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III, Sarah A., b. January 14, 1865.
IV. Willie T., b. July 27, 1867.
V. Estella C., b. December 26, 1871.
VI. Walter L., b. September 27, 1875.
VII. Jessie G., b. December 31, 1878.
NEWHALL.
CHARLES NEWHALL, a wheelwright, was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, June 1, IS12, and married, August 28, 1836, Lydia R. Parsons, who was born May 25, ISIo. He came here from New Gloucester in 1848. Children : -
I. Charles E., b. June 12, 1837.
II. Sarah P., b. May 26, 1839.
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III. Maria D., b. March 30, 1841 ; m., August 12, 1874, George W. Grant.
IV. Edwin, b. January, 1843; d. 1846.
V. Ellen L., b. March 26, 1846; m. Z. M. Mansur.
VI. Jacob E., b. Norway, February 20, 1848; d. October 13, 1879.
VII. Albert S., b. April 8, 1850.
VIII. Claribel, b. May 18, 1854; d. October, 1856.
NOBLE.
NATHAN NOBLE, the father of Nathan, the early settler, was born in New Milford, Con- necticut, February 3, 1722. He was killed in the battle of Saratoga, October 7, 1777. He descended from Thomas Noble, who was born in England, and died in Westfield, Massa- chusetts, prior to 1721. He married first, Hannah Warriner, of Springfield, Massachusetts, second, Experience Woodward, and third, Abigail Clancy, and had eleven children. The children of Nathan Noble were : -
I. Phebe, b. May 15, 1749; m. Benjamin Gould.
II. Michel, b. January 3, 1751 ; d. July 8, 1752.
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IV. Son, { twins, b. May 25, 1753; d. young.
V. Reuben, b, February 15, 1755; m. Hannah Merrill.
VI. Hannah, b. April 9, 1757; m. Elisha Hayden.
VII. Nathan Fr., b. February 20, 1761 ; m. Hannah Hobbs.
VIII. Mary, b. June 24, 1764; m. Malachi Bartlett.
IX. Anna, b. July, 1769; m. Nathaniel Fuller.
The Nobles have been prominent in this town from the time of its early settlement, and Noble's Corner, at the north part, will long perpetuate the name, although its importance as a place of business has been comparatively small since the building of the railway through the county.
NATHAN NOBLE JR., the immediate ancestor of the Norway families, was born in the vil- lage of Stroudwater, near Portland, February 20, 1761. He went from. there to Gray, where he married Hannah, daughter of Jeremiah Hobbs. Two of his children were born in Gray, and the others in Norway. Children: -
I. Amos, b. August 1, 1786; m. Betsey Whitmarsh.
II. Jeremiah, b. July 8, 1787; m. Almira Gurney.
III. Nathan Fr., b. August 3, 1790; d. September 26, 1792.
IV. Simeon, b. January 15, 1792; m. Betsey Flint.
V. Daniel, b. March 18, 1793.
VI. Nathan, b. November 12, 1794; m. Mary Jordan.
VII. David, b. February 4, 1796; m. Ist, S. Flint, 2d, C. N. French.
VIII. Simon, b. June 12, 1797; m. Ist, Lydia C. Ayer, 2d, Maria Kimball.
IX. Henry, b. April 18, 1799; m. Ist, Sabrina Burnham; 2d, M. Haskell, 3d, K. D. Hill.
X. Solomon, b. September 28, 1800; m., March 27, 1827, Anne Shaw, who was born May 15, 1804. He resided in this town, and died June 30, 1876, without children.
XI. Hannah, b. July 24, 1802 ; m. John Dennett, of Paris.
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XII. Clarissa, b. September 17, 1804; m. Moses Ames.
