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Sarah Adams, b. July 4, 1792, m. Ambrose Allen and 2d, William Warren ; she d. at Lewiston, Jan. 10, 1873.
Lydia Maria, b. Aug. 16, 1793, m. Nov. 29, 1816, Rev. Samuel Spring ; she d. at Hartford, Conn. Sept. 19, 1881. Dorcas, m. Sept. 30, 1820, Nathan Jewett of Portland. Dorothy Bradbury, m. Sept. 20, 1823, Charles A. Spring. Augustus, b. Nov. 12, 1800, d. at sea, Nov. 1818. Nathaniel, m. Sally Ann Getty of Buffalo N. Y.
Frances Eliza, d. unm. at Oxford, May 20, 1873, Æ 67.
Her home, after the death of her father, was on Pleas- ant street, in the cottage, formerly occupied by Alfred Hood, being the house where the meeting was held for the organization of the First Church and, by her request, given to the church, for a Parsonage, by her adm'r.
Mary Chadbourne, b. Jan. 16, 1807, m. Hon. J. S. Keith. Constantia Cordelia, d. unm. at Oxf'd, Nov. 21, '48, Æ 39. Edwin Augustus, merchant in Portland, b. Jan. 30, 1811,
m. Nov. 4, '33, Abigail Babson of Wiscasset ; he d. in Ms. Timothy Cutler, died in infancy.
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William Norton, a nephew of the Major's and his clerk, was drowned at the saw-mill, while trying to save property from a great freshet, April, 1828. An estimable youth.
The 2d Mrs. N. was accompanied by her son, Andrew J. Symonds. He was given an academic education, read law in Squire Keith's office, but did not engage in the practice. He served as Div. Qr. Master on Gen. Perry's Staff and Gen. Perry says, "He was my companion and friend, no better hearted fellow ever lived." He d. unm. Mar. 17, 1851, Æ 32 years.
NODES.
JOSIAH NOYES and Lydia A. Haskell, both of Oxford, m, May 7, 1844. They had Mary E., b. Aug. 13, 1845 ; Mar- garette, b. June 17, 1846 and Eunice, b. Oct. 15, 1847.
Family removed to N. Gloucester and joined the Shakers.
OLIVER.
WILLIAM W. OLIVER, b. 1805, m. Aug. 12, 1829, Mar- tha Keene, and settled in Oxford (51). He had sisters in Portland, Jane B., wife of Rufus Stanley and Hannah, an excellant nurse.
Children :
Lucy E., m. Jan. 13, 1850, Joseph E. Lombard of Otisf'd. Angeline, m. May 30, '55, Servetus M. Lombard of " Diana, m. - Farwell.
PACKARD.
Capt. ICHABOD PACKARD had lot 8, in the 6th range, Ist div. and is reported to have had a grist-mill and a black- smith shop. He was the eldest son of Reuben and Anne (Perkins) Packard of Bridgewater, Mass., later of Hebron. Reuben Packard died, Dec. 6, 1820, Æ 83 ; wife d. Mar. 10, 1820. The names of both father and son are on the Mass. rolls of soldiers of the Revolution. His wife Rachel, a dau. of Ephraim Cole of Bridgewater, d. Mar. 4, 1825, Æ 57; he d. April 8, 1814, Æ 54. Children :
Isaac, b. Aug. 16, 1786.
Lewis, (Capt) b. Feb. 19, 1788, m. Oct. 14, 1825, Eliza- beth Webster of Brownfield. They had, born in Hebron, Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 7, 1827, m. May 30, 1847, William T. Marshall ; Zebulon Lewis, b. May 30, 1829. Capt. Lewis Packard d. Dec. 1, 1843.
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Ephraim, b. Mar. 13, 1790, m. May 14, 1816, Sarah Bar- rows. They are credited in Hebron, with Joseph B., b. July 16, 1818. Job C., b. June 13, 1820 ; s. Jefferson. Ruel K., b. Jan. 26, 1792, m. Feb. 23, 1817, Patience Bowker, and had Augustus N., b. Jan. 29, 1818.
