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HAWES, MOSES, town-clerk, schoolmaster; s. of Joseph and Hannah ; was b. at Franklin, Mass .; m. Mary, dr. of Alexander Kelloch (commonly-pronounced Kellar), of War- ren ; in the spring of 1806, returned to Franklin, where he d. Descendants, - I. Hannah, b. April 27, 1781 (the first female b. in Stirlington who grew to be an adult) ; m., March 6, 1801, Nathan Allen; became a widow, and her father
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took her to his home in Franklin, Mass., where she d .; had 1. Sabin, b. Aug. 25, 1801; m .; r. Pawtucket, Central Falls, R. I. 2. Amos, b. Feb. 14, 1804 ; m. thrice; r. Franklin. 3. Clarinda, b. July 22, 1806; m. Sumner Pond, of Franklin ; and d. - II. Herman, b. Sept. 23, 1783 ; settled on the homestead; m. Abigail Simmons, of Waldoborough, Feb. 22, 1804, who d. May 2, 1851. They had 1. Matilda, b. Feb. 2, 1805; m., first, 1826, Noah Bartlett, grandson of David Robbins ; and had (1). Oscar Alonzo, b. April 16, 1827; (2). Fostina Marilla, b. Dec. 28, 1829 ; (3). Adolphus Lewellyn, b. Sept. 13, 1832. After Mr. Bartlett's death, his w. became second w. of Fisher Hart. 2. Martha Maria, b. Jan. 27, 1808 ; d. Oct. 10, 1808. 3. Stephen Simmons, b. Aug. 28, 1809; r. the Philip Robbins Place ; m., 1830, Alzina, dr. of Spencer Walcott ; had (1) and (2). Twins, Aravesta Matilda, and Aravilla Avis, b. Feb. 1, 1831; (3). Noah Bartlett, b. March 28, 1839; d. March 10, 1840; (4). Marietta Bartlett, b. Sept. 20, 1841; (5). Abigail Simmons, b. Feb. 14, 1849. 4. William Groton, b. July 18, 1811 ; m., May, 1834, Roxana Robbins ; r. home- stead; ch. (1). Herbert Alonzo, b. April 28, 1839 ; (2). Henry Augustus, b. Nov. 23, 1840 ; (3). Edwin Ruthven, b. Feb. 10, 1843 ; (4). Emery Roscoe, b. July 7, 1845 ; d. June 22, 1850 ; (5). Phebe Robbins, b. Oct. 9, 1848. 5. Hannah Allen, b. July 4, 1813 ; m., March 13, 1843, Asa Messer. 6 and 7. Twins, b. Aug. 24, 1816, viz: Moses, m. Lucinda C. Libbey ; and Mary, m. Manning Walcott. 8. Charles A., b. Nov. 3, 1818; m., 1837, Sarah Angelina, dr. of B. R. Mowrey; had (1). Llewellyn, b. Nov. 15, 1837 ; (2). Ellen Adelia, b. March 16, 1840; (3). Eliza Matilda, b. July 29, 1842 ; (4). Martha Maria, b. Sept. 20, 1844; (5). Harriet Rhobe, b. Feb. 17, 1847; (6). Colin, b. March 3, 1849. 9. Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1822; m. Jesse Wentworth, writing-master ; r. Boston; b. in Hope, Nov. 15, 1815, s. of Asa and Hannah (Hewitt) Payson ; and has (1). Matilda Hawes, b. Dec. 14, 1844. - III. Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1786 ; m. Dr. Pelatiah Metcalf, from Wrentham. -IV. Mary, m. Peter Fisher, of Franklin; and d. - V. Eleanor, m. Alfred Knapp, of Franklin. - VI. Amelia, b. 1798 ; m. Elisha Harding, M. D .; had 1. Harriet Augusta, b. June 7, 1820 ; d. Aug. 2, 1826. 2. Nathaniel Miller, b.
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Feb. 9, 1822 ; m., June 13, 1839, Sarah Whiting, dr. of E. Cobb; r. Rockland; and had (1). Amelia Alwilder, b. Nov. 3, 1841 ; d. May 13, 1842; (2). a son, b. 1849.
HILLS, JOHN, br. of Samuel; t. 1797; with Sylvanus Prince bought land joining Stewart's on the north, sold it to N. Robbins, Esq., and returned to the West.
