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Francis Augustus, b. Feb. 27, 1835, d. May 1843.
Ellen Maria, b. July 4, 1841.
Harlan P., b. Sept. 20, 1848.
SAUNDERS.
NATHANIEL J. SAUNDERS, b. 1806, lived (15) Oxford.
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By wife Hannah, he had Mary, b. 1838; Jane, b. 1840; John C., b, 1843, and Eliza C., b. July 14, 1845.
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ABNER SHAW was b. Mar. 6, 1784, son of Abner6 and Abigail (Eaton) Shaw. His mother was a lineal descend- ant of the Mayflower Pilgrims, Francis Eaton and John Alden. His parents had sixteen children, only seven sur- vived infancy. The family came to Paris soon after 1790 and settled on lot 6, in the 7th range, the same being now occupied by their g. grand-son, William C. Shaw. The Oxford Shaws are descendants of Abraham' and Bridget (Best) Shaw, who came from Halifax, Eng. about 1635, and died at Dedham, Mass. in 1638, in line as follows, viz : John3 and Alice (Phillips) of Weymouth ; Benjamin3 and Hannah (Bicknell) of Taunton ; Benjamin+ and Margaret (Dean) of Middleborough ; John5 and Hannah [White ] of Middleborough; Abner6. Abner7 was a housewright, set- tled at Craigies Mills, about 1812, and engaged in trade. He later sold his stock to his brother Cyrus, built himself a house on Pleasant street |65 ] and worked at his trade and in the saw-mill until a short time before his death, Oct. 16, 1858. He m. Mar. 1, 1807, Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1787, dau. of Daniel and Phœbe [Doughty] Cary , who d. Feb. 8, '68. Children :
Jane Doughty, b. at Paris, Sept. 2, 1808, m. Lorenzo D. Lombard; she d. at her bro. Albert's, New York city, Oct. 8, 1899 and was buried at Oxford.
Harriet Eaton, b. at Otisfield, June 3, 1811, m. David W. Cates ; she d. at Blackstone, Mass. Aug. 1895.
Albert Eaton, b. April 1, 1823, m. Nov. 28, 1849, Harriet Eliza, dau. of Wm. R. Cobb of Portland ; he d. in New York city, Sept. 11, 1901.
Emily Rosella, b. Feb. 19, 1828, d. the following Oct. Edwin Augustus, b. Sept. 11, 1829, m. Oct. 4, 1853,
Clara, dan. of Wm. G. Copeland ; he d. at Buffalo, N. Y. Feb. 5, 1883.
CYRUS SHAW, brother of Abner7, was b. Mar. 25, 1790. SER SKETCH PAGE 116. He m. Nov. 16, 1816, Hannah, dau. of Edward and Betty ( Shaw ) ( King ) Keith of Paris and d. Jan. 12, 1833. His wife was b. in Bridgewater, Ms. Feb. 12, 1797, m. 2d, Dennis Hayes, and d. Oct. 18, 1888. Children :
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Diana Eaton, b. May 23, 1819, m. June 8, 1844, Dr. S. H. Tewksbury ; she d. in Portland, Sept. 21, 1899. Albion Keith, b. Mar. 1, 1822, lived eighteen months. Albion, b. Aug. 22, 1824, lived thirteen months.
Cornelia E., b. Feb. 5, 1827, m. 1847, Francis Blake, s Portland; she d. Feb. 6, 1859 leaving one daughter.
SHEPARD.
EDWARD SHEPARD is credited in Hebron with daught. Adoline, b. Jan. 8, 1807; he was probably a kinsman ( .. Alexanber, the grantee ; see page 9.
SOMROLEFF.
ISAAC SHURTLEFF is credited in Hebron with Asaph, b. Dec. 10, 1797, d. Nov. 16, 1805 ; Sophia, b. Oct. 26, 1800; Isaac, b. April 19, 1804, and Irene, b. March 21, 1807. The Hist. of Paris says that he was a son of Zach- ariah of Plympton, that he died at Paris in 1818, Æ 44, leaving two daughters, Sophia, m. Henry Knight, s. Dex- ter, and Irene, m. Moses Kilgore of Newry. His wife was Abiah Soule, she became the second wife of John Kilgore of Bethel, and d. at Dexter, Apr. 4, 1875, aged 100 years, 6 months and 21 days.
