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GEORGE WASHINGTON STONE, of another family, b North Leomin- ster, Mass, May 8, abt 1820 m Mary Ann Jordan. They set'd in Bisbeetown, Waterford. His father was Joseph Stone. Both parents d in Mass. George W. Stone came to Norway abt 1886. His w d Apr 20, 1899. He d July 11, 1906. 9 ch-1, John G., b Dec 23, 1848 d unm; 2, Charles H., b Apr 29, 1850 m Mary Lebroke. She d abt 1913. ch, Ernest, Flora, Lillian, Alice and Nancy-res Albany; 3, Mary Elizabeth, b 1852 d at age of 10; 4, James A., b May 5, 1854; 5, Geo. F., b Apr 28, 1856 m Mary E. Rice. 2 ch, Philip F., b Dec 27, 1883, P. M. 1923 and Katherine P., b Oct 19, 1890 m Elmer Mor- rill. She has 1 ch, Margaret L., b June 7, 1914; 6, Wm. Harrison, b Apr 19, 1858 m 1, Viola McAllister, 2, Addie Everett. 2 ch by 1. w- William Henry, b Nov 22, 1890,-Sol in the World War-d in action in France May 10, 1918. Gladys Faye, b Oct 11, 1892 m Philip M. Everett. 3 ch, Donald Philip, b Apr 27, 1911, Louis Henry, b Sept 24, 1918 and William George, b May 24, 1920; 7, Emma Francis, b. Mar 5, 1860 m Geo. A. Wilkins, set'd in S. Berwick; 8, Anna Maria, b Oct 23, 1864; 9, Herbert Dana, b 1867 m Addie Marston of Lovell, res Sweden. 2 ch, Harold and Donald.
STUART
THE STUARTS of N. and Paris are descendants of Duncan Stuart of Scotland who was connected with the royal family of that name whose most distinguished member was the beautiful, but unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots. Duncan who was a shipwright emigrated to N. E. abt 1656 and set'd at Ipswich, Mass. Three years after, he
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removed to Newbury and in 1680 to Rowley, where he d in 1717, very aged. His w Ann d there in 1729. 10 ch-all but 1. b at Newbury. Samuel 2, the 9th ch b in 1672 set'd abt 1700 in Wells in the Dist of Me. He was a house and mill wright. His wife's name was Dorcas. They had 6 boys and one girl all b in Wells. Joseph 3, 2d son m 1729 Mary Lord. They went to Berwick, where he d in 1734 aged 27. They had 2 ch-Capt. Wentworth .3, b 1731 and Dorcas, b 1733 who d young. The widow m Capt Peter Grant.
CAPT. WENTWORTH m Jan 1753 Susanna Lombard of Gorham b Truro 1734. They set'd in Gorham, where he was one of its leading citizens and a rep to the Gen Court at Boston. He was a sol in the old French and Indian War. At the outbreak of the Rev. he led a Co. of patriots to Boston and participated in the siege of that city and d there from small-pox, Apr 17, 1776. His w m Wm Wood. Capt Stuart had 10 ch-Joseph 4, the 3d ch and oldest son b Apr 3, 1759 m 1779 Hannah Smalley. He was a Sol in the Rev, and a fifer in his father's company. Joseph Stuart was lost in a storm at sea off Cape Ann, Feb 1802. His w d July 1819 aged 61. They had 9 ch-Joseph 5, the oldest son b July 1, 1780 m Nancy Lombard of Gorham, where 3 of their ch were b. They rem to Harrison abt 1812 where 10 other ch were b. Samuel, the 2d ch and oldest son b Gorham Apr 9, 1809 m Apr 1832 Hannah D. Hall of Harrison. They lived at Stuart's Corner near Crooked river. He was a worthy citizen; noted for his public spirit and devotion to the cause of temperance and moral reform. He rose to a captaincy in the militia. His w d Dec 24, 1868. He d Oct 3, 1888. They had 4 ch-Albert Hall, the oldest, b Jan 4, 1833 m Nov 1863 Hannah Towne, b Nov 28, 1838. They set'd on a farm in Yagger where he d Mar 25, 1897. For many years he had been a traveling salesman. She d Dec 29, 1904. ch-1, Cora E., b Feb 20, 1866 m Merritt Welch; 2, Inez M., b May 2, 1868 m Geo. I. Cummings; 3, Albert Osmond, b June 4, 1872 m Georgia Mayo-d Feb 9, 1906.
