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1824 Jere. Stinchfield. Benjamin M. Belcher. Joseph Fairbanks, Jr.
1825 Joseph Fairbanks, Jr. Thomas Parker. John Russ.
APPENDIX.
333
1826 Joseph Fairbanks, Jr. Thomas Parker. John Russ.
1839
James Butterfield. Joseph Fairbanks. Alanson B. Caswell.
1827 Thomas Parker. John Russ. John Church, Jr.
1840 Alanson B. Caswell. Brilsford Pease. William Tufts.
1828 Thomas Parker. John Russ. John Church, Jr.
1841 Alanson B. Caswell. Brilsford Pease. Eliab Eaton.
1829 John Russ. James Butterfield. Francis Butler.
1842 Samuel Stanley. Eliab Eaton. Amasa Corbett.
1830 John Russ. James Butterfield. Francis Butler.
1843 Samuel Stanley. Eliab Eaton. Amasa Corbett.
1831 James Butterfield. Francis Butler. Samuel Stanley.
1844 Amasa Corbett. Alvan Currier. Moses Chandler.
1832 James Butterfield. Francis Butler. Samuel Stanley.
1845 Moses Chandler. Alvan Currier. Henry Russ.
1833 Thomas Parker. Henry Johnson. Isaac Tyler.
1846 Samuel Stanley. Peter P. Tufts. Henry Clark.
1834 Thomas Parker. Francis Butler. John Russ.
1847 Peter P. Tufts. Henry Clark. David C. Morrill.
1835 Thomas Parker. Samuel Stanley. James Butterfield.
1848 Henry Clark. David C. Morrill. Nathan W. Backus.
1836 Thomas Parker. Joseph Fairbanks. John Morrison.
1849 David C. Morrill. Nathan W. Backus. Alanson B. Caswell.
1837 Thomas Parker. Samuel B. Norton. Benjamin Sampson.
1838 John Jewett. Moses Chandler. Alanson B. Caswell.
1850 Jotham S. Graves. Alvan Currier. Benjamin Sampson.
1851 Alvan Currier. Benjamin Sampson. William S. Gay.
43
334
HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.
1852 Alvan Currier. Benjamin Sampson. William S. Gay.
1865 Alvan Currier. Francis G. Butler. Zina H. Greenwood.
1853 Benjamin Sampson. Louis Voter. Joseph Norton.
1866 Francis G. Butler. Zina H. Greenwood. Elmon J. Dyar.
1854 Louis Voter. Joseph Norton. Jonathan Russ.
1867 Francis G. Butler. Zina H. Greenwood Elmon J. Dyar.
1855 Jonathan Russ. Leonard Keith. John Backus.
1868 Zina H. Greenwood. Elmon J. Dyar. Frederic C. Perkins.
1856 John Backus. Samuel Daggett. Peter R. Tufts.
1869
Elmon J. Dyar. Frederic C. Perkins. Jonathan Russ.
1857 Samuel Daggett. Peter R. Tufts. Henry B. Titcomb.
1870 Frederic C. Perkins. George Gower. Reuben Fenderson.
1858 Peter R. Tufts. Henry B. Titcomb. Leonard M. Hiscock.
1871 Reuben Fenderson. George W. Davis. Francis G. Butler.
1859 Leonard M. Hiscock. Isaac Tyler. Allen Bangs.
1872 George W. Davis. Francis G. Butler. George W. Cothren.
1860 Alvan Currier. Allen Bangs. Hiram Russ.
1873 George W. Cothren. Frederic C. Perkins. George Gower.
1861 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Reuben Cutler.
1874 Frederic C. Perkins. George Gower. Charles B. Russell.
1862 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Hiram B. Stoyell.
1875 George Gower. Charles B. Russell. Benjamin Goodwin.
1863 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Hiram B. Stoyell.
1876 Charles B. Russell. Benjamin Goodwin. Zina H. Greenwood.
1864 Alvan Currier. Hiram Russ. Hiram B. Stoyell.
1877 Benjamin Goodwin. Zina H. Greenwood. Charles B. Russell.
335
APPENDIX.
