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OTIS W. BROOKS, son of William C. and Hannah (Poland) Brooks, born in Yarmouth, August 11, IS21, married, January 13, 1848, Elvira Cummings, who was born April 20, 1820. He came here from Paris in 1868, and is engaged in farming. Children : -
I. William C., b. April 16, 1849; m., March I, 1874, Abbie E. Bartlett, and d. June 2, 1883.
II. Anna C., b. February 17, 1852.
III. Cora E., b. September 9, 1855; m., June 28, 1884, Henry E. Bean.
WILLIAM MARK BROOKS, son of William and Dorcas R. (Rawson) Brooks, and grandson of William C., born October 11, 1827, lived in Paris, from thence moved to Woodstock, thence to Otisfield, and then came to Norway. He is by profession a school teacher, and has been very successful in teaching town and private schools. (See Lapham's Woodstock.)
DAVID P. BROOKS, son of David and Charlotte (Parsons) Brooks, and cousin of the pre- ceding, born in Paris, April 25, 1837, married, May 7, 1866, Julia A. Bennett. He is a farmer, and came here from Upton, Maine, in 1775. Children : -
I. Lucretia G., b. February 8, 1867.
II. Owen P., b. April 4, 1868.
III. Nina F., b. May 12, 1869.
IV. Bertha f., b. April 10, 1871.
V. Edith M., b. November 1, 1875.
BROWN.
TITUS OLCOTT BROWN, who with his son-in-law, Amos Purinton, once kept a tavern in Norway Village, and died here, February 23, 1855, aged over ninety years, was a descendant of Thomas Brown, of Lynn, 1628, who, by wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Newhall, had a large family. Three of his sons moved to Stonington, Connecticut.
JOHN2 BROWN, son of Thomas, married, October, 1692, Elizabeth, daughter of Ephraim Miner, and died in 1729, leaving ten children.
ICHARODª BROWN, son of the preceding, born November 12, 1704, married, May 30, 1731, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Brown Chapman, who was born November 25, 1710. They had nine children.
ELIAS* BROWN, son of the preceding, born February 1, 1733-4, moved to Tolland, Con- necticut, and afterward to Alstead, New Hampshire. He married, June 16, 1757, Abigail Olcott, of Bolton. They had four children.
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TITUS OLCOTT5 BROWN, son of the preceding, (see Personal Notice), was born in Tolland, Connecticut, August 25, 1764. He married Susannah, daughter of Isaac and Susannah (Johnson) Bundy, of Walpole, New Hampshire, who was born December 19, 1771, a descend- ant of John Bundy, who came to Plymouth in 1630, in the family of Elder Brewster. Chil- dren : -
I. Frances, b. Lancaster, February 2, 1795; m. Jedediah Burbank, of Bethel ; d. 1868.
II. Susannah, b. Lancaster, March 6, 1796; d. young.
III. Abigail Hatch, b. April 18, 1798; m., October 2, 1828, Amos Purinton, of Portland,
IV. Titus Olcott, b. February 18, 1800; m. Ist, Sophia Furbish, of Gray; 2d, Nancy Curtis Denison, of Burke, New Hampshire; and 3d, Mrs. H. P. Whitcomb of Norway.
V. Persis Hatch, b. Lancaster, April 18, 1803 ; m. Dependence Hart Furbish, of Port- land.
VI. John Bundy, b. May 31, 1805; m., September 30, 1830, Ann Matilda, daughter of Philip and Dorcas (Blanchard) Greely. He was the well known and success- ful merchant and banker of Portland. He died January 10, 1881, leaving two sons, Philip H. and John Marshall Brown, who continue the banking business of J. B. Brown & Sons, and daughter Ellen, wife of William H. Clifford, Esq.
VII. Susan Johnson, b. May 1, 1807; m., Ist, February 17, 1835, Henry Houghton, of Windham, and 2d, February 5, 1860, Oliver P. Brooks, of Dalton, N. H.
VIII. Mary Ann, b. Bartlett, New Hampshire, July 4, 1809; m., October 19, 1836, Gilman Chapman, of Bethel; she died February 28, 1866.