JOSHUA B. STUART, son of Joseph 5, b Gorham Mar 14, 1814 m Caroline Hicks of Norway b Greenwood 1816. He was a blacksmith by trade. The family resided in Norway when the U. S. census of 1850 was taken. The youngest was b here, also the oldest. The 2d ch was b in Otisfield, and the other 5 in Harrison. The mother d in Norway Feb 8, 1853. The father d in Deering Mar 11, 1897. ch-1, Frances Ellen, b May 9, 1836 m George Robbins of Casco; 2, Abby M., b Nov 27, 1837 m Charles Johnson-set'd in Deering; 3, Talbot G., b June 9, 1840-a Sol in Civil War-d in Waterford; 4, Martha C., b Aug 18, 1841 m Converse Robinson, set'd in Cambridge, Mass; 5, Grinfil B., b Dec 30, 1845 m Kate Barker. Civil War sol in 13th Me., set'd at So. Paris, d sev years ago; 6, Whitfield, b Dec 30, 1845 m Clara Knight. He was a Civil War sol in 13th Me .- set'd at So. Paris, recently d; 7, Henry W., b Feb 17, 1848 m Mary E. Bennett- set'd in Portland; 8, Lydia J., b Oct 25, 1850 d in infancy.
GEORGE W. STUART, youngest son of Joseph 5 and Nancy (Lom- bard) Stuart b Mar 21, 1816 m Mary Ann Sargent of Otisfield b Jan 2, 1824. 6 ch-1, Lafayette, b June 30, 1847 d Gorham, N. H. 1861; 2, Juliette, b Nov 18, 1848 m H. H. Knapp, set'd in Port Orange, Fla;
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3, W'm. A., b Apr 25, 1851 m Eveline Ward-d at Gorham, N. H. 1876; 4, Flora A., b June 9, 1853 m 1. Walter B. Higgins of Bangor, 2. Wm. B. Kendall of Bethel, 3. Frank Stearns of Waterford. 5, Joseph Henry, b Sept 30, 1855 m 1873 Mary C. Whitman,-res So. Paris; 6, Frederick G., b Nov 24, 1857-res Sea Breeze, Fla.
ESTHER, dau of Joseph 5 b Feb 20, 1817 m 1838 Isaiah Bonney, 6 ch. Achsah, sister of the preceding b Feb 20, 1819 m 1842 John D. Burbank of Gorham, N. H. He was a leading citizen there for many years and represented the town in the legislature. Mrs. B. was an exemplary wife and mother. She taught school before her m with great success.
JOSEPH HENRY STUART m Mary C. daughter of John and Sarah DeAlbra (Bumpus) Whitman. They set'd at South Paris. For many years he has been a civil engineer and publisher of atlases and maps. 4 ch-1, Herman H., b Jan 20, 1880 m Blanche Gould of Mc Falls. Teacher and school supt-res Melrose, Mass; 2, Wm. E., b Aug 26, 1881 m Wilmer Woodman of Westbrook. High sch teacher and supt; 3, Grace Mary, b June 16, 1885 m Fred S. Brown; 4, Leona, b Feb 16, 1889 m Clinton W. Areson, Bridgeport, Conn.
