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IV. Darius Manson, b. July 12, 1829.
V. Sarah Ann, b. July 4, 1831.
VI. William Totherly, b. January 26, 1835.
DANIEL HOLT, brother of the preceding, married first, Dolly Flint, second, Polly Hale. Children : -
I. Bethany, b. April 6, 1812; m. William Hayes.
II. Abigail Bartlett, b. May 16, 1816; m. Addison A. Latham,
III. Caroline Asenath, b. July 20, 1818; m. Enoch L. Knight.
IV. Mary, b. October 10, 1819; m. Samuel Farar.
V. Esther Jane, b. December 26, 1821; m. David McKenney.
VI. Lydia Ann, b. September 16, 1824; m. George Tufts.
VII. Diantha Laura, b. September 20, 1828; m. F. Albert Small.
PLEAMAN HOLT, brother of the preceding, married first, Eliza Case, second, Lavinia Case. ·Children : -
I. Huldah M., b. March 29, 1842.
II. Calvin, b. May 6, 1843.
III. Emily, b. February 6, 1845.
DANIEL HOLT 2D, son of Darius and Sarah A. (Manson) Holt, married, April 6, 1849, Louisa D. Hill, born in Yarmouth, October 2, 1824. He is a farmer. Children : -
I. Amanda S., b. May 16, 1850; m. Alec Lafrise, 1869, and died 1875.
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II. Rufus H., b. January 9, 1852.
III. Samuel G., b. August 22, 1856.
IV. Jennie E., b. April 1, 1860; m., 1881, Walter S. Buck.
HORNE.
JOHN L. HORNE (see Personal Notice), married first, Hannah Wallace, second, Anna M. Wrisley, third, Mrs. Abbie L. Ham. Children : -
I. Chester Woodbury, b. Rochester, N. H., September 16, 1849; m. Julia A. Richardson.
II. Herman Lester, b. Wolfborough, N. H., February 6, 1852; m. Fannie II. Holmes.
III. Rosalia Maria, b. Norway, June 28, 1854; m. W. A. Drake M.D.
HORR.
DEACON JOHN HORR, one of the early deacons of the Center Church, came here from Waterford. He was the son of Philip and Hannah (Harrington) Horr, formerly of Norton, Massachusetts, and his first wife was an Atherton. His second wife was Anna, daughter of Jeremiah Hobbs. Children: -
I. Sally, m. Mathias Furlong.
II. Nathan, m. Amelia Wood, of Waterford.
III. Betsey, m. Caleb Swift.
IV. Mary, m. Ward Noyes.
V. Joseph; he lived and died on Great Chebeague Island.
VI. Lydia.
VII. Louisa, m. David Riggs.
VIII. John fr., married and died in Portland.
IX. Almira, d. unmarried.
NATHAN HORR, son of the preceding, married Amelia Wood, of Waterford. His children, recorded in Norway, were : -
I. Elizabeth Bethia, b. August 10, 1827.
II. Julia Amanda, b. January 13, 1831.
III. George Edwin, b. December 6, 1840.
HOLMES.
CAPTAIN JAMES HOLMES was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, married Jerusba, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Chase) Rawson, of Sutton. He settled in Hebron, now Oxford. Children, all born in Hebron : -
