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doubt that they were the parents of Abijah Buck and his brothers who settled in Buckfield. Dr. Win. B. Lapham in a communica- tion before his death said: "I have followed out every line of this Buck family down to this John, and later, and I find that he is the only one who could possibly have been the father of Abijah and his brothers of Buckfield." We have ascertained from the records of Abijah's service in the French and Indian War, that he stated in his enlistment his father's name was John, which settles the matter. Children of John and Sarah ( Clements ) Buck :
Abijah, b. about 1742; m. Phebe Tyler. Nathaniel, b. m. Mary Brown.
John, b. about 1754: m. Abigail Irish. Sally, b. Esther, h. -: m. John Akers: s. in Erroll. N. H.
Moses. b. N. G. about 1759; m. Hannah Chabb: pub. Mar. 16. 178 : s. in Summer: d. in 1825.
ABIJANI BUCK ( see sketch ) was the first settler of this name in Backfield. He m. Phebe, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Tyler. His wife died Aug. 17, 1816, and he m. 2d in 1817, Mrs. Rebecca Bisbee. He died about 1820, in the 87th year of his age. Children-only last two b. in Buckfield :
Elisabeth, b. July 1, 1763; m. John Warren.
Ellen, b. Jan. 8. 1765; m. Moses Bisbee.
Phebe, b. Dec. 17. 1766: m. Joel Foster.
John, b. Dec. 22, 1768; m. Mary Warren. Rebecca b. Dec. 15, 1772; m. John Clay.
Abijah, Jr., b. Mar. 1, 1778; m. Abigail Tucker.
Jonathan, b. Feb. 5. 1782: m. ist Betsey Tyler ; 2d, Henrietta De Albra Chaffin.
JOHN. BUCK, 2d oldest son of Abijah Buck, the pioneer, was born in New Gloucester Dec. 22, 1768. He married Oct. 14, 1789, Mary Warren, daughter of Tristram and Mary ( Neal) Warren. At the same time his sister Ellen m. Moses Bisbee. He settled west of his father's residence on the hill since known as John Buck Hill. He was called " Honest John Buck." About 1814 he sold out and went East with his family and finally settled in Enfield, Me., on the Penobscot river. For many years he was deacon of the Baptist church there. His wife died in 1830. He died May 11, 1831, respected by all who knew him. All but the youngest child John, are recorded on the Buckfield records :
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Lovina, b. Aug. 16, 1790; m. Nathaniel Webster; d. in Enfield, May 2, 1855 ; 4 c., Franklin, Eunice, Nathaniel and Willian.
James, b. Nov. 9, 1791; m. Olive Gerry; d. Bradford, Me., June 12, 1863; 6 c., Harrison, Ebenezer, Atwood, Lucena, Sarah and Olive.
Abijah, b. July 9, 1793; m. Deborah Frost; d. Lowell, Me., Nov. 16, 1868 ; 5 c., Sarah, Adeline, Augustus, Cyrus and Charles.
Plebe, b. Sept. 7, 1796; in. John M. Perkins : d. Lincoln, Me., May 12, 1842; 5 c., William, Josiah, Phebe, Mary Ann and Cyrena.
Lydia, b. Sept. 8, 1799; m. Ansel Perkins; d. Enfield, Feb. 9. 1851 ; 2c., Daniel and Andrew.
Mary, b. July 7, 1851: m. Samuel Brown; d. Lowell, Me., Sept. 10, 1837: 8 c., Frederick, John, Catherine, Lois, Lydia, Mary, Anson and Samuel.
Lois, b. Apr. 22, 1803; m. Harback Hathaway ; d. Enfield, May 15, 1843; 1 c., Malinda. Lena, b. Mar. 6, 1804; d. in infancy.
Betsy, b. Aug. 6, 1805; m. James Page; d. Burlington, Me., Sept. 18, 1887, no issue.
