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So far as I was acquainted with him, there was no reliance to be put in him as a man of truth and veracity. My father repeatedly whipt him for lying.
The pen was drawn through the last two sentences.
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ARVILLA (SPAULDING) RECORD'S LETTER.
Aunt Arvilla (Spaulding) Record's letter written when she was 85 to her relative, Mrs. Lydia E. Cole Douglass :
Buckfield, Me., Sept. 10, 1888.
My Dear Lydia:
It is but little that I know about the Spauldings but I am very glad to tell what I do know.
Old Grandfather Benjamin Spaulding moved his family from Chelms- ford, Mass., here in the year 1778 or 1779. He was out in the French and Indian War. His family consisted at that time of six children, Patty, Rebecca, Benjamin (your grandfather), Leonard, Elizabeth and Esther. The next child he had after he came from the war was Abel, who was my father. I have been told that Grandfather Spaulding got in debt by be- ing a surety on another man's bond and left his family in Massachusetts and came here, then nothing but all woods and no human beings but In- dians. He came to hunt, as furs at that time, brought a great price. There were some inhabitants in a few places in this part of the country but not within many miles of where he built his camp, which was down by the river, on what is now called Capt. Record's intervale. He hunted here two years. In the room of his being afraid of the Indians, they were afraid of him. One of them stole one of his traps. He gave out word among them that if the thief did not bring it back, he would kill him. A few days after the Indian returned the trap, saying: "Here your trap Pauldin." I do not know where grandfather sold his furs but when he went back he paid all he owed anybody. Then he moved his family down here.
My father was then two and one-half years old. His older sister told me they lived in the camp on the intervale where one child, Stephen, was horn. Then he took up land and moved up where I was born. He owned land from Sumner town line to the river at North Buckfield-all woods. In time he built a saw mill. I remember that mill. He built him a log house down near where the road is now. His youngest child, Thankful (Cushman)-Mrs. Cummings, who lives on Paris Hill, is her daughter-was born in that log house. When grandfather had arrived with his family, old Squire Buck had taken up land where Col. White lived and moved his family there. Old Nathaniel Buck had come too and had taken up land where Elisha, his youngest son, lived. Then there was some kind of a grist mill at New Gloucester, so the people here had to do down there to mill and carry their grists on their backs, going and coming by spotted trees. If one settler got out of meal, the others supplied him till their own was gone. Moose were plenty and they were rarely out of this kind of meat. One time, grandfather had been to New Gloucester to mill and on coming home, found the other families nearly starved. He said: "Why did you not kill a moose?" Then he took his gun and went hunt- ing for one. He soon came back with one he had killed a little back of what we call Elisha Buck's orchard, which furnished many meals for the hungry ones. He wanted to see people have some ambition and never lacked himself that quality. He was a small man in stature, but he had a big heart and was good to the poor. He gained in property fast, cleared up his farm and raised wonderful crops and a large number of cows. If a poor man come along who had a large family, he would give him halt a cheese or a bushel of corn. I remember seeing such people take such things away on their backs. He would often let them have
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meal when they had no money, but if they had, he wanted them to get what they wanted somewhere else.
He knew what it was to be poor. He would not take medicine. He lived to be seventy-four and died of a fever. Grandmother Spaulding was one of the best women that ever lived. I lived with her from the time I was born until I was married and until she died, aged 77 years. 1 It
must say I never saw her appear the least bit impatient in my life. is said that she once rode from Buckfield to Boston on horseback. * *
Grandfather Spaulding and all his sons were firm Universalists and they lived it. They realized that Christ was the true vine and we the branches.
From Your Aunt,
ARVILLA SPAULDING RECORD.
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Part III.
GENEALOGIES.
IN EXPLANATION.
A town history without family statistics would not be accounted of much worth in these days, when there is so much interest in tracing lines of ancestry, and in the endeavor to find out to whom one is related. It is said by skilled genealogists that on an average, one in ten of our Americans of English stock might trace his ancestry to kings, yet what true American would not rather be able to follow his family lines to the Pilgrim and Puritan fathers and mothers who founded this government and the Patriots of the Revolution by whose sacrifices American Independence was secured ?
