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Children, born in Bath : A son died in infancy.
Imogine Miranda, b. Oct. 21, 1824, unm. lives in Phil'a.
" Harriet Flavilla, b. Oct. 7, 1826, " "
Augustus Dexter, b. Oct. 14, 1830, m. Mary, dau. of Na- than Barnes of Portland. He was Capt. of the Portland Rifle Corps, and served several terms in the City Coun- cil. He died in Boston, soon after his brother.
Llewellyn Masters, b. June 21, 1832, m. Belle Shapleigh of Boston ; he d. May 18, 1899.
MARRINER.
LEMUEL M. MARRINER, b. in Sumner, July 1, 1809, m. Feb. 3, 1833, Permelia, dau. of Alpheus Drake; s. Oxford (113). He d. in Auburn, Aug. 5, 1871 ; she d. in Burling- ton, Vt. April 21, 1889. Children :
Louisa M., b. March 25, 1842, m. July 15, 1861, John Fruean ; she d. May 28, 1864.
Stephen Levi, b. Sept. 24, 1844, d. Dec. 1, 1864.
Sybil Drake, b. Feb. 9, 1846, m. July 7, 1864, Rev. Al- bert Parsons ; s. Burlington, Vt.
Lorenzo Dow, b. July 29, 1848, m. April 9, 1868, Ellen B. Brown of Waterville, Me.
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MARSHALL.
DAVID MARSHALL, son of Thomas, Jr. and Beriah (Grant) Marshall, was b. in Holliston, Mass. Dec. 13, 1750; s. in New Hampshire, was a private in Col. Reed's Regt. at the battle of Bunker Hill and siege of Boston, he also served in Col. Gilman's Regt. N. H. line. His wife and child died. (names not reported) and he removed to Bethel ; he m. 2d. Lucy, b. May 30, 1753, dau. of Moses and Lydia (Knapp) Mason, and in 1781, being alarmed by the Indian raid, the family fled through the wilderness to Hebron, where the permanently located. In 1796 he bought of Wm. Stedman, lot 4, in the 3d range, 2d div. and the following year, he bought of Job Cushman, Wm. and Joseph Barrows, lot 5, adjoining, together with the Barrows' interest in the mill privilege on the outlet of Matthews Pond. Thomas Marsh- all, Esq. of Weston, Mass. bought at auction, in 1790, lots 5 and 6 in the Ist range, and lots 4, 5 and 8 in 2d range, first div. of Shepardsfield ; he did not occupy the land, but reconveyed the same to Simon Jackson in 1791. The name of his wife was Lucy. David Marshall died Nov. 20, 1828, wife died Aug. 25, 1824. Children :
I David, b. Feb. 1, 1777, m. April, 1811, Sally, dau. o .: Dr. Ebenezer H. Goss, s. Paris.
II Asahel, b. Mar. 9, 1779; lived in Hebron, and hat Henry, b. May 16, 1807, m. - Rowe, s. Minot. Sarah Knights, b. June 25, 1809, m. - Lord of Minot. Moses, b. Jan. 23, 1812, s. [209] Oxford. Marion, m. - Lord of Minot. John, s. Minot. Lydia. d. in girlhood. Hannah, m. - Witt of N. H. Mason, d. in boyhood. George, killed in the civil war.
If Lucy, b. May 8. 1783, d. unmarried.
v Walter, b. Aug. 17, 1785, m. Nov. 25, 1813, Abigail Gurney of Paris.
John, b. Nov. 15, 1787, m. Nov. 8, 1814, Sally Gur- ney of Hebron ; s. [207] Oxford, and had Maria, b. Aug. 8, 1815, m - Irish of Buckfield. John, b. Feb. 21, 1817, d. Nov. 8, 1818. David, b. Oct. 17, 1818. Seth, b. May 24, 1820; drowned in the outlet of Mat- thews Pond. John, s. Bangor. Mary Ann, m. Hen- ry Wood, s. Brookline, Mass. Zilpah, m. --- Ken- dall, lives at Jamaica Plain, Mass. Cyrus, m. Miss.