IX. Eliza Fox, b. December 31, 1812; m. Sylvanus Poor, of Andover, Maine; she died January 27, 1867.
X. Sarah Adeline, b. February 17, 1815; m., May 30, 1867, Gilman Chapman, of Bethel. The only survivors at the present time (1885) are Mrs. Purinton, who is a widow at South Easton, Massachusetts, and Mrs. Brooks. (Mrs. Purinton has since died.)
TITUS OLCOTT BROWN JR. (see Personal Notice) married, at Gray, in 1820, Sophia Fur- bish. Children : -
I. John Olcott, b. November 3, 1824; d. July 24, 1837.
Mrs. Brown died May 14, 1827, and he married second, November 13, 1827, Nancy Curtis Denison. Children : -
II. Persis Sophia, b. 1830; m., 1854, Sewall W. Danforth; r. Madelia, Minnesota.
III. Nancy A., b. ; d. 1831, in infancy.
IV. Rosalia D., b. 1832 ; m., 1853, Hannibal I. Kimball, and died in New Haven, Con- necticut, March II, 1858.
V. Charles D., b. February 16, 1836; m., 1860, Abbie F. Shurtleff ; r. Portland. VI. Electra M., b. 1839; resides in Portland.
VII. Annie Maria, b. 1844; m., 1868, Dr. Charles D. Noble; r. Oberlin, Ohio.
VIII. Ellen Frances, b. 1846; r. Portland.
Mrs. Nancy Brown died at Norway, September 6, 1867, and he married third, July 19, 1873, Harriet P. Whitcomb, who survives him.
CHARLES D. BROWN (see Personal Notice) married Abbie F., daughter of Alva Shurtleff, of South Paris, and resides in Portland. Children : -
I. Charles Alva, b. Portland, February 1, 1863.
II. Frank Olcott, b. February 14, 1865 ; d. April, 1865.
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EPHRAIM BROWN, born in Concord, Massachusetts, April 9, 1789, married Lucy Heald, of Carlisle, Massachusetts, and in 1822 came from Carlisle to Norway. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He settled first on the Samuel Foster farm, but in 1833 he bought the grist-mill at Steep Falls. He also manufactured shoe pegs. The mill and the shop were carried off by a freshet in 1843. He died in 1844, and his widow in 1855, aged sixty-seven. Children, only one of whom, Ephraim H., remained in town : -
I. Reuben, b.
II. Elizabeth, b.
III. Ephraim H., b. September 17, 1818; m. Silence J. Lander.
IV. Mary Ann, b. in Norway.
V. Moses Ayer, b.
VI. Dorcas Adams, b.
VII. Hannah Rebecca, b.
VIII. Aaron Wilkins.
EPHRAIM H. BROWN, son of Ephraim (see Personal Notice), married Silence Jane, daughter of Seneca and Polly (Shaw) Landers, of Woodstock, October 30, 1843. Children :-
I. Luella Fane, b. September 13, 1844; m. Osmon B. Warren.
II., William Zebulon, b. August 7, 1846; d. December 15, 1862.
III. Mary Hannah, b. October 13, 1848; d. August 18, 1850.
IV. Gilbert Julian, b. October 14, 1852; m. Ist, Nellie Devine; 2d, Mrs. Laura F. Morton.
V. Francis Edward, b. October 8, 1858; d. December 26, 1862.
VI. Rosalie Mabel, b. January 17, 1865; d. November 3, 1867.
DAVID M. BROWN married Sarah G. Children : -
I. Phebe Ellen, b. August 12, 1839.
II. Orin, b. September 17, 1841.
III. Harlow, b. November 2, 1843.
HEZEKIAH E. BROWN, son of Amos Brown, born in Windham, May 6, 1802, and Abigail Swett, his wife, born in Albany, April 28, 1808, was born in Paris, February 11, 1841, and married, March 22, 1870, Mary E. Witt, who was born September 23, 1846. Children : -
I. Rachel P., b. May 20, 1871.
II. Willard E., b. July 26, 1873.
FRANK J. BROWN, brother of the preceding, born in Woodstock, July 15, 1843, married, May 24, 1871, Theresa F. Paine, born January 24, 1854. He is a stationary engineer. Children : -
I. Guy y., b. September 16, 1873; d. May 22, 1876.
II. Iva D., b. July 5, 1878.
III. Maude O., b. February 12, 1882.
ALVIN BROWN, farmer, born June 25, 1850, son of David M. Brown, born in Freeport, October 19, 1811, and his wife, Sarah G. Hill, born in Yarmouth, October 27, 1816, married, June 11, 1877, Ada M. Carle, born Hollis Center, October 3, 1854. Children : -
I. Fred S., b. February 26, 1879.
II. Viola, b. May 25, 1881.
III. Elon L., b. October 8, 1883.
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BUCK.