There must be very few indeed of Buckfield families, espe- cially of the olden time, that cannot or could not do this, and yet there are some at least who can even go back to kings.
The lack of interest of many-some quite prominent per- sons-to furnish family statistics, has been a source of great regret and much surprise, and in consequence of this, and that this part of the work had to be largely made up away from the town and town records, giving no opportunity for additions and correction, it is not so full and complete and free from errors as might be desired. The endeavor has been as a special feature, to trace the family lines as far back as possible, and it is believed that those who are or may hereafter be interested to connect their own families with those here given, or in trac- ing different or more ancient lines of their ancestry, will find in these statistics great encouragement and some assistance.
ALLEN.
THOMAS ALLEN ( see sketch ) was one of the first two settlers in the township. He was born in England about 1752. He married, ist, Abigail Brown. She died Sept. 27, 1803; m. 2d, Dolly Ricker. He died in Hartford in the latter part of the year 1826. Children all but last by first wife :
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John, b. N. G .. Aug. 8. 1775: m. Polly Clifford, s. in Hartford.
Mary, b. Buckfield. Sept. 30. 1777: m. Abiah Leach
Abigail, b. Buckfield. Sept. 15. 1779; in. John Millett, Canton. Edmund, b. Buckfield, July 29, 1781; m. Ruth Bryant, s. in Hartford. Anna, b. Buckfield, Feb. II, 1783; in. Daniel Shaw, s. in Hartford.
Esther, b. Buckfield. Apr. 2, 1785; m. Edmund Dean, s. in Paris. Thomas. Jr., b. Buckfield, Dec. 13, 1786; m. Nancy Cole.
Sophia. b. Buckfield, Dec. 4, 1788; m. Nathaniel Tubbs.
Ellen. b. Buckfield. Oct. 17, 1790 ; m. Job Perry, s. in Paris.
Nathaniel, b. Buckfield, Jan. 27, 1793; m. Polly Tinkham, s. in Liver- more.
George, b. Hartford, went to Ohio. Served in Mexican War.
JOHN ALLEN, son of the preceding, b. Aug. 8, 1775 ; m. Polly Clifford. They settled in Hartford. Children recorded on the Buckfield records :
Benjamin, b. Nov. 28, 1799; Thomas. b. Dec. II, 1801 ; Polly, b. Nov. 22, 1804; Dolly, b. May 6, 1807.
EDMUND, brother of the preceding, b. July 29, 1781 : m. Ruth Bryant. They settled in Paris in 1804, where two of the'r chil- dren were born. Removed to Hartford where six of their children were born. Late in life returned to Paris where he died, "beloved and respected for his many sterling virtues." Child recorded on Buckfield records :
Jonathan Tyler, b. Apr. 21, 1803: d. Feb. 1843.
SAMUEL ALLEN with wife Ann-from Bridgewater, Eng- land, emigrated to Mass. perhaps with Gov. John Winthrop's colony in 1630 and settled at Braintree. The line from the American ancestor to the race of Allens who settled in Hebron and afterwards moved into Buckfield is as follows:
Dea. Samuel. b. 1632; in. Sarah Partridge. Josiah, b. 1677 ; 111. Mars Reed. Il'illiam, b. 1726: m. Susanna Packard. Abel, b. 1765; m. Mary Dillinghanı.
JACOB, born aboat 1786. Libbeus, b. July 4, 1793, and Alpheus, b. about 1796, were carly settlers in Hebron. The two latter were brothers, and sons of Abel. The children of Libbeus and Joanna B. (Nash) Allen born in Hebron were :
Amory H., May 16, 1816; m. Zilpha Cushman.
Mary D., April 1I, 1818.
Libbens T., April 26, 1820; 111. Pauline Murdock.
William N., Oct. 1, 1822; in. Almena Swett. s. in Illinois.
