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II. Lizzie Carrie, b. May 20, 1866.
SAMPSON.
WILLIS SAMPSON, born in Harvard, Massachusetts, in 1776, married Maria Houghton, and came here about the year 1807. Children : -
I. Mercy, b. September 18, 1804; m. Nathan Millett.
II. Cephas, b. November 30, 1811 ; m. Celia A. Pike.
III. Louisa, b. May 23, 1813; m. Chandler F. Millett.
IV. Mary, b. May 25, 1815; m. Jonathan Work.
V. Luther, b. ; d. young.
CEPHAS SAMPSON, son of the preceding, married Celia A., daughter of John Pike. Chil- dren : -
I. Luther Leander, b. December 28, 1835.
II. Nathaniel Chandler, b. April 10, 1837.
III. Mercy Maria, b. July 28, 1838.
IV. John Willis, b. April 10, 1842.
V. Winslow F., b. September 10, 1843; m. Sarah J. Steadman.
SANBORN.
SIMEON SANBORN from Pearsontown, now Standish, married Hannah Ward. Ile made only a short tarry in Norway and moved to Greenwood. He was a Revolutionary pensioner. Children : -
I. Mary, b. ; m. Frederick Coburn.
II. Hannah, b. ; m. John Merrill, of Bethel.
III. Joseph, b. ; m. Lucy Verrill, of Minot; settled Bethel.
IV. Fohn, b. ; m. Naomy Barker, of Newry.
V. Stephen, b. ; m. Sally Longley; lived in Norway.
VI. David, b.
; m. Virtue Barker; settled Bethel.
VII. Lettice, b.
; m. Samuel Verrill.
VIII. Lucy, b. ; m. Ist, a Poland, 2d, Jacob Rollins, of New Gloucester.
STEPHEN SANBORN, son of the preceding, married Sally Longley, of Waterford, who was born in 1790, and lived in this town and in Greenwood. Children : -
I. John, b. August 20, 1815; he left town many years ago. II. David, b. February 13, 1817; m. Cordwell.
III. Mary Longley, b. March 8, 1818; m. John Merrill, of Paris.
IV. Merrill, b. December 7, 1820; master mariner in New Bedford; died.
V. Lucy, b. November 28, 1821; m. Charles S. Robbins.
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VI. Rebecca, b. September 25, 1823; never married.
VII. Francina, b. July 16, 1825; m. Kendall; r. Boston.
VIII. Esther Capen, b. October 10, 1826; m. Kendall, of Biddeford.
IX. William Dunlap, b. February 7, 1829; r. New Hampshire.
X. Charles Carroll, b. September 19, 1832; unmarried.
ALBERT SANBORN came here from Baldwin in 1858. He is a lumberman, farmer, and cooper. He was the son of Pierce Sanborn, who was born in Standish, September 17, 1783, and Huldah Paine, his wife, born in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, February 15, 1780, and was born in Standish, May 21, 1808. He married, December 26, 1833, at Baldwin, Louisa D. Sawyer, who was born May 19, 1814. The grandfather of Albert Sanborn was John Sanborn, who came from Hampton, New Hampshire, and married Abigail Jones, of Standish. Chil- dren : -
I. Darius S., b. Baldwin, May 9, 1834; d. April 23, 1836.
II. John R., b. November 17, 1835; m., November 21, 1863, Lauraetta E. Hill.
III. Roswell C., b. January 20, 1838; m., 1872, Caddie Davis.
IV. Georgianna, b. October 14, 1840; d. July 21, 1841.
V. Darius S., b. July 19, 1842; m., April 18, 1872, Adelaide Wilson.
VI. Georgianna M., b. May 24, 1845; d. young.
VII. Albert E., b. July 17, 1847 ; m., October 20, 1881, Imogene Richards.
VIII. Marcellus, b. May 7, 1852.
IX. William H., b. January 8, 1858; m., August 18, 1878, Mary Wardwell.
X. Mary C., b. August 24, 1860; m., August 23, 1879, Fred H. Stevens.
DARIUS S. SANBORN, son of Albert and Louisa (Sawyer) Sanborn, born in Baldwin, July 19, 1842, married, April 18, 1872, Adelaide Wilson, who was born in Oxford, September I, 1850, daughter of James M. and Christiana (Richards) Wilson, of Oxford. Children : -