PETER BUCK JR. came from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Paris, and from there came to Norway in 1799. His father was a French Protestant or Huguenot, and he married Jemima Fay, of Framingham, Massachusetts, who died in Norway, September 10, 1839, aged eighty. He died November 6, 1842, aged ninety-four. The children are not arranged with regard to age. The French name of this family was Banyott. Children : -
I. James, b. in Worcester, September 18, 1781 ; m. Susanna Young.
II. Mary Ann, m. Charles Young, of Greenwood; d. April 3, 1862.
III. Fared M., m. Sally, daughter of Thomas Stevens, of Paris.
IV. Sally, m. William Corson, of Oxford.
V. Austin, b. July 3, 1785; m. Sarah Coburn, of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
VI. Daniel, m. Eunice Coy; s. Greenwood, but he and his wife died in Norway.
JAMES BUCK, son of the preceding, married Susannah, daughter of Nathaniel Young. He purchased land of Paul Twombly, where he lived, and the same is now occupied by his son Albion. His wife died November 25, 1829, and he married Mrs. Irene Crooker, who died in 1852. He died January 22, 1871. Children : -
I. Jabez, b. December 6, 1807; m. Abbie Goss Marshall, of Paris; s. Paris.
II. Ira, b. June 3, 1809; m. Mary Nash, of Gardiner; deserted his family.
III. Henry, b. July 21, 1810; m. Ruth Ingalls, of Harrison, and settled there.
IV. Juliana, b. December 29, 1811; m. Nathan Coy, of Minot; s. Oxford.
V. Mary Jane, b. November 5, 1813; m. George M. Brewster, of Kingston, Massachu- setts ; s. Stoughton; d. in Braintree.
VI. William Oliver, b. May 12, 1815; went to Louisiana and settled there.
VII. Harriet, b. August 7, 1817.
VIII. Elvira, b. July 6, 1819; m. George M. Brewster, of Kingston, Massachusetts, and died there.
IX. Daniel Franklin, b. October 10, 1821 ; m., settled Harrison.
X. Albion, b. April 27, 1824; m. Lucia A. Stevens.
XI. Willard, b. March 21, 1827; settled Alexandria, Minnesota.
JARED M. BUCK, brother of the preceding, married Sally, daughter of Thomas Stevens, of Paris. Children : -
I. Mary Ann, b. June 19, 1814.
II. William P., b. September 14, 1820.
III. Sarah Stevens, b. December 18, 1824.
IV. Elizabeth Parker, b. October 14, 1827.
AUSTIN BUCK, brother of the preceding, married, January 14, 1816, Sarah Coburn or Colburn, who was born in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts; he died in October, 1853, and his wife died March 23, 1864, in Brooklyn, New York, Children : -
I. Rosanna, b. December 6, 1816; m. Henry Crockett.
II. Z. Spaulding, b. April 16, 1818; m. Ellen Haven, of Framingham.
III. Fohn Austin, b. September 17, 1820; m. Elizabeth Rowley; r. New York.
IV. Cyrus W., b. August 14, 1824; m. Sarah Smith.
V. Miranda, b. August 11, 1828; m. Frank W. Perry.
VI. Esther Coburn, b. March 19, 1830; she was drowned in a tub, July 13, 1831.
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VII. Caleb Coburn, b. in Norway, October 19, 1834; m. Melintha Record.
