA TOWLE, , b. Porter 28 Apr 1820 (GS), daughter of David and Sally (Marden) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1900 (VR).
vi SOPHRONIA PAINE, b. 17 Oct 1815, d. Berwick 11 Feb 1901 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 17 Jan 1841 (VR) MARTIN BRADEENof Limington, b. Cornish 24 Mar 1810 (GS), son of John and Jane (Wilson) Bradeen, d. Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1870 (GS).
vii PHILIP PAINE, b. 1 Oct 1818 (GS), d. Hiram 12 Oct 1870 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1848 (VR) HANNAH L. LOMBARD, b. Baldwin 26 Jan 1827 (GS), daughter of Calvin and Eunice (Chapman) Lombard, d. Hiram 6 May 1892 (VR); she m. (2) Samuel Huntress
6 viii EBENEZER, JR., b. Jan 1820 (from age at death), d. 11 Nov 1884, aged 64-10 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 June 1851 (VR) MEHITABLE ANN (STANLEY) KEZAR, of Tamworth, NH, b. Wenham, MA Sept 1820 (from age at death), d. 27 Nov 1887, aged 67-2 (GS).
ix JAMIN, b. ca 1828, d. Inman Grove, Holt Co., NE, 20 Sept 1886 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Aug 1849 (VR) MARY JANE CROCLER, b. ca 1927, d. Inman Grove 5 Apr 1888 (GS).
3 ABNER7, b. Canterbury, NH 1773, son of George and Mary (Miles) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 9 Oct 1841, aged 68 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 27 Oct 1803 (VR) DORCAS PERRY, b. ca Mar 1783 (from age at death), daughter of James and Anna (Holmes) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 7 Sept 1847, aged 64-6 (GS). He held public office in Parsonsfield and was in the State Legislature.
Children of Abner and Doras (Perry) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME):258
i NANCY8, b.4 June 1798 (VR), d. young.
ii SALLY, b. 31 Jan 1804, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 76 (USC); m, Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1932 )VR) GEORGE W. GIBBS of Potter, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 80 (USC).
iii JANE, b. 6 Oct 1805 (VR), d. Lynn, MA 1 July 1886 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1829 (VR) GEORGE YOUNG, b. 3 Dec 1799 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1871 (GS).
iv JOHN, b. 3 Aug 1807 (VR), probably d. before 1850; m. Porter, ME 2 Aug 1835 (VR) ANN MARIA TOWLE, b. Porter 7 Apr 1819, daughter of William and Mercy (Garland) Towle, probably d. before 1850.259
v NANCY, b. June 1810, lived in Parsonsfield, 19 Oct 1854, when she and her sisters, Maria and Hannah Kenison, conveyed their rights to Parsonsfield land to John Kenison.260 In 1850 the three sisters lived together in the same household.
258 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 383–4.
259 There is much confusion in genealogies separating John Kezar, son of Anber, with John Paine Kezar, son of Ebenezer, since they both had wives named “Ann.”
260 York Co. deeds, 242:310.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
vi MARY, b. 26 Aug 1811 (VR), d. Limington 15 Nov 1848 (GS); m. 31 May 1836 DOMINICUS McKENNEY, b. Limington 20 Dec 1807, son of Dominicus and Mary (Hasty) McKenney, d. Limington 5 Nov 1885; he m. (2) Mary Ann Flood. 261
7 vii ABNER, JR., b. 11 Sept 1813 (VR)
viii SUSANNA/SUSAN, b. 16 Oct 1815 (VR), d. Porter 20 Nov 1865; m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1849 (VR OLIVER KENNISON; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1854 (VR) EBENEZER BLAZO of Porter.
ix HANNAH, b. Nov 1818, d. 1890; m. Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1851 (VR)
JOHN KENISON, b. NH ca 1822, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 59 (USC).
8 x JAMES, b. Mar 1820
xi MARIA, b. 16 Sept 1826 (from age at death), d. 7 June 1857, aged 308-22 (GS).262 Maria, along with her sisters, Nancy, Susan and Hannah conveyed their rights in their father Abner Kezar’s estate, to John Kezar, 5 May 1938.263
4 JOHN PAINE8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 Aug 1807 (VR), son of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Kezar,264 d. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1864 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Jone 1829 (VR) ANNIE MATTHEWS of Ossipee; m. (2) ALMIRA (REDLON) ROBERTS, b. Buxton 26 Oct 1820, daughter of Amos and Sally (Emery) Redlon and widow of Abraham Roberts, d. Porter 15 Aug 1889.265
Children of John Paine and Annie (Matthews) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME:266
i SAMUEL F.9, b. 4 Dec 1828; d. Romeo, MI 7 Nov 1898, aged 68-11 (VR) m. Boston, MA 4 Dec 1853 (VR) NANCY HANNAFORD DOE, b. Parsonsfield 6 May 1831, daughter of Bartlett and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, d. San Francisco, CA 15 Feb 1917.
ii HORACE, b. 13 Dec 1833, d. Boston, MA 17 Mar 1856, aged 22-3 (VR), buried Parsonsfield; m. DEBORAH P. FOWLER, b. Freedom, NH Nov 1835, daughter of Stephen and Sally (Mills) Fowler, d. Freedom 11 Oct 1900 (VR); she m. (2) William W. Furbush, iii SARAH J., b. 2 Jan 1837, d. Romeo, MI 18 May 1904 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 6 Nov 1858 (VR) JOHN TRUEWORTHY, JR., b. Parsonsfield 11 May 1839, son of John and Olive (Stone) Trueworthy, d. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1919 (VR).
iv MARTHA A., b. 20 May 1844, d. Romeo, MI 10 June 1812 (VR); m. 23 June 1862 RUFUS McINTIRE BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield 24 June
261 History of Limington, Maine, p. 184.
262 She was buried next to her brother John.
263 York Co. deeds, 216:102.
264 History of Parsonsfield misidentifies John Paine Kezar by calling him the son of Abner Kezar. Instead he was the son of Ebenezer Kezar, whose first wife was Nancy Paine
265 Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 399.
266 History of Parsonsfield, p. 384
1836, son of Gideon and Polly (Piper) Bickford, d. Romeo 21 Aug 1907 (VR).
v DORCAS P., b. 22 Dec 1847, d. Weymouth, MA 21 Dec 1919 (GS); m. Charlestown, MA 11 Oct 1864 (VR) ISAAC LIBBY, b. Hiram 15 July 1841 (GS), son of Randall and Sarah (Towle) Libby, d. Weymouth 4 Feb 1785 (VR).
5 GEORGE WHITE8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 18 Aug 1811, son of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 22 Oct 1847, aged 36-2 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Apr 1840 (VR) MEHITABLE ANN STANLEY of Tamworth, NH, b. Wenham, MA Sept 1820 (from age at death), probable daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail (Young) Stanley, d. 27 Nov 1887, aged 67-2 (GS).
Children of George White and Mehitable Ann (Stanley) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i NEHEMIAH9, b. b. ca 1844, no record after 1850.
ii RUTH JOHNSON, b. 29 Sept 1844 (GS), d. Portland, ME 9 Apr 1922 (GS), buried Kezar Falls; m. (1) Eaton, NH 9 June 1863 (VR) LORIN DREW SAWYER , b. Eaton 1835 (GS), son of Asa and Nancy (Drew) Sawyer, b. Eaton 26 Dec 1864 (GS); m. (2) Freedom, NH EDWIN HARRIMAN, b. Freedom 24 July 1832, son of Stephen and Sally (Sanborn) Harriman, d. Hiram 19 Sept 1905 (VR).
iii HANNAH E., d. Parsonsfield 1 May 1846
6 EBENEZER, JR.8, b. Parsonsfield, ME Jan 1820 (from age at death), son of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 11 Nov 1884, aged 64-10 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 June 1851 (VR) MEHITABLE ANN (STANLEY) KEZAR, b. Wenham, MA Sept 1820 (from age at death), probable daughter of Nehemiah and Abigail (Young) Stanley, d. Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1887, aged 67-2 (GS).
Children of Ebenezer, Jr. and Mehitable Ann (Stanley) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i ELIZA JANE9, b. 31 Dec 1851, d. Conway, NH 1 May 1920; m. Cornish 23 Jan 1876 (VR) WOOGMAN NATHANIEL FRENCH, b. Porter, ME 4 Sept 1826, son of Isaac Willard and Emily (Woodman) French, d. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1910.
ii GEORGE W., b. 17 July 1854, d. Freedom, NH 19 Aug 1902 (VR); m. (1) Boston, MA 4 Feb 1880 (VR) OLIVE JANE COLE, b. Brownfield, ME 20 June 1858, daughter of Bradford and Sarah Jane (Day) Cole, d. Somerville, MA 1937, div.; m. (2) Boston, MA.23 Mar 1890 (VR) SADA A. WATSON, b. Freedom 28 Dec 1858, daughter of Albert Newell and Elizabeth Ann (Downs) Watson, d. Freedom 4 Sept 1925. iii ELLA L, b. 28 Apr 1858, d. Rochester, NH 4 Apr 1936; m. (1) Freedom 30 Jan 1887 (VR) JAMES McLAUGHLIN, b. Londonderry, NH 1861, son of Neil and Bridget ( ) McLaughlin, lived in Saco, 1930, aged 59 (USC), div.; m. (2) Freedom 16 May 1896 (VR) ELI WILKINSON, b. Eaton 22 Mar 1840, son of George W. and Susan A. ( ) Wilkinson, d. Freedom 26 Mar 1917.
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iv WILLIAM DICKINSON, d. Parsonsfield 1860.
7 ABNER, JR.8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Sept 1813 (VR), son of Abner and Doras (Perry) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 24 July 1841, aged 27-10 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1838 (VR) REBECCA MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1813, daughter of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, lived in Limerick, 1870, aged 67 (USC); she m. (2) Sylvanus Bangs. Child of Abner and Rebecca (Merrill) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, i ABNER HARDY9, b. Aug 1839, d. Oakland, CA 23 Mar 1903 (VR); m. Boston, MA 25 June 1867 (VR) ISABELLE/BELLE D. TOZIER, b. Waterville, ME ca 1841, daughter of Ansel and Catherine (Child) Tozier, lived in San Francisco, 1880, aged 39 (USC). A graduate of Harvard University he was a druggist.
8 JAMES8, b. Parsonsfield, ME Mar 1820, son of Abner and Doras (Perry) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 6 Nov 1894 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1845 (VR) LETTICE H. NEWBEGIN, b. Parsonsfield say 1828, daughter of Jonathon and Shuah (Berry) Newbegin,267 d. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1903 (VR).
Children of James and Lettice H. (Newbegin) Kezar, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i EDWIN JAMES9, b. 24 Sept 1847, d. Parsonsfield 13 Jan 1881; m. Parsonsfield 5 Jan 1868 MALVINA CHAPMAN, b. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1846, daughter of George Franks and Mary Elizabeth (Hussey) Chapman, d. Chicago, IL 28 Dec 1926 (GS).
ii ELLEN ELIZABETH, b. 31 May 1851, d. Charlestown, MA 8 Sept 1874; m. Charlest0wn 30 Oct 1873 (VR) CHARLES A. LITTLEFIELD, b. Wells 31 Aug 1845, son of Jacob H. and Mary (Littlefield) Littlefield; he m. (2) Zylpha M. Rand.
iii GEORGE N., b. 1852 (GS), d. Boston, MA 9 Feb 1903 (VR), buried Parsonsfield m. (1) SARAH —; m. (2) Boston, MA 15 June 1882 (VR)
MARY McLEOD, b. P. Q 15 Jan 1958, daughter of Malcolm and Catherine ( ) McLeod, d. San Francisco, CA 23 Apr 1946.
LEAVITT
JEREMIAH TUCK6 (Thomas5, Amos4, Thomas3, Aretas2, Thomas1), bap. Hampton, NH 24 Sept 1780, son of Thomas and Abigail (Tuck) Leavitt, d. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1839 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 2 Nov 1810 (VR) MARGARET LIBBY, b. Conway, NH 1790, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Cole) Libby, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1831 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1831 (VR) SARAH CHASE, 268 b. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1804ghter of
267 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine. (p. 216) mistakenly identifies Betsey Hamilton’s husband as Elias Newbegin.
268 History of Hampton, NH, p. 815.
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Moses and Rebecca (Fairbanks) Chase, d. Newfield 7 Apr 1889, aged 88 (GS), (sic); she m. (2) Reuben Grant.269
Children of Jeremiah Tuck and Margaret (Libby) Leavitt, b. Parsonsfield, ME:270
i THOMAS7, b. 20 June 1812, d. Freedom, NH 13 June 1883; m. Freedom 11 Apr 1834 (VR) SUSAN MERRILL, , b. Freedom, NH 1814, daughter of Samuel Stevens and Fanny (Bancroft) Merrill, d. Freedom 9 June 1868. ,
ii JOHN, b. Aug 1813, d. 11 Dec 1876 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 Nov 1841 (VR) DEBORAH PARKS, b. Parsonsfield 16 Aug 1805 (GS), daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Kennison) Parks, d. Parsonsfield 10 May 1902 (VR).
iii IRA, b. 25 Oct 1816, d. 16 July 1836 (GS).
iv JOSEPH, b. 11 Mar 1818, drowned at Cape Cod 11 Sept 1846 (GS).
v NEWELL, b. 14 Feb 1820, d. 16 Dec 1884 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 7 July 1850 (VR) ABBY HOBBS; m. (2) (int.) 11 Feb 1952 (VR) 21 Feb 1863 ELIZABETH BERRY, b. Freedom, NH 16 Aug 1836, daughter of Zebedee and Abigail (Merrill) Berry, d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1898 (VR).
vi URIAH, b. 2 Feb 1822, d. Andover, MA 24 Jan 1856 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. SARAH TUTTLE, b. Effingham 21 Mar 1839, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Drake) Tuttle, d. St. Joseph, MO 27 Nov 1875.
vii JEREMIAH, b. 17 June 1824 (MA VR), d. Bridgewater, MA 29 Mar 1869 (VR); m. Manchester, NH 1 Apr 1850 (VR) HENRIETTA BAKER, b. Campton, NH 29 Aug 1827 (VR), daughter of Davis and Hannah (Church) Baker, d. Santa Paula, CA 1902 (GS). He was a private in the 1st MA Cavalry during to Civil War.
viii MARY A., b. July 1826, d. 23 Mar 1859; m. 1 June 1858 IRA A. CLOUGH, b. 1822.
ix ALONZO, b. 7 July 1830, d. Lexington, MA 20 Dec 1897 (VR); m. Boston, MA 4 Jan 1857 (VR) EMMA JOSEPHINE DERBY, b. Cambridge, MA Oct 1836, daughter of Sidney K. and Harriet C. (Carroll) Derby, d. Lexington 12 Apr 1907 (VR).
Child of Jeremiah Tuck and Sarah (Chase) Leavitt, b. Parsonsfield, ME:271 x ISAAC C., b. ca 1832, d. Newfield 15 Aug 1894; m. EMMA SMITH, b. Wakefield, NH 24 Aug 1844, d, Newfield 7 Nov 1899 (GS).
xi ARTHUR F., b. 1836, d. Newfield 17 Mar 1866 (GS).
xii MARIA, b. ca 1834, d. Newfield 1860-70.
269 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, pp. 303, 390–1.
270 History of Parsonsfield, p. 384.
271 Ibid.
AMMI RUHAMMAH LORD
1 AMMI RUHAMMAH5 (Thomas4, John3, Nathan2-1), b. Limerick, ME 6 Apr 1778, son of Ammi Ruhammah and Hannah (Dennett) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 1 May 1864;272 m. (1) Limerick 1801 MARY DURGIN, b. Limerick 10 Apr 1785, daughter of Benjamin and Mary ( ) Durgin,273 d. Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1830 (GS); m. (2) DRUSILLA LORD of Freedom, b. Effingham ca 1798, daughter of Thomas and Esther (Bradbury) Lord, d. Parsonsfield, 19 May 1839 (GS), ; m. (3) Parsonsfield 14 June 1840 (VR) MERCY WHITTEN of Cornish,274 b. there 13 Nov 1816, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hayes (Wilson) Whitten, d. Parsonsfield 1 Apr 1894 (VR). Children of Ammi Ruhammah and Mary (Durgin) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two (VR):275
i ARTHUR6, b. Limerick 18 June 1802, d. 7 June 1826.
ii LOIS, b. Limerick 6 May 1804, d. Longmont, CO; m. ELIPHALET PEASE, b, 12 Nov 1810, son of Stephen and —(Johnson) Pease, lived in Thorndike, ME, 1850, aged 39 (USC).
iii ISAAC M., b. 19 Dec 1805, d. Platteville, WI 15 Aug 1877 (GS); m. EMMELINE MORTON, b. Chester, VT 30 Sept 1824 (from age at death), daughter of Chester and Anne ( ) Morton, d. Platteville 6 Aug 1900 76-10-6 (VR).
iv AMMI R., b. 10 Aug 1807, d. 29 June 1832 (GS).
v SIMEON PEASE, b. 16 May 1809, d. 30 Sept 1880; m. ANNA TOWNE LORD, b. ca 1810, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Towne) Lord, lived in Kennebunk, 1880, aged 70 (USC).
vi CYRUS K., b. 10 June 1811, d. La Crosse, WI 8 Oct 1892 (GS); m. “of Fryeburg, ME” 6 Jan 1836 ABBY S. CLARK, b. Limington, ME 7 Oct 1917 (from age at death), daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Small) Clark, d. La Crosse 28 Nov 1898, aged 81-1-21 (VR). He was a lawyer.
vii FREDERICK, b. 16 June 1815, d. Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1816 (VR).
Children of Ammi Ruhammah and Drusilla (Lord) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME viii JULIA ANN, b. 17 Nov 1818, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 60 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1840 (VR) DANIEL TOWNE LORD, b. xa 1815, son of Nathaniel and Ruth (Towne) Lord, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 66 (USC).
ix EDMUND T., b. 13 Aug 1821, d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1848 (GS).
272 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 89.
273 Op. cit., p. 45.
274 History of Parsonsfield, p. 385.
275 This genealogy has been strengthened with the able assistance of Priscilla Eaton, F.A.S.G., a colleague, who is currently researching Nathan Lord and his descendants. Priscilla also provided me with VR of Susan and Drusilla Lord of Freedom, NH.
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x WILLIAM WOODBURY, b. 26 July 1831, d. Los Angeles, CA 28 Oct 1807; m. Grant Co., WI 24 Sept 1878 MARY E. BASS, b. , daughter of Nathan and Mary Ann (Sears) Bass, d. Los Angeles 27 May 1908.
xi CAROLINE, b, 26 Feb 1833, d. LaCrosse, WI 18 Feb 1911; m. GEORGE HOWARD/HOARE, b. Sheepscom, Gloucester, England 29 Apr 1832, son of Edwin and Caroline (Cooke) Hoare, d. La Crosse 3 May 1892.
xii MARTIN LUTHER, b. ca 1836, d. Parsonsfield 26 Dec 1839 (GS).
Children of Ammi Ruhammah and Mercy (Whitten) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
xiii MARTHA, b. 21 Feb 1840, d. probably Garland, OK 16 Aug 1903; m. DANIEL L. BAKER, b. Brookfield, NH 28 Sept 1840, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Wedgwood) Baker, d. Vernon Co. MO 28 Jan 1918.
xiv ABBIE C., b. 10 Feb 1843, d. Parsonsfield 14 June 1914; m. say 1863 JOHN COLBY FOSS, b. Baldwin 22 Nov 1836, son of Vyranus and Thankful Deborah (Thorne) Foss, d. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1918.
xv LOUIS N., b. ca 1852, d. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1858 (GS).
GEORGE LORD
1 GEORGE5 (Samuel4-3, Nathan2-1), b. Berwick 19 Oct 1754, son of Samuel and Lydia (Wallingford) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 11 July 1811 (VR);276 m. Hampton, NH 1 Mar 1789
PATIENCE HOBBS, b. Hampton 30 Jan 1769, daughter of Moses and Theodate (Page) Hobbs, d. Parsonsfield 19 May 1816 (VR).277 The family moved to Parsonsfield Apr 1799. George Lord’s will, signed 12 June 1811, named his children [listed below].278 Children of George and Patience (Hobbs) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first four (VR):
2 i SAMUEL6, b. Effingham, NH 4 Dec 1789
ii MARY/POLLY, b. Effingham, NH 4 Feb 1792, d. Effingham, NH 14 Feb 1881 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 19 Sept 1822 (VR) JOHN L. MARSTON, b. Effingham 12 Apr 1789, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Marston, d. Effingham 5 Oct 1866 (GS).
iii MORRIS, b. Effingham, NH 29 Sept 1784, d. Lowell, MA 29 Sept 1849 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 25 July 1819 (VR) ABIGAIL COLCORD b. Parsonsfield 30 June 1800, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Shepard) Colcord, d. Lowell, MA 13 Dec 1867 (GS).
iv LYDIA, b. Effingham, NH 3 Aug 1796, d. 15 Oct 1818.
v GEORGE W., b. 3 Nov 1799, d. Hollis 4 Apr 1864 GGS); m. 23 May 1835 SALLY SWETT, b. 1805, daughter of Jonathon and Sarah (Ayer) Swett, d. Hollis 13 May 1876 (GS).
276 Ibid.
277 History of Hampton, NH, p. 752
278 York Co. Probate 12103.
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vi ISAAC C, b. 25 Apr 1801
vii SARAH, b. b. 23 Aug 1803, d. 15 Sept 1833.
viii FREDERICK, b. 9 July 1806, d. 29 Nov 1846; m. Effingham 12 Nov 1829 (VR) LYDIA LEAVITT of Effingham, b. 1 May 1807, daughter of James and Lydia (Leavitt) Leavitt, d. Effingham 21 Jan 1850.
ix LOUISA D. b. 21 Sept 1808, d. Lowell, MA 11 Nov 1852; m. JAMES LEAVITT, b. Effingham 28 Aug 1805, son of James and Lydia (Leavitt) Leavitt, d. Wilmington, MA 21 Mar 1865 (VR); he m. (2) Nancy Luce.
x BETSEY WEARE, b. Mar 1811, d. Effingham 3 Apr 1885 (GS); m. (1) Effingham 1840 LEANDER DOANE, b. Petersham, MA 31 Oct 1819, son of Edward and Sarah (Brown) Doane, d. Lowell, MA 1 Apr 1845;279 m. (2) Lowell, MA 23 Apr 1850 (VR) AMOS WRIGHT
DUTTON, b. Chelnsford 1806, son of David and Hannah (Wright) Dutton, d. Chelmsford 12 Apr 1851 (VR).
2 SAMUEL6, b. Hampton, NH 4 Dec 1789, son of George and Patience (Hobbs) Lord, d. 15 Nov 1862; m. (1) Parsonsfield 4 Jan 1811 NANCY HILTON NEAL, b. Parsonsfield 15 Oct 1781, daughter of Walter and Martha (Creighton) Neal, d. 5 Dec 1811; m. (2) 24 Mar 1812 LYDIA PARSONS NEAL, b. Parsonsfield 13 May 1788, daughter of Walter and Martha (Creighton) Neal, d. Parsonsfield 1 Feb 1834; m. (3) 4 Mar 1835 EUNICE H. KNIGHT, b. Buxton 25 July 1793, daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Smith) Knight, d. Parsonsfield 21 Dec 1879.
Child of Samuel and Nany Hilton (Neal) Lord, b. Parsonsfield,ME (VR):
i GEORGE NEAL, b. 16 Nov 1811, d. Parsonsfield 18 June 1832 (GS).
Children of Samuel and Lydia (Neal) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
ii SAMUEL RANDOLPH7, b. 16 Jan 1813, d. Dekorra, WI 18 Dec 1866; m. 9 Aug 1838 ESTHER MORRELL, b. Cornish 18 Dec 1819, daughter of David and Anne (Ayers) Morrell, d. Hutchinson, KS 2 Apr 1903.
iii LYDIA ANN, b. 23 Jan 1815 (GS), d. DeKalb, WI 8 July 1889 (GS); m. ENOS MORRELL, b. Cornish 30 Apr 1815 (GS), son David and Anne (Ayers) Morrell, d. DeKalb 3 Mar 1891 (GS).
Children of Samuel and Eunice H (Knight) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iv EDWIN E., b. 1 Mar 1836, d. Parsonsfield 6 June 1894; m. ROSETTA S. NUTTER, b. E. Wakefield, NH 9 Aug 1842, daughter of Alpheus and Hannah (Smith) Nutter, d. Newfield 9 July 1912; she m. (2) Stephen E. Towle.280
v CAROLINE/CARRIE H., b. ca 1837, d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1856.
3 ISAAC6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 May 1801, son of George and Patience (Hobbs) Lord, d. 6 Nov 1855; m. Parsonsfield 25 Oct 1826 HANNAH REDMAN, b. Saco 24
279 The Doane Family, p. 278.
280 Hatevil Nutter of Dover, NH., p. 166.
Oct 1804, daughter of Tristram and Hannah (Burbank) Redman, d. Greene Co., MO 24 July 1893.
Children of Isaac and Hannah (Redman) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME:281
i CATHERINE REDMAN7, b. 19 Jan 1828, d. St. Louis, MO 16 Jan 1920 (VR); m. 7 Mar 1855 NICHOLAS SPRINGER, b. DE 1822 (GS), d. St. Louis 21 Dec 1883.
ii LAURISTON, b. 18 Feb 1831, d. 21 Jan 1732.
iii FRANCES/FANNIE F., b. 12 Mar 1833, lived in San Francisco, CA 1900, aged 66 (USC); m. 17 Apr 1867 (Dr.) DANIEL C. MOORE, b. ME ca 1831, lived in Kittery, 1870, aged 39 (USC).
iv SARAH L., b. 24 Sept 1835, d. Springfield, MO 10 Dec 1909 (GS); m. 17 July 1860 JAMES A. DITTRICK, b. St. Catherine, Canada 1825, aon of James and Catherine ( ) Dittrick, d. Hyde Park, MA 10 Oct 1887 (VR), buried Springfield (GS).
v HANNAH B., b. 17 Aug 1838, d. Newton, MA 19 July 1879 (VR); m. St. Louis, MO 4 June 1867 (VR) JOHN THOMAS WELLS, JR., b. Boston, MA 23 June 1843 (GS), son of John Thomas and Sarah (Bartlett) Wells, d. Boston 27 July 1923 (GS); he m. (2) Mary Alice Caitlin.
vi ISAAC LEANDER, b. 2 Mar 1841 (GS), d. Springfield, MO 2 Apr 1914 (GS); m. Greene, MO 6 Mar 1872 (VR) KATHERINE SHIELDS THOMAS, b. Salina, NY 6 Oct 1843, daughter of Giles and Ann ( ) Thomas, d. Springfield 9 May 1928 (GS).
NICHOLAS FROST LORD
1 NICHOLAS FROST5 (Thomas Chapman4, John3, Nathan2-1), b. Berwick 8 Mar 1747, son of Thomas Chapman and Mary (Wise) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 28 Sept 1828; m. Kittery 17 Sept 1765 ELIZABETH CHICK, b. Kittery 25 July 1741, daughter of Amos and Bethiah (Gould) Chick, d. Parsonsfield 1833; m. (2) MERCY B. LOCK. He was a veteran of the American Revolution. He was still living in Berwick, 30 Oct 1817, when Richard and John Lord of Parsonsfield made provision for Nicholas and wife Elizabeth to be cared for in their Parsonsfield home during their natural lives.282 Children of Nicholas Frost and Elizabeth (Chick) Lord, b. Berwick, ME:283
i JOSEPH7
2 ii JOHN, b. 15 Nov 1769
3 iii RICHARD, b. 1770
iv DOMINICUS, b, 25 Jan 1774 (GS), d. Harrington, ME 20 Sept 1861 (GS); m. (cert.) Berwick 5 Mar 1794 (VR) ELIZABETH/BETSEY
281 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 399.
282 York Co. deeds, 103:72.
283 History of the Nathan Lord Family, p. 158.
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CHICK, b. Berwick 1775 (GS), daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Randall) Chick, d. Harrington 1809 (GS).
v HANNAH, b. 20 Apr 1774 (GS), d. Harmony, ME before 1830; m. JOSHUA BROWN, b. Parsonsfield 1770, son of William and Mary (Paine) Brown, d. Harmony before 1840.
vi ABIGAIL, b. 29 Mar 1779, d. Waterboro 28 Dec 1828; m. Berwick 28 Nov 1798 PETER MORRILL, b. Berwick 4 Apr 1766, son of (Rev.) Thomas and Abigail (Johnson) Morrill, d. Limerick 27 Aug 1857.284
vii BETSEY, b. 15 June 1781, d. Harmony, ME 23 Mar 1860; m. No. Berwick May 1799 ROBERT BROWN, b. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1781, son of John and Eunice (Shorey) Brown, d. Harmony after 1870.
2 JOHN7, b. Berwick, ME 15 Nov 1769, son of Nicholas Frost and Elizabeth (Chick) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 25 June 1857; m. SARAH HUNTRESS, b. Newington, NH 17 May 1773, daughter of Nathan and (Chick) Huntress, d. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1847. Children of John and Sarah (Huntress) Lord, b. Berwick and Parsonsfield (VR):285
i JOSEPH8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 14 Jan 1794, son of Joseph and Sarah (Huntress) Lord, d. Newfield 16 Dec 1970; m. Parsonsfield 13 Nov 1814 (VR) SALLY MERRILL, b. 1792, daughter of Stephen and Anna (Bailey) Merrill, d. Newfield 20 Aug 1858. He settled in Limeick in 1820, living there for about forty years.286
ii ELIZABETH/BETSEY, b. 8 Jan 1796, d. Limerick 10 May 1868 (GS); m. WILLIAM HANCOCK, JR., b. Buxton 7 Oct 1794, son of William and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Hancock, d. Buxton Dec 1879(USC); he m. (2) Albarona Cook.287
iii NANCY, b. 3 Mar 1798, d. Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1882 (GS).
iv RHODA, b. 30 May 1800, d. Parsonsfield 27 June 1878; m. SAMUEL LORD, b. Wells 4 Feb 1793, d. Wells 10 Dec 1859.
v SAMUEL, b. 30 May 1804, d. Parsonsfield 6 Oct 1876; m. MERIAM BOOTHBY, b. Buxton 10 May 1810, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (—) Boothby, d. Parsonsfield 5 May 1891.288
vi SUSAN, b. 5 June 1807, lived in Cornish, 1880, age 78 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1830 (VR) ISAAC LORD, JR., b. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1806, son of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord, d. 22 Oct 1832 (GS); m. (2) NATHANIEL BARKER, b. Cornish 1806, d. Cornish 22 Sept 1873 (GS).
vii SARAH/SALLY, b. 16 Dec 1811, d. 30 Mar 1891 (GS).
284 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 102.
285 Although these birth records are recorded in Parsonsfield the first births were in Berwick.
286 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 421.
287 Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 143.
288 Op. cit, p. 31, which gives her husband’s name as Moses Morrill
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viii MARY, b. 19 Aug 1814, d. Limerick 20 May 1877; m. 16 Dec 1847
WILLIAM STIMSON, b. Limerick Mar 1791, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Townsend) Stimson, d. Limerick 3 Sept 1871.289
3 RICHARD7, b. Berwick 1770, son of Nicholas Frost and Elizabeth (Chick) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 1825; m. ? 18 Oct 1794 LYDIA BENNETT, b. Wells 17 Jan 1778, daughter of Joel and Lydia (Perkins) Bennett.
Children of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR), except first:
4 i JOHN8, b. Berwick Feb 1794
ii MARY, b. 14 Jan 1801, possibly d. Parsonsfield 1841, aged 61-3 (GS); if so, m. 4 Dec 1818 (VR) JACOB MOORE
iii BETSEY, b. 1 Aug 1803
iv NANCY, b. 15 Feb 1805, d. Parsonsfield 5 May 1883 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1826 (VR) ENOCH NEAL, b. 16 Dec 1803, son of Enoch and Nancy ( ) Neal, d. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1867, aged 640-4 (GS).
v ISAAC, b. 20 Sept 1806, d. Parsonsfield 22 Oct 1830 (GS); NANCY LORD, b. 3 Mar 1798, d. Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1882 (GS); she m. (2) Nathaniel Barker.
5 vi JAMES, b. 29 May 1808
vii LYDIA, b. 12 Dec 1811
viii GEORGE, b. 3 May 1814, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, age 66 (USC).
ix JOSEPHINE BENNETT, b. 16 July 1816, d. Biddeford 5 Aug 1867; m. Parsonsfield 13 Aug 1838 HORACE PIPER, b. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1819, son of Jonathon Piper, d. Biddeford 15 Oct 1895.
4 JOHN8, b. Berwick Feb 1794, son of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 26 Nov 1865; m. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1818 (VR) ESTHER B. BURBANK, b. Wells 13 Aug 1795.
Children of John and Esther B. (Burbank) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i CALEB B.9, b. 27 July 1819, d. Alfred 15 Oct 1885; m. Baldwin 26 Nov 1856 ELLEN REBECCA DYER, b. Baldwin 4 Aug 1833, d. Washington, OH 12 Nov 1919.
ii LYDIA A., b. 22 May 1821, d. Ossipee, NH 1 Nov 1880; m. DANIEL F. SMITH, b. Ossipee 1 July 1824, son of John and Sally ( ) Smith, d. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1904 (VR).
iii RICHARD, b. 1823, d. Haverhill, MA 3 Aug 1895; m. ELIZA J. JENNESS, b. Milton, NH 10 Apr 1836, d. Haverhill 22 Dec 1897. He was a medical doctor.
iv HENRY A., b. 1826, d. Exeter, NH 20 Mar 1900 (GS); HANNAH G. MORRILL, b. Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1829, daughter of John and Mary (Mulloy) Morrill , d. Exeter 12 Feb 1912 (GS).
289 Op. cit., p. 125.
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v SARAH E., b. 1927, d. Parsonsfield 22 May 1843.
vi ADELAIDE S., b. ca 1832
5 JAMES8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 29 May 1808 (VR), son of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord; m. HARRIET BROWN, b. 31 Feb 1812 (VR), daughter of Simon and Sarah (Speed) Brown.
Child of James and Harriet (Brown) Lord, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i CHARLES9, b. 28 Oct 1839, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870 (USC).
GILMAN, SAMUEL and JOHN LOUGEE
1 GILMAN3 (Gilman3, John2, Louis1), b. Exeter, NH 15 Sept 1763, son of Gilman and Susanna (Mudgett) Lougee,290 d. Parsonsfield 28 Sept 1788 (VR), in an accident; m. 1775 JOANNA SMITH, b. Brentwood, NH 28 July 1759, daughter of Israel and Mary (Hoyt) Smith, d. Parsonsfield 24 Mar 1831 (VR).291 A cordwainer, his estate was administered by Joanna, 15 June 1798.292
Children of Gilman and Joanna (Smith) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):293 i SUSANNA4, b. 4 July 1781, d. Parsonsfield 1859 (GS); m. JOHN BENNETT, b. Kittery 1 June 1773, son of Joel and Lydia (Perkins) Bennett, d. Parsonsfield 13 Aug 1833 (GS).
4 ii GILMAN, JR. , b. 12 May 1783
iii HUGH BARTIS, b. 29 Mar 1786, d. Boston, MA 30 Aug 1859 (VR); m. Salem, MA 24 Nov 1805 (VR) REBECCA COLLINS, b. Marblehead, MA ca 1782, daughter of John Collins, d. Boston 31 Oct 1866 (VR).
iv JOANNA, b. 29 Mar 1788, d. Limerick 18 May 1830 (VR); m. 26 July 1806 JONATHON WATSON, b. Limerick 1786, son of Jonathon and Sarah ( ) Watson, d. Limerick 7 Dec 1830.294
2 SAMUEL3 (Gilman3, John2, Louis1), b. Exeter, NH or Gilmanton, NH 1755, son of Gilman and Susanna (Mudgett) Lougee, d. Effingham, Falls, NH or Parsonsfield 1820; m. Belmont, NH 4 Feb 1779 (VR) SARAH RAND, b. Gilmanton or Rye, NH 16 Nov 1751, d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1825.
Children of Samuel and Sarah (Rand) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i ANNA4, b. 25 Aug 1780, d. Burlington, IA 27 May 1860 (GS); m. 25 Aug 1799 THOMAS PARSONS, b. Effingham, NH 26 Apr 1779, son of Thomas, Jr. and Hannah (Foster) Parsons, d. Derby, VT 7 Apr 1884.
5 ii TAYLOR, b. 3 Jan 1784
290 The History of Parsonsfield, Maine errs in giving Gilmanton as Gilman’s place of birth and John and Mary as his parents.
291 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 386.
292 York Co. Probate 12336.
293 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 386.
294 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 136.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 111
iii BETTY, b. 26 Feb 1792, no further record.
3 JOHN3 (Gilman3, John2, Louis1), b. Brentwood, NH 1 Jan 1858 (VR) son of Gilman and Susanna (Mudgett)Lougee, d. Parsonsfield 7 June 1832; m. ELIZABETH/BETSEY SMITH, b. Brentwood 11 Sept 1765 (VR), lived in Parsonsfield [Gilman Lougee’s household], aged 66, 1850 (USC) or d. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1849. Children of John and Betsey (Smith) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
6 i JOHN4, b. 15 June 1785 or 25 June 1784 (VR)
7 ii SAMUEL, b. 17 Mar 1787, d. Parsonsfield 25 May 1868 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1814 (VR) SALLY GOODWIN, b. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1795, daughter of Aaron and Sally ( ) Goodwin, d. Psrsonsfield 26 Aug 1878.
iii DOROTHY, b. 1 Oct 1788; m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1809 (VR) MOSES HAMMONS of Cornish.
iv SIMEON, b. 9 Jan 1795, d. New Limerick 8 Sept 1874 (GS); possibly “of Cornish” m. (pub.) Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1816 (VR) LYDIA C. FELCH, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Piper) Felch, d. New Limerick 6 Nov 1877 (GS).
8 v GILMAN, b. 25 Dec 1796
vi ELIZABETH, b. 4 Dec 1798, no further record.
vii SARAH, b. 13 Apr 1801, d. Tamworth, NH after 1860; m. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1825 (VR) Parsonsfield EBENEZER WILKINSON, b. Tamworth 1798, d. Tamworth after 1850.
viii WILLIAM R., b. 12 Dec 1804, lived in Troy, ME, aged 45 (USC); m. —.
ix
HORATIO R., b. 12 Oct 1806, d. Whitefield, NH 19 June 1884 (GS); m. (1) HANNAH E. —, b. ca 1810, d. Whitefield 26 May 1877 (GS); m. (2) Whitefield 1 May 1878 (VR) SUSANNAH H. SHATTUCK, b. Bethlehem, NH 1 Sept 1831, daughter of Stephen and Rachel (Nurse) Shattuck, d. Whitefield 29 Jan 1896 (GS).
4 GILMAN, JR.4, b. Parsonsfield, ME 12 May 1783, son of Gilman and Joanna (Smith) Lougee; m. Parsonsfield 19 Aug 1810 (VR) MARY BUZZELL, b. Barrington, NH 5 May 1792, daughter of John and Anna (Buzzell) Buzzell, d. Parsonsfield Sept 1876. Children of Gilman and Mary (Buzzell) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARY ANN5 , b. 11 Aug 1811, d. Brownfield 8 June 1872; m. 26 July 1834 AUGUSTUS WENTWORTH, b. Gardiner, ME 10 Oct 1808, son of Samuel and Anna (Keay) Wentworth,295 d. Brownfield 30 Mar 1880.
ii JOANNA, b. 23 Jan 1813, d. Cornish 22 Apr 1881 (GS); m. SAMUEL EASTMAN, b. Cornish 23 Apr 1814 (GS), son of Samuel and Mary (Barnes) Eastman, d. Cornish 6 May 1879 (GS).
iii ANNA/ANN B., b. 1 Feb 1815, d. 1840.
295 Wentworth Genealogy, II:302.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
iv GILMAN, JR., b. 8 Jan 1817, d. Parsonsfield 30 Aug 1902 (VR); m. Limington 17 Jan 1841 (VR) ALMIRA B. RICHARDSON, b. Limington 14 May 1821, daughter of David and Anna (Tyler) Richardson,296 d. 1896.
v JOHN BUZZELL, b. 12 Jan 1819, d. 11 Aug 1820 (VR).
vi SUSAN B., b. 22 Aug 1821, d. Boston, MA 11 Sept 1856 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 17 Jan 1841 (VR) DAVID W. CLARK MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 1818 (GS), son of Joseph and Hannah (Burbank) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 1875 (GS).
vi JULIA ANN, b. 21 Aug 1823, d. Saco 1879 (GS); m. MARSHALL PIERCE, b. Standish 1823 (GS), son of William and Mehitable (Charles) Pierce, d. Saco 25 Mar 1900 (VR).
vii ALBION KEITH PARRIS, b. 17 Nov 1825, d. Holden, MA 20 Jan 1902(; m. (1) Lowell, MA 2 Aug 1851 (VR) MARY THURSTON, b. NH 31 May 1832, d. Parsonsfield 27 June 1864; m. (2) ORINDA D. MORRILL, b. Limerick 21 Jan 1834 (DVR), daughter of Jacob and Sarah M. (Guptill) Morrill, d. Worcester, MA 6 Jan 1914 (VR).
viii CLARA DELPHINA, b. 7 June 1829, d. Brownfield 25 May 1854; m. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1851 THOMAS WENTWORTH BROWN, b. Brownfield 2 June 1824, son of James Moody and Ruth (Wentworth) Brown, d. Los Angeles 11 July 1903.
5 TAYLOR4 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 Jan 1784, son of Samuel and Sarah (Rand) Lougee, d. Effingham Falls 19 Feb 1857; m. (pub.) Parsonsfield 3 May 1806 (VR) HANNAH WATSON, b. Limerick 1789, daughter of Jonathon and Sarah () Watson, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1816;297 m. (2) Newfield 17 Aug 1817 JERUSHA TIBBETTS, b. Newfield Dec 1784, daughter of Simeon and Bethula (Sayward) Tibbetts, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1826, aged 41 (GS);298 m. (int.) (3) Parsonsfield 3 June 1827 (VR) SABRINA HAYES, b. Limerick 29 Oct 1795, daughter of Edmund and Mary (Perkins) Hayes, d. Effingham 18 Nov 1856.299
Children of Taylor and Hannah (Watson) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):300 i SARAH/SALLY R.5 , b. 22 Feb ?1807, d. Rochester, NH 16 Jan 1892 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 1835 (VR) RICHARD R. BOSWELL of Conway, NH, b. Nov 1807, d. No. Conway 8 Apr 1877 (GS).
9 ii SAMUEL, 2nd, b. 25 Aug 1808
iii THOMAS P., b. 6 Apr 1814, no further record.
iv HANNAH, b. 21 Mar —, no further record.
296 Early Families of Limington, Maine, p. 193.
297 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 136.
298 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 679.
299 Op. cit., p. 71.
300 Years of birth are not given in the VR, which is not chronologically correct. The dates for Jerusha’s children do appear in Newfield VR.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 113
Children of Taylor and Jerusha (Tibbetts) Lougee, b. Parsonsfied, ME:301
v GREENLEAF TIBBETTS, b. 16 Feb 1818, d. Somerville, MA 2 Jan 1891, aged 72 (VR); m. Roxbury, MA 3 June 1845 (VR) MARY A. PARSONS, b. NH ca 1825, daughter of William and Mary (Dudley) Parsons, lived in Somerville, MA, 1870, aged 45 (USC).
vi SYLVESTER T., b. 13 July 1819, d. Effingham 6 Jan 1892 (VR); RUAMAH BURLEIGH, b. Ossipee, NH 18 Dec 1826, daughter of Winthrop Marston and Sally (Gile) Burleigh, d. 28 Nov 1907.
vii SOPHIA A., b. 12 May 1821, d. Poland, ME 14 July 1897; m. Effingham 7 June 1846 ALBION KEITH PARRIS BARTON, b. Raymond, ME 25 Mar 1822, son of Isaac and Hannah (Emery) Barton, d. Poland, ME 15 June 1863 (GS).
viii ELIZABETH R., b. 18 Apr 1825, d. Dover, NH 28 Jan 1919 (VR), buried Ossipee; m. ALLEN GANNET WHITE, b. Ossipee 1821, d. Ossipee 29 June 1873 (GS). He was Superintendent of Schools.
Children of Taylor and Sabrina (Hayes) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
ix HAYES E., b. 5 Sept 1828, d. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1848, aged 20-0-25 (GS).
x CYRUS T., b. 4 Feb 1832, d. Effingham 16 Sept 1857.
6 JOHN, JR./M.4, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 June 1784 (VR), son of John and Betsey (Smith) Lougee, d. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1852 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 9 Oct 1807 (VR) ANN/NANCY PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1790 (VR), daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Moore) Parsons; m. (2) MARY ANN —, b. ca 1813, d. 1 June 1845 (GS).
Children of John, Jr. and Ann (Parsons) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME(VR):
i JOHN PARSONS4, b. 17 July 1809, d. Winterport, ME 1891 (GS); m. (1) Newfield 3 Jan 1830 SALLY LIBBY, b. Newfield 21 June 1807, daughter of Zebulon and Jemima (Smith) Libby, d. c, d. 1 June 1845, aged 52 (GS) 1836;302 (2) Parsonsfield 21 May 1837 (VR) MARY ANN MILIKEN; m. (3) (cert.) Parsonsfield 15 Oct 1845 (VR) MARY ANN DAVIS, b. Hollis, ME 23 May 1839, daughter of James and Harriet (Milliken) Davis, d. Winterport 1913 (GS).
ii ABIGAIL M., b. 20 Dec 1811, d. Maynard, MA 15 Apr 1893 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1833 DANIEL LIBBY, b. Newfield 11 July 1810, son of Zebulon and Jemima (Smith) Libby, d. Newfield 24 Sept 1857.303
iii CHARLES, b. 23 Oct 1813, d. Scarboro 13 May 1838 (PVR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1837 (VR) CAROLINE W. BURNHAM, b. Parsonsfield 11 May 1816, daughter of Noah and Martha (Hilton) Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 6 May 1840. He was a medical doctor.
301 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 679.
302 Op. cit., p. 397.
303 Ibid.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
iv GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 17 Aug 1815, d. Dover-Foxcroft 21 Feb 1895 (VR); m. 5 Mar 1840 SARAH KNIGHT EASTMAN, b. Cornish 13 Nov 1819, daughter of Timothy and Susanna W. (Knight) Eastman, d. Dover 31 Aug 1889.
v ELZABETH ANN, b. 6 May 1817, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1832.
vi CALEB STRONG, b. 18 Feb 1819, d. Dover-Foxcroft 28 Dec 1887 (GS); m. CHARLOTTE H. MALONEY, b. Fredericton, NB 1824, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hamton) Maloney, d. Boston, MA 25 Jan 1907 (VR).
vii JAMES S., b. 15 Sept 1822, d. Parsonsfield 25 Oct 1822.
viii JAMES STEELE, b. 20 Apr 1826, d. Dover-Foxcroft 6 Nov 1880 (GS); m. BETSEY ANN LOUGON, d. Dover-Foxcroft 23 May 1891, aged 64-11-1 (GS).
7 SAMUEL4, b. Parsonsfield, ME 17 Mar 1787, son of John and Betsey (Smith) Lougee, d. Parsonsfield 25 May 1868 (GS); Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1814 (VR) SALLY GOODWIN, b. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1795, daughter of Aaron and Sally ( ) Goodwin, d. Parsonsfield 26 Aug 1878.
Children of Samuel and Sally (Goodwin) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SALLY ANN5 , b. 5 Aug 1816, d. Bridgton 31 Dec 1849; m. 5 July 1832 (VR) DANIEL EASTMAN, b. Cornish 26 Jan 1815, son of Timothy and Susan W. (Knight) Eastman, d. 14 Jan 1868.
ii BETSEY SMITH, b. 24 Apr 1818, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1900; m. DANIEL EASTMAN, b. Cornish 26 Jan 1815, son of Timothy and Susan W. (Knight) Eastman, d. 14 Jan 1868.
iii SUSAN M., b. 20 Feb 1820, d. Parsonsfield 16 July 1882; m. iv LOUIS, b. 2 Aug 1823, d. Parsonsfield 15 Dec 1890.
v CHARLOTTE EMMA, b. 28 Mar 1832, d. Parsonsfield 31 Dec 1907; m. JOHN H. FOSS, b. Limerick 2 Apr 1835 (DVR), son of Sewell and Martha (Hobbs) Foss, d. Parsonsfield 21 Apr 1919 (VR).
vi ABBY FRANCES, b. May 1837, d. Saco 30 Aug 1902; m. 17 May 1868 WILLIAM WALLACE LIBBY, b. Limerick 30 Nov 1836 (GS), son of , d. Saco 3 Sept 1892.
8 GILMAN5, b. Parssonsfield, ME 25 Dec 1796, son of John and Betsey (Smith) Lougee, d. Parssonsfield 12 Jan 1871; m. Parssonsfield 15 Nov 1835 (VR) SARAH PHEBE SANBORN, b. Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1913, daughter of James and Sarah E. (Norris) Sanborn, d. Parsonsfield 5 July 1873. Children of Gilman and Sarah Phebe (Sanborn) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i JOHN E.6, b. 18 Sept 1836, d. Parsonsfield 8 Dec 1921 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 12 Nov 1871 (VR) CARRIE AUGUSTA EASTMAN, b. Parsonsfield 9 Nov 1849, daughter of Taylor L. and Hulda (Rollins) Eastman, d. Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1902. He was a lieutenant in the militia.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 115
ii GILMAN B., b. 20 Mar 1838, d. 19 Apr 1846 (GS).
iii ENOCH W. HERBERT, b. 12 Sept 1840, d. 13 July 1910; m. Lynn, MA 24 July 1881 VR) LUCY J. MAHAR, b. Perry, ME 17 Feb 1846, daughter of Joseph and Mary A. ( ) Mahar, d. Eastport, ME 24 Dec 1912 (VR).
iv LUCY SANBORN, b. 5 Nov 1842, d. 3 Oct 1871.
v SUSAN L., b. 6 Sept 1845, d. 15 Mar 1862 (GS).
vi OLIVE SARAH, b. 28 Feb 1848, d. 7 Nov 1877.
vii GILMAN E., b. 15 July 1950, d. 7 Nov 1876.
viii EDWARD E., b. 13 Apr 1853, lived in Manchester, NH 1893.
ix LOUIS FREMONT, b. 27 Feb 1856, d. New London, CT 1 May 1924 (GS); m. Webster 26 Nov 1881 (VR) ELVIRA MAY SMITH, b. Webster, MA 30 Dec 1857, daughter of Ebenezer and Phoebe (Fey) Smith, d. New Lonon 13 Jan 1927 (GS).
9 SAMUEL, 2nd 5 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 Aug 1808, son of Taylor and Hannah (Watson) Lougee, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 71 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1832 (VR) MARY SUSAN CLARK, b. Lebanon, ME 3 Jan 1810 (DVR), daughter of James and Lydia (Brock) Clark, d. Somersworth, NH 6 Apr 1897 (VR).
Children of Samuel and Mary Susan (Clark) Lougee, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i HANNAH E.6, b. 1832, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 18 (USC).
ii CAROLINE FELLOWS, b. 22 July 1832 [1834, cen.], d. Waukegan, IL 23 Mar 1884; m. Portland, ME 15 Nov 1849 (VR) CHARLES BRADLEY GEORGE, b. Haverhill, MA ca 1835, son John and Mary Jane (Brown) George, d. Waukegan.
iii EMILY S., b. ca 1836, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, aged 14 (USC).
iv ALBERT G., b. 1838), d. Boston, MA 16 Apr 1870, a suicide (VR).
v SAMUEL C., b. 1840, d. Boston, MA 23 Dec 1908 (VR); m. Boston 25 Aug 1865 (VR) CATHERINE MARR, b. Limerick ca 1842, daughter of William and Elizabeth ( ) Marr, lived in Cornish, 1870, aged 28 (USC). He served in the Union Army as a Corp. in 1st Regt. ME Cavalry.
vi JANE A./NETTIE J., b. 1843 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1865 (VR), buried Lyman; m. JAMES W. SMITH, b. 1841 (GS), d. Lyman 1862 (GS).
vii EDGAR WINGATE, b. 1845, d. Portland, ME 25 Dec 1892 (VR); m. ELIZABETH F. STAPLES, b. Limerick ca 1848, daughter of Leander and Lydia (Sayward) Staples, d. Somerville, MA 7 Apr 1886 (VR).
viii LOUIS FRANK, b. 1850, d. Boston, MA 19 Sept 1909 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 8 Sept 1872 (VR) HELEN JANE BOYNTON, b. Limerick 1847, daughter of C. W. and Jane ( ) Boynton, d. 1930.
ix ELLA A., b. ca 1856, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 24 (USC).
DANIEL and SIMON MARSTON
1 DANIEL7 (Isaac6 , David5 , Caleb4 Isaac3, Thomas2, William1), b. Hampton, NH 22 Mar 1764, son of Isaac and Mary (Nudd) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 2 July 1800; m. Hampton 28 May 1789 MARY SMITH, b. Hampton 6 Feb 1767, daughter of Christopher and Mary (Page) Smith;304 d. Hampton, NH 11 Oct 1826; she m. (2) Joseph F. Dearborn. Daniel Marston purchased his first land in Parsonsfield, Sept 1791 from Isaac and Levi Marston.305 Daniel Marson’s will, signed 15 Apr 1800, named his wife Mary; sons Isaac and Smith; daughters, Molly and Nabby.306 Cotton W. Marston of No. Hampton, n, NH was named guardian to Isaac and Smith, while James Dearborn of Sanbornton was named guardian to Molly and Abigail. Daniels’s children, Children of Daniel and Mary (Smith) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME
i MARY/MOLLY8, b 6 Aug 1792
ii ISAAC, b. 4 July 1794, d. Newfield 20 Sept 1878(GS); m. ca 1816 SARAH LANE, b. Hampton Falls, NH 1796, d. Newfield 6 Mar 1894 (VR).307
iii ABIGAIL/NABBY, b. 18 Apr 1797, d. Sanbornton, NH 23 Sept 1871; m. Sanbornton 18 Oct 1816 (VR) JONATHON CRAWLEY, b. Sanbornton 30 Nov 1787, d. Sanbornton 9 May 1870.
3 iv CHRISTOPHER SMITH/SMITH, b. 29 Apr 1799.
2 SIMON7 (Isaac6 , David5 , Caleb4 Isaac3, Thomas2, William1), b. Hampton, NH 12 Mar 1773 (PVR), son of Isaac and Mary (Nudd) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1817 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 1 Sept 1801 (VR) MARY/POLLY DOE, b. Newmarket, NH 28 Mar 1772, daughter of John and Mary (Wiggin) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 22 June 1865. Children of Simon and Polly (Doe) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR)
i AURELIA8, b. 30 Jan 1803, d. Dracut, MA 3 Sept 1866; m. Parsonsfield 5 Jan 1826 (VR) JAMES YOUNG, JR. of Wakefield, NH, b. there 1801, son of James and Mary (Kimball) Young, d. Framingham, MA 9 Apr 1868.
ii DEBORAH, b. 26 Oct 1804, d. Parsonsfield 26 Dec 1894; m. (cert. p 11 11 Nov 1834 (VR) CRESSEY DODGE, b. NH 1801, d. Parsonsfield 25 July 1869.
iii MARY, b. 12 Dec 1808, d. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1866 (VR)
iv SUSAN, b. 6 May 1813, d. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1896 (GS).
3 CHRISTOPHER SMITH/SMITH9, b. Parsonsfield, ME 29 Apr 1799, d. Tamworth, NH 21 Jan 1864 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1824 (VR) HANNAH DUDLEY of Sanbornton, b. there 19 Sept 1804, daughter of Samuel and Mercy (Thorn) Dudley, d. Tamworth, NH 24 Feb 1888 (VR).
304 History of Hampton, NH, pp. 846, 981.
305 York Co. deeds, 50:195.
306 York Co. Probate 12633.
307 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 440.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 117
Known children of Smith and Hannah (Dudley) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i ANN10, b. 1 Apr 1825, d. Tamworth; m. OTIS GANNETTT HATCH, b. Tamworth 27 Apr 1827, son of Newton Sampson and Hannah (Howard) Hatch, d. Tamworth 16 May 1918 (GS).
ii SAMUEL D., b. 19 Nov 1831, d. Parsonsfield 20 June 1886 (GS), buried W. Newfield; m. Salem, MA 2 Mar 1865 (VR) AGNES ANDERSON, b. MA ca 1837, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 43 (USC).
iii MARY SMITH, b. 21 Oct 1838, d. Freedom, NH 1924; m. Parsonsfield 5 June 1862 (VR) JOHN CLINTON FERREN, b. Freedom, NH 15 Mar 1837, son of James and Sally (Woodman) Ferren, d. Ossipee, NH 24 Mar 1916 (VR).
DAVID, CALEB and JAMES MARSTON
1 DAVID6 (David5, Caleb4 Isaac3, Thomas2, William1), b. Hampton NH 5 Feb 1756, son of David and Abigail (Garland) Marston308, d. Parsonsfield 29 Jan 1835; m. Hampton 23 Apr 1781 MARY PAGE, b. No. Hampton 16 Aug 1759, daughter of David and Bethiah (Holland) Page, d. Parsonsfield 17 Dec 1847. During the Revolutionary War he served, 1776, in Wingate’s Regt. Davd Marston’s will, signed 12 May 1820, and probated 1 June 1835, named his wife, Mary, daughters, and grandchildren children of his son David. Son Jacob was named executor.309
Children of David and Mary (Page) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME except for first:310
4 i DAVID7, b. No. Hampton, NH 23 Mar 1783
ii ABIGAIL, b. 23 Feb 1786, d. Tamworth, NH 26 Jan 1855; m. Parsonsfield 21 Geb 1809 (VR) EBENEZER MARSTON, b. New Hampton, NH 26 Aug 1784 (VR), son of John and Abigail (Dearborn) Marston, d. Tamworth 1864.
iii MARY, b. 26 Jan 1787, d. Alton, NH 6 Apr 1855; m. Parsonsfield 21 Feb 1809 (VR) JONATHON AYER, b. Buxton 29 Dec 1779 (VR), son of (Dr.) James and Eunice (Clark) Ayer, d. 1826.311
5 iv LEVI, b. 23 Oct 1789
v ANNA, b. 6 June 1792, d. 7 Sept 1872; m. Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1817 (VR) ANDREW PAGE, b. No. Hampton, NH 25 Nov 1793, son of Dudley and Betsey (Weeks) Page, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 66 (USC).
vi JACOB, b. 16 Oct 1794, d. Parsonsfield Sept 1796.
vii BETSEY, b. 28 Apr 1797, d. 14 Feb 1863 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. 1844 JEREMIAH MARSTON, b. New Hampton, NH 21 Sept 1788,
308 History of Hampton, NH, p. 843.; Marston Family Genealogy, p. 89.
309 York Co. Probate 46:53.
310 Marston Family Genealogy, p. 89.
311 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 24.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
son of John and Abigail (Dearborn) Marston, d. Newfield 16 Oct 1863.312
6 viii JACOB, b. 16 Apr 1799
ix RUTH, b. 6 Dec 1801, d. Nov 1803.
2 JAMES6 (David5, Caleb4 Isaac3, Thomas2, William1), b. Hampton NH 40 Mar 1751, son of David and Abigail (Garland) Marston,313 d. Parsonsfield 19 Sept 1830; m. (1) Hampton 28 Nov 1776 ELIZABETH BROWN, b. Hampton 14 Feb 1754, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Philbrick) Brown,314 d. No. Hampton 3 Jan 1784; m. (2) NH 14 Mar 1786 COMFORT HILTON, b. Newmarket, NH 3 Feb 1757, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Marston) Hilton, d. Parsonsfield 1798; m. (3) Exeter, NH 31 Aug 1799 ELIZABETH/BETSEY WIGGIN, b. Exeter NH 10 Apr 1760, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Lyford) Wiggin, d. Parsonsfield 11 Mar 1834. Rev. War Capt. James Marston’s will, signed 15 Aug 1830 and probated 1 Nov 1830, named his wife Betsey, her children Comfort and Chase; other sons, David, Samuel and James Marston; brothers, David and Caleb Marston.315
Children of James and Elizabeth (Brown) Marston, b. No. Hampton, NH:
i DAVID7, b. 27 Mar 1777, d. Portsmouth, NH 6 Dec 1830; m. (1) NH 11 May 1803 (VR)ELIZABETH FERNALD; m. (2) LYDIA SAPLES; m. (3) HANNAH STEVENS.
ii SAMUEL, b. 15 Feb 1778, lived in 18830, accodung to his father’s will. He lived in Portsmouth, NH, 3 Jan 1814, when he purchased 30 acres of land in Parsonsfield from [his father] James Marston of Parsonsfield.316 He sold the land the next day.317
7 iii JAMES, IV, b. 2 June 1781
iv JONATHON, b. 2 July 1783, no further record.
