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vi. SARAH, b. in Alfred, Aug. 14, 1777; m. Oct. 24, 1796, Jonathan Good- ridge, q. 7.
vii. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 11, 1782; may have m. April 11, 1809, Rachel Allen, of Freeman, where both parties resided.
NORCROSS.
JOSIAH NORCROSS, the first of this old and respectable family to settle in Industry, traces his ancestry back to Jeremiah Norcross,1 who came from England and settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1642. His two sons, Richard and Nathaniel, came over with him, but Nathaniel soon returned to England. Jeremiah made his will and returned to England on a visit in 1657 and died there. J. W. Norcross, of Lynn, Mass., has in his possession a copy of his will, and an inventory of his estate. His home- stead was on the Charles River, and it remained in the Norcross family until 1802. In 1816 it was purchased by the United States, and has been used by them as an arsenal ever since. It contains about 40 acres. Richard Norcross,2 born in 1621, in England ; married, 1650, Mary Brooks. He was a school master from 1651 to 1700 in Watertown, and from 1651 to 1675, the only one. He was keeping school in 1 700, when he was 79 years old. He died in 1709, at the age of 88 years. He left but two sons who had descendants, namely, Richard3 and Nath- aniel.3 He also had a son Jeremiah,3 who was a soldier in King Philip's War, but he left no descendants. Nathaniel Norcross3 was born in Watertown in 1665. He was a shoemaker by occupation, and had two sons who had descendants, Nathaniel+ and Philip.+ Nathaniel,3 the father, occupied the old homestead of his father, Richard,2 and grand- father, Jeremiah.1 He died in 1717, having had two wives, both of whom died previous to his death. His age was 52 years. Philip Nor-
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cross,4 the second and youngest son of Nathaniel,3 was born in Water- town in 1698, and married in 1721, Sarah Jackson, of Newton. He set- tled in Newton, and his residence was where the present Elliot Meeting- House now stands. He had a homestead of 14 acres. He died in 1748, leaving nine children. His widow died in 1754. He left three sons who have descendants, Samuel,5 who was the second settler of this name in Maine (1763) ; Jonathan,5 who settled there in 1760, being the first, and Seth,5 who settled in Watertown, Mass. Samuel Norcross,5 son of Philip,4 was born in Newton, 1729. He married, 1752, Mary Wiswall, and settled in Cambridge about 1758, where he owned a brick- yard. He removed to Maine with his family of six children, and set- tled at Gardiner, in 1763, where he still carried on the brick business. As has been previously stated, he was the second Norcross settler in Maine. In 1776 he bought 100 acres of land of Capt. Nathaniel Berry, in Gardi- nerstown .* In 1778 Samuel Norcross5 and his two sons, Samuel 6 and Philip.6 were among the thirty-one petitioners to be incorporated as the town of Gardinerstown. Three of his sons served as soldiers in the War of the Revolution.
Children.
i. SAMUEL, b. in Newton, Mass., 1752; m. Hannah -; d. 1828. A fifer in Co. - , for his brother Philip.
1. ii. PHILIP, b. in Newton, Mass., 1754; m. Joanna Brackett; d. IS21.
iii. MARY, b. in Newton, Mass , 1755; d. young.
iv. ELIJAH, b. in Newton, Mass., 1757; m. Catherine Morrow; d. 1802.
2. v.
JOSIAH, b. in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 16, 1759; m. Charlotte Smith, of Readfield. She d. Sept. 28, 1804, and he m. March 13, 1805, Mary Smith (b. in Winthrop, Me., Feb. 24, 1776). He d. in IS29.
vi. DANIEL, b. in Cambridge, Mass., 1761; m. Ruth Stevens.
vii. MARY, b. in Maine, 1763; m. William Springer.
viii. THANKFUL, b. in Maine; m. Oliver Cromwell Pitts.
ix. SALLY, b. in Maine; m. Rev. Comfort C. Smith.
x. SUSAN, b. in Maine, 1769; m. Moses Springer; d. 1842.
