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Joseph Bridgham had lot I, adjoining John Jr. He m. Sept. 1, 1789, Betty Lane of New Gloucester.
Lucy, wife of Thomas Bridgham, d. Hebron, Dec. 10, 1847.
Polly Bridgham and Cyrus Clark, both of Hebron, m. July II, 1802.
SAMUEL BRIDGHAM was fifer in Capt. John's company and had lot I adjoining his in Shepardsfield. He m. Aug. 2, 1787, Lucy Hammond of New Gloucester.
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Children :
Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1788, m. September 16, 1812, Thomas Brown of Minot.
Samuel, b. Jan. 3, 1790, m. July 4, 1824, Mary Bearce of Minot, and had Samuel, b. May II, 1825. He died August 24, 1825. Alexander, b. Mar, 9, 1792.
Sophia, b. Aug. 17, 1795, d. March 31, 1800.
Roland Hammond, b. May 15, 1800.
Willard Bridgham of Shepardsfield and Jemima Packard of New Gloucester, m. Mar. 4, 1790.
BRIGGS.
NATHANIEL BRIGGS is credited on Hebron records with dau. Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1801, and son- Alonzo, b, July 12, 1805.
Nathaniel Briggs and Tabitha Briggs published their intention of marriage , Dec. 31, 1803.
Ella Briggs of Hebron and Isaac Prince of New Glou- cester, pub. Sept. 2, 1802.
Noble Briggs, farmer, wife Olive, in Oxford, 1850.
RUFUS BRIGGS, son of Ephraim Jr. and Rachel (Al- len), of Norway, b. Oct. 17, 1812. He came to Oxford af- ter 1840, having by wife Olive, children as follows : Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1832. Emeline, b. Nov. 3, 1834. Mary Eliz. b. Apr. 13, 1837. Ellen Jane, b. Nov. 9, 1839. Charles Henry, b. Mar. 6, 1842. Adriene, b. 1845. A danghter, b. 1849. Thomas J.
BROOKS.
WILLIAM E. BROOKS, farmer, came to Oxford (95) before 1840. The Oxford records mention, wife Mehitable and children as follows :
Eunice Emery, b. Mar. 24, 1817. Charles Barker, b. Dec. 26, 1819; m. 1842, Roxanna Cordwell, of Greenwood. William Estes, b. Dec. 18, 1820. Ansel Fields, b. Feb. 18, 1823. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 1, 1826. Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 14, 1827. Mary Esther, b. Jan. 21, 1833. Rebec- ca, b. Mar. 7, 1835. Frederick Augustus, twin with Franklin Augustus, b. July 20, 1840.
William Brooks of Paris and Miss Lydia M. Russell of Oxford, pub. Sept. 29, 1833.
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BROWN.
SAMUEL BROWN, of Middleborough, Mass. was a pri- vate in Capt. Benson's co., Col. Putnam's reg. of Conti- nentals ; enlisted Feb. 19, 1778, for three years. His name was placed upon the pension roll June 7, 1819, reported age, 66 years. In August, 1795, he bought of Abraham Dean (his wife's brother) lot 7, in the 6th range of the 2d div. and in 1798 he bought the adjoining lot in the 7th ra.
His wife was Ruth, dau. of Josiah and Mary Dean of Taunton, Mass., both died advanced in years and were interred in the family tomb, on the home farm (102).
Children, as per Hebron records :
Celia, b. Aug. 4, 1789, m. Feb. 2, 1815, Zebedee Pratt. Anna, b. Sept. 8, 1791, pub. Feb. 6, 1808, with Samuel Gerrish ; m. 2d Drew.
Esther, b. Mar. 12, 1794, m. Sept. 3, 1820, Guy Bates Waterman of Turner.
Samuel, b. Nov. 4, 1795, m. Sally Marble, and 2d Nov.
19, 1838, Mrs. Diantha Carr of Oxford. They had Leon- ard, Rufus, Marcia, E. Woodman and Ruth.
Clarissa, b. Mar. 9, 1798, m. July 15, 1821, Frederick Dennen of Poland.
Henry, b. April 17, 1800, m. Mar. 1, 1821, Bathsheba Dennen of Poland, s. in that town.
