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Rhoda, b. Nov. 8, 1790; m. Bernard Pompilly.
Hannah, b. Mar. 20, 1795; m. Daniel Tuttle, Jr.
Children by second wife :
Joseph, Jr., b. Mar. 30, 1797; m. Almira Shaw.
Eleaser, b. Aug. 12, 1798; m. Ann Kneeland; d. Feb. 10, 1885. Mary, b. Aug. 1I, 1801 ; m. Amos Shaw.
Nancy, b. Sept. 20, 1802; m. Alvah Gilbert.
JOSEPH CHASE, son of the preceding, b. Mar. 30, 1797; m1. Almira Shaw. Children :
Elmira Jane, b. Mar. 23, 1816; m. Rasselas Cole.
Miriam, b. Nov. 5. 1818; m. Lucian Philbrick.
Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 5. 1825; d. Apr. 1, 1848.
Lewis M., b. June 23, 1830; m. Eunice Colc.
LEWIS M. CHASE, son of the preceding, b. June 23, 1830; m. Ist Eunice Cole, 2d Eva Bisbee. Children recorded on town records :
Julia Ella, b. Feb. 23, 18449: Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 17, 1850; Amanda Josephine, b. June 16, 1852; Ellen Shaw, b. Dec. 14, 1853; Mary Anna ; Ellsworth ; Harrison; Eunice.
CHESLEY.
SAMUEL CHESLEY purchased the Taylor farm in the southern part of the town and moved there with his family before the census was taken in 1850. His age at that time as given the enumerator was 50. The age of his wife Sarah was 49. In his family at that time was his mother, Sarah Chesley Pratt, aged 83. Shortly after she had married Thaddeus Pratt, the Revo- lutionary soldier, for her second husband, he had died and she obtained a pension. Samuel Chesley lived in the Waldron neigh- borhood in the western part of the town for many years. He exchanged farms with Jabez Taylor or his son, William L. Taylor. Nicholas Chesley from New Gloucester, who had mar- ried Sarah Hammond, was an early settler in the vicinity of Mt. Mica in Paris. He was born, according to the Paris History, at Dover, N. H., in Nov., 1750. They had seven children, one of whom was Samuel, b. Oct. 31, 1788. He married Patty Perry,
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and finally settled in Lincoln, Me. At one time he rin a distillery in Paris. The Buckfield Samuel was no doubt connected with the family of Nicholas. He had a brother Moses, b. in 1807, who married Mrs. Ruth ( Brown) Dean. He settled in Oxford. At one time he was a deputy sheriff, and a terror to violators of the prohibitory law. Samuel Chesley and his wife lived to be past 80 and died in Hebron. She was over 90 years old when she passed away. Children :
Mariette, b. 1822; d. 18444.
Betsey, b. June 6, 1824; m. Moses Jordan. She is living in Hebron (1915) at 91 years of age. Her husband d. in Jan., 1887.
Adaline, b. Dec. 11, 1826; d. April, 1911. Caroline, b. Dec. 11, 1826; d. April, 1905.
J. Madison, b. Aug. 30, 1828; m. Narcissa Jordan, res. Auburn.
Sarah I .. , b. Oct. 30, 1838; m. A. Judson Merrill. She died Oct. 10, 1 896.
CHURCHILL.
JABEZ CHURCHILL, one of the first settlers of that name and a Revolutionary soldier, came from Plymouth county, Mass., with his family about 1798 and settled in the mountain district. He lived to be quite aged and received a pension. He was probably a descendant of John Churchill, who came from Eng- land to Plymouth in 1643, and settled there. He m. in 1644, Hannah, daughter of Wm. Pontus. The line of descent is as fol- lows : Eleazer, b. 1652, m. Mary Winslow, a descendant of Mary Chilton of the Mayflower colony. Elkanah m. Susanna Man- chester. Elkanah m. Susanna Bartlett. They had Susanna, 1749; Meriah, 1751; Elkanah, 1754; Jabez, 1756; Abigail, 1760; Andrew, 1763, and perhaps others. From an affidavit made by Jabez Churchill in 1820, it appears that he was born in 1756, and hence we conclude that the Jabez named above born the same year, was the Jabez who settled in Buckfield. His children are not recorded on our records, but he had :
Shepard. b. about 1785; m. Polly Dudley.
Josiah, b. May 13, 1787; m. Rachel Curtis.