1878 Charles B. Russell. Frederic C. Perkins. William B. Gilman.
1879 Charles B. Russell. Frederic C. Perkins. William B. Gilman.
1883
1880 Seth C. Burnham. Robert McCleery. George W. Cothren.
1884 William B. Gilman. George W. Wheeler. Charles B. Russell.
1885 George W. Wheeler. Elmon J. Dyar. Samuel G. Craig.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
1798 Supply Belcher.
1799 Ezekiel Porter.
18II Nathan Cutler. Timothy Johnson.
1800 Stephen Titcomb. 1812 Leonard Merry. Timothy Johnson.
1801 Supply Belcher.
1802 Voted not to send Repre- 1813 Leonard Merry. sentative. Asahel Gross.
1803
Voted not to send Repre- sentative.
1814 Voted not to send Rep- resentative.
1804
Ebenezer Norton.
1805
Ezekiel Porter.
1806 Moses Chandler.
1807 Zachariah Norton.
1808 Samuel Butterfield. 1817
Voted not to send Rep- resentative.
1809 Supply Belcher.
Nathan Cutler.
1818
1810 Nathan Cutler.
Joseph Norton. 1819
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Voted not to send Rep- resentative. Nathan Cutler. Joseph Fairbanks.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO THE MAINE LEGISLATURE.
1820 Jabez Gay.
1827
Joseph Johnson.
182I Hiram Belcher. 1828 Hiram Belcher.
1822 William Gould. 1829
Joseph Johnson.
1823 James Butterfield. 1830
John Russ.
1824 James Butterfield.
1831
Hiram Belcher.
1825 Edward Butler.
1832 Francis Butler.
1826 Edward Butler.
1833
Isaac Tyler.
1815 Voted not to send Rep- 1816 resentative. Meeting adjourned with- out day.
1881 Joseph C. Holman. Charles B. Russell. William B. Gilman.
1882 Joseph C. Holman. Charles B. Russell. William B. Gilman. Charles B. Russell. Henry M. Howes. George W. Wheeler.
336
HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.
1834 Moses Butterfield.
1859
Philander Butler, of New Vineyard.
1835
Joseph Russell.
1836 Samuel Stanley.
1860
Hiram B. Stoyell.
Josiah Prescott.
1861
Hiram B. Stoyell.
Samuel B. Norton. 1862
Alanson B. Caswell.
1863
John J. Stewart, of New Vineyard.
1841
Moses Chandler.
1864
Joseph W. Fairbanks.
1842 John Jewett.
1865
Joseph W. Fairbanks.
1843 Nathan Cutler, elected
1866
Apr. 29, 1844.
1844 James A. Dunsmore, of 1867 Temple. 1868
Edmund Russell.
1845
Eliab Eaton.
1869
John McLain, of New Vineyard.
1847 John Dunsmore, of Tem- ple.
1870
Frederic C. Perkins.
1848
Samuel Belcher.
1872
1849
Samuel Belcher.
1873
1850 William Nye, of Temple.
1874
Lucien B. Pillsbury.
1852 Alvan Currier.
1875
Lucien B. Pillsbury.
1853 Francis G. Butler.
1876
Benjamin Goodwin.
1854 James J. York, of Temple.
1877
Asa M. Adams, of Per- kins Plantation.
1855
Z. Morton Vaughan, of New Vineyard. 1878
Cyrus A. Thomas.
1856 John B. Morrison.
1879
Cyrus A. Thomas.
1857 John B. Morrison.
1880 John J. Linscott.
1858 Samuel F. Small, of 1882 John J. Linscott.
Temple.
1884 Edward P. Davis.
Senators elected to the Maine Legislature from Franklin County since the Apportionment of 1840.
1841 John A. Barnard,
Strong.
1842 Daniel Merritt,
Jay.
IS43 Varnum Cram,
New Sharon.
1844 Moses Sherburne,
Phillips.
1845 Lemuel Bursley,
Farmington.
1846 Lemuel Bursley,
Farmington.
1847 William Tripp,
Wilton.