JAIB SHURTLEFF, under 40, had a family at Oxford in 1830, consisting of one female under 40, and one under 20, one male under 30, one under 20, and one under 10.
Perhaps an error in spelling christen name, may have been intended for Giles.
GILES SHURTLEFF, son of Jonathan, Jr., was b. in Paris Mar. 31, 1798. He was a school teacher and farmer, ser- ved on the first School Board in Oxford, and continued an active friend of the schools here, also in Paris where he re- turned before 1840. He m. Jan. 15, 1828, Clarissa, daugh- ter of Daniel Bullen, and lived with him on what is now the town farm. Children :
Harlem P., b. Sept. 23, 1837, d. in the army, Apr. II, '63. Mary E., b. May 14, 1844.
ADOLPHUS SHURTLEFF and Mary A. Parsons, both of Oxford, m. Mar. 12, 1839. He was a brother of Giles, b. July 2. 1804; farm (175), no children reported.
William Shurtleff was living in Oxford in 1830, but was probably without a family.
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JOSEPH SMITH is credited in Hebron witn :
Rosanna, b. Aug. 29, 1800, d. Jan. 22, 1818.
Sally, b. Oct. 11, 1803.
Solomon, b. Sept. 26, 1806, d. Mar. 30, 1832. Sullivan, b. Mar. 23, 1809.
Clemena, b. Nov. 6, 1812, d. Aug. 23, 1834.
He died Feb. 23, 1836, Æ 64. Ruth, his widow dier April 6, 1845.
DANIEL SMITH, son of Josiah and Esther (Pool) Smiti was b. in New Gloucester Jan. 27, 1775, m. Dec. 2, 1798 Susan, b. July 12, 1778, dau. of Jonathan and Betty (Has kell) Bennett. She died Sept. 29, 1825, and he m. 2d, Ju- ly 13, 1828, Susan Cobb, who was b. Mar. 22, 1788. He was a shoemaker but a large portion of his time was spent on a farm. His three eldest children were born in New Gloucester, the others in Norway ; he came to Craiges Mills in 1828, and soon after took a farm | IIO] on Fore street, where he died July 20, 1870.
Children :
Jonathan Bennett, b. Aug. 17, 1800, m. Lydia, dau. of
Joseph Rust ; he s. at Norway and d. Oct. 15, 1853. Lavinia, b. May 4, 1803, d. unm. at Norway, Apa. II, '96. Mark Pool, b. Aug. 2, 1806, m. Jane, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Pike) Tucker. He lived at Norway, server in town offices, Representative, County Treasurer, etc He m. 2d, Susan, dau. of William Tenney of Weirs. N H. and died in 1870.
Luther Farrer, b. Sept. 6, 1808, d. Aug. 26, 1811.
Sebastian Streeter, b. Feb. 1, 1819, m. Nov. 16, 1843, Nancy, b. July 5, 1816, dau. of Joseph Mixer ; she d. Feb. 19, 1884. He lived with his father on Fore street, and is a leading citizen ; both his father and himself ser- ved as Treasurer of Oxford, he served 18 years on the Board of Selectmen, was a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and for twelve years, he was Treasurer of the State Grange P. of H. He has a son, Howard Dan- iel, b. Aug. 16, 1844, m. Sept. 22, 1869, Mary Cole, dau. of Elhanan and Sally (Curtis) Whitman. He lives at Norway, has been Cashier of the National Bank since 1875. He is a prominent Freemason, a P. G. Warden, etc. Ruth Bennett, b. Mar. 3, 1820, m. Solomon S. Hall of Norway ; she d. Nov. 8, 1850.
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JOHN SMITH, laborer, and wife Rachel are credited in Oxford, with George F., b. June 4, 1846, and Ann, b. Oct. 1, 1848.
John Smith of Oxford and Rebecca York of Pownal, pub. int. m. Feb. 25, 1853.