Mathew, b. -; m. Dolly Hall. He settled near Portland, was a Whig, the only one in the family and was elected representative to the legislature.
Bela, b. about 1789; m. Sarah Dudley.
Ruhama, b. about 1795; m. Amos Winslow.
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SHEPARD CHURCHILL, son of the preceding, b. about 1785 ; m. Polly Dudley. He died after the census was taken in 1860. Children :
Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1809; m. Lavinia Packard.
Martin, b. Apr. 12, 1811; m. Betsey Churchill.
Mary Ann, b. --; m. Lebbeus Robbins.
Sarah, b. -; m. Hanson Brown.
Nathan, b., about 1820; m. Harriet Thomas.
Josiah, b. Dec. 4, 1825; m. Tryphenia Holt.
Shepard, b. May 15, 1830; never married.
Lucy Ann, b. -; m. Augustus V. Washburn.
SAMUEL CHURCHILL, son of the preceding, b. Apr. 1, 1809; m. Lavinia Packard. Children :
Coredlia S., b. Aug. 31, 1833; m. - Paine.
Esra F., b. Mar. 23, 1839: m. - Rich.
Charles C., b. Dec. 23, 1840; m. - Rich.
Elisabeth E., b. Jan. 7, 1846; m. - Nelson.
Julia A., b. Sept. 13, 1849; m. Henry Hodgdon.
MARTIN CHURCHILL, bro. of the preceding, b. Apr. 12, 1811; m. Betsey Churchill. He died Jan. 27, 1876. Children :
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 6, 1834; m. Harriet - -. Hannalı, b. Jan. 4, 1836; m. -- Washburn.
Emily, b. Dec. 15, 1837; m. - Briggs.
Amanda, b. Aug. 15, 1839; m. -- Burns.
Clarinda, b. Mar. 21, 1845; m. Jonathan M. Shedd.
Asaph, b. Mar. 4, 1848; m. Fanny M. Murch.
Rosamond, b. Apr. 16, 1850; m. - Harris. Flora J., b. Dec. 28, 1851 ; m. Charles Hannaford.
BELA CHURCHILL, son of Jabez, b. about 1789; m. Sarah Dudley. He was a mechanic, gunsmith and miller, and had a small grist mill and machine shop on the small brook which flows between Owls Head and Streaked Mt., then often called Owl's Head Village. They died after 1860. Children :
Jane, b. Jan. 8, 1814; Maria, b. May 9, 1817, m. Demeric Swan and had Ambrose, Lorinda M., m. Adelbert S. Jordan and Ophelia who m. Otis G. Turner, Jr.
CILLEY.
WILLIAM CILLEY (anciently spelled in various ways but more commonly Silley-now Cilley), b. in N. H., was a soldier in the French and Indian war. Served in 1758 in the Crown Point expedition. Settled in Gorham, Me., and m. Anna Clark, b. Sept.
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1, 1733. Moved to Buckfield and late in life to Brooks, where he died in 1818. The Gorham history and Cilley genealogy relating to this family are both imperfect and do not agree, and we cannot be certain as to names and dates. Children :
John, b. --: m. 1786, Molly Murch.
Mary, b. 1756; m. Enoch Leathers; s. in Sangerville.
Benj., b. 1758; m. Ist, Patty Parsons; 2nd, Sally Newt.
Sarah, b. -; m. in 1777. Amos Brown.
Abigail, b. -; m. Richard Knight.
Elisabeth, b. -; m. in 1784, Benj. Skillings.
Anna, b. Apr. 9. 1768; m. Zachariah Weston.
Fanny, b. Apr. 9, 1768; m. Joseph Lombard, 1788.
W'illiam, Jr., b. Mar. 27, 1770; m. 1793, Sarah Bonney, 2nd, Mary Waterhouse.
Hannah, b. Apr. 19, 1772; m. 1793, Caleb Lombard.
Peter, b. Apr. 19, 1772; m. Patty Teague.
Simon, b. June 13, 1774; m. Polly Teague.
COBURN.
THOMAS COBURN (see sketch) was of Dracut, Mass., prior to his settlement in Bucktown. He m. Ruth They settled on North Hill. He died Sept. 27, 1804. The heirs sold the real estate to Daniel Howard, Esq., and moved away. The widow probably died about 1806. Children recorded on town records :
Ruth, b. Jan. 12, 1763. Thomas, Jr., b. May 16, 1766.