Children of James and Elizabeth (Wiggin) Marston, b. p, ME:
v CHASE, b. 8 July 1802, d. Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1831
vi COMFORT, b. 10 Sept 1807, d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1833 (GS).
3 CALEB6 (David5, Caleb4 Isaac3, Thomas2, William1), b. Hampton NH 8 Oct 1760, son of David and Abigail (Garland) Marston,318 d. Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1843; m. 9 Oct 1784 RACHEL GARLAND, b. Hampton, NH 11 May 1761, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Marston) Garland, d. Parsonsfield 19 Mar 1838.
Children of Caleb and Rachel (Garland) Marston, b. Prsnsfield, ME (VR):319
312 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 438.
313 History of Hampton, NH, p. 843.
314 Op. cit., p. 621.
315 York Co. Probate 12642.
316 York Co. deeds, 91:211.
317 York Co. deeds, 96:26.
318 History of Hampton, NH, p. 843.
319 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 386.
i JOSEPH G.7, b. 2 De 1785, d. Parsonsfield 17 Jan 1805 (VR).
ii COMFORT, b. 9 Apr 1788, d. Parsonsfield 30 May 1788 (VR).
iii SIMON. 23 Apr 1789, d. Parsonsfield 28 Aug 1789 (VR).
iv COMFORT, b. 13 Mar 1792, no further record.
v HANNAH, b. 29 Aug 1793, d. Newfield 28 Sept 1843; m. Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1817 (VR) JEREMIAH MARSTON, b. New Hampton, NH 21 Sept 1788, son of John and Abigail (Dearborn) Marston, d. Newfield 16 Oct 1863.320
vi SARAH, b. 8 Oct 196, d. Parsonsfield 3 Sept 1799 (VR)
8 vii SIMON, b. 8 Sept 1799
viii SALLY, b. 29 July 1802, lived in Concord, NH, 1860, aged 56 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1825 (VR) MASON DORR, b. Stratford, NH 16 Aug 1797, son of Benjamin and Sally (Locke) Dorr, d. Wakefield, NH 2 Apr 1839 (GS); m. (2) Concord, NH 27 June 1847 (VR) JOSEPH BAKER
9 ix CALEB, JR., b. 19 July 1804
4 DAVID7, b. No. Hampton, NH 23 Mar 1783, son of David and Mary (Page) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 3 Apr 1816 (GS); m. BETSEY GIDDINGS, b. Newmarket, NH 1785, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wiggin) Giddings, d. Enfield, NH 23 Jan 1856; she m. (2) Benjamin Marston. Children of David and Betsey (Giddings) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:321
i ELIZABETH8, b. 2 May 1805, d. Effingham, NH 30 Sept 1861; m. Effingham 5 Feb 1829 (Col.) JOSEPH S. CALLEY, b. Effingham 1800, son of John and Martha (Stevens) Calley, d. Effingham 27 Apr 1856.
10 ii JOHN GIDDINGS, b. 22 Sept 1807
iii MARY H., b. 27 Aug 1809, d. Newmarket, NH 10 Nov 1888 (VR); m. SAMUEL G. FRENCH, b. Durham, NH 1810, son of Samuel and Nancy ( ) French, d. Newmarket 19 Feb 1884.
iv DAVID, b. 6 May 1811, d. Newmarket, NH 7 Sept 1867; m. MARTHA HAVEN DEARBORN, b. Ossipee, NH 9 Dec 1802, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Robinson) Dearborn, d. Charlestown, MA 28 Nov 1873.
v ABIGAIL G., b. 24 July 1813, d. Kittery 1 June 1886, buried Newmarket.
vi HANNAH, b. 14 Apr 1816, d. young after 1820.
5 LEVI7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 23 Oct 1789, son of David and Mary (Page) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 19 June 1868 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1815 (VR) SARAH/SALLY PAGE, b. 1791 (GS), daughter of Dudley and Page, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1867 (GS).
Children of Levi and Sally (Page) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:322
320 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 438.
321 Marston Family Genealogy, p. 89.
322 Op. cit., p. 90.
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i MARY D. 8 , b. 1816, d. Lowell, MA 7 July 1902 (VR); m. Lowell 1 Apr 1841 (VR) CALEB M. BEAN, b. Gilford, NH 1816, son of True and Susan ( ) Bean, d. Lowell 27 Feb 1879 (GS).
ii JOHN W., b. 22 July 1818, d. Parsonsfield 1872 (GS); m. Medford, MA 6Dec 1843 (VR) FRANCES A. AYER, b. Bath, ME 1824, daughter of Ada and Rebecca (Winslow) Ayer, d. Malden, MA 18 Nov 1891 (VR).
iii SARAH, b. 1820, lived in Gloucester, MA, 1870, aged 58 (USC); m. Lowell, MA 26 Dec 1842 (VR) REUBEN CORLISS, b. Alexandria, NH 1818, son of Reuben and Polly (Bumford) Corliss, d. Gloucester, MA 18 Apr 1896 (VR).
iv LEVI, JR., b. 30 Sept 1829, d. Medway, MA 11 May 1885 (VR).
v ELIZABETH A., b. 23 Apr 1834, d. Boston, MA 22 Mar 1897; m. CHARLES W. HUNT, probably b. Temple, NH 1833, son of Nehemiah and Sophia ( ) Hunt, lived in Newmarket, NH, 1860, aged 27 (USC).
6 JACOB7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 16 Apr 1799, son of David and Mary (Page) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1853; m. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1827 (VR) MARTHA A. DOE, b. Parsonsfield 1807 (GS), daughter of John and Abigail D. (Giddings) Doe, d. Parsonsfield May 1870 (GS).
Children of Jacob and Martha (Doe) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:323
i JOHN D. 8 , b. 3 June 1827, d. Saco, ME 1859 (GS); m. MARY E. STAPLES, b. {probably Saco] 1832 (GS), daughter of Ebenezer and Eliza Ingraham (Buker) Staples, d. Old Orchard 1892 (VR).
ii ABIGAIL G., b. 24 July 1829, d. 1 Oct 1849.
iii DAVID W., b. 27 Mar 1831, d. 5 Feb 1852.
iv COMFORT HILTON, b. 29 Sept 1833, d. Danvers, MA 22 Jan 1906 (GS); m. Boston, MA 13 June 1856 (VR) ADDISON WOODBURY GLIDDEN, b. Effingham, NH 29 Nov 1831, son of Ira Ames and Hannah (Calley) Glidden, d. Effingham 19 July 1891 (VR).
v ORAN BUTLER, b. 29 Apr 1836, d. Boston, MA 14 Sept 1904 (VR(; m. Boston 14 Jan 1861 (VR) ANNE ELIZABETH BROWN, b. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1840 (GS), daughter of Nathan and Comfort (Stevens) Brown, d. Arlington, MA 18 June 1896 (VR).
vi IRA DOE, b. 30 Apr 1838, d. Kearney, NE 1909 (GS), buried Woodhull, IL; m. Cambridge, IL 14 May 1861 CUDDIE L. WEIR, b. Henry IL 1841 (GS), d. Woodhull 1909 (GS). He was an Illinois judge.
vii ELIZABETH, b. 27 Dec 1839, d. 1841 (GS).
viii GEORGE W., b. 3 Apr 1842, d. Arlington, MA 27 Jan 1922 (GS); m. Cambridge, MA 28 Jan 1866 (VR) HARRIET MARIA PUFFER, b.
323 Ibid.
ix
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Newton, MA 1 Sept 1836, daughter of Jephtha and Nancy (Warren) Puffer, d. Somerville, MA 16 Nov 1907 (GS).
MARIA ELIZABETH, b. 27 Nov 1844, d. Concord, NH 1 Jan 1923 (VR); m. Portland, ME 5 June 1882 (VR) HENRY S. COLBY, b. 1861 (GS), d. Portland 1893 (GS).
x JACOB, JR., b. 15 Mar 1847, d. Danvers, MA 1 Apr 1918 (GS); m. Danvers 10 Sept 1874 (VR) MARTHA A. BATSON, b. New Castle, NH 23 June 1850 (VT), daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Locke) Batson, d. Danvers 25 Aug 1937 (GS).
xi
FRANK RUSSELL, b. 18 June 1850, d. Athol, MA 4 Feb 1926; m. (1) SUSAN A. YOUNG, b. Middleton, NH 14 Nov 1854 (VR), daughter of Samuel and Martha ( ) Young, d. Alton, NH 4 Sept 1904, div. 23 Apr 1883 (VR); m. (2) Farmington 29 Sept 1883 (VR) ADA L. DAVIS, b. Farmington 12 Feb 1850 (GS), daughter of James and Martha E. (Cloutman) Davis, d. Farmington 22 June 1902 (GS); m. (3) Farmington, NH 1 Jan 1905 (VR) ELIZA ELLEN/NELLIE (BERRY) DAVIS, b. New Durham, NH 12 Apr 1868 (DVR), daughter of John and Nancy (Phelps) Berry, d. Farmington 31 Mar 1959 (VR).
xii DAVID BENNETT, b. 20 Aug 1852, d. Omaha, NE 18 June 1905; m. Henry, IL 27 June 1877 (VR) LINNIE CLINE, b. NY 1857 (GS), daughter of James L. and Malvina ( ) Cline, d. Kearney, NR 30 Nov 1925 (GS).
7 JAMES, IV7, b. No. Hampton, NH 2 June 1781, son of James and Elizabeth (Brown) Marston, d. Parsonsfield before 26 Oct 1812, when his estate was administered by widow, Sally Marston;324 SARAH DOE, b. Parsonsfield 29 July 1787, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1869; she m. (2) Shem Knight. Children of Jams, IV and Sally (Doe) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ALVAH8, b. 28 Aug 1805 (VR), d. Weikert, PA 16 Sept 1871 (GS); m. (1) 24 June 1804 MARY MARGARET SCRIBNER b. Harrison, ME 14 May 1804, daughter of Edward and Mary W. (Perkins) Scribner d. Topsham, ME 10 Oct 1834; m. (2) Topsham 22 Nov 1835 SARAH ANN PURINTON, b. Bath, ME 20 Mar 1814 (GS), daughter of Humphrey and Sally (Higgins) Purinton, d. Hartley, PA 17 Feb 1879 (GS).
ii CYRENA, b. 23 Jan 1807 (VR), d. Lebanon, ME 6 Feb 1879 (GS); m.(cert.) Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1831 (VR) ISAAC STACKPOLE of Lebanon, b. there 3 Feb 1806, son of Samuel and Sally (Brock) Stackpole, d. Lebanon 21 Aug 1866 (GS).
iii NANCY, b. 28 Aug 1808 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 25 Mar 1885 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 1 June 1832 (VR) IRA HAYES of Tuftonoro, NH, b. NH 2 Mar 1806 (fr9m age at death), d. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1862, aged 56-0-18 (GS)
324 York Co. Probate 12641.
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iv ELIZABETH, b. 18 July 1810, d. Parsonsfield 16 Nov 1824.
v SARAH/SALLY D., b. 29 Apr 1812, lived in Somersworth, 1870, aged 60 (USC); m. (int.) Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1833 (VR) JOHN JONES of Somersworth, NH, lived in Somersworth, 1870, aged 65 (USC).
8 SIMON7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 8 Sept 1799 (VR), son of Caleb and Rachel (Garland) Marston, d. Biddeford 29 Oct 1853 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1825 (VR) SOPHRONIA SANBORN, b. Gilford, NH 9 Jan 1802, daughter of Benjamin and Judith (Tilton) Sanborn, d. Biddeford 1 July 1887 (GS).
Children of Simon and Sophronia (Sanborn) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:325
i JULIA M.8, b. 20 Dec 1825, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1826.
ii HANNAH G., b. 27 Mar 1827, d. Biddeford 24 Dec 1864 (GS).
iii MARY A., b. 7 Sept 1839, d. Biddeford 18 Nov 1887 (GS).
iv JUDITH S., b. 20 Sept 1833, d. 8 June 1853.
v ALMINA J., b. 6 Apr 1836, d. Biddeford 9 June 1859 (GS).
vi EMMA J., b. 15 Feb 1841, d. Biddeford 4 May 1859 (GS).
vii CHARLES N., b. 3 May 1843, d. Saco 7 Sug 1895 (VR); m. Biddeford 15 Sept 1874 (VR) LAVINIA A. HOBBS, b. Biddeford 15 Jan 1844 (VR), daughter of Samuel and Mary A. ( ) Hobbs, d. Biddeford 7 Feb 1945 (GS).
9 CALEB, JR.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 19 July 1804 (VR), son of Caleb and Rachel (Garland) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 23 Sept 1853; m. (1) Parsonsfield 5 Oct 1825 (VR) HULDAH ROLLINS, b. Wolfeboro, NH, div. Sept 1838 (VR); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 23 Nov 1839 (VR) DORCAS H. (DURGIN) EASTMAN, b. Parsonsfield 13 May 1813, daughter of Silas and Dorcas (Holmes) Durgin, d. 30 Aug 1863. The family moved to Cornish by 1860.
Children of Caleb and Huldah (Rollins) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i LUCINDA8, b. 29 May 1836, d. No. Berwick 1900 (GS); m. No. Berwick 17 Mar 1850 (VR) JACOB S. ABBOTT, b. 1818 (GS), son of Thomas and Betsey (Davis) Abbott, d. 1867 (GS).
ii SIMON C., b. 12 Jan 1838, d. (probably Dayton, OH) 3 Nov 1896;326 m. Medway 13 Dec 1849 (VR) CLARA A. BUFFINGTON, b. MA ca 1828, daughter of William and Margaret (Clapp) Buffington, lived in Troy, NY, 1880, aged 51 (USC). A private in Co. B 16th MA Regt. Simon Marston was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness.
Children of Caleb and Dorcas D. (Durgin) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iii SARAH D., b. 20 Sept 1841, d. Tuftonboro, NH 26 Oct 1915 (VR); m. MARSHALL WARREN PIPER, b. NH Oct 1849, lived in Brockton, MA, 1900, aged 50 (USC).
325 Op. cit., p. 91.
326 Home for Disabled Veterans, 1838–.
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iv AMOS T., b. 20 May 1843, d. Laurel, NJ Aug 1826 (obit.), buried Wells (GS); m. ABBIE A. —, b. 1847, lived in Saco, 1910.
v SILAS D., b. 3 Sept 1845, d. 1964, a casualty of the Civil War.
vi RACHEL, b. 1847, d. 1857.
vii LEWIS K., b. 30 May 1850, lived in Cornish, 1860.
viii HANNAH G., b. 1 Mar 1852, d. Wolfeboro 28 Apr 1920 (VR); m. (1) Biddeford 1 Jan 1876 (VR) CHARLES EVANS, b. 1850, div.; m. (2) Saco 7 May 1915 (VR) GEORGE P. GRIDLEY, b. Wolfeboro 11 Aug 1852 (GS), son of Porter S. and Mary Jane (Horne) Gridley, d. Wolfeboro 21 Dec 1930 (GS).
10 JOHN GIDDINGS8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 22 Sept 1807, son of David and Betsey (Giddings) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 1890; m. ELIZA NASON, b. Wakefield, NH 1 Apr 1808, daughter of Joseph and Mehepsebah (Tebbets) Nason, d. Limington 16 Dec 1891.
Children of John Giddings and Eliza (Nason) Marston, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two:
i CLIMENA FRANCES9, b. Wakefield, NH 1831, d. Boston, MA 10 Dec 1920; m. 29 Aug 1854 (VR) BENJAMIN DAVIS GORHAM, b. Barnstable, MA 31 Aug 1827, son of Benjamin Davis and Abigail R. (Howland) Gorham, d. Boston 19 Nov 1879.
ii MARY C., b. Wakefield, NH 1837; m. Boston, MA 12 June 1873
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS SCHENK, b. Waldoboro, ME 14 Dec 1812 (VR), son of James and Sarah Anne ( ) Schenk, d
iii ELIZABETH/LIZZIE, b. 1839, no further record after 1860.
iv DAVID, b. 1841, d. 1863; m. MARY F. DOE, b. Nottingham, NH 23 Dec 1849, daughter of Albert S. and Martha J. (Ellison) Doe, d. Dover, NH 22 Oct 1920 (VR); she m. (2) 1866 James Stevens. He served as a private in the 29th ME Regt. during the Civil War
v JOSEPH LEONARD, b. 1844 (GS), d. Brockton, MA 5 June 1926 (GS); m. Nantucket/Medway, MA 17 Aug 1872 (VR) EVELINE FULTON DAVIS, b. Milford, MA, daughter of Gaylon and Susan ( ) Davis, probably d. before 1889.
JAMES MARSTON
JAMES, b. Hampton, NH 1772, son of John and Abigail (Dearborn) Marston, d. Parssnfield 26 Nov 1837; m. HANNAH GARLAND, d, p before 4 Aug 1845, when her will was probated. The will, signed 9 Jan 1845, named numerous beneficiaries, many receiving household furnishings. She also left two pews in the Meeting House.327 James Marston’s will, signed 18 Oct 1837 and probated 5 Feb 1838, named his Hannah
327 York Co. Probate 12638.
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and the sons of his brother, Jeremiah Marston of Newfield. After Hannah’s death the house was given to the Calvinist Baptist Church.328
JAMES MARSTON
JAMES, b. Newmarket, NH 15 Dec 1767 (PVR), son of James and Phebe (Pease) Marston, d. Sardinia, NY 4 Nov 1849; m. Pittsfield, NH ELIZABETH CRAM, b. Pittsfield 24 Aug 1773 (PVR), possible daughter of Joseph Cram, d. Postville, IA 16 June 1852. He evidently lived in Andover, NH, 1840.
Children of James and Elizabeth (Cram) Marston, n. Parsonsfield, ME (VR), except as noted:
i OLIVER LYFORD, b. Pittsfield, NH 21 Oct 1792, d. Livermore Falls, ME 10 Nov 1865; m. Plymouth, NH Nov 1815 LOVINA M. RYDER, b. 25 Dec 1797, d. 9 or 13 Apr 1886,
ii ELIZABETH/BETSY, b. 17 May 1795, d. Byron, WI ca 1898; m. Wentworth, NH 20 June 1816 CALEB MARSTON, b. Gilmanton, NH ca 1781, son of John and Ruth (Avery) Marston, d. Lomira, WI 24 Nov 1861.
iii JEMIMA, b. 11 Oct 1797, no further record.
iv JOHN C., b. 4 Feb 1800, d. Laorte, IN after 1843; m. OLIVE BARNES
v EBENEZER, b. 31 Jan 1803, d. Puddles Mills, KY 4 Apr 1872; m. MARGARET MOORE.
vi JAMES CRAM, b. 14 Aug 1804, d. Postville, IA 25 June 1865; m. Cattaraugus, NY 12 Aug 1829 CORDELIA LOUISE SUTTON, b. Aug 1800, d. Sardinia, NY 1 Nov 1848.
McINTIRE
RUFUS5 (Micum4, Alexander3, Micum2-1), b. York, ME 19 Sec 1784, son of Micum and Rhoda (Allen) McIntire, d. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1866 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 16 May 1819 (VR) NANCY ROLFE HANNAFORD b. Parsonsfield 12 May 1796, daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Doe) Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1830; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Aug 1832 (VR) MARY B. HANNAFORD b. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1808, daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Doe) Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1838. A graduate of Dartmouth College he later read law in Alfred. He was then commissioned a Captain in the U. S. Third Artillery, serving during the War of 1812 on the frontier of New York State. Moving to Parsonsfield in 1817 he took on many public offices, including county attorney, Congressman, U. S. marshal and surveyor of the Port of Portland.329 Guardianship for his children by Nancy, was given to Rufus McIntire, 6 June 1831.330
328 York Co. Probate 12643.
329 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 318.
330 York Co. Probate 12860.
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Children of Rufus and Nancy Rolfe (Hannaford) McIntire, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):331
i MARY ROLFE6, b. 10 Sept 1819, d. Portland, ME 28 May 1903 (GS).
ii ANNETTE, b. 17 Feb 1821, d. Portland, ME 3 Oct 1906 (GS).
iii JAMES OTIS, b. 5 Mar 1822, d. Parsonsfield Apr 1875; m. SARAH A. HUBBARD. He was York Co. Clerk of Courts in Alfred for teniyears.
iv ALONZO, b. 26 June 1823 d. 27 Oct 1823 (VR).
v EVELINE, 3 Jan 1825, d. Portland, ME 28 June 1896 (GS).
vi MALCOLM, b. 22 June 1826, d. 31 May 1829 (VR).
vii RUFUS, JR., b. 6 Apr 1828, d. Trivoli, IL 6 Oct 1916; m. Trivoli 11 May 1856 EUNICE DAVIS JORDAN, b. Raymond, ME 22 Jan 1831, daughter of Charles Robert and Rebecca (Phinney) Jordan, d. Trivoli 7 Apr 1928. He served in the IL Battery in the Civil War.
viii MALCOLM, d. young.
Children of Rufus and Mary B. (Hannaford) McIntire, b. Parsonsfield, ME:332 ix MALCOLM McINTYRE, b. 2 May 1835, d. Davies KY 30 Aug 1917; m. MARY HARDIN of Owensburg, KY, b. Lebanon, KY 30 Aug 1849 (DVR), daughter of Jack and Ruth (Froman) Hardin, d. Davies 3 Feb 1928 (VR). A graduate if Boudoin College, he became a teacher in KY. During the Civil War he served in the government, including the Internal Revenue service.
x NANCY HANNAFORD, b. 1837 (GS), d. Portland, ME 23 Nov 1907 (GS).
STEPHEN, HARDY and JOHN MERRILL
1 STEPHEN6 (Henry5-3, John2, Abraham1), b. Newbury, MA 22 Jan 1757 (VR), son of Henry and Priscilla (Lowell) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield before 6 Apr 1833, when Anna Merrill was called widow;333 m. Tewksbury, MA 20 Aug 1777 ANNA/NANCY BAILEY, b. Tewksbury, MA 6 Apr 1768, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Putnam) Bailey, d. Parsonsfield after 1833. Of Newbury, Stephen Merrill purchased land in Parsonsfield from Taylor Page of Parsonsfield, 25 May 1789.334 Both Stephen and Anna were living in Parsonsfield, 16 Aug 1805.335 A family deed was signed, 6 Apr 1833, by James Cram, Jr., husband of Nancy Cram, dec., two of Nancy’s daughters, Elizabeth Wentworth and Julia Cram; Stephen Merrill;, Betsey Fenderson and husband William Fenderson, Jr.; Mary Page and husband Joseph Page, all of Parsonsfield; Sally Lord and husband Joseph Lord of Limerick; and Anna, widow of Stephen Merrill, who
331 Ibid.
332 Ibid.
333 York Co. deeds, 145:38.
334 York Co. deeds, 55:191.
335 York Co. deeds, 73:196.
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conveyed their rights in Parsonsfield land to Henry Merrill of Parsonsfield, all carrying out the will of David Merrill, siblings and mother of David.336 Children of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, b. Newbury, MA, except for last: i ANNA/NANCY7 , b. 18 Feb 1778, d. Parsonsfield 15 Dec 1831; m. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1798 (VR) JAMES CRAM, JR., b. Pittsfield, NH 26 Sept 1780, son of James and Elizabeth (Cram) Cram, d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1847.
4 ii STEPHEN TRUE, b. 1780
iii PRISCILLA, d. Parsonsfield 1807; m. Parsonsfield 9 June 1803 (VR) WILLIAM FENDERSON, b. Cornish, ME 8 Mar 1779, son of William and Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1846.
iv MARY/POLLY, b. 12 June 1785, d. Cambridge 13 June 1842, aged 59-4 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1803 (VR) JOSEPH PAGE, b. Parsonsfield, ME ca Feb 1783 (from age at death), son of Taylor and Sarah (Dearborn) Page, d. Cambridge, MA 15 June 1842 (GS)
v DAVID, bap. 1787, d. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1833.
vi BETSEY, b. 1787, d. Parsonsfield 17 May 1875; m. Parsonsfield 14 Aug 1808 (VR) WILLIAM FENDERSON, b. Cornish, ME 8 Mar 1779, son of William and Annie (McKenney) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1846.
5 vii HENRY, b. 16 July 1791 (VR)
viii SALLY, b. Parsonsfield 1792, d. Newfield 20 Aug 1858; m. Parsonsfield 13 Nov 1914 (VR) JOSEPH LORD, b. Berwick 14 Jan 1794, son of John and Sarah (Huntress) Lord, d. Newfield 16 Dec 1870.337
2 HARDY6 (Henry5-3, John2, Abraham1), b. Newbury, MA 18 Oct 1774 (VR), son of Henry and Priscilla (Lowell) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1855 (GS); m. SALOME KINSMAN, b. Ipswich, MA 7 Sept 1775 (VR), daughter of Jonathon and Hannah (Burnham) Kinsman,338 d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1864 (GS). Salome lived in her son Samuel’s home in her last years. His will, signed 20 Apr 18476, with a codicil 1 Sept 1849, was probated 7 May 1855.339
Children of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):340
6 i JOSEPH7, b. 3 Dec 1795
7 ii ISAAC, b. 1 Mar 1798
iii SALOME, b. 29 Nov 1800, d. Parsonsfield 30 Apr 1877 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1818 (VR) DAVID MUDGETT, b. Parsonsfield 18 May 1794, son of Simeon and Dorothy (Edgerly) Mudgett, d. Parsonsfield 14 Feb 1879 (GS).
8 iv HENRY, JR., b. 20 Dec 1802
336 York Co. deeds, 145:38.
337 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 421.
338 North America, Family Histories, p. 503.
339 York Co. Probate 13050.
340 Op. cit., p. 504.
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v ABIGAIL, b. 21 May 1805, d. Parsonsfield 17 Aug 1875 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 8 Sept 1822 (VR) JAMES MOORE, b. Parsonsfield 22 Dec 1793, son of John and Anna (Milliken) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 31 Oct 1871 (GS).
vi HANNAH, b. 21 Sept 1807, d. Parsonsfield 13 Jan 1879 (GS), buried Portland St. Cemetery, So. Berwick; m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1830 (VR) (Dr.) GILMAN LOUGEE BENNETT “of Middleton, NH”, b. Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1805, son of John and Susanna (Lougee) Bennett, d. Parsonsfield 10 Dec 1873.
vii LOUISA, b. 14 Aug 1810, d. Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1856 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1834 SILAS MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Sept 1809, son Samuel and Sally (Davis) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 5 May 1869; he m. (2) Patience B. Lord
viii REBECKAH, b. 28 Apr 1813, lived in Limerick, 1870, aged 67 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1838 (VR) ABNER KEZAR, JR., b. Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1813 (VR), son of Abner and Dorcas (Perry) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 24 July 1841 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1844 (VR) SYLVANUS BANGS, b. Gorham 8 Jan 1793, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Cobb) Bangs, d. Limerick 28 Mar 1879 (GS).
9 ix SAMUEL, b. 2 Sept 1815
3 JOHN6 (Henry5-3, John2, Abraham1 , b. Newbury, MA 23 Aug 1780, son of Henry and Priscilla (Lowell) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 28 Jan 1856 (GS); m. 1803 MARY MILLS, b. Effingham 1784, daughter of John and Mary (?Mills) Mills, d. Parsonsfield 7 June 1837.341
Children of John and Mary (Mills) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME:342
i SARAH7, b. 2 Aug 1804, d. Parsonsfield 1868; m. Parsonsfield 7 Jan 1827 (VR) SIMON BROWN, JR., b. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1802 (VR), son of Simon and Sarah (Speed) Brown, d. 29 May 1884.
ii REBECCA H., b, ca 1808, d. 25 Aug 1835, aged 27 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1831 (VR) HENRY MERRILL, JR., b. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1802, son of Henry and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1873 (GS); he m. (2) Adeline Bray
iii MARY, b. 23 July 1809 (GS), d. Cornish 7 May 1876 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 14 Jube 1819 (VR) (Dr.) WILLIAM B. PIKE, b. 27 Nov 1798 (GS), d. Cornish 24 Dec 1879 (GS).
iv MEHITABLE, b. 4 Apr 1812, d. 30 Dec 1838 (GS).
v ABIGAIL, b. 1816, d. Roxbury, MA 1 Sept 1840, aged 23 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1835 (VR) RICHARD HORNE, b. Lebanon, ME ca 1807, son of Richard and Sarah ( ) Horne, d. Roxbury 26 Apr 1847, aged 49 (VR).
341 North America, Family Histories, p. 505.
342 Ibid.
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vi CYNTHIA W., b. 23 June 1818 (GS), d. Boston, MA 2 June 1880 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1842 (VR) RICHARD HORNE of Roxbury, MA, b. Lebanon, ME ca 1807, son of Richard and Sarah ( ) Horne, d. Roxbury 26 Apr 1847, aged 49 (VR); m. (2) Roxbury 28 Nov 1851 (VR) ALBERT BATCHELDER, b. So. Deerfield, NH 8 Oct 821 (GS), son of Jeremiah and Sally (Knowles) Batchelder, d. Boston 12 Oct 1900 (VR).
vii JOHN JAY, b. 16 Apr 1821 (GS), d. Milton, MA 18 Oct 1899; m. Roxbury, MA 18 Apr 1850 (VR) HARRIET JOSEPHINE BROWNE, b. Brentwood, NH 13 May 1819, daughter of Josiah and Annie (Tuck) Browne, d. Wellesley, MA 14 Apr 1905 (VR).
viii ANNETTE, b. 30 June 1823 (DVR), d. Hillsdale, MI 11 Mar 1900 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 26 Oct 1848 (VR) and Roxbury, MA 9 Nov 1848 (VR) (Rev.) DAVID H. LORD of Burrillville, RI, b. Rumney, NH 9 Aug 1814, son of Samuel and Louisa ( ) Lord, d. Hillsdale 18 June 1889 (VR). He was a graduate of Bowdoin College.
4 STEPHEN TRUE7, b. Newbury, MA 1780, son of Stephen and Anna (Bailey) Merrill, lived in Parsonsfield, 1840, aged 60-70 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 7 Apr 1804 (VR) MARY CRAM, b. Pittsfield, NH 13 Sept 1789, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Bacon) Cram. Children of Stephen True and Mary (Cram) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i ESTHER8, b. 17 Sept 1803, no further record.
ii SOPHRONIA, b. 9 Mar 1805, d. 6 Jan 1860; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1831 (VR) WILLIAM FENDERSON, 3RD, b. Parsonsfield 19 Apr 1805, son of William and Priscilla (Merrill) Fenderson, d. Madison, ME after 1870
iii MARY, b. 27 Sept 1806, no further record.
iv STEPHEN, b. 21 Feb 1809, d. Boston, MA 21 Oct 1861 (VR); m. (1) ANNA BAILEY; ; m. (2) ELIZABETH —.
v NANCY, b. 17 Aug 1811, no further record.
vi ABIGAIL, b. 8 Mar 1814, no further record.
vii DANIEL, b. 1824, no further record.
viii JOHN TRUE, b. Sept 1827, d. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1898;343 m. (1) ELIZA A. DAVIS, b. Saco ca 1828, d. before 1880; m. (2) by 1880 LORANNA (EASTMAN) LANGLEY, b. 5 Nov 1827, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Barnes) Eastman, lived in Parsonsfield, 1900, aged 72 (USC).
5 HENRY7 , b. 16 July 1791 (VR), son of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1883 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1816 (VR) ISABELLA MORRILL, b. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1795 (VR), daughter of Robert and Mary (Johnson) Morrill, d. Parsonsfield 26 Feb 1833 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 28 July 1833 (VR) AURELIA PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 14 May 1803, daughter of Archelaus and Sally (Fernald) Pray,
343 Although there is no death record or gravestone he was living in Parsonsfield, 1880, not Livermore as some genealogies contribute.
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d. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1883 (GS). Hery Merrill’s will, signed 9 ct 152 and probated 6 Dec 1852, named his wife Aurelia and the living children, except for Nancy Stanley.344 Children of Henry and Isabella (Morrill) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):345
i HENRY, III8 , b, 19 Sept 1820, d. Cornish 20 Mar 1895; m. Parsonsfield 17 May 1848 (VR) DIANTHA P. PARKS, b. Cornish 5 Sept 1826, daughter of Eliphalet R. and Abigail Gilman (Parsons) Parks, d. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1909 (VR).
ii NANCY, b. 26 Dec 1822, d. 9 May 1864; m. 30 Dec 1841 STEPHEN STANLEY, b. Wenham, MA ca 1819, son of Nehemiah and Abigail (Young) Stanley, d. So. Tamworth 25 May 1887 (VR); he m. (2) Marilla —.
iii JOHN, b. 8 Aug 1826, d. 28 Aug 1829 (VR).
iv ROBERT, b. 23 Mar 1829, d. young.
v JULIA A., b. 19 Nov 1831, d. Parsonsfield 1903 (GS); m. (1) 5 Feb 1853 JOHN STANLEY, d. Parsonsfield 31 May 1868 (GS); m. (2) Effingham 1872 (VR) TIMOTHY EASTMAN, d. Ossipee, NH 25 June 1877 (GS).
Children of Henry and Aurelia (Pray) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME: 10 vi JOHN, b. 11 Feb 1834, d. Cornish 6 Aug 1872 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1855 (VR) ARAVESTA CONNER, b. Parsonsfield 22 May 1839 (GS), daughter of Jesse and Elvira (Love) Conner, d. Cornish 19 June 1928 (GS).
vii ROBERT, b. 13 May 1836, d. Cornish 22 Mar 1908 (GS); m. Mar 1859 SARAH ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. Parsonsfield 19 Apr 1838 (from age at death), daughter of Enoch and Mary Ann (Wedgwood) Allen, d. Cornish 8 Jan 1890, aged 51-8-20 (GS).
viii ISABELLE, b. Apr 1838, d. Somerville, MA 28 Dec 1925 (GS), buried Cornish; m. Biddeford 23 Feb 1867 (VR) ALBION TOWLE, b. Freedom, NH 26 Doc 1825 (GS), son of Lowell and Mary (Bennett) Towle, d. Somerville 1920 (GS), buried Cornish.
6 JOSEPH7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 Dec 1795 (VR), son of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 3 Nov 1899 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 9 July 1818 (VR) HANNAH F. BURBANK, b. Parsonsfield b. 24 Mar 1799, daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Littlefield) Burbank, d. Cornish 29 May 1860 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1861 (VR) MERCY ( ) LEAVITT 0f Effingham, NH, d. Parsonsfield 18 Sept 1891 (GS).
Children of Joseph and Hannah (Burbank) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i DAVID W. CLARK8, b. 1818 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1875 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 17 Jan 1841 (VR) SUSAN B. LOUGEE, b. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1821, daughter of Gilman and Mary (Buzzell) Lougee, d.
344 York Co. Probate 69:98.
345 History of Parsonsfield, p. 387.
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Boston, MA 11 Feb 1856 (VR); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Feb 1858 (VR) HARRIET A. BROWN, b. 1827 (GS), daughter of Simon and Sarah ( ) Brown, d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1915 (GS).
11 ii HARDY, b. 3 Sept 1818 (PVR)
iii JOSEPHINE BURBANK, b. 15 Dec 1824, d. Parsonsfield 26 Oct 1894 (GS); m. (1) Limington 23 Feb 1863 DANIEL LORD, b. Limington 17 June 1810, son of John and Eunice (Libby) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 10 June 1877 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 3 July 1879 (VR) ELISHA SMITH WADLEIGH, b. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1830 (GS), son of Elisha, Jr. and Mary (Burbank) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 26 June 1912 (GS).
iv JOHN B., b. 1830, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1894 (GS).
7 ISAAC7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1 Mar 1798, son of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 17 June 1871; m. Limerick 20 Oct 1825 (VR) HANNAH McDONALD, b. Limerick 29 Aug 1806, daughter of John and Lydia (Wiley) McDonald, d. Bangor 22 Jan 1881.346 Isaac Merrill was a carriage-maker in Limerick, 1850.
Child of Isaac and Hannah (McDonald) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i JOHN M. 8 , b. Jan 1828, d. Lynn, MA 23 Mar 1901; m. Lynn 16 Nov 1856 (VR) HANNAH MARIA BULLFINCH, b. Lynn 7 July 1828, daughter of Amos Breed and Hannah (Coombs) Bullfinch, d. Lynn 2 July 1919.
8 HENRY, JR.7 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 20 Dec 1802, son of Henry and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1873 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1831 (VR) REBECCA MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield ca 1808, daughter of John and Mary (Mills) Perrill, d. Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1835, aged 27 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1836 (VR) ADELINE PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 1807 (GS), daughter of Archelaus and Sally (Fernald) Pray, d. Parsonsfield 11 Mar 1893 (VR).
Child of Henry, Jr. and Rebecca (Merrill) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME: 12 i PAUL8, b. 23 Apr 1832
Child of Henry, Jr. and Adeline (Bray) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield. ME: ii RUFUS M., b. 1838 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1862 (GS).
9 SAMUEL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Sept 1815, son of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1886 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 21 June 1842 (VR) ELIZABETH RHODA KNAPP, b. Parsonsfield 13 May 1824, daughter of Daniel and Betsey (Neal) Knapp, d. Parsonsfield 21 Jan 1868 (GS). He was a major in the militia.
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Rhoda (Knapp) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i ANNA F.8, b. 1845, no further record after 1850.
ii FRANK LOWELL, b. 28 May 1849 (GS), d. Somersworth, NH 7 Jan 1923 (VR), buried Cambridge, MA; m. Somersworth 26 Nov 1895
346 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p .92.
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(VR) SUSAN LOU HALL, b. Needham, MA 28 Mar 1865 (GS), daughter of Joseph and Lydia E. (Hussey) Hall, d. Boston, MA 1946 (VR).
iii ELIZABETH/LIZZIE K., b. 1856, d. West Newbury, MA 28 Nov 1896 (VR); m. West Newbury 28 Mar 1878 (VR) WILLIE E. MERRILL, b. West Newbury 1856 (GS), soh of Elbridge and Abbie (White) Merrill, d. West Newbury 1933(GS).
iv IDA M., b. 13 May 1864, d. West Newbury, MA 1934 VR); m. West Newbury 25 Sept 1889 (VR) EUGENE HOWE DRAKE, b. Newburyport, MA 1865 (GS), son of S. P. Holt and Abbie ( ) Drake, d. West Newbury 1943 (GS).
10 JOHN8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Feb 1834, son of Henry and Aurelia (Pray) Merrill d. Parsonsfield 6 Aug 1872 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1855 (VR) ARAVESTA CONNER, b. Parsonsfield 22 May 1839 (GS), daughter of Jesse and Elvira (Love) Conner, d. Cornish 19 June 1928 (GS). Guardianship of John Merril’s children was given to Robert Merrill, 3 Sept 1872.347
Children of John and Aravesta (Conner) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i HERBERT EDGAR9, b. 10 Sept 1856, d. Somerville, MA 17 Nov 1915, buried Cornish; m. (1) Boston, MA 24 Jan 1881 (VR) ANNA SWAN BEAN, b. Brownfield, ME 30 Sept 1857, daughter of James Melville and Annette M. (Swan) Bean, d. Somerville 14 May 1896 (VR) buried Cornish; m. (2) Somerville 4 June 1900 (VR) LENA MAY OSGOOD, b. Marshfield, VT 6 Feb 1877 (VR), daughter of Leroy and Ida M. (Duke) Osgood, d. 29 July 1954, div.; m. (3) Portland, ME 28 Nov 1914 EMMELINE JUSTUS, b. Newfoundland ca 1886, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Justus.
ii JOHN HENRY, b. Freedom, NH 3 Jan 1860, d. Parsonsfield 23 July 1936 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 Nov 1901 JESSIE FAY TOWNE, b. Alfred 10 Jan 1879, daughter of Marcus W. and Annie S. (Wyman) Towne, lived in Parsonsfield, 1930, aged 51 (USC).
iii WESLEY LINCOLN, b. 5 May 1862, d. Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1912, buried Cormish; m. Somerville, MA 23 Mar 1888 (VR) MARY HEATH
PURINTON, b. Lynn, MZ 4 Mar 1867, daughter of James and Martha P. (Heath) Purinton, d. Parsonsfield 26 Aug 1910 (VR).
11 HARDY8 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 Sept 1818 (PVR), son of Joseph and Hannah (Burbank) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 30 Dept 1901 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 5 Apr 1843 (VR)
ABIGAIL M. MUDGETT, b. Parsonsfield 8 Jan 1823, daughter of David and Salome (Merrill) Mudgett, d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1905 (VR).
Children of Hardy and Abigail M. (Mudgett) Merrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
347 York Co. Probate 13053.
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i DAVID M.9, b. 5 Feb 1846, d. Cornish 1918 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Nov 1872 (VR) ISADORE E. PARKER, b. Parsonsfield Sept 1852, daughter of Benning and Olive (Trueworthy) Parker, d. Cornish 1935 (GS)
ii HANNAH B., b. 22 Dec 1848, d. Parsonsfield 21 July 1873, aged 24 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 17 June 1872 (VR) JOSEPH W. LANGLEY, b. Newfield 1957 (GS)(GS), son of Calvin H. and Mary A. (Mitchell) Langley, d. Newfield 5 Dec 1873 (GS).
iii HARDING LORIN, b. 29 Aug 1854, d. Parsonsfield 13 July 1913 (GS), buried Cornish; m. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1876 (VR) IDA JANE EMERY, b. Biddeford 18 Sept 1855 (VR), daughter of Alvah Crosby and Priscilla L. (Marsh) Emery, d. Schenectady, NY 1921 (GS).
12 PAUL8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 23 Apr 1832, son of Henry, Jr. and Rebecca (Merrill) Merrill d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1870; m. Vassalboro 14 Sept 1858 REBECCA MEDORA LEE, b. Vassalboro Apr 1833(from age at death), daughter of John and Martha (Dunton) Lee, d. Parsonsfield 15 Aug 1871, aged 38-4 (GS). A physician and graduate of Dartmouth College his medical practice included a number of towns in Maine. Guardianship was given to Gilman Lougee (for Liston) and Sarah A. Lee (for Ge3rge), Mar 1871.348
Children of Paul and Rebecca Medora (Lee) Merrill, b. Augusta,ME: i LISTON BENNETT9, b. 18 June 1859, d. Parsonsfield 1928 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 19 Nay 1878 ELIZANETH MAY CHASE, b. Parsonsfield Sept 1871, daughter of James P. and Henrietta (Sanborn) Chase, lived in Parsonsfield, 1940, aged 79 (USC).
ii GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 2 Oct 1864, d. Augusta 1950 (GS); m. (1) Augusta 14 Sept 1866 HELEN ANNETTE COUCH, b. Augusta 22 Dec 1865, daughter of Hiram and Sarah J. (Safford) Couch , d. Augusta 2 May 1895 (VR); m. (2) Middleborough, MA 10 June 1908 (VR) EUNICE BANGS MERRILL, b. N. Sidney, ME Aug 1865, daughter of Theodore D. and Emily E. (Waite) Merrill, d. Augusta 1924 (GS).
HARVEY MOORE
1 HARVEY, b. Stratham, NH 31 Oct 1779 (GS), son of Harvey and Mary (Wiggin) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 7 May 1848 (GS); m. 1802 PHEBE CHADBOURNE, b. Berwick, ME 30 Sept 1781 (GS), daughter of Levi and Martha (Hodgdon) Chadbourne, d. NJ 15 June 1872 (GS), buried Parsonsfield. JOHN, son of Harvey and Mary (Wiggin) Moore, left a will, signed 25 Apr and probated 3 June 1828, which left property to his
348 Yor Co. Probate 13043.
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brother Harvey, his nephew Jacob Moore, and sisters, Susannah Colcord, Abigail Parsons, Betsey Towle and Sally Glidden.349
Children of Harvey and Phebe (Chadbourne) Moore, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i NANCY CHADBOURNE, b. 9 June 1803, d. Augusta, ME 26 Aug 1856 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1824 (VR) IRA DOE of Effingham, b. Parsonsfield 27 Oct 1801 (VR), son of Eliphalet and Betsey (Clark) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 31 May 1825 (GS);m. (2) Stoddard, NH 21 Apr 1825 (VR)350 NATHANIEL B. MITCHELL of Effingham, b. ME 1806, d. Augusta 1862.
2 ii HARVEY, JR., b. 7 July 1804
iii LEVI CHADBOURNE, b. 18 Dec 1805, d. Troy, VT 18 Oct 1882 (VR); m. Freighsburg, P. Q. 5 Nov 1834 (VR) LOUISA ELKINS, b. Poton, P. Q. 1817, daughter of Mark S. and Lydia (Skinner) Elkins, d. Troy 10 Nov 1809. He was a medical doctor.
iv MARY ANN, b. 16 Mar 1807, d. 5 July 1874, d. Parsonsfield 17 Dec 1865; m. DANIEL ELLIOT, b. Parsonsfield 23 May 1805 (VR), son of Daniel and (Lydia) ( ) Eliott, d. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1881(GS)
v CYRUS KING, b. 7 Jan 1810, d. Haverhill, MA 4 Oct 1882 (VR); m. MARY A. —, b. 1807, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 63 (USC).
vi IRA CHADBOURNE, b. 18 Sept 1811, d. Peoria, IL 15 Aug 1898 (VR); m. (1) CELESTA LILLIE, b. Woodstock, CT July 1814, d. Peoria 3 Mar 1857 (GS), buried Parsonsfield m. (2) 1859 SARAH SAWYER, b. Wendell, MA 10 Aug 1818 (VR), daughter of John and Jemima ( ) Sawyer, d. Peoria 5 May 1895 GS). He was living in WV when he served in the Civil War, in Co. D, 11th Infantry.
vii JOHN CLARK, b. 5 Sept 1814, d. Quincy, MA 22 Mar 1880 (GS); m. 14 Dec 1852 ELIZABETH USHER (EMERSON) BOURNE, b. Parsonsfield 9 Mar 1825, daughter of Luther and Elizabeth Usher (Parsons) Emerson, d. Chicago, IL 26 June 1909. He was a medical doctor.
viii MARTHA C., b. 28 July 1818, d. Haverhill, MA 23 Jan 1903 (GS); m. PHINEAS HOW, b. Haverhill, MA 6 July 1796, son of Isaac and Lois (Stevens) How, d. Haverhill 29 Mar 1879 (GS).
ix URANIA DOE, b. 9 June 1820, d. Haverhill, MA 10 Feb 1900 (VR); m. Haverhill, MA 17 Aug 1856 (VR) ELIJAH C. MITCHELL, b. Methuen, MA 1806, son of Eben and Martha (Clark) Mitchell, d. Haverhill 25 Sept 1873 (GS).
x JAMES OTIS, b. 20 Apr 1822, d. Haverhill 16 Nov 1886 (GS); m. MARY ELIZABETH ROSS, b. Gilmanton, NH 29 Mar 1831, daughter of James and Sarah (Jones) Ross, d. Haverhill 26 Apr 1880 (VR). He was a medical doctor.
349 York Co. Probate 39:155.
350 Marriage record gives her name as “Nancy Rowe.”
2 HARVEY, JR., b. Parsonsfield, ME 7 July 1804, son of Harvey and Phebe (Chadbourne) Moore, d. Haverhill, MA 14 May 1885; m. URANIA DOE, b. Effingham, NH 23 July 1809 (GS), daughter of Joseph and Sally (Doe) Doe, d. Haverhill, MA 28 Aug 1881 (VR). He was a captain in the militia. Children of Harvey, JR. and Urania (Doe) Moore, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SARAH J., b. 3 Sept 1829 (GS), d. Haverhill, MA 17 Mar 1908 (GS); m. ROBERT STEWART, b. Salem, NH 6 June 1829 (GS), son of Abraham Woodward and Betsey (Reed) Stewart, d. Haverhill 8 Nov 1906 (GS).
ii JOHN H., b. 1831, d. p 14 July 1855; m. —.
iii ANNA ELIZABETH, b. 1833, lived in Biddeford, 1880, aged 55 (USC); m. Biddeford 16 Sept 1854 JOSEPH H. MILLER, b. Northfield, ME 14 Dec 1831, son of Joseph Miller, d. Cambridge, MA 6 Dec 1898.
iv MARY F., b. July 1834, d. Haverhill 1918; m. JOHN WILLIAM FLEMING, b. Hampton Falls, NH 25 Dec 1834, son of David and Eunice (Williams) Fleming, d. Haverhill 24 Dec 1890.
v EDWIN H., b. 9 Aug 1836, d. Haverhill 16 Sept 1911; m. Effingham, NH 21 Apr 1862 MELISSA HANNAH RUMERY, b. Effingham 2 Dec 1841, daughter of John McGrath and Sally (Glidden) Rumery, d. Haverhill 12 Mar 1901.
vi CHARLES MALCOLM, b. 3 Feb 1840, d. Peabody, MA 12 Nov 191; m. Limerick 10 Apr 1863 ANNA MARIA HAYES, b. Limerick 6 Mar 1839, daughter of Sylvanus and Mary Ann (Morris) Hayes, d. Peabody 7 May 1819. He served in Co. H, NH 1st Infantry Regt. as a sergeant in the Civil War.
vii CALVIN DOE, b. 25 Nov 1842, d. Haverhill 11 Sept 1891; m. Newburyport, MA 14 Sept 1867 FLORA ANN HOBBS, b. Ossipee, NH Aug 1846, daughter of Oliver Fowler and Deborah (Jenness) Hobbs, d. Ossipee 4 June 1902.
JOHN and EBENEZR MOORE
1 JOHN2 (John1), b. Kittery, ME 25 June 1748 (VR),351 son of John and Jane (Boothby) Moore, d. Newfield 3 Sept 1824 (GS); m. (1) 18 Apr 1786352 SARAH CHANNEY; m. (2) Kittery 13 Apr 1786 ANNA MILLIKEN, b. Scarboro 37 Feb 1767, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Foster) Milliken, d. Newfield 9 Feb 1844 (GS). John Moore was a veteran of the American Revolution first enlisting at Portsmouth, NH, 22 Mar 1776 in E. Deering’s Co, NH, NH State Troops.353 He later was stationed at Cape Elizabeth and Scarboro. He and Ebenezer were in Scarboro before the move to Parsonsfield. Children of John and Anna (Milliken) Moore, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):354
351 Kittery Vital Records call John Moore’s father “Irish John Moore.”
352 NEHG Register, —:174
353 A Record of the Services of the Commissioned and Enlisted Men of Kittery and Eliot, Maine, p. 151.
354 See Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 474+ for the genealogies of John Moore and his children.
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i ISAAC3, b. 28 Apr 1788, d. Parsonsfield 6 May 1841 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 7 June 1812 (VR) SARAH PIPER, b. Parsonsfield 19 Sept 1797, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Hodgdon) Piper, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1835 (GS).
ii SARAH, b. 30 Apr 1789, d. Newfield 15 Ape 1864; m. Limerick 29 Nov 1810 (VR) JAMES THOMPSON, b. Newfield 11 Aug 1786, son of Robert and Hannah (Berry) Thompson, d. Newfield 10 Nov 1857.355
iii JOHN, JR., b. 11 Aug 1790, d. Limerick 12 Apr 1876; m. (1) Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1806 SALLY SANBORN, b. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1800 (VR), daughter of John and Hannah (Batchelder) Sanborn, d. Parsonsfield 28 July 1839 (GS; m. (2) Cornish 17 Feb 1851 HANNAH T. REMICK, b. Cornish 7 Jan 1804, daughter of (rev.) Timothy and Mary (Chadbourne) Remick, d. 19 Nov 1881 (GS).
iv SAMUEL, b. 13 Apr 1792, d. Leeds, ME 15 Oct 1880; m. 26 Feb 1815 MARGARET AYER, b. 24 Dec 1792, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Moore) Ayer, d. 3 Aug 1866 (GS).
3 v JAMES, b. 22 Dec 1793
vi JANE, b. 18 Nov 1795, d. Newfield 29 June 1871 (GS) m. Parsonsfield 24 June 1821 (VR) MOSES AYER, b. Newfield 7 or 9 Feb 1797, son of Moses and Mary (Tyler) Ayer, d. Newfield 21 Mar 1860 (GS).356
vii HENRY, b. 10 Aug 1798, d. Durham, ME 13 Sept 1843l m. 22 Mar 1827 RHODA JORDAN, b. ca 1803, daughter of Secomb and Sarah (Robinson) Jordan, d. Durham 5 July 1834.
viii IRA, b. 15 Jan 1801, d. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1865 (VR); m. “of Lisbon” (cert,) Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1833 MARTHA A. DOE, b. Parsonsfield 17 Aug 1811, dughter of Bartlett and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, d. Newfield 9 Sept 1869.
ix JOSEPH (triplet), b. 3 Dec 1803, d. Lisbon 9 Sept 1855 (VR); m. 20 Dec 1829 ANNA B. PIERCE, b. Durham, ME 5 Apr 1807, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Beal) Pierce, d. Lisbon 26 Apr 1880 (VR).
x BENJAMIN (triplet), b. 3 Dec 1803, d. Parsonsfield 23 Oct 1805 (FB).
xi ASENATH (triplet), b. 3 Dec 1803, d. Parsonsfield 23 Oct 1805 (FB).
xii MARY ANN, b. 6 Apr 1806, d. Limerick 11 Feb 1892 (VR).
xiii BENJAMIN, b. July 1808, d. Parsonsfield 15 Aug 1810 (FB).
2 EBENEZER2 (John1), b. Kittery, ME 28 Mar 1750 (VR), son of John and Jane (Boothby) Moore, d. Parsonsfield after 1824; m. Scarboro 30 Oct 1774 (VR) REBECCA
HODGDON, b. Berwick 1754, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Milliken) Hodgdon, d. Parsonsfield after 1824. He is reported to have first settled (1774-5) in Newfield before
355 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 664.
356 Op. cit., p. 23.
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purchasing “of Parsonstown” his land in Parsonsfield from Thomas Parsons, 2 Apr 1782.357
Children of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Hodgdon) Moore, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first four (VR):358
i MARY/POLLY3 , b. Scarboro 5 Aug 1775, d. Portland, ME 29 July 1853; m. JOHN TIBBETS, son of Joshua Tibbets.
ii JOSEPH, b. Scarboro 16 Jan 1777, d. Newfield 9 Dec 1835; m. Newfield 16 Nov 1804 SARAH THOMPSON, b. 15 Oct 1784, daughter of George and Sarah (Bunker) Thompson, d. Newfield 3 Sept 1860 (GS).
iii JANE, bap. Scarboro 16 Aug 1779, d. Cornville, ME 1860.
iv SALLY, b. Scarboro 11 Mar 1783; m. Parsonsfield 1 July 1806 (VR) JEREMIAH KENNISON, probably son of Nicholas) Kennison.
v DENNIS, b. 2 Mar 1785, still in Parsonsfield, 1824; m. Parsonsfield 17 Feb 1808 (VR) JANE NEWBEGIN.
vi JOHN, b. 14 Mar 1787, d. Newfield 17 Nov 1869; m. (1) Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1808 ABIGAIL THOMPSON, b. Newfield 10 Jan 1786, daughter of George and Sarah (Bunker) Thompson, d. Newfield 9 Feb 1833 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1833 (VR) HANNAH WEDGWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 10 May 1796 (VR), daughter of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Newfield 6 Sept 1855 (GS); m. (3) MARY HANSON, b. Buxton 27 Oct 1804, daughter of Tristram and Martha (Towle) Hanson, d. Buxton 28 May 1893 (GS).359
vii EBENEZER, JR., b. 19 June 1789, lived in Newfield 1870, aged –(USC); m. ANNA MARTIN, b. 11 Apr 1785 (Cornville VR), lived in viii DANIEL, b. 17 Oct 1791, d. May 1882; m. (1) Newfield 25 Nov 1813 (VR) ABIGAIL MOULTON, b. 9 Nov 1793, daughter of Stephen Moulton; m. (2) Newfield 29 Oct 1818 (VR) HANNAH COBBETT, b. Newfield 1 May 1797, daughter of James and Anna ( ) Cobbett, d. Parsonsfield Oct 1849; m. (3) LOIS/LOUISA (McCLOUD) LITTLEFIELD, b. Kennebunkport ca 1804, widow of Nathaniel Littlefield, 360 d. Newfield 26 Oct 1863 (GS).
ix WILLIAM, b. 8 Apr 1794, d. Tamworth, NH 22 Nov 1860; m. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1819 (VR) HANNAH HUNTRESS, b. Newington, NH 26 Apr 1799, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Chick) Huntress, d. 3 Jan 1867.
x REBECCA, b. 15 Mar 1796, no further record.
3 JAMES, b. Parsonsfield, ME 22 Dec 1793, son of John and Anna (Milliken) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 31 Oct 1871 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1821 (VR) ABIGAIL MERRILL,
357 York Co. deeds, 54:228.
358 See Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 467+ for the genealogies of John Moore and his children.
359 Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 162. Her marriage is not shown.
360 The death record of Lois’s son, Nathaniel M. Littlefield, who is buried with his mother, identifies his mother as Louise McCloud.
b. Parsonsfield 21 May 1805, daughter of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 17 Aug 1875 (GS).
Children of James and Abigail (Merrill) Moore, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i (Infant son), d. 15 Sept 1823 (sic) (GS).
ii JOHN, b. 28 Sept 1823, d. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1900 (VR); m. MARY
ANN SOUTHARD, b. Corinna, ME 11 Jan 1831, daughter of Constant and Sally (Hicks) Southard, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 48 (USC).
iii JAMES, b. 3 Oct 1828, d. p 26 Jan 1851 (VR).
iv EVELINE F., b. 15 Mar 1831, lived in Freedom, NH, 1819 (USC(.
v SARAH JANE, b. 24 July 1833, d. 4 Nov 1851 (VR).
vi ABNER, b.27 Oct 1836, d. p 19 Aug 1839 (VR).
vii MARTHA, b. 27 Apr 1838, d. after 1875; m. Freedom, NH 27 Feb 1875 (VR) JOHN F. C. LIBBY, b. Porter ca 1841, son of Trueworthy ad Hannah E. (Heard) Libby, d. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1911 (VR); he m. (2) Lucille Pratt.
viii ABIGAIL/ABBY, b. 26 Sept 1841, d. 30 Aug 1854, aged 13 (GS).
ix HANNAH, b. 7 Apr 1845, d. Freedom, NH 6 Sept 1918 (GS); m. CHARLES H. BROOKS, b. Freedom 7 July 1833 (GS), son of Charles and Eunice (Skillings) Brooks, d. freedom 26 Nov 1912 (GS).
ROBERT and NICHOLAS MORRILL
1 ROBERT4 (Nicholas3, Robert2-1), b. Kittery/Eliot, ME 5 Mar 1766, son of Nicholas and Patience (Chick) Morrill,361 d. Parsonsfield 18 Nov 1807, aged 40 (GS); m. (1) MARY
JOHNSON, possibly b. Berwick, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Green)Johnson; m. (2) MARY FROST, b. Kittery 22 Sept 1776 (VR), daughter of Simon and Eunice (Furbush) Frost and widow of Robert Morrill, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1862, aged 85-10-4 (GS); she m. (2) John Johnson.
Child of Robert and Mary (Johnson) Morrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i ISABELLA5, b. 30 Dec 1785, d. Parsonsfield 26 Feb 1833 (GS); m. 23 May 1816 (VR) HENRY MERRILL, b. ParsonsfielI 16 July 1791 (VR), son of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1883 (GS).
Children of Robert and Mary (Frost) Morrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
3 ii JOHN, b. 5 Dec 1804
iii MARY, b. 19 Feb 1807, d. Manchester, NH 11 Apr 1875 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 28 Jan 1829 (VR) ANDREW TWOMBLY FOSS of Barnstead, NH, b. Barrington, NH 3 Oct 1803, son of John and Sarah (Twombly) Foss, d. Manchester 24 Aug 1874 (VR).
361 Old Kittery and her Families, p. 622.
2 NICHOLAS4 (Nicholas3, Robert2-1), b. Kittery/Eliot, ME ca 1778, son of Nicholas and Patience (Chick) Morrill, d. Parsonsfield ca 1818;362 m. Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1805
ABIGAIL BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield 1785, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pearl) Bickford, d. Dover, NH 8 Mar 1852.