Lewis Smith, farmer, b. 1815, lived at "Moose Yard" (33) in 1850; his family consisted of Dolly, Æ 55 and Betsey, Æ 19.
SNELL.
ROBERT and POLLY SNELL are credited in Hebron, with Polly, b. Nov. 23, 1788, d. Oct. 12, 1800.
Robert, b. Feb. 2, 1790. Azel, b. July 3, 1794.
Joanna, b. July 28, 1797. Moses, b. Feb. 4, 1801. Joseph, b. Jan. 1803. Philena, b. Feb. 28, 1805, d. young. Philena, b. Feb. 4, 1807.
He was a Selectman of Hebron in 1805 ; later he removed to Poland, near Thompson Pond.
Robert Snell, Jr. of Poland and Bethia Keene of Hebron were m. Oct. 30, 1808.
Joshua and Mary Snell are credited in Hebron, with Mary Ann, b. May 1, 1826, and Joshua, b. Feb. 11, 1828.
SOMES.
SILAS P. SOMES came to (12) Oxford before 1850. He was b. 1812, worked in the tan-yard. His wife, Susan, was b. 1813. They had, born in Mass. Susan M., b. 1842 and Henrietta, b. 1844.
#OPER.
PARKER SOPER and Ann Young, both of Hebron, were m. Feb. 24, 1822, and are credited with :
Daniel Young, b. Feb. 15, 1824.
Rachel Ann, b. Dec. 21, 1825.
Levi Soper, under 40, had in Oxford, in 1830, a family consisting of one female over 30, one over 20, one over 15, and one male over 10.
SOHLE.
JAMES SOULE of Shepardsfield and Molly Holmes of New Gloucester pub. int. m. Aug. 18, 1787. He bought, in 1794, of Isaac Bolster of Paris, lot 6, in the 6th range, 2d division and two years later he sold part of the lot to Zadok Dean of
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Hebron. He opened the first tavern in town and continued to keep open house until his death, Mar. 25, 1830. His wife was born in 1768, received a pension on account of his service in the Revolution and lived to be very aged.
Children :
James, b. Jan. 31, 1789, m. May 8, 1814, Hannah Mars- ton and had Louisa Jane, b. Oct. 20, 1820.
Martin, b. Jan. 14, 1791 ; he was a stone-cutter, immensely strong in his arms, but hopelessly cripple in his legs. He lived to be quite an old man ; unmarried.
Polly, b. April 19, 1793, m. Oct. 1816, Eleazer Holmes of Hartford, Me.
Alexander, b. July 12, 1795.
Otis, b. Jan. 8, 1800, m. Sarah Steadman, lived in Oxford. Galen, b. Jan. 7, 1802, m. May 1826, Clarissa Dudly of Minot. They s. (189) Oxford and had Isabel, b. Aug. II, 1827. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 17, 1829, lived 3 years. George, b. Mar. 7, 1831. Eliza Jane, b. Feb. 23, 1833, m. Abraham Dean, Jr. Rebecca, b. Feb. 3, 1835. Albert, b. 1839 and Louisa, b. 1842.
Lothrop L., b. 1808, cordwainer, like his brother Martin, his legs were crippled, and he never married. Their lo- comotion nicknamed one "Creeping Soule" and the other "Jumping Soule."
Miranda, b. Nov. 12, 18II.
Columbus Soule of Oxford and Patience A. Moody of Harrison were m. Mar. 3, 1834.
Horace C. Soule, b. 1814, came to Craigies Mills about 1844 and engaged in trade ; he is reported removed to Cal- ifornia. By wife Lucinda, he is credited with :
Augustus, b. 1839. Harriet E., b. 1841. Llewellyn, b. 1843. Janett, b. Dec. 4, 1844. Martha, b. Mar. 8, 1846. Alfred H., b. Mar. 4, 1848. Edwin M., b. Dec. 26, 1849
SPALDING.
WILLIAM SPALDING m. Dec. 6, 1819 Rebecca Swallow of Buckfield and had in Hebron ;
William Crooker, b. Jan. 17, 1821.
John Franklin, b. Dec. 10, 1824.
STANLEY.