Hannah, b. April 3, 1794, m. Feb. 20, 1826, Lieut. Silas Maxim of Paris, after a brief courtship of nearly 10 years. Cyrus, b. June 4, 1796, m. Jan. 1, 1825, Sarah Barrows, settled in Monson, Me.
Anna, b. Aug. 25, 1798, m. Mar. 10, 1821, Cornelius Barrows.
Zibeon, b. Mar. 27, 1801, d. Feb. 11, 1833 ; a member of the senior class of the Theo. Sem. at Andover.
Olive, b. May 11, 1805.
Caroline Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1808.
George Washington, b. Aug. 7, 1810.
Ermina, b. Aug. 24, 1812, d. Nov. 19, 1816.
Rachel Cole, b. May 13, 1814,
EDWARD PACKARD, son of Josiah and Sarah (Ames), of Bridgewater, served several enlistments in the Revolution. He had lot 8, in the 5th range and by wife Prudence, is credited in Hebron, with :
Anna, b. April 24, 1789, m, Nov. 26, 1807, William May- hew of Bnckfield. Betsey, b. June 29, 1791.
Josiah, b. May 29, 1793. Prudence, b. Aug. 27, 1795. Borredell, b. Feb. 1799, d. Nov. 7, 1806.
Experience, b. April 15, 1803. Theron, b. Oct. 22, 1806.
ABIEL PACKARD, brother of Edward, m. Hannah Har- ris and is credited in Hebron, with ; Shepard, b. July 23, 1795. Lucy, b. June 6, 1797.
Abiel, b. Sept. 9, 1799. Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1801.
Sylvanus, b. Dec. 11, 1806. Ansel, b. Mar. 28, 1809.
Susanna, sister of Edward and Abiel, widow of Samuel Sturtevant, m. 2d, John Bicknell.
ELNATHAN PACKARD of Poland and Rebecca Dunham of Hebron, were m. Feb. 21, 1799. Elnathan Packard and Mercy Washburn, both of Hebron, m. Mar. 23, 1823. Children, as per Hebron records :
Christiana, b. Mar. 8, 1809. Hiram, b. Dec. 6, 1810.
Bethany, b. July 4, 1812. Jacob, b. Dec. 12, 1815. Elnathan, b. July 14, 1818- Levi A., b. July 16, 1820.
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Josiah Packard and Sarah Davis pub. int. m. December 25, 1784.
Nehemiah Packard and Betty Bennett Bray of Minot, m. Oct. 1, 1785.
Susanna, dau. of Reuben Packard, m. April 20, 1797, John Buck, 3d of Buckfield.
PALMER.
JOHN PALMER, farmer, age 30; wife Joanna, age 24 and son William, age 5, were living in Oxford in 1850.
PARIS.
SAMUEL PARIS of Halifax and Sarah Pratt of Middlebo- rough, were m. Jan. 21, 1779. He served as Lieut. in the Mass. State troops, in the Revolution and was pensioned in 1832. He was one of the most prominent of the early set- tlers, had lot 10, in the 5th range ; named a Trustee in the Act of incorporation of the Academy, Representative, Pres- edential Elector, one of the Judges in the first Court of Com- mon Pleas for Oxford county, etc. Their declining years were spent with their son Albion ; wife d. in Portland, Aug. 1836, Æ 77; he d. in Washington, Sept. 10, 1847, in his 93d year. Both were buried in Portland.