I. Albert L., b. July 19, 1875.
II. Walter L., b. November 28, 1879.
III. Agnes Elida, b. May 26, 1881.
JOHR R. SANBORN, son of Albert and Louisa D. Sanborn, born in Baldwin, November 17, 1835, married first, November 26, 1863, Lauraetta E. Hill, of Paris, who died January 17, 1880, and he married second, October 19, 1881, Izah S., daughter of Dr. Jesse Howe, of Norway. He is engaged in the manufacture of shovel handles at Norway. He served in the Twelfth Maine Regiment in the late war. One child : -
I. Etta May, b. November 4, 1878.
SARGENT:
CHARLES HENRY SARGENT, son of Mial B. and Lucy (Pace) Sargent, of Searsport, was born in that town, February 15, 1853. He married, November 30, 1880, Emma J. O'Brien, born June 23, 1857. He came here from Searsport, in August, 1872, and is a shoe-cutter. Children : -
I. Virginia E., b. August 31, 1882.
SAUNDERS.
JONATHAN SAUNDERS was a young unmarried man in Norway, at the time of the incorpo- ration of the town in 1797. He was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, in 1776, and died in
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Norway, in 1838. He married Susannah Weeks, of Gray, about the year ISoo, who died Jan_ uary 23, 1827, aged forty five. Children : -
I. Ann, b. November 30, 1802, and died April 16, 1883. She had Elmira S., b. Novem- ber 11, 1833; m. E. R. Merrill; Wellington R., b. 1840; died from wounds received in the battle of Shiloh, August 19, 1863; he was a sergeant in Company H, of the Eighth Illinois Regiment.
II. Joseph, b. October 8, 1804; m. Charlotte Merrow, of Minot.
III. John, b. November 7, 1806; m., September 26, 1830, Sally M. Lord, of Minot.
IV. Isaac, b. July 24, 1814; m. Ist, Mary Shaw, 2d, Sarah J. Thomas.
JOSEPH SAUNDERS, son of the preceding, who married Charlotte Merrow, of Minot, lived in Poland, and had : -
I. Samuel W., b. in Poland, April 13, 1832.
JOHN SAUNDERS, brother of the preceding, lived in Fryeburg, Livermore, and Norway. He died in Norway, June 20, 1874. He married Mary M. Lord, at Minot, September 24, 1830, who died February 16, 1879. Children : -
I. Emily S., b. Fryeburg, January 22, 1832; d. June 28, 1848.
II. Sarah C., b. Livermore, June 18, 1834; d. August, 1855.
III. John O., b. Norway, July 21, 1838; d. September 10, 1839.
IV. Rosaltha V., b. June 6, 1840.
V. Rowena R., b. September 16, 1842.
VI. John E., b. August 25, 1843.
VII. Charles O., b. in Waterford, July 6, 1845.
VIII. Justin E., b. October 16, 1848.
IX. Edward A., b. Bridgton, August 20, 1850.
X. Emma, b. June 13, 1853; d. March, 1856.
ISAAC SAUNDERS, brother of the preceding, married, November 1, 1834, Mary Shaw. He
was by trade a blacksmith. Children : -
I. Mary A., b. September 13, 1835.
II. Caleb S., b. March 27, 1837.
III. George G., b. May 14, 1839.
IV. Charlotte R., b. May 14, 1841. .
V. Isaac F., b. March 24, 1844. VI. William H., b. January 18, 1848.
VII. Mary E., b. February 14, 1852.
VIII. Elvira L., b. January 18, 1854.
IX. Clarence S., b. September 26, 1857.
The first wife died, and he married second, at Buckfield, in November, 1861, Sarah J. Thomas, of Peru, and had : -
X. Fremont E., b. September 23, 1862.
XI. Sheridan S., b. October 29, 1864. .
XII. Freeland V., b. May 24, 1870.
XIII. Morton K., b. August 6, 1879.
JOHN C. SAUNDERS, blacksmith at Norway Lake, son of Nathaniel J. and Hannah (Ord. way) Saunders, born in Gorham, New Hampshire, December 26, 1842, came to Norway from
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Oxford in 1858. He married, March 31, 1866, at North Norway, Anna M., daughter of Sumner and Sophia (Noyes) Shedd, who was born in Norway, December II, 1838. No children.
