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The old she-devil has gone to roost,
In all her plumage gay, The all of which my money bought Before she went away.
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The poem goes on to tell of her keeping house for "Uncle Jack". It seems that it was his habit, upon retiring for the night, to have Emily come to his room while he read and ex- plained some passage of Scripture:
And when the Scripture they had read And everything all right, 'Twas into bed they both did get And slept till morning light.
No other verses have been obtained. The people of Che- beague seemed to be mistrustful of Emily because when "Uncle Jack" died they were suspicious that she had poison- ed him. They dug up his body to find out what had killed him and found it was a wart on his nose!
In 1878 Albert Cotton sold three acres on Harmony Hill to Joseph Hamilton, and one acre to Joseph Greenwood Mer- rill. Merrill and his wife Helen had four children: Helen, Lucy aged 15, William and George.
Next year Mrs. Lorenzo Hamilton bore twins which were dead at birth. She was very unfortunate in her children. Of eight children four died within a year of birth, one lived to be 22 and another to be 39. Only two, Woodbury and Octa- vus, passed the half century mark.
It was about this time that Hattie, the daughter of Jos- eph Hamilton, married Captain John Drinkwater. Capt. Drinkwater was a great-great-grandson, in two lines of des- cent, of the Joseph Drinkwater who had lived on Cousins Is- land a hundred odd years before. The Drinkwaters lived on the mainland.
In 1882 Mrs. Prince sold her island property to her daughter Lizzie. This consisted of 35 acres on Cousins and 12 acres on Littlejohn's.
Next year Joseph and Nancy Hamilton's daughter Jan- ette died. She had been married to Jacob the son of Samuel Groves Sr. They had lived in Portland where he had a store
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and a skating rink. He was too much of a ladies man for Janette so she left him and went to Yarmouth where she boarded out the two children and supported herself by doing housework. She was very unhappy and brooded about it un- til her untimely death at the age of 33. He went to Florida where he remarried and lived until his death.
When Eleazer G. Hill died in 1887, his heirs sold his 43 acres to his half sister Mrs. Margaret Talbot.
Charles Hill's son Elmer married Zora, daughter of Ed- ward Talbot. She was very beautiful according to all ac- counts. Her pictures show her to be so and very stylish in her dress. They bought three acres down by the present bridge on Cousins in 1889. They lived in the house her father had built, and Carol was born there. When Zora died in 1891, Elmer and the boys went to live with his parents. He then wished to marry Mary Goud, daughter of Cyrus, but his mother prevented it because of a long standing dispute with the Gouds over the boundary line between the Hill and Goud pieces of property. The dispute was not settled until 1905, but by that time Mary had married and Elmer was at Augusta. Elmer and Ed Baker worked for the Casco Bay Lines and the latter became Captain of the Maquoit.
In 1886, John F. Hill foreclosed a mortgage which he held on the acre of land near the wharf on Cousins owned by Joseph Greenwood Merrill. He built the hotel known as "The Casco House" which stood on the bank just east of the wharf. This was a popular summer resort for Montreal peo- ple. Merrill continued to live on this place, however, with his second wife Georgina Sawyer, sister of Calvin, whom he married at some time between 1884 and 1890. They had an adopted daughter Jenny.
George W. Hamilton sold the west end of Littlejohn's to Gilbert Hamilton in 1889 and he lived there for the next four years. He made some alterations in the house and had the stone foundation of the wharf built. He and his wife Louise had a daughter and their son Harold was born the following year.
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KNOWN INHABITANTS OF 1880 For house numbers see map, page i.
IB
Joseph Prince aged 68
Nancy 52
Cordelia C. 67
Edwin 28
Calvin Sawyer 30
Gilbert
25
Elizabeth 30
Dennis
23
Emery
4
Elizabeth
18
Louise
1
XII
Lorenzo Hamilton
45
II
Cyrus K. Goud
49
Sarah
49
Darius Hill ?
25
Henry Hill?
20
Elias Hill ?
18
Clifford Hill
16
XIII
Henry Groves 34
Addie
31
Robert
6
Adella 6
Charles Goud ?
34
Carrie ?
?
IIIB
Samuel Groves
75
Hannah
65
William
?
Jane ? 20
George
?
Alvin ?
