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DEA. NATHAN MILLETT, b 1800 m 1827 Mercy Sampson, b Sept 15, 1804. They lived and died in the Millett neighborhood-he d Mar 23, 1890; wife had passed away many years before-5 ch : 1, Harriet Rust, b Dec 19, 1827 m 1850 Benj. Bird. 2, Maria Louisa, b Dec 20,
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1830 m 1852 Newell C. Porter. 3, Dea Nathan Willis, b Dec 5, 1834 m E. Augusta Noyes. 4, Martha M., b Mar 31, 1839 m 1858 Frank- lin Porter. 5, Julia E., b Apr 22, 1841.
DEA. NATHAN W. MILLETT, b 1834 m 1866 E. Augusta Noyes b Feb 28, 1844. He was prominent in town and Baptist Church affairs. He lived on the old homestead and died there Mar 23, 1900; wid d Jan 6, 1902-5 ch: 1, Robert Nathan, b Dec 13, 1870 m 1. Kate Hobbs, 2. 1911 Ella M. Fletcher. He is a grad of Colby and a suc- cessful high school teacher. 2, Mercy E., b May 30, 1873, clerk in Nat. Bnk. 3, Susan L., b Sept 19, 1875 m 1897 Rev. Wm. Lombard, grad of Colby and a Baptist clergyman. 4, Gertrude A., b Sept 16, 1879 d Feb 3, 1899. 5, Harriet Willis, b Feb 15, 1885 m Randall O. Porter, 1 ch, Emma Elizabeth, b Oct 26, 1908. He d in 1923.
SOLOMON ISAIAH MILLETT, son of Solomon and grandson of Capt. John and Martha (Sawyer) Millett, b Harrison, Apr 12, 1816 m Har- riet Porter of Paris, b Aug 20, 1823. He was a self-made man. Went to California and worked in the gold diggings, acquired a com- petence, purchased the Nathaniel Bennett farm on the east side of the lake, and late in life removed to the old Maj. Henry W. Millett place in the village on the corner of Main and Paris Sts. He was a leading political worker in his party, and for many years was con- nected with the business and financial interests of the town and vil- lage. He and his wife were respected for their moral worth and ex- cellent qualities. He d Jan 30, 1903. She d Oct 14, 1917 at 94 yrs of age-3 ch: 1, Alice Porter, b Apr 24, 1859 d lamented by all who knew her, Jan 8, 1873. 2, Isah I., b Feb 7, 1861 m 1882 Geo. E. Tubbs-2 ch, Homer D. and Dorothy H. 3, E. Stella, b June 10, 1863, m 1. Geo. P. Whitney, Jr., 2. Arthur B. Hebbard.
SOLOMON MILLETT, son of Capt. John, b 1769 m Elizabeth, dau of David Dinsmore of Minot, b in 1773. They settled in the south part of the town on Millett Hill. He d Dec 18, 1857 aged 88. She d July 24, 1849 aged 76-10 ch, several of whom d in infancy or early. 3, Samuel, b Apr 6, 1801, went to Texas. Was a soldier in the Mexican War, m South and had three sons in the rebel army. 4, Eliza, b July 28, 1803 m Dr. Nathan A. Bradbury. 5, Hiram, b Apr 27, 1805 m Rhoda Abbott Holt. He lived on the old homestead. He d Feb 9, 1862. His w d May 12, 1878. Nearly all their six ch died young. Solomon Holt, b Jan 12, 1845 m Amelia A. Perry, b Oct 22, 1860. He lived and died on the old place Feb 20, 1914. He was a thrifty farmer and a good citizen. 6, Almira, b May 21, 1807 m Thos. J. Cox of Dixfield.