1848 William Tripp,
Wilton.
1849 Newman T. Allen,
Industry.
John L. Blake.
1837 1838 1839 1840
Samuel Belcher.
Orrin Hall, of New Vine- yard.
Stillman Tarbox.
1846
Peter R. Tufts.
1871
Frederic C. Perkins.
Thomas Croswell.
Thomas Croswell.
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APPENDIX.
1850 David Mitchell,
Temple.
1852 George W. Clark,
New Vineyard.
1853 John L. Cutler,
Farmington.
1854 Alvan Currier,
Farmington.
1855 Francis G. Butler,
Farmington.
1856 Joseph G. Hoyt,
Wilton.
1857 Joseph G. Hoyt,
Wilton.
1858 Jeremy W. Porter,
Strong.
1859 Jeremy W. Porter,
Strong.
1860 Z. Morton Vaughan,
New Vineyard.
1861
Z. Morton Vaughan,
New Vineyard.
1862 William H. Josselyn,
Phillips.
1863 William H. Josselyn,
Phillips.
1864 Cornelius Stone,
Jay.
1865 Cornelius Stone,
Jay.
1866 Joseph W. Fairbanks,
Farmington.
1867 Joseph W. Fairbanks,
Farmington.
1868 Reuel B. Fuller,
Wilton.
1869 Edwin R. French,
Chesterville.
1870 Edwin R. French,
Chesterville.
1871 Francis M. Howes,
New Sharon.
1872 Francis M. Howes,
New Sharon.
1873 Albion Dyer,
Strong.
1874 Albion Dyer,
Strong.
1875 Ebenezer S. Keyes,
Jay.
1876 Ebenezer S. Keyes,
Jay.
1877 James Morrison, Jr.,
Phillips.
1878 James Morrison, Jr.,
Phillips.
1879 George R. Fernald,
Wilton.
1880 George R. Fernald,
Wilton.
1882 Philip H. Stubbs,
Strong.
1884 Philip H. Stubbs,
Strong.
Officers of Franklin County since its Organization.
SHERIFFS.
James Stanley,
Farmington. 1838-1839.
Joseph Johnson,
Farmington. 1839-1841.
James Stanley,
Farmington. 1841-1842.
Samuel Daggett,
New Vineyard. 1842-1846.
Daniel Merritt,
Jay.
1846-1850.
Francis G. Butler,
Farmington. 1850-1854.
338
HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.
John Trask,
New Sharon.
1854-1856.
William Whittier,
Chesterville.
1856-1857.
Samuel Daggett,
Farmington.
1857-1859.
Frederic V. Stewart,
Farmington. 1859-1863.
Orrin Daggett,
New Sharon.
1863-1864.
John B. Daggett,
Farmington.
1864-1865.
Seward Dill,
Phillips.
1865-1869.
Andrew T. Tuck,
Farmington.
1869-1871.
Orrin Tufts,
Kingfield.
1871-1873.
Gilbert Miller,
Wilton.
1873-1877.
Orrin Tufts,
Kingfield.
1877-1879.
Zaccheus A. Dyer,
New Sharon.
1879-1885.
Ephraim F. Conant,
Temple.
1885.
ATTORNEYS.
Moses Sherburne,
Phillips.
1838-1843.
John L. Cutler,
Farmington.
1843-1849.
Joseph A. Linscott,
Phillips.
1849-1850.
William Tripp,
Wilton. 1850-1854.
Oliver. L. Currier,
New Sharon.
1854-1860.
Sewall Cram,
Wilton.
1860-1863.
Samuel Belcher,
Farmington. 1863-1866.
Andrew C. Phillips,
Phillips. 1866-1869.
Robert Goodenow,
Farmington.
1869-1870.
Philip H. Stubbs,
Strong.
1870-1876.
Elias Field,
Phillips.
1876-1882.
Joseph C. Holman,
Farmington.
1882.
CLERKS OF THE JUDICIAL COURTS. .
Jesse Huse,
Wilton.
1838-1839.
Francis G. Butler,
Farmington.
1839-1841.