Jefferson, b. July 22, 1807; m. Drusilla Shorey ; d. Lowell, Apr. 21, 1853; 10 c., Joseph, James, Luther, Jefferson, John, Lovina, Eliza, Elvira, Annie and Isabella.
John, b. 18 -; m. Sally Frost; d. Medford, Me., Sept. 22, 1848; 3 c., Martha, Delphina and Vesta.
ABIJAH BUCK, JR., bro. of the preceding, b. Mar. 1, 1778; 111. Abigail Tucker. . They settled on a part of his father's estate. He d. Nov. 25, 1840. She d. Apr. 28, 1855, in her 85th year. Children :
Ruth, b. Aug. 26, 1799; d. Jan. 30, 1886; m. Amasa Tucker, Sumner.
Ellen, b. Oct. 20, 1800; m. Brainerd Towle.
Christopher C., b. June 15, 1802 ; m. : s. in Lincoln.
Cyrus, b. Oct. 30, 1805; m. Betsey Brock ; s. in Lincoln.
Timothy, b. Oct. 14, 1807; d. Nov. 1, 1808.
Abijah, 3d, b. Feb. 14, 1814; m. Arvilla Keen.
ABIJAH 3d, son of the preceding, b. Feb. 14. 1814; m. Arvilla Keen. He d. at Mechanic Falls, Oct. 30, 1886. Children :
Florilla, b. Apr. 19, 1837; m. Otis H. Young.
Rebecca J., b. Feb. 23, 1839; m. Bradley V. Mason.
Martha O., b. July 12, 1842; m. Samuel Jordan.
Zadoc Alonso, b. June 25, 1845 ; m. Julia Record.
CAPT. JONATHAN BUCK, the youngest son of Abijah, the first settler, m1. Ist Betsey Tyler and settled on and had the home- stead of his father. For many years he kept a public house in Buckfield. Children :
Belinda, b. Apr. 8, 1801 ; m. Dr. Campbell.
Edwin, b. Apr. 26, 1803; s. in California.
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James Sullivan, b. Oct. 26, 1805 ; m. Lydia Austin. Henry E., b. Oct. 3, 1837 ; m. Mahala Bisbee. Betsey J., b. Feb. 26, 1810; m. Calvin Keen. Jonathan, Jr., b. Mar. 26, 1812: m. Aurelia Polland. Samuel T., b. Mar. 10, 1815: m. Miriam B. Towle.
His wife died Jan. 5, 1836, aged 59. He m. 2d Henrietta DeAlbra Chaffin. Children :
Henrietta Dedlbra, b. Oct. 3, 1838; m. Daniel Fletcher of Peru. Josephine, b. Sept. 6, 1841 ; d. Apr. 27, 1844.
Louisa A., b. May 17, 1845 ; n. Gilman Buck.
He died Feb. 19, 1850. She m. 2d William Childs. She died July 7, 1885, in her 85th year.
JAMES SULLIVAN BUCK, son of Capt. Jonathan, b. Oct. 26, 1805: m. Lydia Austin. He died Sept. 6, 1889. She died Dec. 21, 1861. Children :
James L., b. Oct. 2, 1828: 11. Octavia Gilmore : s. in Turner. W/m. A., b. Sept. 30, 1831; m. Mary Hall; s. in Maine. Roscoe G., b. Oct. 27, 1833; m. Melvina H. Mason. Mary J., b. Feb. 27, 1837; m. Hezekiah Stetson Sumner. Henry M., b. Sept. 4. 1839; m. Rosetta J. Doble. Hannah C., b. July 5, 1842; m. Julius A. Record.
Charles 21., b. Mar. 20, 1845; m. Edith Bicknell.
HENRY M. BUCK, son of the preceding, b. Sept. 4, 1839; m. Rosetta J. Doble. Children :
Delma, b. Mar. 8, 1863; m. Fairfield Farrar.
Lorenzo A., b. Dec. 18, 1866; died young.