XIII. Reuben, b. October 1, 1806; m. Eliza A. Kimball.
XIV. Mary, b. February 27, 1809; m. John Dennett.
AMOS NOBLE, eldest son of the preceding, married Betsey, daughter of Ebenezer Whit - marsh. Children: -
I. Elvira, b. October 22, 1812.
II. Caroline, b. June 10, 1814.
III. Lovisa, b. November 2, 1816.
IV. Mary W., b. March 5, 1820.
V. Daniel W., b. March 28, 1825.
VI. Miriam O., b. August 25, 1827.
VII. Lydia E., b. September 22, 1829.
VIII. Rosanna, b. August 18, 1832.
IX. George F., b. October, 1835.
JEREMIAH NOBLE, brother of the preceding, married Almira Gurney. Children : -
I. Susan B., b. November 30, 1815.
II. Hannah Prince, b. September 17, 1817.
III. Jonathan Gurney, b. October 5, 1819.
IV. Clarissa Augusta, b. October 15, 1821.
V. Maria Martin, b. July 19, 1826.
VI. Leona Emeline, b. December 5, 1830; d. young.
VII. Rebecca Downing, b. April 15, 1832.
VIII. Leona Emeline, b. February 26, 1837.
SIMEON NOBLE, brother of the preceding, married Betsey Flint, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Flint. Children : -
I. Henry Flint, b. September 11, 1819; d. October 9, 1823.
II. Emeline, b. July 9, 1824; m. Timothy C. Holt.
III. Olive, b. April 26, 1827; m. James L. Paine.
IV. Benjamin Henry, b. June 10, 1833.
DANIEL NOBLE, brother of the preceding, married first, Hannah , and second, Asenath Children : -
I. Nathan, b. September 17, 1816.
II. Lorenzo Hobbs, b. December 15, 1818.
III. Arvilla, b. December 22, 1821.
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IV. Hannah Augusta, b. November 12, 1831.
V. Daniel Clinton, b. November 25, 1834.
VI. William Edwin, b. December 6, 1836.
VII. Eliza Fane, b. October 16, 1841.
NATHAN NOBLE JR., brother of the preceding, married Mary Jordan. He was long in trade at Noble's Corner. Children : -
I. Isannah Capen, b. January 6, 1824.
II. Cordelia Dunham, b. March 16, 1825.
III. Adaline Elizabeth, b. October 15, 1826.
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IV. Martha Gilbert, b. April 13, 1828.
V. Aurelius Cleaveland, b. October 31, 1830.
VI. William Harrison, b. January 30, 1832.
VII. Caroline Amelia, b. March 16, 1835.
VIII. Martha Jordan, b. June 15, 1837.
IX. Mary Ellen, b. May 29, 1841.
X. F. Marion, b. March 31, 1845; m. Myra P. Hall.
SIMON NOBLE, brother of the preceding, married first, Lydia C. Ayer, and second, Maria Kimball. Children : -
I. Lydia Maria, b. May 26, 1829.
II. Thomas Kimball, b. June 19, 1832; m., 1855, Anna J. Sewall, of Paris.
III. Charles Dexter, b. December 31, 1842; m., 1868, Anna M. Brown.
HENRY NOBLE, brother of the preceding, married first, Sabrina, daughter of Joshua and Jemima Burnham, who died March 10, 1841. He married second, Mary Haskell, who died December 16, 1845. For third wife, he married Keziah J. Hill, of Paris. Children : -
I. Aaron Capen, b. November 17, 1828; m., 1853, Hannah P. Gorham.
II. Lydia Ann, b. October 30, 1831 ; m. Albion Edwards.
III. Harriet Burnham, b. June 24, 1834; m. Eliab B. Coy.
IV. Sabrina Jane, b. February 28, 1841 ; m. John W. Greeley.
REUBEN NOBLE, brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Nathan and Hannah Noble, married Eliza A. Kimball. Children : -
I. Jacob Osgood, b. July 25, 1835; d. October 23, 1842.
II. Charles Newton, b. February 19, 1840; d. October 24, 1842.
III. Mary Hannah Dennett, b. October 6, 1842; d. February 20, 1850.
IV. Osgood Jesse Kimball, b. ; d. January 30, 1850.
FRANCIS MARION NOBLE, son of Nathan Noble, married, September 17, 1868, Myra P. 'Hall, who was born March 4, 1850. Children: -
I. Frank G., b. July 25, 1869.
II. Fred H., b. March 22, 1873.
III. Natie A., b. October 28, 1876.
AARON CAPEN NOBLE, son of Henry, married, June 17, 1853, Hannah P. Gorham, who was born in Norway, April 1, 1832. Children : -
I. Nellie y., b. November 8, 1865.
NOYES.
