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Benjamin, born October 14, 1702. 4. John, born December 30, 1704, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, born April 6, 1707, married Hannah Brackett, of Berwick. 6. Joseph, born May 13, 17II, married Mary, daughter of Philip Welch, 1733. 7. Jonathan, born May I, 1713, married Dinah, daughter of James Thompson. 8. Curtis, born June 2, 1715, married Sarah, daughter of David Junkins. 9. James, died October 22, 1724.
(III) John Thompson, son of Alexander Thompson (2), was born in Kittery, December 30, 1704. He settled when a young man in Sanford, Maine. He was a farmer there. He married (published December 7, 1728) Priscilla, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Tucker) Davis. Children, born at York, Maine: I. Anna, born January 7, 1731-32. 2. John, born October 26, 1733, mentioned be- low. 3. Jesse. 4. Priscilla. 5. Naomi. 6. Olive. 7. Phinehas.
(IV) John Thompson, son of John Thomp- son (3), was born in York, Maine, October 26, 1733. He was brought up in Sanford, whither his father went among the early set- tlers. He married Keziah Lyons. Children, born in Sanford: I. John, born 1761, men- tioned below. 2. Sarah, 1763. 3. Reuben, 1765. 4. Jesse, 1767. 5. Anna, 1769. 6. Keziah.
(V) John Thompson, son of John Thomp- son (4), was born in Sanford, 1761. He mar- ried Elizabeth Smith, and settled in Sanford. Children, born there: I. Abbie, born 1796. 2. Lucretia, born 1798. 3. Lucy, born 1800. 4. Elizabeth, born 1803. 5. Ebenezer, born January 9, 1806, mentioned below. 6. Oliver, born 1809. 7. Olive, born 1811.
(VI) Ebenezer Thompson, son of John Thompson (5), was born in Sanford, January 9, 1806. He was educated there in the public schools. He engaged in the lumbering busi- ness, which he followed during his active life. He married Olive Butler.
(VII) William H. Thompson, son of Eben- ezer Thompson (6) was born in Salmon Falls, Maine, February 9, 1824, and died in Salem, Massachusetts, November 19, 1893. He had a common school education, but was naturally studious and was well educated by private study and reading. His mechanical genius led him to become a machinist. He became a locomo- tive engineer on the Boston & Worcester rail- road in its early days (now the Boston & Al- bany division of the New York Central lines). He was with the Saco (Maine) Water Power Company from 1854 to 1867. He became a mill expert and his services were constantly in demand. He was deemed a leading expert of the country in his day. In 1869 he was elected treasurer of the Kearsage Mills of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in 1871 he became treasurer of the Manchester (New Hampshire) print works. In politics Mr. Thompson was a Republican. He was a man of quiet and retiring disposition and was rather averse to public honors of any kind. He mar- ried Louisa Butler, daughter of Nathan and Ada (Chick) Butler. She was born in 1819 and died June 26, 1898. Their children were : Henry M. Thompson, born February 19, 1847, mentioned below ; Emma O., Alice.
(VIII) Henry M. Thompson, son of Wil- liam H. Thompson, (7), was born in Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, February 19, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at Phillips Academy, Andover, New Hampshire. He was appointed agent of the Kearsage Mills of Portsmouth, in 1869, and filled that posi-
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tion until 1872 when he became agent for the Manchester print works serving until 1874. In 1875 he came to Lowell and became con- nected with the Lowell Felting Mills, which he purchased in 1881, in which he built up a large and prosperous business. He recently retired from the active life of manufacturing, and is at present living quietly in his handsome resi- dence in Lowell. He is an independent Re- publican in politics, but has declined to become a candidate for public office or accept public positions, preferring to remain a private citi- zen. He has an excellent library, and spends much time in reading and study.