Lulie A., b. Oct. 1I, 1868; m. Ist. Frank Damon; 2d, Emulus Benson. Charles A., b. Oct. 22, 1869; in. Hattie Churchill.
Emma M., b. Mar. 2, 1871 ; died young.
Percy A., b. Mar. 16, 1874; died young.
Lorenzo, b. Jan. 1, 1876; d. Jan. 13, 1880. Imogene. b. about 1886.
HENRY E. BUCK, son of Capt. Jonathan, Senior, b. Oct. 3, 1807 : m. Mahala Bisbee. Children :
Charles C., b. Oct. 9, 1831.
Octavia, b. Jan. 9. 1834; m. Horatio Flagg.
He died Aug. 4. 1836, and his widow m. 2d Samuel Back. CAPT. JONATHAN BUCK, JR., b. Mar. 26, 1812; m. in 1836, Aurelia Polland. He died Aug. 18, 1845. Children :
Clarence C., b. Apr. 17, 1837 ; m. Sarah Titcomb ; s. in Boston.
Lucy A., b. Mar. 13, 1839; died unmarried.
Edwin T., b. Feb. 8, 1842; m. Jennie --; s. first in Boston and later in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Emily J., b. Feb. 16, 1844; m. Dec. 20, 1877. Geo. O. Lapham; she d. Jan. 1, 1886. One child, Anna Story, b. Oct. 28, 1880, lives with her father.
SAMUEL T. BUCK, son of Capt. Jonathan, Senior, b. March 10. 1815: m. Miriam B. Towle. He died Nov. 28, 1850. Children : Julia C., b. Mar. 26, 1840; lives in Gorham, Me.
Charlotte A., b. June 27, 1843; m. and lives in Boston.
CLARENCE C. Buck, b. in Buckfield, Apr. 17, 1837 ; m. Sarah Titcomb. He died in Mass. several years ago. She lives with her daughter Julia in Dorchester, Mass. Children :
I Julia, b. -; unmarried.
HI Lucy Ann, b. Mar. 12, 1839; in. June 20, 1867 at Portland, Me., Wm. Kimball Sawyer, b. June 15, 1840.
He was the son of Frederick Sawyer of Gorham, Me., and Harriet Eastman Merrill of N. Conway, N. H., and was a Civil War soldier. Shortly after his marriage moved to Boston, Mass., where he has since made his home. The death of his wife, April 7, 1910, was a great blow to him. He died Feb. 11, 1913. Both are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Portland, Me. Children :
I Harris Eastman, b. Apr. 3. 1868; d. July 5. 1QUI.
He graduated at Harvard University in 1891. The degrees of A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. have been conferred upon him. Went abroad and while pursuing studies in chemistry under traveling scholarship from the college, at Copenhagen, Denmark, he met the girl whom he subsequently made his wife. She descended from the German royal family. Dr. Sawyer in 1903 entered the government service as an expert on the subject of fermentation, under Dr. II. W. Wiley. He contracted a disease of the throat, in some of his experiments, which resulted in his death at East Andover, N. Il. Hlis widow with her daughter, Helen Margaret, b. Jan. 16, 1800, returned to her people in Denmark, where they now reside.
II. HELEN AMELIA, b. Boston, Oct. 22, 1873, resided with her parents till her mother's death. She is well educated and a highly accomplished lady. She 's employed in the Social Service De- partment of the Mass. General Hospital, Boston. Residence, Cambridge, Mass.
III. CLARENCE BUCK, b. Mar. 5, 1879, Boston ; m. June 15, 1904, Bertha May, dau. of Geo. Henry and Susan Ann ( Hinkley)
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Miss Ruth A. Tucker-
Miss Helen A. Sawyer .
Watson, b. Feb. 23, 1870. He graduated from Boston Latin School in 1895. Served in U. S. Navy during the war with Spain, and saw active service in the West Indies in Cuban and Porto Rican waters and holds for bravery in action, a Congres- sional battle medal. Now mechanical engineer with Dodge VI'fg Co. Two children :
Richard Merrill Sawyer, b. Dorchester. Mass., July 3, 1907.
