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COLMAN F. LORD
COLMAN F. LORD named for his uncle Colman Frost m 1851 Elvira Haskell b Westbrook Jan 1829. She d July 12, 1870 and he m 2. Dec 1870 Lizzie A. Furber b Rochester, N. H., Sept 12, 1834. Mr. Lord was in his day a prominent citizen of the town and was re- spected by all who knew him for his integrity and moral worth. He had ser as a sel. man and was tax coll. for many yrs-d Apr 17, 1899 -2. w d Mar 31, 1896. 2 ch by 2. w. Della M., d in infancy and Vira L., b Aug 31, 1872 m Moses Mason Kilgore. 7 ch-1, Alma F., b May 18, 1894 m Chas E. Lever d Oct 28, 1918. ch Francis A. b Oct
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5, 1913, Kate E., b May 5, 1915 and Chas E., b Apr 10, 1917; 2, Leon Mason, b Dec 7, 1901; 3, Colman Leslie, b July 7, 1903, d in infancy; 4, Dwight Hartley, b May 16, 1908; 5, Ruth Maxine, b May 2, 1910; 6, Frank Raymond, b Sept 25, 1911, and 7, Stanley L., b Apr 30, 1913.
LOCKE
SAMUEL B. LOCKE JR. b Bethel Sept 23, 1801 was 6th in descent from William Locke, one of the early settlers of Woburn, Mass. He m 1825 Lucetta dau of John Edgerly, b Buxton Aug 10, 1806. His parents were Sam'l Barron and Hannah (Russell) Locke. Sam'l B. sen built the first mills at the little vill. in Greenwood known as Locke's Mills. In the course of time the son became the proprietor of the mills which he rebuilt and enlarged. In 1856 he removed to W. Paris and built the first grist mill there. He d Aug 16, 1870. His wid sur him many yrs. Geo W. Locke, the 5th of 6 ch b Nov 8, 1837 m 1861 Irene G. Plummer of Waterford, b 1841. They came to N. in the seventies of the last century. He d abt 1910. Wid d Nov 2, 1916. 2 ch-Mary Ellen b Aug 26, 1862 m and set'd in Auburn; George P., b Aug 2, 1864 m Lilla B. Stearns and has 2 ch, Marjorie, b Oct 28, 1893 m 1913 Wm D. Stanton of Roxbury, Mass, and Irene, b June 5, 1897 m Edward A. Luck.
LOVEJOY
ASA AND ISAAC LOVEJOY from Andover, Mass were early settlers here. Asa was a res in 1796 and Isaac came abt ten yrs after. They were Rev Sols and set'd in the western part of N. Of the family of Isaac we have no record, nor of the date of his death. Asa had a family of 13-the largest in town, when the census of 1800 was taken. All of them but two appear to have set'd elsewhere when they grew up and married, prin in Albany, Bethel and Greenwood. Asa d in Bethel at the home of his dau Hannah Brown in 1835. He was twice m. His 1. w was Sarah Frye of Andover. The genealogical record in the Cent. Hist. states that she d in 1817 and that the last ch Pamelia who m Josiah Judkins, b Jan 5, 1802, was the 2. w's ch. If this is so, there is an error in date of her birth. Perhaps it should be 1822.
FRYE LOVEJOY, son of Asa the Rev Sol, b Mar 12, 1776 m Lucinda dau of Joshua Pool the Post-rider, prob b abt 1780. Abt 1825 he left town and was never heard from. His w afterwards m Moses Jud- kins; 11 ch-Lovina, m Columbus Holden; Louisa m David R. Holden and Harriet m Aruna Judkins. Lewis the youngest ch b July 23, 1824 m Betsey Jane dau of Benj Jordan b Mar 5, 1829 d July 17, 1894. He was a Sol in the Civ. War and was pensioned. He d Mar 19, 1909. 4 ch-1, Benj H. b Dec 4, 1851; 2, Harry E. b Dec 30, 1861 m Mary S. Johnson; 3, Geo W. b Apr 15, 1865 d Dec 23, 1886 and 4, Frank W. b Oct 11, 187.4 m Addie A. Libby.
