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I William Reed b June 6, 1826 m Persis Bailey, 2 Ellen Tabor and settled at N. Stratford, N. H. 1st w d Jan 24, 1872. He d Aug 12, 1895. Wid d Sept 17, 1898. All bur in Pine Grove-ch by 1st w Wm. Reed b July 29, 1867. II Josiah, b Sept 26, 1827 set'd at Council Bluffs. He d unm there Dec 16, 1898. III Joseph Henry
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FRANCIS A. DANFORTH
CHAS. H. DANFORTH
DR. ASA DANFORTH
S. ADNAH DANFORTH
ABIGAIL C. DANFORTH
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b Apr 8, 1829 m Drusilla R. Wiley of Fryeburg, set'd at N. Stratford, lumberman, merchant, P. M. He d Sept 29, 1890. Wid survived him. 3 ch: 1, O. Henry b June 19, 1858, m Annie Gray of Oldtown- ch. Joseph Harry and Herbert Gray. 2, Harley Hall, b May 13, 1864, m Jennie Grant, res Dorchester, Mass .; ch: Pauline E., b July 15, 1896. 3, Drusilla May b Nov 3, 1872, d Aug 31, 1884. IV Sarah Elizabeth b Feb 27, 1831, m Jan 1, Clark Phillips True of Burke, Vt .; she d July 17, 1894. V Francis Augustus, b Apr 14, 1833, m Dec 1860 Susan A. Tenney b June 19, 1842. Suc business man. Prominent in town affairs, etc. He d Oct 13, 1917. Wid survives (1923). Author much indebted to her for valuable material for this history-no ch. VI John, b Dec 9, 1834, m Minnie Kilday b Dec 1855; died at Council Bluffs, Ia., May 5, 1897. VII James, b Oct 10, 1839 m Mary L. dau of Chas. H. and Diantha L. (Frost) Haskell b May 1, 1854, d May 30, 1903-m 2. Alice R. (Kimball) Woodsum; he d Oct 3, 1916; she has one child by 1. hus, Walter E. b Jan. 24, 1877 m Edith Manson; in U. S. Govt serv. on Panama Canal Zone, 2 ch: Clyde M. b May 12, 1909 and Alice E. b Dec 5, 1911.
1, Charles H., b Nov 30, 1883, m Florence Garrison of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Has position in Leland Stanford Univ; res Palo Alto, Calif-3 ch: Charles G. b Sept 25, 1915, Alan H. b Nov 11, 1917 and Donald R. b Feb 2, 1922; 2 Annie L. b May 12, 1888 m Clinton J. Masseck of W. Somerville, Mass .- ch: Ruth, b Jan 28, 1914; 3, Sarah A., b Mar 5, 1890 m 1910 Dr. Walter J. Avery, res Fresno, Cal-ch: Jean, b July 5, 1918; 4, Francis Asa, b Feb 16, 1892 m and is a druggist, set'd in St. Louis, Mo .- 2 ch: Francis J., b Aug 31, 1915 and Dorothy A.
DECOSTER
The DECOSTERS of Hebron, Buckfield and Norway trace their an- cestry to a French marquis who was a Huguenot refugee on account of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He fled to England. Sev- eral of his sons or grandsons came to New England.