Arthur Gilman Sawyer. b. Aug. 22, 1912.
NATHANIEL BUCK ( see sketch ) was the third settler in the town. He married prior to coming here, Mary, dau. of John Brown. His death is not recorded on the town records, but he is said to have died in 1817. His widow died in 1826, of which mention is made in the annals. Children, all but first three, born in Buckfield :
John . b. Nov. 15, 1770; m. Susannah Packard. Ellen, b. July 18, 1773; m. Levi Cushman. Nathaniel, J -. , b. Sept. 19. 1775; m. Sarah Moses, b. Mar. 31, 1778; m. Sally Lander.
Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1781 : m. Caleb Cushman. Edna, b. Oct. 2. 1783: m. Capt. Jesse Turner.
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William, b. Feb. 26, 1785; m. Martha Carsley.
Daniel, b. May 2, 1788; m. Rebecca Sawyer.
Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1790; m. Betsy Cushman.
Elisha, b. April 17, 1794: m. Caroline Bridgham.
Francis, b.
Benjamin, b. -; s. in Foxcroft.
JOHN BUCK, 3d, oldest son of Nathaniel Buck, b. Nov. 15. 1770; m. Susannah Packard. He lived in the western part of the town on what has been called for a hundred years or more John Buck hill. His cousin, John Buck 2d, lived on the same hill on the opposite side of the road till he moved East about 1814. He died She died ---. Children :
Sally, b. Mar. 14. 1798; m. Mr. Cothrell.
Sylvenia, b. Dec. 2, 1799; d. un. 1883.
Ellen, b. Aug. 14. 1801 ; m. Eliab Buck.
Melser, b. Aug. 7, 1803; m. Almeda Farrar.
Zelotes, b. Mar. 19, 1805; m. Sarah H. Crockett.
George Washington, b. - --; m. Eliza Tuell.
John, b. June 9, 1816; m. Abby M. Morse.
MELZER BUCK, son of John Buck 3d, b. Aug. 7, 1803; m. Almeda Farrar. He died May 16, 1860. She died Sept. 20, 1889. Children :
Francis E., b. Oct. 16, 1831: d. Oct. 6, 1876.
N'esta M., b. Mar. 3, 1833; d. Sept. 16, 1859.
Josiah MI., b. Mar. 28, 1835; d. Apr. 13, 1836.
Hannah L., b. Mar. 31, 1837; resides in Boston ; unm.
Addison, b. Dec. 21, 1839.
Augustus G., b. Apr. 9, 1842. Arabine A., b. May 14, 1844: d. Mar. 3, 1864.
King R .. b. Nov. 13, 1847 ; m. Isabella
Miller J., b. Nov. 26. 1849.
Sarah P., b. Nov. 9. 1851 ; d. Apr. 3. 1852.
JOHN BUCK, son of John Buck 3rd, b. June 9, 1816; m. Abby MI. Morse. He was born and lived all his days on "John Buck Hill." He died Jan. 8, 1899, aged 82 years, 7 mos. Children :
Leroy L., b. June 28, 1849: d. Aug. 6, 1872.
Orlando J., b. Dec. 30, 1852; m. Lillian B. Brewer; s. in Chicago.
Ada C., b. July 31, 1855; m. (1) Charles Tebbetts; (2) Walter Mer- rifield.
Walter J., b. Dec. 24, 1858; m. and s. in Texas.
Susan M., b. May 9, 1861 ; m. Morris Hambro; 2d --: s. in New York.
Harry H., b. Dec. 19, 1864; m. Katie Warren.