Jacob Dean, b. April 1, 1802, m. April 19, 1827, Sally, dau. of John Gardiner. They had Jacob Washington, b. 1829, m. Ist Adeline True and 2d Mrs. Mary A. (Pot- ter), widow of James L. Fuller of the 17th Me. Reg't, killed in the battle of the Wilderness. Lucy A., b. 1833. Roscoe, b. Aug. 25, 1837, m. Jan. 1, 1862, Annette M. Snell. He was selectman of Oxford several years ; died Mar. 23, 1893. Mary A., b. 1840, m. Dec. 1, 1866, Stillman Dennen ; she d. in 1879.
J. D. B., d. 1850 or '51, and widow m. Aug. 1854, Zebedee Pratt of Poland.
Ruth Dean, b. July 2, 1804, m. Moses Chesley.
Mary Staples, b. July 24, 1806, m. May 28, 1825, Moses Page of Hebron.
John, b. Oct. 8, 1809, m. Aug. 8, 1830, Hannah Yates of Greenwood. She was b. Feb. 23, 1801, and d. May 4. 1847 ; he d. Oct. 8, 1845. Their children were : -- Esther A., b. Oct. 30. 1830, m. Dennis Herrick. John H., b. April 7, 1833.
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Augusta M., b. Jan. 7, 1835, m. Andrew Kempton. Hortensia E., b. Sept, 17, 1839, adopted by her uncle Cyrus, m. Aug. 5, 1855, Lorenzo D. King of Oxford. Ellsworth A., b. Aug. 25, 1840, d. July 22, 1869. Agnes M .. b. Aug. 15, 1842, d. Aug. 13, 1857.
Leonard, b. June 6, 1812, m. Ist May 8, 1836, Mary Ann Littlefield of Oxford; 2d, Oct. 31, 1842, Abby C. Cox of Norway. (res. 131)
Cyrus, b. April 5, 1816, cooper, m. April 12, 1838, Susan P. Noble of Norway. (res. 132)
Daniel Brown of Oxford, m. Aug. 29, 1829, Dolly Hall of Buckfield.
Rev. William Brown, a Methodist minister, had set- tlement in South Paris in 1841 -- 2, and the next year loca- ted in Welchville, (133). He served on the School Com- mittee and was four years, Town Clerk .. He died at Win- chester, Va. Dec. 13, 1864, A 53.
BRYANT.
DAVID BRYANT, prob. son of Ichabod, of Raynham, Mass. settled in a part of Paris that was set off to Hebron. He is in the credits to Raynham for service in several com- panies during the Revolution and came to Maine about the closing of the war. His wife, Lucy, was his cousin and it is said that all of their children were born in Mass.
He d. in 1812, and she d., his widow, April 3, 1840. Children ;
Ichabod. Nancy, m. Moses Smith. David, d. of the yellow fever, in the West Indies. Zebulon, b. May II, 1782, and Arodus, m. Polly Richmond, s. in Paris.
ICHABOD BRYANT, b. Mar. 3, 1773, son of David, m. Ruth, dau. of Eliab Richmond, and had, b. in Hebron : -
Ichabod, b. June 24, 1795, m. Aug. 13, 1820, Elizabeth Stinchfield , of Hebron.
Lucy, b. Nov. 14, 1798, m. Samuel Gurney.
Hannah, b. Feb. 19, 1801, m. Sept. 9, 1819, John Mich- ael Hack.
Zebulon, b. Nov. 12, 1802, m. Jan. 26, 1834, Lydia Rich- mond. He d. Oct. 13., 1857.
Phebe, b. Mar. 4, 1805, m. Israel Richmond.
Nehemiah, b. July 13, 1808, d. Feb. 18, 18II.
Ruth, b. Nov. 13, 1810, d. April 28, 1811.
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Nehemiah, b. April 28, 1812, m. Jan. 26, 1837, Irene Gould of Hebron.
Ruth, b. Mar. 6, 1816, m. Abial Bowman and had Fred- erick, m. Georgia Lawrence. Emily, m. Samuel Bent. Ansel, m. Augusta Bumpas. Lucy, m. Henry Sturtevant.
