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Northport, and lives there. - II. Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1777 ; d. May 11, 1793 [see page 69]. - III. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1780 ; d. Dec. 18, 1781. - IV. Elizabeth, or Betsey, b. Oct. 25, 1781; m. Samuel Perham, March 6, 1800, who was drowned in St. George's River, in Warren; had 1. Otis, who d. 2. William, m. Cecilia Tobey, of Jefferson, and d. at sea. 3. Mary, m. George Tobey ; r. Jefferson, a widow. - V. Susanna, b. April 30, 1783 ; m., July 11, 1798, John Mahoney ; r. Lincolnville. - VI. Sally, b. Feb. 18, 1785; m., first, John Robinson, of Hope, Feb. 6, 1831; and, second, Franc. Fletcher, of Lincolnville. - VII. Philip, b. May 6, 1787; m. Hannah Grafton; r. Waldoborough ; had 1. Ambrose, b. Sept. 16, 1812 ; m. Mary Ann Nash, of Waldo- borough. 2. Polly Grafton, b. Dec. 10, 1814 ; m. Wallace Cunningham ; r. Belfast. 3. Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1816; m. Silas Law. 4. Hannah, m. Saul Benner, of Waldoborough ; r. there. 5. Philip, m. Clarissa Burns, of Waldoborough; r. there. 6. Eliza, m. William Kelloch ; r. Waldoborough. 7. Pierce. 8. Ignatius Sherman. - VIII. Suell, b. Jan. 2, 1789; m., Feb. 4, 1818, Sophia Barnard; had 1. Phi- lena, b. Sept. 24, 1819; d. Oct. 3, 1843. 2. Jason Rob- bins, b. May 31, 1821; m. Abby Maria S. Stoddard, of Boston, July 18, 1847. 3. Leonard Barnard, b. June 28, 1823. 4. Lydia Maxcy, b. June 28, 1825. 5. Josiah, b. July 30, 1827. 6. Maria, b. Nov. 5, 1829. 7. Delana, b. Oct. 9, 1831. 8. Nancy, b. Feb. 8, 1834. 9. Suell, b. April
22, 1837. 10. William Augustus, b. March 24, 1842. - 1X. Melinda, b. Jan. 2, 1791 ; m., first, James Fuller, Jan. 22, 1817 ; and, second, his brother Givens. - X. Chloe, b. May 2, 1792 ; m., Jan. 1, 1813, Alpheus Collamore (whose first wife was Deborah Grinnell), and had 1. Deborah Grin- nell, b. Jan. 10, 1814; m., 1837, Benjamin Brown, jun., of Appleton. 2. Elbridge Gerry, b. July 10, 1815. 3. Melenda C., b. Oct. 29, 1816. 4. Elison, b. Sept. 5, 1818. 5. Jane, b. March, 1820. 6. Susan, b. Sept. 26, 1822. 7. Nancy, b. Dec. 8, 1823. 8. Richard, b. Jan. 20, 1826. 9. Polly, b. July 4, 1829. 10. Andrew Jackson, b. Dec. 11, 1831. - XI. Richard, b. July 27, 1794; m., March 1, 1821, Elsie Robinson, of Hope.
CUSHMAN, MATTHEW SMITH, carpenter; t. 1797; bought the place now owned by N. D. Rice; returned to Belling- ham, Mass., and moved to Providence, R. I. By w. Cyn- thia had - I. Sabin, b. Aug. 5, 1796; m .; r. Bellingham.
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-II. Asa, b. Oct. 27, 1798 ; shoemaker ; r. Providence. - III. Smith, b. Nov. 15, 1800.