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Orlando J. Buck
ORLANDO J. BUCK, son of the preceding, born in Buckfield, Dec. 30, 1852, was educated in the schools of the town and at the Oxford Normal Institute at South Paris. Before he was 21 he taught several schools with marked success, and in his 20th year he went to Boston, Mass .. and obtained a position in the Quincy Market with Aldrich & Co., where he remained for some five years with a yearly increase of wages. He was then offered a partnership, but having a flattering offer from the management of the Rubber Paint Company of Cleveland, Ohio, he accepted it and soon was given charge of the manufacturing department of the company's N. Y. factory. In 1881, the company having built a large new factory in Chicago, Mr. Buck went there to take charge as superintendent, a position he has since held. He is one of the principal owners of the plant and general manager. Mr. Buck married Jan. 21, 1880, Miss Lillian B. Brewer, born Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1856. They have three children :
I Lillian Hasel, b. Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 25, 1880, graduated at the University of Chicago in 1902 with the degree of Ph. B.
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11 Nelson Leroy, b. Chicago, 111., Dec. 2, 1882, graduated at the Uni- versity of Chicago in 1904 with the degree of S. B.
III Ellsworth B ewer, b. Chicago, Ill. July 3, 1802.
SAMUEL BUCK, son of Nathaniel, Sen., b. Sept. 25, 1790; m. Betsey Cushman, b. Oct. 24, 1794. He married 2d in April, 1844, Mrs. Mahala Buck. He died Jan. 2, 1863. First wife died June II, 1843. Children :
Angeline, b. July 12, 1814; d. Sept. 13, 1846; unm. Susan, b. Jan. 10, 1816; m. Joseph Barrows, Hebron. Rosina, b. Mar. 31, 1818: in. Joseph Packard Blanchard.
Isaac Morrill, b. July 15, 1820; d. Mar. 5. 1841; unm. Francis C., b. Oct. 19, 1822: m. S. Louise Prince. Cephas C., b. June 8, 1825; m. Annette B. Dutton.
Elisabethi, b. July 31, 1827; m. Cyrenius King, res. Minneapolis, Minn. Cynthia S., b. Apr. 17, 1830; m. Caleb S. Richardson, Minot.
Diantha, b. May 21, 1833; m. bro. of Joseph Packard Blanchard.
Child by second wife :
Celia B., b. July 14, 1845: m. Charles H. Dunham.
ELISHA BUCK, brother of the preceding, b. April 17, 1794; m. Caroline Bridgham. He died Mar. 24, 1854. She died at Bethel June 6, 1895, aged 99 years and 8 mos. Children :
Clarissa A., b. April 23, 1817; m. Chandler Hutchinson.
Caroline, b. Nov. 9. 1818; m. Cyrus Dean. Jeunette, b. Sept. 3. 1820. Ambrose, b. Aug. 3. 1822; m. Mary J. Heald. Amanda F .. b. Sept., 1824. Lloyd, b. July 22, 1826; d. in 1857.
Orville, b. Aug. 7, 1828; m. Helen M. Heald.
Arminta, b. May 14, 1830; d. Jan. 31, 1897; m11. Geo. W. Battles. Lorena J., b. May 24, 1833. Lucretia, b. Aug. 31, 1836; d. Dec. 16, 1890.
Albion J., b. Aug. 13, 1838; m. Hattie Horton. Llewellyn A., b. Aug. 17, 1840. Rosa Belle, b. May 5, 1847.
AMBROSE BUCK, son of Elisha, b. Aug. 3. 1822; m. Mary J. Heald. Settled first in Buckfield, where he kept a public house Afterwards moved to Auburn, where he d. Dec. 6, 1889. Chil- dren recorded on Buckfield records :
Standish. b. Jan. 28, 1848; Carro, b. Jan. 6, 1850; W'illie G. B., b. Ang. 24, 1858; d. July 5, 1850: Esra WI'., b. Feb. 9, 1861 ; Alden K., b. May 7. 186.4.
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ORVILLE BUCK, brother of the preceding, b. Aug. 7, 1828; 11. Helen M. Heald. Child :
Alice J., b. Jan. 14, 1855.
