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DR. JONAS HENRY LANE was a son of Jonas and Eunice (Ken- dall) Lane, and born at Lancaster, on January 29, 1800. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1814, and graduated at Harvard College in the Class of 1821, taking the degree of M. D. four years later at the same institution. On February 2, 18oo, he was baptized under the name of Henry Lane ; but by an Act of the Legislature, passed June 18, 1825, this was changed as written above. He became a member of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society in the year 1837. On October 6, 1830, Dr. Lane was married to Frances Ann Brown ; and he died in Bos- ton, on September 5, 1861.
DR. TIMOTHY LIVINGSTON LANE was a son of Captain John and Mary (Livingston) Lane, and born at Braintree, on September 1, Soo. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1819 ; studied medicine under the instruction of Dr. James Batch- cllor, of Marlborough, New Hampshire, and graduated at the Dart- mouth Medical School in the Class of 1824. On October 25, 1825, Dr. Lane was married to Roxana, daughter of Kimber and Polly (Hazleton) Harvey, of Marlborough, New Hampshire, where his father had removed from Braintree in the year 1802. He first settled at Sullivan, New Hampshire, in the year 1825, but removed to Lunenburg, Vermont, in 1832 ; here he remained until 1834, when he went to Gilsum, New Hampshire, where he lived until 1838 ; thence to Daysville, Illinois, where he remained till 1841, and then removed to Fillmore in the same State. He continued in the active practice of his profession until his death, which occurred at Fillmore, on September 1, 1849, the forty-ninth anniversary of his birthday. His wife died on January 1, 1849, just eight months before his own death.
DR. LUKE LAWRENCE was a son of Daniel and Polly (Johnson) Lawrence, and born at Hollis, New Hampshire, on April 14, 1803. Ile began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1820, and graduated at the Dartmouth Medical School in the Class of 1828. Hte established himself in the practice of his profession at Lunenburg, and died at Hollis, on January 19, 1832.
DR. HENRY LINCOLN was a son of William and Tabitha ( Ken- dall) Lincoln, and born at Leominster, on August 11, 18o.4. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1824, and
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graduated at Harvard College in the Class of 1830. He took his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1834, when the subject of his essay was Metastasis. Dr. Lincoln established him- self at Lancaster in the year 1836, and on February 14, 1838, was married to Martha, daughter of Moses and Lucy (Fisk) Bond, of Sterling. He joined the Massachusetts Medical Society in the year 1841, and died at Lancaster, on February 29, 1860.
DR. JAMES PORTER LYNDE was a son of William Sargeant and Christiana (Comee) Lynde, and born at Gardner, on March 19, 1828. He began to attend school at Lawrence Academy in the year 1848, and graduated at the Harvard Medical School in the Class of 1852, having studied under the direction of Dr. H. C. Harriman, of Gardner, and Dr. Ira Russell, of Winchendon. Before graduation he attended one course of lectures at the Dartmouth Medical School ; and after receiving his degree of M. D. he settled at Hardwick, where he remained until the year 1856, when he re- moved to Athol. Dr. Lynde joined the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1855. While living at Hardwick he represented the town in the General Court; and at Athol he was prominent in every plan for promoting the welfare of his town, and exerted a large influence in the neighborhood. In many ways he served the public, and always to the satisfaction of the community. He was a member of the School Board, Superintendent of Public Schools, Moderator at town-meetings ; and was one of the original Medical Examiners appointed under Chapter 200 of the Acts of 1877. At the time of his death, which took place in Athol on January 21, 1890, he was the senior physician of the town. On December 16, 1857, he was married to Candace E., daughter of John and Rue (Holbrook) Brooks.
DR. JOSEPH WEST MORSE was a son of Joseph and Phebe Dear- born (West) Morse, and born on January 18, 1819, at Orange, New ' Hampshire, from which town his family removed to Chester in the same State, during the year 1832. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in 18.jo, and afterward studied medicine. He established himself in Salem, where he remained until his health failed, when he returned to his father's home at Chester. Here he practised, as his bodily condition would allow, but was obliged finally to seek a warmer climate. In October, 1850, he went to Jacksonville, Florida, where he died a month later, on November 11 of that year.