DAGGETT, AARON, fourth child of Thomas ; m. Rebecca, dr. of Stephen Peabody, of Warren; went to sea, and was probably lost. He had-I. Ruth, b. Jan. 1, 1792; m. Jacob Kuhn, of Waldoborough, in 1816 ; had 1. William Harriman, m. Julia Augusta Groton; and had (1). Ange- lina, b. 1845; (2). William Franklin, b. July, 1847. 2. Peter, lost at sea. 3 and 4. Twins, Albert, who d., and Gilbert. 5. Almond Orlando. - II. Olive, b. Feb. 2, 1794; m., Jan. 8, 1818, George Clouse, of Waldo- borough, who d. Nov. 22, 1825; leaving 1. Horatio Nel- son, b. April 22, 1822; seaman, farmer; r. Union. 2. Angelica Frances, b. Sept. 2, 1824; m., April 13, 1846, Gardner Light, of Waldoborough; r. Worcester, Mass. ; and has (1). Mary Frances, b. Sept. 10, 1848. - III. Peggy, or Margaret, b. July 17, 1796; m. Peleg Wiley, in 1819; and had 1. Almira, m. Oliver Simmons, of Hope. 2. Aaron Daggett. 3. Ephraim. 4. William Hovey. 5. Jacob Kuhn. 6. Peleg. 7. Rebecca; d. 8. Charles ; d. 9. Ruth Kuhn. - IV. Polly, b. Feb. 23, 1798 ; d. 1802. - V. Aaron, b. April 7, 1800 ; d. 1801. - VI. Lucy, b. Nov. 10, 1802 ; m. Abraham Gushee, of Hope; had Frederic Augustus, b. August, 1825 ; Louisa, d. young ; Rebecca, m. Elijah Ripley, of Hope (who has (1). Frederick, b. July 5, 1847) ; Almond ; Ambrose ; Elijah Daggett. - VII. Elijah A., b. March 2, 1806; M.D. at Bowdoin College, 1833 ; physician in Waldoborough ; m. Ruth Ann Waters, of Jefferson ; and had 1. Ann, b. May 28, 1847. 2. Athearn. - VIII. Aaron Athearn, b. Dec. 17, 1808; m. Bethiah, dr. of William Thompson; had 1. Simon Elijah, b. in Jefferson. 2. A dr., d. in Appleton. 3. Emeline Ore- ville, d. 1849. 4. Morrill Stanford, b. 1845; d. 1849. 5. Augusta, d. 1849. Mrs. Aaron Daggett, m., second, John Newbit, of Waldoborough, in 1815; and had Jonathan Newhall, who d. in 1848.
DAGGETT, MATTHEW, a sea-captain, who followed the sea from boyhood, was nephew of Thomas, senior; lived a while in Union, and settled in Warren. N. Robbins, Esq., said the first national vessel was built for a present to France. On going out, she anchored off Holmes's Hole. It being Christmas, the officers and some others went on
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shore to enjoy themselves. A violent storm came on. The officers could not get on board, nor the seamen from the ship to the shore. Many on board died. Matthew Dag- gett was thawed off from a gun to which he had been frozen.
DAGGETT, SAMUEL, b. at Tisbury, May 19 (?); d. Oct. 2, 1835, æt. eighty-two; son of Thomas and Rebecca (Athearn) Daggett. He m. Jedidah, sister of Christopher Butler ; and she d. Feb. 21, 1830. They had - I. Brother- ton, b. at Tisbury, Mass., Jan. 4, 1778 ; m., first, Sarah, or Sally, Kimball, of Bristol, in the winter of 1802-3; and, second, Mrs. Emily (Chadwick) Marshall, of Thomaston, December, 1838, who d. Oct. 14, 1844; and had 1. Eleanor Martin, b. Jan. 7 or 30, 1804; m., Dec. 29, 1834, John Oakes. 2. William, b. Aug. 27, 1805; r. Michigan. 3. Mary, b. May 18, 1808 ; d. June 4, 1830. 4. Sophronia, b. March 4, 1810 ; m., March 5, 1833, Jonathan D. Breck ; r. Brighton, Mass. 5. Orinda, b. Dec. 26, 1811 ; m. Reuben Sherror; r. Thomaston. 6. Arunah Weston, b. Feb. 16, 1814; m. a Whitney ; r. Bangor. 