NATHANIEL MILLETT, the yougest child of Capt. John, b 1772, m 1. Susan Parsons-d July 21, 1803, 2. (1804) Martha Merrill. He d Apr 9, 1852; 2. w d July 29, 1866 aged nearly 84-14 ch: 3 by 1. and 11 by 2. w. 1, Hannah, b Apr 10, 1797 m 1821 Solomon Rowe, set'd in Oxford. 2, Nathaniel, b July 9, 1799 m Abigail French, set'd in Wis. 3, Levi, b May 26, 1801 m 1828 Sarah R. Pike. 4, Susan P., b Feb 21, 1805 m 1827 Wm. Beal Jr .; set'd in Oxford. 5, Adeline A., b Feb 26, 1807 m Luther F. Pike. 6, Daniel Lewis, b Jan 19, 1809 m 1831 Mary Monroe, set'd in Waterford. 7, Chandler
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Freeman, b Apr 3, 1811 m 1833 Louisa Sampson set'd in Oxford. 8, Col. Geo. W., b July 27, 1813 m 1859 Emeline Ames set'd in Cam- bridgeport, Mass., and d there. Was editor for a period, of the Ox- ford Democrat and Norway Advertiser. 9, Martha Ann, b Aug 15, 1815 m 1834 Thomas Pool, set'd in Brockton, Mass. 10, Eunice Bab- son, b Apr 15, 1817 m 1839 Luther F. Foster; d Dec 2, 1862. 11, Elizabeth S., b Aug 30, 1819 m 1839 Wm Cox, Jr. 12, Louisa Jane, b Jan 6, 1822 m 1847 Jonathan Richards set'd in Paris. 13, Orin Francis, b Apr 19, 1824 m Minerva Bradbury set'd in Bangor. 14, Solomon Sewell, b Apr 9, 1827 d in infancy.
LEVI MILLETT, son of Nathaniel, sen, b May 26, 1801 m Sarah Randall dau of Dudley Pike, b Mar 13, 1804 and set'd in the Millett neighborhood. He d Nov 12, 1883-4 ch: 1, Sarah C., b Jan 6, 1835 d Mar 31, 1838. 2, Caroline P., b Feb 12, 1839 d Mar 3, 1863. 3, Charles F., b May 7, 1841 m Ellen M. DeCoster. 4, Sarah C., b Dec 15, 1844 m O. Q. Pratt set'd in Auburn.
CHAS. FRANKLIN MILLETT, son of Levi and Sarah R. (Pike) Millett b May 17, 1841 m Oct 26, 1869 Ellen Minerva DeCoster, b Nov 28, 1847 in Grafton, Mass .- 5 ch: 1, Chestina Mabel b Sept
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8, 1870 m Geo. A. Ambler of Charlestown, Mass. She d leaving 1 ch, Halford H., b June 16, 1891. He m Lillian Henderson of Win- chester, Mass .- 2 ch, Meridith H. and Halford, b Dec 24, 1920. 2, Fred Ellsworth, b Aug 11, 1874 m Mrs. Rosa Emerson of St. Michaels, Md. 3, Bernard Ferrin, b Mar 9, 1880, m Gertrude M. John- son of Bangor, Me-ch: Florence Evelyn, b July 8, 1906, Charles Al- fred d in infancy ; Leroy Franklin, b May 19, 1910, and Halford Allis- ton, b Sept 30, 1921. 4, Emma Frances, b July 10, 1882 m Richard D. Hall of Waterville, Apr 1904-ch: Alliston Millett Hall b May 31, 1907. 5, William Frye, b Mar 22, 1886 m June 25, 1913 Margaret Stein of New York City, ch: Wm. Charles, b Mar 11, 1915 d Mar 31, 1915, and Andrew Frye, b June 20, 1917. She d June 22, 1917 and he m 2. Sept 4, 1920, Annie Gertrude Keegan of Detroit, Mich-ch, June Ellen, b June 28, 1921.
ISRAEL MILLETT, b Apr 1786, with his w Esther Coy b July 1788, from Minot set'd near the Greenwood town line. He d May 18, 1826 aged 40. His wid survived him many years. She was living at the age of 62 when the census was taken in 1850. She d Oct 1, 1858- 7 ch. 4 d young. 4, Esther C., b abt 1819 m Sylvanus Porter of Paris. 6, Israel Dwight, b 1821 m Ann Clarinda Emery of Green- wood. 7, Samuel, b Apr 1825 m Isabel M. Rogers of Paris.