He married, in 1872, Ellen Straw, daughter of Ex-Governor Ezekiel A. and Charlotte (Webster) Straw, of Manchester, New Hamp- shire. Mrs. Thompson is a leader of Lowell society; regent of Molly Varnum Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and one of the incorporators of the New Hamp- shire Society of Colonial Dames. She is active also in church and charitable work. Children : I. Albert W., born February 16, 1874, mar- ried Hildreth Nesmith and they have one child, Nesmith, born December 23, 1899. 2. Herman E., born April 25, 1881, married Mabel A. Tracy and they have one child, Her- man E., Jr., born September, 1906.
(For early generations see preceding sketch and William Thompson I.)
THOMPSON (IV) Phinehas Thompson, son (according to the best evidence at hand) of John Thompson (3), who lived in York and San- ford, Maine, was born about 1745 at York. The history of Sanford, Maine, says: "The ancestors of Deacon Thompson lived in York." He married Martha Willard, April 13, 1762. She was the daughter of Samuel Willard, of York. Thompson removed to Gorham (then Gorhamtown) before his marriage, and in 1765 settled in Sanford. He was a farmer and blacksmith, and lived near Thompson's now Butler's Bridge. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Morgan Lewis's company, on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, (page 53, "Mass. Soldiers," etc). He was one of the original members of the Baptist church and for many years one of its deacons. He died March 6, 1815, aged about seventy years. Children: Ezra, men- tioned below; Samuel, Isaac, John, Martha, Hannah, Mary, Phinehas.
(V) Ezra Thompson, son of Deacon Phin- ehas Thompson (4), was born in Gorham,
Maine, March 29, 1763. He was a soldier in the Revolution in 1781, under Captain John Evans, of Sanford, on the Androscoggin river at what is now Bethel, Maine. He came to Sanford, Maine, with his parents when a young child and was educated there in the district schools and lived there the remainder of his days. The Sanford history states that his ancestors were of Scotch origin. On his father's farm at Thompson's bridge, Ezra grew up, learning the trade of blacksmith. In 1781 his younger brother, Samuel, enlisted in the Revolutionary war, and so great were the anxiety and grief of his mother that Ezra re- solved to take his place. While at Bethel in the service he came near losing his life through a severe cut, accidentally received from an ax. He was taken down the river in a boat, but came to some rapids around which the party felt unable to carry the wounded soldier and had decided to leave him when "Kit" Chiff- ener, a Scotchman, stepped forward, saying: "Thompson is too guid bluid to be left here !" placed him on his back, and carefully carried him three-quarters of a mile to the landing below the portage.
When he was about twenty years old, he attended Master Clark's school a short term, in which he learned, as he used to say, more than he learned in all his other schooling. For many years he was a public school teacher and was popular with his pupils. At the age of fifty-two, then the father of ten children, farm- er, blacksmith, teacher and surveyor, he took up the study of Latin and Greek under Parson Sweat and mastered the rudiments of those languages. He was universally known as "Master" Thompson.
For thirty-six consecutive years, 1794-1829, or more, Master Thompson held some public office. He was selectman fourteen years; on the school committee eleven years; the town treasurer three years ; coroner seventeen years ; and justice of the peace seventeen years, be- sides serving on many committees appointed by the town. He was on the board of select- men in 1808 when the town authorized them to petition President Jefferson for the removal of the embargo, and in 1816 he was one of the delegates to the state convention in Brunswick. In politics he was later in life a Whig. He united with the Baptist church in 1798, and continued a strong pillar in church and society until his death. His farm was about two miles from Sanford Four Corners to the northeast. He died November 8, 1835. Elder Cook preached his funeral sermon from the text "He was a Good Man." "From all that has come
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down to us," says the town historian, "we can assert with all confidence that a truer word was never spoken."
He married (first), in 1784, Abigail Wilson, daughter of Moses Wilson. He married (sec- ond), July, 1820, Joanna Clark, daughter of David Clark, of Sanford, Maine. Children of Ezra and Abigail Thompson: I. Caleb, born 1785. 2. Betsey, born 1788, married John Bachellor, of Sanford. 3. Martha, born 1790, married Joshua Batchelder. 4. Lucy, born 1793. 5. Ezra, born 1795, mentioned below. 6. John, born 1797, married Shackford, of Acton, Massachusetts. 7. Isaac, born 1799. 8. Otis, born 1800, died unmarried. 9. Han- nah, born 1802. 10. Abigail, born 1806, mar- ried Timothy Garey. Children of Ezra and Joanna : II. Samuel, born 1821. 12. Mary, born 1823, married George D. Palmer. 13. Clark, born 1825. 14. Joanna, born 1828, died in Sanford.