7. Timothy Kimball, en- gineer of a steamboat, b. Feb. 26, 1816; r. Mobile, Ala. 8. Eliza Mitchell, b. Aug. 8, 1818. 9. Elvira, b. Nov. 17, 1820 ; m. George Hatch, of Thomaston; r. Boston. 10. Brotherton, b. Nov. 25, 1822; r. Boston. 11. George Bartlett, b. Aug. 23, 1824; m. Mary Jane, dr. of John Burns ; r. homestead ; had Reuben Sherrod, b. Feb. 1, 1849, who d. Feb. 16, 1850. 12. Elisha Harding, b. Sept. 6, 1827; r. Thomaston. - II. James, b. Sept. 9, 1779, at Tisbury; m., in Waldoborough, Aug. 31, 1800, Deborah Upham, from Bristol ; r. Hodgdon ; had 1. James, b. Jan. 22, 1802. 2. Isaac, b. Nov. 2, 1803; drowned in the Penobscot ; and others. - III. Polly, b. May 12, 1781 ; m. Thomas Mitchell. - IV. Jonathan, b. May 20, 1783; m., first, in 1804, Betsey Martin, of St. George ; and, second, Mary Robinson, of Belmont. They had issue, 1. Athearn, b. Sept. 1, 1805 ; d. July 5, 1806. 2. John, b. Aug. 29, 1806; m. in Waldoborough ; killed by a fall in the night from the haymow; left a widow and two children. 3. Wilbert, b. Oct. 30, 1807; m. Susan Lair, or Lehr; r. Waldoborough. 4. Julia Ann,, b. March 17, 1809; d. Aug. 21, 1814. 5. Richard Martin, b. Jan. 15, 1811. 6. Sarah, b. Feb. 13, and d. Nov. 7, 1813. 7. Silvia Weston, b. Aug. 6. 1814, m. a Wing; r. Belmont. He also had other ch., all by the first wife. - V. William, b. April 9, 1785; m., in 1813,
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Silvia Church Weston; and had 1. Amelia, b. Feb. 26, 1814. 2. Sarah Ann, b. Aug. 23, 1815. 3. Jane Tobey, b. Oct. 9, 1818 ; m. a Crawford, in Searsmont. 4. Joshua, b. Sept. 16, 1820; r. Bristol. 5. Nancy Alford, b. Oct. 25, 1822. 6. Lucy Weston, b. Jan. 11, 1825. 7. Margery, b. June 22, 1827; d. Jan. 8, 1828; also others. - VI. Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1792; d. Oct. 11, 1846; m., first, in 1817, Priscilla Coggan; and, second, Mrs. Sarah, dr. of Jacob Wade, and widow of Jacob Stetson. He had 1. Augusta Bachelder, b. Aug. 24, 1818; m., 1840, George Barter, of Thomaston. 2. Martha, b. Aug. 7, 1822; d. Sept. 16, 1823. 3. Hancey, b. Nov. 6, 1825 ; d. Sept. 21, 1842. 4. Cyrenus Chapin, b. Dec. 13, 1830 ; also two ch. by the last w. ; one of them d. - VII. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 2, 1797 ; m., first, in 1819, Margaret Miller, of Waldoborough, who d. May 31, 1830; and, second, June 9, 1831, her sis- ter Salome; had 1. Cyrus, b. Oct. 22, 1819 ; r. in Camden. 2. Thurston, b. Nov. 28, 1820; m. Rachel, dr. of Andros Mitchell. 3. Elzina, b. March 31, 1822; m. Reuben Ghentner, of Waldoborough ; lives there. 4. Barbara D., b. Nov. 30, 1823; d. Sept. 5, 1825. 5. Mary Miller, b. June 4, 1825; m. George, 's. of Ebenezer Robbins. 6. Erastus, b. April 23, 1827; m., June 11, 1846, Pamela Ripley, of Appleton. 7. An infant child, d. May 31, 1830. 8. Lysander, b. Jan. 10, 1832; seaman ; d. June 10, 1850. 9. Charles Miller, b. March 8, 1834. 10. Clementine C., b. Oct. 26, 1835. 11. Darius, b. March 18, 1838. 12. Harriet D. 13. A dr., who d. 14. Lucius C. 15. Angelia. - VIII. Daniel Weston, b. May 19, 1800 ; d. April 4, 1833 ; m., Dec. 3, 1827, Lydia Jameson, of Warren ; had issue, 1. Ozias, b. Sept. 29, 1828 ; d. Feb. 2, 1830. 2. Daniel O., b. Jan. 18, 1831. The widow m. Caswell, who committed suicide.