John Harrison, April 26, 1826; m. Augusta !lilborn.
Hannah, Sept. 13, 1828.
Charles A., Sept. 13. 1828: 111. Melissa S. Cole.
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Bernard B., Mar. 26, 1831; m. Mary DeCoster.
Melvin A .. April 26, 1835; m. Martha A. Thompson. The father died Sept. 9, 1872. His wife died Nov. 2, 1843.
AMORY H. ALLEN. son of the preceding, b. May 16, 1816, at Auburn ; m. Zilpha Cushman, dau. of Caleb and Mary (Buck) Cushman, in 1839. He was in trade in the village for many years. In 1866 he removed to Illinois. His wife having died Nov. 17, 1865, he m. 2d, Feb. 8, 1870, Abigail Sampson of Tur- ner, Me. He died Jan. 3, 1903, at Belvidere, Ill. Children re- corded here :
William Wallace, b. May 21, 1841 ; m. Mary Bonney.
Jounna B., b. Oct. 21, 1844 ; 1. ----- - Morris.
Wl'alter F., b. July 18, 1849; m. - DeCoster.
Amory H. Jr., b. July 28, 1853; m. Sarah R. Swail. He died Apr. 14, 1872. No children.
Frances, b. Oct. 13, 1855; d. Sept. 18, 1862.
Augusta, b. --; m. L. Ashton.
CHIARLES A. ALLEN, bro. of the preceding, b. Sept. 13, 1828; m. Melissa S. Cole. He was in business in Buckfield village for many years. He died Mar. 19, 1878. Children :
Lissie L., b. May 27, 1861.
Frank B., b. July 15, 1863.
Charles 1'., b. Mar. 29, 1867; m. Edna L. Holland.
Nellie T'., b. June 21, 1869; m. Geo. F. Alden.
William C. L., b. July 4, 1874.
MELVIN A. ALLEN, bro. of the preceding, b. April 26, 1835; m. Martha A. Thompson. He d. Nov. 27, 1879. Children : Edgar Leon, b. Feb. 12, 1864; m. Lizzie Briggs. Robert Thompson, b. Apr. 2, 1867.
ATWOOD.
The Atwood families of Buckfield are among the very first in town. They have been a race of merchants and have won both success and respect by years of honorable deal. They trace their descent from Henry Atwood, the English emigrant, who was at Plymouth about 1640. He married April 25, 1644, Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Carey) Jenney. She came with her parents in the Little James, of which her father was the principal owner, and was therefore one of the Pilgrims.
HENRY ATWOOD and his wife settled in Middleboro. He died in 1670. The line of descent to Capt. Samuel Atwood. a Revo-
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lutionary soldier who, after the war, settled in Livermore, Me., in 1795, and was the father of the first Atwoods who came to Buckfield, is as follows: Henry, Abial, Abial, Lieut. Abial, and Samuel. The latter was born in Berkley. Mass .. 1769. He married Hannah Boyden. His death occurred at Livermore in 1816, aged 47. His wife died in 1854, aged 84. After his death she had married Mr. James Norton.
CAPT. SAMUEL ATWOOD and his wife had a family of thirteen children :
I. Joanna, d. 1868 ae. 79; m. Thomas Rich.
II. Hannah, m. Elias Morse.
III. William Boyden.
IV. Samuel, m. Sally Pierce.
V. Hezekiah, m. Nancy Coffin.
VI. Rhoda.
VII. Nathan, b. 1800; m. Ruth H. Rogers.
VIII. Henry S., m. Sarah Coffin.
IX. Hepsibalı, b. 1806; m. Artemas F. Cole.
X. Ephraim, b. 1808; m. 1, Eliza Morrill, 2d, Adaline Whiting.
XI. Elisa, b. 1810; m. Sidney Spaulding.
XII. Brittania, d. in infancy.
XIII. Lorenso, b. 1814; m. Lucy Harris.
NATHAN ATWOOD, born in Livermore in 1800, was the first of the name to settle in Buckfield and engage in trade. He married Ruth H. Rogers, a descendant of Rev. John Rogers, the Martyr of Smithfield. She was born in Berwick. Maine, in May, 1797, and lived to be 87 years old. At the time the census of 1850 was taken, she was in the family of Dea. William H. Atwood, who had married her daughter, Helen M. Atwood, then 23 years old. Her brother, Charles B. Atwood, was two years older. Nathan Atwood, their father, died in 1841, having earned a wide reputation as an able and upright business man.