SEAVY.
STEPHEN J. SEAVY, born in Conway, New Hampshire, December 12, 1823, was engaged for many years in the stage' business, and at one time owned a part of the line between Bry- ant's Pond and Andover and Dixfield. He married Sarah M. Graham, of Rumford, who was born March 16, 1834, and came to Norway in 1858. Children: -
I. Frank, b. Fryeburg, September 17, 1855; m. Ida M. Hosmer.
II. Norah B., b. Andover, November II, 1859; d. September 8, 1883.
III. Eliza, b. August 23, 1863.
IV. Sada, b. Norway, May 18, 1865.
V. Harry, b. October 1, 1868.
FRANK SEAVY, son of the preceding, born in Fryeburg, September 17, 1855, came to Nor- way with his father. He married, December 18, 1875, Ida M. Hosmer, who was born in Sweden, May 20, 1855. He is a shoe cutter. Children : -
I. Homer H., b. December 23, 1878; d. August 23, 1879.
II. George H., b. January 30, 1880.
SHATTUCK.
ALFRED SHATTUCK, farmer, came here from Canton, Massachusetts, in 1847. He is the son of Peter and Lucie C. (Moore) Shattuck, of Andover, Massachusetts, and was born in Andover, Massachusetts, July 12, 1822. He married, February 2, 1843, Sarah Kinsley, born August II, 1825. Children : -
I. Henry K., b. 1844; d. 1862.
ยท II. Lucie E., b. 1853; d. 1855.
III. Adelaide D., b. 1856.
SHACKLEY.
SAMUEL AND JOHN SHACKLEY, brothers, and tanners by trade, moved from North Ber- wick to Kennebunk.
SAMUEL SHACKLEY was the grandfather of those who settled in Norway. His children were John, Richard, Joseph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Daniel, Keziah, and Mary.
JOHN SHACKLEY, son of Samuel, married Mary Mason, of Berwick, and lived and died on the old homestead of his father in Kennebunk. His children were Samuel, Joseph, Aaron, John, Sally, William, and Edmund. Eight children died in infancy or early childhood.
Of the above children, Samuel married Molly Shackley, of Kennebunk, came to Norway in 1815, moved to Portland, and died there in 1827; Joseph and Aaron came to Norway, and their families are given hereafter; John married Susie Shackley, of Kennebunk, and settled in Canton, Maine, where he lived and died; William came to Norway and died unmarried; Sally married a Peabody; Amy died unmarried; and Edmund lived on the homestead of his father in Kennebunk.
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AARON SHACKLEY, son of John preceding, born at Kennebunk, Maine, married Sally, daughter of Calvin Crooker, of Marshfield, Massachusetts. He came to Norway in 1806. Children : -
I. Harriet, b. March 14, 1808.
II. Olive, b. May 8, 1809.
III. Ebeneser C., b. January 23, 1811; m. Syrena Hall.
IV. Sarah Jane, b. September 23, 1812; m. Joel Parkhurst.
V. Cynthia, b. April 3, 1816; d. September 17, 1836.
VI. Ezra, b. April 2, 1818.
VII. Mercy Maria, b. February 11, 1820.
VIII. Caroline Augusta, b. March 7, 1822.
IX. Vesta, b. October 7, 1825.
His first wife died, and he married second, Margaret A. Russell. Children : -
X. Margaret Ellen, b. March 9, 1833.
XI. Abigail Rawsen, b. February 27, 1835.
XII. Cynthia, b. March 4, 1836; d. February, 1842.
XIII. Aaron, b. January 27, 1840.
EBENEZER CROOKER SHACKLEY, son of the preceding, long a trader in the village, com- mencing in 1839, and continuing till 1873, married, in Salem, New Hampshire, October 11, 1836, Syrena Hall, who was born in Windham, New Hampshire, May 1, 1814. He died in June, 1876. Children : -