Israel Dwight Millett, son of Israel m abt 1851 Ann C. Emery. He lived on or near the old homestead. He d Aug 23, 1885. She was living in May, 1922, aged abt 85-7 ch: I Justin Israel, b Aug 10, 1863 m A. Jane Gerry. She d Oct 21, 1907 aged 54-8 ch: Anna L., b Nov 30, 1874; Alton, b Dec 30, 1876 m Emma F. Dolloff-2 ch, Myron Anson, b June 4, 1909 and Lawrence R., b Feb 4, 1912; Mabel G., b July 1881; Jerome F., b Oct 13, 1883; Ethel M., b Aug 16, 1887; Myrtle E., b Apr 3, 1889 m Freeman Currier; Caroline B., b July 1, 1892 m Dec 1915 Earl W. Farnum, and Gerald Frank b Oct 18, 1895 m Nov 1920 Louise V. Harriman, ch Glendon R., b June 14, 1921. II Anson Joseph, b Jan 2, 1865 m Josephine Crockett. She d abt 1883. He d in 1923. III Llewellyn A., b Dec 6, 1857 m Marcia Noyes of Greenwood. He d Aug 27, 1919-4 ch : Irving G., b Aug 23, 1882 d in infancy; Augusta E., b Feb 10, 1884 m Don H. Bean of South Paris; Alice G., b Dec 30, 1886 d in Bethel Nov 8, 1920. IV Frank Leroy, b May 10, 1860 m Mary A. Millett b Apr 21, 1860-ch, John Leslie b July 26, 1901. V James Melvin, b July 15, 1863 m 1. Matilda Newcomb; 2, Hattie E. Clifford-3 ch, 2 by 1. w and 1 by 2d; Wallace Melvin, b Dec 11, 1887 d Sept 23, 1890; Helen M., b Mar 26, 1892 m Harold A. Bailey, and Richard Melvin, b Nov 22, 1898 m 1922 Marian A. Clark. VI Eugene Danforth, b Jan 29, 1867 m 1890 Rose Chase Newcomb, b Nov 28, 1874-5 ch : Ralph Oliver, b Jan 12, 1894 d in France, in World War, Sept 27, 1918; Horace E., b July 6, 1896 m Lavinia A. Wing; Roy Israel, b July 23, 1904; Leland Anson, b Aug 12, 1906 and Harold Frank b Nov 17, 1908. VII Ernest Melrose, b Aug 24, 1874 m 1904 Lizzie A., dau of Jere H. Winslow of So. Paris b July 19, 1859-no ch.
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MIXER
LEE MIXER, b 1808 came to Norway in 1831. He was twice m: 1. to Esther Bennett, dau of Capt. Anthony, b July 29, 1808, d Oct 28, 1842, m 2. Deborah Bennett, sister of 1. w, b May 30, 1797 d July 24, 1874.
Mr. Mixer was in the boot and shoe business for many years. Also in the tanning business, prominent in town affairs, rep to the legislature in 1851-2 and voted for the Maine Law; treas of Norway Sav Bank-a highly respected citizen; d Oct 21, 1875-1 ch, Angelia M., b 1839 m Jackson Clark, who came here in the fifties and engaged in the boot and shoe business which he carried on through the greater part of the remaining years of his life. He was b in 1833, a son of Gen. Philo Clark of Turner. His w d Dec 20, 1890 and he m 2. Mrs. Rosa Child. He d Feb 27, 1914 aged 81. Wid d Oct 14, 1919 aged 81-1 ch by 1. w, Fanny E., b Mar 1859 m Wm C. Leavitt. She d Nov 16, 1911 aged 52 yrs 8 mos; m 2. Mabel Keazer of Colebrook, N. H .- 4 ch: 1, June Elizabeth m Ernest W. Hutchins and has several ch; 2, George Clark b Nov 2, 1888, on Boston newspaper staff. 3, William H., b Dec 27, 1893, mechanic and tinsmith; 4, Christine, b June 25, 1896, a trained nurse, unm.