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Hodgkins, lives at Jamaica Plain. Walter, a Baptist minister. Nathan, s. Jamaica Plain. Robert, d. y'g. VI Moses, b. July 25, 1789, m. Dec. 1, 1814, Ruth, dau. of Isaac Whittemore of Hebron, and had Isaac Whittemore, b. Dec, 24, 1815, m. Mehitable F. dau. of Dr. Robert Carr; he m. 2d, Lydia H. dau. of Nath'l. Keen, lives in Hebron. Miranda Greenwood, b. Jan. 15, 1818, m. Robert Glover of Hebron. Deborah Whittemore, b. May 14, 1820, m. Horatio K. Pratt of Oxford. Moses Mason, b. June 9, 1822, m. Caroline Newton, lives in Cambridge. Thomas Crooker, h. Jan. 3, 1825, m. Helen Hudson, s. Marlborough, Mass. Joseph Irish, b. Mar. 26, 1817, m. Velona Jones, s. Southborough, Mass. Elizabeth Bucknam. b. Dec. 22, 1829, d. April 18, 1831. Elizabeth Jane, b. June 4, 1832, m. Rev. Stephen Richardson. Albert Quin- cy, (M. D. ) b. Aug. 12, 1835, m. Ellen Dunn of Po- land, s. New Gloucester. Adelbert Franklin, b. June 16, 1838, m. Eva Stone, s. Marlborough, Mass.
VII Aaron, b. July 19, 1792, m. Mar. 25, 1821, Bethany, dau. of William Bumpas ; she d. April 8, 1854; he d. Aug. 27, 1865. Their children, born in Hebron, were Silas Seward, b. Jan. 11, 1822; drowned May 23, 1843. William F., b. April 3, 1823, m. May 30, 1847, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Lewis Packard. Alden B., b. Jan. 18, 1825. Cornelius Bumpas, b. July 15, 1826, m. ----- Hemingway; s. Newton, Mass. Ezra, b. Sept. 24, 1828 ; s. Hebron. Horace Barrows, (Rev.) b. Nov. 25, 1832, m. Vesta Ann, dau. of Alvan Tur- ner of Hebron. Sarah H., b. May 22, 1841.
III Nathan, b. Jan. 26, 1795, m. Jan. 1817, Zilpha, dau. of Eleazer Dunham. s. Paris.
Ix Miriam, b. April 1798, m. May 4, 1820, Joseph Irish. of Paris.
MARCIN.
JAMES and MARGARET MARTIN lived on the Craigie Farm and later had a farm near the Otisfield line. Children :
I Anthony, b. Sept. 5, 1808, m. Lydia Ordway, b. in N. H. 1810, and had Orin Augustus, b. Mar. 7, 1833. John F., b. Sept. 12, 1834. Diana L., b. June 21, 1835, m. John F. Rich. Jacob Smith, b. Mar. 27, 1837.
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Dustin O., b. 1840. Aaron M., b. 1843. Caroline M., b. June 20, 1845, and James, b. 1849.
II John, b. April 4, 1812, m. Mar. 9, 1837, Mary Rich . lived (6) and had John Colby, b. Jan. 7, 1842 Charles Herman, b. Nov. 27, 1844. Elizabeth Miran da, b. Aug. 3, 1847, d. Sept. 26, 1849. Edwin May berry, b. Sept. 4, 1849. Leafy Louisa, b. April 15 1855. George Albion, b. Dec. 4, 1857.
III Sarah, b. June 5, 1816.
Iv Phobe, b. Feb. 22, 1819, m. Reuben Rich, Jr.
v James, b. Nov. 28, 1823.
VI Sullivan, b. May 24, 1826.
Thomas Martin and Miss Caroline Eaton, both of O. ford, were married Feb. 21, 1833.
ROBERT MARTIN of New Gloucester and Deborah Hutchinson of Hebron, pub. int. of m. May 31, 1810. The Hebron records credit Robert and Betsey Martin with Han- ah P., b. July 19, 1812 ; Caroline, b. Mar. 5, 1818, and Ezekiel, b. Mar. 19, 1820.
MABBERRO.
Dr. EDWIN MAYBERY, b. 1825, was graduated at the Bowdoin School of Medicine in 1849, commenced prac- tice in Oxford, residence on Pleasant street. Dr. Hersey was his pupil, lived in his family and succeed to his prac- tice soon after his graduation. Dr. Mayberry m. Nov. 29, 1849, Miss Leanora Hall of Windham, and had Caroline, b. Sept. 6, 1850. Family removed to Edgartown, Mass.