xi. ELIZABETII, b. in Maine, 1789; m. Jeremiah White.
xii. HANNAII, b. in Maine; m. Thomas Owens, and 2d, Mapes. xiii. NATHANIEL, b. in Maine, 1765; m. Eunice Hodgkins; d. 1835.+
* Mr. Norcross came to the District of Maine at the earnest solicitation of Dr. Gardiner, who pledged himself to give Mr. N. and each son 100 acres of land in Gardinerstown. On account of his Tory principles, Dr. Gardiner went to England on the outbreak of lhe Revolu- tionary War and did not return. A son, who came back after the war closed, did not recognize the claims of Mr. Norcross and sons, consequently they lost their land and improvements. He afterward moved to Hallowell, and there kept a public house on top of Hallowell IIill. The writer is unable to vouch for the correctness of this tradition.
t Nathaniel Norcross, it is said, was afflicted with an insane wife who was violent at times. He bore her violence very patiently. One time the husband remarked that he was not very well, whereupon his enraged wife threw a piece of crockery at his head inflicting a wound that bled profusely. He thought the bleeding a benefit, and recovered without calling a physician. But this occurred in the days when venesection was resorted to for the mnost trifling ailment. The poor gentleman not being able to stay at home mnuch, "went about doing good." For instance, he worked at one time for a man and took a web of cloth for his pay. Then he took
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I. PHILIP NORCROSS, son of Samuel and Mary ( Wiswell ) Norcross, married Joanna Brackett. He was a sergeant in Captain Oliver's com- pany in Colonel Arnoldl's regiment. Served 20 days from April 19, 1775 .*
Children.
i. JOANNA, b. Dec. 2, 1782; m. John Williams.
11. ELIZABETH. b. June 10, 1784; m. Moses Kimball.
iii. SARAH, b. May 30, 1787; m. Nathan Kimball.
iv. ABIGAIL, b. April 12, 1789; m. Bradbury Blake.
V. JAMES, b. Jan. 20, 1792; m. 1813, Hannah Yealon. Two children, per- haps more.
vi. SUSANNAN, b. June 9, 1794; m. Peter Wyman, of Michigan.
vii. SETH, b Sept. 12, 1796; m. June 23, 1831, Wealthy Oaks. She was b. Nov. 14, 1796, and d. Aug. 18, 1835. He m. Oct. 13, 1836, Arabel Higgins, who was b. Sept. 14, 1802. One child by first marriage, one and perhaps more by second marriage.
viii. SOPHIA, b. Nov. 28, 1798; d. in 1801.
ix. MARY, b. June 4, 1801; m. John C. Shaw, d. March 30, 1874.
x. NANCY, b. Nov. 6, 1806; m. Jan. 15, 1824, Ezekiel Luce, son of Samuel and Lucy (Cathcart) Luce, of New Sharon, q. v.
2. JOSIAH NORCROSS, son of Samuel and Mary (Wiswall) Norcross, married Charlotte Smith. Mr. Norcross was a brickmaker, and went to Readfield when a young man, and there he became acquainted with Miss Smith, whom he subsequently married. He moved to Farmington early in the present century, and there followed his trade for many years. He was not a potter by trade himself, but he did a large business in that direction through the medium of hired workmen. His son, Mathias S .. learned the business in that way. Among the journeymen potters in his employ was a Mr. Snow, Mr. Cox, and William Hill. At length, in conse- quence of a money panic, he lost heavily from the sale of his wares on credit to his patrons. Soon after this he disposed of his business, and
his bundle and started out. lle soon came to a corner where a cross-road, little traveled, branched off from the highway. He obeyed the impression to turn in here, and not long after he came to a miserable but where a poor woman lived with several half-clothed children. Hle gave her the cloth, spoke words of kindness and consolation, and went his way. Thus he labored on, taking from his employers in payment, anything of use in a family, and distributed among the poor, at the same time praying, exhorting, and speaking kind words wherever he went. llow noble to thus forget his own sorrows in sympathy for the sorrows of humanity. What a lesson it teaches to those who sit down and mourn that their trouble is greater than they can bear.