ZEBULON BRYANT, son of David, m. July 7, 1805, Desire, dau. of Eliab Richmond, and lived on the home- stead. Wife d. July 14, 1856, and he m. 2d Mrs. Dorcas Bancroft. He died Sept. 27, 1881, in his 100th year.
Children :
Zilpah, b. Mar. 18, 1806, m. May, 1827, William Pratt. Alanson, b. Sept. 18, 1807. Matilda F. b. May 27, 1809,
d. June 3, 1836. Esther, b. Nov. 19, 1811, m. Hiram Hilborn. Rhoda R., b. Jan. 25, 1813, m. Oct. 16, 1831, Benjamin F. Pratt. William, b. Oct. 11, 1814, m. 1832, Elizabeth Ann Hall of Oxford, s. Mass.
Eliab R., b. Jan. 5, 1817, m. Almira Bancroft. D. 1873. Rowena K., b. Dec. 9 1818, m. Thomas Dearborn.
Orren S., b. Nov. 21, 1820, m. Nov. 21, 1847, Jerusha C. Nelson of Oxford.
Levi Kingman, b. Sept. 10, 1825, m. Almira French of Tewksbury, Mass., s. in Dexter, Me.
Cyrus, s. in Lawrence and died there.
JONATHAN BRYANT, son of Arodus of Paris, m. Nov. 3, 1829, Abigail , dau. of Abraham and Abigail (Bailey) Littlehale, b. Feb. 1, 1804, in Tingsbororough, Mass., her res. Portland, at the time of publishment. They had son George, b. Oxford, May 9, 1830. Father d. March, 1832, Æ 26, and mother m. Alanson Bryant.
ALANSON BRYANT, son of Zebulon, m. Dec. 23, 1832, Abigail, widow of Jonathan Bryant. They lived (176) in Oxford. He d. Sept. 13, 1868; she d. Dec. 3, 1871.
Children :
Abigail, b. Nov. 12, 1833, d. Sept. 13, 1852. Alanson Richmond, b. Aug. 22, 1835, d. Sept. 28, 1855. Almira, b. Aug. 12, 1838, m. Nov. 23, 1867, George R.
Paine of Woonsocket, R. I., s. (164) in Oxford. They had b. Dec. 4, 1872, Alanson Remington, m. June 30, 1897, Cora Lund of Baldwinsville, Mass.
Harriet, b. May 5, 1840, m. July 10, 1859, Henry Swett and had, b. July 29, 1863, Donalro, who is married and lives in Colerado.
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Charles Henry, b. June 6, 1847, m. April 12, 1868, Eliza Steadman, and had, Harry A. b. October 12, 1870. Lillian M., b. Oct. 6, 1872. George, b. Oct. 12, 1876. Francis M., b. June 12, 1883. Isabella, b. Sept. 8, 1888.
G. BRYANT, had lot 2 in the 2d range, first division of land in Shepardsfield. He was probably the father of ;
ABIJAH BRYANT, a soldier in the Continental Army, credited to the town of Middleborough, Mass., and des- cribed, on the rolls of 1780, as 5ft. Ioin. in stature, light complexion and 20 years of age. He received a pension.
Children are credited him on Hebron records as follows : Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1787. Amos, b. June 2, 1789, m. Oct. 15, 1815, Polly Woodward of Hebron.
John, b. Jan. 10, 1791. Joseph, b. Dec. 15, 1793, m.
Oct. 19, 1815, Sally Jordan of Hebron.
Abijah, b. Aug. 3, 1800. George Aplin, b. Aug. 23, 1804.
GEORGE BRYANT was born August 22, 1784, prob. eldest son of Abijah, above named. He m. Jan. 18, 1807, Deborah Bicknell, prob. dau. of John, b. Aug. 20, 1787. Children, born in Hebron :
Zilpah, b. Dec. 2, 1808. George, b. Aug. 29, 1810.
Harvey, b. June 25, 1812. Deborah, b. Oct. 7, 1814, d.
May 27, 1817. Deborah, b. July 9, 1817.