MERRILL.
EZEKIEL MERRILL, d. in Hebron, Jan. 1, 1822, Æ 87 ; Mary, his wife d. Dec. 15, 1815. Others of the name were among the early settlers, and probably, some of them were their children. He appears to have been a wheelwright, s. in New Gloucester. Ezekiel Merrill of Shepard sfield and Hannah Eveleth of New Gloucester were m. Sept. 4, 1782. He was a cordwainer, held land in common with Gideon Bearce, tanner, and is credited with children, as follows :
I Isaac, b. April 2, 1794, d. Feb. 15, 1816. II Ezekiel, b. Feb. 16, 1796.
III Joseph, b. Oct. 30, 1798, d. Dec. 27, 1875. Sarah, his wife, d. April 21, 1873. They had Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1820, d. Mar. 22, 1828. Caroline Chandler,
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b. June 22, 1823, d. Mar. 29, 1828. Ziłpha Augusta, b. Mar. 25, 1826. Sarah Freeman, b. Oct. 2, 1827. Isaac, b. Nov. 28, 1829, d. July 7, 1837.
Iv Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1801, d. Aug. 1819. v Zilpha, b. Dec. 31, 1802, d. Sept. 1826.
VI Seth Mitchell, b. Feb. 20, 1805.
VII Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1808, m. Parmelia Fuller.
VIII Thomas Fessenden, b. Jan. 29, 1812, d. Oot. 22, 1831.
JABEZ MERRILL, cordwainer, bought in 1784, lot 3, in Ist range, and in 1798 he bought lot 7, in the same range. By wife Barbara, he is credited with James, b. Aug. 26,
1783, m. Aug. 23, 1807, Mrs. Chloe Cummings of Norway, and had Barbara Eliza, b. Mar. 28, 1808.
Anna, b. Feb. 19, 1785. Abigail, b. Jan. 27, 1787.
Mary, Aug. b, 29, 1792. Hannah, b. July 19, 1794.
Sally, b. Mar. 15, 1796. Jabez, b. May 8, 1799.
William, b. Oct. 28, 1803, m. Dec. 2, 1824, Elvira Bum- pas of Hebron, and had Wm. Lawson, b. Jan. 28, 1826.
MOSES MERRILL bought of Simon and Sarah (Spring) Jackson, in 1805, lot 6, in the first range. He and Celia Barrows, both of Hebron, were m. Jan. 20, 1796; she d. Feb. 21, 1838. Children ;
Charlotte, b. May 10, 1798, m. Ara S. Fuller, s. Oxford. Moses, b. Mar. 1, 1800, m. Nov. 4, 1821, Sally Perry of Hebron. They had Louisa Melissa, b. Sept. 24, 1822. Lydia Jane, b. Feb. 16, 1824. Cyrus Shaw, b. June 3, 1825.
Jonathan Barrows, b. April 13, 1802, m. April 6, 1825, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Bearce, and had Sarah Eli- zabeth, b. April 2, 1827, d. Aug. 30, 1829.
Louisa, b. Feb. 23, 1804, d. Oct. 12, next year.
Nathaniel, b. April 28, 1806, d. Feb. 29, following.
Lorenzo, b. Dec. 30, 1807, m. Nov. 17, 1833, Sarah C. Chipman of Poland.
Abigail, b. July 3, 1810, d. Dec. 20, 1842.
BENJAMIN MERRILL and Izalla Benson, both of Hebron, were m. Mar. 22, 1821, and are credited, in Hebron, with, Izalla Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1822; Harriet B., b. April 17, 1824, and Ruth, b. May 17, 1826.
JOSHUA and MARY MERRILL lived (104) near Paris line. He d. Mar. 23, 1842. Children ;
Joseph F., b. Dec. 8, 1824, housewright, m. Jane White-
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house, and had Emma I., b. 1849.
Mary, b. 1826, m. Woodbury L. Stanton, lived (104).
MAYHEW C. MERRILL and Susan Chadbourne, both of Oxford, were m. Sept. 27, 1842, and had Francis A., b. Mar. 17, 1845. Dorcas M., b. Feb. 27, 1847.