Children of Nicholas and Abigail (Bickford) Morrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i ABIGAIL/NABBY5, b. 29 Apr 1807, d. Dover, NH 6 Jan 1881; m. Dover 2 Sept 1841 (VR) JOHN SAWYER, b. Berwick 5 May 1804, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Morrill) Sawyer, d. Dover 1879.
ii ROBERT, b. 1 Jan 1808, d. Pittsfield, ME 8 Sept 1892 (VR), buried Plymouth, ME; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1834 (VR) CAROLINE FRANCES MOODY, b. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1815 (GS), daughter of Daniel and Eliza ( ) Moody, d. Plymouth 8 July 1887, aged 72 (GS).
iii SALLY, b. 5 Jan 1811, d. Dover, NH 18 Aug 1887; m. NH 3 Mar 1833
SAMUEL HAM, b. NH 1808, d. Dover 9 June 1873.
iv JAMES BICKFORD, b. 19 July 1813, signed a Parsonsfield deed 1838.
3 JOHN5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 5 Dec 1804 (VR), son of Robert and Mary (Frost) Morrill, d. Parsonsfield 8 Sept 1884; m. Limerick 18 Nov 1826 MARY MULLOY, b. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1807 (VR), daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Gilpatrick) Mulloy, d. Parsonsfield 15 July 1880.
Children of John and Mary (Mulloy) Morrill, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i ELIZA ANN6, b. 20 Oct 1827, d. No. Temescal, CA 21 Feb 1901; m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1849 (VR) WILLIAM MELVILLE BAKER of Belfast, b. Phippsburg, ME 4 July 1823, son of Jedediah Young and Sarah (Morse) Baker, d. Champaign, IL 16 Apr 1873.
ii HANNAH G., b. 17 May 1829, d. Exeter, NH 12 Feb 1912 (GS; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1851 (VR) HENRY A. LORD, b. Parsonsfield 1826, son of John and Esther B. (Burbank) Lord, d. Exeter 20 Mar 1900 (GS).
CUTTING and SAMUEL MOULTON
1 CUTTING5 (Samuel4, Joseph3, William2-1), b. Newbury, MA 26 July 1748, son of Samuel and Mary (Ordway) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield prior to 20 June 1808, when his will was probated;363 m. (1) Newbury 20 May 1773 (VR) MARY MERRILL, b. Newbury 14 July 1749, daughter of Henry and Priscilla (Lowell) Merrill, d. Newbury by 1784; m. (2) Newbury 25 Nov 1784 (VR) JUDITH EMERY, b. Contookook, NH, daughter of William and Mary (Chase) Emery, d. Newbury 2 Apr 1845. He was a Revolutionary War patriot who is attributed of “fighting in the trenches at Bunker Hill,” A cordwainer, his will, signed 10 Mat 1808, named his wife Judith, living children and grandson, Alvah Moulton, the girls given a much larger portion than their brothers.
362 Ibid.
363 York Co. Probate 21:168.
The sons, Nathan and William, received the real and personal estate not given his wife. 364
Children of Cutting and Mary (Merrill) Moulton, b. Newbury, MA:
3 i SAMUEL6, b. 7 Mar 1774
Children of Cutting and Judith (Emery) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
4 ii WILLIAM E., b. Newbury, MA 28 July 1785
5 iii JOHN, b. Newbury, MA 5 Nov 1786
6 iv CUTTING, b. Newbury, MA 14 June 1788
v MOLLY/POLLY, b. 7 Sept 1789, d. Parsonsfield 7 Apr 1856 (GS).365
vi JOSEPH, b., b. 3 Mar 1796 (GS), d. Antrim 6 Nov 1791, d. Antrim, NH 17 Apr 1864 (GS); m. (1) RUTH MESSER, b. Newport or Lempster, NH 3 Dec 1786, (GS), daughter of Theodore and Lydia ( ) Messer, d. Antrim 6 Nov 1841 (GS); m. (2) MARY/POLLY BARKER, b. Antrim ca 1787, daughter of Abijah and Susanna (Wood) Barker, d. Antrim 13 Mar 1872 (VR).
vii DAVID, b. 27 July 1793, d. Beaver Dam, WI 1 Oct 1868; m. 8 Oct 1812 SARAH MARY WETHERBEE, b, Ashburnham, MA 24 Dec 1793 (VR), daughter of Amos and Sarah (Foster) Wetherbee, d. Beaver Dam 1860.
viii JUDITH, b. 8 Oct 1795, d. 1873.
7 ix NATHAN, b. 2 Feb 1796
2 SAMUEL6, b. Newbury, MA 14 June 1753, son of Samuel and Mary (Ordway) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1837; m. So. Hampton, NH 13 Oct 1774 (VR) HANNAH NOYES, b. Newbury 1758, daughter of William and Ann (Presbury) Noyes, d. Parsonsfield 30 Oct 1815; m. (2) Parsonsfield 4 Apr 1816 (VR) MARGERY( ) BROWN of Scarboro; m. (3) (cert.) Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1829 (VR) SALLY/ SARAH (PAGE) BICKFORD, widow of Daniel Bickford. A private in the American Revolution he fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He settled in So. Parsonsfield. Cutting and Samuel Moulton purchased their land in Parsons Town from Levi Chapman of Newmarket NH, 13 May 1781,366 but he did not settle in town until 25 Dec 1785. His will, signed 20 Jan 1835 and probated 2 July 1838, named his wife Sarah, two sons and four daughters.367
Children of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:368
364 Ibid.
365 She is buried with her brother Nathan’s family.
366 York Co. deeds, 61:16.
367 York Co. Probate 49:1.
368 History of Parsonsfield, p. 387.
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i MARY/MOLLY/POLLY7 , b. 6 Oct 1775 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1835 (GS); m. (pub.) Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1816 (VR) RICHARD CAMPERNELL.
ii ANNA, b. Newbury 24 Sept 1777 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1835 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1798 SAMUEL MOULTON, b. Newbury, MA 5 Mar 1774, son of Cutting and Mary (Merrill) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 28 May 1800; m. (2) Parsonsfield 12 Nov 1800 (VR) (Dr.) JAMES C. BRADBURY, b. York, ME 28 Apr 1772 (GS/ PVR), son of Cotton and Ruth (Weare) Bradbury, d. Windham, ME 7 Feb 1844 (GS).
8 iii SAMUEL, b. 18 Mar 1780
9 iv WILLIAM, b. 1782
v JOSEPH, b. 1787, d. 13 Oct 1813.
vi HANNAH, b. 1798, d. 2 Dec 1836.
vii SALLY, b. Parsonsfield 1793, d. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1813.
viii ABIGAIL, b. 1795, d. Parsonsfield 31 May 1851 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 7 Jan 1818 (VR) MOSES DAVIS, b. Cornish 14 Nov 1790, son of Josiah and Mehitable (Littlefield) Davis, d. Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1842, aged 51-9 (GS).
3 SAMUEL6, b. Newbury, MA 5 Mar 1774, son of Cutting and Mary (Merrill) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1800; m. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1798 (VR) ANNA/NANCY MOULTON, b. 24 Sept 1777, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) Moulton, d. 22 Mar 1835; she m. (2) James C. Bradbury.
Child of Samuel and Anna (Moulton) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ALVAH7, b. 11 Oct 1798, d. Ossipee, NH 11 Oct 1868; m. 1821 MARY DALTON, daughter of Samuel Dalton. He was a medical doctor who trained under his step-father, Dr. James Bradbury and Prof. Ramsey
4 WILLIAM7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 28 July 1785, son of Samuel and Judith (Emery) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 1 May 1875; m. Parsonsfield 7 July 1805 (VR) MARY/ POLLY PEARL, b. Porter May 1784, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Clark) Pearl, d. Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1856 (GS).
Children of William and Mary (Pearl) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME
i CLARISSA7, b. 26 Sept 1805, d. Ossipee 11 Aug 1876; m. Parsonsfield 14 Sept 1827 (VR) MARSTON AMES of Wakefield, NH, b. Tamworth, NH 25 Dec 1799, d. Ossipee 8 June 1887 (VR).
10 ii SAMUEL, b. 11 June 1807
iii CUTTING, b. 19 Apr 1810, d. Oak Hill, N.B. 17 Sept 1886
11 iv WILLIAM E., b. 19 Mar 1813
v JUDITH, b. 19 July 1817, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1886; m. Parsonsfield 7 Nov 1839 (VR) JOSEPH MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 8 Nov 1816, son Samuel and Hannah (Lord) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 1 Mar 1900.
vi CATHERINE, b. 11 Dec 1820, d. Kennebunkport 10 Apr 1907 *VR); m. ABRAHAM CURRIER, b. Kennebunkport 8 May 1816, son of Edmund and Esther (Kimball) Currier, d. Kennebunkport 2 Aug 1880, aged 62-5 (GS).
5 JOHN6, b. Newbury, MA 5 Nov 1786 (VR), son of Cutting and Judith (Emery) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1854; m. 23 Feb 1809 (VR) HANNAH FOSTER, b. “Parsonsfield” 6 May 1789, d. Saccarappa/Westbrook 24 Feb 1848. He was a hatter by occupation.
Known child of John and Hannah (Foster) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ELIZA7, b. 22 May 1812 (GS), d, Westbrook, ME 17 July 1893, aged 81-1-26 (VR); m. SAMUEL CLEMENTS, b. Westbrook 4 Mar 1812 (GS), d. Westbrook 17 June 1877 (GS).
6 CUTTING6, b. Newbury, MA 14 June 1788, son of Cutting and Judith (Emery) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 27 Mar 1854 (GS); m. 1812 LYDIA LORD, b. Ossipee, NH 1 Oct 1791, daughter of (Rev.) Wentworth and Patience (Brackett) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1881 (GS).
Children of Cutting and Lydia (Lord) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
i LYDIA B.7 , b. Limerick 23 Jan 1813, d. Berwick 29 Mar 1893 (GS); m. Berwick 12 July 1835 (VR) ANDREW G. WENTWORTH, b. Lebanon 22 Mar 1803, son of Nathan and Lydia (Whitehouse) Wentworth,369 d. Berwick 31 Mar 1880 (GS).
ii SALLY/SARAH L., b. Tamworth, NH 4 Jan 1815, lived in Richmond, ME, 1880, aged 65 (USC); m. Somersworth, NH 21 June 1846 (VR) CALVIN E. LIBBY, b. Buxton 2 Nov 1914, son of William and Apphia (Harmon) Libby, lived in Richmond, ME 1880, aged 65 (USC).
iii PATIENCE BRACKETT, b. Tamworth 12 Feb 1817, d. Lowell, MA 29 Oct 1848 (GS); m. Lebanon 4 Oct 1838 (VR) JOHN JONES PRAY, b. Lebanon 2 Nov 1812, son of John and Lydia (Jones) Pray, d. Lowell 22 Mar 1895 (VR); he m. (2) Caroline Merrill
iv ALMIRA, b. Tamworth 9 Mar 1819, d. Newton, MA 20 Dec 1907, buried Denmark, ME; m. GREENLEAF E. SMITH, b. Cornish ca 1826, son of Theophilus and Mary ( ) Smith, d. Denmark.
v ORINDA, b. 1 Apr 1821, d. Boston, MA 8 July 1904 (VR); m. Somersworth, NH 21 Mar 1844 (VR) ISAIAH F. SHOREY, b. Berwick 4 Jan 1821, son of Charles and Mary (Chick) Shorey, d. Boston 12 Feb 1904 (VR).
vi EMERY BRACKETT, b. 21 Oct 1824, d. Lowell, MA 12 Mar 1900 (VVR); m. Berwick 29 Nov 1849 (VR) HANNAH G. WENTWORTH,
369 Wentworth Genealogy, II:278=9.
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b. Lebanon, ME 14 Feb 1827, daughter of Andrew G. and Mehitable (Gordon) Wentworth,370 lived in Berwick, 1880, aged 63 (USC).
vii MARY FRANCES, b. 9 Jan 1826, d. Cornish 14 May 1903 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1844 (VR) GEORGE FRANK RAND, b. 6 Jan 1817 (GS), son of Aaron and Thankful (Brown) Rand, d. Cornish 15 Jan 1897 (GS).
viii JAMES W., b. 21 June 1828, d. Parsonsfield 5 Oct 1853 (GS).
ix JOHN L., b. 29 Oct 1830, d. Lowell, MA 25 Apr 1908 (VR); m. (1) DIANA WRIGHT, b. Hebron, ME 6 Dec 1831, daughter of Ezra and Esther (Bryant) Wright; m. (2) Oxford, ME 10 Aug 1833, daughter of Ezra and Esther (Bryant) Wright, d. Lowell 27 May 1891 (VR).
x ALBERT N., b. 2 Oct 1833 (DVR), d. Auburn 9 Jan 1908 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1853 (VR) COMFORT AMANDA FENDERSON, b. Parsonsfield 29 June 1835 (DVR), daughter of Stephen and Eliza (Pendexter) Fenderson, d. Auburn, NH 9 Jan 1908 (VR).
xi SUSAN E., b. 1838 (GS), d. Berwick 17 June i913 (VR), buried Cornish; m. (1) ALVAH DOE, b. Parsonsfield 28 Aug 1813, son of Bartlett and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, d. 4 July 1885 (GS); m. (2) Boston, MA 9 July 1890 (VR) STEPHEN ABBOTT STACKPOLE, b. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1820, son of Edmund and Sabra (Abbott) Stackpole, d. Boston 26 Dec 1896 (VR).
7 NATHAN6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Feb 1796, son of Cutting and Judith (Emery) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1874, aged 78-19-18 (GS); m. p 18 Nov 1829 (VR)
MARY EDGERLY, b. Lee, NH 22 Mar5 1811, daughter of Eben and Hannah ( ) Edgerly, d. 7 Feb 1892 (GS).
Children of Nathan and Mary (Edgerly) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i LORENZO7, b. 7 Oct 1830, d. Parsonsfield 23 Feb 1894 (GS); m SUSAN ELLEN MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 17 Parsonsfield Sept 1840, daughter of Joseph and Judith (Moulton) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 31 May 1905 (VR).
ii MARTHA JANE, b. 5 Sept 1832, d. Parsonsfield 7 Sept 1865 (GS).
iii MARY A., b. 24 Oct 1834 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 17 Feb 1906 (VR); m. EBEN G. PERRY, b. Parsonsfield 4 May 1845 (GS), son of James and Catherine (Gould) Perry, d. Wolfeboro, NH 21 May 1919 (VR).
iv ELI, b. 22 Dec 1836, d, Parsonsfield 18 Sept 1843 (GS).
v HANNAH H., b. 22 Apr 1839, d. Solon, ME 1886 (GS); m. ITHAMAR EAMES, b. 8 July 1836, son of Edward and Melinda (Thompson) Eames, d. Solon 8 Nov 1901 (VR).
8 SAMUEL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 18 Mar 1780, son of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) Moulton, d. 22 Mar 1871; m. (1) 26 Oct 1800 SALLY DAVIS, b. Cornish Jan 1779,
370 Ibid.
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daughter of Josiah and Mehitable (Littlefield) Davis, d. Parsonsfield 9 Nov 1811; m. (2) Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1812 (VR) HANNAH LORD, b. ME 19 Oct 1789, daughter of (Rev.) Wentworth and Patience (Brackett) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 2 Dec 1836 (GS). Children of Samuel and Sally (Davis) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i HANNAH8, b. 25 Dec 1801, d. 26 July 1856.
12 ii CHARLES, b. 12 May 1803
13 iii SAMUEL, b. 17 July 1805
iv GEORGE, b. 19 Apr 1807, d. Bath, ME 1 Mar 1897; m. Bath Oct/Nov 1830 MARIA JANE DAY, b. Jun 1810, d. Bath Apr 1877.
14 v SILAS, b. 13 Sept 1809
vi SALLY, b. 1 Sept 1811, d. 25 Dec 1860.
Children of Samuel and Hannah (Lord) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
15 vii JOSEPH, b. 8 Nov 1816
16 viii WENTWORTH L., b. 6 Oct 1818
17 ix ISAAC M., b. 25 Mar 1822
9 WILLIAM, b. Parsonsfield, ME, son of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) Moulton 1782, son of Samuel and Hannah (Noyes) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1860, aged 75-2-5 (GS); m. MARGARET STEVENS, b. Parsonsfield 1779, d. Parsonsfield June 1827 (GS).
Known children of William and Margaret (Stevens) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
18 i ENOCH, b. 11 Dec 1807
ii MARY, b. 28 Mar 1811, d. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1894 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1828 (VR) ALMOND F. LORD of Ossipee, NH, b. Parsonsfield 1803 (GS), son of Wentworth and Patience (Brackett) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 1871 (GS).
10 SAMUEL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 June 1807, son of William and Mary (Pearl) Moulton d. Parsonsfield 20 Sept 1890; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 23 Sept 1828 (VR) ANNE TOWLE, b. Parsonsfield 28 Jan 1811, daughter of Jabez and Anna (Johnson) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 16 Sept 1877 (GS).
Children of Samuel and Anne (Towle) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i DAVID ODELL8, b. 5 Jan 1830, d. So. Portland, ME 17 Aug 1920; m.1856 MEHITABLE PERRY WORMWOOD, b. So. Portland 8 Aug 1836, daughter of James and Mehitable (Perry) Wormwood, d. So. Portland 27 July 1920.
ii GEORGE J. , b, 11 Feb 1832, d. Boston, MA 1 July 1895, buried Parsonsfield; m. Boston, MA 2 July 1865 (VR) FRANCES McBRIDGE, b. Boston 4 Aug 1846, daughter of Samuel and Frances (Davis) McBridge, d. Boston 6 June 1885 (GS).
iii JOHN H., b. 7 July 1835, d. Parsonsfield 1837 (GS).
iv ALBION T., b. 1 Oct 1837, d. Parsonsfield 1841 (GS).
v SARAH, b. Mar 1839, d. Parsonsfield 1922 (GS).
vi ANN, b. 20 Nov 1840, d. Parsonsfield 1858 (GS).
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vii HANNAH H., b. 1842, d. 1869 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Boston, MA 7 Apr 1865 (VR) BENJAMIN R. PRAY, b. Parsonsfield Oct 1838, son of William Fernald and Susan (Perry) Pray, d. Tewksbury, MA 11 Jan 1912 (VR); he m. (2) Elizabeth B. Hammond.
viii MARTHA, b. 19 Nov 1843, d. Parsonsfield 1865 (GS).
ix HARRIET, b. 18 May 1845, d. Parsonsfield 1851 (GS).
x LUCY A., b. ca 1846, last enumerated Parsonsfield 1850, aged 4 (USC).
xi MELISSA J., b. 1849 (GS), d. 1891 (GS); m. WILLIAM HENRY FENDERSON, b. p 1846, son of John and Abigail A. (Fenderson) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1917 (VR); he m. (2) Martha Ellen Lord.
xii LUCIAN D., b. 17 Nov 1846, d. Parsonsfield 1928 (GS).
xiii WESTCOTT ENOCH, b. June 1852, d. Parsonsfield 1904 (GS).
11 CHARLES8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 12 May 1803, son of Samuel and Sally (Davis) Moulton, d. Biddeford 3 June 1855; m. (cert.) p 8 Dec 1832 (VR)LOVINA/LORINDA KNOWLES, b. Sandwich, NH 1806, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Libby) Knowles, d. Parsonsfield 1887.
Children of Charles and Lovina (Knowles) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i HANNAH M.9, b. 24 Dec 1833, d. Haverhill, MA 24 Dec 1904; m. RICHARD EASTMAN, b. Sweden, ME 1826, d. Haverhill 7 Sept 1891.
ii HARRIET P., b. 5 Mar 1835, d. 29 May 1859.
iii MARIA B., b. 12 Jan 1839, d. 1854.
iv CHARLES, JR., b. 21July 1841, d. d. 22 Oct 1847 (VR).
v CHARLES, JR., b. 20 May 1849, d. Lyman 1 Dec 1935; m. 1872 MARY ELIZABETH FENDERSON, b. Parsonsfield 5 Aug 1861, daughter of John and Abigail A. (Fenderson) Fenderson, d. Parsonsfield 9 Oct 1906.
12 WILLIAM E.8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 19 Mar 1813, son of William and Mary (Pearl) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1892 (GS); m. Effingham, NH 30 Nov 1837 PRISCILLA TOWLE, b. 5 Feb 1815, daughter of Simeon and Betsey (Moore) Towle (VR), d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1876, aged 61-5-4 (GS).
Children of William E. and Priscilla (Towle) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i LUCY EMILY9 , b. 17 Nov 1839, d. Portland 5 Jan 1894; m. Parsonsfield (cert.) 8 Mar 1862 JAMES G. PERRY of Portland,” b. Parsonsfield ca 1837, son of James and Catherine (Goulet) Perry, d. Falmouth, ME 13 Nov 1907.
ii MARY ELIZABETH, b. 11 Feb 1849, d. Conway, NH 24 Nov 1907; m. Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1865 DAVID HAMMOND HILL, b. No. Berwick 12 Dec 1833, son of Oliver and Lucinda (Hammond) Hill, d. Sandwich, NH 29 Nov 1889.
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iii ALONZO P., b. 9 Apr 1842, d. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1885; m. Parsonsfield 2 Jan 1868 MARY E. TOWLE, 13 Mar 1844, daughter of James Marden and Nancy/Annie (Holmes) Towle, d. 9 Nov 1940. He was a veteran of the Civil War.
iv (Infant), b. Aug 1845, d. 8 Sept 1845.
v ADA CALISTA, b. 3 Aug 1846, d. Newfield 17 Feb 1905; m. ALBION K. P. TOWLE of Newfield, b. Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1841, son of James Marden and Nancy (Holmes) Towle, d. Newfield 12 Nov 1915 (VR).371
vi EVALINE/EVA A., b. 12 July 1849, d. Parsonsfield 10 Dec 1919; m. Parsonsfield 16 Sept 1873 HENRY WENTWORTH COLCORD, b. Parsonsfield 23 Nov 1844, son of Rufus and Roxanna (Wentworth) Colcord, d. 3 Feb 1823 (GS).
vii CLARA PRISCILLA, b. Mar 1851, d. Parsonsfield 26 Sept 1927; m. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1878 JOHN B. LORD, b. 5 Nov 1852, son of Tobias and Catherine (Fenderson) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 28 July 1927.
viii HATTIE ALICE, b. 6 Sept 1856, d. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1934.
13 SAMUEL8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 17 July 1805, son of Samuel and Sally (Davis) Moulton, d. 19 Feb 1875; m. Parsonsfield 15 Oct 1826 (VR) CYRENA KNOWLES, b. Sandwich, NH 24 May 1802, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Libby) Knowles, d. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1876. He was a church deacon Children of Samuel and Cyrena (Knowles) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i LYDIA9, b. 24 July 1827, d. 22 Mar 1852.
ii SARAH, b. 22 Mar 1829, d. Parsonsfield 18 Mar 1918 (VR); m. JOHN BOOTHBY, b. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1927, son of Joseph and Hannah (Boothby) Boothby, d. Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1905 (VR).
iii DAVID M., b. 4 Nov 1831, d. 22 June 1832.
iv DAVID MARKS, b. 9 Mar 1833, d. 23 May 1950.
v ACHSAH/AXA LORD, b. 3 Apr 1835, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 26 (USC).
vi ELIZA, b. 15 July 1835, d. 29 Sept 1842.
vii JOHN LEAVITT, b. 2 Mar 1839, d. Smyrna Mills, ME 1916 (GS); m. EMMIRA ROLFE, b. Hants, NS 1829, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Thompson) Rolfe, d. Dyer Brook, ME 13 Apr 1914 (VR).
viii SAMUEL M., b. 24 July 1841, d. 16 Oct 1842.
ix SAMUEL BURBANK, b. 1 Aug 1843, d. 8 Sept 1863.
x EDWIN M., b. 17 Mar 1846 (GS), d. Limerick 29 Mar 1885 (GS); m. LYDIA C. GILPATRICK, b. Limerick 31 July 1840 (GS) daughter of Atherton and Matilda (Hull) Gilpatrick, d. Limerick 5 Mar 1917 (GS).
371 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 695.
14 SILAS8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Sept 1809, son Samuel and Sally (Davis) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 5 May 1869; m. (1) Parsonsfield 1834 LOUISA MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 10 Aug 1810, daughter of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1856; m. (2) Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1856 PATIENCE B. LORD, b. ca 1834
Children of Silas and Louisa (Merrill) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i REBECCA M.9, b. 15 June 1835, d. 1857; m. SAMUEL BOOTHBY
ii GEORGE, b. 6 June 1837, d. Limington; m. 6 May 1863 EIIZA A. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 1844, daughter of Joseph and Judith (Moulton) Moulton, d. Cambridge, MA 19 Dec 1922.
iii SALOME K., b. 6 Aug 1840, d. 3 Mar 1903; m. DANIEL WENTWORTH
iv ALVIN C., b. 12 July 1844, d. Limington 25 Jan 1880; m. 1868 EMILY J. RANDALL, b. 1850, d. 1932.
Children of Silas and Patience B. (Lord) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
v BENNETT SILAS, b. 27 Aug 1857 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1927 (GS); m. 1878 ADA F. MOULTON, b. 4 Nov 1851 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 5 Nov 1891 (GS).
vi SARAH L., b. 1859, d. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1878.
15 JOSEPH8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 8 Nov 1816, son and Hannah (Lord) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 1 Mar 1900; m. 7 Nov 1839 JUDITH MOULTON, b. 1818, daughter of William E. and Mary (Pearl) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1886. Children of Joseph and Judith (Moulton) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i SUSAN ELLEN9, b. 17 Sept 1840, d. Parsonsfield 31 May 1905 (VR); b. 1860 LORENZO MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1830, son of Nathan and Mary (Edgerly) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 23 Feb 1894 (GS).
ii EMELINE BURNHAM, b. 24 May 1842, d. Limerick 1927 (GS); m. 1875 IRVING NASON, b. Cornish Mar 1836, son of Durrell and Rosanna (Haley) Nason, d. Limerick 9 Jan 1918 (GS).
iii ELIZA ANN, b. 2 Sept 1844, d. Cambridge, MA 19 Dec 1922; m. 6 May 1863 GEORGE MOULTON, b. 1837, son of Silas and Louisa (Merrill) Moulton, d. Limington.
iv CHARLES CUTTING, b. 17 Oct 1845, d. Parsonsfield 24 Feb 1932 (GS); m. Danvers, MA 22 Jan 1884 (VR) GRACE ANN McLEAN, b. Truro, NS 8 June 1858 (GS), daughter of John R. and Margaret (McPherson) McLean, d. Parsonsfield 27 Oct 1921 (VR).
v ALVAH O., b. 12 Dec 1848, d. Jay, ME 30 Jan 1933 (GS); m. 23 Feb 1886 ELLA JANE BEAN, b. Jay 22 Feb 1855, daughter of Dudley and Elvira J. (Douglas) Bean, d. Jay 30 July 1937 (GS).
vi JOHN FAIRFIELD, b. 11 Apr 1850, d. Limington 13 Apr 1911; m. Somersworth, NH 7 Feb 1874 MARTHA A. PARSONS, b. Methuen, MA Set 1853, daughter of Stephen L. and Sarah A. (Towne) Parsons, d. Limington 4 Jan 1931. He was a medical doctor.
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vii FRANK P., b. 11 June 1851, d. Hartford, CT 22 Mar 1928 (GS); m. Boston, MA 22 Jan 1881 (VR) RACHEL EMMA WHITE, b. Dresden, ME May 1855, daughter of Thomas Gardiner and Mary (Stinson) White, d. Hartford, CT June 1928 (GS).
viii HENRY DUNCAN, b. 10 Oct 1853, lived in Parsonsfield 1930, aged 76 (USC); m. 1882 NELLIE A. ROBERTS, b. Parsonsfield 21 July 1860 (DVR), daughter of Joseph and Mary J. (Cole) Roberts, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1920 (VR).
ix MARY PEARL, b. 7 Mar 1857, lived in Melrose, MA 1830, aged 62 (USC); m. 1884 JOSEPH H. ROBERTS, lived in Melrose, MA 1830, aged 63 (USC).
x ELISHA WADLEIGH, b. 24 Mar 1859, d. Parsonsfield 21 Jan 1871 (GS).
16 WENTWORTH LORD8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 6 Oct 1818, son Samuel and Hannah (Lord) Moulton, d. 23 Mar 1893; m. 8 Sept 1839 SARAH A. BENSON, b. 7 Apr 1820, daughter of James and Anna (Clark) Benson, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1873.
Children of Wentworth Lord and Sarah A. (Benson) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i JANE9, b. 1 Aug 1840, d. Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1918 (GS).
ii GEORGE WILLIS, b. 8 July 1842, d. Denmark, ME 20 Feb 1918; m. (1) 5 Jab 1867 PHOEBE PINGREE HILL, b. Denmark 7 July 1839, daughter of Joseph A. and Abi (Pingree) Hill, d. 7 Sept 1889; m. (2) 1891 CLARA LOUELLA BENNETT, b.15 Apr 1860, daughter of Moses Morrill and Martha (Kenney) Bennett, d. 2 Feb 1923.
iii EMILY ANNAH, b. 1 July 1844, d. Parsonsfield 11 Nov 1866 (GS).
iv JAMES B., b. 17 Dec 1847, d. Parsonsfield 28 Oct 1907 (VR); m. ROSA M. BENSON, b. Parsonsfield 2 July 1850, daughter of George and Clara A. (Bickford) Benson, d. Manchester, NH 12 Apr 1948 (VR).
v ALBERT ROSCOE, b. 21 Sept 1852, d. Philadelphia, PA 16 Aug 1915; m. Worcester, MA 20 Nov 1880 (VR) IDA M. HOPPIN, b. Worcester 1856, daughter of George S. and Susan F. (Cowee) Hoppin, d. Lower Merion, PA Nov 1935. He was a medical doctor.
17 ISAAC M.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 Mar 1822, son Samuel and Hannah (Lord) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 24 June 1897 (VR); m. 6 Feb 1851 BETSEY FRYE FROST, b. Parsonsfield 26 Oct 1832 (GS), daughter of William and Maria Towne (Murphy) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 18 July 1899 (VR).
Children of Isaac M. and Betsey L. (Frost) Moulton, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i NOYES9 , b. 8 Jan 1852 (GS), d. Wenatchee, WA 21 Aug 1912 (GS); m. (1) Charlestown MA 10 Apr 1873 (VR) JESSIE CURRY, b. Charlottetown, PEI, daughter of John and Jeanette (Lee) Curry; m. (2) NY 4 July 1887 (VR) GEORGETTE LAVER, b. NY, NY 24 Dept 1864 (GS), daughter of William H. and Abbie A. (Patterson) Laver, d. Wenatchee 11 Mar 1945; (VR) she m. (2) Elden G. Hyter.
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ii ANNA M., b. 11 Dec 1854 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 24 Oct 1912 (VR) [29 Oct 1913 (GS)]; m. JAMES G. FENDERSON, b. Parsonsfield 24 Aug 1848 (GS), son of John and Harriet Abigail (Porter) Fessenden, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1932 (GS).
iii ABBIE S., b. 1857, lived in Boston, MA 1940, aged 82 (USC); m. So. Portland 13 Oct 1874 (VR) JOSEPH G. CLINKARD, b. Chelsea, MA 17 Feb 1863 (GS), son of Henry R. and Elizabeth (Smith) Clinkard, d. Somerville, MA 6 Feb 1894 (VR).
iv NETTIE, b. 23 Jan 1863 (GS), d. Cache, UT 12 Nov 1941 (VR); m. Newfield 1 Jan 1897 HOWARD B. HENDERSON, b. Waterboro 18 Feb 1861, son of David and Catherine D. (Jellerson) Henderson, d. Sanford, ME 12 Oct 1899;372 m. (2) — MERRILL
v LEONARD FROST, b. 9 Aug 1870 (GS), d. Chehalis 20 Feb 1959 (GS); m. Sanford, ME 17 Mar 1900 (VR) GERTRUDE M. BOWDOIN, b. Hollis 28 Sept 1876 (DVR), daughter of Charles and Anna (Brown) Bowdoin, d. Chehalis 6 Dec 1947 (VR).
18 ENOCH7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Dec 1807, son of William and Margaret (Stevens) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 16 May 1856 (GS); m. 29 May 1837 CATHERINE MULLOY, b. Limerick 25 May 1817 (DVR), daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Gilpatrick) Mulloy, d. Dover, NH 9 Mar 1907 (VR), buried Parsonsfield. Known children of Enoch and Catherine (Mulloy) Moulton, b, Parsonsfield, ME: i WILLIAM C.8, b. 24 May 1841 (GS), d. 2 Apr 1929 (GS); m. NANCIE MESERVE FOSTER, b. Porter 1842, d. 1823. A cabinet-maker he also lived in Ogunquit and So. Berwick at one time.
ii MARGARET, b. 1847 (GS), d. p 1 Sept 1871 (GS).
MUDGETT
1 SIMEON7 (Simeon6, John5-4, Thomas3-1), b. Gilmanton, NH 7 Jan 1768, son of Simeon and Mary (Smith) Mudgett, d. Parsonsfield 26 Nov 1815; m. Gilmanton 26 Nov 1789 DOROTHY EDGERLY, b. Gilmanton 28 Feb 1768, daughter of David and Dorothy (Hoyt) Edgerly, d. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1852.373 His will, signed 7 Nov 1815 and probated 30 Dc 1815, named his wife Dorothy, ywo sons and two daughters.374 Children of Simeon and Dorothy (Edgerly) Mudgett, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):375 i SALLY8 , b. 3 July 1791, d. Parsonsfield,1882; m. Parsonsfield 31 Jan 1811 ELLIOT FERNALD, b. Berwick, ME 7 Mar 1796 (PVR), son of Eleazer and Margery (Staples) Fernald, d. Parsonsfield 16 June 1868.
2 ii DAVID, b. 18 May 1794
372 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 234.
373 History of Parsonsfield, p. 389.
374 York Co. Probate 25:397.
375 History of Parsonsfield , pp. 389–90.
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iii JOHN, b. 2 Apr 1796
iv JUDITH, b.11 Oct 1800, d. 3 Jan 1803 (PVR).
v DOROTHY/DOLLY E., b. 7 Feb 1804, d. Waterboro 15 Jan 1887 (GS); m. 9 July 1840 JOSEPH SANBORN, b. Waterboro 17 Aug 1808, son of Stephen and Mary (Cook) Sanborn, d. Waterboro 15 Jan 18882 (GS).376
vi MARY, b. 27 Oct 1808, d. Newport, ME 5 Jan 1894 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Sept 1927 (VR) DANIEL GILMAN “of Newport,” b. Dover, NH ca 1802, d. Newport 25 Nov 1889, aged 87 (GS).
2 DAVID8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 18 May 1794, son of Simeon and Dorothy (Edgerly) Mudgett, d. Parsonsfield 14 Feb 1878; m. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1818 (VR) SALOME MERRILL b. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1800, daughter of Hardy and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 30 Apr 1877 (GS).
Children of David and Salome (Merrill) Mudgett, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):377 i SIMEON9, b. 22 Feb 1810, d. Dexter, ME 17 Fe 1888; m. Guilford, ME 1851 HANNAH S. DEMMING of Guilford. He studied medicine under Dr. Gilman L. Bennett and graduated Castleton, VT, 1848. His practices were in Bartlett, NH, Sangerville, Guilford and Dexter, ME.
ii ABIGAIL MARIA, b. 8 Jan 1823, d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1905 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 5 Apr 1843 (VR) HARDY MERRILL b. Parsonsfield 3 Sept 1818 (PVR), son of Joseph and Hannah (Burbank) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1901 (VR).
iii HARDY MERRILL, b. 28 Sept 1826, d. Boston, MA 3 Jan 1910 (VR), buried Cambridge; m. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1855 (VR) SARAH FRANCES CHAPMAN, b. Parsonsfield 1 Nov 1832 (GS), daughter of Mark and Ruth M. (Wedgwood) Chapman, d. Somerville, MA 1882 (VR).
iv HARRIET E., b. 4 Oct 1832, d. Cornish 2 May 1912 (VR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 4 June 1854 (VR) HENRY KENISON, b. 13 Feb 1826 (GS), d. 17 Nov 1858 (GS); m. (2) IRA ALLEN PHILBRICK, b. Parsonsfield 31 Oct 1825 (VR), son of Jonathon and Nancy (Allen ) Philbrick, d. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1877 (GS); m. (3) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEASE, b. Cornish 17 Nov 1823, son of John and Mercy (Phenix) Pease, d. Cornish 24 Nov 1894 (VR).
v SARAH K., b. 28 Jan 1836, d. Sangerville, ME 1918 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 June 1856 (VR) FRANKLIN SMART CARR “of Sangerville,” b. Sangerville 26 July 1834 (GS), son of Moses and Sally (Lass) Carr, d. Sangerville 101918 (GS).
3 JOHN8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Apr 1796, son of Simeon and Dorothy (Edgerly) Mudgett, d. Limerick 2 Apr 1866 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1822 (VR) ZIPORAH
376 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 410.
377 Op. cit., p. 390.
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DEARBORN b. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1800, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Dearborn Ziporah, d. Limerick 11 Nov 1875 (GS).
Children of John and Ziporah (Dearborn) Mudgett, b. Parsonsfield, ME:378
i SIMEON DAVID9, b. 4 Mar 1824, d. Mason City, IA 5 Mar 1918 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 29 Apr 1848 (VR) REBECCA TRUEWOTHY, b. Parsonsfield say 1820, daughter of John and Olive *(Stone) Trueworthy, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 50 (USC); m. (2) Gorham 26 May 1894 (VR) LOUISA M. ( ) MOODY, b. ME Feb 1837, lived Saco, 1900, aged 72 (USC). He was appointed U. S. Postmaster in Parsonsfield, 1853. (GS)
ii MARY E., b. 29 May 1826, d. Limerick 1 Feb 1917 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 14 Nov 1838 (VR) EBENEZER DAY, b. Limerick Feb 1820, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Kimball) Day, d. Limerick 12 Oct 1887 (GS).379
iii JACOB D., b. 10 Mar 1829 (GS), d. Westfield, MA 22 Apr 1913 (GS), buried Lynn, MA; m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1853 (VR) DORCAS KEZAR YOUNG, b. Parsonsfield 26 June 1833 (VR), daughter of George and Jane (Kezar) Young, d. Lynn 19 Mar 1885, buried Parsonsfield; m. (2) Lynn 9 Dept 1886 (VR) MARY J. STILES, b. Malden, MA 26 1849 (GS), daughter of Josiah Berry and Lucy Heading (Breed) Stiles, d. Lynn June 1919 (GS);
iv JOHN, JR., b. 14 Nov 1830, d. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1910 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1855 (VR) LYDIA A. ELLIOT, b. Parsonsfield May 1835, daughter of Daniel, Jr. and Mary Ann (Morton) Elliot, d. Parsonsfield 21 July 1903 (VR).
v DOROTHY/DORA, b. 27 July 1836, d. Limerick 17 Jan 1928 (GS); m. TRACEY HEWES, b. ca 1805, lived I, Jr.n Saco, 1870, aged 65 (USC).
vi ADA AUGUSTA, b. 3 July 1842, d. Limerick 20 Aug 1869 (GS; m. JOHN PETER FOGG, b. Limerick 14 Oct 1844 (GS), son of Peter and Tamer Noble (Fogg) Fogg, d. Limerick 4 Nov 1904 (VR).
NEWBEGIN
1 GEORGE, b. Scarboro 1759-63, bap. there 10 July 1763, son of John and Bethiah (Gould) Newbegin, d. Parsonsfield 1852; m. Scarboro or Standish 4 June 1785 LETTICE HARDEN/HARDING, b. Eastham, MA 17 Jan 1763, daughter of John and Margaret (Cole) Harding, d. Parsonsfield 1840. He was a Revolutionary War pensioner. He was probably the George Newbegin who served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 33rd U. S. Infantry from Parsonsfield in the War of 1812. Children of George and Lettice (Harden) Newbegin, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
378 Ibid; Ancestry.com (dates of birth).
379 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 42.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 151
i ANNA, b. 17 Jan 1785 (sic), d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1843; m. Limington 14 Oct 1813 JOHN SUTTON, b. Limington Sept 1787, son of John and Lois (Boothby) Sutton, d. Parsonsfield 18 Jan 1877.380
ii DAVID, b. 12 Jan 1788, d. Portland, ME 11 June 1862; m. Portland 21 Nov 1811 SARAH B. BOYNTON, b. Cornish 19 Apr 1795, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Dearing) Boynton, d. Saco 16 Nov 1874.
2 iii JONATHON, b. 10 Jan 1791
iv POLLEY, b. 27 Dec 1793, no further record.
v ABRAHAM, b. 21 July 1785, d. Bridgton, ME 27 Jan 1870; m. OLIVE DAVENPORT, b. Bridgton 6 Apr 1794, daughter of , d. Bridgton 17 Apr 1828; m. (2) Bridgton 18 Apr 1830 (VR) LUCY JOHNSON, b. 1794, d. Bridgton 15 Apr 1878.
vi ELIZABETH/BETSY, b. 20 May 1797, d. Clinton, ME 2 Nov 1869 (GS); m, Limington 24 Oct 1818 ABIATHAR WOODSUM, JR., b. Buxton 12 Oct 1812, son of Abiathar and Susanna (Roberts) Woodsum, d. Clinton 39 Dec 1847.381
vii GEORGE, JR., b. 17 June 1801, d. young.
3 viii FLANDERS, b. 20 Aug 1803
4 ix ELIAS HARDING, b. 20 Oct 1806
2 JONATHON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 10 Jan 1791 (VR), son of George and Lettice (Harden) Newbegin, d. Parsonsfield 16 Dec 1871 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 17 Sept 1819 (VR) SHUAH BERRY of Saco; m. (2) Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1832 (VR) BETSEY HAMILTON, b. Waterboro 26 Feb 1800, daughter of Abel and Mercy (Clark) Hamilton,382 d. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1884 (GS).
Children of Jonathon and Shuah (Berry) Newbegin, b. Parsonsfield:
i ELIZABETH, b. say 1827, d. Taylor’s Falls, MN 28 Mar 1882 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1846 (VR) JEREMIAH D. BALLARD, JR. of Tamworth, NH, b, there 4 Apr 1820, son of Jere D. and Mary (Folsom) Ballard, d. Minneapolis, MN Dec 1898 (GS). ii LETTICE H., b. say 1828, d. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1903, aged 7810 (VR);383 m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1845 (VR) JAMES KEZAR, b. Parsonsfield, ME Mar 1820, son of Abner and Doras (Perry) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 6 Nov 1894 (VR).
Children of Jonathon and Betsey (Hamilton) Newbegin, b. Parsonsfield, ME: iii GEORGE, b. ca 1832, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 18 (USC).
380 History of Limington, Maine, p. 208.
381 Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 286; History of Limington, Maine, p. 212.
382 Op. cit., p. 216.
383 Even though her death record gives Betsey Hamilton as Lettice’s mother it is apparent from census records that she was born before her father’s marriage to Betsey Hamilton. Federal census records place her birth year as 1828–30., while her birth according to her death records is “June 1825.”
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iv HARDEN, b. 8 July 1834 (GS), d. Kezar Falls 6 Dec 1910 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 21 June 1861 (VR) NANCY J. BOYNTON, b. Cornish 7 Apr 1851 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Gray) Boynton, d. Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1909 (VR).
v EUNICE, b. 1836, d. Kezar Falls [no date].
vi MARY, b. 1838, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850.
vii ELVIRA, b. 1840, d. Bridgton 15 Oct 1899 (VR); m. (1) Boston, MA 24 Feb 1865 (VR) FLANDERS NEWBEGIN, b. Parsonsfield, son of George and Lettice (Harden) Newbegin, d. Biddeford 28 Aug 1886 (VR); m. (2) Dover, NH 11 Dec 1891 (VR) JOHN FRANKLIN HILL, b. Mt. Vernon, ME 28 July 1864 (GS) son of John Hovey. and Dorcas Ann (Locke) Hill, d. Saco May 1930 (GS).
viii SARAH, b. 1845; m. Freedom, NH 28 Jan 1855 SETH WALKER LANGLEY, b. NH 1838, son of Orlando and Harriet (Walker) Langley, d. 24 Apr 1825.
3 FLANDERS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 20 Aug 1803, son of George and Lettice (Harding) Newbegin, d. Biddeford 28 Sept 1886 (VR); m. (1) SALLY HAMILTON, b. Waterboro ca 1801, daughter of Abel and Mercy (Clark) Hamilton, d. Parsonsfield before 1832; m. (2) Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1832 (VR) EUNICE HAMILTON, b. Waterboro 16 Mar 1808, daughter of Abel and Mercy (Clark) Hamilton, lived in Biddeford, 1860, aged 62 (USC); m. (3) Boston, MA 24 Feb 1865 (VR) ELVIRA NEWBEGIN, b. Parsonsfield 1840, daughter of Jonathon and Betsey (Hamilton) Newbegin, d. Bridgton 15 Oct 1899 (VR).
Children of Flanders and Eunice (Hamilton) Newbegin:
i MARINDA A., b. Kezar Falls ca 1841, d. Boston 27 July 1896 (VR); m. (1) BENJAMIN LOWELL; m. (2) WILLIAM L. HODSDON
ii FLANDERS, JR., b. Biddeford 20 Apr 1842, d. Biddeford 31 Aug 1879; m. Parsonsfield 14 Aug 1866 ABBIE ADRIA HALL, b. ME ca1 1849, d. Brownfield 30 May 1884.
iii EUGENE, b. Biddeford 6 Feb 1848 (VR), d. before 4 Oct 1881, when Minerva received a Civil War widow’s pension; m. Gloucester, MA 7 Oct 1871 (VR) MINERVA E. FLETCHER, b. Biddeford ca 1851, daughter of Stephen and. Lucy ( ) Fletcher, lived in Biddeford, 1920, aged 67 (USC).
4 ELIAS HARDING, b. Parsonsfield, ME 20 Oct 1806, son of George and Lettice (Harden) Newbegin, d. Parsonsfield 11 Aug 1902 (VR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1832 (VR) BETSEY HAMILTON, b. Waterboro 26 Feb 1800, daughter of Abel and Mercy (Clark) Hamilton;384 m. (2) Providence, RI 29 July 1834 MARY HOYT, b. Scituate, RI 29 Mar 1816, d. Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1899 (VR).
384 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 234.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 153
Children of Elias and Mary (Hoyt) Newbegin, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted; i CAROLINE M., b. Denmark, ME May 1839, d. Cornish 1932 (GS); m. ERASTUS PRESTON JAMESON, b. 19 May 1835, son of John and Elizabeth B. (Jewett) Jameson, d. Cornish 19 May 1879 (GS).
ii JOHN S., b. Portland ME 3 Apr 1842 (GS), d. Kezar Falls 22 Dec 1914; m. JULIA A. MAHONEY, b. ca 1842, lived in Parsonsfield, 1920, aged 77 (USC).
iii ELIAS H., JR., b. Denmark, ME 13 June 1846, d. Parsonsfield 1930.
iv WALTER H., b. Limerick 10 Aug 1848, d. Parsonsfield 10 Feb 1918 (VR).
v ANNIE, b. 1857 (GS), d. Cornish 1939 (GS).
DUDLEY PAGE
1 DUDLEY, b. No. Hampton, NH 1760, son of Stephen and Mary (Dearborn) Page, d. Parsonsfield before 28 Oct 1822, when guardians were appointed for his younger children;385 m. No. Hampton 15 Jan 1788 BETSEY WEEKS, b. No Hampton, NH 1768, d. Parsonsfield.
Children of Dudley and Betsey (Weeks) Page, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first three (VR):
i MARY POLLY, b. No. Hampton, NH 11 July 1788, d. No. Hampton, NH 1830; m. Portsmouth, NH 1 Apr 1827 (VR) JONATHON HOBBS, b. No. Hampton, NH 28 May 1769, son of Morris and Deborah (Leavitt) Hobbs, d. No. Hampton 21 Sept 1844.
ii SALLY, b. No. Hampton, NH 22 Aug 1790 d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1867 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1815 (VR) LEVI MARSTON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 23 Oct 1789, son of David and Mary (Page) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 19 June 1868 (GS). Levi and Sally Marston conveyed their rights in her father’s estate to Harvey Page, 21 Jan 1836.386
2 iii ANDREW, b. No. Hampton, NH 25 Nov 1793
iv BETSEY, b. 25 Nov 1799, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1864 (GS), buried Biddeford; m. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1824 (VR) TRISTRAM ROBERTS, b. ME 1800, son of Joshua and Abigail (Hubbard) Roberts, d. Biddeford 11 Mar 1864 (GS). Tristram and Betsey Roberts conveyed their rights in her father’s estate to Harvey Page, 16 Feb 1839.387
3 v HARVEY M., b. 18 Apr 1803
vi CALVIN, b. 9 June 1806, no further record.
385 York Co. Probate 14388. The children were Sabrina, under 14, and Harvey, Calvin and Lowell, over 14.
386 York Co. deeds, 165:16.
387 Ibid.
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vii LOWELL, b. ca 1808, d. 18 June 1886 (GS); m. (cert.) 3 June 1861 (VR) OLIVE J. (TOWLE) DUTCH, b. Effingham, NH 1818, widow of Samuel Dutch, Jr., d. Parsonsfield 25 June 1883 (GS).
viii SABRINA, b. 9 July 1811 (GS), d. Limerick 5 Apr 1864 (GS) m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1840 (VR) (Rev.) ZACHARIAH JORDAN, b. Raymond, ME 2 July 1787 (GS), son of Samuel and Sarah (Jackson) Jordan, d. Limerick 27 May 1864 (GS).
2 ANDREW, b. No. Hampton, NH 25 Nov 1783, son of Dudley and Betsey (Weeks) Page, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 66 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 1 Aug 1817 (VR)
ANNA MARSTON, b. Parsonsfield 6 June 1792, daughter of David and Mary (Page) Marston, d. Parsonsfield 7 Sept 1872. Andrew Page conveyed to Harvey Page, 26 Mar 1831, land in lot 8 in the first range of Parsonsfield lots belonging to the heirs of Daniel Marston, deceased.388
Children of Andrew and Anna (Marston) Page b. Parsonsfield, i JACOB, b. 4 Mar 1818 (GS), d. Salem, MA 9 Apr 1894 (VR); m. (1) Newfield 28 Jan 1846 (VR) ESTHER THOMPSON, b. Newfield 2 Sept 1819, daughter of George and Lydia (Dam) Thompson, d. Salem 7 Feb 1885 (VR);389 m. (2) Salem, MA 16 May (VR) SARAH W. (SMITH) CARLETON, b. Ossipee, NH ca 1834, daughter of David and Mercy ( ) Smith, lived in Salem, 1901.
ii LUCINDA, b. ca 1824, d. Salem, MA 23 Jan 1892 (VR).
iii MARY D. , b. ca 1830, lived in Biddeford, 1875 (City Directory).
iv ISAAC, b. 1831, possibly lived in King, WA, 1881, if so, m. ANNA H. WYMAN.
v ALONZO FORD [PAIGE], b. 1834 (GS), d. Beverly, MA 28 Apr 1901 (VR); m. Manchester, MA 3 Sept 1859 (VR) HANNAH O. STANDLEY, b. Beverly 4 May 1830, daughter of William and Hannah (Over) Standley, d. Beverly 30 Apr 1901 (VR).
vi AMANDA, b. 1837, d. Charlestown, MA 2 Jan 1861 (VR); m. Charlestown 19 Sept 1859 (VR) ANDREW J. LYNN, b. NH 13 Julu 1836 (GS), son of Andrew and Eliza (Perkins) Lynn, d. Portsmouth, NH 29 Sept 1877 (GS); he m. (2) Joan E. Smith
3 HARVEY M., b. Parsonsfield 18 Apr 1803, son of Dudley and Betsey (Weeks) Page, d. Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1893 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1845 SARAH MERRILL MASON, b. Bethel, ME 20 Nov 1821, daughter of Aaron and Ruby (Bartlett) Mason, d. Parsonsfield 23 Aug 1887.
Children of Garvey and Sarah Merrill (Mason) Page, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i PERIGRENE, b. 4 Dec 1847, d. Bethel, ME 21 Mar 1915.
ii CORNELIA, b. 28 Feb 1849 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1892 (GS).
iii CALVIN, b. 1852, d. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1867 (GS).
388 York co. deeds, 165:15.
389 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, pp. 587, 672.
DANIEL M. and SAMUEL H. PAGE390
1 DANIEL M., probably b. Parsonsfield say 1810, possible son of Nathaniel Page,391 d. Parsonsfield by 1850; m. ELIZA PIKE, b. [possibly Waterboro] ME ca 1815, probable daughter of Moody and Sally (Fisk) Pike, probably d. Somersworth, NH 25 Mar 1879; she m. (2) George Lord. Daniel M. Page was in Lowell, MA, 1837 when his son Alonzo F. was born and in Parsonsfield, 1847 when his son John M. Page was born there, Daniel M. and wife Eliza, conveyed three-quarters of an acre of land in Parsonsfield, part of lot 47, to Lydia Lock, 19 Aug 1846, Harvey Page, witness.392 Eliza lived in Somersworth, where her assumed parents were living, by the time of her second marriage, Children of Daniel M. and Eliza (Pike) Page:
i ALONZO F., b. Lowell, MA 1837, d. Goffstown, NH 14 July 1912 (VR); m. (1) Somersworth, NH 1858 (VR) NANCY GILBERT DUDLEY, b. Kingfield, ME ca 1840; m. (2) Portsmouth, NH 2 Feb 1875 (VR) JULIA THOMPSON, daughter of Hiram and Susan J. ( ) Thompson. ii JOHN M., b. Parsonsfield ca 1843,393 d. Newmarket, NH 20 Feb 1871 (VR); m. Lowell, MA 6 Nov 1866 ELLEN/NELLIE M. MEADER, b. Farmington, ME ca 1844, daughter of George W. and Mary ( ) Meader, He served in Co F. 33rd MA Infantry during the Civil War.
2 SAMUEL H., probably b. Parsonsfield ca 1813, possible son of Nathaniel Page, last enumerated in Parsonsfield 1860, aged 47 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 18 May 1849 (VR) LYDIA LOCK, b. ca 1815, daughter of Betsey Lock, d. Parsonsfield 18 June 1854.394; m. (2) CATHERINE —, b. ca 1817. Lydia’s estate was administered by Luther Sanborn of Parsonsfield, in 1859,395 Samuel Page petitioned for Luther Sanborn to be named guardian of Lydia’s children, 7 June 1859; i.e., Lydia M. and Abbie C. Page. Samuel and Mary A. Page396 of Parsonsfield, Alonzo F. Page of Somersworth and John M. Page of Newmarket, NH conveyed land and buildings in Parsonsfield to
390 There are no early Page family census records to help identify these Page brothers. The presence of John M. Page, 7, [son of James M. Page] in Abigail (Hobbs) Page’s 1850 household suggests that there was some kind of kinship between the two families.
391 There are few records for this Samuel Page. However, a Samuel Page of Parsonsfield conveyed to Daniel Dearborn of Parsonsfield 50 acres in Parsonsfield, part of lot 192, 6th range, connected with Taylor and Joseph Page, 28 May 1809 (York Co. deeds, 81:118). The fact that both James M. and Samuel H. Page as adults owned land in Parsonsfield is significant. Census records show no schedules of these Page men, suggesting that their mother had re-married. There is a possibility that their birth father was NATHANIEL PAGE; m. Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1806 (VR) SUSANNAH FOGG.
392 York Co. deeds, 225:83.
393 In 1850, aged 7, he lived in the household of Abigail (Hobbs) Page.
394 York Co. Probate 143:94.
395 York Co. deeds, 282:555
396 Mary A./Ann Page, apparently a sister to both Samuel and James M. Page, was living with Abigail Page in Parsonsfield, 1850, Achsa Page in 1860, and with John and Lydia (Page) Perkins in 1870. She sometimes used “C.” As her middle initial.
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John Perkins of Parsonsfield, 29 June 1869. Other witnesses were Catherine, wife of Samuel Page, and Eliza Lord, wife of Daniel M. Page.397
Children of Samuel H. and Lydia (Lock) Page, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i LYDIA M.
ii ABBIE C., b. ca 1853, lied in the John A. Pease household, 1870, aged 17 (USC).
NATHANIEL PAGE
1 NATHANIEL, b. Hampton, NH 26 Jan 1745, son of Shubael and Hannah (Dow) Page, d. Parsonsfield Sept 1806; m. Hampton 20 Nov 1766 ELIZABETH LEAVITT, b. Exeter, NH 24 Feb 1731, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Locke) Leavitt, d. Brentwood, NH 1775. Nathaniel Page purchased lot 32 in the second range of lots in Parsonsfield from John Doe of Parsonsfield, 10 Mar 1801.398 He then conveyed land in Parsonsfield to Zebulon Pease, 24 Mar 1802.399
Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Page, b. NH:
i HANNAH
2 ii JOHN, b. Pittsfield, NH 15 May 1780
iii MOLLY
iv NATHANIEL
v REUBEN
2 JOHN, b. Pittsfield, NH 15 May 1780, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Page, d. Parsonsfield by 1830; m. Parsonsfield 1 Feb 1802 (VR) ABIGAIL HOBBS, b. No. Hampton, NH 5 Feb 1792, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Towle) Hobbs, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 88 (USC). The household in 1820 consisted of John and Abigail, with two sons, under 10, and five girls.400 Abigail Page was head of household in the federal census of 1830. In 1850, besides Abigail and Achsa, there were Mary C. Page, 23, Sarah L. Page, 29 and John M. Page, 7, son of James M. and Eliza (Pike) Page. Abigail Page, widow, conveyed land and buildings in Parsonsfield to Achsa and Sarah L. Page, 27 Mar 1850.401
Known children of John and Abigail (Hobbs) Page, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i ACHSA, b. 23 Apr 1803, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 56 (USC). Also in the household were Sarah L. Page, 29, and Mary Ann Page, 33.
ii ELIZABETH, b. 10 Nov 1804, no further record.
iii LOUISA, b. 23 Feb 1806, d. Parsonsfield 21 May 1866 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1834 (VR) ENOCH PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield,
397 York Co. deeds 365:525. There are no census records for Daniel M. Page.
398 York Co. deeds, 69:30.
399 York Co. deeds, 68:212.
400 There also was an adult female, over 45.
401 York Co. deeds, 216:547.
ME 21 Mar 1789, son of Stephen and Abigail (Moore) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1864 (GS).
iv LYDIA H., b. ca May 1811 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1876, aged 64-5 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1847 (VR) JOHN PERKINS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 10 Aug 1813, son of Elisha and Tamson (Williams) Perkins, d. p 16 June 1877, aged 63-9 (GS) 16 June 1877, aged 63-9 (GS). Mary Page, 43, was in her 1870 household.
v JOHN L., b. 15 Apr 1815 (from age at death), d. Cornish 11 Dec 1889, aged 73-7-26 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 21 Dec 1843 (VR) HANNAH
P. GUPTILL, d. Cornish 1 Mar 1884, aged 64-6-6 (GS). He lived in Parsonsfield, 1840, head of the household, aged 20-30, with two girls 10-15, 15-20, another female 20-30 and a female 50-60. John L. Page of conveyed land in Parsonsfield to Lydia H. and Sally L. Page, 1 Nov 1845, his rights in the estate of Abigail Page as “a son and heir.”402
vi (Son), b. 1811-1820, d. before 1830.
vii MARY A., b. ca 1827, lived with her sister Lydia Perkins, above, in 1870, aged 43 (USC).
viii SARAH L., b. ca 1831. Sarah L. conveyed two acres of land in Parsonsfield to Achsa Page, 26 Dec 1860.403
SAMUEL PAGE
SAMUEL, b. Lunenburg, MA 25 July 1747, d. Lunenburg, 17 Feb 1800; m. ANN DEARBORN, b. Hampton, NH 24 June 744 (VR), daughter of Reuben Gove and Phebe (Sanborn) Dearborn and widow of Josiah Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1816. A Samuel Page purchased 100 acres of land in lot 38, in the Simeon Ladd range of Parsonsfield lots from the Collector of Taxes, 4 May 1789.404 Children of Samuel and Ann (Dearborn) Page:
i THEODATE D., b. ca 1780, d. ca 1810; m. JAMES OTIS CORSON, b. Lebanon, ME, d. Conestoga, NY July 1839.
ii JOHN, b. 1785
iii DANIEL D., b. Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1790, d. Washington, DC 24 Apr 1869; m. DEBORAH NASH YOUNG, b. Scituate, MA 7 Apt 1789, daughter of Joseph and Desire (Hash) Young, d. St. Louis, MO 19 Jan 1864. Daniel D. Page of St. Louis, MO purchased land in Parsonsfield, 1844, and conveyed it to [his sister] Sarah H. Page in Parsonsfield, land in Parsonsfield acquired from John Low, Jr. and Enoch Neal, 1844.405
iv SARAH H., b. ca 1787, lived in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 73 (USC).
