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He had a noble presence, manly and outspoken ; he had many friends and numerous are the stories of his generous deeds. His wife was Diana Eaton, dau. of Cyrus Shaw, married June 8, 1844 ; only child Jacob d. Feb. 1, 1850, Æ nearly 18 mo. He d. July 27, 1880 ; wife d. Sept. 21, 1899.
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JOHN WELCH was born in Boston, son of William and grandson of Capt. John, whilom, commander of the An- cient and Honorable Artillery Company. He had been in the West India trade in Boston and was reputed wealthy. In 1836 he commenced buying land in Oxford and during the succeeding ten years, twenty-six titles were recorded in the Oxford Registry, showing him to have been the largest holder of real estate in town. One title mentions six thousand acres of the Craigie lands, and another, the water privilege on the Little Androscoggin river. He did not abandon his city residence, although he built a very commodious house, on the bank of the river, near his saw-mill, where he spent considerable of his own time and some members of his fam- ily were there about all the time ; his elder sons exercised voters rights and held town offices. He gave employment to quite a number of men which materially increased the population of the town. A village grew up that continues to honor his memory in its name "Welchville".
Mr. Welch was a generous contributor to the religious and other town interests, and hospitality with good cheer welcomed visitors to his country seat. It is not understood that he derived very much profit or pleasure from his land speculations, for the courts were continually occupied with his contentions until death brought quiescence.
His wife was Elizabeth Hunt, and six children are nam- ed in his will, some of them were born in New Jersey. Her will was probated Aug. 23, 1852. He died of congestion of the lungs, in his 66th year, at his residince, 737 Washing- ton street, Boston, Dec. 22, 1850.
Children, named in his will, were:
William F. (Capt.) m. July 4, 1841, Abigail, dau. of John
Cousins of Poland. He died in Boston Nov. 29, 1852, Æ 39 y. 9 m., leaving two daus., Eliza Hunt, m. Dr. Geo. L. Kilgore of Windham, and Sarah Cousins, m. Adna T. Dennison of Mechanic Falls.
John Hunt, m. in Boston June 15, 1837, Elizabeth Trull. He died Oct. 11, 1852 ; his widow m. Eldridge. Wilson Jarvis, lawyer in Boston, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Thatcher; had several children.
Thomas Jefferson, m. June 25, 1853, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Almond Ainsworth of Boston; he died at Somer- ville Mass. Dec. 28, 1872.
George Washington, (Capt, ) died unmarried at the Sailors
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Snug Harbor, New York, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
Harrison Shattuck, b. 1830, changed his christen names to Harrison Gray Otis, m. in Boston Nov. 9, 1856, Eliza- beth J. , dau. of John H. Foster Jr. ; had children.
HON. WILLIAM CLARK WHITNEY, whose name ap- pears so frequently in the preceding pages, was a son of Joshua Whitney of Worcester, one of the proprietors of No. 4, now Paris, and was himself the owner of the westerly half of lots 21-22 in the 5th range, which were conveyed to him by his father April 21, 1788; about this time his name was added to a committee to build a bridge at Bisco's Falls.
As this was prior to his marriage, he may not have occu- pied these lots, but he is said to have lived in Paris, also in Topsham. Induced by Dr. Craigie, he came to Hebron and April 26, 1798, was given power of attorney to care for all his interests in this town ; a like commission was given him by Bossenger Foster, Aug. 25, 1800, a brother-in-law of Craigie, the title of the Craigie lands being, at the time, in Foster's name.
Mr. Whitney m. March 3, 1799 Sophia, dau. of Nathaniel Fuller of Hebron and settled upon the large farm, (165) now occupied by his son George P .; he continued to act as agent for Craigie and his heirs until their estate was closed out. In 1832 he removed to Norway where he died Oct. 6, 1859, at the advanced age of 94 years.
Mr. Whitney was Adjt. of Col. Hubbard's Reg. in 1802, and probably held other rank in the militia, although he was usually called "Squire", as he was a Justice and had been Rep. in G. C .. He was a member of Gov. King's Ex. Council, and subsequently Sheriff of Oxford County. In service longer than any Trustee, he was a steadfast friend of Hebron Academy. His capacity for business was remark- able ; he amassed the largest personal estate in the county.
His son George P. succeeded him in the Board of Trust- ees of the Academy, has represented the town in the Leg- islature and filled numerous positions of trust and honor to the entire satisfaction of his townsmen.
