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OAKES, EDWARD, shoemaker ; t. 1797; from North Yarmouth ; came with the Mitchells; m. a Mitchell, and moved away.
William Shepherd, b. Sept. 19, 1829. 3. Mary Frances, b. May 2, 1831. 4. Charles Henry, b. October 26, 1832. 5. Edwin, b. January 9, 1835. 6. Isaac Sargus, b. June 15, 1836.
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OLNEY,1 EDWARD, from Providence, R.I .; a mulatto ; brought into town by David Gillmor, jun .; m. Susanna, a Penobscot squaw, who lived in the family of David Robbins ; moved to Newburgh, having had - I. Edward, b. July 26, 1799. - II. Sally, b. May 22, 1802. - IH. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1804.
PARTRIDGE, ELISHA, s. of Edward and Sarah; b. at Medfield, according to Medfield records, July 8 ; but, accord- ing to family records, Aug. 8, 1734. He was moderator, June 12, 1786, of the only plantation-meeting on record before the one for town-organization. In 1786 he r. on Colonel Mason Wheaton's Place, now owned by Nahum Thurston. He left the house of Philip Robbins on horse- back, Jan. 1, 1787, for his residence; but, as the horse returned without him, search was immediately made, and he was found, before noon, dead on the Western Meadows, so called, near Round Pond. This was the route commonly taken by him, as there were no roads. By some it was supposed he fell from his horse in an apoplectic fit; by others, that there were indications of his having dismounted and walked by his horse's side a few rods before he died. He m., first, March 16, 1756, Dorcas Pond, who was b. June 22, 1740, and d. Feb. 2, 1778 ; and, second, Jan. 28, 1779, Sarah Fales (of Franklin, Mass. ? ), who was b. March 18, 1755, and d. Nov. 15, 1834. Issue, the first seven b. in Franklin ; the others in Union. - I. Simeon, b. May 19, 1758. - II. Zibiah, b. June 18, 1760 ; m. David Fales, Esq., of Thomaston. - III. Judith, b. March 17, 1762. - IV. Miriam, b. Aug. 25, 1764. - V. Dorcas, b. March 30, 1767 ; m. Elijah Holmes. - VI. Elisha, b. Jan. 1, 1770., - VII. Alibeus, b. Nov. 14, 1779; m., Nov. 13, 1808, Prudence Brown; and d. Dec. 12, 1840. - VIII. James, b. Sept. 10, 1782 ; r. Rockland ; m., first, Oct. 11, 1804, Betsey Brown, of Thomaston, who was b. May 19, 1784, and d. Dec. 9, 1837; and, second, Aug. 8, 1838, Sarah Vose. - IX. Sarah, b. July 4, 1786.
PEABODY, SAMUEL, t. 1791 ; from Warren ; had a fami- ly, lived west of Sunnybec Pond, where afterwards lived Ichabod Maddocks; then near to the school-house in the
1 The almost entire absence of colored people since the town was settled is remarkable. - See PRINCE, MELVIN.
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Daggett neighborhood; moved to Penobscot County ; pro- bably m. Betsey Martin, of Bristol, in 1794.
PEABODY, WILLIAM, t. 1793 ; m. Lynda, dr. of David and Abigail (Holmes) Woodcock, about 1794; moved to Penobscot County, and d. there; had -I. Jason, b. Dec. 17, 1795. - II. Esther C., b. Aug. 29, 1797. - III. Al- mond, b. Dec. 1, 1800. - IV. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1804.
PRATT, OLIVER, t. 1799, lived on the place now owned by John Burns, and was one of the early emigrants to Ohio.
PRINCE, MELVIN and SYLVANUS, mulattoes, or rather half Indian, quarter French and quarter English, sons of Sylvester Prince, from the South Shore, Mass .; worked con- siderably for Philip Robbins. Melvin Prince was taken, when a small boy, by Amariah Mero, and brought up. He was here perhaps twelve years, and his father three or four. These, with Olney and his wife, are the only colored people who ever resided in town.