402 York Co. deeds 365:524.
403 York Co. deeds, 274:500.
404 York Co. deeds. 53:213.
405 York Co. deeds, 252.372.
SAMUEL PAGE
SAMUEL A Samuel Page of Brunswick, ME purchased land in the Cornish/Parsonsfield line from Noah Weeks, 25 Mar 1812 (YD 99:128)
TAYLOR and JOSEPH PAGE
1 TAYLOR (Simon), b. No. Hampton, NH ca 1757, son of Simon and Sarah (Dearborn) Page, enumerated in Million Acres North of Solon and Athens, Mem 1810; m. PHEBE DEARBORN, b. No. Hampton 15 June 1759, daughter of Rueben Gove and Phebe (Sanborn) Dearborn, d. Seabrook, NH 16 Mar 1852. Taylor Page of North Hampton, NH purchased land in Parsons Town from Thomas Parsons of Effingham, NH, 20 Nov 1778.406 Taylor and Phebe Page conveyed land in Parsonsfield to Stephen Merrill of Newbury, MA, 25 May 1789.407 In 1800 his household consisted of him and his wife, one son 16-26, two sons 10-16, two sons under 10, two daughters 10-16 and one daughter under 10. Taylor Page, Simon Page as a witness, conveyed 50 acres of land in lot 102 in the 6th range of lots in Parsonsfield, to Joshua Palmer and Joseph Page of Parsonsfield, 24 Apr 1804.408 He purchased land in Million Acres North of Solon and Athens, ME before 1810, when he was enumerated by himself, alone. Taylor Page of Parsonsfield conveyed land in Parsonsfield to Joshua Palmer and Joseph Page, both of Parsonsfield, 24 Apr 1804 (YD 61:156). Joseph and Polly entered into an agreement over Parsonsfield land, 8 May 1805, (YD 73:68)
Known children of Taylor and Phebe (Dearborn) Page, probably b. Parsonsfield, ME: 2 i JOSEPH, b. 1783 (GS)
ii TAYLOR, JR. , b. 1793, d. Dover, NH 7 July 1865; m. Lee, NH 21 Jan 1822, MARTHA HILTON GOODWIN, b. Newmarket, NH 1786, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Elizabeth (Hilton) Goodwin, d. Dover 13 Oct 1844.
2 JOSEPH, b. Parsonsfield, ME ca Feb 1783 (from age at death), son of Taylor and Sarah (Dearborn) Page, d. Cambridge, MA 15 June 1842 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1803 (VR) MARY/POLLY MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 12 June 1785, daughter of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Cambridge 13 June 1842, aged 59-4 (GS). Joseph Page of Parsonsfield, mortgaged his property in Parsonsfield to [his daughter] Almira Smith of Somersworth, NH, 22 Apr 1842.409
Children of Joseph and Mary (Merrill) Page, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i SUSAN/SUKEY, b. 20 June 1806, no further record.
ii POLLY, b. 27 Apr 1807, no further record.
406 York Co. deeds, 55:191.
407 York Co. deeds, 55:191.
408 York Co. deeds, 71:156.
409 York Co. deeds, 175:125.
iii ALMIRA, b. 2 June 1811, d. Wolfeboro, NH 17 Dec 1884 (VR); m. ANDREW E. SMITH, d. before 1850
iv SIMON, b. 13 Apr 1812, d. Cambridge, MA 28 June 1841, aged 31-2 (GS). A spendthrift, he was probably the Simon Page who was held in the Alfred gaol, and had Henry Miller appointed as his guardian.410
v JONATHON, b. 14 Dec 1814, no further record.
vi TAYLOR, b. 1820 (GS), d. Boston, MA 3 July 1882 (GS); m. Boston, MA 23 Jan 1860 (VR) MARIANNA ALLEN, b. Springvale 12 Aug 1838 (GS), daughter of John L. and Mehitable (Elwell) Allen, d. Lexington, MA 6 Sept 1910 (GS).
PAINE
1 PHILIP, b. Rye, NH 19 July 1741 (VR), son of William and Susanna (Seavey) Paine, d. Parsonsfield before 12 June 1821, when his will was probated; m. CATHERINE ST. CLAIR, living in Parsonsfield, 1821.411 Philip Paine was already a resident of Parsonsfield, 26 Feb 1789, when he purchased his first land in Parsonsfield.412 His household in 1790, excluding son William, consisted of three males over 16, 4 males under 15 and six females. He entered into a conditional deed with his son William, to maintain Philip and Catherine in their natural lives, 5 May 1804413. His will, signed 14 Feb 1821, named his wife Catherine, children, John Paine, Mary Blazo, Catherine Mudgett, and Philip Paine, as well as the “heirs” of his deceased children, Susan Carl, Elizabeth Dearborn and William Paine.414 The Paines were a Rye, NH family that may have re-settled in Gilmanton, NH, before moving to p. The 1810 federal census schedule for p would indicate that John Pine was living with his parents, married with one son under 10. In 1820 there was a Stephen Paine in p., besides Philip. Children of Philip and Catherine (St. Clair) Paine, probably b. Rye, NH:
i MARY, b. 1770, d. Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1851, aged 81 (GS); m. before 1800 JOSEPH BLAZO, b. Rye, NH 16 June 1768, son of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1827. Mary’s will named her brother, Philip Paine.415
2 ii WILLIAM, 29 Dec 1771
iii SUSANNA/SUSAN, b. 1775, d. possibly Phillips, ME before 1821; m. Parsonsfield 19 June 1796 (VR) (Dr) JOHN J. BLAISDELL, b. NH 15 Sept 1765 (VR), son of William and Abigail (Wallis) Blazo/ Blaisdell, d. Phillips, 1810; m. (2) STEPHEN CARLL, b. Waterboro
410 York Co. Probate 14403.
411 Some genealogies give her death as “ca 1845.”
412 York Co. deeds, 51:191.
413 York Co. deeds, 74:204.
414 York Co. Probate 14417.
415 York Co. Probate 1292, Mary Blazo lived by herself in Parsonsfield, 1840, aged 70–80 (USC).
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
4 Nov 1781, son of John and Mary (Morrill) Carll, lived in St. Clair, MI, 1860, aged 83 (USC).416
3 iv JOHN, say 1777
v CATHERINE, b. 1779, d. Great Valley 6 Apr 1864 (GS); m. p. 2 Jan 1797 (VR) ABRAHAM MUDGETT, b Gilmanton, NH 1770, possible son of John and Elizabeth (Sanborn) Mudgett, d. Great Valley, NY 26 Apr 1831 (GS).
vi ELIZABETH/BETSEY, b. 1784, d. p 26 July 1817, aged 33 (GS); m. p 25 May 1812 (VR) WEARE DEARBORN, b. Effingham, NH 17 Dec 1787, son of Asahel and Elizabeth (Drake) Dearborn, d. Effingham 4 Apr 1824 (GS).
vii PHILIP, JR., b. ca 1786, lived in p, 1860, aged 74 (USC). He lived in p 1840, with his sister Mary Blazo and niece Catherine Dearborn [daughter of Weare and Betsey Dearborn.
2 WILLIAM, probably b. Rye, NH 29 Dec 1771, son of Philip and Catherine (St. Clair) Paine, d. Brownfield before Feb 1821 1821 (sic); m. P 23 My 1793 (VR) HANNAH BURNHAM KINSMAN, b. Ipswich, MA 27 Feb 1774, daughter of Jonathon and Hannah (Burnham) Kinsman, d. Conway, NH 16 June 1856. William Paine was enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1790, living by himself. William Paine was enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1810, with a son and two daughters. Children of William and Hannah Burnham (Kinsman) Paine, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i CATHERINE, b. 21 July 1794 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1859 (GS); m. p 1 Feb 1814 (VR) JESSE WEDGWOOD, JR. b. Parsonsfield 1 Mar 1792 (VR), son of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1876 (GS).
ii BETSEY, b. 16 June 1796, d. So. Conway, NH 28 Sept 1877; m. SIMEON EATON, b. Buxton 25 Aug 1795, son of John and Keziah (Dearborn) Eaton, d. So. Conway 28 July 1862.
iii JOSEPH KINSMAN, b. 3 Feb 1804, d. Brownfield 31 Jan 1871, aged 67 (GS); m. (1) SARAH BEAN, daughter of Stephen Bean; m (2) ABIGAIL G. GREENLAW, b. 1818, daughter of Ebenezer and Meribah (Goodwin) Greenlaw, d. Brownfield 21 May 1890 (GS).
3 JOHN, probably b. Rye, NH say 1777, son of Philip and Catherine (St. Clair) Paine, lived in Middleton, NH, 7 Mar 1810;417 m. POLLY —. 418 John Paine’s first deed for land in Parsonsfield, in which he was called “gentleman,” was from John U. Parsons, 24 Feb 1801.419
Known child of John and Polly (—) Paine, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
416 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 58. The book errs in calling her “Mary Blaisdell.”
417 York Co. deeds, 82:80.
418 Polly Paine co-signed numerous Parsonsfield deeds.
419 York Co. deeds, 67:5.
i (probably) NANCY, d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1802 (VR); m. EBENEZER KEZAR, b. Canterbury, NH 1772, son of George and Mary (Miles) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1862, aged 90-9 (GS).420
PARSONS
1 THOMAS5 (Joseph4-1), b. Bradford, MA 18 Sept 1735 (VR), son of (Rev.) Joseph and Frances (Usher) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 10 Aug 1811; m. Andover, MA 22 July 1758
ANNA POOR, b. Andover 4 July 1759, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Adams) Poor, d. Effingham, NH 24 May 1783; m. (2) LUCY BRADBURY, b. Saco 22 Oct 1757, daughter of Jacob W. and Abigail (Cole) Bradbury, d. Parsonsfield 11 Nov 1811. Thomas Parsons, along with Jotham Moulton, Alexander Scammon and Philip Hubbard entered into an agreement with the Shapleigh Proprietors to acquire the land that would become the town of Parsonsfield, 23 Dec 1774. The agreement stipulated how the lots of the town would be drawn and what responsibilities the settler had to fulfill.421 As early as 11 Oct 1771, on a trip to Exeter, Thomas Parsons employed Joseph Cram to survey the new town. By 29 Aug 1785 the town took the name Parsonsfield in honor of Thomas Parsons. His will, signed 28 Jan 1811, named his wife Lucy and children. All his land in Effingham and Parsonsfield were left to his sons, William and Sylvester, with one-third of the income from them going to his wife.422
Children of Thomas and Anna (Poor) Parsons, last four b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):423
2 i THOMAS, JR.6, b. South Hampton, NH 8 Feb 1759 (VR)
ii STEPHEN, b. South Hampton 27 Nov 1760, d. 27 Nov 1764.
3 iii JOSEPH, b. Effingham, NH 6 Sept 1762
iv ENOCH POOR, b. Effingham, NH 16 June 1764, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1782 in a drowning.
4 v STEPHEN, b. Exeter, NH 24 Apr 1766 (VR)
vi ANNA/NANCY, b. 9 July 1769, d. Olcott, NY 3 Dec 1856; m. (1) JOSIAH PEASE, b. Newmarket, NH ca 1768, son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Page) Pease, d. Newfane, NY say 1807; m. (2) after 1808 John Holmes.
vii JOHN USHER, b. Effingham, NH 8 Sept 1771, d. Kennebunk 13 Oct 1825 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Newburyport, MA 26 Dec 1803 (VR) SUSANNA SAVORY, b. Newburyport 1769, d. Kennebunk 3 July 1815 (GS). He was a graduate of Dartmouth College.
viii MARY, b. 1 Dev 1773, d. 4 Sept 1820; m. Effingham 4 Jan 1789 Major JOHN LEAVITT, b. No. Hampton, NH 23 Dec 1767, son of John and Elizabeth (Lamprey) Leavitt, d. 24 May 1844.
420 Their only child was named John Paine Kezar. Even after he had re-married Kezar used the “Paine” name as a middle name for several of his children.
421 York Co. deeds, 43:188.
422 York Co. Probate 23:283.
423 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 391–2.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
ix SARAH, b. 27 June 1775, d. Effingham 20 Dec 1856; m. (1) 23 Nov 1791 ASA PEASE, b. Newmarket, NH 18 July 1767, son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Page) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 1806 (VR); m. (2) JOHN LEAVITT of Effingham, b. No. Hampton, NH 23 Dec 1767, son of John and Elizabeth (Lamprey) Leavitt, d. Effingham 24 May 1844.
Children of Thomas and Lucy (Bradbury) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):424
x ELZABETH USHER, b. 3 Jan 1787, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1857; m. Wells 16 Feb 1807 LUTHER EMERSON, b. Alfred 10 Nov 1782, son of Joseph and Lydia (Durrell) Emerson, d. Parsonsfield 4 July 1875.
xi SUSANNAH, b. 17 Jan 1788, d. Wakefield, NH 2 Aug 1837; m. Parsonsfield 1 Sept 1808 (VR) RICHARD FURBER DOW of Wakefield, b. there 1778, d. Wakefield 29 Apr 1820.
xii THOMAS BRADBURY, b. 11 Feb 1789, d. Portland, ME 23 Oct 1870, buried Windham (GS); m. (1) Portland 14 Jan 1823 (VR)
ELIZABETH STREET, lived in Portland, 1840, aged 60-70 (USC); m. (2) Portsmouth, NH 25 Jan 1846 (VR) ANNA/NANCY CHASE, b. Sandown, NH 7 Aug 1792 (GS), daughter of Benjamin and Allis ( ) Chase, d. Portland 14 Sept 1885 (GS). Thomas B. Parsons is credited, as an officer in the U. S. Navy, with “saving the lives of seven American seaman, at the imminent hazard of his own.” In 1814 as sailing master of the brig General Armstrong he headed off a British squadron in the harbor of Fayal, being credited with keeping New Orleans in American hands. Following the War of 1812, he was in the merchant service until 1828 when he became a navigation teacher in Portland. For his first naval feat he was awarded an arrear of pension in 1848.425 [NANCY, b. 1789, d. Windham 1828 (GS)]
xiii ABIGAIL, b. 16 May 1780, d. Laconia, NH 20 Nov 1848; m. Parsonsfield 9 May 199 (VR) ISAAC MARBLE PARKER of Tamworth, NH, b. Andover, MA 19 Jan 1786, son of Isaac and Sarah (Thompson) Parker, d. Laconia 16 July 1864.
xiv WILLIAM, b. 9 Mar 1792, d. Springfield, MA 15 Apr 1876 (GS); m. 15 July 1813 SARAH S. DEARBORN of Greenfield, NH, b. No. Hampton, NH 27 July 1797 (GS), daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Pickering) Dearborn, d. Springfield 29 Apr 1875 (GS). He was a grocer in Concord, NH and Springfield, MA.
xv LUCY BRADBURY, b. 37 Mar 1793, d. Wakefield, NH 13 Apr 1884 (GS); m. ISAAC BUZZELL CHESLEY, b. Wakefield 12 Oct 1788 (GS), son of James and Elizabeth (Downing) Chesley, d. Wakefield 23 Mar 1879(GS).
xvi LUCINDA, b. 12 July 1795, d. 27 Jan 1796 (VR).
424 Op. cit., p. 392.
425 Op. cit., p. 245.
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xvii SYLVESTER, b. 4 May 1796, d. Wilson, NY 12 Aug 1860 (GS); m. ABIGAIL GOOKIN DEARBORN of Greenland, NH, b. Newington, NH 7 Jan 1903 (GS), daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Pickering) Dearborn, d. Wilson 5 Feb 1890 (GS).
xviii LUCINDA, b. 27 Nov 1798, d. Meredith, NH 31 Aug 1877; m. New Durham, NH 11 Oct 1818 (Dr.) DAVID THURSTON LIBBY, b. New Durham 27 Oct 1790, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Mason) Libby, d. Wolfeboro, NH 27 Aug 1834.
xix SAMUEL, b. 15 June 1801, d. Newton, MA 22 Dec 1869 (GS); m. Boston, MA 5 Mar 1828 (VR) MARY BROWN ALLEN, b. Boston 5 Jan 1808, daughter of James and Priscilla (Brown) Allen, d. Cambridge, MA 21 Dec 1844 (GS).
2 THOMAS, JR.6, b. South Hampton, NH 8 Feb 1759, son of Thomas and Anna (Poor) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 23 Dec 1788 (VR) in an accident; m. (1) 1778 HANNAH FOSTER, bap. Scarboro 22 Aug 1756, daughter of Isaiah and Lydia (Fogg) Foster, d. Parsonsfield 5 Mar 1784;426 m. (2) Effingham 23 Feb 1785 (VR) ABIGAIL DRAKE,427 b. No. Hampton, NH 8 Dec 1763, daughter of Weare and Anna (Taylor) Drake, d. Wakefield 1842 (GS); she m. (2) Benjamin Hobbs. Thomas Parsons, Esq. was named guardian of Thoms Parsons, Jr.’s children, Thomas, Enoch and Anna, 14 Apr 1789.428 Children of Thomas, Jr. and Hannah (Foster) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME or Effingham, NH:429
5 i THOMAS7, b. 26 Apr 1779
6 ii ENOCH POOR, b. 2 Apr 1781
Child of Thomas and Abigail (Drake) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME: iii ANNA/HANNAH/NANCY F., b. 7 May 1783, d. Monroe, ME 5 Oct 1865; m. Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1799 (VR) DANIEL PIPER, b. Wakefield, NH 4 Mar 1776, son of Elisha and Sarah (Barker) Piper, d. Newburgh, ME 24 Aug 1842.
3 JOSEPH6, b. Effingham, NH 6 Sept 1762 (VR), son of Thomas and Anna (Poor) Parsons, d. Windham, ME 11 Aug 1839 (GS); m. (1) York, ME Sept 1785 LYDIA LORD, b. 4 Jan 1769, daughter of Samuel Phillips and Lydia (Wallingford) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 30 Oct 1799; m. (2) 5 May 1800 ABIGAIL ADAMS, b. Durham, NH 12 Apr 1774, daughter of John and Hannah (Chesley) Adams, d. Windham 24 May 1842 (GS). He was a colonel in the militia.430
Children of Joseph and Lydia (Lord) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):431
426 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 59.
427 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 242–3; “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, p. 153.
428 York Co. Probate 14589.
429 History of Parsonsfield, p. 242.
430 “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, p. 153.
431 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 522–3.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
i ANNA POOR7, b. 30 Oct 1786, d. Newfield 19 June 1828, a suicide; m. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1809 (VR) JOHN GARLAND, b. Hampton, NH 7 July 1787, son of Jonathon and Abigail (Fogg) Garland, d. Newfield 11 Feb 1870 (GS); he m. (2) Hannah (Stimson) Mead. 432
ii JOSEPH, b. 12 Dec 1788, d. 1 May 1790 (VR).
iii LYDIA, b. 4 July 1790, d. Waterville, ME 5 May 1882 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 May 1811 (VR) ASA BURNHAM, b. Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1787, son of Paul and Sally (Weymouth) Burnham, d. Waterville 30 July 1875 (GS).
iv MARY, b. 2 Aug 1792, d. Kennebunk 17 Apr 1874 (GS); m. 14 Jan 1814
WILLIAM PARSONS, JR., b. Alfred 14 June 1790, son of William and Abigail (Blunt) Parsons, d. Kennebunk 8 Oct 1864.
v JOSEPH, b. 24 Mar 1794, d. 7 Jan 1815.433
vi SALLY, b. 23 June 1796, no further record.
vii PAMELIA, b. 11 Mar 1798, d. Kennebunk 13 Nov 1843 (GS).
Children of Joseph and Abigail (Adams) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:434
viii HANNAH ADAMS, b. 30 Nov 1801, d. Parsonsfield 24 Oct 1839; m. Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1820 LOT WIGGIN, b. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1799, d. Limerick 6 Aug 1852; he m. (2) Sally Adams. 435
ix CATHERINE MORRILL, b. 15 Apr 1803, d. Winslow 5 Feb 1831; m. Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1821 (VR) DAVID GARLAND, b. Hampton, NH 23 Aug 1794, son of Samuel and Molly (Batchelder) Garland, d. Winslow 22 Mar 1825.
x MARTHA/PATTY POOR, b. 5 May 1805, d. Bridgton 14 Jan 1832; m. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1826 (VR) Dr. NATHANIEL PEASE of Debnark, b. 31 Aug 1800, d. Bridgton 21 May 1866 (GS); he m. (2) Mary W. Willett.
xi CHARLES GRANDISON, b. 15 Feb 1807, d. Windham, ME 1864 (GS); m. (1) CLARISSA ANN BRADBURY, b. Parsonsfield 18 June 1807, daughter of (Dr.) James C. and Ann (Moulton) Bradbury, d. Windham 5 Dec 1850 (GS); m. (2) ALICE JANE WALKER of Portsmouth, NH, b. 6 Feb 1818, d. NH 9 May 1901. A graduate of Bowdoin College he studied medicine with Dr. James Bradbury and then practiced in Windham. An abolitionist after traveling in the South he wrote a paper in 1855 about his views of slavery.436
xii MIRANDA, b. 12 Apr 1809, d. Windsor 3 May 1884 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1831 DAVID GARLAND, b. Hampton, NH
432 Op. cit., p. 276.
433 Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 270.
434 “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, p. 153.
435 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 137.
436 Op. cit., pp. 144–5.
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23 Aug 1794, son of Samuel and Molly (Batchelder) Garland, d. Winslow 22 Mar 1825.
xiii SUKEY, b. 39 July 1811, d. Feb 1812.
xiv SUSANNAH, b. 15 Mar 1813, d. 23 June 1844.
xv JOSEPH ADDISON, b. 30 June 1815, d. Windham 8 June 1886 (GS); m. Windham 23 Oct 1866 (VR) MARY ELIZA GINN of Winterport, ME, b. 1841 (GS), d. Windham 1891 (GS). He was a medical doctor who studied at Bowdoin with his brother Charles.437
xvi FRANCES USHER, b. 14 July 1818, d. Windham 1883.
4 STEPHEN6, b. Exeter, NH 24 Apr 1766 (VR), son of Thomas and Anna (Poor) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 6 Sept 1836; m. Stratham 29 Nov 1787 ABIGAIL MOORE, b. Stratham 10 Mar 1767, daughter of Harvey and Mary (Wiggin) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1832. He served in the American Revolution apparently in Capt. Gage’s co. Children of Stephen and Abigail (Moore) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:438
7 i ENOCH7, b. 21 Mar 1789
ii ANN/NANCY, b. 26 Apr 1790, evidently d. Parsonsfield after the borth of her last child in 1826 m. Parsonsfield 9 Oct 1807 (iR) JOHN LOUGEE, JR., b. Parsonsfield 25 June 1784 (VR), son of John and Betsey (Smith) Lougee, d. Parsonsfield 25 May 1868
iii STEPHEN, b. 29 Aug 1791, d. 8 Oct 1796 (VR).
iv BETSEY MOORE, b. 27 Mar 1793, d. Newfield 6 June 1848; m. Newfield 8 Oct 1835 TIMOTHY SIMS, b. 10 Aug 1790, son of William and Mehitable (Moulton) Sims, d. Newfield 17 May 1865.
v ABIGAIL GILMAN, b. 7 Nov 1794, d. Parsonsfield 1830; m. 12 Oct 1812 ELIPHALET POWELL PARKS, son of Joseph and Lydia (Kennison) Parks, d. 8 Oct 1832.
vi MARY, b. 2 July 1796, d. Amesbury, MA 30 Mar 1881 (GS); m. CALEB BURBANK, b. Newfield 10 Sept 1802, son of David and Miriam (Dunnold) Burbank, d. Acton, ME 5 Oct 1870 (GS).439
vii STEPHEN, b. 4 Mar 1798, d. Woodstock, NB 1882; m. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1821 ELIZA HUNTRESS, b. Parsonsfield 20 Mar 1801 (VR), daughter of Joseph Chick and Mary (Chick) Huntress,440 d. 1866. The first five of their children were b. Newfield.
viii LOUISA, b. 10 Feb 1800, d. Griffin, GA 5 Oct 1847; m. Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1820 STEPHEN PIPER, b. Newfield 23 Mar 1788, son of Stephen and Mary (Ayers) Piper, d. probably GA 1847-50.441 Their children were b. Newfield.
437 Op. cit., p. 145.
438 “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, II:86.
439 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 72.
440 Op. cit., p. 524.
441 Op. cit., p. 540.
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ix HARVEY MOORE, b. 7 Feb 1802, “settled in GA;” m. 10 Jan 1826
ELIZA NYE. They lived in Bangor, ME ca 1830.
x JOHN USHER, b. 1 Nov 1807, d. Needham, MA 22 May 1874; m. (1) Andover, MA 11 Aug 1831 (VR) HARRIET HINKLEY NYE, b. Bangor, ME 1810, possible daughter of J. Joshua and Martha ( ) Nye, d. Madison, IN 12 Apr 1832; m. (2) Jefferson, IN 12 Jan 1832 (VR) ROSETTA E. HOBARD, d. Sept 1843; m. (3) Kennebunk 15 Dec 1844 ELIZA SAFFORD, b. ME 1813 (GS), daughter of William and Elizabeth (Knowlton) Safford, d. Kennebunk 6 Mat 1870 (GS).
A graduate of Bowdoin College [both A. B. and M. A.] he was a minister and missionary. He lived in Athens, GA, 1850, Barnstable, MA, 1855 and Bristol, ME, 1860.
5 THOMAS7, b. Effingham, NH 26 Apr 1779, son of Thomas, Jr. and Hannah (Foster) Parsons, d. Derby, VT 7 Apr 1884; m. 25 Aug 1799 ANNA LOUGEE, b. Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1780 (VR), daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Rand) Lougee, d. Burlington, IA 27 May 1860 (GS).
Children of Thomas and Anna (Lougee) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:442
i SAMUEL LOUGEE8, b. 8 Dec 1800 (VR), d. Burlington, IA 31 Jan 1860 (GS); m. MARY MANNING, b. Lemington, VT 10 Jan 1802, d. Burlington 9 Sept 1855 (GS).
ii THOMAS L., b. 19 Aug 1803 (VR) [1805, GS], d. Burlington, IA 24 Dec 1855 (GS); m. HANNAH BULLOCK, b. Royalston, MA 8 Jan 1800 (VR), daughter of Christopher and Mary ( ) Bulloch, d. Burlington 1 Feb 1877 (GS).
iii WEARE DRAKE, b. 21 May 1806 (VR), d. New York, NY 13 Nov 1865, buried Burlington. IA; m. (1) Limerick 27 Nov 1827 HANNAH BRADBURY LORD, b. Limerick 7 May 1804, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Bradbury) Lord,443 d. Rocheport NY 18 Dec 1839 (GS); m. (2) 5 Dec 1842 DORCAS HOPKINSON; she m. (2) James P. Brown.
iv ENOCH POOR, b. 30 Feb 1808 (VR), d. Broom Co., MO 12 Aug 1849.
v TAYLOR LOUGEE, b. 12 July 1810, d. Burlington, IA 14 July 1900 (GS); m. 1 Jan 1838 ABIGAIL BLAKE COPP, b. Georgeville, P. Q. 8 Aug 1817 (GS), daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Blake) Copp, d. Burlington 5 Feb 1905 (GS).
vi JOHN USHER, b. 22 Feb 1813, d. 22 Apr 1851; m. 15 June 1840 EMELINE W. PREWETT.
vii GEORGE WASHINGTON. b. 22 Sept 1817, d. New Orleans, LA 22 Sept 1841.
viii ADDISON, b. 15 Apr 1823 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 21 Apr 1826 (GS).
442 “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, p. 217.
443 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 89.
6 ENOCH POOR7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Apr 1781, son of Thomas, Jr. and Hannah (Foster) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1860; m. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1800 BETSEY BURNHAM, b. Lee, NH 5 Mar 1784 (VR), daughter of Paul and Sally (Weymouth) Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 2 Mar 1870.
Children of Enoch Poor and Betsey (Burnham) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ABIGAIL8, b. 18 Sept 1802, d. 1804.
ii SARAH, b. 5 Feb 1804, d. 1805.
8 iii ASA B., b. May 1806 (VR)
iv HANNAH FOSTER, b. Sept 1808 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 7 June 1873 GS); m. Parsonsfield 26 July 1837 (VR) DANIEL PIPER, b. Parsonsfield 1 July 1813 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 27 July 1891 (GS).
v NOAH, b. 30 May 1813, d. 1815.
vi JOSEPH, b. 11 Mar 1820, d. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1900 (VR).
7 ENOCH7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 21 Mar 1789, son of Stephen and Abigail (Moore) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 28 Dec 1864 (GS); m. (1) 22 Feb 1832 ELIZA F. MOODY, d. Parsonsfield 9 Oct 1833, aged 22-8 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1834 (VR)
LOUISA PAGE, b. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1806, daughter of John and Abigail (Hobbs) Page, d. Parsonsfield 21 May 1866 (GS).444 He lived in Somersworth, 1860.
Child of Enoch and Eliza F. (Moody) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:445 i ELIZA ABIGAIL8, b. 29 Apr 1833, d. Rochester, NH 25 Nov 1915 (VR).
Children of Enoch and Louisa (Page) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
ii LYDIA LOUISA, b. 22 Nov 1834, d. Rochester, NH 2 Sept 1919 (VR); m. 9 Feb 1850 SIMEON LOCKE HORNE, b. Rochester 2 Apr 1835 (GS), son of Benjamin and Martha Ann (Locke) Horne, d. Rochester 4 Dec 1904 (VR).
iii HOWARD FRANKLIN, b. 30 Apr 1836, d. Dover, NH 30 Nov 1909 (GS); m. SARAH ANN VARNEY, b. Rochester, NH 12 Nov 1830, daughter of George W. and Meriam (Hodgdon) Varney, d. Dover, NH 12 Dec 1916 (GS). A veteran of the Civil War he served in Co. F., 4th Regt. NH Vols.
iv MARY ESTHER, b. 2 Sept 1838, d. Chicago, IL 7 Dec 1906; m. Somersworth, NH 2 Dec 1861 (VR) ALBERT WILLEY, b. Wolfeboro, NH 14 Feb 1839, son of Isaac and Esther (Wyman) Willey, d. Chicago 28 Feb 1904 (GS).
v CLARISSA KELLEY, b. 21 Aug 1840, d. Woburn, MA 6 June 1871 (VR); m. Somersworth 19 July 1862 EDWARD WILLEY, b. NH ca 1839, son of Isaac and Esther (Wyman) Willey, d. Chicago 24 Apr 1880.
444 “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, II:207.
445 Ibid.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
vi SOLOMON BARNES GILBERT, b. 20 Sept 1842, d. Orange, MA 1927 (GS); m. Dover, NH 18 Apr 1864 (VR) EUGENIA BROWN, b. Great Falls, NH 1844, daughter of William P. and Hannah (Bartlett) Brown, d. Orange 17 Dec 1889 (VR).
vii FRANCIS OSGOOD IRISH, b. 9 Jan 1846, d. 12 Oct 1848.
viii ALZINA ANN, b. 27 May 1849, d. Chicago, IL 3 June 1900 (GS); m. Chicago 13 July 1876 FRANCIS HAROLD STEVENS, b. Belleville, ON, Canada July 1849, d. Chicago 20 May 1907 (GS).
8 ASA B.8, b. Parsonsfield May 1806 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 3 May 1878 (GS), buried Limerick; m. Parsonsfield 4 July 1832 LYDIA A. MORRILL, b. Berwick 19 Aug 1810 (GS), daughter of David Morrill, d. Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1897 (VR).
Children of Asa B. and Lydia A. (Merrill) Parsons, b. Parsonsfield, ME:446
i NOAH B.9, b. 15 Aug 1834, d. Virginia City, NV 10 Nov 1916.
ii ASA A., b. 13 Oct 1837, d. Council Bluffs, IA 25 Dec 1912, buried Omaha; m. 18 Oct 1860 ELLEN MORRISON BLAISDELL, b. Wolfeboro, NH 15 Jan 1842, daughter of Cyrus and Clarissa W. (Rowell) Blaisdell, d. IA 14 June 1935 (GS).
iii DAVID M., b 22 Aug 1840, d. Limerick 4 Mar 1906 (VR); m. ALMIRA B. PENDEXTER, b. Bridgton 22 Dec 1844 (VR), daughter of Henry and Nancy (Libby) Pendexter, d. Limerick 25 Mar 1925 (GS).
iv JOHN USHER, b. 29 July 1841, d. Limerick 22 Sept 1919 (VR).
v JOSEPH, b. 30 Jan 1843, d. 9 Jan 1857. He was a prominent businessman.
vi ANNIE E., b. 2 Dec 1846, d. 1932 (GS); m. JOHN PHILPOT EASTMAN, b. Limerick Mar 1842, son of Ezra and Mercy (Philpot) Eastman, d. Limerick 10 Nov 1910 (GS).
SAMUEL PEASE
1 SAMUEL4, (Nathaniel3, Samuel2, John1), b. Exeter, NH 14 Dec 1727 (VR), son of Nathaniel and Phebe (Sanborn) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 6 Jan 1805; m. Newmarket say 1748 DOROTHY/DOLLY CLARK, b. Newmarket ca 1729, d. Parsonsfield 1811, aged 88 (GS). He was a drum major in the American Revolution. He settled in town, 1779, and was a deacon in the church. His will, signed 10 June 1802 and probated 17 Jan 1805, named two sons and four daughters, one, Elizabeth, already deceased.447 Children of Samuel and Dolly (Clark) Pease, b. Newmarket, NH:448
i NATHANIEL5, b. 15 June 1749
ii MARY, b. 19 Oct 1750, d. Newmarket Feb 1828; m. BATCHELDER.
iii ELIZABETH, b. 16 May 1752, d. Newmarket Dec 1788; m. LOUGEE
446 “The Parsons Family,” North America, Family Histories, p. 419.
447 York Co. Probate 20:243.
448 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 392–3.; Family Search.
2 iv SAMUEL, b. 10 Mar 1754
v JOSEPH, b. 12 Nov 1755, d. Exeter, ME 1826; m. Parsonsfield 1778
ANN DOLLY CLARK, b. Epping 1 ug 1762, d. Exeter 22 Dept 1820. He settled in Parsonsfield for a short time before re-settling in Exeter, vi LUCY, b. 24 Oct 1757, d. Parsonsfield 23 Mar 1827 (GS); m. JAMES MORRISON, b. 1743, d. Parsonsfield 18 July 1839, aged 86 (GS).
vii DOROTHY, b. 25 Sept 1759, d. Danville, VT 22 May 1843; m. Portsmouth, NH 1782 THEOPHILUS DREW, b. Madbury, NH 1750, son of David and Love (Clark) Drew, d. Gilmanton, NH 1802.
viii ASA, b. 15 June 1762, d. Newmarket 1762.
2 SAMUEL5, b. Newmarket, NH 10 Mar 1754, son Samuel and Dolly (Clark) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 10 Sept 1831 (GS) or 7 Sept 1834; m. Newmarket, NH 21 Aug 1780 VR)
COMFORT MARSTON, b. Hampton, NH 22 Mar 1757, daughter of John and Comfort (Green) Marston,449 d. Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1824 (GS). Rev. War. He acquired land in Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1777, purchasing his land from Thomas Parsons and settling in town, Nov 1779.
Children of Samuel and Comfort (Marston) Pease, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i COMFORT6, b. Aug 1781, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1840; m. Parsonsfield 27 Jan 1803 (VR) PAUL BURNHAM b. Epping, NH 5 Feb 1760, son of Thomas Burnham, d. Parsonsfield 2 June 1732 (GS).
ii NANCY, b. 10 July 1784, d. Sandusky, OH Feb 1840; m. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1809 (VR) JEREMIAH TUCK, b. Hampton, NH 19 Jan 1782, son of John and Elizabeth (Cate) Tuck., d. Sandusky 13 Mar 1845.
3 iii JOHN MARST0N, b. Mar 1786
iv SALLY, b. June 1788, d. Limerick 21 Mar 1866; m. P2 Feb 1809 (VR) Parsonsfield ELISHA AYERS, b. Saco ca 1776, bap.13 July 177, son of Elisha and Mary (McLellan) Ayers, d. Limerick 21 Apr 1851.450
v ASA, b. June 1791, d. 10 Feb 1806; m. 23 Nov 1791 SARAH/SALLY PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 27 June 1775, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Poor) Parsons, d. 20 Dec 1856; she m. (2) John Leavitt of Effingham, NH. Asa was “a ready wit, poet and a comic actor.”
vi PHILENIA, b. 8 May 1794, d. Newfield 1 Jan 1882 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1811 (VR) SAMUEL STONE, b. Newfield 19 Mar 1790, son of Levi and Elizabeth (Wilbur) Stone, d Newfield 18 May 1879 (GS).451
3 JOHN MARST0N6, b. Parsonsfield Mar 1786, son of Samuel and Comfort (Marston) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1853 (VR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 24 July 1811 (VR) SALLY WIGGIN, b. NH 13 Mar 1789, daughter of Nathan H. and Olive (Weymouth)
449 History of Hampton, NH. P. 846.
450 Early Families of Newfield, Maine. p. 15.
451 Op. cit., p. 628.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Wiggin, d. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1825 (GS); m. (2) (int.) Paraonsfield (13 Aug 1827 (VR) HANNAH MASON of Newfield. He was called Capt. Children of John Marston and Sally (Wiggin) Pease, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARY ANN7 , b. 4 Oct 1811 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 1 May 1899; m. Parsonsfield 21 May 1831 GEORGE B. HASTY, b. Limington 5 Jan 1910, son of Robert and Mary (Boody) Hasty, d. Parsonsfield 1800.
ii SALLY, b 30 July 1813 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 5 Oct 1888; m. Parsonsfield 1 Dec 1831 SAMUEL B. BURBANK, b. Scarboro 31 May 1802, d. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1863.
iii OLIVE, b. 16 Apr 1816, d. Parsonsfield 30 July 1863; m. Parsonsfield 27 May 1840 HARRISON GRAY OTIS SMITH, b. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1812, d. Jersey City, New Jersey 12 Jan 1906.
iv LOVINA, b. 16 June 1818, d. Parsonsfield 27 July 1833.
v ALMIRA, b. 27 Nov 1820, d. Lake View, IL 7 July 1885 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1841 (VR) BENJAMIN HARRISON CHAPMAN, b. ME ca 1817, lived in Jacksonsville, IL, 1870, aged 52 (USC).
vi JOHN MARSTON, JR., b. 28 Mar 1823, d. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1844.
ZEBULON PEASE
1 ZEBULON5 (Nathaniel4-3, Samuel2, John1), b. Newmarket, NH 16 Jan 1761 (VR), son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Page) Pease, d. p 31 Dec 1837; m. MARY BURLEIGH, b. Newmarket 21 Mar 1756 (VPR), daughter of Andrew and Martha (Bennett) Burleigh, d. Parsonsfield 10 May 1831. He was in the Revolutionary War serving in Capt. Robert Pike’s Co., Lt. Col. Joseph Sentor’s NH Regt., enlisting 2 July 1777. He settled in town 1783 or 1784 and received a veteran’s pension 1831.
Children of Zebulon and Mary (Burleigh) Pease, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
2 i NATHANIEL6, b 25 Nov 1786
ii ANDREW, b. 13 May 1788
iii ELIZABETH/BETSEY, b, 24 Sept 1791
iv MARTHA, b. 2o Jan 1794
v ZEBULON, JR., b. 21 Sepr 1795, d. Conway, NH 23 Mar 1863 (GS; m. MARY JANE PEASE, b. Newmarket, NH 16 May 1796 (GS), daughter of Joseph Pease, d. Freedom, NH 16 June 1868 (VR). He was a State Senator in NH.
2 NATHANIEL7, b Parsonsfield, ME 25 Nov 1786 (VR), son of Zebulon and Mary ( ) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1863; m. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1816 OLIVE TOWNE, 452 b. Arundel/Kennebunkport 19 Oct 1793, daughter of Amos and Mary (Littlefield) Towne, lived in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 56 (USC).
Children of Nathaniel and Olive (Towne) Pease, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
452 Op. cit., p. 262.
Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 171
i SOPHIA8, b. 16 Oct 1816 (VR), d. Bangor 12 Oct 1866 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1844 (VR) AMASA ALLEN of Lee, NH, b. 26 June 1810, son of Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen, d. Bangor 24 May 1884 (GS).
ii MARY JANE, b. 7 Sept 1818, d. Parsonsfield 10 June 1885; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1839 (VR) AMASA GARLAND DOE, b. Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1808 (GS), son of Jeremy and Sarah (Garland) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1882 (GS).
iii USHER PARSONS, b. 29 Jan 1820 (VR), d. Boston, MA 27 July 1901 (VR); m. 1845 JULIETTE WILLIAMS, b. ca 1821, daughter of Amos and Mary (Mitchell) Williams, d. Boston 27 Feb 1896 (VR).
iv CLARISSA/CLARA TOWNE, b. 31 Aug 1821 (VR), d. Cambridge, MA 4 Dec 1913 (VR); m. URIAH BUTLAND, b. Pittston, ME 1 July 1822, son of Daniel C. and Eliza (Marson) Butland, d. Cambridge 3 May 1899 (GS).
v BURLEIGH, b. 13 Aug 1823 (VR), d. Bangor 10 Mar 1899 (GS); m. 19 Nov 1855 NARCISSA PEASE, b. Freedom, NH 9 July 1824 (GS), daughter of Zebulon, Jr. and Mary Jane (Pease) Pease, d. Bangor 2 Nov 1905 (VR). A graduate of Colby College (1851) he became a lawyer but then returned to teaching which he did in the Bangor Schools for many years.
vi LORENZO D., b. 15 Jan 1825 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 7 Mar 1905 GS); m. 1862 HANNAH GILPATRICK, b. Limerick 31 Aug 1830 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Chadbourne) Gilpatrick, d. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1904 (GS).
vii ELIZABETH/LIZZIE W., b. 9 Nov 1826 (VR), lived in Havergill, 1894; m. 1866 EDWARD GORDON, b. Amesbury, MA 27 July 1823, son of Moses and Rhoda ( ) Gordon, d. Haverhill, MA .
viii ROXANNA/ROXY S, b. 27 Mar 1828, d. Springfield, IL 28 May 1906 (VR); m. Sangamon, IL 20 Jan 1856 (VR) HIRAM C. WALKER, b. Worcester, MA Feb 1818, d. Long Beach, CA 15 Oct 1905 (GS).
ix JOHN ALVANA, b. 17 Nov 1829, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1906; m. (1) SARAH RIGGS SHEA, b. Bath, ME 17 Apr 1930, daughter of Joseph Shea, d. Parsonsfield 29 May 1872; m. (2) Boston, MA 9 Apr 1876 (VR) OLIVE (FROST) HALE, b. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1833 (GS), daughter of William and Maria (Towne) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1908 (VR).
x LAVINIA P., b. 4 July 1832, d. Cambridge, MA 12 Aug 1891 (VR).
xi MARTHA MARIA, b. 7 Jan 1837, d. Cambridge, MA 17 Nov 1908 (VR); m. Boson, MA 30 Nov 1871 (VR) WILLIAM HAWKES LACKEY, b. Marblehead, MA 28 Oct 1817 (VR), son of Andrew and Mary (Hawkes) Lackey, d. Cambridge 8 Nov 1906 (VR).
xii BRADBURY N., b. 4 June 1841, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1843.
4 ANDREW7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 May 1788 son of Zebulon and Mary (Burleigh) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1851 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 1 Aug 1917 (VR) ANNA MARSTON; m. (2) Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1819 (VR) LAVINIA LOUISE PERKINS , b. Wells 24 Aug 1804 (PVR), daughter of James and Deborah (Trafton) Perkins, d. Bangor 8 Nov 1886 (GS).
Children of Andrew and Lavinia Louise (Perkins) Pease, first two b. Parsonsfield, ME: i SIMEON8, b. 24 June 1820 (VR), d. Bangor 23 June 1890 (GS).
ii CALVIN, b. 26 Apr 1822 (VR), d. Bangor 14 Oct 1846 (GS).
iii ANNETTE, b. Eaton, NH 16 Jan 1828, d. Bangor 14 June 1891 (GS).
iv JENNIE MARY, b. Parsonsfield 7 July 1836, d. Bangor 28 Sept 1886.
v ADELAIDE, b. NH 18 July 1841, lived in Bangor, 1860, aged 18 (USC).
ELISHA PERKINS
1 ELISHA6 (Elisha5 , Jacob4-2, John1), b. Wells, ME 17 Nov 1771, son of Elisha and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Perkins, d. Parsonsfield 1850; m. (1) Berwick 15 Dec 1796 (VR) ABI-
GAIL STAPLE; m. (2) New Durham, NH 16 Nov 1800 (VR) TAMSON WILLIAMS, b. NH 1775, d. Parsonsfield 1850.
Children of Elisha and Tamson (Williams) Perkins, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first (VR):
2 i GEORGE7, b Wells 18 Oct 1803
ii CORDELLA, b. 19 Aug 1808 (GS), d. Bridgton ME 3 Oct 1850 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1834 (VR) SEWALL HANCOCK RAND of Porter, b. Buxton 18 Feb 1810, d. Brownfield, ME 3 Apr 1881 (GS)
3 iii JOHN D., b. 10 Aug 1813
2 GEORGE7, b Wells. ME 18 Oct 1803 (PVR), son of Elisha and Tamson (Williams) Perkins, d. Norwich, CT 13 Oct 1874; m. Parsonsfield 8 June 1828 (VR) JOANNA THOMPSON, b. Parsonsfield 4 July 1807.
Child of George and Joanna Thompson) Perkins, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i MARY JANE8 , b. Aug 1830, d. Limerick 23 Oct 1902; JAMES FRANK TOWLE, b. p 1831, d. p 1822.
3 JOHN D.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 10 Aug 1813, son of Elisha and Tamson (Williams) Perkins, d. p 16 June 1877, aged 63-9 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1838 (VR)
JULIA ANN EMERY of Dover, NH; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1847 (VR) LYDIA H. PAGE, b. ca May 1811 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1876, aged 64-5 (GS). Mary Page, 43, [b. NH 1827] was in their 1870 household.
Child of John D. and Julia Ann (Emery) Perkins, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i GEORGE E.8, b. Jan 1843, lived in Parsonsfield, 1920, aged 76 (USC); m. Manchester, NH 20 Jan 1867 (VR) ABBIE JANE ROBINSON, b. Londonderry, NH 8 Feb 1850, daughter of William E. and Sarah (Abbott) Robinson, d. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1904 (VFR).
JAMES T. PERKINS
JAMES T.6 (Josiah5, Jacob4-2, John1), b. Wells, ME 1775, son of Josiah and Susan (Allen) Perkins, d. 25 Feb 1849; m. DEBORAH TRAFTON, b. ME 21 Oct 1781, daughter of Tobias and Tabitha (Littlefield) Trafton, d. ME ca 1840
Children of James T. and Deborah (Trafton) Perkins, b. Parsonsfield, ME except first (VR):
i LAVINIA LOUISE7, b. 24 Aug 1800, d. Bangor 8 Nov 1886 (GS); Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1819 (VR) ANDREW PEASE, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 May 1788 son of Zebulon and Mary (Burleigh) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1851 (GS).
ii ELIZA, b. 16 July 1802, d. Parsonsfield Nov 1879 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1829 (VR) NATHANIEL PERRY, b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 June 1800, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Perry) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1879.
iii THEODORE W., b. 30 Dec 1804, lived in Westbrook, 1870, aged 70 (USC); m. (cert,) Parsonsfield, 10 Apr 1832 (VR) CATHERINE DAY, b. Cornish 16 Aug 1813, lived in Westbrook, 1870, aged 57 (USC).
iv CALVIN, b. 28 Apr 1807, d. Athens. ME 16 Mar 1880 (GS) BETSEY CORSON, b. Brighton, ME 16 May 1817, daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Libby) Corson, d. Solon, ME 26 Sept 1896.
v MARY, b. 15 Apr 1810, d. Freedom, NH 20 Dec 1896 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield PETER W. MESERVE of Freedom, NH, b. Scarboro 26 May 1812, son of Nathaniel and Mary Jane (Ware) Meserve, d. Boston, MA 3 Pct 1863 (VR).
vi TOBIAS, b. 6 Aug 1812, lived in Bangor, 1880, aged 67 (USC); m. JULIA ATWOOD, b. Bucksport, ME ca 1817 lived in Bangor, 1880, aged 63 (USC).
vii JOANNA, b, 7 Aug 1814, d. probably before 1850; m. IVORY WEBBER, b. (probably Limerick} 1813, son of Stephen and Sally (Rumery) Webber, d. IL 18 Mar 1879. Ivory Webber lived in Orrington, ME, 1880, single.
viii JANE M., b. 12 July 1816, d. Effingham, NH 5 Sept 1869 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 28 Jan 1838 (VR) ALVAH L. HOBBS, b. Parsonsfield 1812, son of David Leavitt and Judith (Jenness) Hobbs, d. Effingham 31 Jan 1894 (VR).
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
PERRY
1 SAMUEL, b. Scarboro, ME 9 July 1762 (PVR), son of James and Annie (Holmes) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 29 Aug 1840 (GS); m. 17 Nov 1787 MEHITABLE PERRY, b. Alfred/Sanford 28 July 1769 (PVR), daughter of Benjamin and Susanna (Potter) Perry,453 d. Parsonsfield 27 July 1860.454 Samuel came to Parsonsfield in 1793. Children of Samuel and Mehitable (Perry) Perry, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):455
i SUSANNA, b. Cornish 27 June 1789, d. 6 June 1805.
ii MARTHA/PATTY, b. Cornish 22 June 1792, d. Limerick 28 Nov 1873; m. Parsonsfield 21 Apr 1818 (VR) ANDREW PHILPOTT, b. Limerick 31 Oct 1790, son of Moses and Deborah (Randall) Philpot, d. (drowned) Limerick 15 Dec 1857.456
iii MEHITABLE, b. Cornish 27 Aug 1793, d. 21 Dec 1861; m. (1) Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1814 (VR) IVORY MORRISON, b. Limerick, son of Samuel and Margaret (Webber) Morrison; m. (2) Limerick 12 Dec 1834 JAMES WORMWOOD of Cornish.457
iv HANNAH, b. 1 July 1797, d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1818; m. JOHN FENDERSON, JR., b. 18 Aug 1791, son of John and Sarah (Kenney) Fenderson, settled in E. Machias, ME.
2 v NATHANIEL, b. 3 June 1800
vi SAMUEL, JR. , b. 22 Mar 1803, d. Limerick 6 Sept 1884 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield MARY BARKER, b. Limerick 13 July 1803, daughter of Ezra and Betsey (Seavey) Barker, d. Limerick 15 Apr 1848 (GS);458 m. (2) PHEBE ( ) DAVIS, b. ca 1817, lived in Limerick, 1880, aged 63 (USC).
vii SUSANNA/SUSAN P., b. 20 Apr 1806, d. 31 Aug 1860; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1834 (VR) WILLIAM FERNALD PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1810 (VR), son of Archelaus and Sally (Fernald) Pray, d. before 1850.
viii ASENATH, b. 4 Sept 1808, d. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1875.
ix MARY B., b. 12 June 1812, d. Limerick 1 Dec 1886 (VR); m. (cerT.) Parsonsfield 11 June 1835 (VR) ELKANAH SWETT, b. Belmont, NH 4 Mar 1807, son of Stephen and Lois (Sanborn) Swett, d. Freedom 30 Sept 1855 (GS).
3 x DAVID P. , b. 27 May 1815
453 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 351.
454 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 393.
455 Ibid.
456 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 112.
457 Op. cit., p. 104.
458 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 26.
2 NATHANIEL, b. Parsonsfield, ME 3 June 1800, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Perry) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 5 Sept 1879; m. Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1829 (VR) ELIZA PERKINS, b. Parsonsfield 16 July 1802 (VR), daughter of James and Deborah (Trafton) Perkins, d. Nov 1879 (GS).
Children of Nathaniel and Eliza (Perkins) Perry, b. Parsonsfield, ME:459
i SUSAN E., b. Aug 1830, d. Limerick 30 June 1913 (VR); m. AMOS WORMWOOD, b. Cornish 23 Oct 1821, son of James and Mehitable (Gerry) Wormwood, d. Limerick 13 Apr 1896 (GS).
ii MARY JANE, b. 14 Apr 1833 (GS), d. Dover, NH 10 Aug 1912 (VR); m. (1) EDMUND GRANT, b. ME Jan 1829, lived in Berwick, ME, 1900, aged 71 (USC), div. after 1870; m. (2) Taunton, MA 4 Apr 1898 (VR) ELISHA D. MORSE, b. Charlestown, MA ca 1831, son of Daniel and Jane (West/Cox) Morse, d. Dartmouth, MA 25 July 1899 (VR).
iii AMANDA M., b. ca 1834, d. Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1836, aged 2 (GS).
iv AMANDA MEHITABLE, b, 1836, d. Freedom, NH 1 June 1894 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1852 (VR) JAMES G. WORMWOOD, b. Cornish 4 Dec 1827 (GS), son of James and Mehitable (Gerry) Wormwood, d. Freedom 1876 (GS).
v LAVINA, b. 29 July 1839 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 9 Sept 1840, aged 13 mos., 11 days. (GS).
vi HANNAH M., b. ca 1841, d. Calais, VT 29 Sept 1876 (VR); m. Freedom, NH 5 Mar 1861 (VR) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN RIDEOUT, b, Plymouth, NH 23 Dec 1837, son of Willard and Irena (Penniman) Rideout, d. Montpelier, VT 13 Mar 1901.
vii ELMIRA, b. 1843 (GS), d. Dover, NH 31 Oct 1924 (VR); m. Dover 5 Apr 1894 (VR) DARIUS FOSS, b. Dover 29 Feb 1829 (GS), son of Ephraim Blake and Polly (Grant) Foss, d. Dover 29 Apr 1898 (GS). He was a merchant tailor and she a tailoress at the time of their marriage.
viii ELIZA, b. 1846, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1860, aged 14 (USC).
3 DAVID P. , b. Parsonsfield, ME 27 May 1815, son of Samuel and Mehitable (Perry) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 12 Apr 1895 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Aug 1841 (VR) ELIZA W. WORMWOOD, b. Cornish 10 Oct 1815 (GS), daughter of James and Mehitable (Gerry) Wormwood, d. Parsonsfield 21 Jan 1900.
Children of David P. and Eliza W. (Wormwood) Perry, b. Parsonsfield, ME:460
i SAMUEL F., b. 13 Mar 1842, d. Parsonsfield 19 July 1921 (GS); m. (1) MARIA J. BRACKETT, b. 2 June 1853, daughter of Nathaniel and Pamelia (Foss) Brackett, d. Parsonsfield 22 July 1873 (GS); m. (2) DORCAS A. STONE, b. Saco 27 Feb 1850 (GS), daughter of Samuel M. and Abigail ( ) Stone, d. Madison, NH 27 Feb 1931 (VR).
459 History of Parsonsfield, Maine, p. 393
460 Ibid.
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ii DAVID B., b. 18 Mar 1844, lived in E. Providence, RI, 1910, aged 66 (USC); m. Cornish 2 Nov 1867 MIRANDA JANE PUGSLEY, b. Limerick 1842, daughter of Forest and Lucy ( ) Pugsley, lived in E. Providence, RI, 1910. Aged 68 (USC).
iii JAMES W., b. 1 Apr 1852, d. Cornish 5 Dec 1911 (VR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 4 Nov 1875 (VR) CLARA A. BROOKS, b. Eaton, NH 6 June 1852 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Palmer) Brooks, d. Cornish 3 Feb 1880 (GS); m. (2) Limerick 30 Nov 1882 (VR) MARY ELLA GARLAND, b. Parsonsfield 26 Dec 1863, daughter of George Martin and Caroline (Seavey) Garland, d. Cornish 16 Sept 1927 (VR). He was a minister.
iv ELIZA/LIZZIE ETTA, b. 15 Oct 1859, d. Cornish 10 June 1835 (GS); m. (1) CHARLES D. ELLIOT; m. (2) Cornish 5 Sept 1888 (VR)
LORENZO DAY, b. 7 Feb 1864 (GS), son of Lorenzo Dow and May Jane (Kelley) Day, d. Cornish 30 May 1938 (GS).
DANIEL PHILBRICK
DANIEL, b. NH ca Apr 1767 (from age at death), d. Cornish 23 Feb 1837, aged 69-10 (GS); m. Exeter, NH 19 Dec 1790 (VR) SUSANNAH CARLY, b. ca May 1768 (from age at death), d. Cornish 11 Oct 1852, aged 84-5 (GS). He [Daniel Philbrook] was of Exeter, NH, 9 Apr 1789, when he purchased his land in Parsonsfield from Benjamin Hilton, settling near the Middle Road Village in 1790.461
Children of Daniel and Susannah (Carly) Philbrick, b Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i SUSANNA/SUSAN, b. 8 Apr 1792, lived in Cornish, 1869, aged 66 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1823 (VR) CHARLES STACKPOLE, probably b. Lebanon, ME 13 Jan 1796, son of Edmund and Lydia (Hardison) Stackpole, d. Cornish 22 Mar 1855.
ii ELIZABETH, b. 30 July 1794, no further record.
iii ABIGAIL, b. 13 Aug 1799, d. Providence, RI 23 Nov 1887 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 17 Dec 1828 NATHANIEL KNIGHT, JR., b. Waterboro ca 1804-5, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Clough) Knight, d. Providence 30 Nov 1863 VR).462
iv CAROLINE, b. 3 July 1801, d. Cornish 5 Mar 1888; m. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1823 (VR) SAMUEL C. KNIGHT of Dover, NH, b. Waterboro ca 1799, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Clough) Knight, d. Cornish 30 Set 1873 (GS).463
461 York Co. deeds, 21:247.
462 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, pp. 292–3.
463 Ibid.
JONATHON PHILBRICK
JONATHON, b. ME 1794, d. Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1831 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 11 June 1818 (VR NANCY ALLEN, b. p 26 Feb 1800 (VR), daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen, d. p 9 Nov 1858 (CS). There was a Jonathon Philbrick in “Parsons Town,” 26 Feb 1778, who purchased land in Buxton from Peter Ayer of Buxton.464 Children of Jonathon and Nancy (Allen) Philbrick, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR)
i MEHITABLE, b. 17 Nov 1818, aged 33 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 9 Aug 1837 (VR) AARON C. HODSDON of Orono, ME, probably d. before 1850.
ii PETER, b. 24 Mat 1821, d. same day.
iii IRA ALLEN, b. 21 Oct 1825, d. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1877 (GS); m. (1) HARRIET E. (MUDGETT) KENNISON, b. Parsonsfield 4 Oct 1832, daughter of David and Salome (Merrill) Mudgett, d. Cornish 2 May 1912 (VR); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 13 May 1861 (VR) LUCY JANE (RICKER) NEAL , b. Parsonsfield 19 Sept 1825, daughter of Dominicus and Susanna (Perkins) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 26 Dec 1861.
PIPER
1 ELISHA5 (Samuel4-3, Nathaniel2-1), b. Stratham, NH 17 June 1746, son of Samuel and Jane (Cate) Piper, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1836 (GS); m. (1) NH 1766 SARAH BARKER, b. Stratham 1746, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Rundlet) Barker, d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1798 (GS); m. (2) OLIVE DYER, b. Biddeford 123 Mar 1757, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth ( ) Dyer, d. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1808 (GS); m. (3) Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1808 (VR) ROSANNAH DYER, b. Biddeford 15 July 1767, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth ( ) Dyer, d. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1839. Elisha’s will, signed 3 Oct 1831 and probated 3 Oct 1836, named his wife, Rosanna, sons Jonathon and Elisha, the principal heirs; sons Daniel and David; the heirs of Benjamin, Susan Remick, Elisha, Jr., Mary Maffet; and daughters Jane Bradbury and Betsey Felch.465 Children of Elisha and Sarah (Barker) Piper, first three, b. Stratham, NH, next three in Wakefield, NH, the remaining in Parsonsfield, ME:466
i SUSANNA/SUKEY6 , b. Stratham, MH 15 Feb 1767 Kittery 1764, d. Parsonsfield ca 1781; m. Kittery 30 Aug 1788 JAMES REMICK, b., d. Parsonsfield 1822; he m. (2) Anna Haynes.
