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Mary Ealeanor, b. July 20, 1819; m. Jotham S. Smith.
WILLIAM BARROWS, son of Dea. William, was a law- yer, s. North Yarmouth. He m. Oct. 18, 1812, Mary Pal- mer, dau. of Rev. William Fessenden of Fryeburg. She d. Mar. 31, 1823 ; he d. Nov. 18, 1821.
Children :
Mary Osgood, b. Aug. 30, 1813; m. Alex. R. Bradley. Sarah Fessenden, b. 1815; m. Dr. Thomas F. Perley. Nancy Perley, b. 1817; m. Rev. Franklin Yeaton. William Groswold, [Judge] b. Jan. 12, 1821; lived in Brunswick; m. Ist. 1854, Huldah Whitmore, 2d. 1872, Mary R. Fessenden of Fryeburg : he d. April 6, 1886.
CORNELIUS BARROWS, son of Dea. William, m. Mar. 10, 1821, Anna, dau. of Ichabod and Rachael (Cole) Pack- ard. She d. in Paris, June 15, 1852 : he d. Hebron, 1869. Children :
William Lewis, b. April 8, 1822 ; d. in Kansas, 1859. Ann Olive, b. Aug. 25, '23 ; m. Sylvanus Bearce.
John Stuart, [Dr. ] b, Dec. 20, '24; m. May 31, '52 Lucy Ann Hall, both then of Paris.
Albert Cornelius, b. Aug. 23, '26, m. wid. Elvira Latham, b. May 8, '18, dau. of David Morse of Norway.
Elizabeth Maria, b. Nov.6, '29; m. Cyprian Hall of Paris. Silas Packard, b. Mar. 15, '33; m. Lydia, dau. of Eph- raim Packhard of Blanchard. He was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg.
CALEB STRONG BARROWS, son of Dea. William, m. Jan. 17, 1822, Rebecca, dau. of Bearce of Hebron. Children :
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Orren Ripley, b. May 16, 1823. Elvira B., b. Mar. 4, '26. Mary D., -. Ann H. B., b. Aug. 10, 1828; m. Nov. '55, William G. Jordan.
Caleb, b. May 10, 1830. Robert Carr, b. June 13, '32.
JOSEPH BARROWS, brother of Dea. William, is credit- ed with service in Mass. militia in the Revolution, and was among the first settlers. His wife was Hannah, dau. of Jo- seph and Ruth (Sampson) Cole of Plympton. She d. Dec. 22, 1843 ; he d. Nov. 12, 1827, Æ 65.
Children :
Phebe, b. May 27, 1790; m. Gideon Cushman Jr.
Reuel, [Dr. 1 b. July 6, 1791 ; d. in Fryeburg, July, 1857. Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1792 ; m. May 16, 1816, Ephraim Pack- ard of Jefferson.
Job Cole, b. Sept. 13, 1794; d. Nov. 18, 1819.
Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1796; m. Aug. 1815, Barnabas Pratt. Atwood, b. July 17, 1798.
Ruth, b. July 8, 1800; m. Aug. 12, 1821, Thomas Davee. Isaac, b. Aug. 6, 1802 ; d. Dec. 15, 1819.
Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1805.
Harrison Gray Otis, b. March 30, 1807.
John Eveleth, b. March 21, 18II.
ATWOOD BARROWS, son of Joseph, m. Jan. 22, 1822, Mary C. Webster.
Children :
William Webster, b. Nov. 14, 1822. Nancy Myrick, born
June 5, 1824. John Atwood, b. July II, 1827. Reuel, b. July 27, 1832. Sylvester D .. Joseph Henry.
JOSEPH BARROWS, son of Joseph, m. April 22, 1827, Sarah, dau. of Calvin Bucknam of Hebron, who d. Jan. 29, 1839; he m. 2d. Sept. 13, 1840, Miss Susan Buck. He was public spirited, serving in town offices, also in the several offices of Major, Justice of the Peace and Deacon in the Church. He died June 19, 1868.
Children :
Mary Davee, b. Dec. 24, 1827 ; d. April 15, 1832. --- Rob- Joseph Henry, [Dr. ] b. April 6, 1829; m. Miss erts, settled in Vassalborough.