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DR. ISAAC WALTER MULLIKEN was a son of Dr. Isaac and Hannah Mulliken, and born at Townsend, on May 15, 1799. Hle began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1815, and graduated at the Dartmouth Medical School in the Class of 1821. He was married at Hopkinton, to Alicia, daughter of Dr. Timothy and Mary (Stow) Shepard, and practised medicine at Stow during about ten years, when he gave up his profession and re- moved to Lowell, where he had charge of the Lowell Bleachery. After a residence of two years he accepted the superintendency of the Waltham Manufacturing Company's Bleachery, which he held until about the year 1860. Retiring then from active business, he became the President of the American Watch Company, and died at Waltham, on April 3, 1873. Dr. Mulliken joined the Massachu- setts Medical Society in the year 1828.
DR. EBENEZER PARKER was a son of Ebenezer and Sally Parker, and born in Boston, on September 6, 1806. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1816, and afterward, for a few months, was a pupil at Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated at Yale College in the Class of 1825, and at the Har- vard Medical School in 1829. He became a member of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society in 1831, and died of consumption in Boston, unmarried, on November 6, 1833.
DR. JAMES OFIS PARKER was a son of James, Jr., and Ruth (Harkness) Parker, and born at Shirley, on June 5, 1811. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1820, and graduated at Amherst College in the Class of 1834. Ile afterward attended two courses of lectures at the Harvard Medical School, and one course at the Berkshire Medical Institution, where he graduated in the Class of 1841 ; and the same year he became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He at once estab- lished himself in his native town, where he spent the remainder of his life in the practice of his profession, and in farming, except a period of two years and a half passed in California. Dr. Parker was twice married, -first, on May 13, 18.45, to Martha Lincoln Carter, of Lancaster, who died on April 30, 1847 ; and, secondly, on January 1, 1863, to Harriet Morgan Gould, of Greenfield, who died on September 14, 1876. He was a lineal descendant of Cap- tain James Parker, one of the early settlers of Groton ; and he died of paralysis at Shirley, on May 2, 1883.
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DR. AUGUSTUS FREDERICK PEIRCE was a son of Augustus and Mary Messer (Clark) Peirce, and born at Dunstable, now Nashua, New Hampshire, on August 11, 1827. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1838, and graduated at the Bowdoin Medical School in the Class of 1849. On October 30, 1850, Dr. Peirce was married at Tyngsborough, to Mary Pitts, daughter of William Stoddard and Mary (Pitts) Bridge. Ile be- came a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society in the year 1851. He died at Tyngsborough, on October 18, 1855.
DR. JOHN PIERCE was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Dodge) Pierce, and born at Lunenburg, in the year 1785. He began to attend Groton Academy in 1804, and afterward practised medicine in his native town. He was married twice, - first, to Drucilla -, and, secondly, to Nancy Crombie ; and he died at Lunenburg, on March 12, 1848.
DR. EDWARD LISTON PILLSBURY was a son of Dr. Levi and Elvira Sarah (Bagley) Pillsbury, and born at Fitchburg, on June 28, 1844. He began to attend school at Lawrence Academy, Groton, in the year 1862, and graduated at the Dartmouth Medical School in the Class of 1865. He began the practice of his profes- sion at Fitchburg, but subsequently removed to Boston ; and he died unmarried at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, on May 31, 1880. Dr. Pillsbury became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Soci- ety in the year 1866. For a notice of Dr. Pillsbury, see Volume II. (page 357) of this Historical Series.
DR. WILLIAM RICHARDSON was a son of Joseph Sewall and of Margaret Richardson, and born in Boston, on March 13, 1788. Hle fitted for college at Groton Academy, and graduated at Bow- doin in the Class of 1809, taking the degree of M. D. at the Harvard Medical School in the Class of 1813. Dr. Richardson began the practice of his profession at Slaterville, Rhode Island, where he remained until he removed to Portsmouth in that State. He continued to live at Portsmouth till the year 1838, when he established himself at Johnston, Rhode Island, where he was en- gaged in practice until his death, which occurred on September 30, 1861. Dr. Richardson was twice married, -first, on May 4, 1815, at Newport, Rhode Island, to Mary, daughter of Job Almy ; and, secondly, on September 5, 1827, to Jane, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Gould) Lawton. He had seven childhen by his first
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wife, of whom one survived him ; and five by his second wife, of whom four survived him.