LUCK
WALTER S. LUCK b at Lee Farms near Arundel, Essex Co., Eng. Dec 2, 1862 came to N. E. in 1883 set'd in Denmark and m there Minnie A. Smith, a rel of lawyer Chas E. Holt. He had been in the
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employment of Jas. Pledge who was b at Arundel, one of the principal boroughs of Essex Co, which borders on the Eng. Channel. Pledge came to this country abt 1879 with his w Adelaide Springer, who d Mar 3, 1920 without issue. Pledge has conducted a meat market and butcher business in N. for many yrs with which Mr. Luck has long been connected. He had followed Pledge to America, as did, later Sergt Alfred Dyer, his nephew with his London w. They have had sev ch. Walter S. Luck came to N. in 1906. He is a stirring busi- ness man and a good citizen. 5 ch-3 sons all smart and respected young men and 2 daus, who d young. 1, Harry W., b Dec 20, 1889 m Ethel Flood of Oxford; 2, Homer R., b Feb 7, 1891 m 1913 Clara Louise Hathaway; 3, Myrtle, b Jan 18, 1894 d in her 6th yr; 4, Dorothy, b Apr 30, 1896 d in her 3d yr; 5, Edward Alton, b Nov 20, 1898 m 1921 Irene Locke .. 1 ch-Edward Alton b May 23, 1922.
MERCHANT
ZEB L. MERCHANT is of French descent. He was b in So. Derby, Vt. Sept 9, 1866. His parents were Zeb and Camille (Faneuf) Mer- chant. Mr. Merchant sr. was a volunteer in the War of the Reb. in Co B 12th Reg't Vt. Infy. and participated in many battles among which were Antietam, Gettysburg and Spottsylvania. He was pen- sioned and d from disability contracted in the army, Dec 31, 1874. His wid sur him many yrs and d Apr 27, 1917. The son named for his father was the 2d of 6 ch. He attained a fine general and com. education-the former from the high schs of the vicinity where he lived and from private tutors, and speaks fluently both Eng. and Fr. He entered a general store at Queechy Vt., at 16 as clerk where he remained some 11 yrs. Had charge of the d. g. dept and inside deco- ration of the E. A. Thomas store at Randolph, Vt. for 17 yrs. While there he became acquainted with Miss Marguerite A. Beaudette who was also employed in the same store, as decorator etc, and whom he m. Her parents were Reuben and Annie (Battles) Beaudette. Her ancestors for generations were sols. One at least and perhaps more were of those sols who came over from France under Gen LaFayette to fight for the Independence of the 13 Eng Colonies. After the war he set'd in this country, while his bro, the father of Reuben, set'd in Canada near the Vt state line. Mrs. Merchant was b at Stanstead, P. Q. but removed when a very little ch with her parents to Vt. She is well educated, speaks and writes French and Italian equally well as English, has much business ability and a taste for the fine arts- painting and poetry. Mr. Merchant came to N. in 1911 and suc- ceeded the Prince sisters, in the dry goods and ladies' furnishing business and has been wonderfully successful .- no ch.
MARSTON
BRACKETT MARSTON, a member of the So. of Friends, b Falmouth May 18, 1786 m Sarah Hall. He came to N. in 1811. He d Sept 26, 1866 "aged 80." She d Oct 21, 1880 "aged 87 yrs 9 mos." 12 ch- 1, Elizabeth, b Jan 9, 1814 d in infancy; 2, Elizabeth Ann, b Mar 31, 1816 m William Hall; 3, Sarah Jane, b Feb 5, 1818 m Amos Upton Jr .; 4, Wm A., b Jan 9, 1820 m 1. Matilda A. Bradbury, 2. Ellen
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Lovering; 5, Benjamin, b Nov 28, 1821 m Sarah Ann Smith, d Mar 16, 1894; 6, Eben, b Nov 26, 1823 m 1. Ellen Smith, 2. Mary Smith; 7, Mary, b Mar 10, 1826 m Robert Hall; 8, Lois, b Apr 10, 1829 m Ephraim F. Wood; 9, Ruth, b May 5, 1831 m Alex. S. Thayer of Paris; 10, Martha, b May 28, 1833 m David G. Pride of Waterford; 11, Susan Rebecca, b June 7, 1835 m Chas W. Ryerson; 12, Winslow Brackett, b Oct 21, 1839 m 1. Jane McWain of Waterford, 2. Alice M. Whitehouse. 1. w d June 26, 1865. He d May 20, 1909. Wid living unm (1923). 2 ch-Edith W., b Apr 2, 1864 m Virgil E. Dunn, d Mar 10, 1912 and Frank W., b Aug 15, 1868 d Feb 9, 1896.