QUIGGLE, SAMUEL, t. 1797 ; b. Dedham, Mass., Nov. 19, 1771; came from Franklin about the same time with N. Daniels ; m., first, at David Robbins's, Nov. 30, 1797, Dimmis Hammond, b. Oct. 9, 1775, at Needham, who had taught school in the Round Pond district. She d. March 11, 1838 ; and he m., second, at Mansfield, Mass., May 6, 1840, Eunice (widow of Amasa Pratt), b. Mansfield, July 29, 1778, dr. of Elijah and Elizabeth Williams. He had - I. Dimmis, b. Feb. 14, 1800 ; d. at Waldo, February, 1842 ; m., Oct. 26, 1817, Daniel Linniken; ch. 1. Thomas, b. in Union, Nov. 5, 1818 ; m. 2. John, b. Dec. 15, 1820 ; m. 3. Hannah, b. Jan. 14, 1823; m., March 28, 1848, Nathaniel Bartlett ; r. Lynn, Mass. ; and has (1). Eugene Henry. 4. Mary, b. May 27, 1825; m. a Doty ; r. War- ren. 5. Jane, b. Waldo, July 7, 1827. 6. Harriet, b. May 17, 1830. 7. Maria, b. 1832. 8. William, b. January, 1835. 9. Daniel, b. 1837. 10. Rufus, b. 1840. - II. Sally, b. June 7, 1801 ; m., first, 1818, Thomas Staples Perkins, of Hope, who settled in Belmont, and d. Sept. 9, 1824; and, second, John Shepherd Bean, and lives in Searsmont. She had ch. (three of them by her first husband) ; 1. Tamson, b. in Union, April 21, 1819; m., May 8, 1840, Kiah Bailey Somes ; r. North Chelsea, Mass. ; and had (1). Adelaide Elizabeth, b. Jan. 8, 1842 ; (2). George Frederic,
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b. Aug. 31, 1845 ; d. Oct. 7, 1845; (3). Abby Ara- bella, b. Aug. 31, 1847; (4). Thomas Perkins, b. Sept. 18, 1849. 2. Abijah, d. young. 3. Betsey, or Eliza- beth, b. in Union, Sept. 8, 1822; m., April 29, 1847, John Smith Nichols, of Malden, Mass. ; and has (1). Nathan, b. Jan. 18, 1848 ; (2). John Smith, b. Jan. 5, 1850. 4. Joseph Shepherd, b. Nov. 3, 1827, at Belmont; d. at sea, April 1, 1850. 5. John Lewis, b. Jan. 3, 1830, in Union. 6. Olive Holmes, b. Nov. 15, 1831 ; m., April 29, 1851, Joseph M. Somes, of North Chelsea, Mass. 7. Har- riet Louisa, b. Sept. 26, 1833. 8. Sarah Dimmis, b. April, 1835. 9. Helen Josephine, b. Feb. 15, 1837. 10. Elisha Lorenzo, b. Feb. 1, 1842. 11. Samuel Smith, b. 1844. - III. Hannah H., b. Sept. 25, 1803 ; d. May 23, 1824. - IV. Phanne, Fanny, or Frances, b. June 24, 1805 ; m., June 29, 1826, William Bennet, of Searsmont ; ch. 1. Martin Paul ; and others. - V. Hammond, b. Aug. 5, 1807 ; killed himself in jail in Belfast. - VI. Harriet, b. Nov. 21, 1809 ; m., Sept. 26, 1837, Daniel Wood, b. at Prospect, Me., s. of Daniel Tibbetts ; and he d. March 23, 1844, at Edgefield Court-house District, S.C. She r. Boston ; ch. b. at Edge- field, 1. A son, b. Feb. 17, 1839; d. June 4, 1839. 2. Otis Nelson, b. June 23, 1841. 3. Abby Louisa, b. July 14, 1844, at Ashland, Mass. - VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 15, 1811; m., 1838, Clementine Blood, of Warren; ch. 1. Llewellyn Augustus, b. March 11, 1839; drowned June 10, 1841. 2. Guilford Williams, b. Jan. 10, 1841. 3. Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1843. 4. Margaret Adelia, b. July 23, 1845. 4. A son. - VIII. Nathaniel Emmons, born Feb. 20, 1816 ; d. July 24, 1838. - IX. Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 23, 1818 ; m. William Bacon; r. Ashland, Mass. ; ch. 1. Charles William. 2. Louisa, d. young. 3. Mary Dimmis, b. Octo- ber, 1845. 4. Andrew Jackson. 5. A child, b. February, 1851.