JAMES STANLEY and Lydia Rowe, both of Oxford, were m. April 20, 1834 ; s. (28).
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WILLIM STANLEY and Lydia Rowe, both of Oxford, were m. Apr. 20, 1834, s. (30) and had George W., b. April 4, 1835.
ANDREW STAPLES, b. 1780, s. Hebron, now (100) Ox- ford where he d. July 18, 1841. He m. 2d, Dec. 1826 Pa- tience Allen of Pownal. By wife Sarah he is credited with Children as follows :
King, b. Nov. 18, 1808, d. May 9, 1815.
Eliza, b. Sept. 19, 1810, d. Mar. 25, 1832.
Sally, b. April 13, 1813, m. Capt. Otis F. Mixer.
Andrew, b. July 28, 1815.
Almena, b. July 4, 1818, m. Mar. 18, 1840 Eleazer Aus- tin Holmes of Paris.
Harriet, b. Nov. 4, 1820, m. June 30, 1845 John J. Dorr of Ipswich, Mass.
Alvin T., b. Dec. 25, 1823, d. Oct. 15, 1842.
William King, b. June 6, 1825, lived on home farm, tra- der at Welchville, removed to Portland in 1866 where his widow is now living. His wife was Jane, daughter of Thomas Morey ; They had five children.
SIMON STAPLES, b. 1786, brother of Andrew, m. Feb. I, 1818 Mrs. Sally Perkins, widow of Ephraim Washburn, s. (127) and had :
George W., b. Oct. 10, 1819, m. Flora L. daú. of Loved Andrews and had Louisa, b. June 5, 1848; George D., b. Nov. 1849 and others. He d. Jan. 22, 1896.
Cyrus E., b. Sept. 18, 1822, m. Elizabeth Chute and had Charles A., b. April 9, 1847 ; Julianna, b. Aug. 6, 1848 and others. He d. June 1, 1884.
Sarah A., b. 1828, m. Cyrus Crowell.
DAVID STAPLES, b. 1788, brother of Andrew, m. Nov. 28, 1813 Abigail Gardner, s. (101) and had :
Olive, b. Nov. 3, 1815, d. Dec. 24, 1825.
John G., b. July 19, 1819, m. Nov. 27, 1842, Sophia A. Woodsome of Falmouth and s. on the home farm. They had seven children, five died of diphtheria within a few days of each other. Roscoe G. Staples, trader at Welch- ville, the accomplished Town Clerk, is their son.
Orrin, b. Dec. 24, 1822, d. Oct. 2, 1842.
Miranda S. C., b. Dec. 10, 1823. Alden C. C. b. Jan. 21, 1826.
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JOSEPH, A 31 and SARAH STAPLES, A 23, were living at Oxford in 1850, having sons, Augustus M. Æ 5 and Charles F., Æ 3 years.
SHEADMAN.
WILLIAM STEADMAN m. Aug. 6, 1793, Cynthia Gardner, having previously secured a lot in Shepardsfield. Their children appear to have been born in Hebron, but the fam- ily went to Foxcroft, where he died in 1848, aged 75; wife died in May 1859, aged 87.
Children :
John, b. June 19, 1794, s. Foxcroft.
Samuel Whittemore, b. Dec. 18, 1795, pub. int. mar. with
Alathea Crooker of Minot, Jan. 15 and d. Mar. 1, 1820. Amasa, b. April 8, 1798, m. Sally Washburne. . Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1800, m. William Pratt of Foxcroft. Lavina, b. July 4, 1803, m. Lloyd Andrews.
William, b. June 10, 1805, m. Olive G. Sampson.
Hiram, b. May 22, 1807, m. Ann, dau, of Capt. Timothy Hazeltine of Foxcroft.
Walter, b. Aug. 16, 1809, had two wives.
Eleanor, b. Aug. 8, 1812, d. unm. at the age of 22.
The father of Mr. Steadman was William, a soldier in the Revolution, d. of fever in the army, leaving widow, nee Randall, sons Amasa, John and William, and dau. Eliza- beth who m. Samuel Whittemore of Hebron. Widow m. Chamberlain and had children.