Giles Merrill of Shepardsfield and Judith Cotton of New Gloucester, were m. Dec. 4, 1787.
Giles Merrill of Hebron and Mary Sennet of Saco, pub. intention of m. April 27, 1825.
Charlotte Merrill of Hebron and Nathaniel Gerrish, Jr. of Falmouth, were m. Feb. 23, 1809.
Sally Merrill and Ira Fuller, both of Hebron, were m. May 2, 1816.
Sally Merrill and William Whittemore, both of Hebron, were m. Dec. 3, 1818.
Betsey Merrill and Reuben Cushman, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 17, 1824.
Charles Merrill and Sally T. Chipman, both of Oxford. pub. int. of m. April 15, 1847.
MCALLISTER.
JOHN MCALLISTER came to (37) Oxford before 1850. Hc was b. in 1801, and his wife, Mary Morse, was b, 1803. Children:
David, b. Aug. 14, 1822, m. Mrs. Jane S. (Hayes) Tobie.
Mary Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1823, d. Dec. 30, 1839.
Elvira Frances, b. May 1, 1826, m. Benj. Crockett.
William. b. Aug. 9, 1828, m. - Bullen, and had Julia Ann, b. July 15, 1851. Daniel Willis, b, Sept. 3, 1853. John, b. July 9, 1829. Joseph, b. Jan. 10, 1832. Jonathan, b. July 3, 1833, d. Mar. 26, 1834.
Jonathan, b. Mar. 29, 1835, d. June, 1842.
George, b. June 9, 1839, m. Henrietta Webber.
MILLETU.
THOMAS MILLETT is credited on Hebron records, with, Edmund Chase, b. Aug. 30, 1806.
Martha Johnson, b. Nov. 25, 1808.
NATHANIEL MILLETT, Jr. son of Nathaniel and Susan- na (Parsons) Millett of New Gloucester, was born July 9,
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1799, m. Dec. 29, 1823, Abigail French and had, born in Hebron, Cyrus, b. Nov. 20, 1824. Clark, b. Feb, 17, 1826. George O., b. Nov. 21, 1827. Dustin Quimby, b. Mar. 6, 1829. David Henry, b. April 20, 1831.
MELLLLEREN.
JOHN and MAHALA MILLIKEN are credited in Hebron, with, Daniel, b. Oct. 8, 1826, and Earl L., b. Nov. 6, '28.
MIXER.
JOSEPH and WILLIAM MIXER, brothers, came from South- borough, Mass. to work in Craigie's mills. William went to Paris, and Joseph settled upon a farm in, what is now, East Oxford, but later removed to (46). Joseph was born Nov. 6, 1775, m. Feb. 17, 1805, Nancy Fay, who was born July 29, 1781, and d. May 4, 1854. He d. Dec. 19, 1849. Children :
I Otis Fay, b. June 9, 1806, pub. int. m. Feb. 25, 1832, with Eliza, dau. of Andrew Staples. She d. the day appointed for the wedding, and Mar. 27, 1833, he m. her sister Sally, who d. Feb. 15, 1842. He was a mil- litia Captain, a farmer and a housewright; in partner- ship with Col. King, they built the meeting-house. He m. 2d, Mar. 26, 1843, Theodora Merrill, a sister of Mrs. Carlton, and d. Jan. 10, 1879. His children were Eliza Ellen, b. Feb. 11, 1836, m. Joseph A. Clark, lives in Portland ; and Joseph Herman, b. Oct. 26, 1839, d. Oct. 30, 1840.
II Lee, b. July 20, 1808, s. Norway.
III Joseph. b. Oct. 29, 18II, d. Oct. 17, 1831.
IV Nancy Maria, b. July 5, 1816, m. Sebastian S. Smith.
v Louisa Stow, b. Jan. 24, 1819, d. Jan. 15, 1843.
VI Elizabeth Perry, twin with L. S., m. April 10, 1840, Stephen P. Rowe of Greenwood ; she d. May 26, '44. VII George Hartwell, b. Oct. 13, 1824, d. Mar. 1826.
MONK.