Eliza Ann, b. May 15, 1820. Sophia H., b. Aug. 28, 1822. Allura, b. July 15, 1823.
BACKNAM.
DANIEL BUCKNAM, Jr. of Sutton, bought of Mr. Shep- ard, in the spring of 1778, three hundred acres of land, for £500., being lots I in the 3d and I in the 4th range in the second division, as shown on the plan, although the survey of Mr. Davis, locates most of his land in Minot.
He was Captain of an Artillery company at the opening of the war, but had probably resigned before buying the Shepardsfield land. The price paid for the property was probably based on the value of the depreciated currency of the colonies. Capt. Bucknam was born in 1722 and died in 1809. His first wife was Phebe, dau. of Thomas Gould of Sutton, by whom he had 16 children, of these, two only were living when he came to Maine. He was a large mus- cular man of almost superhuman strength and a lively sense of humor. His two eldest ohildren were robust and fearless girls, much of their time doing mens work, assisting their
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father in reducing a wilderness to arable land, and on one occasion their indomitable courage, saved his life from im- minent peril. Phebe was 22 years old when she came to Maine, and a deed on record in the Cumberland Registry shows that Mr. Shepard presented her, in 1779, a lot in his township, of one hundred acres of land, as a compli- ment to her "unexampled industry." She m. --- John- son and s. in Dixfield ; m. 2d, - Tucker, and 3d, Seavey. Ruth was four years younger than Phebe; she m. Edward Hawks, s. in Minot and had a large family.
Capt. Bucknam m. 2d, Miss - Boyden, who bore him three son and three daughters. Daniel the oldest boy was killed by a falling tree, at the age of eighteen. . Shepard and Calvin, were twins, six weeks old. when they came to Maine. Lucy, m. Gideon Bearce. Rebecca, m. - Dud- ley. Judith, m. Levi Bearce.
SHEPARD BUCKNAM, son of Daniel, had a part of his fathers farm. He m. June 16, 1799, Betsey, dau. of Seth Randall of Hebron.
Children :
Cyrus, b. July 29, 1800. Daniel, b. May 23, 1802, ma. Christiana Benson. Seth Randall, b. Feb., 1804. Eliza, Russell, Roxanna, b. April 7, 1810. Shepard and Isaac.
CALVIN BUCKNAM, son of Daniel, had a part of the homestead. He m. June 9, 1799, Hopestill Bearce ; she d. Aug. 15, 1801. He m. 2d, Oct. 10, 1802, Zilpah Ber- rows ; she d. July 28, 1825. He m. 3d, Olive Hathaway ; she d. Feb. 6, 1835. He m. 4th, Mrs. Elizabeth Bolles. He died January 10, 1842, Æ 64. Killed by an accident. Children :
Judith, b. Oct. 31, 1800, m. May, 1830, Comfort Crooker. Sarah, b. May 30, 1803, m. Dea. Joseph Barrows.
Calvin, b. Sept. 25, 1804, m. Mar. 1849, Laurinda G., dau. of David Twitchell of Paris. They had Almon, b. Nov. 16, 1852, d. Oct. 21, 1881. Emily L., b. Mar. 16, 1856, m. Austin A. Nelson of Mechanic Falls.
Isa, b. Dec. 20, 1857, m. Charles R. Millett. Father died Nov. 20, 1888.
Hope, b. June 2, 1806, m. Dec. 6, 1832, Lorenzo Merrill. Eleanor, b. Mar. 11, 1808, m. Lewis Monk.
Joseph, b. Nov. 14, 1810, m. Eunice Harris.
Simeon Worthy, b. Aug. 11, 1811, m. Lucy Howard. He died Dec. 15, 1841.
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Zilpah, b. January 3, 1814, m. Ezra Mitchell. William Barrows, b. Sept. 1, 1817, d. Sept. 26, 1839. Rebecca, b. Dec. 17, 1818, m. C. C. Cushman. Josiah Appleton, b. Mar. 21, 1821, m. Nancy J. Glover. Elizabeth O., b. Jan. 22, 1829, m. Milton Morse. m. 2d Alexander Ryerson. m. 3d Leavett Hanson.