There were five Atwood families living in town in 1850. The heads of these families were Ephraim, Lorenzo, William H., Charles B., and Hezekiah, Jr. The four first were denom- inated traders by the census enumerator, and the last a miller.
LORENZO, born in 1814, and who married Lucy Harris of the same age, had two children, Harriet Josephine aged 13 and Eunice A. Atwood aged II. The daughter Eunice A. Atwood. became the wife of Capt. Charles H. Prince. H. Josephine died Feb. 7, 1863.
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EPHRAIM ATWOOD, b. Oct. 2, 1808, m. I, Eliza A. Morrill; 2. Adaline Whiting. First wife died Jan. 29, 1850; 2d died May 4, 1872. He died April 4, 1891. Children by Ist wife :
Asa, b. May 26, 1834; m. Augusta Dearborn.
Emily, b. Dec. 7, 1835; d. Jan. 28, 1836.
Emily, b. Dec. 17, 1836; m. C. Carroll Loring ; d. Feb. 1I, 1909.
Frances, b. Jan. II. 1839; d. May 23, 1842.
I'm. Wallace, b. Aug. 20, 1841; d. Oct. 7, 1882.
Mary Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1843; d. Apr. 21, 1850.
Florence A., b. Aug. 15, 1847; d. Mar. 26, 1850.
Children by 2d wife :
Charles B., b. July 10, 1851; m. Clara Goodrich of Mich., resides in California.
Clarence, b. Jan. 26, 1854; m. 1, Fannie Libby, 2 Anna ( Storer) Buck, resides in Auburn.
Arthur C., b. Mar. 27, 1856; m. Cora B. Cummings, of Paris, resides in Auburn.
Eugene, b. July 10, 1858; d. Mar. 16, 1859.
Carrie A., b. May 3, 1860; m. Edmund Fogg, resides in Lewiston.
BENNETT.
GEORGE BENNETT, son of John and Lucy ( Bridgham) Ben- nett and grandson of Nathaniel and Hannah ( Babson) Bennett of New Gloucester, was born in 1807. He married Augusta P. Cole in 1842 and opened a store in Buckfield near the bridge (now called the Rawson store), where he traded till 1859. He then bought a farm in the western part of the town on which he lived to his death. His wife d'ed about 1851 and he married 2d, Lepha M. Pillsbury. He died in Feb., 1892, in his 84th year. Children by Ist wife :
Emma L., b. Sept. 22, 1844; m. George R. Hammond of Paris. George O., b. Nov. 13, 1846; m. Jennie R. Morse. Children by 2d wife:
Frank, b. Aug. 1, 1854; m. Mrs. Ellen Ripley.
Lissie 1., b. Oct. 28. 1856: m. Everett F. Bicknell.
Dr. Annette, b. Mar. 17, 1858. s. in Norway. Fred, b. Aug. 17, 1859; m. Lunetta Mason.
Dr. Herbert, b. Dec. 30, 1862; d. in Chicago in 1894. Carrie, b. July 27, 1862; m. J. H. Hamlin.
Lena L., b. June 8, 1870.
Effic M., b. Mar. 28, 1873.
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FRED BENNETT, son of the preceding, b. Aug. 17, 1859; m. Lunetta Mason. He resides on the homestead of his father. Children :
Paul M., b. May 20, 1887. Eugene H., b. Dec. 2, 1888. Ralph H., b. Aug. 2, 1891.