WM A. MARSTON son of Brackett m Matilda A. Bradbury. For many yrs he carried on the bakery business in the vill. His w d Aug 22, 1867 and he m 2. Ellen Lovering. He d abt 1900 and his wid m Benj. Tucker 3d. 4 ch. All by 1. w; Ada I., b Jan 13, 1850; Lena R., b Apr 30, 1858; Minnie, b Dec 25, 1860, d Sept 24, 1867, and Wm B. Marston, b Apr 27, 1862.
EBEN MARSTON, son of Brackett, m 1. Ellen dau of James and Ellen (Ray) Smith who d Dec 16, 1855 and he m 2. her sister Mary. He d May 29, 1912. 5 ch-last 3 by 2. w. 1, James Edwin, b Mar 12, 1851 m Florence Eunice Abbott. 4 ch-Florence Eleanor, b May 24, 1898; Geo Eben, b Dec 4, 1901; Ruth Ella, b Sept 17, 1903 m Demeritt Hagar; and Lois Edwina, b Oct 14, 1905; 2, Georgia Ella, b July 4, 1855 m Warren B. Whittier of Waterford, 1 ch, Sadie Ellen m Bradford Burnham, res Medford, Mass. 2 ch, a son and a dau. 3, Mary Ellen, b Jan 17, 1859 m Joseph Clayton, a blacksmith in Portland, 1 ch, Alice m Percy Dyer-res N. Y. 1 ch, Robert; 4, Emma Jane, b Sept 10, 1861 m F. F. McIntosh of Portland, 1 ch, Belle, m Dr John R. Hamel, city physician of Portland, 2 ch, John R. Jr. d in infancy and Jeanette b Oct 1922; 5, Sadie, b abt 1873 m Charles Chase of Somerville Mass. 1 ch, Mildred, b abt 1900.
MCINTIRE
In Sullivan's Hist. of Me., published in 1795, it is stated that Oliver Cromwell, having defeated the Scottish troops that were fighting for King Charles I of Eng., in a battle in the north of Eng., had taken many prisoners, and had some of them transported to N. E. Among them were sev McIntires and McDonalds, who set'd in York in the Dist. of Me. One of the descendants of one or more of these McIntires, was Rufus, a lawyer and a M. of Congress from Parsonsfield for two terms, from 1826-1831.
PHILIP MCINTIRE, the progenitor of the McIntires, of Norway and Waterford, who according to tradition was a descendant also, of one of them, set'd in Reading, Mass abt 1665. Hezekiah McIntire of No. Reading m Hannah dau of David Upton. She was b in 1769. Her sister Sarah b 1765 m 1791 John Henley, an early set in N. Some of their families with David Upton Jr. came to N. abt 1800.
HEZEKIAH MCINTIRE b No. R. Sept 1766 set'd in the western part of the town of N. where he lived to his death Jan 26, 1852, aged 83 yrs, 4 mos-bur on Merrill Hill. His w Hannah had evidently d many yrs before, and he had remarried, for when the census of 1850
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LESLIE E. MCINTIRE
SCENE ON LESLIE E. MCINTIRE'S FARM
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was taken in his or his son Richard G. McIntire's family was Lydia F. McIntire aged 67, but she might have been an unm relative.
RICHARD G. MCINTIRE was b abt 1812 for his age was given as 38 to census enumerator. He was twice m-1. to Fanny Cross who d at No. Reading and 2. Ruth -. He d at No. Reading June 30, 1879 and his w sur him but a few yrs. 4 ch, all by 1. w, 3 of whom d young.
JUSTIN E. MCINTIRE b July 22, 1837 m Amanda Johnson dau of Ira b Sept 17, 1834. He lived the greater part of his life in Water- ford. For many yrs was a dealer in cattle for the Brighton Market, and acquired an extensive reputation for honorable dealing, which his sons have inherited. His w d July 11, 1917. He d in N. Dec 17, 1918-bur at Bisbeetown, Waterford, 2 ch-
I. HON. LESLIE E., b Norway Sept 5, 1858 m Edith R. Sawin of Waterford. He is one of the best farmers in Me, and with his son Clayton S. carries on sev large farms in E. Waterford, which they own. They raise blooded stock and do an immense farming busi- ness. Mr. McIntire has ser in the leg. and on sev commissions by appointment of the Gov. of the State-he being selected without solic- itation and for his ability and sound judgment. 2 ch-1, Clayton S., b July 21, 1882 m 1904 Alice A. Stone of Waterford. 4 ch-Pauline, b May 25, 1910, a son b Mar 28, 1913 d in infancy, Myron S., b Nov 19, 1916, and Mary L., b Jan 29, 1918; 2, Lulu G., b Mar 28, 1884 m 1911 Roy E. Pinkham of Otisfield-no ch.