SWAN
JOHN SWAN, the Eng. ancestor who emigrated to America, "was a servant in the family of Mr. Thomas Bittlestone." He m Rebecca Palfrey, and had a grant of land in Cambridge, Mass of 20 acres. Of their ch was Gershom 2, who m Sarah Holden. John 3, their son m Elizabeth William 4, their son b Cambridge Sept 4, 1737, m Lucy Robbins. He was a Rev. Sol. and was granted a pension. After the war he set'd in Paris, but later removed to Woodstock. William Jr 5, the first son and 2d ch b July 3, 1763 m Bethiah Pratt. They had 10 ch. b in Paris and Woodstock. Oliver 6, 2.' son and ch b Jan 15, 1797 m Rhoda Bryant, b Oct 29, 1798-9 ch. He d in Paris. Fessenden 7, b July 3, 1820 m Helen M. Crockett, dau of Daniel H. and Rebecca (Bacon) Crockett b Apr 25, 1822. He was a Civ War sol. Of their ch was Jonas W., b W. Mar 13, 1844. He m Apr 7, 1865, Rowena M. dau of John E. Farwell of Bethel, b Aug 12, 1842. They came to Norway in 1871. Rowena M. (Farwell) Swan was a descendant of Absolom Farwell (Farewell as it was anciently spelled) who was an English sailor and soldier. He set'd first at Marblehead, Mass and was a Rev. Sol, who after the war came to Maine and set'd at Bethel. William 2, the oldest of 8 ch b 1788 m Mary dau of John Estes. They had 7 ch. John Estes 3, the oldest m 1838 Betsey Howe of Waterford. She d in 1882 and he m 2. Althea Robertson but had no ch by her. 7 ch-Rowena Melvina, was the first dau and 3d ch; 3 ch :- 1, Helen S., b Paris Nov 5, 1866. For many years she was a school teacher and was post mistress for over 16 years. She is a very intelligent and capable business woman; 2, Linnie Rowena, b Greenwood July 4, 1869 m Capt Frank T. Bartlett; 3, Arthur H., b Norway Jan 14, 1872 m Blanche E. Kimball of Bridgton' b, Sept 4, 1873. He graduated at the Norway High Sch and chose a business career and set'd in Mass. He d in the summer of 1916 from Bright's disease and his remains were brought here and interred in Pine
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Grove Cem. He was one of the finest young men ever born in N. ch :- Dorothy Louise, b Bridgton Aug 15, 1897 and Eric Linscott b Roxbury, Mass May 22, 1905.
SWETT
CAPT WILLIAM SWETT of Parsonsfield m Clarissa Benson of Mid- dleboro, Mass. Of their ch was Col. William Jr., b Otisfield Mar 4, 1804. He m Amy, dau of Sampson and Jane (Ellis) Reed b Hart- ford Apr 27, 1805. He lived a period in Buckfield where he was prominent in town affairs, and member of the State Board of Agr. He d in Paris past 75 years of age. W d Apr 26, 1880. 4 ch-1, Lewis Benson, b Aug 10, 1831 m Harriet Smith; 2, Joan Reed b Aug 28, 1833 m Simon S. Stowell; 3, William Harvey, b May 13, 1836 m Arabella C. Stowell; 4, Harriet C., b May 26, 1840 d Apr 28, 1862- ch of Lewis B. and Harriet (Smith) Swett .:- 1, Ella Jane, and 2, Estelle Frances, b Oct 11, 1858-latter d Aug 20, 1863; 3, Carrie Ben- son, b June 12, 1861; 4, Alice Belle, b Feb 23, 1865; 5, Wm Whitman, b Nov 13, 1867 .- ch of Wm. H. and Arabella C. Swett-1, Arthur Melville, b Apr 22, 1857 m Lydia F. Holmes, 1. ch Ernest Holmes, b May 31, 1883; 2, Walter Harvey, b Dec 6, 1859; 3, Julia Smiley, b Apr 10, 1861 d Nov 27, 1868; 4, Eugene Newhall, b Aug 13, 1866 m Carrie E. Huntington of E. Brighton, Vt. Mr. Swett has run the largest boot and shoe store in this section of the county for many years. Has served as town treasurer of Norway, member of the sch board, etc-and dea of the Congo. ch. 1 ch-Francis H., b Nov 13, 1893,-grad Norway high school 1912; Bates Coll 1916, in great World War, deg A.B. at Bates, A.M. from Brown, Ph.D., Yale, and teacher of Anatomy at Johns Hopkins Med School, Baltimore, Md.
SYMONDS
FRANCIS SYMONDS, b abt 1835 m Martha Jane, dau of William and Almira (Pike) Hall, b July 27, 1838. He d abt 1900. ch-Wm. C., a farmer, Irving P., a farmer and vet. sur who m Florence M. Meserve; Martha F., Emma, m Frank Noble, who d and she m 2. Frank S. Packard; Rose, m 1898 Horace E. Tribou of Machias, and Grace R.
THOMPSON
The New England Thompsons are descendants of an ancient English race, which had authority to bear a coat of arms. Among the distinguished persons of the family name were James Thomson author of "The Seasons," and Daniel Pierce Thompson a noted lawyer of Montpelier, Vt. b in Mass. who wrote "The Green Mountain Boys" (1840) and "The Rangers" (1850).