HORACE E. MIXER of another family, a carpenter and builder, m Lizzie B. Pride of E. Waterford. He resides on the corner of Cot- tage and Beal Sts .- ch: Carl P., Maude R., Charles A., Rupert A., David Roland and Virginia M.
MORSE
The MORSES of Norway and Paris trace their ancestry to Samuel 1, b England in 1585. He came to America with his w and several ch in 1635 and set'd first at Watertown, Mass., next at Dedham. Samuel was a church member and a man of note. His w, Elizabeth was 48 when the family came to New England. The Paris Morses are descendants of Joseph 2, who was 20 yrs old in 1635. The Norway Morses to John 2, the oldest child b England in 1611. He m Annis Everard and first lived at Dedham but removed to Boston in 1654, where he carried on the business of a merchant tailor. He went back to England the next year-his father having died in 1654, prob- ably to receive an inheritance for himself and perhaps his brothers, as a change in his financial affairs at once followed. He made his will in 1655 and died two yrs after. He left his wid 40 pounds and the rest of his estate valued at 385 pounds 9 shillings and 5 pence, to his eight or nine ch,-"each to have a like proportion and not one to have more than another." The wid returned to Dedham, and sold her Boston residence in 1670 for 51 pounds. She died in 1693, leaving her property to be divided equally between her surviving children, Ruth, Ezra, Abigail, Ephraim and Bethiah. She was of the very best of the Puritan stock-her father Edward Everard being an ancestor of a future president of Harvard College and Col. John Dwight a progenitor of a president of Yale. John and his wife had joined the church at Watertown in 1640, where the celebrated Roger Williams was baptized. They had lived blameless lives. Ezra 3 was b at Dedham in 1643. He m Joanna Hoar. In the 19th century
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this family produced a U. S. Senator and several otherwise distin- guished individuals. Ezra was a miller and lived at Dedham. There are no records at hand showing when he or his wife passed to the higher life. Their oldest child was Capt. and Dea. Ezra 4, b Dedham Jan 28, 1671. He followed the business of his father. It does not ap- pear what the name of his wife was from any memoranda at hand. He was a dea. of the 2d church in Dedham for 24 yrs. He d Oct 17, 1760 in his 90th yr. His 3d ch, Capt. Joseph 5, b Apr 29, 1706, lived awhile in Walpole, where in 1728 he m Sarah Lewis. They settled in Dedham and joined his father's church there in 1746, by dismissal from their church in Walpole. He was a rep from Dedham in the Gen Court in 1759 and 1770. His w having d he m 2. Sarah Clark but had no ch by her. The writer has no record of the date of his death. Sergt. Nathan 6, his 7th and youngest ch was b in Walpole, June 28, 1741. He m Dec 28, 1763, Sarah Bacon. Sergt Nathan Morse was a Minute Man in the early days of the Rev, "a member of the alarm list" and marched to Cambridge on hearing of the Brit- ish expedition to Lexington and Concord, Apr 19, 1775. He served in the "Northern Department" and marched to Bennington, Vt., where Gen John Stark won immortal renown. Promoted Sergt for meritorious service. After the war set'd in Lewiston. Nathan 7 Jr, b Lewiston 1788 m Mary Crockett, b Apr 21, 1790. They set'd in Norway on Crockett Ridge in 1814. Late in life they moved to South Paris, where she d Dec 11, 1867 and he Apr 20, 1870. Nathan Morse was well formed, had light complexion and light hair. His wife was more slightly built. She had a dark complexion with fine expressive, dark eyes, and showed, even