II. HON. BERTRAND G. b Norway Oct 27, 1866 m 1890 Alice Sawin b June 25, 1867. Mr. McIntire has served as Sheriff of the Co of Oxford, Chairman of the State Val. Com., Dir. in the Reserve Bank of Mass., Vice-Pres of the Fed. Land Bank of the 1st dist, covering N. E., N. Y. and N. J.,-connected with the bank since organization in Mar 1917, headquarters of 1st Dist Bk at Springfield, Mass. He was a candidate for Gov in 1918 and 1920 and candidate for Congress in the Me 2d Dist in 1922. He and his son Glenn are large lumber dealers. He removed from Waterford to N. in 1918: 3 ch-1, Carroll Lee, b Nov 18, 1892 d Dec 5, 1910; 2, Glenn R., b Jan 3, 1898, coll student and in business with his father, and 3, Kathleen, b Feb 1, 1902, grad Bridgton Acad. m Norton S. Jillson of Harrison.
MERRILL
ENOCH MERRILL, a Rev Sol b Andover, Mass May 1750 m Martha Wood b June 16, 1757. They set'd in the N. W. part of the town. He d Aug 9, 1823 at 80, according to Mrs. Mercy A. Whitman's record. His w prob d before 1820. 10 ch-1, Edmund, b 1777 m Betsey Bancroft; 2, Enoch Jr., b Oct 22, 1780 m Katy Robinson of Kittery; 3, Daniel, b Apr 17, 1782 m Sarah Powers; 4, Martha, b Aug 7, 1884 m Nathaniel Millett; 5, Mary, b 1787 m Eben Bancroft; 6, Abigail, b Nov 1, 1790 m Lewis Hutchinson of Albany; 7, Rebecca, b Apr 10, 1793 m Simeon Rowe of Oxford; 8, John, b July 13, 1795 m 1, Jane Dickey, 2, Sophronia Hazen; 9, Betsey, b Jan 28, 1797 m Benj. Flint Jr .; 10, Sarah, b 1799 m William Rowe of Oxford.
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EDMUND MERRILL, son of Enoch b 1777 m Betsey Bancroft b Lynnfield 1777. He d Mar 2, 1831. Wid d Feb 2, 1855. 9 ch-1, Edmund, b Mar 2, 1800 m 1821 Susan Merrill b Windham July 9, 1803. He d Apr 26, 1855. She d Dec 3, 1863. Their ch were Stephen, b 1825, Betsey A., b 1831, Wm A., b 1833 Esther M., b 1835, Fanny N., b 1839, Hiram, b 1841, Mary G., b 1845 and Oliver H., b 1847; 2, Samuel, son of Edmund sen. b 1802 m 1829 Mercy Brown. He d 1844. She d 1855; 3, William, son of Edmund sen. b July 19, 1804 m Mercy Watson, set'd in Waterford. Of their ch was George, b Nov 24, 1832 m 1. Sarah J. Cummings, 2. Adaline A. Savage. He d Jan 27, 1911, 1 w d Mar 27, 1899. ch-1, Glenn C., b June 21, 1859 d in infancy; 2, Ada C., b Jan 20, 1863 m Charles E. Freeman; 3, Clarence Watson, b July 17, 1865 m Annie L. Everett. Isaac W. bro of Geo. b May 23, 1843 m 1874 Hattie E. Freeman. 2 ch, a son Henry living at Manchester, N. H., and a dau Hattie who d youg. The father d many yrs ago; 4, Betsey, dau of Edmund sen. b Oct 20, 1806 nı 1836 Andrew Case; 5, Eliza, b Jan 27, 1808 m 1830 Ephraim Whit- comb; 6, Henry, b Nov 8, 1810 m 1834 Susan Haskell; 7, James, b Sept 26, 1812 m 1834 Catherine French. He was killed in the battle of Spottsylvania C. H. May 12, 1864. His son James L. was also a sol in that war; 8, Martha, and 9, Olive d young.