Dolly, b. Mar. 6, 1769.
Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1773; in. Valentine Matthews or John W. Elliott. Sybil, b. Sept. 29, 1777; m. Simeon Wescott.
JONAS COBURN (see sketch) supposed brother of the preced- ing, was a settler in Bucktown before Jan. 1, 1784. He settled on a lot adjoining Thomas's. He married Lucy Varnum. They moved away soon after 1800. Children recorded here :
Sally, b. Sept. 5, 1771 ; m. John W. Elliott or Valentine Matthews. Jonas, Jr., b. Jan. II, 1774; m. Hannah Matthews.
Asa Varnum, b. Jan. 19, 1777.
Lucy, b. Apr. 8, 1779. Betsey, b. Feb. 13. 1781. Silas, b. Jan. 24, 1783. Hannah, b. Apr. 14, 1785; m. Seth Harris. Mercy, b. Oct. 22, 1787: m. Josiah Drew. Peter, b. Sept. 3. 1791.
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COLE.
The present Coles of Buckfield are descended from an ancient Plymouth County, Mass., family. Lemuel Cole of this line, son of John, born in 1766, married Elizabeth Dunham, born in 1769, and resided in Carver, adjoining Plymouth. He emigrated with his family to Maine in 1805, coming from Plymouth to Hallowell in a sloop, thence journeying with an ox team to Hebron, where he settled at the foot of Number 4 Hill. The following year he removed to Hartford, settling in the Bear Mountain district and becoming a permanent resident. He was a sweet singer and a well-known composer of sacred music, many of his compositions appearing in the singing books of his day. With rude facilities he made a bass viol, which was a wonder in the settlement. He died March 8, 1849, aged 83. She died Aug. 22, 1850, aged 81. Children all born in Massachusetts :
Betsey, m. Allen Sturtevant. John, d. aged 21. Nancy, m. Thomas Allen. Sally, m. Willard Lucas. Ebeneser, m. Betsey Parsons. Lemuel, Jr., m. Lydia Lucas.
LEMUEL COLE, JR., son of preceding, was born in Carver, Mass., Jan. 4, 1804. He came to Hartford, Me., with his father's family when about two years of age. He m. Lydia, dau. of Dea. Isaac Lucas. She was born, also, in Carver, Nov. 6, 1803, and came with her parents from that town to Hartford when four years of age, riding the whole distance in an ox cart. Like most of the settlers, the Cole family had no abundant means, and Lemuel, at an early age, was thrown upon his own resources. After his marriage and settlement on a small farm, he learned the carpenter's trade of Dea. Ira Bartlett, working for four shillings per day. He grew prosperous, acquired a large farm and became the most prominent building contractor in the vicin- ity, employing many workmen and erecting buildings in all parts of his own and surrounding towns. In the spring of 1861 he moved to Buckfield, where he passed his remaining years. He was a man of great industry, energy and business ability. He had slight educational advantages, but became well-informed and kept in close touch with public affairs. He died Oct. 6, 1877. His wife died Aug. 17, 1886. Children all born in Hartford :
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Edward Gisby, b. Sept. 27, 1827; d. young.
Sarah Bennett, b. Sept. 27, 1830: m. Peter D. Holbrook; s. in Brain- tree, Mass.
Edward Gisby. b. Aug. 23, 1832; m. Ist Martha E. Holbrook of Ran- dolph, Mass., 2nd, Abbie C. Ellis of Sumner.
l'irgil, b. Nov. 10, 1834; m. Ist, Elizabeth Hodgdon, 2nd, Emma Gur- ney, resides in Canton.
Ma tha V., b. Nov. 13, 1837.
Adclia F., b. Feb. 18, 1840; d. Dec. 22, 1856.
Alfred, b. May 16, 1843.
EDWARD G. COLE, son of the preceding, has had settlements in various towns, but during most of his married life has resided in Sumner and Buckfield. He is a carpenter by trade. having been prominently identified, during the past forty years with the building and mechanical work of the village, and was many years in business as an undertaker. Children by his second wife, Abbie ( Ell's) :
Edward H., b. in Hartford, July 25, 1801; m. Dora Knight; s. it Turner.