Sarah Katherine, b. June 12, 1834; m. Clinton Howe of Paris.
Emily, b. March 21, 1835 ; d. August 20, 1856.
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JOHN EVELETH BARROWS, son of Joseph, m. Jan. 27, 1836, Harriet Glover, dau. of Stephen Myrick of Hebron. He d. August 14, 1850; she d. February 19, 1863.
Children :
Anne Dana, b. Jan. 4, 1837 ; m. Rev. Judson W. Shaw of Paris. She d. Falmouth, Me. , May 28, 1898.
Stephen Myrick, b. Dec. 1, 1838; d. Washington, D. C. April 24, 1899. Served in 5th, Maine Regiment.
Hannah Frances, b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. Brockton, Jan. 1892. Reuel, b. Feb. 24, 1843,
John Harrison, b. Feb. 24, 1846; d. March, 1867.
Hattie Zilla, b. July 19, 1849; m. Fred W. Jordan, of Brockton Mass.
BARNABAS BARROWS is credited on Hebron records with children, as follows :
Hannah, b. May II, 1794. Louis, b. Nov. 15, 1795.
Sophia, b. Dec. 16, 1799. Martha, b. March 18, 1802. Tilson, b. July 4, 1804. Allen, [Rev.] b. July 7, 1807 ; m. Oct. 23, '34, Sarah C. Faunce of Buckfield, s. Hallowell,
BENJAMIN BARROWS Jr. and Mary, his wife, are cred- ited on Hebron records, with children, as follows : Lydia, b. Sept. 22, 1785 ; m. Nov. 1801, Hosea Cushman. Lucinda, b. Sept. 24, 1787 ; m. Jan. 27, 1825, Richard W. Houghton.
Benjamin, b. Mar. II, 1796, d. Aug, 14, 1797.
Polly, b. Dec. 4, 1804, m. Jan. 1824, George Hathaway. Benjamin Barrows, per. senior, d. Hebron, Nov. 29, 1800.
EPHRAIM BARROWS of Plympton, a soldier in the Rev- olution was a pensioner after 1820. He was a son of Ben- jamin b. Aug. 14, 1762, and d. at Norway, May 2, 1838. His wife, b. Nov. 1, 1767, was Charlotte Churchill : they had settlement in Hebron, removed to Norway in 1834.
Children : Jabez, b. Jan. 16, 1786. Abigail, b. July 15, 1787 ; m. Sept. 19, 1813, Reuben Chandler.
Ephraim, b. Nov. 9, 1789. Benjamin, b. Sept. 2, 1792. Mary, b. June 20, 1794 ; m. Feb. 9, 1817, Nathan Beals. Joel, b. May 27, 1796. Charlotte, b. Oct. 2, 1798. Keziah, b. April 27, 1801.
JABEZ BARROWS, son of Ephraim, m. Feb. 22, 1811, Sarah, dau. of Simeon Davee of Hebron.
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Children :
Betsey D., b. Dec. 16, 1811. Eurydine G., b. June 27, '14.
Harriet A., b. May 4, 1816. Sarah J., b. Aug. 4, 1818; died July 21, 1822.
EPHRAIM BARROWS , son of Ephraim, m. June 4, 1818, Sarah, b. Sep. 26, 1797, dau. of Bradbury and Mercy True of North Yarmouth; where he had a settlement and was employed as a tailor. He d. Jan. 18, 1870 ; she d. Feb. 22, 1859. Children :
Albion Paris, b. Mar. 14, 1819, m. Dec. 7, 1842, Parmelia W. Morrill, and d. Sept. 25, 1850.
William Fessenden, b. April 28, 1820, m. July 20, 1844, Lavinia P. Hunting, and d. April 22, 1867.
Jacob True, b. July 7, 1822, m. May 12, 1849, Elizabeth Worthly, and d. June 2, 1861.
Sarah Jannet, b. Oct. 29, 1825, m. Sept. 15, 1842, E. Hen- ry Hunting.
David Trull, b. April 12, 1828; m. Mary Morrill.
Fred Ephraim, b. Feb. 17, 1830, m. Sarah Bartlett and d. June 26, 1866.
