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ZEBEDEE PRATT and Celia Brown, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 2, 1815 and are credited with :
Cyrus, b. Nov. 6, 1815, lived twelve days.
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 1817. Samuel B., b. Dec. 23, '19. He m. 2d, 1854, the widow of Jacob D. Brown.
ALFRED and LYDIA PRATT are credited on Hebron rec- ords with Irene, b. Jan. 13, 1812 and Alfred Cyrus, b. Feb. 17, 1816.
NATHAN PRATT of Paris and Polly Washburn of Hebron were m. Jan. 18, 1815. He d. at Oxford Mar. 17, 1833. They are credited in Hebron with Alvan, b. Apr. 2, 1816;
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Almira, b. Mar. 18, 1818; Lydia Jane, b. May 6, 1821 and Eliza, b. May 6, 1824.
Jedediah Pratt of Hebron and Sally Partridge of Poland, pub. int. of m. Nov. 14, 1815.
Alanson Pratt, wife and son were in Oxford in 1840.
JOHN PRAY, aged 46, was a machinest at the cotton-mill in 1850. He had wife, Mary Ann, b. 1815 and sons Hi- ram, b. 1839; Winfield S., b. 1841 and Charles H., b. 1849. Boarders in the family were Keziah Dennin, b, 1830 ; Amanda Dennin, b. 1834; Malvina B. Andrews, b. 1827 and Columbia Andrews, b. 1832.
PRINCE.
WILLAM PRINCE had farm (103) in Oxford where he died May 30, 1850, aged 63 years. He m. Feb. 5, 1833, Hannah Gurney of Norway and had :
George E., b. 1834, m. Oct. 8, 1857, Olive D. Pulsifer. Isaac, b. 1836. Jesse, b. 1837. Hannah E., b.
1840, m. Cyrus Scribner. Theodore, b. 1847.
RANDALL.
SETH RANDALL had lot I, in the 6th range, Ist div. He was a soldier of the Revolution from Pembroke or Roches- ter, Mass. His wife Sarah died in Hebron Sept. 3, 1787, and he m. 2d, Oct. 30, 1788, Molly Cushman of New Gloucester. He d. Mar. 1817.
Children ;
Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1777.
Elizabeth, b. April 11, 1779, m. Shepard Bucknam.
Mary, b. May 24, 1781, m. Samuel Hutchinson.
Deborah, b. Aug. 29, 1783, d. July 20, 1787.
Peleg, b. May 24, 1785, married Sept. 14, 1809, Betsey Whitman of Hebron.
Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1787, d. Oct. 3, 1787.
Molly, died Sept. 7, 1796.
Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1797, m. Mar. 31, 1821, Jacob Allen of Pownal.
Polly, b. Mar. 5, 1799.
Judith, b. July 19, 1802.
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RATASON.
ARTEMAS RAWSON, son of Artemas and Dorcas (Batch- elder), was b. in Upton, Mass. Aug. 13, 1785. His parents came to Paris and he lived with, or near, them until 1832 when he came to Craigies Mills, taking a house south-side of Pleasant street and shop opposite the head of the street. His little shoemakers shop was a popular resort of the vil- lage boys, who never tired listening to his quaint stories and good humored gossip. He m. Feb. 16, 1816, Dorcas Rice and late in life, they moved to Lynn, where he died Nov. 29, 1869; she died in 1884.
Children :
Solon, b. Oct. 29, 1817, m. Lydia Downing, s. Oxford.
Aurilia P., b. July 22, 1819, m. Horace Foss, s. N. Strat- ford, N. H.
Artemas Warren, b. July 18, 1821, m. Eleanor Hovey, s. Arlington,, Mass.
Mary R., b. Oct. 19, 1823, m. - Oliver, s. California.
William Rice, b. May 1, 1826. m. Phoebe Nickerson, s. Pawtucket, R. I. and later in California.
Dorcas B., b. May 26, 1828, unm.
Miranda, b. June 17, 1831, m. Charles A. Rice, s. Lynn. Ann Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1833, m. --- Swan,. s. Lynn. James Rice, b. July 6, 1835, m. Sarah P. Merrill, s. Somerville, Mass.