2 ii BENJAMIN, b. Stratham, NH 19 Aug 1769
iii DAVID, b. Stratham, NH 23 Dec 1771, d. Amelia, OH 10 Dec 1861; m. Parsonsfield 23 May 1793 Parsonsfield (VR) NANCY CHEVERS, b. Salem, MA 16 Sept 1776, d. Amelia 17 Sept 1852. A ship-builder,
464 York Co. deeds, 50:87.
465 York Co. Probate 47:291.
466 Genealogy of Elisha Piper of Parsonsfield, Maine, pp. 24+; History of Parsonsfield, p. 394.
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brick-maker and farmer he settled in Hampden, ME shortly after his marriage. In 1814 following a British attack on Hampden he was captured and taken as prisoner to Castine. Following business failure he went west in 1817, first to New Richmond, OH.
iv SARAH, b. Wakefield, NH 17 Mar 1774, d. Limerick 28 Feb 1808; m. DANIEL FELCH, b. Limerick 26 Sept 1771, son of Abijah and Lydia (Clark) Felch, d. Limerick 3 Oct 1806.
v DANIEL, b. Wakefield, NH 4 Mar 1776, d. Newburgh, ME 24 Aug 1842; m. Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1799 (VR) HANNAH/NANCY F. PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 7 May 1783, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Drake) Parsons, d. Monroe, ME Oct 1865.
vi MARY, b. Wakefield, NH 14 Apr 1778, d. Butler OH 1822; m. JOSEPH MAFFET, b. Wakefield, NH 4 Sept 1771, son of Aquilla Maffet, d. Scales Mount, IL 10 Feb 1850.
vii ELISHA, b. 1 May 1781, d. Newburgh, ME Oct 1812 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 23 Nov 1799 (VR) BETSEY MIGHELS b. Parsonsfield 10 May 1791 (VR), daughter of Moses and Betsey (Page) Mighels, d. Newburgh 15 Aug 1864 (GS).
viii JANE, b. 1 May 1783, d. Limerick 2 Oct 1863 (GS); m. 30 June 1803 JACOB BRADBURY, b. Biddeford 7 Jan 1769, d. Limerick 4 May 1837 (GS).
ix BETSEY, b. 11 Apr 1783, d. Gorham 3 Oct 1841 (GS); m. ISAAC FELCH, b. Limerick 7 May 1782, son of Abijah and Lydia (Clark) Felch, d. Gorham 14 June 1841 (GS).
3 x JONATHON, 30 Dec 1788
2 BENJAMIN6, b. Stratham, NH 19 Aug 1769, son of Elisha and Sarah (Barker) Piper, d. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1803; m. HANNAH HODGDON, b. Limerick 1770, daughter of John and Maty (McKenney) Hodgdon, d. Limerick 25 June 1845 (GS).467 Children of Benjamin and Hannah (Hodgdon) Piper, b. Parsonsfield, ME:468
i ELISHA7, b. 22 Jan 1796, d. Parsonsfield 19 July 1825 (YMR) SALLY FOSTER, b. Parsonsfield 21 Aug 1812, daughter of John and Mary (Hancock) Foster, d. Newfield 24 Dec 1869.
ii SALLY, b. Sept 1797, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1835 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 7 June 1812 (VR) ISAAC MOORE, b. 28 Apr 1788, son John and Anna (Milliken) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 6 May 1841 (GS).
iii MARY/POLLY, b. 2 Dec 1800, d. Gorham 20 Mar 1882; m. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1818 (VR) GIDEON BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1796, son of George and Sally (Gilman) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1873.
iv BENJAMIN, JR., b. 29 Mar 1802, d. Newfield 23 Dec 1881; m. (1) 23 Apr 1829 NANCY SARGENT, b. 9 Nov 1808, d. 24 Jan 1872; m. (2)
467 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 76.
468 Genealogy of Elisha Piper of Parsonsfield, Maine, pp. 24+; History of Parsonsfield, p. 395.
Saco 28 Oct 1872 MERCY (LANG) SMITH, b. Effingham, NH 24 Feb 1805, daughter of John and Mary (Drake) Lang and widow of David Smith of Buxton, d. Buxton 7 Aug 1895.469
3 JONATHON6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 30 Dec 1788, son of Elisha and Sarah (Barker) Piper, d. Parsonsfield 11 July 1873 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1810 (VR) MARY/ POLLY BURBANK, b. Scarboro 6 Aug 1788, daughter of Silas and Hannah (Baird) Burbank, d. Parsonsfield 11 July 1873 (GS).
Children of Jonathon and Mary (Burbank) Piper, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i HORACE7, b. 30 Dec 1811 (VR, d. Washington, DC 16 Oct 1895 (GS), buried Biddeford; m. JOSEPHINE BENNETT LORD, b. 16 July 1816 (GS), daughter of Richard and Lydia (Bennett) Lord, d. Biddeford 5 Aug 1867 (GS).
ii IRVING, b. 29 Nov 1813 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 14 May 1881 (GS); m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 16 Oct 1840 (VR) MARY J. EMERY, b. Buxton 1 Apr 1818, daughter of William and Lucy (Covel) Emery, d. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1847; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 19 Dec 1848 (VR) ELIZABETH CHASE, b. Parsonsfield 15 June 1822, daughter of Edmund and Betsey (Day) Chase, d. Poland, ME 2 Sept 1882 (GS), buried Parsonsfield.
iii CATHERINE REDMAN, b. 23 Dec 1815, d. Effingham, NH 5 Nov 1901 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 3 Oct 187 (VR) ABRAHAM FOGG MARSTON, b. Effingham 5 Oct 1819, son of John Leavitt and Elizabeth (Fogg) Marston, d. Effingham 4 Dec 1887 (GS).
iv OSBORNE B., b. 25 Jan 1819, d. Parsonsfield 20 May 1873 (GS).
ARCHELAUS PRAY
1 ARCHELAUS5 (Stephen4 , John3, Joseph2, John1), b, Berwick, ME 17 Aug 1769 (PVR), son of Stephen and Meribah (Guptil) Pray, lived in Tamworth, NH,1850, aged 80 (USC); m. “of Berwick” Kittery 18 Jan 1797 (VR) SALLY FERNALD, b. Kittery 12 Feb 1774 (PVR), daughter of William and Abigail (Dennett) Fernald, lived in Tamworth, NH, 1850, aged 75 (USC), Children of Archelaus and Sally (Fernald) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i ABIGAIL/NABBY W.6 , b. 19 July 1797, d. Limerick 28 Jan 1887 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1825 (VR) SIMEON WALKER, b. Limerick May 1795, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Burnham) Walker, d. Limerick 4 Dec 1864 (GS).470
ii IRA, b. 4 July 1799 or 5 Nov 1800 (VR), f. Sandwich, NH 7 Aug 1872; probably m. Parsonsfield 18 June 1829 (VR) NANCY PAINE KEZAR,
469 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 545, which includes his children.
470 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 133.
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b. 20 Apr 1807, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (White) Kezar, d. Sandwich, NH 10 Nov 1884 (GS); she m. (2) Parker Beede.
iii SALLY, b. 29 Dec 1801, d. 12 Sept 1876; m. 30 June 1825 ABRAHAM PRAY LIBBY, b. Berwick 26 Jan 1802, son of Daniel and Experience (Pray) Libby, d. Lebanon 17 June 1881 (VR).
iv AURELIA, b. 14 May 1804, d. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1883 (GS) (cert.) Parsonsfield 28 July 1833 (VR) HENRY MERRILL, b. Parsonsfield 16 July 1791 (VR), son of Stephen and Nancy (Bailey) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1883 (GS).
v ADELINE, b. 20 Oct 1807, d. Parsonsfield 11 Mar 1893; m. Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1836 (VR) HENRY MERRILL, JR., b. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1802, son of Henry and Salome (Kinsman) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 16 Feb 1873 (GS).
2 vi WILLIAM FERNALD, b. 7 Feb 1810
vii ABRAM, b. 12 Sept 1812, no further record. viii JOHN, b. 23 Sept 1815, no further record.
2 WILLIAM FERNALD6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 7 Feb 1810, son of Archelaus and Sally (Fernald) Pray; m. Parsonsfield 7 Sept 1834 (VR) SUSAN PERRY, b. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1806, daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (Perry) Perry, d. 31 Aug 1860. William F. Fernald lost his property in suits that were brought against him for lack of payment, 13 Feb 1838.471
Children of William Fernald and Susan (Perry) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SUSAN MARCIA7, b. 25 Feb 1835 (GS), d. Parsonsfield Mar 1886 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Aug 1861 (VR) ALBION P. WEEKS, b. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1827, son of Mathias and Susannah (Day) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1890 (GS).
ii HANNAH F., b. ca Oct 1835 (from age at death), d. Limerick 22 Apr 1866, aged 29-6 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 3 Oct 1857 (VR) IRVING NASON, b. Limerick Mar 1836, son of Daniel and Roosanna (Haley) Nason, d. Limerick 9 Jan 1918 (GS).
iii BENJAMIN R., b. Oct 1838, d. Tewksbury, MA 11 Jan 1912; m. (1) Boston, MA 7 Apr 1865 (VR) HANNAH H. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 1842, daughter of Samuel and Anne (Towle) Moulton, d. 1869 (GS); m. (2) Freedom, NH 10 Jan 1872 (VR) ELIZABETH B. HAMMOND, b. Cornish 18 Dec 1843, d. Parsonsfield 24 Feb 1925 (GS).
iv WILLIAM OSBORN, b. Sept 1844, d. Dorchester, MA 27 Jan 1917, buried Limerick (GS); m. 1875 EMMA SUSAN BOYNTON, b. Cornish 1850, daughter of Charles and Jane W. (Jack) Boynton, d. Boston, MA 1929. He served in the Civil War in E Co., 2nd ME Cavalry.
471 York Co. deeds, 161:89.
TOBIAS PRAY
1 TOBIAS4 (Joseph3, Samuel2, Joseph1), b. Lebanon/Berwick, ME 22 Mar 1775 (PVR), son of Joseph and Bathsheba (Brackett) Pray, d. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1835; m. (1) SALLY
GOWEN, b. Lebanon 21 Apr 1779, daughter of Patrick and Abigail (Woodsum) Gowen, d. Lebanon 19 Nov 1806; m. (2) NH 29 Dec 1808 MARY/POLLY YOUNG, b. Wolfeboro, NH ca 1782, daughter of John and Sally ( ) Young, d. 17 Apr 1857 (GS).
Children of Tobias and Sally (Gowen) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except for first (VR):472
2 i ISAAC5, b. Lebanon, ME 5 Nov 1800
ii REBECCA, b. 20 May 1802, d. Ossipee 7 Mar 1875; m. Parsonsfield 23 June 1833 (VR) JAMES BROWN, b. Ossipee, NH 6 Feb 1785, son of William and Eunice ( ) Brown, d. Ossipee 7 Mar 1859.
3 iii JOHN, b. 24 Jam 1804
Children of Tobias and Mary (Young) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME:473
iv SARAH, b. 20 Sept 1809, d. Parsonsfield 26 Mar 1886 (GS).
v JOSEPH, b. 10 Dec 1810, d. Woodstock, ME 5 Mar 1868 (GS), buried Parsonsfield. A teacher, farmer and trades-person, he received a serious injury to his eyes while working in Kennebunk.474
vi NANCY, b. 28 July 1812, d. Dover, NH 29 Nov 1891; m. Parsonsfield 12 Nov 1837 (VR) ALBERT DENNIS RAND, b. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1813, son of John Holmes and Sarah (Hancock) Rand, d. Dover, NH 15 Nov 1913 (VR).
vii SAMUEL, b. 3 Mar 1819, d. Henry Co., IA 1851.475
2 ISAAC5, b. Lebanon, ME 5 Nov 1800, son of Tobias and Sally (Gowen) Pray, d. Ossipee, NH 29 June 1888 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 16 Dec 1828 (VR) ZIPORAH DEARBORN, b. 5 June 1803, daughter of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, d. Ossipee 15 Mar 1830; m. (2) SARAH GOLDSMITH, b. Ossipee 1 Apr 1804, d. Ossipee 5 Oct 1889 (GS).
Child of Isaac and Ziporah (Dearborn) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME:476 i JOHN COLEMAN6, b. 1830 (GS), d. Murphys, CA 11 Geb 1898 (GS; possibly m. He served in Co. L. 1st CA Cavalry in the Civil War.
3 JOHN5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 24 Jan 1804, son of Tobias and Sally (Gowen) Pray, d. Parsonsfield 4 Oct 1889 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 28 Nov 1833 (VR) ELIZABETH DEARBORN, daughter of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1844 (GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 24 May 1846 (VR) HANNAH (GOLDSMITH) NUTE, d. Parsonsfield 26 Jan 1890 (GS).
472 History of Parsonsfield, p. 398.
473 Ibid.
474 Op. cit., pp. 285–6.
475 Op. cit., p. 286.
476 The rest of the children were born in Ossipee.
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Children of John and Elizabeth (Dearborn) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i LUCINDA D.6, b. 1837 (GS), d. Bryant Pond, ME 1928 (GS); m. AUGUSTUS L. ROWE, b. 26 Jan 1841, d. Bryant Pond 20 Aug 1914 (GS).
ii OLIVE L., b. 1841, d. Biddeford 7 Mar 1917 (VR), buried Wolfeboro, NH; m. Parsonsfield 26 June 1879 (VR) GEORGE W. NUTE, b. Wolfeboro 165 Oct 1814 (VR) son of James Nute, d. Wolfeboro 22 Mar 1890 (VR).
Child of John and Hannah (Goldsmith) Pray, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iii HANNAH E., b. Oct 1848, d. San Diego, CA 20 Sept 1836 (GS), a teacher and librarian; m. — DAVISON, d. before 1900.
QUINT
1 JOSEPH4 (Jonathon3, John2, Thomas1), b. Newington, NH 9 July 1759, son of Jonathon and Elizabeth (Rowe) Quint, lived in Parsonsfield, 1830, aged 60-70 (USC); m. Newington say 1782 CATHERINE BRASBRIDGE, b. Newington 1770-79, daughter of William and Martha (Walker) Brasbridge, d. Brownfield 1860. Joseph and John Quint were of New Durham, NH, 28 June 1787, when they purchased land in Parsonsfield from Thomas Parsons.477 In 1790 the following Quints were living in Parsonsfield: Joseph and Martha, who was living by herself. There are no Quint census records for the Quints in Parsonsfield after 1830.
Children of Joseph and Catherine (Brasbridge) Quint, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
2 i AMMI RHUHAMMAH5, b. Newington, NH 1 Aug 1783
ii JONATHON, b. New Durham, NH 25 Nov 1786, d. Brownfield 25 Nov 1866; m. SALLY PEARL, b. 1794, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Clark) Pearl, d. Brownfield 14 June 1870.478
iii JOHN, b. New Durham, NH 3 Feb 1789, d. Brownfield 5 Sept 1860 (GS); m. REBECCA H. SARGENT, b. 26 Sept 1796 (GS), d. Brownfield 1883 (GS).
iv JOSEPH, JR., b. New Durham, NH ca 1789, lived in Brownfield, 1860, aged 71 (USC);479 m. (1) Parsonsfield 3 Sec 1818 (VR) ANNA EDWARDS, b. Gorham 31 May 1798, daughter of Nathaniel and Bathsheba (Snow) Edwards, d. Brownfield 2 Sept 1847 (GS); m. (2) Newfield 17 Dec 1848 RACHEL (KENT) ROGERS, b. Parsonsfield
477 York Co. deeds, 136:121. The deed was recorded 17 Mar 1830, a date which may have followed Joseph Quint’s date of death.
478 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 550.
479 Ancestry gives his date of birth as “1 Oct 1793,” obviously wrong as he is not listed in Parsonsfield VR.
2 Jan 1799, daughter of Josiah and Jemima ( ) Kent,480 lived in Brownfield, 1860, aged 64 (USC).
v MARY/POLLY, b. 7 Aug 1791, no further record.
vi MARTHA/PATTY, b. 27 Oct 1793, lived in Eaton, NH, 1860, aged 63 (USC); possibly m. 12 Oct 1818 JOHN QUINT, lived in Eaton, 1850, aged 65 (USC).481
vii CATHERINE/CATEY, b. 23 May 1797, lived in Parsonsfield, 1830, aged 30-40 (USC); m. 24 Jan 1819 WILLIAM TAYLOR, lived in Parsonsfield, 1830, aged 30-40 (USC)
viii JOSHUA E., b. 23 July 1799, d. Brownfield 27 June 1882 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 13 Oct 1825 (VR) RACHEL BENSON, b. 10 Aug 1797, daughter of — and (Nancy) Benson, d. Brownfield 20 June 1860 (GS) ix GEORGE, b. 4 Oct 1803, no further record.
2 JOHN4, b. Newington, NH 1760-70, son of Jonathon and Elizabeth (Rowe) Quint, lived in Parsonsfield, 1830, aged 60-70 (USC); m. SARAH — , lived in Parsonsfield, 1830, aged 70-80 (USC).482 John and wife Sarah, conveyed land in Parsonsfield to John Quint, Jr. 2 Dec 1908,483 John Quint of Parsonsfield conveyed a parcel of land in Parsonsfield to Nathan Clifford of Newfield, 13 Mar 1830.484 Known child of John and Sarah ( ) Quint, b. Parsonsfield: i JOHN, JR. 4 , b. ca 1791,485 lived in Eaton, NH 1860, aged 65 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1818 (VR) MARTHA QUINT, b. Parsonsfield 27 Oct 1793 (VR), daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Brasbridge) Quint, lived in Eaton, NH, 1860, aged 63 (USC). They settled in Brownfield before 1850.
3 AMMI RHUHAMMAH5, b. Newington, NH 1 Aug 1783, son of Joseph and Catherine (Brasbridge) Quint, d. 1830; m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1806 (VR) MARY TOWLE, b. Hampton, NH 13 Aug 1771 (PVR), possible daughter of Levi and Ruth (Marden) Towle, d. after 1810; m. (2) Parsonsfield 4 Jan 1815 (VR) HANNAH SARGENT, b. 1782, d. probably Ossipee before 1850. Ammi R. Quint was still in Parsonsfield, 8 Feb 1828, when he and Hannah sold land in Parsonsfield to Samuel Hobbs 486 Children of Ammi Rhuhammah and Mary (Towle) Quint, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): i JONATHON6, b. 6 June 1807, d. Parsonsfield 17 Sept 1810 (VR).
480 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 551.
481 She lived in Brownfield, 1850, aged 59 (USC); possibly m. 12 Oct 1818 JOHN QUINT, lived in Brownfield, 1850, aged 56 (USC).
482 The presence in the household of young children and a son aged 30–40, would suggest that John Quint, Jr. was living with his parents.
483 York Co. deeds, 138:253.
484 York Co. deeds, 130:131.
485 According to the Brownfield 1850 federal census.
486 York Co. deeds, 129:46.
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ii POLLY/MARY, b. 2 Aug 1808, d. Freedom, NH 29 May 1890, aged 81-9-27 (VR); m. possibly in Eaton, NH by 1830 JOSIAH SARGENT, b. Freedom 1806 ((GS), son of Robert and Mary (Bridges) Sargent, d. Freedom 9 Feb 1889 (VR).
iii LYDIA, b. 8 Aug 1810, probably d. 16 Oct 1813 (VR).487
Children of Ammi Rhuhammah and Hannah (Sargent) Quint, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
iv BRADBURY, b. 8 Mar 1815, d. Ossipee, NH 6 Dec 1854 (GS); m. Wolfeboro, NH 15 Oct 1849 (VR) SALLY TUTTLE, b. NH 28 Nov 1811, d. Ossipee 30 Nov 1862 (GS).
v CATHERINE, b. 17 Mar 1816, d. Brownfield 30 Dec 1910, aged 94-9 13 (VR); m. (1) ISAAC QUINT, b. Brownfield 19 Sept 1819, son of Joseph, Jr. and Anna (Edwards) Quint, d. Brownfield 29 Jan 1857 (GS); m. (2) Porter 6 Jan 1858 IVORY MERRIFIELD, b. Porter, ME ca 1806, son of Simeon and Mehitable (Wormwood) Merrifield, d. Porter Dec 1859 (USC).
vi AMMI R., JR., b. 4 Aug 1819, d. Ossipee, NH 23 Nov 1881 (VR); m. Ossipee 30 Dec 1857 (VR) SUSAN B. LEWIS, b. Ossipee. NH ca 1840, lived in Ossipee, 1880, aged 40 (USC). He was head of the Quint household in Ossipee, 1850.
vii HANNAH, b. 27 Feb 1821, d. Tuftonboro, NH 19 Feb 1917 (VR); m. say 1850 CHARLES AUGUSTUS WIGGIN, b. Tuftonboro 25 June 1822 (GS), son of Mark and Huldah (Swett) Wiggin, d. Tuftonboro 13 Sept 1913 (GS).
viii ELIZABETH, b. 11 Nov 1822, no further record.
ix NANCY JANE, b. 1826, lived in Madison, NH, 1870, aged 43 (USC);488 m. GEORGE WASHINGTON MOODY, b. Tuftonboro 11 Dec 1827, son of Jonathon and Sarah ( ) Moody, d. Madison 13 Nov 1903 (VR); he m. (2) Mary Agnes Doherty x SUMNER, b. ca 1829, no further record after 1850.
RAND
1 JOHN HOLMES, b. Buxton, ME 29 Aug 1785, son of Michael and Dorcas (Holmes) Rand, d. Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1893 (VR); m. Buxton 22 Nov 1807 (VR) SARAH HANCOCK, b. Buxton Apr 1786, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Hancock, d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1870 (GS).489 John H. Rand settled in Parsonsfield, 1812, and was a deacon in Rev. John Buzzell’s church.
487 Published Parsonsfield VR give this death date to Mary Quint, b. 2 Aug 1808. However, Polly’s death record and gravestone record both indicate that she lived into adulthood and so the one who died in 1813, would have been her younger sister Lydia.
488 Her gravestone reads “18 Oct 1869.”
489 Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 143
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 185
Children of John Holmes and Sarah (Hancock) Rand, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two:490
i SEWALL HANCOCK, b. Buxton 18 Feb 1810, d. Brownfield, ME 3 Apr 1881 (GS); m. (1) 13 Mar 1834 CORDELIA PERKINS, b. Parsonsfield 19 Aug 1808 (GS), daughter of Elisha and Tamson (Williams) Perkins, d. W. Bridgton, ME 3 Oct 1860 (GS); m. (2) HANNAH H. DUTCH, b. 21 Dec 1821 (GS), daughter of Holley Marshall and Betsey (Greenlaw) Dutch, d. Brownfield 19 Mar 1869 (GS). m. (3) EMELINE PARSONS, b. Oct 1811, d. Brownfield 1 Dec 1881 (GS).
ii ELIZABETH/ELIZA, b. Buxton 28 Oct 1811, d. Brownfield 15 May 1893 (VR); m. 2 Jan 1842 NATHANIEL HILL, JR., b. Brownfield 1818 (GS), son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Goodwin) Hill, d. Brownfield 28 May 1902 (GS); he m. (2) Apphia (Snow) Mason
2 iii ALBERT DENNIS, b. 22 July 1813; m. 12 Nov 1837 NANCY PRAY.
3 iv JAMES, b. 5 Sept 1815; m/ 26 Sept 1839 DOROTHY FERNALD
v SARAH J., b. 12 Dec 1826, d. 10 Feb 1848 (GS).
vi DORCAS HOLMES, b. 25 June 1828, d. Parsonsfield 2 June 1895; m. Parsonsfield (VR) 15 Sept 1858 SIMON FROST, b. Parsonsfield 16 July 1820, son of William and Sarah (Johnson) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 9 Mar 1904 (VR).
2 ALBERT DENNIS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 22 July 1813, son of John Holmes and Sarah (Hancock) Rand, d. Dover, NH 15 Nov 1913 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 12 Nov 1837 (VR) NANCY PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 28 July 1812, daughter of Tobias and Mary (Young) Pray, d. Dover, NH 29 Nov 1891.
Children of Albert Dennis and Nancy (Pray) Rand, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i JOHN HOLMES, b. 3 Aug 1838 (GS), d. Lewiston 7 Nov 1907 (GS); m. 24 Nov 1881 EMMA JANE CLARK, b. Lewiston 15 Jan 1859 (GS), daughter of Edward and Harriet J. ( ) Clark, d. Lewiston 11 Jan 1960 (GS).
ii JAMES E., b. 20 Apr 1845 (DVR), d. Concord, NH 7 May 1917 (VR); m. Dover, NH 4 Oct 1891 (VR) VIENNA WILLEY, b. Dover 28 June 1842 (DVR), daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Elizabeth (Ricker) Willey, d. Dover 4 Feb 1904 (VR).
iii CHARLES A., b. 1851 (GS), d. Dover, NH 1930 (GS); m. Biddeford 15 June 1882 (VR) HATTIE J. AYER, b. Newfield Nov 1857 (GS), daughter of Amzi Libby and Caroline (Moore) Ayer, 491 d. Haverhill, MA 1943 (GS), buried Dover.
3 JAMES, b. Parsonsfield, ME 5 Sept 1815, son of John Holmes and Sarah (Hancock) Rand; m. Parsonsfield 26 Sept 1839 (VR) DOROTHY M. FERNALD, b. Parsonsfield
490 History of Parsonsfield, p. 398–9.
491 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 17.
22 Dec 1815, daughter of Elliot and Sally (Mudgett) Fernald. Dover, NH 29 Mat 1891. He was a minister who once served at the East Parsonsfield Free-Will Church. Children of James and Dorothy M. (Fernald) Rand, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i JOHN E., b. Limington 20 Apr 1841 (GS), d. Dover, NH 22 Jan 1890 (GS); m. Dover 20 Apr 1865 (VR) ELIZABETH/LIZZIE SARAH RANDALL, b. Lebanon, ME 21 June 1839, daughter of Samuel and Louise (Goodwin) Randall, d. Dover 25 May 1922 (GS).
ii SARAH F., b. 29 May 1845 (GS), d. Georgetown 1922 (GS); m. Boston, MA 12 Apr 1877 (VR) ANDREW M. ABBOTT, b. No. Berwick Dec 1850, son of Sylvester W. and Betsey (Hanscom) Abbott, d. Georgetown 1926 (GS).
iii ELIZA L., b. ca 1849, lived in Boston, MA 1920, aged 71 (USC); m. (1) Blackstone, MA 14 Oct 1881 (VR) CHARLES W. FERNALD, b. Portsmouth, NH 11 Mar 1836 (GS), son of Samuel and Lavinia (Wherren) Fernald, d. Kittery 8 Oct 1885 (GS); m. (2) Boston, MA 7 Nov 1888 (VR) GEORGE ORRIN LAMPHEAR, b. Windham, VT 19 Nov 1838, son of Henry and Experience (Moore) Lamphear, d. Boston 1921 (VR).
iv ZYLPHA M., b. Amesbury, MA 18 Apr 1853, d. Boston, MA 2 Aug 1904 (VR), buried Dover, NH; m. Boston 29 Nov 1877 (VR) CHARLES A. LITTLEFIELD, b. Wells 1845, son of Jacob H. and Mary A. (Littlefield) Littlefield, d. possibly lived in Boston, 1909.492
REDMAN
1 TRISTRAM, b. Scarboro, ME 1 Oct 1770 (PVR), son of David and Sarah (Parcher) Redman, d. Parsonsfield 12 May 1854 (GS); m. 1800 HANNAH BURBANK, b. Scarboro 14 Sept 1774 (PVR), daughter of Silas and Hannah (Baird) Burbank, d. Parsonsfield 1846 (GS). He settled in Parsonsfield, 1815 and served as Town Clerk. Children of Tristram and Hannah (Burbank) Redman, b, Saco, ME (PVR):493
i HANNAH, b. 24 Oct 1805, d. 6 Nov 1856; m. 26 Oct 1826 ISAAC LORD, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 May 1801, son of George and Patience (Hobbs) Lord, d. 6 Nov 1855.
ii TRISTRAM, JR., b. 15 June 1807, d. Cherryfield, ME 1861; m. 6 Jan 1834 FRANCES SARAH FREEMAN, b. 20 June 1810, daughter of William and Frances (Clarke) Freeman, d. 1890. He was a physician and graduate of Dartmouth College who settled in Cherryfield after 1830.
2 iii LORENZO, b. 28 Jan 1812
492 Zylpha lived in Boston 1900, with the Lamphears. However, her death record gave “Charles A. Littlefield” as her husband.
493 History of Parsonsfield, p. 399.
2 LORENZO, b. Saco, ME 28 Jan 1812, son of Tristram and Hannah (Burbank) Redman, d. New York City, NY 23 Dec 1880; m. (int.) Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1836 (VR) MARY G. COLLINS, b. ca 1816, d. Thomaston, ME 4 Oct 1861. Lorenzo Redman lived in Augusta in 1850 and in Thomaston by 1860. Children of Lorenzo and Mary G. (Collins) Redman:494
i JOHN COLLINS, b. 10 May 1838, d. Manhattan, NY 22 Oct 1907; m. (1) Williamson Co., TN 28 Feb 1861 FRANCES CORDELIA (REID) BANKS, b. Williamson Co. 1838, daughter of Thomas McDaniel and Louisiana Dozier (Cash) Reid, d. Thompson Station, TN 13 Dec 1908, div.; m. (2) 1892 DOLORES —, b. Spain May 1868, lived in Manhattan, 1930, aged 55 (USC).
ii CHARLES C., b. 30 Jan 1841, d. Thomaston 5 Oct 1861.
iii LORENZO, JR., b. 23 Mar 1842, d. St. Louis, MO 25 May 1917; m. St. Louis 5 Dec 1872 EMMA EATHERTON, b. MO ca 1856, daughter of William and Virginia ( ) Eatherton, d. St. Louis 29 May 1906.
iv MARY E. B., b. 1845, lived in Augusta, 1900, a teacher.
RICKER
Three sons of (Capt.) Joseph3 (Joseph2, Maturin1) and Deborah (Wentworth) Ricker settled in Parsonsfield:495
1 i DOMINICUS4, b. Berwick, ME 3 Jan 1773
2 ii PELATIAH, b. Berwick, ME 17 Dec 1775
3 iii TOBIAS, b. Berwick, ME 15 July 1786
1 DOMINICUS4, b. Berwick, ME 3 Jan 1773 (GS), son of Joseph and Deborah (Wentworth) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1864 (GS); m. (1) Waterboro 12 Dept 1801 (VR) SARAH HAINES, b. Waterboro 11 Sept 1783, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Garland) Haines,496 d. Parsonsfield 1803; m. (2) Waterboro 4 Oct 1804 SUSANNAH PERKINS, b. Wells 15 Sept 1784, daughter of William and Lucy (Littlefield) Perkins, d. Parsonsfield 15 Apr 1864.
Children of Dominicus and Sarah (Haines) Ricker, b. Lyman, ME (PVR): i JOHN HAINES5, b. 10 Feb 1803, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1889 (GS); m. (1) Dexter, ME 27 Aug 1831 ELOISA ABIGAIL MORRILL of Dexter, d. Topsham 7 Mar 1851; m. (2) 7 Mar 1852 MARY JANE RICKER, b. Parsonsfield 20 Apr 1802, daughter of Pelatiah and Jane (Leighton) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1878. John H. Ricker returned to Parsonsfield from Topsham by 1860.
494 Op. cit., p. 400.
495 Joseph Ricker, b. Berwick, ME 9 Dec 1746, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Garland) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1825; Deborah Wentworth, b. Berwick, ME 4 Aug 1749, daughter of Samuel and Joanna (Roberts) Wentworth, d. Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1835.
496 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 211.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Children of Dominicus and Susannah (Perkins) Ricker, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):497
ii RUFUS WESTON, b. 28 July 1804, d. Charlestown, MA 19 Sept 1866 (VR); m. (1) 1 Jan 1832 NANCY W. WHITTEMORE, b. Topsham, ME 19 1810 (GS), d. Livermore, ME 21 Apr 1863 (GS); m. (2) 12 Sept 1865
LUCY M. (STROUT) AMES, b. Raymond, ME 24 Apr 1809 (GS), daughter of Prince Edward and Rachel (Strout) Strout, d. Auburn, ME 5 Sept 1895 (VR); she m. (4) Samuel Easter
iii SALLY H., b. 16 Oct 1807, d. Chicago, IL 30 Oct 1895; m. 23 Jan 1833 (Rev.) ADAM WILSON, b. Wiscasset, ME 1794, d. Paris, ME 1871 (obit.).
iv NANCY, b. 14 Mar 1810, d. Parsonsfield 6 Aug 1849 (GS); m. 12 June 1831 GEORGE THOMPSON, b. Newfield 4 Jan 1799, son of Benjamin and Sally (Hawkins) Thompson, d. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1879 (GS)
v WILLIAM, b. 12 Aug 1812, d. Chillecothe, IL 17 Sept 1878; m. HARRIET NEWELL MORRELL, b. Dexter 29 Sept 1823, d. Camp Grove, IL 1896 (GS).
vi JOSEPH (twin), b. 27 June 1817, d. Augusta, ME 14 Apr 1897; m. (1) 9 June 1841 ANNA JUDSON CLARKE of Bangor, b. 14 Feb 1819, d. 16 Nov 1847; m. (2) Brookline, MA 7 May 1849 LUCY MARIA COREY, b. Brookline 28 Dec 1819 (VR), daughter of Timothy and Mary (Gardner) Corey, d. Augusta 25 Apr 1912 (VR). A graduate of Colby College he received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Colby in 1866. He was a prominent Baptist minister
vii MARY (twin), b. 27 June 1817, d. Rockland, MA 25 July 1884, buried Bangor (GS); m. 9 June 1834 DAVID WHITTIER, b. Vienna, ME 24 July 1815, son of Abel and Lois (Prescott) Whittier, d. Bangor, ME 19 Oct 1869 (GS).
viii OLIVE S., b. 2 July 1818, d. 17 Mar 1820
ix ANN, b. 12 Apr 1820, d. Norton Shores, MI 26 June 1897 (GS); m. 8 Oct 1844 DANVILLE DECATUR SWETT, b. Turner, ME 20 July 1817, son of John and Remember (Berry) Swett, d. Norton Shores, MI 2 Feb 1899 (GS).
4 x DOMINICUS, JR., b. 14 May 1823
xi LUCY JANE, b. 19 Sept 1825, d. Parsonsfield 26 Dec 1861; m. Parsonsfield (VR) 4 Nov 1849 ENOCH WEDGEWOOD NEAL, d. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1855 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 13 May 1861 (VR) IRA ALLEN PHILBRICK, b. Parsonsfield 21 Oct 1825, son of Jonathon and Nancy (Allen) Philbrick, d. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1877 (GS)
497 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 400–01. VR were only recotded for the first seven children.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 189
xii SUSAN ESTELLA, b. 30 Apr 1828, d. Chilliclothe, IL 11 Sept 1876; m. Parsonsfield (VR) 17 June 1850 GEORGE B. WING, d. Chilliclothe, IL 13 Jan 1871 (GS).
xiii ABBIE WESTON, b. 24 Dec 1831, d. Bangor, ME 23 Sept 1854 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield (VR) 31 May 1854 ABEL CHARLES WHITTIER, b. Vienna, ME 23 Oct 1828, son of Abel and Lois (Prescott) Whittier, d. Medford, MA 23 Nob 1910 (VR), buried Bangor.
2 PELATIAH4, b. Berwick, ME 17 Dec 1775 son of Joseph and Deborah (Wentworth) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1843; m. Parsonsfield 5 June 1799 JANE LEIGHTON, b. Kittery/Eliot 25 June 1779, daughter of Samuel and Frances Usher (Parsons) Leighton, d. Parsonsfield 15 Oct 1870.498
Children of Pelatiah and Jane (Leighton) Ricker, b. Parsonsfield and Alfred, ME:499
i MARY JANE5 , b. 20 Apr 1802, d. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1878; m. Parsonsfield 2 Mar 1852 JOHN HAINES RICKER, b. Lyman 10 Feb 1803 (PVR), son of Dominicus and Sarah (Haines) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1889 (GS).
ii ABIGAIL F., b. 21 Jan 1804, d. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1854; m. 21 Jan 1823 GEORGE HILTON, b. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1799, son of Dudley and Rhoda (Bickford) Hilton, d. Parsonsfield 24 Oct 1866.
iii JULIA ANN, b. 12 Feb 1806, d. Alfred 23 Apr 1876 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 26 Nov 1828 HIRAM NOBLE TRIPP, b. Alfred 13 Sept 1804, son of Jedediah and Polly (Noble) Tripp, d. Alfred 12 Aug 1866 (GS).
iv SAMUEL LEIGHTON, b. 18 Dec 1808, d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1893; m. Parsonsfield 26 Apr 1846 ELIZABETH WENTWORTH, b. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1813, daughter of Tappan and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Wentworth, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1881 (GS).
v BETSEY H., b. 28 Mar 1822, d. 9 Jan 1831.
3 TOBIAS4, b. Berwick, ME 15 July 1786 son of Joseph and Deborah (Wentworth) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 30 Jan 1844; m. Parsonsfield 16 July 1815 (VR) SALLY HANNAFORD, b. Parsonsfield 9 June 1784, daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Doe) Hannaford, d. Parsonsfield Sept 1862.
Children of Tobias and Sally (Hannaford) Ricker, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):500
i JOSIAH H.5, b. 3 Mar 1816, d. St. Louis, MO 1854, a merchant.
ii ELIZABETH H., b. 25 Dec 1817, d. 3 Mar 1851, buried Parsonsfield (GS); m. 1836 CHARLES MALLOY, b. Limerick 19 Mar 1823 (GS), son of Joseph and Hannah (Gilpatrick) Malloy, d. Waltham 11 Nov 1914 (GS).
498 Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 217.
499 History of Parsonsfield, p. 402; Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 218.
500 History of Parsonsfield, p. 402.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
iii ERASTUS F., n. 27 Apr 1822, d. Omaha, NE 13 Nov 1902 (GS); m. 1850 OLIVE B. TRULL, b. 818 (GS), d. Omaha 31 Dec 1903 (GS).
iv HARRIET F., b. 27 Dec 1824, d. Parsonsfield 1842.
v AMAZIAH, b. 26 July 1826, d. Parsonsfield 16 Dec 183-.
vi ANN W. , b. 29 Dec 1831, d. 1856; m. (1) HAZEN LEAVITT of Effingham, NH; m. (2) Dr. John Emery of Trivoli, IL.
4 DOMINICUS, JR.5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 14 May 1823, son of Dominicus and Susannah (Perkins) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1914 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 20 Aug 1848 (VR) CAROLINE ELIZABETH THOMPSON, b. Newfield 10 Mar 1826 (GS), daughter of George and Judith (Sanborn) Thompson, d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1898 (GS).501 He was a farmer, school-teacher, superintendent of schools, selectman and State Representative in both Parsonsfield and Biddeford, where he lived for about ten years.502
Children of Dominicus, Jr. And Caroline Elizabeth (Thompson) Ricker, b. Parsonsfield, ME:503
i FRANK HOWARD6, b. 7 Oct 1850, d. Augusta 12 Feb 1909 (VR), buried Parsonsfield.
ii ABBIE C., b, 19 Aug 1856, d. Parsonsfield 1937 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 14 Oct 1878 (VR) JOSEPH HARRIS CHADBOURNE, b. Buxton 1849 (GS), son of Jeremiah and Euroxa (Merrill) Chadbourne, d. Parsonsfield 1932 (GS).
ROBERTS
1 JOSHUA7 (Joseph6, Joshua5-4, Hatevil3, John2, Thomas1), b. Berwick, ME 16 Nov 1778, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Heard) Roberts, d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1855 (GS); m. Coxhall/Lyman 27 Oct 1799 (VR) ABIGAIL HUBBARD, daughter of Joseph and Honour (Roberts) Hubbard, d. Parsonsfield 23 June 1863 (GS).504 Joshua Roberts is probably the man of that name with five sons under 10 in Waterboro, 1810. It would follow that he was then the Joshua Roberts of Waterboro who purchased land in Parsonsfield, 18 Nov 1811, from Ebenezer Doe.505
Children of Joshua and Abigail (Hubbard) Roberts, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:506
2 i TRISTRAM8, b. Lyman or Waterboro 1 Jan 1801 (GS)
501 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 673.
502 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 282–3.
503 Op. cit., p. 401.
504 Early Families of Lyman, Maine, p. 286.
505 York Co. deeds, 102:2.
506 History of Parsonsfield, p. 403.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 191
ii MARK, b. Waterboro 1803, d. Ossipee, NH 27 May 1884 (VR); m. LYDIA ABBOTT, b. ME ca 1804, lived in Effingham, NH, 1850, aged 44 (USC).
iii JOSHUA, JR., b. Waterboro 28 July 1805 (GS), d. Biddeford 18 June 1882 (GS); m. Parsonsfield (cert.) 22 Sept 1827 (VR) LUCY B. NEAL of Portland, b. 27 Mar 1802 (GS), d. Biddeford 27 Nov 1877 (GS).
iv HUBBARD, b. Waterboro 7 Apr 1808, d. Effingham, NH 8 Apr 1858, buried Parsonsfield (GS); m. Alfred, ME 17 Mar 1833 (YMR) MARY WESTON GRIFFIN, b. Alfred 1 Jan 1810, daughter of John and Mary (Weston) Griffin, d. 13 Mar 1858 (GS).507
v LEWIS, b. Waterboro 1810, d. 25 Nov 1876; m. Waterboro 31 May 1834 (VR) SUSAN WEYMOUTH, b. Waterboro ca 1814, daughter of John and Charlotte (Clark) Weymouth, lived in Saco, 1860.508
3 vi JOSEPH, b. Parsonsfield ca Aug 1814 (from age at death)
4 vii JOHN, b. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1818 (GS)
viii BETSEY H., b. Parsonsfield 1822 (GS), d. 4 Nov 1852, buried Biddeford (GS); m. “of Saco” 25 Aug 1946 (YMR) ABEL HERSEY
JELLISON, b. Waterboro 25 Nov 1820, son of Abel and Mary (Bean) Jellison, d. Biddeford 5 Aug 1895 (VR); he m. (2) Sarah E. (Dudley) Staples.509
ix ABBIE H., b. Parsonsfield 3 May 1825 (GS), d. Biddeford 6 Oct 1910 (GS); m. Biddeford 3 July 1848 (YMR) LEVI BICKFORD HOWE, b. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1825 (GS), son of Thomas and Lydia (Leavitt) Howe, d. Biddeford 24 Aug 1908 (VR).
2 TRISTRAM8, b. Lyman or Waterboro, ME 1 Jan 1801 (GS), son of Joshua and Abigail (Hubbard) Roberts, d. Biddeford 11 Mar 1864 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1824 (VR) BETSEY PAGE, b. Parsonsfield 25 Nov 1799, daughter of Dudley and Betsey (Weeks) Page, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1864 (GS), buried Biddeford. Children of Tristram and Betsey (Page) Roberts, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first two: i CALVIN9, b. Eaton, NH, 1826 (GS), d. Hollis, ME 19 Sept 1902 (VR); m. Waterboro 25 Feb 1847 (VR) DORCAS WEYMOUTH, b. Waterboro 1 Mar 1823, daughter of John and Charlotte (Clark) Weymouth, d. Hollis 9 Jan 1897 (VR).510
ii HANNAH E., b. Eaton, NH 2 Oct 1826, d, Hollis 26 May 1892 (VR); (int.) Waterboro 12 Mar 1853 (VR) EDMUND WEYMOUTH, b. Waterboro 8 Oct 1825, son of John and Charlotte (Clark) Weymouth, d. Hollis 6 July 1900 (VR).511
507 Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 158.
508 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 537.
509 Op. cit., p. 265.
510 Op. cit., p. 537.
511 Ibid.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
iii TRISTRAM, JR., b. 13 Apr 1833 (GS), d. Ipswich, MA 7 Oct 1892 (VR), buried Biddeford; m. Biddeford 15 May 1855 (YMR) MELVINA A. WARD, b. Monson, ME 2 Aug 1835 (GS), d. Boston, MA 1906, buried Biddeford (GS).
iv ORRIN PLUMMER, 8 June 1835 (GS), d. Chelsea, MZ 26 Aug 1903 (VR); ELIZA VARNEY DEAN, b. E Chollero, Comondú Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico 1832 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Susan ( ) Dean, d. San Diego, CA 7 Dec 1905 (VR), buried Biddeford.
v SARAH A., b. 11 July 1838 (GS), d. Saco 20 June 1926 (GS); m. Chelsea, MA 2 Dec 1975 (GS) ALBERT HUSTON GILMAN, b. Westbrook, ME 6 Apr 1829 (GS), son of Simon and Elizabeth (Huston) Gilman, d. Saco 21 Ape 1811 (GS).
vi AMZA H., b. 1840 (GS), d. Biddeford 1885 (GS); m. Biddeford 26 Feb 1867 (VR) MARGARET C. WILLIS, b. Biddeford 1843, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Cates) Willis, d. Biddeford 2 Dec 1871 (VR).
vii MARY E., b. May 1844, d. Saco 27 Jan 1916 (VR); m. Chelsea, MA 4 Mar 1872 (VR) AUGUSTUS D. WILLIS, b. Biddeford 1 June 1849 (VR), son of Richard and Lydia (Cates) Willis, lived in Ipswich, MA, 1920, aged 71 (USC).
3 JOSEPH8, b. Parsonsfield, ME ca Aug 1814 (from age at death), son of Joshua and Abigail (Hubbard) Roberts, d. Parsonsfield 26 Mar 1878, aged 63-7 (GS); m. (1) LOUISA HOWE, b. ME 1810, possible daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Leavitt) Howe, d. Parsonsfield 24 Apr 1856 (GS); m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 27 Dec 1856 (VR)
MARY ANN J. COLE, b. Cornish 1 May 1831 (GS), daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Sanborn) Cole, d. Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1905 (VR).
Children of Joseph and Louisa (Howe) Roberts, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i GEORGE E.9, b. 1837, d. Parsonsfield 13 Aug 1859 (GS); m. MARY A. —, d. 29 Jan 1860, aged 24-10 (GS).
ii LYDIA A., b. ca 1839, last enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1869, aged 21 (USC).
iii MOSES S., b. ca 1840, d. 25 July 1834, aged 5 (GS).
iv MOSES SWEAT, b. 3 July 1847, d. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1911; m. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1868 MARTHA ELLEN WEEKS, b. Parsonsfield 8 Aug 1850, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Eastman) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 1921 (GS).
v MARY JANE, b. 26 Jan 1836 (from age at death), d. 11 Jan 1865, aged 18-11-23 (GS).
vi FRANK WILLARD, b. 15 Sept 1850 (from age at death), d. Boston, MA 20 May 1896, added 45-8-5 (VR); m. NELLIE —, b. ca 1852, lived in Newfield, 1880, aged 28 (USC.
vii GLENDORA L., b. 23 Aug 1853 (GS), d. Chicopee, MA 16 Jan 1939 (GS); m. Easthampton, MA 12 Apr 1875 (VR) HOMER P. FISK, b.
Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 193
Granby, MA 13 June 1852 (GS), son of Leonard and Sarah H. ( ) Fisk, d. Chicopee 21 Aug 1923 (GS).
Children of Joseph and Mary Ann J. (Cole) Roberts, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
viii JOSEPH H., b. 30 Jan 1858, d. Acton, ME 26 Jan 1920 (VR)
ix NELLIE A., b. 21 July 1860 (DVR) d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1920 (VR); m. 1882 HENRY DUNCAN MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1853, son of Joseph and Judith (Moulton) Moulton, lived in Parsonsfield 1930, aged 76 (USC).
x JENNIE L., b. Oct 1865, d. Portland, ME 1823, div. by 1900; m. Parsonsfield 22 July 1882 (VR) ALPHONSO D. ROBBINS, b. Woodstock, ME Jan 1859, son of Samuel L. and Dorcas ( ) Robbins, lived in Hempstead, NY, 1910, aged 50 (USC), remarried.
xi MARY ETTA, b. 15 Feb 1869, d. Scarboro 25 Feb 1922; m. 1888 ARTHUR JAMES STRAW, b. Limerick 1865 (GS), son of Luther and Sarah (Whitcher) Straw, d. 1940 (GS), buried Gorham.
4 JOHN8, b. Parsonsfield, ME 28 Apr 1818 (GS), son of Joshua and Abigail (Hubbard) Roberts, d. Effingham, NH 24 July 1894 (VR), buried Dover, NH; m. (1) (cert.) Parsonsfield 14 Sept 1840 (VR) CLARISSA/CLARA COOPER, b. Parsonsfield 26 May 1817 (GS), daughter of Joseph and Mary (Glidden) Cooper, d. Dover 31 Aug 1889 (VR) [13 Aug 1881 [GS]; m. (2) Dover 18 Apr 1891 (VR) JENNIE C. ( ) MARSDEN, div. Sept. 1892 (VR).
Children of John and Clarissa (Cooper) Roberts, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i EDGAR A.9, b. 14 Apr 1842 (GS), d. Dover 22 Jan 1886 (GS); m. MARY E. (DURGIN) PLAGEMAN, b. Eaton, NH 21 June 1844 (GS), daughter of Joel and Sally (Ferren) Durgin, d. Dover 9 Apr 1900 (VR).
ii CLARA A., b. 29 Mar 1848 (GS), d. San Francisco, CA 25 May 1900 (VR), buried Dover; m. Jan 1877 CHARLES M. LEAVITT, b. Effingham, NH 4 Feb 1848 (GS), son of Levi and Martha J. (Lear) Leavitt, d. Effingham 27 Nov 1896 (VR), buried Dover.
iii JOHN F., b. 1852 (GS), d. Dover 1930 (GS); m. Dover 18 May 1876 (VR) ADA M. THOMPSON, b. Farmington, NH 1856 (GS), daughter of Nathan B. and Martha S. ( ) Thompson, d. Dover 1823 (GS).
iv MARY E., b. ca 1855, no further record after 1860
v MARCIA B., b. 12 June 1850 (GS), d. Dover 13 Aug 1881 (GS).
SANBORN
1 JOHN6 (John5, Benjamin4 , John3, Richard2, John1), b. Newmarket, NH Mar 1763 (PVR), son of John and Mary (Glidden) Sanborn, d. Parsonsfield 20 Oct 1825 (GS),; m. (1) Hampton, NH 18 Jan 1789 HANNAH BATCHELDER, b. Hampton 16 July 1766
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(PVR), daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Dow) Batchelder,512 d. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1814; m. (2) Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1815 (VR)MIRIAM ( ) BURBANK, b. Ossipee, NH 28 Feb 1760, d. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1838.513
Children of John and Hannah (Batchelder) Sanborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):514
i MARY/MOLLY7 , b. 20 July 1791, d. 22 May 1863; m.29 Nov 1810
BARTLETT DOE, b. Parsonsfield, ME 30 Aug 1785, son of John and Elizabeth (Ames) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1872.
2 ii JOHN, b. 22 Apr 1793
iii HANNAH, b. 31 Mar 1795, d. 4 Mar 1826; m. 12 Oct 1815 IRA CHADBOURNE, d. 1862.
3 iv BENJAMIN, b. 22 Feb 1798
v SALLY, b. 23 Apr 1800, d, 28 July 1839 (GS); m. 30 Nov 1820 JOHN MOORE, b. Newfield 11 Aug 1780, son of John and Anna (Milliken) Moore, d. Limerick 12 Apr 1876; he m. (2) Hannah T. Remick 515
4 vi LUTHER, b.30 Apr 1803
5 vii IRA EDWIN, b. 2 Mar 1806
2 JOHN7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 22 Apr 1793, son of John and Hannah (Batchelder) Sanborn, d. Chelsea, MA 18 Feb 1863; m. Limerick 27 Feb 1817 ESTHER CARTER EASTMAN, b. Limerick 4 Oct 1799, daughter of (Rev.) Edmund and Hannah (Carter) Eastman, d. Limerick 30 Mar 1851.516
Children of John and Esther Carter (Eastman) Sanborn, b. Limerick, ME:517
i EDMUND EASTMAN8, b. 16 Aug 1818, d. Limerick 9 Feb 1848 (GS), m Limerick 30 June 1845 PHEBE ELIZABETH FREEMAN, b. Limerick 26 Mar 1823, daughter of (Rev.) Charles and Nancy (Pierce) Freeman, d. Portland, ME 12 May 1883 (VR/GS).518
ii JOHN, b. 1820, d. 8 Apr 1826.
iii CHARLES A., b. 17 Apr 1822, d. Limerick 13 July 1898; m. Limerick 19 June 1843 PHEBE ANN BROWN, b. Limerick 26 Mar 1823, daughter of Pelatiah Tingley and Priscilla (Hilton) Brown, d. Limerick 1854 (GS).519
iv ERASTUS E., b. 1824, d. New Bern, NC 3 Mar 1865; m. Boston, MA 30 Nov 1854 (VR) LETITIA T. McLOUD, b. Boston 1837, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Brown) McLoud, d. Boston 22 Apr 1900 (VR). He was killed while in service during the Civil War.
512 History of Hampton, NH, p. 594.
513 History of Parsonsfield, p. 404.
514 Ibid.
515 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 475.
516 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 50.
517 History of Parsonsfield, p 404.
518 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 60.
519 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 32.
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v WILLIAM H., b. 7 July 1825 (GS), d. Boston, MA 4 Aug 1885 (GS; m. Boston 6 Sept 1864 (VR)ANNA A. HOLMES, b. Mobile, AL 1839, daughter of Robert and Theresa ( ) Holmes, lived in Boston, 1880, aged 43 (USC).
vi JOHN, JR. (twin), b. 24 Sept 1828, d. Boston, MA 21 Oct 1862 (VR).
vii HARRIET E. (twin), b. 24 Sept 1828, d. Chelsea, MA 25 Sept 1906 (VR).
viii LUCIA ANN, b. 24 June 1829, d. Chelsea, MA 12 Aug 1886; m. Chelsea 8 May 1871 (VR) DANIEL C. McLEAN, b. NS say 1825, son of Archibald and Elizabeth ( ) McLean, d. before 1886.
ix JUSTIN EDWARDS, b. 9 Apr 1831, d. 8 May 1832.
3 BENJAMIN7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 22 Feb 1798, son of John and Hannah (Batchelder)
Sanborn, d. Webster, ME 28 Sept 1882; m. 30 Apr 1820 SARAH SCRIBNER, b. Harrison, ME 19 Jan 1802, daughter of Edward and Mary Wentworth (Ricker) Sanborn, d. Webster 20 Nov 1877.520
Children of Benjamin and Sarah (Scribner) Sanborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:521
i DAVID SCRI8NER8, b. 18 Aug 1821, d. Sabbatus, ME 26 Feb 1891 (GS); m. Webster 21 June 1849 AZELIA DAVIS, b. Webster 27 Nov 1824 (GS), daughter of Jonathon and Rebecca (Larrabee) Davis, d. Wales, ME 22 Oct 1897 (VR).
ii NANCY P., b. 13 Jan 1824, d. 27 June 1840.
iii ELTHERA H., b. 25 Sept 1826, d. Topsham 1901; m. Lewiston 26 May or 15 June 1853 JOHN M. JAMESON, d. Lewiston 22 May 1862; m. (2) Portland, ME 2 Nov 1864 (VR) GIVEN JAMESON, b. 28 July 1807, son of John and Mary (Hewey) Jameson, d. Topsham 21 Aug 1891 (GS).
iv HANNAH B., b. Webster 14 Nar 1830, d. Lewiston 14 Nov 1892 (VR); m. Webster 29 Dec 1856 GEORGE WINSLOW CROCKETT, b. Augusta 1828, son of Mark and Julia ( ) Crockett, d. Lewiston 12 May 1912 (VR).522
v AMZI, b. Webster 29 June 1840, d. Sabbatus 7 Oct 1871 (GS); m. Webster 26 Apr 1866 EMMA M. DAVIS, b. Lewiston 1840, daughter of Stephen and Catherine ( ) Davis, d. Webster 1866.
3 LUTHER7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 30 Apr 1803, son of John and Hannah (Batchelder) Sanborn, d. 27 Apr 1865; m. Limerick 30 Nov 1826 SALLY HAYES, b. Limerick 1 Oct 1804, daughter of John and Temperance (Doe) Hayes, d, Newton Center, MA 17 Oct 1877.523 Luther Sanborn ran the Mt. Eagle, a very successful enterprise. He was also a
520 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 421.
521 History of Parsonsfield, p. 405.
522 The death record gives “Washington”: as his middle name.
523 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 71.
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commissioned ensign, lieutenant and captain in the state militia, 1823-28. Publicly he served in the state legislature both as a representative and as a senator. Children of Luther and Sally (Hayes) Sanborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME:524
i HANNAH BATCHELDER8, b. 4 Feb 1828, d. Newton, MA 26 Feb 1902 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 15 Sept 1851 (VR) SOLON HEATON BRICKETT “of Minot,” b. Bath, NH 22 June 1826 (GS), son of Edmund and Harriet (Heaton) Brickett, d. Newton 12 Jan 1908 (VR).
ii JANE ADAMS, b. 20 Jan 1830, d. Newton 9 Feb 1904 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 5 June 1855 (VR) GEORGE O. SANBORN “of Newton, MA,” b. Gilford, NH 21 May 1829 (GS), son of Abiel and Livonia (Smith) Sanborn, d. Laconia, NH 1 Aug 1912 (GS).
iii JOHN HAYES, b. 5 Nov 1832, d. Newton 13 Sept 1894 (VR); m. (1) 20 Apr 1870 AGNES ELIZABETH McJANET, b. Cincinnati, OH 1 July 1839, daughter of Andrew M. and Elizabeth ( ) McJanet, d. Newton 16 May 1875 (VR); m. (2) Newton 19 Dec 1883 (VR) ELLA LEORA FOOTE, b. Ruth, NY 4 July 1850, daughter of Warren and Rhoda (Reed) Foote, d. Los Angeles, CA 1 May 1941 (VR).
iv CHARLES FRANKLIN, b. 12 Sept 1835, d. Parsonsfield 31 Dec 1812 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1869 (VR) ESTHER A. WIGGIN, b. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1838, daughter of Samuel and Louisa McColloch (Downing) Wiggin, d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1904 (VR).
v EDWIN LUTHER, b. 13 Jan 1840, d. Boston, MA 28 Nov 1907 (VR); m. Boston, MA 21 Nov 1867 (VR) LYDIA HILTON EMMONS, b. Boxboro, MA 18 Mar 1840 (GS), daughter of William Hilton and Olive (Lang) Emmons of Boston, d. Newton 18 Nov 1890 (GS).
vi SARAH FRANCES, b. 25 July 1842, d. Bala Cynwyd, PA 25 Oct 1910 (GS); m. Somerville, MA 23 Apr 1873 (VR) RUSSELL HERMAN CONWELL, b. Worthington, MA 15 Feb 1843 (GS), d. son of Martin and Miranda (Wickham) Conwell, d. Philadelphia, PA 8 Dec 1925 (VR). He was a minister.
vii MARY HAYES, b. 15 Dec 18 1844, d. 28 Aug 1846.
4 IRA EDWIN7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Mar 1806, son of John and Hannah (Batchelder) Sanborn, d. Boston, MA 24 Jan 1859 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1832 (VR) HANNAH HODGDON, of “Ossipee, NH,” b. NH 16 Feb 1810, daughter of Joshua and Martha ( ) Hodgdon, d. Boston, MA 14 Aug 1870 (VR). Ira and Hannah moved their family to MA by 1838. He was a watchman.
Children of Ira Edwin and Hannah (Hodgdon) Sanborn, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:525
i IRA EDWIN8, b. 27 Apr 1833, d. Boston 30 Dec 1893 (VR); m. Boston 4 Sept 1960 (VR) MARILLA SUSAN NASH, b. Addison, ME 24 Feb
524 Ibid
525 Ibid.
1835, daughter of Jason C. and Susan ( ) Nash, d. Boston 18 Jan 1891.
ii CHARLES HENRY, b. 10 June 1834, d. 15 Dec 1867.
iii JOHN MURRAY, b. 16 Jan 1836, d. 8 May 1861.
iv WASHINGTON IRVING, b. 24 Dec 1836, d. San Francisco, CA 3 Feb 1916 (GS); m. CLARA W. HAKES, b. OR Nov 1849, d. Los Angeles, CA 23 Apr 1818 (GS). He was a veteran of the Civil War.
v HANNAH H. , b. ca 1838, d. Cambridge, MA 22 Mar 1841, aged 2 (GS).
vi MARTHA ANN, b. E. Cambridge, MA 39 Aug 1840, d. Boston 22 Sept 1893 (VR).
vii HANNAH HODGDON, b. Boston, MA 29 May 1843, d. Turner, ME 20 Aug 1892 (VR).
viii LYDIA ELLEN, b. Boston, MA 23 Mar 1846, d. Boston 14 Sept 1846 (VR).