George Dana, b. July 26, 1832.
Martha Ann Rideout, b. Feb. 12, 1835; m. Charles. B. Kimball.
Margianna Lavinia, b. Nov. 13, 1839, m. Sept. 13, 1860, Jefferson B. Meservey, and died Sept. II, 1869.
BENJAMIN BARROWS, son of Ephraim, m. Eliza Frank, born in Gorham, March 15, 1798.
Children :
Benjamin Grosvener, b. Sept. 7, 1818, m. June 30, 1851, Dorcas Chamberlain, of Auburn ; s. Norway.
Nancy J. b. Oct. 31, 1820.
JOEL BARROWS, son of Ephraim, and Damaris Tubbs of Dresden, published their intention of m. Nov. 2, 1822. Children :
Joel Estes, b. - 15, 1823. William Albert, b. Jan. 21, '25. Joanna Ellen, b. Sept. 2, '26. Thos. Hiram, b. Jan. 22, '28.
BARTLETT.
DANIEL BARTLETT had lot eleven, in second range, as appears on the map of Shepardsfield. One A. Bartlett
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had adjoining lot in the third range, but no mention has been found of his family. Children of Daniel :
Charlotte, b. Jan. 3, 1788 ; m. Nov. 27, 1803, Asa Ricker. Amos, b. Mar. 7, 1789; m. June 14, 1812, Olive, dau. of Caleb Cushman.
Judith, b. Jan. 30, 1792 ; m. Jan. 27, 1811, Sam'l. Benson. Polly, b. Feb. 26, 1798; m. Nov. 30, 1821, Ezra Tubbs of North Yarmouth.
Ezra, b. - 1800. Mahala, m. May 9, 1831, Thomas
Stevens Jr. of Paris. Daniel Bartlett, d. Dec. 8, 1842.
DEA. EZRA BARTLETT, son of above, (195), m. Nov. 27, 1830, Phebe R. Pottle, b. Minot, 1808.
Children, born in Oxford :
Eugene, K., b. 1832. Mary E. b. Feb. 16, 1837, m. Abi- jah C. Hall of Paris. Martha A., twin with Mary, d. unm.
A son, d. Dec. 8, 1842. Edward P., b. 1844.
Francis W., b. 1846. Artemas, b. 1849.
Peter Connor, b. 1832, in Ireland, and Catherine Dicker Æ 18, were domestics in this family in 1850.
BEAL.
WILLIAM BEAL, from York, settled in Norway about 1796 ; in 1840 he was living in Oxford. His wife was Jeru- sha Fluent, and their children, probably all born in Nor- way, are reported in town history, as follows : -
Ezra Fluent, m. Mary Ann Bennett, s. Norway.
John, m. Almira Coy, of Minot. Polly, d. unmarried. William, m. Susan Millett.
Maria, m. July, 1827, Hiram Thayer of Hebron.
Rufus Fluent, m. Adaline Smith, and Lucy Taft.
Samuel Treat, m. Clarissa, b. Feb. 17, 1814, dau. of John and Sarah (Perry ) Pike of Norway. He was a joiner, s. first in Norway, and subsequently in Craigies Mills. Children ;
Francis A., b. April 25, 1832 ; m. Dec. 27, 1855, Mary Louisa Edwards of Otisfield.
Sarah Perry, b. July 1, 1835 ; m. Horace Pratt.
James M., b. August 27, 1837 ; m. Sarah Welch. Ezra Fluent, b. Feb. 9, 1841 ; m. Jane Dean.
William Beals of Hebron and Sally Rowe of Poland were published May 31, 1826.
Nathan Beals and Mary Barrows, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 9, 1807 ; she d. Oct. 1, 1826, and he m. 2d. Lydia
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Kingman Beals of Turner, pub. Nov. 2, 1827. Daughter Mary Ann, was born to them March II, 1830.
BEAMAN.
STEPHEN T. BEAMAN, m. April 5, 1849, Apphia, b. July 14, 1820, dau. of Dea. Martin and Ruth (Durell) Brett of Paris. He was a tailor, removed to South Paris soon after the birth of their first child. Mrs. B. d. Mar. 20, 1879.