JOHN STEADMAN, son of William, m. Mary Kingsbury, settled on Pidgeon Hill. He m. 2d, Aug. 29, 1813 Mrs. Patience Morse of Minot and died Oct. 21, 1829.
Children :
Sarah, b. Jan. 5, 1795, m. Sept. 29, 1822 Abial Pratt. Margaret, b. Mar. 19, 1798, m. Mar. 28, '24, Benajah Pratt. Payson, b. April 20, 1800, d. unm. June 22, 1830.
Hannah Fuller, b. Mar. 15, 1802, m. April 21, 1829 James Weeman of Oxford.
Hezekiah and Nathaniel, twins, b. April 10, 1805, d. young. Mary Fuller, b. June 24, 1806, d. unm. Nov. 6, 1830. Lucy, b. June 6, 1809, d. unm. Cynthia Hill, b. Nov. 24, 1816.
Clarissa, b. June 9, 1819, d. Feb. 29, 1832.
AMASA STEADMAN, son of William, Jr. m. May 10, 1821 Sally, dau. of Manassah Washburn. He lived several years
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on Pidgeon Hill, and is credited in Oxford with children as follows :
Delphina, b. Oct. 25, 1822, m. Sprague Keene.
Ephraim M., b. Oct. 1, 1825, m. Ann, dau. of James Whitney of Canton. He is a merchant in Portland.
Harriet, b. Jan. 19, 1833, m. N. Harmon Burnham.
Christiana. b. July 7, 1835, m. Greenleaf Burnham.
WILLIAM STEADMAN, brother of Amasa, had a settle- ment in Oxford, also in Foxcroft. He m. Nov. 22, 1827 Olive G. Sampson, b. N. Bridgewater, Mass. June 10, 1807, d. July 23, 1885. He d. at Sebec, Oct. 1893. Children :
Mahala Dean, b. Sept. 15, 1828, lived fourteen days. Joseph Clark, b. Dec. 15, 1829.
Mary Jane, b. June 6, 1832, d. in her fourth year.
William Henry, b. Mar. 27, 1839, m. Martha M. Keene. Amasa Southard, b. Oct. 3, 1837, d. in his fourteenth year. Anna M., b. Aug. 8, 1841, m. Seth M. Keene; d. 1869. George Francis Baker, b. Feb. 26, 1845.
John Ammi, b. Aug. 16, 1847, d. Oct. 3, 1850.
Sarah C., b. June 3, 1851,
$HETENS.
BEBJAMIN STEPHENS had in Hebron dau. Parmelia, born Sept. 28, 1794 and a dau. Hannah, died Dec. 30, 1795.
STEPHEN GREENLEAF STEVENS of Rumford and Christ- iana Cushman of Oxford were m. Nov. 17, 1842. They lived for a time in Oxford and then went to Minn.
Children :
Eleazer C., b. Dec. 7, 1845, lived three weeks.
Eleazer Cushman, b. Sept. 22, 1846.
Mary A., b. July 7, 1847. Sarah A., b. Mar. 4, 1848. Thomas O., b. Dec. 11, 1849, d. Feb. 28, 1850.
STONE.
ISAAC STONE is credited in Hebron with Isaac, b. July 15, 1794 ; Hannah, b. Dec. 7, 1795 ; Calvin, b. March 22, 1797 ; Charles, b. July 17, 1799; Polly, b. Sept. 18, 1801; Clarissa, b. Mar. 10, 1804 and Emily, b. Aug. 12, 18II.
DANIEL STONE of Oxford, b. 1810, and Belinda Lover- ing of Greenwood, b. 1814, were m. Dec. 1834. They had
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farm (86) side of the pond. Wife d. Aug. 31, 1847, and he m. 2d, Jan. 17, 1849, Lydia Keene. His father, Daniel Æ 69 and mother, Lydia Æ 67, were living with him in 1850. Children :
Melissa, b. Nov. 23, 1835. Alonzo Freeman, b. Aug.
3, 1837. John Fairfield, b. Sept. 9, 1839. Josephine,
b. June 17, 1841. David Gardiner, b. Dec. 25, 1844.