DAGGETT, THOMAS, senior, d. May 15, 1806 ; and his w., Rebecca Athearn, d. Aug. 3, 1805. They had Samuel ; Thomas ; Hannah, who m. a Norton on Martha's Vineyard ; Aaron ; Rebecca, who m. her cousin, Matthew Daggett, of Warren, and d. October, 1848. With Thomas Daggett, senior, probably came Ebenezer, a blind brother, whom he maintained, and who d. April 29, 1816, æt. seventy-eight ; and Andrew, a foolish son, who also d. in town.
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who d. Feb. 6, 1832 ; sister of Mrs. C. Butler. They had - I. Hannah, b. April 14, 1783 ; d., of consumption, April 23, 1826; u. - II. Berintha, b. Sept. 11, 1786 ; m., April 23, 1809, John Chapman Robbins ; and d. July 5, 1839. - III. Thomas, Captain, b. June 4, 1788 ; farmer in Searsmont ; went to sea as mate of a vessel; became acquainted, on his voyage from England, with an English lady, Martha Maid- man, whom he m. in New York city, and returned with her to his farm. She spent the last weeks of her life at his father's, in Union, where she d., of consumption, Aug. 23, 1818, aged twenty-two, having had one child, which died young in Union. Afterward he went to his wife's kindred in New York, engaged in business, and d. - IV. Sally, b. May 6, 1790 ; d. ; m., Sept. 20, 1818, Samuel Goodwin, of Searsmont ; had ch. - V. Edmund, b. Aug. 23, 1792 ; m., 1818, Deborah, dr. of Josiah Keene, of Camden; r. some years on the homestead, but now near Hope Corner ; ch. 1. Frederic, valise and trunk-maker, b. Aug. 13, 1819; m., Oct. 3, 1815, in New York, Helen Lauretta, dr. of Captain Lewis and Hannah (Morse) Bachelder; and had (1). Frederic La Forrest, b. Jan. 12, 1847, d. April 5, 1849 ; (2). a son, b. November, 1850. 2. Martha, b. March 7, 1821; d. March 16, 1823. 3. Thomas, a gro- cer, b. May 4, 1822; d. Philadelphia; u. 4. Ephraim Gay, b. July 31, 1824 ; afflicted with epilepsy and mental and religious depression and derangement ; took the life of a child and his own life, in Roxbury, Mass., June 7, 1851. 5. Freeman Luce, valise and trunk-maker, b. Feb. 8, 1827 ; r. Boston. 6. Lucinda, b. March 26, 1828 ; d. Oct. 1, 1831. 7. John Sibley, b. Feb. 7, 1830; r. Bowdoin College. 8. Sarah Gay, b. Jan. 25, 1832; m., 1849, John Rich ; r. Hope. 9. Patience Hewett, b. June 1, 1834; d. young. 10. Esther. 11. Mary. 12. Helen. 13. Caroline. - VI. Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1794; m., Sept. 26, 1816, Meribah Jack- son ; settled in Belmont, and moved to Wisconsin. - VII. Matthew, b. Oct. 1, 1798 ; d. Dec. 10, 1798.