VIII. Sewall Millett, b. April 16, 1839; s. Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
DANIEL BUCK, brother of the preceding, married Eunice Coy, and settled on a farm in Greenwood, but near the close of his life, returned to Norway, and he and his wife died here. He died in 1863, and his wife in 1864. Children :-
I. Daniel Henry, b. June 22, 1815; m. Phidelia Bacon.
II. Almira, b. September 15, 1816; m. Alanson Bacon.
III. Mary Ann, b. March 22, 1818; d. July 27, 1839.
IV. Peter Banyott, b. October 24, 1819; m. Sarah Bacon.
V. James Hill, b. July 31, 1821.
VI. Nathan Coy, twins, b. January 24, 1825.
VII. Cyrus Millett, m. Lydia A. Whittle.
ALBION BUCK, son of James and Susan (Young) Buck, resides on the old homestead of his father. He married, December 13, 1850, Lucia A., daughter of Benjamin and Mary Stevens. Children : -
I. Prentiss F., b. October 2, 1851.
II. Walter S., b. October 10, 1853; m., December 10, 1881, Jennie E., daughter of Daniel Holt 2d, and has Oliver C., b. March 24, 1883, and Albion, b. November 30, 1884.
III. Albion, b. February 4, 1856.
IV. Fannie R., b. February 21, 1859; m., June 14, 1883, Rev. Nathaniel G. French.
BULLEN.
DANIEL BULLEN was born in Hebron, April 18, 1793, married Mary, daughter of John Lombard, of Otisfield, who was born in 1797, and died in 1843. He died in 1880. Chil- dren : -
I. Lydia, b. September 6, 1821 ; m. Joshua B. Stuart.
II. Joseph, b. February 4, 1826; r. Otisfield ; unmarried.
III. Abigail, b. January, 1828 ; m. Ist, Frank Stuart; 2d, William Holt.
IV. Elizabeth Frances, b. Norway, May 27, 1829; m. Otis Martin.
V. Julia Octavia, b. August 14, 1832; m. William O. McAllister.
VI. Mary Jane, b. November 22, 1837 ; m. Daniel Moffit; r. Iowa.
VII. Daniel, b. m. Carrie Morse ; he died in 1880.
BURNELL.
ALFRED P. BURNELL, married, in 1844, Nancy J. Barrows. Children on record with town records : -
I. Calvin B., b. December 18, 1845.
ISAIAH BURNELL married Abigail Children : -
I. Mariah L., b. March 16, 1856.
II. Hiram R., b. April 17, 1861.
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CARTER.
Leonard A. Carter, farmer and drover, came to Norway from Auburn, in 1867. His father was Stilman Carter, born in Raynham, Massachusetts, and his mother, Lucy B. Cole, born in Paris, May 14, 1808. He was born in Hebron, December 1, 1831, and May 13, 1851, he mar- ried Lucy E. Moody, born in Turner, November 1, 1830. Children : -
I. Lucy y., b. November 5, 1852; m., November 28, 1872, Austin Hutchinson.
II. Charles S., b. August 1, 1856; m., March 1, 1882, Mary H. Emery.
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III. Wallace L., b. September 28, 1858: m., November 3, 1876, Lizzie Packard.
IV. Sarah F., b. May 17, 1861 ; d. November 16, 1876.
V. George W., b. July 23, 1862; m., March 17, 1883, Hattie E. Edwards.
VI. John W., b. April 9, 1864.
VII. Emma M., b. April 7, 1866.
VIII. Ella B., b. October 3, 1867.
IX. Mattie E., b. January 14, 1871.
X. Edmund B., b. September 24, 1872.
CASE.
ASA CASE, of Middleton, Massachusetts, married Huldah Curtis. They came here with Benjamin Fuller, Mrs. Case making the journey in an ox-cart. Children : -
I. Huldah, m. John Case.
II. Sally, died unmarried.
III. Andrew, died young.
JOHN CASE, a distant relative of Asa Case, married Huldah Case, the oldest daughter of the preceding. He died April 17, 1849, aged 75 years. Children : -
I. Sally, m. Joshua Spencer.
II. Andrew, m. Betsey Merrill.
III. Rebecca, died unmarried.
IV. Eliza, b. October 17, 1810; m. Pleaman Holt.
V. Laurana, died unmarried.
VI. Lavina, m. Pleaman Holt.
VII. Amos.
VIII. Asenath.
IX. John, and one other died young.
CHASE.
