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ANTEPAS SMITH, eldest son of the preceding, married Sally or Sarah Hill and settled in this town. Children : -
I. Dolly, b. May 25, 1831; d. young.
II. Timothy, b. September 25, 1833; r. Norway, unmarried.
III. Dolly, b. June 2, 1835.
IV. John Hill, b. July 22, 1837.
V. Josiah, !
VI. Sarah, S twins, b. November 7, 1840. 1
TIMOTHY SMITH JR., brother of the preceding, married Alice, daughter of James French, and have the following children recorded on our records: -
I. Lafayette, b. November 15, 1824; d. February 6, 1835.
II. Clara, b. February 26, 1827; m. Edmund Ames; s. Norway.
III. Harriet, b. August 29, 1829; m. Lewis B. Swett.
IV. Benjamin, b. December 21, 1831 ; m. Sarah Murphy; s. Boston.
V. George T., b. February 6, 1834; m. Harriet N. Jordan.
VI. Louisa Jane, b. February 9, 1837; d. October 1, 1860.
VII. Charles A., b. April 11, 1839; m. Lydia Rush; s. Pennsylvania.
VIII. William Henry, b. December 25, 1842; m. Anna Gledhill; s. Wyoming Territory.
JAMES SMITH and wife Eleanor are said to have come from England on account of opposi- tion to their marriage. Mrs. Smith's family being opposed to the marriage, and having friends in this country, they sent her here to be rid of him, but he concealed himself on board the same ship, and when one day out, made his appearance. They were married on their arrival in this country. She died January 12, 1886, aged ninety-two years. Her husband was three years her junior. Children : -
I. Sarah Ann, b. August 13, 1824; d. young.
II. Sarah Ann, b. March 3, 1826; m. Benjamin Marston.
III. Eleanor, b. July 16, 1827; m. Eben Marston.
IV. John R., b. November 10, 1828; m. Sarah C. Walker, of Fryeburg.
V. Betsey Jane, b. July 24, 1830; m. Peter C. Putnam.
VI. Mary, b. August 12, 1833.
VII. James, b. July 29, 1837; m. Lizzie C. Walker, of Fryeburg.
STETSON.
MARTIN STETSON married Mary Dinsmore, of Minot, who died in 1852, and came to Nor- way in 1819. He was long a deacon of the Baptist church, but before his death, which
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occurred here, he became a Universalist. For second wife he married Lucy, daughter of Rufus Bartlett. Children : -
I. Carlton, b. Minot, April 17, 1806; went to Penobscot County.
II. Edwin, b. June 17, 1807; s. Massachusetts.
III. Angeline, b. October 28, 1808; was thrice married; r. New York.
IV. Martin H., b. September 4, 1810; went to Penobscot County.
V. Hiram D., b. Kingston, Massachusetts, January 10, 1813; r. Boston.
VI. Calvin M., b. Norway, February 27, 1819; s. Massachusetts.
VII. Mary Julia, b. September 17, 1821 ; m. a Holden, of Massachusetts.
VIII. Caroline T., b. February 13, 1826; d. September 13, 1844.
IX. Charles F., b. May 26, 1829; m. John Holden Jr.
STEVENS.
The Stevens brothers who came to Norway were the sons of Jonas Stevens, who came from Townsend, Massachusetts, to Falmouth, and then to Gray, where his daughter Ruth, born in 1762, is said to have been the first child born in town. Children : -
I. Jonas, b. 1747; m. Mary Crandall.
II. Joel, b. 1751; m. for third wife, Olive Hobbs.
III. Joseph, b. November, 1753; m. Elizabeth Hobbs.
IV. Nathaniel, b. February 1761; m. Rebbeca Cobb.
V. Ruth, b. 1762 ; m. James Doughty, of Gray.
VI. Susanna, b. ; m. Samuel Winslow.
JONAS STEVENS, oldest son of the preceding, was among the first settlers of this town. Children : -
I. Benjamin, b. ; m. Susan Sawyer.
II. William, b.
III. Jane, b.
; m. Edward Wells.
IV. Elizabeth, b.
; m. William Work.