ARTHUR E., b. Sept. 22, 1863, studiel dentistry at which he worked several years in Boston and other places, and then re- turned to his native town where he has since remained in the practice of his profession. He has served on the board of select- men, and is prominent in fraternal orders, and has held the office of District Deputy Grand Master of both Masons and Odd Fel- lows. He married Myrtie M .. dau. of Cyrus C. Spaulding, and has :
Ellen S., b. in Cambridge, Mass., Apr. 3, 1894; Arthur H., b. Mar. 9. 1901 and Cyrus E .. b. Sept. 22, 1902.
ALFRED T. COLE, b. in Hartford, Sept. 4, 1867 ; m. Sept. 30, 1896, Josephine E., dau. of Dr. Joseph C. Caldwell. He was a clerk several years in the store of Isaac W. Shaw, and since Nov., 1899, has been in trade in the Ephraim Atwood store in partner- ship with Nathan E. Morrill.
ALFRED COLE, youngest son of Lemuel. Jr., came in the spring of 1861 with his father's family to Buckfield. where he resided to his death, March 13, 1913. He was one of the com- plers of this volume. (See sketch ). He married, July 7, 1878. Mary E. Storer, dan. of Nathan O. Storer. Children :
Mary S., b. Feb. 19, 1886.
Alfred S., b. Oct. 9. 1893.
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WILLIAM COLE, then a young man, came here about 1810. The next year he m. Lapira Spaulding. He purchased the cloth- ing works of William Campbell, and carried on the business for many years. He was the wealthiest man in Buckfield of his time. He d. July 5, 1841. She d. Aug. 14, 1852. Children :
Addison G., b. Feb. 8, 1812; m. Sarah A. DeCoster.
Cyrus, b. Feb. 26, 1814.
Myrtilla, b. July 16, 1816; m. Geo. Bridgham, Jr.
William L., b. Jan. 29, 1819; m. Cordelia Allen.
Lydia E., b. July 21, 1821 ; m. Joseph J. Willis.
Maria L., b. June 3. 182.4.
Aurelius I'., b. Mar. 30, 1827 ; m. Lucy A. Hall.
Rotheus M., b. Sept. 8, 1830.
Melissa S., b. Jan. 5, 1834; m. Charles A. Allen. Mary L., b. Jan. 9, 1838.
ADDISON G. COLE, oldest son of the preceding, b. Feb. 8, 1812; m. Sarah A. DeCoster. He carried on the wool carding business in Buckfield for many years. He died in Auburn, Jan. 2, 1896. His wife d. Mar. 10, 1898. Children :
Sarah B., b. Aug. 6, 1836; d. Aug. 21, 1836.
James A., b. Sept. 17, 1837; d. Feb. 17, 1838. Adrianna, b. Dec. 2, 1838; d. Jan. 18, 1840.
Julia A., b. July 17, 1840; d. Nov. 10, 1843.
William A., b. Mar. 19, 1843: Sarah A., b. July 6, 1845; Cyrus II'., b. Dec. 15, 1848; Frank L., b. Nov. 10, 1852; Lissie D., b. Jan. 14, 1855; d. Jan. 24, 1861 ; Harry G., b. Dec. 6, 1858.
ARTEMAS F. COLE, perhaps bro. of first William, m. Hepsibah Atwood. For many years he was in business as a merchant at Buckfield village. He d. May 1, 1877. She d. Feb. 17, 1897, "aged 91 years." Children :
Helen M., b. Oct. 10, 1830; m. George Gregg. Josephine, b. Mar. 31, 1836.
RASSELAS COLE, son of Gershom and Polly ( Bessey) of Paris, b. Feb. 15. 1810; m. Almira Jane Chase and settled on North Hill. He died Aug. 26, 1804. She died July 5, 1895. Child :
Mary Shaw, b. Nov. 20, 1844; m. Horatio G. Davie.
CUSHMAN.
The Cushmans who settled in this part of Maine claim descent from Robert Cushman, an agent and promoter of the Plymouth colony.
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GIDEON CUSHMAN, son of Caleb, b. Nov. 20, 1750, was an early settler in Shepardsfield. He m. in 1772, Ruth, dau. of Capt. Nathaniel Shaw of Plympton, and had 12 children. He had been a sailor and also a soldier in the War for Independence. His wife d. Dec. 19. 1836. He d. May 7, 1845, in his 95th year.