I. James Stewart, b. November 13, 1792; m. Jane S. Patten ; s. Foxcroft.
II. Salmon, b. 1795; m. Abagail Blake.
III. Job, b. October 17, 1797; m. Vesta Hamlin; s. Calais.
IV. Cyrus, b. May 12, 1798 ; m. Fayette Blake; s. Foxcroft.
V. Eleaser Austin, b. January 9, 1802 ; m. Sarah E. Benson.
VI. Ebenezer Rawson, b. January 9, 1802 ; m. Louisa Abagail Fuller Rawson.
VII. Jerusha, b. January 22, 1804 ; m. Lyman Rawson.
VIII. John Sullivan, b, February 2, 1806; m. Sarah Ann Clark.
IX. Freeland, b. June 3, 1808; d. at Oxford, 1870.
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ELEAZER AUSTIN HOLMES moved from Oxford to Norway Village, and was an active and enterprising citizen. He died here in 1868. He married first, in 1823, Sarah E., daughter of Jonathan Benson, of West Paris; second, in 1840, Almena Staples, of Oxford; third, in 1852, Martha Hight. Children : -
I. Arabella Rawson, b. February, 1824; m. D. Chandler Bent; s. Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
II. James Austin, b. ; m. Stella Florence Holmes, of Foxcroft.
III. Julia, b. 1827.
IV. Mary, b. 1829.
V. Sarah y., b. 1831; m. Joseph H. Porter; s. Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
VI. John S., b. 1833.
VII. Frederic H., b. 1837.
By second wife : -
VIII. Helen, b. 1841 ; d. 1858.
IX. Albion.
X. Howard.
By third marriage : -
XI. Fannie Hight, b. April, 1854; m. Herman Lester Horne, of Norway.
XII. George William, b. April, 1859; m. Fannie T., daughter of George P. Jones, and has Helen Hight, b. March, 1884.
HOUGHTON.
MOSES HOUGHTON, born in Acton, Massachusetts, March 22, 1781, came to this town from Harvard. He married Martha Haskell, who was born February 15, 1780. Children : -
I. Richard, b. Acton, June 9, 1804; m. Lucinda Barrows, of Hebron. He was a gun- smith, and resided for several years in Norway.
II. Martha, b. Acton, September 4, 1805; m. Nathaniel Knight; s. Paris.
III. Samuel, b. Acton, September 5, 1807; d. April 9, 1809.
IV. Samuel H., b. Acton, July 20, 1809; m. Betsey G. Tuell, of Paris.
V. Elijah, b. Acton, May 15, 1811 ; d. September 30, 1830.
VI. Maria, b. Norway, April 6, 1813; m. Gilman Tuell; s. Paris.
VII. Sally, b. Norway, March 1, 1815; m. James Dunham.
VIII. Ruth, b. Norway, February 22, 1817 ; m. Horatio G. Russ; s. Paris.
IX. Susan, b. Norway, February 22, 1819; m. Henry Russ; s. Paris.
X. Moses, b. Norway, October 16, 1820; m. Lucy Swift; s. Paris.
XI. Aaron, b. Norway, March 25, 1823; m. Martha Farris.
MOSES HOUGHTON was a carpenter and builder. He lived in Paris, Woodstock, and Greenwood, but finally came to Norway, where he died, and where his widow still lives. Children : -
I. Charles R., b. October 17, 1841 ; m. Mary Helen Bolster ; s. Bryant's Pond.
II. Mary Ellen, b. January 23, 1844; m. George W. Bryant, son of Samuel Jr .; s. West Paris.
III. Moses Henry, b. March 17, 1846; m. Aggie Abbott; he is a preacher.
IV. Hannibal Hamlin, b. February 16, 1848; m. Laura Willis. He has charge of the machinery at the State Reform School.
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V. Etta Jane, b. January 17, 1854; m. George Brooks.
VI. Fred M., b. October 20, 1855, graduated at Tuft's College and Divinity School.
VII. Emma L., b. May 28, 1858.
VIII. Nina H., b. September 14, 1861.
HOWE.
JACOB HOWE was of Rowley, Massachusetts, born in 1760. He married Betsey Foster, in Boxford, 1782, and moved to Baldwin, from thence to Bridgton, and was the first mail-carrier between that town and Portland, and was also the first in Oxford County. He carried the mail on horseback. He afterward moved to Paris. Children : -