EDWARD THOMPSON came over in the Mayflower in 1620 and died in Cape Cod harbor Dec 14, and was the first of the Pilgrim band to be buried in the New World.
JOHN THOMPSON, from England came to Plymouth before 1645. That year he married Mary, dau of Francis Cooke one of the May- flower Pilgrims and a member of the first Pilgrim church society at Scrooby, England. She was the youngest of the family b in 1626. From this couple have descended the principal families of the name in New England.
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DR. ALBERT THOMPSON, b on a farm in Berlin, N. H., Feb 28, 1839 was one of seven ch of Benjamin and Sarah (Wheeler) Thompson. His father was a farmer and lumberman and operated a saw mill. He removed to Stark, N. H., where the son working in his father's mill, received a serious injury which maimed him for life. He m Mary E., dau of Capt. Jonathan Blake, a cultured and lovable lady. Dr. Thompson d in Philadelphia, Pa., Apr 24, 1921. His wid (Dec 1, 1923) survives him .- 2 ch: 1, Frank Elmer, b Norway 1861 d at the Cumberland, Md. hospital 1897. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1882 and was afterwards associated with his father in business for which he showed marked ability and promise of a great career. Like his father he was of sterling integrity and worth, being very popular with his associates and given to great charities. His untimely death was a great and sad blow to the family. 2, S. Maude, b Stark, N. H., 1874 was educated in the public schools of Ridgeway, Pa .; she entered the N. E. Conservatory of Music in Boston where she graduated in 1895. After a period of study in Europe, she returned to teach as assistant at the Conservatory. Miss Thompson m in Philadelphia, Nov 29, 1918, Gustav Kaemmerling, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy.
GUSTAV KAEMMERLING, born Cincinnati, Ohio, May 15, 1858, of a German father and Swiss mother. His father of the same name took active part in the revolution in Germany in 1848, was blacklisted for many years on this account and fled from Germany to America. He took a conspicuous part in the Civil War, being in command of the 9th Ohio Vols. which gained distinction at Mill Springs, Chickamauga, and numerous other battles, attracting special attention on account of repeated successful bayonet charges.
Gustav received his early education in public schools in Indiana, which was later supplemented by the High Schools of Cincinnati and St. Louis. He entered the Naval Academy in 1877-appointments being given as a result of successful competition and was graduated, second in his class, in 1881.
At the outbreak of Spanish-American War he was stationed on the U. S. S. "Monocacy" in China, and, immediately before the fleet proceeded to the Philippines, was transferred to the "Olympia" the flagship, by orders of Admiral Dewey. Participated in the battle of Maníla Bay and afterwards was ordered to take charge of the en- gineering plant of the Cavite Navy Yard, which was taken from the Spanish for the purpose of making repairs for Admiral Dewey's fleet. On his return, was assigned to duties having to do with designing, testing, and construction of naval machinery at various places, being stationed at New York and Camden, N. J., during the World War. He attained the rank of Rear Admiral during the war and reached the retiring age in 1922. Two sons by a former marriage, graduates of Harvard, obtaining their degrees in three years, were officers in the World War, doing service abroad. The elder, Gustav Henry, was in the aviation branch of the Marine Corps. The younger, Gor- don, while in command of a machine gun company, 23rd Regt, 2d Div. U. S. Army, was killed in action at Chateau Thierry, June 6, 1918.
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JOHN THOMPSON of Rumford was a prominent man in that town. Two of his ch set'd in Norway and died here. Belinda, b abt 1827 m Gen. George L. Beal. She d in Feb 1897. She was a most estimable lady. Her brother, Charles, b abt 1837 came here and entered the Advertiser office as a printer. On the breaking out of the Civ. War he enlisted in the Norway Co. of the 1st Me. He served also in the 10th and 29th Me. as Quar. Sergt. with the rank of Lieut. Dis- charged for disability in May, 1865, he came back to Norway and d Oct 5, 1866 and is buried in Pine Grove, in the Gen. Beal family lot.