HILLS,1 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1760, at Pawtucket, R. I. ; spent a large part of his minority at Wrentham, Mass .; was the first blacksmith in Union; very deaf; d. of con- sumption, Aug. 5, 1829. March 2, 1786, he m., in Upton, Mass., Abigail Child, who d. Feb. 7, 1837. They had - I. Jabez Fisher, b. Nov. 27, 1786; d. Sept. 13, 1802. - II. Peggy, or Margaret, b. Aug. 19, 1790 ; d. Oct. 15, 1794. - III. Elizabeth, b. March 31, and d. March 31, 1794. - IV. Joel, b. April 20, 1795 ; m., Sept. 1, 1825, Abigail, dr. of Levi and Pamelia Hawes, of Franklin. He was a store- keeper in partnership with Walter Morse in Belmont ; afterward lived many years at Bangor, and went to Boston a year or two before he d. at South Boston, Sept. 25, 1849. His ch. are 1. William Sanford, b. July 5, 1826. 2. Joel Hawes, b. Nov. 28, 1828. 3. Edward Hawes, b. Aug. 20, and d. Nov. 1, 1832. 4. Sarah Smith, b July 28, 1835. 5. Abigail Pamelia, b. Oct. 8, 1837. 6. Mary Maria, b. April 26, 1840. 7. Caroline, b. Feb. 6, 1842. - V. San- ford, b. May 3, 1797 ; m., May 3, 1821, Avis, dr. of Spencer Walcott ; r. homestead; and d. Aug. 10, 1832; had 1. Abigail Ann, b. April 5, 1822, m. Madan King Payson ; r. Natick, Mass., and had (1). Lauriston, d. 1851; (2). Lisette. 2. Joel Fisher, b. Oct. 1, 1823 3. Spencer Walcott, b. March 24, 1825. 4. Hannah Walcott, b. Feb. 3, 1827. 5. Samuel George, b. Nov. 5, 1829. 6. Sanford Manning, b. Jan. 15, 1832.
HOLMES, ELIJAH, b. in Stoughton, now Sharon, Mass., Sept. 29, 1764; m., Aug 25, 1785, Dorcas (dr. of Elisha Partridge, by his first wife), b. March 31, 1767, in Frank-
1 This family must be distinguished from that of Reuben Hills, who came in 1803 or 1804 from Hawke, now Danville, N. II., and who was b. at Chester, N. H., and d. here Sept. 28, 1828, aged seventy-six. His w., Sarah Currier, d. Nov. 1, 1835. They had Samuel ; Sarah, m., Jan. 20, 1803, John Dickey, r. Searsmont; Na- than ; Reuben; Josiah ; Isaac; Nancy, m., Jan. 16, 181;, Jonathan Eastman ; Cyrus ; Betsey, d. young ; Alden, drowned ; Charlotte, d. young ; Louisa, m., Feb. 14, 1822, George Silloway, and d. 1850.
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lin, Mass., where she d. in 1813 (?). A short time before the war of 1812, he went to the British Provinces ; m. a second time; and settled at Moose River, near Lubec, Maine. From about 1829, when he returned to Rockland, he lived with his son Charles, and d. there Feb. 10, 1839. His ch. - I. Dorcas, b. May 26, 1786. - II. Bernard, b. Jan. 1, 1788 ; d. Dec. 25, 1825. - III. Elijah, b. Dec. 11, 1789. - IV. Willoughby, b. May 17, 1791 [town-record], 1792 [family-record]; d. July 19, 1791 [town-record], 1792 [family-record ]. - V. Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1793; r. Rock- land. - VI. Susanna, b. Dec. 28, 1794, or Dec. 29, 1796 ; d. Feb. 8, 1795, or February, 1797. - VII. and VIII. Twins, b. March 20, 1798 ; Mary, d. May 26, 1835 ; Hannah, · d. Oct. 24, 1800. - IX. Anna, b. March 31, 1800; d. Oct. 22, 1800. - X. Amos, b. Feb. 14, 1802 ; d. - XI. Oliver, b. May 12, 1803. - XII. George, b. Aug. 24, 1805 .- XIII. Robert, b. May 4, 1808.