in old age, traces of the beauty she must have had in her youth. Both had lived exemplary lives-12 ch: I Joseph Robinson, b June 4, 1810 m 1. Lydia Twombly, 2. Elvina Lowe. Set'd in Paris-5 ch: Henry by 1. w, Lydia, Daniel, B. Frank and Mary by 2. II Sally Bacon, b Aug 15, 1811 m Josiah Small of Greenwood, d 1840-2 ch, Nathan Morse and Sarah. III Betsey C., b Apr 2, 1813 d Dec 10, 1815. IV Judith, b Nov 1814 d Oct 1816. V Judith Crockett, b Dec 24, 1817 m Ansel Dinsmore. VI Edwin A., b Mar 28, 1820 m 1852, 1. Clara Miles, 2. Sarah Blake- 1 ch, Edwin C., b Oct 2, 1862, d May 10, 1910. Wid d Apr 19, 1906. VII Mary, b Aug 9, 1822 d Sept 8, 1823. VIII Mary Jane, b July 12, 1824 m John Woodman-no issue. IX Lucinda Shackly, b Jan 30, 1828 m Charles Scott, set'd in Minn. X Benj. Franklin, b Mar 20, 1830 m 1. Eliza J. Knight, 2. - Stone, res Paris, and Church Hill, Md .- 2 ch, Herbert, a merchant at Minneapolis, Minn. m and has several ch, and Eva. XI Julia Ann, b Feb 4, 1833 m Albert M. Hammond of Paris Hill-ch: Arthur W. m Olive A. Ripley-in busi- ness in Berlin, N. H., and a dau who d in infancy. XII Hannah B., b June 30, 1836 m John J. Morton of So. Paris-ch: Ada, m N. Day- ton Bolster; Helen; Ralph and Harry.
MURDOCK
FRANCIS W. MURDOCK, machinist, is the son of John H. and Lucinda M. (Lovejoy) Murdock. The father, a traveling salesman d here, Jan 20, 1914 "aged 71." Wid d in Oxford, Jan 28, 1918, "aged
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69." The son has operated a machine shop here for many years. He m June 1898, Virgalyn A. Jordan and has 2 ch: Guy E., b Feb 24, 1902 and Ralph b June 10, 1907.
NEEDHAM
JOHN NEEDHAM of Tewksbury, Mass., b 1759, was a Rev. Sol. and pensioner. He m Mary Shedd, b Aug 13, 1767. He d Apr 24, 1840 "aged 81." She d Mar 20, 1856. Of their ch: Lydia m Amos Mars- ton; Hannah S. m David Noyes; John Jr. m Abigail Holt of Albany; Alice m John Gurney; Evi m Maria Latham; Thomas J. m Mary Stevens; William m Eliza Stevens; Lucy m Asa Pool, and Laurana m David Holt of Albany.
EVI NEEDHAM, son of John, the Rev. Sol. b abt 1802 m Maria Latham, b 1804. They lived till abt 1840 in the north part of the town, and removed to Bethel where he died and his wid m Enoch Stiles. She was the dau of Stephen and Abigail (Whitman) Latham of Bridgewater, Mass. and Norway. They had nine children, eight of whom were b in N. or Greenwood-the last in Bethel. The 3d,
WILLIAM O. NEEDHAM
LIEUT. SUMNER H. NEEDHAM
Sumner H., b Norway Mar 2, 1828 m Hannah Johnson, set'd at Law- rence, Mass. He enlisted from that city in Apr 1861 in the sixth Mass. Regt, which while passing through Baltimore, Md. for Wash- ington, was attacked by a mob of rebel sympathizers and he was mortally wounded with two others. It was the first blood shed on the Union side in the War of the Rebellion. He had been First Lieut. in the military company at Lawrence but enlisted as a private in the company hastily organized for the defense of the capital. He had a taste for military affairs and had he lived would undoubtedly have risen to high station during the war. The attack on the Mass. sol- diers was made on Patriot's Day, which profoundly stirred Mass. and New England from the Canada line to the sea. A monument to his memory was erected by the city of Lawrence.
WILLIAM, son of John the Rev. Sol. b Feb 2, 1800 m Eliza Stevens b Mar 26, 1804. He d June 4, 1881. She d Oct 22, 1880. They had lived in Norway and Greenwood-4 ch: Wm. Oscar, the youngest, b
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Dec 27, 1845, was a soldier in the Civil War in the 32d Me Regt. He is living (1923) in N. vil., unm.