Lucy 17
XVI
Edward R. Doyle 57
Eliza
50
Ellen
38
John E.
23
Alzirus
20
Wallace
16
Samuel O. 17
Oscar William 16
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Lavina 43
Woodbury
19
Octavus
15
Aletta
10
Carrie
4
Georgia Goud Mary
10
8
Lyman
4
XIV
J. Greenwood Merrill 44 Helen 45
Helen
?
Jacob ?
IV
Samuel Groves Jr. 41
Emma
14
XVII
Thaxter
11
Elvira C.
9
John
7
Luther
5
Blanche
b
Sarah
56
Georgina
21
Charles E. Hill
46
XIX
?Robert Baker
38
Edgar Eugene
21
Charles
18
Edward
? ?
Ida
16
Elmer
14
Laura
12
Bertie
7
Fred
b
?Mary
63
Susan
40
Herbert
13
Julia
10
Willard
8
Chauncey
6
VIIB
Eliza Hill
70
Eleazer G.
49
Margaret
37
John F.
28
XXI
IX
George W. Hamilton
Edward Talbot
47
Emma
Zora
14
George
XI
William
Joseph Hamilton
55
daughter
70
XVIII
Jacob E. Sawyer
57
V
George
10
VIB
Edward Packer aged 40
XX
Smith Sawyer
23 ?
Ada
Lulu ?
Edna ?
Florence ?
William Bates
Martha ?
68
Lydia Soule ? ? ?
Mary Jane 42
Elizabeth 30
Charles
? ?
KNOWN INHABITANTS OF 1890 For house numbers see map, page i.
Carrie 14
Calvin Sawyer
aged 40
XIII
Elizabeth
40
Henry Groves 44
Emery
14
Addie
41
Louise
11
Adella
16
Rena
7
Lyman
14
Seth
6
Ethel
3
II
Cyrus K. Goud
59
XIV
Sarah
59
John F. Hill
38
Georgia
20
Mary
18
Franklin
6
Robert
16
Arthur
5
IIIB
Samuel Groves
85
Hannah
75
Georgina 31
Jenny
?
IV
Samuel Groves Jr.
51
Edward R. Doyle
67
Ellen
48
Samuel O.
27
Alvira
19
John
17
XVII
Luther
15
Lydia Soule
80
Blanche
10
? ?
V
XVIII (Summer)
Charles H. Hill
56
Calvin Sawyer
40
Mary Jane
52
Elizabeth 40
Edgar Eugene
31
Emery
14
George
21
Louise
11
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Helen ?
XV
J. Greenwood Merrill 54
XVI
Eliza ?
60
Harold
4
IB (Winter)
VIB
Edward Packer
50
Susan 50
Herbert
23
Willard
18
Chauncey
16
Edward
Charles ?
Elizabeth
?
Edward Talbot
57
Margaret
47
Raymond
6
Georgina
Lucy
?
William
?
Elmer Hill
aged 26
Zora
24
Leon
3 ?
Carol
b
XI
Joseph Hamilton
65
Nancy
62
Elizabeth 28
XII
Lorenzo Hamilton
55
Lavina 53
XXII "Halfway House"
Edwin Hamilton 38
Lucy 27
3
Aletta
20
Helen
1
XX
Dennet and
Davis
XXI
Gilbert Hamilton 35
Louise ?
Gertrude 9
Harold b
?Woodbury
29
?Lena ?
Everett ?
?
Rena
7
Harold 4
XIX ?
Robert Baker 48
Elizabeth 40
VIIB
Eliza Hill 80
Mary
?
Fred 10
IX
Ralph
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When Edgar Eugene Hill married Carrie Wilson they went to live in Portland where he worked in a lobster pack- ing plant.
In 1890 Mrs. Joseph Greenwood Merrill bought some land near the wharf from Joseph Hamilton. She and her husband moved into the house there which was not far from their former home.
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Two years later Mrs. Lydia Soule died and her property on Littlejohn's was bought by her daughter-in-law Mrs. Eliz- abeth P. Soule who later bought the adjoining Sawyer farm of 48 acres. She and others of the family continue to spend part of the year here.