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CONTENTIONS.
Out of the Shepard grant about fourteen thousand acres of land came into the possession of Dr. Craigie in 1794, and in November 1832 his heirs sold to Jacob D. Brown of Ox- ford the lots remaining unsold, being about six thousand acres, including the Craigie farm, so called, the considera- tion being about $20,000,
Mr. Brown deposed that Col. Samuel H. King was a co- partner with him in the Craigie lands and in lumbering for about two years, commencing in 1832, and that he made a conveyance to the said King of some portion of the Craigie property. He further deposed that he was a copartner with William B. Abbott, who came to Oxford in January 1835, to engage in the dry goods and grocery business, lumbering and farming. The said Abbott was to attend to the store and he to the out of door business, and each to have one half of the profits. At this time he conveyed to the said Abbott one undivided half of the Craigie lands, excepting certain lots which had been sold by himself and the said King, and cer- tain other lots, reserved and marked on plan projected by David Noyes and Alexander Greenwood.
With his consent Mr. Abbott went to Boston for the pur- pose of securing a loan on the Oxford estate. In December John Welch and John McIntire came here for the purpose of examining the property and in July 1836, Mr. Welch consummated his first purchase of land in this town.
Mr. Brown further deposed that in Jan. 1836 he made a deed of the other moity, with the same exceptions as before, and delivered the same to the said Abbott, for the purpose of conveying the whole property to Mr. Welch on his com- plying with the conditions set forth; notwithstanding the agreememt, the 2d deed was recorded without his knowl- edge or consent, and he never received any compensation whatsover. Mr. Abbott gave a mortgage to Col. King of all the lands conveyed to him in both deeds, in considera- tion of the said King discharging a mortgage he had previ- ously received of the deponent on an undivided half of the property. "With regard to the understanding and agree- ment concerning the recording of the deed of mortgage from W, B. Abbott to said Sam'1. H. King, deponent says John Welch told him subsequent to the date of said mort- gage, he had fooled said King, by persuading him to hold
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on to his mortgage and not record it, on a promise to pay all the debts this deponent owed him, and put his own deeds or papers, subsequently made, on record before him, and then said ; "Let him help himself if he can.
Out of these transactions sprang the most protracted and bitter litigation ever known in the courts in this State.
Brown commenced an action against Welch in the Su- preme Court in Oxford County June 30, 1838 to recover $80,000. This action Welch removed to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Maine District where it was pending, apparently without trial until 1851, nearly thirteen years after. At the April Term, 1851, there were pending in the U. S. Court at least six cases between Brown and Welch, a part of which Welch was the Plaintiff. They had been there so long that the first case was the first on the docket and the others in close proximity.
At the April Term 1851, the entry was made under the first case "Both parties dead ; case dismissed." In the sec- ond case, however, judgment was rendered, as of the Sept. Term 1850, in favor of Welch who was defendant against Brown , for Costs taxed at $375.00, and the judgment was acknowledged satisfied by E. Fox, Att'y. The other cases were dismissed. The judgment in the second case indicates that both parties had died between the Sept. T. 1850, and the Apr. T. 1851, and the town talk was that the heirs of John Welch paid the widow Brown $1000. to relinquish her right of dower ; a godsend to her, for she was left nearly destitute.