ALBION KEITH PARIS, son of Samuel, was born in Shep- ardsfield, Jan. 19, 1788. He fitted for college at the acade- my, taught schools and was graduated at Dartmouth in 1806. He was admitted to the bar, at Paris, in 1809 and opened an office on Paris Hill, where he was in practice for about ten years. He m. soon after his admission, Sarah, dau. of Rev. Levi Whitman of Wellfleet, Mass. who, with three daughters and two sons survived him. He was an ac- tive politition, but never an offensive partizan ; he was el- ected County Attorney in 1811; Representative in 1813 ; Senator in 1814 and the next year, he was elected to Con- gress. He changed his residence to Portland in time to rep- resent that town in the Constitutional Convention, wherein he received distinguished consideration. He was elected Governor of Maine when only thirty-three years old and was continued in that office five years. He presided as Judge in both State and United States Courts and in 1852 was elected Mayor of Portland. He died in Portland, Feb. II, 1857, leaving a record of experience in high offices, unparalleled in the history of the state.
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PERKINS.
JOSIAH6 PERKINS, b. 1732, son of Josiah5 and Deborah (Bennett), g. son of Luke+ and Ruth (Cushman ), g.g. son of Lukes and Martha (Conant), g. g. g. son of Luke2 and Hannah (Long), g. g. g. g. son of Abraham' and Mary of Hampton, N. H., whilom of Newent, co. Gloucester, Eng.
He m. Deborah Soule and settled in Bridgewater, Mass. where, probably, all of their children were born. They died in Hebron, wife June 15, 1805 and he, Mar. 14, 1811 ; evi- dently coming here, aged, to live with their children.
JOSEPH PERKINS, cordwainer, of Hebron, b. Dec. 23, 1754, son of Josiah6, bought of Mr. Whitney, in 1797, lot 8, in the 5th rauge, 2d div. now E. Oxford. He was pen- sioned in 1819, for service in the Mass. Continentals. He m. Oct. 1780, Susanna, b. April 18, 1763, dau. of Isaiah and Sally (Ring) Cushman and died Jan. 28, 1836. Wife died Feb. 28, 1844.
Children :
Susanna, b. July 20, 1781, m. Philip Caldwell, s. Paris. Oliver, b. June 7, 1783, m. Sarah Elms.
Sarah, b. July 24 1785, m. Ephraim Washburn and 2d, Simeon Staples.
Joseph, b. July 6, 1788, m. Sally Perkins.
Isaiah, b. Oct. 18, 1791, m. Matilda Peterson.
Maria, b, Dec. 3, 1793, m. Dean Andrews.
Luther, b, Mar. 9. 1792, m. Mary Bullen.
Hiram, b. Feb. 2, 1802, m. Dec. 1825, Ruth L. Megquire of Poland. He was drowned Aug. 23, 1831 : 4 children.
EBENEZER PERKINS of Shepardsfield, b. 1757, son of Josiah, bought in 1789, of Ezekiel Merrill of New Glouces- ter, one half of lot 2, in the Ist range. He was pensioned in 1786 for service as a marine in the Revolutionary army ; had increase in 1816 from five dollars per month to eight dollars. He d. Dec. 17, 1840; wife Sarah d. Mar. 5, 1851, E 85 years. Children :
Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1791, m. Joseph Perkins, Jr.
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 12, 1793. Fanny, b. Mar. 8, 1795. Silence, b. 1797. Zachariah, b. Feb. 21, 1799, aud per- haps, Josiah, who m. 1827, Mary Ann, dau. of Charles Bearce, settled in Minot, and Elias, who also lived in Minot. His wife was Polly, dau. of Simeon Davee ; they had Harrison, b. Nov. 20, 1830, and others.
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Simeon and Sarah Perkins are credited in Hebron with a son, Samuel J. M., b. Jan. 5, 1829. Simeon Perkins was Preceptor of the Academy and in 1829 was the Repre- sentative in the Legislature.
OLIVER PERKINS, son of Joseph, had lot 3, in the 6th range, new survey, (92), plan of Oxford. He m. April 2, [806, Sally Elms, b. Oct. 3, 1785 and d. Mar. 17, 1848. He died Dec. 1, 1873.
Children :
Oliver Leonard, b, Sept. 10, 1807, m. Jane Leonard and had Oliver L., d. young ; Jennie E .; Sarah E. ; Ber- ta O. and Oliver L. He was killed by the cars in Boston, Dec. 19, 1892.