ANTHONY was at Plymouth in 1723. His wife's name was Joanna. Their children were Robert, Jacob, Margaret and probably others. Jacob m 1745 Elizabeth, dau of John Cole. Jacob prob son of Jacob and Elizabeth Decoster settled in Bridgewater. He was on a vessel as a sailor engaged in the coasting trade at Charleston, S. C., when the news of the battles of Lexington and Concord was received there, and this caused the agent of the ship owners to order an in- definite detainment, for fear that it might be captured by British cruisers and confiscated. So Decoster started overland on foot for his home in Bridgewater. Tradition states that he was nearly two months on the way. Jacob Decoster was probably a Rev Sol. He m Priscilla Rogers, a descendant of Rev. John Rogers the martyr of Smithfield, who was burnt at the stake for his religious convictions. He was one of the ablest of the preachers and writers of his day, and had more to do than any other man in the translation of the Matthews' edition of the English Bible. To be descended from him is a greater inheritance than to be descended from any king except King Alfred the Great, who saved the English nation and the English
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language from perishing from the earth. Jacob Decoster and his wife, Priscilla Rogers, came to Hebron from Bridgewater in 1786 and setl'd on a farm on the Buckfield-West Minot road, which is still called "The Decoster Farm." Frederick H. Decoster, now living in Norway, while on a visit to Mass. some years ago had the old home of Jacob Decoster up on an elevated tract of land in Brockton, for- merly a part of Bridgewater, pointed out to him. Jacob d in Hebron, Aug 4, 1830 "aged 84," and his wife May 1, 1830 "aged 79." They were buried in the old burying ground in the vicinity on the road mentioned. It has been neglected by the people living there and is grown up to quite large trees. The oldest of their ch, Jacob b Bridge- water May 27, 1774, m Dec 1801 Susan Morse. They setl'd in the neighborhood on what was later called the Ira Page place. She d in Jan 1841 and he in July 1842. Their ashes probably repose in the old burying ground. They had 9 ch: Howard the 4th b Oct 19, 1806 m Mary Ann, dau of Jared M. and Sarah (Stevens) Buck and grandson of Peter Buck, the first settler of the name in Norway. She was b June 19, 1814. They setl'd in Greenwood and afterwards removed to Paris. She d Mar 19, 1865 "aged 50 yrs. 9 mos." He d in Buckfield Aug 17, 1881. Buried in Porter neighborhood, Paris. Of their 10 ch Frederick Howard b Jan 19, 1852 m Martha W. dau of Otis and Martha (Dudley) Bicknell b Aug 20, 1847, d May 3, 1895. Frederick H. Decoster setl'd first in Buckfield at the foot of John Buck Hill on what is now the Bradbury place, but removed to Elm Hill in Paris in 1893. He came to Norway in 1911-5 ch-two d in infancy. I Frank E. b Apr 29, 1876 m Maud A. Frost. He was a sol in the Spanish War. Appointed P. M. at Norway Vil. in 1914. Served over eight years-3 ch: 1, Adeline M., b Oct 3, 1900; 2, Carroll R. b June 19, 1905; 3, Howard O. b June 30, 1908: III Lizzie b Aug 11, 1880, d Oct 30, 1914 "aged 34." IV William B. b June 20, 1881, m Carrie Foster, 2. Hazel Foster, dau of Will Foster of Paris. He lives on the old homestead on Elm Hill. 1 ch by 2. w, Shirley, b 1911.
Clarence L. Decoster, son of Solomon Thurston, grandson of Solo- man of Minot and great-grandson of Jacob Jr. m Belle Teague. He is a tin-man, having been in the business for many years-2 ch: Addie Florence m Prince William Steward, a composer in the Ad- vertiser office, and Claribel m George L. Sanborn.
DEERING
GEORGE DEERING, the English emigrant ancestor of the Maine Deerings, was an early settler in Scarboro and owned land at Black Point in 1640. He was a shipwright. After his death his widow Elizabeth m Joseph Bailey an agent of Robert Trelawney, a great and noted land owner at Richmond's Island and on Cape Elizabeth.
Roger 2nd son of the ancestor, had a son Roger 3rd, who had a son Thomas 4th. John 5th the next in line of descent m Mary Jameson. They setl'd on Elm Hill in Paris and are buried there. He d July 26, 1845 (aged 84). His w d May 29, 1841 (aged 77). John 6th b 1784 m Nancy Newhall of Sterling, Mass. He was a con- tractor and builder and came to Norway in 1836 and bought the Ordway place on Main St. Deering St., probably laid out while
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he lived here, was named for him. He moved to Portland a few years before the Civil War and d there Sept 27, 1869 "aged 85." Wid d May 31, 1870 "aged 77"-9 ch, two of whom, Cynthia and Eliza- beth d in infancy. 1, Wm. H., b in Paris Oct 25, 1811, was a lawyer- setl'd in New Orleans, La .; 2, Hiram W. b Apr 5, 1813 m Elizabeth C. dau of Wm. Reed-was a merchant in Portland; 3, Alvin, b June 13, 1815 m Margaret G. Nason of Hollis. Was a merchant in Portland. (It is said that Judge John P. Deering of Saco is the son or grandson of Hiram W. or Alvin Deering.) 5, James, b 1820 was a merchant; m Kate L. Morrison; setl'd in New Orleans; 7, John Kendall, b 1824 was a preacher; m Lydia P. Prescott; setl'd in Ohio; Anna, b 1826 and Susan N., b 1828, went to Mich.