HENRY MERRILL, son of Edmund sen m Susan Haskell b Aug 15, 1813. He d Nov 24, 1891. She d Oct 21, 1882. 7 ch-1, Wm Henry, b Feb 19, 1837 m Hannah Grover, 2. Jane A. Wheeler; 2, Oliver Haskell, b Jan 5, 1842 d Jan 28, 1845; 3, Susan A., b Oct 21, 1844 m Hiram Merrill; 4, Charles A., b May 25, 1844 m Mary J. Clay, 2. Eliza A. Warren; 5, Emma Jane, b June 7, 1850 m Wilbur L. Packard; 6, M. Elizabeth, b Apr 27, 1853 m James C. Packard; 7, Elbridge Dunn, b Oct 15, 1856 m Laura E. Mills.
CHARLES A. MERRILL, son of Henry m 1. Mary J. Clay b July 25, 1847, d May 17, 1878 m 2. Eliza A. Warren. He lives in the vicinity of Merrill Hill, and is a posperous farmer and a good citizen. 3 ch by 1. w and 8 by 2. 1, Lillian Josephine, b Sept 21, 1872 m Ernest S. Bennett; 2, Lindon Henry, b Mar 20, 1874 m Myra W. Cummings, ch-Fannie E., Lillian J., Edith M., Avis M., and Bernice M .; 3, Walter Charles, b Apr 15, 1878 m Lulu Wheeler, res in N. Y .; 4, a ch d in infancy; 5, Susie A., b Dec 5, 1882 m Fordyce Gammon; 6, Cleora M., b Sept 22, 1884 m Harry O. Saunders; 7, Iola A., b Sept 15, 1886 m 1. Andrew Nickerson, 2. Frank Harlow; 8, Ralph O., b Sept 3, 1888 m Myrtle Ivy Sidelinger-no ch; 9, Harold F., b Nov 6, 1891 m Pearl C. French-ch Roger P .- w d, m 2. Mary B. Stearns; 10, Rupert H., b Nov 11, 1893; 11, Merle Vernon, b Jan 6, 1895 m Mabel L. Adams.
STEPHEN MERRILL, son of Edmund Jr. b Aug 20, 1824 m 1. Abby A. Hutchinson of Albany b May 24, 1824 d Mar 6, 1867; m 2. Hannah C. Jordan b Dec 10, 1845. He d Dec 9, 1910. Wid sur (1923) 6 ch- 1, Georgianna, b Aug 14, 1853 d July 18, 1873; 2, Isabella, b May 21, 1855 m Harry W. Jordan; 3, Caroline B., b June 10, 1858 d Nov 18, 1873; 4, Oliver H., by 2. w b June 30, 1869 m Virgie G. Hamlin of Otisfield, b Feb 10, 1870. 2 ch-Ora A., b May 13, 1897 and Vera
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A., b Aug 9, 1913; 5, Chandler C., b June 13, 1871 m Alice M. Milli- ken of Lovell b May 17, 1876, d Nov 12, 1919, 2 ch-Avis, b May 20, 1905 and Iola b Jan 24, 1909; 6, Myrtilla G., b Oct 12, 1874 m Wm. F. Brown b Mar 6, 1873. 6 ch-Olga, b Nov 15, 1894, Winford F., b Sept 10, 1896, S. Carroll, b Apr 28, 1901 d Aug 3, 1913, Doris E., b Nov 20, 1907, Lois E., b Nov 6, 1908 and Clyde L. b June 16, 1913.
ENOCH MERRILL (3) b Apr 28, 1806 m 1842 Esther A. Lovejoy dau of Lemuel b May 28, 1815. He d Apr 6, 1889. She d Mar 7, 1901. 4 ch-3 of whom d young. Martha A., b Apr 3, 1851 m Charles A. Frost d 1917-no ch.