V. Amos, b. ; m. Deborah Vickery; s. Greenwood.
VI. Ruth, b. ; m. Enoch Lovejoy.
VII. Sarah, b. Norway, October 17, 1787; m. Jonathan Edwards, of Otisfield.
VIII. Joseph, b. ; m. Sarah Haggerty.
IX. Jonathan, b. ; m. Letta Turner.
JOEL STEVENS, brother of the preceding, was twice married, and had two children by each marriage, before coming here. His second wife died soon after he came, and he married third, in 1794, Olive, daughter of Jeremiah Hobbs. He died May 18, 1850. Children : --
I. Joel, b. ; m. Anna Bailey.
II. William, b . He was killed by the falling of a rock.
III. Eleanor, b. July 28, 1790; m. William Pingree.
IV. Polly, b. May 2, 1793; m. William Frost.
By third wife, Olive Hobbs : -
V. Charlotte, b. July 11, 1795; m. John Whitmarsh.
VI. Olive, b. November 23, 1796; m. Andrew Mills.
VII. Jeremiah, b. April 24, 1798.
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VIII. Job Eastman, b. February 23, 1800.
IX. Dresser, b. October 10, 1801; m. Lucy Hobbs.
X. Miriam, b. May 24, 1803.
XI. Moses, b. November, 1805; m. Lydia Gay.
XII. Sally, b. October, 1807; m. Charles Callahan.
XIII. William, b. August 12, 1809; d. May 18, 1810.
XIV. Irene, b. September 5, 1810.
XV. Ezra, b. August 29, 1816.
JOSEPH STEVENS, brother of the preceding, married Elizabeth Hobbs. They were the first family to move into this town. Children : -
I. Daniel, b. 1780; m. Miriam Fowler.
II. Jonas, b. 1782; m. Mary Hobbs.
III. Amy, b. 1784; d. unmarried.
IV. Apphia, b. 1786; m. Benjamin Eastman, of Conway, New Hampshire.
V. Joseph, b. Norway, May 31, 1788; m. Ruth Bradbury.
VI. Elmira, b. 1794; m Dr. John Eastman, of Conway.
VII. Simon, b. August 10, 1798; m. Rebecca Atherton, of Waterford.
NATHANIEL STEVENS was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, in February, 1761. His wife, Rebecca Cobb, was born in Cape Elizabeth. He died June 30, 1816. Children : -
I. Abigail, b. in Gray, June 4, 1784; m. Thomas Judkins.
II. Charles, b. April 4, 1786; m. Mary Gammon; d. May 17, 1815.
III. Susanna, b. March 18, 1789; d. September, 1791.
IV. Susan, b. June 5, 1791 ; m. Dudley Woodbridge.
V. Rebecca, b. January 22, 1794; m. Baker Ames.
VI. Rhoda, b. April 10, 1796; m. Levi Shedd.
VII. Nathaniel, b. April 9, 1799; m. Jane Bartlett.
VIII. Orpha, b. November 4, 1805; m. George Frost.
IX. William, b. January 17, 1808; m. Sylvia Barton. X. George, b. ; m. Mary D. Scott.
AMOS STEVENS, son of Jonas, married Deborah, daughter of Mathias Vickery, of Danville. He lived many years in Greenwood, on the westerly shore of the South Pond, where he kept a tavern. Children : -
I. Joseph, b. August 24, 1805; m. Mary Whittle.
II. Miranda, b. April 13, 1807; m. Thomas Crafts.
III. Winthrop. b. February 24, 1809; m. Mary R. Flint; d. March 18, ISSO.
IV. Rebecca, b. November 24, 1811 ; m. Samuel Bryant.
V. Hiram, b. April 4, 1813; m. Abigail Scott.
VI. Armina, b. April 15, 1816; m. Abial Walker; d. April 17, 1852.
VII. Britania, b. January 17, 1817; m. Daniel Hobbs Jr.
VIII. Melissa, b. April 7, 1819; m. Ist, Amos Cross, 2d, Isaac Libby.
DANIEL STEVENS, oldest son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Stevens, married Miriam Fowler. He lived in Greenwood. Children : -
I. Edmund, b. November 18, 1804; d. in Missouri.
II. Ruth, b. December 21, 1807; went West; unmarried.
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III. Daniel, b. May 31, 1809; r. Manchester, New Hampshire.
IV. Ansel, b. July 16, 1811; m. Sarah Knight; r. Greenwood.
V. Amy S., b. January 28, 1812; d. young.
VI. Mary Jane, b.
; m. John G. Robinson.