LEVI CUSHMAN, son of the preceding. b. Aug. 14, 1,73 ; m. in 1796, Ellen Buck, and settled in Buckfield. She d. Apr. 8, 1802, and he m. 2d, Rhoda French. She d. in Oxford, Feb. 7, 1852, in her 83d year. Children :
Polly, b. June 10, 1797 : m. Isaac Bolster, Jr. ; s. in Harrison.
Eleanor Ruth, b. June 10, 1799; m. Henry Blake; s. in Patten.
Elisa, b. - 1804; m. Chandler Record.
Sullivan, b. Mar. 13, 1805: m. Clarissa J. Tribou.
Solomon, b. Mar. 7, 1807 ; d. June 25, 1827.
Rhoda F., b. Sept. 23, 18JI ; m. John W. Fogg; s. in Harrison.
CALEB CUSHMAN. bro. of the preceding. b. Feb. 28, 1779; m. Polly Buck. He settled in Buckfield. He d. Jan. 23, 1859. She d. Mar. 144, 1858. Children :
Cephas, b. Oct. 1, 1802; d. Oct. 26. 1825.
Sophronia, b. June 20, 1804; 111. Stephen Robinson, Paris.
Mary ( Polly), b. May 22, 1806; m. Rolan Foster.
Caleb. Jr .. b. May 20, 1808; m. Everline Bridgham. Ruth, b. Aug. 4, 1810; m. H. H. Hutchinson, Jr.
Alexander, b. Nov. 17. 1812: m. Ruth J. Bolster. Gideon, b. Dec. 24, 1815; m. Eveline Bicknell. Zilpha, b. July 27, 1818; m. Amory H. Allen. Levi, b. July 3, 1820; m. Cordelia Hall.
CALEB CUSHMAN, JR., son of the preceding, b. May 20, 1808 ; m. Everline Bridgham. He d. May 10, 1885. She d. Feb. 6, 1861, in Auburn, buried in Buckfield. Children :
Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1837; m. Bennett B. Record.
Charles F., b. July 26, 1838; s. in Boston.
Everline B., b. May 28, 1840; m. John Bicknell.
Rosetta. b. Oct. 18, 1843; m. Charles Illsley.
Florence, b. June 14, 1853; m. Dr. Rotheus W. Taylor; s. in Portland. ALEXANDER CUSHMAN, bro. of the preceding, b. Nov. 17, 1812; m. Ruth J. Bolster. Children :
Lorenso, b. Sept. 2, 1844: Mary, b. Nov. 5, 18447 ; Cynthia B., b. Aug. 7, 1848; Frances, b. Nov. 6, 1852; Herman, b. June 1, 1863.
GIDEON CUSHMAN, bro. of the preceding, b. Dec. 24, 1815; m. Eveline Bicknell. She d. May 4, 1868. Children :
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Amanda F., b. Apr. 8, 1840; Samuel B., b. Dec. 27, 1841 ; Julia F., b. Dec. 25, 1843; Cordelia R., b. June 14, 18.47.
NATHANIEL CUSHMAN, bro. of Levi ante, b. Jan. 26, 1782; m. Lucy Murdock. Children :
Nathaniel, Jr., b. Apr. 4, 1808; Lewis, b. Sept. 21, 1810; Sally, b. Mar. 27, 1812.
DAGGETT.
The family name was formerly called Doggett, and is of great antiquity. Those of this name in New England, trace their descent from John Daggett, who emigrated from England in Gov. John Winthrop's company of 1630, and they claim that he is a lineal descendant of John Daggett, who lived in London about 1275 and was of royal descent. John1 Daggett, the Ameri- can ancestor, settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1642. He after- wards removed to Martha's Vineyard. One of his sons was Dea. John2 Daggett, who was prominent in town affairs at Attleboro, Mass., where he lived. Of the children of Ebenezer3 Daggett of the third generation was Samuel+ Daggett, b. Jan. 3, 1731. Another son graduated at Yale College in 1744. He became a Doctor of Divinity and for many years officiated at head of the institution. Samuel's+ son John3 Daggett was b. in Lebanon, Conn., in 1753, and served as a soldier in the Revolution nearly through the whole war. In 1780 he moved to Vermont and from thence in 1802 to Greenfield, Pa. Don Delance“ Daggett, one of his sons, b. in Hebron, Conn., in 1780, did not, however, emigrate to Pennsylvania, but having married Susan Root, removed to Buckfield where he began on the north side of the river, the manufacture of hats, as elsewhere related. His children were :
Horace, s. in Auburn and d. there. Henry, murdered in La.