WARD NOYES came to Norway in 1800. He was by trade a carpenter and had charge of building many of the houses and barns of the early inhabitants. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1772, and died in Norway, April 22, 1822. He was severely injured in the .same accident which caused the death of Lemuel Shedd in 1818, and never fully recovered. He married Clarissa Wood, who was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1776, and died in Norway, October 18, 1840. Children : --
I. Alice B., b. 1801 ; m. John S. Shedd; d. 1828.
II. Clarissa, b. 1803; m. Silas Shedd.
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III. Ward fr., b. ISOS; m. Ist, Wealthy D. Hobbs, 2d, Harriet (Needham) Pressey
s. Portland.
IV. Amos F., b. December 14, 1812; m. Lydia F. Hobbs.
V. Sophia, b. 1814.
VI. David Franklin, b. January 11, 1817; m. in 1858, Emily Smith.
VII. Harriet N., b. 1818; d. 1835.
VIII. George A., b. 1820; killed in battle in 1862.
Three other children died young.
AMOS F. NOYES (see Personal Notice), son of Ward Noyes preceding, married Lydia F. Hobbs. He formerly resided on the farm now occupied by Merrill J. Rowe, but sold out and moved to the Village. Children : -
I. Amos Oscar, b. March 6, 1837; m. Anna Chase ; d. October 13, 1878.
II. Lorenzo H., b. August 19, 1838; d. May 26, 1861.
III. Georgianna, b. November 8, 1841 ; d. October 26, 1843.
IV. Marcia E., b. July 26, 1842 ; m., March, 1862, Levi C. Fogg, and died April 11, 1867. V. Elizabeth Etta, b. July 26, 1844; d. October 7, 1847.
VI. Catherine H., b. December 7, 1846; m., October, 1869, W. F. Cox.
VII. Clara Anna, b. November 26, 1851 ; m., February 23, 1873, A. M. Gerry.
VIII. Lydia Etta, b. November 14, 1853.
IX. Frank Herbert, b. January 17, 1856; m., June 13, 1878, Ellen A. Bennett.
X. Wealthy H., b. March 21, 1858; m., 1878, John F. Horne.
AMOS OSCAR NOYES, son of Amos F. (see Personal Notice), married Anna Chase, who was born September 4, 1841. He died October 13, 1878. Children : -
I. George Lorenzo, b. August 30, 1863.
II. Della M. Spofford (adopted October 7, 1869), b. Falmouth, October 7, 1868.
DAVID NOYES (see Personal Notice), an early resident, a school teacher, surveyor and con- veyancer, author of a History of Norway, and always a prominent citizen of the town, came here from Winchendon, Massachusetts, where he was born June 16, 1788, February 12, 1804. He married Hannah S., daughter of John and Mary (Shedd) Needham. Children : -
I. Henry L., b. May 22, 1812; m. Catherine G. Wheelock; d. June 7, 1841, and his wife d. May 26, 1843.
II. Otis Sylvester, b. September 2, 1814; d. June 30, 1831.
III. David Brown, b. August 26, 1817; m. Lydia N. Small.
IV. Claudius Augustus, b. October 17, 1820; m. Rowena Cox.
V. Sarah Maria, b. October 9, 1823; d. May 31, 1842.
DAVID B. NOYES, son of David Noyes preceding, married Lydia N. Small. He died some years ago, and his widow survives. Children born in Norway : -
I. Henry Laurens, b. December 30, 1844.
II. Hannah Maria, b. November 2, 1846.
III. Albert, b. , 1848.
IV. Ira W., b. , 1850.
CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS NOYES, son of David, and brother of the preceding, married, May
9, 1843, Rowena Cox, who was born October 7, 1824. He resides in Boston. Children : -
I. Surah Maria, b. March 10, 1844; m., December 25, 1864, Dr. Don A. Robinson.
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II. Charles Claudius, b. September 12, 1846; m., April 30, 1873, Jeneatte M. Pease ; d. February 27, 1884.