VII. William, b. ; he went West.
JONAS STEVENS, brother of the preceding, married Mary, daughter of Amos Hobbs. He lived in Greenwood. Children : -
I. Eliza, b. March 26, 1804; m. William Needham.
II. Noah Otis, b. ; m. Chloe Young.
III. Ethiol, b. ; m. Ist, Hannah French, 2d, Susan Gurney.
IV. Mary G., b. ; m. Thomas J. Needham.
V. Lucy, b. June 4, 1811 ; m. David Wilkins.
VI. Jonas, b. ; m. Susan McKenney.
VII. Christiana, b. ; m.
VIII. Ann, b. ; m. Frank Barnard; d. in Lowell, Massachusetts. IX. Amos Hobbs, b. ; d. young.
JOSEPH STEVENS, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Stevens, born May 31, 1788, the first male child born in Norway, married Ruth Bradbury. He resided in Norway, then a few years in Bethel, and finally returned, and died here. Children :-
I. Elvira, b. April 20, 1815; m. Stephen P. Rowe; r. Bryant's Pond.
II. Simon, b. June 16, 1818; m. Harriet Upton.
III. Emma, b. April 13, 1822; m. Orasmus Nute, of Woodstock.
IV. Nathan, b. November 1, 1823; d. unmarried.
V. Rosilla, b. June 29, 1828; m. Ist, Horace Paine, 2d, Daniel Eastman.
VI. Francis Freeman, b. February 2, 1830; m. Charlotte Bryant.
VII. Ann Maria, b. September 14, 1833; m. James H. Estes.
SIMON STEVENS, brother of the preceding, married, September 24, 1823, Rebecca Ather- ton, who was born in Waterford, November 3, 1801. He has always lived in Norway. Chil- dren : -
I. Elizabeth N., b. August 1, 1825; unmarried.
II. Frances Emma, b. June 8, 1828; d. September 30, 1829.
III. Sidney Albion, b. August 21, 1830; m. Abby J. Frost.
IV. Ellen Francina, b. July 15, 1833; d. March 25, 1840.
V. Charles Soule, b. March 12, 1840; d. 1863.
SIMON STEVENS, son of Joseph and Ruth (Bradbury) Stevens, married, September 10, 1843, Harriet N., daughter of Micah and Polly (Patch) Upton, who "was born in Norway, August 25, 1819. He was born in Norway, resided there, then moved to Bethel ; he subse- quently returned to Norway, and now resides here. He is a good farmer, and valuable citizen. They have one child : -
I. Charles A., b. October 21, 1844. He graduated at Bowdoin College, class of 1865, taught school a few years, and since then has devoted himself mainly to juvenile literature, in which he has achieved a marked success; is assistant editor of the Youth's Companion. He married, April 30, 1871, Christiana, daughter of Noah Otis Stevens, and resides in Norway, and has : I, Edna H .; 2, Jennie C.
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SIDNEY ALBION STEVENS, civil engineer, son of Simon and Rebecca (Atherton) Stevens, resides in Norway. He married, February 9, 1864, Abby J. Frost, born in Norway, January 22, 1834. Children : -
I. Charles, b. November 16, 1864; d. the day following.
II. Grace Mabel, b. September 2, 1867.
III. Emma Idella, b. December 3, 1871.
NOAH OTIS STEVENS, son of Jonas and Mary (Hobbs) Stevens, married Chloe, daughter of Charles Young, of Greenwood. Children : -
I. Emeline, b. ; m. William P. French.
II. Hannah D., b.
; m. Andrew J. Knight.
III. Mary Ann, b.
; d. young.
IV. Flora Frances, b.
V. Mary Ann, b.
; d. aged twenty years.
; m. Henry Williams.
VI. Dora M., b.
; m. George E. Horr.
VII. Chloe y., b.
; m. George W. Caldwell.
VIII. Christiana, b.
; m Charles A. Stevens.
IX. E E., b. ; m. John H. French.
ETHIOL STEVENS, brother of the preceding, married first, Hannah French, who died October 2, 1857; second, Susan Gurney. Children : -
I. Martha y., b. July 5, 1836; m. Joseph Tuttle.
II. Hannah, b. May 13, 1838; d. September 22, 1839.
III. H. Angeline, b. January 19, 1840; m. Emery, r. Cleveland, O.
IV. Mehitible Ann, b. April 27, 1841 ; m. Henry Eastman.
V. Eben H., b. October 3, 1846; m. Ella Emery; r. Lowell, Massachusetts.
VI. Mary Elizabeth, b. December 3, 1849; m. Ira House.
VII. Ella F., b. October 27, 1851 ; unmarried.
VIII. Arthur L., b. October 27, 1851 ; d. same day.
STUART.