TOWNE
DANIEL, PETER JR., AMOS and JOEL TOWNE, all of Andover, Mass., came to Norway between 1802 and 1816. They were sons of Peter, sen. Peter Jr. was the oldest, b 1777, m Sarah Kimball of A. b 1786, d Aug 10, 1845-11 ch: Betsey K., b Jan 16, 1824 m Newton Swift, who was a trader after his father Jonathan's death at N. Norway. Ansel, b May 20, 1808 m 1833 Julia H., dau of Jeremiah Hobbs Jr. They lived and d in Yagger-6 ch: 1, Osmond, b Oct 18, 1835 m Eunice C. Whitehouse. He enlisted in Co. B, 32d Me. Regt, and d at City Point, Va., June 25, 1864. She m 2. Frank P. Putnam. 2, Hannah b Nov 28, 1838 m 1864 Albert H. Stuart. 3, Amos Kendall, b May 14, 1844 m 1871 Charlotte M. Green, set'd at Rumford Falls-1 ch, Mabel, m Thomas Hanley of Berlin, N. H. 4, Harriet E., b Jan 27, 1849 m 1873, 1. J. Birney Bradbury, 2. Frank D. Briggs. She d and he m Mary (Jones) Lasselle. Frank Briggs d abt 1920. 5, Franklin Pierce, b Oct. 12, 1852 m 1876 Emma L. Walker. Lived on old homestead. He d July 2, 1918-3 ch : Bessie B., b Aug 8, 1876 m William Delano-d Aug 8, 1917; Albert A., b July 11, 1878 m Floy A. Appleby-set'd in Ash- land, Aroostook Co., but ret to N. in 1919. He is a prosperous farmer, mem of school board and has been a teacher and rep to the legisla- ture-3 ch, Franklin Appleby, b 1907, Bertha Edna, b 1909 and Os- mond, b 1911. 3. Kate N., b Sept 9, 1879 m Carroll Delano ch: Don Albert.
DANIEL TOWNE was b Jan 8, 1787. He m Susan Gurney b Minot, Nov 3, 1791. He was a blacksmith and set'd at Fuller's Corner. They had 8 ch. Fanny the 2d b May 17, 1816 m Perry D. Judkins, who later was a blacksmith at the Corner. Rollin, the 7th ch b Feb 17, 1829 m Nancy J. Hayes. They lived and d on the old homestead near Fuller's Corner .- 6 ch: 1, Charles H., b July 26, 1854 m 1883 Lillian Barstow-set'd in Mass .; 2, George R., b July 20, 1855, d May 9, 1881; 3, Carrie I., b Dec 31, 1858 m 1878 Sam'l J. Caldwell, set'd in Paris; 4, Fanny E., b Mar 1862 m 1881 Horace G. Dinsmore; 5, Willie, b Aug 3, 1864 m and set'd in Lewiston; 6, Emma E., b Feb 26, 1867 m Gilbert A. Upton, set'd in Cal.
TRUE
The N. E. TRUES are descendants of the English Puritan, Henry True, who came to America in 1644 and set'd at Salem, Mass. A True Genealogy was in preparation in the seventies and probably printed, containing abt 8000 names and ten generations more or less complete
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from the immigrant, but it has not come under the notice of the author of this history.
CLARK P. TRUE was b in Sutton, Vt., July 4, 1823. He came to Norway with the Denisons and was in trade here for many years. He m 1852 Sarah E. dau of Dr. Asa Danforth. He d Mar 4, 1868. She d July 17, 1894-4 ch: 1, Nellie A., b Mar 23, 1853 m Dr. Wm H. . Jewett. He d Mar 9, 1880. She d Dec 21, 1899-no ch. 2, Asa Danforth, b June 3, 1857 m Carrie B. Swett of Paris. He d Mar 3,
FRANK T. TRUE
ANNA C. TRUE
1893-1 ch, Harley Danforth, b May 7, 1890 m 1911 Mildred O. Scrib- ner. 3, Frank Thomas, b Dec 8, 1861 m Anna J. Chamberlain at Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is a grad of Norway high sch, town treas in Norway-resigned and went West, city treas. of Council Bluffs from time he went there to his death in 1922. He was an exemplary young man-no ch.
JAMES CLARK, b Jan 29, 1866 m Mary E. Grant. He is book- keeper at the Carroll-Jellerson shoe factory-5 ch: 1, Clark G., b Nov 29, 1886 m 1910 Lelia A. Edwards of Oxford-3 ch, Stanley Ed- wards, Clark Danforth, and Malcolm Seiders. 2, Frank, b May 17, 1888 d young. 3, Sarah Elizabeth, b July 20, 1894. 4, Marian, b July 15, 1896 m Clayton E. Heath-res Boston. 5, Stanley Francis, b Jan 10, 1901.