Children :
Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 21, 1852.
George W., b. Oct. 28, 1855 ; d. Aug. 30, 1874.
Edward D., b. Mar. 9, 1857 ; m. 1882, Alice G. Douglass.
BEAN.
ABIATHA BEAN, prob. son of Jonathan of Bethel, b. June 20, 1793. He was a private in Capt. Robinson's comp. in defence of Portland, 1814. His wife was Mercy Fogg and their children were, prob. all b. at Craigies Mills, al- though their son Thomas C., when published with Mary McCullam, in Boston, 1854, gave Portland as his birthplace. He was an industrious laborer, moved to Portland in 1844 and to Boston a few years later.
Children :
Elvira Jane, b. Jan. 1, 1817. Jonathan, b. Jan. 3, 1820 ; died in September, next year.
Lydia Maria, b. Sep. 25, '23. Thos. Carlisle, b. Oct. '25. Mary Abigail, b. Aug. 13, '29. Henry Page, b. Mar. IO, '32. Anna Aurelia, b. May 13, 1836.
BEARCE.
ASA BEARCE of Halifax, Mass. was a Lieut. in Capt. Thompson's co., commissioned June 6, 1776. He was an early buyer of land in Shepardsfield, securing five or six lots prior to 1786. He was chairman of the committee cho- sen by the inhabitants to forward their petition for incorpo- ration, and was the first Treasurer of the town.
His wife, Mary, after living with him 65 years, died April 13, 1825, Æ 84 years and 9 months. Her descendants were 8 children, 65 grandchildren and 63 great-grandchildren.
Lieut. Asa Bearce died, of cancer, August 21, 1827.
The town records do not give the names of his children, but to Asa Bearce Jr. are credited :
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Lucinda, b. June 6, 1790; m. November 7, 1811, John Farris of Hebron.
Sylvina, b. Sept. 25, 1792; m. Daniel Bearce.
GIDEON BEARCE, of Halifax, was at the seige of Bos- ton and, for marine service in the Revolution, was granted a pension in 1833. He was a brother of Lieut. Asa, above named, son of 3John, 2James, 'Austin who came in the ship Confidence, 1838. Hc had lot 7 in the 6th range, was a tanner as well as farmer, and probably the first to make leather in the county. He was chosen to an office at the first town-meeting of Hebron, and during his life was promi- nent in local affairs. He died June 18, 1844; wife Lucy died December 20, 1851.
Children :
Nabby Ripley, b. July 20, 1790; m. Isaiah Whitemore. Gideon, b. April 8, 1793.
Lucy, b. April 11, 1795; m. Nov. 1819, William Crooker of Minot.
Daniel, b. May 16, 1799.
Rebecca, b. Nov. 21, 1801 ; m. Caleb S. Barrows.
Sylvanus Ripley, b. Jan. 15, 1804. Elvira, b. Sep, 27, '05. Josiah Appleton, b. Feb. 26, 1807.
Irene, b. Dec. 6, 1809; m. Dr. Horace A. Barrows.
Lucinda, b. March 29, 1813.
GIDEON BEARCE Jr. and Polly King of Minot publish- ed their intention of marriage Feb. 16, 1816. He d. July 6, 1820 ; she m. 2d Oct. 6, 1822, Paul Bowker, of Minot. Children :
Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1816. Lucy, b. May 4. 1818; m. April 30, 1838, Ephraim Maxim of Paris.
Sarah, March 30, 1820.
DANIEL BEARCE, son of Gideon, m. Sylvina Bearce of Minot, dau. of Asa Jr. ; pub. Aug. 21, 1819.
She died June 23, 1857 ; he died August 22, 1873. Children :
Eliza Ann, b. Feb. 26, 1820. Gideon, b. Sept. 20, 1821. Harriet Newell, b. Aug. 16, 1823. Sophronia Cushman,
b. Oct. 27, 1825. Rhoda Weston, b. August 12, 1827. Joseph Ripley, b. Sep. 16, 1829. Asa Milton, b. June 23, 1833. Ellen Appleton, b. March 27, 1835. Henry Merrill, b. April 30, 1838 ; m. Sept. 14, 1869, Fran- ces F., dau. of Gen. Wm. K. Kimball; s. Norway.