ALBION J. BUCK, brother of the preceding, b. Aug. 13, 1838; m. Hattie Horton. She died Sept. 17, 1870. Children :
Seth Norman, b. July 27, 1865 ; m. Nettie Kimball.
Blanche, b. Nov. 17, 1867; d. June 10. 1886.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BUCK, son of John Buck 3d, b. in Buckfield ; m. Eliza Tuell and settled in Sumner near Jackson Village. His wife died within a week after he did. Children:
Polly, b. about 1837; m. Frederick Farrar.
Charles T., b. June 20, 1839; m. Elizabeth (Dunham) Stinchfield.
Clinton H., b. about 1843; m. Marcena Irish.
Henrietta, b. about 1846; m. Freeman Farrar.
Boy d. very young.
Louville, b. ; m. --- Irish.
Orville, b. - ; ]]].
CHARLES T., b. June 20, 1839; m. Elizabeth Stinchfield and settled in Paris on the Capt. Eleazer Dunham place near Snows' Falls. He was a soldier from Sumner in Co. C, 20th Maine, and served three years, and was at Round Top, Gettysburg. Children :
Dr. Charles L., b. July 28, 1868; m. Edith R. Davis.
George E., b. Nov. 15, 1873; resides in Boston.
DR. CHARLES L. BUCK, b. in Paris, July 28, 1868: m. Edith R., dau. of Dr. James W. and Ada J. ( Dow) Davis. He acquired his education in the common schools of the town, Paris Hill, South Paris and Hebron academies, and for several years was a successful school teacher. At the age of 21 he began the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. James W. Davis at South Paris, whose daughter he subsequently married. After being in Dr. Davis' office for four years, he purchased the business and has since carried it on there. Dr. Buck has been very successful and is a very skillful dentist. He has always taken great interest in church and temperance matters and in all movements looking toward the improvement of social conditions and the advance- ment of the best interests of the community. He has been a member of the Methodist church for many years and for seven years has been the superintendent of the Sabbath school. He is one of the leaders of the Prohibitory party in the county. He is
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Dr. C. L Buck
also a prominent Odd Fellow and has held all the principal offices in the lodge. Children :
Myrtle Elisabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1891. Hasel Ada, b. May, 1896; d. Oct. 10, 1900.
Iva Rivers, b. Mar., 1898: d. in infancy.
Olive May, b. Mar., 1900.
JOHN BUCK ( see sketch) married Abigail Irish, dau. of John Irish of Gorham. He d. in Woodstock, March 4, 1828, aged 74. She died July 20, 1824, aged 73. Children, all but two first, born in Buckfield :
Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1777: m. Enoch Philbrick. Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 1779: m. Abijah Lapham. Simcon, b. Nov. 16, 1780; m. Lois Drew : s. in Woodstock. Esther, b. Oct. 25. 1782; m. John Warren, Jr. Elisabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1784; m. Tilden Bartlett; s. in Bethel. zInnis, b. Nov. 15, 1786; m. Levi Turner.
Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1789; m. Luther Turner.
Phehe, b. Dec. 3. 1702; m. Ist. Benj. Brown, 2nd, Wm. R. Hemming- way of Rumford.
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SIMEON BUCK, only son of above, b. Nov. 16, 1780; in. Lois, dau. of Stephen Drew, the Revolutionary soldier. They settled in Woodstock. Three of their children are recorded on the Buckfield records :
Stephen, b. Jan. 1, 1803; m. Ruth Cummings.
John, b. Dec. 22, 180.1; m. Hannah Cummings.
Elisa, b. Dec. 21, 1806; m. Samuel Matthews of Sumner.
Harrison, b. -- --; went to Aroostook County.
Jerusha, b. -; m. Benj. Brooks.
Bathsheba, b. -; m. Nathaniel J. Farnham.
Elbridge, b. --; m. Lucretia Parlin.
Melissa, b. - -; m. George Berry.
CHASE.