DR. AUGUSTUS ROBBINS was a son of Jacob and Olive (Willard) Robbins, and born at Harvard, on October 17, 1805. Ile began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1827, and after- ward graduated at the Harvard Medical School in the Class of 1832. He settled at first in his native town, where he remained eight or ten years, when he removed to Holden, and stayed per- haps the same length of time. About the year 1850 he established himself in Brooklyn, New York, and died there on September 13, 1855. In 1832 Dr. Robbins joined the Massachusetts Medical Society, and in 1836 was chosen a Trustee of Groton Academy, which position he held until 1852. He was married to Juliana Wilder, who died on October 23, 1888. She attended school at Groton Academy in the year 1818.
DR. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS SAWYER is a son of Samuel and Eunice (Houghton) Sawyer, and was born at Sterling, on April 4, 1832. He began to attend school at Lawrence Academy in the year 1850, and graduated at the Ilarvard Medical School in the Class of 1856, having studied his profession in the Tremont Street Medical School. He commenced the practice of medicine in his native town, succeeding, in July, 1856, to the business of Dr. Thomas Hovey Gage, now of Worcester, and the same year joined the Massachusetts Medical Society. In June, 1862, he removed to Greenfield, and entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. Adam Calhoun Deane, with whom he remained until March, 1867, when he went to Wareham, where he is now practising.
During the War of the Rebellion Dr. Sawyer was commissioned, on November 19, 1862, as Surgeon of the Fifty-second Massachu- setts Militia Regiment, which left the State on December 2 of that year. lle was present at several battles in Louisiana, and at one time, while in charge of a hospital, was taken prisoner, but res- cued soon afterward. He was mustered out of the service on August 14, 1863. (See " Harvard University in the War of 1861- 1865," page 247.)
Dr. Sawyer was married at Colrain, on July 29, 1856, to Helen Maria, daughter of Dr. Christopher and Sarah (Ross) Dean, of ('ohain.
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DR. JEREMY SHATTUCK was a son of Ebenezer Lakin and Hannah (Tarbell) Shattuck, and born at Pepperell, on January 2, 1797. He went to school at Groton Academy in the year 1817, and died, unmarried, at Burlington, Vermont, on November 25, 1822.
DR. ALBERT SMITH was a son of Samuel and Sally (Garfield) Smith, and born at Peterborough, New Hampshire, on June 18, ISO1. He began to attend school in 1813 at Groton Academy, where he remained for three years ; but owing to the depression of business which followed the War of 1812, his father did not then send him to college, but put him to work in his cotton-mill. Here the son remained during five years, when he entered Dartmouth College, and graduated in the Class of 1825. The subject of his oration at Commencement was the Navigation of the Connecticut River. On February 26, 1828, he was married to Fidelia, daughter of John and Chloe (Phinney) Stearns, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. After graduation he was employed in his father's business until the year 1829, when he decided to enter the medical profession ; and he accordingly attended courses of lectures at the Bowdoin Medi- cal School, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and at the Dartmouth Medical School, taking his degree at the latter institu- tion in the Class of 1833. He began to practise at Leominster, where he remained for five years, and thence removed to his native town; where he died on February 22, 1878, full of honor and full of years.
In the year 1849 Dr. Smith was appointed Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics at Dartmouth College, where he gave annual courses of lectures until his resignation in 1870, when he was made professor emeritus. On Commencement of that year the degree of LL. D. was conferrred on him by his Alma Mater ; and in 1875 an honorary M. D. by the Rush Medical College, Chicago.
DR. JOHN STARR was a son of Dr. Ebenezer and Hannah (Blanchard) Starr, and born at Dunstable, on December 3, 1783. Ile began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1795, and graduated at Harvard College in the Class of 1804. He afterward studied medicine, under the instruction of Dr. Matthias Spalding, of Amherst, New Hampshire, and about the year 1868 began the practice of his profession at Peterborough, where he remained until iSi, when he removed to Northwood in the same State.