ELIAS MONK of Hebron was granted a pension in 1833, he being then 73 years of age, for service in the Mass. mil- itia, in the Revolution. His wife Elice, d. Aug. 15, 1806; he again married, Nov. 7, 1807, Louisa Ransom of Paris, and d. Dec. 17, 1842. Children :
Lewis, b, Sept. 14, 1779, m. Martha, dau. of John Bes-
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sey, who was b. June 4, 1787, aad d. Aug. 25, 1861. They had Rachel, b. Sept. 30, 1802, m. David Hanna- ford, s. Norway. Sarah, b. June 1, 1806, m. William Blake of Paris, and 2d, Frederick Denning of Oxford. Lewis, b. June 22, 1808, m. Betsey Lane ; she d. Aug. 5, 1842 ; he m. 2d, Eleanor Bucknam; she d. June 16, 1849, # 41 ; he m. 3d, Nancy Russell, and d. at Welch- ville, Sept. 23, 1890. Lucy, b. Mar. 11, 1809, m. Jes- se Cummings of Paris, and 2d, Levi B. Rawson of So. Paris. William, b. Oct. 29, 1811, m. Wealthy Davee ; he d. at Buckfield, April 14, 1899. Caroline, b. Feb. 8, 1815, m. William W. Bumpas of Oxford. Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1821, m. Job Crooker.
James, b. Dec. 12, 1782, m. May 9, 1802, Polly Jordan. Martha, b. Aug. 24, 1784, m. James Farris, Jr.
Alfred, b. Sept. 8, 1786, m. Sept. 1808, Relief Irish, and had John, b. Oct. 22, 1809.
Rebecca, b. Sept. 7, 1788.
Betty, b. April 4. 1791.
Lovina Bisbee, b. Oct. 17, 1792.
Millitiah, b. Oct. 28, 1794.
MOORE.
ELISHA and BETSEY MOORE are credited in Hebron with, Dolly, b. Feb. 15, 1800, m. Ansel Fields of Paris.
Eliza, b. April 24, 1801. Milly, b. Sept. 7, 1805.
Dexter, b. May 1, 1807. Dennis, b. Dec. 27, 1810. Hollis, b. Oct, 3, 1814.
THOMAS and SARAH MOORE are credited in Hebron with, Dolly, b. Sept. 21, 1797.
Samuel, b. July 21, 1799, d. Nov. 5, 1820.
Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1800, m. Oct. 25, 1821, Joseph Crock- ett of Sumner.
Fairfield, b. June, 15, 1803; family consisting of wife Nancy, three boys and two girls, were living at Craigies Mills, in 1840. Town records say they had born there, April, 27, 1841, John F. and their son Daniel C. m. Mar. 29, 1851, Frances E. Cates, s. in Mass.
Moses, b. July 11, 1805, and Sally, b. July 31, 1807.
WILLIAM and BETSEY MOORE are credited in Hebron with, Geo. Cobb, b. Oct. 18, 1815 ; Harriet, b. April 13, 1818; Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1820; Sebastian S., b. Nov. 10, 1823, and Hiram, b. Feb. 4, 1827. Mother died Dec. 2, 1841.
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MOREN.
THOMAS MOREY, son of John, was b. in Conn. Mar. 5, 1788, came to Oxford before 1830. His wife was Laura, b. Oct. 24, 1797, dau. of Ezra Mellen of Wilmington, Vt.
He d. Mar. 2, 1867 ; she d. Dec. 19, 1876. Children :
Edward Marshall, b. July 11, 1720, m. July 3, 1838, Mary Jane Hilborn of Oxford ; he d. at Rumford.
Samantha, and Emaline, d. in childhood.
Samantha Jane, b. Sept. 21, 1828, m. Wm. King Staples. Charles Emery, b. Oct. 22, 1830, m. Aug. 26, 1857, Julia A. Verrill of Oxford ; he d. at Partland.
Francis Dana, b. April 22, 1834, m. June 11, 1854, Nancy Burns of Oxford.
Henry Clinton, b. Feb. 8, 1837, m. Irene Eastman ; s. Utah. Julia Amanda, b. Aug. 18, 1840, m. David G. Drinkwater
of Portland. Caleb, bro. of Thomas, lived in Oxford.