SWEAT
MOSES SWEAT, b. Portland, ME 18 Mar 1788, son of Jonathon P. and Sarah (Ayers) Sweat, d. 25 Aug 1865; m. (1) Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1811 (VR) ELIZABETH WEDGWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 5 Jan 1790, daughter of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1860; m. (2) Ossipee, NH 21 Mar 1863 (VR), MARY A. YOUNG, b. Acton ME Dec 1829, daughter of Daniel and Betsey (Cook) Young, d. Ossipee 5 Jan 1903 (GS); she m. (2) Sanborn D. Carter. A prominent doctor, from whom many medical students did their internship, he became a member of the Mass. Medical Society in 1817. He also received diplomas from Bowdoin College and Castleton, VT. He was a legislator and a trustee of the Maine Insane Hospital, before being overcome by a debilitating stroke.526 There being no will, the administration on his estate was given to Moses E. Sweat, 1 Jan 1867.527
Children of (Dr.) Moses and Elizabeth (Wedgwood) Sweat, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i MOSES ERASTUS, b. 12 Jan 1816, d. 1 Jan 1892; m. Lowell, MA 22 Feb 1849 (VR) REBECCA PRESTON HUBBARD, b. Lebanon, NH 31 Mar 1820, daughter of Josiah and Mehitable L. (Whitmore) Hubbard, d. p 2 May 1882 (GS). A physician like his father he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1837 and began his practice in Limington, before returning to the family homestead to complete his medical practice.528
ii LORENZO DE MEDECI, b. 26 May 1818, d. Portland, ME 26 July 1898; m. Portland 6 Oct 1849 (VR) MARGARET JANE MUSSEY, b. Portland 28 Oct 1823 (GS), daughter of John Mussey, d. Washington,
526 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 136–7.
527 York Co. Probate 18363.
528 Op. cit., p. 63.
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D.C. 16 Jan 1908 (VR). After completing college, he went on to Harvard Law School to prepare himself for the law career he had in Portland. He served both in the Maine legislature and as a Congressman in Washington, D.C.529 Educated in Portland and Roxbury, Margaret Sweat was a noted author.
iii WILLIAM WEDGWOOD, b. 2 Oct 1820, d. Mattapoiset, MA 2 July 1872; m. Manhattan, NY 20 June 1848 (VR) SARAH LORING MEIGS, b. Rochester, NA 2 Feb 1818, daughter of Joseph and Amelia (Loring) Meigs, d. Mattapoiset 12 June 1901 (VR). He was a medical doctor.
iv ABIGAIL, b. 28 Oct 1821 d. Charles City, IA 10 Dec 1900;530 possibly m. “of Buxton” 6 Feb 1841 (UMR) WILLIAM LIBBY, b. Newfield 26 Dec 1811, son of Robert and Lydia (Bean) Libby,531 d. Charles City 18 Sept 1871 (GS).
v ELIZABETH, b. ca 1823, d. Parsonsfield Sept 1838
vi JOHN BUZZELL, b. 1826, d. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1856 (GS).
vii MARY, d. Parsonsfield young.
SWETT
STEPHEN6 (John5, Moses4, Stephen3, Benjamin2, John1) b. Gilmanton, NH 4 June 1783 (PVR), son of John and Mary (Folsom) Swett, d. Parsonsfield 24 Nov 1824; m. (1) Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1806 (VR) MERIBAH DOE, b. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1783, daughter of Gideon and Abigail (Conner) Doe, d. Parsonsfield probably 1806; (2) Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1807 (VR) RACHEL COLCORD, b. Parsonsfield 22 May 1785 (PVR), daughter of Josiah and Mary (Shepard) Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1853. Children of Stephen and Rachel (Colcord) Swett, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i POLLY FRANCES7 , b. 29 May 1808 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 24 May 1853; m. Parsonsfield 24 Mar 1846 (VR) JAMES RUSSELL HUNTRESS, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Nov 1806, son of John Fabyan and Phebe (Russell) Huntress, d. Parsonsfield 23 Apr 1856 (GS).
ii JOSIAH COLCORD, b. 8 Oct 1810 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1860; m. Parsonsfield 24 Feb 1841 (VR) CLARISSA A. BICKFORD, b. Parsonsfield 8 July 1806 (VR), daughter of Benjamin B. and Lydia (Cram) Bickford, d. Parsonsfield 15 June 1888 (GS).
iii MERIBAH DOE, b. 9 Oct 1812, d. Cambridge, MA 17 Apr 1893 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 22 Jan 1838 (VR) PHINEAS S. BURLEY of Acton, ME, b. NH 1812, son of Samuel and Catherine (Ames) Burley, d. Acton 22 Dec 1857 (GS)
529 Ibid.
530 A daughter’s death record gives William’s birthplace as Newfield and Abigail’s birthplace as Old Town.
531 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 398.
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iv ALICE JANE, b. 13 Sept 1814, d. Newburyport, MA 19 Nov 1892; m. DANIEL SHAW WATSON, b. NH 1815 (GS), d. Somersworth 1853 (GS).
v JOHN, b. 27 July 1816, d. Muscatine, IA 21 Feb 1857; m. HANNAH —, b. ca 1816, lived in Sweetland, IA, 1850, aged 34 (USC).
vi ASA, b. 25 May 1818, d. Tuftonboro, NH 16 Jan 1892; m. (1) Newfield 18 Dept 1842 ROZELLA EMERY, b. 1820, daughter of Jeremiah Emery, d. Newfield 20 Mar 1851; m. (2) JUAN/JOAN W. STEVENS, b. Newfield 1825, daughter of Jordan and Jane (Day) Stevens,532 d. Malden, MA 31 Aug 1902 (VR).
vii PETER FOLSOM, b. 19 Sept 1820, d. Amesbury, MA 1 Aug 1910; m. CHARLOTTE (DAY) LUNT, b. Durham, ME 25 Nov 1822 (GS), daughter of Josiah and Mercy (Jons) Day, d. Amesbury 31 Jan 1912 (GS). He was a member of the Society of Friends.
viii MERCY SHEPARD, b. 6 Apr 1823, d. possibly Parsonsfield ca 1865; m. WILLIAM MILLIKEN, b. Scarboro 3 July 1811, d. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1858 (GS).
ix STEPHEN, JR., b. 13 Apr 1825, d. Amesbury, MA 28 Apr 1911 (GS); m. 20 Oct 1857 SARAH WINSLOW GODDARD, b. Brunswick, ME 1 Feb 1831, daughter of Robert and Abigail (Winslow) Goddard, d. Amesbury 7 May 1911 (VR). He was a member of the Society of Friends.
JABEZ TOWLE
1 JABEZ4 (Philip3, Caleb2, Philip1), b. Hampton, NH 12 Sept 1754 (PVR), son of Philip and Anna (Page) Towle,533 d. Parsonsfield 1819 (GS); m. Hampton 25 July 1790 ANNA JOHNSON,534 b. Hampton, NH 24 Oct 1766 (PVR) [1765, GS], daughter of James and Sarah ( ) Johnson,535 d. Parsonsfield 1826 (GS). Jabez Towle of Hampton purchased his first land in Parsonsfield from Edward Fox of Parsonsfield, 5 Oct 1795.536 Anna Towle’s will, signed 18 Oct 1826 and probated 4 Jan 1830, named her son Philip, deceased daughters Sarah and Patience; other children, Jabez, James, David and Nancy.537
Children of Jabez and Anna (Johnson) Towle, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except for first two (PVR):
i SARAH5, b. Hampton 9 Aug [1792, GS], d. Parsonsfield 1807 (GS).
532 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, pp. 624, 647.
533 History of Hampton, NH, p. 1007.
534 Ibid.
535 Op. cit., p. 773, which gives her baptism date as 28 Dec 1766.
536 York Co. deeds, 57:266.
537 York Co. Probate 40:332.
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ii PATIENCE, b. Hampton 30 September [1793, GS], d. Parsonsfield 1821 (GS).
iii PHILIP, b. 16 July —, probably d. Trenton, Cortland, NY before 1850;538 m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1828 (VR) DEBORAH
FERNALD of Durham, NH, b. Wolfeboro, NH 20 June 1809 (VR), daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Fernald, d. Wolfeboro, NH 30 July 1894 (VR); she m. (2) Jonathon Dame Roberts.
2 iv JABEZ, b. 13 Mar [1801, GS]
3 v JAMES MARDEN, b. 13 Apr [1805, GS]
vi DAVID, b. 27 Dec [1807. GS], d. Parsonsfield 1891 (GS).
vii ANNA/NANCY, b. 28 Jan [1811, GS], d. Parsonsfield 18 Sept 1877 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 23 Sept 1828 (VR) SAMUEL MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 11 June 1807, son of William and Mary (Pearl) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 20 Sept 1890.
2 JABEZ5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Mar [1801, GS], son of Jabez and Anna (Norton) Towle, d. 16 Mar 1869 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1826 (VR) SUSAN WEDGEWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 12 Apr 1800, daughter of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgewood, d. Parsonsfield 14 Dec 1854 (GS); m. (2) LYDIA (WEDGWOOD) BAKER, b. Parsonsfield 3 Nov 1808, daughter of Lot and Anna (Haley) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1880.
Children of Jabez and Susan (Wedgewood) Towle, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARY ANN M.6 , b. 5 Dec 1827 (VR), d. Parsonsfield Nov 1872.
ii MEHITABLE W., b. 20 Jan 1830 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 23 May 1862.
iii SUSAN E., b. 1833, d. Parsonsfield 29 Nov 1865.
iv JABEZ O., b. ca 1838, d. Westbrook 16 Sept 1904; m. MARY ELIZABETH ORDWAY, b. Hiram ca 1842, daughter of Stephen H. and Patience (Durgin) Ordway, d. Westbrook 8 May 1908. He served the Civil War in the 20th ME Infantry.
v CATHERINE, d. Parsonsfield Mar 1843.
3 JAMES MARDEN5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Apr [1805, GS], son of Jabez and Anna (Johnson) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 1884 (GS), a carpenter; m. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1828 (VR) NANCY/ANNIE HOLMES, b. Cornish 8 Aug 1812, daughter of James and Mehitable (Webber) Holmes, d. Parsonsfield 1892 (GS).
Children of James and Nancy (Holmes) Towle, b. Parsonsfield, ME;539
i SARAH A. 6 , b, 27 July 1830 (GS), d. Standish 15 Dec 1908 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 6 June 1854 (VR) JOSEPH WILSON, b. Dec 1828, son of Moses and Fanny (Watson) Wilson, d. Parsonsfield 1901 (GS).
ii JAMES FRANK, b. July 1831, d. Parsonsfield 1932 (GS); m. (1) MARY
JANE PERKINS, b. Limerick 1831 (GS), daughter of George and Joanna (Thompson) Perkins, d. Limerick 23 Oct 1902 (VR); m. (2)
538 He was enumerated there in 1840.
539 History of Parsonsfield, p. 352.
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Limerick 8 Nov 1904 (VR) SARAH CAROLINE (SADLER) WOOD, b. Upton, MA 4 Nov 1836 (GS), daughter of (Rev.) Ward and Mary (Hazeltine) Sadler, d. Limerick 17 Oct 1928 (GS).
iii LYDIA FRANCES, b. 1836. d. Parsonsfield 10 Sept 1898, aged 65 (VR), div. 1882; m. STEPHEN DAY, b. Cornish ca 1827, son of Dependence and Esther B. (Hamden) Day.
iv CATHERINE/KATE W. , b. 22 Jan 1838 (from age at death), d. Boston, MA 21 June 1906, aged 68-4-30 (VR); m. New Bedford, MA 20 June 1871 (VR) JOHN KNOX, b. Philadelphia, PA 7 Mar 1840 *DVR, son of John and Susan (Briggs) Knox, d. Lewistown PA 24 Sept 1907 (VR)
v ALBION K. P., b. 2 Mar 1841, d. Newfield 12 Nov 1915; m. ADA CALISTA MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 3 Aug 1856, daughter of William E. and Priscilla (Moulton) Moulton, d. Newfield 17 Feb 1905 (GS).
vi MARY E., b. 13 Mar 1844, d. Parsonsfield 9 Nov 1930; m. Parsonsfield 2 Jan 1868 ALONZO P. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1842, son of William E. and Priscilla (Towle) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1885.
vii DAVID M./MARSHALL HOLMES, b. 1 Apr 1848, d. Portland, ME 11 Nov 1915; m. Parsonsfield 4 June 1885 HANNAH JANE SMITH FROST, b. 15 May 1851, daughter of Simon and Dorcas H. (Rand) Frost, d. Parsonsfield 19 Dec 1896; m. (2) Porter 21 Fe 1912 (VR) MARY ELIZABETH (WEBSTER) CARTLAND, b. Salem, NH Dec 1828, daughter of James and Mehitable (Woodbury) Webster, d. 1929 viii NANCY JENNIE, b 1849, d. Somerville, MA 20 Dec 1911; m. Portland, ME 23 Sept 1872 (VR) REUEL WILLIS FROST, b. Worcester MA 13 Feb 1838, son of David B. and Temperance Burgess (Felch) Frost, d. Lisbon 15 Jan 1904 (VR).
ix GEORGE H., b. July 1853, d. Cambridge, MA 1922; m. Boston, MA 9 Aug 1876 (VR) BETHIAH J. PRIOR, b. Duxbury MA Jan 1858, daughter of Parron Holmes and Sarah (Holmes) Prior, lived in Somerville, MA, 1920, aged 62 (USC).
LEVI TOWLE
1 LEVI3 (Jonathon2, Philip1), b. Hampton, NH 22 Sept 1731, son of Jonathon and Anne (Norton) Towle,540 d. Parsonsfield 1815; m. Rye 11 Oct 1753541 RUTH MARDEN, b. Rye 1738. Four of their children were baptized at Hampton.542 He was in Effingham, 1 Jan 1784, when he purchased his land in Parsonsfield, from Thomas Parsons, also
540 History of Hampton, NH, p. 1002.
541 Ibid.
542 Ibid.
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of Effingham.543 He is not enumerated in Parsonsfield until 1800, when only he and his wife are shown there. In 1800 he was enumerated next to Harvey Moore and his son, Simeon Towle.
Children of Levi and Ruth (Marden) Towle:
i JONATHON4, b. Rye, NH ca 1755, d. Eaton, NH 23 Jan 1841; m. ?(1) NH 1 Aug 1811 CATHERINE BLAZO, b. Rye, NH 11 Aug 1762, daughter of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1809; m. (2) BETSEY TUTTLE, b. Nottingham, NH Sept 1787, d. Eaton 22 July 1868.
ii SARAH/SALLY, bap. Hampton, NH 16 Feb 1756, d. Parsonsfield 1837; m. Parsonsfield 1779 JAMES CHAMPION, b. Cornwall, England 12 June 1737, son of Abel and Jane (John) Champion, d. Effingham, NH 15 Feb 1824.
iii JEREMIAH, bap. Hampton 27 Aug 1758, d. young.
iv JOSEPH, bap. Hampton 1 Feb 1761, no further record.
v BETTY, bap. 17 July 1763, no further record.
vi ANNA, bap. 21 Jan 1766
vii STEPHEN, bap. Rochester, NH 26 Mar 1769,544 lived in Effingham, NH, but not found in 1790 census; m. 7 Jan 1790 OLIVE GARLAND, b. Hampton, NH 18 Sept 1761, daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( ) Garland,545 d. Parsonsfield ca 1795.
viii JAMES M., b. say 1770, “lived in Portland, ME.”
ix MARY/POLLY, possibly b. Hampton, NH 13 Aug 1771; Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1806 (VR) AMMI RHUHAMMAH, b. Newington, NH 1 Aug 1783, son of Joseph and Catherine (Brasbridge) Quint
2 x SIMEON, b. 10 June 1772
2 SIMEON4, b. 10 June 1772, son of Levi and Ruth (Marden) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 14 July 1845; m. 1796 BETSEY MOORE, b. NH, daughter of Harvey and Mary (Wiggin) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1854.546 Children of Simeon and Betsey (Moore) Towle, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):547
i BETSEY M.5 , b. 14 May 1797, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1867; m. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1818 (VR) JOB COLCORD, of Tuftonboro b. Parsonsfield 14 Aug 1793, son of Job Colcord, d. 14 Apr 1878.
ii ABIGAIL, b. 12 July 1799, d. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1872 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 12 Feb 1829 (VR) CHARLES COLCORD, b. Parsonsfield ca 1800, son of Job Colcord, d. Parsonsfield 26 Feb 1861 (GS).
3 iii HARVEY MOORE, b. 1801
543 York Co. deeds, 69:139.
544 Record calls “Levy Tole,” “now of Levittstown.”
545 History of Hampton, NH, p. 743.
546 History of Parsonsfield, p. 407.
547 Ibid.
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iv RUTH, b. 30 Aug 1803 lived in 1880; m. Parsonsfield 31 Aug 1829 (VR) JOHN WIGGIN DOE, b. Parsonsfield 1805,son of John, Jr. and Abigail D. (Giddings) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 12 Aug 1867; m. Parsonsfield 31 Aug 1829 (VR).
v MARY, b. 16 Dec 1807; m. Parsonsfield 24 Jan 1828 (VR) JOSEPH TITCOMB, b. Effingham, NH ca 1806, lived in Wakefield, NH, 1860, aged 54 (USC).
vi LEVI, b. 27 Apr 1811, d. Brookline, MA6 Oct 1831 (VR).
vii SALLY, b. 30 May 1813, d. Haverhill, MA 29 Jan 1885 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 16 Nov 1835 (VR) DANIEL LITTLEFIELD, b. Parsonsfield 6 Jan 1814, son of Daniel and Mary (Batchelder) Littefield, d. No Andover, MA 17 Jan 1898 (VR).
viii PRISCILLA, b. 4 Feb 1815), d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1876, aged 615-4 (GS); Effingham, NH 30 Nov 1837 WILLIAM E. MOULTON, b. Parsonsfield, ME 19 Mar 1813, son of William and Mary (Pearl) Moulton, d. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1892 (GS).
3 HARVEY MOORE5 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 1801, son of Simeon and Betsey (Moore) Towle, d. Bradford, MA 31 Dec 1877 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 14 Oct 1826 (VR) CLARISSA KNAPP, b. Parsonsfield 23 Dec 1803, daughter of Samuel and Lavin8a ( ) Knapp, d. Parsonsfield 26 Aug 1829; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 20 Jan 1832 (VR)
CHASTINA SOPHRONIA NORSE, b. Canaan, NH ca 1809, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Eastman) Morse, d. W. Bridgewater, MA 3 June 1882 (VR). He was town treasurer in Bradford.548
Children of Harvey Moore and Clarissa (Knapp) Towle, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i CLARA MELISSA ANTOINETTE6, b. 1 Aug 1827, d. Haverhill, MA 27 Dec 1907; m. 25 Aug 1852 JOSEPH AUGUSTUS SHORES, b. Acton, ME 23 Nov 1827, son of Stephen and , d. W. Bridgewater, MA 14 July 1896 (VR).
ii SAMUEL KNAPP, d. Haverhill, MA 16 Aug 1895; m. . A medical doctor he was a graduate of Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, PA.
THOMAS TOWLE
THOMAS5, (John4-3, Joseph2, Philip1) b. Exeter, NH 24 Nov 1751, son of John and Mary (Page) Towle, d. Parsonsfield ca 1841; m. )1) SALLY ROBIE; m. (2) MARY PAGE WEEKS, b. Rye, NH 16 Dec 1756 (PVR), daughter of ?? Joseph and Hannah (Jenness) Locke, d. Parsonsfield. Thomas Towle was of Parsonsfield, 10 Sept 179, when
548 Op. cit., p. 273.
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he purchased land in Parsonsfield from Dependence Shapleigh of Kittery.549 Thomas conveyed this same land to Stephen and Tristram C. Towle, 19 Feb 1819.550
Children of Thomas and Mary Page (Weeks) Towle, b. Epping, NH (PVR):
i JEREMIAH6, b. 14 Feb 1779, d. NH May 1838; m. Parsonsfield 30 June 1805 (VR) HANNAH JENNESS/JENNINGS, bap. Rye, NH 11 June 1769, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Berry) Jenness, d. Deerfield, NH 15 Dec 1841.
ii JOHN, b. 21 Nov 1781, d. 11 May 1805 (VR).
iii JOSIAH, b, 22 June 1785, d. 1840.
iv STEPHEN CLARK, b. 1 Feb 1790, d. Freedom, NH after v1870; m. Porter, ME 28 Feb 1813 ABIGAIL WOODMAN, b. Porter, d. Freedom.
v TRISTRAM551 COFFIN, b. 12 Oct 1792, d. South Effingham, MH 1980 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1836 (VR) BETSEY STONE, b. 1804 (GS), d. South Effingham 1871 (GS).
vi BETSY, b. 16 Apr 1795.
TRUEWORTHY
1 JOHN5 (John4-3, James2, John1 Treworgy), b. Biddeford, ME 1739, son of John and Mary (Bracey) Treworgy, Parsonsfield;552 m. CHARITY EMERY, b. Biddeford 15 Oct 1759, daughter of Jonathon and Phebe (Bracey) Emery, d. Parsonsfield 15 Jan 1813 (GS). He lived in Biddeford, 1790, with 2 males under 18 and 5 females and then settled in Phillipsburg/Hollis. Of Phillipsburg/Hollis, he, “John Truworgy” purchased the whole of lot thirty-two in the 12th range of lots in Parsonsfield from Josiah Kezar, 4 Sept 1806.553
Children of John and Charity (Emery) Trueworthy, b. Biddeford, ME, except as noted:
i REBECCA6, b. 21 Dec 1780, d. Parsonsfield 8 Aug 1818, aged 79-8-2 (GS).
ii MARY BRACEY, b. 20 Nov 1782, d. Quincy, IL 27 Aug 1829; m. p Nov 1819 SAMUEL PARKER, b. Berwick, ME 6 Apr 1790, son of Samuel Emery Parker, d. Pottawattamie, IA 29 Dec 1846..
2 iii JOHN, JR. , b. Biddeford, ME 6 Feb 1785
iv PHEBE, b. 19 Apr 1787, d. Cornish 23 Dec 1989; m. Parsonsfield 30 July 1818 (VR) THOMAS
DEVEREAUX, b. 4 Aug 1789 (GS), probable son of Richard Devereaux, d. Cornish 1 Feb 1875 (GS).
v NOAH, b. 1791, d. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1836, aged 45.
549 York Co. deeds, 101:243.
550 Ibid.
551 VR gives the name as “William.”
552 The gravestone is broken.
553 York Co. deeds, 75:213.
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vi WIILLIAM F. , b. Phillipsburg/Hollis ca 1799, d. Troy, NY 1852; m. MARY FINNEY, b. NY 1815, d. Troy 1845.
2 JOHN, JR. 6 , b. Biddeford, ME 6 Feb 1785, son of John and Charity (Emery) Trueworthy, d. Parsonsfield 1877 (GS); m. 21 Mar 1813 OLIVE STONE, b. Sebago District or Limington 10 July 1791, daughter of John and Abigail (Robinson) Stone, d. Parsonsfield 25 Sept 1875 (GS).554
Known children of John and Olive (Stone) Trueworthy, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i REBECCA7, b. Parsonsfield say 1820, lived in Parsonsfield, 1870, aged 50 (USC); m. p 29 Apr 1848 (VR) SIMEON DAVID MUDGETT
b. p 4 Mar 1824, son of John and Ziporah (Dearborn) Mudgett, d. Mason City, IA 5 Mar 1918 (GS); he m. (2) Louisa M. Moody
2 ii JONATHON WOODMAN, b. Oct 1823
iii OLIVE J., b. 4 Mar 1828 (DVR), d. Parsonsfield 17 Feb 1917 (VR), buried Cornish; m. (1) Parsonsfield 13 Apr 1851 (VR) BENNING PARKER, III, b. 1827, d. 1855; m. (2) Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1858 (VR) NOAH GOULD, b. 1810 (GS, d. Cornish 1887 (GS).
iv JOHN, JR., b. 11 May 1830, d. 31 Nov 1919 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1858 (VR) SARAH JANE KEZAR, b. 2 Jan 1837, daughter of John and Anna (Matthews) Kezar, d. Romeo, MI 18 May 1904 (VR).
v FREEMAN C., b. 1832, lived in Bennington, VT, 1870, aged 37 (USC); m. Boston, MA 16 Apr 1856 (VR) ELIZABETH B. ROSS, b. Hollis 10 July 1833 (GS), daughter of Ozem D. and Lydia T. (Lord) Ross, d. Dayton 2 Aug 1866 (GS). He was a stage-coach driver.
vi ABIGAIL, b. 24 July 1834 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 18 Aug 1880 (GS).
2 JONATHON WOODMAN7, b. Parsonsfield, ME Oct 1823, son of John and Olive (Stone) Trueworthy, d. Parsonsfield 29 Apr 1906 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 21 Dec 1857 (VR) ANGELINE M. FOSS, b. Limington 29 Aug 1831 (GS), daughter of Elias and Jane (Parker) Foss, d. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1907 (VR).
Children of Jonathon Woodman and Angeline M. (Foss) Trueworthy, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i FRED W. 8 , b. 1858, lived in Parsonsfield, 1920, aged 61 (USC); m. (1) GENIE A., div. Sept 1886; m. (2) p 12 May 1908 (VR) JOSEPHINE FLOYD, lived in p, 1920, aged 66 (USC)
ii JOHN L., b. 17 Sept 1858 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1861, aged 2-8-10 (GS).
iii CHARLES E., b. 1859 (GS), d. Hiram 1938 (GS); m. SUSAN A. STANLEY, b. Hiram July 1862 (GS), daughter of Moses and Roxanna L. (Stanley) Stanley, d. Hiram 1934 (GS).
iv ELMER E., b. 10 Jan 1863 (from age at death), d. 29 Apr 1864, aged 1-3-19 (GS.
554 History of Limington, Maine, p. 205.
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v RALPH MORTIMER, b. 1864, lived in Waltham, MA 1930, aged 65 (USC); m. Limington 24 Nov 1888 (VR) HELEN REBECCA PARKER, b. Limington Sept 1864, daughter of Lewis and Mary Susan (Give) Parker, lived in Waltham, MA 1940, aged 75 (USC).
vi ONISKA, b. 1867, d Nov 1870 (GS).
SAMUEL and JOHN TUCK
1 SAMUEL6 (Jonathon5-4, John3, Edward2, Robert1), b. Hampton, NH 18 Sept 1778, son of Jonathon and Huldah (Moulton) Tuck, d. Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1860; m. 9 Nov 1801
ABIGAIL CARTER, b. Exeter, NH 1 Mar 1775, d. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1863. Children of Samuel and Abigail (Carter) Tuck, b. Parsonsfield, ME:555
i JEREMIAH MOULTON7, b. 17 Oct 1802, d. 13 May 1826.
3 ii JONATHON, b. 2 Dec 1805.
iii JOHN CARTER, b. 28 Mar 1808, d. Georgeville, PQ 23 Aug 1880 (GS); m. Stanstead, PQ 13 Mar 1833 SUSAN CHANNELL, b. Georgeville, PQ 3 June `8`6, daughter of Abraham Fitz John and Wealthy (Cox) Channell, d. Georgeville 9 Jan 1877 (GS).
4 iv JAMES MOULTON, b. 15 July 1810
v SAMUEL, b 13 Sept 1818; m. ADELINE M. ARMS, b. Sherbrooke, PQ, daughter of William Arms. A blacksmith by trade, he, with a few years in Biddeford, spent most of his adult life in Quebec.556
2 JOHN6, b. Hampton, NH 3 Aug 1780, son of Jonathon and Huldah (Moulton) Tuck, d. Parsonsfield 22 Apr 1847; m. Hampton 24 Apr 1801 BETSEY TOWLE, b. Hampton 5 Aug 1783, daughter of Amos and Sarah (Nudd) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 5 Aug 1860. Children of John and Betsey (Towle) Tuck, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:557
i JONATHON7, b. Hampton, NH 21 Sept 1801, d. Biddeford 19 Jan 1861; m. (1) Parsonsfield 29 May 1827 (VR) LOIS H. BEAN of Gilford/Dover, NH, b. ca 1811, d. Parsonsfield 11 Feb 1834, aged 23 (GS); m. (2) MARY/POLLY TRIPP, b. Alfred 21 Dec 1811, daughter of Jedediah and Betsey (Hutchins) Tripp, d. Biddeford 7 Feb 1894 (VR).558 He was mayor of Biddeford at his death and had previously been a militia captain, farmer, teacher, businessman and State Representative from Parsonsfield.
ii SARAH, b. 12 Dec 1804, d. Effingham, NH 8 Oct 1829; m. Parsonsfield 22 Apr 1823 (VR) JOHN HODGDON of Effingham, b. Parsonsfield 3 Apr 1900 (VR), son of Israel and Sarah (Lewis) Hodgdon, d. Effingham 8 May 1884.
555 History of Parsonsfield, p. 408.
556 Op. cit., pp. 325–6.
557 History of Parsonsfield, p. 408.
558 Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 376. (GS)
iii BETSEY, b. 25 Aug 1807; m. 1831 JOHN HODGDON, b. Parsonsfie4ld 3 Apr 1900 (VR), son of Israel and Sarah (Lewis) Hodgdon, d. Effingham 8 May 1884.
iv AMOS, b. 2 Aug 1810, d. Exeter, NH 11 Dec 1879 (GS), buried Hampton; m. (1) Exeter 5 Oct 1835 (VR) SARAH ANN NUDD, b. Hampton 13 Oct 1810, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Emery) Nudd, d. Exeter 21 Feb 1847 (GS); m. (2) CATHERINE P. (TOWNSEND) SHEPARD, b. Salisbury, MA 20 Jan 1815, daughter of John and Anne (Baker) Townsend, d. Exeter Oct 1876 (VR). A graduate of Dartmouth College he at first pursued a career in education, becoming Principal of the Academy in Hampton, NH. He next had a career in law that led to his being elected to the U.S. Congress. He later was a member of the “Peace Congress” which challenged the slave states before the Civil War. In 1861 he was appointed Naval Officer in Boston. He then developed business operations which involved European travel.559
v MARY, b. 12 Oct 1814, d. Biddeford 16 July 1850 (GS); m. 5 Dec 1844 DANIEL WIGGIN, b. Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1794, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1867 (GS).
vi JOHN, b. 8 Apr 1819, d. Biddeford 8 Oct 1886 (GS); m. (1) 29 Dec 1844 HARRIET A. WIGGIN, b. Parsonsfield 4 Jan 1824, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Dorman) Wiggin, d. Biddeford 11 Jan 1872 (GS); m. (2) IDA ANN MERROW, b. Newfield 14 July 1958, daughter of William and Eliza Ann (Hodsdon) Merrow, 560 d. Hartford, CT 11 Aug 1954 (VR).
3 JONATHON7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 2 Dec 1805, son of Samuel and Abigail (Carter) Tuck, d. Parsonsfield 6 May 1840; m.( cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Nov 1827 (VR) MARY ANN PHILBRICK, b. Ossipee, NH 4 Nov 1810, daughter of Simon and Nancy (Marston) Philbrick, d. Parsonsfield 10 June 1840 (GS).561 The will of Jonathon Tuck was signed 10 Apr 1840, naming his wife, Mary Ann and living children, Eliabeth, Adaline, Jeremiah and Abbie.562
Children of Jonathon and Mary (Philbrick) Tuck, b. Parsonsfield, ME:563
i ELIZABETH8, b. 1828, d. Greeley, CO 14 Oct 18910 (GS) m. 27 July 1848 ZIMRI SETH FOGG, b. NH 1825, d. Greeley 20 Dec 1913 (GS).
ii ADALINE, b. 19 Aug 1830, d. Parsonsfield 19 July 1844 (GS).
iii JEREMIAH M., b.22 Sept 1833, lived in Precinct 22, CO, 1900, aged 66 (USC).
iv PEMBROKE, b. 26 Jan 1836, d. Parsonsfield 12 May 1836 (GS).
559 History of Parsonsfield, pp. 60–1.
560 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 157.
561 History of Parsonsfield, p. 408.
562 York Co. Probate 19299.
563 Ibid.
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v ABBIE M., b. 2 Dec 1838, d. Stoneham, MA 11 Apr 1882; m. Lynn, MA 7 June 1859 (VR) CHARLES M. YOUNG, b. Wakefield, NH 1837, son of Alfred George and Sarah N. (Seaman) Young, lived in Stoneham, 1910, aged 73 (USC).
4 JAMES MOULTON7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 15 July 1810, son of Samuel and Abigail (Carter) Tuck, d. Saco 29 May 1900; m. Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada 8 Oct 1834 ABIGAIL HUNTRESS, b. Parsonsfield 14 Oct 1809, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Chick) Huntress, d. Presque Isle, ME 1 Aug 1884 (GS).564 According to the federal 1850 census the family lived in Parsonsfield, having returned from New Brunswick, say 1847. A shoemaker he was living in Parsonsfield in 1850 and 1860 and in Maysville, Aroostook Co., ME, 1870. Yet some of his children were born in Presque Isle in the early 1850s.
Children of James Moulton and Abigail (Huntress) Tuck, b. Woodstock, N.B., except for the last three:565
i ALONZO8, b. 19 Dec 1835, d. Woodstock 12 Nov 1836.
ii CAROLINE AMELIA, b. 24 Sept 1837, d. Wakefield, MA 12 Mar 1916 (GS; m. 3 Oct 1855 REUBEN LIBBY COOPER, b. 1 Oct 1929, d. Wakefield 19 Apr 1906 (GS).
iii SAMUEL H., b 16 Jan 1839, d. VA 12 Apr 1865, a casualty of the Civil War.
iv ELIZA JANE, b 9 June 1840, d. Saco 12 Mar 1901; m. 5 Jan 1861 BENNETT S. LOUGEE, b. Parsonsfield 1834 (GS), son of James and Sarah (Libby) Lougee, d. Saco 12 Aug 1916 (VR).
v MARY ABBIE, b. 25 Feb 1842, d. Auburn, ME 1923 (GS); m. Somersworth, NH 1 Jan 1867 CHARLES W. WARREN, b. Dover, NH 1844, son of Chadbourne H. and Clara (Twombly) Warren, d. Dover 1883 (GS).
vi JULIA ANNETTE, b. 22 July 1843 (DVR), d. Barnstead, NH 16 Aug 1930 (VR), buried Biddeford; m. Houlton 1868 CHARLES L. TARBOX, b. Biddeford 26 Mar 1841 (DVR), son of Andrew and Phoebe (Holt) Tarbox, d. Barnstead 1 Sept 1932 (VR).
vii HARRIET ADALINE, b. 16 Feb 1845, d. Presque Isle 15 Mar 1870 (GS).
viii JAMES LEWIS CASS, b. 27 July 1846, d. Milton, NH 14 Sept 1894 (VR),566 buried Lebanon, ME; m. Washburn, ME 23 Apr 1882 (VR) CLARA DALE TODD, b. Maysville, ME 11 Apr 1865, daughter of Daniel Outhouse and Frances (Beals) Todd, d. Fryeburg 19 Mar 1949; she m. (2) George W. Martell. James L. C. Tuck was a veteran of the Civil War.
564 Ibid.
565 Ibid. There is a question as to the actual birthplace of the Tuck children. Whereas some records show their birth in Houlton, ME, the 1850 census for Parsonsfield gives their births in “New Brunswick.”
566 His death record gives his place of birth as “Canada.”
ix SUSAN EMMA, b. Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1848, d. Presque Isle 9 May 1867 (GS).
x JOHN RANDOLPH, b. Presque Isle 14 Aug 1851, d. Presque Isle 22 May 1904; m. Caribou, ME 4 July 1876 (VR) MARIA ANTOINETTE FIELDS, b. Ashland, MR 13 Jan 1858, daughter of George R. and Rosanna (Nelson) Fields, d. Mapleton, ME 12 Feb 1930; she m. (2) Charles Calvin Smith.
xi ELLA GERTRUDE, b. Parsonsfield 1 Aug 1853, d. Presque Isle 3 Mar 1878; m. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1873 BYRON H. WOOD.
WADLEIGH
1 ELISHA, b. Kittery, ME 15 Feb 1769, son of John Dean and d. Parsonsfield 5 July 1872, aged 103; m. Kittery 3 May 1792 SALLY SMITH, b. Berwick 1766, daughter of Henry and Anne ( ) Smith, d. Parsonsfield 30 May 1849. Elisha Wadleigh settled in Parsonsfield, 1799.
Children of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first three:
2 i JOHN, b. 7 Oct 1792
3 ii JAMES, b. 1 Nov 1794
iii LAVINIA, b. 20 Dec 1796, d. Newport, ME 17 Apr 1853 (GS); m. 9 Apr 1818 THOMAS WEDGEWOOD, b. Parsonsfield ca 1792, son of Lot and Elizabeth (Smith) Wedgewood, lived in Newport, 1850, aged 58 (USC).
iv DANIEL, b. 11 Nov 1799, d. Brewer, ME 12 Jan 1864; m. MARY FOOTMAN. A medical doctor he practiced with Dr. Moses Sweat and later moved his practice to Penobscot Co.
4 v ELISHA, JR., b. 29 Sept 1801
vi SALLY S., b. 5 Aug 1808, d. 18 May 1850; m. 21 Dec 1826 (VR) JOHN DEARBORN, b. Parsonsfield 13 Feb 1801 (VR), son of Jeremiah and Ruth (Batchelder) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 17 Apr 1877 (GS).
vii CATHERINE G., b. 1 Oct 1805, d. Newport, ME 26 May 1890 (GS); m. 2 Dec 1824 (VR) STEPHEN S. WEDGEWOOD, b. Parsonsfield 1797 (GS), son of Thomas and Lavinia (Wadleigh) Wedgewood, d. Newport 9 Nov 1892 (VR).
2 JOHN, b. — 7 Oct 1792 (GS), son of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1856 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1817 (VR) SALLY (WEDGWOOD) BURBANK, b. Parsonsfield 3 Apr 1788 (GS), daughter of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 18 July 1864 (GS).
Children of John and Sally (Burbank) Wadleigh, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ELISHA, b. 1820, d. Lyman 21 Apr 1868; m. 6 June 1841 (VR) LYDIA BANKS, b. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1822, daughter of Israel and Elvira (Moulton) Banks, d. Saco 26 Oct 1856.
ii JESSE, b. NY; m. CHARLOTTE HALL
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iii ELIZABETH, b. ca 1824, d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1868 (GS).; m. EDWARD LEAVITT.
iv JOHN, Manchester, NH; m.
v WILLIAM B., b. ca 1831, d. Boston, MA 19 June 1868 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 21 Aug 1864 (VR) HARRIET NEWELL of Augusta
vi SARAH, b. ca 1833, lived in Saco, 1870, aged 35 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 24 May 1853 (VR) JOHN MILTON GOODWIN, b. Saco 5 Jan 1832, son of Noah and Hannah (Cummings) Goodwin, d. Revere, MA 10 Mar 1901 (VR).
3 JAMES, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Nov 1794 (GS), son of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1868 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 4 Dec 1817 (VR) RACHEL DEARBORN, b. Parsonsfield 6 July 1798, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Brown) Dearborn, d. Parsonsfield 24 Apr 1885 (GS).
Children of James and Rachel (Dearborn) Wadleigh, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i JAMES D., b. 26 Sept 1818, d. Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1872 (GS); m. 8 Oct 1842/12 Dec 1842 HARRIET A. MOORE, b. Parsonsfield Oct 1823, daughter of Isaac and Sally (Piper) Moore, d. Parsonsfield 8 July 1853 (GS).
ii GEORGE W., b. 1821, d. Kezar Falls 9 Oct 1810; m. Parsonsfield 26 Aug 1847 (VR) ABIGAIL EDGECOMB, b. 1822, d. Kezar Falls 1880 (GS) .
iii MARY A., b. 1823, d. 1886; m. Parsonsfield 19 July 1846 (VR) JOSEPH THOMPSON, b. Parsonsfield 1820, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 60.
iv SARAH JANE, b. 1825, d. Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1842 (GS).
v CAROLINE DEARBORN, b. 27 Mar 1827 (GS), d. Biddeford 17 July 1904 (GS); m. 1846 WOODBURY GREENLEAF GOOCH of Biddeford, b. Kennebunk 9 Apr 1819 (GS), son of Jedediah and Sally ( ) Gooch, d. Biddeford 10 Jan 1892 (VR).
vi HANNAH MERRILL, b. 9 Mar 1829 (GS), d. Alvin, TX 15 Jan 1904 (GS); m. 16 Nov 1848 (YMR) (Dr.) JOHN STEVENSON HIDDEN, b. Tamworth, NH 4 Aug 1820 (GS), son of Ephraim and Dolly (Rennick) Hidden, d. Centralia, KS 12 Mar 1905 (GS); he m. (2) Mahala T. Plummer.
vii MAHALA TOWLE, b. 16 Apr 1831 (GS), d. Saco 8 Dec 1923 (GS); m. (1) ELDRIDGE PLUMMER of Biddeford, b. Saco 19 Oct 1817 (GS), son of Moses and Ellen (Seavey) Plummer, d. Saco 6 Feb 1897 (VR); m. (2) Saco 27 July 1904 (VR) (Dr.) JOHN STEVENSON HIDDEN, b. Tamworth, NH 4 Aug 1820 (GS), son of Ephraim and Dolly (Rennick) Hidden, d. Centralia, KS 12 Mar 1905 (GS).
viii ELIZA F., b. 10 Aug 1833 d, Portland, ME 7 June 1908 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 7 Dec 1853 (VR) ELIJAH P. LEWIS of Portland, b.
Gorham 5 Jan 1834 (VR), son of John and Sabrina (Hamblen) Lewis, d. Portland 15 Feb 1870 (GS).
ix JACOB D., b. 1836, d. Standish 2o Oct 1902 (VR); m. ARVILDA L. HOBSON, b. Buxton Mar 1834, daughter of Enoch Billings and Nancy (Frost) Hobson, d. Standish 27 Nov 1899 (GS).
x ELISHA B., b. Nov 1839, d. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1915 (VR); m. ELIZA JENNIE EASTMAN, b. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1848, daughter of Henry and Maria (Downs) Eastman, d. Parsonsfield 1908 (GS).
4 ELISHA, JR., b. Parsonsfield, ME 29 Sept 1801, son of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1875 (GS); m. 1 Apr 1824 (VR) MARY BURBANK, b. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1805, daughter of Caleb and Sally (Littlefield) Burbank, d. Parsonsfield 24 Mar 1879 (GS). He was a church deacon.
Children of Elisha, Jr. and Mary (Burbank) Wadleigh, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i CALEB B., b. 1825, d. Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1852, aged 27-6-24 (GS).
ii ELISHA SMITH, b. 6 Dec 1830, d. Parsonsfield 26 June 1912 (GS); m. (1) 5 May 1857 LOIS B. LIBBY, b. Limerick 25 Feb 1836, daughter of Thomas Butler and Eunice (Butler) Libby, d. 2 Aug 1858; m. (2) Parsonsfield 3 July 1879 (VR) JOSEPHINE B. (MERRILL) LORD, b. Parsonsfield 15 Dec 1824, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Burbank) Merrill, d. Parsonsfield 25 Oct 1894 (GS).
iii SARAH/SALLY B., b. Sept 1835, d. Standish 6 Jan 1911, aged 75-2-11 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 30 June 18523 (VR) JOSEPH H. LITTLEFIELD, b. Standish, son of Joshua and Sally (Hawkes) Littlefield, d. Standish 18 Oct 1906, aged 82-7-10 (VR).
iv LEMUEL M., b, 1839, d. 1 Jan 1858, aged 18-7 (GS).
5 ELISHA, b. Parsonsfield, ME 15 Apr 1819 (GS), son of John and Sally (Wedgwood) Wadleigh d. Lyman 21 Apr 1868 (GS); m. (1) 6 June 1841 (VR) LYDIA BANKS, b. Parsonsfield 10 Nov 1822, daughter of Israel and Elvira (Moulton) Banks, d. Saco 26 Oct 1856; m. (2) Saco 16 May 1859 (YMR) MARY J. SINNOTT, b. ca 1831, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( ) Sinnott, d. Saco 3 Jan 1870, aged 39 (GS).
Children of Elisha and Lydia (Banks) Wadleigh, b. Parsonsfield and Saco, ME:
i JACOB B., b. ca 1845, d. Los Angeles 5 July 1917, aged 74 (VR).
ii CHARLES R, b. ca 1847, lived in Boston, MA ,1879, aged 23 (USC). He was a private in the 2nd Regt. ME Cavalry. in the Civil War, b Saco 20 Nov 1849, lived in Saco, 1920, aged 70 (USC); m. Saco 30 May 1875 JAMES MELVILLE CHADBOURNE, b. Buxton 3 May 1851, son of Jeremiah and Uroxa (Merrill) Chadbourne, lived in Saco, 1920, aged 68 (USC), buried Buxton.
iii FRANK C./CALEB FRANK, b. Saco ca Oct 1851 (from age at death), d. Melrose, MA 23 Apr 1898, aged 46-6 (VR); m. Boston, MA 24 Dec 1879 (VR) ZILPHA ADELIA TRASK, b. Manchester, MA 2 Feb 1854, daughter of Elias and Zilpha (Cook) Trask, d. Brookline, MA, 1941.
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iv JESSE W., b. 5 Nov 1854, d. Saco 12 Mar 1915, aged 60-4-7 (VR); m. Boston, MA 6 July 1887 (VR) GERTRUDE JULIA ALVORD, b. Boston 11 Sept 1859 (VR), daughter of George F. and Margaret (Moulton) Alvord, d. Somerville, MA 4 Jan 1905 (VR). He served in the 37th ME Volunteers in the Civil War.
JOHN WEDGWOOD
1 JOHN5 (Jonathon4, John7, David2, John1), b. No. Hampton, NH 4 Aug 1762 (VR), son of Jonathon and Mary (Marston) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 17 Mar 1845 (VR); m.567 MARY/POLLY TOWLE, b. Effingham, NH 22 June 1775 (PVR), b daughter of Levi and Ruth (Marden) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1862.
Children of John and Mary (Towle) Wedgewood, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):
i MARY6, b. Effingham, NH 22 Mar 1793, d. Parsonsfield 19 Dec 1855 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1814 (VR) JOSHUA NEAL, b. ca Jan 1789 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 29 Apr 1853, aged 64-3 (GS).
ii BETSY, b. Effingham, NH 1 Jan 1795, d. 15 Mar 1822 (VR).
iii JONATHON, b. Effingham, NH 22 June 1797, d. Effingham 21 Dec 1854 (PVR); m. (1) Parsonsfield 1 July 1818 (VR) CHARLOTTE MOORE, b. 3 June 1798 (VR), daughter of Simon and Judith ( ) Moore, d. Effingham 3 July 1836; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 4 Aug 1837 (VR) MARY SANBORN DOE, b. 15 Aug 1811, daughter of Bartlett and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, d. Parsonsfield 22 June 1889.
2 iv JOSIAH, b. Effingham, NH 1 Dec 1799
v DAVID, b. 9 Sept 1801, d. Saco; m. DEBORAH POMEROY, b. Saco 1805.
vi RUTH M., b. 4 Mar 1804, d. Hillsdale, MI 25 Mar 1882 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1826 (VR) MARK C. CHAPMAN, b. Parsonsfield 18 June 1804, son of Samuel and Olive (Deshon) Chapman, d. Parsonsfield 3 Dec 1833 (GS); m. (2) Effingham 14 Jan 1858 JOHN DRAKE, b. Effingham, NH 14 May 1791, son of John and Huldah (Lane) Drake, d. Effingham 20 July 1866 (GS).
vii LUCY, b. 7 Mar 1807, d. Saco 9 Apr 1869 (GS).; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1831 (VR) BENAIAH HOBBS, b. Effingham 4 June 1808, son of Jonathon and Sarah (Sanborn) Hobbs, d. Saco 16 Feb 1900 (GS).
viii NANCY, b. 3 Oct 1809, d. Effingham 18 Aug 1885; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 18 Nov 1833 (VR) LEVI B. CHAMPION, b. Effingham 14 Feb 1809, son of James and Elizabeth (Pennell) Champion, d. Effingham 6 Oct 1907.
ix LEVI (twin), b. 14 May 1813, d, 9 May 1833 (VR).
x JOSEPH (twin), b. 14 M6ay 1813, d. 14 July 1814 (VR).
567 History of Parsonsfield gives him a first wife, Polly Drake. Parsonsfield VR shows only Mary Towle.
xi JOHN, JR., b. 9 Feb 1816, no further record.
3 xii JOSEPH, b. 22 Apr 1818
2 JOSIAH6, b. Effingham, NH 1 Dec 1799, son of John and Mary (Towle) Wedgewood, d. Parsonsfield 19 Oct 1877 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 21 July 1821 (VR) SALLY NEAL, b. 18 July 1795 or 1797, daughter of Enoch and Nancy (Towle) Neal, d. Parsonsfield 29 Oct 1868 (GS).
Children of Josiah and Sally (Neal) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i ENOCH N.7, b. 1823, d. 1847.
ii HARRIET A., b. 1825, d. Tuftonboro, NH 25 Oct 1880 (GS); m. (cert.) P 19 Mar 1846 (VR) ORRIN H. DURGIN, b. Tuftonboro 29 July 1823, son of Trueworthy and Abigail (Haines) Durgin, d. Wolfeboro 25 Nov 1903 (VR).
iii CYRUS, b. 1827, d. Parsonsfield 12 Aug 1851, aged 24-3 (GS).
iv JAMES M., b. 1829, d. Parsonsfield 13 Sept 1858, aged 20-3 (GS)
v ALBION K. P., b. 1839, d. Parsonsfield 18 Jan 1849 (GS).
vi BENAIAH, b. 1832, d. Parsonsfield 27 June 1851 (GS).
vii MARY M., b. 1835, d. Parsonsfield 15 Sept 1858.
viii SARAH O., b. 1840, d. Parsonsfield 21 May 1845.
3 JOSEPH6, b. Parsonsfield. ME 22 Apr 1818, son of John and Mary (Towle) Wedgewood, d. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1889; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 9 Nov 1842 (VR) JANE Y. BAILEY, b. Parsonsfield 10 Dec 1823, daughter of John and Nancy (Doe) Bailey, 568 d. Parsonsfield 6 Oct 1912. Joseph Wedgwood’s will, signed 20 June 1888, named his wife Jane and children, Annie Bradstreet, Anson B., Willie H. and Frank J. Wedgwood.569 Children of Joseph and Jane T, (Bailey) Wedgwood:570 i Infant daughter7, b. 1844 and d. 8 May 1844.
ii ANNA, b. 26 Mar 1847 (GS), d. Boston, MA 26 Feb 1911 (VR); m. Danvers, MA 15 Dec 1868 (VR) HARRISON P. BRADSTREET, b. Danvers, MA 31 Mar 1836 (GS), son of John and Sally (Rea) Bradstreet, d. Topsfield, MA 9 Jan 1905 (VR).
iii JOHN BAILEY, b. 15 June 1851, d. Lynn, MA 7 Mar 1879 (VR), buried Parsonsfield; m. 1870 ABBIE COFFIN, b. Scarboro 1853, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth A. ( ) Coffin, last enumerated in Boston, MA, 1880, aged 27 (USC).571
iv CHARLES S., b. 1856 and d. Parsonsfield 20 Sept 1856.
v ANSON B., b. 26 Apr 1858, d. Somerville, MA 15 Jan 1936, buried Cambridge; m. Somerville 24 Dec 1885 (VR) LIZZIE MARTIN
568 North America, Family Histories, p. 60.
569 York Co. Probate 19863.
570 Ibid.
571 Although genealogies give her name as Abbie “Goodwin,” vital records show her name as Abbie “Coffin.”
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
COFFIN, b. Hyannis, MA 1862, daughter of Joseph and Harriet Cyrene (Kern) Coffin, d. Lynn, MA, 1952 (VR).
vi WILLIAM HENRY, b. 20 June 1860, d. Deerfield, MA 3 Oct 1902; m. Holden, MA Apr 1883 (VR) NELLIE EBERHARDT, b. Leeds, NY May 1862 (GS), daughter of Peter and Anna Barbara ( ) Eberhardt, d. Oxford, MA 3 Dec 1932 (GS).
vii FRANKLIN/FRANK JOSEPH, b. 23 Oct 1867, d. Lynn, MA 7 June 1890 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Lynn, MA 13 May 1886 (VR)
LENORA L. CLEMENTS, b. Knox, ME 1864, daughter of Hall and Rhoda E. (Sanborn) Clements, d. Lynn 13 Aug 1887 (VR).
LOT, NOAH and JESSE WEDGWOOD
1 LOT5 (John4-3, David2, John1), b. Newmarket, NH 1757, son of John and Elizabeth (Mathes) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 1812; m. (1) Newmarket, NH 1 Oct 1781 ELIZABETH SMITH, d. Parsonsfield 1 Feb 1800 (GS); m. (2) ANNA/NANCY HALEY, b. Biddeford 2 Sept 1780, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Wingate) Haley, d. Wolfeboro, NH 1845; she m. (2) William Rust. Lot Wedgwood settled in town, 1785. Children of Lot and Elizabeth (Smith) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except first three:572
i JOHN S.6, b. Newmarket, NH 30 July 1782 (GS), d. Cornish 17 June 1856 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 5 Aug 1807 (VR) LYDIA J. MERRILL, b. Cornish 14 May 1789 (GS), d. Cornish 9 Dec 1873 (GS).
ii JAMES, b. Newmarket, NH 1784, d. Farmington, IL 1871; m. ELIZA (SMALL) TYLER, b. Limington 11 Oct 1805, daughter of William and Sarah (March) Small,573 d. Farmington 1874.
iii LOT, JR., b. 10 Mar 1786, d. Parsonsfield 16 Dec 1869 (GS); m. ELIZABETH WINGATE, b. 31 Dec 1783 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 13 Oct 1878, aged 94-9-13 (GS). Lot Wedgwood’s will, signed 6 July 1863, included his wife Elizabeth, brother Thomas, and niece Lydia, daughter of Millett Wedgwood.574 Elizabeth’s will, called her of Limerick. She made most of her bequests to the Winkley family, giving Jere O. Winkley permission to be buried in the lot with her and Lot.575
iv MILLETT, b. 1787, d. Berwick, ME 1870; m.576 Portsmouth, NH 23 Feb 1819 (VR) MARY A. BLAISDELL, b. Portsmouth ca 1784, lived in Berwick, 1860, aged 66 (USC).
572 History of Parsonsfield, p. 411.
573 History of Limington, Maine, p. 198.
574 York Co. Probate 19867.
575 York Co. Probate 19859.
576 History of Parsonsfield claims Lydia m. Horace Pike of Cornish.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 215
v THOMAS, b. ca 1792, lived in Newport, 1850, aged 58 (USC); m. 9 Apr 1818 (VR) LAVINIA WADLEIGH b. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1796, daughter of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Newport, ME 17 Apr 1853 (GS).
vi STEPHEN S., b. 1797 (GS), d. Newport 9 Nov 1892 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 2 Dec 1824 (VR) CATHERINE G. WADLEIGH, b. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1805, daughter of Elisha and Sally (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Newport, ME 26 May 1890 (GS).
Children of Lot and Anna (Haley) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR): vii JEFFERSON, b. 25 Aug 1805, no further record.
viii LYDIA, b. 3 Nov 1808, d. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1880; m. Wolfeboro, NH 18 Feb 1832 BENJAMIN BAKER, b. Alton, NH May 1810, son of Thomas and Meriam (Allard) Baker, d. Brookfield, NH 29 Nov 1849; m. (2) JABEZ TOWLE, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Mar [1801, GS], son of Jabez and Anna (Norton) Towle, d. P 16 Mar 1869 (GS).
ix NANCY HALEY, b. 24 Dec 1811, d. Great Falls, NH 29 Sept 1866; m. Wolfeboro, NH 21 Oct 1843 JAMES EDGERLEY, b. Wolfeboro 13 Mar 1804, son of Daniel and Abigail (Deland) Edgerley, d. Berwick 15 Mar 1884.
2 NOAH5 (John4-3, David2, John1), b. Newmarket, NH 18 Jun 1758 (PVR), son of John and Elizabeth (Mathes) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 24 June 1845 (GS); m. (1) ABIGAIL MASON, b. Newmarket 13 Dec 1769 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield after 30 Oct 1798, when her lst child was born; m. (2) 22 Sept 1799 (MM) POLLY (LITTLEFIELD) TOWNE, b. Arundel/Kennebunkport ca 1771, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Stevens) Littlefield and widow of Amos Towne, d. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1848, aged 78 (GS).577 A veteran of the American Revolution he served as a private in Gilman’s NH Regt.
Children of Noah and Abigail (Mason) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except for first:
i JAMES S.6, b. Newmarket, NH 26 May 1785, d. IL 1867; m. NH 31 Jan 1828 (VR) ELIZA CHESLEY, b. Durham, NH ca 1806, daughter of Paul and Mart ( ) Chesley, d. Wolfeboro, NH 4 May 1884.
ii SAMUEL, b. 17 Apr 1789, no further record.
iii ELIZABETH, b. 24 Feb 1792, d. Parsonsfield 1 July 1817 (GS).
iv SALLY, b. 2 June 1794, d. Parsonsfield 30 July 1866; m. Parsonsfield 23 Jan 1824 (VR) HENRY ALLEN, b. p 15 Dec1797 (VR), son of Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen.
v ABIGAIL, b. 13 Dec 1797, d. young.
vi NOAH, JR., b. 30 Oct 1798, d. young.
Children of Noah and Polly (Littlefield) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
577 Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. 190.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
vii AMOS TOWNE, b. 17 June 1799, d. Parsonsfield 12 Mar 1857
viii ABIGAIL W., b. 28 Nov 1801, d. Parsonsfield 29 Mar 1806 (GS).
ix NOAH B., b. 22 Feb 1803, no further record.
x FRANCIS WARREN, b. 17 Mar 1805, d. Buena Vista CO., IA 13 Feb 1884; m. Richland, NY 17 Feb 1834 PAMELIA VORCE, b. Port Ontario, NY 3 May 1810, daughter of William and Mercy (Price) Vorce, d. Alden, IL 20 May 1878.
xi JOHN W., b. 22 Jan 1807, d. Parsonsfield 5 Apr 1807.
xii MARY ANN, b. Apr 1811, possibly d. Conway, NH 9 Feb 1845 (GS); if so, m. Sandwich, NH 22 May 1837 (VR) ENOCH ALLEN, b. Parsonsfield, ME 7 Nov 1805 (VR), son Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen, d. Chelsea, MA 6 Apr 1884 (VR); he m. (2) Phebe Brackett.
3 JESSE5 (John4-3, David2, John1), b. Newmarket, NH 10 Apr 1761, son of John and Elizabeth (Mathes) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 17 Aug 1837; m. Parsonsfield 27 Mar 1786 (VR) (sic)578 MEHITABLE FOLSOM, b. Gilmanton, NH 7 Apr 1864, daughter of Peter and Hannah (Morrison) Folsom, d. Parsonsfield 17 June 1824 (GS).579 Jesse Wedgwood was a veteran of the American Revolution and a pensioner. Children of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):580 i MEHITABLE6, b. 1 May 1786, d. Parsonsfield 31 July 1862; m. 1 Dec 1808 WILLIAM BLAZO, b. Epsom, NH m son of Amos and Joanna (Libby) Blazo, d. Parsonsfield 25 Aug 1839.
ii SARAH/SALLY, b. 4 Apr 1788, d. Parsonsfield July 1864; m. (1) Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1809 (VR) SILAS BURBANK, b. Newfield 7 Oct 1788, son of David and Miriam (Dunnold) Burbank, d. Newfield 2 Sept 1813 (VR);581 m. (2) Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1817 (VR) JOHN WADLEIGH, b. 7 Oct 1792, son of Elijah and Sarah (Smith) Wadleigh, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1830.
iii ELIZABETH, b. 5 Jan 1790, d. Parsonsfield 3 Jan 1860; m. Parsonsfield 21 Nov 1811 (VR) (Dr.) MOSES SWEAT, b. Portland, ME 18 Mar 1788, son of Jonathon P and Sarah (Ayers) Swett, d. 25 Aug 1865.