DANIELS, NATHAN, Deacon, son of Henry and Lois (Pond) Daniels, b. at Franklin, Mass., Sept. 7, 1771; took up land where he settled, in the easterly part of the town, probably in 1797; m., 1797, Lois Ellis, of Franklin, who d. March 7, 1844, aged sixty-seven years eleven months. They had - I. Lois, b. Oct. 10, 1797 ; m. John Payson, May 1, 1823 ; ch. 1. Nathan Daniels, b. Jan. 6, 1825. 2. John
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Ellis, b. Aug. 8, 1826. 3. George Washington, b. Feb. 12, 1828. 4. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1831. 5. James Madison, b. Oct. 28, 1836. - II. Ellis, b. Oct. 15, 1799 ; m. Freelove Wentworth; r. Hope. They, beside others, had Sylvia A .; d. Dec. 12, 1846, aged twenty-one years, ten months, twenty-nine days. - III. Nathan, b. March 15, 1801, m., June 2, 1825, Mehitable, dr. of Amos Walker ; had 1. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 13, 1826. 2. Harriet Newell, b. Feb. 7, 1829 ; m., Oct. 1849, a Hartford. 3. Sarah Eliza, b. Sept. 18, 1831; d. Sept. 24, 1832. 4. Joel, b. Dec. 10, 1833. 5. Levi, b. March 18, 1838. - IV. Milton, b. April 12, 1803 ; m., first, in 1829, Lucy, dr. of Lewis Rob- bins ; second, in 1835, Nancy Miller; had 1. Lewis Robbins, b. March 3, 1831. 2. Lucy Ann, b. May 17, 1837. 3. Laura Maria, b. May 15, 1842. - V. Eliza, b. Nov. 29, 1804; m. Levi Morse. - VI. Joseph Hawes, b. Aug. 8, 1807; m., Oct. 30, 1830, Sarah, dr. of Amos Walker ; and had 1. Edwin Roscoe, b. March 8, 1831. 2. Lucy Robbins, b. Nov. 3, 1833. 3. Sarah Eliza, b. March 14, 1836. 4. Zilpah Ellis, b. Oct. 12, 1838. 5. Joseph Henry, b. Aug. 8, 1841 ; d. Jan. 9, 1844. 6. Lois Ann, b. June 24, 1844. 7. Frances E., b. Oct. 8, 1848. - VII. Fisher Ames, b. Sept. 6, 1808 ; m., Sept. 2, 1832, Julia Ann Gardner; and had Obadiah G., b. Aug. 26, 1833; also Lois, d. June 24, 1842, aged six months ; and probably others. - VIII. Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1811; m , Jan. 1, 1838, Edward Taylor, of Hope; and d. April 18, 1850. - IX. Julia, b. March 13, 1813 ; d. Feb. 26, 1841 ; c .; m., Nov. 28, 1839, Zuinglius, b. June 10, 1812, son of William Col- lins. Z. C.'s second w. was Julia Ann Bachelder. - X. Rhoda Cordelia, b. Aug. 22, 1815; d. Oct. 23, 1840; m., Oct. 29, 1839, George L. Folger, of Hope. - XI. Cynthia Abigail, b. July 31, 1818 ; m. Nathan Robbins.
DAVIS, MARK, from Friendship; t. 1797; m., in 1799, Betsey Pickering, of Fox Islands, who is said to have origi- nated from or near Portsmouth, N. H. He lived, when it was burnt, in Capt. Barrett's old house, many rods north-west of the one recently burnt on the spot now occupied by Gor- ham Butler's.
DAVIS, STERLING, t. 1799 ; d. Jan. 29, 1849 ; m. Jane, widow of Jason Robbins ; had-I. Jason, b. March 13, 1801 ; m. Chloe, dr. of Josiah Maxcy ; had 1. Elizabeth, or
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Betsey, b. Aug. 1, 1824; m., Jan. 20, 1848, Calvin Robin- son, of Hope. 2. Hervey Maxcy, b. Sept . 8, 1826. 3. Statira, b. January, 1828 ; m., Jan. 15, 1848, Josiah How- ard Shepard ; has (1). Susan Caroline, b. April 10, 1850. 4. Jane, b. November, 1831. 5. William Tilson, b. January, 1834 (?). 6. Roxana, b. July, 1835. 7. Chloe Alvina, b. 1838 (?). 8. Elvira Robbins, b. May 31, 1843. - II. Sterling, b. June 20, 1803; m., 1828, Betsey Miller ; had 1. Lucena Keller, b. Aug. 15, 1829. 2. Joseph Miller, b. Dec. 16, 1833. - III. Wilber, b. Dec. 11, 1808 ; m. Rosanna Noyes, of Hope; had 1. Oscar. 2. Benjamin Bussey. 3 and 4. Twins ; Elisha Harding and Dexter Hovey. 5. A daughter, d. few months old. 6. Ed- win. 7. Sarah Allen. 8. Emily Jane. 9. Alice. 10. Marshall, b. July 16, 1848. - IV. Jane, b. April 27, 1810 ; m., 1829, William Tilson, jun., of Thomaston ; and d .; leaving Davis, a cadet, at West Point.