IRISH, ICHABOD, b. Jan. 6, 1740, O. S., at Little Comp- ton, R. I; d. Aug. 5, 1815. His first wife, Polly, d. before he came here. His second wife, Hannah Grinnell, b. Aug. 31, 1745, O. S., d. July 30, 1794. Early in 1795, he m. his third w., the widow Jane (Story ) Thompson, of Barretts Town, who d. June 16, 1810, æt. sixty-three. In his seventy-first year he was m., Oct. 23, 1811, at Vassalborough Friends' Meeting, to his fourth wife, Deborah Conklin, then in her fifty-first year. His ch. were -I. Betsey, m. Ebenezer Whitcomb, of Barretts Town, and d. ; had ch. 1. Ebenezer. 2. Ira, d. young. 3. John, d. a young man. 4. Ira. 5. Thirsa, m. Abel Blood. 6. Betsey, m. a Dillingham. 7. Mahala, m. William Fletcher. 8. Henry. 9. Nancy, m. Kingman Gurney. 10. Sally, m. John Whitcomb. 11. Benjamin, twin with Sally. 12. Ruth, m. Charles Elliott. 13. Eleazar. - II. Ruth, m. Jonathan Fletcher, of Lincolnville, and d. Her dr. Sally, m. Robert Moody. - III. Mary, or Polly, d. March, 1792. - IV. Permelia, b. July 22, 1773 ; d. May 30, 1797. - V. Comfort, b. Jan. 18, 1775 ; d. May 1, 1796. - VI. Thankful, b. April 8, 1778 ; d. Jan. 20, 1798 ; m. Walter Philbrook ; and had 1. James. - VII. and VIII. Twins, b. Aug. 13, 1780, viz. Mahala, d. Dec. 20 or 25, 1799 ; and Thirsa, d. Aug. 6, 1797. - IX. Cornelius Bailey, b. March 10, 1782, at Westport Point, sixteen miles in a southerly direction from New Bedford, Mass., near Se- connet Point, lives on the Capt. Joel Adams Place. He was
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ordained deacon at the New England Methodist Conference at Providence, R.I., by Bishop Enoch George, June 15, 1823 ; and elder by Bishop Elijah Hedding at the conference at Gardner, July 12, 1829. He m., Dec. 5, 1804, Polly, dr. of Capt. Joel Adams ; had 1. A son, b. and d. March 24, 1806. 2. Mahala, b. July 22, 1807; m., Dec. 31, 1838, William S. Grinnell. 3. Milton, b. May 7, 1812; m. Emily Eves, of San Augustine, Texas, where they live ; ch. (1). Benjamin Milam, b. September, 1845; (2).' A daughter, b. September, 1848. 4. Lewis, b. May 25, 1814; w. Sophronia; ch. (1). Mary Jane, b. March 2, 1843; (2). Cordelia, b. Sept. 27, 1844; (3). Wilder, b. Sept. 3, 1846; (4). Judson Greeley, b. June 6, 1849. 5. Joseph, b. July 19, 1816; m., Oct. 14, 1839, Cordelia Clary, of Jefferson, who d. Nov. 18, 1850; had (1.) Milton, b. Oct. 5, 1840; (2). Austin, b. Jan. 4, 1843; d. July 18, 1849; (3). Mary Ella, b. Oct. 5, 1846; (4). George A., b. Aug. 22, 1849. J. I. m., second, June 17, 1851, Nancy, dr. of Jonathan and Nancy (Hills) Eastman. 6. Melia, b. Aug. 31, 1818; r. Salis- bury, Mass .; m. Joseph Homer Walton ; and had ch. (1). Lu- ella; (2). Edward Morse; (3). Henry Adams, who d. 7. Mary, or Polly, b. Sept. 13, 1822. 8. Esther, b. Oct. 31, 1824; d. Sept. 23 or 24, 1826. - X. Hannah, b. May 10, 1784; m., first, Abiel Le Doit; and, second, David Haskell; r. Foxcroft. - XI. Levi, b. May 19, 1786; m., Oct. 4, 1810, Anna, widow of Banham Pease, of Apple- ton, and d. May 1, 1820. - XII. Ichabod, b. May 31, 1790 ; m., first, in , July, 1812, Lucy, dr. of Jeremiah Mitchell ; and, second, a Curtis, of Newcastle. He had Charles West, b. Dec. 28, 1812.
JENNISON, EBENEZER, son of Dr. J., schoolmaster, sur- veyor, &c., was here till after the beginning of the nine- teenth century ; moved to Dixmont, and there d.