The year 1893 saw the beginning of a radical change in the life of the Islands for it was that time that Gilbert Ham- ilton sold his Littlejohn's Island property to the Atlantic Improvement Company. This company, headed by Joshua T. Nowell of Melrose, Mass., cut up the western end of the Island into 325 cottage lots and a large lot on which was built a hotel, at first called the Melrose House. From this time on, the old peaceful life of farming and fishing and sail- oring has been increasingly replaced by the life of a summer resort. Therefore, that year marks a good stopping place for this brief history.
During the first half of the twentieth century the native families have gradually been dispersed throughout the country. Of the large Hamilton family, none reside through- out the year on the Islands although many of them return for short periods during the summer. Of the Groves family, only the Henry Groves remain. The Hill family which was so numerous in the past is represented now only by the Tal- bots and Henry Groves. Harold Sawyer has only a few cot- tage lots and spends only the summers on Littlejohn's. Dur- ing the winters no one lives on Littlejohn's and only three families live on Cousins. And so, as the silence and cold of winter shut down on the Islands, this history is brought to a close.
FINIS
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MAP *4. COUSINS AND LITTLEJOHN'S ISLANDS IN 1890.
Elizabeth Sawyer
Samuel Groves Sr.
Sarah Goud
Samuel Groves Jr
Susan Packer
Charles Hill
+
O
Sarah Sawyer
John F. Hill
Samuel Jr.
Lydia Soule
& Henry Groves
Margaret Talbot
Samuel E. Sawyer,Groves
EZimer Hill
Sr.
Davis & Dennett
oseph Hamilton
Gilbert Hamilton
Lorenzo.
Hamilton
John F. Hill Georgia Merrill Joseph Hamilton
Henry Groves John E. &
Edward R. Doyle
INTRODUCTION TO THE GENEALOGIES
The genealogy contains members of the following families, which are found in the history :
BAKER, BUCKNAM, CLEAVES, DOYLE, GOUD, GRAY, GROVES, HAMILTON, HILL, LORING, MERRILL, SAWYER, SOULE
Of these, Gray, Loring and Soule are little more than con- necting links. Those names which are in no extended fam- ily list of their own may be found from the following brief index :
Blanchard
numbers ( 691)-( 692)
HAMILTON
Clinton
( 585)-( 588)
HAMILTON
Colson
( 652)-( 653)
HAMILTON
Curit
( 450)-( 453)
HAMILTON
Currul
( 632)-( 634)
HAMILTON
Dennison
(1011) - (1014)
SOULE
Dunn
( 666)-( 668)
HAMILTON
Glover
( 687)-( 690)
HAMILTON
Gray (a few)
( 247) -( 252)
DRINKWATER
Hack
( 636)-( 638)
HAMILTON
Hamilton (a few)
( 861)-( 865)
HILL SOULE
Haskell
(1020)-(1021)
Henley
( 967)-( 969)
SAWYER
Hill (a few)
( 569)-( 574)
HAMILTON
Hopkinson
( 680)-( 683)
HAMILTON
Huppertz
( 654)-( 656)
HAMILTON
Mansfield
( 472)-( 474)
HAMILTON
Mountfort
( 802)-( 815)
HILL
Packer
( 844) -( 857)
HILL
Rent
( 304)-( 309)
DRINKWATER
Ringrose
( 976)-( 978)
SAWYER
Shackford
( 612)-( 614)
HAMILTON
Sullivan
( 980)-( 981)
SAWYER
Talbot
( 5)-( 16)
BAKER
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Thompson
( 594)-( 603) HAMILTON
True
( 990)-( 991) SAWYER
Young
( 207) -( 218) DRINKWATER
The family names at the upper corner of the pages facilitate the finding of the families.
Each name has a number in parentheses running con- secutively from Sylvanus Baker, number (1) to Elizabeth Haskell, number (1021). Frequently a name occurs in two places in which case it has two numbers, one preceding and one following it. The number which follows the name makes it easy to find the other location of the name. For example, Zora J. (Talbot) Hill is preceded by number (9) and follow- ed by (818). She is therefore the 9th person mentioned and also the 818th, where she appears after her husband Elmer Hill who is the 817th person mentioned. In the latter loca- tion the (818) precedes and the (9) follows her name.