* By the Brigadier of the County of Lincoln, Maine. The return of 32 men by him raised in said county, as his quota of 1000 men to be employed as guards to the troops of the convention and magazines and public stores in the State of Massachusetts Bay, and to be under command of General Heath, agreeable to a resolve of the General Court on the 23d of June, 177S. Josiah Norcross, of Gardinerstown, was one of the seventeen men drafted from that town. He was in Capt. John Berry's Co., Reg't of Guards. Discharged Dec. 14, 1778. Time of service from July IS, to D.c. 23, 1778, 5 months, 6 days. Philip Norcross was also a member of Captain l'imothy Heald's Co., Col. Samuel McCobb's Regiment of Militia in the expedition against Penobscot. Time of service from June 30, 1779, 2 months, 27 days.
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on the 29th day of March, 1818, moved with his family to the town of In- dustry. The land on which he located was bought of Dea. Levi Greenleaf, and was in that part of Industry set off to New Sharon in 1852. It is now (1892) a part of the farm on which William Henry Manter lives. Prior to his removal to Farmington his first wife died, and he married her sister, Mary Smith. The Smiths were Martha's Vineyard people. Mary's father was Ransford Smith, and he a son of Ransford and Thank- ful (Claghorn) Smith. There is still preserved among the descendants of Mary (Smith) Norcross a jar which was picked up, filled with tea, at Martha's Vineyard after "the Boston tea party" by her grandfather, Ransford Smith ; and from which his wife Thankful brewed many a cup of that delightful beverage .* The father of Mrs. Norcross, Ransford Smith, Jr., was an early settler in Winthrop, Me.,f but in time of Indian depredations returned to the Vineyard, where he remained until his daughter Mary was 16 years of age. This daughter attended school but three months in her life, not being able to bear the rigid discipline of the schools of those days. Yet she obtained a good education and became a successful teacher. She was a woman of clear perceptions, lofty purpose, good sense and dignity of character. The many virtues which adorned her life left an image of inestimable value in the memory of her children. Josiah Norcross and his ancestors likewise bear a good record, being remarkable alike for sobriety, honesty and uprightness. He died of apoplexy, Oct. 21, 1828, after a ten years' residence in Industry. His widow returned to Farmington, and afterward went to New Sharon, where she died Dec. 5, 1856.
i. CYNTHIA, b. in 1784; m. Page Lyons, of N. Y.
ii. CHARLOTTE, m. Roswell Alfred, of N. Y.
iii. JOSIAHI, m. Dolly Dow. 9 children.
iv. MATHIAS S., b. May -, 1792; m. (pub. March 16, 1818), Martha Turner, dau. of Reuben and Lucy (Everett) Turner, of Farmington, Me. He d. Oct. 23, 1868. She d. March 5, 1872. 10 children. į
V. MARY, m. April 2, 1832, Samuel Basset Norton, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Smith) Norton, of Farmington; d. April 18, 1872. He d. in Pontiac, Ill., Aug. 29, 1874.
* The following anecdote of Ransford, senior, illustrates a peculiar trait of his character : Ransford Smith was a faithful and worthy member of his church, where he held the office of deacon. Though the position was a highly honorable one, he resigned soon after the meridian of life. When urged to resume the honor he gave as his reason for declining, "Although at present I am capable of filling the position, a time is coming when the infirmities of age will render me unfit for the office. Then I might be unwilling to resign, therefore I desire to do so now ere my reason departs and my mind becomes weakened by age, that some younger brother may be elected to the place."
t The reader will please bear in mind that Readfield was originally a part of Winthrop and was set off and incorporated in 1791. Hence Mr. Smith was a citizen of the latter town until the former was set off.
# Butler's History of Farmington gives the number as seven, which we believe to be in- correct.
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vi. CELINDA, d. at age of 20 years.