In the meantime Mr. Welch made some kind of an ar- rangement with one Paul Adams of Boston, and Adams gave an agreement to Solomon B. Morse Jr. of Westboro' Mass. to convey to him the Craigie (sometimes called Fair- mount ) farm, including as Morse claimed 660 acres. In va- rious ways numerous other persons became involved in the matter. Morse took possession of the farm in the spring of 1841 and was expelled therefrom, by proceedings before a magistrate, in the fall of 1844. There was an attempt to dis- posess Morse, in July, by frightening him off. It appears that two of Mr. Welch's sons went there, accompanied by An- drew Peterson, Ephraim Stedman, George Farris, Robert Hilborn, Andrew Pratt, Nathan, John and Ezra Wright and others to the number of fifteen or twenty, drove oft Morse's men, stampeded his cattle, took the hay from his
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fields, creating considerable disturbance, and both parties, it was claimed at the hearings before the Trial Justice, threat- ened to take life. The feelings of the Welches were so bit- ter that they insisted that the Sheriff, when he served the writ of ejectment, should precipitately oust the Morse family, notwithstanding the illness of Mrs, Morse and his absence from town. But this the officer declined to do; he put a keeper in one room and gave the family a week to get out. When the Sheriff returned to fully exe- cute his precept, Mrs. Morse was still there and refused to leave unless she was removed by force, but after some talk, she took her children and went to a friendly neighbor's house, while the Sheriff removed the furniture, storing part ot it in an outbuilding and leaving the rest of it in the yard. A house was soon after secured at Craigies Mills, where they spent the winter and the next year he removed to Port- land. Sept. 14, 1844, Morse brought a bill in equity in the U. S. Circuit Court for Massachusetts District, against Paul Adams and John Welch. In this case the testi- mony was taken and the case printed, making a book of about 550 pages. Thirty-two depositions were taken and others were to have been questioned who did not testify. The testimony covers the Brown and Welch controversy, of which this and several other lawsuits were incidents. Some of the deponants gave their opinion of the character and rep- utation of their neighbors, and it was shown that the justice who issued the precept to so summarily eject Morse from his house, did refuse to recognize E. R. Holmes, S. H. King and Charles Durell as sufficient surities on Morse's bond for $600.00. A good many of the Portland lawyers were engaged in the litigation, but in this case Henry M. Fuller of Boston was counsel for Morse and Benjamim R. Curtis, afterwards Judge, was counsel for the others.
Judge Woodbury delivered an opinion dismissing the bill, but the grounds for the decision are unknown to the writer.
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CHAPTER V.
GENEALOGICAL.
oved by an earnest desire to perpetuate the names of the ancient friends and neighbors of his. parents, in ? the home of their first choice, names once familliar as household words to the writer, a consciousness of which yet remains in the misty clouds of memory, the com- piler essays this publication , with an apology for attempt- ing to perform in a short time, that to which should have been given years of patient labor.
Our experience in collecting material for this book has been substantially the same as reported by writers of town histories generally ; to my appeals for information a few have responded generously, some partially and many not at all; of the last we make no complaint, nor must they. No town history can be written free from the errors of omis- sion and commission and if those in this little book, shall incite the publication of a better history of Oxford, the com- piler will be abundantly rewarded.
To save space, the abreviations now so common in gen- ealogical work are frequently used and the figures enclosed in ( ) refer to map of roads on preceeding page and locates place of residence.
ABBOTT.
THOMAS ABBOTT, son of Enos of Andover, Me., b. May 9, 1800, m. Nov. 30, 1820, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Abigail Sampson of Rumfo.d, she b. April 23, 1801, died Feb. 3, 1889. He was a blacksmith, lived at Andover and Norway before coming to Oxford (134). He d. March 26, 1877. Children :
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James Munroe, b. Jan. 13, 1823. Levi Bartlett, b. Sept. 23, 1824; m. Sarah P. D. Pratt. John Gilman, b. Feb. 11, 1826; m. Elwine Murry.
Hiram Emery, b. Jan. 21, 1828; m. Hattie N. Johnson and Esther Johnson.
JAMES MONROE ABBOTT, son of Thomas, was born in Andover, m. Jan. 7, 1849, Sarah Jane, dau. of William W. and Sally (Lovejoy) Berry of Norway. She d. April 10, 1885. Children b. at Oxford :
Sarah Elizabeth, b, Dec. 19, 1849; d. Jan. 4, 1850. Laura Ella, b. Sept. 21, 1852 ; m. Rufus S. Penley. Charles Otis, b. Nov. 18, 1853 ; m. Mary Ellen Chaplin. Harriet N., b. July 16, 1855; m. William P. Lombard. Maria Elizabeth, b. Nov. 9, 1858 ; m. Alfred Rock. Levi Edgar, b. Oct. 29, 1860.
ALLEN.
AMBROSE ALLEN, son of Ezra and Phebe (Cary) Allen of Bridgewater Mass., b. 1784. He had settlement, after his marriage, in South Berwick, removing from there to Boston to engage in trade; this venture, however, did not prove successful and he returned to Maine. Some bus- iness conected with his father-in-law's investments brought him to Craigies Mills in 1825, where he died very sud- denly, soon after his coming. After his death, his wife, Sarah Adams, eldest dau. of Maj. Winthrop B, Norton, and her children, were for a time members of her fathers household and later occupied one of his farms (57).
Mrs. Allen m. 2d, July 5, 1838, William Warren of Wa- terford and died at Lewiston Jan. 16, 1873. Children :
Ethan, b. South Berwick, June 13, 1813 ; m. Lydia J. Chaplin.