III. David William, b. April 18, 1848; m., October 18, 1875, Hattie Drew Riley.
IV. Rowena Elizabeth, b. August 3, 1852; d. September 24, 1853.
V. Carrie Ellen, b. June 12, 1856; m., October 26, 1881, Samuel D. Goodenough.
VI. Emma Rowena, b. August 3, 1858; d. April 20, 1860.
BELA NOYES was among the quite early settlers in this town. He moved here from Minot, where some of his older children were born. His wife was Elizabeth Mann, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Children : -
I. Sarah, b. ; m. Daniel Hobbs.
II. Bela, b. ; m. Honor Prince, of New Gloucester.
III. John, b. ; m. Hannah Young, and moved to Greenwood.
IV. William, b. . He married Sally, daughter of John Daniels, of Paris, and after her death he married her sister. He kept a tavern in Greenwood for many years, but retired to a farm in Paris, and died there.
V. Betsey, b. '
; m. Robert Bearce, of Hamlin's Gore.
VI. Mary, b.
. She married Sylvanus Bartlett, of Hamlin's Gore.
VII. Elizabeth, b. . She died unmarried.
BELA NOYES JR., son of the preceding, lived on a farm in the north part of the town. He married Honor Prince. Children : -
I. Washington, b. March 13, 1828; m., 1852, Julia A. Horr.
II. Warren, b. March 7, 1831; m., 1856, Mary E. York.
III. Robert Prince, b. January 23, 1834; m. Harriet M. Woodbury.
IV. Aphia, b. May 8, 1838.
ROBERT NOYES, bookbinder (see Personal Notice), was born in Portland, February 26, 18II. His father was John Noyes, born in Portland, February 28, 1772, and died August 3, 1824, and his mother Dorcas Gooding, born in Portland April 1I, 1777, and died November 21, 1840. Mr. Noyes came from Portland to Norway in August, 1843. He married, Novem- ber 20, 1838, Elizabeth Ilsley Souther, born in Portland, March 20, 1816. Children: -
I. George H., b. Portland, August 3, 1840; d. December 28, 1840.
II. Helen Maria, b. Portland, October 11, 1841; d. April 16, 1847.
III. Elizabeth Augusta, b. February 28, 1844; m., March 11, 1866, Nathan W. Millett.
IV. Frederick Barnard, b. January 29, 1846; d. March 4, 1853.
V. Helen Maria, b. February 6, 1848.
ORDWAY.
AMOS ORDWAY, the first of the name in this town, was born in Lyndeborough, New Hamp- shire, in 1774. He had a brother John, who came to Maine and settled in Sangerville. Amos Ordway was a carpenter and builder, and settled in North Yarmouth, where he mar- ried a Miss Robbins. He built many of the best buildings in the village. September 26, 1805, the North Yarmouth Light Infantry held a meeting in Amos Ordway's Hall. From North Yarmouth, Mr. Ordway moved to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, where he carried on business a few years, then moved to Portland, and about the year 1825, to Norway. His first
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wife died, and for second wife, he married Mary, daughter of Samuel Ames, of this town. His sons were born in North Yarmouth : -
I. Amos fr., b. April 23, 1798; m. Elizabeth Thompson, b. at St. Andrews, July 5, 1805; d. at St. Andrews, November 17, 1827.
II. Sewall G., b. October 20, ISOS; d. in Norway, August 8, 1835. He was for several years book-keeper for Andrew T. Dole, of Portland.
III. George James, b. St. Andrews, October 8, 1811; m. Olive G. Robbins, of North Yarmouth ; d. in Boston, October 12, 1872.
" Old Times in North Yarmouth." Page 199.