THOS. JEFFERSON, bro of William b June 5, 1803 m Mary Stevens, b abt 1808. They lived in G. and N. He d Nov 16, 1882. Of their ten or more ch was George E., b 1845 who was a sol in Co. G of the 14th Me. Regt. He d Apr 11, 1862, while in the service.
STEPHEN H. NEEDHAM, son of John Jr., b Greenwood, Mar 5, 1818 m 1846 Mary Ann Taylor, b Shelburne, N. H., Jan 26, 1826. Re- moved to Norway abt 1860, and went to farming-6 ch: 1, Evi F., b Nov 4, 1848 m Addie E. Packard of Greenwood, d Nov 17, 1869. 2, Stephen A., b Oct 28, 1851 m Rose T. Thomas of Greenwood. 3, Hannah M., b Mar 11, 1855 m 1872 Geo W. Richardson of Greenwood. 4, Claudius Noyes, b Aug 11, 1860 m 1882 Edna L. Corliss. 5, Emma R., b June 25, 1866 m 1882 Timothy Heath. 6, Asa F., b Aug 26, 1871. m Nellie Hussey.
NEVERS
ALONZO J. NEVERS, son of William Jr. and Hannah (Holden) Nevers, was b in Sweden, July 19, 1843. He came to Norway after the Civil War and was in business here for nearly fifty years. He was a soldier in the 17th Me. and was severely wounded in the foot in the assault of his command on the rebel fortifications in front of
ALONZO J. NEVERS
DR. HARRY NEVERS
Petersburg, Va., in June 1864, and was discharged for disability and was pensioned for this gunshot wound. He was appointed P. M. in 1881 and served four years. He was in trade in the Howe store for many years-was twice married, 1. to Sarah Perkins of Mechanic Falls, who d abt 1869. 2. to Rose J. Hill b Mar 28, 1846. She d Sept 19, 1922. He d Jan 3, 1918, aged 74-5 ch-1 by 1. w and 4 by 2. 1, Elizabeth S., b Sept 13, 1867 m Wm Herbert Young of Portland-3 ch, Ralph, Harry and Donald. 2, Grace K., b Sept 5, 1871 m Llewellyn H. Cushman-1 ch, Marieta N. 3, Percy H., b Oct 28, 1873 m Nettie M. Small of Stoneham-6 ch: Roland S., b Sept 10, 1894 m Mildred M. Morgan of Bethel; Madeline Rose, b Jan 3, 1897 d July 19, 1915; Percy H., b June 21, 1900; Paul Leslie, b Mar 17, 1903; Harold James, b Oct 17, 1305 and Irene, b Oct 5, 1908. 4, Dr.
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Harry H., b Apr 9, 1876 m Susan I. Bean of Concord, N. H., phy- sician and surgeon; major in Med. Dept. Mass. Art. in World War, res Lawrence, Mass .- no ch. 5, Lauretta O., b Aug 4, 1881 m How- ard S. Maxim-no ch.
NEWCOMB
THOMAS L. NEWCOMB, tanner and farmer, b Harrison, May 17, 1834 m 1856 Amy C. Smith b Otisfield, June 5, 1834. He d June 3, 1907. Wife d Nov 21, 1897-7 ch: 1, Alfred A., b Nov 8, 1858 m 1882 Belinda C. Hartford of Brownfield. 2, Emma A., b Feb 17, 1862 m John P. Cullinan, a coal and wood dealer in N. for many years. He'd Feb 5, 1919; wid d Nov, 1922. Ch: Walter P., a wood dealer, m Dolly Yeaton, 2 ch, a dau Ruth d in infancy, and a son b July 15, 1902. 3, Sarah . A., b Jan 14, 1865 m George Morse, res Salem, Mass. 4, Wm. T., b July 27, 1867 m 1893 Flora Grover of Albany-3 ch: Annie, b Oct. 16, 1895 m Donald J. Andrews; Leon George, b Sept 1, 1897 m Mary Louise dau of Elbridge G. Gammon- 2 ch: Adelaide Louise, b July 30, 1921 and George William b Aug 4, 1922. Mr. Newcomb has a large meat and provision store in Dan- forth block, cor Main and Danforth Sts .; Dorothy, b Sept 14, 1904, student in high school. 5, Estella C., b Dec 26, 1871 m 1891 Alphonso Irish, res Danvers, Mass. 6, Walter L., b Sept 27, 1873, res Lowell, Mass., unm. 7, Jessie G., b Dec 31, 1878 m Wiliam Losier, res Otis- field.