I. Fannie, b. September 4, 1784; m. Abner Smith, of Bridgton.
II. Jesse, b. February 16, 1786; m. Lydia Dunham.
III. Salome, b. December 5, 1787; m. Ebenezer Greenwood, of Bethel.
IV. Jacob Jr., b. March 17, 1790; went to sea.
V. Betsey, b. May 1, 1792 ; m. William Swan; s. Denmark.
VI. Jeremiah, b. May 19, 1794; m. Sylvia Benson.
VII. Huldah, b. May 25, 1796; m. Nathaniel Greenwood; s. Farmington.
VIII. Lydia, b. April 28, 1798 ; m. Zibeon Field.
XI. Roxanna, b. June 30, 1800; m. Adams Twitchell of Bethel.
X. Polly, b. July 5, 1802; m. Peter Coburn; s. Lincoln.
XI. Miranda, b. May 13, 1805; m. Alexander Eames, of Newry. The father died January 30, 1830.
JESSE HOWE, son of the preceding, married Lydia, daughter of Asa Dunham, formerly of Norway, March 23, 1809. Children : -
I. Henry, b. January 17, 1810; m. Lucinda Prentiss.
II. Jacob Foster, b. November 30, 1811; m. Polly Howe.
III. Jeremiah, b. April 18, 1814; m. Mary Tucker.
IV. Jesse Fr., b. April 11, 1816; m. Rebecca Gibson.
V. Eli, b. April 8, 1818 ; m. Mrs. Paulina Howe.
VI. Cyrus Hamlin, b. September 24, 1820; m. Ardelia Coburn,
VII. Benjamin F., b. September 5, 1822 ; m. Paulina Baker.
VIII. Elwin Wallace, b. February 3, 1825; m. Ist, Mary Ann Beal, 2d, Mrs. Hill.
IX. William Ruthven, b. April 15, 1827; m. Charlotte E. Hall.
The mother died December 20, 1841. The father died March 2, 1870.
HENRY HOWE, oldest son of the preceding, married Lucinda, daughter of Henry Prentiss. He built the stand on Paris Hill, afterward owned by the late James T. Clark, and resided at South Paris at one time, then in Sumner, and last in Norway. He possessed great integrity of character. He died in Norway, April 6, 1877. Children : -
I. Clinton, b. May 25, 1836; m. Eliza Jane Heald, and deceased several years ago.
11. Juli, b. July 27, 1844; m. Amasa Heald, and settled in Grinnell, Iowa.
The mother died December 30, 1845; m. 2d, 1847, Lucy C., daughter of Philip Newbert, of Waterborough, b. January 10, 1815.
III. Samuel Henry, b. March 19, 1849; m. Emma Trefethen, of Portland, and is now living in Grinnell, Iowa.
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JEREMIAH HOWE, brother of the preceding, born in Sumner, April 18, 1814, married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Tucker, of Norway, and was long in trade in the village. He sub- sequently moved to Portland and engaged in mercantile pursuits there. He now resides in Deering, near Woodfords Corner, while continuing in business in Portland. Children : -
I. Lydia Fane, b. December 13, 1840; m. Rev. Joseph C. Snow; r. Haverhill, Mass.
II. Emery Alton, b. August 17, 1847.
JESSE HOWE JR., brother of the preceding (see Norway Physicians), graduated in medicine and was long in practice in Norway. He married, October 4, 1843, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Gibson, of Denmark, afterward of Norway. His widow, born November 23, 1821, died October 26, 1884. Children : -
I. Ellen Frances, b. December 23, 1844; d. April 11, 1852. .
II. Izah Tenney, b. March 26, 1848; m., October 19, 1881, John R. Sanborn.
III. Rebecca G., b. June 13, 1850; d. April 22, 1852.
EDWIN W. HOWE, brother of the preceding, born in Sumner, February 3, 1825, has long been in trade in Norway and is still one of our most respected citizens. He married, March 23, 1851, Mary Ann, daughter of Ezra F. Beal, Esq., who was born in Portland, October 23, 1828. Children : -
I. Charles W., b. July 17, 1852; m. Abbie Dodge.
II. Frank H., b. January 22, 1861.
Mrs. Howe died, and for second wife Mr. Howe married Abba D. Hill, of Wiscasset.
FREELAND HOWE (see Personal Notice), son of Jacob and Polly Benson (Howe) Howe, of Sumner, and grandson of Jesse beforenamed, and also grandson of Jeremiah (his parents were cousins), born in Sumner, December 5, 1833, and married, December 5, 1857, Mary L. Fields, born January 22, 1836. Children : -
I. Fannie R., b. November 15, 1858; m. A. E. Morrison.
II. George R., b. August 4, 1860.
III. Freeland, b. May 30, 1870.
JOHN HOWE, of another family, son of John and Lydia (Lewis) Howe, when he was twelve years old, apprenticed himself to John Deering, carpenter, who then lived on High Street in Paris. His term of service was seven years, in which he fully mastered the trade, and became a successful builder in Paris and adjoining towns. He afterward engaged in lumbering in Stoneham. He is now living with his daughter, Sarah Thurston, in Norway Village. He married, 1830, Mary Walker, daughter of Gustavus A. Goss. Children : -