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LEVI BEARCE of Hebron, m. Jan. 22, 1797, Judith, daughter of Captain Daniel Bucknam; and the December following, he bought of Mr. Whitney lot 2 in the 4th range 93 acres, for $186.00. He was a son of Levi Bearce, a pri- vate in Capt. Isaac Wood's company, that marched from Middleboro' on the Lexington alarm, and further service in the Mass. Line, entitling him to the benefit of the pension Act of 1818. His name was placed upon the roll the next year, and there remained until his death. He died in He- bron, Dec. 17, 1826, age reported in newspaper, 76, but the pension roll makes him seven years older. The same paper that reported the death of Levi Sen. says that Levi Bearce Jr. died in 1827, aged about 40.
Children of Levi and Judith Bearce ;
Rebecca, b. June 4, 1797. Bathsheba, b. Jan. 18, 1799; m. April II, 1825, Jacob Mussey. Levi, b. June 28, 1809.
The above named are from Hebron records, but a relia- ble correspondent thinks there were other children, he re- collects there was a son Boyden, and thinks the family re- moved to Foxcroft, Me.
ISAAC BEARCE, son of Levi, was a carder and clothier by trade, and came from Bristol to Craigies Mills, in 1816, to work in the factory. He was sometimes employed in the saw-mill, where he lost the first three fingers of right hand on the shingle machine. His wife was Eunice Copeland Greely, and twelve children were born to them, four died in infancy. Their home was on Pleasant street (68). He died March 22, 1866, ÆE 82 ; she died Oct. 4, 1875, ÆE 84. Children :
Augusta Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1814 ; m. Nov. 19, 1834, Are- tas Caldwell, s. Greenwood, they had eleven children.
George William, b. Dec. 3, 1815, an innkeeper in Port- land, now living in Winthrop. He m. in Portland, May 30, 1838, Nancy L. Briggs, b. in Sumner Dec. 3, 1819, d. in Winthrop, Mar. 7, 1874. Their children, b. in Port- land, were Nancy Elizabeth, Georganna Amelia, d. in infancy, and Maria Frances, d. in her twentieth year.
Susan Greely, b. Oct. 5, 1818; m. 1840, in Boston, George Washington Little, she is now living in California.
Bathsheba, b. Jan. 31, 1821; m. in Boston, Nov. 16, 1843, Samuel Wells Jenkins, a truckman. They had son, Geo. W. and dau. Estelle Louise, who died in 1867, aged 18. She d. in Boston, Mar. 13, 1874 ; he d. in Quincy, 1886.
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Judith Bucknam, b. Aug 13, 1823 ; m. David A. Spear, now living in Ferndale, Cal.
Isaac, b. Mar. 5, 1828, s. in Boston , wife, Mary Caroline had son Albert C., b. and d. in 1849. He d, Oct. 1848. Elizabeth Greely, b. Nov. 6, 1829; d. Sept, 20, 1849. Frances Ellen, b. Mar. 24, 1832; m. Asa Russ, now liv- ing in Bradford, Vt.
CHARLES BEARCE, of Hebron, bought of Joshua Keen Jr. a part of lot 2 in the 3d range, in 1795, and in 1799, he bought lot 3 in 4th range of Dr. Craigie. Wife Elizabeth. Children :
Enoch. b. Feb. 22, 1796. Lois, b. May 27, 1798: m. June 24, 1821, Ira Allen of Minot.
Joanna, b. Mar. 4, 1801. Mary Ann, b. May 9, 1803. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 19, 1806; m. Apr. '25, Jona. B. Merrill. Charles, b. July 5, 1810. Nathan Dexter, b. May 19, 1815. He m. 2d, April 8, 1821, Mary Dunham, and had : George Washington, b. Jan. 15, 1822; m. Dec. 6, 1846, Saran, dau. of Nathaniel Cushman.
Joanna Fogg, b. July 14, 1825. Ursula Cushman, b. September 2, 1829.
JOB and BETSEY BEARCE, had :
Almira, b. Aug. 29, 1795 ; m. Aug. 19, 1813, Joshua Crooker, Jr. of Minot.