Hamlin Turner, b. Dec. 8, 1830, m. Rachel Brown.
BULLEN.
DANIEL BULLEN had lot 8 in the 4th range, w. and now the town farm of Oxford. He was probably Ensign of the Medway co. in the Revolution. His wife, Lydia, was a dau. of Ebenezer Rawson of Paris.
Children, as per Hebron records :
Daniel, b. Aug. 9, 1785, d. Jan. 22, 1789.
John Rawson, b. Mar. 19, 1787, m. Jan. 19, 1817, Sally Wright.
Sally, b. April 2, 1789, m. Eliab Richmond, Jr.
Lydia, b. April 2, 1791, m. Robert Hilborn, 3d.
Daniel. b. April 18, 1793, m. September, 1820, Mary, dau. of John Lombard of Otisfield ; s. Norway. Julia, b. April 1, 1796.
Clarissa, b. Jan. 27, 1799, m. Giles Shurtleff.
Mary, b. March 20, 1802, m. Luther Perkins.
BUMBAS.
MORRIS, WILLIAM and ZEPHANIAH BUMPAS had lots in the 3d and 4th ranges in the first division of Shepards- field, near each other. All appear upon the Mass. Rolls to have served in the Revolution, under the names of Bump- as or Bump. Morris was mustered, in 1777, in Capt. Spar- row's, Plymouth co. and in 1819, his name was placed on the pension roll, for service in the Mass. Line, he then be- ing 78 years of age. William and Zephaniah, served in the Wareham co. and William's widow received a pension.
Zephaniah Bumpas and Ellice Churchill, both of Shep- ardsfield, were m. at New Gloucester, April 1, 1784.
Zephaniah Bumpas, Jr. and Mary Gool, both of Shep. ardsfield, were m. at New Gloucester, Nov. 28, 1788.
Miss Jedidah Bumpus of Hebron and Amaziah Reed of Plantation No. 5, were m. Oct. 19, 1809.
MORRIS BUMPAS m. at Plympton, Mass. Feb. 10, 1780,
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Hannah Bumpas and came to Shepardsfield about 1783. He died, Oct. 14, 1837 ; wife died, Dec. 18, 1841. Children :
Morris, b. Dec. 12, 1780, m. May, 1806, Mary Sturtevant. He d. Sept. 9, 1814; she m. 2d, Nov. 6, 1817, Benja- min Spaulding of Buckfield.
Simeon, b. Nov. 20, 1782; burned to death in the acci- dental destruction, by fire, of their cabin in Shepardsfield. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 31, 1784, m. Betsey, dau. of John Warren of Buckfield. He was a blacksmith, s. Paris.
Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1786, d. Oct. 22, 1803.
Samuel, b. May 23, 1788; he had the homestead.
Huldah, b. Sept. 14, 1790.
Jesse, b. May 3, 1792, m. Polly Whitman.
Martha, b. Sept. 1796, d. in infancy.
Martha, b. Sept. 16, 1799, m. Aug. 26, 1821, Moses Couillard of Bath ; m. 2d, - **** Snowman.
Daniel, b. Oct. 10, 1800, m. Olive Tripp.
Patience, b. May 27, 1801, d. Oct. 30, 1820.
Seth, b. Aug. 6, 1803, d. June 6, 1804.
Eliza, b. May 22, 1806, m. Alden Fisk ; s. Turner.
SAMUEL BUMPAS, son of Morris, s. Hebron, m. Re- becca, dau.of Capt. Azel Kinsley of Minot. He d. August 29, 1875 ; she d. May 14, 1881.
Children :
Azel Kinsley, b. March 16, 1821.
Martha H., b. March 30, 1823, m. April 21, 1844, Ho- ratio G. Lebaron.
Harriet Eleanor, b. April 4, 1825, d. June 3, 1842.
Martin Kinsley, b. May 1, 1827.
Samuel Augustus, b. May 24, 1829.