I. Oliver, b. July 22, 1837; m., 1872, Polly Damon.
II. Helen, b. December 22, 1838; m., October 19, 1862, Columbus Richardson.
III. Caroline, b. May 23, 1841; m., September 5, 1866, Albion Hall.
IV. Sarah, b. January 19, 1843; m., September 5, 1866, Lucius I. Bartlett.
V. Freeman H. M., b. September 9, 1844; d. April 12, 1865, from a wound received in the army.
VI. Maria P., b. April 29, 1846; m., January 27, 1871, Franklin W. Faunce.
VII. Eben, b. August 14, 1847.
VIII. Elizabeth, b. August 19, 1849.
IX. Angeline F., b. June 30, 1851 ; m., September 8, 1870, Charles Carpenter.
X. Alma N., b. December 29, 1852 ; m., October 3, 1875, Ambrose Peabody ; d. Sep- tember 29, 1882.
XI. Mary D., b. January 7, 1855.
JOSEPH SHACKLEY, brother of Aaron, came to Norway in 1804, to take charge of the Rust tannery. He was born in Kennebunk, February 12, 1782, and died in South Paris, November 17, 1863. When a boy, he went from Kennebunk to Danvers, Massachusetts, where he served an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade. Soon after completing his term of service, he met the proprietor of Rustfield, and agreed with him to take charge of his tannery, which place he ably and faithfully filled for many years. As best man and partner, he was in the business forty years. His house was burned September 22, 1851, and he never rebuilt, but spent his closing years with his daughter, Mrs. Newhall, at South Paris. He married, December 24, 1807, Hannah Dinsmore, of Minot, who was born March 7, 1787, and who died in Norway, November 7, 1840. Children : -
I. Lucinda A., b. October 5, 1808; d. January 27, 1827.
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II. Cyprian L., b. February 21, 1810; d. April 22, 1811.
III. Joseph Q., b. August 3, 1811 ; d. July 1, 1815.
IV. Lorenzo D., b. February 16, 1813; d. August 27, 1837.
V. Joseph Q., b. April 7, 1815; m. Eunice Putnam; d. in California, leaving a family.
VI. Henry R., b. February 13, 1817; m. Eliza Blackstone; d. in the West Indies.
VII. James L., m. Nancy P. Hamilton; d in Portland.
VIII. Louisa F., S twins, b. December 18, 1818.
m., September 18, 1842, Samuel M. Newhall, of South Paris, now of Waterville. He was a trader there, and represented the town in the Legis- lature. Their children: Isadore M., b. June 5, 1843; Eugene P., b. October 7, 1844, who was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, and taken prisoner, lost a leg, and died in a rebel camp, May 7, 1864; Adaline L., b. April 7, 1846; Zach T., b. October 26, 1848, d. August 8, 1864; Annie F., d. December 12, 1864; Sammy H., d. July 5, 1865.
IX. Hannah, b. January 30, 1821.
X. Infant, b. December 10, ; d. same day.
XI. Stephen E., b. March 27, 1824; d. September 3, 1825.
XII. Stephen E., b. January 13, 1826; d. South Paris, November 12, 1850.
XIII. Benjamin F., b. November 10, 1828; went to Australia.
XIV. Jonathan G. H., b. August 15, 1830; d. October, 1831.
XV. Lucinda A., b. July 15, 1832; m. Henry Rosenburg; d. at South Paris in Septem- ber, 1864.
SHEDD.
LEMUEL SHEDD, from Lunenburg, Massachusetts, served all through the war for Independ- ence before he came to Norway. He was said to have been a member of Washington's Life Guard. He came to Norway in 1788, and in company with Jonathan Stickney, settled on the Waterford three tiers. In 1791, he was married at Bridgton to Ruth Symonds. He was accidentally killed at a barn raising in 1818. See Annals. Children : -
I. Nathaniel Pattee, b. April 8, 1793; m. Phebe Coffin.
II. Abigail, b.
; m. Joseph Holt.