Francis Eugine, b. June 17, 1847. Belinda, b. Nov. 6,
1849. Orrington, b. Feb. 15, 1851.
STURTEVANT.
FRANCIS STURTEVANT, pensioned for service as Serg't in Mass. Continentals, bought lot 6 in the 9th range in Paris, which he sold to Dea. Caleb Prentiss and is now oc- cupied by the deacon's g. g. son, Dea. Carroll R. King.
About 1804 he came to Hebron and settled upon a farm afterwards occupied by his son Joseph. His wife Lois Bar- rows died Mar. 17, 1822; he died May 6, 1833.
Children :
Phobe, b. June 5, 1781, m. Dec. 1, 1808 Wm. Bruce. Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1784, m. April 19, 1806 Betsey Louisa Cole of Hartford.
Francis, b. June 30, 1786, m. Jan. 17, 1811 Sally Chand- ler and had Melinda Chandler, b. Aug. 13, 1812; Fran- cis J., b. April 20, 1815 ; A dau. b. Nov. 26, 1816, and Deborah, b. May 29, 1820.
Nathaniel, b. May 26, 1789, m. May 2, 1813 Melinda Chandler of Minot.
Joseph, b. May 9, 1792, m. Feb. 28, 1819 Mrs. Mary (Randall) Dunham and d. Feb. 8, 1871; she d. May 4, same year. They had Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1819; Jane Dunham, b. Jan. 22, 1821; Olive P., b. Sept. 27, 1823 and James D., b. Aug. 31, 1825.
Lois, b. Nov. 15, 1797, m. July 7, 1822 Nathan Newman. Benjamin, b. Sept. 4, 1799.
Polly, b. Mar. 25, 1802, perhaps m. John Howard, June 18, 1838.
ELIPHALET STURTEVANT and Rachel Pratt were m. Sep. 5, 1807. She d. Mar. 11, 1817, and he m. 2d, April 28, 1818 Polly Pratt who d. Nov. 16, 1833. He m. 3d, May 19, 1839 Mrs. Eunice Field ; he is on record as Lieut. at his 2d m. and credited in Hebron with children as follows : Samuel, b. April 3, 1809. Susanna, b. Oct. 30, 1811.
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Thaddeus, b. Oct. 25, 1813, d. Jan. 6th following.
Eliphalet, b. Nov. 3, 1814.
Thaddeus P., b. Feb. 5, 1817, d. Jan. 6, 1864.
Zophar Williams, b. Aug. 27, 1821.
Anna Snow, b. Aug. 30, 1823.
Milton Coleman, b. Nov. 13, 1830.
William Pratt, b. Jan. 19, 1833.
SAMUEL SWIFT, son of Joseph, was b. at Sandwich, Mass. in 1794 ; family came to Paris soon after. He mar- ried Statira Gammon and s. in Hebron, now (137) Oxford They had Abigail, b. June 13, 1820, m. May 7, 1842. Charles P. Fuller of Oxford. He had other children.
Polly, wife of Samuel Swift, died in 1837 and Dec. & 1838 he m. Lenora, b. 1808, sister of Philo E. Russell. Children :
Charles O., b. Oct. 13, 1842, m. - Dean.
Orrin F., b. Mar. 15, 1846.
Phidela M., b. Nov. 19, 1848, m. W. O. Faunce.
CARBO ..
LEMUEL and SUSANNA TARBOX are credited in Hebron with children as follows :
Ivory, b. May 15, 1804, m. Nov. 30, 1826 Susan Rowe George, b. Feb. 7, 1806, m. Oct. 29, 1826 Diana Keen and had, at Oxford, Joshua Newell, b. June 10, 1827 lived until manhood with Dr. Tewksbury and then wei to Portland and engaged in trade. Margaret Amand: b. Feb. 11, 1829. Father d. May 16, 1832, and April ? 1833, Mrs. Diana Tarbox m. Orville Byram.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 11, 1807, d. June 30, 1812. Margaret, b. April 25, 1810.