DELANO
AZRO E. DELANO b E. Boston Dec 6, 1849 m 1875 Emily Francis dau of William Bickford and Rebecca C. (Gurney) Upton b Oct 4, 1850. He d in Norway Mar 23, 1894, they having moved to Norway from Rumford in 1844. Wid married 1904 Capt. Joseph S. Knower, a Civil War sol who d Jan 1, 1916. She resides (1922) in Dorches- ter, Mass.
Azro Emery Delano was 9th in descent from Philip De La Noye, the Pilgrim who came to Mass from Leyden, Holland, in the Fortune in 1621. He was the son of Jean and Marie de Launay and was bap- tized in the Walloon church in Leyden in 1603. He m Esther Dews- bury of Duxbury, and d in Bridgewater abt 1681. Of their children was Dr. Thomas b 1642 who m Mary, dau of John and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden. Jonathan, 3, b 1676 m Hannah Doten, d 1765, John 4, b 1699, m Sarah Cole, d 1744, Zebedee 5, b 1727, Jabez 6, b 1760, d 1848, William 7, b 1794, d 1876, William E., b 1823, d 1902, Azro E., son of Wm. E. and Emily (Upton) Delano had 6 ch:
1, William Azro, b Stoneham, Mass. Aug 8, 1876 m 1904 Bessie dau of Frank P. Towne. She d Aug 7, 1917 and he m June, 1920 Sybil M. dau of Geo. H. Witt; 2, Arthur Hastings, b Rumford, Mar 20, 1879 m Dec 1913 Edna Harriet, dau of Dr. Charles A. Stephens. He is a teacher in the Boston Eng. High Sch-res Dorchester, Mass- child, Charles Stephens, b Boston May 26, 1915; 3, Mary Kneeland, b Rumford May 14, 1881 d Dorchester 1910; 4, Vinton Emery, b Rumford June 1, 1883 m Nov 1910 Natalie S. dau of Geo. H. Witt, merchant-res Dorchester-ch, George Witt b Dec 30, 1912; 5, Car- roll Lee, b Norway May 30, 1885 m June 1905 Kate M. dau of Frank P. Towne, farmer. Lives in Yagger-ch, Don Albert, b Sept 2, 1906. He d Nov 9, 1923; 6, Harriet Aurelia, b Mar 26, 1888 m June 1910 Leroy M. Rand-res Dorchester, Mass. 2 ch, Wm. Edward, b July 25, 1911 and Leroy M. Jr., b Mar 30, 1914.
DENISON
LUCIUS, ADNA C., ISAAC A. and NANCY C. DENISON, who settled in Norway, were children of Isaac and Electra (Newell) Denison, of Burke, Vt. Isaac, the father, was b Stonington, Conn. Apr 23, 1778 and his wife in Farmington, Conn. Sept 10, 1780. He d in Norway, Jan 9, 1867. She d in Burke, Aug 22, 1870. They had 11 ch. Nancy
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C. was the oldest b Sept 25, 1799 m Titus O. Brown, Jr., (2 wife). They had 7 children. Rosalia Denison, 3rd ch b 1832 m Hannibal I. Kimball, who after the Civil War setl'd in Atlanta, Ga. He was one of the ablest and most enterprising men who ever lived in Nor- way. Had he gone into the war, which his father's family opposed, he might have attained high station. He was director general of the great cotton exposition held at Atlanta in 1881.