ROBBINS, BELA, b. May 2, 1761; d. April 19, 1831. He was son of Ebenezer ; 1 came with his father from the
1 All the persons named Robbins, who live in Union and vicinity, are said to be descended from WILLIAM and PRISCILLA ROBBINS. If so, the former, probably, is the person of the same name who d. at Walpole, Aug. 18, 1725 ; and the latter the one who d. March 5, 1744-5. Their son Ebenezer, b. May 19, 1691; d. July 3 [family-record] or 6 [Walpole record], 1762; all his ch. probably b. in Walpole, Mass. ; the first four by his first wife, Mary; the others by his second
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Fox Islands, and soon after "went out in the war," where, it is said, he served three years. He m. Margaret Meservey, 1785. "He would take a log and make one of the best and handsomest of canoes, and canoes were of great conse- quence at the time. He had not a chair or bedstead in the house for many years after marriage. The furniture consisted of benches for seats, and shingle blocks with boards on them for benches." The ch. were - I. Lewis, b. Dec. 22, 1786 ; m., 1811, Nancy Fales, of Thomaston. - II. Sabra, b. May 4, 1788 ; m., May 16, 1805, Leonard Bump ; and had 1. Leonard, b. Aug. 13, 1806; d. July 30, 1829. 2. Lewis, b. Oct. 16, 1807. 3. Josephus, b. June 3, 1810. 4. Maria, b. Feb. 17, 1813. 5. Almond, b. Sept. 18, 1816; d. Oct. 8, 1831. 6. Matilda, b. Sept. 18, 1819. 7. Lovey, b. March 17, 1821. 8. Sabra, b. Feb. 14, 1823. 9. Darius W., b. April 10, 1829. - III. Becca, b. March 15, 1790. - IV. Harvey, b. Sept. 17, 1794; m. Susan Brazier, Feb. 2, 1812; r. Appleton. - V. Chloe, b. May 25, 1795 ; m. Benjamin Simmons, June 23, 1811 ; r. Hope. VI. Ebenezer, b. April 29, 1797 ; m. Polly Weaver in 1816; r. Winsor ; had 1. Polly, b. Feb. 27, 1817. 2. Lucinda, b. Jan. 28, 1819. 3. Philinda, b. Feb. 25, 1821. 4. Juliann, b. March 6, 1823. 5. Spencer, b. Aug. 15, 1825. 6. Lavina, b. Dec. 29, 1827. - VII. Cyrus, b. May 12, 1799 ; m., 1819, Olivia Ransom; ch. 1. Wilbert, b. May 20, 1820. 2. Cyrus, b. Aug. 29, 1822 ; m. Margaret Burns, and had (1). Wilmot C .; d. Dec. 29, 1849; (2). Eldred, b. Jan. 3, 1850. 3. Alvin N., b. March 20, 1824; m. 4. Eber A., b. Sept. 29, 1826. 5. Diantha Atelia, b. Oct. 3, 1829. 6. Olivia Verdilla, b. June 1, 1830. 7. Lorrilia Arvilia, b. Sept. 14, 1831. 8. Almatia
wife, Experience Holmes, who was b. June 7, 1706; viz. 1. Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1720; d. July 18, 1746. 2. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1722. 3. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 11, 1724; settled in Union; d. March 1, 1798. He lived in Attleborough a while, came to Fox Islands before the Revo- lution broke out, and came off, as many others did at the time, to get away from the British. [See page 47.] 4. Oliver, b. Oct. 1, 1727 ; settled in Thomaston; d. March 27, 1792. 5. Philip, b. Aug. 20, 1730; settled in Union. 6. Margaret, b. May 29, 1732. 7. Benoni, b. June 21 [family-record], or 22 [Walpole record], 1733. 8. Expe- rience, b. June 2, 1735. 9. Josiah, b. July 23, 1737 ; settled in Union. 10. Margaret, b. Jan. 16, 1739-40. 11: Tabitha, b. April 9, 1742; d. Sept. 25, 1775. 12. Isaac, b. July 3, 1744; d. Nov. 12, 1762. 13. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 6, 1746-7; d. July 8, 1747. 14. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 21, 1748; d. Oct. 1, 1770.