Children by second marriage.
vii. MARY ANN, b. in Farmington, Jan. 26, 1806; m. Jan. 26, 1825, George Collins, q. v.
viii. JULIA ANN, b. in Farmington, July 12. 1807; m. Aug. 8, 1834, Rev. Wil- liam Wyman. She d. in Farmington, Jan. 14, ISSO.
3. ix. RANSFORD, b. in Farmington, Nov. 6, 1868; m. Sept. 3, 1851, Mrs. Cyn- thia T. True, relict of Dr. James S. True, of New Sharon, and dau. of John Tuck, of Fayette.
4. X. PHILIP', b. in Farmington, June 7, 1810; m. May 8, 1836, Susan Tenney llibbard, dau. of Stephen and Mary (Stevens) Hibbard, of Mercer. She was b. in Mercer, Jan. 23, 1820.
SARAH, b. in Farmington, Ang. 18, 1813; unmd.
xi. xii. THANKFUL. Prrrs, b. in Industry, Ang. 30, 1819: m. Aug. 30, 1846, Wil- liam Fogg Williamson (b. in Stark, Feb. 13, 1817), son of Jonathan and Mary ( Witham) Williamson, of Stark. Ile is a farmer, school teacher, and preacher of the Methodist denomination. Resides in Augusta. She d. in Augusta, Feb 20, 1889. Children :
1. VIOLA MAY. b. in New Sharon, March 25, 1848; m. Feb. 6, 1874, David J. Day, of Augusta, son of George and Tab- itha (Davis) Day. He is a carpenter and has six children.
ii. MINNIE LAVINA, b. in New Sharon, May 21, 1853; m. Aug. 11, 1869, James Il. Nottage, son of William and Frances (Snell) Nottage, of Stark, by whom she had two children. lIe d. at Sauk Center, Minn., Nov. - , 1874, and she m. July 4, 1876, for second husband, Charles Emery, son of John and Esther E. (Savage) Emery. He is an uphol- sterer and dealer in furniture, and resides in Augusta, s. p.
iii. JULIA MAY, b. in New Sharon, March 13, 1859. She began writing poetry at an early age, and when twelve years of age published the "Choir of the Year," a small volume of her own poems. Another and larger collection, " Echoes of Time and Tide," appeared in 1878. Both volumes were well received and widely circulated among her friends and acquaintances. The last named volume has been out of print for some years, and a third and larger edition is prom- ised in the near future. She is an easy and versatile writer and has been an extensive contributor to the periodical literature of the day. Her pen is seldom idle, and ardent friends confidently expect she will yet win fresh laurels in the realms of literature.
3. RANSFORD NORCROSS, son of Josiah and Mary (Smith) Norcross, married Mrs. Cynthia T. True. He learned the carpenter's trade of his brother Philip, and followed that vocation for many years. The first house he built after completing his apprenticeship was one for Albert and Daniel Shaw, now owned and occupied by Joseph H. Sayer. The excellence of the work clearly proves that Mr. Norcross mastered his trade. Like his brother Philip, he divided his time between farming and house-building. He settled on the farm where his father had lived, and was among the inhabitants set off to New Sharon in 1850. He was keeper of the Franklin County jail for a long term of years. He died in Farmington, Me .. July 6, 1882, aged 73 years, 8 months. His widow (born in Fayette, Me .. June 19, 1815), survived him nine years, and died
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in Farmington, Aug. 31, 1891. Both she and her husband were con- sistent christians, and worthy members of the Methodist Church.
Children.
MARTHA EVA, b. in New Sharon, Jan. 17, 1853.
ii. CHARLES RANSFORD, b. in New Sharon, June 2, 1857; d. April 30, 1865.
iii. JOSIAH MARDEN, b. in New Sharon, April 14, 1859.