DUNHAM, SAMUEL, r. on the Simmons Farm. The town records say, " Moved into town from Warren, sometime in June, 1790, Samuel Dunham and Kate Dunham his wife; Joseph Dunham, James Dunham and Sarah Dunham, the children of Samuel and Kate Dunham." He brought into town, "June 22, 1792, from Warren, Mary Sumner, wife of Ezra Sumner, Mary Davis, Liddia Sumner and Charles Sumner." It is said that he was not faithful to his wife. About the year 1794, she, becoming a little deranged, went to visit her little boy, who was living with Capt. William Starrett, of Warren, with whom she resided when m. On her way back, she was seen fording the river near Hart's Falls, and afterward near Crawford's Pond. She took a hay-road, went into the woods, and was lost. About that time there was at Warren a town-meeting. The people adjourned to the next day for the purpose of ex- ploring the woods. The search was unsuccessful. About two years after this, William Hart, having been out on a trapping excursion, found her bones and a piece of her gown in the very easterly part of Union, near Grassy Pond. Her bones were taken up, and buried in the graveyard." He moved to Friendship, it is believed, and there died. Probably his dr. Abigail m., June 13, 1796, James Pease, of Barrets Town.
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1795; r. Appleton ; m., March 5, 1797, Abigail, b. 1768, dr. of Jacob and Hannah (Jones) Booth, of Gloucester, R. I. - I. John, b. Sept. 7, 1800; r. Appleton ; m., first, May 1823, Anna Walker; and, second, Lydia McCurdy, in 1835; had 1. Anna W., b Jan. 1825, or Feb. 21, 1826 ; 2. Fanny W., b. March 28, 1827, or March 28, 1828 ; m., first, Samuel Leach and had (1). William. S. L. went off, and she m., second, George Cox, in 1848, and had (2). a son, d. young. 3. Infant dr. ; d. 4. Rufus, b. April 4, 1831. - II. Betsey, b. Sept. 14, 1802; d. July 11, 1805. - III. Abigail, b. Aug. 7, 1804; m. True Door, of Harmony ; and d. - IV. Cecilia, b. July 10, 1806 ; m. Shadrach Snell.
ESENSA,1 HENRY, b. Brunswick, in Hanover, Germany ;
1 Mr. Esensa belonged to the cavalry in Germany, came to Quebec under Col. Baum, and was captured by Gen. Stark at Bennington, where "the balls flew so thick he did not think one soul could escape alive. The Hessian cavalry," he said, "had been promised horses, and been told that they should get enough from the rebels ; but they never got any." He described Col. Baum as a man of " re- markable appearance, and having a remarkably brilliant eye." Esensa was introduced into Waldoborough by Capt. Schenck ; and not long after the battle, while yet u., he came to Union. and labored in com - pany with Suchfort. As Suchfort joined the British army in Eng- land, and Esensa was one of the Hessians despatched from Germany to aid the British, it is not probable that they ever met till in Stir- lington. They often worked together; and so similar were their movements in felling trees and in taking hold and lifting logs, that one of them remarked, from this alone he should have known the other to be a Hessian. He afterward lived several years in Hope. Before the year 1800, he returned to Union, and bought the farm now owned by Philo Thurston, about one-third of a mile above the Mid- dle Bridge, on the west side of the river. After he had been from Germany about thirty years, he was threshing grain for Mr. Samuel Hills, and the conversation turned on Germany. Hills asked him why he did not write to his relatives and friends there. E. asked Hills to write. The flails were thrown down, and a letter immediately written, superscribed to several persons, and mailed, without much probability, in those days, of his receiving a reply. An answer came from friends whom he had left thirty years before, and who had sup- posed him to be dead. The joy of the old Hessian, who had not heard from his relatives in Germany since he came away, could hardly be restrained. In consequence of this movement, he received about three hundred dollars, which had been reserved for him from his father's estate, and was a great relief to him in his somewhat straitened circumstances. Towards the close. of life, he moved to a place in Appleton beyond Fossetts' Mills, where he d. not far from the year 1831. The graves of him and his friend Suchfort are within a mile and a half of each other.