WILLIAM BUMPAS and Hannah Barrows, were mar- ried at Plympton, Mass. Feb. 10, 1780. He d. in Hebron, Jan. 7, 1813, she d. June 12, 1846. Children :
Silas, b. June 9, 1781. William, b. Sept. 4, 1783. Alden, b. June 9, 1786. Betty, b. May 13, 1789, m. May 9, 1813, Caleb Cushman, Jr. Hannah, b. Jan. 1792. Bethany, b. Sept. 8, 1795, m. Mar. 25, 1821, Aaron Maa- shall of Hebron. Clarissa, b. July 17, 1799. Laura, b. Dec. 30, 1801, m. July 16, 1818, Jacob Records. Elvira, b. Feb. 25, 1804, m. Dec. 2, 1824, William Merrill.
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SILAS BUMPAS, son of William, m. Oct. 17, 1802, Keziah Packard of Hebron.
Children :
Lucinda, died Jan. 17, 1804. Sophronia, b. June 11, 1805. Mizaula, b. Jan. 29, 1809. Chas. White, b. May 24, 1814. Silas, b. Feb. 27, 1816. Willard W., b. Aug. 16, 1818.
Dea. ALDEN BUMPAS, son of William, died in He- ron, Aug. 26, 1849. His wife was Polly, dau. of Samuel Crafts, with whom he married Nov. 26, 1812.
Children :
Solomon, b. Aug. 18, 1813, d. Feb. 27, 1814.
Atwood B., b. May 9, 1815.
Mary Ann, b. May 29, 1818.
Sara DeAlbra, b. Sept. 5, 1824; m. Dec. 5, 1844, John Whitman. Isaac C., b. Aug. 30, 1826. .
Verren Alden, b. July 11, 1830.
Laurin Aurelius, b. April 29, 1833.
WILLIAM BUMPAS, son of William, m. Nov. 26, 1807, Phebe Washburn, s. in Hebron ; he d. Aug. 14, 1837. Children :
Lorenzo Simmons, b. Jan. 9, 1809, m. Oct. 4, 1835, Lydia York of Hebron.
William White, b. Aug. 3, 1813, m. Nov. 25, 1835, Car- oline, b. Feb. 8, 1815, dau. of Lewis and Martha (Bes- sey) Monk of Buckfield. He was a shoemaker ; his first child was born in Hebron, the others in Oxford, where he died Jan. 19, 1866. His children were :
Emily Angerone, b. Nov. 19, 1837, m. Jan. 1, 1861, Bartlett Kavanough.
Alphonso Whitman, b. - d. Jan. 30, 1850.
Hiram Mellen, b. Oct. 2, 1848, d. Sept. 20, 1849.
James Adelbert, b. July 3, 1846, d. Feb. 3, 1850.
Loring Herrman, b. Nov. 18, 1850, m. October 7, 1897, Mabel Pattee.
Llewellyn Washburn, b. - d. Aug. 22, 1855.
Sybelia Josephene, b. Jan, 16, 1856, m. Feb. 18, 1888, Charles F. Hanscom.
Charles Herbert, b. July 4, 1858, m. Feb. 12, 1881, Emma Hammill.
BARNS.
JOHN BURNS, b. in Massachusetts in 1783, had family in
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Oxford at the time of incorporation, consisting of wife Je- rusha, three sons and five daughters ; Betsey, m. May 24, 1835, Alpha B. Everett. Mr. Whitney's note-book mentions the occupation of 132 acres of land, on the line between Hebron and Otisfield, by John Burns and John Lennell, in 1811. Mr. Burns lived to be very aged, taking a 2d or 3d wife when upwards of 80 years of age. This event was enthusiastically celebrated by the "Callathump- ian Band".
EZEKIEL R. BURNS, b. 1804, son of John, had the home farm. He m. Oct. 10, 1838, Miss Julia Ann Elwell , and 2d, Dec. 21, 1863, Amanda M. Churchill.
Children :
Mary R., b. 1839. Araminta, b. 1841. Sarah C. b. 1845. John E., b. Sept .27, 1848. Julia Maria, b. May 13, 1851.
JOHN G. BURNS, son John, had a farm (7) near his father's. He m. May 23, 1830, Esther Scribner, who d. Jan. 25, 1837. He m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1837, Miss Mary Kim- ball of Hamlin's Gore. One child, only, James Austin, b. Jan. 25, 1840, is of record, but prob. there were others.