NOBLE
The NOBLES of Norway are descended from the English emigrant Thomas Noble who died in Westfield, Mass. abt 1720. Nathan Noble, probably grandson of Thomas, b New Milford, Conn., Feb 3, 1722, was killed at the battle of Saratoga, Oct 7, 1777. His son, Nathan Jr, b Feb 20, 1761, in the village of Stroudwater near Portland, served a period in the War of the Revolution from Gray, where he became acquainted with the Stevenses and Hobbses, and m Hannah, dau of Jeremiah Hobbs, sen, and was induced by his brothers-in-law and the Stevens brothers to come with them to the Rust tract, to make their permanent homes. He was one of the ablest and most prominent of the earliest settlers. He was killed by a tree falling upon him, while clearing land on his farm Jan. 13, 1827. His w d Mar 26, 1825-14 ch: 1, Amos Hobbs, b Aug 1, 1786 m Betsey Whit- marsh. 2; Jeremiah Hobbs, b July 8, 1787 m Almira Gurney. 3, Nathan, b Aug 3, 1790 d Sept 26, 1792. 4, Simeon, b Jan 15, 1792 m Betsey Flint. 5, Daniel, b Mar 18, 1793 m 1. Hannah ; 2.
Asenath 6, Nathan, b Nov 12, 1794 m Mary Jordan. 7, David, b Feb 4, 1796 m 1. a Flint; 2. a French. 8, Simon, b June 12, 1797 m 1. Lydia C. Ayer, 2. Maria Kimball. 9, Henry, b Apr 18, 1799 m 1. Sabrina Burnham, 2. Mary Haskell, 3. Keziah J. Hill. 10, Solomon, b Sept 28, 1800 m Ann E. Shaw; d June 30, 1876-no ch. 11, Hannah, b July 24, 1802 m John Dennett of Paris. 12, Clarissa, b Sept 17, 1804 m Moses Ames. 13, Reuben, b Oct 1, 1806 m Ellen A. Kimball. 14, Mary, b Feb 27, 1809 m John Dennett.
NATHAN NOBLE, JR., b Nov 12, 1794 m Mary, dau of Timothy Jor- dan of Otisfield, b June 4, 1803. For many years he was in trade at Noble's Corner and gave his name to the place-10 ch: 1, Isannah
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Capen, b Jan 6, 1824 m Uriah Upton. 2, Cordelia Dunham, b Mar 16, 1825. 3, Adeline Elizabeth, b Oct 15, 1826. 4, Martha Gilbert, b Apr 13, 1828. 5, Aurelius Cleveland, b Oct 31, 1830. 6, Wm. Henry Harrison, b Jan 30, 1832, Sol. in the 29th Me., wd at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct 19, 1864-arm amputated. 7, Caroline Amelia, b Mar 16, 1835. 8, Martha Jordan, b June 15, 1837. 9, May Ellen, b May 29, 1841. 10, Francis Marion, b Mar 31, 1845 m Myra P. Hall.
F. MARION NOBLE m Myra P. Hall, b Mar 5, 1850. He was a Sol. in the Civil War. He d Feb 3, 1899. She d Mar 29, 1902-5 ch: 1, Frank G., b July 25, 1869 m Emma C. Symonds. Le Fred H., b
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Mar 23, 1873, m Christine Bird Tubbs. 3, Nathan A., b Oct 26, 1876 m Ethna Pearl Dunham. 4, William M., b June 11, 1886 m 1907 Nellie B. McAllister. 5, Lona E., b Feb 7, 1888, a trained nurse, unm.