GEORGE JAMES ORDWAY, youngest son of Amos Ordway, went in early life to Boston, and was the confidential clerk of Greeley & Guild. About the year 1837, he came to Norway, intending to remain here and take care of his father. Soon after, he went to China, and was absent about a year, when he returned, and bought land in different parts of the town, and engaged in farming. He went into trade in the village about the year 1841, and succeeded William Reed as postmaster. He occupied the old Barton store, which he remodeled and fitted up in modern style. He kept a much better stock of goods than had ever before been kept in the village, and the prices he was obliged to ask, placed them beyond the reach of the average farmers in this vicinity. The result was, that in three or four years he failed. When he began trade, he was worth about ten thousand dollars. After going through bankruptcy, he went to Portland, and was clerk for Emery & Waterhouse until his health failed, when he went to Boston, and died at the house of his nephew. He was married, in 1852, to Olive G. Robbins, of North Yarmouth, who died some three or four years before her husband.
GEORGE D. T. ORDWAY, son of Amos Jr., came to Norway with his widowed mother in 1836. He was born in St. Andrews, August 12, 1823. He returned with his mother to St. Andrews, and in 1841 went to New York, became an apprentice to his uncle in the carpentry business and subsequently his partner. He still resides there. He married in 1848, Elizabeth Rogers, who was born in New York City, July 21, 1826, and died in Boston, February 7, ISSI. Children : -
I. Annie Lydia, b. August 19, 1849.
II. George Amos, b. November 10, 1850.
III. Josephine Elizabeth, b. December 2, 1852./
IV. Robert C., b. February 2, 1855.
V. Frank, b. April 24, 1857.
VI. Mary Rogers, b. March 12, 1859.
JOHN A. ORDWAY, brother of the preceding, born in St. Andrews, October 20, 1825, came to Norway, where his widowed mother had preceded him, in 1837. He remained here until 1839, when he went to New York and worked at carpentering, but not liking the business, he returned to St. Andrews. In 1840, he went to Boston where he remained a year, then when his uncle went into trade in Norway, he came here and became his clerk and assistant post- master. After his uncle's failure, he returned to Boston and obtained a situation in a whole- sale dry goods store. He afterward went into business for himself and has been very successful. He has now retired from active business. He was married at Yonkers, New York, January 26, 1860, to Charlotte W. Partridge, who was born at Huntington, Long Island, October 16, 1837, and died in Boston, July 30, 1880. Children : -
I. John A. Fr., b. November 18, 1861.
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II. William P., b. March 16, 1864.
III. Elizabeth T., b. December 31, 1865.
IV. May P., b. August 16, 1867; d. February 13, 1869.
V. Helen C., b. October 7, 1868; d. January 23, 1869.
VI. Gracie R., b. December 18, 1869.
VII. Lilian L., b. July 10, 1871.
VIII. George T., b. October 31, 1873.
OXNARD.
FRANK S. OXNARD, born in Portland, November 1, 1842, came here and was in trade with W. H. Whitcomb, under the firm name of Whitcomb & Oxnard. He married, December 18, 1872, Mary Alice Tucker, who was born June 24, 1850. Children : -
I. George Leon, b. November 14, 1875; d. July 18, 1876.
II. Horace Whitcomb, b. June 4, 1878.
PACKARD.
JAMES PACKARD JR., son of James and Mary (Thayer) Packard, of Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts, born in 1758, married in 1778, Jemima, daughter of Ephraim Churchill. He was a revolutionary soldier and after the war closed he moved to Minot, then came to Norway, and from here moved to Greenwood, but he died in Norway, February 21, 1848, aged eighty-nine. He had Keziah, born in 1779, who married a Bumpus, of Otisfield, James, born in 1783, Ephraim, born in 1787, Asa, born in 1794, and probably others.
ASA PACKARD, son of the preceding, married, November 18, 1820, Eleanor, daughter of Joseph and Tabitha (Cotton) Bradbury, who was born in Poland, Maine, April 21, 1795. He lived and died in Greenwood. Children : -
I. Melinda, b. November 21, 1819.
II. James, b. October 16, 1821; m. Mary P. Keene.
III. Nathaniel Morrill, b. January 6, 1824; d. November 7, 1847.
IV. Charles Lewis, b. June 8, 1826.
V. Amos, b. May 9, 1828; m. Lydia S. Herrick.
VI. Asa, b. June 19, 1830.
VII. Eleanor, b. June 19, 1830.
VIII. George Putnam, b. March 5, 1832.
IX. Henry, b. July 21, 1843.
The mother died September 24, 1857.