III. John Symonds, b. November 11, 1798; m. Ist, Alice B. Noyes, 2d, Sarah Coffin.
NATHANIEL PATTEE SHEDD, oldest son of the preceding, married Phebe R. Coffin, daugh- ter of James and Mary (Stephens) Coffin, and sister to his brother John's second wife. The only record we have of his family is that given upon the records of the town. Children : -
I. Lemuel, b. October 4, 1829.
II. Fames Coffin, b. April 8, 1835.
JOHN SYMONDS SHEDD, brother of the preceding, born in Norway on the same farm where he died, married Alice B., daughter of Captain Ward Noyes, who died, and he married second, Sarah, daughter of James Coffin. He was a leading member of the Methodist church in the north part of the town, a kind and hospitable neighbor, and much respected citizen. He died October 30, 1885, aged nearly eighty-seven years. He was blind, or nearly so, the last few years of his life. Children, the first two by the first marriage : -
I. Clarissa Noyes, b. September 3, 1822; m. Francis Blake; r. Laramie City, Wyoming. II. Lemuel Ward, b. March II, 1825; d. in Kansas.
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III. Augustus Franklin, b. February 20, 1832; r. Chicago.
IV. Alice Augusta, b. November 22, 1834; m. William M. Rolfe.
V. Ezra Twitchell, b. May 11, 1837; r. Chicago.
VI. John Wesley, b. May 15, 1842; d. February 19, 1844.
JONATHAN SHEDD, his wife a Bancroft, came here quite early and lived in the northwest part of the town. He was no known relation to Lemuel Shedd. Some of his sons settled in Albany, and he has a large posterity. The children are not given in the order of their births, and the record may not be complete. Children : -
I. John, b.
II. William, b. 1789; m. Jerusha ; moved to Albany.
III. Silas, b. ; m. Clarissa Noyes.
IV. Mary, b. V. Sally, b.
VI. Levi, b.
VII. Jonathan Fr., b.
SILAS SHEDD, son of the preceding, married Clarissa, daughter of Ward Noyes, who was born in ISor. He was living in Norway in 1850 with wife and three children. He may have had others. Children: -
I. Alice, b. 1830.
II. Otis, b. 1832. III. Caroline, b. 1833.
LEVI SHEDD, brother of the preceding, married Rhoda . Children : -
I. Beulah, b. September 19, 1822.
II. Jonathan Millett, b. December 29, 1829.
III. Levi Fr., b. April 26, 1833.
SHURTLEFF.
SIMEON SHURTLEFF'S name appears on the early record as a citizen of Norway. He was not long here and removed to Paris, where his descendants still live. He was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Leach) Shurtleff, and married Submit Kingman, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Children : -
I. Simeon, b. January 2, 1782; d. in 1847, in Zanesville, Ohio.
II. Submit, b. October 22, 1784; m. Patch.
III. Alva, b. May 30, 1786; m. Anna Shaw.
IV. Nancy, b. May 13, 1788; d. May 14, 1790.
V. Walter, b. January 14, 1793; d. young.
VI. Nancy, b. February 24, 1794; m. John Baker; d. May 5, 1823.
VII. Infant, b. December 20, 1796; d. same day.
VIII. Jonathan, b. November 4, 1797.
IX. William, b. January 1, 1800; moved to Livermore, Maine, and died there in 1844.
X. Sally, b. January 3, 1802; d. young.
XI. Sylvan, b. February 9, 1807.
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SMALL.
JOSEPH SMALL married Charlotte, daughter of Samuel Goss, of Rumford, and a sister of Mrs. Jere Hobbs. Children : -
I. Clarissa, b. July 21, 1806; d. May 25, 1830.
II. Harriet, b. May 6, 1808.
III. Irene, b. January 3, 181I.
IV. Polly, b. June 1, 1813; d. March 1, 1851.
V. Sarah H., b. August 13, 1815.
VI. Lavinia H., b. August 1, 1817.
VII. Emeline, b. September 30, 1819; d. February 20, 1821.
VIII. Lydia N., b. October 9, 1820; m. David B. Noyes.
IX. Henry S., b. February 14, 1823.
X. Joseph A., b. February 15, 1826.
XI. Isaac N., b. October 11, 1829.
SMITH.
JAMES SMITH in 1648 bought a large portion of the town of Woolwich, Me., of the Indians. He married Elizabeth and died in 1660. Children : -
I. Elizabeth.
II. James.
III. Samuel, killed by the Indians in 1676.
IV. Mary.
V Hazadiah, m. Hannah Grover May 27, 1684.