LUCIUS DENISON
LUCIUS, the oldest son of Isaac, b July 27, 1803, m Catherine Bemis. She d Dec 11, 1841 and he m 2. 1842, Adaline C. Hobart, b Jan 23, 1823. He d June 26, 1882. Wid d June 29, 1891-12 ch. 3 by 1st w. 1, Caroline M., b Sept 5, 1828 m Geo. W. Higgins; 2, Elias B., b Feb 6, 1831 m Mary Thaxter; 3, Wm B., b Apr 20, 1833 m Eliza Kendall; 4, Kate S., b Oct 7, 1843 m Cyrus S. Tucker, d Mar 14, 1875; 5, Ellen J., b Feb 7, 1846 m Amos L. Millett; 6, Arthur E., b Dec 5, 1847 m Ida Wright. Grad Tufts Coll; in Capt Cobb's Co., 1. Cashier N. Nat Bank, mod at town meetings, lawyer and fine speaker. Settled in Mass. d greatly lamented, May 19, 1910; 7, Alice E., b Nov 8, 1849 m Horace Cole; 8, Addie M., b June 27, 1853 m Charles G. Blake; 9, Emma M., b Nov 21, 1856 m Orville W. Collins. Set'd in Mass; 10, Lucius H., b Feb 1858 m 1885 Emma Buder-res. Mass. 11, Herbert R., b June 5, 1863 m Cora Dawes of Harrison; 12, Nathan N., b May 1, 1865 m and resides in Mass.
ADNA C. DENISON, b Burke Nov 15, 1815 m 1838 Hannah, dau of Thomas and Mary True of Sutton, Vt. He d at Mechanic Falls Aug 18, 1897. She d Mar 23, 1881-2 ch. 1, Adna T., b Sutton Sept 19, 1839 m Sarah Welch. She d Apr 21, 1864; m 2. Sarah W. Gunnison-4 ch : 2 by 1 wife and 2 by 2. F. Wien, b Jan 16, 1864 and Ansel T., b May 30 1869, Hannah A., b May 12, 1873 and Adna C. b Apr 12, 1875. 2, Frances Mary, b Jan 15, 1847 m 1866 C. M. Cram of New York City. 2 ch. Agnes D. b Sept 2, 1870 and Frances W. b Oct 24, 1872.
ISAAC A. DENISON b June 18, 1820 m 1844 Laurestine S. Bemis of Lyndon, Vt. b Sept 17, 1825. He lived in Norway for 25 years where he was a successful merchant, and removed to Mechanic Falls
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in 1875 where he was in trade to his death in 1911. Wid d 1915, aged 90. 5 ch .- 2 of whom d young: 1, Hilda S., b Jan 22, 1845 m Rev Webster Woodbury, d 1909; 4, Clara R., b July 14, 1854 m Rev F. E. Emrick; 5, Katie L., b Mar 23, 1859.
DESCOTEAU
ALBERT J. DESCOTEAU, son of Joseph and Mary Descoteau of Garthby Canada b Oct 17, 1864 m Florence M Gentille b Switzerland Oct 1868. Her mother d many years ago and her father is still living in the old country. He came to Norway from Lewiston 1895,- bridge-mason, naturalized, a good citizen. 3 ch .- 1, Eugene A., b Sept 9, 1897 m Carolyn E. Schoff b Sept 29, 1901, Sol in World War, mail carrier since 1919; 2, Arthur C., b Oct 9, 1900, med student; 3, Ernest F., b Nov 15, 1902, clerk ..
DINSMORE
About 1620 when the Pilgrims came to America the "Laird of Ackenwead" Scotland, had two sons. John Dinsmore, the younger, who had no hope of succeeding to his father's estate and title, at seventeen years of age, ran away and settled in the County of Antrim near Londonerry, North Ireland. He married there and had four sons. John, the oldest, emigrated to New England and set'd at Aga- menticus (ancient York). He was taken captive by the Indians and carried to Canada where tradition states he narrowly escaped being burnt at the stake, but was finally released, and got back in some way to his home. He removed to Londonderry, N. H., which was largely settled with people from Londonderry, Ireland. He was a mason by trade and having built a stone house sent for his famiy in Ireland. He lived to be nearly 100 years old and "was greatly respected and honored for his sound judgment, piety and moral worth."