NATHANIEL E. BURNS, son of John, had a farm (9) near his brother's. He m. Aug. 2, 1840, Sylvia, dau. of Capt. Micah Walker of Paris. He died Dec. 12, 1873.
Children :
Sarah R., b. Sept. 23, 1845. James F., b. June 18, 1847. Sewall S., died Oct. 8, 1849. Sylvia E., b. Jan. 23. 1850. Electra S., b. May 9, 1852 ; d. unm. Oct. 25, 1899. Isabel A., b. Sept. 6, 1854.
Josephine L., b. June 17, 1856. Llewellyn, b. Ap. 28, 1858. Lucy E., b. Dec. 9, 1859; lived ten days.
CALI THELL.
JOHN CALDWELL, fourth in descent from John of Ips- wich, Mass. and prob. one of the ten, of the name upon Mass. Rev. Roll's. He had lots ro and II in the 5th range and lot 10 in the 6th range, as shown on the map of Shep- ardsfield ; additional land was acquired by purchase in 1783 and in 1787, evidently anticipating the wants of his child- ren. He d. Dec. 16, 1813; wife, Dolly (Bowley), d. Dec- 19, 1815. Their children, said to have been born in Ha- verhill, Mass. were as follows :
John, s. in Hebron. Dolly, m. Mar. 5, 1801, Rev. Dan- iel Ricker, a Methodist preacher.
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Philip, b. Dec. 2, 1773 ; m. Susan Perkins of Middleboro. s. in Paris near the Oxford line.
William, b. - 1775. Polly, b. July 18, 1782 ; m. June 18, 1782, Rev. Dan Perry.
JOHN CALDWELL, son of John, m. Sarah Merrill. Children, born in Hebron :
Melinda, b. May 24, 1802, m. Nov. 6, 1818, Thaddeus Greenwood. Dolly, b. Feb. 6, 1803.
Aretas, b. Dec. 24, 1804, m. Sept. 8, 1834, Augusta Ma- ria Bearce of Oxford. Settled in Greenwood.
Richard, b. Mar. 27, 1806.
Sophronia, b. Dec. 15, 1808, m. 1831, Edward Weeman. William Harrison, b. March 21, 1813.
Sarah Jane, b. May 13. 1815. m. Oct. 12, 1833, Preston Edwards of Otisfield.
WILLIAM CALDWELL, son of John, m. May 2, 1799, Nancy Woodward of Poland. Their farm was in that part of Hebron that became Oxford (172) ; he d. Dec. 12, 1862. Children :
Zenas, b. Mar. 31, 1800. He was graduated at Bowdoin College, Preceptor of Hallowell Academy, and in 1825 was chosen Principal of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary. He was a young man of rare promise whose early death, Dec. 21, 1826, was a sad event to the school.
Leonard, b. Jan. 30, 1803, s. on the home farm.
Merritt, b. Nov. 29, 1806, gr. Bow. Col. class of 1828, and same year was chosen Principal of the Seminary. After six years of creditable service in this office, he re- signed, to accept a professorship in Dickinson College.
Nancy, b. April 25, 1809, m. Aug. 25, 1827, Eliphalet Clark of Wilton. They s. in Portland where he engaged in medical (hom.) practice. His fine presence, agreeable manners and excellent judgement gave him a large cli- entage, and a fortune. They both lived to an advanced age, and having no children, they distributed the larger part of their estate to educational and religious institutions.
LEONARD CALDWELL, son of William, m. May 22, 1831, Miss Hannah Farrington of Otisfield ; Children, born in Oxford :
Emily Clark, b. May 28, 1833. Leonard A., b. - 1834. Ellen C., b. ------ 1836. William F., b. - 1838. Anna E., b. Feb. 21, 1848.
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CARLTON.
Rev. ISAAC CARLTON, son of Isaac, was born Aug- 20, 1807, and died Jan. 5, 1858. SEE SKETCH PAGE 106. He m. Dec. 15, 1836, Clarinda, dau. of Nathaniel and Phoebe Merrill; she b. Mar. 9, 1808, d. Portland, Oct. I, 1894. Their first child was born in Lubec, the others were born in Oxford, and were as follows :
Clara, b. Sept. 21, 1838, d. Portland, Oct. 25, 1899.