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Welthania, b. Nov. 29, 1832. - VIII. Clarissa, b. Sept. 23, 1801; m., 1822, Osmyn Davis, of Warren; r. Waldo- borough. - IX. Sophronia, b. April 24, 1804 ; m., Dec. 31, 1822, Philip Newbit. - X. Harriet, b. July 26, 1806 ; m., Dec. 28, 1820, John Robinson ; ch. 1. Elmira, b. in Waldo- borough, May 18, 1822; d. 2. Warren, b. July 12, 1823. 3 .. Roxana R., b. April 21, 1825, in Jefferson; d. 4. Lenora, b. July 15, 1827. 5. Clarinda, b. Oct. 5, 1829. 6. Darius, b. Sept. 20, 1831. 7. Stillman, b. Aug. 20, 1833. 8. Horatio, b. Jan. 8, 1836, in Union. 9. Alvira, b. Dec. 23, 1837. 10. Avilla, b. Dec. 28, 1840; d. April 20, 1841. 11. Delano, b. April 5, 1841.
ROBBINS, DAVID, b. at Walpole, Mass., March 21, 1752 ; d. Aug. 12, 1831 .; owned the first horse in town, the first chaise, the first sleigh, the first hack; and his was the first w. or woman who moved into town to reside. He m., first, Elizabeth, Feb. 11, 1772, who d. June 18, 1801 (dr. of John Chapman, a Scotchman, and his w., Betsey Jel- lard, at the time of marriage the widow Quiggle); and, second, widow Marcy (Hunt) Winslow, b. in Waldoborough, and who d. in Waldoborough, December, 1848, aged eighty- one. Issue, -I. Jason, b. March 13, 1772, at Walpole, Mass. ; d. July 10, 1794 ; m. Jane, dr. of C. Butler, and had 1. Betsey, b. March 7, 1794, who m. Benjamin Buzzell in 1813. Mrs. R. m., second, in 1800, Sterling Davis. - II. Chloe, b. Walpole, Mass., Sept. 11, 1773 ; m., first, Samuel Bartlett, a widower, of Barretts Town, now Hope (who was b. at Newton, Mass., July 18, 1763, and whose w., Abigail Knight, d. April 15, 1784); and, second, Sept. 1, 1806, Abner Dunton, b. Lincolnville, April 26, 1781. She had, by her first husband, 1. Jason, b. Aug. 15, 1795; d. in New York city, u., March, 1833. 2. Sophronia, b. Dec. 12, 1796 ; m. Abram Nason. 3. Isaac, b. March 7, 1798 ; w. Clarissa. 4. Noah, b. Feb. 26, 1800; d. Nov. 19, 1834; m. Matilda, dr. of Herman Hawes. 5. Samuel, b. March 3, 1802 ; m. Mary Jane, dr. of Jacob Sibley. 6. Joel, b. April 24, 1803 ; m. Mary Dunton, of Westfield. 7. Joseph, b. June 3, 1805 ; d. March 22, 1825. By her second h. she had 8. Abner, b. Aug. 1, 1807 ; m. Susanna W. Harwood. 9. Seldom, writing-master, b. Feb. 14, 1809. 10. Chloe, b. Nov. 30, 1810; d. Aug. 11, 1817. 11. Alvin, writing- master, b. April 13, 1812 ; m. Elizabeth Harris, of Liberty, who d. 1850. 12. Washington, b. Sept. 14, 1813. 13.