The Chase family is an ancient one of great respectability, and supposed to be of Norman origin. There were families of that name living in Suffolk County, England, as early as 1326. There are numerous branches in this country. The Buckfield Chases trace their descent from Aquila Chase, mariner, supposed to have been born in Chesham, England, in 1618, and who came to America about 1639 with his brother Thomas. Another brother William came with Governor John Winthrop's colony in 1630. Aquila Chase married Anne, daughter of John Wheeler of Hampton, N. H., about 1646, and settled in Newbury, Mass .. where he died Dec. 27, 1670. His wife survived him and remar- ried. Ensign Moses, the 11th and youngest child of Aquila Chase, b. Dec. 24, 1663, m. I Nov. 10, 1684, Ann Follansbee; 2d in Dec., 1713, Sarah Jacobs. He had nine children, all by first wife. His third child, Moses, b. Jan. 20, 1688, m. Oct., 1709, Elizabeth Wells of Amesbury. Their 6th child, Eleazer, b. July 25, 1722, 111. Jeannette Elder of Windham, Me., where he had come as a soldier with others to defend the settlement against the hostile attacks of the Indians. There were four children by this mar- riage, only two of whom survived. Isaac and Mary. Isaac m. Lois Smith and settled in Standish. His son Isaac m. his cousin Eunice, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel, and settled in that part of Tur- ner afterwards known as Chase's Mills. They were the parents of Hon. Solon Chase, famous in his day as the editor of "Chase's Chronicle" and founder of the Greenback party.
The wife of Eleazer Chase died and he married Mrs. Mary Brown, formerly of Marblehead, whose first husband had been
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killed by the Indians, as elsewhere related. Mr. Chase was not only an Indian scout and hunter but also a soldier in the French and Indian War and served a long period in the contest for Inde- pendence, though past the age when such service could be re- quired of him. By the last marriage he had four children, Betsey, who married Eben Cotton of Gorham, Rev. Nathaniel, b. 1761, Joseph, b. 1769, and one other child who died young. Eleazer Chase came to Bucktown in 1782 with wife and son Joseph, who had his settling lot, not being old enough to obtain one for himself, and died here in 1808, aged 86.
REV. NATHANIEL (see sketch in church history) was three times married: First to Rhoda Elliott of Windham in 1783. They had five children, three of whom died in infancy.
Daniel, b. Mar. 18, 1785; in. Abigail Record.
Dolly, b. Mar. 12, 1787; m. William Tuttle.
The mother d. Apr. 22, 1789, and Mr. Chase m. 2d, Sept. 3, 1791, Jemima Haskell, and they had eleven children :
Mercy, b. Sept. 4, 1792; m. William Walker of Peru. Betsey, b. Jan. 2, 1704; in. Adam Knight of Peru. Eunice, b. Mar. 30, 1796; m. Isaac Chase, Esq., of Turner. Priscilla, b. May 4 , 1798; m. John Ellis of Can- ton. Nathaniel, b. June 29, 1800; m. Ist Eunice Wescott, 2d, Abby Gould, s. in Turner and Readfield. Salome, b. Apr. 13. 1802; d. Jan. 15, 1806. Miriam, b. Apr. 1, 1804; in. Nathan Morrill. Job, b. June 29, 1806: m. Rebecca D. Latham; s. in Turner and Livermore. Thomas, b. June 6, 1808; m. Esther M. Daggett. William, b. Jan. 25, 1811 ; m. Vesta Fernald of Buckfield. Isaac, b. Apr. 6, 1815; m. Ist, Philena F. Swett ; 2d, Angelia Shackley, s. in Peru.
The second wife of Rev. Nathaniel Chase d. Dec. 14, 1831, "aged 61," and he m. 3d, Mrs. Joanna Briggs, dau. of Dea. Wm. Berry, Feb. 20, 1833. He died in Buckfield of typhoid fever Apr. 20, 1853, aged nearly 92." His widow survived him many years.