MILLETT
The MILLETT family is largely identified with Maine and Mass., and is numerously represented in most every State in the Union. The name wherever it exists is originally the same, they were prom- inent in Middlesex, Hereford and Cornwall, Eng. and even in the Isle of Jersey. The two great artists, Sir John Everett Millett of London and Francis Davis Millett, the American painter are from the same stock, and the lines run back to the same French ancestry as that of the famous painter of peasant life, Jean Francis Millett. The first Millett in Eng came with William the Conqueror and never returned, he was Jean Millett of Hayes Court, Middlesex. In 1432 John Millett came from Normandy as Ambassador from the regent of France and never returned to his native land. In 1513 one of the Secs. of Henry VIII was John Millett. In 1516 the records show that Henry Millett was clerk of the signet and in 1575 another Henry Millett of that place was Lord of the Manor of Cornhill and the name of Millett is recorded in Herald's Coll. and John Millett of Hayes Middlesex was Lord of the Manor. In Cornwall the Milletts were prominent-William Millett being sheriff in 1566. In Marazion and Penzance the Milletts were the leading people. The mother of Sir Humphrey Davy whose monument stands in Penzance was Grace Millett. At Rosehaven a branch of the family lived in one house from 1627 to the present day. The immigrant ancestor of the Ameri- can Milletts was Thomas Millett who was b in Eng. This Thos. Millett belonged to the Herefordshire branch of the family, he m Mary Greenway who was also b in Eng. His great grandfather, John Millett, gentleman, of Redwood near Leominster and his grandfather was John Millett and lived in Chertsey, Surrey, and here Henry was b. He was an attorney-at-law in Stapes Inn, Holborn and he m a dau of John Chipman.
The first of the Bay Colonists to visit Me was John Millett, 2d son of Thos. in 1661. The eldest son was Lieut. Thos. Millett who m Mary Eveleth,-Gov. Endicott officiating, his 2. w was Abigail Eveleth, wid of his w's bro Isaac and dau of John Gatt. They were blessed with three sons, Thomas, John and Nathaniel. Hon. Thomas Millett's was one of the distinguished families in America. He was a shipbuilder and made several voyages to England and France in his own ship as master. He also visited relatives bearing the name in both England and France. He held prominent local and state offices and for twenty years he was judge of the N. H. Supreme Court. His younger brother John, married Eunice Babson. They had nine chil-
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dren. The three boys were David, who settled in New Gloucester, John and Thomas. Lieut. Thos. Millett, son. of David, lived in New Gloucester until after the Rev. War. He married Eunice Parsons and they had four children, one of whom was the grandmother of Gen. O. O. Howard (she was a sister of Dea. William Parsons). Lieut. Thomas Millett's adventures in the Rev. War were very in- teresting and it seems a pity they were never fully chronicled. He enlisted in the Continental Army, May 3, 1775, 38 years old. The company to which he belonged was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. On the way to battle the company was divided, part marching under the Captain and part under Lieut. Millett. After the Siege of Bos- ton was over he went with Washington to Trenton as one of the sol- diers who remained after the time of their enlistment had expired. After he returned home in April, he shipped for a year on board the Hancock, a vessel of 32 guns under the command of Capt. John Manley. In August he was captured by the British warship, Rain- bow and pressed into their service and his family did not hear from him for sixteen months. His wife and four children lived in New Gloucester with William Parsons. After the war, he settled in Leeds, in the then heart of the wilderness and lived there the rest of his life. He died in 1829 at the age of 91. David, father of Lieut. Thomas married Sarah Byles and settled in New Gloucester. He had sons, David, Solomon, Thomas and Israel. In 1738 the Gov. of Massa- chusetts appointed John who was considered a great engineer for those days, to make a good road from Royal River in No. Yarmouth to the meeting house lot in New Gloucester, twelve feet wide, for cart and horse, and to build a bridge over the River Royal (now Woodman Bridge). Road and bridge were completed in 1739 and he was paid 170 pounds old tenor. He and his brother Solomon enlisted in the Rev. War and at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Solomon was taken prisoner and was never afterwards heard from. After the war John was discharged and was entitled to one and two stripes, also an honorable badge for faithful service. He and his brothers were nephews of Capt. John of seafaring fame. Israel settled in Bow- doin and was an ancestor of Frank and Anson Millett of Norway. Capt. John Millett of Salem followed the sea from the age of 17. There was a petition ordered Aug 30, 1780 by Joshua Grafton in behalf of himself and other business men of Salem asking that said John Millett be commissioned as commander of the sloop "Commerce" carrying two guns,-one fore and one aft. The City Council ordered that a commission be issued to Capt. John for a voyage to the French West Indies. He was then commander of the brigantine "Harry." He was accidentally killed in the West Indies, being Capt. of the "Leopard" at the time. He left a large family, three sons, John, Solomon and Nathaniel settling in Norway. The American painter, Francis Davis Millett who went down on the Titanic said that in his travels through England and Normandy he found Millett tomb- stones that were dated as far back as 900. There was a colony of Romans settled in Normandy about that time and the Millett tomb- stones are among those of the Romans, and he had no doubt they were of Roman parentage.