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During the War of 1812 he served for a short time as Surgeon of the Second Regiment of the New Hampshire Detached Militia. Dr. Starr was married to Sally Virgin, of Concord, New Hamp- shire ; and he died at Northwood, on September 8, 1851, leaving a widow, but no children.
DR. WILLIAM PRESCOTT TOWNSEND was a son of William and Martha (Wilder) Townsend, and born at Lancaster, on July 25, IS18. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1838, and graduated at the Harvard Medical School in the Class of 1845. He practised his profession for some years at Shawan- gunk, a village now included in Walkill, Ulster County, New York, and then removed to Goshen in that State, where he lived for twenty-five years. Dr. Townsend was twice married, - first, to Mary Ann Mapes ; and, secondly, at Goshen, on November 12, 1857, to Hannah Elizabeth, daughter of Garrett and Abigail (Thew) Thew. He died at Goshen, on December 25, 1876.
DR. JOHN FLAVEL TYLER was a son of Edward and Alma Ellery (Holden) Tyler, and born at Harvard, on June 30, 1818. Ile began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1837. He afterward studied medicine, under the tuition of Dr. Thomas Chadbourne, of Concord, New Hampshire, and Dr. Jesse Morrill, of Franklin, New Hampshire, but died on February 8, 1844, before he had taken his medical degree.
DR. JOHN VARNUM was a son of John and Eunice (Gilson) Varnum, and born at Pepperell, on December 5, 1787. He began to attend school at Groton Academy in the year 1804, and after- ward studied medicine, in his native town, under the tuition of Dr. John Walton. Dr. Varnum was married as early as 1818 to Abigail Getchell, daughter of a Captain Getchell, of Marblehead ; and they had two sons, of whom one died in infancy. He prac- tised his profession at Lyons, New York, where he died, on Octo- ber 6, 1822. Ilis surviving son, William, is now living at Saratoga Springs.
NOTE. - In the General Catalogue of Lawrence Academy (Groton, 1855), Joseph Adams and Henry Skinner appear as physicians, but in both instances it is a mistake. I have been unable to gather any facts concerning Henry Jewett, mentioned in the same catalogue.
INDEX.
Alexander, John Locke, 73. Allen, Lewis B., 65. Amory, Charles, 73. Andrew, Aaron, 34.
Bancroft, Amos, 18. Bancroft, Amos Bigelow, 27. Barker, George Frederic, 74. Barker, Thomas Crumbie, 74. Bass, William Henry, 74. Batchelder, -, 32. Blanchard, Eliphalet Ripley, 68. Blanchard, William Dexter, 43. Blasdell, Henry, I. Boutelle, Thomas Richardson, 74. Brown, George, 54. Brown, James Dennis, 68.
Carter, Calvin, 75. Chamberlin, Edson Champion, 41. Chaplin, James Prescott, 47. Chase, Ezekiel, 2. Coale, -, 22. Coolidge, Joseph Franklin, 36. Condrey, Arthur Harris, 75. Cragin, Charles Hartwell, 53. Cummings, James Merrill, 29. Cummings, Right, 75. Cutter, Jonas, 76.
Dana, James Freeman, 76. Davis, Kendall, 34. Dentists, The, of Groton, 65. Dodge, Franklin, 52. Draper, Joseph Kutter, 57. Dwight, John, 77.
Edwards, Nathan Brown, 77. Eldredge, Hezekiah, 77. Eldredge, Micah, 22. Emerson, Samuel, 43.
Farnsworth, Amos, 25. Farnsworth, Ralph, 50. Farnsworth, Samuel, 3, 78. Fitch, Luther Parker, 59. Fletcher, Samuel William, 58. Fox, Abel, 78. Fuller, Lemuel, 32.
Gardner, Thomas Champney, 49. Gibson, Henry, 79. Gilson, Franklin Earland, 69. Gove, Jonathan, 3. Graves, John Edwin, 70. Gray, llenry, 79. Green, Joshua, 20. Green, Samuel Abbott, 56, 64.
Hartwell, Benjamin Hall, 42.
Hemenway, Samuel, 47. Hinds, William Henry Harrison, 67. Holland, Henry Ephraim, 79. Huntington, David Low, 80. Hutchins, Isaiah, 55.