DANIEL CHASE, Eso., oldest son of Rev. Nathaniel Chase, b. Mar. 18, 1785; m. Abigail Record. For many years he was prominent in town affairs and was twice chosen a representative to the Legislature. He d. July 8, 1855. She d. Mar. 30, 1844. Children :
Daniel, Jr., b. Apr. 13, 1807: m. Betsey Allen.
David R .. b. Dec. 26, 1808: d. unm. in So. Boston, July, 1852.
Jacob E., b. May 8, 1811 ; d. in B., Feb., 1853.
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Charles G., b. Sept. 5, 1813; m. Margaret Lamb; s. in New York.
Stephen D., b. Aug. 1, 1817; m. Olive Briggs; s. in Hebron.
Cyrus G., b. Sept. 1, 1819; m. Lucy Record ; one child, Abby, d. in in- fancy.
Rhoda A., b. Mar. 12, 1822; d. July, 1824.
DANIEL CHASE, son of the preceding, b. April 13, 1807: m. Betsey Allen. Settled in Boston; returned to Buckfield. Chil- dren :
Jairus A., b. Aug. 18, 1841.
Chas. A., b. Mar. 18, 1847; m. Saralı J. Mitchell.
G. Allen, b. Aug. 27, 1852; d. in B., Sept. 30, 1854.
HON. THOMAS CHASE (see biog. sketch) m. Esther M. Dag- gett. He died Mar. 13, 1866. She died July 13, 1887. Children :
Malona R., b. July 17, 1835; in. Dr. Chas. D. Bradbury.
Roscoe G., b. Nov. 3, 1837; m. Ellen E. Gerrish: s. in Geneva, N. Y. Abbie F., b. Oct. 23, 1839; m. M. Dana Holbrook of Malden, Mass.
Charles, b. July 18, 1841, k. in battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
George H., b. May 5, 1844; m. Maranda Morton of Paris; s. in Malden, Mass.
Howard A., b. Oct. 15, 1846; m. Mary E. Gibbs ; s. in Philadelphia, Pa. Lucy A., b. May 20, 1849; d. Nov. 22, 1860.
W'm. D., b. Aug. 26, 1852; m. Lizzie C. Withington; s. in Auburn.
Homer N., b. Sept. 30, 1855; in. Emma F. Emerson.
Children of Malona R. Chase and Dr. Chas. Dana Bradbury (marriage Apr. 26, 1854) :
Thomas, b. April 16, 1855; Charles D., b. July 9, 1858; Rolfe, b. Mar. 12, 1861 and Abbie L., b. Jan. 7, 1864.
Children of Abbie F. Chase and M. Dana Holbrook (mar- riage Dec. 13, 1865, at So. Braintree, Mass. ) :
William Chase, b. Apr. 30, 1868; Annie L., b. June 27, 1870; Antoinette Kimball. b .Aug. 17, 1873 and Roscoe G., Dec. 27, 1877.
HON. WILLIAM CHASE, son of Rev. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 20, 18II; m. Vesta Fernald in 1835. He was prominent in town affairs for several years, and served on the board of county com- missioners. He died after 1900. His wife died Feb. 14, 1899. Children :
Persis M., b. Apr. 26, 1837; m. Thos. W. Bowman.
Wm. IF., b. Dec. 15, 1840; d. Feb. 15, 1841.
Mary F., b. Apr. 29, 1842; in. Nathan D. HIarlow; had one child, Gertrude, b. 1867; d. Aug. 15, 1868.
Alice A., b. Mar. 16, 1851.
Another child died in infancy.
Children of Persis M. Chase and Thomas W. Bowman (mar- riage Dec. 28, 1857) :
Fred Earle, b. Jan. 1, 1864. Another child d. in infancy. The mother died Sept. 17, 1869.
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HISTORY OF BUCKFIELD
JOSEPH CHASE (see sketch), son of Eleazer, b. 1769; m. Ist Hannah Elliott, 2d Anna Legrow. He died in 1814, "aged 45." First wife died, 1795. Children by first wife:
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