Martin Van Buren, b. July 17, 1837, m. Thirza Jones, s. Somerville, Mass.
Elbridge Marcellas, b. Nov. 12, 1840.
Samuel G., b. Dec. 10, 1842.
RECORDS.
JOHN RECORDS, Jr. of Bridgewater, Mass. settled on a lot in Paris that was afterwards set into Hebron. His fath. er died in Hebron Sept. 24, 1831, Æ 95 ; he died Dec. I, 1837. His wife was Ruth, dau. of Perez Tubbs. Children ;
Perez Tubbs, b. Aug. 5, 1796, d. June 8, 1890. He was a blacksmith, m. Jan. 10, 1818, Asenath Tubbs of Dres- den ; lived in several places ; see History of Paris.
Israel, b. Mar. 18, 1798.
Orilla, b. Mar. 17, 1800, m. Ervin Glover.
John, b. Dec. 6, 1801, m. Feb. 20, 1825, Almira Perry.
Polly, b. May 7, 1804, m. 1828, Abel Bisbee of Paris.
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Ruth, b. May 28, 1806.
Charles, b. Dec. 17, 1810, lived three days.
Charles, b. June 28, 1812, lived seventeen months.
Olive, b. July 28, 1816.
Rosanna and Rebecca, twins, b. April 10, 1818; Rebecca ived but seventeen days.
ISAAC RECORD, m. Huldah -- and had in Hebron : ndrew, b. Sept. 8, 1788. m. Judith Tripp and had Wil- liam H., b. Dec. 28, 18II ; Huldah M., b. Dec. II, 1813; Andrew H., b. Sept. 10, 1815, d. in his third year; Bartimeus, b. Aug. 21, 1817, and Charles G., b. Oct. 4, 1819.
Hannah, b. Aug. 10, 1789.
Jacob, b. Aug. 16, 1793, lived ten days.
Isaac, b. April 14, 1795, m. Hannah dau. of Joseph Sturtevant of Paris and had Hannah, b. Sept. 27, 1818; Julia A., b. 1828 ; Edmund, b. 1833 ; Sumner, b. 1835 and Augusta, b. 1844.
acob, b. May 24, 1798, m. July 16, 1818, Laura Bum- pas and had Jacob Eldridge, b. Feb. 21, 1820.
Isaac Record d. Apr. 6, 1845 ; wife d. May 26, 1852.
WINSLOW RECORD bought, in 1803, lot 10, in the 2d ra. 2d div. and by wife Hannah, is credited in Hebron, with Hannah, b. Mar. 29, 1807, m. Sept. 6, 1830, Leonard Sturtevant of Paris. Mr. R. d. in Oxford, Oct. 3, 1831.
CHANDLER RECORDS, b. 1802, son of Winslow, had farm (135) Oxford. His wife, b. 1804, was Eliza, dau. of Levi Cushman; both her mother, Rhoda, Æ 81, and his mother, Hannah, Æ 78, were living in his family in 1850. Children :
Mary Melvina, b. Feb. 24, 1830.
Solomon Winslow, b. April 23, 1832, m. Feb. 16, 1854, Mahala M. Wardwell.
Eliza Ellen, b. Oct. 12, 1836.
Chandler Malloy, b. Oct. 4, 1838.
Elizabeth Thatcher, b. April 15, 1840.
Abner Eugene, b. Dec. 14, 1841.
Miranda, b. 1843 and Sarah E., b. Aug. 24, 1848.
RICH.
REUBEN RICH appears to have been the first of the name to take land in Hebron. Whitney's note-book, under date
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of 1811, says that he had thirty seven acres of land bounded by the lands of Moses Gammon, John Greeley, John Burns and John Linnell. Reuben Rich and Olive Barker, both of Hebron, were m. Oct, 19, 1814 and are credited with children on Oxford records. Wife d. Jan. 27, 1837 ; he was living in 1840, being then upwards of 70.
Children :
Jeremiah Allen, b. July 30, 1815, m. Dec. 3, 1846, Har- riet R. Keene.
Olive Morse, b. Jan. 5, 1818.
Reuben, b. Sept. 24, 1820.