I. Gustavus Goss, b. October 19, 1830; went to South America.
II. Mary E., b. August 1, 1832; m. David Andrews; s. Norway.
III. John Wesley, b. November 30, 1834; d. in infancy.
IV. John Wesley, b. August 28, 1835; railroad contractor in New York. V. Lydia, b. March 17, 1837; d. in Stoneham.
VI. Sarah, b. December 3, 1839; m. Thomas H. Thurston; s. Norway.
VII. Martha, b. August 26, 1841; died young.
VIII. James Dexter, b. June 19, 1843.
IX. Melville Elon, b. March 14, 1845.
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JACKSON.
LEMUEL JACKSON, son of Lemuel Jr., married Nancy, daughter of Abner Foster, born in Newry, afterward of Paris and Freeman. Children : -
I. Charity N., b. September 10, 1812; m. Samuel B. Bodwell, of Andover,
II. Harriet S., b. September 14, 1814; m. Lewis Libbey; s. Gray.
III. Lemuel W., b. April 1, 1818; m. Hannah R. Lunt.
IV. Ezekiel C., b. April 3, 1821 ; m. Abigail P. Millett ; s. Norway.
V. Hannah F., b. March 29, 1823; m. George Farnum ; s. Rumford.
VI. Vesta H., b. July 12, 1825; m. Moses Bixby, of Andover, Massachusetts.
VII. Abner F., b. November 14, 1827.
The father died September, 1830. The mother died December, 1860.
EZEKIEL C. JACKSON, son of the preceding, married September 5, 1858, Abigail Parsons, daughter of Colonel John and Abigail (Parsons) Millett. Children : -
I. Dora, b. April 25, 1859.
II. Ezekiel, b. April 13, 1861 ; d. June following.
III. Chandler, b. June 1, 1863.
IV. Belle, b. November 20, 1865.
ABNER FOSTER JACKSON, brother of the preceding, resides in Norway on the old Colonel John Millett farm. He came here from Bethel in 1840. He married first, May 21, 1855, Mary W. P., widow of Stephen Morrill, of Westbrook, and daughter of Colonel John Millett. She died, and he married second, Harriet Augusta, daughter of Major Henry W. Millett. Children : -
I. Mary Eva, b. February 24, 1856; m., April 6, 1879, Edwin M. Everett.
II. John Millett, b. April 6, 1858; m., March 29, 1884, Cora B. Carr.
III. Henry Millett, b. December 20, 1865.
IV. Abner Foster, b. March 29, 1868.
V. Rust, b. May 26, 1871.
VI. Solomon Isaiah, b. June 6, 1873.
VII. Newhall, b. July 14, 1875.
JOHNSON.
IRA JOHNSON, born in 1796, married Mary Town, who was born in ISog. Children born prior to the census of 1850 : -
I. Lydia M., b. 1831; m. Frederick E. Fuller.
II. Amanda, b. 1835.
III. Ira Fr., b 1838; m. Melissa J. Merrill.
IV. Antoinette, b. 1840 ; m. David L. Merrill.
V. Jerome A., b. 1843 ; m. Fannie.N. Bancroft.
VI. Harriet H., b. 1845 ; m. Samuel M. Merrill.
VII. George H., b. 1849; m. Sarah E. Upton.
IRA JOHNSON JR., farmer and lumberman, son of Ira and Mary (Town) Johnson, and grandson of Asa and Hannah (Horr) Johnson, born in Norway in 1838, married in 1859, Melissa J. Merrill, who was born in 1840. Children : -
I. Lillian, b. 1864.
II. Virgil H., b. 1867.
III. Eva M., b. 1871.
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JONES.
CAD F. JONES, an early settler and prominent in town and military affairs, was of Andover, Massachusetts. He married Joanna Eaton, of Reading, and their only child and daughter married Benjamin French.