Most names are also preceded by numbers or letters not in parentheses which indicate the order in the immediate family. A man's children are set to the right 5 spaces and indicated by ordinary numbers; his son's children are set to the right 3 spaces more and indicated by letters; the latter's son's children are set in 3 spaces more and indicated by small roman numerals, etc. For example: (90) Ebenezer Cleaves' children are indicated by numbers 1 to 11, his son (129) Ebenezer's are inset and indicated by a to f ; his grand- son (135) Ebenezer's children are inset and indicated by i and ii.
An asterisk (*) indicates that the family of this person is continued in more detail elsewhere. There are two kinds of cases :
1. The man's family is postponed until after his broth- ers' and sisters' families. An asterisk is then placed before
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the name in the new location also. Example: (64) Samuel Bucknam's family is put after his brothers and sisters and follows (70) Hannah.
2. The woman's family is continued under her hus- band's family. Example : (52) Elizabeth (Bucknam) Gray's family is found with (359) Andrew Gray her husband.
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Abbreviations used :
b. born
d.
died
dau.
daughter
mar.
married
unmar. unmarried
wid.
widow
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BAKER
(1) Sylvanus Baker (1809-1876) was on Littlejohn's in 1860 when he bought an acre of land on the southwest shore from Jacob Hill. At that time all his children had been born. His wife was (2) Mary A. - (1817-1903). He was in the navy during the Civil War and was steward for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, having charge of some of their boats which were wintered off the west point of Little- john's. They had:
1. (3) Charles H. (1837-1871)
2. (4) Sarah E. (1840-1874) who mar. (5) Edward Talbot (859) (1833-1912). He also was with the Coast and Geodetic Survey under Lieut. Alexander W. Longfellow. He came to Cousins Island from New Brunswick. After Sarah's death he mar. (2) (6) Margaret D. Hill (858) (1843-1929) dau. of John and Eliza (Dennison) Hill, (See Hill). They had:
TALBOT
a. (7) Mary Bell who d. at age of 2 months
b. (8) George O. (1862-1876)
*c. (9) Zora J. (818) (1866-1891) who mar. (10) Elmer Hill (817) (See Hill)
d. (11) Flora M. (1868-1876)
e. (12) Bessie E. (1882-1883)
f. (13) Raymond H. (b. 1884) who mar. (14) Caroline McDonald (b. 1884). They have:
TALBOT
i. (15) Edward L. (b. 1911)
ii. (16) R. Stanley (b. 1915)
3. (17) Robert T. (1842-1905) who mar. (18) Eliza- beth McGovern (?) (1850-1916). They lived by the bridge on Cousins and in the Jacob Hill house on Littlejohn's. They had:
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BAKER-BUCKNAM
a. (19) Laura E. (1868-1876)
b. (20) Edward who was Captain on the Steamer Maquoit at one time.
c. (21) Bertie B. (1873-1883)
d. (22) Charles who lived on the Pacific Coast.
e. (23) Lucy
f. (24) William
g. (25) Fred W. (1880-1915)
h. (26) Lydia E. (1886-1887)
i. (27) Elizabeth who mar. (28) Claude Perry
j. (29) Mary
k. (30) Georgina who mar. (31) Lincoln Fitch
4. (32) George O. (1845-63) He was killed in the Civil War.
5. (33) Mary A. (1848-74)
6. (34) Asa A. (1850-75)
BUCKNAM
(35) William Bucknam b. about 1602 in England. He was in Charlestown in 1647 on the Mystic side which later be- came Malden. He was a carpenter. He mar. (1) (36) a dau. of widow Prudence Wilkinson and (2) (37) Sarah a servant to Mrs. Glover. Sarah was 34 in 1656. He died 1678/9. One of his sons by Sarah was:
(38) Joses b. about 1641. He mar. (1) (39) Knower (?) and (2) on May 1, 1673 (40) Judith Worth who after his death mar. (41) John Lynde. Joses d. Aug. 25, 1694 aged 53. He had about 12 children of whom one by Judith was:
(42) Samuel b. in Apr. 1674. He was interested in land in Maine. His name appears on list of persons admitted as inhabitants of Falmouth in 1718. He was one of 39 grantees of land
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BUCKNAM
in Falmouth in Feb. 1720, and bought 100 acres on Muscle Cove from the Felt and Pike heirs in 1729 and 1730. He mar. on Sept. 22, 1697 (43) Deborah the dau. of John and Lydia (Goffe) Sprague and the widow of Wil- liam Mellens. She was b. 1670 and d. Aug. 17, 1751. He d. on July 3, 1751. They had among others:
*1. (44) Samuel b. Apr. 7, 1699 (See below)
2. Abigail b. June 7, 1702 who mar. 1725 (46) Benjamin Blaney. He owned land on Cousins Island and Blaney's Point is named for him but they did not live here.