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Nancy Gushee, b. April 9, 1815; d. March 30, 1848; m. Joseph Wiley. 14. John B., b. May 18, 1817; m., first, Dellora Bartlett ; and, second, Caroline, dr. of David Rob- bins. - III. Joseph, b. Thomaston, July 7, 1775; d. February, 1850 ; r. near Mount Pleasant ; m., first, April 5, 1798, Abigail, dr. of C. Butler ; and, second, in March, 1820, Hannah Sterling, of Appleton, from St. George; had 1. Lucy, b. July 30, 1801; d. 2. Christopher Butler, b. June 11, 1803; m., 1829, Mary Noyes, of Warren. 3. Samuel H., b. May 1, 1805 ; m., 1829, in Searsmont, a Ben- net ; r. Hope. 4. Eliza, b. July 9, 1807 ; m. John Briggs. 5. Nancy Gushee, b. May 8, 1809; m. a Jones; r. Goose River in Camden; and d. 1851. 6. Mercy W., b. June 22, 1811; m. 7. Chloe M., b. Jan. 17, 1816; d. Nov. 25, 1834; m. Oliver Matthews, of Warren. - IV. Silence, b. Feb. 22, 1777; d. Feb. 22, 1777; the first white child b. in town. - V. Lucy, b. Feb. 19, 1778; d. March 1, 1778 ; the second white child b. in the town. - VI. Joel, b. June 3, 1780 ; the first male child born in town, and the first per- son born here who was required to do military duty ; set- tled at the east part of the town; m., Oct. 16, 1799, Rebecca, dr. of Christopher Butler. - VII. Nancy, b. April 22, 1782 ; m., Nov. 14, 1799, Almond Gushee, of Hope. - VIII. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1783; m. Thankful, dr. of Seth Luce ; r. Appleton. - IX. Pardon, b. June 18, 1785; was left in a store on the Common, the night of April 2, 1838, where he was found dead the next morning; u. - X. David, b. Feb. 20, 1788 ; settled on the homestead ; became blind; in a state of depression, after several unsuccessful attempts, succeeded, July, 1850, in killing himself, " by taking a twist in his neckhandkerchief with a stick." He m., March 18, 1813, Lydia, dr. of Joseph Maxcy; had 1. Gilbert, b. Jan. 3, 1814; d. Aug. 29, 1834. 2. Oren, b. Feb. 1, 1815; enlisted; d. in Mexico, Nov. 20, 1847. 3. Elvira, b. Oct. 6, 1816 ; m., July 4, 1843, Asa Crockett, of Thomaston. 4. Olive, b. Feb. 14, 1819 ; m., Jan. 11, 1844, Philo Thurston, jr .; and has a son. 5. Hannah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1821. 6. Waterman Maxcy, b. Feb. 4, 1823. 7. Mary Weeks, b. Nov. 12, 1824; m., Nov. 1848, Samuel Winslow ; r. Newton, Mass. 8. Nancy Maxcy, b. Nov. 18, 1826; d. Jan. 1851. 9. Caroline Maxcy, b. Sept. 16, 1828 ; m. John B. Dunton. 10. Maxcy, b. July 13, 1830. 11. Ermina Gushee, b. Aug. 22, 1832. 12. Lydia
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Amanda, b. Jan. 24, 1836. 13. Mandalene Victoria, b. Oct. 29, 1837; d. May 21, 1850. - XI. John Chapman, b. April 17, 1791; m. Berintha, dr. of Thomas Daggett ; ch. 1. Spencer, b. Aug. 6, 1809 ; d. June 27, 1834. 2. Cordelia, b. March 17, 1811; m., Sept. 8, 1833, Vinal, s. of Nathan Hills ; r. Northport ; had (1). Spencer R., b. Dec. 25, 1833; (2). Adilate, b. Oct. 30, 1835, d. April 16, 1836 ; and probably others. 3. Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1812; r. Saccarappa ; m., May 30, 1830, Otis Hunnewell, from New- ton, Mass .; and had Edwin Emery, b. Sept. 13, 1830, d. June 27, 1831 ; Charles Edwin, d. June 27, 1840, aged nine months ; also Henry and Elias. 