(VI) Ezra Thompson, son of Ezra Thomp- son (5), was born at Sanford, Maine, in 1795. He had a common school education, remaining at home until nearly manhood, assisting his father with the farm work. At the time of his marriage he bought a farm about two miles from Shapleigh Corners, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. Besides general farming he did much trading in horses and cattle, and raised much of the stock that he sold. He was prosperous and a man of in- fluence. He was self-educated to a large ex- tent, an excellent mathematician and of wide general information, good judgment and varied capacity. He was active in his support of the temperance movement, and of the Free Will Baptist church of which he was a member. In politics he was a Whig during the ascendancy of that party. He held the of- fice of road surveyor in Shapleigh, Maine. He served in the Shapleigh militia company.
He married Patience Gerry, of Alfred, Maine, daughter of Eben Gerry. Children : I. Caleb, born May 13, 1825, died April 26, 1874. Married in 1855, Mary Stillman of Rock- port, Massachusetts ; children : i. Emma, died ; ii. Eben ; iii. John. 2. Abbie, born June 25, 1828, died May 15, 1883; married, April 8, 1867, John Stone, of Shapleigh, Maine; no children. 3. Lucy, born October 13, 1830, married, Jan- uary 2. 1857, William Bradford, of Rockport, Massachusetts ; children : i. William Dadman Bradford, born February 9, 1858, married, Tune 23, 1883, Adelaide Chick; ii. Albert Sumner Bradford, born August 18, 1860, mar- ried, March 24, 1882, Fannie R. Mead; iii. . ing business, buying cattle in the Brighton
Ezra Otis Bradford, born October 25, 1862, married, 1895, Inez Hatch; iv. Loring Samuel Bradford, born October 31, 1864, married, May 7, 1884, Luella H. Bragg; v. Charlotte Patience Bradford, born November 18, 1867, married, July 4, 1894, Fred Thompson; vi. Irving Timothy Bradford, born July 26, 1871, married, April 2, 1899, Celia A. Kimball. 4. Susan Jane, born February 27, 1833, married, December 6, 1857, Nathaniel Thurston Abbott, of Shapleigh, Maine; children: i. Eugene Wilson Abbott, born December 26, 1858; ii. Carrie Augusta Abbott, born October 7, 1860, married, December 27, 1884, Stephen D. Blanchard; children: Leon Blanchard, born May 20, 1887; Marion Idella Blanchard, born December, 1890; Amy Lenora Blanchard, born October 2, 1892 ; Margie Madeline Blanchard, born January 25, 1894 ; Esther Blanchard, born July 2, 1895; Elmer Steven Blanchard, born January, 1899; iii. Elmer Ellsworth Abbott, born March 19, 1863, married (first), Febru- ary 4, 1892, Eda M. Smith and had one child, Malcolm Abbott, born September 29, 1875; married (second), June 26, 1902, Agnes M. Stone, of Alfred, Maine ; iv. Abbie Luella Ab- bott, born June 28, 1865, married, June 27, 1891, Elmer Nason; children: Grace Belle Nason, born September 22, 1892; Edna May Nason, born May 8, 1899; Marcia Nason, born December 8, 1902 ; George Abbott Nason, born August 3, 1905; v. Nathaniel Thurston Ab- bott, born November 18, 1867, married, Sep- tember 5, 1898, Lula O. Dalton, of Emery Mills, Maine, and had Mahlon Wilson Abbott, born July 16, 1905, died August 30, 1905. 5. Timothy Atkins, born August 17, 1835, men- tioned below. 6. John Warren, born Janu- ary 8, 1838, unmarried. 7. Ezra, born May 28, 1841, died in Libby Prison, June 13, 1862, during the Civil war.