STEPHEN CHASE, son of Edmund, of Minot, married Ruth Tyler, of New Gloucester. He lived in Lewiston, in the employ of Michael Little, and was said to be the first millman there. He also had charge of the ferry across the river at that place. He was one of the first set- tlers in Woodstock ; was the first town clerk, the first Justice of the Peace in town, and the first Representative to the Legislature. He was also agent of the proprietors of the town. He was one of the early deacons of the Baptist Church at Paris Hill, and a licensed preacher. About the year 1825. he moved to Lincoln, Maine, and died there. Children :-
I. Clarissa, b. September 22, 1799; m. Daniel Curtis.
II. Ruhamah, b. June 28, 1801; m. Benjamin Davis.
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III. Ruth, b. July 6, 1803; m. Simon Fickett.
IV. Betsey, b. December 28, 1804; m. Solon Gates.
V. Thomas H., b. December 22, 1806; m. Mary Gates.
VI. Peter M., b. December 28, 1808; m. Mary Cole.
VII. Cyrus H., b. November 30, 1810; m. Harriet Bailey.
VIII. Stephen S., b. May 29, 1813; d. July 1872.
IX. Noah C., b. October 29, 1815; unmarried.
X. Dudley P., b. February 14, 1817; m. Olivia Carpenter.
XI. Abner B., b. December 11, 1819; m. Ist, Hannah P. Morton; 2d, Frank E. But- terfield.
ABNER B. CHASE, son of the preceding, was born in Woodstock, December 12, 1819. When he was a boy of seven years, his father moved from Woodstock to Lincoln, and was a pioneer settler in that town. Abner B. resided there and at Winn until 1877, when he moved to Norway. He is a carpenter, and his wife has been engaged in the millinery business since they came to town. Mr. Chase married, September 10, 1845, Hannah Prince Morton, who was born in Buckfield, August 17, 1825. Children : -
I. Infant daughter, d. October 1, 1846.
II. Eliza Hersey, b. April 30, 1848; m. Edgar T. Davis, of Minot.
III. George Bates, b. February 28, 1851.
IV. Mary Harriet, b. October 28, 1856; d. May 19, 1862.
Mrs. Chase died May 14, 1862, and he married, August 27, 1866, Frank E. Butter- field, who was born in Paris, March 1, 1832, and had : -
V. Agnes Gertrude, b. November 20, 1867; d. January 30, 1868.
VI. S. Harry, b. November 3, 1870.
VII. Katie B., b. October 18, 1872; d. July 31, 1873.
Frank E. Butterfield, the second wife of Mr. Chase, was the daughter of John Butterfield by his second wife, Catherine, who was the daughter of Jerathmel Colburn, of Paris, and the widow of Abner Benson. John Butterfield was the son of Joseph and Molly (Harding) Butterfield, of Standish, and for his first wife married Betsey Lord, of Standish. Joseph Butterfield came from Dunstable, Massachusetts, or from that vicinity, to Standish, and is said to have been of Scotch descent.
CHURCHILL.
JOSEPH CHURCHILL, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, married Alice Drake, of the same town. He settled in Hebron first, but remained there only a short time, and then removed to Paris, near the Norway line. Children : -
I. Sprague, b. April 28; m. Harriet Holmes.
II. Polly, b. April 3 ; m. Daniel Dudley.
III. William, b. May 21 ; m. Ist, Polly Bird; 2d, Rebecca Churchill.
IV. Sally, m. Shadrack Keen, of Sumner.
V. Sullivan, m. Martha Smith.
VI. Sophia, b. April 12, 1801 ; m. Nathaniel Libby.
VII. Burudel (Burry), b. April 17, 1805; m. Jason Hammond, of Woodstock.
VIII. Millicent (Milly), b. April 25, 1805 ; m. Ist, Levi Frank; 2d, Benjamin Bacon,
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The father went on a visit to Dunstable, Massachusetts, about 1809, and died there. The mother died in Paris, April 18, 1823, or August 17, 1831.