ALBERT H. STUART, a farmer, came here from Harrison in 1872. He was the son of Samuel Stuart, of Gorham, born April 9, 1809, and Hannah D. Hall, of Harrison. Born in Harrison, January 4, 1833, he married, November 25, 1863, Hannah Town, who was born November 28, 1838. Children : -
I. Cora E., b. February 20, 1866.
II. Inez M., b. May 2, 1868.
III. Albert Osmond, b. June 4, 1872.
SWAN.
JONAS W. SWAN, clothing manufacturer, is the son of Fessenden and Helen M. (Crockett) Swan, of Woodstock, and was born there March 13, 1844. He has lived in Woodstock, Paris, and Greenwood, and came from the latter town to Norway in April, 1871. He married April 7, 1565, Rowena, daughter of John Farewell, of Bethel, born August 12, 1542. Chil- dren : -
I. Ellie S., b. November 5, 1866, in Paris.
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II. Linnie R., b. July 4, 1869, in Greenwood.
III. Arthur H., b. January 14, 1872, in Norway.
SWIFT.
JOSEPH SWIFT, from Cape Cod, was an early settler in Paris. He married Lucy Holmes in 1788. His children, save the two oldest, were born in Paris. Children : -
I. Joseph, b. Sandwich, Massachusetts; m. Sarah Faunce.
II. Samuel, b. Sandwich, Massachusetts; m. Ist, Statira Gammon, 2d, Nisa Russell; s. Oxford.
III. John, m. Joan Estes; s. Bethel.
IV. Jonathan, m. Olive Wilkins, of Norway.
V. Caleb, b. February 17, 1797 ; m. Betsey Horr, of Norway.
VI. Seth, m. Hannah, daughter of Daniel Dunn, and lived on the homestead.
JONATHAN SWIFT, son of the preceding, came to this town and went into trade in the north part, at the place still known as Swift's Corner. Children : -
I. Newton, b. ; m. Betsey K. Town.
II. Laura, b. ; m. David Crockett.
NEWTON SWIFT, son of the preceding, succeeded his father in trade at North Norway, and after a few years, moved to Bethel, and was in trade there. He married Betsey Kimball, daughter of Peter Town Jr., who survives him, and resides in Boston. He died February 17, 1865. Children : -
I. Matilda O., b. November 5, 1847; m. Goodwin R. Wiley, of Bethel.
II. Arthur N., b. July 28, 1850; d. unmarried, April 1, 1884.
THAYER.
ASA THAYER, son of Asa and Lydia (Chapin) Thayer, born in Paris, April 2, 1806, married in 1831, Lucy M. Whitney, of Worcester. He moved from Paris to Norway, and was in trade here. He was the third postmaster at the village. His first wife died January 15, 1850, and he then married Mary D. Frost, of Bethel, daughter of Rev. Charles Frost. He went to Kansas, and died in Gardner, in that State, August 23, 1854. Children: -
I. Caroline O., b. March 27, 1836; d. May 22, 1836.
II. Lucy A., b. May 23, 1837; d. October 16, 1858.
III. Abbie O., b. May 1, 1839; d. May 14, 1842.
IV. Marintha A., b. April 19, 1842; d. May 5, 1842.
THURLOW.
AARON THURLOW, son of Amos and Sarah (Keene) Thurlow, and grandson of Asa Thur- low, who was an early settler of Woodstock, came to Norway from Woodstock in 1873, and is a foreman in the shoe factory. He was born in Woodstock, July 28, 1825, and was married December 4, 1851, to Paulina D. Rice, who was born in Hartford, August 26, 1821. Chil- dren : -
I. Joseph C., b. December 5, 1852; d. November 16, 1859.
II. Infant Daughter, b. August 16, 1854; d. August 29, 1854.
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Mrs. Thurlow died August 20, 1854, and Mr. Thurlow married second, October 29, 1854, Betsey, daughter of Aaron Davis, of Woodstock, born September 6, 1821.
III, Georgia Florence, b. October 25, 1859; d. June 4, 1860.
TIBBETTS.