Louis Stephen, b. April 18, 1825.
Martha Linda, b. April 19, 1828.
Susan Allen, b. June 27, 1830.
SAMUEL RICH, brother of Reuben, had farm adjoining. Both he and his wife, Rebecca K. were living in Oxford in 1850; he ÆE 84 and she Æ 71.
Children :
Joseph Cates, b. Aug. 6, 1799, m. Rosmond - and had Ellen Jane, b. Mar. 1, 1827.
John Stephens, b. Jan. 3, 1802, m. Sarah H. - and had Jedediah Cates, b. Feb. 19, 1824; Henry Washing- ton, b. Feb. 27, 1826; Betsey, b. Jan. 7, 1828; Sam- uel Seth, b. Mar. 4, 1830, m. June 15, 1852, Mahala H. Glines of Turner; Peter, b. April 15, 1832; Leonard Freeman, b. Sept. 2, 1834; John Lewis, b. Feb. 16, 1838; Norono, b. 1841 and Imogine, b. 1846. Samuel, b. Jan. 23, 1804.
Hezekiah S., b. Sept. 22, 1805, m. Jerusha ---- and had Hester Ann, b. Sept. 4, 1829, d. May 30, 1851 ; John Francis Burns, b. Aug. 1, 1831; Nathaniel Atwood, b. Aug. 6, 1834, d. Mar. 22, 1839; James Aretas, b. June 1, 1836, m. 1855, Mary Saunders; Mary Celinda, b. Oct. 28, 1838; Susan Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1840;
Nancy M., b. 1843; Lydia A., b. Aug. 16, 1845; Hollis M. b. July 22, 1846 and Horace B., b. 1848. Elvira, b. June 10, 1807.
Reuben, b. July 23, 1812, m. July 5, 1838, Phœbe Mar- tin and had Margaret, b. June 26, 1839; Simon Har- dy, b. Sept. 21, 1840; James F., b. Feb. 27, 1845 and Flora A., b. Dec. 21, 1848.
Simon Harding, b. Sept. 10, 1814
Mary Cates, b. June 12, 1816, m, Mar. 9, 1837, John Martin.
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Aaron Warren, b. Mar. 6, 1818, m. Sept. 9, 1839, Mary Ordway and had Josephine, b. 1840; Angelia A., b. 1842: Christiana, b. July 7, 1846; Edwin W., b. 1848 and George T. M., b. 1850.
Tabitha Ann, b. July 28, 1821.
Warren Rich was found dead Sunday morning. Sept, I, 1889.
STEPHEN RICH and Leafy Whitney, both of Oxford, were married May 5, 1832, and had :
George Clinton, b. Aug. 16, 1833.
Charles Edgar, b. Nov, 27, 1834.
Albion Augustus, b. April 4. 1836.
Emeline Celestia, b. July 17, 1838.
Frances Ellen Warren, b. April 22, 1840.
武开CLAbD$.
JOHN RICHARDS settled in that part of Hebron (105) set off to Oxford; name changed to John Lee, see page 221. He had brothers Benjamin, at (106) Samuel, at (112) and Isaac, d. in Oxford, April 6, 1845. Their father, Tristram, lived with Samuel, where he. d. 1845. See Hist. of Paris.
RICHARDSON.
DAVID RICHARDSON is credited in Hebron with : - Hannah P., b. April 23, 1797 ; Sophia Darling, b. July 23, 1798; David, b. April 22, 1801 ; Otis, b. April 26, 1803 and Martin, b. July 25, 1805.
RICHMOND.
ELIAB RICHMOND bought of Mr. Shepard, in 1780, lot 9 (100 acres) in the 5th range, for which he promised to pay 150 bushels of good wheat. In March, 1798, he bought of Dr. Craigie, lot 8 in the 7th range, for $218. He was a private in Capt. Thomas Mayhew's co. at the seige of Bos- ton and was among the first to break ground in Oxford.