FRANK G. NOBLE, oldest child of Francis Marion and Myra P. (Hall) Noble, m Emma C. Symonds. He lived on the old homestead near Nobles' Corner; d Dec 3, 1902 and his wid m Frank S. Packard. He d abt 1920-ch all by 1. marriage: Dorothy, a trained nurse, Ruth Symonds, b Dec 12, 1895, a teacher in the Norway village schools, m Elgin Greenleaf. Asa, by 2. m.
Fred Hall Noble m Sept 1, 1894 Christine Bird Tubbs. They live on the old Tubbs homestead; formerly resided near Bolster's Mills. Thrifty farmer. Prominent in organizing Farmers' Union of Nor- way and is manager of its milling business which is very successfully carried on-5 ch: two first b in Norway, the others in Harrison. 1, Marian Calista, b Sept 21, 1895, grad Wellesley, Mass., 1921, head of English Dept, Ohio, Mechanics Inst., Cin .; 2, Myra Harriette, b Jan 30, 1897, attended Wellesley, is student in Ohio Coll. of Dentistry of Cin. Ohio; 3, Philip Tubbs, b Aug 2, 1901 grad Norway High Sch 1920, will grad at M. M. School, Hampton, Va., next year; 4, Fred Gilbert, b Sept 25, 1905; 5, Francis Bird, b June 18, 1908. The two youngest ch are students in N. H. S.
Nathan A., m 1897 Ethna Pearl Dunham. She d May 1918-9 ch: 1, Ethna F., b Aug 29, 1899; 2, Nathan A., b May 19, 1901; 3, Rose E., b Sept 14, 1903 m Aug 1922 Cecil L. Barnes; 4, Cherry P., b Aug 28, 1905; 5, Floretta F., b Sept 10, 1907; 6, Amos H., b Dec 22, 1909; 7, Orin A., b May 19, 1913; 8, Lona E., b Sept 21, 1915, and 9, Pearl D., b May 16, 1918.
HENRY NOBLE, son of Nathan the pioneer, b 1799, m Sabrina Burnham. She d Mar 10, 1841. He m 2. Mary Haskell. She d Dec 16, 1845 and he m 3. Keziah J. Hill of Paris. He lived on the old Noble homestead-5 ch, all by 1. w. 1, Aaron Capen, b Nov 17, 1828 m 1853 Hannah P. Gorham, b Apr 1, 1832. He d Mar 18, 1897. She d Oct 30, 1904-1 ch, Nellie J., b Nov 8, 1865 m Dr. E. H. Cook- both d without issue. 2, Lydia Ann, b Oct 30, 1831 m Albion Ed- wards. 3, Harriet Burnham, b June 24, 1834 m Eliab B. Coy. 4, Sabrina Jane, b Feb 28, 1841 m 1. John W. Greely, 2. Theo L. Lasselle. 5, Elizabeth d unm.
NOYES
CAPT. WARD NOYES, b Andover, Mass., 1772 m Clarissa Wood, b there 1776. He was the first of the name to settle here-coming to town about 1800. Was a carpenter and builder and erected many houses and barns in the western part of Norway where he lived. He was once prostrated by a bolt of lightning and was severely injured at the raising of the frame for the dwelling house of Nathaniel P. Shedd in 1818, when Lemuel Shedd was killed. He d four years after, Apr 22, 1822. His wid d Oct 18, 1840-12 ch, several of whom d young : 1, Alice B., b 1801 m John S. Shedd, d 1828. 2, Clarissa, b 1803 m Silas Shedd. 3, Ward, b 1808 m 1. Wealthy D. Hobbs, 2. Harriet (Needham) Pressey, set'd in Portland. She d Jan 6, 1855.
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4, Amos F., b Dec 14, 1812 m Lydia F. Hobbs. 6, David F., b Jan. 11, 1817 m Emily Smith. He was P. M. in N. for several years; d in Mass. 8, Geo. A., b 1820-set'd in Mass., d in 1862 in the Civil War.
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