4. PHILIP NORCROSS, son of Josiah and Mary (Smith) Norcross, married Susan T. Hibbard. He learned the carpenter's trade when a young man, of John Greenleaf, of Industry, and became a skillful work- man. After his marriage, Mr. Norcross settled on the Captain Howes farm, in the south part of the town, and was among the petitioners for annexation to New Sharon in 1852. He was a resident of Stark Village for some years, and afterward of New Sharon Village, where his son was in trade. He died in New Sharon, Nov. 11, 1890.
Children.
i. LUCINDA PITTS, b. in Industry, April 20, 1837; m. Aug. 25, 1861, Charles C. Folsom, son of Esq. William Eastman and Betsey ( Dutton) Fol- som, of Stark. IIe was b. in Stark, Me., March 25, 1840. Resides in Somerville, Mass., s. p.
ii. CHARLES SCAMMON, b. in Industry, Nov. 29, 1841. Choked to death by a kernel of corn, March 12, 1848.
5. iii. WILLIAM WYMAN, b. in Industry, Nov. 28, 1845; m. Sept. 13, 1868, Ora Ann Greaton (b. in Stark, April 24, 1847), dau. of Lyman M. and Betsey ( Waugh) Greaton, of Stark.
5. WILLIAM WYMAN NORCROSS, son of Philip and Susan T. ( Hib- bard ) Norcross, married Ora A. Greaton. He was a carpenter by trade, also a merchant at West's Mills, Stark, and New Sharon. Was State Senator from Franklin County in 1887. Now resides at Kent's Hill, Me.
Children.
i. FRED CARROLL, b. in Stark, Aug. 30, 1871.
ii. SUSIE BESSIE, b. in New Sharon, Dec. 24, 1875.
NORTON.
With the exception of Abner and Jabez Norton, all of the name who settled in Industry were descendants of Major Peter Norton, of Revo- lutionary fame. He was a son of Ebenezer, a grandson of Joseph and a great grandson of Nicholas and Elizabeth Norton, early residents on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. Butler, in his History of Farmington, says : "Peter Norton of Revolutionary renown, son of Ebenezer and Deborah (Mayhew) Norton, was born in Edgartown, Mass., Sept. 9,
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1718. He inherited from his father a landed estate lying chiefly in Ed- gartown, and became a large farmer. Of his family of ten sons, all but Samuel, Andrew, Ichabod and Peter, left their native Island probably between 1788 and 1796, generally with large families, and settled in Farmington or vicinity, while three of the sons of Samuel above named, Henry, Samuel and Tristram, settled in New Portland and Kingfield, early in the history of those towns, and became industrious and suc- cessful farmers. He married in 1740, Sarah, daughter of Cornelius Bas- sett, who was born March 19, 1720."
Children.
i. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 29, 1741; m. Sept. 24, 1761, Elizabeth Smith. Set- tled in Farmington, where he died Aug. 26, IS05. He was one of
the original purchasers of the New Vineyard Gore.
SAMUEL, b. April 16, 1743; m. Molly Davis.
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iii. PATTY, b. Oct. 16, 1744; d. unmd.
2. iv. CORNELIUS, b. Feb. 27, 1746; m. Lydia Claghorn.
V. LYDIA, b. Nov. 17, 1747; d. unmd.
vi. ELIAKIM, b. March 25, 1749; settled in Farmington and subsequently removed to Norridgewock, where he died.
vii. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 17, 1750; m. Henry Butler, an early settler in the town of New Vineyard.
viii. EPHRAIM, b. Aug. 28, 1752; in. Deborah Instance. Died at Farmington, in I839.
ix. ZACHARIAII, b. Aug. 28, 1754; m. May 22, 1778, Hannah Smith. Three of his sons, viz. : Dehave, Peter and Elihu, have lived in Industry.
X. JOSEPHI, b. June 4, 1756; m. May 20, 1819, Deborah Smith. Died in Farmington.
xi. ANDREW, b. Feb. 7, 1758.
xii. ICHABOD, b. Dec. 17, 1761 ; d. unmd.
xiii. PETER, b. Oct. 4, 1763; d. unmd.