* (44) Samuel b. Apr. 7, 1699 bought land in 1718 in Fal- mouth with William Thomas. In 1720 he bought Thomas' share. In 1729 he bought land on Cousins and Littlejohn's Islands of Joseph Belcher and land in Falmouth of Josiah Wood. In 1732 he bought land on the Islands of Samuel White. In 1734 he bought 100 acres of Edward King on the west side of Royal's River, North Yarmouth. In 1735 he sold 100 acres in North Yarmouth to Samuel Waldo. He bought 4 acres on West Cousins River from the Assessors of North Yarmouth in 1735. On Mar. 25, 1739 he sold his "Home Lot of land" in North Yarmouth to Solomon Mitchell which is probably the time he came to Cousins Island to live. He built his home here near Sandy Point. He was a "Coaster". He was Captain of Henley's Sloop Speedwell in 1738. He mar. in 1738 (47) Elizabeth the dau. of James and Elizabeth (Arnold) Richardson and' the widow of Aaron Wyman, by whom she had (48) John and (49) Amy. She was b. about 1707. Samuel d. in 1762 and Elizabeth d. in 1768. They had:
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BUCKNAM
1. (50) Samuel (1739-1779) who mar. (51) Mary
*2. (52) Elizabeth (360) b. 1741 who mar. (53) An- drew Gray (359) (See Gray)
*3. (54) Lucretia (892) b. 1744 who mar. (55) Rich- mond Loring (891) (See Loring).
4. (56) William Richardson (907) b. 1747. He was a captain. He mar. (57) Sarah (906) the dau. of Sol- omon and Alice (Cushing) Loring. (See Loring) They lived in his father's house until 1785 or 1793. He d. suddenly on Dec. 22, 1831 with Eleazer Hill and an Ezra Perry. Sarah d. at the age of 84. They had:
a. (58) Elizabeth b. Oct. 22, 1769 who mar. (59) Joseph Chandler.
b. (60) Rachel b. Mar. 25, 1771 who mar. in 1791
(61) Samuel Prince.
c. (62) Dorcas b. Sept. 2, 1772 who mar. Aug. 12, 1792 (63) Jeremiah Blanchard.
*d. (64) Samuel b. Sept. 2, 1775 (See below)
e. (65) William b. Apr. 26, 1778 (twin)
f. (66) Sarah b. Apr. 26, 1778 (twin). She mar.
(67) Nathaniel Mitchell.
g. (68) Jeremiah b. 1780
h. (69) Lucretia b. 1783
i. (70) Hannah bap. 1793
* (64) Samuel b. Sept. 2, 1775. He was a coaster and lived in Yarmouth. He mar. (1) (71) Mary Blanchard and (2) (72) Phebe Chandler (1776-1863). He d. Nov. 2, 1855. They had ten children of whom one by Phebe was:
(73) James Monroe (292). He was a captain. He mar.
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BUCKNAM
(1) (74) Caroline P. Drinkwater (291) dau. of Nicholas and Mary (White) Drinkwater (See Drinkwater). She d. 1869 at the age of 45. He mar. (2) in 1870 (75) Abbie E. Twombley who d. in 1886. He mar. (3) (76) and (4) (77) Mrs. Edna A. (Loring) Marston, wid. of William Marston. He d. 1905. He had among others:
(78) Nicholas Drinkwater (426) b. 1847 who mar. (79) Phebe M. Groves (425) dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Hill) Groves (See Groves). He d. 1930. They had :
a. (80) George R. (241) who mar. (81) Bertha Drinkwater (240) (See Drink- water)
b. (82) Everett
c. (83) Perez
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CLEAVES
(84) William Cleaves of Beverly mar. (2) (85) Margaret by whom he had five children of whom the fourth
was:
(86) Ebenezer (1691-1760) who mar. in 1712 (87) Sarah Stone. They had ten children of whom the seventh was: (88) Ebenezer (b. 1747) who mar. (1) in 1769 (89) Sarah Dodge, by whom he had two children of whom the second was:
(90) Ebenezer (b. 1773). He mar. (91) Jane Cleaves of an- other family. He came to Cousins Island some time before 1826 where he bought 48 acres from Reuben Loring. He re- placed the old house with the present brick house. He died in 1843 and was the first to be buried in the cemetery on Cousins. His wife died after 1846. The dates of the births of the children are for the most part unknown, nor is the order certain.