Harrison Gray, b. Mar. 16, 1809, m. Hannah Megquire. Harriet Lazell, b Jan. 24, 1811, m. Dec. 23, 1838, Joseph T. Jordan of Poland. She d. Dec. 19, 1880.
Lewis, b. Feb. 16, 1813, m. Eliza J. B. Waite, s. Mechan- ic Falls and had Fannie A. ; Mae E. ; Helen ; Hattie ; Lewis M. ; Edgar D. ; Maria J. and Carrie.
William Myrick, b. April 18, 1815, m. Dec. 23, 1836, Ruth M. Jordan of Poland , s. Poland and had Ruth A. ; Adrianna N. ; Mattie E. ; Arthur B. ; Herbert and others. Luther, b. May 19, 1817, m. 1841, Mary Lewis, b. Mar. 28, 1817, dau. of Capt. Jonathan and Alice (Cross) Waite. They had Alice P .; Kittie P. and others. He d. very suddenly, at his home in Mc. Falls, Apr. 2, '92. Dennis Stilman, b. Mar. 21, 1819, m. Rebecca Elms, 2d, Rose Davis, 3d, Alice Bucknam. He now lives at Mc. Falls and has Fred L .; William ; Rose A. and Walter. Augustus Clark, b. Mar. 26, 1821, killed Oct. 16, 1827, by being run over by a cart.
Sarah Jane, b. July 3, 1823, d. Oct. following.
Mary Emeline, b. July 5, 1825, m. Albert Burgess, settled in Somerville, Mass.
Augustus Clark Mellen, b. Feb. 13, 1828, d. Dec. 1831. Julianna Cornelia, b. Dec. 10, 1830, m. Samuel Jenkins, settled in Auburn.
JOSEPH PERKINS, Jr. m. July 20, 1812, Sally, dau. of Ebenezer Perkins, s. (142). They are credited with :
Joseph, b. Sept. 3, 1813. Elmira, b. Aug. 23, 1814.
Sally, b. Oct. 20, 1815. Isaac, b. June 6, 1817.
Zenas, b. Oct. 19, 1820. Josiah, Jr. b. Aug. 3, 1822.
Milton, b. Jan. 30, 1824. Elbridge, b. Feb. 3, 1831.
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ISAIAH PERKINS, son of Joseph, m. Nov. 30, 1815, Ma- tilda Peterson of Hebron. They had :
Charles, b. Nov. 13, 1816, m. Lucy Dwinell, s. Minot.
Jerusha, b. Feb. 22, 1819, m. William Tobie, s. Poland. Sullivan, b. July 12, 1822, went to California.
Eliza Ann, b. July 18, 1823, m. Elbridge Records, s. Minot.
George Franklin, m. Julia Houghton, m. 2d Mrs. Susan (Howard) Moody, s. Mechanic Falls.
Hiram, m. Emma Russell, s. Lewiston.
Clara Jane, m. Asa L. Downs, s. Minot.
Mandervill, m. Mary Lord of Calais. s. Mechanic Falls.
LUTHER PERKINS, son of Joseph, m. Mar. 7, 1819, Mary Bullen ; lived at (179) Oxford.
Children :
Rebecca, b. July 18, 1820. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1821; d. Nov. 21, 1847. Luther Newall, b. Oct. 26, 1826, d. April 30, 1848. Horace C., b. Sept. 10, 1829.
Angeline, b. Aug. 3, 1831. Clarissa, b. July 1, 1835. Columbia, b. June 30, 1837, m. Charles Noble.
William Henry Harrison, b. April 13, 1841.
Jacob M., b. Dec. 11, 1845. Francis N., b. Dec. 23, 1847.