He was born in Middleboro. Mass. April 3, 1752, son of Henry and Sarah (Washburn) Richmond, a lineal descen- dant of the pilgrim, John. His wife was Hannah Holmes of Plymouth and their oldest children were born in that town. She was b. Sept. 9, 1753 and d. Mar. 19, 1848; he was instantly killed by falling from a load of hay July 13, 1831. Their children were :
Hannah, b. Aug. 3, 1774, m. Nathaniel Barrows who d. Sept. 14, 1829; she d. June 29, 1830.
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Ruth, b. Mar. 3, 1776, m. Ichabod Bryant. Israel, b. Jan. 9, 1778, m. Chloe Crooker. Jane, b. Dec. 28, 1779, m. John Frost of Noway.
Polly, b. Nov. 26, 1781, m. Arodus Bryant of Paris. Desire, b. July 1, 1784, m. Zebulon Bryant. Eliab, b. May 3, 1786, m. Sally Bullen. Simeon, b. July 28, 1788, d. Aug. 6, 1791.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 28, 1790, lived about two years.
Simeon, b. Mar. 12, 1793, d. June 28, 1810.
Esther, b. April 30, 1795, m. Ezra Wright.
Rhoda, b. July 9, 1797, m. Jesse Witham.
ISREAL RICHMOND, son of Eliab, m. Chloe Crooker of Hebron ; he m. 2d in 1802, his cousin Sarah, b. Sept. 9, 1780, dau. of George and Zylpah (Richmond) Bramhall of Plymouth. The family moved to Dixfield, Me. where he was drowned Aug. 12, 1822 ; his widow became the wife of William Worcester.
Children :
Martha, b. July 15, 1800, m. Eli Morse.
Chloe, b. Sept. 5, 1801, m. Benjamin Peterson.
Israel, b, May 10, 1803, m. Phoebe Bryant.
Sarah, b. Mar. 24, 1804, m. Erastus Hall.
Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1806, m. James White.
Lydia, b. Dec. 8, 1808, m. Zebulon Bryant and I. Mann. Simeon, b. May 1, 1810, d. at the age of eighteen.
Reuben, b. Oct. 1812, m. Serena H. Foster, went to Cal'a. Nancy and Ruth, died young.
Rosanna, b. Feb. 1822, d. unm. 1857.
Rosella, b. 1824, m. Alden Savery. Nathan, went to California.
ELIAB RICHMOND, Jr. m. June 13, 1811, Sally Bullen. He was a Captain in the militia and held other public offi- ces. He moved to Dixfield in 1815 and removed to Rum- ford in 1827. Children : Sarah Chase, b. June 10, 1812, d. in her fourth year.
Eliza Rawson, b. June 12, 1814, m. Samuel M. Smith of Dixfield.
Julia Ann, b. May 30, 1816, m. Dec. 30, 1857, Ephraim Bartlett of Bethel.
Daniel Eliab, b. Sept, 18, 1818, d. at the Theological Seminary, May 4, 1842.
Benjamin Franktin, b. July 14, 1820, m. Miss Wyman of Rumford. He died in Dixfield.
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Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 9, 1823, d. May 14, 1825.
Diantha Augusta, b. Sept. 14, 1825, m. Warren Robin- son, s. California.
William Crawford. b. Feb. 3, 1828, m. in California, J. Addie Reed.
Abigail Rawson, b. Aug. 25, 1831, d. Oct. 15, 1846.
Aurelia Malvina, b. Jan. 31, 1834, m. Charles B. Plum- mer and died in California in 1856.
ISREAL RICHMOND, Jr. m. June 30, 1831, Phoebe Bry- ant. They lived in Canton, Jay and (164) Oxford; both died in So. Boston ; she Sept. 14, 1886 and he Feb. 8, '87. Children :
Augustus C., b. Mar. 18, 1832, m. Mar. 17, 1851, Cynthia H. Crooker and had Augustus P. b. in Oxford Jan. 26, 1852, died June 29, 1861.
Albion K., b. Aug. 22, 1834, m. Nov. 21, 1858, Harriet A. Whitney of Charlestown. They had, born in Oxford, Warren A., b. Sept. 29, 1859, m. Maggie E. Pratt.