1. (92) John (760) b. in North Yarmouth on May 27, 1799 mar. (93) Anne Hill (759) b. 1800. (See Hill). He was a coaster until 1844 when he bought a farm on Prince's Point in Yarmouth. Anne was the dau. of Hezekiah Hill Sr. She d. June 19, 1879 and he d. Feb. 14, 1880. They had 8 children of whom 4 died young. The others :
a. (94) John D. b. 1843. He was a school teacher on Cousins Island. He mar. (95) Fanny Hicks b. Nov. 10, 1850 dau. of Elbridge D. and Mary (Johnson) Hicks.
b. (96) Jane
c. (97) Eunice
d. (98) Delia
2. (99) Elmira C. b. about 1801 who mar. before 1846 (100) William W. Parsons
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3. (101) Willard b. about 1803 who mar. before 1842 (102) Rhoda -. They lived in Rockport, Mass.
4. (103) Levi (741) b. about 1805 who mar. before 1829 (104) Narcissus (Nicy) (740) the dau. of David Hill. (See Hill). She was b. about 1810. They went to Rockport after 1829. They had:
a. (105) Eli Orlando b. 1829 who mar. in 1849 (106) Susan Robins b. 1828 dau. of Nathaniel and Su- san (Rowe) Robins of Rockport and Gloucester. He came to Littlejohn's Island about 1910 and wrote in the register of the "Melrose House" that he and his mother had been born in that house.
b. (107) Levi (1838-1840)
c. (108) Orange S. (1840-41)
d. (109) Lucius (1843-44)
e. (110) Nicy b. 1845
f. (111) Rebecca b. 1847.
5. (112) Moses H. (609) b. about 1807 who mar. (1) (113) Diana Hamilton (608) (See Hamilton). She was b. 1814 and d. 1842. He mar. (2) (114) her sis- ter Charlotte (610) Both were dau. of Jacob and Mary Hamilton of Cousins Island. They lived in Rockport, Mass. They had:
a. (115) Moses H. b. 1840
b. (116) Mary J. b. about 1842 who mar. (117) Al- fred Low of Gloucester.
c. (118) Converse b. 1846.
d. (119) Clara H. b. 1848.
6. (120) Aaron (490) b. 1809. He built sea walls, breakwaters and wharves. He mar. in 1839 (121) Eliza Hamilton (489) b. 1814 dau. of James Ham- ilton of Chebeague (See Hamilton.) They lived on
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CLEAVES
Chebeague Island. He d. in 1876 and she in 1884. They had :
a. (122) Aaron (454) b. 1843. He was also a builder of breakwaters. He bought an interest in a rock sloop and built sea walls at Rockland and the Bar Harbor breakwater. He mar. (123) Caroline L. Curit (453) b. 1844 dau. of Stephen Curit. (See Hamilton). He d. 1920 and she in 1923.
b. (124) Mary Elizabeth b. 1845 who mar. (125) Lewis W. Sylvester.
c. (126) Isaac H. (1851-1901)
d. (127) Reuben H. b. 1858. He was cook on stone sloops. He mar. (128) Helen J. Hamilton, b. 1864.
7. (129) Ebenezer b. about 1811, or earlier. He lived on Cousins and Littlejohn's Islands. He mar. (1) (130) Mary Ann who was the mother of all his chil-
dren. He mar. (2) (131) Emily who was a widow from California. She married him for what she could get from him. She left him and took everything she could carry away. He wrote a poem about her, beginning :
The old she devil has gone to roost
In all her plumage gay The all of which my money bought
Before she went away.
The dates of his children's births are unknown and the order is uncertain:
a. (132) Alfred (468) b. probably about 1830 who mar. probably (133) Elmira Hamilton (467) dau. of Simeon Hamilton. (See Hamilton). She was b. 1828. He was known as Captain Sanko.
b. (134) A. True who went to California with Eleaz- er G. Hill (841) in 1849 to earn his fortune. They came back little better off than when they left.