4. Irene, b. Feb. 9, 1815 ; m., Jan. 11, 1835, Paul Lincoln, of Appleton ; and d. 5. Laurinda, b. May 10, 1817 ; m. Orson Cromett, who was killed by the bursting of a grindstone, at South Union. 6. Elias, b. April 2, 1819 ; travels, as musician, with a caravan of animals. 7. Aldina, b. April 22, 1821 ; d. June 12, 1841. 8. John Chapman, sea-captain, b. March 5, 1823 ; r. Northport. 9. Martha M., b. May 31, 1825 ; r. Saccarappa. 10. Almond Gushee, b. Oct. 30, 1828 ; d. March 17, 1830 .- XII. Maxcy, b. June 23, 1793; clothier, musician, accompanied a circus or caravan of animals ; and d., 1832, of cholera, in Upper Canada; m., 1818, in Stra- tham, N.H., Mary W., b. Stratham, N.H., Nov. 21, 1797, d. Manchester, N.H , Dec. 4, 1849, dr. of Walter and Nancy (Jewett) Weeks ; and had 1. Ann Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1818, Exeter, N.H .; d. Aug. 1819. 2. Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1820, Epping, N.H .; d. Oct. 18, 1844, Manchester, N.H .; c .; m., June 9, 1840, Daniel Clark, lawyer, Manchester, N.H. - XIII. Eliza, b. Aug. 14, 1802 ; d. March 18, 1805. - XIV. Sally Simmons, b. Sept. 25, 1807; d. Oct. 7, 1807. - XV. Sarah Simmons, b. Dec. 2, 1808 ; m., first, James Woodcock; had a son, d. young ; Leonora Levenseller, b. Feb. 17, 1830, m. Isaac Kahler, 1848 ; Esther Mero, b. Jan. 16, 1832 ; also a son ; having lost Harriet. Mrs. W. m., second, Nathaniel Hunt, of Waldoborough ; and has Octavia, Sel- dom Dunton, Statira, Cren Rollins, &c.
ROBBINS, JESSA, s. of Philip, b. Walpole, Mass., April 16, 1759; m., first, in the fall of 1783, Jemima, sister of Capt. Joel Adams, who was b. at Franklin, Mass., and d. Oct. 20, 1790; by whom he had - I. Submit, d. Aug. 7, 1790. He m., second, in the spring of 1792, Ruth Pearce; b. Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 16, 1760; who d. April 9,
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1838; and had -II. John Pearce, b. Sept. 2, 1793 ; m., April 2, 1815, Polly, b. Nov. 26, 1790, dr. of John and Elizabeth Mero; and had 1. Caroline, b. Jan. 15, 1816. 2. John, b. Feb. 20, 1818 ; m. Hannah Douglass ; r. Gardi- ner. 3. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 23, 1819; m. Oren Oxford Stewart. 4. Jesse, b. June 21, 1823; m., Feb. 22, 1849, Harriet Newell Young, of Jefferson. 5. Catharine, b. March 3, 1826 (?). - III. Milton, b. Jan. 8, 1796 ; d. Oct. 23, 1802 .- IV. Jason, b. July 2, 1799 ; r. homestead ; m., March 28, 1824, Lucy Thorndike, of Searsmont; and had 1. Adaline, b. March 23, 1825; m., May, 1849, Emery Franklin Joy. 2. Clementine Thorndike, b. Nov. 25, 1832. 3. Alphonso, b. July 29, 1835. 4. Jason, b. June 25, 1838. 5. Lycurgus, b. May 17, 1844. - V. Mima, b. Aug. 14, 1801; m. George Butler, of Thomaston. - VI. Jesse, b. May 28, 1806 ; m., first, May 9, 1830, Hannah, dr. of David Carriel ; and had 1. Ann Augusta, b. March 28, 1831. 2. Charles C., b. Dec. 4, 1832. 3. Dexter, b. Sept. 9, 1834. 4. Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 14, 1836. 5 and 6. Twins, Emery and Emerson, b. 1837. 7. Levi, b. 1840. He m., second, in 1845, widow Louisa (Smith) Dutton ; c.