GEORGE PARMENTER JONES, by profession a dentist, came to this town from Lovell, in 1864. He is the son of Abel Parmenter Jones, who was born in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, March 13, 1792, and of his wife, Mary Corey, who was born in Westford, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 22, 1795. His grandfather was Abel Jones, of Ashburnham, and his grandmother, Annie Parmenter, of the same town. Dr. Jones was born in Westford, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 7, 1830, and June 25, 1854, he married Olevia Stearns, who was born December 4, 1829. He has been a prominent man of the village and town, and has served in the Maine Legisla- ture. Children : -
I. Willie, b. June 13, 1857 ; d. May 3, 1858.
II. Fannie Isabel, b. May 9, 1859; m., June 7, 1881, George W. Holmes.
III. Flora Mabel, b. May 9, 1859; m., March 20, 1882, Dr. Frank B. Bradbury.
IV. Mary Eliza, b. December 7, 1864; m., April 6, 1882, George E. Lasselle.
V. Harry Parmenter, b. July 15, 1871.
JORDAN.
The Jordans of Norway are descended from Robert Jordan, who was an Englishman, a minister of the established church, and early at Cape Elizabeth. For an extended account of this family, the reader is referred to the " Jordan Memorial," published in 1882.
JOSEPH JORDAN, son of Jeremiah, and the fifth in descent from Robert Jordan, the emi- grant, was born in Falmouth, or Cape Elizabeth, in 1750. He married first, Elizabeth Robin- son, and second, Mary Steel, who died in Norway in 1830. He moved from Cape Elizabeth to Gorham, and later to Norway. Children: -
I. Elizabeth, b. Rowe. )
; m. Benjamin Rowe, an early settler of Norway. (See
II. Timothy, b. Otisfield, 1767; m. Esther Mann, of Wrentham, Massachusetts.
III. William, b. 1776; m., 1809, Eunice, daughter of Ezekiel Rich, of Otisfield. He resided in Oxford and died there, December 15, 1856.
IV. Benjamin, b. about 1779; m., 1813, Mehitable Hall.
V. Sally, b. 1788; m. Ist, William Fiske, of Portland, 2d, Paul Twombly.
VI. Samuel, b. 1794; m. Hannah Pratt, of Saco.
VII. Hannah, b. ; never was married.
TIMOTHY JORDAN, eldest son of the preceding, who married Esther Mann, is said to have been a soldier in the Continental Army, and at the surrender of Cornwallis. He resided in Otisfield. Children : --
I. Betsey, b. February 26, 1789; m. Robert, son of David and Mary (Johnson) Frost, born at Gorham, March 28, 1782.
II. Mercy, b. August 30, 1790; m. John, son of Dudley Pike.
III. Catherine, b. August 13, 1792; m. David Higgins, of Gorham.
IV. Azuba, b. February 2, 1794; m., 1820, Samuel Wardwell. She died at North Nor- way, September 16, 1871. -
V. David, b. May 12, 1796; m. Mary, daughter of John Greeley; resides in Otisfield.
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VI. Amos M., b. March 17, 1798; m. Martha Wood, of Rumford. He resided in Nor- way and Andover.
VII. Timothy fr., b. August 18, 1799; m. Ist, Mercy, daughter of Dudley Pike, of Nor- way, 2d, Abby E. Starbird, of Freeport, and 3d, Nancy, daughter of John Brown, of Boston.
VIII. Esther, b. July 27, 1801 ; m. Edward Baker; r. Lee.
IX. Polly, b. June 4, 1803; m. Nathan Noble Jr., of Norway. (See Noble.)
X. Sally, b. June 26, 1805; m. Joseph Hall; r. Lee.
XI. Noah, b. April 4, 1807; m., 1831, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Stevens. He resided at Auburn, and died there August 4, 1878.
XII. Adeline, b. March 31, 1809; m. Alvah, son of Daniel Hobbs, of Norway. He was many years a blacksmith at Locke's Mills, and died there November 22, 1874.
XIII. Merritt, b. July 31, 1812; m. Mary E., daughter of Thomas Hale, of Belfast. He died at Auburn, June 4, 1874.
XIV. John, b. May 15, 1813; m., 1836, Jane F., daughter of Joseph Haskell, of Otisfield ; r. Oxford.
XV. Colby A., b. November 11, 1817; m. Ist, Sarah Cargill, daughter of John Dunham, of Belfast, 2d, Sarah F., daughter of John Stacy, of Palmyra. He is a surgeon dentist and resides in Bangor.