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JOHN MILLETT JR., b Jan 28, 1768 m Martha, d of Capt. Jona- than Sawyer of Gorham, b June 12, 1767. They settled in the south part of the town. He d Nov 3, 1843 aged 75. His w d Apr 10, 1839 aged 71 yrs 10 mos-11 ch: 1, Col. John, b June 12, 1791 m 1817 Abigail Parsons. 2, Solomon, b Jan 17, 1793 d June 16, 1872. 3, Dr. Jonathan Sawyer, b Oct 6, 1794 m 1. Mary Parsons, 2. Sarah Parsons. 4. Maj. Henry Woodhouse b July 25, 1796 m Harriet Rust. 5, Amos, b Aug 10, 1798 m 1827 Dorothy S. Reed. 6, Dea. Nathan, b Sept 11, 1800 m Mercy Sampson. 7, Joel, b Feb 2, 1802 m 1832 Betsey Par- sons. 8, Martha R., b June 26, 1804 m Henry C. Reed. 9, Mary Woodhouse, b Aug 31, 1806 m 1. Daniel Young, 2. Jared L. Young. · 10, Sarah, b July 27, 1808 m Benj. Tucker, Jr. 11, Wm. W. D. S., b Sept 9, 1812 m Jane E. Robbins. He was a noted stage driver- d Dec 17, 1880. His wife outlived him many years.
COL. JOHN MILLETT m Abigail dau of John Parsons. He was prominent in town and military affairs and agent for Edward Little in the sale of lots on the Lee's Grant. He d June 3, 1875. His w d Aug 24, 1864-8 ch: 1, Dorothy Stevens, b June 19, 1818 m Thos. Cousins of Poland. 2, Martha Sawyer, b Apr 5, 1821 m Otis True. 3. Abigail Parsons, b July 28, 1823 m Ezekiel Jackson. 4, John Henry, b Apr 4, 1825 m Sarah E. Rice. 5, Dr. Jonathan Sawyer, b Sept 4, 1827. He went to California during the gold excitement of 1849-52 and d before his return home. 6, Mary W. Parsons, b Dec 11, 1829 m 1. Stephen Morrill of Westbrook, 2. Abner F. Jackson. 7, Joel Parsons, b July 16, 1834 d young. 8, Isaac Parsons, b July 16, 1834 d unm in Cal.
JOHN HENRY MILLETT b 1825 m 1858 Sarah E. Rice of Waterford b Dec 6, 1827. They lived and died in the Millett neighborhood; he d Jan 18, 1902; she survived him several years-6 ch: 1, Mary A., b Apr 21, 1860 m Frank L. Millett. 2, Jonathan S., b Aug 15, 1862. 3, John H., b May 16, 1866 d in infancy. 4, Francis E., b Dec 11, 1867 d in infancy. 5, John Henry Jr., b Mar 25, 1869 m Jennie M. Patterson. They have three ch and one d in infancy. 6, Sadie E., b Sept 22, 1872 m Harry L. Patch.
MAJOR HENRY W. MILLETT b 1796 m Harriet Rust. He was . prominent in town and military affairs, sheriff of the county, P. M., mem. of the legislature, etc. He d Feb 28, 1869; wid d Sept 26, 1892- 6 ch: 1, Sarah Rust, b Oct 20, 1829 m 1853 Gilbert Newhall, d in Ills Feb 5, 1882. 2, Harriet Augusta, b Mar 23, 1831 m Abner F. Jackson. 3, Eliza Maria, b July 24, 1834 m 1855 Joseph H. Newhall. 4. Capt. Henry Rust b Nov 16, 1835 m Myra J. Quinby; d in Port- land Nov 8, 1914-1 ch: Henry Quinby, b July 14, 1869 m M. Minnie Dunham and res in Reading, Mass .- 1 ch: Esther, b Aug 5, 1906. 5, Evelina Rust, b Jan 10, 1839 d in infancy. 6, Louise Lee, b Aug 4, 1840 m 1870 Joseph Bennett, set'd in Leadville, Col. She d Oct 24, 1876.
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