(VII) Timothy Atkins Thompson, son of Ezra Thompson (6), was born in Shapleigh, Maine, August 17, 1835, and attended the pub- lic schools during the winter terms, working for his father on the homestead at other sea- sons until he was twenty years of age. He then went to sea on a coasting vessel sailing from Rockport, Maine. Then for a year and a half he worked as teamster for Hatch & An- drews owners of a quarry. He removed to Winchester, Massachusetts, and worked there for three years on the Levi Johnson farm. He established a milk route in Charlestown. After a time he gave up this business and removed to Woburn where he engaged in the butcher-
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market and selling his meats in South Boston. He built up a large and profitable business. He finally returned to the Johnson farm and conducted it until 1881 when he leased it to his son, William L. Thompson, and engaged in the meat and provision business on Bunker Hill street, Charlestown. After two years he removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was in the employ of Charles Jewett, a stone contractor. He removed to Salem, Massa- chusetts, and thence to Islesboro, Maine, where he was employed by Daniel Sewell for a time. From there he came to Swamspcott, Massachusetts, and worked a year on Charles Sargent's farm, coming to Acton, May 3, 1898, and leasing the Charles Baker place near the center, and he is now conducting a flourishing market gardening business. In religion he is a Universalist ; in politics a Republican.
He married, at Winchester, Massachusetts, March 28, 1859, Caroline Johnson, born at Woburn, died at Winchester, Massachusetts, July 31, 1868, daughter of Levi and Ruth (Eaton) Johnson, of Woburn. Her father was a farmer. Children: I. William Levi, born April 18, 1859, mentioned below. 2. Sarah Gardner, born at Woburn, January 5, 1862, died at Winchester, February 10, 1893 ; married March 14, 1882, Joseph D. Sharon ; children : i. Charles Willard Sharon, born September 6, 1884; ii. Annah Powers Sharon, born September 19, 1888. Timothy Atkins Thompson married (second), January 10, 1870, Anne Elizabeth Johnson, sister of his first wife. She died January 1, 1881, and he married (third), at Ipswich, Massachusetts, April 26, 1893, Marion Elizabeth Hall, born November 19, 1861, daughter of John and Catherine (Arrol) Hall, of East Boston, Mas- sachusetts.
(VIII) William Levi Thompson, son of Timothy Atkins Thompson (7), was born at Winchester, Massachusetts, April 18, 1859. He was educated there in the public schools. At an early age he began to assist his father with the work of the farm and he continued until he was twenty-two years old, when he leased the farm of his father and engaged in the business of market gardening until 1883. He then became associated with Charles A. Frost, of Stoneham, for two years, again re- suming market gardening on the homestead until 1890, when he bought his father's lease of the place. The farm belonged to the mother of William L. Thompson, and at her death her son inherited his share of the property. The farm is one of the oldest in the town. It is
known still as the old Johnson place, part of the original Johnson grant when the town was first settled. Mr. Thompson makes a specialty of early lettuce, spinach, squash, celery and raises rhubarb under glass for the Boston mar- ket. He has sixty-four acres of land in the northwest part of Winchester. He is domestic in his tastes and devotes himself almost ex- clusively to home and business. He is well known and much respected by his townsmen. He is a member of the Unitarian church of Winchester. In politics he is a Republican. He was made a member of Parkman Lodge of Free Masons at Winchester, March 14, 1882, but is now a member of Mount Horeb Lodge of Woburn. He was made a member of Wo- burn Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, May 29, 1889; of Medford Council of Royal and Select Masters, January 21, 1904; of Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar, at Melrose, June 21, 1906; of Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, February, 1907. He is a member of Middlesex Chapter, No. 64. Order of the Eastern Star, West Medford, Massachusetts. He is a member of Water- field Lodge, New England Order of Protec- tion, at Winchester; of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association.