HAZADIAH SMITH was one of the early settlers of Falmouth, now Portland. He also resided on the Kennebec. He married Hannah Grover, May 27, 1684. She died April 30 175I. The family was driven out of Portland by the Indians when they made their second attack upon the town in 1690, and moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, where they died. Chil - dren : -
I. Hazadiah, baptized February 25, 1686.
II. Samuel, baptized April 21, 1688; d. April 21, 1690.
III. Hannah, baptized October 28, 1690.
IV. Samuel, baptized November 6, 1692.
V. James, baptized February 2, 1695.
VI. Jonathan, baptized August 12, 1697; m. Rebecca Wood.
VII. Nehemiah, baptized November 15, 1699.
VIII. Josiah, (no date given.)
JONATHAN SMITH, son of the preceding, married, April 4, 1723, Rebecca Wood. He died in Beverly, April II, 1751, and his widow in New Gloucester, at the residence of her son Josiah, in 1785. Children : -
I. Rebecca, baptized December 1, 1725.
II. Joshua, baptized March 22, 1730.
III. Francis, baptized February 25, 1733.
IV. Josiah, b. April 18, 1736; m. Esther Pool,
V. Jonathan, b. February 25, 1739.
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VI. Israel, b. November 20, 1742.
VII. Rebecca, b. May 16, 1745.
VIII. Hannah, b. May 12, 1749.
JOSIAH SMITH, the son of the preceding, born April IS, 1736, married, September 29, 1760, Esther Pool, of Gloucester, who was born March 27, 1738. He settled in Gloucester, Massa- chusetts, and subsequently in New Gloucester, Maine. His wife died in New Gloucester and he in Paris. Children: -
I. Rebecca, b. October 13, 1763; m. Benjamin Hammond; s. Paris.
II. Esther, b. February 20, 1765. She became the first wife of John Parsons, the early Norway settler, and died a year after her marriage.
III. Josiah, b. July 8, 1767; m. Deborah Haskell, and settled in Paris.
IV. Joshua, b. June 9, 1770; m. Mollie Woodman, and settled in Norway.
V. Israel, b. October 28, 1772; m. Hannah Tufts, and settled in New Gloucester.
VI. Daniel, b. January 27, 1775; m. Susan Bennett, and settled in Norway.
VII. Betsey, b. January 17, 1779; m. Jonathan Woodman. They settled in Norway, but had no children.
VIII. Isaac, b. December 27, 1782; m. Bethula Haskell. He settled in Paris and after- ward in Parkman.
JOSHUA SMITH, son of the preceding, who married Mollie Woodman, came to Norway in 1790. He kept the tavern, now known as the Elm House. He was the first town clerk, and also town treasurer for many years as shown by the list of town officers in another place, and also held other town offices. He died October 25, 1843, and his wife, December 31, 1840. Children : -
I. Solomon, b. June 16, 1797; d. June 21, 1820.
II. David, b. April 30, 1799; d. February 9, 1830; unmarried.
III. Eliot, b. in Norway, 24, 1801 ; m. Ist, Sarah Barton, 2d, Lavinia Barton.
IV. Laura, b. August 31, 1805; m. Captain Micah Humphrey ; r. Dorchester; d. May 8, 1882.
V. Adeline, b. 1807; m. Rufus F. Beal; d. November 12, 1835.
VI. Polly, b. 1794; m. Jonathan Hall.
VII. George L., b. February 7, 1815; d. July 26, 1830.
ELIOT SMITH was by trade a carriage-maker, postmaster at the village, and for twenty-five years the efficient Secretary and Treasurer of the Oxford County Agricultural Society. He died September 28, 1873. He married first, in 1827, Sarah, daughter of Aaron and Sarah Barton, of Jay (now Canton), born February 27, 1798. Children : -
I. Helen Augusta, b. March 14, 1828; d. November 13, 1855.
II. George Elliot, b. April 1, 1832; d. July 16, 1847.
III. Sarah Malvina, b. September, 1834; d. July 25, 1835.
His wife died June 9, 1835, and he married second, July 20, 1836, Lavinia Howard Barton, born in Jay, December 20, 1805, sister of his first wife, and had : -
IV. Sarah Adeline, b. December 15, 1838; d. September 23, 1840.
V. Flora Louisa, b. September 2, 1840; m., June 15, 1865, Professor Addison E. Ver- rill, of Yale College.
VI. Sidney Irving, b. February 18, 1843; m., June 29, 1882, Eugenia P. Barber, of New Haven, Connecticut.
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VII. Clarence Montrose, b. April 4, 1846; m., December 5, 1877, Frances, daughter of Peter B. Buck, of Greenwood; resides Norway; no children.