AMOS PACKARD, son of the preceding, married Lydia S., daughter of Benjamin and Maria (Garland) Herrick, of Greenwood, who was born November 8, 1832. After his marriage, Mr. Packard moved to Norway Village, and two years later, in 1856, to West Paris. His subsequent removals and places of residence were, Lewiston, back to West Paris, Locke's Mills, south part of Greenwood, to Norway again in 1872, to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1879, and in 1881, to Baltimore, Maryland, where they now reside. Children: -
I. Benjamin F., b. Norway, June 10, 1856.
II. Morrill N., b. Paris, May 28, 1858. He now holds the important position of clerk of the first branch of the City Council of Baltimore.
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III. Roscoe M., b. Paris, October 24, 1860.
IV. Emily, b. April 4, 1865.
REV. CHARLES PACKARD (see Personal Notice), married, December 15, 1845, Hannah Farnum, daughter of Uriah Holt. Children, the two oldest born in Norway : -
I. Charles, b. October 19, 1846.
II. Anna Maria, b. August 5, 1849.
III. Charlotte Elizabeth, b, New Gloucester, March 8, 1856; d. July 31, 1856.
IV. Edward Eliphalet, b. May 8, 1858; d. November 30, 1858.
PARKHURST.
AARON PARKHURST, born in 1758, lived and died in Stafford, Connecticut, aged ninety- three years. His wife was Sally Thompson, born in Massachusetts, in 1764, died in 1857, aged ninety-three.
JOEL PARKHURST, son of the preceding, born in Stafford, May 2, 1793, came to South Paris when nineteen years of age and lived with his uncle, Joel Robinson. He then came to Nor- way, Noyes says in 1827, and purchased a power at the Falls, where he built a mill which he operated until 1854, when he sold half of it, and two years later the balance, also his house and lot. He went to Augusta where he remained for a while, when he came back to Norway and bought the saw-mill at the Falls. In 1866, he sold out the mill and bought a privilege four miles from the village, where he purposed to erect a mill, but it was not done. He died in Augusta, March 4, 1873. His wife still resides with her daughter in Augusta, Maine. She was Sarah J., daughter of Aaron Shackley, of this town, and was married to Mr. Park- hurst in 1829. Children : -
I. Charles T., b. August 6, 1831, and died July 6, 1852. He was by occupation a printer, and he set up and had charge of the publication of the History of Nor- way, by David Noyes. He was employed in the Norway Advertiser office.
II. Annette B., b. August 26, 1833; m., January 16, 1849, William A. Parsons, of Par- sonsfield. They have one son and three daughters, and reside in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
III. Cynthia y., b. July 10, 1837; m., March 28, 1854, Horatio N. Pinkham, a thrifty farmer residing in Augusta.
PARAGARD.
CHERI L. PARAGARD, son of John and Jennie Chandon Paragard, born in Bordeaux, France, August 12, 1839, came to Norway from Yarmouth, in 1869. He is a shoemaker. He mar- ried, March 20, 1867, Ellen F. Grant, born in Pownal, Maine, February 28, 1848. Chil- dren : -
I. Edith F., b. Freeport, March 4, 1868; d. June 12, 1876.
II. Heman C., b. Norway, May 24, 1870.
III. Florence M., b. September 28, 1871.
IV. Maud A., b. February 6, 1875; d. July 20, 1876.
V. Fannie H. B., b. September 24, 1880.
VI. Millbury H., b. June 13, 1886.
VII. Myra E., b. June 13, 1886; d. same month.
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PARSONS.