Nelson, went to Florida and d. there.
Florilla, m. William Irish of Hartford.
Esther, m. Hon. Thomas Chase of Buckfield.
Eveline, m. Thomas Irish, Jr., of Buckfield. Isaac, s. in Mass., drowned in Neponset river.
Il'illiam, s. in San Francisco, California, and d. there.
Charles, s. in Portland and d. there.
The last seven were all born in Buckfield village.
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DAVIS.
GERSHOM DAVIS (see sketch), a Revolutionary soldier, was from Gorham prior to coming to Bucktown. He m. Elizabeth McAllister. He d. Jan. 30, 1842, "aet. 83 years." She d. May 5, 1820, "aet. 65 years." Children :
Stephen, b. Sept., 18, 1780.
Abigail, b. May 30, 1782.
Joseph H., b. Nov. 26, 1784, m. Rebecca MeCorrison.
Deliverance, b. Dec. 5, 1786; m. --- Damon.
Polly, b. Feb. 26, 1789.
Betsey, b. Feb. 1I, 1792; m. Robert Pierce.
Margery, b. June 15, 1794; m. Thomas Damon
Mercy, b. Aug. 26, 1799; in. Joel Foster.
JOSHUA DAVIS, sup. bro. of the preceding, also from Gorham and a Revolutionary soldier, m. Elizabeth Cole. Children :
Samuel, b. Feb. 24, 1793.
Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1795; m. John N. Hodge.
Abigail, b. Feb. 25, 1797; m. Thomas Gammon.
Betsey, b. May 11, 1805.
Herman, b. May 9, 1811.
DAVIE.
SIMEON DAVIE, a descendant of Sir John Davie of Creedy, Devonshire, England, in the 6th generation, m. Susanna Pratt of Bridgewater. They came from the old colony and settled in Hebron about a mile from the Buckfield line. The mother of Susanna Davie was Isabel (Downie) Pratt, who came from Scotland with her father and a brother, William. The son died and the father went back to Scotland. She married Barnabas Pratt. Her son, Thaddeus, was in the battle of Bunker Hill and she hearing the roar of the guns at her home in Bridgewater, be- came so excited that she was burnt severely by a coal of fire fall- ing on her arm before she noticed it. After her husband's death she came to live with her daughter in Hebron. She was nearly 103 years old at the time of her death, Dec. 24, 1831. The daughter, Susanna Davie, d. Dec. 14, 1847. The line of descent to Simeon is: (1) Humphrey, Boston, 1666, man of note; (2) William; (3) Robert, m. Deborah Howes, descendant of Elder William Brewster, and Gov. Thomas Prence; (4) Thomas, m. (2d w.) Hannah Rogers, a descendant of the martyr, Rev. John Rogers. Children :
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Sarah, b. Nov. 28, 1789; m. Jabez Barrows.
Catherine, b. Apr. 15, 1791; m. Joshua Whitman, Buckfield.
Simeon, b. Apr. 14, 1794; m. Mehitable Stinchfield.
Solomon, b. June 5, 1796; in. Rachel Mason; s. in Leeds. Susanna, b. May 3, 1799; m. John Packard, Buckfield. Deborah, b. Nov. 6, 1800; 11. Samuel Packard, Buckfield. George, b. Oct 22, 1802; 11. Sophronia Bicknell.
Barnabas, b. Jan. 1, 1805; m. and s. in Leeds.
Polly, b. May 5, 1807; m. Elias Perkins, Minot.
T'irgil M., b. Mar. 22, 1800.
Harrison G., b. Sept. 22, 1811; m. Content Lothrop. Wealthy, b. Nov. 4, 1818; m. William Monk.
DEAN.
The Deans of Buckfield and Paris are descended from Walter Dean, who came from Chard near Taunton, England, in 1637 and settled on the Taunton river in the old colony. He was a prominent man in his section. From him the line of descent is traced as follows: Walter, Joseph, Benjamin, Israel, Josiah, Asa and Asa, Jr. The latter in. Clarissa Holland and settled on the homestead in Paris. Children :
Betsey, b. Mar. 23, 1814; m. Howard Mosier. The mother d. in 1821, and the father m. 2d Mrs. Hannah Barbour.
Benj. IV., b. Apr. 21. 1824; m. Matilda ----; 2d Martha Pottle.