Salmon Morey and Mary Stone, born of Oxford, were m. Mar. 25, 1838.
MORGAN.
SOLOMON MORGAN and Polly Rowe, both of Oxford, were pub. Mar. 12, 1808; she d. Feb. 27, 1825, and he m. 2d, Ang. same year, Pollythea Bradman of Minot.
Children : Sally, b. Oct. 25, 1809. Polly, b. Feb. 5, 1811.
Zaccheus, b. April 26, 1812. Rosamond, b. Juue 5, 1814. Bethia, b. Mar. 28, 1818.
Hannah, b. June 5, 1816.
Solomon, b. Aug. 28, 1820. Judith, b. July 15, 1822.
Mary Anu, b. Mar. 29, 1824.
1 Meribah, b. May 18, 1826. Keziah, b. July 28, 1827. John S., b. July 18, 1832.
Jane B., b. Feb. 24, 1829.
MORSE.
SAMUEL MORSE, son of James and Lydia (Hall), m. Feb. 26, 1824, Margaret J. White of Otisfield ; they settled at Craigies Mills, where he was the miller, later a farmer, familliarly called "Doctor". Their children were :
Sylvia Jane, b. Oct. 7, 1825, m. Feb, 25, 1849, Moses K. Haskell of Falmouth. James W., b. June 27, 1827. Samuel J., b. June 19, 1829.
Hosea B., b. Sept. 27, 1833.
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SOLOMON BRADFORD MORSE, Jr. of Westborough, Mass. bought the Craigie farm in 1841 and was evicted from it three years later ; see p. 123. He was m. in Boston, May 9, 1833, with Mary M. Cheever, and had :
Solomon Bradford, b. June II, 1834.
Ammi C., b. Feb. 2, 1836. Edward C., b. July 21, 1839. Mary M., b. Mar. 21, 1841. Joshua C., b. Dec. 21, 1842. Henry H., b. Oct. 19, 1844. Charles W., b. Aug. 21, 1846.
David Morse and Sarah Morton, both of Oxford, pub. int. m. Dec. 22, 1833.
MARSTON.
JOHN MARSTON of Brunswick, m. Jerusha, dau. of Zeb- edee Cushman ; lived at Craigies Mills. They had Louisa and John Merrill, the latter lived in Portland.
MORTON.
THOMAS and JOANNA MORTON are credited on the town records of Hebron, with children, as follows :
Timothy, b. Sept. 1, 1787. Job, b. Jan. 25, 1789.
John, b. Mar. 14, 1793, m. 1819, Judith Knight of Minot. Alpha, b. Mar. 2, 1795, d. Jan. 18, 1800.
Martha, b. Oct. 31, 1797, d. Jan. 6, 1800.
Joanna, b. Dec. 1, 1799, m. 1825, Daniel Crooker of Minot Thomas, b. July 12, 1807.
Dea. Thomas Morton d. at Oxford, Aug. 28, 1839, Æ 73.
TIMOTHY and POLLY MORTON are credited in Hebron, with, Martha D., b. Mar. 30, 1810. Mary, b. Mar. 9, 1812. Lucy, b. May 8, 1814, d. Sept. 29, 1816. Har- vey L., b. July 24, 1816. Ira A., b. Jan. 21, 1819. Will- iam A., b. Apr. 5, 1823. Almon Cary, b. Jan. 29, 1825.
JOB MORTON, m. Jan. 16, 1811, Susanna Whitman of Minot, who d. Dec. 16, 1824, 2 40. He m. 2d, Feb. 9, 1826, Rebecca, wid. of Jonathan Glover of Hebron.
Children :
Alpha, b. July 18, 1812. Jane Whitman, b. July 3, 1814, m. William E. Lunt of Oxford. Silas, b. Oct. 26, 1818. Susanna Washburn and Job Washburn, twins, b. Dec. 10, 1824.
RICHARD MORTON, m. July 18, 1819, Hannah C., dau. of James Perry and had Freeman, b. July 15, 1820. James Perry, b. Jan. 18, 1822 and others b. in Paris.
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Ebenezer Morton and Emily Dyer were married in He- bron, Dec. 1828.
Milton Morton of Oxford and Ruthella Herrick of Po- land, pub. int. m. Jan. 8, 1852.