Alvan, b. Dec. 17, 1796; m. Jan. 15, 1818, Abigail Washburn, and had : Delphina, b. May 26, 1819. Cetoigenne Greenwood, b. April 7, 1820.
Lebbius, b. Aug, 28, 1821. Isaac, b, Feb. 14, 1823. Lybius, b. Oct. 3, 1798. Seth, b. Aug. 27, 1800 ; d. 1818. Job, b. Sept. 6, 1802 ; d. 1819. Sidney, b. Aug. 18, 1808. Pamelia, b. April 28, 1810. Albert, b. May 15, 1814.
ISAAC BEARCE, was Captain of one of the Hebron companies that marched to the defence of Portland in 1814. Thelisma, his son, b. June 17, 1803, m. Sarah Harlow of Minot, pub. Nov. 19, 1825. They had Isaac, b. Sep. 14, 1828. Austin, b. Nov. 17, 1833 ; d. Feb. 13, 1857. Lewis, b. Aug. 3, 1835. Abigail, b. Feb. 14, 1838. Capt. Isaac Bearce and Mary Jones of Falmouth, publish- ed their intention of marriage, July 22, 1815.
ENOCH F. and SALLY BEARCE, had :
Moses Jones, b. Nov. 16, 1818. Susan Hall, b. Mar. 7, '20.
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Elizabeth Henrietta, b. Jan. 27, 1822. Joanna, b. July 14, 1825. Leonard S., b. May 8, 1827.
BENSON.
ELNATHAN BENSON, had lot 8 in 3d range and lot 12 in 6th range, Shepardsfield. Hist. of Paris says that he was born in Wareham, Feb. 15, 1745, that his wife was Sarah Gibbs, and that most of their children were born there.
The Mass. Revo. rolls, show him to have been a pri- vate in Capt. Hammond's co., enlisted 1778, credited to Plympton. He d. Aug. 10, 1814; wid. d. Nov. 25, 1823 , Æ 83 years. Children :
Jeptha, b. Sept. 24, 1763 ; had lot II in the 6th range. His wife was Silence Churchill, they prob. had children, but none are of record in Hebron. His widow m. March 15, 1803, Joshua Bessey, of No. 3.
Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1765 ; m. Jabez Churchill.
Elnathan, b. June 8, 1767.
Nathan, b. July 30, 1769.
Zephaniah, b. Oct. 25, 1771. Seth, b. Feb. 13, 1773 ;
m. Esther, dau, of Samuel Jackson, s. Paris.
Abner, b. Feb. 13, 1773; m. Catherine Colburn, s. Paris. Sarah, b. May 9, 1777; m. Benjamin Churchill.
Jonathan Gibbs, b. June 28, 1780; m. Lucy W., dau. of Isaac Heisler, s. Paris. Caleb, b. June 19, 1783. Joshua, b. May 16, 1787; m. Huldah, daughter of John Bessey , settled in Paris.
ELNATHAN, son of the above, bought part of lot II in the 5th range, in 1794. His wife, Bathsheba, d. Apr. 13, 1856. Children :
Jacob, b. May 3, 1792, d. July 12, following.
Ruth, b. April 30, 1793; m. April 12, 1813, Samuel An- drews of Buckfield. Jeptha, b. Apr. 4, 1795, d. 1799. Izalla, b. April 18, 1797; m. March 22, 1821, Benjamin Merrill.
Elnathan, b. May 15, 1799, d. Sept, 11, 1800.
Zilpah, b. Jan. II, 1802. Samuel, b. Dec. 6, 1804.
Lovisa, b. Mar. 25, 1807. Caleb, b. August 14, 1810. Sarah, b. October 19, 1812.
CALEB BENSON, son ef Elnathan, m. Nov. 28, 1805, Mar- garet Farris. He d. Feb. 18, 1862 ; she d. Sept. 8, 1862. Children :
Christiana, b. June 18, 1806; m. May 23, 1830, Daniel Bucknam.
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Caleb, born January 27, 1807, d. April 5, same year.