Nicholas Hanson, b. Feb. 24, 1812; as Hanson Tarbox he is on record as the head of the family in Oxford i 1830. He m. Aug. 14, 1833 Harriet Washburn and hac George, b. June 27, 1834, and Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1838 He removed to Paris before 1850, where he m. Feb, 17, 1853 Miss Almira Sweet. Hannah, b, April 1, 1814.
Ephraim W., b. Jan. 27, 1816
Elijah, b. Feb. 20, 1818.
William K. b. June 30, 1820.
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TAYLOR.
ELIAS and PEGGY TAYLOR are credited, in Hebron, with Dorcas and Abigail, twins, b. Aug. 16, 1822.
Elder JOSHUA TAYLOR, by invitation of Dea. Cyrus Shaw, came to Craigies Mills, about 1830, to serve as a stated supply for the Baptist Church. He lived in the Greeley house, one of his sons had a little variety store and another made potash. A record of the family has not been furnish- ed but he had sons Nathaniel, William and Orrin, and daughters Fanny and Theodosia. Nathaniel was born in 18II, m. Oct. 27, 1834 Harriet Somes, and had Hannah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 18, 1839 and Philip K., b. 1842. Han- nah Somes, b. 1787, was a member of the family. William m. Mar. 9, 1840 Ann M. Ricker of Poland.
TRAUER.
PETER THAYER had lot 9 in the 5th range. He had been a soldier in the Revolution, serving several enlistments from the town of Plympton, Mass. The time of his coming is not reported, but he died in Shepardsfield Feb. 2, 1788. His widow, Ruth had a pension and lived to be very aged with her son Isaac at Oxford.
Children :
Isaac, d. Jan. 26, 1776; had the homestead.
Peter, b. Dec. 18, 1780, m. Nov. 12, 1807 Lucy Young of Buckfield, and is credited in Hebron with Alvira, b. Oct. 2, 1808 ; Gilman, b. Mar. 9, 1810; Simon, b. Feb. 20, 1812; Leonard O., b. Nov. 30, 1813, and Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1815.
Billy, b. Aug. 22, 1784.
John, b. Jan. 23, 1787, m. Dec. 4, 1817 Dardana Pratt, occupied farm (148) Oxford and had Abner Pratt, b, Jan. 26, 1821; succeeded his father on the farm, and Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1827.
ISAAC THAYER, son of Peter, had home farm (163) in Oxford. His widow, Deborah, b. 1776, was living on the old place, with her son Isaac A., in 1850.
Children :
Ruth, b. Jan. 23, 1799, m. June 22, 1817 Joseph Cum- mings, Jr. of Gray.
Isaac Allen, b. April 6, 1801, m. April 24, 1833 Rhoda Page of Saco. He was prominent in town affairs, Rep-
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resentative etc. Abigail Page, b. 1787, lived in the fam- ily. They had Edmund Page, b. June 18, 1834; Ab- bie Page, b. June 17, 1838, m. Geo. W. Thomas. Mary Tilton, b. May 27, 1840; Martha S., and Charles H. Harriet, b. April 16, 1803, d. July 13, 1819.
Hiram, b. Feb. 2, 1805, m. July 1, 1827 Maria Beals.
Christiana, b. Oct. 29, 1808, d. Nov. 27, 1815.
Deborah, b. Aug. 5, 1811, m. Apr. 27, 1840 Samuel Goff of Gray.
William, b. July 23, 1813.
Cyrus, b. Sept. 16, 1815, and Almond, b. Nov. 5, 1820.
EBENEZER THAYER and Abigail Knight, both of Oxford, were m. Aug. 13, 1843 ; wife and infant d. in Jan. 1845. In 1850 he was living in the family of Isaac A. Thayer, being then forty-four years old.
ARBA THAYER, son of Asa of Paris, m. Florilla Tuttle ; occupied farm (178) Oxford, removed to Paris.
THOMAS.
Dea. HOLMES THOMAS bought, in 1797, lot 10 in the 8th range, 2d div. of Hebron. He was b. June 12, 1755, m. July 10, 1777 Susanna Churchill, who was b. Jan. 19, 1758 and d. Sept. 19, 1835. He served in Col. Cotton's Regt. at the seige of Boston, having enlisted at Kingston, Mass, and for service in Mass. State troops, his name was added to the pension roll in 1833, pension to commence in 1818. He died March 26, 1836. Children :
Keziah, b. Feb. 8, 1778, lived sixteen days.