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m. Susannah Rolfe, of Bristol (?), and had children, the first four b. in Hope. - I. Peggy, b. Aug. 26, 1790 .; m. John Stanley. - II. Nancy, b. Dec. 7, 1792 ; m. - III. Charles, b. Oct. 22, 1794; m. Sally Overlock ; r. Appleton. - IV. Susannah, b. Nov. 22, 1796 ; m. Peleg House ; r. Liberty. - V. Sally, b. Feb. 15, 1798; m. Daniel Briggs Grinnell. - VI. David, b. Nov. 23, 1799 ; m. thrice ; r. near Frederic- ton, N. B. - VII. Reuben, b. Sept. 21, 1801 ; r. Canada. - VIII. Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1803. - IX. Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1804; r. Appleton. - X. Eunice, b. June 22, 1807; m. John Lermond ; r. Appleton.
EVERTON, ZEPH., came with William Lewis from Thomas- ton ; t. 1791 and 1793; worked at the mills by the Upper Bridge, and boarded himself. Mischievous wags, to tease him, accused him of frying doughnuts in a tin lantern. He appears to have been a "likely, respectable " man, and, it is said, afterward was toll-gatherer at the bridge in Thomaston, where he d.
FAIRBANKS, JOHN, from Sherburne, Mass .; b. May 18, 1760 ; probably came about the same time with William Hart and Levi Morse. He was taxed in the tax-bill of 1791, but did not reside constantly in town. He m. Eunice, b. April 20, 1769, dr. of Samuel and Sarah Payson. - I. Abner Hills, b. Nov. 15, 1789 ; m. Nancy Mac-, of Parkman, Ohio; and d., Feb. 10, 1826 or 1827; and had Maria, who m. Rev. Daniel H. Mansfield, a Methodist minister. - II. Eunice Payson, b. March 6, 1792; m. Lewis Robinson, of Hope; and d. -- III. John Noyes, b. March 10, 1794; m., June 16, 1822, Martha Preble ; ch. 1. Eunice Payson, b. Aug. 4, 1823; m. John Dean; had (1). a son, d. one week old ; (2). James Gregory, b. Sept. 1847; (3). John Bartholomew, b. April,
"In memory of John Andrew Isense, born in Little Biwene : was a Dragoon in the Prince of Brunswick's Regiment; who was killed by lightning, Aug. 16, 1780, in the 28th year of his age. 'Ich weiss das mein Erloeser lebt, und er wird mich wieder ans der Erden aufer- wecken.' - Job xix. 25. The British Dragoon Isense was some twenty feet from the tree, when he was killed, having taken shelter from the storm under .a cock of hay." See Bridgman's Inscriptions. The German pronunciation of Isense is the same as the English of Esensa ; and it is not improbable, both being Germans and engaged on the British side in the revolutionary war, that they may have belonged to the same family.
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1850. 2. Nancy McMellen, b. April 1; d. March 18, 1826 (?). 3. Martha Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1837; m. Wil- liam Boynton ; r. Bath; and has ch. 4. John Noyes, b. Jan. 31, 1829. 5. Henry Norris, b. June 12, 1831. 6. Caroline Olive, b. March 15, 1833; d. Sept. 4, 1833. 7. William Franklin, b. July 11, 1834. 8. George Hollis, b. Nov. 1, 1836. 9. Clotilda Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1838; d. Dec. 2, 1838. - IV. Sarah, or Sally, b. Aug. 2, 1796; m. Lewis Wentworth, previously h. of her sister. - V. Hills, b. Nov. 8, 1798. - VI. Caroline, b. Dec. 10, 1802 ; m. Joseph Gleason, Nov. 25, 1827. - VII. Eliza, b. Dec. 12, 1804; m. Lewis Wentworth ; and d. March 1834. - VIII. Olive C., m. John Homes Stewart.
FALES, PETER, blacksmith, m. Chloe Shepard, came from Attleboro', Mass., about 1799; settled first at the head of Seven-tree Pond, and afterward on the farm now owned by Moses Morse, and returned to Mass .; had - I. Samuel Tur- ner, b. Dec. 8, 1797. - II. Sabry Turner, b. Jan. 16, 1800. - III. Willard, b. Feb. 14, 1802. - IV. Lewis, b. March 29, 1804. - V. John, b. Sept. 2, 1806. One of his children d. 1809.