GILES S. PERKINS and Betsey Washburn, both of Heb- ron, were m. Mar. 18, 1824, probably his 2d marriage. He was a son of Samuel and Mehitable (Shurtleff) Per- kins of Paris and was living in Oxford in 1830, having five children under ten years of age ; a son, Charles Allen, Æ. IO years, was drowned in August, 1832.
HARRISON GRAY PERKINS, son of Oliver, m. Sept. 28, 1833, Hannah Megquire of Oxford, lived (92) and had :
Augustus Mellen, b. May 18, 1834. Charles Franklin Megquire, b. Dec. 17, 1835. Harrison Gray Otis, b. April 27, 1838. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1840. Julia E., b. May 20, 1850.
Polly Megquire, b. 1776, lived with this family.
Enoch Perkins of Oxford and Georgiana Howland of Topsham, were m. May 22, 1854.
William B. Perkins and Mary S. Wardwell, both of Ox- ford, were m. Feb. 25, 1855.
PERRY.
JAMES PERRY of Rochester, Mass. bought in 1797, of Asa and Hannah Bartlett of Hebron, lot II, in the 3d range, 2d
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div. and, probably, settled upon it that year. He served as warrant officer in the Revolution and was pensioned in 1733, being then 76 years old. His children, of record, were :
Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1783, m, May 13, 1808, Abigail Cushman; s. on Poland road (84), family left town and later the house was moved to lot adjoining King's store. He d. Dec. 17, 1842, she d. Mar. 11, 1837. They had : Caroline C., b. Mar. 3, 1810, m. Sept. 14, 1837, Jas. McClure. Minerva, b. July 2, 1812, m. Areal Wood- bury. Stephen, d. Dec. 14, 1815, Æ 17 mo. Jerusha, b. Feb. 9, 1817, lived 23 months. Clark Cornish, b. Feb. 5, 1820. Thomas, b. July 8, 1822. Harriet, b. Ang. 1826, Abby Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1829. Elizabeth Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1831.
Lydia, b. May 15, 1785, d. May 13, 1830.
Benjamin Fessenden, b. April 22, 1787, m. Jan. 23, 1814, Christiana Cushman; kept the tavern near the town- house. They had Charles Clark, b. Mar. 25, 1815. Benjamin Fessenden, b. Mar. 4, 1817. Chipman.
Christiana, b. May 28, 1821. Zebedee Cushman, b.
May 5, 1824. Adeline Collins, b. Nov. 18, 1830.
Betsey, b. May 4, 1789, m. Nov. 29, 1821, John Morton.
John Cornish, b. Aug. 7, 1791, m. Jan. 25, 1822, Sally Morton of Otisfield. They had Almira, b. Dec. 10, 1822 Sarah E., b. June 10, 1824.
Sally, b. Sept. 3, 1793, lived sixteen days.
Hannah Cornish, b. July 25, 1795, lived 22 months. Hannah Cornish, b. May 25, 1798, m. Richard Morton. Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1800, m. Moses Merrill, Jr.
Almira, m. Feb. 2, 1825, John Richards, 3d.
DAN PERRY, Rev. (see personal sketch. ) m. June 25, 1809, Polly Caldwell, the mother of his children who died Oct. 12, 1829. He m. 2d, Feb. 29, 1832, Miss Roxanna Leavitt of Buckfield who died in 1835, and the April fol- lowing he m. 3d, Mrs. Judith, widow of Maj. Bartlett of Bethel. Rev. T. S. Perry says "My parents suffered many hardships while clearing their farm and building a house. During the "cold seasons" 1814- 16 they raised but little. From what they did raise of corn and grain, the coldest year, they first saved the best for seed, and then divided the remainder into twelve equal parts, one of the parts had to last a month. Of potatoes they had more, which my fath- er digged by breaking the frozen ground with an iron bar.