ROBBINS, JOSIAH, b. Walpole, Mass., July 23, 1737; d. Union, Jan. 5, 1811 ; m., in Franklin, Sarah, b. April 24, 1746 ; d. of dropsy, Feb. 27, 1825; dr. of Matthew Smith, of Bellingham; had - I. Olive, b. Feb. 23, 1766; m., first, Robert Gillmor, of Franklin, Nov. 15, 1785; and, second, Deacon James Metcalf, of Franklin, and had ch. by the first husband only. - II. Molly, or Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1767 ; m. David Gillmor. - III. Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1770 ; m. Rufus Gillmor. - IV. Nathaniel, b. Stoughtonham, Oct. 2, 1773; m., 1793, Lovey, b. Holmes's Hole, Mass., April 1, 1775, dr. of Capt. George West. She d. of lung- fever, Nov. 9 [10, gravestone], 1812. He m., June 15, 1814, Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Lummus, b. Feb. 4, 1776, in Hamilton, Mass., widow of David Coggswell, of Ipswich, Mass. N. R. lived in Union till the fall of 1840, when he moved to Brunswick, where he d. of dropsy, July 4, 1850. His remains, in a massive, black walnut, silver-mounted cof- fin, were taken by railroad to Portland, thence by steamboat to Rockland, and brought to Union, agreeably to his desire ; and, before the religious services on Sunday, July 7, were buried by the side of his family, in the town where he had lived and labored during the greater part of his life. Appro-
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priate services were then held in the Universalist Meeting- house, by the Rev. Dr. Adams, of Brunswick, who officiated in accordance with his request. His ch. were 1. Peter West, captain, b. Nov. 14, 1794; r. Searsmont ; m., July 16, 1815, Mary S. Jones, dr. of the wife of Susman Abrams by her first husband. He d. Nov. 9 [or 10, gravestone], 1821, and was buried under arms ; having had (1). Lovey West, b. June 16, 1816, now Mrs. Thorndike, r. Searsmont ; (2). Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1818, r. Union, u. ; (3). Peter West, b. Dec. 26, 1820 ; m .; r. Searsmont. Peter's widow m., second, Ward Maxcy, who d. She now r. Augusta. 2. Olive, b. March 26, 1797; m., 1816, Waterman Maxcy, and June 20, 1830, Silas Kellar ; r. South Thomaston; by whom she had [see p. 469] (7). Oscar, b. May 7, 1831 ; (8). Silas, b. Dec. 14, 1833 ; (9). Olive, b. May 11, 1837 ; (10). Mortimer, b. March 18, 1840 ; d. Sept. 4, 1849. 3. Willard, b. Dec. 14, 1799 ; m., at Lincolnville, April 5, 1821, Deborah W. Moody, b. Lincolnville, Oct. 1, 1799, dr. of Wm. Moody (b. York, March 30, 1766, d. Feb. 27, 1840) and Patience Thorndike, b. Camden, Dec. 15, 1768, d. April 22, 1846; and settled in Searsmont, where six of the children were born. They now live on his homestead in Union. Had (1). Pa- tience M., b. March 21, 1822, m. Franklin, s. of Noah Rice; (2). Nancy E., b. Feb. 18, 1824; m., 1850, John Little, from New York State; (3). Nathaniel A., b. July 4, . 1826; d. Oct. 15, 1828 ; (4). Deborah M., b. July 19, 1828; (5). William Moody, b. Sept. 13, 1830; (6). Willard, b. July 19, 1832 ; (7). Nathaniel A., b. Aug. 24, 1834; (8). Adelbert P., b. Nov. 14, 1837; (9). Augusta A., b. Nov. 9, 1840; (10). Edwin L., b. Oct. 12, 1843. 4. Mary Chase, b. Aug. 30 [31, town-rec.], 1802; m. Moses Walcott; and d. of consumption, Dec. 7, 1849. 5. Natha- niel, b. Jan. 20, 1805; m., April 7, 1831, Harriet Gleason ; and had (1). Frances Augusta, b. Feb. 19, 1832 ; (2). Ann Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1833; (3). Lovey West, b. Oct. 20, 1834; (4). Edward Kent, b. April 9, 1839. 6. Lovey West, b. Oct. 4, 1807; m. Hermon Mero. 7. Charles, b. April 28, 1810 ; d. May 1, 1810. 8. Sarah Smith, b. June 2, 1811 ; m., Dec. 5, 1833, James, b. July 29, 1808; d. July 23, 1847, s. of John McDowell, of Washington, from Scotland ; had (1). Mary Walcott, b. Dec. 2, 1834; (2). Roscoe, b. March 21, 1837 ; (3). Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1838; d. Jan. 13, 1845; (4). James, b. Nov. 19, 1841 ;