Jesse Huse,
Wilton.
1841-1842.
Alanson B. Caswell,
Farmington.
1842-1849.
George W. Whitney, Phillips.
1849-1853.
Isaac Tyler, Weld.
1853-1859.
Alanson B. Farwell,
Farmington.
1859-1861.
Simeon H. Lowell,
Phillips.
1861-1874.
Joseph C. Holman,
Phillips.
1874-1880.
David H. Chandler,
Farmington.
1880-1883.
Josiah H. Thompson,
Kingfield.
1883.
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APPENDIX.
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
Thomas Parker,
Farmington.
1838-1845.
Moses Sherburne,
Phillips.
1845-1852.
Samuel Belcher,
Farmington.
1852-1857.
Philip M. Stubbs,
Strong.
1857-1869.
Oliver L. Currier,
New Sharon.
1869-1871.
Horace B. Prescott,
New Sharon.
1871-1880.
Samuel Belcher,
Farmington.
1880-1884.
James Morrison, Jr.,
Phillips.
1884.
REGISTERS OF PROBATE.
Holmes A. Boardman,
New Sharon.
1838-1839.
William Dickey,
Strong.
1839-1841.
Holmes A. Boardman,
New Sharon.
1841-1842.
Sewall Cram,
Wilton.
1842-1846.
Joseph D. Prescott,
Chesterville.
1846-1850.
Joseph A. Linscott, Phillips.
Benjamin Sampson,
Farmington Falls.
1854-1856.
Samuel S. Lambert, Phillips.
Benjamin Sampson,
Farmington Falls.
1856-1857. 1857-1862.
Benjamin F. Atkinson,
Chesterville.
1862-1876.
James B. Severy,
Farmington.
1876-1880.
John G. Brown,
New Sharon.
Elmer E. Richards,
Farmington.
1880-1884. 1884.
REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
Jesse Huse, Samuel Baker,
Wilton. May 10, '38-Oct. 16, '39.
New Sharon.
Oct. 16, 1839-Jan. 1, 1848.
Charles J. Talbot,
Samuel P. Morrill, Jotham S. Graves, Samuel P. Morrill, Jotham S. Gould,
Farmington.
Chesterville. Wilton. Jan. 1, 1869-Jan. 1, 1883.
James S. Brackett, Phillips. Jan. 1, 1883-Oct. 28, 1884. Josiah H. Thompson, Kingfield. Ella R. Brackett, Phillips. Oct. 28, '84-Apr. 27, '85. Apr. 27, 1885.
Ebenezer Childs, Nathan Cutler, Jonathan Russ,
TREASURERS.
Farmington. 1838-1839.
Farmington. 1839-1843.
New Sharon.
1843-1844
Wilton. Jan. 1, 1848-Jan. 1, 1858. Chesterville. Jan. 1, 1858-Jan. 1, 1863. Jan. 1, 1863-Jan. 1, 1868. Jan. 1, 1868-Jan. 1, 1869.
1850-1854.
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HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.
Zachariah T. Milliken,
Farmington.
1844-1846.
Peter W. Willis,
Industry.
1846-1848.
Edward Butler,
Farmington.
1848-1850.
Samuel B. Norton,
Farmington.
1850-1853.
Francis B. Field,
Farmington. 1853-1855.
Albert G. Wheeler,
Farmington.
1855-1856.
Francis Knowlton,
Farmington.
1856-1857.
Albert G. Wheeler,
Farmington.
1857-1858.
Jotham S. Graves,
Farmington.
1858-1859.
Leonard Keith,
Farmington.
1859-1866.
Robert Goodenow, Farmington.
I866-1868.
Winthrop Norton,
Strong.
1868-1869.
I. Warren Merrill,
Farmington.
1869-1876.
David H. Knowlton,
Farmington:
1876-1880.
Edward K. Hitchcock,
Strong.
1880-1881.
Daniel M. Bonney,
Farmington.
1881.
Vote of Farmington for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Mas- sachusetts. The elected in Small Capitals.