4 iv JESSE, JR., b. 1 Mar 1792
v MARY/POLLY, b. 12 Mar 1794, d. Effingham, NH 6 July 1874 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 31 May 1813 (VR) ABRAHAM MARSTON, b. Effingham 16 May 1793, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Leavitt) Marston, d. Effingham 18 Nov 1848 (GS).
578 The actual date of marriage is probably earlier [the Folsom genealogy says Apr or Aug 1785] and Parsonsfield VR is showing the date that Rev. Samuel Weeks submitted the marriages that he had performed prior to that date.
579 Folsom Genealogy, I:137.
580 Op. cit., pp. I:137–9.
581 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 70.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 217
vi HANNAH, b. 10 Mar 1796, d. Newfield 6 Sept 1855; m. Parsonsfield 1 Oct 1833 (VR) JOHN MOORE, b. Parsonsfield 14 Mar 1787, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Hodgdon) Moore, d. Newfield 17 Nov 1869.
vii LYDIA, b. 5 May 1798, d. 1801.
viii SUSAN, b. 12 May 1800, d. 14 Dec 1854; m. Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1826 (VR) JABEZ TOWLE, b. Parsonsfield 13 Mar [1801, GS], son of Jabez and Anna (Norton) Towle, d. Parsonsfield 16 Mar 1869 (GS).
5 ix THATCHER G., b. 11 Apr 1802 x PETER, b. and d. 1804.
4 JESSE, JR.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1 Mar 1792 (VR), son of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1876 (GS); m. CATHERINE PAINE, b. Parsonsfield 21 July 1794 (PVR), daughter of William and Catherine (St. Clair) Paine, d. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1859 (GS).
Children of Jesse, Jr. and Catherine (Paine) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, ME:582
i SILAS BURBANK7, b. 27 July 1814 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1842 (GS). A graduate of Dartmouth College he studied under Dr. Moses Sweat and practiced medicine in Springvale and later in Somersworth, NH.
ii MEHITABLE F., b. 10 May 1816 (DVR), d. Shapleigh 23 July 1899 (VR), m. Parsonsfield 13 Nov 1846 (VR) ANDREW BURLEIGH ROSS, b. Shapleigh 1822 (GS), son of Simon and Abigail (Burleigh) Ross, d. Shapleigh 1911 (GS).583
iii WILLIAM P., b. ca 1818, d. Parsonsfield 24 June 1839 (GS).
iv LYDIA W., b. ca Jan 1820, d. Parsonsfield 18 July 1821, aged 16 mos. (GS).
v CATHERINE A., b. ca 1826, d. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1841 (GS).
vi JESSE AUGUSTUS, b. ca 1828, d. Chicago, IL 24 Jan 1882 (VR). buried Baldwin, ME, div.; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Mar 1859 JUDITH
ABIAH MARSTON, b. Newfield 31 Mar 1829, daughter of Dr. Moses Leavitt and Mary (Hobbs) Marston584; she m. (2) Boston, MA 31 Dec 1860 (VR) John B. Cameron.
vii JOHN THATCHER, b. 17 Apr 1832, d. Cornish 26 Mar 1889 (GS); (1) Parsonsfield 20 June 1862 (VR) RUTH F. TOPLIFF, daughter of Dr. Calvin and Ann (Andrews) Topliff of Freedom, NH, b. 8 June 1834 (GS), d. Cornish 29 Aug 1880 (GS); m. (2) Baldwin 31 Oct 1882 (VR) FRANCES ELLEN BOWERS, b. Baldwin 15 Apr 1836 (GS), d. Lynn, MA 5 Mar 1923 (GS). A graduate of Dartmouth College he studied under Dr. Moses Sweat and practiced medicine in Limington and Cornish. He served in Co. H, 11th ME Regt. in the Civil War.
viii LYDIA A., b. ca 1838, d. Parsonsfield 9 Dec 1872 (GS).
582 Op. cit., I:138.
583 Early Families of Shapleigh and Acton, Maine, p. 564.
584 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 439.
5 THATCHER G.6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Apr 1802, son of Jesse and Mehitable (Folsom) Wedgwood, d. Limerick after 1874; m. (int.) Parsonsfield 30 Jan 1830 (VR) MELINDA EATON, b. Limerick 12 Dec 1818, daughter of William and Mehitable (Jose) Easton, d. Lewiston 29 Apr 1904 (VR).
Children of Thatcher G. and Melinda (Easton) Wedgwood, b. Parsonsfield, MF:
i MEHITABLE F. J.7, b. 1832, d. Limerick 8 Aug 1908; m. after 1883
JESSE LOCKE GOULD, b. Limerick 1 Nov 1827, son of Erastus and Harriet Bynam (Locke) Gould, d. Limerick 17 Feb 1900 (VR).
ii ABIGAIL R., b. May 1836, d. Limerick 31 Jan 1914 (GS).
iii ELIZA A. F., b 1839, d. Limerick Jan 1869 (USC).
iv AMANDA C., b. 1843, d. Limerick Sept 1859 (USC).
WEEKS
1 SAMUEL4 (Mathias3, Samuel2, Leonard1), b Greenland, NH 21 Nov 1746 (GS) [1744 (PVR)], son of Mathias and Sarah Ford, d. Parsonsfield 19 June 1832 (GS); m. (1) Greenland 28 Mar 1768 (VR) MERCY RUNDLET, b. Stratham, NH 22 Jan 1748 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1802 (VR); m. (2) (cert.) Berwick 30 June 1802 (VR) SARAH (BARNES) GUPTILL, b. Berwick say 1761, daughter of Abraham Barnes and widow of Stephen Guptill, d. Cornish 22 Sept 1836 (GS. He was a Baptist minister in Parsonsfield arriving there in 1783 from Gilmanton, NH where he was ordained in 1780. He affiliated with the Free-Will Baptists in Parsonsfield.585 Children of Samuel and Mercy (Rundlet) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:586
2 i NOAH5, b. Newmarket, NH 25 0ct 1768
ii ANNA P., b. Greenland, NH 13 Apr 1769, d. Parsonsfield 6 May 1838.
3 iii ELIPHALET, b. Newmarket, NH 6 June 1770
iv JAMES G., b. Newmarket, NH 22 Feb 1772, d. Parsonsfield 21 Mar 1802 (VR).
v JOHN, b. Newmarket, NH 2 Feb 1774, d. Cornish 1835.
vi MARY, b. Gilmanton, NH 6 Feb 1776, d. Tunbridge, VT 22 June 1853; m. York, ME 1 Nov 1792 JOSEPH KNIGHT, b. Kittery 14 Nov 1769 (PVR), son of Zebulon and — (Wilson) Knight, d. Parsonsfield 28 Apr 1810.587
vii SUSANNA, b. Gilmanton, NH 23 Feb 1778 d. Parsonsfield 7 Nov 1784 (VR).
viii SAMUEL, JR., b. Gilmanton, NH 19 July 1780, d. Corinna, ME 10 Mar 1870; m. Parsonsfield 20 Dec 1803 MEHITABLE KNIGHT, b. Kittery
585 History of Parsonsfield, p. 217.
586 Op cit., pp. 411–2.
587 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 299.
1 Aug 1784, daughter of Zebulon and Anna (Emery) Knight,588 d. Corinna. ME 12 Sept 1861.
ix ICHABOD, b. Gilmanton, NH 25 Nov 1782, d. Parsonsfield 23 Oct 1784 (VR).
4 x MATHIAS, b. 4 Mar 1785.
5 xi LEVI, b. 11 Feb 1788.
6 xii BENJAMIN, b. 24 Jan 1791.
Child of Samuel and Sarah (Guptill) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
xiii MERCY, b. 16 Apr 1803, d. Jefferson, NH 1882 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1821 (VR) DANIEL PENDEXTER, b. Biddeford 1796, son of Henry and Mary (Watson) Pendexter, d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1833; m. (2) before 1850 WILLIAM J. CHAMBERLAIN, b. Brookfield, NH 10 Nov 1775 (GS), d. Jefferson 1857 (GS).
2 NOAH5, b. Newmarket NH 24 Oct 1768, son of Samuel and Mercy (Rundlet) Weeks, d. Garland, ME 9 Oct 1852; m. 1792 ANNA PENDEXTER of Cornish, b. Biddeford 12 Aug 1769, daughter of David Pendexter, d. Cornish 27 Apr 1849. Children of Noah and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
7 i ICHABOD6, b. 13 Dec 1793, d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1859.
8 ii HENRY, b. 5 Feb 1797
iii MERCY R., b. 22 Mar 1800, d. Parsonsfield 29 Feb 1856 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 8 Aug 1823 (VR) DAVID JOHNSON, JR., b. Parsonsfield, ME 15 Mar 1800, son of David and Lydia Dearborn (Batchelder) Johnson, d. Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1837 (GS).
9 iv JAMES WESLEY, b. 11 Aug 1802
v SARAH, b. 9 Aug 1806, d. Cornish 9 Feb 1895 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 29 June 1830 (VR) HENRY PENDEXTER, b. Cornish 1804, lived in Cornish, 1879, aged 65 (USC).
10 vi NOAH, b. 1808 (GS)
3 ELIPHALET5, b. Newmarket, NH 6 June 1770 (OVR), son of Samuel and Mercy (Rundlet) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 6 May 1833; m. (1) SUSANNA PERRY, b. Scarboro 1773, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Holmes) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 26 Aug 1813 (VR); m. (2) MARTHA/PATTY KENNERSON, b. 3 May 1775, d. Parsonsfield 24 Sept 1857. Children of Eliphalet and Susanna (Perry) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):589
i JOSEPH6, b. 17 Mar 1796, d. Cornish 31 July 1832 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; m. Parsonsfield 28 Feb 1819 (VR) SALLY BARKER, b. Cornish 1 Feb 1791, daughter of Nathaniel Barker, d. 9 Dec 1870 (GS).
ii ANNA, b. 15 Sept 1798, d. Parsonsfield 20 June 1816.
588 Ibid.
589 North America, Family Histories, p. 354.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
iii JAMES HOLMES, b. 19 Feb 1801, d. Chatham, NH Dec 1880 (GS), buried Conway; m. (1) Parsonsfield 3 May 1823 (VR) LOVE CARTER; m. (2) LOIS LOVEJOY BALLARD, b. 3 Feb 1809 (GS), daughter of David Lovejoy and Submit (Tarbox) Ballard, d. 12 Sept 1879 (GS).
iv ELIPHALET, JR., b. 4 June 1803, d. Chatham, NH 24 July 1881, buried Conway; m. (1) Fryeburg, ME 25 Dec 1828 LYDIA TARBOX BALLARD, b. Peterborough, NH 16 Oct 1810, daughter of David Lovejoy and Submit (Tarbox) Ballard, d. Chatham 11 Feb 1844 (GS); m. (2) Portland 4 Sept 1845 ELIZA S. DEARBORN.
11 v SAMUEL O., b. 23 Sept 1805
vi EBENEZER E., b. 4 Jan 1808, d. Parsonsfield same day.
vii JOHN, b. 26 Oct 1810, d. Chatham, NH 22 Apr 1880; m. MEHITABLE HOLMES, b. ME 27 Nov 1807, d. Chatham 27 Jan 1993 (GS).
Children of Eliphalet and Martha (Kennerson) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
viii SUSANNA, b. 1 May 1815, d. Cornish 14 Nov 1841 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1840 (VR) NATHANIEL BARKER, JR., b. Cornish 1795 (GS), d. Cornish 22 June 1873 (GS).
ix (adopted) SALLEY EASTMAN, b. Cornish 28 Aug 1805
4 MATHIAS5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 4 Mar 1785 (VR), son of Samuel and Mercy (Rundlet) Weeks, d. Cornish 1 Mar 1855; m. (1) Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1807 (VR) SUSANNAH DAY, b. Cornish 1789, daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna Catherine (Perkins) Day, d. Cornish 26 July 1825; m. (2) OLIVE (GUBTAIL) HAMMOND, b. Greenland, NH ca Oct 1787, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Gubtail, d. Parsonsfield 8 July 1865.
Children of Mathias and Susannah (Day) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i NOAH6, b. 2 Aug 1808, d. Tamworth, NH 17 Aug 1844, buried Cornish; m. Parsonsfield 27 Oct 1829 (VR) BETSEY GLIDDEN, b. Lebanon, ME ca 1809.
ii ALVIRA, b. xa 1809, no further record.
iii SUSAN, b. ca 1809, d. young.
iv CATHERINE, b. Cornish 17 May 1811, d. Kezar Falls 23 Apr 1891; m. Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1931 TIMOTHY GUPTILL, JR., b. Cornish 29 Jan 1809, son of Timothy and Anna (Randall) Guptill, d. 25 Nov 1845.
v SUSAN, b. 1816, lived in Cornish, 1850, aged 34 (USC).
vi OLIVE, b. Cornish 11 Apr 1820, d. Cornish 22 Jan 1873; m. 3 July1843
HIRAM GUPTILL, b. Cornish 29 June 1819, son of Timothy and Anna (Randall) Guptill, d Cornish 6 Sept 1873.
vii ALBION P., b. 9 Feb 1827, d. Parsonsfield 9 Feb 1890 (GS), d. 19 Sept 1902; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Aug 1861 (VR) SUSAN MARCIA
PRAY, b. Parsonsfield 25 Feb 1835 (GS), daughter William Fernald and Susan (Perry) Pray, d. Parsonsfield Mar 1886 (GS)
viii JAMES W., b. ca 1827, d. Parsonsfield 22 Aug 1745, aged 18 (GS).
Children of Mathias and Olive (Guptail) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
ix MOSES SAMUEL, b. Sept 1832, d. Parsonsfield 8 Feb 1857, m. Parsonsfield 5 July 1854 (VR) JANE T. MORRISON, b. Parsonsfield 7 Jan 1819 (GS), daughter of Jonathon and Jane (Boothby) Morrison, d. Parsonsfield 21 Sept 1864 (GS); she m. (2) Seth Chellis.
5 LEVI5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Feb 1788, son of Samuel and Mercy (Rundlet) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 31 Dec 1869 (GS); m. (1) 27 Sept 1810 CATHERINE PERRY, b. Limerick, daughter of George and Hannah (Pendexter) Perry, d. Parsonsfield 2 July 1827 (VR);590 m. (2) (cert,) Parsonsfield 29 Aug 1827 (VR) [his sister-in-law] ANNA (PENDEXTER) WEEKS, b. Biddeford 12 Aug 1769, daughter of David Pendexter, d. Cornish 27 Apr 1849.
Children of Levi and Catherine (Perry) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i HANNAH R. 6 , b. 1 Aug 1811, d. Parsonsfield 20 Sept 1884 (GS), m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 29 Dec 1839 (VR) JAMES LORD, b. Limerick 15 Feb 1815 (GS), son of Joseph and Sarah (Merrill) Lord, d. Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1873 (GS).
ii ADELINE/EVELINE, b, 22 Mar 1815, d. Limerick 22 Aug 1899 (VR). 12 iii LORENZO LORING, b. 1 Feb 1821
iv WILLIAM, d. in infancy.
v LEVI, JR., b. 8 Feb 1827, d. Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1827 (VR).
Children of Levi and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
vi CATHERINE P., b. 22 Jan 1829 (GS), d. Limerick 20 Sept 1900 (GS). buried Cornish; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 12 Feb 1847 (VR) JOHN LORD, b. Limerick 20 July 1820 (GS), son of Joseph and Sarah (Merrill) Lord, d. 28 Apr 1888 (GS).
vii MARY, b. ca 1838, d. Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1879, aged 41 (GS).
6 BENJAMIN5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 24 Jan 1791, son of Samuel and Mercy (Rundlet) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 4 Sept 1836; m. Cornish 30 Mar 1814 NANCY BARNES, b. Cornish 3 Nov 1796 (PVR), d. Parsonsfield 18 Apr 1883. Benjamin Weeks’s will, signed 16 Aug 1836, named his wife Nancy and all his children below.591
Children of Benjamin and Nancy (Barnes) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i WARREN W.6, b. 21 Jan 1815, d. Parsonsfield 19 Feb 1844.
ii SALLY W., b. 17 Jan 1817, d. Parsonsfield 15 Feb 1817.
iii BENJAMIN R., b. 9 Feb 1818, d. Limerick 15 Dec 1890; m. LYDIA A. BOODY, b. Parsonsfield 18 May 1837, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Eastman) Boody, d. Parsonsfield 10 Sept 1901 (VR).
590 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 110. 591 York Co. Probate 19876.
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iv NANCY B., b. 9 Mar 1820, d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1904 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 4 May 1940 (VR) HIRAM STAPLES, JR. b. Limington 1814 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 1858 (GS).
v ABRAHAM W., b. 9 Jan 1822, d. Parsonsfield 27 Feb 1848 (GS),
vi MARY JANE, b. 22 Apr 1824, d. Parsonsfield 4 May 1848; m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1846 (VR) HENRY MERRILL,3RD, b. Parsonsfield 19 Sept 1820, son of Henry and Isabella (Morrill) Merrill, d. Cornish 20 Mar 1895; he m. (2) Diantha P. Parks.
vii MOSES SAMUEL, b. 5 Mar 1827, d. Parsonsfield 1846 (GS).
viii ALBERT S., b. 7 Jan 1830, d. Parsonsfield 22 Sept 1865; m. Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1851 MARY JANE FRYE, b. Limerick 6 May 1830, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Watson) Frye, d. Parsonsfield Aug 1909 (US).
ix HARRIET AMANDA, b., b. Mar 1832, d. Parsonsfield 11 Aug 1859.
7 ICHABOD6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 13 Dec 1793, son of Noah and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1859l m. Parsonsfield 25 Dec 1815 ANNA PENDEXTER, b. Cornish 1792, d. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1849.
Children of Ichabod and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
13 i JAMES M.7, b. 1816
ii AUSTIN N., b. 1819, lived in Parsonsfield, 1880, aged 52 (USC); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Dec 1844 (VR) SARAH (DAY) PENDEXTER, b. Parsonsfield 6 Apr 1819 (from age at death), daughter of Eben and Polly (Kimball) Day, d. Parsonsfield 3 Mar 1895, aged 75-10-26 (VR).
iii NANCY, b. say 1822, d. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1832.
iv HENRY, b. 1827, d. Parsonsfield 27 Apr 1832.
v ANNA, b. 25 Oct 1834, d. Parsonsfield 8 Dec 1856.
8 HENRY6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 5 Feb 1797, son of Noah and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 23 July 1825 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 30 Dec 1819 (VR) ANNA PENDEXTER, b. Cornish 27 Sept 1818 (GS), d. Limerick 24 Oct 1897 (GS).
Children of Henry and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MERCY ANN7 , b. 3 Oct 1820 (GA), d. Limerick 18 Apr 1897 (GS); m. (cert) Parsonsfield 11 Jan 1840 (VR) MOSES R. BRACKETT of Cornish, b. Lyman 27 Apr 1818 (GS), son of Nathaniel and Alice (Ricker) Brackett, d. Limerick 24 Oct 1897 (VR).
ii EDMUND P. , b. 1824 (GS), d. 28 Aug 1894 (VR); m. (cert.) p 22 Aug 1846 (VR) HARRIET L. PENDEXTER, b. Cornish July 1830, d. p 20 July 1900 (GS).
9 JAMES WESLEY6 , b. Parsonsfield, ME 11 Aug 1802, son of Noah and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Kalamazoo MI 3 Mar 1875; m. Parsonsfield 17 Nov 1824 (VR)
SARAH C. FRYE, b. Limerick 16 Apr 1800, daughter of Ebenezer and Jane (Frost) Frye, d. Kalamazoo, MI 3 Mar 1875.592
Child of James Wesley and Sarah C. (Frye) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME: i LUCINDA7, b. 4 June 1832 (GS), d. Oak Park, IL 15 Apr 1920 (GS); m. (1) Chelsea, MA 23 Oct 1853 (VR) MILO AMBROSE HUMPHREY, b. Burke, VT 6 May 1819 (VR), son of Romania and Lucinda (Clark) Humphrey, lived in Chicago, IL, 1960, aged 41 (USC); m. (2) IL 13 May 1868 (VR) ISAAC PEARSON POINIER, b. Cincinnati, OH 23 Feb 1823, son of – and Amanda H. ( ) Poinier, d. Oak Park, IL 8 July 1907 (GS).
10 NOAH6, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1808 (GS), son of Noah and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 1867 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1829 (VR) ELIZABETH GARLAND; m. (2) (cert.) Parsonsfield 10 Apr 1832 (VR) MARY HALEY, b. Alfred 1809 (GS), daughter of — and Sally ( ) Haley, d. p 1890 (GS). Children of Noah and Mary (Haley) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i MARY E./LIZZIE M. 7 , b. 1833, d. Waterboro 21 July 1893 (VR); m. (int.) Waterboro 16 Feb 1874 (VR) SIMON A. KNIGHTS, b. Waterboro 16 Mar 1827 (from age at death), son of Daniel and Miriam (Andrews) Knights, d. Waterboro 29 Jan 1894 (VR).593
ii BENJAMIN H., b. 1838, d. Somerville, MA 20 May 1909 (VR), buried Parsonsfield; m. Somerville 18 June 1877 (VR) NANCY J. (HATCH) MERRILL, b. Nobleboro, ME 1838 (GS), daughter of David and Nancy (Morton) Hatch, d. Somerville 1918 (VR).
iii NOAH, b. 1842 (GS), d. Cornish 19 Nov 1916 (VR); m. AMANDA S. HASTY, b. Limerick 1839 (VR), daughter of Simeon and Sarah (Watson) Hasty, d. Parsonsfield 20 May 1908 (VR).
iv WILLIAM H., b. 1841, enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 1 (USC).
v DAVID J., b. Cornish 19 Sept 1854, d. Alfred 18 June 1914; m. Somersworth, NH 25 Aug 1885 (VR) ELLA MARY BATCHELDER, b. Alfred 13 Nov 1866, daughter of George Henry and Mary Eliza (Buker) Batchelder, d. Alfred 26 July 1826.
vi EDWIN E., b. Cornish 18 Nov 1855 (GS), d. Sanford 5 Feb 1918 (GS); m. Effingham, NH 24 Dec 1879 (VR) ETTA H. CAMERY, b. Ossipee, NH 28 Feb 1858 (GS), daughter of Henry and Sarah ( ) Camery, d. Sanford 24 July 1918 (GS).
11 SAMUEL O.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 23 Sept 1805, son of Eliphalet and Susanna (Perry) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 23 Oct 1869 (GS); m. (1) of “Lovell, ME” Parsonsfield 3 Feb 1828 (VR) SALLY PERRY FOSS, b. Parsonsfield 12 Jan 1802, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Perry) Foss, d. Parsonsfield 16 Jan 1842(GS); m. (2) Parsonsfield 18 Dec
592 Early Families of Limerick, Maine, p. 60.
593 Early Families of Waterborough, Maine, p. 301.
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1842 (VR) SUSAN W. EASTMAN, b. Parsonsfield 16 July 1826, daughter of Timothy and Susanna (Knight) Eastman, d. 7 Oct 1905 (GS). Guardianships were established for his minor children wife Susan named guardian, 6 June 1870.594 Children of Samuel O. and Sally Perry (Foss) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i SUSAN P. 8 , b. 4 June 1829, d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1846 (GS).
ii MARY O., b. July 1831, d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1901 (VR).
iii JULIA ANN, b. 15 Apr 1733, d. Parsonsfield 26 May 1838 (GS).
iv SARAH/SALLY FOSS, b. 4 June 1834, d. Parsonsfield 2 Mar 1878; m. 10 Dec 1854 CHARLES OMAR NUTE, b. Wolfeboro 6 or 8 Aug 1831, son of Jesse and Hannah (Goldsmith) Nute, d. Parsonsfield 27 Sept 1900.
v SAMUEL O., JR., b. 27 Apr 1837, d. Parsonsfield 27 Aug 1838.
vi SAMUEL O., JR., b. 16 June 1841, d. Parsonsfield 3 Sept 1841.
vii JAMES P., b. ca 1841, enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1850, aged 9 (USC).
Children of Samuel O. and Susan E. (Eastman) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
viii MERCY E., b. 2 July 1843, d. Parsonsfield 11 Apr 1862 (GS).
ix ALMIRA B., b. 6 Feb 1845, d. Parsonsfield. 17 Mar 1872; m. Parsonsfield 26 June 1864 LORING DUNNELLS, b. Newfield 15 Aug 1838, son of David and Mary (Brown) Dunnells, d. 23 Jan 1922; he m. (2) Nellie Flora Storer. 595
x SUSAN ANN, b. 27 Apr 1846, d. Parsonsfield 18 May 1856 (GS).
xi MELISSA J., b. 11 May 1848, d. Parsonsfield 28 Oct 1889; m. Gloucester, MA 31 Oct 1873 (VR) MOSES B. MERRIFIELD, b. Porter, ME 31 Dec 1848 (GS), son of Rensselear and Zelopa (Perry) Merrifield, d. Gorham 8 Jan 1923 (GS).
xii MARTHA ELLEN, b. 8 Aug 1860, d. Parsonsfield 22 June 1921; m. 5 Dec 1868 MOSES SWEAT ROBERTS, b. Parsonsfield 31 July 1847, son of Joseph and Louisa (Howe) Roberts, d. Parsonsfield 16 Mar 1911.
xiii EMMA F., b. 27 Oct 1854, d. Conway, NH 12 Dec 1905; m. (1) EDWIN S. MERRIFIELD, div. 1886; m. (2) Conway 28 May 1887 (VR) ALMON H. WILLEY, b. Conway 8 Aug 1860 (DVR), son of David and Mahala (Boston) Willey, d. Conway 16 June 1927 (VR).
xiv WILLIAM SAMUEL, b. 3 July 1856, d. Parsonsfield 24 Mar 1923l m. MARY EMILY CARTLAND, b. Parsonsfield 5 July 1851, daughter of Asa and Isabella (Davis) Cartland, d. Parsonsfield 10 July 1949.
xv FRANK WALTER, b. 6 Mar 1869, d. Somerville, MA 30 Nov 1915; m. Boston, MA 11 July 1883 (VR) SARAH MARIA HATTIE, b. Guysboro, N.S. 19 May 1858, daughter of Hugh and Mariah ( ) Hattie, d. 25 June 1838 (GS).
594 York Co. Probate 19881.
595 Early Families of Newfield, Maine, p. 234.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 225
xvi MERCY A., b. 19 May 1862, d. Boston, MA July 1946; m. (1) p 7 Aug 1879 FRANK W. ROBERTS, b. Mattamiswcontis, ME 1859, son of Jonathon and Mary Ann (Wood) Roberts, d. Boston 1898; m. (2) Boston 25 Oct 1899 (VR) JOHN PATRICK SHEA, b. Hamilton, ON 19 Feb 1857, son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Healey) Shea, d. Mount Carmel, PA 1 Mar 1937.
xvii EBEN GEORGE, b. 28 Oct 1863, d. Everett, MA 2 Oct 1902 (VR); m. Boston, MA 20 Oct 1886 (VR) LULU A. WILBUR, b. Bridgewater, MA, daughter of Francis and Mary (Spencer) Wilbur, d. 1933.
xviii FRED L., b. 12 Dec 1866, d. Parsonsfield 29 Apr 1937; m. Parsonsfield 20 Nov 1912 (VR) ANNIE MARIA BIFFIN, b. Saugus, MA 27 May 1879 (GS), daughter of James and Mary T. (Lawless) Biffin, d. Parsonsfield. 24 Aug 1947 (GS).
xix WESTON W., b. 27 Oct 1868, d. Parsonsfield 31 Jan 1890 (GS).
12 LORENZO LORING7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1 Feb 1821, son of Levi and Catherine (Perry) Weeks, d. Biddeford, 2 Apr 1849 (GS); m. “of Ossipee, NH” Parsonsfield Oct 1845 (VR) ALICE MURPHY, b. Parsonsfield 26 June 1822 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Maria (Towne) Murphy, d. Parsonsfield 7 Jan 1911 (VR).
Children of Lorenzo L. and Alice (Murphy) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:596
i MARY ANN8 , b. 26 Mar 1847 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 22 Mar 1923 (GS).
ii SARAH MARIA, b. 25 Oct 1849 (GS), d. Limerick 8 Mar 1901 (VR); m. WENTWORTH LORD, b. Limerick 15 July 1846, son of James and Hannah R. (Weeks) Lord, d. Limerick 23 Dec 1918 (GS), buried Parsonsfield; he m. (2) Susan R. Merrill.
13 JAMES M.7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 1816, son of Ichabod and Anna (Pendexter) Weeks, d. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1894 (VR); m. 23 Oct 1842 MARY ANN HENDERSON KENNERSON, b. Dec 1821, daughter of Stephen Henderson and Eliza (Pendexter) Kennerson, d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1904.
Children of James M. and Mary Ann Henderson (Kennerson) Weeks, b. Parsonsfield, ME:
i MARSHALL8, b. ca 1843, d. St Augustine, TX 18 July 1916 (GS); m. CLARA DODD, b. St Augustine 1858 (GS), daughter of Samuel and Sally (Richardson) Dodd, d. St Augustine.
ii ELIZA A., b. ca 1844, d. Cornish 4 Sept 1909 (GS); m. 7 June 1867 ARA G. SEAVEY, b. Limerick 1844, son of Joseph E. and Sally (Garland) Seavey, d. Cornish 17 Apr 1924 (GS).
iii STEPHEN H., b. May 1849 (GS), d. Sanford 5 Oct 1934 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 6 Feb 1872 (VR) ARABELLA HAMM, b. Meredith NH 15 Apr 1853, daughter of George W. and Mary Ann (Tilton) Hamm, d. Sanford 6 July 1933 (GS).
596 Alice (Murphy) Weeks was also the mother of Althea F. (Cook) Leavitt, b. Parsonsfield Feb 1850.
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iv ABBY, b. ca Dec 1858, d. Parsonsfield 30 Sept 1890, aged 31-9 (GS).
v MARY, b. 14 Oct 1866 (VR), d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1825 (GS); m. WILLIS HOWARD CLARK, b. 23 June 1853 (GS), son of Joseph Howard and Charlotte T. (McKusick) Clark, d. Parsonsfield 28 Aug 1925 (GS).
WENTWORTH
1 TAPPAN5 (Evans4, William3 , Benjamin2, William1), b, Somersworth, NH 1779, son of Evans and Dorothy (Wentworth) Wentworth, d. Parsonsfield 21 June 1850 (GS); m. 16 July 1804 ELIZABETH BRADBURY; b. Buxton 29 June 1772, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Page) Bradbury,597 d. Parsonsfield 4 Nov 1849 (GS).
Children of Tappan and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Wentworth, b. Parsonsfield, ME: (VR):598
2 i THOMAS BRADBURY6, b. Buxton 28 Jan 1806 ii ZENAS PAINE, b. 15 June 1819, d. Houlton, ME 2 Sept 1864 (GS). He was a lawyer and Judge of Probate.
iii GILES MERRILL, b. 17 June 1811, d. Providence, RI 19 Aug 1891 (GS), buried Calais, ME; m. Calais, ME 9 June 1846 LUCY CAROLINE GATES, b. Hubbardston, MA 21 Oct 1819 (VR), daughter of Salmon and Lucy (Church) Gates, d. Providence, RI 18 May 1896 (VR).
iv ELIZABETH, b. 10 Nov 1813, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1881 (GS; m. Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1858 SAMUEL LEIGHTON RICKER, b. Parsonsfield 18 Dec 1808, son of Pelatiah and Jane (Leighton) Ricker, d. Parsonsfield 28 Mar 1881 (GS).
2 THOMAS BRADBURY6 , b. Buxton, ME 28 Jan 1806, son of Tappan and Elizabeth (Bradbury) Wentworth, d. Parsonsfield 27 May 1895 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 2 Feb 1859 (VR) SARAH FERNALD, b. 3 Mar 1829 (GS), daughter of Elliot and Sally (Mudgett) Fernald, d. Parsonsfield 7 Feb 1894 (GS).
Children of Thomas Bradbury and Sarah (Fernald) Wentworth, b. Parsonsfield, ME:599
i CHARLES TAPPAN7, b, 17 Feb 1851; d. Parsonsfield 9 Apr 1821 (GS) m. MARTHA A. BANKS, b. Parsonsfield 21 May 1954, daughter of Israel and Elvira M. (Moulton) Banks, d. Parsonsfield 2 Sept 1928 (GS).
ii SARAH ELIZABETH/ELIZABETH S., b. 8 Apr 1853, d. Parsonsfield 18 Mar 1928 (GS).
iii BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 2 July 1856, d. Charlestown, MA 25 Sept 1939; m. Boston, MA 16 July 1894 (VR) IRENA F. WARREN, b.
597 Wentworth Genealogy, I:262,512; Early Families of Buxton, Maine, p. 39.
598 Wentworth Genealogy, I:262.
599 Op. cit., I:188.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 227
Boston 1847, daughter of Nathaniel G. and Susan G. (Tower) Warren, d. 20 Oct 1916 (GS).
iv ZENAS PAINE, b 17 Dec 1862, b. 3 Dec 1934 (GS).
WHITTEN
1 SIMON JORDAN4 (Richard3, Thomas2, Richard1), b. Scarboro, ME 27 Feb 1786, son of Richard and Mercy (Jose) Whitten, d. Parsonsfield 31 Jan 1859; m. Cornish 25 Oct 1810 MARY BENNETT PIKE, b. Cornish 10 Sept 1791, daughter of John Pike, d. 23 Jan 1850 (GS). A farmer and stage-coach driver he also was an important merchant in town. Active in the local militia he rose in ranks to become a colonel. He built an “imposing mansion and large store” in North Parsonsfield.600 Children of Simon Jordan and Mary Bennett (Pike) Whitten, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):601
i NANCY T.5 , b. 10 Jan 1812, d. Tamworth, NH 28 Feb 1902; m. Parsonsfield 27 Nov 1850 (VR) JOHN S. DAVIS, b. Gorham, ME 16 Apr 1798, son of Samuel and Mary (Skillins) Davis, d. Naples, ME 10 June 1864.
ii ALBERT H., b. 15 Jan 1813, d. Laconia, NH 25 May 1898; m. Sandwich, NH 2 Apr 1837 (VR) ELMINA HAYFORD, b. Tamworth, NH 12 July 1820, daughter of Lebbeus and Lydia (Hawkins) Hayford, d. Laconia 22 Apr 1893 (GS). Their children were born in NH, where Albert, a merchant, was living in 1850.
iii ARMINE, b. 25 Mar 1814, d. Parsonsfield 6 Aug 1887; m. Parsonsfield 4 July 1834 (VR) JOHN PERKINS BENNETT, b. Parsonsfield, ME 21 Aug 1811, son of John and Susanna (Lougee) Bennett, d. Parsonsfield 9 Jan 1852.
iv MARY ANN, b. 24 May 1816, d. E. Raymond, ME 4 Jan 1884 (GS); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 14 Oct 1838 (VR) SAMUEL S. BROWN, b. Raymond 3 May 1816 (VR), son of Ephraim and Anna (Shaw) Brown, d. So. Portland, ME 31 Mar 1909.
v MERCY J., b. 26 June 1818, d. Parsonsfield 19 Jan 1895; m. Parsonsfield 30 Mar 1857 (VR) JOHN HOBBS b. Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1809, son of David L. and Judith (Jenness) Hobbs, d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1895 (GS).
vi SALLY/SARAH B., b. 19 Oct 1819, d. So. Portland, ME 14 Oct 1904 (VR); m. before 1870 ALEXANDER GOOGINS, b. 1804, son of George and Hannah (Junkins) Googins, d. Saco 5 Mar 1880 (DS), buried Old Orchard.
vii SIMON A., b. 20 Mar 1821, d. Parsonsfield 5 Oct 1847 (GS).
viii DOLLEY P., b. 23 June 1823, d. Parsonsfield 17 July 1824 (VR).
600 History of Parsonsfield, p. 319.
601 Op. cit., pp. 412–3.
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ix HANNAH HUBBARD, b. 15 Jan 1824, d. Laconia, NH 26 Oct 1890 (VR), div. 26 Apr 1885 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 5 Nov 1846 (VR) STEPHEN DANIEL THURSTON, b. Freedom, NH 1824, son of William and Mattie ( ) Thurston, d. Wakefield, NH 10 Oct 1899 (VR).
x HENRY AUSTIN, b. 16 Nov 1825, d. Biddeford 31 Aug 1886 (GS); m. (1) 16 Feb 1845 MARY A. ROBBINS, b. ca 1837, d. Biddeford 23 Aug 1876 (GS); m. (2) Springfield, MA 21 Dec 1868 (VR) SARAH A. PARKER, b. ME ca 1846, possibly lived in New Bedford, MA, 1880, with Henry (USC).602
xi IRA DOE, b. 3 June 1827, d. Augusta 12 Sept 1894 (VR).
2 xii EDWIN AUGUSTUS, b. 14 Jan 1829
xiii JOHN PIKE, b. 23 Mar 1830, d. Laconia, NH 29 Jan 1877 (VR)
xiv JAMES STEEL, b. 11 Feb 1832, d. Laconia, NH 15 Jan 1910 (VR); m. 9 Sept 1866 SARAH J. BERRY, b. Tamworth, NH 6 July 1837, daughter of Daniel and Irene (Hyde) Berry, d. Laconia 23 Sept 1903 (CS).
2 EDWIN AUGUSTUS5, b. Parsonsfield, ME 14 Jan 1829, son of Simon Jordan and Mary Bennett (Pike) Whitten, d. Haverhill, MA 7 Apr 1909 (VR), a resident of Tamworth, NH; m. Haverhill 1 Nov 1856 (VR) MARY R. HANSON, b. Somersworth, NH 13 July 1828 (GS), daughter of James and Mary ( ) Hanson, d. Tamworth 20 Dec 1882 (GS).
Children of Edwin Augustus and Mary R. (Hanson) Whitten, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted:
i FRANCES EVANGELINE6, b. Somersworth, NH 28 Apr 1854 (GS), d. Westbrook 31 Mar 1912 (VR); m. HENRY C. BERRY, b. Tamworth, NH 26 Oct 1847 (GS), son of Daniel and Irene (Hyde) Berry, d. Ossipee, NH 2 Mar 1914 (VR).
ii GEORGE EDWIN, b. 1859, d. Haverhill, MA 23 Sept 1923; m. (1) Portland, ME 22 Apr 1882 (VR) LILLIAN ADELLE LORD, b. Parsonsfield 18 Jan 1865 (VR), daughter of Edwin E. and Rosette S. (Towle) Lord, d. Conway, NH 7 Mar 1884 (VR), buried Parsonsfield; m. (2) Haverhill, MA 7 Mar 1893 (VR) CARRIE DUSTIN PATCH, b. Hamilton, MA 6 May 1862 (VR), daughter of Paul D. and Harriet C. (Brickett) Patch, d. Haverhill 1955 (VR). He was a physician, a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, living in New Haven, CT at the time of his second marriage.
iii MABEL C., b. 1863, d. Laconia 26 Apr 1946 (VR); m. Lakeport, NH 22 Feb 1892 (VR) HERBERT E. HALL, b. Moultonborough, NH 14 Aug 1869 (GS), son of Uriah G. and Adelaide (Lamprey) Hall, d. Laconia 26 Aug 1935 (GS).
602 There is no doubt that Henry A. Whitten took a second wife in 1868, although his wife Mary did not die until 1876 and is buried with him.
WIGGIN
1 NATHAN6 (Henry5, Thomas4, Bradstreet3, Andrew2, Thomas1), b. Stratham, NH 22 Pct 1760, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Mordough) Wiggin, d. Parsonsfield 14 Oct 1847; m. 21 Mar 1792 OLIVE WEYMOUTH, b. Lee, NH 12 Oct 1765, daughter of Dennett and Sarah (Varney) Weymouth, d. Parsonsfield 1838. Children of Nathan and Olive (Weymouth) Wiggin, b. Parsonsfield, ME, except as noted (VR):603
i JOSEPH7, b. Lee, NH 6 July 1783, d. Parsonsfield 8 Nov 1817.
ii NATHAN, JR., b. Lee, NH 7 Feb 1785, d. Brooks, ME 20 Nov 1861 (GS); m. “of Belfast” Newburyport, MA 8 Nov 1810 (VR) MARY SAWYER, b. Newbury, MA 24 Apr 1787, daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Bailey) Sawyer, lived in Brooks 1870, aged 83 (USC).
iii NATHANIEL, b. 10 May 1787, d. Brooks, ME `8 Apr 1863 (GS); m. (1) “of Washington Plantation” Parsonsfield 12 Feb 1812 (VR) CATHERINE TUCK, b. Hampton, NH 12 Jan 1790, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cate) Tuck, 604 d. Brooks 8 July 1838 (GS); m. (2) HANNAH —, b. ca 1800 (GS), d. Brooks 21 Aug 1866 (VR).
iv SARAH/SALLY, b. 13 Mar 1789, d. Parsonsfield 24 Dec 1825; m. p 13 Jan 1811 (VR) JOHN MARSTON PEASE, b. Parsonsfield Mar 1786, son of Samuel and Comfort (Marston) Pease, d. Parsonsfield 13 Mar 1853 VR); he m. (2) Hannah Mason.
v MITTY/MEHITABLE, b. 31 Mat 1791, lived in Brownfield, ME, 1850, aged 52 (USC); m. (1) Parsonsfield 22 Apr 1980 (VR) THOMAS DROWN, d. 1813; m. (2) Parsonsfield 13 Sec 1818 (VR) PAUL WENTWORTH PALMER, b. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1798 (VR), son of Joshua and Jemima ( ) Palmer, lived in Hartford, CT, 1870, aged 72 (USC).
2 vi DANIEL, b. 18 Apr 1794
3 vii SAMUEL, b. 9 Sept 1796
4 viii LOT, b. 25 Jan 1799
ix DRUSILLA, b. 9 May 1802, d. Harrison, ME 19 Oct 1879 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 27 Jan 1827 (VR) TIMOTHY HOSEA RICKER, b. Shapleigh 1 Nov 1802, son of Noah and Jane (Huntress) Ricker, d. Harrison 29 Jan 1891 (GS).605
2 DANIEL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 18 Apr 1794, son of Nathan and Olive (Weymouth) Wiggin, d. Parsonsfield 11 Oct 1867 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 17 Oct 1816 (VR) HANNAH DORMAN, b. Kennebunkport daughter of Nathaniel and Olive (Bradbury) Dorman, d. Parsonsfield 2 Apr 1844 (GS);606 (2) 5 Dec 1844 (VR) MARY
603 History of Parsonsfield, p. 413.
604 History of Hampton, NH, p. 1021.
605 Early Families of Shapleigh and Acton, Maine, p. 538.
606 Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. 82.
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TUCK, b. Parsonsfield 12 Oct 1814, daughter of John and Betsey (Towle) Tuck, d. Parsonsfield 16 July 1850 (GS); m. (3) (cert.) Parsonsfield 5 Dec 1850 (VR) NANCY B. GRIFFIN, b. Alfred 13 Feb 1802 (VR), daughter of John and Mary (Weston) Griffin, d. Parsonsfield 12 Dec 1868 (GS).607
Children of Daniel and Hannah (Dorman) Wiggin, b. Parsonsfield, ME:608
i OLIVE D.8, b. 2 June 1817, d. Parsonsfield 6 Nov 1836 (GS).
ii JOSEPH H., b. ca July 1820, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1823, aged 3-5 (GS).
iii MELVINA, d. 18 Feb 18—, no dates on marker.
iv FREDERIC AUGUSTUS, b. 20 June 1821, d. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1843, aged 22 (GS).
v EMILY, b. ca 1824, d. Parsonsfield 18 Feb 1838, aged 14 (GS).
vi HARRIET A., b. 4 Jan 1824, d. Parsonsfield 11 Jan 1872; m. p 29 Dec 1844 JOHN TUCK, b. Parsonsfield 8 Apr 1819, son of John and Betsey (Towle) Tuck, d. Biddeford 8 Oct 1886 (GS); he m. (2) Ida Ann Merrow
vii SALLY P. , b. 4 Jan 1826, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1859 (GS).
viii WILLIAM H., b. 1828, d. St. Louis, MO before 1890; m. St. Louis, MO 19 Jan 1871 (VR) LUCY MITCHELL, b. TN ca 1853, lived in St. Louis, 1910, aged 57 (USC). He was a veteran of the Civil War having served in Co. E, 21st CT Infantry.
ix JOSEPH M., b. ca 1829, d. Parsonsfield 6 Dec 1851, aged 22 (GS).
x ELMIRA F., b. 15 May 1832, d. Parsonsfield 17 Sept 1848 (GS).
xi NATHANIEL D., b. 20 Jan 1839, d. Boston, MA 20 Mar 1882 (VR), buried Saco; m. Boston, MA 15 Mar 1865 (VR) MARY S. CLEAVES, b. Saco 1844 (GS), daughter of David B. and Mary G. (Emery) Cleaves, d. Boston 28 Feb 1913 (VR).
Children of Daniel and Mary (Tuck) Wiggin, b. Parsonsfield, ME:609
xii AMOS TUCK, b. 24 Nov 1846 (from age at death), d. Parsonsfield 13 Dec 1848, aged 2-0-19 (GS).
xiii AMOS OTIS, b. ca June 1849, d. Parsonsfield 4 Feb 1871, aged 21-8 (GS).
xiv MARY O., probably b. and d. Parsonsfield before 1850.
3 SAMUEL7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 9 Sept 1796, son of Nathan and Olive (Weymouth) Wiggin, d. p 22 Apr 1852 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 30 Apr 1831 LOUISA McCOLLOCH DOWNING, b. Kennebunkport 1809, daughter of John and Sarah (Miller) Downing, d. Parsonsfield 3 Dec 1881 (GS).610
607 Early Families of Alfred, Maine, p. 157.
608 History of Parsonsfield, p. 413.
609 Ibid.
610 Early Families of Kennebunkport, Maine, p. 83.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 231
Children of Samuel and Louisa McColloch (Downing) Wiggin, b. Parsonsfield, ME:611
i ELIZA JANE, b. 30 Mar 1832 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 23 Dec 1906 (GS).
ii MARIA DROWN, b. 1835 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 11 Sept 1852 (GS).
iii SALLY ESTHER, b. 22 Feb 1838 (GS), d. Parsonsfield 4 Mar 1904 (VR); m. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1869 (VR) CHARLES FRANKLIN SANBORN, b. Parsonsfield 12 Sept 1835, son of Luther and Sally (Hayes) Sanborn, d. Parsonsfield 31 Dec 1912 (GS).
4 LOT7, b. Parsonsfield, ME 25 Jan 1799, son of Nathan and Olive (Weymouth) Wiggin, d. Limerick 8 Aug 1852 (GS); m. (1) Parsonsfield 8 Oct 1820 HANNAH ADAMS PARSONS, b. Parsonsfield 30 Nov 1801, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Adams) Parsons, d. Parsonsfield 24 Oct 1839; m. (2) SALLY ADAMS, b. Limerick 15 Dec 1788, daughter of Simeon and Sarah (Little) Adams, d. Limerick 4 Dec 1846; m. (3) Limerick 5 Nov 1848 CAROLINE O. (McLELLAN) HALE, b. Gorham 25 Dec 1819, daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Patten) McLellan, d. Gorham 14 Jan 1908 (VR). He settled in Limerick after his second marriage. Children of Lot and Hannah Adams (Parsons) Wiggin, b. Parsonsfield, ME:612
i ABIGAIL A.8, b. 20 July 1820 (GS), d. Newton, MA 31 July 1896 (VR), buried Fryeburg m. CALEB PAGE FESSENDEN, b. Fryeburg 3 Feb 1818 (GS), son of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Perley) Fessenden, d. Fryeburg 28 May 1873 (GS).
ii OLIVE, b. 28 June 1823, d. Parsonsfield 8 Dec 1831.
iii CATHERINE PARSONS, b. 10 Aug 1825, d. Gorham, ME 15 Sept 1901 (GS); m. 16 Dec 1852 SAMUEL GARLAND, b. Winslow, ME 16 May 1824 (GS), son of David and Miranda (Parsons) Garland, d. Gorham 19 Nov 1898 (GS).
iv SARAH P., b. 1 Sept 1827 (GS), d. Fryeburg 6 Jan 1901 (GS); m. CHARLES P. FESSENDEN, b. Fryeburg 10 Sept 1826 (GS), d. Fryeburg 29 Nov 1891 (GS). The couple lived in Bangor at one time.
v NANCY, b. 6 Oct 1829, d. Limerick 4 June 1851 (GS).
vi MIRANDA P., b. 4 Oct 1831, d. Bridgton, ME 1 May 1863 (GS); m. after 1860 Dr. CHARLES E. HILL
vii NATHAN, b. 5 July 1834, d. Rockland, ME 17 June 1887 a(GS); m. SARAH ELIZABETH LIBBY, b. Limerick 27 June 1834, daughter of Stephen and Sarah C. (Chase) Libby, d. Rockland 2 Apr 1925 (GS). He was a physician.
viii JOSEPH P., b. 6 June 1836, d. Sept 1839.
ix CLARISSA, b. July 1839, evidently d. before 1850.
Child of Lot and Caroline O. (McLellan) Wiggin, b. Limerick, ME:
x JOSEPH HALE, b. 22 Aug 1849, d. Rockland, ME 19 Aug 1939; m. 19 Oct 1876 ELLA AUGUSTA PERRY, b. Rockland 7 Feb 1851, daughter
611 History of Parsonsfield, p. 334.
612 Op. cit., p. 413.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
of Israel Jordan and Hannah D. (Fowler) Perry, d. Rockland 29 Nov 1921 (VR).
YOUNG
1 JOHN, b. 1759-60, probably the John, b. Biddeford,11 May 1755, son of Thomas and Eunice (Robinson) Young, 613 lived in Parsonsfield, 1830, aged 70-80; probably m. (1) BETSEY —, b. 1756, d. Parsonsfield 22 Feb 1817, aged 61 (GS); probably m. (2) REBECCA —, b. ca 1757, Parsonsfield 7 Oct 1848, aged 91 (GS), “wife of John R. Young.” John Young and John Marston, both of Phillipsburg/Hollis, purchased land in Parsonsfield, lot numbered 10, from Andrew Mc. Chapman, 15 Nov 1806.614 He is consistently shown in Parsonsfield in the federal censuses of 1810-30. In 1830 his household consisted of himself, four sons and four females. John Young of Parsonsfield conveyed land in Parsonsfield to George Young, cordwainer, and Stephen Young, 9 June 1824.615
Known children of John and probably Betsey ( ) Young, first b. Phillipsburg/Hollis, ME:
i (probably) ABIGAIL, b. ca 1788, lived in Brownfield, ME, 1850, aged 62 (USC); m. Parsonsfield 26 Oct 1809 (VR) JACOB PEARE/PEARY, b. ca 1785, lived in Brownfield, ME, 1850, aged 65 (USC). He was enumerated in Parsonsfield, 1820.
ii (probably) JOANNA, b. 4 Jan 1791 (from age at death), d. p 27 July 1863, aged 72-6-23 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 10 Jan 1819 (VR) JOHN ALLEN, b. Brookfield, NH 8 June 1794 (from age at death), son of Samuel and Mehitable (York) Allen, d. 8 June 1879, aged 84-11-26 (GS)
2 iii GEORGE, b. 3 Dec 1799 (PVR)
iv STEPHEN, Stephen Young of Parsonsfield conveyed his land in Parsonsfield to George Young, cordwainer, 23 Apr 1829.616
2 GEORGE, b. Hollis, ME 3 Dec 1799 (PVR), son of John and Betsey ( ) Young,617 d. Parsonsfield 25 Jan 1871, aged 71-1-22 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 18 Oct 1829 (VR) JANE KEZAR, b. Parsonsfield 4 Oct 1805, daughter of Abner and Dorcas (Perry) Kezar, d. Parsonsfield 1 July 1886 (GS). The first of the family to live in Parsonsfield was John Young, who with John Marston, both of Phillipsburg (Hollis), purchased land in Parsonsfield, numbered 10, from Andrew Mc. Chapman, 15 Nov 1806.618 He was there in 1810. John Young of Parsonsfield conveyed land in Parsonsfield to George Young,
613 Early Families of Hollis and Dayton, p. 57. The book evidently misidentified John.
614 York Co. deeds, 17:117.
615 York Co. deeds, 137:178.
616 York Co. deeds, 137:179.
617 One of the children’s death records gives George’s birthplace as “Hollis.” Early Families of Hollis and Dayton (pp. 57–8) indicate that all the children of Hezekiah and Mary have not been identified.
618 York Co. deeds, 17:117.
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine 233
cordwainer, and Stephen Young, 9 June 1824.619 His will, signed 24 Sept 1870, named his wife, Jane and children named below.620
Children of George and Jane (Kezar) Young, b. Parsonsfield, ME (VR):
i SARAH JANE, b.1 Feb 1831, not enumerated with the family in 1850.
ii DORCAS KEZAR, b. 26 June 1833, d. Lynn, MA 10 Mar 1885 (VR); m. (cert.) Parsonsfield 2 Oct 1853 (VR) JACOB D. MUDGETT, b. Parsonsfield 10 Mar 1829 (GS), son of John and Ziporah (Dearborn) Mudgett, d. Westfield, MA 22 Apr 1913 (GS), buried Lynn, MA; he m. (2) Mary J. Stiles.
iii JOHN R., b. 5 Dec 1836, d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1908 (VR); m. (cert.) p 10 Nov 1859 (VR) MARY EVELINE DEARBORN, b. Parsonsfield 10 Oct 1841, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Day) Dearborn, d. p 11 Sept 1907 (VR).
iv GEORGE R., b. 7 Apr 1843, d. Parsonsfield 15 Nov 1920 (VR); m. MABEL LOUISE SHEDD, b. Charlestown, MA 26 Feb 1861, daughter of Thomas McDonough and Adeline F. (Hopkins) Shedd, d. Sanford 1939 (GS); she m. (2) Albert E. Haynes.
v WINFIELD SCOTT, b. 15 Sept 1848, d. Springvale 3 Sept 1887 (GS); m. Parsonsfield 1 Jan 1874 (VR) ELLA H. (RANDALL) EASTMAN, b. 13 Aug 1852, daughter of Eliphalet and Esther (Sayward) Randall, no further record.