I. SAMUEL NORTON, son of Major Peter and Sarah (Bassett) Nor- ton, married Molly Davis. Mr. Norton was one of the original pur- chasers of the township of New Vineyard. He died in Edgartown, Mass., Nov. 22, 1801. His wife died Feb. 20, 1820, aged 76 years. The author is able to give only the names of those children who came to Industry and New Vineyard.
Children.
3. HENRY, b. in Edgartown, June 7, 1770; m. Jan. 29, 1793,* Hannah Gower, dau. of Robert and Mary (Henry) Gower, of Farmington.
4. TRISTRAM, b. in Edgartown, Aug. 17, 1772; m. Dec. 2, 1794, Sarah Butler.
5 SAMUEL, b. in Edgartown, 1780; m. in 1804, Anna Davis, dau. of Mela- tiah, Jr., and Mary C. (Davis) Davis.
HEPSABETH, b. in Edgartown, Feb. 5, 1787; m. Cornelius Davis, q. z.
2. CORNELIUS NORTON, son of Major Peter and Sarah (Bassett)
* Butler's History of Farmington. His son, William Gower Norton, of Earlville, 111., in a letter dated March 27, IS91, writes that his parents were married Jan. 29, 1795.
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Norton, married Lydia Claghorn. Mr. Norton was one of the original purchasers of the New Vineyard Gore, in 1790, and in the final division drew the northeast quarter section as his portion of the purchase. Previous to his settlement on the Gore he made a brief temporary resi- dence in Farmington. He was a man of eminent piety, a deacon of the Baptist Church, and respected by all who knew him. He settled on the Gore in 1793 or possibly a year earlier .* His first wife died, and he married (pub. June 12, 1811), Mrs. Betsey Wells,t of New Sharon. He died probably, in 1818. His widow died Oct. 20, 1824, aged 57 years.# The children of Deacon Norton were :
6. CORNELIUS, m. Aug. 25, 1794, Margaret Belcher, dau. of Supply and Margaret (More) Belcher, of Farmington.
7. EBENEZER, m. (pub. Aug. 19, 1799), his cousin, Rebecca Norton, dau. of Eliakim Norton (b. in Edgartown, July 4, 1780). He d. March, 1814. ZEBULON, lost at sea.
WINTHROP, lost at sea.
ELIZABETH, m. John Holmes, of Martha's Vineyard.
DEBORAH, m. Jeremiah Smith.
LYDIA, b. March 19, 1779; m. Josiah Butler, son of Henry and Mehit- able (Norton) Butler, of New Vineyard, q. v.
SUSANNAII, b. April 24, 1781, m. (pub. Sept. 2, 1800), James Gower, son of Robert and Mary (Henry) Gower, q. v.
SARAH B., m. Sept. 11, 1806, Ebenezer Vaughan.
MARTHA, b. at Holmes' Hole, Mass., May 1, 1786; m. Jan. 3, 1802, Dr. Thomas Dawes Blake, son of Increase and Elizabeth (Bridge) Blake, of Boston, Mass.
3. HENRY NORTON, son of Samuel and Molly (Davis) Norton, mar- ried Hannah Gower. Mr. Norton purchased of his father, Feb. 17, 1 794, lot No. 3 in the first range of lots in New Vineyard. He probably came to the District of Maine soon after gaining possession of his land, and erected a mill ( see p. 167 ) the same season. He moved to New Portland, where he was first town clerk, and held various other offices. His wife was born in Topsham, Me., Feb. 27, 1775 ; died May 5, 1864. He died in New Portland, Me., May 7, 1844.
Children.
i. MARY, b. in Farmington, March 20, 1797; m. Feb. 10, 1830, John Wey- mouth. ii. HENRY DAVIS, b. in Farmington, Feb. 16, 1799; d. in New Portland, Oct. 19, 1819.
* Butler gives the date (see History of Farmington, p. 537), as 1794.
t Dea. Norton's second wife was a daughter of Captain Isaiah Atkins.