GOVERNOR.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
1794
SAMUEL ADAMS,
70
Moses Gill, 35
1795 SAMUEL ADAMS,
30
Moses Gill, I6
Robert Gower,
2I
Edward H. Robbins, I2
Stephen Titcomb, 23
38
Increase Sumner,
4
1797
INCREASE SUMNER,
52
Moses Gill, 56
James Sullivan, 3
Moses Gill, 48
Moses Gill, 32
Supply Belcher,
I3
Samuel Phillips, 36
1800 CALEB STRONG,
28
Moses Gill,
27
Elbridge Gerry,
22
Edward H. Robbins,
J7
1801 CALEB STRONG,
59
Edward H. Robbins,
44
Elbridge Gerry,
33
William Heath,
30
1802 CALEB STRONG,
63 Edward H. Robbins,
59
Elbridge Gerry,
35 William Heath,
40
1803 CALEB STRONG,
45 Edward H. Robbins,
5I
Elbridge Gerry,
II James Bowdoin,
I3
1804 CALEB STRONG,
67 Edward H. Robbins,
68
1796 SAMUEL ADAMS,
45
Moses Gill,
1798 INCREASE SUMNER,
60
1799 INCREASE SUMNER,
45
APPENDIX. 341
James Sullivan,
92
William Heath, 92
1805
CALEB STRONG,
44
Edward H. Robbins, 37
James Sullivan,
I26 William Heath,
I28
1806 CALEB STRONG,
55 Edward H. Robbins,
49
James Sullivan,
139
William Heath,
150
1807 JAMES SULLIVAN, Caleb Strong,
184
Edward H. Robbins,
44
46
Levi Lincoln,
178
1808 JAMES SULLIVAN,
165
Levi Lincoln, 161
Christopher Gore,
52
David Cobb,
45
1809 CHRISTOPHER GORE, Levi Lincoln,
I35
David Cobb,
127
1810 ELBRIDGE GERRY,
150
William Gray,
156
Christopher Gore,
II7
David Cobb,
108
18II ELBRIDGE GERRY,
I23
William Gray, 129
Christopher Gore,
77
William King,
154
1813 CALEB STRONG,
II7
William King,
172
Joseph B. Varnum,
177
William Phillips,
II6
1814 CALEB STRONG,
II2
William Phillips,
109
Samuel Dexter,
125
William Gray,
120
1815 CALEB STRONG,
129
William Phillips,
127
Samuel Dexter,
I35
William Gray,
I35
1816 JOHN BROOKS,
I32
William Phillips,
127
Samuel Dexter,
155
William King,
144
1817 JOHN BROOKS,
125
William Phillips,
II4
Henry Dearborn,
127
William King,
122
1818 JOHN BROOKS,
94
William Phillips,
84
Benj. W. Crowninshield, 104
Thomas Kittredge,
109
1819 JOHN BROOKS, 85
William Phillips, 83
Benj. W. Crowninshield, III
Benjamín Austin,
III
Vote of Farmington for Governor of Maine.
1820
WILLIAM KING, I39
1824 ALBION K. PARRIS, 136
Samuel S. Wilde,
64
1825 ALBION K. PARRIS, 106
1821 ALBION K. PARRIS, 129 1826 ENOCH LINCOLN, 80
Ezekiel Whitman, 5I 1827 ENOCH LINCOLN, 209
1822 ALBION K. PARRIS, I34
1828
ENOCH LINCOLN,
138
Ezekiel Whitman, 48
Joshua Cushman, II
1823 ALBION K. PARRIS, 148 1829 J. G. HUNTON,
154
William Gould, 4
Samuel E. Smith,
197
William Phillips, 69
95
170
William Phillips,
89
1812 CALEB STRONG, Elbridge Gerry,
I3I
Joseph B. Varnum, I 36
44
342
HISTORY OF FARMINGTON.