CHARLES C. TIBBETTS, boarding-house keeper, born in Lovell, March 10, 1851, son of Joseph H. Tibbetts, born in Dover, New Hampshire, and his wife, Annette F. Chesley, of Durham, New Hampshire, came to Norway from Fryeburg in 1882. He married, December 31, 1878, Nellie M. Guptill, who was born in Chatham, New Hampshire, March 5, 1852. Children : -
I. Forelie, b. in Bartlett, New Hampshire, April 15, 1882; d. at same place, September 12, ISS2.
II. Eva May, b. October 29, 1883.
TITCOMB.
ISAAC TITCOMB, born in North Yarmouth, November 9. 1774, married Azuba Drinkwater, of the same town, July 25, 1796. She was born April 24, 1779. They came to Paris Hill, and moved into the Willis house, and from there to the Follett farm. He was in the com- pany of Captain Uriah Ripley, at Portland, war of 1812. Children : -
I. Alexander, b. April 16, 1798; went to Calais, Maine, and was drowned.
II. Dorcas, b. May 7, 1800; m. Isaac Hall; s. in Harrison.
III. Rodney, b. July 25, 1807; m. Sally Smith, b. 1805.
The father died in 1852; the mother died in 1858.
RODNEY TITCOMB, son of the preceding, married Sally, daughter of Timothy Smith. Children : -
I. George, b. May 17, 1821 ; m. Lilla, daughter of William W. Durfee, of Waterford.
II. Isaac F., m. Lydia A. Parsons.
III. Cynthia, d. about 1848.
The mother died, and he married second, Elizabeth L. Dyer, daughter of Stephen Paine. Children :
IV. Charles, b. June 20, 1854.
V. Lizzie Ellen (adopted), b. July 19, 1861.
ISAAC FRANCIS TITCOMB, son of the preceding, is a farmer, and resides in this town. He was born in Norway, January 3, 1840, and March 20, IS72, he married Lydia Ann Parsons, who was born in Norway, January 24, 1850. Children : -
I. Addie Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1875.
II. Emma Parsons, b. December 13, 1878.
III. Louisa Frances, b. June 14, 1883.
TRACY.
WILLIAM HENRY TRACY came here from Lewiston in 1870. " His father was Simeon O. Tracy, born in Bowdoin, March 15, 1819, and his mother, Mary A. Johannett, born in Pal-
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myra, October 2, 1814. He was born in Palmyra, September, 10, 1843, and February 23, 1867, married Ann Chase Ross, born July 12, 1841. Children : -
I. Ernest W., b. June 11, 1868.
II. Sarah M., b. July 15, 1870; d. October 2, 1870.
III. Arthur H., b. July 15, 1872.
IV. Mattie D., b. February 9, 1875.
TRAFTON.
NEWELL A. TRAFTON, dealer in cattle, was born in Harrison, October 13, 1843. He married, December 15, 1867, Mary E. Dunnells, who was born December 22, 1846, Wife died May II, 1885. Children : -
I. Mabel y., b. October 21, 1868.
II. Homer D., b. November 14, 1870.
III. Alice M., b. June 15, 1872.
TOWN.
PETER TOWN JR. was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1777. He married Sarah Kim- ball, of the same town, who was born in 1786. He came to Norway in 1812. He died April 29, 1854, and his wife died August 11, 1845. Children : -
I. Albert, b. Andover, September 28, 1804; m. Mary Hastings.
II. Miranda, b. August 14, 1806; m. Levi Lovejoy.
III. Ansel, b. May 20, 1808; m. Julia A. Hobbs.
IV. Kendall, b. March 20, 1810; moved to New York and died there.
V. Sarah, b. May 16, 1812 ; m. Reuben Favor, of Paris.
VI. Rebecca Sheldon, b. June 22, 1814; m. William Stark.
VII. Harriet, b. July 5, 1816; m. Ling, and died in Pennsylvania.
VIII. Hannah F., b. November 3, 1818; m. W. Leach, of Boston.
IX. Amos, b. June 25, 1821 ; m. Mercy Dana, of Brighton, and died there.
X. Betsey Kimball, b. January 16, 1824; m. Newton Swift, of North Norway, son of Jonathan Swift. He died in Bethel, and she, a widow, resides in Boston.