Sarah Adams, b. South Berwick, May 15, 1815; m. May 24, 1844, John J. Perry of Oxford.
Ellen Elizabeth, b. Portland, Aug. 21, 1825; m. June 2, 1849, Abiel M. Jones of Oxford.
CHRISTOPHER and SAMUEL ALLEN, sons of William and Mary Allen of New Gloucester, bought of Mr. Whit-
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ney, wild land in Hebron, (50-55) adjoining the Craigie farm, on what is sometimes called Allen's Hill. They were industrious men and cleared for themselves excellant farms. Christopher was b. April 16, 1865 ; m, Dolly Poor of An- dover, pub. June 25, 1808, she was b. Oct. 12, 1772 and d. Sept. 9, 1826. He d. July 26, 1819 and Samuel, who did not marry, lived to see his brothers children grow to man and womanhood under his paternal care.
Children :
William Stevens, b. Aug. 24, 1809; d. Jan, 5, 1882,
Susan Varnham, b. Oct. 1, 18II; m. March 24, 1853, Samuel Chambers of Otisfield.
Mary Osgood, b. Aug. 10, 1814; m. Charles L. Oliver. Martha Bridge, b. Oct. 18, 1816; m. Jan. 16, 1844, Aaron S. Hill of Exeter.
WILLIAM S. ALLEN, (50) son of above, m. Feb. 3, 1842, Elvira, dau. of Robert Pike of Oxford. Children, born in Oxford :
Mary Elizabeth Osgood, b. July 10, 1843.
Christopher Stevens, b. Feb. 1, 1845 ; d. Jan. 3, 1858.
Harriet Andrews, b. Sept. 20, 1847; m. Samuel W. In- galls of Auburn Me.
Francis Imogine, b. May 24, 1849; d. unmarried, 1884. Maria Susanna, b. May 16, 1851 ; d. Jan. 16, 1858.
Sarah Ella, b. July 19, 1853; m. William H. Martin.
William Henry Clay, b. Nov. 28, 1855; m. Nellie F. Martin.
Walter Stevens, b. Oct. 17, 1861 ; m. Rose Reardon.
ALPHEUS and HANNAH ALLEN had, born in Hebron : Emily H., Dec. 25, 1818. Maria B., Dec. 5, 1820. Hamden A., April 16, 1823. Sidney, July 2, 1826.
Libbeus W., Aug. 31, 1830; d. March 1, 1849. Melissa Jane, Dec. 14, 1833. Oscar D., Feb. 25, 1836. Lois A., Feb. 24, 1840.
Father died Sept. 27, 1872 ; mother died April 30, 1872.
LIBBEUS and JOANNA ALLEN had, born in Hebron. Emory H., May 16, 1816. Mary D. April 11, 1818. Libbeus, April 26, 1820. William N., Oct. 1, 1822.
John H., April 26, 1826. Hannah, Sept. 13, 1828.
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Charles, twin with Hannah. Barnard B., Mar. 26, 1831. Melvin A. April 26, 1835.
Father died Sept. 9, 1872; mother died Nov. 2, 1843.
MOSES ALLEN, b. in Minot Aug. 29, 1789; m. Nov. 3, 1814, Rebecca , dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Whitte- more of Hebron : she born November 23, 1787.
Children :
Samuel Whittemore, b. Paris, Oct. 15, 1815, medical prac- titioner in Missouri.
John W., b. Harrison, Dec. 28, 1822; m. Sept. 13, 1855 Hannah E., dau. of Silas Maxim of Paris, s. Nebraska. Elizabeth, b. Hebron, Nov. 15, 1825.
Amanda Justina, b. Hebron, Dec. 11, 1828; m. Peter Nut- ting, s. New Hampshire.
JACOB ALLEN of Pownal and Sally Randall of Hebron, pub. March 31, 1821, had b. in Hebron :
Mary, Dec. 25, 1823. Isaac, Dec. 16, 1825.
ANDRETHIS.
JOHN ANDREWS of Raynham, Mass. and Betsey Dean of Taunton were m. June, 1781. Dec. 1812, Dean, their son, bought lot No. 3 in the 6th range, 3d div. and proba- bly the family came to Hebron soon after. Mr. Andrews was a soldier in the Revolution, described as Corporal in Capt. John Callender's Co. Mass. line, fair complexion, 5 ft. 8 in. in hight, enlisted in Raynham April 9, 1777 for 3 years ; had previous service. In 1819 his name was placed on the pension roll, $96. annual allowance. He died Feb. 7, 1828, his wife survived several years : both are reported buried at Mechanic Falls, graves unmarked.
