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Calvin Winchester, b. Dec. 29, 1813, m. Elvira B. Shu leff and Maria A. Shurtleff.
John, b. Dec. 22, 1816, m. Sarah D. Bumpus.
Remember H., b. Oct. 15, 1818, m. Ebenezer Snell.
Jonathan R., b. Sept. 8, 1822, m. Ann M. Durell.
Jacob S., b. July 6, 1825, d. next year.
Augustus M., b. May 11, 1828, m. Nancy Shurtleff.
WHITNEY.
Hon. WILLIM CLARK WHITNEY, son of Joshua and Mar- tha (Clark) Whitney, b. in Worcester, Mass. Oct. 19, 1765, d. in Norway, Me. Oct. 6, 1865. See sketch p. 121. He m. Mar. 3, 1799 Sophia, dau. of Nathaniel Fuller ; he m. Dec. 6, 1816 Deborah, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Pierce) Patch of Otisfield, who d. Dec. 26, 1873, in her 87th year. Children, born in Hebron :
Mary Clark, b. Mar. 7, 1800, d. next year.
Harriet, b. Apr. 9, 1801, m. Dr. Solomon P. Cushman.
Fanny, b. Jan. 6, 1803, m. Stephen Cummings.
Sophia Fuller, b. Oct. 10, 1806, m. William Goddard.
William Clark, b. Nov. 21, 1809, d. unm. Mar. 1861.
Jane Fredrika, b. Oct. 25, 1812, m. J. S. Greenleaf. George Pierce, b. Aug. 13, 1819.
Deborah Patch and Sarah Pierce, twins, b. Mar. 22, 1822, both died in infancy.
Sarah, b. June 2, 1824, d. July, 1863.
Edwin, h. Sept. 8, 1829, d. June 19, 1832.
DANIEL WHITNEY, b. July 3, 1763, son of Joshua, s. in Oxford (98) before 1830, where he d. Feb. 1852. He was quite a joker, one of his sayings being that "brother Clark and I own more live stock than any two men in Oxford county" This was undoubtedly true, for in those days, much
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of the stock of the poorer farmers was owned by their more wealthy neighbors and kept on shares. Daniel, unlike his brother was not thrifty, and seldom had more than one cow.
His wife was Mary Ward and four children are reported, as follows : - Perley and Eunice did not marry ; George Clinton, m. Emmaline LaCroix and Leafy, m. May 5, 1833 Stephen Rich. She d. in Lawrence, Apr. 25, 1898.
GEORGE PIERCE WHITNEY, son of William Clark, lives on the home farm (165) Oxford. He is one of most prom- inent citizens, has served with fidelity in the legislature and other important offices, succeeding his father on the Board of Trustees of Hebron Academy and now its senior member. He m. Dec. 7, 1843 Ermina, b. Jan. 31, 1822, dau. of Judge Ephraim and Sarah (Barrows) Packard of Blanchard, Me. She d. Sept. 29, 1879.
Children :
Elizabeth Ermina, b. Nov. 30, 1844, m. Oct. 31, 1872 Wm. H. Motley, Esq. She d. May 12, 1878, in Deering. George Edwin, b. April 10, 1848, lived two years.
John Henry, b. Oct. 16, 1861, m. Lulu F. Golder.
Lillian May, b. Aug. 28, 1860, m. Dr. Eug. B. Holden. George Pierce, b. Dec. 28, 1863, m. Stella E. Millett.
THEITTEMORE.
SAMUEL WHITTEMORE had lot 2, in the Ist range, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Steadman and d. Jan. 23, 1822. Children, as per Hebron records :
Samuel b. Aug. 3, 1783, d. April 27, 1792.
Isaiah, b. Feb. 15, 1785, m. Nov. 30, 1809 Nabby Rip- ley, dau. of Gideon Bearce; s. in Paris.
Rebecca, b. Nov. 23, 1787, m. Moses Allen.
William, b. July 31, 1792, m. Dec. 3, 1818 Sally Merrill. Samuel, b. May 1, 1796, m. Nov. 6, 1817 Jerusha Nel- son and had Simon G., b. June 26, 1818; George E., b. Nov. 1, 1819 and others.
Betsey, b. Dec. 27, 1799, m. Sept. 22, 1822 Alden D. Dwinell of Minot.
Albion, b. July 29, 1803, d. July following.
Roxanna, b. Sept. 11, 1805, m. Jonathan Palmer.
ISAAC WHITTEMORE, prob. brother of Samuel, m. Deb- orah Weston and had lot 4, in the Ist range. He d. March 8, 1829. They are credited in Hebron with children as fol.