XVI. Diana, b. October 24, 1819; m. Rev. William Payne, of Paris.
BENJAMIN JORDAN, brother of the preceding, married Mehitable Hall, of Norway, May 5, IS13. She was born August 4, 1791, and died August 4, 1851. He died January 7, 1874. Children : -
I. Sarah, b. May 2, 1816; m. Captain David P. Floyd, and d. at Harrison, September 19, 1872.
II. Benjamin, b. February 19, 1818; m. Patience Cary, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and settled in Canada.
III. Mary Ann, b. December 2, 1822; m., September 4, 1843, Joel S. Frost, of Nor- way. (See Frost.)
IV. Isaac, b. m., 1852, Julia A. P. Jordan ; r. Otisfield.
V. Asa Danforth, twins, b. December 11, 1826.
VI. Granville P., unmarried.
VII. Betsey Fane, b. March 6, 1829; in. Lewis, son of Frye Lovejoy, of Norway.
VIII. Mercy, unmarried.
SAMUEL JORDAN, who married Hannah Pratt, of Saco, resided in Norway, and died in 1861. His wife was born in Alfred, Maine, in 1799, and died in 1866. Hle lived several years in Bridgton. Children : -
I. May, b. in Norway, 1822; d, in 1857. She m. Chester Johnson, of Saco.
II. Samuel, b. October 15, 1824; m., 1848, in Shrewsbury, Clarinda M. Miller, and resides there.
III. Harriet N., b. August 13, 1828; m. George J. Smith, of Norway.
IV. Lydia A., b. February 2, 1830; d. October 21, 1859.
V. Horatio S., b. October 5, 1832; d. 1855.
VI. Christiana, b. August 21, 1833 ; m. Asa HI. Bourne, of Wells, Maine.
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VII. Diana, b. June 8, 1835; d. August 28, 1837.
VIII. Amelia, b. March 6, 1838; d. January 9, 1840.
IX. Arbinda, b. May 4, 1839; d. May 9.
X. Ruth M., b. September 1, 1842; d. January 1, 1853.
TIMOTHY JORDAN JR. married first, Mercy Pike, second, Abby E. Starbird, and third, Nancy Brown. He lived in Oxford thirty-five years, but died in Norway, March 23, 1881' aged eighty-one years. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Maine Regiment, although over sixty years of age, and was discharged for disability occasioned by sunstroke. His death was the result of an injury received by a collision when he was out riding with his daughter in a sleigh. Children : -
I. Caroline B., b. December 25, ; m., 1848, Thomas J. Whitehead, of Paris.
II. William Henry, b. May 7, 1822; m., 1851, Mercy C., daughter of Andrew Keen, of Sumner.
III. Sarah }., b. May 26, 1823; d. July 19, 1833.
IV. Lafayette, b. September 23, 1825; d. 1825.
V. Granville P., b. December 30, 1826; d. August 19, 1862.
VI. Anne E., b. June 12, 1829; d. March 7, 1851.
VII. Aurelia F. A., b. July 12, 1831 ; d. July 19, 1833.
VIII. Dudley Pike, b. April 25, 1833; m., 1870, Rachel A., daughter of Benjamin Camp- bell; r. Chicago.
IX. Cephas A., d. February 20, 1836.
twins, b. June II, 1835.
X. Celia F., m. Joseph H. Morse, of Paris.
XI. Merritt Marion, b. August 11, 1837; d. April 15, 1838. By second wife : -
XII. Elmer E., b. November 26, 1861.
ELIJAH JORDAN came to this town from Greenwood, where he settled in 1801. Here he lived on what is known as Pleasant Street. He married Elizabeth Leach, daughter of Thomas Cowan, the early millman at the village, whose wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Jona- than and Elizabeth (Leach) Shurtleff. He died in October, 1859, and his wife in 1861. Children : -