Horatio, b. Sept. 23, 1826; d. young.
William H., b. Sept. 12, 1828; d. young.
J. Robinson, b. Aug. 7, 1831; m. Laura Taylor.
J. ROBINSON DEAN, son of the preceding, b. Aug. 7, 1831, m. Laura Taylor. He d. Nov. 18, 1900. She d. Mar. 3. 1899. Children: William Taylor b. Dec. 31, 1869; d. Dec. 29, 1890. Georgie E., b. Sept. 8, 1871 ; Laura Z., b. June 20, 1876.
DECOSTER.
The tradition in the DeCoster families is that two brothers of that name came from France and settled in the old colony. They were descendants of a French marquis, who was a Hugue- not refugee on account of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. They agreed that one should spell his name DeCoster and the other DeCosta, that their progeny might the better be identified. Anthony DeCoster bought land in Plymouth in 1723. His wife's name was Joanna. Their children were Robert, Jacob, Mar-
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garet and perhaps others. Jacob married Elizabeth, dau. of John Cole in 1745. An Ebenezer DeCoster was a drummer boy in the War for Independence. He settled in N. H. and married the youngest dau. of Col. John Goffe, who took him home sick and half starved at Valley Forge. Whether he was related to the family who settled in Hebron is not positively known. Jacob DeCoster and his wife, Priscilla Rogers, a descendant of the martyr of Smithfield, came from Bridgewater, Mass .. in 1786 and settled in that part of Hebron, known fifty years ago as "Sodom" and died there on the farm since called the DeCoster place. He was a sailor on a vessel engaged in the coasting trade and was at Charleston, S. C., when the news of the battles of Concord and Lexington and the closing of the Port of Boston was received there. The agent in Charleston would not let the vessel depart for fear of its being captured. Jacob DeCoster made the journey home to Bridgewater on foot. Tradition says he was nearly two months on the way. He d. Aug. 4, 1830, "aged 84." His wife d. May 7, 1830, "aged 79." Children : Jacob, Jr., b. May 27, 1774; m. Susan Morse. Samuel, b. Aug. 15, 1776; m. Sarah Bacon.
Chandler, b. Dec. 12, 1778; m. Polly Ann Jordan.
John, b. Mar. 19, 1780; in. Cyrene Harris. Rogers, h. Feb. 24, 1782; m. Elizabeth Rowe.
Hannah, b. Oct. 7. 1784; m. Benjamin Rowe. George, b. Feb. 6, 1786; d. in 1804.
Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1788; m. Chloe Turner; no issue.
Sarah, b. May 27, 1790; d. unm.
Polly, b. May 29, 1792; m. Elkanah Irish.
SAMUEL DECOSTER, son of the preceding b. Aug. 15, 1776, m. Sarah Bacon and settled in Buckfield on the farm owned by his grandson, Virgil P. DeCoster, Esq. He d. Sept. 14, 1830. Children :
Henry, b. Dec. 18, 1798; m. Abigail E. Irish. Samuel, b. Feb. 24, 1801 ; m. Caroline -.
Joanna, b. June 16, 1803; m. Joshua Irish.
James B., b. Oct. 10, 1806; m. Lucy Thompson.
Osias, b. Feb. 7, 1809; m. Elizabeth DeCoster.
Varanes. b. June 16, 1814; m. Louisa Thompson.
Sarah Ann, b. June 18, 1817; m. Addison G. Cole.
HENRY DECOSTER, oldest son of the preceding b. Dec. 18, 1798, m. Abigail E. Irish. He settled on a farm adjoining that of
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his father. He was a man of influence and standing in the town, and for many years served on the board of selectmen. He d. Sept. 26, 1866. His wife d. Feb. 17, 1889, "aged 90 yrs., 9 mos., 10 days." Children :
William Henry, b. Aug. 15, 1828; d. Aug. 24, 1837.
Elisha IV., b. Feb. 1, 1830; d. Aug. 26, 1837.
Edmund, b. Jan. 14, 1831; m. Marianna Stowe.
Samuel, b. Sept. 1, 1832; d. Aug. 29, 1837.
Charles, b. Sept. 18, 18344; d. Aug. 23, 1837. Elisa A., b. Jan. 26, 1836; d. Sept. 2, 1837.
James H., b. Oct. 12, 1837; m. Angelia Shaw.
Wary A., b. Sept. 23, 1839; d. June 30, 1867.
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