DAVID DINSMORE, "a grandson of John," purchased a farm in Chester now Auburn, N. H. in 1747. He was the father of seven children, Samuel, James, David, Thomas, Robert and Arthur, twins, and Mary. The sons generally settled in Maine, the twin brothers abt. 1792 near Anson. When the U. S. census of 1790 was taken, David Jr. was in that part of Bakerstown, which is now Minot. Be- sides himself and his wife (Sarah Bradbury, b in 1751) there were two males and five females. He enlisted as a seaman with Solomon and John Parsons, of New Gloucester, on the vessel Vengeance, in the disastrous expedition of the summer of 1779 against Fort George on the Penobscot. It was one of a fleet of 19 armed ships with 344 guns. "One more beautiful had never floated in Eastern waters," but owing to the incompetency of Commodore Richard Saltonstall, of New Haven, Conn., the fleet was dispersed and destroyed and the expedi- tion proved to be the greatest disaster of the whole war. The seamen and soldiers were ordered to shift for themselves and make their way to their homes through the forests; some one hundred miles away, as best they could, subsisting on what they were able to get to eat. The Vengeance sailed up the Penobscot as far as what is now the City of Bangor, where it was set on fire and burnt to prevent its falling into the possession of the enemy. Probably the seamen saved some
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of the provisions before destroying the vessel, which was of great help to them, on their tramp through the woods. The condition of their clothing, however, from their tramp through a trackless forest, crossing swamps and fording streams, must have been in tatters when they reached home.
Both David Dinsmore and his wife, Sarah Bradbury, lived to be aged and died near Minot Center. They had a large family of children among whom was James, who married Betsey Verrill, dau of Samuel Verrill, Jr., of Minot, who with his father had seen ser- vice in the War of the Rev. He lived to be nearly 90 years old, dying in Vineland, N. J. For many years he had been a dea of the Congregational church. His wife had d in Minot many years before.
JUDITH C. DINSMORE
ANSEL DINSMORE
MARY A. (DINSMORE) WHITMAN
They had 13 ch .- Ansel, the 2nd son, b on Bradbury Hill, in Minot, Sept 26, 1815 m 1837, Judith C. dau of Nathan and Mary (Crockett) Morse of Crockett Ridge, Norway, b Dec 24, 1817. They settled in Norway near her old home. He was a carpenter and builder, and was regarded as one of the most substantial citizens of the town.
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She d July 16, 1897, nearly 80 years old. He d Dec. 22, 1903, in his 89th year. 3 ch .- I. Charles Wesley, b Feb 23, 1839, m 1867, Carrie Tee b in the Isle of Wight, Eng. Jan 17, 1847. He was a Sol in the Civil War. Settled first in Illinois but returned to Maine in 1892 and d here July 3, 1912. She d Mar 21, 1918. 3 ch .: all b in Geneseo, Ill. 1, Walter, b Nov 22, 1869, d Oct 12, 1907; 2, Nellie Caroline, b Dec 1870 m Dr. John W. Haxby. 3 ch: John W. Jr., b Jan 15, 1896, m Helen E. Bramette. 2 ch .- John W., b Dec 31, 1920 and Richard James b Sept 11, 1923. He was in the Mexican border patrol and in the Great World War. 2, Charles Dinsmore, b July 21, 1901; Robert James, b April 25, 1904; 3, Jessie L., b Jan 23, 1877, m Victor M. Whitman. II. Mary Adelaide, b May 18, 1848, m Chas. F Whitman; III, Horace Greeley, b Oct 25, 1855 m Fanny Towne. He d July 14, 1919. 2 ch .:- 1, Regnal Stanford b July 18, 1886, m Cora M. Dexter. 3 ch .:- Junetta Jean, b Dec 29, 1907, Olive Naomi, b Feb 2, 1910, and Regnal S. Jr., b July 12, 1912. 2, Rollin, b Aug 4, 1891, m 1915, Laura Belle Hill, of West Paris. -no ch.
DOWNER
The Downers of New England trace their descent from Robert of Wiltshire, Eng., who m Hannah Vincent, a French Huguenot, who with her bro., a Protestant preacher, escaped from France and went to Eng. where she m. Robert Downer. (The family derived its name from the downs-sandy ridges in the S. of Eng.)