SAMUEL BENSON, of Hebron, m. Jan. 27, 1811, Judith Bartlett. She died June 22, 1820; he m. 2d Jan. 21, 1821, Huldah Cushman, who d. in 1833. He d. 1843, and prob. Susan Benson, who d. Feb. 20, 1846, was his widow.
Children :
Louisa, b. Sept. 19, 1812, Harriet N. b. June 9, 1816. Mary, b. Nov. 1821. Augusta C., b. 1826, aud Floril- la Jane, b. 1831.
Hannah Benson, of Hebron, and Abel Stetson, of Sum- ner were married October 25, 1810.
BANKS.
WILLIAM BANKS, wife and seven children, were liv- ing in Oxford in 1830.
BESSEN.
JOHN BESSEY, Jr., b. Feb. 8, 1782 ; m. Sept 25, 1803, Betsey, dau of Eld. John Tripp. They lived in both Paris and Hebron, and had fourteen children ; see Hist. of Paris. She d. June 3, 1837 ; he d. July 16, 1867.
BICKFORD.
JOSEPH BICKFORD, farmer, b. 1809, in Vermont, came to Oxford (171), from New Hampshire, before 1844. His wife, Anna W., was a cousin of the wife of the Rev. Isaac Carleton. Children :
Annie J. T., b. July 12, 1842 ; m. John Prescott.
Sarah Ellen, b. Nov. 6, 1844; m. Nathaniel Cash. James M., b. August 20, 1846.
BICKNELL.
JOHN BICKNELL, had lots 5 and 6 in the 6th range, likely the person named on the roll of Capt. David Pack- ard's co. in the, Revolution. His wife Rebecca, d. May 15, 1802 ; he again m. June 24, 1804, Susanna Sturtevant.
The birth of son David, April 22, 1781, and the death of daughter Deborah, Oct. 7, 1785. are all the children cred- ited on Hebron records, but there were probably others.
Deborah Bicknell and George Bryant, m. Jan. 18, 1807. David Bicknell, prob. father of John, d. Dec. 1825, Æ 82.
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DAVID BICKNELL, son of John, m. Mar. 23, 1799, Abigail Irish of Buckfield. He died Nov. 16, 1864.
Children :
Rebecca, b. Aug. 1800. Zilpah, b. May 4, 1802 , d. 1803.
Samuel, b. Aug. 19, 1804; d. Oct. 4, 1809.
Sullivan, b. Sept. 25, 1807 ; d. Aug. 21, 1850.
Sophronia, b. Oct. 8, 1809. £ Caleb, b. August 18, 1813 ;
killed by a falling tree, November, 1827.
Olive, b. November 29, 1817.
NOAH BICKNELL, m. Dec. 31, 1794, Rebecca Car- man, and had, born in Hebron :
Cyrus, b. May 28, 1796.
Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1798, d. Sept. 28, 1829.
Otis, b. Oct. 4, 1799; m. April 4, 1824, Martha Dudley, and had Charles. Sept. 20, 1825.
Azor, b. Sept. 19, 1801, d. Aug. 10, 1815.
Hosea, b. May 8, 1803.
Sally, b. Feb. 24, 1805, d. March 16, 1839.
Luke, b. Dec. 17, 1806; m. Feb. 6, 1830, Grace Decost- er and had Noah, May 18, 1831. He d. Dec. 13, 1837.
Timothy Pickering, b. Feb. 13, 1809.
Tristram Gilman, b. June 24, 1811.
Mary D. b. October 23, 1813.
CYRUS BICKNELL, son of Noah, m. Dec. 2, 1819. Rebecca Bicknell. Their children were :
Azor, b. Dec. 20, 1820. Calista, b. August 24, 1822. Noah, b. February 23, 1824, d. May 30, following.
Zilpah, b. Feb. 25, 1826. Columbus, b. Mar. 11, 1821. Americus, b. August 26, 1831 ; d. January 1, 1863.
SIMEON and PARNEL BICKNELL, are credited with : Simeon, b. May 20, 1822. William, b. Nov. 14. 1824.
BISBEE.
JOHN BISBEE, and Rebecca Packard, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 15, 1798. Perhaps removed to Buckfield. Children :
Ambrose, b. May 24, 1799.