TUBBS
JACOB TUBBS, the first settler of the name in Norway came from the old colony of Mass to Maine after the Rev in which he was a sol from Pembroke. He m Jemima Churchill and lived in Hebron for a period before removing to Norway abt 1795. He was the first to pur- chase a lot on the Lee's Grant. He had 6 ch all born before 1795. The oldest, Jacob Jr., d in Vt. in the War of 1812-15. Charles m Lydia Churchill, Angier m Philena Packard of Hebron, Sally m Daniel Knight Jr., Hannah m Josiah Bartlett Jr., and Samuel, b 1793 m Mary Pool and set'd in Abbot where his father and his family died leaving no heirs.
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Angier, b Hebron Jan 18, 1785 m Philena Packard b 1790. He lived with his son Jacob, d Dec 30, 1864. His w d Mar 7, 1857-9 ch : 1, James, b Jan 5, 1809 m Hannah J. Wentworth. 2, Eunice, b Dec 10, 1810. 3, Charles, b June 1, 1812 m Mary F. Young-set'd in Bethel. 4, Jacob, b June 28, 1814 m Christina Bird. 5, Philena, b Sept 25, 1816 m Asaph Bird. 6, Mary Ann, b Sept 9, 1819 d Feb 4, 1821. 7, Orin, b Feb 12, 1822 m Elizabeth P. Horr-set'd in Gorham, N. H. 8, Mary Ann, b Nov 27, 1828 m Wm. P. Buck. 9, Nathan Newell, b Mar 30, 1831 d Oct 19, 1859.
JAMES TUBBS, oldest ch of Jacob the Rev Sol m Hannah J. Went- worth. For many yrs they resided at Gorham, N. H., where he and his son Charles Newell, were in trade. They came back to Norway in 1873 and engaged in trade in a store near the shoe factory. He d Oct 26, 1884; wid surv many yrs .- 2 ch-only one, Charles Newell, b Aug 27, 1837 survived infancy. He m 1. Abbie Jane Crockett. 2. Leona G. (Brackett) Kilgore. Mr. Tubbs was b in a log house on a lot running down into the lake from the Noble school house, which his father cleared up and sold. He has been very successful in business and acquired a handsome property. For many years, has been connected with the business interests of Norway, and is vice pres of the Norway Nat'l Bank corp. and a trustee of the Norway Sav. Bank-4 ch, all by 1. w: 1, Inez M., b July 14, 1875 m Clarence M. Wiltsie-no ch; res Newbury, N. Y. 2, James N., b Sept 8, 1880 m Blanche E. Groves-2 daus, b July 6, 1911 and Dec 18, 1915. 3, Idonia C., b Mar 30, 1882. 4, Oscar J., b Mar 8, 1886.
JACOB TUBBS, JR, m Christina Bird dau of John Jr b Dec 1, 1819. He d Dec 4, 1886. She d Dec 28, 1873-1 ch: Elhanan B., b 1847 m Hattie Richardson, b Apr 21, 1854. He d Apr 1918 "aged 71." Wid resides in Portland with her son, Elhanan Bertrand .- 6 ch: 1, Chris- tina Bird, b July 11, 1873 m Fred H. Noble. 2, George Tilton, b June 18, 1876 m Frances Sparrow-no ch. 3, Elhanan B., b Sept 29, 1878 m Belle Harriman. She d .- 3 ch: Bertrand, d young, Gladys Evelyn, b June 18, 1907 and Philip Theodore, b Feb 14, 1909-res Portland. 4, Carl A., b Dec 31, 1880 m 1906, Angie M. Ripley-d Oct 1914-no ch. 5, Walter Frederick, b May 29, 1882 m 1907 Ada L., dau of Wm. M. and Gertrude (Upton) Russell, b Nov 29, 1886; 3 ch: Virginia R., b July 20, 1909, Norman C., b Mar 20, 1911, and Orrington W., b Oct 16, 1913. 6, Tina Calista, b Mar 22, 1883, m G. Frank Barron, Norwood, Ohio-1 ch, Francis Carlton, b Oct 5, 1921.