Robert and Hannah (Vincent) Downer had two sons, Robert and Joseph 1 who came to Mass. abt 1656 and set'd at Newbury. Joseph m 1660 Mary Knight. Her father was John Knight, of Rowley, Hants, Eng. who with wife, Elizabeth, and children came to N. E. in the ship James of London of 300 tons with Wm. Cooper, master. John Knight d in 1670 and his will was proved in Salem in June of that year. Joseph Downer d about 1715. His wid. sur. him several years. Their dau Sarah, b abt 1684, m Samuel Lothrop. (They are ancestors of the writer.) Their son, Andrew, 2 b July 25, 1672, m 1699, Susanna Huntington, of Amesbury, b Feb 4, 1674. Joseph 3 b abt 1712, m Abigail Merrill. Andrew 4 b Jan 7, 1734, m Sarah Pike: John 5 b Apr 17, 1769, m Miriam Raynes, of New Gloucester, where he had removed. He d Jan 2, 1833. Horatio B. 6 b 1821 m Augusta C., dau of Capt James Bowker, of Buckfield, where she was b Dec 1, 1822. He was a painter by trade. He enlisted in Dec 1863, in Co. D. 1. Me. H. A. and was k. at Petersburg, Va. June 17, 1864, and was bur in Nat. Cem. there. His wid. was pensioned and d Nov 11, 1885. 4 ch .:- I, Helen Grace, b Paris, Oct 2, 1847 m 1866 Wm. C. Cole. II, John P., b Auburn Nov 23, 1850 m Christina Champlin. III, Lillian J., b Buckfield Apr 29, 1853 m Dr. Calvin E. Evans, of Norway. He d Jan 7, 1887, and she m 2 Fred A. Cole. She d Nov 3, 1918. He d Dec 30, 1920. 1 ch by 1. hus Eva, b May 19, 1884, d in infancy. IV, George H., b Aug 1861, d Dec 1, 1867.
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DOUGHTY
Edward Dotey of London vicinity, a servant of Stephen Hopkins, came over seas in the Mayflower in 1620. He was one of the signers of the compact of government in the vessel's cabin, Nov 21 or Nov 11, O. S. prior to the landing on Cape Cod. He fought a duel with his fellow servant, Edward Leister. Dotey m 1635 Faith Clark and had a large family of ch. The family name seems to have undergone some changes-Doughty and Doten being noteworthy.
Maj. Charles T. Doughty who m Jemima F. Young was an early settler in that part of Greenwood, commonly called "Richardson Hol- low." He was a descendant of Edward Dotey of the Pilgrim colony. He was b Sept 25, 1808. His wife was b Jan 21, 1808. He d Oct 3, 1861. She d Feb 27, 1879. Of their ch was George W. b Dec 3, 1840, m Mary Elizabeth Dwinal, b June 15, 1844. He d in 1917. Wid resides (1922) at West Paris. Thaxter B. one of their children b Greenwood, Mar 10, 1872, m Eda L. Flint, b Jan 15, 1874. He lives on the original Joel Stevens farm on the old county road. 3 ch .- 1, Mahlon Thaxter, b Feb 20, 1897, m Mrs. Florence (Wheeler) McKeen. 2 ch. June Francis, by 1. hus and Freeda Leona by 2. hus b Sept 1, 1921. 2, Leonard Washington, b May 3, 1900. 3, Fran- ces Evelyn, b June 5, 1912.
DRAKE
The Drakes of N. E. are descended from old English families of that name in Kent and Devonshire. The father of Sir Francis, the great navigator and sea fighter, was a yeoman who lived on the banks of the Tavistock in the latter county,-principal port of which was Plymouth. He was a Protestant and during the persecution under the reign of "Bloody" Mary, he fled with his family to Kent. He obtained some kind of a clerical position in one of the seaport towns and his boys passed their youthful days among people who depended on the sea for a living. Francis, the only one whose age is given was b abt 1539. He created great havoc and destruction of Spanish towns and Spanish merchant vessels, after he became a sea rover, and amply punished the catholic power which had induced the infamous English queen to burn her subjects at the stake for their religious convictions. On one of Francis Drake's return voyages to Plymouth, laden with spoils in 1573, it happened to be on a Sunday and when the news of his arrival spread among the people it is re- lated that those assembled at church left the preacher only part way through his sermon and went to the wharves to greet their hero of the seas. When he returned from his circumnavigation of the globe in Sept 1579, Queen Elizabeth knighted him on board of his flagship. He was granted a family coat of arms. It is uncertain from which one of the twelve sons of the N. E. Drakes are descended.