Henry L., b. Dec. 19, 1861. Edwin F., b. Aug. 20, 1864, m. Louisa Ann (Robinson), wibow of Dr. Edwin Wood, has a beautiful home on King street. Tracy I., b. So. Boston July 8, 1873, m. Lillian Whitney Holden.
Karl Denton, b. So. Boston Mar. 2, 1881.
Israel A., b. in Jay Mar. 11, 1836.
Irene A., b. Aug. 22, 1837, m. John Whitney and d. in Paris Nov. 7, 1874.
Chloe E., b. May 6, 1840, m. Daniel Sands.
Emerson Israel, b. Aug. 20, 1842, m. Elizabeth Styles of Norway, had Daniel S., b. in Oxford May 23, 1873 and died Sept. 30, 1898.
Julia A., b. Sept. 9, 1845, m. Elbridge McKuhn.
Jane P., m. James Farris and died at Oxford Aug. 1886.
KICKER.
TIMOTHY HUNT RICKER, son of Noah. was b. 1803 in Shapleigh, Me. He was a blacksmith, came from Otisfield to Craigies Mills in the fall of 1830, leasing house and shop on north side of King street, from Major Nortou. He later moved to a new house and shop neer the brick school-house and in 1848, he moved his family to Harrison. In that town he and his sons built up a large business manufacturing pla- ing and other machines, their own patents. His wife, Dru- silla, was born May 9, 1802, dau. of Nathan and Olive
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(Weymouth) Wiggin of Parsonsfield ; she d. Oct. 19, "79; he d. July 29, 1891.
Children :
Nathan Wiggin, b. April 1, 1828, m. Louisa Sanford of New York City, he lives there.
Sherburne Haskell, b. Dec. 17, 1830, m. 1854, Amelia Martin of Bridgton who d. in 1861 ; he m. 2d, the next year, Abbie Merrow of Harrison who d. in 1867, and in Aug. 1871, he m. 3d, A. Maria Kneeland of Harrison. He d. in Harrison, Jan. 3, 1902.
Horatio Swasey, b. Jan. 10, 1832, went to Cal'a. in 1849. Charles Franklin, b. Aug. 24, 1834, m. Zilpah Brickett
who d. in 1881 ; he m. 2d, Cora Burnham, s. Harrison. Olive Jane, b. Dec. 14, 1836, m. Hartley Lewis.
Freeland Holmes, b. July 19, 1839, m. Mary Tourtellotte ; he is a trader in Harrison.
Alvin Parsons, b. Aug. 13, 1841, m. Fannie Tibbetts, he lives in Harrison.
Mary Ellen, b. Dec. 16, 1843, m. John N. Smith.
ROBERTS.
ISAAC ROBERTS and Abigail Merrill, both of Hebron, m. Dec. 11, 1808 ; a child of theirs d. the following year.
ROBBINS.
JOSEPH ROBBINS was a Serg't. in Capt. Jacobs' Plymouth Co. in 1780, and was, probably, the Joseph Robbins who died in Hebron Sept. 10, 1819, Æ 57; his wife, Lucy, d. Oct. 26, 1816, Æ 58.
Children, as per Hebron records : Sally, b. May 18, 1788; Thomas, b. May 7, 1790; Calvin, b. Nov. 29, 1792, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Sally Cous- ins and had Sally, b. Oct. 17, 1825; Joseph Thomas, b, April 5, 1827, d. in second year ; Clarissa, b. Nov. 14, 1828, and a child, b. Dec. 22, 1829. Leander, b. Oct. 29, 1795.
NATHANIEL ROBBINS of Plymouth bought, in 1801, of Elnathan and Lydia Lucas of Hebron, one half of lot 10, in the 9th range, 2d div. and the whole of the adjoining lot in the 8th range. He is credited in Hebron, name of wife not given, with children, as follows :- Nathaniel, b. Feb. 7, 1803; Charles, b. Aug. 26, 1804, d. in his second year ; Oliver, b. Mar. 15, 1805 and Charles, b. June 2, 1806.
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Elizabeth Robbins and Jonathan Lucas, both of Hebron, were m. Jan. 1802
Sally Robbins and Abraham Heath, m. July 21, 1803.
ROBINSON.