Lydia, b. July 12, 1780, m. Sept. 20, 1801 Elijah T. Davee. Lucy, b. Nov. 21, 1782.
Micah, b. Jan. 19, 1785, s. Dixfield.
Spencer, b. Mar. 31, 1787, m. - Waite, s. Dixfield. John, b. Aug. 20, 1789, s. Monmouth.
William, b. Jan. 8, 1792, m. Jan. 22, 1826 Harriet Brack- ett of New Gloucester, and had at Oxford, Elisha, b. Oct. 17, 1826; Catherine B., b. Apr. 22, 1828, d. in her 6th month; Atosa Greenwood, b. Oct, 9, 1830 ; Newell, b. 1832; Angeline, b. 1838 and Harriet, b. 1843. Rachel Thomas, b. 1785, lived in the family.
Nathaniel, b. April 20, 1794, d. in his 23d year.
Susanna C., b. Sept. 2, 1796, m. June 27, 1836 Simeon Perkins of Paris.
Mary Dingley, b. Dec. 25, 1798, d. unm. at Lowell, Ms.
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George Washington, b. Sept. 24, 1801, m. Sept. 15, 1831 Margaret Ann, b. Mar. 15, 1808, dau. of James Blank- enburg a soldier in the war of 1812-14 and never return- ed. Mr. Thomas was a farmer, s. first in East Oxford and on Col. King's removal to Portland, leased his farm at Craigies Mills ; he later had farm (167) where he d. Aug. 17, 1876; wife d. Jan. 25, 1886. Children :
George Washington, b. June 12, 1832, m. Nov. 1, 1858 Abbie Page Thayer and had Elmer Ellsworth, b. July 8, 1861. Wife d. Oct. 22, 1863, and Oct. 9, 1876, he m. 2d, Nancy Styles, dau. of Jacob Dresser of Stone- ham, Me. They had Abbie Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1878, d. unm. at Oxford, Jan. 28, 1896.
Simeon Perkins, b. Nov. 6, 1833, m. Nov .. 22, 1868 Martha Packard of Quincy, s. Wrentham, Mass.
Cyrus King, b. Apr. 20, 1835, m. Jan. 13, 1867 Maria E. Hall of Boston, s. in that city.
William Wallace, b. June 4, 1838, m. Clara Smith of Yarmouth, Me. He is a physcian in that town.
Helen Marr, b. Dec. 28, 1840, m. May 14, 1864 Frank L. Foss, lives in Portland.
Robert Carr, b. Feb. 10, 1843, m. Feb. 10, 1867 Celia Walker of Poland, lives at Welchville.
John Frederick, b. June 24, 1845, m. July 4, 1876 Em- ma Swett of Minot, lives at Mechanic Falls.
Adilaide C. b. Sept. 6, 1847, m. Wm. Ripley of Bethel. Lenora H., b. Sept. 20, 1851, m. Sept. 11, 1869 Steph- en Parsons, lives in Missouri.
OLIVER THOMAS, b. 1795, was living in Oxford in 1830, with family consisting of one female, under fifty, and one male, under fifteen. He m. May 10, 1840 Mrs. Laura (Thayer), widow of Austin Nelson, and thereafter made the Austin farm (205) his home. He died Nov. 23, 1853 ; wife died May 18, 1869.
ICHABOD M. THOMAS of Oxford and Olive Sears of Win- throp, were m. Oct. 13, 1837, s. (197) Oxford. He was born June 28, 1809, son of Elisha and Elizabeth Thomas, who died in Oxford, he, May 22, 1829, she, Apr. 11, 1830. They had Elizabeth, b. 1838; Francis S., b. 1840; Susan J., b. 1843, and Charles J., b. 1847.
Susan Sears, 2 67, was living in the family in 1850.
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THOMPSON.
DANIEL and SYBIL THOMPSON are credited in Hebron with Children, as follows :
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