Children :
John, b. Oct. 7, 1784 , s. Taunton.
Henry, b. April 11, 1788.
Dean, b. May 21, 1790.
Loved, b. Oct. 19, 1791.
Lloyd, b. Dec. 22, 1793.
Betsey, b. Sept. 3, 1795. Polly, b. July 14, 1797; m. Amos Clifford of Oxford.
Mahala, b. July 26, 1802; m. John H. Dean of Ox- ford.
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DEAN ANDREWS, son of John, m. Sept. 8, 1814, Maria, b. Dec. 3, 1793, dau. of Joseph and Susanna (Cushman) Perkins. They had ten children, five in Hebron, the others after removal to Minot.
Children :
Levi Cushman, m. Sarah Bailey and 2d, wid. Frances (Bai- ley) Owen; s. Brunswick.
Maria Jane, b. June, 1818; m. Simon Thayer.
Stephen Blake, b. Nov. 19, 1819; m. 1854, Jemima God-
free, dau. of George and Polly (Barrows) Hathaway, s. Westbrook.
George Dean, b. May 20, 1822 ; s. California.
Sarah Cushman, m. Augustus Golderman of Mc. Falls.
Isaiah Perkins, s. California. Caroline.
Dennis Haskell, lived in Nebraska, d. Mechanic Falls.
Catherine Amanda, m. Mr. - Vance of Lynn.
Charles, unmarried, killed at Gettysburg.
LOVED ANDREWS, son of John, m. Dec. 24, 1818, Huldah Marston of Hebron; he was a stone-cutter, lived (18I), later in Poland where he died, very aged.
Children ; said to have been others, fourteen in all. Elbridge, b. Feb. 23, 1820; drowned off Portland.
Mary, b. Aug. 1, 1822. Lloyd, b. Jan. 23, 1824.
Eliza Esther, twin with Frances Augusta, b. Aug. 23, 1827.
Freeman. Anbrew Jackson.
Diana b. 1837. Elvira, b. 1842.
LLOYD ANDREWS, son of John, m. Feb. 28, 1822, Lavina, dau. of William Steadman of Hebron; s. first in Foxcroft and later in Minot.
Children :
Seth Dean, b. Nov. 12, 1822 ; lives in Turner, for the past twenty-five years correspondent of the Lewiston Journal and Sec'y of Nezinscot Lodge, F. A. M., since 1868.
Angeline, b. Aug. 21, 1824. John Lloyd, b. May 21, 1827. Flora, b. Mar. II, 1829. Russell Bucknam, b. July 5, 1831. Susan Maria, b, July 15, 1833. Metcalf Streeter, b. Dec. 15, 1834. Sabinas Walter, b. Aug. 28, 1837. Silas Stetson, b. Aug. 22, 1843 ; lives in Westbrook.
ELLIS ANDREWS, son of Mark, a soldier of the Rev- lution, m. Jan. 8, 1832, Fanny, dau. of Edward Hawkes of Minot. He was b. in Hartford, Me. April 28, 1802, had
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settlement in that town, and later in Oxford (18) where he died, Oct. 6, 1861. Wife, b. Jan. 28, 1800, d. Feb. 21, 1890. Children :
George Ellis, b. Oct. 6, 1832 ; m. Jan. 2, 1869, Frances, dau. of Joseph Robinson. Their children are, Frances Josephine, b. May 9, 1871. Walter Henry, d. in infan- cy. Isabell May, b. Feb. 25, 1880; d. 1888.
He is a housewright, lives in Portland.
Freeman Bradford, b. Mar. 18, 1834; m. Nov. 1, 1868, Sibie Stockbridge, dau. of Isaac B. Carman. They had Charles Morris, b. Oct. 11, 1871 ; m. Annie E. Perkins.
He is a lawyer and civil engineer, lives in Oxford (80). Sarah F., b. Jan. 22, 1836; d. July 19, 1855.
Mary E. , b. May 29, 1838. Harriet A., b. Feb. 14, 1840. Orrington G., b. Feb. 14, 1840; m. April, 1866, Phebe C. Whitney. They have two children, Harriet Gould and Enola Annis.
Martha Lucella, b. June 12, 1842 ; m. Anson J. Holden of Oxford, b. Dec. 18, 1843.