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Isaac, b. April 3, 1785, m. Aug. 14, 1807 Polly Dean, set- tled in Hebron. He was prominent in town affairs and four times Representative. Their children of record are Enoch, b. Dec. 28, 1808; Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1810, d. next year; Deborah, b. Feb. 2, 1811 ; Polly, b. May 5, 1812; Sarah, b. July 2, 1814; Isaac, b. Oct. 31, 1815 ; Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1817, d. in her third year :
William, b. July 16, 1818 and Rebecca, b. Dec. 26, '19 Sally, b. Oct. 3, 1786, m. Joseph Glover.
Ruth, b. April 10, 1790, m. Moses Marshall.
Lucy, b. April 9, 1792, m. Aug. 29, 1816 Thomas Crook er of Minot.
Levi, b. Mar. 26, 1795, m. Dec. 6, 1823 Sarah Fuller. Seth, b. Feb. 23, 1797, and Alathea his wife, are credited
in Hebron with Ruth Crooker and Marshall, twins, b. July 13, 1821 ; Orrin, b. April 21, 1826 and Lewister H., b. Jan. 7, 1829.
Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1799, d. Oct. 20, 1820.
Alfred, b. Feb. 2, 1801 and d. April 15, 1841. By wife Hannah he is credited in Hebron with Sarah Crooker, b. July 1, 1825 and Harriet, b. Sept. 8, 1821. His widow m. Nov. 9, 1845 John Archibald of Poland.
JOHN and RUTH WHITTEMORE are credited in Hebron with Roxanna, b. June 21, 1822 ; Joshua, b. Nov. 21, 1824; Alathea, b. May 6, 1827 ; Nancy, b. Feb. 3, 1830 and Harriet D., b. April 3, 1834.
RHODA WHITTEMORE of Hebron and Robert Deering of Denmark, were m. Aug. 29, 1816.
WHILLLES.
JACOB WILLIS of Hebron bought, in 1811, of Nathaniel and Lucy Cushman thirty-six acres of land in Hebron, be- ing a part of lot one in the second range. He died Sept. 18, 1820, Æ 52 years. By wife Parna, he had :
Sally M., b. Sept. 29, 1802, m. Veres Greenwood.
Fearing, b. July 8, 1804, by wife Joanna, is credited in Hebron with Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1829. Lucia F., b. July 18, 1811.
JOHN P. and ABIGAIL WILLS are credited in Hebron with Lydia, b. Sept. 15, 1820.
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JOSEPH WILSON, b. Dec. 28, 1799, son of Nathaniel of Falmouth, lived in Oxford (114) and died at Norway Dec. 25, 1876. He m. July 4, 1822 Sarah, b. Oct. 24, 1800, dau. of Job and Peace (Merrill) Ramsdell of Falmouth. In 1850, Mr. Ramsdell, Æ 75 and Peace, Æ 71, were liv- ing with their daughter, in Oxford. Mrs. Wilson died at Norway Mar. 19, 1877.
Children ;
ames Myrick, b. Dec. 27, 1823, m. Christiana, dau. of Benjamin Richards. They lived in the new house nearly opposite his father's old tavern and had children, as fol- lows :- Adelaide, b. Sept. 1, 1850, m. Darius Sanborn ; Isabella, b. Aug. 19, 1853 ; Medora, m. Charles Libby ; Frank Leslie, house-wright, lives on the home place ; George, m. Annie Hersey ; Elida, m. Edward Winslow of Norway ; Edith and Minetta.
A child, b. May 14, 1825, d. the same day.
Lepha Fields, b. June 24, 1827, d. Sept. 15, 1828,
Royal, b. Oct. 7, 1828, house-wright, m. Eliza Parker. He d. in Portland Sept. 2, 1900.
Martha Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1832, m. William D. Cordwell. Augusta Maria, b. Aug. 30, 1836, m. Dec. 3, 1857 Leon- ard Day. She is living, his widow, in Portland.
THINSLOTA.
AMASA WINSLOW and wife Nancy lived at Craiges Mills. His wife d. May 9, 1837 and he m. 2d, Mar. II, 1838 Caroline Gore of New Gloucester; left town soon after.
JESSE WITHAM and Rhoda Richmond were married in Hebron, Mar. 2, 1817 and are credited with :
Jesse C., b. April 1, 1818.
Ruth, b. Mar. 29, 1820.
ABSALOM WOOD d. in Hebron Apr. 28, 1841. Rebecca his widow d. Oct. 5, 1871, They are credited with :
Alonzo, b. Sept. 20, 1821 ; Alfred P., b. July 18, 1826 and Alonzo, b. Sept. 21, 1828.