GAY, JONAH, t. 1794; and his w., Mary Thomas, of Me- duncook. At the raising of a saw-mill on the west side of the river, at the Middle Bridge, Nov. 19, 1802, the broad- side began to sway before it was secured. Gay, seeing it was about to come over, sprang and seized a post with a view to prevent it. The broadside came down. The end of the post struck him, crushed his chin and chest together, and he died instantly. His w. d. March 13, 1843 ; eighty- one ; ch. - I. Abiel, b. July 22, 1791 ; r. Waldo ; m. Ju- dith Sayward, of Thomaston; had 1. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1816 ; d. Oct. 18, 1822. 2. Judith, b. Dec. 4, 1818. 3. Clarinda, b. June 1, 1821 ; d. Oct. 17, 1821. 4. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1823. 5. Abiel, b. Jan. 31, 1825. 6. Sarah, b. July 14, 1827 ; d. Aug. 29, 1832. 7. Richard, b. May 13, 1829 ; d. Aug. 24, 1832. - II. James, b. May 2, 1793; d. in the army, in the war of 1812. - III. Polly, b. Feb., 15, 1795; d. March 2, 1795. - IV. Rachel, b. April 2, 1796 ; m., 1814, David Gay ; r. Waldo; had 1. Edward, b. Nov. 25, 1816. 2. Nancy, b. Jan. 4, 1818. 3. James, b. March 13, 1822. 4. Sally, b. April 18, 1824. - V. Elijah, b. Feb. 8, 1798; d. Feb. 10, or 11, 1837 ; m. Joanna Cur-
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tis ; had 1. a child, d. Aug. 22, 1826. 2. John Curtis, b. Oct. 2, 1827. 3. Eliza Ann C., b. Sept. 28, 1830. 4. James, b. Dec. 17, 1832. 5. Sarah W., b. April 2, 1834. 6. Mary Fales, b. Sept. 7, 1835. His widow m., Jan. 6, 1839, John S. Dunton. - VI. Richard, b. May 10, 1800; m., first, 1827, Nancy Boggs ; and, second, Nancy Robbins. - VII. Jonah, b. March 9, 1802 ; d. June 21, 1805.
GILLMOR,1 GILLMORE, or GILMORE, DAVID, son of David and Joanna (Miller) Gillmor, came in the spring of 1795 ; became an extensive landholder, owning, it is said, one-twelfth of the town. His land was on the east side of the river. He m., 1784, Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1769, who d. at Newburgh, Jan. 12, 1834, second child of Josiah Robbins. He d. Jan. 28, 1849, at Newburgh. They had - I. Sarah, b. May 18, 1785; m. Hervey Whiting; r. Wrentham, Mass. - II. Rufus, b. Oct. 26, 1787 ; m. Julietta Fairbanks, of Franklin ; r. Newburgh. - III. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1790 ; m. Dr. Charles Ulmer, of Hampden ; r. Newburgh. - IV. David, b. Aug. 30, 1794; m. Lydia Croxford, of New- burgh; r. Monroe. - V. Patience Melinda, b. April 6, 1796; m., Jan. 18, 1818, Ebenezer Cobb, of Union, who was b. Oct. 9. 1793, at Carver, Mass , son of Capt. Barnabas Cobb (who m. Jerusha Cobb, b. at Kingston, Mass., grand- daughter of Ebenezer Cobb, of Kingston, who d. Dec. 8, 1801, aged one hundred and seven years, eight months, and six days). They had 1. Mary Jerusha, b. Jan. 12, 1819 ; m. Jesse Arnold, of Hope. 2. Sarah Whiting, b. June 19, 1821; m., June 13, 1839, Nathaniel Miller, s. of Elisha Harding, M.D. 3. William Ebenezer, b. May 15, 1824; m., November, 1849, Elvira Weston Snow, dr. of Edward and Mary (Twining) Snow, of Frankfort. 4. Joseph Or- lando, b. Jan. 28, 1827. 5. Minerva Clementine, b. May 29, 1829; d. March 9 [according to gravestone, 8], 1832. 6. Sylvanus Gillmor, b. Nov. 2, 1831. 7. David Barna-
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