JONES, EDWARD, Esq. ; probably from Bridgewater, Mass .; t. 1791 ; d. of paralysis, June 3, 1815; and his w. Phebe, " of decline," June 5, 1815, both aged fifty-five; c. Their funerals were at the same time, and both were buried in one grave.
. KIEFF, JOHN, from Thomaston or vicinity ; carpenter ; r. Belmont ; m. Mary, or Betsey, Peabody ; had - I. Alex- ander, b. Feb. 21, 1798. - II. Jane, b. Aug. 29, 1799. -
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III. Polly, b. Barretts Town, May 4, 1801. - IV. Greenleaf, b. May 13, 1803.
LERMOND, JOHN, from Warren; probably belonged to one of the Scotch families which came from Ireland to Lon- donderry, N.H. While a boy, it is said he was in the fort at Thomaston when the French and Indians besieged and attempted to burn it. He m., July 8, 1771, Elizabeth Lamb, b. at Cushing. Though t. 1794, he probably did not move here till 1797. He d. Feb. 20, 1805. His son John, b. Oct. 1, 1772 ; m., Dec. 1, 1796, Nancy (though baptized Agnes) Bird ; came about 1799 ; d. June 5, 1840 ; had - I. George, b. Sept. 2, 1797, at Warren; m., 1824, his cousin, Lois Lermond, of Warren; r. Hope. -- II. Betsey, b. Jan. 8, 1799, at Warren ; m., Nov. 25, 1821, Abijah Miller, of Whitefield. - III. Sally, b. March 3, 1801; m., Dec. 13, 1825, Theodore Scott; r. Belfast. - IV. Elsie, b. Oct. 31, 1803 ; d. July 20, 1834 ; m. Marcus Gillmor. - V. Nancy, b. July 2, 1805; m. William Hilt ; and d. - VI. Lucinda, b. April 27, 1808 ; m., 1829, Jones Taylor, of Hope; and d. March 15, 1844. - VII. John, b. Feb. 1, 1810 ; m. Han- nah Hastings; and has 1. Adelbert, b. Jan. 9, 1838. 2. John Francis, b. Jan. 30, 1840. 3. Eliza Emily, b. April 22, 1842. 4. Frederic, b. July 29, 1845. - VIII. Elbridge, b. Aug. 24, 1812; m., 1833, Huldah, dr. of Ephraim Bow- ley, of Hope; and had 1. Ephraim, b. March 16, 1834. 2. Julia, b. Feb. 4, 1839. 3. Albert Smith, b. March 24, 1840. 4. Elbridge G., b. Aug. 23, 1841. 5. Huldah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 31, 1845. 6. Frank Justin, b. April 13, 1846.
LEWIS, WILLIAM, t. 1793; probably came to reside in 1793. After working a while in town, he m., at his house in Thomaston, Prudence Merry, who came here to live in the family of Capt. George West. N. Robbins, Esq., with the lady whom he afterward m., accompanied them to the wedding. Each of them, as the roads were bad and vehicles scarce, went on horseback, with his betrothed behind him on a pillion. He lived on the hill west of the Middle Bridge, and there dug lime-rock, built a lime-kiln, and made the first lime burnt in the town. Afterward he moved to the place on the west side of the Upper Bridge. He sold this farm to Nathan Blake in 1799, moved to Sandy River, and subsequently to the sea-shore or to the islands at Thomas-
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ton or vicinity. In the war of 1812, he enlisted, went to Sackett's Harbor, N.Y., and vicinity (?), where he was shot by an Indian, when he, with three others, went with his canteen to a spring to get water.
LINDLEY, JOAB, br. of John W .; bought a lot of land ; and d., of consumption, Nov. 22, 1793, in his twenty-fourth year.
LINDLEY, JOHN W., Capt. (s. of Levi, of Rehoboth, by his w., Polly Smith), b. at Walpole, Mass., Sept. 3, 1782; came in the spring of 1794; r. in the south-west part of the town; m., Sept. 30, 1803, Lucy Williams, b. Feb. 27, 1785, at Concord, N.H., dr. of Thomas Jones, an Englishman. They had - I. Sally, or Sarah, b. Nov. 29, 1804; m. Silas Alden. - II. Levi, b. Nov. 12, 1806; d. Sept. 29 [or 25, according to gravestone ], 1831 ; u. - III. Harriet, b. Sept. 29, 1808 ; m., first, Galen Hawes ; and, second, Elias Blake, of Bangor, who d. 1849, by whom she has one dr., and per- haps others. - IV. Chloe, b. Jan. 21, 1811; d. March 22, 1811 .- V. John, b. April 28, 1812; m., 1835, Margaret Libbey ; and had 1. Katharine Josephine, b. Aug. 21, 1836. 2. Rienzi Melvil, b. Aug. 7, 1838. 3. Ada A., b. June 1, 1841. 4. William L., b. Sept. 13, 1843. 5. John W., b. Sept. 5, 1847. 6. Eliza, b. April 21, 1850. - VI. Warren, b. Nov. 21, 1823. - VII. Amanda, b. Aug. 10, 1825.