SAMUEL ROBINSON, son of Elijah of Barre, Mass., late of Paris, came to Hebron before the town was incorporated He had lot 7 in the 5th range and was the Captain of on of the companies that marched to the defence of Portland.
He m. Feb. 11, 1793, Sally, b. Mar. 16, 1763, daughte; of Ebenezer and Sarah (Chase) Rawson of Paris. She d at Oxford Mar. 2, 1835 and he m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1835, Mrs Elizabeth Williams; she was living in the family of Sam- uel, Jr. in 1850, Æ 86. Mr. R. was b. Mar. 25, 1761, an: d. at Oxford Dec. 28, 1836.
Children :
Prescott, b. Jan. 27, 1794, a cadet at West Point in 1817. George, b. May 28, 1797, m. Feb. 16, 1820, Hannah, b Jan. 31, 1789, dau. of Stephen March of Worsester, Mass They lived at (190) Oxford, where she d. Jan. 2, 1877 he d. April 8, 1890. Their children were: George Oli ver, b. Mar. 13, 1821, graduated from Bowdoin Colleg in 1849, taught school, read law and settled in the prac- tice in Blomington, Ill. He m. Aug. 23, 1854, Marianne Greene and is now living in Cambridge, Mass. Stephen March, b. May 7, 1822, lived three weeks; Milton, b. April 19, 1823, m. Sylvia Jane Farrington, and died at Mechanic Falls, Aug. 1, 1876. Everline Prudentia, d. May 16, 1826, d. Oxford, Aug. 1, 1893 ; Julia, b. Aug. 19, 1828, d. in her fourth year, and Sally Rawson, b. Jan. 19, 1831, d. Feb. 8, 1836.
amuel, b. July 15, 1802, m. Mar. 21, 1825, Mary W. Williams of Hebron. They lived at (203) Oxford, where he d. May 20, 1872. Their children were: Samuel Williams, b. Feb. 6, 1830; Mary Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1832, m. Nov. 22, 1851, Abiatha Richmond of Greene, and Caroline Elizabeth, b. Jnne 16, 1837.
JOSEPH ROBINSON, son of James and Mary (Aspen) Robinson, was b. May 9, 1812 in Hunslett, near Leeds, Eng. His father was a wool dyer, and he "began to work and picen behind a spinning-jack before he was nine years old". He served a regular apprenticeship in dyeing, at Leeds, worked at his trade in Germany and Austria, and in
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1838 he arrived in New York with less than the price of a dinner in his pocket. Men of his capability are always in demand, he was a born "Captain of Industry" and after a few years employment at his trade, he was promoted to the superintendency of mills, and about 1850, he was induced by John Hall to come to Oxford and take an interest in the factory. On the retirement of Mr. Hall, Mr. R. commenc- ed extensive improvements, greatly improving and increas- ing the product of the mills, and in 1862 the Robinson Man- facturing Co. was incorporated, with himself as manager.
He was united in marriage, Mar. 26, 1833, in the church at Leeds, with Frances Ann, b. Nov. 28, 1814, daughter of Thomas Lewis. She bore him sixteen children and died sincerely loved and respected, Nov. 18, 1890. Their home in Oxford was in the little cottage, opposite the head of King street; increasing wealth made no change in their habits or manner of living. He d. Mar. 6, 1895.
Children ;
Isabel, d. in her fifth year.
Mary Sarah, m. George J. Parrott, s. Oxford.
ames, b. Oct. 27, 1836, d. Dec. 1, 1838.
lizabeth, b. at sea, Sept. 11, 1838, d. Oct. 2, 1838. rancis, twin with Elizabeth, m. George E. Andrews.
Thomas Lewis, b. Aug. 3, 1840, m. Louisa Weeks, had sons Jos. Lewis and Chas. Albert. He d. June, 1890.
Joseph R., b. May 7, 1842, d. Jan. 15, 1843.
mily, b. Nov. 27, 1843, d. Sept. 12, 1883. liam, b. Oct. 6, 1845, d. at sea, June 8, 1847.
Louisa Ann, b. May 19, 1848, m. Dr. Ebwin Wood and had Arthur; both husband and son d. in 1887. She m. 2d, Edwin F. Richmond, lives in Oxford.