XI. Peter, b. December 24, 1831.
COLONEL AMOS TOWN, brother of the preceding, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, May 28, 1779, and married Mary Farnum, of Andover. He came to Norway in 1803, was prominent in military and town matters. He was Captain of the North Norway company that served in Portland, war of 1812, and became Colonel. Children : -
I. Mary Farnum, b. June 8, 1812; m. William Hall.
II. Peter, b. April 26, 1814; d. young.
III. Peter Farnum, b. February 8, 1816.
IV. Harmon, b. February 18, 1817.
V. Benjamin, b. June 5, 1818.
DANIEL TOWN, born in Andover, Massachusetts, January 8, 1787, came to Norway in 1808 He married Susan Gurney, who was born in Minot, November 3, 1791. Children : -
I. Daniel G., b. June 15, 1814; m. Fanny, daughter of John and Fanny (Dustin) Abbott, of Andover. He was a physician at Andover, Maine.
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II. Fanny, b. May 17, 1816; m. Perry D. Judkins.
III. Abiah, b. August 17, 1818; m. Lewis Frost.
IV. Honor P., b. September 16, 1820.
V. Jonathan G., b. June 2, 1822; m. Abigail D. Crockett.
VI. Eshlon, b. September 16, 1825.
VII. Rollin, b. February 17, 1829; m. Nancy J. Hayes.
VIII. Andrew f., b. September 19, 1832.
JOEL TOWN, brother of the preceding, married Betsey Kimball, of Andover, and came to Norway about the year 1816. They had no children.
ANSEL TOWN, son of Peter aforesaid, a farmer, married in 1833, Julia A. Hobbs, who was born in Norway, December 8, 1810, daughter of Jeremiah and Anna Hobbs. Children : -
I. Osmond, b. October 18, 1835; m. Eunice C. Whitehouse, 1864; d. 1864.
II. Hannah, b. November 28, 1838; m., 1864, Albert H. Stuart.
III. Amos K., b. May 14, 1844; m., 1871, Lottie M. Green.
IV. Harriet E., b. January 27, 1849; m., 1873, J. Birney Bradbury.
V. Franklin Pierce, b. October 12, 1852; m., 1876, Emma L. Walker.
VI. Edna F., b. October 4, 1857 ; d. 1862.
FRANKLIN P. TOWN, youngest son of the preceding, married, 1876, Emma L. Walker, born January 1, 1853. He is a farmer. Children : -
I. Bessie B., b. August 8, 1876.
II. Albert A., b. July 11, 1878.
III. Katie N., b. September 9, 1879.
ROLLIN TOWN, son of Daniel and Susannah (Gurney) Town, aforesaid, married, Septem- ber 26, 1852, Nancy J. Hayes, born in Poland, June 7, 1830. He is a farmer. Children : -
I. Charles H., b. July 26, 1854; m., June 19, 1883, Lillian Barstow.
II. George R., b. July 20, 1856; d. May 9, 1881.
III. Carrie I., b. December 31, 1858; m., September 8, 1878, Samuel J. Caldwell.
IV. Fannie E., b. March 29, 1862 ; m., April 30, 1881, Horace G. Dinsmore.
V. Will F., b. April 3, 1864.
VI. Emma E., b. February 26, 1867.
TRUE.
CLARK P. TRUE was born in Sutton, Vermont, July 4, 1823. He came to Norway with the Denisons, and has been in trade here many years. He married, January 4, 1852, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Asa Danforth. Children : -
I. Nellie Adella, b. March 23, 1853; m., January 6, 1874, Dr. William H. Jewett, of Norway, who died March 9, 1880.
II. Asa Danforth, b. June 3, 1857.
III. Francis Thomas, b. December 8, 1861.
IV. James Clark, b. January 29, 1866.
TRULL.
GRIFFIN TRULL, of Greenwood, married Hannah, daughter of Thomas Furlong, formerly of Norway, but one of the first two settlers in Greenwood. Mr. Trull was a farmer, and died in this town. Children : -
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I. Lucinda E., b. August 14, 1831.
II. Thomas L., b. February 16, 1833.
III. Charles H., b. November 21, 1835.
IV. Alanson M., b. July 21, 1836.
V. Samuel A., b. July 20, 1837; d. July 4, 1864, in the army.
VI. Edwin B., b. June 23, 1839.
VII. Sarah E., b. January 14, 1841.
VIII. Mary A., b. January 26, 1843.
IX. Albert Austin, b. April 8, 1845; m. Ist, Helen Estes, of Woodstock, 2d, Mary Twitchell, of Bethel, who died, and he married again; r. Amesbury, Mass.