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These, with milk, were their chief supply of food." As a circuit preacher, he had residence in many places in Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, but his children were all born in Hebron except the first, who was b. in Portsmouth. Children :
John Jasiel, (Gen., see personal sketch), b. Aug. 2, 1811, m. May 24, 1844, Sarah Adams, dau. of Ambrose Allen, by whom he had Edward Augustus, b. Mar. 24, 1845, a well known newspaper-man in Boston, and Mary Con- stantia, b. Oct. 19, 1847, d. in Portland, unm. May 18, 1891. He d. in Portland, May 2, 1897.
Polly Caldwell, b. May 14, 1814, m. Jan. 7, 1837, Emery Edes of Otisfield.
Electa Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1816, d. unm. Dec. 8, 1857.
Lucy Izetta, b. Mar. 11, 1821, m. 1862, Obadiah G. Cook. Truman Summerfield, b. Dec. 20, 1826, was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1850 and in 1896, "pro causa hon- oris", he received the degree of A. M. He was several years in business, a clerk in the U. S. Senate, living in Washington during the civil war and at the same time serving as correspondent of the Portland Press and other papers. In 1873 he was ordained pastor of the Con- gregational Church in Cumberland, Me. where he remain- ed twelve years ; he was seven years with the church in Limerick, and is now pastor of the church in Waterford. He has been a frequent contributor of poetry and prose to both religious and secular publications, and spent four years in educational work in Florida. He has been twice married, first in 1856, with Elizabeth Green Hale, and second in 1891, with Julia B. Rideout.
urvice Christiana, b. Sept. 24, 1829, m. Dec. 26, 1854, Obadiah G. Cook, Esq. of Casco ; she d. Mar. 11, 1861, leaving three children; viz. Mary Electa, wife of Geo. Hazen, Esq. of Oxford. Charles Sumner, of the firm of Symonds, Snow and Cook, lawyers in Portland ; he is a member of the Governor's Council. Christiana S. now of Bolsters Mills.
PETERSON.
ANDREW PETERSON, b. 1801, and Almira Pratt, both of Hebron, were m. June 26, 1825. They had in Welchville in 1850, Geneva, aged 15; Leonard, aged 12; Eliza A., aged 9; Georgiana, aged 6; Charles, aged 4 and Sulli- van, aged 2.
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WILLIAM PIKE, son of Dudley and Celia (Weston) Pike, b. in Paris Dec. 1, 1785; m. Nancy Thurston, lived in Oxford (27). Children : Harriet, b. Sept. 22, 1811; Caroline Matilda, b. Feb. 4, 1813, and Dudley, b. Jan. 7, 1818, m. Dec. 25, 1857, Mary Ann Smith.
SAMUEL PIKE, son of John and Mary (Tarbox) Pike of Norway was b. Dec. 11, 1788, d. Dec. 20, 1871.
By wife Susanna Wood he had :
Prescott L., m. Mar. 3, 1839, Emily A. Hill; he m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1843, Elizabeth A. Morse ; had sons, Albert E., Herbert, Alden, Elihu, Sherman, and daughters, Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mrs. Chas. B. Keith and Mrs. Morrill Fuller. His farm adjoined the Craigie farm.
Harriet W., b. Aug. 22, 1817.
Miranda B., b. Sept. 10, 1819, m. Oct. 18, 1837, John Rowe, 3d, of Oxford.
Daniel W., b. Nov. 5. 1823, m. April 26, 1850, Sarah A. Ordway. They had Arvilla, b. 1851 ; Francis Henry, b. Jan. 1855; Delphina, b. April 5, 1857, and Daniel, b. Feb. 27, 1861. He was killed in the civil war.
Zeruiah, b. Sept. 5, 1825.
Charles P., b. May 7, 1827, m. Esther C. Crockett.
John P., b. Nov. 29, 1829.
Arvilla, b. Oct. 4, 1830, d. Nov. 5, 1833.
Susanna, b. Mar. 1, 1833, m. April 1853, Thomas H. Kelley. He was a tailor at Norway ; killed by the cars.