DR. ANNETTE BENNETT, daughter of George and Lepha MI. (Pillsbury) Bennett, was born in Buckfield, Mar. 17, 1858. After attaining a common school and academic education, she entered a homeopathic medical school in Chicago, where she graduated with honors. She settled in Norway, where she prac- ticed her profession with much success for many years. She took great interest in temperance matters and was one of the leaders of the W. C. T. U. organization. She was also one of the prime movers for the establishment of an Old Ladies Home in Norway, which existed for a few years and was then given up. She died about 1912.
BERRY.
WILLIAM BERRY, the American ancestor of the Berrys of Buckfield, Paris and Woodstock, was one of a colony of fifty sent over from England by Capt. John Mason to settle N. H. They landed at the mouth of the Piscataqua river in 1631. He is said to have been the first settler in Rye. His wife's name was Jane. Whether he was m. prior to his coming to America is not known. They lived at a place called Sandy Beach. He was one of the grantees of Newbury, Mass., where he probably removed about 1643. Having died, Jane, his widow, was ap- pointed administratrix of the estate. She m. 2d, Nathaniel Drake. Elizabeth, supposed to be one of their children. m. John Locke of Newcastle. He was ambushed and killed by the Indians in 1696 while reaping grain in his field.
CAPT. GEORGE BERRY of Kittery, born about 1676, probably a grandson of the first William, m. Deliverance Haley. Ilis son, George, Jr., b. in Kittery in 1706, m. in 1727 Elizabeth Frink. He was a ship-wright and had a ship yard at Back Cove, Fal- mouth, now Portland. Ile was appointed Captain in the militia and given a roving commission to scour the country with a body of Indian fighters from the sea to Canada. He was promoted to major. "He died in 1776, aged 70." Children :
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George, b. abt. 1730; 11. 1752, Sarah Stickney.
Josiah, b. abt. 1734; m. Thankful Butler.
Obadiah, b. Oct. 14, 1738; in. Lucy Torrey.
Elisabeth, b. abt. 1741; m. Jeremiah Pote, a wealthy merchant and ship owner. He was a Tory and fled to the Provinces on the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, and never returned. His property was confiscated.
The oldest son of George Berry and wife Sarah Stickney was Dea. William Berry, born in Falmouth, Mar. 6, 1753. His wife was Joanna Doane of Cape Elizabeth. He was an early settler in Buckfield. Dr. Wm. B. Lapham, a descendant in the genealogy of the family, states: "Mr. Berry was a resident in Bucktown prior to 1780." William Bicknell, a voluminous writer for the local papers, who probably heard it from the children of Deacon Berry, claimed that he settled here "13 years prior to the incorporation of the town." Tradition, therefore, fixes the event at about the same time,-1780.
It is also stated that the fifth child, William, Jr., b. Apr. 17, 1783, was born in Buckfield. William Berry's name is not on any of the early petitions for the purchase of the township. He did not obtain a settling lot, which he would have done had he been a permanent settler here Jan. 1, 1784. A William Berry of Cape Elizabeth, Feb. 1, 1791, conveyed land on Long Creek to Edward Doane. Nov. 25, 1783, John Rowe conveyed land in Bakerstown (Poland) to a William Berry et al. of Bakerstown. In 1802 Deacon Berry purchased at two different times land of the heirs of James Thurlo on North Hill. This was his home- stead for many years. There are no other conveyances to him of land in Buckfield that we have any record of. The Thurlo heirs appear to have had an interest in the Bakerstown land above spoken of. They conveyed it to one Samuel Jordan of Portland in 1803. That Deacon Berry was in Buckfield prior to his puchase of the North Hill property is unquestioned, for his name appears on the census lists of 1790 and 1800. He probably lived there long before he obtained his deeds. He was one of the prominent citizens of the town and noted for his upright and sterling qualities. He was one of the prime movers in establishing the first Baptist church in town of which he was appointed one of its deacons. For several years he held the position of a member of the board of selectmen and assessors.