ALFRED WOOD of Hebron and Mary Currier of Minot ,
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were m. Dec. 4, 1813. They are credited with Alfred William, b. Nov. 8, 1814 and Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, 1816.
EDWARD WOOD, Æ 45 and Elizabeth J. his wife, Æ 40, were living in Oxford in 1850. They had sons, William, Æ 12; Davis, Æ 9 and Charles, Æ 2. Richard Wiswell, aged 67, lived with the family.
DAVIS WOODWARD is credited in Hebron with children as follows : - Davis, b. Aug. 18, 1794; William, b. Jan. 24, 1796, d. Aug. 18, 1819; Jeremiah, b. Nov. 28, 1797 : Polly, b. Nov. 5, 1799; Moses, b. June 19, 1803 ; Anna, b. June 24, 1805 and Lydia, b. May 18, 1807.
Capt. CALEB WOODWARD, son of Caleb and Sally (Fos- ter), was born in Washington, N. H. Dec. 24, 1789. He was, by trade, a tanner and shoemaker, but prior to his coming to Maine, he carried on the farm of Judge Haven, at Dedham and he was, perhaps, influenced by him to set- tle in Hebron, Mrs. Haven being one of the Craigie heirs. Whitneys note book mentions the purchase, in 1820, by Mr. Woodward and George Hill, of land on county road, west side of the river, next to William Muzzey's. His resi- dence, in Oxford, was near the covered bridge, south side of King street ; his saw-mill, nearby, was a favorite place of resort for the village boys. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, but earned his title in the militia. He m. Ist, his cousin, Betsey Woodward, who had three children, viz :- Eliza Ann, b. in Brookline, Mass. June 11, 1816, d. young. Henry Augustus, b. in Dedham, April 26, 1819; he and Bathsheba Bearce lived several years at Col. King's and both were ever affectionately regarded as members of the family. He m. Feb. 22, 1846 Mary N. Frost, s. in Rox- bury, Mass. and employed as foreman in the factory of the Dennison Card Co. He d. April 3, 1878; his widow was living in 1899 with her dau. Mrs. W. H. L. Bart- lett at Newburyport, Mass.
Relief Whitney, b. in Hebron, Mar. 5, 1822, d. Aug. 22, 1823. Mrs. Woodward d. April 26, 1822 and he m. 2d , April 30, 1825 Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1796, dau. of Eb- enezer and Martha (Brock) Cary of Buckfield ; they had : William Elliot, b. Nov. 29, 1825, m. June 26, 1848 Clar_
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issa Eliza Rays of Norfolk, Conn. He was an Apothe- cary and widely known as a collector and dealer in rare coins, medals etc. He died in Roxbury, Mass. June 7, 1892. Caleb Leighton, b. Aug. 20, 1829, d. young. Mary Eleanor, b. Jan. 26, 1831, d. Feb. 10, 1832.
Charles Lowell, b. Aug. 20, 1833, m. Margaret Stuart, dau. of Alexander Clark of New York City. He is now living in New York, proprietor of the Antiquarian Book-store, 78 Nassau street.
THOREt.
JONATHAN WORK of Oxford, Æ 29 and Mary Sampson of Norway, Æ 19, were married Dec. 13, 1836. Children born in Oxford : Willis Farrington, b. Oct. 1, 1837.
Celia, b. Aug. 3, 1839, d. Jan. 21, 1848.
Charles F., died Nov. 17, 1849, Æ 8 years.
Maria E., died Oct. 24, 1849, Æ 5 years.
Mercy D., b. Jan. 11, 1847.
William, b. Aug. 1, 1849 and others.
SAMUEL WRIGHT bought, in 1801, lot 4 in the 7th range, 2d division, 80 acres, also 44 acres of lot 5 adjoining. A record of his family has not been found, his grandson, Silas N., says that he came to Hebron from Plympton, Mass. in 1792 and that his grandmother was Lydia Standish. The marriage of Samuel Wright of Plympton and Sarah Rich- mond, in 1783, is recorded in Plymouth ; prob. his 2d m.
NATHAN WRIGHT, son of Samuel, s. (162) Oxford. He was b. Sept. 8, 1778, m. Mar. 20, 1826 Ruth, b. July 25, 1799, dau. of Peter and Joanna (Rider) Durell of Paris. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, went to California in 1852 and died there April 20, 1854. His widow died at the home of her dau. in Portland, Oct. 29, 1886.