ROBERT PIKE had a farm (39) adjoining Dudley Pike's land, on the Norway road. He was a brother of Samuel, b. July 28, 1791, m. in 1812 Susanna, dau. of James Bick- ford, who was b. July 7, 1794 and d. Feb. 7, 1858. He m. 2d a widow Hall, and d. Jan. 20, 1868. His children were ;
Maria, b. Aug. 29, 1813, m. Elbridge S. Walcott.
Zeruiah, b. April 2, 1815, d. Oct. 8, 1822.
Jacob, b. Dec. 16, 1816, d. April 9, 1841.
Elvira, b. Aug. 6, 1819, m. William S. Allen. The father of Mr. Pike, with his second wife, Sarah (Per- ry ) lived in Oxford where she d. in Nov. 1841. Their son Calvin F., who had been a trader in Portland, died of con- sumption, in Oxford, Dec. 3, 1851.
SETH PIKE, son of John and Mercy [Jordan] Pike of
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Norway, b. Dec. 5, 1814, m. Polly W. Brackett. They had Roxa Ann, b. 1846.
Israel Pike and Rosilla Cleveland, both of Hebron, and Israel Pike and Betsey Washburn, both of Hebron. pub. int. of m. Feb. 23, 1824.
PINGREE.
LUTHER FARRER PINGREE, son of Hoyt and Sarah (Turner) Pingree, was born in Norway May 25, 1813. He came to Craigies Mills to learn the machinests trade, where his good character and genial disposition made him a wel- come addition to the little community. Sept. 23, 1841, he m. Elizabeth Marsh, b. Nov. 9, 1816, dau. of David and Margaret (McCurdy) Dexter of Bath. She was a neice of Mrs. Marr and had lived with her from childhood. Both were musicians and both were interested in the religious, educational and social functions of the people. He was a stalwart democrat, ready in debate in town and lyceum, an officer of the Light Infantry and a Major on Gen. Perry's Staff. He removed to Portland in 1845 where he was em- ployed as a pattern maker, also as a manufacturer of artifi- cial limbs ; he was an ingenious mechanic and is credited with inventions that were patented. While in Oxford he was chosen class leader at the organization of the Methodist Society, but after his removal to Portland, he became in- terested in the writings of Sweedenburg and thereafter was an enthusiastic worker in the New Church. He died April 18, 1892 ; she died Sept. 28, 1893.
Children :
Ione Amelia, b. June 26, 1842, m. Feb, 1, 1865, George Oscar Sawyer, s. Hartford, Conn.
Helen Jane Gunthage, b. April 18, 1844, m. April 29, 1875, Edwin Nichols, master mariner, So. Portland.
Frank Roundy Ashton, b. Feb. 23, 1846, m. Feb. 8, 1867, Calista Hopkins, s. Boston.
Innocence, b. Aug. 13, 1847, d. in three days.
Consuelo Imogene, b. July 1848, d. July 1851.
Sarah Charlotte Dexter, b. Oct. 4, 1850, m. Nov. 12, 1874, Charles F. Keith, s. Waterville.
Malcolm Cameron, b. Sept. 9, 1852, m. May 30, 1876, Cora Louisa, dau. of Dr. Rudolph L. Dodge of Portland. He m. 2d, Sept. 11, 1889, Maud L. Jackson. In 1881, he was grad. from the N, Y. Med. Col., s. Portland.
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Virginia Dean, b. Sept. 12, 1855, a popular vocalist, m. Albert Marwick of Portland; s. Hartford, Conn. David Henry, b. June 22, '58, m. Lulu Lamar ; s. Hartford.
THADDEUS PRATT, son of Barnabas and Isabel (Downie) Pratt of Bridgewater, Mass. had lot 6 in the 5th range, Ist div. He had served as private in the Mass. line and for his service was pensioned in 1819. After the death of his fath- er his mother came to Hebron and lived with her dau. Mrs. Simeon Davie, where she d. Dec. 24, 1831, Æ 103. Mr. Pratt m. July 23, 1777, Rachel Churchill, who d. Mar. 5, 1818, Æ 65 ; he m. 2d April 14, 1819, Dorothy Russell. Children :
William, b. Mar. 12, 1779, m. July 1, 1804, Martha Gur- ney and had William, b. 1805, m. Zilpah Bryant, s. in Paris. Cyprian, b. Sept. 10, 1806, d. Jan 3, 1810.