Martin, b. Feb. 5, 1800; m. Nov. 21, 1825, Sophia Cush- man of Hebron ; he then of Buckfield.
Serena, b. Feb. 17, 1802. Cyprian, b. Apr. 20, 1804. Anna Perkins, b. Sept. 5, 1807.
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BLAKE.
JOSEPH BLAKE, Jr. was born in Paris Mar. 15, 1801. He m. Mar. 13, 1824, Mary Ann, dau. of John Whitney of Pownal and located in Paris. He came to Oxford before 1840 and probably removed, after a few years residence, to Minot where he died Oct. 28, 1871,
Children :
William Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1824; d. 1862, in the army. John Whitney, b. June 15, 1826, d. April 1, 1841.
Emeline Whitney, b. Jan. 13, 1829; m. Chas. B. Jacobs. Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1831, d. Dec. 25, same year. Jennette, b. Mar. 21, 1833, d. Nov. 8, 1854. Joseph C., b. June 18, 1834, d. in infancy.
George, b. June 4, 1837, d. Sept. following.
George Frederick, b. Dec. 4, 1838, d. April 7, 1842.
CHARLES MAGUIRE BLAKE, son of Stephen of Paris, m. Feb. 1845 , Mary Cummings and settled in Oxford.
They had, b. Dec. 7, 1847, Charles M. who d. in 1849. He d. Oct. 1, 1847 and she, a few years later became the second wife of Col. Simon H. Cummings of Paris.
BOLSTER.
Capt. ISAAC BOLSTER of Sutton, an officer in the Rev- olution, bought Mar. 29, 1780, of Mr. Shepard, lot 6 in the 5th range and lot 6 in the 6th range. His wife was Ma- ry Dwinal of Sutton ; the family removed to Paris in 1784, where he died April 27, 1825.
BONNED.
GHAUNCY BONNEY, son of John of Paris, came to Ox- ford (21) before 1850. In 1853, being at work in the woods for Mr. Hayes, his back was injured by a falling tree, par- alysing the lower part of his body, in this helpless condition he lived several years. By wife Mary G. he had : Mary Ann, m. Samuel Cummings Wardwell.
Borredell, m. --- Gerry, s. in Massachusetts.
Harriet R. b. 1836, m. Lyman Gerry, s. in Otisfeld.
Elizabeth, b. 1838. Philip, b. 1843, drowned in Thomp- son Pond.
George, b. 1845. Cyrus, b. 1846.
Henry E. b. 1847.
Gilmore, died in Oxford.
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BOTHKER.
EDMUND BOWKER came from Paris to Hebron about the time of the incorporation. His name is on the roll of Mass. soldiers in the Revolution. His wife was Patience Barrows, probably a sister of Dea. William. He d. April 30, 1812 ; she d. at Blanchard, Me. Sept. 8, 1840, Æ 82. Children :
Silvia, b. Mar. II, 1786; d. Feb. 2, 1813.
Mary, b. Aug, 12, 1788, m. Nov. 22, 1807, Daniel Ma- comber of Paris, a blacksmith.
Patience, b. Mar. 23, 1791, m. Feb. 23, 1817, Ruel K. Packard, s. in Blanchard.
Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1793, m. - Martin.
Sarah, b. Dec. 9, 1794, d. Dec. 9, 1815.
Paul, b. Mar. 4, 1797 ; m. Oct. 6, 1822, Mary (King), widow of Gideon Bearce. Two children are mentioned, there may have been others : Gideon B. m. Avis Allen,
had four children. He died in the army, July 15, 1865. Cyrus King, b. Feb. 24, 1828.
William, b. Feb. 28, 1799; m. Jan. 8, 1824, Elizabeth Crafts, s. in Monson.
Keziah, b, Dec. 15, 1803.
BRIDGRAM.
JOHN BRIDGHAM of Plympton was captain of a comp. in Col. Cotton's regt. in the Revolution. He had lot A in Ist div. Shepardsfield plantation, and his son John who had served as one of the corporals in his co. had the lot adjoin- ing, in the 2d division.
Alden Bridgham of Shepardsfield, and Sarah Lane of New Gloucester, m. Feb. 1791.
Derrick Bridgham, d. Hebron, May 5, 1830.
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