1830 SAMUEL E. SMITH, 224 Jonathan G. Hunton, 190
1831 SAMUEL E. SMITH, 193 Daniel Goodenow, 149
1832 SAMUEL E. SMITH, 230 Daniel Goodenow, 144 Moses Carleton, 20
1833 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 138 Daniel Goodenow, I18 Thomas A. Hill, 29
Samuel E. Smith, 37
1834 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 22 I Peleg Sprague, 184
1850
William G. Crosby, 186
George F. Talbot, 64
1836 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 187 Edward Kent, 135
1837 EDWARD KENT, 204
Gorham Parks, 183
1838 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 282 Edward Kent, 260
1839 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 282
1853
Edward Kent, 218
1840 EDWARD KENT, 266 John Fairfield, 3º3
1841 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 302
Edward Kent, 224
Jeremiah Curtis, 19
Isaac Reed, 39
Shepard Cary, 25
1855
SAMUEL WELLS, 22I Anson P. Morrill, 384
James Appleton, 40
1843 HUGH J. ANDERSON, 164 Edward Robinson, 99
James Appleton, 72 Edward Kavanagh, 30
1844 HUGH J. ANDERSON, 274 Edward Robinson, 212 James Appleton, 57
1845 HUGH J. ANDERSON, 195 Freeman H. Morse, 149 Samuel Fessenden, 55
1859
1846 JOHN W. DANA, 141 David Bronson, 177 Samuel Fessenden, 114
1847 JOHN W. DANA, 138 David Bronson, 127
Samuel Fessenden, 61
1848 JOHN W. DANA, 238
Elijah L. Hamlin, 175 Samuel Fessenden, 89
1849 JOHN HUBBARD, 253
Elijah L. Hamlin, 171 George F. Talbot, I12 JOHN HUBBARD, 229
1835 ROBERT P. DUNLAP, 179 William King, 95
1851
No election. Governor of 1850 held over.
1852 WILLIAM G. CROSBY, 159 John Hubbard, 290 Ezekiel Holmes, 16
Anson G. Chandler, 119 WILLIAM G. CROSBY, 193 Albert Pillsbury, 200 Ezekiel Holmes, 61
Anson P. Morrill, 117
1854 ANSON P. MORRILL, 386 Albion K. Parris, 86
1842 JOHN FAIRFIELD, 249 Edward Robinson, 148
Isaac Reed, 36
1856 HANNIBAL HAMLIN, 452 Samuel Wells, 186 George F. Patten, 20
1857 LOT M. MORRILL, 354
1858
Manasseh H. Smith, 211 LOT M. MORRILL, 437 Manasseh H. Smith, 264 LOT M. MORRILL, 399 Manasseh H. Smith, 250
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APPENDIX.
1860 I. WASHBURN, Jr., 428 1873
Ephraim K. Smart, 277
1861 I. WASHBURN, Jr., 346 1874 NELSON DINGLEY, Jr. 370 Joseph Titcomb, 265
Charles D. Jameson, 192 John W. Dana, 43
1875
SELDEN CONNOR, 45I
1862 ABNER COBURN, 304
Bion Bradbury, 225
1876
Charles D. Jameson, 34
1863 SAMUEL CONY, 406 1877
Bion Bradbury, 267
1864 SAMUEL CONY, 373 Joseph Howard, 216
1878
ALONZO GARCELON, 176 Selden Connor, 393 Joseph L. Smith, 208
1879 DANIEL F. DAVIS, 439
Joseph L. Smith, 265
Alonzo Garcelon, I35 .
1880 HARRIS M. PLAISTED, 430 Daniel F. Davis, 457
1881
No election.
1882 FREDERIC ROBIE, 434
Harris M. Plaisted, 429 No election.
1883
1884 FREDERIC ROBIE, 473 John B. Redman, 362
Hosea B. Eaton,
26
1871 SIDNEY PERHAM, 405 Charles P. Kimball, 262
1872 SIDNEY PERHAM, 466 Charles P. Kimball, 277
NELSON DINGLEY, Jr. 381 Joseph Titcomb, 240
Charles W. Roberts, 307 SELDEN CONNOR, 499 John C. Talbot, 3II
SELDEN CONNOR, 348 Joseph H. Williams, 249 Henry C. Munson, 79
1865 SAMUEL CONY, 338
Joseph Howard, 164
1866 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 433 Eben F. Pillsbury, 259
1867 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 393 Eben F. Pillsbury, 234
1868 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 452 Eben F. Pillsbury, 305
1869 J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, 318 Franklin Smith, 183
Nathan G. Hichborn, 41
1870 SIDNEY PERHAM, 405
Charles W. Roberts, 245
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Genealogical Register.
" Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time."
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
OF THE
EARLY FAMILIES OF FARMINGTON. ,
THE following register is intended to include the families of the early settlers in Farmington who have descendants of the name living in town. In a few instances, families mov- ing into town at a later day have been inserted.
It is perhaps too much to expect that complete accuracy has been obtained in a work necessitating the use of thous- ands of names and dates ; but no pains have been spared to obtain and verify information in order that these tables may go into the hands of those interested in them, free from error.
The method of arrangement is similar to that adopted by Hon. Ezra S. Stearns in his admirable History of Rindge, N. H. The surname of each family will be found in "Old English " at the beginning of every family sketch. The full name of the founder of the family in Farmington appears in small capitals below. The christian names of children alone are given, and are numbered consecutively in Roman numerals, I, II, III, etc. Whenever the names of grandchil -. dren of the person whose name introduces the paragraph appear, they are numbered in Arabic numerals. In the case
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of grandchildren in the female line, the surname is given. The numbers in the margin are consecutive, and persons bearing the same family name, are numbered in the order in which they are introduced. An asterisk (*) preceding a name indicates that the name is repeated as the head of a family, and can easily be found by following down the margin until its number appears again, in parentheses.
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
[ ABBREVIATIONS: b. stands for born; d. for died; md. for married ; unmd. for unmarried ; chil. for children; dau. for daughter; pub. for published ; s. p. for sine prole, or without offspring ; q. v. for which see, refers to the name of the person in his or her own family register.]
Abbott.
Several persons bearing the name of Abbot emigrated to New England in the seventeenth century. We are concerned with but two: George Abbot, who came from Yorkshire, England, probably about 1640, and was one of the pioneer settlers at Andover, Mass., in 1643 ; and George Abbot, who with three sons, Thomas, George, and Nehemiah, settled in Rowley about the same time, and died there in 1647. The former, George Abbot of Andover, is the ancestor of the Jacob Abbot family, and the latter, George Abbot of Rowley, the ancestor of the Asa Abbot family. No kinship is known to exist between the two, but there is a tradition that the Andover George Abbot was a nephew of the Rowley George Abbot. The fact that two bearing the same name came to America at so nearly the same time and settled so near together, as well as a marked resemblance in the character and tastes of their descend- ants, tends to prove the truth of the tradition. Few of the early families, with so numerous a posterity, have preserved so unsullied a name as the family of Abbot. Not many have been called to important offices in the State, but in the quieter walks of literature and the pulpit they have won enviable fame. Wherever found, their influence is cast on the side of good morals and sound learning. The name probably occurs in college catalogues more frequently than that of any other New England family, and several hundred of the descendants of the George Abbots are reckoned among the alumni of American colleges.
George Abbot of Andover married in 1647, Hannah Chandler, daughter
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of William and Annis Chandler of Roxbury. His house, one of the most substantial of that time, was used as a garrison for many years. He died Dec. 24, 1681. and his widow married Rev. Francis Dane of Andover. She died June 11, 1711, aged 82.