WILLIAM CHURCHILL, second son of Joseph, married Ist, Polly, daughter of John Bird, of Norway. She died without children. He married 2d, Rebecca Churchill, of Buckfield. Children : -
I. Joseph, b. February 2, 1828; m. Ist, Betsey Moody; 2d, Viana Perham.
II. Harriet, b. January 6, 1832.
III. Calista, b. March 22, 1833; m. Calvin Richardson, of Norway.
IV. William, b. January 22, 1837 ; m. Mary Penley, of Norway.
V. Ellen, b. January 1, 1839; m. John Gerry; r. Norway, a widow.
JOSEPH CHURCHILL, son of William, was a merchant tailor, and resided at Bryant's Pond, and in Norway, where he died August 16, 1881. By his second wife, Viana, daughter of Joel Perham, of Woodstock, he had: -
I. Walter Albert, b. December 6, 1858, at Bryant's Pond; resides with his mother in Norway.
WILLIAM CHURCHILL, brother of the preceding, married Mary Penley, of Norway, and settled on a farm in this town, and died here September 26, 1873. Children : -
I. Cora, b. March 26, 1862; d. young.
II. Harry, b. June 19, 1865.
III. Mary, b. February 13, 1871.
CLEAVES.
EBENEZER CLEAVES lived in Danville, Maine. At least three of his children came to this town, and two others were in Paris. He probably had other children, but those who came to this town and vicinity were: -
I. Ebenezer, lived in Paris.
II. Humphrey, b. m. Abigail Pool, moved to Abbot.
III. Charles, b. 1793; m. Betsey
IV. Polly, b. m. Asa Dunham Jr., of Paris.
V. Lucy, m. Thomas George.
HUMPHREY CLEAVES married Abigail, daughter of Joshua Pool, and lived in the west part of the town near Crooked River, also in Greenwood, and about the year 1830, he moved to Abbot, Maine. He had a large family, but only the following are recorded on Greenwood records : -
I. Catherine, b. July 21, 1812.
II. Lucinda, b. March 3, 1814.
III. Thomas George, b. January 27, 1817.
IV. Eliza, b. April 18, 1819.
CHARLES CLEAVES, born in 1793, married Betsey , born 1795. He built a house and barn on Cleaves Hill, on land now owned by Ansel Cushman. He moved to Abbot. Children : -
I. Harvey.
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II. David.
III. Samuel.
IV. Charles.
V. Charlotte.
VI. Rachel.
· VII. Nathan.
VIII. Willard. IX. Allison. X. Adelaide.
CLEMENT.
ENOCH N. CLEMENT was born at Landaff, New Hampshire, January 18, 1832. During the late war, he served as chief musician in the Fifth New Hampshire. He married Mary M. Richardson, of Compton, P. Q., and settled in Bath, New Hampshire. In 1874, he came to Norway, where his wife died September 10, 1884. Children :-
I. Richard E., b. January 2, 1860; he is principal of a High School at Roselle, N. J.
II. Grace M., b. October 4, 1862 ; m., December 25, 1884, Samuel H. Hayden, of Norway.
COBB.
EBENEZER COBB JR., born in Middleborough, Massachusetts, March 17, 1759, married Eliza- beth, daughter of Samuel Cobb, of Plympton, now Carver, Massachusetts, November 6, 1783. He came to Norway in 1797. He died May 9, 1826, and his wife died June 22, 1843, aged eighty-three. Children, the first seven born in Middleborough, the others in Norway : -
I. Elizabeth, b. Middleborough, Massachusetts, February 19, 1784; m. Samuel Putnam 9 of Rumford, September 16, 1806; d. November 1, 1872.
II. Susannah, b. December 12, 1785; d. November 1, 1787.
III. Susannah, b. March 22, 1788; m. Daniel Smith, of Norway, July 12, 1828; s. Oxford.
IV. Ebenezer, b. April 13, 1790; d. November 25, 1820.
V. Lucy, b. February 28, 1792 ; m. Stephen Putnam, of Rumford, November 20, 1817; she died March 3, 1828.
VI. Cyrus, b. June 20, 1793; m. Susan Norton, of Norway, September 17, 1818.
VII. . Churchill, b. December 28, 1795; m. Pamela Putnam, of Rumford, October 16, 1817.
VIII. Sylvanus, b. Norway, July 17, 1798; m., September 10, 1822, Eunice Hale Wait, of Hallowell.
IX. Samuel, b. August 18, 1802; m. Mehitable T. Hall, of Norway, October 11, IS30.
CYRUS COBB, son of the preceding, married Susan Norton. She died December 4, 1864. He was instantly killed by a fall in his barn, November 18, 1847. Children : -
I. Lydia Smith, b. July 16, 1819; d. unmarried.
II. Elizabeth Ann, b. May 14, 1821.
III. Cordelia Thaxter, b. July 2, 1824.
IV. Cyrus Sylvester,
V. Susan Aravesta, Twins, b. May 4, 1829.
VI. Samuel Smith, b. January 27, 1832; m., 1856, Mary A. Lombard.
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CHURCHILL COBB, brother of the preceding, married Pamela Putnam. He was fatally injured by a fall from the mow upon the barn floor, March 6, 1857. He left a small family.