Lucretia Adeline, b. June 9, 1850, m. Robert A. Whyte, had Oena M. and d. Sept. 10, 1890.
John Baliey, b. Aug. 16, 1852, m. Cora B. Millett and had Joseph and Leotine. He is Pres. of the Mfg. Co. selina Almira, h. Dec. 5, 1854, m. Thomas Carr.
Henrietta I., b. Feb. 16, 1857, d. May 18, 1877. A child. d. unnamed.
Alber. siward, b. May 20, 1862, d. Jan. 1, 1898. He was the company's Agent.
ROTHE.
ZACHEUS ROWE, in Hebron before the incorporation, had lot 5, in the 4th range, by agreement with Mr. Shepard, "in
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his life time". Bethiah, his wife, d. Aug. 13, 1831, 2 77 y. 5 m. Children, as per Hebron records :
Bethiah, b. Feb. 12, 1775, m. Aug. 9, 1800, Joseph Bar- rett of Sumner.
Solomon, b. Oct. 14, 1776.
Zacheus, b. Sept. 6, 1778.
Dimick Day, b. Sept. 4, 1780, m. Mar. 17, 1802, Hannah Drake and had Susannah, b. Apr. 20, 1805, m. 1826, Ivory Tarbox ; Solomon, b. Sept. 19, 1807 ; Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1810; Zachariah, b. Sept. 9, 1813, d. in his 2d year; Zachariah, b. Dec. 30, 1816; Martha, b. Dec. 29, 1819; Mahala, b. Apr. 22, 1823; Bethiah, b. Oct. 12, 1824 and Polly, b. Dec. 24, 1825.
Benjamin, b. May 16, 1782, m. Nov. 18, 1802, Hannah Decoster and had Priscilla, b. May 8, 1803, m. Nov. 7, 1822, Ebenezer Irish of Buckfield. Louisa, b. Feb. 6, 1805, m. Apr. 1822, Solomon Doble of Sumner. Sally, b, Apr. 14, 1807 ; Caroline, b. Apr. 21, 1809; Samuel, b. May 6, 1811 ; Betsey, b. Dec. 14, 1812 and Chloe, b, Feb. 13, 1817.
Betsey, b. Sept. 23, 1783, m. Rogers Decoster.
Joseph, b. May 23, 1785, m. Apr. 9, 1807, Eleanor Irish and had Almeda, b. Mar. 21, 1808; Eleanor, b. Nov. 8, 1809, m. George Bicknell of Buckfield; Rebecca, b. Aug. 3, 1812 ; Charles G., b. May 10, 1814; Syl- vira, b. June 28, 1816; Joseph W., b. June 27, 1818 ; Abigail B., b. Aug. 27, 1820.
Polly, b. Aug. 24, 1786, m. Solomon Morgan.
Sally, b. Sept. 23, 1791, m. Seth Keene.
JOHN ROWE, b. Dec. 16, 1757, son of David of Glouces- ter, Mass. served in the Revolution and was pensioned for his service. He m. Aug. 9, 1791, Mary Gardiner ; resided in Minot, and later in that part of Hebron known as the Webber district. He was living in Oxford in 1830, and in 1840, was living in the family of Mary Sturtevant, in Paris. His wife d. in Oxford, Aug. 20, 1832, Æ 74 years; he d. June 28, 1845.
Children :
John, m. Polly Davis, lived in Oxford, names of children not reported, but in 1830 his family consisted of 3 males and 3 females, all under twenty years of age. Both him- self and wife were living in 1850; he aged 69 and she 74 years. Their son John, m. Dec. 26, 1831, Jane Hill of
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Paris ; he m. 2d, Oct. 18, 1837, Miranda Pike of Oxford and had Granville, b. 1838.
Joseph, died in infancy.
Susan, b. Sept. 21, 1785, d. at (26) Oxford, unmarried. Aug. 9, 1871.
Joseph, b. Jan. 7, 1788, m. Jan. 6, 1811, Mrs. Elizabet] Éaton, b. Apr. 24, 1786, dau. of David Whittemore.