The Parsons family were of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and came here from New Glouces- ter, Maine. Jaffrey Parsons, born in Ashprington, England, in 1631, came to America by way of Barbadoes, about the year 1655. He married Sarah Vinson, whom he first saw while stopping to quench his thirst on a sultry day, at a spring near her father's, called Vinson's Spring. They have a numerous posterity, among whom is Chief Justice Parsons, of Massa- chusetts. His third son, John, born in 1666, married Isabella Haynes in 1693, and next Sarah Norton in 1701; he died December 1, 1714, leaving nine children. His oldest son John married Elizabeth Haskell in 1716, and had twelve children. Among his sons was William, who married Sarah Rust, sister of the proprietor of Rustfield. William and Sarah (Rust) Parsons were the parents of the Parsons brothers who settled early in this town, and of Jacob, who came later. Their children, not given in the order of their birth : -
I. William, b. August 16, 1759; m. Abigail Millett.
II. John, b. March 1, 1765; m. Ist, Esther Smith, 2d, Dorothy Stevens, 3d, Eunice Witham.
III. Jacob, b. May 12, 1775, in New Gloucester ; m. Hannah Hammond.
IV. Sarah, b.
V. Isabell, b.
VI. Judith, b.
VII. Betsey, b.
VIII. Susan, b.
IX. Lydia, b. October 28, 1777; m. Benjamin Hammond Jr.
X. Abigail, b.
XI. Hannah, b.
DEACON WILLIAM PARSONS, son of the preceding, was our early settler, supposed to be one of the first two who felled trees in Rustfield, with the view of making them homes. All accounts agree that he was a useful man and an exemplary Christian. He married Abigail, daughter of Captain John Millett, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and sister of the three Millett brothers who settled early in Norway. Children : -
I. Abigail, b. New Gloucester, April 23, 1785.
II. William, b. July 21, 1786; m. Dorothy S., daughter of John Parsons.
III. Nathaniel, b. November 16, 1787.
IV. Abigail, b. January 3, 1789.
V. Mary W., b. July 6, 1790; d. young.
VI. Henry Rust, b. September II, 1791 ; m. Betsey Gross; s. Paris.
VII. Mary W., b. May 5, 1793; m. Dr. Jonathan Millett.
VIII. Sarah R., b. October 9, 1794; m. Dr. Jonathan Millett.
IX. Joshua, b. July 25, 1796; m. Sybil, daughter of John Bridgham; d. in Minot, October 3, 1884.
X. Solomon, b. November 18, 1798; m. Clara Sophia Johnson.
XI. George Lesley, b. October 3, 1801.
XII. Daniel Reed, b. December 1, 1803.
JOHN PARSONS, brother of the preceding, and the one who came with him to commence a clearing in Rustfield, probably in June of 1786, had three wives. He married first, Esther
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Smith, second, Dorothy Stevens, and third, Eunice Witham. He was an industrious and valuable citizen, and reared a large family, all of whom were born in this town. Children : -
I. Esther, b. December 26, 1791 ; m. John Witt.
II. Abigail, b. April 13, 1793; m. Colonel John Millett, of Norway.
III. Fohn, b. April 21, 1795; m. Apphia Robinson; s. Paris.
IV. Jacob, b. February 22, 1797; m. Lucy Eveleth ; s. Lincoln.
V. Dorothy S., b. February 11, 1799; m. William Parsons; went to Illinois.
VI. Joel S., b. February 5, 1801 ; d. May 8, 1840, in Ohio.
VII. Betsey, b. December 3, 1803; m. Joel Millett, of Norway.
VIII. Olive, b. December 11, 1804; d. June 6, 1806.
IX. Isaac, b. April 2, 1807; m. Harriet Park; r. Santa Rosa, California.
x. Charles, b. February 9, 1811; m. Mary Stiles ; r. Norway.
XI. Moses, b. March 29, 1812; m. Sarah Brooks; r. Norway.
XII. Eunice, b. September 19, 1814; m. Ist, Joseph Richardson, and 2d, John Hunt, of Albany; d. May 31, 1875.
XIII. George W., b. May 16, 1816; m. Sybil Brackett; d. in Bethel, November 5, 1867.
JACOB PARSONS, brother of the preceding, married Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Ham- mond Jr., of New Gloucester, who was born in New Gloucester, May 12, 1774. He came to Norway from New Gloucester, in 1807. Children : -
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