He married, January 27, 1881, Edith Ma- regena Mead, born August 14, 1857, on ship- board off the coast of England, daughter of Samuel Hartwell Mead, born August 23, 1830, and Ellen M. (Richardson) Mead, of Win- chester, born October 15, 1824. Samuel H. Mead was a sea captain; served in the Civil war; was lost at sea in 1867. Children: I. Margarita, born April 14, 1882, married, June 9, 1906, Isaac Brewster Hazelton, of Welles- ley, Massachusetts; they have one child. 2. Mildred Eaton, born August 9, 1883 married, September 30, 1903, Waldo Snow Hadley, of Everett, Massachusetts ; no children. 3. Helen, born November 16, 1884, unmarried. 4. Caroline Reed, born May 13, 1886, unmarried. 5. Annie Zelinda, born June 17, 1887, unmar- ried. 6. Earle Lee, born July 21, 1892, died January 20, 1895. 7. Ralph Mead, born April 13, 1895.
(For early generations see preceding sketches ; also William Thompson 1.)
(IV) Benjamin Thomp-
THOMPSON SO11, son of Benjamin Thompson (3), and Abi- gail (Philbrick) Thompson, was born Septem- ber 7, 1727, at York Maine. He came to Ken- nebunk, Maine, with his uncle, Jonathan
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Thompson, and lived with him. He married, December 31, 1752, Eunice Lord, daughter of Nathan Lord ; married (second) Mary Foster. (See the History of Kittery, Maine). Chil- dren : I. Benjamin, born 1754, married Eliza- beth Lord; he died February, 1839, aged eigh- ty-five years. 2. Nathan, mentioned below. 3. Alexander, married Lydia Wildes, of Kittery. 4. Stephen, married Lois Taylor. 5. James, married Anna Walker. 6. Eunice, married Daniel Perkins. 7. Lemuel, married Lydia Thompson. 8. Isaac, died at sea. 9. Hannah, married Abner Littlefield. 10. Ezra, married Mary Merrill. II. Miriam, died young. Chil- dren of Benjamin and Eunice Thompson: 12. Moses. 13. Mary, died young. 14. Lydia, married Israel Burnham.
(V) Nathan Thompson, son of Benjamin Thompson (4), was born in 1756. Married (first) Hannah Thompson and (second) Esther Littlefield. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Tobias Lord's company in 1776 at Falmouth in a Cumberland county regiment raised to protect the seacoast.
(VI) Nathan Thompson, son or possibly nephew of Nathan Thompson (5), lived and died in Berwick, Maine. He was educated there in the public schools, and then engaged in the lumber business which through his ac- tive life he followed with success and profit. He was a Democrat in politics and an earnest supporter of his party. He was elected to various offices of trust and honor in South Berwick where he lived, and commanded the respect and confidence of his townsmen. He married Rebecca Chadwin. Children : Al- mira M., Sylvia, Albert G., born October 2, 1853, mentioned below.
(VII) Albert G. Thompson, son of Nathan Thompson (6), was born on the Thompson homestead at South Berwick, Maine, October 2, 1853, and was educated there in the public schools. In 1872 he went to Lowell, Massa- chusetts, and established himself in the retail grocery business. He carried also meats and provisions and from the first was successful. He built up a large business and carried it on for a period of twenty-five years. In 1896 he was appointed postmaster of the city of Lowell and has held the office by successive re-appoint- ments since then. The business of the post- office has increased greatly during his adminis- tration of affairs and he has handled the office with ability and efficiency, being especially careful of the comfort and convenience of both public and employees. He is one of the Re- publican leaders of Lowell. He served for ten
years on the school board, and for two years in the general court. He was chairman for some years of the Republican city committee and was also a member of the Republican state committee and chairman of congressional com- mittee. He is a member of the Masonic Order of Kilwinning Lodge. He is a member also of the Veritas Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Royal Arcanum and of the Knights of Pythias. He is an active member and treasurer of the Free Will Baptist church. He has the utmost con- fidence of the business men of the city, and has for many years been among the most in- fluential and prominent citizens. He was a close personal friend of the late General Ben- jamin F. Butler.