Johnson, Lewis, 80.
Kilbourne, William, 81. Kingsbury, Nathaniel, SI. Kinsman, Benjamin Willis, Sı.
Lane, Jonas Henry, S2. Lane, Timothy Livingston, 82.
Lawrence, Ephraim, 45. Lawrence, Luke, S2. Lawrence, William Richards, 52.
Lewis, William Henry Harrison, GI. Lincoln, Henry, 82. Longley, Rufus, 4S. Lynde, James Porter, 83.
McCollester, John Quincy Adams, 40. Mansfield, George, 15, 51. Mansfield, Joseph, 1.1. Marriages, List ol, 71. Moore, James Moody, 12. Moise, Benjamin, 2.
Motse, Joseph West, 83. Mulliken, Isaac Walter, 84.
Needham, William Chauncey Hall, 62, 6.4. Nutting, Isaiah Hall, 54.
Park, John Gray, 60. Parker, Ebenezer, S44. Pauker, James Otis, 84. Parsons, John Eleazer, 42. Patch, Jacob, 40.
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Peirce, Augustus Frederick, 85. Pierce, John, 85. Pillsbury, Edward Liston, S5. Pineo, Peter, 34. Piper, Richard Upton, 35.
Potter, Richard Bulkley, 62.
Prescott, Oliver, 5.
Prescott, Oliver, Jr., 9.
Putnam, Joseph Morrill, 63, 64. Putnam, Marion Zachariah, 39.
Richardson, William, 85. Robbins, Augustus, 86. Rockwood, Ebenezer, 45.
Sawyer, Frederic Augustus, S6.
Shackford, Rufus, 30.
Shattuck, George Francis, 61.
Shattuck, Jeremy, 87.
Smith, Albert, S7.
Smith, Gibson, 41.
Smith, Norman, 31.
Spaukling, Miles, 33.
Sprague, William Lawrence, 63. Starr, John, 87.
Stearns, George, 25.
Stearns, George Washington, 38.
Steere, David Roscoe, 37. .
Stimson, Jeremy, 17. Swan, Charles Young, 21.
Thompson, Charles Elliot, 66. Torrey, Noah, 53. Townsend, William Prescott, SS. Tyler, John Flavel, SS.
Varnum, John, SS.
Walton, John, 43. Ware, Ephraim, 2.
Warren, William Barnard, 38.
Webster, William Ambrose, 36.
White, David Stockbridge, 67.
White, Edward Young, 67.
Wikler, Abel Hervey, 27.
Williams, Herbert Franklin, 63.
Williams, Jacob, 23
Williams, Richard, 50.
Willis, Ebenezer, 40
Wilson, James, 24.
Winslow, Edward Hubbard, 38.
Wood, Edward Addison, 62 Woolson, Ephraim, 3.
GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1891.
HISTORICAL SERIES, VOL. III., No. II.
MAINE SETTLERS FROM GROTON.
SOON after the Revolution there was a gradual emigration from Groton to the District of Maine, - then under the juris- diction of Massachusetts, - which lasted for a considerable period of time. Representatives from some of the best fam- ilies in the town went there and settled ; and to-day their posterity forms no inconsiderable class, both in character and influence. In order to strengthen the historical connection between such persons and the parent town, and to keep alive the continuity of tradition along both lines of the descent, whether in Maine or Massachusetts, various extracts from several local histories are given in this article. They supple- ment to a considerable degree the town records of Groton, and will help to link together different branches of the same family.
The following accounts of the Gilson, Lakin, and Perley fam- ilies are taken from Ridlon's " Early Settlers of Harrison." 1
GILSON FAMILY.
They came from Groton, Mass. The surname is Scotch. Burk regards the family as very ancient. SIMEON GILSON, of Groton, had a large family, and several of his children settled in this town.
1. LEVI GILSON, son of Simeon, was born about 1770 ; married
1 Early Settlers of Harrison, Maine, with an Historical Sketch of the Sel- tlement, Progress and present Condition of the Town. By Rev. Gideon Tibbetts Ridlon. (Skowhegan, 1877.)