# The death of Mrs. Norton occurred in a somewhat singular manner. After the death of her husband she went to live with her daughter, by a previous marriage, Mrs. Captain Elijah Manter. On the day of her death she had attended a conference meeting at Daniel Luce's in company with her granddaughter, Aphia Manter. Just after passing Butler's Corner on their way home, the sleigh broke and the horse became frightened. Mrs. Norton sprang from the sleigh and after walking a few steps dropped dead.
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S. iii. JOHN WESLEY, b. in Farmington, Feb. 14, 1801 ;* m. Dec. 23, 1823,t Lydia P. Flint, dan. of Dr. Thomas and Sarah (Norton) Flint.
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iv. SAMUEL, b. in New Vineyard, Ang. 28, 1803; m. Feb. 3, 1830, Charlotte Waugh, dau. of William and Martha ( Sampson) Waugh, of Stark. ROBERT GOWER, b. in New Portland, May 6, 1805; m. Oct. 18, 1840, C'andoce Case, who was b. in Barkhampstead, Conn., Aug. 8, 1804, and d. in Belvidere, Ill , Dec. 2, 1882.
IO, vi. WILLIAM GOWER, b. in New Portland, April 14, 1808; m. Nov. 9, 1830, Elmira Parker, dau. of Josiah and Ruth (Paine) Parker, of New Portland.
II. vii. AMOS HAMBLIN, b. in New Portland, April 8, 1810; m. Sept. 13, 1841, Lucinda 1 .. Whitney, dau. of C'apt. Sewall and Anna Whitney, of Free- man. She was b. Oct. 12, 18IS.
viii. SARAH GOWER, b. in New Portland, July 18, 1812; m. Jan. 20, 1831, Samuel Il. Norton. Ile d. July 16, 1846; she d. Feb. 20, 1884.
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JOHN NELSON, b. in New Portland, Dec. 26, 1814; m. Feb. 10, 1841, Martha Williams, dau. of Moses Williams, of Embden, Me. Ile removed to Wisconsin, and engaged in lumbering. His wife d. s. p. March 20, 1844, aged 24 years, 6 months and 10 days. He survived his wife three years, and d. in Wisconsin, May 15, 1847, aged 32 years, 4 months and 19 days.
X. HANNAH GOWER, b. in New Portland, April 1, 1817; m. Nov. 18, 1843, John Foord (b. in New Portland, Dec. 21, 1810), son of Fobes and HIannah (Fuller) Foord, of New Sharon. She d. in the town of Spring, Ill., Nov. 24, 1864, aged 47 years, 7 months, 23 days. lle d. in Belvidere, Boone Co., Ill., July 16, 1887, aged 76 years, 6 months and 25 days. Children :
i. JULIETTE G. S., b. in New Sharon, Aug. 11, 1847; m. at Bel videre, Ill., Sept. 22, 1869, Alpheus C. Eggleston (b. in New Lebanon, N. Y., June 1, 1846), son of Charles Eli and Betsey E. (Barden) Eggleston, of Waverly, Bremer (o., lowa. Mr. Eggleston is a farmer, and resides in Waverly. Their children are: Fred E., b. in Belvidere, Ill., Aug. 19, 1870; Lizzie, b. in Belvidere, Sept. 13, 1873: llarold F., b. in Waverly, Sept. 15, 1885; John W., b. in Waverly, July 25, 1889.
ii. FOBES, b. in New Sharon, May 16, 1851; m. at Nashua, lowa, in the fall of 1876, Susan Dyar. He is a farmer, and resides in Nashua, Iowa. Three children.
iii. JOHN, b. in Spring, III., Dec. 10, 1856; m. March 8, 1881, Anna Evans, of Belvidere, Ill. Hle is a merchant and resides at Swaledale, lowa. One son.
iv. LIZZIE, b. in Spring, Ill., Jan. 29, 1859; m. Aug. 4, 1886, Frank Prior, of St. Paul, Minn. She was a graduate of the Illinois State Normal School, and a teacher in the St. Paul, Minn., schools for several years. Resides in Los Angeles, Cal. Three children.
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