Franklin, b. Aug. 22, 1808. Austin, b, Dec. 26, 18II. Rachel C., b. Mar. 29, 1814. Horatio, b. July 12, 1818. Josiah, b. May 23, 1783, m. 1807, Sybil Gurney and had John, b. July 9, 1808. Azel, b. Sept. 3, 1810.
Mehitable, b. Mar. 29, 1813. Lemuel, b. Apr. 9, 1818. Josiah, b. Aug. I, 1820.
Barnabas, b. July 13, 1785, d. in his fifth year. Rachel, b. Feb. 9, 1788.
Barnabas, b. Mar. 18, 1790, m. Aug. 1815, Mary Bar- rows and had Clementha Granville, b. June 8, 1816. Adoniram Judson, b. Dec. 6, 1817. Roswell B., b. Nov. 1, 1820.
Susanna, b. June 1, 1793, m. Sept. 26, 1813, Seth Besse. Polly, b. July 5, 1795, m. Lieut. Eliphalet Sturtevant.
Cyprian, b. Aug. 8, 1797, m. June 24, 1819, Betsey Dun- ham and had Fessenden G., b. June 3, 1820.
Ruby, b. Feb. 14, 1801.
Rachel, b. April 28, 1820, by 2d wife.
BENAJAH PRATT, b. Aug. 26, 1775, son of Abner, with wife, Ruth Bryant and children came to Hebron, from Middleboro. Mass. early in the ninteenth century. He had farm (187) where he died May 8, 1871. His father, a sol- dier in the Revolution, died in Oxford, June 22, 1831, Æ 86. His family record has not been furnished, but the following were, probably, his chilbren.
Abner, the Fife Major in Col. Ryersons regiment.
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Benajah Pratt, Jr. was b. in 1801, m. Mar. 28, 1824, Mar- garet Steadman. Feb. 11, 1826, he m. widow Ruth Dennen; he m. 3d, Charity Elms who died May 9, 1842 and he m. 4th, Mrs. Ruth W. Hall. He had the farm (186) next his father's, but on being appointed sta- tion agent he built a house near the depot ; later he lived next above Mr. Durell's in the village. His son Horatio K., b. 1825, m. Nov. 22, 1849, Deborah W. Marshall, s. Oxford. He had two or more daughters. He was Mr. Welch's agent, prominent in town affairs, served in the Legialature, and died Mar. 1, 1878.
Dordana, b. 1794, m. John Thayer.
Almira, b. 1806, m. Andrew Peterson.
ABERDEEN PRATT, 2 87, per. son of Abner, and wife Lydia, Æ 84, were living in Oxford (122) in 1850, with Abiel Pratt, a farmer b. in Mass. in 1802. Widow Lydia Pratt d. Mar. 7, 1856. Abiel Pratt and Sarah Steadman, both of Hebron, were m. Sept. 29, 1822; she d. June 27, 1849; he m. 2d, May 5, 1850, Mrs. Sarah Soule.
STEPHEN PRATT, b. Dec. 12, 1778, housewright. per. son of Abner, m. Dec. 11, 1808. Lucy S., dau. of Col. Nathaniel Fuller, s. Paris.
ANDREW PRATT, b. 1786, per. son of Abner, blacksmith at Welchville, m. Chloe who d. July 26, 1820 ; he m. 2d, June 22, 1821, Phobe Jenkins of Norway.
Children :
Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1815; Sally, b. Oct. 1, 1816; Chloe, b. July 17, 1818; Abner, b. Sept. 20, 1822; Laura Ann, b. May 11, 1824, and others. His family in 1840, consisted ·of wife. six girls and four boys.
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