LUCE, SETH, b. Martha's Vineyard ; d., March 5, 1833, about eighty years old ; m. his cousin, Sarah Luce, who died Sept. 8 or 9, 1825, sixty-eight. The first five children b. at Martha's Vineyard. - I. Freeman, r. Newburgh ; m. Eliza Clark ; had 1. Seth, b. Nov. 17, 1798 ; m., 1819-20, Olive Sweetser, of Newburgh, who d. at Dixmont. He then m. again ; and d. 2. Freeman, b. March 9, 1801. 3. Eliza, b. Feb. 7, 1803. 4. Deborah Allen, b. April 9, 1805. Also George and William, and probably others. - II. Jeremiah, m., 1806, Susannah Hathorne ; r. Appleton ; had 1. Mary, b. March 19, 1807; m. a Lermond; r. Appleton. 2. James Claghorn, b. Nov. 19, 1808. 3. William, b. Nov. 30, 1810. 4. Eliza, b. Oct. 20, 1812. 5. Rhoda. 6. Edward ; and others. - III. Thaddeus, b. July 13, 1782 ; m., Nov. 18 or Dec. 18, 1806, Lavina, dr. of Prince Pease, of Appleton ; had 1. Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1808; m. Joseph Gleason. 2. Prince, b. Feb. 16, 1809 ; m. Almira Butler, and d. Dec. 4, 1846; u. 3. George, b. Oct. 16, 1810; m.
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Patience Copeland, of Warren; had (1). Frances; (2). Charles. 4. Nancy, b. April 18, 1814; m. Reuben Hagar; and had (1). Chester; (2). Westford; (3). Norris; (4). Laura, d. 5. Sally, b. Nov. 14, 1816 ; m. Isaac Burns ; had (1). Leonora; (2). Vilinda. 5. Mariah, b. July 29, 1819. 6. Huldah, b. March 8, 1821 ; m. William Burns ; c. 7. Miles, b. March 25, 1823. 8. Rosilla, b. Oct. 11, 1825. 9. Sullivan Bray, b. Jan. 11, 1829. - IV. Obadiah, m., 1804, Marcy Chaffin; had 1. Hepsy, b. May 24, 1805. 2. Freeman, b. Dec. 29, 1806. 3. Whitman, b. June 13, 1809; and probably others since they moved to Ohio. - V. Sally, b. Sept. 10, 1786; m. Gorham Butler. - VI. Remembrance, b. Oct. 22, 1789. - VII. Thankful, b. Feb. 22, 1793; m. Ebenezer Robbins. - VIII. Betsey, b. May 31, 1795; m., 1839, Caleb How- ard. - IX. Maria, b. Aug. 4, 1800 ; d. of fever, Sept. 8, 1819.
MCCURDY, DANIEL; t. 1797 ; b. Bristol; d. Calais; r. Fossetts' Mills, built the first saw-mill there; had nineteen ch .; m. thrice, the first time a widow Grafton, and the last time, at Calais, Elizabeth Dresser (?).