ALFRED ANDREWS and Serene or Irene had child- ren recorded in Hebron :
Leonard Carter, b. Nov. 25, 1806; d. Sept. 8, 1825.
Willard Kingsbury, b. Jan. 15, 1809.
Philo Parmenio, b. Mar. 11, 1810.
Bethiah Leonard, b. May 28, 1812.
Menzies C. b. Dec. 17, 1815.
ARCHIBALD.
JOHN ARCHIBALD, and Rosetta had children record- ed in Oxford : Mira, b. Nov. 7, 1846. Mary F. b. Oct. 28, 1847.
AUSTIN.
THOMAS AUSTIN m. July, 1831, Adeline Stanley of Norway; had children recorded in Oxford ;
Francis Henry, b. April 26, 1832.
George E., b. May 18, 1835.
Mary, b. 1840.
Sewall, b. 1842.
Abba L., b. Nov. 10, 1845.
Sarah Ann, b. 1849.
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BARER.
HORACE BAKER, son of Thomas, was born in Lyme, N. H., March 3, 1805. In 1834 he engaged in trade in Chi- na Me., removing from there, two years later, to Troy, and hoping for an increase of business, he came to Oxford Mar. 8, 1842, (see sketch page 106). He m. August 10, 1834, Sally, b. May 3, 1808, dau. of John and Hannah (Smith) Blake of Lisbon, Me. She d. Dec. 30, 1881 ; he d. Oct. 15, I870. Children :
Thomas, b. China, Me., Sept. 28, 1835 ; m. June 16, 1870, Annie M. Cousens of Poland. He succeeded his father in the store, and for twenty-seven years was Town Clerk. He removed to Portland in 1885.
Rebecca, b. Troy, Me., May 21, 1837 ; lives with Thomas.
BARROTHIS.
WILLIAM BARROWS, son of Joseph of Plympton, was soldier in Capt. John Bridgham's co., marched on the Lex- ington Alarm, served at the siege of Boston and later enlist- ed in the Mass. Cont'ls, for this service his name was plac- ed upon the roll of revolutionary pensioners. He was among the first settlers in Shepardsfield and continued, during his life, one of its most useful townsmen ; he was deacon in the church, and he was the most active of the founders of the Academy. His mother was Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Abigail Atwood of Plympton; she was the mother of 12 children, 70 grandchildren and 136 great grandchildren.
She d. in Hebron, Oct. 27, 1826; Æ. 93y, 5m, 9d.
Dea. Barrows m. Ist., June 8, 1780, Sarah Dunham of Plympton, who died Nov. 7, 1795, and 2d., Mrs. Katherine (Pratt), wid. ot Job Macomber of Paris. He d. Nov. 22, 1837, Æ 81 ; wid. removed to Monson to live with her dau. Children ;
Zilpah, b. July II, 1781 ; m. Oct. 1802, Calvin Bucknam. George, b. Mar. 21, 1783. William, b. Oct. 19, 1784. Patience, b. Jan. 29, 1787; m. Sept. 1806, Elias Tubbs.
Joseph, b. Jan. 29, 1790. Jesse, b. March 29, 1791.
Cornelius, b. Mar. 10, 1793. Isaac, died Oct. 28, 1800. By second wife :
Orren, b. April 20, 1799; died Oct. 28, 1800.
Caleb Strong, b. Dec. 22, 1800. Sarah, b. June 17, 1803 ; m. Jan. 6, 1825, Cyrus Packard ; s. Monson, Me.
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GEORGE BARROWS, son of Dea. William, m. Jan. 17, 1805, Eleanor, dau. of Edward and Ruth (Bucknam) Hawks of Minot. He d. 1819, in Hebron ; she m. 2d. June 17, 1821, Abijah Hall of Paris and d. his wid. at the res- idence of her son G. W., in Otisfield, 1841.
Children :
George Whitefield, b. Oct. 15, 1805 ; m. Dolly Ann Wight of Otisfield, s. in her town. He d. Mar. 21, 1886.
Horace Aurelius, [Dr. ] b. Aug. 8, 1809; m. Mar. 1832, Irene Bearce. He d. at Harrison, June 7, 1852. Worthy Columbus, b. Dec. 7, 1811; in trade in Portland, City Marshall in 1855. He m. Ist. Emily Fernald of Otis- field, 2d. Sarah C. Lane. He d. May, 1886.
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