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Sybell Lakin (cousin of that Joseph who settled in Sebago, and became ancestor of the Lakins in this town) and came to Harrison in March, 1803. His first dwelling was in the north of the town, where Isaac Hall now lives. Mr. Gilson married for his second wife, Philena, daughter of John Bucknell, and by her, as also his first wife, he had children. He and his brother Peter, and John and William Gammon, were set off in a school district by themselves in 1812. Mr. Gilson died in 1830, and was laid by the side of his wife on " Scribner's Hill." Children :
1. LEVI GILSON, eldest son of Levi, 1, born in Groton, Mass., Jan. 14, 1795 ; came to Harrison with his parents when eight years old, and married Sally Carter, sister of Otis Carter, and settled on " Gilson's Hill," where Major Stewart now lives. Ile was a farmer, and had to children, as follows :
I. CHARLES, who m. Adaline Fogg ; went South and committed suicide.
2. GEORGE, who m. and went South.
11. SYBELL, GILSON, second child of Levi, 1, was b. in Groton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1796 ; m. Zenas Pool, of Greenwood, Me.
III. JACOB GILSON, third child of Levi, 1, was b. in Groton, Mass., Feb. 25, 1799 ; m. Sally, daughter of " Colonel Wood," of Groton, and settled in this town. Mr. Gilson has been blind more than fifty years, and endured great suffering. He cannot distinguish between light and darkness, and yet he can find his way in any part of the town unassisted ; he has also cultivated a small farm, and finds his fields and woods, guided by wires stretched upon stakes from his door. In early life he embraced religion, and has ever sustained a devoted christian deportment. His wife d. in 1876, leaving him with one child, Sybell, on the town-farm.
IV. ROXANNA GILSON, fourth child of Levi, 1, was b. in Groton, Mass., Oct. 28, 1800 ; m. William Pool, brother of Zenas, before mentioned, of Greenwood.
V. ABEL GILSON, fifth child of Levi, 1, was b. in this town, Sept. 2, 1803 ; m. " down east," and after a few years started for New Hampshire, and stopped a night with his sister, in Greenwood, and was never afterwards heard from. It is thought his wife knew his whereabouts as she left a few years subsequently, as suddenly as he had done - probably to join him.
VI. MARY GILSON, sixth child of Levi, 1, was b. in town, Sept. 17, 1804; m. March 18, 1827, to Jeremiah Cummings, of Poland.
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VII. JONATHAN GILSON, seventh child of Levi, 1, was b. Feb. 16, 1806, and m. Almira Harris, of Minot.
VIII. LUCY Giso, eighth child of Levi, r, was b. Sept. 25, ISO7 ; d. young - unmarried.
IX. SANDERS GILSON, ninth child of Levi, 1, was b. Aug. 14, 1809. No other information.
X. SUSANNA GILSON, tenth child of Levi, 1, was b. Aug. 30, 1812. No other information.
XI. SCRIBNER GILSON, eleventh child of Levi, 1, was b. Aug. 14, 1814.
XII. SARAH ANN GILSON, twelfth child of Levi, 1, was born Sept. 17, 1816.
KHI. PARKER GILSON, b. June 21, 1818.
XIV. LUCY GILSON, b. Aug. 1, 1820.
2. TIMOTHY GILSON, whose wife's name was Sally, was a brother of Levi, 1. He settled in this town, and remained here from 1803 to 1812 - possibly longer - but returned to Massachusetts and died there. His children, born here, were as follows :
I. CELESTIA, b. March 10, 1805.
II. ALPHEUS, b. Feb. 7, 1807.
111. EDWARD, b. Sept. 6, 1809.
IV. SALLY, b. June 3, 1812 ; m. Clement Randall, March 5, 1840.
3. PETER GILSON, a son of Simeon and brother of Levi and Tim- othy, before mentioned, settled in town contemporary with his brothers, and built a saw-mill and grist-mill on Crooked River, be- low where Bolster's Mills were afterwards built. He was a man of enterprise and public spirit and served in several town offices. He returned to Massachusetts, and became a wealthy man. His chil- dren, born in this town, were as follows : Fane, Rachel, John, Robert, Samuel, Eunice and Pattic.
4. SIMEON, These three children of Simeon remained in
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