MAXCY, BENJAMIN, Lieut., b. Attleborough, Mass., May 11, 1740 ; d. July 26, 1791 ; s. of Josiah ; m., first, Sarah Fuller ; had three ch. ; and, second, Amy, dr. of Nathaniel Ide, of Attleborough ; she was drowned at Union, May, 1793. Descendants, - I. Joseph, Major, b. March 12, 1764; d. Dec. 14, 1810, from taking cold in a wound cut in his knee with an axe ; m. Hannah Page, of Attleborough, who d. suddenly of colic, April 8, 1811, in her forty-third year. He settled at the Mill Farm, at South Union, where Mr. Vaughan now lives ; ch. 1. Nancy, b. July 4 or 14, 1788 ; m., Dec. 25, 1808, Dr. William Dougherty ; and d. June, 1832; had (1). Nancy, b. July 4, 1808 ; (2). William, b. April 28, 1811; (3). Alanson, b. May 4, 1813. 2. Sally, b. Feb. 24, 1791; m., March 21, 1817, Cyrus Kendrick ; r. Gardner. 3. Lydia, b. June 4, 1794 ; d. Jan. 31, 1849 ; m., March 18, 1813, David Robbins. 4. Waterman, b. Jan. 22, 1796; m., 1816, Olive, dr. of Nath'l Robbins, and d. Searsmont, May 11, 1827; had (1). Nathaniel Robbins, b. Jan. 9, 1817; r. Califor- nia; u .; (2). Elizabeth Robbins, b. April 5, 1818 ; m. a Shorey; r. Augusta; (3). Joseph, b. Feb. 16, 40*
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1820; d. Oct. 6, 1821; (4). Mary, b. April 15, 1822; m. Ansel Lennan ; r. Belfast ; (5). William W., b. Jan. 4, 1824; d. Dec. 29, 1824; (6). Lydia, b. Nov. 5, 1825 ; m. a Whittier ; r. Augusta. 5. Leonard, b. Oct. 29, 1797 ; m. a Fuller, and d. 1832, in Bangor. 6. Hannah, b. March 6, 1800 ; m. Jonas Hamlin, of China ; r. Winslow. 7. (?) Lucinda, d. Aug. 4, 1804. 8. Almira, b. April 26, 1806; m., March, 1830, John Baxter Priest, of Vassal- borough; r. China. 9. Caroline, b. July 4, 1808; m., May 12, 1831, Robert McGuier, of Waldoborough; r. South Union ; had ch. (1). Mary Angela, b. April 10, 1832; (2). Orison, b. Oct. 23, 1834; (3). Caroline Augusta, b. Jan. 23, 1836 ; (4). Edwin Constantine, b. May 7, 1843. - II. Josiah, b. July 25, 1766 ; m., first, Chloe, who was b. April 15, 1769, and drowned May, 1793, dr. of Mayhew Daggett, of Attleborough. He m., second, 1794, Sally Pickering, who originated from Ports- mouth, N. H., or vicinity ; had 1. Smith, b. Feb. 3, 1795; m., first, June 14, 1819, Clarissa Boggs; and, second, a dr. of Moses Crane, of Warren, who d. 1849; r. Gardiner. 2. Chloe, b. June 6, 1797 ; m., Oct. 10, 1822, Jason Davis ; had (1). Elizabeth B., b. Aug. 31, 1823 ; (2). Maxcy H., b. Sept. 8, 1825; (3). Statira, b. Jan. 4, 1827; (4). Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1830; (5). William T., b. Feb. 22, 1834; (6). Roxana, b. July 16, 1835. 3. Ward, b. May 16, 1799 ; m. July 14, 1825, Mary S., widow of Peter Robbins ; had children, and d. in Searsmont. 4. Hervey, b. March 8, 1801 ; m. an Andrews, of Camden. 5. Polly, b. June 8, 1803; m. an Andrews; r. Camden. 6. Ama, b. Aug. 15, 1805; m .; r. Camden. 7. Daniel, b. 1807; m. a Blood; r. Warren. 8. Micajah G .; r. Camden; b. 1809 (?); m., first, Betsey Blood; and had by her (1). Julina, b. Nov. 1, 1838 ; (2). Josiah A., b. June 6, 1841. He m., second, a dr. of Abel Walker; and, third, Sarah M., dr. of Thomas Taylor, of Hope, and widow of Waterman Leach, of Warren; and had Sarah M., b. Camden, Oct. 4, 1848. - III. Benjamin, b. July 16; 1772, in Connecticut, as was his brother Josiah during a tempora- ry residence ; m. Esther Fuller of Attleborough ; had Bar- nard; d .; Joseph; Eaton Whiting; Esther ; d. - IV. Sally, or Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1778; rescued from drowning, May, 1793 ; returned to Attleborough in the fall of 1793; m., Sept. 3, 1797, Ebenezer Daggett, of Attleborough, who