The twelfth of the thirteen children of George and Hannah Abbot was Nathaniel, born July 5, 1671. He resided in Andover, was a member of Rev. Thomas Barnard's church, and died Dec. 12, 1749. He married, Nov. 1, 1695, Dorcas Hibbert, and they were the parents of eleven children. Joseph, the fourth child of Nathaniel and Dorcas Abbot, was born Feb. 2, 1705, and lived in Andover until about 1776, when he removed to Wilton, N. H., where his son had previously gone. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church, and respected for his piety. His wife, whom he married Aug. 12, 1731, was Deborah Blanchard, who died in 1773. He died in Wilton in 1787. The tenth of the fourteen chil- dren of Joseph and Deborah Abbot, was Jacob, who was born March 22, 1746, and removed to Wilton, N. H., when a young man, and built the first mills on the Souhegan River in Wilton. He first represented Wilton in the General Court, was the first Justice of the Peace, and was also Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Councillor of the State. He removed to Andover, Mass., where he was a trustee of Phillips Academy, and in 1797 made a residence in Concord, N. H., which town he repre- sented in the General Court for three terms. In 1802 he moved with his family to Brunswick, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a Senator in the Maine Legislature, and a member of the Board of Over- seers of Bowdoin College. He married Lydia Stevens in 1767, who survived him. His death occurred March 5, 1820. Of the ten children of Jacob and Lydia Abbot, only five lived to adult life, and of these, three settled in Franklin County. Lydia, the oldest, married in 1789 Thomas Russell of Temple. Phebe, married Benjamin Abbot of Temple, a distant kinsman, and was the mother of a noble family of twelve children, among whom were Phebe, wife of Dr. John Barker of Wilton, and mother of Dr. Fordyce Barker, a distinguished New York physician ; Hannah, wife of Rev. Enos Merrill, and mother of E. I. and I. W. Merrill of Farmington ; Dorcas, wife of Dr. Lafayette Perkins of Farmington ; Salva, wife of the Rev. Charles Freeman, formerly of Limerick; Benjamin Abbot, Esq., late of Temple; Lucy, wife of Rev. John A. Douglass, formerly of Waterford; Lydia, wife of John Titcomb of Farmington ; John S. Abbot, a well-known lawyer, late of Watertown, Mass .: Abiel Abbot, formerly a resident of Watertown, Mass .; and Abigail, wife of Hannibal Hamlin of Boston. Jacob, eldest son of Jacob and Lydia Abbot, will be hereafter noticed.
Of the three sons of George Abbot of Rowley, the eldest, George, settled in Andover in 1655, where he married, in May, 1658, Sarah Farnum, and died March 22, 1689. The fifth of the ten children of George and Sarah Abbot, was Nehemiah, a deacon in the church at
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Andover and a representative to General Court. He married in 1691, Abigail Lovejoy, who was the mother of his seven children. Nehemiah, Jr .. his eldest son, was a resident of Lexington, Mass., and deacon of the church there. His wife, whom he married in 1714, was Sarah Foster. Of their five children, the youngest, Joseph, who was born June 8, 1727, lived in Lincoln, Mass. He married Sarah White, and they were the parents of seven children, two of whom, Joseph and Asa, came to Sydney in this State. Asa married Hephzibah Brooks, and among his children were Asa Abbott of Farmington, the Hon. Nehemiah Abbott of Belfast, and Rev. Howard B. Abbott, a graduate of Bowdoin College in the class of 1836, and a member of the Maine M. E. Conference. Asa Abbott, Sr., died Jan. 10, 1834, and his wife died April 19, 1815.
I JACOB ABBOT, eldest son of Jacob and Lydia (Stevens) Abbot, was b. Oct. 20, 1776, in Wilton, N. H. Having md., April 8, 1798, Betsey Abbot, a distant kinswoman, he left New Hampshire in 1800 for a home in Hallowell, Me. The immediate purpose of his removal was to care for the interests of the Phillips and Weld families in the wild lands of Maine, among which were those tracts since incorporated as the towns of Phillips, Weld, Madrid, Salem, Temple, Avon, and Carthage. Mr. Abbot after- wards made a temporary residence in Brunswick, but subsequently having himself become a large proprietor in the lands, moved to Weld in order that he might better oversee their settlement. It was largely owing to his influence and that of his father and other kinsmen, that the early settlers of the Phillips and Weld townships were of so moral and religious a character. In 1836 Mr. Abbot removed to Farmington and purchased of the widow of Stephen Titcomb, Jr., the estate on the southern border of village, known as "Few Acres." Here he passed the remainder of his life and d. in 1847. His wife, who was b. in Concord, N. H., Aug. 6, 1773, d. July 30, 1846.
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