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(5). Flotealia, b. Jan. 26, 1843 ; (6). Sarah Theresa, b. Feb. 18, 1845 ; (7). William Augustus, b. Feb. 25, 1848. 9. Augustus Coggswell, b. June 3, 1816 ; m., April 9, 1833, Maria Theresa, b. Brunswick, Nov. 15, 1814, dr. of Capt. William and Priscilla (Merritt) Curtis ; and had, b. at Brunswick, (1). Harriett Maria, b. April 13, 1841; (2). Charles Augustus, b. July 2, 1843. - V. Lewis, b. Franklin, Sept. 11, 1782; m., Feb. 7, 1805, Phebe, b. Feb. 8, 1787, dr. of Nathan and Sarah (Wellington) Bar- nard; had 1. Josiah, b. Nov. 7, 1805 ; r. Stephensport, Ky. ; a farmer ; m. Mahala, b. Nelson County, Ky., dr. of Thomas and Mary (Martin) York ; and had (1). Roxana, d. young; (2). Lewis; (3). Charles Warren; (4). Willard; (5). Ann, b. March 13, 1840; (6). Nathan Barnard; (7). Thomas; (8). William Jesse. 2. Lucy, b. Nov. 10, 1807 ; m. Milton Daniels ; and d. Oct. 29, 1833. 3. Maria, b. June 7, 1809 ; m., first, Jesse Drake, who d. July 19, 1842, and, second, Dec. 30, 1848, Horace Blood ; and had (1). J o- siah, b. Dec. 4, 1830 ; (2). Jesse, b. Feb. 22, 1843 ; (3). Meriam Hooper, b. Sept. 28, 1849. 4. Roxana, b. June 27, 1812, m. William G. Hawes. 5. Nathan Bar- nard, b. July 22, 1815 ; m., March 17, 1842, Cynthia Abi- gail Daniels; and had (1). Levi Morse, b. July 30, 1843; (2). Edgar Milton, b. July 30, 1845 ; (3). Nathan D. b. April 30, 1849. 6. Lewis, b. May 12, 1817; m., Dec. 4, 1845, Matilda, b. in Hope, Nov. 28, 1826, dr. of Benjamin and Lydia (Fletcher) McAllister ; and had (1). Roscoe Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1846 ; (2). Charles Augustin, b. Nov. 15, 1848. 7. Phebe Ann, b. June 25, 1821; d. Aug. 22, 1826. 8. Charles, b. March 20, 1823; d. June 10, 1848, seventy miles above New Orleans, and was buried in the Methodist Burying-ground on the plantation of John Preston, on the east side of the Mississippi River, and five miles below Donaldsonville.
ROBBINS, PHILIP, b. in Walpole, Mass., Aug. 20, 1730, old style; d. March 9, 1816; m., Nov. 1, 1750, O.S., Jemima, commonly called " Aunt Mima," b. March 3, 1731, O.S., and d. Nov. 9, 1815; dr. of Joseph Smith, of Wal- pole. A correspondent, who was young at the time of the death of Philip Robbins and his wife, writes, "They came often to our house, were most simple-hearted and honest people. Old Philip used to wear a round-top hat, just large enough for his head, with a broad brim; also breeches with
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knee-buckles and shoe-buckles. They sleep side by side in the graveyard, having attained great age." Many a middle- aged person retains a distinct recollection of his appearance, as he rode his black horse (on each side of which were pan- niers, lashed over the horse's back with straps) from house to house, collecting calves and lambs, which he killed, and was in the habit of carrying to market, at Thomaston, till within a few years of his death. He left six children, fifty- one grandchildren, eighty-five great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren ; having lost three children and fifteen grandchildren. His ch. all b. in Walpole, Mass. - I. David, b. March 21, 1752. - II. Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1754; m. Richard Cummings. - III. Jemimah, or Mima, as she was commonly called, b. Jan. 10, 1757; m. Capt. Joel Adams. - IV. Jess, b. April 18 or 16, 1759. - V. Ebenezer, b. April 30, 1761 ; buried on Cranberry Island. - VI. Jacob, b. Nov. 14, 1762; m. Susan Meservey ; r. Appleton, and, in 1848 or 1849, found dead in his bed. - VII. Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1765; d. Jan. 7, 1769. - VIII. Susanna, b. Sept. 22 [Walpole rec.], Oct. 22 [herself], 1768 ; m. Amariah Mero. - IX. Philip, b. Aug. 27, 1771.
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