619 York Co. deeds, 137:178.
620 York Co. Probate 20927.
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AABBOTT
Andrew M., 186
Betsey (Davis), 122
Betsey (Hanscom), 186
Jacob S., 122
Lucinda (Marston), 122
Lydia, 191
Olive, 90
Sarah F. (Rand), 186
Sylvester W., 186
Thomas, 122
ADAMS
Abigail, 163
Hannah (Chesley), 163
John, 163
Mary L. (Hobbs), 85
Sally, 30, 164, 231
Sally (Wilsom), 31
Sarah (Little), 231
Simeon, 85, 231
Stephen, 85
Thomas, 31
ALLARD
Joanna Matthews, 21 --- (Randall), 21
Stephen, 21
ALLEN
Alice Jane, 2
A[l]mira, 2
Almira (Sweet), 1
Amasa, 1, 171
Charotte (Blaisdell), 19
Content Elizabeth (Stockbridge), 42
Elijah, 1, 19
Elizabeth (Stockbridge), 1
Elizabeth W. (Huntress), 2
Ella Eunice, 2
Emma R., 2
Index
Enoch, 1, 2, 216
George F., 14 --- (Hall), 19
Henry, 1, 215
Iola R., 2
Ira, 1
Ivory, 7
James, 163
Joanna (Young), 1, 232
John, 1, 232
John L., 159
Joseph, 7
Josephine L., 14
Leah, 42
Lovey (Bean), 7
Lucy Foss (Stewart), 14 Marianna, 159
Martha (Cardwell), 1
Mary Ann, 1
Mary Ann (Wedgwood), 2, 216
Mary Brown, 163
Mehitable (Elwell), 159
Mehitable (York), 1, 171, 177, 215, 216, 232
Mercy (Young), 2
Nancy, 1, 177
Phebe (Brackett), 2, 216
Priscilla (Brown), 163
Rnoch, 129
Rose M. (Perkins), 2
Salley/Sarah G., 1
Sally (Wedgwood) 1, 215
Samuel, 1, 2, 42, 171, 177, 215, 216, 232
Samuel, Jr., 1
Sarah Elizabeth, 2, 129
Sophia (Pease), 1, 171
Susanna (Sayward), 7
Theophilus Hall, 19
William, 2
ALVAREZ
Antonio, 24
Mary Perry (Brackett), 24 ALVORD
George F., 212
Gertrude Julia, 212
Margaret (Moulton), 212 AMES
Abby A. (Scates), 4
Abby E. (Ricker), 5
Abigail L., 3
Anna (Marston), 3, 56
Betsey, 3
Catherine, 3
Charles, 68
Clarissa (Moulton), 140
Daniel, 3
Daniel Jackson, 4
Elizabeth, 4, 5, 56
Elizabeth (Neal), 3, 4
Erastus, 5
Hannah, 4
Hannah (Croclett), 4
Harriet (Smart), 4 John, 3, 4
John M., 5
John Manning, 4
Julia A. (Fogg), 4
Lucy M. (Strout), 188
Lydia, 3, 4
Maria, 4
Marston, 3, 4, 140
Martha, 4
Mary Alice, 68
Mary Elizabeth (Jones), 4
Mary (Manning), 4
Mary (Maynard), 68
Mary (Tucker), 4
Nathaniel, 3, 56
Nathaniel B., 5
Nathaniel, Jr., 3, 4
Phineas S., 3, 4
Robert, 3
Samuel S., 3
Sarah (Glidden), 3
Susan (Glidden), 3
Thomas, 3
Zimri Fisher, 4 ANDERSON
Agnes, 117 ANDREWS
Charles C., 64
Edward, 64
Ezbeth H. (Tucker), 64
May Belle (Edwards), 64 ARMS
Adeline M., 206
William, 206 ATKINSON
Betsy (---), 51
Jonathon, 51
Joseph, 51
Ruth (Dearborn), 51 ATWOOD
Julia, 173 AUSTIN
Ada F., 46
Leonard J., 46
Lovina (---), 46 AYER
Ada, 120
Adeline H. (Thompson), 9
Amzi Libby, 185
Caroline (Moore), 185
Ebenezer, 135
Elizabeth (Moore), 135
Eunice (Clark), 117
Frances A., 120
Hattie J., 185
James, 117
James Curtis, 9
James M., 9
Jane (Moore), 135
Jonathon, 117
Margaret, 135
Mary Armine (Bennett), 9
Mary (Marston), 117
Mary (Tyler), 135 Moses, 135
Peter, 177
Rebecca (Winslow), 120
Sally (Pease), 169
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
AYERS
Elisha, 169
Mary (McClellan), 169
BBABB
Margaret A., 26
Martha, 74 BAILEY
Anna, 128
Anna/Nancy, 125
Caroline, 5
Edwin, 5
Elizabeth (Putnam), 125
Franklin H., 6
Helen/Ellen, 6
Henry, 6
Jane Y., 5, 213
John, 5, 56, 57, 213
John, Jr., 5
Lucy C., 6
Lydia, 81
Mary Augusta (Moore), 5
Mary Ellen (Black), 5
Meribah D., 5
Merrill, 6
Nancy D., 5
Nancy (Doe), 5, 56, 213
Nathan, 125
Salome (Doe), 5, 57
Sarah Jane (Gould), 5
Sarah Tracy (Eastman), 6 BAKER
Benjamin, 105, 215
Daniel L., 105 Davis, 103
Eliza Ann (Morrill), 138
Hannah (Church), 103
Henrietta, 103
Jebediah Young, 138 Joseph, 119
Lydia (Wedgwood), 105, 200, 215
Martha (Lord), 105
Meriam (Allard), 215
Sally (Marston), 119
Sarah (Morse), 138
Susan G. (Brown), 26
Thomas, 215
William, 26
William Melville, 138
BALLARD
David Lovejoy, 220
Elizabeth/Betsey (Newbegin), 151
Jeremiah D., 151
Jeremiah D., Jr., 151
Lois Lovejoy, 220
Lydia Tarbox, 220
Mary (Folsom), 151
Submit (Tarbox), 220
BANGS
Ebenezer, 127
Mary (Cobb), 127
Rebecca (Merrill), 102
Rebeckah (Merrill), 127
Sylvanus, 102, 127
BANKS
Eliza W., 6
Elvira M. (Moulton), 226
Elvira (Moulton), 6, 209, 211
Frances Cordelia (Reid), 187
Frank O., 7
Hannah (Mulloy), 6
Israel, 6, 209, 211, 226
Jacob, 6, 43
Lydia, 209, 211
Lydia E., 6
Lydia W., 7
Martha A., 7, 226
Martha A. (Pillsbury), 6
Mary, 6
Mary Edgecomb, 43 Moses, 6
Oliva L., 7
Otis, 6
Phebe C., 6
Phebe (Curtis), 6
Reliance (Edgecomb), 6, 43
Sally E., 6
BARKER
Abijah, 139
Betsey, 24
Betsey (Seavey), 24, 174
Ebenezer, 177
Ezra, 24, 174
Mary, 174
Mary/Polly, 139
Mary (Rundlet), 177
Nancy (Lord), 109
Nathaniel, 108, 109, 219
Nathaniel, Jr., 220
Sally, 219
Sarah, 177
Susan (Lord), 108
Susanna (Weeks), 220
Susanna (Wood), 139 BARNES
Abraham, 218
Nancy, 221
Olive, 124
Sarah, 218 BARTLETT
Josiah, 96
Mary Jane, 96
Sarah (Kimball), 96 BARTON
Albion Keith Parris, 113
Hannah (Emery), 113
Isaac, 113
Sophia A. (Lougee), 113 BASS
Mary Ann (Sears), 105
Mary E., 105
Nathan, 105 BATCHELDER
Albert, 128
Benjamin, 194
Burley, 90
Cynthia W. (Merrill), 128
Elizabeth (Taylor), 90
Ella Mary, 223
George Henry, 223
Hannah, 90, 193
Jeremiah, 128
Lydia Dearborn, 94
Mary (Dow), 194
Mary Eliza (Buker), 223
Molley, 79
Nancy, 50
Nathaniel, 50, 79, 94
Ruth, 50
Ruth (Sanborn), 50, 79, 94
Sally (Knowles), 128 BATSON
Martha A., 121
Mary (Locke), 121
Nathaniel, 121 BEAN
Achsah, 7
Anna Swan, 131
Annette M.(Swan), 131
Betty (---), 3
Caleb M., 120
Daniel, 7
Daniel Robinson, 7
Dudley, 146
Elizabeth J. (Merrifield), 7
Ella Jane, 146
Ella/Nellie S., 8
Elvira J. (Douglas), 146
Emma L., 8
James, 7
James A., 8
James Melville, 131
Jephtah, 3
Katherine, 33
Lois H., 206
Lovey, 7
Mary (---), 7
Mary D. (Marston), 120
Mary E., 8
Mary (Robinson), 7
Mary (Waterhouse), 7
Nancy (Waterhouse), 7
Othniel, 7
Sarah, 160
Stephen, 160
Stephen J., 7
Susan (---), 120
Susan C. (Gilman), 7
True, 120
William, 7
William, Jr., 7
BEAUMONT
Mary E., 36
BEEDE
Anna (Felch), 90, 98
Bertha B. (Knowles), 39
Daniel Q., 39
Elijah, 90, 98
Flora M., 39
Grace, 90
Nancy Paine (Kezar), 98, 180 Parker, 98, 180 BENNETT
Armine (Whitten), 8, 227 Charles), 2
Clara Louella, 147
Ella Eunice (Allen), 2
Ellen Susan, 8
Gilman L., 149
Gilman Lougee, 8, 127
Hannah (Merrill), 8, 127
Iola R. (Allen), 2
Joel, 8, 49, 109
John, 8, 9, 110, 127, 227
John Lang), 2
John Perkins, 8, 227
Lucretia S. (Decker), 9
Lydia, 109
Lydia (Perkins), 8, 49, 109
Martha (Kenney), 147
Mary, 49
Mary Armine, 9
Mary D. ( ), 2
Moses Morrill, 147
Susan Maria, 8
Susanna (Lougee), 8, 110, 127, 227
BENSON ---, 18
Abigail Ann (Moulton), 9
Almon A., 10
Alvan C., 10
Amnda (Cole), 10
Anna (Clark), 10, 147
Clara A. (Bickford), 10, 147
Clarissa/Clara A. (Bickford), 18
Cyrus Irving, 10
Ebenezer/Eben, 9, 10
Ebenezer, Jr., 11
Emily, 10
George, 9, 147
George W., 10
Hannah, 11
Hannah Joy (Hayes), 10
James E., 10
James, 9, 10, 11, 147
James, Jr., 9, 10
James Madison, 10
John, 9
Lucinda, 11
Lucy (Dorman), 9
Maria W., 10
Martha J. (Moses), 10
Mary, 10
Mercy, 9
Nancy, 9, 11
Nancy (---), 183
Nancy Maria (Tenney), 10
Rachel, 183
Rosa M., 147
Sabrina D., 10
Sally, 9
Sarah A., 147
Sarah Ann, 10
Sarah (Bickford), 9, 10
Sarah J., 10
Sarah (Quint), 9
Stephen B., 9
Susanna (Bickford), 9
BERRY
Abigail (Merrill), 103
Daniel, 228
Elizabeth, 103
Eliza Ellen/Nellie, 121
Henry C., 228
Irene (Hyde), 228
John, 121
Nancy (Phelps), 121
Sarah J., 228
Shuah, 151
Zebedee, 103
BICKFORD
Abbie Jane, 18
Abigail, 12, 16, 138
Abigail (Cooper), 10, 18
Abigail Jennie (McDonnell), 18
Abigail (Nason), 17
Abraham/Abram, 16
Adaline Hannah, 14
Albion K. Paris, 13
Alta Jennie, 15
Anne (Granville), 9, 11, 82
Ann (Quint), 11
Asa P., 10, 17, 18
Asel, 18
Benjamin, 18
Benjamin B., 16, 17, 198
Caleb, 17
Cara Delphine (Black), 15
Caroline Hannah Jane (Emerson), 18
Carrie A. (Davis), 14
Carrie Lizzie (Piper), 12
Cassandra, 12
Cassandra (Bickford), 12
Clara A., 10
Clarinda (Jones), 13
Clarissa, 17
Clarissa A., 198
Clarissa/Clara A., 18
Cyrus, 13
Cyrus Lorin, 18
Daniel, 16, 17, 18, 139
Daniel Pearl, 18
Dodavah Ira, 12 Ebenezer, 11
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Eliza, 12
Eliza Ann (Rand), 17
Elizabeth/Eliza, 17
Elizabeth (Pearl), 16, 17, 138
Eliza Jane (Parker), 13
Emma E. (Welch), 15
Emma Martha, 15
Enoch, 18
Fred Charles, 15
George, 9, 11, 12, 82, 178
George, Jr., 11
George Irving Lewis, 13
George M., 14
George W., 12
George Washington, 11, 14
Gideon, 11, 12, 37, 101, 178
Hannah, 17
Hannah B., 13
Harriet Newell, 13
Henry Austin, 14
Ichabod, 11
Ira H., 12, 30
James, 9, 11
James W., 15
Jenning Heald, 17
John, 16, 17, 138
John Frank, 15
Josephine L. (Allen), 14
Joseph W., 18
Judith, 11
Julia Ann (Leavitt), 13
Juliett (Gardner), 14
Laurinda Elvira, 13
Levi, 11, 12
Louisa, 12
Lydia (Cram), 17, 198
Lydia (Dodge), 11, 12
Lydia Jane (Quint), 12
Lydia (Leavitt), 12
Margaret J. (Tedford), 15
Maria, 14
Maria E. (Smith), 15
Martha A. (Kezar), 13, 100
Martha Ann (Burnham), 30
Martha (Hilton), 12
Mary Ann, 13, 14, 37
Mary Belle, 15
Mary (Bowers), 17
Mary B. (Stewart), 14
Mary F. (Buzzell), 15
Mary/Molly (Piper), 12, 178
Mary (Nelson), 17
Mary (Piper), 101
Mary (Robertson), 18
Merrill W., 14
Minerva/Minnie L., 14
Nancy (---), 16
Nancy (Benson), 11
Nancy Benson), 9
Nancy Ella, 15
Nancy (Mason), 11, 14
Nancy (Pease), 11
Nicholas Morrill, 17
Olive (---), 11
Paul Pearl, 17
Polly, 12
Polly (Mighels), 17, 18
Polly (Piper), 37
Rebecca (Jenkins), 12
Rhoda, 11, 82
Roscoe Green, 13
Rufus McIntire, 13, 100
Sally, 12
Sally (Gilman), 12, 178
Sally (Page), 17, 153
Sally (Thomas), 11, 14
Sarah, 12
Sarah A., 14
Sarah (Gilman), 11
Sarah R. (Hamer), 14
Sarah/Sadie A., 15
Sarah/Sally Moore, 13
Sarah/Sally (Page), 17
Sarah (Thomas), 30
Stephen, 11, 12, 14, 30
Stephen Erastus, 15
Susan, 9
Susan Abnette/Nettie, 18
Susan H., 12
Susan (Lord), 18
Susanna, 9
Thomas, 11
Warren C., 14
William, 17, 19
Willis Edwin, 15 BIFFIN
Annie Maria, 225
James, 225
Mary T. (Lawless), 225 BILLINGTON
Mary C., 41 BINGHAM
Lucy, 45
Nancy (Waldo), 45
Roger, 45 BLACK
Clara Delphine, 15
George Bradley, 15
Mary Ellen, 5
Mary J. (Huston), 15
Mary (Pinder), 6
William, 6
BLAISDELL
Abigail, 19
Abner, 19
Arvilla, 19
Charotte, 19
Clarissa Wesley (Rowell), 19
Clarissa W. (Rowell), 168
Cyrus, 19, 168
Ellen Morrison, 168
Hannah (Cleaves), 19
John J., 19, 159
Maria, 19
Mary A., 214
Mary/Polley (Churchill), 43
Mary Putnam (Cleaves), 19
Nicholas, 61
Sabrina, 19
Sallly, 19
Sarah (Tibbetts), 19
Simeon, 19
Susanna/Susan (Paine), 159
William, 19
William/Robinson, 43
BLAKE
Deborah (Tuckerman), 86
Emma Frances (Burnham), 61
Hannah (Hobbs(, 86
John, 86
Samuel Harding, 86
BLAZO
Abby B. (Fogg), 23
Abigail (Chapman), 20, 21
Amos, 20, 21, 159, 202, 216 Anna, 21
Augusta (Gilman), 22 Betsy, 21
Catherine, 20, 202
Charles, 22
Clough, 20
Daniel, 20, 21
Daniel Otis, 22
Ebenezer, 20, 21, 100
Eliza, 21
Elizabeth/Betsey (Runnell), 21
Elizabeth (Gibbs), 21
Emily M., 22
Emily M. (Perkins), 22
Enoch W., 23
Hannah F. (Hodgdon), 22
Hattie (Burleigh), 22
Henry, 20
James Henry, 23
Jane, 21
Jane (Deshon), 21
Joanna (Libby), 20, 21, 159, 202, 216
Joanna Matthews (Allard), 21
John, 20, 22
Jonathon, 20, 21
Jonathon, Jr., 21, 23
Joseph, 20, 159
Kate (Van Wie), 23
Lavinia (Towle), 21
Lorenzo S., 23
Lucy (Storer), 23
Lydia, 21
Maria, 23
Mary C., 22
Mary Elizabeth (Farnum), 23
Mary (Paine), 20, 159
Mary T. (Freeman), 21
Mehitable (Wedgwood), 20, 216
Michanoe, 20
Nancy, 21, 22
Nancy (Towle), 21, 22
Polly, 20
Robert Tibbetts, 20, 21
Susan (---), 21
Susan Chapman, 22
Susan J., 23
Susanna/Susan (Kezar), 100 William, 20, 21, 216
William Augustus, 23
BLAZO/BLAISDELL
Abigail (Wallace), 19
Abigail (Wallis), 159 William, 19, 159 BOND
Elijah, 35
Hannah, 35
Sarah (Russell), 35 BOODY
Daniel, 221
Harriet (Eastman), 221
Lydia A., 221
BOOTHBY
Achsah L., 30
Charles H., 15
Daniel S., 15
David, 66
Emma Martha (Bickford), 15
Hannah (---), 108
Hannah (Boothby), 145
Jane W. (Bradeen), 66
John, 145
Joseph, 108, 145
Mary Elizabeth (Staples), 15
Meriam, 108
Rebecca M. (Moulton), 146
Samuel, 146
Sarah, 66
Sarah (Moulton), 145
BOSWELL
Richard R., 112
Sarah/Sally R. (Lougee), 112 BOURNE
Abraham Joy, 67
Elizabeth Usher (Emerson), 133
BOWDOIN
Anna (Brown), 148
Charles, 148
Gertrude M., 148 BOWERS
Frances Ellen, 217 Mary, 17 BOWIE
Eleanor R., 65
Gertrude Lillian (Small), 65
Walter, 65
BOYNTON
Charles, 180
C. W., 115
Emma Susan, 180
Helen Jane, 115
Jane (---), 115
Jane W. (Jack), 180
Mary (Dearing), 151
Mary (Huckins), 89
Nancy J., 152
Samuel, 151, 152
Sarah B., 151
Sarah (Gray), 152
William, 89
BRACKETT
Alice A. (Briggs), 24
Alice (Ricker), 222
Anna, 23, 34
Anna Cartland, 24
Anna (Stillings), 23
Betsey (Barker), 24
Betsey (Fogg), 23, 24, 25, 34
Cyrus Fogg, 24
Elizabeth, 24, 25
Emily/Emma Adelaide, 24
Emma G. (Fessenden), 25
Florence I. (Lapointe), 24
Frances Blaisdell (Hoyt), 24
Irene Cole, 24
James, 23, 24, 25
James, Jr., 23, 24
James Edwin, 25
Jemima B. (Lord), 24
John, 23, 34
John B., 25
John, Jr., 23, 24
John Wentworth, 24
Maria J., 175
Mary E., 53
Mary Perry, 24
Mercy Ann (Weeks), 222
Moses R., 222
Nathaniel, 53, 175, 222
Parmelia (Foss), 53, 175
Phebe, 2, 216
Susan, 25
Susan Elizabeth, 24
Susan/Sukey, 24 BRADBURY
Abigail (Cole), 161
Anna, 75
Anna (Moulton), 140
Ann (Moulton), 24, 25, 164
Clarissa Ann, 25, 164
Cotton, 25, 86, 140
Cotton Mather, 25
Edward, 86
Eliza Ann (Smith), 25
Elizabeth, 226
Elizabeth (Brackett), 24, 25
Ella L. (Harris), 25
Eunice (Berry), 86 Jacob, 178
Jacob W., 161
James, 24
James C., 25, 140, 164
James Ware, 25
Jane (Piper), 178
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Lucy, 161
Mary/Polly (Hobbs), 86
Nancy (Moulton), 25
Ruth (Page), 75, 226
Ruth (Weare), 25, 140
Samuel Moulton, 24, 25
Susan (Brackett), 25
Susan/Sukey (Brackett), 24
Thomas, 75, 226
Thomas W., 25 BRADEEN
Jane (Wilson), 99 John, 99
Sophronia (Kezar), 99 BRADSTREET
Anna (Wedgwood), 213
Harrison P., 213 John, 213
Sally (Rea), 213
Bragdon
Joshua, 61 BRAINARD
Elizabeth (Allen), 90
Hannah, 89
Spencer, 90 BRASBRIDGE
Catherine, 182
Martha (Walker), 182
William, 182 BRAY
Adeline, 127 BRICKETT
Edmund, 196
Hannah Batchelder (Sanborn), 196
Harriet (Heaton), 196
Solon Heaton, 196 BRIGGS
Alice (---), 24
Alice A., 24
Isaac, 72 Joshua, 24
Lewis, 72
Olive (Fenderson), 72
Peddy (---), 72 BROOKS
Abigail (Palmer), 176
Anna (Ham), 14
Charles, 137
Charles H., 137
Clara A., 176
Eunice *Skillings), 137
Ham, 14
Hannah (Moore), 137
John, 93
Maria (Bickford), 14
Samuel, 176
Sarah Ann (Huntress), 93
William, 14 BROWN
Abraham, 27
Alfred, 24
Anna (Shaw), 227
Anne Elizabeth, 120
Annette Mary, 27
Belinda Hart, 26
Betsey (Lord), 108
Catherine G., 26
Charles, 28, 30
Clara Delphina (Lougee), 112
Comfort (Stevens), 120
Cyrus Snell, 29
Dorcas (Hopkinson), 166
Elizabeth (Peabody), 42, 81
Emily M. (Blazo), 22
Ephraim, 26, 29, 81, 227
Ephraim P., 26
Esther W. (Lane), 26
Etta E., 27
Eugenia, 168
Eunice (---), 181
Eunice (Shorey), 108
Francena Sophia (Sackett), 27
Hannah (Bartlett), 168
Hannah C., 26
Hannah C. (Brown), 26
Hannah (Hart), 26, 81
Hannah (Lord), 108
Harriet, 27, 110
Harriet A., 27, 130
Hiram H., 22
Horace T., 26
Huldah (Richardson), 29
Ivory, 26
Jacob Kitteridge, 95
James, 181
James Hart, 26
James Moody, 112
James P., 166
Jane B., 26
Jane (Hart), 26
Jane (Lamprey), 27
Jermaine, 96
John, 22, 26, 108
John Merrill, 27
Joshua, 96, 108
Julia Ann (Burnham), 30
Lucinda, 96
Lucinda Gale, 41
Luther, 26, 27, 42, 81
Lydia A., 27
Lydia Batchelder (Johnson), 95
Margaret A. (Babb), 26
Margery ( ), 139
Martha, 27
Mary, 52
Mary Ann, 28
Mary Ann (Whitten), 227
Mary (Burnham), 29
Mary Ella Mason (McCartee), 27
Mary (Holm), 22
Mary (Holmes), 26
Mary (Paine), 108
Mary W., 26
Miranda (Hill), 28 Morris, 51
Moses, 24
Nancy, 26
Nancy Anna (Dearborn), 51 Nathan, 27, 51, 120
Pelatiah Tingley, 194
Phebe Ann, 194
Priscilla (Hilton), 194
Rachel (Marston), 52
Rebecca (Pray), 181
Robert, 108
Ruth A., 27
Ruth (Wentworth), 112
Sally/Sarah Ann, 26
Samuel, 27, 28, 52
Samuel S., 227
Sarah (---), 130
Sarah C., 27
Sarah Elizabeth (Peabody), 26
Sarah (Merrill), 27, 127
Sarah/Sally Ann, 42
Sarah (Speed), 27, 28, 110, 127
Simon, 27, 28, 110, 127, 130 Simon, Jr., 27, 127
Susan Elizabeth (Brackett), 24
Susan G., 26
Susan M. (Ayers), 24
Theodate (Hobbs), 51 Thomas, 26
Thomas Wentworth, 112
William, 108, 181
William P., 168 BROWNE
Annie (Tuck), 128
Harriet Josephine, 128
Josiah, 128 BRUBAKER
Mary Elizabeth (Ruth), 84 BUCK
Asa, 32
Harriet (Buck), 32
Lydia ( ), 32
Mary Annie, 43 BUFFINGTON
Clara A., 122
Margaret (Clapp), 122 William, 122 BUFFUM
George, 4
Martha (Ames), 4 BULLFINCH
Amos Breed, 130
Hannah (Coombs), 130
Hannah Maria, 130 BULLOCH
Christopher, 166
Mary (---), 166 BULLOCK
Hannah, 166 BURBANK
Asa, 28
Caleb, 28, 129, 165, 211
Caleb B., 28
David, 165, 216
Esther B., 28, 109
Esther (Emery), 28
Hannah, 129, 186
Hannah (Baird), 179, 186
Hannah F,, 28
Josephine, 29
Lydia, 30
Lydia A., 28
Mary, 211
Mary A., 28
Mary (Parsons), 165
Mary/Polly, 179
Miriam (---), 194
Miriam (Dunnold), 165, 216
Olive O., 28
Sally (Littlefield), 211
Sally (Pease), 170
Sally (Wedgwood), 30, 209
Samuel B., 170
Samuel L., 28
Sarah A., 28
Sarah/Sally (Littlefield), 28, 129
Sarah/Sally (Wedgwood), 216
Silas, 30, 179, 186, 216
BURGOYNE ---, 61
BURLEIGH
Catherine (Ames), 3
Hattie, 22
Jonathon, 3
Mary, 170
Nancy (Hodgdon), 22
Ruamah, 113
Sally (Gile), 113
Samuel, 3
Sarah (Haley), 3
William, 22
Winthrop Marston, 113 BURLEY
Catherine (Ames), 198
Lydia (Ames), 3
Meribah Doe (Swett), 198
Phineas S., 198
Samuel, 198
William, 3
BURNHAM
Aaron C., 61
Abby J. (Moulton), 31
Abigail, 29
Anna, 29
Anna/Nancy, 29
Asa, 29, 164
Betsey, 29, 167
Caroline W., 30, 113
Charles Irving, 30
Comfort Marston, 30
Comfort (Pease), 29, 30, 169
Deborah RANDALL (Hayes), 31
Emelune Amanda, 30
Emma Frances, 61
Georgeanna (Haley), 30
George Oliver, 30
Hannah Jane (Hooper), 30
James Erastus, 30
John, 29, 30
John Lorenzo, 30
John M., 31
Joseph, 31
Joseph P., 30
Julia Ann, 30
Lydia, 29
Lydia (Burbank), 30
Lydia (Parsons), 29, 164
Martha Abb, 30
Martha Ann, 12
Martha (Hilton), 30, 82, 113
Mary, 29
Nancy (Gage), 61
Noah, 12, 29, 30, 82, 113
Noah Augustus, 30
Paul, 29, 30, 83, 164, 167, 169 Polly, 29
Rhoda, 31
Rhoda H., 30
Sally, 29
Sally (Adams), 30
Sally (Weymouth), 29, 30, 83, 164, 167
Sarah Melissa, 31
Susan M., 30
Susannah, 29
Susan (Perry), 30
Thatcher W., 31
Thomas, 29, 169 BUSCH
Francis, 15
Francis J., 15
Nancy Ella (Bickford), 15
Rose (Farrell), 15 BUTLAND
Clarissa/Clara Towne (Pease), 171
Daniel C., 171
Eliza (Marson), 171 Uriah, 171 BUZZELL
Aaron 4TH, 32
Alvah, 3RD, 32
Alvah, 6TH, 32
Anna, 31
Anna (Buzzell), 31, 32, 58, 111
Anna/Nancy, 31
Benjmin Randall, 63 Clarinda, 32
David F., 63
Deborah Wiggins (Doe), 31, 58
Elizabeth, 33
Elizabeth (Taylor), 63
Ethelbert Luke, 33
Early
Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Hannah (Leighton), 32
Hannah Susan (Sanborn), 32
Harriet (Buck), 32
James Madison, 32
John, 32, 111, 184
John Bellow, 31, 58
John Drew, 31, 58 Luke, 31, 32
Lydia Ann (Edwards), 63
Martha A., 32
Martha Abigail (Philbrick), 33
Mary, 31, 111
Mary Ann (Cilley), 32
Mary F., 15
Mary Jane (Knox), 15
Mary (Mudgett), 32
Olive (Doe), 57
Rebecca A. (Hobson), 32
Samuel T., 15
William, 57
William Boulton, 32
CCALLEY
Elizabeth (Marston), 119
John, 119
Joseph S., 119
Martha (Stevens), 119 CAME
Betsey K., 88
Ruth (Kimball), 88
Samuel, 88 CAMERON
John B., 217
Judith Abiah (Marston), 217 CAMERY
Etta H., 223
Henry, 223
Sarah (---), 223 CAMPERNELL
Mary/Molly/Polly (Moulton), 140
Richard, 140 CANNEY
Henry, 54
Lida, 54
Sarah A. (Weed), 54 CARDWELL
Martha, 1 CARLE
Rosanna, 34
CARLETON
Sarah W. (Smith), 154
CARLL
John, 160
Mary (Morrill), 160
Stephen, 159
Susanna/Susan (Paine), 159 CARlY
Susannah, 176 CARPENTER
Benjamin, 88
Frances M. (Haradon), 84
Hannah (Leathers), 88
Isaac T., 88
Isaiah, 84
Sally (Hodgdon), 88
Sarah, 84 CARR
Franklin Smart, 149
Moses, 149
Sally (Lass), 149
Sarah K. (Mudgett), 149 CARTER
Abigail, 206
Eunice, 78
Hannah, 82
Love, 220
Mary A. (Young), 197
Sanborn D., 197 CARTLAND
Abigail, 33, 50
Abigail D., 34
Almira (Day), 34
Anna, 33
Anna (Brackett), 23, 34
Anna (Hanson), 23, 33, 50
Asa, 224
Charles, 33
Charles, Jr., 34
Content, 33
Cyrus, 34
Eunice Hacker (Rich), 34
Isabella (Davis), 224
Isaiah, 34
John, 33
John B., 34
Joseph, 33
Lydia (Allen), 33
Lydia M. C., 34
Mary Elizabeth (Webster), 201
Mary Emily, 224
Miriam (Robinson), 33
Nancy (Milliken), 34
Pelatiah, 23, 33, 50
Phebe Rogers (Jones), 34
Rosanna (Carle), 34
Silas, 23, 33, 34, 51
Stephen M., 34
Susan P. (Day), 33 CASS
Eunice (Johnson), 97
James S., 97 CATON
James W., 96
Lucinda (Brown), 96 CHADBOURNE
Abbie C. (Ricker), 190
Euroxa (Merrill), 190
Georgianna/Georgia L. (Wadleigh), 211
Hannah (Sanborn), 194 Ira, 194
James Melville), 211
Jeremiah, 190, 211
Joseph Harris, 190
Levi, 132
Martha (Hodgdon), 132
Phebe, 132
Uroxa (Merrill), 211 CHAMBERLAIN
Anna (Dalton), 50
Joseph, 50
Mercy (Weeks), 219
William J., 219 CHAMPION
Abel, 202
Elizabeth (Pennell), 212
James, 202, 212
Jane (John), 202
Levi B., 212
Nancy (Wedgwood), 212
Sarah/Sally (Towle), 202 CHANNELL
Abraham Fitz John, 206
Susan, 206
Wealthy (Cox), 206 CHANNEY
Sarah, 134 CHAPMAN
Abigail, 20
Almira, 36
Almira H., 37
Almira (Pease), 170
Alta E., 37
Andrew McClary, 13, 35, 37, 232
Andrew McClary, II, 35, 36
Andrew McClary, III, 13, 37 Benjamin Harrison, 170
Betsey, 35
Caroline, 35
Carrie E., 37
Edmund, 67
Eleanor (Jones), 13, 35, 37
Ellen G., 36
Elvira Jane (Colby), 35
Esther A. (Welch), 36
Eunice (Carter), 35
George Francis, 37
George Franks, 102
Hale, 35
Hannah, 35
Hannah (Bond), 35
Hannah (Quimoy), 35
Henry, 35
Job, 20
John, 35
John Henry, 36
Judith G., 36
Levi, 139
Lucy Bradbury (Emerson), 67 Malvina, 102
Mark, 36, 149
Mark C., 35, 212
Mary, 35
Mary Ann, 36
Mary Ann (Bickford), 13, 37
Mary (Barber), 35
Mary E. (Beaumont), 36
Mary E. (Hussey), 37
Mary Elizabeth (Hussey), 102
Mary J. (Galiano), 36
Mehitable (Gould), 67
Melvina, 37
Nancy (Moulton), 25
Olive (Deshon), 35, 36, 78, 212
Permelia, 35, 78
Rhoda, 36
Ruth M. (Wedgwood), 149, 212
Samuel, 35, 36, 78, 212
Sarah Frances, 149
Sarah (Huckins), 91
Sarah J. (Horn), 36
Stephen S., 91
Zebulon D., 36
CHASE
Ada Jane (Haddock), 38
Albert William, 39
Allis (---), 162
Anna M., 39
Anna/Nancy, 162
Anne (Sargent), 37, 40
Aquila, 37, 39, 40
Benjamin, 162
Betsey, 38
Betsey (Day), 179
Betsey (Gilman), 39
Charles B., 38
David, 37, 39
David M., 38
David Wells C., 38, 63, 64
Dorotha Delia, 41
Dorothy, 37
Drusilla, 40
Edmund, 39, 40, 179
Edmund, Jr., 38
Edmund W., 38, 63
Edwin Rutheven, 40
Eliphalet, 39
Elizabeth, 39, 179
Elizabeth/Betsey (Day), 39
Elizabeth/Betsey (Heard), 40
Elizabeth/Eliza, 40
Elizabeth May, 132
Flora M. (Beede), 39
George Washington, 41
George Wells, 39
Harriet A., 38
Harriet Ann, 63
Harriet (Morehouse), 41
Harriet (Stokes), 38
Hattie M. (Edwards), 64
Henrietta (Sanborn), 38, 132
Ira, 39
Ira Corson, 40
James, 37, 39, 40
James P., 38, 132
Joel Fairbanks, 41
John F., 41
John M., 38
Levi R., 41
Lovey, 40
Lovey (Corson), 39
Lucinda Gale (Brown), 41
Lydia Pease, 40
Lydia (Sanborn), 37
Maeia C. (Terry), 41
Maria M. (Kimball), 38
Martha, 73
Martha A. (Clark), 38
Martha A. (Webber), 37
Mary, 41
Mary Ann, 40
Mary (Bowley), 39
Mary C. (Billington), 41
Mary E. (Currier), 38
Mary Jane, 39, 40
Mary/Polly (Haines), 39
Mercy C. (Kimball), 38, 63
Moses, 37, 40, 41, 103 Moses, Jr., 40
Nancy/Anne, 41
Nancy M., 37 Nathaniel, 39 Noah, 39, 40
Rebecca (Fairbanks), 40, 103
Rebecca R., 41
Ruth (Edwards), 38, 63
Samuel, 37
Sarah, 41, 102
Sarah E./Lena, 39
Sarah (Greenlow), 41
Sukey (Mudgett), 39
Thomas, 37, 39, 40
William H. T., 38
CHELLIS
Jane T. (Morrison), 221
Seth, 221 CHENEY
Charles James, 40
Drusilla (Chase), 40 CHESLEY
Eliza, 215
Elizabeth (Downing), 162
Isaac Buzzell, 162
James, 162
Lucy Bradbury (Parsons), 162
Mart (---), 215 Paul, 215
CHEVERS
Nancy, 177
CHICK
Aaron, 91
Abby (Edwards), 63
Adeline, 42
Amos, 107
Anna/Nancy, 42
Bethiah (Gould), 107 Betsey (Beal), 63
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Betsey (Simpson), 42
Charity (Kennard), 26, 42
Daniel, 26, 41, 42
Elizabeth, 107
Elizabeth/Betsey, 108
Elizabeth (Randall), 108
James, 41, 42
James M., 42
Jeessie A. F. (West), 42 John, 42
Joseph, 26, 42, 108
Lucy, 42
Lydia A. (Cook), 41, 42
Martha C. (Flint), 42
Mary, 91
Mary Jane, 42
Mary (Keays), 91
Mary (Murray), 41 Noah, 63
Rebekah, 42
Rosanna (Perry), 26, 41, 42
Sally/Sarah Ann (Brown), 26, 42
Stephen, 63
Susan (Cook), 41, 42
Thomas, 41, 42
CHOATE
Augustus, 92
Sally (Huntress), 92 CHURCHILL
Elizabeth, 43
Elizabeth/Betsey, 43
Elizabeth (Doe), 42 Ichabod, 42
John, 43
John C., 43
Joseph, 43
Leah (Allen), 42
Lydia Frances, 43
Mary Ann (Dixon), 43
Mary Annie (Buck), 43
Mary (Banks), 6
Mary Edgecomb (Banks), 43
Mary (Ewer), 42
Mary/Polley, 43
Mary Reliance, 43
Nancy, 43
Nathaniel H., 43
Nicholas, 43
Otis Banks, 43
Samuel, 43
Sophia Knapp (Edgar), 43
Susan E. (Ferrin), 43
Thomas, 6, 42, 43
Thomas Smith, 43 CILLEY
Betsey (Hilton), 32
Jonathon, 32
Mary Ann, 32 CLAPP
Rebecca (Jenkins), 12 CLARK
Abby S., 104
Anna, 10
Ann Dolly, 169
Betsey, 56
Dorotha Delia (Chase), 41
Dorothy/Dolly, 168
Edward, 185
Emma, 65
Emma Jane, 185 Frank, 38
Harriet J. (---), 185 James, 115 Jonas, 41
Lydia (Brock), 115
Martha A., 38
Mary (Small), 104
Mary Susan, 115
Mehitable (French), 56
Mehitable (Strout), 23
Moses, 56
Nathaniel, 104
Ralph Harrison, 64
Rosanna (Simmonds), 38
Sarah/Sadie Maude (Edwards), 64
William, 23 CLARKE
Anna Judson, 188
Jacob, 23
Susan J. (Blazo), 23 CLEAVES
David B., 230
Hannah, 19
Hannah (---), 19
Jonathon, 19
Mary G. (Emery), 230
Mary Putnam, 19
Mary S., 230 CLEMENTS
Eliza (Moulton), 141 Hall, 214 Lenora L., 214
Rhoda E. (Sanborn), 214
Samuel, 141 CLEVELAND
Christiana (Fairbanks), 69
Ezra, 69 CLIFFORD
Betsey (Chapman), 35
Nathan, 183
Samuel, 35 CLINE
James L., 121
Linnie, 121
Malvina (---), 121 CLINKARD
Abbie S. (Moulton), 148
Elizabeth (Smith), 148
Henry R., 148
Joseph G., 148 CLOUGH
Ira A., 103
Martha Jane, 63
Mary A. (Leavitt), 103 COBBETT
Anna (---), 136
Hannah, 136
James, 136 COFFIN
Abbie, 213
Elizabeth A. (---), 213
Eunice, 76
Harriet Cyrene (Kern), 214
John F., 76
Joseph, 213, 214
Lizzie Martin, 214
Loruhama (Cotton), 76
Lydia, 62
Martha (Chapman), 62
Stephen, 62 COLBY
Elvira Jane, 35
Henry S., 121
Maria Elizabeth (Marston), 121
Marietta (Emerson), 14
Mary (---), 14
Moses, 14
Moses J., 14
Sarah A. (Bickford), 14 COLCORD
Abigail, 105
Abigail/Abby, 44
Abigail (Towle), 46, 202
Ada F. (Austin), 46
Betsey M. (Towle), 45, 202
Caroline Woodhull (Hinkley), 46
Catharine (---), 45
Charles, 45, 46, 202
Clara (Leavitt), 45
Clarinda, 46
Climena E., 45
Comfort, 44
Comfort (Doe), 45, 46, 56
Edward John, 46
Eliza A. (Towle), 45
Elizabeth, 45
Elizabeth D., 45
Eva A. (Moulton), 46
Evaline/Eva A. (Moulton), 145
Gideon, 44, 45, 46, 56
Harvey, 44
Henry A. F., 45
Henry Wentworth, 46, 145
Hester Ann, 46
Job, 44, 45, 46, 202
John D., 45
John Moore, 45
John S., 44
John W. S., 43
Josiah, 44, 45, 56, 105, 198
Josiah H., 45
Juliett, 46
Lucy (Bingham), 45
Lydia Frances (Churchill), 43
Maey M., 44
Mary, 44, 45
Mary D. (Nichols), 45
Mary (Shepard), 44, 45, 56, 105, 198
Mercy S., 44, 45
Nancy, 44
Nancy C. (Wingate), 45
Olive (Tasker), 45, 56
Rachel, 44, 198
Rachel (Parsons), 44
Rebecca (---), 44
Roxanna (Wentworth), 46, 145
Rufus, 45, 46, 145
Rufus Jordan, 46
Sally A. (---), 45
Simeon F., 46
Susanna (Moore), 44
Susan O. (Roberts), 43
Washington, 43
COLE
Amanda, 10
Bradford, 101
Daniel, 192
Harriet, 77
John, 8
Mary Ann J., 192
Mary E. (Bean), 8
Nancy (---), 8
Nancy (Sanborn), 192
Olive Jane, 101
Stephen D., 8 COLLINS
Caroline W., 81
John, 81, 110
Mary, 186
Mary G., 187
Rebecca, 110
Rebekah (Green), 81 COLOMY
Jane M. (Elliot), 66
John H., 66
Mary (Cobb), 66
Samuel, 66 CONANT
Adelia (Gole), 66
Hepzibah, 66
Joseph, 66 CONNER
Abigail, 55
Abigail (Bartlett), 55
Aravesta, 47, 129, 131
Benjamin, 55
Chase (Deshon), 46
Daniel, 47
Dorcas, 47
Elizabeth N., 47
Elvira (Love), 47, 129, 131
Eunice, 47
Jesse, 46, 129, 131
Jesse, Jr., 47
Jonathon, 46
Jonathon C., 47
Josephine (Hopkins), 47
Mary, 47
Mary (Jewett), 46
Moses, 47
Orlando P., 47
Roxanna (Durgin), 47
Sarah, 47
CONWELL
Martin, 196
Miranda (Wickham), 196
Russell Herman, 196
Sarah Frances (Sanborn), 196 COOK
Albarona, 108
ALthea F., 225
Fanny P. (Chamberlain), 67
James W., 67
Lydia A., 41, 42
Nathaniel H., 67
Sarah Josephine (Emerson), 67
Susan, 41, 42 COOMBS
David H., 57
Nancy (Doe), 57 COOPER
Abigail, 18
Caroline Amelia (Tuck), 208
Clarissa/Clara, 193
Joseph, 18, 193
Mary (Glidden), 193
Reuben Libby, 208 COPP
Abigail Blake, 166
Hannah (Blake), 166
Joshua, 166 COREY
Lucy Maria, 188
Mary (Gardner), 188
Timothy, 188
CORLISS
Polly (Bumford), 120
Reuben, 120
Sarah (Marston), 120 CORSON
Abigail (Libby), 173
Betsey, 173
Elizabeth (Perkins), 39 Isaac, 173
James Otis, 157 Lovey, 39 Moses, 39
Theodate D. (Page), 157 COSTELLO
Clara Emily, 60 Edward, 60 Emily (---), 60 COTTON
Jacob, 90 Mary, 90 COUCH
Helen Annette, 132
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Hiram, 132
Sarah J. (Safford), 132 COUILLARD
Clarinda (Buzzell), 32
Colwell Lemont, 32 CRAM
Adeline (Chick), 42
Anna (Merrill), 48
Anna/Nancy (Merrill), 126
Catherine (Lombard), 48
Dorothy/Dolly (Smith), 48
Elizabeth, 124
Elizabeth (Bacon), 17, 128
Elizabeth (Cram), 48, 126
Elizabeth/Eliza, 48
Elizabeth M. (Tarbox), 48
Emily (Hutchins), 48
James, 17, 48, 126, 128
James, Jr., 48, 126
John, 10, 42
John W., 10
Joseph, 42, 124, 161
Julia, 125
Julia Ann, 48
Louise (Thompson), 48
Lydia, 17
Lydia (Granville), 10
Lydia (Thom), 42
Mary, 128
Merrill, 48
Nancy, 48
Nancy (Thompson), 48
Nathan (Bailey), 48
Sabrina D. (Benson), 10
Sarah M., 48 CRAWLEY
Abigail/Nabby (Marston), 116
Jonathon, 116
CROCKETT
George Winslow, 195
Hannah B. (Sanborn), 195
Julia (---), 195
Mark, 195
CROCLER
Mary Jane, 99 CROCLETT
Hannah, 4
CROSBY
Martha B. (Edwards), 63
Nathaniel, 63
CROSS
Hannah (Daniels), 83
Mary Ann (Hilton), 83
Samuel, 83
William Berry, 83 CROWELL
Phebe G., 96 CROXFORD
Keziah, 70 CURRIER
Abraham, 141
Catherine (Moulton), 141
David, 38
Edmund, 141
Esther (Kimball), 141
Mary E., 38
Susan (---), 38 CURRY
Jeanette (Lee), 147
Jessie, 147
John, 147 CURTIS
Abigail Augusta, 92 CUSHION/CUSHING
Hannah, 75 CUSHMAN
Ichabod Morton, 41
Mary (Chase), 41
DDALTON
Abigail (Cartland), 33, 50
Anna, 50
Asa, 50
Benjamin, 33, 49, 50
Betsy, 49
Comfort, 49
Huldah, 50
Huldah (---), 49
John, 50
Louisa Antoinette, 49
Lydia, 49, 89
Mary, 49, 140
Mary Anna (Huckins), 49
Mary Ann (Huckins), 89
Mary (Bennett), 49, 89
Olive, 49
Patience (Weed), 50
Philemon, 49
Samuel, 33, 49, 50, 89, 140
Sarah, 49
Sarah (Scott), 33, 49, 50
Sarah Scott, 49
Tristram, 49
DAM
Joseph, 59
Margaret (Nelson), 59
Orinda, 59
DAME
Abigail, 12
Caleb, 12
Eliza (Bickford), 12
Jabez, 12
DANFORTH
Amos Towle, 40 Enoch, 40
Mary Ann (Chase), 40
Mary Steele (Towle), 40
Rose M. (Perkins), 2
DANIELS
Mehitable (Cilley), 83
Susanna C., 83
William, 83
DAVENPORT
Olive, 151
DAVIS
Abigail (Campernell), 30
Abigail (Moulton), 140
Achsah L. (Boothby), 30
Ada L., 121
Azelia, 195
Carrie A., 14
Catherine (---), 195
Daniel, 30
Eliza A., 128
Eliza Ann (Huntress), 93
Eliza Ellen/Nellie (Berry), 121
Emma M., 195
Eveline Fulton, 123
Gaylon, 123
Harriet (Milliken), 113
James, 113, 121
James W., 92
Joel Augustus, 93
Joel B., 93
John S., 227
Jonathon, 195
Josiah, 140, 143 Lafayette, 30
Lydia (Jones), 93
Martha E. (Cloutman), 121
Mary Ann, 113
Mary (Skillins), 227
Mehitable (Littlefield), 140, 143
Moses, 140
Nancy T. (Whitten), 227
Phebe (---), 174
Rebecca (Larrabee), 195
Rhoda (Tukey), 92 Sally, 142
Samuel, 227
Sarah Jane, 92
Stephen, 195
Susan (---), 123
Susan M. (Burnham), 30 DAVISON ---, 182
Hannah E. (Pray), 182 DAY Almira, 34
Catherine, 173
Charlotte, 199
Deborah (Philbrook), 33
Dependence, 201
Eben, 222
Ebenezer, 150
Eliah P., 66
Elizabeth/Betsey, 39
Eliza/Lizzie Etta (Perry), 176
Esther B. (Hamden), 201
Hannah Peace (Jones), 34
Isaiah, 33
Jesse, 34
Josiah, 199
Lorenzo, 176
Lorenzo Dow, 176
Lucy (Hodkins), 39
Lydia Frances (Towle), 201
Maria Jane, 143
Marica Hellen (Elliot), 66
Mary E. (Mudgett), 150
Mary (Kimball), 150
May Jane (Kelley), 176
Mercy (Jons), 199 Nathaniel, 220
Polly (Kimball), 222
Sarah, 222
Stephen, 201
Susanna Catherine (Perkins), 220
Susannah, 220
Susan P., 33
Thomas, 39
DEAN
Eliza Varney, 192
Ida May (Johnson), 96
John W., 96
Priscilla (Harmon), 96
Samuel, 192
Susan (---), 192
William, 96 DEARBORN
Abigail Gookin, 163
Ann, 157
Anna F., 54
Annie L. (Rand), 54
Asahel, 49, 160
Benjamin, 162
Betsey, 52, 94
Catherine, 160
Charles Albert, 54
Clara A., 54
Clara Ann, 53
Clovis/Valorus, 53
Daniel, 155
Deborah (Robinson), 119
Dorothy, 50
Edith M. (Smith), 54
Elisha, 52
Elizabebeth/Eliza Ann (Heath), 53
Elizabeth, 51, 181
Elizabeth/Betsey (Moulton), 51
Elizabeth/Betsey (Paine), 160
Elizabeth (Drake), 49, 160
Elizabeth/Eliza (Lougee), 51
Elizabeth Maria (Frye), 54
Elizabeth (Moulton), 95
Eliza S., 220
Ellen, 54
Elliot M., 53, 54
Emma S. (Mudgett), 54
Eveline, 53
Eveline/Evelyn D., 52
Francis, 51, 95
Frank R., 54
Frederick Conard, 54
George W., 54
Jacob, 51, 53, 77, 150, 210
Jacob, Jr., 52, 53
Jacob S., 53
Jeremiah, 50, 52, 74, 181, 209
Jeremiah, Jr., 50
Jeremiah W., 52
John, 50, 51, 52, 75, 94, 209, 233
John Edwin, 53
Joseph, 51, 53, 54, 55, 74, 119
Joseph F., 94, 116
Joseph Franklin, 53
Joseph S., 77
Joseph Sanborn, 52, 53
Judith (Fernald), 53, 54, 74
Lida (Canney), 54
Louisa Antoinette (Dalton), 49
Lucinda, 51
Luther Elliott, 55
Lydia, 50
Lydia Jane (Frost), 53
Lydia J. (Frost), 77
Lydia Maria, 54
Mahala (Towle), 53
Margaret Effie (Hamilton), 55
Martha Haven, 119
Mary A. (Ladd), 54
Mary Ann, 52, 53
Mary Ann (Day), 233
Mary (Brown), 52, 53, 77, 150, 210
Mary E. (Brackett), 53
Mary Eveline, 233
Mary G. (Smart), 52
Mary (Smith), 116
Mehitable, 51, 95
Melissa S., 53
Minnie Belle (Robertson), 55
Miranda D. (Warren), 52
Moses Sweat, 54
Nancy Anna, 51
Nancy (Batchelder), 50
Olive J. (Roberts), 54
Phebe, 158
Phebe (Sanborn), 157, 158
Rachel, 52, 210
Rebecca, 55
Reuben Gove, 157, 158
Ruth, 51
Ruth B., 52, 75
Ruth (Batchelder), 50, 52, 74, 181, 209
Ruth (Johnson), 94
Sally S. (Wadleigh), 52, 75, 209
Samuel, 52
Sarah E., 53
Sarah (Pickering), 162
Sarah S., 162
Simon Frost, 54
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Thomas, 94
Weare, 160
Ziporah (Towle), 50, 94
Zipporah, 51, 52, 150, 181
Zipporah (Towle), 51 DECKER
Ann M. (Wentworth), 9
Jonathon, 9
Lucretia S., 9 DEERING
E, 134
DELGADO
Belen (---), 24
Irene Cole (Brackett), 24
John Y., 24
Sats, 24
DEMMING
Hannah S., 149 DERBY
Emma Josephine, 103
Harriet C. (Carroll), 103
Samuel, 61
Sidney K., 103 DESHON
Jane, 21
Mary (---), 46
Moses, Jr., 46
Olive, 35 DEVERAUX
Phebe (Trueworthy), 204
Richard, 204
Thomas, 204 DITTRICK
Catherine (---), 107
James, 107
James A., 107
Sarah L. (Lord), 107 DIXON
Mary Ann, 43
Mary Ann (Dearborn), 52
William D., 52 DOANE
Betsey Weare (Lord), 106
Edward, 106
Leander, 106
Sarah (Brown), 106 DODGE
Caroline, 85
Cressey, 116
Deborah (Marston), 116
John, 85
Lydia, 11
Lydia H. (---), 85
DOE
Abigail, 55, 56
Abigail (Bartlett), 55, 56
Abigail (Conner), 55, 57, 198
Abigail D. (Giddings), 32, 58, 120, 203
Albert C., 58
Albert S., 123
Alira Elizabeth (Greenwood), 60
Alvah, 59, 142
Amasa, 55
Amasa Garland, 57, 60, 171
Amzi Sanborn, 59
Anna/Nancy, 56
Annie M., 60
Bartlett, 56, 58, 59, 100, 135, 142, 194, 212
Bartlett, Jr., 59
Benjamin Conner, 55
Betsey, 55, 56, 58
Betsey (Clark), 5, 56, 59, 133
Bradbury Pease, 60
Calvin, 58
Charles Freeman, 60
Clara Emily (Costello), 60
Comfort, 45, 56
Comfort W., 57
Deborah Wiggin, 58
Deborah Wiggins, 31
Dorothy A. (Dyer), 58
Dorothy W. (Downs), 57
Ebenezer, 190
Ebenezer Hannaford, 56, 59
Eliphalet, 5, 55, 56, 59, 133
Elizabeth, 42
Elizabeth (Ames), 5, 45, 56, 58, 59, 80, 194
Ellen Mary, 61
Emily Mary (Rose), 59
Emma Frances (Burnham), 61
Eugene M., 60
Eunice (Hill), 55
Fanny M. (Stone), 61
Georgianna (Lord), 60
Gideon, 55, 57, 198
Gideon, Jr., 55
Gideon Bartlett, 57
Hannah, 57
Hannah Sanborn, 59 Horace, 58
Howard Hurd, 61
Ira, 57, 133
Ira Chadwick, 58
Jeremiah/Jeremy, 55, 57
Jeremy, 60, 171
John, 5, 32, 45, 56, 58, 59, 80, 116, 120, 156, 194
John, Jr., 56, 58, 203
John Fairfield, 60
John Wesley, 60
John Wiggin, 58, 203
Joseph, 55, 57, 134
Joseph Dam, 60
Joseph G., 57, 60
Josiah H., 56
Lorana E. (Wade), 59
Louisa R. (Hurd), 60
Lydia Murdock (Wood), 58
Mabel (Piper), 61
Margaret (Estes), 59
Maria Jane, 58
Mark, 56
Mark Dearborn, 59
Martha, 59
Martha A., 58, 120, 135
Martha Jane Chadbourne (Leavitt), 59
Martha J. (Ellison), 123
Martha W., 58
Martha (Weeks), 57
Mary, 56, 58, 59
Mary F., 123
Mary G., 57
Mary Jane (Pease), 60, 171
Mary/Molly (Sanborn), 194
Mary/Polly, 116
Mary (Sanborn), 59, 100, 135, 142, 212
Mary Sanborn, 212
Mary (Wiggin), 116
Meribah, 55, 57, 198
Moses Clark, 57
Myra B. (Lord), 60
Nancy, 5, 56, 57, 80
Nancy Chadbourne (Moore), 133
Nancy (Hannaford), 56
Nancy Hannaford, 100 Nicholas, 55, 56, 57
Olive, 55, 57
Oliver C., 57
Orestes Topliff, 61
Orinda (Dam), 59
Pamelia J. (Hanson), 58
Rachel (Horne), 59
Rebecca Crowell (Howes), 60
Rebecca (Dearborn), 55
Rufus King, 58
Ruth (Towle), 58, 203
Sally, 56
Sally (Doe), 134
Salome, 5, 57
Sampson, 56
Sarah, 56, 57
Sarah Call (Morgan), 60
Sarah (Doe), 57
Sarah (Garland), 57, 60, 171
Sarah (Gilman), 55
Susan E. (Moulton), 59, 142
Tristram Hurd, 61
Urania, 58, 134
Walter Calvin, 58
William King, 58 DOHERTY
Mary Agnes, 184
DONNELL
Benjamin, 66
Hepzibah (Conant), 66
William, 66
DORMAN
Charles, 9
Hannah, 229
Lucy, 9 Nathaniel, 229
Olive (Bradbury), 229
DORR
Benjamin, 119
Mason, 119
Sally (Locke), 119
Sally (Marston), 119 DOW
Mary (Cotton), 90
Richard Furber, 162
Susannah (Parsons), 162 DOWNING
John, 230
John, Jr., 98
Louisa McCulloch, 230
Sarah (Miller), 230 DOWNS
Dorothy W., 57
Elizabeth (Hayes), 57
James, 57
DRAKE
Abbie (---), 131
Abigail, 163
Anna (Taylor), 163
Eugene Howe, 131
Huldah (Lane), 212
Ida M. (Merrill), 131
John, 35, 212
Polly, 212
Ruth Marden (Wedgwood), 35
Ruth M. (Wedgwood), 212
S. P. Holt, 131
Weare, 163
DREW
David, 169
Dorothy (Pease), 169
Love (Clark), 169
Theophilus, 169
DROWN
Mitty/Mehitable (Wiggin), 229
Thomas, 229
DRUMMOND
Damaris (Hayden), 79 John, 79
Sybil Pattee, 79 DUDLEY
Abijah, 76
Hannah, 116
Mercy (Thorn), 116
Nancy Gilbert, 155
Samuel, 95, 116
Sarah E., 191
Sarah F. (Johnson), 95
Sarah (Stevens), 95
Trueworthy, 95
DUNFIELD
Sarah, 67
DUNN
Charles T, 64
Edward, 64
Eva (Edwards), 64
Fannie (Merrian), 64
DUNNELLS
Almira P. (Weeks), 224
David, 224
Loring, 224
Mary (Brown), 224
Nellie Flora (Storer), 224
DUNNELS
Anna/Nancy (Burnham), 29
Joseph, 29
Moses Colman, 29
Rebecca (Dresser), 29
DURGIN
Abigail (Haines), 213
Abigail (Hodgdon), 88
Almon, 21
Benjamin, 104
Comfort (Smith), 21, 47
Dorcas H., 122
Dorcas (Holmes), 122
Eliza (Blazo), 21
Ephraim, 65
Harriet A. (Wedgwood), 213
Jeremiah, 21, 47
Joel, 193
Joshua, 65
Mary, 104
Mary (---), 104
Mary E., 193
Orrin H., 213
Rebecca (Elliot), 65
Rebecca (Stewart), 88
Roxanna, 47
Sally (Ferren), 193
Sarah (Warren), 65
Silas, 122
Trueworthy, 213
William, 88
DUTCH
Betsey (Greenlaw), 185
Hannah H., 185
Holley Marshall, 185
Olive J. (Towle), 154
Samuel, Jr., 154
DUTTON
Amos Wright, 106
David, 106
Hannah (Wright), 106 DYER
Abigail (Merrow), 73
Dorothy A., 58
Elizabeth (---), 177
Ellen Rebecca, 109
Lydia (Jenkins), 58 Olive, 177
Rhoda G., 73
Rosannah, 177
Thomas, 177
Thomas H., 58 Watson, 73
EAMES
Edward, 142
Early Families of Parsonsfield, Maine
Hannah H. (Moulton), 142
Ithamar, 142
Melinda (Thompson), 142 EASTER
Lucy M. (Strout), 188
Samuel, 188
EASTMAN
Andrew Jackson, 77
Annie E. (Parsons), 168
Betsey Smith (Lougee), 114
Carrie Augusta, 114
Catherine Peckham (Granger), 6
Charles, 27
CMaria (Downs), 27
Daniel, 114
Dorcas H. (Durgin), 122
Edmund, 194
Edward, 6
Elizabeth N. (Conner), 47
Eliza Jennie, 211
Ella H. (Randall), 233
Ellery T., 15
Ellery Turner, 15
Esther Carter, 194
Ezra, 168
Hannah (Carter), 194
Hannah M. (Moulton), 144
Henry, 27, 211
Hiram Wentworth Kimball, 47
Hulda (Rol, 114
Joanna (Lougee), 111
John Philpot, 168
Julia A. (Merrill), 129
Lydia A. (Brown), 27
Maria (Downs), 211
Martha A., 83
Mary (Barnes), 111
Mary Belle (Bickford), 15
Mercy (Philpot), 168
Richard, 144
Sally Ann (Lougee), 114
Samuel, 111
Sarah Jane (Frost), 77
Sarah Knight, 114
Sarah Tracy, 6
Sophia W. (Crockett), 15
Susanna (Knight), 224
Susanna W. (Knight), 77, 114
Susan W., 224
Susan W. (Knight), 114
Taylor L., 114
Timothy, 77, 114, 129, 224
EATHERTON
Emma, 187
Virginia (---), 187
William, 187
EATON
Betsey (Paine), 160
John, 160
Keziah (Dearborn), 160
Mehitable (Jose), 218
Melinda, 218
Priscilla, 104
Simeon, 160
William, 218
EBERHARDT
Anna Barbara (---), 214
Nellie, 214
Peter, 214
EDGAR
Frank, 43
Jane (Knapp), 43
Sophia Knapp, 43
EDGECOMB
Abigail, 210
Reliance, 6 EDGERLEY
Abigail (Deland), 215
Daniel, 215
James, 215
Nancy Haley (Wedgwood), 215
EDGERLY
David, 148
Dorothy, 148
Dorothy (Hoyt), 148
Eben, 142
Hannah (---), 142
Mary, 142
Rebecca Mary, 90 EDWARDS
Abby, 63
Almira, 63
Almira (Clough), 38, 62, 63
Almira (Garland), 62
Anna, 62, 182
Bathsheba, 62
Bathsheba (Snow), 61, 62, 182
Carroll Elvin, 65
Charles, 64
Charlotte Emery (Knight), 63
Clara Leavitt (Colcord), 45
Dilla (Hamblen), 62
Edith Sarah (Smith), 65
Eleanor R. (Bowie), 65
Ellen F., 64
Elmer, 64
Emma J., 64
Ephraim Andrews, 45
Ernest, 64
Ethel May, 64 Eva, 64 Ezra, 45
Frances (Granville), 62 Frank, 64
George, 62
Hannah (Brainard), 90
Harriet A. (Chase), 38, 64
Harriet Ann (Chase), 63
Harry H., 64, 65 Hattie M., 64 Isaac, 62
Jacob, 62
James, 38, 63, 64
James Frank, 63
Jennie, 64
Joanna (Young), 61
John, 62
Joshua, 61, 62, 63, 90
Lilla Edith (Linscott), 64, 65
Lorenzo, 63
Lydia Ann, 63
Lydia (Coffin) , 62
Lydia Jane (Judkins), 63
Martha B., 63
Maude L. (Libby), 64
May Belle, 64
Miriam (Andrews), 45 Nathaniel, 38, 61, 62, 63, 182 Preston, 64
Rachel, 62
Reuben, 62
Ruth, 38, 63 Sally, 62
Sarah (Hunt), 61
Sophronia, 63
Stephen, 62, 63
Tabitha, 62
Wilbur Harry, 65 ELKINS
Louisa, 133
Lydia (Skinner), 133
Mark S., 133
ELLIOT
Charles D., 176
Daniel, 28, 65, 66, 133
Daniel, Jr., 65, 66, 150
Dorothy M., 65
Elizabeth/Betsey, 65
Eliza/Lizzie Etta (Perry), 176
James, 66
Jane, 65
Jane M., 66
John, 65
Joshua, 66
Lydia, 65
Lydia ( ), 133
Lydia A., 66, 150
Lydia A. (Burbank), 28
Lydia (Johnson), 65
Marcia Hellen, 66
Mary, 65
Mary Ann (Moore), 133
Mary Ann (Morton), 66
Mary Ann. (Morton), 150
Mary B. (Hobbs), 66
Phebe (Perkins), 66
Rebecca, 65
Richard, 65
Sarah (Boothby), 66
Susan Lydia (Johnson), 66 EMERSON
Anna (Stetson), 68
Augusta Chapman, 67
Caroline Hannah Jane, 18
Charles Henry, 67
Edward, 66
Elizabeth (Loud), 18
Elizabeth Usher, 67, 133
Elizabeth Usher (Parsons), 66, 133, 162
Elvira E. (Shanks), 67
George Edward, 67
Helen Alexis, 68
Henry Boirne, 68
Hepzibah (Conant), 66
Herbert Joseph, 68
John, 66
Joseph, 66, 162
Joseph Pratt, 67
Lucy Bradbury, 67
Luther, 66, 133, 162
Luther Orlando, 67
Lydia (Durrell), 66, 162
Marietta, 14
Mary Alice (Ames), 68
Mary Jane (Gove), 67
Oliver, 18
Sarah (Dunfield), 67
Sarah Josephine, 67
Stella Briggs (Nearing), 67
Thomas, 66
Thomas Parsons, 66 EMERY
Alvah Crosby, 132
Ann W. (Ricker), 190
Charity, 204
Elizabeth (Kingsbury, 68
Hannah, 68 Hiram, 68
Ida Jane, 132
Isaac, 68 IvoryI, 69
Jane (Brown), 1
Jeremiah, 199
John, 190
Jonathon, 204
Joseph, 68
Judith, 138
Julia Ann, 172
Lovey, 68
Lucy (Covel), 179
Margaret (Young), 68
Mariah F. ( ), 69
Marquis De LAFAYETTE, 1
Mary (Chase), 138
Mary J., 179
Mary (Neseton), 68
Mary/Polley M., 68
Patience B. (Lord), 69
Phebe (Bracey), 204
Priscilla L. (Marsh), 132 Rozella, 199
Salley/Sarah G., 1
Sarah (Weymouth), 69
Temple Harvey, 69
William, 1, 138, 179
William O., 69 EMMONS
Lydia Hilton, 196
Olive (Lang), 196
William Hilton, 196 ESTES
Margaret, 59 EVANS
Charles, 123
Hannah G. (Marston), 123