MURDOCK.
JAMES MURDOCK of Minot and Bathsheba Turner of He- bron, pub. int. m. Nov. 5, 1810.
JAMES MURDOCK, Jr. and Ruth, his wife, are credited in Hebron with children, as follows : -
George, b. Jan. 1, 18II. Lucy, b. May 4, 1813. James, b. Aug. 24, 1816. Sylvester E., b. April 30, 1828.
JONATHAN MUZZY of Ward, Mass. came to Hebron in fall of 1814, accompanied by his son Pitt, and in the spring, following, his wife, Militiah, with their youngest children, joined him ; ten days were required to make the journey. They lived on the Craigie farm about four years, and after- wards occupied a farm (48) on the same road, about one mile nearer Norway. The family were especially interest- ed in religion, aided in the organization of the first church and furnished its two first deacons. The parents died in 1848, within six weeks of each other ; he being 82 and she, 80 years of age. Their children were, probably, all born before their settlement here, and some are said to have remained at the old home; a complete family record has not been furnished. Their dau. Hannah was the wife of Alfred Hood and lived in this town; dau. Augusta Maria, unm. died here, Sept. 3, 1837, Æ 27.
Pitt C., (Dea.) by wife Esrher, had Martha Clark, Charles Addison and Lowell Austin, bapt. in the first ch. Family went to Monson, Me. in 1833, where he d. in 1851.
Alexander Hamilton, (Dea.) had the farm adjoining his father's ; m. Oct. 1, 1831, Elizabeth Thomas of Duxbury, Mass. and had Julius, b. in 1833, went to Massachusetts. Ellen Jane T., b. 1837, m. Henry P. Spurr of Otisfield. Josephine, died Feb. 5, 1844. Dea. Muzzy, late in life, moved to Norway, where he d. in 1881, Æ 76 years.
William H., m. May 19, 1835, Vesta Sturtevant of He- bron. He lived for a time on the home farm and later set- tled in the village, where he died Jan. 26, 1838, 2 29 years, leaving one son.
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Jacob Muzzy and Bathsheba Bearce both of Hebron were m. April 11, 1825.
BEZALREL MYRICK, shipwright, of Pembroke, bought in 1779, of Alexander Shepard, two lots in his township and probably settlcd here soon after, although that year his name appears upon the roll of Capt. Patridge's company, enlisted from Duxbury. He is credited in Hebron with son Joseph, b. Nov. 27, 1788 and dau. Huldah, b. Sept. 22, 1792, who m. Feb. 2, 1811, Jacob Roberts of Vassalboro'. He d. Feb. 22, 1802. His widow, Huldah dau. of Stephen Moulton, in 1813, joined with her brothers and sisters in a conveyance of land in North Yarmouth.
BARNABAS Myrick bought of Bezaleel, in 1795, lot 4, in the 5th range and the same year, of other parties, he bo't thirty acres in lot six. He m. Oct. 31, 1794, Silence, dau. of Josiah and Deborah (Soule) Perkins, and they are cred- ited in Hebron with a dau. b. April 20, 1805, d. same day ; Deborah Soule, b. Sept. 5, 1808, and Ruth Lowdon, b. April 21, 1812, d. same day.
STEPHEN MYRICK. son of Bezaleel, m. June 4, 1807, Zillah Glover, who d. Mar. 24, 1832. "Squire Myrick" was puplic spirited and much respected ; he was Lieut. in Capt. Bearce's co. that marched to the defence of Portland, Justice of the Peace, town officer, Representative, etc. He died in March 1868.
Children :
Bezaleel, b. May 18, 1808, d, Dec. 8, 1830.
Stephen, b. Mar. 25, 1810; wife Mary Ann, s. Greene. Harriet Glover, b. Aug. 7, 1814, m. John E. Barrows, Joseph, b. Jan. 1, 1820.
Huldah, b. April 25, 1823, m. Mar. 1844, David B. Rob)- inson of Sumner.
NELSON.
NATHAN NELSON, son of David, was born in Milford, Mass. in 1759; had brothers Ebenezer, land in Paris, and Seth. bought lot 9, in the 4th range in Shepardsfield. For service in the Mass. militia, in the Revolution, he was pen- sioned in 1833. He bought of Mr. Shepard, in 1779, lot 8, in the 4th range, 2d div. now Oxford ; settled first in Paris, and later on lot above named where he died April 1, 1848.