I. Elijah fr., b. December 18, 1802; m. Lucretia Cummings.
II. Eliza, b. September 26, 1803; m. Joseph Flint.
III. David, b. January 20, 1805; m. Eunice Brown.
IV. Mary, b. August 8, 1807; m. Dexter B. Moore, of Lovell; Will Moore, of Nor- way, is one of their eight children.
V. Leonard, b. October 30, 1809.
VI. Adeline, b. January 15, 1812; m. Richard Kennard.
VII. Eli, b. June 18, 1814; m. Lucinda Ball.
VIII. Ruth, b. December 26, 1816.
IX. Sally, b. September 19, 1818; m. Charles Davis.
X. Luther, b. March 9, 1820; went to New York.
XI. Lucy, b. December 20, 1822 ; went to New York.
XII. Calvin, b. January 16, 1824.
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JAMES H. JORDAN, son of Wales Jordan, who was born in Gray, December 9, 1794, and Mary Ann Proctor, his wife, born in Waterford, December 25, 1792, and grandson of Captain David Jordan, was born in Albany, December 23, 1827. He is a farmer, and lives in Norway He married, April 28, 1853, Martha Pierce, of Norway. Children : -
I. Mary E., b. August 9, 1854; m., March, 1853, John W. Pierce.
II. Newel F., b. October 1, 1857 ; d. June 14, 1859.
JUDKINS.
PERRY D. JUDKINS, of Greenwood, married Fanny P. Town, of Norway. He was the son of Moses Judkins, who married a Perry, and had, beside Perry D. : Josiah, Moses Jr., Aruna, Olive, and Lydia, all of whom are dead. Perry D. Judkins had the following children : -
I. Amos C., b. Norway, September, 1837; m. Mary F. North ; resides Newton, Mass.
II. Oliver Wendell Holmes, b. August 7, 1839; m. Isanna J. Edwards.
III. Harmon S., b. June, 1842; m., 1872, Flora L. Chapin, of Cambridge, Massachusetts ; r. Boston.
IV. Julius y., b. July, 1844; d. 1846.
OLIVER W. H. JUDKINS, son of the preceding, is a farrier and blacksmith, and resides in Norway. He married, November 24, 1859, Jane, daughter of Lathrop and Mary J. (Andrews) Edwards, of Otisfield, who was born June 7, 1840. Children: -
I. Eshburn T., b. October 30, 1860.
II. Albert W., b. November 11, 1862.
III. Perry W., b. July 3, 1867.
IV. Chestina F., b. March 21, 1869.
V. Flora y., b. September 3, 1871.
KIMBALL.
PETER KIMBALL JR., son of Peter Kimball,* of Bradford, born in Bradford, Massachu- setts, May 19, 1793, came with his father's family to Bridgton, and married Betsey, daughter of James and Eunice (Berry) Emerson, t March 16, 1816, born April 3, 1796. He immedi- ately moved to that part of Woodstock then called Hamlin's Gore, having commenced to clear land there the year previous. He was by trade a carpenter, and a very industrious and useful man. He was also a wheelwright, at first manufacturing cart wheels, and subsequently building a shop, where he carried on the manufacture of carriages and sleighs for many years. His boys, several of whom became famous carriage manufacturers, got their rudimentary instructions in the art in this little shop, which stood under the west side of the Whale's Back, nearly opposite the Bailey place. Mr. Kimball moved to Norway about the year 1849, where he died May 14, 1871. His wife died in Rochester, New Hampshire, June 6, 1879. Their children, all except the third, born on the Gore (she in Bridgton), were as follows : -
I. James Myrick, b. March 10, 1817; m., August 29, 1839, Arvilla, daughter of Cotton Elliot, of Rumford. He has carried on the carriage business in Bridgton and Portland.
" Peter Kimball, son of Francis, of Bradford, Massachusetts, his mother, Mary Head, was born in Bradford in 176s. He married Luey Barker, daughter of Asa, of Haverhill, whose wite was Melntable Porter, and in 17 6, moved to Bridgton, Maine, where his wife's father had already preceded him. Here he spent the remainder of his days.
+ James Emerson was the son of William Emerson, and of his wife Eliza Myrick; his wife, Eunice Berry, was the daughter of Stephen Berry, whose wite was Ann Bixby.
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II. Eliza Ann, b. December 9, 1818; m., April 5, 1842, Richard Gage, son of Richard and Martha Wheelock. She is the mother of H. W. Gage, of Strout & Gage, attorneys-at-law in Portland, and resides with her son.
III. Mary, b. November 20, 1820; m., December 31, 1837, Colonel John G. Burns, of Oxford, subsequently of the Gore.
IV. Julia Emerson, b. June 6, 1823; m., September, 1844, Martin L. Burr, now of Rochester, New Hampshire.
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