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He died about 1824 at the age of 71. They raised a family of II children, all of whom grew up and had families of their own :
Ma y, b. Falmouth, Feb. 22, 1775; in. Luther Whitman, s. in Wood- stock.
Levi, b. Falmouth, Apr. 28, 1777; m. Lusannah Bryant, s. in Paris.
Dorcas, b. Falmouth, June 16, 1779; m. Jacob Whitman, Jr., s. in Woodstock.
Joanna, b. Falmouth, Mar. 1I, 1781; m. 1, Sam'l Briggs; 2d, Rev. Nath'l Chase.
Il'illiam, Jr., b. Apr. 17, 1783; m. Deborah Drake, s. in Paris.
Elisabeth, b. Buckfield, June 1, 1785; m. James Ricker, s. in Hartford.
George, b. Buckfield, July 30, 1787; in. Sally Swan, s. in Paris.
Obadiah, b. Buckfield, July 30, 1790 ; m. Abigail Ricker.
Sally, b. Buckfield, June 9, 1792; m. Tobias Ricker, Jr.
Remember, b. Buckfield, Dec. 22, 1794; m. John Swett, Jr., s. in Turner.
Dea. Zeri, b. Buckfield, Nov. I, 1797 m. Abigail Turner, s. in Canton ; d. Apr. 19, 1885.
OBADIAHI BERRY, son of Dea. William, b. July 30, 1790; m. Abigail Ricker. His wife died Feb. 17, 1875. He died March 2, 1875. Children :
Lysander, b. March 19, 1815; in. Nancy Stannard.
Harriet N., b. Apr. 2, 1817; m. Lewis Mason.
Joan M., b. March 15, 1819; d. May 7, 1885.
Charles H., b. March 20, 1824; in. Cynthia S. Harris.
Frederick, b. April 30, 1826; m. Sarah Corliss.
John A., b. Jan. 28, 1830; m. Sarah Ricker.
CHARLES H. BERRY, son of the preceding, b. Mar. 20, 1324; m. Cynthia S. Harris. He was prominent in town affairs and a member of the board of selectmen, etc. He lived and died on the old homestead, respected by all who knew him. Children :
Frederick, b. Auburn, Nov. 6, 1850; d. in infancy.
Charles F., b. Auburn, Feb. 24, 1854; m. Sadie H. Dearborn.
Ida A., b. Auburn, Aug. 19, 1858; in. Oscar H. Hersey, Esq.
CHARLES F. BERRY, son of the preceding, b. Feb. 24, 1854; m. Sadie H. Dearborn of Hartford. He lives on the homestead of his father. Child :
Frank D., b. Feb. 7, 1886.
BESSEY.
CAPT. ALDEN BESSEY, b. in 1807, came here from Paris in 1866 and settled in the western part of the town. His wife was Laodicia Benson. His father was Joseph Bessey of Middleboro,
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Everett M. Bessey
Mass., who m. Lydia, dau. of John and Hannah ( Cushman) Bessey. Captain Bessey acquired a large property at farming. He was prominent in the section of the town where he lived and served as a member of the board of selectmen, as did also his son Alvin and grandson Norman-a noteworthy occurrence. He died June 4, 1890. His wife died July, 1891. Children :
Marion Alden, b. July 21, 1828; m. Josephine Waldron, s. in Paris. Florinda, b. Nov. 7, 1830; m. Aaron Cobb, s. in Hebron.
Lydia, b. Mar. 14, 1833: m. Shubal .\. Baker.
Mary H., b. Dec. 16. 1835: m. Augustus Pearson. Fairfield, b. June, 1843: d. unm.
Alvin S., b. Feb. 15, 1846; m. Alfaretta Turner. Annie, b. May, 1850; m. Frank Merrill.
ALVIN STURTEVANT BESSEY, son of the preceding, b. Feb. 15, 1846; m. Alfaretta Turner. He is one of Buckfield's most prosperous farmers. Children :
Lora P., b. Aug. 19, 1870; m. Herbert Millett. Ella M., b. Sept. 12. 1872; m. Washington Heald.