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was b. April 16, 1763; was selectman, town-clerk, repre- sentative, and d. at Boston, March 4, 1832, while member of the Senate; ch. 1. Lydia Maxcy, m. Capron Peck, of Attleborough. 2. John, author of the History of Attle- borough ; graduate of Brown University in 1826; lawyer ; representative, 1837-41; senator in 1849; m., June 18, 1840, Nancy M., dr. of Rev. J. B. Boomer, of Sutton, Mass. 3. Ebenezer, d. Nov. 17, 1831. 4. Hervey Maxcy, m., first, Susan S. Daggett; and, second, Nancy Bates. 5. Amy Ide, m. John McClellan, of Sutton, Mass. 6. Mercy Shepard, m. Erastus D. Everett, Boston, and d. leaving three ch. 7 and 8. Twins, viz. Handel N., m., first, Eunice W. Shepard, of Wrentham ; and, second, Jane Amelia' Adams, of Livonia, N. Y. ; and Homer M., m. An- gelina Daggett, of Surry, N.H. - V. Lydia, b. March 26, 1780; drowned, May, 1793. - VI. Hervey, b. April 30, 1782 or 1783; m., 1805, Sally, dr. of John and Hannah (French) Eastman, b. Kingston, N. H. (?), Feb. 15, 1785 ; lived on the northerly part of the Mill Farm; now r. Thomaston ; ch. 1. John Eastman, b. Aug. 7, 1806; m. Ann, widow of John Henry Adams, and dr. of Benjamin Boody, of Westbrook ; r. Cushing. 2. Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1808 ; m. Reuben Hills; r. Lincolnville. 3. Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1809 ; d. Jan. 1811. 4. Joseph, b. Jan. 29, 1811 ; r., Thomaston. 5. Nancy E., b. Jan. 18, or June, 1812 ; m. Charles Hook ; r. Danville, N. H. 6. Hervey, b. July 28, 1814; m. Mariah Staples ; r. Swanville. 7. Josiah, b. Jan. 22, 1816 ; d. Feb. 9, 1849, in Thomaston. 8. Henry, b. March 10, 1821; r. Thomaston. 9 and 10. Twins, b. July 1, 1823, viz. Cyrus and Sarah. - VII. Amy, b. Oct. 26, 1784 ; m. Joel Reed, Princeton, Mass. ; r. Hermon.
MERO, AMARIAH, b. May 14, 1757, at Stoughton, Mass., son of Hezekiah (whose father and mother came from Ire- land, and lived in Dorchester) and Mary Mero (the latter d. Aug. 26, 1827, aged ninety-four); introduced to Stir- lington by Philip Robbins, whose dr. Susan he m. ; moved to Starks in advanced age, afterward to Mercer, and lately to Cape Elizabeth, to live with a son. They had - I. Avis, b. June 19, 1787 ; d. Dec. 8, 1792. - II. Vyna, b. June 16, 1789 ; d. Nov. 28, 1792. - III. Milla, b. June 1, 1791 ; d. Nov. 29, 1792 [three deaths in ten days; the last two buried in one coffin ]. - IV. Spencer, b. Oct. 21, 1793 ; m., Sept. 6, 1818, Esther Winslow, dr. of David Robbins's second
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w. by a former husband; ch. 1. Hermon, b. Feb. 17, 1821 ; m., 1846, Electa Aroline Litchfield; has (1). Arthur Leroy, b. Jan. 3, 1847. 2. Eli Sprague, b. Dec. 10, 1822; m., Jan. 22, 1847, Elizabeth Libbey Kelloch; r. Warren; has (1). Eldon Herbert, b. May, 1849. 3. Laura, b. April 24, 1825; d. Nov. 2 [or 4, gravestone ], 1849. 4. Elisha Harding, b. April 1, 1827. 5. Spencer, b. Nov. 4, 1829. 6. Sarah Frances, b. Sept. 16, 1832. 7. Anson, b. June 2, 1835. 8. Chester, b. March 25, 1841. - V. Avis, b. Aug. 5, 1795 ; d. May 6, 1797. - VI. Hermon, b. Feb. 11, 1798; r. Waldoborough ; m., March, 1827, Lovey West, dr. of Nathaniel Robbins; had 1. Martha Melvina, b. Jan. 14, 1828; d. Oct. 2, 1849; m. Anthony Kastner, of Waldoborough; left (1). Martha, nine days old. 2. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 30, 1829; d. Feb. 23, 1830. 3. Helen Aurelia, b. March 17, 1831. 4. Augustus. 5. Sarah Simmons, b. June, 1835. 6. Roderick Lionel, b. 1841. 7. Albert Curtis. 8. Charles Hermon. - VII. Charles, b. Jan. 27, 1800; m., March 1, 1828, Louisa, b. Jan. 4, 1809, dr. of Capt. Nathaniel Bachelor; r. Cape Elizabeth ; ch. 1. Euphrasia Louisa, b. Jan. 25, 1831. 2. Ruphelia Bachelor, b. March 16, 1834. - VIII. Susan, b. March 9, 1802; m. Samuel Craft ; r. Jay; had 1. Helen Wallace, d. three and a half years old. 2. Helen, b. March, 1841. 3. Samuel Henry, b. June, 1843. 4. Charles, b. Dec. 1844. - IX. Luther, b. Sept. 17, 1804; d. Jan. 1, 1832; u. - X. Austin, b. Oct. 14, 1806; m. Sally, dr. of James Simmons, of Nobleborough ; had seven drs., viz. 1. Barzana. 2. Maranda. 3. Alwilda. 4. Rachel. 5. Su- san. 6. Mary. 7. Electa Allen. - XI. Julia, b. June 21, 1808; m., 1830, John Williamson, of Starks ; had 1. Luther Austin, b. Feb. 25, 1831. 2. Susan Melvina, b. February, 1833. 3. Albert Wallace, b. March 27, 1843. 4. Fostina Melinda, b. March, 1845. - XII. Melinda, b. Oct. 15, 1810; m., first, William Richardson, of Newton, Mass. ; and had 1. William Wallace, d. eleven months old. 2. Georgia Ann. She, m., second, Timothy Hunting ; r. Taunton. - XIII. Chloe Lindley, b. Nov. 2, 1813; m., in the winter of 1828-9, Henry Jameson, of Waldoborough ; d. July 13, 1835 ; having had 1. Julia Melvina. 2. Arvesta Delia. Both d.
MESSER, ASA, t. 1796; m. Hannah Davis ; and d. Jan. 16, 1835. His father, Jonathan, m. Abigail Parker, of
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Groton, Mass., who d. in Union, Sept. 13, 1828, aged ninety-nine. Jonathan's ancestors were from Methuen, Mass. Asa had ch. - I. Sally Commit, b. March 12, 1803 ; m. Benjamin Gowen ; r. Montville. - II. Almond, b. Feb. 18, 1805 ; m., 1828, Melinda Reed Titus ; r. Montville. - III. Asa, b. March 2, 1807; d. - IV. George Washington ; r. Montville ; b. March 2, 1807; m., Oct. 18, 1827, Mary Lucas ; and had 1. Willard Lucas, b. July 20, 1828. 2. Martha, b. Jan. 11, 1830; m. William Penny ; r. Mont- ville. 3. Edwin, d. 4. Mary Anna, b. March 17, 1833. 5. Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1835. 6. Aldana. 7. George Riley, b. July, 1841. 8. Charles, d. 9. Melinda. 10. Loantha, b. June, 1845 ; d. Aug. 16, 1847. 11. Flora Ellen. 12. A dr. b. April, 1850. - V. Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1809. - VI. Eunice, b. May 14, 1811; m., 1831, William Caswell ; ch. 1. Elmira L., b. Feb. 14, 1832. 2. William E., b. Jan. 17, 1834. 3. Ethelbert, b. June 27, 1836. 4. Charles Augustus, b. June 26, 1838. 5. Amos Roscoe, b. March 26, 1841. 6. Sarah Melinda, b. March 8, 1843. 7. Hannah Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1845. 8. Nathaniel Harden, b. Aug. 21, 1847. - VII. Ebenezer Stone, b. Feb. 23, 1813 ; m., Feb. 25, 1834, Nancy S. Adams ; ch. 1. Augustus, b. Jan. 9, 1835. 2. Louisa Maria, b. Jan. 12, 1836; and others. - VIII. Asa, b. Oct. 8, 1815 ; m., first, May 8, 1836, Caro- line C. Littlehale, who d. May 10, 1840; and, second, March 13, 1843, Hannah Allen, dr. of Moses Hawes ; and has 1. Caroline Medora, b. Oct. 25, 1844. - IX. Parker, b. June 24, 1800, adopted child of Asa Messer ; m., 1828, Eliza, dr. of Pente Walcott; ch. 1. Robert Mathews, b. March 17, 1829. 2. Charles Hibbard, b. March 13, 1833. 3. Ambrose, b. March 31, 1835. 4. Eliza E.
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