Delavan, b. June 20, 1840, m. Mary Ellis.
Laura, b. Nov. 24, 1841, lives in Portland.
Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1844, m. John M. Dennett.
Dora, b. Nov. 21, 1846. lives in Portland.
CABMAN.
THOMAS CARMAN, son of John of North Yarmouth, m. Eleanor Gardner, or Garnett, pub. Oct. 8, 1791. They s. in Hebron, where wife died Aug. 2, 1809; he m. 2d, Feb. 5, 1814, Priscilla Reed of Wilton. Children :
Thomas Randall, b. Aug. 16, 1793.
Luther, b. Sept. 28, 1795.
Isaac Bearce, b. May 25, 1798.
Matilda, b. Jan. 3, 1801, d. unmarried.
Miranda, b. Aug. 25, 1803. m. Kimball Prince Fuller.
James Harvey, b. Aug. 7, 1805.
Arvilla, b. Dec. 23, 1807, d. unmarried.
Eleanor, and Loring, by 2d wife.
THOMAS R. CARMAN, son of Thomas, was brought up in the family of Capt. Isaac Bearce. He taught school in Woodstock, Greenwood, Oxford and other places. His wife was Sarah, b. Jan. 1, 1797, dau. of Solomon and Sally (Swan) Bryant of Bryant's Pond. He survived his wife, living with his daughter in Portland, and with Dea. Chris- topher Bryant of Woodstock, where he died.
Children :
Sylvester, d. in early manhood. Sarah Jane, d. in infancy. Sarah Jane, m. William Welch of Portland. Milton, d. before he was twenty.
LUTHER CARMAN, son of Thomas, lived on Main st. near his shop. He was a man of wonderful versatility, em- ploying himself, at times, as a farmer, housewright, cabinet maker, machinist, teacher of music etc. SEE PAGE IO7.
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He m. 1821, Dolly, b. Feb. 6, 1803, dau. of John Cald- well, Jr. Children :
Mary Ann Washington, died Jan. 30, 1827.
Luther Milton, died Aug. 7, 1828.
Albion Francis Marion, b. Aug. 20, '28; d. June II, '32. Amanda Melvina Milton, b. June 20, 1830 ; m. Charles F. Ingalls, lives in Portland.
Adelaide Voloski, b. Aug. 13, 1832 ; m. Wilder Reed, lives in Bo ton.
Thaddeus Sobieski, b. May 13, 1834; m. Helen Wing of Wayne, he died at Winthrop.
Luther Stanhope, b. Feb. 15, 1836; m. Rebecca Bacon, lives in Bridgton. Elbina Lowell, died May 7, 1840. William, b. Mar. 13, 1839; d. Oct. 7 1840.
Edward Preble, m. Sept 19, 1865, Miss Abby Bowdoin ; m. 2d, Mrs. Mary (Cross) Webb ; lives in Bridgton. William Wallace, m. Charlotte C. Bennett of Sweden ; m. 2d, Mrs. Edna J. (Mitchell ) Eames ; lives in Portland. Helen Marr, lives with her sister, Mrs. Reed, in Boston.
Father died in Bridgton, Nov. 24, 1874; mother died in Cambridgeport, Nov. 1, 1886.
ISAAC B. CARMAN, son of Thomas, learned the join- er's trade and soon after arriving at his majority, he went to Boston where he became proficient, not only in house fin- ishing, but in ship and cabinet work, and for several years was employed in the Charlestown Navy Yard. In 1832 he returned to Oxford, living in the house now occupied by his son-in-law, Squire Andrews, until his demise, Nov. 18, 1864. He was an ingenious mechanic of excellent charac- ter, a kind friend and a good citizen. His wife with whom he married, in Boston, July, 1828, was Sarah Cass, b. in Scituate, July 27, 1801, dau. of Samuel and Sibae (Litch- field) Stockbridge; d. Oct. 29, 1872.
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