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Norman E., b. Nov. 11, 1874; m. Maud Heald.
.Hice, b. Aug. 24, 1878; m. Charles A. Bonney.
Everett M.,b. Mar. II, 1880; m. Ina Hanson.
Lillie L., b. July 19, 1882 ; m. Harry E. Pulsifer.
NORMAN E. BESSEY, son of the preceding, b. Nov. 11, 1874; m. Maud Heald. He resides on the homestead of his father. Children :
Gerald H., b. Jan. 22, 1899.
Ralph, b. Jan. 1I, 1902.
EVERETT M. BESSEY, brother of the preceding ; m. Ina Hanson and several children were born to them. She died and he m. Miss Verna Howe of So. Paris. He resides at Rumford Falls and is a Deputy Sheriff there-a faithful and very efficient officer.
BICKNELL.
The Bicknells of Buckfield and Hebron trace their descent from Zachary and his wife Agnes, who came from England in 1635 and settled at Weymouth.
JOIN BICKNELL, a soldier of the Revolution, with his wife Rebecca, were early settlers in Hebron. She d. May 15, 1802, and he m. 2d in 1804, Mrs. Susanna ( Packard) Sturtevant. He was probably the son of David Bicknell, who d. in H. in Dec., 1825, aged 82. They had several children, among whom were: John, b. 1772.
Noah, b. 1773; m. Rebecca Carman.
Simcon, b. 1775; m. Rebekah Irish.
David, b. Apr. 22, 1,81 : m. Abigail Irish.
Deborah, b. Oct. 7, 1785: m. George Bryant.
Abigail, b. -; m. James Bowker.
JOHN BICKNELL, oldest son of John, b. 1772; m. Children :
John, b. April 6, 1796; m. Marcena Churchill.
James, b. May 9. 1802; m. Judith Bowker.
Thirsu, b. Aug. 8, 1804; m. Daniel Fracy.
George, b. Apr. 22, 1808: m. Eleanor Rowe.
Elbridge G., b. Nov. 28, 1810; m. Emeline Briggs.
Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1814; m. Fear DeCoster. Shuutah, b. June 13, 1817; m. Hiram Andrews.
JOHN, oldest son of the preceding, 5. April 6, 1796; m. Marcena Churchill. Children :
John. b. April 15. 1821 ; m. Eveline Cushman.
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Joseph B., b. Sept., 1823: m. I, Adaline Woodman, 2d, Rosetta Hall. Emily, b. May, 1826; m. Benj. C. Lurvey.
William S., b. Mar., 1830; m. Mary Whitman.
JAMES BICKNELL, bro. of the preceding, b. Mar. 9, 1802; m. Judith Bowker. He died Oct. 27, 1869. She died Nov. 16, 1885. Children :
Arabella R., b. Oct. 2, 1825; m. Merritt Farrar. James F., b. May 7, 1828; m. Rebecca S. Fletcher. Rosetta J., b. Sept. 10, 1820: m. Charles B. Hall, 2, Joseph Bicknell. Virgil D. P., b. Mar. 24. 1833; m. Frances M. Warren. Columbia P., b. May 30, 1835; in. Levi Turner. Levi P., b. Aug. 24, 1837; m. Fanny Jo. dan.
Georgianna H., b. Feb. 15, 1843; m. James A. Warren. Isabel R., b. Feb. 24, 1845; in. Cyrus DeCoster. Juliette, b. Feb. 27, 1847; m. Edwin Mayhew.
JAMES F. BICKNELL, son of the preceding, b. May 7, 1828. m. Rebecca S. Fletcher. He lives at No. Buckfield. Children :
Everett F., b. Apr. 4, 1854; m. Lizzie A. Bennett ; a successful mer- chant at Norway. They have one child, Grace, a talented young lady. She is a teacher, and has made several trips abroad.
Isabel, b. June 7, 1859: d. Jan. 7. 1884.
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