DANIEL SMITH, brother of the preceding, married, December 2, 1798, Susan Bennett, who was born July 12, 1778. He came to this town from New Gloucester in 1807, and in 1828, moved to Oxford. His first wife died September 29, 1825, and for second wife, he married, July 13, 1828, Susan Cobb, who was born March 22, 1788, and died in 1876. He was Deputy Sheriff and town treasurer of Oxford. Children : -.
I. Jonathan Bennett, b. August 17, 1800; m. Lydia Rust.
II. Lavinia, b. May 4, 1803; r. in Norway; unmarried.
III. Mark Pool, b. August 2, 1806.
IV. Luther F., b. September 6, 1808; d. August 26, 1811.
V. Sebastian Streeter, b. February 1, 1819.
VI. Ruth Bennett, b. March 3, 1820; m. Solomon Hall, of Norway; d. March 8, 1850, without children.
JONATHAN BENNETT SMITH, oldest son of the preceding, married Lydia Rust, of Norway. He engaged largely in the nursery business, was a prominent citizen, representative in 1837, and held other important offices. Children : -
I. Susan B., b. July 24, 1832; m. William A. Merrill; r. at Mechanic Falls.
II. Joseph H. R., b. 1845; m. Ella Carpenter; r. in New Hampshire.
MARK POOL SMITH, brother of the preceding (see Personal Notice), married in 1831, Jane, daughter of Benjamin Tucker. Children :-
I. Daniel, b. . , 1833; d. an infant.
II. Delphina, b. March, 1835; d. September, 1838.
III. Almira H., b. August 6, 1838; m. William F. Foster. (See Foster.)
IV. Albert, b. June 6, 1840; d. March, 1841.
Mrs. Smith died May 15, 1841, and he married second, Susan Bailey, daughter of William Tenney and Susan Bailey, his wife, of Weir, New Hampshire, and had : -
V. Edwin Whitman, b. June 4, 1843; d. October 2, 1875. He carried on the business at the grist-mill built by his father, and was a successful business man.
VI. Laurestein D., b. September 9, 1852; d. September II, 1877.
VII. Mary E., b. February 2, 1848; d. December 20, 1848.
VIII. Emma Fane, b. November 18, 1858; r. Norway.
Mrs. Smith, the second wife, died in January, 1886.
SEBASTIAN S. SMITH, born in Norway, resides in Oxford. He is a thrifty farmer, has been member of the Maine Board of Agriculture, and held other important positions. He married, November 16, 1843, Nancy M., daughter of Joseph Mixer, of Oxford. Children : -
I. Howard D., b. August 16, 1844; m., Sept, 22, 1869, Mary C., daughter of Elhanan Whitman, of Woodstock; r. at Norway, and has for many years been the efficient cashier of the National Bank. He has : I, Lee Mixer, b. in Oxford, May 5, 1872; 2, Mark Pool, b. October 8, 1874; 3, Alice M., b. in Norway, November 8, 1880; 4, Fred E., b. February 12, 1884.
TIMOTHY SMITH, of another branch of the great Smith Family, son of Merodach Smith, who was an early settler in Paris, lived in Paris and had the following children : -
I. Antepas, b. ; m. Sally Hill.
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II. Timothy Jr., b. July 25, 1798; m. Alice French.
III. Martha, b. 1800; m. Sullivan Churchill.
IV. Sally, b. ; m. Rodney Titcomb.
V. Benjamin, b. ; d. unmarried.
VI. Miranda, b.
VII. George, b.
; d. unmarried.
VIII. Simon, b.
IX. Miriam, b.
The mother died, and he married second, widow Patty House, daughter of Lazarus Hatha- way. The father died in 1828.
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