REV. SYLVANUS COBB, brother of the preceding (see Personal Notice), married Eunice Hale Wait, of Hallowell. Children : ---
I. Sylvanus, b. Waterville, June 5, 1823 ; m., June 29, 1845, Mary Jane Head, of Waltham, Massachusetts.
II. Samuel Tucker, b. June 11, 1825; m. Sophronia R. Tisdale, October 16, 1847.
III. Eunice Hale, b. April 15, 1827; m., July 4, 1849, Lafayette Culver.
IV. Ebenezer, b. Malden, January 17, 1829 ; m., 1853, Mary Jane Booth, of Philadelphia. V. George Winslow, b. March 31, 1831 ; m., May 1, 1856, Almeda Hall, of East Boston.
VI. Sarah Wait, b. December 1, 1832; d. January 17, 1853.
VII. Cyrus, m., January 1, 1866, Emma Lillie.
b. August 6, 1834.
VIII. Darius,
m., January 1, 1866, Laura Lillie.
IX. James Arthur, b. December 12, 1842; d. February 24, 1852.
SAMUEL COBB, brother of the preceding, married Mehitable Thompson, daughter of Elijah Hall. He died April 2, 1875. His wife died May 4, 1864. Children : -
I. Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1831 ; d. January 14, 1852.
II. Sylvanus Wait, b. March 19, 1836; m. Laura A. Hapgood, of Brandon, New York, March 9, 1859.
III. Lois, b. December 10, 1837; d. April 22, 1851.
IV. Eunice Hale, b. June 8, 1841; d. September 29, 1854.
SYLVANUS COBB JR., the well known author, born in Waterville, Maine, June 5, 1823, married in East Boston, June 29, 1845, Mary Jane Head, who was born in Salem, Massachu- setts, May 4, 1823. Children : -
I. Mary Hale, b. East Boston, March 27, 1846.
II. Ella Wait. b. same, July 22, 1852.
SYLVANUS WAIT COBB, son of Samuel, married Laura A. Hapgood, March 9, 1859, who was born July 21, 1838. Children : -
I. Lizzie y., b. January 17, 1860.
II. Grace W., b. January 19, 1863.
COBURN.
FREDERICK COBURN came here with Ward Noyes, an apprentice to the carpenter's trade. He married Mary Sanborn, and moved to Greenwood, where he lived many years, and then went West and died there. Children :-
I. Mary, b. August 8, 1814; m. Silas Merriam.
II. Esther, b. November 1, 1815; m. Granville L. Reed.
III. Frederick, b. December 21, 1817; m. Harriet Verrill.
IV. Stephen Sanborn, b. February 28, 1820; m. Emeline Wardwell.
V. Lawson Mellen, b. October 28, 1825; d. unmarried, in the West.
VI. Harriet Maria, b. October 17; m. Albert Frost.
COFFIN.
ALBERT COFFIN, farmer, son of Nicholas and Esther (Coffin) Coffin, the former born in Lovell in 1819, the latter in Bethel, was born in Lovell, July 28, 1838, and came to Norway
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in 1872. He married, June 4, 1865, Elizabeth Jane Richardson, who was born in Norway, May 23, 1841. Children : -
I. Clarence W., b. March 11, 1866.
COLE.
HORATIO GATES COLE came here from Winthrop, and carried on the carding and cloth- dressing business. He was an industrious and energetic man, and a useful citizen. He was born June 9, 1802, and married Pamelia, daughter of Elias Stowell, of Paris. He was the son of John Cole, born June 22, 1765, in Berwick, Maine, and Ann Morrill, born December 16, 1765. Children : -
I. Mary Ann, b. March 9, 1829; m. Joseph A. Kendall, of Alfred.
II. Sarah Hall, b. April 9, 1831 ; m. William Wirt Virgin.
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