He married, in 1872, Susan E. Tarbox, daughter of Daniel Tarbox, of Salmon Falls, New Hampshire. Children: I. Fannie A., single, resides at home with her parents. 2. Perry D., married Alice Jaques and they have one child, Perry.
William Sherman, the immi- SHERMAN grant ancestor, settled in the Plymouth colony about 1630, No connection has been established between him and the other Sherman immigrants of New England. He lived first in Duxbury, where he was recorded as a yeoman and plant- er ; was a taxpayer there in 1652 and as early as 1637 was a proprietor ; was on the Plym- outh list of those able to bear arms in 1643; removed to Marshfield where his descendants have lived to the present time. He was ad- mitted an inhabitant of Marshfield, November 13, 1644, and held various town offices. He was a poor man when he came to this country, but was thrifty and energetic and left to his children a large inheritance, having property in Rochester as well as Marshfield, Massachu- setts. He was a useful and faithful citizen. Before his death he deeded much of his real estate to his sons : To Samuel June 9, 1673 ; to John February 5, 1673; to William August 15, 1676. He died October 25, 1679. The in- ventory of his estate was dated December 30, 1680, and he was buried in the family burial. ground at Marshfield. Judging from the date of his marriage and the fact that he was re- ported an old man when he died he is believed to have been born about 1610. He married, 1638, Prudence -. As far as known their children were: I. John, born 1646, died 1722. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, died 1718.
Alexander Wright Sherman
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(II) William Sherman, son of William Sherman (I), was born about 1640 in Marsh- field or Duxbury, in New England ; was a sol- dier in King Philip's war and from witnessing the cruelties there became insane and the col- ony voted twenty dollars for the relief of his family ; later he seems to have recovered his reason. He died in 1724. Children : I. Han- nah, born February 21, 1668. 2. Elizabeth, born March II, 1670, died 1695. 3. William, born April 19, 1672, mentioned below. 4. Pa- tience, born August 3, 1674. 5. Experience, born September 22, 1678. 6. Ebenezer, born April 21, 1680, died 1759.
(III) William Sherman, son of William Sherman (2), was born in Marshfield, Massa- chusetts, April 19, 1672, and followed farming in his native town. He married Mary White, daughter of Peregrine White, the first white child born in the Plymouth colony, born De- cember, 1620, on board the "Mayflower," son of William and Ann (Fuller) White. The descendants of William Sherman are not only descendants of three Pilgrim ancestors through Peregrine White and his parents but also through the wife of Peregrine, Sarah Bassett, daughter of William and Elizabeth Bassett. William Bassett, an Englishman, was married August 13, 1611, to Margaret Oldham, at Leyden, Holland, where he lived with the Pil- grims. His first wife was Cecil Light as shown by the Dutch records at Leyden. Bassett was admitted a freeman at Plymouth, 1633; re- sided at Duxbury and represented the town in the general court. He was a gunsmith by trade. He resided at Sandwich, Massachu- setts, in 1650, and later at Bridgewater. Pere- grine White was a prominent citizen of the Plymouth colony; died 1667; his wife died January 20, 17II ; they have a numerous pos- terity. Children of William and Mary (White) Sherman : I. Thankful, born April 4, 1690, married, 1726, Robert Atkins. 2. Samuel, born May 8, 1701, married Adam Hall. 3. Mary (twin), born June 6, 17II. 4. Abigail, (twin), born June 6, 1711. 5. John, born July 19, 1720, mentioned below. 6. Anthony, born December 21, 1722.
(IV) John Sherman, son of William Sher- man (3), was born in Marshfield, July 19, 1720. and was a farmer in that town. He married, 1746, Elizabeth Dingley, grand- daughter of John Dingley, of Marshfield, im- migrant, a prominent citizen and town officer. Children : I. Nathaniel, settled in Plympton, married Maria Clark, daughter of James Clark. 2. Ruth, born 1750, married Josiah Bisbee, of Pembroke, Massachusetts. 3.
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