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c. (135) Ebenezer (393) who mar. (136) Olive Groves (392) dau. of Samuel and Hannah Groves. (See Groves). They had :
i. (137) Eva who mar. (138) Bibber.
ii. (139) Mada who mar. (140) Bailey.
d. (141) Darius
e. (142) Mary who mar. (143) James Mansfield.
f. (144) Orietta who mar. (145) Joshua Littlefield.
8. (146) Rebecca who mar. (147) Drinkwater.
9. (148) Sarah who was of age but unmarried in 1846.
10. (149) Ann who died before 1846.
11. (150) Charlotte who died before 1846.
DOYLE
(151) James Doyle of Salem, Mass., had, six sons who went to Harpswell where they had a farm near the Bruns- wick line. One of his sons was:
(152) Elijah who went with his brothers but in 1797 he left Harpswell and came to Cousins Island. He had:
1. (153) Lizzie
2. (154) David
3. (155) Jotham
4. (156) John (496) b. Apr. 4, 1781 who mar. in 1807 (157) Lydia Hamilton (495) b. 1785 dau. of Am- brose and Deborah (Soule) Hamilton of Chebeague (See Hamilton) They owned 70 acres on the south- west end of Cousins Island. Lydia d. 1843 and John mar. (2) (158) Jane - -, who outlived him but had no children. John d. 1867. He had:
*a. (159) Lucy H. (1809-1868) (911) who mar. in 1831 (160) Joseph Green Merrill (910) (See Merrill)
b. (161) Elmira b. about 1810.
c. (162) Eliza (1813-1847)
d. (163) Deborah who mar. (164) Charles Buck- nam 83
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e. (165) Dorcas H. (1818-1849)
f. (166) Lydia who mar. (167) Matthews
g. (168) Edward R. (1823-1898) who mar. June 21, 1855 (169) Eliza J. Parker (1830-1912) dau. of George and Jane Parker of Yarmouth. They owned 50 acres on the southeast shore of Cous- ins Island. Later they had about a half share in his father's property. They lived in Yar- mouth after 1854. They had:
i. (170) Edward A. (1855-55)
ii. (171) John Erwin b. Dec. 1, 1857, d. unmar. in 1925.
iii. (172) Wallace R. b. May 9, 1864 (twin) who mar. (173) Lena A. Fitts b. 1877 and d. 1925. They owned a half share in his grand- father's estate on Cousins. They had:
1. (174) Geneva who mar. (175) William Steadman
2. (176) Doris who mar. (177) George Cook
3. (178) Elliot
4. (179) Raymond
5. (180) Kenneth
6. (181) Stanley
iv. (182) Oscar William (323) (1864-1927) (twin) who mar. (183) Eunice Drinkwater (322) (See Drinkwater). He was a carpen- ter. They had:
1. (184) Marion
2. (185) Mabel
3. (186) Mildred
4. (187) Edward R.
h. (188) Jane who mar. (189) Moses True.
i. (190) John L. (1825-1894) who mar. (191) Olive W. Varney (1833-1859)
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The name Drinkwater or Derwentwater was prominent in England. The last Earl of Derwentwater was James Rad- cliffe born in 1688 who took part in the fight to put the Pre- tender on the throne and who was taken prisoner. A coat of arms was granted to Hugh Drinkwater or Derwentwater of Aberdeen in 1615. The first of the name in this country was (192) Thomas (1022) who was born in England and came to New England as a young man. He settled in Taunton and married (193) Elizabeth Haskell (1021) b. 1672. (See Soule). Their sixth child was:
(194) Joseph b. 1710 who came to North Yarmouth with his brothers George, Warren and John. He bought 43 acres on Cousins Island where he raised his family. This was where the present Talbot farm is. All of his sons were ship captains and it is said that one day all nine entered Bos- ton Harbor. The officer of the fort at the harbor was sus- picious of a conspiracy so he sent a man to investigate. When he learned that the nine were brothers he invited them to supper at the fort. He mar. May 18, 1732 (195) Jane Latham or Leighton. They joined the First Church of North Yar- mouth in 1734. After all his children were born he moved to the mainland and sold his property to his son Daniel. He died in 1784 and his widow in 1794. Their children were:
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