X. John N., b. May 19, 1847; d. September 25, 1850.
XI. John M., b. October 29, 1850.
XII. Uriah Furlong, b. August 17, 1853.
ALANSON MELLEN TRULL, son of the preceding, was married at Bryant's Pond, February 9, 1862, by Dr. W. B. Lapham, Esq., to Laura A., daughter of Daniel and Diana (Cole) Cole, of Greenwood, and adopted daughter of Alfred and Elvira (Perham) Chase, of Woodstock. He is a blacksmith and carriage-maker ; carried on the business several years in Woodstock, and then came to Norway, where he yet resides. Children : -
I. Elmer E., b. September 18, 1863; d. January, 1866.
II. Ernest C., b. September 9, 1865; m. Minnie D. Maxfield.
III. Flora M., b. August 28, 1867.
IV. Herbert A., b. April 1, 1869.
V. Carrie E., b. January 9, 1871.
VI. Alfred Chase, b. October 10, 1874.
VII. George C., b. March 5, 1877.
VIII. Laura D., b. August 6, 1879.
TUBBS.
JACOB TUBBS was the first settler on Lee's grant, and the only one who received his deed from Lee. He married Jemima Churchill, and came to this town about the year 1795, from Hebron. Children : -
I. Jacob Fr., b. ; be died in the army, war of 1812.
II. Charles, b. ; m. Lydia Churchill.
III. Angier, b. ; m. Philena Packard, of Hebron.
IV. Sally, b. ; m. Daniel Knight Jr.
V. Hannah, b. ; m. Josiah Bartlett Jr.
VI. Samuel, b. 1793; he married Mary Pool and moved to Abbot,
Maine, where he and his wife died, and his only child, a daughter, died unmarried.
CHARLES TUBBS, son of the preceding, had one son and four daughters, all of whom died young, except Lydia, who married a Cheever and lives in Massachusetts.
ANGIER TUBBS, brother of the preceding, born in Hebron, January 18, 1785, married Phi- lena Packard, of Hebron. He lived and died in Norway. Children : -
I. James, b. January 5, 1809; m. Hannah J. Wentworth, and had, Charles Newell, born August 27, 1837, now in trade in the village, and James, who died.
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II. Eunice, b. December 10, 1810.
III. Charles, b. June 1, 1812; m. Mary F. Young ; settled Bethel; now resides Norway.
IV. Jacob, b. June 28, 1814; m. Christiana Bird.
V. Philena, b. September 25, 1816; m. Asaph Bird.
VI. Mary Ann, b. September 9, 1819; d. February 4, 1821.
VII. Orin, b. February 12, 1822; m. Elizabeth P. Horr; r. Gorham, New Hampshire.
VIII. Mary Ann, b. November 27, 1828; m. William P. Buck.
IX. Nathan Newell, b. March 30, 1831 ; d. unmarried.
CHARLES TUBBS, son of Angier, married Mary F., daughter of Charles Young, of Green- wood. He lived many years at Bethel Hill, but returned to Norway. Children : -
I. Ellen Frances, b. January 8, 1846.
II. Sarah Alba, b. April 10, 1847.
III. Charles Albert, b. April 26, 1855; d. same day.
IV. Mary Flora, b. January 16, 1860.
JACOB TUBBS, brother of the preceding, married Christiana, daughter of John Bird, and resided in Norway; he died in 1886. Children : -
I. Elhanan B., b. ; m. Harriet, daughter of Calvin Richardson.
CHARLES N. TUBBS, trader, son of James and Hannah J. (Wentworth) Tubbs, born August 27, IS37, married, June 24, 1874, Abbie J. Crockett, born December 20, 1845. Children : -
I. Inez M., b. July 14, 1875.
II. James N., b. September 8, 1880.
III. Idonia C., b. March 30, 1882.
TUCKER.
BENJAMIN TUCKER, born in Canton, Massachusetts, September 20, 1776, came here from Worcester in 1800, making the journey from Portland on foot. He was the first, and for many years the only saddle and harness-maker in town. In this occupation he was succeeded by his son, Benjamin Jr. His house was built in 1802, on the shoe-factory lot. He married Mary Pike, of Norway, who was born in New Gloucester, June 15, 1787. He died October 27, 1857, and his wife died October 5, 1859. Children : -
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