By her first husband she had three daughters, viz : - Eliza Eaton, m. Archelaus Fuller of Norway and 2d, Sumner Frost of the same town. Ann Eaton, m.
McIntire, and Caroline Eaton, m. Feb. 21, 1833, Thomas Martin of Greenwood.
They had, born in Hebron, Samuel Allen, b. Nov. 16, 18II, m. Sept. 15, 1839, Jerusha G. Webber, who with her infant, d. Dec. 9, 1842. He m. 2d, Aug. 17, 1843, Martha Pierce of Norway, had Adnah Dennison, b. Mar. 22, 1846 and d. July 23, 1850. Susan, b. July 14, 1813, d. April 22, 1823. Stephen Pottle, b. July 4, 1815, m. April 13, 1840, Elizabeth P. Mixer; he m. 2d, Jan. 6, Elvira Stevens, lives at Bryants Pond. Isaac Atwood, b. Aug. 10, 1817, m. Jan. 15, 1843, Judith Rowe; he d. Mar. 4, 1868, at Woodstock. Abigail, b. Mar. 20, 1819, m. Jan. 1, 1840, Zebulon Rowe. Joseph Gardi- ner, b. Oct. 21, 1820, m. Nov. 13, 1845, Deborah R. Whitehouse, s. (107), had Frederick, b. Sept. 19, 1847. David Whittemore, b. Oct. 12, 1822, m. Aug. 10, 1851, Emily C. Billings ; he d. at Oxford, April 3, 1861. Tim- othy, b. Oct. 17, 1824, m. Oct. 8, 1848, Lucinda Bil- lings. Hannah, b. July 13, 1827, m. Simon Billings. Gideon, b. and d. in Oct. 1829.
Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1789, m. Andrew Case ; she d. at her sister Susan's, in 1852.
David, died young.
Nathan, m. June, 1822, Harriet J. Dyer of Otisfield, and had George. b. Mar. 26, '23 and Emily, b. June 14, '24.
SIMEON and REBECCA ROWE had in Hebron, Merrill Jordan, b. Oct. 18, 1819.
WILLIAM and SARAH ROWE had in Hebron, Newell V. b. Oct. 19, 1821 ; Loramantha, b. June 25, 1824 and Wil- liam E., b. Sept. 26, 1828.
Lydia Rowe and William Stanley, both of Oxf. pub. 1834. Olive Rowe and James Stanley, both of Oxf. pub. 1834.
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RUSSELL.
Solomon Russell and Nabby Wright, both of Hebron, were m. May 21, 1807.
Ephraim Russell of Hebron and Betsey Crooker of Buck- field, pub. int. m. in 18II, and in 1824, Ephraim Russell of Hartford and Sally Crooker of Hebron were pub.
Nathaniel Russell, upwards of 70 years of age, and fanı- ily, consisting of one female under 60, two under 30, two under 20, and two males under 20, were living in Oxford at the time of its incorporation.
Joseph Russell and Zylpha W. Morse were m. July 29, 1837 ; lived at (III) Oxford. He was b. in 1812 and his wife was two years older. Their children were :
Joseph B., b. 1840; Octavia E., b. 1842 ; Daniel R., b. 1844; George, b. May 22, 1845; Horace M., b. June 29, 1847, and John, b. 1849. Family went out West.
Philo E. Russell, brother of Joseph and two years his enior, occupied the farm after his brother's removal. He ad wife Aurelia, b. 1807, and sons Sylvester, b. 1839 and George, b, 1841.
SAMPSON.
NATHANIEL SAMPSON, b. 1802, with wife Lydia settled in Oxford before 1840, and is credited with children as fol- lows: Octavia, b. 1830; Louisa C., b. 1832; Sarah Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1834 · Angelia, b. April 8, 1836, and Lydia A., b. 1841.
LUTHER and MARY SAMPSON are credited in Oxford with Andrew L., b. May 1, 1844.
SANBORN.
BENJAMIN SANBORN, Jr. and Sally Hilborn, both of Ox- ford, were m. Jan. 14, 1834. He was born in 1811, lived on Pidgeon Hill; his father was living with him in 1850, Æ 77 years. Children :
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