Children :
A child, b. May 22, 1829, d. in infancy. Kate, b. Dec. 22, 1831, m. Theo. Harmon ; s. Portland. Almira N., b. Feb. 22, 1833, m. Moses Bixby. Silas N., b. Oct. 31, 1835, lives at Oxford.
Augusta M., b. Jan. 12, 1837, m. T. L. Savage ; s. Boston. Susan D., b. May 12, 1840, m. Joseph Tellier; s. South Boston.
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EZRA WRIGHT, son of Samuel, m. Sept. 10, 1815 Es- ther, dau. of Eliab Richmond. They s. (154) in Oxford, where he d. Sept. 10, 1873, aged 87 years. His widow d. March 23, 1886, aged 91 years. Children :
Chandler, died Nov. 15, 1816.
Chandler, b. Jan. 7, 1817, d. Mar. 19, 1832.
Ezra Sewall, b. July 22, 1819.
Abigail, b. Sept. 4, 1821, d. Oct. 3, 1889.
Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1822, d. Sept. 25, 1826.
John F., b. Dec. 10, 1824.
Nathan R., b. Mar. 9, 1826.
George W., b. May 21, 1829, d. May 27, 1888.
Wilson W., b. 1837 and Esther A., b. 1840.
SAMUEL WRIGHT, Jr. was born in 1790, m. Dec. 28, 1819 Esther, b. 1797, dau. of James and Rachel Marston. They lived near George Robinson's, in Oxford; he was in Capt. Sam. Robinson's co. at the defence of Portland. Children : Daniel, b. Sept. 22, 1820, d. 1846. Sarah, b. Sept. 1822.
Samuel Chandler, b. Aug. 18, 1825.
William Clark, b. April 27, 1829.
Charles Henry Durell, b. Feb. 10, 1832.
Margaret Sutton, b. April 14, 1834.
Martha Jane, b. Mar. 15, 1837.
Ellen Louisa, b. Oct. 18, 1838.
Roscoe Greenlief Green, b. Oct. 16, 1840.
Lois, b. Jan. 21, 1842.
Emily Sargent, b. June 6, 1845.
DEATS.
WILLIAM YEATES, alias Yates, son of William, was b in Norway, Dec. 27, 1796. He was a resident of Oxford, near the Paris line in 1830. His wife was Dorcas Hall, by whom he had five children, viz : - Freeman, a Methodist minister ; William Kilburn, m. Zilpha Dustin of Bethel ; he was killed in the civil war; Samuel; Mary, m. Milton W. Chapman of Bethel ; and Emeline. Mrs. Yeates d. Mar. 5, 1835, he m. 2d, May 1, 1836 Priscilla Robbins of Ox- ford and soon after removed to Greenwood.
JAMES YEATES, a younger brother of William, m. Emma Cole ; he also lived, for a time, in Oxford.
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DEATON.
JAMES YEATON and wife, both over fifty years of age, were settled upon a farm on the Poland road, south of Ox- ford village in 1840. At this time there were in the family two girls and two boys, all under twenty. The family is yet represented in Oxford.
BORL.
JEREMIAH and LYDIA YORK are credited in Hebron with children, as follows :
Ira, b. Jan. 15, 1806; Eliphalet, b. Mar. 19, 1808, d. Jan. 27, 1817 ; Alvah, b. April 3, 1812; Betsey, b. Jan. 8, 1814; Pauline, b. April 13, 1815; Lydia, b. Mar. 3, 1817, m. Oct. 4, 1835 Lorenzo S. Bumpas ; Jeremiah, b. Oct. 30, 1818; Ruth, b. Oct. 3, 1820, d. Jan. 12, 1822 ; Sally, b. June 17, 1822 and Josiah, b. April 12, 1824.
BOUNG.
HENRY YOUNG, son of Nathaniel, Jr. was b. at Norway, July, 1806. His wife was Charlotte Cummings and they, with three children were living in Oxford in 1850, viz : - Mary F., Æ 6; Charlotte E., Æ 4 and Jos. Henry, Æ 2.
Post scriptum. The writer has already apologized for at- tempting this publication and no person can be more sensi- ble than himself of its imperfections. A mind constantly occupied with the cares of a bread winner, inexperienced in correcting the press and often worked during hours that should have been given to rest, have occasioned errors in style and typography that would not have occurred to one with more leisure and experience.
The necessity of errata and addendum will be apparent to every reader, but the work has already far exceeded our original plan and we must leave to our successor the inex- pressable pleasure of pointing out its errors. GOOD NIGHT. "The dearest of our dreams,
Are of scenes and friends we loved, long ago ; When we've crossed the "Great Divide",
Passed to the other side,
May we see them, greet them, know them, over there".
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