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Jerusha (Chapin), his wife died June 15, 1841, Æ 82 years. Children :
Henry, b. July 21, 1782, d. April 4, following.
Nathan, b. Aug. 29, 1784.
Ann, b. July 29, 1786, m. Andrew Cushman.
Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 1789, d. Jan. 22, 1809.
Charlotte, b. June 7, 1791, m. Dr. Jacob Tewksbury.
Mary, b. June 22, 1793, d. April 8, 1795.
Alexander, b. June 13, 1795, m. Mar. 1817, Lydia Loring.
Jerusha, b. Aug. 4, 1797, m. Samuel Whittemore, Jr. Austin, b. Sept. 3, 1799.
Betsey and Sally, b. Jan. 5, 1802, lived but a few days.
NATHAN NELSON, Jr. son of Nathan, had a farm in Oxford near his father's, where he died in August, 1853. Anna (Bridgham), his wife died in January, 1866.
Children :
Erasmus Darwin, b. July 14, 1809, m. June 15, 1834, Sophia A. Richards, who had Erasmus, b. June 20, and d. Sept. 20, 1836. Wife d. Sept. 11, 1836; he m. 2d, . Mar. 19, 1837, Mary Ann Pompilly.
Aurilla, died June 18, 1814.
Lydia Ann, b. Mar. 31, 1813, m. Oct. 23, 1834, Josiah C. Caldwell of Paris,
Emmons, b. Oct. 5, 1816, m. Nov. 25, 1837, Caroline Caldwell of Poland.
Almira, b. April 2, 1817.
Levi Chapin, b. April 10, 1819, m. Nov. 2, 1839, Mary L. Farrington of Oxford.
Lydia Jane, b. May 6, 1821.
Jerusha Chapin, b. Feb. 13, 1823 , m. Nov. 21, 1847, Orrin S. Bryant of Hebron.
Addison, b. July 8, 1825, m. May 26, 1849, Mary Ann Nelson of Oxford.
follis, b. Mar, 1828, m. Dec. 24, 1854, Cordelia Church- ill of Oxford.
judson O., b. April 14, 1831.
Corydon B., b. Dec. 12, 1833, m. Angeline, dau. of War- ren Rich, and had born in Oxford, Nathan Alfred, b. Nov. 16, 1859; Charles W., b. May 25, 1861 ; Georgie A., b. Mar. 12, 1865, and Edna E., b. Aug. 1, 1871.
AUSTIN NELSON, son of Nathan, continued on (205) the home farm, where he died Jan. 8, 1839. He m. Mar. 1826, Laura, dau. of Asa Thayer of Paris and had :
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Charlotte Tewksbury, b. April 10, 1828, d. Feb. 22, 1847. Persis T., b. Mar. 27, 1830, m. April 10, 1848, Silas Scribner of Otisfield.
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 17, 1832, m. Addison Nelson.
Laura Augusta, b. Oct. 4, 1835, d. Sept. 21, 1882.
Mrs. Nelson m. 2d, May 10, 1840, Oliver Thomas, did not change her residence.
LEVI CHAPIN and Mary L. Nelson are credited in Ox- ford, with Mary H., b. Dec. 16, 1848 and Albion, b. 1850.
NECHHALL.
SAMUEL NEWHALL, over sixty, wife, a son and two dau's' ind Charles, under thirty, wife, son and daughter, were living in Oxford in 1840.
NORTON.
Maj. WINTHROP BURNHAM NORTON, son of Dea. Nath- aniel and Sarah (Adams) Norton, was born July 22, 1768. (See Personal Notice) He m. Oct. 5, 1789, Dorothy Gow- ell, who bore him eleven children, the first in Portsmouth, N. H. the others in So. Berwick. She d, at Oxford, March 9, 1831, 2 58. He m. 2d, April 29, 1832, Sally, widow of Jonathan B. Symonds of Concord, N. H. dau. of Gladwin Chaffin. She d. Aug. 13, 1865, Æ 74; he d. July 21, 1744. Children :
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