George E. Tubbs, son of Orin, b Gorham, N. H., 1851 m Izah I. Millett-clerk, merchant, treas'r Norway Sav Bank, etc. He d Sept 23, 1909, aged 58. Wid resides at Old Orchard-2 ch: Homer D., m Flora C. Wheeler of Phillips and Dorothy H., m Russell W. Davis of Portland.
TUCKER
The TUCKERS of Norway claim their descent from John who came from Normandy in 1066 with William the Conqueror and fought at Hastings, Oct 14 of that year. He was granted a coat of arms and was given the estate of Tavistock in Devon. He married the widow of the Saxon proprietor. The next of the name in the line of descent
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appears in William of Thornby in Devon in the sixteenth century. He m Josea Ashe and had 4 ch. The oldest, George, a man of note, m Maria Hunter, Queen Elizabeth conveyed a manor to him in 1572. George the oldest of 7 ch m Elizabeth Stoughton. They had one son, George. She d; m 2. Maria Darrett and had 7 more ch: Robert, of the 2. wife's ch, b 1604, bap June 7 of that year in the ancient church at "Milton near Gravesend," came to America and was at Weymouth abt 1635. He finally set'd in Milton and d at Brush Hill, Mar 11, 1682 aged 78. He had been clerk several years and a member of the Gen Court. His w was Elizabeth Allen and they had 9 ch: James, b 1640, m Rebecca Tolman of Dorchester and had 6 ch-d in 1718 aged 78. James, b in Milton 1680 m 1707 Sarah Baker of Dedham-9 ch. He d in 1750 aged 71 and she in 1756 aged 74. Jeremiah, b 1713 m 1738 Mary Wadsworth. He d in 1775 aged 62. She d in 1766 aged 40-11 ch. The third ch and oldest son Benjamin, b in Milton 1744, m 1766 Jane Babcock. They removed to Stoughton, now Canton, where he was a dea of the Cong Ch for over 50 yrs-9 ch. Benjamin the 5th ch, b in Canton, Sept 20, 1776, went to Worcester at the age of 14 and was apprenticed during his minor- ity to his oldest brother Enos, as a saddler and harness maker. Came to Norway in May 1801 and began business for himself. He m 1803 Mary Pike, dau of John of Pike's Hill. He first saw her on his first trip to Norway. He was riding on horseback and in coming over Pike's Hill stopped to water his horse and get a drink himself of the cool liquid from the well at the Pike place. She drew the water from the well as Maud Muller in Whittier's poem had dipped it "from the spring that flowed through the meadows across the road," and per- haps remarked something like this:
"Thanks, he said, a sweeter draught, From fairer hand, was never quaffed."
He was very successful in the business he had established. A great-grandson still carries it on in the village. He d Oct 27, 1857. His w d Oct 5, 1859-15 ch, 9 of whom d in infancy. 2, Benj. Jr., b Apr 1, 1805 m Sarah Millett; 4, John, b Mar 26, 1809 m 1842 Emeline Tuttle-2 ch. He d Mar 31, 1881 wid d Apr 11, 1883. 5, Jane, b Apr 12, 1811 m 1830 Mark P. Smith. 8, Mary, b June 17, 1817 m 1837 Jeremiah Howe. 12, Rosilla C., b June 12, 1828 m Elisha F. Morgan-set'd in New Gloucester. 15, Luther P., b Jan 17, 1832 m 1. Georgianna S. Manning, 2. Marian E. Dick-one male descendant, Fred Manning, a graduate of Harvard Univ .- in business in Boston.
BENJAMIN TUCKER JR. m 1829 Sarah, dau of John Millett Jr., b July 27, 1808. He served on the board of selectmen and represented the town in the legislature. He d Mar 2, 1876. His w d Oct 14, 1869-9 ch: 1, Benjamin, b Buckfield Mar 11, 1831 m 1. Hannah E. Merrill, 2. Ellen Marston. 2, Sarah Melissa, b Nov 17, 1832 d unm Mar 6, 1866. 3, Charles Henry, b Sept 12, 1834 d May 28, 1835. 4, William, b Mar 25, 1836 m Augusta M. Boise-res Skowhegan. 5, Angelia, b Dec 17, 1838 m James M. Favor. 6, Cyrus Shaw, b Oct 11, 1841 m Kate S. Denison, 2. Georgia A. Nelson of Waterford. 7,
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