SIMEON DRAKE, a printer was b in New Hampton N. H. June 25, 1819. He entered a printing office in Concord at the age of 14 and served seven years apprenticeship. He m in Franklin N. H. Martha E. dau of Wm and Dorothy (Sanborn) Durgin. He worked after- wards in printing offices in Concord, Laconia, N. H. and Augusta, Bridgton and Norway. He began here the publication of the
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Norway Advertiser, which he finally sold to Fred W. Sanborn. He d Feb 7, 1895, after having been a practical printer for over half a century. Wid d Dec 31, 1907. 6 ch .- I, Charles Matthews, b July 25, 1848, drowned at Laconia, N. H. Oct 8, 1854; II, Dr. Wm. Abram, b Oct 22, 1849 m Rosalia M. Horne. He is a practicing physician at N. Weymouth, Mass. They have one son, Dr. Wallace Horne, a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Med Sch m Marian White. (ch Robert Fred b June 21, 1922), res No Weymouth; III, Dr. Fred Eugene b Aug 15, 1854 m Clara A. Hayden. In practice of dentistry at Norway. 1 ch Amy d Aug 15, 1884, in her 5th year; IV, Charles, b Jan 10, 1858 d Mar 24, 1862; V, Florence A., b Apr 29, 1864, m Dr. Chas. E. Johnson, res. Portsmouth, N. H .; VI, Ernest Winfred b Mar 3, 1870, d May 29, 1905.
DUNHAM
The name Dunham is supposed to mean a dweling or home on a hill. The ancestral line in England can be traced back into the 13th century. The line to Dea John, the American immigrant ancestor, who came to Plymouth, Mass, in 1633, is as follows :- Richard 1294, Robert, Robert, Gregory, Robert, John, 1471; Sir John Kislington, Sir John Kislington, Ralph, Scrooby 1526, Thomas, Scrooby 1569, and Dea John b at Scrooby, 1588. He was a member of the first Pilgrim Church there, and the church at Leyden, Holland. His wife is said to have been Abigail Barlow. They had 11 ch. John, Benaiah, Jonathan, Daniel, Abigail, Persis, Samuel, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph and Hannah.
DANIEL DUNHAM by 2d wife Hannah, had Hannah 1670 m Dea Joseph Alden, grandson of John the Pilgrim. Joseph Dunham, son of Dea John in 1657 m Mercy, dau of Nath'l Morton, son of George Morton, the Pilgrim. Hannah Dunham, dau of Dea John m Giles Rickard. The line to Asa Dunham the Rev Sol who setl'd in Nor- way, is: Dea John, Joseph m Mercy Morton, Eleazer m Bathsheba Pratt, Israel of Plympton m Joanna Rickard, Sylvanus b 1714 m Rebecca Crocker, Asa b 1759 m Lydia Cobb.
Asa and Lydia (Cobb) Dunham came to Rustfield very early and set. in the vicinity of what is now Norway Lake vill. He was there in time to be taxed in 1794. He had been a sol. in the war for Amer- ican Independence, and enlisting in Capt. Bailey Bodwell's Norway Co. in the war of 1812-15, d at Burlington, Vt. Oct 13, 1813, from disease contracted in the service. The family afterwards removed to Woodstock. 10 ch .- I, Susan, b Aug 24, 1786 d 1856 m Alex- ander Hill d 1830. They had 7 ch 2 b in Norway and 5 in Paris; II, Lydia, b 1788, m 1809 Capt Jesse Howe; III, Asa, b 1790 m Polly Cleaves; IV, Samuel, b Oct 30, 1794 m Maria Conant; V, Chloe, b 1796 m Antepas Durell; VI, Sylvanus, b July 8, 1797 m Esther Benson; VII, Betsey, b Nov 2, 1799 m Lewis Fuller; VIII, Polly, b Nov 2, 1799 m Eld Gideon Perkins; IX, Daniel, b Sept 19, 1803 m 1. Mary Durrell, 2. Mrs. Smith; X, Joseph, b May 13, 1805 m Pamelia Dow.
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